P 8.00
VOLUME 6
NUMBER 38
MON - TUE
SEPT 3 - 4, 2012
WITH NEW AIRPORT PLAN
PAL ‘sabotaging’ Clark
BY BONG Z. LACSON
A
NGELES CITY — “The imperial dragon breathed fire on Clark,
to burn down all its potentials as
the Philippines’ premier international
gateway.”
Thus said the broad-based advocacy group Pinoy
Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) in reaction to what it
called the “denigration” cast by Philippine Airlines
president Ramon S. Ang against the Clark International Airport.
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FOR CIA AS PREMIER GATEWAY
ABE supports
PGKM’s call
MOVIE PREMIERE. SM’s Millie Dizon, Angel Aquino, Maria Isabel Lopez Lopez, Rep. Catalina
Bagasina, Director Brillante Mendoza, Angie Hizon, Landlee Quiwa, Ronnie Lazaro and Sid Lucero
at the premiere showing of ‘Captive’ at SM City Pampanga on Sunday.
PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
‘Captive’ premieres
in SM City Pampanga
Director asks cabalens to support advocacy
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “I urge you not just to be
proud of my achievements as director. But support my
advocacy.”
Thus said multi-awarded director Brillante Mendoza
just before the premiere showing of his movie “Captive”
at the SM City Pampanga here on Sunday.
Mendoza said he left to other directors making
movies for “entertainment” while taking on movies that
“showed vital lessons of life.”
He expressed the hope that his movies will be a
vehicle to promote “good changes” for the people in the
country.
Captive is Mendoza’s latest film which had its debut at the 62ndBerlin Film Festival last February. Running two hours and 30 minutes, the film is adapted from
the Dos Palmas resort kidnapping in Palawan in May
2001 which ended after 337 days when the surviving
hostages, including foreigners, were rescued from the
Abu Sayyaf.
The SM group through Millie F. Dizon, vice president for marketing and communications, has been supportive of Mendoza and his films.
SM City Pampanga mall manager Lana Erroba
joined Dizon in welcoming Mendoza who was mobbed
by his fans wanting to take pictures with him.
The SM said the event created another history in
the province of Pampanga. It was a first time to host
the premiere of an international film.
The event was attended by some of national and
local government officials, school heads as well as
friends from the national and local media. Some of
Captive’s casts also graced the occasion, including
Angel Aquino, Ma. Isabel Lopez, Ronnie Lazaro and
Sid Lucero.
The Film Development Council of the Philippines in
its inspirational message lauded Mendoza for his contribution to the country’s film industry.
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ANGELES CITY – A local
political party with 20,000
card-bearing members
has expressed full support
to the development of the
Clark International Airport
(CIA) in Pampanga as the
country’s premier international gateway.
The Partido Abe Kapampangan (PAK), in a
statement sent last week
by its President Alex Cauguiran, said it “expresses
its full support to the statement and position of the
Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) calling for
the decongestion of Metro
Manila and the development of the regions (north
of Metro Manila).”
“The PGKM position
not only makes sense in
addressing the perennial
flooding problems in Metro
Manila, which was
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Hanjin delivers
$60-M bulk carrier
BY DING CERVANTES
CLARK FREEPORT - Subic-based Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industry and Construction Co.,
Ltd. (Hanjin) delivered recently another huge ship
costing $60 million it manufactured for a multinational client in London.
The M/V RTM Cartier, named after a French explorer and the second bulk carrier purchased by Rio
Tinto Shipping Ltd., measures 299.9 meters and
weighs 204,000 deadweight metric tons, said the
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
The ship sailed off after a naming ceremony held
at Hanjin’s 300-hectare state-of-the-art shipyard facility in Subic Bay Freeport, attended by Rio Tinto’s
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PNoy: PHL, Subic now open for business
BY MALOU DUNGOG
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT
— The Philippines, especially Subic, is now open
for business, as the country begins to reap the fruits
of good governance, according to President Benigno Aquino II.
In a speech delivered
by Maritime Industry Authority deputy administrator Nicasio Conti on behalf
of the chief executive during the recent Subic Bay
Maritime Conference and
Exhibit here, President
Aquino said that the country’s efforts in regaining the
national dignity and the
confidence of the world
send a clear message that
the Philippines is ready.
“From weeding out corruption and government in
society, to prudently
spending our budget, to
streamlining our business
processes at the national
and local levels, we are
continuing to regain our
national dignity and the
confidence of the world in
our capabilities,” he said.
“The Philippines is open for
business and the Filipino
people mean business.”
Mr. Aquino also noted
the recent upgrades given
by international rating
agencies to the country
and said that these recognition by international observers gave the Philippines new opportunities for
development.
“From Luzon to Mindanao, the gears of development are turning, providing opportunities and possibilities that we could only
imagine in the past,” he
said.
At the same time,
President Aquino also noted the rise of Subic as a
major logistics hub.
“Here in Subic, we are
seeing the emergence of
a world-class logistics and
investments hub in South-
east Asia. With the Philippines as the fourth largest shipbuilding nation
worldwide, boasting the
construction of 117 ships
in 2011, we are becoming
an excellent alternative location for shipbuilding and
ship repair,” Mr. Aquino
said.
He further noted that
the development that the
country is enjoying is a
product of Filipino ingenuity and action.
Mr. Aquino then pointed out the importance of
good governance in national development and how it
brings out the best in the
Filipino people: “Good and
conscientious governance
yields positive results, igniting a virtuous cycle of
continuous prosperity
founded on trust and competence, and at the core
of our reform agenda —
the empowerment of the
common Filipino: to aspire, to work harder, to be
more productive, for the
greater good of our people. “
“We are witnessing the
growth for our nation,
reaching its fullest potential,” he added.
With this, Mr. Aquino
asked everyone to unite to
ensure that the country
remain on course towards
progress.
“By working hand in
hand to ensure that democracy, standards and
cooperation prevail because every venture won,
every investment obtained,
every job created in our
land is not only the victory
of an enterprise but the
success of one Filipino
movement, of a nation
treading the straight and
righteous path, towards a
more equitable, a more
modern, more peaceful
Philippines,” he stated.
The first Subic Bay
Maritime Conference and
Exhibit was successfully
held here last week, with
more than 500 shippers
and shipping line operators attending the two-day
event at the Subic Bay
Exhibition and Convention
Center.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
Chairman Roberto Garcia
said that representatives
from various shipping and
logistics companies from
as far as South Africa,
Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan, aside
from the Philippines, attended the forum which
focused on the advantages of Subic as a logistics
and investment hub.
Garcia said the maritime conference should be
an eye opener because
the Port of Subic has one
of the most beautiful and
technologically-advanced container terminals in the whole country, and it is now ready for
business as an alternative
port to Manila.
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of JOSE M. OCAMPO who died
intestate on April 14, 2012 executed an Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver
of Rights of his estate more particularly described as follows:
1. Meralco Employees Savings & Loan Association Capital Contribution
amounting to P15,555.27 more or less and Savings Deposit amounting to
P13,620.08 more or less;
2. Meralco Employees Savings & Loan Association Death Benefit
amounting to P100,000.00, more or less; and
3. Meralco Supplemental Death Benefit amounting to P_________,
more or less..
