P 8.00
VOLUME 3
NUMBER 58
WEDNESDAY
JULY 8, 2009
IN MAY 2010 POLLS
Joson II, gov want Ecija
under Comelec control
BY TONETTE T. OREJAS
C
ITY OF SAN FERNANDO Former Nueva Ecija Gov.
Tomas Joson II has rued the
inclusion of the province in the
police’s list of election hotspots in
the May 2010 polls but welcomed
the move due to the spate of “high
profile” killings in the last two
years.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
FOR ANGELES CITY MAYOR
VM, village chiefs
welcome Ed’s bid
BY JOEY PAVIA
ANGELES CITY – The more, the merrier.
At least four persons will slug it out in the mayoralty
race here in 2010, unlike in the last local elections when
only two joined the fight.
Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting and her ally, Councilor Jay Sangil, welcomed reports that Subic Clark
Alliance for Development Council (SCADC) Chairman
Edgardo “Ed” Pamintuan will join the race for the city’s
top elective post, making it a four-cornered fight.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
P14.5-M iHub project
launched in Bataan
BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE
BALANGA CITY Bataan 2nd District Rep.
Albert Garcia recently
launched the Information
Hub or iHub project to provide 18,620 high school
students and 769 teachers
maximum use of information and communications
technology. It also aims to
build an ICT-enabled community in 14 public high
schools.
The project includes
the deployment of 500 personal computers with accessories, 14 laptops, 14
LCD TV, 14 wifi routers and
14 printers with accessories, productivity tools and
software.
“The total estimated
cost to cover up the Community Mobilization and
Commitment Setting, as
well as for the Hardware/
Software requirements for
this project is P14.562
million,” Garcia said.
PAGE 6 PLEASE
Soldiers uncover six homemade landmines in a hinterland area of Sitio Tamale, Barangay Digmala
in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.
Army uncovers 6 landmines
Each can blow up passenger bus, military truck
BY ARMAND GALANG
BONGABON, Nueva Ecija – An “impending disaster” on peace and
order was aborted by elements of
the Philippine Army’s 71st Infantry
Battalion when they uncovered six
homemade landmines in a hinterland area of Sitio Tamale, Barangay Digmala here, the military re-
ported on Tuesday.
This as Major Gen. Ralph Villanueva, commander of the 7th Infantry Division (7ID) urged the people
to condemn the buying of the landmines in an area where innocent
people could fall victims.
“I enjoin all concerned citizens,
members of the civil society and
NGOs (non-government organiza-
tions) to condemn this terrorist act
of the CPP/NPA [Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s
Army],” Villanueva said in a statement.
Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, commander of the 702nd Infantry Brigade, said the landmines
were placed in a container and
PAGE 6 PLEASE
NPA defies mine ban treaty, says Army
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - A Philippine Army official on Tuesday accused
the New People’s Army in
Central Luzon of manufacturing new landmines and
of planning to use these in
an ambush along a road
in Nueva Ecija and Aurora
in violation of the Mine Ban
Treaty, to which the Philippine government is a signatory to in August 2000.
Brig. Gen. Emmanuel
Bautista, commander of
the 702nd Infantry Brigade,
raised the accusation after soldiers recovered six
supposedly new bombs
buried in two spots that
were located five meters
apart in the forested portions of the Sierra Madre
mountain ranges in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija on July
4.
The NPA in the region
has yet to confirm or deny
owning the cache. The
military last monitored the
local communist army of
using landmines in a 2002
ambush along the Pantabangan-Canili Road where
a soldier was killed. The
NPA did not own that attack.
Talking to Punto Central Luzon by phone, Bautista said the location of
the items, unearthed in
Sitio Tamale in Barangay
Dimagla, was pinpointed
by an NPA rebel who recently surrendered to the
military.
At least seven clashes
that broke out there last
January and February left
dead a soldier and 10
rebels, previous military
reports said.
Its media monitoring
counted at least 145
deaths in 2005 or three
times higher than the 47
fatalities reported in 2004.
The Philippines government is a party to the Mine
Ban Treaty and Convention
on Conventional Weapons.
Landmine Monitor said
in its website that the landmine bill “is not a priority
for Congress, especially
after President Macapagal-Arroyo declared a
state of national emergency in February 2006.
It said that the Armed
Forces of the Philippines
stated it has never used
anti-personnel mines in its
campaigns against communist and Muslim insurgents. The government
also reported it had disposed of its entire inventory of 2,460 Claymore
mines in July 2008.
Landmine Monitor said
the NPA provided no evidence to its claim that
military “use landmines
and lay them on paths
where they expect the
NPA and the people to
take.”
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Regional Trial Court
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
GUAGUA, PAMPANGA
WORKERS’ TRAINING. PCEDO and PIPO chief Mamerto Gatus holds seminar on Business Planning
and Management for OFWs at the Benigno Aquino Hall in the City of San Fernando.
Insureksyon sa GL kayang igupo sa 2010
NI ROMMEL RAMOS
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
MALOLOS CITY—Kayang igupo sa 2010 ang insureksyon sa Central Luzon, ayon Chief Supt.
Leon Nilo Dela Cruz, ang
direktor ng pulisya sa rehiyon.
“I think it can be
achieved,” ani Dela Cruz sa
isang panayam patungkol
sa deadline na itinakda na
Armed Forces of the Philippines para tuluyang matigil ang insureksyon.
Ayon kay Dela Cruz,
mula noong Nobyembre
ay sunod-sunod ang matagumpay nilang operasyon laban sa mga rebelde
na naging sanhi ng pagkaaresto o pagkapatay sa
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mataas na pinuno nito sa
Bataan, Aurora ant Pampanga.
“They are demoralized
due to our successful operations, sunod-sunod ang
accomplishment namin in
partnership with the Army’s Northern Luzon Command,” ani ng regional police director.
Binigyang diin din ni
Dela Cruz na ang rebeldeng kasapi ng Rebolusyunaryong Hukbong
Bayan (RHB) ay nabibilang
na lamang ngayon sa mga
pangkaraniwang bandido.
Aniya, ilan sa mga
kasapi ng RHB na kanilang nadakip ay sangkot
sa mga kaso ng pangingikil, holdap at maging sa
mga kaso ng kidnap for
ransom.
“Wala ng ideology sa
kanila, dahil economics na
ang kanilang interest,”
aniya.
Sinabi niya na batay sa
kanilang pag-aaral ng military history, ang pagtalikod ng mga rebelde sa
kanilang ideolohiya ay
isang daan patungo sa
pagiging bandido dahil sa
“nasanay sila sa baril at sa
easy money through revolutionary tax.”
