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12 confirmed
HIV cases in
Iloilo town
By Louine Hope Conserva
TWELVE confirmed cases of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) were
recorded in the municipality of Pototan,
Iloilo.
Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said they do not know whether these
are all new or old cases.
Banias, a medical doctor by profession, also refused to reveal the identity
of the patients to protect them.
“We cannot reveal who these patients are because it has a very strict
confidentiality clause considering the
stigma attached to those identified as
HIV-positive. But we have already
encouraged them to avail of the free
anti-retroviral medicine which is available at our treatment hub at the Western
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IS SMALLVILLE
STILL SECURE?
By Jennifer P. Rendon
F. Allan L. Angelo and
Angelica L. Tapalla
JUST HOW safe is Iloilo City’s foremost
nightspot center?
The question arose after the fatal shooting
incident past midnight of November 15, 2015 at
Smallville Complex in San Rafael village, Mandur-
riao, Iloilo City involving a contractual employee
of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-6)
regional office.
Suspect Mark Blancaflor, 37, of Jaro, Iloilo City,
is the subject of a police manhunt after he allegedly
killed businessman Tammy Robiso, 34, of 3rd Avenue, Ledesco Village, LaPaz, Iloilo City.
Police reports indicated that Blancaflor and Robiso were both on a drinking spree at JLK Music Bar
at Red Square Building in Smallville Complex.
Before the shooting episode, closed circuit television (CCTV) footage showed Robiso going to the
building’s comfort room wing along with a woman
believed to be his girlfriend.
The woman waited outside while Robiso relieved
himself in the lavatory.
Shortly later, Blancaflor was seen proceeding to
the CR but waited after finding out it was locked.
The CCTV showed that the suspect, who apIS SMALLVILLE /p10
Bacolod City
mayor suspended
By Dolly Yasa
BACOLOD City – The Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) officially
placed Mayor Monico Puentev-
BACOLOD CITY Vice Mayor Greg Gasataya (left photo) talks to journalists after DILG regional director Atty. Anthony Nuyda (right
photo) furnished him a copy of the suspension order against Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella afternoon of November 16.
Gasataya is now acting mayor while Councilor El Cid Familiaran is acting city vice mayor. (Photos from FB Page of Councilor Em
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orders of the Sandiganbayan.
Puentevella’s suspension
stemmed from the graft case
he is facing relative to alleged
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Divinagracia
qualified to head
tourism office
By Wenceslao E. Mateo Jr.
ILOILO City Councilor R
Leone Gerochi, committee on
good government chair, said
Junel Anne Divinagracia is
qualified to head the Iloilo City
Tourism Office.
Gerochi made the statement
after seven city councilors met
Divinagracia last November 13
in a dialogue on her qualifications to head the tourism office
and to express their sentiment
on her appointment.
“We found her qualified as
to educational and professional
training and experiences. We
also found nothing disturbing
about her social background,
which may affect the image of
the tourism office and the city
in her performance on the job,”
Gerochi said.
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Mayor told to answer
clamping contract raps
THE OFFICE of the Ombudsman has directed Iloilo
City Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog to submit a counter-affidavit to refute allegations that he violated the
Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act when he signed
a contract with 3L Towing Services to handle the
clamping services earlier this year.
In a three-page order, Deputy Ombudsman
(Visayas) Paul Elmer Clemente gave Mabilog 10
days to file his counter-affidavit to the complaint filed
by City Councilor Plaridel Nava on Sept. 8 this year
which supplemented a first complaint against the local
chief executive.
The order was dated October 6, 2015 and was
signed by Jane Aguilar, officer-in-charge of the Evalu-
ation and Investigation Office-B.
In his complaint, Nava, an erstwhile political ally of
Mabilog, accused the city mayor of having a financial
interest in the 3L Towing Services, and that this was
the reason why he awarded a 10-year contract with
the firm even though the transaction didn’t undergo a
competitive bidding.
Nava said he had first-hand knowledge about
Mabilog’s financial interest in the company because
the task of processing the paperwork was entrusted
to him by the city mayor when their relations were
still good.
Nava’s complaint was treated by the Ombudsman as a supplemental complaint and consolidated it
GMA lays off more Iloilo station
workers, scraps news program
By Louine Hope Conserva
ABOUT 20 employees of GMA Iloilo
were laid off yesterday, seven months after
some of the regular workers were initially
sacked.
The second wave of retrenchment was
followed by the scrapping of the local news
program Ratsada 24 Oras.
A GMA Iloilo employee who agreed to
talk albeit anonymously said about 20 to 30
workers were laid off including reporters,
cameramen, and administrative staff.
Ranking GMA Network officials from
Manila went to the regional station at Tabuc
Suba village in Jaro, Iloilo City to deliver
the news.
The employee said they expected the
second batch of retrenchment to happen
soon, following the laying off of fellow
employees in Iloilo months ago.
“Sang first nga pag-lay off, may feeling
na kami. But it was abrupt in a sense that it
was informally served,” he said.
The employee, who worked with the
Kapuso station for 15 years, said they are
sad for losing the profession they loved.
But he said that they were compensated
based on what was stated in the labor
code and will receive their salary until
December 15.
The local station will become a satellite
office for sales and marketing.
Another reporter who worked for the
station for 16 years but refused to be named
said she has nothing against GMA.
“I am thankful for they have helped me
a lot. Wala naglain ang buot ko sa natabo.
Wala ta mahimo kun diri lang kutob. Move
on na lang,” she said.
She said that they were told that the retrenchment was due to the regional station
which is already losing.
“The station can no longer survive,”
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with an earlier case filed by former Iloilo provincial
administrator Manuel “Boy” Mejorada last April 23
this year.
Mejorada accused Mabilog of violating the antigraft and corrupt practices act with his failure to adhere
to the public-private partnership law, or RA 7718, in
awarding the contract to 3L Towing Services.
In particular, Mabilog was accused of giving unwarranted benefits to 3L Towing Services and causing
undue injury to the government because of what he
described as a lopsided contract.
Mabilog later withdrew his signature from the contract and insisted that it ceased to have any legal bindMayor/p10
Mud crab culture could save
marine resources – SEAFDEC
By M. A. De los Santos
THE SOUTHEAST Asian
Fisheries Development Center
(SEAFDEC) said mud crab
culture could reduce fishing
pressure on the seas and other
natural marine habitats.
Dr. Felix Ayson, chief of
SEAFDEC’s Aquaculture Division, said the population of mud
crab in its natural environment
is depleting as fishermen take
advantage of the very high
demand for mud crab in the
global market.
“If we will let our natural environment recover, rest, breath;
naturally, natural populations
of mud crab can increase in the
natural environment,” Ayson
said.
Ayson said a project of
SEAFDEC and the Department
of Science and TechnologyPhilippine Council of Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural
Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARD)
allows sourcing of mud crab
seeds from hatcheries.
Sourcing of crablets from
hatcheries makes chances of
increasing production very
high, he said.
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Ex-cop, associate nabbed
for cache of guns, shabu
By Jennifer P. Rendon and
Angelica L. Tapalla
HE USED to be on the good side of this
kind of operations. Now, a former policeman has found himself locked up after he
was arrested for possession of illegal drugs
and a small cache of firearms and ammunition at Brgy. Hibao-an Sur, Mandurriao,
Iloilo City, November 15.
Marcelino “May-may” Melendez, 46,
was found in possession of a KG9 machine
pistol, 2 snub-nosed .38 caliber revolvers,
2 fragmentation grenades, 19 live ammunitions for caliber .9 mm, 3 live ammunitions
for caliber .38, a live ammunition for caliber .40; and firearm accessories.
Melendrez is No. 3 in the list of illegal
drug personalities of the Iloilo City Police
Office (ICPO), according to reports from
the Police Regional Office-6.
The raid was carried out by joint elements of the ICPO’s Intelligence Branch,
Special Weapons and Tactics, Mandurriao
police, City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special
Operations Taskforce, 6th Regional Crime
Investigation and Detection Unit, and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6.
A search warrant issued by Judge Guiljie
Delfin-Lim of the Regional Trial Court
Branch 22 authorized the raid.
A certain Rizaldo dela Rosa, 31, a native
of Poblacion Proper, Kalibo, Aklan and
who is said to be Melendrez’s housekeeper,
was also arrested for allegedly keeping the
unlicensed firearms.
To make matters worse, he also yielded
31 heat-sealed plastic sachets of suspected
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Man stabs brod dead
for shooing carabao
By Jennifer PonsaranRendon
FOR SIMPLY shooing away
his carabao, a 45-year old man
in Sibunag, Guimaras stabbed
his younger brother to death
Sunday evening.
Rey Tacuyan, of Maabay
village, Sibunag reportedly was
enraged upon learning that his
brother, Victor Tacuyan, 42, of
the said village, shooed away
his carabao, which he earlier
put out to graze.
This led to a heated argument between the two. A little
later, Rey stormed into his
brother’s house and without
warning attacked him with a
knife.
In front of the victim’s wife,
Rey stabbed his brother on the
chest, face, back, and shoulder.
Victor was rushed to the
hospital but was declared dead
a short while later.
Guimaras Provincial Police
Office (GPPO) chief Sr. Supt.
Ricardo dela Paz said the two
had a prior misunderstanding.
“The shooing of Rey’s carabao apparently aggravated old
grudges, leading to the unfortunate incident,” he added.
The suspect is now detained
and was already charged for
murder before the Guimaras
Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.
Sapian Bay is red tide positive, again
By Jomarie A. Billiones
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Less
than a month after the shellfish
ban was lifted, the Sapian Bay
was declared positive for red
tide contamination yet again,
according to the Office of
the Provincial Agriculturist
(OPA).
Latest tests conducted by the
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) indicated
that algal bloom is present due
to the high toxicity level.
Sylvia de la Cruz, Capiz
provincial agriculturist, said
that it was less than a month
that the provincial government
lifted the total ban on shellfish
gathering, transporting and eating after BFAR itself declared
them already safe to eat.
She said that climate change
would be a great factor that
may have contributed to the
resurgence of red tide toxins
in the area.
Last week, six persons in
nearby Ivisan town fell ill after
eating green shell or “tahong”
believed to be contaminated
with red tide.
Among the victims are couple Edwin and Elvie Teodoro,
and their neighbor Vilma Vista,
all of Cabugao village, Ivisan,
who were brought to the town’s
rural health unit November
12.
Before serving “tahong” for
Sapian/p4
Driver hurt as motorcycle falls into street hole
By Angelica L. Tapalla
A 34-year-old man was injured after his motorcycle plunged into a road digging in Oton, Iloilo.
Police identified the victim as Junmar Beronio
of Tuburan village, Oton.
Police investigation showed that the victim
did not notice the hole when he tried to overtake
another motorcycle along Brgy. Rizal.
The victim suffered minor injuries. He was
brought to the Western Visayas Medical Center
for treatment.
A
s Figaro Coffee Company celebrates 22 years in the specialty coffee
industry, the company is also advancing in business development. The
year 2015 is indeed a great year for Figaro as it reaches its target to
open 100 stores. Eleven (11) new stores were already opened as the third
quarter ends.
Figaro branches in GSIS Building; the company is also managing a pizza
San Antonio Paranaque; at Solemare, chain, Angel’s Pizza; and has acquired
also in Paranaque; and at TV5 Media a Taiwanese restaurant, Tien Ma’s;
Center in Mandaluyong were added to making Figaro now a group of comthe list of Metro Manila stores opened panies. These development strategies
this year.
of Figaro Coffee Company continue to
Aiming to be the coffee of choice of draw investors to be part of its growdoctors, medical representatives and ing business. Promising positive remedical students; Figaro’s new niche turns to its stakeholders and business
is in the hospitals as they opened partners, Figaro Coffee Company is
shops in Delos Santos Medical Center, certain to be well-known in the interManila Medical Center and in front of national coffee industry today and the
Fatima University Medical Center in years to come.
Valenzuela City.
For more details about Figaro, visit
Furthermore, the company is di- www.figarocoffee.com. For franchise
rected to intensify expansion in key inquiries, email franchise@figarocofcities in the provinces and overseas. fee.com or call (632) 632-1526, (632)
Hence, new Figaro franchise stores 635-5047 local 124 and (63917) 523are now sited at the Municipality of 7864.
Sto. Tomas in the province of Batangas; another branch in Batangas City;
at Felcris Centrale Mall in Davao; and
at Camaya Coast in Bataan. Soon to
brew the goodness of Figaro coffee are
stores at Urdaneta, Pangasinan; at
San Fernando, Pampanga; another in Davao; in Iligan; in La
Union; in Kalibo; and in Antipolo. While soon to be opened
branches in Qatar and Dubai,
are underway.
Apart from the increasing
number of Figaro coffee shops,
Iloilo City hall employees
receive year-end bonus
PERMANENT employees of Iloilo City Hall started receiving
their year-end bonus November 16, 2015.
The bonus includes half of the employee’s 13th month
pay plus half of the P5,000 cash bonus, according to Human
Resource Management Officer Leo Elevencione.
The employees received their mid-year bonus of the same
amount in May of this year.
“These employees may also expect their 14th month pay
in December this year, which is also equivalent to a month’s
salary,” Elevencione added.
