Sports complex probed for `collection scam`

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REVENGE
KILLING
page
9
‘Abused’ farm workers killed, robbed couple
By Dolly Yasa
BACOLOD City – Barely a day after the recovery of the bodies of an American national
and his Filipina wife in their own backyard
well, police arrested four farm workers
who are believed to be behind the gruesome
murder.
The decomposing bodies of American national Kevin
Fleischauer, 58 and his Filipina wife Lolly were fished
out of a well August 17.
Senior Inspector Lawrence Gerald Bathan, Murcia
police chief, identified the suspects as Randy Nuñez,
25; Randy Perez, 19; Ralph Medel, 18, and his brother
who is a minor.
Bathan said the Sagay City police, Negros Occidental
Provincial Public Safety Company (NOPPSC), and the
PNP Special Action Force first arrested Nuñez and the
Medels past 9 p.m. of August 17 at Sitio Dalia, Puey
village in Sagay City.
The trio pointed to Perez as the mastermind who was
arrested 9:25 a.m. of August 18 at Bato village Sagay
City.
Police recovered from the suspects P15,000 cash,
assorted US dollar bills, jewelry, two personal laptops,
five cell phones, an MP3 music player, a caliber .9 mm
REVENGE /p10
Sports complex probed for ‘collection scam’
By Louine Hope Conserva
AN ANONYMOUS email
detailing the alleged non-remittance of fees has triggered
an investigation into the affairs
of the Iloilo Sports Complex
(ISC) which is managed by the
provincial government.
Iloilo Provincial Administrator Raul Banias said he received an email from a certain
“Leo Guerrero” which exposed
the alleged anomaly.
Banias said the email lacked
specific details as to how much
and what year the alleged nonremittance started, thus, he
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ago and directed the latter to
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Capitol
employees 2 Wednesday, August 19, 2015
duped by
fake flower
By Crissa Maghanoy
WVSU Intern
MORE or less 50 Capitol employees bought alleged fake
citronella plant from three
vendors August 18.
Three women identified as
Bobbylan Sy, Geraldine Gasgonia and Feliciana Tumbaga
all of Batangas sold citronella
plant at P50 each at the Capitol.
Citronella is used as insect
repellant and an ingredient for
soap and perfume.
Some of the employees
took advantage of the fire sale
by buying P1,000 worth of
citronella.
Capitol /p10
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Gonzales, Nava raise seven
questions on traffic lights deal
By Wenceslao E. Mateo Jr.
ILOILO City Councilor Jason Gonzales already sent to
the executive branch key questions on the P29-million
traffic lights deal.
“These questions are only from Councilors Gonzales and (Plaridel) Nava. Councilor Joshua Alim
will submit his questions later,” Gonzales’ chief of
staff said.
Gonzales, who leads the City Council probe into
the transaction, expects answers to these questions in
one or two weeks.
The questions has seven major questions and several sub-questions, all contained in a two-page letter
dated August 17, 2015.
The letter was addressed to Mayor Jed Patrick
Mabilog with copies furnished to Joren Sartorio, City
General Services Office head; and city engineer Roberto Divinagracia.
The questions in full text are:
In his letter dated February 4, 2014 to City Engineer Roberto Divnagracia, Mayor Mabilog justified
the change of location from Valeria(-)Delgado to
Quezon-Delgado intersection basing from the “volume and density of traffic…(counts traversing such
intersection)”.
Who conducted the survey for the volume and
density of the traffic…(counts)?
Was it reduced into writing? If yes, can the committee secure a copy of the same?
In terms of length and width of the road, is there
a difference between Valeria-Delgado and QuezonDelgado intersections that would justify the change
order?
When the city government introduced amendments
to the contract with Triune by changing the location,
was there another contract or agreement executed by
the parties to reflect such amendment?
What are the specifications of the Traffic Signal
Controllers that were purchased under the Triune
Electronic Systems, Inc. contract?
In the letter of Triune Electronic Systems, Inc. dated
February 12, 2014, Mr Peter Ong stated that the additional costs incurred that amounted to P1,060,180.00
were a result of the “revision of foundation design to
better suit the field conditions where shallow culverts
have been unearthed on the location.” In light of these,
why did the Itemized Cost Revisions include changes
in the original number of hardware units (i.e. the traffic
signal controller and traffic lights) as well as changes in
Gonzales/p10
Performance audit on
casual employees sought
ILOILO City Councilor Plaridel Nava wants a full audit of all
casual employees at the City Hall.
Nava raised the audit during their regular session August 18
when he asked Councilor Eduardo Peñaredondo, appropriations
committee chair, if how many casuals are employed in the city
government.
“By knowing them, we may then check whether or not they are
really working for the people’s money paid to them,” he said.
Nava raised the question before they voted on Supplemental
Budgets No. 2 and 3, which contained the one-month Productivity
Enhancement Incentive for regular employees of the city government and the Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO).
The PEI for LEEO employees under SB No. 2 amounted to
P1,635,207; while that for regular city government workers (SB
No. 3) totalled P52,287,639.
The councilors approved the two supplemental budgets, including Nava who also concurred but on the condition that the appropriations committee release the names of casual employees.
Peñaredondo said the casual workers number to 1,600 aside
from 1,680 regular employees.
Casual workers are hired on a limited basis for specific tasks
and projects.
Hiring of casual employees has become a tool of political
patronage as most of those who are hired are supporters of incumbent officials.
Peñaredondo said only the court and the mayor can tell him to
release the names of these casuals.
“If Nava suspects that some of them do not exist (ghost
employees), I can assure him that they are all warm bodies,”
he said.
As to other issues raised by Nava, he said that it is not surprising
because the latter belongs to the political opposition.
Asked if the political alliance of the Liberal Party (where
Mabilog and Peñaredondo belong) is still allied with Nava’s
United Nationalist Alliance party, he retorted: “How could that
be? It is already raining scud missiles here and there!”
Central market prexy denies
misrepresenting vendors
REX Donasco denied the accusations of Mayor Jed Patrick
Mabilog’s mouthpiece that he
is “usurping” the leadership of
Iloilo Central Market vendors
in the case against the proposed
revitalization of the market.
“That is not true. I am president of the ASTRAVEN. Our
registration with the Securities
and Exchange Commission will
attest to that,” Donasco said.
ASTRAVEN stands for the
Association of Stallholders and
Transient Vendors at the Iloilo
Central Market, Inc.
Donasco is now at the
crosshairs of Jeffrey Celiz,
political affairs adviser and
spokesman of Mabilog, when
the former said they will continue to resist the revitalization
which they labelled as outright
privatization of the central
market.
“If Mr. (Jeffrey) Celiz thinks
he can defend the proposed
revitalization of the central
market against our contrary
position to it without resorting
to personal attacks, I challenge
him to a debate, anywhere he
wants it to be held,” Donasco
said.
Celiz had also accused Donasco for using the vendors for
his political inclinations.
“He has been hosting political meetings at the market in
support of his patrons, how then
can he be objective about the
issues?” Celiz asked.
Celiz also lambasted Donasco past business venture
particularly an adult entertainment bar.
“In that business, he exploited women,” Celis said.
Speeding
car kills
elderly
By Angelica L. Tapalla
AN 85-YEAR old woman
was killed by a speeding car at
Brgy. San Nicolas, Oton, Iloilo,
August 17.
Victim Salvacion dela Cruz
succumbed to massive injuries
at the West Visayas Medical
Center.
Witnesses said a Toyota HiLux pickup truck sideswiped
dela Cruz who was crossing
the street.
Marilou Carumay, driver of
the pickup truck, surrendered to
the police Monday afternoon.
Carumay said she was on her
way to Rizal village Oton when dela
Cruz suddenly crossed the street.
Carumay tried to evade the
victims but the one of the truck’s
side view mirror sideswiped the
woman who then fell and hit her
head on the pavement.
The suspect claimed she
sped off after the accident for
fear that residents in the area
would lynch her.
Charges are being readied
against Carumay who is currently detained at the Oton
police station.
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Two school children
drown in Lambunao
By Jennifer Ponsaran-Rendon
and Angelica L. Tapalla
TWO grade schoolers were drowned to death noon of
August 17 in a river in Lambunao, Iloilo.
Police identified the victims as Ahron John Carona,
11, of Pandan village, Lambunao, and Leo Rey Estabillo, 11, of Cubay, both Grade 5 pupils of Pandan
Elementary School.
They were declared dead on arrival at the Don
Ricardo Ladrido Memorial Hospital in Lambunao
town.
Inspector Felix Alianza, Jr., Lambunao police chief,
said Carona, Estabillo, and another classmate went to
a quarry site located at the center of the Ulian River
after eating lunch.
Alianza said the two victims stepped into the loose
sand bed and drowned in a deep portion of the river.
Alianza said the victims might be unaware that the
river has gone deep because of quarry operations in
the area.
Their other classmate immediately asked assistance
from residents who immediately tried to rescue the two
victims. Their bodies were found an hour later some
10 feet below the river.
Investigation is still being made if there are individuals who should be held liable for the incident.
Man sideswiped by passenger jeep ‘Barker’ found dead
A TRICYCLE driver was
wounded after he was hit by a
passenger jeep in Molo, Iloilo
City August 18.
Police identified the victim
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
6TH Judicial Region
Branch 34
Iloilo City
IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR
CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE FIRST SPEC. PRO. NO. 14-12323
NAME OF DENMAR HORMILLOSA
GELLANGARIN A.KA. DAVEN JOSEPH
HORMILLOSA GELLANGARIN AND THE
DATE OF MARRIAGE OF HIS PARENTS IN
THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH
ISSUED BY THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF
ILOILO CITY AND THE NATIONAL
STATISTICS OFFICE
DENMAR HORMILLOSA GELLANGARIN
A.KA. DAVEN JOSEPH HORMILLOSA
GELLANGARIN, Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ILOILO
CITY, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND THE
CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL AND THE
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,
Respondents.
AMENDED ORDER
Considering that the petitioner was not able to publish the Order of the
Court dated January 5, 2015, the said Order is hereby amended, as follows:
This is a verified petition filed by petitioner DENMAR HORMILLOSA
GELLANGARINA.KA. DAVEN JOSEPH HORMILLOSAGELLANGARIN,
of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of Brgy. Tanza Esperanza,
Iloilo City, Philippines, praying among others, that after due notice, publication
and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Iloilo
City to make the following corrections and/or changes in the entries in the
Civil Registry and in the Birth Certificate of petitioner, viz.:
1.The FIRST NAME of Petitioner be corrected and changed from first name
‘DAVEN JOSEPH’ to first name ‘DENMAR’, as ‘DENMAR’ is the true
and first name of the Petitioner; and
2.Under the entry “DATE OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS’ OF PETITIONER BE CORRECTED AND CHANGED FROM ‘MAY 11, 1996’
to ‘AUGUST 3, 1998’ as ‘AUGUST 3, 1998’ is the true date of marriage
of parents of the Petitioner.
WHEREFORE, it appearing that the petition is sufficient in form and
substance, let the same be as it is hereby set for hearing on SEPTEMBER
7, 2015 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at which date and time all interested
parties are enjoined to appear and show cause, if any, why the petition shall
not be granted.
Let this Order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and Province of Iloilo at the
expense of the petitioner. Likewise, let copy of this Order be posted in the
Bulletin Board of this Court and at conspicuous places in the Province and
City of Iloilo.
Let copy of this Order be sent by registered mail to the Civil Registrar
General; National Statistics Office, Quezon City; the Office of the Solicitor
General, Makati City; the Local Civil Registrar of the City of Iloilo, the
petitioner and her counsel.
SO ORDERED.
July 8, 2015
Iloilo City, Philippines.
News
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
ORIGINAL SIGNED
MA. YOLANDA M. PANAGUITON-GAVIÑO
Presiding Judge
as Jerold Abelisa Misajon, 28,
of Molo, Iloilo City.
Witnesses said Misajon
was driving a tricycle in front
of Dragon Lodge at North
Baluarte village, Molo around
8:00 a.m. when he was sideswiped by a Baluarte-Molo
jeep.
Witnesses said the jeep
swerved and slammed to Misajon’s tricycle.
The victim was thrown off
his tricycle and fell hard on
the road. He was rushed to
the Western Visayas Medical
Center for treatment of leg and
head injuries.
A charge for reckless imprudence resulting in serious
physical injuries and damage to
properties will be filed against
the jeep driver who asked not
to be named.
Sixth Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF ILOILO
Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice
De Paul College, E. Lopez Street
Jaro, Iloilo City
RCBC SAVINGS BANK
Mortgagee,
FORECLOSURE CASE NO. F-9538-15
A JEEPNEY barker who was
found dead near a mall in City
Proper, Iloilo City morning of
August 18.
