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CLARK FREEPORT- Threemusicians could havesucceeded in their attempt

to fly abroad via the DiosdadoMacapagal International Airport(DMIA) here last Monday, but forthe ill-advised attempt of theirrecruiter to bribe immigrationofficers unnecessarily.

Bribe try foils attempt of 3musicians to work abroad

BEACH CLEAN-UP. The entire police force of Zambales goes on amassive clean-up of the coastline of the province as an activity inline with the Integrated Transformation Program of the PNP. Localofficials, beach owners, fishermen and other volunteers join the clean-up. PHOTO BY JOHNNY R. REBLANDO

BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— Another manufacturerin the electronics industryhere is now undertakingfacilities expansion to

Another Subic firmexpands amid crisis

boost its competitive edgein the face of the econom-ic slowdown that affectseconomies worldwide.

Koryo Subic, Inc.,which has been producinghigh precision plastic

molding for electronicsproducts here since 1996,recently sought the ap-proval of the Subic BayMetropolitan Authority(SBMA) to construct a

MABALACAT, Pampanga– “Mayor Boking is still theman to beat in 2010.”

Thus chorused villagechiefs here as they vow tosupport the re-election bidof Mayor Marino “Boking”

Morales.San Joaquin Barangay

Captain Davidson Davidsaid Morales’ “already for-midable political machin-ery is getting stronger ”amid the emergence of at

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‘Boking man to beat’least three aspirants formayor.

“But the greatest assetof Mayor Boking is thatyou can get his help allseason long unlike others

BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – Thecity government is set tofile administrative chargesagainst an official of trea-surer’s office who report- PAGE 6 PLEASE

City gov’t to sueover lost collection

edly lost some P.32 mil-lion pesos collection lastweek.

City AdministratorMark Allen Sison on Mon-day said they will file charg-

EURO CHAMBER. Clark International Airport Corp. President/CEO Victor Jose Luciano briefsthe European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and the Business Processing Associationof the Philippines Business Forum on developments at the Diosdado Macapagal InternationalAirport. PHOTO COURTESY OF CIAC-PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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RE-ENACTMENT. Gov. Aurelio Umali performs his part in the re-enactment of thecanonical coronation of La Virgen Divina Pastrora during the concelebrated MassSunday. PHOTO BY ARMAND GALANG

NI ARMAND M. GALANG

GAPAN CITY - Kapayapaanat kaunlaran.

Ito ang naging buod ngpanalangin ng mga lider ngSimbahang Katoliko atpamahalaan sa canonicalMass na ginanap para sapagdiriwang ng ika-43anibersaryo ng canonicalcoronation ng Divina Pastoraat ika-23 anibersaryo ngdeklarasyon bilang nationalshrine nito noong Linggo nghapon.

Ang Banal na Misa napinangunahan ni BishopSofronio Bancud ng Dioceseof Cabanatuan City aydinaluhan din ng kaparian ngNueva Ecija, gayundin ninaGov. Aurelio Umali, Presiden-tial Assistant for CentralLuzon Lorelei Fajardo, MayorErnesto Natividad, Vice

Anibersaryo ng La VirgenDivina Pastora ipinagdiriwang

Mayor Christian Tinio at mgakagawad ng sangguniangpanlungsod.

Mga piling residente atpanauhin naman ang gumanapsa re-enactment ng koronasy-on na nilahukan din ng ilangopisyal ng gobyerno.

Ang kapistahan ng DivinaPastora ay nagtatapos tuwingika-1 ng Mayo. Isa ito sapinakamalaking selebrasyonpara sa mga mananampal-atayang Katoliko at dinaray-ong gawain dito sa NuevaEcija, lalo na ng mga nama-manata.

Sa kanyang homiliya aysinabi ni Bishop Bancud nadahil sa pamamatnubay ngDivina Pastora ay harinawangmalapit ang mananampalatayakay Kristo. Ang mga halimba-wa ng Birheng Maria, ayon sakanya, ay daan para sa tunayna kapayapaan.

Sa kanyang pahayag,sinabi naman ni Gov. Umaliang kanyang dalangin namaging mapayapa hindilamang ang Nueva Ecijakundi maging ang buongbansa.

Binigyang diin ni Usec.Fajardo na sa tulong ngDivina Pastora ay hiling niyaang tagumpay ng mgaprogramang isinasakatuparanngayon ng pamahalaan.

Ang Pilipinas at iba pangmga bansa sa mundo,kabilang na ang mauunlad natulad ng United States, aykasalakuyang gumagapangdahil sa krisis pang-ekonomiya.

Sa kabila naman ngmalakas na pag-ulan habangisinasagawa ang Misa,naging masigla pa rin angmga mananampalataya saprusisyon ng mga sSanto.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The 2009 Fiesta CelebrationsExecutive Committee of thiscity is calling on Fernandinoartist to participate in the firstever Bayanihan painting tilt slat-ed on May 25 at the Heroes’Hall.

Registration of participants ison-going and will culminate onMay 22.

With the theme “KamayFernandino, Nasyonalistang To-too,” the painting activity is opento all Fernandino artists, 18years old and above, in the coun-try as well as for painting enthu-siasts who are non-residents ofthe city.

An exhibition of the works willbe held on May 26 to 27 at thecity hall’s Plaza de Arrozal andat SM City Pampanga, a majorsponsor of the fiesta celebra-tions on May 28 to 31. This willbe followed by an auction of thepaintings on June 1 and a trib-ute to Fernandino artists on June12, Independence Day.

According to executive com-mittee chair Councilor NelsonLingat, the event is a unique wayof showcasing the talents of theFernandinos.

