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Vol. XXVI No. 62 16 Pages, 3 Sections
P18.00 MONDAY, April 30, 2012
PH to stand ground
in Scarborough area
Aquino defers
comment on
land valuation
State workers
to get early
pay increase
George Tapans
photo Warsaw
tourist bus art
4 oil companies
cut pump prices
Palace admits Ombudsman cant touch Corona
Temperature hits 36.7 degrees
Hot outside.
Despite the intense
heat, a woman
wades across the
breakwater in Pasay
City using an um-
brella as protection
from the scorching
sun. DANNY PATA
Wheres the meat? The meat stalls are empty in Rosales, Pangasinan, in this photo submitted by the Swine Development Coun-
cil. But in Mt. Province. Inset, a Bontoc woman hangs cuts of pork to dry on the Malitep footbridge in anticipation of the national
pork holiday declared by hog and chicken farmers. DANNY PATA
More fun in the Philippines. George Tapans winning photo will showcase the country on a tourist bus (inset) in Warsaw. (Story below)
STATE workers may look for-
ward to an early release of the
fourth tranche of their salary
increase this year as part of
the package to be unveiled by
President Benigno Aquino III
on Labor Day.
Mr. Aquino said he will talk
with with the various labor
groups on May 1, but declined
to give details on the package
of benets that the government
will unveil for both private and
public employees.
He made the statement even
A STUNNING photograph of
a woman wading on the shore
and a lone sherman on a boat
out in the sea under a rainbow
arch after a rainstorm in Onuk
Island in Palawan will be dis-
played on a sightseeing bus that
goes around the major streets
of Warsaw from May to July to
advertise the Philippines, tour-
ism ofcials said Sunday.
Las Pias tourism chief
Jimmy Castillano said the pho-
to, which was shot by George
Tapan and titled Into the Green
Zone, will be mounted on one
By Joyce Pangco Paares
and Rey E. Requejo
MALACAANG on Sunday admitted
that the Ombudsman had no jurisdiction
over Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato
Corona because he is an impeachable of-
cial, but said the ongoing probe on his
supposed $10 million in various dollar
accounts would bring out the truth.
At the very least, look at what we
have discovered. Who knew that he [had]
$10 million? presidential spokesman
Edwin Lacierda said.
At the very least, the truth will come
out and it will put pressure on the chief
justice to make an explanation.
Lacierda made his statement even as
Coronas lawyers said the Ombudsman
had no jurisdiction on the magistrate and
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Sun-
day said there was no conict between his
family and the farmers who recently won
a protracted court battle to have the vast
Hacienda Luisita sugar estate owned by
the Aquinos and Cojuangcos distributed
under the agrarian reform program.
Victory connotes there was conict,
said Mr. Aquino, who broke his silence on
the issue to deny that the latest Supreme
Court decision was a win for the farmers.
From our perspective everything that
has transpired there, including the stock
distribution option, [was for] the farmers
[who] voted for the SDO twice.
They were asked and they said SDO.
They said it not once, they said it twice.
FOUR oil distributors cut pump prices
by P0.60 per liter of regular gasoline and
P0.30 per liter of premium and unleaded
gasoline effective Monday as a result of
the declining oil prices abroad.
Petron, Shell, Seaoil and Phoenix Pe-
troleum announced the cuts but kept the
prices of diesel and kerosene the same.
Chevron, Total, Eastern Petroleum,
Flying V, PTT, Jetti and the others were
still to announce any cuts in their prices
as of press time.
The latest adjustment in gasoline prices
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino
III has ordered government
agencies to document all of Chi-
nas aggressive actions against
the Philippines in the standoff
over the Panatag or Scarbor-
ough Shoal.
We are documenting every-
thing so that when we make our
case in the appropriate body, we
have the necessary evidence,
Mr. Aquino said.
He made his statement came
after Philippine ofcials accused
Chinas most advanced shing
patrol vessel, the FLEC 310,
of bullying two Coast Guard
vessels on Saturday.
Coast Guard spokesman Algier
Ricafrente said the Chinese ves-
sel posed a danger to the Filipino
ships after it sped toward them
and then veered away, generating
a two-meter wave in the process.
Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul
Hernandez said the actions could
represent a violation of the Interna-
tional Regulations for Preventing
Collisions of Ships at Sea.
We will bring this incident
of bullying to the attention of the
Chinese authorities, Hernandez
said in a text message on Sunday.
Bajo de Masinloc [Panatag]
is part of Philippine territory and
Philippine waters. We will con-
tinue to stand up and hold our
ground.
Despite the latest incident, the
military reported that Filipino
shermen were re-entering the
disputed waters around the shoal.
Lt. Gen. Anthony Alcantara,
head of the Northern Luzon Com-
mand, said six Filipino shing
vessels had entered the shoal.
On May 11, Filipinos overseas
will launch a global protest in front
of Chinese embassies and consul-
ates abroad following Beijings
actions in the Panatag Shoal.
Deputy presidential spokes-
woman Abigail Valte said the
Group directors Daniel Javel-
lana Jr. and Rosendo So said at
least 60 percent of the 3.5 mil-
lion backyard hog and poultry
raisers joined the nationwide
two-day meat holiday over the
weekend, spurring government
ofcials into action.
Longer fresh meat holiday averted
Govt gives in
to hog, poultry
raisers demand
By Rio Araja
and Florencio Narito
THE temperature rose to 36.7 de-
grees Celsius in Metro Manila on
Sunday, one of the hottest days so
far, and the weather bureau said the
heat could become more intense in
the next several weeks.
Weather bureau plotter May Sarmien-
to said that temperature was recorded
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By Christine F. Herrera
THE government has moved to cut short
a pork and chicken holiday declared by
hog and poultry raisers to protest the
rampant smuggling of meat, the Swine
Development Council said Sunday
So said Agriculture Depart-
ment ofcials sought them out
Saturday to assure the growers
that the government would act
on their demands to scrap the
administrative orders that they
felt favored meat importers, and
would also raise the tariff on of-
fal to 30 percent from 5.
The hog growers are also
demanding that the administra-
tion remove Bureau of Animal
Industry director Efren Nuestro
and National Meat Inspection
Service director Jane Bacayo
and stop rampant smuggling and
over-importation of meat.
Javellana, also chairman of
the National Federation of Hog
Farmers Inc., said Agriculture
Secretary Proceso Alcala had
issued a memo to Finance Sec-
retary Ceasar Purisima and Cus-
toms Commissioner Rozzano
Runo Biazon recommending
the increase in the reference
price of imported meat to keep
the meat imports down.
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KUALA LUMPURA massive street
rally demanding electoral reforms in
Malaysia raised questions Sunday
about whether the long-ruling coalition
government will delay calling elections
in the face of such a strong show of
force by the opposition.
Malaysian poll reforms urged
Police used tear gas and chem-
ical-laced water Saturday against
some 50,000 people and arrested
more than 450 at the demonstra-
tion. Ofcials said three demon-
strators and 20 police were in-
jured, and all those arrested were
released by Sunday.
The rally was held to pressure
Prime Minister Najib Razaks
ruling coalitionwhich has
been in power for 55 yearsto
overhaul what the opposition and
civil groups call biased electoral
policies before the next polls are
held.
Elections do not need to be
held until mid-2013, but specula-
tion had previously been rife that
Najib may dissolve Parliament
next month and seek a new man-
date in June.
However, the proteststhe
second mass rally in 10 months
could rattle Najibs condence
and prompt him to delay calling
polls, especially since the last
election delivered the biggest op-
position gains in Parliament ever.
The countrys largest Eng-
lish newspaper, The Star, said
in an opinion piece Sunday that
the more likely time for polls
would be in the rst week of
September.
While the rally had reinforced
anti-government vote in urban
areas, it may not tip the scale
in favor of the opposition, said
James Chin, political science lec-
turer with Monash University in
Malaysia. Najibs battleground
will be in rural areas, which ac-
count for about two-thirds of
Parliamentary seats, he said.
National police spokesman
Ramli Yoosuf said Sunday that
471 people were arrested but
all have been released. It was
not immediately clear if they
would be charged later with
any offense. Ramli also said the
crowd size, earlier estimated at
25,000, doubled to near 50,000
at its peak.
Demonstrators wearing yel-
low T-shirts, waving banners
and chanting slogans poured into
downtown Kuala Lumpur, mass-
ing near a public square that po-
lice had sealed off with barbed
wire and barricades.
Najibs popularity dipped after
a similar rally last July by some
20,000 people was dispersed by
tear gas.
Saturdays demonstration
remained peaceful for several
hours, until a small group ap-
peared to suddenly breach the
police barriers. Authorities
responded by ring tear gas
and water laced with stinging
chemicals.
The National Front, which
has governed Malaysia since
independence from Britain in
1957, suffered its worst per-
formance in 2008 elections,
when it lost more than a third
of Parliaments seats amid pub-
lic complaints about corruption
and racial discrimination. AP
Aquino...
So since 1989, the vast majority
[of the farmers] wanted that option,
and I understand there was another
informal survey done [recently]
and a signicant portion still want-
ed to continue in that manner with
changes.
Mr. Aquino did not mention that
the farmers had petitioned in 2003
to have the same stock option plan
revoked as unconstitutional, or that
his family had opposed the move in
court since then.
Instead, Mr. Aquino said that
since the Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Program was the agship
project of his mother, the late Presi-
dent Corazon Aquino, he would
continue with her ideology of em-
powering farmers.
The President assured the farmer-
beneciaries that the administration
would carry out the instructions
of the Supreme Court order, but
begged off from commenting on
the specics, including the ruling
that would compensate his family
for the land based on 1989 prices.
I havent read the decision. Will
I say I fully support it without hav-
ing read it? he said.
There might be problems in
the implementation and I might be
accused of backtracking, [but] the
Executive is prepared to enforce the
law and to carry out the instructions
of this decision.
But before we say we will im-
plement such and such by such and
such date, we have to know what
we are being tasked to do. And
that is not yet clear. The last time I
asked, we still didnt have hard cop-
ies of their decision.
The Cojuangco family had
sought P9.75 billion---based on the
2006 real estate rate of P2.5 million
per hectare---in exchange for dis-
tributing the land to the farmer ben-
eciaries. The 1989 rate would give
them a much lower P196 million.
Earlier, presidential spokesman
Edwin Lacierda said the Agrarian
Reform Department would start
identifying the legitimate farmer-
beneciaries.
Agrarian Reform Secretary Vir-
gilio de los Reyes said the normal
process of land acquisition took six to
12 months, including the time to con-
duct a census and a survey of the land.
De los Reyes said the Land Bank
of the Philippines would also have
to examine the books of the estate,
apply the formula under the land
reform program, and then send the
computation to the Agrarian Re-
form Department.
In Tarlac, farmer groups on Sat-
urday drove away a truck carrying
fencing material over a 500-hectare
property in Balete village that the
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.
says it has acquired from Hacienda
Lusita.
Felix Nacpil Jr., chairman of the
Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid
sa Asyenda Luisita, said the farm-
ers had decided to stop negotiating
with the bank, which had refused
their demands for compensation.
Farmers on Saturday threat-
ened to burn the 10-wheeler truck
if it tried to enter the compound
claimed by RCBC, and said they
would picket the area as long as the
bank remained a threat to the land
they owned.
United Luisita Workers Union
acting president Lito Bais said the
governments declaration that land
distribution could take up to a year
was too long.
What more are they waiting
for? he said. There are no
more issues to be resolved. With
Jess Malabanan
Palace...
denied the claims he has $10
million deposited in banks.
Ramon Esguerra, one of Co-
ronas lawyers, described the
charge against the magistrate
was a retaliatory black propa-
ganda and mind-conditioning
preparatory to the resumption
of the defenses presentation
on May 7.
CJ does not own $10M!
Esguerra said in a text mes-
sage to the Manila Standard.
Lacierda said Corona should
face the music as he insisted
that the Ombudsmans parallel
probe was not an overkill de-
spite an ongoing impeachment
case before the Senate.
It is incumbent upon the
Ombudsman to perform its
fact-finding duty. It behooves
upon the Ombudsman to per-
form its obligation and require
the chief justice to submit his
comment, Lacierda said.
If its overkill, why not
settle everything in the Senate
impeachment court?
Ombudsman Conchita Car-
pio Morales, acting on several
complaints, has asked Corona
to explain in writing within
72 hours how he acquired his
peso and dollar accounts that
were grossly disproportion-
ate to his salary.
The order was served on
April 23.
Esguerra said the allega-
tions on Coronas supposed
$10 million bank deposts were
similar to other phony expos-
es such as the false Land Reg-
istration Authority list of 45
properties, manipulated and
contrived surveys, phony and
imaginary writers of fictitious
letters to the [Philippine Dai-
ly] Inquirer editor, little phony
ladies carrying so-called bank
documents to congressmen et-
cetera.
But Esguerra stressed that
Corona need not reply to the
Ombudsman because it had no
jurisdiction over him.
We have somehow expect-
ed it. The complaints were
filed more than a month ago,
Esguerra said.
The decision on the MR re
Luisita came out last Tuesday
and trial resumes a week from
now. How can the letter not be
suspect?
What is telling is that the
complaints made no mention
of $10 million, but appear to
be merely a mirror of accusa-
tions in the current impeach-
ment.
Esguerra said he believed
that Coronas enemies were
laying the groundwork for an-
other impeachment complaint.
That is where the investi-
gation by the Ombudsman is
headed. It cannot be for al-
leged unexplained wealth for
forfeiture under Republic Act
1379, Esguerra said. RA 1379
refers to the law declaring for-
feiture in favor of the state
any piece of property found to
have been unlawfully acquired
by any public officer or em-
ployee.
The chief justice is still
holding his position and any
legal action under this law
will have to await the verdict
in the current impeachment,
Esguerra said.
As stated, the route of the
investigation is another im-
peachment in the future based
on alleged ill-gotten wealth
that has been barred in the cur-
rent one.
In a separate text message,
Tranquil Salvador said Om-
budsman Conchita Carpio-
Morales order to Corona to
explain his supposed ill-gotten
wealth stemmed from three
complaints against him
Since the three complaints
were mere reiterations of is-
sues in the impeachment pro-
ceedings, he said, he suspected
that the complainants would
like to highlight these issues
to undermine the advances and
successes of the defense in
explaining and destroying the
alleged 45 properties of the
chief justice.
Salvador said the purpose of
raising the issue on Coronas
alleged ill-gotten wealth was
to push the chief justice to sit
on the witness stand to suppos-
edly explain the $10M when
no such funds or accounts ac-
tually exist.
George...
full side of the citys sightseeing
Warsaw Hop on-Hop off tour bus.
The photo was the winner
among 21,000 entries from 130
countries in the National Geo-
graphic magazine Places Cat-
egory contest, Castillano said.
The tour bus advertisement is
intended to lure tourists from Po-
land. Thousands of people from
other countries are also expected to
come to Warsaw in the next several
weeks for the Euro Cup 2012.
The Tourism Department has
waged a worldwide campaign to
lure tourists to the country with its
Its More Fun in the Philippines
logo. It is targeting to attract 10 mil-
lion tourists by the end of 2016.
Tim Laman, one of three judg-
es who chose Into the Green
Zone as the winner in the Na-
tional Geographic magazine
contest, said he was impressed
by the timing and composition
of Tapans photograph.
It showed a perfect sense of
timing and composition in the
way [Tapan] captured the two
small human subjects in this
beautiful scene, and that really
made the shot, Laman said.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
State...
as the Human Rights Commission said it will
monitor the Labor Day demonstrations for any
possible violence.
At least six monitoring teams will be de-
ployed to Metro Manila to observe the demon-
strations, according to commission Chairman
Loretta Ann Rosales.
The left-leaning Kilusang Mayo Uno or May
First Movement, the largest labor group, had
earlier called on the workers to vent their frus-
trations on President Aquino for allegedly ig-
noring their plight.
Mr. Aquino said the 4th tranche of the Sal-
ary Standardization Law 3 for more than a
million state workers could be released in
June or a month earlier than its scheduled
implementation.
The 2012 budget has allocated more than P50
billion for the salary increases under the third
and fourth tranches of SSL3.
Last year, the President had a breakfast fo-
rum attended by 21 labor groups, including the
representatives from the Trade Union Congress
of the Philippines and the Federation of Free
Workers.
Mr. Aquino said this years package was still
being fine-tuned.
Malacaang earlier rejected a demand by the
labor groups for a 125-peso legislated wage in-
crease.
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail
Valte said the regional wage boards were in a
better position to work out a balance between
the interests of workers and their employers.
A legislated wage increase might cause some
establishments to close shop, she said. Joyce
Pangco Paares and Jonathan Fernandez
Temperature...
in Quezon City and elsewhere in the country. It ranged from 36.6 degrees
to 37.1 degrees Celsius, but the hottest was in Tuguegarao, Cagayan, at
37.4 degrees Celsius.
We advise the public to take precautions against heat stroke and
other discomforts because we expect the temperature to rise in most
parts of the country in May, Sarmiento said.
The highest temperature in Metro Manila was 38.6 degrees Celsius,
which was recorded on May 17, 1915. But the highest recorded tempera-
ture in the country was 42.2 degrees Celsius, which was recorded in Tu-
guegarao, Cagayan, on May 11, 1969.
In Legazpi City, President Aquino was expected to inaugurate within
this week a modern radar facility that penetrate the clouds to determine
the volume of rainfall and speed and direction of the wind, the weather
bureau said.
Landrico Dalida, head of the weather bureaus regional Center, said
the P560-million Doppler Radar facility in Bato, Catanduanes, was one
of three state-of-the-art radars being built in the Philippines using solid-
state technology developed by Japanese engineers.
The Japanese-made Doppler radar is considered the rst of its kind not
only in the Philippines but also in the entire world, Dalida said.
He said the two other radars were under construction in Guiuan, Samar,
and Aparri in Cagayan.
The Doppler radar in Bato is on the mountaintop in Buenavista village.
It is about eight stories tall and equipped with digital instruments
President Aquino was expected to inaugurate the facility on May 2,
Dalida said.
Govt ...
But Biazon, over an interview
with dzBB, said he could not as-
sure the hog raisers just yet of a
complete stop to the smuggling
of imported meat because the
network of unscrupulous trad-
ers was well entrenched and
reaching up to his bureau.
Its hard to say smuggling will
go away, Biazon said.
There are crooked business-
men and bureau personnel. The
solution isnt just in the arrests,
its to cover the loopholes in the
system.
Biazon complained that it was
not just his bureau that was sup-
posed to curb smuggling and over-
importation. That was also the job
of the Agriculture Department and
the Bureau of Animal Industry .
Javellana said Alcalas recom-
mendation, which was based on
the demand of the hog and poul-
try growers, was to impose an in-
crease in the reference price of im-
ported pork from 80 cents (P33.60
a kilo) and 5 percent tariff (P1.68
a kilo) or a total of P35.28 a kilo
to $2.10 (P88.20 a kilo) and 30
percent tariff (P26.46) or a total of
P114.66 a kilo.
The increase is acceptable
to us because we nd it unfair
that imported meat is allowed to
compete with us in the wet mar-
kets when these importers can
bring in their goods at a total of
only P35.28 a kilo and being sold
at P170 a kilo or as low as P90,
which is just equivalent to the
farm gate price, Javellana said.
How come the government
can afford to grant such a margin
of prot for the farmers in the US,
Canada and Australia when it re-
fused to protect and does not even
grant subsidies to the 3.5 million
backyard growers? The imported
frozen meat is killing the local
fresh meat industry.
Javellana said the hog and
poultry industries were importing
soya and wheat for feed and med-
icines for the hogs and chickens
from the US, Canada and Aus-
traliam yet their counterparts in
those countries were still compet-
ing with them in the Philippines.
So said Metro Manilas supply
was the hardest hit by the pork
and chicken holiday at 75 percent,
while Cebu and Davao reported
delivery disruption at 65 percent.
So said 60 percent of the sup-
plies from the Monterey and Ro-
bina Farms did not arrive in the
wet markets.
But a private market group in
Quezon City on Sunday said they
could outsource pork to address
any shortage.
Cornelio de Guzman, presi-
dent of the Quezon City Private
Markets and Slaughterhouses
Association Inc., said they had
other options to make up for the
refusal of the hog raisers to sell
their products.
About 20 percent of Mega Q-
Marts daily supply of 2,000 pigs
had been affected by the pig holi-
day on Friday, he said.
De Guzman is the adminis-
trator of the Maytan Estate that
operates and supervises Mega
Q-Mart, one of the countrys
largest private markets.
Mega Q-Marts traders had
been warned of the planned pig
holiday, prompting them to buy
from independent sources in
Rizal, Batangas, Bulacan, Nueva
Ecija and Pampanga, he said.
We can always nd ways to
buy from other hog raisers, he
told the Manila Standard.
Marina Kabigting, a hog trader
at the Mega Q-Mart, said the pig
holiday could only worsen the
proliferation of frozen imported
meat due to smuggling and over-
importation. With Rio N. Araja
4 oil...
were the fourth since April. As a
result, the price of premium gas-
oline has declined by P0.95 a li-
ter, unleaded gasoline by P1.95,
and regular gasoline by P2.10.
Gasoline was selling at
P54.05 to P61.02 a liter be-
fore the latest price cuts.
The Energy Department
says the price of Dubai crude
has been falling due to pros-
pects of weaker crude demand
from China, the persisting
worries about Europes debt
problems, and the weaker de-
mand from the United States.
The talks between Iran and
the six world powers over
Tehrans nuclear program
also helped to pull oil prices
down. Alena Mae S. Flores
PH...
mass protest was a patriotic
response.
If they feel their country
is put at a disadvantage, this
is certainly their reaction to
that, Valte said earlier.
Loida Nicolas Lewis, na-
tional chairman of a Filipino-
American good governance
organization, made the call on
Filipinos on Thursday, draw-
ing positive responses from an
initial batch of Filipino groups
in Hong Kong, Singapore,
Canada and Australia.
Rodel Rodis, national presi-
dent of the US Pinoys for
Good Governance, called on
the Global Filipino Diaspora
Council representing 12 mil-
lion Filipinos in 220 countries
throughout the world to sup-
port the countrys sovereign
claim to the Panatag Shoal.
Our only appeal is for them
to keep the protest actions or-
derly and peaceful, Valte said.
The standoff in Panatag has
also resulted in an online war
between Chinese and Fili-
pino hackers, with the Bud-
get Department website being
the latest to be defaced on
Wednesday.
Last week, at least three
Malacaang websites were
also attacked by Chinese
hackersthe Official Gazette
website (www.gov.ph), PCD-
SPO website (www.pcdspo.
gov.ph), and the Presidential
Museum and Library website
(www.malacanang.gov.ph).
On April 20, hackers at-
tacked the University of the
Philippines website and up-
loaded inflammatory content
about the countrys dispute
with China over the Panatag
Shoal.
Filipino hackers retaliated,
placing images of the Philip-
pine map and flag with text
asserting that the Kalayaan
Island Group [Spratly Islands]
belonged to the Philippines on
the Chinese government web-
site gh.rc.gov.cn.
Also on Sunday, Senator
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
said the Philippines should not
expect too much US or Asean
support in the current Scarbor-
ough dispute.
It is an illusion to believe
they will side with us in a dis-
pute with China. Thats self-
deception. Thats not now
international relations work,
Santiago told an interview
over radio dzBB.
A leftist lawmaker, mean-
while, warned the President
that securing the United States
involvement in the Scarbor-
ough Shoal dispute with China
could lead to a shooting war.
Instead, he urged the gov-
ernment to continue pressing
for a diplomatic solution by
running to the United Nations
for arbitration and settlement.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Col-
menares, a member of the
House committee on foreign
affairs, criticized the sched-
uled talks between the Phil-
ippines and US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton intended
to seek active US intervention
in the dispute.
President Aquino should
cancel these bilateral meetings
with the US and focus on the
multilateral bodies like Asean,
ITLOS [International Tribu-
nal for the Law of the Sea] or
the ICJ [International Court
of Justice], Colmenares said.
Joyce Pangco Paares, John
Concepcion, Maricel Cruz
and Florante S. Solmerin
APRIL 30, 2012 MONDAY
A3 News
ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com
2 lawmakers seek
ARMM poll reforms
Palace lauds Pagcors
record take in March
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF
THE OF: A) MAXIMUM AVERAGE
PRICE (MAP) FOR THE REGULATORY
YEAR 2013; AND B) TRANSLATION OF
THE MAP FOR RY 2013 INTO A
DISTRIBUTION RATE STRUCTURE
FOR MERALCOS VARIOUS
CUSTOMER CLASSES, WITH PRAYER
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY
ERC CASE NO. 2012-054 RC
MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY
(MERALCO),
Applicant.
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NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on March 30, 2012, the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) fled
an application for the approval of: a) Maximum Average Price (MAP) for the Regulatory Year (RY)
2013; and b) translation of the MAP for RY 2013 into a distribution rate structure for MERALCOs
customer classes, with prayer for provisional authority.
In the said application, MERALCO alleged, among others, the following:
1. It is a private corporation existing under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with
principal offce located at Lopez Building, Meralco Center, Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City.
It has a legislative franchise to operate and maintain a distribution system in the Cities/
Municipalities of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal and certain Cities/Municipalities/
Barangays in Batangas, Laguna, Quezon and Pampanga, pursuant to Republic Act No.
9209, and is authorized to charge all its customers for their electric consumption at the
rates approved by the Commission;
2. It is among the frst entrants to the Performance Based Regulation (PBR) rate setting
methodology adopted by the Commission pursuant to Section 43 (f) of Republic Act No.
9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or the EPIRA;
3. On June 18, 2010, it fled an application for the approval of its Annual Revenue
Requirement (ARR) and Performance Incentive Scheme (PIS) for the Third Regulatory
Period (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015), docketed as ERC Case No. 2010-069 RC. In its
Decision dated June 6, 2011, the Commission resolved the said application and issued
its Final Determination embodying the approved ARR and PIS for the Third Regulatory
Period;
4. Under the Rules for Setting Distribution Wheeling Rates (RDWR) for Privately Owned
Distribution Utilities Entering PBR (First Entry Point: Third Regulatory Period), the PBR-
entrant distribution utility (DU) will be given an ARR which will be used to derive the MAP,
which shall then be allocated by the DU in setting the rate schedule for its distribution,
supply and metering (DSM) charges for each customer class or segment;
5. On August 3, 2011, it fled an amended application for the approval of the translation into
distribution rates of different customer classes of its MAP for the First Regulatory Year
(July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012) of the Third Regulatory Period (MAP
2012
). Said amended
application was docketed as ERC Case No. 2011-088 RC;
6. In an Order dated October 3, 2011, the Commission provisionally approved its MAP
2012

