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PNoy says less than that
would be disappointing
Belmonte
unsure of
Aquinos
libel view
New RH
version
pushed
De Lima looks into HK tourists case
House chides Comelec
for torturing party-lists
No Cha-cha needed to create Bangsamoro
PDEA bares modus of drug syndicate
China-PH
talks tackle
sea dispute
Palace sets P40-b
sin tax compromise
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WEATHER
Little or no rain
Honrado: NAIA
not for sleeping
GENERAL Manager Jose Angel
Honrado on Thursday took exception
to a websites tagging of the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport on Tues-
day as the worst in Asia in 2012.
He made the statement after
sleeping in the airport.com, a budget
travelers website, said the airports
30-year-old Terminal 1 was Asias
worst, and mainly because it has no
TROPICAL storm Nina left the
Philippines Wednesday night, as-
suring the country of good weather
for at least three days, the weather
bureau said Thursday.
Weather forecaster Aldczar Au-
relio said no weather disturbance
was now threatening any part of
the country following Ninas exit.
Home at last. From top clockwise, 261 Filipino workers eeing the war in Syria arrived at the airport on
Thursday after being own in by a Jordan Aviation aircraft chartered by the International Organization for
Migration. Bullit Marquez, AP
New heads. Transport Secretary Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya, right, and Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency director general Arturo Cacdac Jr. relax after taking their oath in Malacaang.
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P18.00 Friday, October 19, 2012
We are reasonably condent
it will be passed, whether at P30
billion, P40 billion, or P60 bil-
lion, the President said.
But Mr. Aquino said the P15
billion spelled out in the Senate
version of the bill was way too
low to nance the governments
universal health care program.
Earlier, presidential spokes-
man Edwin Lacierda said even
the compromise P40-billion rev-
enue target would be a victory,
even though the Finance De-
partment had originally sought
P60 billion.
Its not too late (to pass the
measure). Theres still no set-
back as far as we are concerned,
he added.
Pressure from the Palace this
week led to the resignation of
Senator Ralph Recto as chair-
man of the committee of ways
and means, and his withdrawal
of his version of the bill that tar-
geted only P15 billion in reve-
nues from new taxes on tobacco
and alcohol, only one-fourth of
the administrations target.
In a television interview
Thursday, Finance Secretary
Cesar Purisima said they are
willing to accept a lower num-
ber provided it accomplishes the
objectives of the bill.
My job is to raise as much
revenues as possible and I will
go as high a number as I can
get because our budget contin-
ues to increase... The objective
is not just revenue, but it is also
a health bill, to discourage our
youth from smoking and con-
suming sin products and to be
able to fund universal health
care, especially for the poorest
of the poor, Purisima said.
Credit rating agencies have
said the passage of the bill is
one of the requisites for giving
the Philippines and investment
grade status.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte
Jr. on Thursday acknowledged
criticism that the House version
of the bill favored the alcohol
industry by cutting its tax bur-
den, but said this could still be
remedied by the bicameral con-
ference committee which would
reconcile differences between
the House and Senate versions
of the bill.
It is not that this is the nal
word because the whole bill is
open to scrutiny of the Senate, at
that point the two of us will meet
and come up with a nal version,
Belmonte said.
By Maricel V. Cruz
THE House of Representatives
has come out with a new ver-
sion of the Reproductive Health
bill that Speaker Feliciano Bel-
monte Jr. on Thursday called a
denitive step toward the ap-
proval of the measure.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman,
the principal author of House Bill
4244, presented a substitute bill
that, among other things, man-
dates the government to give pri-
ority to the poor households in its
provision of reproductive health
care, to guarantee public access to
reproductive health care services,
and to provide nancing support
to promote natural methods of
family planning.
The RH bill aims to guar-
antee universal access to the
methods of contraception,
fertility control, sexual educa-
tion and maternal health care,
but is highly divisive, with
experts, academics, religious
institutions, and major politi-
cal gures supporting and op-
posing it.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Justice Department said
Thursday it will look into the
claim for damages of the sur-
vivors and families of the eight
Hong Kong tourists who were
killed in a hostage-taking incident
at the Rizal Park in 2010.
Justice Secretary Leila de
Lima made the statement after
learning about the Hong Kong
governments recent decision to
provide legal aid to the victims in
their claim for damages.
I will check out rst the exact
relief or remedy allowed by the
Hong Kong court and the accom-
panying processes or procedures
for such, De Lima said in a text
message to the Manila Standard.
From there, I will determine
the corresponding action on the part
of the Philippine government.
De Lima made the statement
after Radio Television Hong Kong
on Tuesday said the Hong Kong
government had allowed the sur-
vivors and families of those killed
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By Jonathan Fernandez
THE Philippine Drug Enforce-
ment Agency warned Filipinos
on Thursday against the recruiters
of an international drug trafck-
ing syndicate that use Filipinos as
drug mules.
PDEA Director General Ar-
turo Cacdac Jr. said the members
of the African Drug Syndicate or
ADS were now operating in the
country, and they could be your
neighbor, classmate or friend.
ADS members are friendly
and very persisitent, attributes
that make them good recruiters,
said Cacdac, a former top ofcial
of the National Police who as-
sumed the post as PDEA chief on
Thursday.
De Lima
By Sara Susanne
Fabunan
SEVERAL aspects of Philip-
pines-China relations, including
the ongoing territorial dispute in
the West Philippine Sea or South
China Sea, will be tackled when
top senior foreign ministers from
both countries meet today in the
18th Foreign Ministry Consulta-
tion or FMC at the Foreign Af-
fairs building in Pasay City.
Foreign Affairs spokesman
Raul Hernandez said the con-
sultation will review the exist-
ing cooperation and chart future
direction of Philippine-China
diplomatic relations.
He also conrmed that the is-
sue on the West Philippine Sea
was on the agenda in todays bi-
lateral meeting between Manila
and Beijing.
The West Philippine Sea is
one of several topics to be dis-
cussed in the FMC, he said.
By Joyce Pangco Paares and Maricel V. Cruz
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III said
he would be very disappointed if Con-
gress approves a sin tax bill that brings
in less than P40 billion in new revenues
to the government.
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By Christine Herrera
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano
Belmonte on Thursday seemed
reluctant to support President
Benigno Aquino IIIs view that
libel should be decriminalized.
In a news conference, Bel-
monte said he would have to
consult the whole House about
the issue.
Now, if the President says
that hes for decriminalizing
it, that is his stand. That is not
necessarily our stand. It could
be our stand as well, but its not
necessarily our stand. We are
284 people here in the House,
and that has to be discussed by
us here, Belmonte said.
On Tuesday, the President said
he was in favor of decriminalizing
libel, a month after he signed the
Cybercrime Prevention Act, which
raised the penalty for online libel to
four to eight years in jail.
Belmonte agreed that the
penalty for online libel should
be at par with other forms of
CONGRESS planned to pass only a
resolution to create the Bangsamoro
Ministerial Region, not a separate
state that will require revision of the
Constitution, House of Representa-
tives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte,
Jr. said on Thursday.
Belmonte said lawmakers
planned follow the same proce-
dures used in creating the Au-
tonomous Region of Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) on August 1,
1989, which was inaugurated on
November 6, 1990 with Cotabato
City as its capital.
There is no need for char-
ter changenot on the issue of
Bangsamoro. We create it through
a resolution, Belmonte said.
The government and the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF), which has been ght-
ing for a Bangsamoro homeland
in Mindanao for decades, signed
a framework agreement on Oc-
tober 16 to create a Bangsamoro
political entity that will replace
the ARMM.
Many Filipinos applauded the
agreement, which they hope could
bring lasting peace in Mindanao.
But the real work for peace is yet
to begin.
By Christine F. Herrera
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Bel-
monte Jr. on Thursday chided
the Commission on Elections for
subjecting party-list groups to
torture.
Belmonte said it was not right
for the Comelec to announce sev-
eral number of groups to be dis-
qualied and not name them.
It is not right. Hindi tama yan.
I will not be doing that if I were
in their shoes. I just go ahead, do
it and announce it. It is wrong to
announce I will disqualify 100,
these we will accredit and then
not name them for weeks. That is
harsh, Belmonte told reporters.
The Speaker said he sympa-
thizes with the 56 incumbent par-
ty-list lawmakers because they
had been partners of government
in passing important legislations.
I am 100 percent sympathetic
with the people who are already
here and whenever they ask me for
advice, I said the soundest advice I
can give is that the Comelecs ruling
is still appealable to the Supreme
Court so do whatever you think is
proper, Belmonte said.
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China-PH...
The Philippines will be rep-
resented by Foreign Affairs Un-
dersecretary for Policy Erlinda
Basilio, while Chinas side will
have Vice Foreign Minister Fu
Ying, who is scheduled to arrive
Friday morning.
Fu, who is also expected to
meet with Foreign Affairs later
today, is a high-ranking Chinese
diplomat and is considered as an
expert in handling boundary and
ocean affairs, and translation and
interpretation.
She started her career as a diplo-
mat in 1978 and served as Ambas-
sador to Manila from 1998-2000.
She later had postings in Australia
and the United Kingdom.
The FMC is a regular con-
sultation meeting. Discussions
of which will cover all aspects of
our bilateral relations as well as
regional and multilateral issues of
interest to both countries, Her-
nandez added.
Now on its 18th year, the
FMC was established as a regu-
lar bilateral mechanism and a
venue for Manila and Beijing
to discuss bilateral, regional and
multilateral issues of mutual con-
cern, as well as to explore and
deepen areas of cooperation in
various elds, such as trade and
investment, tourism, culture and
education, defense and security,
agriculture and sheries, trans-
portation and communication,
and consular matters.
Basilio is expected to discuss
with Fu the governments posi-
tion to bring the territorial dispute
before an international body, as
outlined by President Benigno
Aquino III on Wednesday.
The president said that the gov-
ernment was planning to hire sev-
eral lawyers with expertise on in-
ternational law to help the country
in pushing for its territorial claims
in the West Philippine Sea.
There are several law rms
that we are consulting that are
conversant in international law
to precisely chart the course of
how we will utilize the legal pro-
cedures in international law to
advance our claims, Mr. Aquino
said on Wednesday.
Fu was among several Chi-
nese ofcials who met with In-
terior Secretary Manuel Mar
Roxas on the sidelines of a trade
expo in Nanning, China in Sep-
tember, along with Chinese Vice
President Xi Jinping.
After the meetings in Nan-
ning, Beijing declared that
tensions have eased between
Manila and Beijing, although
Roxas said the Chinese did not
change their position in push-
ing for bilateral talks to resolve
the dispute.
De Lima...
in the Aug. 23, 2010 incident to
sue the Philippine government
for damages.
Democratic Party legislator
James To was quoted as saying that
the application for legal aid by the
survivors and relatives of the vic-
tims was rejected by Hong Kongs
Legal Aid Department at rst be-
cause the Philippines might invoke
state immunity as a defense.
The eight Hong Kong tourists
were killed and seven others were in-
jured when dismissed police ofcer
Rolando Mendoza commandeered
a bus full of tourists at the Quirino
grandstand at the Luneta Park and
later red on the tourists. He was
subsequently killed by the police in a
botched rescue operation.
A member of the Philippine In-
cident Investigation and Review
Committee that investigated the
incident said such move by the vic-
tims should not come as a surprise.
Some ofcials could be really
held liable for negligence based
on our report, Integrated Bar of
the Philippines national president
Roan Libarios said.
But he begged off when asked
whether or not the victims could
sue the Philippine government.
The survivors and families of the
victims repeated their demand that
the Philippine government issue a
formal apology and compensate
them during the second anniversary
of the incident in August this year.
They said the ofcials who
were responsible for the bungled
operation to rescue the hostages,
including Manila Mayor Alfredo
Lim, should be held accountable
for the death of their relatives.
Honrado...
sleeping quarters. The same
website named Terminal 1 as
the worlds worst airport in
2011.
I have to admit that there are
no facilities for sleeping at the
airport, but it does not deserve
Asias worst-airport tag, Hon-
rado said in a radio interview.
He said that, compared with
the other airports on the web-
sites best and worst list, Ter-
minal 1 was old, and that the
inclusion of Singapore and
Kuala Lumpurs relatively new
budget terminals only showed
that the websites survey for its
listing was done for the travel-
ers who slept in airports.
In November last year, Trans-
port Secretary Mar Roxas said
the Government had earmarked
P1 billion to refurbish Terminal 1.
The rehabilitation project
starts middle of January 2012
and the funds will come from
realignments from the [Trans-
port Department] and from cor-
porate funds of the[Manila In-
ternational Airport Authority]
Roxas said.
Incoming Transport Secre-
tary Joseph Emilio Abaya on
Wednesday said terminal 1
would be fully rehabilitated,
while Terminal 3 would be op-
erational within 18 months.
Hopefully, within a year or
a year and a half, we will have
NAIA 3 fully operational and
NAIA 1 fully rehabilitated,
Abaya said. Eric B. Apolonio
PDEA...
Filipinos travel to work over-
seas and many of them have
been caught carrying illegal
drugs. Recently, three Filipino
drug mules were sentenced to
death by lethal injection in Chi-
na.
PDEA has prepared a prole
of the ADS and its manner of
operations to serve as warning
to Filipinos and avoid getting
hooked by the syndicate. ADS
target Filipinos either as drug
mules or as recruiters.
Cacdac says ADS members
are procient in English, usual-
ly single and between 20 and 45
years of age and either working
as couriers or smugglers who re-
cruit Filipino couriers.
They use stolen or falsied
documents for their transac-
tions, including purchases of
plane tickets and hotel bookings.
They usually use the phone and
the internet as their means of
communication, Cacdac said.
He said ADS recruiters be-
friend and even marry their new
recruits that they met through
casual acquaintance or through
the internet.
Some ADS members enroll in
a university as a foreign exchange
student and they court their class-
mates and later turn them into
drug mules, Cacdac says.
ADS recruiters offer to pay
drug mules from $3,000 to
$15,000 for every successful
transaction, depending on the
amount of drugs to be delivered
or the route to be traveled, Cac-
dac says.
Cacdac, a member of the Phil-
ippine Military Academy Class
of 1978, was former deputy
chief of the Philippine National
Police for Operations and was
concurrent chief of the PNP
Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Op-
erations Task Force.
He served as director of the
Directorate for Investigation
and Detective Management and
chief of the PNP Crime Labo-
ratory Ofce and Firearms and
Explosives Ofce before as-
suming the number two post as
PNP deputy chief for adminis-
tration until his retirement.
New...
Majority Leader and Manda-
luyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales
II on Thursday said the substi-
tute version would be distrib-
uted to the 285 House members
so they could decide whether or
not to support it.
We hope that, for expedien-
cy and orderly procedure, this
will be allowed as the substitute
bill so that this could be used as
the working draft, the point of
reference when we move to the
period of amendments, Gon-
zales said.
Still, a priest on Thursday
said the Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philippines,
which is violently against the
bill, had yet to receive a copy of
the substitute bill and so could
not comment on it yet.
He said the CBCP would be
reviewing the new version be-
fore issuing a statement on it.
Belmonte told reporters he
hoped that the proposed amend-
ments to the Reproductive Health
bill would allow the Lower
House to nally put it to a vote.
I think its a denite step
forward, he said, adding that
the RH bill was among the vital
measures that needed to be ap-
proved by the House when ses-
sion resumed next month.
Belmonte said the House
leadership expected to pass the
bill on second reading before
the Christmas break.
The declaration of policy of
the new version of the bill says
poor women and men in mar-
ginalized households shall be
voluntary beneciaries of re-
productive health care, services
and supplies for free.
Lagman, in his proposed
amendments, said the substitute
bill would ensure that reproduc-
tive health devices and supplies
to be distributed by the govern-
ment do not prevent implanta-
tion of a fertilized ovum.
The new version also man-
dates the Food and Drug Admin-
istration to guarantee that repro-
ductive health services that will
be provided by the government
are medically safe, legal, ethical,
affordable and effective. With
Vito Barcelo
Little...
Nina, which hovered in
Northern Luzon for at least 10
days, is now battering parts of
Japan.
Nina did not directly affect
any area in Northern Luzon
because of the transition peri-
od from the habagat or south-
west monsoon to the amihan
or northeast monsoon, which
sets in in October.
Habagat is the violent wind
brought by the typhoons
coming from the western
portions of the country,
while the amihan is charac-
terized by moderate tempera-
tures, little or no rainfall, and
winds from the east.
The northeast monsoon
had been affecting Northern
Luzon since Thursday, the
weather bureau said.
Still, the Ilocos, Cagayan
Valley and the Cordillera Ad-
ministrative Region will have
occasional light rain. Metro
Manila and the rest of the
country will be partly cloudy
with brief rain showers or
thunderstorms.
Jonathan Fernandez
Arraignment. Newly appointed Comelec Commisioner Grace Padaca attends her arraignment on her graft
case at the Sandiganbayan, which was reset on Nov. 29. LINO SANTOS
House...
The Speaker said he understood
the Comelec had to do piecemeal
scrutiny and disqualication and
accreditation of the more than 100
party-list groups that registered
for 2013 mid-term polls.
Piecemeal, by necessity it is
because it cant be that just one
rule applies to all. The Comelec
has to scrutinize each party-list
whether they are represented here
already or newly formed or what-
ever, he said.
Belmonte said the best advice
he could give to the affected
party-list lawmakers was to look
for the best legal remedy to keep
them from getting disqualied.
The Speaker said he felt help-
less that he could not offer any
solution to their problem.
What can I tell them, Im not
the Comelec, Belmonte said.
But Belmonte did not comment
when asked about the bickering
between the moderate Akbayan
and the members of the militant
Makabayan groups.
The two groups resorted to
name-calling with Akbayan call-
ing the Makabayan as an extreme
left with fake pro-poor stance and
Anakbayan calling Akbayan a
lackey and adjunct of Malacanang
and a bogus party-list.
Makabayan is composed of
Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Ga-
briela, Kabataan, ACT Teachers,
Katribu, Bagong Alyansang Mak-
abayan, Anakbayan, Migrante,
Kilusang Mayo Uno and Ki-
lusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas,
among other groups.
Belmonte simply said he did not
want to be caught in the crossre.
Let them be. Its good you
have a story, Belmonte said.
Meanwhile, a labor group that
calls itself the Nagkakaisang
Mamamayang Pilipino asked the
Senate Committee on Suffrage
and Electoral Reforms to investi-
gate the Comelec for its decision
to disqualify the Ako Bicol Party
list from next years local elec-
tions.
The call came after Senators
Chiz Escudero and Gringo Hona-
san had questioned the constitu-
tionality of the decision promul-
gated by Comelec .
The NMP and supporters of
Ako Bicol held a foot parade ral-
ly on Thursday at the Penaranda
Park, Albay to protest the Com-
elec ruling.
The group said the Comelec
should have at least checked out
the track record of Ako Bicol to see
what good it had done to the public.
Ako Bicol party-list, which is
headed by Rep. Alfredo Garbin,
said they would challenge the Com-
elec decision in the Supreme Court.
Garbin described the Comelec
decision as disheartening and
misleading. With Vito Barcelo
No...
Belmonte said Malacanang
would draft the framework of the
resolution and Congress would
vote on it and if we give it pref-
erential treatment and attention
we could approve it before the
Christmas break.
But Malacang seems to be
having difficultty in drafting
the framework and up to the
present time both the House
and the Senate were still wait-
ing for the resolution, Bel-
monte said.
The current proposal, what
theyre thinking of when it
was discussed at a certain
point, was an executive or-
der .... a fill-in the blanks ex-
ecutive order ... that would be
subject to yes or no by either
chamber without in any way
preventing further legislation
from being presented to the
two houses, Belmonte said.
Thats how I understood it.
If that is the immediate purpose,
I think that can be tackled be-
fore the Christmas vacation if it
would only entail a yes or no, and
without prejudice to additional
implementing laws, he said.
He said the issue about consti-
tutionality has been discussed at
length.
We dont need to amend
the Constitution in order to ef-
fectuate it. But you may need
some laws ... an executive or-
der will be submitted to Con-
gress and we can act on that,
Belmonte said.
He said if Congress can pass
the resolution before Christmas,
implementing agencies can start
work as prescribed in the peace
accord framework signed by
the government and the MILF.
Christine F. Herrera
Palace...
Lawmakers from the tobacco-
growing north have complained
about the House version of the
bill, which seeks to raise about
P26.8 billion from the tobacco in-
dustry, but only P4.4 billion from
the liquor industry.
La Union Rep. Victor Ortega,
president of the 34-man Northern
Luzon Alliance, expressed hopes
that the bicameral conference
committee would be able to come
up with a compromise
version that would address con-
cerns of all stakeholders, espe-
cially the tobacco farmers.
We will try to get a more rea-
sonable version of the bill, Orte-
ga told the Manila Standard.
Ortega also said the he had al-
ready asked the Agriculture De-
partment to come up with a study
as to what alternative livelihood
the government would provide to
the countrys millions of tobacco
farmers who will likely be dis-
placed once the higher sin taxes
are imposed.
The Ilocanos dont want to
beg, and they dont want doles.
They want work, Ortega said.
Budget Secretary Florencio
Abad said the administration
would be all right even if it col-
lected only P40 billion from the
new sin taxes.
At a roundtable discussion on
health nancing sponsored by the
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare As-
sociation of the Philippines (PHAP),
Abad said there is a standby appro-
priation to ll the P20-billion gap to
raise the P60-billion target.
I am not worried if you col-
lect P40 billion, Im not worried
about the difference. Im more
concerned about the ability of the
Department of Health and Phil-
health to absorb the huge amount
of investments because they will
be funded to the tune of P100 bil-
lion, Abad said.
But Abad said the President is
determined to pass that measure.
I think the President enjoys the
full cooperation of both Houses
and our legislators know that be-
cause of his high credibility. This
gives him a lot of ascendancy to
push for the measure, Abad said.
With Christine F. Herrera and
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Belmonte...
libel, but fell short of giving
the Presidents latest remark a
ringing endorsement.
He added that the higher
penalty imposed by the Cy-
bercrime Prevention Act for
online libel was what made the
law so controversial.
The cybercrime law by it-
self increased the penalty for
libel and that is what a lot of
people were very concerned
about, Belmonte said.
Other members of the House,
however, were receptive to de-
criminalizing libel.
Bohol Rep. Edrico Aumen-
tado, chairman of the House
committee on ethics, said it
would give more substance
and strength to the freedom
of expression enshrined in the
Constitution.
He added that those who
felt they were libeled could
still file a civil case and seek
damages.
Samar Rep. Ben Evardone
dismissed the suggestion that
the President issued his state-
ment to appease a public an-
gered by the Cybercrime Pre-
vention Act.
I dont think it was meant
to appease the public. It is not
the style of President Aquino to
go with whats popular, said
Evardone.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Col-
menares said the President
was moving on the right path
and direction, saying no one
should be imprisoned for the
exercise of his constitutional
rights.
The remedy of those who
are libeled is the civil code
through civil damages, not a
penalty of imprisonment, Col-
menares said.
Colmenares earlier slammed
the House leaderships inaction
on six bills that sought to de-
criminalize libel.
The author of the Cyber-
crime Prevention Act, Sena-
tor Edgardo Angara, again
defended the law, saying
people who criticized its li-
bel provision should press for
an amendment to the Revised
Penal Code first.
Once the libel provision
in the Revised Penal Code is
decriminalized, it will render
moot and academic online li-
bel, Angara said.
The public anger over Anga-
ras law, which was challenged
15 times before the Supreme
Court, has triggered a urry of
bills seeking to amend its more
controversial provisions.
Angara defended the provi-
sion in the Cybercrime Pre-
vention Act on online libel,
however, saying it should stay
in place until libel is decrimi-
nalized.
Angara added that decrimi-
nalizing libel could be even
worse for journalists, who
might lose all their assets
including those belonging to
their familyin a libel case.
At a separate forum Thurs-
day, Senator Gregorio Hona-
san said public pressure made
the President change his stand
on the Cybercrime Prevention
Act.
He said this was a good sign
that the President was listening
to the people.
Several bills seeking to
decriminalize libel have also
been filed in the Senate.
Maricel Cruz and Macon
Ramos-Araneta
OCTOBER 19, 2012 FRIDAY
A3 News
ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Asian Group seeks
ways to thwart
cross-border crimes
Pork shortage looms
over hoarding of corn
Anti-drug campaign
revives grassroots tack
Agrarian Department shelves mass layoff, adopts one-DAR policy
Priests at the Quiapo Church release candle-lit lanterns to commemmorate the death anniversary of Fr. Fausto Tentorio who was gunned down in North Cota-
bato last year. He was the third member of the Pontical Institute for Foreign Missions to be killed in the country. DANNY PATA
The shortage could reach 30 percent by
April next year when hoarding of corn, a
major cereal feed for hogs, hits its peak,
said Rep. Nicanor Briones of Agricultural
Sector Alliance of the Philippines.
He blamed the impending shortage
on overhoarding of the supply of local
corn feeds.
The shortage will not yet be felt in
December, but in April, Briones told
the Manila Standard.
Agap called on Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcala to look into the alleged
corn hoarding of large distributors, par-
ticularly the Mindanao Grain Corp.,
while urging the government to import
corn feeds to put an end to the practice.
Distributors will be forced to bring
out their trade once there is an oversup-
ply of imported corn feeds, he said.
Apart from importation, Briones said
the Agriculture and Trade and Industry
Departments should inspect corn feed
warehouses of traders, and investigate
those without corn farms or millers, who
are likely hoarding the corn feeds.
Despite (being) harvest time, the cost
of corn has gone up from P12 per kilo to
P17 per kilo. We (should) have enough
supply because it is harvest time. The
price of corn went up because of hoard-
ers, Briones said.
Because of the higher production cost,
hog raisers were left with no option but to
sell their pigs for a higher price, he noted.
Consumers, 70 percent of the coun-
By Florante S. Solmerin
RETIRED police ofcial Ar-
turo Cacdac Jr., new head of the
Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency wants to revive the
campaign against illegal drugs
in communities.
I will ask the DILG (De-
partment of Interior and Local
Government) to help us activate
the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse
Council, he told reporters on
Thursday, adding the implemen-
tation will go up the town, city
and provincial levels.
He retired as deputy of Na-
tional Police Chief Nicanor Bar-
tolome last October 11 but was
appointed to replace PDEA chief
Jose Gutierrez Jr.
Cacdac admitted that the agen-
cy was incapable of the supply-
reduction effort tasked to go
after high-prole and drug labo-
ratories among its priorities.
Street-level pushing will have
to be addressed by the chiefs of
police, he said, while calling on
the public to help solve the drug
menace.
Cacdac said an SMS or cellular
phone-dedicated line would be
set up to monitor illegal drugs
activities in villages.
Taking the psycho-social as-
pect of the vice, he cited the home
as a take-off point.
The demand-reduction effort
has to start in the family and par-
ents will have to guide their chil-
dren that using prohibited drugs
is wrong, Cacdac said.
In school, our allies are
the teachers and student
organizations.
He said the agencys Internal
Affairs Service would hasten
resolution of cases against erring
employees.
Tollways contract hangs
THE government is reviewing the reve-
nue-sharing proposal of the Manila North
Tollways Corp. for a concession agreement
with the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway,
which is owned and built by the Bases
Conversion Development Authority.
President Aquino said that several
conditions were being considered includ-
ing the assets that will be transferred to
the MNTC and the pricing.
The MNTC won the 25-year contract
to operate and manage the 94-kilometer
expressway in November 2010.
The formal turnover, however, will only
happen once the President approves the deal.
The BCDA said the Finance depart-
ment wanted the contract for the manage-
ment and operation of SCTEx rebidded.
Joyce Paares
Coast Guard chief sacked
THE Sandiganbayan has imposed a 90-
day suspension order on Coast Guard
commandant Vice Admiral Edmund Tan
in connection with the graft case led
against him by a businessman in 2007.
Lt. Cdr. Armand Balilo, Coast Guard
chief information ofcer, said Tan
stepped down on Thursday to comply
with the Sandiganbayan order.
Rear Adm. Luis Tuason, vice comman-
dant for operations, has been designated
as ofcer-in-charge.
The Sandiganbayans Fourth Division
on Oct. 8 denied the motion for reconsid-
eration led by Tan.
Balilo said that it was only last
Wednesday when Tans ofce received
the suspension order sent via fax.
The rst time Tan got suspended was
in July, but he only served 15 days since
the order was stopped pending his mo-
tion for reconsideration. Joel Zurbano
Bulacans top scal named
VETERAN trial lawyer Renato C. Sa-
monte Jr. is now the new Chief Provin-
cial Prosecutor of Bulacan.
He assumes the post vacated by Al-
fredo Geronimo who retired from the
government service last year.
Bulacan Gov. Wilhelmino Sy-Alvar-
ado welcomed the appointment of Sa-
monte by President Aquino as a tting
tribute to the qualication and capability
of a true-blue Bulakenyo at the helm of
the prosecution service.
Samonte, who had an extensive law
practice spanning three decades, nished
A.B. Political Science at the Ateneo de
Manila University and graduated from
the San Beda College of Law in 1980.
Orlan Mauricio
THE Asian Group of 35 members in the Unit-
ed Nations is pushing for technical assistance
to implement the Convention and its Protocol,
the main legal instruments to ght cross-bor-
der crime.
Permanent Representative of the Philip-
pines, Ambassador Lourdes Ypattaguirre
made the call in her speech at the 6th Ses-
sion of the Conference of the Parties to the
UN Convention against Transnational Or-
ganized Crime.
Meanwhile, the United States government re-
cently held a training to upgrade local law en-
forcement and security.
This is yet another example where our two
countries have come together to make the world
safer for the public and to ensure that law en-
forcement has the best skills to address terrorism
and other threats, Ambassador Harry Thomas
Jr. said.
The program was led by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for the National Police and its Spe-
cail action Force, Army and the Coast Guard on
collecting and preserving evidence, identifying
improvised explosive devices, and processing of
crime scenes.
The US embassy said about 100 staff from
various agencies took up courses on Combat
Zone Post-Blast Investigation in Zamboanga
City and Manila. Sara Susanne D. Fabunan
By Rio N. Araja and Joel Zurbano
CONSUMERS are facing a shortage of pork
in the second quarter of 2013 because of corn
hoarding in Mindanao, a party-list representa-
tive said on Thursday.
trys backyard hog raisers and the 40
million agriculture farmers would have
to bear the brunt of the impact of hoard-
ing next year, he said.
Meanwhile, the Customs bureau has
led criminal charges against two sus-
pected smugglers of onions and gar-
lic from China worth a combined P19
million.
Charged with smuggling before the
Department of Justice were traders
Rady Garbosa and Carlos R. Uy for at-
tempting to bring the two shipments into
the country on separate dates without
the required government permits.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Bia-
zon said the Binondo-based Garbosa,
who owns RSG Marketing, was charged
for violation of the Tariffs and Customs
Code and Bureau of Plant Industry
Quarantine Administrative Order No. 1
after the trader misdeclared the P10 mil-
lion worth of onions as fresh pears.
Biazon said onion importation in the
country is regulated to protect the inter-
est of local onion raisers.
Garbosas ve 40-foot container vans
shipment of onions arrived at the Manila
International Container Port on August 2.
Uy, a Laguna-based trader who owns
the Aqua Blue Marine Trading, was
charged for the same offense, after he
tried to illegally bring into the country
four 40-foot container vans of garlic
worth P9 million from China.
Uys shipment arrived at the Port of
Manila (POM) on June 27.
Uys garlic shipment was seized by
virtue of a Warrant of Seizure and De-
tention issued by the Port of Manila
after Deputy Commissioner Horacio
Suansing issued an Alert Order on the
shipment which led to the discovery of
the illegal garlic importation.
Garbosas shipment, meanwhile, was
intercepted after Customs agents dis-
covered that it contained garlic during
an examination of the container vans.
Deputy Commissioner for Revenue
Collection and Monitoring Group and
Run-After-The-Smugglers head Peter
Manzano said his team will pursue the
cases they have led against Garbosa
and Uy.
Daycare classrooms. A throng of elementary school students ash the words Maraming
salamat po following the turnover of the rst of three daycare classrooms to Compostela
province by the Nationwide Development Corporation (Nadecor). The next two classrooms
will also be built soon, to be followed by a pattern of classroom- building projects, part of
the partnership Nadecor has forged for infrastructure development with the Compostela
government headed by Governor Arturo Uy, who cited Nadecor for its sustained corporate
social responsibility (CSR) programs. Nadecors CSR programs include greening the province,
scholarship grants for engineering students, promoting the well-being of indigenous peoples,
empowering community development, and environmental preservation.
By Rio N. Araja