But he pointed out that a 32% tax will be charged on those
whose benefits would total to more than P82,000.
“Those with benefits less than P82,000 will, however, receive them tax-free,” he added.
As in the past years, the mayor may also declare an extra
bonus like the P20,000 per permanent employee that was
given last year.
But this was disallowed by the Commission on Audit,
which slashed P15,000 off it, leaving only P5,000 for each
employee.
COA ordered the employees to refund the P15,000.
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airport controversy
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THE COMMISSION on Human Rights
(CHR-6) regional office took cognizance
of the complaints lodged by members of the
Lot Owners sa Palibot ng Airport (LOPA)
against the effects of the Caticlan Airport
Development Project (CADP) in Malay,
Aklan.
Leo Santana of CHR-6 said they received
a letter from LOPA through its secretary
Hazel T. Delos Reyes, raising concerns
of landowners who were displaced by the
airport project.
CADP is a joint project of the Department
of Transportation and Communication-Civil
Aviation Authority of the Philippines and
San Miguel Corp. through its subsidiary
TransAire Development Holdings Corp.
(TADHC), which owns the rights to a
25-year build-rehabilitate-operate-transfer
concession deal.
According to LOPA, the expansion project will affect 200 families living around the
airport who are being offered three options
– sell their lots to TADHC at P1,000 per
Comelec exec
to discuss poll
security with
PNP, AFP
COMMISSION on Elections
(Comelec) regional director
Dennis Ausan said he will
have initial talks with Police
Regional Office (PRO-6) director Chief Supt. Bernardo Diaz
and the AFP today, November
16, to prepare for the 2016
elections.
Ausan said that they will
discuss refinements on the
gun ban resolution and the
Regional Joint Security and
Control Committee preparatory
undertakings.
He added that the need for
the imposition of an absolute
gun ban could also be disComelec/p8
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square meter (sq. m.); accept CAAP’s offer
at P5.00 to P450 per sq. m. depending on
the lot classification; or face expropriation
proceedings.
The first phase of the project aims to
extend the runway to address the problem
of planes overshooting it and of disturbing
low landing.
Aside from the runway extension, the
proposed Caticlan-Boracay International
Airport will also include construction of
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Iloilo City OSCA needs
new head by Dec 15
HOPEFUL An image of the Sto. Niño takes front and center of this sidewalk sari-sari store, a
reminder of the deep spirituality of Ilonggos in facing realities in life. The elderly store owner said
manning her little corner keeps her busy and her mind active. (Ricky D. Alejo)
Sapian...
ILOILO City Office for Senior
Citizen’s Affairs (OSCA) head
Gerardo Cañonero, who is already in his 80s, has only until
Dec. 15, 2015 at his post.
A staff said Cañonero’s
three-year term will end by
that time.
Cañonero’s present term is
his second. He was first OSCA
head from 2007-2010.
At the end of his first term,
Emilia Drilon was appointed
by Mayor Jed Patrick Drilon
to take his place.
Cañonero took over the
OSCA again at the end of Drilon’s term.
Because of this, the Federation of Senior Citizens As-
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dinner in the evening of November 11, Edwin fed
some of the green shellfish to his dog to make sure
it was safe for eating. The couple decided to eat
the shells after nothing happened to the dog.
The following day, November 12, the three
victims complained of vomiting and numbness
and were later rushed to the rural health unit.
Two days before that, three members of
the Pimentel family in Poblacion Sur, also in
Ivisan, allegedly fell ill because of red tide
poisoning.
sociation of the Philippines
(FSCAP)-Iloilo City Chapter,
whose present presidency is
also occupied by Cañonero,
will have to meet in a general
assembly to recommend his
successor.
As practiced, the general assembly will vote for five nominees, which list the association
will send to the Sangguniang
Panlungsod.
The SP will choose three
from these five nominees and
submit them to the mayor, who
will make the final selection of
the new OSCA head.
OSCA has its present office
at the 2nd floor of the Iloilo
City Hall. The mayor is reportedly planning on transferring
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The victims are Dicken Pimentel, 30, his
wife Rose Pimentel, 25, and their mother Merle
Pimentel.
According to the couple, they cooked “tahong” for dinner after knowing that the shellfish
ban in Ivisan was already lifted.
But a few hours later, the trio turned weak
while their mouth felt numb.
The three are now in stable condition in a
hospital here.
Eating of shellfish was banned in certain
parts of Capiz recently due to high levels of the
red tide toxin as detected by BFAR.
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Obama set to challenge
China at Asia-Pacific summit Guardian
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MANILA – US President Barack Obama is set to challenge
China when Asia-Pacific leaders gather in the Philippines
this week, speaking out on a
territorial row and lobbying to
set pro-American trade rules.
Chinese President Xi Jinping
will also be in Manila for the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, an annual
event that is meant to forge unity
on free trade within the region.
But this year’s meeting risks
becoming entangled in various
US-China power struggles,
including over the South China Sea where Chinese island
building in disputed waters
has caused alarm in the United
States and with its Asian allies.
The global menace of terrorism
will also be an unwanted talking
point after gunmen massacred more
than 120 people in a series of coordinated attacks in Paris on Friday.
Philippine authorities had already undertaken their biggest
security operation for the summit, which will gather leaders
from 21 Pacific Rim economies
on Wednesday and Thursday,
but they vowed after the French
carnage to do even more.
While China said it wanted
the summit to focus only on
trade, the French attacks and
US attention on the South
China Sea showed this was
unrealistic, according to Curtis
S. Chin, a former US ambassador to the Manila-based Asian
Development Bank.
“One cannot separate the economic and the non-economic in
today’s interconnected world,”
Chin, now an Asia fellow of the
Milken Institute, a non-partisan
think-tank, told AFP.
“That’s as true in the battle
against ISIS (Islamic State group)
as in the search for a peaceful
resolution to the many territorial
disputes with China that haunt
development in the South China
Sea.” (Agence France-Presse)
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Gov’t: No concrete
ISIS presence in PH
MANILA – Malacañang on Monday
allayed fears about potential security
threats that could mar Manila’s hosting of
the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in light of the
Paris terror attacks.
Undersecretary Manny Bautista, executive director of the Cabinet Cluster on
Security, Peace and Justice, said authorities
have not identified any credible threat from
the Islamic State which claimed responsibility for Friday’s carnage.
“We have not seen any, really, concrete
presence of ISIS in the Philippines...that we
continue to monitor and we remain vigilant
and rest assured your security forces are on
top of the situation,” he said in an interview
on ANC.
Still, Bautista said the government has
increased resources and manpower devoted
to securing APEC venues and other public
places.
“We also increased the alert level, like
the police, there are not going to be any
shifts anymore. Everybody will be on duty.
That goes for the Armed Forces as well.
Everybody will be on hand to respond to
any eventuality,” he said.
President Aquino earlier convened
the Security Cluster with instructions to
increase vigilance and level-up security
preparations to deter possible threats.
But Bautista noted that security is not
the government’s job alone but a national
responsibility.
“There is no hundred percent assurance,
really, that even if you have very good
intelligence apparatus, security apparatus,
that nothing can happen. We have seen
in Paris, we have seen in New York and
in other places. That is why we need the
cooperation of everybody,” he said.
“The key here is vigilance, not just
of security forces but all of us,” Bautista
added. (ABS-CBNnews.com)
SC postpones voting on
PH-US military deal
MANILA – Over a hundred militants under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Southern Tagalog banner held a rally
in front of the Supreme Court (SC) compound on Padre Faura,
Manila on Monday morning as high court magistrates sat in en
banc session.
The high court was supposed to tackle consolidated petitions challenging the legality of the Enhanced Defence
Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the United States
and the Philippines, but sources bared the voting was reset to
December 16.
Bayan said voting on the EDCA, moreso, voting to affirm
its constitutionality shortly before the arrival of US President
Barack Obama in Manila to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC), is an “insult” to and a “betrayal” of Philippine sovereignty.
The rallyists claimed “minor victory” with the resetting of the
vote on the EDCA petition, adding that they feared Aquino appointee Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the justice-in-charge
of the case, would cause extra push for the legality of the EDCA
in light of the administration’s APEC agenda. (ABS-CBNNews.
com)
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MOTION of October 12, 2015 filed by KEPCO
SPC Power Corporation with the Energy Regulatory Commission is seeking the payment by
Central Negros Electric Cooperative of P231,010,090.26
for power that Ceneco contracted but did not use.
This case, docketed as ERC Case No. 2013-141RC,
is entitled “the application for approval and confirmation
of the load factor-based pricing scheme on a monthly
reconciliation of the unaccepted contract quantity of the
supplemental agreement between Kepco SPC Power
Corporation (KSPC) and Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENECO) with motion for the issuance
of provisional authority.”
This motion was in compliance with the order of
ERC for Kepco “to submit
an explanation on the action taken by KSPC on
the capacity pertaining to
the unnominated contract
quantity”. The purpose of
this motion is for Ceneco to
collect more money from us
Modesto P. Sa-onoy so it can pay KSPC. Understandably, the move is supported by Ceneco because it
agrees to pay P232M value
of energy that it contracted
but was not able to use. What stops the collection is that
Ceneco needs the approval of ERC to impose additional
charges on the consumers.
Simply put, Ceneco and Kepco have joined hands to
charge more money from us on the excuse that it should
have collected but didn’t charge the consumers. Ceneco
calls this under-recovery, a nice term that indicates it
mismanaged the power supply.
How did this come about? In truth, this has been in
the news since October 2013 when the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod filed an intervention in the joint
application of Ceneco and KSPC for approval of the load
factor pricing scheme for the available but not accepted,
nominated or utilized power supply in a supplemental
agreement between Ceneco and KSPC.
Atty. Vicente Petierre represented the SP in the opposition but after a while there was an unholy silence from
the SP and from Petierre after Ceneco and KSPC filed
a compliance motion that will finally approve and authorize additional collection from the consumers. What
happened to the SP that it sunk into silence when this
joint motion was filed last October 12, 2015? Whatever
happened to its claim that the additional 24MW supply
under the supplemental agreement was unnecessary and
disadvantageous to consumers?
Bayan Muna provincial coordinator Alejandro Deoma
also opposed the application, claiming Ceneco has no
basis to get additional 24 MW since the base load of
Ceneco is small and an additional power will mean that
this extra power will just be wasted.
Both Petierre and Deoma are right because, in fact,
Ceneco did not use this additional power. That would
have been all right but for the tragedy that Ceneco will
charge the consumers for this additional power that we
did not avail of for no fault of the consumers. Ceneco
over-contracted, as it did with the still simmering contract with Filinvest that is trying to collect for energy
Ceneco did not use.
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The so-called Philippine
Electoral System
chiefly traceable to the framework of “self
governance,” the phrase that the American
colonizers used to describe the subordination
of Filipinos in the early decades of the 20th
century. In sequence, after the Christianization
phase with the pre-modern Spanish regime,
under the American tutelage we telescoped to
learn how to finally govern ourselves, somewhat occluding that Filipinos just won the
1898 Revolution against Spaniards; and that
we had in fact already proclaimed ourselves
as a sovereign nation, short-lived
though.
Talledo Thus now, phrases such as
“one-person-one-vote,” “the ballot not the bullet,” “election not
revolution,” became definitive or
almost cherished mantras adopted
by many of us concerning elections. Such
ordinary piece of paper is reverently referred
to like some sacred relic in counsels that voters must “respect the sanctity of the ballot”.
In language such as this, voting seems like
a sacrament. The electoral system seems no
different from a holy cow.
The derivation of such view concerning
electoral democracy and the subsequent unfortunate practices that flow from this view
turned out as widely accepted norms because
we seldom examine them closely, very carefully, much less rigorously. It has suspicious
origins but the upper and middle classes in
our society – the well-connected who are adequately schooled with considerable income
(The author is an Associate Professor of
the Division of Social Sciences, U.P. Visayas,
Miag-ao, Iloilo Campus)
HERE IS ONE calendared Presidential elections next year by May of
2016 that is eagerly awaited. Though
this Presidential elections seem to offer our
regular and newly-registered voters an exciting opportunity to elect the new occupant of
the Chief Executive Office and a number of
Senators, still I suggest
we carefully look back
Tomasito T.
at our past experiences
with elections, to venture into a historical
overview of Philippine
elections, and from this
overview to focus on important insights that
can shed light whether such eager participation in May 2016 is indeed be rewarding as it
is filled with agreeable meanings.
Arising from my lengthy learning of Filipino politics – my study Political Science in
the University and my personal exposure into
realpolitik – will perhaps allow me to essay
several assertions as I qualify and explain
my observations on the Philippine electoral
system.
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She is human, after all
“Being defeated is often a temporary
condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” Marilyn vos Savant
EW YORK CITY – We can’t stay
on top forever.
Even powerful historical figures
have collapsed violently after lording over
their domains with
absolute authority
and almost sphinxlike mythological
dominance.
Judas. Ben-Hur.
Atahualpa. Hector.
Achilles. Philip of
Macedon. Caesar.
Cleopatra. Nero.
Magellan. King
Alex Vidal Louis XVI. Marie
Antoinette.
The Romanovs.
Rasputin. Mussolini.
Hitler. Amin. Suharto. Marcos. Noriega.