Punto! Central Luzon: August 28, September 4 & 11, 2012
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of CARLOS BATAC and
POTENCIANA DEL ROSARIO BATAC who died intestate on February
12, 1996 and August 11, 2012, respectively, in Angeles City executed an
Extrajudicial Settlement of their estate more particularly described as parcels
of land with existing improvements (Lot 6, Block 14 of the consolidation
subd. Plan (LRC) Pcs-5331, being a portion of the consolidation of lots 3
and 8 Pcs-4920 and lots 3 and 8 Psd-4920 and lot 4-B-2 (LRC) Psd-62216,
L.R.C. Record No. 8715) situated in the Barrio of San Jose and Sto.
Domingo, City of Angeles and covered by TCT No. 51809 of the Registry
of Deeds of Angeles City; and (Lot 8, Block 14 of the consolidation subd.
Plan (LRC) Pcs-5331, being a portion of the consolidation of lots 3 and 8
Psd-4920 and lot 4-B-2 (LRC) Psd-62216, L.R.C. Record No. 8715) situated
in the Barrio of San Jose and Sto. Domingo, City of Angeles and covered
by TCT No. 51810 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City
Punto! Central Luzon: August 28, September 4 & 11, 2012
NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE. Gov. Lilia "Nanay" Pineda inculcates to the Capitol employees the duties
and responsibilities of a public servant, this is inline with the celebration of the 112th Year
Anniversary of Civil Service Commissin (CSC).
PHOTO COURTESY OF JUN JASO, PIO
HAMON SA BULAKENYO
Basahin ang mga katha ni Plaridel
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
NI DINO BALABO
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BULAKAN, Bulacan—Namumukod tangi ang mga
katha ni Gat Marcelo H. DelPilar at hindi pa ito napapantayan sa buong kasaysayan ng modernongpanitikang Pilipino.
Ngunit nabasa mo ba ang mga katha ng dakilang
propagandistang Bulakenyo?
Ito ang hamong binitiwan ni Santiago Gabionza, ang
grandmaster ngFree and Accepted Masons of the Philippines noong Agosto 30 kaugnay ngpagdiriwang ng
ika-162 kaarawan ni Del Pilar na mas kilala sa tawag
na”Plaridel.”
Sa kanyang talumpating binasa sa nasabing araw
ng pagdiriwang,nagpahayag si Gabionza ng pagtataka
sa kawalan ng Bulakenyongnaninindigan sa mga katha
ni Plaridel.
“Bakit walang Bulakenyo ang nagsasabi na ang mga
katha ni Del Pilar,ang Dasalan at Tuksuhan, Ang Amain
Namin, Aba Ginoong Barya at Aba PoSanta Barya ay
namumukod tangi at hindi pa napantayan ng mga katha
sabuong kasaysayan ng modernong panitikang Pilipino, isang tagumpay ngpanitikang Pilipino,” ani Gabionza.
Iginiit pa niya na, “Sapat nang mabasa ninyong lahat ang mga kathangito para masabing ‘Oo naganap
na ang pagbabago.’”
Ayon pa kay Gabionza, si Plaridel ay nagmula sa
pamilya ng makatangunit dalawang tula lamang ang
kanyang naisulat.
Ito daw ay mas pinili ng bayani na “mag-ulat at isulat ang buhay sapayak na anyo ng sanaysay” na
inilarawan niya na isang paglihis satradisyon ng pagtula ni Gat FranciscoBalagtas.
Sa paglihis na ito, nilinaw ni Gabionza na “isang
bagong daigdig angsukat na bumukas, mga diwang ma-
haharot at madudulas, mga salitangdiretso atmatatalas, ang kapatid na Plaridel ay maestro ng ng tudla
otinatawag na estilong satiriko.”
Binigyang diin din niya ang impluwensiya ni Plaridel sa pagpapakilalakay Gat Jose Rizal sa masang
Pilipino.
“Sa pamamagitan ni Plaridel nakilala ng masang
Pilipino si Jose Rizal,sa kanyang talino panulat at talumpati, wari bang binautismuhan niyasi kapatid na Rizal
sa lilim ng malaking puno dito sa makasaysayangbayanng Bulakan,” ani Gabionza.
Sinabi niya na mapapalad ang mga Bulakenyo sa
pagkakamit ng isangbayaning katulad ni Plaridel na nagsimula ng unang himagsikan ngisipan laban sa kamangmangan sa bansa.
Nguniy nagpahayag siya ng kalungkutan at sinabing, “mantakin niyonoong panahon ng kadiliman at paniniil, mistulang paghihimagsik na anggusto nating pagbalbal ng banal. Ngunit lalong malaking paghihimagsikpa na ang pagbalbal ng banal ay mainit pang tinanggap ng buongsambayanan sa malulutong na tawanan.”
Dagdag pa niya, “Samakatuwid, sa antas ng talino
at isipan, hindi bagadito sa lalawigang Bulacan ang
unang sigaw, este, unang tawanan nghimagsikan? Lalo
pa’t bukod tanging si Del Pilar lamang ang lantaranggumawa ng ganitong uri ng satiriko sa tamang kasaysayan sa tamangpambansang panitikan.”
Ayon pa sa talumpati ni Gabionza, “wala nang sumunod na manunulat saestilo tapang at talino ni Del Pilar,
at sa kabila ng lahat, bakitatin pang itinatago sa halip
na ilantad ang katangi tangi niyangkatha sa ating mga
kabataan?”
Bukod dito, ipinagtaka rin niya kung bakit walang
iskolar na nagdedeklara na ang unang himagsikan ng
isipan mula sa kamangmangan atpananakop ay naganap sa Bulacan.
Notice is hereby given that the heirs of ARMANDO B. GUANZON
who died intestate on September 21, 2008 in Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Medical Center, City of San Fernando executed an Extrajudicial Settlement
of his estate more particularly described as foloows:
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 386952
“A parcel of land (Lot 8, Block 1 of the consolidation-subdivision plan
(LRC) Pcs-3651, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 1-22, Blk 1,
Creek Lot 1 and Ditch Lot 1, (LRC) Psd-6187, (LRC) GLRO Rec. Nos. 699,
875 & 917) situated in the Barrio of Mapuntod, Mun. of Mandaluyong, Prov.
of Rizal.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 209746-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 1 of the consolidation subd. plan (LRC) Pcs26470, approved as a non-sibd. project, being a portion of the consolidation
Lot 1 = psu211371, Parcel 28, Lot 29, Psdu-9189 and Psu-116237 LRC
Rec. No. N-45777) 15407 & 88) situated in the Bo. of San Vicente, Mun. of
Sta., Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 495456-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 685-A-28-F of the subd. plan Psd-03-113642,
being a portion of Lot 685-A-28, Psd-03-095274, LRC Rec. No.__), situated
in the Bo. of Cangatba, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 515371-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 685-A-1-K of the subd. plan Psd-03-105649,
being a portion of Lot 685-A-1, Psd-03-095274, LRC Rec. No.__), situated
in the Bo. of Cangatba, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 515370-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 685-A-1-J of the subd. plan Psd-03-105649,
being a portion of Lot 685-A-1, Psd-03-095274, LRC Rec. No.__), situated
in the Bo. of Cangatba, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 515369-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 685-A-1-I of the subd. plan Psd-03-105649, being
a portion of Lot 685-A-1, Psd-03-095274, LRC Rec. No.__), situated in the
Bo. of Cangatba, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 166259-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 2-G of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-260710, being
a portion of Lot 2, Psu-91940-Amd., LRC Rec. No. N-27162), situated in
the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of Guagua, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 150528-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 6 of the consolidation and subd. plan Pcs-03000091, being a portion of the consolidation lots 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10), situated in
the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of Guagua, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 330666-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 2295-B-4 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-234760,
being a portion of Lot 2295-B, Psd-206271, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 145),
situated in the Bo. of San Juan, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 515369-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 685-A-1-I of the subd. plan Psd-03-105649, being
a portion of Lot 685-A-1, Psd-03-095274, LRC Rec. No.__), situated in the
Bo. of Cangatba, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga.
