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Mayor
to appeal
suspension
order
By Louine Hope Conserva
MAYOR MARIANO Malones
of Maasin, Iloilo said he will
file a motion of reconsideration with the Sandiganbayan
after the latter’s ordered his
suspension relative to the alleged anomalous purchase of a
garbage truck in 2001.
The Sandiganbayan’s Third
Division issued a resolution
granting the motion of the
Office of the Ombudsman to
suspend Malones for 90 days
for charges of graft and falsification of public documents.
“I have already referred it to
my lawyer. Whatever the decision of the Sandiganbayan is,
we will follow that. We can do
nothing about it,” he said.
Malones said he has yet to
receive a copy of the Sandiganbayan order.
The case stemmed from a
P380,000 garbage compactor
truck the town acquired from
Tomitzu Corp.
The Ombudsman found
out that the acquisition of the
truck did not undergo public
bidding.
Malones was also accused of
falsifying the deed of donation
to make it appear that the truck
was a donation.
But the mayor denied the
allegations saying the truck
was indeed acquired through
donation.
“If you look at the situation,
there was no intention to steal
the P380,000. Although we
admit that there was some disMayor/p7
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‘City duped
in GIFT deal’
By Maricyn A. De los Santos
THE ILOILO City Government was
shortchanged in its public-private
partnership (PPP) agreement with
DoubleDragon Properties, Inc. on
the P135-million Guimaras-Iloilo
Ferry Terminal (GIFT), according to
Councilor Ed Peñaredondo, majority
floor leader of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP).
In a hearing June 20, 2016, Peñaredondo accused the property developer of deviating from
the development plan it presented to the City
Council.
Peñaredondo, who personally checked the
project site, asked for specifications included in
the “drawing” or development plan presented to
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Councilor Ed Peñaredondo
Mabilog orders zero
tolerance vs. druggies
M AY O R J e d P a t r i c k E .
Mabilog vowed zero tolerance
against drug personalities in
Iloilo City.
“Drug personalities will
not be tolerated – they have
no place here. Either they stop
their trade or leave the city. The
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this fight against illegal drugs,”
declared Mabilog.
The mayor ordered acting Iloilo City Police Office
(ICPO) director Senior Supt.
Remus Zacharias Canieso to
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City councilor opposes
livelihood for drug users
Lady
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engineer
found dead
By Jennifer P. Rendon
A LADY engineer working for
the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 6 was found
dead morning of June 20, 2016
inside her rented room in Jaro,
Iloilo City.
The body of Maritess Santillana, 38, a native of Bago
City, was already in advanced
state of decomposition when
discovered.
Santillana, a NIA principal
engineer, was in-charge of the
right of way and environmental
section.
“Because her body was
bloated, we could not initially
determine the cause of death,”
said Chief Inspector Hilarion
Roga, head of the scene-of-thecrime operations (SOCO) team
of the PNP Regional Crime
Laboratory 6.
Stench from the victim’s
boarding house room led owner
Frankie Robles to check the
place around 8 a.m. Monday.
After several unanswered
knocks, Robles forcibly opened
the door and stumbled on Santillana’s body.
The room was also in disarray while blood was splattered
on the comforter, dentures, bedLady /p7
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By Louine Hope Conserva
ILOILO City Councilor Joshua Alim said he opposes
the plan of the City government to provide livelihood
to rehabilitated drug users.
Citing the recommendation of the Iloilo City AntiDrug Abuse Council (ICADAC), Mayor Jed Patrick
Mabilog said last week that the City government can
provide budget to rehabilitate drug users, provide them
livelihood, or give them scholarship at the Technical
Institute of Iloilo City.
But Alim said the move to provide the users with
livelihood would only encourage others, especially the
urban poor, to get involved in illegal drugs to enjoy
similar benefits.
“The idea is noble but, certainly I will object on
that. Mahambal ang mga urban poor nga kami gani
ga-pangabuhi insakto wala kami natagaan livelihood.
Ang buot hambalon sige maintra man sila sa illegal
drugs mapablotter-blotter sa police para makaavail
man livelihood? (The idea is noble but, certainly I will
object on that. The urban poor would think that those
Man stabs uncle to death
By Jennifer P. Rendon
AN ARGUMENT over a bottle of liquor forced
a man to stab his uncle evening of June 18, 2016
in Arevalo, Iloilo City.
Chief Inspector Kitt Flora, Arevalo police
chief, identified the suspect as John Vincent
Acuña, 23, of Zone 13, Calaparan village,
Arevalo.
Flora said there was no attempt on Acuña’s
part to escape after stabbing the victim, 43-yearold Jerson dela Vega as the suspect was still in
the compound where the incident happened when
responding officers arrived.
Shortly before the stabbing episode, both
Acuña and dela Vega went drinking with several
neighbors.
The two suddenly argued until dela Vega
punched Acuña.
The suspect retaliated by stabbing the victim
on the left side of his chest.
Dela Vega was rushed to Iloilo Doctors’ Hospital but died while undergoing treatment.
Flora said the victim’s wife intimated
that they will not pursue charges against her
nephew.
ICPO aims to put down 150 ‘druggies’ by yearend
By Jennifer Ponsaran-Rendon
FOURTEEN down, 136 more to go.
The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO)
said it is bent on neutralizing 150 suspected
drug personalities on or before Dec. 31.
2016.
Senior Superintendent Remus Zacharias Canieso, ICPO officer-in-charge, said
the 150 individuals are included in the
validated watch list of alleged illegal drug
personalities in the city.
Since he assumed the ICPO June 2,
Canieso said 14 of the 150 targets were
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who are living legally were not given livelihood. Does
it mean that they have to get involved in illegal drugs,
report themselves to police blotters in order to avail of
the livelihood?”Alim told The Daily Guardian on Air
over Aksyon Radyo-Iloilo, June 18, 2016.
Alim said discipline and quick implementation of
the law are keys to eradicating illegal drugs in the
city.
He also hit the misplaced priorities of the city government in battling illegal drugs.
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177 PRO-6 cops test
negative for drug use
By Jennifer P. Rendon
MAJORITY of the initial batch
of Police Regional Office
(PRO-6) headquarters personnel who underwent drug testing
recently are considered clean.
Superintendent Gilbert
Gorero, PRO-6 spokesperson,
said the 177 personnel tested
negative for drug use, based on
the chemistry report submitted
by Senior Inspector Hernard
Donado, a forensic chemist.
Gorero said the 177 personnel were subjected to surprise
drug examination June 14,
2016 as “part of the internal
cleansing program of PRO-6.”
But the good result is no reason for the PRO-6 hierarchy not
to hunt police officers hooked
on illegal drugs use.
“There would be other
surprise drug tests to come.
We should live by example,”
Gorero said.
He stressed that policemen should have the moral
ascendancy if they want to
pursue a relentless campaign
against crime, particularly illegal drugs.
Last June 13, the Iloilo City
Police Office (ICPO) also conducted its own random drug
testing.
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Confused
ACOLOD CITY Councilor Alex Paglumotan who ran for
reelection but failed, said a mouthful when he lamented
that he is “confused” with the result of the May 9 elections. He is not alone. Other losing candidates for reelection or
for election were also confounded by the outcome.
Indeed rarely is the candidate who
thinks he will lose. Nobody in his
right mind would throw his hat into
the political ring, spend hundreds
of thousands or millions of pesos,
shake unclean hands and kiss babies
in dire need of a bath unless there is
a firm belief or an even possibility of
victory. Every candidate knows the
and demands of an election
Modesto P. Sa-onoy rigors
campaign but all these fade away
with the thought of being addressed
“honorable” aside from the financial
gains that power brings.
Paglumotan is not alone in this bewilderment but also his own
team, especially his mayor who cannot believe that over 22,000
voters of Bacolod rejected him against his arch enemy, Cong.
Evelio Leonardia. In fact the disbelief is such that Paglumotan
and his fellow candidates of the MKK filed a case for a recount.
They cannot understand it seems how this voting machine works
that they want the old, primitive manual count be conducted and
its result the only one credible. Just to prove they are confused
about how this machine works, they want the court to make an
independent counting. They want to show that the machine was
wrong.
Indeed, we are often baffled by the new technology. How for
instance can 100 million people send and receive messages in a
twinkle of an eye? Remember the time when getting a telephone
connection takes as long as ten years? Now we can get connected
if we just have a peso for a text message and it takes a millisecond
to send the message.
But why should Paglumotan get confused? He surely believed
he would win. After all he had been a number one councilor and
as such served briefly as vice mayor and had won handily for
several elections. His choice of words is significant. If he said he
could not believe, we can ascribe his defeat to the rejection by
the voters, but he used the word “confused” which tells us that
he believes the voters did not reject him but the machine did, the
machine erred in the appreciation and counting. Isn’t that just
face saving or more?
In truth we cannot blame the machine. As we say of computers,
it is “trash in, trash out”. What we fed it is what we get.
If only MKK wake up to the reality that it was not the machine
that erred but the people that voted them out of office, they will
find answers and then move on. As it stands by sticking out to the
belief that the machine was wrong, they cannot find answers and
thus will be forever tied down to this state of confusion.
The issues in the last election in Bacolod were apparent. Those
against Monico Puentevella were clear and numerous – from graft
and corruption to abuse of authority to incompetence to villainy.