A ONE-DAR concept policy, not
a mass layoff, is being adopted
by the Department of Agrarian
Reform as the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program Ex-
tension with Reforms is nearing
its expiration, Secretary Virgilio
de los Reyes on Thursday said.
At a news conference in Quezon
City, De los Reyes allayed fears of
employees of retrenchment, say-
ing the One-DAR concept is being
implemented requiring workers
in the countryside and the central
ofce in Quezon City with lesser
distribution work to assist their co-
workers in areas where the volume
of work is heavy.
That is in areas with large
number of landholdings that still
has to be acquired and distribut-
ed, he told reporters.
He said the problem of one
is the problem of the entire de-
partment.
He cited as an example the eld
personnel in Aklan, Antique, and
Guimaras who are now assisting
Negros Occidental personnel in
processing claim folders, conduct-
ing identication and activities of
farmer-beneciaries, and eld in-
vestigations.
Even personnel from Camarines
Norte are also working hand-in-
hand with their co-employees in
Camarines Sur to deliver the targets
in Region V, he said.
The One-DAR policy originated
from the efforts of the eld person-
nel from Nueva Ecija, Pampanga,
Bulacan, Zambales and Bataan
who assisted their colleagues in
Tarlac during the information
campaigns and the month-long
conduct of interviews of potential
beneciaries in Hacienda Luisita.
The task in Hacienda Luisita,
he said, was also made lighter
with central ofce staff and eld
personnel from Regions 4-A and
4-B going out of their way to
help process the more than 8,000
interview sheets from the sugar
estate.
He lamented that some sec-
tors were quick to condemn the
DAR bureaucracy for its dis-
mal performance of distribut-
ing only 42,234 hectares of
agricultural land from January
to August 2012.
They fail to point out, or are
unaware of the fact, that a further
23,701 hectares are now with the
Land Registration Administra-
tion for EP/CLOA registration.
This means that from January to
August 2012, our personnel from
the various eld ofces had done
a good job and completed process-
ing of 9,376 landholdings with a
total area of 65,935 hectares, De-
los Reyes pointed out.
I can proudly point out to some
of our critics that, far from per-
forming dismally, our eld person-
nel have been delivering quality
work despite their anxiety for the
future, he said. The realignment
and redeployment of personnel are
necessary for DAR to accomplish
its marching order from President
Aquino to complete the land dis-
tribution component of CARPER
before 2016, he said.
This is precisely the reason
we have submitted a Transition
Plan to the Department of Bud-
get and Management. Sadly,
such move has been mistakenly
portrayed as a plan for the aboli-
tion of our Department by 2014,
he added.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com OCTOBER 19, 2012 FRIDAY
A4
THE government clearly has
changed the rules of doing
business in the Philippines
midstream. It does not honor
past contracts and completely
ignores the economic benets
of major projects to the general
population. By discarding
current laws and policies,
the government has alienated
many foreign investors.
President Benigno Aquino III
the other day reiterated his brand
of governance and did not hide
his dislike of the mining sector.
Mr. Aquino told a forum that
major mining companies like
Xstrata Plc must wait for a new
revenue law before developing
their projects. The government,
he says, will craft a bill that
seeks to give the state a bigger
share of the wealth from mineral
resources.
Mr. Aquino said he was not
condent that the existing laws
were adequately protecting the
environment and fairly sharing
the mining resources with the
people. He would rather wait
for the new revenue law than
risk the environment for some
temporary gain.
Mr. Aquino, however,
should be reminded that what
his government intends to do is
increase its mining revenues.
The new law will not address
safety and environment
concerns, which can best
be handled by responsible
mining companies and the
Environment Department.
Mr. Aquinos
pronouncement virtually shut
the door on Xstratas request
for an environmental clearance
on its $5.9-billion copper-gold
project in South Cotabato.
He did so without reviewing
the voluminous and scientic
documents prepared by the
mining proponent. Mr. Aquino
also ignored the nancial
benets from the huge South
Cotabato minethe total tax
and royalty revenues over its
20-year life are estimated at
around $7.2 billion.
The government, in sum,
is discouraging foreign
investments in the Philippines,
especially in the mining sector.
Global mining companies like
Xstrata of Switzerland and
Australias OceanaGold Corp.
were lured to the Philippines
because of a promise of fair
returns and stable rules. That, of
course, is farther from the truth.
President Aquino would rather
listen to the mining critics who
have not offered an alternative
solution to the countrys
unemployment problem.
Anti-mining
Aquino wants you
to pay more
LETS see now: The last big
allocation of public funds for a
government project announced by
President Noynoy Aquino was P8.5
billion to fund what he called a
Transition Investment Support Plan
in Mindanao, which he hopes will
jump-start the economy in the newly-
seceded (excuse me, newly-created)
Bangsamoro sub-state.
In the meantime, the House of
Representatives has approved on third
and nal reading the biggest expense
of them all, the proposed 2013 General
Appropriations Act, which will require
P2.006 trillion of mostly taxpayers
money to make government run in the
coming year. (This same House, by the
way, earlier approved a bill that would
set aside counterpart public money
for funds raised by political parties
in their electoral
campaigns, thereby
giving a whole
new meaning to the
expression your
taxes are working
for you.)
The national
budget has, over
the past two years,
tripled the allocation
for the supposedly
odious handouts
rst given to the
poor by the previous
administration, now called 4Ps by
the current government, for Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program. And
because Congress cannot be expected
to give anything without getting
something in return (see the election-
expense subsidy bill above), it has also
substantially increased its pork barrel
allocations for each honorable member.
As for Aquino himself, he may be
in a bit of a jam, nancially, because
former Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca has
virtually announced that the P70,000
bail posted by the President to allow
her to assume her new position at the
Commission on Elections despite a
standing warrant for arrest may not be
repaid. Padaca has announced that she
intends to pay back Aquino with good
service as a Comelec commissioner.
(Before the usual Aquino
apologists get their knickers in a
bunch, I must add that Aquino said
he used his personal funds to pay for
Padacas bail. Just like that Porsche
Carrera he bought and which is now
safely parked in a friends garage
in Valle Verde, long after it was
supposedly sold.)
All of these expenses require money.
And this is why, quietly, the Aquino
administration issued last Oct. 1,
Administrative Order No. 31, directing
and authorizing all heads of departments,
bureaus, commissions, agencies, ofces
and instrumentalities of the national
government, including government-
owned and/or -controlled corporations
to rationalize the rates of their fees and
charges, increase their existing rates and
impose new fees and charges.
In other words, the government
needs more money. And guess whos
going to cough it up?
* * *
Now, the Aquino government
has always claimed that its
parsimoniousness has made it
save a lot of money that used to be
wasted on corruption and even the
occasional benecial project. Even
the only state-funded infrastructure
project the administration has
completed so far the underpass
on Quezon Avenue that must make
it a lot easier for Aquino to get from
Malacaang to his mothers house
on Times Street was trumpeted as
a model of cost-saving and efciency.
Even as truly important public
projects gather dust on drawing
boards, like a new airport terminal
that will not end up all the time on
worlds worst lists, there seem to
be no other big-ticket expenditures in
the pipeline for this administration.
The much-ballyhooed (and long-
forgotten) Public-Private Partnerships
which were once hailed as the
solution to all our funding problems
have gotten stuck in the mud along
daang matuwid, because no
reputable investor seems willing to
throw good money at projects that
have questionable returns.
On the revenue
side, meanwhile,
the usual money-
making agencies
like the Bureau of
Customs and the
Bureau of Internal
Revenue keep
missing their targets.
The Philippine
A m u s e m e n t
and Gaming
Corp. and the
Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Ofce
keep reporting record incomes even
if these seem hardly enough to prevent
the administration from dreaming up
something like AO 31.
And so, like Aquinos policy on
libel, the national cost-versus-revenue
situation is hard to read. Conservative
spending is supposed to have saved
government a lot of money, which
is not being spent on visible projects
like infrastructure.
Most spending by government
these days is for political purposes,
like the 4Ps, Congress and its pork
barrel, the Bangsamoro sub-state and
military hardware like creaky old ex-
US Coast Guard cutters and ries and
handguns for the police and military.
So what in the world does Aquino
need more money from taxpayers for?
Ah, yes, the taxpayers who will
soon be charged more for everything
they need from government, from
birth certicates to passports
to drivers licenses and vehicle
registration, permits and documents
and services that are already not
worth the money that is paid for them
at current rates. And its not as if these
same taxpayers arent already being
soaked by maxed-out fees charged
by public utilities, the oil companies,
telco rms and all the other for-prot
entities that they pay money to.
Who will challenge AO 31? Will
the same energy that was expended to
force Aquino to back away from his
cybercrime law be expended to stop
government agencies from basically
being allowed to engage in a contest
where the winner is the one who
charges the taxpayer most for services
that, by rights and given the existing
tax rates and charges, should really be
free or at least subsidized?
And will Padaca ever pay Aquino
back in cash? Who knows?
EDITORIAL
The Philippines in Europe
BRUSSELSWithout creating any
illusion that the Eurozone crisis is over,
the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to
the European Union has lifted the spirit
of so many Europeans and made them
feel they were all Nobel Prize winners.
Nowhere is this perhaps more evident
than in the European Development Days
here in Brussels where several African
presidents and Philippine Vice President
Jejomar C. Binay have converged to
congratulate the EU on the Prize and to
discuss development cooperation with
the European leaders.
The European Development
Days is Europes premier forum on
international affairs and development
cooperation. Established in 2006, its
seventh forum took place amidst the
still-virulent Eurozone crisis centered
on the unrelieved Greek and Spanish
debt problems. In singling out Europe
as a force for reconciliation and peace,
the Prize created no distraction from the
crisis, but took the wind away from the
sail of those who say the crisis can be
solved only by getting rid of the euro and
Europe itself as a political institution.
It provides an added argument for
Europes continued existence.
At this weeks EDD, which coincided
with World Food Day and the day
focused on the eradication of poverty,
President Jose Manuel Barroso of the
European Commission declared that
despite its failure to tame the crisis,
Europe remains a strong and committed
development partner to the developing
countries, and will not turn its back on
them. This was seconded by President
Dimitris Christoas of Cyprus, the
rotating president of the Council of the
European Union, and welcomed by the
president of Benin and acting president
of the African Union, Thomas Boni Yayi
of Benin, President Armando Emilio
Guebuza of Mozambique, President
Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce
Banda of Malawi, and President Ali
Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, who all
described the EU-assisted programs in
their respective countries.
Yet it was Binay, speaking for
President Benigno Aquino III, and
the lone Asian leader in the company
of so many African presidents, who
provided the most eloquent response
to Barrosos statement. After citing
the EUs contribution to the Philippine
programs, he assured the EU that
whatever challenges we may have to
face separately or together between now
and in the future, we shall never abandon
our faith in Europe. I thought I saw one
European ofcial wipe a misty eye after
these words were spoken.
In his well-applauded address,
Binay told the assembly that amidst the
continuing global crisis, the brightest
spots in the global economy were to be
found in the developing countries. The
World Bank itself projects that growth
in those countries, while slowing to 5.3
percent in 2012, will strengthen to 5.9
percent in 2013 and to 6.1 percent in
2014.
Binay impressed his audience with
his report on the Philippines under
Aquinos leadership. We are now,
according to HSBC, the 44
th
largest
economy in the world, he began.
Our gross domestic product grew by
6.4 percent in the rst quarter of this
year, and is on track to keep that pace
throughout 2012. Our growth rates have
outperformed all economies in the region
with the exception of China. Our gross
international reserves of $70 billion now
exceed our total foreign debt, and this
has allowed us to commit $1 billion to
the International Monetary Fund to help
some troubled economies.
Since the Aquino administration
took ofce in 2010, we have pushed the
shadow of ofcial corruption decisively
to the past. We have since received two
credit ratings upgrades from the most
reputable institutions, and are now one
notch away from investment grade
status. In a world economy that must
contend with the rapid and irreversible
ageing of the population, and serious
problems of generational replacement
in many developed countries, our
young and robust English-speaking
workforce helps to make the Philippines
an attractive investment destination and
manufacturing center as well as a reliable
supplier of migrant labor for highly
industrialized countries.
The acting president of the African
Union made the same point by saying
that by 2050, Africa will have the biggest
young population as ageing aficts the
rest of the world. This is how the future
will be built.
Binay spoke of the newly concluded
agreement between the government and
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as the
fruit of our earnest desire to eradicate
social injustice and inequality and make
human development the main driving
force and central motive of our peace and
reconciliation efforts with the various
parties in armed conict with the State.
Encouraged by this breakthrough,
we hope we could soon nalize our next
peace agreement with the Communist
Party of the Philippines and its military
arm, and the National Democratic Front,
he said. The dividend we derive from
this peace effort should enhance our
prospects in transforming the nations
economic and social fabric, consistent
with our peoples shared ambitions for
themselves, he added.
Binays successful participation in
the EDD debates opened the door to
further successful meetings with high
EU ofcials on specic development
projects, air transport issues, and
humanitarian aid. From Brussels, he
proceeds to Rome to lead the ofcial
Philippine delegation as the Presidents
representative at this weekends
canonization rites of the Filipino martyr,
Blessed Pedro Calungsod.
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The government
needs more money.
And guess whos
going to cough it
up?
FRANCISCO S.
TATAD
FIRST THINGS FIRST
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
A tough nut
to crack
SENATORS would, in effect, be
conrming the allegations of Presidential
Legislative Liaison Ofce Secretary
Manuel Mamba that most of them are in
the pocket of tobacco companies if they
do not insist that Mamba substantiate
the serious allegations he made and, if
he cannot, then he should issue a public
apology.
In a news story which appeared in a
major broadsheet last week, Mamba was
quoted as saying: Big lobby money is
the reason why past administrations
have not approved this measure for 15
years. There is big lobby money in it.
Anyone who would not support this
very popular measure had received
lobby money or that he was bribed by
the lobby groups of big multinationals.
Mamba made the statement amid the
furor created by the committee report
sponsorship speech of Senate ways and
means committee chairman Senator
Ralph Recto which drastically reduced
the revenue target for the so-called sin-
tax bill from the P60 billion that the
Aquino administration wants to what
Recto described as a more reasonable,
realistic and responsible target of P15
billion.
Anyone who reads Mambas
statement could only conclude that
Mamba is accusing Recto and the other
senators who want a more reasonable
and realistic incremental revenue target
for alcohol and tobacco products as
being in the payroll of the powerful
tobacco and alcohol lobby.
Of course it is also possible that
Mamba made those damning statements
to also hit Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile. Mamba has a running political
feud with the Senate President rooted
in political differences in Cagayan
Valley, the political base of both men.
Enrile said Mamba was either
fabricating ction or totally ignorant
as he questioned where Mamba got his
information and whether Mamba knew
what he was talking about.
Mamba has since backtracked
somewhat from his accusations.
According to news reports, Senator
Gringo Honasan was able to talk to
Mamba who told him that he was
misquoted in the news reports and that
it was not his intention to imply that
senators accepted bribes from the multi-
national lobby.
This attempt by Mamba to extricate
himself from his reckless mumbo
jumbo by trying to shift the blame to
journalists who reported his statement
is an old tactic that would not satisfy the
senators whom he has maligned. On the
contrary, it would only serve to infuriate
the newspapers and the reporters who
used his statement.
Senate President Enrile and Majority
Leader Tito Sotto said it was likely that
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima and
Health Secretary Enrique Ona would
be invited to a Question Hour so they
could make clarications about the sin
tax bill.
Perhaps Mamba can also be invited
to the Question Hour so the senators can
also ask him about his allegations that
some of them have been bribed by the
tobacco and alcohol companies.
What is really curious about Mambas
accusations against the Senate is the fact
that he is quiet about what happened in
the House of Representatives where
some apparently mysterious maneuvers
also happened.
The original proposal by the
Department of Finance is for the
House of Representatives to pass a tax
measure that would raise an additional
P60 billion. In the original proposal,
the burden would be shared equally by
tobacco and alcohol.
The bill passed by the House put most
of the burden on tobacco and alcohol
products got off lightly. Cigarettes and
other tobacco products will have revenue
targets of P27.6 billion while alcohol
products only had P5.26 billion burden.
In alcohol, the distilled spirits got hit
hard while beer products got off with
little or no tax increase.
Surely some lobbyists worked hard
for these results and the successful
lobbyists are not from the local cigarette
manufacturer.
The cigarette manufacturer which
lobbied hard and was very successful
in getting what it wants from the House
is British American Tobacco, the main
competitor of Philip Morris in the world
market.
British American Tobacco abandoned
the Philippines a few years ago but now
wants to come back through its popular
Lucky Strike brandwith the condition
that the government would increase
taxes on locally manufactured cigarettes
to equal what taxes paid for imported
Lucky Strike cigarettes.
Brit-Am Tobacco backs House
version of sin tax bill, was the headline
of a front page story on BATs position
paper asking senators to reject the Recto
committee report and instead pass the
House bill which it said would level the
playing eld.
There are other lobbyists aside from
the local cigarette manufacturers. There
are the beer lobbyists. Then there is BAT
which is open in the lobby it did in the
House and in its campaign to reject the
Recto Report. The problem of Mamba
is that he is selective in the lobbyists he
is denouncing.
Mambas jumbo
No work, no pension
NO WORK, no pension
No work, no pension seems to be
our national policy on public pensions
before the advent of social pensions.
One works, and after he loses his work
and income because of old age, death
and disability, the pension replaces his
lost income. Similar to wages, pensions
are paid monthly to match the regularity
of wage payments.
This policy makes one who was never
employed not to expect any pension.
What is the income to be replaced?
Contributions are paid to the pension
fund by the employer and the employee
(through an amount which is deducted
from the employees pay envelope).
For the employer, these contributions
are part of the total compensation
package, but are considered deferred
compensation because they are paid
out later at retirement as pensions.
Employers at times offer additional
pension entitlements or social security
contributions in exchange for outright
wage increases. Employees agree,
maybe for tax purposes.
Long ago before privatization
became an option, government was
acknowledged as the best implementor
of programs for the common good.
Schools, hospitals, banks, railroads,
electricity, and water were being
operated by governments. So it was
with pensions.
By 1954, our government had set
up pension plans for its bureaucrats,
employees, teachers, soldiers, judges
and all permanent employees. Our
social security program was thus
established to ensure the enjoyment of
pensions by the rest of the citizenry,
employed or otherwise. Every
employee was to be covered, and while
some were exempted from mandatory
coverage, any individual was allowed
to join voluntarily. It was a contributory
scheme that required enough number
of contributions to qualify for pension.
Its importance was recognized that its
original commissioners included the
Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health,
and the Social Welfare Administrator
who played leading roles for most of
the early years of SSS. Now SSS is a
nancial institution under the Secretary
of Finance.
Like private pension funds, SSS
accumulates unused contributions to
a reserve fund that is invested to meet
future obligations. But unlike private
pension funds, its income is tax-exempt
and benet payments are guaranteed by
the Republic of the Philippines. These
concessions were granted because all
will benet from it.
Forgetting these, the SSS eventually
excluded the unemployed and those
employed in the informal sector. There
is valid reason now to tax SSS and
other public pension funds and use the
revenues to improve social pensions.
Our government has a Constitutional
duty to promote full employment but
many nd work only in the informal
sector and not long enough to earn them
public pension rights. This is reected
in the dismal SSS performance in
providing old-age pensions.
At least 6 million Filipinos are aged
60 and above, and no more than 2 million
receive old-age pensions. The bulk of the
other 4 million are non-pensioners, mostly
indigent. The concept of social justice
includes giving social pensions to them.
This is now done since 2010 not
through our social security law but via
a non-pension law, the Expanded Senior
Citizens Act which was purposely
enacted to provide discounts of all sorts
to senior citizens, indigent and well-off.
The social pension or monthly stipend
was inserted into this law, without
public pension ofcials realizing that
their unfullled duty has been assumed
by the Department of Social Welfare
and Development.
The development is similar to the
extension of Medicare to the rest of the
population. After more than two decades
years as implementors of the program,
both SSS and GSIS still opposed in
1995 its extension to the elderly, low
income and indigent population. Only
the active promotion of the Department
of Health pushed the passage of the Act
Instituting a National Health Insurance
Program for All Filipinos. Through
the PhilHealth, we now have a health
insurance for all. But still, the public
health system serves as the ultimate
safety net for health.
Employment and pensions are indeed
linked, one reason many social security
and pension programs are administered
under the labor department. In the
United Kingdom, the Department for
Work and Pensions took over in 2001
the pension responsibility of the former
Department of Social Security. The
name of the new department conveys its
purposes precisely and emphatically.
The Department of Labor and
Employment may be all out in creating
jobs here, nding opportunities abroad,
and in championing safe and healthy
work places. But I nd DOLE wanting
in promoting pensions and social
protection for our Filipino workers who
are employed in the formal and informal
sectors, by private and government
companies, and here and abroad. They
have no pension rights at old age.
DOLE continues to fail in linking wages
to pensions at old age.
I ask: Whats in a name? I answer:
The word Pensions should now be
added to DOLE. The Department of
Labor, Pensions, and Employment
DOLPEsounds better.
lpension@yahoo.com
HORACE
TEMPLO
FILIPINO PENSIONER
By Charles Hutzler
and Joe Mcdonald
BEIJINGIn the narrative of US
presidential politics, China is a
Hollywood villain, a monetary cheat that
is stealing American jobs.
But the one-dimensional caricature
offered by President Barack Obama and
Republican challenger Mitt Romney
obscures the crucial reality of US-China
relations: For all the talk about getting
tough on Beijing, the US and China are
deeply entwined, defying easy solutions
to the friction and troubles that beset their
relations.
The two countries are the rst and
second largest economies in the world,
doing nearly a half-trillion dollars in
trade which in turn buoys the global
economy. Their governments are in
constant contact on North Koreas and
Irans nuclear programs and Syrias civil
war and are trying to work out rules of
the road for their huge militaries and such
21st century problems as cyberwarfare.
Few relationships are as critical to the
world today. Managing the competition
for global inuence between the worlds
superpower and its still-rising rival so that
it does not become outright confrontation
will be a priority for whoever wins next
months presidential election.
Little of the enormity and importance
of US-China ties found its way into
Tuesday nights debate between Obama
and Romney. Instead, the candidates used
it as a convenient foil for their campaign
positions about revitalizing the US
economy and getting Americans back to
work.
Both candidates sought to portray
China as vacuuming up American jobs.
Their arguments contained half-truths
and aws.
Romney said excessive regulation
and misguided policies during Obamas
rst term drained away American
jobs, turning China into the largest
manufacturer in the world. Obama said
Romney, through his work for private
equity and investment rm Bain Capital,
bore responsibility by investing in
companies that moved jobs to China.
The title of No. 1 manufacturer is a
matter of dispute. The research rm IHS
Global Insight said last year that China
overtook the United States in 2010, with
total output of $1.995 trillion, compared
with $1.952 trillion for the U.S. The
National Association of Manufacturers
disputed that, saying the United States still
was in the lead and IHS Global Insights
gures were distorted by changes in
exchange rates and other factors.
Left unsaid by both candidates: That if
low-cost manufacturing jobs dont go to
China, theyll go somewhere else. Think
Mexico.
Obama, for his part, said his focus on
doubling US exports is creating tens of
thousands of jobs all across the country.
But one concrete example he cited in
getting tough on China slapping levies
on imports of low-priced Chinese-made
tires that he said saved 1,000 jobshad
mixed results.
Economists at the Peterson Institute for
International Economics in Washington
have said that some 1,200 jobs might
have been preserved, but that the cost
amounted to $1.1 billion in higher prices
paid by American consumersor
$900,000 per job. Whether the outcome
was good or bad for Americans is a
matter of perspective.
Nor did they point out that in an era
of globalized business, an Apple iPhone
created in America and assembled in
China helps both, as well as component
suppliers in Japan, Germany and South
Korea.
For much of the past two decades,
presidential candidates have bashed
China on the campaign trail and taken
a tough line once in ofce only to
nd that global trade and hotspots
require engaging Beijing. The Chinese
government has reminded its people of
that pattern in state media reporting on
the election.
Four years ago, Obama attempted to
break with the past by trying to treat China
as a partner in solving global issues: the
Great Recession, climate change and
nuclear proliferation. He was rebuffed
by Beijing, which took the overture as
a sign of declining American power.
Re-tacking, Obama has begun diverting
more naval and other military resources
to Asia, shoring up longstanding alliances
from Japan to Australia and building a
new one with Vietnam.
Beijing views the current policy
as hedged containment and sees
Washingtons hand behind current
territorial disputes over remote islands
with the Philippines and Japan. Senior
U.S. and Chinese analysts have warned of
a deepening distrust between Washington
and Beijing that has the potential to
impede solutions to conict in the
Middle East, better managing the global
economy and other world problems.
If the candidates have answers to that
predicament, they did not say. Their nal
debate on foreign policy and a chance
to make the case for constructive US
China relationstakes place next week.
AP
Reality of US-China ties lost in debate
PEACE in the context of the decades-
long communist insurgency is a tough
nut to crack. It is way more difcult
than the Muslim Mindanao problem.
It was easier for the government
peace panel to convince the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front of the creation
of a smaller Bangsamoro political
entity than the constitutionally-inrm
Memorandum of Agreement on
Ancestral Domain which would have
created the Bangsamoro Juridical
Entity. This was actually a sub-state.
A transition committee with 15
members, eight of whom will be
from the MILF,
will be created.
A law creating
the Bangsamoro
entity to replace
the Autonomous
Region in Muslim
Mindanao will be
created. There
will be power and
wealth sharing.
A ministerial
pa r l i a me nt a r y
form of
government will
be formed. All
of these could be
constitutionally
c h a l l e n g e d .
Despite this, the
Framework Agreement was signed last
Monday between the government and
the MILF.
The communist issue is tougher
because the Communist Party of the
Philippines-New Peoples Army
National Democratic Front want
nothing less than the total surrender of
the Philippine government to them.
Would you believe that the
communists want the release of all their
so-called consultants and the release of
all political prisoners, even those who
are in detention for crimes actually
committed?
It all boils down to sincerity and
trust. At the rate the communists
are committing atrocities in the
countryside, how can you talk peace?
One must not come to the negotiating
table with bloody hands.
President Aquino himself is
pessimistic about peace with the
communist insurgents, given all the
pre-conditions they are imposing
before the on-again-off-again peace
talks in Norway. The President has
good reason.
The ultimate objective of the
communists is to take over the
government. While the movement is no
longer monolithicrenegades resort to
banditry and extortion through what
they call revolutionary taxesSison
and Jalandoni still enjoy clout on the
ideological elements of the insurgents.
This is what makes peace with the
communists an impossible dream.
***
There have been disagreements
about press media censorship upon
the declaration of martial law through
Proclamation 1081 on September 21,
1972.
Initially, there was censorship. All
media outlets were padlocked on the
midnight of said date. Only Channel 9,
operated by the late Ambassador Bobby
Benedicto, was allowed to operate after
to broadcast then-President Ferdinand
Marcos declaration nationwide.
All broadcasts and news reports,
even those of foreign correspondents
who swarmed Manila, had to obtain
clearance from then-Public Information
Minister Francisco Kit Tatad.
On May 11, 1973, the Mass Media
Advisory Council was created by
Marcos.
Since I was then president of the
Manila Overseas Press, I was appointed
as a representative to the MAC headed
by Marcos crony, the late journalist
Primitivo Mijares. All media concerns
including operations and permits to
operate had to pass through us. That
was denitely suppression of press
freedom as we knew it.
Having been with KBS (Kanlaon
Broadcasting System) that operated
Channel 9, I had the idea to get out of
the ambit of censorship by organizing
all television and radio networks into
the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster sa
Pilipinas. We would promote, instead,
self-censorship.
In fairness
to then-Defense
Minister Juan
Ponce Enrile, who
was administrator
of martial rule,
he did not object.
Print media then
followed with
their owners
observing self-
censorship.
Media was of
course still tame.
T h e
e n v i r o n me n t
we were in did
not stop the
mosquito press
from operating. There was We
Forum of the late Joe Burgos and the
Mr. & Ms. of Eggie Apostol, which
was surprisingly nanced by Enrile.
This was the precursor of Philippine
Daily Inquirer. And then, after a
breakup with Apostol, Betty Go with
Max Soliven, Louie Beltran and Art
Borjal organized Philippine Star.
Santa Banana, despite martial rule,
we at the 365 Club at Hotel Intercon
could say anything about Marcos
and Imelda. To the credit of the late
Ambassador Kokoy Romualdez, who
was there almost daily, we were never
arrested nor sent to jail.
Despite martial rule and everything
that went with it, press freedom was
never completely suppressed. Yes,
many of my colleagues were arrested.
They spent time at the Camp Crame
Hilton. They were however soon
released.
***
Alphaland, the high-end and
top-of-the-line property developer
with chairman Bobby Ongpin and
president Mario Oreta, is indeed
unique. It delivers land on time,
sometimes even earlier than promised
to customers.
Its signature development, Balesin
Island, will be open by Christmas. I
have been there and I can say that it
is truly an island paradise. Even now,
there are international ights from
Hong Kong for members and guests.
The place is also a 25-minute plane
ride from Manila through a small, nine-
seater Cessna Grand Caravan.
There is also the Alphaland Makati
Place on a one-hectare property along
Ayala Avenue Extension and Malugay
Street. City Club will be here. It is a
world-class sports and leisure club at
the center of a bustling city.
And then, Alphaland Bay City
will sit on a 32-hectare property near
the Mall of Asia. The Marina Club,
its centerpiece, will make the Manila
Yacht Club look like a garage.
The
communists want
nothing less than
the total surrender
of the Philippine
government.
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Telefax 221-6444; 226-2035; 226-2112
L. Ma. Guerrero St., Lungsod ng Dabaw, Rehiyon XI
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Offce, through the Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s);
1) Contract I.D.: 12LB-0092
Contract Name: Construction of Davao River Control at F. Torres Street, Davao City
Contract Location: Davao City
Scope of Works: Const. safety & health, const. survey and staking, structure
and excavation, Reinforcing steel, structural concrete, class, A,
embankment, rubble concrete, hand laid rock embankment, steel sheet
piles, coconet, coco log/fascine, bio engineering solutions (vegetation),
mobilization & demobilization, advance warning & billboard
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 24,153,000.00
Duration: One Hundred Ninety Two (192) calendar days
Source of Fund: FY 2012 GAA
SARO No. ABM-BMB-A-12-0006415 dated January 02, 2012

