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MABALACAT CITY -- Finding “extremely incredible” the justifi cation of the Pampanga

Electric Cooperative 2 (Pelco 2) that the meteoric rise in their bills last May was mainly due to usage, a group of consumers has asked reelected 1st District Rep. Carmelo “Jon” Lazatin II to initiate legislation granting the Angeles Electric Corp. (AEC) franchise in their area to dismantle the monopoly of Pelco 2.

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Pelco 2 consumers eye Angeles Electric Corp.

Cong Jon help sought

FREEDOM DAY. Dr. Irineo “Bong “ Alvaro, chairman of the Clark Investors and Locators Association and president of BBI International, serves as honorary grand marshall of the annual parade down Madison Avenue in New York City in celebration of of the 121st Philippine Independence Day. C!"#$%&'#() *+!#!

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK – Dr. Irineo “Bong” G. Alvaro, Jr. was at the frontline of the Philip-pine Independence Day Parade held recently along Madison Av-enue in the Manhattan borough between 38thto 27th St., June 2, Sunday.

Alvaro leads Phl ID parade in NYAlvaro led the 29th annual pa-

rade as the Honorary Grand Mar-shal. Since its inception in 1990, the fi rst Sunday of June is the usual slot given for the celebra-tion and has steadily garnered attention not only from the Filipi-no American community but also

from the New York metropolitan area.

The Philippine Independence Day Council, Inc, (PIDCI) is the umbrella organization that stag-es the annual event, said to be the largest outside of the Philip-

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO --- Governor Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda asked the Mines and Geosci-ences Bureau of the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (MGB-DENR) the other

Gov to MGB: Assess loosened rocks atop ArayatTO ENSURE SAFETY

day to continuously mon-itor and closely conduct ground assessment on the reported loosening of rocks on top of Mount Arayat that might be ‘ready to go down’ and may put thousands of

people in danger.This came as Gover-

nor Pineda wants to en-sure the safety and pro-tection of thousands of residents living in Baran-gay San Juan Baño in Arayat – a declared “no

habitation zone” and un-der “state of imminent danger”.

“I want the residents to be safe from any di-saster that is why I want MGB to conduct regular

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CLARK FREEPORT -- The Department of Finance (DOF) has named the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) as one of the top 10 government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCC) which have remitted dividends to the national treasury with its P815-million cash contribution.

The DOF list indicated that CDC was the only agency with local coverage in the list of top contrib-utors, as the others had national coverages.

The list included the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCor) which was the high-est contributor with P16.17 billion followed by Phil-ippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) with P4.58

CDC lone local fi rm in Top 10 GOCC

dividend contributors

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CLARK FREEPORT – The country’s third tele-communications compa-ny has expanded its foot-print in this freeport.

The offi cial launching was held at the Quest Hotel here on Friday where it announced its cutting-edge connectivi-ty and data solutions de-signed to help enterpris-es and companies thrive in today’s business envi-

Eastern Comms expands footprint in Clark

ronment. Eastern Communica-

tions’ Internet Direct Ser-vice (IDS) and Leased Line Data solutions aims to cater the growing mar-ket and the increasing demand for telecommu-nications services from manufacturing IT-BPO, and logistics sectors in this freeport and in the region.

Internet Direct Ser-vice is a premium and

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Port authorities here have confi scated some P600,000 worth of meat products that re-cently arrived from China, one of the countries aff ected by the dreaded African swine fe-ver (ASF).

Subic Bay Metropolitan Au-thority (SBMA) Chairman Wil-ma T. Eisma said the meat shipment was seized after au-thorities learned it was shipped from Guangzhou, China.

P.6-M meat from China seized in Subic port“It was immediately fl agged

by the quarantine offi cer from the Department of Agriculture, and then the Bureau of Cus-toms confi scated the ship-ment,” Eisma explained.

She said the confi scated meat will be immediately de-stroyed, as recommended by the Bureau of Quarantine Ser-vices, with the Bureau of Ani-mal Industry disposing of it at the expense of the consignee.

Eisma said the Port of Subic has been on the lookout for pork products after the gov-

ernment called for strict moni-toring in all ports to prevent the entry into the country of pork products contaminated with ASF.

According to Jerome Mar-tinez, manager of the SBMA Seaport Department, the Chi-nese meat products were shipped in a refrigerated van aboard MV Hansa Altenburg, a container ship that arrived in Subic on May 27.

The container van was de-clared to contain 2,385 pack-ages of “food items” that were

consigned to a trading corpo-ration based in Makati City.

Martinez said the meat shipment had a dutiable value of P591,817.90.

He added that the confi s-cated meat will be injected with chemicals and then bur-ied underground.

The World Organization for Animal health (OIE) has de-clared ASF to be a highly-con-tagious hemorrhagic viral dis-ease aff ecting domestic and wild pigs.

Experts say that while

ASF and classical swine fever (CSF) may have similar signs, the ASF virus is unrelated to the CSF virus.

The Food and Drug Admin-istration (FDA) last week or-dered the recall and seizure of imported pork meat products from countries suspected to be aff ected by the ASF virus.

These are China, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Rus-sia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zambia, South Africa, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Mongo-lia, Moldova, and Belgium.

HOUSE TALK. Gov. Lilia G. Pineda addresses concerns of Aeta folks from Porac on the planned model community for tribesmen displaced by the recent earthquake from their former homesites deemed as danger zones.

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SAN ANTONIO, Zambales -- Police arrested a suspected drug pusher selling a sachet of dried marijuana leaves during a drug operation at Purok 2, Barangay Pundaquit here.

Police Captain Jonathan Bardaje, head of San Anto-nio Municipal Police Station, identifi ed the suspect as Jedie Tuscano y Genoves, 24, of Purok 1 Barangay Pundaquit. He was nabbed in the act of selling the illegal substance worth P300 to a poseur-buyer.

Recovered from Tuscano were two transparent plas-tic sachets of dried marijuana leaves and the marked money.

The suspect now faces charges for violation of Section 5 and 11 in Article II of RA 9165 before the Provincial Prosecu-tors Offi ce in Iba, Zambales.

–Johnny Reblando

‘Pusher’ arrested for marijuana

MARIVELES, Bataan -- Two suspect-ed drug traders fell in the hands of the police and 40 sachets of shabu were sized in a buy-bust operation here Fri-day morning.

Police Master Sergeant Lloyd Ope-na, Mariveles police investigator, iden-

2 nabbed, 40 shabu sachets seizedtifi ed the suspects as Aaron Ninon, 40, and Erwin Leynes, 44, both of Baran-gay San isidro, Mariveles.

Ninon is an electrical lineman while Leynes, a mason-carpenter.

“Nakapangalan sa operation si Aar-on Ninon lang pero pagdating sa buy-

bust operation may kasama palang ka-kutsaba. Si Aaron lang ang nasa drug watchlist,”Opena said.

He said that the two were nabbed after selling a sachet of shabu to a po-seur-buyer in exchange for P1,000. Another 39 sachets were confi scated

upon search.Mariveles police chief Lt. Col. Criz-

aldy Onde said the two face charges for violation of Sections 5, 11 and 26 of Article 2 of Republic Act 9165 or the comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.

– Ernie B. Esconde

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JAEN, Nueva Ecija -- Rescue and retrieval teams, with the support of local fi sh-ermen, fi shed out the body of a 19-year-old farm help who fell on a deep quarry site in Pampanga River in Baran-gay Sto. Tomas South here Wednesday.

Marzan Mateo, head of the municipal disaster risk reduction management of-fi ce, said it took them over 24 hours before the body of Elden Villacura, a native of Lanao del Norte who lives with relatives in Barangay Sto. Tomas North this town, was fi nally recovered about a kilometer downstream of the site where he reported-ly fell.

Investigation showed the victim and his companion

Teen drowns in quarry area

were washing empty sacks at the shallow portion of the river at around 8 a.m. Tues-day when he lost grip of a sack.

“Sinubukan po niyang kuhanin yung sako pero masyado po palang malalim yung napuntahan na katabi lang kanilang pinaglalabhan ng sako,” Mateo said.

As a result, Villacura lost his balance and drown, re-ports said.

Mateo would not confi rm if the suddent depth of the river was caused by the quar-ry operation but stressed the bare eye revealed the condi-tion of the place.

“Nakita niyo naman na po,” he told the media when asked.