of PhP1.6012/kWh and its corresponding distribution rate structure starting October 2011
billing;
A. CALCULATION OF THE MAP FOR RY 2013
7. The calculation of the MAP
2013
was done in accordance with the following Price Control
Formula under Article IV, Section 4.2.1 of the RDWR;
8. The various components of the Price Control Formula were calculated in accordance with
the RDWR, which provides:
MAP
2013
= [MAP
2012
x {1 +CWI
2013
- X}] + S
2013
- K
2013
+ ITA
2013
Where:
MAP
2012
= MAP
2012
as provided in the Final Determination
S
2013
= Performance Incentive Factor for RY 2013
CWI
2013
= Change in Weighted Index for RY 2013
K
2013
= Correction Factor to adjust for over or under recovery of revenue in the RY
2013
ITA
2013
= Tax adjustment to adjust for over or under recovery of corporate income tax
in Regulatory Year t; this is zero (0) for RY 2013
9. The various components of the Price Control Formula were calculated in accordance with
the RDWR to arrive at the following values:
MAP
2012
= PhP1.5828/kWh
CWI
2013
= 0.0440
X = 0.0467
S
2013
= 0.0029
K
2013
= -0.0319
ITA
2013
= 0
MAP
2013
= PhP1.6333/kWh
The MAP
2013
of PhP1.6333 per kWh will account for around 17% of the average total
charges to its customers as of February 2012 billing month;
10. The MAP
2013
of PhP1.6333 per kWh carries a Performance Incentive Factor (S
2013
) of
PhP0.0229 per kWh which accounts for its performance on its PIS for Calendar Year 2011
(CY 2011). The MAP
2013
also carries a Correction Factor (K
2013
) of PhP-0.0319 per kWh
which account for under-recoveries, plowback of ffty percent (50%) of net income derived
from related business undertakings and income from the sale of disposed assets during
CY 2011;
11. The detailed calculation of the MAP for RY 2013 is further explained in the Judicial
Affdavit of Mr. Ryan L. Relato of its Rates and Pricing Offce, attached to the Application
as Annex A and made an integral part thereof;
B. TRANSLATION OF MAP 2013 INTO A DISTRIBUTION RATE STRUCTURE FOR ITS
VARIOUS CUSTOMER CLASSES
12. The MAP
2013
of PhP1.6333 per kWh is, then, broken down into the unbundled components
of Distribution Charge, Supply Charge and Metering Charge, with the following resulting
fgures:
Distribution Charge PhP1.1858 per kWh
Supply Charge PhP0.2727 per kWh
Metering Charge PhP0.1748 per kWh
TOTAL PhP1.6333 per kWh
13. The rate structure it applied for in ERC Case No. 2011-088 RC, which was provisionally
approved by the Commission, will be adopted in the instant application. The proposed
rates for each customer are shown below:
DISTRIBUTION RATES
Rate
Schedule
Customer
Class
Rate Brackets
Distribution Charge Supply Charge Metering Charge
PerkW P e r
kWh
Per Cust Per
kWh
Per Cust Per
kWh
RS-R-
3RP-2 &
RS-W-3RP-2 Residential
Up to 200 kWh 1.1962 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
201 - 300 kWh 1.5535 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
301 - 400 kWh 1.8907 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
400 kWh and above 2.4780 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
GS-R-
3RP-2 &
GS-W-3RP-2
General
Service A
Up to 200 kWh 1.1962 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
201- 300 kWh 1.5535 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
301- 400 kWh 1.8907 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
400 kWh and above 2.4780 19.60 0.5961 5.00 0.4012
GS-R-
3RP-2 &
GS-W-3RP-2
General
Service B
277.82 0.16 435.50 424.25
GP-R-3RP-2
&
GP-W-3RP-2
General
Power
Secondary (480V & below) 277.82 0.16
Primary 34.5 kV & below 213.93 0.06
Primary 69 kV & 115 kV 169.90 0.06
Medium( 40 kW <demand <200kW) 990.80 995.00
Large (200kW<demand<750kW 4,110.00 4,125.00
Very large
(7 50kW<demand< 1 0,000kW)
14,920.00 14,150.00
Extra Large
(10,000kW<demand)
14,920.00 14,150.00
GHMSCI-R-
3RP-2 &
GHMSCI-W-
3RP-2
Govt
Hopitals,
Metered
Streetlights &
Charitable
Institutions
1.015 326.60 326.40
FS-R-3RP-2
&
FS-W-3RP-2
Flat
Streetlighting
Per
lamp
Per
lamp
700HPS /125 Mercury 98.70 32.00
150 W HPS 157.45 51.05
250 W HPS 263.20 85.34
400 W HPS 408.90 132.59
14. The rate schedules, which detail the aforementioned proposed rates, are attached to the
Application as Annexes B to B-10 and made integral parts thereof, to wit:
Schedule Rate Schedule Annex
a. RS-R-3RP-2 Residential Service - Retail B
b. RS-W-3RP-2 Residential Service Wheeling B-1
c. GS-R-3RP-2 General Service Retail B-2
d. GS-W-3RP-2 General Service - Wheeling B-3
e. GP-R-3RP-2 General Power Retail B-4
f. GP-W-3RP-2 General Power - Wheeling B-5
g. Gen-W-3RP-2 Rates for Generators - Wheeling B-6
h. GHMSCI-R-
3RP-2
Government Hospitals, Metered
Streetlighting and Charitable Institutions-
Retail
B-7
i. GHMSCI-W-
3RP-2
Government Hospitals, Metered
Streetlighting and Charitable Institutions-
Wheeling
B-8
j. FS-R-3RP-2 Flat Streetlighting-Retail B-9
k. FS-W-3RP-2 Flat Streellighting-Wheeling B-10
15. The impact of the proposed rate changes on typical consumption levels of the different
customer classes is shown in Annexes C to C-8, which are made integral parts of the
Application, to wit:
a. Residential Service C
b. General Service A C-1
c. General Service B C-2
d. General Power Medium Secondary C-3
e. General Power Large 13.8/13.2 kV C-4
f. General Power Very Large 34.5 kV C-5
g. General Power Extra Large 115 kV C-6
h. Government Hospitals/Charitable Institutions C-7
i. Flat Streetlights C-8
C. ALLEGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF ITS PRAYER FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF A PROVISIONAAUTHORITY
16. To enable it to immediately implement in a timely manner its capital expenditure program
and address its operating and maintenance requirements for the Third Regulatory Period,
particularly for the RY 2013 (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013) and avert fnancial prejudice
to it and to its customers, it is necessary that a provisional authority be immediately issued
authorizing it to implement the proposed rates pending hearing on the merit of the instant
application. To explain its proposed rate schedules and distribution rate structure and in
support of the prayer for provisional authority, attached to the Application as Annex D,
and made an integral part thereof, is the Judicial Affdavit of Ms. Aileen G. Dalanon of its
Rates and Pricing; and
17. It prays that the instant application be approved authorizing it to adopt and implement,
in accordance with the RDWR, the MAP
2013
of PhP1.6333 per kWh and the proposed
distribution rates. It further prays that pending the necessary public hearing, a provisional
authority to implement the proposed distribution rates be issued.
The Commission has set the application for initial hearing, expository presentation, pre-trial
conference and evidentiary hearing on May 24, 2012 (Thursday) at two 0 clock in the afternoon
(2:00 P.M.) at the ERC Hearing Room, 15th Floor, Pacifc Center Building, San Miguel Avenue,
Pasig City.
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding may become a party
by fling, at least fve (5) days prior to the initial hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERCs
Rules of Practice and Procedure, a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket number
and title of the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioners name and address; (2) the nature of
petitioners interest in the subject matter of the proceeding, and the way and manner in which such
interest is affected by the issues involved in the proceeding; and (3) a statement of the relief desired.
All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission with respect to the
subject matter of the proceeding may fle their opposition to the application or comment thereon
at any stage of the proceeding before the applicant concludes the presentation of its evidence.
No particular form of opposition or comment is required, but the document, letter or writing should
contain the name and address of such person and a concise statement of the opposition or comment
and the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may request the applicant,
prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be furnished with a copy of the application. The
applicant is hereby directed to furnish all those making a request with copies of the application and
its attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs. Likewise, any such
person may examine the application and other pertinent records fled with the Commission during
the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT, and the Honorable
Commissioners, MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTAEDA, JOSE C. REYES, ALFREDO J. NON, and
GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-TARUC, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 23rd day of April, 2012
at Pasig City.
ATTY. FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN
Executive Director III
(MST-Apr. 30 & May 7, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
Mr. Aquino, after a luncheon
hosted for the birthday of
Oriental Mindoro Gov. Alfonso
Umali Jr. in Bongabong, praised
Angara for his role as spokesman
of the prosecution team in the
impeachment case against Chief
Justice Renato Corona.
The President said if Angara
were to lose in the 2013
polls, he would have a hard
time practicing law with all
Noynoy endorses 2 Senate bets