Transfer Certificate of Title No. 330667
“A parcel of land (Lot 2295-B-5 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-234760,
being a portion of Lot 2295-B, Psd-03-206271, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 145),
situated in the Bo. of San Juan, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga.
Original Certificate of Title No. P-3832
(Lot 448, Ts-308)
“Beginning at point marked “1” of Lot 448, Ts-308, being N. 38-08-E.,
783.48 m. from BLLM #1, Ts-308, thence S. 54-35 E., 7.52 m. to point 4;
-S. 28-34 W., 15.33 m. to point 3 N. 50-04 W., 12.08 m. to poimt 4; - N. 4605 e., 14.52 m. to poimt 1 Point of beginning.
Punto! Central Luzon: August 28, September 4 & 11, 2012
LAZATIN’S CAMP:
EDPAM:
Pamintuan’s claims Road project came
immaterial, baseless thru my intercession
THE camp of Pampanga First District
Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin today dismissed as immaterial and baseless the
statement of Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan
that the P100 million west circumferential
road nearly scuttled because of the Lazatin’s failure to donate a portion of the lot.
Irish “IC” Calaguas, Lazatin Chief
Political Affairs Officer, said for the record,
the claims and accusations of Mayor Ed
Pamintuan, “as far as we are concerned,
are all immaterial and baseless since as
we said earlier, the budget for the West
Circumferential Road are already with
DPWH and it is due for bidding this November and will be constructed early next year.
“What the Honorable Mayor is claiming is water under the bridge now. We
have no time for politicking and for arguing, basta si Cong. Lazatin and DPWH
will implement the project for the benefit
of our people. At iyon ang pinakamahalaga sa amin,” said Calaguas.
But for the record, last September
2011, “I myself and Engr. David David of
the City Planning and Development Office, held a meeting at Jungle Base where
I told him that Congressman Lazatin and
his family is very much willing to donate
the lot provided they have to show proof
that other owners will also donate their
lots first,” Calaguas said.
“Sabi ko kay Engr. David, ido-donate
ng mag Lazatin yan provided mauna ang
iba dahil nasa dulo naman ang property
ng mga Lazatin.”
Calaguas also said that Mayor Pamintuan is probably misinformed when he
claimed that 17 families have already
submitted their deed of donations.
We have talked with Councilor Atty.
Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno yesterday
where he informed us that their family is
still processing donations of relevant real
properties.
Calaguas also said we obtained a
copy of a communication from DPWH,
dated June 12, 2012, where Mayor Pamintuan stated that 13 families have yet to
donate their lands, including the Lazatins,
Nepomucenos, Lim’s, Ocampo’s and
Narciso’s; companies such as Neplum,
Transtrade Inc., Boaz Realty.
“Basta kami magsisilbi na lang kami
sa bayan because that is what is expected from Cong. Lazatin,” Calaguas said.
ANGELES CITY – Mayor Edgardo “Ed”
Pamintuan on Monday said his “timely
and incessant” intercession with the Department of public Works and Highways
effected the P100-million rehabilitation
work at the West Circumferential
road..
In statement sent via SMS txt message, Pamintuan said “I never argued
on other projects allotted to the congressional districts, like funds from
road board, farm to market, etc.”
“What I am pointing out are the big
ticket projects like the ‘DPWH- DOT
Convergence Infra which I advanced and
proposed to be taken up during the
series of meetings held by the Regional Development Council in different
provinces and cities of which I’m the
chair of the RDC for tourism,” Pamintuan texted.
“If not for my timely and incessant
intercession, to DPWH and RDC officials on infra, the four-lane expansion
and widening of the circumferential
road, will not have been included because of Cong. Lazatin’s failure to submit to my office the deed of donation
of his land which is a portion of the
circumferential road,” he added.
Pamintuan further said he asked
the DPWH and other concerned government agencies to accept the other
deeds of donation for the project while
they were waiting for the deed of donation of Lazatin.
“Pinakiusap lang namin na tanggapin ang mga iba na isubmit na ang deed
of donation, and to follow na lang ang
ke Cong. Tarzan. Isang araw nalang
natitira nun, they okayed it,” said Pamintuan.
Last Thursday, Pamintuan described Lazatin as a “little desperate,
little confused credit-grabber” after the
congressman reported that the said
road project was to be undertaken by
his office with the Angeles City SubOffice of the Department of Public Works
and Highways.
”The West Circumferential Road,
along with P 5 . 1 - b i l l i o n f o r o t h e r
projects for Angeles City are my proposals which I have vigorously
pushed before the RDC,” he added.
– JOEY PAVIA
NE MAYOR SLAY
Suspects
plead
not guilty
CEB’s Iyog joins CIAC’s Luciano and DOT-3’s Tiotuico join competitors in the Cebu Pacific Juan for Fun Backpacker
Challenge at Clark on Wednesday.
PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES
DLSU-PSCA team bag CEB’s Backpacker Challenge
CLARK FREEPORT – Cebu
Pacific Air (CEB), the country’s
largest national flag carrier which
served 12 million passengers
last year, successfully staged
the four-day ‘Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge’ which ended
on September 2.
The Team Big Explorers of
the De La Salle University
(DLSU) and Philippine State
College of Aeronautics (PSCA)
was adjudged the winner of the
contest which started at the
Clark International Airport (CIA)
last Wednesday afternoon. They
were Benj Tuason and Iris Patricia Ang of DLSU and Godfrey
Medina of PSCA.
CEB vice president for marketing and distribution Candice
Iyog and Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and
CEO Victor Jose Luciano led the
send-off ceremony here for the
five teams composed of three
members each coming from college students from all over the
country.
From Clark where they were
“challenged” with Pampanga’s
exotic dishes of ginataang kuhol (snails), betute (frogs) and
camaru (mole crickets), the
teams flew to Cebu City and
thereafter to Ilolio, Davao City,
Cagayan De Oro and Manila, for
the final leg and awarding if the
winners on Sunday.
Iyog said at least 97 teams
had submitted their respective
video showing the importance of
fun and travel pushed by the
CEB.
“They will not know the challenges at each destination in the
course of the competition,” said
Iyog, who joined the teams’ destination challenge to Cebu City.
Iyog said they had organized
the challenge to remind their
growing passengers that travel
“is fun and affordable.”
”Education is not just confined to the four corners of the
school. We learn a lot when we
travel,” said Iyog.