Police are still conducting follow investigation on the in-cident.

CABANATUAN CITY - Two suspected pushers of shabu from this city were killed in separate anti-drugs opera-tions in less than 24 hours in two Nueva Ecija towns, po-lice reported Sunday.

Col. Leon Victor Ros-ete, chief of the Nueva Eci-ja police provincial offi ce, identifi ed the suspects as Benjamin dela Merced, 51,

2 killed in drug stingresident of Aduas Sur, and Noelito Balmeyo of Purok 2, Barangay Imelda, Cabanatu-an City.

Rosete said Dela Merced was killed in a buy-bust oper-ation launched by the police’s drug enforcement in Baran-gay Canaan West, Rizal town at around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, while Balmeyo was killed in Barangay Baterya, Gabaldon

at about 2 a.m. Sunday.Police said undercover

cops were able to buy sha-bu from the suspects but the latter supposedly opened fi re against operatives upon sensing they were dealing with policemen.

Both suspects yielded .38 revolvers and several sa-chets of shabu.

– Armand M. Galang

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SAMAL, Bataan: The fi rst day of classes on Monday started smoothly in all public elemen-tary and secondary schools in Bataan.

The school principal in the

Smooth run for fi rst day of classes

Samal South Central School in barangay Sta. Lucia gave reminders to children and parents before and after the fl ag-raising ceremony.

The children from kin-dergarten to Grade 6 were all in uniforms and matching

shoes.School children and teach-

ers joined the fi rst fl ag-raising ceremony and “Panunumpa” for school year 2019 – 2020.

Parents as usual, espe-cially for the fi rst-timers, wait-ed patiently.

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Opinion

Green, not grey, economy

THE THEME for this year’s World Environment Day is air pollution. All around the world — from megacities to small villages — people are breathing dirty air. An estimated 9 out of 10 people worldwide are exposed to air pollutants that exceed World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines. This is lowering life expectancy and damaging economies across the planet.

To improve air quality, we must know our enemy. Deaths and illnesses from air pollution are caused by tiny particles that penetrate our defences every time we fi ll our lungs. These particles come from many sources: the burning of fossil fuels for power and transport; the chemicals and mining industries; the open burning of waste; the burning of forests and fi elds; and the use of dirty indoor cooking and heating fuels, which are major problems in the developing world.

This polluted air kills some 7 million people each year, causes long-term health problems, such as asthma, and reduces children’s cognitive development. According to the World Bank, air pollution costs societies more than $5 trillion every year.

Many air pollutants also cause global warming. Black carbon is one such example. Produced by diesel engines, burning trash and dirty cookstoves, it is extremely harmful when inhaled. Reducing emissions of such pollutants will not only improve public health, it could alleviate global warming by up to 0.5°C over the next few decades.

Tackling air pollution therefore presents a double opportunity, as there are many successful initiatives that both clear the air and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, such as phasing out coal-fi red power plants and promoting less polluting industry, transport and domestic fuels. With investments in renewable energy sources outstripping those in fossil fuels every year, the rise of clean energy is helping globally. Cleaner transport is also growing around the world.

It is in such initiatives, designed to improve air quality and fi ght climate change, that hope lies. I urge everyone attending the Climate Action Summit that I am convening in September to draw motivation from such examples. There is no reason why the international community cannot act. Precedent exists in the Montreal Protocol. Scientists identifi ed a grave threat to public and planetary health, and governments and businesses acted to successfully protect the ozone layer.

Today, we face an equally urgent crisis. It is time to act decisively. My message to governments is clear: tax pollution; end fossil fuel subsidies; and stop building new coal plants. We need a green economy, not a grey economy.

On World Environment Day, I ask each of us to act so we can breathe more easily. From pressuring politicians and businesses to changing our own habits, we can reduce pollution and beat climate change.

(UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Environment Day, 5 June 2019)

Schooling parents“OF THE 464,771 4Ps children-benefi ciaries being monitored by DSWD in the region, 62,798 are not attending school.”

Shocking, to say the least, is the revelation of Department of Social Welfare and Development 4Ps regional program coordinator Tomasa Lirio, as reported here last week by Ding Cervantes.

For one, attendance in school is a pre-requisite for indigent families to continue receiving cash in varying amounts monthly under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

The greater shock is in the number of these out-of-school kids, presumably in the elementary and junior high age brackets, out there in the open. Maybe eking out what passes for some income-generating activity to help out their parents, open to all sorts of predations.

So, the DSWD is studying whether to disqualify them, unless the parents vow to let their children pursue schooling in the new school year, Lirio said. “We also conduct regular assessment to identify availability of supply side which are contributory to the compliance of these children. Gaps are then lobbied to the local, provincial and regional committees.”

The DSWD launched the Bata Balik-Eskwela Campaign in time for the opening of classes “to initiate collective eff orts in encouraging school-aged children to attend school.”

No mere encouragement, make it an imperative for parents – under pain of penalties, suspending 4Ps dole-out just the least – to keep their children in school. Indeed, there have been some proposed legislation on the matter. Like this one discussed in a Zona pieces dated May 16, 2008 titled Irresponsible parenthood:

“ALL SCHOOL-AGED children in basic education must be in school.”

Thus declared Education Secretary Jesli Lapus in support of a bill fi led in the House by Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez that sanctions jail terms and/or fi nes to parents who fail to send their children to school or to provide them with an education.

Poverty, Rodriguez pointed out in his explanatory notes, should never be a hindrance to education since parents can enroll their children in public schools which provide free education.

Lapus even went further to say that poverty should even be a motivating factor for parents to send their children to school.

“Education is life’s great equalizer. It is also the number one anti-poverty measure we can have,” the education secretary was quoted as saying.

As “knowledge is power,” so “education is the greatest gift parents can give their children.” It is a life-long treasure that cannot be stolen, that will not perish.

In the rural communities, cursed is the home that did not have a wall – even if only of the lowly sawali – serving as shrine to education where displayed the diplomas, medals and citations of the children.

Premium is indeed put on education as sure-way to get out of poverty. The sagas of Diosdado Macapagal and Oscar Rodriguez are testaments to that.

Parenthood is measured not simply in the number of children sired, but in those reared and educated to be useful citizens.

Failing there thus is the pits of parental irresponsibility. So well discoursed by the philosopher John Stuart Mill in his essay On Liberty: “To bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction or training for its mind, is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate off spring and against society.”

A moral crime indeed! Your children did not ask you to be brought out into this world. You did it – with pleasure, to boot!

Now you rear them until such time they can go on their own. That is your obligation not only to your God but to society as well.

But where stands the traditional bastion of morality here?

No to all forms of artifi cial contraception. Yes to tuition hikes in its exclusive institutions. And the population-education-poverty problem gets on a full cycle, nay, on a spiral: the poor getting more babies, the population mired in ignorance with quality education beyond, poverty a-breeding.

There has to be a stop somewhere. And penalizing parents for abandoning their moral responsibility makes one good start.

Most proper and just then for the state to act.

Thus, per Rodriguez’s bill, failure to send children to school will mean imprisonment of six years or a penalty of not more than P100,000.

Abandonment of children translates to six months to two years and a penalty of P100,000.

All sectors of society are bound to support Rodriguez’s bill. To save the children. To save society itself.

WONDER WHATEVER happened to that bill.

ON JUNE 3, 1863, at thir-ty-one minutes past seven in the evening, after a day of tre-mendous heat while all Ma-nila was busy in its prepara-tions for the festival of Corpus Christi, the ground suddenly rocked to and fro with great vi-olence.

The fi rmest buildings reeled visibly, walls crumbled, and beams snapped in two.

The dreadful shock lasted half a minute; but this little in-terval was enough to change the whole town into a mass of ruins, and to bury alive hun-dreds of its inhabitants.

Dr. Pedro Pablo Pelaez, in temporary charge of the dio-cese and dying in the cathe-dral, was the foremost Filipino

victim. Pelaez and several oth-ers were celebrating the rites of Corpus Christi at the Cathe-dral when the earthquake de-stroyed the roof of the edifi ce and buried them under the de-bris which took days to clear. Pelaez’ corps was found later beside a friend under the de-bris of the Cathedral.

A letter of the governor-gen-eral, states that the cathedral, the government-house, the barracks, and all the public buildings of Manila were en-tirely destroyed, and that the few private houses which re-mained standing threatened to fall in.