Contract Name: Roads to address critical bottlenecks, National Roads, Traffic
decongestation other urban areas, Widening of F. Torres, Davao City
Scope of Works: Clearing & grubbing, Removal of existing concrete pavements
(structures and obstructions),Roadway & structure excavation,
foundation Fill, Pipe Culverts and drain excavation, embankment,
aggregate sub-base course and Base Course Preparation, Bit. Prime
Coat, Bit. Conc. Surface Course, Pipe culverts, conc. curb and gutter,
sidewalk, Manhole, mobilization and demobilization, informatory,
billboard, bollard and safety and health
Duration: One Hundred two (102) calendar days
Source of Fund: FY 2013 Infra Program

Contract Name : Roads to address critical bottlenecks, National roads Traffic
decongestation, Widening of ABS-CBN Quimpo Boulevard Diversion
Road, Davao City
Scope of Works: Clearing & grubbing, Removal of existing concrete pavements
(structures and obstructions),Roadway & structure excavation,
foundation Fill, Pipe Culverts and drain excavation, embankment,
aggregate sub-base course and Base Course Preparation, Bit. Prime
Coat, Bit. Conc. Surface Course, Pipe culverts, conc. curb and gutter,
sidewalk, Manhole, mobilization and demobilization, informatory,
billboard, bollard and safety and health
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 19,600,000.00
Duration: One Hundred Two (102) calendar days

Contract Name : Roads to address critical bottlenecks, National Roads, Traffic
decongestation, Construction of Pedestrian overpass at Cabaguio
Avenue, Davao City
Scope of Works: Earthworks, Bridge Construction, Drain & slope protection, fnishes,
miscellaneous structures, traffic control devices, mobilization &
demobilization and safety and health
Duration: One Hundred Twenty (120) calendar days
Contract Name: Widening of Davao-Bukidnon Road, Davao City
Scope of Works: Const. survey and staking, surplus common excavation, subgrade
preparation, Aggregate base course, Bit. Prime Coat, Bit. Tack Coat,
Bit. Conc. Surface Course, Curb and Gutter, type A, sidewalk, warning
sign, refectorized pavement markings, mobilization and demobilization
, informatory , billboard, bollard and safety and health
Duration: Seventy two (72) calendar days
Contract Name: Various Infra Structure incl. (1
st
LD) local Projects, Const./Rehab. of
various Projects in Davao City
Scope of Works: Const. safety and Health, survey and staking, subgrade preparation,
structure excavation, foundation fll, embankment, PCC Pavement
Plain (0.10m,0.20m thk.) CHB Retaining wall (2-3 layers) CHB Canal,
advance warning, informatory, billboard, bollard, mobilization and
demobilization, removal of existing asphalt pavement
Duration: Thirty Seven (37) calendar days
Contract Name: Various Infrastructure incl. local Projects, Const. /rehab. of various in
Davao City (2
nd
LD) Davao City
Scope of Works: Removal of trees, Removal of existing conc. pavement, removal of
Structures and obstruction, roadway & structure excavation, foundation
fll, pipe Culverts and drain excavation, embankment, Aggregate sub-
base course, Bit. Prime Coat, Bit. Tack Coat, Pipe Culverts, conc. curb
and gutter, CHB Lined Canal with plastering, informatory , billboard,
bollard, mobilization and demobilization and safety and health
Duration: Thirty Seven (37) calendar days
Contract Name: Construction of school building (two classroom) Manambulan E/S,
Tugbok District, Davao City
Scope of Works: Structure Excavation, Embankment, reinforced concrete, reinforcing
steel, masonry works, Partition, ceiling works, carpentry & joinery
works, window glass jalousie, Door frames, structural steel, prepainted
metal sheets, cement plaster fnish, painting works, conduits, boxes and
fttings, wires and wiring devices, panel boards and circuit breakers,
lighting fxtures and safety and health
Duration: Sixty (60) calendar days
Source of Fund: PDAF 2012
SARO No. BMB-A-12-T000003084 dated July 12, 2012
Contract Name: Maintenance /repair and Rehab. of Infrastructure facilities/Flood Control
and Drainage System for Package Q, Davao City
a) Davao-Cotabato Road, Km. 1520+500-Km. 1523+660
b) Davao City Diversion Road Km. 1502+850-Km. 1503+200
c) Don Julian Rodriguez Avenue Km. 1509+784-Km. 1503+185.90
Scope of Works: Const. safety and health, survey and staking, structure excavation,
embankment, aggregate sub-base course, subgrade preparation, pipe
culverts, manhole, grouted riprap, class A, advance warning, billboard
and bollard
Duration: Ninety (90) calendar days
Source of Fund: FCD 2012
SARO No. SR 2012-07-005929 dated July 09, 2012
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with
R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for 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 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 LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce
will only process contractors applications for the 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. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: October 19-Nov. 08, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference Time and Date : 10:00 A.M, October 26, 2012
3. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders @ 12;00 P.M. November 05, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 2;00 P.M.., November 08, 2012
5. Opening of Bids @ 2:00 PM. November 08, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Davao City District
Engineering Offce, Leon Ma. Guerrero Street, Davao City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee
for Bidding Documents for item no. 1, 2,3,4 & 5 Twenty Five Thousand Pesos Only (Php25,000.00)
and item no.6,7,8 & 9 , Five Thousand Pesos (Php 5,000.00).
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DWPH website, if available. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the
submission of their bids documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs in two
(2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical
component of the bid, which shall include 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 DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award, without incurring any
liability to the affected bidders.
Approved:
(Sgd.) GREGORIO C. YEE
Engineer III
Chief, Matls. Testing & Quality Control Sect.
(BAC Chairman)
Noted By:
(Sgd.) LORNA T. RICARDO
District Engineer
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH Nueva Ecija 1st DEO, through REGULAR INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS 2013, invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
a. CONTRACT ID: 12CE0129
b. Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance of, San Jose City - Rizal
Road via Pinili -Porais - Villa Joson Road
c. Contract Location: KO 160+000 to KO 161+074
d. Fee for Bid Documents: Php10,000.00
e. Scope of Work: RRA
f. Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC): Php 6 ,455,363.07
g. Conctract Duration: C.D. 45.00
b. Contract Name: Rehab./Reconst./Upgrading of Damaged Paved
National Roads, Nueva Ecija - Pangasinan Rd.
d. Fee for Bid Documents Php10,000.00
e. Scope of Work RRA/RCP
Contract (ABC) Php 13,328,774.31
b. Contract Name: Rehab./Reconst./Upgrading of Damaged Paved
National Roads, San Jose City - Rizal Road via
Pinili -Porais - Villa Joson Road
e. Scope of Work RCP
b. Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Section)
of Pantabangan - Canili - Basal - Baler Road

c. Contract Location: KO 276+664 to KO 277+869, KO 278+405 to
KO 278+947
e. Scope of Work RRA
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino
citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture
with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion
of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d)
Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors 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
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders
Deadline:
9:00 AM November 8, 2012
2. Issuance of Bid Documents
8:00am - 2:30pm
From:
October 19, 2012
To:
November 8, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference
Time and Date
10:00 a.m.
October 25, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids
Deadline:
10:00 a.m.
November 8, 2012
5. Opening of Bids
Time
10:00 a.m.
Date:
November 8, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Nueva Ecija
1st District Engineering Offce, Talavera, Nueva Ecija upon payment of a non-
refundable fee as indicated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs,
if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids
Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility
requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH Nueva Ecija 1st DEO reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid
and to null the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any
liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) AMADO M. GUEVARRA
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) RAMIRO M. CRUZ
District Engineer
DPWH INFRA-07 Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Nueva Ecija 1
st
District Engineering Offce
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Region III
Talavera, Nueva Ecija
Pangasinan Sub-District Engineering Offce
Area Equipment Services Compound
Tuliao, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan
InvItatIon to BId for
Replacement/Rehabilitation/Strengthening of Quintans
Bridge along Camiling-Wawa-Bayambang-Malasiqui-Sta.
Barbara Road, Malasiqui, Pangasinan
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
1. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce, through the
NEP 2013 intends to apply the sum of Php 11,640,000.00 being the
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract
for 12AJ0062. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce now invites bids
for Offce Furnitures & Equipments, Assistance for the Engineers,
Removal of Structures & Obstruction, Structure Excavation,
Reinforced Concrete Pile (Fabrication), Reinforced Concrete Pile
(Driven), Reinforced Steel Bar, Structure Concrete, Construction
of Girder Support, Bearing Pads Duro 75, Occupational Safety and
Health, Mobilization and Demobilization. Completion of the Works
is required 225 Calendar Days Bidders should have completed, within
ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract
similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in
the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA
9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH
Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 Am 5:00 Pm.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos
(Php 10, 000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the
Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and
the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the
fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
6. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce will hold a
Pre-Bid Conference on November 9, 2012, which shall be open to all
interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November
20, 2012 @ 02:00 pm at Tuliao, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan. All bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms
and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce reserves
the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and
to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
9. For further information, please refer to:
CONSUELO J. CRUZ
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-PSDEO
(Sgd.) VIRGILIO B. ZAMUDIO
BAC Chairman
Pangasinan Sub-District Engineering Offce
Area Equipment Services Compound
InvItatIon to BId for
Widening of Urdaneta Jct.-Dagupan Road, Km. 190+734
Km. 192+096 with exception, Sta. Barbara Pangasinan
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
1. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce, through
the NEP 2013 intends to apply the sum of Php 17,400,000.00 being
the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the
contract for 12AJ0061. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce now invites
bids for Field Offce, Progress Photos, Removal of Structure and
Obstruction, Removal/Disposal of Obstruction, Removal and
Disposal of existing asphalt pavement, Structure Excavation,
Embankment, SubGrade Preparation, Aggregate Sub Base
Course, Aggregate Base Course, PCC Pavement (t=230mm),
Pipe Culvert (600mm), Pipe Culvert (900mm) Structural Concrete,
Stone Masonry, Reinforcing Steel Bar, Occupational Safety
and Health, Mobilization & Demobilization, Traffc mangement.
Completion of the Works is required 180 Calendar Days Bidders should
have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and
receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an
eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in
Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH
Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 Am 5:00 Pm.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos
(Php 10, 000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the
Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS)
and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall
pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission
of their bids.
6. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce will hold a
Pre-Bid Conference on November 9, 2012, which shall be open to all
interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November
20, 2012 @ 02:00 pm at Tuliao, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan. All bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The DPWH Pangasinan Sub District Engineering Offce reserves the
right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and
to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
CONSUELO J. CRUZ
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-PSDEO
(Sgd.) VIRGILIO B. ZAMUDIO
BAC Chairman
MABALACAT CITY
Province of Pampanga
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D/REQUEST FOR EXPRESSI ON OF I NTEREST

The Mabalacat City, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers to
apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder project:

Project/Location Approved Budget Contract
Concreting of Roads at Barangays Marcon Street, Brgy. Dau; For the Contract Duration
Maryland Road, Brgy. Sapang Biabas; Dona Victoria Road,
Brgy. Dau; Kamagong Street, Marcon Brgy Dau; Sampaguita
Street, San Isidro, P 5,000,000.00 21 days
Brgy. Dau; Tabun Dungan Road, Brgy. Tabun; Panday Pira
Street, Brgy. Dau; Chesa Street, Brgy. San Francisco; Apitong
Street, Marcon, Brgy. Dau, Mabalacat City
TOTAL ABC: P5,000,000.00

Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project within the
last Ten (10) years with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The
Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-
discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-qualifcation of the lowest calculated and responsive bid
shall be conducted.

All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance
Security, Pre-Bidding Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of
Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing
Rules and Regulation (IRR).

The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Posting October 19 25, 2012
2. Issuance of Bid Documents October 19, 2012 to November 12, 2012
Offce of the BAC Secretariat, City Hall, Xevera, Brgy.
Tabun, Mabalacat City
3. Pre-bid Conference October 29, 2012 2:00 P.M.
Mayors Offce, City Hall, Xevera, Brgy. Tabun,
Mabalacat City
4. Submission of Documents October 19, 2012 to November 12, 2012 Until 2:00
P.M. (Technical and Financial) at the Offce of the
BAC Secretariat, CPDC Offce, City Hall, Xevera,
Brgy. Tabun, Mabalacat City
5. Opening of Bids November 12, 2012 2:00 P.M at the Mayors Offce,
City Hall, Xevera, Brgy. Tabun, Mabalacat Ctiy
6. Bid Evaluation November 16, 2012
7. Post-qualifcation November 19, 2012
8. Notice of Award November 21, 2012
Bid Documents will be available only to prospective bidders upon payment of a non-
refundable amount of P5,000.00 to the City Treasurer.
The Mabalacat City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to declare a failure of
bidding or not to award the contract and assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate
or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid.
Approved by:

(SGD.) ROGELIO C. TANGLAO
BAC Chairman
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
NATIONAL CAPITAL, JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 41, MANILA
NAT. CASE NO. 11-125864 Manila, August 31, 2012
IN THE MATTER OF THE
PETITION FOR ADMISSION
TO PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP,
RAMEZ (M.R.) ALZARMITI,
Petitioner.
NOTI CE OF ORDER/DECI SI ON
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OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT
Regional Trial Court, Manila
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL
134 Arnorsolo Street, Legaspi Village. Makati City
ATTY. SHERWIN T. DE PERALTA
Counsel for the Petitioner
Block 3 lot 9 Melanie Marquez Street
B.F. Resort Village, Las Pias City
RAMEZ (M.R.) ALZARMITI
484 Salas St., Ermita, Manila
Sir:
You are. hereby notifed by these presents that in the day of AUGUST 29,
2012, an order/decision was/were issued rendered in the above entitled
case, copy/copies of which 13/ate attached hereto.
(Sgd.) ATTY. JENNIFER H. DELA CRUZ BUENDlA
Clerk of Court
By:
(Sgd.) ATTY. EVELYN AGRAVANTE-AVILA
Branch Clerk of Court
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL
CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 41
MANILA
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION
FOR ADMISSION TO PHILIPPINE
CITIZENSHIP,
NAT. CASE NO, 11-125864
RAMEZ (M.R) ALSARMITI,
Petitioner.
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NOTI CE OF PETI TI ON FOR PHI LI PPI NE CI TI ZENSHI P
TO:
The Honorable Solicitor
134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village
Makati City
RAMEZ (M.R.) ALSARMITI
484 r. Sates Street
Ermita, Manila
WHEREAS, a Petition for Naturalization as citizen of the Philippines
pursuant to Commonwealth Act No. 473, as amended, has been presented
to this Regional Trial Court of Manila by Ramez: (MR) Alsarmiti who alleges,
among others/ that he was born on February 6, 1966 and is now 45 years
old; he is the son of Mohammad Ramzi Alsarmiti and Najat Mohammad
both Jordanian citizens; he arrived in the Philippines from Kuwait in 1985
holding student visa at the Manila International Airport (Now Ninoy Aquino
International Airport) on board Gulf Airline to study at Adamson University;
that he has been frst issued an Alien Certifcate of Registration (ACR) No.
ED.O. No. B-427848 dated 10-09-89 at the City of Manila and a latest ACR
with No.e286588 issued in May 31, 2003; he was also issued an Immigration
Certifcate of Residence (ICR) or (CRTV) No. 080574 DO#968 dated 29
th

day of May 2003 under OR * 713737 and an I-CARD on January 8, 2009; his
complete educational background is as follows; Elementary and Secondary
-Hawally Kuwait; Tertiary -Adamson University; that during his stay in the
Philippines, he met a Filipina named AMINA TERESITA YUTUC SARMITI;
they eventually got married on February 04, 1989 and his wife was born in
San Fernando, Pampanga, she is a businesswoman and residing at 484 R.
Salas Street, Ermita, Manila; as a result of their marriage, they begot three (3)
children namely: 1) Fatima Sarmiti born on November 02, 1990 in Manila, 21
years old, 3rd year college at Southville International School, 2) Mohammad
Sarmiti born on November 26, 1992 in Manila, 18 years old, Student at
International Cuisine Academy, and 3) Ramiz Sarmiti born on July 08, 1995
in Manila, 16 years old, 4th year high school at Ann Arbor Montessori, all
of them are Filipinos, single and also reside at 484 R. Salas Street, Ermita,
Manila; his children are all enrolled here in the Philippines in private schools
duly recognized and accredited by the Philippine Government; that he was
the frst one to introduce Shawarma in the Philippines as a businessman
and has established his own chain of restaurants, with over fourteen (14)
branches. The main branch is located at 485 R-Salas Street, Ermita and at
present the restaurant is employing eighty six (86) employees; that they have
the following properties in the Philippines: a) B-9 L-16 San Paolo Street, BF
Homes Residence, b) 5Fir. Bklg. 484 R. Salas Street, Ermita, Manila, and
c) 351 square meter lot at EVACOM Paraaque; that he have been in the
Philippines for twenty fve (25) years; that he has never been charged, has a
good moral character and believes in the principles underfying the Philippine
Constitution. He has conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable
manner during the entire period of his residence in the Philippines in his
relation with the duly constituted government as well as with the community
in which he was living; he mingled socially with Filipinos and have evinced
a sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs, traditions and ideals of
the Filipino people; that he can speak the Filipino and English languages;
that he have all the qualifcations and none of the disqualifcations under the
law; that he does not opposed to organized government or affliated with any
association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing
all organized governments. He is not defending or teaching the necessity or
propriety of violence, personal assault of assassination for the success and
predominance of one's ideas; that he is neither a polygamist nor a believer
in the practice of polygamy; that he has not been convicted of any crime
involving moral turpitude; that he is not suffering from mental alienation or
from any incurable contagious disease; that the country of which he is a
citizen is not at wax with the Philippines and grants to Filipino the right to be
naturalized citizens thereof; that it is his true and honest intention to become
a citizen of the Philippines from the date of the fling of his petition up to the
time of his admission to Philippine citizenship; it is the intention in good faith
of the petitioner to become a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines and
to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fdelity to any foreign
prince, potentate, or sovereignty, and particularly to Jordan of which at this
time he is a citizen. He will reside continuously in the Philippines from the
date of fling of this petition up to the time of his admission to Philippine
citizenship; petitioner has not therefore fled any petition for citizenship in any
other court; that Regelio Bayan, of legal age, Filipino, married and residing
at 486-A Ermita, Manila and Cynthia Lira, also of legal age, Filipino, married
and with residence address at 1986 PM Guazon Street, Paco, Manila, who
are both credible Filipino citizens shall be petitioner's character witnesses
who are willing to appear and testify during the hearing of this petition; and
that the petitioner executed a Declaration of Intention to attest to the truth
of the foregoing and fled a copy of which before the Offce of the Solicitor
General one (1) year before the fling of the petition.
Petitioner attached copies of his Birth Certifcate with translation,
Certifcate of First Arrival issued by the Bureau of Immigration, a photocopy
of the latest ACR I-CARD Information, a photocopy of the ICR, copies of
registration form and certifcations, Certifcate of Incorporation, copy of
.Affdavits, and copy of the Declaration of Intention.
WHEREAS, Notice is hereby given that the said petition will be heard by
this Court on 28
th
day of June 2013 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning
WHEREAS, as ordered by this Court, this notice, together with copy of
the Petition, be published, at petitioner's expense once a week for three (3)
consecutive weeks in the Offcial Gazette and in thea newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines, the last publication to be at least six (6) months
before the date of hearing, and that the Petition and this Notice be posted
in a public conspicuous place in the Offce of the Clerk of Court of this Court
Witness the HONORABLE ROSALYN D. MISLOS-LOJA, Judge of the
Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 41, this 29
th
day of August 2012.
(Sgd.) ATTY. EVELYN AGRAVANTE- AVILA
Branch Clerk of Court
(MST-Oct. 19, 26 & Nov. 2, 2012)
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of the DPWH ZN Ist District Engineering
Offce, Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City, invites contractors to bid for the following projects :
1. Contract ID No. : 12JB0026
Contract Name : Construction of Flood Control
Contract Location : Disakan Bridge, Jose Dalman, ZN
Scope of Works : Const. of Flood Control
Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) : P 6,629,152.48
Contract Duration : 97 cal. Days
Cost of bidding Docs. : P 10,000.00
2. Contract ID No. 12JB0027
Contract Name : Const. of Cross Drainage along Dipolog-Oroquieta
Road
Contract Location : Minaog Section, Dipolog City
Scope of Works : Const. of RCBC Single Barrel/Line Canal
Approved Budget
For the Contract (ABC) : P 2,410,411.05
Cost of bidding docs. : P 5,000.00
3. Contract ID No. 12JB0028
Contract Name : Const. of Drainage/Protection along Dipolog-
Sindangan-Liloy Road
Contract Location : Sitio Curvada, Galas, Dipolog City
Scope of Works : Const. of reinforced concrete box culvert
Approved Budget
For the Contract (ABC) : P 705,204.34
Cost of bidding docs. : P 1,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of 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 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 10%
of the 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 application for registration
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 download at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph .
The Signifcant time and deadline of procurement activities are shown below :
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 18, 2012 to Nov. 8, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference October 25, 2012 at 9:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI Nov. 5, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids ( Technical/ Financial Proposal) Nov. 8, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids Nov. 8 , 2012 at 10:30 A.M.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC Offce,
DPWH, ZN Ist District Engineering Offce, Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee as shown above. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs from the DPWH website, shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their bids Documents. The Pre-bid conference shall be open only to interested
parties 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
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC Chairman . The frst
envelope shall contain the technical components of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial components of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the
bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH ZN Ist District Engineering Offce, Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City reserves
the right to accept or reject any bids to annul the bidding process at any time prior
contract award , without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s .
Approved :

(Sgd.) FEDERICO M. MOBO, JR.
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairperson
NOTED :
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER G. DUHIG, CSEE
District Engineer
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region IX
Zamboanga del Norte Ist District Engineering Offce
Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
Catarman, Northern Samar
Telefax No.: (055) 251-8190/055) 500-9165
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
I nvi t at i on t o Bi d
For
I. Contract ID : 13IH0012
Contract Name : Construction of Capul Circumferential Road
Contract Location : Capul, Northern Samar
Brief Description/Scope of Work : Road concreting of 1,018 L.M.., W=6.10m, T=0.20m to include
200 L.M. Stone Masonry type lined canal. (Sta. 0+820 Sta.
1+838)
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 19,388,670.83
Contract Duration : 120 Calendar Days
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00
II. Contract ID : 13IH0013
Contract Name : Construction/Upgrading of San Vicente Road
Contract Location : San Vicente, N. Samar
Brief Description/Scope of Work : Road concreting from sta. 0+738 sta. 1+805; PCCP
length=1,067m, W=3.0m;T=0.15m; with 1,000 l.m. lined
canal, CHB type; slope protection on Grouted Riprap Type; 2
sets of 1-line 0.91m dia. RCPC & 1-set 1.8m x 2.1m x 14.0m
RCBC
III. Contract ID : 13IH0014
Contract Name : Construction of Poblacion (Biri) Rock Formation
Contract Location : Biri, N. Samar
Brief Description/Scope of Work : Road concreting of 1,200 lm. @ w=4.0m, T=0.20m, to include
1,020 lm. CHB lined canal, 4 lines 1.25x1.0x7.0m RCBC and
other structures
1. The DPWH Northern Samar 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar, through the
FY-2013 GAA intends to apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC) to payments under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess
of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
st
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites
bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the
above stated contract duration. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date
of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible
bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary
pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as specifed in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA9184), otherwise known as
the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or joint
venture with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to
citizens of the Philippines.
4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior to the
set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records current and
updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profle
Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualifcation. Information on registration can be
obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain further information from
The DPWH Northern Samar 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect
the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
5. Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address
below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount stated
above. Issuance of Bidding Documents will be on October 18 Nov. 15, 2012.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders
shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
st
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar will hold
a Pre-Bid Conference on November 5, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. at the Conference Room, DPWH
Northern Samar 1st District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar which shall be open to
all interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Nov. 15, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. at the
BAC Offce, The DPWH Northern Samar 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar.
All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened on November 15, 2012 at 2:00 P.M, in the presence of the bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC before dropping of bids.
Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liason Offcer only as specifed
in the Contractors Information (CI). Submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) is no longer required to
participate in the bidding, per D.O. No. 64, Series of 2012.
st
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar reserves the
right to accept of reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior
to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability or obligation to the affected bidders.
Attention:
Head, BAC, Secretariat
BACOffce,DPWHNorthernSamar1
st
DistrictEngineeringOffce
Catarman,N.Samar
TelefaxNo.(055)251-8190/(055)500-9165
(Sgd.) LUCAS N. BACSAL
Engineer III
(BAC Chairman)
Noted:
(Sgd.) SANDY T. PUA
OIC, District Engineer
Northern Samar 2
nd
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets
Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
I. Contract ID : 12II0081
Contract Name : Upgrading/Concrete Paving along Palapag-Mapanas-
Gamay-Lapinig Road, KO807+060-KO807+400
KO808+135-KO809+00,
Contract Location : Palapag, Northern Samar
Brief Description/Scope of Work : Road concreting of 1,205 meters
1. The DPWH NS 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar, through the
Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above stated being
the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the
abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH NS 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar, now invites
bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is
required for the above stated contract duration. Bidders should have completed,
within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract
similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding
Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary
Examination of Bids as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR)
of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement
Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships,
organizations or joint venture with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or
outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to
register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered
shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the
project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profle Eligibility Process
(CPEP) and subject to further post-qualifcation. Information on registration can
be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested bidders may obtain
further information from The DPWH Northern Samar 1
st
District Engineering Offce,
Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below
from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos Only (P20,000.00) willbe
on October 19 Nov. 13, 2012.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the
Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later that the submission of their bids.
nd
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar
will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 31, 2012 @ 10:00 Am-DPWH-NS 2
nd

