VOLUME 5NUMBER 43MON - TUEAUGUST 8 - 9, 2011

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BY JOEY AGUILAR AND DING CERVANTES

MANDALUYONG CITY –Lucio Tan-owned AirPhilExpress, formerly known

as Air Philippines, is expected tooperate and fly out of Clark thisOctober via the DiosdadoMacapagal International Airport(DMIA).

Lucio Tan’s airlineto operate in Clark

FINALLY

BY DING CERVANTES

MINALIN, Pampanga –The National Museum isset to declare the 397-year- old Sta. Monicaparish church here as anational cultural treasure(NCT) for its preservedunique centuries-old fea-tures, such as the so-called “capillas posas”or four small chapels.

Local folk, headed byMayor Arturo Naguit andhis brother Florencio,are now preparing festiv-ities for the declarationslated on Aug. 27. TheSta. Monica churchwould be the secondNCT in Pampanga, nextto the St. James churchin Betis, Guagua.

The Sta. Monicachurch was believed tohave been founded onMay 14, 1614.

The concrete Sta.Monica church has ba-roque façade. It featuresa 1619 mural of the map

Minalinchurch upas culturaltreasure

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CIAC President and CEO Victor Jose Luciano (right) and Airphil ExpressPresident and CEO Peter Ong (left) sign a contract at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel Friday for the local budget airline’s expansion at the Clarkairport. Behind them is Airphil Express Senior Legal Adviser Atty. JonathanLim. PHOTO COURTESY OF CIAC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

“This is a landmark dayfor Clark International Air-port Corp., a special day,a special moment,” saidCIAC President and CEOVictor Jose Luciano duringthe contract-signing withexecutives of AirPhil Ex-press at the Edsa Shang-rila hotel here on Friday.

Luciano said thatsome 25 million peoplefrom northern and CentralLuzon will benefit from the

agreement.He lauded the efforts of

AirPhil Express sayingthat its new domestic andinternational routes, most-ly Southeast Asian, augurwell for Clark.

Citing the increasingcongestion at NAIA, Lu-ciano said the budget air-lines’ decision to fly at theDMIA will complement Ni-noy Aquino International

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – It was long in com-ing – all seven years in themaking – but it’s finallyhere: competing telecom-munication companiessynthesizing their servic-es in Pampanga.

On Friday, before abeaming Gov. Lilia “NanayBaby” Pineda, Globe Tele-com and Philippine LongDistance Telephone Co.officially forged their local

Globe, PLDT interconnectservices in Pampanga

interconnection service inthe province.

“We are very happy tohave fully completed andactivated our local intercon-nection service with PLDTafter negotiating for severalyears,” said Atty. Froilan M.Castelo, head for corporateand legal services of Globe,in his message.

He added: “Our effortshave finally paid off in en-suring the delivery of fast-

er and more affordabletelecommunication servic-es for the people of Pam-panga.”

For his part, ArmandoD. Lim, senior manager ofPLDT-Pampanga, said theinterconnection was a re-sponse to the request ofthe provincial governmentto provide the Kapampan-gans fast, smooth and af-fordable communication.

LINK-UP. Gov. Pineda leads toast for the completion of Globe-PLDTinterconnection in Pampanga with (L-R) PLDT’s Lim, NTC’s Medina, Cordobaand Deles, Vice Gov. Guiao, NTC Director Sitchon and Globe’s Castelo.

PHOTO BY BONG Z. LACSON

BY JOEY PAVIA

FLORIDABLANCA, Pam-panga – At least 6 mem-bers of Philippine Azkalsplayed an exhibitionmatch with fellow soldiersat the Basa Air Force

6 Azkals play with fellowsoldiers at Basa Airbase

Base here on Saturday.The six Azkals players,

notably Ian Araneta andEmilio “Chieffy” Caligdong,were mobbed by fans af-ter the 15-minute matchagainst the selection teamof the Air Defense Wing of

the Philippine Air Force.“Many people, espe-

cially teenagers in andaround Basa are playingfootball more than anyother sports,” said MajorJen Padua, squadron

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Azkals’ Chieffy Caligdong shows his form in scoring a goal against aselection team of the PAF-ADW at Floridablanca, Pampanga on Saturday.Watching him is Ian Araneta (center), also a starter of the Philippinefootball team. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

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NOTICENotice is hereby given that LEXUS

LANDHOLDINGS GROUP, INC. has filed with thisBoard an application for a change of project nameof The LEXUS CONDOMINIUM to PENTHOUSECONDO, HOTEL & RESIDENCES located at No.4-3 A, Santos Street, Balibago, Angeles City.

That all papers attached thereto shall uponrequest and payment of processing fee, be availablefor inspection during business hours by any personhaving legal interest thereon.

Any person with valid objection to the saidapplication may file his objection in writing withthe HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORYBOARD R-III, 3rd Floor Insular Life Building,Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, withTel No. (045) 963-7376 not later than five (5) daysfrom the date of publication.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, July 29,2011.

ENGR. OCTAVIO DG. CANTA Regional Officer

Punto! Central Luzon: August 1 & 8, 2011

BY JOEY AGUILAR AND DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY – Councilor Jay Sangil has filed aresolution requesting Senator Edgardo Angara toconduct a senate inquiry on the alleged collection of“exorbitant” practicum fees by some universities inthe country.

This after Sangil denounced in a privilege speechthe questionable practicum or on-the-job training(OJT) fees ranging from P5,000 to P15,000 beingimposed by some schools here on graduating collegestudents.

“We are formally requesting Senator Angara tolook into the matter and asked the Commission ofHigher Education and the Department of Education toexplain why ‘exorbitant’ practicum fees are beingimposed by several colleges and universities,” hesaid.

Copies of the resolutions were attached to formalletters sent to Angara and CHED.

Sangil also disclosed that collecting of exorbitantfees does not only happen in Angeles City, Pampan-ga and Central Luzon, but also being imposed byother education institutions and schools nationwide.

“Practicum activities undertaken by students aredone outside school premises, either in private orpublic entities or offices,” noted the resolutionauthored by Sangil.

He noted that since local universities and collegeshave no formal tie ups with government and privateoffices where their students hold OJT’s, their chargingany fees for such activities is baseless.

“The students have to undergo another practicumand pay another fee should their schools find theirOJT’s unsatisfactory,” he added.

Sangil said the city council has asked CHED toclarify whether such OJT fees are legal.

The council also asked Angara, who is chairmanof the Senate committee on education, to interveneand possibly sponsor a legislation barring collegesand universities from imposing unnecessary financialrequirements on their students.

Sangil seeks Angara’s helpon exorbitant practicum fees

ANGELES CITY – TheSupreme Court (SC) onFriday launched its En-hanced Justice on Wheels(EJOW) project in this cityto resolve pending casesof inmates at the AngelesCity Regional Trial Courtcompound in barangayPulung Maragul.

The EJOW program ispart of the Department ofJustice’s effort to render aspeedy and swift justice toall, especially to the mem-bers of the marginalizedsector.

Mayor Edgardo Pamin-tuan and Vice Mayor VickyVega-Cabigting welcomedCourt Administrator JoseMidas Marquez and dep-uty court administratorsRaul Villanueva and Nim-fa Vilches, who represent-ed the Supreme Court dur-ing the launching.

