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Chief justice at lawyers conference. Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno address-
es a conference of Asian lawyers at the Marriott Hotel on Wednesday. SONNY ESPIRITU
Covered witness. Whistleblower Association president Sandra Cam presents to reporters an alleged
witness, wearing a baseball cap and covered by a shawl, who detailed the escape of former Palawan gov-
ernor Joel Reyes and his brother, Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, to another country in March. JUN DAVID
Witness confirms ex-govs escape
Palace backs budgetary control over SC
Many solons
hide support
for RH bill
Vladivostok summit gives
PH, China chance to talk
Manila to host APEC in 2015
Gordon, Maceda join UNA Senate slate
Enrile orders arrest
of Subic rice traders
Lacson, Abaya seen as front runners
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By Gigi Munoz david
THE celebrated jueteng whistle-
blower who testied against the
Arroyos alleged involvement in
the illegal numbers game in 2005
on Wednesday presented a wit-
ness who narrated that Governor
Joel Reyes and his brother, Coron
Mayor Mario Reyes Jr., left the
country for Vietnam allegedly
with the collusion of Immigration
ofcials.
The former Palawan governor
and his brother have been tagged
as the brains behind the killing of
environmentalist and broadcaster
Gerry Ortega in January 2011.
Sandra Martinez Cam, the for-
mer whistleblower who is now
the president of the Whistleblow-
ers Association, accompanied by
former solicitor general Frank
Chavez, presented during a press
conference at Club Filipino in San
Juan the witness a medium-built
man whose face was covered with
a printed blue shawl and cap.
The 52-year old Cam said the
witness used to work as the driver
of Immigration bureau admin-
istrative ofcer Rogelio Udarbe
with whom he was employed for
only over a year.
Cam later told the Manila
Standard that she recognized the
governor when a photo of Joseph
Lim Pe was shown on television
in a recent news report.
When I saw the picture placed
on a passport of a certain Joseph
Lim Pe on television, I am very sure
that that was the photo of aged Gov.
Joel Tolentino Reyes, Cam said.
This is really a bombshell on the
immigration department.
She added that she knew Gov.
Reyes very well since she used to
drive for him when he goes to a
cockpit arena during the late 90s
in Masbate.
By Joyce Pangco Paares
and Rey E. Requejo
MALACAANG on Wednesday
threw its support behind a plan
by Congress to exert budgetary
control over the Supreme Court
in what observers said would be
the rst test of independence for
newly appointed Chief Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Her predecessor, who was
ousted in a Palace-instigated im-
peachment trial, had publicly
opposed the same requirement,
which would compel the Court
to report its hiring expenses to the
Budget Department, and invoked
the Judiciarys scal autonomy.
Sereno has also declined to
give media interviews, a policy
she upheld after delivering a
speech on the challenges facing
the Judiciary.
FORMER Senators Ernesto Maceda and
Richard Gordon will be included in the
senatorial slate of the United Nationalist
Alliance for next years mid-term elec-
tions, Vice President Jejomar Binay said
on Wednesday.
I think we made a declaration today. I
just read in my cellphone that the names of
former Senator Ernesto Maceda and former
Senator Dick Gordon will be included in our
slate, Binay told reporters.
He made his statement even as Ang Gal-
ing Pinoy party-list Rep. Juan Miguel Ar-
royo, the eldest son of former President and
now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Ar-
royo, on Wednesday announced he would
not be running for re-election because he was
no longer interested in politics.
He told reporters he would rather lead a quiet
life once his term ended in 2013.
By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE President Juan Ponce
Enrile on Wednesday threatened to
jail all those lying before the joint
Senate committee hearing on the
some 420,000 sacks of smuggled
rice that were seized at the Subic
Bay Freeport Zone in April.
We really have to show them
that they cannot lie here, Enrile
said during the continuation of
the Senate investigation into the
rice shipment, which Customs of-
cials said was clearly intended
for local sale.
Enrile also ordered the arrest
of rice importer Magdangal Di-
ego Maralit Bayani III for failing
to appear during the three consec-
utive public hearings conducted.
Another rice importer, Alfredo
Cruz of GPIs San Miguel Multi-
Purpose Cooperative in Tartaro,
San Miguel, Bulacan, faces the
same fate if a Senate medical team
nds that he faked his illness to
avoid testifying before the panel.
Cruzs lawyer told the senators
Wednesday that his client had to
leave to seek medical attention
for his chest pains.
Bayani and Cruz were tagged
as the two importers who applied
for an import permit to transport
the 420,000 sacks of rice out the
Subic Freeport.
Five others were also likely to
be held in contempt and jailed for
perpetrating lies, Enrile said.
These were Subic Bay and Met-
ropolitan Authority administrator
for operations Stefani Sano; Ami-
ra C Foods International DMCC
chief executive ofcer Protik
Guha; Metro Eastern Trading
Corp. vice president Cesar Bu-
laon; Federation of San Miguel
Cooperatives and Robispon En-
terprises and CAMJ Construction
Inc. president Vicente Cuevas.
and Sara D. Fabunan
A TOP Foreign Affairs ofcial on
Wednesday said President Benigno
Aquino III and Chinese Prime Min-
ister Hu Jintao would most likely
hold a bilateral meeting during
the sidelines of the 20th summit of
the Asia Pacic Economic Cooper-
ation group in Vladivostok, Russia,
in September.
Foreign Affairs Undersecre-
tary for International Economic
Relations Laura del Rosario said
several heads of states had re-
quested bilateral meetings with
the President, but while those
requests had yet to be rmed up,
she said the one with China was
likely to proceed.
But I am sure the President
will say yes [to China], Del Ro-
sario said.
There are eight requests, but
the President has yet to rm up his
schedule. He will have about three
to four hours for bilateral meetings
and each meeting would take about
30 to 40 minutes, so we will have
to prioritize.
Del Rosario said the South China
Sea (West Philippine Sea) issue will
denitely be raised during Mr. Aqui-
nos bilateral meeting with Hu.
Denitely, we expect that the
Spratlys issue or the West Philip-
pine issue to be discussed some-
where in the bilateral meeting,
she said.
I think they [Mr. Aquino and
Hu] will be assuring each other
that we should go back to the
By Sara D. Fabunan
THE Philippines will host the
Leaders Meeting of the Asia-
Pacific Economic Conference
in 2015, which will bring into
the country presidents and
heads of governments from
various parts of the world, the
Department of Foreign Affairs
said on Wednesday.
Foreign Affairs Undersecre-
tary Laura del Rosario said plans
were being drawn on the arrang-
ments and venue, including sug-
gestions to hold it on an island
such as Amanpulo and Boracay.
I would love to if they can
be accommodated in any of the
islands, she said.
Most denitely, he will
name a replacement before he
leaves for Russia, presiden-
tial spokesman Edwin Laci-
erda said.
Certainly, the President
would have some people in
mind, but he has not expressed
anything yet.
The President leaves for
Vladivostok on Sept. 7.
Lacierda made his state-
ment even as House Major-
ity Leader and Mandaluyong
Rep. Neptali Gonzales II said
the replacement for the late
Interior Secretary Jesse Ro-
bredo, who died on Aug. 18
when the light plane he had
Aquino set
to appoint
DILG chief
Rice smuggling personalities. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile grills Cesar Bulaon (second from left) and Saumit Ghosh (third from
left) on their involvement in large-scale smuggling of rice at the Subic Bay Freeport. Right photo shows Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon
and Subic Customs Collector Errol Albano (extreme right). EY ACASIO
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PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will appoint a new head of
the Department of Interior and Local Government before he
leaves for Vladivostok next week to attend the 20th summit
of the Asia-Pacic Economic Cooperation group, Malaca-
ang said on Wednesday.
Lacson Abaya
Gordon Maceda
By Maricel Cruz
and Macon R. Araneta
A PASSIONATE advocate of
the Reproductive Health bill in
the House of Representatives
belittled on Wednesday the
declaration of support by politi-
cians for the Catholic Churchs
opposition to the measure that
would give people access to
various forms of birth control.
Pangasinan Rep. Kimi Co-
juangco said several congress-
men had admitted to her that
they wanted to pass the bill,
but they could not show their
real positions because they
had committed their support to
their bishops.
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Smuggled rice. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon, right,
attends the continuation of a Senate hearing on the 420,000 sacks
of smuggled rice from India worth P500 million that he says his men
had conscated in the Subic Free Port Zone.
Enrile...
Sano reportedly facilitated the
issuance of a certication favor-
ing Metro Eastern, as the con-
signee of Amira Foods. He also
reportedly used Enriles name in
the transaction over the smug-
gled rice.
Protik, on the other hand, was
asked to explain what the sena-
tors saw as glaring inconsisten-
cies in his testimony. Bulaon, the
senators said, was also caught
lying.
On several occasions before the
Senate, Ramirez denied sending an
e-mail to Amira for the purchase of
the rice, but admitted doing so in a
compliance letter.
Cuevas also denied any knowl-
edge of the illegal rice shipment.
After the hearing, Senator Francis
Pangilinan, chairman of the commit-
tee on agriculture and food, said he
was inclined to cite some of those
summoned for contempt.
The arrest order (against Bay-
ani) is out for refusing, ignoring or
not complying with subpoena (to
appear). In the case of Cruz, the ar-
rest order was set aside for the time
being. We have to determine
if he was sick. Both of them
are expected to appear on Sept.
5, Pangilinan said.
Pangilinan said there was no
doubt that the seized rice was
meant to be sold locally. What
needed to be done, he added,
was to determine how the system
failed to stop it from entering the
country.
We are losing a valuable
source of revenue for the govern-
ment, andworsewe are es-
sentially killing the livelihood of
our farmers, he said.
We need to send a strong signal
that we are serious in this investi-
gation, he aded. I am inclined to
cite some of the resource persons
for contempt. If we need to detain
some, even perhaps all, of the re-
source persons when found lying,
we will do it.
Pangilinan said the lack of ac-
countability contributed to the
corruption.
Another shipment of smuggled
rice45,000 sacks from Viet-
namhas already been forfeited
in favor of the government and
will be auctioned off next month.
Customs agents seized the Viet-
namese rice worth P42 million af-
ter they were declared as construc-
tion materials and gypsum boards.
With Willie E. Capulong
Aquino...
chartered crashed in the waters of
Masbate, should come from the
administrations Liberal Party.
Personally, I think thats a po-
sition that should be given to a
member of the LP because Jesse
Robredo [was] a member of the
LP, Gonzales told reporters.
But LP chairman and Transport
Secretary Mar Roxas on Wednes-
day denied the reports that the ad-
ministration party was lobbying
to get someone from it to get Ro-
bredos post.
He said the reports that the party
would be meeting Thursday night
to talk about the possible replace-
ment for Robredo was not true.
I know of no such meeting nor
of any such lobbying, Roxas said.
Vice President Jejomar Binay,
whose name has been oated as a
possible replacement for Robredo,
on Tuesday said he was not inter-
ested in the post.
Binay aside, among the rumored
contenders for the post are Senator
Panlo Lacson and Cavite Rep.
Joseph Emilio Abaya, the Liberal
Partys secretary general.
House Assistant Majority Lead-
er Sherwin Tugna said the Presi-
dent should tap a replacement for
Robredo soonest, while Antipolo
City Rep. Romeo Acop said he
was supporting Lacson.
Lacson on Wednesday said
President Aquino had not yet of-
fered him the top post in the Inte-
rior Department amid the reports
Mr. Aquino was eying him as Ro-
bredos replacement.
We have not talked. Let us wait
for the President to appoint, Lac-
son said.
Abaya, the grandson of rst Phil-
ippine President Emilio Aguinaldo
and the second son of three-termer
congressman Plaridel Abaya, on
Wednesday said he would accept
the top post in the Interior Depart-
ment if it was offered to him.
My general attitude is, in what-
ever way I could help the Presi-
dent, I will, he said.
Lacierda said whoever was ap-
pointed to head the Interior De-
partment would have to continue
Robredos reforms.
The Presidents main concern
is someone who can continue to
do and institute reforms. That is the
main consideration, Lacierda said.
Secretary Robredo has done so
much for the improvement of lo-
cal governance...Reforms will be
a continuing policy. Joyce Pan-
gco Paares, Maricel V. Cruz and
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Manila...
Russia is hosting this years APEC summit, which also includes the
United States, China, Japan, South Korea and 16 other economies that
together account for more than half of the world output. President Aqui-
no is set to leave for Vladivostok next week to attend the meeting.
Indonesia will host the meeting next year, and China will be the of-
cial host in 2014. The last time the Philippines hosted the APEC summit
was in 1997.
Del Rosario said the issues that will be taken up in Indonesia and
China will be useful for the Philippines when it prepares the economic
agenda, one of the sensitive issues in the summit.
Were happy that were hosting after China, Del Rosario said.
She said the venue of the 2015 Summit will be announced during the
meeting in Russia next week.
Many...
There is no Catholic vote. But the bishops, through
the priests, use the pulpit to push their objections
against passage of the RH bill, Cojuangco said.
The bill has reached the period of amendments,
which would pave the way for its approval by the as-
sembly. But long speeches by those who oppose the
bill has stymied its passage.
Public debate on the issue has become emotional.
Their arguments have spilled over from newspapers
and radio stations to the Internet.
Senator Vicente Sotto, an outspoken proponent of
the bill, said he could be the rst senator of the Philip-
pines, who became a victim of cyber-bullying because
of his position on the issue.
He said the charges of plagiarism against him as a re-
sult of his privilege speech on the Reproductive Health
bill was part of a hatchet job to weaken his position to
approve the bill because it would benet the people.
Sotto said he had been the target of malicious attacks
in the Internet.
If you cant kill the message, kill the messenger. It
appears that this is what my detractors are doing, he
said.
Gordon...
I have no more political plans for the
coming elections, said Arroyo who is now
on his third term as a congressman.
I am very much looking forward to a
private life with my family.
Arroyo made his statement following re-
ports of a possible disqualication of the par-
ty-list group he is representing, which consists
of security guards and tricycle drivers.
The group Kontra Daya on Aug. 17 said
more than 20 rich politicians and powerful
clans, who had either lost or whose terms had
ended, were now trying to remain in power by
forming their own party-list groups for 2013.
Group president Joe Dizon said among
the political clans who planned to throw
their hats into the ring via the party-list sys-
tem were the Bagatsings, Singsons, Ecleos,
Ibunas, Espinases, Velascos and Ramiros.
To allow a politician to create his own
party-list group and represent the marginal-
ized and underrepresented sectors, when he
himself has failed to fully represent these, is
a circumvention of the law and the orders of
the Supreme Court, Dizons group wrote the
Commission on Elections.
By attempting to participate in the par-
ty-list system, they are putting the electoral
process in mockery and disrepute as well
as [disenfranchising the] the marginalized
and underrepresented sectors, especially the
poor and the powerless.
A total of 289 party-list groups have
voiced their intent to join next years mid-
term elections.
Binay said Maceda and Gordon would
be his partys eighth and ninth candidates
for 2013.
Maceda and Gordon aside, UNAs other
senatorial candidates so far are Gringo Ho-
nasan, Jack Enrile, JV Ejercito, JV de Vene-
cia III, Gwen Garcia, Mitos Magsaysay and
Miguel Zubiri. Binay said his party would
present six to eight senatorial candidates.
UNA is a coalition of Binays Partido
Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan
and former President Joseph Estradas Pw-
ersa ng Masang Pilipino.Sara D. Fabunan,
Maricel Cruz and Joel E. Zurbano
Palace...
In the Palace, presidential
spokesman Edwin Lacierda said
the reporting requirement would
result in greater transparency in the
way the Court worked.
We have always advocated
transparency in governance, Lac-
ierda said Wednesday.
Cavite Rep. Joseph Emilio
Abaya, chairman of the House
committee on appropriations and
Liberal Party secretary general, on
Tuesday said that scal autonomy
could be abused.
The reporting requirement
means Sereno will have to account
for the P2.2billion budget for hir-
ing of 5,357 new employees, in-
cluding 500 judges; the P5.38-bil-
lion Judicial Development Fund;
and a P559.5-million Special Al-
lowance for the Judiciary.
Lacierda also supported Sere-
nos decision not to grant media
interviews.
The dignied silence has al-
ways been the position taken by
the gods of Padre Faura and it has
always been stated not only in
this country but also in the United
States that they are better heard
through their decisions, he said.
What is important to the country
is how they interpret the laws through
the decisions they make. And that I
think is the best megaphone that they
can have, Lacierda added.
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile also supported Serenos si-
lence despite criticisms of her se-
lection by the Palace.
Its right. That is the way in
America--nobody speaks, he said
of the Supreme Court justices, who
do not issue public statements.
He added that Serenos silence
did not mean a lack of transpar-
ency, since Court decisions are dis-
tributed to the media after they are
promulgated.
Enrile also dismissed allega-
tions that Sereno scored poorly in
the psychological tests during her
screening.
There is no need to come out
with it [the test result]. I suggest
that we must not weaken the Su-
preme Court. The President has
already exercised the appointing
power and appointed a chief jus-
tice, Enrile said.
He called on the public to respect
the judgment of the President.
We must stop speculating
about people who are appointed in
high positions otherwise we will
destroy this country, he said.
Senator Panlo Lacson also
supported the chief justices deci-
sion not to grant interviews.
I subscribe to that idea, that
time-honored tradition that justices
should shy away from media in-
terviews. And they will only talk
in one voice through a spokesman
designated, he said.
House leaders agreed, adding
that the Supreme Court is not a
political arena.
House Majority Leader and
Mandaluyong City Rep. Neptali
Gonzales II and Aurora Rep. Sonny
Angara, both lawyers, said the Court
should be allowed to keep its silence
because the institution can be heard
through its decisions and rulings.
I take my hat off to Chief Jus-
tice Sereno because the Supreme
Court is not a political ofce, he
said. Its better that the justices do
not speak to the media.
On Tuesday, Sereno said the
Court should go back to its gold-
en days by declining all requests
for media interviews.
But Citizens Battle Against Cor-
ruption party-list Rep. Sherwin
Tugna asked Sereno to ensure that
the peoples right to information
will not be deprived by her no-
media interview policy.
Chief Justice Serenos vision
of dignied silence must also be
balanced with the peoples right to
information and the governments
goal of transparency and account-
ability in governance, said Tugna,
the House assistant majority leader.
In a speech delivered before the
heads of law associations in Asia,
Sereno said the Judiciary would
have to redene itself to be respon-
sive to the call of modern times.
Sereno said she believed the Ju-
diciary should go back to the ba-
sics and reect on issues concern-
ing rule of law, public expectation
and the demand for transparency
without opening the Court to po-
litical inuence.
She said the institution she will
lead in the next 18 years is also
facing challenges posed by en-
vironmental and technological re-
alities, citing for instance threat of
ooding and a public that is tech-
nologically savvy.
We in the judiciary must watch
and respond effectively to these
changes taking place We in the ju-
diciary have to move fast to improve
the delivery of our service, she said.
Sereno pointed out the promise
of paper-less system in courts.
We need to think of our judicial
records and ensure their physical
integrity when disaster strikes. We
have to rethink our paper-based
system, and usher in a judicial
system that is less paper depen-
dent. We have to do our share in
minimizing the amount of trees cut
down with more paper demands.
Sereno admitted that her pro-
posals could only be successful
and effective if there is collective
action from members of the Court.
She said she would reach out to
her fellow justices including the
senior ones she had bypassed for the
top judicial post for this purpose.
I believe that judicial reforms
must not revolve around and be de-
pendent solely upon the personality
of the chief justice. Rather it must be
the product of collective vision, one
forged under the leadership of the
CJ. I think that inevitably these dia-
logues among members of the Judi-
ciary will lead to signicant changes
in governance, she said.
The senior associate justices that
Sereno beat out for the top position
were absent from her oath taking
before President Benigno Aquino
III on Saturday.
Sereno closed her speech by call-
ing on the public to give the Judi-
ciary room to undertake the process
of reection and allow her to lead
the high court during this period.
She then left the event shortly
after asking members of the media
to understand her decision not to
grant interviews.
Please be patient as I take very
good care in ensuring that I am exact,
deliberate and careful at all times. I
wish you all the best. Mabuhay, she
said. With Macon Ramos-Araneta
and Maricel Cruz
Vladivostok...
starting point where everything
was ne...The nature of diplomatic
relations is maintaining status quo
of peace, del Rosario said.