Police reports said concerned citizens phoned authorities around 6:30 a.m. after seeing the body of a certain Toto
Cordero along de Leon Street
near a shopping mall.
Responding police officers
described the victim to be 55 to
60 years old, 5 foot and 6 inches
tall, medium built and believed
to be mentally-ill.
Cordero was barefoot and
wore a red shirt and brown
pants.
Nobody claimed Cordero’s
body although initial report
For:
6th Judicial Region
OFFICE OF THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
Iloilo City
-versusSPS. RENE C. LAGUDA AND
ARNIETA P. LAGUDA
Mortgagors,
APPLICATION FOR FORECLOSURE
OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED
BY ACT 4118
SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
Upon verified application for foreclosure of real estate mortgage
under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filed by the RCBC SAVINGS
BANK, a domestic thrift bank corporation duly organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of the Philippines, with principal place
of business and postal address at Pasig City, Philippines as Mortgagee
against SPS. RENE C. LAGUDA AND ARNIETA P. LAGUDA, of
legal age, Filipinos and with residence and postal address at #2125
Velasco Ave. Napico Manggahan, Pasig City and Blk 2, Lot 4,
Savannah Glen D, Abilay Norte, Oton, Iloilo, as Mortgagors, to satisfy
the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 6, 2015 amounted to
FOUR HUNDRED FORTY NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
SEVENTY ONE PESOS AND 77/100 (P449,271.77) Philippine
Currency, inclusive of accrued interest but exclusive of other interests,
penalties and other charges, and exclusive of attorney’s fees, other
litigation expenses, Sheriff’s fees, publication expenses and all other
necessary expenses and charges incident to the enforcement of the
requested extra-judicial foreclosure and sale of the property at public
auction, the EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF OF ILOILO or
any of his lawful deputies, will sell at public auction on SEPTEMBER
15, 2015 at 10:00 o’ clock in the morning at the Ground Floor, Office
of the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff, RTC-Iloilo,
CJ Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice, Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City, to
the HIGHEST BIDDER for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in
Philippine Currency, the following described real property with all the
improvements thereon, to wit:
BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK,
INC.
Mortgagee,
-versus-
Extra Judicial Foreclosure
of Real Estate Mortgage
under Act 3135, as amended
SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION
Upon extra judicial Petition for Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
dated June 29, 2015 filed by mortgagee, BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK,
INC. against mortgagors, SPS. LEONITO C. SUMINDOL and MARY B.
SUMINDOL, both of legal age, Filipinos, with residence & postal address
at Brgy. Buntatala Jaro, Iloilo City and L1, B14 Glenville Subdivision, Brgy.
Guihaman, Leganes, Iloilo, for the satisfaction of the mortgage indebtedness
which as of May 12, 2015 amounted to THREE MILLION FIFTY FOUR
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FITY SEVEN & 70/100 PESOS (P3,
054,157.70) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalties and other
charges, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on SEPTEMBER
15, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the Office of
the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, CJ Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of
Justice, Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City, after the Notice is posted and published
in accordance with law, to the HIGHEST BIDDER for CASH or Manager’s
Check and Philippine Currency, the mortgaged property including all of its
improvements, described as follows:
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
NO. T-195092
“A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 1, Block 4, Psd-06-018300, being a subd.
of Lot 1461-J, Psd-06-013064 (OLT), situated in the Bo. of Guihaman, Mun.
of Leganes, Prov. of Iloilo, Island of Panay. Bounded on the NE., along lines
1-2-3 by Road Lot 4; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 3; on the SW., along
line 4-5 by Lot 2; on the NW., along line 5-1 by Road Lot 2. x x x Containing
an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT (258) SQUARE METERS,
more or less.”
“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the
aforementioned place, date and time.”
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it
shall be held on September 18, 2015 without further notice.
Iloilo City, July 9, 2015
Copy furnished:
Iloilo City, Philippines, JULY 21, 2015.
Local Civil Registrar, Iloilo City (SGD.) ATTY. MELINAIRE L. JALIPA-DIAMANTE
Office of the Civil Registrar General
Branch Clerk of Court
National Statistics Office
RTC Branch 34, Iloilo City
Office of the Solicitor General
Petitioner
Atty. Christine P. Dadivas
(SGD.)FELIZARDO S. TAMAYO
Sheriff IV/Sheriff-in-Charge
RTC Br. 33, Iloilo City
(SGD.)FRANCIS MANUEL ORTIZ
Sheriff IV
(SGD.)Atty. Gerry D. Sumaculub
Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff and
Clerk of Court VII
FORECLOSURE NO. F-9569-15
SPS. LEON ITO C. SUMINDOL and
MARY B. SUMINDOL,
Mortgagors.
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-227010
“A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 4, Block 2, Pcs-06-004424, being a
cons-subd. of Lot 3781, Agonoa Cad. 8 Lots 4435-A, 4435-B, Bsd063034-002442 (OLT), Lots 3788-A, 3788-B, Bsd -063034-002443
(OLT), Lots 3786-A, 3786-B, 3786-C, 3786-D, 3786-E, Bsd-063034002389 (OLT), situated in the Brgy. of Abilay Norte, Mun. of Oton,
Province of Iloilo, Island of Panay. Bounded on the NW, along line
1-2 by Lot 2588 Agonoa Cad. 8; on the NE., along lines 2-3 by Lot 5;
on the SE., along line 3-4 by Road Lot 1; on the SW., along line 4-1
by Lot 3, all of this subd. survey. x x x x Containing an area of ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the
aforementioned time and date.
In the event the public auction should not take place on the said
date, it shall be held on OCT. 15 2015 at the same time and place
aforementioned without further notice.
indicated that he was a native
of Pototan, Iloilo and worked
as a barker for jeepney.
Barkers cajole passengers
to board jeepneys in exchange
for a meager fee from drivers.
They have been banned from
the streets for causing fights
with drivers and snarling traffic
in the downtown area.
Police said Cordero suffered
wounds on his arms and body.
But a certain Rodolfo Atiquena, Cordero’s companion, said
he was injured after he tripped
to the ground Monday. Iloilo
City Emergency Responders
attended to his wounds a day
before he was found dead.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the real
cause of Cordero’s death.
(SGD.)ATTY. GERRY D. SUMACULUB
Clerk of Court VII
and Ex-Officio Sheriff of Iloilo
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Sugarcane investment
S
UGAR REGULATORY Administration Regina Martin
has urged capitalists to consider investing in the sugarcane
industry. The passage of the Sugarcane Industry Development Act authored by Cong. Alfredo Benitez and Senator Cynthia
Villar has expanded the usage of the sugarcane and has provided
incentives to entice investors.
In her speech before the 62nd Annual Convention of the Philippine Sugar Technologists Association in Cebu last week, she
painted a grim view of the near term prospects of the industry from
the traditional consumer side. We always think of sugar for our table, for
pastries and cakes, for candies and
drinks and other food processing but
this time the call is for the extraction
of the cane juice for fuel.
The call for investment into other
products from sugarcane is not new,
though for a different reason. The
Philsutech was in fact organized
in 1932 by Dr. Carlos Locsin,
Modesto P. Sa-onoy the chemist of Victorias Milling
Company to find means to salvage
453,405 tons of excess sugar that
could not be exported to the Unites
States, the only world market of
Philippine sugar. The destruction of this sugar was dictated by
the Sugar Limitation Act which was condition precedent for
the grant of Philippine Commonwealth status in 1934 and total
independence in 1946.
Today the call is to diversify the use of sugarcane juice came at
the time where there is not enough of it for domestic consumption.
World sugar prices are doing down or could reach the profitable
bottom, at least for now or the next five years.
This is ironic. If our production next year at most would reach
2.35 million tons according to SRA estimate and our consumption
is about 2.2 million that leaves us a small volume for the ethanol
plants. If the estimate falls to less than SRA’s low expectation of
2.25 our domestic market will be in a precarious situation. This
is granting that the US prediction of a long drought next year
does not happen.
Administrator Martin is right when she said “the industry
needs to invest in techniques that will increase yield per hectare,
consolidate farms to plantation of economical scale, provide
technical advice and examples of good farming practice to
farmers, and programs that will convert sugarcane farmers into
agri-businessmen.”
This is the formula but this has been the call of the industry for
a long time. In fact because this formula was unheeded for decades
national production remains flat. The estimate for 2015-2016 is
lower than the previous years. If there has been no shortage in the
retail market, some people believe that the slack is being filled
in by smuggled sugar.
Just before the milling season closed, SRA classified all the
sugar to the domestic market, foregoing even our US quota that
ironically was increased at the time when we have little sugar to
spare.
Considering this emerging scenario the call of Administrator
Martin is already late in the day, not that she had not issued the
warning earlier but that the response has been lackluster.
Increasing the commitment of sugarcane to ethanol plants is
fine if we have enough sugar for the table. If the ethanol plants
lacked the canes there would not be a national howl but if sugar
for home consumption falls below demand there will a loud outcry
and call for importation. This will create another cycle that is bad
for the industry but good to traders.
Compounding this hesitation to invest in the industry, not
just for the ethanol plants which are dependent on the farm production is the instability of land ownership. Who would invest
on land where there is no permanence? The SRA program of
block farms are models for what plantation cultivation is but
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Man up
T
HE Iloilo City Hall is playing an annoying game of
ping-pong.
Afraid of public drubbing over
the P29-million traffic lights deal,
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog and
the rest of the executive branch
resorted to paper-pushing in responding to queries from sleuthing
city councilors.
If this is stonewalling, then
the mayor and his ilk are hiding
behind a wall as thin as the paper
they use to communicate with
councilors.
A certain JR Delfin, a spokesperson of the mayor, said city hall
executives are busy spreading the
city’s best practices on good governance to other leaders who tour
the city.
But a radio reporter saw some
top City Hall executives sweating
profusely while practicing their
dance number for the City Charter
Day ball.
We believe City Hall is confused between good governance
and good-news-only attitude.
Good governance is all about
being accountable to the people, to
readily answer questions on matters of public interest in all kinds
of forums.
Good governance thrives on
transparency, not propaganda. Its
religion is truth, not duplicity; its
mantra is common good, not personal interests.
True advocates of good gov-
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Kinaray-a writing contest
Tuning in to God
story or poem. Deadline for submission of
entries is Sept. 30, 2015.
Prizes: first – P10,000 and medal; second – P7,000 and medal; third – P5,000
and medal.
For more details, click on the link provided in the announcement.
Dungug Kinray-a enjoins every Kinaray-a speaking citizens to join and be proud
of their language. It is ours.
This pride of Kinaray-a is one of the
legacies of Antique’s beloved governor,
Evelio Javier, whose death while protecting the votes of Cory Aquino in the 1986
snap elections against Ferdinand Marcos,
triggered People Power that ousted Marcos.
Antiqueños have always suffered from
inferiority complex being the poorest
province in the island of Panay (the other
provinces are Iloilo, Capiz and Aklan). In
the days when Negros was sugarland, Antique was the source of sakadas, who labor
in the sugarcane fields of the haciendas in
Negros Occidental.
When the charistmatic Evelio Javier
became governor he worked on making
Antiqueños rediscover the richness of their
culture. He encouraged Antiqueños to feel
proud of being an Antiqueño. That included
speaking Kinaray-a.
Before, Antiqueños would speak Ilonggo or Hiligaynon, ashamed of Kinaray-a.
De los Santos said Kinaray-a is the
original language and could be considered
superior to Hiligaynon.
There’s a lot of similarities between
Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon. But there are
distinguishable differences like the “r” in
the former becoming “l” in the latter. Example: the English word “none” is “wara”
in Kinaray-a. It’s “wala” in Hiligaynon. Or
the word “post” is “harigi” in Kinaray-a
and “haligi” in Hiligaynon.
De los Santos explained that “In Hiligaynon society, the Chinese of old Parian,
now Molo, cannot pronounce the “r” so
HIS, as much as possible, should be the first thing we do
once we wake up in the morning. We need to tune in to
God for the simple reason that God is everything to us.
Without him or detached from him, we are actually nothing and
can do nothing of real value even if we do many so-called brilliant
actions. Let’s avoid getting self-deluded.
God is our Creator, the author
of all reality. It is through him that
we go beyond what we merely see
and feel, or what we can understand. With him, we get in touch
with reality in all its entirety. Our
world would then not just be our
own world, quite subjective, but
the world as God created it. We
get to become objective and global in our perception of things.
