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MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980

Apurahang pagsasaperang IRA: P20-M ang sayang

Mayorya namayanimuli sa Sanggunian

Pamintuan: Tuloy ang kontrata ng Northrail

NI DINO BALABO

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Mahigit P20milyon sa di nakulektang Internal RevenueAllotment (IRA) ng Kapitolyo noong 2001 at2004 ang tinatayang masasayang nang mu-ling namayani sa botong 9-2 ang mayorya saSangguniang Panglalawigan (S.P.) mataposang mahabang debate hinggil sa pagsasaperang nasabing IRA.

Ang pagtatalo ng mgabokal sa mayorya na kaanibni Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon”Mendoza at sa minorya sapamumuno ni Bise Gob.Willy Alvarado na siyangtagapangulo ng S.P. ay ka-tulad ng kanilang maha-bang debate para sa Bula-can Bulk Water SupplyProject (Bulacan Bulk) no-ong nakaraang Disyembre.

Para sa bumubuo ng mi-norya ng sangguniang pina-

mumunuan ni Bise Gob.Alvarado, mali ang panu-kala ni Bokal ChristianNatividad hinggil sa kungsaan dadalhin ang di naku-kulektang kabahagi nglalawigan. At ilegal ang mgapamamaraang ipinayo ngpamahalaang nasyunal samga pamahalaang lokalupang isapera ang IRA, ayonsa minorya.

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NFNFNFAAA: May sapat na: May sapat na: May sapat nabigas ang Bulacanbigas ang Bulacanbigas ang BulacanLUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — May sapat na panustosna bigas ang Bulacan sa loob ng 41 araw sa kabila ngpananalasa ng bagyong Frank sa lalawigan, ayon saNational Food Authority (NFA).

Tumaas sa P22 bawat kilo ng palay ang bili ngmga mangangalakal sa Bocaue, at ang benta namannila ng bigas ay umakyat sa P39 bawat kilo. Ngunit,nanatili sa P18.25 bawat kilo ang benta ng NFA sabigas nito sa mga barangay, at P25 bawat kilo sa mgapalengke.

Ayon kay Arturo Figueroa, manager ng NFA saBulacan, umaabot sa 1,810,426 na kabang bigas angnasa mga bodega sa Bulacan.

Ang nasabing imbentaryo na inangkat mula saThailand at Vietnam ay tatagal ng 41 araw, aniFigueroa, at kasalukuyang ibinebenta ng NFA sa 136na Bigasan ni Gloria sa Palengke (BGP), 80 TindahanNatin (TN), at 36 na Tindahan Natin sa Parokya(TNP) na pawang may akreditasyon ng NFA.

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS —Tiniyak ni Secretary EdgardoPamintuan na matatapos angnaaantalang proyektong North-Rail sa 2010 kahit dalawang taonna lamang ang nalalabi sa imple-mentasyon nito, sa pamamagitanng tulong ng Diyos, suporta ngmga tao, at kanyang focus o ma-tiim na paninindigan sa proyektosa kanyang pakikipanayam saMabuhay noong Sabado, Hulyo5.

Una rito, inamin ni Pamin-tuan noong Lunes, Hunyo 30 na

itinigil ng mga kontraktor naTsino ang civil works o paggawasa proyektong nagkakahalaga ng$503 milyon na mag-uugnay samga lungsod ng Caloocan atMalolos.

“With God’s help and ourpeople’s support, and my laser fo-cus on the project, we will not fail,”ani Pamintuan na dating alkaldeng Lungsod ng Angeles sa Pam-panga, at kasalukuyan tagapa-ngulo ng Subic Clark AllianceDevelopment Council (SCADC),at initinalagang pangulo at chief

operating officer ng North LuzonRailways Corporation (North-Rail) na namamahala sa pro-yektong NorthRail.

Sinabi ni Pamintuan na kahitdalawang taon na lamang angnatitira sa implementasyon ngproyektong NorthRail ay titi-yakin nilang matatapos at ma-gagamit iyon.

“We only have two years andwe will see to it that tracks will belaid down and trains rolling bythen,” aniya.

Binigyang diin din niya ang

intensyon ni Pangulong GloriaMacapagal Arroyo na matapos atmagamit ang NorthRail tulad ngkanyang ipinangako sa pagsi-simula nito.

“Determinado kaming ituloyat tapusin ang proyekto tulad ngpangako ni PGMA,” ani Pamin-tuan.

Binanggit din niya na na hindipa tuluyang inaabandona ng mgaTsino ang proyekto at patuloy pasilang nakikipag-usap sa mga ito.

“Hindi pa kanselado ang kon-trata,” aniya.

Patungkol naman sa bumubuong pamunuan ng NorthRail, ipi-nahiwatig niya na may mga mapa-palitan nang sabihin niya na,“We’ll bring in a new board andset the basic mechanisms to get itoff the ground.”

Ang konsepto ng proyektongNorthRail Project ay nabuo noongkalagitnaan ng dekada ’90. Ito aynaglalayon na makapagbigay ngmabilis at maayos na sasakyangbibiyahe sa pagitan ng KalakhangMaynila at Gitnang Luzon sa pa-

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS— Alam mo ba kung anoang Internal Revenue Al-lotment (IRA)?

Ito ang pondong ibini-bigay bilang kabahagi samga pamahalaang lokalng pamahalaang nasyunalbatay sa nakulektang bu-wis ng Bureau of InternalRevenue (BIR).

Ayon kay Bise Gob.Willy Alvarado, ang pag-babahagi ng IRA sa mgapamahalaang lokal ay na-katadhana sa Seksiyon 6,Artikulo 10 ng SaligangBatas kung saan sinasabina ang mga pamahalaanglokal ay may kabahagi sanakukulektang buwis ngpamahalaang nasyunal.

Ito, ani Alvarado, ay ni-linaw pa ng Seksiyon 284ng Local GovernmentCode o Republic Act 7160kung saan ang kabahagingito ay tinawag na InternalRevenue Allotment o IRAna ginagamit ng pama-halaan sa mga programaat proyekto para sa mgamamamayan.

Ang IRA, ayon kay BiseGob. Alvarado, ay nagmu-mula sa mga buwis nanakukulekta ng BIR tuladng real property tax at ex-panded value added tax(EVAT), kung saan ang ba-wat bilihin natin ngayonay may buwis na 12 por-siyento.

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Ano nga ba ang IRA?Ano nga ba ang IRA?

KASANGGUNI, KADEBATE — Sa kabila ng pagtutol ng minorya saSangguniang Panglalawigan na pinamumunuan ni Bise Gob. WillyAlvarado, namayani ang mayoryang kaalyado ni Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon” Mendoza sa botong 9-2 noong Hunyo 27 hinggil sa pagsasaperang karagdagang IRA na di natanggap ng Kapitolyo nong 2001 at 2004.Mahaba ang naging debate tulad ng naganap noong Nobyembre atDisyembre hinggil sa Bulacan Bulk. Makikita si Alvarado (itaas) habang

ipinaliwanag kung bakit ilegal ang nasabing pagsasapera, samantalangnagpulong naman ang mga kasapi ng mayorya na sina (mula sa kaliwa)Bokal Glenn Santos, Christian Natividad at Pat Laderas habang naka-recess ang sesyon (ibaba, kanan). Sa kabila naman ng mainitang pagtatalosa Bulacan Bulk noong Nobyembre, nagawa pa rin nina Alvarado atNatividad (ibaba, kaliwa) na mahinahong mag-usap habang naka-re-cess din noon ang sesyon. — DINO BALABO

2 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 HULYO 4 - 10, 2008

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Kastigo BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

Kalamidad at trahedya• Pang-apat na barkong pam-

pasahero na ng Sulpicio Lines angMV Princess of the Stars nalumubog at ikinasawi ng libongkatao.

• Ilan na bang task force labansa pagkokontrabando ang itinatagpero bakit patuloy pa rin ang smug-gling? At ngayon pati tao ayipinupuslit na rin?

• Ilang dekada na bang binabakaang trapiko sa bawal na gamot perosa halip na masugpo, ngayon ay saPilipinas na nagtayo ng laboratoryoat tiyangge ng shabu?

• Matagal nang nagtatag ngmga tanging hukuman laban sakatiwalian mula sa Tanodbayan(ngayon ay naging Ombudsman),Sandigan-bayan, at kung anu-anopang Pampanguluhang Komisyonpero may malalaking isda bangnaikulong? Ang isang malakingisda sana, si dating PresidenteEstrada, nahatulan nga ay agadnamang pinatawad ni GMA dahilsa mga konsiderasyong pam-pulitika!

• Panay antigo at naiwan na ngpag-unlad, inutil ang mahalagangaparato na gamit sa pagsusuri ngsama ng panahon, lindol at ibapang kalamidad, pero hindi pi-napalitan.

• Mahirap ipaliwanag ang sundan sa pahina 11

ng ariarian at sumira sa mgapananim at sakahang lalong nag-palubha sa krisis sa bigas at ibangpagkain.

Katwiran ng mga Goebbels atRasputin ng Malakanyang: hindiraw basta maputol ni GMA angnakaiskedyul niyang 10 araw na“working visit” sa Estados Unidos.Nakakahiya raw kina George Bush,Barack Obama at John McCain.

Alin kaya ang higit na naka-hihiya: putulin mo ang pamamas-yal sa isang mayamang bansa o dika magbalik sa bansa mong niya-yanig ng trahedya at daang tao angnamatay? Alam pa naman ng bu-ong mundo na sa bansa mo ay mil-yon ang nagkakagutom habang angiilang buwaya at pating ay bilyonnaman ang dinadambong sa saidnang kabang-bansa?

Trahedya ng pulitikaNgayong pawi na ang pagbubunyi

sa huling kahanga-hangang ta-gumpay ni Pacquiao, may panahonna ang umano’y mga lider ng bansa,lalo na si GMA na suriin, pag-aralankung bakit ulit-ulit at kung bakithindi malutas-lutas ang iyo’t iyonding mga problema ng bansa.

Hindi ba naipatutupad ngtotohanan ang batas? Hindi banailalapat nang husto ang bagsikng hustisya?

HIGIT sanang naging matamis atkasiya-siya sa sambayanang Pili-pino ang huling tagumpay sa ringni Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao —ngayon ay unang Asyanong nagingkampeon sa apat na dibisyon sapandaigdig na larangan ng boksingat unang Pilipinong naging light-weight champion of the world —kung di lamang sa trahedyanginiwan sa bansa ng bagyong Frank,na pinalubha pa ng paglubog ngMV Princess of the Stars.

Gayon man, sa aming palagay,ang huling tagumpay na ito niPacman ay maipagmamalaki ngsambayanang Pilipino, pero hinding Administrasyong Arroyo. Hindikasi masasabi na ang pagtungo niGng. Arroyo sa aniya’y 10 araw na“working visit” sa Amerika aynataon lamang sa napipintonglaban ni Pacquiao kay David Diaz.Ang kaladkad ni GMA na may 59na miyembro ng gabinete at mgatonggresista ay patotoong mayintensiyong mapanood nila anglaban ni Pacquiao.

Pero killjoy si Frank — tinaonpa sa pamamasyal ni GMA at ngkaladkad na mga sipsip ang pag-bayo niya sa Kabisayaan at pagpa-palubog sa MV Princess of the Starsna tinatayang pumuti sa buhay nghumigit-kumulang na 1,000 ka-tao, puminsala sa bilyong halaga

Napapanahon LINDA R. PACIS

Ika-42 anibersaryo ng Baliwag DrugSA paggunita ng Baliwag Drug ngika-42 anibersaryo, isang medicalmission ang kanilang idinaos kungsaan nalapatan ng lunas at na-bigyan ng gamot ang 594 pasyente,kasama dito ang paglunas sa os-teoporosis at paglapat ng therapeu-tic massage sa mga nakakatanda.Ang medical mission ay tumagalng kalahating araw.

Ang Baliwag Drug ay itinatagng mag-asawang Benjamin Rod-riguez at Emerita Lim-Rodrigueznoong 1965.

“Noong ikasal kami ay 1964 atpagkatapos ng isang taon ay iti-natag ito,” ani Ginoong Rodriguez.

Tatlo ang anak ng mag-asawa:si Joselyn (Garcia); Joann (Vergelde Dios) at Benjamin Jr., na ngayonay tesorero ng Barangay Poblacion.

Nakipagtulungan sa medical

mission ang iba’t ibang drug com-pany gaya ng UniLab na ayon kayMar Roxas ay manufacturer ngBiogesic, Revicon, Tuseran, Sol-mux atbp. Katulong din ang GSInternational, Wyeth Philippinesna ang produkto ay Caltrate Plusat Grand Impact Company.

Sa pamamagitan ng bone den-sitometer, 84 pasyente ang nasuriang buto. Isinagawa ito ng mgatauhan ng Grand Impact Co. nasina Rhodora San Pablo, AlexSison, Joanna Cruz, RommelCatica at Gilbert Noogo.

Ang mga doktor na nagbigay ngserbisyo ay pinangunahan nina Dr.Rose Evangelista, Dr. DomingoSanchez, Dr. Orpha Patawaran, Dr.Zenaida Centeno, atbp. Katulongdin sina Evelyn Manalili, NerasTorres, Digsie Garcia, Twinkle (ang

huling dalawa ay mga anak ni Dr.Sanchez).

Nagpamigay din ng librenggamot sa mga pasyente at lahat ngnakipagtulungan sa medical mis-sion ay hinandaan ng munting salu-salo ni Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez saLa Famillia Restaurant.

Sagana sa masasarap na pagkainNOONG ika-12 ng Hunyo, sari-saring pagkain ang inihanda saVilla Micaela Resort kagaya ngcake, ice cream cookies, candies,okoy, hotdog at iba pa. Ayon kaySalvador Villacorta, manager ngresort, sa Donya Remedios Tri-nidad Highway, Ulingao, SanRafael. Nagliwanag ang villa saganda ng mga dekorasyon at mgapalamuting kumukutitap.

