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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
By Joyce Pangco Paares
SIX close friends of the late Inte-
rior Secretary Jesse Robredo will
serve as honorary pall bearers
when his remains are transferred
from Naga City today, Friday, to
lie in state in Malacaang, where
a wake will be held for the rst
time at the Kalayaan Hall.
The funeral will be open to the
public.
Those who wish to pay their
last respects to Secretary Robredo
are advised to enter through Gate
7 of Malacaang, Presidential
Communications Development
Undersecretary Manolo Quezon
said on Thursday.
The six honorary pall bearers
are Budget Secretary Florencio
Abad, Transport Secretary Manu-
el Roxas II, Cavite Rep. Jun Aba-
ya, Harvey Keh of the Kaya Natin
movement, Alice Murphy who
will represent the urban poor, and
By Christine F. Herrera
THE Liberal Party on Thursday
said the government would be un-
able to do any hiring several months
before next years mid-term polls
and denied allegations that a P60-
billion program to recruit 164,230
state workers next year amounted
to election bribery.
The hiring ban is... for 120
days. So it is unfair to insinuate
that that the Liberal Party, which
is headed by President Benigno
Aquino III, would be benetting
from the mass hiring because this,
including the funding for pork
barrel, is covered by the election
ban, said LP spokesman and
House Deputy Speaker Lorenzo
Tanada III.
The Palace also denied that
the massive hiring program was
timed for next years election.
This is not election-spending.
This is not meant for massive poll
expenditures. This is in the bud-
get, deputy presidential spokes-
person Abigail Valte said.
But Agham Rep. Angelo Pal-
mones said the Aquino govern-
ment even shortened the number
of days covered by the election-
period ban on hiring.
It used to be 120 days. The
Commission on Elections under
Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes,
By Florante Solmerin
MORE than 100 members of
a breakaway Muslim rebel
group eeing from a two-
week Army offensive clashed
again with soldiers in new vio-
lence that killed a villager and
wounded three others, ofcials
said Thursday.
Army Lt. Col. Benjamin
Hao said about 20 Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Movement
ghters backed by about 100
other gunmen resumed their at-
tacks on government forces in
the boundary of Maguindano
and North Cotabato.
Hao said the rebels red gre-
nades on an Army detachment
along a highway in Pikit town
in North Cotabato province,
sparking a gun battle in which
a soldier and a militiaman were
wounded and a villager was shot
in the head.
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE body of the Nepalese co-
pilot of the plane that crashed
into the waters off Masbate City
was recovered Thursday, ending a
ve-day search that earlier found
the body of Interior Secretary
Jesse Robredo inside the Piper
Seneca 180 feet under the sea.
The operations ofcer of the
task force, Col. Felix Castro, said
the body of Kshitz Chand was
shed out by a passing passenger
boat at about 7:50 a.m. near the
site of the plane wreckage.
Passengers of the MV Coop-
erative saw a oating body and
called the Navy, Catro said.
The body was taken to the
funeral parlor where relatives
identied Chand.
Earlier, the bodies of Robredo
and pilot Capt. Jessup Bahinting
were extracted from the fuselage,
which had sunk to a depth of
about 180 feet.
By Gigi David
PRELATES of the Catholic
church called on dissenting pro-
fessors of the Jesuit-run Ateneo
University on Thursday to a
dialogue to thresh out their con-
trary positions on the controver-
sial Reproductive Health Bill, a
population control measure.
Archbishop Jose Palma,
president of the Catholic Bish-
ops Conference of the Philip-
pines (CBCP), said the bishops
are open to a dialogue with the
professors because we are all
part ot the Church and we are
responsible for our actions.
For me, there is really a need
for a sincere dialogue because
the professors, I think, must be
By Othel V. Campos
THE government is no longer inter-
ested in tapping Chinese funding for
the P2.7-billion port rehabilitation
program of the 35-year-old Navotas
sh port complex, given the strained
relations between the two countries
over territorial issues.
Manila and Beijing had clashed
over claims in the islands in the
South China Sea, specically
the Scarborough Shoal, which
emerged as the focal point of the
conict after the Philippine Coast
guard caught Chinese shermen
poaching with the countrys 200-
mile exclusive, economic zone.
Beijing had since strengthened
its claim over the entire South
China Sea by establishing Sansha
City and a military garrison aimed
at protecting their sovereignty.
In a text message, Alcala said
the foreign department was appar-
ently unconvinced that Beijing was
willing to help us economically
because of the row in Scarborough
Shoal.
The ongoing conict prompted
Philippine ofcials to entertain
doubts whether Beijing will still ex-
tend economic help to the country.
In a text message, agriculture
department secretary Proceso Al-
cala voiced out the same concern
as expressed by the Foreign Affairs
department.
POLICE on Thursday rounded up
357 foreigners accused of duping
Taiwanese and Chinese citizens in
an online scam in what an ofcial
described as the largest single-day
operation against organized crime
in the country.
The mostly Chinese and Tai-
wanese suspects were arrested in
simultaneous raids on 20 houses
in Metro Manila and in Antipolo
city, said Samuel Pagdilao, direc-
tor of the Criminal Investigation
and Detection Group.
This is our biggest and most
resolute operation so far, Pagdi-
lao said.
He said his men raided more
than 20 homes in subdivisions in
the cities of Quezon, Manila and
Marikina and in Cainta and Anti-
polo City.
Those arrested were members
of a syndicate that pretended to
represent police, prosecutors,
courts and insurance companies
and told the victims that their
bank accounts were being used
for money laundering and terror-
ist nancing, Pagdilao said.
He said the victims were
pressured to transfer their mon-
ey to a safe account provided
The travel advisory was issued
on a day after the incident in Aug.
23, 2010 at the Quirino Grandstand
in Luneta.It was posted in the
ofcial Hong Kong Security
Bureaus website, which reads:
Serious hostage-taking incident
happened in Manila on 23 August
2010, residents should avoid all trav-
el to the country; those who are al-
ready there should attend to personal
safety and exercise caution.
The English paper Hong Kong
Standard reported on Thursday
that the Hong Kong government
does not have plans to lift the black
travel warning.
The Philippine Consulate in
Hong Kong, meanwhile, has of-
fered a mass on Wednesday, Au-
gust 22 at the St. Joseph Church
to pray for the souls of the nine
Hong Kong nationals who were
killed.
HOLIDAY
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has
declared the fourth Monday of Septem-
ber of every year as Kainang Pamilya
Mahalaga Day to highlight and cel-
ebrate the value of families sharing
meals together as a national tradition
that should be observed annually and
sustained by all Filipino families.
One of the meaningful traditions of
Filipinos is the common family meal
Family meal sharing day By Alena Mae Flores
OIL companies announced a new round
of increase in pump prices on Thursday
--- the third for the month of August ---
because of tension in the Middle East
and reports of unplanned renery out-
ages in Malaysia and Vietnam, the De-
partment of Energy said.
Energy department director Zenaida
Monsada said prices surged to its three-
month high this month with premium
Higher oil price woes
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Cyber crime syndicate. Police and Immigration operatives trans-
port 357 Koreans who were suspected of being members of a Cyber
crime syndicate. They were arrested in Antipolo City. MANNY PALMERO
Police bust Chinese
online scam ring
Govt shuns Sino funding,
doubts Beijings sincerity
Church calls
for dialogue
with Ateneo
professors
LP claims mass hiring not
related to mid-term polls
Katos group
strikes again;
1 dead, 3 hurt
Search ends
as co-pilots
body found
Robredos remains moved to Palace today
Mark of soured ties since hostage-taking 2 years ago
HK black travel
ban on PH stays
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by the syndicate.
CIDG Deputy Director Keith
Singian said the racket had been
going on for years.
Authorities arrested 37 Chinese
on May 27 over a similar scam.
The syndicate raked in at least
P20 million ($472,000) each day
using the scam, Pagdilao said.
Presidential Anti-Organized
Crime Commission head Paqui-
to Ochoa said the arrests were
the largest single-day operation
against organized crime in the
country.
Palace in mourning. The Philippine ag
ies at half-staff in Malacaang, where the
remains of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo
will lie in state from Aug. 24 to 26. Inset shows
a picture of the wife of the late secretary,
Leonora Robredo.
Assault. Police launched an assault on a tourist bus to rescue
hostages, but it resulted with several people killed, including the
hostage taker. AP
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Christine F. Herrera, Sara Susanne Fabunan
TWO years after the tragic hostage-taking
incident that left nine Hong Kong nationals
and hostage-taker police senior inspec-
tor Ernesto Mendoza dead inside a Manila
tourist bus, the HK government still re-
fused to lift its black travel warning on
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THE Bureau of Customs on
Thursday said it had charged
seven foreigners before the Jus-
tice Department for trying to
smuggle in illegal drugs from
the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport.
Charged were Francisca
Jovian, Tamil Selvi Veloo,
Channdrar Naddarajan, Ooi
Hock Guan, Danny Boon Eng
Ng, Duong Thi Yen and Sun
Bahadur Tamang.
Customs Commissioner
Ruffy Biazon said Francisca Jo-
vian was caught at the airports
customs baggage inspection
area with 3.737 kilograms of
prohibited drugs worth P29.8
million on May 27.
Tamil Selvi Veloo and Chan-
drar Naddarajan were arrested
for having six kilograms of
crack or shabu worth P48 mil-
lion on June 16.
Ooi Hock Guan was caught
with 4.05 kilograms of shabu
worth P32.4 million on July 15,
while Danny Boon Eng Ng was
arrested for possessing 2.3 ki-
lograms of an illegal substance
worth P18.4 million on July 10.
Duong Thi Yen was found in
possession of 2.9 kilograms of
shabu worth P23.2 million on
Aug. 14, while Sun Bahadur
Tamang was arrested for having
1.465 kilograms of shabu worth
of P11 million on Aug. 12.
Drug mules are unwelcome
in the Philippines and offend-
ers will be punished to the full
extent of the law, Biazon said.
He said that from May to
August this year foreigners
had tried to smuggle in from
the airport over 20 kilograms
of shabu with a total street
value of P163.5 million.
Deputy Customs Commis-
sioner Peter Manzano said the
seven foreigners faced stiff
punishment.
We shall give preferential at-
tention to these cases because of
their nature of offenses, he said.
7 charged
with drug
smuggling
De Lima said that while the
evidence seemed to support
Gos claim that he was ab-
ducted from the New Bilibid
Prison on Aug. 14, she had
yet to be convinced that those
responsible were indeed after
ransom money.
The evidence so far would
tend to show that claims of
Go to have lie-detector test
APPPARENTLY still skeptical about
murder convict Rolito Gos claim of
having been kidnapped, Justice Secretary
Leila de Lima on Thursday ordered the
National Bureau of Investigation to sub-
ject him and his nephew, who had backed
his story, to lie detector test.
forcible taking was bona fide.
But the question is: What was
that? What was the purpose of
the abduction? De Lima said.
They were released imme-
diately. They asked for a very
high amount first then brought
it down to P1 million until he
was just forced to withdraw
P40,000 from the ATM. Thats
all they got, so it was doubtful
that ransom was really their
purpose.
Go disappeared from prison
on Aug. 14 but was caught the
next day. Before his disap-
pearance, he had been staying
at the prisons minimum secu-
rity area where he could walk
around freely without jail es-
corts. Officials put him back
to the maximum security area
after his capture.
Go, a businessman, was con-
victed of murder in absentia in
1993 by a Pasig gourt for for
killing a 25-year-old Eldon Ma-
guan, a De La Salle University
engineering graduate, following
a trafc altercation in San Juan
City in 1991.
He was sentenced to life im-
prisonment but failed to imme-
diately serve his jail term as he
managed to escape from jail a
few days before the trial court
handed down its decision.
Police caught him on April
30, 1996, along the Gapan-
Olongapo Road and brought
him to the National Bilibid
Prisons maximum security
facility to start serving his life
sentence.
De Lima on Thursday ordered
the NBI to continue pursuing all
angles about Gos disappearance.
Rey E. Requejo
HK...
Last year, in commemoration
of the hostage crisis, a simple
Buddhist ritual was held at the
Quirino Grandstand, where
Buddhist monks joined a sur-
vivor and families of the slain
victims in the ceremony held at
the scene of the crime.
The HK Standard also quoted
Susanna Lau Mei-sze, a man-
ager at Travel Expert, as say-
ing that the number of Hong
Kong tourists to the Philippines
dropped by 50 percent com-
pared to the peak season before
the tragedy.
One of the seven Hong Kong
nationals killed in the hostage-
taking by the sacked Filipino
policeman was a tour guide,
Masa Tse Ting-chunn, the re-
port said.
Masa Tse Ting-chunns elder
brother, Tse Chi-kin, criticized
the Hong Kong government for
failing to help them seek com-
pensation from Manila.
I am angry that the SAR
[Special Administrative Re-
gion] government has not put
pressure on the Philippine gov-
ernment to accept responsibility
and offer compensation to vic-
tims, the Hong Kong Standard
quoted Tse as saying.
The tour guides family, along
with survivors Joe Chan Kwok-
chu and Yik Siu-ling, who were
severely injured by gunshot
wounds, will hold a meeting
with Secretary for Security Lai
Tung-kwok on Friday, the paper
reported.
Aside from the non-payment
of compensation, the victims
family and the Hong Kong gov-
ernment protested the result of
the investigation with President
Benigno Aquino III giving those
responsible for the bungling of
the hostage-taking incident a
slap on the wrist.
In Manila, the members of the
anti-crime watchdog Volunteers
Against Crime and Corruption
expressed dismay that the two-
year-old hostage-taking tragedy
seemed to have been forgotten,
especially by the Philippine
government.
Annie Jereza, VACC assistant
coordinator, led her six other
fellow members in offering
eight candles and eight roses in
the memory of the eight killed
in the incident.
Jereza said she was surprised
that it was only her group that
remembered and marked the
second anniversary of the trag-
edy.
None from the Philippine and
Hong Kong governments was
present in the Quirino Grand-
stand, where the fatal incident
happened.
We were surprised that we
are the only ones here today. We
thought there would be some-
body from Hong Kong just like
last year when there was a monk
present. We waited. No one
came even from the Philippine
government to even light can-
dles for the dead, Jereza said.
The fatal incident generated
an uproar here and abroad es-
pecially when the police had
bungled the rescue operations
while the President was report-
edly having dinner with other
government ofcials, who
abandoned their posts.
The incident happened with-
in President Aquinos rst 100
days in ofce.
Govt...
Dahil sa nagkakaproblema
na tayo sa prutas natin, nag-
kaproblema na tayo sa Scarbor-
ough, nagduda po yung DFA
kung tayo ay gusto talagamg
tulungan ng Chinese gover-
nemnet o hindi.
Because of our problems in
our fruits and the Scarborough
Shoal, the DFA now doubts if
the Chinese government really
wants to help or not, Alcala
said.
Financing the project using
government funds is an option
that we are considering. The
upgrade of the Navotas shport
complex has been identied as
a very necessary, if not, a criti-
cal project, Agriculture Un-
dersecretary for operations Joel
Rudinas said in an interview.
Previously, the Agriculture
Department was looking at
sourcing as much as P2.56 bil-
lion from the China Export-Im-
port Bank to upgrade the coun-
trys premier port complex.
We gured that the required
funding is not that big anyway.
I suppose the Philippine gov-
ernment can nance it on its
own, he said.
It is the second project with
Chinese nancing terms that
the government amended.
Agriculture Secretary Pro-
ceso Alcala said Wednesday the
government shunned nancial
assistance from China for the
second phase of the P7-billion
Casecnan multipurpose irriga-
tion and power project.
The government earlier
asked the Chinese government
for a P5.29-billion loan to fund
the multipurpose project.
The Philippine government
turned instead to Korea for as-
sistance. Agriculture ofcials
said the government asked for
credit facility from the Korean
Exim Bank for the irrigation
component of the Casecnan
project.
The National Economic De-
velopment Authority board has
yet to give its approval for the
Navotas shport project.
LP...
Jr. even shortened it to only
43 days from March 28, 2013
to May 13, 2013. So the Aqui-
no administration can go on a
hiring binge from January to
March 27 and then continue
hiring even the day after elec-
tions, when the canvassing
would have started, Palmo-
nes said, pointing to a resolu-
tion issued by the poll body in
April.
Taada said it took two years
for the administration to start
hiring because the Aquino ad-
ministration imposed zero-
budgeting and imposed a ra-
tionalization program when it
found ghost employees in some
areas, including the Autono-
mous Region in Muslim Min-
danao.
But Zambales Rep. Maria
Milagros Magsaysay, a mem-
ber of the opposition, accused
the administration of postpon-
ing hiring so that it could get a
boost during an election year.
Magsaysay said she was in-
censed that it took the admin-
istration two years to purge the
list of state workers.
It took them two years to
nd out there were ghost em-
ployees and ghost teachers? It
took them that long to clean up
the list? she said.
She urged President Aquino
to lift the hiring freeze this year
to allow volunteer and part-time
teachers to become full-edged
employees with benets.
For the past two years, the
volunteer-teachers and part-
time teachers were only getting
a measly P3,000 to P6,000 a
month without benets. I can-
not imagine how this govern-
ment could give such a imsy
excuse. They should lift the
freeze on hiring and start giv-
ing these teachers their rightful
due, Magsaysay said.
House Minority Leader
Danilo Suarez said the adminis-
tration must explain why there
was no hiring for the last two
years.
With Joyce Pangco Paares,
Macon Ramos-Araneta and
Merck Maguddayao
Katos...
Langalen of Inug-og, Pikit,
was making a phone call when he
was shot dead, and a nurse work-
ing in a hospital was wounded.
Langalen was hit by a bul-
let from a sniper of the lawless
BIFM, Hao said. Right now,
were in hot pursuit operation.
With the AP
Search...
The plane was en route to
Naga City from Cebu when it
crashed Saturday at about 4:30
p.m. The pilots were unable to
make an emergency landing and
crashed about 500 meters away
from the Masbate City airport.
Robredos security aide, Senior
Inspector Jun Abrazado, sur-
vived.
Castro said the task force
headed by Southern Luzon
Command chief Maj. Gen. Edu-
ardo del Rosario was wrapping
up operations, including efforts
to recover the plane, and would
be disbanding soon.
Investigators have yet to de-
termine the cause of the plane
crash.
The Civil Aviation Author-
ity of the Philippines grounded
all planes used by Aviatour Air,
the operator of the Piper Seneca
plane, pending the results of the
investigation.
The agencys chief, William
Hotchkiss III, said the aircraft
accident investigation and in-
quiry board would be headed
by Capt. Amado Soliman, an
aviation industry expert in ight
safety with four decades of ex-
perience.
Hotchkiss said investigators
would keep the plane wreck at
Mabate airport, where it will
be thoroughly examined to es-
tablish the cause of Saturdays
crash.
At the House, an opposition
lawmaker said security aides of
government ofcials should be
trained in life-saving courses
such as rescue, emergency ac-
tion and rst aid.
The proposal for extra train-
ing, Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Alba-
no said, was not a reection on
the performance of Abrazado,
who said he could not see Ro-
bredo as seawater ooded the
plane.
Albano said it was important
to enhance the capability of se-
curity aides and close-in staff
in dealing with emergencies to
keep government ofcials safe.
Senator Gregorio Honasan,
meanwhile, called for a Senate
inquiry on the condition of the
countrys planes and ships.
Senator Edgardo J. Anga-
ra, on the other hand, said the
Armed Forces must be able to
improve its emergency response
equipment, noting that the rst
responders were unable to con-
tinue their search that evening
because they did not have ad-
equate equipment for night res-
cues.
The Navy helicopter engaged
in the search and retrieval op-
erations also had to make an
emergency landing. With Mari-
cel Cruz and Macon Ramos-
Araneta
Church ...
motivated by their desire to dis-
cover what is good, Palma said
in the Church-run Radio Veritas.
At least 159 professors
signed a statement early this
week supporting passage of the
bill because majority of Filipi-
nos want the full range of fam-
ily planning services, including
articial contraception.
This is contrary to the position
of the Church, which opposes
passage of the bill. A member of
the CBCP called for an investiga-
tion and said professors teaching
concepts that oppose the church
should be red.
Palma said Ateneo, which
has declared institutional sup-
port for the Churchs position,
must uphold the ofcial teach-
ings of the Church because it
was a Catholic university.
Those who are engaged in
the Christian formation of our
students ... must teach the Catho-
lic position on this matter, as we
have always done, Palma said.
Should the bill, with what-
ever amendments, is passed, we
should neither hesitate to bring
to the judiciary whatever legal
questions we may have, nor
cease to be vigilant in ensuring
that no coercion takes place in
its implementation, he said.
Ateneo University President
Jose Villarin said that, despite
the stand of the professors, the
school opposed the passage of
the bill because it contained
provisions that could be con-
strued to threaten constitutional
rights as well as weaken com-
monly shared human and spiri-
tual values.
I call on the 192 members of
our faculty, who gappled with
the underlyhing issues in the
context of Catholic social teach-
ings, and who have spoken in
their own voice in support of the
bill. Though the University must
differ from their position ... I ap-
preciate their social compassion
and intellectual efforts, and urge
them to continue in their discern-
ment of the common good, Vil-
larin said in statement.
Manila Standard sought the
professors for comment, but they
declined to speak further on the
issue for fear of possible back-
lash that could threaten their jobs
in the university.
Senator Miriam Santiago,
a staunch supporter of the
RH bill, said the threat of the
Church to charge the professors
of heresy was an infringement
of their constitutional right to
academic freedom, which was
also recognized by the Vatican.
Police...
Pagdilao said Chinese police
requested assistance in pursu-
ing the syndicate after they
determined that an Internet ad-
dress used by the scammers
originated in the Philippines.
The suspects are being held
in a gymnasium inside a police
camp in Canlubang, Laguna.
AP, with Florante S. Solmerin
Higher...
gasoline ranging from P57.47 to
P62.47 per liter, unleaded gasoline
from P52.50 to P60.71 per liter,
regular gasoline from P45.45 to
P59.95 per liter, diesel from P44.90
to P48.90 per liter and kerosene
from P53.74 to P56.95 per liter.
In general, supply within the
Asian market was deemed chron-
ically tight given the heavy ren-
ery shutdowns in northeast Asia
and India, coupled wityh strong
demand from the Middle East
and the U.S. Atlantic Coast, the
ofcial said.
The series of increases this
month totaled P3.80 per liter for
unleaded and premium gaso-
line, P3.80 per liter for regular
gasoline, P3.20 per liter for die-
sel, and P3.40 for kerosene.
Pilipinas Shell was the rst
to announce the hike, which
took effect at 6:00 a.m., of
P1.20 per liter for unleaded
and premium gasoline, P1.30
per liter for regular gasoline,
P1.40 per liter for diesel, and
P1.50 per liter for kerosene.
Soon after Total, Seaoil, Pe-
tron made similar announce-
ments of price increases, in-
cluding ood-stricken areas
such as Rizal, Pampanga, Bata-
an, Zambales, Laguna, Bulacan
and Cavite.
The price increases reect
the price movements in the in-
ternational petroleum market,
a Seaoil announcement said.
Robredos...
Joan dela Cruz who will repre-
sent the Interior Department.
In lieu of flowers, Quezon
said, Robredos widow Le-
onora had requested the public
to just donate to the charities
supported by the late Cabinet
official: the Physicians for
Peace Philippines Inc., Mis-
sionaries for the Poor, and
Project Jose.
Those intent on sending owers
may send them through Gate 6.
A public viewing has been
scheduled from 7 p.m. to 11
p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Saturday, to be fol-
lowed by a public mass.
Robredos remains will be cre-
mated in Naga City on Tuesday.
The Civil Service Com-
mission led by its chairman,
Francisco Duque, sent its con-
dolences to Robredos family,
as did the Philippine Medical
Association and the Philippine
Public Safety College Regional
Training School in Cebu.
The Presidential Security
Group and some policemen,
meanwhile, will continue to se-
cure Robredos ofce to make
sure the documents there re-
main intact.
Robredo died on Aug. 18
when the light plane he had
chartered crashed into the sea
near the airport in Masbate. He
died along with the two pilots
of the Piper Seneca plane, and
his body was retrieved from its
overturned fuselage 180 feet
underwater on Aug. 21.
Robredos wife Leonora said
on Thursday her husbands
death had been Gods will.
She said they felt honored
that Malacaang had offered to
give her husband a heros burial
at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
or Heroes Cemetery, but they
had to turn it down because her
husband would have wanted to
be buried in Naga City, where
he served as mayor for 19 years.
We are very sure Jess would
prefer to be buried there, Mrs.
Robredo said.
Naga has always been his
home. This is his happy place.
Her family had been over-
whelmed by the expressions of
love and sympathy from people
all over the country.
She had no regrets that her
husband joined national politics
after 19 years of service to Naga
City. Her husbands non-conr-
mation as Interior Secretary was
not something she regretted.
He lived a full life. He ful-
lled all his dreams, Mrs. Ro-
bredo said.
He was ready. I did not even
question why he was taken ear-
ly. With Jonathan Fernan-
dez and Rio N. Araja
Family...
where all members of the fam-
ily are present to signify their
unity and thanksgiving for
Gods abundant blessings,
Mr. Aquino said.
Having a common family
meal encourages parents to
stay connected with their chil-
dren and understand the chal-
lenges they face.
Mr. Aquino ordered the
National Committee on the
Filipino Family to lead the na-
tional observance of Kainang
Pamilya Mahalaga Day.
He enjoined the heads of
all departments, agencies,
government-owned and con-
trolled corporations, local
government units, and other
government instrumentalities
to support the committee in its
activities related to the event.
He encouraged all national
and local publications, televi-
sion and radio stations to help
generate awareness and public
support for activities in pro-
moting the observance of Kai-
nang Pamilya Mahalaga Day
in conjunction with the annual
celebration of Family Week.
Joyce Pangco Paares
News
AUGUST 24, 2012 FRIDAY
A3
ManilaStandardToday
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Enrile twits
Henares on
smuggling
New law protects
IT, personal data
Im talking of experience.
We are looking at your sys-
tem. You are not going to col-
lect what you want to collect,
Enrile warned Henares during
a public hearing. The Senate
committee on ways and means
discussed a on government pro-
posal to restructure excise taxes
to generate P31 billion in addi-
tional revenues.
In defending the sin tax bill,
Henares said there will be no
smuggling because of higher
taxes. Smuggling is a matter of
governance. Smuggling is not
related to price but to corruption
and governance.
But Enrile told Henares, You
cannot police the whole country
to prevent smuggling. This hap-
pened in the 70s, and can hap-
pen again in areas such as Cav-
ite and Batangas. You can get
the entire PNP and the military,
but you cannot stop it.
He said the south (Mindanao
region) can be a veritable corri-
dor for smuggled cigarettes.
Enrile cited the need to nd
a median system, serving the
interest of the government and
serving the interest of the in-
dustry.
You need to have a medium
to have the best level for rev-
enues for the government, said
Enrile. The power to tax is the
power to destroy. It is also the
power to stay alive.
In her presentation in the
same hearing, Philip Morris
Fortune Tobacco Corp. Manager
Carmen Herce warned an explo-
sion of illicit cigarettes or black
market in the country if the sin
tax bill will be passed into law.
Black market can be in the
form of smuggled or counterfeit
cigarettes. In the Philippines, the
level of illicit products is still
manageable. This exists only in
few places. But if the 708% per-
cent taxes on cigarettes will be
implemented, there will also be
an explosion of illicit cigarettes
or black market in the country,
she said.
The imported cigarette
brands--Halvey and Shalvey,
being sold in the black market
are found only in Mindanao ,
but sooner, they will also be sold
in other parts of the country,
she said.
She cited the World Cus-
toms Organization pronounce-
ment that tobacco and cigarette
smuggling remains global prob-
lem, which continues to increase
inspite of government enforce-
ment against it.
By Joyce Pangco Paares
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has signed into law the Date Pri-
vacy Act, which seeks to boost investment in the fast-growing in-
formation technology and business process outsourcing industries.
The new law, signed by the President on Aug. 15, paves the way
for the creation of a National Privacy Commission under the De-
partment of Transportation and Communications.
Republic Act No. 10173, which is based on standards set by the
European Parliament and aligned with the Asia Pacic Economic
Cooperation Information Privacy Framework, is intended to protect
the integrity and condentiality of personal data.
It was a priority measure of the administration through the Legis-
lative-Executive Development Advisory Council.
The law covers all types of processed personal information.
It does not apply, however, to the following: information about
government ofcials or employees that are related to their ofcial
