Vol 4 No 102.pmd

P 8.00
VOLUME 4
NUMBER 102
FRI - SAT
FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011
THE BIG LIE. Continuous dumping of unsegregated wastes
at the open dumpsite in Barangay Lara, City of San Fernando
gives the lie to the denial of its existence by Mayor Oscar
Rodriguez as bannered in Sun Star Pampanga on
Wednesday. PHOTOS BY BONG LACSON
PGKM lauds
mayor, son
Gov praised for
addressing
Porac stench
problem
ANGELES CITY – The
Pinoy Gumising Ka
Movement (PGKM)
lauded local officials
here headed in their fight
against piggeries and
poultries believed to be
behind the foul smell
and serious ailments affecting residents and
businesses.
In an interview,
PGKM chair Ruperto
“Perto” Cruz said Mayor Edgardo “Ed” Pamintuan and his son, Councilor Edgardo “Edu” Pamintuan, should be
“commended for their
decisiveness and conPAGE 6 PLEASE
‘I’M NO SUPERMAN’
EdPam to bid out
waste disposal
BY JOEY PAVIA
A
NGELES CITY – “I am no superman
but I will do my job well as mayor
with all the resources I have.”
Thus said Mayor Edgardo “Ed”
Pamintuan as he reacted to the
challenge of Bishop Pablo Virgilio
“Ambo” David, parish priest of the
Holy Rosary Parish Church here.
“Let’s remember I inherited a
bankrupt (Mayor Francis) Nepomuceno government with some
P10 million negative funds last
PAGE 6 PLEASE
Bishop: Political will needed
to save Sapang Balen, Abacan
ANGELES CITY – A Roman Catholic bishop has challenged Mayor
Edgardo “Ed” Pamintuan to prove
that he is “the green mayor he ought
to be,” stressing that political will is
needed to save the Sapang Balen
Creek and Abacan river.
In an interview at the Holy Ro-
sary Parish Church which he
heads, Bishop Pablo Virgilio
“Ambo” David, said Pamintuan
should act now before it is too late
to save what’s left of the major
water channels in the city.
David, who also heads the environmental group Save Sapang
Balen Creek (SSBC), said Pamintuan should remove settlers along
the river banks at Sapang Balen and
Abacan.
But he stressed that “there
should be a human touch and the
mayor should relocate them.”
PAGE 6 PLEASE
Pamintuan
BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE
BALANGA CITY, Bataan –
“I must confess we have
realized we are a failure in
our campaign against illegal logging and fishing.”
Thus said Bataan
Gov. Enrique Garcia to
participants of the gener-
al assembly of the
project coordinating committee on the Bataan Integrated Coastal Management Program on
Wednesday.
Enrique said the provincial government even
bought a brand new helicopter to assist in the
massive drive against illegal logging and fishing.
However, he admitted that
they failed to totally stop
the two environmental
menaces.
He said police have
made many arrests and
impounded carabaos used
in illegal logging and fish-
ing boats but violations still
continued.
Garcia announced for
the first time that he is
readying a proposal to shift
the responsibility from the
local government units to
the national government
particularly to the Armed
Forces of the Philippines
and the Philippine National Police.
“Kailangan matakot
ang mga perpetrators at
kayang-kayang gawin ito
ng AFP at PNP,” the governor said.
He added that he would
soon talk with the Department of Interior and Local
Government, the Department of National Defense
and the chiefs of the AFP
and PNP about his proposal which can be applied
not only in Bataan but in
other parts of the country
having the same problem
on illegal logging and fishing.
Garcia said they will
still continue helping and
supporting the drive to
eradicate illegal activities
in his province. However,
the AFP and the PNP
should be given the primary responsibility to go after illegal loggers and fish-
ers.
He said that time is
running short and that it is
very important to stop the
illegal activities “to mitigate the effects of climate
change.”
Prof. Raphael Lotilla,
executive director of the
Partnerships in Environmental Management for
the Seas of East Asia
(PEMSEA), said that
aside from the aggressive
campaign against illegal
logging and fishing, government should also work
hard for the stoppage of oil
spills.
“There is also a need
to restore mangroves that
cater to birds and serve as
breeding grounds for fish,
crabs and prawn,” the professor said. “Mangroves
also protect the coastal
communities from storm
surges, tidal currents and
typhoons.”
NOTICE OF DEATH
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of the late MYRNA L. QUIZON
who died intestate on November 21, 2010 in Angeles City has filed a claim
on her Savings Account No. 1521-1016-32 at the Angeles City Branch of
Land Bank of the Philippines.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 21, 28 & February 4, 2011
The Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation (CI-AUF) ushers in the Year of the
Rabbit with the Experience China Exhibit formally opened by Angeles City Mayor Edgardo
Pamintuan (3rd from right) and wife Herminia (2nd from left) at SM City Clark yesterday. Joining
them are (L-R) AUF President Atty. Joseph Emmanuel L. Angeles, SM Supermalls VP for Marketing
and Communications Millie Dizon, Atty. Marianne Angeles, CI-AUF Philippine Director Dr. Lourdes
Nepomuceno and CI-AUF Chinese Director Zhang Shifang. Exhibit runs until February 6.
2,600 boyscouts attend Bataan jamboree
BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan –
The four-day 19th Bataan
Council Jamboree opened
Wednesday at the Dinalupihan Sports Oval with
more than 2,600 boyscouts from 11 towns and
one city in the province in
attendance.
Dinalupihan Mayor
Joel Payumo considered
scouting as a foundation
for the youth to become
good citizens and leaders.
2
He encouraged parents to
support scouting. The
mayor was sworn in as
Scout Camp Manager.
“Makiisa po tayo sa
programang ito at huwag
nating isipin na pangkaraniwang aktibidad lamang ito ng ating mga
anak sapagka’t ang
scouting po ay isang pundasyon upang maging
mabuting mamamayan na
tuloy sa pagiging mabuting lider ng ating mga
anak,” the mayor told par-
ents.
The jamboree will last
until Sunday. Tents where
the participants will stay
for four nights were set up
around the perimeter of
the Dinalupihan Sports
Oval. At the background
is the majestic Mount
Malasimbu.
Various scouting activities are expected for
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Participants came
from public primary and
secondary schools in the
towns of Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Abucay, Pilar, Orion, Limay,
Mariveles, Bagac and Morong and the City of Balanga.
Earlier, the participants now known as
Scouts of the Philippines
from the former Boy
Scouts of the Philippines
joined the parade held at
the Dinalupihan town
proper to the sports oval
grounds.