Del Rosario, however, said the
issue of conicting claims in the
West Philippines Sea will not be
discussed in the summit proper.
APEC is not the proper forum
to put forward a political issue.
That will sound like that is off the
priority agenda of APEC, she
said.
Other countries which have re-
quested for bilateral meetings with
Mr. Aquino are Japan, Chile, Viet-
nam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thai-
land and Singapore.
Del Rosario said a meeting with
United States Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, who will represent
US President Barack Obama in the
summit, is also a possibility.
She said Foreign Affairs Sec-
retary Albert del Rosario will
also have a bilateral meeting with
Hong Kong chief executive Leung
Chun-ying.
President Aquino and 20 other
world leaders will be discussing
trade and investment liberaliza-
tion, food security, prevention and
mitigation of natural disasters, and
improvement of transportation and
logistics chains during the summit
from September 7 to 9.
Aside from the Foreign Affairs
chief, the President will also be
joined by Trade Secretary Gregory
Domingo and Finance chief Cesar
Purisima.
The Philippines will host APEC
in 2015, after Indonesia and China.
But even before the president
ies to Russia for the APEC sum-
mit, foreign affairs secretary Albert
del Rosario and Chinese foreign
minister Yang Jeichi may hold
their own bilateral meeting in
Manila.
Del Rosario, who met with
Yang when he visited the ailing
Sonia Brady, the Philippines Am-
bassador to China, said he had
invited Yang to visit Manila to
discuss the challenges in greater
detail and how we will be address-
ing them, referring to the South
China Sea issue.
Del Rosario ew to Beijing last
weekend to check on the condi-
tion of Brady, who was rushed to
the hospital after suffering from a
stroke in her residence in Beijing
early last week.
We want to get back on track
in terms of pushing the major bi-
lateral agenda forward as we had
agreed, Del Rosario said.
I reminded him [Yang] that this
was a commitment that both sides
have made when our president vis-
ited China, that we would, in fact,
move the bilateral agenda forward
while abstracting the contentious
issues and dealing with that sepa-
rately.
Witness...
Close kami noon, pinag-da-
drive ko pa siya (Gov. Reyes) pap-
unta sa sabungan.(We were close.
I used to drive for him when he
went to the cockpit arena).
You know, people change as the
years go by. Some may go through
surgery to have their faced xed
like the eyes, nose and lips. But not
the ears, I am sure that the man on
the picture was Gov. Reyes.
Cam said she could not stand the
denial of the Immigration depart-
ment that the Reyeses did not leave
the country. It made her dig deeper
into the case, she added.
She said that she discovered that
the Cebu Pacic Airlines mani-
fest showed that Coron, Palawan
Mayor Mario Joel Tolentino Reyes,
a certain Joseph Lim Pe and their
lawyer Hermie Aban boarded
Flight 5J751 bound for Saigon
which left the airport at 11:50 in the
evening of March 18.
Cam said that the name which
Mayor Reyes used is the real name
of the former Palawan governor,
while Gov. Reyes apparently used
the alias Joseph Lim Pe. Mayor
Reyes also attached the picture of a
much younger ex-governor.
The airlines passenger mani-
festo also indicated that Reyes, Pe
and Aban were on seats 29D-E-F,
respectively.
Cam said a friend called her re-
garding a witness who knew about
the Reyeses departure and who
was willing to shed light on the is-
sue.
She said the witness had sought
assistance from a policeman-friend
in Palawan for protection.
It was after the revelations
made by this witness that I decided
to leave for Saigon and check for
myself, Cam said. She said she left
for Saigon on Aug. 20 with $600
pocket money.
Through the aid of a Vietnam-
ese friend, I was able to acquire
papers showing the arrival and de-
parture of the three.
She said the Reyeses later left
Saigon on March 21 to an undis-
closed destination.
Cam said that Reyes and Pes
documents were signed by an air-
port security guard whom she iden-
tied as Wesley Gutierrez.
A check with the National Sta-
tistics Ofce showed that there was
no Joseph Lim Pe in their records.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
had earlier said the government will
seek the help of the International
Criminal Police Organization (Inter-
pol) to hunt down the former gover-
nor and his brother, who both carry a
P2 million bounty for their capture.
The former governor and his
brother were placed in the Inter-
pols red notice list in May.
The Foreign Affairs department
is also investigating its own people
after reports said that the former
governor used a tampered passport
bearing the name Joseph Lim Pe.
The department said it issued Lim
Pes passport on Feb, 3, but Reyes
was said to have tampered with it and
used it to leave for Vietnam. It has
already cancelled Lim Pes passport
and instructed all its diplomatic posts
to inform their host governments of
the cancellation.
Some heads will have to roll,
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ra-
fael Seguis said.
Immigration Associate Com-
missioner Siegfred Mison said
they were probing possible lapses
by airport personnel that allowed
Reyes to ee the country.
During the press conference, the
witness narrated the following se-
quence of events in testifying that
the Reyeses indeed left the country.
On the afternoon of March 18,
the witness drove Atty. Aban to the
house of Udarbe and proceeded to
Starbucks in Alabang around 6:30
p.m., where they had a brief meet-
ing with one of the Reyeses, who
immediately left the area.
Atty. Aban and Udarbe went
back to the latters house. After a
couple of hours, the witness drove
the two to Airport Terminal 3, but
Udarbe alighted at a nearby conve-
nience store. It was only Aban who
proceeded to the airport.
The witness (driver) parked the
vehicle at a rotunda and was in-
structed to wait for Abans call.
Aban later called and instructed
the witness to drive him to a res-
taurant (Savory) near the Resorts
World. It was there that he spotted
Governor Reyes on board a Fortun-
er parked in a dimly-lit area.
The Reyes brothers transferred to
Udarbes vehicle, a brown Montero
Sport (TAE 676) and proceeded to
the airports arrival area. The wit-
ness said the governor was seated
right behind him while the mayor
was seated beside his brother. The
brothers were wearing black jack-
ets and caps, the witness said.
Aban alighted at the arrival area,
where the witness parked the ve-
hicle. After a few minutes, Aban
called up the witness to fetch him.
The lawyer sat in the passengers
seat beside the witness, and in-
structed him to park.
It was at this juncture that Aban
took a stamp pad and stamped
documents which according to the
witness looked like passports.
The witness said that Aban asked
the governor where the money for
Udarbe was.
The witness [driver] said the
governor handed Aban the money
wrapped in newspaper. The lawyer
instructed the witness to give the
wrapped money to Udarbe.
Inabutan pa ako ni governor
ng P2,000. Pang-kape daw, (The
governor even gave me P2,000 for
coffee), the witness said.
The witness then went back
to 7-eleven to fetch the waiting
Udarbe and drove him home.
Udarbes house, according to the
witness, is on Esin and Eda Streets
in Northwest Village in BF Homes,
Paraaque. Gigi Muoz David
AUGUST 30, 2012 THURSDAY
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Ampatuans
a challenge
for Sereno
IN BRIEF
Two meat importers grounded; purge of traders list eyed
Military wont name Bangsamoro financiers yet
Senator Frank Drilon noted
that the long pendency of the
Ampatuan case is a principal
source of the disenchantment
with the justice system.
For his part, Senator Edgardo
Angara urged Sereno to encour-
age the use of alternative dispute
resolution to speed up justice,
and declog court dockets.
So, this is a challenge to CJ
Sereno to hasten the prosecution
of this case, observing due proc-
ess, of course, said Drilon, who
served as justice secretary during
the Cory Aquino administration.
The trial judge should be re-
lieved of all other cases so she
can concentrate on the Ampatu-
an, Drilon said.
There are 196 accused in the Am-
patuan case and the DOJ vowed to
inish presenting evidence for the
prosecution on December 31, 2012
as against the principal accused
(former Maguindanao Andal Am-
patuan Sr. and his son former Datu
Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.),
said Drilon.
Drilon stressed that the Am-
patuan massacre involving 57
people is a major factor that will
restore the peoples condence
in the justice system.
Drilon suggested holding tri-
al days to four per week from
the present three days and aug-
menting the prosecution staff of
the Department of Justice.
The population of inmates was
36,295 as of 2011. The capacity
of the prison system was 17,719
prisons, Drilon said. Our prison
cells are jampacked so we need a
regional prison system in order to
free our valuable assets and number
2, it serves our prison system well
for there can be better rehabilitation
of our prisoners, he said.
Angara, a veteran lawmaker and
lawyer, suggested that the judiciary
should make the alternative dispute
mechanism compulsory.
Arbitration is more advan-
tageous than court litigation,
especially in our case where it
usually takes several years for
the trial courts to hear and re-
solve the cases led with them,
said Angara, co-founder of AC-
CRALaw, one of the biggest law
rms in the Philippines.
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE military said certain peo-
ple were funding the attacks be-
ing staged by the Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters in
Mindanao.
Efforts are ongoing to gath-
er evidences against person-
alities allegedly masterminding
these atrocities and providing
logistical support (to the BIFF)
for ling of appropriate crimi-
nal charges, an assessment pa-
per of the Armys 6th Infantry
Division stated.
The division spokesman, Col.
Prudencio Asto, conrmed the
authenticity of the document.
Yes, its ours, Asto said in a
text message.
Asto declined to give the
names of people involved in the
nancing of the BIFF operations
since August 5 pending investi-
gation.
More than 60 people, 90 per-
cent were members of the BIFF,
have so far been killed in a se-
ries of attacks and reghts in
Maguindanao.
The BIFF, a band of law-
less elements facing a string of
criminal cases before several
courts, is a faction of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front led by
Ameril Umbrakato. The military
claimed Umbrakato was already
a vegetable after he suffered
another stroke last year. U m -
brakato and his followers were
expelled from the MILF after
they rejected the peace negotia-
tions with the government.
Umbrakato was facing more
than 60 criminal cases such as
arson, multiple, murder, frus-
trated murder, among others, for
his involvement in the bloody at-
tacks against civilian communi-
ties in 2008 in Central Mindanao
following the Supreme Courts
(SC) decision to junk the Memo-
randum of Agreement on Ances-
tral Domain (MOA-AD).
The AFP (Armed Forces and
the National Police will be re-
lentless in their punitive opera-
tions against the BIFF until the
perpetrators are brought to jus-
ticem the military document
said. In coordination with the
PNP, we have already led crim-
inal charges against BIFF mem-
bers involved in the atrocities,
the document said.
The BIFF could not exist and
operate in such magnitude with-
out the logistical support of some
people.
The BIFF is being manipu-
lated by people with vested
interests. BIFF commanders
were promised gratuities and
other benets and received large
sums of money in exchange for
launching the attacks.
BIFM rebels ransacked
houses, destroyed civilian
structures and looted eve-
rything in their path as they
stormed barangays in Cen-
tral Maguindanao. The rebels
took hostage of civilians and
robbed them of their money,
cell phones, food stuff, clothing
and other items.
The document also revealed
that the rebels were also being
allowed by these personalities
to cultivate marijuana planta-
tions to generate money for
their operations.
The BIFF maintains a mar-
ijuana plantation at Barangay
Iganagampong, Datu Unsay,
Maguindanao. It has resort-
ed to marijuana growing and
drug pushing to finance their
terroristic activities. They got
their wild, fanatical courage
from marijuana spirit. Mari-
juana growing, drug pushing
and use of prohibited drugs
are un-Islamic, the military
document said.
Division commander Maj.
Gen. Rey Ardo said more sol-
diers were deployed to go after
the BIFF elements.
The rebels suffered heavy
losses and are now running low
on food and ammunition fol-
lowing relentless pursuit opera-
tions by government forces,
the document said.
By Joel Zurbano
CUSTOMS Commissioner Ruffy Biazon
ordered the suspension of the accredita-
tion of two meat importers after it found
out that they were not complying with the
agencys requirements for cold storage
and warehouse facilities.
He said he suspended the accreditation
of Batoy Trading, one of the top ten im-
porters of fats, offal, skin/rind and other
meat products, and Sacrecoure Commer-
cial, along with 25 non-compliant import-
ers of other commodities.
He said the purge of the list of importers
of will continue to stop unscrupulous trad-
ers from using ctitious in their unlawful
importations of meat and other agricultural
products through technical smuggling.
Those involved in illegal activities such
as smuggling will also be blacklisted, Bia-
zon said, adding that this should serve as a
warning to unscrupulous traders and import-
ers engaged in technical smuggling or mis-
declaration of their importations.
Also suspended were importers of other
commodities, namely: Red Hot Trading,
Adken Trading, Nandy Marketing, Adee
Trading, Teimex Enterprises, Jexand Trad-
ing, Richow Marketing, Grinderstone
International Trading, Pluvial Enterprises,
Sea Probe Trading, Touch Down Trading,
Arrow Line Marketing, Seph Gabrielle
Enterprise, One Paul Trading, Alvee Trad-
ing, Purity Indentor Commercial, SBSC
Enterprises, Goldwin Manufacturing
Laboratories, Bountyelds Enterprises,
Bon-Sante Trading, Big C Trading, Al-
naya Trading Corp., Mamugold Enter-
prises, Lendoza Trading, and Ashes and
Diamonds Marketing.
Earlier, Abono chairman and Swine
Development Council director Rosendo
So called on the Aquino administration
to crack down on smuggling syndicates,
saying that disparities in the ofcial data
of the United Nations and the Philippine
government and records of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture showed that more
than P16 billion worth pork meat had
been smuggled into the country last
year, depriving the government billions
of pesos in much-needed revenues.
So warned that the rampant smuggling
of pork may cause the eventual collapse
of the countrys hog raising industry, if
no serious measures are put in place to
check the illegal trade.
In a position paper submitted to the Sen-
ate committee on Agriculture and Food,
So revealed that the government was de-
prived of revenues from the 109,948,284
kilograms of pork meat worth more than
P16.49 billion (at P150 per kilo) that en-
tered the country last year, but was not re-
ected in the ofcial records of the DAs
Bureau of Animals Industry.
Citing United Nations Commodity
Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade)
and the BAI records, So noted that out of
the 164,122,423 kilos of pork meat ex-
ported by other countries into the Philip-
pines in 2011, only 54,174,139 kilos was
ofcially recorded entOf the 109,948,284
kilograms of meat, the 73,743,411 kilo-
grams magically became offal which the
importers should have declared at a price
of $2.7 per kilogram or P116 per kilogram,
and not at a price of $0.5 per kilogram or
P21.5 per kilogram.
And instead of paying a tariff of 40
percent or P46.6 per kilogram, unscru-
pulous traders and importers only paid
a tariff of 5 % to 10 % or P21.5 per kilo-
gram, which was clearly a case of tech-
nical smuggling, So lamented.
This anomalous importation of meat
resulted in government revenue losses of
P4.96 billion last year, the SDC ofcial
stressed. This deprives the government
of the much-needed revenues and resulted
to the collapse of the backyard industry
where it suffered P28.5 billion losses for
the past three years since 2009, the SDC
convenor disclosed.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
CHIEF Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno
faces a major challenge in hastening the
Ampatuan case, apart from unclogging
the court dockets and enforcing the
mandatory arbitration to resolve disputes,
according to two lawmakers.
Tobacco farmers survival
at stake, lawmakers told
Road safety. Alberto Suansing,former land transport chief
and now executive director of the Philippine Global Road Safety,
discusses safety on the road at the launching of the Goodyear
Philippines 2012 Bayani ng Kalsada award. SONNY ESPIRITU
Rights advocate. President Aquino confers the Order of Sikatuna with a rank of Datu (Grand Cross, Silver Distinction) on outgoing
Ambassador Robert Gerard Brinks of The Netherlands. Brinks was cited for enhancing efforts to combat trafcking in humans, promoting
human rights, and preserving cultural heritage, among his other achievements. REY BANIQUET/MALACAANG
Rights violations on the wane
THE Commission on Human Rights said the number of
extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture
dropped from 183 incidents and 508 victims in 2010 to 132
incidents and 215 victims in 2011.
Human rights chairman Loretta Ann Rosales summed up the
data during a budget hearing conducted by the House Commit-
tee on Appropriations. She also defended her agencys proposed
P318.904-million 2013 budget, which is 9.1 percent higher than
the current years P289.783-million outlay.
She said that in 2011, there were 2,988 complaints of
various human rights violations involving 3,476 victims and
3,766 accused. Of the total cases, there were 1,238 male
victims and 814 female victims and there were 1,980 male
perpetrators and 264 female perpetrators.
She said based on preliminary evaluation of 2,115 com-
plaints, only 237 required full-blown investigations while
majority or 1,807 needed legal aid and counseling services.
Among the resolved cases in 2011were the killing of bota-
nist Leonard Co and the hazing of trainees of the National
Police captured in two videos, Rosales said. Maricel Cruz
Disaster agencys wish list
THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council on Wednesday said it would submit a wish list of
equipment to improve its capability.
Were assessing what equipment do we really need es-
pecially during times of crisis so that we can effectively
respond to the situation. Weve here a list that Im going to
submit to the President, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gaz-
min said. He is concurrent NDRRMC chairman.
The Navy and Coast Guard may have the best divers in
the world but the only problem is they lacked the equip-
ment, he said. The government had to seek help from
local and foreign private groups and volunteers for the
search-and-rescue mission when the plane carrying the
late Secretary Jesse Robredo and three others crashed
into the sea off Masbate.
Gazmin, however, said they need not only divers but also
technical divers.
First, our divers need training for them to become
technical divers. These divers are the ones who can go
as deep as 200-feet under the sea. We also need so-
nar equipment and remote operated vehicles, Gazmin
said. Florante Solmerin
WITH their survival at stake, tobacco
farmers and workers will troop to the
Senate today to ask the senators to re-
ject the 700 percent increase in the tax
on low-grade cigarettes as proposed by
the Department of Finance.
The Senate ways and means commit-
tee chaired by Senator Ralph Recto will
conducts its third public hearing today
on the proposal.
While promising to pass the sin tax bill
by December, Recto however assured all
stakeholders in the tobacco industry the
increase would be reasonable to gener-
ate maximum revenues without so much
dislocation and disruption.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and
Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. who both
came from the tobacco-producing prov-
inces have opposed the DOF-proposed
excise tax hike because of its adverse ef-
fects on the industry and the lives of over
2 million farmers and workers.
Asuncion Lopez, spokesman of the
Philippine Tobacco Growers Associa-
tion, assailed the proposed tax increase
in the wake of the campaign promise of
President Aquino that he would not im-
pose new taxes during his watch.
She said that the exorbitant tax proposal
would wipe out their means of livelihood
and displace not only farmers, but also the
over 2 million workers and their families.
The farmers sector is asking all our
senators to please consider the interests
of the tobacco farmers, our families and
all tobacco stakeholders who will be
drastically affected by the proposed tax
increase, Lopez said on the eve of the
public hearing. Macon Araneta
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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A4
EIGHTEEN years is a long time.
Newly appointed Chief Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno decided to begin
her stint as the top judicial ofcer by
articulating the need for reform amid
dynamic times.
We have to accept environmental
and technological realities facing us,
she told a gathering of the Integrated
Bar of the Philippines.
She also cited the importance of
dialogue not only with her colleagues
at the high court but with the rest of the
Judiciary.
Despite changing times and the urgency
of reform, however, certain traditional
requirements demand much from the
new chief justice. These requirements
have not been met for many years.
For instance, given the highly
divisive impeachment exercise that
rocked the Supreme Court earlier this
year, independence and integrity carry
greater weight than ever. Serenos
immediate predecessor, Renato Corona,
was impeached and convicted primarily
because of his perceived closeness with
former President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo. At the outset, independence
was not a trait associated with Corona.
During the trial, and in the decisions
that the court had arrived at during
those difcult times, the afliations of
every associate justice led the public to
believe it could predict how the justices
would vote.
Nonetheless, Serenos commitment to
release her Statement of Assets, Liabilities
and Net Worth for public scrutiny is a
heartening development, especially since
the other justices have yet to release theirs.
This Monday, the Philippine Center for
Investigative Journalism reported that
as of last week, no SALNs had yet been
released by the Clerk of Court despite the
outstanding request of some 64 parties.
Let us hope that the promises made
will be honored and honored to the letter.
It would be extremely disappointing,
however, to nd summaries of SALNs
instead of the actual documents. That
would be a denitive preview of the
years to come.
Sereno has always been perceived
as an ally of the President. She can no
longer do anything about knowing him
from their college days in Ateneo or
about her being his rst appointee to the
high court upon his assumption of ofce.