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Buntot Pagé PERFECTO V. RAYMUNDO

5 pulis ng Paombong pinarangalanPINARANGALAN ng pamaha-laang bayan ng Paombong sapangunguna ni Mayor DonatoMarcos ang limang kagawad ngPaombong PNP dahil sa kam-panya ng mga ito at pagkaka-aresto sa mga sangkot sa paggamitng ipinagbabawal na gamot sanasabing bayan.

Ang mga pinarangalan ay sinaSPO2 Perlito Dimagiba, hepe ngPaombong Drug EnforcementUnit; SPO1 Alfredo Castro, SPO1Paulino Yabut, SPO3 PoncianoDela Cruz, PO1 Ronaldo Menesesat Rafino Victoria.

Sa pangunguna ni P/ChiefInsp. Sabino Vongco Sr., hepe ngPaombong PNP, ang pagbibigayparangal sa kanyang mga tau-han ay dahil sa matagumpay nakampanya laban sa mga sangkotsa ipinagbabawal na gamot sakanyang nasasakupan.

Ang parangal ay nagbigay siglasa kapulisan sa nasabing bayan atpatuloy pa rin ang kanilang kam-panya laban sa ipinagbabawal nagamot at iba pang bawal naaktibidades sa nasabing bayan.

Sana’y tularan kayo ng in-yong mga kabaro sa iba’t ibang

bayan sa lalawigan at ipag-patuloy ninyo ang inyong isi-nasagawang kampanya laban saipinagbabawal na gamot nanagsisilbing salot sa ating li-punan.

Ipagpatuloy ninyo ang inyongsinimulan laban sa droga atMabuhay kayo!

Kaso laban kay Bokal LaderasSINAMPAHAN ng kasong admi-nistratibo para sa Grave Abuse ofAuthority at Grave Misconduct siBokal Pat Laderas ng Ika-1 Dis-trito ni Mayor Anacleto Menesesng Bulakan, Bulacan dahil saginawang pagpapasira ng una saponduhan sa Barangay Perez(Taliptip) sa Bulakan, Bulacankamakailan.

Ang reklamo na inihain saEthics Commitee ng Sanggu-niang Panlalawigan ay batay saKapasiyahang Bayan Blg.106T08 na pinagtibay ng Sang-guniang Bayan noong Hulyo 3,2008 na sumasang-ayon kayMayor Meneses na makagawang aksyon laban sa may kina-laman sa pagpapasara sa fishport (ponduhan) sa Barangay

Paez sa nasabing bayan.Ang nasabing fish port ay

ginawang daungan ng mga ban-tay at namamalaisdaan malapitsa karagatan at nagagamit ngmga ito sa pagbaba ng mgagamit nila sa palaisdaan tuladng pagkain ng bangus, fertilizerat taeng manok na ginagamitnila sa pagpapalablab sa mgapalaisdaan.

Sa aking sariling palagay hindinaman tumatagal ng 24 oras angmga ibinababang taeng manok sanasabing ponduhan, kaya marahilay dapat bigyan ng panahon angmga nagbababa ng taeng manokna mahakot ang mga ito ngmadalian.

Taeng manok lang pinag-aawayan pa? Ano ba yan!Dahil sa pagpapasara sa fish port,nagkademandahan pa.

Santa Banana!

PNB at Allied BankALAM nyo ba na ang PhilippineNational Bank (PNB) at AlliedBank ay iisa halos ang nagmamay-ari?

Siya ay walang iba kundi angbilyonaryong si Lucio Tan.

Promdi

DINO BALABO

KATULAD noong Disyembrekung kailan ay naging mainit angtalakayan sa Sangguniang Pangla-lawigan ng Bulacan hinggil saP11-bilyon Proyektong BulacanBulk, muling inabot ng gabi angspecial session sa Sangguniannoong Biyernes, Hunyo 27.

Naging mainitan ang talaka-yan hinggil sa pagsasapera o mon-etization ng Internal Revenue Al-lotment (IRA) ng Bulacan na hin-di naibigay ng pamahalaangpmabansa noong 2001 at 2004.Tumataginting na P62 milyonang IRA na iyon.

* * *Ayon sa mayorya, dapat la-

mang na makuha ng Bulacan angnasa IRA kahit na may diskwentona 30 porsyento, kaya P44 milyonna lamang ang makukuha.

Sabi naman ng minorya, ilegalang pagsasapera ng nasabing IRAdahil batay sa Local GovernmentCode dapat ay ibinibigay iyon ngbuo sa mga pamahalaang lokal atwalang bawas.

* * *Sa oras ng interpelasyon, kinu-

westiyon ni Bokal Centi Cruz angproponent ng resolusyon na siBokal Christian “Agilito” Nativi-dad na anak ng Agila ng Bulacan,ang yumaong si Kinatawan TeddyNatividad.

Tanong ni Cruz, saan dadalhinang pera kung makukuha. Sabi niAgilito, sa mga developmentproject tulad ng pagapapagawa ngsilid-aralan at iba pa na isinasaadsa mga attached document ng pro-posed resolution.

* * *Sabi ni Cruz, ilegal iyon, dahil

lumalabas na ang kabuoang IRAna P44 milyon ay mapupunta samga development project, saman-talang 20 porsyento lamang ngIRA ang dapat mapunta doon.

Sagot ni Agilito, referencelamang ang mga nasabing attach-ment, at halos walang halagadahil kapag nakuha ang pera atipinasok sa supplemental budgetay muli nilang pagdedebatihaniyon.

* * *Ang sumunod na sagot ni Cruz

ay ikinagulat ni Agilito, dahilbilang anak ng Agila ng Bulacan,halos mahimulmulan siya.

Kung ganoon, scrap paper langpala yung attachment ninyo, sabini Cruz. Bakit inilakip pa kungwala pa lang halaga yun?

* * *Gabi na ng matapos ang es-

pesyal na sesyon ng SangguniangPanglalawigan. Ngunit kapansin-pansin, sa haba ng sesyon, iilangtinig ang narinig.

Ito ay dahil sa ang mayorya ngSangguniang Panglalawigan ngBulacan ay mga “upo-sesyon”.Hindi po sila oposisyon. Nakaupolang sila kapag nagsesesyon.

* * *Kung minsan ay kaiinggitan

mo ang mga upo-sesyon sa Sang-gunian. Hindi naman nagsisikibo,pinasusuweldo ng taumbayan.

Ilan sa kanila ay hindi nag-sasalita. Panay lang ang taas ngkamay kapag nagtanong ang pre-siding officer ng, “May umaayonba?”

* * *Ang ilan ay parang mga hipon:

sumusunod lang sa agos, magandapa ang bihis.

Hinahatiran pa sila ng mer-yenda sa kanilang mesa habangnagsesesyon at kapag binanggitang kanilang pangalan ay lagingnagsisimula sa sa tawag na“Kagalang-galang”.

* * *Sabi ng ilang tagamasid, hindi

kaya napapanisan ng laway angmga bokal na hindi nagsasalita sasesyon. Para daw mga kasapi ngcommittee on silence.

Sabi ng isa pa, may posibilidaddaw na sumakit ang tiyan ng mganasabing bokal dahil sa paglunokng panis laway. Pero, bale wala riniyon, dahil malaki ang suweldo ngmga bokal sa Bulacan at kayangbumili ng maraming breathfreshener at gamot sa sakit ngtiyan.

* * *Kung makikita lamang sana ng

mga mga Bulakenyo ang kanilangmga inihalal na bokal sa oras ngsesyon sa Sanggunian. Naku, baka

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HULYO 4 - 10, 2008 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 3

Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO

Don’t tread on the ducks

Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Labeling and branding

Forward to Basics FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO

Saraka

The book of all seasons

Regarding Henry

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

“THREE women asked St. Peterat the Pearly Gates for entry andgot a surprise condition,” beginsthe story emailed by a friend. “Youmust not step on the ducks.”

“What have we got to lose?” thethree agreed after protracted con-sultation. So, they signed the con-sent form. And the gates opened.The place was more than they ex-pected. “Eye has not seen nor earheard the joys that the Lord pre-pares for those who love Him.”

There were also ducks all overthe place. A week later, one ladygot careless and trampled on aduck. In a split second, St. Peterappeared. Without a word, he hand-cuffed the erring lady to the ugli-est man they’d ever seen, and left.

Three days later, the second ladysquashed a duck. In a split second,the same drill happened. Only thistime, the man, on the other end ofthe handcuff, was even uglier.

The third woman, who’d seenall these, became extremely care-ful. Months passed without inci-dent. Suddenly, St Peter showedup and, without a word, handcuffedher to the handsomest man shehad ever seen.

“Was this a reward?” she cooedwhile fluttering her eyelashes atthe gorgeous hulk.

“I don’t know about you lady,”the man replied. “But I steppedon a duck.”

In reaction to this story, a stu-dent asked. Who then can stay inheaven? “Ask the blind rabbit,”was the reply from my story-tellerfriend.

“One morning, a sightlessbunny hopped down the trail —and tripped over a large snake. Helanded right on the snake’s twitch-ing nose.”

“Sorry. Please excuse me,” saidthe bunny. “I didn’t mean to trip

THE man was rather upset andwas on the verge of flaring up ashe narrated to me an argumenthe had with his driver.

“Oh no, Father …,” he said try-ing his best to remain calm. “Itwasn’t at all about his driving. Itwas due to his destructive initia-tive of cutting down my Sarakasapling.”

“Saraka sapling?” It was myfirst time to hear of such a plant.

“It’s a rare tree, Father. It’sfamous for being the king of flow-ering trees.”

“Then why did he cut itdown?”

“He thought the tree had al-ready withered up. But in realityit was only going through its ‘dor-

mant stage’ before anothergrowth spurt. When it’s mature,this dry stage signals it’s comingto a full bloom.”

“Wow! That’s the first timeI’ve heard of a tree going into somesort of hibernation,” I said withamazement.

“But there’s nothing I can doabout it now,” the man lamented.

“I’m sure it can still recoverfrom the stump. Surely if theroots are well watered and …,” Iwas trying to be optimistic.

“Nope,” the man swayed hishead in regret, “he pulled it bythe roots!”

“At least it’s only a tree,” Isaid.

“I know, Father. But I feel bad

that I may have overreacted when Iscolded him for having done that.”

“Well, if he had done so withthe good intention of clearing yourgarden of apparently dead plants,then I suppose he meant well.”

“I guess you’re right there,Father,” the man smiled showinghe had regained some of his peace.

* * *As our conversation ended, I

continued to ponder about theman’s story about his “hibernat-ing tree”. I couldn’t help but re-call our Lord’s parable about theunfruitful tree. The master no-ticed that a particular tree in hisgarden was not producing fruit,and instructed that it be cut

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IN the third century, there was amonk named Antony who lived alifetime all alone in the endlessdesert of Egypt. Despite his iso-lation, he kept up a lively corre-spondence with many of theprominent personalities of theday. Emperor Constantine wouldwrite to ask for his advice. Otherhermits would write asking for hisprayers.

One day, one of the monk’spupils expressed surprise thateven kings and emperors wrotehim. The saintly hermit an-swered, “Think nothing of it.What the emperor writes is noth-ing special. And what the otherfamous people write about is noteven worth mentioning. As a mat-ter of fact, I know of only one let-ter which is really worth reading,and re-reading, and thinkingabout.”

Coming from the mouth of themonk, he was surprised to hearthat such letter existed. Hewanted to know who could havewritten such a special kind of let-ter. So, Antony told him, “The let-ter that I am talking about waswritten for us, humans, by GodHimself. We call it the Bible.”

“The gospel is not a book; it isa living being, with an action, apower, which invades every thingthat opposes its extension, be-hold! It is upon this table: Thisbook, surpassing all others. I neveromit to read it, and every day withsome pleasure,” said French em-peror Napoleon Bonaparte.

American presidents believe inthe sanctity of the Bible. NobelPeace Prize winner Woodrow Wil-son said, “When you have read theBible, you know it is the word ofGod, because it is the key to yourheart, your own happiness, andyour own duty.” Even before him,there was Abraham Lincoln, whoadmitted, “I believe the Bible isthe best gift God has ever givento man. All the good of the Saviorof the world is communicated tous through the Book.”

Famous authors also draw in-spiration from the Bible. Frenchwriter Victor Hugo said, “Englandhas two books; the Bible andShakespeare. England madeShakespeare, but the Bible madeEngland.” German writer andscientist Goethe commented, “Ilook upon all four Gospels as thor-oughly genuine, for there shinesforth from them the reflectedsplendor of a sublimity proceed-ing from Jesus Christ.”

At one time, a man was askedto tell his favorite Bible verse.“And it came to pass,” the manreplied. This surprised the inter-viewer because it is not a quotedpassage; although it is mentioned

THE practice of labeling andbranding is a fact of life. But Ipersonally don’t quite like it, es-pecially when applied to people,precisely because it tends to con-fine and stereotype us.

We are persons, not things, notanimals. As such, we are intelli-gent beings and free spirits thatcould not and should not be re-duced and straitjacketed to a setimage or type.

There may be something per-manent in us, or characteristicsthat are stable, but we shouldnever forget that we also change,and in fact in certain aspects, weneed to change.

We have to learn to grapple andblend these two facets. It’s noeasy task, and given their ticklishlinkage and the profuse confusionaround, we really need to have theappropriate understanding andskills to carry it out.

Of the permanent categorywould be our nature as rationalbeings, as persons with intelli-gence and will, and as beings sub-ject not only to reason but also tofaith. We also are social beings,and not just individuals. Theseshould always be a given, and con-tinually reinforced.

But alas, nowadays and espe-cially in some supposedly think-ing circles, a few of these perma-nent features are doubted andquestioned. Categories that usedto be traditionally or culturallyobvious and taken for granted arenow put in reservation.

Our more stable characteris-tics would be in the area of ourcharacter, personality, social back-

persons, and not just a facelesscrowd, a mob that can be treatedwithout attention to refinementand charity, or mere points. Weare all brothers and sisters, allchildren of God.

Our differences and conflictsshould not undermine this basicrequirement. Thus our Lord putit as the acme of charity to “loveyour enemy.” We just have to finda way to resolve our differenceswith patience, knowing that truthand charity cannot and should notbe separated.

We have to go beyond top-of-mind responses, and learn to pro-cess and deliberate our reactions.We have to be good-mannered al-ways, seeing to it that our emo-tions, while allowed to show al-ways, should be under control.

