Vol 4 No 94.pmd - Punto Central Luzon

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VOLUME 4
NUMBER 94
WED - THU
JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011
First holdup of tourists noted
on slopes of Mount Pinatubo
‰ Culprit christened ‘Barefoot’
BY DING CERVANTES
C
LARK FREEPORT - If the
mountains of North America
have Bigfoot, Mt. Pinatubo
in Central Luzon has emerged with
its Barefoot who is now being
hunted by both soldiers and
policemen on the slopes of the
volcano.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
British nationals (from left)
David Padfield, Selna
Turner, and her brother
Peter Turner are all smiles
at the crater-lake of Mt.
Pinatubo despite having
been held up by
“Barefoot” on the volcanic
slopes earlier. Tourism
officials treated them to
free rides in boats in an
effort to console them.
The victims were the first
ever to be held up on the
volcanic slopes where
thousands of tourists trek
every month to reach the
volcanic summit. PHOTO
COURTESY OF MABALACAT
TOURISM OFFICE
SBMA approves
$125-M renewable
energy projects
BY MALOU DUNGOG
Gov, GMA intervention spells
solution to Porac pollution
ANGELES CITY — “The
intervention of the governor
and GMA will make the
big difference in solving the
long-time problem on piggeries and poultries in
Porac.”
Thus said Porac Councilor Mike Tapang as Gov.
Lilia “Baby” Pineda and
Second District Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are
set to inspect some of 18
prominent piggery farms in
Porac.
“It will not just be a
major factor but would
spell the big difference in
solving the Porac hog farm
mess affecting our town for
over 20 years and counting,” said Tapang in an interview here.
Punto met Arroyo,
known as GMA when she
was president of the coun-
try, at the office of Pineda
on Monday just after the
governor issued statements on piggeries in
Barangays Sta. Cruz and
Manibaug-Paralaya believed to be the cause of
foul smell and ailments
affecting residents and
businesses. Arroyo and
Pineda agreed to inspect
the piggeries “at the soonest possible time.”
Pineda asked Mayor
Condradito “Carling” De La
Cruz not to issue business
permits to at least 38 hog
and chicken farms in the
biggest town in Pampanga in terms of land area
“while there are problems
and complaints.”
Pineda said the piggeries and poultries should
first strictly follow the rules
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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT
— The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
has given the green light
for the establishment of
renewable energy projects
in this freeport, in line with
government thrust to accelerate the development
of indigenous and renewable power generation systems in the country.
According to SBMA
Chairman Feliciano Salonga, the Subic agency has
recently approved the request of Subic Wind Power Generation, Inc. (SWPGI) to expand its business and include the establishment and operation
of a solar energy project
on top of its original proposal to establish and operate a wind farm.
SWPGI, a subsidiary
of the China-based Sunnew Investments Ltd., had
committed $75 million last
year for the establishment
of a 25-wind turbine farm
that would generate some
50 megawatts of power
here.
However, after ocular
surveys and initial data
gathering in Subic, the firm
decided to also build a
solar energy project that
would yield from 100 to
200 megawatts of energy,
Salonga said.
The expanded project
will be worth $125 million,
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COUNCILOR URGES MAYOR
Don’t issue permit
to Cutcut piggery
BY JOEY PAVIA
ANGELES CITY – “Enough is enough.
Don’t give permit to the big piggery in
Barangay Cutcut for the public’s sake.”
Thus said Councilor Edgardo “Edu”
Pamintuan as he led a surprise inspection of poultry and pig farms in the said
barangay here on Sunday. He is the
chairman of the committee on health and
environment of the Angeles City council.
Pamintuan invited Councilor Jay
Sangil to join him as they and other residents here and nearby Porac town ex-
perienced “extremely foul smell coming
from the hog farms in the area.”
“I was traveling last Saturday at the
boundary of Porac and Cutcut when foul
odor disturbed me and my wife despite
being inside a closed car. I told myself
we really have to close some erring piggeries which fail to meet environmental
standards set by the government,” said
Pamintuan referring to the Kennon Farm
which can handle as much as 8,000
hogs.
Pamintuan and Sangil inspected Kennon which is operated by Charlie Chan.
PAGE 5 PLEASE
CHICK BOYS. Councilors Pamintuan (left) and Sangil (center) at the
poultry farm in Cutcut owned by the family of Councilor Nepomuceno.
PHOTO BY JOEY PAVIA
DENR finally cancels
mining at Biak-Na-Bato
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
BY DINO BALABO
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MALOLOS CITY—It is now final:
Tea rose marble mining at the
Biak-na-Bato mineral reservation area has been stopped, and
the said area must be reverted
to the national park, officials
said.
This came after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) cancelled
the Mineral Production Sharing
Agreement (MPSA) it issued to
Rosemoor Mining and Development Corporation (Rosemoor)
Leo Jasareno, the director of
the Mine and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the DENR made
the announcement while speaking to hundreds of participants
at the launch of the Biak-na-Bato
Rainforestation Project at the
Bulacan State University (BulSU) here on Monday, January
10.
“Nagdesisyon na po ang
DENR, hindi na mapapatag
ngayon ang kabundukan ng
Biak-na-Bato,” he said referring
to about 600 hectare reservation
area which used to be part of the
Biak-na-Bato National Park located at the boundary of San
Miguel and Donya Remedios
Trinidad towns in Bulacan.
However, DENR’s cancellation of the MPSA it earlier issued
to Rosemoor is not enough.
Jasareno said that the said
area must be reverted to the
national park noting that the
DENR is now finalizing a proposal to President Benigno Aquino III for the reversion.
Used as a fortress and headquarters by Filipino revolutionaries during the wars against Spain
and America, and World War II,
the mountains surrounding Biakna-Bato measuring 2,117 hectare was declared as a national
park by the late President Manuel L. Quezon.
In the closing years of martial law, the late President Ferdinand Marcos opened a part of
the national park to mining and
awarded it to Dr. Lourdes Pascual who was murdered in Quezon City last November.
During the administration of
the late President Corazon Aquino, the 2,117 hectare Biak-naBato National Park was fragmented as she divided it into a
national park, forest reservation
area, watershed and mineral reservation area.
This fragmentation of Biakna-Bato into four different areas
opened the doors for large- and
small-scale miners which local
residents including environmental advocates claimed to have
resulted in the desecration of the
national park and degradation of
the environment.
Local officials also joined the
call for the reversion of the Biakna-Bato National Park to its original size of 2,117 hectares, which
Jasareno said is now possible.
The DENR is now finalizing
its proposal to the President for
the reversion of Biak-na-Bato
National Park.
In an interview, he cited three
points that served as basis for
DENR’s cancellation of
Rosemoor’s MPSA.
These were the violations of
the provision of the MPSA, internal conflict in Dr. Pascual’s
family, and unresolved issue on
depleting ground water.
Jasareno said that one of the
violations committed by
Rosemoor on its MPSA is allowing entry of other mining operators within its 300 hectare
MPSA area.
“Patong-patong ang operator
doon, pero wala naman silang
permit mula sa MGB,” he said.