Ceaușescu. Saddam. Bin Laden. Gaddafi.
To name only a few.
In many combats and competitions,
there are always upsets and shockers.
Some neck and neck races end up as
nail-biting and photo-finish clinchers.
This coming elections, many political
dynasties could fold up in shame, shatter-
N
Vidality
ing their myths of invincibility now that
we have an automated poll.
Some political lords could suffer humiliating defeats as their decrepit guns, goons
and golds will have no match against the
netizens, the emerging intelligent force to
reckon with in the age of social media and
dizzying technology.
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NOTHING is permanent in this world
except change, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus once declared.
Even champions go down in style.
The brutal fall of Ronda Rousey after
being knocked out cold by Holly Holm in
a dramatic upset Saturday (Nov. 14) night
in the main event of UFC 193 at Etihad
Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, should
serve as inspiration to all underdogs.
Who doesn’t know Ronda Jean “Rowdy” Rousey?
Only 28 and standing five feet and seven
inches tall, the American mixed martial
artist, judoka, and actress from Riverside,
California was known as the Mike Tyson of
Ultimate Fighting Championship of UFC.
She was unbeaten in 12 fights (nine submissions and three KOs) as bantamweight
champion before fellow American Holm,
34, starched her out in probably the biggest
upset in UFC history.
‘Hanging up a star’
E DUSTED off the Christmas “parols” or star lanterns.
Yes, yes, it’s only mid November. But we put them
up anyway, and lighted the parols. So too did our two granddaughters, in another part of this old town.
That sets off reminiscing.
Some recall the 1937 poem by then Jesuit scholastic Horacio
de la Costa: “The Star of the
King.”
“Melchor was king of Tondo;
Gaspar ruled Sampaloc; and
Baltazar, Binondo. They sailed
out of Manila to follow the star.
When they came home from
Bethlehem, afar, they lost their
camels in the sea, and they lost
their Christmas tree. But they
brought home to you and me the
Juan L. Mercado ‘Secret of the Star.’ That is why
even today, simple folk think
Christmas is incomplete, “unless
that can make a star of paper the
newborn King to greet...”
There are other views, of course. “We saw His star rise in the
East and come to honor Him,” travel-weary men of regal bearing told the paranoid Herod, the ancient accounts recall. Herod
asked to be kept in the loop. “Bring me word, so I too may worship him.”
“(Then) the star…went ahead of them and stopped over the place
where the Child was…with Mary His mother”...Then, warned in a
dream, they set off another way to their home country.
Even today, the Christmas star puzzles scientists. “Was it a
supernova or a comet?” asked Dr. Peter Andrews of University
of Cambridge and Robert Massey of the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich. A “stationary point of Jupiter,” perhaps?
In 5 B.C., the year many scholars believe Jesus was born, a
combination of a bright nova and a triple conjunction of Jupiter
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So, what happened that both of these
opponents lapsed into the state of the mute
and the deaf?
A birdie suspected that Petierre had
been vocal since he wanted to run for the
Bacolod council and he was to use this as
a platform. His silence is then understand-
and Saturn, in the constellation of Pisces, was seen, some accounts say.
“None of the possible astronomical explanations have overwhelming evidence that it should be preferred to others,” Andrews
and Massey conclude. But the nova, comet or variable star explanation “appears more likely.”
The astronomers’ debate continues today. So does the puzzle
over a vulnerable child who lighted a world, though born in a
manger that clones our 2015 slums of penury. Over 93 million
children in 53 countries are malnourished.
Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth mentions the manger thrice.
Mary laid her infant in the manger. Angels told the shepherds:
“And this shall be a sign for you. You will find the infant wrapped
in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. And when they did
stumble into the decrepit stable, they recognized the Messiah”
as described.
As we today know it, the Christmas manager dates back to St.
Francis of Assisi. In 1293, the first crèche was celebrated in the
woods of Greccio near Assisi, on Christmas Eve.
St. Francis’ idea of bringing Bethlehem into one’s own town
spread quickly all over the Christian world. After Francis’ death
in 1226, the custom of having the crib at Christmas spread. The
Nativity belen came here via Ferdinand Magellan’s vessels.
“The Filipino Belen” is the title of a homily that the late historian Horacio de la Costa, S.J. delivered during a Nativity midnight
mass in the US. Excerpts:
“Although Christ was born 2,000 years ago in Palestine... He
was born for all time and all peoples…He was born for you and
for me. He willed to become a man in order to save all men. And
He chose to be born homeless because he wanted everyone to
be at home.
“This little Son of Mary is also ‘God of God’ — as we say in
the Credo of the Mass. There are for him no distances. And He
lives in an eternal now.
“There is room for all the world… in a Baby’s arms.” We look
deep in this Infant’s eyes, as our fathers did before us, and “be
filled with the peace that the world cannot give.”
able because he was not included in any
slate for the council.
Also mentioned to have initially opposed the joint petition were Councilors
Alex Paglumotan and Archie Baribar and
both are running – Paglumotan for reelection and Baribar for Congress. Instead of
having a gut issue to fight for, they too fell
silent. How come?
On the other hand, Bayan Muna kept
its peace because one of its congressmen
is running for the Senate and the party-list
needs help.
These suspicions might not be true at
all but why are they silent and allowed the
joint motion of Ceneco and KSPC to be
filed unopposed? Of course, if they had
The source of
empathy
FEARED
Holm’s disposal win against the most
feared woman in the planet made newspaper headlines in sports even if media were
swamped with the Paris terror attack over
the weekend.
For many UFC fans, Rousey’s defeat
was unexpected and a hail-Mary shocker
in the combat sport.
Those who followed her career were
suspecting that Rousey could be a superhuman, or someone possessed with an
extra-ordinary talent not bequeathed on
just anyone in the fight business, because
of the way she dispatched opponents in
the quadrangle.
Last Saturday Down Under, Rousey
proved to us that she was human, after
all—far from the way Sylvestre “Rocky
Balboa” Stallone and Arnold “The Terminator” Schwarzenegger immortalized the
good-looking lady.
The most destructive 130-pounder
of the distaff side could get a rematch,
we are 99 percent sure about that, but
her reputation as “the arm collector”
(because of the way she strangles opponents and wrecks their arms) and the
“baddest woman on the planet” (because
of her intimidating eyes) has suffered
a dent.
filed an opposition we would be happy
to publish them but considering that over
two months had elapsed since the CenecoKSPC motion was filed, I don’t think we
can expect anything from these original opponents. What we can expect is additional
charge on our electric bills.
There is another petition by Filinvest
for the same reasoning but this is yet under
protest by former Ceneco general manager
Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr. By the way, he supports the Kepco petition and even saved
from embarrassment Ceneco Corplan manager Norman Pollentes, who was asked by
the Sanggunian during a hearing on November 12, 2012 to present its claimed “technical approval” by ERC but couldn’t.
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HIS IS no one other than Christ himself, who being God
“emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born
in the likeness of men. And being found in human form
he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death
on a cross.” (Phil 2, 7-8)
I suppose there can be no one who can surpass this supreme
act of empathy. That is why we
have to look closely at Christ, nay,
become Christ ourselves, which
is made possible by Christ giving Himself totally to us through
His word, the sacraments, His
Church, His living presence and
abiding interventions in our life.
This supreme act of empathy
is not something that remains in
Fr. Roy Cimagala the theoretical or generic levels,
detached from the concrete situations of people in their daily lives.
From the beginning of their life
with Christ, the disciples saw and
felt the empathy of their Master.
They witnessed His capacity to put Himself in the place of
the others, His delicate understanding of what was taking place
in the interior of the human heart, His refinement in perceiving
the pains of the others, etc.
Christ continues to show this empathy to us now till the end of
time. That’s simply because He will always be a contemporary to
every age and generation with its distinctive culture and ways. He
adapts himself completely to our human condition without compromising His identity and mission, which is to save all men.
That is the standard we have to use in building up our empathy.
Nowadays, when empathy seems to be in very short supply, we
need to make a great effort to develop it by striving to be another
Christ. There is noa other way empathy can be an integral part
of our life.
Our initial problem is that many of us understand empathy
more as an instinctive and emotional reaction, and nothing much
else.
When you see someone stumble and in pain, you immediately
mirror his condition by vicariously feeling the fellow´s predicament yourself.
We are in need of mirroring one another´s conditions, since
this is how we learn, grow and develop. Thus, the importance of
physical, face-to-face encounters, and of being wary of our tendency to just keep to ourselves, limiting our relations with others
in the level of intentions.
Of course, we should be careful to avoid extremes-empathy
either as only a physical and emotional thing or only as an intentional and disembodied affair.
Empathy is certainly part of our nature that indicates that not
only are we individual persons, we are also social beings; not
only are we spiritual and intellectual persons. We are also beings
of flesh with feelings and emotions.
In other words, empathy should not just be an instinctive and
automatic reaction; it has to be a deliberately cultivated trait. It
should not just remain in the emotional level; it also has to be
properly directed and driven by our conscious reason, then by
our faith and charity.
It´s this wholistic grasp of empathy that would truly help us
build the society that we deserve as persons and as children of
God. We need to do everything to attain that understanding and
the skill to live it.
Thus, we have to study it not only in the physical, biological
and social sciences. It has to be studied also under the light of our
faith and religion. The Christian faith, for example, links empathy
to the whole range of Christian charity that includes not only loving those who love us but also those who don´t.
It´s this faith where empathy breaks free from its usual confinement in the emotional level to enter into the world of the
supernatural to which we are called due to our spiritual nature
also.
As to the practical implications of this concern about empathybuilding, I can mention a few ideas – to be thoroughly familiar
with our Christian faith, to be vitally identified with Christ by
always praying and developing the virtues.
We need to cultivate the desire to flood our surroundings
with an atmosphere of goodness, kindness, understanding and
compassion, complete with smiles, gestures of courtesy and
gratitude.
We have to be judicious in our use of the Internet and other
modern technologies such that they don´t take us away from direct
contact with others, basic in developing empathy. Family and other
social get-togethers should be fostered and made an integral part
of our daily activities.
Every little act of reaching out to the others, even if only internally, will go a long way in building up empathy. We need to
reverse the current disturbing trend where we seem to alienate
one another.
Email: roycimagala@gmail.com
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BACOLOD City – Former Bacolod City
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manager Mario Macatangay might return
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Macatangay told reporters that the
Baciwa board asked him to return as
general manager, an offer he is seriously
considering.
Macatangay earlier said he will no longer return to the water utility after serving
as interim GM from August 2014 to September 30, 2015.
He said he will first consult his family
about Baciwa’s offer because it would
mean relocating his family to Bacolod.
“My family is based in Manila so I
would have to make a major decision (if it
happens),” he added.
Macatangay presently is the acting
division manager of the Local Water
Utilities Administration’s (LWUA) Water District Development Department in
Manila.
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Both NOPPO acting provincial director Samuel Nacion and
BCPO director Melchor Coronel confirmed the heightened
alert level to reporters here.
Both officials also called on
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BACOLOD City Rep. Evelio R. Leonardia (3rd from left) leads the inauguration of the P3-million
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San Sebastian Cathedral holds
lectures for ‘Year of the Poor’
BACOLOD City – The San Sebastian Cathedral under the Diocese of Bacolod has conducted a series of
lectures in celebration of the “Year of the Poor.”
For the past months, the talks were given every second Thursday of the month, with various
invited speakers who shared their reflections on
topics related to the “Year of the Poor.”
The “Year of the Poor” lecture series was
formally closed by Fr. Felix Pasquin, rector of
San Sebastian Cathedral, on November 12 with
a talk on “Communities of Integrity.”
In his talk, Pasquin observed that there is “a
BACOLOD City – Police in
Negros Occidental arrested two
persons for violation of Republic Act 10591 (Comprehensive
Law on Firearms and Ammunitions) in separate police operations conducted here.
Danilo Alegria, 40, of Sitio
Balucanag, Cabacungan village in La Castellana town,
was arrested November 15 at
around 4:30 p.m., after he was
initially complained of alarm
and scandal.
Police later recovered from
Alegria a homemade 12-gauge
shotgun with two live rounds
of ammunition.
Meanwhile, Ruel Barba,
30, of Hacienda Talaban, San
Pedro village in Manapla, was
arrested in a checkpoint con-
ducted by the Regional Public
Safety Battalion at the national
highway along Barangay 21,
Victorias 9:30 p.m. of November 15.
Recovered from Barba was a
caliber .38 revolver with seven
live ammunitions.
The suspect is presently
detained at the lock-up cell of
Victorias City Police Station.
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from p.4
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need to examine our past to know why, at present, we are apathetic and indifferent to corruption
and abuses.”
He noted that “we have a past of betrayal by
the rich illustrados, who conveniently collaborated with our colonizers and enemies for their
personal gain, and shamelessly they masqueraded themselves as heroes.”
Pasquin said that “more than ever, we need
to form communities of integrity to counter the
fetid air of corruption and moral decay in our
country.” (PNA)
Two persons arrested for ‘hot guns’
the new terminal building that could take as much as 20 months
to complete.
Santana said that with the complaint lodged with their office,
they will coordinate with the Malay local government to provide
temporary shelter or relocation site for these displaced folks.