functions or positions; information about an individual who previ-
ously performed or is presently performing service under contract
for a government institution; information relating to any discretion-
ary benet of a nancial nature such as the granting of a license or
permit by the government to an individual; personal information
processed for journalistic, artistic, literary or research purposes;
personal data processed by the central monetary authority and law
enforcement and regulatory agencies; information necessary for
banks and under nancial institutions; and personal information
collected from residents of foreign jurisdiction.
Section 5 of the law specically affords protection to journalists
who may use leaked information in their reporting.
Tobacco farmers hold a picket at the gates of the Senate building
to protest against the sin tax bill now pending before the upper
chamber. SONNY ESPIRITU
By Macon Ramos
SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile
on Thursday taunted Internal Revenue
Commissioner Kim Henares on her
view that there will be no smuggling of
cigarettes in the country with the impo-
sition of high taxes on these products.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com AUGUST 24, 2012 FRIDAY
A4
OIL prices in the world market have
steadily risen in the past few weeks and
are about to touch the $100-per-barrel-
mark. The oil embargo against Iran and
the reduced production in the North Sea
due to scheduled maintenance work on
oil platforms and prospects of increased
spending in the US and China have
combined to push crude prices higher.
Tensions in the Middle East have
heightened after Iran threatened to close
the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf,
a critical oil lane used by the major oil-
producing countries in the region. Oil
futures, as a result, climbed by over $1
to $98.29 a barrel in New York trading
Wednesday, the highest close since May 7.
Local oil companies have lately raised
their pump prices by as much as P1.80 per
liter to reect the sharp increase in global
prices. Local pump prices are expected to
climb further in the coming weeks, in step
with the global trend.
There is not much that the Philippines
can do to stop local oil prices from rising
amid the geopolitics in the Middle East,
unless the government decides to trim the
import duties and taxes incorporated in
the pricing of gasoline, diesel and other
petroleum products.
But authorities can mitigate rising crude
prices by allowing the peso to appreciate
against the US dollar. The Bangko Sentral
appears to be moving toward this direction
as the local currency has started to gain in
the last few days after weakening past the
P42:$1 level.
The central bank will likely let the peso
climb further against the US currency
to cushion the inationary impact of
rising oil prices. Higher pump prices
will exert pressure on jeepney, bus and
other transportation fares. They will also
increase electricity rates as some power
plants are still dependent on imported oil
for fuel.
Higher transport fares, meanwhile,
could raise the cost of vegetables and
other products that are moved from their
source of production to their intended
market.
The government, on the other hand,
should strictly implement its nationwide
energy conservation program to lessen the
countrys vulnerability to sharp oil price
uctuations. It should also take a harder
look at the use of renewable sources of
energy, especially on the transportation
sector, to signicantly reduce the countrys
dependence on fossil-based fuel.
Surging oil prices
EDITORIAL
Stumbling along
TWO years ago this week, a
dismissed Manila policeman took
over a bus lled with Chinese tourists,
triggering a series of unfortunate
events that culminated in the death of
nine persons, including the hostage-
taking former lawman, at Manilas
Rizal Park. The incident was the rst
of the many crises that have since
rocked the administration of President
Noynoy Aquino, who quickly earned
a reputation of disappearing during
critical situations.
Two years and many more man-
made and natural crises later, the
narrative of the hands-off slacker
President remains achingly,
distressingly familiar. Last week, as if
following the same noynoying script,
Aquino sent his local government
secretary to Cebu to deliver a speech
the President had committed to
deliver, which directly led to the
death of Jesse Robredo and two other
persons in a plane crash off Masbate.
The bloody Rizal Park hostage
asco and the death of Robredo serve
as bookends to an
administration that
came into power
with so much
promise but which
has generally and
grossly under-
delivered in key
areas, not the least
of which is coming
up with a coherent
and comprehensive
response to
e m e r g e n c y
situations. The
student government,
two years into its
term, has not proved itself to be a
quick study.
And in the center of it all is
Aquino himself, the unapologetically
polarizing head of a country divided
into his partisans and everyone else,
the latter being gleefully relegated
by those in power to second-class,
persecution-prone citizens in their
own land. Two years on, Aquino still
plays to his base almost exclusively,
as biased and non-inclusive as the
yellow symbol that permanently
adorns his chest.
As Aquino and his government
attempt to stumble through the nearly
four more years left in its contract,
nobody knows how many more crisis
situations will hit the country. The
only things that seem certain are the
incompetence of the administration
and the rabid partisanship of its oft-
disappearing head.
There could be a lesson here for
Aquino and his gang of slow-learning
amateurs. But perhaps they will have
to remove their partisan blinders
and get Aquino to be less difdent and
lackadaisicalto learn it.
* * *
Speaking of disappearances,
Robert Blair Carabuena, the motorist
who manhandled a Metro Manila
Development Authority trafc
enforcer, resurfaced yesterday at
the agencys headquarters in Makati
yesterday to publicly apologize for
losing it last week. Carabuena, a later
report said, was taken to a hospital
after he was heckled and harassed at
the Quezon City prosecutors ofce,
where he attended a preliminary
hearing on the assault charge led
against him by his victim, Saturnino
Fabros, and the MMDA.
Now that a contrite and
chastened Carabuena has decided
to show himself and man up to the
consequences of his boneheaded,
testosterone-fueled action, perhaps
everyone should allow the justice
system to decide what his fate will
be. No matter what Carabuena says or
offers, Fabros and his agency should
resist the temptation to settle this
matter out of court, not only because
of how the mauling has inamed the
public but also because motorists
should learn that they cannot get
away with disrespecting the law or its
enforcers.
It is noteworthy that Carabuena
did not resort to ling a countersuit
against Fabros, as many had expected,
since people close to him had already
been laying the groundwork for a
strategy that had Fabros instigating the
whole sordid incident by thumping on
the Philip Morris executives Volvo
when it attempted to run a red light.
Carabuenas public apology is a good
move, but it is just the start of the long
(and, if I may add, richly-deserved)
ordeal that he will
have to face on his
way to redemption
in the eyes of the
public.
As for MMDA,
its executives and
enforcers, laffaire
Carabuena should
not cause too
much celebration
that they dont
learn from the
experience, as
well. Ive always
m a i n t a i n e d
that MMDAs
executives and employees could use
a lot more knowledge of the law,
integrity and humility to go with their
ofcial status as agents of order.
Take this deputy of MMDA
Chairman Francis Tolentino, a former
University of the Philippines assistant
professor named Alex Cabanilla.
Cabanilla, Im told, exemplies
the arrogance that infects people
who are suddenly thrust into high
ofce through his gratuitous need
to embarrass his co-workers for no
apparent reason.
Last Monday, Cabanilla showed
how more like Carabuena he is than
Fabros when he humiliated an MMDA
director in front of the media and
ofcials and employees of the agency
during a post-ooding cleanup drive.
MMDA director Sandra de Jesus,
whom Cabanilla called out for being,
of all things, short of stature, broke
into tears after the uncalled-for attack
on her person.
In another recent public display of
his weird sense of humor, Cabanilla
announced that the MMDAs general
manager, Corazon Jimenez, another
woman, was a graduate of AIM, not
the Asian Institute of Management,
but Ayaw Iwanan ang Mike. It is not
known if Cabanilla also drives a Volvo.
Tolentino should tell this suddenly-
powerful former professor to shape up
or grow a goatee like Carabuena, so
he can be easily identied as a jerk.
Cabanilla is a disgrace to the humble
public servants like Fabros whom he
lords over.
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
A nations grief
TRUE to their culture, Filipinos mourn
Secretary Jesse Robredos tragic death
in that Masbate plane crash like one
bereaved family. Still, there may be
those who will try to exploit the nations
grief for their own ends.
There is no sign that anyone in the
Robredo family is being packaged to
use his death as a stage to mount a run
for high ofce. That happened in 1983
when Ninoy Aquinos assassination was
used to make his widow, Cory Aquino,
president after three years. It happened
again in 2009, when Corys death was
used as an emotional stage to make her
only son, Benigno Simeon Aquino III,
president the following year.
Nonetheless, some people think the
political riffraff around Mr. Aquino
would like to turn Robredos wake
and burial into a political event. And
wittingly or unwittingly, the national
mourning and state funeral declared by
the President could spur them on.
Many who dearly loved the deceased
are not entirely comfortable with all
the frills. They feel that had the self-
effacing and unobtrusive Jesse been
given the chance to write a will, he
would have objected. He would have
loved to see his beloved people of Naga
there, notably the clergy whose support
he cherished, but he would have wanted
to keep everything simple and private.
He would not have had any of those left-
leaning pro-RH politicians hovering
over his ag-draped remains.
But whether you approve of the
Presidents initiative or not, you cannot
accuse him of any political motive.
Unlike the characters around him, he
is not running for any ofce. He might
simply have been having some guilt
feelings for not having gone to Cebu for
the PNP groundbreaking himself. Or he
might have nally realized that he had
never really given Robredo a fair break.
That was not a well-kept secret.
After the August 23, 2010 hostage-
taking at the Rizal Park, in which eight
Hong Kong tourists were killed inside
a bus, when the media tried to pinpoint
responsibility for the asco, it became
known that P-Noy had never given
Robredo any authority over the police,
even though as Secretary of Interior and
Local Government, he was supposed
to have been in charge. Authority was
instead given to his undersecretary, who
was said to be the Presidents shooting
buddy, among other things.
In one conversation I had with
Robredo in Naga during one feast-day
of Our Lady of Penafrancia, I asked
him why he had accepted the title and
its heavy responsibilities without the
corresponding authority. I pointed out
that under the Local Government Code,
the local government units were now
autonomous, and no longer under the
DILG Secretary, strictly speaking. All
that remained in the DILG was the
I, for Interior or police. But if that
had been given to the Undersecretary,
then there was nothing more left for him
to run.
Robredo listened to me patiently,
neither agreeing nor disagreeing with
what I said, but showing complete
loyalty to the President. I hope such
amazing loyalty was returned in equal
measure by the President. But even if
not, Robredo was such an honorable
man that I dont believe he ever bore
any grudge or resentment against the
President. He was a good and faithful
servant, and he knew there are bigger
things in life than perishable rewards.
My prayers go to his family, whom
he loved. It is not easy to imagine what
it has been like for them to have him in
their midst at one instant, and then to
lose him forever in the next. Fifteen
years ago, I went through something
similar but not quite. I was still in
the Senate, and I had to y to Jolo
with my wife, several bishops, priests
and a couple of staffan aide and a
photographerto attend the funeral of
a murdered bishopthe late Bishop
Benjamin de Jesus, OMI, who had been
gunned down by an unknown assailant
in cold blood.
From Manila, we ew to Zamboanga
City, and from there we hired two small
planes to ferry us to Jolo. There we
attended a funeral mass and helped
bury the bishop. On the way back, my
two staff had the option of taking the
regular PAL ight back to Zamboanga
on prepaid tickets. But the PAL ight
was leaving much later, and since some
in our group had decided to stay behind,
the other plane would be ying back
empty, so they decided to take it.
As we were about to take off, another
bishopBishop Emeritus Antonio
Nepomuceno, OMIcame running
along to join us. But there was no more
space on our plane, so we asked him to
join my aide and photographer on the
other plane instead. We took off from
Jolo and landed in Zamboanga after
the short ight. Then we waited for the
next plane to arrive. It never made it. It
caught re after takeoff, according to
eyewitnesses, and all three passengers
perished in the crash.
I have borne that memory like a great
wound until now. I pray the Robredo
family will be able to bear their own
with courage, grace and strength.
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There is a
lesson here for
Aquino and
his gang of
slow-learning
amateurs.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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I HEARD Manolo Quezon of that
three-legged hydra called Presidential
Communications Group say on
television that the President wants a
heros burial for the late Department
of Interior and Local Government
Secretary Jesse Robredo.
Santa Banana, its not enough, is
it? There would be a Jesse Robredo
Day in Naga City, a weeklong national
mourning period, ags at half-mast,
public viewing at Malacaang and a
state funeral. What a way to make
a circus out of the death of a public
ofcial who lived a life of humility.
I did not
know Robredo
personally. From
what I have
heard of him, he
exemplied what
a public ofcial
should be.
But why a
heros burial,
especially from a
President who did
not even give him
full powers at the
DILG? Recall
that Robredo had
to share control
of the department
with Undersecretary Rico Puno, the
Presidents shooting mentor and
buddy, who was put in charge of the
Philippine National Police.
I wonder: What does Robredos
family think about all this? If I go by
the things written about them, then
I would conclude that they would
want to share their last moments
with the secretary in private, and
without much fanfare. Just as he
would have wanted it.
***
The remains of Robredo have not
been interred, and yet people in the
Liberal Party are already angling to
be named as his replacement. My
gulay, even the name of a former
governor, facing plunder charges, is
being mentioned. What an insult to
the man who lived a life of honesty
and integrity!
Robredo was a loyal LP member,
having been pushed to the post
by his party colleagues led by
Transportation and Communication
Secretary Manuel Roxas II. Now
the Samar Group, the rival faction of
Roxas Balay Group, also wants its
own to replace Robredo at the DILG.
No doubt the Balay Group is
restless with the designation of
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa,
a Samar guy, as ofcer-in-charge of
the DILG.
I think the President must rise
above this petty rivalry among his
supporters and name somebody
above suspicion. Doing otherwise
would be a disservice to Robredo,
who championed good governance
and refused to call attention to
himself.
***
Reproductive health advocates
like Senator Miriam Santiago miss
the entire point of the controversy
over the support of 159 members of
the Ateneo University faculty for the
RH bill. The bill pushes population
control in the name of free choice.
Santiago invokes academic
freedom enshrined in the Constitution.
The Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines states that Ateneo
could lose its afliation as a Catholic
university if its faculty teaches things
that go against the tenets of the
Church.
Santiago argues that academic
freedom includes the right to disagree
according to ones conscience. Thus,
the faculty members should not be
forced to take the stand of the CBCP
against the bill. The senator adds
that its only
the Pope, as
the Supreme
Pontiff, who
can invoke
infallibility on
dogma. Since
the CBCP is
not the Pope,
Catholics are
free to disagree
with the bishops
on the RH bill.
But Ateneo
is a Catholic
school and is
supposed to
impart Catholic
teachings on its students. When its
teachers do otherwise, it ceases to
be a Catholic university. Further, it
is the CBCP that represents the Pope
here in the Philippines. So when
the bishops oppose the RH bill, they
speak for the Pope.
This is not about academic
freedom. It is about being a Catholic
institution.
***
President Aquino will soon name
the next chief justice, perhaps this
weekend, because the Constitution
gives him only until August 27 to do
so.
The President has eight names to
choose from. If he opts for an insider,
the choice is among acting Chief
Justice Antonio Carpio, Justices
Ramon Abad, Arturo Brion and Ma.
Lourdes Sereno. From the outside,
it will have to be Solicitor Francis
Jardeleza.
Of course, it is Mr. Aquinos
prerogative to choose anybody from
the eight. He must not however
forget that the Judiciary needs to be
unclogged of long-delayed cases. It
must also redeem itself because the
publics trust in it has been eroded.
An outsider will take at least six
months to get familiar with the entire
system. This will demoralize the
entire Judiciary.
Having said that, I reiterate
that I think Justice Carpio is the
best choice the President could
make. The other justices may be as
competent and knowledgeable, but
Carpio is the most senior of them
all. This is not the time to abandon
tradition.
The Ateneo
controversy
The stupidest government regulation
WE HAVE seen many stupid and
senseless government regulations.
Easily, the stupidest of them all
is the one implemented by the
government, not only under the Aquino
administration but under all previous
governments, regulating the inspection
and sticker marking on motorcycles of
the Department of Trade and Industry.
This is disappointing especially
since the head of the Trade and
Industry Department, Secretary
Gregory Domingo, has a masters
degree from Wharton and the Asian
Institute of Management and has a B.S.
Management Engineering degree from
the Ateneo. A proven technocrat and
management expert, Domingo strikes us
as a reasonable and practical man.
His deputy in implementing whats
supposed to be a simple task of ensuring
that motorcycle riders wear proper
helmets, as mandated by the Motorcycle
Helmet Act Consumer, is Welfare
Undersecretary Zenaida Maglayaa
seasoned bureaucrat who has survived
and prospered in the DTI through
several administrations.
However, Domingo and Maglaya
have turned the simple job of getting
an Import Commodity Clearance or
ICC sticker on a motorcycle helmet
into a major undertaking. It has thus
become a costly and tedious exercise
for the public, whom the law requires
to get a sticker for their motorcycle
helmets.
The regulation for an ICC sticker
is supposed to be for the protection
of motorcycle riders. Domingo
and Maglaya however have issued
implementing rules and regulations
that smack of unreasonable red tape.
There are almost 3.5 million
motorcycles and scooters registered
in the Philippines, so you can start to
imagine how many motorcycle helmets
have to be inspected and be given ICC
stickers.
In fact, in Metro Manila alone,
there are some 800,000 registered
motorcycles. When DTI initially set
a deadline for the free inspection of
motorcycle helmets in its Makati ofce,
there was chaos and a monumental
trafc jam near the DTI ofce.
Also, the fact that there could be
many users of one motorcycle and
many of them would have riders should
be considered. All of them need to
wear helmets with ICC stickers. So the
number of motorcycle helmets that need
to get ICC stickers would be perhaps at
least double the more than three million
registered motorcycles.
Remember that the primary task of
the DTI is to make sure that a motorcycle
helmet meets safety standards. A sign
of this is the ICC sticker.
Domingo, the technocrat and
management expert, and his assistant
Maglaya have come up with regulations
that go beyond the scope of the DTIs
supposed primary task.
Consider what the DTI is asking
before a motorcycle helmet can be
inspected and before an ICC sticker
is issued. two copies of a lled-
out application form that should be
downloaded from the DTI Website
www.bps.dti.gov.ph; photocopy of a
government issued ID (drivers license,
PRC license, postal ID, Comelec ID,
etc.), and photocopy of motorcycle
registration. An applicant, according to
the DTI, also has to bring his motorcycle.
Arent Domingo and Maglaya,
despite all their academic and
professional credentials, acting stupid
asking for all those unnecessary
requirements? What do they need the
motorcycle registration, the government
ID and in fact even the application form
to get an ICC sticker? The only thing
that is actually needed is to ensure that
the helmet meets the standards.
Beyond those documentary
requirements, the DTI implementing
rules get even stupider.
When we interviewed Maglaya on
radio, we asked her about those who do
not own a motorcycle but just hitch a
ride. She said that in such cases those,
who just hitch a ride should accompany
the motorcycle owner when he registers
with the DTI.
The DTI rules also state that a
motorcycle owner cannot register more
than one helmet. The reason for this,
according to Maglaya, is to prevent
xers from taking advantage of the
situation.
Shouldnt Malacanang remind
Domingo and Maglaya that they should
cut the red tape and remove all those
unreasonable and stupid regulations that
they are imposing? The task of DTI is to
put ICC stickers on helmets that meet
regulations.
It has nothing to do with ownership of
a motorcycle or whether the registration
is current or not and other things that the
DTI is sticking its nger into. The Land
Transportation Ofce is the agency
not the DTIthat should do all those
things.
To simplify things, what DTI should
do is to do away with all the documentary
requirements that it is now imposing.
It must stick to inspecting and putting
ICC stickers on all motorcycle helmets
brought to it for inspection.
They should allow people to bring
as many helmets as they want, whether
one or 100, for inspection to get an
ICC sticker. Thats all that the DTI is
supposed to do, anyway.
Media and the Manila hostage crisis
EVERYMAN
By Elizabeth Lopatto
CHILDREN of older fathers are
known to be more at risk for
diseases including schizophrenia
and autism. Now, a new scientific
look at the genes passed down
within families may have
pinpointed a reason why.
The study, reported yesterday
in the journal Nature, found that
older fathers transmit more new
DNA variations to their children
than younger dads, with each added
year of age resulting in an average
of 2 extra new mutations. The
genetic changes occur in men as
they age because of environmental
factors, such as radiation, or
through mistakes that occur in cell
division.
The research led by scientists at
Reykjavik, Iceland-based deCode
Genetics Inc., is the first to quantify
the number of new, or de novo,
mutations that fathers hand along by
age to their children. The findings
may suggest that dads-to-be should
consider collecting their sperm at a
young age and storing it for later use,
according to Alexey Kondrashov, a
professor of evolutionary biology at
the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
If the paternal-age effect on
the de novo mutation rate does
lead to substantially impaired
health in the children of older
fathers, then collecting the
sperm of young adult men and
cold-storing it for later use
could be a wise individual
decision, Kondrashov wrote in
an accompanying editorial that
called for further study on the
issue.
Mental processes may be most
affected, leading to illnesses such as
schizophrenia, because more genes
express themselves in the human
brain than elsewhere.
Autism increase
The de novo ndings suggest it
may be reasonable to assume that the
ongoing increase in the incidence and
prevalence of autism in many human
populations could be due, at least in
part, to the accumulation of mutations
resulting from relaxed selection and a
higher average paternal ageand not
only to better recognition of cases,
Kondrashov said.
The US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in March
reported that one in 88 children
in the US had autism or a related
disorder in 2008, the latest period
for which data was available. That
was a 23 percent rise from 2006,
the agencys researchers reported,
saying it was unclear how much of
the increase was due to increased
awareness of the disease.
Genes are the blueprints for
making all the proteins needed by
the human body to grow, develop and
work properly. DeCode Genetics
group looked at the DNA shared
by 78 groups of Icelandic mothers,
fathers, and children.
A 20-year-old father transmits
on average 25 new mutations to his
child while a 40-year-old transmits
65, the study found. Mothers always
transmit about 15 new mutations,
regardless of their age, according to
the accompanying editorial.
Men worse
Men probably contribute more
mutations because sperm have to
divide many more times than eggs,
which dont actively split when
women are of reproductive age,
according to Kondrashov.
The only important thing when it
came to explaining the mutations was the
age of the father, said study author Kari
Stefansson, who is also the chief executive
ofcer of deCode Genetics. Theres very
little else to be accounted for. Thats a
stunning observation.
Most de novo mutations are neutral,
and all mutations in the genome were
once de novo, Stefansson said by
telephone. Once scientists determine the
importance of de novo mutations relative
to heredity mutations in autism, it will
be easy to see how much contribution
a fathers age has to the childs health.
That work hasnt yet been done, he said.
Bloomber g
Older dads hand more DNA changes to kids
This is not
about academic
freedom. This
is about being
a Catholic
university.
By Jesus Fajardo III
ONE does not have to be a poli-
tician to be attentive and to par-
ticipate in what the government is
trying to do. The public must be
enlightened about what is hap-
pening; people must have vital in-
formation so they could make in-
formed choices.
Freedom of information and free-
dom of expression may be taken to
mean that we are absolutely free to
express whatever we want to say.
Freedom however has limitations.
Everything has limitations so that it
would not be abused.
In politics, Philippine media
have three major roles: As spec-
tators, preferably neutral ones, of
political actors. They could also
be an independent force. Constitu-
tionally, the government has three
branches. However, Susan J. Pharr
argued that the fourth branch of
the government is the media. Me-
dia act as watchdogs to protect
public interest.
Finally, media are a vital disciple
of the state that produce general
conceptions on social and politi-
cal values based on their subjective
well-being to morally fund sup-
port for the current administration
(Pharr, 1996).
By media we mean television, ra-
dio, newspapers and even the Inter-
net. Nowadays, these are the daily
things we encounter in dealing with
our opinions, perceptions, enter-
tainment, pleasures, instructions,
advertisements, information and
most probably our opinions (Frago,
2006). Thus, media play a vital role
in shaping our personality. The in-
formation we receive influences
how we think.
Media and politics do come to-
gether but they are also each oth-
ers critics. I refer to them as us-
ers. Government communicates its
agenda to the people through media.
The people also express their needs
through media.
But what actually happens is
that public service sometimes be-
comes a way to get higher ratings.
I do not wish to take sides with
the government on the one hand
and with the media entities on the
other. I believe though that gov-
ernment still has the primary obli-
gation to control medias activities
when necessary. For example, dur-
ing the Manila hostage crisis, two
years ago this month, media could
have lessened the risk if they limited
their coverage. Media personalities
should have sought clearance from
the authorities.
I thus believe that both media
and the government committed ir-
regularities in the situation. Media
allowed the hostage taker to see the
arrest of his brother. This clearly
worsened things. As a result, media
coverage made contributed to the
tragic outcome rather than to the so-
lution of the crisis.
We often see reckless broadcast-
ing practices. Is this freedom of ex-
pression or irresponsibility and a
breach of ethics?
For its part, the government has
not been able to project a good im-
age of the Philippines to the rest of
the world. This has caused a domino
effect.
It is of course too late for us to
blame each other. The tragedy has
occurred and has left a scar on the
victims, and also on us as a nation.
How do we learn from it? We must
make sure media organizations act
more responsibly. Government must
be more active in instituting reforms
and in enabling itself to deal with
similar crises.
What happened in Luneta was an
epic fail, indeed. But if we learn its
lessons, we can finally move for-
ward.
The author is a 19-year-old
senior political science student
at San Juan de Letran. He is the
grandson of a former Manila City
councilor and his father is cur-
rently barangay chairman in the
Tondo district.
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41320 41320
36051 36101
36104 36104
36114 36115
36147 36147
2000 2000
9651 9653
9665 9674
26001 26004
26008 26013
26020 26029
26040 26050
26073 26099
26134 26145
26151 26153
26192 26192
35489 35492
36296 36296
37794 37810
37812 37812
37815 37838
37882 37893
37897 37916
37918 37927
37930 37950
2001 2030
3865 3865
3881 3887
3892 3894
3896 3898
4026 4045
13235 13235
13242 13243
13251 13269
13277 13295
20741 20745
20780 20781
20803 20811
20818 20821
20829 20834
21707 21707
21757 21757
21776 21776
21794 21795
9581 9585
12077 12077
18886 18886
10385 10386
21152 21152
21198 21198
23523 23523
23560 23560
23603 23603
16963 16963
26994 26994
27077 27077
27089 27089
24076 24076
35892 35892
35907 35907
35925 35925
39646 39650
39651 39660
43901 43950
39307 39307
39313 39313
39319 39322
32209 32211
32213 32224
32258 32258
32268 32272
32276 32276
32283 32283
32287 32292
32297 32297
33111 33120
33148 33150
33301 33301
33305 33305
33331 33335
33351 33351
33372 33372
33386 33386
35955 35955
35970 35970
35987 35992
36020 36020
36031 36031
37501 37501
37503 37503
37531 37531
37534 37534
37701 37701
37571 37600
35938 35950
4993 5000
39826 39850
39851 39900
39901 39915
44101 44150
44051 44075
44263 44265
44272 44272
44284 44300
44301 44350
44351 44400

