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Volume 8
Number 75
Thu - Sat
April 23 - 25, 2015
PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO!
Bongbong keeps options
open on presidency in 2016
C
By Ding Cervantes
Marcos
wants
‘brother’
arrested
ITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong”
Marcos,
Jr
said
here
yesterday he has kept his “options
open” on proposals for him to run
for president in 2016.
In a press conference
with local media, Marcos
declined to comment on
whether he would support Sen. Grace Poe,
who is rumored to be his
half-sister, should she
run for president.
Marcos said, however, that much will depend
on the options of the Nacionalista Party (NP) for
2016 including possible
support for Poe should
an alliance be established with her.
But Marcos dismissed
talks that Poe is his half
sister. “Biro biruan lang
naman yan,” he said.
“I call her sis and
she calls me kuya. I was
laughing the first time I
met her after the 2013
elections and I remarked
that we were supposed to
be siblings, so we made
that a career,” he said.
Marcos
dismissed
the alleged blood relations as “one of the silly
rumors that go around.”
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By Ashley Manabat
Bongbong Marcos
Photo
by
Bong Lacson
CIAC chief supports CDC boss
Clark International Airport Corporation
(CIAC) President and
CEO Atty. Emigdio Tanjuatco III has thrown his
full support for Clark
Development Corporation (CDC) President
Arthur P. Tugade after
reports that he has resigned from his post.
“I find this controversy totally unwarrant-
ed, and almost comical,” Tanjuatco said in a
statement.
Tanjuatco said” Atty.
Tugade deserves all
the support and cooperation necessary in
his advocacy to instill
a culture of professional management and accountability at CDC and
responsible corporate
citizenship among its lo-
cators.”
“If there is anything
beyond doubt about
him (Tugade), it is his
utter seriousness to
follow President Aquino’s leadership towards
good governance.”
He said that Tugade
has done a remarkable
job at CDC saying that
“he has made the entire Clark Freeport Zone
a haven for investment
opportunities that would
benefit not only in Pampanga but the rest of
the country.
He also cited Tugade’s support to the
development of the
Clark International Airport (CRK) saying that
“we highly appreciate and value Atty. Tugade’s insights and
continuing support for
the successful growth
and development of the
Clark Airport as a major
gateway to the Philippines.”
Tanjuatco said that
CDC and CIAC working
hand-in-hand to attract
more investments in the
Clark Airport and Clark
Freeport Zone. –CIACPress Release
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A somewhat amused but serious Sen. Ferdinand
“Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. said he will ask
local officials to investigate and go after a
certain Angel Ferdinand Marcos who is
recruiting
members
and claiming to be an
illegitimate son of the
late president and the
senator’s father Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.
The senator made
the statement after he was asked for
his reaction on people claiming to be his
stepbrother and relatives recruiting memPage 8 please
‘Tracking device’
CDC survey form alarms locators
By Bong Z. Lacson
CLARK
FREEPORT
– “We appreciate your
feedback to serve you
better…”
So opens a “Customer Satisfaction Survey
Form” reportedly sent by
the Clark Development
Corp. to all its locators
recently.
The survey asked the
locators to rate the CDC
service received “on
scale of 1 to 3, where 3 is
Excellent and 1 if Needs
Improvement.”
The categories comprised “Completeness of
Top half of survey form.
Service and Information,
Timeliness of Response
and Process, Responsiveness, Courtesy and
Professionalism, Quality of Our Facilities: Signages, Cleanliness and
Orderliness, and In General Were You Satisfied
with our Service.”
Comments and suggestions
were
also
asked the locators with
the information: “This
form serves as a guide.
You may freely express
your comments or suggestions in the manner
or form that you think will
accurately and truthful-
ly capture the message
you want to impart to improve our services.”
While conceding as a
“management tool to improve services,” a number of locators said the
survey “could be used as
a tracking device to identify locators critical to the
CDC.”
Locators
provided
Punto with a copy of the
survey form and agreed
to express their views
about it on the condition
that they not be identified
for fear of reprisals from
CDC management.
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LTO admits 5,000 CL plate backlog
But no suspension of ‘No plate, no travel’
By Ashley Manabat
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Around 5,000 cases of
delayed issuance of vehicle
plates has compelled the Land
Transportation Office (LTO) regional office here to face various stakeholders complaining
of the “no plate, no travel” policy currently being implemented by the agency.
The LTO met with the various stakeholders last Tuesday
to address the problem including the lack of plastic ID drivers’ licenses.
Jason
Salvador,
LTO
spokesman, admitted that
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there are certain things that
need to be corrected.
“When we first implemented the ‘No Registration, No
Travel Policy’ early this month,
it was with our understanding
that there were no backlogs
nationwide because those
were the reports that we were
getting from the regional meetings that were conducting. So
we were surprised that’s why
we’re here to find out why that
happened…But one thing’s for
sure, we’re here to correct everything,” Salvador explained.
Central Luzon has the largest number of plate backlogs
at around 5,000. But Salvador
AC mourns loss of
former vice mayor
ANGELES CITY – Surrounded by family and friends, former
city vice mayor Alberto Ganzon Pamintuan, Jr. passed away
Tuesday night after suffering from aplastic anemia at the Sacred Heart Hospital, this city. He was 90 years old.
“My father’s death is truly a tragic loss for all of us in the
family, but we are consoled by the thought that he is reunited with my mother, Ima Lilay, my brother Benedict, Apung
Delang, Lolo Quitong, and all his siblings who went ahead of
him in heaven.” said the current city mayor.
Alberto Pamintuan, or Tatang Berts, as he is fondly remembered, was born February 12, 1925. He is the longest
reigning vice mayor in the city, holding the mantle from 1960
until 1971 and serving under four city mayors. He was the last
municipal vice mayor of Angeles and the first city vice mayor,
having worked with Mayor Rafael del Rosario and Congresswoman Juanita Nepomuceno for the approval of the cityhood
charter of Angeles, signed into law by then president Diosdado Macapagal. Angeles formally became a city in January 1,
1964.
In his youth, Tatang Bert worked as a photographer at the
Photo Lab of the former Clark Air Base. He was married to
the former Leonila “Lilay” Dizon.
He first ventured in to public service when he was elected Tiniente Barangay (or Barangay Captain) in Pulung Bulu.
He organized the youth of his barangay to become a potent
force in performing organized community services, including clean-up drives on the surrounding areas, waterways,
clogged drainage system and public market. This was how
the group Sipag at Tiyaga started. Because of his dedication
and genuine spirit to serve the people, he was elected Vice
Mayor under the Nacionalista Party, a position he held for 11
straight years.
He worked for the government for over 30 years.
He was survived by his children Mayor Ed, Adela, Mario,
Susan, Alberto Jr, Bess, and Anna. His wife, Lilay, and son
Benedict, went ahead of him.
His remains lie in repose at the Resurrection Chapel of
the La Pieta Memorial Park. –Angeles CIO
clarified that the situation in the
region is “an isolated case.”
In addition, Salvador also
disclosed that the region has
about 18,000 cases of drivers’
license problem. However, he
said the LTO is in the process
of procuring ID license cards
to resolve the problem.
“LTO is trying to collect data.
As regards the license thing,
yes there is a problem with the
license supply. We admitted
that we have a supply problem
with regards to ID license cards
but we‘re in the process of bidding them out,” he said.
“A pre-bidding conference
was held this month and we’ll
have the bidding process on
May 20. So hopefully that will
solve everything,” Salvador
added as he admitted that the
best thing to do is to have “a
blanket solution instead of a
band aid solution.”