DEO, Catarman, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested parties who have
purchased the Bidding Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Nov. 13, 2012 at 8:30
Am.-9:00 Am NS 2
nd
DEO Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar. All bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the
amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened on November 13, 2012 at 2:00 P.M , in the presence of the
bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids
shall not be accepted.
8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through
their duly Authorized Liason Offcer only as specifed in the Contractors Information
(CI). Submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) is no longer required to participate in the
bidding, per D.O. No. 64, Series of 2012.
9. The DPWH NS 2
nd
DEO, Catarman, N. Samar reserves the right to accept of
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior
to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability or obligation to the affected
bidders.
Attention:
Northern Samar 2
nd
Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis,
Laoang, N. Samar
(Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman
Northern Samar 2
nd
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets
Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
I. Contract ID : 12II0082
Contract Name : Upgrading/Concrete Paving along Palapag-Mapanas-
Gamay-Lapinig Road, KO823+641-KO824+000
Contract Location : Mapanas, Northern Samar
Brief Description/Scope of Work : Concreting of 359 meters
1. The DPWH NS 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar, through
the Government of the Philippines (GOP), intends to apply the sum above
stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under
the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the
ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH NS 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar, now
invites bids for the abovementioned description of works. Completion of the
Works is required for the above stated contract duration. Bidders should have
completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of
bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is
contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to
Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary
Examination of Bids as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government
Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships,
organizations or joint venture with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest
or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Contractor/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required
to register prior to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already
registered shall keep their records current and updated. Contractors eligibil-
ity to bid on the project will be determined using the DPWH Contract Profle
Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualifcation. Information
on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested
bidders may obtain further information from The DPWH Northern Samar 1
st

District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N. Samar and inspect the Bidding Docu-
ments at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bid-
ding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos Only (P10,000.00)
willbeon October 19 Nov. 13, 2012.
It mayalsobedownloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of
the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding
Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
nd
District Engineering Offce, Catarman, N.
Samar will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 31, 2012 @ 10:00 Am-
DPWH-NS 2
nd
DEO, Catarman, N. Samar which shall be open to all interested
parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before Nov. 13, 2012 at
8:30 Am.-9:00 Am NS 2
nd
DEO Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar.
All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms
Bids will be opened on November 13, 2012 at 2:00 P.M, in the presence of
the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late
bids shall not be accepted.
8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a a Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to
10% of ABC before dropping of bids. Bidders shall likewise submit their bids
through their duly Authorized Liason Offcer only as specifed in the Contractors
Information (CI). Submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) is no longer required to
participate in the bidding, per D.O. No. 64, Series of 2012.
9. The DPWH NS 2
nd
DEO, Catarman, N. Samar reserves the right to accept of
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time
prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability or obligation to
the affected bidders.
Attention:
Northern Samar 2
nd
Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis,
Laoang, N. Samar
(Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman
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Police ofcial sacked