With regards to internal conflict within the Pascual family,
Jasareno said that Dr. Pascual
was killed last November in Quezon City, while her nephew,
Engineer Constantino Pascual
was killed in an ambush in 2008
in San Miguel town, and four
years earlier Rodante Marcial,
one of the mining operators, was
killed by communist rebels in
2004.
“Marami na ang napatay dahil diyan, although posibleng hindi magkakaugnay ang lahat ng
kaso, pero hindi na maghihintay
ang DENR na may mapatay
pang iba,” he said.
He cited the same with regards to depleting ground water
in Barangay Sibul, San Miguel
which he said is still under study.
“Hindi pa namin alam kung
kailan matatapos ang study,
pero hindi na namin hinintay na
matapos iyon bago patigilin ang
mining kasi baka bago matapos
ang study ay wala nang
tubig,”he explained.
Earlier, Professor Ray Naguit, the dean of the College of
Social Science and Philosophy
(CSSP) at the BulSU here noted that marbles are classified as
marbelized limestone that
serves as water aquifer.
Meanwhile, Shane Velasco,
the chair of the Biak-na-Bato
Rainforestation project said hat
their main thrust is environmental education.
P13-M NEW HOSPITAL. Gov. Lilia Pineda leads the groundbreaking ceremony for
the major rehabilitation of the Andres G. Luciano Memorial Hospital in Magalang on
Monday. With her are Magalang Mayor Romy Pecson and Vice Gov. Yeng Guiao.
Assisting them are (L-R) Board Member Chris Garbo, Councilors Elizabeth Gonzales,
Ernesto Aguilar and Vice Mayor Renato Bartolome. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
CIDG raids suspected cybersex den
BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan- The
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Monday
raided an enterprise that allegedly fronts as call center but in reality operates as a cybersex den
at the second floor of a big building near the public market here.
Chief Insp. Rogart Campo,
CIDG provincial chief, said they
seized 62 computer sets, 13
USBs and brought for questioning 38 agents, 22 of them women, of the Midway 635 based on
a search warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Remigio
Escalada, Jr. of RTC Branch 3 in
Balanga City.
Midway 635 describes itself
as “the first, the biggest and legitimate call center in Dinalupihan.” An official of the Dinalupihan municipal government said
the company has been operating in the town for two years .
CIDG said the business es-
tablishment disguised itself as
call center but is actually engaged in the business of selling
pornographic sites through online
chatting using Yahoo messenger
and Imesh applications. The applicants are trained to be chat
sales agent or marketing agents.
No one from the personnel of
the establishment would air their
side. The owner of the call center is reportedly in Manila.
The CIDG head said they have
placed the call center under continuous surveillance. He said that
just before the Christmas season, they posted an informant in
the call center who applied and
was accepted as chat sales
agent under an on-the-job training scheme.
Campo said their informant
was able to secure obscene pictures and communications on
how customers were enticed to
join the sales agents in the chat
room through various internet
sites like Yahoo messenger,
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Skyte and Imesh applications.
Call center agents induced
customers to become members
of the site and asked for credit
card details. Once convinced to
enter in the internet site, the call
center agents some of them gay
and lesbian show the almost
nude pictures of American models to the customers.
The call center agent in the
chat room is tasked to create
allegedly obscene profiles with
pictures of foreign women and
assume their identities. He or
she introduces herself as one of
those in the obscene pictures in
exchange for some monetary
considerations.
On how and for how much,
the CIDG is still digging information, Campo said. He said they
are preparing appropriate charges against the owner of the establishment and the call center
agents in violation of the E-Commerce Act and Access Device
Regulation Act.
PEDOPHILIA ALARM RAISED
Foreign adults with local boys, girls
in public places to be monitored
ANGELES CITY- What to make
of adult tourists, often Caucasian of retired age, towing along
an unchaperoned, poorly clad
Filipino girl or boy obviously
under 12 years of age, in malls
or other public places here?
While the city social welfare
office here said cases of pedophilia in this city are negligible,
its chief, Heidi Patio, has called
on the help of barangay officials
to monitor such situations and
even question both foreigner and
child.
This, amid increasing sightings of adult foreigners treating
unaccompanied Filipino children to foods and toys at local
malls and other public places.
The foreigner could be jailed or
fined P50,000 as provided by
law, Patio noted.
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan,
a lawyer, said he fully backed
Patio’s move, as he cited Republic Act No. 7610 titled “An
Act Providing for Stronger De-
terrence and Special Protection
Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, and for
Other Purposes.”
“It’s a very strict law that covers situations in which adults
who are in the company of children who are not their relatives
could be held by law enforcers,”
he said.
Patio cited R.A. 7610 as providing that “any person who
shall keep or have in his company a minor, twelve years or
under or who is ten years or
more his junior in any public or
private place, hotel, motel, beer
joint, discotheque, cabaret, pension house, sauna or massage
parlor, beach and, or other tourist resort or similar places shall
suffer the penalty of prision
mayor in its maximum period
and a fine of not less than
P50,000.”
She noted, however, that the
law provides exemption in cases wherein the adult “is related
within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity or any bond
recognized by law, local custom
and tradition or acts in the performance of a social, moral or
legal duty.”
“We’d be grateful for the
kindness of foreigners to our
poor children, but we want to
be careful and assure that there
is no exploitation of any kind of
the children, and this is paramount,” Patio said, as she noted increasing cases of pedophilia not only in the country, but
worldwide.
She admitted some difficulty in dealing with such situations
in public places, noting that law
violation would be clearer in
case such adults are found with
minors in more questionable
places such as a motel where
arrests could readily be made.
Patio said foreigners in such
situations would not be subject
to questioning by barangay officials. She lamented that her
office could not perform such
task as she has only 17 personnel at her office, even as her
office also covers teachers in 73
local day care centers.
She noted, though, that no
sexual abuse has been reported so far among some 200 underaged night-time street scavengers in this city, as well as
among an undetermined number of children selling sampaguitas and other items at beerhouses and other such establishments.
Patio noted that the Dona
Consuelo Zobel Foundation has
continued to support in this with
the Child Abuse Prevention and
Intervention Network which, in
2002, was piloted not only here,
but also in the City of San
Fernando and Guagua in Pampanga.
The foundation provides help
for abused children, as well as
those with criminal record. The
foundation is establishing a special room for such children at a
local hospital which could also
serve as a venue for both their
physical and psychological
treatment, Patio added.
Pusher huli sa
drug operation
sa Subic,
Zambales
NI JOHNNY R. REBLANDO
SUBIC, ZAMBALES – Arestado
ang isang drug pusher sa isinagawang drug buy-bust operation
sa Barangay Calapacuan sa
bayang ito noong Sabado ng
hapon.
Kinilala ni Chief Inspector
Arnel Dial, hepe ng Subic Police Station, ang suspek na si
Ferdinand Franco, 39, residente
ng nasabing lugar.
Ang suspek ay hinuli habang
nagbebenta ng shabu sa halagang P500.00 sa isang police
poseur buyer.
Narekober pa sa pag-iingat
ng suspek ang may limang gramo ng shabu at ibat-ibang drug
paraphernalia.
Kasong paglabag sa RA
9165 o pagtutulak sa ipinagbabawal na droga ang kinahaharap ng suspek habang ito ay
detinido sa Subic Municipal Jail.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
BY DING CERVANTES
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Editorial Opinion
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Clark on high
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$1.34 BILLION – at least – in exports from January
to December 2010, comprising over 30 percent
of the projected exports for the year from the
Central Luzon region.