These issues were raised not so much by the local media but by
the findings of higher, independent authorities. The decisions of
the Sandigan, the Ombudsman, the Civil Service Commission and
the Commission on Audit were not his opponents’ making but his
own. His opponents however, expertly presented the issues that
the public understood them.
Majority of the MKK councilors ran roughshod over the Grupo
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Silenced
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ILLING SUSPECTED drug lords
and peddlers has become the rage
nowadays less than two weeks
before President-elect Rodrigo Duterte
assumes office noontime
of June 30,
2016.
The latest
is the case of
Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz,
considered
the most noF. Allan L. Angelo torious drug
personality in Central
Visayas, who
was shot dead
by policemen
in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila last
week.
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What’s interesting about Diaz’ death is
not his background but his purported plan
to surrender and squeal on his alleged
protectors in government.
A report by inquirer.net and Cebu Daily
News quoted lawyer Augusto Isidoro,
former assistant director of the National
Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas
(NBI-7), as saying that he believes that
Jaguar was “silenced” to prevent him from
yielding and revealing the names of his
connections.
“In my personal opinion, without questioning the legitimacy of the police operation, Jaguar was killed maybe because he
is about to divulge the identities of his
bosses and protectors,” Isidoro told Cebu
Daily News.
Isidoro said drug lords will not trade
shots with authorities as they believe
that they can always buy their way out of
prison.
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“Drug lords in the Philippines know
they can easily bribe policemen, and if the
police did not accept their offers, they can
bribe the prosecutors or the judges. Jaguar
won’t put up a fight against the arresting
officers because he knew how to get away
with his crimes,” he said in the same CDN
interview.
Isidoro, who was assigned in Cebu from
March 2015 to January 2016, claimed
Jaguar had several “protectors” including
police officers, politicians and other “big”
personalities in the different government
offices.
In Iloilo, we have counted five persons
who were gunned down and their bodies
strewn in the city and province.
The victims were either suspected petty
thieves or drug peddlers. While the circumstances behind their deaths are still subject
to speculations, the timing is suspect as
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Studying under the Holy Spirit
I
T’S traditional in Catholic schools and
other schools inspired by Christian faith
to start the school year with a Mass of
the Holy Spirit. I suppose the idea is to
entrust the whole educational effort to the
Holy Spirit who will guide us to the whole
truth.
T h e
Holy Spirit is the
third person of the
Blessed
Tr i n i t y,
the subsisFr. Roy Cimagala tent bond
of love between the
Father and
Son, and
whose mission it is to be with us always,
since man, according to Christian faith,
lives a shared life with God always.
The Holy Spirit therefore is the ultimate
principle of life and love and everything
else—knowledge, wisdom, understanding,
counsel, piety, fortitude, fear of the Lord—
proper to human and Christian life.
We just cannot live by bread alone, nor
by some brilliant ideas alone, things that
derive from us or from something else,
but not from God. We have to live in the
Holy Spirit.
This is a truth that needs to be spread
around quite vigorously. There is a steady
trend to remove religion from life, from
one’s work, business and politics, and even
from education.
In its place, some ideology is used to
inspire these human activities. If not that,
then some crude but generalized attitude of
Reflections
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practical atheism, agnosticism, relativism,
naturalism, rationalism, etc. This phenomenon, I’m afraid, is heading to disaster.
So, I had my share of saying these
Masses in some schools. In each of them, I
tried to encourage everyone to be aware of
the Holy Spirit not only in their studies, but
in fact in their whole life, in every aspect,
situation, circumstance, state of life, etc.
The Holy Spirit is actually everywhere.
In the Gospel, we are told that the “Spirit
breaths where he will, and you hear his
voice but you know not where he comes,
and where he goes.” (Jn 3,8) He is everywhere—in one’s conscience, in the Church,
sacraments, doctrine of Christian faith,
signs of the times, etc.
Of course, in the school setting, this
awareness and ability to deal with the Holy
Spirit would have its basic foundation in
the study and mastery of the doctrine of
the Christian faith. And so, everyone in
the school, staff, teachers and students,
should try his best to take his doctrinal
studies seriously.
We need to understand that the Christian faith is always relevant in all aspects
of life. If we still do not see the connection and the relation between our faith
and our concerns, for example, then we
have a problem to solve. The Christian
faith is not just a written word. It is the
living word of God as well as a life-giving
word.
The task, of course, is not easy. It will
involve a continuing effort, ever deepening
and extending in depth and scope. It will
ask for an increasingly concerted effort as
well, since this thing just cannot be done
alone or by a few. Indeed, the faith is not
just a personal, private affair. It needs to
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Progreso even in a most glaringly unreasonable manner that
caused discomfort among the electorates to return them to the
council. Rightly they were labeled as stamping pads of the mayor.
Their hastily and illegally approved real estate tax, for instance
showed they were obeying and pleasing their patron than wisely
passing fair and responsible legislation.
Their action hurt the businessmen and by extension, the work-
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similar killings happened in
other parts of the country.
Can we expect a case similar
to that of Jaguar in the coming
days?
This early, we have heard
persistent reports of a suspected
big-time pusher in Iloilo City
who was “abducted” and kept
somewhere in the region. The
reports indicate that whoever
behind the abduction wants to
make this suspected pusher a
“gift” to the Duterte administration.
Or maybe he is being kept
to prevent him from singing
like a canary and pin down his
protectors? Is he still alive or
what?
Now I see why Cardinal
Chito Tagle issued an oratio
imperata (Obligatory Prayer)
to counter the so-called cul-
be made a culture.
We should try to avoid getting stuck at
the kindergarten level, just memorizing
and mouthing things we hardly understand,
much less, use in real-life situations. We
need to know how the faith figures prominently in our daily affairs.
Every situation in life carries with it
a divine message which we should try
to discern and act upon. We just cannot
approach these situations purely from the
point of view of economics, sociology or
politics alone. God is always in the middle
of things.
One of the tragedies of our times is
to witness alumni of Catholic schools
involved in campaigns that go against
Christian faith and morals. Nowadays, for
example, we have groups like Catholics for
RH, Catholics for Free Choice.
It would not be farfetched to expect
groups like Catholics for divorce, or for
abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia,
etc. These are clear indications that the
Christian faith was not properly taught,
studied and assimilated in the schools.
It’s not that the schools should manufacture Christian robots. Nothing can be
further than what Christian faith demands.
But things should be done in such a way
that Christian faith is learned and lived
freely and lovingly.
The challenge, problems and difficulties will be enormous. But if we humble
ourselves and beg our Lord for help, we
know nothing is impossible. We need to
work on our humility to keep our learning
and living of our faith going. The Holy
Spirit comes to us to the extent that we
humble ourselves.
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ers and their families. Worse the ordinary employees with small
residential lots were hit hard. That was to many an unforgivable
act on the part of the MKK councilors and the electorates made
them pay for that.
Of course the results seem to show differently because those
who were most vocal in working for and defending the revised
Real Estate Property Tax survived the electorate’s anger. But as
the ancient verities would explain, the only way to kill a snake is
to cut off its head and its body decays.
ture of death looming over the
country.
On the other hand, the Odicta couple is fretting over
suspicious-looking folks lurking around their house in the
past week.
PDEA-6 director general Paul
Ledesma is somehow right in saying that there is nothing to fear if
you didn’t do anything wrong.
But then again, authorities
in cahoots with crime syndi-
cates also feel the same equal
measure of paranoia, what with
Duterte’s statement to eliminate
scalawags in government.
Duterte himself claims that
3 PNP generals and 35 local
executives are strange bedfellows with drug lords.
Who are they remains a mystery but we are awash with the feeling that it’s going to be a “bloody
time” in the next six years.
Indeed, it’s cleanup time.
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Ang Pagbabalik
ni Kune
T’S BETTER that 20 guilty persons escape than that one
innocent suffers. And why real-life stories of the exonerated
make headlines.” – William Blackstone
“Truth will set us free,” said Senior Superintendent Cornelio
“Kune” Salinas, former Iloilo Provincial Police Office in an
interview with The Daily Guardian on Air over Aksyon Radyo
Iloilo last June 18, 2016.
Salinas uttered these words after the Court of Appeals cleared
his name along with 19 police officials dismissed by the office of
the Ombudsman over the anomalous procurement of rubber boats
worth P4.54 million in 2009.
Salinas and company were charged for
grave misconduct as the rubber boats were
allegedly purchased without the benefit of
a public bidding.
But the CA agreed with the police officials’ justification to resort to negotiated
purchase on the basis of the pressing need
to properly and sufficiently equip the PNP
for search and rescue operations during
Ranie Z. Jangayo typhoons.
In this regard, the CA ruled that the
petitioners, who have been in the police
service for more or less 30 years and most
of whom are decorated officers like, “in
their bid to provide swift, adequate and reliable services to the
people during a state of calamity and thereafter, could not be said
to have committed grave misconduct imputed against them.”
How many innocent people were wrongly judged and punished
for crimes they never committed?
As they say, it’s hard to put a good man down!
straight
Punch
JUSTICE IS SERVED
I talked to Col. Salinas, or “Kune” as his media friends fondly call
him, for almost three hours over cups of coffee at Y2K Talabahan
in Mandurriao, Iloilo City where we accidentally met last week.
Prior to his exoneration from the wrong judgment meted by the
Ombudsman, we also had several talks about his dismissal from police
service that nearly made him disappointed with our justice system.