The meizoseismic area comprised the Provinces of Manila, Bulacan, Morong

(Rizal), Laguna, and eastern Cavite. Fissures in the ground were reported from Bulacan. In Manila the greatest damage to private houses occurred along and near the river. The axis of the meizoseismic area followed the direction of the eastern cordillera.

Later accounts speak of four hundred killed and two thousand injured, and esti-mate the loss at eight millions of dollars. Forty six public and fi ve hundred and seventy pri-vate buildings were thrown down; twenty-eight public and fi ve hundred twenty-eight pri-vate buildings were nearly de-stroyed, and all the houses left standing were more or less in-jured.

A strong earthquakerocks Manila

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Of mystic John Paul II’s warnings

THE LATE Pope John Paul II, now a saint, was a mystic. In his earthly lifetime, he was given the charism of prophecy and, thus, it is worth reexamining his prophetic words, because they have become more timely as ever.

Again, I ask the reader to take advantage of YouTube and search for such titles as “end times,” or “signs of the end,” and these sites will also lead to other titles comprising of actual footages of strange phenomena that somehow pushes viewers to think more seriously of, well, the biblical Apocalypse.

Indeed, John Paul II once warned: “We are now facing the fi nal confrontation between Church and anti-church, between the Gospel and the anti-Gospel, between Christ and the Antichrist. This confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is therefore in God’s plan, and it must be a trial, which the Church must take up and face courageously.”

Another time, John Paul II said : “Precisely at the end of the second millennium, there accumulates on the horizon of all mankind enormously threatening clouds, and darkness falls upon human souls.”

In view of this, he issued a call: “Every Christian must be keenly aware of the dangers to which man is subject to; in this world, in his temporal future, and in his fi nal eternal, eschatological future. The awareness of these dangers does not generate pessimism, but rather encourages the-struggle for victory of good in every realm.”

At World Youth Day in 1993, he issued this appeal: “Do not be afraid to go out on the streets and into public places, like the fi rst apostles who preached Christ and the good news of salvation in the squares of cities, towns, and villages. This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel…. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.”

End time mystics, including Marian visionaries, say unresponsive mankind are headed towards an unprecedented chastisement, “worse than the fl ood (in the time of Noah). At the same time, the evil of our times- when assorted evils are not regarded as normal, even heroic- could lead many unrepentant to hell.

So, let me take a sudden swerve here and quote visionaries from Medjugorje who were either physically taken to, or just given a vision

of hell which, they stress, is an actual place beyond the realm of limited corporeality.

Visionary Vicka was literally taken to Hell in the company of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She later recalled: “We saw many people in Hell. Many are there already, and many more will go there when they die… The Blessed Mother says that those people who are in Hell, are there because they chose to go there. They want to go to Hell…. In the center of this place is a great fi re, like an ocean of raging fl ames. We could see people before they went into the fi re, and then we could see them coming out of the fi re. Before they go into the fi re, they look like normal people. The more they are against God’s will, the deeper they enter into the fi re, and the deeper they go, the more they rage against Him. When they come out of the fi re, they don’t have human shape anymore; they are more like grotesque animals, but unlike anything on earth. It’s as if they were never human beings before… They were horrible. Ugly. Angry. And each was diff erent; no two looked alike… When they came out they were raging, smashing everything around, hissing, gnashing, and screeching.”

On the other hand, Marija, also of Medjugorje, merely saw hell. She related: “Yes, it’s a large space with a big sea of fi re in the middle. There are many people there. I particularly noticed a beautiful young girl. But when she came near the fi re, she was no longer beautiful. She came out of the fi re like an animal; she was no longer human… At the moment of death, God gives everyone the grace to see his whole life, to see what he has done, to recognize the results of his choices on earth… The one who lives in sin on earth can see what he has done and recognize himself as he really is. When he sees himself and his life, the only possible place for him is Hell. He chooses Hell because that is what he is. That is where he fi ts. It is his wish. God does not make the choice. God condemns no one. We condemn ourselves. Every individual has free choice. God gave us freedom.”

Tunay nga kayang may gayumaang pulitika?

ANO kayang klaseng gayuma mayroonang pulitika at nagagawa nitongpati magkapatid pag-agawan itongiisa’t parehong target na posisyon?

At iba pang ‘seat of power’ sa gobyerno,na kung minsan ay magkamag-anak mismoang magkatunggali sa iisang puesto,kaya away magkapamilya ang dulo.

Gayon din naman sa mga magkasangga,magkaibigan at dating magkasama,iyan nang dahil lang din sa pulitika,nasira ang magandang samahan nila.

Kasi personal na interes ng bawatisa sa kanila itong humikayatupang tumakbo at di maglaban dapatpara sa iisang puesto nilang hangad.

Na hayan ang iba parehong natalokaya nga’t sisihang umaatikabo itong sa labi n’yan nasabi siguronang mahimasmasan na sila pareho.

Ang kagandahan lang sa nakalipas nahalalan, kung saan itong nilumot nasa larangan ng maruming pulitika,na kagaya r’yan ng mga Estrada;

At iba pang sila-sila na lang itongsa panunungkulan ay nagri-rigodon,sa wakas, bayan na ang siyang humatolupang bumitiw sa hawak na posisyon. Kasama na riyan itong walang butingnagawa habang sila’y nasa tungkulinkundi ang magnakaw at kanilang gawing palabigasan ang kabang-bayan natin;

Na aywan, kung bakit ay nagagawa pa ang makabalik sa tungkulin ang iba,gayon sa totoo lang ay marami naitong sa ‘politics’ dapat itsepwera.

At siyang lumalamon at palaging bundatsa kwartang para sa sambayanan dapat,kung saan habang ‘yan ay nagpapasaraptaongbayan itong ang mata ay dilat

Sa matinding gutom at wala ni kuboitong iba nating kapwa Filipino, na iskwater sa sariling bansa mismo,na pag-aari na ng dayuhan dito.

Ng kagaya r’yan ng mga mayayamangIntsik na tulad ni Herbert Sy, Lucio Tan,Gokongwei, Tan Caktiong, Tony Tan, Ramon Angat iba pang aywan kung anong nasyonal.

Kaya malaki ang ating pasalamatsa puntong ang dayuhan sa Pilipinasay hindi kailaman puedeng makahawakng anumang puesto – dahil baka lahat

Na ng Filipino bukas, makalawaay alipin na n’yan, na hayan at kita ang paunti-unting pagdaong sa islana tayo ang siyang may-ari talaga.

Pero hayan itong ating inihalalna inaasahang sa atin gagabay,kampante lamang sa kanilang upuanhabang tayo’y unti-unting sinasakal.

Panahon na para tayo makawalasa maruming pulitika sa’ting bansa,kaya bago pa ang problema lumalamagsikilos na ang manipis ang mukha!

FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES. (L-R) San Miguel Elementary School principal Mellanie Castaneda, municipal environment and natural resources offi cer Melchor Tayag, barangay chair Gemma Punsalan, Real Steel Corp. pollution control offi cer Cyril Angelika Hilario and kagawad Jonald Yambao lead Minday’s ceremonial distribution of 600 school bags and plastic tumblers to students of this school. The project is part of the fi rm’s corporate social responsibility to provide 4,000 bags and tumblers to pupils in seven elementary schools in partnership with San Simon Mayor-elect Jun ‘JP’ Punsalan. C!"#$%&'#() P+!#!

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“We beg Mr. Laza-tin to please consider passing legislation that would give us consum-ers needed relief from Pelco 2 monopocy,” said the informal consumers’ group Pelco2-Nay in a statement.

Pelco 2 consum-ers burned their Face-book accounts with fi ery complaints against their electricity bills last May, with many saying their charges shot up from two to even tens of thou-sand times over their usual monthly bills.

In a statement also posted on Facebook, Pelco 2 instead blamed the consumers them-selves for using cooling devices more than usual arising from hot summer weather. It also blamed the Wholesale Electrici-ty Spot Market (WESM) which was launched by the Department of En-ergy way back in 2006, ironically as a means to bring down the cost of electricity.

Pelco2-Nay said Pelco 2’s explanations “bordered on bad fairy

Pelco 2 consumers eye Angeles Electric Corp.tale,” especially in cases where bills jumped from P3,000 to about P84,000 or, at least in one case, to P860,000. Another is the case of an empty house-hold for which a neighbor used to pay power meter maintenance fee of only P20 monthly, but was charged P4,000 in May.