F - Fire Policy Set
1251 1252
1254 1256
1262 1262
1264 1267
1270 1271
1287 1288
1294 1294
4161 4161
4172 4172
4178 4178
4180 4181
13484 13485
13310 13356
1401 1402
1405 1415
1418 1422
1425 1427
1431 1431
1435 1435
1438 1439
1441 1442
1448 1448
2502 2502
2536 2541
2562 2566
2571 2573
2587 2588
2599 2599
3057 3061
3064 3100

F(1) - Firearm Bond
301 350

FEND - Fire Endorsement
301 350
1754 1754
801 850

FID(1) - Fidelity Bond
302 302
304 304
306 311
313 323
325 329
331 335
340 352
355 384
386 400
1451 1500
2301 2400

G(13) - Performance Bond
13351 44440
13358 13358
13360 13361
13366 13366
13368 13400
13929 13950
14201 14218
13151 13154
13192 13193
13195 13197
15268 15268
15271 15271
15287 15291
15295 15300
13631 13634
14062 14066
13277 13284
11867 11867
12951 12951
12962 12962
12970 12971
12977 12983
12986 13000
15451 15475
11856 11865
13801 13801
13803 13804
13807 13850
13751 13751
9813 9813
9815 9817
9901 9903
9906 9908
9914 9918
9922 9924
9927 9928
9932 9950
10963 10963
10973 10973
10987 10987
10989 10989
11707 11707
11610 11610
11638 11638
11642 11642
11657 11658
11662 11664
11672 11672
11682 11683
11686 11687
11689 11689
11691 11695
12605 12605
12629 12629
12631 12632
12679 12679
12681 12681
9835 9847
4511 4515
4517 4522
8601 8602
8606 8623
8625 8650
10401 10402
10404 10405
10652 10652
10694 10700
11052 11052
11071 11100
11711 11750
11775 11850
7976 7985
6318 6318
7953 7953
7957 7957
7962 7962
7969 7969
7972 7973
7975 7975
14977 14977
14981 14982
11225 11225
9823 9823
9825 9834
12765 12765
2513 2513
2524 2525
2528 2528
2530 2535
2538 2538
2542 2542
3258 3259
3277 3278
3280 3280
3283 3283
3285 3285
3299 3299
5101 5103
5124 5125
5148 5149
5159 5159
5161 5161
5169 5170
5172 5172
5176 5176
5178 5178
5183 5190
5192 5199
6571 6572
6585 6586
6590 6590
6593 6600
6602 6608
6611 6617
6622 6622
6626 6646
6649 6649
7201 7202
7204 7216
7218 7222
7224 7225
7229 7230
7234 7234
7236 7236
7238 7248
7250 7250
7255 7255
7258 7258
7261 7261
7271 7273
7275 7275
7279 7279
7282 7282
7284 7285
7289 7289
7293 7297
8556 8557
8559 8570
8574 8581
8586 8586
8589 8589
8960 8960
8963 8964
8968 8968
8971 8971
8988 8988
11851 11900
9856 9856
9859 9859
9887 9888
14152 14164
14472 14472
14478 14478
14480 14480
13851 13900
13192 13193
13195 13197
15268 15268
15271 15271
15287 15291
15295 15300
10412 10412
10433 10434
10422 10422
13286 13295
14124 14150
14401 14450
12503 12505
12508 12509
12512 12514
12516 12520
12522 12531
13301 13306
13312 13313
13331 13343
13345 13345
13347 13348
13350 13350
6404 6406
6408 6409
6411 6411
6413 6414
6416 6416
6423 6427
13956 13956
13961 13978
13451 13452
13474 13474
12452 12452
10357 10357
10359 10364
10366 10366
10368 10369
10371 10371
10374 10374
10376 10376
10383 10383
10385 10388
10392 10393
10395 10395
10397 10397
10453 10453
10461 10461
10463 10463
10468 10473
10478 10478
10489 10489
10491 10491
13201 13201
13203 13203
13211 13211
13217 13218
13223 13223
13231 13232
13246 13250
15031 15050
15073 15080
15082 15082
15090 15090
15102 15108
15132 15150
15151 15161
15168 15169
15171 15171
1954 1958
141503 141509
141547 141750
139546 139550
158408 158408
158420 158421
158423 158425
159272 159282
159303 159303
159309 159310
159312 159312
159319 159319
159323 159323
159359 159368
159398 159398
22105 22115
22122 22145
22163 22166
22168 22168
22170 22171
22173 22176
22178 22178
22201 22215
22217 22219
22223 22223
22227 22227
22232 22234
22236 22239
22241 22248
22266 22267
22269 22273
22312 22315
22341 22350
23501 23522
23527 23552
23555 23583
23586 23602
23604 23604
23610 23622
23626 23630
23634 23635
23637 23641
23648 23802
23804 23850
23852 23904
23906 23914
23916 24009
24011 24011
24013 24013
24017 24017
24019 24049
24051 24053
24055 24074
24076 24079
24081 24092
24094 24095
24098 24120
24122 24169
24172 24172
24174 24241
24243 24244
24246 24258
24261 24263
24269 24269
24294 24296
24299 24301
24304 24304
24306 24306
24309 24321
24331 24331
24352 24371
24374 24398
24400 24400
24402 24447
24449 24466
24468 24468
24470 24658
24661 24699
24701 24751
24753 24904
24906 24922
24924 24924
24929 24930
24932 24932
24936 24936
24938 24939
24951 24968
24971 24975
24979 24979
24984 24988
24990 24993
24995 24999
25001 25005
25009 25009
25011 25019
25033 25044
25046 25056
25065 25065
25072 25073
25079 25079
25081 25081
25086 25086
25093 25097
25100 25116
25121 25122
25126 25134
25136 25141
25143 25163
25165 25166
25168 25168
25170 25218
25220 25223
25234 25241
25243 25246
25250 25250
25252 25255
25257 25259
25266 25269
25272 25272
25277 25277
25281 25310
25312 25312
25317 25317
25321 25350
25352 25352
25354 25354
25359 25359
25361 25362
25370 25379
25384 25384
25387 25389
25391 25413
25418 25420
25422 25432
25434 25446
25448 25452
25457 25464
25466 25471
25473 25473
25480 25480
25485 25488
25490 25493
25499 25552
25557 25559
25561 25561
25564 25565
25576 25576
25580 25580
25585 25586
25601 25604
25606 25612
25615 25624
25626 25632
25634 25669
25675 25677
25682 25687
25690 25700
25703 25703
25708 25709
25711 25731
25733 25733
25735 25736
25738 25840
25843 25843
25845 25884
25886 25918
25920 25921
25923 25963
25965 25971
25974 25978
25991 25992
26001 26445
26447 26500
38951 38954
38957 38963
38970 38970
38974 39037
39040 39040
39043 39046
39049 39052
39077 39077
39079 39080
39088 39088
39094 39106
39109 39127
39131 39131
39149 39149
39200 39200
53902 53921
53923 53931
53933 53936
53938 53938
53944 53946
53948 53949
53951 53992
53996 53996
54000 54000
54006 54006
54010 54010
54044 54044
54051 54051
92759 92759
92767 92767
92796 92796
92800 92806
92808 92813
92820 92820
92826 92826
92834 92834
92837 92837
92841 92841
92844 92844
92854 92857
92859 92860
92900 92903
92905 92909
92913 92913
92915 92923
92926 92926
92929 92930
92932 92932
92936 92936
92939 92950
31702 31711
31716 31742
31745 31746
31748 31750
31753 31766
31769 31798
32101 32103
32105 32105
32113 32132
32135 32152
32156 32167
32172 32194
32199 32202
32204 32213
32217 32217
32219 32219
32222 32222
32224 32227
32229 32231
32233 32234
32244 32244
32249 32250
32253 32287
32290 32292
32294 32309
32311 32311
32313 32313
32316 32316
32318 32318
32323 32325
32337 32337
32342 32342
32350 32353
32355 32355
32359 32359
32368 32370
32373 32373
32381 32381
32385 32385
32388 32388
32390 32400
149507 149507
149513 149513
149521 149521
149529 149529
149557 149557
149570 149570
149577 149577
149585 149585
149587 149587
149596 149596
149601 149650
149507 149507
149513 149513
149521 149521
149529 149529
149557 149557
149570 149570
149577 149577
149585 149585
149587 149587
149596 149596
149601 149650
156951 157000
160715 160715
144703 144703
144705 144706
144711 144711
144714 144716
144721 144721
144727 144727
39590 39590
39325 39325
50019 50019
50193 50193
54908 54908
54940 54940
60683 60683
60712 60712
131170 131170
131022 131022
131040 131043
131168 131168
131017 131017
131075 131075
144448 144448
144433 144433
139496 139496
147167 147167
139659 139659
139500 139500
149901 149901
149965 149965
149991 149991
150000 150000

PA - Personal Accident
3601 3601
1301 1301
1304 1308
1315 1316
1325 1325
1329 1338
1341 1341
1343 1343
1346 1347
1349 1350
3555 3600
1354 1357
1359 1361
1364 1365
1372 1372
1376 1376
1378 1383
1400 1400
2207 2207
2209 2209
2215 2217
2219 2219
2222 2222
2225 2226
2228 2231
2237 2239
2241 2241
2243 2250
2802 2808
2811 2816
2818 2818
2821 2823
2826 2833
2836 2837
2839 2843
2845 2848
2850 2850
2858 2860
2862 2862
2871 2871
2880 2896
2898 2900

PC - Private Car Comprehensive
11151 11250
2102 2102
2107 2107
2111 2111
2116 2127
2131 2131
2136 2136
2144 2144
11957 11957
11961 12000
4202 4205
4218 4218
4220 4224
4233 4234
4238 4242
4244 4251
4253 4288
4307 4308
4314 4350
4352 4355
4357 4357
4359 4359
4361 4361
4373 4400

SPCV - CCO Commercial Vehicle CTPL Policy
1006801 1006900
1006101 1006150

SPLTO - CCO Land Transpo Oprtr CTPL Policy
1027851 1027900
1024201 1024300
1027801 1027850

SPMCY - CCO Motorcycle CTPL Policy
1052551 1052557
1052559 1052596
1052598 1052600
1042851 1042950
1049451 1049500
1052501 1052550

SPPC - CCO Private Car CTPL Policy
1074851 1074900
1066751 1066850
1072951 1073000
1074801 1074850

SPTRI - CCO Tricycle CTPL Policy
1020701 1020705
1020707 1020726
1016251 1016350
1020651 1020700

1960 1960
1963 1963
1965 1966
1969 1969
1971 1972
1974 1983
1985 1985
1990 1992
1994 2000
5302 5311
5315 5335
5347 5347
5401 5404
5406 5416
5419 5432
5436 5436
5438 5440
5446 5447
6185 6185
6187 6187
10508 10508
11115 11115
11117 11117
13134 13134
13551 13574
12167 12167
12169 12173
12184 12185
12003 12003
12355 12355
13603 13604
13629 13630
14554 14600
10603 10603
14100 14100
14512 14550

G(16) - Surety Bond
16063 16063
16065 16065
16079 16079
17161 17161
17181 17181
15279 15288
15289 15298
17919 17919
17921 17950
17956 17956
17966 18000
18001 18150
13020 13044
18201 18225
15603 15603
15605 15606
15617 15617
15622 15623
15625 15625
16374 16380
16386 16386
16390 16400
16834 16834
17001 17010
17671 17680
18286 18295
14073 14073
14100 14100
15254 15254
15261 15262
15274 15275
15277 15277
15299 15299
16551 16565
16570 16575
17101 17150
17315 17315
17321 17331
17333 17342
17346 17400
14056 14072
16901 16902
16909 16910
16913 16913
16916 16917
16919 16920
16923 16926
16928 16929
16931 16950
16851 16900
14751 14755
14764 14766
14771 14776
14780 14782
12258 12258
12278 12278
12282 12282
12287 12289
12291 12291
9476 9477
9480 9480
9488 9489
11798 11798
9494 9494
7632 7634
13660 13660
13663 13665
13699 13700
9476 9477
9480 9480
9488 9489
8631 8650
8659 8659
8663 8663
8669 8669
8672 8674
8680 8680
8682 8682
8699 8700
15201 15210
11751 11756
11759 11760
11762 11762
11766 11791
12328 12328
12335 12335
13702 13703
13741 13750
13753 13753
13760 13761
13766 13800
14451 14500
12470 12472
12500 12500
13537 13537
14333 14333
14405 14405
14022 14022
14033 14033
14035 14040
14022 14022
14033 14033
14035 14040
8501 8510
15101 15101
15117 15119
15122 15123
15126 15136
15139 15141
15144 15146
15152 15160
15167 15186
1961 1962
1964 1964
1985 1985
1987 1987
1990 1990
1992 1993
2000 2000
255 255
257 257
266 268
271 271
287 289
293 293
295 300
4301 4303
4311 4311
4313 4313
4315 4315
4317 4317
4333 4333
4336 4346
4349 4349
6601 6608
6610 6617
6620 6620
6622 6622
6625 6629
6632 6633
6635 6635
6637 6637
6639 6642
6645 6650
7053 7057
7078 7078
7081 7084
7086 7089
7091 7112
7114 7125
8953 8953
8956 8956
8958 8958
8962 8962
8967 8967
8971 8971
8977 8977
8979 8979
8981 8987
8990 8990
8996 9000
9009 9009
9011 9029
9033 9041
9043 9050
10801 10802
10806 10806
10810 10810
10813 10819
10821 10823
10826 10828
10830 10835
10837 10837
10846 10846
10848 10848
10851 10851
10854 10855
10857 10858
10948 10949
10951 10952
10957 10958
10960 10960
13951 14000
14542 14544
14546 14550
18551 18556
17601 17606
13876 13876
15406 15407
15414 15414
15418 15418
15423 15426
15438 15439
15442 15444
15449 15449
17051 17100
15603 15603
15605 15606
15617 15617
15622 15623
15625 15625
16374 16380
16386 16386
16390 16400
16834 16834
17229 17240
18151 18200
15001 15002
15012 15012
15014 15017
15019 15020
15022 15034
15038 15040
15044 15047
15049 15049
16121 16124
16126 16130
16134 16134
16143 16143
16145 16150
16706 16708
16710 16715
11661 11663
11666 11685
6501 6501
6503 6503
6509 6509
6511 6511
6513 6516
17259 17259
17264 17264
17267 17267
17273 17273
17276 17276
17279 17279
17283 17284
17286 17291
15967 15974
11404 11404
11407 11407
11410 11410
11412 11412
11415 11415
11428 11438
11449 11450
11704 11704
11707 11707
11709 11709
11712 11714
11716 11716
11718 11718
11720 11720
11727 11727
11729 11732
11735 11737
11744 11746
11748 11749
15701 15701
15706 15707
15709 15750
16001 16011
16018 16044
16167 16167
16171 16172
16175 16178
16181 16182
16185 16187
16189 16233
16235 16258
1501 1503
1507 1507
1509 1514
1516 1520
1523 1523
1539 1541
1545 1546
1548 1548
1555 1560
1570 1571
1587 1587
1589 1590
1592 1592
1598 1600
5871 5875
5881 5881
5883 5883
5895 5899
6258 6260
10677 10677
11231 11234
11240 11240
11243 11247
11265 11265
11273 11273
11285 11285
11802 11802
14607 14610
14623 14623
15594 15594
15652 15653
15681 15681
16751 16765
14672 14676
14855 14857
14859 14859
14861 14861
14866 14866
16306 16306
16347 16347
16807 16807
16812 16812
16818 16830
18411 18450
18607 18650

G(16)G - Surety Bond - Government
17568 17568
17574 17574
17591 17591
17596 17596
17801 17809
17830 17830
17839 17839
17501 17550

G(2) - Bidder's Bond
17751 17800
18361 18400
19851 19875
17211 17215
17258 17258
17292 17295
16758 16760
16769 16770
16790 16790
16793 16800
18269 18270
18281 18282
18288 18288
18201 18217
18248 18250
19551 19560
14801 14810
15654 15654
16475 16476
16490 16490
16493 16493
18565 18572
14852 14852
14854 14855
14858 14900
19501 19501
18451 18451
18453 18454
18458 18461
18463 18463
18467 18468
18470 18500
18402 18408
18413 18413
7011 7012
7015 7015
7020 7027
7030 7032
7045 7045
7047 7048
7050 7050
13602 13603
13613 13613
13616 13618
13626 13628
13633 13648
13651 13670
13672 13693
13696 13696
13698 13699
13701 13708
13710 13715
13717 13722
13736 13737
13743 13743
13746 13748
13027 13027
12862 12862
12864 12864
12879 12880
13789 13790
10583 10583
10596 10596
14353 14353
14359 14359
14362 14362
14370 14370
11402 11402
11406 11407
11418 11418
11430 11430
14423 14423
14435 14440
13789 13790
10583 10583
17361 17361
17364 17364
17370 17383
17389 17390
17392 17400
9753 9753
9761 9788
9791 9791
5765 5765
5767 5767
5769 5800
13551 13553
13559 13559
13568 13600
14459 14527
14532 14550
14588 14600
13244 13244
14308 14308
14313 14313
14315 14315
3108 3108
3147 3150
3225 3225
3239 3239
3245 3246
3248 3248
3170 3171
15760 15760
15791 15791
15800 15800
17967 17967
17970 17970
17973 17974
17991 17998
16152 16153
16183 16184
16186 16200
16001 16001
16051 16051
16058 16058
16073 16073
15609 15609
3917 3918
3949 3949
4486 4486
4501 4505
466 466
921 950
5381 5381
5383 5383
5408 5408
6315 6315
6338 6340
6343 6343
6348 6348
6353 6353
6365 6365
6377 6377
6385 6387
6416 6417
6485 6485
8066 8067
8069 8069
8122 8132
8157 8157
8454 8462
8472 8473
8476 8476
8481 8481
8484 8485
8489 8492
8496 8499
8505 8505
8512 8512
8515 8515
8523 8531
8533 8535
8537 8537
8540 8547
8549 8550
8561 8562
8581 8585
8593 8600
9801 9804
9837 9837
9839 9840
9851 9854
9875 9881
9889 9889
9900 9900
10101 10104
10106 10106
10108 10108
10113 10114
10117 10124
10127 10135
11776 11779
11783 11783
11787 11787
11794 11797
11799 11799
11801 11804
11849 11849
11919 11920
11953 11958
11961 11961
11981 11983
11990 11991
11996 11997
14601 14700
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Among the witnesses to be
presented before the Pasay Re-
gional Trial Court (RTC) Branch
112 are several election ofc-
ers, media and political person-
alities, including former Rep.
Prospero Pichay, Commission
on Elections law department
head Esmeralda Ladra said.
The Comelec lead prosecutor
said they may present additional
witnesses and documentary evi-
dence during the course of the trial.
Ladra said the municipal elec-
tion ofcers they will be pre-
senting as witnesses had already
executed afdavits on their
knowledge of the alleged vote-
rigging in Mindanao.
As for Pichay, she explained that
the former lawmaker was among
those tagged by their star witness
Norie Unas as one of the govern-
ment ofcials present in a meeting
in Malacanang where Arroyo or-
dered former Maguindanao Gov.
Andal Ampatuan, Sr. to ensure the
victory of her administration par-
tys senatorial candidates.
The meeting allegedly took
place a few days before the May
14, 2007 elections. Unas testi-
ed that he overheard Arroyo
giving instructions to his former
boss, Ampatuan.
During the pre-trial confer-
ence of the case on Thursday,
the prosecution and defense
panels argued over the number
and identities of witnesses they
will be presenting in court.
Lawyer Benjamin Santos, one
of Arroyos counsels, invoked
their right not to divulge the
list of their witnesses, saying it
should be the prosecution that
should present rst their list of
witnesses and evidence.
Our position is reactionary,
meaning we will only react to
what the prosecution will say or
present, Santos said.
The lawyer of former election
supervisor Lintang Bedol, Ar-
royos co-accused, backed San-
tos argument.
The prosecution must do
its duty. Its not our obligation
to present the list rst. Under
the rules, the prosecution must
come rst and then the defense
will follow. Anyway, they still
have the chance to present addi-
tional witnesses and documen-
tary evidence during the trial,
lawyer Reynaldo Princesa said.
Ladra countered that she
wanted to get the list of witness-
es of the defense in the spirit of
fairness.
By Ferdinand Fabella
STATE prosecutors said on Thursday
that they have lined up 58 witnesses
against former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, who stands
accused of manipulating election
results in Maguindanao during the
2007 national elections.
By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan

VICE President Jejomar Binay on Thursday called on the Organiza-
tion of Socialized Housing developers of the Philippines to assist
in efforts to speed up the construction of green housing units for
the resettlement of squatter families who live near major waterways
in Metro Manila.
It is our priority to remove informal settler families from danger
areas, said Binay during the Organization of OSHDP 2012 Na-
tional Convention in Muntinlupa City.
Binay proposed a meeting with all private sector developers,
the local government units, and urban planners to tackle ideas and
suggestions that would let them construct not just housing but sus-
tainable housing for the informal settlers.
In providing a safe location, Binay said that the housing sector is
currently crafting local government policies encouraging the use of
green technologies, which will engage families to participate in ef-
forts to crate climate-resilient cities and to protect the environment.
These policies will require the involvement of the poor in iden-
tifying risks and relevant actions; as well as take into account the
needs of vulnerable sectors during calamities, such as women, chil-
dren, and the elderly.
Apart from the policies, the government is also adopting the Ac-
creditation of Indigenous Technologies (AITECH) for housing, which
promotes the use of indigenous and green technology in construction.
Such technologies must help make social housing eco-friendly,
as much as bring down costs. And you can be assured that, one, we
will support the developers with innovative solutions; and two, we
will educate the communities they serve about the importance of
sustainable living, Binay said.
The Oberthur Technologies Inc.,
the company responsible for
installing security microchip
on electronic passports under a
P900-million contract, has yet
to fully comply with its supply
deliveries.
Foreign Affairs assistant secre-
tary and head of the ofce of con-
sular affair Jaime Victor Ledda
said that Oberthur would not
get full payment until it met its
deliverables, which include the
migration of database from the
machine-readable system to the
e-Passport system, the transfer of
equipment and the nalization of
the service-level agreement.
Until the terms are met, there
will be [no payment, Ledda
said on Thursday.
DFA Undersecretary for Ad-
ministration Rafael Seguis said
that Oberthur has already re-
ceived about 60 percent, or an
estimated P5.4-million, of the
P900-million contract.
We only owe them about 40
percent of the cost, but that it still
subject to our nal acceptance of
the project [e-passport], Seguis
said a separate interview.
Based on the service-level
agreement, Oberthur is required
to provide free one-year mainte-
nance service to the e-Passport
machines.
The maintenance service will
allow the DFA to assess the needs
of the e-Passport machines, as
well as netune the system.
Ledda said that Oberthur has
a pending task to transfer the
3.5-million les from the ma-
chine-readable system to the e-
Passport machines.
The termination of the agree-
ment will only mean that the
machines maintenance and
operation will be transferred
to the DFA. Sara Susanne D.
Fabunan
September ultimatum
for e-passport supplier
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mst.daydesk@gmail.com AUGUST 24, 2012 FRIDAY
A7
Lawmaker hits
railway contract

IN BRIEF
Metro Rail Transit to hike fare next year
Forgive me, Carabuena asks authorities
Manila is not bankrupt
Public apology. Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis To-
lentino listens while motorist Robert Blair Carabuena reads his public apology to
MMDA trafc enforcer Saturnino Fabros. MANNY PALMERO
In memoria. Mandaluyong City Rep. and House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II leads school ofcials, city
leaders, teachers and students in unveiling of a statue of his father, former Senate President Neptali A. Gonzales, at
the school named after the senator. JUN DAVID
Ambulance donation. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce Chairwor-
man Margarita Juico (center) and general manager Atty. Jose Ferdinand Rojas II
(left) turn over the symbolic key to a new ambulance to OWWA Administrator
Carmelita Dimzon (right) at the charity agencys ofce in Pasay City. Dimzon
welcomed the donation, saying the PCSO donated ambulance willl be a big
help to OWWA and to OFWs returning to their hometowns. JOSEPH MUEGO
THE Department of Transportation
and Communications announced on
Thursday that it increase the fare for
the Metro Rail Transit next year.
At a budget hearing in the House
of Representatives, Transportation
and Communications Secretary Mar
Roxas told lawmakers that the MRT
fares will be adjusted to approximate
bus fares but did not give the hikes
exact amount.
There will be changes next year,
Roxas told the House Committee on
Appropriations as he defended the
agencys proposed budget for 2013.
We will have appropriate communi-
cations in preparation for these pro-
cesses. This will not be sudden.
Under the proposed 2013 budget,
the government has allocated P5.12
billion in subsidies for the MRT. In
2012, the DOTC allotted P4.29 billion
for the purpose.
It doesnt make sense that the
MRT, which is faster and more reli-
able, is cheaper than an alternate mode
of transportation, Roxas said.
In 2011, the DOTC failed to imple-
ment its approved MRT fare increase
to P28 for a full ride because of strong
objections from various sectors.
The MRT, which traverses the Epi-
fanio de los Santos Avenue, charges
P14 for a full ride from the North Av-
enue to the Taft Avenue stations. An
estimated half a million Metro com-
muters ride the MRT daily.
With the fare hike in 2013, Roxas
explained that the DOTC will be able
to focus more on its infrastructure
projects. He said the government has
done enough to subsidize the MRT
operation.
It will be unfair for the areas
in the provinces if we continue to
subsidize Metro Manila as we have
done so for the past ten years, Rox-
as said. The money [that the gov-
ernment had allocated to subsidize
the operations of the MRT] can be
redeployed to the countryside.
Maricel V. Cruz
Agham Partylist Rep. Angelo Palmones, at
the same time, urged President Aquino to hold
PNR ofcials accountable for the alleged ir-
regularity.
Palmones accused PNR ofcials of allowing
a favored supplier to deliver some P9.9 million
worth of larch wood last month when the notice
of award and contract specied the purchase of
yakal (Shorea astylosa) hardwood.
Whoever is involved in this anomaly should
be red, Palmones told the Manila Standard.
The Aquino government does not need of-
cials who are into corruption or tolerate graft
and corruption in government, he added.
Palmones said the PNR auctioned the con-
tract to procure and deliver 1,400 bridge ties,
514 joint ties and 16 sets of switch ties with
a total volume of 110,011.38 board feet for a
budget of P9.9 million, based on the price of
P99.50 per board foot which the PNR had paid
for yakal ties in 2010.
The congressman said the PNR specied
the local hardwood and no substitution should
have been allowed.
When the yakal ties supply was bidded
out in December 2011, only one contractor
participated and submitted a P99.10 which is
lower than the agency cost, but the sole bid-
der specied that it was bidding for larch, not
yakal. Larch is a Chinese softwood, thus, the
bidder should have also been disqualied by
the PNR bids and awards committee.
PNR general manager Junio Ragrario, how-
ever, approved the delivery of larch wood ties
instead of yakal ties.
We learned that the GM noted that the de-
livery of larch wood was approved by the PNR
bidding and award committee. If this is true,
then members of the BAC can be held admin-
istratively accountable, Palmones said.
But Ragrario claimed there was noth-
ing irregular in the contract and said they
welcome Palmones demand for an inquiry
into the matter.
The PNR now abides by Republic Act 9184,
or the Government Procurement Reform Act, in
contra-distinction from the past when negotiated
bidding was the norm. The procurement of the
much needed wooden ties was bidded out in ac-
cordance with RA 9184, Ragrario said in a text
message to the Manila Standard.
Yakal or its equivalent for railroad use
was sought to be procured. The PNR bidding
committee did its job of advertising and going
through the bidding process and imported wood
determined by the user, Ragrario added.
By Maricel V. Cruz
AN administration congressman on Thursday demanded
a special audit of the state-owned Philippine National
Railways for its allegedly anomalous purchase and
delivery of wooden rail ties that were supposedly
replaced illegally.
By Rio N. Araja
MOTORIST Robert Blair Carabuena
appeared at the Metro Manila De-
velopment Authority on Thursday to
publicly apologize to the authorities
for berating and hitting trafc enforcer
Saturnino Fabros who tried to cite him
for going through a red light.
To Mang Sonny and his children, I
am asking for your forgiveness. I just
hope that I be given a second chance
and could personally address my apol-
ogy to him, he read from a prepared
statement in Filipino.
I really felt the anger of the public.
Thats why I chose to stay at the house,
and seek advice from family, friends
and a lawyer, he said.
Carabuena also appealed to the Land
Transportation Ofce to lift the suspen-
sion of and not to revoke his driving li-
cense because of the nature of his work.
He appealed to Tolentino to allow
him to drive because of the nature of
his job in the meantime and to Land
Transportation Ofce-National Capital
Region director Teolo Guadiz III not
to revoke his drivers license.
But MMDA Chairman Francis To-
lentino, who demanded that Carabuena
make the public apology, insisted that
the agency will pursue the charges of
direct assault on a person in authority
led by Fabros against Carabuena with
the Quezon City prosecutors ofce.
The LTO, on the other hand, main-
tained that Carabuena should be held
accountable for his action.
LTO will not accept the public
apology of Carabuena. He violated a
law. He should be accountable for his
action. Regardless of whether he gets
pardoned by the MMDA trafc enforc-
er, the LTO will determine its own in-
dependent course of action, said LTO
Metro Manila director Teolo Guadiz.
After the public apology, Carabuena
was escorted by policemen to the ofce
of Quezon City Chief Prosecutor Donald
Lee at around 8:45 a.m. to inform the
prosecutor that he had publicly apolo-
gized to the authorities, but Lee said Car-
abuena will still have to attend the pre-
liminary investigation set at 2 p.m.
Carabuenas chief escort, Chief
Insp. Maria Delia Pedrezuela of the
Philippine National Police-Highway
Patrol Group, said she was acciden-
tally hit with bottle of mineral water
by an irate individual in front of the
agencys redemption center, but she
denied internet reports that Carabuena
was pelted with plastic bottles.
Carabuenas lawyer, Cesar Ortega,
said Carabuena failed to attend the
preliminary investigation after he was
rushed to an undisclosed hospital be-
cause he had difculty in breathing and
had chest pains when they arrived at
Lees ofce.
During the prelimary investigation,
Assistant City Prosecutor Victorino
Badua gave Carabuena until 10 a.m.
of Aug. 29 to submit his reply to the
charges.
7 drug mules indicted
THE Customs bureau has led criminal
charges against seven foreigners who
were caught carrying prohibited drugs in
separate incidents at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport.
Charged with drug trafcking were
Francisca Jovian, Tamil Selvi Veloo,
Cahandrar Naddarajan, Ooi Hock Guan,
Danny Boon Eng Ng, Sun Bahadur Ta-
mang and Duong Thi Yen, all foreign
nationals who are now detained at the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Bi-
azon and Customs Police Department
chief Jose Yuchongco led the ling of
cases against the suspects before the
Department of Justice. We will never
allow drug mules to get through our cus-
toms gates, if only to ensure the safety
of the Filipinos, especially our youths,
Biazon said. Joel E. Zurbano
Couple charged for abuse
THE Quezon City Prosecutors Ofce
on Thursday denied bail for a couple who
physically abused their housemaid.
Assistant City Prosecutor Ronald
Torrijos indicted Reynold Marzan and
his wife Annaliza of 75 Las Villas del
Cielo, Visayas Avenue of serious illegal
detention, elevating the suit to the Que-
zon City regional trial court.
He also found probable cause to in-
dict Annaliza of two counts of attempt-
ed homicide and seven counts of serious
physical injuries. Torrijos said the Mar-
zans never showed up in preliminary in-
vestigation and submitted a reply to the
complaint of Baran. Rio N. Araja
Drug peddler convicted
A QUEZON City court on Thursday
sentenced a tricycle driver to life
imprisonment for peddling drugs four
years ago.
Branch 82 Judge Severino also ned
Marlos Casco P500,000 after he was
found guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
Casoc was arrested in an entrapment
operation on July 21, 2008 by poseur-
buyer, PO1 Percival Kalbi. Rachel Ann
Reanzares
CA clears prosecutor
CAVITE Provincial Prosecutor
Emmanuel Velasco has been cleared of
liability in the damage suit led against
him by a former Caloocan City judge.
The Court of Appeals Eleventh Di-
vision reversed the 2009 ruling of a Ma-
nila court convicting Velasco of libel
over his supposed insinuation of case
xing in the Justice Department against
former Judge Adoracion Angeles.
The appellate court held that the RTC
erred in sentencing the scal to one year
and eight months of imprisonment and
P50 million in moral damages because
the evidence, a copy of the newscast
that aired the interview, was inadmis-
sible since it was not the original and
authenticated copy as required by rules
of court. Rey Requejo
CITY ofcials of Manila denied reports that
the city has gone bankrupt and stressed that
the city government is up to date in its pay-
ments and remittances due to the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, Government Service In-
surance System, Home Development Mu-
tual Fund and Philippine Health Insurance
Corp. up to August 2012.
City Treasurer Marissa de Guzman
said she has written the Commission on
Audit to inquire if the agency had actu-
ally released an audit report claiming that
the city had been remiss in its payments
to the government agencies.
The city treasurer expressed surprise
at the report since the city government
has not been remiss in its payments to the
BIR, GSIS, Pag-Ibig and Philhealth.
City Accountant Bing Manlulu said
the taxes withheld for BIR and the GSIS,
Pag-Ibig and Philhealth premium contri-
butions and loans deducted from the em-
ployees have been regularly remitted on
the 10th day of every month.
The total remittances for GSIS, Pag-
ibig and Philhealth as of August 2012
is P490,452,360.55 and to the BIR,
P267,936,500.68, Manlulu said.
De Guzman said the city government
is fully aware that the COA has pointed
to the citys bloated payroll as its big-
gest problem and the city has taken steps
to address the problem by reducing the
number of personnel from various depart-
ments including the mayors ofce.
In fact, she said, this move had triggered
a lawsuit over the salaries of 790 consul-
tants and 480 researchers and casuals.
City hall ofcials also raised the pos-
sibility that most of the said consultants,
researchers and casuals are ctitious and
Mayor Alfredo Lim demanded that they
be made to physically appear at the cashier
windows to claim their salaries, present
their identication cards and sign their pay
slips, just like other city employees.
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Agri execs sacking upheld
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Public Works and Highways
Sorsogon District Engineering Offce
Guinlajon, Sorsogon City
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Sorsogon District Engineering Offce, Guinlajon, Sorsogon City,
through the SARO No. ABM-BMB-A-12-0006415 dated Jan. 2, 2012, invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects.
Contract ID: 12FK0014
Contract Name: Package I
1. Repair/Maint. of Salog River Control, Sorsogon
City
2. Repai r/Mai nt . of Gui nl aj on Ri ver Cont rol ,
Sorsogon City
3. Repai r /Mai nt . of Cawayan Ri ver Cont r ol ,
Sorsogon City
Contract Location: Sorsogon City
Scope of Work: Restoration of 320 lm. Concrete Revetment
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php5,115,000.00
Contract Duration: 75 C.D.
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the
Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of Bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's
applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Receipt of LOI from prospective Bidders Aug. 24, 2012Sept. 7, 2012 until 12:00 noon
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 24, 2012 September 13, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference August 31, 2012 @10:00 A.M
4. Receipts of Bids Deadline: September 13, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids September 13, 2012 @ 10:05 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at the
Offce of the BAC Secretariat, DPWH Sorsogon District Engineering Offce,
Guinlajon, Sorsogon City upon payment of non-refundable fee of Php10,000.00.
Prospective bidders may also download the BD's from the DPWH website, if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids
Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties
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(Sgd.) ARTURO N. LEE
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
(BAC CHAIRMAN)
Notice is hereby given that the following companies/employers have with this Regional Offce Application/s for
Alien Employment Permit/s:
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Company/Employer
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Position and Brief
Description of functions
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CORPORATION
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If you have any information/objection to the abovementioned application/s please communicate with the Regional
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OIC Regional Director
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Region IV-B (MIMAROPA)
Oriental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro Marinduque Romblon Palawan
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
By Rey E. Requejo