Pamintuan thankedthe Supreme Court for con-ducting the “Justice onWheels” program in Ange-les City.

“Magandang programaito na inilalapit ng KorteSuprema ang justice sys-tem sa mga mamamayanat dahil dito magkakaroonng kumpiyansa ang mgatao na pumaloob sa siste-ma na nangangahuluganng katiwasayan ng pam-ayanan,” Pamintuan said.

Marquez, who is alsothe spokesman of the SCsaid the project of the HighTribunal is a sort of empow-

SC launches ‘Justiceon Wheels’ in Angeles

5,800 inmates released under EJOWerment to the people tohave access to justice.“Hindi lang ito palabas ocosmetic,” he said.

Marquez said that the“Justice on Wheels” pro-gram has been making therounds in provinces andcities throughout thecountry for two years now.

“Nakita namin na ma-raming kasong nak-abimbin sa mga hukumankaya tumutulong ang Su-preme Court upang agadmalutas ang mga kaso,”Marquez said.

He added that the pro-gram helped free morethan 5,000 inmates.

The mobile court iscustom-built to efficientlyserve its functions. It isdivided into two main sec-tions: the front sectionserves as the courtroom,while the rear sectionserves as the mediationroom.

It is fully air-condi-tioned and equipped withamenities for the judge,the court personnel, thelitigants and their lawyers.

It is also provided withthe following personnelcomplement: a presidingjudge, a clerk of court, aprosecutor, a public attor-ney, a court stenographer,a docket clerk, a processserver, a driver, and a se-curity guard.

The first beneficiary ofthe EJOW in the city isMon Dela Cruz, who has

been imprisoned for 8years and was acquittedthrough promulgation.

“Magaan na ang pa-kiramdam ko ngayon kasimakakapiling ko na angaking pamilya at mgaanak.” Dela Cruz said.

“Sa tingin ko, masmabilis ang naging prose-so, at tulad ng ipinaliwan-ag nila, makakatulong itosa iba pang mga bilanggona naghihintay ng pagresolba ng kanilang mgakaso. Sana maipagpatu-loy nila ito,” Dela Cruz add-ed.

A dialogue betweenbarangay officials and ofcity court officials was alsoconducted . Topics dis-cussed include: BarangayProtection Order (BPO),Juvenile Justice Act (R.A.9344), land ownership andenvironmental protectionand preservation.

Speakers were Muntin-lupa City Prosecutor ElisaSarmiento Flores and re-tired Justice Oswaldo Ag-coali, Professor II at thePhilippine Justice Acade-my (PHILJA).

Over 5,800 inmateshave been released underthe EJOW, and close to7,000 cases successfullymediated in less than 3years.

A medical-dental andlegal aid activity to in-mates was also conduct-ed at the Angeles City Dis-trict Jail.

Councilor Sangil confers with fellow councilor Maricel Morales in this file photo.

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Pinangunahan ni Robert Huang,presidente ng San Miguel Brewery, ang malawakangpagtatanim ng mga punong kahoysa Barangay Laog, Angat, Bulacan noong Sabado.Ito ay bahagi ng pagbubukas ngisang buwang pagtatanim ng punong kahoy sa ibat-ibang bahagi ng bansa sapangunguna ng SMB. PHOTO BY DINO BALABO

NI ROMMEL RAMOS

STA. MARIA, Bulacan – Hindibagyo o baha ang naging da-hilan upang kanselahin angklase sa isang paaralan sa bay-ang ito mula pa noong Hu-webes ng hapon.

Sa halip ay sigalot sa pagi-tan ng namamahala at may aring gusaling inuupahan ngColegio de San Juan Bosco namagtatagpuan sa BarangayPulong Buhangin ng bayangito.

Kanselado ang klase sa na-sabing paaralan mula pa noongHuwebes ng hapon matapositong ikandado ni Dionisoa Ale-jo, may ari ng gusali, at putu-lin ang supply ng kuryente attubig.

Pagkatapos ay nilagyan pang paskil sa gate ng paaralanna nagsasabing “NO TRESS-PASSING”.

Dahil dito, nagalit ang mgamagulang at mag-aaral.

Ayon kay Eliz Solomon,pangulo ng Parents and Teach-ers Association, hindi dapatmaapektuhan ang pag-aaral ngkanilang mga anak sa anu-mang sigalot na namumuo sapagitan ni Alejo at UlyssesBarcial, ang administrador ngpaalaran.

Sinabi ni Solomon na nata-kot din ang mga estudyante ngtumayo sa entablado noongHuwebes ng hapon si Alejo atsinabing puputulin na ang sup-ply ng kuryente at wala ng es-kwelahan ang mga estudyante.

Ito daw ay isang harass-ment sa mga estudyante kayatplano nilang sampahan ng

Klase kanseladodahil sa sigalot

sa paaralankaso si Alejo.

Ayon naman kay Alejo, am-inado siya sa kanyang dras-tikong pagkilos ngunit aniya,i to lamang ang kanyangparaang naisip upang agad naiparating sa DepEd ang sigal-ot sa kanilang paaralan.

Matagal na daw niya itongidinulog sa DepEd ngunit wa-lang naging malinaw na pag-tugon ang nasabing ahensya.

Aniya, hindi binabayaran ngschool administrator na si Bar-cial ang kuryente at tubig ngpaaralan, kaya’t hanggangngayon ay siya pa rin ang nag-babayad.

Iginiit pa niya na magingang mga guro ng eskwelahanay hindi pa rin sumasahodkayat ito ang kanyang naisipna paraan upang resolbahinang problema.

Hindi daw kasi malinawkung sino ang may-ari ng es-kwelahang umupa sa kanya.

May gulo sa pagitan niSchool Administrator UlysesBarcial at Jocelyn Gaje.

Humihingi siya ng pauman-hin sa mga magulang at mgaestudyante dahil sa kanseladoang klase dito hanggang hindianiya natutuldukan ng DepEdkung sino talaga ang may-aring nasabing eskwelahan.

Ayon naman kay Barcial,siya na ang nangangasiwa saeskwelahang ito at hindi na siGaje.

Naibenta na daw sa kanyani Gaje ang nasabing es-kwelahan ngunit ng napalakasdaw niya ang operasyon nitoay bigla na lamang nanghima-sok.

NI DINO BALABO

ANGAT, Bulacan – Muling nag-sama para sa isang gawaingmaka-kalikasan ang Pamaha-laang Panlalawigan ng Bulacanat ang San Miguel BreweryInc., (SMB) sa pagtatanim ngmga kawayan bilang hakbangsa pangangalaga ng kalikasankamakalawa.

Layunin ng nasabinggawain na makapagbigay ngkaalaman hinggil sa mga na-papanahong isyu sa kalikasanat kung paano ito matutu-gunan.

Halos 1,000 katao mula salokal na pamahalaan at mga

Bulacan, SMB nagsanibsa pagtatanim ng puno

opisyal mula sa SMB at mgapamahalaang lokal ang nakiisasa nasabing aktibidad at nag-tanim ng mahigit 5,000 bamboocultivars at iba pang punong ka-hoy.

Layunin ng proyekto na itaasang kamalayan ng mga tao samga isyung nakaaapekto sakanilang buhay tulad ng epektong pagbabago ng klima o cli-mate change at ang mga hak-bang upang ang epekto nito ayating mabawasan.

