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CLARK FREEPORT – A fi sherfolk group has raised alarm over some 47

percent increase in the price of “galunggong” or round scad in local markets amid the fi shing ban imposed in some parts of the country.

POOR MAN’S FISH NO MORE

Fishers alarmed over 47% hike in ‘galunggong’ price

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CLARK FREEPORT -- With most unsavory things already said about the country’s host-ing of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, its opening is expected to be joyous and fi ery grand at the New Clark City.

Grand SEA Games opening expected at New Clark City

A “dress rehearsal” for the open-ing, as posted in a video on Face-book, revealed a short-but-spec-tacular fi reworks display crowning the athletes stadium alongside the controversial 40-meter high sym-bolic cauldron looking like a steely

ice cream cone topped by fl am-ing ice cream.

There will also be boxing champ Sen. Manny Pacquiao to light the cauldron.

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO, Pampanga --- Vice Governor Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda has expressed disappointment to the National Commission on Indigenous People’s (NCIP) Offi ce in Region 3 over the putative ‘snail-

Nanay hits‘snail-paced’

CADT registration of Aetas in Porac

paced’ registration of the Certifi cate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) of the Aetas in Porac town.

According to the Vice Governor, up to this time, the ‘snail-paced’ ap-proach of the NCIP has

Vice Gov. Lilia Pineda shows to BCDA personnel the Certifi cate of Ancestral Domain Title which former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took care of in July 2009. Also in photo are 2nd District board members Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab and Fritzie David-Dizon. P !"! $!%&"'() !* J%+ J,(!/P,-.,+0, PIO

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CLARK FREEPORT- The labor alliance “Unity for Change Now (U-Win) has fi led with regional tripartite wage boards of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) a petition seek-ing P750 daily pay for all wage earners in the country.

This followed the re-fi ling by the Maka-bayan bloc in Congress of a bill seeking such daily wage after a simi-

Labor rekindles petition for

P750 daily wagelar bill failed to make it in the 17th Congress, said Anakpawis leader Ariel Casilao.

“The U-Win petition is another collective ini-tiative of various work-ers’ groups calling for a uniform national wage increase. In the face of skyrocketing prices of goods and services due to the eff ects of TRAIN law. A just wage increase is necessary and imper-

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Bataan ex-mayor, others facing charges for open dumpsites

NSWMC sued the local government of-fi cials for grave misconduct, gross ne-glect of duty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

“This complaint is executed to show to everyone that the NSWMC is seri-ous in its role of seeing to it that the law is strictly complied with, especially by the local government offi cials,” the complaint read.

The law defi nes open dump as “a disposal area wherein the solid wastes are indiscriminately thrown or disposed of without due planning and consider-ation for environmental and health standards.”

Section 37 of RA 9003 states that no open dumps should be established and operated, nor any practice or dis-posal of solid waste by any person, in-cluding LGUs, which constitutes the use of open dumps for solid wastes, provided that every LGU will convert its open dumps into controlled dumps within three years after the eff ectivity of this Act and in accordance with the guidelines set in Section 41 of the law and provided, further, that no controlled dumps shall be allowed fi ve years fol-lowing the eff ectivity of this Act.”

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PILAR, Bataan -- Isang malaking pawikan na nakita Miyerkules ng um-aga sa loob ng isang baklad sa bah-agi ng Manila Bay sa bayang ito ang sinagip at pinakawalan sa isang pal-aisdaan habang inaalam kung saan ito ibibigay.

Inabutan ng mangingisdang si Willy dela Cruz ng Barangay Wawa ang pawikan habang siya’y nama-mandaw sa kanyang baklad. Dahil natuyo umano ang tubig sa baklad, minarapat niyang iuwi na lamang ito at pakawalan sa palaisdaan sa tabi ng kanyang bahay.

“Wala namang sugat kaso malata na siya, ikot ng ikot sa baklad,” sabi ng mangingisda.

Hindi naman bago ang pag-mamalasakit ni dela Cruz sa mga pawikan dahil noong isang taon daw ay nakakuha rin siya ng pawikan at pinakawalan niya ito sa dagat.

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ANGELES CITY- The National Sol-id Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) has fi led criminal and ad-ministrative complaints against the for-mer mayor of Limay, Bataan and four other former and current municipal offi -cials for violating the Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Manage-ment Act against open dumpsites.

In a complaint lodged before the Ombudsman, the NSWMC sued for-mer Limay Mayor Lilver Roque, for-mer municipal planning and develop-ment offi cer Romario Panangui, former municipal environment and natural re-sources offi cer Randy Cacho, and cur-rent municipal general services chief Danilo Quino.

The NSWMC also fi led similar cas-es against Mayor Cielo Krisel Lag-man-Luistro of Tabaco City, Albay and her natural resources and environment offi cer Reynold Martires.

The NSWMC said the Bataan of-fi cials had allegedly operated open dumpsites in Limay’s Barangay St. Francis 1 and Barangay Alangan.

As for the administrative raps, the

“Sana sa mga katulad ko na nam-amaklad na kapag nakahuli ng paw-ikan, isurrender nila sa gobyerno,” sambit nito. Naghihintay umano siya ng ahensiyang kukuha sa pawikan.

Sinukat ng mga kasapi ng Ban-tay Dagat ang pawikan at napag-ala-mang may haba itong 25 inches at la-pad na 23 inches.

Wala raw itong tag na nangan-gahulugan na hindi pa ito nahuhuli. Maaaring babae umano ito at nagha-hanap ng mapapangitlugan.

Sinabi sa Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offi ce sa Pi-lar na ang pawikan ay mula sa Olive Ridley species na karaniwang nakiki-ta sa Bataan lalo na sa Morong kung saan gaganapin ang Pawikan Festi-val sa December 1.

Matatagpuan ang Pawikan Con-servation Center sa Morong.

Tuwang-tuwa si Pilar Mayor Car-los Pizarro Jr. nang mabalitaan ang pagkakasagip sa pawikan.

Pawikan nasagip sa Bataan

SAN SIMON, Pampan-ga- A powerful explo-sion rocked the Sunfl are Industrial Supply Corp. (Sunfl are) on Quezon Road in Barangay San Pablo Libutad here at about 11:30 p.m. last Tuesday.

The San Simon po-lice said in a report yes-terday that the oil refi n-ery of the fi rm that pro-cesses used oil into die-sel was the source of the explosion that caused a huge fi reball in the sky.

Huge explosion of used-oil plant jolts Pampanga folk

Residents of the capital City of San Fer-nando and Sta. Rita reported hearing the blast some 15 to 20 ki-lometers away from this town.

No one was reported hurt in the incident as it occurred late into the night long after workers had left, the police said.

“Initial investigation disclosed that the oil refi nery of the estab-lishment exploded and caused fi re. There was

no reported casualty and as of 12:10 a.m. re-sponding BFP person-nel declared fi re out.,” the police report said.

It said Sunfl are is owned by one Aedy Yang, 35, “a Chinese national, married and resident of lakeshore, Mexico, Pampanga.”