The CEB gave P30,000 per
team and the primary objective
was to accomplish the most
number of fun activities in the six
local destinations with the least
amount of money spent. The
winning team got 12 CEB tickets to any domestic or international destinations, three hotel
accommodation packages and
three Canon S100 cameras.
Department of Tourism-Central Luzon regional director Ron-
nie Tiotuico, who was among the
special guests, thanked the
CEB for helping improve the tourism industry in Pampanga. He
said at least 80 percent of the
some 7,000 hotel and villa rooms
in Clark and nearby Angeles
City are filled up at any given time
due to the flights offered by the
CEB and seven other airline
companies at the CIA.
– JOEY PAVIA
THINK
GREEN
GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija - The alleged gunman and his cohort in
the killing of a Nueva Ecija mayor early this year have pleaded
not guilty for murder and frustrated murder cases before the regional trial court here last week.
Jonathan Carpio and Jose
Berlino Agustin, both of this city,
were arraigned before the sala
of RTC Branch 33 Judge Ramon Pamular at St. John District here with tight security
from operatives of the municipal police as well as the intelligence group from Camp
Crame, according to Supt.
Reynaldo Dela Cruz, town police chief.
Carpio,31, was tagged as
gunman in the killing of Carranglan Mayor Resitituto Abad and
wounding of his security escort, PFC Satty Duclayan
last Feb. 4.
Carpio reportedly posed as
a traffic enforcer that stopped
Abad’s vehicle at a crossroad
while Agustin allegedly drove the
single motorcycle used as getaway vehicle.
Police reported that Agustin
was arrested while fleeing while
Carpio was collared by IG personnel allegedly while casing
another target in Quezon City
last April.
Abad was first time mayor of
Carranglan, Nueva Ecija.
The accused were represented by lawyer Rodolfo Vejano
while lawyer Susan Apolonio
was appointed by the court as
prosecutor for the purpose of
arraignment.
Carpio remains in the custody of IG in Quezon City charged
with illegal possession of
firearms even as he was also
facing 12 counts of electric
pilferage filed in 2007 and
2008 filed by the Cabanatuan Electric Corporation in
Cabanatuan City.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
BY ARMAND M. GALANG
3
Editorial
Tarzan says
Liberalizing LGUs
ONE DOWN — the P40-million Leoncia Bridge. And
P342.9 million worth more infrastructure projects to
go, in February and March 2013.
So announced 1st District Rep. Carmelo “Tarzan”
Lazatin, the projects to be undertaken by his office
with the Angeles City Sub-Office of the Department
of Public Works and Highways.
The solon who has announced his bid for the Angeles City mayorshiip next year disclosed that P100
million was allocated for the widening of the ClarkAngeles-Magalang road and P50 million will fund the
drainage construction in the Old Manila North Road,
Angeles City area and Manila North Road, Angeles City
to Mabalacat area.
EdPam says
“I THINK my old friend is just confused, or a little desperate that he is now into credit grabbing.”
So riposted re-electing Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, clarifying: “The West Circumferential Road is a project I have proposed and vigorously pushed before the Regional Development
Council. Mr. Lazatin is claiming credit for it.”
To prove his point, Pamintuan distributed to media copies of his letters to the RDC which are dated April 2011 until February this year, explaining
that he proposed to the RDC some P5.1-billion
worth of infrastructure projects which included the
P100-million circumferential road widening.
“Most of these projects are tourism-related
since I am the chairman of the RDC tourism committee. I have the pertinent documents regarding
these projects,” Pamintuan said.
On the contrary, the mayor claimed, the circumferential road was not included in Lazatin’s program under the Priority Development Assistance Fund
(PDAF) from 2010 to 2012.
Raising doubts further on Lazatin’s credit claims
with but only a congressional allotment of P70 million
annually in PDF.
“The P342.9 million worth of projects he claimed is
equivalent to almost five years of his PDAF,” Pamintuan said.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
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city goes to the people themselves.
Pamintuan, Lazatin and all other public officials are
but duty-bound conveyances. The people who paid their
taxes deserve full credit.
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Bong Z. Lacson
NO DAANG matuwid, all politics as usual, read: What are we in
power for?
That is the installation of Liberal Party president Mar
Roxas as secretary of the Department of Interior and Local
Government succeeding the publicly beatified Jesse Robredo.
“I have big shoes, big tsinelas, to fill.” For once, Roxas
was right. He certainly cannot even hope to measure up to
Robredo. At best, he can only be good at holding Robredo’s
sandals.
Robredo was as much known for being a loyal Liberal
partyman as for being non-partisan in the dispensation of
his duties as DILG headman. Look how the partisan divide
closed in mourning over his passing.
Why, Robredo was even more than willing to dance and
sleep with the enemy anytime, so to speak, as evidenced
by his many working visits, not the least of which were the
bestowing of the Seal of Good Housekeeping rewards, to
Pampanga, bastion of the perceived archfiend to PNoy.
What Robredo had a surfeit of, Roxas is seen as bereft
of.
Why, Roxas’ high partisanship transcends political partylines and cuts at the
very pit of Malacanang, as exampled by his
Balay gang engaging the Samar group in pitched
battle for every senior position at stake.
So what can the nation expect of the DILG
under the thumb of Roxas?
The “Liberalization” of the local government
units, is no far-fetched idea. Which augurs well,
as if you didn’t know, for the LP agenda for 2013:
a sweep of the Senate, a solid majority in the
House, therewith laying the solidest stage for
Roxas’ presidential take-off in 2016.
Swell.
“The President gave me a free mandate to
choose my team.” So Roxas told media. “I would
expect that lahat ng mga co-terminus (positions)
would be vacated by the time na pumasok tayo.”
A carte blanche there.
“Lahat ng mga co-terminus.” No one spared.
Not even presidential shooting buddy Rico Puno,
who as DILG undersecretary was given by the
President control of the Philippine National
Police, instead of Robredo.
A fact that showed Aquino’s lack of confidence in Robredo as DILG chief. A fact that
gave the lie to the President’s public display
of faith in and affection to the dead Robredo.
With the PNP, Roxas wields the big stick,
not only in crime prevention or solution but
also in enforcing that the LGUs toe the partyline. The assignment of police chiefs make
a most compelling reason for the local chief
executives to be on the good side of the DILG
secretary. Life and death of LGU intelligence
— in police parlance, that is — hangs right
there.
Still remember Usec Puno in the early
days of the Aquino administration drawing
flak from all sectors when he confirmed in
public that he had received feelers from emissaries of illegal gambling operators?
That’s the intelligence the police have
been known for. Intelligence (im)properly
applied could sustain patronage, fund political campaigns, even buy elections.
Aye, both carrot and stick, so to speak,
political and police powers reside in Roxas
at the DILG. Which makes him a most powerful man in government, second only to the
President. Mayhaps, even at par with the
President given the “free mandate” he handed to Roxas .
So what can the nation expect of Roxas
at the DILG?
Expectations are the root of all frustrations.
Better not to expect anything. Pray for a
miracle instead.
Roxas did not fare well being Mr. Palengke
at the Department of Trade. Miserably failing to arrest the soaring prices of basic commodities.