Yes, it may take some time before we can actually tune in to him
Fr. Roy Cimagala since we have to contend with a
lot of static, like our laziness and
lethargy, our lack of understanding of the role of God in our life,
if not worse things like religious indifference, agnosticism\and
atheism.
But once we can overcome these, which is actually a lifetime
struggle for us, we should try our best to hook up with him,
no matter how tentative and tenuous, as soon as possible. The
difficulties involved in connecting ourselves with him should
not discourage. Rather they should spur us to find the means to
achieve this goal.
This is no pipe dream. We are not inventing things, engaging
in fiction. In the first place, because God is always around. And
he is not present in us and in the world in a passive way. He is
eternally active, full of love and desire to be with us. He is actually
intervening in our lives through his abiding providence.
Besides he has given us everything we need to get in touch
with him, and even to be intimate with him. He has given us his
own Son who became man and who revealed to us all we need to
know and to be with God.
Christ has left us with his word and teaching, his sacraments,
and the Church itself, all of which perpetuate till the end of time
and beyond his living presence and redemptive action for our own
sake. In fact, Christ remains with us in the real sense of the word.
We are not left only with some symbols and signs.
We just have to dispose ourselves to capture this fundamental
reality of our life by exercising our faith, hope and love as fully as
possible. This is actually the most fundamental duty we need to carry
out. All other duties and responsibilities would depend on this.
As Christ himself said, he is the way, the truth and the life. No
one goes to the Father except through him. In another instance,
he described himself as the vine and we the branches. We need to
be with him if we want to live the life proper to us.
We can start tuning ourselves in to him by developing the
practice of morning offering, that is, once we wake up, the first
thought that we should try to make is to address God, saying
whatever comes to mind first, as in, “Lord, thank you for another
day,” or “I love you, Lord, and I want to serve you,” or words
to that effect.
That way, we already dispose ourselves to be with him, and from
there, let’s continue to deal with him by carrying our ordinary daily
duties, which are a vital part of God’s will for us, and by having
recourse to a variety of acts of piety, like mental prayer, spiritual
reading, going to Mass and receiving Holy Communion, etc.
These acts of piety will keep our intimacy with God even
as we get immersed with the things of the world. And far from
desensitizing us from world affairs, they actually would sharpen
our perception of things, and would give us the proper impulses
and motives for our involvement in these mundane concerns.
Let’s disabuse ourselves from the fear that piety undermines our
responsibilities in the world.
Of course, God will always be a mystery. But instead of being
restrained and turned off by it, his mysteriousness and ineffability
should, in fact, draw us more to him. It’s only in heaven, our final
abode, that we can see him face to face. But now, we have to be
led by faith, hope and charity that will always have their share of
lights and shadows.
Email: roycimagala@gmail.com
By Ellen Tordesilas
(The author is an Antiqueña journalist
in Metro Manila who writes for Malaya,
Abante and VERA Files) K
INARAY-A is the language spoken mostly in West Visayas. It is
spoken in Antique, where I come
from.
Writer Alex de los Santos , author of
the book, “The Rise of Kinaray-a”, said
Kinaray-a is also spoken in some parts of
Aklan and Capiz, most of Iloilo and even
in Negros Occidental where the biggest
number of sakadas, seasonal workers in
haciendas, is Karay-a from Antique.
There’s a group of Antiqueños, who
has taken up the advocacy of keeping
Kinaray-a alive because language gives
a person identity and reveals the richness
of his culture. They maintain a website,
“Dungug Kinaray-a Inc.”
U.S. based Ritchie D. Pagunsan, one
of the prime movers of Dungug Kinaray-a
alerted me to this year’s Kinaray-a writing
contest.
Here’s the announcement in kinaray-a:
Padya Dungug Kinaray-a 9 (2015)
Ginapanawagan ang mga manunulat
Karay-a!
Magpasakup sa ikasyam nga tuig ka
paindis-indis sa pagsulat sa Kinaray-a
kang mamugu nga sugidanun, sugidanun
pangbata, kag binalaybay. Bukas dya asta
sa Siptyimbri 30, 2015. Ang mga madaug
makabaton kang P10,000 kag midalya
(una nga padya), P7,000 kag midalya
(ikarwa nga padya), P5,000 kag midalya
(ikatlo nga padya).
Lagtika ang kawad (link) kon paano
magpasakup: http://dungugkinaray-a.com/
giya-kag-pagsurundan-2015.html
Dali, ipabugal ta ang atun duna nga
panghambal. Atun gid dya!
Entries could be short story, children’s
they replaced it with “l”. Since they were
the commercial power, the natives followed
the way they pronounced some words.
De los Santos also said the Spanish
friars, who settled in Iloilo also changed
the “d” to “r” as in the word for coconut
shredder “kudkudad.” In Hiligaynon, it’s
“kudkuran.”
“In summary,” De los Santos said,
“Kinaray-a is the original language and
Hiligaynon the ‘corrupted’ language, as
the result of the speech deficiencies of the
Chinese merchants and the Spanish priests,
and the loan words from Spanish, Cebuano,
Bikol and Waray introduced by the friars.
De los Santos quoted Hiligaynon writer
Santiago Alv. Mulato saying, “Kinaray-a
was not adulterated because like a jar
already full of water, a drop from above
could not add to it anymore.”
In sponsoring this writing contest,
which is on its 9th year, Dungug Kinaray-a
said it is part of its mission to encourage
more extensive use of Kinaray-a. (Malapnagun nga ginagamit ang Kinaray-a sa
mga pagsugidanun, pagsulat, pagpasundayag kag pagtuon; ginakilala ang
Kinaray-a bilang linggwahe nga hamtung
kag may kabug-usan; kag maabot ang tion
nga ang kada Karay-a makabatyag kang
bugal sa paggamit kang ana duna nga
panghambal.)
Dungug Kinray-a believes that Kinaray-a is a beautiful, deep, pure, and rich
language. “Ang Kinaray-a matahum,
madalum, matuod, matam-is, kag manggadan. Bukun dya ti labaw ukon kubus
nga harambalun, kag bisan tuod bukas sa
pagsimpon agud mangin mas madalum kag
mas matayog, ang Kinaray-a puraw, nga
angay sa buta nga tadyaw, indi masimbugan kang tinaga nga pangayaw.”
A laudable project that every Antiqueño
should support.
( h t t p : / / w w w. e l l e n t o r d e s i l l a s .
com/2015/08/13/kinaray-a-writingcontest/#more-25461)
Barbarians at the Gate!
(Or the attack against marriage and the family)
O
N FEBRUARY 16, 2008, Cardinal Carlo Caffara, Archbishop of Bologna, after a Mass celebrated at the tomb
of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, granted an interview to Tele
Radio Padre Pio.
In that interview, Caffara revealed that Sister Lucy of Fatima
fame told him that the final battle between the Lord and the reign
of Satan will be about marriage and the family.
Sister Lucia did not specify when this final battle will take
place, but perhaps the vision Pope Leo XIII had on October 3,
1884 may be related. Just
celebrating Holy Mass
Abraham V. Llera after
on that day, Pope Leo XIII
collapsed as if dead. After he
was revived, he recounted a
vision of Satan approaching
the throne of God, boasting he will destroy the Church if given
the chance to.
The Lord reminded Satan that his Church is invincible. Satan
then replied, “Grant me one century and more power of those
who will serve me, and I will destroy it.” Our Lord granted him
100 years.
The Lord then allowed the Pope a vision of the events of the
20th century: wars, immorality, genocide, and apostasy on a large
scale. Alarmed by the spine-chilling vision, the Pope sat down
and wrote the prayer to St. Michael, the same prayer the faithful
pray today in times of distress.
Many believe that we are now in the midst of those 100
years.
Before the Irish people voted on May 22, 2015 to allow
same-sex unions, 20 countries have already embraced samesex unions either by legislation or via court decisions. Ireland
was the first to do it by popular vote. These 20 countries are:
The Netherlands (2000); Belgium (2003); Canada (2005);
Spain (2005); South Africa (2006); Norway (2009); Sweden
(2009); Argentina (2010); Iceland (2010); Portugal (2010);
Denmark (2012); Brazil (2013); England and Wales (2013);
France (2013); New Zealand (2013); Uruguay (2013); Luxembourg (2014); Scotland (2014); Finland: (signed 2015,
effective 2017).
Commentary
Then on June 26, 2015, SCOTUS - The U.S. Supreme Courtvoted 5-4 making same-sex unions legal in all United states.
Why did same-sex unions suddenly crop up in our discussions?
Because same-sex unions is the weapon the Devil is using to
destroy marriage and the family. By rejecting the God-mandated
man-woman dichotomy of marriage, and by replacing it with the
sterile man-man or woman-woman abomination, the Devil hopes
to strike right at the heart of God’s plan for mankind and for all
of Creation.
There’s only one reason why God instituted marriage: procreation. Malachi 2:15 is very clear: God instituted marriage so
that godly offspring may result. But why would God want babies
to be born? God has only one reason: to fill heaven with human
beings. Now why would God do that? Because God wants us to
share eternal happiness with him.
But, then, the Devil, forever malevolent and desiring
nothing but the fall of man, will not have anything of that.
That’s why he’d do everything he can to lead us away from
our eternal destiny. His weapon of choice: same-sex unions,
the very thing we see unfolding before our very own eyes
today.
The Devil bade his time well. In order for him to succeed, he
has to change the belief about sex being the exclusive privilege
of a man and woman married to each other, about procreation
being the reason for marriage. This the Devil succeeded in doing by making sex possible without it ever resulting in a pregnancy. The development in 1920 by Fredrick Killian of latex
condoms; and the subsequent acceptance of contraception for
the first time among any Christian group, by the Anglicans in
1930; the development in 1957 of lubricated condoms; and the
widespread introduction of The Pill in the 60s were the Devil’s
initial steps.
For good measure, the Devil put in abortion, then late-term
abortion, then the killing of babies already born, and, now, the
sale of baby body parts. Just as Roe vs. Wade in 1973 opened
the world wide to abortion, the SCOTUS decision is expected to
open the world wide to the sterile same-sex unions.
The Devil must have gloated over his initial successes. With
marriage thus redefined, has the Devil won?
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the program moves slowly because their success depends on
government intervention and
the government can only do
so much.
Moreover the 30 hectares
block farm needs to be expanded and even if there are
private entrepreneurs that come
into the sugar cultivation the
issue of stability remains. No
nation has ever succeeded in
agriculture without this stability of ownership. Unfortunately
for the Philippines the CARP
undermined of this stability and
plantation cultivation.
Private investments can only
attract if there is, to repeat, stability of land ownership or long
term leases. Farm size is vital
for the adoption of technology and financing technology
requires stability.
SRA should spell out how
investments in farm productivity will be implemented
because SIDA is unclear in
this and how this will impact
of CARP lands.
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for strong El Niño
THE Department of Agriculture (DA)
assured that Western Visayas is ready to
deal with the effects of a “strong” El Niño
in September.
Engr. Roy Abaya, DA-6 OIC regional
director said they have been anticipating
the prolonged drought since last year by
establishing mitigating measures such as
information drive among farmers.
“El Niño is a natural phenomenon and
the major effect is water scarcity. We are
telling our farmers the right technology
to conserve water, teaching them to plant
alternative crops and rice varieties that
can tolerate drought and make use of their
available resources,” Abaya said.
Another alternative Abaya cited is cloud
seeding.
“We are preparing for it. We have to
face the reality. Right information is the
best solution,” he added.
Abaya said that based on the report of the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) two months ago, Western Visayas was
not included among the provinces that will
be affected by strong El Niño.
“PAGASA released a forecast about
the extension of El Nino in the second
half of the year and fortunately I didn’t
see Region-6 in the list of provinces to be
affected,” he said.
He said DA will secure supplemental
budget in preparation for the El Niño.
Italian NGO Iloilo to hold health summit in October
leadership and governance capability building
helps farmers B M A. D S
programs for health in rural towns.
THE Iloilo Provincial Government will hold
The NGO and the Department of Health
in Iloilo
a Health Summit in October to strengthen the started their partnership in May 2013, with the
health programs.
implementation of the Health Leadership and
coastal towns province’s
The summit will be held in partnership with Governance Program (HLGP)
y
WHILE most post-Yolanda
assistance was given to fishermen, a non-government organization from Italy is helping
farmers in coastal towns restore
their lives.
Farmers from the coastal
villages of Batad, Carles, Concepcion, Estancia and San
Dionisio will receive 130 hand
tractors and 65 threshers from
ActionAid.