IN BRIEF
Trader wanted in Senate rice probe arrested
No Baclaran bazaar this year
Justice
okays
charges
vs gang
Customs busts shipment of Peking duck, pigeons
Hazard to aviation. An egret, one of several birds that were at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Wednesday, stands
without a care while a commercial passenger jet taxis upon landing. Airport authorities expressed alarm over the increasing
number of bird strikes which totaled to 49 through September this year and attributed this to a nearby bird sanctuary as well as
the increasing migratory bird population. The most serious one was the bird strike last month which damaged both engines and
cost $5 million to replace and repair. AP
Tough ght. Firemen struggled to control a re at the Gana Compound in Barangay Unang Sigaw in
Quezon City on Thursday. LINO SANTOS
National Capital Region Police Ofce director
Chief Superintendent Leonardo Espina ordered
the removal of Superintent Norberto Babagay as
commander of Police Station 11 in Quezon Citys
Galas district along with P03 Wilberto Blanco and
P02 William Blanco.
In a meeting with Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim,
Barangay Chairman Eduardo Torcelino, 56, of
Barangay 711 in Malate, Manila said he and his
companion, Hermingildo Patdu, had just nished
eating at a restaurant on E. Rodriguez Avenue in
Barangay Don Manuel after winning in a cockght
on Oct. 5 when they were accosted by a group of
policemen led by the two Blancos.
The policemen arrested them for unclear rea-
sons, took their money and brought them to the
Galas police station, where Babagay charged them
with possession of 15 grams of shabu.
But when the charges were led, Assistant City
Prosecutor Alessandro Jurado questioned the ar-
rest because neither Torcelino nor Patdu were
known to be drug personalities and there was no
By Francisco Tuyay
A QUEZON city police station commander and two of his
subordinates were relieved from their post for allegedly
planting evidence on a Manila barangay chairman and his
companion and taking his P170,000 in cockght winnings.
coordination or pre-operation or after-operation re-
port with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
If found guilty, these policemen do not deserve
another day in the service, said Espina, who also
ordered QC police director Chief Superintendent
Mario Dela Vega to disarm the policemen and take
their badges.
Espina also ordered NCRPO personnel direc-
tor Senior Superintedent Arthur Felix Asis to im-
mediately issue the relief orders against the three
cops and place them under the Regional Personnel
Holding and Admin Unit in Camp Bagong Diwa,
Taguig City.
The charges against the policemen will be in-
vestigated by Senior Superintendent Florendo
Quibuyen, chief of the Regional Investigation and
Detective Management Division.
Only last Oct. 10, Espina red 12 policemen, de-
moted eleven and suspended seven others for various
offenses. Thus far, Espina has already red 34 police-
men, demoted 15 and suspended seven others.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Department of Justice has
approved the criminal prosecu-
tion of the arrested members of
the robbery group that preys on
passengers of Asian utility ve-
hicles and tagged in the killing
of a bodyguard of Sec. Leila de
Lima last May.
In a 10-page resolution re-
leased on Thursday, the DOJ
recommended the ling of
charges of illegal possession of
rearms and explosives against
Ludy Dagupioso, Red Marlon
Guarino, Ritchie Cahinta, Luiz
Bondoc, Almario Rentillosa
and Arvin Manal.
State Prosecutor Niven Can-
lapan stressed that the respon-
dents failed to present licenses
and permits to own or possess
the rearms seized from them
during their arrest last Oct. 6
by the Paranaque City police.
All six, along with ve oth-
er arrested suspectsJonnalyn
Sarmiento, Janice Brillatica,
Ritchie Cahinta, Ronelyn Con-
sorte and Princess Losawill
also face charges of robbery
and violations of the Anti-
Fencing Law lodged by their
victims who positively identi-
ed them at the police station.
Sarmiento and Brillatica were
also recommended to undergo
preliminary investigation for
violations of the Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act.
De Lima conrmed that the
same group was tagged by the
National Bureau of Investiga-
tion in the killing of her aide
Alister Quintos last May.
It appears from all indica-
tions, from the evidence gath-
ered by NBI, that is the group.
It appears they have been
victimizing a lot of people al-
ready, she said.
Records show that the sus-
pects were arrested last Oct. 6
in Paraaque City following a
chase with law enforcers who
were conducting an operation
following numerous com-
plaints about the gang.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
and Florencio P. Narito
SENATE security personnel arrested
Wednesday night one of the three rice
traders facing arrest in connection with
the smuggling of P500 million worth of
Indian rice at the Subic Freeport Zone last
April 4.
Agents of the Senate sergeant-at-arms
nabbed Magdangal Diego Maralit Bayani
III, 27, of St. Andrews Field Grains and
Cereals Trading at the Ninoy Aquino In-
ternational Airport II around 8 p.m. after
he arrived from Hong Kong.
Col. Rasmin Saber, Senate assistant
sergeant-at-arms, told reporters they were
informed of Bayanis arrival on Wednes-
day. Bayani was unaware the Senate had
issued an arrest warrant against him.
He does not know he has a warrant.
He immediately called his lawyer, said
Raul Herrera, head of the six-man ar-
resting team.
Saber said Bayani will be held at the
Senate detention room at the basement
of Senate building and will stay there
until the Senate resumes its hearing on
the alleged rice smuggling. The Senate
adjourned its session on Oct. 17 and will
resume on Nov. 5.
The Senate ordered Bayanis arrest
earlier on Wednesday along with Protik
Guha, chief executive ofcer of India-
based Amira Foods, owner of the smug-
gled rice, and Dexter Marl of Masa-
gana Import-Export Incorporated.
The arrest orders of the three were
signed by seventeen out of the 23 sena-
tors.
Meanwhile, the hearing that the Bureau
of Customs is holding in Legazpi City on
the 94,000 bags of Vietnamese rice, worth
P112.8 million, that arrived at the Legazpi
Port last Sept. 2 without import permits
has been temporarily reset to Nov. 8 in
Manila, according to BOC hearing ofcer
Christopher Inducil.
By Joel E. Zurbano
CUSTOMS agents intercepted
two 40-foot reefer vans loaded
with smuggled Peking ducks, pi-
geons and mackerel from China
worth P40 million.
The shipment, according to
Customs Commissioner Ruffy
Biazon arrived at the Manila
South Harbor last Monday and
was consigned to Hexa Trad-
ing, which will be held liable for
technical smuggling after mis-
declared the shipment as frozen
mackerel.
Biazon said he ordered the
seizure of the shipment because
of the standing ban against the
importation of fowl from coun-
tries with a long history of avi-
an u outbreaks.
It was also made imperative
by our agencys commitment to
protect the local duck raising
industry, especially during the
ber months when demand for
ducks and pigeons is histori-
cally at its peak, he added.
The Customs chief said he had
a standing order to subject all in-
coming reefers to x-ray scanning
to safeguard the interest of our
local food producers.
Lawyer Maria Lourdes Man-
gaoang, head of the Customs
X-Ray Inspection Project, said
Hexa Trading tried to bring in
one container by declaring them
as frozen sh although they were
actually pigeons in boxes with
mackerel markings.
In the other container, the im-
porter also tried to hoodwink our
personnel by keeping the pigeons
and Peking ducks in the middle
and inner sections of the reefer
van and using a small number of
mackerel boxes as tools of con-
cealment, she said.
By Ferdinand Fabella
THE Paraaque City govern-
ment has decided to forego this
years annual Christmas bazaar
because of complaints about
the heavy trafc that usually
accompanies three month agro-
industrial fair.
Paraaque Mayor Floren-
cio Bernabe Jr. said they will
not allow the traditional fair
in Baclaran, particularly along
Redemptorist Road, because of
mounting complaints from the
public.
People are complaining of
heavy trafc in Baclaran during
Christmas season so we saw it t
not to have such a seasonal fair
this time, Bernabe said during
the inauguration of a pedestrian
footbridge the Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority
put up across Roxas Boulevard
on Thursday.
The Paraaque mayor added
there have also been allegations
that the city government has
been raking prots from the fees
and supposed protection money
being given by sidewalk ven-
dors in Baclaran.
They were thinking that all
the revenues from this bazaar
end up in my pocket, Bernabe
said.
The Baclaran agro-industrial
fair runs from October 1 to Jan-
uary 6 every year and vendors
are allowed to selling every-
thing from clothes to electronic
items in designated areas.
The three-month fair more
than doubles the number of ven-
dors in the area, causing severe
trafc congestion. This Christ-
mas bazaar is regulated by City
Ordinance No. 03-13, Series of
2003.
Motorists and pedestrians
can now expect lesser trafc
congestion this December,
Bernabe declared.
Bernabe admitted, however,
that the city government cannot
stop illegal vendors from selling
their wares in the area.
They can still sell here as
long as they do not obstruct
vehicle and pedestrian trafc
ow, he pointed.
Bernabe and MMDA Chair-
man Francis Tolentino briefly
held a dialogue with Christian
and Muslim vendors in the
area to seek their cooperation
in maintaining order in Ba-
claran.
Dolphin export allowed
THE Quezon City Regional Trial
Court has allowed the Department of
Agriculture and its Bureau Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources to issue a permit
to export 25 bottle-nose dolphins to
Singapore.
Judge Evangeline Marigomen of
Branch 101 denied the extension of a
72-hour temporary environmental pro-
tection order blocking Agriculture Sec-
retary Proceso Alcala and BFAR direc-
tor Asis Perez to issue the permit.
But Trixie Concepcion, regional di-
rector for Asia-Pacic of the Earth Is-
land Institute, said their lawyer
Amelito Antonio Velasco will appeal
Marigomens decision not to extend the
TEPO issued by Executive Judge Ber-
nelito Fernandez last Oct. 12.
Rio N. Araja
4 nabbed in P10m bust
TWO Chinese nationals and two
Filipinos were arrested by police anti-
drugs operatives in a buy-bust operation
at the Greenhills Arcade around noon
Thursday.
NCRPO Police Director Supt, Leon-
ardo Espina identied the suspects as
Huang Yan Kwi and Dong Jin Chen, Ju-
velyn Gallardo and Bryan Ligro Chua.
Espina said two kilos of shabu,
worth P10 million, was seized from the
suspects after the sting operation con-
ducted by the San Juan City police at
the Gloria Maris restaurant in front of
Club Filipino.
San Juan City police chief Senior
Superintendent Rainer Espina said Gal-
lardo and Chua were trying to buy one
kilo of shabu that was to be brought to
Pampanga. The drugs were found in a
box inside a vehicle when police busted
the suspected drug dealers. The money
used in the drug bust was also recovered
from the suspects. Francisco Tuyay
Fish port bans children
CHILDREN will no longer be allowed
to loiter inside the Navotas Fishport
because of the deterioration of the crime
situation in Metro Manilas sh port.
Arlo Catipay, chief of the police
and security division said children, aged
17 and below, who are not accompanied
by parents will no longer be allowed
inside the sh port because of juvenile
delinquents who commit crimes against
property and persons.
Before these youth offenders only
steal sh, but now they hold up sh trad-
ers, Catipay said. Gigi Muoz David
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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Abueva sees action for Alaska
Just four days after nishing
his career in the collegiate ranks,
the talented No. 2 overall pick
will nally be able to unleash
the beast in him in the pros in the
2013 PBA Philippine Cup.
Everyone will have a rst
glimpse of what Abueva brings to
the table as he suits up for Alaska
(1-2) for the rst time when its
plays Petron Blaze (1-2) 5:15 p.m.
at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Following that a battle between
teams coming off a loss takes
place as crowd favorite Barangay
Ginebra (2-1) and Barako Bull
(1-2) try to bounce back from
setbacks in their last outings at
7:30 p.m. in the main game.
Abueva, who missed the
Aces rst three games as he was
still competing in the National
By Jeric Lopez
THE wait is over. Calvin Abueva
will now bring his exciting act to the
Philippine Basketball Association.
STRENGTH and conditioning
coach Alex Ariza of Fighter of
the Decade Manny Pacquiaos
strength and conditioning coach
Alex Ariza believes that his deci-
sion to delay his departure for the
Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles and
to continue training in his home-
town of General Santos City with
Filipino trainer Restituto Buboy
Fernandez is not bad.
Ariza who was in
the Philippines for seventeen days
said I am a rm believer in a shorter
more intense camp than a long camp.
I think its a good thing that he can
work at his own pace and develop as
you go and then when you get closer
to the ght you pick up the intensity
for a shorter amount of time.
He said Pacquiao is supposed
to train at one speed at a hundred
percent but over a long period its
a little bit too much even as he
indicated he sees no problem in
his training in his hometown for
the time being.
Ariza told the Manila Standard
that when Pacquiao eventually
gets to Los Angeles, the plan is
for me to work with him. Hope-
fully he recognizes that he has to
change some things in his physi-
cal conditioning.
He conceded that Juan Manuel
Marquez whom Pacquiao will face
for the fourth time at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena on December
8 has looked good after getting a
strength and conditioning coach
with a science background and
Manny will face the most competi-
tive ght.
Ariza said Marquez coach An-
gel Heredia is very smart and
whatever mistakes he made with
Marquez the last time I dont
think hell make it this time.
He said Heredia has helped
Marquez get where he is today
at his age (39).
Ariza insisted that being older
Pacquiao and Marquez cant
learn very much more stylistic-
wise emphasizing conditioning,
strength and executing a gameplan
after getting in shape.
Pacquiaos adviser Michael
Koncz is scheduled to arrive in Ma-
nila on Friday to try and convince
Pacquiao to leave for Los Angeles
over the weekend so he could be-
gin training at the Wild Card and
also keep several commitments for
photo shoots, a face-off with Mar-
quez with HBO commentator Max
Kellerman and other promotional
activities while also striving to sal-
vage a major sponsorship deal.
However, Ariza emphasized
Manny is the boss indicating
he decides.
Ariza backs Pacquiao training at home
IN BRIEF
Nash may coach FEU
Samson writes 30
WORLD BOXING COUNCIL Diamond
Belt and WBO super bantamweight/junior
featherweight champion Nonito The Fili-
pino Flash Donaires IBF belt which he
should have received after winning the title
from Jeffrey Mathebula last July in Carson
City, California, is on the way.
When Donaire decided to relinquish his
IBF title claiming he didnt wish to pay the
sanction fee amounting to $42,000 for the title
ght against Japans Toshiaki Nishioka last
Oct. 13 and mentioned that he hadnt received
his IBF belt, we contacted IBF Championship
Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker about it.
Tucker told the Manila Standard that
Donaire did not receive his IBF Champion-
ship Belt because Top Rank did not pay for
the Belt until Aug. 24. A week later we sent
an E-Mail to Top Rank asking them where do
they want the IBF to send the Belt. Since then
we sent at least one other E-Mail requesting
an address to ship the Belt to. The IBF E-
Mailed Top Rank again this morning and they
told us where to ship the Belt. It will go out
this morning. That is why Donaire never got
his Belt. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Donaire IBF belt on its way
FORMER San Beda coach Nash Racela
may nd himself coaching the Far Eastern
University Tamaraws.
School ofcials are eyeing Racela as a
possible replacement for Bert Flores, whom
they are planning planning to replace by the
end of the month.
FEU athletics director Mark Molina is
reportedly into talks over Racelas involve-
ment with the team.
If Racela handles the Tams, Flores will
step aside to handle the schools recruitment
program.
So far, we have not started any practices
yet. But I will be at the Unigames in Duma-
guete to scout for players, said Flores.
The planned revamp for the Tams shaped up
after the team placed fifth at the end of the season.
VETERAN journalist Clarito L. Samson
died last Wednesday, a victim of a fatal
heart attack. He was 52.
Samson, who studied at Lyceum, started
as a sportswriter for the Philippines News
Agency and gradually rose through the ranks,
becoming the rst sports editor of Malaya. He
also edited the sports page of the defunct To-
day newspaper. In between, he also wrote for
the Manila Bulletin and Tempo.
He later joined the government as a presi-
dential assistant during the term of President
Fidel V. Ramos. After his government stint, he
tried his hand at sports promoting and success-
fully promoted several ghts of former world
champion Luisito Espinosa. His last stint in
government service was as a special consul-
tant for the Land Transportation Ofce. He
later served as special consultant of the Philip-
pine Olympic Committee.
At the time of his death, he was writing a
sports column for Malaya-Business Insight.
His remains were cremated yesterday at
Loyola Guadalupe where viewing will be
held until Saturday Oct. 20.
SBC Red Cubs post 1-0
lead over SSC Staglets
DEFENDING champion San
Beda Red Cubs leaned on a big
third quarter run to outplay the
San Sebastian Staglets, 69-51,
in Game 1 of the 88th National
Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) junior bas-
ketball nals.
Arvin Tolentino and
Javee Mocon led the
Red Cubs big scoring
surge at the start of the
second half at the SM
Mall of Asia Arena.
Their bid to limit the Staglets
to just eight points in the third al-
lowed the three-peat winner Red
Cubs to close in on an unheard of
fourth straight championship.
Tolentino tallied a game-high
20 points and six rebounds for the
Red Cubs while Joshua Caracut
had 17, and Mocon produced 15
points and 17 rebounds.
The Red Cubs, who are seek-
ing their 20th high school cage
title since 1967, tore the game
apart in the last 5:30.
They leaned on a 9-3 run and
a stiing pressure
defense on Staglets
point guard Ryan
Costelo to dictate the
pace and gain a 43-34
edge.
Mocons drive with
1:38 left allowed the
Red Cubs to take a 48-37 edge be-
fore the end of the third.
The third quarter was the key
when we made some stops, and
we limited them to just eight.
Sabi ko sa mga bata, in cham-
pionship game, defense will be
a key factor, said Red Cubs
coach Britt Reroma.
Collegiate Athletic Association
with the San Sebastian, is now free
to play for the Aces after the Stags
fell short of making the nals. He
just signed his contract with Alaska
worth P8.55 Million for three years
and is ready to go and help his team
starting today.
Alaska coach Luigi Trillo
assured that Abueva will indeed be
a force to reckon with but he wants
his rookie to rst get a feel of the
pro game and slowly but surely
incorporate him to the teams play.
Hes (Abueva) a very talented
player and we will patiently insert
him into the mix of things, said
Alaska coach Luigi Trillo of his
prized ward. He will make an
impact for us denitely but well
take it slow since he will still
need to adjust to the PBA.
However, a supposed super
rookie comparison with top
pick June Mar Fajardo will
unfortunately not happen as the
behemoth caught a streak of bad
luck just when he was already
starting to show some preview of
his potential.
Fajardo, after tallying 16 points
and 13 rebounds in Petron Blazes
90-84 setback at the hands of San
Mig Coffee Sunday night, his best
game of his young career, will be
sidelined for at least a month as
he suffered a swollen scrotum and
went under the knife yesterday.
Sayang kasi kung kelan
nakakauha na siya ng momentum
biglang injured. Pero ganyan
talaga eh pag player, it happens.
Hell be back. I hope we can ll
in his void inside, said Petron
coach Olsen Racela.
Alaska, after losing its rst two
assignments, rebounded nicely
with a 102-86 drubbing of the
Energy Cola also last Sunday.
In its last game, Barangay
Ginebra San Miguel lost the early
tournament lead when it suffered
its rst loss against Meralco, 99-
85, last Saturday.
Speedworld hosts 2012 FIM Asia race
THE FIM-compliant (technical and safety
standards) Speedworld Motocross Circuit
at SM Bicutan Paranaque City will be the
battleground of the 3rd round of the 2012
FIM Asia Motocross Supercross Champi-
onship set on Oct. 27-28.
The event has been dubbed The Jack
Enrile-Namssa Asian Supercross Cham-
pionship, the NAMSSAs way of paying
tribute to the Cagayan Representative, a
motocross enthusiast and staunch support-
er of NAMSSA, for his signicant contri-
butions to the development and promotion
of motorcycle sports in the country.
The event which will be organized by
the NAMSSA is recognized by the Philip-
pine Sports Commission and the Philippine
Olympic Committee and supported by SM
Bicutan, Paraaque Mayor Jun Bernabe,
Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hage-
dorn and the Department ot Tourism.
Riders and teams from Japan, Thailand,
Mongolia, China, Singapore, Guam, Sri Lanka,
Australia and Russia are expected to fly in next
week to dispute the titles and incentives at stake
in the three continental championship catego-
ries namely the Asian 125cc, the Asian Veter-
ans and Asian Junior 85cc divisions. The motos
comprising the 8th leg of the 2012 NAMSSA
National Motocross Development Program
will serve as support races to the continental
championship events.
Thailands Arnon Turbo Theplib heads
the cast of top notch riders disputing the
Asian 125cc diadem. The Thai ace is the
series frontrunner with 100 points after pull-
ing off rst place windups in all the motos of
the rst two rounds held in Puerto Princesa
and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Japans Suzuki
Kamikaze Tomoya and Thailands Jugkrit
Suksripaisan are in second and third places
with 86 and 78 points respectively.
PSA Cup,
PCSO Race
disputed
Sunday
BIG, highly-interesting races will
be disputed when racing resumes
this Sunday as part of the 78th
anniversary celebration of the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Ofce at the San Lazaro Leisure
Park in Carmona, Cavite.
These benet races are the
PCSO Anniversary Race head-
lined by six llies including Narci-
so Morales Machine Gun Mama
and the Philippine Sportswriters
Association (PSA) Cup featuring
ve elite colts led by Purple Rib-
bon of businessman-sportsman
Hermie Esguerra.
With veteran jockey Val Dilema
handling him, Purple Ribbon is
expected to set out as favorite
when he battles Arvin Dugo (Jef-
frey Bacaycay), Hi Money (Pattie
Dilema), Pleasantly Perfect (Jona-
than Hernandez), and Si Senor
(Jeff Zarate) in the PSA Cup, a
1600-meter race for the benet of
the countrys oldest association of
media practitioners.
Six females--Seni Seviyorum
(Red de Leon), Quakers Hill (John
Alvin Guce), Pinay beauty (M. Al-
varez), Machine Gun Mama (Pat-
tie Dilema), Madam Theresa (Jeff
Zarate and Pugad Lawin (Jesse
Guce) make up the cast vying in the
1400-meter PCSO race.
We are thankful to the PCSO
for helping the PSA in this wor-
thy undertaking. As we all know,
the PCSO is a long-time friend
and partner of the PSA and local
horseracing, said Rey Bancod,
president of the the 80-member
association of sportswriters.
For his part, PCSO general
manager lawyer Jose Ferdi-
nand M. Rojas II expressed
his gratitude to the PSA for its
warm support of horse racing
through the years.
PBaRS NCR leg
draws record field
A TOTAL of 772 entries, includ-
ing those from the provinces, have
signed up for this years second leg
of the MVP Sports Foundation-
Philippine Badminton Ranking
System (PBaRS) unfolding Oct.
27, making it the biggest so far in
the two-year staging of the coun-
trys premier ranking tournament.
We have exceeded the usual 550
entries weve had in our previous
legs. But this is a good problem since
this shows that what were working
for is bearing fruits, said tournament
director Nelson Asuncion.
He added that they will now
have to add extra courts and ex-
tra hours to accommodate the big
number of entries vying in a total
of 15 events, including the pre-
mier Open singles in the mens,
womens, and the Under-19 and
Under-15 singles categories.
The eliminations will be played
at Powersmash on Oct. 27-28
with the quarters, seminals and
the nals slated at Makati Coli-
seum on Oct. 29-31.
Toby Gadi, who swept the
mens Open singles in last years
four-leg inaugurals and re-assert-
ed his might in this years rst leg
in Cebu, and Bianca Carlos, win-
ner of womens Open and U-19
singles titles last May, head the
record cast in the ve-day event
sponsored by GOAL Pilipinas
and organized by the Philippine
Badminton Association headed
by Vice President Jejomar Binay,
chair Manny V. Pangilinan and
sec-gen Rep. Albee Benitez.
THE Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers
swamped the San Sebastian College-B Stags,
101-58, and the Hope Christian School Soldiers
stopped the San Beda Red Cubs, 75-65, Sunday
to grab important berths in the next stages of the
ongoing 10th Fr. Martin Division 2 Cup.
Paolo Pontejos drilled in 16 points for the
Heavy Bombers, who claimed the last quarter-
nal seat in mens Group B with their fourth
win in seven games at the St. Placid gymna-
sium in San Beda College-Manila campus in
Mendiola.
Hope, powered by John Apacible with 18
points, leaned on a strong start to keep the Red
Cubs at bay and coast to their sixth straight
win in Group A of the junior side.
The Heavy Bombers thus earned the fourth
seeding in their bracket and joined early Group
B qualiers University of the East, Arellano
University and Informatics.
They will meet top Group A qualier Na-
tional University at 11 a.m. during Saturdays
quarternal games at the Trinity University of
Asia gymnasium in Quezon City.
Bombers lead
Fr. Martin Cup
Games Saturday
(Game 2 at the
Araneta Coliseum)
3:15 p.m. San Sebastian
vs San Beda (jrs)
5:30 p.m. San Beda
vs Letran (srs)
NCAA
action.
Kevin Alas of
Letran, right,
tries to grab
the ball away
from Anjo
Caram of the
San Beda Red
Lions during
Game 1 of
their NCAA
championship
at the SM Mall
of Asia last
night.
SONNY
ESPIRITU
Sole winners. Paraaque City Councilor Benjo Bernabe (left) and basketball coach Binky
Favis (second from left) distribute school shoes to children of marginalized families in
Barangay BF Homes. The footwear donation is a project of the Paraaque YSDO and Youth
and Sports adviser Carlo Bernabe.
Jose Ferdinand Rojas
OCTOBER 19, 2012
Giger again mastered the world-
class eld as he crossed the nish line
in two hours, 10 minutes and 14.43
seconds for a second straight stage
victory, stealing the show from what
many expected as a looming duel
between defending champion Karl
Platt of Germany and 2009 champion
Burry Stander of South Africa.
This is one of the most difcult
races I ever experienced in my career.
Luckily, I survived the challenge and
Im happy to win another stage, said
Team Rabobanks Giger, who kept
his hold on the yellow jersey, which
symbolizes race leader.
Placing runner-up to Giger was
Germanys Karl Platt, who clocked
2:10.29.56, while worlds no. 2
Emil Lindgren of Sweden ranked
third (2:14:11.45).
Equally exciting was the showdown
between Davison and defending titlist
Nathalie Schnietter of Switzerland,
with the London Olympics veteran
winning the battle after a nightmar-
ish experience that had her running
over a snake and being attacked by
leeches along the race course.
I was really scared out there after
I ran over a snake. I screamed but no-
body was around to hear me, said the
29-year-old Davison who retained the
pink jersey of leadership after submit-
ting a time of 2:44.02.00.
European Under-23 champion
Elisabeth Sveum of Norway came in
second, almost ve minutes behind
(2:54.20.56), while Slovakian Janka
Stevkova emerged third (2:54:13.34).
The international tournament was
organized by Human Voyage, and
supported by Tradewinds, Sime
Darby Foundation, TM and Proton,
with the sanction of the Union Cy-
cliste International.
For tomorrows Stage 3 Langkawi
Marathon, the race course is expected
to test the mettle and endurance of
the riders. Due to weather conditions,
the Marathon is set to be 63.9km for
Mens Open and 42.6km for Wom-
ens Open, Mens Master and Senior
Mens Master.
Stage 4 is an Olympic distance
Cross Country race around Lang-
kawi GeoPark followed by Stage 5,
a stunning beach front nale around
a short circuit at Pantai Kok.
Tradewinds Corporation and
Yayasan Sime Darby are co-
sponsors as Platinum Partners for
LIMBC 2012. Silver sponsors are
Telekom Malaysia, Berjaya Cor-
poration Berhad, Maju Group and
Proton Holdings Berhad. Bronze
partners are AmBank Group and
ALM Group Sdn Bhd. The event
is supported by the Langkawi De-
velopment Authority). RM
FRIDAY
LANGKAWIEuropean champ Fabian
Giger of Switzerland and American Olympi-
an Lea Davison ruled the short but demand-
ing 45-km Stage 2 of the 2012 Langkawi
International Mountain Bike Challenge here.
SOUTH KOREAN Peter Kim of
TRS-Castrol Racing Team lived
up to his promise when he pulled
a big upset victory to capture the
GT200 crown in the Main Race
recently in the nal leg of the
2012 Philippine GT Champion-
ship Series at the Clark Interna-
tional Speedway.
Missing action in the past two
legs, Kim vowed to stage a big
comeback and created a huge
impact in his nal race this sea-
son with the TRS-Castrol Rac-
ing powered by Castrol, Bridge-
stone, Auto Access, Standard
Insurance, Coke Zero, OMP,
C!Magazine, Toptul, Speedlab,
Aguila Auto Glass and Oakley.
And he delivered more than
what was expected as he turned
back top title contenders Arnel
Carlos and son Dwight Kevin,
and veteran Uly Maningding by
a wide margin as he nished fth
overall behind the four GT300
drivers clockin g 33 minutes
and 39.081 seconds in the 15-lap
Final race.
The Tuason Racing crew did
a good job on the car set-up for
Kim, who had short stints in
karting, to capture his rst win
throughout the season after his
much-talked about fourth place
overall nish in the Round 3 Fi-
nal Race in Batangas.
He clocked the fastest time of
2:13.194 among the drivers in
his class during the qualifying
time trials that laid the stage for
Kims feat as he took the GT200
division pole position for the
nine-lap Sprint race.
However, he gured in an ac-
cident that resulted to suspen-
sion problems and forced his
early exit.
That only made him more de-
termined. Starting at the tail end
for the Final Race, the TRS crew
did more wonders in xing his
Honda Civic EK Auto Access car
as Kim maximized the power of
the setup to pass all drivers in his
class as he improved his lap time
to a fastest 2:13.061 to pull ahead
and seal his victory.
When he moved on to cir-
cuit racing this year, we saw big
promises in Peter (Kim) who
dares to push his limits in every
race. Whats more admirable
about this guy is his character
and determination that makes us
believe hell be among the coun-
trys top marquee race car drivers
in a year or two, said JP Tuason,
founder and president of the Tua-
Kim bags GT200 crown for TRS-Castrol
UNHERALDED Polytechnic
University of the Philippines
downed Central Luzon State
University, 11-4, in regulation
six-inning contest yesterday in
a battle of two State Colleges
and Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation campaigners and found
itself in the unfamiliar top spot
in Group B yesterday in the
Cebuana Lhuillier National In-
tercollegiate Womens Softball
Championship at the Rosario
Sports Complex in Pasig City.
A four-run, four-hit attack
right at the bottom of the rst
inning was all the Sta. Mesa-
based batters needed in scoring
their third straight victory to
remain the only unbeaten side
in the six-team Group B eld
that includes UAAP campaign-
er University of the East, Santo
Tomas, Ateneo and National
University.
The PUP girls rst two wins
came at the expense of UAAP
titlists Lady Warriors, whom
they beat, 5-4, in eight innings,
and the Lady Eagles, whom
they blanked, 6-0, in their dou-
bleheader Wednesday.
Coach Opreng dela Cruzs
girls need to win one of their
last two outings to make it
into the crossover seminal
round. They battle the Growl-
ing Tigresses in one of anoth-
er heavy ve-game schedule
today then the Lady Bulldogs
in the nal day of elimina-
tions saturday.
PUP leads
womens
softball
FOLLOWING the unfortunate in-
cident Wednesday night which saw
Meralco coaches lose valuable pos-
sessions to thieves, Philippine Bas-
ketball Association commissioner
Chito Salud wants tighter security at
the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
After Bolts coaches Ryan Gre-
gorio and Ronnie Magsanoc lost
personal belongings as the thieves
sneaked in the teams locker room
during the rst half of its 105-104
heartbreaker against Global Port,
Salud demanded better security
measures at the PBA venue.
Its indeed unfortunate. MOA
Arena ofcials just have to tighten
their security measures and improve
their response procedure, said Salud
in his statement following the forget-
table happening.
Salud added that he expects of-
cials of the venue to x security
issues so that such incidents never
occur again.
I am condent the MOA Arena
management can immediately rec-
tify their shortcomings, ensure the
safety of the teams and the fans,
and indemnify in full the victims of
todays theft and robbery.
The thieves took away Grego-
rios iPad, iPhone and wallet while
Magsanoc lost his cellphone.
Gregorios sling bag containing the
said items was recovered somewhere
near the hallway heading to the dug-
out but all possessions were gone.
The MOA Arena management is-
sued a statement promising to x its
lapses and address the case by con-
ducting its own investigation.
While a lot of people are still ad-
justing to the system we are imple-
menting, probably its still a learning
process for us. But well address this
(security) concern, stated by the
venues arena in its statement.
The Arena management has ex-
pressed willingness to sort out what
ever needs to be sorted out.
Initial analysis dictates that the
thieves used the dugouts ceiling,
which seemed to be damaged, as
their way to get inside and out the
dugout. Jeric Lopez
Salud wants tighter security at SM MOA
Donaire fight drew huge TV viewership
THE battle for the World Boxing
Council Diamond Belt between
WBO super bantamweight/junior
featherweight champion Nonito
The Filipino Flash Donaire and
Japans WBC champion emeritus
Toshiaki Nishioka last October 14
over ABS-CBN Channel 2 turned
in tremendous TV ratings.
Kantar Media reported that the
ratings for Total Philippines was
33.88 percent while the Total Urban
gure was 31.61 percent and the To-
tal Rural 36.90 percent.
Broken down, the ratings showed
a 26.35 percent in Mega Manila,
28.89 percent in Metro Manila and
22.88 percent in the Suburbs.
The Total Balance of Luzon regis-
tered a 32.72 rating while the Urban
Balance was 34.25 and the Rural
Balance 31.82.
Kantar Media said that Total
North Luzon turned in a 32.38 rat-
ing with Urban North Luzon seeing
a 31.65 rating.
The TV ratings in the Visayas
and Mindanao which are hotbeds of
boxing were even more remarkable.
According to Kantar Media, Ur-
ban Visayas turned in a rating of
38.56 for the clash between Donaire
and Nishioka while Rural Visayas
was an even higher 42.91 percent.
In Mindanao, the television rat-
ings reached its highest. The Total
Mindanao gure was 41.26 percent
with Urban Mindanao turning in a
41.31 percent and Rural Mindanao
41.23 percent.
While the ABS-CBN Pinoy
Pride series has done well in the
past the television ratings for the
Donaire-Nishioka clash were the
best so far.
Vice President for Sports Peter
Musngi is hoping that the battle for
the vacant WBO title between AJ
Bazooka Banal and Thailands
rugged Pungluang Sor Singyu will
surpass the ratings of the Donaire-
Pungluang Sor Singyu when they
clash for the vacant EBO title this
October. Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE Philippine youth team rode on the goals scored by
midelder Jean Bridgette Kadil and substitute striker
Christina de los Reyes to put away Hong Kong Tuesday
night in the start of the Asian Football Confederation un-
der-19 womens football 2013 qualifying round.
Patience and composure paid off in the second half af-
ter Kadil connected in the 70th minute and de los Reyes
found an opening in the 77th minute of the game at the
pitch of the Rizal memorial track football stadium.
This put the Filipinas in the opening day lead with Myan-
mar, which came off with a 3-1 win over Chinese-Taipei.
We were rattled tried for a score in the rst half. We
were just bombarding them with attempts. In the second
half, we had some adjustments and relied on our compo-
sure, said assistant coach Franklin Cacacho.
Kadil, an 18-year-old aspirant from Far Eastern Universi-
ty, unleashed a long volley from 30 meters, with the ball go-
ing over the head of goalie Chan Tsz Ching and into the net.
De Leon, an industrial engineering student from the
University of the Philippines and a member of the Philip-
pine Malditas, slipped past a defender and rolled in the
Filipinas second goal seven minutes later.
The Filipinas will meet Myanmar at 6 p.m. tomorrow
night, and they are seeking one of two slots to the second
qualifying round in Ho Chi Minh City from Dec. 1 to 9.
The winner of the playoff match in Vietnam will then advance
to the biennial AFC under-19 womens championships in 2013.
Meanwhile, 10 teams in the United Football will be
pitted again six top provincial teams, which will make
it past the regional elimination of the Philippine Football
Federation (PFF)-Smart Club Championships.
PFF president Mariano Nonong Araneta said this
Wednesday during a press launching at the Football
House in Pasig with PFF competition head Cyril Dotas
and Smart sports manager Epok Quimpo.
PH womens youth
team beats HK
PEPING UNOPPOSED?
INCUMBENT Philippine Olympic Committee
head Jose Peping Cojuangco continues to
remained unchallenged in the POC polls.
Cojuangco remains the only sports ofcial
who will be seeking the top post this year.
Election committee Victorico Concoy
Chavez conrmed this yesterday after six
heads of national sports association led
their candidacy for the coming POC polls
on Nov. 30. Peter Atencio
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Giger, Davison keep hold on lead
Peter Kim (inset) steers his Honda Civic EK Auto Access car past
veteran drivers Uly Maninding and Willy Torres (No. 27) to capture
the GT200 crown.
son Racing School.
For more information about
the team, interested parties may
vischit our website at www.
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sonracing.com or call TRS sec-
retariat c/o Aileen Urgelles and
Abi at 820-4203.
Mens Open leaders. Emil Lindgren of Sweden,
No. 10, tows the lead pack in the 2012 Langkawi
International Mountain Bike Challenge. Trailing
closely are Kristian Hynek of the Czech Republic,
No. 16 and Florian Vogel, No. 7. ROMAN PROSPERO
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Manila Water buys Indon firm
S&P: Investment rating not expected soon
Makati court stops sale
of Exportbanks assets
A MAKATI court stopped
state-owned Philippine
Deposit Insurance Corp. from
selling the assets of the closed
Export and Industry Bank,
forcing interested investors
to withdraw their bids in an
auction Thursday.
PDIC said the bidding
committee declared the
auction for Tranche 1 of the
rehabilitation of Exportbank
a failed bidding after no bids
were received. Tranche 1
covered the sale of the assets
and liabilities of the closed
bank, as well as 50 branches
and an additional 30, all in
restricted areas.
It said upon the conclusion of
the bidding, that it had received
a copy of a 72-hour temporary
restraining order issued by the
Makati City regional trial court
stopping PDIC, the Bangko
Sentral and EIB from proceeding
with the sale of the banks assets,
branches and commercial bank
license.
The court issued the TRO in
response to a case led by Forum
Holdings Corp., East Asia Oil
Company Inc., Pacic Rehouse
Corp., Pacic Concorde Corp.
and Mizpah Holdings Inc.
The prospective bidders were
furnished a copy of the TRO
Thursday.
The PDIC said it would le
a motion to dissolve or lift the
TRO because the Makati RTC
had no jurisdiction to issue the
preliminary injunction.
It added the plaintiffs have
no clear and unmistakable right
over EIBs assets, branches and
commercial bank license to
be entitled to injunctive relief
and that there was no extreme
urgency in the issuance of the
TRO.
Anna Leah Estrada
By Jenniffer B. Austria
MANILA Water Co. Inc., owned by the
Ayala conglomerate, is buying 51 percent
of Jakarta water concessionaire PT PAM
Lyonnaise Jaya.
By Anna Leah Estrada
STANDARD & Poors Rating
Services said Thursday the
Philippines will have to wait
two-and-half years before
attaining an investment-grade
credit rating.
The international credit rating
agency said in a report titled
The Race To Investment Grade:
Indonesia and the Philippines
that both countries have some
weaknesses to address before
they are likely to break into
the investment-grade rating
category.
It issued the report as
the Philippine government
expressed hope it would receive
a new upgrade in its rating from
the debt watchers this year or
next.
S&P, however, noted that on
average, it took 2.5 years for a
credit rating to move from BB+
to BBB-, based on historical
performances.
S&P raised the Philippines
long-term foreign currency
sovereign credit rating to BB+
from BB with a stable outlook
on July 4.
The stable outlook on the
Philippines indicates that risks
to the ratings are balanced,
said S&P credit analyst Agost
Benard.
S&P said both the Philippines
and Indonesia had low per-capita
income levels, which remain a
rating constraint.
The wealth levels in
Indonesia and the Philippines
imply a low revenue base
for the government to draw
on, signicant human and
physical capital shortcomings,
and hence less scal and
political exibility to modify
policy to avoid default in the
event of adverse economic
developments, Bernard said.
Benard noted that the
Philippines had narrowed its
scal decits, lessened its
reliance on foreign savings and
rationalized the public sector. He
said a more conducive political
setting replaced the turbulent
and obstructionist environment
that prevailed for well over a
decade.
He said while the continued
strength of remittances was
a positive factor for the
Philippines external position
and rating, large inows of
remittances were a sign of
failure since it implied that all
people have to go to abroad to
search for employment.
Given the Philippines
demographic profile and
decades of low investment
levels, the economy appears
unable to absorb the nations
supply of labor. We account
for this weakness in our
appraisal of the countrys
economy. That said, the
Philippine overseas labor
force is well diversified in
terms of geography and skill
sets, Bernard said.
The S&P report, however,
said the Philippines had a weak
scal prole and high interest
burden on public debt, owing
to a narrow revenue base and
the large portion of expensive
commercial debt.
Manila Water said in
a disclosure to the stock
exchange it signed a share
purchase agreement with Suez
Environment to acquire a 51-
percent equity in PT PAM
Lyonnaise Jaya.
The distributor did not
indicate how much it would
spend to acquire the majority
stake in the Indonesian water
distributor.
It said the closing of the
acquisition is subject to certain
government and regulatory
approvals in Indonesia and
fulllment of other conditions
precedent.
PT PAM Lyonnaise has been
operating the water supply
concession contract of Western
Jakarta since 1997 under a 25-
year concession agreement
with PAM Jaya, a government
entity fully owned by Jakarta
province.
It supplies over 700 million
liters of water per day and
operates 5,300 kilometers of
pipe network.
Manila Water has been
looking at Indonesia for possible
expansion since 2010, given its
large market and population
of over 200 million. It is also
looking at India and Vietnam
for overseas expansion.
The water utility company
signed a deal to acquire a
48.85 percent interest in Kenh
Dong Water Supply Joint
Stock Company, which owns
and operates a major water
infrastructure in Vietnam in
May.
Kenh Dong Water has a water
treatment plant, with a projected
capacity of 200 million liters a
day, which is expected to start
commercial operations by the
second half of the year. Kenh
Dong has a bulk water supply
contract with Saigon Water
Corp. for a guaranteed volume
of 150 million liters per day.
Manila Water also recently
signed a joint investment
agreement with the Cebu
provincial government for the
development of a bulk water
project. The agreement provides
for the joint development and
operation of bulk water system
that will supply 35 million
liters of potable water per day
to target areas in Cebu.
Manila Water is the
concessionaire for the east
zone of Metro Manila, the
entire Cabuyao, Sta. Rosa City
and Bian in Laguna, Clark in
Pampanga and Boracay.
It has an existing management
contract in Ho Chi Minh also in
Vietnam.
Share price of Manila Water
shed P0.10 to close at P28.40
per share Thursday.
Yehey! jumps 170% in market debut
SHARE price of Yehey! Corp., the rst digital marketing company to list
at the Philippine Stock Exchange, soared 170 percent in its market debut
on strong outlook on revenues.
The shares rose to a high of P4.50 per share, froman initial listing price
of P1, before closing at P2.70 apiece.
Yehey! general manager and chief executive Jay Arellano said in an interview
following the listing ceremony that the company was expecting revenues to
go up. He said advertising spending on digital media would improve in the
coming months due to holidays and election-related spending.
We saw that pretty much of all our clients are spending on digital media
before Christmas and were looking at a good year, Arellano said.
The company is expected to benet from the upcoming elections as
senatorial candidates could use the Internet to create awareness about their
platforms.
Only 0.2 percent of total advertising spending goes to the digital media
or Internet sites. Arellano expects the gure to increase in the coming years
as more and more people use the Internet. Jenniffer B. Austria
Peza to help SunPower workers
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority vowed to help hundreds of
employees that will be affected by the streamlining of operations of solar
panel maker SunPower Corp. in the country.
Just like what we did during the nancial crisis, Peza has been able
partners in Labor Department and Tesda [Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority]. This is in the form of giving them other
livelihood opportunities, Peza promotions group head Elmer San Pascual
said Thursday.
San Pascual said one possibility was that the affected employees could
be employed by electronics companies at economic zones.
SunPower earlier announced it would idle some solar cell production
lines in the Philippines and cut about 900 jobs, or 17 percent of its global
workforce, due to excess capacity and declining demand.
As of now we have no exact gures of affected employees because
usually the ofcial statement would come from their main ofce overseas,
San Pascual said.
SunPower has two facilities in the Calabarzon area, one in Laguna and
another in Batangas. Julito G. Rada
Empire East raises P2.7b
Empire East Land Holdings Inc., the property company in partnership with
the Okada group in Pagcor Entertainment City, on Thursday said it raised
P2.7 billion from a stock rights offering.
Empire East said in a disclosure to the stock exchange all 2.69 billion
shares were subscribed by existing shareholders at P1 per share. The shares
will be listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange on Nov. 29.
Proceeds from the rights offer in the amount of P2.69 billion will be
used by the company to nance its capital and project expenditures,
Empire East said.
Shareholders of Empire East were entitled to purchase one right share
for every four common shares owned.
The rights offer shares will be issued from an increase in the companys
authorized capital stock to P10 billion, which was approved by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Empire East last month signed a joint venture agreement with Okada
Groups Tiger Resort Leisure and Entertainment Inc. and Eagle 1
Landholdings Inc. for a 12.95-hectare luxury residential resort condominium
project in Entertainment City Manila. Jenniffer B. Austria
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 14,907,442 649,486,103.80
INDUSTRIAL 2,020,383,484 919,299,422.15
HOLDING FIRMS 6,109,653,901 1,481,545,856.03
PROPERTY 407,282,617 1,061,417,603.06
SERVICES 2,099,437,110 2,098,865,036.87
MINING & OIL 2,951,094,817 216,370,245.66
GRAND TOTAL 13,602,759,371 6,426,984,267.57
FINANCIAL 1,383.60 (down) 7.27
INDUSTRIAL 8,392.76 (down) 51.86
HOLDING FIRMS 4,659.73 (up) 24.23
PROPERTY 2,106.80 (up) 3.46
SERVICES 1,766.83 (up) 2.29
MINING & OIL 20,377.63 (down) 195.27
PSEI 5,435.94 (down) 2.44
All Shares Index 3,601.59 (down) 0.24
Gainers: 70; Losers: 95; Unchanged:42; Total: 207
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 64.95 65.30 64.95 65.00 0.08 2,003,120 68,670,213.00
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 83.30 83.00 81.50 82.10 (1.44) 554,970 9,376,090.50
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.74 0.00 340,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 53.40 53.65 53.45 53.45 0.09 1,003,020 5,365.00
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 19.20 19.50 19.00 19.00 (1.04) 369,500 1,828,520.00
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 23.40 23.40 23.10 23.15 (1.07) 198,800 (1,017,130.00)
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.50 10.24 10.24 10.24 (2.48) 600
0.95 0.62 First Abacus 0.78 0.72 0.72 0.72 (7.69) 25,000
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 86.55 86.60 86.50 86.55 0.00 7,100 8,660.00
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 500.00 505.00 500.00 500.00 0.00 50
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 93.00 93.15 92.00 92.25 (0.81) 1,317,780 (11,594,051.50)
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.90 1.94 1.90 1.94 2.11 213,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 73.00 73.55 72.90 73.30 0.41 448,900 12,548,031.00
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 84.40 85.70 85.70 85.70 1.54 10,000
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 368.20 370.00 366.40 366.40 (0.49) 5,870
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 45.95 46.00 45.70 45.70 (0.54) 415,500.00 (6,834,535.00)
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 166.70 167.00 166.00 166.90 0.12 710,710 101,877,636.00
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 950.00 975.00 965.00 975.00 2.63 300 (29,100.00)
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 107.00 107.90 107.00 107.50 0.47 10,640 315,650.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 2.40 2.50 2.14 2.16 (10.00) 5,769,000 319,730.00
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.65 33.75 33.50 33.60 (0.15) 743,900 14,425,865.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.30 8.30 8.15 8.17 (1.57) 162,600 20,550.00
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 16.32 16.32 16.32 16.32 0.00 1,000
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.71 1.75 1.71 1.75 2.34 2,332,000
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 27.40 27.40 27.40 27.40 0.00 200
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.41 1.43 1.40 1.40 (0.71) 529,000 (69,100.00)
Asiabest Group 20.50 20.90 20.00 20.00 (2.44) 22,900
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.50 12.88 12.88 12.88 (4.59) 1,300
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 3.47 4.10 3.47 3.80 9.51 524,000 20,150.00
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.87 2.88 2.85 2.85 (0.70) 294,000 263,060.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.94 11.94 11.70 11.92 (0.17) 72,600
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.29 6.29 6.24 6.27 (0.32) 13,429,400 (908,712.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.70 8.70 8.65 8.68 (0.23) 408,900 248,762.00
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 20.90 21.05 20.75 20.90 0.00 2,078,900 2,410,920.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 80.95 81.10 80.60 80.90 (0.06) 717,650 1,590,827.50
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 17.60 18.00 17.80 18.00 2.27 16,400
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0210 0.0210 0.0200 0.0210 0.00 1,922,800,000 181,000.00
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 13.30 13.40 13.20 13.40 0.75 46,300 427,960.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 3.97 4.00 3.97 4.00 0.76 17,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.650 0.680 0.660 0.660 1.54 23,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 104.00 105.20 103.00 105.00 0.96 573,750 20,422,366.00
Lafarge Rep 9.47 9.48 9.43 9.48 0.11 4,667,700 19,278,000.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.09 2.13 2.07 2.07 (0.96) 288,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 28.50 28.50 28.30 28.40 (0.35) 2,306,400 (813,300.00)
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.600 16.600 16.580 16.600 0.00 19,000 235,436.00
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 288.00 288.00 283.00 284.40 (1.25) 233,390 10,380,604.00
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 4.75 4.75 4.67 4.70 (1.05) 9,568,000 (8,837,300.00)
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.94 10.96 10.84 10.96 0.18 1,903,000 108,800.00
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.20 10.50 10.50 10.50 2.94 24,300
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.10 8.19 8.06 8.15 0.62 20,500
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.20 4.19 3.95 3.99 (5.00) 7,588,000 7,729,350.00
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 1.99 2.40 2.40 2.40 20.60 156,000
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.52 2.70 2.70 2.70 7.14 2,105,000
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.10 34.10 34.00 34.10 0.00 73,700
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 110.00 110.00 109.60 110.00 0.00 313,390 15,403,889.00
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.50 2.50 2.45 2.50 0.00 14,017,000 (19,722,680.00)
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.85 1.84 1.76 1.79 (3.24) 238,000
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.185 0.190 0.165 0.167 (9.73) 18,410,000 170,000.00
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.90 11.98 11.88 11.88 (0.17) 821,300 3,337,200.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.09 2.08 2.00 2.08 (0.48) 212,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.29 1.30 1.26 1.27 (1.55) 6,859,000 1,275,350.00
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 72.40 72.45 70.10 70.10 (3.18) 2,493,660 (113,095,107.00)
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.20 1.20 1.15 1.17 (2.50) 1,838,000 (150,380.00)
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.870 0.900 0.860 0.880 1.15 938,000 (88,110.00)
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.70 0.71 0.69 0.70 0.00 9,432,000 (210,000.00)
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.50 48.55 48.00 48.50 0.00 619,700 15,269,975.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0960 0.1440 0.0960 0.1410 46.88 6,047,210,000 14,338,390.00
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 14.94 15.06 14.86 15.04 0.67 10,848,500 24,646,602.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.02 2.00 2.02 1.00 881,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.97 5.00 5.00 5.00 0.60 5,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.02 5.14 5.02 5.05 0.60 656,300 (50,515.00)
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.45 1.42 1.38 1.42 (2.07) 218,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 422.60 426.80 422.80 426.80 0.99 332,560 28,667,320.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 57.00 57.50 56.80 56.95 (0.09) 500,370 13,809,221.00
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.38 2.50 2.50 2.50 5.04 20,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.16 4.18 4.13 4.13 (0.72) 103,000
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.229 0.229 0.228 0.229 0.00 60,000
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 547.50 547.00 540.50 540.50 (1.28) 45,810 (5,423,720.00)
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.88 5.95 5.94 5.95 1.19 46,600
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.80 33.90 33.50 33.60 (0.59) 943,200 (9,991,825.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 5.60 7.25 5.70 7.20 28.57 244,000
5.70 2.30 Keppel Holdings `B 3.90 4.10 4.10 4.10 5.13 12,000
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.49 5.55 5.42 5.50 0.18 1,818,000 2,879,130.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.29 1.31 1.25 1.25 (3.10) 6,900,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.44 (9.38) 120,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.06 2.10 2.02 2.10 1.94 1,079,000 98,300.00
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.13 4.17 4.13 4.13 0.00 20,803,000 (6,476,060.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.01 5.01 4.98 4.98 (0.60) 112,300
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 5.70 6.00 5.62 5.68 (0.35) 30,100
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0500 0.0480 0.0470 0.0480 (4.00) 2,500,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.310 1.280 1.280 1.280 (2.29) 2,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.510 0.510 0.500 0.510 0.00 227,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.325 0.00 500,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 807.00 820.50 800.00 817.00 1.24 242,280 31,743,630.00
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 1.95 2.04 1.94 1.96 0.51 893,000 (986,670.00)
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.18 1.16 1.16 1.16 (1.69) 8,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3100 0.3100 0.2950 0.3050 (1.61) 1,890,000
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.420 0.400 0.400 0.400 (4.76) 300,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 17.04 17.00 17.00 17.00 (0.23) 3,500
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.20 3.20 3.11 3.20 0.00 1,015,000 73,140.00
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.570 0.570 0.560 0.560 (1.75) 76,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.184 0.184 0.184 0.184 0.00 160,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 23.60 23.70 23.40 23.45 (0.64) 3,390,400 (14,397,805.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.21 5.22 5.15 5.18 (0.58) 3,582,300 (145,215.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 4.98 5.05 4.99 4.99 0.20 110,000
5.20 2.20 Cebu Prop. `B 5.10 5.10 5.10 5.10 0.00 18,000
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.49 1.49 1.47 1.48 (0.67) 1,836,000 28,950.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.40 2.42 2.40 2.40 0.00 15,000
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.070 0.076 0.074 0.076 8.57 100,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.83 0.84 0.83 0.84 1.20 1,450,000 (83,000.00)
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.880 0.960 0.880 0.920 4.55 195,465,000 (258,170.00)
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.75 3.70 3.68 3.70 (1.33) 116,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.248 0.248 0.242 0.242 (2.42) 11,130,000 659,400.00
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.85 1.87 1.84 1.85 0.00 6,016,000 (3,921,920.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.38 1.38 1.36 1.38 0.00 14,783,000 8,467,290.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.95 1.95 1.87 1.95 0.00 15,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.41 1.46 1.31 1.31 (7.09) 956,000
4.50 1.50 Keppel Properties 2.33 2.13 2.13 2.13 (8.58) 1,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.46 2.50 2.45 2.49 1.22 89,009,000 102,736,340.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1760 0.1770 0.1720 0.1720 (2.27) 5,610,000 (34,600.00)
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6900 0.6900 0.6600 0.6700 (2.90) 27,785,000 614,020.00
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.470 0.470 0.470 0.470 0.00 1,010,000
4.33 2.10 Primex Corp. 3.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 (14.29) 21,000
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 19.38 19.72 19.38 19.50 0.62 4,393,800 37,991,030.00
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.32 3.33 3.29 3.30 (0.60) 556,000 3,310.00
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.84 2.85 2.80 2.85 0.35 175,000 65,550.00
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.13 6.32 6.12 6.30 2.77 2,515,100 2,027,426.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.62 14.90 14.70 14.76 0.96 23,413,700 10,044,048.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.69 0.67 0.69 2.99 1,090,000 (85,560.00)
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.74 3.69 3.67 3.69 (1.34) 260,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 0.530 0.510 0.530 1.92 120,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.720 4.810 4.720 4.740 0.42 8,709,000 1,203,280.00
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 30.20 30.95 30.70 30.85 2.15 85,600
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.33 1.36 1.31 1.31 (1.50) 522,000 7,860.00
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.620 0.620 0.600 0.610 (1.61) 1,580,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.25 8.90 8.90 8.90 (3.78) 10,000
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 13.38 13.58 12.68 13.28 (0.75) 29,094,700 (66,436,714.00)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1430 0.1490 0.1400 0.1440 0.70 65,840,000 (67,680.00)
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.87 5.86 5.75 5.77 (1.70) 567,600 (106,085.00)
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 57.00 57.00 56.85 57.00 0.00 510,470 (18,274,462.00)
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.00 10.30 10.30 10.30 3.00 800
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.40 5.80 5.40 5.80 7.41 22,400 (7,540.00)
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1015.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 (1.48) 130
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1127.00 1138.00 1126.00 1138.00 0.98 37,755 11,586,025.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 8.32 8.33 8.30 8.33 0.12 413,600
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 70.00 70.85 70.10 70.60 0.86 635,830 4,898,049.00
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.420 0.430 0.430 0.430 2.38 300,000 43,000.00
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 5.05 5.05 5.05 5.05 0.00 100
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.75 2.89 2.60 2.60 (5.45) 496,000 18,530.00
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.051 0.060 0.045 0.058 13.73 1,870,290,000 (370,150.00)
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.03 1.04 1.01 1.02 (0.97) 6,165,000 82,200.00
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.8500 2.8500 2.8500 2.8500 0.00 30,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 9.00 9.13 8.94 9.00 0.00 1,815,100 450,750.00
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 0.00 13,000
2.65 1.03 Lorenzo Shipping 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 0.00 6,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.80 2.80 2.70 2.70 (3.57) 115,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.69 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.45 9,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.80 2.88 2.80 2.84 1.43 586,000 692,530.00
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.08 14.14 14.00 14.12 0.28 71,000 125,630.00
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 5.62 5.75 5.30 5.50 (2.14) 32,800
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.76 2.77 2.74 2.75 (0.36) 505,000 (27,600.00)
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.43 9.43 9.01 9.20 (2.44) 137,000 283,950.00
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 72.50 73.00 72.20 73.00 0.69 817,660 58,229,100.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 17.02 17.02 16.90 17.02 0.00 1,670,300 2,866,290.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2680.00 2716.00 2664.00 2678.00 (0.07) 68,850 (54,219,910.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.00 1,860,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 31.30 31.40 30.50 31.15 (0.48) 3,330,700 (25,473,570.00)
STI Holdings 1.70 1.70 1.57 1.63 (4.12) 206,000
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 0.00 13,000
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.56 2.60 2.60 2.60 1.56 1,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.435 0.440 0.415 0.435 0.00 720,000 60,100.00
Yehey 1.000 4.500 2.400 2.700 170.00 16,596,000 1,622,700.00
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0057 0.0059 0.0056 0.0056 (1.75) 1,071,000,000 (79,200.00)
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.72 4.76 4.60 4.76 0.85 80,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 0.00 55,700 278,500.00
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 18.08 18.00 17.88 17.98 (0.55) 476,200 2,821,280.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 26.70 26.35 25.00 26.35 (1.31) 1,200 5,270.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.270 0.275 0.270 0.270 0.00 2,810,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 22.80 23.75 22.85 23.75 4.17 15,700
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.08 1.10 1.07 1.07 (0.93) 203,000
61.80 6.96 Dizon 20.05 20.20 19.80 19.98 (0.35) 74,000 484,204.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.58 0.59 0.58 0.58 0.00 1,952,000 (203,000.00)
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.180 1.190 1.150 1.170 (0.85) 11,629,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.280 1.260 1.220 1.240 (3.13) 2,867,000 506,240.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0590 0.0590 0.0560 0.0570 (3.39) 259,460,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0600 0.0600 0.0570 0.0570 (5.00) 152,350,000 480,000.00
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.24 17.22 17.16 17.22 (0.12) 480,800 794,574.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 6.98 7.05 6.89 6.99 0.14 821,900
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6500 0.6300 0.6300 0.6300 (3.08) 77,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.440 4.480 4.370 4.390 (1.13) 165,000 (13,200.00)
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0190 (5.00) 64,000,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.95 5.97 5.96 5.97 0.34 218,800
28.25 18.40 Philex À 15.54 15.56 15.36 15.46 (0.51) 6,143,500 3,402,828.00
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 25.60 25.50 25.00 25.50 (0.39) 87,800 936,150.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.046 0.046 0.045 0.045 (2.17) 467,600,000 225,000.00
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 223.60 224.00 221.60 223.40 (0.09) 23,500 1,496,292.00
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0180 0.0160 0.0180 20.00 908,300,000 211,900.00
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 29.60 30.00 29.20 30.00 1.35 418,800 (59,975.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 537.00 537.00 537.00 537.00 0.00 240
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 104.10 104.10 104.10 104.10 0.00 1,000
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 104.00 102.30 102.00 102.00 (1.92) 16,800
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 8.40 8.37 8.25 8.35 (0.60) 338,300 (416,794.00)
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 107.50 107.50 107.50 107.50 0.00 9,490
SMC Preferred A 75.00 75.00 74.95 74.95 (0.07) 384,860 (7,680,750.00)
SMC Preferred C 75.00 75.25 75.00 75.00 0.00 45,960
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1013.00 1011.00 1010.00 1011.00 (0.20) 5,745 116,265.00
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.42 1.48 1.46 1.48 4.23 2,365,000 3,327,610.00
A little peace
Stocks close lower;
Alcorn, Yehey! soar
PNOC
unveils
P10-b
offering
THE signing of the Bangsamoro Framework
Agreement has buoyed hopes that the 40-year
conict in Mindanao will soon have a denitive
end. Just how soon is soon, however, seems to
be a raging question considering the threats that
have been uttered by certain groups who feel that
they have been marginalized and kept out of the
discussion.
Happy Hour intel sources claim that Moro
National Liberation Front hardliners are unhappy
to see the breakaway faction Moro Islamic
Liberation Front now getting star treatment from
the administration. If the grumblings of MNLF
leader and former governor of the (failed, according
to President Noynoy Aquino) Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao Nur Misuari are any
indication, it wont be smooth sailing at all.
In the last few days, Mindanao has already been
hit by several explosions. Although this is not
really a new experience for people in the so-called
conict-affected areas, it was rather unnerving
for those living in Cagayan de Oro, a city that has
been relatively peaceful.
While the Aquino administration is focused on
peace which is the primary intention in the drafting
of the framework agreement, certain groups seem
to have a different opinion. They may also want
peace alrightbut its probably the kind espoused
by a character played by comedian Mel Brooks
who said: All I want is peace. Peace! Peace! A
little piece of Poland, a little piece of France
Toadies and atterers
Viewers were aghast to watch this supposedly
hard hitting show air an extremely biased episode
featuring an environmental issue faced by a
giant company. An interview from a disgruntled
employee was given prominent coverage but
surprise(or maybe not)no employee who had
a positive view of the company (and apparently
there are many) was given airtime at all.
According to insiders, the host had interviewed
members of the community where the company
operates but the favorable testimonies were
reportedly edited out because they did not sit
well with the advocacy of one of the network
owners. Our Happy Hour source also said that a
discussion from a well-respected member of the
academe (who allegedly had a run-in with one
of the network owners during a summit) about
the benets of the industry which the company is
involved inincluding the reasons why people
cannot do away with it and what steps are being
done to utilize the countrys resources responsibly
was junked, for obvious reasons.
Viewers were asking, Whatever happened to
balanced reporting? Well, it seems this policy
is kicked down the drain when the story involves
issues that run counter to some of the network
owners advocacies, or when the business
establishment involved is owned by rival entities,
the Happy Hour cabal commented. Sycophants do
not contribute to intelligent discussion; neither do
toadies and atterers who allow themselves to be
used simply because they want to please the boss,
observers noted.
Battle for consumers rages
among service providers
Amid the raging war between local telcos ghting
for the loyalty of subscribers, a global survey on
partnership attitudes among three groups reveals
that service providers are willing to work together
for the right termsbut they also want to own
the customer.
Released by leading customer experience systems
and services provider Amdocs and conducted by
global research rm Coleman Parks, key ndings
of the survey showed increasing competition
among communication service providers, over-
the-top players and device manufacturers to own
the customer in any partnering agreement, with a
very small percentage of DMs and OTT players
saying they are prepared to cede ownership of the
customer experience.
Interestingly, the survey showed respondents
agreeing that brand strength, network quality and
customer data are major assets. Service providers are
also increasingly seeing OTT players to be potential
partners and sources of innovation, not threats.
HH nibbler: Shotgun wedding
News about an Iowa jewelry store offering
free Remington shotguns to customers buying
engagement rings priced above $2,000 was
trending in Yahoo! news several days ago,
triggering comments about shotgun weddings in
reversewith American men needing additional
help to persuade their girlfriends to say I do.
Pinoy machos, however, are crossing their ngers
hoping that local jewelry stores will not latch on to
the same promo because it could generate a buying
spree from eager girlfriends with strict fathers.
For comments, reactions, photos, stories