Roxas, as Transportation and Communications Secretary was totally clueless in
finding solution to the air traffic congestion
at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, stupidly proposing that airlines had to be forced
to cut their flights by 30 percent in total negation of the efforts of the Department of
Tourism to increase tourist arrivals to 10
million in two years.
Poised to take over his latest assignment,
Roxas vowed: “On jueteng, on drugs, on kidnapping, illegal logging, malinaw na malinaw
naman ang posisyon ng Pangulo dito sa krimen na ito. At gagampanan ko ang aking
tugkulin para matigil at mahuli lahat itong
mga gumagawa ng masama na ito.”
So, are the proverbial marines still listening?
TODAY IN HISTORY
Treaty of Paris signed
THE American Revolution officially comes to an
end when representatives of the United States,
Great Britain, Spain and France sign the Treaty
of Paris on this day in 1783. The signing signified
America's status as a free nation, as Britain formally recognized the independence of its 13 former
American colonies, and the boundaries of the new
republic were agreed upon: Florida north to the
Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast west to the
Mississippi River.
The events leading up to the treaty stretched
back to April 1775, on a common green in Lexington, Massachusetts, when American colonists
answered King George III's refusal to grant them
political and economic reform with armed revolution. On July 4, 1776, more than a year after the
first volleys of the war were fired, the Second
Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence. Five difficult years later, in October 1781, British General Charles Lord
Cornwallis surrendered to American and French
forces at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing to an end
the last major battle of the Revolution.
In September 1782, Benjamin Franklin, along
with John Adams and John Jay, began official
peace negotiations with the British. The Continental Congress had originally named a five-per-
son committee--including Franklin, Adams and
Jay, along with Thomas Jefferson and Henry Laurens--to handle the talks. However, both Jefferson and Laurens missed the sessions--Jefferson
had travel delays and Laurens had been captured
by the British and was being held in the Tower of
London. The U.S. delegation, which was distrustful
of the French, opted to negotiate separately with
the British.
During the talks Franklin demanded that Britain hand over Canada to the United States. This
did not come to pass, but America did gain
enough new territory south of the Canadian border to double its size. The United States also
successfully negotiated for important fishing rights
in Canadian waters and agreed, among other
things, not to prevent British creditors from attempting to recover debts owed to them. Two
months later, the key details had been hammered
out and on November 30, 1882, the United States
and Britain signed the preliminary articles of the
treaty. France signed its own preliminary peace
agreement with Britain on January 20, 1783, and
then in September of that year, the final treaty
was signed by all three nations and Spain. The
Treaty of Paris was ratified by the Continental
Congress on January 14, 1884.
Regarding
Henry
Henrylito D. Tacio
SIX years ago, I had the opportunity of visiting my sister in Livingston, Montana. I stayed for almost a month and when it was
time to return back to the Philippines, she had to drive me for
more than an hour to bring me to the airport in Bozeman.
After checking in, we had a sumptuous lunch together.
We talked for a few minutes before she bade goodbye. I
was alone at the airport. Now, I was ready to enter the departure area but before that, I had to undergo the routine checkup.
I was busy trying to find my papers when I noticed that the
person before me was Hollywood actor Dennis Quaid (yes,
the ex-husband of Meg Ryan). Next to him was an old lady
carrying some heavy bags. “Can I carry some of them?”
Dennis inquired.
The lady looked at him for a few minutes. “Sure,” she
replied, and gave him her other bag. When we were inside
the waiting area, the lady came to Dennis and said, “Thank
you very much for helping me.”
Since it was still an hour before our flight
schedule, I tried to talk with the actor. “It was
heavy,” he told me of the bag that was handed to
her by the old lady. We talked, we exchanged
notes, and before we knew it, it was time to go.
We were both heading for Minneapolis.
That event came to mind when I heard the
eulogy of President Benigno Aquino III to the late
Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse
M. Robredo. “Jesse is already in the ranks of
heroes watching over us from heaven, and he is
giving us the strength to continue with their good
deeds. So let us stop weeping; instead, let us
give thanks.”
“Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality,” said Alfred Painter.
William Shakespeare, the touted Father of English literature, reminded, “I can no other answer
make, but, thanks, and thanks.”
“Thank you” may be simply said but to a person receiving the complementary, it means a lot.
“Every morning of the world I give thanks for all
the wonderful things in my life,” a young man declared enthusiastically. “And do you know something? It’s strange indeed, but the more I give
thanks, the more I have reason to be thankful.
For, you see, blessings just pile up on me one
after another like nobody’s business.”
“None of us ever too busy to pay his way,”
said David Dunn. “It takes only a few seconds to
say a heart-warming ‘Thank you.’”
Look at former American President Theodore
Roosevelt, who lived a more hurried and hectic
life. Even on political campaign trips, when he
was so busy and could hardly take a deep breath,
he would excused him to go to small people and
talked with them for few seconds. It was his custom before leaving his private train to thank the
engineer and fireman for a safe and comfortable
trip. “It took but a fraction of a minute of his time,
but h e had two more friends for the rest of his
life,” Dunn said.
“Good politics,” most people say. “But good
living too,” added Dunn. “For, after all, isn’t having friends the basis of happy living, as well as of
successful politics?”
Dunn continued, “Nor I have found any situation in which thanks cannot be given. You can
thank even total strangers with a nod of the head,
a gesture of the hand, a grateful glance – in jostling street crowds, in swaying subway trains, at
the theatre, in the quiet of a church service, anywhere at all, if you heart is saying, ‘Thank you.’”
Yes, we seldom pause to give thanks for the
simple blessings of life. “One reason is that we
are used to having so much,” Richard B. Douglas
contends. “We simply assure that we will have
all the good things of life.
“Another reason is that it hurts our pride to be
grateful,” Douglas continues. “We do not want to
admit that God is the Provider of all good things.
We are simply His stewards. Being thankful requires humility and faith in God. When we have
these, we can be grateful.”
If you have to thank someone, do it now –
before it’s too late. Do not wait for tomorrow for
that day may not come anymore. A widow, who
had spent long days and hours in the factory and
at home raising her four children, lay exhausted
and emaciated on her deathbed.
Around her stood the four of them, now grownup men and women. The eldest son, in tears,
said to her, “Mother, you have always been so
good and kind to us. We want to thank you. We’re
so proud of you.”
The mother opened her eyes and asked, “Why
have you waited so long to tell me that? You
never ever said so before.”
She turned her head away and died.
An anonymous author penned this masterpiece: “For health and children, home and friends;
for comfort in the time of need, for every kindly
word and deed, for happy thoughts and holy talk,
for guidance in our daily walk – for everything give
thanks!
“For beauty in this world of ours, for verdant
grass and lovely flowers, for song of birds, for hum
of bees; for the refreshing summer breeze, for hill
and plain, for stream and wood, for the great
ocean’s mighty flood – for everything give thanks!
“For the sweet sleep which comes with night,
for the returning morning’s light, for the bright sun
that shines on high, for the stars glittering in the
sky, for these, and everything we see, O Lord!
our hearts we lift to Thee. For everything give
thanks!”