Our arguments and reasonsshould be crafted with clear ori-entation to the common good. Wehave to learn to listen to one an-other, and to be magnanimous. Wehave to purify our discussions ofany accumulating traces of re-sentment and bitterness.

The forcefulness with whichwe infuse our views, if we know,can be done with affection. It caneven be given with a dash of hu-mor. The result will always be asmashing hit that gladdens every-one, including our opponents.

What is more, discussions un-der these conditions facilitate thesearch for more fruitful and use-ful findings. They also foster soli-darity among ourselves so we canattain our common good moreeasily.

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ground, IQ, physical and biologi-cal constitution, etc. In our deal-ings with one another we shouldalso consider all these to attaingreater propriety in our relations.

But there are many things thatchange. Flux dominates our physi-cal and affective life. And this ismore so in our ideas, thoughts,desires and plans. And yet in thisflow, certain steady traits can benoted, giving rise to the need forlabeling and branding.

This is where we have to bemost careful. This practice of clas-sifying, pigeonholing and packag-ing should be pursued with theconstant awareness that there areelements in us that change, or arecapable of changing and shouldchange. This needs frequent self-checking and self-renewals.

Especially in our social life, andin politics to be more specific, thisunavoidable business of labelingand branding has to be pursuedwith extreme care.

Now that our politics is enter-ing a more intriguing phase, es-pecially in the more developedcountries like the U.S. where poli-tics is increasingly reflecting aculture of war, we need to be mostcharitable.

There, it is common to brandpeople as either conservative orliberal, right-wing or left-wing,etc. While there are valid reasonsto do so, we should not allow thislabeling to deteriorate into name-calling, insulting, carping andthings like those.

We need to continually remindourselves in our political discus-sions that we are dealing with

in the Bible several times, it isnot a verse. Yet, the man insistedthat “and it came to pass” wasone of the meaningful to him.

In every trouble, he explained,he thinks of this Biblical line. Theproblem, the difficulty, did notcome to stay; it came to pass. Itcame to leave its imprint uponhis personality and his character.It came to teach its particular les-son. But it was not, of itself a fi-nality. It did not come to stay. Itcame to pass.

And so it came to pass that aprisoner was locked up to a soli-tary confinement and was given aBible as his only companion. So,he studied it very carefully for sev-eral years. Long before the daysof computers, he discovered thefollowing facts:

The Bible contains 3,586,489letters and 773,692 words. It has31,173 verses and 1,189 verses.The word “and” occurs 46,277times. The middle verse in theentire Bible is verse 8 of Psalm118. All the letters of the alpha-bet are found in Ezra 8:21. Thelongest verse is Esther 8:9 whilethe shortest is in John 11:35.

The prisoner discovered allthese facts but nowhere in thestory revealed that the messageof the Bible touched the prisoner’sheart. Yes, he missed the mainpoint. “I am the way, the truth,and the life,” Jesus said (John14:6).

Is the Bible inspired by Godfor real? Robert Dick Wilson, flu-ent in more than 45 languagesand dialects, concluded after alifetime study of the Old Testa-ment: “I may add that the resultof my 45 years of study of the Biblehas led me all the time to a firmerfaith that in the Old Testament,we have a true historical accountof the history of the Israelitepeople.” And respectablenewsweekly Time declared:“Reputable scholars now believethat the New Testament accountis reliable history.”

“This book had to be writtenby one of three people: good men,bad men or God,” British religiousleader John Wesley said. “Itcouldn’t have been written bygood men because they said it wasinspired by the revelation of God.Good men don’t lie and deceive.

It couldn’t have been writ-ten by bad men because badmen would not write some-thing that would condemnthemselves. It leaves only oneconclusion. It was given by di-vine inspiration of God.”

Back in the old days, a huntergot lost in the forest severaltimes. He was rather young. So

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over you. But I’m blind and can’tsee.”

“That’s perfectly all right,” re-plied the snake. “To be sure, it wasmy fault. I didn’t mean to trip you.But I’m blind too. And I didn’t seeyou coming. By the way, what kindof animal are you?”

“Well, I really don’t know,” saidthe rabbit. “I’ve been blind sincebirth and I’ve never seen myself.Maybe you could examine me andfind out.”

So the snake felt the rabbit allover and said: “Well, you’re soft,cuddly, and have long silky ears,with a fluffy tail and a twitchy nose.You must be a rabbit!”

“I can’t thank you enough,” therabbit replied. “But by the way,what kind of animal are you?”

The snake replied that hedidn’t know either. So, the bunnyagreed to examine him and when

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sila ang mahiya sa kanilang sarilisa pagboto sa mga Kagalang-galang na Bokal.

Habang nagsesesyon, may pa-ngiti-ngiti at pakindat-kindat samga bisitang nasa galeriya. Pa-rang mga tinedyer na nagpapa-cute.

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nagsesesyon ay hawak ang kan-yang cellular phone at panay angtext. Hindi naman siguro niyaitine-text ang kanyang opinyon saisyung tinatalakay, dahil walanamang hawak na cellphone angpresiding officer ng Sanggunianupang mabasa ang kanyang men-sahe.

* * *Sabi ng isang tagamasid sa

galeriya, parang bata na nakaha-wak ng laruan ang bokal na panayang text sa panahon ng sesyon.

Physically present, pero men-tally absent, wika nga.

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mga kapwa bokal at ng presiding

officer si “Bokal Text”. Basta tuloylamang ang daloy ng talakayan saSanggunian. Para na rin nilangsinabi, bahala ka sa buhay mo.

Dahil sa halos walang nag-tatanong o nagsasagawa ng in-terpelasyon sa proponent o nag-hahain ng resolusyon sa Sang-guniang Panglalawigan, bumabasi Bise Gob. Willy Alvarado sakanyang luklukan at pansaman-talng nagpapalit sa isang ka-sangguni upang pansamatalangmaging tagapangulo ng hapag.

Ayun, nakigulo na rin si Al-varado. Siya na rin ang nagtanongo nagsagawa ng interpelasyon kayBokal Christian “Agilito” Na-tividad.

* * *Maganda ang naging palitan ng

pananaw nina Alvarado at Agilito.Kahit papaano nagkaroon ngwisyo o katinuan ang pagtalakaysa mga isyung bumabalot sapagsasapera ng IRA ng Bulacan.

Kaso, kapag si Alvarado angnagsasalita, parang laging nagpi-privilege speech sa Kongreso.


Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

Ina ng Laging SakloloAng daming deboto, Ina ng Laging SakloloNa sa Baclaran pa doon dumadayoSubalit sa ngayon mga BulakenyoPunta sa Hagonoy, Barangay San Pedro.Ang bagong parokya ay itinalagaIna ng Laging Saklolo ngalan ng ParokyaItong konsagrasyon ay kaalinsabay paSa bagong simbahan na napakaganda.Ito’y makalipas halos sampung taonKapilyang maliit dingding buho noonDahilan sa tulong na mga abuloyBago at maganda ang simbahan ngayon.Hunyo beinte s’yete pinasinayaanBishop Oliveros ay binindisyunanAng bagong parokya at itong simbahanAng Kura Paroko tinalaga naman.Alagad ng Diyos Fr. Sammy SungaNaglingkod na dito may walong taon naSimula sa ngayon hanggang 2012 paAt Kura Paroko tinatawag sa kanya.Ang paglilingkuran ng parokyang itoAy ang Abulaslas, San Pedro, San PabloBayan ng Hagonoy sumasakop ditoAt sa Paombong naman ay San Isidro 2.Pangunahing saksi sa palatuntunanAt naging sponsors Punong LalawiganGob. Josie dela Cruz dating nanungkulanGob. Jonjon Mendoza ngayo’y puno naman.Matapos ang misa dito’y kinilalaPinahalagahan sa hinandog niyaLupang tinayuan ng simbahan palaAt pinagpagawa ay mula sa kanya.Severina delos Santos ang kanyang pangalanI.A.M. Batch ’56 itong pinagmulanKinuhang sponsors mga kamag-aralSi Roger at ako dito’y kasamahan.Mga kamag-aral dito’y naging saksiPawang nakaputi itong unipormeSa pananghalian sila’y tabi-tabiLubos pag-istima classmate na si Vennie.Sila ang nagsabi mga BulakenyoDoon sa Bulacan hindi na dadayoDito sa Hagonoy, barangay San PedroHinihintay tayo, Ina ng Laging Saklolo.

Murmurings

ARIEL HANS C. SEBELLINO

Si Manny, Korupsyon,Frank at pati si Princess

Tatlong mukha …MagkakaibaPagbubunying walang patidPagnanakaw na walang humpayPananalasang walang alinlanganTatlong mukha …MagkahalintuladPerang bunga ng suntokSalaping hango sa kaban ng bayanKabuhayang nasalantaLarawan ng tagumpaySa pawis at sakit ng katawanBayang lugmokNa sa tuwina’y naghahanap ng kasagutanNakakitaan nga ba ng panandaliang tuwa?Dungis sa mukha o puwing kayaTila ayaw nang maburaKakamutin, tatakpan, o gagamutinBahagyang kinakalimutan ang hapdiKailan maghihilom ang sugat?Saklaw ng kalikasanTao ma’y nakikialamRumaragasa, animo’y galitKaligtasang kakarampot, halos di abot-kamayIlang unos pa ba?Tatlong mukha …Ngiti at tawaHimutok at kutyaLuha at ungolIkubli man, sumasambulatTatlong mukha …Parehong magaling sa mundoSa iba’t ibang larangan …Hanggang sa muling labanHanggang sa muling pangungulimbatHanggang sa muling sakunaKaninong mukha ka?

Magara ang pagkakaayos ng mgamesa’t silya sa kainan. Mayroon dingentabladong inihanda kung saannagpakitang gilas sa pagsayaw ang mgamascot ng Jollibee.

Nagsagawa rin ng parlor gamespara sa mga bata kung saan naka-tanggap ang mga ito ng iba’t ibang uring laruan habang binubugahan ngbubble machine ang mga naglalaro.

BAKIT? Double party celebrationkasi ni Liby at Nicole Ramos, anak atapo ni Gng. Erlinda F. Ramos, may-aring Fernando’s Bakery.

Ilan taon si Liby? “Secret” angkanyang sagot.

Si Pauline Nicole Ramos ay limangtaon gulang at anak ni Marel Ramos atSweet Mendoza. Punong-abala angmag-iinang Erlinda, Mary Rose atPinky Ramos at dumalo ang kanilangmga kaibigan: sina Gng. Elvie Esta-nislao kasama ang anak na si Marvinat ang dalawang apo ni Elvie na sinaAngelie at Chin-chin.

Naroon din si Deceree RanelePineda, kapatid ni Regine Velasquezkasama sina Elisha at Elijah Pineda;Ameby Busec ng Channel 7, JoannVergel de Dios atbp.

Ang naghanda ng pagkain ay angGelines catering services ni EstelaGaddi ng Carmela Homes, Sabang.

May GK na sa BaliwagPINAG-USAPAN kamakailan sa GKForum ang pagtatatag ng GawadKalinga sa Baliwag upang mabigyan ngmga sariling bahay ang mahihirap atibalik ang kanilang dignidad na nawala.

Ayon kay Vergel Flores, pinuno ngProvincial Family Ministry ng Bulacan,hindi lang dignidad ang ibabalik ng GKkundi pati moral values, tulong sakabuhayan, kalusugan at edukasyonpara sa kabataan.

Dumalo sa orientation sina MayorRomy Estrella na siyang nagbigay ngwelcome address; Vice-Mayor FerdieCruz, Bokal Ferdie Estrella, KonsehalEnrique Buko, Michelle Cruz, mgapunong barangay ng Sulivan, Sta. Bar-bara, Tarcan, District Deputy of RCJimmy Maniego KC Grand KnightDanny Sta. Juana atbp.

Guest Speaker si Tony Meloto,founder/father of Gawad Kalinga.Naroon din ang mga miyembro ngCouples for Christ kagya ni Jun Dima-rucot, provincial area head of Bulacan;Rey Francisco, provincial area directorng Bulacan at Gil Estrella, provincialhead ng GK.

Ipinahayag ni Mayor Estrella angkanyang suporta sa GK upang matu-lungan ang mahihirap. Ang program-ming ay pangangasiwaan ni JosieLabasbas ng DSWD.

Agad namang nagbigay ng lupangmay sukat na 2,000 metro kwadradosa Barangay Piel si Herminia Igna.

Ang GK ay nasa 10 bayan ng Bu-lacan: San Miguel, San Ildefonso,Angat, Norzagaray, Guiginto, Bocaue,Sta. Maria, Marilao, San Jose del Monteat Pandi.

Pinag-aaralan pa kung saan itatayoang GK sa Baliwag.. Sa Matang-tubigkaya?

Typhoon Frank sa BaliwagHINDI masyadong naapektuhan ngnagdaang Bagyong Frank ang Baliwag,ayon kay Konsehal Rey Trinidad ngMunicipal Disaster Coordinating Coun-cil (MDCC).

Sa ulat ni DSWD Chief JosephineLabasbas sa Provincial Disaster Coor-dinating Council (PDCC), ang bilangng mga pamilyang nabigyan ng tulongsa pagbaha ay ang mga sumusunod:Barangay VDF, 30; Subic, 103; Sta Bar-

bara, 88; Pagala,138; Tilapayong, 88;at San Jose, 300.

Samantalang, naglunsad ng 24 orasna operasyon ang barangay Poblacionnoong nananalasa ang bagyong Frank.Binantayan ng barangay officials angpagpapakawala ng tubig mula sa AngatDam upang matulungang lumikas angmay 184 pamilya sa tabing ilog. Dinalasila sa bahay ni Mayor sa Little Baguio,bisita at sa palengke.

Ulat mula sa mga barangay• Barangay Poblacion — Pinagka-

kaabalahan ng mga opisyal ng BarangayPoblacion na makapagbigay ng murangmakakain sa mga mamamayan. Nag-bebenta sila ng NFA rice sa palengke,BMG building at Little Baguio.