The Italian government
through ActionAid in partnership with the provincial government and Balay Mindanaw
Foundation launched August
18 “Restoring Livelihoods of
the Most Vulnerable Rural
Communities Victim of Natural
Disasters in Iloilo Province,
Philippines.”
The project will be implemented in 10 months from June
2015 to April 2016.
Joyce Laker, ActionAid International-Philippines Country Programme Manager said
the project will directly benefit
1,500 beneficiaries aside from
19,000 indirect beneficiaries.
Small scale women and
men farmers and fishers will
be prioritized in the assistance,
Laker added.
“This is our commitment to
restore the income and food
security of the most vulnerable farmers. We would like
to empower farmers to make
a difference in their lives,”
Laker said.
Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr.
yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement with
ActionAid and mayors of the
five municipalities to start the
implementation of the project.
Mayor Millard Villanueva of
Concepcion said the assistance
will help restore farming in
two island and two mainland
barangays.
Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) Head Ildefonso
Toledo estimated the project
cost at more or less 458,000
euros or P25 million.
Representatives from PAO,
ActionAid and Balay Mindanaw also met to discuss the
specifics of the equipment to
be distributed to farmer.
Toledo said the bidding for
the equipment will be conducted by ActionAid.
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antos
Zuellig Family Foundation and the Provincial
Leadership and Governance Program team.
It aims to gather health partners, health organizations and stakeholders who will assess the
Health Leadership and Governance Program
of Iloilo.
The event is also expected to enhance the
province’s human resource, health facilities,
medicines and innovative programs.
The participants and local officials will also
discuss ways to improve the skills and capability of health workers in delivering basic social
services, particularly in remote barangays.
The Zuellig Family Foundation is a nongovernment organization whose main objective
is to achieve better health services for the poor
through sustainable health care programs and
services.
The foundation has been implementing
HLGP is a project of USAID with ZFF and
DOH being implemented in 609 towns and cities
in the country which are identified as priority by
the National Anti-Poverty Commission to maximize impact and contribute to the achievement of
the country’s Millennium Development Goals.
The ZFF health change approach regards
leadership as key to equitable and effective local
health systems towards better health outcomes.
HLGP particularly aims to improve maternal
and child health and family planning and prevent
tuberculosis.
Under the program, local chief executives and
local health officers are trained to enhance their
leadership and governance capabilities.
It seeks to increase community participation and health-seeking behavior in target areas
through improved local health systems and local
health leadership.
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By Dolly Yasa
BACOLOD City - Bacolod City Lone District
Congressman Evelio Leonardia is asking for
more time before he decides on whether he
will seek re-election or challenge City Mayor
Monico Puentevella in 2016.
Vice Mayor Greg Gasataya said this was the
Leonardia’s appeal during the meeting of Grupo
Progreso under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) August 16 to discuss their plans for
next year.
Eerier, Gasataya called on Leonardia to meet
district leaders to discuss the 2016 elections
amid reports that the latter will stage a comeback and challenge Puentevella.
Gasataya said the 6-hour meeting was
presided over by Leonardia and attended by
Councilors Em Ang, Caesar Distrito, Roberto
Rojas, former councilors Al Victor Espino
and Dindo Ramos, and former Association of
Barangay Captains president Mona Dia Jardin
and himself.
“City Councilor Carl Lopez was in Manila,
while former councilor Homer Bais has resigned from NPC,” he said.
Gasataya added that the national NPC leadership will hold consultations today so they met
Sunday in order to relay the sentiments of local
party leaders on the upcoming elections.
“The meeting Sunday was more of an exploratory discussion. The common stand of the
group is that NPC should have local candidates.
There were some members who asked Leonar-
dia to run again for mayor, while others offered
to run for other positions,” he added.
Ang said one of the things they discussed
during the meeting was the stand of the party
on national candidates which will be known
today.
She said Grupo Progreso is made up of the
NPC and the Nacionalista Party which counts
Councilors Lopez and Distrito as members.
Ang added that they also discussed the local
lineup, especially for congressman, mayor and
vice mayor.
“Leonardia said the whole party will meet
in the first week of September and he will
make an announcement then. At least we have
a clue about the position he might be running
for,” she added.
Congressman Evelio Leonardia
Ombudsman inks MOU with USLS Bacolod City police
receives recognition
to promote integrity in schools
BACOLOD City – The Office of the
Ombudsman-Visayas partnered with the
University of St. La Salle (USLS) here
to build and strengthen the foundations
of good governance, integrity, and anticorruption in the country’s educational
system.
The partnership was sealed with the
signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Deputy Ombudsman
for the Visayas Paul Elmer Clemente
and USLS President and Chancellor Br.
Manuel Pajarillo, FSC in a ceremony held
August 17 at the Sanctuario De La Salle
inside the USLS campus.
The signing rite was witnessed by
Ombudsman 6 Acting Director Philip
Camiguing and USLS Vice Chancellor
for Mission and Development Hector
Gloria.
The activity was part of the Ombudsman Region 6’s University Integrity Tour,
marked with a two-day visit to Negros
Occidental in observance of its 9th Anniversary Week.
On August 18, the Ombudsman in
Western Visayas held its 15th Caravan of
Government Services in Toboso town in
northern Negros.
August 18 was declared a holiday in
Toboso so that the public can participate
in the caravan which gathers about 60
national government agencies based in
Iloilo City.
Clemente said that in the past
seven years, they have conducted 14
caravans serving 112,429 people in
Region 6, including Negros Occidental. (PNA)
for exceeding target
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) received recognition from the Police Regional Office (PRO-6) for
exceeding target policy outputs in the first half of 2015.
Chief Inspector Dianne Catedral, BCPO public information
officer, said in terms of illegal gambling operations, BCPO conducted 20 positive operations resulting in the arrest of 20 persons
or a variance of 2.32 percent.
Catedral said the number of arrests exceeded the 15 percent
target.
On loose firearms, BCPO recorded 14 apprehensions from
January to July, she added.
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Opposition board member
wants guv to finish term
By Dolly Yasa
BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental Governor
Alfredo Marañon Jr. found an unlikely ally in
Board Member Renato Gustilo of Love Negros
(LN) Team in the former’s re-election bid.
“Personally, I want the governor to finish his
last term,” Gustilo said of the governor who
heads the United Negros Alliance.
Gustilo said it is only his personal opinion
and “I have not discussed it with the members
of our group.”
The last termer provincial board member
said if LN Team will field a gubernatorial
candidate “this is the first time that we in the
province’s first district will be campaigning
against an incumbent governor who is on his
last term.”
Gustilo also wants Vice Governor Eugenio
Jose Lacson to run for re-election instead of
challenging Marañon even as he denied rumors
that 1st district Rep. Julio Ledesma IV will
field his wife, actress Assunta De Rossi, for
Congress.
“It is not in the history of the district and the
congressman to allow any relative of him to run
for any political position here,” Gustilo said.
Gustilo and outgoing Escalante City Mayor
Melecio Yap Jr. are being eyed to replace Ledesma who is also serving his final 3-year term.
Gustilo said Ledesma’s replacement will be
discussed during the party convention in the
first district.
“We have not yet received information on
when Cong. Jules will call the convention,” he
said.
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Coastal towns contribute
more or less 8 to 10 percent of
the total agriculture production
of the province.
“That already covers rice
and crop production. We cannot
underestimate their contribution
that is why this farm mechanization will help enhance the farming activities in these coastal
barangays,” Toledo said.
PAO also reported that in
Northern Iloilo, more than
10,000 marginalized fisherfolks in coastal towns lost their
homes and livelihoods.
Eight percent of the livelihood stock, crops and rice
farmers in 31 municipalities
also suffered from yield loss.
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prices of these same units?
What is the recent status of
the traffic lights project undertaken by KIV Marketing?
Is it completed as of this
time?
Was there acceptance of the
project?
Has KIV Marketing been
fully paid? How much?
Since Mayor Mabilog initiated the changes of location,
was there conformity from KIV
Marketing through another
document amending the origi-
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got your back.’
“That was a giant relief for
me. I never wanted to feel like
I was forcing it on them. It just
happened. The outcome was
amazing. It was nice to know
my teammates see me for who
I am, not my sexuality.”
Denson played last season
for the Class A Midwest League
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers,
three levels below the major
leagues in the US talent devel-
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nal contract? Is there a program
of works/approved estimates
for the change order?
This Committee wishes to
confirm that the Traffic signal
Controllers installed on all the
inersections covered by the
KIV contract were of the 32
Signal Groups variety as declared in the documents.
If the answer is in the affirmative, why was there a
need to use 32 Signal Groups
when various sources that were
consulted by this committee
shared that 8 or 16 Signal
Group Controllers would sufopment system, and was reassigned to the lower-level squad
for first-year players earlier this
season.
“I’m hoping it will open the
eyes of people in general that
we’re all people, we’re human,
we’re brothers in the sport,”
Denson said. “I’m excited to
see where it goes from here,
now that I don’t have that wall
holding me back anymore.”
Denson follows several US
athletes in revealing they are
gay while playing, including
Jason Collins in the NBA, Robbie Rogers in Major League
Soccer and Michael Sam, who
was selected in the NFL Draft
last year and player in the Canadian Football League earlier
this season.
Sean Conroy, a pitcher for
the Sonoma Stompers, revealed
that he is gay in June, but his
minor-league club is not affiliated with Major League
Baseball or its talent development system. (Agence FrancePresse)
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and I’ll give it my best shot.”
Murray will hope to continue the form he
showed in Montreal when he begins his assault
on the Western and Southern Cincinnati Open
this week -- a year after losing to Roger Federer
in the quarter-finals.
Then, Murray was still working his way back
up after a rankings slide, but this time he is play-
Bacolod...
fice given the low number of
traffic lights installed in these
intersections?
There are other existing traffic
lights operating in the City of Iloilo aside from those which were
installed by Triune and KIV.
Who installed these traffic
lights?
Where did the budget come
from?
If these were donated by the
contractor as alleged by Engr.
Divinagracia, was the donation reduced into writing? Was
there written acceptance by the
mayor?
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For illegal drugs, Catedral
said BCPO ranked second in
the region with 115 positive
operations behind Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office
(NOPPO) which reported 198
operations.
The BCPO attributed its
accomplishment to massive
ing some of the best, most attacking tennis, of
his career as he looks to win the Cincinnati title
for the third time.
His first opponent will be 33-year-old
American former top-10 player Mardy Fish,
who recorded his first win for two years on
Monday when beating Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.
(Reuters)
campaign against crimes.
To further strengthen its anticriminality campaign, Catedral
said the BCPO will implement the
Patrol 101 starting next week.
The plan will deploy 90 to
95 percent of police personnel
to the field to conduct police
visibility operations in vital
installations and public convergence areas while only five
percent will stay in their respective offices and stations.
Catedral said Chief Supt.
Bernardo Diaz, PRO-6 director, also ordered pre-charge
investigations and drug tests on
all police station commanders
in Western Visayas, especially
those who failed to conduct
positive anti-illegal drugs operations. (PNA)
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(Parabellum) pistol with one
magazine, seven live ammunitions, wallet, cell phone charger
and electric grinder.
Bathan said statements from
witnesses led to the arrest of
the suspects but he declined to
elaborate.
Nuñez, who was interviewed
by radio reporters inside the jail
cell, admitted to killing the
Fleischauers along with the
other suspects.
Nuñez, who has been work-
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the report that we received is
anonymous so the governor
will not act on that. We are
waiting for the result of the
fact-finding investigation and
from there on we will refer
this to the governor for action,”
he said.
The ISC, which is under the
economic enterprise project
of the provincial government,
earns from rentals on rooms
and sports facilities.
Banias said bonded personnel are assigned to the col-
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the UFL.
Bedelic played for Emilio Aguinaldo College in the
NCAA and suited up for the
Azkals in the AFC Under-23
Championships and the 2015
Southeast Asian Games.
The entire line-up is as follows:
1. Roland Muller
2. Paul Mulders
3. Jun-Jun Badelic
4. Amani Aguinaldo
5. Misagh Bahadoran
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ing for the couple for several
years, said he recruited Perez
and the two minors last year
after previous workers left the
organic farm of the victims.
Low pay and alleged maltreatment committed by the
couple against the workers
drove the suspect to rob and
murder the victims.
Nuñez said they were made to
work from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. with only
a 30-minute break in between.
He further claimed that it
was Perez who planned the
crime which they carried out
two weeks ago.
Nuñez said it was Perez who
pummeled the couple top death
using a piece of wood around 5
a.m. of August 4, 2015.
They later dumped the couple’s bodies inside the well.
After disposing the bodies,
they rummaged through the
Fleischauers house for valuables before going home to
their respective villages.