But as always, many of his friends who believed his innocence
when he was down were there to support him in his quest for
truth and justice.
Kune told TDG on Air that many friends helped, but he particularly acknowledged Iloilo Gov. Art Defensor Sr.
I noticed that Kune nearly lost his patience and faith during his
ordeal but he remained hopeful. And hope came his way when
newspapers and radio and television outlets bannered the story
on the favorable CA decision.
In a 22-page decision penned by Associate Justice Rodil
Zalameda, the CA’s 11th Division reversed and set aside the Ombudsman resolution issued on June 2, 2015.
The CA ordered the Ombudsman to reinstate Salinas and other policemen and restore their salaries and benefits withheld from them.
But what kind Salinas shall we see when he returns to the PNP
now that he has redeemed his integrity and reputation?
Will he remain as he was during his stint in IPPO or mas
bagsik na nga Salinas?
Salinas will now serve under the baton of incoming PNP
director-general, Chief Supt. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, the chosen
one of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte and Bato intend to crush crimes and illegal drugs in
three to six months.
Salinas’ “unfinished business” in Iloilo must be revisited upon his
return.
Good luck Sir Kune! As you always say, “To God Be the Glory!
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WV police doubles
anti-drug operations
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By Jennifer Ponsaran-Rendon
POLICE UNITS in Western Visayas nearly
doubled their anti-illegal drug operations
in the first five months of 2016.
Police Regional Office (PRO-6) records
showed that from January 1 to May 31,
ICPO conducted 384 successful anti-drug
operations compared to 196 in the same
period last year, a 95.92 percent increase.
These operations also led to the arrest of
546 persons compared to last year’s 269, or
a 102.97 percent increase. Also, 382 cases
were filed in court.
But despite the uptick in operations
and arrests, ICPO seized 1438.92 grams
of shabu, lesser than 1542.8 grams confiscated in 2015.
Superintendent Gilbert Gorero, PRO-6
public information officer, attributed the
increase in operations to their firm commitment to eliminate illegal drugs in Western
Visayas.
Just like in the campaign against other
forms of criminalities, Gorero said the
increase in anti-drug operations could be
ascribed to the active implementation of
Oplan Lambat Sibat.
Aside from said police strategies, the
increase in the anti-illegal drug operations
came in the heels of reports that Region
6 is one of the four regions perceived
to have the most alarming illegal drugs
situation.
“It was hyped following the Senate inquiry conducted by Senator Grace Poe,” a
Western Visayas Most
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source said. “So, PRO-6 had to prove that
they are doing something against illegal
drugs.”
The Senate inquiry was conducted after
a failed incursion on a radio station by an
alleged drug lord in Iloilo City on Nov.
19, 2015.
But the same source cited Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) records indicating that Western Visayas is
the third least drug affected region in the
country.
Meanwhile, Chief Superintendent Bernardo Diaz, PRO-6 director, said the public
should regard the fight against illegal drugs
as everybody’s concern.
“Together, we did it well. And we can
still do it better,” Diaz said.
Drug
UP professors to launch
busts net books on Panay Bukidnon
three in
Capiz
By Christian G. Acevedo
By Jomarie A. Billones
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Three
persons were arrested in
separate drug buy-bust operations by police on June
18, 2016.
Police in Ivisan town first arrested ice cream vendor Romel
Calvo of Sibaguan village,
Roxas City in a sting operation at Agustin Navarra village,
Ivisan.
Five sachets of suspected
shabu, a motorcycle, and P500
marked money were recovered
from Calvo.
The Provincial Anti Illegal Drugs Special Operations
Task Group (PAIDSOTG) and
Ivisan PNP confirmed that
Calvo is suspected of selling
drugs.
He is presently detained
at the Ivisan Municipal Police Station while charges
for violation of Republic
Act 9165 (Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002) were filed against
him.
The same charges are set to
be filed against Raul Diocson
of Sitio Bagucan, Candual village in Panay town after five
sachets of suspected shabu, cellular phone, and P200 marked
money were recovered from his
possession.
But Diocson said he did not
own the suspected shabu.
Meanwhile, Lito Fadrogane, 23, of Sto. Nino village in Dumalag was arrested by joint elements of the
PAIDSOTG and Dumalag
PNP.
Fadrogane is presently detained at Dumalag Municipal
Police Station after four sachets
of suspect shabu and P500
marked money were recovered
from him in a buy-bust operation.
ROXAS City, Capiz – Two
renowned Filipino professors – Dr. Alicia Magos of the
University of the Philippines
(UP) Visayas and Dr. Maria
Christine Muyco of UP Diliman – will launch their books
on Panay Bukidnon culture
June 27, 2016 at the Panublion
Museum here.
The event dubbed “Epics,
Music and Bird Dance” will
launch the books Amburukay
(UP Press), Dr. Magos’ new
volume of the Panay Bukidnon
epic series and Dr. Muyco’s
Sibod: Ideology and Expressivity in Binanog Dance, Music,
and Folkways of the Panay
Bukidnon and Mumunting Ti-
nig: Children’s Choral Pieces
of Maria Christine Muyco and
Other Filipino Composers
(Ateneo de Manila University
Press).
Magos is an anthropologist
and professor emeritus of UP
Visayas who has done extensive study and published works
on the Panay Bukidnon culture
of Western Visayas.
In 1992, through a grant
from the French government,
she embarked on her work on
the Sugidanon and discovered
10 epics – Tikun Kadlom, Amburukay, Derikaryong Pada,
Balanakon, Kalampay, Pahagunong, Sinagnayan, Humadapnon sa Tarangban, Nagburuhisan, and Alayaw.
Muyco is an assistant pro-
fessor at the Composition and
Theory Department of the
College of Music of UP Diliman, where she teaches music
composition, musicology, performance studies, and ethnomusicological methodology.
A renowned mid-career
composer in the Philippines,
she was tapped by the Cultural
Center of the Philippines to represent the country in the KoreaASEAN exchange program.
Dr. Muyco also wrote a
piece for an orchestra of traditional Asian instruments.
The event is sponsored by
United Capizeños Foundation,
Inc.-One Capiz, Ang Panublion
Museum, and the Capiz Provincial Tourism and Cultural
Affairs Office.
Public told not to fret
over volcanic quakes
BACOLOD City – A Philippine
Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology (Phivolcs) specialist said residents of Negros
Island should not be alarmed
by the “explosion-type” earthquakes that happened a day
after Mt. Kanlaon’s phreatic
(steam and ash) eruption morning of June 18, 2016.
Jay Jamello, science research specialist of Phivolcs
in Negros Occidental, said the
volcanic quakes were caused
by the eruption followed by
slight increases in seismic activities followed.
“Every time there was pressure, seismic activities were
recorded,” Jamello said.
A “slight force of pressure”
was observed from whitish
steam, which means it does
not contain “materials or ash,”
he added.
According to the Canlaon
City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), a series of
“explosion-type” earthquakes
lasting 30, 42, and 29 seconds,
respectively, were detected by
seismic monitoring network.
As of late evening of June
19, eight volcanic earthquakes,
including the explosion-type
earthquakes, were recorded
since Mt. Kanlaon’s eruption
past 9 a.m. Saturday.
The series of steam and ash
eruptions from the crater began
at 9:19 a.m. and lasted for 27
minutes, the CDRRMO said
in its report.
Initially, a steam and ash
explosion produced a light gray
to white steam plume rising to
about 1,500 meters, and later
lofted to some three kilometers
above the summit.
Ash eruption (which produced thick, black, ash plume
that rose to about 500 meters)
followed, after which, grayish ash plume rising to about
500 meters was observed.
(PNA)
Messi...
was left on the bench -- wilted
under the pressure.
Mexico had no answer
to the pace and running of
Sanchez and Arturo Vidal and
it was Sanchez who helped
Vargas to a hat-trick when
the Hoffenheim striker hammered home from close-in
after Ochoa had parried Sanchez’s shot.
Vargas got a fourth after 73
minutes when he blasted the
ball into the roof of the net after
dithering Mexican defenders
failed to clear.
Puch completed the rout in
the 87th minute when he dinked
the ball over Ochoa after a fast
break by Sanchez.
“The only thing to say is
sorry for the fans and the country,” said Mexican midfielder
Andres Guardado. “This is
a very painful defeat. I am
speechless.” (Reuters)
from p.8
fore half time when he was first
to pounce on a cross ball.
Alexis Sanchez was involved in most of Chile’s great
work and he made it 3-0 just
three minutes into the second
half.
Three minutes later Vargas
got his second and Chile’s
fourth as Mexico -- without
captain Rafael Marquez who
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Mabilog...
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enforce the full force of the law
to achieve “zero drug personality by yearend”, in support
to the call of Police Regional
Office (PRO-6) director Chief
Supt. Bernardo Diaz.
Canieso noted they have listed 150 personalities in the order
of battle. The ICPO reported
they have already arrested 15
out of the 150 personalities
recently.
Mabilog directed the city
police to work double time in
running after the subjects to
hit their target by the imposed
deadline.
He likewise instructed the
continued conduct of checkpoints that could help in the apprehension of drug suspects.
“I also order all police station commanders to have sustained watch in areas where
drug dens were dismantled in
order to stop the recurrence of
illegal drug activities,” Mabilog
added.