Lito Ocampo, chair of theBayanihan Painting Committee,said the activity was organized

Bayanihan paintingto showcase

Fernandino artistsby the Open Painting Commit-tee of Pyestang Fernandino withthe assistance and support of theFederation of Homeowners As-sociation – CSFP (FEDHOA).

He said the activity aims togather and acknowledge allFernandino artists; promote theformation of a truly FilipinoFernandino painters associa-tion; and allow the membershipof FEDHOA to grow and elicitthe active involvement of home-owners.

He added that it also aimsto bring back and enliven theFilipino Bayanihan spirit amongFernandinos; let them under-stand it by heart and encouragethem to live by it; Imbue theBayanihan spirit at an early ageamong Fernandino children;exhibit the God-given talent ofthe Fernandinos in the field ofdrawing and painting whetherthey are national or profession-al artists, amateurs, students orplain art buffs; gather and ac-knowledge all Fernandino artists;and promote the formation of atruly Fernandino painters asso-ciation.

All medium of art is allowedand participants are encouragedto bring their own materials.

Interested parties may getentry forms City Tourism Office.

ANGELES University Founda-tion is set to confer an honorarydegree on Manila Bulletin Pub-lishing director and executivevice president Emilio C. Yap IIIon May 1, 2009 at the MaynilaBallroom, Manila Hotel, it wasannounced by AUF presidentRicardo P. Pama.

Yap will be conferred the de-gree, Doctor of Philosophy inJournalism, in recognition of hisoutstanding performance as abusiness leader and media ex-ecutive imbued with a deepsense of social responsibilityand unwavering commitment topress freedom. Prior to his cur-rent position, he served the Ma-nila Bulletin as Assistant VicePresident from 1994 to 2001 andVice President from 2002 to2006. He also became AssistantVice President of Philtrust Bankfrom 1995 to 2001, AssistantTreasurer of Bancnet Incorporat-ed from 2000 to 2002. Atpresent, he is also Director ofthe US Automotive Company,

OPERATION TULI. Mabalacat Mayor Marino “Boking” Morales (standing) checks onthe free circumcision project at Mawaque Resettlement yesterday as Dr. Rey Hipolitodoes the rite of manhood for this young boy. PHOTO BY JOEY PAVIA

MANILA, April 28 (PNA) -- ThePhilippine government is imple-menting stricter biosecurity mea-sures and farm accreditationsystems following a report fromthe World Health Organization(WHO) of a new "multi-strainswine virus" that hit Mexico,Canada and the United States.

Agriculture Secretary ArthurYap, in a press conferenceTuesday morning, said he alsoordered the Bureau of AnimalIndustry (BAI) to strengthenquarantine checkpoints to pre-vent entry of pork from these af-flicted areas.

Yap also said that the tem-porary suspension of pork im-ports from Mexico, US and Can-ada -- where a novel strain of in-fluenza has been detected -- willstay pending further scientificevidence that will categoricallyrule out this disease as comingfrom swine.

He noted that the governmentwill maintain this policy as a pre-cautionary measure despite thelatest pronouncement by theWorld Animal Health Organiza-tion or Office International desEpizooties (OIE) that "there isno evidence that this virus istransmitted by food," and that itis "not justified to name this dis-ease swine influenza (SI) "as itis not technically the SI virus buta multi-strain one, which in-cludes in its characteristicsswine, avian and human viruscomponents."

According to the OIE report,

Stricter biosecurity measures setamid ‘multi-strain’ virus scare

in the absence of any animaldisease outbreak in the threecountries concerned, it would bebetter to call this illness as the"North American influenza."

It also said that "urgent sci-entific research must be startedin order to know the susceptibil-ity of animals to this new virus."

Yap said "what is certain atthis point is that it is safe forpeople to eat properly cookedpork, given the categorical state-ment of the OIE that the virus isnot transmitted by food."

For his part, BAI DirectorDavinio Catbagan said the Phil-ippines does not import any porkproduct from Mexico but importsabout 50,000 metric tons (MT)from the US and Canada.

After the reported NorthAmerican influenza presence inUS and Canada, he said thecountry will now source the50,000 MT domestically, mostlikely from Mindanao and fromabout 10 countries that are freeof this virus.

Catbagan said the BAI iscoordinating with the Bureau ofCustoms (BoC) and other airportand seaport authorities to pre-vent the entry of pork productsthat were shipped out from thethree countries following the on-set of the human infections.

The DA-BAI earlier said it hasmounted yet another slew ofmeasures topped by more strin-gent biosecurity and border con-trol steps to prevent a domesticoutbreak of swine influenza (SI)

in response to the laboratory-confirmed cases of human infec-tions in Mexico and the US.

Catbagan said the govern-ment is taking these steps asprecautionary measures as he

assured Filipino consumersthere is nothing to worry aboutand that it is safe to eat proper-ly cooked pork as there is no SIoutbreak in the country.

He said the BAI is also coor-

dinating with the BoC and Phil-ippine Ports Authority (PPA),along with airlines and shippingcompanies on tightening bordercontrols in international airportsand seaports. –PNA

AUF to conferdegree on

media exec

YapInc.

The event will be graced byCommission on Higher Educa-tion chairman Emmanuel Y. An-geles, Manila Bulletin chairmanEmilio T. Yap and family, andAUF officials and faculty.

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Best investmentCOMING IN second to last among the 17 school divisionsin Central Luzon hit hard at City of San Fernando MayorOscar S. Rodriguez on his very first term of office.