Bathan said the suspects will
undergo inquest proceedings
for charges of robbery with
homicide.
lection and remittance of fees
but Heler is responsible of the
overall operation.
He also revealed that the
sports complex is a losing
proposition for the capitol.
“It is a losing enterprise. The
provincial government is subsidizing its operation and the
governor is investing money to
improve its facilities,” he said.
Among the improvements
in the ISC is the P8-million
rehabilitation of the football
field which is now 60 percent
complete.
The field will be seeded
with imported grass to comply
with international football
standards.
The Bids and Awards Committee is also finalizing the
bidding for the replacement of
the ladderized track oval worth
P16 million.
The program of works for
the installation of football stadium lights worth P17 million
is also being finalized.
Banias said more funds will
be allotted in the 2016 budget
to improve other ISC facilities
such as the tennis and basketball courts.
6. Kenshiro Daniels
7. Patrick Deyto
8. Neil Etheridge
9. Juani Guirado
10. Kevin Ingreso
11. Jerry Lucena
12. Manny Ott
13. Stephan Palla
14. Javier Patiño
15. Iain Ramsay
16. Patrick Reichelt
17. Simone Rota
18. Daisuke Sato
19. Stephan Schrock
20. Martin Steuble
21. Dennis Villanueva
22. Luke Woodland
23. Phil Younghusband
The Azkals will play a
friendly match against Maldives
on September 3 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium ahead of their
meeting with Uzbekistan.
Tickets for the Azkals vs.
Uzbekistan game to be held at
the Philippine Sports Stadium
on September 8 are now available at www.ticketworld.com.
ph. Tickets are at P531.80 for
Price Zone 1, P331.14 for Price
Zone 2 and P125.40 for Price
Zone 3. (ABS-CBNnews.com)
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An employee of the provincial clinic who spent P350 on
the plant then searched internet
for information on the Citronella flower.
While searching, she stumbled
uponablogwhichdetailedcomplaints
on an alleged citronella scam.
“We got interested to buy the
plant as it is an insect repellant.
But when I searched it, I saw
that their stock is different from
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tanglad, a member of Citronella
family. And the one they are
selling has the same leaf formation indicated in the blog,” the
clinic employee said.
She then reported it to the
guard who held the three vendors for interrogation at the
Capitol lobby.
The vendors gave inconsistent answers which fueled the
suspicion of the employees.
Other employees who also
bought the plant and heard
of the complaint stormed the
lobby and asked for reimbursements from the suspects.
The three vendors denied
selling fake flowers.
“We know that it is citronella
that we are selling. But this
is a different variety and the
buyers are not familiar with
it. Ibalik na lang para walang
problema,” Sy said.
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Meanwhile, Ceres-La Salle FC also overpowered University of Santo Tomas UST to reach
the quarterfinals.
Defending champion and third-seed
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Mendiola FC to grab the last quarterfinals
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After SEA Games gold,
Vosotros targets PBA
FORMER De La Salle University standout Almond
Vosotros believes his performance in the 28th Southeast Asian Games last June went a long way towards
boosting his stock ahead of the 2015 PBA Rookie
Draft.
Vosotros was part of the Gilas Cadets team that
won gold, beating Indonesia in a competitive final, and
wowed fans with his impressive outside shooting.
His best game came against Thailand in the semifinal, as he drained six of 11 three-pointers for 18 points,
and kept the Gilas Cadets in the game with his timely
bombs from beyond the arc. They won the game, 8075, to advance to the gold medal game.
In all, Vosotros averaged 14 points per game – second among all Filipinos – while shooting 41% from
the three-point area.
“Iba ‘yung feeling kapag naglalaro ka para sa
bayan,” Vosotros told reporters last Monday during
the 2015 Draft Suite presented by SLAM Magazine
and Under Armour. “We know na ‘yung buong bayan
natin, nanonood at sumusuporta.”
“Siguro, ‘yun ‘yung nakatulong sa akin, para tumaas ang value ko as a player,” he added.
Vosotros felt he was able to prove that he can play
at a high level in international competition, but insisted
that he is not yet satisfied with what he achieved in
the SEA Games.
“Hindi ko pa rin nararating ‘yung goal ko na makarating sa PBA,” he pointed out.
Vosotros, who won a championship with La Salle
in UAAP Season 76, brings tremendous shooting skill
to whichever team will draft him. Although short for
two-guard, Vosotros has virtually unlimited range and
will not hesitate to pull the trigger.
“’Yung shooting skills ko, ‘yun talaga ang dinedevelop ko since matagal na,” he said, “And sana
ma-develop ko pa rin pag nasa pro na ako.”
But Vosotros stressed that he is also ready to play
point guard if needed, something he did for the Green
Archers in Season 77 when Thomas Torres suffered
an injury.
“Ready naman ako to play any role,” Vosotros
said. “1 or 2, kung ano mas makakatulong sa team
na magpi-pick sa akin.” (Camille B. Naredo/ABSCBNNews.com)
Jason Day win confirms
change of the guard
KOHLER, Wisconsin - Jason
Day’s breakthrough victory at
the PGA Championship served
notice that a changing of the
guard is now complete with an
exciting posse of young guns
set to dominate the majors for
the next decade.
Newly crowned world number one Jordan Spieth and Rory
McIlroy are already established
as the game’s leading duo but
Australian Day, 27, American
Rickie Fowler, 26, and rising
Japanese talent Hideki Matsuyama, 23, are in hot pursuit.
Six of the last seven major
championships have been won
by twenty-somethings, proof
positive that the ‘Big Five’ era
of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and
Retief Goosen is over.
“The game now is certainly
very healthy, exciting and
strong,” American Paul Azinger, who won the 1993 PGA
Championship at Inverness
and has since been become
an acclaimed golf analyst on
television, told Reuters.
“We are beginning to blend
into a post-Tiger era. This year
in all four majors, it seems like
the same cast of three or four
characters are right at the top.
“Dustin Johnson, Jason Day,
Jordan Spieth have all been
in contention, and now Rory
McIlroy is back after his injury
absence (a ruptured ligament in
his left ankle).”
Northern Irishman McIlroy,
now aged 26, won the last two
majors of 2014 and the remarkable Spieth, who celebrated
his 22nd birthday last month,
clinched the first two majors
this year before tying for fourth
at the British Open and finishing
second behind Day at the PGA
Championship on Sunday.
“Jordan Spieth continues to
amaze,” said Azinger. “I don’t
know if anybody would have
even thought we would ever
see anybody like him with that
maturity at such a young age.
“He’s my favourite golfer to
watch and I also love watching
Jason Day. He is a mega talent,
and he certainly proved that this
week at Whistling Straits.”
Day, after several close calls
at the majors over the past five
years, finally crossed the finish
line triumphantly on Sunday
with a major record low of 20under 268.
YOUNG GUN
CHALLENGE
His emotion-charged win
lifted him to a career-high third
in the world rankings and he
looks forward to challenging
players such as Spieth and
McIlroy on a regular basis in
golf’s blue riband events.
“I know exactly what I have
done to get myself in a position
where I’m holding the (PGA
Championship) trophy right
now,” said Day.
“As long as I keep working
on those things and get the process right, I know that there’s
going to be plenty of these
to hold as long as I really am
feeling motivated and I want it
more than anyone else.
“As long as I am healthy, I
feel like I’m going to be there
a long time. I still want to accomplish that number one goal
of mine, which is to be the best
player in the world.”
Day is excited about facing
multiple rivals.
“Golf is in a very healthy
stage now,” he said. “Three to
five years ago, it was kind of
struggling a little bit with the
identity of who was really going to be that number one player
in the world, who was going to
be the next best thing.
“Rory came out and was really dominating, but there was
no one really kind of challenging him for that role. For young
guys like myself, Jordan, Rickie
Fowler and Hideki Matsuyama,
we’re starting to play better golf
and starting to challenge.
“That’s what I’m looking
forward to in the future is the
sheer competition of being able
to fight against these guys each
week. It’s going to be a lot of
fun over the next five to 10
years.” (Mark Lamport-Stokes,
Reuters)
Jason Day celebrates with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning
the 2015 PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straits.
Photo by Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters.
Top ranking
still a distant
dream for
Andy Murray
LONDON – Andy Murray
claimed his 11th Masters 1000
title when he ended an eightmatch losing streak against
Novak Djokovic in the Rogers Cup final on Sunday, but
when it comes to the game’s
top brass he is still the odd
man out.
Of the so-called Big Four of
Djokovic, Roger Federer and
Rafa Nadal, twice grand slam
champion Murray is the only
member never to have topped
the ATP rankings.
Federer, winner of 17 grand
slams, has spent 302 weeks at
the summit, Djokovic 160 and
counting and Nadal, down at
eight now, 141.
Murray, 28, moved up above
Federer to second in the ATP’s
latest rankings on Monday,
courtesy of his dazzling displays in Montreal culminating
in 6-4 4-6 6-3 victory over Serb
Djokovic in an absorbing threehour duel.
But the Briton still trails
Djokovic by nearly 6,000
points in the standings -- a
huge gap that Murray has no
realistic chance of closing until
next year.
“It’s incredibly tough,” Murray, who would love to add
the number one ranking to his
Wimbledon, U.S. Open and
Olympic titles, told The Tennis
Podcast.
“The points I’ve accumulated this year would sometimes
be enough to get to number
one in the world, at a different
time.
“Whereas just now I’m still
almost 6000 points behind
Novak. The consistency that
he’s shown over the last couple
of years has been phenomenal
and before that, Roger and Rafa
were exceptional.
“I’m trying my best. I’ll just
keep doing that. I still feel like
I have a good few years left in
me, hopefully I can stay healthy
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First gay player in MLB system comes out
MILWAUKEE – David Denson has become the first openly gay player in the Major
League Baseball development
system, the Milwaukee Brewers prospect revealing his
homosexuality in an interview
with the Milwaukee JournalSentinel.
The 20-year-old first baseman from California plays
for the Helena Brewers of the
rookie-level Pioneer League
and came out after consulting with Billy Bean, a former
major league player who is
Major League Baseball’s first
ambassador for inclusion.
Denson said he told his
coaches before the season and
his teammates about a month
ago that he was gay.
“Talking with my teammates, they gave me the con-
fidence I needed, coming out
to them,” Denson told the
newspaper.
“They said, ‘You’re still
our teammate. You’re still our
brother. We kind of had an
idea, but your sexuality has
nothing to do with your ability. You’re still a ballplayer at
the end of the day. We don’t
treat you any different. We’ve
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Roach eyes Danny Garcia
for Pacquiao’s next fight
HALL-of-Fame trainer Freddie Roach has tabbed unbeaten Danny
Garcia as his preferred opponent for Manny Pacquiao when the
“Pacman” makes his return to the ring in 2016.
Pacquiao is still recovering from a shoulder injury he sustained
while training for his May 2 fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.,
but plans to fight again next year.
Although he remains on the sidelines, Pacquiao remains a
popular figure in the sport and is still being called out by some of
the best welterweights, including former sparring partner Amir
Khan.
It is the undefeated Garcia (31-0) whom Roach wants his top
fighter to face, however.
“I want Danny Garcia. That’s my choice,” Roach declared in
an interview with Boxing News Online last week. “That’s the
easiest fight in the (expletive) world, and you can tell his dad
that as well.”
“His dad (Angel Garcia) psyched out Amir Khan, but he won’t
psych Pacquiao out, I promise. Pacquiao will knock Garcia out. I
like the dad, but he talks too much,” Roach added.
Garcia is coming off a ninth round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi in his welterweight debut last September. The Philadelphia
native previously dominated at the light-welterweight division
and holds a TKO win over Khan.
Roach is not totally against a match-up against Khan, who is
also a former light-welterweight champion, but stressed that the
money should be right especially if it will be held in Dubai.
“People have spoken to me about a fight with Amir,” said
Roach, adding that he will be interested in a Pacquiao-Khan
match.
“They’re two fast guys, they have history as they’ve trained
together, sparred a few rounds together, and it’s a good fight for
both guys,” he acknowledged.
Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, have said that a
fight with Khan can happen next year in the Middle East.
“The thing about those guys in Dubai, they talk like they have
a lot of money, but they never put it up,” said Roach. “I’m not
really concerned with that at this point. How many years have we
heard there’s going to be a big fight in Dubai? Way, way too many.
If the money comes through, I think it’s a great fight.”
In the meantime, Pacquiao is still busy healing his injured
right shoulder, which required surgery a few days after he lost to
Mayweather. Roach said the “Pacman” is progressing well, and
has even been swimming and playing basketball.