Mabilog supports the strong
pronouncement of incoming
President Rodrigo Duterte in
fighting the problem on illegal
drugs.
City
councilor...
from p.2
“Iloilo City is a very developed city. But there are some
developments in the city that I
consider as misplaced. The solution is to let the perpetrators
face consequences of the law. It
will be unfair to the poor who
struggle in their lives because
Lady...
from p.2
side cabinet, and a paper bag.
The SOCO team also saw a
men’s wristwatch and a mobile
phone, which Santillana’s coworkers claimed was not hers.
“There were also signs of
struggle,” Roga said, suggesting foul play in the engineer’s
death.
177 PRO-6...
from p.2
But Inspector Shella Mae
Sangrines, ICPO spokesperson,
said they have yet to get the
results of the random drug test
on 102 personnel of Mandur-
ICPO...
from p.2
already neutralized.
Earlier, Canieso said their immediate target in the next three
months is to put out of business
at least 20 percent of the personalities in the watch list.
Canieso said the six police
stations in the city were given
their target personalities.
“As I’ve said, I need results.
Our different units have made
their target settings. We need
more efforts on our operations,” he said.
To achieve their target,
Historic...
7 ‘City
from p.8
for the untested big man, who
failed to score and was ultimately limited to just over 10
minutes of playing time.
Kerr turned to backup center Anderson Varejao, but like
Ezeli he was unable to score
against the Cavaliers big men.
Varejao and Ezeli combined
for just one point and one
rebound.
The Warriors were nearly
saved by the aggressive play
of All-Star forward Draymond
ORLAN “Hapon” Huertas was collared in a buy-bust operation at
Simon Ledesma village, Jaro, Iloilo City, June 19, 2016. Huertas,
21, is the No. 9 “Most Wanted Drug Personality” of Jaro police.
He was nabbed by joint forces of the City Anti-Illegal Drug Special
Operations Task Group and Special Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force
of Jaro PNP.
“This is a war that we intend
to win ever since we started our
campaign and advocacies in
2010 – to crush and eradicate
the drug menace in our city –
and finally present a drug-free
city to the future generation,”
he stressed.
of misplaced development,”
he added.
Alim also said that the city
should prioritize livelihood
programs within the barangay
to prevent the poor from resorting to illegal drug trade.
“If they have enough source
of income to send their children
to school and buy food they
will no longer be tempted to
get involved in illegal drug
activities. That should be the
priority,” he said.
The councilor refused to
give his remarks on the performance of the members
of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the
region.
Santillana was last seen
alive June 17 when she reported
for work.
She’s been with the NIA-6
for 10 years already, half of
which was spent working on
the construction of the P11.2billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Stage II.
NIA co-worker Angeles
Pahayahay said the victim
confided her concerns with her
love life and finances.
“Ginahambalan ko lang
na sya nga makita nya na ang
kwarta. Ang sa lovelife ya,
maabot lang na (I told her that
money can always be earned.
As to her love life, it will come
at the right time),” she said.
Santillana was separated
from her husband.
riao Police Stations.
On June 6, the ICPO also
conducted drug testing on 55
policemen assigned at ICPO
anti-drug units.
Personnel from the ICPO Special Operations Group (SOG) and
the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special
Operations Task Group (CAIDSOTG) were initially called for a
conference but were later told to
give their urine sample.
All 55 personnel tested negative for illegal drug use.
ICPO would be concentrating
on supply-reduction efforts
over demand reduction.
“If wala nang supplier, the
demand will also go down,”
he added.
Following the series of reported shootouts with suspected drug pushers all over
the country, there are apprehensions that similar incidents will
happen in the city what with the
ICPO’s active bid to neutralize
drug personalities.
But Canieso assured that
they will be following the rule
of law, and that includes, “the
respect for human rights.”
Before Canieso’s stint, the
ICPO already conducted 99
anti-drug operations in the first
quarter of 2016.
It was apparently higher
considering that ICPO just conducted 188 operations for the
whole 2014 and 261 in 2015.
The 99 operations resulted
in the arrests of 145 persons and
239 cases filed in court.
But unlike other urban areas
in the country, ICPO confiscated a negligible volume of shabu
at 999.75 grams and a mere
4.2646 grams of marijuana.
Green, who made six three
pointers, electrifying the crowd
and helping push the Warriors
to a seven point lead at the
half. Green finished with 32
points.
But no one else was to able
to match that kind of offensive
production, including Curry,
who scored 17 points, as Golden
State were unable to claim the
back-to-back championships
that had seemed all but certain
after seizing early control of the
best-of-seven series.
“So win or lose, you appre-
ciate the stage we were on and
just that back and forth that we
live for,” said Curry. “So, yeah,
it stung. It sucked to watch
them celebrate, and we wish
that would have been us.
“But at the end of the day,
you congratulate them for accomplishing what they set out
to do, and it will be a good
image for us over the summer
and all next season to remember so that we can come back
stronger.
“That’s all you can do.”
(Rory Carroll/Reuters)
duped...
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them earlier.
“In the first presentation of
the development plan, there
was a cove, kung mag-sulod
pump boat, even during typhoon, stable ang pump boat,
may atop, very ideal place to
dock. But nothing happened,
there’s deviation from the final
development plan. Nothing was
done except the mooring bitts,
and the terminal facility facing
the river,” he said.
“If I will consider it, probably only one percent to one
half of one percent of the total
development cost was spent on
pier development.”
Peñaredondo said developments at the berthing area were
very minimal as majority of the
works was on the mall inside
the complex. He also cited the
hazards to be faced by pump
boats if they dock at GIFT.
“Ginakay-o lang pantalan,
ginpanubo-nubo, gin-sementuhan. Kag ang saylo-saylo
sang pump boats, delikado,
damu ga-agi da nga barko kag
fast-crafts. It will not serve the
purpose. Kulang ang facility.
But the facility of the commercial establishment, of the
mall, very good. We were shortchanged in short, ang kambyo
sa syudad kulang, in English,
shortchanged,” Peñaredondo
added.
The councilor, an ally of
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog,
expressed concern that the
terminal complex and the CityMall branch inside are contrary
to the PPP goals which is to
serve the public interest.
He noted the “physical impossibility” to accommodate
pump boats from Jordan and
Buenavista, all at the same
time, plus the added burden of
P11 terminal fee to be charged
on commuters.
DoubleDragon representatives, lawyer Jay Ugalingan
and Jonathan Umali, refused to
queries from the media.
Mayor...
from p.1
crepancy because the commitment of the supplier who donated the truck is to register the
unit so we find ways to have it
registered. I was surprised that
there was a deed of sale when
the purpose is only to register
it. My former accountant, who
was not in good terms with me
as we ended up filing charges
against each other, used it as
evidence against me,” he said.
Malones said hopes to be
exonerated of the charges.
Cavs...
from p.8
with Miami that included a pair
of NBA championships.
“I gave it everything that
I had. I poured my heart, my
blood, my sweat and my tears
into this game.”
When the final buzzer
sounded to end what was the
closest game of the Finals, an
emotional James dropped to the
floor before he was mobbed by
his teammates.
James led Cleveland in the
championship-clinching win
with a triple-double as he recorded 27 points, 11 rebounds
and 11 assists en route to being named the Most Valuable
Player of the NBA Finals for a
third time.
The win ends decades of
heartbreak for the city of Cleveland, which had not won a
professional sports championship since the 1964 Cleveland
Browns of the National Football League.
But the two said they will
refer the concerns to the DoubleDragon management.
CATASTROPHE
Peñaredondo said he foresees that if all pump boats
would operate in GIFT as
indicated in the Joint-Venture
Agreement signed by the Iloilo
City Government and DoubleDragon sometime in 2012, “it
will be a catastrophe.”
“If the Buenavista boats are
already congested now, what
more if the Jordan pump boats
will be transferred there? It will
be a catastrophe. Hindi pwede,
there is physical impossibility
unless tangkason mo pumpboat
kag tuntong sa Mulley,” he
stressed.
More or less 56 boats ply the
Jordan-Iloilo City route, half
of which alternately operate
every day.
More than 50 passenger
pump boats are on the Buenavista-Iloilo City line, with
half alternately operating daily.
The provincial government
of Guimaras estimates that
25,000 to 27,000 passengers
use the two wharves daily.
Another problem is the habagat or southwest monsoon
during rainy season, Peñaredondo said.
“When it’s habagat (sic), the
pump boats bob up and down,
so many passengers fall. In fact,
others fell with their luggage,”
he said.
Peñaredondo said facilities for passengers, especially
during rainy season, are wanting, contrary to the drawings
presented to them when the
executive department asked
for authority to sign the joint
venture.
“No facility was constructed
to protect the riding public.
Wala. Bantay ka bala mag-abot
tigululan. Gaamo-amo pumpboat gakahulog ka. We were
first delighted that this is the
pier side – with pier, with roof,
etc. Ay kanami, sa drawing lang
eh. Waay pigado, drawing ang
nami, ti, waay naman to ang
drawing,” he said.
With only four councilors
present, Monday’s hearing was
in response to the resolutions
filed by Councilor Armand
Parcon seeking to resolve all
issues affecting the P135-million project before it starts its
operation.
The issues include the P11
terminal fee, the closure of
Ortiz and Parola wharves and
what will happen to the vendors
who will be displaced, and traffic in the area.
Also present were Councilors Ely Estante and Love
Baronda.