and related concerns, readers may e-mail to
happyhourtoday2012@yahoo.com.
STOCKS retreated Thursday, snapping
a four-day rally as investors engaged in
prot taking with the benchmark index
staying near the record-high level.
The Philippine Stock Ex-
change index, the 30-company
benchmark, shed 2 points to
close at 5,435.94, as three of
the six counters ended in the
red. Value turnover amounted
to P6.4 billion.
The heavier index, repre-
senting all shares, traded at at
3,601.50, even as losers outnum-
bered gainers, 95 to 70, with 42
issues unchanged.
Alcorn Gold Resources Corp.,
an oil exploration company con-
trolled by tycoon Lucio Co,
surged 46.9 percent to P0.141,
becoming the most actively
traded stock.
Yehey! Corp. jumped 170
percent to P2.70 on its trading
debut as the digital marketing
service provider forecast sales
will almost triple in ve years,
boosted by political advertise-
ment spending in next years
elections. Yehey listed 278 mil-
lion shares Thursday.
Empire East Land Holdings
Inc. rose 4.6 percent to P0.92 af-
ter the property rm announced
it completed a P2.7-billion stock
rights offering.
Meanwhile, Asian stock mar-
kets rose Thursday after an un-
expectedly strong US housing
report renewed condence in
the worlds biggest economy
and the latest data from China
suggested the worst of its slump
is over.
The US Commerce Depart-
ment said builders started con-
struction on new single-family
houses and apartments at the
fastest pace in more than four
years. Housing starts surged
to an annual rate of 872,000 in
September, far above estimates.
Housing is crucial to any eco-
nomic recovery in the U.S. and
the gures offset the gloom
from some mediocre earnings
reports.
China, meanwhile, released
gures that showed its worst
economic slowdown since the
2008 global crisis leveled out
in the third quarter while retail
sales improved. The worlds No.
2 economy grew 7.4 percent
still slower than the previous
quarters 7.6 growth but declin-
ing at a much gentler rate than
before.
The expectation now is that
Chinas economy has bottomed
out and we can look forward to
better results in the fourth quar-
ter, said Francis Lun, managing
director of Lyncean Holdings in
Hong Kong.
Japans Nikkei 225 index rose
sharply, by 2 percent to 8,982.31.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng added
0.6 percent to 21,546.05 and South
Koreas Kospi gained 0.1 percent
to 1,956.70. Australias S&P/ASX
200 advanced 0.9 percent to 4,567.
Benchmarks in mainland China,
Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore
also rose. Taiwans fell.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Alena Mae S. Flores
PNOC Exploration Corp., the oil
and gas unit of state-owned Philip-
pine National Oil Co., expects to
raise P7 billion to P10 billion from
a planned follow-on offering to
comply with the Philippine Stock
Exchanges 10 percent minimum
public ownership rule, a source said
Thursday.
PNOC Exploration chairman
Gemiliano Lopez declined to
conrm the report. He said the of-
fering might be pushed back to
January or February from the De-
cember deadline.
Lopez said there were issues to
be ironed out such as the Commis-
sion on Audit requirements and
the valuation of the shares, includ-
ing the right timing to offer them.
The offering could be delayed
to January to February and PNOC
Exploration will still be public com-
pany. This is a very big transaction,
he said.
PNOC Exploration plans to offer
an additional 218 million primary
shares, which represent the balance
to meet the 10 percent minimum
public ownership rule, or around
9.79 percent.
PNOC Exploration has a cur-
rent public oat of about 0.21 per-
cent equivalent to 4.467 million
shares.
Business
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OCTOBER 19, 2012
PH may end rice imports in 2013
Philex to construct spillway
after plugging waste tunnel
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
Region IV-B, MIMAROPA
Palawan District Engineering Offce
Puerto Princesa City
The DPWH-Palawan District Engineering Offce, Puerto Princesa City through
its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites interested contractors to apply to bid for
the following projects listed below:
1) a. Contract ID: 12EG0051
b. Contract Name: CP-01-12 Asphalt Overlay of Capitol-Canigaran Road
c. Contract Location: K0001+(-1006) to K0001+(-460) and K0001+ (-1091) to
K0001 + (-1006), Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Aggregate Sub-base Course, Bituminous Tack Coat,
Bituminous Plant-Mix Surface Course, Cold Laid,
Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings (White)
e. Approved Budget for the Contract(ABC):P 10, 908, 360.00
f. Contract Duration: 35calendar days
b. Contract Name: CP-02-12 Asphalt Overlay of Puerto Princesa Wharf
Road
c. Contract Location: Sta. 0 to Sta. 480 and Sta. 1180 to Sta. 1572, Puerto
Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Aggregate Sub-base Course, Bituminous Tack Coat,
Bituminous Plant-Mix Surface Course, Cold Laid,
Reflectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings
(Yellow),Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Markings (White)
f. Contract Duration: 35 calendar days
b. Contract Name: CP-03-12 Asphalt Overlay of Malvar Road
c. Contract Location: K0002+(-665) to K0002+(-095) and K0002+(-095) to
K0002+(485), Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Bituminous Tack Coat, Bituminous Plant-Mix Surface
Course, Cold Laid, Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Markings (White)
b. Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Strengthening of Babuyan Bridge along
Puerto Princesa North Road
c. Contract Location: KM. 53+409, PPNR, Puerto Princesa City
d. Scope of Work: Removal of Existing Bridge Superstructure, Railings,
Structural Steel, Furnished, Fabricated, Reinforcing Steel,
Grade 60, Structural Concrete, Class A, Elastomeric
Bearing Pads, 30mm. Thk. X 127mm. Square, Elastomeric
Bearing Pads, 16mm. Thk. X 127mm. Square, Elastomeric
Bearing Pads, 16mm. Thk. 280 x 300mm., Pre Molded
Joint Filler, Forms and Falseworks, Reflectorized
Thermoplastic Pavement Markings(Yellow)
The BAC will conduct the procurement process on accordance with the Revised
at the opening of bid.
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 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)
for at least 10% of the ABC. The BAC will use non- discretionary pass/fail criteria
in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application 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
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 15, 2012 to November 7, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 25, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
October 30, 2012
5. Receipt of Bids On or before: 2:00P.M. November 7, 2012
6. Opening of Bids November 7, 2012 at 2:00P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH, Palawan
District Engineering Offce, Puerto Princesa City, upon payment of a non-refundable
fee of (P5,000.00 and 10,000.00 for BDs). Prospective bidders may also download
the BD's, from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download
the BD's from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before 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.
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 including
the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bids. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Palawan District Engineering Offce, Puerto Princesa City, 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.) ALBINO D. SOCRATES, JR.
Engineer III
(BAC Chairman)
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
REGION III
BULACAN 2
nd
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
October 12, 2012
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) of Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through the Fund 101
DPWH Regular Infrastructure CY 2012, Preventive Maintenance CY 2013, invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract D: 12CD0258
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Damaged Dikes, Obando, Bulacan
Contract Location: Obando, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Slope Protection
Contract Duration : 240 calendar days
2. Contract D: 12CD0259
Contract Name: Construction of Tartaro Bridge, San Miguel, Bulacan
Contract Location: San Miguel, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Construction of bridge
3. Contract ID: 12CD0260
Contract Name: Construction of Riverbank Protection along Gen. Alejo
Santos Highway, Angat, Bulacan
Contract Location: Angat, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Riverbank Protection
4. Contract ID: 12CD0261
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance along Meycauayan Service Road,
Meycauayan, Bulacan K0000+000 K0000+577 (with
exceptions)
Contract Location: Meycauayan, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Asphalting of road
To apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI)
signed and submitted by the person authorized in the Contractor's License issued by
PCAB. Upon submission of the LO's, interested Contractor must also submit the photo
copy and original (for authentication purpose and issuance of Bid Documents) of the
following documents: 1. Class A Documents (contained in the Contractor's Registration
Certifcate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) DT Business Name Registration (DT) or
SEC Registration or CDA; b) Valid and Current Mayor's Permit/Municipal License; 1.2.
Technical Documents; a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement, in case of J.V., b) Valid PCAB
License and Registration c) Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation duly certifed
by the Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO), d) Latest copy of AMO course Seminar, e)
Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from DOLE, f) Document Request List (DRL) g)
Latest CPES Rating; 1.3. Financial Documents; a) Prospective bidders Audited Financial
Statement for the preceding calendar which should not be earlier than 2 years from the
date of bid submission; b) Prospective bidders computation of its NFCC. The LOI must
be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed in the Contractors nformation
(CI). Submission of LOI by persons with Special Power of Attorney shall not be allowed.
Contractors who will purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria:
(a) prior registration with DPWH & PHLGEPS, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned
partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the
type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50%
of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-
discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The
DPWH-POCW 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. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Until 10:00 A.M. of November 6, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: October 17, 2012 up to 10:00
A.M. of November 6, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 2:00 P.M. of October 24, 2012
4. Submission of Bids Deadline: 10:00 A.M. of November
6, 2012
5. Opening of Bids November 6, 2012 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-Bulacan 2
nd

District Engineering Offce, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, upon payment of a
non-refundable fee for Bidding Documents Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php 20,000.00) for
Item No. 1 & 2; Ten Thousand Pesos (Php 10,000.00) for Item No. 3 & 4. Prospective
bidders may also download the Bidding documents (BDs), from the DPWH website, if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BD's from 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 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
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 DPWH-Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at anytime prior contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