THE dismissal order issued by Ofce of
the Ombudsman against an ofcial of the
Department of Agriculture over the P728-
million fertilizer fund anomaly is valid,
said the Court of Appeals.
The CAs Seventh Division
through Associate Justice Romeo
Barza upheld the removal from
service of former Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Field
Operations Ibarra T.C. Poliquit,
who was found guilty as
charged.
Clearly, having performed his
ofcial function with clear intent
to violate the law or disregard
established rules, the petitioner is
liable for grave misconduct, the
CA ruled.
Associate Justices Noel Tijam
and Ramon Cruz concurred with
the ruling.
Aside from Poliquit, the
Ombudsman in a decision issued
on March 8, 2011 also ordered
the dismissal of several regional
directors Reinerio Belarmino
Jr., Gumersindo Lasam, Ricardo
Oblena, Leo Caneda and Oscar
Parawan.
In his petition for review,
Poliquit said the anti-graft body
violated his constitutional right
to speedy disposition of his case.
He cited Section 6 of the
Rules of Procedure of the Ofce
of the Ombudsman mandating
a decision not later than 30
days after the case is declared
submitted for resolution which in
his case took two years.
According to him, former DA
Undersecretary Jocelyn Joc-
joc Bolante was responsible
for modifying the list of fund
allocation to the different DA
regional ofces for fertilizers.
But the CA noted that Poliquit
himself sent several memoranda
to Bolante requesting approval
to issue sub-allotment advise
that facilitated the release of the
funds to some regional executive
directors.
His acts were essential
elements that paved the way
for the approval of the request
and release of funds in the said
DA program, and eventually
caused the regional executive
directors into entering in MOAs
(memorandum of agreements)
even beyond their signing
authority, the decision said.
The petitioner herein likewise
failed to asset his right to a speedy
resolution of his case. Such
right was only invoked after the
Ombudsman issued the assailed
decision and resolution nding
him guilty of grave misconduct.
His silence, therefore, is a waiver
of his right.
CHAIRMAN Brigida-Zenaida
Pawid has announced her resigna-
tion from the National Commis-
sion on Indigenous People during
last weeks en banc meeting.
Pawid, a staunch anti-mining
advocate, however, has yet to re-
linquish her post pending appoint-
ment of her successor, said sources
who asked not to be named in the
absence of a designated spokes-
man.
Lawyer Percy Brawner, one of
the commissioners, is seen to re-
place her.
Malacaang is expected to act on
the vacancy in time for the next NCIP
en banc meeting on August 29.
Other commissioners are Roque
Agton, Dionisia Banua, Conchita
Calzado, Cosme Lambayon, San-
tos Usad and Executive Director
Basilio Wandag.
Employees who were told ear-
lier of her plans to quit would not
discount the fact that Pawids po-
sition became untenable following
the mining policy enunciated by
the Aquino administration.
NCIP sources said Pawid, who
has been campaigning against
mining particularly in Palawan to-
gether with Banua and ABS-CBN
Foundation Managing Director
Gina Lopez, found Executive Or-
der on mining guidelines, conten-
tious.
The EO would allow mining in
certain areas which to her personal
belief should not be allowed at all.
The directive has delineated places
exempted from mining operations
but has allowed mining rms that
already hold contracts with the
government before the issuance of
the order.
Not a few employees have
learned from white papers and
postings in the social network
about Pawid facing charges before
the Ofce of the Ombudsman.
A protg of Presidential Ad-
viser on the Peace Process and
cabinet oversight of the NCIP,
Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles,
she was appointed on June 7, 2011
to replace Agton.
She was a member of Cordillera
Peoples Forum and was involved
in the Social Reform Agenda that
crafted the Indigenous Peoples
Rights Act which created the com-
mission.
Pawid was a member of the
government peace panel that ne-
gotiated with the National Demo-
cratic Front during the Ramos
administration, earning her a
nomination alongside 26 Filipino
women and 1,000 others from all
over the world for the 2005 Nobel
Peace Prize.
Pawid quits tribal commission
By Dexter A. See
TUBA--Four University of the
Philippines-Diliman graduates
under cadetship at the Philex
Mining Academy were among
the topnotchers in the 2012 Min-
ing Engineer Licensure Exami-
nation.
Jerrold King Magtagnob
placed second with a rating of
88 percent in the exams given in
Manila by the Board of Mining
Engineering this month with Vic
Anthony Vizcarra in fth place
(85.75) followed by Donald Mel
Odilao and Jesse Lance Reyes in
seventh (84.75) and ninth (84.2)
spots, respectively.
Philex academy cadets Jericko
Franz Giolagon, Marck Mara-
mat, Arbie Aizel Mitran, Jonnel
Nagpacan, and Jan Carlo Parian
also made it, where 57 of the 67
examinees passed, according
to the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC).
The cadets said they were
grateful to the Philex academy,
which had tapped experts to hold
review classes.
That was really a great help
to us, said Magtagnob, who was
condent of passing the exam.
Odilao agreed, noting that
there are no formal review cen-
ters around for mining engineer-
ing graduates.
All the nine graduates of the
UP Diliman Mining Engineer-
ing formed the rst batch who
were accepted into the Philex
program last April, according to
Carmelita Catacutan, head of the
academy.
The idea is to encourage ex-
change of ideas among these
technical experts to support ex-
isting and future operational re-
quirements of all Philex Mining
sites, she said. We dont offer
jobs; we offer careers.
The cadets have a ve-year job
contract with Philex after which
they have the option to stay, do
graduate studies, join other rms
or start a business.
Philex cadets have two years
of training in actual mining and
milling operations. The batch re-
ceived monthly allowances since
June with formal training start-
ing September.
The other topnotchers are
Mikhail Serrano, of UP Diliman,
who placed rst at 88.3 percent;
Haiza Pigkaulan, third (86.55),
and Carlo D. Javarez, fourth
(86.05), both of Palawan State
University; Kayzer C. Llanda,
sixth (UP Diliman, 85.35); Jason
D. Esmero, eighth (UP Diliman,
(84.3); andJamil G. Matanog,
10th (Palawan State Univ.,
84.05)
Four Philex Mining Academy
students top board exams
By Boy Villasanta
LOPEZTens of thousands
of residents joined last
Sunday the colorful march in
celebration of Commonwealth
President Manuel Luis
Quezons 134th birthday.
As early as six oclock,
participants from the remotest
villages gathered at the Lopez
Town Plaza in front of the
presidencia, spilling over to the
Holy Rosary Parish Church,
several blocks away.
The procession had reached
the Dolor Amphi Theater
inside the Lopez National
Comprehensive High School
campus for the culminating
rites passing the towns ve
districts with its tail end about
ve kilometers behind.
Pasensiya na po sa mabagal
na pagpasok ng parada dahil
napakalaki ng bayan natin.
(Please bear with the slow-
moving parade because our
town is so big), Mayor Isaias
Ubana said.
Aside from 95 barangays
which sent in ofcers, practically
all the establishments, private
and public, were represented in
the pageantry.
The event saw a motley
crowd of local executives,
employees, students, teachers,
senior citizens, peasants,
church hierarchy, war
veterans, hog raisers, our
millers, communications
representatives, health
workers, bankers and other
non-government organizations
gathered in thanksgiving to
Quezon, pride of the province
and the Father of National
Language.
Filipino is celebrated in
August as Language Month not
only in Lopez but throughout
the country.
Dr. Violeta De Asis, District
Supervisor of the Lopez East
District, joined the tribute
to Quezon in honor of his
contributions in attaining
Filipino nationhood.
Our theme for this year is
Tatag ng Wikang Filipino,
Lakas ng Pagka-Filipino
(Resilience of Filipino
Language, Strength of Being
a Filipino). We are happy to
be part of Quezon Day, she
said.
Pastoral
parade
marks
Quezon Day
Rehab centers get tax relief
THE House Committee on Ways and Means
has approved a proposal to grant tax exemption to
contributions made to city and municipal rehabilitation
centers for children and youth beneciaries.
The relief is embodied in a substitute to House
Bill 3665 led by Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy
Casio, or the Act Establishing City and Municipal
Rehabilitation Centers for Children and Youth with
Disabilities.
Section 9 provides that all grants, endowments,
donations and contributions to the City and Municipal
Rehabilitation Centers for Children and Youth with
Disabilities for their actual, direct and exclusive use
shall be exempt from donors tax and the same shall
be allowed as deductions from the donors gross
income for purposes of computing the taxable income
of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as
amended.
Casios bill underscores the Magna Carta for
Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations
Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities.
Maricel V. Cruz
What to do with seized rice
SUBIC BAY FREEEPORTCustoms has yet to act
on the appeal of Amira C. Foods to lift the forfeiture
order against 420,000 bags of Indian rice cargo seized
last month.
On the side-line of the two-day Subic Bay Maritime
Conference, Customs chief Ruffy Baizon, one of the
speakers, said he was awaiting the outcome of the
Senate hearing on the shipment.
The Senate in last Wednesday threatened to cite for
contempt Amira executives along with Cesar Bulaon
of Metroeastern Trading and ofcers of the Subic Bay
Metropolitan Authority over spotty explanations given
on the status of the rice now stored in two SBMA-
owned warehouses.
Customs district Carmelita Talusan said forfeiture
proceedings were under way against 45,000 bags of
Vietnamese rice loaded in 90 twenty-footer container vans
declared as gypsum board and construction materials.
She said the shipment worth P42 million came
from Singapore and was unloaded at the Subic Bay
International Container terminal. Willie E. Capulong
LEFAZPI CITYThe Albay Provincial Government
has formed a committee to represent the province in
paying homage to former Department of Interior and
Local Government Secretary Robredo, and express the
Albayanos sympathy and grief with his family.
Robredo died in a plane crash off Masbate province
three days ago. His remains now lie in state at the
Archbishop Palace in Naga City.
Following the conrmation of his death and retrieval
of his remains, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda issued an
executive order to y the Philippine ag at half mast
in all public places in the province, and drape the
provincial capitol here in black cloth.
I thank God for making me a Bicolano and giving us
Jesse Robredo, Salceda said, quoting his own speech
during a testimonial dinner for Robredo in Naga City
in 2010.
His performance, afrmed by various awards, has
transformed him into an icon of local governments, the
gold standard of local governance.
Salceda said Robredo, as mayor for many years, has
put Naga in the world map, especially in Asia, as one of
the most progressive cities on account of his enlightened
leadership and his expertise in management.
He formed a Committee for the Albay Homage to
Robredo led by Vice Gov. Harold Ong Imperial, with
Cedric Daep, head of the Albay Provincial Disaster and Risk
Reduction Management Councilm as vice chairman.
The Albay Sangguniang Panlalawigan, whose
members are made part of the committee, along with
the department heads of the Capitol, also adopted a
Resolution of Sadness and Sympathy which likewise
cited and recognized Robredos great contributions to
the country as a cabinet ofcial and his help to Albay
as DILG Secretary.
Salceda said holy masses will also be offered at the
Albay Cathedral and in Naga City during his wake.
Albay pays homage
to Bicolano leader
The Philex Mining Academy cadets visit the Philex offices in Pasig City led by (from left, front row)
Donald Odilao, seventh placer; Vic Vizcarra, fifth placer; Jerrold Magtagnob, second placer; and Jesse
Reyes, ninth placer, joined by (back row) Marck Maramat, Jericko Giolagon, ArbieMitran, and Jonnel
Nagpacan. Not is Jan Carlo Parian.
DEXTER A. SEE
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo
FROM Nov. 10, to Dec. 1 to most
likely, none at all.
This may well be this years sce-
nario when it comes to the planned -
nal ght for the year 2012 of Filipino
boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao.
According to a source close to Pac-
quiao, the Filipino congressman is not
keen on ghting this year, unless the
guy standing across the ring is Floyd
Mayweather, Jr.
The source, who spoke on condi-
tion of anonymity, said Pacquiao may
extend his break from boxing until
early next year as he wants to spend
enough time campaigning for the
May 2013 elections.
Early this month, Pacquiaos pro-
moter Bob Arum, who personally vis-
ited the boxer-politician in Mindanao,
announced a Nov. 10 ght schedule.
But yesterday, Pacquiaos Cana-
dian agent Michael Koncz informed
the media about Pacquiaos supposed
decision to move the date to Dec. 1.
The sources added that Pacquiao is
starting to get impatient with Arum
for his failure to set up a ght against
Mayweather Jr.
WAITING IN THE WINGS. If ever
Pacquiao signs the dotted line for a
late 2012 outing, another Filipino is
expected to be part of that card where
a world title will be at stake.
Unbeaten prospect Mercito Gesta is
being groomed as the next title chal-
lenger of International Boxing Feder-
ation featherweight champion Miguel
Vazquez of Mexico.
This was conrmed by Gestas
manager Vincent Parra.
According to Parra, no less than
Top Rank Inc. president Bob Arum
informed their camp about his plan to
stage a Vazquez-Gesta title ght be-
neath the Pacquiao headliner.
Parra said Gesta is now looking for-
ward to training at the famed Big Bear
Lake in California, a favourite train-
ing ground of superstar ghters from
California and Mexico.
Gesta is coming off a spectacular 9th
round knockout win over American Ty
Barnett last Aug. 3 in Las Vegas.
The 24-year-old Gesta who was
born in Mandaue City and is now
based in San Diego, California, pa-
rades an unblemished record of 26
wins one draw with 14 knockouts.
PROMISED TITLE SHOTS. Two
of the four Filipino main eventers set
to see action early next month are be-
ing promised of a shot at a world title.
According to International pro-
moter Bebot Elorde, two of his young
wards Renan Trongco and Dennis Tu-
bieron are in line for a world title shot
if they get past their foreign oppo-
nents on Sept. 8 at the Elorde Sports
Complex in Paraaque.
Trongco, the reigning World Box-
ing Council Intercontinental youth
lightyweight champion will stake
his regional belt against world-rated
challenger Ryu Onigashima of Japan
in a 12-round battle.
On the other hand, Tubieron is set
to face another Japanese Hiroki Shii-
no in a similar 12-round setto.
Elorde said the powerful World Boxing
Council is sanctioning his card and that
the winners are also guaranteed of a major
improvements in their world rankings.
Also seeing action in a pair of WBC
regional championships are undefeated
20-year-old superyweight prospect
Gabriel Altarejos who will battle Saran-
gani native Weljan Ugbaniel while su-
perbantamweight Jaderes Padua meets
James Mokoginta of Indonesia.
THAI STAR RETIRES. Thailands
newest boxing hero Kaew Pongprayoon
has ofcially retired from the sport and
will soon embark on a career as a trainer.
Pongprayoon, military Sergeant in
Thailand, settled for a silver medal
in the London 2012 Olympic Games
that most Thais strongly believe
should have been gold.
Army General Prayuth Chan-ocha
announced that he had given the boxer
60,000 baht for winning his silver medal.
The army chief also promised
strong support for the development of
amateur boxing in Thailand.
The army will continue to sponsor
boxing and will produce more ath-
letes to bring fame to Thailand in the
next four years.
The 32-year-old Pongprayoon will
not be eligible to compete in the 2016
Olympics since AIBA has an age limit
for boxing which is at 34-years-old.
Initially, Pongprayoon said he
would consider whether to continue
ghting in other tournaments such as
the SEA Games.
But Pongprayoon nally decided
to hang up his gloves and give young
Thai ghters a chance to take his spot
in future international competitions.
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
SSC, Army try to stay ahead
DENNIS PRINCIPE
SPORTS CHAT
IN BRIEF
La Salle, Don Bosco win
LA Salle-Greenhills A and Don Bosco
Technical Institute-Makatis triumphant
run in the Small Basketeers Philippines
continued unabated, while host Xavier
School remained unscathed in the Passe-
relle as the elimination round of the Mi-
lo-sponsored and Best Center-organized
twin tournaments near their end last
weekend.
LSGH-A (3 wins, no loss) drubbed
Lourdes School of Mandaluyong (2-2),
52-35; while DBTI-Makati (3-0) routed
La Salle-Zobel B (0-3), 65-24, to remain
tied on top of SBP-A and near their spots
in the semis.
Xavier School (3-1) remained on the
heels of idle Ateneo A (3-0) in Group B
following its 58-30 scuttling of San Be-
da-Alabang (1-2).
Notre Dame Greater Manila marched
to its fourth straight win in as many days
at the expense of Ateneo-B (1-3), 51-49,
in Group C.
Melindo vs ex-WBA champ
WORLD Boxing Organization No.1 y-
weight Milan Melindo, who is in line to
face champion Brian Viloria even though
both ghters are reluctant to do battle,
will face former World Boxing Council
Interim champion Jean Piero Perez of
Venezuela in another of the highly suc-
cessful Pinoy Pride series staged by
ALA Promotions, in cooperation with
ABS-CBN at the Waterfront Hotel and
Casino in Cebu on Sept. 22.
Hoping to capitalize on the resounding
success of the Pinoy Pride XV ght card
last Saturday, ALA Promotions has decided
to give Melindo a tough test and a chance
to show his own skills just like light wel-
terweight Jason Pagara and super bantam-
weight Genesis Servania did last weekend
against worthy Mexican opponents.
Pagara avenged his earlier 10-round
unanimous decision loss to rugged Ros-
bel Montoya with a cracking sixth round
TKO, while
Servania hammered Jorge Pazos with
devastating combinations to the body
and head to win a one-sided decision.
Ronnie Nathanielsz
La Salle-Dasma grabs lead
DE LA Salle University-Dasmarinas
took the solo lead in the womens divi-
sion of the Sandugo-Collegiate Athletic
League, posting a fourth straight victory
as the Lady Patriots beat erstwhile co-
leader Adamson University, 69-56, last
Sunday.
Adamson is now in joint second place
with a 2-1 record, together with College of
St. Benilde, which prevailed, 67-46, over
University of Sto. Tomas.
The Lady Tigers tote a 1-2 slate, while
still mired at the bottom is Don Bosco
Technical College, which is still winless af-
ter four games.
In the mens division of this develop-
mental league supported by PC Gilm-
ore, Comm. Akiko Guevarra of the Phlip-
pine Sports Commission, Phiten, Uratex,
Gatorade, Primovit multivitamins, and
Platinum Fitness, College of St. Benilde
retained the lead with a fourth straight
win at the expense of Trinity University
of Asia, 78-74, following an earlier and
easier 80-65 victory over Colegio de San
Lorenzo.
Trinity University of Asia is in second af-
ter beating University of Asia and Pacic,
69-49 for a 4-1 slate.
Idle Informatics-A is in third place at 3-1,
while CDSL slid down to fourth at 3-2, fol-
lowing its loss to CSB.
Emilio Aguinaldo College evened its re-
cord to 2-2, defeating winless Informatics-
B, 74-55.
UA and P follows at 1-2, while DBTC
(0-3) shares the cellar with Informatics-B,
now at 0-5.
Dream match slated
BROTHERS James and Phil
Younghusband become rivals
as Clear Philippines holds the
rst-ever Clear Dream Match
on Saturday at the University of
Makati football eld.
The match will feature some of
the best players from the United
Football League, members of the
Philippine national team, some of
the countrys best collegiate play-
ers, and celebrities.
The Clear Dream Match was
launched last June 25. Fans chose
from an all-star ballot of 60 players
through the events Facebook page.
The list was trimmed to 40 players
who will form two teams that will
meet for the Dream Match.
Each team will be captained
by the Younghusband brothers.
Team Phils roster includeS
Saba Gamaroudi (Kaya FC), Park
Minho (Loyola Meralco Sparks),
Yves Ashime (Pachanga FC), Roxy
Dorlas (Loyola Meralco Sparks),
Armand Del Rosario (Kaya FC),
Eric Tai, Fabio Ide (Team Soc-
ceroo), Rafael Rosell, Paolo Bedio-
nes, Daniel Matsunaga (Team Soc-
ceroo), Tony Toni, Yannick Tuason,
Davide Cortina (Loyola Meralco
Sparks), Byeong Jeong Yeol
(Loyola Meralco Sparks), Dexter
Versario (Loyola Meralco Sparks),
Janrick Soriano (Pachanga FC),
Alvin Ocampo (Green Archers),
Oussenyou Diop (Pachanga FC),
Paulus Reyes (Team Socceroo) and
Micheal Menzee.
Team James consists of Anton
Del Rosario (Kaya FC), Nate
Burkey (Kaya FC), Pat Bocobo
(Green Archers), Jonah Romero
(Kaya FC), Patrick Deyto (Green
Archers), Rudy Del Rosario,
Eric Dagroh (Kaya FC), Andrew
Wolff, Marvin Kiefer, Jolo Du-
rian, Jake Cuenca (Team Soc-
ceroo), Slick Rick, MikkoMa-
banag (Ateneo), Patrick Ozaeta
(Loyola Meralco Sparks), Ray-
mark Fernandez (Diliman FC),
Ronald Ong (Pachanga), Andrew
Santiago (Diliman FC), Nico-
Bolzico (Kaya FC), Steven Silva
(Team Socceroo) and Ref Cuares-
ma (Loyola Meralco Sparks).
The Lady Stags hope to recover from
their scrambling ve-set victory over
the Rising Suns last Tuesday where they
blew a 2-0 set led before hanging tough
in the decider to pull off the win, the
second straight after besting the Ateneo
Lady Eagles in last Sundays opener.
Ranged against a team that dropped its
rst two games, Sandugo-SSC is fancied
to get past Navy in their 4 p.m. match al-
though the Lady Stags, powered by Thai
ace Jeng Bualee and local aces Suzanne
Roces and Nene Bautista, remain wary of
their rivals who are raring to nail the elu-
sive win in the mid-season conference of
the league sponsored by Shakeys Pizza
SANDUGO-San Sebastian College and
Philippine Army try to keep their unbeaten slates
for a continued share of the lead as they clash
with Navy and Cagayan Valley respectively
in the Shakeys V-League Open at the Ninoy
Aquino Stadium today.
and backed by Mikasa and
Accel.
The Army ladies, on the
other hand, face a tough ri-
val in the Rising Suns, who
disposed of the Far Eastern
U Lady Tams in the opener
and nearly completed a stirring reversal
over the Lady Stags.
The newcomers are again expected to
match up strong with the Lady Troopers
behind early scoring leader Sandra delos
Santos, Honey Tubino, Joy Cases, Jen
Manzano and Thai reinforcements Sutadta
Chuewulim and Kunbang Pornpimol.
Rachel Ann Daquis, Iari Yongco, Joanne
Bunag, sisters Michelle and Marietta Caro-
lino and skipper Cristina
Salak are tipped to lead the
defending champions bid
against Cagayan in what
promises to be another
down-to-the-wire duel.
Ateneo, meanwhile,
goes for a follow-up to its three-straight
win over Navy last Tuesday as it squares
off with FEU in the 6 p.m. main game of
another triple-bill.
Games can be viewed live via stream-
ing on www.v-league.ph, according to the
organizing Sports Vision. The FEU-Army
match last Tuesday will be aired on AKTV
tonight (Friday) starting at 7 p.m. to be fol-
lowed by the Cagayan-Army match.
Jeson, Casey set up duel
TOP seed Jeson Patrombon primed up
for his keenly awaited clash with Francis
Casey Alcantara with a 6-2, 6-1 romp over
Fritz Verdad, while No. 2 Johnny Arcilla
and Fil-Italian Marc Reyes forged the other
top quarternal duel in the second Oliva-
rez-Philta Open Tennis Championships
presented by Palawan Pawnshop Express
Pera Padala late Wednesday.
Patrombon, 19, put on another superb
game to eliminate Verdad and arrange a
quarters showdown with 20-year-old Al-
cantara, a wild card who bundled out No.
5 Rolando Ruel Jr., 6-1, 5-7, 6-3, in the
other third round clash in the mens Open
singles. They tangle at 11 a.m. today
(Friday) at the Olivarez Sports Center in
Sucat for a Final Four berth.
Arcilla, 31, likewise fashioned out a
straight-set 6-3, 6-1 win over Arvin Ruel to
seal a Last 8 faceoff with Reyes, the other
fancied wild card entry who, like Alcantara,
needed an extra set to remain in the title hunt
in the event sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop
Express Pera Padala and Stronghold Insur-
ance with Dunlop as ofcial ball.
Nothing is etched in stone
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Smart MVP Best of the Best Taekwondo tourney on Sunday
THE 2012 Smart MVP Best of the Best
taekwondo championships will be held
on Sunday at the San Miguel By The
Bay, Music Hall, SM Mall of Asia.
Crack blackbelters from 12 regions na-
tionwide including Cordillera Autonomous
Region, Region 2, Region 3, Region 6A,
Region 10B and the National Capital Re-
gion will participate in the prestigious tour-
nament, which starts at 9 a.m.
Among those qualied to see action
are gold medalists in all blackbelt
national events like the Lu-
zon, Visayas and Mindanao
championships, University
Athletic Association of
the Philippines, National
Collegiate Athletic As-
sociation, Armed Forces
of the Philippines-Phil-
ippine National Police
Olympics and all Philip-
pine Taekwondo Associa-
tion Metro Manila and regional
competitions.
Tournament director Je-
sus Morales III also bared
that members of high-
level blackbelt organiza-
tions like the Taekwondo
Blackbelt Brotherhood,
Taekwondo Blackbelt
Sorority and the Philip-
pine Taekwondo Contin-
gent will also vie for honors.
Supported by SMART Com-
munication Inc., MVP Sports Founda-
tion and PLDT, the event is considered
a breeding ground of topnotch athletes.
It hopes to discover future stars includ-
ing possible participants in the 2016
Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
To eliminate human error and ensure
accurate, fair scoring and spectacu-
lar friendly games, the PTA will use
PSS (Protective Scoring System), ESS
(Electronic Scoring System) and the
IVR (Instant Video Replay).
Viloria training at
Wild Card Gym in LA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
WORLD Boxing Organization yweight champion Brian Viloria
is training at Freddie Roachs Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles for
his Sept. 29 unication title ght against World Boxing Associa-
tion champion Hernan Tyson Marquez of Mexico.
While the site of the ght hasnt been nally resolved after Vilo-
rias manager Gary Gittelsohn turned down Mexico as the site,
indications are it will likely be held at the Home Depot Center in
Carson City, California.
Training is coming on great. Ive been in the training camp for
some ve weeks now and have two new strength and conditioning
trainers, who have been working with me, one of whom is Marvin
Somodio, Viloria told the Manila Standard.
Games today
2 p.m. Cagayan vs Army
4 p.m Sandugo-SSC
vs Navy
6 p.m. Ateneo vs FEU
Davao leg champ. Top seed Austin Jacob Literatus (center) of Dona Carmen National High
shows his trophy and prize after copping the boys juniors title in the 2012 Shell National
Youth Active Chess Championship Mindanao leg at SM Davao Activity Center in Davao City
recently. With him are (from left) Shells executives media relations manager Toby Nebrida,
district manager for Vismin Mark Gayon, social investment manager Jackie Ampil and
internal communications manager Ronald Jabal.
Pangilinan
AUGUST 24, 2012
Lebanons crippling zone
defense took away the hot hands
of shooting stars Jeff Chan
and Gary David, while former
Meralco import Jarrid Famous,
who also played for San Miguel
Beer in the Asian Basketball
League, outplayed Marcus
Douthit in the paint.
The Lebanese also shot
exceptionally well from beyond
the arc to reduce the chances of
the Philippines to win the Jones
Cup with tough games lined up
against Iran, Chinese Taipei-A
and the United States over the
next three days.
Obviously, we got outplayed
by Lebanon. They came in with
a solid game plan and we had our
butts kicked, said Gilas coach
Chot Reyes.
He added: Theres a lesson
learned. We have to learn playing
successive games. Our players
are not used to it, and it showed
in this game. Our shooters cant
make their shots. They have no
spring in their legs. If we cant
make our outside shots, we dont
have a chance to win because of
our (short) ceiling.
The Lebanese took the rst
quarter, 22-15, padded the lead
to 11 points at the half, 43-32,
before unleashing a crippling
defense, coupled with torrid
outside shooting that gave them
a 28-point lead at 74-46 going
into the nal quarter.
Smart Gilas coach Chot
Reyes realized the game was
already lost judging by the way
the Lebanese were playing and
wisely decided to rest Douthit,
Chan, David and LA Tenorio in
the nal 10 minutes of the game.
He knew that a much-needed
FRIDAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
A TIRED and listless Smart Gilas
Pilipinas, feeling the effects of a series of
tough, come-from-behind wins, suffered
its rst loss in the 34th William Jones Cup
when the squad was routed by Lebanon,
91-72, in Taipei yesterday.
THE Wake-Boarding and Water-
skiing Association of the Philip-
pines got a big shot in the arm as
the Philippines plays host to the
prestigious world watersports
spectacle dubbed as IWWF
Worlds: 2012 Cable Wakeboard
World Championships presented
by DECA Homes on Nov. 6 to
11 in Clark, Pampanga.
WWASP Chairman Jose Vito
JV Borromeo is excited and
overwhelmed that a budding
member country like the Phil-
ippines was given the rare op-
portunity by the International
Wake-Boarding and Waterski-
ing Federation to be the stage
of this years championship,
featuring the worlds best rid-
ers vying for the titles at stake.
The WWASP is one of the
newest member-National Sports
Associations, under the umbrella
of the Philippine Olympic
Committee and the Philippine
Sports Commission. It had
been busy for the past two
years developing the sport and
training competitive athletes
for the national team.
Borromeos programs, backed
up by WWASP ofcials, sponsor
companies and supporters, paid
off when the Philippines was
chosen as one of the stops of the
IWWF World Tour and bagged
the bronze medal behind Sam
Bermudez feat in the ladies di-
vision on the national teams de-
but stint in the Southeast Asian
Games last year.
Hosting this prestigious
world event is another mile-
stone for the WWASP. It will
be a big boost to the countrys
Tourism Industry considering
the number of foreign delegates
and guests coming here from
all over the world. Moreover,
we see the event as a perfect
avenue to promote our world-
class cable wake parks and
kick off the full-blast launch-
ing of our revitalized thrusts
and programs for the develop-
ment of the sport and search
for more world-class Filipino
athletes, said Borromeo.
The staging of the IWWF
Worlds: 2012 Cable Wakeboard
World Championships pre-
sented by DECA Homes was
sealed after Borromeo signed
the memorandum of agreement
with IWWF President Kuno
Ritschard, IWWF Cable Devel-
opment Committee Chairman
Uwe Goldstein and 8990 Hous-
ing Development Corporation
CEO JJ Atencio.
Site of the event is the newly
constructed DECA Clark Wake
Park which is scheduled to soft
open this September.
PH to host world wakeboarding tilt
By Jeric Lopez