The ghosts of his academic past – walking barefootto school, missing meals as much as periodical testsand deprived of academic honors due to abject poverty,forced to labor his way to a college degree – may haveso haunted Rodriguez that he made education secondto none in his development agenda for the capital city.

Damning the court case aimed by former Mayor ReyAquino to torpedo his education initiatives, Rodriguezmanaged to build 36 new schoolbuildings on a loan fromthe Land Bank of the Philippines. To the rejoicing ofteachers, students and grateful parents.

And there is no stopping Rodriguez’s educationexpress since.

The city government established five integratedschools that helped reduce the drop-out rates. Locatedright in the barangays, students just walk to school,saving on travel fare or even on baon. Three more ofthese schools will be opened in June.

An alternative learning system commenced last yearto enable undergraduates of elementary and high schoolto obtain diplomas after 80 hours of schooling. To date,over 500 adults have finished the course, a number ofwhom have moved on to the special skills trainingprogram linked with the Technical Education and SkillsDevelopment Authority.

A night school, began last year, has enabled adultlearners to acquire education as they work during theday to fund their own schooling.

This school-year 2009-2010, the city college will opento 1,000 enrollees. The city government’s Scholarshipin Education for Empowerment and Development(SEED) Program supports some 8,000 college scholars.Summer jobs and training are given to 600 collegestudents through a P6-million fund.

The human infrastructure in education has been givenits due notice too.

On the principle that “well-prepared school leadersbreed the best learners,” a three-week School Managers’Enhancement Program is on-going for 50 principals andhead teachers of the 40 public elementary and highschools of the city.

Designed and conducted by the Asian Institute ofManagement, it is the first of such training for schoolmanagers with the objective “to run schools that areresponsive to the needs of the students and to raise thequality of education.”

All these investments in education, Rodriguez proudlysays, have been made possible after the city governmentimproved the collection of real property taxes. Onepercent of that has raised P100 million last year for theLocal School Board Fund that paid for the training ofteachers, electricity and water in schools, purchases ofbooks, tables and armchairs, and amortization of loansfor the newly constructed schools. And also gaveadditional allowances to teachers and principals who getmonthly basic pay of P14,000 and P17,000, respectively.

Investing in education is investing in the future, witforeseeable results. What investment can be better thanthat?

IT’S STILL over a year from the 2010 elections but already wannabesare well into the campaign mode. And I mean not just the presidentialpretenders, the local dreamers even more feverish this early intothe game.

To all of them, here are some lessons that may come in handy.You have no money? Dream on running, even winning. It

won’t cost you a thing. But never wake from that dream and live thenightmare of political realities here.

Even as a candidate, you have already been claimed by thevoters to be their personal one-way ATM: no deposit required butready to dispense cash anytime of the day or night: for their powerand water bills, cost of hospitalization, expenses for weddings,baptisms and funerals, even birthday parties and fiestas, milk fortheir infants, tuition for their kids.

You have money? Use it wisely.Yes, this is most relevant to the comebacking Dinan Labung.

More than a year before the 2004 elections, then Board MemberDinan was already crowing that thirty grand – that’s 30 thousandpesos, dummy – was doled out daily to his needy constituentseven before the cock crowed in the morning. Into the campaignperiod, Dinan upped the ante to 50 grand. Still, he ended up in thekangkungan against Dr. Rey Aquino.

Losing elections

His 2004 experience unlearned, Dinan did thesame route in 2007 and found himself in thepansitan against Dong Gonzales.

A dilemma: Identified as a generous giver inelections past, Dinan stands to lose a lot of theground he covered in 2004 and 2007 if he tightenseven just a bit his publicly-perceived-as-enormouscampaign chest. Dati kang nagbibigay ng tig-500daan, bigla kang magbibigay ng tig-100, magigingmasama ka pa sa iyong binigyan.

The flash of wealth is more a liability than anasset. Still remember Don Pepito Mercado?Soaring in the people’s imagination as a mighty,invincible eagle in 1994, reduced to a pitiful pipitin the 1995 gubernatorial polls.

While it pays to be the official candidate of aparty, especially the party in power, this is nosure-fire guarantee for victory.

In 1992, Boking Morales did theunprecedented: He was the official candidate ofthe two dominant parties at war for the presidency.President Cory Aquino and candidate Fidel V.Ramos of Lakas-NUCD graced Boking’sproclamation rally. At Boking’s miting de avance,it was candidate Ramon V. Mitra that anointedhim as the main man in Mabalacat of the LDP.

Dr. Catalino Domingo of the NPC drubbedBoking mightily. Thereafter, Boking though hasdone more unprecedented things. Like fiveconsecutive terms and still running.

Barangay chairmen are prized – and highly-priced – acquisitions in elections. But like theparty, they are no foolproof certainty to winning.

In 2004, Andrea Dizon-Domingo thrice paradedbefore the members of media 28 of the 33barangay chairmen of the City of San Fernandoas her committed campaigners.

She ended third placer to eventual winnerOscar S. Rodriguez who had no barangaychairman other than Do Santos of San Agustin inhis corner.

From organization, let’s shift to tactics.The early bird does not always get the worm.

Sometimes, because of his over-eagerness –read: gagad – he gets to be shot first.

Think Pampanga 1st district in1998 here. Thefirst pretender to the throne being vacated byCong Tarzan Lazatin was businessman BekoPanlilio. Ah, how the barangay captains swarmedaround him from late 1996, only to lose them to“Cong Rey” Guiao, whose own campaignsputtered when Atty. Ed Pamintuan left theAngeles City hall for the district. Of course, itwas Ed’s vice, Blueboy Nepomuceno who wenton to win.