APPROVED:
(Sgd.) GENE S. LEAO
BAC Chairman
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
SOUTH MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT
8
TH
Street, Port Area, Manila
Invitation to Bid for;
1. Contract ID No. 12OH0142
CONTRACT NAME Proposed Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated
from Pavement Management System/Highway Development
and Management-4 (HDM-4), along M.H. Del Pilar St.
Contract Location: Manila City
Scope of Work: road works (606.00L.M.)
Source of fund and year: GAA 2013
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): (Ph P 7,243,716.40)
Contract Duration: 60 cal. days
Cost of Bid Documents: Ph P 10,000.00
CONTRACT NAME Proposed Rehabilitation/mprovement of Estero De Santibanez,
Paco, Manila.
Scope of Work: food control & drainage system works (284.00 L.M.)
and Management-4 (HDM-4), along San Gregorio St.
CONTRACT NAME: Proposed Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated
and Management-4 (HDM-4), Pres. Quirino Avenue (Canonigo).
and Management-4 (HDM-4), along Singalong St.
Scope of Work: road works (1,148.90 L.M.)
from Pavement Management System/Highway Development and
Management-4 (HDM-4), along A. Francisco St., San Andres,
Manila.
Scope of Work: road works (1,025.00 L.M.)
1. The South Manila Engineering District, through the [above indicated source of funding and
year] intends to apply the sum of [Phil P 75,887,652.86], being the Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for [the above indicated name/no. of contract].
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The South Manila Engineering District, now invites bids for [various construction projects
indicated above].Completion of the Works is required [130 calendar days]. Bidders should have
completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract
similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non- discretionary
pass/fail criterion in the mplementing Rules and Regulations (RR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with
at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of
the Philippines.
4. Interested Bidders may obtain further information from South Manila Engineering District,
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from [8:00-12:00 A.M. and
1:00-5:00 P.M.].
5. Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address
below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of
[indicated above].
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government
Electronic System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders
shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
6. The South Manila Engineering District, will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on [October 25, 2012-
10:00 A.M.] at [SMED-BAC OFFICE, PORT AREA, MANILA], which shall be open to all interested
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before [November 06, 2012- 09:00 A.M.] at
[SMED-BAC OFFICE, PORT AREA, MANILA]. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security
in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. Bids will be opened on November 06, 2012 at 02:00 P.M.
9. The South Manila Engineering District, reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul
the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected or bidders.
10. For Further information, please refer to:
Engr. RUPERTO H. PINGOL
Head, BAC Secretariat/Procurement Staff
South Manila Engineering District
1018 -8TH Street corner Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
Tel. no. 023044020
rupertopingol@yahoo.com
Fax no. 025279727
(Sgd.) GUILLERMO D. SALASAC
Offcer in Charge
Offce of the Assistant District Engineer
BAC Chairperson
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MIKUNUG D. MACUD
District Engineer
Yehey! soars. Yehey! Corp., an Internet company, successfully debuted at the Philippine Stock Exchange Thursday, with its
listing price jumping 170 percent from P1 to P2.70. Shown during the bell ringing ceremony are (from left) Yehey! president
and chief executive Jay Arellano, Yehey! chairman Valentino Sy, PSE chairman Jose Pardo, Securities and Exchange Commission
commissioner Juanita Cueto and Vantage Equities Inc. director Wilson Sy. SONNY ESPIRITU
By Othel V. Campos
THE government may stop importing rice as early
as next year in case of a bumper harvest in the third
cropping season, Agriculture Secretary Proceso
Alcala said Thursday.
There is no evaluation yet but if
the third cropping harvest will be
successful we might not as well import
anymore, Alcala said in an interview.
Third cropping season covers the
months of September to January.
Alcala said there was a big chance
the department might abandon the
plan to import the estimated volume of
100,000 to 150,000 metric tons of rice
in 2013, as the self-sufciency in rice
production could be achieved ahead of
target.
Initial estimates showed a
possible additional harvest of
400,000 metric tons on top of the
projected full-year output of 17.8
million MT this year.
We may achieve our target to attain
self-sufciency [in rice] status earlier.
Instead of end-2013, we might be
self-sufcient in rice by early 2013,
Alcala said.
He said based on recent estimates
of better harvest, rice self sufciency
might happen in the rst semester of
2013. He noted that the climate this
year has so far, been favorable to
agriculture.
We were not hit that hard by these
rst few typhoons, he said.
The government, based on the
updated strategic plan of the
Agriculture Rice Program, expects
rice production to reach sufficiency
level at 20.04 million MT in 2013
and further to 21 million MT in 2014
and 22 million MT each in 2015 to
2016.
The countrys rice sufciency level
should be about 95 percent, if the target
tonnage is reached in 2012. Sufciency
level in 2011 was 94 percent.
Alcala cited the need for a bigger
budget to support the programs that
will boost the bid for a food-sufcient
Philippines by 2013 onwards.
He said sufciency in the countrys
food staples, rice and corn, should be
on top of the list, while vegetables
and the rest of other agriculture
commodities should follow.
The Agriculture Department
presented to the Senate a proposed
budget of P74.9 billion for scal year
2013. Almost all bureaus and attached
agencies of the department will get
incremental budgetary allocation
to fund ongoing developmental
programs.
Senator Edgardo Angara suggested
that the department increase the
budget for research and development
to make way for new research studies
and technologies that will help the
government attain its food security
targets.
This prompted the department to
increase the budget for research and
development to P2.5 billion from the
Congress-approved budget of P1.45
billion.
PHILEX Mining Corp. said it completed
the concrete plugging of the tailings
tunnel at the Padcal mine in Benguet
and will proceed with the design and
construction of a spillway as part of
the rehabilitation of its busted tailings
pond.
Today we have successfully plugged
our tailings pond 3s Tunnel A, and we
are now focusing our resources on the
making of a spillway to replace the
penstock system for draining water
from the pond, senior vice president
for corporate affairs Michael Toledo
said in a statement.
Toledo said Philex Minings personnel
completed the pouring of cement
measuring 61 meters long into the ve-
meter high and ve-meter wide tunnel,
a nal move to shut off the passageway
of water and sediment from the tailings
pond.
Philex started sealing Tunnel A with
concrete in September following the
successful plugging of the sinkhole
with concrete spheres. The sinkhole
was created after unprecedented
heavy rains, resulting in the accidental
discharge of non-toxic sediment into
the Balog Creek and its convergence
area with Agno River.
Toledo said the 1-kilometer Tunnel
A was also condemned and sealed with
cement. The water from the tailings
pond would now discharge only through
a different tunnel.
He said Penstock B and Tunnel B
would also be condemned and sealed
once the spillway, whose actual
construction would start next week and
take about six months, was completed.
Meanwhile, Philex stepped up its
cleanup drive on Balog Creek following
the successful plugging of the sinkhole
with about 300 employee-volunteers
shoveling sediment into sacks and
hauling these sacks into temporary
storage facility. Othel V. Campos
B4
IN BRIEF
WORLD
Luxembourg holds royal wedding
Weary Greeks stage new general strike Man held
in plot to
bomb Fed
building
Brothels
sponsor
football
players
Skydivers mission may
help in spacesuit design
Kazakhstans giant eld nears first oil
Chinas economy begins
to show signs of rebound
The worlds second-largest
economy grew 7.4 percent from
the year before in the three
months ending in September,
data showed Thursday. That
was slower than the second
quarters 7.6 percent growth but
the decline was much gentler
than in earlier quarters. Econo-
mists also pointed to quarter-on-
quarter growth of 2.2 percent,
the biggest such gain in a year,
as a sign of recovery.
This conrms that the econ-
omy is rebounding, said Dari-
usz Kowalczyk, senior econo-
mist for Credit Agricole CIB in
Hong Kong. There is no room
and no need for further major
stimulus.
The Chinese improvement
came after unexpectedly strong
US housing starts boosted con-
dence that the worlds biggest
economy is mending after ve
years in the doldrums. The US
Commerce Department said
Wednesday that builders started
construction on new single-
family houses and apartments
at the fastest pace in more than
four years. The US and Chinese
numbers are rare good news for
the world economy, which has
slowed as Europes chronic debt
crisis worsened and the Ameri-
can economy stagnated.
Beijing has cut interest rates
twice since early June and is in-
jecting money into the economy
through higher investment by
state companies and spending on
building subways and other pub-
lic works. But authorities have
avoided a major stimulus after
huge spending in response to the
2008 global crisis fueled ination
and a wasteful building boom.
Retail sales rose 14.4 percent,
accelerating from the rst halfs
14.1 percent growth. Investment
in factories and other xed assets
improved, rising 20.5 percent in
the rst nine months of the year,
up from a 20.2 percent rate for
the rst eight months. AP
By Joe McDonald
BEIJINGChinas
worst slump since
the global nancial
crisis leveled out in
the latest quarter and
retail sales picked
up in a sign an
economic rebound is
taking shape, adding
to hopes for a global
recovery.
ATHENS, GreeceLa-
bor unions in recession-
hobbled Greece are hold-
ing another general strike
against a new harsh aus-
terity program, as Euro-
pean leaders beset by a
deep debt crisis and eco-
nomic stagnation gather
for a summit meeting in
Brussels.
Thursdays strike is set to
close down public services
and severely hamper most
forms of transportwith
even taxi drivers joining
in for nine hourswhile
shopkeepers in Athens and
other cities are planning to
shut down for the day. It is
the second general strike in
less than a month.
Unions are organizing
two separate marches in
central Athens. Demon-
strators ire will focus on
the new belt-tightening
for 2013-14, demanded by
bailout creditors to release
a desperately needed new
rescue loan payment.
The city has seen hun-
dreds of anti-austerity pro-
testsmany violentover
the past three years, since
Greece revealed it had been
misreporting key decit g-
ures and sank into an eco-
nomic gloom so deep it has
been likened to the Great
Depression of the 1930s.
The country is clinging
to solvency with the help
of two massive interna-
tional bailouts worth a
total 240 billion ($315
billion). To secure them,
it committed to drastic
spending cuts, tax hikes
and reforms, aimed to cure
years of proigate govern-
ment spending. AP
A pedestrian passes a poster announcing Thursdays gen-
eral strike with the title No to the extinction of our busi-
nesses, in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki. AP
NEW YORKA Bangladeshi
man who came to the United
States to wage jihad was arrested
in an elaborate FBI sting after
attempting to blow up a fake
car bomb outside the Federal
Reserve building in Manhattan,
authorities said.
Before trying to carry out the
alleged terrorism plot, Quazi Mo-
hammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nas
went to a warehouse to help as-
semble a 1,000-pound (453-kilo-
gram) bomb using inert material,
according to a criminal complaint.
He also asked an undercover agent
to videotape him saying, We will
not stop until we attain victory or
martyrdom, the complaint said.
Agents grabbed the 21-year-old
Nasarmed with a cellphone he
believed was rigged as a detona-
torafter he made several attempts
to blow up the bomb inside a vehicle
parked next to the Federal Reserve,
the complaint said.
Authorities emphasized
Wednesday that the plot never
posed an actual risk. However, they
claimed the case demonstrated the
value of using sting operations to
neutralize young extremists eager
to harm Americans.
Attempting to destroy a land-
mark building and kill or maim
untold numbers of innocent by-
standers is about as serious as the
imagination can conjure, said
Mary Galligan, acting head of
the FBIs New York ofce. The
defendant faces appropriately se-
vere consequences.
Nas appeared in federal court
in Brooklyn to face charges of at-
tempting to use a weapon of mass
destruction and attempting to pro-
vide material support to al-Qaida.
Wearing a brown T-shirt and black
jeans, he was ordered held without
bail and did not enter a plea. His
defense attorney had no comment
outside court. AP
LUXEMBOURGThe Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg doesnt
get a lot of turns in the spotlight.
Its an independent country
tinier than Rhode Island, the
smallest US state, and it would
t inside Germany, its neighbor
to the east, 138 times with room
to spare. It won no medals at
the 2012 London Olympics; its
best performance ever was one
lone medal in the 1952 Helsin-
ki Games, a gold in the mens
1,500 meters.
But this week is Luxembourgs
turn to shine. Prince Guillaume,
the heir to the thronethe grand
duke-to-bewill marry Belgian
Countess Stephanie de Lannoy. It
will be a two-day affair, including
reworks, concerts, a gala dinner
at the grand ducal palace, and two
marriages between the betrothed-
-a civil wedding Friday afternoon
and a religious ceremony Satur-
day morning.
A glittering array of European
royalty has been invited. The
guest list for the religious ceremo-
ny includes kings, queens, princes
and princesses from European
countries including, among oth-
ers, Belgium, Norway, Sweden,
Lichtenstein, Denmark, the Neth-
erlands, Romania and Britain,
which is sending Prince Edward,
Queen Elizabeths youngest child,
and his wife, Sophie.
Non-European royalty plan to
attend, as well, from Morocco, Ja-
pan and Jordan and elsewhere.
With all those royals coming to
Luxembourg, can international at-
tention be far behind?
Its good for Luxembourg,
said Nadine Chenet, a 46-year-
old street cleaner who was pick-
ing up cigarette butts with pin-
cers in front of the grand ducal
palace. Many people will come
now. AP
LARISSA, GreeceThe
worlds oldest profession is giv-
ing a whole new meaning to
love of the game.
Players on a cash-strapped
Greek soccer team now wear
pink practice jerseys with the lo-
gos Villa Erotica and Soulas
House of History, two bordel-
los it recruited as sponsors after
drastic government spending
cuts left the countrys sports
clubs facing ruin.
Other teams have also turned
to unconventional nancing.
One has a deal with a local fu-
neral home and others have
wooed kebab shops, a jam fac-
tory and producers of Greeces
trademark feta cheese.
But the amateur Voukefalas
club--whose players include
pizza delivery guys, students,
waiters and a bartender--has
raised eyebrows with its am-
boyant sponsorship choice.
Unfortunately, amateur foot-
ball has been abandoned by almost
everyone, said Yiannis Batziolas,
the clubs youthful chairman, who
runs a travel agency and is the
teams backup goalkeeper. Its a
question of survival. AP
Luxemburgs old town skyline is seen from across the deep gorge that runs through the city. Prince Guil-
laume of Luxembourg (right photo), and Countess Stephanie de Lannoy of Belgium, arrive for the christen-
ing ceremony of Princess Estelle of Sweden in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden in this le photo. AP
KASHAGAN OILFIELD, Ka-
zakhstanThe manmade islands
that are home to Kazakhstans
mammoth Kashagan oileld proj-
ect rise like a mirage to the boats
churning through the shallow wa-
ters of the Caspian Sea.
Creating them has been a gar-
gantuan feat but the real test is yet
to come, as uncertainty persists on
when the rst oil will actually be
drawn, although thats expected
sometime next year.
When surveyors conrmed in
2000 that Kazakhstan had a new
supergiant oil reserve, the worlds
energy companies reacted with glee.
It was the type of nd that had no lon-
ger seemed possible. Nothing that big
had been seen in four decades.
Kazakhstans President Nursultan
Nazarbayev branded the Kashagan
eld, which some believe holds up to
13 billion barrels of recoverable oil,
as the great hope for the future of his
edgling Central Asian nation.
Yet developing a remote offshore
site half the size of Delaware that is
blighted by weather ranging from
blazing to glacial has proven dif-
cult. The northern section of the
landlocked Caspian Sea is extreme-
ly shallow compared to most off-
shore energy projects. That makes
transporting heavy equipment a
problem, as deep-hulled vessels
cant be used. The areas fragile
ecosystem is also the site of spawn-
ing grounds for endangered stur-
geon, birthing habitat for the rare
Caspian seal and migratory sites for
numerous birds.
Delays in the Kashagan project
have also strained relations be-
tween the oil companies developing
ifrom Italy, France, Holland, the
United States and Japanand the
government of Kazakhstan. AP
Kashagan offshore oileld in western Kazakhstan. The supergiant eld, which is believed to contain around 13
billion tons of recoverable oil, is expected to begin producing its rst crude in 2013 after many years of delays.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida
Now that the dust has settled in
the New Mexico desert where
supersonic skydiver Fearless
Felix Baumgartner landed
safely on his feet, researchers
are exhilarated over the pos-
sibility his feat could someday
help save the lives of pilots and
space travelers in a disaster.
Baumgartners death-defying
jump Sunday from a balloon 24
miles (38.62 kilometers) above
Earth yielded a wealth of informa-
tion about the punishing effects of
extreme speed and altitude on the
human body--insights that could
inform the development of im-
proved spacesuits, new training
procedures and emergency medi-
cal treatment.
A Nasa engineer who specializes
in astronaut escape systems said
Baumgartners mission gives us
a good foundation for improving
the odds of survival for professional
astronauts, space tourists and high-
altitude pilots and passengers. AP
Syrias rich reeling
CAIROSyrias wealthy,
long cultivated by President
Bashar Assad as a support for
his regime, are seeing their
businesses pummeled by the
bloody civil war. Factories
have been burned down or
damaged in ghting. Interna-
tional sanctions restrict their
nances. Some warn that their
companies are in danger of go-
ing under, worsening the coun-
trys buckling economy.
Assad may not have lost the
backing of Syrias business elite,
but some are losing faith. Many
of those who can have ed
abroad, hoping to ride out the
turmoil, which is now in its 19th
month and is only getting worse
as rebels and regime forces tear
apart the country in their ght
for power.
Several businessmen inter-
viewed by The Associated Press
say resentment is growing against
Assad over the crisis--but they also
arent throwing their lot in with
the rebellion. They are hunkering
down, trying to salvage their com-
panies. AP
Megan Fox gives birth
NEW YORKMegan Fox
has taken to social media to
announce the birth of her baby
boy.
The Transformers actress
wrote on her Facebook prole
on Wednesday that she and hus-
band Brian Austin Green wel-
comed a son named Noah Shan-
non Green on September 27. She
describes him as healthy, happy
and perfect. She goes on to say
she and Green are humbled to
be the parents of this beautiful
soul.
Fox and Green were married
in 2010. This is their rst child
together.
They began dating in 2004
when Green appeared on the TV
show Hope & Faith, on which
Fox had a supporting role.
Green has a son named Kas-
sius from a previous relation-
ship with actress Vanessa Mar-
cil. AP
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3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District
City of Kabankalan , Negros Occidental
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
Email Add: dpwh.ro8_bacsec@yahoo.com.ph
INVITATION TO BID FOR THE
REHABILITATION (ASPHALT OVERLAY) OF NATIONAL ROAD ALONG
BACOLOD SOUTH ROAD K0084+(-179) K0085+000, BRGY. BINICUIL,
KABANKALAN CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through
the FY 2013 DPWH Infra Program intends to apply the sum of P 9,101,260.00
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract
for 12GM0013. Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at
bid opening.
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the Application of 50 mm.
thick Bituminous Concrete Surface Course, Hot Laid on existing 1,209 l.m. x
6.70 m PCCP and application of Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings
as per approved plans and specifcations. Completion of the works required is 31
calendar days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of
submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project costing at least 50% of
the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184) otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan
City, Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given
below from 8:00 AM 5:00PM.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00).
procuring entity, provided the bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later than the submission of their bids.
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH, 3
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will hold a Pre Bid
Conference on October 25, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, which shall be open only to all interested
Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives (as refected
in their CRCs with their valid IDs and original copy of their PCAB License, SPAs will
not be accepted) in the address given below on or before November 9, 2012 until
9:00 A.M. only and will be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at the BAC Offce,
DPWH, 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City. All bids must
be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to
contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to :
MARIA LIZA G. RULL
Engineer III
DPWH, 3
RD
So. Mohon, Brgy. 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental
Tel. No. 034-4712314/034-4713034

HERMINIA F. RIVAS
Administrative Offcer V
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) HAYDEE S. ALUNAN
OIC-District Engineer
3
rd
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
REHABILITATION (ASPHALT OVERLAY) OF NATIONAL ROAD ALONG BACOLOD
SOUTH ROAD (CONTRACT PACKAGE A)
1.) K0090+488 K0090+898, Brgy. Talubangi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occ.
2.) K0093+160 K0094+000, Brgy. Manalad, Ilog, Negros Occ.
3.) K0095+000 K0096+000, Brgy. Vista Alegre, Ilog, Negros Occ.
4.) K0099+883 K0100+194, Brgy. Galicia, Ilog, Negros OccREHABILITATION
(ASPHALT
The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through the FY
2013 DPWH Infra Program intends to apply the sum of P 18,721,360.00
1.) Project 1 P 3,169,000.00
2.) Project 2 P 5,732,020.00
3.) Project 3 P 6,941,340.00
4.) Project 4 P 2,879,000.00
Total P18,721,360.00
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for
12GM0014. Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering
District, Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the
1.) Application of 50 mm. thick Bituminous Concrete Surface Course, Hot Laid on
existing 410 l.m. x 6.70 m. PCCP and application of Refectorized Thermoplastic
Pavement Markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
2.). Application of 50 mm. thick Bituminous Concrete Surface Course, Hot Laid on
existing 870 l.m. x 6.10 m. Asphalt Concrete, repair of 180.90 sq.m. dilapidated
asphalt pavement and application of Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
existing 1,060 l.m. x 6.10 m. Asphalt Concrete, repair of 173.36 sq.m. dilapidated
asphalt pavement and application of Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement
Markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
existing 370 l.m. x 6.70 m. PCCP and application of Refectorized Thermoplastic
Pavement Markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
Completion of the works required is 30 calendar days. Bidders should have completed,
within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the
Project costing at least 50% of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the
Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of
Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184) otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations
with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens
of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, Negros
Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM
5:00PM.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the
address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the
amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P 25,000.00).
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the procuring entity, provided the
bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
rd
District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will hold a Pre Bid Conference on October 25,
2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the DPWH 3
rd
Ci ty, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding
Documents.
Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives (as refected in their CRCs
with their valid IDs and original copy of their PCAB License, SPAs will not be accepted) in the
address given below on or before November 9, 2012 until 9:00 A.M. only and will be opened
at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at the BAC Offce, DPWH, 3
rd
District, Kabankalan City. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable
forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend
at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
rd
District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to
annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
MARIA LIZA G. RULL
Engineer III
DPWH, 3
RD
Tel. No. 034-4712314/034-4713034

(Sgd.) HERMINIA F. RIVAS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
3
rd
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
CONSTRUCTION OF MAABON BRIDGE , ALONG BACOLOD SOUTH ROAD,
K199+972.00, BRGY. MAABON, HINOBA-AN, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through
the FY 2013 DPWH Infra Program intends to apply the sum of P 12,250,000.00
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract
for 12GM0015. Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at
bid opening.
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the Construction of one
(1) 25 m. span PSCG AASHTO Type IV Bridge including removal of existing old
bridge, construction of detour bridge, grouted riprap for abutment protection
and approach slabs and without approaches as per approved plans and
specifcations. Completion of the works required is 162 calendar days. Bidders
should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of
bids, a contract similar to the Project costing at least 50% of the ABC. The description
of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section
II, Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184) otherwise known as the
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
City, Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given
below from 8:00 AM 5:00PM.
from the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P 25,000.00).
procuring entity, provided the bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will hold a Pre Bid
Conference on October 25, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, which shall be open only to all interested
Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives (as refected
in their CRCs with their valid IDs and original copy of their PCAB License, SPAs will
not be accepted), in the address given below on or before November 9, 2012 until
9:00 A.M. only and will be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at the BAC Offce,
DPWH, 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City. All bids must
be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to
MARIA LIZA G. RULL
Engineer III
DPWH, 3
RD
Tel. No. 034-4712314/034-4713034

(Sgd.) HERMINIA F. RIVAS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
Region VII
DPWH-Bohol 2
nd
Sub-District Engineering Offce
Ubay, Bohol
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Bohol 2
nd
Sub-District
Engineering Offce, Ubay, Bohol, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC),
invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract ID : 12HC0017
Contract Name : Orapa St. P. Trazo St. Macapagal Arroyo St. Road
Contract Location : Hibale-Poblacion ARC, Bohol
Scope of Works :
a) Road Works :
Item 101(4a) Removal of Existing Concrete Pavement
Item 102(2) Surplus Common Excavation
Item 104(1) Embankment (from Roadway Excavation)
Item 105 Subgrade Preparation
Item 200 Aggregate Sub-Base Course
Item 311 Portland Cement Concrete Pavement, 15 cm thick
2) Related Structures
Item 103(6) Pipe Culverts and Drain Excavation
Item 500(1)a 610mm Reinforced Concrete Pipe Culverts
Item 505(5) Grouted Riprap, Class A
Item 506 Stone Masonry
3) Special Works
SPL 1 Mobilization / Demobilization
SPL 2 Project Sign/Billboard
SPL 3 Construction Safety and Health
SPL 4 Permanent Marker
SPL 5 Bunkhouse
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 12,841,487.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino
citizen of 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture
with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of
a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d)
for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders November 7, 2012 (deadline)
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents From Oct. 29, 2012 - Nov. 12, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A..M., October 29, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids November 12, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. , November 12, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Bohol 2
nd
Sub-District Engineering Offce, Bood, Ubay, Bohol, upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos Only (P25,000.00). Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that
will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security,
in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Bohol 2
nd
Sub-District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved:
(Sgd.) NONITO A. NAMBATAC
Administrative Offcer II
BAC Vice-Chairman
Telefax No. (038) 518-8051
DPWH INFRA-07 Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
Region XIII, CARAGA
Agusan del Sur 2
nd
Engineering District
Karaos, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Agusan del Sur 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce Karaos, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, through the FY 2013
Regular Infra, Projects, invites contractors to bid for the projects, to wit:
1. Contract ID : 12NC0041
Name of Project : Concreting of NRJ Cuevas-Bislig Road km. 1387+880
Km. 1389+265
Location : Trento, Agusan del Sur
Scope of Work : Concreting
Approved Budget for Contract (ABC): P36,750,980.00
Duration : 136 Calendar Day
Bid Documents : P25,000.00
IRR of R.A 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be rejected outright upon
opening of bid.
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 or above the ABC,
credit line commitment at least 10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary Pass/Fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examination of bids.
to the DPWHPOCW 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 - Oct. 17, 2012 to November 8, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference - Oct. 29, 2012 at 10:00 am
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI - Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:00 am
4. Receipt of Bids - Nov. 8, 2012 at 10:00 am
5. Opening of Bids - Nov. 8, 2012 at 10:30 am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) in the amount of
Twenty Thousand Pesos Only (20,000.00) per contract package at DPWH Agusan del
Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Karaos, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. Prospective
bidders may also download the BDs from DPWH website if available. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on
or before the submission of their Bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be
open only to interested parties 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 Bidder shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The First
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.
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH Agusan del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Karaos, San Francisco,
Agusan del Sur reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the
bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the
affected bidders.
APPROVED BY:
(Sgd.) PONCIO D. VENCILAO
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
REGION IV-B MIMAROPA
Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce
Roxas, Oriental Mindoro
Telefax # 043-2892565
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The DPWH Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce, through GAA CY 2013
intends to apply the respective amount being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)
to payments under the contract for hereunder projects. Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The DPWH Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce now invites bids for the following
projects to wit:
1. Contract ID : 12EI0107
Contract Name : Construction of Bongabong Flood Control (Aplaya Section),
Contract Location : Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro
Scope of Work : Construction of 470.50 L.M. Rubble Concrete/Stone
Masonry/Rockfll.
Approved Budget
Bid Document Amount : 25,000.00
Contract Name : Construction of Bansud River Control,
Contract Location : Bansud, Oriental Mindoro
Scope of Work : Construction of 162.0 ln.m. - 6 layers gabions w/ mattress
Approved Budget
Contract Name : Replacement/Rehabilitation of Linao Bridge Along Calapan
South Road,
Contract Location : Gloria, Oriental Mindoro
Scope of Work : Construction of 0.00880 km (8.80 L.M.) Bridge; Length of
PCCP 0.07215 km.; Pavement width 6.70m; pavement
thickness 0.28m, Length of Approach slab - 0.0120 km.
Approved Budget
Prospective bidders must have an experience of having completed at least one (1) contract
that is similar to the contract to be bid, and whose value, adjusted to current prices using
the NSO consumer price indices, must be at least ffty percent (50%) of the ABC to be bid
as stated in the Revised Section 23.5.2.5 under GPPB Resolution No. 11 2012 of the IRR
of R.A. 9184. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations of R.A. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations
with at least seventy fve (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens
of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Southern Mindoro District
Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the
address below or any DPWH feld offces and upon payment of a non refundable fee for
the Bidding Documents in the amount specifed thereof.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippines Government
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided
that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of
their bids.
The DPWH Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre Bid Conference
on October 25, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M. at the Conference Room, DPWH Southern Mindoro
District Engineering Offce which shall be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 8, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
at the DPWH Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce. All bids must be accompanied
by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the Bid Data
Sheet (BDS).
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representative who choose to attend at
the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH, Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
(Sgd.) ANNIELYN E. PADULLO
DPWH, Southern Mindoro District Engineering Offce
Dangay, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro
Telefax No. (043) 289 - 2565
Approved :
(Sgd.) ANNIELYN E. PADULLO
(BAC Chairperson)
Ramon L. Tomeldan, Editor
Motoring
mst.daydesk@gmail.com
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2012 B6
THE roll-out of the rst Korean automo-
bile in August 1955 marked the start of the
automobile industry in Korea. Called the
Sibal, the modied US Army Jeep was
tted with engines by Korean auto mechan-
ic, Choi Mu-seong and his three brothers.
This was followed by the launch of Sin-
jin Publica of Sinjin Automobiles in 1960.
Sinjin Publica was under a licensing agree-
ment with Toyota. Two years later, the Ko-
rean government undertook the Automo-
bile Industry Promotion Policy to develop
the industry in the country. This policy kept
foreign companies from joining the indus-
try unless they entered into a joint venture
with local automobile companies.
The car companies that broke ground the car
industry were Kyungsung Precision Industry,
Saenara Automobile, Asia Motors Company
and the Hyundai Motors company. While these
companies were basically assembling imported
parts, they paved the way to the establishment of
the Korean automobile industry.
The early 70s saw the development of
the rst Korean cars. Kyungsung Precision
Industry, later renamed as Kia Motors, pro-
duced the small Brisa cars. The Hyundai
Pony model, said to be a compromise of
designs, and was exported to Ecuador in
1976. The decade was marked as the begin-
ning of the exportation of Korean cars.
In 1979, the Korean automobile indus-
try suffered from the energy crisis and local
economic crisis. In response, the Korean
government implemented the Automobile
Industry Rationalization Policy in 1982
and thus, began the recovery of the indus-
try. The major car companies then were
Hyundai Motors, Kia Motors, General Mo-
tors Korea, and Asia Motors.
The 1970s marked by the efforts of car
companies to localize the production of auto
parts. By the 1980s, the industry sought
the development of mass-production sys-
tem that contributed to the foundation of
an export-oriented industry. In 1986, the
Excel model reached the U.S. market as
the Korean automobile industry grew both
in production and export volumes.
The 90s decade saw the local develop-
ment of in-house Korean car models with
highly competitive, modern designs, and
improved vehicle performance with up-
dated technologies.
In 1986, the Columbian Motors entered
into a distribution agreement with Kia Mo-
tors to market Kia cars in the Philippines.
By 1991, the Kia Pride was introduced by
Columbian Motors as The Peoples Car in
the Philippine market. Under the Car Develop-
ment Program, the car company expanded into
Columbian Autocar Corp., handling the Kia and
Mazda brands, and Asian Carmakers Corp.,
handling the Daihatsu ad BMW brands.
Korean
cars:
History
revisited
The FTI Compound rumbled as an estimated 200 members
of Hyundais nine car clubs banded together for the teams
grand celebration. Joining the revelries were Hyundai acio-
nados from Club Starex Thunders, Genesis Coupe Club Philip-
pines, EON Club Philippines, Sonata Club Philippines, Team
Accent Philippines, Team EGP (Getzers), i10neans, Santa Fe
Club Philippines, Elantra Club Philippines and Tucson Philip-
pines. Trafc literally stopped as convoys of Hyundai variants
drove to the venue. Spicing up the day-long event were the test
drives of the all-new Santa Fe and Genesis Coupe. Fun games
culminating in a rafe enhanced the camaraderie and cement-
ed the bond of friendship among the Hyundai crowd.
This writer drove to the venue with his customized Hyun-
dai Accent. Wrapped in a Matte Doplhin Gray color by Foil-
acar Manila and riding on Concept One wheels shod in sporty
Nitto tires, my ride blended in with the other custom cars in
the all Hyundai event. The subtle sound emanating from the
hood aroused the curiosity of fellow Accent Team members, as
I drove by towards the allotted parking slot at the venue. The
Accents 1400cc Gamma engine got a much needed boost in
the horsepower department thanks to a custom built Hot Pipes
headers and a K&N cone type lter which added an additional
eight horsepower at the Speedlab dynamometer.
I was elated at the thought of seeing other people sharing
my passion for the brand and promoting the spirit of customi-
zation.
Team Hyundai is a community of Hyundai owners and its
members passionately promote the Hyundai brand to the Phil-
ippine motoring community. THP can bank on the support of
HARI. The successful staging of this event only strengthens
our resolve to maintain our strong presence in the local market,
beams Rich Manalad, PR and marketing ofcer of HARI.
Team Hyundai
in varied hues
Text and photo by Dino Ray V. Directo III
TEAM Hyundai Philippines, the hub of Hyundais car clubs in
the country, and auto importer Hyundai Asia Resources Inc.
joined forces in a recent bash to celebrate the teams third year
anniversary in Taguig City. With logistical support from the
Seoul-based carmaker, the gathering of Hyundai enthusiasts be-
came another memorable event. It was organized by THP presi-
dent- founder Nolan Tianco and VP-co-founder Neil Mercado.
We are happy with the turnout, and the sheer number of Hyundai
owners is a testament to the strong presence of the brand in the
country, Mercado said.
TO celebrate BMWs leader-
ship in the premium vehicle
segment, Asian Carmakers
Corporation, the ofcial im-
porter and distributor of BMW
vehicled and motorcycles in the
Philippines, will be holding the
BMW Xpo from October 19
21 at Bonifacio Global City.
BMW has maintained its
position as the number one
provider of luxury vehicles in
the Philippine market for the
past nine months, posting 29%
market share year to date. The
continued growth and success
of BMW in the Philippines is
attributed to the strength of its
products that are synonymous
with driving pleasure.
To share BMWs success to
its clients, car enthusiasts, and
encourage aspiring BMW car
owners, ACC created the BMW
Xpo to provide all interested
consumers the ultimate BMW
weekend lifestyle experience.
The BMW Xpo Pavilion will
also feature the BMW xDrive
ramp, designed to display the
impressive power and perfor-
mance of the BMW X Series
and its xDrive technology. Cli-
ents and guests will be able
In celebration of BMWs
continued leadership in the pre-
mium luxury segment, we will
display the best of what BMW
has to offer to the Philippine
market and give our valued
customers the best deals, said
Glen Dasig, ACCs Executive
Director for Sales and Market-
ing. The BMW Xpo is de-
nitely a great opportunity for
consumers to see what BMW
vehicle would make the perfect
t for them. Were hoping that
this event will encourage cus-
tomers to invest on a BMW.
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big bash
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100 YEARS AS
RELIGIOUS ORDER
The Order of Augustinian
Recollects in the Philippines
is celebrating 100 years as a
religious order.
TODAY
Manila Standard
Gianna Maniego, Editor
Dinna Chan Vasquez, Assistant Editor
THE WORST AGAIN?
NAIA-Terminal 1 is once again
named the worst airport for
sleepers, but only in Asia.
The Iggy
OCTOBER 19, 2012
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By Gianna G. Maniego
IF YOU like things fast, light and razor sharp, you might want to
ask Santa to leave the Acer Aspire S5-391-9880 under your tree
this Christmas.
But youd have to have been really, really
good this past year to deserve it.
The Aspire S5 is one of the hottest
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the International Consumer Electronics Show
2012 in Las Vegas earlier this year, Acers
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It feels like a tablet, but performs like a
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gothe kind of gadget any self-respecting
in-the-moment chronicler might want in his
back pocket to record every single event in his
life.
Even if youre an ordinary person, and you
like using computers the regular way, you might
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I want candy
The Aspire S5 is the kind of gadget that
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Sleek and rapier-thin, its positively drool-
worthythe kind of arm candy that gets you a
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and youd get what we mean.
It weighs in at 1.3 kg, just a shade heavier
than most tablets, and at 11 mm is so thin you
can slip it into an envelope (preferably the
black leather sachet it comes equipped with).
We mention this just to, you know, bring home
the point.
The Aspire S5 is made of strong-as-steel
aluminum/magnesium alloy, making it durable
and extremely resistant to elements (ideal if
youre the kind of klutz who spills beverages in
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look and onyx-black clamshell shape that give
the impression of seamless efciency under the
hood.
With bezel thickness reduced by about a
third of normal laptops, the notebooks 13.3-
inch LED-backlit screen looks bigger than it
actually is. It boasts high-denition 1366 by
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professionally-tuned Dolby Home Theater v4
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Fully packed
Like the superstar its touted to be, the Aspire
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But if you want cool, check out the Aspire S5s
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button called the MagicFlip key, on the upper
left side of the keyboard (yes, cheesy does it),
opens the compartment to dramatic effect (sort
of like watching a spaceship open), revealing
a selection of data ports that includes HDMI
(with HDCP support), SuperSpeed USB 3.0, and
the ultra-fast Thunderbolt I/O previously only
featured on Mac laptops.
The MagicFlip I/O port panel allows users to
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up more than 8,000 hours of music in just a little
over 10 minutes. Perfect for those idle moments
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Beware though, the MagicFlip I/O bites. The
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into excruciating attention. Trust us, we speak
from experience.
Power puffed
For all the amazing bells and whistles packed
on this one, we do have issues with the battery
life. According to its literature, the notebook
boasts a high-density (yet lightweight) lithium-
polymer battery, custom-shaped to t the
chassis and engineered to last up to 6.5 hours on
a single charge.
Erm, not really.
In our case, the juice lasted, at the most,
four hours. Not quite long enough to complete
our daily tasks. You could, you know, connect
it to its charger, but, we have to say, lugging
around that charger kind of puts a damper on the
bragging rights.
At the end of the day though, you have to
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behavior for Santa? Our answer is a resounding
Heck yeah!
* The Acer Aspire S5-391-9880 retails for
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At 11 mm, the
Aspire S5 is so thin
you can slip it into
an envelope.
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Dinna Chan Vasquez, Assistant Editor
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By Ed Biado
FOR the 16th consecutive year, Singapore Changi
Airport is named the best airport for sleeping overnight
and lounging around during long transits by popular
airport review website, Sleeping in Airports. The site
says that Changi makes airline passengers comfortable
by allowing them to enjoy the wi- and Internet
stations, nap in a snooze chair, watch a free movie or
live music while waiting for their ights.
The worst? Again?
They also appreciate the air-
ports other amenities, including
a swimming pool and Jacuzzi,
24 hour massage and spa facili-
ties, video games, music and TV
lounges, gardens, video games
and a 4-storey slide.
On the other hand, Manilas
Ninoy Aquino International Air-
port Terminal 1, once again,
suffers the fate of being the worst
airport for sleepers, but only in
Asia this time around, and not
worldwide like last year. How-
ever, this is only because the site
broke down its tally by region be-
cause there were just too many
to choose from.
While Terminals 2 and 3 are
lauded for having armrest-free
seating, which is perfect for those
who want to stretch out, and the
latter for being very clean and
modern, Terminal 1 is scruti-
nized for poor transit facilities,
queues, bribery, [being] crowded,
insufcient seating, delays re-
ceiving bags on belt, poor quality
restaurants [and] taxi scams.
Part of the explanation
goes, With its collapsing ceil-
ings, overcrowding, rampant
bribery and taxi drivers scam-
ming travelers on fares, its
easy to understand why dis-
appointed and unbelievable
are just some of the words
travelers use to describe Ma-
nilas Terminal 1.
Although, to the airports
credit, they did crack down on
this practice in March, refer-
ring to rigged taxi meters. The
website also acknowledges
the authorities efforts in re-
habilitating and modernizing
the airport, but laments that
these improvements cant be
finished fast enough.
NAIA is joined in the 2012
worst airports in Asia list by, in
descending order, Mumbai, Is-
lamabad, Singapore LCCT, Kol-
kata, Jakarta, Hanoi, Chennai,
Kuala Lumpur LCCT and Bali.
Elsewhere, topping the worst
lists are Lagos (Africa), Cara-
cas (Caribbean, Central & South
America), Rome Fiuminico (Eu-
rope), Jeddah (Middle East),
Los Angeles (North America)
and Tonga (South Pacic). After
Singapore, the best globally are
Seoul Incheon, Hong Kong, Am-
sterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lum-
pur, Helsinki Vantaa, Vancouver,
Munich, Zurich and Toronto
Pearson.
The best and worst airports
in the world are determined by
a survey among Sleeping in Air-
ports users and visitors. This year,
18,190 voters participated in the
polls. Go to www.sleepinginair-
ports.net for more details.
SAMSUNG Electronics Philip-
pines Corp. and Robinsons Ap-
pliances recently unveiled its
2012 Smart TV lineup at Rob-
insons Magnolia. The newest
Samsung home entertainment
products for 2012 was presented
at the Samsung concept store lo-
cated at the third oor al fresco
area of the mall.
The store opening was
graced by Hope Gokongwei,
Faith Gokongwei, Robina
Gokongwei, Char isma La-
yug, J ay Ha, DJ Kim, Amby
Molina and celebrities J im
Par edes, Paolo Bediones,
Megan Young, Bangs Gar-
cia, Valer ie Concepcion, Em-
pr ess Schuck, Daniel Padilla,
Luis Alandy and Asi Taulava.
Samsungs TV product of-
ferings are built on three pil-
lars: Smart Interaction, Smart
Content, and Smart Evolution,
all new market-revolutionizing
features available in 2012.
Samsungs Smart Interaction
technology provides Smart TV
users with a new, more natural
and intuitive option for control-
ling and interacting with the TV
breaking the physical boundaries
between the consumer and screen.
Samsungs new Motion Control,
Voice Control, and Face Recogni-
tion commands advance user ex-
perience in a competitive TV mar-
ket that values ease, convenience
and choice. Users can turn the TV
on or off, activate selected apps or
search for and select content in the
web browserall without touch-
ing the remote.
Smart Interaction is available
on the companys 2012 agship
Smart TVs including the LED
ES8000 series, the LED ES7500
series and the Plasma E8000 se-
ries, and features a built-in cam-
era that recognizes movement in
the foreground, as well as two
microphones to recognize voice.
Dinna Chan Vasquez
NAIA Terminal 3 is described as clean and modern
The crowded NAIA Terminal 1
SUN Cellular sets another
game changer that will rock
the industry with its newest
SunDroid Rush postpaid of-
fering that gives subscribers
the opportunity to own not
one, but two Android-pow-
ered gadgets in just one plan!
This staggering cool bundle,
Alcatel One Touch 903D
smartphone and Alcatel One
Touch Tab T10, is offered for
free under Sun Plan 600 and
Call & Surf 999!
The Alcatel One Touch
903D + Alcatel One Touch
Tab T10 Bundle Promo is a
rst-of-its-kind in the mar-
ket featuring two of the most
popular and often-used gad-
gets today in one affordable
package. A must-own for tech
savvies and social media sa-
vants, both devices run on
Android OS which continues
to trend in most smartphones
and tablets because of its
sheer performance, power and
exibility.
A perfect complement to
Alcatel One Touch 903D is
the Alcatel One Touch Tab
T10, another smart gadget
that delivers a great perfor-
mance and the same efcien-
cy as other pricier tablets in
the market.
A qualied subscriber only
needs to pay the monthly sub-
scription fee of P600 a month
to get both gadgets and start
enjoying their online universe
at a new level. Sun Cellu-
lar also throws in its popular
postpaid services such as un-
limited Sun call and texts, 350
texts to other networks, P250
consumable to give you the
complete mobile experience.
Sun Cellular is also of-
fering the bundle perfect for
families and barkada. Avail
of three units of Alcatel One
Touch 903D plus one Alcatel
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SunDroid Rush, Sun Cellular
gives more reasons why it is
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Join the SunDroid Rush
and visit the nearest The Sun
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a Sun-powered phone or (02)
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Samsung unveils 2012 Smart TV line-up
AHOY young pirates,its pure
kiddie fun this Halloween at
Robinsons Malls with its annual
event No Tricks, All Treats
which will run on Sunday, Oc-
tober 28 at 12:00 Noon.
Kids from 4 to 12 years old
will have the chance to partici-
pate in the Pirate Costume Pa-
rade and have the chance to win
prizes for the best in Costume.
Participants can also join in the
Trick or Treating which will
start at 4pm.
A magic show featuring an
illusionist, and games complete
this very special Halloween
package from Robinsons Malls.
For more details contact
Robinsons Malls at 3971888,
locals 780/782, 3970137.
No tricks,
all treats
THE Order of Augustinian Rec-
ollects, here in the Philippines
for more than 400 years, is cel-
ebrating one hundred years as a
religious order.
To celebrate the centennial,
the Order is holding a year-long
series of festivities including a
conference today, Friday, October
19, at the San Sebastian College-
Recoletos Manila.
The topic is the Religiosas Fa-
milias, the papal brief issued by
Pope Pius X in Sept. 16, 1912, that
allowed the Recollects to become a
religious order. The conference will
delve on the events that lead to the
granting of Religiosas Familias, the
last accorded to a congregation in
the past century.
R.P. Fray Rene F. Paglinawan,
OAR will talk about the General
Chapter of 1908 before the com-
plete juridical autonomy.
Prof. Emmanuel Luis A. Roma-
nillos will talk on Cardinal Vives Y
Tuto.
Recollects
celebrate 100
years as a
religious order
R.P. Fray Emilio Edgardo A.
Quilatan, OAR, will discuss the
reaction of the OSA General and
clarications on the interpretation
of the Papal Document.
R.P. Fray Lauro V. Larlar,
OAR, prior provincial of the
Province of St. Ezekiel Moreno,
will talk about the Augustinian
Recollect Constitutions.
The conference will start at 8:30
and end by 4:00 PM. Fr.. Larlar,
will be the main celebrant and hom-
ilist at the 5:00 PM Holy Mass.
Organizers expect about 500
participants from the religious
brothers and sisters, the semi-
narians, members of the Secular
Augustinian Recollect Fraternity
and students from the different
schools.
Fr. Lauro Laralar
Stay-cation package
At Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila, theres no
need to rush when spending time with family.
Available until 31 October 2012, local residents
can make the most of their stay with the Early
Eight, Late Eight room package, offering an early
check-in time of 8:00 am and late checkout time of
8:00 pm the next day. With 14-hours of extra free
time, guests can choose to sleep in, relax by the pool,
have a late lunch or dinner in the hotels award-win-
ning restaurants or take a stroll through the city and
revisit the beautiful attractions of the city of Manila.
With rates starting at P7,500 net per room night,
guests can enjoy the following amenities in the com-
fort of our spacious guestroom or suite:
*Additional complimentary breakfast for two
kids (aged ve years old and below) at Market Cafe,
Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila while children aged
six to twelve years receive a 50 percent discount
* Use of Club Oasis tness centre and outdoor
swimming pool, childrens pool and whirlpool
Late night weekend buffet
After watching a spectacular theater show, con-
cert or movie, who says you have to go straight
home? Extend your night out with friends or loved
ones and enjoy a midnight meal with the come
back of Diamond Hotels Late Night Weekend
Buffet at Corniche Restaurant.
For only
P888 nett per
person, with free
ow of lemon-
ade, soda or lo-
cal beers, delight
in international
dishes at Cor-
niche to satisfy
your midnight
cravings. You
may start off at
the salad bar and selection of appetizers, and then go
oriental with the Asian section which includes a vari-
ety of dimsum, piping hot congee and hearty noodles.
Load up with the hefty choices from the Western sec-
tion that features gourmet pizza, pasta a la minute and
and other divine dishes.
While you dine to your hearts delight, a live entertain-
ment complements the relaxed and cozy ambiance suited
for the occasional catch-ups and heart-to-heart talks.
The Late Night Weekend buffet is available at Dia-
mond Hotels Corniche every Friday and Saturday
night, from 10:30pm to 2:00am.
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Surigao del Sur 2
nd
Bislig City
Telefax (086) 853 4308
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Surigao del Sur 2
nd