Halos lahat ng mga pamilya ngPoblacion ay pumila sa Meralco refundna P500 kung saan mula sa barangayang pinakamarami.

• Barangay Tiaong — Noong ika-3 ng Hunyo, 157 aso ang naturukan nglibreng anti-rabies vaccine sa pakiki-pagtulungan ni Kapitan RicardoRomulo at KONSI Power (samahan ngmga konsehal sa buong Baliwag).

Isinaayos din ni Kapitan Romuloang daloy ng trapiko sa kanto ng high-way (J. Rizal St.) at Abraham St. Datiay nakahilera ang mga tricycle samismong pasukan kaya’t nagkakaroonng traffic at banggaan.

• Barangay Sto. Cristo — Angibinalita namin noong nakaraang isyuna inumpisahan na ang paggawa ngbakod na sementado sa sementeryo ngmunisipyo ay tapos na. Ito ay proyektoni Mayor Romy Estrella at ng barangaysa pamumuno ni Barangay Capt. FelixCalanoc Jr.

Tapos na din ang Room for Saintssa itaas ng bisita na proyekto nghermana na si Baby Flores.

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ways of solving all kinds of problems ...but he has nothing to show for his ef-forts. No one will benefit from hisworks if they have no supernatural con-tent.” (Friends of God, No. 51)

Let us resolve to be always fruitfulbecause we never know when andwhere our Lord may pass by to ask ofus to render an accounting of our life.May we never fall into the temptationof being too attached to the past whichwe cannot bring back. Neither shouldwe look too far into the future only tobe bogged down by useless and time-consuming worries that may nevercome. It more worthwhile and fruitfulto face and live the present and offer it— thus, wisely is it called a present ofour prayer, good works, virtues, andpersonal apostolate, etc. — as a fittinggift to God and neighbor.

down. His gardener begged him toallow the tree to live. In the mean-time he will fertilize it, and if it stillis unfruitful in the next season, thenhe will cut it down.

Another similar incident was whenJesus sought to fill himself with fruitsfrom a fig tree. The Gospel describesthat the tree did not have figs “sinceit was not the season for figs.” Unableto find any, our Lord curses the treeand His disciples later find it with-ered to the roots.

Surely our Lord, being the Creatorof all things, would be more knowl-edgeable than anyone else about thenature of trees. Thus, it would havebeen only natural for Him to under-stand and respect the laws innate increatures. But here, our Lord isn’tteaching us botany, but to use the par-

able and the fig tree He cursed as les-sons for us to realize that He has allthe right to demand of the tree of ourlife good works — both in season andout of season.

St. Josemaría, considering this epi-sode says, “Let this be a lesson to us.There is no excuse for being unproduc-tive. Some might say ‘I don’t knowenough ...’ But that is no excuse. Orelse, ‘I am unwell, I haven’t much tal-ent, the conditions are not right, mysurroundings ...’ These aren’t excuseseither. How pitiful the man who adornshimself with the foliage of a falseapostolate, who has all the outwardappearance of leading a fruitful life, butis not sincerely attempting to yieldfruit! It looks as though he is using histime well. He seems to get around, toorganize things, to be inventing new

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he bunny finished, the snake asked:“Well, what kind of an animal am I?”

The bunny replied: “You’re cold,you’re slippery, and you haven’t got anyballs. You must be a politician.”

But even politicians can’t beathealth insurance companies, as the fol-lowing conversation between a doctorand the lady of the house shows:

The phone rings and the lady of thehouse answers, “Hello.” “Mrs. Rod-riguez, please.”

“Speaking.”“Mrs. Rodriguez, this is Doctor

Sanchez at Modern Diagnostic Labo-ratory. When your doctor sent yourhusband’s biopsy to the lab yesterday,a biopsy from another Mr. Rodriguezarrived as well. And we are now uncer-tain which one is your husband’s.Frankly the results are either bad orterrible.”

“What do you mean?” Mrs.Rodriguez asks nervously.

“Well, one of the specimens testedpositive for Alzheimer’s. And the otherone tested positive for AIDS. We can’ttell which is your husband’s.”

“That’s dreadful! Can’t you do the testagain?” questioned Mrs. Rodriguez.

“Normally we can, but your healthinsurance company will only pay forthese expensive tests one time.”

“Well, what am I supposed to donow?”

“The people at Laboratory recom-mend that you drop your husband offsomewhere in the middle of town. Ifhe finds his way home, don’t sleep withhim.”

“What am I to do” is a crucial ques-tion, as the following conversation be-tween God and Adam shows.

God told Adam: “Do something forme.

“Gladly, Lord, what do You want meto do?’

“Go down into that valley,” the Lordsaid.

And Adam asked: “What’s a val-ley?”

God explained it to him. Then Godsaid: “Cross the river.”

This time, Adam asked: “What’s ariver?”

After explaining that, He said, “Goover to the hill.”

Adam asked: “What’s a hill?”God described it. “Below the hill,

there’s a cave.”

Adam persisted: “What’s a cave?”God drew it for him. “In the cave

you will find a woman.”“What’s a woman?” came the ques-

tion.So God explained. Then, God said,

“I want you to reproduce.”Adam said, “How do I do that?”God first said (under his breath),

“Good heavens ...” And like everythingelse, God explained that as well.

So, Adam goes down the valley,crosses the river, goes over the hill, intothe cave, and finds the woman. In fiveminutes, he was back.

“What is it now?” God asks.(You’re going to love this.)And Adam asked: “What’s a head-

ache?”And to cap this light Sunday fea-

ture, read about Tonio, 4, who livednext door to an elderly gentleman whorecently lost his wife.

On seeing the neighbor cry, Tonioclimbed on to his lap and sat there.

“What did you say,” his motherasked later.

“Nothing,” the little boy said. “I justhelped him cry.”

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a friend bought him a compass. Butdespite that, the young hunger gotlost again. When found, he wasasked if he had his compass withhim. He did.

Why didn’t he use it? He answeredthat he did not dare to. He wanted togo south and he tried to make thething point south, but it would notwork. As he said, “It would shake and

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shake right around and point northevery time.”

Many people want the Bible topoint the direction they want to go,rather than the direction the Biblewants them to go.

Just remember this: “All Scrip-ture is God-breathed and He doesn’twaste His breath,” to quote thewords of Jim McCotter.

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Polusyon dulot ng pagsusunog ng gulongPATIGILIN — Patong-patong napaglabag sa batas ang natuklasan ngEnvironmental Management Bureau(EMB) sa Gitnang Luzon sa pamumu-no ni Raldy Pagador (kanan) nangkanilang bisitahin noong Hulyo 3 angMeng Hong Trading sa Sitio Diliman,Barangay Partida, Norzagaray, Bula-can na nagsusunog ng mga gamit nagulong upang makatas ang langis.

Ipinakikita naman ni Mark Gil Cruz(nakapaloob) ang uling na dumadaposa ibabaw ng mga gamit nila sabahay sanhi ng pagsusunog nggulong. Bukod sa uling, naghahatiddin ng sakit ang maitim na usok nanagmumula sa sunugan ng gulong.

mula sa pahina 1mamagitan ng muling pag-buhay sa inabandonangriles ng Philippine Na-tional Railways (PNR) mu-la sa Lungsod ng Caloocan,hanggang sa lungsod na ito,at hanggang sa Clark Free-zone sa Pampanga.

Maaari ding dugtungansa mga darating na panahonang nasabing riles hang-gang sa hilagang Luzon,ayon sa plano ng pama-halaan.

Ang unang bahagi ngproyektong NorthRail aymay habang 32.2 kilometromula Caloocan hanggang salungsod na ito.

Ito ay pinondohan ngChina Export-Import Bank(Ceim Bank) ng halagang$400 milyon matapos lu-magda sa isang kasunduanang mga pamahalaang ngPilipinas at Tsina noongPebrero 26, 2004.

Ang nasabing kasun-duan sa pag-utang ng Pili-pinas sa Tsina ay nagka-buhay simula noong Set-

yembre 13, 2004 at maymaturity period o baba-yaran sa loob ng 20 taon.

Batay naman sa tala ngNational Economic Devel-opment Authority (NDA)na nakuha ng Mabuhay,ang mismong pagsisimulasa implementasyon ng pro-yektong NorthRail ay noongAbril 12, 2005, at dapatsana ito natapos noongOktubre 31, 2007.

Ngunit dahil sa kina-ilangan pang ilipat munaang libo-libong pamilyangiskwater na nasa riles nanatapos noong Disyembre2005, hindi agad nasimu-lan ang paghahanda o civilworks sa inabandonangriles ng PNR para isagawaang NorthRail.

Agad namang nagsimulaang paglilinis, pagpatag, atpagbabakod sa riles noong2006.

Nagtayo rin ang mgaTsinong kontraktor ng ka-nilang mga pansamanta-lang tirahan o barracks saloob ng bakuran ng dating

istasyon ng tren sa Baran-gay Catmon, sa lungsod naito, kung saan nakahimpilang ilang heavy equipmentnila at nakaimbak ang ibapang gamit tulad ng mgabakal na ngayon ay kinaka-lawang na.

Nagsagawa rin ng mgapile testing at soil testingang mga Tsinong kontrak-tor hanggang nitong Peb-rero, bago nagsialis.

Ayon sa impormante ngMabuhay, nagsiuwi saTsina ang mga kontraktorupang ipagdiwang ang Chi-nese New Year, ngunit hindina nagsibalik ang mga ito.

Ilan naman ang nagsabina tumigil ang mga Tsinodahil sa malaking itinaas ngpresyo ng bakal na gaga-mitin sa nasabing proyekto.

Ayon sa mga source ngMabuhay, humihingi ngmalaking dagdag para sahalaga ng bakal ang mgaTsino dahil sa tumaas nghalos 80 porsiyento angpresyo ng bakal mula 2003hanggang 2008. — DB

Pamintuan: Tuloy angkontrata ng Northrail

NFA: May sapat na bigas ang Bulacan mula sa pahina 1

Sinabi pa ni Figueroa na ang bawatBGP sa lalawigan ay may alokasyong 80hangggang 100 kabang bigas na ibine-benta sa loob ng isang linggo, at ang mgaTN ay may 30 kabang alokasyon, habangang mga TNP ay may 40 kaban.

Ipinaliwanag ni Ed Camua, informa-tion officer ng NFA-Bulacan, na ang bigasng NFA na nagkakahalaga ng P18.25bawat kilo ay sa mga TN at TNP outletna lamang sa barangay ibinebenta,samantalang ang ibinebenta ng mgaBGP sa mga palengke na NFA rice ayP25 bawat kilo. Ang pagbebenta ng bigasna P25 bawat kilo sa mga BGP, aniCamua, ay isang hakbang upang mahilapababa ang presyo ng commercial ricena ibinebenta ng mga komersyante sahalagang P30 pataas bawat kilo.

Idinagdag pa niya na isa sa mgadahilan kung bakit sa mga barangay nalamang ibinebenta ang bigas ng NFA namay halagang P18.25 ay upang masmapakinabangan iyon ng mas mahihirapna mamamayan.

Sa kabila ng pagbabago ng presyo ngbigas ng NFA sa mga palengke, sinabi niCamua na patuloy iyong tinatangkilikng mga Bulakenyo dahil sa murangpresyo nito.

“Marami ang nagtitipid sa gastos kayamas pinipili nila ngayon ang murangbigas mula sa NFA,” ani Camua.

Binigyang diin naman niya na kahit

mura ang bigas ng NFA ay halos kaparehonito ang kalidad ng mga bigas na ibine-benta ng mga komersyante sa komersyalna presyo.

“Di tulad noon, maputi at magandaang butil ng bigas ng NFA ngayon” aniCamua patungkol sa klase ng bigas nadating ibinebenta ng kanilang tang-gapan, na karaniwan ay pinipintasan ngmga mamimili.

Sinabi niya na higit na mababa angpresyo ng bigas ng NFA kumpara sa bigasna ibinebenta ng mga komersyante nanagkakahalaga ng P30 hanggang P39bawat kilo.

Tungkol naman sa presyo ng palay,sinabi ni Camua na umaabot na sa P21hanggang P22 ang bili bawat kilo ng mgakomersyante sa Bocaue, habang nana-natili sa P17 bawat kilo ang bili ng NFA.

“Pabor sa mga magsasaka ang presyong palay sa Bocaue, pero pabor naman samga consumer ang benta ng NFA sabawat kilo ng bigas,” ani Camua.

Matatandaan na may namatay namag-asawa sa Marilao, samantalang 717pamilya ang pansamantalang inilikas saiba’t ibang bayan sa lalawigan noongHunyo 22 sanhi ng pananalasa ngbagyong Frank. Umabot sa mahigit P170milyon ang halaga ng nasalantangpananim at mga isda sa mga bukirin atmga palaisdaan, samantalang may 115bahay ang iniulat na nasira ng malakasna hangin. — Dino Balabo

Ayon kay Mayor Feliciano Legazpi,agad nilang ipasasara ang MengHong Trading oras na matanggap angNotice of Violation mula sa EMB namagiging batayan nila sa pagpa-pasara. — DINO BALABO


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF BULACAN

THIRD JUDICIAL REGIONOFFICE OF THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

MALOLOS CITY, BULACAN

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,Mortgagee/Assignee,

-VERSUS-JACQUILINE D. GAMBAN, SPS. GASPAR M.GAMBAN AND ERLINDA D. GAMBAN,

Mortgagor/s,

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against JACQUILINE D. GAMBAN,SPS. GASPAR M. GAMBAN AND ERLINDA D. GAMBAN, with postal address at 98-C Benitez St., Cubao, Quezon City and/or Lot 23-A, Blk. 21, St. Jude St., MountainView Subd., Bo. Panaclayan, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, tosatisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 29, 2007, amounts to THREEHUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE PESOS AND 38/100( PHP. 358,599.38), Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties andcharges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way ofAttorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by saidmor tgage and such other amount which may become and payable to theaforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersignedSheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in general thaton July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, ProvincialCapitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding,to the highest bidder for Cash, Philippine Currency, the real property/ies belowtogether with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-147283 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch (Province of Bulacan)

“A parcel of land ( Lot 23-A of the subd. plan Psd-03-011873, being portion of lots 23,being blk.21 (LRC) Pcs-18150, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Pastol andPanaclayan, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of ONEHUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQ.M. xxx”

This NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20) daysin three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipality where thesubject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace, and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the MABUHAY anewspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three(3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

ALL SEALED BIDS with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to thisoffice must be submitted to the undersigned on or before above stated date and hourat which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on August 7, 2008 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property and the encumbrances thereon if any there be.