(Annabel J. Petinglay/PNA)
Iloilo City...
from p.4
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Meanwhile, Ausan said that
the Election Registration Board
is now acting on all applications for registration so that in
the weeks to come they would
be able to finalize the list of
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Barko nga Bulawan
Ni Dr. Alicia P. Magos
Ginbadbad sa Kinaray-a
Ni Ritchie D. Pagunsan
Ang Baranggay ka Carit-an,
Patnongon, Antique
S
a daray-ahan kang baranggay
Carit-an makita ang bahul nga puno
kang bubog nga ginapatihan kang
kadam-an nga balay ni Prinsesa Olayrah
kag balay nga durungkaan kang barko nga
bulawan.
Ang Carit-an ang pinakabahul kag
pinakaugwad nga baranggay kang Patnongon, Antique kag kilala sa anang puno
kang bubog. Kang mga tuig 1960, makita
ang bubog bisan traynta i-singko kilomitro
ang karayuun. Tama ka bahul ang puno nga
ang lawas mahakus kang kinsi ka tawo.
Ang puno kang bubog ginapatihan nga ginharian ni Prinsesa Olayrah nga nagakabuhi
antis kang disiotso nga siglo (18th century).
Ang patay nga sapa marapit sa puno kang
bubog ginapatihan nga aragyan kang barko
nga bulawan.
Rugya ang isara sa mga istorya sa
Carit-an:
Si Dionisio Otico, saysinta i-singko
anyos ang idad kag retirado nga prinsipal
kang sangka iskwilahan, naghambal nga
sa likod kang andang balay may patay nga
sapa nga nagaangut paagto sa baybay kag
nagalapos sa puno kang bubog.
Sa kalawidun kang mga tinuig kang
1960, ang barko nga bulawan nabalitaan
nga nagadungka marapit sa puno kang
bubog nga ginapatihan nga ginharian kang
mga ingkanto. Sa kahig kang puno amo ang
pantalan kon diin nagadungka ang barko
nga bulawan kon nagapalati ang bulan.
Ang mga istorya parti sa barko nga bulawan tama ka popyular kang tyimpo kang
mga Katsila kag padayon nga ginasugid
bisan kadya. Ginahambal nga ginapanagiyahan dya kang harianun nga pamilya
halin sa Carit-an nga nakapamana sa
harianun nga pamilya halin sa Yuropa. Ang
barko nagabyahi sa maduro nga parti kang
kalibutan piro pirmi nagabalik sa anang
balay nga durungkaan sa Carit-an.
Ang Banwa ka Anini-y, Antique
Sunod sa baybayun nga dalan kang
Dao, maagyan ang baybayun nga banwa
kang Anini-y, sangka daan nga Katsila nga
sityo sa Antique nga nagapabugal kang
anang simbahan nga himo sa puti nga mga
koralis. May darwa man dya ka maambung
nga mga lugar: isla ka Nogas kag Siraan
Hot Spring.
Ang isla ka Nogas kag ang Siraan Hot
Spring pariho nga ginahambal nga mariit
hay mayor dya nga mga syudad kang mga
ingkanto.
Rugya ang isara sa mga istorya sa
Anini-y:
Si Margarito Ilangga, saysinta i-kwatro
anyos ang idad kag kabulig sa Siraan Hot
Spring Resort, nagasugid kang pagkakita
sa barko nga bulawan. Natabo dya kang
Abril 1993, kang ang mga tawo sa Siraan
kag kaiping nga mga baranggay nagdinaguso sa resort para magturuk kang
mistiryoso nga kasanag nga nagtuhaw sa
tunga kang puno kang lunok sa resort kag
Punta Nasug (mataas kag turukladun nga
bukid nga may darwa ka putok-putukan),
nga mga darwa hasta tatlo ka kilomitro ang
karayuun. Tatlo ka sagunson nga gabii,
ang panung kang mga tawo nag-arabot
sa resort para saksihan ang masilaw nga
kasanag nga nagasiga nga angay kang
mga kristal sa dahon ka puno kang lunok.
Sa sulud kang tatlo ka adlaw, nakabati
Barko/p10
Artista
LITRATO halin sa http://aboutmauinui.com/2011/03/14/our-heritagethe-filipinos/
Mga Hurubatun
Kang Antique
Gintipon kag ginsulat ni Mrs. Ligaya B. Bundac
1. Ang tawo nga mabinantayun
Amo ang tawo nga mabinuhatun.
2. Ang balay nga may kalamay
Ginadapuan kang subay.
3. Inday, indi ikaw magsarig
Sa imong pagkadalig
Hay bisan gani ang tubig
Nagainanay sa pag-ilig.
4. Ang indi kamaan magbalikid sa anang ginhalinan,
Indi makaabot sa anang aragtunan.
5. Ikog mo anay ang balikda kon ano ka labug
Antis magturuk ka ikog kang iba.
Ni Mirah Day A. Ballarta
6. Kon ano gani ang sinapsap
Ano man ang inagsap.
M
7. Ang tawo nga parasugid
Isot lang ang tuod, laban butig.
ADASIG ANG
paglibot ka darwa
ka alima ka orasan
nga nagadukut sa tuo nga
alima ni Blanca. Tatlo ka
madamul nga mga libro
ang nagaduhung sa ana atubangan. Wara pa nahukas ang
takup ka bolpen nga kaina na
pa ginakaptan. Sigi gihapon
sa pagmurarat ang ana mga
mata nga daw mahulog dun
kang lantaw ka tilibisyon sa
anda sala.
“Hay! Andut kagwapo gid
kanimo, Clarkie James! Palangga ko gid ikaw labaw sa
tanan nga mga artista!” nagatiyabaw nga daw maumang si
Blanca samtang nagapungko.
Wara lang sa bungug na kang
nahulog ang sara ka mga libro.
“Hoy, Blanca Inocencia! Abi
ko anay matuon kaw? Kaina
kaw pa dyan sa tibihan,” saway
ka ana nanay nga naggwa halin
sa kwarto.
“Indi magkabalaka, Nay,
gamay lang man dya akun
turun-an kag, sara pa, nakatuon dun man ako, ah!”
daw sa piho nga sabat ni
Blanca.
Lunis kang madason nga
adlaw, gani ayawan kadalidali si Blanca sa pagsulud
sa ana una nga klasi. Naadlawunan tana bugtaw hay
namulaw tana kang lantaw
ka tibi. Nadura man sa ana
paminsarun nga may iksam
sanda sa amo to mismo nga
adlaw.
“A, bahala run dya kar-on!
Mas indi ako mapahamtang
kon wara ko ginlantaw ang
konsert ni Clarkie James my
labs kagabii!”
Nagaumpisa dun ang iksam
kang mag-abot si Blanca sa
anda kwarto. Amat-amat na nga
ginparapitan ang ana maistro
nga daw istatwa nga nagapungko sa paglantaw kang ana mga
klasmit nga nagadukoduko sa
pagsabat ka iksam.
“Mayad nga aga kanimo,
Sir. Pasinsya gid hay naurihi
ako,” midyo ginakulbaan nga
hambal ni Blanca.
8. Ang tawo nga gaparanglakaak ang handum,
Kon mahulog, bahul ang lagabung.
9. Ang tawo nga bukut mabinuligun
Wara it amigo nga pangisapwun.
10. Bisan ano ka lawid ang prusisyon
Igabalik gid a simbahan.
11. Gahubas gani ang tubudan
Ang manggad pa ayhan.
12. Ang tawo nga pungko lang nga pungko,
Wara it surulud sa tubo.
HIMO NI Christina Leta halin sa http://myartmagazine.com/watercolor-paintings-christina-leta%20
Daw mahibi si Blanca
samtang nagasabat ka iksam.
Blangko gid ang ana papil hay
blangko man ang ana paminsarun. Sa sulud kang darwa
ka oras, natapos gid man ang
anda iksam.
“Oy, miga, tawas kaw? Malantaw kami kar-on ka sine ni
Clarkie James sa Robinson,”
panghagad ka klasmit ni Blanca
nga si Anna.
“Ay, abaw, syimpri! Lantu
mo man nga si Clarkie James
ang akun inspirasyon sa adlaw-adlaw nga tanan!” nagayuhumyuhum nga sabat ni
Blanca.
“Danay lang gid, di bala
may inogpasa kita nga pradyik sarum-an? Amo run lang
to anay unahun ta obra hay
basi maduraan ta skolarship
kon indi kita makapasa,”
pahanumdum ni Cathy sa
darwa.
Tungud sa pagkadimat ni
Blanca kay Clarkie James ,
nawili tana ka singgit rugto
sa Robinson kag wara na
naobra ang ana pradyik.
Nagab-ihan dun tana kang
uli kag, tungud sa kakapoy,
wara na dun nabukad ang ana
turon-an.
Duro pa nga mga konsyirto
ni Clarkie James ang ginagtunan ni Blanca. Mas ginapasulabi na pa gani dya sangsa
sa ana pagtuon. Bakal ka mga
koliksyon, wara rudya, wara
rudto ang ana gasto, makita
kag makaimaw lang ang ana
idolo.
Nagligad ang mga inadlaw
kag manogtapos dun ka simistri. Ginpatawag ka administrasyon ang tanan nga mga iskolar
kang iskwilahan, kaimaw man
si Blanca.
“Ginakasubu ko nga ibalita
kanimo Miss Inocencia nga
isara kaw sa mga naduraan
kang skolarship. Mga naba gid
abi kalabanan ka imo grado,
kag wara run kami ti mahimo
hay natugruan kaw dun namun
ka tsansa kang nagligad nga
simistri.”
Nagturo ang luha ni Blanca
sa ana nabatian. (Katapusan)
13. Makilala mo ang tawo sa anang binuhatan,
Bukut sa sugid nga palaban-laban.
14. Ang tawo nga parabasa
Indi lang basta-basta.
15. Mapunggan ang dagahay kang suba,
Pero mabudlay punggan ang baba.
Pamaan: Ang dyang mga hurubatun nga halin sa probinsya kang Antique, gintipon kag ginsulat ni Mrs. Ligaya B.
Bundac, Puno kang Departamento kang Filipino, Antique
National School (Retirado).
The Daily Guardian in partnership with Dungug Kinaray-a, Inc. embarks on a mission to promote Kinaray-a
language. This section will feature short stories, essays, poems, and other literary pieces in Kinaray-a. Thanks to
Mr. Ritchie D. Pagunsan and Dungug Kinaray-a, Inc. for allowing us to use the materials from their website http://
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IS SMALLVILLE ...
Bacolod ...
HOOLIGANISM
Robiso’s death has placed
the police and establishments
at Smallville in the crosshairs
of public criticisms for their
failure to secure the area from
violent incidents, especially
those involving guns.
Even parents fear that their
children might get caught in the
crossfire if another gunfight occurs in the city’s leisure area.
Rona, 32, mother of a teenage girl, said she will not anymore allow her child to go
near Smallville because of
potentially fatal incidents that
happen in the area.
Byran Bernal, 45, said he
will accompany his child in
going to Smallville during important family events.
“But we will not stay too
long at night, especially when
armed drunks or criminals are
in the area. It’s not fun to stay
at Smallville if intoxicated maniacs with guns surround you,”
Bernal added.
In December 2012, three
persons were wounded in a
shooting incident at Tuki bar,
which is a part of the Smallville area.
The controversial “raid”
by members of the Iloilo
City police Special Weapons
and Tactics Team on an office of a local radio station
also rooted from a rumble
between youngsters partying
at Smallville.
Senior Insp. Kitt Flora,
Mandurriao police chief, said
regular police patrols and saturation drives are conducted at
Smallville to prevent untoward
incidents in the area.
But Robiso’s death indicates
that police have a lot of catching up to do to keep firearms
away from leisure establishments.
Sources who work in several
establishments at Smallville
claimed that some security
personnel in bars and nightspots are easily “bought off” to
allow rich kids and prominent
people with guns to enter the
building.
“Bouncers and security
guards have gone too familiar
with rich kids and VIPs (very
important personalities) that
they allow these people to
enter even if they are armed
or possess other contrabands,”
a waiter of a popular bar in
Smallville said.
Banias said they are also encouraging public health workers to undergo regular HIV
testing so as to eliminate the
possibility of them contracting
the virus.
He clarified that persons
with HIV are different from
those with acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
“People that are tested positive for HIV do not necessarily
have AIDS already. The disease
manifests itself later. That is why
they are encouraged to avail
of the anti-retroviral medicine
which can delay or prevent the
manifestation of HIV,” he said.
man sanda sa pagpanghulog
ka mga angkla.
Si Noli Palarca, baynti syiti
anyos ang idad nga surhano
halin sa Anini-y, nagpamatuod
nga ang barko nga bulawan
sangka galyon nga himo sa
bulawan. Ginapanag-iyahan
dya ni Prinsesa Olayrah, sangka
ingkanto nga tumanduk kang
Carit-an, nga nakapamana
kang harin-un nga ingkanto nga
Yuropiyo. Ang tatay ni Olayrah
ingkanto nga ginhingaranan
Sota nga nagaistar sa Bukid
kang Kanlaon, isla kang Negros. Ang barko nga bulawan
pampasahiro nga sarakyan
pangdagat nga nagadara kang
mga kargaminto kag pasahiro
paagto sa nagakalain-lain nga
lugar parihas kang Yuropa kag
Amerika. Ang mga ingkanto
kag pinalakad nga nagasakay
sa barko mga Yuropiyo, Ameri-
kano kag sarisari nga mga rasa.