Matatandaan na noong
2006 ay pinangunahan ng
ngayon ay retiradong si
General Jovito Palparan
ang dating commanding
general ng 7th Infantry Division ang isang agresi-
bong anti-insurgency campaign sa Central Luzon at
mga bahagi ng Pangasinan.
Bago tuluyang magretiro si Palparan, ipinagmalaki niya na halos
malumpo nila ang kilusang rebelde sa rehiyon
dahil sa naputol nila ang
pinagkukunan ng mga ito
ng revolutionary tax lalo na
sa Bulacan.
Ayon kay Palparan, ang
karaniwang binibiktima ng
mga rebelede sa Central
Luzon ay ang mga namamalaisdaan at mga operator ng minahan kung saan
ay halos P40-M ang nakukulektang revolutionary
tax bawat taon sa lalawigan pa lamang ng Bulacan.
METROPOLITAN BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY,
Mortgagee,
-versusFrem, Case No. G-09-1843
SPOUSES JAIME M. ARANDIA
AND HEDELIZA Y. ARANDIA
Mortgagors.
x—————————————————————————————x
NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
WHEREAS, upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act
3135 as amended, filed by METROPOLITAN NBANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, with principal office address at Metrobank Plaza, Sen. Gil J,
Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against mortgagor/s SPOUSES JAIME M.
ARANDIA & HEDELIZA Y. ARANDIA, with residence address at No. 1504
Narra Street Tondo, Manila and. Or at Bo. San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga,
to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 28, 2009
amounts to ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY ONE THOUSAND
AND 00/100 (Php 1,761,000.00) Philippine Currency, inclusive of stipulated
interest and penalty charges, as detailed in the Statements of Account,
atty’s. fees plus expenses of foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio
Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga thru Sheriff Jorge
S. Puno will set at public auction on 13th day of August at 10:00 o’clock in
the morning or soon thereafter at the Hall of Justice, Regional Trial Court
of Guagua, to the highest bidders for in CASH and in Philippine Currency,
the following property with all the improvements thereon, to wit;
SBMA’s 1st half revenue exceeds 2008 figure
BY MALOU DUNGOG
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Authorities here reported on Monday that total revenue generated by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) from seaport operations in the first six
months this year have already
exceeded the total 12-month income in 2008.
“This is a result of the efforts
by the SBMA to aggressively
market the Subic port and to
attract more shippers, importers, brokers and forwarders to
Subic,“ said SBMA senior deputy administrator for operations
Ferdinand Hernandez.
Hernandez said Subic seaport’s six-month revenue rose to
P276.49 million this year, thus
surpassing last year’s 12-month
record of P276.24 by 0.09 percent or P244,153.
According to the SBMA Seaport Department, Subic’s seaport has consistently shown an
upward trend since 2005, with a
5.41 percent growth recorded in
2006; 14.29 percent in 2007; and
26.63 percent in 2008.
“Now, we are confident that
at the rate we’re going, our figure at the end of this year may
even be double that of last year,”
Hernandez said.
In the month of June alone,
the SBMA Seaport Department
recorded an income of P60.69
million, the highest monthly revenue ever recorded in the last
five years.
The Subic seaport also earlier posted record-breaking
monthly revenues this year:
P37.62 million in January,
P41.57 million in February,
P51.01 million in March, P44.49
million in April, and P41.07 million in May.
The SBMA said seaport revenues were derived from vessel
and cargo charges, leases or
rentals, processing fees, SBMA
shares from joint ventures, and
other billings for port users.
For the first semester of this
year, the bulk of seaport revenue came from vessel charges,
totaling to P112.11 million.
According to Hernandez the
SBMA Seaport Department has
pegged its revenue forecast for
2009 at P316.3 million.
“This means that our current
first-half figure of more than P276
million is already 87.41 percent
of our P316.3-million goal for this
year,” Hernandez stressed.
“Hopefully, we will exceed our
target at the end of the year,” he
added.
SBMA seaport manager Perfecto Pascual said that the SBMA’s goal-setting program has
so far worked wonders for the
seaport department.
He said that when his department first made a revenue
forecast in 2006, seaport income
rose significantly when they
achieved 94.75 percent of its
P201.46-million forecast. This
was followed by a 93.54-percent
completion of the P233.21-million forecast in 2007, and the
chart-busting record of 121.05percent in 2008 when Subic
posted an actual revenue of
P276.24-million against a forecast of P228.2 million.
NEW HOTEL IN THE CITY. Olongapo City Mayor James Gordon (center), Antonio
“Pocholo” Galian (2nd right) owner of the Paradise Hotel and Rolly Esquera (right)
head of the Autokonstruct Inc., led the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the 4-story
hotel with 48 rooms. Also in photos, (left) businessman, Cesar Hernandez and Bong
Pineda (2nd right). PHOTO BY JOHNNY R. REBLANDO
Hernandez said that among
the factors that largely contributed to this year’s unprecedented revenue collection were the
operation of Subic’s New Container Terminal 1 (NCT-1) by the
Subic Bay International Terminal
Corp. (SBITC), income from vessel lay-ups, as well as wharfage
fee for petroleum products, fer-
tilizer, and grains like soya and
wheat.
Hernandez also attributed
Subic’s growing seaport income
to the government’s complementary program on infrastructure development.
“All these record-breaking figures are because of President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s vi-
sion for Subic and the huge investments in infrastructure like
the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx), the North Luzon
Expressway (NLEx), and the
Subic Port Development. All together, these have greatly enhanced Subic’s performance as
a logistics hub,” Hernandez added.
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 586685-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 2 Blk. 3 of the subd. Plan (LRC)
Psd-44241, being a portion of Lot 1, Psu-65878, LRC Rec. No.
N-15781), situated in the Bo. Of San Matias, Mun. of Guagua,
Province of Pam., Is. Of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., pts. 2 to
3 by Lot 4 (Open Space) Blk. 3; on the SE., pts. 3 to 4 by Lot 3,
Blk.3 both of the subd. Plan; on the SW., pts. 4 to 1 by Provincial
Rd.; on the NW., pts. 1 to 2 by Lot1, Blk. 3 all of the subd. Plan.
Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) Square Meters
more or less x x x.
It is additionally noted that the aforesaid obligation concerns a single
indebtedness covered by other mortgages of real property in another
locations outside this jurisdiction.
Notice of Sheriff”s Sale will be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in Pampanga and Angeles City for three (3) consecutive weeks
and will be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places prior to the date
of Sale for the information of the public in general and of the interested
parties in particular.
Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for
themselves the title of the said property and encumbrances thereon, if
any therebe.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the stated
time and date.
In the event that the Public Auction should not take place on the said
date, it shall be held on August 20, 2009 at 10:00 in the morning at the
same time and place without further notice.
Guagua, Pampanga, June 29, 2009.
LORD FRANCIS D. MUSNI
OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff
JORGE S. PUNO
Sheriff IV
Cc.
Atty. Cecilia L. Cinco
CRC Law Firm
Suite 404, Manila Luxury Condominium
2 Pearl drive Corner Gold Loop Street
Ortigas Center, 1605 Pasig City
Sps. Jaime M. Arandia and
Hedeliza Y. Arandia
#1504 Narra Street Tondo Manila and or at
Bo. San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga
Punto! Central Luzon: July 01, 08 & 15, 2009
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
BY TONETTE T. OREJAS
SEAPORT OPERATIONS
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Subic’s silver lining
DISPLACED WORKERS, despair not.
Displaced workers at the Subic Bay Freeport, that is.
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the
Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) have
crafted a program that goes beyond providing displaced
workers alternatives to the jobs they lost.
The SBMA and the PCE shall provide the workers the
necessary skills preparatory to engaging in their own
business ventures through a series of “Go Negosyo”
seminars.
Jose Ma. Concepcion III, PCE founding trustee and
president, said the program’s focus is on “making a
prospective business profitable.”
He hastened: “Technique in putting up the correct
business and making them profitable is the core of the
education process.”
The program will initially benefit some 200 former
Subic Freeport workers with intentions of venturing into
small business enterprises related to the local tourism
industry.
As Concepcion explained: “Small enterprises make
our economy stronger,” Armand Arreza, SBMA
administrator, riposted: “These displaced workers will
become employers and create more jobs.”
Hence, both Concepcion and Arreza find the training
“essential to motivate Filipinos to think business, become
working entrepreneurs and create jobs.”
That, pursuant to the PCE mission “to instill among
Filipinos a mindset of optimism and a culture of
entrepreneurship.”
Amid the continuing global economic crunch, the
SBMA-PCE program does indeed breed optimism among
the workers’ ranks, the silver lining behind the darkest
clouds, so to speak.
Now, were other freeports and eco-zones as proactive as the SBMA in looking after the welfare of the
workers…
Wishful thinking
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
LEADING CONSTITUTIONALIST Fr. Joaquin Bernas,
S.J., urged an audience of Kapampangan Catholic lay
leaders last week to campaign for the rejection of
candidates who support Con-ass.
“Candidates should be made to answer if they support
the mode (Con-ass) in revising the Constitution.” So was
the good priest quoted as saying.
That is directly asking for the rejection by the
Kapampangan voters of all their sitting congressmen:
Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin of the 1st District, Juan Miguel
“Mikey” Arroyo of the 2nd, Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales of the
3rd, and Anna York Bondoc-Sagum of the 4th – all of them
solidly supporting Con-ass.
So will the people of Pampanga heed Bernas’ call?
The Jesuit could as well go fly a kite.
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Same difference
Ikalawang taon
“POLITICAL POSITIONS are the realms of the laity and not of men
and women of the cloth. I believe that the laity of Pampanga is now
more mature and ready to take active part in governance and look
among themselves for a leader.”
So spake San Fernando Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio David
as he asked the Kapampangan laity here to “stop pushing priests
and religious leaders to run for public office.”
He may not have spoken ex cathedra, but the bishop’s words
are no less binding on the faithful.
Still may we be privileged to ask: So where was Among Ambo
two years and four months ago when the “reluctant” Rev. Fr. Eddie
T. Panlilio was pushed to run for governor? He should have said as
much then, better yet, walked his talk.
Besides the laity, perhaps the good bishop should address
priests and religious leaders too: that they not allow the laity to
shove them into politics. It takes two to tango, as everyone very
well knows, bishops included, even if they don’t dance.
Brilliant theologian as he is, Among Ambo has a ready
rationalization on Panlilio’s case – “a different situation” obtained
in May 2007, “the circumstances were not the same as today’s
political situation.”
MADALING LUMIPAS ang panahon. Sa kadalian ay hindi mo naman
namamalayan na nararating mo na ang mga nais mong tunguhin,
natatanaw ang mga nais mong maabot at lumilinaw ang mga
pangarap. Ganyan ang adhikain ng pahayagang Punto! Central
Luzon.
Unang itinatag ito upang subukan ang kakaibang uri ng pamamahayag sa rehiyong sumesentro sa iisang kultura, pangarap at
adhikain, ngunit kumakatawan rin sa labu-labong usapin, argumento, pasaring at mga iba’t ibang pananaw. Tumutuligsa, bumabatikos, pumupuna, nag-aaglahi. Kumukumusta, ipinagmamalaki, sinasang-ayunan, ipinakikilala, iginuguhit. Ito ang iba’t ibang mukha
ng pahayagang Punto! Dito, bawat balita at opinyon ay hinihimay,
pinaghihirapan, pinagpupuyatan, pinag-iisipan.
Ito ang pahayagan na kung saan ang bawat manunulat ay may
layang ihayag ang nararamdamang katotohanan, kapighatian, pagka-unsiyami, panaghoy, protesta, papuri, pilosopiya, at prinsipyo.
Malaya ngunit responsable, tumutulay sa mahigpit na etikong pangakda, sumisiphayo sa mga batikos, at hinihinog ng ekperiensa.
How different, he did not elaborate in the news
report where he was quoted.
A quick look back to 2007: contesting the
governorship were the twin evils that scourged
Pampanga – illegal gambling and the quarry
plunder. Thus the need for a moral alternative. That
obviously makes Among Ambo’s “different
situation.”
The lamentations of Panlilio himself though
belie the bishop’s contention. Jueteng, under the
guise of the small town lottery, is a recurrent refrain
in the governor’s already discordant song of good
governance.
And then there is the already announced
Capitol comeback of Leon Guerrero, er, Lito Lapid,
the very embodiment of the perceived plunder of
the provincial quarry coffers. That which Panlilio
recently took to the Ombudsman, although Vice
Gov. Yeng Guiao has long lodged that same
complaint with the same office.
In the scheme of local politics now, it would
seem that the 2010 elections would just be reprise
of 2007. Same issues of evils. Same contenders
and pretenders. Therefore necessitating the reelection of the same moral alternative.
“We must stop pushing the religious to run for
public office. It is a different realm altogether from
religious ministry.”
So the bishop re-stressed his point for effect.