She has many years, however, during
which she can do many things to assert
the Judiciarys independence. She must
livenot just extollthe principles of
transparency and integrity. Sereno will,
after all, still be in ofce long after any
of our incumbents have retired, shifted
alliances, assumed another post, or
fallen from grace.
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NOW it can be told: Two years
ago, right after a dismissed Manila
policeman held hostage a busload
of Chinese tourists at Rizal Park,
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa
started calling Arroyo-era Interior and
Local Government Secretary Ronaldo
Puno. The gist of their conversation
was that the newly-installed Aquino
administration, through Ochoa,
needed Punos help in how to deal
with the brewing crisis.
The reason Ochoa had to call Puno
was that no one seemed to know what
to do about the matterand Gloria
Macapagal Arroyos DILG secretary
was known to have controlled the
d e p a r t m e n t
completely during
his stint at the
department. Puno
promised to talk
to the top police
ofcials at the time,
most of whom
were still serving in
a holdover capacity
from the previous
administration.
The reason
Ochoa called Puno
instead of Aquinos
DILG Secretary
Jesse Robredo was the strange
arrangement that Robredo had agreed
to upon his appointmentthat he was
to be in charge of the local government
part of DILG but have nothing to do
with the PNP. In effect, according to
unimpeachable sources, Ronnie Puno
was the real ground commander
during the botched rescue operation
which left eight Chinese tourists and
the hostage-taking ex-cop dead.
It is in this context that the reports
of Robredo wanting to resign right
after the hostage-taking asco should
be understood. Robredo, according to
a close friend, admitted that he was
out of the loop during the entire crisis
because there were protocols that
had to be followed.
Why Puno was still running the show
at DILG after the Aquino administration
assumed ofce is anyones guess.
But Punos involvement in the crisis
was never revealed, even during
the investigation conducted after
the incident by Robredo and Justice
Secretary Leila de Lima.
Now that Ochoa has once again
been assigned to run DILG until
Aquino appoints a new secretary to
replace Robredo, people aware of
Punos role in the Rizal Park hostage
crisis are once again asking: Is
Arroyos former DILG secretary once
again running the department?
Ochoas ties to Puno apparently
still exist. One of the top consultants in
the Ofce of the Executive Secretary,
after all, used to be Punos right-hand
man at DILG.
Ronnie Puno, by the way, has
never been charged with anything by
the Aquino administration, regardless
of his oversized role in many of
the Arroyo governments plans and
programs during its nine years in
ofce. People who have seen the
former DILG secretary around town
say he still travels in style, with a
full complement of bodyguards and
backup vehiclesminus the old
wang-wang sirens, of course.
* * *
Meanwhile, the word from
Malacaang Palace is that President
Noynoy Aquino has quit mourning and
will appoint a new interior and local
government secretary before he leaves
for Russia for the APEC summit. And
as if on cue, Aquinos Liberal Party
has started to publicly stake its claim
to the department formerly headed by
the later Secretary Jesse Robredo.
Indeed, one of the Liberals
identied as the closest to Aquino,
Cavite Rep. Joseph Emilio Abaya,
has already announced that, if he is
appointed to the
post, he will most
willingly slide into
the big tsinelas that
Robredo left behind.
Abayas declaration
of availability was
quickly followed
up by perennial
palace bootlicker
Mandaluyong Rep.
Neptali Gonzales,
who said that
Robredos old post
should go to a
member of the party.
For those still wondering why the top
DILG post seems to have been reserved
for the Libingan Party (as Teddyboy
Locsin calls it), this is the result of a
strategy to prevent the department from
falling into the hands of the Samar
faction of the Aquino administration.
Party chieftain Mar Roxas was so afraid
that Vice President Jejomar Binay would
get the post and use it to ensure Binays
election to the presidency in 2016 that
he pushed Robredo to take it.
Aquino acceded to Roxas demand
not to give DILG to Binaywho
sought it after the 2010 electionsand
to appoint Robredo, on the condition
that his shooting buddy Rico E. Puno
(not to be confused with Ronnie
Puno) be named undersecretary for
police matters. Robredo agreed to
the dismemberment of the DILG,
with Puno assuming control over
the Philippine National Police and
all the public-safety agencies of the
department and reporting directly to
the President.
Binay, to his credit, has already
publicly stated that he will not accept
the position of DILG secretary,
even if it is offered to him. This is
understandable, since Roxas and his
LP clique can truly make life miserable
for the Vice President (or any of his
friends in the rival Samar faction of
the administration) if he takes it on.
So it looks like the top DILG
position is truly reserved for some
LP leader, as Gonzales has virtually
stated. Whether or not the old
protocols that were in effect during
Robredos timemeaning, if the new
secretary will take on a department
that has already been parceled out to
either Punoremains to be seen.
GOOD news to the families of the 58
victims of the infamous Maguindanao
massacre. Shortly after the 1000th
day anniversary of the massacre, Datu
Ulo Ampatuan, brother of recently
arrested and injured Ipeh Ampatuan,
son of Anwar Ampatuan, grandson of
Andal Ampatuan Sr, became the 102nd
suspect to nally be apprehended for
the massacre by the Philippine National
Police.
This means that there are now 94
suspects who still have to be arrested.
Without doubt, this is a very small
step in the uphill battle for justice to
the victims of the massacre, but good
news nonetheless. What is worrisome
is the pronouncement of his lawyer
that 1000 days after the massacre, Ulo
Ampatuan never went into hiding as in
fact, he was arrested not in the jungles
of Maguindanao, but in BF Resort in
Las Pinas. Does this mean that all these
time, the PNP was not actively seeking
him out to be arrested? If so, this may
mean that it would take 10 lifetimes
before all of the suspects are nally
arrested.
Just last week, I wrote about what next
to do after we ratied the Rome Statute.
Part of what is now incumbent upon
us is the duty to cooperate particularly
in the arrest of individuals who are
subjects of warrants of arrest issued by
the International Criminal Court. I have
always maintained that the arrest of
these persons may be our waterloo since
obviously, our PNP has not proven to be
effective in apprehending individuals
with warrants of arrest. Aside from
those still at large in the Maguindanao
case, there are also the Reyes siblings
of Palawan, both wanted for the murder
of Doc Gerry Ortega; Joselito Binayug,
wanted for the Darius Evangelista
murder; former Rep. Ruben Ecleo, and
Jovito Palparan. Unless the PNP shapes
up, we may become the laughingstock
of the international community since
in almost all civilized societies, the
apprehension of wanted individuals is
considered to be amongst the most basis
function of a police force.
This leads me now to the search
for the new DILG Secretary. The
DILG, by law, has supervision over
both local government units and the
PNP. Supervision is legally dened
as the duty to ensure that hat local
government units and the PNP are
performing their functions. But
because LGU heads have popular
mandates, the thrust of the DILG
really is over the PNP. It is clear that
whoever will take-over the post must
primarily have the ability to reign in a
police force that has proven to be both
inept and inefcient. This is why many
of us regular citizens would like to see
the likes of Senator Panlo Lacson at
the helm of the Department. Yes, the
man may not be perfect- as who can
claim to be perfect anyway? But there
should be no doubt that Lacson, with
his experience and proven abilities,
can rebuild the PNP into what the law
envisions it to be: the implementer
and not the breaker of the law.
***
While the appointment of our rst
woman chief justice is yesterdays
news, I add still my congratulations
to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes
Sereno for her appointment. The
CJ, known as Maylou in the UP
College of Law, comes to the ofce
with all the necessary credentials: a
UP Law degree, 20 years of teaching
experience at Asias premier law
school, the UP College of Law, and
even a three-year stint as one of my
predecessors as Director of the UP Law
Centers Institute of International Legal
Studies. It was under her watch at the
IILS that the UP Law Center pioneered
in the eld of International Economic
Law and Asean Economic Integration.
Moreover, the CJ, like me, was a
lawyer volunteer for then presidential
candidate Brother Eddie Villanueva.
My staff at IILS recalls the CJ to be a
perfectionist and a workaholic. Others
also remember her to be ercely
independent, which should assuage the
fears of those that she may be a puppet
of the President. While I am not one of
the Chief Justices closest friends, I can
still assure one and all that she will be
her own person. President Aquino will
learn this very soon.
Whats good with the appointment
of CJ Sereno is that it shows that
academia has not lost its luster. Until
her appointment, the last full-time
academics to be appointed to the
Supreme Court were Irene Cortes
and Jose Campos. It took almost 20
years before a full-time academic was
appointed again to the court. That was
Sereno two years ago. And if I am not
mistaken , the last full time academic
who served as chief justice was more
than 40 years ago, Chief Justice Enrique
Fernando.
While CJ Sereno was somehow
controversial in her stint at the UP
College of Law, her foes and friends are
one in congratulating her if only because
she gives all of us academics the hope
that we too may occupy the highest post
in the Judiciary one day.
The one hundred and second
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ATTY. HARRY
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VIEW FROM MALCOLM
It looks like the
top DILG position
is truly reserved
for some LP leader,
as Gonzales has
stated.
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PEOPLE are wondering whether
President Noynoy Aquino would be
heaping the same praises and giving
the same honors to any other member
of his Cabinet if that Cabinet member
were to die. Not as dramatic as a
plane crash that killed Department of
the Interior and Local Government
Secretary Jesse Robredo, perhaps, but
a simple heart attack.
Mr. Aquino has set a precedent
in the case of Robredo. It would be
unfair if any other ofcial were to
receive less honor.
Or was the President just guilty?
After all, it was he who sent Robredo
to Cebu for some function he himself
could not attend.
And was it not apparent that
President Aquino never really trusted
Robredo? After all, the latter was just
acting secretary for more than a
year.
Whatever the reason, it is clear
that now we have made Robredo
larger than life. These are things we
never really said about him when he
was alive. Now if the President truly
wants to keep
Robredos legacy
alive, he should
pick the right
man as the next
DILG secretary.
I can think of no
other than Senator
Panlo Lacson,
who can put the
police in line and
really make a
difference.
***
I had some
misgivings about
the appointment
of Chief Justice
Ma. Lourdes
Sereno. She is the
youngest among the associate justices
of the Supreme Court, and now she
is the primus inter pares, or rst
among equals.
But I saw that Serenos first
action indicates that the Supreme
Court will be in good hands for
the next 18 years. She has agreed
to reveal her Statement of Assets,
Liabilities and Net Worth. She
is also restoring the high court
to its former golden days where
dignified silence was the rule. By
this I mean that justices can only be
heard through their decisions.
This is as it should be since the
Supreme Court is not a political
branch of government.
When I was a young reporter
for the Philippines Herald and was
covering the Supreme Court and the
Judiciary, I could not even enter the
chambers of the justices. They were
entombed in their chambers. That
was the trade off.
I hope Sereno really acts
independently of the interest of the
appointing power and continues the
reforms in the Judiciary. This way,
she will command the respect not
only of her older colleagues but of the
entire nation.
***
Over the past few days, I have
been hearing rumblings among
mobile phone users on problems
they encounter with their individual
network services. These complaints
vary from failure to receive or
delayed text messages to dropped
calls or break down in connection
during calls.
The most common reason is the
interconnection hitch mainly between
the two largest networks- Globe and
Smart. These companies compete in
terms of the number of subscribers,
but they must also do so in the quality
of the service they provide.
From the reports I have gathered,
both are upgrading their systems.
Globe is currently undergoing
a US$700-million network
modernization program that promises
to put the Philippine mobile network
at par with the rest of Asia.
For its part, Smart has just
announced that it has completed its
own network upgrade to the tune of
P67 billion-- a reason for Smart to
boast of having the strongest network.
This may sound as music to the
ears of Smart subscribers, especially
with all the advertisements in print,
television and radio, and social media
harping to be the biggest network,
and even undermining the services of
its No. 1 competitor.
But unless Smart subscribers
experience the results of these
upgrades, especially in terms of
connection services either through
text messaging or calls, all efforts
in hyping and
m u d s l i n g i n g
may just fall on
deaf ears. These
upgrades mean
nothing as long
as connection
problems exist.
It is clear that
Smart is on the
move to topple
its strongest and
probably its largest
rival in Globe,
which boasts of
the bigger number
of post-paid
subscribers who
prefer to use its
services.
Is it true as reports have shown
that the pioneer in mobile network
services nearly doubles the number
of subscription which Smart has? Its
a feat that may be tough for Smart to
outclass even with its strong backing
from a large conglomerate which
tends to monopolize industries in this
country. That is why Smart is using all
its resources to win the subscription
game against Globe.
Globe has been successful at
eating up the market share in the
mobile phone industry. Based on
reports I have gathered from Globe,
there has been a consistent growth
in services revenues on a quarterly
basis. Smart, on the other hand,
continues to woo Globe subscribers
to its switching plans by giving them
a supposed better offer of 25 percent
discount on the monthly service fee
for one year at the expense of its loyal
subscribers, who are not entitled to
the same discount.
Unless Smart gives the kind of
service that mobile phone users want,
all efforts and resources may just
go to waste. A strong network must
be parallel with excellent service to
convince the subscribers to switch
from what they are currently enjoying
from their existing network.
The simple truth is communication
can only be made possible if the
lines are clear and the message is
transmitted from the sender to the
receiver. Only then can great things
happen, my gulay!
A not-so-smart
battle with Globe
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
WHEN will men get off telling women
whats best for them?
From celibate priests to overbearing
lawmakers to some of the men in
our own lives, women all over the
world are subjected to the unsolicited
pronouncements of those who believe
they are the nal arbiters on issues that
affect women.
Its called mansplaining.
As far as I can nd out, the term
has been around since at least 2010. A
post of February that year by Fannie
at fanniesroom.blogspot.com says
mansplaining is a result of males
possessing the privilege whereby they
are largely assumed to be both default
human beings and automatically
competent at life.
Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author
of 15 non-ction books, in an article
posted last August 20 at motherjones.
com calls it the problem with men
explaining things, that billions of
women must be out therebeing told
that they are not reliable witnesses to
their own lives, that the truth is not their
property, now or ever.
Its not solely a male thing, she said,
because people of both genders pop
upto hold forth on irrelevant things
and conspiracy theories
However, Solnit added, the out-
and-out confrontational condence of
the totally ignorant is in my experience,
gendered.
In the United States, just to provide one
example out of a great many, Republican
congressman Todd Akin recently said
that women could not become pregnant
in the case of legitimate rape, saying
that their bodies shut down to prevent
it. Apart from displaying an abysmal
ignorance of basic science, this also
shows a male-oriented notion that
there are cases when rapeby its very
denition an act of forceisnt a crime.
I wont even mention any local
examples. Just open any newspaper
on any day and read for yourself the
abundance of conspiracy theories
(that the RH bill is a ploy to sell more
contraceptive medicines and devices and
prevent the poor from reproducing, etc.)
and blanket pronouncements (such as
that a secular world will promote all sorts
of immorality, as if our present society
isnt already rife with it).
I wonder why some men believe they
know whats best for women, despite not
having a vagina, uterus, nor a menstrual
period. Its what Solnit calls mens
unsupported overcondence and the
archipelago of arrogance.
Therefore there are some men who
deride outspoken, opinionated women as
feminists, like its a bad thing. How?
Because feminism rejects patriarchal
hegemony? Because feminists think
for themselves? Because feminists see
through the mansplaining and have
decided to take their lives back?
Our society is still patriarchal;
protection for women is inadequate and
slow in coming. It wasnt until 2004 that
the Violence Against Women and Children
Act (RA 9262) was passed. The Magna
Carta for Women (RA 9710) wasnt
enacted until 2009, only three short years
ago, after being delayed for seven years.
All womens and minority groups
rights are hard-fought. The struggle for
reproductive rights is no exception. We
now see the usual pattern in such matters
playing outthe conservatives and
reactionaries are up in arms, kicking and
screaming against any change to their
status quo, while the progressives are out
there making themselves heard and felt.
But as in the issues of slavery and
votes for women, in time we will get to a
better place. Women nowadays recognize
when they are being mansplained to,
when they are being condescended to
instead of being engaged in genuine
dialogue coming from respect and love.
True manhood lies not in having
as many children or wives and
mistresses as one can, nor in control and
aggressiveness, but in respecting other
people and acknowledging their right to
live their lives in the manner they wish,
and in caring properly for the people one
is responsible for.
I am grateful for the men in my life who
are not mansplainers, who see me as an
equal, as a fellow human beingfriends,
relatives, university professors, colleagues.
First among them is my late father, who
told me when I was a teenager, Do not
allow yourself to be limited by the double
standard. I asked, What is the double
standard? He said, Youll nd out, and
sure enough I did, and duly rejected it as
unfair and demeaning.
Because beyond gender, we are all
human. And it takes all humankind
working together to make a world that is
kinder, one that is egalitarian, just, and free.
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Whole lot of mansplainin goin on
By Margaret Carlson
AT BREAKFAST Monday in Tampa,
Florida, Romney campaign adviser Eric
Fehrnstrom was responding once again
to the question, Whyd he say it?
On Friday, Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney returned to
Michigan, where the trees are the right
height, and waxed nostalgic about his
childhood in a wealthy Detroit suburb.
Now I love being home in this place
where Ann and I were raised, where both
of us were born, Romney said, referring
to his wife. Ann was born in Henry Ford
Hospital. I was born in Harper Hospital.
No ones ever asked to see my birth
certicate. They know that this is the
place that we were born and raised.
When all hell broke loose in Twitterland
and beyond, Romney quickly said he didnt
mean anything by his birth-upmanship. It
was all a joke. A lighthearted one at that,
Fehrnstrom said.
Thats the press for you: Cant take a
joke. In politics, a joke is what you label
something you said that you really meant
or wanted to say, but dont want to own up
to. Regret a previous statement because the
reaction is negative? Call it a joke and hide
behind your quirky sense of humor.
Romneys own allies were surprised
that he would get birthery. (Isnt that
Donald Trumps job?) For Romney
even to refer to the fallacious charge that
President Barack Obama wasnt born in
the US was surprising; the equivalent
eight years ago would have been George
W. Bush calling John Kerrys Purple
Heart into question. (That was the job of
the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.)
Dangerous humor
Even when genuine, humor is a
ticking bomb that can grievously injure
the person who deploys it. Mistaken
attempts to tickle your own funny bone,
or those of a few around you, are usually
remembered far better than any speech.
Yes, we remember Ronald Reagan saying
Tear down this wall, but we also recall
Reagans detour as he was about to give
his weekly radio address, intoning into an
open mic that hed just signed legislation
that would outlaw Russia forever: We
begin bombing in ve minutes.
Reagans blunder proves that even the
most scripted pol longs to go natural once
in a while. Voters like it, too. But when
Romney goes spontaneousexcuse me,
when he tells a jokeit usually reveals
a tetchy, petulant personality under that
eager-to-please boardroom facade.
I like those fancy raincoats you
bought, he said in February to a group
of Nascar fans in Florida. Really sprung
for the big bucks. In April, looking at the
fare from a bakery in suburban Pittsburgh,
he said: Im not sure about these cookies.
They dont look like you made them.
And then theres the famous line delivered
in January on the campaign trail in New
Hampshire: I like being able to re people
who provide services to me.
Its no wonder Romney has to
reintroduce himself to the American
people this week at the Republican
National Convention in Tampa. His
attempts to connect have not been good,
and his likeability is low. Last week the
Gallup Organization found that Obama
beat Romney by 23 points on likability,
54 percent to 31 percent.
This is a gap comparable to Romneys
decits with women and Hispanics.
We elect alderman we dont like, and
sometimes governors, but not presidents
(with the huge exception of Richard
Nixon). A presidential candidate is required
to be carefully revealing, sometimes in his
acceptance speech. Bob Dole eventually,
if reluctantly, talked about his war injuries,
just as John McCain referred to his years
of imprisonment and Bill Clinton spoke of
looking after his abused mother.
Big kiss
Al Gore, who had about as much
trouble convincing voters he was an
actual human being as Romney does,
used his vice presidential acceptance
speech in 1996 to tell of his bedside
moment with his dying sister fueling his
(putative) crusade against Big Tobacco.
Of course, he ended his presidential
acceptance speech four years later with
the Big Kiss.
Still, this sob story couldnt match
George W. Bushs tale of redemption
told in his autobiographyof how, after
a drunken 40th birthday bash, he found
God. When asked, voters said they would
prefer to have a beer (or near-beer, as
Bush doesnt drink) with Bush rather
than Gore.