Enough to make the Clark Development Corp.
to crow to the high heavens of a glorious
performance for the year just ended.
Yeah, enough for CDC President-CEO Benigno
N. Ricafort to pop his crystal ball showing Clark
exports tripling in the next two years, what with
“major semi-conductor companies reaching their
full operating capacity.”
Yeah, enough for Ricafort to unravel that the
“centerpiece of the CDC’s major achievements
this year revolved around the state-owned firm’s
economic strategy – the 8-Point Agenda: 1)
International Standard Business Center, 2)
Participative Management Concept, 3) Parallel
Development Program, 4) Pro-Active Coordination
with CIAC-DMIA, 5) Clark-Subic Synergy, 6)
Tourism Development, 7) Strengthening of After
Sales Services, and 8) Corporate Social
Responsibility.”
“The CDC 8-point agenda is a roadmap for
Clark’s greater progress in achieving its 3-2-1
goal, which translates as $3 billion investments,
$2 billion annual exports and 100,000-strong
employment by 2014.” So CDC press released.
Really impressive, Mister Ricafort.
No trifling CDC’s 2010 signal accomplishment
now but Economics 101 teaches us that exports,
alone, are never indicators of profitability.
As basic as simple buy-and-sell in the
determination of profit, or loss as the case maybe,
is the consideration of the cost of import vis-à-vis
the income from export, with all other factors as
labor, transport and shipping, duties and other
charges thrown in. The difference defining the
firm’s economic health, or infirmity as the case
maybe.
So the CDC managed $1.34 billion in exports
for 2010. So how much did the imports – materials
for producing the exports, not to mention the labor
cost – of the Clark manufacturing firms cost?
Too bad Ricafort’s well-thought-of 8-Point
Agenda for the Freeport missed this.
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No hot air at DMIA
acaesar.blogspot.com
Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
“THIS YEAR, 2011, the CIAC has not joined the Hot Air Balloon
(Festival). We believe that the project is not in focus with the
priorities of CIAC which are to accelerate the development of the
airport and woo more airlines to fly to Clark.
For 2010, when CIAC became a partner in the project, through
my own efforts, singlehandedly I raised P5.5 million from sponsors
which very well covered the P3.5 million payment to Joy Roa.”
Quick was the text response of Clark International Airport Corp.
President-CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano to our column Ballooned
fetid air here Monday.
We sense here full vindication of our stand that the hot air balloon
festival is inimical to the full development of the Diosdado Macapagal
International Airport.
Nowhere in the world can you find an airport, an international
one at that, as hot air ballooning site. What airline would dare
share air space with hot air balloons? If even the lowly pipit could
pose danger to aircraft, how much more those big balloons?
Safe to say here that balloons are a negation
to the prospects of aviation.
As I wrote here last year too in response to
the Clark Development Corp.’s trumpeting “Hot
Air Fest Highlights Clark Role in Tourism”:
“Verily, the hot air balloon festival is a direct
indictment of the failure of the CDC and the Clark
International Airport Corp. to launch the Clark
Freeport and the Diosdado Macapagal
International Airport to their proper niches, as
capital- and labor-intensive, export-oriented
investment zone for the former; as premier
international airport for the latter.
So, where in the world can you find an
economic zone and an international airport hosting
a hot air balloon festival? Onli in da Pilipins, as
the urban idiot is wont to say.
On second thought though, the CDC is right:
Hot Air Fest Highlights Clark Role in Tourism.
The Freeport and the DMIA be damned.
Ustu ya pero e makatud, as an old
Kapampangan adage holds.”
Fully appreciated is Chichos’ feedback. This
assuming greater significance with a
contemporaneous CIAC press release of the
Manny V. Pangilinan seriously eyeing DMIA
development.
“During our discussion, MVP expressed
support for the development of DMIA, particularly
the establishment of a world-class railway
system that would link DMIA to Metro Manila,”
said Luciano after what could be considered an
“exploratory lunch” he had with the business
mogul last January 3 at a Clark Freeport
restaurant.
Chichos added that Pangilinan – who traces
his roots to the town of Apalit, if you did not know
yet – “is fully supportive of the development of the
DMIA to be the country’s premier international
gateway. This is a welcome development for the
airport that will benefit not only the Clark Freeport
and its contiguous regions but the rest of the
country.”
Sometime last year, Pangilinan’s Metro Pacific
Investment Corp. (MPIC) was reported to have
made its intention to bid for the DMIA Terminal 2
project in the wake of the controversial scrapping
of the Kuwaiti Al Kharafi (mis)deal. Industry
sources said then that the MPIC was even
entering into a joint venture with the San Miguel
Beer Corp. for the Clark airport project which will
have as corollary the construction of a railway
system that will run in the middle of the North
Luzon Expressway (NLEx) which is run by a
Pangilinan company.
Now, these are the developments we like to
see at Clark, not the balloons inflated with noxious
gasses out of CDC’s asses.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Pyramid mystery unearthed
ON THIS DAY, an international
panel overseeing the restoration
of the Great Pyramids in Egypt
overcomes years of frustration
when it abandons modern construction techniques in favor of
the method employed by the
ancient Egyptians.
Located at Giza outside
Cairo, some of the oldest manmade structures on earth were
showing severe signs of decay
by the early 1980s. Successful
repair work began on the 4,600year-old Sphinx in 1981, but restoration of the pyramids proved
destructive when water in modern cement caused adjacent
limestone stones to split. On
January 12, 1984, restorers
stopped using mortar and adopted the system of interlocking
blocks practiced by the original
pyramid builders. From thereon,
the project proceeded smoothly.
The ancient Egyptians built
nearly 100 pyramids over a millennium to serve as burial chambers for their royalty. They believed that the pyramids eased
the monarchs' passage into the
afterlife, and the sites served as
centers of religious activity. Dur-
ing the Old Kingdom, a period
of Egyptian history that lasted
from the late 26th century B.C.
to the mid-22nd century B.C.,
the Egyptians built their largest
and most ambitious pyramids.
The three enormous pyramids situated at Giza outside of
Cairo were built by King Khufu,
his son, and his grandson in the
Fourth Dynasty. The largest,
known as the Great Pyramid,
was built by Khufu and is the
only one of the "Seven Wonders
of the World" from antiquity that
still survives. The Great Pyramid
was built of approximately 2.3
million blocks of stone and
stood nearly 50 stories high upon
completion. Its base forms a
nearly perfect and level square,
with sides aligned to the four
cardinal points of the compass.
The Great Pyramid is composed primarily of yellowish limestone blocks and was originally
covered in an outer casing of
smooth light-colored limestone.
This finer limestone eroded and
was carried away in later centuries, but the material can still be
found in the inner passages. The
interior burial chamber was built
of huge blocks of granite. It is
believed that construction of the
pyramid took 20 years and involved over 20,000 workers, bakers, carpenters, and water carriers. The exact method in which
this architectural masterpiece
was built is not definitively
known, but the leading theory is
that the Egyptians employed an
encircling embankment of sand,
brick, and earth that was increased in height as the pyramid rose.