As of yesterday, po-lice and fi re department offi cials were still inves-tigating the cause of the blast.

– Ding Cervantes

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OLONAPO CITY - Patay ang dalawang batang edad 14-anyos na babae at 10-anyos na lalaki nang tupukin ang kanil-ang bahay ng sunog na naganap sa Abra Street Extention, Barangay Barretto sa lungsod na ito.

Batay sa imbesti-gasyon ng pamatay su-

2 bata patay sa sunognog, dakong alas-12 ng madaling araw nang magsimula ang sunog habang nasa kasarapan ng tulog ang dalawang biktima.

Nabatid pa na wala sa bahay ang mga kapa-tid at magulang ng nga biktima.

Ang sunog na ka-tawan ng mga biktima ay natagpuan na mag-katabi sa higaan na posi-

bleng na-suff focate sa usok kung kaya di na nila nagawa pang maka-labas ng bahay.

Sa pagsisiyasat, hini-hinalang sa kuryente ang pinagmulan ng apoy.

Batay sa tala ng pa-matay sunog ito na ang pangatlong sunog na na-ganap sa lungsod ngay-ong buwan ng Nobyem-bre na pawang ang mga biktima ay patay

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SM CITY Pampanga’s Biggest Lantern of Hope brings light and music to the Christmas Capital of the Philippines with a dazzling spectacle inspired by the province’s iconic giant lanterns. The Pampanga Eye, the 65 meter (or 213 feet) tall ferris wheel at the mall’s Skyranch, sparkles with 17,664 dancing led lights synced with all-time favorite Christmas carols and festive fi reworks. This amazing extravaganza will light up SM City Pampanga on November 30 and December 7, 2019. –SMPP

The Biggest Lantern of Hope at SM City Pampanga

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 52GUAGUA, PAMPANGA

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RONALD NALUZ SUSI UNDER REGISTRY NO. 94-322 BEFORE THE CIVIL REGISTRY

GLAWDINE N. SUSI-OPOLENTO,Petitioner,

-versus- SP PROC. No. G-19-2745

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF LUBAO, PAMPANGA AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL (PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY), MANILA, AND RONALD NALUZ SUSI ALSO KNOWN AS MC. RONALD SANTOS NALUZ, Respondents.

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Petitioner fi led a petition dated October 24, 2019, praying that public respondents Local Civil Registrar of Lubao, Pampanga and the Philippine Statistics Authority be ordered to cancel his certifi cate of birth bearing Registry No. 94-322.

Finding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, this court hereby (a) sets this case for hearing on January 15, 2020, at 9:00 in the morning; (b) orders petitioner (1) to cause the publication of this order in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks; (2) to serve within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of this order copies of the petition in this case to the Offi ce of the Solicitor General of the Philippines, the Offi ce of the Provincial Prosecutor, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, the Municipal Civil Registrar of Lubao, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar General; (3) to show proof of said service to this court; and (4) to serve to this court, the Solicitor General and Public Prosecutor Marlyds L. Estardo-Teodoro fi fteen (15) days from receipt of this order the judicial affi davits of all her witnesses in this case, which affi davits will serve as the witnesses’ testimonies on direct examination, subject to cross, re-direct and re-cross examinations; (c) orders all persons interested in this petition (1) to appear on said date and time before this court – the Regional Trial Court of Guagua, Pampanga, Branch 52, at the Hall of Justice, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga; and (2) to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted; (d) orders the Solicitor General to enter his appearance in this case for the State within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of this order; and (e) orders the Branch Clerk of Court to furnish copies of this order to the petitioner, her counsel, the Solicitor General, the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, the Municipal Civil Registrar of Lubao, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar General.

SO ORDERED.Guagua, Pampanga, November 19, 2019.

JONEL S. MERCADO Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: November 28, December 5 & 12 , 2019

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MARCIAL BUNGQUE who died

intestate on March 20, 2012 in Porac, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 16, Psd-03-036074 (OLT), being a portion of Lot 1350-c, Psd-19525), with improvements thereon, situated in Brgy. Calsadang Bayu, Municipality of Porac, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 15391, Emancipation Patent No. 491690 issued by the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Paul C. Muyrong as per Doc No. 452, Page No. 72, Book No. VII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 28, December 5 & 12, 2019

ERRATUMIn the Notice to the Public of the City Civil Registry of Mabalacat re:

petition for change of fi rst name in our November 7 & 14, 2019 issues, the name GLORIA TENTI OCAMPO should be GLORIA TINTE OCAMPO and not as earlier published.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 28, 2019

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that MELENCIANA CARLOS VDA. DE PEÑA,

resident of Barangay Sta. Cruz (Pambilog), San Luis, Pampanga and the sole heir of BENJAMIN PEÑA y PREDO who died intestate on October 4, 2003 executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication with Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3505, of the subdivision plan Psd-74814, being a portion of Lot 3505 of the cadastral survey of San Luis, L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of San Juan, San Luis, Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 2001, Emancipation Patent No. 27247, before Notary Public Paterno S. Guevarra as per Doc No. 138, Page No. 27, Book No. 82, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 28, December 5 & 12, 2019

The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mam-amalakaya ng Pilipi-nas (Pamalakaya) not-ed yesterday “the rising price of galunggong in the local market, rang-

Fishers alarmed over 47% hike in ‘galunggong’ priceing from P220 - P250 per kilo or 47 percent higher than the regular price of P150 – P170 per kilo.”

Pamalakaya chair Fernando Hicap noted in a statement “galunggong is no longer a poor man’s fi sh.”

The group has pro-posed the lifting of the three-month ban in the harvest of galunggong which is now being im-plemented in Palawan province since Nov. 1.

Pamalakaya decried the fi shing ban “as it does

not address the scarcity of fi sh stocks in the sea, but only fast-track the depletion because it trig-gers panic fi shing among the large commercial fi shing vessels right be-fore the ban which would in turn expedite its ex-

haustion, leaving less or worse, nothing for the small fi sherfolk.”

It said that “commer-cial fi shing vessels that enter the 15-kilometer municipal fi shing waters are the ones that monop-olize the catching of ga-lunggong.”

Pamalakaya cited data from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) indi-cating that commercial fi shers provide 17.8 per-cent of galunggong sup-ply, while municipal fi sh-ers churn out only 6.2 percent.

“Constant declaration of fi shing bans without considering its implica-tions causes artifi cial fi sh shortage, and ultimate-ly triggers unreasonable price increase in the market,” Hicap noted.

Pamalakaya warned

the government “not to fl ood the local market with imported fi sh as a solution to shortage as it demanded “a morato-rium on importation of aquatic and marine prod-ucts that are detrimen-tal not only to the liveli-hood of small fi sherfolk, but also to the millions of poor consumers who depend on fi sh as cheap source of protein.”

“We are warning our government not to think about opening the fl oodgates for imported fi sh because it does not guarantee normalization of fi sh supply and market price. Rather, the coun-try’s reliance on marine imports renders the na-tional market and prices volatile, putting the lo-cal producers and poor consumers at the losing end,” Hicap added.

all away, folk at hosting venues had better keep in mind two major don’ts during the games that launches Nov. 30 and ends Dec. 11.