Now, what if Panlilio runs for re-election, or
inshallah, for president of the Republic?
So what will Among Ambo do? Come out with
another rationalization of a “different situation”
obtaining in Pampanga or in the whole
Philippines?
The difference is not in the situation. Most
clearly now, the difference is in Panlilio. No, make
that: The difference is Panlilio.
So can you do anything about it, Your
Excellency?
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by Bong Endona
Dalawang taon na ang Punto! At sa dalawang
taon na walang puknat na pamamahayag, nakilala
na rin ang pahayagang ito.
Mas lalo pang dumami ang mga tagahanga ni
Bong Lacson sa “simpatico” niyang mga panulat
at opinyon.
Dito nakilala ang kagalingan ni Joey Aguilar
at ang kakayahan niyang pagsama-samahin ang
mga bigating manunulat ng rehiyon.
Dito rin pumailanglang ang “banner king” na si
Ding Cervantes, humugot rin ng maraming
simpatya ang mga makabuluhang obra-panulat
ni Tonette Orejas, napansin din ng husto ang mga
balita at mga larawan ni Joey Pavia na
nagtitingkarang katulad niya.
Napatunayan naman ni Tatang Ernie Esconde
na ang edad ay simbolo ng kahusayan sa mga
balitang nagmumula sa Bataan.
Sa balitang Bulacan naman ay
namamayagpag ang mga panulat nina Dino
Balabo at Rommel Ramos, mga bata at
matatapang na manunulat.
Makakalimutan ba ang mga makatang
pamamahayag ng batikang si Felix M. Garcia?;
Ang mga balita at banat ng masisipag na taga
Olongapo na sina Malou Dungog at Johnny
Reblando.
Maging sa bawat sulok ng Nueva Ecija ay
naipaparating sa atin ni Armand Galang at
Anselmo Roque.
Ang mga showbiz tsismis ni Cesar Pambid
na laging inaabangan ng bawat mambabasa, at
syempre, hindi rin papahuli ang mga
makahulugang kontribusyon ng gobyerno na
ipinapaalam sa atin ng nag-iisang si Edgardo
“Edpam” Pamintuan.
Sa pangangalap naman ng mga pondo para
sa Punto!, taas noo akong pupuri sa aming
Marketing and Circulation Manager na si Ning
Cordero. Isang babae na katumbas ng isang-daan
katao ang nagagawa para sa Punto! Dahil sa
kanya, patuloy na dumadaloy ang dugo upang
mapanatili ang pahayagang ito. Marahil ay
katumbas nga ng kanyang malaking puso (hindi
timbang) ang napakarami na niyang nagawang
sakripisyo para sa Punto!
At sa aming mga loyalistang empleyado na
sina Ogie, Tere, Dondie at Alvin, salamat sa inyong
pagsusumikap at sakripisyo. Hindi ito
matutumbasan ng anumang sweldo. Sa aming
founder na si Edgar Movido, salamat sa mga
konsepto at sa patuloy na pag-alalay sa
pahayagang ikaw ang nagsilang.
At siyempre, kay Doc Leo na siyang utak at
puso ng Punto!, lubos ang aming pasasalamat
sa pagtitiwala na maiaahon natin ang kagalingan
ng pahayagang ito. Sana ay di ka magsawa sa
iyong paniniwala at pagsuporta. Kasama na ang
kanyang buong angkan, maraming salamat po
sa inyong lahat.
Tungo sa ikatlong taon, lalo pa naming pagiigihan ang aming trabaho at responsibilidad.
Makakaasa kayo na sa dito sa Punto!, ang
BAWAT PANANAW ay MAY KABULUHAN.
(FIRST PART)
WITH THE kind indulgence of
the readers patiently following
the series on “SCADC &
LGUs: PARTNERS FOR
PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT”, I am starting a new
series here about our
“Ocean’s 8” adventures during
a recent US of A trip—while
memories are still fresh like
foods fit for serving. But I will
surely continue the interrupted series afterwards.
IT WAS some sort of a heist that our team – which I jokingly called “Ocean’s 8” –
pulled across the United
States, amidst the spectre of
the dreaded (but largely overrated) A(H1N1) virus, and the
prevalence of a deadlier virus
of hatred and disbelief among
Filipino-Americans on the government of the Philippines,
wittingly or unwittingly carried
and spread by The Filipino
Channel and other media outfits in the US.
Even as the TFC carries
the hugely popular “Wowowie” and other tele-novelas, the
news that it carries about the
Philippines is not at all amusing. Distressing, to say the
least. Everyone in government is corrupt and inefficient.
The Filipino people are restless. Poverty is so wide-
spread. Politicians are scheming. Only the opposition are
saying the truth. Another revolution is in the offing.
The country’s image suffered a bad beating from unrelenting negative media barrage.
This was what probably
prompted President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo to call me
at a little past 3 in the morning
(RP time) early this year, bidding me en pronto to come to
the US to try to contain the
spread of the virus of hatred and
negativity being cast on the
image of the country. Why
me? It can only because of the
other hat I wear, the original,
in fact – as presidential adviser for external affairs. The Office of External Affairs (OEA),
which I concurrently head, is
doing constituency-building
work. And also because I am
directly involved in infrastructure and social development
work as a member of the cabinet.
After the cobwebs in my
head cleared, and later discerning the meaning and importance of the early-morning-directive of the President, I
scrambled to form a team,
which I later called “Ocean 8,”
because our job called for a
“heist” against the bastion of
hate, disbelief, misinformation,
Agyu Tamu!
Atbp
Edgardo “EDPAM”
Pamintuan
apathy, etc. that (or so we
thought) prevailed on the Filipino-Americans with regard to
the Philippine government and
on the country itself.
I am far from a Danny
Ocean, but the team I assembled was rag tag though nonetheless capable: my long-time
associate Alex Cauguiran, he
with the booming voice and fiery speeches but has since
donned the executive suit as
executive vice president of the
Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC); my old friend
Danny de Austria Consumido,
an award-winning writer and
propaganda and counter-prop
expert who is my undersecretary at OEA; Kirk Galanza,
also of OEA, who was our logistics guy; Elmer Cato, a dip-
lomat assigned with the RP Permanent Mission in the United Nations in New York, as our insideguy; Fil-Am businessman Danny
“Alfa Sino” Concepcion, who knows
the inside-out of the territory; Jesse
Eres, also a Fil-Am who is a native
Angeleno and a long-time friend of
mine; Jacquie Lingad-Ricci, our version of Julia Roberts (if she only
works out a little bit on her weight,
she will be more stunning than
Julia); Armand C. Arreza, the brilliant and dynamic administrator/
chief executive officer of Subic Bay
Metropolitan Authority, also a good
and trusted friend, and myself. (As
I said, a George Clooney I may not
be, but a few more inches in height
and I will give him a run for his money. He he.)