Parcon said he might ask
the Council to revisit the Joint
Venture Agreement, and look
into the provisions that would
address boat and passenger
safety.
“Tan-awon ko buwas (Tuesday) kag kung ano ang move sa
City Council para ma-address
ang amo nang problema,”
Parcon said.
BIZ PERMITS
While reports are rife that
CityMall inside GIFT complex
will open soon, the Iloilo City
Planning and Development
Office (CPDO) said it cannot
operate unless it has secured
all necessary permits.
Bonifacio Baclagon, CPDO
assistant chief, said they are
still waiting for the Zoning
Board Resolution which the
property developer must secure
before the certificate of occupancy is issued.
“The certificate of occupancy
is required to secure business
permits. It is also needed to open
the GIFT complex,” he said.
Baclagon said CityMall tenants need separate permits for
the renovation of their stalls.
“It they will operate without
certificate of occupancy, we’ll
issue them notice of violation,”
he stressed.
The mayor added that 11
other towns also availed of
similar trucks.
“During that time, instead
of correcting the mistake, the
accountant used it to file a case
against me,” he said.
He decried that politics is
behind the charges.
Winefredo Maternal and
the Public Assistance and Corruption Office (PACPO) under
the Office of the Ombudsman
filed the complaints against
Malones, municipal treasurer
Edna M. Madarico, and a cer-
tain Marites T. Delos Reyes
in 2012.
Winefredo is the brother
of Elsa Maternal who earlier
filed an administrative case
against Malones before the
Iloilo Provincial Board for illegal dismissal.
The Sandiganbayan also
ordered the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG) to implement
the order.
But DILG-6 director Anthony Nuyda said he has yet to
receive a copy of the order.
For James, the win not only
marks his third NBA title, but
it will go down as the single
greatest achievement of his
storied career as it fulfills his
promise to deliver a title to his
home state of Ohio.
“I came back for a reason. I
came back to bring a championship to our city,” said James, who
was in tears as he wrapped his
arms around the Larry O’Brien
Championship Trophy.
“I knew what I was capable
of doing. I knew what I learned
in the last couple years that I
was gone, and I knew I had the
right ingredients and the right
blueprint to help this franchise
get back to a place that we’ve
never been.”
The back-and-forth game
lived up to its billing as it was
tight throughout and included
20 lead changes while no team
was able to pull ahead by more
than eight points.
Facing elimination in each
of their previous two games,
James carried the Cavs back
from the brink as they became
only the third team to force a
Game Seven after falling behind 3-1 in the championship
round.
For the Warriors, who had
a record 73 wins during the
82-game regular season, Sunday’s defeat marked the first
time since November 2013 that
they have lost three consecutive
games.
“It wasn’t easy what we accomplished, and it’s not an easy
pill to swallow what we didn’t
accomplish,” said two-time
league MVP Stephen Curry,
who had 17 points in the loss.
“So got to just take the good
with the bad.”
After a record smashing
regular season the Warriors
could not cap off the campaign
with a second successive title,
unable to deliver the knockout
punch after going up 3-1 in the
best-of-season series. (Rory
Carroll/Reuters)
Historic season ends in epic
Finals collapse for Warriors
Cavs complete historic
comeback, win 1st title
OAKLAND, Calif. – LeBron
James powered the Cleveland
Cavaliers to a 93-89 victory
over the Golden State Warriors
on Sunday in an electrifying
Game Seven to complete an improbable comeback unlike any
seen before and capture their
first NBA championship.
With the win over the topseeded Warriors, who celebrated a championship on Cleveland’s home court last year, the
Cavaliers became the first team
to rally from a 3-1 series deficit
in the best-of-seven NBA Finals
and win the title.
“I’ve had the goal for two
years since I came back to
bring a championship to the
city,” said an emotional James,
who returned to the Cavaliers
in 2014 after a four-year stint
Cavs/p7
CLEVELAND Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) celebrates with the Larry O’Brien Championship
Trophy after beating the Golden State Warriors in game seven of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena.
(Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters)
OAKLAND - The Golden State
Warriors closed out a recordsmashing season with an even
more epic playoff collapse on
Sunday, falling 93-89 to the
Cleveland Cavaliers in Game
Seven of the NBA Finals.
After storming through the
regular season with a record 73
wins from 82 games, the Warriors penned another unwanted
mark in the NBA record books
on Sunday when they became
the first team to squander a 3-1
Finals lead.
Until the Cavaliers no team
in 32 tries had ever come all the
way back from 1-3 down to win
the NBA Finals.
To make it sting just a little
bit more, the Cavs capped the
greatest comeback ever in the
NBA postseason at Oracle
Arena, a virtual fortress where
the Warriors had lost just four
times all season.
Sharp-shooting Stephen
Curry, the NBA’s first unanimous most valuable player,
struggled all series and in Game
Seven again failed to deliver
the type of scoring that had
become his trademark, when
a “Curry flurry” would put so
many games out of reach.
“At home in the fourth quarter, I felt like we could go for
that dagger punch and didn’t
really put any pressure on the
defense,” Curry said after the
game. “That’s something that
is tough to kind of swallow
with the opportunity we had in
front of us.”
Possibly still hobbled by
lingering injuries he picked up
during the lengthy playoffs,
Curry never looked comfortable against the Cavalier defense, which sent multiple
defenders at him and chased
him off the three point line.
Cleveland also frequently
set screens to switch him onto
the Cavaliers LeBron James,
ensuring Curry would get no
rest on the defensive end of
the court.
“We’re stunned,” Warriors
coach Steve Kerr said after
the game. “We thought we
were going to win. I was extremely confident coming into
tonight.”
So too did a confident Warriors fan base who had not seen
their team drop three consecutive games all season long.
Without starting center Andrew Bogut, who suffered a
knee injury in Game Five, Kerr
elected to start Festus Ezeli, a
surprising move announced just
before tipoff.
The stage appeared too big
Historic/p7
Messi equals record as Argentina, Chile advance
JASON DAY hits his tee shot on the 12th hole during the final
round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country
Club. (Michael Madrid/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters)
Fil-Aussie Day finishes
in joint 8th at US Open
FILIPINO-Australian golfer Jason Day concluded his campaign
in the U.S. Open in joint eighth place after carding a 71 in the
final round to finish two over par.
Day remained in contention after a strong third round that saw
him post 66, but a bogey at the start of the fourth round spelled
the end of his title hopes.
“I played some good golf out there the last three rounds and
(I’m) very happy with how I played. Not so happy with the finish,” Day said. “Obviously, I’m here to win a tournament, and
unfortunately, I didn’t win.”
Day finished with a total of 282, and was tied with Americans
Daniel Summerhays, Zach Johnson, and Jason Dufner.
Meanwhile, Filipino golfer Miguel Tabuena missed the cut
after carding a total of 154 through two rounds.
Tabuena, who was playing in his first major, is looking to
represent the Philippines in the Rio Olympics in August.
Dustin Johnson won the tournament; defending champion
Jordan Spieth closed with a 75 in the fourth round for a nine-over
total of 289. Spieth finished in joint 37th. (ABS-CBN News/Agence
France-Presse/ Reuters)
ARGENTINA AND Chile
advanced to the semi-finals of
the Copa America on Saturday
with Chile beating Mexico 7-0
and Lionel Messi getting a goal
in Argentina’s 4-1 win over
Venezuela to equal his country’s all-time scoring record.
Messi scored in the 60th
minute to take his career tally
for Argentina to 54 goals,
matching the record held by
Gabriel Batistuta.
“I am happy to have equalled
Batistuta’s record but my head
is focused on lifting the Copa
America,” said the five-time
World Player of the Year.
“We are doing things right,
we are growing and we need to
keep down that same road.”
Argentina will now face the
United States in the first semifinal on Tuesday in Houston.
Reigning champions Chile
joined them in the last four after
a 7-0 demolition of Mexico in
Santa Clara.
Hoffenheim striker Eduardo
Vargas scored four goals to help
them set up a semi-final date
with Colombia on Wednesday.
Messi won the Man-ofthe-Match award in an actionpacked game against underdogs
Venezuela in Foxborough.
Argentina got off to the
perfect start after just seven
minutes when Gonzalo Higuain
dived to turn a delicate cross
from Messi past goalkeeper
Dani Hernandez.
The in-form Napoli striker
doubled the lead 20 minutes
later when he latched on to a
slack back pass to round the
goalkeeper and slot the ball into
the empty net.
Salomon Rondon twice
came close for Venezuela and
his side should have pulled a
goal back two minutes from
half time after Sergio Romero
brought down Josef Martinez
in the box.
However, the Manchester
United goalkeeper redeemed
himself when he stood firm
and Seijas’ carelessly dinked
penalty sailed right into his
arms.
Messi, who started for the
first time in the tournament after three substitute appearances,
put Argentina 3-0 ahead when
he worked a lovely one-two
with Nicolas Gaitan and then
poked the ball under Hernandez
with his left foot.
Venezuela were not out of
it, though, and Rondon got the
lightest of touches on a cross
to head home and make it 3-1
after 70 minutes.
However, their hopes were
short lived as just seconds later
Erik Lamela, who had been on
the field for only four minutes,
ARGENTINA midfielder Lionel Messi (10) celebrates his goal during
the second half of Argentina’s 4-1 win over Venezuela in quarterfinal play in the 2016 Copa America Centenario soccer tournament
at Gillette Stadium. (Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters)
shot home from 12 yards to
make it 4-1 for Argentina.