District Engineering Offce, Bislig City, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
Contract ID : 12NI0031
Contract Name : Road Slip/Protection along East- West Lateral, Jct.
Lingig-Trento Road Section, Surigao del Sur k 1484+708
k 1485+745 (intermittent)
(k 1485+426.03 k 1485+767.95)
Contract Location : Surigao del Sur
Scope of Work : MRB- Maintenance Roads and Bridges
Contract Duration : 156 CD
Contract ID : 12NI0032
Contract Name : Rehab/Recon/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National
Roads, Surigao- Davao Coastal Road (SDCR)
k 1439+000 k 1439+470 (k 1439+150 k 1439+647.70)
Contract Location : Surigao del Sur
Scope of Work : RRP- Roads-Rehabilitation-PCCP
Contract Duration : 112 CD
IRR of R.A.9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
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 to10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examination of bids.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 19, 2012- November 8, 2012 (2:00 P.M.)
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 26, 2012 (10:00 A.M.)
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
October 26, 2012 (5:00 P.M.)
4. Receipt of Bids October 25, 2012- November 8, 2012
(8:00 A.M.- 2:00 P.M.)
5. Opening of Bids November 8, 2012 (2:00 P.M.)
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) in the amount of
Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (25,000.00) per project at DPWH, Surigao del Sur
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Bislig City. Prospective bidders may also download the
BDs from the DPWH Website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties
who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Surigao del Sur 2
nd
Engineering District, Bislig City reserves the right
to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime prior contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(SGD) ANASTACIA C. SALAS
Chief, Construction Section
Chairman, BAC
Noted:
(SGD) EULOGIO D. MILLA
OIC District Engineer
Cordillera Administrative Region
BAGUIO CITY DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Engineers Hill, Baguio City
Tel. No. 442-8195 Fax No. (074) 442-8195
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Baguio City District
Engineering Offce invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project/s:
1. Source of Fund: GOP through GAA 2013
Contract ID: 12PD0081
1. Contract Name: Contract Package 2: Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent
Section) along:
a. Quezon Hill Drive Chainage 0000-Chainage 0290
b. Government Center Road Chainage 0000-Chainage
0130
c. Quezon Hill Road KO 306+000 - KO 306+150,
KO 306+397 KO 307+388
d. Lt. Tacay Road KO 308+000 KO 308+760
Contract Location: Baguio City
Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay (Hot Mix) & PCCP
a. 3,402,200.29
b. 1,367,913.53
c. 8,135,281.27
d. 6,549,676.24
Contract Duration: 32 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00
Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission
and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder
is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government
Procurement Reform Act.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Baguio City District
Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below
from 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Documents as indicated.
The DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on October 24, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering
Offce Conference Hall which shall be open only to all interested parties who have
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 7, 2012
at 10:00 a.m. at DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce. All bids must be
accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
Bids will be opened on November 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at DPWH- Baguio City
District Engineering Offce in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to
Nora R. delos Santos
DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce
Telefax No. (074) 442-8195
dpwh.bcdeo.bac@gmail.com
Approved by:
MELENDRE M. EUSTAQUIO
BAC Vice-Chairman
Noted by:
IRENEO S. GALLATO
District Engineer
Pampanga 1
st
Sindalan City of San Fernando (P)
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways - Pampanga 1
st
District
Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to bid for the following contract/s:
1. a. Contract ID : 12CG0146
b. Name of Project : Const r uct i on/ Repai r / Rehabi l i t at i on/
Improvement of Balucuc Road
c. Location : Apalit, Pampanga
d. Brief Description :
Const r uct i on/ Repai r / Rehabi l i t at i on/
Improvement of Road
e. Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php 9,650,000.00
f. Duration : 56 calendar days
g. Source of Fund :
h.Cost of Bid
Documents : Php 10,000.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revi sed Impl ementi ng Rul es and
Regulations
To bid for this/these contract/s, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent
(LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost
of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC
within period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will
use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids, evaluation of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application 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).
below:
1. Issuance of Bid Documents October 16 November 7, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 26, 2012
2. Receipt and Opening of Bids November 7, 2012 until 10:00AM
only; Opening of Bids at 10:00 AM
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman.
The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the
fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
Prospective bidders may download the Registration from the DPWH-website
www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of Letter of Intent Documents
(LOIS) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH-Pampanga 1
st
District Engineering Offce,
Sindalan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Prospective bidders can download
the LOI Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security in any form in the
amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the
DPWH website. The BAC will also issue hard copies of the BDs at the same
address to eligible bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee. Bidders that
will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees upon the
submission of their bids.
The Department of Public Works and Highways - Pampanga 1st District
Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul
the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability
to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) NOMER ABEL P . CANLAS
BAC Chairman
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Baguio City District
Engineering Offce invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project/s:
Contract Name: Kisad Road Governor Pack Bypass Road
Scope of Work: PCCP, Stone Masonry,Sidewalk, RCPC, Retaining
Wall, Railings, Lighting Facilities
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Baguio City Camp Lagoon Drain
Tunnel
Scope of Work: Rock Excavation (Tunneling)
Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission
and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder
is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Baguio City District
Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below
from 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Documents as indicated.
The DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on October 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering
Offce Conference Hall which shall be open only to all interested parties who have
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 5, 2012
at 10:00 a.m. at DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce. All bids must be
accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
Bids will be opened on November 5, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at DPWH- Baguio City
District Engineering Offce in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to
Nora R. delos Santos
DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce
Telefax No. (074) 442-8195
dpwh.bcdeo.bac@gmail.com
Approved by:
(Sgd.) GIL L. NUQUE
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Noted by:
(Sgd.) IRENEO S. GALLATO
District Engineer

Cordillera Administrative Region
BAGUIO CITY DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Tel. No. 442-8195 Fax No. (074) 442-8195
Region X
Cagayan de Oro City 1
st
10
th
Regional Equipment Services Compound, Bulua
Cagayan de Oro City
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Cagayan de Oro
City 1
st
District Engineering Offce, invites contractors to apply to bid for the
aforementioned project :
Contract ID: 12KH0091
Contract Name: Construction of Iponan River Control (Upstream of
Iponan Bridge I & II) Bulua Side, Cagayan de Oro City
Contract Location: Cagayan de Oro City
Brief Description: Flood Control Hydraulics River Control
Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 10,000.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules
and regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration, to the DPWH-POCW, Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of 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.
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 11 November 6, 2012
2. Deadline of Receipt of LOI October 24, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 25, 2012 @ 2:00PM
4. Receipt of Bids November 6, 2012 at 8:00AM-10:00AM
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 PM on November 6, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Cagayan de Oro City 1
st
District Engineering Offce, 10
th
RES Compound, Bulua,
Cagayan de Oro City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website
shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid Documents. Bids
must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two 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 Contractors Registration Certifcate (CRC). The second envelope
shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to
the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
post qualifcation.
The DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1
st
District Engineering Offce reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime
before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved :

(Sgd.) LEAH E. NALIPONGUIT
BAC - Chairperson

Noted:
(Sgd.) BONIFACIO R. LORA
OIC- District Engineer

Regional Offce No. VIII
Government Center, Baras, Palo, Leyte
Telephone Nos. : (053) 323-5553
Oc t ober 16, 2012
(MST-Oct. 19, 2012)
Contract ID : 13IO0007
Contract Name : Road Upgrading of Albuera Burauen Road, (Sta.
0+698.90 Sta.5+350, with exceptions), Albuera,
Leyte
Contract Location : Albuera, Leyte
Brief Description/Scope of Work : Concrete Paving of 2,763.00 meters; Improvement of
1,813.00 meters with 0.20 m. thick subbase course;
Construction of 15.50 m. Spillway; Provision of
Coconet along Cut-Slopes & Embankment sections
and Construction of Cross-Drainage with Catch Basin
and CHB Lined Canal.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 97,087,370.09 (Subject for Approval by DPWH-
CO)
1. The DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte, through the FY-2013 GAA intends to
apply the sum above stated being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments
under the contract for the abovementioned contracts. Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH Regional Office No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte now invites bids for the
abovementioned description of works. Completion of the Works is required for the above
stated contract duration. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of
submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible
bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion in the Eligibility Check and Preliminary Examination of Bids as
specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184),
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, organizations or
joint venture with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock
belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Contractors/applicants who are interested in the DPWH civil works are required to register prior
to the set scheduled of submission of bid while those already registered shall keep their records
current and updated. Contractors eligibility to bid on the project will be determined using the
DPWH Contract Profle Eligibility Process (CPEP) and subject to further post-qualifcation.
Information on registration can be obtained at DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Interested
bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the
address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the
amount stated above. Contractors can make payments for the purchase of the Bidding
Documents at any DPWH feld offces. Issuance of Bidding Documents will be on
October 25 November 6, 2012.
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided
that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their
bids.
6. The DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on
October 24, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. at the BAC Offce, DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras,
Palo, Leyte which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the
Bidding Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 6, 2012 at 10:00
A.M. at the BAC Offce, DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte. All bids must
be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated
in ITB Clause 18 or Bid Securing Declaration in lieu of a bid security as an additional form,
pursuant to GPPB Resolution No. 03-2012.
Bids will be opened on November 6, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. in the presence of the bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Net Financial Contracting Capacity
(NFCC) at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC
and the Original Receipt (OR) for payment of bidding documents before dropping of bids.
Bidders shall likewise submit their bids through their duly Authorized Liaison Offcers only as
specifed in the Contractors Information (CI). Submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) is no
longer required to participate in the bidding, pursuant to D.O. No. 64, Series of 2012.
9. The DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, Baras, Palo, Leyte reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability or obligation to the affected bidder or bidders.
EDGAR B. TABACON, CESO IV
Assistant Regional Director
(BAC Chairman)
Attention:
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH Regional Offce No. VIII, (Sgd.) EDGAR B. TABACON, CESO IV
Baras, Palo, Leyte Assistant Region Director
Telefax No.: (053) 323-5553 (BAC Chairman)

NOTED:
(SGD.) ROLANDO M. ASIS, CESO III
Regional Director


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Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com
showbitz
ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
People
are talking about
Lea Salonga
Impressive credentials make
the singer and theater actress more
than eligible to host the local edi-
tion of the hit US singing search,
The Voice. Theres no ofcial state-
ment yet from ABS-CBN if Lea
would host the program but at this
point we dont see any better alter-
native t to do job.
Tiktik: The Aswang Chron-
icles
The producers risked P80
million to produce this Ding-
dong Dantes starrer horror ac-
tion ick. No wonder all the
bigwigs of Kapuso, including
its brightest stars, show their all
out support during the movie
premiere. Its hard to lose this
big investment thats why they
make sure it generates big buzz.
We just hope it works.
Lovi Poe
Rumors have it that she has
plans to leave her mother net-
work once her contract expires
early next year. We can only
imagine how Kapuso network
would react if she leaves consid-
ering shes been given impor-
tant roles and projects. Doesnt
this make her market value in-
crease?
are not talking
about
Derek Ramsay
His ego is hurt because his
former station doesnt want
Anne Curtis to mention his
name when promoting their
movie, A Secret Affair. It can
also be observed that the mov-
ie trailer shown on ABS-CBN
does not show a single image of
Derek on the screen. Poor guy,
but do we have to remind him
that hes the one who cut his ties
with the network?
This Guys In Love With You
Mare
It is poised to become one of
the most successful local movies
of 2012 (and of all time). It earned
P100M on its rst week at the box
ofce...but why most of legitimate
movie critics give the romantic
comedy two thumbs down? Well,
we dont, we just ask for a com-
plete refund of our movie ticket
money.
Rhian Ramos
She has all the right connec-
tions to make sure that she re-
mains in the limelight as long
as she wants to hence her recent
announcement that shes ready
to show more skin in front of the
camera just attracted negative re-
action. Is she trying to prove some-
thing or she just want to go daring
to give her career a little spice?
I have been following the show, if only to see
how GMA7 chooses the kind of stars that it wants
to populate its shows on primetime, and I have to be
honest and frank about things considering that the
network trails behind the Kapamilya network in the
talent department.
Just two days left before the exciting and intense
culmination of the battle for the big artista break,
tension and excitement have risen for the Final 6
protgs with Gala Presentor Dingdong Dantes
announcement that the week-long voting period
would start on Oct. 14 for the Protg Nation.
In the rst part of the Final Battle, the Final 6 faced
different challenges from the four formidable judges.
At the end of their performances, Dingdong asked
the judges to name their favorite male and female
protgs. All four judgestalent manager/director
Bert de Leon, actress Cherie Gil, comedian Joey
de Leon, and GMA Network Films President Atty.
Annette Gozon-Abrogarunanimously picked Elle
as their female protg. Jeric, on the other hand, got
three votes from Director Bert, Atty. Annette and Joey
while Mikoy got a vote from Cherie.
As of Wednesday night, the tally of the txt
votes favor Ruru and Thea, which means that if
the supporters of the other four nalists wouldnt
do anything positive, Ruru and Thea could win the
contest, unless intervention from the judges changes
the fate of these two contestants.
This is my own ranking though of the six nalists,
from one to three, one being the highest and three
the lowest on either the male or female.
In terms of looks (this is the look that makes an
artista, or as they say in local parlance artistahin
and this is very important more than everything
else that can be learned later), (1) Jeric Gonzales
has it, and following him is (2) Mikoy Morales, and
last is (3) Ruru Madrid. Among the girl (1) Zandra
Summer has that sultry look that if properly handled
can blossom into a fabulous star, followed by (2)
Elle Ramirez whose Filipina looks can be attractive
to a lot of male and last (3) is Thea Tolentino who is
more plain Jane than anything else.
In the talent department, all of them are
greenhorns so the judges should be able to see who
can withstand the rigors of showbusiness in the
long run. But Mikoy Morales has the competition
advantage as he can write songs and he is not as bad
in acting and dancing. More importantly, the guy I
think is intelligent, a conversationalist and he has
keen perception of what the business is all about.
But this contest doesnt depend on who I think
will win but on the judges evaluation of the six
and the txt votes that will come in until th last hour
before the show on Friday.
Two winners will be proclaimed this Sunday
one male protg and one female protg. At stake
are 12 million pesos worth of cash prizes and a
management contract with GMA Artist Center .
Place your bets and vote for your favorite Protg,
just text PROTG (space) NAME OF PROTG
and send to 2344 for Globe, TM and Sun subscribers,
and 367 for Smart and Talk N Text users.
Catch the grand revelation in Protg: The Final
Battle for the Big Artista Break this Sunday, Oct. 21
right after Kaps Amazing Stories on GMA 7.
Filipinas in Mrs. Globe 2012
Two Filipinas have once again proven that the
Philippines is a nation of world-class beauty and
talent as they brought home special awards from the
recently concluded Mrs. Globe 2012 World Finals.
Joycelyn Agsaway, the countrys ofcial
representative to the pageant, won the Face of
the Year award, while Morena Carla Cabrera-
Quimpo also bagged the National Director of the
Year award.
One of the biggest international beauty pageants
for married women, Mrs. Globe 2012 World Finals
was held at Rancho Mirage, California, USA. Mrs.
Globe is also a charitable event that supports the
cause of The W.I.N. Foundation, which is devoted to
programs of recovery and empowerment for women.
Love conquers all
Life And Style With Ricky Reyes this Saturday
10 a.m. on GMA News TV features unforgettable
love stories.
There is a testimonial from a couple from
Bulacan who prove love keeps them together
through the years. The man and the woman even
take pride in saying that people around them can
not help despite their advanced age with thinning
and white hair they still exude the aura of newly
weds on their honeymoon stage. They will,
likewise, relate the many storms they have braved
and survived.
Jovel and midget Charitals marriage bore them
a normal child. Jovel will tell why he was smitten
by his wifes charms and disproved remarks that
their difference in height will make life miserable
for them eventually. Charital, on the other hand,
reveals how her husbands height gave her the
creeps and how she was convinced that they are
not mists.
And heres a touch of comedy on the show. It
is the bonding of gay (or members of the third sex)
lovers effeminate Arsel and macho Mhay.
Never mind who wears the pants or the skirt.
When they are together, it is only the love for each
other that counts and how!
No matter what some may say, it is love that
makes the world go round and adds color to our
sometimes boring and stressful lives, says the
beauty guru who is in love 365 days a year.
Historys
new series
on PH
ALL over Asia, History has delved
into the deep secret and forgotten
worlds, unearthing untold stories and
unbelievable relics. This time around,
theres a new spin off series, Hidden
Cities: Extreme hosted by Simon Yin.
The show starts airing on Oct. 29,
, 9:30 p.m. featuring the wonders of
the Philippines. I had a great time
rediscovering Asia and Ive had several
unforgettable experiences throughout,
especially in the Philippines,
shares Yin. Filipinos love all things
extreme. Theyll denitely enjoy the
exhilarating and fun moments Ive
had as I went through the challenges
in the show, he adds.
In the Philippine episode, Yin visits
Cebu, Badian, and Argao. In Cebu, he
attempts to master the deadly skills of
Eskrima and realizes it takes a lot to be
a true Eskrima martial art champion.
Yin also had to personally climb the
tall and intimidating coconut trees just
so he could taste the tuba, the countrys
traditional liquor.
Aside from the Philippines, Yin
also embarks on a string of awesome
adventures in other key cities in
Asia, such as West Malaysia, North
Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, and
Bali, Indonesia. From taking part in
a buffalo race with the locals in Bali,
to eating tarantulas in Thailand, Yin
denitely pushes the boundaries of
experiencing Asia to the extreme in
Historys new show.
Becoming the presenter of the
action-packed series Hidden Cities:
Extreme is Yins best and most exciting
job so far. A director, producer, actor,
and host from Atlanta, GA, Yin, at
rst, wanted to be a doctor. In college,
Yin was a pre-med and business major
but med school didnt pan out, so it
was off to the world of investment
banking. After a year of self described
soul sucking work, Yin found a
local ad in the newspaper for comedy
classes and never looked back.
The rest is, as they say, history,
for Yins career. He began at Turner
Networks as a host and moved on to
become a VJ for MTV in New York.
At present, he is based in Hong Kong
and has hosted on air for several TV
channels, been in several movies
and web series and hosts corporate
gigs around the world. Yin is also a
co-founder of his own production
company.
History is available on SKYCable
Ch 25; Cable Link Ch. 44; Dream
Satellite Ch 30; Destiny Cable Ch 57.
So, who will they be?
IF YOUVE been following Protg on the Kapuso network, you must
have made up your mind on who you think will be the two next big stars
of the network among the sixRuru Madrid, Jeric Gonzales, Mikoy
Morales, Zandra Summer, Elle Ramirez and Thea Tolentinowho will
battle it our on Sunday for Protgs Final Battle.
Mrs. Philippines-Globe 2012 Joycelyn Agsaway (left)
and national pageant director Morena Carla Cabrera-
Quimpo.
Final 6 Protgs: Ruru Madrid,
Elle Ramirez, Jeric Gonzales, Zandra
Summer, Mikoy Morales and Thea
Tolentino
Ricky Reyes with Jovel, Charital and son

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