“These instances, coupled with thousands fi nding the rise in their bills incredible, should at least have driven Pelco 2 management to inves-tigate. But the manage-ment just stood pat on its incredible position,” Pel-co2-Nay said.

The group said that while power usage usu-ally increases during summer, “the bills last May seemed to have implied that consumers multiplied twice, thrice or even a hundredfold the number of their house-hold appliances and used them simultane-ously last May.”

Arrogance“It was a case of mo-

nopoly arrogance and insensitivity. We have heard of some families going into debt so as to

pay their bills despite their objections to their huge bills just so as to avoid their electricity be-ing cut off after payment deadline,” it said.

Pelco2-Nay said its members will meet with Lazatin to urge him to fi le a bill dismantling Pelco 2 monopoly in their areas and allow AEC as option for consumers.

“This would not be the fi rst time that people of Mabalacat, especially Barangay Dau which is very commercial, to con-sider AEC for their power supply,” the group said, noting that a few years ago, a similar propos-al was considered but failed to prosper.

Pelco 2 also distrib-utes power to the towns of Porac, Santa Rita, Ba-color, Lubao, Guagua, and Sasmuan. Mabala-cat, however, is nearest Angeles City which is covered by AEC.

The circulation of electricity to end-users is a controlled common carrier business requir-ing a national franchise. The power to grant na-tional franchises is exclu-sively vested to the Con-

gress of the Philippines. Distribution of electric power to all end-users or consumers of electricity may be handled by pri-vate distribution utilities, cooperatives, local gov-ernment units presently undertaking this function and other duly autho-rized entities, under the regulation of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

MeralcoIn 2014, the Manila

Electric Co., the big-gest electricity retailer, acquired a 60-percent stake in Pelco 2 “to help improve power distribu-tion in Pampanga prov-ince.”

Meralco signed a shareholders’ agreement with Comstech Integra-tion Alliance Inc. formal-izing the utility’s invest-ment. Meralco said in a disclosure to the Philip-pine Stock Exchange it agreed to subscribe to new shares to be issued by Comstech amounting to P300 million, divided into three million shares with a par value of P100 apiece. The shares rep-

resent 60 percent of the authorized capital stock of Comstech. Coms-tech signed a contract to manage and operate Pelco 2 in February last year.

Also, in that year, Pelco 2 consumers com-plained of rise in their electric bills.

Records of the Na-tional Electrifi cation Ad-ministration (NEA) show that the power distribu-tion sector is composed of 119 electric coopera-tives, 16 privately owned utilities and six local government-owned util-ities as of 2009. These distribution utilities may

acquire electricity from generation companies or the WESM, when certi-fi ed as the distribution of electricity requires a na-tional franchise, for dis-tribution to residential, commercial, industrial and other users.

NEA, the government agency in charge of im-plementing programs to reinforce the technical capability and fi nancial viability of rural electric cooperatives, may act as guarantor for purchas-es of electricity in the WESM by any electric cooperative or small dis-tribution utility to support their credit standing.

dedicated internet ser-vice with a 1:1 conten-tion ratio. It runs through Eastern Communica-tions’ fully redundant fi -ber optic network, capa-ble of providing gigabit per second connection between the Philippines and peering partners in the Asia Pacifi c Region, as well as the US and Europe. IDS has high-speed, high quality and redundant links that are ideal for companies with round-the-clock, mission critical transactions.

In a statement, East-ern Communications promises to deliver ro-bust and resilient con-nectivity solutions in Clark, Pampanga in a manner that is both high tech and high touch.

“We partner with businesses to take them from where they are now to where they want to go with our products and services, and we seek to get intimate with their business needs so we

Eastern Comms expands footprint in ClarkF��� ���! 1 can help fi ll in the gaps

with our brand of per-sonalized service,” said Eastern Communica-tions Marketing Commu-nications Head Jedrek Estanislao.

He said businesses in Clark and Pampan-ga can now experience more of Eastern Com-munications’ strong con-nection as it expands its robust and resilient ser-vices to one of the coun-try’s emerging business hubs.

For his part, Eastern Communications Re-gional Sales Head An-thony Co said: “Eastern Communications takes this opportunity to help companies continue their growth and we’re looking forward to bringing them our other services in the future.”

Companies with over-seas branches and offi c-es such as banking and fi nance, ICT and busi-ness process outsourc-ing companies can con-trol and transfer confi -dential information ei-

ther point-to-point or multipoint without risk-ing its security. Ether-net International Private Line (EIPL) and Glob-al Multi-Protocol Label

Switching (MPLS) are among Eastern Commu-nications variety of data networking solutions for enterprises that provide high speed, point-to-

point, and point to multi-point service that trans-mits simultaneous two-way traffi c between cus-tomer locations in the Philippines and across

the world, he added.The offi cial launch-

ing at Quest Hotel was dubbed, “Via Eastern: Where Your Business Takes Flight.”

TAKING FLIGHT. Edsel Paglinawan, head product and innovation, makes presentation of Eastern Communications products and services during the company launch at the Quest Hotel in the Clark Freepot. P+!#! &, B!"- L/01!"

pines.The theme was

dubbed “OUR HISTORY: REMEMBERING THE PAST, CELEBRATING THE PRESENT, SHAP-ING THE FUTURE”.

“In light of the recent-ly concluded Philippine midterm elections, which is highly intense and di-visive, may this momen-tous and historic occa-sion serves as a unify-ing factor for us Filipinos across the globe. Let us all be reminded, we are here to honor our heroes and remember our past, enjoy what we have to-

Alvaro leads Phl ID parade in NYF��� ���! 1 day and celebrate the

present day freedom, but make sure that the future is well taken care of and in full shape for those who will come after us” Alvaro shared.

Among those who joined Alvaro and fl ew in from the Philippines, included young entre-preneur Jeff del Mundo, the indefatigable Ange-les City (Barangay Sala-pungan) Village Chief Rey Malig, and (Alvaro’s eldest son) Karlo Nico-las Alvaro from the high-ly regarded Angeles City Kuliat Jaycees (JCI).

Culturally designed fl oats, fresh plants orna-

mented MIREJ Resort Hotel fl oat and colorful themes were among the parade highlights. Par-ticipants included the Philippine WWII veter-ans, the Bacolod Maska-ra, Tangub dancers, Di-nagyang group and the Sinulog of Cebu

Street fair and cultur-al shows took place on Madison Square Park with food booths and souvenir freebies were the MIREJ Resort Hotel took part and gave out shirts to attendees. In-vited local Filipino artists (Kim Chiu, Sam Milby and Bella Padilla) joined the parade and musi-

cians (VST & Union) pro-vided the much-awaited entertainment for the Fil-Am community.

Philippine Indepen-dence Ball on June 8 (Saturday) will be the culminating festivity of the annual commemora-tion.

Thousands of spec-tators and Filipinos from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Con-necticut, Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania con-verged and greatly en-joyed the 121stIndepen-dence Day celebration as the fi rst republic in Asia. –Press release

billion and Bangko Sen-tral ng Pilipinas (BSP) with P4 billion.

In a statement, the CDC noted it “even sur-passed the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Of-fi ce (PCSO) with P744 million, PNOC Explo-ration Corp. with P699 million cash dividends, and Philippine Econom-ic Zone Authority (PEZA) with P650 million cash remittance.”

Other agencies who were included are the Philippine Ports Author-ity with P3.51 billion re-mittances, Manila Inter-national Airport Authori-ty with P3.42 billion, and National Power Corp. (Napocor) with P842 mil-

CDC lone local fi rm...F��� ���! 1 lion.

The CDC has de-clared P2.016 billion cash remittances to the national treasury in the past three years, includ-ing P500 million in 2016 and P700 million in 2017, and P815 million in 2018.

“These remittanc-es represent half or 50 percent of the total re-mittances by the state-owned fi rm to the Na-tional Treasury in its 25-year existence,” the CDC said.

Under Republic Act No. 7656 also known as the Dividend Law, GO-CCs are required to de-clare and remit at least 50 percent of their annu-al net earnings to the na-tional government.