UNSTOPPABLE CHILE
Chile were unstoppable in
the other quarter-final in Santa
Clara as they hammered a sur-
prisingly fragile Mexico.
Edson Puch got his first
international goal after 15 minutes when he fired home after
keeper Guillermo Ochoa could
only parry a long-range shot.
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P84-M Mambukal
overhaul in late 2016
By Max N. Macahilo
THE construction and renovation of P84
million worth of additional accommodation and convention facility at Mambukal
Resort in Murcia, Negros Occidental will
take place in the latter part of 2016.
Mambukal Resort is one of the four
provincial government-owned properties
to be funded by the P500-million loan
from a state-owned bank.
The other projects are the Sweet City
Captel, Negros First Food Terminal, and
the Provincial Administration Building.
Mambukal Resort manager Ellen Jalandoni said construction and renovation
of the convention center and additional
accommodation facilities will take place
in September 2016.
Under the plan, the convention center
will be expanded to accommodate 500
persons, up from the current 300.
“Also, 48 additional rooms will be
constructed,” Jalandoni added.
Jalandoni said they have stopped accepting bookings for the convention center that fall in the latter part of the year in
anticipation of the construction and renovation works.
She stressed the need for the development of a heritage resort like Mambukal
for maintenance, livelihood, and its preservation.
The physical improvements were
made to dispel notions of mediocrity in
government-owned and -run businesses.
“We run our resort like that of any
other private-owned businesses with
strong support from the provincial government,” Jalandoni added.
Mambukal posted a 25 percent growth
in tourist arrival and 19 percent in revenues in the first five months of 2016.
Tourist arrival in the first five months
of 2015 last year was only 186,000 compared to 231,000 in the same period this
year.
“We generated P54 million in 2015 and
as for May of 2016, we have already made
some P30 million and we expect to double
the number by yearend,” Jalandoni said.
As to the return of investment, Jalandoni said they have a target period of
five years to finish their obligations.
“With the mushrooming of the watering holes which include the famous
mountain and beach resorts in Negros
Occidental, Mambukal should be more
competitive to give value and excellent
facilities to every customer’s money,” Jalandoni said.
But she however dismissed talks of
competition between Mambukal and
other resorts saying that these establishments complement each other as tourists
will not visit the province for just one resort or attraction.
“The more resorts, the more tourist
will come,” Jalandoni added.
Pernia calls Telco to build more 700 MHz
for stronger spectrum-compatible cell sites
taxation
effort
by DOF
By Louine Hope Conserva
THE TAX effort must be
strengthened to increase government revenue under the administration of President-elect
Rodrigo Duterte, incoming
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said on
June 20, 2016.
“... You can see the tax efforts remain weak. This is what
Secretary (Carlos) Dominguez
has to boost – the revenue in
general,” Pernia told businessmen at the Sulong Pilipinas consultation workshop in
Davao. He was referring to the
Finance secretary
The Department of Finance
(DOF) has set the Bureau of
Internal Revenue’s (BIR) collection target for the year at
P2.025 trillion or 21 percent
above the P1.674-trillion goal
in 2015, according to Revenue Memorandum Order No.
2-2016 issued in January.
This is the highest revenue
goal for the BIR under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. The Aquino
administration is step down
from office on June 30.
Pernia then cited the need
to rebalance the economy by
shifting from consumptiondriven to services-oriented
with focus on agriculture and
manufacturing.
“From NCR-centered to regional and rural development;
and in due course, from fossilfueled to renewable energy,”
he said.
Pernia also noted the macroeconomy has performed
quite well in the last six years
under the Aquino administration.
“You can see the growth
Pernia calls/pB6
SMART Communications, a subsidiary of
PLDT Inc. is rolling out more than 300 cell
sites in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao following its acquisition of the 700 megahertz
(MHz) frequency from San Miguel Corp.
Manny V. Pangilinan, PLDT-Smart chairman, said they have already fired up several
LTE (Long-Term Evolution) cell sites using
the new frequency and will be expanding their
coverage throughout the country in the next
three years.
During the speed test of its 700 MHz cell
site in Tanay, Rizal, Pangilinan reported that
a download speed of 222 megabits per second
(Mbps) was achieved using the LTE carrier aggregation on the 700 and 1800 MHZ frequency
bands.
Smart and PLDT are also talking to handset
manufacturers so that more LTE smart phones
compatible with 700 MHz spectrum will soon
be available in the country at a cheaper price.
“On the 700 MHz only few devices can
access. We are now talking to handset manufacturers to put up those chips that will enable
more handsets to access the new frequency.
But it will take a few months and they have
to bring the price points down. Adoption will
hit the A-B sector then moves down to C, approaching D. Once there are more handsets
built, then price points will come down,” Pangilinan told the media after the PLDT Stockholders’ Meeting in Manila on June 14, 2016.
PLDT Head of Public Affairs Ramon R. Isberto said MyPhone is introducing in Septem-
Manny V. Pangilinan
ber 2016 nine units that are compatible with
700 MHz spectrum.
The units will be exclusive to Smart subscribers.
PLDT-Smart will also spend 1 billion dollars a year to build relevant infrastructure to
improve internet speed in the country.
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New admin must focus
on more jobs in agri sector
PHILIPPINE employment can be improved by more investments in industries
such as the agriculture sector, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said
over the weekend
According to Baldoz, the country must
focus its efforts to address employment gaps
especially in the agriculture sector where
more “decent” jobs need to be created.
“(M)ore decent jobs, less poverty.
More investments, more jobs. These are
what the country needs,” she said in a text
message to GMA News Online.
This comes after the World Bank (WB)
Philippines Country Director Mara Warwick said that the main challenge for the
country is sustaining efforts to generate
more good jobs that can lift people out of
poverty.
Citing results of the WB Labor Mar-
ket Review, Warwick said that the country has a great window of opportunity to
strengthen reforms which will direct the
country to inclusive growth with more
quality jobs.
“If the Philippines could sustain reforms that would improve property rights;
enhance competition; put more resources
in health, education, and infrastructure;
and simplify business regulations, the
country make growth even more inclusive,” the official said.
This was mirrored by Baldoz, who said
that the country is currently on track meet
this.
“(I)f the government will continue to
build on the gains achieved by the current
administration and even strengthen and
improve upon them (we will be able to
generate more quality jobs),” she said.
The latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) last week
showed that the ranks of jobless Filipinos
dipped in April to 2.954 million with an
unemployment rate of 6.1 percent, compared with the 6.4 percent in April 2015.
The same data revealed, however, that
the national underemployment rate grew
to 18.4 percent equivalent to 7.351 million
workers, from the 17.8 percent in 2015.
The PSA defines the underemployed as
those with the desire to have more working
hours, to have an additional job, or to have
a new job with longer working hours.
Out of the total Philippine labor force,
the most were employed in the services
sector with 56.7 percent, followed by the
agriculture sector with 25.0 percent, and
the industry sector with 18.3 percent.
(GMA News)
Oil firms PHL declared African Horse Sickness-free
to cut fuel
prices
Tuesday
Oil firms will cut fuel products today, June 21, 2016 to
reflect movements in the international oil market.
Petron Corp., Flying V, and
SEAOIL said prices of gasoline
will go down by P0.65 per liter;
kerosene by P0.45 per liter; and
diesel by P0.65 per liter.
Eastern Petroleum will
slash prices of gasoline and
diesel only by P0.65 per liter.
Price adjustments are effective 12:01 a.m., Tuesday.
Shell Philippines, meanwhile, will cut prices of gasoline by P0.65 per liter; kerosene by P0.45 per liter; and
diesel by P0.65 per liter effective 6 a.m., Tuesday. (ABSCBN News)
THE PHILIPPINES has officially been declared
free of the African Horse Sickness (AHS) by the
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
the agriculture department announced over the
weekend.
“The said disease-free certification was based
on the documentation submitted to the OIE by
by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of
Animal Industry (DA-BAI),” the agency said
in an emailed statement.
The DA said that the AHS is a serious and
often fatal disease of horses, mules, and donkeys. Usually spread by infected insects, the
virus causes fever, heart and respiratory problems, and death of the affected animals.
The new certification comes after the country was declared free of the Foot and Mouth
Disease (FMD) without vaccination, and Peste
de Petits Ruminants (PPR), which were awarded last year.
“These recognitions are expected to enhance
the delivery of the overall veterinary services,
to strengthen public-private partnerships, and to
improve opportunities for exports of livestock
and livestock products of the country,” it said.
The recognition also obligates the country
to immediately notify the OIE if there is any
change in the situation relating to the AHS in
the country, which has to be confirmed on an
annual basis. (GMA News)
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PAG-IBIG Fund recently announced the opening of its Valenzuela City Branch located at ARCA North Center, 286 Mc
Arthur Highway, Karuhatan, Valenzuela City near NLEX-Karuhatan link. It serves more than 138,000 employees and 2,800
employers. The branch covers 33 barangays in Valenzuela.
“Members and employers from Valenzuela used to transact
with our Caloocan Branch. Now that our Valenzuela branch
has opened its doors, our services are made more accessible
to members in the area. Our clients don’t have to travel far or
brave the rush hour traffic,” said Pag-IBIG Fund President and
CEO Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe.