The early bird gets to be fed first to the hungrymob. Heed the Kapampangan adage here: Taulingkabit, manu. Last comes first.

Opinion polls are another matter to take realcare of. Believe in published surveys at your ownperil.

In 2007, an alleged survey allegedlycommissioned by the provincial governmentalleged that Congressman Rey Aquino led MayorOscar Rodriguez 60-40 for the mayorship of theCity of San Fernando.

So what’s new here? Oca never won in anypublished survey since he entered politics.Conversely, he has won all but one – 1992 –electoral contests he joined: 1987, 1995, 1998,2001congressional races, and the 2004mayorship.

And in 2007, Oca drubbed Rey to the tune ofover 16,000-vote margin. Same margin of errorplaced in that alleged survey most certainly.

Like Oca, another one who never won in anysurvey but won all elections he entered is CrisGarbo of Mabalacat – as Mabalacat councilortwice, board member three times and vice mayoronce. And board member again in 2007.

Surveys are meant to serve as campaignguideposts. Their efficacy for propagandapurposes – to gain some bandwagon effect – havelong been lost because of surfeit and theincredibility of results.

Have you read of any published local surveyciting its margin of error? If you have, did they tellyou how they arrived at it?

End of lesson for now. Still want to run? Morelessons next time. And it’s free.

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Bida ng Masaidolo pa ba ng

Pampanga?(KARUGTONG NG SINUNDANG ISYU)

KAYA LANG tulad ng nasabi po natinYa’y baka di nga muling tangkilikin,Dala na rin nitong unti-unti na ringNawalan ng gana ang marami sa ‘tin.

Isa pa’y gaano man ang kasikatanNg dating bida ng masa’y nasubukanNang humabol siya sa Makati bilangAlkalde lang pero umuwing talunan.

Kung saan sa ganang aming pakiwariAy maituturing nang bali ang tariNi ‘L.L.’ mula nang siya’y sa MakatiAy nanganghas itong magbakasakali.

At di muna niya matamang inisipAng kahinatnan ng kanyang pagnanaisNa maging pinuno o chief executiveNg kilalang lungsod sa pagiging ‘elite.’

Kung saan ang bilang ng tinatawag na“Bakya crowd’ sa daigdig ng pelikula,Ay lubhang malayo’t ‘outnumbered’ kumbagaCompared with that of the rich and famous, po ba?

Kaya’t sa kangkungan nga natin pinulotMatapos na siya ay rumampa halosSa naging resulta nitong number of votesNa nakuha niya kumpara kay (Nognog?)

Sa pangyayaring yan, aywan kung totooO kalakaran nang maituturing ito:Kapag nakatikim na ng pagkataloAng dating barako, hihina ng piho.

At posibleng yan ay magtuloy-tuloy naHanggang sa tuluyan nang lubos rumampa;Pagkat tunay namang ang idol ng masaAy unti-unti nang palubog kumbaga;

At baka kahit na punong barangay langAy mahihirapan nang siyang mahalalPagkat mapagbiro ang tadhana minsanNa tunay di namang di maiiwasan.

Pagdating sa puntong ang sikat na taoAy mawalan na ng taglay nitong brilyo,Kung saan pati na dating ka-amigoAy baka tuluyan nang iwanan ito.

Di ko sinasabing laos na si “L.L’At siya’y limot na ng ating kabalen,Pero kagaya nga ng nasabi natinMabuti pang huag na lang sa ganang akin.

Na sa gayo’y manatiling ang ‘image’ niyaAy tunay na idol ng buong Pampanga;Na kung saan siya lubos nakilalaAt talaga namang pinagmalaki siya;

Tama na yung siya’y naging gobernadorNg napakahaba rin namang panahon;At ngayon ay isa sa mga senadorNa kinikilala’y may taglay na honor.

Mamahinga man siya’t tuluyang tumigilBilang politician ay mabango pa rinPartikular na sa daigdig pa mandinNitong kung tawagin nati’y puting tabing.

At gayahin niya si Carmen RosalesNa di pumangit ang dati niyang ‘image’;Pagkat nang magka-edad na bilang actress,Kusa niyang nilisan ang dating daigdig!

Agyu Tamu!AtbpEdgardo “EDPAM”

Pamintuan

FELIPE VELEZ NERI, 60, passed away last week. He was a dearfriend and co-worker at the Subic-Clark Alliance for DevelopmentCouncil (SCADC).

Someone has said: When you walk through the terrain ofanother’s heart you will leave some footprints.

During all the time Philip—that’s how we call him—worked withus in SCADC since January 2006, he walked through the terrain ofour hearts with quiet but sincere dedication, doing his workuncomplainingly even though his heart was being ravaged now andthen by disease which earlier had caused him to be operated onand which recurred when we were having our planning workshopon November 10, 2007 in Baguio City. (The last attack that occurredon April 21 proved fatal, unfortunately. I did not know that the dinnerI had with Philip on April 1 together with my senior staff at SCADCwas the last dinner I would ever have with him.)

The true professional that he was, after obtaining temporaryrelief, Philip insisted on finishing the three-day planning workshop,knowing its high importance and desirous of making a contributionto the planning effort.

Requiem for acolleague and friend

In the past three years that we had workedtogether, I never heard him complain about hisillness despite the rigors of work and the tightdeadlines we have had to meet in fulfilling ourduties and responsibilities at SCADC; he waseven more mindful of the health of us hiscolleagues than his and was also ever ready todo acts of kindness with his inspiring textmessages about life, faith, joy, and peace withGod.