“But it won’t be a while until he’s in the ring again. Three to
six months,” he added. (ABS-CBNnews.com)
Stallion FC enters
UFL quarterfinals
By Elyrose S. Naorbe
SIMON Bayameg of Socceroo (L) challenges Stallion FC’s Jordan Mintah. (Photo courtesy of Mark Cristino)
STALLION Football Club has
reached the quarterfinals of
the United Football League
(UFL) Cup 2015 after beating
Socceroo FC in the knock-out
stage, 8-0, last August 16 at
the Rizal Memorial Stadium in
Metro Manila.
The Iloilo-based football
club dominated both sides of
the pitch and recorded 35 field
goal attempts compared to a
one by Socceroo.
Stallion also notched 61
percent ball possession against
Socceroo’s 31 percent.
Jordan Mintah led the way
for Stallion FC after scoring
four goals, including the first
score in the 5th minute of the
game.
Ilonggo booters Ruben
Doctora Jr. and Ian Araneta of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo;
Christian Thomert Nana and
Ameachi Emmanuel Mbata
pitched in a goal each.
Stallion FC will play against
Pachanga FC in the quarterfinals after the latter locked a
berth following a victory over
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Azkals unveil squad for Uzbekistan match
THE Philippine Azkals have named the
squad that will face off against Uzbekistan
in their FIFA World Cup qualifier match
on September 8 at the Philippine Sports
Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan.
The Philippine Football Federation
(PFF) added three new players to replace
Rob Gier, forward Mark Hartmann, and
goalkeeper Tomas Trigo. Gier has been
put on the backburner due to a knee injury, while Hartmann and Trigo were both
taken out.
The three new players are Filipino-German goalkeeper Roland Muller, FilipinoDutch midfielder Paul Mulders, and Global
FC goalkeeper Jun-Jun Badelic, who hails
from Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.
Muller first joined the Azkals in 2011
and was named to the team’s 20-man
squad for the 2011 Long Teng Cup, and
the provisional Philippines under-23 team
for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. He
was also named to the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification campaign squad.
He last played for the Azkals in the 2014
Peace Cup.
Mulders previously played for Global
FC before signing a contract with Dutch
football club SC Cambuur, playing in
the Dutch Eredivisie. He played for the
Azkals in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup and
is currently playing for Ceres La Salle in
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CEB Group’s
1H 2015 net
profit soars to
P5.2 billion
THE Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB),
and its wholly owned subsidiary Cebgo, generated a net
income of P5.2 billion for the
first half of 2015, an increase
of 64% over the P3.178 billion
earned in the same period last
year.
In the same period, CEB
Group generated revenues of
P29.506 billion, an increase of
10.4% year-on-year.
From January to June 2015,
Cebu Pacific and Cebgo flew
over 9.2 million passengers,
with flights approximately
82% full. Passenger revenues
grew 9.4% to P22.813 billion,
as passenger volume increased
by 8.2% compared to the same
period last year.
CEB /pB7
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China-PH trade growing
amid territorial conflict
By Maricyn A. De los Santos
OTHER areas cooperation between the Philippines and
China are ongoing and are going strong amid the territorial conflict on the West Philippine Sea, according
to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
DFA Assistant Secretary Charles Jose said bilateral
trade between the two countries grew by 17 percent
in 2014.
“We are happy to note that in spite of the South
China Sea issue, other cooperation with China are still
going on and are going strong. The bilateral trade with
China grew by 17 percent in 2014 compared to 2013,”
said Jose, who was in Iloilo City recently for a series
of multisectoral fora on West PH Sea.
But the country’s imports declined by 13.4 percent
in May 2015, including those from China.
Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority
showed purchases from China, the country’s biggest
source of imports, declined by 1.0 percent to USD
719.92 million from the USD727.40 million in May
2014.
China’s share in the country’s import as of May
2015 reached 16.4 percent.
On the other hand, revenue from the country’s exports to China reached USD529.15 million, generating
a total trade value of USD1.249 billion and USD190.78
million in trade deficit.
“In terms of tourism, which is one of PH’s major
industries, China remains to be the third or fourth
largest source of tourist arrivals,” he added.
In Western Visayas, Chinese tourists are among the
top three highest arrivals in the first months of this year,
together with Koreans and Taiwanese.
Jose said many Philippine companies are opening
up investments in China, too.
In fact, there are many Philippine companies
investing in China than Chinese investments in the
Philippines, he stressed.
Jose said the DFA is hoping the issue will not affect
Filipinos working in China and the Chinese-Filipinos
in the country.
“We are against the policy of the Chinese Government but we have nothing against the Chinese
people, especially Chinese-Filipinos or the Tsinoys,”
Jose said.
He called on OFWs, who are mostly professionals
working in hotels, schools and industries in China, to
keep a low profile and do their jobs.
“They need not hold protest against the Chinese
government, and our best interest is for the Pinoys
to keep their jobs. We are hoping they’ll be insulated
from this problem, and that they’d not become pawns,”
he said.
Jose noted that the DFA has not received reports of
Chinese removing Filipino OFWs from their jobs.
“If there are those whose contracts are not renewed,
it is the decision of their employer and not as China’s
official policy,” he said.
Meanwhile, the government is doing its best to
extend support to fisherfolk affected in the conflict,
particularly those from Zambales, Pangasinan and
China /pB7
6 groups vie for P108-B
airports upgrade project
SIX groups have expressed interest in bidding for two packages of government’s airport
projects worth an estimated
P108 billion.
The bids are part of a program to upgrade ageing infrastructure in the Philippines, and
involve the central BacolodSilay and Iloilo International
airports and the Davao, Laguindingan and Bohol airport
projects in central and southern
Philippines.
Cosette Canilao, head of
the Public-Private Partnership
(PPP) Center, said the following groups have submitted prequalification documents:
Metro Pacific Investments
Corp. in partnership with Philippines Airports Management Co,
a joint venture between global
airport operators Aéroports de
Paris and TAV Havalimanlari
Holdings; San Miguel Corp.;
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. and
French firm VINCI Airports
India’s GMR Infrastructure Ltd.
and Megawide Construction Corp.;
Japan’s Sojitz Corp., Japan Airport
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Terminal Co Ltd. and Filinvest
Group; and Union Equities Corp.
Canilao added that JG Summit Holdings Inc. and Philippine
Skylanders Inc., which have had
expressed interest in the project,
did not submit pre-qualification
documents. Binding bids will be
opened in January.
The first bundle includes the
P20.26 billion Bacolod-Silay
airport and the P14.62 billion
Laguindingan airport.
The second bundle covers the P40.57 billion Davao
airport, the P30.4 billion Iloilo
airport, and the P2.34 billion
New Bohol (Panglao) airport.
Transportation Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco earlier said
the winning bidders in the projects “will not be disqualified
from participating in the NAIA
[Ninoy Aquino International
Airport] and Clark airports
projects on the ground of such
participation in or winning in
the regional airports projects.”
Limcaoco added that groups can
bid and be awarded both bundles.
(ABS-CBNnews.com/Reuters)
B2
Features
Guardian
the daily
Read and Respected
Aspect Advantage:
Taking on the challenge of the Millennials
I
N TWO years time, the 80-million strong Generation Y or
the Millennials (those born from 1977 to 1995) are poised to
outspend the Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964) and
become the most powerful consumers segment.
This means that the generation that drove the growth of many
major industries and brands for the last 30 years is about to be
overtaken by a new generationthat thrives on technology and does
not conform to the traditional customer pathways.
This is according to the Aspect Consumer Experience Index: Millennial Research On Customer Service, a study that reveals69 percent
of Millennials now prefer to solve their customer service issues on their
own instead of having to go through customer service channels.
The results of the study were presented by Jim Freeze, SVP and
Chief Marketing Officer of Aspect during the Aspect Advantage
Media Briefing held recently.
Freeze said special attention was given to Millennials, because
their views on customer experience usher in an entirely new wave
of digital expectations to the marketplace.
The Aspect CMO likewise warned that companies that do not
adapt will risk obsolescence as Millennials become the economic
powerhouse in the near future.
“The average consumer interacts with customer service 65
times a year, yet they are increasingly underwhelmed with an
experience that does not reflect consumers’ digital and mobile
preference nor their desire to resolve issues on their own. This
represents a tremendous missed opportunity for companies to
build business and secure customer loyalty.”
As social media becomes increasingly more important in terms
of influencing customer service issues, it has now also evolved
becoming a powerful marketing tool for companies.
“It is now very common for people to take to social media to ask
for advice and try to solve issues. As such companies should need to
be more involved and active to respond to their customer issues.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BPO’S
ASPECT SOFTWARE executives (from left) Edwin Ong, Senior Director for Marketing and Alliances in APAC and ME; Jim Freeze,
Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer; Sanjay Gupta, Managing Director for SA; and Alfred Lallana, Country Manager.
“true test” of how much a company values them. While companies
need effective strategies for all generations, they can’t afford to
ignore the increasing buying power of Millennials who are not
afraid to take their business elsewhere if left unsatisfied.
With the flexibility and nearly unlimited mobility brought on
by smartphones, consumers around the world have taken to find
issue resolution to business questions by themselves, on the go,
and whenever they want instead of relying on the constraints of
call center business hours.
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Freeze said this self-service trend presents a big opportunity
for the country’s booming Business Process Outsourcing industry. Instead of seeing the shift in customer service preference of
Millenials, BPOs should view it as an opportunity to be the first
to adapt and get ahead of the competition.
Data from the BangkoSentralngPilipinas showed that the BPO
industry is looking to overtake overseas Filipino workers (OFW)
remittances as the economy’s main economic engine.
The BSP said the BPO sector’s prospects are much brighter as revenues
are expected to grow by at least 15 percent as compared to OFW remittances from which would only grow by 6 percent at most this year.
By 2016, BPOs would earn $25 billion annually, industry
estimates showed.
Freeze said that the mindshift of looking at the contact center from an
expense to an enabler to grow topline revenues is going to be huge.
Aspect’s fully-integrated solution unifies the three most important facets of modern customer engagement strategy: customer
interaction management, workforce optimization, and back-office.
Through a full suite of cloud, hosted and hybrid deployment options, we help the world’s most demanding contact centers and
back offices seamlessly align their people, processes and touch
points to deliver remarkable customer experiences.
Part of the value proposition that Aspect offers in terms of selfservice is increasing interactions, since simple inquiries can now
be done by machines, it actually elevates the role of agent.
“Agents should be reserved for high value transactions. Not
on things that consumers can do on their own such as pulling up
accounts and providing basic information.
“Aspect can help your business participate in social interactions in a
cost-effective manner using proven contact center efficiencies and provide
you with the ability to engage with customers who are already leveraging
social media to ask for help, guidance and assistance with any issue that
is having an impact on their customer experience,” said Freeze.
ASPECT OMNI-CHANNEL AND CUSTOMER
EXPERIENCE PLATFORM
Customer experience is increasingly defined by customer
service: 76 percent of all generations view customer service as a
Aspect’s Customer Experience Platform (CXP) 14.1
streamlines the process of designing, streamlining and deploying
self-service customer contact applications across multiple communications channels, like voice, text (IM, SMS, USSD), mobile
web, social networks like Twitter and smartphone applications.
By storing Context Cookies in Aspect’s Continuity Server
during the customer journey, customers can experience continuity
when attempting to complete an interrupted transaction either at
a later time, or on a different channel.
Aspect Experience Continuity addresses this growing trend and
allows consumers to do so in a connected environment.
“Everything is changing, consumers have gone from dependent to self-reliant,” said Freeze. “We are undergoing a power
shift from brand to consumer-- with new consumer expectations.
Millennials want to do their customer service on their own time,
wherever they are and in the most convenient way possible.”
Aspect’s interaction management solutions make it easy to
deliver a consistent customer experience on voice, mobile, web
and social channels enabling mobile customers to traverse multiple
channels of engagement when seeking an answer to their question,
including self-service and agent-assisted options.
The company has also heavily invested to improve its Cloud
infrastructure. Businesses are increasingly recognizing the
compelling advantages of moving contact center infrastructure
to the cloud as they seek competitive advantages in customer
satisfaction and retention while still controlling overall costs.
The cloud streamlines the process of providing modernized, upto-date service to customers, personalizing service to meet their
preferences and demands, in addition to providing the advantages
of cost, reliability and flexibility.
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B4
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
LJK
FISH DEALER
NEW WORLD MISSION BIBLE SCHOOL
B 14, L 11 Arguelles St., St. Joseph Subd. Phase 2
Brgy. Cubay Jaro, Iloilo City
OFFERS: BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY
Tel # 320-9728 / 0917-3030597 / 0917-3050597
Dealer of High Quality Fry & Fingerlings
FREE TUITION FEE!!