Here are two things to staple in mind:

The Civil Aviation Au-thority of the Philippines issue “no-fl y zones” for the 30th SEA Games from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in surrounding areas of

Grand SEA Games opening expected...F ! 1 the Philippine Arena in

Bocaue, Bulacan and New Clark City, in Pam-panga.

The Philippine Na-tional Police suspended permits to carry fi rearms outside of residence in Region 3, Region 4A, NCR, and Province of La Union in the light of the 30th SEA Games.

Reports have it that exploding fi recrackers is also taboo. Also, the no-fl y rule applies to drones

too.Some other bits of in-

formation about the SEA Games this year:

The logo, a repli-ca of which stands tall at the Astro Park in An-geles City, comprise 11 multi-colored circles ar-ranged in the shape of the Philippine map. It was meant to symbolize unity among the coun-tries taking part in the bi-ennial sporting event.

“Wherever and when-

ever the games are played, we are one and we win as one,” said House Speaker Allan Peter Cayetano, who is also the chairman of the 2019 Philippines SEAG Organizing Committee.

This year, SEA Games mascot is a pudgy crea-ture called Pami which stands for “pamilya.”

Both logo and mascot have survived virulent criticisms.

–Ding Cervantes

resulted in non-registra-tion of titles of thousands of hectares of ancestral domain intended for the benefi t of the indigenous people of Porac.

“The NCIP could not even identify a piece of fl at land in the ancestral domain owned and reg-istered in the names of the Aetas that could be used as a resettlement site for the victims of a 6.1 magnitude quake in Camias, Porac.

“Bakit alang mitata-gan a gabun para kar-ing Aeta? Bakit aku pang sinaling gabun para king housing da? Saman-talang sasabian da ring NCIP marakal la an-cestral land ding Aetas. (Why there is no land left for the housing of the Ae-tas? Why I was the one who bought land for their resettlement site? While the NCIP is saying that Aetas have abundant ancestral lands)”, the vice governor asked.

The vice governor suggested that the NCIP should work hard now to fi nd a fl at land intended for the housing of the Ae-tas in Barangay Camias or she would question them.

In fact, she said the provincial government has already purchased a 3-hectare lot in Ba-rangay Babo Panghulo, Porac for the relocation of the aff ected Aeta vic-tims in Barangays Diaz,

Nanay hits ‘snail-paced’ CADT...F ! 1 Inararo and Villa Maria

in the same town due to the recent 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the province.

NCIP ResponseAtty. Chester Cay-

abas Diwas, NCIP re-gional legal offi cer said the commission up to now failed to register the CADT of the Aetas in Po-rac due to several legal and policy issues that need to be resolved fi rst.

Like for instance, Di-was said out of 18,000 hectares ancestral do-main of the Aetas in Po-rac, 2,000 hectares were already titled and reg-istered while the other 16,000 hectares are not yet CADT registered be-cause 5,000 hectares of which are being claimed by the Bases Conversion Development Authority or BCDA.

“And that needs to be resolved fi rst before the NCIP could work for the registration of the CADT of the Aetas in Porac,” she emphasized.

Asked if the NCIP could identify or provide a registered ancestral land as a relocation site for the Aetas of Camias, Porac, the NCIP legal

offi cer said they have very limited budget and the commission has no funds for that purpose.

“All we can do is to assist the Aetas in land ti-tling, provide educational assistance for our schol-ars, fi nancial assistance and technical assistance to Aetas in times of need and even in giving relief assistance,” she said.

Nonetheless, she fur-thered, the NCIP has already registered the CADTs of the Aetas in the upland areas of Ma-balacat City and Flor-idablanca.

Reaction fromAeta Leader

Regie Abuque, baran-gay captain of Camias appealed to the NCIP to immediately work hard for the registration of their CADT because they have been waiting for it since 2010 but nothing happens.

“Ing pakisabi ming mayap, sana ing NCIP magi yang tune kakampi ding Aeta,” (What we are really asking for is that the NCIP be a true part-ner of the Aetas)”, the vil-lage chief said.

Even so, Abuque dis-closed that the NCIP is

providing the Aetas with relief, fi nancial assis-tance, among others, when needed.

For that, he said, he could give them 5 on a scale of 10 when it comes to providing the needed services.

Asked about the pro-vincial government, the village chief said the Vice Governor Nanay and Governor Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda are in full support when it comes to provid-ing their needs, be it ed-ucational, health, liveli-hood and environment protection, among other things.

“Kang Nanay ampo kang Governor Delta, ala kaming asabi, babie da ing egana-gana para karing Aeta (We have nothing to say to Nanay and Governor Delta be-cause they give every-thing for the benefi t of the Aetas),” he said.

He added that when it comes to housing, the provincial government is supporting them but it should be constructed in a titled and registered ancestral domain, hence they are appealing to NCIP to work for the reg-istration of CADT in Po-rac. –Pampanga PIO

ative,” Casilao said in a statement yesterday.

He stressed that “raising the daily min-imum wage to P750 should serve as an im-mediate relief to workers to cope with rising cost of living.”

But Casilao not-ed that “as always, the Employers Confedera-tion of the Philippines

Labor rekindle petition for...F ! 1 (ECOP) has brazenly

opposed the wage hike demand, dangling the bogey of ‘close-shop ef-fect’ if wages are raised. For ECOP, any wage in-crease is bad for busi-ness.”

Anakpawis deploed ECOP’s position as “self-ish and heartless.”

“Workers should not fret over ECOP’s posi-tion, instead they should relentlessly push for sig-

nifi cant wage increase that would benefi t min-imum wage earners. Workers should not be contented with the gov-ernment and employ-er-approved ‘salary in-crease’. They should exercise militant and collective eff orts to as-sert for a P750 wage increase across- the-board nationwide,” Cas-ilao also said.

–Ding Cervantes

THINK GREEN

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ALL SMILES. Photo opportunity with Olongapo Mayor Rolen “LenJ” Paulino and other city offi cials with the SM group team. C!+"&23%"'4 . !"!

IN GRATEFUL recognition of their valuable contribution to the economic growth of Olon-gapo City through honest and prompt payment of their busi-ness taxes, the local govern-ment through the Business Permit and Licensing Offi ce recognized the 20 Most Out-standing Business Taxpayers of 2019.

Held recently at the fl ag raising ceremony of the city

SM City Olongapo Downtown, city’s 2019 top taxpayergovernment of Olongapo, Mayor Rolen “LenJ” Paulino handed over the Plaque of Ap-preciation to the SM Group to-gether with other companies who made it to the top 20 list.

Through the years, since SM City Olongapo Downtown opened to public, It consistent-ly put its spot to fi rst place in terms of paying business tax-es. As they say, “taxes help raise the standard of living in

a city. The higher the standard of living, most likely the higher the level of consumption.”