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on
Sunday publicly campaigned for two
members of the senatorial slate of the
Liberal Party Aurora Rep. Sonny
Angara and Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority director
general Joel Villanueva.
the enemies he has created
in the course of Coronas
impeachment.
I appeal to you to give me
allies next year. My hair is
already thinning. If you do not
give me people who will help
me, I might already have to use
oor wax for my head, Mr.
Aquino said.
Last month, Mr. Aquino made
the same call, saying he needs
more allies in government
to make it easier for him to
implement governance reforms.
Next year is an election year,
and I will seek your support
againThis is my appeal to
you: you might want to increase
my allies in government so
that it will be easier to reach
a consensus when we talk, he
said during the birthday party
of Imus Rep. Erineo Maliksi.
LP stalwart and Budget chief
Florencio Abad earlier bared an
initial list of candidates being eyed
for the ruling partys mid-term
slate, including Senators Aquilino
Pimentel III, Antonio Trillanes IV
and Francis Escudero.
Pimentel is president of
Partido ng Demokratikong
Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan which
has formed a coalition with
Partido ng Masang Pilipino for
the United Nationalist Alliance
led by Vice President Jejomar
Binay.
Escudero, on the other hand,
won his Senate seat as a member
of the Nationalist Peoples
Coalition, but resigned in 2009.
Abad said other possible
senatorial bets are Justice
Secretary Leila de Lima, House
Deputy Speaker Erin Taada,
Customs Commissioner Ruffy
Biazon, former Akbayan party-
list Rep. Risa Hontiveros, on
leave presidential adviser on
environmental concerns Neric
Acosta, and Customs deputy
commissioner Danny Lim.
Aside from the nine names
mentioned by Abad, the LP is
also expected to eld common
candidates from parties that
have expressed an interest in
forming an alliance for next
years election.
Escudero, for instance,
conrmed over the weekend that
LP and NPC, I believe, are in
coalition with each other and
Senator Loren Legarda admitted
that she may also be a candidate
of the United Nationalist
Alliance, the coalition of Vice
President Jejomar Binays
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-
Lakas ng Bayan and deposed
President Joseph Estradas
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.
Legarda said the NPC cannot
field its own senatorial ticket,
but the coalition talks are
based on common candidates
for the next elections and not
a party merger.
By Maricel Cruz
TWO Mindanao lawmakers
have led a resolution seeking
reforms that would change the
growing public perception that the
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) is the electoral
cheating capital of the Philippines.
In House Resolution 2252,
Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus
Rodriguez and his brother, Abante
Mindanao party-list Rep. Maximo
Rodriguez, Jr. asked the House
Committee on Electoral Reforms to
conduct an inquiry on the possible
electoral reforms that should be
made in the ARMM.
The ARMM is perceived by
many to be the electoral cheating
capital of the country with reports
of ghost voters, ghost precincts and
prefabricated results that include
the manufactured certicates of
canvass, the resolution read.
This was one of the reasons
why the 2011 ARM elections was
cancelled and scheduled to be held
together with the mid-term national
elections in 2013, it added.
The bills authors lamented that
the fraud allegedly committed
during the ARMM elections affect
not only the region but the entire
country because the number of
votes in the area could change the
results of national elections.
They said that Interior and
Local Government Secretary
Jesse Robredos urgings to
the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) to institute reforms in
the ARMM to ensure clean and
credible elections in 2013 could
have been an admission election
irregularities in the area had been
committed.
To address the problem, the
resolution proposed the need to
purge the existing voters list and
start a new registration of voters in
the ARMM.
The Comelec should also
identify critical areas in other parts
of the country that need cleansing
and reforms, it added.
The Rodriguezes also called for
the resignation or dismissal from
office of election officers involved in
manipulating past election results.
The resolution also suggested the
use of biometrics for all ARMM
registered voters and the interface
of biometrics with the use of
appropriate technology that would
only allow actual voting of real and
physically present voters which the
Comelec believes it can do given
the appropriate budget to acquire
new technology.
It said voters should also be
required to physically present
their valid government issued
identication cards before they are
allowed to register to ensure the true
identity of the voters.
MALACAANG said the record
P3.67-billion gross income of the
Philippine Amusement and Gaming
Corp. in March bodes well for
the various social projects of the
Aquino administration, including
a P200-million contribution to the
Presidents Social Fund.
The higher the revenues
generated by Pagcor, the better for
us. It is not just the Presidents Social
Fund that would benefit from this
because Pagcor revenues fund a lot
of other projects, deputy presidential
spokesperson Abigail Valte said.
Valte said scal management
and prudent spending has resulted
in the agencys highest total
income ever posted for a single
month since the government went
into the direct management of
casino operations 26 years ago.
This unprecedented and record
high gross income gives us an
indication of how Pagcor is run now.
Whereas before it was embroiled in
various controversies, now there is
a very deliberate shift from the old
landmines, Valte added.
Pagcors revenue posted last
month was the 10th time under its
new management that the agency
was able to break its previous
monthly income record.
Aside from the Presidents Social
Fund, beneficiaries of Pagcors
March earnings include the Bureau
of Internal Revenue (P125 million
for the 5 percent franchise tax); the
National Treasury (P1.18 billion);
the Philippine Sports Commission
(P59 million); cities hosting
PAGCOR casinos (P41 million);
socio-civic projects (P221 million);
Board of Claims (P3.5 million); and
contributions to the BIR in fringe
benefits tax amounting to P13 million.
Pagcor is also currently funding
several social projects, including the
P1 billion Matuwid na Daan sa Silid-
Aralan project that aims to build
1,000 classrooms across the country;
the P-noy Bayanihan project where
an initial P100 million seed fund
was put up for the production of
armchairs for public schools using
conscated logs from illegal loggers;
and the P31 million Hundred
Islands e-Kawayan project for the
construction of a bamboo factory in
Alaminos City, Pangasinan where
bamboo furniture and armchairs for
public schools will be produced.
The agency has also allocated
P20 million for the Philippine
Football Federations Kasibulan
project, a nationwide grassroots
development project that aims to
train young football players who
shall be known as Batang Azkals.
Pagcor chairman Cristino
Naguiat, Jr. said the March
income was P686 million higher
compared to the P2.98 billion
earnings in March 2011.
It was also much better than our
P3.56 billion target for March by
P109 million, and far better by P104
million against our P3.56 billion gross
income in February, Naguiat said.
Our upbeat operations during
the quarter got an added boost from
the strong performance of the other
gaming establishments we regulate
like the private licensed casinos,
e-games, commercial bingo and poker
clubs. They contributed P1.17 billion
to our March 2012 earnings, higher
by P160 million compared to the same
month last year, Naguiat added.
Naguiat said that his
managements priority is to make
Pagcor a reliable government ally in
nation-building projects.
We are committed to help in
other areas where we can make a
difference and undertake programs
that will directly benet our fellow
Filipinos, he added.
Joyce Pangco Paares
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com APRIL 30, 2012 MONDAY
A4
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino
III has a love-hate relationship
with surveys.
When the results are favorable
to him, he extolls them and
sees them as validation of the
good things he is supposedly
doing. For instance, when a
poll agency came out with the
findings that the majority of
Filipinos wanted the impeached
chief justice convicted by the
Senat e, t he Presi dent went
on self-congratulatory mode.
Never mind that the survey had
only 1,200 respondents, that
the questions were loaded, and
that the participants were asked
those questions after only the
prosecution had presented, and
rested, its case.
But when the survey results
portray otherwise, Mr. Aquino
and his spokesmen tone down
the signicance of the surveys
and dismiss the objective of
conducting polls altogether.
For example, the latest Social
Weather Stations survey says
that the Filipinos net satisfaction
r at i ngs wi t h t he nat i onal
administration fell to a good of
+48 in March 2012 from a very
good of +58 in December. The
rst survey under Mr. Aquino,
taken in September 2010, showed
a +64 net satisfaction.
Palace ofcials, however, say
they prefer to look at the results
of the survey as the glass being
half-full. After all, the Aquino
administration remains the one
with the highest such ratings
since February 1989, during
the time of Mr. Aquinos late
mother.
Di f f e r e n t g r o u p s o f f e r
different reasons for the dip.
Labor leaders say the change
was caused by the failure of
the administration to shield
the public from the high prices
of oil and basic commodities
and provide higher wages to
workers.
Pol i t i cal anal yst s say t he
decline also reects the peoples
impatience with the lack of
results from the Presidents
programs, notwithstanding his
grand promises when he was still
campaigning for the presidency.
The President has also been
criticized for his perceived laid-
back attitude toward work. Alas,
the Palaces response to this was
to release pictures of Mr. Aquino
carrying a stack of documents,
for instance, showing that the
administration cared more for
short-term perception rather than
long-term results.
I n d e e d , t h e A q u i n o
administration started with a bang.
Mr. Aquino became a serious
contender for the presidency
after the death of his mother,
when before he did not appear
to entertain thoughts of seeking
higher ofce. He could argue
that he was merely prevailed
upon to run for President. On
several occasions, he grumbled
about losing his private time and
fending off media interest in his
love life.
Still, he signed up for the part.
And now that hes got it, he must
stop worrying about appearances
and start getting down to work.
Half-empty, not half-full
A theology
of expropriation
TO THE credit of the Aquino and
Cojuangco families, there was no
harsh wordnone that I have heard,
at leastcoming in the wake of the
Supreme Court decision that made
nal the expropriation of Hacienda
Luisita (more exactly, parts of it)
and the payment of what the Court
had ruled to be the acquisition price.
That might be the subject for another
discussion, and another column, but
that is not my present purpose.
Just after Marx and Engels rallied
the workers of
the world to unite
reminding them
that they had
nothing but their
chains to lose,
the Church came
to the defense of
private property.
This, is essence,
was what Rerum
Novarum was, among the rst in
what would become known as the
social encyclicals, letters of the
popes to the world on social issues.
Land on which a person had toiled,
Pope Leo XIII theologized, bore his
imprint. It was no longer an object
that could be freely wrested from
him without doing violence to his
dignity as a human person. That was
meant, of course, as a defense of the
private ownership of land against the
communist thesis of the necessity
for the communal ownership of
production goods. But it also
pointed to the intrinsic connection
between human labor and claims to
entitlement. The proposition that
class struggle was the root of all social
struggle, and so it was a classless
society that would be humankinds
salvation, the encyclical dismissed
as unrealistic and unnatural.
Differences between persons are
natural, as are differences in their
endowments and capacities. From
these differences follow differences
in fortune. To insist that all should
belong to the same class would be
to insist on what nature itself does
not bring forth! But church thinking
evolved, thankfully!
Later encylicals would develop
the concept of social justice,
insisting that there could be no true
development of society unless all
classes of society equitably shared
in the gifts of nature and the wealth
that society itself generated. In
short, it was not to capital alone
that prot was due. The working
class had to receive its fair share.
The right to private property was
now discoursed on from within the
context of the universal destination
of goods. The abundance of earth,
the later encyclicals taught, was
meant for all, so that it can never be
just to exclude anyone, or any class
or any nation from participating in
natural bounty. If private property
was the means by which universal
destination could best be realized,
then private property was justied,
but if, whether on a domestic or
an international scale, it was the
hindrance to the common enjoyment
of earths goods, then it became an
elemental violation of social justice.
While Philippine social legislation
has, in many ways, put into legal
form these moral persuasions, how
international law is to bring nations
to share equitably in the worlds
resourcesoil, being one of the most
crucial of theseremains to be seen!
That some nations can hold the rest
of the world hostage on the basis of a
unilateral decision
about price per
barrel should be
concrete enough to
make this clear.
John Paul
IIs Laborem
E x e r c e n s
advanced an even
more radical thesis:
Capital exists
for the sake of labor, he taught,
because the human person is homo
laborans, a working being! Since
the human person fullls himself,
brings potentiality to actuality,
brings what is latent to fruition in
work, then it is human work that
gives value and meaning to capital.
The consequences are obvious.
The owner of capital who employs
the laborer is not doing the laborer
a favor. He is applying capital to
that to which it should rightfully
and reasonably be applied human
labor. And where capital stands in
the way of labor, such as when capital
is so controlled as to make labor
impossible, then capital must yield
to labor! There is nothing merely
hortatory about claims to the right to
work. It is a real human right!
We should not naively think
that when the farmer-tenants at
Luisita shall have received their
six to seven thousand square meter
share each, then shall longed-for
progress finally come upon them.
Experiences with agrarian reform
should have taught us by now that
parceling out a huge estate and
issuing certificates of land title do
not of themselves emancipate. It
is a fact, Freire pointed out several
decades ago, that many who are
freed are afraid of freedom, are
fearful of the autonomy they
enjoy and paradoxically long for
the security of patronage that the
dismantled regime afforded them.
And that is the question we must
now be asking: Are the farmers of
Luisita prepared for the demands
of freedom from what is often
dramatically characterized as
agricultural bondage?
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rannie_aquino@yahoo.com
rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph
EDITORIAL
Entertainment City and the Armed Forces
AT FIRST glance there seems to be
no connection between the Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corporations
Entertainment City, which will rise on
8.5 hectares of reclaimed land in the
Manila Bay area, and the poorly-equipped
Armed Forces of the Philippines, which is
helpless to respond to the bullying tactics
of the Peoples Republic of China.
But there could be.
Pagcors Entertainment City, which
ambitiously aims to capture 10 percent
share in the total global gaming market,
could well provide the continuing funding
for the much-needed modernization of the
AFP which has been the laggard among
the armed forces in the region.
There is no question that the
administration of President Benigno
Aquino III is bent on giving the AFP the
capability to give a credible response to
bullying tactics of China, which is claiming
territory that is within the 200-mile
exclusive economic zone of the Philippines
under the United Nations Law of the Sea.
The Pagcor Entertainment City
could be key. It is capable of giving
institutionalized and long-term funding
support to the AFP modernization if the
Aquino administration prioritizes the
passage of a law that would earmark
a certain percentage of income to be
generated from the Pagcor Entertainment
City to the AFP.
Once it becomes fully operational
Pagcors Entertainment City is expected
to generate yearly gaming revenues of $10
billion. Government share is 25 percent or
about $2.5 billion.
If AFP gets an automatic share
under priority legislation to be pushed by
President Aquinoof 10 percent for AFP,
then it could have an additional $250
million fund for its modernization.
Pagcors expected income from its
Entertainment City is achievable. Pagcor
Chairman Cristino Naguiats claim that
Pagcors Entertainment City would rival
Macau, Chinas Monte Carlo, is no empty
boast.
Under Naguiats watch, Pagcor has
been registering record revenues with
no signicant additional facilities. We
can imagine what Pagcor, under Naguiat
can do with a fully operational Pagcor
Entertainment City.
Im pursuing this project nonstop
because I know that, with the Filipinos
world-class smiles and charms,
Entertainment City could be the capital
of gaming in Asia and even the world,
Naguiat said.
The Pagcor Entertainment City is aptly
named because it is much more than just
casinos. Following the trend in Las Vegas,
Macau and Singapore, Entertainment City
will be a resort with the full offering of
leisure and entertainment attractions.
It will offer theme parks, high-end
shops, hotels, restaurants, convention
halls, performance centers and of course
casinos.
Pagcor Entertainment City is expected
to be an anchor of the governments
tourism program and it is expected to
serve as the gateway to the rest of the
Philippines.
Four companies/consortia are
behind the development of Pagcors
Entertainment City. The four developers
are gaming and resort titans from all over
the globe and each was required to invest
a minimum of $1 billion.
Bloomberry Resorts Corporation,
owned by business tycoons whose
international business empire includes
among others port operations, will open
Solaire Manila, an integrated resort
complex with a ve-star hotel which will
have 500 rooms over a 165,000 sq. meter
oor area.
Manila Bay Resorts of Japanese
billionaire Kazuo Okada will operate
another integrated resort complex and
its planned operate is so huge that it
expects to generate direct and indirect
employment of 400,000 when it becomes
fully operational.
Another major player in Pagcors
Entertainment City is Resorts World
Bayshore City. The people behind it
already operates the highly successful
Resorts World in Newport City fronting
NAIA Terminal 3 as well Resorts World
Sentosa in Singapore.
Among the attractions Resorts World
Bayshore City is planning to put up is a
Grand Opera House with a 2,500 seating
capacity and which seeks to be a premier
performing arts venue.
The fourth major player in Pagcor
Entertainment City is Belle Corporation
which will put up Belle Grand, an
integrated resort with gaming, restaurant,
shopping and entertainment facilities with
250,000 meters gross oor area.
Its good to note that despite the
controversy created by international
casino operators who were unable to be
part of the Pagcor Entertainment City and
who are threatened by the prospective
competition from the Pagcors centerpiece
project, Malacaangas well as other key
government ofcials like Speaker Sonny
Belmontehas provided all-out support
to Naguiat from what now appears as
trumped-up accusations.
Presidential Spokesman Secretary
Edwin Lacierda says Malacanang is solidly
behind the project which is expected to
turn the Philippines into an international
entertainment and tourism Mecca.
It will not just be a gaming complex;
it will offer a comprehensive total
entertainment package designed to
promote the Philippines as a tourism
destination, Lacierda said.
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TWENTY-FIVE years ago, when I was
barely into my second year of practice
as a new lawyer, a client was referred to
me. She and her widowed mother were
desperately in need of a lawyer they
could trust. The lawyer their family
trusted deceived and defrauded them.
Before they could understand what he
was up to, he had succeeded in selling
practically all their valuable properties
and pocketed all the proceeds from the
sale. That lawyer, who started from
nothing except his guile and legal
cunningwhich
he used to promote
i n j u s t i c e
now owns two
buildings and
has been living
in undeserved
comfort.
I write about
my client because
she died two
weeks ago. I
went to her wake
which was held in
a small house in a remote subdivision
in Caloocan City. It broke my heart to
see her remains lie in state in such stark
simplicity, knowing she grew up with
the proverbial silver spoon. Her father
had provided well for her and her mom,
giving them a life of luxury. But when
her father died, the lawyer they trusted
to settle the estate left by her father
took away their fortunes including the
ancestral home in a city which served
as the symbol of their prominence
in the community. Perhaps, the legal
battles she had waged for the past 25
years against the lawyer have taken
their toll on her health. Her mom, who
used to be a Doa, died much earlier
in despair at seeing all their bountiful
riches gone.
We had succeeded in getting the
lawyer disbarred. To this day, however,
we are still in court trying to recover
the properties he had fraudulently
sold to other persons who knew that
he had no power to dispose of them.
The Supreme Court, in his disbarment
case, had clearly pronounced that the
properties fraudulently disposed of by
him, must be deemed to not have been
transferred at all and should be returned
to the mother and daughter even if
the properties may have passed on to
innocent purchasers. But implementing
the Supreme Court ruling regarding
the property issues, embodied in the
disbarment decision, proved to be
a tough challenge. Trial courts still
allowed the disbarred lawyer, acting
for himself or though lawyers, to
delay and frustrate the spirit of the
Supreme Courts pronouncement in the
disbarment case.
It is not easy to understand why
justice is, sometimes, so elusive and
why evil prevails at all in the world. I
can only rest in my faith that there is a
day of reckoning for every wrong one
does to another.
***
Lawyers who belong to the same
breed as that one, who victimized
my clients, give the legal profession
a bad name. Because of them, jokes
about lawyers greed and questionable
character are a common fare. Ironically,
many lawyers get scammed, too;
sometimes, because of naivete and a
trusting nature. More often, because of
greed.
There is a scam unique to the legal
profession perpetrated through the
social media networks. The modus
operandi of the con artists goes
like this: an e-mail is received by
a law rm from an alleged foreign
company asking if the rm could
handle a collection case against a
local company which owes them
a big amount of money. When one
tries to be diligent by searching the
Internet if such companies exist, one
would nd that, indeed, the creditor
and the debtor companies both exist.
Before the law rm could do its job of
writing a demand letter to the debtor
company; or ling
a case in court
for the purported
client; the alleged
client soon
sends an e-mail
that the debtor
company has
nally promised
to pay within a
certain period.
And because
the foreign
company needs
a representative in the country to
receive the payment; and to le a
legal suit in case the payment does not
come through, the law rms service
is engaged with a commitment that if
payment is received, the law rm shall
be entitled to an agreed percentage.
Then, to the law rms joy, a check in
hundreds of thousands of US dollars
is delivered, payable to the law rm.
The alleged client sends an e-mail
that the law rm should deposit
the check in its account and may
deduct its retainers fee in full even
if no legal work has actually been
done. The law rm then deposits the
check into its dollar account, eagerly
anticipating substantial earnings from
an effortless deal. After the deposit,
in a day or two later, the alleged client
will make an urgent call to the lawyer
pleading that while the check is being
cleared, if he could advance 50 per
cent of the amount immediately. The
alleged client will then explain that
his company urgently needs the funds
now and is willing to give the lawyer
the other 50 percent of the entire
proceeds of the check, even if the
agreed lawyers fee was only between
ve and 20 per cent. Lawyers who get
stunned and tempted by the generous
offer will only be too glad to advance
50 percent of the face value of the
check and immediately remit it to the
account of the alleged client. Then
the check turns out to be a dud but by
then the lawyer would have advanced
millions in pesos to an impostor
whose real identity is not known.
It will be too late for the lawyer to
know that the company name used,
though existing, does not have in its
employ any person by the name of
the con artist.
There is an old Filipino adage
that says: Matalino man ang matsing
napaglalalangan din (Even a wise
a monkey gets fooled.) To the nave
ones out there: the rule of thumb is,
when something is too good to be true,
chances are, it is not for real.
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Lawyers
and scams
Poster children
BONG C.
AUSTERO
ARE WE THERE YET?
ITS summer and the country is abloom
with politicians tarpaulins.
When the merry month of May rolls
in, estas are mounted, and Happy
Fiesta streamers from every person
who owes his casual job to the ballot
will be seen hanging from poles, trees
and electric wires .
The most enterprising of them will
even gift-wrap the town or barrio hall
with his greetings.
Almost all of them will not serve
a single morsel of food or a drop of
softdrink yet with their huge welcoming
streamers you would think that theyre
ones throwing a banquet when theyre
essentially party gatecrashers.
Actually, there is no longer a peak
season for the tarp season. It has
become a year-round obsession for
those who live by the dictum that the
price of incumbency is eternal outdoor
publicity.
Nowadays when one is elected to
public ofce, part of his unwritten job
description is to function as an outdoor
advertising executive who will push
only one producthimself.
But that is what our landscapeboth
political and physicalhas become.
Littered with scrawls from lawmakers
who are supposed to write great laws
but instead write mundane messages on
tarpaulins.
We expect them to leave behind a
great body of statutes destined for the
history books. Instead they accumulate
heaps of non-biodegradable banners
headed for the dump.
With no laws to claim credit for, their
scoreboard of performance tallies the
number of billboards they have erected,
featuring their heavily Photoshopped
visages , which like their performance,
need airbrushing.
I can understand local ofcials who
hang welcome signs during estas. After
all, they re part of the host community
with the right to greet guests. What
I cant understand are senators and
senatoriables who airdrop streamers on
places they have not probably heard of
just so these can be seen by the esta
crowd and deposited in their memory
banks.
Statesmen Tanada, Diokno, Salonga
never resorted to this kind of cheap
gimmickry. They never probably paid
for a yard of katsa streamer . Yet ages
after they have left the Senate oor their
competence, courage and conviction
remain as the standard in that institution.
What drives this tarpaulin
phenomenon? This blight which has
transformed many urban areas from
cities of sights to cities of signs?
Its basically the need for
omnipresence .It is the craving for
instant recall by what are basically
casual workers whose job contracts
have to be extended by their employers
(the electorate) during performance
reviews (elections) every three years .
If youre an employee with no job
security and whose contract renewal
happens every 1,000 days then
you must see to it that youre not
forgotten by your employers. Their
amnesia is your greatest enemy. And
streamers have become the antidote
to amnesia.
The best way to gain public exposure
is still through the traditional media.
But if you have no good deed worth
wasting ink on, then you do retail, by
blanketing your precincts with streamers
announcing your shallow work.
So this explains why even mundane
undertakings are now trumpeted in
bold fonts. And names of politicians
are chiseled in road humps and adorn
urinals.
No government property is exempt
from personal labeling. A vehicle is
seen as mobile advertising platform
that ambulances are painted with names
that they read like a local government
directory.
Even trafc signs have not been
spared . They now sport the sponsors
name. And dont forget the Dont
Do Drugs reminder with its many
permutations that it has become a de
rigeur public service announcement
from a politicofrom the lowly SK
kagawad to the senator of the realm.
Once thought as beneath their
calling, congressmen now advertise
soapmaking seminars. Why not when
even senators plant placards alongside
trees ? Theres no guarantee the saplings
will grow into mighty mahoganies but
for sure the wooden karatula will be
sturdy.
The streamer race has gone so bad
that even politicians have known to
hijack projects they have no part in
implementing. They can get away with
it because tradpolins are not covered
by the truth in advertising rule.
The tarpaulin bloom this summer is
just warm up for the election campaign
that will begin 10 months from now.
By that time, this country will be
wallpapered with poster.
In the meantime, we should demand
that Malacaangs edict against
selfserving streamers on public works
projects be obeyed, the Anti-Epal bill
be passed into law, and an excise tax
be slapped on these sources of visual
pollution.
And we should elect people who
will move the nation with great
programs or at least great speeches
and not simply mar its landscape with
their doodles.
The kindness of strangers
WHEN we hear of stories of honesty,
kindness, and valor committed by taxi
drivers our default reaction is to be
delightfully surprised simply because
the general belief is that mostif
not allof these people are crooks.
Weve gotten used to the idea that if
we inadvertently leave something in
a taxicab, the probability of the item
being returned to us is almost nil. I am
told the conventional wisdom of those
who nd lost objects is that these are
blessings that come their waysome
kind of manna from heaven that only
fools would refuse.
It is understandable that we have
become cynical when it comes to dealing
with taxi drivers. When we ag them,
we expect them to be surly or to refuse
to take us in if our destination happens
to deviate from whatever route they
seemed to have made up for themselves.
We expect them to eece us with some
sob story or even bore or annoy us with
their endless chatter about politics or
their twisted take on current events.
It is possible of course that they just
crave for some decent conversationit
must be frustrating to be cooped up for
hours inside a tin box with strangers all
day long while the whole city is baking
and trafc is on standstill. When we
come to think about it, taxi drivers suffer
from extreme aggravation too. Sadly,
years of pent up distrust seemed to
have forced taxi drivers and commuters
to tolerate each other only because of
mutual need for each other.
But generalizations, and
consequently, indulging in stereotyping,
is dangerous. The truth is that there
remain a number of good and honest
taxi drivers out there.
Maximo Aton, taxi driver of O.L.A.
taxi with plate number TYZ 619 is
among them. And there are many
Filipinos out there who are just as
eager to praise and commend honesty
and kindness. This is proven by the
thousands who have come out in full
force to salute Atonmany of them
going out of their way to call or text
Aton to salute him for his good deed and
many more sharing the Facebook post
that called attention to Atons simple but
exemplary deed.
Atons valor has been picked up by
mainstream media over the weekend,
but credit for the snowball goes to
photographer Raine Cruz who went out
of his way to express his gratitude by
publicly commending Aton in a post
in Facebook that has gone viral. One
wishes all of us were like Cruz who
bothered to validate good deeds when it
was done.
Cruz and his friend rode in Atons
cab from Crowne Plaza in Ortigas
to Taytay Rizal. They accidentally
left behind a bag containing a laptop
and some cash. They were able to
trace Aton through the Crowne Plaza
guards. When contacted, Aton was
already on his way back to Crowne
Plaza to return the bag, after trying
unsuccessfully to retrace where he
dropped Cruz off. According to Cruz,
Aton did not only go out of his way to
return the bag with the laptop and the
cash intact, he manifested other acts
of courtesyhe charged the exact
rate, issued a receipt, refused to accept
a cash reward from Cruz, etc. Truly, a
man of integrity and heroism.
Honesty, kindness, and stories of
heroism of common Filipinos deserve
to be commended. I am personally
rallying friends and members of the
professional association I am part of
to start a program that will publicly
celebrate people like Aton and reward
him for being proud exemplars of what
being a Filipino is or should be. I hope
others would do the same. I hope the
Department of Tourism would do the
same. It is easy to trace Atonyou
can look up Raine Cruz in Facebook
for Atons contact details, or through
Crowne Plaza, Ortigas. Many people
have done so and from what I gathered,
Aton is overwhelmed by the outpouring
of congratulatory messages.
The other noteworthy bit in this
story is the fact that, nally, people
are using social networking sites for
positive purposes. The story of Jay
Jabonete and his yellow boats is another
heartwarming story that also started
with a post in Facebook. I will write
about Jabonete next week; its a story
that deserves its own column.
In the meantime, we must nurture
the belief that many times in our lives
we will have to rely on the kindness
of strangers. We must be kind to each
other.
By Amy Taxin
LOS ANGELESMiguel Rojano
might have been elated when the
U.S. government offered to put his
deportation case on hold under a
new initiative to focus resources
on ridding the country of hardened
criminals.
But the Mexican newspaper delivery
supervisorwho was raising his ve
American-born sons in Chicago after
living in the country for more than two
decadesactually turned down the
governments offer to try his chances at
getting a green card granting permanent
residency status in immigration court
instead.
Seeing how sure my lawyer was
about my case, I said, lets ght it,
said Rojano, who won his case earlier
this year. Im glad, because if they
had closed my case, they wouldnt have
given me my residency.
While the US government is offering
to shelve some deportation cases, some
immigrants are rejecting the deal,
preferring to take a shot at winning
asylum or a green card in immigration
court. Thats because the governments
offer wouldnt end the specter of
deportation and doesnt promise a work
permit or green card.
Immigrant advocates say another
problem is the government is only
offering the deallikened by some to
a plea bargainto immigrants with the
most compelling cases, who tend to be
long-time residents and well-known
community members with a decent shot
at winning their cases in court.
Its been a mixed bag, said Daniel
McCreary, an immigration attorney in
Illinois, who has turned down at least ve
offers to have his clients cases shelved
for precisely this reason. Typically the
cases weve been contacted on weve
declined to accept it.
The federal government last year
vowed to review the countrys 300,000
pending immigration court cases
and exercise so-called prosecutorial
discretion to shift its focus to those cases
involving convicted criminals wreaking
havoc on local neighborhoods. As of
mid-April, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement had reviewed more than
70 percent of the les and decided to
offer to temporarily suspend roughly
7.5 percent of deportation cases, agency
ofcials said.
The agency declined to state how
many of the 16,500 immigrants had
accepted the deal.
So far, only 2,700 cases actually have
been put on hold. In many instances,
the process is pending paperwork
and background checks, immigration
ofcials said.
The government hopes to whittle
down its caseload since the agency
only has the manpower and resources to
deport a nite number of immigrants. In
the last scal year, ICE deported nearly
400,000 people, an all-time high for the
agency.
We need to get a handle on this
exploded docket and gure out a way
where ICE can prosecute the cases
that really do warrant our resources
and skills the bad guys, said Jim
Stolley, ICEs director of Field Legal
Operations.
For some immigrants, prosecutorial
discretion is a lifeline. Immigrants
waiting in line for a green card after being
sponsored by relatives could use the
extra time. Others, who may have lived
here for years and have clean records but
dont qualify for legal residency because
they dont have American relatives, may
have no other way to stay.
For other immigrants, however,
getting an offer of prosecutorial
discretion can be a double-edged sword.
Some attorneys say theyd rather not
even be approached by ICE because
theyll be forced to choose between
accepting a one-time offer to stave off
deportation and seeking a more lasting
solution in court such as asylum or
a green card, both of which let an
immigrant work here legally.
But turning down an offer of
prosecutorial discretion also carries
risks. Some immigration attorneys say
they fear ICE attorneys might ght
a case more vigorously if their client
shuns an offer, or that immigration
judges might apply more scrutiny to
their clients cases.
A strong bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush, said Angela Bean, an
immigration attorney in Oakland, who
has urged her clients to snap up the
governments offer. There is the issue
of playing with re.
Its still too soon to see whether
the program will yield a signicant
improvement in the countrys
backlogged immigration courts, where it
can take up to two years to get a hearing
date.
Once immigrants are offered
discretion, they must undergo
background and national security checks
before nal approval.
Crystal Williams, executive director
of the American Immigration Lawyers
Association, said she is surprised the
government has not offered work
permits to immigrants who take the
deal. She wishes authorities would
grant immigrants relief in cases where
they qualify for it to prevent protracted
court battles now and also down the
road, when attorneys may seek to
bring their clients cases back before
an immigration judge for a permanent
solution, she said.
The whole program may not end up
being as effective as it should be because
theyre not truly clearing out the easy
casestheyre just putting them on a
shelf, she said. AP
A mixed bag for immigrants
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QUIBOLOY
PLUMBLINE
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V. JIMENO
OUT OF THE BOX
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be true
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A6
IN BRIEF
Taguig City launches
e-wedding program
Alliance formed
vs air pollution
Singson: Road works annoying but needed
Velasco named
top Rotarian
in District 3780
4,600 jobs to be created
in Solaire Manila project
PUBLIC Works and Highways Secretary
Rogelio L. Singson admitted over the
weekend that his agencys ongoing road
repair activities during weekends and holi-
days may cause temporary inconvenience,
they will give more benets and conve-
nience once they are completed.
We will be expecting improved trafc
ow along EDSA, Boni Serrano Avenue,
South Superhighway and other national
highways in Metro Manila as most road
repair works are completed, said DPWH
Secretary Rogelio L. Singon.
Aside from faster and smoother travel
conditions for commuters and motorists,
the repair works will lengthen the life of
roads, cut vehicle operating costs and re-
duce the man-hours lost to trafc jams
caused by damaged thouroughfares.
Singson said repair works is necessary
to some portions of national highway due
to wear and tear brought about by the in-
creasing volume of vehicles and overload-
ed trucks in the past.
Over weekend until April 30, the DP-
WH-National Capital Region has been
working from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on the fol-
lowing roads:
Aurora Boulevard (Southbound),
Pasay City from EDSA to Aurora Bridge
under supervision of South Manila Engi-
neering District.
Ayala Boulevard, Ermita, Manila from Taft
Avenue to San Marcelino Street under supervi-
sion of South Manila Engineering District.
P. Quirino Avenue (southbound and
northbound) from South Superhighway to
P.M. Guanzon under supervision of South
Manila Engineering District.
M. Roxas Jr. Flyover under supervi-
sion of North Manila Engineering District.
R. Magsaysay Boulevard, Sampaloc, Ma-
nila from Sociego to Rotonda under supervision
of North Manila Engineering District.
Espaa Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila
from Corola to Welcome Rotonda under super-
vision of North Manila Engineering District.
A. H. Lacson Street, Sampaloc, Ma-
nila from Rotonda to Ma. Clara (both
sides) under supervision of North Manila
Engineering District.
EDSA, Mandaluyong City (north-
bound and southbound) under supervision
of First Metro Manila Engineering Dis-
trict.
EDSA Quezon City, 3
rd
lane (north-
bound) from Fema Road to Seminary
Road and 1st lane (southbound) from
Bansalangin Street to Barangay Bungad
under supervision of Quezon City First
Engineering District.
EDSA (northbound) service road go-
ing Cubao area from Boni Serrano to Main
Avenue under supervision of Quezon City
Second Engineering District.
Araneta Avenue 2
nd
lane (northbound)
from Toctocan to Mauban under supervi-
sion of Quezon City First Engineering Dis-
trict.
A. Bonifacio Avenue 2
nd
lane (south-
bound) corner Dorotea Street under supervision
of Quezon City First Engineering District.
Boni Serrano Avenue between 6
th
to
5
th
Avenue under supervision of Quezon
City Second Engineering District.
Pasong Tamo Avenue centerlane
(southbound) from Don Bosco to Antonio
Arnaiz Avenue under supervision of Sec-
ond Metro Manila Engineering District.
The secretary said the public can air any
concern, complaint, suggestion, recom-
mendation, observation, by calling 165-02
or texting DPWH (space) message then
send to 2920.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
THE Philippine Medical Association has
joined voices with the Private Emission
Testing Center Operators Association
and called for the elimination of a system
that continues to worsen the air quality in
Metro Manila and threatens the health of
the public.
Dr Leo Olarte, PMA governor
for Manila, said the organizations
forged the tie so they could
intensively cooperate with
each other to weed out corrupt
elements in PETCOA and in
the governments motor vehicle
emission testing centers.
Olarte said the PMA has
undertaken its strongest anti-air
pollution campaign yet because
air pollution is among the leading
causes of respiratory diseases in
the country and leads to serious
respiratory illnesses, such as
pneumonia and lung cancer.
It is unfair that only the Private
Emission Testing Centers are
solely and publicly being blamed
for the corruption happening in
the motor vehicle emission testing
industry which we honestly
believe causes 80% of all the life
threatening air pollution in the
metropolis, Olarte said.
According to a study by the
Department of Environment and
Natural Resources Environmental
Environment Bureau, pollution
at Metro Manila stands at 166
suspended particulates, which is
almost double the 80-particulate
threshold set by Republic Act
8749, or the Philippine Clean Air
Act of 1999.
But Olarte said the PETCs
are only mandated to test private
vehicles while public utility
vehicles are tested by the Land
Transportation Ofce (LTO)
Motor Vehicle Inspection System
(MVIS).
PETCOA president Tony Halili
admitted that some unscrupulous
operators of emission testing
centers have been known to issue
clearances to vehicles that were
not even taken to an accredited
center for testing, but Halili said
they have started measures that
will curb such practices.
Because of their alliance with
the PMA, Halili said their group
will implement several drastic
measures to to police their own
ranks and urged the government
to do the same/
Halili urged the government to
scrap the direct connection facility
of the IT rm Stradcom because it
purportedl coddles and perpetrates
illegal activities of corrupt PETCs,
such as non-appearance testing.
As an IT supplier of the LTO,
Stradcom receives data of PETCs,
validates them and transmits the
same to the LTO computer system
via its direct connect facility.
The interaction has been
described as a conict of interest
because Stradcom allegedly
collects fees as the IT provider
of the LTO and also purportedly
collects payments from the PETCs
for the direct connect facility.
Because of the Stradcom
direct connect facility, Halili
said a number of PETCs are now
beyond the monitoring reach
of the regulating agency which
consequently allowed them to
resume their illegal activities
without fear of being policed
and disconnected by the IT
providers.
Aside from self-regulation,
Halili said they also urged Roxas
to use biometrics as an assurance
that the emission test is conducted
by a certied technician.
THE Trade Union Congress of the
Philippines has hailed Solaire Manila,
the world-class fully-integrated resort
and gaming complex in Paranaque City,
citing the more than 4,600 new jobs the
project will create.
We are absolutely behind the project,
which will surely generate well-paying
jobs in the services sector, said former
senator and TUCP president Ernesto
Herrera.
We have thousands of hotel and
restaurant management graduates who
are totally jobless and desperately
looking for gainful employment. They
will benet from the project, said
Herrera, former chairman of the Senate
committee on labor, employment and
human resources development.
Herrera, designated by President
Aquino as vice chairman of the
Tripartite Industrial Peace Council,
was referring to Solaire Manila,
which is being developed by
Bloomberry Resorts Corp. on 8.3
hectares of reclaimed land leased
from the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp.
The countrys huge surplus of
HRM professionals has prompted the
Commission on Higher Education to
discourage fresh high school graduates
from taking up the program, along with
four other oversubscribed courses -
teaching, nursing, business administration,
and information technology.
9
th
Printech Manila
launched in San Juan
THE Philippine Printing Technical Foundation,
Inc. (PPTF) has ofcially launched the 9th Printech
Manila 2012 at the Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan
City.
PPTF has partnered with event organizer Fiera
de Manila for the upcoming 3-in-1 exhibition of the
latest imaging and printing technology at the SMX
Convention Center at the SM Mall of Asia from
June 14-16. The even will also coincide with the
17th Graphic Expo and the 3rd Photo-Video Expo.
The 9th Printech Manila 2012 brings together
various companies in printing, digital imaging,
pre-press, print production, plastic printing &
packaging, offset process, book binding-print
nishing, paper converting and print packaging
production services. There will also be seminars
and lectures by industry experts.
During the launching night, PPTF member,
suppliers and printers have expressed support for
the exhibits and will be opening their booths. In
fact, almost 50% of the booths are now sold out.
For more inquiries and reservations, interested
partiesw can contact Jeffrey Virgel P. Tornea,
the marketing ofcer of Fiera de Manila Inc. at
telephone numbers +632 899-6216, 896-0637.
Or you can fax your reservation at +632 890-
2101. You can also visit the Web site at wwww.
fmi.com.ph for more details.
Pepsi, Maxs ink 3rd
3-year exclusivity deal
PEPSI-COLA Products Philippines, Inc.
(PCPPI) and Maxs Restaurant again reafrmed
their partnership through a third three-year
exclusivity contract signed recently by ranking
ofcials of both companies.
The accord embodies a strategic marketing alliance
between Pepsi and Maxs which was initially forged
in 2002 when the partners signed their rst three-year
exclusivity contract involving canned Pepsi soft drink
products and post-mix machines.
The tie-up was rst renewed in March 2006
for another three successful years, but with the
inclusion of the post-mix format of Lipton Iced
Tea, thereby enabling Pepsi to serve the restaurant
chains total beverage requirement.
July 2009 marked the second renewal of the
bilateral agreement signifying yet another vote
of mutual condence between Pepsi and Maxs.
The marketing collaboration which has withstood
the test of time and hostile economic climates
was born out of the initiatives of PCPPI Modern
Trade Operations team led by Sales Manager Alex
Catindig and the PepsiCo marketing team.
This (third) renewal comes after 10 years of
an indomitable partnership with Maxs, said
Ruben Yu, AVP and General Manager of PCPPIs
Modern Trade Operations. PCPPI will continue
to support the programs of Maxs in promoting
their products and services.
AUTHOR and public relations
specialist Melandrew Mel T.
Velasco, who currently serves
as Rotary Club of Cubao West
(District 3780) president, bagged
multiple awards at the recently
concluded RI District 3780
Convention last April 19-21 at the
Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City.
Velasco, who serves as
Dagupan Citys special envoy
to overseas Dagupeos, bagged
major district awards capped
by being named as one of the
outstanding presidents along with
the Outstanding Rotary Club
award for RY 2011-2012.
Other major awards received
by the 47-year-old Velasco
and RC Cubao West include:
Most Outstanding Club in
Administration; Most Outstanding
Club in Public Image; Most
Outstanding Club in International
Service; Most Outstanding Club
Secretary- Michelle M. Cabrera;
Leadership Award; Best Rotary
Club in Annual Giving to The
Rotary Foundation; and, Best
Rotary Club in the Discon 2012
Photo Exhibit.
Velascos club also bagged
other minor awards such as: Best
Rotary Club in Classication
Program; Best Rotary Club
in Fellowship Activities; Best
Rotary Club in Club Bulletin
Public Image Best in Print and
TV; Best Rotary Club in Career
Development Project; Best
Rotary Club in Promotion of the
4-Way Test; Best Rotary Club in
Community Development Project;
Best Rotary Club in Disease
Prevention and Control; Best
Rotary Club in Environmental
Project; Best Rotary Club in Group
Recreational and/ or Vocational
World Fellowship Project; Best
Rotary Club in Rotary Friendship
Exchange; Best Rotary Club in
Rotary Information Program.
By Ferdinand Fabella
AFTER its much-vaunted e-graduation PROJECT, the government
of Taguig City has introduced e-weddings, or the free live streaming
in the Internet of a mass wedding in the city.
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said e-wedding was introduced last
Friday during a free mass wedding of 146 couples at the city hall.
With e-Wedding, Taguig has put a new twist this year to its
traditional kasalang bayan, Cayetano said.
As in the e-graduation project, e-wedding allows families of
the couples abroad to watch the wedding rites live on the Internet,
according to Cayetano This is the same reason why we decided to do
the e-wedding, she said.
As the wedding rites were held at the auditorium of Taguig City
University, the ceremonies were being shown at the citys website:
www.taguig.gov.ph. The video is also available for replay.
Meanwhile, Cayetano said the city government added more spice
to this years free mass wedding by
giving special gifts to three of the participating couples.
Among those who received the special gift from the mayor were
the pairs named as Oldest Couple, Best-Dressed Couple and
Early Bird, or the earliest to arrive at the auditorium of Taguig City
University, the venue of the mass wedding.
Each of the lucky pairs received cash gifts from the city hall, as
well as one sack of rice, on top of the other freebies given to all the
participating couples.
Lourdes Maga, 56 of Zone 6, Brgy. Signal Village, and long-time
partner Rogelio Lansangan, were named the Oldest Couple. The
couple has been together for 25 years and has ve children and now
two grandchildren.
The mass wedding was held as part of the gifts of the city
government to its residents in connection with the celebration of the
425th founding anniversary of Taguig, Cayetano said.
Aside from free wedding expenses, the participating couples also
got free ower bouquets for the bride, boutonnieres for the groom; and
wedding arrases, candles, souvenir cakes and souvenir photos for the
newly-wed partners.
Ofce launching. Trinity Healthcare Services Inc., one of the countrys leading healthcare and
employee benets brokers, has inaugurated its new ofces at The World Center in Makati City.
Posing with Trinity chairman and president Sid Garcia (center) are key managers (from left):
assistant vice president Leng Reyes, senior vice president Rico Ocampo, senior account manager
Maui Garcia, account manager Jan Jugo, senior account manager Jonathan Rubrico, operations
group manager Weng Braga and senior account manager Rene Penaredonada (not in photo).
United for a Clean World. Over 700 members of the
International We Love You Foundation 2012 Clean World
Movement, gathered at Mnaila Bay in Paranaque City to clean up
the coast as an expression of their love for the environment. Over
1,000 sacks of garbage were collected. MANNY PALMERO
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Perennial University Athletic
Association of the Philippines
champion Adamson exploded with
three runs in the bottom half of the
sixth inning to add to its rst two runs
in the rst and fourth innings for a 5-0
win over West Indonesia and serve
notice of its title-retention bid in the
tournament organized by the Amateur
Softball Association of the Philippines
and hosted by Clark Development
Corporation.
Kensei and Philippine Navy provided
the excitement in their game that was
extended all the way to 10 innings.
Banking on veteran internationalist
Jeffrey Farion, Kensei tied the game at
3-3 in the fourth inning after allowing
Navy to take an early lead with 2 runs
in the rst inning and another run in the
third. The two teams then held each other
scoreless in the next four innings for a
Pangasinan Palaro is one-of-a-kind
Adamson, Kensei win
CLARKFIELD Defending womens
division champ Adamson University and visiting
Brunei team Kensei led the opening-day winners
with contrasting victories at the start of the
Cebuana-Lhuillier Summer Grandslam 6 National
Softball Championships Sunday at the Clarkeld
Parade Grounds, inside the former American air
base in Pampanga.
I KNOW where Amado T. Espino Jr.
is coming from. He knows he has just
scored another major triumph that is
why he is doing yet again his utmost to
ensure not just a hitch-free event but,
most important of all, a one-of-a-kind
edition that might yet emerge as the
envy of all.
This early, therefore, he deserves a
round of applause.
Since winning the right to host the
Palarong Pambansa has taken a lot of
time, effort and money to achieve it,
the victory shouldnt be treated as just
an ordinary thing, like breathing or
walking or even brushing ones teeth.
Instead, it should be considered a
monumental gain scored not only by
his much-vaunted, no-nonsense lead-
ership, but by the entire province of
Pangasinan as well, if only for the
sheer honor of having won the right to
stage the countrys premium sporting
event for high school students coming
from all across the archipelago.
This is no picnic Gov. Espino is
hosting, but one that should put for-
ward the resilience, fortitude and in-
dustriousness of every Pangasinense
in living up to the task at hand.
This is one for the books, one that
should be looked up to as another
major event to showcase the inher-
ent hardworking qualities of the Pan-
gasinense.
It has been tested many times be-
fore, proven many times before, when
Pangasinan took center stage to host
the Palaro and other sporting events
of national magnitude, like the famed
Prisaa.
In 1995 alone, Pangasinan hosted
the Palaro, shining through it with y-
ing colors that people all over the land
including the very same athletes that
had participated in it are still oozing
with praise till now at how the province
had hurdled the event with smashing
success.
And do you know one of the biggest
secrets behind that spectacular achieve-
ment?
No less than the present Pangasinan
governor himself, as Gov. Espino was
then the provincial police director when
the 1995 Palaro was staged in Pangasi-
nan.
Holding a key position then in the
Organizing Committee of the1995
Palaro, Guv Spines, as he is now
fondly called by his adoring constitu-
ents, instituted crucial reforms geared
towards ensuring the unimpeded suc-
cess in that years edition of the Pal-
aro. Not only did he deploy practi-
cally the entire provincial police force
to make the event safe from rogue
elements and criminals, but also,
he threw his unqualied managerial
skills behind the entire machinery of
the work force running the day-to-day
affairs of the week-long meet.
I should know.
I personally know Gov. Espino
even before he became Pangasinan
governor for the rst time in 2007.
Modesty aside, I was one of Gov.
Espinos favorite glass-mates if not
his true favorite, before he captured
the Capitol seat in Lingayen, Pan-
gasinan. (Butch Velasco, the gover-
nors trusted lieutenant, knows this by
heart.)
And, yes, I should know because I
am from Pangasinan.
Before Guv Spines became gover-
nor, he was our Congressman in the
second district of Pangasinan, where I
come from and, aware of his splendid
track record, I had vigorously cam-
paigned for his election.
And, if truth be told, Guv Spines,
because he loves me so much, had
wanted me to run for mayor the year
he ran for governor in 2007.
You atter me, Pare, I had told
him then, bumping my stemmed glass
to his stemmed glass as well.
I want us to be partners in the ma-
jor reforms that I envision for our be-
loved province, said Pareng Amad-
ing then.
From Day One that I met Guv
Spines, I knew already hed one day
make a good father of Pangasinan.
In the coming Palaro alone set
May 6 to 12, Guv Spines has made
the meet plastics-free and will give
paper bags to everyone who matter
meaning he is making it known to
all athletes, coaches, delegates and
visitors that Pangasinan, home of the
world-famed Lingayen Gulf, is envi-
ronment friendly and a nature-lover.
Likewise, the Palaro will be seen
worldwide via the Internet, a rst-of-its-
kind feature that has tremendously pushed
the Meet into heights of glory never seen
in the history of the annual event.
The way the governor wants things
done in every endeavor that he goes
into, hes denitely without peer, said
Raffy Baraan, the amiable and soft-spo-
ken provincial administrator.
Heres to a grand staging of the Pal-
aro one that should be the benchmark
of future Palaros.
Take a bow, Pareng Guv.
ALL IN. Happy birthday to Pareng
Mayor Ted Cruz of Mangatarem, Pan-
gasinan (April 27). Cheers and beers!
Asian Cup slot awaits
triathlon champions
AN all-expense-paid trip to the
Hong Kong ITU Triathlon Asian
Cup event, plus shoes and tri-
suits from K-SWISS await the
top male and female standard
distance age-group nishers in
the K-SWISS ITU Subic Bay
International Triathlon, present-
ed by Century Tuna on May 5
and 6 at the Subic Bay Freeport.
Also at stake in the event
sponsored by K-SWISS, Cen-
tury Tuna, Subic Bay Metro-
politan Authority, SPEEDO,
Harbor Point Ayala Malls,
SM City Olongapo, Davids
Salon, Travelers Hotel, Asian
Centre for Insulation Phil-
ippines, Gatorade, Fitness
First, Philippine Sports Com-
mission and Standard Insur-
ance are specially crafted
medals for the Top 5 finish-
ers of the standard distance
age group categories and
the Top 3 finishers in the
sprint distance categories.
Gift certicates will be giv-
en to age-group winners, while
age-groupers, who registered
the best swim time, best bike
time and best run time will be
awarded with gift certicates,
plus cash prizes of P3,000.
Team Relay category winners
will be awarded with medals.
All race nishers will receive
Century Tuna beach towels
and K-SWISS event shirts.
Other than the awards, the
winners will win free entry for
the 2013 edition of the SUBIT.
Century Tuna will give out
cash prizes of P15,000, P10,000
and P5,000, respectively,
to the Top 3 Male and Top 3
Female winners of the Cen-
tury Tuna Supertribods search.
Meanwhile, the organiz-
ing Triathlon Association of
the Philippines revealed that
over 50 male and female elite
entries representing 23 coun-
tries have listed up for the race.
Interested parties are wel-
come to contact the TRAP via
email (rreyes_upm@yahoo.
com, fabiedavid@yahoo.com),
landline 710-8259, mobile
phone (0916-5046513, 0921-
9954764, 0915-6394233) or by
visiting Triathlon.org.ph today.
Media partners for the event
are the Philippine Star, Mul-
tisport Philippines, One Sport,
Swim Philippines, Total Fit-
ness Magazine, DZSR Sports
Radio 918 Khz, Channel 4s
TeleDyaryo program, Solar
Sports, and SwimBikeRun.ph,
IN BRIEF
Pascua back at the top
FIDE Master Haridas Pascua of Pan-
gasinan downed defending champion
National Master Mari Joseph Turqueza
of Quezon City to reclaim the lead in
the mens junior division of the 2012
National Age Group and National Ju-
niors Chess Championships at the
Event Center in Tanauan, Batangas.
FIDE Master Paulo Bersamina of Pas-
ay and Visayas leg winner Joel Pimentel,
Jr. actually matched Pascuas total of 7.0
points after beating separate rivals, but the
latter had more wins to show on his card.
Bersamina toppled Jan Francis Mi-
rano of Aklan while Pimentel crushed
Baltazar Rafales of South Cotabato.
Pascua had seven wins and one loss for
21 tiebreak points, while Bersamina and
Pimentel had similar records of six wins
and two draws for 20 points. The womens
junior division, where Woman National
Master Jedara Docena of Bohol is the
solo leader, had an off day on Saturday.
Former Letran Knight dies
EDUARDO Baldomero, a member of
the 1976 to 1980 Letran Knights in the
National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion, passed away Saturday. He was 57.
He is survived by wife Er-
linda and children Jericho, Jef-
frey, Jerome, Jason, and Jasmine.
His remains lie at the family residence
at 74 Ramirez St. Coloong 2, Valenzuela
City. Interment will be announced later.
OFFICIALS of the Philippine Drag-
on Boat Association, an organization
de-listed by the Philippine Olympic
Committee last year, found itself in
hot water over the weekend after al-
legedly attempting to disrupt an on-
going international event in Boracay.
More than ve hundred partici-
pants were bafed and alarmed after
the PDBF deliberately designed a race
course for its tournament only some
300 meters away from the venue of the
6th Boracay International Dragon Boat
Festival that was already in progress.
The Boracay Islands Paddlers Associa-
tion organized this event while the Philip-
pine Canoe/Kayak Federation, the Inter-
national Olympic Committee-assigned
association to handle the sport of dragon
boat, sent ofcials to run the tournament.
It was also unclear why the local
government of Boracay issued per-
mits for coinciding dragon boat tour-
naments and practically the same site
when it was clear that it could confuse
and pose danger to the participants.
POC President Jose Cojuangco
was reportedly upset with the inci-
dent and said he will request the In-
ternational Federation of dragon boat
to look into the matter more so the
conduct and motives of the PDBF.
Cojuangco is apparently con-
cerned that there were reports that
PDBF threatened the participat-
ing dragon boat clubs that their
status with the IDBF will be com-
promised should they continue to
compete in the event held under
the auspices of the Boracay Islands
Paddlers Association. The BIPA
races were completed last Sunday.
Confusion mars dragon-boat tourneys
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF THE TRANSLATION INTO
DISTRIBUTION RATES OF DIFFERENT
CUSTOMER CLASSES FOR THE THIRD (3
rd
)
REGULATORY YEAR OF THE ERC-APPROVED
ANNUAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT FOR
CELCOR UNDER THE PERFORMANCE BASED
REGULATION (PBR) FOR THE REGULATORY
PERIOD 2011-2014
CABANATUAN ELECTRIC CORPORATION
(CELCOR),
Applicant
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG
Notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2012, Cabanatuan Electric Corporation (CELCOR) fled an application
for approval of the translation into distribution rates of different customer classes for the Third (3
rd
) Regulatory Year
of the ERC-Approved Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) under the Performance Based Regulation (PBR) for the
Regulatory Period 2011-2014.
In the said application, CELCOR alleged, among others, that:
1. Under the Commissions Resolution No. 54, Series of 2006, or the Rules for Setting Distribution Wheeling
Rates (RDWR) for Privately Owned Distribution Utilities Entering Performance Based Regulation (Second and
Later Entry Points) (RDWR), the Performance Based Regulation (PBR)-entrant distribution utility will be given
an Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) which will be used to derive the Maximum Average Price (MAP). Said
MAP shall then be allocated by the distribution utility in setting the rate schedule for its distribution, supply and
metering charges for each customer class or segment;
2. It was among the entrants at the third entry point to the PBR rate setting methodology adopted by the
Commission pursuant to Section 43(f) of Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power
Industry Reform Act of 2001. As such, on June 19, 2009, it fled an application (docketed as ERC Case
No. 2009-043RC) for approval of its ARR and Performance Incentive Scheme (PIS) covering the Second
Regulatory Period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014 in accordance with the provisions of the RDWR;
3. Thereafter, the Commission issued the Final Determination for the applicant as contained in its Decision dated
March 8, 2010.
a. Based on the Final Determination, its ARR for the Third Regulatory Year (2013) of the Second Regulatory
Period 2011-2014 as approved by the Commission is as follows:
Building Block
RY 2013
(PhP, Nominal)
Return on Capital 141,538,768
OPEX 132,779,229
Regulatory Depreciation 44,072,000
Corporate Income Tax -
Other Taxes 1,146,029
Resulting ARR before GSL
Allowance
319,536,026
GSL Allowane 1,597,680
Resulting ARR Before Regulatory
Intervention
321,133,706
Less: Regulatory Intervention 50,000,000
Resulting ARR After Regulatory
Intervention But Before X-factor
271,133,706
b. The MAP
2013
that will apply to it at the start of the Third Regulatory Year as computed based on the Price
Control Formula of the RDWR without the Side Constraints is PhP1.6488/kWh with an X factor of 7.959%.
c. The change in Weighted Index for the Third Year (CWI) as calculated in accordance with Section 4.5 of
the RDWR is 3.57%.
d. The Performance Incentive Factor (S) for the Third Year as calculated in accordance with Section 4.18.2
of the RDWR is PhP0.0263/kWh.
e. The Correction Factor (K) for the Third Year as calculated in accordance with Section 4.3.2 of the RDWR
is PhP0.0912/kWh.
4. In compliance with the requirements under the RDWR and the Final Determination for the conversion of
the approved MAP into a distribution rate structure, it herein applies for the approval of the translation into
distribution rates of different customer classes of its approved MAP for the Third Regulatory Year of the
Second Regulatory Period, as follows:
CUSTOMER CLASS
DISTRIBUTION
CHARGE
SUPPLY CHARGE METERING CHARGE
PhP/kW PhP/kWh PhP/Month/
Customer
PhP/kWh PhP/Month/
Meter
PhP/kWh
Residential - 1.1031 - 0.4280 5.00 0.3541
Small Commercial
Large Commercial
Very Large Commercial
-
-
275.43
0.9171
0.8829
0.7435
43.30
1,043.31
534.45
-
-
-
54.83
1,096.09
3,521.50
-
-
-
Semi-Industrial
Small Industrial
Large Industrial
135.70
290.83
206.90
0.2907
1.4073
0.6264
749.78
3,154.70
430.55
-
-
-
913.52
3,843.66
2,836.99
-
-
-
SL-Metered
SL-Unmetered
-
-
1.0118
0.9343
6.26
38.98
-
-
5.85
-
-
-
Hospital 233.32 0.6069 1,610.91 - 1,692.41 -
The conversion was effected in accordance with the Uniform Filing Requirements (UFR), the relevant
sections of the RDWR, as amended, and the methodology described in Article V of the Distribution
Services and Open Access Rules (DSOAR). It used in its calculations the information contained in the
Final Determination dated March 8, 2010;
5. The Side Constraint Calculation for the Second Regulatory Period which was approved by the Commission
is 10.95% over the CPI. The value of SC is 10.95% while CWI has been calculated to be 3.57%, thus,
SC
2013
is 14.52%.
CUSTOMER
CLASS
(FCR
k,t
/
FQ
kt
)-S
t
(CR
k,t-1
I
AQk,
t-1
) - S
t-1
%
Increase/
Decrease
STATUS
PhP/kWh PhP/kWh
Residential 1.8733 1.7750 5.54% Within Side Constraints
Small Commercial 1.4496 1.3457 7.72% Within Side Constraints
Large Commercial 1.3724 1.2981 5.72% Within Side Constraints
Very Large Commercial 1.3278 1.3850 -4.13% Within Side Constraints
Semi-Industrial 0.6563 0.6119 7.25% Within Side Constraints
Small Industrial 3.3675 3.5879 -6.14% Within Side Constraints
Large Industrial 1.2372 1.2453 -0.65% Within Side Constraints
SL-Metered 1.5952 1.3390 19.13% Side Constraints Breached
SL-Unmetered 0.9001 0.8559 5.17% Within Side Constraints
Hospital 1.1755 1.2662 -7.16% Within Side Constraints
TOTAL 1.5739 1.5128
The breach in the side constraints on its SL-Metered customers is due to the increase in actual energy
sales for the period January 2011 to December 2011 (617,343 kWh) as against the forecasted energy
sales for Regulatory Year 2013 (179,974 kWh), or an increase of 343.02%;
6. The approval of the instant application will allow it to fulfll its obligations under PBR and avoid irreparable
losses, which will ultimately result in the deterioration of its services, to the damage, and prejudice of the
public, in general, and its consumers, in particular; and
7. It prays that the instant application be approved by the Commission authorizing it to adopt the proposed
distribution-related rate structure and rate schedules.
The Commission has set the instant application for jurisdictional hearing, expository presentation, pre-trial
conference and evidentiary hearing on May 17, 2012 (Thursday) at ten oclock in the morning (10:00 A.M.) at the
Training Center, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Sumacab Este, Cabanatuan City.
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding may become a party by fling, at least
fve (5) days prior to the initial hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERCs Rules of Practice and Procedure,
a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket number and the title of the proceeding and stating: (1) the
petitioners name and address; (2) the nature of petitioners interest in the subject matter of the proceeding, and the
way and manner in which such interest is affected by the issues involved in the proceeding; and (3) a statement of
the relief desired.
All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission with respect to the subject matter of the
proceeding may fle their opposition to the application or comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before the
applicant concludes the presentation of its evidence. No particular form of opposition or comment is required, but
the document, letter or writing should contain the name and address of such person and a concise statement of the
opposition or comment and the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may request the applicant, prior to the date of
the initial hearing, that they be furnished with a copy of the application. The applicant is hereby directed to furnish all
those making such request with copies of the application and its attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable
photocopying costs. Likewise, any such person may examine the application and other pertinent records fled with the
Commission during the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT, and the Honorable Commissioners, MARIA
TERESA A.R. CASTAEDA, JOSE C. REYES, ALFREDO J. NON and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-TARUC, Energy
Regulatory Commission, this 16
th
day of April, 2012 at Pasig City.
Executive Director III
(MST-Apr. 23 & 30, 2012)
Kensei paraded a twin threat in Canadian pitcher-batter Jeffrey Farion, who led the
Brunei team to a 5-3 win over Philippine Navy during Sundays opening of the Summer
Grandslam 6 National Softball Championships.
tied ball game at the end of regulation
time. But again, it was Farion, who
scored the run from an RBI by Sherwin
Tabar that put Kensei ahead in the 10th
inning as the two teams failed to score
after two extensions.
Tabar scored the games nal run on
a hit by Edwin Mercado to end the game
5-3 for Kensei.
Philippine Army also made its
presence felt with its initial 5-2 win
over West Java, with Gilmart Ilao
scoring three runs, including two in
the pivotal third inning to share the
lead with Kensei in the mens Open
Division of the week-long tournament
also sponsored by Cebuana Pera Padala,
Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions,
Just Jewels, Cebuana Lhuillier Bank, Le
Soleil de Boracay, Phiten, TJ Hotdogs,
Purefoods Chicken Nuggets, Smokeys
Sausages, Hungry Juan, and Department
of Tourisms Region 3.
AL S. MENDOZA
ALL THE WAY
sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
NBA RESULTS
Lady Eagles barge into V-League quarternals
Dy, Superal dominate
divisions in jungolf tilt
Newcomers in Petron volleyball spotlight
Pacman rests after days
of sparring with Russian
Lumacad
impresses
Hatton
Games Tuesday
(The Arena, San Juan City)
2 p.m.- Southwestern U vs FEU
4 p.m.- St. La Salle-Bacolod vs San
Sebastian
REIGNING titlist Ateneo survived
a meltdown in the middle sets as it
turned back a esty National Uni-
versity, 25-15, 26-24, 20-25, 25-14,
to barge into the quarternal round
of the ninth Shakeys V-League pre-
sented by Smart at The Arena in San
Juan City yesterday.
Fille Saint Cainglet and Alyssa
Valdez carried the Lady Eagles by
combining for 15 hits apiece, in-
cluding a combined 27 kills but they
did most of the damage in the fourth
and nal set when they alternated up
front in sealing their way to the next
round with a 2-0 slate.
Angeline Marie Gervacio
pumped in 13 hits, while Ateneos
Thai import Phee Nok Kesinee
scattered 12, but the two were
most effective in defense by com-
bining for seven blocks including
a game-high ve by the former.
Ateneo coach Roger Gorayeb
though is far from satised.
Nawala aggressiveness namin
nung kalagitnaan, sumasabay na ng
laro sa kalaban, hindi na dumede-
pensa (Our aggressiveness disap-
peared in the middle of the game,
the girls are trying the play the game
of our opponent, theyre not defend-
ing anymore), said Gorayeb.
After seizing the opening set, the
Lady Eagles played a little com-
placent and paid dearly for it as the
Lady Bulldogs snatched the mo-
mentum and even led by as big as
four points, the last at 18-14.
NU then appeared headed to
taking the second set when Din-
din Santiago, the guest player who
suited up for Santo Tomas last
year, pummeled a kill to make it
a 24-22 lead in this tournament
sponsored by Shakeys Pizza.
But the Lady Eagles kept their
cool and took the next four points,
thanks to three Valdez spikes and
a kill from team captain Gretchen
Ho, who contributed seven hits, to
save the set in the event backed by
Mikasa and Accel and organized by
Sports Vision.
Though dropping the heart-
breaker, NU didnt inch and re-
sponded by dominating the third
set, thanks to the long-limbed San-
tiago, who led all hitters with 22,
and Maricar Nepomucenos con-
tinued bombing from the net.
It turned out the Lady Bulldogs
last show of resistance as Valdez and
Cainglet took turns in delivering the
blows to seal it.
NU fell to its second straight set-
back and closer to getting eliminated
in the format that calls that only one
gets eliminated in the two groups.
LOTTO RESULTS
A PHYRRIC VICTORY:
A8
6/49 000000
3 DIGITS 000
2 EZ2 00
P11.7M+
JED Dy and Arnie Taguines
seized control of their respec-
tive divisions with a couple
of solid rounds in the national
qualifying tournament for the
Junior World golf champion-
ships at the Riviera execu-
tive course in Silang, Cavite.
Dy, making his rst appear-
ance in the International Con-
tainer Terminal Services Inc.
Jungolf Tour, tallied rounds of
57 and 56 for a 113 total and a
ve-shot lead over Miguel Ol-
ivarez-Ilas, who did 58-60-118
in boys Class E at the well
kept pitch and putt course.
Taguines carded 68 and 64
for 132 to go six up on Burb-
erry Zhang (67-71-138) in the
54-hole battle for the two slots
in the girls Class E category.
Ian Matthew Lua and Anya
Cedo, meanwhile, took the
top spot in Class F (6 and un-
der) of the tourney sponsored
chiey by ICTSI and also
backed by Pancake House,
Teriyaki Boy, Sizzlin Pep-
per, Golf Depot, Friends of
Jungolf, McDonalds, Pioneer
Insurance and Inquirer Golf.
Lua (71-79-150) led Jose
Javier Lazatin by seven in
the boys class while Cedo
(91-87-178) was far ahead of
Anela Arevalo(112-118-240)
in the girls side.
Standings after 36 holes:
Class E Boys: Jed Dy
57-56-113, Miguel Oli-
vares Ilas 58-60-118,
Sean Granada 62-62-124
Class E Girls: Arnie Tagu-
ines 68-64-132, Burberry
Zhang 67-71 -138, Eagle
Ace Superal 72-69-141
Class F boys: Ian Mat-
thew Lua 71-79-150, Jose
Javier Lazatin 73-84-157,
Rafa Olivarez-Ilas 81-87-168
Class F girls: Anya
Cedo 91-87-178, Ange-
la Arevalo 112-118-240
LINGAYENA new generation of players
from De La Salle University-Dasmarinas are
keen on stamping their class in the second leg of
the 2012 Petron Ladies Beach Volleyball Tour-
nament, which begins here today.
Newcomers Jennifer Zarate and Cherry
Nunag will try to prove that they also have
the spunk, which brought their senior school-
mates to great heights in previous years.
We are taking it as a challenge, consider-
ing what senior and former members of the
team have accomplished, said the 19- year-
old Zarate, a business operations manage-
ment sophomore.
The two are expected to show their ghting
form during the two-day spikefest, which will
be held during the provinces annual celebration
of the Pistay Dayat Festival.
The sea festival, which is traditionally a
thanksgiving festivity observed every April in
Lingayen to celebrate the bountiful harvest and
abundant shing in the province, will provide a
colorful backdrop to the tournament, supported
by the Mikasa Balls, Speedo and the provincial
government of Pangasinan.
Zarate and Nunag are among the newbies see-
ing action Monday when action begins at the sand
courts in front of the provincial capitol grounds.
They are bent on following the footsteps of
schoolmate Jennifer Manzano, a Pangasinense,
who won the crown three years ago in the Pan-
gasinan leg with Satchel Senupe, who was also
a nalist in 2010.
Rose will miss the rest of the season after
tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his
knee late in Chicagos 103-91 victory over
the Philadelphia 76ers in Saturdays playoff
opener, casting big cloud over a team eyeing
a championship run.
He scored 23 points and was playing more
like the leagues reigning MVP after miss-
ing 27 games because of injuries during the
regular season, but his injury-plagued season
came to an end as the Bulls were wrapping
up an impressive victory.
Rose crumbled to the ground after he drove
the lane with about 1:20 left and the Bulls
leading by 12. He was going for a layup
when he came to a jump-stop and seemed to
change his mind as the 76ers Spencer Hawes
and Lavoy Allen rotated over, passing off to
a teammate before an awkward landing.
Team medical personnel immediately
rushed out and tended to Rose for several
minutes as he was writhing in pain near the
baseline before helping him to the locker
room. Rose was taken to the hospital, and the
results of the MRI were not good.
Whether Rose should have been in the
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny
Pacquiao rested on Sunday after two
days of tough sparring with Russian wel-
terweight Ruslan Providknov, who has
an impressive record of 21-1, with 14
knockouts.
Pacquiao advanced his sparring origi-
nally scheduled for Saturday to Thursday
and engaged the Russian, who was much
heavier than a 147 pounder, in four furi-
ous rounds, with Providknov taking the
ght to the Filipino champ.
The Russian suffered a welt under his
eye, while Pacquiao said his shoulder was
sore after the sparring session.
In their second sparring session on Satur-
day, Pacquiao seemed to have the measure
of the Russian and toyed around with him.
Trainer Freddie Roach wants to pick up
the tempo of Pacquiaos sparring since he
feels the welterweight champion is only
around 50 percent of his ghting shape.
Everyday he spars, he gets better.
His timing is coming back and hes
looking good, Pacquiaos adviser Mi-
chael Koncz said.
Koncz said Pacquiao will go jogging
on Monday and then resume sparring
on Tuesday.
He also revealed they will come down
to Manila on Thursday and are scheduled
to leave for Los Angeles on Sunday.
Golf champ. Elmer Salvador displays his trophy and a check worth P450,000 after topping the
P2.5 milion ICTSI Sherwood Hills Classic at Sherwood Hills Golf and Country Club in Cavite. With
him are Colo Ventosa (right), general manager of the organizing Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.,
and Sherwood club manager Raymond Bunquin.
Chicago point guard Derrick Rose grimaces after
injuring his knee in the fourth quarter of the Bulls
rst-round playoff game against the Philadelphia
76ers Saturday. The Bulls won, 103-91, but lost their
superstar guard for the rest of the season. AP
Riera U. Mallari, Editor
Caguioa, Bowles
earn top awards
By Jeric Lopez