BANGUS l MANGROVE SNAPPER (Mangagat)
SEABASS (Bulgan) l PRAWN, CRABS ETC.
For more info, please inquire at:
Address: Guanco St., Brgy. Sto. Domingo,
Arevalo, Iloilo City
Telephone number: (033) 501-7448
Mobile: 0947-3538812
We Also Supply And Deliver:
Quality: Fresh, Frozen & Live Seafoods
OCS Emerald
LENDING, INC.
G/F Angeles Arcade Building,
Mabini St., Iloilo City
Tel. # (033) 503-2092/09989860911
09477430528/09106034032
PROBLEMA SA KWARTA??
Kadto sa OCS LENDING…
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CIRCLE COMPUBIZ
AMERICAN SURPLUS
Rm. 19 Capiz Provincial Business Center
Front of Capiz high
Tel. No. 336-3120/396-4034
0926-1159849
ROXAS AVE. KALIBO, AKLAN
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ProSpec
Prospec Office Systems Products
45 D.B Ledesma Street, Jaro, I.C.
Tel Nos. (033) 509-7477
509 -3272 / 320-5106
email: prospecsystems@yahoo.com
RESTAURANT
(FINE DINING/FASTFOOD)
SUPERMARKET
COLLECTION/BILLING SYSTEM
DEPARTMENT STORE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
SPECIALTY STORE
DRUGSTORE
WHOLESALE
PC/Based (Point of Sale Systems)
Front-End & Back-End
Software
(BIR ACCREDITED)
Compu Sales
283 Iznart St., Iloilo City
Tel. No. (033) 336-3675 • 509-9895
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Nubo ang
Dali ang
Wala
“INTEREST”
“RELEASE”
“HIDDEN CHARGES”
PENSIONERS
SSS, GSIS, PVAO
BFP, PNP
Para sa mga
OTHER LOANS
Allotte, Business & Salary
NO AGE LIMIT
HOPE
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CORPORATION
Quezon St.,
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Tel no. 337-6703
Finance Corp.
Iznart St. Iloilo City
Tel. # 336-1840 l 336-9723
For your Financing
Needs
Accept Real Estate
& Chattel Mortgage
HOPEWELL
FINANCE
CORPoration
Q. Abeto St., Mandurriao,
Iloilo City
Tel. # (033) 321-1735
5083034
Mr. ROMEO G. CAHILGAN, JR.
Manager
Stronghold
INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.
“Your complete New-Life Insurance Company”
ILOILO BRANCH:
For More Information Text:
Brgy. San Rafael, Mandurriao, Iloilo City
09173043777 l 09088954768
Fax No. (033) 508-1490 Monday-Saturday Tel # (033) 396-5743 l 396-5744
8:00am to 5:30pm
sure-go HOLIDAY BOUND
travel & tours
educational services
OFFERS:
* Ticketing (Domestic & International)
* Educational Tours
* Lakbay Aral/Exploratory learnings
(LGU Officials & Students)
Telefax: (033) 329-5794 * (033) 396-7040
Mobile: 0917-986-9087 * 0932-705-5891
Email: surego-traveltours@rocketmail.com
Travel & Tours
Rm 148 Marymart Mall 3
Valeria St.,Iloilo City
Tel No. (033) 396-4238
Telefax ( 033) 338 -0747/
508- 4399
Mobile No. 09189400980/
0917634799/09228558271
Email:
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For Deliveries Call. 337-5645/5080365
For men
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G/F Marymart Mall Valeria St., Iloilo City
Tel# 301-14-00
Cell#. 09216392878
Services Offered:
Hair Rebond l Hair Spa l Hot Oil
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Hair Relax l Foot Spa l Manicure l
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Foot & Body
Massage
“The FIRST and the
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39 Lopez Jaena Street, La Granja Lapaz, Iloilo City
Tel. No. 508-0365
LAPAZ ( 320-8870
SARABIA ( 335-8680
DIVERSION ( 508-7750
Come and Enjoy the Pleasure of Relaxation.
We’re open at 11:00am - 11:00pm everyday
Salon
for men & Women
Second Level Plazuela de Iloilo Manduriao, Iloilo City
Landline (033) 5016521
MOBILE 0922.837.7868
Services
• Manicure 75
• Haircut 100/130
• Make Up 350
• Pedicure
80
• Footspa
250
• Haircolor 680
(Rates may Change without Prior Notice)
CF
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Invites You!!
• To be an INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR with
• Starting capital of PhP 2,500.00 for National distributors
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• Visit us at: Unit # 24 G/F Zerrudo Commercial Arcade,
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and look for BRYAN KIM BEDIA or JOANNETTE BEDIA
or call Mob # 09478910817 / Mob # 09484591758
Email add: joannettebedia@yahoo.com
AXA
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Immediate Hiring!
Smallville Riverside
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Boardwalk, Manduriao, Iloilo City
For reservation &
Inquiries call or text cp nos;
(0917)283875, (0928)5511580
B5
Contact: Mr. Vic Mina, Jr.
c/o Asian Lumber Bldg. Door 5 & 6
144 M.H. del Pilar St., Molo Iloilo City
Tel. No. 33-33399/
CP No. 0920-911-5708
LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL PRINTING
• Tarpaulin printing
• Sticker Printing
• Panaflex Sign
• Stailess Sign
• Neon Sign
• Brass Sign
• Directional Sign
• Billboard Sign
• Menu Board
Contact
ELEANOR P. BRITO
(Branch Manager)
G/F CCC Finance Bldg.
M.H. Del Pilar St., Molo, Iloilo City
Email: signrays_iloilobranch@yahoo.com
Tel# 300-11-78 / 0949-805-1870
J.B. ERECRE DESIGN
& CONSTRUCTION
WESTERN
DRIVING SCHOOL
Urban Inn Bldg., Luna St,
Lapaz I.C
Iloilo Interior, Diversion Road
Telefax: 321-3801 to 03
Cellular: 09081090939
email: cosmopolitan_interior@yahoo.com
AGRO-VET
TRADING
Mr. Gaspar Igona
Proprietor
Tabuc Suba, Jaro
Iloilo City
Tel. No. 329 6001
Tel. No. 338-0655
Cel. No. 0928-5019744
NCI
INC.
FOODWEALTH
2nd Level, Robinson’s
Place Iloilo City
Tel. Nos.
(033) 5086871 ) 3381229
Ledesma Street Iloilo City
Sales: (033) 337-6140
Service: (033) 337-2083
Telefax: (033) 337-0132
COSMOPOLITAN
Office: 509-92-04
J&R Family
Digital
Studio
22 AMA Bldg., Delgado St., Iloilo City
Iloilo Lucky Auto
Supply, Inc.
E-mail: iloilolucky@gmail.com
Cell: 09082535100/09985497280
E-mail add: cpedigitaldesign@yahoo.com.ph
Website: Erecre Group Realty & Construction
Office address: Door 5, Ground Floor,
Zerrudo Commercial Complex
E. Lopez Street, Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines
AMA Computer Learning Center
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monthly subsidy of P20,000,
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-30 to 50 years old
-At least two years sales experience,
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Tel# 033-5086090
Cp# 09499630496
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(permit to operation driving school)
KRYZ CULINARY ARTS &
RESTAURANT SERVICES INSTITUTE
2F, Cischo Bldg., Brgy. Mabolo
Delgado, Iloilo City
Tel. # 508-6714 l 8570704
Cell # 0908-9289284
SHORT COURSES OFFERED
1. Cookery NC II (316 hrs.)
2. Food and Beverage Service NC II
3. Bread and Pastry Production NC II
4. Bread and Pastry Production NC II
+ Singapore
R&L
Aircon
Repair Shop
Brgy. Buhang
Taft North, Mandurriao,
Iloilo City
Tel No. 321-3272
NORKIS GROUP OF COMPANIES
NORKIS 5R SERVICES, INC.
“SELLING SLIGHTLY USED MOTORCYCLE’’
Offered:
Cash or installment basis
• Low Down payment for only P 1,000 pesos.
• 24 months installment plan
• Sells volume of motorcycles with a minimum
of 5 units.
VISIT US @ COM. CIVIL JARO ILOILO CITY
OR CALL ( 033 ) 329-1646/509-3020
Contact:
Ms. Edna Pabicon
(Senior Manager)
Cell. No:0927-504-9705
Main Office @ Q. Abeto St.,
Tel No.: (033) 5093362
Telefax: (033) 3211737
La Paz Branch: 329-7015
Mission Branch: 329-3798
Email: EVZPHARMA@YAHOO.COM
www.evzcorp.com
DIVE ROAD
Resto & Grill
DIVE ROAD
Auto Spa
Carwash & Detailing Center
“We Pamper Your Car”
Brgy. San Rafael,
Diversion Road, Iloilo City
Tel. # 302-8178
Life Insurance Company, Inc.
Since 1963
G/F SM City, Mandurriao,
Iloilo City
Te l . N o . 3 2 0 - 4 5 8 1
ILOILO
MASTER
TRADERS
Mabini St., Iloilo City
Tel.# 335-1280
We sell:
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Owned & Managed by:
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Tel. # (036) 522-7818
Mobile No. 0917-300-1210
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Antique Branch
St. Joseph Bldg. Cor. Governor Villavert St., &
Gen. Fullon St. San Jose Antique
Pls. Contact:
Capt. Nelson C. Villamor
09195607777/(033) 336-0793
Email: newvistamar@yahoo.com.ph
JARO, ILOILO
TEL NO. (033) 3297918
CABLE STAR, INC
Dra. RIZALINA V. BERNARDO
Ave. Brgy San Rafael,
Tel # (033) 3213413
Fax No. 508-9069
EVZ PHARMACY
“Customer Service
is our Pride”
Wholesaler & Retailer
Free delivery in Panay
and Guimaras
Prudential
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Buhang Taft North, Mandurriao, Iloilo City
l
Philippine
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STA BARBARA, ILOILO
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NHOYGLADZ
TAPALES
VETERINARY CLINIC
DR. REYNALDO S. TAPALES
Veterinarian
399 Huervana Street
La Paz, Iloilo City
Tel. No. 320-1383
AUTO SALES
&
CAR WASH
Diversion Road, Taft North,
Tel. No. 321-1012
Mr. RODOLFO L. BORRES
Proprietor
B6 Wednesday, August 19, 2015
community
Guardian
the daily
Read and Respected
RD 3850’s young leaders
plant 1,000 mangroves
Story and photos
by Elyrose S. Naorbe
MORE or less 120 Rotaractors,
Interactors and Rotarians from
the Rotaract District 3850 took
part in saving the environment
by planting 1, 000 mangroves at
Brgy. Punta Taytay in Bacolod
City, Negros Occidental, August 16, 2015.
The activity included 21 Rotaract Clubs and three Interact
Clubs from Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Dipolog, Iligan and
Zamboanga City.
The mangrove planting
which started 5 a.m. was one
of the activities in the annual
celebration of Rotaract District
Assembly (DISTAS) hosted
by Rotaractors from Negros
Occidental.
The planting area in Punta
Taytay village is one of the
largest mangrove sites in Negros Occidental.
According to District Rotaract Representative Joy Ann
Ardiente, the event was very
successful with the full support of most of the clubs in the
district.
“Over-all the DISTAS 2015
has been a success for it serves
as an avenue for the Rotaractors
and Interactors to come together harmoniously to serve and
fellowship,” Ardiente added.
Kevin Nuevaespaña of the
Rotaract Club of Metro Iloilo
said he learned a lot about the
goals, vision and background
of Rotaract Club while gaining more friends from different
regions comprising the district
3850.
“My first time was indeed a
worthy experience for me since
I got to learn what Rotaract is
and its mission in the world and
because of this, I think will seriously pursue my membership
and live the mantra of service
above self,” he added.
Ardiente also thanked District Governor Oliver Ong of
Mindanao, District Rotaract
Chairman John Michael Ng of
Iloilo, District Interact Chairman Chris Sorongon of Negros,
the DISTAS team led by its
Chair Roxanne Dinaga and all
the Rotaract and Interact Clubs
and their respective Rotary
Clubs.
Rotaract stands for “Rotary
in Action” although the name
originally comes from a combination of “Rotary” and “Interact” (International + Action)
which was created by Rotary
RD 3850’s/pB7
THE speakers with Rotary District 3850 leaders.
PAST DRR Ace Viñarta delivers a lecture before the Club’s Best
Class Presidents.