The top taxpayer awardees were recognized as the Most Outstanding Business Taxpay-ers in the city based on their gross sales in 2018 making it a remarkable benefactor for sustaining, maintaining, and improving the public services provided by government to its citizen.

The Most Outstanding Business Taxpayers include #1 The SM Store (Meridi-en Business Leader, Inc.) #2 SM Supermarket (Superval-ue, Inc.), #3 SM Prime Hold-ings, Inc., #4 SM Appliance (Star Appliance Center, Inc.), Upline Foods Corp., Pure-gold Price Club, Inc., Jol-libee Foods Corp.(SM), Aivy Food Ventures Company, Ace Hardware Philippines, Inc.

(SM), JGR888T “C” Corpo-ration, Marinel Foods, Corp., JGR888T Corp., Olonga-po Line Foods, Corp., Fami-ly Health and Beauty Corp., Chowking SM (Fresh and Fa-mous Foods, Inc.), JB Rich-well Corporation, Greenwich SM (Fresh ‘N Famous Foods, Inc.), Beach Bosses Inc., Wimpy’s (Santos Oscar Co), Claudialicious Food Ventures, Inc. –SMOL

A DELIGHTFUL EXPERI-ENCE. Passion to create and serve delectable food reminis-cent of the convenience and comforting warmth of one’s own home, this is what Con-ti’s are all about. Now open in your favorite mall in SM City Pampanga, Conti’s Take-Out Nook is the fi rst in Central Lu-zon and 30th branch nation-wide. Conti’s has created and

(L-R) Area manager Michael Perez, business development and marketing director Michael Martinez, Estelita Dalmacio, Conti’s founder Angela Martinez, SM AVP-operations for North Luzon Engr. Junias Eusebio, Rev. Fr. Romy Hitosis, SM AVP-leasing for North Luzon Faye Marie Cruz, Conti’s founder Cecille Maranon, president and CEO Joey Garcia, Steven Cuenca and Sheryl Geronimo. C!+"&23%"'4 . !"!

Conti’s take-out nook now open at SM City Pampanga

shared memories of together-ness to people who come to love wide selection of prod-ucts, including signature dish-es such as the Baked Salm-on, Chicken Pie, and the well-loved Mango Bravo.

With the delightful experi-ence who walk in the stores, this food haven began as a simple family restaurant and brings the familiar feeling of

home and carefully prepared products and is now avail-able to Pampanga community through their continuous prod-uct innovation and service ex-pansion. Target to close the year with 33 stores including branches soon to open in SM City Telabastagan and SM City Clark. Visit Conti’s Take Out Nook at the Ground Level of SM City Pampanga. –SMPP

Best Western® Metro Clark receives international awards

BEST WESTERN Metro Clark is proud to announce that it was awarded the “Best Standards Award 2019”. The hotel also earned the “International Quality Assurance Award 2019” and nominat-ed for the “Best in Maintenance Award 2019.” The awards were presented on November 19 at the Best Western Asia Members Meeting awards dinner held in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.

The awards are given to the Best Western Hotels & Resorts® that score in the top 5 percent of 70 Asian properties, for cleanli-ness and maintenance inspection scores. Hotels must also meet Best Western’s requirements for design and high customer ser-vice scores to qualify for the award.

“These awards represent the Best Western Metro Clark man-agement’s commitment to provide exceptional service and ac-commodations. We are very honored to have received these awards and will continue to strive hard to keep up the level of success that we have accomplished,” said Jack Uy, Chairman and CEO.

Located at the Savers Mall Building, Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga, Best Western Metro Clark is managed by JAD Sav-ers Development Company Inc. The hotel features 85 rooms, tailored perfectly to guest’s traveling needs. Guests are guaran-teed to have a comfortable, high-standard accommodation with intuitive services and well-equipped facilities. Dining options at the hotel also include three full-service restaurants; Spencer’s

Fusion with a vibrant pool bar, Namari Japa-nese Bistro, and Cactus Jack Smokehouse.

“It is an incredible honor to be recognized with these awards on behalf of my entire team. Such an amazing feat is a recognition of what we have delivered and will defi nitely motivate the entire team to reach for greater heights for the brand in the future,” Uy concluded.

Bookings and res-ervations can be made through email at res-ervations@bestwest-ernmetroclark.com or its hotline + 63 45 409 9999. And to keep up on their latest off erings, fol-low Best Western Metro Clark on Facebook and @bestwesternmetro-clark on Instagram.

–Press release

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LLL Trimedia Coordinators, Inc.Publisher

General ManagerEditor

Marketing ManagerLayout

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Atty. Gener C. EndonaCaesar “Bong” LacsonJoanna Niña V. CorderoDondie B. VenturaLacson Macapagal

Business & Editorial offi ce at Unit B Essel Commercial Center,McArthur Highway, Telabastagan, City of San Fernando

Tel. No. (45) 625•0244 Cel. No. 0917•481•1416puntogitnangluzon@yahoo.com or marketing@punto.com.ph

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acaesar.blogspot.com

Zona Libre Bong Z. Lacson

Opinion

Shining thelight on truth

IT IS bad enough when trolls are let loose upon

media reporting on the disastrous preparations

of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games

Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) for the 30th

SEA Games.

It becomes ridiculously unacceptable when

the offi cials responsible for the disaster resort to

bashing media as well, as if the reports on their

shortcomings were to blame for the disaster.

Just this Tuesday afternoon, Phisgoc COO

Ramon Suzara called out media for what he

described as continuously negative reporting,

asking to publish instead positive reports and

project the country in a good light.

The NUJP wishes to remind Mr. Suzara

that the duty of the press has always been to

report things as they are, based on verifi able

facts, and not to pander to anyone’s perception

of what is, or should be.

Attempting to dictate how the media should

report the news has no place in a democracy.

The truth is, even if media chose to distort

the image, this would do nothing to hide the

gargantuan mess the whole world already

knows about.

If anything, shining the light of truth on

the state of the SEA games preparations can

only help ensure that our nation and people be

spared from being so humiliated in the future.

For this, we laud the community of

independent Filipino journalists who have

insisted on reporting on what is happening

without fear or favor, despite the heavy online

harassment and trolling.

Mabuhay ang malayang pamamahayag!

(Statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Nov. 27, 2019)

Because it’s thereWHY DOES (sic) Philippine media always give

bad news about your country? - Korean Media

Because it is there. Duh!

You don’t want anything bad published?

Don’t do it. Duh, duh.

Herstory of thePampanga press

A DAY after the celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Pampanga Press Club elected its fi rst woman president.

Sheer ahistorical coincidence that such had to happen too on the 70th anniversary of Central Luzon’s unarguably oldest, concededly grandest, organization of working media persons. That is older than the 1952-founded National Press Club – if we may indulge in some unjournalistic conceit.

That it took seven decades before a woman became the face – brain and heart too – of the PPC conjures a chauvinistic all-boys club, or worse, a cabal of misogynists. Pure conjecture that, I assure you.