“Through such efforts, littleby little, we hope to be able tochange the mindset of the peo-ple as regards to the environ-ment, so it’s an initial step to-

wards that objective,” aniRustico De Belen, hepe ng(Bulacan Environment andNatural Resources Office(BENRO).

Binigyang diin ni de Belenna ang isyu ng kalikasan aytungkulin ng lahat, kaya na-man ang lahat ay marapat la-mang na makiisa sa pangan-galaga nito upang sa huli aymabawasan ang nakagigimbalna epekto ng pabago-bagongpanahon.

Ang nasabing gawain ayisang paraan upang ipakita ngSMB ang kanilang pagsusum-ikap na proteksyunan at pan-galagaan ang kalikasan.

NI JOHNNY R. REBLANDO

SUBIC, Zambales – Wala ng mauu-wian ng bahay ang may 78 pamilyasa Sitio Malinta at Sitio Mapanao,Barangay Asinan Proper sa bayanng Subic, Zambales matapos itongmatabunan ng putik bunga ng wa-lang patlang na pagbuhos ng ulan.

Tanging mga bubungan na la-mang ang nakikita at halos karami-han sa mga apektadong residenteay walang nailigtas na anumang ka-gamitan.

Sa inisyal na talaan ng Baran-gay Asinan proper, tinatayang aabotna sa 50 bahay ang natabunan,karamihan dito ay gawa sa semen-to.

Karamihan sa mga residente aymay walong taon ng naninirahan sanasabing lugar ang ilan sa kanila aydoon na nagka-apo.

Sinabi ni Leo Santos, isa sa mgaresidenteng apektado ng landslide,masuwerte parin sila dahil may mgagising silang kapitbahay na nagbig-ay babala sa kanila na lisanin angkanilang lugar, kung nagkataon nawalang gising, aniya marami angmamamatay.

Ganun din ang sinabi ni SherlyVargas, na nagsimulang dumaloy sakanilang lugar ang tubig na nang-galing sa Sta Lucia Realty kasunodng putik na bumababa sa bundokhanggang sa makarinig ito ng sigawna pinalilikas na sila at malakas nadagundong na nagmumula sa

STA LUCIA REALTY DEVELOPER SINISI

78 pamilya sa Subic nawalan ng bahay dahil sa landslidekabundukan.

Bago naganap ang insidente,nauna ng inireklamo ng mga resi-dente ang ginagawang paghuhukaysa kabundukan ng Sta Lucia Real-ty, subalit naging mabagal ang aksy-on ng mga kinauukulan hanggang sadumating ang trahedya.

Ayon kay Subic Mayor Jay Khon-ghun, 2008 pa nagpalabas ng ceaseand decease order ang Departmentof Environment and Natural Resourc-es laban sa Sta Lucia Realty kayalang hindi kaagad ito na-implementng maayos.

Sinabi pa ni Mayor Khonghun naidinay-vert ang tubig sa halip na sasubdivision pumunta ay sa kabahay-an ng mga residente na nasa ibabang bundok.

Sinabi ng alkalde na ipipilit nitosa Sta Lucia Realty na bayaran anglahat ng nasirang ari-arian ng mgaapektadong mga residente at ibalikang dating nakagawiang hanap bu-hay.

Kaagad naman nagsagawa ngMedical at Relief operation angOlongapo City Health Deapartmentat Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment.

Ang mga apektadong mga pam-ilya ay pansamantalang dinala saBarangay Hall, kasabay ng kanilangkatanungan, saan nga ba sila tuluy-ang maninirahan? Ang pamahalaanng Subic ay gumagawa namanumano ng paraan para mabigyan silang tamang relokasyon.

Itinuturo ni Sherly Vargas angkanilang bahay na natabunan ng

putik. MGA KUHA NI JOHNNY REBLANDO

Inaagapan na makuha ng binatilyong ito angbubungan ng kanilang na nalubog sa putik.

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So EdPam,who’s the not?

“KASAMA NATIN ang pribadong sektor sa pagpaplanong mga programa para sa siyudad. Ito ay bunsod ngtransparency sa ating pangongobyerno.”

Thus spake Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuanof his own take on public-private partnership ingovernance, good governance finding concretization withthe formation of the Local Development Council ofAngeles City and the City Project Monitoring Committee.

“With both the committee and the council, we willclearly see the fruition of our hard work. Moreover, thecity’s projects will undergo consistent monitoring andproper bidding procedure.” So enthused Pamintuan.

Composing the LDC are Dr. Francisco Villaneuva ofthe Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry,Renato Tayag, Jr. of the Advocacy for the Developmentof Central Luzon, Agnes Espiritu of the Pearl S. BuckFoundation, Dory Siy Hian of the woman’s advocacygroup IMA, Lucila Paran of the League of Angeles CityEntertainers and Floor managers, Gilianel Pintoy of theMetro Angeles Realtors Board, and Mario Dizon of thePhi Beta Rho confraternity.

The CPMC is chaired by Association of BarangayCaptains president Joseph Dimapilis with Departmentof the Interior and Local Government city director MyrviApostol-Fabia as co-chair. Committee members are SanFernando Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, FeManapat of the Angeles City Women and ChildrenConcerns Network, Fely Flores of the SoroptimistInternational-Angeles City, and again, Siy Hian and Paran.

The composition of the two bodies while arguablyremarkable are still, to our mind, much wanting.Reviewing the names and the entities they representleads us to ask: Who’s the not?

We do not know what criteria Pamintuan, or the citygovernment, used in the selection of members to theLCD and the CPMC. But by the very nature of theirfunctions, nay, by the very reason of their being, certainsectors of local society should have been made integralto their structure.

For one, there is the media. Any talk of transparency,or accountability, will not be anywhere near its markwithout the media. Not merely as channel ofcommunication to the constituents but as activewatchdog.

Other groups that can most assuredly help inascertaining transparency in all government transactionsare the academe, labor groups, the local chapter of theIntegrated Bar of the Philippines, among others.

The spirit of democracy, aye, the very intent oftransparency, requires that membership in the LDP andthe CPMC be expansive, not exclusive.

How about it, Mayor?

Affirmative action“…QUETA PU quecami, dacal lang Baluga, malati’t maragul, biyasalang mamana.”

From that ditty of our bygone youth, the “Baluga” – oldCapampangan for the indigenous Aetas – has figured much in ourlore. In that instance, as master archers; in some others, as yokelsout of their native woods. Like in those so called “Area jokes.”

(For the uninitiated, “Area” refers to that enclave straddlingBarangays Pampang and Sta. Teresita in Angeles City that has –since pre-WWII – catered to blue-collar sex.)

So there was this story of the Baluga who was experiencinghunger during a severe drought in his mountain village and wentdown to the plains to find some food for his people. His wanderingtook him to the Area. In one of the brothels, he chanced upon anopen room where a couple were engaged in the tombalibantaposition – that’s 69, for you, dummy.

Quickly, he ran out and rushed back to hispeople warning them that the unat (the straight-haired, as distinguished from them, the kulot –the kinky haired) are in a graver situation of hunger:“Queng danup da, Cuyang,ila nang mipamangan.”(In their hunger, they eat each other.)

And then there was the other Baluga who, afterselling his rootcrops at the Pampang Market,sought out the Area for some good time.