In addition to Khufu's mummy, interior rooms of the pyramid held objects for the deceased to use in the afterlife.
Many of these items were valuable, and tomb robbers had long
ago robbed the pyramids of their
treasures before modern archeologists began studying the
structures in the 17th century.
King Khafre, the grandson of
Khufu, built the Great Sphinx,
which was carved from a single
block of limestone left over in a
quarry used to build the pyramids. The Sphinx has the body
of a recumbent lion and a human face meant to represent
Khafre. There are no known inner chambers in the structure.
Source: www.history.com
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for
tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then
the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893)
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of the late JOSE L. CAPULONG
who died intestate and without any will on January 10, 2009 in Tarlac City
executed a Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate more particularly
described as a Savings Account at Bank of Commerce, Tarlac City Branch
identified in Doc. No. 6, Page No. 102, Book No. VII, series of 2009 of
notary of Atty. Arvin Suller of Pasig City.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 5, 12 & 19, 2011
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of MARCIAL GUINTU SANTOS
who died intestate on November 15, 2009 in Angeles City executed an
Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate more particularly described as a Bank
Account maintained with Angeles City Branch of Banco De Oro, in the
amount of P71,018.45 plus interest accruing.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 5, 12 & 19, 2011
PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF THE BIRTH
CERTIFICATE OF MARK JOSEPH M. JOYA
IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF ANGELES CITY,
MARK JOSEPH M. CANCIO,
Petitioner,
-versus-
SP. PROC. NO. 8529
LOCAL MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
ANGELES CITY, AND, NATIONAL STATISTICS
OFFICE, MANILA,
Respondents.
x—————————————————————————————x
ORDER
A verified petition has been filed by the petitioner praying that after
due notice, publication and hearing judgement be rendered ordering the
Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the National Statistics Office to
cancel the birth certificate of Mark Joseph M. Joya under Civil Registry
No. 84-3635.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in due form and substance, the
Court hereby sets the hearing thereof on January 27, 2011 at 2:00 o’clock
in the afternoon , to be held at the Session Hall of this Court, 2/F Hall of
Justice, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City after this Order shall have been
published in a newspaper of general circulation in Angeles City and
Pampanga at the expense of the petitioner for three (3) consecutive weeks.
All persons interested in the said petition may appear before this
Court on or before the scheduled date and show cause, if they have any,
why the prayer thereof should not be granted.
Let copies of this Order and of the petition be served upon the Civil
Registrar of Angeles City, the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics
Office, Quezon City, the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, and
Office of the City Prosecutor, Angeles City, the petitioner and his counsel.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, November 10, 2010.
OMAR T. VIOLA
Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 6, 13 & 20, 2011
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 58
ANGELES CITY
IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF
THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF
NESTIEFEL PAGLINAWAN RIVERA,
FELISA P. RIVERA,
Petitioner,
-versus-
SP. PROC. NO. 8548
THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
MABALACAT, PAMPANGA AND THE
CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,
Respondents.
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ORDER
A verified petition has been filed by petitioner, FELISA P. RIVERA,
wherein she prays that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment
be rendered ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the
National Civil Registrar General to change the entry under Item No. 2 in
his Certificate of Live Birth of her daughter NESTIEFEL PAGLINAWAN
RIVERA from “FEMALE” to “MALE”.
Finding the petition to be in due form and substance and pursuant to
Rule 108 of the Rules of Court, this Court hereby sets the initial hearing of
the case on FEBRUARY 8, 2011 at 1:30 P.M. at the new location of this
Court at 1271 Stall F. DMC Building II, McArthur Highway, Brgy. Ninoy
Aquino, Angeles City and directs the publication of this Order in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles
City at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive
weeks, at which date, time and place of hearing, any person who may
have an interest in the petition may appear and show cause why said
petition should not be granted.
The petitioner is directed to serve copies hereof, together with copies
of the petition and its annexes upon the CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,
National Statistics Office, the OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
and the LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MABALACAT, PAMPANGA
and to submit proof of compliance hereof.
Furnish the Civil Registrar General, the Office of the Solicitor General,
the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City, the CLERK OF COURT,
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,
ANGELES CITY, the PETITIONER and their COUNSEL with copies of
this Order.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, December 7, 2010.
MA. ANGELICA T. PARAS-QUIAMBAO
Pairing Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 12, 19 & 26, 2011
Don’t issue permit to Cutcut piggery
FROM PAGE 1
They said “it lacked the
appropriate water treatment and gasifier to handle the waste of some
7,200 hogs at the farm.”
The farm is a few meters
away from the posh Carmenville Subdivision and
Holy Mary Memorial Park.
“Flies and worms
abound at Kennon. You
don’t have to be a scientist to realize that it needs
facilities to handle such
huge load of pigs,” said
Sangil.
Pamintuan, for his part,
said “the sufferings of the
people must stop and we
must act now.”
As a practice, local
government units (LGU)
issue business permits to
private firms at the start of
the year. It can refuse to
grant a permit if it determines that a business violates the law and provisions set by local ordinances and laws.
Pamintuan was set to
submit his committee report at their regular session yesterday (Tuesday).
“One thing is certain in
my report, I will recommend to the mayor the
closure of the huge Kennon farm,” said Pamintuan who is the son of the
City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
GUAGUA, PAMPANGA
NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE
FINANCE CORPORATION (NHMFC),
Mortgagee,
-versus-
Frem Case No. G-10-1935
ANTONIO O. TANAMOR
Mortgagor/s,
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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118
WHEREAS, upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as
amended by Act 4118 filed by NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE
CORPORATION (NHMFC), mortgagee, with postal address at 104
Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, against mortgagor/s ANTONIO
O. TANAMOR with postal address at L24 B12 Pasville Park, Pulungmasle,
Guagua, Pampanga/ Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga, to satisfy
the mortgage indebtedness mentioned which as of October 15, 2010
amounts to TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE PESOS AND 53/100 (Php 285, 489.53) and
other obligations that may become due and demandable, plus the expenses
of foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-officio Sheriff of the Regional Trial
Court, Guagua, Pampanga thru Sheriff Elisa C. Morales will sell at public
auction on 28th day of January, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or
soon thereafter at the entrance of the Hall of Justice, San Matias, Guagua,
Pampanga to the highest bidder in Cash and in Philippine Currency the
here-in-below described real property with all existing improvements
thereon, to wit:
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 254810-R
A parcel of land ( Lot 24, Blk. 12 of the subd. plan Psd-03017563, being a portion of Lot 3, Psd-03-008228, L.R.C. Rec.
No.) situated in the Bo. of Pulungmasle, Mun. of Guagua, Prov.
of Pampanga. Bounded on the SE., along line 1-2, by Lot 26,
Blk 12; on the SW., along line 2-3 by Rd lot 3; on the NW., along
line 3-4 by lot 22; on the NE., along line 4-1 by lot 25, both of
Blk. 12, all of the subd. plan. x x x x x. Containing an area of
TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN (214) Square Meters.
The Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale will be published in a newspaper
of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles City for
three (3) consecutive weeks and will be posted in three (3) conspicuous
public places prior to the date of sale for the information of the public in
general and of the interested parties in particular.