We prepared hard, though a bit
hastily, ever conscious of the possibility that we would be besieged
with difficult questions and issues.
Such as, on the string of alleged
corruption related issues investigated by the Philippine Senate and
feasted on by the media, among
other negative issues. We have
listed down all the issues that could
be thrown our way, knowing that failure to address any of them properly would doom our mission.
But we were in for a surprise. A
pleasant surprise.
Except in one incident, Fil-Ams
who attended our gigs despite the
threat of the much-feared AH1N1 virus that was declared pandemic by
the World Health Organization were
obviously interested and excited to
hear more of the good news in the
Philippines rather than the bad. In
fact, in one occasion, an accountant who hailed from Floridablanca,
Pampanga who now works in Santa Clara, California, rose to declare
that he cut off his subscription from
TFC because the news treatment
has pissed him off. In another forum, a middle-aged Fil-Am professional delivered an impassioned
speech that he now only watches
Wowowie and no other because the
news features that dwelled so much
on the senate investigations on the
alleged anomalies have angered
him – because of the manner the
senators were obviously riding on
the issues for political mileage and
on how they rudely treat their supposed “resource persons” as if they
were criminals already proven
guilty.
(To his observations we have
added that the reason none of the
high profile cases investigated by
congress, particularly by the Senate, has been resolved and the perpetrators punished, is that the investigations were mostly political
in nature. If these cases have been
brought to court, we explained,
these could have been resolved with
less passion, with the accusers and
accused afforded the opportunity to
confront each other, and the guilty
punished. Those who have been
unjustly accused would also be ab-
solved.)
We have planned to talk to the
media and the Fil-Am communities, because we thought the media would dominate the discussions and would allow little time
for the ordinary Fil-Ams to participate. That one incident I referred
to earlier involved a Chicago-based
Fil-Am reporter who squeezed himself into the forum intended for the
Fil-Am community. He scowled
during the forum that we were
treating the Fil-Ams as undiscerning to the crap we were peddling.
But even before we were able to
respond to him, several people in
the audience rose to rebuke him.
We went there to spread the
good news, travelling across the
country from the East Coast to the
West Coast. We had the data and
even visuals to back up our claims.
And we found out that what we were
saying were actually things that
never reached the knowledge of
most of the Fil-Ams, particularly for
those who have not been home for
the last decade or so. One question asked by a nurse who hasn’t
been home for the last 34 years,
and who is nearing retirement, was
how accessible in terms of distance
are hospitals in Metro Manila. We
told her, one could walk the distance to a hospital in most parts of
Metro Manila.
More in next week’s Agyu
Tamu! Atbp. See you and Mabuhay!
Napaguusapan
lang
Ni Felix M. Garcia
Bakit di kasama si
Cicer at Edna?
BALAK PA lamang pong ipagawa noon
Ang mga larawan ng naging Governor
Na nakasabit sa ‘lobby’ ng Capitol
Ay ganito na ang ating naitanong:
Sa Tourism Office o kay Mr. Mejia
Kung ‘retouch’ lang bale at isasama na
Sa ipagagawa ang ‘portrait’ ng iba
Na kagaya nina Cicer, Aling Edna,
At iba pang naging Guv na di matukoy
Kung sino ang wala pang litrato roon;
Gaya halimbawa ni Olimpio Guanzon,
At ilang iba pang naupong Governor.
Naitanong ko rin ang bagay na ito
Sa kaibigan nating si Raf Maniago,
Nang magkita kami sa may ‘lobby’ mismo
Ng Capitol minsang mapadaan ako;
Kung sa sampung pinagawa nilang bago
Ay kasama sina Edna at Cicero;
(Na inaasahan kong kasamang piho
Pagkat alam nating naupo pareho).
At dahil di rin niya matukoy marahil
Kung kaninong litrato ang hanap natin,
Inakbayan ako’t isa’t-isa naming
Tiningnan ang mga pangalan sa dingding.
“Yan lang Ka Felix ang pinagawa nila,”
Ani kaibigang Raf, “at walang ng iba!.
Pero aywan ko lang,” masayang sabi niya,
“Baka sila’y mayrung ipagagawa pa!”
Pero kung tulad n’yang tapos na ang lahat
Pati na ang dating luma na at kupas
Ay ipininta na rin sa bagong canvass,
At ang ‘unveiling’ ay ginanap na’t sukat,
Para sa dalawampu’t limang Gobernador
Na ipinaguhit sa kilalang Pintor,
Na si Raf Maniago, diyan sa Capitol,
Samakatuwid ay ‘etse puwera’ itong
Sina Edna David at Cicer Punsalan
Na naging Governor din ng lalawigan;
Kahit pa man sila ay di bilang halal,
Pero nagsi-ganap po bilang opisyal?
Na ‘Chief Executive’ si Edna at Cicer
Sa magkahiwalay na panahon o ‘year’;
At pareho mandin pong naging ‘execellent’
Ang performance n’yan sa provincial government!
Si Cicer Punsalan ay di lang umakto
Bilang ‘caretaker’ sa ating Kapitolyo,
Kundi Governor na – nang si Estelito
Ay maging Minister of Justice na ito.
At siyang Solicitor General din noon
(Liban sa iba pang binigay ni Macoy?);
Kaya’t nang lisanin nito ang Capitol
Ay si Cicero na ang naging Governor!
Bise gobernador noon si Punsalan
Kaya’t siya itong tunay na opisyal
Na makakapalit at uupo bilang
‘Legitimate successor’ nitong lumisan.
(MAY KARUGTONG)
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
Editorial
5
“It’s sad that Nueva
Ecija is always included in
the list although there had
been no election-related
incidents in the 2007 elections,” Joson said on regional radio dwRW on
Monday. “We have proved
that the elections can be
held peacefully.”
The lone incident that
occurred then was the encounter in Jaen town of
police troops securing local officials. A Punto Central Luzon source in Camp
Olivas called it a case of
“miscoordination,” meaning the troops did not know
each other.
Joson believed the Philippine National Police put
the province on the list
again because of recent
killings.
“It’s because under the
present administration of
Gov. [Aurelio] Umali in the
last two years, the high
profile cases have been
many,” Joson said.
He cited the murder of
a government engineer in
2007 and the killings
thereafter on several incumbent and former
barangay captains, a
board member, the former
vice mayor of Cabiao, the
brother of the mayor of
Pantabangan town.