The fact is that throughout PPC’s history, of the club’s distaff members it was only the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Tonette Orejas that dared to run for its presidency.

While it looked like an association exclusive to men, verily a fraternity in its early years, there were already a number of women members of the club by the 1980s, mainly staff writers of the Department of Public Information-Region 3 who also dabbled in column writing for the local publications The Voice, Pampanga Newsweek, Town Crier, and Pampanga Times.

There was Riza Angara-Moises who later also published her own newsmagazine Issues. Riza has since become the proprietor of the giant bus company Genesis Transport. Other women journos – called “newshen” then to diff erentiate them from the newsmen, no sexism here – were Gigi Llames, Erlie Tuazon, and Bunny David.

As formidable in the printed page as their male peers, alas, not one of them ever rose in the club roster above the position of secretary or treasurer. Not that that was warranted or mandated but that was…well, the way it was.

Truly, it is some ironic twist of fate that the fi rst ever club of media persons hereabouts rather came late in the elevation of women to its apex.

The Angeles City Press and Radio Club

(ACPRC), founded in the 1960s and since evolved to the Metro Angeles City Journalists Association Inc. had for some time Hannah Bauzon-Tulud, publisher of the Central Luzon Times, as president.

It was the now departed Hannah that also founded and acted as fi rst and only president of the Angeles City Tri-Media Association.

If ageing memory still serves right, the ACPRC had a woman president even earlier than Hannah in broadcaster Jenny Canlas of the now defunct dzYA.

In the immediate post-EDSA Revolution, there was the Pampanga PC-INP Press Corps with Thet Tan of People’s Journal as president, propped up by the Visayan troika of tabloid correspondents Jess Malabanan, Rudy Abular, and the now departed George Hubierna.

So, it fi nally came to pass for the PPC after a lifetime of seven decades. Long years in coming, Tonette’s election to the club presidency brings to mind that 1970s Virginia Slims cigarette ad blurb: You’ve come a long way, Baby. Originally a strong feminist statement, aye, a voice of woman empowerment. Never mind its being perverted as some sexist denigration later.

Tonette’s ascendance is beyond any denigration though, not even but a whiff of it.

In the 70 years of the PPC, no other president – this conceited one who served in 1990 not excluded – came to the position bringing as much acclaimed body of work, as much recognition for journalistic excellence – the Catholic Mass Media Awards, Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award, The Outstanding Fernandino Award, etcetera, etcetera – as Tonette.

Indeed, it cannot be mere coincidence but destiny that on the PPC’s septuagennial anniversary, aye, at its platinum jubilee, one lustrous jewel of journalism makes its crowning glory.

Mayap a oras Tonette. Luid ya ing PPC.

KABANATA 2c Pilublubang Kapampangan Lauen taya pa itang dake

a ibat king balat, palual. Ika mo, Kaluguran, alimbauang ati naka keti kanita, nanu mo kaya ing kekang akakit? Nanu mo kaya ing kekang amamalayan?

Mekad, akakit me at amamalayan itang tau king dayat o marangle. Sasarul ya. Panaun na ning pamananam. Itang sarul igutan ne nitang damulag. At pota namang panaun ning pamamupul, akakit me itang tau, gagapasan na ing pale. Gagamit yang lait.

Dening amamalayan mung deni, atilu king “lual” ning kekang sarili. At deni, apat lang kapinduan: (1) ing bakal a atyu king sarul at lait; (2) ing pale; (3) ing damulag; (4) itang taung sasarul at manggapas.

Ing bakal ala yang bie. Ing pale atin yang bie. Ing damulag atin yang bie. Ing tau atin yang bie.

Ing pale atin yang bie, dapot ala yang pakiramdam. Tugtugan meng danum,

gapasan me, ya naman keya. E ya mayayama king apis ning danum; e ya manasakit king gili ning lait.

Ing damulag, atin yang bie at atin yang pakiramdam.Tusukan me atian, mipakirut ya at lisia. Gatasan me, at aulata mung buri na; kakanyamanan ya.

Ing tau, atin yang bie at atin yang pakiramdam. Mapapagal ya karin king marangle. Mipapatiman ya king tula potang akakit nang dakal at mataba ing pupul.

Ing damulag, atin yang bie at pakiramdam, dapot ala yang isip. Ing tau, atin yang bie ampon pakiramdam ampon isip. Aiisip nang itun itang abias. Aiisip nang ikid itang mapaling tinun. Aiisip nang ambulan gatas damulag ampon budburan ditak a asin. At aiisip nang panyamul itang ambulang ita.

Ara pin ding talaturu keng pilosopyang migmula king Europa: Minerals exist, but they do not live. Plants exist and live, but they do not feel.

Animals exist and live and feel, but they do not think. Humans exist and live and feel and think.

Amamalayan na mu naman ning metung a Kapampangan -- kanita ampo ngeni -- itang karinan (place) nung ya makatuknang at nung nu la karin deng gang atiu king lual ning keang sarili. Amamalayan na – amamalayan tamu – ing gabun, ing dayat malat. Amamalayan tala ding ilug, ding sapa, ding pulu, ding bunduk, ding dalusdus ampon talabis (valleys and ravines). Amamalayan tamu ing angin, ing uran, ing duldul, ing kildap, ing bagyu, ing ayun. Amamalayan taya ing aldo at ing aslag na, at ing pali na. Amamalayan taya ing pinanari (rainbow), at ing biga (the clouds) at ing banua (the sky). Amamalayan tala ding batuin ampon ing bulan a mamie sala neng bengi. Amamalayan taya ing Kapampangan, ing kekatang karinan.

(Abatan ya ing kasuglung)

Ing kasalesayanning Kapampangan

(The history of Pampanga)B! F". E#$%&'"() S*+(),

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

Opinion

TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Medjugorje seerconfirms life after death

ONE MAJOR reason for my faith in the existence of God and the truth of the Catholic religion is Medjugorje. Only fools would deny the apparitions of the Blessed Mother there since 1981. Even self-professed atheists are pushed to a spiritual wall there, left with no option but belief.

Thus, what comes from Medjugorje, particularly the messages of the Blessed Mother through the six visionaries, are very important to me, as they should be to all.

The messages are for prayer, conversion, sacrifi ces, etc. They also convey warnings of some dire future, but always posited on whether mankind would change for the better. It would seem, however, that a great chastisement has become inevitable.

One Medjugorje visionary, Ivanka, once declared that “Our Lady told me the future of the world …I wrote everything down.”

“From 1981 until 1985 I received the apparitions on a daily basis. During that period Our Lady dictated to me her biography. I wrote everything down. She also told me the future of the world and the future of our Church. When I have permission from Our Lady, this will be published,” she said.

Ivanka recalled: “On the 7th of May, 1985, I had the last daily apparition and that was the longest apparition that I have ever had because Our Lady stayed with me one hour.

“On that day Our Lady gave me the fi nal and tenth secret and I was told that I would not have the apparitions on a daily basis anymore, but Our Lady promised me that she was going to appear to me once a year on June 25.”

