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LEGACY. Mayor Ed Pamintuan delivers fi rst SOCA of his last term. P !"! $% B!&' L()*!&

For rising tension at estate

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CLARK FREEPORT – Land reform benefi ciaries at Hacienda Luisita have

blamed the “tambiolo” land reform implemented by the past Aquino administration for the tension now rising at the vast estate that used to be entirely owned by the family of ex-President Benigno Aquino III.

Luisita farmers blame ‘tambiolo’ land reform

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CLARK FREEPORT – It’s an MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facility by Sky Troop-er is all that’s known of a mas-sive steel frame that is now slow-

ly rising at the southern end of the Clark International Airport (CIA) runway.

The huge infrastructure can be conspicuously seen from M.A. Roxas Highway, the main avenue of this freeport.

When asked to shed light on the mysterious infrastructure on Wednesday, Clark Interna-tional Airport Corp. (CIAC) offi -cer-in-charge Alexander Cau-guiran asked for an apology say-

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ANGELES CITY – The ongoing P50-million ren-ovation of the Pampang Public Market was the most widely applauded pronouncement of May-or Edgardo Pamintu-

Infra boost highlights EdPam’s SOCAan in his state-of-the-city-address (SOCA) on Wednesday during the special session of the sangguniang panlung-sod here.

Pamintuan said his

administration “intends to convert the old infra-structure into a modern public market where or-der, sanitation and fresh-ness of produce will be strictly adhered” amid

a thunderous applause while fl ashing a photo of the newly-renovated and clinically clean wet section area of the pub-lic market in the accom-

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CLARK FREEPORT -- Some 500 of the 1,316 Chinese nationals have been set free on bail af-ter they were rounded up by immigration and po-lice agents at an illegal online casino at the Fon-tana Leisure Estate here last Nov. 23.

Karen Gandamra, chief of the BI’s one-top-shop in this freeport,

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Wealthy Chinese detainees post bail

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THE CITY COLLEGE of San Fernando, Pam-panga (CCSFP) ranked fi rst in this year’s Licen-sure Examination for Teachers on secondary education besting oth-er universities and col-leges in the region.

CCSFP posted a 76 percent passing rate

City College of San Fernando tops teachers’ licensure examin the LET September 2016, a score which is way beyond the national passing rate of only 34 percent.

With this, CCSFP bested 11 institutions like the Angeles Uni-versity Foundation, St. Mary’s Angels of Pam-panga, Holy Angel Uni-

versity, Mabalacat City College, University of the Assumption, Don Honorio Ventura Tech-nological State Universi-ty, Republic Central Col-leges, Pampanga State Agricultural Universi-ty, OLFU-Pampanga, Guagua National Col-leges, and Holy Cross

College.On the other hand

CCSFP, with 48 percent passers, ranked fi fth in the elementary educa-tion.

Founded in 2009, the CCSFP is among the fl agship projects of the city government to pro-vide quality and aff ord-

able education to Fer-nandino students.

Its charter was ap-proved by then Vice Mayor and now Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago whose administration fo-cus is on education.

“We congratulate our scholars and we are very proud of our teach-

ers. This answers our call for excellence, turn-ing ordinary into extraor-dinary” Mayor EdSa said.

Last year, some 199 students graduated from the CCSFP. At present over 760 students en-rolled at this college.

–CSFP-CIO

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BALANGA CITY -- The bishop of Bataan on Tuesday declared a big “No” to the distribution of condoms in schools, saying a mistake cannot be corrected by an-other mistake.

“Giving condoms or pills is just encouraging im-moralities and illicit aff airs,” said Bishop Ruperto

Bishop says ‘No’ to condoms in schoolsSantos. The prelate is a permanent member of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and chair of the CBCP’s Episcopal Commission on Mi-grants and Itinerant People.

The bishop was reacting to the plan of the Depart-ment of Health in coordination with the Department of Education to distribute condoms in schools in view of the rising HIV/AIDS cases in the country.

“To prevent teenage pregnancy, educate our youth and safeguard them from social media that promote sex and violence,” the Bataan prelate said.

He said that parents have a big role in the up-bringing of their children.

“Be strict by giving curfew or the use of internet and cellphones,” Santos said.

FOURTEEN private sub-divisions in the City of San Fernando join this year’s In-ter-Village Christmas Décor Competition.

The participants include Malumeme Homeowners Association in Brgy. San Juan; Paralaya Street and Unisite Subdivision in Brgy. Del Pilar; Saint Dominic Corinthian Subdivision, Do-lores Homesite, Safer Vil-lage and Villa Barosa I in Brgy. Dolores, San Miguel 1 and Perpetual Heights Sub-division in Brgy. Sindalan; Fortune Ville Phase 3 and Rose Ville Heights Subdivi-sion in Brgy. Panipuan; For-tune Ville Phase 1 in Brgy.

14 villages in CSF join Christmas Décor competition

INTER-VILLAGE DÉCOR COMPETITION. Judges of the Inter-Village Christmas Décor Competition 2016 pose in front of the main entrance of Paralaya Street in Barangay Dolores, one of this year’s participants.

Baliti; Don Ramon Village in Brgy. San Agustin; and Essel Park Home Owners Associa-tion in Brgy. Telabastagan.

Anchored on the theme “Pasku ning Bayung henera-syun,” main entrances of the said villages shall be deco-rated using recycled mate-rials and the Parul Samper-nandu as a distinctive fea-ture.

In an interview, Mayor Edwin ‘EdSa’ Santiago said “the city holds this activity to promote the bayanihan spir-it among Fernandinos. This year, we have also encour-age the participation of youth in the decorating process so that they may express their

creativity and innovative Christmas ideas,”

The judging which will be held every night from December 5-8 is led by the City Tourism Offi ce, Giant Lantern Festival 2016 com-mittee and Inter-Village Christmas Décor Competi-tion 2016 committee chaired by Maria Luisa Santiago.

The announcement of winners will be on Decem-ber 17 during the presenta-tion of Giant Lanterns.

20,000 pesos will be giv-en to the fi rst placer while, 15,000 and 10,000 pesos will be awarded to the sec-ond and third placers, re-spectively. –CSFP-CIO

BALANGA CITY -- Christmas is in the air all over Bataan not only with the start of cool dawns brought by the north-east monsoon or “hanging amihan” but by physical dec-orations all over many areas.

Most town plazas in the 11 towns and one city of the prov-ince are adorned by Christmas decorations with some already lighted and some still undergo-ing fi nishing touches.

The Spanish-themed Pla-za Mayor in Balanga City, for example, recently opened its Christmas lights simultaneous with those of the four-storey commercial buildings - Galeria Victoria, Plaza Hotel and Cen-ter Mall, the cityhall and the Saint Joseph Shrine and Ca-thedral

These business establish-ments and other buildings of the same façade color sand-wich the plaza. As the lights were turned on, attractive lights from some 30 ten-feet Christmas trees fl ooded the Plaza Mayor.

Christmas in the air in Bataan

Life-size letters of the word Balanga stood out while at its back came out drops from the multi-colored fountain.

Small and tall Christmas trees adorned the perimeter of the plaza and the center island of the road.

Dwarf Santa Claus fi g-ures seem to guard big lighted Christmas boxes. Nutcrackers more than man-high between two high Christmas trees stand at the entrance of the cityhall.

In Abucay town and Bal-anga City, bibingka and puto bumbong are already avail-able and saleable. Bibingka and puto bumbong cost P40 – P65 each with free hot tea made from mango leaves and anis.