“In all these killings, the
mastermind has not been
identified,” the former governor said.
“This might be the reason why the police are worried. The relatives of the
victims may fight back to
seek justice,” he added.
In a phone interview,
Umali said the PNP cannot be faulted for classifying Nueva Ecija as an election hotspot.
“Our elections here,
historically, had always
been marred by violence,”
he said.
Without giving details,
Umali said that in the province, “alam ng mga tao
ang nanggugulo at ginugulo (people know who are
causing troubles and who
are being hounded by troubles).”
“The last time I heard
Governor Tommy said that
there should be no violence, Mayor [Honorato]
Perez was killed,” Umali
said adding that the
Josons were suspects in
the murder of the Cabanatuan City official in the
1990s.
“It’s a good thing that
we were placed under the
[Commission on Elections]
control in 2007. I am for an
honest and clean elections
and I would suggest that
the police set up checkpoints in all places so that
I can go out and campaign
even in the remotest areas,” said Umali who is
seeking a relection for a
second term next year.
He said Joson should
“not mislead” Ecijanos
because the “police have
a report on the incidents
and most of the vehicles
and suspects are traced
to a group of trouble-makers.”
Chief Supt. Leon Nilo
de la Cruz, Central Luzon
police director, said Nueva Ecija was back on the
list because it has a “history of violence.”
He said he has not deployed any additional
troops to Nueva Ecija in
recent days.
Zoilo Perlas, regional
director of the Commission
on Elections, said the preliminary list of election
hotspots was for purpose
of monitoring in the runup
to the polls.
“It’s just like a
watchlist. We will know the
situation during the actual
campaign and after the
candidates have filed [their
certificates of candidacies,” Perlas said.
will have good choices.”
Claro M. Recto Village
Chief Val Lagman said “it’s
the right of Pamintuan to
run for mayor.” But he added that “as head of the
National Housing Authority (NHA), did he help the
people especially the
homeless?
Lagman said he had
committed himself to help
Mamac to become mayor. He added that the Bal-
ibago village chief “had
been focused in helping
his constituents.”
Salapungan Barangay
Captain Robert Yeen said
that “Nepomuceno, Pamintuan and Mamac had
been allies in previous
elections against the Lazatins — now they are running, first woman city
mayor may come thru destiny.” He is an ally of
Cabigting.
VM, village chiefs...
FROM PAGE 1
“It will be a four-cornered fight that will give the
Angelenos more options
to choose from. I believe
that most voters are intelligent,” said Cabigting in a
statement. She added that
“their choice will be based
on performance and potential rather than pressure or
‘pera’ (money).”
“I have seen it in the
last elections, and it can
happen again because the
voters are even more politically matured now, said
Cabigting, who is one of
the four contenders. The
others are Balibago Barangay Captain Rodelio “Tony”
Mamac and Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno.
Sangil, for his part, said
“the more aspirants the
better for the city as they
P14.5-M iHub project...
FROM PAGE 1
From the present ratio
of a computer for every 98
students (1:98), Garcia
wanted to lower it by 1:50
though it is way below the
ideal ratio of 1:1, which is
not attainable in the current setting.
“We consider this program as the biggest and
most extensive, hoping it
will become a model of the
Department of Education
in the country,” the congressman said.
He asked school beneficiaries to ready programs on security and
sustainability for the
scheme to move on continuously. Garcia also
sought the participation
of all available stakeholders like communica-
tions giants PLDT and
Smart and various agencies of the government
like the Department of
Trade and Industry, TESDA and the Department
of Science and Technology.
Garcia also asked the
Architects’ Association of
the Philippines (Bataanchapter) to design centers
or rooms for the ICT pro-
gram in each school that
will attract students and
other users.
He added the project
will provide opportunities
not only to students and
teachers but also to members of the community like
the out-of-school-youths,
adults, overseas Filipino
workers and other sectors
to access various sources of information.
Army uncovers 6 landmines
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
FROM PAGE 1
6
buried underground.
Each landmine has the
capability of blowing up
large vehicles like M35 6x6
truck being used by the
military or a civilian passenger bus, the military
said.
The landmines weigh
five to seven kilos and were
configured with materials
that cannot be recognized
even by the landmine detectors.
Bautista said the retrieval operation, which
was conducted on July 4
with the aid of Explosive
Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
team and bomb sniffing
dogs, was carried out
based on information fed
by a former NPA rebel.
The military defined
landmines as basically
explosive devices that are
designed to explode when
triggered by pressure or a
tripwire. These devices are
typically found on or just
below the surface of the
ground. The purpose of
mines when used by
armed forces is to disable
any person or vehicle that
comes into contact with it
by an explosion or fragments released at high
speeds.
The CPP/NPA has developed a capability to
manufacture crude homemade landmines, the government security force
stressed.
The rebel returnee divulged that the group
planned to use the landmines against unwary government forces plying
along the stretch of the
Pantabangan-Canili-Baler
national road, a highway
mostly frequented by civilian commuters, said Major Lito Pangatungan, of
the 702nd Brigade.
He added that the last
recorded use of landmines by the CPP-NPA in the
area was in 2002 along
the Pantabangan-CaniliBaler national road.
Incidentally, the use of
landmines is banned by
the United Nations and the
International Community
for its employment will
endanger the lives of innocent civilians.
“Their plan of employing these landmines is a
manifestation that they had
no regard for the value of
human life and the human
rights of every individual,”
Villanueva said.
He added: “These
landmines, once employed, will endanger civilians not party to the
conflict especially those
commuters plying the
Pantabangan-Canili-Baler
highway. Lives of thousands of commuters will
be at risk had these landmines not been discovered by our operating
troops.”
IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION AND/OR
CORRECTION OF THE CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH
OF MINORS DENISE FABIOLA G. CORTEZ AND
JUSTINE DANIEL G. CORTEZ, DULY REP. BY THEIR
MOTHER, MYRA D. GARCIA-CORTEZ,
MYRA D. GARCIA-CORTEZ,
Petitioner,
-versus-
FC. SP. PROC. CASE NO. 413
CITY REGISTRAR OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA
OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,
QUEZON CITY, OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL,
MAKATI CITY, AND DINDO P. CORTEZ,
Respondents.
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ORDER
An Amended Petition for correction and/or cancellation of entry in
the Certificate of Live Birth of minors Denise Fabiola G. Cortez and
Justine Daniel G. Cortez, was filed by Myra D. Garcia-Cortez, the
alleged biological mother of the said minors, on June 11, 2009.