In his usual quiet yet cheerful and unassumingfashion, Philip would do his work, contributingcompetent professional and insightful advice,sharing his thoughts, and caring for others—always in his own quiet way. Truly, Philip has leftsome footprints in our hearts, some deepfootprints that time may find hard to erase.

A beautiful human being, a kind and beautifulspirit, Philip has been to us.

The footprints that Philip has left in our

hearts, even in our memories at SCADC, havemade me remember some thoughtful passagesfrom a little-known book “The Circle of Life”which I would like to share with the kind readersin tribute to our departed dear friend andcolleague:

“Design your life as a garden so the world canmarvel at every branch, stem and petal.

“Seductively the aroma engages the attentionof all within the nose;

Wafts of jasmine intermingle with lusciousgardenia;

Each path leads to a new world of discovery;Rustic tones of red disguise the maple from

winter’s solitude;Forlorn it will endure nature’s bitterness;With spring comes the hope of prolific growth;Birds queue to devour the honeysuckle

flowers;Bees swirl in nectar-induced stupor;Nature is brewing its concoction of delights;Ready to mesmerize, cajole and coerce the

senses into submission;Set to entwine with the souls who have

departed our midst;There to display that life marches on;With or without us it will breathe a new breeze;Enrage an awesome wave or drench our earth;With every day there can be no denying;Their energy, spirit and love will burst forth

again.”

Goodbye, beautiful friend.

ON THIS DAY in 1992, In LosAngeles, California, four Los An-geles police officers that hadbeen caught beating an unarmedAfrican-American motorist in anamateur video are acquitted ofany wrongdoing in the arrest.Hours after the verdicts were an-nounced, outrage and protestturned to violence, as rioters insouth-central Los Angelesblocked freeway traffic and beatmotorists, wrecked and lootednumerous downtown stores andbuildings, and set more than 100fires.

On March 3, 1991, paroledfelon Rodney King led police ona high-speed chase through thestreets of Los Angeles Countybefore eventually surrendering.Intoxicated and uncooperative,King resisted arrest and was bru-tally beaten by police officersLaurence Powell, TheodoreBriseno, and Timothy Wind. Un-beknownst to the police, a citi-zen with a personal video cam-era was filming the arrest, andthe 89-second video caught thepolice beating King with theirbatons and kicking him long af-ter he was capable of resistance.The video, released to the press,caused outrage around the coun-try and triggered a national de-bate on police brutality.

Rodney King was releasedwithout charges, and on March15 Sergeant Stacey Koon andofficers Powell, Wind, and Brise-no were indicted by a Los Ange-les grand jury in connection withthe beating. All four were chargedwith assault with a deadly weap-on and excessive use of force.Though Koon did not activelyparticipate in the beating, as thecommanding officer present atthe scene he was charged withaiding and abetting. Powell andKoon were also charged with fil-ing false reports.

Because of the uproar in LosAngeles surrounding the incident,the judge, Stanley Weisberg, waspersuaded to move the trial out-side Los Angeles County to SimiValley in Ventura County. On April29, 1992, the 12-person jury,which included 10 whites and noAfrican-Americans, issued itsverdicts: not guilty on all counts,except for one assault chargeagainst Powell that ended in ahung jury. The acquittals touchedoff rioting and looting in Los An-geles that grew into the mostdestructive U.S. civil disturbanceof the 20th century.

Violence first erupted at theintersection of Florence Boule-vard and Normandie Avenue insouth-central Los Angeles. Traf-

fic was blocked, and rioters beatdozens of motorists, includingReginald Denny, a white truckdriver who was dragged out of histruck and nearly beaten to deathby three African-American men.A news helicopter, hovering overthe street, recorded the grue-some event. Los Angeles policewere slow to respond, and theviolence radiated to areasthroughout the city. CaliforniaGovernor Pete Wilson deployedthe National Guard at the requestof Mayor Tom Bradley, and a cur-few was declared. By the morn-ing, hundreds of fires were burn-ing across the city, more than adozen people had been killed,and hundreds were injured.

Rioting and violence contin-ued during the next 24 hours, andKorean shop owners in African-American neighborhoods defend-ed their businesses with rifles.On May 1, President GeorgeBush ordered military troops andriot-trained federal officers to LosAngeles and by the end of thenext day the city was under con-trol. The three days of disorderkilled 55 people, injured almost2,000, led to 7,000 arrests, andcaused nearly $1 billion in prop-erty damage, including the burn-ings of nearly 4,000 buildings.

Source: www.history.com

TODAY IN HISTORY

Riots erupt in Los Angeles

There is always more misery among the lowerclasses than there is humanity in the higher.

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), 'Les Miserables,' 1862

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

Notice is hereby given that Arthur OcampoGregorio, U. S. Citizen, a resident of 3 – 4 BorgeLane, The Enclave, Fil – Am, Friendship Highway,Angeles City, Pampanga, died intestate on March25, 2009 at his residence stated above, leaving herwife Nicolasa B. Gregorio.

Punto! Central Luzon: April 29, May 6 and 13, 2009

NOTICE OF DEATH

Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Leonila S. Acdal,widow of the late Ernesto D. Acdal, Pilipino, a resi-dent of Blk. 20, Lot 10 Hyacinth St., Primose Hills,Mahabang Parang, Agono Rizal, died intestate onMarch 22, 2009, leaving her child: Nimfa Abegail S.Acdal that said Leonila S. Acdal left one savingsaccount with the PNB Family Savings Bank as fol-lows:PNB (Antipolo Branch) Account No.: 131981100015

Account Name: Leonila S. Acdal

Punto! Central Luzon: April 22, 29 & May 6, 2009

NOTICE OF DEATH

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Nakaa-amuse yung dalawang dating sexy actor na ngayon ay parehong bading na. Magkaaway kasi silangmortal at may sinasabi ang bawat isa sa talikuran .