Ivanka knew how important it was for people to really believe there is life after death. Thus, she wrote on her experience as follows:

“From 1985 to today I received the apparition once every year on June 25. But at that last daily apparition I was given the greatest gift, not just for myself but for the entire world.

“And because every single human being is asking is there a life after this life on earth, I am standing before you here today, I am standing before the entire world and I can

easily answer that question. Yes, there is a life after this life, because by God and Our Lady I was given this great grace, that I was able to see my late mother during that apparition time and my mom told me: ‘My dear child, I’m proud of you.’

“For 28 years Our Lady has been telling us which road we need to take in our life. She is showing us the way and we have to decide which road we are going to take in our life.”

Also in Medjugorje, there is visionary Jakov who also gave us some insights into the spiritual realm. In an interview, he said:

“Conversion is to place God in the very fi rst place in our lives. If we have God then we have everything, then we have answer for everything we are looking for. God will always give us signs what we should do. That means we will know which is the right way to follow, what we have to do. That is conversion. That kind of a conversion Our Lady is asking from us.

“We should ask ourselves if we are converted enough, if conversion so far is pleasing Our Lady. Every day we should thank to God, for every new day because that is a chance for us to be better. I always say to God ‘thank you God for this day, because that is one more chance for me that I become better’”

Jakov also gave some insights into Purgatory, saying:

“I think that they (persons in Purgatory) suff er. Our Lady has been inviting us that we should pray for the souls in purgatory because they are in need of our prayers. Then for certain that they are suff ering. But what we can do for them is pray daily for them. Our Lady gave a mission to Marija the visionary that she should pray everyday for the souls in purgatory. So, all of us should pray everyday for the souls in purgatory.”

Manyaman ing Putat keng Buru

I ABE at Igan memaduas lang paro

Keng ilug dane ning barangay Maysulo;

Nung nu’ miras na ing kaugtuan ning aldo

Ing karin makaynip deting katototo,

E la pa mekakua agyang buntukin mu,

Akutang nang Igan nung nanung ilutu

Ning Abe agya sang’ itiltil da rugu

King burung asan a bakal dang dinayu.

“Igan” nganang Abe, “ wayta itang mangga,

Kalabung na putat mapa’ kuma kata,

Maniaman keng buru, yan atakman ku na;

Malakuan na ka ken – aku nang sumaka”.

King bangka ya namung melakwan menaya

Ining Igan, kabang king pun nitang mangga,

Minukyat yang dapal y Abe ban keta

Makakua yang murang putat a yulam da.

Mapilan penandit mekapagbalik ne

King bangka, magdala yang putat y Abe;

“Sanduk na ka” ngana king kayang kayabe,

“Kuanan mu ing buru a keta ku kine”

“Nanu pang kuanan ku?” ngana nining Igan

“Wayta, belibag ku lele na ning pampang!”

“Obat inugse mu? Nu’ta itiltil kanyan

Ining putat mangga a kakung inagtal?”

“Sinabi mu kasi manyaman ing putat

Keng buru nung inya belugse kung agad!”

“Asus, asus” nganang anting maybug kumyak

Ning Abe kabang king bangka ya paparak!

Manyamaning Alak?

SABI ring aliwa, ing Alak manyaman;

Ali, e tutu nung aku ing kukutnan,

Kasi, makananu ku mong’ paniwalan,

Yan sibukan ku nang tikman inyang misan.

Subukan mu na mong’ keng nasi yambula

Nung nang’ kaulyan ning kakanan mu Kaka?

Lawan ku nung e mu siguradung yapsa,

Agyang asna keng pamangan kasiba!

E ka pamu sane inya e mu balu

Nung nu’ anti nyaman nganang Tatang Iru;

Asus, asus, asus, malaut keng tutu,

Uling ing lasa na n’yan makapangungku.

Angga mung primeru mapait a lasa,

Lulwat, yuyumu at panintunan mu na;

Oyan ing masulit, maka-adik pala,

Makananu potang kusing man ala ka?

Masanting akakit wari ing magtanud

Kareng miminum keng karatig mung bakud,

Itang nanan mu na ing ating mitisud

Ba’na kang tagayan? Iti, e makatud!

Inya e mu na ku kukumbinsyan pane

King yang alak ating ikakayap Abe?

Yan kabud sinobra… ketang e mu male,

King pautik-utik ikapupud mu bie!

ON NOVEMBER 28, 1928, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), the leading telecommunica-tions provider in the country, was established through Act 3436 by the Philippine Legis-lature and approved by then American Governor-General Henry L. Stimson.

Merging four telephone fi rms under common Unit-ed States ownership, the law granted PLDT a 50-year char-ter and the right to establish telephone lines to various ar-eas within the country within 40 years from the date of its approval.

In a short span of two years, or in 1930, the Philip-pines was fi rst linked to the outside world via radiotele-phone services to the United States and other parts of the world.

During World War II, how-

ever, the telephone services were interrupted, with commu-nication infrastructure in ruin.

With massive U.S. aid to the Philippines in the 1940s and 1950s, PLDT recovered so quickly that its telephone subscribers outpaced that of pre-war levels by 1953.

On December 20, 1967, a group of Filipino entrepre-neurs and businessmen led by Ramon Cojuangco took control over PLDT after buy-ing its shares from the Ameri-can telecommunications com-pany GTE.

One of the fi rst steps taken by the Filipino management was to enlarge the scope and accelerate the pace of PLDT’s expansion and modernization program, which included a na-tionwide rural telecommunica-tions development program in support of government ini-tiatives designed to establish

modern telephone systems in the countryside.

During the 1970s, PLDT was nationalized by the gov-ernment of then President Ferdinand Marcos. In 1981, in furtherance of the then ex-isting policy of the Philippine government to integrate the Philippine telecommunica-tions industry, the company purchased all of the assets and liabilities of Republic Tele-phone Company, becoming the country’s telephone mo-nopoly.

However, after President Ferdinand E. Marcos was overthrown in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, the company was reprivatized.

By 1995, with the passage of the Telecommunications Act and the subsequent deregula-tion of the Philippine telecom-munications industry, PLDT had been demonopolized.

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, PLDT, is established through Act 3436

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Festive FlairNing Cordero

IN THE heart of Greenfi elds Square in the City of San Fernando, stands a charming restaurant, Café Noelle. It evokes a delightful taste of home on a plate and arouses the warmth and cheer of the holidays, the whole year through.

In December 2012, Judy Uson, the talented and ever-composed woman behind Café Noelle, decided to leave Manila and open a restaurant dedicated for her daughter Noelle. She infused all her creativity, inspiration, love for family and food in Café Noelle and now we’re all reaping the benefi ts—good food, good ambiance, good memories.

This is a place born out of the home, serving comfort food and family favorite dishes inspired from classic to heirloom recipes she learned, when growing up watching her mother and grandmother work their magic in the kitchen.

“We love to eat as family. We are happy eaters and all good memories are centered in the dining table. Christmas is one of special occasions we celebrate as family, best time of the year that is close to my heart. I want to share that feeling and experience with my customers,” Judy shared.