Finding the said amended petition to be sufficient in form and
substance, let issue summons to the private respondent at petitioner’s
expense. For this purpose, petitioner is directed to pay the corresponding
fee at the Office of the Clerk of Court within Five days from receipt
hereof.
Likewise, have a copy of this order published once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
within the province of Pampanga so all interested persons could file their
opposition on or before the scheduled hearing of this case which is on
August 04, 2009 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.
Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), the National Census
and Statistics Office (NCSO), Office of the Provincial Prosecutor (OPP),
and Office of the Local Civil Registrar of San Fernando, Pampanga with
copies hereof and the Amended Petition and its annexes.
Furnish also the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC-City of San
Fernando, Pampanga, the petitioner and the private respondent with
copies hereof.
In the event the OSG will enter its appearance in this case, it is
suggested that the Office of Provincial Prosecutor and not the City
Prosecutor be deputized to appear in its behalf.
SO ORDERED.
City of San Fernando, Pampanga, June 22, 2009.
ADELAIDA ALA-MEDINA
Judge
Punto! Central Luzon: July 01, 08 & 15, 2009
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Regional Trial Court
THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
City of San Fernando (P)
The
Gossipmiller
by Cesar Pambid
NAGLABAS NG official statement si Johnny Manahan ng Star Magic na inilabas ang The Buzz na may koneksyon sa mga litrato nila
ni Ruffa sa America. And because this is so, nagdududa tuoy kaming totoong nasa serious stage na ang relasyon kaya naalarma na’ng
ABS-CBN and this mightbe the reason kung bakit pinalabas nila ang statement. Para nga naman di mag-isip ang maraming fans na
umabot na sa ibang punto ang relasyon kaya sinasaklawan na nila. Isa pa, halatang hindi boto ang Star Magic sakali mang may
relasyon ang dalawa.
ganito ang nakasaad sa statement: “Lloyd has been a passionate, dedicated and hardworking actor since the age of 14. He has
earned the respect and admiration of his peers and his co-workers through the years and he deserves to have some fun and to enjoy life.
“There is nothing wrong with enjoying the day in the company of a fine young lady like Ruffa, who took the time to show Lloydie
around Beverly where she has a house.
“For all of Lloydie’s many concerned fans and supporters, I assure you, Lloydie is a good, responsible, young adult deserving of your
respect and admiration.
“I’m sure you’d find it in your hearts to allow him to celebrate his own birthday in his own simple and quiet way. Nagpapasalamat po
ako sa inyong pang-unawa. Salamat sa inyong pagmamahal at patuloy n’yong pagsuporta kay John Lloyd.”
Naalala tuloy naming bigla yung dalawang kuwento tungkol kay John Lloyd na kung sesryosohin ay lumalabas na may pagkamanyak itong si Lloyd. Hindi po namin sinasabing ganun nga si Loyd pero sakalio kaya, maglabas din ng official statement ang ABS-CBN
tungkol dito?
Kung sakali, ano naman kaya ang ipaliliwanag nila sa kanilang statement?
Anyway, ganito yung unang kuwento tungkol kay Lloyd. Galing ito sa isang nalaos na starlet who claimed she had a sexual
encounter with John Lloyd sa isang techno bar na andiyan lang sa malapit sa Morato at Roces. Minsan daw
naputa sila sa bar, naratnan nilang halos di na makagulapay si Lloyd at hin
di nila alam ay kung sa kabangagan sa drugs o sobrang kalasingan sa alak.
At dahil nga may kalandian ang starlet, ayun, nagawa niyang i-seduce ito to the point na dinala siya sa isang
madilim na sulok ni Lloydie at doon nga naganap ang kalahati ng lahat. Todo-romansa raw sila, pero nang nasa
parteng sobra na, itinulak daw niya si Lloyd na nagmukmok nalang sa kanyang mesa. Ang malanding laos na
starlet, umuwing ang ngiti ay halos permanente na hanggang sa isang lingo na nagkuwento ito sa mga reporter.
Ang pangalawang eksena ay sa isang sikat namang club sa Parañaque. Regular daw si John Lloyd doon at
sa tuwing pumaparoon ay kumukuha ng babae sa VIP. Naka-disguise daw si John Lloyd at ayaw umamin na siya
yun kapag tinatanong ng mga sex partner niya. Anyway, umaatikabong oral sex at iba pa ang pinaggawa ng
supposed John Lloyd na madals sa naturang club.
Inulit namin, ang lahat ng mga ito ay pawing galling lang sa source kaya ayaw naming sabihing ito na ang
bible truth. But assumning ganoon na nga, aba, manyak na halos talaga itong John Lloyd, hindi po ba?
Sarah Geronimo, Toni Gonzaga hindi magkasundo?
TRANSFORMERS 2 (PG13)
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HANNAH MONTANA (GP3)
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ICE AGE 3 (GP3)
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF
Pag-IBIG FUND,
Mortgagee/Petitioner
1005FS • 1015MF • 1215 • 215 • 415 • 615
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VILLA ESTRELLA (PG13)
-versus-
E.J.F. No. 74-09
LIZA J. PINEDA
Mortgagors/Debtors
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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended,
filed by PAG-IBIG FUND, mortgagee, with its principal office at Suburbia
Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against
LIZA J. PINEDA, mortgagor , with residence address at 63-7 Kaingin
Rd., Libis St., Quezon City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which
as of October 31, 2008 amounts to SIX HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THREE and 99/100 PESOS
(Php 638,443.99) excluding of other interest and other charges, the
undersigned O.I.C./Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or his duly
authorized Deputy Sheriff will set at public auction on July 28, 2009 at
9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59 P.M. at the Main
Entrance of the Regional Trial Building, City of San Fernando, Pampanga,
to the Highest bidder/s for CASH or Manager’s Check and in Philippine
Currency, the following property with all the improvements thereon, to
wit;
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 602174-R
“A parcel of land (Lot 23, Blk. 12 of the cons.-subd. Plan
Psd-03-011855, being a portion of the cons. Of Lot 1, Pcs-03010506, Lot 1, Pcs-03-011271, Lot 132, Pcs-03-000027, Lot
133-B-1, Lot 133-B-3 and Lot 133-B-5, all of Psd-03-123813,
L.R.C. Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. Of Malino/Panipuan,
Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. X x x containing an area of
FIFTY (50) Square Meters more or less x x x.
All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the stated
time and date.
In the event that the Public Auction should not take place on the said
date, it shall be held on August 04, 2009 at the same time and place
without further notice.
Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for
themselves the title of the said property and encumbrances thereon, if
any therebe.