Ginahambal man nga ang mga
pasahiro naghalin sa lain-lain
nga mga istado sa sosyudad.
Ang iba nakita-an nga nagasuksok kang mga panaptun nga
nag-uso kang tyimpo ni Rayna
Victoria kag Elizabeth kang
Ingglatira, angay ka ginasuksok
kang mga harin-un nga mga tao
sa diin nagainggat dya tungud
sa bulawanun nga mga ribete.
Ang mga trabahador nagasuksok kang ordinaryo nga mga
bayo samtang ang mga tinawo
kang barko nagasuksok kang
puti nga yunipormi. Ang kalabanan ka mga karga amo ang
mga tapi nga kahoy, lana kag
mga prutas parihas kang ubas,
peras (pears) kag saging.
Ang barko nga bulawan
masami nga makit-an sa kadulum kang kagab-ihun. Masami
nga nagatuhaw dya kon sirum,
tungang-gabii ukon dalum ang
kagab-ihun nga ang mga tawo
nagakaturog ukon sa sulud ka
andang balay.
- Katapusan –
Pamaan: Ang inyo nabasahan pinili kag pinaksi nga
sugidanun sa sangka panalawsaw, “Binisaya nga Kinabuhi,
Visayan Life, Visayas Maritime
Anthropological Studies II,
1993-1995,” nga ginsulat ni
Prof. Alicia P. Magos, Ph.D.,
ginkay-ad nanday Iwao Ushijima kag Cynthia Neri Zayas,
kag ginbalhag ka CSSP Publications, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines (1996).
Si Alicia P. Magos sangka
bantog nga anthropologist
kag professor emeritus kang
Univeristy of the Philippines.
Maduro ang mga sinulatan
na nahanungud sa kultura
kang Bisayas Nakatundan,
ilabi run ang parti sa Panay
Bukidnon.
NAVA’S BRAINCHILD
In response, Mabilog also
sued Nava for graft before the
Ombudsman for influencing
the mayor and the city council
to pass the tire clamping ordinance so that the councilor can
do business and profit via 3L
Towing.
In his complaint affidavit,
Mabilog claimed that Nava
himself admitted ownership
of 3L Towing in the latter’s
complaint-affidavit filed with
the Ombudsman last September 8.
Using Nava’s affidavit to
support his charges against
Mabilog, the latter alleged that
Nava has “pecuniary interest
over 3L Towing Services” as
the latter was the main sponsor
of Regulation Ordinance No.
214-191 or the Wheel Clamp
and Towing Ordinance.
“But towing trucks are expensive while clamps are more
reasonable, thus, I agreed upon
suggestion of Nava that the city
government should engage the
services of a private company
for clamping illegally-parked
vehicles,” the mayor said.
lays...
Arangkada was also scrapped.
Some of them sought for legal action against the station.
opment is part of measures to
improve regional stations.
“The strategic streamlining
being undertaken in Iloilo is in
keeping with previous measures
of the Network geared towards
increasing ratings and revenues
of all its regional stations from
more efficient operations,” the
statement said.
The network said its Iloilo station will “continue as one of GMA’s
regional satellite selling stations.”
“As mentioned in an earlier
statement, all affected personnel in Iloilo will be offered
severance packages,” the statement said.
peared to be unsteady with his
movements, casually talking to
Robiso’s girlfriend.
Blancaflor was then seen
touching the woman’s shoulder,
a sight that met Robiso as he
went out of the lavatory.
A heated argument ensued
between the two.
Some reports claimed that
Robiso was first to pummel
the suspect with a caliber .380
handgun. The gun was allegedly licensed but it was not
known if Robiso had a permit
to carry firearm outside of residence (PTCFOR).
Robiso’s friend, James Cua,
tried to pacify the fight.
At around 1:53 a.m., the
CCTV footage showed Blancaflor pulling out a handgun and
successively shot Robiso.
He then pushed his way
through the crowd to flee.
As he inched his way out, he
turned back and again shot the
victim.
The incident also slightly
injured Cua, 39, of Barangay
Ungka 2, Pavia, Iloilo, who was
hit on his left leg.
SURRENDER
Lawyer Mario Sison, NBIWestern Visayas director, said
he already appealed to Mark
Blancaflor to surrender and
even waited for the latter till
late Sunday.
Sison said it was around
2:30 a.m., or around 30 minutes
after the incident, when Blancaflor called him.
“It was very brief. He just
told me that he shot someone.
He said that he will surrender
later that day (Sunday),” he
added.
Nothing was heard from the
suspect until now.
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Visayas Medical Center,” he
said.
“We do not deliberately
broadcast this but because the
media asked about it, we have
to give out the information,”
he added.
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she said.
April this year, about 24
regular employees of GMA
Iloilo were laid off including reporters, cameramen and
talents.
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“He could no longer be contacted,” Sison said.
Even police investigators
also received surrender feelers
from Blancaflor’s camp but the
suspect has yet to turn himself
in as of this writing.
Sison confirmed that Blancaflor was employed in their
office as a security officer even
as he regarded the suspect as a
“dedicated” worker.
EX-COP
Police have yet to confirm
information that Robiso and
Blancaflor shared one table
before the incident happened.
Several bar goers, and even
waiters, claimed the two were
drinking on the same table.
But Cua claimed he only
knew Robiso as the victim was
his schoolmate.
According to reports, Blancaflor was a former policeman
who entered the service in
1995.
But he was dismissed from
service after going on absence
without official leave (AWOL)
following his failure to undergo
mandatory training.
STRATEGIC STREAMLINING
In a statement emailed to
The Daily Guardian, GMA
Network said the latest devel-
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anomalies in the purchase of
P26 million worth of computers and software packages from
2001 to 2006.
The transaction was funded
from Puentevella’s Priority
Development Assistance Fund
or pork barrel during his incumbency as congressman of
Bacolod City.
DILG Regional Director
Anthony C. Nuyda served the
suspension order at the Bacolod Government Center, now
known the People’s House, at
about 4:30 p.m.
Nuyda was accompanied
by DILG legal officer Cedric
Jaranilla and DILG Bacolod
City Officer Cheryl Tacda.
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Gerochi also acknowledged
the City Council’s failure to
meet the deadline in acting on
Divinagracia’s appointment.
Meanwhile, Divinagracia’s
appointment papers have been
transmitted to the Civil Service
Commission (CSC) as of November 13 even as the Sangguniang Panlungsod has yet to
vote on her confirmation.
Human Resource Management Officer Leo Elevencione
Mayor ...
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ing effect between the LGU and
3L Towing Services.
But Mejorada said Mabilog
cannot unilaterally withdraw
his signature and rescind the
contract as it would require the
consent and approval of the city
council.
Besides, the violations of the
law were not erased by the nonimplementation of the contract,
Mejorada said.
Both Mejorada and Nava
received a copy of the Ombudsman order last Friday.
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Puentevella received the
copy in a private place outside
the People’s House.
Nuyda also furnished a copy of
the suspension order to Bacolod
City Vice Mayor Greg Gasataya
who is now acting mayor.
Bacolod City’s Number 1
Councilor El Cid Familiaran is
acting vice mayor.
Both Gasataya and Familiaran took their oaths before
Nuyda.
Puentevella, who earlier said
that he is ready for the suspension order, could not be reached
for comment.
Gasataya said that he will
seek legal opinions regarding his assumption as acting
mayor, especially the limits of
his power.
He said he also has to ascertain if he can replace some
technical assistants at the City
Government who were appointed by Puentevella.
Familiaran said that assuming the vice mayor’s office
post is nothing new to him
because he has been doing so
in the past.
He also assured that he
will not fire anybody while he
serves as the second highest
official of the city.
The suspension order was
implemented after the Sandiganbayan’s Fourth Division
denied Puentevella’s motion
for reconsideration and upheld
its September 28 resolution
ordering his 90-day preventive
suspension.
said he forwarded Divinagracia’s papers to the CSC per
Section 454 (d) of the Local
Government Code.
This provision states that
“Unless otherwise provided
herein, heads of departments
and offices shall be appointed
by the city mayor with the
concurrence of the majority
of all the sangguniang panlungsod members, subject to
civil service law, rules and
regulations. The sangguniang
panlungsod shall act on the
appointment within fifteen
(15) days from the date of
its submission, otherwise
the same shall be deemed
confirmed.”
Elevencione said he also set
a deadline for the submission
of the papers to the CSC for its
final perusal and approval.
The SP first took up the
appointment of Divinagracia
during their session on October
27 but it did not vote until the
15th day, which fell on November 12.
Mabilog said that on January
20, 2015, Nava sponsored Ordinance No. 2015-419, which
amended the Wheel Clamp
ordinance by setting qualifications of a firm that may enter
into an agreement with the city
government, and that the qualified firm, through the MOA, is
“entitled to receive and claim
by way of reward 70 percent
of the fines.”
The mayor also alleged that
Nava’s “pecuniary interest”
over the towing firm manifested
as early as when the councilor
“did research for companies in
China that sell wheel clamp in
wholesale including the pricing” and “look for a dummy
and approached Leny Garcia
to be the sole proprietress of
3L Towing Services.”
Mabilog also cited Nava’s
interviews indicating the latter’s effort to back the towing
firm in securing the contract
with the city government.
“In the radio interviews of
Nava, he was very defensive
of the qualifications of 3L Towing Services,” the mayor said
in his affidavit, including the
councilor’s perceived resolve
not to inquire the real owner
of the firm.
Mabilog quoted Nava as
saying in the interview that,
“what is important is that there
is a company that has the kind
of facility, and the contract is
already signed.”
Mabilog’s said the city government entered into an agreement with 3L Towing Services
on February 17, 2015 but he
ordered the MOA suspended
on February 24 due to some
“technical issues,” which the
Sangguniang Panlungsod favored through a resolution on
March 3, 2015.
The mayor said the agreement between the City Government and 3L Towing became
non-existent after purported
firm owner Leny Garcia sent a
letter indicating her firm’s withdrawal from the contract.
According to Mabilog, the
suspension of contract infuriated Nava, who later “started to
hurl wild and baseless accusations against me.”
Ex-cop...
Mabilog also questioned
Nava’s alleged insistence that
only 3L Towing Services “pose
the required qualification based
on the amendments” on the
Clamping Ordinance, which
“apparently was tailor-fitted”
to be compatible with that of
3L Towing.
He also accused Nava of
allegedly persuading, inducing
or influencing his colleagues in
the City Council and the mayor
into “passing and enacting”
the Clamping Ordinance and
the “subsequent execution of a
MOA between 3L Towing Services and the City Government
of Iloilo for his own personal
benefit.”
Mabilog’s legal counsel
Mark Piad said Mabilog cannot
be held liable along with Nava
“because the mayor ordered the
suspension of the implementation of the ordinance.”
“And the mayor signed
the agreement with 3L Towing with authority from city
council. We are looking at the
intention of Councilor Nava in
pushing for the passage of the
tire clamping ordinance and
for sponsoring the resolution
authorizing the mayor to sign
the agreement with 3L,” Piad
added.
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shabu when frisked shortly following his arrest for gun possession.
When questioned, Melendrez said the guns were not his but
that of a friend, whom he refused to identify.
And much like those before him, the suspect also insisted that
the suspected shabu recovered from him was merely “planted”
by police.
The suspects are presently detained at the CIDG-6 headquarters
while appropriate cases are filed against them.
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Celtics roll past
Thunder, 100-85
OKLAHOMA CITY – Marcus
Smart scored a career-high 26
points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Oklahoma City
Thunder, 100-85, on Sunday
night (Monday in Manila).
Isaiah Thomas scored 20
points, Avery Bradley had 14
and Jared Sullinger added eight
points and 15 rebounds to help
the Celtics win their third in
four games. Boston shot 48
percent and outrebounded the
Thunder, 47-34.
Smart, who played college
ball at nearby Oklahoma State,
also guarded Russell Westbrook effectively. He was part
of a collective effort that held
the reigning scoring champion
to 5-for-20 shooting. Westbrook still scored 27 points and
carried a larger load with Kevin
Durant out with a hamstring
injury.
Serge Ibaka scored 16 points,
and the Thunder had a seasonlow point total and their worst
shooting performance. (AP/
Reuters)
Mud
crab...
from p2
With hatcheries, fishermen
will no longer collect crablets
from the natural environment,
which is already depleting.
“But since there is demand
of these species, we can let the
natural environment rest if we
can have somewhere else to
produce the crab seeds,” he
added.
Hatcheries are operated
privately as it requires big
capital.
Ayson said “private hatcheries are our collaborators who
have the resources to invest.”
It was learned an 80-ton
hatchery could produce 90,000
crablets per run, with four to
six runs per year, and a survival rate of 1.5 percent to three
percent.
One mother could hatch up
to five million eggs.
SEAFDEC have eight collaborators, some are in Quezon,
Palawan, Bohol, Cebu and
Davao.