Prospective bidders are herby enjoined to investigate for themselves
the title of the above-described property and the encumbrances existing
thereon if any there be.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,
it shall be held on February 4, 2011 also at 10:00 o’clock in the morning
and at the the same place mentioned above without further notice.
Guagua, Pampanga, December 14, 2010.
NORMITA R. MERCADO
OIC- Clerk of Court & Ex- Officio Sheriff
ELISA C. MORALES
Sheriff IV
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 6, 13 & 20, 2011
Nepo’s farms
Pamintuan and Sangil
recently joined Councilor
Bryan Nepomuceno in the
inspection of the two poultries in Cutcut owned by
the family of former Cutcut
Barangay Captain Robin
Nepomuceno and his
brother, former Mayor
Francis Nepomuceno. The
first-term councilor is the
son of Robin.
Pamintuan and Sangil
said Paradise Farm and
Golden Acres “looked
okey for now.”
“There is not much flies
around. It doesn’t smell
bad. But we urge them to
follow environmental laws,”
said Pamintuan.
Councilor
Nepomuceno, for his part, said
“they are open to inspection at any time of the day.”
He added that they “had
asked those who lease the
farms to follow the laws.”
He said they will just
finish the contract with the
private firm which leased
their farms.
“In one to two years,
we are closing the farms
as the area in Cutcut is
now developed. Business
sense dictates we have to
add to the development of
the area into residential
and trade areas,” said Nepomuceno, who was
joined by Anthony Yap,
Paradise and Golden
Acres farm manager.
Yap, for his part, said
they had “extremely improved the handling of
chickens in their farms.”
But he told Punto that
he had apologized to Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) Chairman
Ruperto “Perto” Cruz last
March when flies and foul
smell abound in the area
which is beside the Royal
Gold and Country Club
(RGCC). Cruz owned the
RGCC.
“There were some old
and wrong materials used
then causing the flies to
roam around. Now we
have addressed that problem,” said Yap.
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 52
GUAGUA, PAMPANGA
IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR
CHRISTOPH MATEO R. DELA CRUZ,
SP. PROC. NO. 10-2355
GEMMA RONQUILLO ZIEGE, joined
by her Spouse MATHIAS ZIEGE,
Petitioners.
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ORDER
Petitioners Spouses Gemma Ronquillo Ziege and Mathias Ziege
filed a petition dated October 20, 2010 for judicial adoption, praying that
judgment be rendered declaring minor child Christoph Mateo R. Dela
Cruz as the pettioners’ child.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, this court
hereby (a) sets this case for hearing on February 2, 2011 at 2:00 in the
afternoon (b) orders petitioners (1) to cause the publication of this order in
a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga at least
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, which newspaper shall be
selected by raffle under the supervision of the Executive Judge of the
Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga; (2) to serve within twenty-four
(24) hours from receipt of this order copies of this petition to the Office of the
Solicitor General of the Philippines, Public Prosecutor Desiree S. MagnoSalomeo of the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, City of San Fernando,
Pampanga, the Civil Registrar of Lubao, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar
General of the Philippines; (3) to show proof of said service to this court;
and (4) to serve to this court, the Solicitor General, and Public Prosecutor
Magno-Salomeo the judicial affidavits of all their witnesses in this case,
which affidavits will serve as the witnesses’ testimonies on direct
examination, subject to cross, re-direct and re-cross examinations; (c)
orders all persons interested in this petition (1) to appear on said date and
time before this court – the Regional Trial Court of Guagua, Pampanga,
Branch 52, at the Hall of Justice, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga; and (2)
to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted; (d) orders
the Solicitor General and Public Prosecutor Magno-Salomeo to enter their
appearances in this case for the State within twenty-four (24) hours from
receipt of this order; (e) directs Social Worker IV Normita R. Mercado of the
Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga, (1)
to prepare and Home and Child Study Reports in this case before the
hearing on said date and time; and (2) to conduct counseling sessions with
the petitioners on the matter of adoption of said child and to submit a report
regarding said counseling before said date of hearing; and (f) orders the
Branch Clerk of this Court to furnish copies of this order to the petitioners,
their counsel, the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga,
the Civil Registrar of Lubao, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar General of
the Philippines.
SO ORDERED.
Guagua, Pampanga, November 5, 2010.
JONEL S. MERCADO
Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 6, 13 & 20, 2011
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 57, ANGELES CITY
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First holdup of tourists noted...
FROM PAGE 1
Guy Hilbero, tourism
officer of Mabalacat, Pampanga, christened as
“Barefoot” the suspect in
what he described as a
“historic holdup” of three
young British nationals on
the slopes of Mt. Pinatubo at about 8:30 a.m. last
Sunday.
“In the 15-year history
of trekking to the craterlake of Mt. Pinatubo, it
was the first holdup of
tourists to happen on the
slopes. In that sense, the
holdup was historic and it
was an embarrassment
for our tourism industry, ”
Hilbero lamented.
He identified the victims as British nationals
Peter Turner and his sister Selma Turner and their
friend David Padfield, all
in their early 20’s. The
turners are Eurasians vacationing with relatives of
the Filipino mother in San
Felipe, Zambales.
“It was the first such
incident since I initiated
trekking to the summit of
Mt. Pinatubo 15 years
ago as a tourist attraction,” Hilbero said. The
two-kilometer wide lake on
the crater was formed
when the summit of the
volcano collapsed during
its eruption in 1991. Treks
to the volcanic summit
have become a major
tourist attraction in Central Luzon since then.
The three victims set
for the trek to the crater
at about 5 a.m. last Sunday. About 100 foreign
and domestic tourists
were bound for the trek
that day, although they
went in separate groups,
each with a local guide.
Hilbero said the trek,
which he also joined with
a separate group, started
at the tourism center in
Barangay Sta. Juliana in
Capas, Tarlac where the
trekkers hired a four-wheel
powered jeep which travelled one and a half hours
to the slopes. In an area
no longer accessible to
vehicles, the tourists
started their trek on foot
that was supposed to last
two hours up to the summit.
“We were already
climbing on foot for about
half an hour when we
saw the British youths,
who were ahead of us by
about half a kilometer,
rushing back to us shouting they were held up,” he
recalled.
The victims, who had
a guide named Jun Salazar, said the lone holdup-
per, wielding what seemed
to be an improvised pistol, suddenly jumped
from a rock in front of them
and announced the holdup. They were immediately told to throw their bags
away and lie on their
stomachs.
They said that when
the suspect had collected their bags, the suspect
told them to run away as
fast as they could, as he
fired one shot into the air.
The victims lost two
Canon cameras worth
some P75,000 each, one
digital camera, P10,000
cash, three iPad tablets,
signature sunglasses,
and a Timex watch.
Hilbero said investigators who later responded
to the incident referred to
the suspect as Barefoot.
“Ground prints at the site
of the holdup indicated
that the suspect was
barefoot. The victims said
he also wore fatigue uniform with matching hat,”
Hilbero said that the
victim’s Filipino guide
could not say whether the
suspect was an Aeta, although he described him
as “short and dark complexioned.”
Responding Philippine
Air Force soldiers and
barangay officials from
Sta. Juliana, led by its
chairman Salvador de los
Reyes, failed to track
down Barefoot, although
they theorized that the
suspect could have had
company as indicated by
camping leftovers near
the holdup site.