City of San Fernando, Pampanga, June 22, 2009
ATTY. APOLLO J. UMADHAY
OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff
REDENTOR S. VILLANUEVA
Sheriff IV
Punto! Central Luzon: July 01, 08 & 15, 2009
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HANNAH MONTANA (G)
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850LFS • 900LMF • 1040END
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TRUE KAYANG sobrang lumobo na raw ang ulo ni Toni Gonzaga na namimili na ito ng makakasama sa mga
proyekto niya.
Meron pa ring ilang taong nagbulong sa aming yumabang na rin daw ang buong pamilya ni Toni at talaga
namang feeling nila, superstar na Toni na kesyo ganyan at ganito.
Ito raw ang dahilan kung bakit very vocal mismong si Sarah in saying na ayaw nitong makasama
si Toni sa isang proyekto ng nakatakdang gawin nila para sa Star Cinema. May niluluto kasing project
ang Star Cinema na magtatampok sa kanilang dalawa na pagsasamahan nila nina Rayver Cruz at Vhong Navarro.
May nagsasabing malaki na raw ang ipinagbago ng pag-uugali at pakikiharap sa tao nitong si Toni, feeling
superstar na raw ito kung umasta! Maging ang Viva Films, hindi sang-ayon sa pagsasama ng dalawa. Sikat na
nga ba talaga si Toni para pag-ukulan ng pansin like Sarah?
Nakarating kay Toni ang tsikang ito, pero hindi agad siya naniniwala hangga’t hindi si Sarah mismo ang
magkumpirma ng nasabing balita. Para sa Pop Princess, dream niyang makasama ang TV host/actress. Kung
matutuloy ang project, magkapatid ang papel na kanilang gagampanan. Kaso mo nga, hindi naman si Sarah ang
nagdedesisyon kundi ang mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Ang tanong, papayag ba naman si Toni na mauna sa
billing ang pangalan ni Sarah kaysa sa kanya?
Handog ng PMPC at “Mr. Public Service”
Medical mission at charity show para sa mga taga-Payatas
KAUGNAY NG layuning makatugon sa mga pangangailangang pang-kalusugan ng mga mamamayang dukha,
ang Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), sa pakikipagtulungan ng UNTV-37 at ni “Kuya” Daniel Razon (a.k.a.
“Mr. Public Service”), ay magsasagawa ng medical mission at charity show para sa mga residente ng Payatas,
sa Quezon City.
Ito’y nakatakdang ganapin sa Linggo, Hulyo 12, 2009, ganap na ika-10
ng umaga hanggang ika-5 ng hapon.
Inaasahang dadalo sa medical mission at charity show na ito
ang ilang malalaking artista, sa pangunguna ng mismong BiseAlkalde ng Quezon City na si Herbert Bautista. Dadalo rin ang
kasalukuyang Konsehal ng Quezon City na si Ms. Aiko Melendez. At ang aktor na si Alfred Vargas, na malaon na ring residente ng QC.
Samantala, ang medical mission na ito’y laan din, bilang
extension ng programa ni “Kuya” Daniel Razon (“Mr. Public
Service”) sa television (isinasahimpapawid ng UNTV-37) at para
sa mga taga-entertainment industry. May tie-up ito sa mga ahensiyang pam-pamahalaan, tulad ng Pag-Ibig at PhilHealth, kung
saan may pina-finalize na pa-benepisyong health subsidy program,
para sa mga kabilang sa local entertainment industry.
Partikular na nais tulungan ni “Kuya” Daniel Razon, sa pamamagitan ng medical mission, ang Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC),
na sa taong ito’y nasa ilalim ng pamumuno ni Roldan F. Castro.
Ang concern na ito, ayon din kay “Kuya” Daniel Razon, ay
nagsimula pa noong bago pa lamang siya sa broadcast
media. “As a struggling newman then, I”ve befriended a
lot from the movie press,” sabi niya.
Nakatakdang simulan ang medical mission,
mula ika-10 ng umaga hanggang hapon.
Ang benefit charity show naman, mula
ika-3 hanggang ika-5 ng hapon.
Katuwang na mag-aasikaso
ng team nina ”Kuya” Daniel
Razon at mga kasamahang
doktor sa medical mission
na ito ang mga opisyal at
miyembro ng PMPC. Tinatawagan naman ang
mga residente ng Payatas, Quezon City, na
makiisa o sumuporta at
mag-benefit sa medical/
health care services,
at mag-aliw o makisaya sa gagawing
palabas ng mga
dadalong artista.
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
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CIAC President and CEO Luciano awards CIAC-ESD Medic Chief Senior Medical
Support Officer Albert Genghis Sudiacal and eight other personnel including
ESD Assistant Manager Alex Absalon citations during Monday’s flag ceremony.
Luciano lauds airport’s ER
dept. for helping passenger
PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JULY 8, 2009 • WEDNESDAY
CLARK FREEPORT - Clark
International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and
CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano
commended the CIAC Emergency Services Department
(ESD) for providing prompt
medical assistance to a passenger who fell sick while
aboard an aircraft.
“Very good, commendable,” thus said Luciano to
the CIAC medical team that
responded to a distress call
that assisted Edward Macarilay, 56 years old, who was
aboard a King Air flight that
landed at the Diosdado
Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) from Caticlan on
May 18.
In his report to Luciano,
ESD Manager Federico
Primero Jr. said his team
responded to a distress call
to assist Macarilay who was
on board a King Air aircraft
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that landed at DMIA. Macarilay was suffering from a
renal failure and has diabetes.
Primero also said that
his medical team did a job
well done in providing assistance to Macarilay who was
rushed to the Angeles University Foundation Medical
Center upon his arrival at
DMIA.
At the same time, Nida
Cayanan, wife of Edward,
also expressed her gratitude
to the medical team that
helped her husband who is
suffering from a renal failure
and has diabetes.
“Just a simple thanks
and appreciation to the wonderful concern of the medical staff who help (us) my
husband last May 18, the
paramedic did a great job of
providing medical assistance to my husband who
was immediately brought to
the Angeles Medical University Foundation Medical
Center,” Cayanan said.
“I was amazed by the
promptness attention of the
CIAC Medical staff that provided an ambulance to transport my husband to the hospital which saved his life,
and most especially the
kindness that they have extended to us,” she added.
“To all the staff who did a
good job, I am so proud of
you guys. More power and
God bless,” Cayanan said in
an email sent to Luciano.
Luciano said that “This
is the kind of service that
CIAC is committed of providing passengers and airlines. The ESD responded
well in that particular emergency situation and in the
process were able to help a
person in need.”