Returning to his village, he called for a tribalcouncil to report on the greatest sexualexperience he has had: “Lima nang aldo,kaluluwalan ku pa, Apu.” The onset of STD hemistook for continuous ejaculation.

Cry political incorrectness there. Screamracism. Those derogatory tales are nowhere nearin disparagement than to the cultural fixity of theunat on the kulot.

Prejudiced as lazy bones that live on dole outs;prejudged as naturally prone to sleep on fullstomachs – casting away any activity in favor ofdreamland, Aetas for too long have been deemedas truly deserving of their sorry state, as virtuallysecond class citizens in their own country, if notthe forsaken children of a lesser god. Theirnomadic, food-gathering natural way of living,totally ignored. Their pre-eminent ownership of theland, completely forgotten. Thus, their exploitation.

A celebration then – and a challenge too – isthe rise to excellence of Aeta tribesmen andwomen. Like the news of an Aeta scholar of theClark Development Corporation (CDC) and theAngeles University Foundation (AUF) recentlyearning his bachelor’s degree with flying colors.

Twenty-year old Augusto S. Laxamana, asidefrom earning his bachelor’s degree in Criminology,was awarded a citation for being the champion inthe Annual Junior Law Enforcers Association FiringCompetition held at the Regional Training Schoolin Magalang, Pampanga.

Laxamana led eight other Aeta scholars whograduated this year: John Paul Galang, BS inBusiness Administration; Andrea Tiglao, BSEducation; Natalie Lacson, BS Education;Louchelle Capiz, BS Education; Leslie JoyEstardo, BS Education; Elaine Diane Maria, BSCriminology; Mark Rein, BS Criminology; and LynLayug, BS Criminology.

The CDC-AUF Aeta Scholarship program,established in 2004 during the presidency of Dr.Emmanuel Y. Angeles at the CDC president,extends scholarships “to qualified and deservingbeneficiaries living within the Freeport’scontiguous communities.”

At least 40 scholars, majority of whom belongto indigenous tribes of Mabalacat, Pampanga andBamban, Tarlac have benefited from the program.

This is one affirmative action that the kulotmust fully exploit to get out of the umbra ofprejudice and discrimination and stand as tall andproud as the unat under the light of socio-economic equity.

Black is beautiful, not only in America. Blackpower too. Carpe diem – Seize the day – is all

that the Aetas need to do.

SO WE wrote here sometime in 2008 yet.And since then, we have not heard of any

succeeding batches of Aeta scholars graduatingfrom the AUF or any other school in the MetroClark area.

At the Clark Freeport itself, subsequent newsrelating to the indigenous tribes was invariablynegative.

So Levi Laus, during his watch at CDC,provided over a dozen Mitsubishi L-300 FB cabsto tribal leaders as part of the joint memorandumagreement (JMA) the CDC signed with them forthe development of lands in the Clark sub-zonefalling under the ancestral domain.

Instead of conveyances of utility andaccessibility, the cabs even turned to objects ofanimosity and discord among the tribesmen,especially after the vehicles made overnightparking lots of the frontage of videoke bars.

That same JMA was shredded by 1st DistrictRep. Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin as “grosslydisadvantageous” to the Aeta tribes with thestipulated profit-sharing of 80 percent to the CDCand only 20 percent to the Aetas.

“That’s tantamount to the real estate agentgetting 300 percent more than the landownerhimself,” Cong Tarzan said then. Indeed, a totalreversal of business practice, if not a perversionof business ethics.

The sub-zone becoming the “Next Frontier”during the CDC presidency of Benny Ricafort’sdid not help the Aetas any. On the contrary, itstirred howls of protest after Ricafort signed acontract with the Philippine Tourism Authority toestablish a wake boarding facility at the Sacobiahighlands, right where a reforestation project ofthe indigenous tribes is situated.

Digging a lake on a mountainside, beingreforested at that, is one environmental nightmarethat simply cannot be allowed to happen.

The Clark International Airport Corp. had itsown run-ins with the indigenous tribes after itjustified the demolition of buildings, both totallyunserviceable and not-so –dilapidated, as “for thebenefit” of the tribes. The proceeds from the scrapmaterials sold to junkyards and salvagerssupposed to be remitted to them.

“An absolute lie!” Cried Candaba Mayor JerryPelayo who had his sights on one or two of thedemolished buildings for some food terminalproject. The real beneficiaries of the millions ofpesos from the scrap sale were officials of CIACand some contactors, he alleged and promptlyfiled a case with the Ombudsman.

Of any agenda for the Aetas in the newleadership at the CDC, we have yet to hear.

Today, August 9, the Philippines together withthe international community marks the 17th

anniversary of the International Day of the World’sIndigenous Peoples.

Have we given our Aeta brethren any causefor celebration?

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Halo-haloBy Ding Cervantes

Medjugorje"secrets" to happen

in our lifetimeOF COURSE I was shocked initially by the Blessed Mother'swarning conveyed through Sister Sasagawa in Akita, Japan (featuredin my last column). But it's important to note that such warningsare conditional and depend on mankind's response to her appealfor prayers, for turning back to God.

What was said in Japan was cushioned by Ivan Dragicevic, oneof the six visionaries of Medjugorje (apparitions started 1981 andcontinues up to now) who said "there is no need to frighten people."

" The Virgin Mary does not come to frighten anyone. That is nother goal. She comes to help us”, Ivan said in 1992 and in otheroccasions, including his visit to the Holy Angel Universitygymnasium where he also had an apparition of the Blessed Mother(I can't remember what year that was) before hundreds if notthousands of Angeleños.

“With prayer and penance the chastisementcan be lessened. I can only say: Prepare. Ifyou do, you will thank God for all eternity”,said another Medjugorje visionary VickaIvankovic.

Because it is at Medjugorje that the BlessedMother has been appearing longest in the historyof the world, much information can be sourcedfrom it.

To the six Medjugorje seers, the BlessedMother was supposed to give 10 "secrets" eachor events that would unfold over time; some ofthem have received all 10. While there weresecrets that were personal to the visionaries, itwould seem that they share some commonsecrets that could affect us all.

But for visionary Mirjana Soldo, none of thesecrets revealed to her were personal. "None ofmy secrets are secrets that relate only to me.The secrets are for the entire world”, Mirjanaconfirmed on September 13, 1998, during aninterview at the Chicago Marian Conference.

Mirjana, who was the first visionary to receivethe tenth secret, said she chose Franciscan priestFr. Petar Ljubicic to help her reveal the pendingoccurence of the secrets affecting the world whenthe time comes.

Ten days before each event she would alertFr. Petar, then they would pray and fast for sevendays. After this, Fr. Petar would make public whatwould happen three days later.

There are good chances that, unless we diesooner, those of us now alive will be there whenthe worldwide secrets unravel, because thevisionaries said they are to happen in theirlifetimes. The six visionaries were born between1964 and 1971.

Mirjana was once quoted to have said that thedate for the secrets could no longer be changedand that she knew not only the date but also theminute when they would occur.

The four last secrets seem to bechastisements, or God's punishments formankind's sins. It is said that one secret that wassupposed to have happened in the latter part ofthe 1980's was mitigated because of prayers.

French nun sr. Emmanuel Maillard, author ofthe book on her interview with "ghost seer" MariaSimma (we did a series on this here), said, ”It iswell-known that Vicka has written notebooks aboutthe Virgin Mary’s life, but what isn’t well-known isthat Ivanka has several notebooks of her own;about the world’s future."