He said the LTO is bidding it out not only to solve the
problem but also “to upgrade
the type of license that we’re
issuing to International standards.”
This developed even as
the LTO’s national office urged
the motoring public to observe
the “No Plate, No Travel” policy as “it is stated in the law
that seven days upon the purchase of a vehicle, the owner
should register it otherwise,
he/she cannot use it.”
Salvador explained that the
LTO cannot just suspend the
policy as what Sen. Allan Peter Cayetano and Pampanga
3rd District Rep. Oscar S. Rodriguez have been calling for.
The policy is for the protection of the motorists, he
stressed. “So we, the motoring
public themselves, the dealers and us in the LTO, need
to work together to make sure
that they register their vehicles
on time,” Salvador said.
“The most important thing
why we talk to stakeholders is
because we want to find out
where the gaps are, where we
can help and improve the services to make it more efficient
for the public,” Salvador reiterated.
BALANGA CITY - All 13 young
ladies showed their beauty and
talent in the pre-pageant of the
Mutya ng Lungsod ng Balanga
2015 held at the crowd-filled
Plaza Mayor Wednesday evening.
“Ginagawa
natin
ang
Mutya ng Balanga taon-taon
upang mangibabaw ang kagalingan ng ating mga kababaihan at lumitaw ang kagandahan nilang panloob at panlabas. Gusto nating makita hindi
lamang ganda kundi katalinuhan at galing ng mga kandidata,” Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III said.
The candidates first participated in the production number in the well-decorated stage
that was made more beautiful
by the light-decked Balanga
City hall, Plaza Center Mall,
Plaza Hotel, Galeria Victoria
and the St. Joseph Cathedral
surrounding the Plaza Mayor
de Balanga.
The young women introduced themselves one by
one while receiving thunderous cheering from their village
mates.
They then displayed their
winning form in the casual wear competition and later
showed their various talents
either singing or dancing.
The Mutya ng Lungsod ng
Balanga 2015 will be crowned
on April 25.
–Ernie Esconde
By Ding Cervantes
ceipt, certificate of legal beneficiaries, orginal transcript of
school records for collage or
vocational school graduates,
or forms 137 and 138 with dry
seal for high school graduates.
The advisory also required
the submission of health test
results, including those done
for hapetitis, tuberculosis and
one it identified only as PME,
all authenticated and signed
by the “examiner”, as well as
clearances from their local
barangays, police, mayor, regional trial courts, the National
Bureau of Investigation.
They are also to submit an
“affidavit of being single” and
a National Statistics Office
“cenomar” with official receipt.
The 7th ID said that priority would be given to applicants
who are already professionals
in various fields, graduates of
MS43 and advanced ROTC,
undergraduates with at least
72 units in college, high school
graduates but with technical or
vocational skills needed by the
Army.
It also said that applicants
should be natural born Filipinos, between 18 and 26 years
old, at least 5 feet six inches
tall of either sex, unmarried
without child, have good moral
character, have PAATB score
of at least 80 percent, and
physically and mentally fit for
military training.
er on or before the date
of appointment as candidate
soldier (age waiver is no longer issued by the Command),
at least 5’0 or 60” inches in
height (Male/Female), unmarried and without a child, possesses good moral character,
PAATB score of at least 80%,
physical and mentally fit for
military training.
In line with the Army Transformation Roadmap (ATR),
the Philippine Army recruits
the finest among applicants
for candidate soldiers to ensure the recruitment of only
the best and the brightest for
a world class Army that is a
source of National Pride by
2028 onwards.
13 young ladies vie for
Mutya ng Balanga 2015
Army’s 7th ID recruiting unmarried youths
City of SAN FERNANDOThe Philippine Army’s 7th Infantry Division announced
yesterday it will be recruiting
more unmarried soldiers, as
it encouraged even youths
from poor families in far-flung
areas to apply starting 8 a.m.
from May 11 to 19 at its base in
Fort Magsaysay in Laur, Nueva Ecija.
“The recruitment process
will be held at the 7ID Covered
Court in Fort Ramon Magsaysay. Applicants will not be entertained after the registration
date,” said an advisory issued
yesterday by the 7th ID.
The advisory advised applicated to bring original documents in a green folder “with
proper tabbing.” The required
documents include a 3x5
whole body photo with white
background, original National Statistics Office birth certificate with official receipt, original copy of the marriage contract of parents with official re-
4 Wanted arestado
Ni Johnny R. Reblando
OLONGAPO CITY- Bumagsak
sa kamay ng pulisya ang apat
katao sa patuloy na pagtugis
laban sa mga Wanted Persons
sa Olongapo at Zambales
Kinilala ng pulisya ang
mga suspek na sina Roberto
Alfanta, 28, ng Upper Pacheco, Barangay Gordon Heights
at Nhel Mamaat, 21, ng Purok
14, Barangay Old Cabalan
pawang sa Olongapo.
Ang mga suspek ay dinakip
sa bisa ng warrant of arrest na
ipinalabas ni Judge Jose Bautista ng RTC Branch 73 sa kasong paglabag sa RA 7610.
Si Alfanta ay may kaukulang
piyanaang
P80,000,
samantalang si Mamaat ay
may kaukulang piyansang
P200,000 para sa pansamantalang kalayaan nito.
Arestado naman sa Zam-
bales ang mga suspek na
sina Edison Baybay, 46, residente ng Barangay Guisguis,
Sta Cruz, Zambales at Aprilyn Aseo, 30, ng Purok 9, Barangay Palanginan, Iba, Zambales.
Ang mga suspek ay dinakip
sa bisa ng warrant of arrest na
ipinalabas ni Judge Josefina
Farrales ng RTC Branch 69
sa kasong qualified theft ng
walang kaukulang piyansa.
CEO Lo (center) leads company executives in fielding
questions from media. Photo by Bong Lacson
By Ashley Manabat
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A
livestock company that went directly into servicing consumers
is now on its 10th year of producing quality, fresh and safe meat
in the market.
On Tuesday, Fresh Options
celebrated its 10th anniversary
with a gala night at the Heroes
Hall here.
Fresh Options began selling
its produce on April 1, 2005 from
a small space at SPC Supermarket in Angeles City.
Today, Fresh Options has 74
branches in Pampanga, Bataan, Olongapo, Zambales, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Metro
Manila and soon in the Visayas
and Mindanao.
Earlier, a press conference
was held at the Hall’s Amphitheater where Fresh Options President-CEO Dr. Robert Lo and his
executives briefed the media on
their company’s operations and
future plans.
Lo said Fresh Options compete on “quality” in the market since it is the only company
in the industry that conducts a
weekly quality audit.
“We deliver our products in
crates instead of sacks like our
competitors,” he said.
“Our company maintains the
freshness of its meat,” Lo said
adding that most of their competitors are using imported meat
frozen in freezers while Fresh
Options has its own farm.
“All products are displayed in
chillers since the purpose is to
adhere very strictly to the shelf
life of the meat,” said Dr. Wendell Umali who is in charge of research and development (R&D).
“The company’s R&D department is very keen in observing
the shelf life of its products and
adopts the first in, first out system,” he added.
Lo said Fresh Options’ is “different from other meat shops
because we deliver base on the
orders of our store operation supervisors; so we don’t deliver
whole carcass because there
are some particular demands of
the market in different places.”
He said in Pampanga,
Kapampangans like the pork
face for their sisig while in Ma-
nila they like spare ribs, “so there
are specific demands for each
market.”
“Other meat shops they have
to deal with the whole carcass,”
he added.
Fresh Options produce its
own pig and poultry feeds for its
livestock, slaughter the animals,
processed them and dressed
them for its meat shops and retail
operations.