–Ding Cervantes

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ABELARDO R. LOPEZ who

died intestate on April 4, 2001 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 6, Block 3 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-51901, being a portion of Lot 2-A described on plan (LRC) Psd-51078, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 132) with improvements existing thereon, situated in the Bo. of Dau, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 121096-R, before Notary Public Willie B. Rivera as per Doc No. 780, Page No. 77, Book No. XCVIII, Series of 2018.

Punto! Central Luzon: June 3, 10 & 17, 2019

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SpotlightArci Pineda

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESOFFICE OF THE NOTARY PUBLIC

FOR AND IN THE CITIES OF ANGELES AND MABALACATMUNICIPALITIES OF PORAC AND MAGALANG

ALL IN PAMPANGANFC # 2019-2005

NOTICE OF NOTARIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

Pursuant to the terms and condition of the Real estate Mortgage executed on September 3, 2009 by the Mortgagor, ALFREDO G. BUNYE IV with residence addresses at Apt. No. 1, Tuazon Apartments, Bertha corner Melba Streets, Mt. View Subd., Balibago, Angeles City, and Blk. 17, Lot 15, Washingtos Street, Timog Park Homes, Brgy. Pampang, Angeles City, in order to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php550,000.00), Philippine Currency, including principal, interest and penalty charges but not including attorney’s fees and all the legal fees and expenses of the foreclosure secured by this mortgage in favor of DIVINA Q. REYES, having been authorized by the mortgagor, hereby announces that on June 25, 2019 at 10:00 A.M., the undersigned gives notice that she will cause the sale at public auction to the highest bidder at the Magalang Municipal Hall, Magalang, Pampanga, the following parcel of land with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 181454A parcel of land (Lot C-2 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-154876

being a portion of Lot C, Psd-03-035411-057122 (AR) L.R.C. Rec. No.), situated in the Barrio of Sta. Cruz, Mun. of Magalang, Prov. of Pampanga. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by road Lot D, Psd-035411-057122 (AR) (6.00 m. wide); on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot C-3 of the subd. plan; on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 496-A-5, Psd-03-000662 (OLT); and on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot C-1 of the subd. plan x x x x containing an area of TWO THOUSAND (2,000) SQUARE METERS, more or less x x x x.”

This Notice of Sale will be posted in three (3) public places of Magalang, Pampanga not less than Twenty (20) days before the date of sale, and will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Magalang, Angeles City and Pampanga, once a week for at least twenty (20) days before the date of sale.

Prospective buyers amy investigate for themselves the above-described property and encumbrances thereon, if there be any.

Angeles City, 14 May 2019.

Atty. Joan Marie Uy-Quiambao Notary Public Angeles City Until December 31, 2020

PTR No. 1286629/01-03-2019Roll of Attorney’s No. 59388IBP Membership No. 052452/10-18-2018Commission Serial No. 2018-737MCLE Compliance No. VI-0009958

At my instance:

DIVINA Q. REYESMortgagee

Copy furnished by registered mail:

ALFREDO G. BUNYE IVApt. No. 1, Tuazon Apartments, Bertha corner Melba Streets,Mt. View Subd., Balibago, Angeles City, andBlk. 17, Lot 15, Washingtos Street, Timog Park Homes,Brgy. Pampang, Angeles City

EXPLANATION

Due to the distance of the location of the addresses herein, it is quite impractical to serve this pleading by personal delivery. In view thereof, This Notice of Notarial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage has been sent to the adverse party/mortgagor by registered mail.

Atty. JOAN MARIE UY-QUIAMBAO

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 20, 27 & June 3, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 54MACABEBE, PAMPANGA

IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF RAEZEL B. BACANI,

SPECIAL PROC. NO. 19-0937(M)

RUIZA BALINGIT CORONEL,Petitioners.

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

This is a verifi ed Petition dated 01 February 2019 fi led by petitioner through Attys. Aramis C. Benoza, Jerome Michael Y. Mercado and Francisco L. Macalino III, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be rendered granting this petition and declaring the minor child, Raezel B. Bacani, for all legal intents and purposes, the child of the petitioner.

Finding the said petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, let this petition be set for hearing on 13 September 2019 at 1:00 in the afternoon before this Court located at the Hall of Justice, Macabebe, Pampanga.

All persons interested in the petition may appear at the aforesaid date of hearing and show cause, if any, why this petition should not be granted. Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

In the meantime, the Municipal Social Worker and Development Offi cer of Macabebe, Pampanga is directed to prepare the Home and Child Study Report and conduct counseling session/s with the biological parents on the matter of adoption of the adoptee and to submit her report before the aforesaid date of hearing pursuant to A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC (Rule On Adoption).

Furnish (a) the Offi ce of the Solicitor General (OSG), (b) the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Local Civil Registrar of San Fernando, Pampanga (LCR) and (d) Municipal Social Worker and Development Offi cer, Macabebe, Pampanga with a copy of the petition and this Order.

SO ORDERED.Macabebe, Pampanga, 10 April 2019.

MAXIMO B. ANCHETA, JR. Acting Presiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: May 27, June 3 & 10 , 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RONILO S. GUINTU who died

intestate on September 17, 2018 in Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver and Donation on his estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 307460-2Lot 1968 of the Cad. Survey of Guagua, 6ad., 376-D, along

plan Ap-03-002778, as corrected LRC Case No. N-113, LRC Rec. No. N-55980, situated in the Municipality of Guagua, Province of Pampanga;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 225229-RLot No. 855 of the Cad. Survey of Bacolor, situated in the

Municipality of Bacolor, Province of Pampanga;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 225228-RLot 854 of the Cad. Survey of Bacolor, situated in the Municipality

of Bacolor, Province of Pampanga; and

HAUSLAND PROPERTYPh. 1, Blk. 58, Lots 9 & 10, Timog Residences, situated in Brgy.

Cuayan, Angeles City,

before Rainier J. Casis, Vice Consul in the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., as per O.R. No. 76457, Service No. 3981-3982, Doc No. 8095-8096, Page No. 73, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 27, June 3 & 10, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesCITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OFFICE

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

Publication NoticeR.A. 10172

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

Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that LEONILA DENTE ORTEGO 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 her daughter, ALTHEA ORTEGO.

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: May 27 & June 3, 201 9

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

Publication NoticeR.A. 10172

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

Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on. R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that NANNETTE GALVEZ MALIT has fi led with this Offi ce, a petition for correction of Clerical Error of the Child’s Date of Birth from “JUNE 17, 1984” TO “JUNE 18, 1984” in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of NANNETTE GALVEZ MALIT at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are Pablo G. Galvez and Florita M. Galang.

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 Perla S. Halili Assistant City Civil Registrar

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 27 & June 3, 2019

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that JOSE BENEDICT R. CRUZ, of legal age,

resident of 11 Paseo de Eduardo St., Villa Angela Subd., Angeles City and sole heir of MA. CECILIA C. BAUTISTA who died intestate on April 24, 2013 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication on her motor vehicle, more particularly described as follows:

Make : Toyota InnovaPlate No. : NQM 663Engine No. : 2KD6504886Chassis No. : Kun405036727

before Notary Public Archie Paul C. Muyrong as per Doc No. 519, Page No. 105, Book No. V, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: June 3 & 10, 2019

Maine Mendoza and Arjo Atayde spotted in Singapore

MORE THAN a week after Arjo Atayde introduced Maine Mendoza to his parents, the two lovebirds squeeze in a fun weekend getaway at Universal Studios Singapore.

The lovey dovey couple were caught on photos seated on a stairs. Maine was browsing her phone while Arjo watches her.

According to a netizen, Maine and Arjo gladly took their photos with 4 groups of pinoy who were also at the Universal Studios.

On their fl ight back home, some pinoys also saw them on the dawn of June 3.The couple might have been back for their shows - |Maine as a regular

host of Eat bulaga while Arjo also does his regular taping for ABS-CBN’s “the General’s Daughter”.

Only solo photos were posted on Maine and arjo’s Instagram accounts.However, it seems that they are noe both comfortable taking their

pictures with other people as compared when they were seen on a theme park in Pasay in March.

At that time, both were even wearing mask to hide their faces.As of press time, Maine and Arjo’s relationship is going deeper.Do we hear wedding bells soon?

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MISS WORLD 2013 Megan Young admits constant battle with stage fright:

“Yes! Nanginginig pa rin ako. Meron pa rin, as in pinapawisan ang kamay ko, yung anit ko pinapawisan. But I found my own ways on how to deal with stage fright.”