May panahong namayagpag ang dalawa sa larangan ng sexy movies. Paborito silang kunin ng mga independentproducers noong araw. At talaga naming mga guwapo sila at bigay-todo sa pakikipagromansa sa mga sexystarlet na nakapareha nila.

Yung isa sa dalawa ay talagang malambot na noon pa man, may iamge nga siyang bading pero dahil ngaguwapo naman, pumasa siya bilang sexy actor.

Did you know na noon pa man, marami ng episodes ng kabaklaan ang sinasabi naming unang sexy actor.Noon nga, kung saan-saang parlor ng mga kaibigan siya napapadpad para makapanghala lang. Di ba siya yungactor na laging rumarampa sa Roxas Boulevard dahil nga nanghahanting ng lalaki. Kumbaga, open secret nayung kabadingan niya noong araw pa man.

Ang pangalawa naman, tago pa rin hanggang ngayon, pero hindi ka magdududang talagang bading siya. Kasinga, ang lambot na niyang magsalita and like we say, napakamadiwara na niya at ugaling bading na bading na.Kung masiraan niya yung unang sexy actor, ganoon na lang. “Tito, ‘wag ninyo siyang isabay sa akin kungiimbitahin ninyo ako, ayoko siyang makasama,” sabi pa nito.

Nito na lang nami nalaman na may isang lalaki pala silang pinag-aawayan.Isang bikini open kontesero na pareho nilang nakursunadahan. Pero dahilmatinik nga yung unang sexy actor, ayun, naunahan siya ng pangalawa.Kaya ngayon, dakdak nang dakdak ang pangalawang sexy actor labansa una.

Clue? Ang una ay maputi at tubong Olongapo, yung isa naman,maputi rin pero malapit lang sa Olongapo ang baying pinanggalingan.Doon na lang po ang aming clue at baka mademanda pa kami.

Basta’ng masasabi lang po namin, parehong baklangmalasado na ngayon ang dalawa.

Angel, Diether, Sam Milby nanggulatsa unang araw ng Only You

CUTE NA CUTE ang unang araw ng Only You, kaabang-abangtalaga. Mahusay ang acting nina Sam, Angel at Diether gayundin mga support nilang sina Irma Adlawan, Tirso Cruz 111,Dick Israel at Al Tantay. At bongga ang istorya, unang araw palang, alam na natin kung anu-ano ang aabangan natin. Mahusayang pagkalahad at dahil dito tiyak na aabangan nga ito kayamagiging mataas na ang rating nito.

Si Angel kasi, nakadalawa na, yung una katambalniya si Piolo Pascual sa Lobo at sa pelikulang ToLove Again na si Piolo pa rin.

Pero wa epek dahil hindi sinuportahan. Ditosa Only You, ayan nga at finally nag-jell nasila nina Diether at Sam.

Kaya ako mismo mag-aabang ngOnly You only to find out na kungmagiging consistent ang ganda ngnaturang teleserye. Baka kasisa banding huli, gaya ng ibapang teleserye, lumaylay ito atpumangit na sa banding huli.

For now, uulit-ulitin namingmaganda ang Only You at sanawag magpabaya ang director at mgawriters para nga hanggang sa huli,mataas pa rin ang rating nito.

Judy Ann Santos,Ryan Agoncillo ikinasal na

NAKU HA, ayaw na naming maniwala sa isang websitena laging nagpapadala ng showbiz update sa amin.Actually there were few times na pumalapak ito dahil itturned out, hindi true yung mga balitang ipinapasa niya.As if nananabotahe na lang, kumbaga.

But when we were sent a leakage ng araw ng kasalnina Juday at Ryan, talagang na-excite kami at isinulatito. Kumbaga, akala namin, nakauna kami, yun palanaman, palpak ang balitang ipinadala niya.

Sabi niya, sa May 2 raw sa Tagaytay City ang kasalat kesyo ganyan at ganito. mIispin mongangtruedahimeronpasiaygn detalye kung sino ang gumawang gown. As it tuned out, mali pala. Actually ikinasalna noong April 28 sa San Juan, Batangas sina Judayat Ryan at may breakfast reception afterwards.Mahigpit daw ang seguridad but we are very sure,may makakukuha ng ilan pang detalye. Yan angabangan natin at tiyak nga, maraming araw natatalakayin angtungkolsa ang naganap na kasalan.

Isa lang ang aral na natutunan namin, neverrely lang sa mga balitang ipinadadala ng mganagpo-pose na nakaalam lahat ng mgapangyayari sa showbiz. Ang ending kasi, bakamawalan ng kredibilidad dahil sa paniniwala sataong ito.

Roxanne Guinoo starlet pa rin(ka-level lang sina Bangs Garcia at Janna Dominguez)

NAMURO NA noong sisikat si Roxanne Guinoo. Ito yung panahong napareha na siya kay Jake Cuenca na matinding pinag-usapan sashowbiz. Kasi nga, nang si Jorross Gamboa pa’ng kapareha ni Roxanne, starlet level lang si Roxanne. Like we say, on the verge nasana si Roxanne pero bakit hanggang ngayon, starlet pa rin siya?

Sayang, ang galling pa naman sana niyang umarte na pinatunayan niya sa Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos at sa Ligaw Na Bulaklak. Perongayon nga, starlet pa rin si Roxanne.