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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-11- 1950
LEONIDAS T. TUVIDA married to
LYDEN D. TUVIDA.
Mortgagor/s,
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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
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 LEONIDAS
T. TUVIDA married to LYDEN D. TUVIDA with postal address at L 27 B
10 Pasville Park Subd., Ph-1 Pulongmasle, Guagua, Pampanga/ Basa
Air Base, Floridablanca, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness
mentioned which as of August 30, 2010 amounted to TWO HUNDRED
THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY ONE PESOS
AND 18/100 (P235,891.18) Philippine currency, 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
March 08, 2011 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon or soon thereafter at the
entrance of the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court, 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. 255743-R
A parcel of land ( Lot 27, Blk. 10 of the subd., plan Psd-03017563, being a portion of Lot 3, Psd-03-008228, LRC Rec.
No.), situated in the Bo. Of Pulung Masle, Mun. Of Guagua,
Prov. of Pamp. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 25,
Blk. 10; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Rd. Lot 3; on the SE.,
along line 3-4 by Lot 29; along line 2-3 by Rd. Lot 3; on the
SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 29; on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot
32, both of Blk. 10, all of the subd. plan. Xxxxx Containing an
area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHT (208) Square Meters.
The Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale will be published in a newspaper
of general circulation in 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 hereby 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 above
–stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said
date, it shall be held on March 15, 2011 also at 2:00 o’clock in the
afternoon and at the same place mentioned above without further notice.
Guagua, Pampanga, January 19, 2011.
NORMITA R. MERCADO
OIC- Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff
ELISA C. MORALES
Sheriff IV
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 28, February 4 & 11, 2011
Office of the Clerk of Court
& Ex-Officio Sheriff
PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK,
Mortgagee,
-versusEJF No. 363-10
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT
3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118
SPS. IVAN A. ORTANEZ
and ALONA M. ORTANEZ,
Mortgagors/Debtors.
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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed
by PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK, mortgagee, with its principal office
address at PSBank Center, 777 Paseo de Roxas corner Sedeño Street,
Makati City, against SPS. IVAN A. ORTANEZ and ALONA M. ORTANEZ,
mortgagors, with residence and postal address at No. 15, Purok 1, San
Jose Ponduan, San Fernando, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage
indebtedness which as of DECEMBER 03, 2010 amounts to TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE
and 17/100 PESOS ( Php 2, 565, 955. 17) exclusiveof other penalties,
charges, attorney’s fees, and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned
Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff thru her duly authorized Sheriff IV
REDENTOR S. VILLANUEVA, will sell at public auction on MARCH 01,
2011 from 9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M. at the
main entrance of the Regional Trial Court Building, City of San Fernando
(P), to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in
Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all the improvements
thereon, to wit:
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 714155-R
“ A parcel of land (Lot 14-B-1, of the subd. plan Psd-03018365, being a portion of the lots 14-B, blk. 19, Psd-03-004785,
LRC. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bac.,
Prov. Of Pamp. Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by lot 14A, blk. 19, Psd-03-004785, on the SW., along line 2-3 by road
lot 13 (Avocado St.), Psd-03-004785, on the NE., along line 34-5 by road lot 21 (Sampaloc Road), Psd-03-004785, and on
the SE., along line 5-1 by lot 14-B-2, of the subd. plan. x x x
Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE (281)
Square Meters, more or less. x x x “
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above
stated time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,
it shall be held on March 08, 2011, without further notice.
Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein
above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.
City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 21, 2011.
ATTY. JOSELEA YRAOLA FLORIA
Clerk of Court VI
& Ex-Officio Sheriff
REDENTOR S. VILLANUEVA
Sheriff IV
RTC-OCC, CSF(P)
cc: 1. PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK
3. ATTY. CONSTANTINO L. REYES
2. SPS. IVAN & ALONA ORTANEZ
4. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON
PUNTO! Central Luzon: February 4, 11 & 18, 2011
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 62
ANGELES CITY
IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRY
IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF THE DATE OF BIRTH
OF MARIA ROSARIO M. MACAPINLAC-CARLOS
IN HER CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
MARIA ROSARIO M.
MACAPINLAC-CARLOS
Petitioner.
SP. PROC. NO. 8533
THE CIVIL REGISTRAR, ANGELES CITY THE
OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR, ANGELES CITY,
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,
Respondents.
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ORDER
In the verified Petition for the correction of entry in the Certificate of
Live Birth of petitioner Maria Rosario M. Macapinlac-Carlos, she prays
that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered
ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the National
Statistics Office in Quezon City, to correct her date of birth appearing in
her certificate of live birth from October 12, 1970 to October 13, 1970.
The Petition being sufficient in form and substance, is hereby given
due course. The Court sets the initial hearing of the said petition on
March 17, 2011 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Court Room of this
Court, 2nd floor, Hall of Justice, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City, after this
Order shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation
in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles City, once a week for three
(3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.
Notice is hereby given that anyone who objects to the petition
should file on or before the date of hearing his/her opposition thereto with
a statement of his/her ground therefore. The Local Civil Registrar of
Angeles City is hereby given a period of fifteen (15) days from receipt
of this Order and a copy of the petition within which to submit its
comment/opposition thereto.
Serve copies hereof, together with copies of the petition and its
annexes, upon the National Statistics Office, the Office of the Solicitor
General and the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City.
Furnish Atty. Noel Canlas, the Office of the Clerk of Court, Prosecutor
Ramon Tomas, and the petitioner copies hereof.
SO ORDERED.
Angeles City, January 5, 2011.
GERARDO ANTONIO P. SANTOS
Judge
PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 28, February 4 & 11, 2011
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of the late JESSIE C. MANALO
who died intestate on April 2, 2007 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an
Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights over his real property situated
in Mabalacat, Pampanga which is more particularly described as Lot 19,
Blk. 23 under TCT No. 315742-R before Notary Public Bienvenido B.
Bacani of Pampanga as per Doc. No. 238, Page No. 49, Book No. VI,
Series of 2010 of his notarial registry.
Punto! Central Luzon: January 21, 28 & February 4, 2011
Seair to start
flights via Hong
Kong, Macau
CLARK FREEPORT –
Domestic air carrier South
East Asian Airlines (Seair),
will further expand its operations at the Diosdado
Macapagal International
Airport (DMIA) with flights
to Hong Kong and Macau
that are expected to start
February 14. It is also considering flights to Taipei.