“How? Dealing with it, just dealing with it.“Defi nitely the fi rst couple of minutes na nasa stage ako,

sobrang naginginig pa ako and I have to like, ‘Haaah! Haaah!’

“So parang I shout it off lang, shout out the nerves and eventually I get into the groove, and okay na ako,”

Is there a chance that her younger sister Lauren Young marries her boyfriend fi rst then her with her long time live-in partner Mikael Daez

“Baka hindi, baka hindi, Masyado pang bata si Lauren.”

Lauren has a non-showbiz boyfriend.What’s the secret of their eight-year relationship?“Communication. We’re very open with each other.“We don’t hide anything from each other and kahit

na parang feeling ko, ‘Naku mukhang magagalit si Mikael,’ sinasabi ko pa rin sa kanya.

“‘Tapos, ganun din siya sa akin. Kasi the more you hide it, the more na lalalim yung sugat ng away ninyo at lalong mas magiging big deal siya. So might as well address the problem and fi x it right away.”

Jealousy was never an issue to them.Because of their openness, they even share their own

crushes.“We have crushes and we share it with each other! It’s not a

problem.”Who’s her crush?“Whoever I see on Instagram that’s cute,” “I mean I don’t have like, ‘Oh my God, crush kita!’“I’m like, “Ah, cute ito!’”Megan will soon be seen on GMA’s “Hanggang Sa Dulo Ng

Buhay Ko” together with Kris Bernal, Rayver Cruz and Kim Domingo.Megan Young

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Republic of the Philippines

City Of Angeles

17th SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Ordinance No. 482, S-2019

(PO-993-09-17)

AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL LICENSED ARCHITECTS

AND ENGINEERS TO PREPARE, EXECUTE AND SIGN ON

ALL THEIR DESIGNATED PLANS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE

OF BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL

JURISDICTION OF ANGELES CITY.

(Sponsored by Councilor Joseph Alfi e T. Bonifacio)

WHEREAS, the City Council takes cognizance of the endorsement of

the Department of Interior and Local Government through Memorandum

Circular 2013-001 dated January 4, 2013 for the City to implement RA

9266 otherwise known as “The Architecture Act of 2004”;

WHEREAS, the new National Building Code of the Philippines

otherwise known as P.D. 1096 is being implemented throughout the

country and the same is only supported by its NBCDO Memorandum

Circular No. 01, Series of 2005 as guidelines for the implementation of

its implementing rules and regulations (IRR);

WHEREAS, there is a need for additional requirements for architectural

forms to fi le separately for the present structural/civil form to ensure the

landscape of Angeles City will not be compromised and retrofi t the need

of the city in preparation for high rise buildings that will conform to the

development and progress of Angeles City;

WHEREAS, all issues between City Engineers and Architects will

fi nally be resolved and this ordinance seeks to favor both parties but, this

is without prejudice to any rulings of any courts or any administrative

body that will provide new guidelines to Architects and Civil Engineers.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE SANGGUNIANG

PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF ANGELES in session assembled,

that:

SECTION 1: SCOPE

The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the design, location,

siting, construction, use, occupancy of public and private buildings and

structures found within the territorial jurisdiction of Angeles City.

Notwithstanding the eff ectivity of this ordinance, the use or occupancy

in all buildings and structures shall comply with all the requirements for

new buildings and structures as provided for by the National Building

Code.

SECTION 2: APPLICATION

This ordinance shall apply to all buildings and structures to be constructed

after its passage. Buildings or structures constructed before the approval

of this ordinance shall not be aff ected thereby; Except, where alterations,

additions, conversions, or repairs are to be made thereon, this ordinance shall

apply to such portions of the buildings or structures which have to be altered.

SECTION 3: ENFORCEMENT

It shall be the duty of the Building Offi cial of the City to see to it that all

applicants of building permits shall abide by the terms and conditions of

this ordinance and, whenever necessary, conduct investigations as to any

and all exiting or on-going constructions if the same have complied with

the foregoing ordinance.

SECTION 4: BUILDING PERMITS

It is recognized that the National Building Code provides that any person,

fi rm, or corporation, including any department, offi ce, bureau, agency of

instrumentality of the government intending to construc t, alter, repair,

move, convert or demolish any building or structure, or cause the same

to be done, shall obtain a building permit from the Building Offi cial for

whichever of such work is proposed to be undertaken for the building

or structure, before any such work is started. However, this ordinance

covers and applies only to those intending to construct such building or

structure which shall comprise or consist of more than two (2) fl oors or

whenever the fl oor area of the said structure or building that is intended

to be built is more than One Thousand Square Meters (1,000 sq.m.). In

either of these cases, the signature of an engineer and an architect must

be present in the corresponding building plans that they are to submit

before the City in their application for a building permit.

SECTION 5: VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE

In all cases of violation of this ordinance or when either or both of the

signatures of the engineer and architect are wanting or whenever the

construction of the owner’s building or structure proceeded without

complying with this ordinance or without fi rst obtaining the necessary

building permit from the City, the penalty shall be the payment of a

fi ne of Five Thousand Pesos (PHP5,000.00) and the suspension of the

issuance of their occupancy permit for one year.

SECTION 6: SEVERABILITY CLAUSE – In the event that one or

more of the provisions of this Code are held invalid or unconstitutional,

the remaining provisions which are severable and not aff ected shall

remain in force and eff ect.

SECTION 7. REPEALING CLAUSE – All city ordinances, executive

orders and rules and regulations inconsistent or in confl ict with the

provision of this Code are hereby repealed, amended or modifi ed

accordingly.

SECTION 8. EFFECTIVITY – This Code shall take eff ect immediately

after the publication for three (3) consecutive weeks in newspaper of

general circulation in the Province of Pampanga.

_________________________________________________________

Sponsored by Councilors Joseph Alfi e T. Bonifacio, Amos B. Rivera,

Alexander P. Indiongco, Jae Vincent T. Flores, Jericho G. Aguas,

Danilo D. Lacson, Edgardo D. Pamintuan, Jr. and Joseph G. Ponce

Seconded by Councilors Carmelo G. Lazatin, Jr., Jesus S. Sangil and

Jeremias M. Alejandrino

_________________________________________________________

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED by the Members Present:

Councilors Jericho G. Aguas, Edgardo D. Pamintuan, Jr., Carmelo G.

Lazatin, Jr., Alexander P. Indiongco, Joseph Alfi e T. Bonifacio, Danilo D.

Lacson, Joseph G. Ponce, Jesus S. Sangil, Amos B. Rivera, Jae Vincent

T. Flores and Jeremias M. Alejandrino during Special Session No. 04

held on April 10, 2019.

Approved by His Honor, the City Mayor on May 15, 2019.

APPROVED:

ATTY. EDGARDO D. PAMINTUAN

City Mayor

ATTY. BRYAN MATTHEW C. NEPOMUCENO

City Vice Mayor & Presiding Offi cer

ATTESTED:

LEONARDO KIRK I. GALANZA

Executive Assistant V

EMELY C. CAMPOS

Board Secretary IV

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BHF PAWNSHOP TLC GRP AUCTION

Expiry Date: February 16 – May 15,2019

Date of Auc� on: June 15,2019 @exactly 1:00 pm

BHF PAWNSHOP TLC GRP – MAGALANG BRANCH

Kapitan Pablo Luciano St. Poblacion Sta. Cruz

Magalang, Pampanga

BHF PAWNSHOP TLC GRP-CONCEPCION BRANCH

L. Cortez St. San Nicolas, Concepcion, Tarlac

BHF PAWNSHOP TLC GRP- SAN MIGUEL BRANCH

Robinson Luisita Mall, San Miguel, Tarlac City

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CLARK FREEPORT – For-tunegate Casino is slated for opening this month.

This was the announce-ment made by Fortunegate Casino general manager Ed Dacanay during a press con-ference at Hotel Stotsenberg here on Friday.

Dacanay said the casi-no will have 28 gaming ta-bles, 134 slot machines and a money wheel as well as some VIP rooms, an enter- Dacanay

CASINO TOUR. Local media pose by the entrance of Fortunegate casino before touring the place. P+!#! &, B!"- L/01!"

Hotel Stotsenberg opens Fortunegate Casino in Clarktainment space, a bar and other non-gaming facilities.