For more on the secrets, here is Fr. JankoBubalo's interview of Vicka in 1983:

Fr. Janko: “Are those secrets the same foreach of you?”

Vicka: “They are and they aren’t.”Fr. Janko: “And how is that?”Vicka: “Just so. The main secrets are the

same, but perhaps some of us have a secret whichapplies to us alone.”

Fr. Janko: “Do you have such a secret?Vicka: “I have one. It is for me alone, since it

concerns me only.”Fr. Janko: “Do the others have any such

secrets?”Vicka: “That I don’t know. It seems to me that

Ivan does.”Fr. Janko: “I know that Mirjana, Ivanka, and

Marija don’t have any since they told me. I don’t,however, know for little Jakov. He didn’t want toanswer me on that point, while Ivan said that hehad three which concern him only.”

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Seal of GoodHousekeeping

LUBHANG mapalad ang bayan ng San SimonSa pagkaroon ng masipag na mayorAt tunay naman ding pinaka-aktibongLocal executive in this now booming town

Sa katauhan ni Ginang Leonora WongNa nag-akyat dito ng malaking honor;At iba pang bagay na ikasusulongNg dating ‘5th class’ na munisipyo noon.

At kung saan hindi naging ningas kugonLamang si Mayor Wong sa kanyang pagtugonSa mga problemang ang tanging solusyonAy madalian at epektibong aksyon.

Na di nagagawa ng kahit na sinoKung nakasandal lang sa upuan nito;Gaya ng iba riyan na mabibilang moSa daliri ang pasok sa munisipyo;

Kaya naman, hayan ng dahil sa sipagAt dedikasyon sa gampaning marapat,Siya’y kinilala sa kanyang ‘performance’At nabigyan pati ng ‘national award’;

Na ang katawaga’y “Seal of Good Housekeeping,’‘As qualified recipients’ nitong nasabingParangal na tunay na maihahambingSa isang “Ilaw ng Tahanan” po natin;

Na sadyang uliran sa kanyang pag-ganapBilang mapagmahal na Ina sa anak;(Kaya naman siya’y mahal din ng lahatNg kababayan sa pagiging malingap;

At pagtupad nito sa kanyang tungkulinNg ni walang bahid niya ng pangsarilingInteres man at/o kaya pinipilingKasangga sa puesto kung tao’y harapin.

Kaya matuwid lang at karapat-dapatSi Mayor sa kanyang natanggap na ‘award’Mula sa DILG, na siyang taga-sukatAt taga-suri sa halos lahat-lahat

Na ng ating mga lokal na opisyal,Kung sino ang dapat bigyan ng parangalO marapat makatanggap ng ‘award’ diyanBase sa kanilang ‘effective performance’.

At isa nga ang Alkalde ng San SimonSa nabigyan bilang isang rekognisyonSa ‘exemplary performance’ ni mayor Wong,Na kung saan siya popular na ngayon.

Dala na rin nitong di matatawarangPagtupad sa kanyang tungkuling opisyalNg walang sino pa mang kinikilingan,Liban sa matapat na serbisyo lamang.

Bilang responsableng alkalde ng bawatSimonian, at di ng mga kamag-anakAt katoto lamang - kundi nitong lahatNg nasasakupan sa lahat ng oras!

Na kung saan sadyang marapat marahilIgawad kay mayor Wong itong nasabing‘Award’ na ika nga’y “Seal of Good Housekeeping”Bilang pagkilala sa taglay niyang galing;

Na talaga namang lubhang matagumpayNa nakamit ni Mam sa pamamagitanNg dedikasyon at mga karampatangGampanin ng tunay na lingkod ng bayan!

TODAY IN HISTORY

ON THIS DAY in 1974, Presi-dent Richard M. Nixon resignsin the wake of the Watergateburglary scandal. He was thefirst president in American his-tory to resign.

In a televised address, Nix-on, flanked by his family, an-nounced to the American publicthat he would step down ratherthan endure a Senate impeach-ment trial for obstruction of jus-tice. Since 1972, Nixon had bat-tled increasing vociferous allega-tions that he knew of, and mayhave authorized, a botched bur-glary in which several men werearrested for attempting to bug theoffices of the Democratic Nation-al Committee, located in theWatergate Hotel in Washington,D.C. Between 1972 and 1974,

the press, and later a Senateinvestigation committee, re-vealed disturbing details that re-vealed that Nixon had indeedattempted to cover up the crimecommitted by key members ofhis administration and re-elec-tion committee. The most damn-ing evidence came from subpoe-naed tape recordings of Nixon'sWhite House conversations. Nix-on fought the release of thetapes, which led the House ofRepresentatives in 1973 to ini-tiate impeachment chargesagainst the president for ob-struction of justice.

During the televised address,Nixon stated that he had neverbeen a "quitter" and that choos-ing to resign went against hisinstincts. He refused to confess

to committing the alleged highcrimes and misdemeanors ofwhich he was accused. Heclaimed his decision was en-couraged by his political baseand was in the best interests ofthe country and said that hehoped it would heal the politicaland social division caused by theWatergate scandal.

A report by the WashingtonPost on August 9 revealed thedrama that had unfolded in theWhite House cabinet room anhour before Nixon's resignationspeech. After saying goodbye to46 members of Congress, in-cluding his staunchest support-ers, the president told them thatthe "country could not operatewith a half-time President," brokeinto tears and left the room.

Nixon resigns

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of GONZALO D. DEANG andMATILDE D. LABUNG who died intestate on March 12, 1984 and December28, 2000, respectively, executed an Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiverof Rights of her estate more particularly described as a parcel of land withexisting improvements (Lot No. 27, Block No. 11 of the subdivision planPsd-546 being a portion of Lot No. 831 of the medicion madastral ofAngeles) situated in the City of Angeles and covered by TCT No. 1556issued by the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 25, August 1 & 8, 2011

Airport’s operation.“Clark is not only for

northern and Central Lu-zon but for the whole coun-try. We’d like to see Clarkconnected with the wholeworld,” he said.

Luciano noted thatDMIA’s two parallel run-ways could accommodateA-380 aircraft, known to bethe largest passengerplanes in the world.

The entry of AirPhilExpress has also diffusedperceptions that Tan is

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Lucio Tan’s airline to operate in Clarkcold to proposals to trans-form DMIA as the coun-try’s premiere gateway.

Central Luzon leadershave perceived and attimes openly criticized Tanas a stumbling block tothe entry of foreign LCC’sinto the DMIA amid thedemand of his company forother foreign carriers towork out “reciprocity” ofrights in their countries oforigin.

AirPhil Express SeniorLegal Counsel JonathanAndrew Lim said he wasnot aware of such percep-

tion of Tan among CentralLuzon folk. However, henoted that AirPhil’s entryinto Clark manifestedTan’s support to developDMIA.

“The reciprocity issuewas a demand for fair playwith foreign carriers,” hesaid.

Alfredo Herrera, AirPhilExpress senior vice presi-dent for Marketing andSales, said that theirpending operation at theDMIA was an indicationthat Tan has “arrived” atClark.

EXPANSIONHerrera said that at

least two airlines will fly atClark this year and anoth-er four next year.

He also said that theircontinuing expansion out-side Metro Manila “is goodfor consumers because ofthe competition.”