FAR EASTERN University
went back to the right track
with a resounding 87-60 demo-
lition of erstwhile league-lead-
ing University of Santo Tomas
to gain a tie for second place
in the 75th University Athletic
Association of the Philippines
yesterday at the MOA Arena in
Pasay City .
The Tamaraws surprised the
Tigers with their intensity and
dominated all aspects of the
game to erect a gigantic 47-19
spread at the half.
Knowing what UST was ca-
pable of, FEU continued its on-
slaught in the second half on its
way to a comfortable victory.
Aggressiveness sa defense
talaga. Maganda yung ball
movement namin, kaya magan-
da ang laro. Magaling sila com-
ing from behind, kaya pinaghan-
daan namin yun pagkatapos
namin makakuha ng lamang,
said FEU coach Bert Flores.
The two schools are now tied at
second with the same 6-2 slates.
Terrence Romeo scored 16
of his game-high 19 points in
the rst half to backstop the
Tamaraws early assault. He
added ve rebounds, while
Roger Pogoy and Anthony
Hargrove stepped up and add-
ed 13 points apiece.
FEU, which won both games
against UST this season and 11
of their last 12 meetings, shot
an outstanding 61.3 percent
clip from the oor, the highest
shooting percentage of a win-
ning team since 2003.
The Tigers saw their six-
game winning streak come to
an end as they were never in
the game from the start. They
shot an abysmal 0-of-14 clip
from three-point distance in
the rst half. Their 19 points
was the second lowest scored
by a team in a half this season.
Earlier, National University,
after squandering its lead in
regulation, managed to keep its
poise to turn back pesky Ad-
amson University, 81-77.
Tams send
Tigers back
to Earth
REP. Manny Pacquiaos desire to personally
le his certicate of candidacy in the rst
week of October, reportedly for re-election
at the lone district of Sarangani province,
is the reason for the postponement of his
planned Nov. 10 ght to December 1.
Pacquiaos adviser Michael Koncz told
the Manila Standard that the ring icon did
not demand the postponement, but re-
quested Arum for the change in date and
that the promoter understood the reason
and acceded to his prized ghters request.
Pacquiaos request was relayed to Arum
by Koncz during a meeting in New York
last Sunday, during which the two dis-
cussed several matters, but which neither
individuals were willing to reveal.
Coincidentally, Miguel Cotto has a ght
scheduled for Dec. 1 at New Yorks Madi-
son Square Garden and there is specula-
tion that perhaps Pacquiao had chosen
Cotto as one of the three options given
him by Arum.
Team Pacquiao was trying to work things
out with Cotto, whose last ght against
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was handled by Gold-
en Boy Promotions, although the Puerto Ri-
can is not tied up to the Oscar De La Hoya
outt, which would make it easier for Arum
to negotiate a ght, if he has to.
The two other possible opponents men-
tioned are Timothy Bradley, who grabbed
Pacquiaos World Boxing Organization
welterweight title in a split decision, or
Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez,
who has been pleading for a fourth ght,
even as he continues to claim that the
judges robbed him of a decision in their
rst three ghts.
A Mayweather megabuck ght on Dec. 1
is unlikely as the undefeated champion has
suffered from his prison term, losing some
weight and being bothered mentally by his
incarceration and following his release on
good behavior would like to relax and spend
some of the big money he earned for the
Cotto ght before he went to jail.
Indications are that quiet, behind-the-
scenes negotiations have been continuing
and chances of a Pacquiao-Mayweather
ght sometime in the rst half of next year
is on the cards. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Pacmans filing of candidacy caused ght postponement
Salud okays 3-team trade
PHILIPPINE Basketball Associa-
tion commissioner Chito Salud ap-
proved the three-team deal among
Air21, Petron and Barangay Gine-
bra, involving seven players.
In the deal, the Express will get big
men Rob Reyes, Noy Baclao, KG Ca-
naleta and John Wilson, while the Boost-
ers acquire Magi Sison, Paolo Hubalde
and Air21s 2012 second-round pick.
Ginebra will get Elmer Espiritu and
Air21s 2012 rst-round pick, which
might be vital, since the likes of Greg
Slaughter and Ronald Pascual are ex-
pected to enter the draft next season.
In another trade, a swap of centers is
reportedly being worked out by Talk N
Text and new squad Global Port.
In the reported trade, the Tropang
Texters will send athletic big man Ja-
peth Aguilar to the Batang Pier in ex-
change for banger and inside operator
Rabeh Al-Hussaini, a former Rookie
of the Year, in a proposed swap of two
former Ateneo cagers.
As of the moment, the teams have
not submitted a proposal to the league
ofce.
Should this push through, Al-Hus-
saini will be reunited with his former
mentor in Norman Black in the Talk
N Text camp. Jeric Lopez
By Peter Atencio
THE Letran Knights welcomed
back big man Raymund Alma-
zan with a bang yesterday in the
88th National Collegiate Athlet-
ic Association mens basketball
tournament.
The presence of the 67
Almazan, who was inexplica-
bly missing for most of the rst
round after suffering a nagging
foot injury, enabled the Knights
to get off to a big start and beat
the Mapua Cardinals, 72-60, at
The Arena in San Juan.
Jam Cortes shot 11 of his 19
points in the rst period, as the
Knights took charge early with
a commanding 20-9 advantage.
The Knights, who went on
to post their fth win in six
games, never looked back.
They relied on the presence of
Cortes, Kevin Racal, Jun Alas
and Almazan underneath to
post a 40-22 halftime spread.
Kahit 18 to 20 minutes lang
ang nilaro ni Almazan, iyung
intimidation, iyung intangibles,
maraming magagandang gina-
wa siya sa ilalim, said Knights
coach Louie Alas.
Cortes also grabbed 10 re-
bounds, while Racal had 12
points and eight rebounds, Alas
made 11 points for the Knights,
who climbed to the third spot.
Ryan Costelo and Mark Gat-
dula banged in 14 points apiece
as the San Sebastian Staglets
blasted the Lyceum Junior Pi-
rates, 99-30, and rmed up their
hold of second spot at 10-1 in
the junior division.
Knights clobber Cards, 72-60
ZAMAR NEW UE COACH
UNIVERSITY of the East shook up its team by
naming a new coach in the middle of the 75
th
University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
Former UE mentor Boyzie Zamar returns to the
UAAP, replacing Jerry Codinera as head coach of the
struggling Red Warriors starting the second round.
The Red Warriors have been struggling the past two
seasons and only managed a win in the rst round
after seven games. Codinera, however, will still
remain with the team as consultant. Zamar makes his
return tomorrow as he starts calling the shots for the
Warriors in their second-round opener.
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
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win against undefeated Iran in
a 3 p.m. showdown tomorrow,
will put the Philippines back
in contention for championship
honors. Iran is looking for a
fourth straight Jones Cup title.
The Lebanon squad
demonstrated their ability to
bury triples, hitting 42.9 percent
of their attempts as against the
27.3 percent of the Philippines,
which had banked on its outside
shooting to win their rst four
games.
With Famous dominating the
boards, Lebanon also enjoyed a
27-17 rebound advantage in the
rst half, that basically was the
story of the game.
Lebanon, behind two slam
dunks and a runner by Famous,
which fueled a 10-0 tear at the
start of the third quarter, opened
up a 21- point lead with just
under seven minutes remaining
in the quarter before a basket by
Gabe Norwood broke the spell.
However, it was short-
lived as Jean Abdel Nour
scored back-to-back baskets,
the second on a goal-tending
violation and another basket
by Elie Stephan opened up an
almost insurmountable 25 point
lead behind a 16-2 run deep into
the quarter.
Wake-Boarding and Waterskiing Association of the Philippines
President and Chief Executive Officer JV Borromeo (second from right)
got a big boost for 1st Monster Energy Drink Philippine Qualifier
Series presented by Safeguard Active with the entry of partner
sponsors Monster Energy Drink, represented by Marketing Manager
Jem Perez (center) and Rip Curl, represented by Marketing Manager
Lorraine Lapuz (second from left). They are joined by SEA Games
bronze medalist Sam Bermudez (extreme left) and top male rider Carlo
dela Torre during the press conference and contract signing at Tides
Grill in Mandaluyong,
Energen Pilipinas Michael Jay
Javelosa (left) tries to score
against a Bahrain opponent
during the FIBA Asian Under-18
Championships in Mongolia.
The nationals won, 99-72, to
advance to the quarternals.
Business
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
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P38.40-P41.05
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P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
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FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 42.3420
Japan Yen 0.012737 0.5393
UK Pound 1.587600 67.2222
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128927 5.4590
Switzerland Franc 1.042318 44.1338
Canada Dollar 1.008573 42.7050
Singapore Dollar 0.801796 33.9496
Australia Dollar 1.043950 44.2029
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 112.3190
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.2912
Brunei Dollar 0.798594 33.8141
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000105 0.0044
Thailand Baht 0.031867 1.3493
UAE Dirham 0.272272 11.5285
Euro Euro 1.251800 53.0037
Korea Won 0.000881 0.0373
China Yuan 0.157436 6.6662
India Rupee 0.018020 0.7630
Malaysia Ringgit 0.320770 13.5820
NewZealand Dollar 0.809323 34.2684
Taiwan Dollar 0.033395 1.4140
Source: PDS Bridge
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
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5,202.84
50.69
VOLUME 1088.660M
HIGH P42.100 LOW P42.215AVERAGE P42.164
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
July budget gap
swelled to P39.4b
Maxs plans Australia,
Singapore, HK outlets
Foreign
buyers
swamp
bourse
Filinvest registers
P2.52-b net prot
Barclays cites PH economy. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando Tetangco
Jr. and key members of the economic team brief Barclays Capital, led by senior advisor and
former US governor of the State of Florida Jeb Bush on the Philippines growth story as well as
the investment opportunities in the country. Shown are (from left) Trade Secretary Gregory
Domingo, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Tetangco, Bush, Barclays managing director
and head of Asia investment banking Matthew Ginsburg, Barclays managing director for
research Norman Tweeboom, Barclays managing director and head of Asia senior relationship
management Kirk Sweeney and BSP Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla.
By Jenniffer B. Austria
THE Maxs Group of Companies, one of the fastest growing
restaurant chains in the Philippines, may open outlets in Singapore
and Australia, and possibly Hong Kong, as part of an expansion
plan.
Maxs chief nance ofcer Rebecca Arago said in an interview
Thursday at the sidelines of a business forum that the company was
aiming to open outlets in countries with a high concentration of
migrant Filipino workers.
Asia Pacic is one of our targets. We will try Australia and
Singapore, and maybe Hong Kong, Arago said.
Maxs has six outlets in California, one in New Jersey and two
each in Hawaii and Canada. It also operates one store each in Abu
Dhabi and Dubai.
Maxs operates 139 restaurants in the Philippines.
Aside from the Maxs restaurant chain, the group holds the local
franchise for Krispy Kreme and Jamba Juice.
There are 30 Krispy Kreme outlets in the country, which are all
company owned.
The company last year introduced Jamba Juice in the Philippines
with the rst branch in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. The group
earlier said that it planned to open 40 stores of Jamba Juice in the
next 10 years.
Arago said Maxs would secure funding for the store expansions
from internal funds and bank borrowings.
The company earlier said it planned to go public but not in the
immediate future.
Maxs started its restaurant operations in 1945 after World
War II. Maximo Gimenez, a Stanford-educated teacher,
befriended American occupation soldiers that were stationed
in Quezon City. The soldiers soon after regularly visited
Gimenezs nearby home for refreshments. Later on, the
troops insisted paying for their drinks, prompting Gimenez
to open a caf.
FILINVEST Development Corp., the listed holding
company of the Gotianun family, posted a net income
of P2.52 billion in the rst six months of the year, up 6
percent from P2.38 billion year-on-year.
Filinvest said in a ling with the Philippine Stock
Exchange that it booked consolidated revenues of P13.9
billion, up 31 percent from P10.6 billion on year.
Filinvest said real estate business accounted for 46
percent of total consolidated revenues while nancial
and banking services contributed 38 percent. Its sugar
and hotel operations accounted for 14 percent and 2
percent of consolidated sales, respectively,
Sales from real estate operations jumped 12 percent
to P6.33 billion from P5.67 billion on robust turnover
and a steady growth in mall and rental revenues.
Real estate sales amounted to P4.7 billion, up 14
percent, while mall rental revenues rose 15 percent to
P967 million from P839 million on higher occupancy
rate and the opening of another ofce building.
East West Banking Corp., the groups banking unit,
registered a net income of P910 million in the six-month
period, up 3 percent from P884 million a year ago. Total
interest and other income increased 28 percent to P5.35
billion from P4.17 billion in 2011.
Revenues from the groups sugar operations climbed
2.5 times in the rst half of the year to P1.91 billion
from P544 million in 2011 on higher cane production.
Net income rose 55 percent to P124 million. JBA
By Maria Bernadette Lunas