So why, just this week in an interview
with USA Today, did Romney say he wont
be talking about my life in his acceptance
speech? Because thats a job for his wife.
Its the default position of every male
politicianand we fall for it every time.
We treat wives as if they are independent
observers, as opposed to a wholly owned
subsidiary whose fortunes are inextricably
entwined with the principal.
Oh, never mind. The tableau works.
On the nal night of the convention, after
his acceptance speech, the Mitt We Will
Never Know will accept an embrace from
his wife, who used her speech to extol the
Mitt I Know. It will have to be enough.
Bloomberg
Smart is using
all its resources
to win the
subscription
game against its
competitor.
Those 12-year-old programmers
By Kathleen Chaykowski
ALEX Foyt is already a veteran of
creating online games at the age of 12,
boasting 98 titles in six years, including
a survival challenge that involves
dodging carrots and chickens falling
from the sky.
The secret to Foyts game-making
prowess: He learned coding with a
programming language called Lua,
which relies on easy-to- understand
syntax, before he went on to master more
advanced software-development tools.
I really want to be a computer
programmer and build my own codes
for a living, said Foyt, a resident
of Albany, New York, who recently
trekked to Santa Clara, California, for
a conference sponsored by gaming site
Roblox Corp.
Lua is one of a handful of visual
coding languages that are helping kids
try their hand at software coding amid a
boom in online games and applications
for devices such as Apple Inc.s iPhone.
The user-friendly tools are being
popularized by sites like Roblox, a
platform that lets users create and play
games with interactive animations from
zombies to medieval fortresses. They
could be instrumental in helping ll
what companies like Google Inc. and
Cisco Systems Inc.say is a shortfall in
U.S. engineering talent.
The big thing that is slowing the
tech sector down is a lack of labor, said
Steve Cooper, who teaches computer
science at Stanford University. If you
go to a college job fair, employers will
call out and say Come over here if
youre a computer scientist.
US lagging
Turning kids on to programming
early could be crucial for the US, which
is lagging behind countries such as
India and China in its ability to crank
out qualied engineers. The US ranks
23rd among developed nations in terms
of the percentage of college students
receiving undergraduate degrees in
science or engineering among those
employed between the ages of 25 to
34, the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development reported
in 2011.
It starts at elementary school, said
Gordon Coburn, president of Cognizant
Technology Solutions Corp., a provider
of consulting and outsourcing services.
By the time they get to college, they
have no math skills. There arent
enough people with the skills and were
hiring as many qualied people as we
can nd.
While Lua is two decades old, it
has taken on new life in recent years
because of Roblox. Founded in 2005,
the website drew 11 million unique
visitors in July, most aged eight to 14,
and its users have created more than 8
million games.
Alice, Scratch
Lua is also used by Corona Labs Inc.,
which provides a platform for making
mobile apps that is gaining traction
alongside older entry-level languages
such as Alice, which is about 15 years
old, and six-year-old Scratch.
In the last few years, weve seen this
explosion of engaging students and in
teaching them the basic concepts, said
Chris Stephenson, executive director
of the Computer Science Teachers
Association. Alice, Scratchtheyre
becoming incredibly popular because
students love them and can do real,
creative things with them.
Take Robert Nay, a teen from Spanish
Fork, Utah, who used the Corona social
development kit to build a game called
Bubble Ball when he was 14. The game,
which requires players to use simple
physics principles to get a ball into a
goal, has been downloaded more than
15 million times and some weeks has
ranked higher than Angry Birds on
Apples App Store.
I just made a game that I wanted
to play and I thought it would be
fun, Nay said in an interview. For a
career I probably want to do something
computer-related. As I was learning
Corona, I was also learning syntax.
Nay has since learned Java, a more
advanced programming language
used to build websites, games and
applications.
Problem-solving skills
Alice, Scratch and Lua-based
platforms help make programming
more prevalent among elementary and
middle school students and teach them
problem-solving skills that translate to
other languages such as Python, Java,
Ruby and C++, said Brook Osborne,
director of outreach at Duke Universitys
department of computer science.
When you understand the concepts
of programming and how to think like
a developer, learning the syntax isnt a
problem anymore, Osborne said.
Some young people are picking up
coding skills from online programming
classes offered by startups, including
Udacity Inc., Codecademy and
Coursera Inc. More than 1 million
people have taken Codecademy
courses since its introduction in August
2011, and elementary school teachers
through college professors have used
the material in their classrooms, said
Codecademy co- founder Zach Sims,
who said learning coding is the new
literacy.
Kid-friendly languages
By themselves, online courses
and kid-friendly languages arent
enough to get many young people up
to speed on software, said Stephenson
at the Computer Science Teachers
Association.
Part of the problem is that the kids
who we really want to engage are not
necessarily going to go looking for these
tools, Stephenson said. We need to
provide every kid with the opportunity
to know this type of knowledge exists.
Her group advocates introducing
computer science classes earlier,
in elementary and middle schools.
According to a study by the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment
of software developers will grow
30 percent from 2010 to 2020. That
compares with 14 percent for all
occupations, the study found.
We see students coming out of
university now overburdened with debt
and unable to get jobs, Stephenson
said. And we see the computing eld
desperate for people. Bloomberg
Romneys mystifying sense of humor
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region IV - A
CAVITE II DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Tagaytay City
Tel. No. (046) 413-1347; Telefax # (046) 413-2936
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Cavite II District Engineering Offce,
through R.A Fund 101 General Fund FY2012 R.A 10155 Special Purpose Fund 2012 CURRENT
and R.AFund 151 Special Road Support Fund FY 2012 RA8794 Automatic Appropriation CURRENT,
invites contractors to bid for the following projects:
1.
Contract I.D. 12DG0073
Contract Name : Improvement/Rehabilitation of Ternate-Caylabne Road
K0066+000 K0072+400 with exception
Contract Location : Cavite
Major Category : Flood Control/Hydraulics/River Control
of Work
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 1,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 27 calendar days
2.
Contract Name : Repair/ Rehabilitation/ Improvement of Tanza-TMC-Indang Road
Major Category : Roads-Rehabilitation-Asphalt
of Work
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 bids.
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 the 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, Preliminary Examination of Bids.
Interested bidders are also required to present to the BAC Secretariat, DPWH-Cavite II
District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City the original copies of the following documents for
authentication and issuance of Bid Documents: a)PCAB License; b)Contractors Registration
Certifcate; c)Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation; d) Latest copy of Authorizing
Offcer together with machine copy of two(2) valid IDs; e)Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar
from Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System(PHILGEPS) Order Form(Documents Request List) and g).CY 2011
CPES Rating.
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 application 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 LOIs from Prospective Bidders : August 29 September 14, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents to registered : August 29 September 19, 2012
Contractors
3. Pre-Bid Conference : September 06, 2012 at 10:00AM
4. Receipt of Bids : Deadline: September19, 2012
Until 10:00A.M.
5. Opening of Bids : September 19, 2012 @ 2:00PM
Prospective bidders may download the LOI Forms from DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The
BAC will issue hard copies of LOI forms at DPWH, Cavite II District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City.
The BAC will issue hard copy of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the DPWH ,Cavite II District
Engineering Offce, Akle St., cor. Mahogany Avenue, Brgy. Kaybagal South, Tagaytay City, upon
payment of non-refundable fee of P 1,000.00 for project #1 and P 10,000.00 for project #2 for the
proposal booklets. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website and
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. Only those who have
purchased the BDs are enjoined to attend the said Pre-Bid Conference and may ask questions
pertaining the project, so that they shall be properly informed of some important matters regarding
the above projects. Bid 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 Bidding
Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope 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 post-qualifcation.
The technical and fnancial components of the bid should be book bound and each sheet properly
paginated (ex: Page 1 of 200).
The DPWH, Cavite II District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City reserves the right to 1) reject
bids, 2) declare a failure of bidding, and 3) not to award the contract without incurring any liability
if the funds /allotments for said program/project/activity have been withheld or reduced through
no fault of its own.

Approved by :

(Sgd.) PRESCILA R. RAMOS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) CARLITO C. JOSE
District Engineer
Region IV-A (Southern Tagalog Region)
Rizal First District Engineering Offce
Government Center, Calumpang Binangonan, Rizal
Tel. No. 652-3657/652-3652
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Rizal First District
Engineering Offce, through the PDAF FY 2012, Dep-Ed Regular School
Building and CY 2011 Partylist (AKBAYAN), invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID : 12DN0092
Contract Name : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building (Partial) @
riverside Binhi, Brgy. San Vicente
Contract Location : Angono, Rizal
Scope of Work : Construction of 4x6 Multi-Purpose Building
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 300,000.00
Contract Duration : 30 CD.
Contract Name : Construction of Two (2) Storey Four (4) Classroom
Knights of Columbus E/S
Contract Location : Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Construction of 2-Stry, 4-CL School Building
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 5,757,466.93
Contract Name : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building San (Sen.)
Lorenzo Sumulong Memorial Circle, Brgy. San Isidro
Contract Location : First District Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Partial Construction of 1,342 sq.m. mpb with fnishing
works, roofng, plumbing, Electrical rought-in,
bleacher, stage/canopy and catwalk
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) together with a copy of Contractors Profle (present original copy for
authentication) and current Mayor's 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 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, (f) Copy of Accreditation
Certifcate of Materials 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 Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 30 to September 18, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 5, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
September 12, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids September 18, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids September 18, 2012 after 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Rizal
First District Engineering Offce, Barangay Calumpang, Binangonan, Rizal,
upon payment of a non-refundable fee for Letter of Intent (LOI) of FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS (Php5,000.00) for Item No. 1 and TEN THOUSAND
PESOS (Php10,000.00) for Item No. 2 & 3. Prospective bidders that will
download the BD's 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 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 forms as
specifed in 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 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 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.) ESMERALDO S. SARMIENTO
BAC Chairman
Noted By:
(Sgd.) EDGARDO P. PERALTA
District Engineer
InvItatIon to BId
Supply of Spare Parts for Signaling System under ITB No. 1206-133-01 and
PRs No. RS1-0112-031, RS1-0112-042, RS1-0412-134, RS1-0412-135, RS1-
0412-137, RS1-0412-138, RS1-0412-139, RS1-0412-140, RS1-0412-141, RS1-
0412-142, RS1-0412-146, RS1-0412-147 & RS1-0412-151
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
Schedule of Activities:

Pre-bid Conference - September 7, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot
Santolan, Pasig City
Submission and Opening of Bids - September 19, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot,
PR NO. DESCRIPTION & QUANTITY Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC)
RS1-0112-031 2 pcs. Train Guard MT Data Unit (DAG) or its equivalent Php398,442.64
RS1-0112-042
5 pcs. Bandpass Module / Filter or its equivalent Php250,089.40
5 pcs. Generator Module or its equivalent Php533,162.05
RS1-0412-134 4 pcs. SVK 2150 or its equivalent Php743,611.88
RS1-0412-135 6 pcs. BLEA12 Module or its equivalent Php916,083.54
RS1-0412-137 6 pcs. STEU Module or its equivalent Php444,943.62
RS1-0412-138 10 pcs. G-Fuse Link 500mA LAZY or its equivalent Php20,460.00
RS1-0412-139 10 pcs. G-Fuse 1.6A or its equivalent Php20,460.00
RS1-0412-141 10 pcs. G-Fuse 2A or its equivalent Php28,132.50
RS1-0412-146 2 pcs. Power Supply Unit (A1) or its equivalent Php165,702.14
RS1-0412-147 2 pcs. Rectifer Control (A2) or its equivalent Php684,796.20
RS1-0412-151 2 pcs. Inverter Control Unit (A3) or its equivalent Php684,796.20
Total Php4,946,945.17
The complete technical specifcation is available in the Bidding Documents.

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year
2012, intends to apply the sum of a Total of Four Million Nine Hundred Forty Six Thousand
Nine Hundred Forty Five and 17/100 Pesos Only (Php4,946,945.17) being the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the afore-mentioned contract/s. Bids received
in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Delivery period is required
on or before 6 months upon receipt of Purchase Order.
LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details:
Description
Approved Budget
for the Contract
(ABC)
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/
guarantee or ILC
(2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
2 pcs. Train Guard MT Data Unit (DAG) Php398,442.64 Php7,968.85 Php19,922.13
Php3,500.00
5 pcs. Bandpass Module / Filter Php250,089.40 Php5,001.79 Php12,504.47
5 pcs. Generator Module Php533,162.05 Php10,663.24 Php26,658.10
4 pcs. SVK 2150 Php743,611.88 Php14,872.24 Php37,180.59
6 pcs. BLEA12 Module Php916,083.54 Php18,321.67 Php45,804.18
6 pcs. STEU Module Php444,943.62 Php8,898.87 Php22,247.18
10 pcs. G-Fuse Link 500mALAZY Php20,460.00 Php409.20 Php1,023.00
10 pcs. G-Fuse 1.6A Php20,460.00 Php409.20 Php1,023.00
10 pcs. G-Fuse 2A Php28,132.50 Php562.65 Php1,406.63
2 pcs. Power Supply Unit (A1) Php165,702.14 Php3,314.04 Php8,285.11
2 pcs. Rectifer Control (A2) Php684,796.20 Php13,695.92 Php34,239.81
2 pcs. Inverter Control Unit (A3) Php684,796.20 Php13,695.92 Php34,239.81
Total Php4,946,945.17 Php98,938.89 Php247,347.27
*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 specified 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, 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 30, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids
at the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents
in the amount of PhP3,500.00 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
authorized 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.
LRTA reserves 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. 8314
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
Region IV - A
CAVITE II DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Tagaytay City
Tel. No. (046) 413-1347; Telefax # (046) 413-2936
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Cavite II District Engineering Offce,
through R.A Fund 101 General Fund FY2012 R.A 10155 Special Purpose Fund 2012 CURRENT
and R.AFund 151 Special Road Support Fund FY 2012 RA8794 Automatic Appropriation CURRENT,
invites contractors to bid for the following projects:
1.
Contract Name : Improvement/Rehabilitation of Ternate-Caylabne Road
Major Category : Flood Control/Hydraulics/River Control
of Work
2.
Contract Name : Repair/ Rehabilitation/ Improvement of Tanza-TMC-Indang Road
Major Category : Roads-Rehabilitation-Asphalt
of Work
9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bids.
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 the 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, Preliminary Examination of Bids.
Interested bidders are also required to present to the BAC Secretariat, DPWH-Cavite II
District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City the original copies of the following documents for
authentication and issuance of Bid Documents: a)PCAB License; b)Contractors Registration
Certifcate; c)Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation; d) Latest copy of Authorizing
Offcer together with machine copy of two(2) valid IDs; e)Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar
from Department of Labor and Employment(DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System(PHILGEPS) Order Form(Documents Request List) and g).CY 2011
CPES Rating.
POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW-Central Offce
will only process contractors application 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.
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders : August 29 September 14, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents to registered : August 29 September 19, 2012
Contractors
3. Pre-Bid Conference : September 06, 2012 at 10:00AM
4. Receipt of Bids : Deadline: September19, 2012
Until 10:00A.M.
5. Opening of Bids : September 19, 2012 @ 2:00PM
Prospective bidders may download the LOI Forms from DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The
BAC will issue hard copies of LOI forms at DPWH, Cavite II District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City.
The BAC will issue hard copy of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the DPWH ,Cavite II District
Engineering Offce, Akle St., cor. Mahogany Avenue, Brgy. Kaybagal South, Tagaytay City, upon
payment of non-refundable fee of P 1,000.00 for project #1 and P 10,000.00 for project #2 for the
proposal booklets. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website and
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. Only those who have
purchased the BDs are enjoined to attend the said Pre-Bid Conference and may ask questions
pertaining the project, so that they shall be properly informed of some important matters regarding
the above projects. Bid must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form,
as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope 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 post-qualifcation.
The technical and fnancial components of the bid should be book bound and each sheet properly
paginated (ex: Page 1 of 200).
The DPWH, Cavite II District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City reserves the right to 1) reject
bids, 2) declare a failure of bidding, and 3) not to award the contract without incurring any liability
if the funds /allotments for said program/project/activity have been withheld or reduced through
no fault of its own.

Approved by :

(Sgd.) PRESCILA R. RAMOS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) CARLITO C. JOSE
District Engineer
Region IV-A (Southern Tagalog Region)
Rizal First District Engineering Offce
Government Center, Calumpang Binangonan, Rizal
Tel. No. 652-3657/652-3652
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Rizal First District
Engineering Offce, through the PDAF FY 2012, Dep-Ed Regular School
Building and CY 2011 Partylist (AKBAYAN), invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
Contract Name : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building (Partial) @
riverside Binhi, Brgy. San Vicente
Contract Location : Angono, Rizal
Scope of Work : Construction of 4x6 Multi-Purpose Building
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 300,000.00
Contract Name : Construction of Two (2) Storey Four (4) Classroom
Knights of Columbus E/S
Contract Location : Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Construction of 2-Stry, 4-CL School Building
Contract Name : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building San (Sen.)
Lorenzo Sumulong Memorial Circle, Brgy. San Isidro
Contract Location : First District Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Partial Construction of 1,342 sq.m. mpb with fnishing
works, roofng, plumbing, Electrical rought-in,
bleacher, stage/canopy and catwalk
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) together with a copy of Contractors Profle (present original copy for
authentication) and current Mayor's 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 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, (f) Copy of Accreditation
Certifcate of Materials 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 Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 30 to September 18, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 5, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
Prospective Bidders
September 12, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids September 18, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids September 18, 2012 after 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Rizal
First District Engineering Offce, Barangay Calumpang, Binangonan, Rizal,
upon payment of a non-refundable fee for Letter of Intent (LOI) of FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS (Php5,000.00) for Item No. 1 and TEN THOUSAND
PESOS (Php10,000.00) for Item No. 2 & 3. Prospective bidders that will
download the BD's 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 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 forms as
specifed in 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 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 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.) ESMERALDO S. SARMIENTO
BAC Chairman
Noted By:
(Sgd.) EDGARDO P. PERALTA
District Engineer
InvItatIon to BId
Supply of Spare Parts for Signaling System under ITB No. 1206-133-01 and
PRs No. RS1-0112-031, RS1-0112-042, RS1-0412-134, RS1-0412-135, RS1-
0412-137, RS1-0412-138, RS1-0412-139, RS1-0412-140, RS1-0412-141, RS1-
0412-142, RS1-0412-146, RS1-0412-147 & RS1-0412-151
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
Schedule of Activities:

Pre-bid Conference - September 7, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot
Submission and Opening of Bids - September 19, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot,
PR NO. DESCRIPTION & QUANTITY Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC)
RS1-0112-031 2 pcs. Train Guard MT Data Unit (DAG) or its equivalent Php398,442.64
RS1-0112-042
5 pcs. Bandpass Module / Filter or its equivalent Php250,089.40
5 pcs. Generator Module or its equivalent Php533,162.05
RS1-0412-134 4 pcs. SVK 2150 or its equivalent Php743,611.88
RS1-0412-135 6 pcs. BLEA12 Module or its equivalent Php916,083.54
RS1-0412-137 6 pcs. STEU Module or its equivalent Php444,943.62
RS1-0412-138 10 pcs. G-Fuse Link 500mA LAZY or its equivalent Php20,460.00
RS1-0412-146 2 pcs. Power Supply Unit (A1) or its equivalent Php165,702.14
RS1-0412-147 2 pcs. Rectifer Control (A2) or its equivalent Php684,796.20
RS1-0412-151 2 pcs. Inverter Control Unit (A3) or its equivalent Php684,796.20
Total Php4,946,945.17
The complete technical specifcation is available in the Bidding Documents.

The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year
2012, intends to apply the sum of a Total of Four Million Nine Hundred Forty Six Thousand
Nine Hundred Forty Five and 17/100 Pesos Only (Php4,946,945.17) being the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the afore-mentioned contract/s. Bids received
in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Delivery period is required
on or before 6 months upon receipt of Purchase Order.
LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details:
Description
Approved Budget
for the Contract
(ABC)
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/
guarantee or ILC
(2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
2 pcs. Train Guard MT Data Unit (DAG) Php398,442.64 Php7,968.85 Php19,922.13
Php3,500.00
5 pcs. Bandpass Module / Filter Php250,089.40 Php5,001.79 Php12,504.47
5 pcs. Generator Module Php533,162.05 Php10,663.24 Php26,658.10
4 pcs. SVK 2150 Php743,611.88 Php14,872.24 Php37,180.59
6 pcs. BLEA12 Module Php916,083.54 Php18,321.67 Php45,804.18
6 pcs. STEU Module Php444,943.62 Php8,898.87 Php22,247.18
10 pcs. G-Fuse Link 500mALAZY Php20,460.00 Php409.20 Php1,023.00
2 pcs. Power Supply Unit (A1) Php165,702.14 Php3,314.04 Php8,285.11
2 pcs. Rectifer Control (A2) Php684,796.20 Php13,695.92 Php34,239.81
2 pcs. Inverter Control Unit (A3) Php684,796.20 Php13,695.92 Php34,239.81
Total Php4,946,945.17 Php98,938.89 Php247,347.27
*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 specified 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, 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 30, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids
at the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents
in the amount of PhP3,500.00 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
authorized 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.
LRTA reserves 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. 8314
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
We already issued a [Spe-
cial Allotment Release Order] in
mid-August to cover the funding
requirements for Pagasa worker
benets in the rst semester of
2012. In other words, the agen-
cys Magna Carta allowances for
the rst half of the year have al-
ready been fully accounted for,
Abad said in a statement.
The release will cover the
laundry, subsistence, longevity,
and hazard allowances due Pa-
gasa employees for the rst se-
mester.
Abad did not explain the rea-
son for the delay that caused
about 800 Pagasa workers to
stage a brief demonstration out-
side the agencys ofce last July
13.
The Pagasa workers, includ-
ing forecasters, astronomers, hy-
drologists, engineers and other
skilled professionals, complained
that they had not been receiving
the benets specied in Republic
Act 8439, or the Magna Carta for
Scientists, Engineers, Research-
ers and other Science and Tech-
nology Personnel in Govern-
ment.
In June, almost 15,000 health
workers also complained that
By Joyce Paares
THE Department of Budget and
Management nally released P39.5
million to pay the legally-mandated
benets of Philippine Atmospheric
Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration employees, according to
Secretary Florencio Abad.
they have not been getting the
benets provided in Republic
Act 7305, or the Magna Carta
for Public Health Workers.
At that time, Abad assured
health workers that the ben-
ets of public health workers
will not be slashed because
the Aquino administration
admires the noble work be-
ing done by our public health
workers, but DOH employ-
ees claimed in small protest
actions all over the country
that they have not received the
mandated benets.
On June 29, DOH employ-
ee Jaime Guerrero, an ofcial
of the Philippine Public Health
Association, sued Health Sec-
retary Enrique Ona for his
purported failure to release
the benets mandated by RA
7305.
The DBM nally paid the
health workers hazard pay last
Aug. 8 and Abad said in a de-
partment statement that the
2013 General Appropriations
Act will nally recognize all
Magna Carta benets to ensure
funding sources for govern-
ment worker perks.
THE National Press Club lauded the Philip-
pine National Police Criminal Investigation and
Detection Group for the arrest last Tuesday of
Anwar Upam Ampatuan, another suspect in the
infamous massacre that resulted in the death of
at least 58 people.
But NPC president Benny Antiporda called on
the attention of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to
look into the continuing liquidation of witnesses
in the massacre, especially those under the custody
of the governments Witness Protection Program.
All these arrests will be in vain if there are
no more witnesses who will testify against the
barbaric act of the Ampatuans, Antiporda said.
CIDG agents swooped down on a house at the
corner of Yllana and Montinola Streets in Prum-
dy Village, BF Resort in Las Pias City around
7 p.m. of Tuesday to arrest Ampatuan after a tip
from an informant, said CIDG director Chief Su-
perintendent Samuel Pagdilao Jr.
The suspect was turned over on Wednesday
to the sala of Quezon City Judge Jocelyn Solis-
Reyes, who is presiding over the massacre trial
and issued an arrest warrant against Ampatuan,
who yielded a .45 caliber pistol with two maga-
zines, Pagdilao said.
Ampatuans arrest brought to 102 the total
number of people arrested for the massacre, but
94 other suspects are still at large, Pagdilao said.
Anwar Upam, also known as Dau Ulo, is a
grandson of clan patriarch and former Maguin-
danao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., one of the
principal accused in the massacre. The govern-
ment had set a P250,000 bounty for his arrest and
he was identied by witnesses as among those
who red at the victims, Pagdilao said.
Fugitive captured. Erstwhile fugitive Anwar Upam Ampatuan is escorted by agents of the Philip-
pine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to the CIDG headquarters in Camp
Crame on Wednesday before being transfered to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. MANNY PALMERO
By Rio N. Araja
THE Quezon City Police Dis-
trict led charges of abduction
and serious illegal detention on
Wednesday against United States
national Anthony Ricks and his
purported Filipino accomplice
Guillermo Jorge Garcia for the
disappearance of the eight-year-
old scion of a prominent family
in Abra province.
Former Abra congresswoman
Cecilia Seares-Luna, the grand-
mother of Filipino-American
victim Nichole Ashlie Ricks,
led the charges before Assistant
City Prosecutor Pedro Tresvalles
and impleaded three other for-
eigners in the complaint.
The three foreigners were sup-
posedly in the company of Ricks
and Garcia when they allegedly
abducted Nichole in front of the
School of the Holy Spirit inside
the BF Homes Subdivision in
Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon
City around 6 a.m. of Tuesday.
Superintendent Ronnie Mon-
tejo, chief of Batasan Hills Police
Station, said the foreigners took
Nichole on board a gray Toyota
Vios and took her to another
street in the same subdivision,
crossed an empty lot, transfered
to another waiting car at the ad-
jacent street and left the area.
A watchman guarding the
empty lot said he accosted the
group as they entered the lot, but
the black man said said he was
just bringing his daughter to
the car on the next street.
The police were able to nd
the rst Toyota Vios and arrested
its driver, Garcia, who yielded
credit cards and an undisclosed
amount of United States curren-
cy. He was being questioned by
the police at press time.
Nichole is also niece of in-
cumbent Dolores, Abra Mayor
Robert Victor Seares.
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
I tried to analyze my game,
Djokovic said, and my game was
great from the start to the end.
Well, then.
Pretty accurate assessment, ac-
tually.
Djokovic lost the opening game
of his title defense at Flushing
Meadows, and then reeled off 18
of the next 19 games, completely
controlling every aspect of a 6-1,
6-0, 6-1 victory over 69th-ranked
Paolo Lorenzi of Italy.
All told, Djokovic put in 73
minutes of work under the lights
at Arthur Ashe Stadium. If it could
really be called work at all.
Of course, that was one of his
objectives. Saving energy is key,
because Djokovic wants to win
seven consecutive matches over
these two weeks so he can leave
town with the sixth Grand Slam
championship of his career.
14
th
World Bridge Games-Lille, 2012
Novak destroys Italian foe
NEW YORKSo, Novak Djokovic,
tell us how you really felt about your
rst-round match at the US Open on
Tuesday night.
THE 14
th
World
Bridge Games start-
ed in Lille, France
on August 10 and
continued until Au-
gust 23
rd
, being part
of the 2
nd
World
Mind Sports Games (previously known as the Olympiad.)
And the winners in the Open Series are:
1. Sweden
2. Poland
3. Monaco
The Swedish team: Krister Ahlesved, Peter Bertheau,
Per-Ola Cullin, Fredrik Nystrom, Jonas Peterson, Johan
Upmark, Mats Axdorph-npc, Jan Lagerman-coach.
I feature an interesting deal from the earlier match-
es. This was on Round 12 and Monaco played against
Australia:
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The auction of Fantoni and Nunes on how they
reached slam is fascinating.
LYCEUM of the Philippines University-Batan-
gas kicked off its hosting of the 14
th
National
Collegiate Athletic Association South, with
all 11 member schools attending the colorful
opening ceremonies at the sprawling Lyceum
International Maritime Academy grounds in
Batangas City yesterday.
Close on the heels of the London Olympic
Games, LPU Batangas, considered one of the
premier education hubs in Southern Luzon,
has picked Taking the Lead through Sports
Excellence as the theme for its second host-
ing of the countrys biggest league outside of
the NCAA and the UAAP.
We take great pride, honor and pleasure
in hosting the NCAA South for the second
time, said LPU Batangas President Peter
Laurel at the inaugural rites. And it could
not be more timely as our school celebrates
our 46
th
founding anniversary.
We hope that we can match the success of
our predecessor, San Beda College Alabang,
and even surpass our previous hosting of the
league, added Laurel, son of the schools late
founder, former lawmaker-educator Sotero
Laurel, and grandson of President Jose Laurel.
Also present during opening were athletes
and ofcials of the other NCAA South member
schools, namely San Beda College-Alabang,
Don Bosco College Technical College-Man-
daluyong, Colegio de San Juan de Letran-
Calamba, First Asia Institute of Technology
and Humanities-Tanauan, Philippine Christian
University-Dasmarias, San Pablo Colleges,
University of Perpetual Help System-Laguna,
University of Batangas and Saint Francis Col-
lege of Assisi-Las Pias City.
We would like to welcome everyone to the
opening of the 14
th
NCAA South, said LPU
Batangas Vice President for Institutional Af-
fairs and NCAA South Management Commit-
tee chairperson Fe Medina. We are privileged
to be this years host even as it coincides with
our 46
th
anniversary celebration.
Lyceum-Batangas is NCAA South host
La Salle
tossers
near nals
IN BRIEF
Superal in share of lead
JAKARTAPrincess Superal charged
back with a closing 35 and salvaged
an even par 72 as she tied Thailands
Budsabakorn Sukapan in the lead and
powered Team ICTSI-Philippines to
second in the Santi Cup Golf Champi-
onship at the Emeralda Golf Club here
late Tuesday.
The diminutive Superal played big
coming home, birdying Nos. 15 and 16
to momentarily seize the solo lead be-
fore Sukapan birdied the par-5 17th to
force a two-way tie in the individual lead
in the ladies side of the Southeast Asian
Amateur Golf Team Championships also
known as the Putra Cup.
With Cyna Rodriguez and Jayvie Ago-
jo adding a 74 and 75, respectively, the
ICTSI-backed bets pooled a 221 aggre-
gate and stood three strokes behind the
hot-starting Thailand side, which assem-
bled a 218.
Balls airs US Open
BALLS airs the most watched ten-
nis event in the world, the 2012 US
Open, that began last Aug. 27 and
will run until Sept. 10. The final
Grand Slam of the year is shown on
Balls live via satellite from Flushing
Meadows, New York.
Expect hard hitting action as the big
guns in the world of tennis bring their
best on the hardcourts of the USTA Bil-
lie Jean King National Tennis Center in
New York. Will Novak Djokovic and
Sam Stosur defend their US Open titles
against aggressive opponents?
The fourth and nal Grand Slam of
the season is live on Balls everyday at 11
p.m. until Sept. 10. The Womens Finals
will be held on Sept. 9 at 7 a.m., while
the Mens Finals is on Sept. 10 at 12
midnight, weather permitting.
For more updates, visit www.balls-
channel.tv, like our ofcial fan page on
Facebook, www.facebook.com/Balls-
Channel and follow us and @balls-
channel on twitter.
MIXED Martial Arts fans get to see
rst-hand rising star Mark Striegl as the
undefeated Fil-Am sees action in the Pa-
cic X-Treme Combat 33 this Saturday
at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Striegl is a 24-year-old ghter, who
resides and trains in Baguio. He is mak-
ing his PXC debut carrying an unbeaten
record in 10 ghts.
Featherweight Robert Wusstig, a
tough, up-and-coming ghter from
Guam, vows to be the rst ghter to deal
Striegl his rst career loss.
It can be over in rst round, said
Wusstig, 23, in the PSA Forum at
Shakeys Malate, where he joined
Striegl, PXC CEO E.J Calvo, and match-
maker Eli Monge.
Fil-Am at Pacic X-Treme
SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
DASMARIAS, CaviteSpikers
from La Salle-Dasmarinas moved
closer to the championship round
on two fronts after turning back their
rivals in the mens and womens di-
visions of the 11th Universities and
Colleges Athletic Association vol-
leyball tournament.
The trio of Alvin Cacayurin,
Abdul Alkasim and Hudri Kona
proved deadly with their serves
as they led the Patriots to a 25-14,
25-14, 27-17 beating of the Oli-
varez College Sea Lions at their
own home turfthe Ugnayang
La Salle gymnasium here.
On the other hand, the Lady
Patriots bounced back from a rst-
set loss to put away the Philippine
School of Business Administra-
tion Lady Jaguars, 29-31, 26-24,
25-17, 25-18, in womens action.
The Patriots emerged unbeaten
after four games, while the Lady Pa-
triots remained on top after posting
their third consecutive victory.
Kona handed the Patriots at 6-2
lead with his offensive plays in
the first set, before Cacayurin took
charge to hand their team a 9-4 edge
en route to a 25-14 first-set win.
In the second set, Alkasims
towering presence near the net
yielded the Patriots a 4-0 edge, be-
fore Konas steered the team to an
8-3 advantage with his kills.
Meanwhile, rookie spiker Bea
Canillas got the Lady Patriots
into the thick of the ght with
her serves after the Lady Jaguars
forced a 24-all deadlock in the
second set. Aces from Monique
Tiangco in the third saw the Lady
Patriots pulling away, 11-5.
PHILIPPINE Army rebound-
ed from its ve-set setback to
unbeaten Sandugo-San Se-
bastian as it bested an under-
manned Ateneo side, 25-15,
25-21, 20-25, 25-21, to rm up
its hold of second place at the
close of the rst round elims of
the Shakeys V-League Open
at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium
late Tuesday night.
The Lady Troopers bucked
the Lady Eagles tough net
defense with their power
game that produced 57 kills
although the Lady Eagles,
who turned in 42 kills, made
nine blocks, including ve
by new student-recruit Amy
Ahomiro from New Zealand.
The victory thus raised the
defending champions record to
4-1 halfway through the double-
round elims of the mid-season
offering of the league sponsored
by Shakeys Pizza and backed
by Mikasa and Accel.
Ateneo, winner of the
leagues ninth seasons rst
conference, slid to 2-3 and re-
mained in fourth place, still way
ahead of Navy (1-4) and Far
Eastern U (0-5), its rivals for the
last berth in the Final Four.
Resurgent newcomer Ca-
gayan Valley improved to
3-2 for third after a sweep of
its last two matches against
Ateneo and Navy and re-
mained a strong contender
for the crown in the league
organized by Sports Vision.
Michelle Carolino, the third
leading scorer in the early go-
ing of the league, red 20 kills
while Jacqueline Alarca, the
teams top shot block artist,
showed her offensive prowess
and unloaded 13 hits for Army
in a three-set stint.
Rachel Ann Daquis backed
up the duo with 10 markers
while Joanne Bunag, Teresa
Iratay, Marietta Carolino and
Melody Gutierrez combined
for 20 points for the Lady
Troopers.
Lady Troopers bounce back
Its also important for me to try
to be as economical with the time I
spend on the court as possible, but
obviously not underestimating any
opponent, the Serb said. I played
really focused, tried to get to the net,
also. It was great, all in all.
The second-seeded Djokovic
won 79 of 114 points, hit seven
aces and nished with a 32-10
edge in winners.
Lorenzi complained that he had a
lot of trouble dealing with the swirl-
ing wind in the 23,000-seat arena, a
lament heard often on Day 2 of the
years last major tournament.
Balls would zig when players
thought they would zag. Shots hit
with the wind at a players back
would y much further than in-
tended. Ball tosses on serves were
difcult to calibrate just right.
The wind swirled a lot, and I
had problems. I couldnt enjoy my-
self, Lorenzi said.
And then he acknowledged:
I dont think I would have had
more chances if there wasnt any
wind. But I might have had a lit-
tle more fun.
Truth was, Lorenzis biggest im-
pediment was Djokovic.
It was very difcult to get into
a point. If I tried to go forward, he
passed very well. When I tried to
play defense at the baseline, he
missed very little. He always got the
ball back, Lorenzi said. And so
I never had anything to go on. And
when he got going with his winners,
he caused me other problems.
Lorenzi dropped 12 games in a
row until nally ending that string
by winning the rst game of the
third set. He raised his hands, pre-
tending to have captured much
more than a single game, and the
crowd responded with cheers.
That was it, though.
Lorenzi has been in this situation
before: He also faced Djokovic in
the rst round at the Australian Open
in January, and the result was rather
similar, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0. AP
At the other room the Australians only reached four
spades with this auction:
Helgemo Kometkar Helness Brown
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In the match USA vs. Taipeh how to open the bid-
ding illustrates that a preempt can also be harmful not
to opponents but to Zia and Hamman. Zia elected to
preempt with two hearts and Hamman went on to close
at four hearts:
In USA vs. Taipeh
Huang Hamman Yang Mahmood
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In the match Italy vs. South Africa the Italians had an
auction to reach the six spade slam similar to Fantoni-
Nunes auction:
In Italy vs. South Africa
Bosenberg Sementa Eler Duboin
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In the match of South Africa vs. France the South
Africans auction reached only four spades:
In South Africa vs. France
West North East South
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While the French on the other room reached the slam
with this auction:
West North East South
Dorfan Poizat Voister Lossere
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Pass 4 Pass 5
Pass 6
This deal illustrates that there are many differing
auctions. Some had the superior auction to reach the
slam while the other auctions grounded them in the
four level.
Comments to: sylvia@globelines.com.ph
Net champs. Clarice
Patrimonio and Vicente
Elbert Anasta (fourth
and second from right)
endured a grueling
battle to eventually
capture the ladies
and mens single
championship titles,
respectively, in the
Olivarez-Philta Open
Tennis Championships,
presented by Palawan
Pawnshop Express Pera
Padala at the Olivarez
Sports Center in Sucat,
Paranaque. With them
are (from right) Rep.
Edwin Olivarez, former
Mayor Pablo Olivarez,
Bobby Castro, President
and CEO of Palawan
Pawnshop, Angelita
Castro and Councilor
Eric Olivarez.
Dr. Prince Orosco, Saint Francis of Assisi College-Las Pinas president,
(second from left) proudly displays the certicate he received from
Lyceum-Batangas President Peter Laurel (third from left) recognizing
his school as the 11
th
and newest member of the NCAA South during
opening ceremonies of the leagues 14
th
edition yesterday at the LIMA
gym in Batangas City. Shown with them are Batangas Gov. Vilma
Santos-Recto and Vice Gov. Mark Leviste (left), who were honored
guests at 14
th
NCAA South inaugural rites hosted by Lyceum-Batangas.
AS the Beast of Baste serves out a one-game suspension, the rest of
his teammates try to gure out a way for the San Sebastian Stags to
deal with the Arellano University Chiefs in the 88
th
National Col-
legiate Athletic Association mens basketball tournament.
His teammates no longer need to familiarize themselves with
new coach Allan Trinidads system, when they meet the Chiefs 4
p.m. today at the Arena in San Juan.
Trinidad has been around as former mentor Topex Robinsons
assistant coach for the last three years and it will not be that dif-
cult for the Stags to adjust to him as they seek their ninth win in
11 games.
The 62 Abueva was suspended after he committed a disqual-
ifying foul in the last six minutes and eight seconds of the Stagss
game with the Lyceum Pirates last Thursday. Under the rules, he
is now out of the race for Most Valuable Player and from other
individual honors.
Teammate Ian Sangalang, who is next top candidate in the MVP
race this season, is expected to step up against the Chiefs (4-7).
Later, the Lyceum Pirates (2-9) meets with the College of St.
Benilde Blazers (3-8) at 6 p.m. Peter Atencio
Abueva-less Stags vs Chiefs
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
With the score knotted at 51-all
with 3.3 ticks left, Teng knocked
down a jumper from the left elbow
as time expired.
The win lifted the streaking Green
Archers past National University
in the standings. La Salle (6 wins,
3 losses) tallied its fourth straight
victory to climb to fourth spot.
Defending champion Ateneo De
Manila moved closer to yet another
Final Four berth as its splendid
second half propelled it to a 77-64
rout of Far Eastern University.
The Blue Eagles settled down
and established their dominance
when it mattered against the very
physical defense of the Tamaraws.
Ateneo hiked its record to 8-1
for solo rst place and is back in
familiar territory alone at the top of
the standings.