MARK Caguioa is going through a difcult time
right now dealing with his injury, but at least he
has some good news that can cheer him up a bit.
The ery Barangay Ginebra spitre was named
the Best Player of the Conference in the 2012
Philippine Basketball Association Commission-
ers Cup Sunday.
Even though he missed the entire seminals due
to an orbital fracture in his right eye, Caguioa still
beat last conferences awardee Gary David, who fell
short despite nishing at the top of the statistical cat-
egories, Marcio Lassiter of Powerade, LA Tenorio
and Cyrus Baguio from Alaska to get the accolade.
On the other hand, B-MEGs Denzel Bowles
was named the Best Import of the Conference for
leading his team to the nals and putting the Lla-
mados in a great position of possibly grabbing the
championship against Talk N Text.
Caguioa garnered a total of 1,085 points from stats,
media, players and the PBA, while David got a total
of 900 points, 185 points behind. Baguio nished third
(556), Lassiter fourth (470) and Tenorio fth (434).
In the Best Import tally, Bowles was a runaway
winner with 1,364 points, followed by Talk N
Texts Donnell Harvey with 886, Gabe Freeman
of Barako Bull with 642 and Ginebras Jackson
Vroman with 553 of his own.
This is the second time in his career that the
32-year-old superstar won the award. His rst
BPC citation was in the 2006-07 Philippine Cup
where he led the Gin Kings to a championship. Bulls win, but lose Rose
CHICAGODerrick Rose crumbled to the oor,
clutching his left knee. His season is over and the
Bulls title hopes just might be nished, too.
game at that point gures to be debated for a
long time around Chicago. He checked back
in with just under eight minutes left and the
lead got as high as 20 shortly after that before
the Sixers chipped away at it.
With Philadelphia making a push, coach
Tom Thibodeau decided to stay with Rose.
I dont work backward like you guys
do, Thibodeau said. The score was going
the other way.
Veteran guard Richard Hamilton defend-
ed the decision, saying, Philly was mak-
ing a run. In playoff basketball, you never
want to give a team condence. ... When
you have a team down, you have to try to
keep them down. They made a little run so
we needed guys that could put the ball in
the basket. AP
BULLS 103, SIXERS 91
HEAT 100, KNICKS 67
THUNDER 99, MAVERICKS 98
MAGIC 81, PACERS 77
FORMER two-division world
champion Ricky Hatton has been
impressed by the performance of Fil-
ipino flyweight Fernando Lumacad,
who won the newly formed United
Boxing Organization vacant world
bantamweight title with a unani-
mous 12-round decision over Glenn
Suminguit at the Kowloon Exhibi-
tion center in Hong Kong.
Hatton told Australian promoter
and KO TV boxing show host Peter
Maniatis, who manages Lumacad
that the Briton was very impressed
with the performance of Fernando
Lumacad, who boxed very well.
All three judges scored the ght
for Lumacad. Howard Reed scored
a near shutout at 119-109, judge
Bob Maine had Lumacad the win-
ner, 117-111, while Filipino judge
Ferdie Estrella scored it 117-112.
The Hong Kong promotion was
done differently with a sellout crowd
of 53 tables of 10 people with the
cheapest ticket at $200 up to $300.
Both ghters started cautiously,
with Lumacad landing the crisper
punches to take control of the ght.
An accidental clash of heads
resulted in Suminguit suffering a
cut above his eye. But Games and
Amusements Board boxing divi-
sion chief Dr Naaser Cruz took
look but ruled it was all right for
Suminguit to continue.
Ronnie Nathanielsz
Business
B1
Ray S. Eano, Editor
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 42.5930
Japan Yen 0.012352 0.5261
UK Pound 1.619600 68.9836
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128883 5.4895
Switzerland Franc 1.101928 46.9344
Canada Dollar 1.016673 43.3032
Singapore Dollar 0.806777 34.3631
Australia Dollar 1.016673 44.2203
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 112.9848
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266660 11.3578
Brunei Dollar 0.803536 34.2250
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000109 0.0046
Thailand Baht 0.032394 1.3798
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.5965
Euro Euro 1.323900 56.3889
Korea Won 0.000882 0.0376
China Yuan 0.158579 6.7544
India Rupee 0.019048 0.8113
Malaysia Ringgit 0.328450 13.9897
NewZealand Dollar 0.814598 34.6962
Taiwan Dollar 0.034200 1.4567
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, April 27, 2012
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing April 27, 2012
5,169.05
49.92
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
P42.370
CLOSE
Closing APRIL 27, 2012
VOLUME 676.750M
HIGH P42.360 LOW P42.500 AVERAGE P42.436
Manila
Standard
TODAY
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents 20,860,583
Trading and Investment Securities - net 17,877,095
Available for Sale Securities - Private 85,824,246
Investment in Bonds & Other Debt Instruments 126,596,437
Loans and Receivables - net 129,196,837
Equity Investments 850,019
Property and Equipment - net 18,576,219
Real and Other Properties Owned or Acquired - Net 183,817,082
Other Assets 328,061,390
TOTAL ASSETS 911,659,908
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Payable to Customers 138,246,677
Other Liabilities 37,140,824
TOTAL LIABILITIES 175,387,501
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Capital stock 443,574,500
Capital in excess of par value 131,387,229
Retained Earnings 172,944,705
Net unrealized gain(loss) on available-for-sale nancial assets (11,634,027)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 736,272,407
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY 911,659,908