For
comments,
write
me
at henrytacio@gmail.com
Ni Felix M. Garcia
(Kaugne na pa murin ning pamagmasusi king
Aldo ning Amanung Sisuan a merapat ketang
Biernes, Agost 31, malugud keng yampang
ing poesiang ginale ku inyang a 28 ya ing
mesabing bulan, bilang pamuklat a salita para
king ‘Welcome Party’ kang Poet Laureate
International at Ari ning Parnasong Kapampangan,
RENATO B. ALZADON ampon karing aliwa
pang kayabe nang dinatang ibat Amerika ban
tagunan ing pang-apat a banuang pamagmasusi
ning lalawigan king ‘Aldo ningAmanung Sisuan’;
at Pamilunsad king librung
“Kasapunggul a Sampaga
III” a merapat king Holy Angel University,
Angeles City).
MASAYANG paniatang kaniting okasyun
Ing ipayabut ku karing balang metung
A poetang keti matulang tinagun
Banting ngeni misan pang makapi-agum;
At makapisuge king banal a layun,
Keng pamanimuna nang Aring Alzadon;
A nu’ penikuanan niting migbakasyun
King ba’na ka tamung akuang apitipun.
Kaugne ning Aldo ning Amanung Sisuan,
Misan king pabanua sukat pagmasusian;
Makalungkut mupin ngening Agostung yan
Intasang ala lang pepilan nanu man
King Aldo mesabi insa’ mang Aguman,
Partikular na ken ding Talagambul nyan,
A’yanti mo pin ding poetang lilinang,
Banting e tulandung king pamangalinguan!
Masayang paniatang malugud ming Ari,
Poeta Renato Alzadon ning lipi
Ding bantug a watas a lalung sisiri
King pusu ra’t diwa ing lablab at pali
Ning masabal deti king Sabi ning lahi
Potang anti ra neng papaten king labi
Ding aliwang lider a mapagkunwari,
At alang imbut ken nune mu salapi.
Keng pamitatag dang nanu pa mang bage
A pakilala rang iti paniagip de,
King Salitang ngara e ra buring mate,
Pero sumangid na akit mu ing tune
Katutuan potang yan alus pamalugse
De ring keraklan a inglis namung pane
At tagalug itang igkas masalese
Karing labi reti agyang kilub bale.
Kapatad kung watas ning Amanung Sisuan,
Yan ing malino tang’ ngeni tatangalan,
Karing kerakalan a mipuk king tungkulan
A sukat mantabe dapot ala no’mang
Tune malasakit king Salitang menan;
Inya para kaku – isulung ing laban
At e ta’ paysira tibe pilubluban,
Keng akakit tamung kelan dang masabal.
Kapamilatan na ning Aring Alzadon,
Ning Parnaso – a belangkas da ri Yuzon
Ampon aliwa pang poeta ning napun –
Pasibayu miuman tang’ makapibangun
At ing Sabing menan miuman yang lumabung
King pamanimuna na antimong Timun;
Nya king paniatang na… bilang pasalubung,
Palakpakan taya ing Aring Alzadon!!!
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
The art of
thankfulness
Napaguusapan
lang
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PAL ‘sabotaging’ Clark
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This, even as the broad-based advocacy group called
on the government “to remain steadfast to the development of the Clark airport, if only to actualize its potentials for the development in turn of Central and Northern
Luzon.”
Media last week reported Ang as saying the government’s plan to turn Clark into the country’s premier
gateway “might be ill-advised” due to its distance from
Manila.
“If you want to fly [from] Clark, how long will it take
you to get to the airport? Two hours if you are coming
from Makati. Then you have to wait two more hours
for your flight.” So was Ang quoted in the media.
Ang added that plans to build a new high-speed
railway between Metro Manila and Clark, which he
estimated to cost some $10 billion, would be too
much for the government to bear.
“Ang disparaged Clark to rationalize PAL’s plan
to build its own airport,” PGKM chair Ruperto Cruz
said. “We can only sense sabotage there.”
Cruz said the distance between Clark and Manila “is never an issue against the feasibility of Clark
as premier gateway, it even follows the worldwide
trend of building international gateways outside the
capitals.”
Travel time, he said, between Clark and Balintawak, the entrance to Metro Manila, is only 45 minutes via the North Luzon Expressway, “much faster than
Chek Lap Kok to Hong Kong and Suvarnabhumi to
Bangkok.”
Traffic
“The traffic between Balintawak to Makati and onto
the Ninoy Aquino International Airport is precisely what
makes Clark as the ideal gateway, traffic being smooth
all the way. It takes far lesser time to travel from Quezon City, the Camanava areas and the northern half of
Manila to Clark than to NAIA,” Cruz said.
The railway component of Clark as premier gateway, Cruz noted, “could come with the bidding for its
development.”
It has been reported that business mogul Manny V.
Pangilinan has expressed his interest in developing the
Clark International Airport with a high-speed railway
component to be located at the side of the North Luzon
Expressway which is also managed and operated by
Pangilinan’s group.
Ang told media that the airport they plan to build
would cost some $500 million in equity from PAL with
the rest of the project cost to be financed with loans
from foreign or local banks.
While he declined to disclose the prospective location for the airport, Ang said it would need at least 2,000
hectares of land. would be situated 15 minutes away
from the Ayala business center in Makati City.
“The area exists already. It will be much closer to
Manila and it is a very good site,” Ang said, adding it is
15 minutes away from the Ayala business center in
Makati City.
“We could just imagine the environmental degradation the PAL airport’s construction would cause,” Cruz
said, “given the build-up areas within a ten-mile radius
around Makati.”
Metro Manila media sources have pointed to Binangonan, Rizal as possible site of PAL’s airport where “a
little over 2,000 hectares” obtained. It is reported to
belong to one IRC Properties Inc.
“Already bursting to the seams, Metro Manila will
further suffer congestion with this planned airport of PAL,”
he added, renewing his calls to “de-imperialize, decongest Manila.”
Another site being speculated for the PAL airport is
the 2,000 hectare property of San Miguel Corp. in San
Jose City, Bulacan. Ang is president of SMC.
An airport source however raised concerns on the
location.
“What good is a runway if most of the year, the airport is drenched with rain, has poor visibility, adjacent
to mountains or man-made obstacles? What if airplanes
are buffeted by strong crosswind during landing and
takeoff?” So Business Mirror quoted the source as saying, in reference to the San Jose City site.
Clark is best
Since 1992, the PGKM has been advocating for the
development of the Clark International Airport as the
Philippines’ premier international gateway, citing its ideal
location of high elevation and expanse of 2,500 hectares, its equidistance to regional capitals, its parallel
runways that accommodated the biggest military aircraft in the world, the C-5 Galaxy at the time of the
American forces, as well as the biggest commercial
aircraft, the Airbus A-380.
Clark being the premier international gateway will
help “tremendously” in the decongestion of Metro Manila, the PGKM said, and “lead to the dispersal of economic opportunities to the cpountrysides.”
“We understand that PAL’s desire to build its own
airport is well within the ambit of free enterprise, but to
sabotage Clark to serve that purpose is totally uncalled
for,” Cruz said.
ABE supports PGKM’s call
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FROM PAGE 1
PGKM’s take-off point, but in
pushing for a balanced and equitable development of the entire
country,” the statement added.
The PGKM is chaired by
businessman Ruperto Cruz of
this city, who has actively called
on the national government
since the time of former President Ramos to develop the CIA
as the premiereinternational airport of the country.