Fresh Options is available at
Water Mart supermarkets and
Super 8 supermarkets here as
well as in 15 stores in Manila
like Welcome Supermarkets and
convenient stores like All Day
Minimarts and All Day Supermarkets.
It can also be delivered right at
your doorstep within the five-kilometer radius of a Fresh Options
store.
Soon, it will be sold at AyalaGold, the partnership supermarket of Ayala Malls and Puregold
Supermarket.
Lo said actress and celebrity
cook Manilyn Reynes will soon
be endorsing Fresh Options.
Meanwhile, Fresh Options
is also now into processed meat
products like the classic tocino
and logganiza as well as ready to
heat cooked viands.
HACCP certified
Lo said Fresh Options is at
par with international standards
when it comes to safety since it
is certified by the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
(HACCP). This is a preventative
food safety system in which every step in the manufacture, storage and distribution of a food
product is scientifically analyzed
for microbiological, physical and
chemical hazards.
Fresh Options is also an ISO
22000 certified which is a standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization dealing with food safety.
AAA slaughterhouse
Fresh Options will soon be establishing its own National Meat
Inspection Service (NMIS) certified AAA slaughterhouse.
It also plans to construct additional buildings “to expand our
pig and poultry farm to accommodate additional volume.”
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Fresh Options:
10 years of giving
customers quality meat
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EdPam to chair water summit
AC moves to address impending water crisis
Angeles City. - Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has
started implementing measures to avert a water
crisis in this highly urbanized city in Central Luzon.
Among these measures are massive tree planting in
and around the city through the Task Force One Million Trees, the cleaning of Abacan River and Sapang
Balen, and close coordination with the Angeles City
Water District relative to the conservation of water
resources.
“According to studies, the entire country including
Central Luzon, the Province of Pampanga and the
City of Angeles will experience a major water shortage, a nationwide water crisis by the year 2025. But
we will not wait for that. We will not allow that to happen,” Pamintuan said.
“We have started our programs aimed at contributing to solving the looming water crisis as early as
late 2010, during the beginning of my first term as
city mayor, and we will continue to address real issues in the days, weeks and months to come,” Pamintuan said.
Pamintuan
The projected water crisis situation has already
affected Iloilo City, which began water rationing last
week. Tankers from the Metro Manila-based corporation Maynilad are being shipped to Iloilo City to ease
the water shortage there.
“It is now time to develop our own watershed in
upland Angeles City. We already have a plan for this
and in fact we have started massive tree planting in
Sapangbato and Margot. Our ground water must be
preserved,” Pamintuan said.
The world no. 8 city mayor disclosed that he will
convene a citywide water summit in early May this
year to craft a comprehensive solution to the looming crisis.
“As city mayor, I will chair this water summit
with the head of the water district, the city council
chairman on environment Councilor Edu Pamintuan, and environmentalist Renato “Abong” Tayag as
my co-chairmen. All sectors will be asked to participate and contribute in coming up with a solution,”
Pamintuan said.
Almendras keynote speaker at 2 Subic Bay Maritime Conference
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Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Cabinet
Secretary
Jose Rene Almendras leads
a group of government officials and industry movers
who will give talks about the
rise of Subic Bay as the country’s foremost logistics hub in
Northern Luzon.
Almendras will be the keynote speaker at the 2nd Subic
Bay Maritime Conference &
Exhibit, to be held on April 24,
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2015 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center in
Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
Themed “Subic Bay: Your
Gateway to Central and Northern Luzon,” the conference is
being organized by the Subic
Bay Metropolitan Authority
(SBMA) in cooperation with
Subic Bay International Terminal Corp.
Almendras and the oth-
er speakers, including SBMA
Chairman Roberto Garcia, will
provide insights on business
opportunities arising in Northern Luzon with all the investments and planning that the
government is putting into the
area.
They will also share updates on infrastructure development projects for the
emerging Subic-Clark Corri-
dor, a growth area that is expected to improve the economy of Luzon region and create
more jobs for local residents.
Meanwhile, Northern Luzon shippers intend to present
to Secretary Almendras during
the event a position paper calling for the further development
of Subic Bay Freeport to decongest Manila and “serve its
true purpose as a catalyst of
economic growth” for the regions north of Metro Manila.
Almendras is also the chairman of the Cabinet Cluster on
Port Decongestion, which successfully worked in cooperation with government agencies
and private stakeholders to
implement measures easing
road traffic and port congestion in the City of Manila.
One of these measures is
to designate Subic and Batangas as extensions of the Port
of Manila in order to encourage ships to divert their shipments to these outer ports.
The position paper points
out that the Subic Bay Freeport ably demonstrated its
capability to handle volume
cargo shipments during the
Manila port congestion. It further urges the administration
to use the momentum to promote Subic as an alternative
container terminal to Manila
for shippers located in Central
and Northern Luzon.
The 2nd Subic Bay Maritime
Conference & Exhibit is being supported by silver sponsors BJ Mercantile Inc./Scania, Global Maritime Logistics
Support Inc./Global Terminals
& Development Inc and Segara Villas.
Boeing Material Handling
Corp., Smart Infinity, The
Lighthouse Marina Resort,
Isuzu Phils, and TNL Express
have also signed up as bronze
sponsors.
Event partners, meanwhile, include the Philippine
Exporters Confederation Region 3, Subic-Clark Alliance
for Development, Cargo Data
Exchange Center, Philippine Ship Agents Association,
Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce, and Supply
Chain Management Association of the Philippines.
Media partners include
Subic Bay News, Punto Central Luzon, and Headline Zambales.
The Subic Bay Maritime
Conference & Exhibit is expected to attract some 300
Freeport zone locators, logistics and supply chain executives, import and export managers, manufacturers, shipping line executives, key national and local government
officials, and other stakeholders.
For more information,
please call event manager
PortCalls at (02) 569 2562 or
(0917) 555-5273. You may
also email info@portcalls.com.
It’s Earth Day! I will recycle for Mother Earth
ect for the Yolanda victims
in Visayas. Aside from the
exchanged cash, they also
gave the first 300 customer,
1 free SM sando bag for their
participation.
“It is an honor and great
privilege for us to have the opportunity to celebrate EcoFair
in SM Supermalls. Earth Day
will be celebrated around the
globe by people of all backgrounds, faiths and nationalities. Today, environmental issues are pushed to the
forefront of both national and
global concerns. Today’s EcoFair will serve as a reminder
for all of us to do our share in
caring for the environment”,
Sm City Baliwag Asst. Mall
Manager, Ms. Ardee Tolentino mentioned during her welcoming speech.
Present during the affair
were SM City Baliwag Asst.
Mall Manager Ms. Ardee S.
Tolentino, Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado’s representative Ms. Imelda B. Mangua
Development Management
Officer III, Ms. Beth Alonzo
Director of PYSEACTO, Ms.
Armida Carion Provincial
Sustainability Officer. Event
partners like DENR, Earth
Day Network Philippines, Samahang Pangkalikasan Dulot
ay Kabuhayan or SKDP from
Sta. Maria, Baliwag, Balagtas, Plaridel, Malolos, Pulilan,
and San Rafael, BENRO and
MENRO, Soroptimist Club of
San Rafael, Baliuag Historical
Association Luz Dyaryo Bags
for Life, Orica Phils. Inc. and
Guhit Pinas among others.
–SM Baliwag PR
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Eco-Fair Booth in SM City Baliwag.