DISTRICT Governor Oliver Ong discusses the purpose of Rotaract
Clubs during the DISTAS 2015.
DRR Joy Ann Ardiente leads the mangrove planting
RAC Metro Iloilo Rotaractors also support the mangrove planting
78 couples
to wed on
Charter Day
By M. A. De los Santos
SEVENTY-eight unwed couples in Iloilo City are set to
marry in a mass civil wedding
ceremony August 24, 2 p.m. at
Amigo Terrace Hotel.
Chyt Rejaba, overall coordinator of the Red Ladies group,
said the mass wedding is part of
the city’s Charter Day celebration this month.
Couples who will avail
of the civil wedding rites to
be officiated by Mayor Jed
Patrick Mabilog are indigents
who are mostly enrolled in
the government’s Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program,
she said.
The couples are required
to plant trees at Calajunan
where the city’s dumpsite is
located.
The wedding is for free as a
tax ordinance exempts indigent
couples from paying wedding
registration fees.
The group, with the support of the city government,
is organizing the activity to
help the couples meet the legal
requirements with regard to
the benefits of their children
or spouses.
Rejaba said the mass
wedding is the fourth
the group organized this
year.
Red Ladies organized similar activity in February 14 with
172 wedded couples; May
27 – 64; and July 28 at BJMP
jail – 32.
The group is set to host
another mass wedding on October 21.
Interested couples can visit
Red Ladies Office at the 5th
floor, Iloilo City Hall for inquiries.
ROTARACTORS from Western Mindanao support DISTAS 2015.
INDUCTION of Rotaract District 3850 officers.
DIFFERENT Clubs under District 3850 join together in saving Mother Earth by planting
mangroves.
WEST Visayas State University Rotaractors plant mangroves.
COMELEC’s ‘No bio No boto registration August 20-21
T
he Commission on Elections in Iloilo City
will hold the ‘No Bio, No Boto’ registration
on August 20-21, 2015 from 10am onwardsat
SM City Iloilo.
The activity is set-up in a bid to reach out to more
voters in connection with the poll body’s ramped-up
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“No Bio No Boto” campaign. The voter registration
and validation process will be a lot easier and accessible to all, as holding the event in the mall will
reach a broader number of voters.
Voters are encouraged to come on these dates as
those with no biometric data, stand to face disenfran-
chisement in 2016 unless they submit themselves for
voter validation, the process of digitally capturing
a voter’s photograph, fingerprints and signature to
complete his registration record.
The ‘No Bio,NoBoto will be located at the lower
ground floor near Toy Kingdom.
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Torres’ Blood in Dispute
sold-out in Cambodia
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Read and Respected
Resident Evil 6 will
be The Final Chapter
W
E ALREADY know
that the latest chapter in the Resident
Evil film franchise has already
been green lighted and set for
release January 2017.
But it is only now that we
found out that it’s also going to
be the last for the franchise.
Its title being “Resident
Evil: The Final Chapter” is
already a clear indication that
this is the end; and one of its
main stars, Ali Larter confirmed
it as well.
The history of “Resident
Evil” film franchise is very interesting. The first movie which
really did not do a good job in
adapting the game was a critical
failure, but it was able to bring in awful, but many (like me) would
a substantial $100 million plus justify that it finally found its
identity, embracing its juvenile
in the box office, which
wasn’t bad, given its ReymundoSalao nerd sensibility.
But then we
$33 million budget.
Just Another were
sure that we
And from then on, Film Junkie
would one day see
its sequels kept comthe series end. And
ing in with financial
it’s best that it be
success after financial
given a proper end
success. None of the
than just something
movies exceeded the
discontinued.
$65-million budget
In an IGN interlimit, and they were
view
with
Ali
Larter,
who plays
guaranteed to bring in a couple hundred million dollars Claire Redfield in “Resident
Evil: Extinction” and “Resident
apiece.
Although their successes Evil: Afterlife,” she was asked
were never landmarks, the fran- if the film subtitled “The Final
chise did good business. The Chapter” will actually be the
quality of these movies may be final chapter of the franchise. “I
Ceb..
from p.B1
Ancillary revenues also went up by
15% to P5.092 billion. Improved online
bookings, together with a wider range of
ancillary revenue products and services,
contributed to the increase.
Cargo revenues for the first half of 2015
likewise surged by 11.4% to P1.601 billion,
from P1.437 billion last year. “The CEB group’s notable 1H 2015 passenger growth was driven by the launch of
China..
from p.B1
Palawan coastal communities.
Presently, our fishermen
who used to fish in now contested areas can no longer go
near the Scarborough Shoal,
he said.
Jose said China’s reclamation pose serious impact to the
marine resources and ecosystem in the area.
We estimate that more than
know it is,” was Larter’s confident response.
Larter continues:
“How many movies have
this kind of fanbase and get
to be made six times? I think
that’s extraordinary. It’s a total
testament to [series star] Milla
[Jovovich] and Paul [W.S.
Anderson]. I’m so grateful to
them, that they chose me to be
a part of it halfway through,
and they’ve kept me along
for the ride. I love that it’s not
seven men and one woman. I
mean, these are two women,
and they’re not competing with
each other. You know, there are
such easy clichés these two
could fall into, but this is defi-
CEB’s operations in Narita, and new long
haul routes including Riyadh, Sydney, and
Kuwait; and the launch of additional domestic routes. We look forward to offering our
trademark low fares to even more passengers
this year,” said Atty. JR Mantaring, Cebu Pacific Officer-in-Charge, Corporate Affairs.
CEB’s 55-strong fleet is comprised of
10 Airbus A319, 31 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus
A330 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. It is one
of the most modern aircraft fleets in the
world. Between 2015 and 2021, CEB will
800,000 hectares of coral reefs
were destroyed in China’s
reclamation and construction
activities, he said.
“800,000 hectares is equivalent to about 1,000 football
fields, imagine that impact,”
he said.
“Coral reefs are spawning
and breeding grounds of different fish species. If these marine
species have no place to breed,
it will affect our food supply,”
nitely a female power movie.”
When asked to elaborate on
the current movie...
“We are not allowed to say
one thing. I am held to secrecy,
but what I can tell you is that
the script is amazing. They’re
really wrapping up the whole
series, so that just makes it a
little more poignant. To be able
to come back and reprise my
role as Claire and my relationship with Alice, with Umbrella
Corp. – you know, I’m excited
to get back in it. I think the fans
are just going to be beyond
excited.”
“Resident Evil: The Final
Chapter” is set to be released
January 27, 2017.
KAPUSO stars Mikael Daez and Andrea Torres are certainly one
of GMA Network’s most-sought after love teams, both locally and
abroad, after a sold-out premiere night of their GMA and CTN
co-produced mini-TV series Blood in Dispute in Cambodia.
The premiere night at the Legend Cinema was the highlight of
the CTN Star Tour in Cambodia organized by GMA Worldwide,
Inc., GMA’s content distribution arm, and CTN, Cambodia’s
leading television network.
According to CTN, it was the first time that a local Khmer
movie had sold out as the pair’s fans flocked to the cinema to see
their favorite Filipino stars. The series’ premiere was well-received
as Mikael and Andrea impressed the crowd with their performance,
along with their Cambodian co-stars Khat Vaihang, Meas Thorn
Sreynai and veteran actor Mr. Tep Rindaro.
Mikael expressed his gratitude for the support from their fans
in Cambodia, as well as the effort that was put into organizing the
premiere night. “I was really impressed with the way they prepared
for the premiere of Blood in Dispute. To the producers and the
production crew, my sincerest gratitude! And to the fans who
supported our movie, our heartfelt appreciation for making the
premiere a big success. We hope to bring you more collaboration
projects between the Philippines and Cambodia,” he says.
Andrea also conveyed her tremendous gratitude to their Cambodian fans and hopes they enjoy the series. “Thank you very,
very, very much for the support you have been giving me and
Mikael. Cambodia is like a second home because of your love.
We’re always happy to visit you and make good movies! Enjoy
Blood in Dispute!” she shares.
With the rising demand for GMA content in the Asian region,
Mikael and Andrea have gained a sizeable following after the
airing of their series Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga on CTN.
“Whenever we sell our dramas, we not only promote the content
and our Filipino culture, but our stars as well. If the dramas rate
well in a particular country, our talents gain recognition internationally. The very warm reception by local fans during our star
tour promos proves that our talents have the potential of making
it big outside the domestic market,” says GMA Worldwide, Inc.
Vice President Roxanne J. Barcelona.
Mikael and Andrea had an eventful weekend in Cambodia,
which included an interview and a pictorial with CTN for Blood
in Dispute, as well as a courtesy call with His Excellency Christian B. Montero, Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia. They
also took some time off to experience the local cuisine and meet
their fans.
Blood in Dispute, also produced by Phum Pich Films, will
begin airing in Cambodia on CTN and is scheduled to premiere
in the Philippines on GMA this year.
take delivery of 7 more brand-new Airbus
A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 16 ATR
72-600 aircraft.
For bookings and inquiries, guests can
go to www.cebupacificair.com or call the
reservation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or
(+6332)230-8888. They may also download the Cebu Pacific official mobile app
on the App Store and Play Store.
The latest seat sales can also be found on
CEB’s official Twitter (@CebuPacificAir)
and Facebook pages.
he added.
Jose said the government
provided the affected fishermen with “payao” so they
can fish even in shallow waters. The government is also
strengthening the capability
of the Philippine Coast Guard
so they can escort Filipino
fishermen who ventures into
fishing, so, they would not be
subjected to harassment, he
concluded.
RD 3850’s..
from p.B2
International in 1962.
The purpose of Rotaract
is to provide an opportunity
for young men and women to
enhance the knowledge and
skills that will assist them
in personal development,
to address the physical and
social needs of their communities, and to promote
Kapuso stars Andrea Torres and Mikael Daez at the premiere
night of their first international project Blood in Dispute.
better relations between all
people worldwide through a
framework of friendship and
service
Rotaract conducts many
programs, which are activities
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the daily
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Discovering Iloilo through
Stand-Up Paddleboards
By Bombette G. Marin
IVERS gave birth to
the world’s most extraordinary cities and
empires.
Its calm waters shaped lands
and history aside from being
a fertile abode for plants and
animals.
The Iloilo River, which runs
through the heart of Iloilo City,
is 15 kilometers long. Its water
flows from the town of Oton via
the Batiano Creek and traverses
through some of the most populated areas in the city – La Paz,
Mandurriao, Molo, Arevalo and
the City Proper.
The Iloilo River played a
fundamental role in the lives,
history, culture and civilization of the Ilonggos. It was
major mode of transportation
and source of water, food, and
livelihood.
It supports 22 mangrove species out of 35 national species
and is home to 634 hectares of
fishponds blessed with 31 species of fish, crabs and shrimps
which provide livelihood to
130 fisherfolks.
Charmed by the beauty of
Iloilo River? It’s not surprising because it is filled with
unforgettable fusion of distinctive sights. Almost all of the
developments happening in
this city are situated along this
river which promises historical,
musical, and gustatory experiences.
Iloilo River will be a perfect
setting for stand-up paddle
R
boards, a new eco-adventure
to be launched August 29-31,
2015.
This is an unforgettable
experience you can share with
your family and friends.
Relatively new in the Philippines, Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is now fast becoming as one of the country’s
newest sporting adventure. It
is a wholesome activity for
outdoor enthusiasts who seek
fun and excitement while appreciating the serene beauty of
the nature.
Iloilo is one of the very few
places which will have the
opportunity to learn this new
sport. This fantastic mode of
travelling slows life down and
allows you to soak up every
ounce of beauty along this
iconic body of water.
Stand-Up Paddleboards
(SUP) offer a fun, relaxing
way to play on water. With
minimum gear, you can paddle
through placid lakes and rivers.
Not only is stand-up paddle
boarding great fun, it’s also
great for fitness as it delivers
full-body workout and has become a popular cross-training
activity. And since you stand on
your full height, you can enjoy
unique views of everything
around you.
With a maximum of 30
students daily from August 29
(Friday) till August 31 (Saturday), one can learn SUP while
getting a closer glimpse of
must-see sights around the city
along the Iloilo River.
Coaching sessions start 8
a.m. to 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to
5 p.m.
Registration fee is at P800
per student daily.
So, come discover the magic
of Iloilo City the Stand-Up
Paddleboarding advantage.
For more information, please
contact The Climbers Nest
through Mr. Edmund Noblesada Santos at 09993417387 or
09054812402 or email at aquahobbiesphilippines@gmail.
com or at the Office of Culture,
Arts, History and Tourism at
(033) 3384910.

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