Malolos City, Bulacan, June 17, 2008.

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– JACQUILINE D. GAMBAN, SPS. GASPAR M. GAMBAN

AND ERLINDA D. GAMBAN– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mabuhay: June 20, 27, July 4, 2008

EJF NO. B-646-2008

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IES

UNDER ACT NO. 3135AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118





-VERSUS-SPS. GENARO R. HERMONOAND ROPERTA M. HERMONO,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. GENARO R.HERMONO AND ROPERTA M. HERMONO, with postal address at Marulas, Valenzuela,Metro Manila and/or Lot 21, Blk. 6, Eden St., Pleasant Hill Subd., Bo. TungkongManga, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of August 31, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDRED FORTY FIVETHOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP. 345,500.00), Philippine Currency, includ-ing/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% ofthe total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expensesthereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may be-come and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacanthru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to thepublic in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of theOffice of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ngKatarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auc-tion thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the realproperty/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 21Block 6 of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-03-001378 being aportion of the consolidated lot 5-B LRC) Psd-337551 & lot 6, Psd-2977, LRC. No. ),situeted in the Bo. of Tungkong Manga, Mun. ofSan Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxxcontaining an area of ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) Sq. m.xxx”







BY: BENJAMIN C. HAO Sheriff V

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. GENARO R. HERMONO AND ROPERTA M. HERMONO– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


EJF NO. B-647-2008



EJF NO. B-648-2008







-VERSUS-MS. ANGELITA C. LABIANA, SPS. RAFAEL A.LABIANO AND SALVACION C. LABIANO,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against MS. ANGELITA C. LABIANO,SPS. RAFAEL A. LABIANO AND SALVACION C. LABIANO, with postal address at 16Gen. P. Borromeo St., Longos, Malabon, Metro Manila and/or Lot 15 A, Blk. 21, St.Jude St., Mountain View Subd., Bo. Panaclayan, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan,the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 9, 2007amounts to THREE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO THOUSAND PESOS (PHP. 332,000.00),Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 15-A of the subd. plan Psd- 11873 being a portion of Lot 15, Blk.21 ( LRC) Pcs- 18150, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Pastol & Panacalayan,Mun. of San Jose del Monte. Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDREDTWENTY (120) SQ. METERS xxx







BY: BENJAMIN C. HAO Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– MS. ANGELITA C. LABIANO, SPS. RAFAEL A. LABIANO

AND SALVATION C. LABIANO,– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


Mayorya namayani muli sa Sanggunian mula sa pahina 1

mayorya, nabigyan si Gob.Mendoza ng kapangyarihanna makipagkasundo saLand Bank of the Philip-pines (LBP) upang ang ka-ragdagang IRA na hindi na-tanggap ng Bulacan noong2001 at 2004 ay apurahangmaisapera o makuha napara magamit ng lalawigan.

Matatandaan na angmga taong 2001 at 2004 aypanahon ng halalan, kungkailan ay naging “re-en-acted” lang ang pamban-sang badyet. Ito ay nanga-ngahulugan na ang pinag-tibay na badyet noong 2000at 2003 ay siya ring ginamitnoong 2001 at 2004.

Re-enacted budgetDahil sa re-enacted ang

badyet, hindi nakasamadito ang taunang dagdag na10 porsiyento sa badyet ngbawat pamahalaang lokalkaya’t lumabas na mayutang ang pamahalaangnasyunal sa kanila sa taong2001 at 2004.

Ayon kay Bokal Nati-vidad, ang nagsulong ngresolusyon sa S.P. upangbigyang karapatan si Gob.Mendoza, hindi nakuha ngBulacan at iba pang pama-halaang lokal sa bansa angkani-kanilang IRA na angkabuoang halaga ay P12.7bilyon noong 2001 at 2004dahil sa “re-enacted” angnational budget noon, kungsaan ay umabot sa P66milyon ang kaparte ngBulacan.

Si Natividad na nasaunang termino bilang bokalmula sa Ika-1 Distrito nglalawigan ay kapartido niMendoza sa partidong Ka-balikat ng Malayang Pi-

lipino (Kampi) ni Pangu-long Gloria Macapagal Ar-royo.

Para sa mga proyektoSinabi ni Natividad sa

S.P. na kung makukuha ngKapitolyo ang kabahaginito sa IRA na di natang-gap noong 2001 at 2004,iyon ay magagamit sa pag-papatayo ng mga silid ara-lan, programang pangkalu-sugan at iba pang proyektong Kapitolyo.

Ngunit, sinabi ni BokalVicente Cruz, ilegal angplanong paggamit ng na-sabing IRA para sa tinuranni Natividad na mga devel-opment project dahil nasa-saad sa Local GovernmentCode na 20 porsiyento la-mang ng IRA ng pama-halaang lokal ang maaaringgamitin para sa mga devel-opment project.

Sinabi ni Natividad naang mga isinumiteng do-kumento ukol sa paggamitng nasabing IRA ay pan-samantalang batayan la-mang, dahil kapag nakuhana ang pera at ipinasok sasupplemental budget ngKapitolyo, iyon ay mulingpagdedebatihan ng mgabokal.

Judgment call“It’s a judgment call for

us,” ani Natividad nang siyaay makapanayam ng Mabu-hay kinabukasan mataposang espeyal na sesyon ng S.P.na muling inabot hangganggabi noong Hunyo 27.

Patungkol naman sa le-galidad ng pagsasapera ngdi nakuhang IRA, sinabiniya na may mga batayanang pananaw ng minorya.

“Sa aking pananaw, ani-

ya, maaari nang kunin ngBulacan ang kabahagingIRA, at saka natin kuwes-tiyunin ang Supreme Courtsa legalidad nito,” ani Na-tividad.

Ang kuwestiyon sa le-galidad ng pagsasapera ngIRA na di natanggap ngBulacan noong 2001 at2004 ay binigyang diin niBise Gob. Alvarado sa kan-yang interpelasyon o pag-tatanong kay Natividad.Ilang ulit na sinabi ni BiseGob. Alvarado na ilegal angpamamaraan ng pagsa-sapera ng nasabing IRA.

Tatlong pamamaraanBatay sa ipinalabas na

Executive Order 723 niPangulong Arroyo, ang ka-buoang P12.7-bilyon IRAna di natanggap ng mgapamahalaang lokal ay maa-aring makuha sa tatlongpamamaraan.

Una ay sa “installmentbasis” kung saan ang ka-bahagi ng Kapitolyo aymakukuha sa loob ng pi-tong taon; ikalawa ay sapamamagitan ng “discountsystem” kung saan ay maku-kuha ng isang pamahalaanglokal ang kabahagi nitongunit may 30 porsiyentongbawas; at ikatlo, maaariiyong gamiting kolateral sabangko.

Sinabi ni Alvarado nalabag sa batas ang lahat ngnabanggit na pamamaraan.

Di maaaring pigilanBinanggit ng bise go-

bernador ang isang bahaging Local Government Codena nagsasabing ang pag-bibigay ng IRA sa pama-halaang lokal ay hindi ma-aaring pigilan.

Malinaw ang sinasabi saLocal Government Code na,“IRA shall not be subject toany lien or holdback thatmay be imposed by the na-tional government for what-ever purpose.”

Ilegal na pamamaraanBinigyang diin niya na

ang pagbibigay ng IRA sapamamaraang installmento unti-unti, may bawas odiscounted, at bilang isangkolateral ay ilegal at ma-layo sa layunin ng batas.

Sinabi pa ni Alvarado nakung gusto ng pamahalaangnasyunal na ibigay sa mgapamahalaang lokal ang IRAna hindi nila natanggapnoong 2001 at 2004, dapatay mangutang ang pamaha-laang nasyunal at ito na rinang magbayad ng tubo sauutanging pambayad.

Binanggit din ni Alva-rado ang desisyon ng KorteSuprema hinggil sa Admin-

istrative (A.O.) Order 372ni dating Pangulong FidelV. Ramos, na inamyendahanni dating Pangulong JosephEstrada sa kanyang A.O.Order 43 noong Disyembre1998.

Batay sa desisyon ngKorte Suprema noong Hul-yo 19, 2000, kinatigan nitoang petisyon ni Sen. Aqui-lino Pimentel ang ama ngLocal Government Code, atpermanenteng pinagba-walan ang mga magigingkalihim na susunod noonkina Executive SecretaryAlexander Aguirre at Bud-get and Mangement Secre-tary Emilia Boncodin namuling ipatupad ang mgaA.O. 372 ni Pangulong Ra-mos at A.O. 43 ni Estrada.

Inabot din ng hatinggabi Matatandaan na noong

nakaraang Disyembre, ina-bot din ng hatinggabi angilang sesyon sa S.P. kung

kailan tinalakay ang pag-papatibay sa resolusyongnagbigay karapatan kayGob. Mendoza na lumagdasa isang kasunduan sa Met-ropolitan Waterworks andSewerage System (MWSS)upang maisagawa angBulacan Bulk.

Sa mga sesyon ng S.P.noong Disyembre ang ta-nging pinaglabanan ng ma-yorya at minorya ay kungitutuloy o hindi ang kaso ngBulacan laban sa MWSS nanoo’y nakabimbin sa Courtof Appeals.

Matapos ang mahaha-bang sesyon at pagdede-bate, nagwagi ang mayoryaat napagtibay ang isangresolusyong nagbigay ngkapangyarihang kay Men-doza na lumagda sa isangMemorandum of Agree-ment sa MWSS kung saanang isa sa mga tuntunin ngMOA ay iuurong ang kasong Bulacan laban sa MWSS.

Ano nga ba ang IRA? mula sa pahina 1

Ipinaliwanag ni Alva-rado na ang kabuoang ha-laga ng buwis na naku-kulekta ng BIR bawat taonay hinahati sa dalawa; 60porsiyento nito ang na-pupunta sa pamahalaangnasyunal at 40 porsiyentonaman ang pinaghahatianng mga pamahalaang lokaltulad ng mga pamahalaangpanglalawigan, pambayan,panglungsod at pamba-rangay.

Ayon sa Section 285 ngLocal Government Code,

ang 40 porsiyentong IRA nakabahagi ng mga pama-halaang lokal mula sa pa-mahalaang nasyunal aynahahati ayon sa pagka-kasunod:

Ang mga pamahalaangpanglalawigan at pang-lungsod ay tatanggap ng tig-23 porsiyentong kabahagi;ang mga pamahalaang ba-yan ay 34 porsiyento, at angmga pamahalaang baran-gay ay 20 porsiyento.

Ang nasabi namang pag-hahati ng mga kabahagi saIRA ay nakabatay sa bilang

ng populasyon sa kanilangnasasakupan (50 porsiyen-to), sa sukat ng lupaing nasa-sakop ng kanilang pama-halaang lokal, at equal shar-ing na 20 porsiyento.

Ayon kay Bokal Chris-tian Natividad umaabot saP2.038 bilyon ang badyetng Kapitolyo sa taong ito,kung saan ay tinatayang 60porsiyento nito ay nagmulasa pamahalaang nasyunalat ang 40 porsiyento ay nag-mula sa koleksyon ng mgalokal na buwis. — DinoBalabo






-VERSUS-SPS. CRISOSTOMO F. FAMERONAGAND TERESITA FAMERONAG,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. CRISOSTOMO F.FAMERONAG AND TERESITA FAMERONAG, with postal address at # 3334 PolicarpioStreet, Gen. T. De Leon, Valenzuela, Metro Manila and/or Lot 33, Blk. &, Ph. I, St. Johncorner St. Agustine St., Palmera Homes - Northwinds City I, Bo. Santo Cristo, SanJose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE THOU-SAND FIFTY PESOS (PHP. 351,050.00), Philippine Currency, including/excludinginterest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebt-edness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, alsosecured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become and payableto the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the under-signed Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in generalthat on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provin-cial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealedbidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the real property/iesbelow together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 33, Blk.7 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-003939 being aportion of the cons. lots 1-A-3, 9LRC) Psd-315212, I-B-2-B (LRC) Psd- 315213, lot1-C-2 Psd- 318233, LRC Rec. No. ), situtated in the Bo. Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Josedel Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of NINETY (90) SQ. METERS xxx”







BY: JOSE RUSSELL V. GALVEZ Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. CRISOSTOMO F. FAMERONAG

AND TERESITA FAMERONAG– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-EUGENIA B. LARDIZABAL

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against EUGENIA B. LARDIZABALwith postal address at # 47-E 18th Avenue, Murphy, Quezon City and/or Lot 15, Blk.7,Road Lot 7, Humel Heritage Homes, Bo. Longos, Malolos, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of AUGUST 31, 2007 amounts toTWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY EIGHTY PESOS AND72/100 (PHP 286,698.72), Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penal-ties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by wayof Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by saidmortgage and such other amount which may become and payable to the aforemen-tioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriffhereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in general that on July31,2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriffof Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to thehighest bidder in Cash Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together withall the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-18933(M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch (Province of Bulacan)

A parcel of land (Lot 15, Blk.7 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-029214, being a portion Lot32, 1-1586-L, LRC Rec. No. )situated in the Bo. of Longos, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. ofBulacan.xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) Sq. Meters. xxx”







BY: JOSE RUSSEL V. GALVEZ Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– EUGENIA B. LARDIZABAL– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-SPS. MARTA D. BERNALDEZAND SALVADOR Q. BERNALDEZ, JR.,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. MARTA D.BERNALDEZ AND SALVADOR Q. BERNALDEZ, JR., with postal address at #123 VillaMaria, Sangandaan, Caloocan City and/or Lot 31, Blk. 12, Ph. I, unnamed, PalmeraHomes - Northwinds City I, Bo. Santo Cristo,San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, themortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 9, 2007amounts to THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTYFOUR PESOS AND 25/100(PHP. 334,574.25), Philippine Currency, including/exclud-ing interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the totalindebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter,also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become andpayable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru theundersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public ingeneral that on July 31, 2008, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Officeof the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thrusealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash and in Philippine Currency, the de-scribed real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 31, Blk.12 of the cons-subd. plan Pcs- 031420-003955, beinga portion of the cons. lots 1-A-3, (LRC) Psd-315213, Psd-318233, LRC Rec. No.),situated in the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxxcontaining an area of SEVENTY SEVEN (77) SQUARE METERS. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. MARTA D. BERNALDEZ AND SALVADOR Q. BERNALDEZ, JR.– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,

Mabuhay: June 20,27, July 4, 2008

EJF NO. B-639-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. LEONARDO A. DUMASAND ESTRELLA M. DUMAS,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. LEONARDO A.DUMAS AND ESTRELLA M. DUMAS, with postal address at Lot 27-A, Road 24, CogeoVillage, Antipolo, Rizal and/or Lot 19, Blk.7, Ph. V, Galilee St., Pleasant Hill Subd., Bo.Tungkong Manga, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDREDFORTY FOUR THOUSAND PESOS (PHP. 344,000,00), Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of thetotal indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses there-after, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become andpayable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru theundersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public ingeneral that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office ofthe Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealedbidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the real property/iesbelow together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 19, Blk. 7 of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-03-001378, being aportion of the cons. lot 5-B (LRC) Psd-337551 and Lot 6, Psd- 2977, LRC Rec. No. )situated in the Bo. Tungkol Manga, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxxcontaining an area of ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) SQ. M. xxx”





Malolos City, Bulacan, June 17, 2008 2008.