SM San Fernando Downtown Earth Day with Mall Manager Lana Erroba, Councilor BJ
Lagman, Marilen Malabanan of CENRO, Brgy. Sto Rosario Treasurer Maria Filipinas
Golbe, Brgy. Captain Joel Layson of Brgy Poblacion of Sto Tomas
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
SM Supermalls celebrated Earth Day simultaneously in all of their 50 malls with
a continued commitment in
their initiatives in protecting
the environment.
As part of SM Supermalls’
celebration of Earth Day 2015
which is geared towards efforts to promote Environment
Programs for their malls, SM
City Baliwag had an Earth
Day - Eco Fair and Trash to
Cash for a Cause.
Last April 22, in support
to the objective of Earth Day
Network, SM City Baliwag,
had a relevant and impactful
mall wide celebration of Earth
Day through a simultaneous
and highlighted Trash to Cash
activity. This activity aims to
encourage people to protect
and respect Mother Earth.
This was started at 10am until
4pm in the afternoon.
Environmental stakes are
high and the appeal to sustainable development in their
business operations requires
great efforts among their employees, business partners,
tenants, customers and the
communities around SM City
Baliwag.
Everyone was encouraged to bring and exchange
their trash that can be recycle such as plastics and pet
bottles, tin and aluminum
cans, paper scrap which include books, newspapers,
used papers and other paper
made items, furniture made
of wood and metal cookware and other metal kitchen
item. Proceeds as well will be
given to their housing Proj-
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O pinion
Editorial
acaesar.blogspot.com
Zona Libre
Bong Z. Lacson
Water battles
THE NEXT wars will be fought over water. So ‘tis been said all too often, draught
ever becoming a clearer and pressing danger.
58 dead – 32 of the victims
were media workers.
Five years and
five months since.
Zero justice.
And the culture of impunity
continues to reign and
rule this nation.
The Ampatuan Massacre.
There can be no forgetting.
Gov. Lilia G. Pineda though has not the
time to wait, as she’s engaged herself, her
administration in some battles over water now.
Notwithstanding the Department of Health
reporting that 83 percent of Pampanga
households have access to safe and clean
water, the governor – true to her motherhood
persona – would still want unadulterated
certainty on the high potability of water in the
province for the health and general well-being
of her constituency.
At the safe water summit – the first ever in
Central Luzon – she initiated last week with the
DOH and the local water districts, the governor
put the question of the day: What good are the
billions of pesos spent in government health
and sanitation programs, if the DOH does not
engage with the local water districts to ensure
the safety of the water we drink?
“Lahat ng pagpupunyagi ng DOH, pati na ng
mga pamahalaang lokal, tungo sa kalusugan
ng mga mamamayan ay mauuwi sa wala,
kung ang tubig na iniinom, na ginagamit sa
pagluluto man o sa paglilinis sa katawan, ay
hindi sisiguraduhing malinis at ligtas mula sa
anumang dumi, mikrobyo, o mga contaminants
(All the efforts of the DOH, as well as those of
the local governments’ will come to naught,
if the water we drink, we use for cooking and
ablutions, is not certifiably clean and safe from
dirt, germs and other contaminants),” said the
governor.
Of special concern to Pampanga’s Nanay is
the greater access of the masses, the poor and
the marginalized particularly, to safe water.
“The bottled mineral water to those who
can afford to buy it must be made just as
accessible to those who make do from the
faucets in their homes,” she said. “This has to
be in practice, not only in policy, among the
water districts.”
Toward that goal, the governor called for
synergy among the DOH, the local water
districts and the local government units.
“This does not mean, in any way, the LGU
encroaching on the authority of the LWUA (Local
Water Utilities Administration) or intervening
in the affairs of the individual water districts,”
Pineda said.
Stressing: “This is responding to a critical
need to ensure the health of our people which
we are sworn to uphold.”
The water issue is neither passing fad nor
novelty in the Pineda administration.
Aware of the continuing depletion of ground
water and the resultant subsidence which
Pampanga is prone to, the governor early in
her first term commissioned – at no cost to
the government – a study on tapping surface
water for household needs, precisely with the
Pampanga River as source.
The study was made by Maynilad, courtesy
of Kapampangan Manny V. Pangilinan, who is
top honcho of the water service firm’s controlling
Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
Cost-benefit ratio raised questions on the
feasibility of putting up the infrastructure for
surface water as potable water source at this
time. In the near future, it may just be a certainty.
The abundance, indeed overabundance, of
water during the rainy season in the province
interspersed with its dearth in the heat of
summer, sprang another brainchild from the
governor – the establishment of a series of
reservoir dams upstream the Pasig-Potrero
River for irrigation purposes.
Even as a pipsqueak of an opposition was
raised by the quarry operators, fearful that the
flow of sand downstream would be contained
by the dams, thereby adversely affecting the
lucrative industry, the need to ascertain the
feasibility of the idea remains an imperative.
Given the equal need of the agriculture
sector to have full-year access to irrigation
water and tapping sources for it other than the
fast depleting ground water.
The next wars – over water – are yet to
come. But the battles have started, with the
governor fully engaged. The Kapampangan
must do his share. To win, for his own sake.
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Today in Philippine history
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Manuel Roxas
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On April 23, 1946, Manuel A.
Roxas was elected President
of the Commonwealth of the
Philippines. Senators Manuel
Roxas and Elpidio Quirino as
Vice president, running under
the Liberal Wing of the Nacionalista Party, prevailed over
incumbent President Sergio
Osmeña with Senator Eulogio
Rodriguez for the vice presidency running under the Nacionalista Party. A third party,
Partido Modernista (Hilario
Moncado and Luis Salvador
for president and vice president respectively), was also in
the race.
Inaugurated on May 28,
1946 as last President of the
Commonwealth, Roxas continued in office as first President of the Republic which
was proclaimed on the morning of July 4, 1946, this is
when the Philippines was
granted independence by the
United States.
The term of Roxas is the
shortest so far among the
country’s presidents -- one
year, 10 months and 18 days.
He had barely outlined his rehabilitation and reconstruction
programs when death took
him while taking a rest after
delivering a speech at Clark
Field in Pampanga on April
15, 1948.
President Roxas-General MacArthur handshake at
Roxas inauguration in 1946
(Photo credit: Philippine photographs digital archives, University of Michigan digital library).
Roxas entered college at
the University of Manila and
took up law at the University
of the Philippines College of
Law, becoming a member of
the college’s first-ever graduating class in 1913.
He placed first in the Bar
examinations held later that
year. He was immediately drawn into politics and began what became a lifelong
career in government service
to include: provincial fiscal,
congressman, senator, and finance secretary of President
Manuel L. Quezon’s Cabinet.
After his death, Roxas was
replaced by his vice president,
Elpidio Quirino, who also became full-term president after
winning the 1949 presidential
election.
There is always some madness in love.
But there is also always some reason in
madness. –Friedrich Nietzsche
Felix M. Garcia
Cicero
deserves it, too
JULY 10, 2009 nang isulat ko
Ang tungkol kay Edna David at Cicero,
Hinggil sa kung bakit sila lang pareho
Ang wala ni kahit kupas na litrato
Na nakasabit sa ‘lobby’ ng Capitol
Bilang ating mga naging Gobernador,
Gaya halimbawa nina Tang’ Bren Z. Guiao,
Lazatin, Mendoza at Urbano Dizon.
(Salamat, bagaman ika nga’y huli na
At ‘six feet below the ground’ na itong isa
Na si Edna David, saka kinilala
Ang pagiging tunay na Gobernador niya!)
Si Cicer Punsalan ay di lang umakto
Bilang ‘caretaker’ sa ating Kapitolyo,
Kundi pinalitan niya si Estelito
Nang maging ‘Minister of Justice’ na ito
At siyang ‘Solicitor General’ din noon
(Liban sa iba pang kaloob ni Macoy)
Kaya’t nang lisanin nito ang Capitol
Ay si Cicer na ang naging Gobernador!