Nursery operators buy seeds
from hatcheries at P2.50 to
P3 each. Nurseries grow the
crablets for three weeks, which
growers can buy at P5 to P6
OKLAHOMA CITY Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) shoots between Boston Celtics Amir Johnson
(left), Jae Crowder (center) and Jared Sullinger (right) in the second quarter of an NBA basketball
game in Oklahoma City, November 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
each.
Full-grown mud crab, which
can grow up to 400-500 grams
each, cost P500 to P600 per
kilo at sources and up to P800
in the market.
According to Dr. Fe ParadoEstepa of SEAFDEC, the Philippines is the second largest
producer of mud crab next to
China.
To date, the Philippines
produces 16,000 metric tons
of mud crab mainly from the
natural environment.
“There is much potential for
mud crab as an export commodity,” she said.
More than 200 mud crab
stakeholders in the country are
in Iloilo City for the 1st Mud
Crab Congress, Nov. 16-18 at
Diversion21 Hotel.
The Congress is a partnership between SEAFDEC/AQD,
Department of Science and
Technology-Philippine Council
of Agriculture, Aquatic and
Natural Resources Research
and Development and University of the Philippines in the
Visayas.
Dr. Dalisay Fernandez,
DOST-PCAARD director, said
the Congress aims to provide
updates on the status of the mud
crab industry in the country;
define technologies ready for
pilot-testing or commercialization; help people in the countryside to provide employment;
and identify areas that need
further assistance in research
and development.
DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION
One of the participants, Roberto Ballon of Zamboanga
Sibugay, shared growing mud
crab is a livelihood for fisherfolk
in coastal areas in Region 9.
“We grow crabs in Sibugay
to reduce poverty, and at the
same time, to give chance
to fishes to grow because of
diversified livelihood of the
community,” he said.
Ballon said diversified production – like growing milkfish
and mud crab in brackish water
ponds – helps the environment.
“If we concentrate on one
species alone, like bangus, it
will deplete fast,” he said.
“Ang alimango or mud crab
is a high-value species, mag-alaga ka lang ng konti, malaki ng
pera kesa huhuli ka ng maraming isda, konti benta mo. Mas
mabuti mag-alaga ka ng crabs,
konting effort mas malaki ang
benta; environment-friendly pa
siya,” he said.
However, the problem is
the very limited crab seeds, he
said. “Kulang tayo sa production, maraming gustong bumili
pero wala tayong technology to
produce more,” he said.
“It is better if hatchery of
crabs will be promoted, and
new technology for crab production – culture, hatchery,
growout and fattening – will be
developed. It will greatly help
the industry, even the fisheries
sector,” he said.
Compared to other species,
the return of investments in
mud crab production is better as
it is disaster-resilient. It resides
in the bottom of ponds, so when
a typhoon strikes and damage
the ponds, there is a chance
it won’t be totally wiped out,
he said.
“Fish pond (prawn and milkfish) is a dying industry, and
mud crab is a good substitute,”
he said. It is an in-demand export commodity as mud crab
from Philippines is a choice for
its taste, he added.
Cone
laments...
Commentary...
from p6
After that importation of basic
framework of governance was
the succession of occupants of the
Chief Executive Office. Quezon
became President under the 1935
Constitution followed by Osmeña,
Laurel who served during the Japanese interregnum, but thereafter
Roxas, Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia,
Macapagal and Marcos, the Philippine President who in 1972 declared
Martial Law with powers granted in
the same 1935 Constitution, as he
smugly claimed. Conversant with
legalism, Marcos has the impudence to label his de facto autocratic
rule as Constitutional Authoritarianism inspired as it was by law scholar
Clinton Rossiter’s reading of the
American Presidential powers as
Imperial Presidency.
Cory Aquino, who assumed
the Presidency after the ouster of
the dictator Marcos, summoned
the framers who finalized the new
1986 Constitution and governed
under this organic law. Subsequent
post-Marcos Presidents were consequently elected under this 1986
Philippine Constitution, namely Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo, including the
current yet soon outgoing President
Noynoy Aquino. As my utterance at
this juncture, it seems to me that it
was predominantly the suasion of
mass popularism that placed these
individuals into Presidential office.
The detestable preceding political
circumstance of dictatorship, such
monopoly of power without effective opposition and absence of exciting calendar elections prepared the
way for the enthusiastic restoration
of status quo ante.
Thus, it is now pre-Martial Law
electoral politics coming back
with vengeance but at a higher
plane. The principle and practice
of electoral democracy imported
from the United States became
an ideological rationalization for
the recycling of the established
and emerging political dynastic
families in Philippine government
offices. A happy circulation of the
elite is what transpired after the
so-called restoration of democracy.
Though strange bedfellows, political dynasty and electoral democracy couple merrily in our society
like pleasure-seeking partners in
the Old Testament sinful cities.
WHENCE COMES
ELECTORAL DEMOCRACY
A mass of Anglo-American
imported concepts such as civil
and political rights, sovereign
individual will, one-man-one-vote
in the ambit of classic electoral
democracy do have a long history
behind them. They emerged from
the social evolution of tribes to
become the ancient Greek citystates or polis as Aristotle noted in
his works and as practiced by the
ancient Athenians. Assuming all
things were equal, the presence of
a public sphere where citizens expressed their unhindered views free
from fear and deception was the
from p12
attitude,” said Cone, as quoted by the
league website. “We just didn’t have that
tonight.”
On paper, Ginebra should have matched up
well with San Miguel, especially with center
11
core component of this democracy.
And it is presumed that a citizen in
this situation was a well-informed
individual who possessed freedom
of choice and willpower to action.
To a great extent, the Romans modelled the character of their laws
and the form of their governance
from the Athenians with appropriate modifications to fit rigid social
classes in ancient Rome.
It was well-acknowledged that
this Greco-Roman form of political
democracy served as the archetype
for the American Federalists when
they finally wrote their Constitution.
With the memory of persecutions
of their Puritan predecessors under
absolutist English monarchs, the
American constitutional architects
crafted an organic law that laid down
the contractual nature of government
and individuals as citizens with
nearly unrestricted rights, including
among others “the right to elect and
to be elected”. Yet essential to the
existence of this democracy were
the socio-cultural requisites such
as large populace of middle classes
with moderate property, preponderance of the public sphere for unhindered discourse, and a firm civic
culture that transcends loyalties to
primary and intermediate groupings.
Much as they tried, the American
colonizers who tutored Filipinos into
“self-governance” cannot replicate
in the Philippine archipelago those
social-cultural requisites which
could have made imported electoral
democracy workable and viable.
Clearly, the moral here is “different
strokes for different folks”.
ELECTORAL POLITICS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
The social, economic and cultural circumstances in the Philippines were entirely different. The
formation of Philippine modern
state structures passed through the
four centuries of colonization under
an old-fashioned Iberian imperialist
power (Spain) when several Western European societies (England,
Holland, France) were already
fast developing their mercantilist
economies. By the 19th Century,
social and economic progress in
Filipinas was so stunted by the apparatuses of both the colonial government and the dominant church
that social and political movements
sprouted and agitated for structural
reforms. We are familiar with this
phenomenon in our history books
as the Propaganda Movement:
Lopez-Jaena and Del Pilar called
for the abolition of frailocracy,
Rizal favoured the idea of full and
equal representation in the Spanish Legislature, and the likes of
Pardo de Tavera urged the spirited
introduction of scientific learning and application in the colony.
Alas, the complete idea and praxis
of what is to be a modern society
seeped in so slow, so delayed that
the 1896-1898 Revolution became
a foregone conclusion, so to speak.
That was no automatic process but
a historical leap from quantitative
to qualitative transformation and
social change.
Greg Slaughter playing the
best basketball of his PBA
career.
On Sunday, however,
Slaughter was mostly
outplayed by two-time
MVP June Mar Fajardo,
and the San Miguel supporting cast also showed
up in a big way as Arwind
Santos tallied 24 points
and three other players
scored in double-digits.
(ABS-CBNnews.com)
Djokovic
and Federer
stroll to
easy wins
NOVAK DJOKOVIC looked
unstoppable when trouncing
Kei Nishikori but for sheer
swagger, Roger Federer remains unrivalled as he demonstrated again when dismantling
Tomas Berdych as the ATP
World Tour Finals began on
Sunday.
World number one Djokovic
extended his latest winning sequence to 23 with a 6-1 6-1 hammering of world number eight
Nishikori, who was powerless
to stop the rampant Serb.
Far from easing up with the
finish of his best ever year a
week away, Djokovic clearly
wants to lay down a marker
for next year’s assault on the
top silverware and showed
Nishikori no mercy.
Federer will provide Djokovic with a far sterner test when
they meet in the “Stan Smith”
Group on Tuesday, if his level
for most of a 6-4 6-2 defeat of
Berdych was anything to go by.
The 34-year-old, cheered
on by a sizeable army of Swiss
fans in various sorts of red and
white attire, made a mess of his
opening service game, falling
0-2 behind after serving two
consecutive double-faults to
gift Berdych a break.
But he responded with a
break to love and then from
3-4 down in the opening set he
produced a dazzling show reel
of his favorite tricks to win
seven games in a row – throwing in a couple of his trademark
half-volleyed returns for good
measure. (Reuters)
CenterPhil, San Agustin win
2015 Primes Cup cage titles
By Elyrose S. Naorbe
UNIVERSITY of San Agustin (top photo) and CenterPhil Montessori are this year’s Primes Cup
champions in the elementary and secondary categories, respectively. (Malou Pineda Nedula)
BEATING one of their more formidable rivals in secondary boys’
basketball, the CenterPhil Silver Knights proved their dominance
once again by topping the 2015 Primes Cup 17-under cage competitions at the expense of Sta. Clarita International School (SCIS)
Team A, this year’s Iloilo Schools Athletic Association (ISAA)
meet champions, via a 63-44 drubbing in their championship
square-off at the Sta. Clarita Gym, Iloilo City, November 15.
Silver Knights guard Melvin Estapon was chosen the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) while center Dave Lautrizo,
who was wearing a protective face mask after an injury incurred
in the elimination round, was named Finals MVP.
The Silver Knights made a crippling run in the second half to
stretch their lead even as they intensified their defense to prevent
SCIS’ known gunners from cutting on the deficit. Forwards Tom
Eli Caguimbaga and Hiljohn Cartagena as well as guard Bon
Ivan Ignacio clicked on all cylinders during that second-half
blitzkrieg to help their team pull away, resulting to another title
for the Janiuay-based squad.
During the eliminations, CenterPhil put up an immaculate
4-0 win-loss record behind easy victories over tough and rough
teams Ateneo de Iloilo Passerelle, SCIS-Team A, Barotac Nuevo
National High School, and Assumption-Iloilo. They then made
short work of Sta. Clarita International School-Team B in the
semifinals to march onto the finals unscathed.
This year’s Under-17 team is composed of team captain Dave
Lautrizo, Melvin Estapon, Hiljohn Cartagena, Tom Eli Caguimbaga, Frans Eman Lasalita, Eman Palma, John RJ Gallego, Sheen
Renzu Estrada, Ferdinand Defensor, Ronald Silorio, Charles
Daniel Sindol, Bonn Ivan Ignacio and Nicko Jet Limos.
The CenterPhil SilverKnights is the high school varsity basketball team of CenterPhil Montessori, a private school in Janiuay,
CenterPhil,/p11
Cone laments Ginebra lost
never-say-die spirit vs SMB
GINEBRA HEAD coach Tim Cone cut a
frustrated figure at the end of the bench while
watching the Gin Kings fall to San Miguel Beer,
82-100, in their highly-awaited PBA Philippine
Cup showdown on Sunday night.
The Beermen pulled away in the second half
and made 14 three-pointers, while the Gin Kings
missed all 12 of their attempts from beyond the
GINEBRA coach Tim Cone. (Photo courtesy of the PBA Media Bureau)
arc. The loss was already Ginebra’s third of the
season against only one victory.
After the game, Cone admitted that it was
quite obvious that Ginebra is “not at their
level.”
“We have a history and a legend that we
have to live up to, and that’s the never-say-die
Cone laments/p11
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PHL leads Southeast Asia
in organic farm lands
THE PHILIPPINE ranks first among
Southeast Asian countries and fourth
in Asia in terms of land devoted to
organic agriculture, according to Ramon Uy, Jr., president of Organik na
Negros! Organic Producers and Retailers Association (ONOPRA).
Uy cited the 2014 report of the
FiBL-International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM)
Asia that ranked 10 Asian countries
with the largest organic areas.
The Philippines has 80,974 hectares
of land planted with organic produce,
according to the report.
Topping the list is China with 1.9
million hectares; second place - India
with 500,000 hectares; and third place
- Kazakhstan with 291,203 hectares.
In a press release of the Department of
Agriculture’s National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP) last Friday (Nov.
13), Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Agriculture undersecretary for Special Concerns
and alternate chair of the National Organic
Agriculture Board, cited an IFOAM 2015
Report that the Philippines now has
101,278 hectares of organic farms.
“From the initial baseline data of
14,140 hectares in 2006, the NOAP
was able to devote an estimated area
of 101,278 hectares to organic farming
system, according to the IFOAM 2015
report. With this development, the
Philippines now rank as the 4th leading
organic country in Asia,” she said.