In Samal town, caroling by both children and adults start-ed. While the adults used gui-tar to accompany their singing, the children used twigs and cans and sang to the top of their voices “Thanks you, ang babait ninyo” after receiving a few coins. – Ernie B. Esconde

TURTLE RELEASE. SBMA chairman and head of agency, also the concurrent manager of the Law Enforcement Department Martin B. Dino leads in the releasing of turtle hatchlings at All Hands Beach Resort in Subic Bay Freeport zone.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO ~ As gifts for the celebration of the 445th Aldo Ning Kapam-pangan, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) turned over livelihood equipment worth P4-million to Cabalen-benefi ciaries yester-day during the kick-off cere-monies.

In particular, DOLE Region-al Director Anna Dione togeth-er with Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda gave 12 nego trailer units, 10 units of nego kart, 50 push~cart units, 50 sewing machines and starter kits.

San Nicolas MPC (San Luis), Women’s Organization (Macabebe), Forever Friends Farmer Association (Canda-ba), Care Consumer Coopera-tive (Mabalacat), Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (Mexico), Cru-zanian’s Organization (Sas-muan), Women’s Organization (Masantol), Thomasian As-sociation of PWD’s (Sto. To-

DOLE gives P4-M worth of livehood gears to Cabalen-benefi ciaries

mas), Black Ladies (Minalin), Women’s Organization of PI-O(Porac), OFw Family Cir-cle (Floridablanca) and OFW Family Circle in Macabebe are the twelve benefi ciaries of Ne-go-Trailers.

The DOLE has also given 50 push carts intended to the fi ve scavengers of each town amounting to P750,000.

Aside from the starter kits for refrigerator and air-con-dition repair, DOLE also pro-vided sewing machines to the Sewers of Lubao, Mabalacat, Porac, San Simon and Care Consumer Cooperative in Ma-balacat City.

The distribution is in line with DOLE Integrated Liveli-hood and Emergency Employ-ment Program (DILEEP) that aims to generate employment and to reduce poverty to the marginalized workers. – Ma. Reina Len Luna/Pampanga PIO

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Stand up for someone’s rights today!

HUMAN RIGHTS Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In 1950, the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day.

This year, Human Rights Day calls on everyone to stand up for someone’s rights! Many of us are fearful about the way the world is heading. Disrespect for basic human rights continues to be wide-spread in all parts of the globe. Extremist movements subject people to horrifi c violence. Messages of intolerance and hatred prey on our fears. Humane values are under attack.

We must reaffi rm our common humanity. Wherever we are, we can make a real diff erence. In the street, in school, at work, in public transport; in the voting booth, on social media.

The time for this is now. “We the peoples” can take a stand for rights. And together, we can take a stand for more humanity.

It starts with each of us. Step forward and defend the rights of a refugee or migrant, a person with disabilities, an LGBT person, a woman, a child, indigenous peoples, a minority group, or anyone else at risk of discrimination or violence.

(United Nations statement for Human Rights Day 2016)

Stand up forall the victims of

martial law!

Stand up forall the victims of

extrajudicial killings!

About the CapampanganTHERE IS much ado about the Capampangan.

More than a tribe, the old Capampangan prides himself as a separate race. Perhaps in bitter rebellion against the diminution of his once vast kingdom that was said to have stretched from the mouth of the Pasig in Tondo to the upper reaches of the Chico River in Cagayan Valley.

Mayhaps in a vicious reaction to the consequent waning of the primacy of his lingua franca which is now limited to just the province and the southern half of Tarlac, plus a single town in each of Pampanga’s contiguous provinces of Bataan, Bulacan and Nueva Ecija.

He may not be the distinct species that he likes to make of himself, but the Capampanga unarguably stands out when ranged against his Filipino fellows. You will know the Capampangan easily.

Food is his passion. A gourmand is the Capampangan as he turns snails and frogs, dogs and fi eld mice, pythons and cobras, locusts and mole crickets into exotic dishes rivaling ambrosia itself. And no meal for him without the attendant condiments of toyo, patis and aslam.

And who could love the pungent buro – take your pick of tagilo or balo-balo -- other than the Capampangan?

How the Capampangan loves to party! Just about every occasion is a cause for celebration. A Capampangan fi esta is unrivalled in the excesses of bacchanalia. The fattened calf or pig, even good old Banta, get served on the Capampangan table. Beer goes by the truckful. No money is no excuse to feast. E ca macapagtaó? Ala cang marine tau. Nananu ya itang mag-fi ve-six qng cantu? Feast for the day, all the year to the usurer.

Fashion is an everyday statement. In colleges and universities, the ubiquitous Capampangan student is the one dressed to the nines but with barely a dime. Just about everywhere he is togged as though ever-ready to a party.

Dance is a religion. Even before the fad of disco and ballroom dancing, the Capampangan has had – dating to the turn of the century, the 19th to the 20th pa – Circulo Fernandino in the capital town, Bachelor’s Club, later Thomasian in Sto. Tomas, Old Legs in Bacolor, Batubalani in Guagua, Maharajah in Macabebe, Now and Then in Minalin, and a host of other annual formal dances where the local crème de la crème shine in their best fi neries.

Porma is his way of life. When a Capampangan earns – even barely enough – the fi rst thing he buys is a car, never a house. Why? Ninanu ca? Malyari meng apidala-dalang pamorma ing bale?

Now you know the reason behind the labeling of the Capampangan as mayabang. Part of this also is his “sugar mentality” raised, no doubt, in the province’s once fertile sugarlands. More than a sweet tooth and a diabetic constitution, the Capampangan possesses a saccharine tongue.

Just you listen when he woos the object

of his aff ection. Or eavesdrop to his whispers to the subject of his seduction. And wonder no more why the Capampangan is a lahing sibuburian, if not a lahing pipicutan.

The Capampangan’s mastery with words is manifested too in the number of cabalens in literature and in the media. Just about every newspaper in Manila has a Capampangan for an editor, columnist, deskman or reporter.

Of course, there are the laughables about the Kapampangan.

When the deadly H-fever epidemic was wreaking havoc in Metro Manila and elsewhere, it was joked about that Pampanga would be spared. Why? The Capampangan has no H in his language, silly.

Which brings to mind that tongue-twister that landed me a grade of 70 in high-school Pilipino after I read it thus: Hako hay naiipan ng anging hamian hat hako’y napa-alak-ak, a-a-a-a-a.

Having not the letter H in the language is nothing to be ashamed of though. This is part of the Capampangan’s Spanish heritage. Remember in lengua Español, the letter H is silent. O, nanu pang asabi mu? Seselan na ca mu.

Positivizing the negative is a Capampangan attribute. Finding opportunity in adversity is imbued in the Capampangan character. Yes, there was more than sloganeering or rhetorics in the late Governor Bren Z. Guiao’s E co magmalun, mibangun ya ing Pampangaimmediately after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. It was a call to the resiliency innate in the Capampangan. Proven in time by the leaps and bounds the province has taken rising, then soaring from the Pinatubo’s ashes of devastation and despair.

There too was Governor Lito Lapid’s novel and noble meaning to the derogatory dugong aso imprinted in the Capampangan psyche. This, when the uncolleged Lapid extolled it as the virtue of katapatan, of canine loyalty to an elder, to a superior, to a friend – before then President Fidel V. Ramos, credited for much of the salvation of Pampanga from obliteration and its subsequent rehabilitation and renewal.