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC)
president and CEO Victor
Jose I. Luciano announced yesterday that
Seair will operate additional Clark-Hong Kong flights
twice daily and ClarkMacau flights three times
a week from the DMIA as
part of the marketing program for the country including Clark Freeport
Zone to boost the tourism
industry.
The move came after
the success of their twice
weekly flights from the
DMIA to Singapore that
started in December 2010.
“We are happy to announce that Seair, will
launch flights to Hong
Kong and Macau at
DMIA,” Luciano said.
“This is a welcome development for the airport as
this will certainly redound
to the benefit of travelers,
tourists and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as
well as boost the tourism
industry not only in the
Metro Clark area but Central Luzon and eventually,
the rest of the country,” the
CIAC chief added.
He also said Seair will
add 17 more flights a
week, which means an
average of 85 international flights per week aside
from the flights of Federal
Express and United Parcel Service (UPS) at the
DMIA.
Seair is the second oldest airline in the country
that started operations at
DMIA in 1995. The air carrier leased two 144-seater
Airbus A-319 aircraft from
its partner Tiger Airways of
Singapore last year for
their international flights at
DMIA catering to destinations in the South East
Asian region.
Seair currently operates daily flights to Caticlan at DMIA. It is expected to add more flights from
Clark to Vietnam, Korea
and Thailand. Flight booking can be done via internet through their website
www.seair.com as well as
Tiger Airways’ website
www.tigerairways.com as
part of their marketing arrangements.
Carriers also operating
from the DMIA include Air
Asia of Malaysia with
flights to Kota Kinabalu
and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia; Asiana Airlines and
budget carrier Jin Air of
South Korea both with
flights to Incheon; and domestic carrier Cebu Pacific Air that flies to Hong
Kong, Singapore, Macau
and Bangkok with domestic flights via Cebu, Spirit
of Manila Airlines that flies
to Taipei.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Enrique: ‘Illegal logging, fishing campaign failed’
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
SUPREME COURT
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
City of San Fernando (P)
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PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Living standards
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BARRIO TINABI. Village of the expelled.
So is Northville 14 damned, being a relocation site
for squatters, er, informal dwellers, along da riles
affected by the on-again-off-again North Rail project.
Reports say a total of 3,935 families are already
resettled on that patch of land in Barangay Calulut,
City of San Fernando, while 99 more families are
awaiting relocation.
No tinabi for long, Northville 14 is fast becoming
a vibrant community. Thanks to the interventions of
3rd District Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales, Jr. who has
dedicated himself to the task of making a total
community out of it.
Last Wednesday, Cong Dong and Atty. Chito Cruz,
general manager of the National Housing Authority
(NHA), renewed their commitment to Northville 14’s
development.
The NHA, at a cost of P8.3 million, will construct a
22-classroom building at the village school where
3,434 are currently enrolled. This, even as Cong Dong
asked the NHA to go the full nine yards by constructing
a fence and providing the buildings protective grills
for the security and safety of both teachers, students,
and school property. A funding of P1.5 million has
been allotted for the development of the school.
The solon will also answer, in coordination with
the Department of Education, but of course, for the
additional teachers the school needed.
“Our students and parents here would no longer
need to worry about the things that needed to be paid
at the start of each year.” So was Cong Dong quoted
as saying as he committed himself to paying all the
payables and school contributions of students.
A school feeding program has also been
programmed by the solon to improve the health and
nutrition of the students.
The livelihood needs of his Northville 14
constituencies are likewise addressed by Cong
Dong by initially giving out 10 pedicabs and
subsequently raffling off 20 more. This, on top of the
livelihood programs to be conducted by the NHA.
And then, there’s Cong Dong’s signature project:
multi-purpose covered court worth P5.5 million he
vowed to be completed within the year.
A standard of living at par with the other third
district communities, a quality of life superior to that
at their former along da riles abodes. That is one
promise being delivered by Congressman Gonzales
to Northville 14.
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O p i n i o n
Finding our
second self
The Denial King
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Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
FOR ALL his much bruited about unbending principles and
unshakeable commitment, Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez of the City
of San Fernando limply goes on-denial in matters environmental.
So it appears.
At the height of the massacre of trees along MacArthur Highway,
environmentalist Cecille Yumul reminded Rodriguez of a previous
public pronouncement that he stood against the cutting of trees.
Rodriguez denied having said that unconditionally, rationalizing
– like the astute lawyer that he is – that there was no move to cut
the trees at the time he said it. Furthering that he could not stand
against a “national policy” which he meant to be the widening of
the MacArthur Highway necessitating the cutting of trees.
Rodriguez unblinking in saying all these, notwithstanding the
signing of the so-called “Covenant for the Trees” he himself as city
mayor convened right along MacArthur Highway itself, in front of
the New Era University campus sometime in his second term.
That is if ageing memory still serves right.
A couple of weeks back, Macabebe Mayor
Annette Flores-Balgan fingered the City of San
Fernando as the source of toxic wastes
devastating her town’s fishing industry.
Rodriguez instantly denied it, passing the
blame to Angeles City that moved Mayor Ed
Pamintuan to remind his kumpare that Angeles –
unlike San Fernando – had no industrial plants
from where toxic wastes could have flowed out
into the rivers and choked the fish in Macabebe.
Still denied later by Rodriguez is Balgan having
communicated with him, in any way.
Only this Wednesday, bannered in Sun-Star
Pampanga is Rodriguez denying the existence
of an open dumpsite in his city. (Pamintuan made
the same denial, but his is a different story). This,
despite an order dated January 17, 2011 signed
by Environment Management Bureau-3 Director
Lormelyn Claudio recommending the “execution
of closure orders” on open dumpsites in 16 areas
in Pampanga including the cities of San Fernando
and Angeles for gross violation of Republic Act
9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2001.
The order explicit in saying “…the LGUs failed
to truly demonstrate their will to close the existing
open and controlled dumpsites…”
Rodriguez defiant in saying, as reported in SunStar Pampanga: “I have already closed all open
dumpsites here since I assumed office.”
Which immediately ran counter to the
affirmation of the Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio S. David,
auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San
Fernando, that “dumpsites are everywhere” in the
province.
Dared the bishop: “My group can give you a
guided tour where the dump sites of Pampanga
are. Every LGU has one.”
I pray most fervently that Among Ambo spared
Rodriguez from his curse on the degraders of the
environment that he once cast on those polluting
Sapang Balen Creek.
By saying he has “already closed all open
dumpsites” in San Fernando since he assumed
office, Rodriguez could only be lying.