THE governments budget decit swelled
48 percent to P39.4 billion in July year-
on-year, as public spending surged to a
record P162.6 billion during the month, the
Treasury reported Thursday.
Data from the Treasury showed
the July shortfall eclipsed the
P34.4-billion decit recorded
in the rst six months. It also
brought the seven-month tally
to P73.7 billion, up 68.7 percent
year-on-year.
The seven-month budget gap,
however, remains below the
full-year programmed decit of
P279 billion in 2012.
Netting out the interest
payments in the expenditures,
the national government
recorded a primary surplus
for January to July amounting
to P127.568 billion, the
Treasury said.
Economic managers linked
the wider fiscal deficit this
year to increased public
spending in the seven-month
period.
Disbursements across
the national government are
denitely gaining momentum
now that weve entered the
second semester of 2012,
Budget Secretary Florencio
Abad said in a statement.
Data showed public
disbursements increased 15
percent to P958 billion in the
January-July period from just
P832.3 billion a year earlier.
Expenditures in July alone
rose 21.8 percent to P162.6
billion from P133.45 billion
posted a year earlier.
Abad said government
spending was expected to
accelerate in the coming
months, bolstered by project
implementation of departments
and agencies.
He said infrastructure
spending made a strong showing
in the rst seven months,
where it tracked an increase
of over 60 percent year-on-
year. Maintenance and other
operating expenditures also
jumped by more than 30 percent
from the previous years level.
Meanwhile, revenues
generated in the seven-month
period increased 12 percent
to P884.2 billion from a year
ago. Collection in July rose
15.3 percent to P123.31 billion,
marking the fourth double-digit
monthly growth this year.
The Bureau of Internal
Revenue, which accounts for
the bulk of the state income,
collected P604.7 billion in the
rst seven months, or 13.7
percent higher than P531.8
billion recorded during the
same period last year.
The Bureau of Customs
posted a 12-percent increase
in collection to P167.8 billion
from a year ago while the
Treasury contributed P57.9
billion, exceeding its target.
Finance Secretary Cesar
Purisima said pending revenue
bills in Congress would further
boost state revenues in the
future.
With Senate hearings
resuming, the department is
keen to seeing the passage of
the bills on the reform of excise
taxes on tobacco and alcohol,
and the rationalization of scal
incentives, Purisima said.
The Finance Department
supports the passage of House
Bill No. 5727, which seeks to
raise taxes on the so-called sin
products such as alcohol and
cigarettes.
NET foreign buying at the
Philippine Stock Exchange
reached P89.4 billion as of
Aug. 22, four times higher than
P19.1 billion year-on-year,
as the local bourse attracted
foreign investors on favorable
domestic economic conditions.
PSE president and chief
executive Hans Sicat said
during a business conference
that the year-to-date average
trading volume increased 28.7
percent to P7.35 billion, with
the PSEi rising 17.5 percent
since the start of the year.
Sicat said local investors
were also buying in the market
as domestic trading accounted
for 62 percent of the total
volume.
The combined market
capitalization of listed
companies increased 15 percent
to nearly P10 trillion.
Our monetary environment
continues to be favorable both
for businesses and consumers.
Economic indicators such as
ination, interest rates, external
debt as a percentage to GDP
and gross international reserves
are all trending towards the
positive side, said Sicat.
Total capital raised from
the market has reached P91
billion, up 51 percent from
P60.3 billion a year ago.
Jenniffer B. Austria
5mart's ber optic cabIe project to be
compIeted by end-2012
WIRELESS leader Smart
Communications, Inc.
(Smart) is set to complete its
nationwide fber optic cable
project by the end oI 2012, a
Iull year ahead oI schedule.
The development is ex-
pected to allow Smart sub-
scribers to enjoy the benefts
oI being on a Iully modern-
ized network, most notably a
marked improvement in the
speed and reliability oI its
mobile Internet service.
'We have Iast-tracked this
program because consumer
and business demand Ior
mobile broadband services is
growing rapidly, said PLDT
and Smart Technology Group
Head Rolando G. Pea.
Fiber optic cables (FOCs)
connect Smart`s base sta-
tions in many parts oI the
country to the rest oI the
network. FOCs are equip-
ment that enable wireless
networks such as Smart`s to
carry voice and data traIfc
in greater volumes and Iast-
er speeds, and with greater
resiliency.
Smart`s FOC project is
a major component oI the
P67.1 billion network mod-
ernization initiative oI the
wireless leader and its parent
company PLDT.
The announcement
comes right beIore the pre-
viously reported commer-
cial launch oI its LTE ser-
vice, set Ior August 25.
LTE is shorthand Ior the
most advanced Iourth gen-
eration (4G) wireless tech-
nology called Long Term
Evolution, which is capable
oI speeds oI 100 Mbps and
above.
'The completion oI our
FOC project will allow us to
improve our network`s ca-
pacity as well as its resilien-
cy, and meet the transmission
requirements oI the most ad-
vanced technologies like LTE
and HSPA (Evolved High
Speed Packet Access), said
Smart Technology Services
Division Head Mario G.
Tamayo.
Smart had close to 6,500
kilometers oI fber optic
cables nationwide in 2010.
As oI August 1, 2012, this
amount had almost doubled
to close to 11,500 kilome-
ters oI fber optic cables na-
tionwide, or about 90 oI
the targeted amount by end
oI 2013.
In Metro Manila, Smart`s
FOC project is already 82
complete, while in North
Luzon and South Luzon,
the completion is already at
97 and 83, respectively
The Visayas and
Mindanao legs oI the telco`s
FOC project are posting
more impressive develop-
ments, as they are already
91 percent and 97 percent
complete, respectively.
These kilometers oI fber
optic cables are arranged
in 'loops. Looping allows
data to be redirected to
other avenues or channels,
should one channel oI con-
nectivity be cut. This makes
the Smart fber optic net-
work the most comprehen-
sive and the most resilient
in the Philippines.
The overall 90 percent
completion oI the nationwide
fber optic cable project oI
Smart is ahead oI any mod-
ernization milestone oI com-
petitors networks.
'One by one, the key
components oI our massive
network modernization eI-
Iorts are reaching comple-
tion, and they all play a part
in enabling Smart to create
a Iuture-prooI, world-class
network that will greatly
beneft our subscribers now
and in the years to come,
added Pea.
SmarI subscribers en|oy Ihe benehIs oI being on a IuIure-prooI, world-class neIwork,
especially when using mobile lnIerneI.
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 11,386,096 838,960,659.99
INDUSTRIAL 195,323,903 820,034,049.47
HOLDING FIRMS 109,681,928 780,679,508.94
PROPERTY 214,800,725 705,857,129.59
SERVICES 204,972,491 821,675,677.78
MINING & OIL 459,669,387 226,751,365.11
GRAND TOTAL 1,195,834,530 4,193,958,390.878
FINANCIAL 1,287.15 (up) 18.95
INDUSTRIAL 7,870.87 (up) 70.30
HOLDING FIRMS 4,409.63 (up) 31.15
PROPERTY 1,976.45 (up) 9.37
SERVICES 1,754.19 (up) 12.46
MINING & OIL 21,605.15 (up) 233.51
PSEI 5,202.84 (up) 50.69
All Shares Index 3,461.82 (up) 30.12
Gainers: 94; Losers: 57; Unchanged:40; Total: 191
Market rebounds;
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 59.35 60.00 59.05 59.75 0.67 4,566,560 (174,659,854.00)
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 72.05 73.75 72.05 73.75 2.36 666,780 8,075,380.50
595.00 370.00 China Bank 473.00 475.00 473.00 475.00 0.42 26,330 (5,358,000.00)
23.90 12.98 COL Financial 21.80 21.55 21.25 21.55 (1.15) 22,200
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 19.28 19.36 19.26 19.36 0.41 939,100 628,368.00
22.00 7.56 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.44 10.50 10.50 10.50 0.57 300
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 72.00 72.50 72.00 72.00 0.00 5,150
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.40 2.48 2.30 2.48 3.33 19,000
681.00 450.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 445.00 470.00 446.00 470.00 5.62 110
98.00 60.00 Metrobank 90.20 93.50 90.90 93.00 3.10 3,122,540 27,175,309.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.96 1.96 1.90 1.96 0.00 13,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 71.00 71.00 70.30 70.30 (0.99) 587,560 (15,190,426.00)
500.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 369.00 377.80 368.00 372.00 0.81 450
45.50 25.45 RCBC À 43.95 44.20 43.65 44.00 0.11 325,000.00 2,064,825.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 145.90 146.60 146.00 146.50 0.41 758,590 14,458,811.00
1240.00 890.00 Sun Life Financial 905.00 960.00 910.00 960.00 6.08 1,930 1,236,260.00
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 101.90 102.90 101.00 102.80 0.88 17,250 908,047.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.86 1.80 1.80 1.80 (3.23) 10,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.75 33.95 33.65 33.75 0.00 1,437,700 (4,786,005.00)
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.37 8.40 8.38 8.40 0.36 47,000
23.90 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 20.50 20.90 20.30 20.50 0.00 26,700
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.41 1.43 1.40 1.43 1.42 141,000 160,420.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.40 29.40 29.40 29.40 0.00 300 8,820.00
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.39 1.38 1.35 1.38 (0.72) 207,000
Asiabest Group 22.90 24.30 23.00 23.05 0.66 39,100
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.00 12.88 12.88 12.88 (0.92) 2,000
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.40 2.45 2.43 2.43 1.25 20,000 19,600.00
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.64 2.65 2.64 2.64 0.00 540,000
9.70 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.70 9.70 9.40 9.70 0.00 10,100
7.00 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.85 5.90 5.85 5.87 0.34 12,241,400 11,708,107.00
6.75 2.80 EEI 7.15 7.50 7.15 7.30 2.10 1,729,100 (2,754,420.00)
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 2.38 2.36 1.83 2.14 (10.08) 84,000
18.00 12.50 First Gen Corp. 18.82 18.88 18.70 18.78 (0.21) 2,179,500 (2,449,090.00)
78.55 51.50 First Holdings A 76.15 76.60 76.00 76.60 0.59 426,840 1,675,090.50
30.90 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 0.00 5,000
0.02 0.0099 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0170 0.0160 0.0160 0.00 125,000,000 (1,520,000.00)
12.36 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.12 12.30 12.12 12.30 1.49 42,300 145,626.00
7.40 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.03 4.25 4.02 4.25 5.46 5,000
2.35 0.74 Ionics Inc 0.630 0.630 0.630 0.630 0.00 43,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 96.20 96.90 95.00 96.50 0.31 356,570 (18,293,867.00)
Lafarge Rep 8.88 9.25 9.25 9.25 4.17 2,000
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.00 2.31 2.10 2.16 8.00 2,634,000 13,190.00
1.90 1.11 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.48 1.47 1.46 1.46 (1.35) 4,000
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 2.54 2.53 2.53 2.53 (0.39) 5,000
26.00 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 26.95 27.00 26.60 26.90 (0.19) 1,034,800 (2,399,525.00)
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 3.00 2.61 2.61 2.61 (13.00) 1,000
15.30 8.12 Megawide 16.900 17.200 16.900 17.000 0.59 2,764,300
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 245.00 258.00 241.00 257.00 4.90 312,540 (21,837,466.00)
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 10.50 10.90 10.90 10.90 3.81 100
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 3.42 3.48 3.28 3.42 0.00 1,300,000 (1,261,910.00)
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.08 10.42 10.22 10.30 2.18 13,547,100 (50,174,082.00)
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.20 10.20 10.20 10.20 0.00 100
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.38 8.40 8.20 8.30 (0.95) 164,200
3.78 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.11 4.10 4.03 4.04 (1.70) 2,151,000 (3,103,810.00)
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 1.51 1.61 1.61 1.61 6.62 1,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.40 5.20 5.20 5.20 (3.70) 6,000
33.00 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.50 34.50 34.00 34.50 0.00 181,400
132.60 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 111.50 112.00 111.20 112.00 0.45 507,350 8,518,429.00
1.90 1.25 Seacem 2.32 2.45 2.32 2.42 4.31 6,622,000 (1,242,170.00)
2.44 1.80 Splash Corporation 1.77 1.81 1.77 1.77 0.00 18,000
0.250 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.146 0.147 0.145 0.147 0.68 5,780,000
5.30 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.60 12.22 11.62 12.16 4.83 4,857,900 (117,640.00)
3.00 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.14 2.12 2.03 2.05 (4.21) 110,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.20 1.20 1.17 1.18 (1.67) 3,621,000 118,000.00
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 59.85 61.50 59.85 61.20 2.26 1,331,790 (427,750.00)
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.33 1.45 1.35 1.37 3.01 3,171,000 (95,390.00)
1.12 0.310 Vitarich Corp. 0.620 0.620 0.600 0.600 (3.23) 74,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 8.51 8.70 7.00 8.45 (0.71) 22,600
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.80 0.85 0.77 0.78 (2.50) 39,685,000 80,000.00
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 47.55 48.30 47.50 48.20 1.37 462,900 (4,843,075.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 5.88 13,000,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.16 11.38 11.20 11.38 1.97 16,994,000 27,544,134.00
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.65 4.66 4.66 4.66 0.22 43,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.02 5.07 4.96 5.07 1.00 46,500
3.15 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.79 1.90 1.65 1.77 (1.12) 1,236,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 3.00 3.12 2.70 2.95 (1.67) 282,000 13,350.00
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 423.80 432.00 425.00 430.00 1.46 267,950 (25,539,516.00)
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 57.50 57.65 57.45 57.50 0.00 2,217,600 19,255,179.00
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.57 2.57 2.55 2.55 (0.78) 7,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.08 4.11 4.05 4.10 0.49 96,000 314,220.00
520.00 455.40 GT Capital 535.00 548.00 537.00 547.00 2.24 61,180 16,796,565.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 4.80 4.84 4.77 4.83 0.63 821,000 3,864,000.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.40 33.40 33.00 33.40 0.00 1,003,000 8,125,430.00
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.09 5.12 5.06 5.09 0.00 8,120,700 (23,418,769.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.05 1.08 1.05 1.06 0.95 736,000
3.82 1.790 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.39 2.40 2.36 2.36 (1.26) 1,008,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.13 4.17 4.14 4.17 0.97 2,402,000 (541,470.00)
6.24 2.55 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.20 5.20 5.12 5.20 0.00 6,600 520.00
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0530 0.0540 0.0530 0.0530 0.00 4,200,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.540 1.350 1.350 1.350 (12.34) 11,999,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.460 0.480 0.460 0.480 4.35 1,360,000 92,000.00
750.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 745.00 745.00 737.00 745.00 0.00 189,590 (19,796,305.00)
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 2.17 2.25 2.17 2.20 1.38 1,657,000 (645,800.00)
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2190 0.2200 0.2200 0.2200 0.46 320,000
0.620 0.620 Wellex Industries 0.3200 0.3300 0.3150 0.3300 3.13 280,000
1.370 0.185 Zeus Holdings 0.400 0.420 0.400 0.400 0.00 1,170,000
P R O P E R T Y
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.98 3.00 2.95 3.00 0.67 289,000
0.83 0.38 Araneta Prop À 0.600 0.600 0.550 0.600 0.00 101,000
22.85 13.36 Ayala Land `B 21.75 22.35 21.75 22.00 1.15 8,993,200 (49,617,030.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.76 4.77 4.74 4.77 0.21 2,105,000 (5,662,610.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.50 5.46 5.40 5.46 (0.73) 6,900
5.66 0.80 Century Property 1.46 1.52 1.45 1.50 2.74 20,557,000 764,550.00
2.90 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.80 2.85 2.80 2.85 1.79 221,000
1.50 1.07 Cityland Dev. À 1.15 1.14 1.10 1.14 (0.87) 54,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.00 188,000
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.780 0.810 0.780 0.790 1.28 17,442,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.199 0.191 0.190 0.191 (4.02) 1,140,000 19,000.00
3.06 1.63 Global-Estate 1.95 1.94 1.89 1.94 (0.51) 1,488,000 674,500.00
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.24 1.27 1.25 1.26 1.61 21,384,000 (12,622,870.00)
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.70 2.00 1.70 1.94 14.12 147,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.23 1.25 1.18 1.20 (2.44) 99,000
2.33 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.27 2.34 2.26 2.33 2.64 107,847,000 (12,001,000.00)
0.42 0.168 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1560 0.1590 0.1530 0.1590 1.92 210,000 15,300.00
0.990 0.080 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.7000 0.6700 0.6800 0.00 11,091,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.98 19.00 18.52 18.54 (2.32) 2,636,600 (21,939,020.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.85 3.96 3.85 3.85 0.00 43,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.05 6.10 6.06 6.10 0.83 1,328,800 (31,122.00)
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 13.84 13.96 13.60 13.80 (0.29) 3,862,000 (16,903,264.00)
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 4.00 4.00 3.95 4.00 0.00 72,000
0.80 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.510 0.510 0.500 0.510 0.00 510,000 102,000.00
4.50 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.400 4.400 4.260 4.390 (0.23) 12,079,000 (32,063,500.00)
S E R V I C E S
42.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 27.40 28.00 26.05 26.05 (4.93) 729,000
18.98 1.60 Acesite Hotel 1.39 1.41 1.33 1.37 (1.44) 268,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.600 0.630 0.600 0.600 0.00 501,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.20 9.00 9.00 9.00 (2.17) 100,000
28.80 12.20 Berjaya Phils. Inc. 20.00 22.10 22.00 22.00 10.00 3,500
102.80 4.12 Bloomberry 9.95 10.02 9.90 9.92 (0.30) 1,234,500 (7,878,868.00)
0.5300 10.2000 Boulevard Holdings 0.1360 0.1480 0.1300 0.1440 5.88 152,580,000 100,790.00
24.00 6.66 Calata Corp. 5.87 6.00 5.84 5.86 (0.17) 146,600
86.90 62.00 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 65.90 65.70 61.80 62.80 (4.70) 1,878,770 (25,084,231.50)
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 5.83 6.15 5.97 6.15 5.49 4,000
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 970.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 3.09 610
1172.00 11.70 Globalports 24.50 24.60 24.50 24.50 0.00 50,700
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1070.00 1082.00 1070.00 1071.00 0.09 40,425 (9,077,340.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.98 10.00 9.80 9.94 (0.40) 351,800
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 67.05 68.40 67.05 68.00 1.42 1,117,600 (20,500,784.50)
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.415 0.400 0.395 0.395 (4.82) 150,000
6.80 4.30 IPeople Inc. À 6.65 7.30 6.60 7.30 9.77 2,500
4.70 2.00 IP Converge 1.89 1.95 1.89 1.91 1.06 74,000 (5,820.00)
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.038 0.039 0.038 0.038 0.00 4,100,000
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.02 1.04 1.01 1.04 1.96 416,000 (16,640.00)
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 3.0000 3.1300 3.1000 3.1000 3.33 3,000
3.79 1.62 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.05 2.10 2.06 2.06 0.49 132,000 31,300.00
11.12 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.30 8.25 8.08 8.25 (0.60) 1,500
3.85 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.80 2.70 2.70 2.70 (3.57) 5,000 (13,500.00)
2.35 0.92 Lorenzo Shipping 1.32 1.35 1.35 1.35 2.27 8,000
3.15 1.10 Manila Jockey 2.86 2.91 2.81 2.85 (0.35) 1,437,000 11,360.00
22.95 14.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.40 14.40 13.80 14.38 (0.14) 19,400
8.58 4.60 PAL Holdings Inc. 6.95 7.00 6.90 6.95 0.00 2,600
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 3.03 3.04 3.00 3.03 0.00 703,000 15,050.00
60.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 66.00 68.00 67.00 67.00 1.52 18,020 34,840.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 16.94 17.00 16.90 17.00 0.35 715,100 2,267,496.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2704.00 2734.00 2700.00 2734.00 1.11 93,220 24,965,100.00
0.48 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.00 50,000 (15,750.00)
30.10 10.68 Puregold 27.00 28.30 27.10 28.30 4.81 2,683,300 44,833,040.00
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 3.55 3.54 3.54 3.54 (0.28) 5,000
3.30 2.40 Transpacic Broadcast 2.73 2.70 2.51 2.70 (1.10) 5,000
0.79 0.27 Waterfront Phils. 0.460 0.470 0.470 0.470 2.17 10,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0039 0.0040 0.0039 0.0040 2.56 119,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.87 5.00 4.85 5.00 2.67 87,000
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 16.96 17.20 16.96 17.04 0.47 212,400 (137,382.00)
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 27.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 0.00 200 5,400.00
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.255 0.255 0.255 0.255 0.00 100,000
34.00 14.50 Benguet Corp `B 22.40 22.50 22.50 22.50 0.45 100
61.80 5.68 Dizon 26.50 26.90 25.75 25.95 (2.08) 136,000 46,665.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.58 0.00 1,435,000
1.82 0.9000 Lepanto À 1.150 1.170 1.140 1.170 1.74 23,587,000
2.070 1.0200 Lepanto `B 1.190 1.230 1.190 1.210 1.68 19,983,000 8,203,160.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0610 0.0620 0.0610 0.0610 0.00 91,730,000
0.087 0.042 Manila Mining `B 0.0620 0.0620 0.0610 0.0610 (1.61) 55,810,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 18.00 18.38 16.50 18.20 1.11 1,064,400 22,172.00
12.84 2.13 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.14 8.30 8.05 8.08 (0.74) 668,500 4,035,916.00
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.7000 0.6800 0.6800 0.6800 (2.86) 112,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.890 4.910 4.810 4.830 (1.23) 140,000
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 (5.56) 7,500,000
28.95 18.50 Philex À 18.52 19.00 18.54 18.86 1.84 4,016,600 (3,136,596.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 36.00 37.30 35.85 37.30 3.61 380,200 1,702,360.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.048 0.049 0.048 0.049 2.08 132,500,000 (91,200.00)
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 223.00 226.00 222.00 224.80 0.81 161,940 (1,657,202.00)
0.029 0.014 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0160 0.0150 0.0150 0.00 1,000,000
PREFERRED
47.90 27.30 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 26.35 26.40 25.00 25.15 (4.55) 3,428,300 (42,571,380.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 545.00 545.00 545.00 545.00 0.00 970
First Gen G 103.10 103.20 103.10 103.20 0.10 1,000
18.00 12.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 102.00 101.80 101.80 101.80 (0.20) 2,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.90 10.00 9.95 10.00 1.01 152,000 100.00
116.70 107.00 PCOR-Preferred 109.20 109.20 108.90 108.90 (0.27) 3,230
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 77.90 77.90 77.00 77.00 (1.16) 8,050
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1022.00 1020.00 1018.00 1018.00 (0.39) 870
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 0.00 10,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.21 1.27 1.25 1.27 4.96 894,000 283,900.00
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0600 0.0700 0.0700 0.0700 16.67 40,000
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HERRERA
INTEGRATIONS
Heroes or princes
This Catholic
version of the
future will result
in a divided
generation
STOCKS rebounded Thursday on bargain
hunting, sending the benchmark index
back to the 5,200-point mark, after a three-
day decline and following the gains in
Asian markets.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, rose 50 points, or 1
percent, to close at 5,202.84, as
all six counters ended in the green.
The nance subsector led gainers,
with an increase of 1.5 percent.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, also added 30 points,
or 0.9 percent, to 3,461.82, as
gainers led losers, 94 to 57, with
40 issues unchanged. Value
turnover was thin at P4.2 billion.
Metropolitan Bank and Trust
Co., the most actively traded
stock, climbed 3.1 percent to P93
while BDO Unibank Inc. added
0.7 percent to P59.75.
Manila Electric Co. rose 4.9
percent to P257 while Puregold
Price Club Inc. increased 4.8
percent to P28.30. Tanduay
Holdings Inc. was up 4.8 percent
to P12.16.
Cebu Air Inc. dropped 4.7
percent to P62.80, after the
Philippine Stock Exchange
announced it would remove
the operator of the countrys
largest budget airline from the
composition of the PSEi, the 30-
company benchmark.
Petron Corp. will take the
place of Cebu Air beginning
Sept. 10. Petron rose 2.2 percent
to P10.30.
Meanwhile, Asian stock
markets also rose Thursday
on hopes that more help for
the global economy is on the
way, after minutes from the US
Federal Reserve showed policy
makers favor further stimulus
and poor manufacturing data out
of China fueled speculation that
Beijing will also take action to
boost its economy.
Stocks got a boost from the
release of minutes from the last
major meeting of the Fed, which
showed members of its Open
Market Committee favoring
additional action to help the
still-weak US economy, unless
substantial strengthening occurs.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng index
rose 0.9 percent to 20,068.7 and
South Koreas Kospi added 0.1
percent to 1,937.7. Australias
S&P/ASX 200 added 0.2 percent
to 4386.50. Japans Nikkei 225
index was up 0.3 percent, at
9,160.68. Indias benchmark
Sensex index rose 0.4 percent,
to 17,917.9. Benchmarks in
Singapore, Indonesia and
Thailand also rose.
Mainland Chinas Shanghai
composite index slipped 0.2
percent, to 2,103.32.
People are hoping, hoping and
hoping, said Andrew Holland,
chief of investment advisory at
Ambit Capital in Mumbai. Any
kind of bad news from China just
means theyre going to do some
kind of easing.
But he said those hopes are
fragile, as China, the EU and
the US are all limited in what
they can do to further boost their
economies.
Housing prices in many Chinese
cities have started to rise again,
complicating stimulus efforts, he
said. With Bloomberg, AP
AS WE near the celebration of National Heroes
Day, the debate over the Reproductive Health bill
continues and politicians attempt to utilize the demise
of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo to support their
political agenda.
The online Oxford dictionary denes hero as a
person who is admired for their courage, outstanding
achievements, or noble qualities. The spirit of
nobility itself alludes to personal character and
generosity, that quality of being able to put others or
the whole above ones self.
Heresy
Elsewhere in the news, the
leadership of Ateneo was called
upon to investigate and possibly
re the Ateneo faculty members
who endorsed House Bill No. 4244,
the Reproductive Health bill. In his
public statement, Ateneo president
Jose Ramon Villarin, SJ managed to
both afrm support for the bishops
as well as afrm the right of the
professors to form and state their
own independent opinion.
I ask all those who are engaged
in the Christian formation of our students to ensure
that the Catholic position on this matter continues to
be taught in our classes.
This is certainly a masterful use of the language.
First, it covers only those who are engaged in Christian
formation and second, while the statement insists that
the Catholic position be taught, it is entirely silent on
what else may be taught.
This is extremely precise phrasing given the ofcial
Catholic opposition to the matter of mandatory
reproductive health education in public schools
unless with parental consent. Interestingly, in a 2011
column, Fr. Joaquin Bernas SJ, who is considered
heretical by some for his general support of the bill,
conrmed his own opposition to this provision with
this parenthetical admission: I assume that those
who send their children to Catholic schools accept
the program of the Catholic schools on the subject.
The fact of the matter, of course, is that reproductive
health education is about more than contraception.
The other fact of the matter is that Ateneo, like many
of the private Catholic schools, does, in fact teach the
use of contraception. As a parent of three children
who all went to Catholic schools, I can personally
assure you that I was never asked for permission.
The reality is that the education is proposed
and is no different from what is taught in Catholic
schools with one important difference: public school
students will not be taught the Catholic point of view.
For example, they will not be taught that the use of
condoms or pills is a sin. They will merely be taught
about the science of health, sexually transmitted
diseases, conception and contraception.
Clearly, in the Philippines, no one should be
allowed to require a public school to espouse the
beliefs of a single religion in its classroom. That
education rightfully belongs at home.
What this means, of course, is that the Churchs
ofcial stand is that students of public schools
be deprived of this education unless their parents
specically approve while students of private
institutions (including those owned and operated by
the clergy) will continue to be provided this education
with, in most cases, presumed parental permission.
This Catholic version of the future will result in a
divided generation, one that is marked by the same
divide that is created by wealth, or the lack of it.
Method and principle
In matters of policy setting, clarity is critical.
Unfortunately, in the arena of public opinion, which
is the battle ground of politics and politicians, the
appeal is rarely to the intellect or to virtue. The RH
debate is no different.
On the other side of this recent controversy are the
faculty members who signed the statement. Here,
with permission, I reproduce parts of a statement
posted by the husband of one of those professors.
We believed in the Filipinos capacity to discern
regardless of social class once they were given
accurate information. Free will, after all, was one of
Gods gift to us. And so, we encouraged everyone
to decide guided by their conscience, but only after
we explained our preferred optionNFP, the option
that the Catholic Church has been endorsing but with
lackluster action.
We are supporting the bill because the debate
regarding it has become a farce! We
did not mind being embarrassed at
rst(the sex scandals have numbed
us)by all the hysterics, the lying, the
bullying, the stealing and the apparent
ignorance that certain prominent
clergymen and their ignoble minions
have been exhibiting. Though it pains
us to see an image of our church that
is against women and children, and
against the poor, it pains us more
to see it becoming a church that is
agrantly colluding with the corrupt,
the liars and the thieves.
He ends with a section entitled Dogmatic
Imperialism.
And, it would be good for Catholics to remember
that The infallible dogmas are not ultimates, but
milestones in the development of Church doctrine.
They are manifestations of the truth in provisional
stages, as follows from the fact that the Church is on
pilgrimage. Dogmatic denition cannot blind us to the
fact that faith only becomes vision in the Kingdom of
God.by Heinrich Fries and Johann Finsterholzl,
Encyclopedia of Theology, A Concise Sacramentum
Mundi, St Pauls publication, 2004.
And [my wife], like a heroic general, took on the
task of signing the petition.
The CBCP with an unusual promptness and
unabashed alacrity has decided to check if the Ateneo
professors who signed the bill have committed
heresy. This further validates [my wife]s action for
the Church, in its blind fury, is bringing us back to
the middle ages!
Princes
In discussing matters of corruption, the entitlement
mindset of those in power is almost always a
signicant concern. The essential generosity and will
to serve required of those in positions of authority is
often lost in the zeal to harvest the fruits of power.
In government, a system of checks and balances is
employedand, even that, with great difculty. In
Robredo, we lost a true hero, one who passionately
believed in the principles of public service and who
dedicated himself to the greater whole. His goal was
the development of that pinnacle of leadership: the
responsible Filipino public servant, one who lives to
serve.
In the system of the Catholic Church, the bishops
are the princes of the church, answerable only to the
Vatican. However, as many theologians will tell you,
the true church is the faithful and it is they who must
be served.
This week as we prepare for National Heroes Day,
let us pray for more nobility and less dogma, more
heroes and fewer princes.
You can e-mail Maya at integrations_manila@
yahoo.com. Or visit her site at integrations.tumblr.
com or www.mayaherrera.com.
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA
The Health Sciences Center
Taft Avenue, Manila
Tel. # 554-8400 loc. 3025/3026; 526-4359
E-mail Address: bac1.upm@gmail.com
1. The University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) hereby invites UPM-PGH registered
suppliers and interested parties to participate in the bidding for the supply of the
following commodities as funded by UPM and PGH Fund 104-101 and 648-101:

Description Contract Duration Approved Budget Dropping/
Opening
until 9:00 AM
/10:00AM
Heart Lung Machine (NEGO) Single Bid PhP10,000,000.00 10 September 2012
Repl acement of CO-60 Gamma
Source (NEGO)
Single Bid 20,000,000.00 10 September 2012
Equipment for the Little Theater,
CAS (NEGO)
Single Bid 536,600.00 10 September 2012
Supply of Drugs & Medicines (NEGO) May 2012-April
2013
31,956,549.00 10 September 2012
Electric Dermatone System Single Bid 550,000.00 24 September 2012
Real Time PCR Machine (MRL) Single Bid 2,600,000.00 24 September 2012

2. Interested parties not registered with UPM-PGH can secure application for
registration at the BAC Secretariat, Purchasing Offce, PGH, any time during offce
hours.
3. Prospective bidders should have undertaken a similar project within the last two
(2) years amounting to at least 50% of Approved Budget for the Contract. The
Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall
use non-discretionary "pass/fail criteria. Post-qualifcation of the lowest calculated
responsive bid shall be conducted.
4. All particular relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security.
Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-
Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions
of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
5. Application for Eligibility and bidding documents containing general conditions and
specifcations including the schedule of pre-bid conference shall be issued starting
25 August 2012 at the PGH Purchasing Offce any time during offce hours upon
payment of a non-refundable amount to be determined upon issuance to the UP
Manila Cashier's Offce.
6. Sealed bids in triplicate copies of the respective commodities shall be received on
or before 9:00 AM of 10 September 2012, for the NEGO Items and 24 September
2012 for the items at the UP Manila nternal Audit Offce, 8
th
Floor, Central Block
Bldg., PGH, Manila. Late bids will not be accepted.
7. Sealed bids will be opened on 10 September 2012 at 10:00 A.M. for the NEGO
items and 24 September 2012 for the other items at the Bidding Room, Purchasing
Offce, 2
nd
Floor, Right Service Wing Bldg., near Ward 8, Philippine General Hospital,
Taft. Avenue, Manila by the Bids and Awards Committee I in the presence of the
attending bidders.
8. The University of the Philippines Manila hereby reserves the right to reject any/and
or all proposals, or to waive any formality therein and/or accept the bids or not to
make an award as may be considered most advantageous to UP Manila.
9. For further information, prospective bidders may call the BAC I Secretariat and
look for Mrs. Teresita T. Venturina at Tel. Nos. 554-8400, local 2257, 2250.
(Sgd.) Dean VICENTE O. MEDINA, III, D.DM, Ph.D.
Chair, Bids and Awards Committee I
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012) (MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
For The Contract for the Upgrading of Analog to Digital Trunk Radio System
for LRTA Line 2 under ITB No. 1207-211-09
Schedule of Activities:
Pre-bid Conference : August 31, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTALine 2-Depot, Santolan, Pasig City
Submission and Opening of Bids : September 14, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTALine 2-Depot, Santolan, Pasig City
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year
2012, intends to apply the sum of SEVENTY EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS ONLY (PhP 78,142,500.00) being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the afore-mentioned contract. Bids received in excess
of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The Contract period is twelve (12)
months from receipt of the Notice to Proceed.
LRTA now invites bids from Prospective/Interested Bidders with the following details:
Description
Approved Budget
for the Contract
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/
guarantee or ILC
(2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
Contract for the
Upgrading of Analog
to Digital Trunk Radio
System for LRTA
Line 2
PhP 78,142,500.00 PhP 1,562,850.00 PhP 3,907,125.00 PhP 55,000.00
*Only those issued by universal or commercial banks
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary
"pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised mplementing Rules and Regulations (R-RR)
of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with
at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the
Philippines.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders commencing on
August 24, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids
at the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in
the amount of PhP 55,000.00 only.
Only prospective bidders who have secured bidding documents will be allowed to participate
in the Pre-Bid Conference.
Submission and Opening of Bids will publicly be opened in the presence of the Bidders autho-
rized representatives who choose to attend. Late bids shall not be accepted. All Bids must be
accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the
Instructions to Bidders and the Bid Data Sheet.
Prospective Bidders are required to submit the: 1) Type Approval Certifcate from the National
Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of the Equipment offered indicating operating fre-
quency range; as well as the 2) offered radio frequency accompanied by a Certifcation from
the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that the frequency offered is available
for allocation to LRTA;
LRTAreserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to annul the bidding process, and
to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to
the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
Mr. Eduardo A. Abiva
Head, BAC Secretariat
Administration Bldg., LRTA Cmpd., Aurora Blvd. Tramo, Pasay City
Tel. No. 853-0041 50 loc. 8382
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
(Sgd.) Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO
Chairman - Bids & Awards Committee
Phi l i ppi ne Amusement & Gami ng Corporati on
A Sure Bet for Progress in Gaming, Entertainment and Nation Building