When in the branch, prospective members can register,
while employers, individual payors, and self-employed members can pay their membership contributions. Members can
also pay their additional savings under the Modified PagIBIG 2 Program. Loan-borrowers can file their application
for Multi-Purpose Loan (MPL) and Calamity Loan (CL), and
update their housing, MPL, or CL amortization payments. The branch also disburses MPL and CL proceeds through PagIBIG Citi Prepaid Card or Land Bank Cash Card. Issuance of
Member’s identification (MID) number, Member’s Statement
of Accumulated Value (MSAV), and facilitation of transfer of
member’s records & loan details can also be accomplished in
the branch.
The branch also issues Pag-IBIG Loyalty Card wherein
members can enjoy privileges and discounts from partner
schools, establishments, and merchants. Employers can also
request for a Loyalty Card Kiosk deployment so that their employees can enroll for the Loyalty Card in the convenience and
comfort of their own offices.
Atty. Berberabe shared that Pag-IBIG continues to bring
Pag-IBIG services to more members in various areas in Metro
Manila through branch expansion, “We continue to improve
our service by making transacting with Pag-IBIG easier for
our members. We have also instituted reforms by reducing interest rates in housing and calamity loans, and insurance premiums as well. Pag-IBIG did these for its members without
increasing the monthly contribution of P100,” she added.
From only 11 in 2010, Pag-IBIG branches in the NCR has
increased to 30. Pag-IBIG has 113 branches nationwide, up
from 38 six years ago. (JRS/Faye)
Philippines may lower 2016 growth target, officials say
DAVAO CITY - President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers said June 20, 2016 that full-year
economic growth target of 6.8 to 7.8
percent may be lowered, adopting a
conservative outlook ahead of his assumption into office next week.
Incoming budget secretary Benjamin Diokno told ABS-CBN News this
year’s target would “most likely” be
lowered with the impact of the rainy
season expected to bring gross domestic product expansion slower than
the 6.9 posted in the first quarter.
Incoming economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia said growth
could reach 6.5 percent this year and
an expansion of 6.8 to 7.8 percent was
possible next year.
“We are just being conservative
because when a new administration
comes in there will be some start up
pains, but after the adjustment, things
can go more smoothly and faster,”
Pernia told ABS-CBN News.
“For this year, we are not going to
be too aggressive about growth tar-
gets. The Duterte team is quite varied
and there will be some adjustment issues,” he said.
Referring to Duterte’s longer term
outlook, Pernia said: “We are going to
have our targets and it’s not going to
be inferior, it’s probably even better
than the target of the current administration.” (ABS-CBN News)
TPG Growth to buy stake
Telco.. .B1
infrastructure for internet and data. We will build
in BDO’s One Network Bank opment
up to 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. We’re gonna internet the entire
from p
TPG Growth on June 20, 2016
said it will acquire a 40 percent
stake in One Network Bank, the
rural bank subsidiary of BDO
Unibank.
BDO will retain approximately 60 percent ownership in
One Network, which is the largest rural bank in Mindanao with
more than 100 branches and offices.
BDO shares are down 0.09
percent to P108.60 in early trading.
“We look forward to working
with TPG to accelerate ONB’s
expansion and to develop new
products to cover the underserved market segments,” said
Nestor Tan, president and chief
executive of BDO.
TPG Growth is the largest
middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG.
The company said the transaction is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approval.
(ABS-CBN News)
country. We want to own the internet as we did in the case
of the mobile network and the fixed line network. We won’t
spend billions of dollars if we don’t see improvement in our
services,” he said.
Pangilinan said this is their response to the call of incoming president Rodrigo Duterte to telecommunication companies to improve services.
He also denied the claim that Philippines has the slowest
internet in the Asia Pacific Region.
“We are in the middle of the pack in ASEA. We are not
the slowest but we are also not the fastest. We should destroy
the myth that we are the slowest in the region,” he said.
Isberto said he will also look into the claim of slow internet speed in Western Visayas.
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3 Baby Expo bats for
maternal, child health
rd
By Vicente W. Villavert
SAN JOSE, Antique – The importance
of proper infant and young child feeding
practices will be the focus of the 3rd Baby
Expo: “The Power of the First 1000 Days
in Life” set to be held on July 1, 2016 in
a mall, here.
Provincial Health Officer Ric Noel Naciongayo said the activity is an initiative
of the Department of Health (DOH-6) in
celebration of Nutrition Month in July
2016 themed “First 1000 Days ni Baby
Pahalagahan para sa Magandang Kinabu-
kasan.”
Naciongayo said that the activity is
envisioned to help attain the sustainable
development goal of reducing infant mortality in the province.
According to the National Nutrition
Council (NNC), the first 1000 days refer
to the start of life from conception up to
the period before the second birthday of
the child.
Many studies have established links
between undernutrition, especially stunting, in the first years of life and overnutrition in the later years.
Thus, the First 1000 Days has been
called the “golden window of opportunity” for a comprehensive package of nutrition and related interventions to achieve
significant changes that will contribute
to complete child development, the NNC
said.
The Nutrition Month celebration this
year will promote collaboration among
various stakeholders both at the national
and local levels in order to strengthen the
implementation of programs needed to
improve the nutritional status of pregnant
mothers and children. (PIA)
GRATEFUL EXIT Department of the Interior and Local Government secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento (center with microphone) updates members of the uniformed service in Iloilo during an exit meeting June 13, 2016 at the conference room of Iloilo International
Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo. Sarmiento also announced Executive Order 201 which aims to upgrade in four tranches the salaries of
police, fire and jail officers. (J. Britanico/BJMPVICRS)
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Neophyte execs to undergo
basic orientation seminar
By Lilibeth A. French
A TOTAL OF 28 NewlyElected Officials (NEOs) in
Western Visayas will undergo
a Basic Orientation Seminar
in Manila on June 23 to 24,
2016.
Roselyn Quintana, chief of
the Local Government Capability Development Division
of the Department of the Interior and Local Government
6 (DILG 6), said the two-day
training will be conducted by
the Local Government Academy, the training arm of the
department.
“Through this activity, first
time or newly elected Governor and city and municipal
Mayors in the region will understand their responsibilities
and functions and also, familiarize themselves with the
prevailing operations of their
respective offices before they
assume their roles, noontime
of June 30,” said Quintana.
She said the focus of the
basic orientation will be on
Decentralization and Governance; Duties and Functions
of elected officials; Issues,
challenges and solutions in
governance; and dialogue
with peers and select government agencies.
The orientation seminar
will be implemented in dif-
ferent learning modes such as
face-to-face, lectures, peer-topeer dialogues and actual site
visits.
Quintana said participants
are expected to come up with
documents such as their First
100 Days Agenda and their
Social Contract after the orientation seminar which is
included in the Jumpstarting
Local Governance component
of the NEO program, a “term
based” capacity development
program of DILG.
This year’s NEO program
intends to build strategic
leaders who would lead their
local governments in becoming competitive, efficient and
responsive institutions for development.
It was designed to prepare
local officials for the ASEAN
Community, create harmonization and complementation
of national and local priorities, address the continuing
challenge of climate change
and disaster, launching of sustainable development goals,
scale up CSO involvement in
governance and rapid urbanization.
Other components of the
program are Ensuring Smooth
Transition; Looking Forward
to Better Governance; Sharpening Saw; and Enhancing
LGU Performance. (PIA)
WV posts high 4Ps compliance
By Leonard T. Pineda I
BENEFICIARIES of the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Western Visayas
posted high compliance rate to the program’s
conditions.
Based on the February to March 2016
data of the Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD-6) regional office,
4Ps beneficiaries posted compliance rates of
90.91 percent for education; 96.86 percent for
health; and 95.09 percent for family development sessions.
The 4Ps is a human development measure
of the national government that provides conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor,
to improve the health, nutrition, and the education of children aged 0-18.
Patterned after CCT schemes in other developing countries, the 4Ps provides cash
grants to beneficiaries provided that they comply with a set of conditions, which they agreed
to undertake for an improved well-being.
In order to receive the subsidies, all the suc-
ceeding conditions must be met by the household-beneficiaries:
-pregnant women must avail pre- and postnatal care, and be attended during childbirth
by a trained professional;
-parents or guardians must attend the family
development sessions, which include topics on
responsible parenting, health, and nutrition;
-children aged 0-5 must receive regular
preventive health check-ups and vaccines;
-children aged 6-14 must receive deworming pills twice a year; and
-children-beneficiaries aged 3-18 must enroll in school, and maintain an attendance of at
least 85 percent of class days every month.
Meanwhile, DSWD-6 reported that a total
of 194,317 are active household beneficiaries
in Western Visayas as of May 23, 2016.
Aklan has 27,286 beneficiaries; Antique
with 28,533; Capiz, 38,326; Guimaras, 8,167;
and Iloilo with 92,005.
DSWD-6 said a total of P452,721,400 in
grants have been released in the five provinces
in Region 6 for 2016. (PIA)
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Pernia
calls..
from p.B1
rate... We have... an upward
growth trajectory... That’s the
upswing in the growth trajectory starting in the new administration” he said.
The Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA) has reported
the Philippine economy grew
by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, the highest
quarterly growth since 2013.
Pernia noted the branches
of the government must work
closely together to further improve and continue growing
the economy.