Much as I wanted to give Rodriguez the benefit
of the doubt on the long existence and continuing
operation of the city dumpsite in Barangay Lara
by the eastern lateral portion of the FVR Megadike
systems, I simply could not.
Rodriguez passes by that dumpsite on his way
to his resthouse in Barangay Maliwalu, Bacolor.
On a number of occasions I was overtaken by
Rodriguez’s convoy of black Starex van and white
Nissan Patrol along that same stretch of the
megadike above the dumpsite.
Practically, I take the megadike daily, whether
for my early morning ride on my mountain bike or
in going to my second home in Xevera-Bacolor.
Never was there a time that I did not come across
garbage trucks from San Fernando’s barangays
going in with their loads and out empty of the city
dump.
Just to prove a point, yesterday I went down
the dump and took photographs. These are
splashed on our front page today.
Indeed, the photographs affirm: By saying he
has “already closed all open dumpsites” in San
Fernando since he assumed office, Rodriguez is
not only denying. He may be patently lying.
TODAY IN HISTORY
First U.S. president elected
GEORGE WASHINGTON, the
commander of the Continental
Army during the Revolutionary
War, is unanimously elected
the first president of the United
States by all 69 presidential
electors who cast their votes.
John Adams of Massachusetts,
who received 34 votes, was
elected vice president. The
electors, who represented 10
of the 11 states that had ratified the U.S. Constitution, were
chosen by popular vote, legislative appointment, or a combination of both four weeks before the election.
According to Article Two of
the U.S. Constitution, the states
appointed a number of presidential electors equal to the "number of Senators and Representatives to which the state may
be entitled in Congress." Each
elector voted for two people, at
least one of whom did not live
in their state. The individual receiving the greatest number of
votes was elected president,
and the next-in-line, vice president. (In 1804, this practice was
changed by the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, which
ordered separate ballots for the
office of president and vice president.)
New York--though it was to
be the seat of the new United
States government--failed to
choose its eight presidential
electors in time for the vote on
February 4, 1789. Two electors
each from Virginia and Maryland
were delayed by weather and did
not vote. In addition, North Carolina and Rhode Island, which
would have had seven and three
electors respectively, had not
ratified the Constitution and so
could not vote.
That the remaining 69 unanimously chose Washington to
lead the new U.S. government
was a surprise to no one. As commander-in-chief during the Revolutionary War, he had led his inexperienced and poorly equipped
army of civilian soldiers to victory over one of the world's great
powers. After the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781, Washington rejected with abhorrence
a suggestion by one of his officers that he use his preeminence
to assume a military dictatorship.
He would not subvert the very
principles for which so many
Americans had fought and died,
he replied, and soon after, he
surrendered his military commission to the Continental Congress and retired to his Mount
Vernon estate in Virginia.
When the Articles of Convention proved ineffectual, and the
fledging republic teetered on the
verge of collapse, Washington
again answered his country's call
and traveled to Philadelphia in
1787 to preside over the Constitutional Convention. Although he
favored the creation of a strong
central government, as president of the convention he maintained impartiality in the public
debates. Outside the convention
hall, however, he made his views
known, and his weight of character did much to bring the proceedings to a close. The drafters created the office of president with him in mind, and on
September 17, 1787, the document was signed.
The next day, Washington
started for home, hoping that,
his duty to his country again
served, he could live out the rest
of his days in privacy. However,
a crisis soon arose when the
Constitution fell short of its necessary ratification by nine
Regarding
Henry
Henrylito D. Tacio
“IN EVERYONE’S LIFE, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is
then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner
spirit,” Dr. Albert Schweitzer once said.
The 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer never
mentioned who that “another human being” but he must referring to
a friend. After all, a friend is the one who comes in when the whole
world has gone out.
I have three friends whom I considered my best and closest. All
of them, however, are now living abroad. I met my first friend when
I was in elementary; he is now pastoring a church in Denmark. The
second one, whom became a friend of mine when I was in high
school, is now having his own business in Canada. I came to know
my third friend when he came for training at the center where I
work; he is now back in the United States.
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born
until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is
born,” wrote Anais Nin in her diary. “What is a friend?” philosopher
Aristotle asked. “A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
Just recently, I met my fourth friend. I never
thought he would be the friend I am looking for.
He is much younger than me but he has all the
qualities of what a real friend is. As Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry wrote in The Wisdom of the Sands
(translated from French by Stuart Gilbert) puts it:
“The friend within the man is that part of him which
belongs to you and opens to you a door which
never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend
is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you
even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart.”
Yes, each of us long for a friend. Robert Louis
Stevenson said, “We are all travelers in the
wilderness of this world, and the best we can find
in our travels is an honest friend.” Thomas
Jefferson reiterated, “But friendship is precious,
not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;
and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things,
the greater part of life is sunshine.”
A true friend, according to Arnold Glasow,
“never gets in your way unless you happen to be
going down.” Elizabeth Foley contends, “The most
beautiful discovery true friends make is that they
can grow separately without growing apart.”
There are many kinds of friends. But a kind of
friend you really appreciate is someone who cares
for you. The words of Henri Nouwen came flashing
to my mind: “When we honestly ask ourselves
which person in our lives means the most us, we
often find that it is those who, instead of giving
much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen
rather to share our pain and touch our wounds
with a gentle and tender hand.
The man who spent his life helping people
respond to the universal “yearning for love, unity,
and communion that doesn’t go away” further
wrote: “The friend who can be silent with us in a
moment of despair or confusion, who can stay
with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who
can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing
and face with us the reality of our powerlessness,
that is a friend who cares.”
At one time, a teacher asked his students to
portray a friend through words. Here’s one that
caught the attention of everyone: “I can’t give
solutions to all of life’s problems, doubts, or fears.
But I can listen to you, and together we can seek
answers. I can’t change your past with all its
heartache and pain, nor the future with its untold
stories. But I can be there now when you need
me to care.
“I can’t keep your feet from stumbling. I can
only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not
states. Washington threw himself into
the ratification debate, and a compromise agreement was made in which
the remaining states would ratify the
document in exchange for passage of
the constitutional amendments that
would become the Bill of Rights.
Government by the United States
began on March 4, 1789. In April, Congress sent word to George Washington that he had unanimously won the
presidency. He borrowed money to
pay off his debts in Virginia and traveled to New York. On April 30, he
came across the Hudson River in a
specially built and decorated barge.
fall. Your joys, triumphs, successes, and
happiness are not mine; yet I can share in your
laughter and joy. Your decisions in life are not
mine to make, nor to judge; I can only support
you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.