With Fortunegate Casi-no’s opening this month, this freeport is now fast becoming the entertainment city and gaming capital of the region because of its accessibility to the Clark International Airport as noted by Dacanay.

Hotel Stotsenberg was established in 2004 which operated Casablanca Casi-no.

In February 2016, the ho-tel, which gained popularity

as a favorite venue for MICE as well as weddings, birth-days and annual events of diff erent organizations and companies, was acquired by Frontier Capital Group (FCG).

The Australian-listed FCG fi rst revealed its plans to re-sume casino operations at Hotel Stotsenberg after con-fi rming it has the necessary funds to settle a P225 million (US$4.4 million) PAGCOR escrow payment.

After completing the take-

over of Hotel Stotsenberg for a cost of AU$26 million (US$18.1 million), FCG was forced to close casino oper-ations on in 2017 after PAG-COR ordered the escrow payment.

Fortunegate Casino will be the fi fth casino in this free-port after Widus, Royce, Fon-tana and Mimosa casinos. Pokhara Junket Casino at Xenia Hotel was closed after incurring damage due to the April 22 6.1 magnitude earth-quake which jolted Luzon.

CLARK FREEPORT— A use-ful alternative to the current disposal of wastes will be showcased in this Freeport in the upcoming 21st Recycla-bles Collection Event (RCE) and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes on June 11, 2019 here.

The event is being orga-nized by Clark Development Corporation (CDC) in part-nership with Department of Environment and Natural Re-sources (DENR) Environmen-tal Management Bureau Re-gion III and Environmental Practitioners Association, Inc. (EPA).

Coinciding with the cele-bration of the Philippine Envi-ronment Month, CDC together with its partner agencies will conduct the said event to pro-mote awareness on the proper

CDC’s recyclables event to promote useful alternative to current waste disposal

disposal, treatment and man-agement of hazardous wastes like busted lamps/bulbs, used oil, used lead acid batteries, and electronic wastes— white goods like refrigerators, air conditioners, television sets, microwave and consumer electronics like mobile phones, tablets, among others. Like-wise, the activity also aims to promote recycling and materi-als recovery.

According to Environmen-tal Permits Division (EPD) of CDC, a demonstration unit called GENAR 22 will be at the event venue to showcase the conversion of ordinary wastes materials such as plas-tics, textiles, and other solid wastes into oil. The same unit was also showcased during the 3rd Subic Bay Metropoli-

tan Authority (SBMA) recycla-bles and collection event last year.

CDC–EPD also encour-ages the locators and stake-holders in this Freeport to participate in the event and bring their recyclables and selected hazardous wastes which have commercial val-ue for the best buy back pric-es from DENR-accredited en-vironmental services provid-ers. The said activity will start at 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the CDC Parking Lot behind Build-

ing 2127 here.The event will be sup-

ported by ABS CBN Ling-kod Kapamilya Foundation through its Bantay Baterya and Bantay Langis Project. Last year, the RCE yielded about P686,000 from the dis-posal of wastes that was col-lected where the biggest do-nors of batteries were SFA Semicon Phils (Samsung) and Mimosa Cityscapes (Filinvest) worth P72,001 and P26,607, respectively.

The success of the pro-

gram will be measured by the large volume of hazardous wastes collected that will no longer pose danger to the en-vironment and human health.

The RCE activity was start-ed by CDC and the EPA in 2003, and was initially opened to recyclables (or “kalakal”) like paper, cartons, PET bot-tles, aluminum cans and ULAB. However, through the year’s household hazardous wastes like busted lamps were included in 2010.

–CDC CommDep

MANILA, Philippines – To catch up with a rapidly chang-ing educational landscape, teachers are embracing new roles as innovators and de-signers of learning environ-ment.

This is the idea behind “InnoBox” or Innovation in a Box, a nationwide search for the most innovative teaching and learning resources (TLR) which can be used in teaching both science and mathemat-ics.

The competition, orga-nized by the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI),is open to all public and private elementary and secondary school teach-ers who are currently teaching

DOST-SEI urges science, math teachers to join

innovation contestscience and/or mathematics. It aims to encourage teachers to be innovative, creative, and practical in teaching science and math concepts to improve students’ performance in the subjects.

“We’re always on the look-out for teachers who are keen on improving science and math education in the coun-try,” says DOST-SEI Director Dr. Josette Biyo. DOST-SEI, known for implementing var-ious DOST scholarship pro-grams, recognizes the crucial role of educators in strength-ening science and technology in the country.

Now on its second run, In-noBox continues to challenge science and math teachers to come up with ideas for more

engaging learning experience in the classroom. Nine teach-ers/group of teachers (three per category) will be given P50,000 each to develop their project prototype, while top three winners (one per cat-egory) will receive a plaque of recognition and P100,000 each.

DOST-SEI invites all qual-ifi ed teachers to submit pro-posals in any of the following search categories: Grades 3-6; Grades 7-10; and Grades 11-12. The deadline for sub-mission of proposals is on July 12, 2019. For details, interest-ed parties may go to www.sei.dost.gov.ph or email the Inno-Box Secretariat at innobox.se-idost@gmail.com.

–Press release

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RECOGNITION. Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo awards a copy of House Resolution No. 204 recognizing the late Kapampangan business leader Liberato “Levy” P. Laus who passed away in a helicopter crash more than a month ago. Receiving the document are member of Laus’ family headed by his wife, Tess. C!"#$%&'#() *+!#!

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SM FOUNDATION turned over this Friday a new-ly-built two-story, four-classroom school building to Balanga Elementary School (BES) in Bataan to be used by their Grade 6 learners starting SY 2019-2020.

Donated by SM Prime, through SM Founda-tion and in close coordination with the local govern-ment unit of Balanga, Bataan, this 93rd school build-ing donation of SM comes with 200 armchairs (20 of which are for left-handed learners), 16 wall fans, eight blackboards, four teacher’s desk sets, four wall clocks, and four toilets (PWD toilet at the ground fl oor). The donated school building also has a 10-fau-cet handwashing facility and a reading corner with books donated by SM Retail. SM Pampanga and the city government of Balanga both donated 10 comput-er units for the learners of BES.

Department of Education (DepEd) OIC-Schools Division Superintendent Carolina Violeta expressed her gratitude to SM for considering BES for this do-nation and said that SM Foundation’s donation will not just create venues for learning experience to stu-dents, but will also foster better relationships among the learners, teachers, and communities.

BES Principal Amelia Inieto likewise thanked the Foundation for its support. “Tulong-tulong naming mamahalin at iingatan ang inyong regalo sa Balanga Elementary School. As principal, I commit to make sure that this sanctuary will stand the test of time for the future generation of students,” said Inieto.

Also present at the event were SM Foundation executives, led by executive director for Education Program Carmen Linda Atayde, and Juris Soliman, head of the School Building Team; SM Supermalls Regional Operations Manager Cesar Bondoc; SM Retail Senior Assistant Vice President for Corporate Communications Gilda Patricia Maquilan; city offi -cials, led by Mayor Francis Anthony Garcia; and oth-er offi cials and representatives.

In her speech, Atayde looked back to the pro-gram’s growth from its inception in 2002. The pro-gram started providing communities with one-story, two-classroom school buildings, and the other equip-ment and facilities were just added over the years. She further asked the help of the local government offi cials and the school in informing the learners about the SM College Scholarship program which only began including Bataan in its program this year. She also called on to higher education learning insti-tutions and organizations to become partner-schools for the said program.

Accommodating around 2,500 students, BES – founded in 1876 – has produced numerous captains of industry and business and some political leaders as well. The BES campus is where the formal surren-der of Bataan and Filipino war veterans took place, which is why it also has a public museum about World War II. BES has 19 school buildings, and has a classroom-student ratio of 1:45 for Kinder to Grade 6 and 1:10 for Special Education-Learners with Spe-cial Educational Needs.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING

AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Offi ce No. III

City of San Fernando, Pampanga

Application for Extension of Validity of aCertifi cate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ service.

R-EV-PJ-2019-e-98-02874HENRY S. PELAYO /Applicant

x---------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF HEARING

Applicant is a grantee of a Certifi cate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ Service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route CANDABA-CITY OF SAN FERNANDO and vice versa with the use of one (1) unit/s, which certifi cate is valid up to May 12, 2019. In the application fi led on May 10, 2019. Applicant request for the Extension of Validity of said Certifi cate with the use of the same number of unit authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this Application will be heard by this Board on June 4, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at its Offi ce at the above address.