When in Café Noelle, it’s comfort food at its best. Dig into easy lunch or dinner of bestsellers like Home-style Roast Beef, tender slices of slow-roasted beef in creamy mushroom sauce.

Indeed, a classic dish takes time but it is well worth the wait—slow-cooked ox tongue (lengua) simmered in brown mushroom sauce is an all-time favorite. Exotic as well as familiar local ingredients are incorporated in Spicy Tinapa Pasta, premium smoked milkfi sh chunks with fresh tomatoes, olives, and cilantro. A healthy choice!

Another pasta choice is Spinach Mozzarella Ravioli, home-made ravioli stuff ed with mozzarella cheese and spinach in pesto cream sauce. What a great delight! Judy is foremost a baker and popular as “The Cake Artist in Manila.” She fi lls Café Noelle with the freshest of breads, baked goodies, and cakes. Customers rave about her Chiff onelle, a grandma’s treasured recipe made of classic chiff on cake with yema custard fi lling and pure butter icing (an original

Comfort and joy whole year round at Café Noelle

best seller). Delight in her Red Velvet cake, moist red vanilla

cake with a hint of chocolate, covered with cream cheese frosting.

Drool over her fl uff y, moist and cheesy Ensaymada, which is now gaining the popularity it so richly deserves.

All sweet treats are best paired with signature coff ee or tea! Café Noelle’s whimsical, dainty and charming Christmas décor gives every customer the feeling of joy and cheer. The perfect place to herald

the coming Christmas season and feel it all year round!

Café Noelle is located at three branches - Greenfi elds Square City of San Fernando, Ground fl oor SM City Clark and soon to open at T Square building Sto. Domingo Angeles City.

For queries visit www.cafenoelle.com , FB page CaféNoelle.

Love to hear from you please follow and write me at FestiveFlair.ph Facebook@FestiveFlair IG@FestiveFlairbyNingCordero

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SpotlightArci Pineda

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 60ANGELES CITY

RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH,

RELITO RAZON y AGUAS,Petitioner, -versus- R-ANG-19-03707-SP

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ANGELES CITY AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,Respondents.

x------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

A verifi ed Petition dated October 8, 2019 and fi le on October 9, 2019 through counsel, Atty. Raul F. Macalino praying that an Order/Decision be issued directing the Civil Registrar of Angeles City and the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority to correct the error in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of the petitioner under item No. 6 for the Date of Birth from “June 19, 1963” to “December 19, 1959”.

WHEREFORE, fi nding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, the court hereby: (a) sets the case for hearing on December 18, 2019 at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon; (b) order petitioner (1) to serve within seventy-two (72) hours from receipt hereof copies of the petition and its annexes to the Offi ce of the Solicitor General of the Philippines at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Offi ce of the City Prosecutor, Angeles City and Local Civil Registrar, Angeles City; (c) order all persons interested in this petition to appear on said date and time before this court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 60, Angeles City and to show cause, if any, why this petition should not be granted; (d) direct the Solicitor General to enter his appearance in this case for the State, within seventy-two (72) hours from receipt of this Order; and directs the Clerk in charge of this court to furnish copies hereof the petitioner, his counsel, the Solicitor General, the Civil Registrar of Angeles City, the City Prosecutor, Angeles City and the Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City.

Further, the petitioner at her expense, is hereby ordered to cause the publication of this order, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles City in accordance with P.D. 1702 before the date of hearing for three (3) consecutive weeks.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, October 9, 2019.

ERICK A. SADURAL Assisting Judge

cc:Atty. Raul F. Macalini IIIRelito A. RazonProsecutor TapnioOffi ce of the Solicitor General/LCR, Angeles City/PSA/publication

Punto! Central Luzon: November 14, 21 & 28, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesCITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OFFICE

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

R.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 RAGHEL USON NAVARRO 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 RAGHEL USON NAVARRO at Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are Rico Jose A. Navarro and Gloria E. Uson.

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. MEDINA CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

FOR THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR GLENDA A. JARIN Administrative Offi cer III

Punto! Central Luzon: November 21 & 28, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of Spouses TEODORO S. DAVID

and FLORENCIA MANALASTAS who died intestate on January 12, 1987 and February 7, 1987, respectively, both in Porac, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver and Renunciation of Rights on their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 1210 of the Cadastral Survey of Porac), with improvements thereon, situated in the Municipality of Porac, Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Romeo L. Yusi Jr. as per Doc No. 777, Page No. 79, Book No. 40, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 21, 28 & December 5, 2019

GMA actress Kris Bernal, and ABS-CBN anchor Korina Sanchez honored at Gawad Amerika 2019ABS-CBN host Korina Sanchez was honored this year as she was the recipient of the Excellence in Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award.

Also GMA star Kris Bernal was as the Most Outstanding TV Actress of 2019 by the Gawad Amerika Foundation.

The GMA-7 actress personally received her trophy during the 18th Annual Gawad Amerika Awards Night held on November 23, 2019 at the Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood.

Kris posted photos of her holding her trophy and wrote in her Instagram account (published as is):

“Thank you Gawad Amerika Foundation for this recognition, Most Outstanding TV Actress 2019. Never in my wildest dream would I ever think that I would be coming here in California to receive such a prestigious award. I am truly honored to be here alongside other brilliant awardees who best exemplify the talent, pride, and excellence of the Filipino people. I am deeply humbled and inspired. Sending hugs and kisses to all the Filipinos all over the world! Thank you for your undying love and support, for watching my shows, and appreciating my eff orts. Maraming salamat po!”

The GMA-7 actress personally received her trophy during the 18th Annual Gawad Amerika Awards Night held on November 23, 2019 at the Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood.

Kris posted photos of her holding her trophy and wrote in her Instagram account (published as is):

“Thank you Gawad Amerika Foundation for this recognition, Most Outstanding TV Actress 2019. Never in my wildest dream would I ever think that I would be coming here in California to receive such a prestigious award. I am truly honored to be here alongside other brilliant awardees who best exemplify the talent, pride, and excellence of the Filipino people. I am deeply humbled and inspired. Sending hugs and kisses to all the Filipinos all over the world! Thank you for your undying love and support, for watching my shows, and appreciating my eff orts. Maraming salamat po!”

Kris said that she had one condition before getting married to her non-showbiz boyfriend Perry Choi.

“‘Pag nanalo na ako, pwede na kami pakasal,” said Kris back then.

“I want to win an award, e. For eleven years in the industry, hindi pa ako nanalo.

“My show Impostora, yeah, I did not win an award for that. I was expecting also because it’s a diff erent character.

“Actually, dual role ako doon but I did not win any award. I was so frustrated.”

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KAPAMPANGAN actor/Singer Ronnie Liang is now licensed to fl y solo.

The achievement comes after fi nishing 30 hours of fl ying time as part of his fl ight training to become a certifi ed pilot.

Ronnie marked the milestone in a pinning ceremony that took place at 10:00 a.m. today, November 26, at the APG International Aviation Academy, Inc. in Subic.