BY: JOSE RUSSEL V. GALVEZ Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. LEONARDO A. DUMAS AND ESTRELLA M. DUMAS– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-640-2008



EJF NO. B-641-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. LEOVINO P. CORPUZAND VIVIAN M. CORPUZ,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. LEOVINO P. CORPUZAND VIVIAN M. CORPUZ, with postal address at 1974 E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd., Cubao,Quezon City and/or Lot 13, Blk.18, Ph. I, St. Agatha St., Palmera Homes - NorthwindsCity I, Bo. Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfythe mortgage indebtedness which as of August 29, 2007 amounts to TWO HUNDREDSIXTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTEEN PESOS AND 67/100 (PHP.264,818.67), Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and chargesthereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees,plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.,or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 13, blk. 18 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-003939 beinga portion of the cons. lots 1-A-3 (LRC) Psd-315212, 1-B-2-B (LRC) Psd-315213,Psd-318233, LRC rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose delMonte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of FIFTY FIVE (55) SQUARE METERS.xxx”







BY: JOSEPH ELMER S. GUEVARA Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. LEOVINO P. CORPUZ AND VIVIAN M. CORPUZ– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


EJF NO. B-632-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. MA. ROSELITA H. FERNANDEZAND RAMON S. FERNANDEZ,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. MA. ROSELITA H.FERNANDEZ AND RAMON S. FERNANDEZ, with postal address at #15 Teresa’sDrive, South Green Park, Proj. 6, Quezon City and/or Lot 9, Blk.30, Road Lot 32,Humal Heritage Homes, Bo. Longos, Malolos Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of August 9, 2007 amounts to TWO HUNDREDNINETY ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE PESOS (PHP. 291,125.00),Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.,or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 9, Blk. 30 of the subd. plan Psd-03-029214, being a portion Lot32, 1-1586-L, LRC Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of Longos, Mun. of Malolos, Prov. ofBulacan. xxx conyaining an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERSxxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. MA. ROSELITA H. FERNANDEZ

AND RAMON S. FERNANDEZ– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-637-2008



EJF NO. B-638-2008



STANDING






-VERSUS-SPS. RICARDO L. DONATOAND MARISSA M. DONATO,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. RICARDO L. DONATOAND MARISSA M. DONATO, with the postal address at c/o RFM Corp., San Jose DelMonte, Bulacan and/or Lot 22, Blk. 16, Ph. I, Palmera Homes - Northwinds City, Bo.Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to TWO HUNDREDEIGHTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINE PESOS AND 88/100 (PHP. 289,409.88),Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 22, Blk.16 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs-031420-003939 being aportion of the cons. lot 1-A-3 (LRC) Psd-315212, 1-B-2-B (LRC) Psd-315213, Psd-318233 LRC Rec. No.), situtated in the Bo. Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte,Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of FIFTY FIVE (55) SQ. METERS xxx








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. RICARDO L. DONATO AND MARISSA M. DONATO– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-CELESTINO M. DEL MUNDO,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against CELESTINO M. DELMUNDO, with postal address at Tadlac, Alitagtag, Batangas and/or Lot 3, Blk. 21,Road Lot 2, Humel Heritage Homes, Bo. Longos, Malolos, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 9, 2007 amounts to THREEHUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND EIGHTY FOUR PESOS AND 01/100 (PHP. 330,084.01),Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31,2008 at 10:00 A.M.or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in CashPhilippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


A parcel of land (Lot 3, Blk. 21 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-029214, being a portion ofLot 32, 1-1586-L, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Longos, Mun. of Malolos, Prov.of Bulacan.xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) Sq. Meters. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– CELESTINO M. DEL MUNDO– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-MARICAR M. RUMBAUA,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against MARICAR M. RUMBAUA,with postal address at #68 Gumamela St., Roxas District, Quezon City and/or Lot 13,Blk.3, Ph. I, St., Rita St., Palmera Homes - Northwinds City I, Bo. Santo Cristo,SanJose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of August 9, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOU-SAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY ONE PESOS AND 76/100 (PHP. 344,621.76), PhilippineCurrency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interestand expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amountwhich may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the backof the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan,will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash and inPhilippine Currency, the described real property/ies below together with all theimprovements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 13 Block 3 of the consolidation and subdivision plan, being aportion of the consolidated Lots 1-A-3 (LRC) Psd-315212, 1-B-2-B (LRC), Psd-315213, Psd-318233, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of SanJose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of FIFTY FIVE (55) SQUAREMETERS. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– MARICAR M. RUMBAUA– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-635-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. CARMELITA B. HILARIONAND VIRGILIO HILARION,

MORTGAGOR/S


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. CARMELITA B.HILARION AND VIRGILIO HILARION, with postal address at Blk.7, Lot 19, Villa Caro-lina II, Tunasan, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila and/or Lot 29, Blk. 34, Ph. II-A, Rd. Lot 31,Palmera Homes - Northwinds City I, Bo. Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City,Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August10, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEV-ENTY FIVE PESOS (PHP. 356,275.00), Philippine Currency, including/excluding in-terest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebted-ness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, alsosecured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become and payableto the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the under-signed Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in generalthat on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provin-cial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealedbidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the real property/iesbelow together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 29, Blk. 34 of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-031420-00437 beinga portion of consolidation lots B-3-A & B-3-B (LRC) Psd-942449; B-2 (LRC) Psd-294928; 1 & 2 Psu-145622; 1,2 & 3 Psu- 122395, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo.of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area ofSEVENTY (70) SQ. M. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. CARMELITA B. HILARION AND VIRGILIO HILARION– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-634-2008



EJF NO. B-633-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. PRIMA T. LIMBAGAAND PRIMO S. LIMBAGA,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. PRIMA T. LIMBAGAAND PRIMO S. LIMBAGA, with postal address at Lamesa Dam Compd., Novaliches,Quezon City and/or Lot 22, Blk. 7, Ph. I, Palmera Homes - Northwinds City I, Bo.Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of August 29, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDREDTHIRTY NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TEN PESOS AND 55/100 (PHP. 339,610.55),Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.,or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 22, of the subd.plan Pcs-031420-003939, being a portion of thecons. lots 1-B-# (LRC) Psd-315-213, Psd-318233, LRC Rec. No.) situated in the Bo.of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an areaof FIFTY FIVE (55) SQUARE METERS.xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. PRIMA T. LIMBAGA AND PRIMO S. LIMBAGA– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


EJF NO. B-649-2008



EJF NO. B-636-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. ISMAELITA B. YUTUCAND LEONARDO YUTUC,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ISMAELITA B.YUTUC AND LEONARDO YUTUC, with postal address at #209 Road 6, Bagong Pag-asa,Quezon City and/or Lot 4, Blk.6, Ph.1, Madrid Street, Palmera Homes-La PoblacionI, Bo. Muzon, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of March 14, 2008 amounts to TWO HUNDRED FOURTEENTHOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE PESOS (PHP. 214,225.00), PhilippineCurrency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interestand expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amountwhich may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., or soonthereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the backof the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan,will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in CASH, Philip-pine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements ex-isting thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 4, blk. 6, of the subd. plan Psd-031420-066042 being portion oflot 3767, Lolomboy Est., LRC Rec. No.) situated in Bo. Muzon, Mun. of San Jose delMonte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of FIFTY (50) SQ. M. xxx”







BY: MANOLITO G. EUSEBIO Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. ISMAELITA B. YUTUC AND LEONARDO YUTUC– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-626-2008



STANDING






-VERSUS-SPS. MARY GRACE M. EDOVASAND ALFRED Z. EDOVAS,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. MARY GRACE M.EDOVAS AND ALFRED Z. EDOVAS, with postal address at # 34 Matutum St., StaMesa Heights, Quezon City and/or Lot 9, Blk.15, Crystal Street, Citation Homes, Bo.Bagbaguin, Meycauyan,Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebt-edness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND FOURHUNDRED SIXTY THREE PESOS AND 46/100 (PHP. 400,463.46), Philippine Currency,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount whichmay become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriffof Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested partiesand to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafterinfront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of theBulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selIat public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Cur-rency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 9, Blk. 35 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs- 03-002861, being aportion of the cons, lots 3 & 4 Psu-72209 (Lot 3750 &5457 Cad. 337 Meyc. Cad., LRCRec. No.), situtated in the Bo. of Bagbaguin, Mun. of Meycauayan, Prov. of Bulacan.xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQ. METERS xxx







Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. MARY GRACE M. EDOVAS AND ALFRED Z. EDOVAS– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-SPS. GUILLERMO B. GARCIAAND DELIA M. GARCIA,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by BALIKATANHOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center,Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. GUILLERMO B. GARCIA AND DELIAM. GARCIA, with postal address at Blk. 12, Lot 10 Phase IB, Pleasant Hill Subd., SanJose Del Monte, Bulacan and/or Lot 15, Blk. 15, Ph. V, Samaria St., Pleasant HillSubd., Bo. Tungkol Manga, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s tosatisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 09, 2007 amounts to THREEHUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE PESOS AND 19/100(PHP 320,681.19), PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, including/excluding interest, penaltiesand charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way ofAttorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by saidmortgage and such other amount which may become and payable to the aforemen-tioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriffhereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in general that on July31,2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriffof Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to thehighest bidder in Cash Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together withall the improvements existing thereon:


A parcel of land (Lot 15, Block of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-03-001378, being aportion of the consolidated lot 5-B (LRC) Psd-337551 and Lot 6, Psd-2977, LRC Rec.No.), situated in the Bo. of Tungkong Manga, Mun. San Jose del Monte, Prov. ofBul.xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (117) Sq. Meters. xxx”







Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. GUILLERMO B. GARCIA AND DELAI M. GARCIA– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-SPS. SELWIN C. NAAGAND YOLANDA B. NAAG,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. SELWIN C. NAAGAND YOLANDA NAAG, with postal address at 178 Jojo St., Baesa, Quezon City and/or Lot 12-B, Blk. 20, St. Jude St., Mountain View Subd., Bo. Panaclayan, San JoseDel Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtednesswhich as of August 9, 2007 amounts to THREE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND ONEHUNDRED FIFTY PESOS (PHP. 340,150.00), PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, including/ex-cluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the totalindebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter,also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become andpayable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru theundersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public ingeneral that on July 31, 2008, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Officeof the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thrusealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash and in Philippine Currency, the de-scribed real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 12-B of the Subd. plan Psd-03-011875, being portion of Lot 12,Blk.20 (LRC) Pcs-18150, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Pastol & Panaclayan,Mun. of san Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS. xxx”







Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. SELWIN C. NAAG AND YOLANDA B. NAAG– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-643-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. ANSELMO A. DE GUZMANAND JOCELYN O. DE GUZMAN,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ANSELMO A. DEGUZMAN AND JOCELYN O. DE GUZMAN, with postal address at # 13-A Mabini St.,Galas, Quezon City and/or Lot4, Blk.14 Aquamarine Street, Citation Homes, Bo.Bagbaguin, Meycauyan, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebt-edness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVETHOUSAND EIGHT SEVENTY FIVE PESOS (PHP. 475,875.00), Philippine Currency,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount whichmay become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriffof Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested partiesand to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafterinfront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of theBulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selIat public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Cur-rency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 4, Blk. 14 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs-03-002861 being a portionof the cons, lots 3 & 4 Psu- 72209 ( Lot 3750 Cad. 337 Meyc. Cad. LRC Rec. No.),situated in the Bo. of Bagbaguin, Mun. of Bul. xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDREDTWENTY (120) SQ. M. xxx”



In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall beheld onAugust 7, 2008 without further notice.




Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. ANSELMO A. DE GUZMAN AND JOCELYN O. DE GUZMAN– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-644-2008



EJF NO. B-645-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. NORMA D. ZAMBRANOAND BIENVENIDO L. ZAMBRANO,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by BALIKATANHOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center,Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. NORMA D. ZAMBRANO ANDBIENVENIDO L. ZAMBRANO, with postal address at #1 Dalanghita St., WesternBicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila and/or Lot 17, Blk. 54, Ph. II, Pisces St., HeritageHomes, Bo. Bahay Pare, Marilao, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of August 29, 2007, amounts to TWO HUNDRED SEVENTYNINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE PESOS ( PHP. 279,625.00), PhilippineCurrency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interestand expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amountwhich may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., or soonthereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the backof the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan,will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder for Cash, Philip-pine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements ex-isting thereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 17, Blk. 54 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-03-003556, being portionof the cons. Lots 3817, 3821, 3822 & 3824. Lolomboy Est., LRC Rec. No.), situated inthe Bo. of Bahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of SIXTY(60) SQ.M. xxx”







BY: JUNIE JOVENCIO G. IPAC Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. NORMA D. ZAMBRANO

AND BIENVENIDO L. ZAMBRANO– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


EEJF NO. B-630-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. LEONARDO V. CABEROSAND ZENAIDA R. CABEROS,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. LEONARDO V.CABEROS AND ZENAIDA R. CABEROS, with postal address at 130 Bayabas Street,Lawa, Meycauayan, Bulacan and/or Lot 16-B, Blk.20, St. Jude St., Mountain ViewSudb., Bo. Muzon, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of March 10, 2007 amounts to TWO HUNDREDEIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX PESOS AND 52/100 (PHP. 288,006.52), PhilippineCurrency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interestand expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amountwhich may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., or soonthereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the backof the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan,will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, PhilippineCurrency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existingthereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 16-B of the subd.plan Psd-03-011873, being a portion of Lot 16Blk. 20 (LRC) Pcs- 18150. LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Pastol & Panaclayan,Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS.xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. LEONARDO V. CABEROS AND ZENAIDA R. CABEROS– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-631-2008



EJF NO. B-642-2008



Pangalagaan ang kalikasan: Huwag magkalat ng basura

STANDING






-VERSUS-SPS. DANIEL R. DE PAZAND ESTRELITA L. DE PAZ,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. DANIEL R. DE PAZAND ESTRELITA L. DE PAZ, with postal address at Lot 32, Block 51, Ph I-C Dagat-Dagatan, Navotas, M.M. and/or Lot 30, Ph. I, Kindness St., Heritage Homes, Bo.Bahay Pare, Marilao, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOU-SAND FIFTY THREE PESOS AND 01/100 (PHP. 465,053.01), Philippine Currency,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount whichmay become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriffof Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested partiesand to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafterinfront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of theBulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selIat public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in CASH, Philippine Cur-rency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 30, Blk. 35 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs- 03-003556, being aportion of the cons. Lots 3817, 3821, 3822 & 3824, lolomboy Est, LRC Rec. No. ),situeted in the Bo. of Bahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an areaof ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQ. METERS. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. DANIEL R. DE PAZ AND ESTRELITA L. DE PAZ– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-SPS. ROGER M. GONZALESAND NORMA J. GONZALES,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ROGER M. GON-ZALES AND NORMA J. GONZALES, with postal address at # 24-E Aniceta St., KainginRd., Balintawak, Q.C. and/ or Lot 9, Blk. 23, Elizabeth St., Palmera Homes - NorthwindsCity I, Bo. Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfythe mortgage indebtedness which as of MARCH 14, 2008 amounts to THREE HUN-DRED NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE PESOS (PHP. 309,125.00),PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in CASH,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


A parcel of land (Lot 9, Blk.23 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs-031420-004543, being aportion of cons. lots of Blk. 30,29,28,27,26,25,24, and 11, lots 1-57 of Blk. 1 lots 1&2, of Blk. 10, lots 13,15, 17,19,21,23,25, & 27 of Blk. 12 lots 1,2,3,4, &6 of Blk.16, Rd.lots 1, 11,12,16,22,13,24,25,26,& 27 all of Pcs-03120-003939 and lot 1-C-1 Psd-318233 LRC Rec.No.), situated in the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte,Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of Fiffy five (55) SQ.M. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. ROGER M. GONZALES AND NORMA J, GONZALES– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-ELLA L. ESCOBAR,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against ELLA L.ESCOBAR, withpostal address at # 79-F Molave St., Project 3, Quezon City and/or Lot 25, Blk. 16,California, Palmera Homes - Northwinds City VII, Bo. Santo Cristo, San Jose DelMonte, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as ofFebruary 12, 2008 amounts to THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUN-DRED PESOS (PHP. 319,800.00), PHILIPPINE CURRENCY,including/excluding inter-est, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebted-ness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, alsosecured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become and payableto the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the under-signed Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in generalthat on July 31, 2008, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of theEx-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealedbidding, to the highest bidder in Cash and in Philippine Currency, the described realproperty/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 25, Blk. 16 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-005410 being aportion of cons. lot 598 Cad. 352, lot 5-A-2 (LRC) Psd-133875 & lot 5-B-2 (LRC) Psd-222079 LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte,Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of NINETY (90) SQUARE METERS. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– ELLA L. ESCOBAR– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-627-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. ESTELITO S. CASIDSIDAND LYDIA C.CASIDSID,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ESTELITO S.CASIDSID AND LYDIA C. CASIDSID, with postal address at No.18 Ilang-Ilang St.,Karuhatan, Valenzuela, Metro Manila and/or Lot 12, Blk. 26, Ph. I, Benevolence St.,Heritage Homes, Bo. Bahay Pare, Marilao, Bulacan,the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of August 10, 2007 amounts to FOUR HUNDREDFORTY THREE THOUSAND PESOS (PHP. 443,000.000), Philippine Currency, includ-ing/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% ofthe total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expensesthereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may be-come and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacanthru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to thepublic in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of theOffice of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ngKatarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auc-tion thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the realproperty/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 12, Blk. 26 of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-03-003556, being aportion of the cons. Lots 3817, 3821,3822 & 3824 Lolomboy Est. LRC Rec. No. ),situated in the Bo. of Bahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an areaof ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQ. M. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. ESTELITO S. CASIDSID AND LYDIA C. CASIDSID– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-628-2008



EJF NO. B-629-2007







-VERSUS-SPS. JESUS D. REYESAND MARGARITA REYES

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by BALIKATANHOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center,Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. JESUS D. REYES AND MARGARITAREYES with postal address at # 1626 G.Antonio Rivera St., Tondo, Manila and/or Lot13, Blk. 32, Skylark Street, Palmera Homes - Northridge Subd.,Bo. Santo Cristo,San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebt-edness which as of March 17, 2008 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED FORTY THREETHOUSAND SIXTY NINE PESOS AND 32/100 (PHP. 443,069.32), Philippine Currency,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount whichmay become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriffof Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested partiesand to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafterinfront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of theBulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selIat public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder for CASH, PhilippineCurrency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existingthereon:


“A parcel of land (Lot 13, Blk.32 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-00526 being aportion of cons, lots 1-5, 11-12, 14-15, 19,28,& 29 blk.8; lots1-24 blk.9; lots 1-18blk.10 lots 1-14 blk. 11 lots 1-26 blk.12; lots 1-24,blk. 13; lots 1-24 blk.14; lots 1-13blk 15; lots 1-23 blk.16; lots 1-20 blk.17; lots 1-13 blk.18; blk.19;blk.20;blk.21;, Rd.lots 7-18, Road widening, creek 1 &2 all LRC Psd- 18443, LRC Rec. No.), situated inthe Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, prov. of Bul.xxx containing an areaof NINETY THREE (93) SQ.M. xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. JESUS D. REYES AND MARGARITA REYES– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


EJF NO. B-624-2008



EJF NO. B-625-2008







-VERSUS-SPS. ALLAN P. SALAZARAND EUSENNE SALAZAR,

Mortgagor/s,


Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ALLAN P. SALAZARAND EUSENNE SALAZAR, with postal address at 17-E Aguinaldo St., T.S. Subd.,Novaliches, Quezon City and/or Lot 48, Blk. 19, Ph. 2A, Carissa Drive, CarissaHomes North II, Bo. Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s tosatisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 10, 2007 amounts to TWOHUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX PESOS AND 52/100 (PHP. 288,006.52),Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on July 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M.,or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located atthe back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash,Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvementsexisting thereon:


“A parcel of land ( Lot 48, Blk.19 of the cons. subd. plan. Pcs- 031420-004906 beinga portion of consolidated lots lots 1-36 Blk.1; lots1-19, Blk.2;/blk.2-A; lots 1-31, Blk.3; lots 1-69 Blk. 4; lots 1-33, Blk.5; lots 1-40 Blk. 6; lots 1-49 blk.7; lots 1-46 blk. 8;lots 1-16 blk.9; lots1-57 Blk. 10; lots 1-28 Blk. 11; lots 1-31 Blk.12; lots 1-35 Blk.13;lots 1-49 Blk. 14; lots 1-52 Blk.15; lots 1-90 Blk. 16; Blk.16-A; lots 1-42 Blk.17; lots1-34 Blk.18; lots 1-32 Blk.19; lots1-40 Blk.20; lots 1-48 Blk.21; lots 1-43 Blk.22; lots21,24 to 27 Blk. 23; alleys 1 to 8; road lots 1 to 21 all Psd-031420-054124 LRC Rec.No.), situated in the Bo. of sto Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan.xxx conyaining an area of FIFTY THREE SQUARE METERS. AND FIFTY SQ. DECIME-TERS. (53.50)xxx”








Copy furnished: All parties concerned– SPS. ALLAN P. SALAZAR AND EUSENNE SALAZAR– BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,


EJF NO. B-810-2008



STANDING


Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

Office of the Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORP.Mortgagee,

– versus –

GERLANDA C. ILAGANm/to RONELO B. ILAGAN,

Mortgagor,

X -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4118 filed by RIZAL COMMERCIAL BANKING CORPORATION, withoffice at the 12th Floor, Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza, 6819 AyalaAve. cor. Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City against GERLANDA C.ILAGAN m/to RONELO B. ILAGAN with postal address at No. 8 SabitanSt., Sto Rosario, Malolos, Bulacan the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of May 22, 2008 amounts to TWOMILLION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDREDTHIRTEEN PESOS & 85/100 (P2,235,713.85), Philippine Currency,including interest threon, excluding 20% of the total indebtedness byway of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter,also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which maybecome due and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested parties and to the public in general that on July22, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter in front of the Office ofthe Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of the Bulwaganng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan willselI at public auction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidder forCASH and in Philippine Currency, the real property below togetherwith all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-134327“A parcel of land (Lot 4381-H-9 of the subd. plan LRC, Psd-347365,approved as a non-subd. project, being a portion of Lot 4381-H, LRCPsd-294260, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 511), situated in the Bo. of Sta.Isabel, Mun. of Malolos, Prov. of Bulacan, Is. of Luzon. Bounded onthe NE., pts. 2 to NE., pts. 2 to 4 by Lot 4280, Malolos Cad.; on theSE., pts. 4 to 5 by Lot 4381-G LRC Psd-294260; on the SW, pts. 5 to1 by Lot 4381-H-1 LRC Psd-294260 (Road), and on the NW, pts. 1 to2 by Lot 4381-H-8 of the subd. plan xx xx xx xx containing an area ofTHREE HUNDRED FIFTY (350) SQ. METERS, more or less. xx xx xx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE will be posted for a period oftwenty (20) days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public placesin the municipality where the subject property is located and atMalolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall take place, and likewise acopy will be published for the same period in the MABUHAY a news-paper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a weekfor three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressedto this office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before theabove stated date and hour at which time all sealed bids thus submit-ted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on July 29, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafterwithout further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigatefor themselves the title to the property and the encumbrances thereonif any there be.



BY: NORMAN S. IPAPO Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: June 27, July 4 & 11, 2008

EJF NO. 181-2008

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY

UNDER ACT 3135AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

SHOWING ONJUNE 27, 2008 ONWARDS

subject to change without prior notice

THE INCREDIBLE HULK

URDUJA

GET SMART

WANTED


THIRD JUDICIAL REGIONMALOLOS CITY

BRANCH 10

SP. PROC. NO. 145-M-2008

IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTIONOF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVEBIRTH OF CHRISTOPHER FUNTILARCAGUIMBAL,

CHRISTOPHER FUNTILAR CAGUIMBAL,

Petitioner,—VERSUS—

THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BALAGTAS,

BULACAN

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,

Administrator and Civil Registral General,

Carmelita N. Ericta.

SPS. CARLOS MIYAHIRA CAGUIMBAL

And EMMA N. FUNTILAR,

Respondents.X————————————X

O R D E RIn a verified Petition dated June 17, 2008, of the petitioner ChristopherFuntilar Caguimbal, alleging among others, that petitioner is of legalage, single, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at Blk. 17Lot 14, Ph 3-B Brgy. Dela Paz, Antipolo City where he may be servedwith summons and other court processes; the respondent Local CivilRegistrar of Balagtas, Bulacan, on the other hand, is a public officercharged with the civil registration within his territorial jurisdiction andis holding the office at Balagtas, Bulacan, where he/she may beserved with summons and other court processes; the repondentNational Statistics Office, represented by its Administrator and CivilRegistrar General-Carmelita N. Ericta, is a government agency taskedwith the duty of keeping statistical records of documents, and thegeneration of statistics, and may be served with summons and othercourt processes at National Statistic Office, East Avenue, Diliman,Quezon City; the respondents Sps. Carlos Miyahira Caguimbal andEmma N. Funtilar who are indispensable party in this petition, andmay be served with summons and other legal processes at Block 17,Lot 14, P-3B, Purok Imelda, Brgy. Dela Paz, Antipolo City; that peti-tioner was born on August 27, 1983 at Balagtas, Bulacan to theSpouses Carlos Miyahira Caguimbal and Emma N. Funtilar. Uponsecuring a copy of his Birth Certificate sometime in January 2007 hewas surprised to find out that in his Certificate of live Birth issued bythe National Statistic Office, the middle name and birth place of hisfather as appearing therein were entered as “Mejahera” (Annex “A-2”) and “Naga City” (Annex “A-3”) respectively but in truth and infact, in the Certificate of Live Bir th of his father (Annex “B”), thesame were entered as “Miyahira” and “Bombon, Camarines Sur”respectively, which is the truth and correct middle name and birthplace of his Father. Likewise, the date of marriage of his parents asappearing therein was entered as “March 7, 1983” (Annex “A-4”)instead of April 7, 1998 which is thrue and correct date of marriage ofhis parents; that the error in the above entries in the Certificate of liveBirth was due to a misunderstanding between the informant and therecords officer; to avoid confusion and to put things in legal perspec-tive and to conform to his official records and documents, it isnecessary that a change in the entries be made in the Certificate ofLive Birth from the middle name of his father as appearing thereinentered as “Mejahera” be corrected to “Miyahira” and his father’sbirthplace from “Naga City” be corrected to “Bombon, CamarinesSur”, likewise, the date of marriage of his parents as appearingtherein as “March 7, 1983” be changed to “April 7, 1998”, that suchchange and /or correction is not being done in order to perpetuatefraud, or any miscarriage of justice, or even to evade prosecution,petitioner is not unmindful that as a consequence of filling this peti-tion, he is required by law to pay the docket fess and other necessarylegal fees in order for the said petition to prosper. However, he cannotafford to pay the said fees as he is an indigent. Besides, pursuant toOCA CIRCULAR NO. 121-2007 (Annex “E”), he, being a client ofPublic Attorney’s Office is exempt from payment of docket and otherfees incidental to instituting an action in court and other quasi-judicialbodies, as an original proceeding or on appeal; petitioner prays of thisHonorable Court, after publication, due notice and hearing that anorder be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Balagtas, Bulacanthat the corrected entries be made in the Certificate of Live Birth ofthe herein petitioner from the middle name of his father as appearingtherein entered as “Mejahera” be corrected to “Miyahira” and thebirthplace of his father from “Naga City” be corrected to “Bombon,Camarines Sur”, likewise, the date of marriage of his parents asappearing therein as “March 7, 1983” be corrected to “April 7, 1998”.