Despite the incident,
the tourists decided to go
on with their climb to Mt.
Pinatubo’s lake where Hilbero treated them to a
free boat ride. After the
trek, the victims were
also treated to free meals
and a reimbursement of
the P1,500 fee each paid
for the hiring of the jeep,
tourist guide fee, and the
meal. Hilbero also lent
them P3,000 of his personal funds to enable
them to go back to Zambales where they have
been staying since they
arrived a week ago.
Hilbero asked yesterday Brig Gen. Fred
Payawan, commander of
the 600th airbase wing
here, to help track down
Barefoot.
“I know the terrain,
and I am sure Barefoot is
still there somewhere and
would not be able to leave
except through the western side of the slopes. We
will catch him,” he assured the victims.
SBMA approves $125-M...
FROM PAGE 1
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
ares of land at Subic’s
Mount Sta. Rita and Redondo Peninsula, and will
generate from 150 to 200
megawatts of power.
It is also expected to
employ about 150 workers, and earn the SBMA
some $816,000 in annual
lease rentals.
Salonga said that
SWPGI’s renewable energy project will not only
bring the Subic Freeport
at the forefront of the
green energy movement,
but will also help stabilize
power supply in the Luzon grid.
“Subic has long been
a net power consumer, but
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with this project we’re now
entertaining the prospect
of Subic as a net power
producer,” Salonga said.
“And what makes us
more excited about this
project is the fact that both
wind and solar power are
clean energy. This will also
help us reduce the carbon
footprint of the Subic Bay
Freeport,” he added.
To facilitate the project
undertaking, SWPGI recently tied up with Jobin
& Jobin, Inc., a Subic enterprise engaged in leisurerelated business activities, said Ronnie Yambao,
manager of the Manufacturing and Maritime Department of the SBMA
Business and Investment
Group.
Yambao added that
starting September 2010,
SWPGI and Jobin, together with consultants from
HydroChina International
Engineering Co., Ltd., a
survey specialist from
mainland China, began
conducting intensive ocular surveys in Mt. Sta. Rita
and the Redondo Peninsula.
The initial topographic
survey was supposed to
be finished last December
15. Yambao also said that
in anticipation of the renewable energy project,
the SBMA had negotiated
with Sunnew for a share of
the company’s carbon
credits, which could be
used to offset excess in
emission quotas.
Salonga also expressed optimism that the
SWPGI project would establish Subic as a pioneer
in renewable energy systems, noting that the company is backed by the expertise of Sunnew, a subsidiary of China’s Red
Blades Windtek Holdings
Ltd.
Red Blades is said to
be the only manufacturer
of high-performance windturbine blades in China.
The firm utilizes leading
technology and advanced
composites for multimegawatt turbines in domestic and global markets.
Gov, GMA intervention spells solution...
FROM PAGE 1
and provisions set by the
Environment and Management Bureau (EMB) before they begin to operate.
Tapang said “that’s the
reason we really need the
joint monitoring team” as
immediate solution to the
problem.
Last October, Tapang
filed a resolution creating
a task force to monitor and
inspect the piggeries and
poultries in the town. It will
be composed of 12 people, including the representatives of the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement
(PGKM) which launched
an all-out war against the
erring pig and poultry
farms.
But Tapang’s task
force failed to jumpstart
after at least four piggery
owners led by Johnson Go
of Marson Farm refused to
allow 12 task force members to enter their respective farm. They wanted to
allow only four members.
Tapang said the task
force “should be well represented.”
“Anyway, those who
have violations and lacking
the necessary equipment
should fear the inspection,” said Tapang. He reiterated his call that farms
which have violations of
laws as well as procedural rules set by the EMB
should be closed and not
given business permits.
“Close them after a
thorough inspection. We
should give due process
but remain firm,” said
Tapang. –Joey Pavia
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 59
ANGELES CITY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF
THE MINORS KC CLARIN ALFONSO AND
ANALEE VIRAY Y. ALFONSO AND CHANGE
OF NAMES FROM KC CLARIN ALFONSO
TO KC ALFONSO-BENGYAK McNAIR AND
FROM ANALEE VIRAY ALFONSO TO ANALEE
ALFONSO-BENGYAK McNAIR. RESPECTIVELY,
SP. PROC. CASE NO. 8556
SPS. DOUGLAS JAMES McNAIR AND
LUZVIMINDA ALFONSO-BENGYAK McNAIR.
Petitioners.
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ORDER
Before this Court is a verified Joint Petition for the Adoption of Minors
KC Clarin Alfonso and Analee Viray Alfonso, the material allegations of
which are as follows;
Petitioners-spouses Douglas James McNair and Luzviminda AlfonsoBengyak McNair are husband and wife, both American citizens (petitioner
Luzviminda Alfonso-Bengyak McNair is a former Filipino Citizen), and
are residents of #6081 Ubas St., Brgy. Duquit, Mabalacat, Pampanga.
The petitioners alleged that the petition is being instituted pursuant to
Section 7, par. b[i] of Republic Act 8552, which provides that:
Section 7 Who May Adopt.- The following may adopt:
[a.] xxxxx
[b.]xxxxx
[i] a former Filipino citizen who seeks to adopt
a relative within the fourth [4th] degree of consanguinity
or affinity; or
xxx:
the minor KC Clarin Alfonso is one of the daughters of Carlito M. Alfonso
and Elizabeth Clarin, whereas minor Analee Viray Alfonso is one of the
daughters of Restituto M. Alfonso and Corazon F. Viray; petitioners were
married on August 9, 1997 at St. Pierce, Florida, U.S.A,; the minor KC
Clarin Alfonso was born on October 22, 2001 in Angeles City, whereas
minor Analee Viray Alfonso was born on November 12, 1995 in Angeles
City; petitioner Luzviminda Alfonso Bengyak-McNair is the first cousin of
minors KC Clarin Alfonso and Analee Viray Alfonso; the father of petitioner
Luzviminda Alfonso Bengyak-McNair is the brother of the respective
biological fathers of minors KC Clarin Alfonso and Analee Viray Alfonso;
hence, petitioners (albeit petitioner-wife) are related to the minor children
within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity; the biological parents of
minor KC Clarin Alfonso have given their express consent to the adoption;
minor KC Clarin Alfonso is only nine (9) years of age, hence her consent
to the adoption is unnecessary at this time; the biological father of minor
Analee Viray Alfonso passed away on October 22, 2006, hence, consent
of the biological father is unnecessary; the mother of minor child Analee
Viray Alfonso has given her express consent to the adoption; minor
Analee Viray Alfonso has also given her express consent to the adoption
and the consequence of such adoption has been fully explained to her in
the vernacular language known to her; minors KC Clarin Alfonso and
Analee Viray Alfonso are already in their primary and secondary
education, respectively; petitioners have one legitimate child named
Dallas Kale McNair who is only five (5) years of age, hence, his consent
to the adoption is unnecessary; after the marriage of the petitioners, they
have been providing for the minor children’s financial, moral, physical
and spiritual well-being; they desire to jointly adopt the minors KC Clarin
Alfonso and Analee Virauy Alfonso; they are more than capable of
providing for the support of the minor children; the minor children KC
Clarin Alfonso and Analee Viray Alfonso have no known properties
whether real or personal except their personal belongings that were
provided for the petitioners; petitioner Douglas James McNair has a
stable job at the Department of Army.