‘Vice Governor’ noon si Cicer Punsalan
Kung kaya nga’t siya ang may karapatan
Na pumalit – at di ‘caretaker’ lang bilang
Kundi ng ‘lawful successor’ ng lumisan.
At di nagsilbi ng ‘few days’ lang o linggo
Kundi ng ilang buwan din sa Kapitolyo,
Kaya’t marapat lang sa naturang punto
Na mapabilang din ang pag-upo nito
Bilang isa sa’ting naging Gobernador
Dito sa Pampanga at habang panahon
Na maging bahagi ng ating kahapon
Ang sa kasaysayan naging kontribusyon.
Kaya ang prosesong ginawa kay David
(Na umupo noong suspended si Lapid)
Ang siyang kay Cicer din natin gawing ‘basis’
Upang ang pag-pasa ay medyo bumilis.
Nang sa ganun habang siya ay buhay pa
Ay personal niyang ma-‘enjoy’ kumbaga
Ang ‘recognition’ na marapat sa kanya
Bilang naging Gobernador ng Pampanga
Pagkat kagaya nga ng ating nasabi
Ay hindi marapat na maisantabi
Ang kahalagaan sa ating ‘History’
Ng anumang bagay na kapuripuri.
Na kagaya nga ng naging papel nina
Atty. Punsalan at Board Member Edna,
Kung saan tunay namang naglingkod sila
Bilang marangal na anak ng Pampanga.
Kung ang dorobo at mga walanghiya
Ay isinasama sa naging dakila,
Itong mabubuting opisyal pa kaya
Ng pamahalaan ang basta mawala?
At saka anumang naging bahagi na
Ng kasaysayan ay dapat ipreserba,
Kaya ito pa bang malinis talaga
Sa panunungkulan ang di maisama?
Sa marapat bigyan ng ‘due recognition’
Bilang opisyal na naging Gobernador,
‘Since both deserve to have a niche of their own
At the lobby of our Provincial Capitol?’
By Elmo Roque
NAMPICUAN, Nueva Ecija – What it lacks in physical
attributes to lure tourists, this
smallest and poorest town of
the province compensates
with a spiritual come-on.
In the last few months,
thousands of pilgrims have
been drawn here. Reason: to
visit and venerate the permanently enthroned first degree
replica of the “Holy Face of
Jesus of Manoppello” in the
Catholic church here.
The replica is raising this
town from the doldrums and
good tidings are fluttering.
“There’s a noticeable spiritual awakening among residents here since last year,”
said Fr. Christian Magtalas,
parish priest. “Pilgrims elsewhere come here in big numbers every now and then to
venerate the replica of the Holy
Face of Jesus,” he added.
More pilgrims are expected
to come here as the church is
looming to be declared as the
sanctuary of the relic icon in
Asia soon.
This town (population:
13,300; classification: 5th) was
earlier called as “Nagpicuan,”
a Pangasinense word for “curva” or curved trail to Moncada
in Tarlac and Cuyapo in Nueva Ecija. Though it is 180 kilometers north of Manila via the
Maharlika Highway, it can now
be reached in five minutes
from the Anao, Tarlac tollways
of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La
Union Expressway (TPLEx).
On September 16 last year,
however, it became a straight
path for the visit and permanent enthronement of the
replica. On that day, Archbishop Florentino Galang Lavarias
of San Fernando, Pampanga; Bishops Roberto Mallari of
the Diocese of San Jose and
Florentino Cinense of Tarlac;
Fr. Carmine Cucinelli, rector
of the Holy Face Basilica in
Manoppello; and Fr. Christian
Magtalas, parish priest of the
Immaculate Conception Parish here, officiated in the enthronement of the replica.
“It is one of only two first
degree replicas of the Holy
Face of Manoppello,” Magtalas said.
“The first is at the Manopello basilica for public viewing
and veneration while the original is kept in a certain place
within the basilica,” he added
quoting from sources.
By first degree, he explained, some elements of the
original were incorporated in it.
The original relic is described as the “Sudarium,” the
piece of cloth or napkin made
of sea byssus or a precious
marine silk, which covered
the face of the dead Jesus in
his entombment. Measuring
6.70 inches by 9.45 inches
encased between two framed
panes of glass, it has an imprint of an effigy “of a longhaired man with broken nose,
bloodstained forehead, swollen cheek, half-open mouth,
dark brows covering his face,
and eyes in an irregular way
completely open.”
On it is the imprint of the
risen Jesus “with open eyes,
swollen left face, and halfopen mouth.” It is placed between two glass panes and
encased in a reliquary-like
frame and is visible in both the
front and back sides.
From the tomb, the Sudarium had a history of being secretly kept somewhere, trav-
elling from one country to another, stolen twice, and was
handed by a stranger to a doctor in 1506 in the mountain village of Manoppello and was
kept by his family for almost
100 years. It was eventually
turned over to the Capuchin
monks in that town who until
now are the official caretakers
of the relics.
Fast forward to 2013. A
Filipina staying in the United States of America, Daisy Nieves, a devotee afflicted
with a debilitating illness who
visited the Manoppello shrine
at least ten times, proposed to
Fr. Cucinelli to propagate devotion to the relic in America
and the Philippines. The priest
was granted approval by his
archbishop for the tour of the
replica in the US and the Philippines starting on September 2, 2014 to return back to
Manoppello 12 days later.
It was at this time that a
native of this town, Ernest Alzate and wife Lenlen, who are
both staying in the USA and
became a friend to Nieves,
thought of the idea of including
this town in the visit of the relic
to the Philippines whose original itinerary was Metro Manila.
With the three of them, and
Fr. Magtalas, they appealed to
the Manoppello church authorities to include this town in the
visit of the relic. Magtalas, with
the Catholic faithful here, then
stormed heaven with their recitation of 4,000 Hail Mary’s
on two occasions lasting two
hours each to a much more
noble intentions.
“It was fate and faith that
did it. The replica did not only
visit our town but was allowed
to stay here permanently,”
Magtalas said.
AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS
I, ALICIA T. CASTRO, Filipino, of legal age, widow, and with postal address at 3rd Street,
Back of Magliman Elementary School, Brgy. Magliman, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, after
being duly sworn, depose and state:
1. I am the surviving spouse of the late Gregorio M. Castro, the registered owner of one
(1) share of stock of Baguio Country Club, bearing Certificate Number 5156.
2. Since my husband passed away, I have been the custodian of the original copy of said
Baguio Country Club Stock Certificate Number 5156, which I keep in my personal files at home.
3. Sometime in 2011, when I was supposed to settle the Estate of my late husband,
Gregorio M. Castro, I gathered all documents needed to pay the Estate Tax. That was when I
realized that the original copy of said Baguio Country Club Stock Certificate Number 5156 was not
in my personal files. Despite diligent efforts I have exerted to locate the same, my efforts proved
futile.
4. I am executing this Affidavit to attest to the fact of the loss of Baguio Country Club
Stock Certificate Number 5156; to request the Baguio Country Club Management to issue a new
copy of the Stock Certificate Number 5156 in lieu of the lost one, and for whatever legal purpose
this may serve.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of March, 2015 in the
City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
ALICIA T. CASTRO
Affiant
Senior Citizen ID No. 1895557
Republic of the Philippines City of San Fernando, Pampanga
} S.S.
x-----------------------------------------------x
}
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 14th day of April, 2015 in the City of San
Fernando, Pampanga, affiant being personally known to me as the person who executed the
foregoing document and who exhibited to me her Valid ID as indicated below her printed name.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL, on the date and place above written.