Juami Tiongson led all scorers
with 16 points and four assists.
Nico Salva managed to score 15
points and Kiefer Ravena had 12
for the Blue Eagles, who tallied their
eighth straight victory against the
Tamaraws.
We were able to calm down and
play much better basketball in the
second half. Im very happy with
this game compared to our last
performance, said Ateneo coach
Norman Black.
UST and FEU are tied at second
after their losses as they both fell to 7-3.
Im grateful Coach Gee
(Abanilla) entrusted me with the
last shot. I knew I had to deliver,
said Teng of his heroics.
FEU led 34-32 at the break but
Ateneo regrouped to turn the tables and
slowly but surely took over the contest
which saw three players thrown out.
Ryan Buenafe and Rey Belo were
sent out in the rst quarter after
both committed a technical and an
unsportsmanlike foul. Arvie Bringas
was called for a disqualifying foul
after spitting on Justin Chua with
5:48 left in the game with Ateneo
totally in command.
The Blue Eagles led by as much as
17 points, 65-48, with 5:30 remaining.
Almon Vosotros led the Archers,
who missed LA Revilla and Yutien
Andrada for the second straight game,
with 12 points, all from downtown.
Meanwhile, the UAAP Board
of Trustees allowed Chris Ball of
the University of the Philippines to
continue playing.
This was after UP presented
the necessary Alien Certicate of
Registration (ACR) for foreign
players to the board dated August 14,
a date well before the deadline which
was at the end of the rst round.
The UAAP Board of Trustees
met and it will allow Mr. Ball to
play as UP presented the necessary
document dated Aug. 14, said the
Board in a statement.
AUGUST 30, 2012 THURSDAY A8
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Jeric Lopez
JERON Teng made the biggest basket
of his young career as his game-winner at
the buzzer lifted De La Salle to a 53-51
thriller over University of Santo Tomas
in the University Athletic Association of
the Philippines mens basketball game at
the Mall of Asia Arena yesterday.
THE TRS Raceday proved true
to its billing as the countrys pre-
mier grassroots motorsports fes-
tival, with a jam-packed crowd
of enthusiastic spectators, a huge
eld of participants and intense
racing action marking the suc-
cessful staging of its 2012 sea-
son kickoff at the A total of 132
cars and 11 motorcycles com-
peted in the whole-day, non-stop
array of racing events, highlight-
ed by the 2012 TRS Cup, where
former PTCC and GT champi-
ons Stuart McDonald and Sean
Redpath dominated the 12-car
grid in the rst three races of the
series presented by Bridgestone
and Castrol, and sponsored by
Coke Zero, Standard Insurance
CarPro, OMP, Ofcial Partners
AAP, Ford Alabang, Emotions,
Speedlab, Aguila Auto Glass and
Lifeline, and Media Partners C!
Magazine, kotse.com, Stoplight
TV, Business World, TurboZone,
The Philippine Star and the Phil-
ippine Daily Inquirer.
MacDonald staged a success-
ful comeback in the circuit-rac-
ing scene after a four-year hiatus
when he prevailed in the Expert
division of Race 1 and 3, while
Redpath bagged a convincing,
no-frills triumph in Race 2.
All drivers showed their se-
rious intentions for the titles
at stake as they tried to barrel
their way to the top, particu-
larly Redpath and last years
runner-up Charlie Cojuangco,
Basti Escalante of Standard
Insurance Car Pro, the young-
est driver at 15 and newcomer
Jussi Hoika, who was success-
ful in getting his share of atten-
tion when he topped the quali-
fying time trials with 1:47.639
to claim the pole position.
But focus on Hoikka was
short-lived as Escalante grabbed
the front seat upon greenlight
and controlled the tempo until
the fth lap, where he was forced
out of the race when Expert driv-
ers Redpath and Cojuangco
squeezed into the last sweeping
turn in a dispute for the lead.
Cojuangco likewise faded
out of the picture, while Red-
path was slapped with a 10-sec-
ond penalty as MacDonald,
who silently made his way up
to second place, captured the
win outright over Redpath and
third placer Alvin Ng.
MacDonald, Redpath rule TRS Cup
By Peter Atencio
BELORUSSIAN ghter Andrei
Arlovski has no kind words for
long-time rival Tim Sylvia.
The 64 Arlovski will have
no mercy in his heart when he
seeks to put an end to a running
feud with Sylvia when they
meet this Friday in their One
FC 5: Pride of a Nation heavy-
weight showdown at the Smart
Araneta Coliseum.
F--- him. Im excited to have
another opportunity to face
him, said Arlovski during a
break in his training at the Dis-
covery Suites in Ortigas Center.
This is the fourth time that
Arlovski and Sylvia will face
each other in seven years.
He beat Sylvia in 2005 in 47
seconds of the rst round by
submission while they were
still involved in the Universal
Fighting Championships.
A year later, Sylvia got back at
the Arlovski twice, the rst with
a win by technical knockout in
2:43 of the rst round. The sec-
ond one was a ve-round victory
by unanimous decision.
Since then, Arlovski has
been engaged in a bitter word
war with Sylvia and now is his
chance to get back at an old rival.
The 33-year-old Arlovski cur-
rently has a ght record of 17 wins
and nine losses, with 13 triumphs
scored through knockouts.
On the other hand, Sylvia
wields a mean record of 31
wins and seven setbacks.
Arlovskis last two ghts
were convincing wins, includ-
ing a knockout win in 4:59 of
the third round over Travis Ful-
ton in Illinois, while the other
win was via a TKO of Ray Lo-
pez in 2:43 of the third.
FEU COMPLETES SWEEP
DAVAOPaul Minoza and
Francis Morilla surged ahead of
the eld despite a bogey-bogey
nish at the front, settling for
a one-over 73 and grabbing a
one-stroke lead over the Ramil
Bisera-Micah Shin tandem in the
second round of the P1 million
Davao National Pro-Am Pre-
sented by Samsung and Emcor
here yesterday.
Minoza and Morilla held their
ground in the alternate-shot for-
mat event, making the turn at 36
and going one-under with two
holes to play at the front. But the
duo fumbled on the slow greens
of the Apo layout and closed out
with back-to-back bogeys to set-
tle for that 73.
But that proved enough to lift
them from joint second to the
top of the heap at 145 as over-
night leaders Ferdie Aunzo and
Monchit Mackay, after a decent
37 at the front, shot themselves
in the foot with a closing 40 and
wound up with a 77.
They tumbled to third at 147,
enabling the Bisera-Shin pair to
move to solo second at 146 af-
ter a gutsy 72, the best score in a
challenging day at the tight par-
72 course.
But while Paul Minoza zeroed
in on a rare crown, his more il-
lustrious brother Frankie Minoza
and partner Ting Castillo missed
the cut by one as they wound up
with a 159 after an 83.
Mioza, partner grab 1-shot lead
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renew feud
REIGNING most valuable player Jerie Pingoy,
fresh from a stint with the national under-18
team, had 26 points, ve rebounds and four
assists as Far Eastern University-Diliman
completed a seven-game sweep of the rst
round with a 70-62 victory over titleholder
National University Bullpups Wednesday
in the University Athletic Association of the
Philippines Season 75 juniors basketball
tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Archers slay Tigers, 53-51
Jeric Teng (left) of UST walks away from the celebration triggered by the heroics of his brother Jeron, who is surrounded by his jubilant
La Salle teammates in a UAAP game won by the Archers, 53-51, at the Mall of Asia Arena. LINO SANTOS
CHRIS Tiu will now ofcially tackle the next chapter of his
multi-faceted career.
The popular rookie formalized his entry to the Philippine
Basketball Association by signing a three-year, P9.5 million
deal with Rain or Shine yesterday.
Tiu, the seventh overall pick in the PBA Draft, will receive
the maximum salary allowed for rookies.
We really want Chris (Tiu) for our team. I believe he will
t well with us. Its good that we got him since we know he
can contribute to the team in a lot of ways, said Rain or Shine
coach Yeng Guiao.
In another development, the Elasto Painters released Ronjay
Buenafe to Meralco for a 2014 rst-round pick.
With the departure of Buenafe, Tiu is expected to land signicant
minutes in the coming season, with star Paul Lee, the reigning Rookie
of the Year, out for four months to recover from a shoulder injury.
The Bolts have been chasing Buenafe the last couple weeks
before a deal nally materialized.
Barangay Ginebras Filipino-American rookies Chris Ellis
and Keith Jensen were also offered contracts to join the squad.
Meanwhile, there are reports circulating that the Alaska Aces
are thinking of pulling out LA Tenorio, Sonny Thoss and Mac
Baracael from the National Team for undisclosed reasons.
However, Tenorio and Thoss have a say should they want to
serve the ag as both have a clause in their contracts that allows
them to join the national team if they so desire. Jeric Lopez
Tiu signs P9.5-m
pact with Painters
Emcor president Celso Villegas (center), reafrms the top retail
business rm's commitment to support pro and amateur golf by
staging the P1 million Davao National Pro-Am Presented by Samsung
and Emcor for the third straight year at the Apo Golf and Country
Club. With him are (from left) tournament director Boy Blu Ocampo,
Boy Arriba, Emcor vice president for marketing, Samsung PR manager
Odette Velarde and top pro Elmer Salvador.
A huge eld of 12 cars competed in the 2012 TRS Cup at the
Batangas Racing Circuit
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Q2 growth likely slowed down
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing August 29, 2012
5,195.72
20.10
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
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42
44
46
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P42.345
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Closing AUGUST 29, 2012
VOLUME 767.400M
HIGH P42.310 LOW P42.390 AVERAGE P42.352
PH enters 4G era with Smart LTE
PHILIPPINE wire-
less leader and mo-
bile pioneer Smart
Communi cat i ons ,
Inc. (Smart) has af-
frmed its leadership
in the telecoms in-
dustry as it launched
the country`s frst and
only LTE (Long Term
Evolution) service
Saturday.
Aptly named Smart
LTE, the fourth gen-
eration (4G) service is
now available at Plan
3500 with a 10GB
allocation. It offers
Filipinos wireless
broadband speeds of
up to 42Mbps in vari-
ous locations across
the country through
the use of a USB don-
gle.
Just as we have
done in the past, we
have brought the
latest and the best
technology closer to
Filipinos, said Smart
Wireless Consumer
Division Head Noel
Lorenzana.
With Smart LTE,
the Philippines now
has next-generation
wireless services
similar to those of-
fered in more progres-
sive countries such as
the United States and
Japan, he added.
Complementing the
commercial launch of
Smart LTE is the in-
stallation of more than
54,000 kilometers of
Fiber Optic Cabling
(FOC) which con-
nects Smarts cellsites
to its core network.
The upgraded FOC
system, which is
scheduled to be com-
pleted by end-2012
under the P67.1 billion
Shown in photo are (from
L-R) Noel Lorenzana,
head of Smarts Wireless
Consumer Division;
Rolando Pena, head
of PLDT and Smarts
Network and IP Systems;
Mario G. Tamayo, head
of Smarts Technology
Services Division; and
Napoleon L. Nazareno,
President and CEO of
PLDT and Smart; at the
launch of Smart LTE.
technology refresh
with parent company
PLDT, also makes pos-
sible Fiber-to-the-Home
(FTTH) fxed broadband
services with speeds of
up to 100Mbps.
This combination of
LTE and FTTH gives
the PLDT group un-
matched capabilities to
serve the requirements
of its customers for mo-
bile and fxed broadband
services, said PLDT
and Smart President
and CEO Napoleon L.
Nazareno.
Apart from offering
the future of Internet
connectivity to Filipinos,
LTE and FTTH also
have implications in na-
tion building. A 2010
study by the World
Bank says that for every
10 percent increase in
broadband penetration,
there is corresponding
1.38 percent increase in
Gross Domestic Product
(GDP).
Thats with 2010
technology. Imagine
what LTE -- with speeds
20x faster than what was
available in 2010 -- can
do, said Lorenzana.
Smart frst introduced
LTE in April 2011 at the
resort island of Boracay.
It then implemented ex-
tensive beta testing of
the technology involv-
ing over 100 partici-
pants.
Smart is also the frst to
test 4G HSPA+ technol-
ogy in the Philippines in
2009 and was the frst to
fre up the country`s frst
3G network in 2006.
IN BRIEF
By Jenniffer B. Austria
JTH Davies Holdings Inc., a listed company
that is being transformed into the holding unit
of the STI chain of schools, plans to raise P6
billion from the sale of three billion primary
shares through a follow-on offering.
The company said in a disclosure to the
stock exchange it tapped UBS AG as the sole
bookrunner and lead manager for the offering.
It will offer shares from the proposed increase
in the companys authorized capital stock from
1.103 billion shares worth P551.5 million to
10 billion common shares worth P5 billion.
The offer shares will be registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and will
be listed with the Philippine Stock Exchange.
The company said it was hoping to complete
the fund-raising plan by November this year.
JTH president Monico Jacob said in a
previous interview the company would use
the proceeds from the offering to put up new
schools in various areas in the country.
He said at least P3 billion would be set
aside for the construction of STI schools in
Lucena City, Davao, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro,
Calamba (Laguna) and Batangas. The rest
of the amount would be used for general
corporate spending.
Aside from raising fresh capital, the share
sale will also widen the companys public
oat, currently at 8.8 percent.
The Philippine Stock Exchange asked listed
companies to meet the 10-percent public
ownership rule by the end of 2012.
JTH disclosed in June that STI would
acquire an 84-percent interest in the company
through a share swap deal. Based on the
terms, JTH will issue 2.65 billion shares
worth P1.32 billion to majority stockholders
in exchange for STI Education Services
Group Inc. shares. The exchange ratio is 6.5
JTH shares for every one STI share.
JTH will then become the holding
company for education-related activities and
investments of businessman Eusebio Tanco.
It will change its corporate name to STI
Holdings Inc.
ECONOMIC growth in the
second quarter probably eased
from the fastest pace since 2010
as the faltering global recovery
damps demand for Filipino
workers and exports.
Gross domestic product probably increased 5.5
percent in the three months through June from a
year earlier, slowing from a 6.4-percent pace in the
rst quarter, according to the median estimate of 17
economists in a Bloomberg News survey. That would
contrast with Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, which
reported faster expansion in the second quarter. The
data is due today.
Trans-Asia merges
oil and gas business
By Alena Mae S. Flores
TRANS-ASIA Oil and Energy Development
Corp., a member of the Phinma Group, said it will
consolidate its oil and gas business in wholly-
owned subsidiary Trans-Asia (Karang-Besar)
Petroleum Corp.
Trans-Asia disclosed to the stock exchange
Wednesday its board approved the change of the
primary purpose of Trans-Asia (Karang-Besar)
from power generation to oil and gas exploration
and production.
Trans-Asia president Francisco Viray, when
asked for comment on the disclosure, said the
company might use Trans-Asia [Karang-Besar]
as a dedicated oil and gas subsidiary.
The companys board also approved the
increase of authorized capital stock of Trans-Asia
(Karang-Besar) to P1 billion divided into 100
billion shares with a par value of P0.01 per share,
from P40 million.
Viray said Trans-Asia (Karang Besar) was used
as the corporate vehicle for the privatization of
four power barges of state-owned National Power
Corp.
[The company] was intended as a vehicle for
the earlier PSALM privatization for which we
were not successful, Viray said.
Trans-Asia holds a 6.1-percent interest in
Service Contract 14 B-1 (North Matinloc) in
Northwest Palawan. The North Matinloc eld
has produced over 70,000 barrels of oil since
February 2009.
JTH Davies selling P6-b shares
Romero rm suspended
THE Philippine Stock Exchange will
suspend the trading of Globalport 900
Inc. for two months starting Sept.
3 due to non-ling of reportorial
requirements.
The PSE said on its Web site that
Globalport, a company controlled
by businessman Reghis Romero II,
failed to submit its second quarter
financial report on the Aug. 22
deadline.
The PSE said that it would initiate
delisting procedures if Globalport
failed to comply with requirement
after the lapse of the suspension
period.
Globalport earlier expressed plans
to raise $200 million to nance
the acquisition of domestic and
international ports.
The Romero group also plans
to consolidate its existing port
operations, which include Manila
North Harbor and Harbour Centre,
into Globalport 900.
Jenniffer B. Austria
Loan growth reasonable
THE bank lending growth of 14
percent is reasonable and loans
can still grow in the next few
months, Bangko Sentral Deputy
Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. said
Wednesday.
Total outstanding loans of
commercial banks in June, net of
banks reverse repurchase placements
with the Bangko Sentral, grew 14.9
percent after expanding 14.7 percent
in April.
Bank lending, inclusive of RRPs,
grew at a slower rate of 12.2 percent
in June from 13.6 percent in May.
Lending growth at 14 percent
now is quite reasonable. Lending
can actually grow faster safely
given our banks modest leverage
and improving risk management.
Our credit to GDP ratio at less than
50 percent is still relatively low in
relation to comparator countries.
Whats important is the quality
of lending being done, Espenilla
said. Anna Leah G. Estrada
Money sent home is equivalent to about 10
percent of the $225-billion economy and helped the
Philippines achieve the fastest growth in Southeast
Asia in the rst quarter. That support is sputtering
as the protracted European crisis brought remittance
growth to a 15-month low, crimping sales at companies
including Megaworld Corp. and putting pressure on
President Benigno Aquino to boost manufacturing and
investments.
The Philippines doesnt have a rich domestic market
and it has been very dependent on external income,
said Kevin Lai, a Hong Kong-based economist at Daiwa
Capital Markets Ltd. This reliance on remittances is
hurting the economy. Worker remittances will soften
because Europe is suffering and to a certain extent,
Asia is slowing.
Exports rose 4.3 percent in June from a year earlier,
the slowest pace in three months. The Bangko Sentral
ng Pilipinas cut its benchmark interest rate to a record-
low 3.75 percent in July, joining nations from China
to South Korea in shoring up growth amid the global
slowdown.
President Aquino aims to bolster expansion to as
much as 7 percent next year from a goal of 6 percent
this year to boost incomes and reduce poverty. The
government awarded contracts to build about 9,300
classrooms this month as part of efforts to draw more
than $16 billion of investment in airports and roads.
The President is also accelerating asset sales, with
an aim of raising about P2 billion each in 2012 and
2013 from privatization. Standard & Poors raised the
nations credit rating to one step below investment
grade in July, citing easing scal vulnerability as debt
is reduced.
President Aquino has pledged to rid the nation of
corruption to boost investor condence. He appointed
Maria Lourdes Sereno last week as the rst female chief
justice after Renato Corona, the former top judge, was
removed from ofce for illegally concealing his wealth.
Remittances increased 4.2 percent to $1.81 billion
in June, and the central bank forecasts an increase of
5 percent this year compared with 7.2 percent in 2011.
A study by the monetary authority last month showed
the funds dilute the effectiveness of the policy rate
even as they bolster consumption and growth.