According to the petitioners, they have sufficient property and savings
in the bank; they possess all the qualifications and none of the
disqualifications for the legal adoption of the minor children; they are
more than sixteen (16) years older than the adoptees who are in a
position to take care of the minor adoptees in keeping with the means of
the family; petitioners are in possession of full civil capacity and legal
rights, of good moral character, have not been convicted of any crime
involving moral turpitude, and are emotionally and psychologically capable
of caring for the minor adoptees; petitioners and the minor children have
undergone pre-adoption interview and counseling by a social worker
and have been found to be physically, morally, emotionally, financially
and spiritually fit to adopt; petitioners have already considered and treated
the minor children as their own natural children and the minors have
established strong bonding with the petitioners; and they are qualified to
adopt and are physically, financially and morally fit to bring up and
educate the minors properly and adequately for their bright future.
The petitioners pray that upon due notice, publication and hearing,
judgment be rendered:
1. ordering that abover-named minor children KC Clarin Alfonso
and Analee Viray Alfonso be declared for all legal intents and
purposes, the daughters of the petitioners; and
2. that the name KC Clarin Alfonso be changed to KC ALFONSOBENGYAK McNAIR and the name Analee Viray Alfonso be
changed to ANALEE ALFONSO-BENGYAK McNAIR.
Other just and equitable reliefs and remedies are also prayed for.
The Court finds the Petition to be sufficient in form and in substance
and therefore sets it for hearing on June 2, 2011 at 9:00 o’clock in the
morning, on which date and hour any person who may have an interest
in or be affected by the Petition is ordered to appear and signify his/her
opposition thereto and show cause why it should not be granted.
Let a copy hereof be published once a week for three (3) consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga
and Angeles City, which will be selected by raffle under the supervision
of the Executive Judge, at the expense of the petitioners.
Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the City
Prosecutor of Angeles City with copies hereof and the Petition with
annexes.
Serve copies of this Order upon the Regional Trial Court, Office of
the Clerk of Court; the petitioners; their counsel; Department of Social
Welfare and Development; SWOII Sophia M. Castro; the biological parents;
and the newspaper to which the case will be raffled.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, Philippines, December 29, 2010.
MA. ANGELICA T. PARAS-QUIAMBAO
Presiding Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 12, 19 & 26, 2011
Shalani Soledad nahulog na kay Willie Revillame
HALOS SA ARAW-ARAW na ginawa ng Diyos na nagsasagutan tungkol sa pag-ibig sina Shalani Soledad at Willie Revillame sa
Willing-Willie. Dama ng publiko na may nangyayari na sa dalawa, kaya naman everytime, di nawawla ang mga nag-uusisa sa amin
kung true nga na magkarelasyon na ang dalawa.
May mga balitang lumalabas na tuluyan nang nahulog ang loob ni Shalani Soledad kay Willie Revillame. Gaya nga pagbubiking
ni Annabelle Rama na sina Willie at Shalani na.
Hindi naman ito nakakapagtaka, sa araw-araw ba naman na kinukulit at sinusuyo ni Willie on and off cam, sino ang hindi
mahuhulog ang loob sa main man ng Willing Willie?
Nagsimula ang lahat sa tuksuhan at biruan pero kahit sino ang tanungin, knows na ang tipo ni Shalani ang talagang gugustuhin ni
Willie. Kung noong una ay sobrang mahiyain si Konsehala Shalani, habang lumipas ang mga araw, nasanay na rin itong humarap sa
camera na tulong at suporta na rin ni Willie.
Marami na tuloy ang nagtatanong kung suitor pa rin ba si Willie si Shalani o sila na? Hindi namin ito masagot pero sa nakita naming
pictures ng dalawa sa isang entertainment page, mukhang hindi na maitatago nina Willie at Shalani ang damdamin nila sa isa’t isa.
Matapos ang failed relationship ni Shalani kay Pangulong Noynoy Aquino, at si Willie sa kanyang failed marriage, karapatan din
nilang maging maligaya, ’di ba? Kaya kung may namamagitan na sa dalawa, tiyak na marami ang matutuwa dahil they both deserve
to be happy.
|Finally it was time for Shalani to speak up. “Masarap katrabaho si Willie. Nahawa ako sa kanya. Pag siya’ng kasama ko, masaya
talaga ako.
“But let me focus on my work now. Huwag nating bigyan muna ng kahulugan yung pagsakay ko sa mga biro niya, parte lang po ng
programa ‘yan.
“Pero kung darating ang araw na kami na, walang
makapipigil doon, kung yun ang kapalaran naming
by Cesar Pambid
dalawa, tatanggapin ko.
“But for now, I assure you na trabaho lang muna.
Love can wait at sana, sa maganda nga mauwi itong sa amin ni Willie Revillame,”
nagmamadaling sabi pa ni Shalani Soledad.
So there!
The
Gossipmiller
PANGKONTRABIDA lang talaga si Iwa Moto. Sa mga offbeat role talaga
siya umasenso bilang artsita dahil nga yung features niya ay sadyang para
lang sa ganyan. Sa tunay na buhay kaya, kontrabida rin si Iwa?
“Ayoko ko pong sagutin, yung mga taong nakakikilala sa akin, sa labas
ng showbiz, aty kahit dito mismo sa showbiz ang magsasabi ng mga
bagay sa akin. Kung ako ang magsasalita, baka naman lumabas na
pinupuri ko ang sarili ko,” malumanay na paliwanag ni Iwa.
At kung bakit naman lagi na lang iniintriga si Iwa. Kesyo durugista,
lasengga, lalakero at kung ani-anik pa. “Tinatawanan ko na lang po
yan. Di naman kasi true.”
More than six months hindi gumawa ng TV show si Iwa Moto
dahil sa pag-aasikaso sa kanyang negosyo at kalusugan.
Muling inurirat kay Iwa ang tunay na ang rason umano ng
pag-lie low niya sa showbiz ay dahil nagpakasal siya at
nagbuntis.
“Hindi pa ba sila nagsasawa sa isyu na ’yan? Three times
na akong nababalitang ikinasal tapos five years na akong
nababalitang may anak. Aba, sana may five-year-old na
anak na ako ngayon, ’di ba? Patunayan nila kung
nagkaanak at nagpakasal na ako,” paghahamon pa ng sexy
star.
Sa pagpasok ng 2011, handang-handa na raw siyang
sumabak ulit sa mga teleserye kaya isinama siya sa
Dwarfina ng GMA7.
As usual, kontrabida ang role ni Iwa sa bagong
telefantasya ng Kapuso Network at ang Dwarfina ang
second time niyang magkokontrabida kay Heart
Evangelista.
“Na-miss ko si Heart kasi ang bait-bait niyang tao
talaga. Kapag kausap mo siya, parang positive ng lahat.
Maganda ang energy niya. Nakakahawa ang pagiging
masayahin niya kaya gusto ko siyang katrabaho,” say
ni Iwa sa presscon ng Dwarfina.