VICTOR B. ROQUE
Notary Public
Until December 31, 2015
Roll of Atty. No. 35650
PTR No. 9007431 / Jan. 6, 2015
IBP No. 961974 / Jan. 6, 2015
Notarial Commission No. 12-14
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Doc. No. 100
Page No. 21
Book No. 9
Series of 2015.
Punto! Central Luzon: April 17, 24 & May 1, 2015
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
Napaguusapan
Lang
‘Holy face of Jesus’ relic draws
pilgrims to Ecija’s poorest town
7
Aircon mas ligtas, mas mataas ang produksyon para sa babuyan
Ni Rommel Ramos
GUIGUINTO, Bulacan ---- Sa kabila ng
mainit na panahong hatid ng tag-araw
na karaniwang nagdadala ng sakit sa
mga babuyan at poultry farm, wala
namang pangamba sa pagkakasakit at
pagkamatay ang mga alagang baboy
sa Archer Hog Farm sa Baranggay
Daungan dito.
Ito ay dahil sa nakatitiyak daw
na ligtas ang mga alagang baboy at
makukuha ang bilang ng ibebentang
baboy dahil sa modelong hog farm na
ito.
Ang Archer farm ay gumagamit ng
makabagong teknolohiya sa pag-aalaga ng baboy. Ito ay tinatawag na tunnel ventilation system (TVS) kung minsan naman ay climate control system
(CCS).
Sa simpleng salitang, ang TVS ay
air-conditioned na babuyan.
Ayon kay Louie Sitangco, general
manager ng Archer Hog Farm, nagsimula ang babuyan noong 2008 gamit
ang tradisyunal na sistema na pag-aalaga ng baboy kung saan ang mga kulungan ay naka-angat sa lupa.
Ngunit ang nasabing sistema ay nakaayon lamang sa init o lamig ng panahon kung saan ay malaki ang posibilidad na magkasakit at mamatay ang
mga alaga.
Dahil dito, minabuti nila na gumamit
ng TVS noon pang 2010 at sa kasalakuyan sa isang harvest cycle nila ay
umaabot sa 3,600 ang kanilang baboy
na naibebenta na may timbang na
nasa pagitan ng 95 hanggang 100 kilo.
Ang isang harvest cycle sa TVS ay
umaabot lamang sa 75 hanggang 90
araw.
Batay sa kanyang paliwanag ang
katulad na timbang ng baboy ay nakukuha rin sa tradisyunal na paraan ng
pagpapalaki, ngunit iyon ay inaabot ng
anim na buwan.
Bukod doon, hindi rin gaanong
problema ng farm na ito ang supply ng
kuryente. Dahil 60 porsiyento ng power supply dito ay nagmumula na rin sa
dumi ng mga baboy.
Sa digester nila iniipon ang dumi
ng mga baboy na nagbubunga naman
ng methane gas na siyang ginagamit
na power supply. Kayat hindi daw nila
gaanong problema kung magkakaroon
ng malawakang brownout.
Karaniwang minementena sa loob
ng babuyan ang 24 hanggang 28 degree centigrade na temperatura ngayong panahon ng tag-init. Depende
daw iyon sa pangangailangan ng mga
baboy.
Kapag tag-init mas nangangailangan daw ang mga baboy ng maraming
tubig kaysa pagkain kayat hirap silang
palakihin.
Bukod doon ay bantad din sa respiratory diseases dahil sa sobrang
init kayat malaking bentahe talaga ang
air-conditioned system para sa pangangailangan nila. Sa operasyon nito
ay importante ang ventilation at cooling system na dalawang principle na
ginagamit dito.
Batay sa impormasyon, umaabot
sa 11,520 baboy ang kanilang naibebenta sa ilalim ng TVS. Ito ay higit na
mas mataas ng 4,320 na baboy sa
tradisyonal na pamamaraang gagamitin sa kasing laking farm.
Kung tradisyunal na sistema ang
gagamitin sa Archer Farm, aabot lamang ng 7,200 na baboy ang maibebenta sa loob ng isang taon. Sila daw
ay umaabot ng 3.2 cycles sa harvest
every year.
Bukod sa mataas na produksyon
bawat taon mas mababa ang mortality rate ng baboy sa TVS at higit sa
lahat,nagiging payapa ang kanilang
isipan sa negosyo lalo na ngayong
panahon ng tag-init.
Ipinaliwanag pa niya na kasama
ring TVS ang paggamit ng automatic
feeder at drinker sa mga baboy. Dahil dito, hindi na kailangang maglabas-masok nang madalas ang mga
manggagawa sa loob ng kulungan na
posibleng makaapekto sa pangkalahatang biosecurity measures ng buong
farm.
Hinggil naman sa gastos sa operasyon ng farm, kapareho lamang daw ito
ng kanilang gastos noong nasa ilalim
pa sila ng tradisyonal na produksyon.
Driver huli
sa shabu
Ni Johnny R. Reblando
CASTILLEJOS, Zambales - Arestado ang isang driver makaraan itong
mahuli ng mga barangay kagawad
na sumisinghot ng shabu habang
sakay ito ng kanyang tricycle na nakaparada sa Barangay San Jose,
sa bayang ito.
Kinilala ni Senior Inspector Jose
Arca, hepe ng Castillejos PNP, ang
suspek na si Wilson Bernardino,
Jr., alyas Butiki, 46, residente ng
Sitio San Miguel, Castillejos, Zambales.
Ayon sa ulat tinangkang takasan
ng suspek ang mga kagawad sakay
ng kanyang tricycle, subalit nasukol ito ng mga paparating na pulis.
Nakuha sa pag-iingat ng suspek ang isang transparent plastic
sachet na naglalaman ng hinihinalang shabu; ibat-ibang drug paraphernalia at isang homemade na
kalibre 38 baril na may isang bala.
Ang suspek ay ipinagharap na
sa kasong paglabag sa RA 9165 at
paglabag sa RA 10591 o Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunitions.
Bongbong keeps options open on presidency in 2016
From page 1
nos, we are fond of creating rumors to laugh
about,” he added.
He noted that Poe
has a “big decision” to
make amid her good
showing in recent surveys. The latest Social
Weather Stations survey
showed she statistically
tied with Vice Pres. Jejomar Binay.
Marcos belied reports
that he had categori-
cally declared intent to
run for president. “In the
past four years, my own
plan has been to run for
re-election in the Senate.”
“But of course things
are changing and many
Marcos wants ‘brother’ arrested
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
From page 1
8
bers and soliciting money in the nearby Clark
Freeport in exchange
for a promise of shares
in the much ballyhooed
Marcos gold bullions.
During a press conference at the Fortune
Restaurant here on
Thursday, Sen. Marcos said “these people
claiming to be from the
Marcos family or relatives of the Marcoses,
that if and when the
Marcoses recover their
wealth it will be shared
to
their
members,
should be arrested.”
“These
people…
puro mga estapador
yan. Kasinungalingan
lahat yan (These people… they are all fraud.
What they’re saying are
all lies),” he said.
“Unfortunately, there
are instances all over
the country since 1986
of persons or groups
who recruit members,”
he said.
When asked if the
Marcos gold bullions are
true, he replied: “Wala
pa akong natanggap (I
had not received any).”
As for the person
claiming to be his stepbrother he said: “No I
don’t know this person.
What I tell everybody is
this – he is a fraud, he
should be arrested.”
“Sa buong kasaysayan ng pamilyang
people are mentioning
my name. So we have
to look at things and see
what’s happening,” he
said.