“I can’t give you boundaries which I have
determined for you, but I can give you the room to
change, room to grow, room to be yourself. I can’t
keep your heart from breaking and hurting, but I
can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces
and put them back in place. I can’t tell you who
you are. I can only love you and be your friend.”
If you find a friend, consider him or her a
treasure. Ralph Waldo Emerson reminds: “The
glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,
nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship;
it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one
when you discover that someone else believes in
you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”
More than trust, a friend is someone who will
also die for you. Horror gripped the heart of the
World War I soldier, as he saw his life-long friend
fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous
gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked
his lieutenant if he might go out into the “No Man’s
Land” between the trenches to bring his fallen
comrade back.
“You can go,” said the lieutenant, “but I don’t
think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably
dead and you may throw your own life away.” But
the lieutenant’s words didn’t matter, and the
soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed
to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder,
and bring him back to their company’s trench.
As the two of them tumbled in together to the
bottom of the trench, the officer checked the
wounded soldier and then looked kindly at his friend.
“I told you it wouldn’t be worth it,” he said. “Your
friend is dead, and you are mortally wounded.”
“It was worth it, though, sir,” the soldier said.
“What do you mean by ‘worth it’?” responded the
lieutenant. “Your friend is dead!”
“Yes sir,” the soldier answered. “But it was
worth it because when I got to him, he was still
alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him
say, ‘I knew you’d come.’”
Many a times in life, whether a thing is worth
doing or not really depends on how you look at it.
Take up all your courage and do something your
heart tells you to do so that you may not regret
not doing it later in life.
“In my friend,” Isabel Norton points out, “I find
a second self.”
The inaugural ceremony was performed on the balcony of Federal Hall
on Wall Street, and a large crowed
cheered after he took the oath of office. The president then retired indoors to read Congress his inaugural
address, a quiet speech in which he
spoke of "the experiment entrusted
to the hands of the American people."
The evening celebration was opened
and closed by 13 skyrockets and 13
cannons.
As president, Washington sought
to unite the nation and protect the
interests of the new republic at home
and abroad. Of his presidency, he
said, "I walk on untrodden ground.
There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be
drawn in precedent." He successfully implemented executive authority, making good use of brilliant politicians such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in his
Cabinet, and quieted fears of presidential tyranny. In 1792, he was
unanimously reelected but four
years later refused a third term.
In 1797, he finally began his longawaited retirement at Mount Vernon.
He died on December 14, 1799.
Source: www.history.com
Napaguusapan
lang
Ni Felix M. Garcia
Panawagan:
Ibalik ang
parusang bitay
(KARUGTONG NG SINUNDANG ISYU)
KASI NGA, dala ng kawalan ng sapat
Na ngipin ang ating panuntunang batas,
Liban sa ang bitay inalis pa’t sukat,
Ay natural lang na darami ang tunggak
Na walang pangiming gagawa’t-gagawa
Ng kabalbalan at pag-wawalanghiya;
Gaya na lang ng pagpatay halimbawa
At iba pang bagay na napakasama
Pagkat batid nilang tanging kulungan lang
Ang posible nga po nilang kahantungan;
At kahit libo ang taong patayin niyan,
Ang parusa’y tiyak na ‘life sentence’lamang.
Pero makaraan lang lang ilang taon
Ay baka laya na sa pagkakulong
Ang isang pusakal mang bilanggo ngayon,
Kapag nabaligtad ang hatol ng hukom.
Dala na rin minsan na ang ‘bar of justice’
Ay di timbangan ng tunay na matuwid,
Kundi sa kung sino ang nakahihigit
At may impluwensya sa nagpapagamit.
(Kung saan ika nga ya’y “court of just tiis”
Sa nakararaming minalas malupig
Dala lang ng sila ay walang kadikit
Sa Malakanyang o sa ‘ting ‘court of justice?’)
Sa naturang punto, bagama’t posibleng
Ang nabilang ang siyang naging ‘victim’
Ng inhustisya ay dapat din po nating
Tingnan ang panig n’yan at paka-suriin
Ang lahat ng bagay na may kaugnayan
Sa pagkatao at pamumuhay po n’yan,
Upang sa gayon ang tunay na katuwiran
Ng alin mang panig itong mapakinggan
At hindi ‘yung komo mapera ang isa
At ang abogado niya’y de kampanilya
Ay hahatulan na kahura-hurada,
Na yan ay absuwelto sa pagkakasala.
At ang biktima pa ng ‘rape’ halimbawa
Itong bandang huli ang kaawa-awa
Sa harap ng tao kung magkabisala
Ang hatol laban sa taong masasama.
Kaya marapat lang sa naturang punto
Na maging maingat ang ating husgado
Sa paghimay po n’yan ng anumang kaso,
Partikular laban sa pang-aabuso
At pagpatay gaya nitong sunud-sunod
Na insidente r’yan ng pagpapasabog,
Kung saan kamakailan lang ay isang bus
Itong basta na lang biglang pinasabog
At iba pang walang habas na pagkitil
Ng buhay, bunsod lang ng walang pangiming
Paglabag sa batas ng nakararaming
Salot sa lipunan at sa gobyerno rin.
Kaya nga’t sa puntong ya’y makabubuting
Ang parusang bitay ay ibalik natin
Upang kahit kaunting takot ay pamuling
Mamahay sa dibdib ng mga salarin.
Pero marapat lang na maging maingat
Ang ‘bar of justice’ sa paghatol at sukat,
Upang ang tunay na pamantayang batas
Ang siyang mangibabaw sa lahat ng oras!
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Editorial
5
Laguna’s most wanted falls in Nueva Ecija
SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva
Ecija – Police authorities finally arrested the most wanted person of Laguna
province in nearby Guimba town recently by local police, ending a 13-year
manhunt for the murder of his own sister-in-law.
Police Supt. Jonathan Cabal, Munoz
police chief, identified the suspect as
Darwin Anoyo, 59, listed as Laguna’s
most wanted.
Anoyo was nabbed by the Munoz
police at around 11 a.m. yesterday by
virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by
San Pablo City Regional Trial Court
Branch 32 Judge Zorayda Salcedo.
Cabal said Anoyo was unarmed and
did not resist arrest. He was detained
at the police stockade here.
The suspect was long wanted for the
killing of his sister-in-law Denia Anoyo
on December 28,1998 in San Pablo
City.