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is inviting all interested bidders in its forthcoming
public bidding for Four (4) Lots Two-Year Service Contracts for Various Canteen Concessionaires for Midas Satellite
Casino, Madison Square Slot Machine Arcade, Softel Satellite Casino and Slot Machine Arcade and Networld Mini
Casino under ITB No. 08-26-2012.
QuaIications
1. The service provider must provide at least three (3) to fve (5) personnel per shift in canteen operations
depending on the number of meals to be prepared/served and is applicable for corporate set-up.
The canteen personnel shall be deployed as follows:
a) chef/cooks;
b) nutritionist;
c) counter servers;
d) dish washers/busboy;
cleaners/helpers.
2. The service must ensure that all personnel observe the proper uniform standards when assigned to their
respective stations throughout the service to include, but not limited to the following:
a) aprons;
b) headdress/hair caps;
gloves.
3. The personnel must be well mannered, courteous, polite, effcient and display professional skills in dealing
with customers.
4. The personnel must have good personal hygiene, especially, (i) clean and well trimmed fnger nails without
nail polish; (ii) hair should be neat and tidy, and (iii) open wounds should be properly dressed.
5. The service provider shall exercise prompt delivery of service during the determined time for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
6. The personnel must observe the practice of clean as you go policy.
7. Health / sanitary permit / clearance is required to all personnel.
Food Handling
1. Usage of gloves must be observed at all time
(gloves for dry/raw food must not be used to serve wet/cooked food)
2. Proper hand washing should be observed at all times.
3. Chopping boards must not be used interchangeable for raw and cooked foods.
4. Wooden chopping boards should not be used.
5. If food will be cooked in a different location, the service provider must transport food in a warmer that is tightly
covered at least thirty (30) minutes before service.
6. Salads that are prepared in advance must be properly stored and transported in a cold temperature.
7. Heating of food must be available upon request of the customer.
8. Utensils must be sterilized always.
Menu Cycle
1. The menu should consist of varied selections from vegetables, fruits, pork, beef, chicken, fsh and seafood.
2. Desserts should always be available.
3. Different methods of cooking should be used everyday in the preparation of meals to provide choices.
(broiled + baked + steamed) or (fried + boiled + sauted) or (grilled + boiled + baked).
4. Foods with compatible or varied favors should be offered (e.g. adobo and sinigang; paksiw and fried; stew
and grilled).
5. Two or more foods with strong favors should be avoided in the same meal.
6. Salty food choices should not be present in the same meal schedule.
7. Portion control in serving of viands must be observed and standardized.
8. Actual food served must be compliant with the menu approved.
9. A one-month advance menu must be submitted to the Food Committee for approval.
10. Fat portions in meat should be trimmed.
11. Processed food should be limited to not more than three (3) times per week.
Actual Food Delivery
1. Food served in the counter must not appear too oily, dry or soaked in its own fat.
2. Hot food should be served hot at 140
o
F; cold food should be served cold at least 40
o
F.
3. Avoid food contamination.
4. Food arrangement should be attractive and garnished.
5. Texture and consistency should be observed accordingly.
Provision of healthy meals
1. The service provider shall have interest and commitment to service pre-ordered healthy meals. Healthy
meals are defned as: A healthy diet is complete with all essential nutrients needed to perform daily
activities and is balanced in terms of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and mineral distribution. Healthy
meals help support the goal of gradually changing to a healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle.
2. The service provider shall agree to prepare the healthy meal according to the approved budget for employees.
Approved Budget:
Lot 1 Midas Satellite Casino P33,184,800.00
Lot 2 Madison Square Slot Machine Arcade 4,197,600.00
Lot 3 Softel Satellite Casino and Slot Machine Arcade 12,751,200.00
Lot 4 Networld Mini Casino 3,484,800.00
TOTAL P53,618,400.00
Source of Fund: Internally Funded
This bidding is open to all suppliers; provided that the winning bidder should be registered with PAGCORprior to award of
contract. Unregistered suppliers must register at the Suppliers Registration and Evaluation Section (SRES), Procurement
Department (PD), 2nd Floor, PAGCOR House, 1330 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita, Manila, Telephone Number: 526-0573.
Bidders should have completed, within the last three (3) years before the date of submission and receipt of bids, a
contract similar to the Project, which should be at least ffty percent (50%) of the Approved Budget of the Contract.
The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to
Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail
criterion as specifed in the mplementing Rules and Regulations (RR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as
the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent
(60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a
country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and
subject to Commonwealth Act 138.
All particulars relative to Pre-Bid Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be
governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its IRR.
The schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bid Documents August 22, 2012 September 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference August 29, 2012 (1:00 p.m.)
3. Deadline on Submission of Bids September 12, 2012 (10:00 a.m.)
4. Opening of Bids September 12, 2012 (10:00 a.m. onwards)
Complete details of the project are indicated in the bid documents which will be available to prospective bidders at the
BBACSecretariat, Procurement Section (PS), Casino Filipino Heritage, upon payment of a non-refundable bidding fee of:
Lot 1 Midas Satellite Casino P23,229.36
Lot 2 Madison Square Slot Machine Arcade 2,938.32
Lot 3 Softel Satellite Casino and Slot Machine Arcade 8,925.84
Lot 4 Networld Mini Casino 2,439.36
Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding Documents free of charge from the following websites:
www.pagcor.ph and www.philgeps.net and may be allowed to submit bids provided that bidders pay the non-refundable
bidding fee not later than the date of the submission of bids. The Pre-bid Conference is open to all interested bidders;
however, onIy those bidders who have purchased the Bidding Documents and presented the PAGCOR OfciaI
Receipt as proof of payment, may participate in the discussion at the said conference or submit written queries
or cIarications. Prospective bidders should present to PAGCORs Cashier at the 3rd Floor, Casino Filipino Heritage,
The Heritage Hotel, EDSA Extension corner Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City either the Bidding Fee Slip which may be
secured from the BBAC Secretariat, Procurement Section, Casino Filipino Heritage or a copy of this ITB in effecting
payment for the Bidding Documents. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and
in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
PAGCOR assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the
preparation of their bids.
PAGCOR reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all Bids at any time
prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
Please address all communications to Engr. Delio N. Magsumbol, Jr., Chairman, Branch Bids and Awards Committee
(BBAC), Casino Filipino Heritage, The Heritage Hotel, Roxas Boulevard corner EDSAExtension, Pasay City; Telephone
Nos. (DL) 854-7343; (TL) 854-8751 52 / 61 62 local 211; 854-8888 Local 7580; Fax No. 854-8693.
(SGD) ENGR. DELIO N. MAGSUMBOL, JR.
Chairman
Branch Bids and Awards Committee
Casino Filipino Heritage
Invitation to Bid for Four (4) Lots Two-Year Service Contracts
for Various Canteen Concessionaires for Midas Satellite Casino,
Madison Square SIot Machine Arcade, SoteI SateIIite Casino
and Slot Machine Arcade and Networld Mini Casino under
ITB No. 08-26-2012HER.
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/
manufacturers/distributors/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder projects:
NO. NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION LOCATION APPROVED BUDGET
1 Adhesive Tapes and other medical supplies for the use of Ospital ng
Makati
OSMAK P2,830,244.00
2 Brand New Vehicle (Electric Jeep) for the use of Offce of the Mayor OM P2,600,000.00
3 Fire Extinguishers for the use of New Makati City Hall Building DEPW P2,574,585.00
4 Makati T-Shirts with Print for the use of various schools of Dep-Ed
Makati
DEP-ED P32,098,074.00
Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50%
of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations
of Bids shall use non-discretionary "pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualifcation of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall
be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding
Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent
provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor September 04, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor September 18, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount
of ______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier.
(fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity)
The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify
(Procuring Entity)
bidders for any Expenses Incurred in the preparation of the bid.
The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities
therein and to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA
Chairperson

Bids and Awards Committee
J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Tel. No. 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988
www.makati.gov.ph
INVITATION TO BID
REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
LUNGSOD NG MAKATI
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
Business
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B3
Aussie firm to drill Cebu wells
Humble pie for Carabuena
CebuPac hiring 200
crew for expansion
A FEW hours after Robert Blair Carabuena issued a public apology
for his very bad behavior on Aug. 11, reports reached Happy Hour that
the (now infamous) Philip Morris employee had to be rushed to the
hospital during a preliminary hearing at the Quezon City Prosecutors
ofce. The humble pie Carabuena was forced to eat probably did not
settle well, a member of the cabal chuckled, disclosing the possibility
that the illness card might just be in play to elicit some sympathy for
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority trafc enforcer Saturnino
Fabros mauler. No such luck though, because MMDA chairman
Francis Tolentino is not pulling his punchestelling everyone that
Carabuena would have to face the charges, using the incident to warn
drivers about the dangers of road rage. Lesson learned: When youre on
the road, put your best foot forward and behave.
Cure for road rage?
Admittedly, the perennial trafc especially in the Metro is a big magnet
for altercations, many of which have led to murder like in the case of the
lost-but-now-found convicted murderer Rolito Go who in 1991 shot
25-year-old Eldon Maguan in a t of trafc-induced rage. Solving
Metro Manilas trafc woes certainly seem insurmountable, what with
the steadily increasing volume of vehicles, the sorry state of roads, the
oods that Environment chief Mon Paje predicts will become the rule
rather than the exception, broken street signs and posts that look more
like politicians or motels advertising billboards, old and malfunctioning
trafc lights at busy intersections, impatient and discourteous drivers
and cops/trafc enforcers who have professionalized kotong.
Its little consolation that Metro Manilas trafc problems are not as
bad as the ones motorists experience in China, India, or Los Angeles.
Interestingly, an article in forbes.com titled The Cure for Road Rage
points to the congested intersection between Sepulveda and Venice
boulevards in LA with a very heavy volume of about 79,000 cars on
any given daybut believe it or not, the area is rarely gridlocked.
Why? Because the automated trafc management system with 18,000
magnetic road sensors and 400 live cameras with 35 engineers and 20
operators monitoring 4,100 intersections help in adjusting trafc light
cycles based on the volume of congestion. Ergo, more green and go
cycles for the heavy lanes. Whats more, the automated trafc system
helps build a rich database of trafc stats that help trafc czars adjust
the timing of signals and tweak intersection congurations across the
system.
MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino might want to look into the
expertise of Manila-based IT solutions provider Fritz & Macziol whose
parent company Royal Imtech NV has received acclaim throughout
Europe for its Imow adaptive trafc management system. Already up
and running in Dublin, Ireland, Happy Hour sources said the system
controls 800 trafc lights in road junctions across the city. Copenhagen
is also following suit, along with Russia, Finland and Poland who are
reportedly set to order Imtechs intelligent road management system.
Granted that theres no foolproof or guaranteed way to solve Metro
Manilas murder-inducing trafc problem, at least there is a fairly good
chance of substantially reducing the congestion. No harm in trying
what other cities are doing with automated trafc systems that can
capture videos of trafc violators, identify the vehicle and its owner
and automatically send a photo and corresponding notice to the motorist
about the nature of his or her violation and the nes that go along with
the misdeed. It can certainly make life less hazardous to trafc enforcers
like Mang Saturnino Fabros.
MMA One FC: Pride of a nation
Heres one news that many Happy Hour machos have been waiting
for: Asias largest mixed martial arts organization One Fighting
Championship has conrmed its much-anticipated ght card for One
FC: Pride of a Nation at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Aug. 31. Its
sure to be an action-packed evening with celebrities glamming up the
event, which features an impressive lineup of matches topbilled by
Dream champions Shinya Tobikan Judan Aoki and Bibiano The
Flash Fernandes.
Aoki has developed a reputation for being the deadliest submission
grappler while Fernandes is among the best bantamweight ghters in
the world, with both having a huge fan base in Asia and the world over.
Former UFC heavyweight champions Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia
will renew hostilities via a grudge match. Pumping up the adrenalin will
be the MMA Royalsthe legendary Gracie Family who will ght for
family name and honor. Rolles Gracie will take on Tony Bonello while
Igor Gracie will take on Koreas Jung Hwan Cha, and Gregor Gracie
will give fans a glimpse of his winning ways when he goes toe-to-toe
with Nicholas Mann.
This early, the buzz created by the upcoming ght must be making
One FCs local partner very happya gentleman who made a Marc
during his heydays as a ladies man and whose social pedigree puts
him right along the line of newspaper moguls and broadcast pioneers
Certiably de Buena Familia.
For comments, reactions, photos, stories and related concerns,

readers may e-mail to happyhourtoday2012@yahoo.com.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
GAS2GRID Ltd. of Australia said
Thursday it will drill three wells in Cebu
as a part of its oil and gas exploration
program next month.
Gas2Grid said it received
an approval from the Energy
Department for the drilling
program in an area covered by
Service Contract 44m.
Gas2Grid, listed at the
Australian Securities Exchange,
is engaged in the exploration and
development of conventional
oil and gas in onshore Cebu,
Aquitaine Basin in southwest
France and the Canning Basin,
Australia.
The company will drill
three new exploration wells
commencing in the September
quarter...The three wells that
will test these drilling prospects
are Jacob-1, Gumamela-1 and
Ilang-1 to depths of 1,000 to
1,300 meters, it said.
The company said the three
prospects vary in size and hold
resource potential of millions of
barrels. The Jacob-1 site is said
to have a potential of 4 million
to 50 million barrels recoverable
oil.
All wells have been approved
by the Philippine Department
of Energy, landholders
approvals have been granted
and site preparations and road
access are almost complete, it
said.
Gas2Grid recently purchased
Rig-2, which has a 114 mm
drill-pipe with the capacity
to drill 2,750 meters. The rig
arrived in Cebu from Taiwan in
mid-June, several months later
than anticipated.
The company tapped
local crews, with about 40
workers now employed in the
maintenance of both Rig-1 and
Rig-2.
Rig-2 maintenance work is
progressing faster than planned
and despite the shipping delays,
the rig will likely be ready to
start drilling in September, it
said.
The company said Rig-1
was undergoing extensive
maintenance and capable of
setting surface conductor
and surface casing as well as
completing wells for production
and conducting workovers.
The Rig-1 will be used for the
Malolos-1 workover and testing
program, which will start this
month.
By Lailany P. Gomez
CEBU Pacic, the countrys largest budget airline, will expand
its workforce by 200 in time for the delivery of two brand-new
Airbus A320 aircraft later this year, and seven more aircraft in
2013.
The ag carrier said it would hold a recruitment fair at the Grand
Ballroom of the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City on Aug. 30 and
31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CEB continues to open its doors to dynamic and qualied
individuals who wish to be part of the Cebu Pacic family. With
our expansion plans in the Asia-Pacic region, CEB remains
committed to providing high-paying jobs, a fun work environment
and unlimited travel benets to even more people, said Candice
Iyog, vice president for marketing and distribution.
The airline is expanding with ight launches out of its newest
hubs in Iloilo and Kalibo.
The company said it introduced ve more domestic routes into its
extensive network in October and would launch its Iloilo hub with
direct ights from Iloilo to Hong Kong, Singapore, General Santos
and Puerto Princesa in November.
It said among the job openings are for Airbus captains and rst
ofcers, ATR captains and technical support specialists such as IT
support manager, business systems specialist and quality assurance
manager. They will be interviewed on Aug. 30.
Members of the Chamber
of Automotive Manufacturers
in the Philippines left no stone
unturned and rolled out their
best variants accompanied by
energetic song and dance num-
bers. Columbian Autocar, the
exclusive distributors of the
Kia brand in the country opted
for a modern dance number to
highlight the features of their
luxury sedan Optima and the
rear wheel drive agship K9
Quoris sedan. BMW Philippines
decided for a more technical and
stiff upper lip launch by having a
maestro conduct a symphony,
emphasizing the advanced and
power features of the Bavarian
eet. Honda on the other hand
did an eco-friendly presentation
highlighting their commitment
to a greener environment using a
hybrid Mugen CRZ sports sedan
as a testament to their corporate
thrust.
At the other end of the WTC
was the vast display booth of
Nissan Motors Philippines
Inc (NMPI), which paraded
the talent of Fil-American de-
signer Randy Rodriguez. Tak-
ing center stage was the new
generation Z-car, designed by
Rodriguez which embodied
the sporty nature of the Nissan
brand. Right across was the ad-
venture themed Isuzu display
area which had on display a
customized Boondock edition
SPECTACULAR AND ENTERTAINING
Text and photos by Dino Ray V. Directo III
THE fourth staging of the Philippine International Motor-
show lived up to its hype and proved to be a show stopper.
For four days, people ocked to the World Trade Center in
Pasay City to experience and feel the excitement of the day
long car launches, presentation of concept cars and new
vehicles that are up for grabs for this year.
Isuzu D-Max Boondock Edition on steroids
Foilacar's rendition of the country's hottest selling Montero SUV
On and off road warrior; the Strada custom-built by 199 Off-road-
house and Black Rhino
Crooner Martin Nievera electries the crowd with the Lexus LFA.
Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano makes his signature moves with the
Toyota GT86.
New generation Mirage is a crowd favorite.
Nissan's 370Z design chief, Fil-Am Randy Rodriguez poses with his creation.
D-Max and a blinged-out Al-
terra SUV by Concept One.
By the time the countrys
largest manufacturer had its
turn to present their vehicle
line-up in the afternoon, two of
the countrys best performers
Gary Valenciano and Martin
Nievera surely made every-
one feel that Toyota and Lexus
were the baton carriers of the
industry as they belted out
their hit songs with the Toyota
GT 86 and Lexus LFA as back-
drop. Not to be outdone by
Toyota was Mitsubishi Motors
Philippines who had Ely Bu-
endia and his band Pupil play
at the back ground as the boys
from Cainta, Rizal presented
the new Mirage and new Out-
lander. The stars of the PIMS
hands down was the display
booth of Mitsubishi which had
on display a customized Mi-
rage, a WRC Galant VR-4, an
off road prepped Strada by 199
Off Road House and a one-off
Montero by Foilacar Manila
and Black Rhino wheels.
What made the show more
exciting and fun to attend was
the visible support of the After-
market companies. Wheel Gal-
lery of Nitto and Concept One
fame was tapped to supply the
aftermarket wheels of the vast
majority participating in the
PIMS. Foilacar was a hit among
the patrons due to its dazzling
rendition of the Montero SUV
and Mercedes Benz provided
the appropriate venue for the
local debut of Swedish bike
rack manufacturer Mont Blanc.
Overall, the PIMS was indeed a
show of force and reected the
healthy status of the domestic
car industry.
Swedish bike rack manufacturer Mont Blanc debuts
at the PIMS with Mercedes Benz.
Kia's K9 Quoris luxury sedan debuts in a grand
manner.
Motoring
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Columnist Mila Espina
receives recognition fro the
Cebu provincial government
for being a tourism advocate.
TODAY
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TRIBUTE TO HITCHCOCK
Passionate craftsmanship and pioneering
design are the forces behind Montblancs
Alfred Hitchcock Limited Edition, an
electrifying tribute to the inventor of the
psychological thriller genre.
WITH apologies to Forrest Gump, I have to say opening the box of Samsung Galaxy S3
is like opening a box of chocolates: you never know what youre gonna get, but you know
what youre getting is GOOD.
Samsung Galaxy S3:
A non-fattening
sugar rush
By Gianna G. Maniego
A FIESTA atmosphere lled Kultura Filipino at
SM Makati as it recently held the Beach Fiesta at
Kultura event. Capping off the summer season
and celebrating the countrys festival month of
May, the event also highlighted Kulturas new
home, fashion, and souvenir collections.
During the event, guests were entertained with
poi dancers and cultural performances by Banda
Kawayan. Members from the expat community
and foreign clubs, civic leaders, corporate execu-
tives, and lovers of all things Filipino joined in
the festivities. Former Tourism Secretary Gemma
Cruz-Araneta and lawyer Chudney Ngo of the
Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau led
the list of prominent guests.
The Beach Fiesta at Kultura also celebrated
the third anniversary of Crafts for a Cause,
Kulturas advocacy program, which promotes
and distributes products made from livelihood
projects of various foundations. From a pioneer
group of 16 partner foundations, the list of part-
ners has grown to a total of 26 since its launch
in 2010.
The movers of Crafts for a Causes various
partner organizations were present at the event,
among them Greg Perez of Gifts and Graces
Fair Trade Foundation, Therese Patr icio of E.
Zobel Foundation, Cecile Manheimer of GKo-
nomics, Vicky Weineke of Kabisig ng Kalahi,
Aimee Glor ia of Invisible Sisters, Nancy Ja-
vier of NNJ Crafts, Fr. Dennis Paez of Ginto
Foundation, Divina Escor ido of Kabalikat sa
Pag-Unlad Multi-Purpose Cooperative, and Banda Kawayan entertains guests with cultural performances.
Car ina Senevir atne of Henta Marketing, as
well as representatives of Au Metier , Palawan
Network of NGOs and POs and MJM Cortes
Trading for Masbate Jail Inmates.
Partner Foundations with beneciaries
throughout the country were also at the event,
represented by Bro. Joseph Villar in of Claret
Samal Foundation, Sher yl Santiago of Cordil-
lera Network of NGOs, Alan Solano of Ban-
glos Sculptors Multi-Purpose Cooperative,
Jeor gie Tenolete of Kabalikat sa Kaunlaran sa
Baseco, Vilma Dalisay of Isla Para sa Kaun-
laran ng Maricaban and Tita Garcia of Kaibi-
gan Ermita Foundation.
Representatives from partner religious orga-
nizationswere also present: George Lucraft and
Marcel Clado of the Philippine Christian Foun-
dation, Sr. Luz Buitrago of Holy Family Home
Foundation, Sr. Asuncion Ciuraneta of Sr. Te-
resa Sto. Nino Center, and Josephine Gepte of In
Christ Freedom and Prison Teaching Ministries.
The event also welcomed new partner or-
ganizations and their representatives: Cza-
r ina Lim of Rurungan sa Tubod Foundation,
Mar gr ith Gloor of Circle of Friends Founda-
tion, Jean Baptiste Prache of Life Project 4
Youth, and Dar lene Pr idmore of Hope Inter-
national Ministries.
Shop for new collections of home, fashion,
and Crafts for a Cause at Kultura Filipino stores
at SM Makati, SM Megamall, the SM Mall of
Asia, SM City Cebu, and at selected SM De-
partment Stores.
Beach Fiesta at Kultura Filipino
Former Tourism Secretary Gemma
Cruz-Araneta and lawyer Chudney Ngo
of the Manila Tourism and Cultural
Affairs Bureau.
Kulturas vice president Ivy Yap
and SAVP Carmen Perez with
representatives of the various Crafts
for a Cause partner organizations.
Its got the look
Thin and light, weighing only 133g. Thanks to its
brushed polycarbonate covering, the Samsung Galaxy
S3 is the ideal accessory to have in hand. It comes in
Marble White and Pebble Blue (if you have relatives in
the States who subscribe to AT&T, you might want to
sell your youngest son to them to get their exclusive red
model) and goes with just about any outt.
It is also a good size. At 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6mm,
its easy to either get a good grip on it or noncha-
lantly hold it aloft while attempting to do a conyo
pose wave, Queen Elizabeth-style. Its also easy to
slip into pockets.
The Nature-inspired screen that ripples when
unlocked is cool. Wrapped in a Gorilla Glass 2 protec-
tive cover, its fairly resistant to scratches. The interface
is highly tactile and easy to customize. It has three but-
tons (menu, home and back keys) at the bottom to make
it easy to navigate (hold down the middle or home but-
And, like a box of chocolates, the array of fea-
tures that await will denitely give you a sugar rush-
-but this ones a little less harmful to your health.
Im an iPhone user and I love my iPhone to bits
(not gonna lie), but I have to say, the Galaxy S3 is
soooo sexy, it makes my iPhone look like an old lady.
It has a 1280x720 mm (4.8 inch) screen that
makes optically challenged folks like me thank the
Lord we dont have to squint to see. I dont have to
whip out my lola glasses just to read the text mes-
sages.
If you like watching videos (admit it, youve done
this before, and more than a few times) then the GS3
would denitely be your cup of tea. Its HD Super
AMOLED glass makes video watching a joy. Imag-
es are crisp and clear, with a color palette that rivals
any Pantone color strip.
There may be issues with the sound but hey, thats
what earplugs are for.
ton to see recent or open applications.)
The Galaxy S3 is equipped with a 1.9-megapixel
front-facing camera and an 8-megapixel camera at
the rear.
Whats under the hood
The Galaxy S3 runs on Androids Ice Cream
Sandwich platform (which is just a shade behind the
latest Android version, Jellybean) and is powered by
a Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9. It has an internal
storage of 16 GB, plus a microSD slot that may pro-
vide 64 GB more storage. Good to know if youre
the type who makes your phone your default reposi-
tory of information.
It is also, in theory, ready for 4G (LTE) connectivity.
Cool features
Theres more to the Galaxy S3 than is adver-
tised on the box. Many of its goodies can only be
unearthed after patiently sifting through its features,
but if youre like most of us who have neither the
time nor the persistence to do so, Googling is a good
option to nd out the cool things you can do with
your device. Here are a few of the cool
features weve tried:
parently), but its a cute party trick to show off your
phone among your friends.
Shake, rattle and call
Like most of todays phones, the Samsung Gal-
axy S3 is full of features like pinching to zoom, ick
to scroll, and tap and hold to drag.
Unlike other phones however, you can shake it to
update your email list, place it face down to mute and
sweep your palm or side of the hand over the screen
to capture a screen shot. You can also tap and hold the
screen (when screen lock is set to Swipe) when its
locked and rotate to landscape to launch the camera.
Heres an especially neat trick you can also do
while viewing a call or message (or simply viewing
their contact details: You can hold the phone to your
ear and call the person directly. So cool and so con-
venient for lazybones who dont have time to dial.
Go to Settings > Motion if you want to activate
them. (The camera shortcut can be activated by go-
ing to Settings > Security > Lock Screen Options >
Camera quick access. While youre there, you can
also set up a wake up command using
S voice to unlock the
screen when its
swipe or mo-
tion lock
enabled.)
Big
Br ot her s
watching
M o b i l e
phones auto-
matically blink
out after there is no
activity for any length
of time, sometimes
without so much as a by
your leave. But the Samsung
Galaxy S3 has manners. Be-
fore it blinks out it checks to see
if youre watching the screen and
stays on as long as youre looking at
it. A bit creepy yes, but useful nonethe-
less.
To activate, go to Settings > Display. Se-
lect Smart stay and the device will check to see if
you are watching the screen before timing out. You
can also set how long it takes your screen to timeout
if theres no activity.
Easy-peasy le sharing
Whats a few les among friends, right? With the
Samsung Galaxy S3 you dont have to go through
the process of saving your les on a ash drive to
share photos, videos, and documents with others.
You can share les easily with other capable devices
by accessing S-Beam or Android Beam via Settings
> More settings. Simply touch it to other enabled de-
vices to share les.
In Settings > More settings youll also nd a
Nearby devices option which allows you to share
les with network connected DLNA devices such as
your PlayStation 3 or your Smart TV. You can also
use Samsungs AllShare Play app to remote access
your computer and share les with other devices.
Still shutters
If youre the type who gets really involved
while watching a concert, game or other momen-
tous event (i.e. you take photos and videos while
live tweeting said events), the Galaxy S3 can make
your life a little easier. By pressing on the shut-
ter button while recording a number or shot, you
can capture photo stills as well. That way you can
Tweet or Instagram photos in the moment, while
saving the whole video experience for when you
upload to YouTubein the interest of public ser-
vice of course (and for those unfortunate friends
who are not watching said concert/game/event
with you.) You can also capture stills while play-
ing the video recording back.
With all these features and more packed into the
Galaxy S3, I have to say Samsung has pretty much
delivered on its promise. With the launch of the
Galaxy S3 (in a glitzy standalone event in London,
no less), Samsung has cemented its foothold in the
smartphone industry and pushed its Galaxy brand
to frontrunner status.
Its not Siri, its the S
S Voice is Samsungs answer to Apples Siri. It as-
sumes the role of personal assistant much like Siri,
but less cheeky. It launches apps, composes memos,
sends email and text messages, and even tweets for
you. (Right now though its kind of hit-or-miss, but
still pretty handy when both hands are full.)
Launch S Voice by double-pressing the home but-
ton, or wake up S Voice in between commands by
saying, Hello, Galaxy.
See me, hear me
Face Unlock and Face and Voice Unlock are
some of the most fun to try. It allows the phone to un-
lock your screen using facial recognition of a photo
or voice recognition of a phrase or command.
Use the front-facing camera to record your face.
Record a phrase or command if you also want voice
recognition. Go to Settings > Security to begin and
select Screen lock. Choose Face Unlock or Face and
Voice.
Obviously, you wont get a lot of security using
this method because anybody who looks or sounds
like you can unlock your screen (even a photo, ap-
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MILA C. ESPINA
AH CEBU!
AUGUST, 2012, was
a season of awards.
I was blessed to be
p a r t o f i t wh e n
Bobby Joseph and the
prestigious Garbo Sa
Sugbu acknowledged
my decades of being
an act i ve Touri sm
advocate, from the time I, as arts and science dean of USJR,
developed the tourism and HRM courses in the late 70s;
organized and expanded the Tourism Committee of the
Cebu Chamber of Commerce; became part of the East Asia
Interregional Tourism Forum, Suroy, Suroy Sugbu, Tourism
Congress,One Cebu Expo, Turismo Sugbu,among others. The
Garbo award was special ( as was being Hermana General
from the OAR community) to me because it was conferred by
Cebu, where I spent 48 fruitful years of service, making me
a fullled Cebuana By Choice. Thank you, Governor Gwen
Garcia for believing in me!
888, Garbo and tourism
The Beautiful Cebu Ladies in their lovely gowns- Agnes Huetel, June Alegrado, Iris Arcenas,
Alice Woolbright, Gov. Garcia, Mariquita S.Yeung, Ester Browning, Merce Abellana, Yvette
Vaas and Nora Sol
The author with hubby Rolando R. Espina, who brought her
to Cebu in 1964.
Gov. Garcia
with
Adopted
Son of
Cebu
awardee
Consul
Robert
Joseph Lim.
Gov. Garcia with international
relations awardee, Belgian Consul
Enrique Benedicto
Garbo Sa Sugbu -Governor Gwendolyn
Garcia, awardee Mila C. Espina, tourism,
and Congressman Pablo John Garcia
At 888 Awards- Honey Loop, Dawnie Roa, Consul Bobby Joseph, Mila Espina
for tourism, Malou Guanzon and Jenny Franco.
PASSIONATE craftsmanship and
pioneering design are the forces
behind Montblancs Alfred Hitchcock
Limited Edition, an electrifying tribute
to the inventor of the psychological
thriller genre. The British lmmaker
and producers horror classics such
as Psycho and Vertigo brought
cinema to a new level of artistry,
technical innovation and unconventional
st oryt el l i ng. Hi t chcock became
renowned for taking audiences on a
rollercoaster ride of extreme fear and
anxiety.
Many of Hitchcocks scenes remain
the most memorable in movie history,
forming the inspiration for the design
of Montblancs Limited Edition. The
dark staircase featured in his masterpiece
Vertigo (1958) inuences the overall
design of these pieces. In this pivotal
scene, the main character races frantically
up the stairs before experiencing a
crippling bout of vertigo as he sees
the stairs stretch away from him. The
textured dark precious lacquer of the
cap and barrel of the writing instrument
creates a special effect reminiscent of
Hitchcocks infamous vertigo effect.
What could be more spine chilling
than the unforgettable 45-second shower
scene from Oscar-nominated Psycho
(1960) when a young woman is brutally
murdered in cold blood with a knife?
The weapon remains emblazoned in
the minds eye long after the screen
goes dark. This sinister knife is featured
prominently on the writing instrument,
as the pens clip.
As a reminder of Hitchcock the
iconic lmmaker, the Limited Edition
3000 features on the 925 sterling silver
rings engraving of the notes that would
have identied the original lm reel of
Psycho. The 925 sterling silver cone of
the writing instrument features 53 hatch
marks symbolising every movie that
Hitchcock directed during his impressive
career spanning nearly six decades.
Hitchcock' s distinctive profile
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B i n a l o t -
Al bay ser ves
its own version
of Bicolandia's
favori t es l i ke
Bi col Expr ess
and Pinangat .
Bicol Express and Pinangat are popular Bicolano dishes which
both use gata or coconut milk, a basic ingredient in Bicolano fare.
Pinangat is a native concoction of vegetables made from the best
variety of taro leaves or gabi. While Bicol Express is made from
coconut milk, alamang, pork and lots of chili that is sure to make
it a mouth-watering, spicy treat.
Because of the popularity in the region, these two delightful
dishes are now part of Binalot Albays menu.
A taste
of Bicol
Get your health food x
If you are a health buff constantly on the look-out for
your healthy food x, you should not miss ECHOcafe at the
Serendra, a locavore-centric cafe which serves natural food,
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cup of freshly-brewed coffee is great combination to jumpstart
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at the McKinley Parkway,
Serendra, BGC, it is open 9
a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Region VII
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Bohol 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Ubay, Bohol
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Bohol 2
nd
Sub-District Engineering
Offce, Ubay, Bohol, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to
apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract ID : 12HC0006
Contract Name : Construction, Rehabilitation and Repair of Roads:
1) Candajec-Poblacion Centro Road with Exceptions, Clarin
2) Buwangan-Poblacion Sur Road with Exceptions, Clarin
Contract Location : Clarin, Bohol
Scope of Works :
1) Candajec-Poblacion Centro Road with Exceptions, Clarin
a) SPL 1 Mobilization and Demobilization
b) Item 101(4)a Removal of Existing Dilapidated
Concrete Pavement
c) Item 102(2) Surplus Common Excavation
d) Item 104(1) Embankment
e) Item 200 Aggregate Sub-Base Course
f) Item 201 Aggregate Base Course
g) Item 311 Portland Cement Concrete Pavement ,
230mmthk
h) Item 505(5) Grouted Riprap, Class A (Repair for
Spillway Only)
2) Buwangan Poblacion Sur Road with Exceptions, Clarin
a) Item 102(2) Surplus Common Excavation
b) Item 103(6) Pipe Culvert and Drain Excavation
c) Item 104(1) Embankment
d) Item 200 Aggregate Sub-Base Course
e) Item 201 Aggregate Base Course
f) Item 311 Portland Cement Concrete Pavement ,
230mmthk
g) Item 500(1)a Pipe Culverts, 610mm
h) Item 505(5) Grouted Riprap, Class A
i) SPL 2 Provide Project Sign Board
j) SPL 3 Construction Safety and Health
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 5,335,000.00
Contract Duration : 121 calendar days
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet
the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing
at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-
Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders September 12, 2012 (deadline)
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents From September 4-17, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 2:00 P.M. , September 4, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids September 17, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. , September 17, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Bohol 2
nd