Of course, there will be some debate on loyalty here, given the historical aberration of the Macabebes betraying Emilio Aguinaldo to the Americans in the second phase of the War of Philippine Independence. That, though, is another story.

For now, let us just be. Celebrate Capampangan pride. And passion too. Luid ya ing Capampangan.

(First printed in The Voice – December 6-12, 1998, this has seen some reprinting in homage to Pampanga Day.)

A NEW era for Filipinos dawned on December 10, 1898 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris through which Spain ceded the Philippines, its colony for over 300 years, to the United States for US$ 20 million.

The Peace Commission consisting of American and Spanish delegates met in Par-is from October to December that year to discuss the terms of the treaty.

Much of their discussions focused on legal points and both sides maintained their re-

spective hard-lined stand on the matter.

The Americans eventually prevailed following Washing-ton’s order to ensure Spain’s cession of the entire Philip-pines. Such cession placed the country under American control.

Still, the U.S. agreed on allowing for 10 years’ entry of Spanish exports into the Phil-ippines.

The Treaty of Paris did not go into eff ect immediately as several U.S. senators believed

this accord was unfair to Filipi-nos. However, the rise of Fil-ipino-American hostilities on February 4, 1899 eventually led many of such legislators to vote in favor of the treaty. This change happened as they be-lieved the propaganda that Fil-ipinos initiated the hostilities.

Aside from ceding the Phil-ippines, the Treaty of Paris re-quired Spain’s surrender of Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S. The same treaty also re-quired Spain to relinquish its rights to Cuba.

The Treaty of Paris is signed

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Sino ang mas sinungaling?

SA KAALAMAN ng mas nakararami

ay di na kabilang sa ‘Senate Inquiry’

si De Lima, sanhi r’yan ng pangyayari

na suspek din naman ang taong nasabi

Sa isyu ng droga na kasalukuyang

‘pending on inquiry’ at ang taong iyan

ay nasipa na nga sa pagka-chair bilang

ng ‘senate justice committee’ kamakailan.

Pero, ano’t ngayon imbes siya itong

igisa sa isyu ng droga ang bagong

Magdalena ay siyang asa mo’y kung sinong

walang bahid dungis ang tungki ng ilong?

Sa pagbitaw n’yan ng mga katanungang

ang dating sa ati’y malayo sa akmang

pagkilos ng isang may bitbit na dangal

at pag-uugali ng taong nag-aral.

Kaya kung umasta ay parang pang-Famas

na artistang laos na tadtad ng ‘make-up’

itong si De Lima sa likod at harap

ng kamera para mapansin ng lahat.

At imbes ang tunay at siyang chairperson

ng ‘justice committee on imbestigation’

ang kina Kerwin at Ronnie Dayan itong

mag-conduct ng ‘lawful cross-examination’

O itong iba pa na dapat manguna

sa ‘senate inquiry’ (at di si De Lima)

na sangkot din naman sa isyu ng droga

(ang kailangan), kasi nga’y suspek din siya

Pero siya itong asa mo ay Piskal

kung bumira kina Kerwin, Ronnie Dayan

sa ‘justice committee hearing’ na naturan

kapag may nasabing di tugma kung minsan.

At ang hinggil dito sa di magkatulad

ng petsa umano kung kailan naganap

ang bigayan base sa naging pahayag

ni Kerwin at Dayan, yan ay di pa sapat

Na dahilan para ang testimonya n’yan

ay asasabi nating kasinungalingan;

Ga’no man katalas ang ‘memory’ minsan

ng sinuman, lahat ay di matandaan.

Kung anong araw at petsa halimbawa

nangyari ang siya minsan ay nadapa,

nasaktan at nagka-bali ng malubha,

pero sa memorya madaling mawala.

Kaya di malayong ang sinuman sa’tin

ay di imposibleng makalimutan din

kung kailan nangyari ang di akalaing

mga pangyayaring kailangan sagutin.

Sakali ma’t hindi nasagot ng akma

ng mga ‘witnesses’ ang petsa o kaya

ang araw at oras, kung kailan ginawa,

nagsinungaling na sa ating akala?

Alalahanin niya, na mas sinungaling

siya kumpara kina Dayan at Kerwin,

sa pangyayari na ang hindi inamin

noon, pero bandang huli’y inamin din!

These packs of carabao hide chicharon, a product of a Tuguegarao City cooperative, fi nd big markets in diff erent places in Luzon and some Middle East countries. At least 2,100 kilograms of hide are tuned into “Chicha-rabao” by the co-op in a week.

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SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ – Whenever carabao hide is mentioned, what immediately comes to mind is leather used for shoes, handbags, suitcas-es, belts, upholstery, and purs-es made out of this animal’s tanned skin.

But, as proven by a coop-erative in Tuguegarao City, the carabao hide is also for chicharon, which is the Filipino term for the Spanish chichar-ron. Chicharon (or tsitsaron) is generally known in the country as pork crackling.

This carabao hide chichar-on is marketed as “Chicha-ra-bao”.

“We processed an average of 2,100 kilograms of cara-bao’s hide a week for our Chi-cha-rabao,” said Arturo Tabbu, general manager of the Light-house Cooperative. “It is dis-tributed Luzon-wide and has also markets in Middle East countries,” he added.

For every 100 kilograms of hide, about 30 kg of the crack-lings are produced, he added. They buy the hide at P40 per kilogram.

Carabao hide is for ‘chicharon’ tooIn a documentation made

by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) here, Tabbu said, the hide is sourced out from the slaughterhouses in Tuguegarao City and from the towns of Piat, Lal-lo, Baggao in Cagayan and some other towns near the city.

It was in 2006 that the co-op started producing Chi-cha-rabao. The co-op which also has other products under its “Ybanag Food Products” enterprise, also deals with fur-niture, school and offi ce sup-plies, and computer selling.

“The hide is cleared of its hair, cut into small squares, boiled to make it soft, and af-ter cooling boiled again in low fi re for 14 to 16 hours,” Tab-bu said. “In all, it takes two to three days to complete the process, which include deep frying of the softened hide and packaging it,” he added.

Each pack weighs 80 grams and is sold at factory price of P32. Flavor selections are garlic, hot and spicy, and onion.

Fifteen workers are em-ployed by the co-op for its chicharon-making enterprise.

“We have been assisted by the DOST (Department of Sci-ence and Technology) and the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) for the precise pro-cessing procedures, packag-ing and labelling,” Tabbu said.

The DOST and the Small Enterprise Technology Pro-gram (Set-up) also provided them with some of the need-ed equipment for processing, he added.

“We adhere to established rules under Good Manufac-turing Practices and Haz-ard Analysis Critical Control Point,” Tabbu said.

The Lighthouse Coopera-tive, founded in 1998 by Pas-tor Rosauro Resuello of the Victory Christian Fellowship, thought of producing food products when it observed that many of the popular prod-ucts consumed by the public in their place originated from oth-er places.

Observing that in their re-gion, more than 1,000 cara-baos are slaughtered every month, the coop decided to produce “carabao tapa” and later the saleable carabao hide crackling.

Bring Christmas to your home from SMBRING the joy, love and beauty of Christmas to your home with dazzling ornaments and décor from SM Home.