Ang last TV series na ginawa ni Iwa ay ang Ina,
Kasusuklaman Ba Kita? Nagkaroon lang siya ng guest
appearance sa Pilyang Kerubin at Beauty Queen. Tsika
pa ni Iwa, marami siyang inayos sa buhay kaya nagbeg off muna sa mga show.
Lalong sumeksi si Iwa na medyo nangayayat kaya
hindi totoo ang intriga na dahil daw sa nagda-drugs siya.
“Apat na wisdom tooth ang pinabunot ko dahil impacted
sila. Kaya grabe ang ipinayat ko kasi hindi ako makakain ng
tama at nagkasakit pa ako pagkatapos ng magpabunot.
“Then ’yung business namin ng boyfriend ko, medyo
nagkaproblema financially. Hindi naman kami nalugi pero kailangan
tutukan ko nang husto. Kaya doon lahat naka-focus ang energy ko
sa business, kasi ayokong mawala ang pinaglagyan ko ng kinita sa
showbiz.
“Ngayon unti-unti na kaming nakakabawi. Pero kailangan pa ring
tutukan ko parati. Kaya this year lang ako nakatanggap ng show kasi
nababawasan na ang mga negative energies ko sa katawan,” tsika ni Iwa.
So there!
Zero ang lovelife…
Pauleen Luna pinagwelgahan na ng mga lalaki?
LOVELESS pa rin raw si Pauleen Luna at walang balak magka-boyfriend dahil marami siyang trabaho
ngayong 2011.
Does this mean na nagsawa na sa mga lalaki si Pauleen or pinagsawaan na siya ng mga lalaki
kaya zero muna siya pagdating sa bagay na ito?
Hindi ba siya naaasiwa na walang lalaki sa buhay niya gayung yung ibang artistang nakapaligid sa
kanya ay tigib sa pag-ibig. Hindi ba siya naiinggit kina Iwa Moto at Heart Evangelista na parehong
kasama niya sa Dwarfina na kapuwa nagsasabing maligaya sila sa mga lalaking kasalukuyan sa buhay
nila?
“Hindi naman. Kasi I am always with my family and friends. Kaya mainit ang Pasko ko kahit na walang
lalaki,” natatawang pahayag ni Pauleen.
Marami raw gustong manligaw sa kanya pero wala siyang ini-entertain. Mahirap na raw kung may pagbigyan
siya kasi magiging unfair kung hindi niya ito mabibigyan ng panahon at pag-asa.
Tulad din ni Iwa, nata-type cast din ang beauty ni Pauleen sa kontrabida role.
“Okey lang sa akin kasi napaglalaruan ko ang character ko. Hindi ito ’yung de-kahon na role na kailangan ito lang
gawin mo. I like to learn sa mga ginagawa kong roles sa TV,” say ni Pauleen.
Pero hindi rin ikinaila ni Pauleen na nangarap din si-yang mabigyan ng pagkaka-taon na magbida.
“Wish ko lang naman na sana matupad din. Nakaka-miss din ’yung maging api-apihan ka, ’di ba? May napatunayan
naman ako bilang kontrabida. Feel ko naman ay kaya ko nang magbida.”
Iwa Moto
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Iwa Moto sasabak na naman
bilang kontrabida
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Investments,
employment, export
highest at Clark
Freeport in 2010
BY DING CERVANTES
CLARK FREEPORT,
Pampanga- Clark Development Corp. (CDC) president and chief executive
officer Benigno Ricafort
has reported the biggest
investment, employment,
and export figures in the
history of this Freeport,
with 351.6 percent increase in investments
committed last year.
In a report to the Metro
Clark Advisory Council
(MCAC), Ricafort noted
that the CDC signed in
2010 a total of 77 new
projects, 10 project expansions, and 81 project
renewals, covering a total
of 168 projects.
Ricafort also reported
51 percent increase of exports by Clark-based investors, or from US$890.9
million in 2009 to $US 1.3
billion in 2010.
“The total investment
commitments last year
amounted to P26.5 billion
which is a 351.6 percent
increase over the P5.8 billion commitments made in
2009,” Ricafort told the
MCAC. The MCAC is composed of mayors of towns
around Clark, as well as
officers of investors’ groups
in this Freeport.
Ricafort also reported a
99.4 increase in the employment creation commitment of investors, or
from 2,798 new jobs committed in 2009 to 5,581
jobs committed in 2010.
He said that Clark now
hosts 60,120 employees
which, he noted, is now
more than double the average 24,000 Filipinos
employed by the Americans here before they
abandoned this former US
Air Force base in 1991.
“It’s also a 3.6 percent
increase in employment
from 58,023 workers in
2009 to 60,120 last year,”
he said.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JANUARY 12 - 13, 2011 • WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Kor-Phil cultural
exchange fest set
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HERE’S YOUR chance to find alternative activity after
witnessing the hot-air balloon fly-out at the Air Force
City in Clark.
Yes, the Korean Community Association of Central
Luzon led by its president Eui-Kwon Chung and Han
Hyoung Gyo, together with the local government of
Angeles City led by Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan and
the Department of Tourism led by Regional Director
Ronaldo Tiotuico is staging the first-ever KOR-PHIL
CULTURAL EXCHANGE HANMADANG FESTIVAL on
February 11-12, 2011 at the Bayanihan Park outside
Clark main gate (the balloon event is on Feb. 10-13).
According to Chairman Herminia Pamintuan, the
festival is a happy and captivating mix of cultural dance
and song presentation from both Korean and Filipino
groups, including Taekwondo demonstration, Korean
traditional percussion quartet, Korean and Philippine
folk songs and dances plus fan dance. A Korean and
Filipino food plaza will be installed, to include a yard
sale of imported and local household products.
The main attraction of the festival is the so-called
“Ssireum” which is simply defined as a Korean style of
wrestling - that nation’s national sport – and has been
part of Korean history for 5,000 years. Each contestant
wears a belt that wraps around the waist and thigh. The
competition employs a series of techniques such as
opponent locking on to each other’s belt, and one
achieves victory by bringing any part of the opponent’s
body above the knee to the ground.
The event is co-sponsored by SM City Clark, Metro
Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greater
Clark Visitors Bureau, Clark Development Corp. (Tourism Promotions), Sinukwan Performing Arts, Kuliat
Foundation, Inc., and San Miguel Corp.
Korean wrestling
SAVEMORE OPENS IN THE CITY OF ANGELS. SaveMore Market continues to spread the word
of freshness and service across the land, opening its 40th branch in Angeles City. Pampanguenos
now have a place where they can get all their shopping needs that’s just around the corner.
Even Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Dizon Pamintuan and wife, Herminia and Vice Mayor Maria
Vicenta Vega joined the community in the opening celebration of Pampanga’s first Savemore,
with Bb. Pilipinas International Krista Kleiner adding to the beauty of the new store. Local
residents, meanwhile, eagerly availed of the Buy-one-get-one-free offers all around, chose
from the wide variety of fresh choices available and took a break after shopping to have a
quick bite in any of Savemore’s various food stalls: Pao Tsin, Hen Lin, Hotdog-on-stick and
Leylam Shawarma. A Bills Payment counter, Foreign Exchange, Lotto outlet, Pharmacy and
Bakery round off the SaveMore experience.