Since the inception of the NOAP
in 2012, the DA has been actively
promoting the adaption of organic
farming in the country, she said.
It is undeniable that more farmers
are now shifting to organic farming
and more consumers now prefer organic products, she added.
President Benigno Aquino III has
declared the month of November of
every year as the Organic Agriculture
Month through Presidential Proclamation No. 1030, enjoining everyone to
provide national focus on the importance of organic agriculture.
The Organic Act of 2010 is a law
which promotes the development and
promotion of organic agriculture in
the Philippines.
The law intends to promote, propagate, develop, and further implement
the practice of organic agriculture in
the country to improve soil fertility,
increase farm productivity, reduce
farm-source pollution, further protect
the health of the farmers, consumers,
and the general public, as well as save
on imported farm inputs.
In support of this proclamation, the
regional offices of DA are conducting activities that promote organic
agriculture such as organic trade fairs,
regional organic congresses, and a
series of school-on-the-air programs
about organic farming.
The celebration of Organic Agriculture Month will culminate in the 12th
Negros Organic Agriculture Congress
(NOAC) that will be held at the SMX
Convention Center at SM City Bacolod on Nov. 25 to 27.
Romulo-Puyat said the NOAC will
gather “major industry players, including farmer producers/practitioners,
operators of organic establishments,
researchers, educators, policy-makers
and other industry enthusiasts.”
“This will be an opportunity to learn
more about organic agriculture and
share related experiences,” she added.
This year’s NOAC, with the theme
“Halin Talamnan, Tubtob Kalan-an”
or “Farm to Table,” focuses on the importance of understanding the organic
agriculture supply chain and helping
organic farmers build linkages with
the consumers.
Simultaneous with the holding of
the 12th NOAC is the 10th Negros
Island Organic Farmers’ Festival
(NIOFF) on Nov. 25 to 29 at the Provincial Capitol Grounds and the North
Capitol Road. The NIOFF also adopts
the same theme of NOAC.
CEB flies 4.4 million
passengers in Q3 2015
THE PHILIPPINES’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB),
flew 4.4 million passengers in the 3rd quarter of 2015, posting a
growth of 10.6% over the same period last year.
The airline carried a total of 13.7 million passengers from January to September 2015, an increase of 9% year-on-year.
“Growth in passengers carried by the Cebu Pacific Air group
from January to September 2015 can be attributed to the increase
in capacity in key domestic and long-haul routes. As of September 30, 2015, the CEB group operates 2,530 weekly flights in
62 destinations and 93 routes. We look forward to expanding
our operations to even more domestic and international markets
soon,” says Atty. JR Mantaring, CEB Officer-in-Charge for Corporate Affairs.
CEB’s Q3 2015 total revenues surged 9% year-on-year to P12.8
billion. This brings our total revenues for the first 9 months of
2015 to P42.3 billion, a growth of 10% year-on-year. Passenger
revenues, meanwhile, increased by 5% to P9.3 billion. Ancillary
revenues grew 26% to P2.6 billion driven by a 13% increase in
ancillary revenue per passenger.
Cargo revenues also posted an increase of 8% to P886 million
as we carried 44.5 million kilos of cargo, up by 4.2% over the
same period last year.
For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebupacificair.com or call the reservation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or
(+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s
official Twitter (@cebupacificair) and Facebook pages.
Guests may also download the Cebu Pacific official mobile
app on the App Store and Google Play.
CEB’s 55-strong fleet is comprised of 8 Airbus A319, 33 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus A330, and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. It is one of
the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2016 and
2021, CEB will take delivery of 5 more brand-new Airbus A320,
30 Airbus A321neo, and 16 ATR 72-600 aircraft.
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Pact aims to broaden youth participation in agriculture
MONSANTO Philippines recently partnered
with the University of the Philippines League of
Agricultural Biotechnology Students (UP-LABS)
on a series of student outreach projects that aim to
broaden student awareness on the role of modern
agricultural biotechnology and encourage youth
participation in addressing challenges related to
agricultural development.
Monsanto Corporate Engagement Lead
Charina Garrido-Ocampo and Human Resource
Lead Cherie Lou Ocampo led the signing of the
memorandum of agreement (MOA) with UP
LABS as represented by its Vice President for
Internal Affairs Mark Julius Mercado and VP
for External Affairs Paulyne Nathalie Ordillo.
UP- LABS is an academic organization in UP
Los Baños that promotes biotechnology inside
the university and across key agricultural areas
in the country.
“Today’s youth plays a critical role in contributing innovative and creative ideas to address
real-world issues such as sustainable resource
management and food security. Monsanto’s
collaboration with UP LABS demonstrates our
efforts to work with different stakeholders, including our youth, and maximize creative potential,
innovative initiatives, and transformative vision
for the community to help make our commitment
to sustainable agriculture a reality,” GarridoOcampo said.
Under the MOA, Monsanto and UP LABS
will collaborate on different student outreach
activities which are all aimed at broadening
the awareness of students on the importance of
managing the world’s resources more efficiently
through sustainable agricultural practices and
biotechnology. Among others, Monsanto will
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MONSANTO and officers of the University of the Philippines League of Agricultural Biotechnology (UP LABS)
lead the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Sept. 28, 2015 to firm up their partnership
for activities to increase youth participation and awareness on the importance of agricultural biotechnology.
(Sitting from left) Mark Julius Mercado, VP for Internal Affairs, UP LABS; Paulyne Nathalie Ordillo, VP for
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in capital expenditures for 2016 to support its
continued aggressive expansion program.
ALI Chief Financial Officer Jaime
Ysmael said the company aims to launch
various residential projects next year.
“We are (also) expanding our investment
property portfolio so malls, offices and ho-
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So I think there will be a lot of new launches
in those sectors... We are still finalizing the
(2016) budget,” he said in an interview.
Ysmael bared plans to put up more projects
in key growth centers where it has acquired
landbank including Makati, Bonifacio Global
City, Nuvali in Laguna, Pampanga, Iloilo,
Bacolod, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
He noted that the company has been
expanding its leasing/recurring revenues by
building more malls, offices and hotels in line
with its aim to achieve a balance between its
development income and commercial sales.
“It’s really our intent to effectively
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Q. Abeto St., Mandurriao,
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5083034
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Tel. No. 329 6001
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09063746686
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DR. REYNALDO S. TAPALES
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399 Huervana Street
La Paz, Iloilo City
Tel. No. 320-1383
EVZ PHARMACY
“Customer Service
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‘DUYAN KA NG MAGITING’
UPV professor mounts artwork
A PROFESSOR of the University of
the Philippines Visayas (UPV) installed
an artwork dubbed “Duyan Ka Ng
Magiting,” inspired by a line from the
country’s national anthem.
Prof. Martin Genodepa, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Culture and
the Arts and Curator of the UPV Art
Gallery, installed the artwork in the UPV
Administration Building and in front of
the flagpole and the Oblation and will be
on view until December 3, 2015.
The installation consists of several
pieces of ‘duyan’ or rattan hammock
hung on the main pillars of the façade
of the building which faces the flagpole
and the Oblation, the national university’s symbol.
The artwork is basically inspired by
a line in Lupang Hinirang, the Philip-
pine national anthem. But UP, being the
premiere university in the country, has
also been the cradle of heroes or brave
and brilliant Filipinos in all fields.
The installation is an attempt at
re-interpreting and translating one
artwork’s theme or idea into another
artwork.
The artwork is also a good study on
how spaces can be altered to acquire
new meanings or significations.
The indigenous organic materials
used in the project bring attention to
and in some way promotes the use of
the same in art production.
The project has been made possible
by the UPV Creative Work Grant under
the auspices of the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research and Extension.
(LTP/UPV/PIA-Iloilo)
Ericka: A child volunteer
in her community
DOOR OF KNOWLEDGE OPENS The turnover of the building
for the Alternative Learning System (ALS) inmates-students of the
Iloilo City District Jail Male Dorm culminates in a ribbon-cutting
ceremony and blessing graced by Iloilo City mayor Dr. Jed Patrick
E. Mabilog, Senior Superintendent Rex D. Delarmente, BJMPRO-6
regional director; Iloilo City schools superintendent Clarissa G.
Zamora, and Noel Panaguiton of the Iloilo City Congressional
District Office. (J. Britanico/BJMPVICRS)
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EVERY CHILD has a dream.
Since she was a little kid, Ericka Rose Monteclarohas dreamt to be a teacher. Now that she
is already in high school, she is closer to her
ambition because of her perseverance to put her
vision into reality. Ericka’s admiration for her
teachers is making her more determined so that
she will become one of them someday.
To prove herself that Kaya ang Pagbabago,
Ericka has been rendering volunteer work as a
daycare teacher in their barangay in San Pedro
Daycare Center, San Jose, Antique during afternoons when she is free, on top of her regular
schooling as a Grade 7 student in San Pedro
National High School.
Ericka has to walk 1.5 kilometers from her
school before reaching the Daycare Center,
where little children aged three to five-year-old
are waiting for her. According to her, every
time she is in front of these little children, she
gets ‘paid-off’ seeing them attentively listening to her every time she does a storytelling
session.
Apart from storytelling, Ericka also teaches
them lessons on dancing, singing, writing and
drawing. Since the daycare center is also having
their regular Supplementary Feeding Program
under the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) with the support of their
Local Government Unit (LGU), Ericka is helping the parents prepare the hot meals and teach
the children on how to practice healthy lifestyle,
such as eating nutritious food, being clean and
doing proper handwashing.
“Teaching these children is an opportunity for
me because this is already my stepping stone in
reaching my goal to finish college and become a
teacher. Aside from this, I want also to advocate
to these children the value of education despite
of poverty,” she said.
Ericka said she is thankful that Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program has helped her
and her younger sister in their education and
health needs. Ericka said since their family
is covered by the program for almost three
years already, the cash grants they have been
receiving helped them a lot in their school and
health needs.
“Education is the weapon to reach our ambition. That is why I don’t waste the time and opportunity to study. This is also one of the reasons
why I want to share my knowledge and talent to
these little children. It’s just like a simple way of
paying forward all the blessings that God gave
to us,” she said.
Apart from being excellent in school, both in
academics and curricular activities, Ericka said
this volunteer work is also part of her commitment in rendering community service, especially
that she is an active member of the 4-H Club, a
youth development organization being supported
and organized by the Department of Agriculture
(DA), and other youth and Catholic Church
organizations.
ADDRESS: DOOR #1, ASIAN LUMBER BLDG
M.H. DEL PILAR, MOLO, ILOILO CITY
TEL. NO.: ILOILO - 336-0535
ANTIQUE - 540-7765
NGP areas
are now El
Niño ready
ALL NATIONAL Greening
Program (NGP) sites in the
provinces of Aklan, Antique,
Capiz, Iloilo and Negros
Occidental are now El Niño
ready, as shown by their respective contingency plans
prepared and implemented
prior to the onset of the long
dry spell.
As early as the first week
of October, field offices of the
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR)
6 have worked alongside People’s Organizations, Barangay
Councils, and Bantay Gubat
teams and implemented various activities to mitigate and
be able to adapt to the impacts
of El Niño.
“We have prepared contingency plans in advance in
order to protect NGP sites as
these are precious. Yes, there is
the El Niño which the weather
bureau forecasts to last until
even the second quarter of
2016 but we are all ready to
face the challenge,” said NGP
Regional Coordinator Bernabe
H. Garnace.
Prior to the onset of the long
dry spell, the DENR with its
NGP field implementers have
been conducting information
drives to forewarn stakeholders of the possible effects of
El Niño, which is touted to be
the strongest by far to hit the
Philippines.
“NGP field coordinators
region-wide are given the instruction in advance to prepare
their respective contingency
plans to protect the NGP areas. The sustainability of our
program does not only involve
hardworking individuals on
the ground but also preparedness to eventualities such
as the El Niño. Losing NGP
project sites to drought or forest fires would also mean the
loss of livelihood to thousands
of families who are depending
on the project for economic
support,” stressed DENR 6
Regional Director Jim O Sampulna.
In Aklan, signages were put
up in all NGP sites with advisory on fire prevention and there
were drill strategies conducted
on how to suppress forest fires.
Forest extension officers and
PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) forest
guards were augmented to conduct foot patrol in 2011-2015
NGP sites. A quick response
team was also created to do
spot investigation in areas that
may be severely affected by
the drought.
In Antique, the DENR team
and partner organizations
closely monitor the established plantations while small
farm reservoirs are established
in suitable NGP sites. Stakeholders practiced mulching
using cogon/gihon and wild
banana and they planted sweet
potato on the ring weeded
seedlings. The intercropping
of cash crops is also done and
they have made early application of organic fertilizers.
NGP/pB7
Pact..
from p.B2
be providing UP LABS with
knowledge materials and other
resources to effectively support
the organization’s different
awareness-building activities
including student seminars, a
biotechnology youth camp and
exhibits.
Under this, UP LABS members recently conducted a storytelling activity for almost
200 grade school students in
select elementary schools in
Los Baños, Laguna. The UP
LABS members performed
an interpretation of Ocampo’s
published children’s book titled
“Lina’s Town Rises Again,”
which was inspired by the
tale of triumph of a lady corn
farmer living in Sultan Kudarat.