These modern expressions of traditional holiday trimmings have an artisan touch that cel-ebrate all that is creative and classic. At SM Home, there are lush Christmas trees and bountiful wreaths and garlands. Scandinavian inspired clay or-naments and Gingerbread in-spired plush ornaments give us a glimpse of Christmas tradi-tions from all parts of the world.

Ornaments like stars, balls, reindeer and snowmen speak of a classic Christmas. But there are also modern, whimsical touches: translucent Christmas ornaments; delightful cupcakes and doughnuts ornaments that show the sweet side of Christ-mas.

The collection is available at the SM Home section at SM City Baliwag, SM City Marilao and SM City San Jose Del Mon-te.–Press release

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ALEJANDRA GONZALES

who died intestate on January 2, 1996 executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale of her estate, more particularly described as a real property (building) registered in her name covered by Tax Declaration ARPN/TDN: B-020010-1792R which is erected in a parcel of land registered in the name of Republic of the Philippines and which lot is the subject matter of her application with the National Housing Authority (NHA) for housing project located at Brgy. Lourdes NorthWest, Angeles City and which is known as Lot 5 Blk 14 PCS 5403, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 865, Page No. 98, Book No. X, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 24, December 1 & 8, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of AGIDA L. MANALILI who died

intestate on December 23, 2000, CELESTINO L. MANALILI, JR. who died intestate on February 28, 2015, and ALEJA L. MANALILI who died intestate on December 7, 2005 all in Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 15 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-180740, being a portion of Lot 269-A, Psd-2975, LRC Cad Rec. No. 128), situated in the Municipality of Magalang, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 171100-R in the Registry of Deeds for Pampanga, before Notary Public Maximo N. Sandiego as per Doc No. 455, Page No. 91, Book No. XXVII, Series of 2015.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 8, 15 & 22, 2016

NOTICE OF ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that ERLINDA ICMAT DIZON, sole heir of PHILIP

P. ICMAT who died intestate on August 22, 2016 in Vallejo, California, USA executed an Affi davit of Adjudication of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3, Block 9 of the subdivision plan Psd-59710, being a portion of Block 3 described on plan Psd-4534 (LRC) (GLRO) Cad Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 58356 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Consul Rachel Anne L. Oronce as per Service No. 38719, O.R. No. 1914, Doc No. 18583, Page No. 3, Book No. XXXVI, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 8, 15 & 22, 2016

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

Publication NoticeR.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG

Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that NICHOLE I. CARBUNGCO-TUAZON has fi led with this Offi ce, a petition for correction of entry in the sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certifi cate of Live of Birth of NICHOLE ICMAT CARBUNGCO at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are ELIZABETH BALAGTAS ICMAT and NOEL VALENCIA CARBUNGCO.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his/her written opposition with this offi ce not later than seven (7) days after the completion of the publication period.

VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINACITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

FOR THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR: SGD. PERLA S. HALILI

Assistant City Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: December 9 & 16, 2016

ing in a text message that he is presently at-tending a seminar in Ma-nila and promised to pro-vide details of the proj-ect as soon as he comes back Friday.

Earlier, Pinoy Gu-mising Ka Movement (PGKM) chair Ruperto Cruz showed a photo of the massive steel frame

Mysterious huge steel frame rising...as he questioned its con-struction which he said lies directly in the fl ight path of the Clark runway.

But a CIAC offi cial who requested anonym-ity for lack of authority to speak on the matter said Cruz is wrong on his as-sumptions because the structure has an approv-al from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philip-pines (CAAP).

But the offi cials lack the necessary details on the project other than to say that it was approved during the CIAC previ-ous administration of president/CEO Emigdio “Dino” Tanjuatco III.

Cruz said CIAC should not have allowed the construction of the structure because it obvi-ously restricts the space of the airport runway and

especially the planned “third runway.”

Cruz even described the construction of the structure as part of the eff ort to sabotage Clark and not fully develop the CIA.

The PGKM, a multi-sectoral organiza-tion, has been spear-heading the campaign for the full and immediate development of the CIA.

said in an interview here that the freed Chinese nationals “seemed very rich” and could aff ord to live on here despite the closure of their casino.

“Some of them drove expensive cars, includ-ing a Porsche, when they arrived at my offi ce for biometrics and pho-tos,” said Gandarma, daughter of Andrea Do-mingo, chair of the Phil-ippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).

She said that some 500 of the Chinese are now free, but could not yet leave the country as alert notices against them have been issued to ports in the country.

A total of 1,316 Chi-nese nationals were rounded up by immi-gration agents and the Angeles City police last Nov. 23 at the Next Games, an outsourcing facility on online gam-bling under Fontana fi rm

Wealthy Chinese detainees post bailF�� ! 1 owned by Chinese na-

tional Jack Lam.Gandarma could not

immediately say how much bail they posted on charges of violation of immigrations laws pend-ing before the BI’s Le-gal Investigation Division headed by lawyer Arvin Santos.

“Some of them opt-ed to stay on at the Fon-tana Convention Center where they were initial-ly held together with the rest of their compatriots. Others are just around in Pampanga and they seem to be rich enough to sustain their needs,” she added.

Gandarma also said that some of the Chinese were also found to have legitimate working visas, although she could not remember exactly how many had such visas.

“It’s likely that those with expiring visas would just be asked to leave the country unless they apply for tourist visas,”

she said. “This would not be

deportation since they did nothing wrong. It would be merely a de-grading of their status as their visas would be con-verted from working sta-tus to mere tourist,” she explained.

This, even as Gan-darma also cited sources from the Clark Interna-tional Airport that Lam, who was ordered arrest-ed by Pres. Duterte for alleged bribery and eco-nomic sabotage, left the country for Hong Kong only last Thursday.

“I think he used his Chinese name in his passport,” she said. Lam’s Chinese name is Lam Yin Lok.

“I have never person-ally met Lam. I heard he doesn’t talk to peo-ple down my level and that he prefers talking to people in higher places,” said Gandarma who as-sumed her BI post here only last Sept. 9. Her of-

fi ce has been in charge of processing documents of aliens, including the Chinese at Fontana, within Clark freeport.

The local BI offi ce here has been rocked with controversies after nine of its employees based in Angeles City wrote a letter to former Immigration Commis-sioner Siegfred Mison in November 2015, ac-cusing their former boss Janice Corres of anoma-lies in processing docu-ments of Chinese nation-als at Fontana.

Gandarma said Cor-res was transferred to her BI offi ce in this free-port sometime last Janu-ary and stayed on up to last November.

Corres was recently transferred to the BI cen-tral offi ce and was made a member of an ad hoc administrative commit-tee despite pending cas-es against her before the Ombudsman and the BI.

–Ding Cervantes

This, amid reports that men armed with bo-los have been attacking them in their homes in Barangay Mapalacsiao within the hacienda in Tarlac.

Land reform benefi -ciaries from the Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agri-kultura (UMA) and the Alyansa ng Manggaga-wang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala) said the tambiolo or raffl e draw system of awarding lands was part of the “di-vide and rule” ploy of the Cojuangco clan so as to regain control of their vast estate which was ordered by the Supreme Court in 2012 to be dis-tributed to farm workers.

In a statement, the

Luisita farmers blame ‘tambiolo’ land reformF�� ! 1 two groups said the tam-

biolo scheme was de-signed so as “the land-lords could still control prime lots for sugarcane production or for some other lucrative land use venture.”

They noted that the tambiolo system led to the awarding of lands to folk living in other baran-gays. Because of this, many are tempted to just lease out their lands to alleged lackeys of the Cojuangcos, they added.