Applicant is hereby ordered to publish this Notice at least FIVE (5) days before the above date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in REGION III.

Parties opposed to the granting of the Application must fi le their written oppositions supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date, copy of the same be furnished to the applicant, and may if they so desire appear on the said date and time.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of the records of this case submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary evidence for the judicious resolution of the same.

WITNESS the Honorable AHMED G. CUIZON, Regional Director this 14th day of May 2019 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Atty. THERESA B. MAGTOTOChief Transportation Development Offi cer

Hearing Offi cer

PUNTO! Central Luzon: June 3, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MANUEL P. MASICLAT and

FELICIDAD P. MASICLAT who died intestate on April 7, 2016 and July 6, 1999, respectively, both in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 26 of the subdivision plan Psd-03-162121 (AR), being a portion of Lot 845, Angeles City Cadastre, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of Margot, Municipality of/City of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 1033, before Notary Public Gerald Y. Medina as per Doc No. 245, Page No. 67, Book No. XIV, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 20, 27 & June 3, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SATURNINO R. ABUBO SR. who

died intestate on June 30, 1988 in Ginaburan, Balaoan, La Union executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3, Block 4, of the subdivision plan Psd-62664, being a portion of Lot 632-A-1-A-2 described on plan Psd-25090, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrios of Pampang and Lourdes, Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 52527, before Notary Public Abel O. Ochoco as per Doc No. 54, Page No. 12, Book No. 2, Series of 2006.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 20, 27 & June 3, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ROMEO R. ALANSALON who

died intestate on February 5, 2012 in the Philippine Heart Center executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot B-2 of the subd. plan Psd-03-151098, being a portion of Lot B, Psd-035407-055108 (AR) L.R.C. Rec. No. __), situated in the Bo. of San Jose, Mun. of Guagua, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 636278-R.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 20, 27 & June 3, 2019

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBRANCH 43

City of San Fernando, (P)

IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARIBEL TUAZON JACINTO,

SP. PROC. CASE NO. 5996

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, THE NATIONAL STATISTICIAN AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL AND ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THIS CASE, Respondent.

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

This is a verifi ed amended petition fi led by the petitioners, through counsel, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the public respondents to make the necessary cancellation of the second Certifi cate of Live Birth of petitioner MARIBEL TUAZON JACINTO with registry no. 07-7666.

WHEREFORE, fi nding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, this court hereby sets the initial hearing of this case on July 30, 2019 at 9:00 in the morning to be held at the Session Hall of this court, 2nd Floor, Hall of Justice, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga and directs the publication of this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

All persons interested in the said petition may appear before this court on or before the next scheduled date and time, and to show cause if any, why the said petition should not be granted.

The petitioner is hereby directed to furnish copies of the petition and its annexes to the Offi ce of the Solicitor General of the Philippines; Offi ce of the Provincial Prosecutor, City of San Fernando, (P); Offi ce of the Local Civil Registrar of City of San Fernando, Pampanga; Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registrar General of the Philippines; and to show proof of said service to this court.

Furnish copies hereof to the petitioner, petitioner’s counsel, the Solicitor General; the Local Civil Registrar of City of San Fernando, Pampanga; the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, the Philippine Statistics Authority and the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines.

SO ORDERED.City of San Fernando, (P), March 4, 2019.

MARY JANE B. DACARA-BUENAVENTURA Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 27, June 3 & 10, 2019

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that ANGELITA D. SANCHEZ, Filipino, widow,

resident of Segundiba St., Lourdes Heights, City of San Fernando, Pampanga and sole heir of EDILBERTO O. SANCHEZ who died intestate on June 12, 2011 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 31, Blk. 4 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-03-001456, being a portion of the consolidated Lots 3762-B-1 to 3762-B-7, Psd-03-003743, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sindalan, Mun. of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Ryann T. Rueda as per Doc No. 92, Page No. 20, Book No. V, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 27, June 3 & 10, 2019

ground assessment so we could plan ahead and implement immediate measures before the oc-curence of any calamity,” the governor said.

Engineer Noel Laca-din, MGB chief geologist said they were instructed by the governor to reiter-ate an advisory on rock-slides hitting Purok 6 and 7 of Barangay San Juan Baño in Arayat and Tak-wi in Magalang after the assessment on the state of the loosened rocks in

Gov to MGB: Assess loosened rocks...F!"# $%&' 1 Mount Arayat.

It can be recalled that the Arayat local govern-ment unit (LGU) led by Mayor Emmanuel ‘Bon’ Alejandrino has built a defl ector - a row of sand-bags placed along the path to slow down the fl ow of water and rocks going to Purok 6 and 7 of San Juan Baño.

In an interview to Mayor Alejandrino, he said the LGU is ready to replace the sandbags but reiterate that sand-bagging is just a palli-ative measure, what is

needed, he added is an engineering intervention that would last long to avoid any untoward inci-dents in the future.

However, the mayor said their proposed en-gineering solutions had been turned down by the Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH).

The governor has also a continuing instruc-tion to Mayor Alejandrino to conduct a pre-emptive evacuation and move the residents to an evac-uation center built by the provincial government

behind the town hall during rainy season.

This came amidst the threat that 22,000 among the 50,000 truckloads of rocks would go down hit-ting the said communi-ties in two towns.

Lacadin said these rocks are ready to go down via the active channels of Maeyagas, Takwi, Madalumdum and Oliva creeks.

It was learned that more than 5,000 resi-dents at Purok 6 and 7 in Barangay San Juan Baño are in direct path of harm’s way. –Pamp PIO

LUNGSOD NG MALO-LOS, Hunyo 3 (PIA) -- Dumating na sa Malolos ang 100 Electric Tricycle o E-Trike na ipinagka-loob ng Department of Energy.

Ayon kay outgoing Mayor Christian D. Nativ-idad, ang nasabing mga E-Trike ay idedestino sa Malolos City Tourism Of-fi ce upang magamit sa pagbisita ng mga turis-ta sa mga makasaysay-an at pamanang lugar sa lungsod. Bawat isa

100 E-Trike, ipinagkaloob ng DOE sa Malolos City

ay kayang makapaglu-lan ng hanggang anim na katao.

Kasalukuyang na-kaparada ang mga ito sa garahe ng Malolos Sports and Convention Center kung saan isa-isa itong isinasailalim sa pangkalahatang pagsu-suri o check-up.

Sinabi ni City Tourism Offi cer Direk Armando P. Sta. Ana na malaking tu-long ito sa pagikot-ikot ng mga turista. Halim-bawa, pagbaba sa patio

ng simbahan ng Bara-soain mula sa kanilang sinakyang bus, maaari nang sumakay sa E-Trike na maghahatid sa kanila sa Casa Real, Kamistisuhan District kung saan matatagpuan ang mga pamanang ba-hay na naging tangga-pan ng mga ahensya noong Unang Repub-lika, mga bahay ng mga Kadalagahan ng Malolos at ang Katedral-Basilika ng Malolos.

–CLJD/SFV-PIA 3

Dumating na sa Malolos ang 100 Electric Tricycle o E-Trikes na ipinagkaloob ng Department of Energy. Ang mga ito ay idedestino sa Malolos City Tourism Offi ce upang magamit sa pagbisita ng mga turista sa mga makasaysayan at pamanang lugar sa lungsod.

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CONTRARY to news reports (not in Punto!), the Bases Conversion and Development Au-thority (BCDA) clarifi es that after a thorough investigation it was established that no con-tractor quarried in the area where three chil-dren drowned in Capas, Tarlac last Tuesday, 28 May 2019.

Based on the statement issued by the Ca-pas local government, the incident happened in a titled private property in Sitio Kalangitan, Cutcut II.

BCDA is deeply saddened by the reported drowning accident which caused the death of three children.

BCDA lauds the Capas local government and the Philippine National Police-Capas for immediately securing the perimeter area as well as closing all quarry sites within the Ka-langitan area, and extending fi nancial sup-port to the families of the children.

No contractor quarried in Capas

accident area

BCDA STATEMENT

PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • JUNE 3 - 5, 2019 • MONDAY - WEDNESDAY

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