“Let us observe and
see what happens in the
future. But if there’s one
lesson I learned in politics, never say never and
be prepared for whatever happens,” he added.
Marcos said the NP
has yet no deadline for
deciding on whether it
would field its own pres-
idential candidate, although he said this could
be tackled in its caucus
which starts today. “We
have to determine the
sentiments of its members and allies nationwide first,” he also said.
Marcos hindi kami humihingi ng pera sa taong bayan (In the whole
history of the Marcoses
we do not ask for money from the people),” he
stressed.
It can be recalled that
sometime in August last
year, a man in his 60s
identifying himself as
Angel Ferdinand Marcos and claiming to be
an illegitimate son of the
late President Marcos
had established tempo-
rary base at the Mabalacat City Hall extension
office in Clark.
A
Punto! news
item said the man was
“backed by burly and
armed security guards
and travels in a convoy of black sports utility vehicles to missions
unclear, but he was reported to have recent-
ly
sought
audience
with authorities of the
Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) and
expressed
intention
to make heavy investments in the aviation
complex.”
He was later forced
out of the building after
the story came out in
this paper.
CDC survey form alarms locators
From page 1
“We cannot rate CDC
service as ‘1’ or needing
improvement, or place
anything negative in our
comments because that
would mark us for possible harassment by CDC
management,” said a locator showing the portion of the survey form
where the respondent
should write the name
of the company, his/her
name, contact number,
email address and affix
his/her signature.
While “optional” is
parenthetically enclosed
in the slot of the respondent’s name, “all the other personal data” would
identify him or her, said
the locator.
In the attached “receiving slip”” for the survey form, the name of the
respondent and the company are required which,
said the locator, “nullifies
the optional provision” in
the form.
“They can easily pick
on us, as we are identified. As easily bring
trumped up charges of
violation of our leased
agreements or some
such cases,” he said.
Another
locator
claimed Koreans are
“specially alarmed” over
the form in the wake of
the eviction of their compatriot Steve Kim from
his leased property Hollywood Park for alleged
non-compliance with his
lease agreement.
“Kim is branded as
anti-CDC when he organized the Lubao (hot air)
balloon festival which
beat the Clark festival,”
commented a locator.
“Now there is a climate of fear among locators, specially Koreans,
who may suffer the same
fate as Kim if they criticized the CDC or even if
they give low rating in the
survey,” said the locator.
To another expatriate
doing business at Clark,
the survey will be used
“to prop up (CDC President-CEO Arthur) Tugade’s image.”
“With enough ‘Excellent’ ratings from a captive audience of locators,
the CDC will show that
the 6th rating Tugade re-
ceived from the board of
directors will be shown
as invalid,” he said.
Punto’s Ashley Manabat tried to contact Tugade for his side of the
issue. After failing three
times to get through him,
Manabat called CDC
Vice President Evangeline Tejada.
Over the phone, her
comment was brief: “It’s
a GCG (Government
Commission on GOCCs)
form. It’s not only Clark
that conducted the survey but all other GOCCs
to measure clients’ satisfaction as well as monitor performance of quality management system
in terms of meeting the
clients requirements and
expectations.”
Invitation to Bid
Construction of Multi-Purpose
Building of Brgy. Macapagal
Village (4-22-2015)
Macapagal Village,
Mabalacat City, Pampanga
Punto!Central Luzon: April 24, 2015
Invitation to Bid
Construction of Day Care
Center of Brgy. Macapagal
Village (4-22-2015)
Macapagal Village,
Mabalacat City, Pampanga
Punto!Central Luzon: April 24, 2015
The Gossipmiller
Cesar Pambid
Chinita Princess
KIM Chiu turned 25 last April 19 and she had a big birthday celebration on “ASAP.” “It was a long day for me kasi I also had a grand fans’ day then may launching
ako ng new album ko sa Eastwood,” she says. “I was able to appreciate the support of my fans dahil 7a.m. pa lang, nakalinya na sila sa arawan at nagka-sunburn
tuloy sila.”
Copies of her new album, “Chinita Princess,” was sold out at the Eastwood launch. This is her second album, the first one being “Gua Ai Di.”
“Di ko naman pinangarap na maging singer pero, naka-gold and platinum ‘yun, ha. It’s my fans who asked na mag-album na uli ako kasi the first one was in 2007
pa. Eight years ago na, nung bago pa lang ako sa showbiz. Nagkaroon ako ng confidence na maglabas uli ng album dahil I really sing sa U.S. and Canada tours
namin, with me playing the guitar. Binigyan naman ng katuparan ng Star Music with ‘Chinita Princess’.”
So how is this different from her first album? “Wala nang Chinese song dito. Also, kung ano ang laman ng album ko, ‘yun ang state of mind ko ngayon. Ang songs
ko rito, puro positive lang. Ayoko na ng mga lungkut-lungkutan.”
She started the program at her album launch singing live the song “Mr. Right.” To whom does she dedicate the song? “Siyempre, sa kung sino ang malapit sa akin
ngayon, si Xian (Lim.) Sana nga, siya na si Mr. Right sa buhay ko. My album has six songs. Five are original at isa lang ang revival, ‘Wala Man Sa’Yo ang Lahat’.
May song na rin ako para sa bashers ko, ‘Say We Don’t Care’. May song din sa na-heartbroken, ‘Someday’, pero may positive message na kahit nasaktan ka, it’s
not the end of the world, may pag-asa pang magmahal ka uli.”
How will she describe herself now? “I’m very happy, contented. I can really say I’m blessed.”
What’s the secret of her being happy? “It’s in my song ‘Express Yourself’, which says you should not just stay inside but go out of your comfort zone to explore
and learn how to be happy. Another great song is ‘Darating Din’ which says maghintay ka lang dahil darating din ang magandang kapalaran para sa’yo. Kasama sa
album lahat ng minus ones ng six songs dito.”
It’s common knowledge that her ex-BF, Gerald Anderson, has broken up with Maja Salvador, with whom she had a rift then. What can she say about this?
“Actually, wala na ako, labas na po ako diyan. What happened between them, that’s their decision. They’re asking for respect and privacy and they deserve it naman,
so let’s just give it to them. Kasi siyempre, hindi madali ang pinagdaraanan nila. But I’m sure malalampasanan nila ‘yan if they remain strong, kasi everything happens
for a reason.”
She herself went through this when Gerald split from her. “I believe na God allows a heartbreak to happen kasi it makes you a better person. Kapag nalampasan
mo ‘yan, you will be two times or ten times happier dahil nagawa mong tumayo ka uli.”
Ang pagdadalaga ni Rita Daniella
Candaba’s golf prodigy
Yes, that how he wants a to be dubbed at the moment, Tiger Woods of Candaba, quite ambitious right? But
wait, if you see Christer Rem Sibug strikes a golf ball with such grace, you can easily believe that someday, he
can indeed become the title he wants to be dubbed nowadays.
Christer Rem Sibug fell in love with golf, the first time he took hold of golf club. That was when he was ten years
old his father brought him to a golf course.
His dad, Engineer Resty Sibug also plays golf and won in several competition and one day, he took Rem to his
practice and that was when the little boy started to play golf.
At 16, Rem is already ripe for a golf career. He had been competing in several golf tournaments and won in several
of them. As a matter of fact, he has been teaming up with his father in some tourneys and have always ended in
victory for the father and son team.