AB CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLI DATED BALANCE SHEET
As of March 31, 2012
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
MAKATI CITY ) S.S.
WE, REGINA B. ALVAREZ and RICARDO E. ENRIQUEZ of the above-mentioned
corporation, do solemnly swear that all matters set forth in the above Statement of Condition
are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.
(Sgd.) REGINA B. ALVAREZ (Sgd.) RICARDO E. ENRIQUEZ
President Vice-President

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 19th day of APR 2012 at Makati City, affants
exhibiting respectively their Residence Certifcate Number 07060536 issued at Makati City
on February 29, 2012 and Residence Certifcate Number 00033847 issued at Paraaque
City on January 4, 2012.
(Sgd.) ATTY. GERVACIO B. ORTIZ JR.
Doc. No __399_ NOTARY PUBLIC FOR MAKATI CITY
Page No. __81_ UNTL DECEMBER 31, 2012
Book No. __XV ROLL OF ATTORNEY NO. 40091
Series of 2012 MCLE COMPLANCE NO. -0014282
BP NO. 656155-LFETME MEMBER
PTR NO. 3173160 JAN. 2, 2012 MAKAT CTY
AB Capital and Investment Corporation
Unit 1008, 10th Floor Tower One & Exchange Plaza,
Ayala Triangle, Ayala Avenue, Makati City
A S S E T S
Cash and Deposits in Banks ...................................................................... P 11,671,934
Due from Bangko Sentral ......................................................................................... 522,817
Trading Account Securities - Net . .............................................................................. 17,843,662
Receivables/Loans - Net ............................................................................................ 115,212,252
Available for Sale Securities - Private ..................................................................... 85,816,646
nvestments in Bonds and Other Debt nstruments - Net .......................................... 126,596,437
Equity nvestments - Net ................................................................................. 107,565,713
Real Property, Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment - Net ........................................ 5,710,387
Other Assets - Net
Real & Other Properties Owned/Acquired- Net ............................................ 183,817,082
Accounts Receivables - Net ............................................................................. 17,455,042
Deffered Income Tax ................................................................................... 24,559,216
Others ......................................................................................................... 8,986,893
TOTAL ASSETS ...................................................................................... P 705,758,081
L I A B I L I T I E S
Other Liabilities
Accrued nterest, Taxes and Other Expenses Payable .................................. 7,045,935
Others ............................................................................................................... 23,709,292
TOTAL LIABILITIES ............................................................. P 30,755,227

C A P I T A L A C C O U N T S
Capital Stock ............................................................................. 443,574,500
Additional Paid-in Capital .................................................................... 131,387,229
Retained Earnings ................................................................................................. 111,678,145
Net Unrealized Gain(Loss) on Available-for-Sale Financial Assets............... (11,637,020)
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS P 675,002,854
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS P 705,758,081
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS
Assets Held Under Trust and nvestment Management Agreements P 14,947,110,022

nvested n: Government Securities ..................................1,947,779,960
Other Securities, Debt Instrument
and Shares of Stocks ........................................ 12,886,661,052
Loans and Discounts ................................................... 3,787,190
Other Assets .............................................................. 108,881,820
Accountabilities:
Trust and Other Fiduciary ........................................ 1,588,219,726
Unit nvestment Trust Funds ...................................... 17,938,565
nvestment/Fund Management ............................... 12,978,026,348
Unearned Income and Other
Accountabilities .............................................................. 362,925,383
Other Contingent Accounts ......................................................... 226
Total Commitments And Contingent Accounts ................................................ P 14,947,110,248
Notes: a) Trading account securities include government securities
of P445,163.14; debt securities private entities (net) of P2,265,516.47.
Other Information:
1) Amount of non-performing loans 55,865,805.15
2) Ratio of non-performing loans to total loan portfolio 34.23%
3) Amount of classifed loans and other risk assets-net 474,994,696.69
4) General loan loss reserve 1,250,728.96
5) Specifc loan loss reserve 44,487,724.75
6) Return on Equity (ROE) -2.43%
7) Amount of DOSRI Loans/Advances 48,836.44
8) Ratio of DOSR loans/advances to total loan portfolio 0.03%
9) Amount of past due DOSR loans/advances 0.00%
10) Ratio of past due DOSR loans/advances to total loan portfolio 0.00%

STATEMENT OF CONDI TI ON
AS OF MARCH 31, 2012
MAKATI CITY ) S.S.
WE, REGINA B. ALVAREZ and RICARDO E. ENRIQUEZ of the above-mentioned corporation, do solemnly
swear that all matters set forth in the above Statement of Condition are true and correct to the best of our
knowledge and belief.

(Sgd.) REGINA B. ALVAREZ (Sgd.) RICARDO E. ENRIQUEZ
President Vice-President

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 19th day of APR 2012 at Makati City, affants exhibiting
respectively their Residence Certifcate Number 07060536 issued at Makati City on February 29, 2012 and
Residence Certifcate Number 00033847 issued at Paraaque City on January 4, 2012.