To prove that she is, at ganoon nga ang turing sa kanya ng ABS-CBN, isinabay yung guesting niya sa Ruffa and Ai, kina JannaDominguez at Bangs Garcia na parehong certified starlet pa. Ang ending tuloy, Roxanne, who is far more senior than the two looked likeshe is also a starlet.

Sa true lang, kung nagtuluy-tuloy sana si Roxanne, baka ngayon pahabol na siya sa stature nina Angelica Panganiban, Anne Curtisat Shaina Magdayao.

At kung magpapatuloy ang pagbaba ng kanyag stature, bukas-makalawa, has-been na si Roxanne.Huwag naman po sana.Sa ngayon, Roxanne needs a leading man na talagang babagay sa kanya. Yung ‘wag na sanang lagyan ng love angle sakaling

makatagpo siya ng kaparehang magdyi-jell silang dalawa. In that way, baka sakaling sumulong pa ang career ni Roxanne Guinoo.O baka naman sadyang nakaguhit na sa palad ni Roxanne na maging starlet lang siya habang panahon ng kanyang pag-aartista.

2 dating sexy actor parehong bading na! (magkaaway na mortal na rin!)

“There seemed to benothing wrong with the sus-pects when they lined upat the immigration counter,until I saw P500 bills insert-ed in the passports theywere holding,” said Heran-io Manalo, chief of opera-tion of the Bureau of Immi-gration (BI) at the airport.

The three were identi-fied by the BI report asJulian Pajutan, Lesley JenMartija, and Chona Perez.The three said they wereinstructed by their recruit-er to bribe immigration of-ficials who would questionthem.

Their recruiter, identi-fied as Corazon Salandan-an, was also arrested af-ter the three admitted shewas just within the airportvicinity.

Manalo said that sinceJanuary, a total of 1,421suspected airport passen-gers have been offloadedor prevented from boardingtheir flights at the DMIA.The number includes vic-tims of illegal recruiters orhuman trafficking.

Many of them had de-clared themselves as tour-ists but were actuallybound for work abroad, henoted.

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Bribe try foils attempt of 3...Immediately informed

about last Monday after-noon’s incident, Immigra-tion Commissioner Mar-celino Libanan ordered thefiling of charges againstthe three musicians andtheir recruiter.

In his report, BI officer-on-duty Ramon IsidroLapid said the bribery at-tempt happened at about5:20 p.m.

He said that he initial-ly suspected the three as“profiled passengers whowere likely to work abroad”contrary to their declara-tion that they were boundfor Kota Kinabalu , Malay-sia as tourists.

Lapid said he invitedthe three to his desk andturn over to him their pass-ports for examination. Hesaid he would have allowedthem to fly to their desti-nation anyway were it notfor the bribery attempt.

“I immediately noticedP500 bills inside the pass-port (of Pajutan). Uponseeing this, I immediatelyrequired the two remainingfemale passengers to giveme their passports,” hesaid.

Manalo, who was atthe vicinity during the inci-dent, said he also saw thebills inserted in the sus-

pects’ passports and thathe gave Lapid the signalto inspect the passports.

Lapid said that whenhe showed displeasureover the apparent move tobribe him, he saw one ofthe two female suspectsattempt to take out thebills inserted in her pass-port.

“I immediately told herto return the said bills in-side her passport, then Iinformed the policemenassigned at the airport ofwhat I discovered,” hesaid.

Manalo said that thepassports were insertedwith four pieces of P500bills each.

He said charges ofbribery are set to be filedagainst the three, whiletheir recruiter is to becharged with illegal re-cruitment.

Manalo said that therecruiter is from Batangas,while her victims are fromLaguna. “It seems that thethree were supposed towork as a music bandabroad. While the recruit-er apparently spent fortheir tickets, there was anarrangement for the threeto pay back the recruitera certain amount from theirincome abroad,” he added.

es against Sonia Gepulle,senior administrative as-sistant of the city treasur-er’s office. Gepulle report-edly left some P210,000cash and P110,000 worthof checks under her tableat the treasurer’s officeand lost them after goingto the comfort room.

Sison disclosed thatGepulle had wanted to re-turn the lost cash by pay-ing them monthly and ona staggered basis.

“But it’s governmentmoney and we could notjust let her give them back

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City gov’t to sue...that way,” he added.

Sison said they hadoffered Gepulle to tenderher resignation and pay thelost money from her ben-efits. He added thatGepulle “had no badrecord before the incident.”

Sison said the policemay also file criminalcharges against Gepulle.

Supt. Joselito Imperial,chief of the investigationand detective managementbranch, said they “arepuzzled over the mysteri-ous disappearance of themoney.”

He added that they hadrecommended the filing of

administrative chargesagainst Gepulle.

“We invited Gepulle forquestioning and she main-tained that she lost themoney which she left un-der her table before goingto the comfort room,” saidImperial.

Imperial said Gepulledecided to prepare thecollection and put it in apouch before the bankcould collect them on thesame day they got lost.

“We have no suspectsyet. Only the fellow work-ers of Gepulle were therewhen the money stolen,”added Imperial.

new building adjacent toits factory at the Boton lo-gistics area.

The expansion project,which will include buildingconstruction and acquisi-tion of new machines, willcost P180 million, saidSBMA Administrator Ar-mand Arreza.

According to Shin-IchiSuzuki, factory managerof Koryo Subic, the newbuilding would be used asa “clean room facility” forthe painting of moldedplastic products.

“As the global reces-sion still continues, thisnew facility will be part ofour strategy to attractmore clients and addition-al jobs from our currentcustomers,” Suzuki said.