It appearing that the petition is sufficient in form and substance, SETthis case for hearing on August 20, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at which dateand time, all persons interested and who may have opposition theretomay appear and show cause, if there be any, why the same shouldnot be granted. Let a copy of this Order be published at the expenseof the petitioner in any newspaper of general circulation within theprovince of Bulacan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the ProvincialProsecutor of Bulacan, National Statistics Office, the Local CivilRegistral of Balagtas, Bulacan, the National Archives, petitioner andcounsel with a copy of this Order.

So ordered.


VICTORIA VILLALON-PORNILLOSJudge

Mabuhay: July 4, 11, 18, 2008

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESLOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province: BulacanCity/Municipality: Obando

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Section 5 of Republic Act No. 9048, a noticeis hereby served to the public that EMMA SALAO AVENDAÑOhas filed with this Office a petition for change of first name fromEMELITA to EMMA in the birth cer tificate of EMELITA AVENDAÑOwho was born on 29 April 1956 at Obando, Bulacan, Philippinesand whose parents are Eugenio Avendaño and Ana Salao.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file hiswritten opposition with Office not later than –O–.

PEDRO C. SEVILLAMunicipal Civil Registrar

MABUHAY: June 27 & July 4, 2008

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that the estate of the deceased ProcesoGabriel Reyes who died intestate on November 6, 2006 at Bocaue,Bulacan left a parcel of land consisting of Forty Two (42) squaremeters more particularly described as Transfer Certificate of Title No.T-467331 (M) hereby adjudicate to Grace Vivian Reyes the parcel ofland above described and hereby request the Register of Deeds ofBulacan, Meycauayan Branch, to register and render the same effec-tive as per Doc. No. 453; Page No. 92; Book No. 117; Series of 2008in Notary Public of Atty. Teodulo E. Cruz.

Mabuhay: July 4, 11 & 18, 2008

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

Office of the Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

PAG-IBIG FUND OR HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND (HDMF),

Mortgagee/s,

-versus-

MARYLOU G. RICAMONTE married toEDISON C. RICAMONTE JR.

Mortgagor/s

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Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filed byHome Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) otherwise known as the PAG-IBIG FUND withprincipal office at 2nd floor North Centrum Bldg., Tabang,Guiguinto, Bulacan the mort-gagee/s against MARYLOU G. RICAMONTE married to EDISON C. RICAMONTE, JR.,with residence and postal address at #2 Simoun St., La Loma, Quezon City, the mort-gagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 15, 2008, in theamount of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN& 66/100 (P351,377.66)Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest thereon, in-cluding/excluding 10% of the total indebtedness as and by way of Attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such otheramount, which may become due and payable to the aforementioned mortgage.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the Defuty Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties and to the public in general that on August 19, 2008 at 10:00 in the morning orsoon thereafter, in front of the Office of Branch 77, Regional Trial Court located at theground floor, Now Justice Hall Provincial Capitol Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at publicauction to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippines currency, the described realproperty/ies below with existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-366846 (M)

A parcel of land (Lot 24, Blk.22, of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-03-008362, being a portionof cons. lots 3936-3940 Lolomboy Est. & Lots 4280-C Psd-03-077125 (LRC Rec. No.)situated in the Bo. of Loma de Gato, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bulacan ......... Containingan area of Forty (40) SQ. METERS...........

This notice of Sheriff’s Sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days in three (3)of the most conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject property/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall take place, andlikewise a copy will be published for the same period in the MABUHAY a newspaper ofgeneral circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3) consecutiveweeks before the date of Auction Sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this office mustbe submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date and hour at whichtime all sealed bids thus, submitted shall be opened...

In the event the public auction should not taken place on the said date, it shall be held onAUGUST 26, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves thetitle to the property/ies and the encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 01, 2008.

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx- Officio Sheriff

By: ARMANDO P. PASCUALSheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 4, 11 and 18, 2008

EJF NO. P-107-2008



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Kastigo mula sa pahina 2

tiwaling pagkakabili ng Bataan Nuclear Power Plant nabinayaran ng bilyun-bilyong dolyar (pati tubo) pero hindinaman napakinabangan. Nandyan din ang may $6 bilyonhalaga ng mga automated voting machine na sana’y papawisa garapal na dayaan sa eleksiyon, pero may nakasuhan basa mga nakakomisyon sa transaksiyon nito?

Iyan ang trahedya ng mga Pilipino, trahedyang hindibuhat sa likas na kalamidad kundi sa kalamidad ng puli-tika ng mga taong-buwaya, ng mga “Devil incarnate” nanagkukunwaring mga “lingkod ng bayan”!

Newsbreak, PCIJ win topOngpin journalism awardsNEWSBREAK magazineand the Philippine Centerfor Investigative Journal-ism (PCIJ) won the topawards in the 19th JaimeV. Ongpin Awards for Ex-cellence in Journalism(JVOAEJ) for works pub-lished in 2007.

The CMFR announcedthe results during the an-nual JVOAEJ ceremonies atthe Asian Institute of Man-agement in Makati, MetroManila on June 26. TheCMFR has been the admin-istrative and technical sec-retariat of the JVOAEJsince 1990.

The JVOAEJ this yearscanned the print mediafor investigative and ex-planatory articles pub-lished in 2007, and thenfocused on the urgent is-sues of human rights, theenvironment and gover-nance and corruption toencourage reporting onthese concerns.

“Trapped in a web oflives” by Glenda M.Gloria, which was pub-lished in the December2007-February 2008 issueof Newsbreak and “Thebattle for Manila’s gate-

way” by Roel Landinginand published in the Sep-tember-December 2007issue of Newsbreak ,were judged the best hu-man rights and gover-nance reports, respec-tively. Each received aplaque of distinction anda cash prize of P70,000.

The board of judgesnamed the environmentstory “What’s swinmingin your soup?” by PrimeSarmiento of the Philip-pine Center for Investiga-tive Journalism (PCIJ)and published in Malayanewspaper on November27-28, 2007 recipient of aplaque of merit and a cashprize of P25,000.

The Canadian Em-bassy announced at theawards ceremony that theMarshall McLuhan Prize,a travel study tour ofCanada, will go to GlendaM. Gloria. This is the 12thyear that the CanadianEmbassy has awarded theMarshall McLuhan Prizein the JVOAEJ.

The Australian Em-bassy named Roel Landi-ngin as the recipient of theAustralian Ambassador’s

Award, a travel grant toAustralia. It was the sixthtime that the AustralianEmbassy presented theAustralian Ambassador’sAward in the JVOAEJ.

The first JVOAEJ waslaunched in 1990 to honorthe late Jaime V. Ongpinwho was secretary of fi-nance during the Aquinoadministration.

A press freedom advo-cate, Ongpin was involvedin the struggle against theMarcos dictatorship andwas instrumental in har-nessing public support forthe restoration of democ-racy in the country.

The JVOAEJ this yearwas sponsored by the OpenSociety Foundation MediaProgram and the Ateneo deManila University.

The finalists in thisyear’s JVOAEJ awardswere: “Palace documentshows gov’t plan to neu-tralize Left” by NormanBordadora and MichaelLim Ubac,PhilippineDaily Inquirer, July 16-17, 2007; “The road toItaly” by Gemma LuzCorotan, Newsbreak ,September -December

2007; “Inside PCGG 21years later”, Fernando delMundo, Margaux C. Ortiz,Jerry Esplanada andDaxim L. Lucas with re-ports from TJ Burgonioand Lawrence de Guz-man, Philippine DailyInquirer, February 22-25,2007; “Environmental-ists to govt: Manage gar-bage, don’t promote land-fills, dumps”, Nora O.Gamolo, The ManilaTimes, October 28-29,October 31-November 1,2007; “Garci was here”,Miriam Grace A. Go,Newsbreak, July-Sep-tember 2007; “Bridgingthe digital gap”, AllisonLopez, Riza Olchondra,Juliet Labog-Javellanawith reports from Julie S.Alipala, Chief: Fernandodel Mundo PhilippineDaily Inquirer, Decem-ber 27-29, 2007; “Malan-sang balak ng Hapon saPilipinas”, Soliman A.Santos and KennethRoland A. Guda, PinoyWeekly, October 17-23,2007.

All the finalists re-ceived a plaque and a cashprize of P10,000.

7 sa 10 Bulakenyo:Ang binawas sa tollng NLEX hindi sapat

NI DINO BALABO

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Hindi pa rin sapatang pagbababa ng toll fee sa North Luzon Express-way (NLEX) upang maibsan ang patuloy nakahirapang nararamdaman na hatid ng patuloy napagtaas ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin.

Ito ang pananaw ng pito sa 10 Bulakenyong naka-panayam ng Mabuhay noong Martes, Hulyo 1 kung kailanmuling ibinaba ng pamunuan ng Manila North TollwaysCorporation (MNTC) ang toll fee sa 84 na kilometrongNLEX mula sa Balintawak hanggang sa Sta. Ines saMabalacat, Pampanga. Itong pagbaba ng toll fee sa NLEXay ikalawa mula noong Enero 1, 2007. Ang kasalukuyangtoll fee reduction ay ipatutupad hanggang sa Disyembre31, 2010.

Batay sa ulat ng MNTC, babawasan ng P6 ang toll feeng mga sasakyang Class 1 o mga kotse na bumibiyahe sakahabaan ng NLEX. Ang toll sa mga Class 2 o masmalalaking sasakyan ay babawasan ng P14, samantalangang bayad ng Class 3 vehicle o mga truck ay babawasan ngP17.

Sa kabila nito, para sa mga Bulakenyong nakapanayamng Mabuhay noong Hulyo 1, halos wala rin silangmatitipid dahil patuloy ang pagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina.

Ayon kay Rommel Ramos ng GMA 7 sa Bulacan atPampanga na halos araw-araw bumibiyahe sa NLEX, walaring epekto sa kanya ang bawas sa toll dahil sa hindi rinnaman bumaba ang presyo ng gasolina, sa halip aytumataas pa.

Binigyang diin ni Ramos na kung luluwas siya ngKalakhang Maynila gamit ang kanyang sasakyan, angpinakamaliit niyang magagastos ay P800.

Gayundin ang sinabi ni Jose Gabriel ng Paombong naisang inhinyerong nagtatrabaho sa Department of PublicWorks and Highways sa Maynila.

“Dapat mas malaki ang bawas, kasi everyday akodumadaan sa NLEX,” ani Gabriel.

Inayunan ito ng tatlong driver ng jeepney na bumi-biyahe sa rutang Sta. Maria-Malolos. Sila ay dumadaan saNLEX mula sa Bocaue toll plaza hanggang Tabang tollplaza at pabalik halos tatlong beses isang araw.

“Halos piso lang ang nabawas sa aming toll fee mulaBocaue hanggang Tabang, kasi ’yun palang P6 ay mulaBalintawak hanggang Sta. Ines,” ani ng mga driver.

Para naman sa negosyanteng si Jo Clemente, na may-ari ng Ciudad Clementino sa Paombong, masyadong maliitang toll reduction sa NLEX kumpara sa itinataas ng singilsa toll fee mula nang maisalin sa MNTC ang pamamahalasa NLEX buhat sa Philippine National Construction Cor-poration (PNCC) noong 2004.

“Ano ang halaga ng P6 toll reduction kumpara sa halos600 porsiyentong pagtataas ng toll fee sa panahon ngMNTC mula sa panahon ng PNCC,” ani Clemente.

Sinabi naman ni Abogado Jose Dela Rama Jr., datingpangulo ng Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) BulacanChapter, na dapat ay noon pa ibinaba ang toll fee sa NLEX.

“Kung binabaan lang sana nila noon, nakaluwag sanasa mga motorista,” aniya at idinagdag na noon pang 2005ay nagsampa na sila ng petisyon sa Toll Regulatory Boardpara ibaba ang bayad sa NLEX.

Para naman sa ibang Bulakenyo, may positibong epektorin ang pagbaba ng toll sa NLEX.

“Malaking ginhawa iyan sa amin na lumuluwas araw-araw,” ani Claire Buencamino, isang negosyante at kaga-wad ng Barangay San Vicente sa bayan ng San Miguel.

Ayon kay Konsehal Allan Aguilar ng Marilao, “Matu-tuwa ang mga biyahero, namamasukan, estudyante at mganegosyante sa pagbaba ng toll at sana lang ay huwagpababayaan ang maintenance at serbisyo.”

TRAVEL GRANTS — Roel Landingin (above, second from right) isthis year’s recipient of the travel grant to Australia; and Glenda M.Gloria (right photo) receives from Ambassador Robert Desjardinsthe Marshall McLuhan Prize, a travel tour of Canada. With Landinginare (from left) Steve Scott, Deputy Head of Mission of the AustralianEmbassy, Maribel Ongpin and Ambassador Bienvenido A. Tan Jr.Landingin and Gloria’s articles were adjudged the best in gover-nance/corruption and human rights, respectively, in the 19th JaimeV. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Newsbreak maga-zine published the reports last year. — CMFR PHOTOS

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