The PAK is chaired by Mayor Edgardo “Ed” Pamintuan. It
has currently 487 chapters
based in this city.
The PAK statement cited the
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PGKM’s consistent clamor to develop the CIA since the early 90’s
to spur growth in the four regions of
North and Central Luzon.
“The Diosdado Macapagal
International Airport at Clark is
an example. As early as the
Ramos administration, the airport has already been designated as ‘the country’s premier international gateway’ owing to its
large and long runways and
more than 2,000 hectares of
expansion area, in contrast with
the dangerously cramped conditions at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). But
efforts at making this designa-
tion real has been on and off and,
lately, more off than on. It seems
that these efforts, if any, have
been ambivalent at best,” it said.
“We need not overemphasize
on how the airport at Clark could
spur development not only in
Pampanga but in Central and
Northern Luzon. Such is a nobrainer. But we may need to
work a little bit harder for the
national government to realize
that the solutions to the many
problems our country is facing
are just at the tip of our noses.
Indeed, kailangan lang natin
magising (we need to wake
up)!,” it added.
Hanjin delivers $60-M bulk carrier
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top executives, and representatives from classification society
Lloyd’s Register.
Hanjin-Philippines president
Jin Kyu Ahn commended the
“collaborative efforts and professionalism of those involved in the
successful completion of the
vessel.”
This new ship is equipped
with modern technology and
embodied the excellent craftsmanship of Hanjin shipyard’s
Filipino workforce”, Ahn noted.
He said the vessel was the
second to be manufactured for
Rio Tinto which earlier had already purchased M/V Cook , a
204,000 deadweight metric tons
bulk carrier also costing $60
million from Hanjin last May.
Rio Tinto Marine has headquarters in Melbourne with worldwide representation. It currently employs 85 shipping professionals.
Its principal offices are in
London, Singapore and Montreal with representative offices in
Brisbane, Denver, Gladstone,
Phalaborwa, Tokyo and
Voreppe.
Rio Tinto’s top executive
Michael Harvey said in a statement that his British-Australian
company “is a leader in finding,
mining and processing the
earth’s mineral resources.”
“The Group’s worldwide operations supply essential minerals and metals that help to meet
global needs and contribute to
improvements in living standards,” he added.
‘Captive’ premieres in SM Pampanga
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Mendoza is regarded as a living national treasure of independent cinema in the Philippines.
He is the first and only Filipino to
win the Best Director Award for
his film “Kinatay” at the
62nd Cannes Film Festival in 2009.
In 2007, he had the distinction of being the first Filipino to
be invited to the Dubai International Film Festival with the screening
of his film “Tirador (Slingshot).” After two years, the Dubai festival
awarded his film “Lola” as Best Film.
The same film was an entry at the
66th Venice Film Festival.
Director Mendoza is a native
of the City of San Fernando,
Pampanga. He finished his primary education in San Isidro
DOT-3 to hold 1st Halal
food handling seminar
THE Department of Tourism-Region 3 is inviting
hotel and restaurant
managers and chefs to
attend the first of a series
of seminars on the preparation and handling of Halal
food on September 17,
Monday, 2012, 9 a.m.-2
p.m., Marlim Mansions
Hotel, Diamond Subd.,
Balibago, Angeles City.
Regional Director
Ronaldo P. Tiotuico said
the aim of the seminar
is to better equip tourism stakeholders in the
food service and hospitality industry with the
basic working knowledge on the general
guidelines in the preparation and handling of
halal food to prepare the
industry for an anticipated exponential increase
in visitor arrivals from
Muslim countries like
Malaysia, Singapore,
Brunei and the Middle
East via Clark international airport. Also, the
tourism department is
taking part in the national
effort to develop the halal
industry as a potential
growth area for development due to the increasing presence of MuslimFilipinos here.
According to the
general guidelines prepared by the ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry,
Halal (lawful) food or
Muslim Food is food or
its ingredients that do
not contain any components or products of animals that are unlawful as
food to Muslim by Shariah Law or of lawful animals which are not slaughtered according to Shariah Law.”
Guest
speaker
Adam Idrus Bunajos, a
Muslim chef and restaurant operations manager from Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia, has volunteered his services and
expertise by providing us
some basic guidelines on
the subject at hand.
A registration fee of
P400 per participant will
be required to cover the
cost of an early lunch
plus certificate of attendance. Handouts will be
sent thru email.
This project is jointly sponsored by the
Hotel and Restaurants
in Pampanga led by its
President Susan Manansala of Euroasia Hotel and the Angeles City
Tourism Office led by
the City Tourism Officer
Ms. Christine Nunag.
Interested participants are advised to text
their full name and establishment to our mobile
numbers: 0939-9045231(Smart) or 0917-5062221 (Globe). Registration
is on first-come-first-serve
basis. Priority shall be
granted to DOT-accredited
establishments.
”The Partido Abe Kapampangan, when it was organized
last March by grassroot leaders
of Angeles City, has anchored
its existence on four basic principles, which it calls its “four pillars.” Foremost of these pillars
is “parity and equitability in development,” which jibes with the
advocacy of the PGKM,” it said.
“It is the position of Partido
Abe that the regions and the
provinces should be allotted similar, if not greater, development
efforts and resources by the national government as those given to Metro Manila — one of the
most congested metropolitan
centers in the world. Already,
Metro Manila teems with more
than 20 million people, many of
whom are living in subhuman
conditions,” it added.
“Decongestion of Metro Manila need not be an expensive
and difficult undertaking that
would require massive relocation
and demolition of communities
in danger zones. All that is needed is to introduce development
in the regions that would naturally result in greater opportunities for jobs and livelihood. In
areas like Pampanga, for instance, there are already existing infrastructures and facilities
that only need to be utilized and
improved upon to become magnets of development,’ said the
PAK in supporting the advocacy of the PGKM.
– JOEY PAVIA
Harvey also said that
“seaborne transportation is an
important aspect of Rio Tinto’s
business and that bulk cargoes
exported from the Group’s
operations total nearly 245
million tonnes per annum,
which represents about 10 per
cent of the world’s seaborne dry
bulk trade.”
“We move about 85,000 containers each year,” he added.
The Hanjin shipyard in Subic has two huge dry docks that
can accommodate construction
of ultra large vessels.
Since the inauguration of its
first ever Subic-made container-
ship in August 2008, Ahn said
that Hanjin-Philippines has delivered 39 vessels to different
overseas clients engaged in international shipping and maritime solutions as of July of this
year “ thereby making it a major
contributor to the growth of the
Philippine
economy.”
Hanjin has been noted to
have made the Philippines the
world’s fourth largest shipbuilding country as per record of the
Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), an agency under the
Department of Transportation
and Communications (DOTC).
Elementary School and his secondary Education at the University of the Assumption High
School, both in this city.
Through films, Mendoza utilized his artistry in promoting Kapampangan culture in the international scene.
His first film “Masahista” was
shot in San Fernando and
starred Kapampangan artists
Jacklyn Jose and Coco Martin.
Another internationally acclaimed film, “Kaleldo” was shot
in Guagua, Pamapanga. The
Center for Kapamapangan Studies co-produced “Manoro (Aeta)”
which graced five international
film festivals.