Doc. No. __400__
Page No. __81__
Book No. _XV__
Series of 2012

AB Capital and Investment Corporation
Unit 1008, 10th Floor Tower One & Exchange Plaza,
Ayala Triangle, Ayala Avenue, Makati City
(Sgd.) ATTY. GERVACIO B. ORTIZ JR.
NOTARY PUBLIC FOR MAKATI CITY
UNTL DECEMBER 31, 2012
ROLL OF ATTORNEY NO. 40091
MCLE COMPLANCE NO. -0014282
BP NO. 656155-LFETME MEMBER
PTR NO. 3173160 JAN. 2, 2012 MAKAT CTY

ASSETS
Cash P 8,665,832.00
Receivable 13,984,585.00
Marketable Securities - Net 33,433.00
Real Property, Furnitures, fxtures & Equipment - Net 12,865,832.00
Available For Sale Securities 7,600.00
Other Assets 271,795,211.00
TOTAL ASSETS P 307,352,493.00
L I A B I L I T I E S
Payable to Customers P 138,246,677.00
Payable to Clearing House -
Other Liabilities 9,997,863.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES P 148,244,540.00

C A P I T A L
Paid n/Assigned Capital 97,838,400.00
Equity (AFS) Market Decline - Net 2,993.00
Surplus, Reserves & Undivided Profts 61,266,560.00
TOTAL CAPITAL 159,107,953.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL P 307,352,493.00
STATEMENT OF CONDI TI ON
AS OF MARCH 31, 2012
AB Capital Securities, Inc.
MAKATI CITY ) S.S.
WE, LAMBERTO M. SANTOS, JR. AND ERICSON C. WEE of the above-
mentioned corporation, do solemnly swear that all matters set forth in the above
Statement of Condition are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and
belief.
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(Chairman and President) (FVP-Compliance)

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 18th day of April 2012 at Makati
City, affants exhibiting respectively their Community Tax Certifcate Number
017606296 at Manila City on January 09, 2012, and Community Tax Certifcate
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IN BRIEF
Quedancor asks govt for help
Regulators watch
SDA investments
BSP: Owners gave up on Exportbank
Manila hosts ADB meeting. The Philippines is rolling out the red
carpet this week for 4,000 delegates from different countries attending
the 45
th
Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Manila. Shown
is ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda during a media brieng at the ADB
headquarters in Ortigas, Pasig City last week. BLOOMBERG
By Othel V. Campos
STATE-RUN agricultural credit provider
Quedan and Rural Credit Guarantee Corp. said
over the weekend borrowers were refusing to
pay their loans, preventing the agency from
settling its P2.4-billion debt.
Rodolfo Paz, the newly appointed
ofcer-in-charge of Quedancor, said
the agency has yet to settle the debt
owed to 19 creditor-banks, including
three foreign lenders.
Paz said the national government
may have to consider the possibility of
helping Quedancor so it could continue
performing the mandate of improving
the ow of investments and credit
resources to the countryside.
Quedancor was established to
help create employment and develop
enterprises to generate more livelihood
and income opportunities in rural
areas.
Were looking at how we can pay
off the P2.4-billion [debt] owed to
creditor-banks. It appears that no
sovereign guarantee was secured for
it, said Paz.
He said the P2.4-billion obligation
consists of P1.4 billion in multi-series
bonds and P1 billion in corporate
notes.
Quedancor owes money to 19
creditor-banks, including Maybank,
GE Money Bank, and Bank of
China.
Paz said the corporation was having
difculty in paying off its debt, since
it could not collect the P6.9 billion
owed by various borrowers.
There are a total of 88,000 accounts
and were now assessing these accounts.
Im still evaluating options on how we
can collect loans, said Paz.
Quedancor issued multi-series
bonds in 2004 and corporate notes
issued in 2005. The joint issue
managers and lead arrangers for the
Quedancor multi-series bonds were
United Coconut Planters Bank and
First Metro Investment Corp., the
investment banking subsidiary of
Metrobank.
Land Bank of the Philippines was
appointed as trustee for the issue.
The bonds were issued in a series of
3, 4 and 5 years based on a 25-25-50
volume ratio.
The corporate notes, meanwhile, had
a 5-year tenor. UCPB and First Metro
were also the joint issue managers and
lead arrangers for the corporate notes
issue.
By Elaine R. Alanguilan
THE owners of Export and Industry
Bank have given up and willingly
turned over the operations of
the bank to the government-run
Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp.
Friday, according to an ofcial of
the Bangko Sentral.
A combination of bad luck,
wrong decisions and insufcient
liquidity to cover its debt obligations
reportedly led to the collapse of the
commercial bank, which had more
than 15,000 depositors with total
claims of P15 billion.
Bangko Sentral Deputy
Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. said,
however, preliminary investigation
showed no gross negligence on
the part of the bank owners who
declared a bank holiday Friday.
In any closure like this, we do
an automatic investigation. So
well look into all of that. But
so far, when they are still open,
we didnt see any indications
of gross negligence, which was
the reason why other banks got
closed. I dont think they were in
that situation, said Espenilla.
Exportbank had liquidity
problems, meaning it lacked cash
to cover its current obligation.
In fact, they turned over the
bank to us properly. They told us
properly that they give up basically
and then allow the Philippine
Deposit Insurance Corp. to come
in without too much trouble, said
Espenilla.
By Clarissa Batino
THE Bangko Sentral is closely watching the deposits to
its short-term accounts that pay more than longer-dated
government debt and is prepared to take measures to
prevent speculative activity, including carry trades.
Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco said
the banks two-week and one-month special deposit
accounts, or SDAs, offer yields that would likely be
attractive to offshore investors.
For this reason, the Monetary Board continues to be
vigilant that the SDA does not become the target of any
carry trade, he said.
The Philippines benchmark overnight borrowing rate
at 4 percent, while at a record low after two reductions
this year, is higher than Thailand and Malaysia, making
it attractive to investors looking for higher yields as the
US Federal Reserve pledged to keep borrowing costs
exceptionally low at least through late 2014. Second-
round ination may prompt the Philippines to adjust
monetary policy, Tetangco said Saturday.
Capital inows complicate monetary policy as central
bankers engage in a tight balancing act to spur growth
and contain ination, the governor said on April 27. While
inows are likely to continue, external developments can
change this trend. So we want to make sure our policy
toolkit remains appropriate, he said.
In a carry trade, an investor makes money by borrow-
ing in a country with low interest rates, converting the
money to a currency where interest rates are higher and
lending the amount at that higher rate. Bloomberg
Toyota raising local content
TOYOTA Motor Philippines Corp. has
assured the public that the local content of
its locally-manufactured vehicles will be
increased to 40 percent by 2016.
Company president Michinobu Sugata told
Manila Standard increasing the local content
from the current 20 to 25 percent would make
their vehicles competitive, with the expected
inux of imported vehicles from other East
Asian countries.
The separate free trade agreements adopted
by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
with South Korea and China provide that the
import tariff of completely-built units from
the two countries will be reduced this year
to 20 percent from the current 30 percent. It
will eventually be dropped to zero by 2016 for
Korea and 2018 for China.
Sugata said protecting their locally-assembled
Vios and Innova through increasing the use of
local content would be the best way to counter
the effects of the inux of imported vehicles
from the said countries. Julito G. Rada
Roomorama banks on PH
AN INTERNATIONAL booking system for
short-term accommodation expects to have at
least 1,000 properties in the Philippines using
the system by end of the year.
Jia En Teo, co-founder and chief operating
ofcer of Singapore-based Roomorama.com
said this would represent more than 200-
percent growth from the current 300 properties
using the system for reservation.
Roomorama offers a booking system
to private properties for rent such as
villas, houses, apartments, apartelles, and
condominium units.
Short-term rental accommodation is the
fastest growth segment of the accommodation
sector, Teo said in an interview in Makati
City. Our focus is on mid-range high-end
accommodation for families, groups and
professionals.
The Web site currently lists 50,000 properties
in more than 3,600 locations worldwide, and
is aiming to more than double the inventory
by the end of 2012, with over 20 percent of the
listings in the Asia-Pacic region.
Cherry Bacolod, a Filipino employee of
Roomorama.com, said a large number of
overseas Filipino workers linked with the
booking system to offer their condominium
units in Makati, Ortigas, Cebu and Davao for
short-term rent of up to three months.
Roderick T. dela Cruz
Business
ManilaStandardToday
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WEEKLY MOST TRADED
STOCKS VOLUME
Philodrill Corp. À 8,059,670,000
Oriental Pet. À 2,999,100,000
United Paragon 929,700,000
Megaworld Corp. 925,992,000
Manila Mining À 879,600,000
IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 818,350,000
Oriental Pet. `B 606,800,000
Greenergy 604,300,000
Abra Mining 436,000,000
Empire East Land 410,003,000
STOCKS VALUE
Philex À 2,179,600,425.00
GT Capital 2,124,839,628.00
Megaworld Corp. 1,993,750,000.00
Metrobank 1,915,022,940.00
PLDT Common 1,609,967,690.00
DMCI Holdings 1,165,150,810.00
Alliance Global Inc. 1,132,366,632.00
SM Investments Inc. 1,093,660,290.00
Ayala Corp À 989,780,652.00
Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 964,071,610.00
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WEEKLY STOCKS REVIEW
APRIL 23-27, 2012 APRIL 16-20, 2012
STOCKS CLOSE VOLUME VALUE CLOSE VOLUME VALUE
FINANCIAL
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 66.45 9,800,220 657,904,976.00 68.70 15,121,610 1,008,571,530.50
Bank of PI 72.50 3,864,320 289,044,233.00 75.50 4,582,880 344,951,010.50
Bankard, Inc. 0.78 2,354,000 1,826,730.00 0.78 2,913,000 2,307,540.00
China Bank 525.00 135,260 70,912,375.00 527.00 299,700 152,362,012.00
BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.75 943,000 1,676,560.00 1.75 1,364,000 2,361,930.00
COL Financial 23 5,327,800 123,265,260.00 23.4 984,300 22,836,990.00
Filipino Fund Inc. 11.40 62,000 709,330.00 13.98 111,100 1,459,188.00
First Abacus 0.80 595,000 475,440.00 0.80 372,000 299,400.00
First Metro Inv. 68.15 3,820 254,837.00 68.4 8,450 561,229.00
I-Remit Inc. 2.37 455,000 1,058,920.00 2.38 414,000 981,280.00
Manulife Fin. Corp. 525.00 150 78,970.00 525.00 1,330 708,520.00
Maybank ATR KE 25.55 1,264,400 31,264,780.00 22.85 458,000 10,159,345.00
Metrobank 92.00 21,030,150 1,915,022,940.00 90.50 24,997,560 2,265,073,253.50
Natl Reinsurance Corp. 2.17 2,232,000 4,874,940.00 2.21 10,821,000 24,453,110.00
Phil Bank of Comm 77.00 1,050 80,850.00 75.00 1,380 115,312.50
Phil. National Bank 75.00 4,299,130 317,309,425.00 74.70 4,840,970 364,882,496.50
Phil. Savings Bank 81.05 2,610 213,810.00 85.00 8,820 727,760.00
PSE Inc. 350 233,730 82,145,768.00 350 455,890 159,796,554.00
RCBC À 43.7 4,395,100.00 188,620,395.00 43.2 4,408,400.00 185,401,690.00
Security Bank 143 4,331,420 625,158,474.00 146.1 6,361,810 912,903,106.00
Sun Life Financial 1002.00 550 552,035.00 1025.00 1,685 1,704,380.00
Union Bank 105.50 2,020,630 210,789,307.00 103.60 1,207,850 121,917,228.00
Vantage Equities 1.88 1,124,000 2,104,490.00 1.85 1,115,000 2,064,010.00
INDUSTRIAL
Aboitiz Power Corp. 34.4 15,016,200 517,908,865.00 35.05 15,003,000 522,573,135.00
Agrinurture Inc. 12.1 1,549,200 18,973,312.00 11.76 722,000 8,436,194.00
Alaska Milk Corp. 23.65 22,104,500 519,250,165.00 23.35 2,201,300 51,431,295.00
Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.54 2,541,800 4,725,760.00 1.53 2,325,000 3,594,510.00
Alphaland Corp. 30 229,700 7,669,660.00 30 103,800 3,151,800.00
Alsons Cons. 1.41 20,086,000 27,984,370.00 1.38 6,562,000 9,048,700.00
Asiabest Group 48.5 163,600 7,873,880.00 48.1 651,900 30,756,450.00
Bogo Medellin 61.00 170 10,364.00 60.00 850 51,110.00
Bloomberry 12.00 16,446,200 216,459,936.00 15.00 13,589,000 188,737,986.00
C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.98 1,600 23,078.00 16.00 1,200 19,326.00
Calapan Venture 2.12 238,000 518,430.00 2.3 91,500 305,280.00
Chemphil 290 330 98,660.00
Conc. Aggr. À 67.00 1,150 80,050.00 65.00 690 46,620.00
Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.68 829,000 2,229,230.00 2.70 783,000 2,121,140.00
Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 8.2 233,400 1,893,723.00 8.2 463,800 3,380,215.00
Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.88 58,869,600 350,804,112.00 6.00 113,582,000 687,021,380.00
EEI 6.08 7,780,100 47,255,232.00 6.20 6,649,000 40,918,347.00
Euro-Med Lab. 1.86 214,000 424,700.00 2.23 911,000 2,112,040.00
Federal Chemicals 9.06 6,400 58,021.00 10.94 3,200 34,322.00
First Gen Corp. 13.98 8,655,400 120,902,554.00 13.98 19,003,200 266,032,036.00
First Holdings A 62.5 2,217,590 141,262,275.00 65.9 3,367,710 221,857,518.50
Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 23.45 144,200 3,374,695.00 23.45 121,100 2,837,585.00
Greenergy 0.0170 604,300,000 10,292,300.00 0.0180 687,200,000 12,324,000.00
Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.00 1,627,200 19,535,138.00 12.10 3,773,500 44,973,252.00
Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.8 161,000 774,260.00 4.9 514,000 2,454,040.00
Ionics Inc 1.580 1,573,000 2,512,470.00 1.670 1,187,000 2,011,670.00
Jollibee Foods Corp. 108.50 1,026,650 114,186,181.00 109.00 1,296,530 145,020,128.00
Liberty Flour 53.30 900 48,710.00 57.00 5,200 278,760.00
LMG Chemicals 3.2 592,000 1,903,680.00 3.15 655,900 2,365,080.00
Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.5 132,000 198,310.00 1.7 1,000 1,700.00
Manchester Intl. A 2.01 113,000 223,810.00 2 233,000 495,700.00
Manchester Intl. B 1.92 101,000 216,920.00 2.12 25,000 54,800.00
Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.8 13,280,800 327,666,180.00 24.65 8,639,600 211,207,620.00
Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 4.45 32,000 117,620.00 4.01 30,000 130,940.00
Megawide 15.46 2,467,000 37,499,194.00 15.04 8,515,900 124,511,330.00
Mla. Elect. Co À 257.00 844,090 218,011,912.00 260.00 1,016,390 265,271,022.00
Panasonic Mfg Phil. Corp. 5.40 17,400 99,405.00 6.50 2,800 16,935.00
Pancake House Inc. 10.86 500 5,430.00 9.5 400 3,800.00
Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.84 7,655,000 21,425,430.00 2.76 16,953,000 46,206,580.00
Petron Corporation 10.62 11,557,600 122,900,460.00 10.66 24,967,100 264,023,680.00
Phinma Corporation 12.10 15,900 187,490.00
Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 9.50 3,987,500 37,578,286.00 9.65 1,020,500 9,690,164.00
Republic Cement À 9.20 1,153,500 10,488,030.00 8.96 1,823,900 15,981,522.00
RFM Corporation 2.75 62,484,000 169,979,100.00 2.63 44,426,000 108,744,690.00
Roxas and Co. 2.85 2,000 5,700.00 2.5 120,000 216,410.00
Roxas Holdings 2.95 25,000 75,710.00 3.25 73,000 237,250.00
Salcon Power Corp. 3.9 61,000 221,400.00 3.5 68,000 255,430.00
San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.95 86,000 2,576,360.00 30.00 93,600 2,797,480.00
San Miguel Corp À 112.50 1,890,350 212,358,847.00 112.00 1,960,450 220,825,530.00
Seacem 1.76 19,747,000 35,084,230.00 1.79 14,402,000 25,527,530.00
Splash Corporation 1.94 935,000 1,774,140.00 1.9 2,070,000 3,958,170.00
Swift Foods, Inc. 0.139 19,830,000 2,703,880.00 0.139 6,660,000 944,150.00
Tanduay Holdings 3.82 1,219,000 4,657,330.00 3.87 202,000 786,660.00
TKC Steel Corp. 2.49 144,000 349,640.00 2.49 627,000 1,553,030.00
Trans-Asia Oil 1.25 24,314,000 30,676,870.00 1.24 11,415,000 13,986,460.00
Universal Robina 65.00 10,147,050 664,253,751.00 67.00 10,612,530 709,831,712.50
Vitarich Corp. 0.580 2,333,000 1,340,530.00 0.590 4,846,000 2,819,110.00
Vivant Corp. 12.30 10,200 123,240.00 12.50 86,300 1,029,318.00
Vulcan Indl. 1.04 28,206,000 30,766,780.00 1.00 3,429,000 3,390,500.00
HOLDING FIRMS
Abacus Cons. À 0.74 3,259,000 2,419,860.00 0.74 2,955,000 2,164,650.00
Aboitiz Equity 50.15 5,030,250 283,748,869.50 49.10 7,643,990 380,082,114.50
Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 96,000,000 1,536,600.00 0.0160 84,300,000 1,290,300.00
Alliance Global Inc. 12.28 90,675,800 1,132,366,632.00 12.34 136,953,200 1,692,857,236.00
Anglo Holdings A 2.10 1,325,000 2,798,570.00 2.06 806,000 1,659,550.00
Anscor À 4.90 3,661,000 16,946,180.00 4.55 4,096,000 18,493,820.00
Asia Amalgamated A 4.80 2,144,200 10,675,161.00 4.26 1,720,000 6,941,530.00
ATN Holdings A 1.83 374,000 655,430.00 2.03 143,000 270,810.00
ATN Holdings B 2.54 2,000 4,630.00
Ayala Corp À 428 2,323,430 989,780,652.00 416.2 3,063,090 1,306,665,180.00
DMCI Holdings 60.50 19,204,600 1,165,150,810.00 57.80 17,007,010 802,373,077.00
F&J Prince A 2.68 213,000 574,280.00 2.88 106,000 286,530.00
Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.92 10,445,100 51,717,525.00 4.61 2,570,000 11,816,490.00
Forum Pacic 0.280 30,000 8,100.00 0.260 900,000 234,550.00
GT Capital 502.5 4,244,350 2,124,839,628.00 492 33,691,550 16,563,398,790.00
House of Inv. 4.53 234,000 1,064,610.00 4.61 392,000 1,760,530.00
JG Summit Holdings 33.00 9,771,500 326,767,845.00 34.00 14,233,000 483,499,840.00
Jolliville Holdings 2.3 25,000 57,500.00
Keppel Holdings `B 4.59 1,000 4,590.00 4.1 16,000 70,530.00
Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.7 5,490,100 31,404,225.00 5.69 24,646,500 142,386,166.00
Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.26 57,877,000 73,122,340.00 1.21 93,528,000 110,598,980.00
Mabuhay Holdings À 0.620 1,005,000 603,200.00 0.660 1,734,000 1,081,330.00
Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 3.630 33,867,000 121,841,250.00 3.710 64,880,000 233,817,840.00
Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.39 219,090,000 964,071,610.00 4.33 198,631,000 852,426,030.00
Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.95 2,267,700 10,995,245.00 4.85 2,411,000 11,714,570.00
MJCI Investments Inc. 2 9,000 18,010.00 2 1,000 2,000.00
Pacica À 0.0580 33,440,000 1,955,390.00 0.0590 18,320,000 1,083,290.00
Prime Media Hldg 1.580 424,000 657,190.00 1.600 257,000 410,410.00
Prime Orion 0.500 3,079,000 1,559,960.00 0.520 3,952,000 2,072,950.00
Republic Glass A 2.26 95,000 201,680.00 2.02 119,000 248,960.00
Seafront À 1.48 81,000 121,200.00 1.47 50,000 73,950.00
Sinophil Corp. 0.360 4,070,000 1,443,300.00 0.350 5,230,000 1,831,500.00
SM Investments Inc. 698.00 1,576,770 1,093,660,290.00 680.50 1,397,530 943,769,480.00
Solid Group Inc. 1.29 1,216,000 1,567,230.00 1.28 2,720,000 3,396,410.00
South China Res. Inc. 1.30 890,000 1,158,110.00 1.26 60,000 75,700.00
Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2550 7,070,000 1,845,750.00 0.2650 16,690,000 4,537,850.00
Wellex Industries 0.3650 29,010,000 10,862,400.00 0.3800 36,750,000 14,216,450.00
Zeus Holdings 0.630 7,301,000 4,627,500.00 0.620 3,966,000 2,511,770.00
P R O P E R T Y
Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 35.00 800 27,430.00 36.50 6,300 212,410.00
A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.82 7,757,000 22,832,400.00 2.39 32,000 76,870.00
Araneta Prop À 0.690 1,750,000 1,217,390.00 0.690 2,275,000 1,533,030.00
Arthaland Corp. 0.187 4,260,000 811,120.00 0.186 1,410,000 262,820.00
Ayala Land `B 21.00 29,006,500 624,854,305.00 21.55 30,928,300 667,537,175.00
Belle Corp. À 4.72 53,561,900 263,698,553.00 5.04 49,240,000 246,574,760.00
Cebu Holdings 7.5 30,375,300 224,000,832.00 7.18 50,391,000 350,120,767.00
Cebu Prop. À 4.71 271,000 1,308,110.00 4.9 80,000 398,000.00
Cebu Prop. `B 4.95 10,000 49,500.00 4.9 40,000 196,000.00
Centennial City 1.69 24,843,000 41,827,080.00 1.68 33,805,800 65,359,470.00
City & Land Dev. 2.35 203,000 471,920.00 2.60 1,089,000 2,525,280.00
Cityland Dev. À 1.28 643,000 803,400.00 1.25 908,000 1,130,330.00
Crown Equities Inc. 0.084 4,120,000 338,160.00 0.086 14,330,000 1,173,760.00
Cyber Bay Corp. 0.90 1,169,000 1,042,550.00 0.88 3,279,001 5,005,140.00
Empire East Land 0.800 410,003,000 315,466,940.00 0.610 6,078,000 3,788,580.00
Eton Properties 3.50 325,000 1,146,580.00 3.50 172,000 601,280.00
Ever Gotesco 0.200 8,290,000 1,624,540.00 0.190 5,160,000 974,430.00
Global-Estate 1.93 10,115,000 19,283,200.00 1.89 20,907,000 39,377,240.00
Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.37 384,326,000 531,428,940.00 1.30 110,303,000 143,060,570.00
Highlands Prime 1.95 270,000 570,850.00 2.04 1,468,000 3,419,940.00
Interport À 1.28 7,255,000 9,501,350.00 1.44 10,392,000 15,519,830.00
Keppel Properties 1.84 37,000 67,700.00 1.84 22,000 41,570.00
Megaworld Corp. 2.15 925,992,000 1,993,750,000.00 2.05 673,409,000 1,357,269,200.00
MRC Allied Ind. 0.2100 20,430,000 4,382,590.00 0.2190 12,890,000 2,840,620.00
Phil. Estates Corp. 0.7400 139,860,000 107,262,610.00 0.7700 215,180,000 167,800,690.00
Phil. Realty À 0.530 1,947,000 1,048,440.00 0.530 439,000 232,900.00
Polar Property Holdings 3.48 721,000 2,493,270.00 3.49 1,052,000 3,630,850.00
Robinsons Land `B 17.02 12,032,200 209,117,064.00 18.50 24,248,700 434,928,216.00
Shang Properties Inc. 2.50 771,000 1,994,070.00 2.49 227,000 563,650.00
SM Development À 7.00 15,312,700 107,928,573.00 7.10 14,734,200 104,597,299.00
SM Prime Holdings 16.70 52,506,800 887,824,812.00 16.60 43,198,600 719,881,836.00
Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.76 4,380,000 3,367,430.00 0.75 4,584,000 3,506,950.00
Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.580 5,238,000 3,153,500.00 0.560 279,000 156,240.00
Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.380 39,452,000 171,819,550.00 4.200 35,364,000 148,318,540.00
S E R V I C E S
2GO Group 2.08 510,000 1,080,450.00 2.3 215,000 497,830.00
ABS-CBN 40 174,000 7,047,395.00 41.8 286,200 11,741,230.00
Acesite Hotel 10.96 380,700 4,215,326.00 11.66 428,100 4,655,988.00
APC Group, Inc. 0.700 5,760,000 3,917,150.00 0.680 1,753,000 1,186,020.00
Asian Terminals Inc. 9.05 112,100 976,906.00 8.8 121,300 1,065,595.00
Boulevard Holdings 0.1930 363,880,000 67,134,350.00 0.1720 91,530,000 15,887,840.00
Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 69.95 849,230 59,558,142.00 69.90 1,767,040 122,270,587.50
Centro Esc. Univ. 10.48 32,400 321,696.00 9.9 3,200 31,850.00
DFNN Inc. 7.25 820,600 5,906,730.00 7.11 954,000 6,734,578.00
Easy Call Common 4.00 541,000 2,246,030.00 3.72 208,000 731,860.00
FEUI 923 1,890 1,762,190.00 945 1,310 1,231,580.00
Globalports 22 20,000 604,920.00
Globe Telecom 1120.00 298,955 334,086,520.00 1103.00 215,075 248,392,785.00
GMA Network Inc. 10.18 13,695,300 137,320,303.00 9.50 5,706,900 53,288,550.00
I.C.T.S.I. 67.5 4,631,070 317,398,519.50 67.6 8,399,560 573,588,936.00
Information Capital Tech. 0.480 660,000 312,850.00 0.440 22,000 10,980.00
Imperial Res. À 8.55 1,500 13,140 8.70 13,500 120,490
IPeople Inc. À 6.6 122,400 795,962.00 6.49 251,300 1,434,422.00
IP Converge 3.01 1,271,000 3,921,080.00 3.05 413,000 1,272,670.00
IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.100 818,350,000 89,010,710.00 0.132 181,020,000 23,695,960.00
IPVG Corp. 1.2 6,364,000 7,634,490.00 1.21 7,320,000 8,926,410.00
Island Info 0.0570 8,670,000 503,230.00 0.0600 13,200,000 781,470.00
ISM Communications 3.1500 1,282,000 3,972,340.00 3.0500 2,650,000 8,008,480.00
JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.4 172,000 412,240.00 2.39 86,000 206,900.00
Leisure & Resorts 7.15 7,779,000 57,004,732.00 7.80 1,705,300 13,126,704.00
Liberty Telecom 2.82 380,000 1,055,840.00 2.85 527,000 1,454,620.00
Lorenzo Shipping 1.89 15,000 27,640.00 1.81 36,000 66,300.00
Macroasia Corp. 3.02 584,000 1,755,480.00 3.07 68,000 196,630.00
Manila Bulletin 0.72 460,000 330,680.00 0.71 742,000 495,290.00
Manila Jockey 1.49 1,309,000 1,996,740.00 1.55 663,000 1,018,690.00
Metro Pacic Tollways 7.60 800 5,682.00 5.60 200 1,110.00
Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 21.6 735,300 15,590,027.00 19.92 284,600 5,601,852.00
PAL Holdings Inc. 7.45 948,400 7,170,620 7.50 1,070,900 8,144,475
Paxys Inc. 2.8 10,866,000 31,469,810.00 2.9 12,890,000 36,750,990.00
Phil. Racing Club 9.2 1,200 11,040.00 9 40,000 360,000.00
Phil. Seven Corp. 44.00 1,125,800 49,426,700.00 42.00 59,700 2,513,450.00
Philweb.Com Inc. 17.62 5,695,100 99,190,940.00 17.18 6,650,600 112,599,000.00
PLDT Comm & Energy 4.09 70,000 291,120.00 4.20 42,000 178,700.00
PLDT Common 2584.00 626,585 1,609,967,690.00 2550.00 865,865 2,225,174,300.00
PremiereHorizon 0.365 55,840,000 20,993,450.00 0.37 17,920,000 6,465,050.00
Puregold 23.80 20,251,100 480,012,130.00 23.00 19,522,500 451,388,080.00
Touch Solutions 3.5 196,200 725,290.00 3.5 152,000 535,930.00
Transpacic Broadcast 2.85 329,000 947,740.00 2.94 67,000 185,650.00
Waterfront Phils. 0.550 4,481,000 2,381,800.00 0.530 5,039,000 2,617,240.00
MINING & OIL
Abra Mining 0.0056 436,000,000 2,382,800.00 0.0055 266,000,000 1,474,900.00
Apex À 5.08 2,137,900 10,805,532.00 5.31 1,390,900 7,161,807.00
Apex `B 5.20 628,000 3,181,760.00 5.25 631,100 3,261,645.00
Atlas Cons. À 19.30 13,459,800 259,211,716.00 19.16 17,616,700 335,961,330.00
Atok-Big Wedge À 34.60 595,400 22,857,995.00 25.80 84,800 2,149,985.00
Basic Energy Corp. 0.290 16,580,000 4,750,100.00 0.290 26,174,000 9,458,450.00
Benguet Corp À 26 243,800 6,316,480.00 25 58,200 1,455,700.00
Benguet Corp `B 25.9 48,900 1,238,570.00 26.5 32,400 834,505.00
Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.72 7,353,000 12,611,680.00 1.75 8,013,000 14,012,900.00
Dizon 57.20 5,880,280 320,088,351.00 49.70 6,721,800 321,809,046.50
Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.92 151,985,000 144,380,230.00 0.95 297,881,000 287,177,150.00
Lepanto À 1.440 148,904,000 215,487,220.00 1.410 95,412,000 134,902,490.00
Lepanto `B 1.560 75,715,000 118,059,660.00 1.520 20,817,000 31,499,270.00
Manila Mining À 0.0750 879,600,000 65,674,430.00 0.0730 435,750,000 32,271,050.00
Manila Mining `B 0.0760 223,270,000 16,820,900.00 0.0740 115,000,000 8,537,220.00
Nickelasia 35 5,341,800 183,899,115.00 32.3 3,349,500 106,355,850.00
Nihao Mineral Resources 12.38 30,902,100 387,734,478.00 12.36 35,568,600 440,908,820.00
Omico 0.7800 2,452,000 1,927,090.00 0.7800 53,000 42,770.00
Oriental Peninsula Res. 7.930 11,426,900 91,030,653.00 7.920 29,426,900 149,630,244.00
Oriental Pet. À 0.0230 2,999,100,000 70,936,500.00 0.0220 1,146,300,000 25,449,600.00
Oriental Pet. `B 0.0230 606,800,000 14,999,700.00 0.0230 425,900,000 9,704,200.00
Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.55 132,100 852,243.00 6.33 124,500 789,150.00
Philex À 25.00 90,358,400 2,179,600,425.00 20.90 22,584,200 471,436,055.00
PhilexPetroleum 28.5 32,370,700 817,298,516.00 12.4 3,233,500 38,230,036.00
Philodrill Corp. À 0.058 8,059,670,000 462,419,250.00 0.053 2,901,740,000 153,687,300.00
PNOC Expls `B 56.95 4,600 240,100.00 58 10,120 534,910.00
Semirara Corp. 246.80 1,347,160 330,571,772.00 244.40 1,497,120 365,674,962.00
United Paragon 0.0200 929,700,000 19,339,900.00 0.0200 245,900,000 5,088,200.00
PREFERRED
ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 41.8 122,200 5,056,285.00 44 111,230 4,853,941.00
Ayala Corp. Pref À 560 440 244,400.00 578 1,300 751,400.00
First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 105.5 44,500 4,716,500.00 105.3 20 2,133.00
GMA Holdings Inc. 10.2 45,414,200 449,004,448.00 9.4 88,232,300 796,793,646.00
PCOR-Preferred 115 16,280 1,883,770.00 115 20,090 2,309,550.00
SMC Preferred 1 76.2 38,140 2,898,746.00 76.5 32,590 2,501,051.00
SMPFC Preferred 1030 6,125 6,296,225.00 1027 6,090 6,258,520.00
Swift Pref 1.18 93,000 113,770.00 1.2 98,000 117,580.00
WARRANTS & BONDS
Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.23 27,801,000 32,198,590.00 1.02 7,853,001 10,913,650.00
Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 1.2 2,477,000 2,944,140.00 0.98 105,000 99,700.00
Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0990 17,390,000 1,721,610.00 0.0990 1,540,000 151,960.00
Stocks to take cue
from Q1 numbers
DR. EMILIANO T.
HUDTOHAN
GREEN LIGHT
THIS is the third and the last of a series on Agno
entrepreneurs. Team Karina Albert with Monica Go,
Isa Hernandez, Trisha Sy Tu, and Abby Yap and Team
Gerard Francis A. Khoo with Edsel S. Betita II, John
Loyd M. Fernandez, Koh Minseung and Fuzheng
Huang interviewed Noel Urbina, owner and operator
of Noels BBQ.
After Noels father retired, he was given the
opportunity to work in a renowned barbecue food
establishment on Roxas Boulevard. There, he was
exposed to a variety of assignmentskitchen helper,
assistant cook, master butcher, banquet waiter and driver.
In 2006, he became an entrepreneur to maximize his
labor with equivalent monetary return. His experience
in the food industry led him to a market niche at Agno.
Delicious advantage
According to Isabel Hernandez, If one were to
browse through student blogs and the like, one may
have seen students rave about Noel Urbina Barbecue.
Noels barbecue is very popular among De La Salle
students. His promo entitles DLSU Santugon and Tapat
members who buy P100 worth of food to one free
barbecue. Today, he claims that he increased price only
once since the day of his opening and it was only P2.
This explains why he has loyal customers. A student
commented Having a P7 barbecue, P8 rice, and P12
drink, what else could you ask for? It is very cheap.
In his sixth year, he is condent that a new barbecue
franchise in front of Br. Andrew Hall does not pose
a threat. He said, Hindi problema ang competition.
Lalo pa nga lumakas ang negosyo ko. Noon, 20
kilos lang; ngayon umabot na sa 30 kilos a day. He
attributes his competitive advantage to low pricing
and authentic, original Pinoy barbecue taste.
When asked about the opening of a supermarket-
residential building along Agno, he said, Walang
problema yan kasi ang presyo ko at ang lasa ng
barbecue nandyan na. The food industry is a growing
business that serves the growing student population like
that of DLSU. It seems like Noel has an inner compass
that helps him understand Porters ve forces and other
strategic management tools for sustainable business.
HanepBuhay
Noels BBQ has caught the attention of media and
GMAs Chris Tiu and Love Anover featured him on
television as food entrepreneur. Through Chris Tiu,
his place was repainted; now it looks very attractive.
As prime mover of the enterprise, he leads by
example. From 4 a.m.. to 10 p.m., he executes
the function of planning, leading, organizing and
controlling. Every morning, he goes to Paco wet
market to buy meat and ingredients. With P5,000 cash
out in the morning, he makes around a four-digit prot
at the end of the day.
He works hard for the money; this smoky BBQ
business is his hanapbuhay, which also provides
employment to his family and neighbors. He operates
with minimal motivation and supervision over ve
family members who are committed to the enterprise.
One of them is his wife who slices the meat, does the
marinating and puts them into bamboo skewers and four
other members are relatives who serve the customers.
The other ve are cooks and helpers who are paid on
a monthly basis. He treats them as family members
and on Sundays, he gathers them for a common meal.
They look upon him as a democratic leader who treats
them fairly and cares for their wellbeing.
Some suggested that Noel expand his popular
barbecue business. He said he is not keen on
branching out elsewhere. Instead, he wants to expand
his operation in Agno by adding a second story to his
current location. However, he is hesitant to pursue this
project because he does not own the land.
Food solution
Noel is a ne example of a successful entrepreneur
who manages his food business well. Thus far, his
barbecue business is sustainable. The food is there
and there are customers who come because they
have to eat. Even with dwindling resources, students
cannot forego a meal; it is a must. And so, Noel
provides them with a solution. Abby Yap afrms, If
I dont have [much] money, or if my friends and I are
broke, wed eat there. The best barbecue ever! Not to
mention, they are very hospitable to customers, which
adds more points to their advantage.
***
The De La Salle Center for Professional
Development for Business and Economics launched
the Pastoral Management Program for Parish Priests
on March 22-23, 2012 at RCBC Tower II, Makati City.
DLSU, in partnership with the CBCP, initially offered
the PMP4PP to develop leadership and management
competencies of diocesan priests by focusing on
parish management as a human enterprise. It was
attended by 34 Catholic priests from the Diocese of
Daet, the military chaplains, and priests from various
dioceses in Metro Manila. To name a few, CBCP
secretary-general Msgr. Joselito de Asis, Msgr. Nestor
Cervo of Manila Cathedral, Rev. Fr. Ogie Orpiada of
the Sacred Heart Makati parish and Rev. Fr. Joshue
Tumamak, AFP chaplain attended the seminar. Team
leader Dr. Jaime Cempron (Pastoral Framework),
Prof. Leo Ortiz (PLOC), Dr. Emil Hudtohan (Social
Development and Communication) Dr. Tess Ramiro
(Wellness and Conict Management), Dr. Sammy Yap
(Cannon Law and Finance), and Prof. Alben Bartolome
(Information Technology) were the resource speakers
and facilitators. Upon request, DLSU PMP4PP team is
available for diocesan engagement nationwide. Please
contact the Ofce of CPDBE Director Joy Rabo and
ask for Aileen Negrillo at telephone numbers 02 524
4611 local 316 and 02 753 4617. The program is being
offered on the occasion of the 100
th
year of De La Salle
presence in the Philippines, the 112
th
anniversary of
the sainthood and 296
th
death anniversary of St. John
Baptist de la Salle, Patron of Teachers.
Dr. Emiliano T. Hudtohan was resident of Agno
from 1982-2011. He teaches in the MBA program
of Management and Organization Department,
Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business of De
La Salle University, Manila; MA, MBA and PhD
management programs at De La Salle Araneta
University, Malabon; and MBA at Far Eastern
University, Makati. He is an associate professor of
PhD in social development at Philippine Womens
University, Manila; for comments address to
dr.eth2008@gmail.com.
EastWest
IPO attracts
investors
By Jenniffer B. Austria