The Laguna Provincial Police Office
tagged him as the no. 1 on its most
wanted list with a reward of P75,000.
Cabal said after the killing, Anoyo
went into hiding in Guimba where he
posed as a certain Rey Deveza to residents.
“Because he has been using an
alias, he was able to elude arrest in
Guimba,” Cabral said, adding an intelligence build-up made possible his arrest.
He said they are checking with other law enforcement agencies like the
National Bureau of Investigation if Anoyo
has other pending cases.
300 shooters to join 2nd Gen. Maddela Cup
BY JOHNNY REBLANDO
CASTILLEJOS, Zambales
– More than 300 shooters,
both lawmen and civilian
enthusiasts, are expected
to join the 3-day 2nd General Orlando Maddela, Jr.,
(Retired) Cup hosted by the
Zambales-Olongapo Pistol
Riffle Association (ZOPRA).
The event is a Philippine Practical Shooters
Association (PPSA)-sanctioned Mach, Level II, Area
lV Circuit Match set on
February 18-20.
Noli Gohol, ZOPRA
president, said the activity
will enhance and develop
the shooting ability and
camaraderie among responsible gun owners.
It was learned that nowadays, practical shooting is
the fastest growing sport,
combining the elements of
speed, power, and accuracy to develop and test an
ndividual’s shooting skills.
“Practical shooting
competition matches are
realistic, diverse and fun,
such as barricades, doors,
shooting ports, moving tar-
gets, penalty-carrying noshoot targets and steel reactive targets,” Gohol said.
Practical shooting is
done freestyle and each
competitor’s resulting
score is determined by the
number of hits made on a
given target, divided by the
elapsed time needed to
complete the scenario in
every stages.
EdPam to bid out waste disposal
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July,” he said.
“I could only do much
with what I have. The government is like a vehicle
and it has to run on gas,”
said Pamintuan, disclosing that the city coffers has
about P170 million funds
now.
Pamintuan, a former
human rights lawyer,
agreed with David that the
city government “has a lot
more to do” to save Sapang Balen Creek and Abacan River from the effects
of household and human
wastes thrown by people
in the area stretching in at
least seven villages.
“I still have lot to pay
more obligations because
Mayor Blueboy left a
mess. No excuses for me
but I need some more time
to keep the vehicle running smoothly, so to
speak,” he added.
Asked about that
statement of David that
there are some open
dumpsites in the city, Pamintuan said “yes there
could be dumpsites, and
we have already come out
with a solution starting this
month.”
He earlier announced
that they will bid out the
solid waste management
program of the city this
February.
“It will be a transparent
bidding and the best and
viable solution will get the
contract to handle our
waste. Of course, the program should be environment-friendly,” he said.
Pamintuan also said
the green-colored motif of
his successful election
campaign last year “was
not about being an environmentalist party.” But he
stressed that “environmental concerns are definitely
a priority of his administration.”
The mayor said “slowly but surely” I and other
city officials could address
the problem on waste and
other aspects of governance.
He enjoined David,
SSBC, residents and other groups to help them
address the garbage problem. –Joey Pavia
Bishop: Political will needed...
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PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Hundreds of people,
mostly Badjao folk from
Mindanao, had illegally
settled near the creek and
river stretching in at least
seven villages.
David said that the settlers throw household and
human wastes at the Abacan and Sapang Balen
Creek, “contributing immensely to the poisoning
of the interconnected water channels.”
6
“Abacan and Sapang
Balen are the favorite garbage dumps now,” David
said.
However, David lauded
Pamintuan for responding
to the SSBC’s requests
for the city government to
put fences at bridges in the
city. He added that the
fences would prevent people from throwing their garbage to rivers and creeks.
“Former Mayor Blueboy (Nepomuceno) responded with one fence.
Mayor Ed responded with
more but he has to do
more projects to save the
environment in general,”
said David who is set to
tour Punto at Sapang
Balen and Abacan to show
the poor state of the area.
David, however, said he
is not “singling out” Pamintuan as the problem on
garbage and poisoning of
rivers is nationwide and
even worldwide.
“Just travel to nearby
City of San Fernando and
crete action” against the
Kennon Farm in Barangay
Cutcut, one of the biggest
piggeries in the province
which can accommodate
at least 8,000 hogs.
Cruz cited Edu, chairman of the city council
committee on health and
environment, for recommending to the mayor the
closure of the Kennon
Farm located a few meters
away from the posh Carmenville Subdivision and
Holy Mary Memorial Park
in Cutcut.
EdPam, on the other
hand, ordered the closure
of Kennon farm this month
based on the recommendation of the councilor.
“If only the Pamintuans’ counterpart in Porac
would do the same, the
town would be a better
place to live in,” said Cruz.
He lambasted Mayor Condralito “Carling” De la
Cruz for failing to act on
the complaints lodged by
his group and elderly folk
in barangays Sta. Cruz
and Paralaya, Porac
against the piggeries and
poultries.
Cruz also lauded Gov.
Lilia “Baby” Pineda for “really addressing the problem” on at least 20 poultries and 18 piggeries in
Porac.”
Pineda, for her part,
said she had asked representatives of the Monterey
food company to make
rounds in Porac and
“teach the proper management of piggeries” with
consideration to the environment.
She also asked De La
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BURLESQUE (PG13)
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the case is the same.
Check the dumpsite in
(Barangay) Lara,” said
David.
The bishop said that
Pamintuan should “not
say that there are no open
dumpsites in Angeles.”
“There are many, especially along Sapang Balen
and Abacan and in Barangays Sapang Bato, Margot and Anunas. We have
recorded them and we can
give the mayor guided tour
to see them,” David said.
PGKM lauds mayor, son
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SEASON OF THE WITCH (R13)
Cruz not to issue permits
to poultries and piggeries
“while the complaints are
prevalent.”
On the other hand,
Cruz said “we are not antifood production but proworkers.” “It should be a
live and let live world.”
“We will give a few
months for them to comply with the standards set
by the government. Others
must be closed if they will
insist on destroying people’s health and businesses,” Cruz said.
–Joey Pavia
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NAKAKALUNGKOT naman ang sinapit ni Anne Curtis sa airport papuntang Korea at maging sa pagbalik sa ’Pinas.
Kuwento sa amin ni Vinia Vivar, sa isa sa mga reporter na kasama sa Korean trip ng Green Rose,n ang umalis daw sila last January
29, na-hold si Anne sa Incheon airport sa Korea dahil sa dala niyang Chanel bag na nasa luggage niya. Ang nasabing bag ay kailangan
sa taping dahil sa continuity scene na kukunan sa kanya.