“There are more than a hundred benefi ciaries from Barangay Lourdes who were allocated lots in Mapalacsiao. Mean-while, most Mapalac-siao benefi ciaries – more than 600 out of the total 810 – were allocated lots in far-off Luisita baran-

gays located in the oth-er towns of Concepcion and La Paz within the hacienda,” they said.

They noted that “Ha-cienda Lusita is as big as Makati and Manila com-bined and Mapalacsiao is just a village within Tarlac City.”

The two groups also said some barangay of-fi cials within the hacien-da have been under the payroll of the Cojuang-cos and tasked to make it appear that untow-ard incidents in the es-tate were due to infi ght-ing between land reform benefi ciaries.

They blamed one such barangay offi cial for a shooting incident last Nov. 25 at “bungkalan” community farm of the benefi ciaries in Mapalac-

siao. The offi cial also led about 100 goons in oc-cupying their farm huts in the area last Dec. 4, the groups said.

Most of the farmwork-ers have opted for the bungkalan farming in their barangays instead of developing distant lots awarded to them under the tambiolo scheme.

They noted that “po-lice based in Mapalac-siao never intervened during various untoward incidents starting Nov. 25 despite requests for assistance by farmers. It was only on Decem-ber 5 that police from Tarlac City tried to step in, because by then Am-abala members had al-ready successfully re-claimed their huts from the goons.”

The groups also not-ed that under the tambio-lo system, folk in Baran-gay Lourdes were award-ed lands in Mapalacsiao which, they noted, was already “an area where there are already farm-ers who have made the land productive with rice, vegetables and fruit trees since 2005.”

“Aquino’s much de-rided tambiolo land re-form or fake land distri-bution was implemented with impunity along with landgrabbing, eviction and atrocities against til-lers during the past six years of his haciendero regime – a farmer was

found dead in a bungka-lan area in Barangay Ba-lete, hundreds of hect-ares of rice fi elds were bulldozed, farm huts were burned, tillers were assaulted and arrest-ed by goons and police in so many violent inci-dents, and hundreds of farmers were slapped with various fabricated charges,” they reported.

This, as they ex-pressed confi dence that Agrarian Reform Sec. Rafael Mariano would push through with plans to nullify the tambiolo land reform in favor of a better system of land dis-tribution at the hacienda.

SUBIC, Zambales --- A painter was killed when his head was pinned on a double sliding door at Hanjin Heavy Industries Company, Ltd., Redondo Peninsula, Sitio Agusuhin, Barangay Cawag of this town.

The Samahang Manggagawa ng Hanjin identifi ed the victim as Menard Bartolome, native of Cagayan, re-siding at Castillejos, Zambales and working as painter under Zambanas Pinas Corp., a sub-contractor of Han-jin.

Report said at that about 12 mid-night, the victim was about to enter

the blasting part of the painting sec-tion part 1, not knowing somebody pushed the button at the end of the sliding double door that caused his head to be pinned at the door.

The victim was rush to the hospi-tal but was pronounced dead on ar-rival.

Records from Samahan indicate that Bartolome’s death was the 38th recorded work-related death inside Hanjin shipbuilding fi rm since it start-ed operations in 2006.

Authorities are still conducting in-vestigation to the incident.

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GAPAN CITY - A sus-pected drug pusher was killed in an alleged shootout with policemen during a buy-bust oper-ation at Riverside, Ba-rangay San Vicente here Tuesday night.

PO3 Nino Cabog, investigator, said Ray Duca, resident of the said village, opened fi re at the lawmen upon sensing he

Pusher dies in shootouthospital but was dead on arrival.

Investigators recov-ered from the place of encounter a .38 revolv-er with three live and two “misfi red” bullets supposedly belonging to Daca, and empty shells from a 9mm.

From Duca”s body, police said, probers re-covered one small sa-chet of shabu and the marked P500 bill.

was dealing with lawmen at around 8:50 p.m.

“During the buy-bust operation subject person sense(d) that his buyers are police offi cers and suddenly ran and drew his fi rearm,” Cabog said.

This prompted po-licemen to fi re back and hit the suspect in diff er-ent parts of his body, he said.

Duca, Cabog said, was rushed to a local

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Republic of the PhilippinesProvince of PampangaCity of San Fernando

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 7TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 6TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA HELD AT THE BRICK CAFÉ, ADSG BLDG., GREENFIELDS COMMERCIAL SQUARE, EXECUTIVE ROAD, SINDALAN, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA ON THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST 2016

PRESENT:

Hon. JAIME T. LAZATIN ……………………………….…........... Presiding Offi cerHon. ANGELICA O. HIZON ………………………………….. MemberHon. BENEDICT JASPER SIMON R. LAGMAN ……………...... MemberHon. RENATO G. AGUSTIN …………………………………....... Member Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT ……………………………………........ Member Hon. AYZEL MARI GRACE N. MACALINO ………………........ Member Hon. NELSON G. LINGAT ……………………………………...... Member Hon. HARVEY A. QUIWA ……………………………………....... Member Hon. CELESTINO S. DIZON …………………………………...... MemberHon. REDENTOR S. HALILI …………………………………...... Member Hon. RUPERTO D. DUMLAO ………………………………….... Member Hon. ANGEL M. WIJANGCO ……………………......................... Ex-Offi cio Member (LBC Pres.)

ABSENT: NONE

ORDINANCE NO. 2016-002Sponsor/Author: Hon. Renato G. Agustin

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO OPERATE THE PISONET, AN INTERNET CAFÉ, LOCATED AT BARANGAY DEL CARMEN, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

WHEREAS, the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga has enacted Ordinance No. 2015-024 otherwise known as the Games and Amusement Code of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to regulate and protect people going and employed in amusement centers, carnivals, fairs, amusement parks, cockpit arenas, internet cafes, on-line gaming and sports betting, e-bingo, games and the traditional bingo parlors, among others;

panying power point pre-sentation.

His announcement of the opening of the new Angeles City Memori-al Park and the soon to start construction of the “Agyu Tamu Command Center” was also well applauded. He said “this will allow us to monitor the entire city, ensure security and speed up emergency response on a 24/7 basis.”

But some expressed apprehension with Pa-mintuan’s pronounce-ments of big ticket infra-structure projects of his administration.

Pamintuan said these big ticket projects that are currently undergo-ing feasibility studies by the Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways

Infra boost highlights EdPam’s SOCAF�� ! 1 (DPWH) are the “Aba-

can Development Corri-dor that will connect east and west Angeles to SC-TEx/NLEx, and the Inter-change/fl yover from the North Luzon expressway (NLEx) Angeles City toll-gate to the MacArthur Highway.”

An observer who is a civil engineer by pro-fession scoff ed at Pa-mintuan saying that this is a far-fetched reali-ty considering the huge amount of right-of-way compensations as well as their immense and challenging engineering designs.

Another said the proj-ects appear too ambi-tious and meant only as abstract plans on paper.

Pamintuan also trum-peted his successful ef-forts in ridding the city of ugly “spaghetti wires”

caused by dead and un-used telecom and ca-ble connections which is now being replicated in other areas and province like Nueva Ecija.

No to extra judicial killings

As a human rights lawyer during the Mar-cos regime, he said he has never tolerated “ex-tra judicial killings” in the city even as the war on drugs has taken the lives of some 32 drug pushers and dependents.