“The three diverse branches of
government can argue and should
act according to their respective
roles, but should be complementary... Always aim for a common
goal — diversity towards unity,”
he said. (GMA News)
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Dingdong wants three
more kids with Marian
MANILA – Dingdong Dantes has hinted that he wants to have
three more children with wife Marian Rivera.
Dantes, 35, said this in a post on his Instagram page as their
family celebrated his first Father’s Day on Sunday.
Sharing a picture of their family, Dantes said he could
definitely afford to have three more little ones.
Many of his fans agreed and told the actor that he and Rivera
should have more babies to spread their “beautiful genes.”
In another post, Dantes shared that he is still in cloud nine
after all the surprises prepared for him by Rivera and baby Zia.
“I still have a hangover from yesterday’s surprises. These two,
who happen to be my employers, serve as a constant reminder
that i have the best job in the world,” he wrote.
Dantes and Rivera, in their past interviews, have said that
they enjoy being hands-on parents to baby Zia.
Rivera gave birth to Letizia in November 2015. (ABS-CBN News)
World Premieres Film Festival
at Cinematheque this week
T
HE WORLD Premieres Film begin to discover the dark side of fashion
Festival continues this week at hidden behind the fame and glamour of
the FDCP Cinematheque with a the spotlights.
The women experience downfall as
handful of wonderful films from around
the world namely, Chicas Paranoicas, they engage with an antagonistic photographer who drags models into
Candlestick, Open Wound,
a high stakes abyss of danger.
Filosofi Kopi, and the WPFF ReymundoSalao
They learn to value friendship
2015 Short Films.
Just Another
over the lures of fashion pitOn Saturday, June 25, Film Junkie
falls and enjoy life’s simplici2016, the five-and-a-halfties in the end.
hour Lav Diaz film “Mula sa
“Candlesstick” is a British
Kung Ano ang Noon” gets a
film wherein a meeting of friends
screening. This set will run
is ruined when one of them,
from June 21 till 26, 2016.
Jack, accuses his best friend’s
Admission to the World
wife of cheating. As allegations
Premieres Festival Films is
free while “Mula sa Kung Ano and Noon” fly, sinister intentions come into play.
“Mono Con Gallinas” (released as
will charge a 100 peso fee.
“Chicas Paranoicas” (Paranoid Girls) “Open Wound”) from Ecuador is about
is a Spanish film that tells the story of Jorge, a young Ecuadorian who finds
Ana, Paula, and Veronica, three girls who himself unexpectedly in the middle of the
have become fascinated by modeling and jungle as an inexperienced soldier.
Initially, Jorge confident that military
the life that it offers. Yet, they gradually
Sunshine Dizon to husband: No annulment for you
MANILA – Contrary to the statement
released by the husband of Sunshine Dizon, the actress is not giving the father of
her children the annulment that they supposedly have agreed upon.
This, after Dizon posted photos on Instagram identifying the alleged mistress of
her husband, Timothy Tan.
Although she did not tag anyone in
particular in her post, Dizon was obviously talking to her husband in her latest
Instagram update.
In the caption, Dizon said: “There is no
forgiveness for what you did. No annul-
ment for you. I will seek justice. I will see
you both in court.”
In a statement sent to ABS-CBN’s Mario Dumaual on Sunday night, Tan admitted that he and Dizon have been having
marital problems.
“Since the start of the year, our marriage has underwent numerous challenges
and as with any relationship, we have truly tried our best to resolve certain issues,”
he said.
“However, we have both concluded
that an annulment is warranted,” he added, promising that he will continue per-
forming his obligations as the father to
their children.
Tan, likewise, asked the public to give
them privacy as they deal with their problems.
“I would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to the people &
their families who were involved, directly
or indirectly, as a result of our marital
problems.I would also like to request for
privacy as we both go through this challenging time in our lives,” he said.
Tan and Dizon, who have two children,
got married in 2010. (ABS-CBN News)
Follow the straight and narrow. Bending rules doesn’t work today; you’ll probably
get caught.
Expectations of love are high. Don’t succumb to unreasonable demands. Mutual
commitment to the very best helps to create it!
New age concepts or gadgets add spice to your love life. Seek avenues of
enhanced satisfaction for you and your beloved.
Use your natural sparkle and magnetism to further your career. Put your dynamism
to work for yourself; you can sway people today.
You or your beloved may be rarin’ to go, while the other needs a lot of cuddling and
support to get into the mood. Be sensitive.
The lure of the new and different competes with the attraction of the known and
familiar. Keep room for both in your family life.
You have talent for creating pretty word pictures, intuitively tuning into what will
sound most harmonious. You avoid harshness or unpleasantness.
Treat your lover to a favorite meal, flowers, chocolates or another indulgence and
s/he will show appreciation in exciting ways.
Whether or not you take action for humanitarian ideals, your awareness of the
wider world (beyond personal needs) increases.
If you ask, you can get reassurance about a family matter. Blood remains thicker
than water.
Travel plans proceed smoothly. Share expenses with a friend and you’ll both have
a good time.
Today you have a stronger need than usual to have your work under your own,
personal control.
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experience make you a recognized and
respected man. But the reality is very different when he realizes he must face the
threats of abandonment, hunger, death,
and human nature itself.
“Filosofi Kopi” (Philosophy Coffee)
is an Indonesian film about a coffee shop
struggling to pay their debts, while at the
same time maintaining their principles.
“Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon” is set in
1972 Philippines. Mysterious things are
happening in a remote barrio. Wails are
heard from the forest, cows are hacked to
death, a man is found bleeding to death at
the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country
under Martial Law.
FDCP Cinematheque Iloilo is located
at the B & C Square Bldg., Iznart-Solis
Sts., Iloilo City. It is Iloilo’s home of quality indie films and art films from the local
and international cinema.
Denise Laurel reports
on her cancer checkup
MANILA – Denise Laurel took to social media to update her
fans about her health condition after getting a cancer scare.
Posting a video message on Instagram, Laurel announced that
she does not have cancer although there were cysts found in her
breast, lymph nodes and ovaries.
“I know some of you have been wondering what I’ve been up
to. I’ve been on a break, just getting healthy. Today is a beautiful
day because I just found out that I do not have cancer,” she said.
Laurel said it just so happened that she is a
very “cyst-y” person.
She then advised her followers to have
themselves checked and to always stay
healthy.
“You’re never too young to get sick.
For yourself and for your loved ones,
be in the know of what’s going on in
your body. Take care of yourself, enjoy life,” she said.
Last month, Laurel was launched
as one of the hosts of the new
magazine show “Modern Girls,”
which started airing on the cable
channel Lifestyle.
At that time, Laurel revealed
that she was supposed to do a
project with Jericho Rosales but
is not sure if this will still push
through.
Aside from her prospective
showbiz projects, Laurel is also
busy preparing for her wedding
with basketball player Sol Mercado.
Society
B8 Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Photos by Dodoy Ignacio and Felipe Uygongco
I
REYNA Elena and Miss Dinagyang 2016 Vanessa Ann Carro in an Alex Soncio creation with Constantino Rafael Lazaruz Zulueta Salazar
LOILO CITY’S historic Calle Real
became the venue of an awesome
fashion and cultural spectacle as
sagalas of the much-awaited Santacruzan Ciudad de Iloilo sashayed in the
downtown area recently, dahlings!
Leading the lovely sagalas and
their escorts is 2016 Reyna Elena
and reigning Miss Dinagyang Patricia Caro and her Constantino, Rafael Lazaruz Zulueta-Salazar.
REYNA Emperatriz Racelle Santillan in a
John Montinola masterpiece with escort,
Iloilo City Councilor Jay Treñas
REYNA de los Santos and 2016 Iloilo Festival Queen Angelica Estevillo by Alfie
Desamparado
REYNA Sentenciada Stella
Marie Medalle by Audrey
Rose Albason
REYNA de los Martires Merry Grace Tubelleja by Ram
Silva
REYNA de la Candelaria Angela
Andrade by Andriano Samar
REYNA Caridad Hannah
Chelsea Binarao by Totong Gellangarin
REYNA Bandera and Miss Dinagyang 2010 Angelie Golingay by
Jun-G Candelario
Reyna Emperatriz is Australia-based
fashion model, Rachelle Santillan, escorted by Iloilo City Councilor Jay Treñas.
This religious festivity in honor of
the Blessed Virgin Mary every merry
month of May saw the sagalas dress up
to the nines by Iloilo’s talented fashion
designers.
The grand procession spearheaded
by the Iloilo City Tourism Council, Iloilo Chamber of Commerce, and TMX
Team culminated into a thanksgiving
mass and coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary at San Jose Parish Church.
REYNA de las Flores and
Miss Silka 2015 Vanessa
Mae Tse Wing
REYNA de las Estrellas Freina
Pungot by Carlo Simoy
REYNA de las Patriarchas Kryzza Mel Hilay
by Sidney Eculla
REYNA de los Apostoles
and Iloilo City Councilor
Love Love Baronda
REYNA Justicia Nicole Sta.
Ana by Totong Gellangarin
REYNA de los Confesores Kate Moneva by
Totong Gellangarin
ROSA Mystica and Hiyas sang Iloilo 2016 Keshapornam Ramachandaran
YOUR Pagemaker with
event host JM Suelo
REYNA de las Angeles Regine Deocampo by Alfie Desamparado with angels Shanelle Denise Mucho and Castopea Rafols