– JOEY PAVIA
Star Awards for Music bongga
The
Gossipmiller
by Cesar Pambid
BONGGA at maningning ang nalalapit na 4th Star Awards for
Music ng Philippine Movie Press Club, Inc. na gaganapin sa
Meralco Theater, Ortigas Ave., Pasig City sa September 9,
6 p.m.
Ngayon pa lang ay pinaghahandaan na ng buong club
ang pagtatanghal nang sa ganu’n ay lalung maengganyo
ang mga nasa larangan ng musika sa paggawa ng mga
awiting OPM (Original Pilipino Music) na kanilang ilalahok
sa music awards sa mga susunod na taon.
Para sa kaalaman ng buong music industry, lalong pinalaki ang Star Awards for Music dahil nagdagdag ng kategorgorya ang PMPC para sa male and female Concert Performer of the Year, Duo/Group Concert Performer of the year.
Ang mga host ng music awards ay sina Richard Gomez,
Pops Fernandez, Xian Lim at Maja Salvador.
Sa opening number pa lang ay tiyak nang titilian ang
mga mahuhusay na singer na sina Jed Madela, Christian
Bautista, Yael ng Sponge Cola, Sam Milby, Juris, Erik Santos, Ryan Cayabyab Singers at Bamboo (pawang mga Song
of the Year nominees) ang mapanonood kung saan bukod
sa nominadong kanta nila ay kakantahin rin nila ang theme
song ng Star Awards for Music na kinumpose ni Boy Christopher.
Ang pinasikat na kanta nina Vehnee Saturno, Lito Camo
at Boy Christopher ay kakantahin nina Marcelito Pomoy,
Jovit Baldovino at Mocha Girls na kung saan ay gagawaran
sila bilang natatanging alagad ng musika. May special number rin sina Jose Manalo at Wally Bayola.
May 12 Natatanging Alagad ng Musika na pararangalan
ang PMPC bukod sa tatlong nabanggit na composers. Ito
ay sina Gary Valenciano, Kuh Ledesma, Lea Salonga,
Martin Nievera, Ogie Alcasid, Pops Fernandez, Regine Velasquez, Sharon Cuneta, at Zsa Zsa Padilla. Mga anak ng
Icon singers na sina Robin Nievera, Paolo Valenciano, Isabella at Karylle ang haharana para sa mga Alagad ng Musika.
Aawitan naman nina Zia Quizon, Yeng Constantino, Angeline Quinto at Christian Bautista ang Lifetime Achievement Awardee na si Jose Mari Chan.
Mapanonood ang 4th Star Awards for Music sa Sept. 16
sa Sunday’s Best ABS-CBN under the Airtime Marketing ni
Ms. Tess Celestino-Howard. Ito’y sa direksyon ni Al Quinn.
Luis Manzano pumatol kay
Vice Ganda dahil sa pera???
PERA lang ang idinahilan ni Luis Manzano kay Jennylyn Mercado sa bed scene nila ni Vice Ganda sa pelikulang “This Guy’s In Love with You Mare.”
Nag-tweet kasi si Vice ng photo ng bed scene nila
at may nag-forward kay Jen. Tinanong ng boyfriend kung
ano ‘yun.
“Magte-ten years na ako sa industriya pero yung
bed scene yun ang nagpabago sa akin. Nu’ng pauwi
ako, may luha na bumabagsak sa mata ko. Hindi naman sa napilitan pero, kumbaga, namulat ang aking
mata. Sa kanan lang naman. Isa lang ang bumagsak,”
may halong pagbibiro ni Luis.
After ng limang pelikula na nagawa nila, bumigay
na si Luis kay Vice. Feeling nga niya ay pinagkaisahan siya ni Vice at Direk Wenn Deramas dahil kahit
wala pa ‘yung kamera ay pinapa-rehearse na.
MUKHANG boto naman ang parents ni Kathryn Bernardo kay Daniel Padilla at biro ng young actor, nababaitan nga ang mga ito sa kanya.
“Ang bait ko raw po, sobrang bait ko raw po,” say ni
Daniel sabay-bawi naman agad. “Hindi, loko lang po,”
dugtong niya.
Say naman ni Kathryn, “Sabi po nila (her parents),
tumataba raw po si DJ (tawag niya kay Daniel).”
Nahahawa raw kasi si Daniel sa lakas niyang kumain.
“’Pag kumakain kasi ako, kumakain din siya. Eh,
madalas akong kumain,” say ni Kathryn.
Madalas daw kasi ay dinadalhan sila ng fans ng
food kaya kain sila nang kain sa set ng Princess and I.
Pero minsan ay dinadalhan din daw siya ni
Daniel ng pagkain.
“Tinetext ko siya minsan, ‘Kat, papunta na
ako sa taping, may gusto ka ba?’ ’Yung mga
pasimpleng ganu’n,” say ni Daniel.
Aminado naman si Kathryn na sobrang
gentleman talaga ni Daniel at isa raw ’yun sa
mga katangian ng young actor na nagustuhan
niya.
“Mabait at maalaga, para kang prinsesa,”
say ni Kathryn tungkol kay Daniel.
“Sa sobrang grabe ko ngang mag-alaga,
puwede na akong bayaran buwan-buwan, eh,”
singit naman ni Daniel.
Obviously, may “something going on” kina
Daniel at Kathryn pero dahil mga bata pa nga
sila, hindi pa rin ito matatawag na seryosong
relasyon. Basta raw sa ngayon ay enjoy sila
sa ginagawa nila and very thankful na sinusuportahan ng mga tao ang kanilang loveteam.
After Princess and I, balitang ang susunod
na gagawin ng dalawa ay remake ng
Meteor Garden at balitang makakasama rin nila si Dominic Roque na umaming crush na crush si Kathryn.
Hindi pa kinumpirma nina Daniel at Kahtryn ang
tungkol dito pero if ever na totoo ay excited daw sila.
Samantala, bukod sa taping ng Princess and I ay
busy rin si Daniel sa mga show at halos nalibot na niya
ang buong Pilipinas and each time, lagi itong dinudumog ng mga tao.
Catch Daniel on Sept. 14 sa Zirkoh, Morato in First
Time... 2gether with Kris Bernal. Kasama rin dito ang
pinsan ni Daniel na si Kylie Padilla at utol niyang si RJ
Padilla together with Michael Pangilinan.
Tickets are available at Zirkoh, T, Morato and SM
Tickets or you can call 0917-8138266.
www.smcinema.com
The Expendables R13
11:20 MF 2:00 4:20 6:40 9:00
LMF 10:53 END
Total Recall PG13
11:40 MF 2:00 4:20 6:40 9:00
LMF 10:58 END
Katy Perry PG13
12:40 MF 2:45 LMF 4:00 END
Possession R13 4:50 MF 6:40
9:00 LMF 10:32 END
Amorosa R13
11:40 MF 2:00 4:20 6:40 9:00
LMF10:45 END
I Do Bidoo Bidoo PG13
10:40 MF 1:15 3:50 6:25 9:00
LMF 11:01 END
Bourne Legacy PG13
11:20 MF 1:45 LMF 4:00 END
Guni-Guni R13
4:40 MF 6:50 9:00 LMF 10:45 END
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • SEPTEMBER 3-4, 2012 • MONDAY - TUESDAY
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