He said a total of 1,318 have so far volun-tarily surrendered who admitted to be drug us-ers and peddlers, and 328 arrested including actor Mark Anthony Fer-nandez.

The mayor said in 2016, his administration provided 30 patrol cars

and 50 motorcycles to the city police force to help them to carry out their tasks in maintaining and eradicating drugs in the streets and commu-nities.

However, the mayor admitted the lack of fa-cilities for the surrender-ees that is why he has instructed City Councilor Dan Lacson to look into the possibility of setting up a drug rehabilitation center at the compound of the Angeles City Po-lice Offi ce in Barangay Santo Domingo even as he converted contain-er vans into reformation facilities to rehabilitate the increasing number of drug-related apprehen-sions.

Traffi c mitigationThe mayor also ban-

nered his traffi c mitigat-

ing programs to ease the daily traffi c congestions which have become the many causes of com-plaints from business-men and investors as well as the public.

“You may also have noticed our no no-non-sense implementation of our local laws and reg-ulations in traffi c, illegal vending, vices, traffi c ob-struction, environment rules, health and sani-tation, among others,” he said as he appealed to his constituents not to call him for minor traffi c and other infractions so that discipline will be in-stilled to both motorists and commuters alike.

Special mentionsSpecial mentions

were the Dr. Mario Mu-noz, who passed away recently, whom the may-

or said “has made the world clearer and more beautiful to the hundreds of Angelenos whose fad-ing sight he restored” and Chinoy business-man Dennis Uy whom he said stands as a shining example to the students of the City College of An-geles and especially to the “younger generation of leaders” for his per-severance from a lowly helper into a billionaire.

“I assure you that I will not allow anyone to derail our march for the furtherance of the digni-ty of our people, and the development of our city,” Pamintuan said in end-ing his speech.

It was the shortest SOCA so far, lasting less than 30 minutes, made by Pamintuan now on his last term as mayor.

–Ashley Manabat

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MABALACAT CITY –Two illegal drug suspects were killed in separate shoot-ing incidents Tuesday by unidentifi ed gunmen believed to be members of a vigilante group feared to be now oper-ating in this city.

At about 3:30 p.m., the body of Jo-nel Tayag Paras, 33, a chicharon ven-dor and a resident of 3235 Katangian Street in Barangay Duquit was found along the Dau Spillway of the said ba-rangay.

According to a witness Justine

2 drug suspects slain in MabalacatOrosco Paras, 22, who is also a chich-aron vendor, his uncle was sitting on a waiting shed while waiting for buses to hawk his fare when the suspect riding a black Suzuki Raider motorcycle with no plate number drew a .38 pistol and fi red twice hitting the victim in the head causing his death.

The suspect was described by the witness as medium-built and about 5’8” in height wearing a black shirt and brown shorts. The witness said the suspect’s face was covered with a white cloth.

In an earlier incident, ReynorTua-zon Pineda, 40, married and a tricycle

driver residing in Democracia Street, Barangay Poblacion was found life-less and bathed in his own blood along MacArthur Highway in front of the San Rafael Parish Church in Barangay Ma-biga at about 12 noon on the same day.

A placard written with the words: “Drug pusher ako huwag nyo ako tu-laran,” was found near his body prompt-ing speculations that a vigilante group is now active in this city.

Witness Alvin Dula Antonio, 46, married and a resident nearby, said he heard three cotnsecutive gun shots fi red by two unidentifi ed males riding in

tandem on a motorcycle with no plate number. The driver was wearing a white shirt while the back rider was wearing a blue shirt. They headed in the northern direction after the incident, he said.

Recovered from the crime scene were three fi red cartridges, a yellow SYM motorcycle with no plate number and a heat sealed transparent plastic containing suspected shabu retrieved from the left pocket of the victim.

Senior Inspector Melvin Florida said the two victims were listed in the illegal drugs watch list of the Mabalacat City Police.

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WHEREAS, the PISONET is an internet café located at barangay Del Carmen, City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

WHEREAS, the PISONET, through its proprietor-spouses Erwin and Annabelle Pangilinan, has communicated their request for a franchise to operate at barangay Del Carmen, this city, which was subsequently included in the Order of Business of the Sangguniang Panlungsod to continue their operation;

WHEREAS, the application was forwarded to the Committee on Games and Amusements which subsequently conducted a series of committee hearings, studies and ocular

inspection to determine the merit and purpose of the application to operate;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga, in session assembled, adopts as it hereby adopts the following Ordinance:

ARTICLE ITitle

Section 1. Title- This Ordinance shall be known as:

“AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO OPERATE THE PISONET, AN INTERNET CAFÉ, LOCATED AT BARANGAY DEL CARMEN, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

Section 2. Defi nition of Terms – As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall mean: 2.1 Business – refers to the trade or commercial activity regularly engaged in as a means of livelihood or with a view of profi t;

2.2 Charges – refers to a pecuniary liability, as rents or fees against persons or property;

2.3 Tax – refers to an enforced contribution usually monetary in form, leveled by the law-making body on person and property subject to its jurisdiction for the precise purpose of supporting governmental duties;

2.4 Fee – means a charge fi xed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of a business or activity; it shall also include charges fi xed by law or agency for the services of a public offi cer in the discharge of his offi cial duties;

2.5 Franchise – is a right or privilege aff ected with public interest which is conferred upon private persons or corporations, under such terms and conditions as the government and political subdivisions may impose in the interests of the public welfare

ARTICLE II Authority to Operate

Section 1. Authority to Operate – There is hereby granted to PISONET, an internet café, which is located at barangay Del Carmen, this city, the authority (local franchise) to operate said internet café, subject however to all other government-controlled corporations and agencies vested with such power and authority.

Section 2. Duration of the Authority to Operate – The Authority to Operate herein granted to PISONET shall be for fi ve (5) years only, retroactive from January 1, 2016 up to December 31, 2021, subject however, to the option of PISONET to renew thereafter.

ARTICLE IIIPayment of Business Taxes

Section 1. Payment of Business, Fees and Charges – Business Taxes, Fees and other charges shall be imposed and made payable yearly by PISONET to the City Treasurer’s Offi ce during the lifetime of this Ordinance and its subsequent renewal.

ARTICLE IVPenalty Clause

Section 1. Penalty – Failure on the part of the PISONET to comply with any or all provisions of this Ordinance shall be meted the following fi nes and penalties, over and above the penalties imposed by the Offi ce of the City Treasurer of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to wit:

a. For First Off ense – Any person, natural or juridical, who violates this Ordinance forthe fi rst time shall be fi ned the amount of Three Thousand (=P=3,000.00) Pesos and a stern warning of revocation of the Business Permit to operate and or the imposition of the penalty of imprisonment for six (6) months;

b. For Second Off ense - Any person, natural or juridical, who violates this Ordinance For the fi rst time shall be fi ned the amount of Five Thousand (=P=5,000.00) Pesos and the cancellation of the Business Permit to operate with the penalty of imprisonment of one (1) year;

The offi cers of the juridical person such as the manager, operator/administrator or any person in-charge of the management of the establishment shall be directly responsible for its operation and shall be fi ned and penalized as that of the natural person.

ARTICLE VMiscellaneous Provisions

Section 1. Repealing Clause – Local Ordinance, Resolutions, Orders, Rules and Regulations and other issuances of the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga that are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, amended and modifi ed accordingly.