Present at the ceremony were Ronnie’s fl ight instructor Captain Christian Atanacio and APG International Aviation Academy Inc. School Administrator Captain John Corda.

After the pinning ceremony, Ronnie took an airplane around the runway, but did not fl y it into the air because of the ongoing no-fl ight zone policy in place for the upcoming SEA Games.

Upon alighting the airplane, Ronnie was “baptized” as Capt. Atanacio and Capt. Corda doused him with a bucket of water. The “baptism” was part of Ronnie’s ceremony that celebrates the milestone.

Ronnie is likely to complete the 200 hours required to become a commercial pilot by early next year.

He needs ten hours more to become a private pilot.Aside from Capt. Atanacio and Capt. Corda, Ronnie is

also grateful to Capt. Arnel Miguel, owner of APG International Aviation Academy, Inc., for giving him the chance to fulfi ll his childhood dream.

Ronnie can now be called the singing pilot behind the phenomenal hit song “Ngiti.”

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ANA MARIE NACION BONDOC

(a.k.a. ANA MARIE B. TING) who died intestate on June 4, 2019 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on her estate, more particularly described as follows:

• Money deposited in banks, to wit:

Name of Bank : China Banking Corporation

Account Name : Andra’s Breads O’ Cakes, which is a business wholly owned by Ana Marie Bondoc Ting

Account Number : 463-002201-4

Amount as of June 4, 2019 : Php20,819.85

Name of Bank : Bank of the Philippine Islands

Account Name : Ana Marie B. Ting

Account Number : 8733 0380 99

Amount as of June 4, 2019 : Php641,994.60

• Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 504518-R of the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga, with a house built thereon, registered in the name of Ana Marie N. Bondoc

• Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 504519-R of the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga registered in the name of Ana Marie N. Bondoc

• Vehicle described as follows:

MV FILE NO. : 0301-00000465945

Make : Suzuki

Series : Jimny JLX-AT

Year Model : 2017

Registered Owner : Ana Marie B. Ting

before Notary Public Peter Paul S. Maglalang as per Doc No. 240, Page No. 49, Book No. XIV, Series of 2019.

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CABANATUAN CITY - Iginiit ng isang mataas na opisyal ng National Irrigation Adminis-tration (NIA) na ginagawa ang lahat ng pamahalaan upang maiangat ang kabuhayan ng mga magsasaka sa bansa.

Ang pahayag ay ginawa ni NIA Administrator Ricardo Visaya sa 2nd Stakeholders

Hakbang upang iangat ang mga magsasaka, tiniyak ng NIAForum na itinaguyod ng Up-per Pampanga River Integrat-ed Irrigation System (UPRIIS) sa pamumuno ni Rosalinda Bote, department manager, kamakalawa.

Sabi ni Visaya, sinimulan na nila ang pamimili ng mga equipment na magagamit ng mga magsasaka na kabil-ang sa irrigators’ associations (IAs) at tinaasan ang pondo ng

kanilang tanggapan.Ang UPRIIS na nagsu-sup-

ply ng irigasyon sa Nueva Ecija at ilang bahagi ng Tar-lac, Pampanga at Bulacan ay pinaglaanan ng pondo na ma-higit sa P906 milyon para sa 2020, mahigit doble ng dati ni-tong pondo, ayon sa opisyal.

Mahalaga aniya ito dahil ang Central Luzon, katulad ng Region 2, ay kabilang sa mga

pinakamalaking rice-produc-ing region sa bansa.

Itinataas na rin aniya ang arawang sweldo para sa mga miyembro ng IAs na tumutu-long sa paglilinis ng kanlang mga pasilidad.

Siniguro naman ni Bote na laging bukas ang kanilang lin-ya ng komunikasyon para sa anumang alalahanin ng mag-sasaka.

Ipinakita rin sa mga mag-sasaka ang mga nakalinya at isinasakatuparang proyekto ng NIA-UPRIIS sa nasasak-upan nito.

Sa nasabing forum ay gina-rantiyahan ng NIA ang kahilin-gan ni Bongabon Mayor Allan Gamilla na pagkakooban ng makinang pampatubig ang da-lawang sityo na hindi naaabot ng NIA sa nasabing bayan.

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ANGELES CITY — The award-winning “solihiya-de-signed” gowns are now on display at the “Gayak at Pi-blas” exhibit at Robinsons Angeles here.

Kapampangan couturier Ritche Sabinian displayed four of his creations as part of the activities of the Si-nukwan Festival celebration that is ongoing at its main location at Robinsons Starmills Pampanga in the City of San Fernando.

The event was attended by Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” G. Lazatin along with city councilors Arvin ”Pogs” Sul-ler and Marino Bañola, Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) regional operations manager Jodee Pineda-Arroyo, Foundation for Lingap Kapampangan Inc. vice chair-person Dr. Lourdes Javier, and Greater Clark Visitors Bureau internal aff airs president Alegria Cruz.

A “palaspas” dance performance by the Sinukwan Dancers was also staged following a ribbon-cutting cer-emony to formally open the exhibit.

According to Arroyo, she wants to bring the Sinuk-wan Festival to Angeles as it is a celebration of the Kapampangan culture.

“Dito po sa Robinsons Angeles naisip namin na ang Sinukwan Festival ay di lamang po pala sa San Fer-nando, ito po ay isang karangalan ng buong Pampan-ga, ng mga Kapampangan “(We thought of bringing the Sinukwan Festival here at Robinsons Angeles, it is not just for San Fernando. This is an honor for the entire Pampanga, for the Kapampangans),” said Arroyo.

‘Solihiya-designed’ terno on display at Robinsons Angeles“Kaya nagdecide po ang FLKI at RLC na dalhin dito

ang Sinukwan Festival celebration and this is the fi rst time na dinala po namin ang Gayak at Piblas (We, the FLKI and RLC, decided to bring the Sinukwan Festival celebration and this is the fi rst time that we are bringing Gayak at Piblas here),” Arroyo added.

Sabinian’s impeccable and well-made ternos were designed with solihiya pattern - a popular weave design that is distinctive for its intricate grids and holes which is used mainly for rattan-made furniture.

From his simple beginnings of working in a rattan furniture company, Sabinian eventually came up with the idea of incorporating the pattern into his terno gowns.

“Inisip ko lang yung pinanggalingan ko, kung saan ako nagtrabaho before. May love talaga ako sa pattern ng solihiya (I just thought of how I started working back then, it reminded me of how i fell in love for the solihiya pattern),” said Sabinian.

Meanwhile, Sabinian is currently fi nishing another masterpiece for Bb. Pilipinas Intercontinental Emma Ti-glao’s national costume to be used for her Miss Inter-continental 2019 competition in Egypt on December 21.

According to Sabinian, the costume design is in-spired by incorporating well-known symbols from Lu-zon, Visayas and Mindanao.

The solihiya lace of the gown will also be woven by the inmates of the Bureau of Jail Management and Pe-nology Angeles District Jail with the help of some infor-mation and communication technology students.

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