“This is all in line withour expansion process andconsistent with our growthstrategy to solidify our po-

sition as a key player inthe local budget airlinemarket,” Herrera said.

However, he declined toreveal the routes that Air-Phil Express would haveonce it starts operations atthe DMIA, merely sayingthis would be a “surprise.”

Herrera also said thatthey are also offering 10-percent discount on airfarefor students.

Airphil Express has

seven Airbus A320s, threeQ300s and five Q400. Itflies to 25 domestic andtwo international destina-tions. It is the low costcarrier (LCC) sister com-pany of Philippine Airlineswhich is owned by the Lu-cio C. Tan Group of Com-panies.

Clark DevelopmentCorp. President FelipeAntonio Remollo also at-tended the event.

of Minalin, painted on thewalls of the Minalin churchconvent. Its ballasts depictKapampangan mythologi-cal figures. It has threeside entrances symboliz-ing St. Augustine and hiswork, The City of God.

The 1614 map muralallegedly indicated thatMinalin was once the seatof the Kapampangan re-gion as drawn by Fran-cisco Malang Balagtas orPansomun.

Architect Owen Fran-cis Canlas, chair of theCommission on CulturalHeritage, Restoration andConservation (CCHRC) ofthe Sta. Monica Parish,said his commission haslaunched “Operation Scan-ning,” or the scanning ofold photographs of thechurch for electronic doc-umentation.

More than 100 photo-graphs came in from pa-rishioners after a recentMass officiated by Fr.Greg Vega at the church.

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Minalin church...Selected photos would

be made part of the parishmuseum, Canlas said.

“We would like to re-construct the history ofMinalin through old photo-graphs and present howthe church and the townof Minalin looked in thepast centuries, hoping thiswill evoke a deep -rooted-ness and footedness inthe past,” Fr. Vega said.

The photographs in-cluded a visit by the lateBishop Emilio Cinense in1966 , a wedding in 1948showing the “retablo may-or” at the back of the altar,and a flood in 1993 thatsubmerged the church bya meter after surviving the1991 eruptions of Mt. Pi-natubo.

The National Museumapproved the Sta. MonicaParish as an NCT for threereasons, Canlas said.

First, its façade fea-tures a unique giant retab-lo influenced by Christian,Buddhist, Hinduist andanimistic cultures.

Second, it is the only

Roman Catholic church inthe Philippines having fourcapilla posas that has re-mained intact.

These are smallerchapels attached to themain church. Canlas saidthe capilla posas “reflectSpanish colonial religiousdiscrimination as thesewere used by the Indioswhile the Peninsulareswere the only ones allowedinto the main church.”

Third, the churchhosts an old painting de-picting the Our Lady ofConsolation giving thecords to Sta. Monica andher son St. Augustine.This painting is at the up-permost level of the retab-lo mayor or altar.

The Sta . MonicaChurch could have been acenter of religious groups,such as Augustinians,Franciscans, Jesuits andDominican, as indicatedby images of St. Francisthe Assisi, St. Dominic deGuzman and San Fran-cisco Javier in its altars,Fr. Vega said.

Lim went even furtherto say : “This is only thefirst step. Rest assuredthat we will province ser-vice needed to support thevarious projects of the pro-vincial government.”

Before the intercon-nection, Pampanga resi-dents had to pay long dis-tance charge of P5-P6 perminute to call Globe fromPLDT and vice versa whichis decidedly a situationthat can be very costly forthe residents, moreso tobusiness entities that rou-tinely log more frequentand longer calls pursuantto their operations.

With the interconnec-tion, subscribers, bothpersonal and corporate,are freed of long distancecharges.

While the interconnec-tion of telephone serviceshas long been on the agen-

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Globe, PLDT interconnect...da of the provincial andmunicipal governments, itwas in November 2010 that4th District Board MemberRicardo Yabut filed Reso-lution No. 2016, petitioningthe PLDT to fast track theimplementation of local in-terconnection services withGlobe in areas of commonpresence in Pampanga.

Governor Pineda saidPLDT chair Manny V. Pan-gilinan’s being a Kapam-pangan, “tremendouslyhelped” in facilitating theinterconnection.

Pampanga is only thesecond are – next toDavao City last July 2010– where Globe has com-pleted its local intercon-nection services withPLDT. To date, there areover 30 provinces and cit-ies nationwide awaiting fullinterconnection betweenthe two telecom giants.These include the CentralLuzon provinces of Bataan,

Bulacan and Nueva Ecija.Said Castelo: “Globe

remains relentless inworking with the NationalTelecommunications Com-mission and local govern-ment units in aggressive-ly pushing full intercon-nection for the benefit ofthe subscribers.”

In his inspirationalmessage at Friday’slaunch at the PampangaCapitol, NTC Commission-er Gamaliel Cordoba con-gratulated Globe andPLDT for the “seamlessconnection” which “signi-fies belief in the commit-ment of industry players toserve their constituents.”

Also present at thelaunch were NTC deputycommissioners Carlo JoseMedina and Delilah Delesand regional director AzorSitchon, Vice Gov. YengGuiao and the provincialboard, and municipal may-ors. –Bong Z. Lacson

commander of the PAFhere.

Col. Arturo Jose OrticioJr., deputy wing com-mander, said the exhibi-tion game was a preludeto the 3rd Commander’s7-A-Side Football Cup par-ticipated by 31 teams.

6 Azkals play with fellow soldiers at Basa AirbaseFROM PAGE 1 Brig. Gen. Edwin Man-

uel F. Remotigue, wingcommander of the ADW,welcomed Araneta, Calig-dong and four other mem-bers of the Azkals who arealso members of theArmed Forces of the Phil-ippines (AFP). They areNestor Margarse, RoelGener, Eduard Sacapaña

and Ricardo Becite.In an interview, Calig-

dong, one of the consis-tent scorer in the team’slineup, said they will goback to practice late Au-gust this year.

Asked what could belacking in the Azkals’ un-successful run at the 2014FIFA World Cup qualifier,

Caligdong said “lack ofbonding.”

His team lost to Kuwaitlast month.

Araneta, for his part,said the Azkals “need moreinternational exposure.”

Araneta and Caligdongalso thanked the coachingteam led by MichaelWeiss of Germany.

THE INAUGURATION of Pilm-ico’s Farm 5 in San Agustin,Concepcion Tarlac opened anew door for the company inhelping its host community un-der the company’s corporatesocial responsibility.

It made every Pilmican toopen their hands a little widerin reaching out to others.

It provided opportunities aswell for Pilmicans to do theirshare in the form of relief goodsto those affected greatly by theonslaught of recent typhoons.

This was made possible bythe help of volunteer Pilmicanswho joined hands and helpedpack the relief goods last July28, 2011.

The said goods were turnedover to ABC President AndyAnunsencion of Concepcion,Tarlac on July 29, 2011 togeth-er with Brgy. Captain Larry Ar-ceo of San Juan, Concepcion,Tarlac and Pilmico Comrelteam headed by Pilmico’s VicePresident for Operations Riel

Griengo.Formal distribution was held

last August 1, 2011 by the Pilm-ico Comrel team headed byPilmico’s Vice President forOperations Riel Griengo, Con-cepcion Mayor Noel Villanueva,ABC President Andy Anunsen-cion to barangays Balutu,Panalicsican, Calius in Concep-cion, Tarlac through WORK Pro-gram of the municipality. A totalof 204 families from the reliefoperations.