Section 2. Separability Provision – If for any reasons, any section of this Ordinance, or any portion hereof, or the application of such section or provision, or portion hereof to any person, group or circumstance is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall its full force and eff ect.

Section 3. Eff ectivity – This Ordinance shall take eff ect immediately after its approval, publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and the posting of the same in the city’s Bulletin Board and conspicuous places.

ORDAINED this 17th day of August 2016.x……………………………………………...............................................................................................................................................................................x

I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance adopted by the 6th Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga during its 7th Regular Session held on August 17, 2016.

AVELINA M. LACANILAO-LAGMAN, DPA Secretary to the Sanggunian ATTESTED TO BE DULY ADOPTED: APPROVED:

JAIME T. LAZATIN, DPA EDWIN D. SANTIAGO City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Offi cer City Mayor August 19, 2016 Date

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EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 9TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 6TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA HELD AT THE FORTUNE RESTAURANT, JASA, DOLORES, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA ON THE 31ST DAY OF AUGUST 2016

PRESENT:

Hon. JAIME T. LAZATIN ……………………………….…........... Presiding Offi cerHon. ANGELICA O. HIZON ………………………………….. Member Hon. BENEDICT JASPER SIMON R. LAGMAN ……………...... MemberHon. RENATO G. AGUSTIN …………………………………....... Member Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT ……………………………………........ Member Hon. AYZEL MARI GRACE N. MACALINO ………………........ Member Hon. NELSON G. LINGAT ………………………………….......... Member Hon. HARVEY A. QUIWA …………………………………........... Member Hon. CELESTINO S. DIZON …………………………………...... MemberHon. REDENTOR S. HALILI …………………………………...... Member Hon. RUPERTO D. DUMLAO …………………………………..... Member ON LEAVE:

Hon. ANGEL M. WIJANGCO …………………….......................... Ex-Offi cio Member (LBC Pres.) ABSENT: NONE

ORDINANCE NO. 2016-003(Sponsor/Author: Hon. Renato G. Agustin)

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO OPERATE THE KIKAY INTERNET SHOP LOCATED AT # BLOCK 37, LOT 13, BULAON RESETTLEMENT, BARANGAY BULAON, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

WHEREAS, the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga has enacted Ordinance No. 2015-024 otherwise known as the Games and Amusement Code of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to regulate and protect people going and employed in amusement centers, carnivals, fairs, amusement parks, cockpit arenas, internet shops and café, on-line gaming and sports betting, e-bingo,e- games and the traditional bingo parlors, among others;

WHEREAS, the KIKAY INTERNET SHOP is located at #Block 37, Lot 13, barangay Bulaon, City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

WHEREAS, the KIKAY INTERNET SHOP, through its proprietor, Ms. Irene F. Austria, has communicated her request for a franchise to operate at barangay Bulaon, this city, which was subsequently included in the Order of Business of the Sangguniang Panlungsod on August 10, 2016 to continue its operation; WHEREAS, the application was forwarded to the Committee on Games and Amusements which subsequently conducted a series of committee hearings, studies and ocular inspection to determine the merit and purpose of the application to operate;


ARTICLE ITitle


“AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO OPERATE THE KIKAY INTERNET SHOP LOCATED AT # BLOCK 37, LOT 13, BULAON RESETTLEMENT, BARANGAY BULAON, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

Section 2. Defi nition of Terms – As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall mean:

2.1 Business – refers to the trade or commercial activity regularly engaged in as a means of livelihood or with a view of profi t;






Section 1. Authority to Operate – There is hereby granted to KIKAY INTERNET SHOP which is located at barangay Bulaon, this city, the authority (local franchise) to operate said internet shop, subject however to all other regulations to be granted by government-controlled corporations and agencies vested with such power and authority.

Section 2. Duration of the Authority to Operate – The Authority to Operate herein granted to KIKAY INTERNET SHOP shall be for fi ve (5) years only, retroactive from January 1, 2016 up to up to December 31, 2021, subject however to the option of KIKAY INTERNET SHOP to renew thereafter.

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Section 1. Payment of Business, Fees and Charges – Business Taxes, Fees and other charges shall be imposed and made payable yearly by KIKAY INTERNET SHOP to the City Treasurer’s Offi ce during the lifetime of this Ordinance and its subsequent renewal.


Section 1. Penalty – Failure on the part of the KIKAY INTERNET SHOP to comply with any or all provisions of this Ordinance shall be meted the following fi nes and penalties, over and above the penalties imposed by the Offi ce of the City Treasurer of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to wit:








ORDAINED this 31st day of August 2016x………………................................................................................................……………………………....................................................................................x

I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing Resolution adopted by the 6th Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga during its 9th Regular Session held on August 31, 2016.

AVELINA M. LACANILAO-LAGMAN, DPA Secretary to the Sanggunian

ATTESTED TO BE DULY ADOPTED: APPROVED: JAIME T. LAZATIN, DPA EDWIN D. SANTIAGOCity Vice-Mayor & Presiding Offi cer City Mayor

September 6, 2016 Date

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 10TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 6TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA HELD AT THE MANOR HOTEL, CAMP JOHN HAY, BAGUIO CITY ON THE 7TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2016

PRESENT:

Hon. JAIME T. LAZATIN ……………………………….…........... Presiding Offi cerHon. ANGELICA O. HIZON ………………………………….. MemberHon. BENEDICT JASPER SIMON R. LAGMAN ……………...... MemberHon. RENATO G. AGUSTIN …………………………………....... Member Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT ……………………………………........ Member Hon. AYZEL MARI GRACE N. MACALINO ………………........ Member Hon. NELSON G. LINGAT ……………………………………...... Member Hon. HARVEY A. QUIWA ……………………………………....... Member Hon. CELESTINO S. DIZON …………………………………...... MemberHon. REDENTOR S. HALILI …………………………………...... Member Hon. RUPERTO D. DUMLAO ………………………………….... Member Hon. ANGEL M. WIJANGCO ……………………......................... Ex-Offi cio Member (LBC Pres.)

ABSENT: NONE

ORDINANCE NO. 2016-004(Sponsor/Author: Hon. Renato G. Agustin)

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO THE FIRST SAN FERNANDO FUN SPORTS, INC., A RECREATIONAL AREA LOCATED AT UNIT 100, PASEO LAS PALMAS, JASA ROAD, BARANGAY DOLORES, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

WHEREAS, the First San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc., is a recreational business duly organized and existing under and virtue of Philippine laws, with offi ce address at Unit 100, Paseo Las Palmas, JASA Road, barangay Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

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WHEREAS, the San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc. has applied for a Local Franchise to operate in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, in compliance to the City’s SP Ordinance No. 2015-024 otherwise known as the Games and Amusement Code of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, which aims to regulate and protect people going and employed in amusement centers, carnivals, fairs, amusement parks, cockpit arenas, on-line gaming and sports betting, e-bingo, games and the traditional bingo parlors, cinemas, video and karaoke bars, among others;

WHEREAS, the San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc. is envisioned to become a place where families and friends can meet and spend time together bonding, is to off er the following:

1. Fun Ranch - a playground structure, with components like ball pits, walk through tunnels, and play houses, all within a secure and contained area;2. Lazer Maxx - a tag area where laser tag games are set and participation are divided into two opposing teams, both using the laser guns to eliminate

each other; and3. Jump Yard - trampoline park with a collection of various trampolines - open jump trampoline rids, Olympic trampolines, foam pits, basketball dunk

lanes, etc.;

WHEREAS, the application was forwarded to the Committee on Games and Amusements which subsequently conducted a series of committee hearings and studies cum ocular inspection to determine the merit and purpose of the application for a franchise to operate;


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“AN ORDINANCE GRANTING LOCAL FRANCHISE TO THE FIRST SAN FERNANDO FUN SPORTS, INC., A RECREATIONAL AREA LOCATED AT UNIT 100, PASEO LAS PALMAS, JASA ROAD, BARANGAY DOLORES, CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

Section 2. Defi nition of Terms – As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall mean:

2.1 Business – refers to the trade or commercial activity regularly engaged in as a means of livelihood or with a view of profi t;






Section 1. Authority to Operate – There is hereby granted to the First San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc., which is located at Unit 100, Las Palmas, JASA, barangay Dolores, this city, the exclusive authority (local franchise) to operate and conduct the abovementioned amusement park subject further to the approval by any other government-controlled corporations and agencies vested with such power and authority, if any.