Sub-District Engineering Offce, Bood, Ubay, Bohol, upon payment of a non-refundable
fee of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00). Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Bohol 2
nd
Sub-District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without
incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved:
(Sgd.) JUNIBE C. FROILAN
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Telefax No. (038) 518-8051
DPWH INFRA-07 Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region IV-A (Southern Tagalog Region)
DPWH-RIZAL I DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Government Center, Calumpang, Binangonan, Rizal
Tel. Nos. 652-3657/652-3652
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Rizal First District Engineering
Offce through the PDAF CY 2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
Contract ID : 12DN0091
Contract Name : Flood Control Projects, First District of Rizal (Clustered)
1. Riprapping/Desilting of Lagundi Creek, Brgy. Muzon,
Taytay, Rizal Php 4,300,000.00
2. Riprapping/Desilting of Creek (Bilibiran Creek)
Sitio Wawa, Brgy. Tagpos, Binangonan, Rizal
3,200,000.00
3. Riprapping/Desilting of Lazi Creek (Completion),
Brgy. Libis, Binangonan, Rizal 2,500,000.00
4. Improvement of Drainage System along J.P. Rizal St.
(Continuation) Brgy. Batingan, Binangonan, Rizal
2,000,000.00
Contract Location : Taytay and Binangonan, Rizal
Scope of Work : Construction of Stone Masonry and Deepening/Desilting
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 12,000,000.00
Contract duration : 107 CD.
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR
R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the
opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a bidder must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) together with
a copy of Contractors Profle (present original copy for authentication) and current
Mayors Permit issued by the municipality or city where the principal place of
business, purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a)
prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture (c) with PCAB license aqpplicable to the
type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least
50% of the ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC,
(f) Copy of Accreditation Certifcate of Material Engineer (present original copy for
authentication), and (g) CY 2011 CPES Rating. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Registration
Certifcate (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 24 to September 13, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference August 31, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
3.Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
September 6, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids September 12, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids September 12, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Rizal I District
Engineering Offce, Barangay Calumpang, Binangonan, Rizal, upon payment of
a non-refundable fee of TEN THOUSAND PESOS (Php 10,000.00). Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees
on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. Pre-Bid Conference shall
be open only to interested parties who have purchased the Bids. Bids must be
accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms, as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of
the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The Rizal First District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bid, to annul the bidding process at anytime prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ESMERALDO S. SARMIENTO
BAC-Chairman
NOTED BY:
(Sgd.) EDGARDO P. PERALTA
District Engineer
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Manila
Invitation to Bid
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
Contract ID No. 12Z00066, Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) along Surallah-
Lake Sebu-Maitum Road, K01759+568 to KO 1765+260.50 (with exceptions),
South Cotabato: KO 1763+065-KO 1763+085 (Shadol I Bridge); KO 1763+701.4-
KO 1763+722(Shadol II Bridge); KO 1764+138.2-KO 1764+145.1 (RCBC)
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), through the
General Appropriations Act intends to apply the sum of Php 168,102,373.17
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the
contract for Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) along Surallah-Lake Sebu-
Maitum Road, K01759+568 to KO1765+260.50 (with exceptions), South
Cotabato: KO 1763+065-KO 1763+085 (Shadol I Bridge); KO 1763+701.4-KO
1763+722(Shadol II Bridge); KO 1764+138.2-KO 1764+145.1 (RCBC). Bids
received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The Department of Public Works and Highways now invites bids for Road
Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) along Surallah-Lake Sebu-Maitum Road,
K01759+568 to KO1765+260.50 (with exceptions), South Cotabato. The length
of the road is 5.645 kms. To be made of PCCP, width of 6.70 meter (2-lane at
3.35m/lane) at 0.28m thick and 1.50m shoulder at both side to be made of 0.20m
thick of Aggregate Subbase Course and 0.10m thick Aggregate Surface Course.
Completion of the Works is 480 cal. days.
Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission
and receipt of bids, a single contract similar to the Project, equivalent to at least
ffty percent (50%) of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained
in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.

3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised implementing
Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known
as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required
to register prior to the set schedule of submission of bid while those already
registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility
to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contractor Profle
Eligibility Process (CPEP) are subject to further post-qualifcation. Information
on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph or Central
Procurement Offce (CPO), 5
th
Floor, DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive,Port Area,
Manila from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the
Bidding Documents in the amount of Php 40,000.00.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the
DPWH, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not
later than the submission of their bids.
6. The Department of Public Works and Highways will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on September 4, 2012, 9:00 A.M. at Rm. 503 CPO Function Room, 5
th
Flr.
DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, which shall be open only to all
interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
7. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public
Works and Highways, Central procurement Offce (CPO) and DPWH-Region XII
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM to
5:00 PM.
8. Bids must be delivered on or before September 18, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at Rm. 503
CPO Function Room, 5
th
Flr. DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila. All
bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and
in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.1.
Bids will be opened In the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the aforesaid address. Late bids shall not be accepted.
9. The DPWH reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
10. For further information, please refer to:
SUBAIR S. DIRON, CESO III
Regional Director
DPWH-Region XII
Mabini St. corner Alunan Avenue, Koronadal City,
Tel. No. (083)228-8187
E-mail address: diron.subair@dpwh.gov.ph
(Sgd.) JAIME A. PACANAN, Ph.D., CESO I
Undei secretary for Support Services
Chairman, BAC for Civil Works Central Offce
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Manila
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
For the Supply and Delivery of
Three (3) Units Combination of Vacuum/High-
Pressure Sewer Jet Cleaner, Truck Mounted and
Sixteen (16) Units Lane Marker, Hand-Operated
The Department of Public Works & Highways thru its Bids and Awards
Committee for Goods, through GAA 2011, intends to apply the sum of Fifty Five
Million Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos only (Php55,850,000.00) being the
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under Contract ID: PR
No. C-1000-0558-11. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at bid opening.
The Department of Public Works & Highways now invites bids for the supply
and delivery of three (3) units combination of vacuum/high-pressure sewer jet
cleaner, truck mounted and sixteen (16) units lane marker, hand-operated.
Delivery of the goods is required as specifed in the Schedule of Requirement.
Bidders should have completed, within fve (5) years from the date of submission
and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project whose value must be at
least 50% of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the
Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instruction To Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a
non discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing
Rules and Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as
the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnership, or
organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations
of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to
Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138.
Interested bidders may obtain information from the BAC for Goods Secretariat
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Monday
to Friday at 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
on August 24, 2012 until before 10:00 a.m. of September 19, 2012 from the
Secretariat, BAC for Goods, Ground Floor, DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive,
Port Area, Manila and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of
the Department of Public Works & Highways, provided that Bidders shall pay
tie non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission
of bids.
The Department of Public Works & Highways will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on
Conference on September 5, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at the Offce of the Chairman,
BAC for Goods, 2
nd
Floor, DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila,
which shall be open to interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 a.m. of
September 19, 2012. All bids must be accompanies by a Bid Security in any of
the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Offce of the BAC for Goods Secretariat
Ground Floor, DPWH Bldg.
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area
Manila
Bid opening shall be on September 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the Offce of the
Chairman, BAC for Goods, 2
nd
Floor, DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, Port Area,
Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who
choose to attend. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time
prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder or bidders.
(Sgd.) ROY L. MANAO, CESO VI
Assistant Secretary for Support Service
Chairman, BAC for Goods
August 22, 2012
(MST-Aug. 24, 2012)
Regional Offce No. VIII
Government Center, Baras, Palo, Leyte
Telephone Nos. : (053) 323-5553 / 1067
Email Add: dpwh.ro8_bacsec@yahoo.com.ph
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH, Regional Offce No. VIII,
Baras, Palo, Leyte, through the SARO-BMB-A-12-T000002939 dated 3 July 2012,
PDAF FY2012, invites contractors to bid for the following project:
Contract ID : 12IO0072
Contract Name : Constructi on and Rehabi l i tati on / Wi deni ng of
Road, Kananga- JNR Brgy. Mahawan Road, with
exceptions, Kananga, Leyte
Contract Location : Kananga, Leyte
Scope of Work : Rehabilitation of 6,485.65 meters Roadway to include
Concrete Paving of 300 meters and installation of
RCPC Cross-Drainage.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 9,992,783.10
Contract Duration : 90 Calendar Days
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR
of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a standard
form DPWH-INFR-15 Letter of Intent (LOI), purchased bid documents and must
meet the following major criteria: a) prior registration with DPWH, b) Filipino citizen
or 75% Filipino - owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture,
c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, d) completion
of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and
e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria
in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids. The BAC will only
accept/process LOIs signed by the person authorized in the Contractors
License issued by PCAB and shall be submitted only by the Authorized Liaison
Offcer as specifed in the Contractors Information (CI). Letter of Intent (LOI)
sent thru mail or fax and submission by persons with a Special Power of
Attorney shall not be accepted. Bidders shall submit their bids through their
duly authorized liaison offcers.

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-BAC, Central Procurement Offce before the deadline for the receipt
of LOI. The DPWH-BAC Central Procurement Offce will only process contractors
application for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors
Registration Certifcate (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.

1. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 22 - September 11, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference
August 29, 2012
(3:00 PM)
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
September 10, 2012
(Until 5:00 PM)
4. Receipt of Bids
September 11, 2012
(Until 1:50 PM)
5. Opening of Bids
September 11, 2012
(2:00 PM)
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat,
DPWH, Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs
from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested
parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security,
in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished form as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of CRC.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract
will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte, reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved By:
(SGD.) EDGAR B. TABACON, CESO IV
Assistant Regional Director
(BAC Chairman)

NOTED:
(SGD.) ROLANDO M. ASIS, CESO III
Regional Director
Cebu 6
th
District Engineering Offce
A.C. Cortes Avenue, Mandaue City, Cebu
Tel. No. 5-2020-44
(MST-Aug. 17 & 24, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Hi ghways, Cebu 6
th
Di stri ct Engi neeri ng Offi ce, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
Item No. 1
a. Contract ID : 12HN0034
b. Contract Name : Constructi on of Drai nage Faci l i ti es al ong
Mact an Ci r cumf er ent i al Road, Cor dova
Sect i on i ncl udi ng Cur b and Gut t er wi t h
Sidewalk, K0025+770 to K0026+125
c. Contract Location : Cordova, Cebu
d. Scope of Work : Removal of Structure & Obstructi on, Pi pe
Cul verts & Storm Drai n Excavati on, Pi pe
Culverts (910mm), Manhole, Concrete Curb
& Gutter & Sidewalk
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php9, 696, 076.16
f. Contract Duration : 120 Calendar Days
Item No. 2
a. Contract ID : 12HN0035
b. Contract Name : Repair/Rehabilitation /Improvement of A.C.
Cortes Avenue, Mandaue City K0008+(-850)
to K0008+(-231) with exceptions
c. Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu
d. Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlaying w/ Pavement Markings
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php9, 899, 358.66
f. Contract Duration : 30 Calendar Days
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet
the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing
at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The
BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration, with
complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration Certifcate (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents : August 17, 2012 September 5, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference : August 24, 2012 at 1:00pm
3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders : August 31, 2012 at 3:00pm
4. Receipt of Bids : September 5, 2012 at 9:00am 11:00am
5. Opening of Bids : September 5, 2012 at 1:00pm

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will
be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the evaluation
and the post qualifcation.
LOI Form and Bidding Document Fees are shown below:
ABC of Project LOI Form Fee Bidding Document
Fee
Php1,000,000.00 and below None Php1,000.00
Php1,000,000.01-Php5,000,000.00 None Php5,000.00
Php5,000,000.01-Php20,000,000.00 None Php10,000.00
Php20,000,000.01-Php50,000,000.00 None Php20,000.00
Php50,000,000.01-Php100,000,000.00 None Php30,000.00
The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu 6
th
District Engineering
Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MYRNA A. DELA SERNA
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) SANTIAGO T. SUICO, JR.
OIC, District Engineer
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Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com
showbitz
People
are talking about
Daniel Padilla
Legitimate singers might be
wondering why this lads debut album
is selling like hot cake, and received
its Platinum certication this week.
We all know he is not that talented
(even in the acting department), but
mind you, Daniel has an army of
loyal fans that is very much willing
to buy even his junks.
Bea Alonzo
We have seen her in movies and
television shows playing bland
characters. Admirably she is playing
a different one in The Mistress. Wont
she be pulverized by co-star Hilda
Koronel? We will seewe will see.
Derrick Monasterio
The National Youth Commission
is convinced that the Kapuso teen
stars positive public image can
help in tapping millions of youths
to inspire them to move away from
dangerous drugs. Hence, the agency
signed up Derrick to be an advocate
of its Youth Drug Abuse, Prevention
and Control project.
are not talking
about
Eula Valdez
Some pseudo critics are blaming
the seasoned actress for the sudden
decrease of Walang Hanggans
viewership. They say, the character
didnt just complicate the story, it
also dragged the ratings down. Can
the demise of Eulas character in the
primetime soap make any difference?
Paolo Avelino
His good looks became his ticket
to stardom and he is using it now to
sell records. Paolo has just released
a single, a cover of a country music
popular in the early 90s, which can
easily go straight to your recycle bin.
The Healing
A movie can only be described
how it fared at the box ofce. Now,
we dont understand why Star
Cinema keeps on calling the movie
a big hit amid although it failed to
breach the P100-million mark.
ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
To date the next Chard has yet
to be discovered. No one as yet mea-
sures up to the actors standards. But
then its tough nding all those traits
in one person, which makes Chard, as
he is known in showbiz circles, tow-
ers above his contemporaries. As one
producer says, Hes one of a kind.
In GMA-7s Makapiling Kang
Muli, in which Richard plays the
lead role, the drama revolves around
his complex relationships with two
women (played by Carla Abellana
and Sarah Lahbati) as episodes
pass, the series is becoming more and
more exciting.
The Ricky Davao-direct tale of
love and hate, forgiveness and re-
venge intrigues viewers, curious as to
whom Richard will end up with.
Apart from Richard, Carla, and
Sarah, the series also stars Robert
Arevalo, Mark Anthony Fernan-
dez, Philip Salvador, and Gloria
Romero.
Richard recalls that Gloria Rome-
ro, the most regal movie queen ever,
played lola years back to the char-
acter he was playing in Let The Love
Begin, to date GMAs biggest hit,
with Angel Locsin.
The talk on the set of MKM is long
after the camera has stopped grind-
ing, the love scene between Chard
and Sarah, French-Morrocan mestiza,
will linger on and on and on.
Richard is also the prized talent
of GMA News and Public Affairs as
host of its programs on environment.
His current assignment is Pinoy Ad-
ventures, where the actor goes where
the action is.
Small wonder his fellow work-
ers love him. He has after all hosted
shows that had earned for the Kapuso
network national and international
recognitions. The actor-host himself
was named Environmental hero.
Richard Gutierrez looks forward
to more challenges in the seasons to
comeas actor and host.
In the meantime, the search for
the next Chard is on. Hes attered
by it all and wishes newcomers in
showbiz all the best.
Five weeks more
for One True Love
Fans of One True Love will have
more reason to stay glued to their fa-
vorite primetime drama series after
GMA Network gave it a ve-week
extension due to its success over rival
program since piloting on June 11.
Data in National Urban Philippines
covering the period July 30 to Aug. 8
(based on overnight ratings), the pro-
gram registered 36.1 household audi-
ence share points versus ABS-CBNs
Kahit Pusoy Masugatans 27.4 house-
hold audience share points.
For the same period in Total Urban
Luzon, which makes up 77 percent of
total television households nationwide,
it led on its timeslot with 40 points
compared to competitions 24.2 points.
In viewer-rich Mega Manila, which
comprises 59.5 percent of national ur-
ban TV households, it edged out com-
petition with 40.2 share points against
competitions 23.4 points. The series
was likewise included in the list of top
30 programs in Urban Luzon and Mega
Manila according to July data of Niels-
en TV Audience Measurement.
Originally set to run for only 10
weeks, the program will now air till
next month with more plot twists to
be revealed in the succeeding epi-
sodes.
Directed by Andoy Ranay, One
True Love propelled Alden Richards
and Louise delos Reyes to becoming
household names.
The audience is also hooked on
the performances of Jean Garcia,
Raymond Bagatsing, and Agot
Isidro as well as Caridad Sanchez,
Benjie Paras, Tiya Pusit, Wynwyn
Marquez, Lucho Ayala, Rita Irin-
gan, Frencheska Farr, and Bembol
Roco.
Telefeud 2
Market data show that Globe re-
mains the leader in mobile phone
postpaid subscription, with 1.6 mil-
lion subscribers as of end-June 2012,
growing 28 percent from last years
1.25 million.
For the past two years, Globe has
attributed the success and growth of
its postpaid business to its pioneering
postpaid plan My Super Plan, a set of
personalized and fully-customizable
postpaid plans where subscribers have
the exibility to design their plans by
choosing the best mix of voice, SMS,
and browsing services that they need,
change them as often as monthly and
pay a monthly fee that best ts their
budgets.
With Globe My Super Plan, sub-
scribers are able to choose and design
their postpaid plan based on their
choice of consumable freebies, un-
limited services, and most important-
ly devices for free or at a minimum
cash out.
Mindful of its subscribers needs,
My Super Plan is available in dif-
ferent variants: Family Combo for
families, Unli Surf Combo for users
with heavy surng needs, Load Tipid
Combo for the budget-conscious, and
Platinum Plan for the upper market
segment who look for exclusive dis-
counts and privileges from different
partner establishments.
For as low as P299 monthly, sub-
scribers can enjoy an all-consumable
plan which can be used to make: 46
minutes of calls to Globe/TM or; 40
minutes of calls to other networks or;
16 minutes of international calls or;
299 text messages.
THE Smashing Pumpkins are back with a new album, Oceania, the rst
full-length effort featuring their current lineup.
The album was recorded at singer/guitarist Billy Corgans private studio
in Chicago with his bandmates: guitarist Jeff Schroeder, drummer Mike
Byrne and bassist/vocalist Nicole Fiorentino. The new album is now avail-
able in stores via PolyEast Records distribution.
The powerful 13-song collection was produced by Corgan and Bjorn
Thorsrud and mixed by David Bottrill. Marking The Smashing Pumpkins 7
th

studio record, it is an album within an album, part of their 44-song work-in-
progress Tear Garden By Kaleidyscope. The hauntingly beautiful album cover
image was photographed by Richard Shay, son of Chicago legend Art Shay.
We worked for a time in an empty movie theatre in Sedona during the
winter months of early 2011, sketching out some primary versions of the songs
while trying to dial in the emotional terrain we were seeking. In that kind of
process it wasnt that unusual from past records where Id worked with a band
as a unit to help me dene a set of templates to work towards. Wed just come
off the road, and had a good sense of what was no longer working in our eyes
from a dynamic point of view. We worked hard to create space in the music, but
not lose any of the emotive power that I like to have behind my songs. shared
by Billy Corgan, vocalist of Smashing Pumpkins two-decade career.
Oceania was created by the band as a true album experience for listeners
to fully immerse themselves in the songs and musical performances. For its
release, the band is making the best efforts for all the fans to hear it at the same
time as press or radio.
PolyEast Records
the countrys ofcial
distributor of EMI
Music International
also announces the re-
lease of The Smashing
Pumpkins 1994 Pisces
Iscariot album. The al-
bum is reissued for the
rst time and receives
the fully remastered
treatment as part of
EMIs extensive reissue campaign. As Corgan talks about the reissue, My
approach was to look at the album like a mix tape. It was as if I was going
to make a mix tape for a friend to say, Hey, check out this other stuff I did
with my band thats not on the albums. I didnt feel as if it had to work as
a great album, but it had to work as a good mix tape.
EMI Musics extensive reissue campaign honors the legacy of The Smask-
ing Pumpkins when the iconic alternative bands third album Pisces Iscar-
iot1994s platinum-certied disc that reached no. 4 on the Billboard Top
200 albums chart-receives the fully remastered treatment for the rst time.
Smashing Pumpkins
Oceania
RICHARD GUTIERREZ
Kapusos prized possession
IN ALL those talent on GMA7, the peg for the next big leading man is
Richard Gutierrez. And why? The guy has the looks, talent, appeal, and
dedication to work.
All plans come with freebies,
which can be changed monthly; as
well as a handset either for free or at
a minimum cash out.
Subscribers can opt to sub-
scribe to a variety of boosters
which are unlimited call, text or
mobile surng services valid
for 30 days.
To complete the worry-
free experience, all post-
paid subscribers get to
experience the Globe
Guarantee of P999 bill
cap for mobile surf-
ing, a seven-day
phone warranty,
and exclusive ac-
cess to the telcos
expanded customer
service channels.
On Monday, Ill
tell you more about
Smart and Globe and
their differences.
Life and Style
and Mission of Mercy 2
Dedicated to the project Buhos
Ng Pagmamahal organized by
beauty guru Ricky Reyes, the vol-
unteers bring hot food to the victims
of typhoon Gener and the monsoon
rain Habagat temporarily sheltered
in Metro Manila evacuation centers
continue their mission.
Part 2 of the charitable undertak-
ing will be presented in the GMA
News TV program Life And Style
With Ricky Reyes, Saturday, 10 a.m.
The episode will show the faces of
the victims calamity among residents
of Muntinglupa, Pasay and Caloocan.
Ricky pays tribute to the people
behind the outreach projectfrom
the planning to preparation and ac-
tual mass feeding.
Persons with Golden heart who
were able to solicit funds for Buhos
will be given the opportunity to express
gratitude to donors who were more than
willing to support the worthy project.
Through the show, we prove how
brave Filipinos in unforeseen events,
and how others wholeheartedly reach
out to help the victims who have not
lose faith in God and continue to cling
to the belief that after the storm the
sun will shine brighter.
Alden Richards with One True Love co-star Louise de los Reyes
Ricky Reyes
Billy Corgan (2
nd
from left) leads the American
alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins

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