Bloomberg
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 7,699,662 578,887,458.1
INDUSTRIAL 1,317,950,916 885,990,682.97
HOLDING FIRMS 60,212,141 9,437,808,53.82
PROPERTY 89,034,266 714,405,234.03
SERVICES 426,417,868 955,424,355.81
MINING & OIL 998,922,321 139,973,302.25
GRAND TOTAL 2,900,237,603 421,8463,414.22
FINANCIAL 1,290.81 (up) 9.04
INDUSTRIAL 7,897.17 (up) 44.54
HOLDING FIRMS 4,353.45 (up) 2.54
PROPERTY 1,996.65 (up) 10.09
SERVICES 1,753.32 (up) 10.07
MINING & OIL 21,186.31 (down) 176.11
PSEI 5,195.72 (up) 20.10
All Shares Index 3,454.11 (up) 11.14
Gainers: 95; Losers: 65; Unchanged: 31; Total: 191
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 18.00 23.29
Jolliville Holdings 3.20 18.52
Vivant Corp. 8.50 13.33
Greenergy 0.0170 6.25
Mabuhay Holdings À' 0.455 5.81
Roxas and Co. 1.70 5.59
TKC Steel Corp. 2.19 5.29
PAL Holdings Inc. 7.50 4.90
Wellex Industries 0.3250 4.84
A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.08 4.76
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
MJCI Investments Inc. 6.20 (13.89)
Swift Pref 1.02 (13.56)
Pancake House Inc. 8.20 (11.83)
Roxas Holdings 2.56 (11.11)
Federal Chemicals 9.71 (8.40)
IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.036 (7.69)
Eton Properties 4.20 (7.69)
ATN Holdings A 1.52 (5.59)
Transpacic Broadcast 2.55 (5.56)
Vitarich Corp. 0.620 (4.62)
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 59.65 60.80 60.00 60.05 0.67 1,552,200 4,938,012.00
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 73.00 73.90 73.30 73.40 0.55 1,018,010 16,843,390.00
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.69 (2.82) 32,000 7,000.00
595.00 370.00 China Bank 472.00 474.00 472.00 474.00 0.42 1,760 4,720.00
28.50 27.80 Citystate Savings 28.00 28.00 28.00 28.00 0.00 386,500 (10,822,000.00)
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 21.25 21.65 20.50 20.70 (2.59) 68,500 (1,201,130.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 19.34 19.48 19.34 19.46 0.62 408,800 4,463,714.00
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 73.00 74.70 74.70 74.70 2.33 20
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.45 2.50 2.32 2.50 2.04 150,000 (480.00)
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 445.00 440.00 440.00 440.00 (1.12) 10
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 93.55 94.85 94.00 94.85 1.39 2,891,660 24,985,459.50
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.98 1.96 1.96 1.96 (1.01) 50,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.00 70.20 70.00 70.10 0.14 526,250 (13,356,906.00)
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 87.00 84.60 83.50 83.50 (4.02) 3,140
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 371.00 373.00 370.00 373.00 0.54 1,290 366,300.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 43.80 43.80 43.00 43.00 (1.83) 83,700.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 145.10 148.00 145.10 147.50 1.65 477,340 (14,298.00)
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 925.00 925.00 925.00 925.00 0.00 350
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 102.00 102.00 101.60 101.60 (0.39) 33,480 (779,866.00)
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.80 1.79 1.79 1.79 (0.56) 14,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.60 34.00 33.60 33.75 0.45 1,100,500 1,286,680.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.38 8.48 0.35 8.40 0.24 85,100
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 21.90 22.40 21.50 22.40 2.28 27,000 110,150.00
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.37 1.41 1.34 1.41 2.92 685,000 709,340.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.40 29.60 29.40 29.60 0.68 4,000
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.39 1.40 1.37 1.38 (0.72) 765,000
Asiabest Group 23.00 23.60 23.00 23.10 0.43 13,600
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.45 2.55 2.55 2.55 4.08 54,000
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.65 2.65 2.60 2.65 0.00 541,000 552,700.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.69 9.70 9.25 9.70 0.10 19,500
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.90 6.00 5.88 6.00 1.69 3,554,500 (4,544,282.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 7.45 7.52 7.44 7.49 0.54 1,631,800 3,742,516.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.99 2.02 2.00 2.02 1.51 3,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.60 9.71 9.71 9.71 (8.40) 1,000
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 18.64 18.80 18.62 18.66 0.11 1,817,300 (6,613,970.00)
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 76.25 76.90 76.00 76.90 0.85 454,090 (3,726,956.50)
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 18.00 18.30 17.50 18.30 1.67 27,500
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0180 0.0160 0.0170 6.25 1,250,400,000 (1,040,000.00)
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.46 13.00 12.44 12.52 0.48 963,100 9,173,754.00
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.620 0.630 0.620 0.630 1.61 81,000 6,300.00
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 98.05 98.50 97.55 98.25 0.20 629,500 (13,009,312.00)
Lafarge Rep 9.20 9.35 9.14 9.30 1.09 120,500 (279,000.00)
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.11 2.20 2.00 2.03 (3.79) 899,000 (10,100.00)
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 27.05 27.40 26.95 27.10 0.18 928,600 14,854,100.00
18.10 8.12 Megawide 17.100 17.200 16.900 17.000 (0.58) 1,777,000
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 246.00 257.00 248.00 250.00 1.63 553,200 (90,773,046.00)
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 9.30 9.31 8.20 8.20 (11.83) 51,600 (45,854.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 3.45 3.61 3.43 3.60 4.35 6,215,000 1,360,790.00
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.16 10.18 10.14 10.14 (0.20) 3,455,200 (29,702,180.00)
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.20 8.29 8.26 8.26 0.73 50,300
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.14 4.21 4.12 4.19 1.21 2,119,000 2,520,170.00
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 1.61 1.70 1.70 1.70 5.59 7,000
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.88 2.60 2.56 2.56 (11.11) 17,000
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.45 34.50 34.00 34.50 0.15 205,700
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 112.30 112.00 111.80 112.00 (0.27) 222,650 (3,709,282.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.39 2.52 2.40 2.47 3.35 17,612,000 (13,783,580.00)
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.81 1.83 1.76 1.79 (1.10) 47,000
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.142 0.147 0.142 0.145 2.11 320,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 12.80 12.82 12.18 12.36 (3.44) 2,390,100 1,091,932.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.08 2.19 2.10 2.19 5.29 95,000 (2,150.00)
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.17 1.17 1.16 1.16 (0.85) 1,230,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 60.20 60.20 59.90 60.00 (0.33) 2,226,930 (76,616,308.50)
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.37 1.42 1.38 1.40 2.19 1,528,000 (55,200.00)
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.650 0.710 0.600 0.620 (4.62) 7,619,000 69,740.00
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 7.50 8.80 7.50 8.50 13.33 96,800 15,000.00
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.75 0.78 0.73 0.73 (2.67) 15,761,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.40 48.20 48.00 48.20 (0.41) 660,500 (15,247,545.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 0.0180 0.00 2,400,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.72 11.88 11.70 11.86 1.19 22,077,300 160,771,564.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.02 1.98 1.95 1.95 (3.47) 291,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.62 4.63 4.54 4.54 (1.73) 300,000 (681,860.00)
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 4.95 5.00 4.99 4.99 0.81 45,000
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.61 1.63 1.50 1.52 (5.59) 408,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 424.00 425.00 421.60 422.20 (0.42) 423,890 (95,085,886.00)
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 57.60 57.60 57.40 57.50 (0.17) 2,473,750 (63,742,722.50)
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.48 2.51 2.50 2.50 0.81 41,000
3.68 1.15 F&J Prince B 2.87 2.88 2.88 2.88 0.35 5,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.01 4.01 4.01 4.01 0.00 3,000
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.250 0.250 0.216 0.250 0.00 220,000
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 536.00 541.00 536.00 540.00 0.75 76,000 (4,080,890.00)
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 4.75 4.85 4.85 4.85 2.11 299,000 970,000.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.80 33.80 33.00 33.50 (0.89) 1,378,900 (12,989,260.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 2.70 3.20 2.70 3.20 18.52 11,000
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.04 5.25 5.04 5.20 3.17 4,426,700 721,158.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.04 1.07 1.04 1.05 0.96 3,198,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.430 0.455 0.440 0.455 5.81 60,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.36 2.38 2.35 2.37 0.42 102,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.14 4.19 4.10 4.19 1.21 1,813,000 (797,860.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.11 5.19 5.09 5.15 0.78 23,200
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 7.20 6.89 6.12 6.20 (13.89) 7,900
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 707.50 712.00 707.50 709.00 0.21 263,110 (77,463,230.00)
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.20 2.28 2.16 2.27 3.18 2,471,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.12 0.00 30,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3100 0.3250 0.3100 0.3250 4.84 790,000
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.00 150,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 20.10 20.35 19.00 20.35 1.24 2,700 53,805.00
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.94 3.10 2.96 3.08 4.76 289,000
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.570 0.550 0.540 0.550 (3.51) 60,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 22.35 22.45 22.20 22.35 0.00 6,358,900 31,768,465.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.83 4.98 4.78 4.93 2.07 1,563,000 284,430.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.56 5.50 5.48 5.50 (1.06) 292,500 1,100,000.00
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.48 1.51 1.48 1.49 0.68 3,778,000 (598,600.00)
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.14 1.15 1.10 1.15 0.88 3,200
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.072 0.075 0.075 0.075 4.17 20,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.800 0.800 0.790 0.790 (1.25) 1,657,000
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 4.55 4.83 4.14 4.20 (7.69) 1,137,000 41,600.00
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.89 1.91 1.88 1.91 1.06 930,000
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.26 1.29 1.27 1.28 1.59 11,046,000 1,444,180.00
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.20 1.20 1.19 1.20 0.00 35,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.26 2.29 2.27 2.28 0.88 22,773,000 10,772,890.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1580 0.1600 0.1550 0.1600 1.27 1,610,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.6900 0.6700 0.6900 1.47 1,513,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.450 0.450 0.450 0.450 0.00 1,310,000
38.10 12.60 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 14.60 18.70 15.98 18.00 23.29 11,500
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.64 19.10 18.50 19.00 1.93 7,202,900 (12,200,508.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.63 3.62 3.58 3.58 (1.38) 198,000 (36,000.00)
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.75 0.00 6,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.12 6.19 6.05 6.19 1.14 501,100
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 13.76 14.00 13.76 13.80 0.29 23,705,300 (10,984,376.00)
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.70 0.70 0.67 0.67 (4.29) 236,000 8,040.00
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.99 4.00 3.99 4.00 0.25 20,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 0.520 0.510 0.510 (1.92) 329,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.390 4.400 4.340 4.370 (0.46) 2,407,000 (5,921,320.00)
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 24.45 25.50 24.50 25.10 2.66 832,100
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.35 1.36 1.32 1.36 0.74 89,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.600 0.620 0.600 0.620 3.33 781,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 0.00 100
28.80 12.20 Berjaya Phils. Inc. 22.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 4.55 1,500
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 9.82 9.92 9.79 9.80 (0.20) 4,621,500 (22,185,137.00)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1410 0.1470 0.1390 0.1470 4.26 98,900,000
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.95 6.00 5.80 5.80 (2.52) 74,100
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 60.60 61.70 60.40 61.10 0.83 1,147,580 (19,144,897.00)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.53 5.53 5.50 5.50 (0.54) 133,000
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1083.00 1124.00 1082.00 1120.00 3.42 69,750 46,410,155.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.98 9.98 9.72 9.98 0.00 53,200
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 67.50 68.95 68.00 68.50 1.48 256,540 (6,387,381.50)
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.400 0.395 0.395 0.395 (1.25) 190,000 75,050.00
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.01 2.00 2.00 2.00 (0.50) 1,000
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.039 0.038 0.035 0.036 (7.69) 300,300,000 333,600.00
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.01 (0.98) 2,158,000
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.00 10,000
3.45 2.01 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.04 2.03 1.98 1.98 (2.94) 622,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.04 8.15 7.92 8.10 0.75 444,800 7,920.00
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.75 2.75 2.61 2.75 0.00 52,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.80 2.81 2.78 2.80 0.00 532,000 131,600.00
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.30 14.20 13.82 13.88 (2.94) 7,000
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.15 7.50 7.17 7.50 4.90 152,200 29,520.00
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 3.01 3.07 3.01 3.01 0.00 1,229,000 87,800.00
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.39 9.41 9.41 9.41 0.21 25,000
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 73.00 76.00 72.00 73.00 0.00 49,800 942,370.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 16.92 16.96 16.30 16.96 0.24 940,700 2,319,824.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2720.00 2720.00 2700.00 2720.00 0.00 136,520 (12,777,920.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.325 0.315 0.325 3.17 1,370,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.25 30.05 29.30 29.35 0.34 5,466,700 44,161,895.00
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.70 2.56 2.55 2.55 (5.56) 31,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.465 0.470 0.435 0.465 0.00 200,000 (4,700.00)
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0050 0.0052 0.0047 0.0050 0.00 704,000,000 (63,100.00)
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.86 4.75 4.70 4.70 (3.29) 104,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.85 4.80 4.75 4.75 (2.06) 19,000 47,500.00
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.02 17.06 17.02 17.04 0.12 197,900 (1,382,676.00)
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 26.90 26.90 26.90 26.90 0.00 300
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.255 0.260 0.250 0.255 0.00 710,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 22.90 22.90 22.70 22.90 0.00 46,100
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 22.25 22.30 22.30 22.30 0.22 2,000 (44,600.00)
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.10 1.09 1.03 1.09 (0.91) 1,041,000 66,150.00
61.80 6.96 Dizon 23.70 24.65 23.55 23.70 0.00 290,000
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.57 0.58 0.56 0.56 (1.75) 4,888,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.160 1.160 1.120 1.140 (1.72) 9,539,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.180 1.210 1.160 1.190 0.85 11,387,000 (5,989,910.00)
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0610 0.0610 0.0590 0.0600 (1.64) 23,580,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0620 0.0620 0.0610 0.0620 0.00 14,000,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.40 17.46 17.10 17.10 (1.72) 658,500 (3,006,824.00)
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 7.28 7.44 7.10 7.10 (2.47) 547,500 (1,615,109.00)
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6800 0.6800 0.6800 0.6800 0.00 4,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.700 4.880 4.660 4.660 (0.85) 620,000 4,660.00
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0170 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 0.00 36,200,000
28.25 18.40 Philex À 18.80 18.84 18.76 18.80 0.00 2,277,000 (17,024,306.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 36.20 37.30 36.40 36.40 0.55 152,500 (3,695.00)
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.049 0.048 0.047 0.047 (4.08) 154,200,000 (3,510,500.00)
65.00 39.00 PNOC Expls `B 56.00 55.00 55.00 55.00 (1.79) 1,000
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 225.00 228.00 221.00 222.00 (1.33) 83,710 (10,828,380.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0160 0.0160 0.0150 0.0160 0.00 34,300,000 7,500.00
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 23.30 24.20 22.65 23.85 2.36 5,508,100 (89,216,690.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 543.00 545.00 543.00 545.00 0.37 1,200
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 103.50 103.50 103.00 103.00 (0.48) 51,500
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 101.50 101.70 101.60 101.70 0.20 3,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.80 9.82 9.79 9.79 (0.10) 31,100
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 109.10 109.10 108.80 108.80 (0.27) 11,100
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1018.00 1014.00 1013.00 1013.00 (0.49) 990
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.18 1.02 1.02 1.02 (13.56) 3,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0550 0.0570 0.0570 0.0570 3.64 10,000
RAY S. EANO
Postponement of LRT-1
auction raises suspicions
STOCKS rose for the second day, in line
with the movement of Asian markets as
investors expect the US Federal Reserve to
take more steps to spur economic growth in
the worlds largest economy.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, rose 20 points, or 0.4
percent, to close at 5,195.72 on
Wednesday. Value turnover was
thin at P4.2 billion.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, also added 11 points,
or 0.3 percent, to 3,454.11, as
gainers led losers, 95 to 65, with
31 issues unchanged. Of the six
subsectors, only the mining and
oil counter ended in the red.
Financial companies were the
biggest gainers. Metropolitan
Bank and Trust Co. rose 1.4
percent to P94.85 while BDO
Unibank Inc. added 0.7 percent
to P60.05. Bank of the Philippine
Islands was also up 0.6 percent
to P73.40. Security Bank Corp.
gained 1.7 percent to P2.40.
PAL Holdings Inc., the holding
company of Philippine Airlines,
rose 4.9 percent to P7.50, a day
after it announced a $7-billion
aircraft deal with Airbus. Rival
Cebu Air Inc., operator of Cebu
Pacic airline, rose 0.8 percent to
P61.10.
Property developers also
advanced. Robinsons Land Corp.
increased 1.9 percent to P19
while Megaworld Corp. added
0.9 percent to P2.28.
Meanwhile, Asian markets
were mostly higher Wednesday.
The Tokyo Stock Exchanges
benchmark Nikkei rose 0.3
percent to 9,061.67 and South
Koreas Kospi added 0.7 percent to
1928.83. Hong Kongs Hang Seng
Index was marginally lower at
19,801.27. Australias S&P/ASX
200 lost 0.1 percent to 4,354.80.
Benchmarks in Singapore
and Taiwan also rose, while
Indonesia, mainland China and
Malaysia fell.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke will deliver a key speech
Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
that investors will watch carefully
for clues about the central banks
intentions to try to speed up the
US economic recovery.
Analysts said global
stock markets are expected
to continue light trading as
investors are xated on the
results of the Friday meeting.
Both hopes and concerns
co-exist among investors
before the Jackson Hole
meeting, said Jun Ji-won, a
market analyst at Seoul-based
Kiwoom Securities. There
are no signicant changes
in the key indices until the
speech gives directions to the
market. Stocks are moving by
sectors.
In China, government data
showed that prots at Chinas
industrial companies plunged
in July for the fourth straight
month, adding pressure on
Beijing to step up spending to
offset private sector weakness.
On Tuesday, Wall Street
closed mixed. The Dow Jones
industrial average retreated
0.2 percent to 13,102.99. The
Standard & Poors 500 Index
slipped marginally to 1,409.30
and the tech-heavy Nasdaq
composite index rose 0.1
percent to 3,077.14.
With Bloomberg, AP
THEY were ready with their bid documents and
everybody was condent they would pass the pre-
qualication stage for the contract to extend the Light
Rail Transit Line 1 from Baclaran in Paraaque to
Bacoor, Cavite.
To the investors surprise and disappointment,
however, the Transportation Department postponed
the submission of pre-qualication documents set
originally on Aug. 22 this year to Sept. 28 virtually
at the last minute, or during the long holidays that
ended on Aug. 21.
Local and foreign proponents of the LRT-l extension
project could not believe the governments ofcial
reason for the postponement. The Transportation
Department tersely said in a bulletin that it was
moving the date in response to the request of
several prospective bidders for more time to prepare
the qualication documents and in light of the recent
revisions to the instructions to prospective bidders.
The prospective bidders and their consortia, on the
contrary, were about to forward their bid documents.
The delay, and governments admission that it was
revising the terms of reference of the auction, has
prompted some of the prospective bidders to suspect
that the bid and awards committee wanted to alter
the terms of the contract to favor certain bidders,
who might not be able to comply with the original
conditions.
Department insiders said Transportation was
lowering the qualication requirements on light
rail operations experience and reducing the future
ridership requirement from 50 million to 30 million
annually. The 50 million annual ridership is equivalent
to 100,000 commuters a day. The 30 million ridership,
meanwhile, drastically cuts down the number of riders
who will use the light rail every day to just 80,000.
This means it is enough for the operator to just cater
to 18 percent of the current LRT ridership, potentially
just 10 percent of the future ridership.
Powerhouse companies
Sources said notable local and foreign companies
like San Miguel Corp., D. M. Consunji Inc., Ayala
Corp., Marubeni Corp., Sumitomo Corp., Hanjin
Heavy Industries & Co. Ltd. and Mitsubishi were
not pleased with the postponement and the sudden
change in the terms of the bidding contract.
The revised terms have virtually opened the door
for low capacity light rail operators and gave them a
chance to clinch the contract for the most important
rail infrastructure project in the metropolis! A light
rail operator that carries such a small number of
passengers daily will surely be overwhelmed when
the full brunt of the peak hour rush, emergency
management, and major service disruptions hit it
in full force. It simply does not have the experience
and capability to organize the necessary numbers of
staff needed to safely operate and maintain the line
in such a scenario.
Consider this: An organization that handles
only 80,000 trips daily will not have the operating
experience, technical expertise or spare management
capacity to support the LRT Line 1 operations and
the expansion project. It is likewise doubtful if the
less experienced operator possesses a reliable design
and a high state of operational readiness planning in
running a 32-kilometer rail system stretching from
Roosevelt in Quezon City to Bacoor, Cavite.
By altering the rules and lowering the bar, the
government may be compromising the safety and
convenience of the general riding public in favor of
new, inexperienced players.
Changing the rules midstream will also deal
another serious blow to the governments credibility
in treating both local and foreign investors.
Unqualied operators
The revised rules are opening the door for mediocre
companies to operate a critical component of the
governments infrastructure program. Sources said
they can lead to the sub-contract of an operating and
management agreement by a less reputable company.
The best practice in a major infrastructure project
like toll roads and rail operations allows original
operating consortium partners to continue and
maintain the system until the end of the concession.
But dropping this requirement in the prequalication
process for bidders is dangerous.
The government effectively will penalize the
consortium that has secured internationally renowned
light rail operating companies that are willing to
show their long-term commitment to the Philippines
and the other members of the group.
President Aquinos government, in summary, is
bungling its rst major railway project.
E-mail: rayenano@yahoo.com;
extrastory2000@gmail.com
Business
ManilaStandardToday extrastory2000@gmail.com AUGUST 30, 2012 THURSDAY
B3
Palm oil producers
protest import surge
Energy wants protection for all power plants
Organic farming.
Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcala (right)
holds newly harvested
organic ampalaya
during a demonstration
joined by 130 farmers
in the town of
Consolacion, Cebu.
The 3,000-square-
meter demonstration
area showcases the
production of chemical-
free fertilizer and aims
to promote organic
farming among local
vegetable growers.
Alcala asked Mayor
Teresa Delgado (left)
to explore expansion
areas for agricultural
development in the
town.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Laguna III District Engineering
Ofhce San Pablo City Region IV-A, through its Bids and awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to bid for the following contract(s) :
1. Contract ID : 12DP0092
Contract Name : Repair and Maintenance of Flood Control Structures
Contract Location : Brgy. Buboy, Nagcarlan, Laguna
Brgy. Yukos, Nagcarlan, Laguna
Brgy. Bambang, Nagcarlan, Laguna
Brgy. Masapang, Victoria, Laguna
Brgy. Flores St., San Pablo City
Brgy. VI-E, San Pablo City
MSR Passing Poblacion and M. Paulino St. San Pablo City
Scope of Work : Construction of CHB Line Canal, Installation of Pipe culvert,
Construction of sidewalk, declogging, Reconditioning of
Drainage structure and repair of slope Protection.
Approved Budget for the Contract: Php5,300,000.00
Contract Duration : 60 c.d
Cost of Bid Document : Php 10,000.00
Contract Name : Rehabilitation and Improvement of MSR Passing Poblacion
Road San Pablo City, Laguna KM 81+500-KM 82+ 800
Contract Location : MSR Passing Poblacion Road San Pablo City Laguna KM
81+500-KM 82+800 (Intermittent Section)
Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay L=0.560 Km and installation of signages
Approved Budget for the Contract:Php 8,322,600.00
Contract Duration : 30 cd
Contract Name : Rehabilitation/Improvement of Maspang Highway Road KM
72+350-KM 73+ 262
Contract Location : Maspang Highway Road KM 72+350-KM 73+ 262
Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay L=0.628 Km , width =12.7 meters
Approved Budget for the Contract : Php 6,775,387.17
Contract Duration : 20 cd
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised Implementing
Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall
be automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for the 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 ten(10) years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at
least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least equal to 10% of the ABC. The BAC will
use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Central Procurement Offce (CPO) before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH Central
Procurement Offce (CPO) 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.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From August 30, 2012 to Sept. 19, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 7, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders From August 30, 2012 to Sept.13, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids September 19, 2012 until 2:00PM
5. Opening of Bids September 19, 2012 after 2:00PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bid Documents at DPWH, Laguna III District Engineering
Ofhce, BAC Secretariat Ofhce, Brgy. Del Remedio, San Pablo City upon payment of a
non-refundable fee for bidding Documents. 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 bid documents. The Pre-bid Conference shall be open
only to interested parties who have purchased the BD's. Bids must be accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section. 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Documents (BD's) 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 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
post-qualifcation.
Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their PCAB License and
Contractor's Registration Certifcate to the BAC for authentication.
The DPWH, Laguna III District Engineering Ofce, San Pablo City reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid , to annul the bidding process any time prior to Contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidder/s.
Approved:
(Sgd.) JOSEFINO O. ABRIGO
OIC-Assistant District Engineer
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
Noted by:
POL M. DELOS SANTOS
OIC-District Engineer
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
LAGUNA III DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
SAN PABLO CITY
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Camarines Sur V District Engineering Offce
Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways,
Camarines Sur V District Engineering Offce, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
Contract ID Number 12FN0038
Contract Name : CLUSTER: CONCRETING/ REHABILITATION OF
BARANGAY ROADS
Contract Location: 1. Sitio Centro, Brgy. Calagbangan, Sipocot, Cam.
Sur- Php 979,934.24
2. Brgy. Yabo, Sipocot, Cam. Sur Php 979,817.21
3. Zone 4 going to Slaughter House , Brgy. Impig,
Sipocot, Cam. Sur - Php 479,914.16
4. Brgy. Tagbac, Ragay, Cam. Sur Php 979,891.67
5. Brgy. Patalunan, Ragay, Cam. Sur Php
979,744.09
6. Brgy. Poblacion Zone III, Del Gallego, Cam.
Sur Php 979,726.03
7. Brgy. Bagong Silang, Del Gallego, Cam. Sur
Php 979,655.07
8. Brgy. Casay, Lupi, Cam. Sur- Php979,954.34
9. Brgy. Lourdes, Lupi, Cam. Sur Php 979,778.80
10. Brgy. Mangcawayan, Lupi, Cam. Sur Php
979,958.47
11. Brgy. Pinugusan, Del Gallego, Cam. Sur
Php979,908.16
Scope of Work: Concreting and Rehabilitation of Barangay Roads
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC)
Php 10,278,282.24
Contract Duration : 90 cd.
Source of Fund : SARO - BMB - A- 12- T000002765
Cost of Tender P 10,000.00
9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of
bid. The BAC wiII verify the naI CPES rating of the contractor, which must be at Ieast
satisfactory, as provided under Sec. 23.5.2.4 of Revised IRR of R.A. 9184.
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, (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 contractors' 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
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 30, 2012 to September 20, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 6, 2012 at 10:00 am
Prospective Bidders
September 13, 2012 at 12:00 noon
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline : 1:30 p.m. of September 20, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 p.m. of September 20, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Cam. Sur V
District Engineering Offce, Baras, Canaman, Cam. Sur, upon payment of non-refundable
amount as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDS from the DPWH
web site if available Prospective bidders that will download the BD's 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 who have purchased the BD's. 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 BD's
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 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 post qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur V District Engineering
Offce 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 bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MAXIMO C. ELEDA
BAC Chairman
Noted by:
(Sgd.) WILLARD KENNETH I. ATUTUBO
District Engineer
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cagayan 1
st
District Engineering Offce
Aparri, Cagayan
(MST-Aug. 30, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Cagayan First District
Engineering Offce, Aparri, Cagayan, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
1. a. Contract ID : 12BB0118
b. Contract Name : Widening/Improvement of DSVR (Mission Sta. Ana
Section)
c. Contract Location : Sta. Ana, Cagayan
d. Scope of Work : Widening/Improvement
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 48,750,000.00
f. Contract Duration : 179 C.D.
g. Cost of Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00
b. Contract Name : Widening/Improvement of DSVR (Mission Sta. Ana
Section)
c. Contract Location : Gonzaga, Cagayan
b. Contract Name : Widening/Improvement of DSVR (Dugo - Mission Section)
c. Contract Location : Sta. Teresita, Cagayan
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 the
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 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.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents August 22, 2012 September 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 3, 2012 10:00am (at least 12. c. d. prior to bid submission)
Prospective Bidders.
Deadline: 5:00 Pm on September 7, 2012 (at least 5 c. d. prior to submission)
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 10:00 AM on September 12, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 10:01 AM on September 12, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD'S) at DPWH-Cagayan
First District Engineering Offce, Aparri, Cagayan. Prospective bidders may also download
the BD's form the DPWH website if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BD's form 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 who
have purchase the BD's. Bid 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
BD's in two (2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain a 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 DPWH-Cagayan First Engineering District Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bid and to annul bidding process at any time prior contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) RELLIE SIMBE ULEP
Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) DANILO U. TABILAS
District Engineer
By Jenniffer B. Austria
POULTRY and feeds producer Vitarich
Corp. said Wednesday it will increase its
authorized capital stock to P3.5 billion
from P1.5 billion to accommodate the
issuance of new shares to creditors.
Vitarich said in a disclosure
to the stock exchange the board
approved the capital increase
to P3.5 billion, divided into 3.5
billion common shares with a par
value of P1 per share, from P1.5
billion divided into 1.5 billion
shares with par value of P1.
Vitarich will issue the additional
P2 billion worth of shares to the
companys creditors, who would
convert existing debt into equity.
Vitarichs creditors include
Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co.,
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.,
Land Bank of the Philippines and
Philippine National Bank.
Vitarich said the conversion
of the debts of the corporation
would be subject to the terms and
conditions as determined by the
companys board of directors and
the approval of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the
rehabilitation court.
Vitarich said it would present
the proposed capital hike for
shareholders approval in a
special stockholders meeting
in October. Once approved, the
shares will be listed with the
PSE.
The poultry producer led for
corporate rehabilitation in 2006,
after it experienced difculties
in paying bank loans and other
liabilities, which ballooned
to P3.26 billion, from an
outstanding loan of P2.6 billion,
due to interest and penalties.
Vitarich said it suffered
liquidity problems amid a glut
in the supply of poultry products
in the market, stiff competition,
and the removal of quantitative
restrictions on the importation of
poultry and poultry products.
It said the demand for poultry
products also declined because
of the outbreak of avian u.
The company earlier proposed
various options, including the sale
of non-core assets and conversion
of debt into equity to reduce debts.
Vitarich, established in 1950 by
brothers Feliciano, Lorenzo and
Pablo Sarmiento, is engaged in
the manufacture and distribution
of various poultry products, such
as live and dressed chicken, day-
old chicks, and animal and aqua
feeds.
By Othel V. Campos
LOCAL palm oil producers are
seeking government protection
against the surge of undervalued
imports that affected the prices
of their production.
Sources said palm oil producers
were planning to le for a special
safeguard duty with the Trade
Department, following the surge
in palm olein, or palm oil imports,
and the drastic drop in their prices.
The palm growers association
is poised to le for SSG on palm
oil imports. They said that most
of the imports were undervalued,
thus, unfairly competing with the
local product, a source said.
Palm oil is used as
household cooking oil and is
a key ingredient in margarine,
shortening, vegetable ghee, ice
cream, confectionery and non-
dairy creamers. Hundreds of
farmers in Caraga region depend
on the palm oil industry.
Palm olein prices have
consistently gone down since July
2011 when the price was around
$1,630 per metric ton. The price
fell to $1,500 per MT in the early
part of 2012 and is now barely
above $1,000 per MT.
Local producers are seeking
safeguards to temporarily
deal with the sudden surge in
imports.
The World Trade Organization
provides that a special safeguard
on agriculture can come in the
form of higher duties that can
be triggered automatically when
import volumes rise above a
certain ceiling, or if prices fall
below a certain level.
Sources said the palm oil
producers planned to le the
case soon. If the petition is
sound and with basis, the Trade
Department will issue safeguard
duties, but this will be good for
200 days only. After that, the
palm oil producers may now
elevate the case to the Tariff
Commission, they said.
The Tariff Commission
will then conduct a thorough
review, before coming up with
recommendations and consulting
other concerned parties.
All local cooking oil
manufacturers are forced to
import palm olein because they
have to ght head on in the
market, a source said.
An independent study
conducted by the coconut
industry showed about 31
competing brands of palm olein
in the Philippine market.
The coconut industry could not
quantify how much of imported
palm oil enters the country for
lack of complete data from the
Bureau of Customs.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THE Energy Department wants the
government to declare all power
generation plants as projects of
national signicance through an
executive order or legislation.
Energy Undersecretary
Josena Asirit said the agency
wanted all the power generation
installations declared as projects
of national signicance, so
they would not be affected by
spot zoning ordinances of local
government units.
One of the things that the
department has been working on
is to engage in legislation that
will consider energy projects,
energy investments as projects
of national signicance because
no matter where you locate a
particular investment in energy,
it doesnt necessarily mean that
only the local community will
benet from it, Asirit said.
Asirit said this was one of the
challenges facing the energy
investors today because local
government units had different
policies and directions.
The very nature of an energy
project presupposes that it will
redound to the benet of the
entire industry across the entire
island, she said.
Asirit said Malacanang could issue
an executive order to implement the
departments proposal.
An existing executive order
72 signed by former President
Fidel Ramos stated that unless
otherwise declared by the National
Economic and Development
Authority board, all projects are
considered locally-signicant.
It can be an executive order
but for more permanence you
would like to see it in legislation
so that across any administration
there can be more security of
investment, Asirit said.
Vitarich raising capital to P3.5b
B4
Provinces
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Mindoro east-west
road spurs growth
Voc tech trains 8,000 youths in autonomous Muslim Mindanao
Bird strike hits
plane in Tacloban
By Robert A. Evora
BULALACAOA
mountain road in the
southern part of Mindoro
connects its two provinces
to make the local economy
competitive amid the
aggressive growth posture
of neighboring Panay and
Palawan islands.
Until the completion of the 23-kilometer
stretch, Oriental Mindoro and Occidental
Mindoro were joined by a precarious link
between Bulalacao and Magsaysay towns,
said Assistant Director Arlene Recto of the
Department of Public Works and Highways.
Travel takes four to ve hours, but it takes
more time during bad weather, she said.
Now that it is completed, travel time now is
cut to about one hour, making life easier for
the islanders.
The infrastructure worth P81.405 million
is part of the P522-million Mindoro Oriental/
Mindoro Occidental East Coastal Road
project under the Strong Republic Nautical
Highway program taking advantage of
drivers of the economy such as tourism now
booming in Boracay and Puerto Princesa and
Coron.
For decades, residents and travelers to and
from San Jose had to endure hardships due to
perilous roads linking Oriental and Occidental
Mindoro, said lawyer Joel Jabal. The roads
completion opens business opportunities for
both residents and investors, he noted.
Resorts and hotels are likely to ourish
along the mountainous but picturesque
Bulalacao coastlines down to Magsaysay, in
Occidental Mindoro. Rice, garlic and aqua
culture products can now be transported fresh
easily to Manila round-the-clock.
District Engineer Magtanggol Roldan,
of the DPWHs Southern Mindoro District
Engineering Ofce, in a report submitted to
Oriental Mindoro Gov. Alfonso Umali Jr.
said work would continue on the nautical
highways section from Pinamalayan town
to Roxas town.
Also on-going is the concreting of the
alternate route via Bongabong town through
Lisap Bridge, which has erected in the 1960s.
Other spans under rehabilitation are Sagana
and Dalapian also in Bongabong and Baroc
Bridge in Mansalay. .
Mindoro is considered the Region IV-A
and B due to its vast ricelands, coconut and
banana plantations. The island supplies fruits,
vegetables, shery and other marine products
to Metro Manila through a road and Ro-Ro
network.
The Department of Public Works and Highways has opened a 23-kilometer road linking up the two provinces of Mindoro to perk up investments
and attract locators. Robert A. Evero
By Eric B. Apolonio
A PHILIPPINE Airlines A320 with 94 passengers and crew
managed to land safely after a bird strike at the Daniel Z.
Romualdez airport in Tacloban City, Leyte, early morning on
Wednesday.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said PAL ight PR
191 had left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal
2 domestic terminal at 5:45 a.m. and was approaching the
Romualdez airports runway 18 at 6:42 am when it cut through
a bird ock.
Investigators said ducks were sucked in by the two engines of
the aircraft, creating a condition that could stall power at a critical
phase of any ight.
The pilot was able to steer his Airbus to safety with the sigh
of relief for everybody on board before turning it over to the
technical crew to assess the damage.
The returning ight to Manila, PR 192 for 7:30 a.m. was
cancelled and another aircraft had to accommodate the displaced
passengers.
Migratory birds give airline operators and pilots the scare
particularly near the runway.
So far, there had been no fatalities involved in local bird
strikes, except for costly maintenance, repairs and cancelled trips,
according to Philippine Airlines.
But Federal Aviation Administration says 15 percent of bird
strikes worldwide caused actual damage, which would cost $5
million if an engine is smashed up.
In 2008, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport had bird hits
involving three international air carriers. The rst was in May 12,
2008 when a Cathay Pacic plane arriving from Hong Kong was
about to touch down when it collided with a bird.
All over the country, 42 bird strikes have been were documented
in 2009 to 120 in 2010.
By Dexter A. See
TABUK CITY-About 160
students here have put up a own
1-hectare agro-forestry reserve
in a public high school to show
that environmentalism can start
at an early age.
The members of Tabuk City
Youth Community Service
Club planted 500 assorted
tree seedlings at the campus
of Bulu National High School
in Barangay Bulu, to give
impetus to reforestation in the
Cordilleras.
The green drive was joined by
ofcials from city hall, school,
barangay and Community
Environment and Natural
Resources Ofce.
Eduard Lumas-e, Tabuk City
CENRO Greening Program
Coordinator, said the students
were showing the way to a
promising future.
We are elated that todays
youth are actively participating in
our efforts to preserve and protect
the environment from further
degradation, he told Manila
Standard, adding that groups
from other schools have vowed to
follow the Aquino administrations
national greening program.
The Tabuk youths one-hectare
portion is part of the citys 52-
hectare greening commitment
at the Malalao watershed in
Kalinga province where fruit
trees are being grown.
Since its organization in
December 2010, the club has
planted about 10,000 trees across
the city including mango, citrus,
coffee, avocado, among other
varieties.
Lumas-e said the greening
drive also provices a livelihood
opportunity for the planters.
Green shoots show
promise in Kalinga
THE Autonomous Region for
Muslim Mindanao has tapped the
Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority to train
8,000 out-of-school youths and
jobless residents in the region.
TESDA Director General Joel
Villanueva said ARMM Acting
Governor Mujiv Hataman has
alloted P61.6 million for the
technical-vocational education
and training of the rst batch
of 8,956 beneciaries from the
provinces of Basilan, Lanao del
Sur, Maguindanao Sulu, Tawi-
Tawi and Marawi City.
The training fund is part of
the P5.89 billion Transition
Investment Support Plan from
the national government to
boost ARMMs development,
according to Villanueva.
He said the trainees will be
enrolled in TESDAs Training
for Work Scholarship Program,
Private Education Student
Financial Assistance and TWSP
for Youth and Ulama programs.
Quality and relevant TVET
is our way of pitching in to
initiatives to reform the region,
Villanueva said.
Among the courses to be
offered are Food and Beverage
Services, Auto Servicing,
Massage Therapy, Household
Services, Masonry, Health Care
Services, Agricultural Crops
Production, Tour Guiding
Services, Commercial Cooking,
Electrical Installation and
Maintenance, and Carpentry.
Villanueva said graduates will
undergo competency assessment
to merit a TESDA National
Certicate or Certicate of
Competency.
Ferdinand Fabella
Sandiganbayan stays
case against Garcia
THE Sandiganbayan has granted the Motion
for Suspension of Proceedings that Cebu
Governor Gwen Garcia led over charges
by Ofce of the Ombudsman.
The anti-graft court issued an order last
August 3 after it conducted due hearings
on Garcias plea and after she informed
the court that there is a pending Motion
for Reconsideration of the Ombudsmans
decision to le charges against her.
Lawyer Christina Garcia-Frasco, of the
governors defense panel, also claried
that the Hold Departure Orders against
her client were issued in July 24, 2012 or
before the said court granted the Motion for
Suspension of Proceedings.
We had anticipated the issuance of
the HDOs as this is a matter of course
and is standard operating procedure in
the Sandiganbayan once an Information
is led against a respondent, she said.
Furthermore, this does not, in any way affect
the merits of the governors defense.
Garcia-Frasco said the Motion for
Reconsideration of the Resolution and
Addendum to the Resolution of the
Ombudsman raised very pertinent questions
about the validity of the Information led
against Garcia as well as the Ombudsmans
nding of probable cause.
As can be gleaned from the HDOs, these
were all dated July 24, 2012. It is clear,
therefore, that these were issued before
Governor Garcia had the opportunity to
present evidence and arguments in her behalf
to justify her plea to suspend the proceedings,
and before she had the opportunity to
present these same evidence and arguments
in her Motion for Reconsideration of the
Ombudsmans decision, she said..
Garcia-Frasco said following the
Sandiganbayans order for the suspension
of proceedings, she would le a separate
Motion for Reconsideration on the issuance
of the HDOs to allow Garcia to do ofcial
functions abroad where she has been
invited.
We sincerely believe that the charges
against her are weak and that the transactions
involved in the case did not cause any undue
injury against the people and the government
of Cebu, she said.
Humanitarian mission. Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil (in dark blue shirt) leads the turnover
of 50 wheelchairs and 500 relief packs from Taipei Economic and Cultural Ofce and Taiwan Association of the
Philippines on Aug. 24, 2012. Joining him with the beneciaries are David Shih (second from left), president
of Taiwan Association, and Andrew Lin (fourth from left), Political Division Director of TECO, in lieu of TECO
representative Ambassador Raymond L. S. Wang.

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