Section 2. Duration of the Authority to Operate – The Authority to Operate herein granted to the First San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc., shall be for fi ve (5) years only, retroactive from January 1, 2016 up to up to December 31, 2021, subject however to the option of San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc. to renew thereafter.


Section 1. Payment of Business, Fees and Charges – Business Taxes, Fees and other charges shall be imposed and made payable yearly by the First San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc. to the City Treasurer’s Offi ce during the lifetime of this Ordinance and its subsequent renewal.


Section 1. Penalty – Failure on the part of the First San Fernando Fun Sports, Inc. to comply with any or all provisions of this Ordinance shall be meted the following fi nes and penalties, over and above the penalties imposed by the Offi ce of the City Treasurer of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to wit:








ORDAINED this 7th day of September 2016x………………………………………...................................................................................................……....................................................................................x

I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance adopted by the 6th Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga during its 10th Regular Session held on September 7, 2016.

AVELINA M. LACANILAO-LAGMAN, DPA Secretary to the SanggunianATTESTED TO BE DULY ADOPTED: APPROVED:

JAIME T. LAZATIN, DPA EDWIN D. SANTIAGOCity Vice-Mayor & Presiding Offi cer City Mayor

September 14, 2016 Date


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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of HONORATA C. GOMEZ who died intestate on April 26, 2016 in Angeles City, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver and Renunciation of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as real properties, to wit:

1. A parcel of land situated in Poblacion, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 24 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090001-00160 and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title (TCT) No. 650944-R (transfer from TCT No. 518715-RP);

2. A parcel of land situated in Poblacion, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 59 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090001-00159 and covered by TCT No. 650946-R (transfer from TCT No. 518715-RP);

3. A parcel of land situated in Poblacion, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 138 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090001-00155 and covered by TCT No. 650948-R (transfer from TCT No. 518715-RP);

4. A parcel of land situated in San Roque, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 1,177 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090016-00374 and covered by TCT No. 248164-R;

5. A parcel of land situated in San Roque, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 473 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090016-00371 and covered by TCT No. 248165-R;

6. A parcel of land situated in Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 4,206 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00750 and covered by TCT No. 382141-R (transfer from TCT No. TCT No. 247170);

7. A parcel of land situated in Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 269 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00751 and covered by TCT No. 382142-R (transfer from TCT No. TCT No. 247170);






















29. A parcel of land situated in Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 2,255 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00552 and covered by TCT No. 333803-R;

30. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Caduang Tete, Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 180 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00573 and covered by TCT No. 309558-R;

31. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Caduang Tete, Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 180 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00574 and covered by TCT No. 309559-R;

32. A property declared under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00420 containing an area of 26,313 sq. meters situated in Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga;

33. A property declared under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00431 containing an area of 6,500 sq. meters situated in Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga;

34. A property declared under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00436 containing an area of 3,276 sq. meters situated in Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga.

35. A parcel of land situated in Colgante, Apalit, Pampanga, containing an area of 300 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-010005-02172 and covered by TCT No. 317993-R (transfer from TCT No. 268914-RP);

36. A parcel of land situated in Colgante, Apalit, Pampanga, containing an area of 9,129 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-010005-02171 and covered by TCT No. 317998-R (transfer from TCT No. 268914-RP);

37. A parcel of land situated in Telebastagan, San Fernando, Pampanga, containing an area of 50 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. 09-00035-12974 and covered by TCT No. 042-2015008775;




41. A parcel of land situated in the Telebastagan, San Fernando, Pampanga, containing an area of 36 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. 09-00035-12012 and covered by TCT No. 042-2013014827;





46. A parcel of land situated in Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga, containing an area of 240 sq. meters under Tax Declaration Nos. 10160-R and 10161-R and covered by TCT No. 400385-R;

47. A parcel of land situated in Angeles City, Pampanga, containing an area of 200 sq. meters under Tax Declaration Nos. B-020024-00541C and B-020024-01076C and covered by TCT No. 100129;

48. A parcel of land situated in Balanga, Bataan, containing an area of 220 sq. meters covered by TCT No. T-255934;

49. A parcel of land situated in Balanga, Bataan, containing an area of 220 sq. meters covered by TCT No. T-255936;

50. A parcel of land situated in San Roque, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 763 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090016-00615 and covered by TCT No. 2152 RP (transfer from TCT No. 839-RP) registered in the names of Francisco R. Gomez, married to Honorata Cano, and Maria Theresa C. Gomez;



53. A parcel of land situated in San Roque, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 1,575 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090016-00608 and covered by TCT No. 2255 RP (transfer from TCT No. 839-RP) registered in the names of Francisco R. Gomez, married to Honorata Cano, and Maria Theresa C. Gomez;










63. A parcel of land situated in the Telacsan, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 2,434 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090026-00398 and covered by TCT No. 359281-R (transfer from TCT No. 247166) registered in the names of Honorata C. Gomez, Emiliano P. Cano, Jr., and Norberto P. Cano;

64. A parcel of land situated in the Bacolor, Pampanga, containing an area of 463 sq. meters covered by TCT No. 460640-R registered in the names of Spouses Francisco R. Gomez, Jr. and Honorata C. Gomez, and Spouses Gregorio Sison Jr. and Ma. Cecilia G. Sison;

65. A parcel of land (Lot 15, Block 10 of PSD-27625) situated in Angeles City, Pampanga, containing an area of 450 sq. meters under Tax Declaration Nos. B-050030-01560R and B-050030-06961R and covered by TCT Nos. 38735;

66. A parcel of land (Lot 17, Block 10 of PSD-27625) situated in Telebastagan and Sto. Domingo, San Fernando, Pampanga, containing an area of 508 sq. meters under Tax Declaration Nos. 09-00035-00219 and 09-00035-00220 and covered by TCT No. 123655-R (transfer from TCT No. 121678-R);

67. A parcel of land (Lot 19, Block 10 of PSD-27625) situated in Telebastagan, San Fernando, Pampanga, containing an area of 473 sq. meters under Tax Declaration Nos. 09-00035-00221 and 09-00035-00222 and covered by TCT No. 168505-R (transfer from TCT No. 159180-R);

68. A building located in Poblacion, Macabebe, Pampanga, containing an area of 300 sq. meters under Tax Declaration No. PSP-090001-00322 declared in the names of Francisco Gomez and Honorata C. Gomez, and Mary Grace Aguirre;

before Notary Public Victor B. Roque as per Doc No. 430, Page No. 87, Book No. II, Series of 2016.

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