In Saudi Arabia, where he studied high school, Rem and the engineer wn I several competiton thelatesofwhichwas
the elusive Castrol open. Other tourneysRem won were: -September Monthly Open Golf Tournaments DIV-C.FIRST
RUNNER UP September 30 2011 Sponsored by RGC,
SANGCOM GOLF SOCIETY Medal Winner October 2011,
SANGCOM GOLF SOCIETY Medal Winner November 2011,
SANGCOM GOLF SOCIETY Medal Winner December 2011,
Palms golf Intercontinental Monthly Medal Power Horse December 9, 2011,
Palms golf Intercontinental Monthly Lurpak February 10, 2012,
Amateur Golf Championship SAUDI OGER Junior Division Champion December 5-7 2012,
Kalayaan Cup Golf Tournament FGA Division B Champion June 14, 2013,
Dirad Golf Monthly medal 2013, Second Division Champion October 05, 2013.
Rem is now an incoming freshman at the University Of Assumption in Pampanga. He will take up Business
Administration. He adheres to his parents’ belief that there is nothing than a fine education; that all parents are
dreaming for their children to finish college and obtain a degree. But of course, we are supporting all other activites
our children are engaging with,” says Mrs. Mary Ann Limsom who confessed that she tails Rem to the golf course in
every competition he had. “Kahit yung sa practice lang gusto ko siyang samahan to show my support. I know that my
son’s passion is to play golf kaya kami ng dad nila supportive kami sa kanya,” added the demure mom.
Academics and golf will now consume 100 percent of Rem’s time. How will he manage to do it? “Time management
lang po siguro. When I was in Saudi I could only do golf during weekends. Kaya ditto sa Pilipinas gusto kung sulitin. I
will practive everyday kasi malapit naman ang bahay namin ditto sa golf course. Pagbukas ng klase, I can take morning
classes at pagkagaling sa school tuloy sa golf course, I don’t want to skip a day dahil gusto ko talaga ma-perfect ang
golf,” says Rem when asked about his time management idea.
Going back to his idea of a Tiger-Wood-of-Candaba he wants to be dubbed, what exactly he means by that?
“I love golf at alam ko pong andiyan na ako. I would like to prove that I can be what I want and be good at it. Being
good at it, wala na pong questions, I have proven that. Ngayon po I have tasted how to be good at it at ayaw ko na pong
bumaba pa riyan, level up po ang ibig kong sabihin. siguro po naman isang araw I can show them at mapaniwala ko silang
magaling nga ako kasi araw araw ko po talagang gagalingan. Gusto ko po yung mga kababayan ko, makita nila ako na
nagtatagumpay, parang si Tiger Woods po kasi siya ang idol ko.”
Very well said, good luck, Christer Rem!
Rita Daniella
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
RITA Daniela is launching her self-titled debut album from GMA Records this Sunday at “Sunday All Stars.” At the solo presscon for her at GMA’s Executive
Lounge, Rita appeared in a body-hugging outfit that highlights her curvaceous figure. In her album’s photos, she is also seen in various sexy poses. Does this mean
she’s now ready for an FHM pictorial?
“Ay, hindi po!” she exclaims. “Sa album pictorial pa nga lang, naloka na ang nanay ko, what more kung mage-FHM ako. But
the album itself is really mature, edgy and fierce.”
But didn’t she go sexy in the movie “Asintado” where she seduced Jake Vargas? “Kissing scene lang naman ‘yun. Wala
akong pinakitang skin. Malandi lang talaga ‘yung character ko. But I’m proud of that movie. Nananalo ng awards abroad.”
She sang some songs from her album and we’re really impressed with the quality of her voice. The carrier single,
“I’m Flying High,” is an upbeat number ala-JLo. She has finished shooting the music video and it’ll be shown soon so
watch out for it. Her extended play album has five other songs, of which only “Fallin’” is a revival and the rest are all
originals: “Di Lang Ikaw,” “Forever with You,” “Hahanap-Hanapin Ka,” “Ihip ng Pag-ibig” and the carrier track “I’m
Flying High.” All the songs’ minus ones are also available in the CD.
Turning 20 on September 15, Rita was the grand champion of Pop Star Kids when she was 11 years old. Julie
Anne San Jose was her runner-up but Julie Anne got her own album ahead of her. How did she feel about it?
“Well, like I always say, pana-panahon lang po ‘yan. When I won, time ko ‘yun. Nang mag-shine siya, time niya
yun. Ako naman, I went into acting and nakilala ko doing contravida roles as Rita de Guzman. But now, as Rita
Daniela, I want to be known as a total performer. My new manager, Ms. Anna Puno, is producing my first concert,
but it doesn’t mean I’m forsaking my acting career. Kontrabida pa rin ako uli in ‘Let the Love Begin’. Pamangkin ako
ni Ms. Donita Rose na kontrabida kay Ms. Ai Ai de las Alas. Ako naman, kontrabida kay Gabbi Garcia. Basta lahat
ng nangyayari sa’kin at sa career ko, I credit it and lift it all up to God.”
Who does she want to be her special guest in her forthcoming concert? “Kung puwede, si Ate Jolina Magdangal,
kasi siya talaga idol ko noong Pop Star Kids. Sa mga lalake, my crush, Dennis Trillo. I bought his album and I
got to memorize all his songs.”
How did she feel when Alden Richards denied her allegation that they once had a mutual understanding?
“Okay lang. I just smiled when I heard it. He was just being true to himself. Totoo siya, e totoo rin ako. Kaya
nga we remain to be very close friends. Pareho kaming totoo.”
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Cable cars eyed for Mt. Samat tourism zone
Punto! Central Luzon • April 23 - 25, 2015 • Thursday - Saturday
PILAR, Bataan- Construction magnate Jerry
Acuzar has proposed
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the operation of a cable
car in the Mount Samat
Tourism Enterprise Zone
(TEZ) as one of the major attraction at the hallowed mountain made
famous by World War II,
Pilar Mayor Alice Pizarro
announced Wednesday.
The mayor said the
cable car was one of the
amenities proposed in
the crafting of a master
plan for Mount Samat
commissioned by the
Tourism Infrastructure
and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA).
Acuzar wants the cable car operation to start
from the Flaming Sword
marker adjacent to the
Pilar municipal hall to
the 92-meter high War
Memorial Cross some
555 meters above sea
level.
Visitors through the
cable cars will be exposed up close to different historical and
scenic spots in the
world-renowned mountain where heavy fighting took place between
Japanese and American-Filipino forces before Bataan fell on April
9, 1942.
“The cable car with
different destinations will
also be an alternative
means of transportation to reach Mount Samat and back to Pilar,”
Pizarro said.
The War Memorial
Shrine, site of the yearly observance of Araw
ng Kagitingan, is about
seven kilometers of
winding road from the
foot of the mountain in
Barangay Diwa. Aside
from Diwa, Barangays
Liyang and Pantingan,
all in Pilar town, are part
of the newly-created
Mount Samat TEZ, she
said.
The Bataan TEZ
which is only second to
Rizal Park in the country has a minimum of
50 hectares of sloping
terrain comparable to
Ocean Park in Hongkong, the mayor said.
Pizarro foresees
the sprouting of a hotel, inter-active museum, theme parks, food
chain, malls, souvenir
shops, convention center and even medical
clinics in the area.
“Aside from the
beautiful sceneries, I
want tourists to see and
appreciate the historical
value of the place,” she
said.
TIEZA that replaced
the Philippine Tourism
Authority has already
commissioned a consultancy firm for P50
million to prepare the
master plan to be finished in six months after
which the Mount Samat
TEZ will be opened for
locators.
The master planner
will design what amenities to be placed in
Mount Samat after a series of public consultations.
The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office, the
provincial government
of Bataan and the Pilar
local government unit
will share in the income
of the project.
– Ernie Esconde