Pilmico Animal Nutrition Cor-poration, a subsidiary of AboitizEquity Ventures, is manufactur-ing high quality animal nutritionproducts.

It has commercial feedsmanufacturing plants in Sto.Domingo, Capas, Tarlac and inKiwalan Cove, Iligan City. It alsohas swine breeding and finish-ing operations in barangaysAranguren and Cut-Cut in Ca-pas, Tarlac and in Brgy. SanAgustin, Concepcion, Tarlac.

–Press Release

Pilmico helps typhoon victims in Concepcion

Pilmico’s Vice President for Operations Riel Griengo, together with the Concepcion LGUheaded by Mayor Noel Villanueva during the distribution of relief goods.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

Dapat na samantalahin ang init ngpagbabalik ni Nora Aunor

MAY NABASA na kaming koentosa di umano’y reputasyon sa kabagalan sa trabaho ng dalawang director ngayon ni Nora Aunor. Hindinaman daw kasi tv director si Mario O’ Hara na siyang direktor ni Nora Aunor sa kanyang TV5 project kaya inaasahang di agadmapapanood ang output niya. Dagdag pa ng aming kausap, kahit na si direk Tikoy Aguiluz ay sobrang bagal din daw magtrabaho,bukod pa run na sa 2012 pa slated ang showing ng El

Presidente movie ng Scenema concept where Nora Aunor plays the day lead role.Kumbaga, what our source is trying to say, sayang yung init na dulot ng pagbabalik ng superstar kung maghihintay ng matagalan

ang mga fans. Kailangan daw, mabigyan agad ng puwedeng mapanood sa kanya before things gets cold again. Dapat nga namangsamantalahin at baka wala ngang mangyari sa pagbabalik ng superstar.

Yung nga, kumita siya nang ganoon kalaki pero baka matalo ang kanyang mga proucers kung ganyang mabagal nga sila.At dapat talaga, tanggapin ni Nora Aunor yung Hototay project na Mano Po 7 sa Regal Films. This would surely put her on top na

tiyak na pagkakaguluhan sa Metro Manila Film Festival.What Ate Guy needs is a director who delivers fast, like Joey Reyes or Joel Lamangan as they can quickly quench the thirst of her

fans to see her acting again.Umaasa nga naman ang marami na sa second coming ni Nora Aunor, everything will be will really be translated into high ratings on

TV and big bucks at the box office, para naman makinabang ang mga taong mag-i-invest nang malaki sa kanya.Balitang Nora Aunor pa rin,matapos bigyan ng grand welcome presscon ng TV5 ang Superstar na si Nora Aunor last August 2, si Laguna Governor ER Ejercito

naman ang nagbigay sa kanya ng bonggang presscon last Saturday, Aug. 6, na ginanap sa Club Filipino sa Greenhills.Ang naturang press-con ay kaugnay naman ng gagawing historical film ni Guy with ER, ang El Presidente: The Emilio Aguinaldo

Story, kung saan ay gagampanan ni La Aunor ang papel na Maria Agoncillo, Gen. Aguinaldo’s second wife.ER will be portraying the role of Gen. Aguinaldo at ayon sa aktor/politiko, sinisiguro nilang isa itong de-kalikad na pelikula na pwedeng ipagmalaki ng buong bansa.In-assure rin ni ER na napakaganda ng role ni Guy bilang Maria Agoncillo.Muling naungkat ang issue ng pagiging second choice ng Superstar dahil matatandaang una ngang inalok ang role kay Batangas Governor and Star For All Seasons

na si Vilma Santos, at muli ay inulit ni Guy na walang problema sa kanya dahil nagustuhan daw niya talaga ang proyekto bukod pa sa miss na miss na rin niyang umarte.Sa naturang presscon ay inanunsyo rin ng aktor/politiko na makakasama rin nila si Robin Padilla na gaganap naman bilang Andres Bonifacio.“He already sent word the other day na kahit walang bayad, he wants to play the role of Andres Bonifacio,” pahayag pa ng Laguna governor.May tsikang lumabas na P7M daw ang tinanggap na talent fee ni Guy sa pelikulang ito pero nang matanong siya sa presscon, aniya ay hindi raw ito totoo.“Alam n’yo, nang mapili nga nila ako sa pelikulang ito, sa totoo lang, excited ako. Kahit na siguro nangangailangan tayo ng pera pero pagdating doon sa pagiging

artista at maganda ‘yung project na gagawin, at makabuluhan, dahil historical nga ako, kahit na second choice lang ako,talagang gagawin ko,” sey ni Guy.

Ayon naman sa producer na si Ms. Mylene, definitely, more than P7M daw ang worth ng Superstar pero hindina raw nila pinag-uusapan ang pera dito dahil pare-pareho ang layunin nila na makagawa ng makabuluhangproyekto.

Hindi rin nakaiwas si ER sa tanong about his uncle, former President Joseph Estrada’s gap with Guy. Hewas asked kung kinailangan pa ba niyang hingin ang permiso ni Erap para kunin si La Aunor at kung anoang naging reaksyon nito.

“Nagpaalam po ako kay former President Erap na kinukuha ako ni Ms. Mylene para sa El Presidenteat para makasama si Ms. Nora. Ang sagot po ni Tito Joseph sa akin ay sana, kumita ang pelikula. Perosabi ko, Tito Joseph, hindi naman po ang kita ng pelikula ang habol ng ating producer, ang habol niyadito ay para makagawa ng isang quality film.”

Ipinahayag naman ni Guy na willing din siyang humingi ng tawad kay Erap bilang patunay din natalagang nagbago na siya.

“Kung patatawarin niya ako, maraming-maraming salamat,” pahayag pa ng Superstar.Natanong ulit si Guy kung wala na ba talagang pag-asa na makakanta siya ulit at ayon sa

Superstar, sa ngayon daw ay wala talaga.“Mayroon pong pag-asa kung sakali, pero kailangan kong pumunta ng Boston. Kasi, ang

Boston lang po ang nagkakaroon ng operasyon tungkol diyan. Kaya pagkatapos po siguronito, pagbalik ko sa States, ito ang aasikasuhin ko para makaipon naman ako atmakabayad kung magkano ’yun, kasi alam ko, mahal, eh. Aabutin ng mga $50,000,”sabi ni Guy.

Tagumpay ni Jhake Vargasutang niya kay Kuya Germs

NAKAIIYAK naman ang istorya ng buhay ni Jhake Vargas. Si Jhake poyung alaga ni Kuiya |Germs na dating alaga ng ibang talent manager.Sa kuwento ni Kuya Germs, binili niya’ng kontrata ni Jhake dahilmalaki ang paniwala niyang may future nga ang bata.

Hindi naman daw nasayang ang kanyang pagsalo kay Jhakedahil ayan, nakikita na yung kanyang pinagpuhunan sakanyang alaga.

Sa kasalukuyan, may sakit ang nanayni Jhake at itobale ang moving factor para magpunyagi si Jhake Vargas.

Nasa stage 4 na ang colon cancer ng mother ng bagetsactor ng Tween Academy: Class 2012 na si Jhake Vargas.