Students of Lopez Elementary
School, San Antonio Elementary School, Los Baños Central
Elementary School, and The
Learning Place watched the
said performance.
According to UP LABS
President Junnel Metrillo, the
activity was meant to help
young students gain a basic
Ayala..
from p.B2
2020, we expect to increase
our net income to P40 billion…
We are pretty much on track,”
he added.
To achieve its P40-billion
profit goal, ALI is optimistic
of maintaining its growth trajectory in the next five years
until 2020.
Ysmael said it is anchoring
its businesses on economic
drivers, noting the country’s
robust gross domestic product
(GDP) growth fueled by remittances and business process
outsourcing activity.
“Tourism continues to be
good, particularly domestic
tourism. Interest rate continues
to be at a historic low. And the
income levels continue to grow
NGP..
from p.B6
An extensive foot patrol is
conducted within NGP areas
to closely monitor the plantation.
Construction of small water
impounding structures are done
in suitable NGP sites in Capiz
province and fire lines were
put up among 2015 established
plantations, which are still vulnerable to fire.
In Iloilo, trained Bantay
Gubat teams composed of
Forest Extension Officers
(FEOS), Forest Protection
Officers (FPOs), Forest Technicians, selected members of
People’s Organizations (POs)
and barangay officials were
created in seven municipalities
within the area of responsibility (forest land) of CENRO
Iloilo. The said teams will
be deployed to various 20112015 NGP sites to carry out
specific assignments such as
the conduct of foot patrol.
Furthermore, fire lines were
constructed and look-out towers were built and fire-fighting
tools were acquired. At the
NGP site, a small water impounding system will also be
established.
In Negros Occidental,
every PO have trained and
strengthened their respective
firefighting crew to put off
possible fire incidences in
NGP sites. Also, members
of the Kanla-on Green Brigade (KGB) along with hired
FPOs and PO members have
conducted weekly foot patrol
inside MKNP. Moreover,
DENR Officers (DENROs)
and Bantay Bukid Brigade
(BBB) members for every PO
in the administrative jurisdic-
understanding of the agricultural value chain, the different
challenges to food sufficiency,
and the role of agricultural
biotechnology in nourishing a
growing world.
“Young people today are
losing interest in agriculture
and lack awareness in terms of
the sector’s role in feeding our
growing population. Because of
this declining interest, reaching
out and educating the younger
generation about sustainable
agriculture through modern
methods such as biotechnology is a key step in ensuring
our youth’s continued understanding and involvement in
challenges faced by the sector,”
Mertillo said.
Monsanto has been committed in expanding the discussion
on the importance of sustainable agriculture in schools and
colleges, including Mindanao.
Previously reaching out to 980
students in UP Mindanao and
the Nazareth High School,
the student outreach program
featured talks on food sustainability and career seminars on
agriculture.
and the middle class continues to
increase… So overall, those indicators bode well for our different
business lines. Of course, it will
be an election year so hopefully
things continue,” he said.
This year, Ysmael further
said the property developer
achieved a 19-percent in profit
consistently over the last three
quarters.
Its net income reached P7.3
billion in the third quarter,
bringing the January to September figure to P17.7 billion
from P14.1 billion during the
same period last year.
“So hopefully, we can sustain that kind of growth. We
still expect the fourth quarter
to manifest the same behavior
relative to the first three quarters,” he said. (PNA)
tion of Cadiz City were reactivated. A massive information/
dissemination campaign on
El Niño, climate change and
other environmental laws
shall be conducted until the
first quarter of 2016.
As early as August, Environment Secretary Ramon
J.P. Paje has urged the public
to support and cooperate in
countering the adverse effects of El Niño, especially
water shortages and forest
fires. “Forest fires affect the
livelihood of upland communities, endanger the country’s
wildlife and their habitat and
is a setback to reforestation
efforts of the government,”
Paje stressed.
In preparation for the El
Niño phenomenon, President
Benigno Aquino III has directed the Cabinet to prepare a
detailed roadmap that will address its adverse effects toward
the end of this year and into the
first four months of 2016. El
Niño is a natural phenomenon
which occurs every two to
seven years.
“We are expecting what
could be the strongest El Niño
since 1950 and I have tasked
DPWH Secretary Rogelio
Singson to head a task group
that will ensure an adequate
supply of potable water as
the dry spell hits the precious
resource,” President Aquino
said.
The task group include
the Local Water Utilities
Administration (LWUA), National Water Resource Board
(NWRB), Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and National
Irrigation Administration.
(DENR-6)
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The CineKasimanwa 2015
opening films announced
HE CineKasimanwa: Western Nick Deocampo and last year the festival
Visayas Season is almost here! opened with Lav Diaz’s four-hour “Norte,
From December 8 to 14, 2015, go Hangganan ng Kasaysayan”.
“TNT” tells the story of Tony, who left
visit the venues The FDCP Cinematheque,
the UPV Cinematheque, and SM City his country for the American dream only
Iloilo Cinema, because we will be cel- to be driven to the edge by a relative who
ebrating Western Visayas and its cinema turns his dream into a nightmare. The film
scene. The three opening films have just stars Perry Escaño, who was born in La
been announced today. They are namely: Paz, Iloilo and is now a professional televi“TNT” by Roberto Reyes Ang, “Kagat” sion, stage and film actor based in Manila,
by Fatima Mae Villarta, and “One Week appearing in more than 50 TV shows and
has acted in more than
Earlier” by Allyn May Canja and
30 films and profesEric Barbosa, Jr.
ReymundoSalao
sional stage plays. He
Here is the official announceJust Another
was a cast in Redd
ment from CineKasimanwa:
Film Junkie
Ochoa’s “Baliw”,
On its third year and with the
Brilliante Mendoza’s
theme “Lokal is International,”
“Captive”, and Paul
CineKasimanwa: Western Visayas
Soriano’s “Thelma”.
Film Festival opens with three
In TNT, he is the lead
short films: “TNT” by Roberto
actor. Escaño appears
Reyes Ang and starring Ilonggoin GMA-7’s Buena
born actor Perry Escaño; “Kagat”,
Familia and Princess
a Karay-a film from Guimbal by
in the Palace and the
Fatima Mae Villarta; and “One
Week Earlier”, the debut film of Allyn upcoming TV show “Be My Lady” at ABSMay Canja and Eric Barbosa, Jr. The open- CBN. TNT’s director, Roberto Reyes Ang,
ing films were programmed to celebrate was born in the Philippines but has mostly
three years of good harvest for Western lived in the US. He received his M.A. in
Visayan cinema under the theme “Ginhawa” Cinema Studies from New York Univer(breath). CineKasimanwa Festival Director sity’s Tisch School of the Arts and his
& Programmer Elvert C. Bañares, known for Advanced Certificate in Culture and Media
his counterprogramming approaches since from the same university’s joint program
eKsperim[E]nto years, decided to open with with the Anthropology and Cinema Studies
three short films, citing that these films rep- Departments. He is currently an Associate
resent Western Visayas in diverse ways. In Professor at the Polytechnic University of
2013, CineKasimanwa opened with the 3D the Philippines’ College of Communicadocumentaries of iconic Ilonggo filmmaker tions and is a Lecturer at the Lyceum of
T
the Philippines. TNT will have its Western
Visayan premiere in CineKasimanwa.
“Kagat”, a Karay-a film from Guimbal, Iloilo, is an apocalyptic zombie short
by Fatima Mae Villarta, who won Best
Director at the Bantayan Film Festival.
Kagat will make its Philippine Premiere
at CineKasimanwa and is the very first
Karay-a film to open in any film festival
in the country.
“One Week Earlier” is directed by
first-time Ilonggo filmmakers Allyn May
Canja and Eric Barbosa Jr. and will make
its world premiere at CineKasimanwa. One
Week Earlier, shot in full Hiligaynon, introduces audiences to two twenty-somethings
who struggle with loss and are both finding
a way out. Beautifully-photographed in
Iloilo City, One Week Earlier will surely be
an engaging watch for the Ilonggos. Allyn
Canja considers herself a storyteller and
liked movies with real conversations and
emotions. Eric Barbosa, Jr. is a photographer who loves grand sci-fi films.
All filmmakers including actor Perry
Escaño will be in attendance during the
opening night of the CineKasimanwa:
Western Visayas Film Festival on Dec. 8,
2015, 7pm at SM Cinema 1. Tickets are
available starting Nov. 25, 2015 at the SM
Cinema Lobby. For advanced group/class
bookings, please call Daniella at 09998821667, Paolo at 0927-7826400 or Ruth
at 09177074559.
Visit the festival’s official facebook
page at: [www.facebook.com/cinekasimanwa].
Teamwork is accented. Joint efforts work the best today.
Share your activities with others.
Today you’re every employer’s dream: careful, disciplined,
thorough, with attention to detail and good business skills.
Hard work brings a reward. Your efforts bear fruit.
Recognition comes in a financial form.
Your desire for the best could become a demand for more
than is possible in your relationships. Shared dreams work
most effectively.
Be open to seeing several sides at work today. Your
challenge is to cooperate with everyone and have a say in
the final compromise.
Resist the urge to nag someone close to you about weight,
spending, or alcohol. You’re most effective setting a good
example.
Seek an understanding of your family’s goals today.
Understanding their ideals and dreams can bring you
closer together.
Today you are balancing stability and change on the job.
Vary your routines a bit, but take care of essential duties.
You can’t buy love, but spending on something beautiful or
a romantic evening is a good idea. If you really can’t afford
it, create a fantasy!
Dynamism, energy, enthusiasm and the ability to excite
others are highlighted. You can pep other people up.
Dynamism, energy, enthusiasm and the ability to excite
others are highlighted. You can pep other people up.
You need to bounce some ideas off a friend. Don’t try to
decide on your own. Seek additional info.
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Society
B8 Tuesday, November 17, 2015
(Seated from right) THE DIAMOND Lady Dr. Pacita Trinidad-Gonzalez, Former first lady and Rep.
Imelda Trinidad Romualdez-Marcos, Celia Diaz Laurel (standing), Your Pagemaker, Cocoy Laurel,
and Baby O’Brien
Tina and Jojo Chua, the Celebrant, and Jojo Ang
PINOY Gonzalez, John Castigador and Nonoi Ybiernas
THE DIAMOND Lady with her children and grandchildren: Deeda Gonzalez (wife of Dr. Dennis T. Gonzalez), Carl Vincent and Kitkat
Castillo (son and daughter of Dr. Raul and Dr. Charm Castillo), Sophie Grace and Dennis Trinidad Gonzalez (daughter and son of Dr.
Dennis and Deeda Gonzalez), Dr. Dennis T. Gonzalez, Dr. Charmaine T. Castillo, Jose Mari T. Gonzalez, Dr. Marigold T. Gonzalez,
Dr. Pacita T. Gonzalez, former congressman Raul T. Gonzalez, Jr., and Dr. Raul Castillo (son-in-law)
DR. PACITA TRINIDAD-GONZALEZ’S
LINDA Marquez
D
R. PACITA TRINIDAD-GONZALEZ is a woman
ahead of her time, a most in-demand dermatologist by
celebrities during her prime years, a former congresswoman, and a successful businesswoman and a fashion prime
mover in her own right.
The widow of one of the most influential Ilonggos of our time, former
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, Sr.,
Dr. Pacita is always a pillar of strength
not only to her family but also to her
dear friends, both in business and social
worlds.
But nothing is more foremost in
her mind than the simple people she
touches and shares her blessings with,
dahlings.
Miss Republic of the Philippines Chairman Lynette
Padolina and Joeboy Agriam
DR. MARIGOLD T. Gonzalez and
Marilou Arroyo-Lesaca
But mind you, her stern demeanor that led to the success
of her family business instantly softens with her well-known
philanthropy.
This combination of magnificence and magnanimity
was the theme of her 75th birthday celebration recently
at the plush Manila Polo Club at Forbes Park, Makati
City.
A flamboyant dinner-dance ball marked Dr. Pacita Gonzalez’s diamond year celebration, what with the throngs of stellar well-wishers led by her cousin, former first lady now Rep.
Imelda Trinidad Romualdez-Marcos, who was seated with Celia
Diaz-Laurel and her son, internationally-renowned Broadway
crooner Cocoy Laurel; one of the Philippines’ most powerful
women, Tessie Sy-Coson; and former Guimaras governor Emily
Relucio-Lopez.
More of this Diamond Bash in my next column.
NELLIE Ellaso, Josie Guerrero, Tessie Daza, and Mrs. Lili Lardizabal
RAUL T. Gonzalez, Jr., Dr. Dennis T. Gonzalez,
and Dr. Solidad Consing
HAPPY couple Kathleen Espina-Ynion
and Rommel Ynion
FORMER undersecretary Fidel Exconde and Ms. Jana Ogladina
FORMER congressman Alfredo Abueg, Dr. Nelly Abueg, Dr. Sonia
Duque, and Dr. Pacita T. Gonzalez
ALFONSO and Helen Tan, Tessie Sy- Coson, and Lucy Tan
FORMER Guimaras governor Emily RelucioLopez and Alfonso Uygongco

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