“This new painting fa-cility will be a controlledenvironment and the fea-tures will be somewhatmore advanced than ourcurrent painting process,”he added.

Suzuki said that theircompany has set the com-pletion date of the new

building before the audit tobe made next month bySony Corp., one of theirbiggest clients, whichshall be evaluating theirsuppliers to determinewho gets the contract forthe production of compo-nents for the upcoming2010 model of its digitalcamera series.

“This is the main rea-son why we can’t afford todelay the construction ofthe new building,” Suzukisaid.

Initially, Koryo will notbe requiring additionalmanpower once the newbuilding becomes opera-tional, as the current re-cession has left the firmwith “a lot of excess man-power,” Suzuki said.

But when the expan-sion project starts to bringin more clients, the firmwill eventually increase itsmanpower, Suzuki said.

The expansion projectby Koryo is so far the sec-ond to be announced thisyear by a Subic Freeportfirm involved in the elec-tronics industry, one of thesectors hardest hit by re-

cession, said Administra-tor Arreza.

Last week, Japanesefirm Hitachi TerminalsMechatronics PhilippinesCorp. (HTMP), a leadingmanufacturer of automat-ed teller machines and ter-minal card reading ma-chines, inaugurated itsnew warehouse here de-spite the ongoing globaleconomic slowdown, saidArreza.

The firm, which is locat-ed at the Subic TechnoPark, constructed a new3,564-square meter ware-house that will be used inreceiving of goods, stock-ing, warehouse controlling,keeping and materials han-dling, picking or withdraw-al of parts, delivery ofpicked parts to production,as well as for shipping.

Like Koryo’s planned“clean room”, Hitachi’snew warehouse was de-signed as part of the firm’sbusiness strategy to con-trol cost and improve itsefficiency to be able tocompete strongly, saidHTMP president KiyotakaAdachi.

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Another Subic firm expands...who are seasonal,” saidDavid.

Dr. Victor Tiglao of SanJoaquin, businessmanMarcos “Jun” Castro,former Vice Mayor MocCandelaria and Filipino-Chinese businessmanAnthony Dee will reported-ly run for mayor in 2010.But Tiglao disclosed yes-terday that Dee had beenfirm in his plan to run ashis vice mayor after theirfourth meeting last week.

Asked to commentabout his chances, Mo-rales said “I simply deliverservices to the people.”

“I welcome all thosewho will go for the mayor-alty post as we exist in afree country,” added Mo-rales, who graced yester-day the free circumcisionproject sponsored by hisoffice at the MadapdapResettlement Center(MRC).

Camachilles VillageChief Jessie Duran, for hispart, said Morales had ini-tiated “one good projectafter another in our baran-gay.” He added that Mo-rales had funded the twocovered courts, roadprojects and improve-ments of the barangayhall.

“Morales has always

won in our village. Now, hewill not just win but winconvincingly next year,”said Duran.

Former Association ofBarangay Councils (ABC)president Bok Tiglao saidthe “immense support ofvillage leaders makes Mo-rales the man to beat in-deed.”

“What’s good aboutMorales is that he givesprojects to all village offi-cials regardless of their

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‘Boking man to beat’political leanings,” saidTiglao.

Vice Mayor ProsLagman will seek re-elec-tion under the team of hislong-time political ally,Morales. Their councilorsare incumbent CouncilorsFroy Galang, Oscar Aure-lio and Jerry Basilio,former Councilor LizaPineda, Engr. Rox Penaand former San JoaquinBarangay Captain ArleneDe La Cruz. –Joey Pavia

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MALOLOS CITY—Pinatid ngtatlong punglong bumaon saulo ang buhay ng hepe ngcivilian anti-crime task forceng Meycauayan City ka-hapon ng umaga nang siyaay pagbabarilin habangpapunta sa munisipyo ngnasabing lungsod.

CANINE BEAUTIES. Dog Breeder Patrick Go (standing, left) shows his multi-awardedcocker spaniels during the “Bow Wow! What a Dog day afternoon at Clark” on Sunday.With him is Clark Development Corp. public relations chief Sonny Lopez, owner of atleast three dogs. PHOTO BY JOEY PAVIA

Bodyguard ng mayor nilikidaAng biktima ay nakilalang

si Danilo Lancero y Palomar-es, 58, hepe ng MeycauayanCity civilian anti-crime taskforce, bodyguard ni MayorJoan Alarilla at residente ngBarangay Hulo sa nasabinglungsod.

Si Lancero, kilala sanasabing bayan bilang “TotoyBalat,” ay nakasakay sa

kanyang motorsiklo patungosa city hall ng Meycauayanbanding alas 6:40 ng umagakahapon ng siya ay pagba-barilin ng tatalong dikilalalagsuspek.

Si Totoy Balat ay nagta-mo ng tatlong tama sa ulona kanyang agad na iki-namatay.

Ayon sa mga saksi, agad

na tumakas ang mga suspekpatungo sa di malamangdireksyon matapos angpamamaril.

Ayon sa pulis na-karekober sila ng basyo ngbala mula sa isang calibre45 na diumanoy ginamit ngmga suspek.

Tinutukoy pa ng mgapulisya ang motibo sa

pamamaslang, ngunit ilanang nagsabi na maaring maykinalaman iyon sa trabahong biktima bilang body guardni Alarilla.

Noong nakaraang taon, siTotoy Balat ay kabilang samga inireklamo ni datingMayor Dan Daez ng pam-bubugbog sa kanya sa loobng city hall ng Meycauayan.

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