Kaya kapag walang taping si Jhake ay binibisita niya ang ina sa kanilang tahanan sa Olongapo City.Pagtatapat pa ni Jhake, inihanda na niya ang sarili sa mangyayari

sa kanyang ina. Pero naniniwala pa rin daw siya sa milagro.“Naniniwala ako sa milagro dahil dati ay binigyan na siya ng taning.

Ang sabi ng doctor noong 2009, four months na lang ang itatagal ni Inay,”kuwento ni Jhake sa aming panayam.

Siyam na magkakapatid sina Jake. Pang-pito siya. Nagpapasalamat si Jakesa GMA7 dahil sa pagbibigay sa kanya ng projects kaya nakatutulong siya sapagpapagamot sa ina.

Tatlo ang regular shows na si Jjake sa Kapuso Network.Bukod sa Tween Hearts at Walang Tulugan, kasama rin siya sa Pahiram ng Isang Ina with

Bea Binene, bagong afternoon drama series ng Siyete.

Sexy billboard ni Lovi Poe inaprubahan na ng MMDASIKAT NA sikat na si Lovi Poe In fact, isa siya sa latest ng Belo Medical Group kasabay niRuffa Gutierrez. Natatandaan pa ba ninyo, na-ban yung unang sexy billboard ni Lovi Poepara sa Belo pero ngayon, approved na ito at nasa lahat na ng dako ng Metro Manila.

“I’m very grateful to Dra. Vicki Belo for choosing me to be her latest endorser becauseBelo’s treatments are very effective for my skin,” sabi pa ng actress-singer.

After portraying the leading lady of top leading man Richard Gutierrez in GMA-7’sCaptain Barbell and the huge box-office triumph of Temptation Island, mapapanoodsi Lovi sa isang highly dramatic role sa My Neighbor’s Wife, at katambal niya forthe first time sina Dennis Trillo at Jake Cuenca.

After My Neighbor’s Wife, Lovi moves on to the set of Erik Matti’s The AswangChronicles where at dito, si Dingdong Dante sang katambal niya. Hindi rawkaya magselos naman sa kanya si Marian Rivera who’s known to be very,very selfish pagdating sa kadyowahan niyang si Dingdong? Ilang babae naba’ng inaway at hinaras ni Marian dahil sa matinding selos. Will Lovi be hernext victim?

Gagawin din niya ang remake ng Aswang ni Alma Moreno under Direk Jerrold Tarog with Jillian Ward, Marc Abaya and Paulo Avelino.

Her third album is also in the works, and her magazine covers forRogue and Meg magazines are now currently selling like hotcakes innews stands.

Lovi Poe

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Mothers should be recognized as they play an important role in thegrowth of their child

MOTHERS have alwaysbeen a great source ofstrength for the family.From sun up to sun down,her energy is amazing:helping kids with home-work and projects, clean-ing the house, doing thelaundry, preparing snacksand school baon, planningfor meals, even up to put-ting kids to sleep. Indeed,nothing compares to thetremendous outpour ofsupport that she gives.

This tireless act of car-ing for the family makesmothers extraordinary in-dividuals. As politician-ac-tress and BEAR BRANDbrand ambassador VilmaSantos- Recto would say,“90 percent ng pag-aalagananggagaling sa Nanay.”Suffice to say, a big partof child rearing has a lotto do with the way momsbring up their kids. Suchhuge role calls for some-

Support for everyone’ssource of strength

thing equally compelling;something that will sup-port her and give her anextra arm in caring for thefamily.

The LAKI SA GATASNutrition Education Advo-cacy supports moms bygiving them somethingthat they will nurture for-ever -- the gift of knowl-edge in nutrition, which willbe precious not only forthem, but also for their fam-ilies. The LAKI SA GATASNutrition Education Advo-cacy is a dedicated groupthat tours public schoolsall over the country to ed-ucate parents and school-children about proper nu-trition. Since its beginningsin 2006, it has success-fully reached over 1 millionmothers and 4,020schools nationwide,teaching them healthy andaffordable ways of nourish-ing their families. Making

the right food choices, pre-paring well-balancedmeals, and opting for morenutritious yet more afford-able dishes are thorough-ly explained in sessionsconducted by a certifiednutritionist, as well asthrough fun activities forkids.

The program empow-ers all mothers by helpingthem protect their kidsfrom one of the country’smost common health prob-lems: malnutrition. Ac-cording to the 7th Nation-al Nutrition Survey con-ducted by the Food andNutrition Research Insti-tute, 26 out of 100 pre-school children in the Phil-ippines are still malnour-ished. The LAKI SA GA-TAS Nutrition EducationAdvocacy helps addressthis problem by teachingmothers how to make theright food choices without

spending so much.“Sustainability is the

key when it comes to goodnutrition, since educationand awareness are toolsthat will always stay withthem,” said Jasmin Esta-cio, Consumer MarketingManager for BEARBRAND Powdered MilkDrink. “It is definitely anhonor to be part of a pro-gram catering to momswho will always be everyfamily’s source of strengthand joy.”

BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – ViceGov. Joseller “Yeng” Guiaohas announced that he is“90 percent sure” of run-ning against the veteranPampanga solon in the2013 first district congres-sional race.

In an interview, Guiaoadded that the “10 percentremaining is just unfore-seen circumstances andevents beyond my con-trol.”

The three-term vicegovernor is set to face two-term Rep. Carmelo “Tar-zan” Lazatin, who wasnever defeated in politicssince 1987.

Asked for his com-ments, Lazatin describedGuiao “as a worthy oppo-nent. He, however,stressed that “working forthe welfare of his constit-uents is his priority rightnow and not early politick-ing.”

Guiao said he felt thatthere is need for a “newand young blood” in thefirst district composed ofthis city, Magalang andMabalacat.

A native of Magalang,Guiao added that “I feel Ineed to serve my districtwhere I belong.”

Guiao expressed re-spect and admiration toLazatin, who breezed pasthis re-election bid againsttwo rivals last year.

He said “Lazatin ascongressman and formermayor doesn’t have toprove anything.”

“I am running becauseLazatin has done his markand he is a legend. But justlike a good old business,Lazatin must be changedbecause the return of in-vestments is gettingsmaller,” said Guiao, a pro-

Yeng vs. Tarzan in 2013fessional basketballcoach.

Lazatin, former three-term Angeles City mayor,said he is focused on cre-ating 444 public schoolclassrooms and “we arejust some 80 roomsshort.”

“I am working not toget recognitions andawards, including trying toget the praises of Guiao.Over the years, I simplywork as public servantwithout much talk and fan-fare,” said Lazatin, three-time Outstanding SolonAwardee of the CongressMagazine.

For his part, Guiao crit-icized the failure of Laza-tin to make the Pampan-ga Agricultural College(PAC) into state universi-ty over the years as con-gressman.

“The PAC as a univer-sity could have served sev-eral our people, especial-ly those from Magalang,”said Guiao. He said he willprioritize the making of thePAC in Magalang into auniversity if he becomes asolon.

Lazatin said “Guiaomay not know what’s heis talking about the PAC.”He said he had already re-filed his bill turning thePAC into a university at the15th Congress.

Guiao said AngelesCity should have beenmade a lone congression-al district, benefitting Ma-galang and Mabalacat interms of allocations fromthe Priority DevelopmentAssistance DevelopmentFund.

Lazatin said “I will workfor the separation of Ma-galang and Mabalacat ifthere is an acceptable andreliable congressman forthe two towns.”