Akala raw yata ng immigration department sa Korea ay ibebenta niya ang nasabing bag at kahit magkatulong na sila ni Jake Cuenca
sa pagpapaliwanag na actor at actress sila sa ’Pinas at gagamitin sa taping ang bag, nahirapan pa rin silang makalabas agad dahil hindi
sila gaanong nagkakaintindihan because of the language barrier.
Halos mangiyak-ngiyak na si Anne sa airport dahil ayaw nga siyang palabasin. Finally, matapos ang may kalahating oras siguro ay
nakumbinsi rin ang immigration at sinabihan siyang siguraduhin lang na dadalhin ulit palabas ng Korea ang Chanel bag.
“Of course, I’ll bring that with me, it’s my bag,” sagot naman daw ni Anne.
Heto na, nang pabalik naman ng ’Pinas last Monday, hindi na mapigilan ng aktres na mapaiyak sa sobrang sama ng loob sa flight
attendants ng Cathay Pacific Airlines flight 905 galing ng Hong Kong pauwi ng ’Pinas dahil ang binili niyang David Yurman ring sa duty
free ng HK International Airport ay nawala mismo sa kinauupuan niya sa business class section.
Nakapag-landing na ang plane nang maganap ang insidente habang naglalabasan na ang mga pasahero. Inilapag ni Anne ’yung
paper bag ng David Yurman sa foot rest dahil may inabot siyang bagahe sa itaas, tapos nakalimutan niya na itong kunin pero nang
maalala, agad niyang binalikan kasama sina Echo at Julie Anne Benitez (business unit head). Paper bag na lang ang nakita, wala na
ang box, pati mga flight attendant, wala na rin.
by Cesar Pambid
“Pinatawagan ’yung naka-assign na flight attendant sa business class section, pero hindi na makontak, nakauwi na raw at patay
ang cellphone. Kinontak naman ’yung head ng naglilinis at ang sagot, ang nakita na lang daw niya ay box, wala na ’yung singsing.
“Nag-report agad sina Anne sa Cathay Pacific assistance, pero wala silang maisagot. Sobrang depressed ni Anne sa Cathay,” kuwento ng executive producer ng
Green Rose na si Arnel Nacario.
Karugtong ng mga kuwento ni Vinia yung sobrang lamig na inabot nila sa Korea.
Dusa raw ang inabot ng buong staff, crew at mga bida ng Green Rose na sina Anne Curtis, Jake Cuenca, Alessandra de Rossi at Jericho Rosales sa taping ng
nasabing teleserye sa Seoul, South Korea dahil sinagasa nila ang sobrang lamig na umabot pa sa -7 degrees Celsius (the lowest so far last January at ayon sa report,
the lowest since 1963.).
Sina Anne at Jake, sandali lang nag-stay sa Korea dahil one-day taping lang sila. Kasabay daw nilang umalis ng ’Pinas last January 29 at umuwi naman last January
31, kaya hindi sila masyadong nagdusa sa weather.
Pero sina Alex and Echo, pati na rin ang buong staff, mahigit isang linggong nag-taping kaya sila ang napuruhan nang husto ng sobrang lamig.
“Nakakasira ng bait” ang deskripsyon ng lahat sa lamig na naranasan doon.
Kami nga, isang araw lang nasa labas at sumama sa taping, halos mamatay-matay sa lamig, how much more sina Echo,
Alex at ang buong cast na isang linggong nag-taping doon na karamihan ay outdoor scene?
Sabi nga ni Biboy Arboleda ng adprom ng unit ni Deo Endrinal, dapat papurihan ang staff dahil sila ang hirap na
hirap at matapang na tiniis ang lamig.
Nang makausap nga namin si Echo, siya man ay talagang halos hindi kinaya ang weather lalo pa nga’t aniya,
sobrang lamigin siyang tao.”
The
Gossipmiller
Ogie Alcasid is a brilliant man!- - BOY ABUNDA
BOY ABUNDA has very kind words for Ogie Alcasid.
Dami kasing nagma-malign ngayon kay Ogie dahil sa appointment niya recently bilang isa sa mga
commissioner ng People Power. This means, Ogie has a very significant role sa mga bagay na may kinalaman sa
Peoples Power celebration.
Pero dami nga ng nasty comments tungkol sa kanya. Kesyo artista lang daw siya’t walang
karapatan sa posisyon.
When we recently talked to Boy
Abunda sa set ng SNN, ganda ng sinabi nito tungkol kay Ogie. “I have
been in that position before, Like Ogie, nagging biktima ako ng ganyan.
People are very fond of putting people in a mold. They put them on a box.
Kesyo dahil showbiz lang, ganyan lang ang alam.
“Ako, when I was rumored to be in the tourism department, dami ng
masamang comment. I was hurt, I know my abilities and capabilities. But I
let that passed.
“Ngayon Ogie is in the same boat. They don’t know that Ogie is a very brilliant
talent. He’s loaded with intelligence at talagang cut para sa pasition. But heto siya,
biktima na naman.
“I just hope people start thinking this way. Hindi komo, artista lang, wala ng alam.”
Indeed, tama si Kuya Boy. Dami tao sa showbiz na talaga naming matalino kung ikukumpara sa mga
brilliant boys na nakalagay sa position ngayon.
Hahaha, sige na, marunong na sila pero puwede rin namang sabihing corrupt sila.
Hindi ba, Rommel Galapon?
In the same interview with Abunda, nilianw niya yung isyung glinorify niya si Baron Geisler sa isang Buzz
interview. May violent reaction nga kasi ang mag-manager na Ed Instrella at Cherry Pie Picache tungkol sa naturang
interview. Boy wants to clear na ayaw na niyang patulan. Sapat na raw yung sinabi niyang wala siyang dahilan para
i-glorify ang kabastusan ni Baron. “Bakit ko siya igo-glorify, alam ko namang bastos siya,”sabi pa ni Boy.
Basta’ng malinaw daw, mahal niya si Cherry Pie Picache at alam niyang maiintindihan din siya nito. “I love that
woman, pati na’ng kanyang manager,” sabi pa nito.
So there!
Pride of Imus
MAY PRIDE sa pagsasabi ang ilang execs ng Imus Institute na naging estudayante ng kanilang
eskwelahan sina Senators Bong Revilla at Pamfilo Lacson. Being both from Imus, Cavite, sa naturang
paaralan sila nagtapos ng mataas na paaralan. Bukod sa dalawa, dun din sina Former Finance
Minister Cesar Virata, Jolo, Bryan at Princess Revilla. Yes, even the great senator Ramon Revilla
Sr. is a product of Imus Institute.
Pero siyempre, hindi lang naman sila ang dahilan kung bakit may pride ang mga nakausap
naming execs na sina Encarnacion Raralio at, Teresita Ortilla at Edna Leveriza. Bukod daw sa
mga binanggit nilang celebrities, marami na silang illustrious graduates na ngayon ay successful
sa kanya-kanyang field. “They are all over the world,” sabi pa sa amin ng butihing presidente
ng Imus Institute.
Sa ngayon, Imus Instiute, is in the process of publicizing their school. They feel that more
students should enroll, hindi lang dahil sa magaling nilang curriculum kundi dahil na rin sa
kanilang competitiveness pagdating sa pagpasa ng mga graduates nila sa mga kursong
nangangailangan ng government licensure examination. “Mataas po ang passing rate namin,as
high as 60 percent.”
This and more, prompted them to spread out through public relations. Gusto raw nilang
ipalaalam sa publiko that their quality of education ay kasingtaas lang ng sa La Salle, at
iba pang unibersidad na nag-branch out na sa Cavite.
“We don’t have problems in Cavite, kilala na kami rito, what we particularly like to target
ay mga nearby provinces. We are inviting them to enroll with us, subukan nila kami, makikita
nila that as far a global standards di naman po kami pahuhuli,” sabi pa ni Mrs. Encanarion
Raralio nang bisitahin naming sila sa kanilang campus.
To fulfill their goal , marami na silang plano lalo na itong darating na summer.
Workshops in the field of entertainment and the arts are already lined up dahil naniniwala silang
puwede silang maging behikulo ng mga makabuluhang karanasan tungo sa larangan ng
entertainment.
By the way sa February 13, Imus Intitute will be holding a Run For A Cause which is aimed at
generating proceeds para sa kanilang mga school activities particularly yung livelihood programs
at yung pansuporta sa kanilang mga adopted schools na kanilang tinutulungan.
Regarding this, they may be reached through their sercretariat na may numerong 0465150080,
09153661471 and 09175584249.
Anne Curtis
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
BY ARMAND GALANG
Anne Curtis maraming masamang
experience sa pagpunta sa Korea
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GOV TO CRIMINALS:
‘Your days are numbered’
‰ Murder cases highest in City of San
Fernando, Arayat and Mexico towns
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Governor Lilia G.
Pineda warned criminals
in Pampanga that “their
days are numbered” as
the provincial government
is bent to apply the full
force of the law.
This developed as the
capitol was assured of
the commitment and full
support of 5,370 barangay
officials, all municipal
mayors and law enforcement agencies of the government in the fight
against all forms of criminality.
Pineda made it clear
that “criminals have no
place in this peace loving
province.”
“We have to clean the
province and rest assured
that the government is
dead serious in bringing
to jail the perpetrators of
criminal activities”, she
said.
She directed barangay
officials to work closely
with the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed
Forces of the Philippines,
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA),
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group, and the Department of Justice.
She said that these
agencies of the government play important roles
in the fight against all
forms of criminality and violence such as carnapping, kidnapping, robbery,
theft, drug pushing, murder, among others.
The governor also ordered barangay officials to
have a comprehensive list
of their residents, transients and migrants in
their jurisdiction including
their sources of income
and means of livelihood.
“Nananawagan ako sa
inyong lahat na pagtulungan nating labanan ang
kriminalidad,” Pineda
said.
She called on barangay officials and residents
to cooperate and report
suspicious characters
and unlawful acts in their
communities.
“All reports of monitored and observed unlawful acts should be forwarded to the PNP hotlines:
0933-3653-1467, 045-9633874; PDEA 0927-2653848; LTO: 09228841230
and NBI: 045-455-2809,”
Pineda said.
She also ordered the
council members to be
actively involved in the activities of the newly-organized Peace and Order
Task Force and maintain
direct and easy communication access with each
other to ensure quick and
fast action.
In addition to the PNP
manned check-points,
Pineda also asked the
AFP to put up check
points in strategic areas
of the province and the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU)
to join the monitoring activities as well.
Based
on
PNP
records, the crime incidence in the province from
December 2010 to January 31, 2011 reached 785
cases or an increase of
192 cases which is 20percent up the same period last year.
At the same time, the
province’s index crime
also registered an increase of 23 percent.
Among the incidences
of crime reported, murder
cases ranked first with the
towns of Arayat, Mexico
and the City of San
Fernando having the highest number of incidence.
Physical injuries, carnapping in the City of San
Fernando, Mabalacat,
Mexico, Sta. Ana and
San Luis followed in the
number of crime incidence reported.
“sLet us all do our part
in making Pampanga a
crime-free province,”
Pineda said as she added that this would not
only ensure peace and
order in the province but
the entire country as a
whole.
– Pampanga PIO
DENR finds huge virgin forest home to PHL eagle
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • FEBRUARY 4 - 5, 2011 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY
BY DING CERVANTES
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Cebu Pacific Ad
ANGELES CITY – The Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR) is mobilizing full resources
to protect 78,000 hectares of virgin forest where endangered Philippine eagles have been spotted in the area
of Mingan mountain between Nueva Ecija and Aurora
provinces.
Joselito Blanco, community environment and natural resources officer of the DENR in southern Nueva
Ecija, said the forest has been identified as an important watershed traversed by the 58.3-kilometer Coronel
River that eventually flows into the Pampanga river system that drains into the Manila Bay.
He said that Mingan mountain provides defense to
the virgin forest. “This mountain is so high and its slopes
steep to there is no equipment that can be brought in
the area”, he said.
He added, however, that one area in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija provided an access to the forest, so a government checkpoint was established at the site.
Last year, DENR personnel conducted a “watershed
characterization” to find out the flora and fauna in the
area and identify any possible problems here,” Blanco
said.
“The forest was so thick and vast that the personnel
has to use pre-set global positioning system (GPS) so
as to find their way back. The forest was so pristine
that they actually drank from the dew on the leaves of
plants there,” Blanco noted.
Blanco also said the study revealed that the forest
was home to various flora and fauna, including the Philippine eagle. The study was an offshoot of efforts of the
DENR to comply with the order of the Supreme Court
to clean the Manila Bay.
“Our program in the mountain ranges around Mingan mountain also include intensive reforestation, upland development, and community-based forest management programs.
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