STOCKS are expected to move
sideways this week, with an upward
bias on expectations of positive rst-
quarter corporate results.
Online brokerage rm
2TradeASia analyst Freya
May Natividad said the
market might take a breather,
as investors look for positive
news that could further
push the market to a higher
territory.
Ascents will continue
to be liquidity-driven and
sector-specic, with special
focus on dividend yields.
Some might opt for second-
and third-tier bets, as players
become accommodative
with their portfolio mix,
Natividad said.
Natividad said US Federal
Reserve chairman Ben
Bernankes solid remark to
support stimulus measures
may also keep sentiment
aoat in the coming sessions,
as revalidation continues
with economic numbers in
the US.
Investors, however, may
be concerned over fresh
worries in the debt-saddled
euro zone, which could also
dampen market sentiments.
Last week, the market
continued to surge, aided
by the US Feds support for
more stimulus measures and
positive rst-quarter reports.
The PSEi, the 30-company
benchmark index, hit a
new record of 5,247 points
Thursday, before shedding
49.9 points Friday due to
prot-taking.
Among the companies that
reported positive rst-quarter
results were Sy-led stocks,
namely BDO Unibank Inc.,
SM Investments Corp., SM
Prime Holdings Inc. and SM
Development Corp.
Gainers also included
Philex Mining Corp., which
rose 19.6 percent to close at
P25 and its oil exploration
rm Philex Petroleum Corp.,
which added P14.70 to close
at P28.50. Atok Big Wedge
Co. also jumped 34 percent
to P34.60.
All three stocks rose on
news that results of a seismic
study proved that Service
Contract 72, or commonly
known as Recto Bank, holds
vast natural gas reserves
that could surpass that of
Malampaya discovery.
THE initial public offering of East
West Banking Corp. has generated
strong demand from local and foreign
investors during the offer period.
We are quite happy with the results
of the offering, said Jonathan Gotianun,
chairman of East West Bank, which
is the banking unit of conglomerate
Filinvest Development Corp.
The offer period for the banks IPO
ended Thursday.
Sources said the international offer
of the banks IPO was oversubscribed
two times while the domestic offer
was oversubscribed nearly three times.
Most foreign investors were from
Singapore, Hong Kong and London.
EastWest Bank offered 245.32
million common shares, including
36.8 million in greenshoe option to
cover overallotments. The shares were
priced at P18.50 per share.
The IPO is the rst bank listing
in eight years. EastWest Bank said
it would use proceeds from the IPO
for branch and ATM expansion,
information technology infrastructure,
and other basic banking expenditures.
The bank, over the past three years,
has grown its net income by an average
of 65 percent. It said from P620 million
in 2009, net income rose to P1.18
billion in 2010 and P1.73 billion in
2011. Jenniffer B. Austria
Department of Public Works and Highways
Laguna 1
st
District Engineering Offce
Santa Cruz, Laguna
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Apr. 30, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Laguna 1
st
District Engineering
Offce, Santa Cruz, Laguna, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to bid for the following contracts:
1. a. Contract ID: 12DH0034
b. Contract Name: Reconstruction of Siniloan Bridge along Paete-Pakil
Poblacion Road
c. Contract Location: Siniloan, Laguna
d. Scope of Work: A. Bridge Proper: Reconstruction of 16.00 l. m. Reinforced
Concrete Deck Girder, Double Lane-7.32 m. clear
Roadway, 2-0.760 m. sidewalk and 0.35 m. concrete
railings on 0.80 m. dia. Bored Pile Foundation.
Abutment Protection: Reinforced
Concrete Revetment on Steel Sheet Pile Foundation
B. Bridge Approaches (ncluding drainage structures and
other related activities
a. National Road (Length Approach 1=52.00 m.;
Width=6.70 m.; Approach 2= 42.00 m.; Width= 6.10
m.)
b. Local Road ( Valderama St.= 80.00 m.; Width=
4.00 m.; Gen. Luna St.,= 40.00 m.; Width=4:00
m.; Ramp to plaza =20.00 m.; Width= 6.00 m.)
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)/Cost
of Bidding documents: Php29,400,000.00)/P20,000.00
f. Duration: 110 c. d.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance
with the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO) 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 ten (10) years, and (d)
Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
for at least equal to 10% of the ABC. The BAC will use non-Discretionary pass/fail
criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LO s from Prospective Bidders From: April 30-May 15, 2012
2. ssuance of Bidding Documents to registered From: April 30-May 22, 2012
Contractors
3. Pre Bid Conference May 10, 2012, 10:00 a. m.
4. Receipts of Bids Deadline: May 22, 2012
until 2:00 p. m.
5. Opening of Bids May 22, 2012, after 2:00 p. m.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline set for the receipt of LOs.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's applications, with
complete requirements, for registration and to be issued the Contractor's Certifcate
of Registration (CRC).
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the
Bidding Documents (BD's) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC
Chairman, DPWH-Laguna 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Sta. Cruz, Laguna. 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 bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post qualifcation.
Prospective bidders may download the Registration form from the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bid Documents at DPWH-
Laguna 1
st
District Engineering Offce, BAC Secretariat Offce, Sta. Cruz, Laguna
upon payment of a non-refundable fee (refer to the above schedule of fee/project) for
bidding documents. Bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of bids. All bids must be accompanied
by a bid security in any acceptable forms in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the
Revised RR.
nterested contractors are also required to present the originals of their PCAB License
and Contractor's Registration Certifcate to the BAC for authentication.
The DPWH-Laguna 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Sta. Cruz, Laguna 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 Bidder or Bidders.

(Sgd.) THEODORO S. LLANTOS
Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Telefax. No. (049) 810-4090 loc. 7033
NOTED:

(Sgd.) MANUEL Y. ALEJO, JR.
District Engineer
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Diliman, Quezon City
INVITATION TO BID FOR
LEASE OF OFFICE SPACE TO HOUSE THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS (BAS)
ITB NO. 014-12
1. The Deparment of Agriculture - Ofhce of the Secretary, through the GAA
2012 intends to apply the sum of PESOS: Eleven Million Eight Hundred
Ninety Thousand (P 11,890,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the the
Contract (ABC) as payment for the contract for LEASE OF OFFICE SPACE
TO HOUSE THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (BAS).
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid
opening.
2. The Deparment of Agriculture - Ofhce of the Secretary now invites bidders for
the LEASE OF OFFICE SPACE TO HOUSE THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS. Delivery of the Goods is required by June 2012. Bidders should
have completed, within two (2) years (CY 2010) 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
. nstructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
a non-discretionary "pass/fail criterion as specifed in the mplementing Rules
and Regulations (RR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the
"Government Procurement Reform Act.
4. Intereseted bidders may obtain further information from the DA-BAC
Secretariat, Department of Agriculture - Ofhce of the Secretary and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during 9:00 AM
4:00 PM, Monday to Friday, before the opening of bids, scheduled on 21
May 2012 at 9:30 a.m.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders on 02 May-18 May 2012 from the address below and upon payment
of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of PESOS:
Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred (P 11, 800.00)
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 non-refundable fee
for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
5. The Deparment of Agriculture - Ofhce of the Secretary will hold a Pre-Bid
Conference on 07 May 2012, 9:00 a.m. at the DA-ITCAF Conference Room,
which shall be open to all intereseted parties.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. on 21
May 2012. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the
acceptable forms and in the amount stated in TB Clause 18.
Bid opening shall be on 21 May 2012, 9:30 a.m. at the DA-ITCAF Conference
Room. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders' represetatives who
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
7. The Deparment of Agriculture - Ofhce of the Secretary reserves the right
to accept or reject any bid, to annul the 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.
8. For further information, please refer to:
Attention: Bids and Awards Committee Secretariat
2
nd
Floor, ITCAF Building
Department of Agriculture
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel./Fax No. 927-7152
(Sgd.) ASSISTANT SECRETARY ALLAN Q. UMALI
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
(MST-Apr. 30, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLC WORKS AND HGHWAYS
NEGROS OCCDENTAL 2ND DSTRCT ENGNEERNG OFFCE
Binalbagan, Negros Occidental
Tel. No. (034) 3888-487
Email Add: dpwhbinalbagan@yahoo.com
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Apr. 30, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Negros Occidental 2nd District
Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to
apply to bid for the following contract(s):
A) Contract D : 12GL0012
Contract Name : REHABILITATION/IMPROVEMENT OF HINIGARAN-
ISABELA ROAD K0053+(-605) TO K0053+375
Contract Location : HNGARAN, NEGROS OCCDENTAL
Scope of Works : Asphalt Overlay of 5,978 Sq.m. Resurfacing Unpaved
Shoulder at Both Sides and Provision of Lane Markings
and Billboards.
Cost of Bid Document : P 10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Pesos only)
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P9,900,000.00
Contract Duration : Fifty Two (52) Calendar Days

B) Contract D : 12GL0013
Contract Name : REHABILITATION/IMPROVEMENT OF ISABELA-
LIBAS NEGROS OCCIDENTAL ROAD K0074+(-277)
TO K0074+465
Contract Location : SABELA, NEGROS OCCDENTAL
Scope of Works : Asphalt Overlay of 6,135 Sq.m. Resurfacing Unpaved
Shoulder at Both Sides and Provision of Lane Markings
and Billboards.
Cost of Bid Document : P 10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Pesos only)
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P 9,900,000.00
Contract Duration : Twenty Seven (27) Calendar Days
The BAC will be conducting through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised mplementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO)/Expression
of nterest(NR003) upon presentation of their Contractor's Registration Certifcate(CRC) in
person or thru their authorized representative as refected in their CRC with their valid Ds
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, 5th Floor, DPWH Building, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area,
Manila before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only
process contractor's applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue
the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded
at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:

1. Receipt of LO from Prospective Bidders April 27 May 17, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
2. ssuance of Bidding Documents April 27 May 22, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
3. Pre-bid Conference May 10, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids May 22, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids May 22, 2012 until 10:15 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at BAC Offce, DPWH,
Negros Occidental 2nd District Engineering Offce, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee of Bid Documents per project. Prospective bidders may
also download the BDs from the DPWH website and shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bid documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the
amount and acceptance form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
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 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, 2
nd
Neg. Occ. Engineering District, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental
reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process any
time before Contract Award, without incurring liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE G. DIO
Engineer - III
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) RANDOLFO A. MELOSANTOS
OIC - District Engineer
(MST-Apr. 23, 30 & May 7, 2012)
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
National Capital Judicial Region
BRANCH XIV, MANILA
In Re: Petition for Cancellation
and/or Correction
of Entries in the
Certifcate of Live Birth
of Noli F. Gallinera
NOLI F. GALLENERA,
Petitioner,
- versus -
LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
MANILA
Respondents.
Special Proc No. 11-126843
For: Correction of Entries
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O R D E R
A verifed petition was fled
before this Court by Noli Furaque
Gallenera for the correction of
entries in his Certifcate of Live
Birth.
It was alleged in the Petition
that petitioner discovered that his
frst and last name as registered
in the copy of his birth certifcate
from the National Statistics
Offce (NSO) had erasures and
alterations. Petitioner's frst name
and last name in Item No. 3 were
erroneously entered as "Glicerio"
instead of "Noli" and "Gallinera"
instead of "Gallenera". Petitioner's
father's name in item No. 7 was
erroneously entered as "Glicerio
Gacelo Gallinera" instead of
"Glecerio Gacelo Gallenera".
Further, petitioner prayed that the
erroneous entry as to the date and
place of petitioner's parents in tem
No. 24 as "2 May 1920 in Bulusan,
Sorsogon" be deleted. In order to
refect the true and correct entries,
petitioner prayed that the said
erroneous entries in his Certifcate
of Birth be corrected.
WHEREFORE, fnding the
Petition to be suffcient in form
and substance, let the same be
set for hearing on May 16, 2012 at
10:00 o'clock in the morning before
this Court sitting at the 2
nd
Floor,
Old NAWASA Bldg., A. Villegas
(formerly Arroceros) St., Ermita,
Manila.
Let a copy of this order be
published once a week for three (3)
consecutive weeks at the expense
of the petitioner in a newspaper of
general circulation in Metro Manila
to which the same may be raffed
to. Any person having or claiming
any interest under the entries
whose correction are sought may,
within ffteen (15) days from notice
of the petition, or fromthe last date
of publication of such notice, fle
his/her opposition thereto.
Further, petitioner is hereby
directed to furnish the Offce of the
Solicitor General with a copy of
the Petition with its annexes and
of this Order, within fve (5) days
from receipt hereof, and to show
compliance with the same.
SOORDERED.
Manila, Philippines, December
21, 2011.
(Sgd.) B. ALBERT J. TENORIO, JR.
Judge
For
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r es ul t s ,
pl eas e
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659-48-30
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303
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659-4803
Business
ManilaStandardToday business@manilastandardtoday.com extrastory2000@gmail.com APRIL 30, 2012 MONDAY
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Maibarara to expand geothermal power plant
Miner cleared of violations
Duavit denies television is a sunset business
Best retail bank. The Asian Banker has named BDO Unibank Inc. as the best retail bank in the
Philippines in the recently held Excellence in Retail Financial Services International Awards 2012 in
Singapore. Shown are (from left) Philippe Paillart, chairman of Excellence in Retail Financial Services
Program; Jaime Yu, head of BDOs branch banking group; and Emmanuel Daniel, president and chief
executive of The Asian Banker.
By Lailany P. Gomez
GMA Network president
and chief operating officer
Gilberto Duavit Jr. said the
television industry remains a
viable business, despite the
contraction in advertising
revenues last year.
Duavit said that despite the
insinuations broadcast was a
sunset industry, the cutbacks
in ad spend by some major
advertisers last year were
triggered by the economic crises
in both the US and Europe.
If ours were a sunset
business , then the question
is why certain amounts
attributed to the value of our
company are such, and why
TV5 is spending billions
building its infrastructure,
pirating talents, and taking
losses just to gain a foothold,
Duavit said.
He said that as early as
February this year, 85 percent
of GMAs total ad revenue
target for the year had
been secured by advertiser
commitments.
Duavit also said it was untrue
that adopting high-denition
television requires massive
capital input.
By Othel V. Campos
A MONITORING team
convened by the Environment
Department has cleared a
local miner in Tubay, Agusan
del Norte of allegations that it
caused serious environmental
degradation in the province.
San Roque Metals Inc.,
one of the four large-scale
mining firms in Caraga
region accused of alleged
violations of environmental
and health hazard laws, also
said it just got caught up in
local political intramurals in
the province.
The Tubay government
earlier passed a resolution
seeking to stop San Roque
Metals operations, citing
issues such as taxation,
road closure, environmental
degradations, militarization
and problems of relocation of
affected villagers.
We found no major
violations [by SRMI] in our
three-day monitoring of the
mining rm, said Reynaldo
Gonzales, head of the multi-
partite monitoring team under
the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau of the Environment
Department.
The team recently inspected
the San Roque Metals tenement
site in Barangay La Fraternidad,
Tubay to investigate the
claims by Tubay Mayor
Sadeeka Garcia-Tomaneng
and Vice Mayor Fidel Garcia
(Tomanengs father) of serious
environmental violations.
Contrary to what local
politicians are saying, we
found no major environmental
violation committed by
SRMI. But their operation
is not perfect and there are
minor violations and they
can be corrected. So we
advised them to correct it,
said Gonzales, adding that
the company, in general, had
complied with the mining and
environmental guidelines set
by the monitoring committee.
The monitoring body, in
a rst-quarter report based
on the annual environmental
protection and enhancement
program, noted that contrary to
allegations by local politicians,
there was no heavy siltation
in the coastal area where the
company is operating.
The coastal water around
the causeway was observed to
be clear while no trace of silt
was noted at its beach sand
line, said the team in a report.
The team also noted that San
Roque Metals, which operates
in a coastal area, has done its
part to protect the coast from
siltation by fortifying the Tubay
causeway with rock boulders
and a drainage canal adjacent
to it.
The monitoring body also
noted that the mining rm had
installed settling ponds to
prevent silt and mined minerals
from owing to the Butuan
Bay.
Alvin Giolagon, who was
sent by Interior and Local
Government Secretary Jesse
Robredo to observe the
inspection on April 16 to 18,
conrmed the ndings of the
multi-party environmental
group.
So far, I have not seen any
violations of SRMI contrary
to what its detractors say,
Giolagon said.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
MAIBARARA Geothermal Inc. will
drill two more geothermal wells next
year to expand the capacity of the
20-megawatt Maibarara geothermal
power project in Sto. Tomas, Batangas,
a government official said over the
weekend.
Energy Undersecretary Jay
Layug told reporters while
the capacity of the Maibarara
geothermal eld was estimated
at only 20 MW, the drilling
could show potentially higher
geothermal steam in the area.
They are set to drill two more
wells and we will see how much
more they can produce. Normally
the cost for geothermal is between
$4 million and $5 million. So the
two wells would cost $10 million.
The commitment is to drill two
wells next year to determine
additional capacity, Layug said.
Maibarara Geothermal held
groundbreaking ceremonies on
Friday with project completion
targeted by next year.
It is the rst project under the
Renewable Energy Act that we
provided or granted declaration of
commerciality. Its 20 MW. Its
hopeful that it can start producing by
2013 and provide more electricity
through renewable energy to the
Luzon grid, Layug said.
The declaration of
commerciality meant that after
a two-year feasibility study,
the company discovered the
resources were available and
commercially feasible. It also
indicated that the government
allowed the company to proceed
to build the power plant.
Layug said this was the rst
geothermal power plant to be
built since Energy Development
Corp.s last project in 2006.
Whats key here is its the
rst geothermal project operated
by a Philippine private company
that makes it more signicant.
Because [EDC] used to belong to
the government now, privatized,
he said.
Provinces
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Grain dryers rushed
for year-end harvest
Manila
Standard
TODAY
IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINTAPPLICATION
FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE POWER
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (PPSA)
ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN SORSOGON
I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. (SORECO I)
AND GNPOWER MARIVELES COAL PLANT
LTD. CO. (GMCP), WITH PRAYER FOR A
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY
SORSOGON I ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
(SORECO I) AND GNPOWER MARIVELES COAL
PLANT LTD. CO. (GMCP),
Applicants.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that on March 16, 2012, the Sorsogon I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SORECO I) and
GNPOWER Mariveles Coal Plant Ltd. Co. (GMCP) fled a joint application for the approval of their Power Purchase
and Sale Agreement (PPSA), with prayer for a provisional authority.

In the said application, SORECO I and GMCP alleged, among others, that:
1. GMCP owns and will operate a 2 x 300 MW clean pulverized coal-fred electric power generation facility
currently under construction near Mariveles, Bataan, for the purpose of supplying its customers with
environmentally clean electric power commencing in late 2012;
2. n view of the anticipated insuffcient supply of power in 2012 as projected by the Department of Energy
(DOE) and the expiration of the Transition Supply Contract (TSC) that was entered into by SORECO ,
it sent out request for proposals to supply its energy requirements to potential suppliers from May 2011
to June 2011;
3. After careful evaluation of the proposals from three (3) suppliers, SORECO 's management found the
proposal of GMCP acceptable and awarded the PPSA to GMCP. The copy of the sworn statement
detailing the selection process of SORECO is included in the instant application;
4. As a result, SORECO entered into a PPSA with GMCP on November 11, 2011, whereby the latter
agreed to provide the power requirements of SORECO commencing in early 2013;
5. They submitted several documents in support of the instant application and in compliance with the
pre-fling requirements of the Commission pursuant to Section 2, Rule 20 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure and Resolution No. 38, Series of 2006;
6. Under the said PPSA, GMCP's Purchased Power Rate (Contract Price) is the price in US Dollars (as
adjusted in accordance with Schedule 1 of the PPSA) to be paid by SORECO for the purchase of the
electric capacity. The said Contract Price comprised of relevant Capacity Fee and Energy Fee that may
be paid in Philippine Peso (PhP);
7. The Capacity Fee is the component of the Contract Price allocated to pay for the cost, as well as
the operations and maintenance of the power plant and may be adjusted from time to time based on
SORECO 's Capacity Factor;
8. The Energy Fee is the component of the Contract Price allocated to pay for the coal, including government
charges, and may be adjusted from time to time due to changes in the delivered price of Coal;
9. Shown below is the calculation of the GMCP Contract Price in a particular billing period:
Capacity Factor = Capacity Fee + Energy Fee
9. The rate determination of the subject PPSA to SORECO 's consumers is as follows:
In order to determine the impact of the PPSA, SORECO 's 2013 load profle was simulated as shown
below:
SORECO Is
SUPPLIERS Energy (kWh)
1
Generation Rate
(PhP/kWh)
4/5
Weighted Average Rate
(PhP/kWh)
GMCP
2
3,570,448 4.7859
Supplier 2
3
174,095 5.3780 4.8134
TOTAL 3,744,543 -
Notes:
1. Analyses and simulations are based on the monthly average of SORECO 's projected monthly
average hourly demand data; 2013 growth was simulated using the data from SORECO 's Distribution
Development Plan (DDP).
2. Projected SORECO 's quantity that will be supplied by GMCP. GMCP rate is based on the following:
a. Capacity Fee of the resulting Capacity Factor;
b. Energy Fee based on the 2011 average coal prices;
c. Foreign Exchange (FOREX) at PhP43.3117:$1 (January 2011 December 2011 Average FOREX
from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP);
d. Prompt Payment Discount (PPD) for 15 years not included; and
d. Generation cost only and without Value Added Tax (VAT) not included.
3. mbalance or uncontracted quantity that can be sourced out from other suppliers such as Wholesale
Electricity Spot Market (WESM); Supplier 2 rate is based on monthly average of June 26, 2006 to
December 25, 2011 WESM LWAP.
.
Allegations in Support of Their Prayer for the Immediate Issuance of a Provisional Authority
10. The operation by GMCP of the proposed 2 x 300 MW clean pulverized coal-fred electric power
generation facility to be located near Mariveles, Bataan is a concrete step in averting a power crisis
that could hit the Luzon Grid by 2012. n fact, as stated in a published news article, the DOE has
urged distribution utilities, large industrial and commercial users to help in facilitating investments in new
capacity "by frming up and indicating their energy requirements and by signing up for bilateral contracts
with power providers to provide stable market.
11. Relative thereto, in the latest presentation of the DOE during its 6th Energy nvestment Forum held
on January 17, 2012, DOE Secretrary Jose Rene D. Almendras, pronounced a 4.7% annual average
growth rate in electricity demand in Luzon;
12. With the estimate used in the said presentation and given the present capacity and committed projects,
power supply will become critical in Luzon in the coming years. Luzon Grid needs a total additional
capacity of 10,450 MW onwards to 2030. GMCP is one of the frst committed major projects since 2001
that can support the additional capacity needed by Luzon;
13. As shown in the Market Operations Update by the WESM held on February 15, 2011, "numerous price
spikes occurred, particularly during the frst half of the year, due to the increased demand and tight
supply condition in 2010.
14. GMCP as it is frst in the market has achieved its fnancial closing and is now in an advanced stage of
construction of its power plant;
15. The project is bound by milestones, and any delay or barrier will hinder GMCP's commencement of
commercial operations and supply to SORECO by early 2013;
16. t is, therefore, in this context that they pray for the immediate issuance of a provisional authority in order
to address the expected power short-fall this year;
17. The early grant of a provisional authority is as important, if not more important that the fnal approval
of the PPSA itself, considering the timeliness involved before the start of the project's commercial
operations. t will not help the power demand-supply situation in Luzon if this proposed project suffers
any delay beyond early 2013. At this point, the immediate issuance of a provisional authority would be
critical both to the project proponent and to the distribution utilities, which have signed similar individual
PPSA's considering the supply risk and market price expected in the event that GMCP fails to complete
the regulatory requirements under its fnancing arrangements and the subject PPSA;
18. The instant application is in line with the frst (1st) and ffth (5th) WHEREAS clauses of the DOE Circular
No. 2003-12-22, which state:
"WHEREAS, Section of the Republic Act No. 9136, also known as the Electric Power ndustry Reform Act of
2001 or EPIRA, declared as a policy of the State, among others, [t]o ensure the quality, reliability, security
and affordability of the supply of electric power, (frst WHEREAS, DOE Circular No. 2003-12-11)
"WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 23 of EPRA, all distribution utilities, as designed in the law, shall have
the obligation to supply electricity in the least cost manner to its captive market subject to the collection
of retail rate duly approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission. (5th WHEREAS, ibid.)
19. Moreover, Section 1 of the said DOE Circular categorically mentions the avowed policy of the State that:
"All distribution utilities must henceforth take cognizance and assume full responsibility of forecast,
assure and contract for the supply of electric power in their respective franchise areas to meet their
obligations as a distribution utility.
20. By way of emphasis, the Commission's Resolution No. 21, Series of 2005 dated October 19, 2005 had
directed all DUs "to ensure future bilateral power supply contract with power producers to be subjected
to a review by the Commission;
21. Public welfare, the Luzon-wide consumers in particular, necessity and interest demand the immediate
approval of the instant application as this will help meet the forecasted capacity shortage in the Luzon
Grid by early 2013; and
22. They pray that the PPSA be provisionally approved and that after due notice and hearing, the same be
made permanent for being advantageous to the consumers of SORECO and it will ensure the quality,
reliability and security of supply of electricity within the franchise area of SORECO .
The Commission has set the instant application for jurisdictional hearing, expository presentation, pre-trial
conference and evidentiary hearing on May 10, 2012 (Thursday), at two oclock in the afternoon (2:00 P.M.) at the
SORECO I's Main Ofce, Irosin, Sorsogon.
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding may become a party by fling, at least fve
(5) days prior to the initial hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERC's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a verifed
petition with the Commission giving the docket number and title of the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioner's name and
address; (2) the nature of petitioner's interest in the subject matter of the proceeding, and the way and manner in which
such interest is affected by the issues involved in the proceeding; and (3) a statement of the relief desired.
All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission with respect to the subject matter of the
proceeding may fle their opposition to the application or comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before the
applicants conclude the presentation of their evidence. No particular form of opposition or comment is required, but
the document, letter or writing should contain the name and address of such person and a concise statement of the
opposition or comment and the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may request the applicants, prior to the date
of the initial hearing, that they be furnished with a copy of the application. The applicants are hereby directed to
furnish all those making such request with copies of the application and its attachments, subject to reimbursement of
reasonable photocopying costs. Likewise, any such person may examine the application and other pertinent records
fled with the Commission during the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT, and the Honorable Commissioners,
MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTAEDA, JOSE C. REYES, ALFREDO J. NON and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-TARUC,
Energy Regulatory Commission, this 16
th
day of April, 2012 at Pasig City.
Executive Director
(MST-APRL 24 & 30, 2012)
Thunderbird resort
expands up north
Aegis Happy World wins gold for top service
By Dexter A. See
SAN FERNANDO
CITYThunderbird
Resort Inc. embarks
on a P563-million
expansion for its
casino and hotel
business inside the
Poro Point Freeport
Zone to spur tourism
in Northern Luzon.
Sean Thompson, chief gaming
ofcer, said the P348 million casino
upgrade along with the P215-million
improvement of the hotel and villas
will be completed within the year.
The growth opportunities in
Poro Point and San Fernando City
are enumerable considering that
we strategically located at the
heart of Northern Luzon, he told
Manila Standard, adding that
over 1,000 local residents will be
hired.
We are happy that our guests our
satised, thus, they frequently book
for another visit.
The present 2,000-square meter
casino oor space will add another
thousand along with a 3-storey, 51-
room structure for increased foreign
and domestic tourist arrivals.
Thompson said Thunderbird
Resorts has bankrolled at least P1.24
billion on infrastructure plus a 9-hole
golf course besides earmarking P490
million for VIP accommodations of
gaming clients.
He said the gaming rm was
condent in teaming up with an
airport handling international ights
and a seaport for container shipments
to support the north quadrant for
regional development covering the
Ilocos and Cordilleras.
We will continue to strengthen
our partnership with the national
government agencies and the local
governments by infusing added
investments in the Freeport zone
that could immensely trigger growth
benecial to our host and neighboring
communities, Tohmpson said.
Thunderbird started operations
in Binangonan, Rizal, followed
by Poro Point to gain a foothold
in the Southeast Asian market. In
its disclosure, the international
property developer has operations
in Panama, Peru, Nicaragua,
Guatemala, Costa Rica, Poland and
India.
TAGUM CITYAegis, a leading outsourcing services
provider, and its Happy World campaign won a gold
trophy from the 2012 Rotaract District Conference for
the Most Outstanding Community Service Project.
The event gathered Rotaract clubs all over the country
last April 14 in Davao del Norte and cited Aegis for the
Handful of Hope outreach program in Visayas and
Mindanao. The award was presented to Josh Eballe,
LeadCommunications of Aegis.
Christine Pereira, vice president for Happy World
Initiative, underscored the power of single support as a
core value.
At Happy World, our aim is to work with the POSS-
ible, she said. The POSS-ible begins with believing!
Happy World motivates each employee to make a single
contribution towards the community and environment.
Happy World enables our employees to be socially and
environmentally responsible.
Geophet Mayhew, president of Rotaract Club of Cebu
South, commended the sopcial partnership.
This joint project from the Rotaract Club of Cebu
South and Aegis is a testament of the commitment to
serve the community, he said. I am looking forward to
more projects with the company.
Handful of Hope, a team-up of AegisCebu and the
Rotaract Club of Cebu South, beneted 450 children
and their families in a barangay in Carcar town through
donations and feeding activities. Aegisites and Rotaract
Club members visited two grade schools in Barangay
Napo, namely Kayam and Kalangyaon Elementary
Schools to distribute 900 kilos of rice, 50 pairs of
slippers, a television set for e-Learning, 200 reference
books for the school libraries and food for the students.
Councilor Elvin Aninon expressed gratitude for the
assistance.
I am so happy to see that we still have organizations
like Aegis and Rotaract Club of Cebu South working
together to help our fellowmen in need, she said.
Thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors that made
this activity successful.
The 900 kilos of rice from Handful of Hope consisted
of 16 sacks of rice donated by the different accounts of
AegisCebu.
Rotaract, a Rotary-sponsored service club for young
men and women, is part of a global advocacy on peace
and international understanding. Redge Jimenez-Lopez
By Gigi Muoz-David

AGRICULTURE Secretary Proceso Alacala directed regional
directors to hasten the completion of post-harvest installations by
year-end in time for the third palay harvesting season.
All the facilities should be ready for use by December why our
farmers have harvested their cops and need to be sun-dried, he said
in his order.
Alacala said drying areas for unmilled rice should be made
available to support the campaign to achieve rice sufciency and
food security next year.
The post harvest facility is simply a cemented area like a concrete
road or a paved basketball court which can be used by farmers to
dry palay for a day or two before milling it into rice grains, he said,
noting the need to reduce if not eliminate wastage.
Alcala said the National Irrigation Administration was taking part
in his post-harvest measure.
Administrator Antonio Nangel said he was extending the use of
some irrigation canals to accomodate increased yields.
For remote places with few highways or farm-to-market roads,
farmers will be given tarpaulins to be spread in elds to dry their
grains, he said.
TARLAC CITYGovernor Victor Yap
was named recently Northern Luzon
winner in the search for The Outstanding
Philippine Organic Agriculturist in the
Local Government Unit category.
Yap was cited for his support and promotion
of organic agriculture in the province.
TOPOA, a private organization partnering
with the Department of Agriculture and
the National Organic Agriculture Board,
leads the campaign to recognize and
give merit to individuals and groups that
excel in natural farming practices toward
attaining the administrations goal of food
sufenciency and security under Executive
Order 481 mandating Promotion and
Development of Organic Agriculture along
with the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010.
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Chato of Bohol [Visayas] and Governor Alex
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By Dinna Chan Vasquez
APRIL 30, 2012
By Joba Botana
OF ALL diseases, cancer
scares me most because our
family has a history. My ma-
ternal grandmothers sister
died of cancer, an aunt on
the same side had cervical
cancer and a cousin who is
only in her early 30s is un-
dergoing chemotherapy for
cervical cancer. It doesnt
come as a comfort that Im
physically active and dont
have any vices because Ive
known some athletes who
had cancer simply because it
is in their genes. These days,
it pays to be vigilant and be-
come better acquainted with
your own body.
It is everyones wisheven
those who live a relatively
healthy lifestyleto have
a better, safer and more ef-
fective treatment for cancer,
even those that are in later
stage. And thats exactly what
Makati Medical Center deliv-
ers with its introduction of a
cutting-edge radiation treat-
ment known as TomoTherapy.
TomoTherapy is a new radia-
tion therapy offered exclu-
sively at MakatiMed, which
employs intensity modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT). it is
currently known as the most
superior treatment technique
for delivering the desired dose
to the tumor while limiting
healthy tissue-exposure.
Unlike chemotherapy and
other cancer treatments, To-
motTherapy is more advanced,
more effective with less side
effects, depending on the part
[of the body] being treated,
MakatiMed introduces cutting-edge cancer treatment
Tomotherapy is a
superior technique
for delivering desired
dose to the tumor
while limiting
healthy tissue-
exposure.
The Tomotherapy machine WHEN we were young, wearing makeup
was frowned upon. These days, it's different.
Makeup is considered an essential for wom-
en on the verge of adulthood.
To help girls in college get started on the
right track, Colour Collection recently orga-
nized the Colour Collection University Bus
Tour where hundreds of female college stu-
dents availed of free makeovers and beauty
chat with guest experts.
The Colour Collection University Tour Bus
kicked-off at the University of the Philippines
in Diliman, where the plush, mobile beauty
salon stopped over at the College of Arts and
Sciences/College of Arts and Letters, where
more than 1,500 students hopped on the bus
to experience the makeover treatment and got
a free 15ml Gluta Whitening BB Cream for
their purchase of any lip color.
Likewise, students from St. Paul Univer-
sity, Manila and Adamson University went
gaga over the Colour Collection tour bus
where experts explained the importance of
using makeup with skin-caring properties,
such as Colour Collections vitamin-in-
fused product range, including the Colour
Intense Lipstick. The girls also had a blast
trying on the brands innovative makeup
products like Triple Effect Waterproof
Mascara, Gluta Whitening BB Cream, and
the Makeup Artist Edition line.
Collegialas also had a chance to chat with
the experts about beauty and style know hows
during an intimate beauty gathering. Co-
lour Collections chief makeup artist Bianca
Valerio, Meg magazines beauty editor Ning
Hilario, and well-known beauty blogger Liz
Lanuzo talked about makeup and being con-
dent during their Beauty Chats held at UP, St.
Paul, Adamson and La Salle respectively.
The brand picked three pretty girls in
each of the universities as part of the Co-
lour Collection Best 12, to open for online
voting via the events exclusive microsite,
www.colourcollectiontour.com. The win-
ner gets to meet Bea Alonzo in person, a
makeover treat from Bianca Valerio and an
exclusive full page feature in Meg!
The university makeover tour bus caps off
over 18 successful years of Colour Collection in
empowering Filipinas with its dazzling makeup
lines that capture every woman's beauty.
To see exclusive details about the event, log
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HANES Intimates is the newest bra collection
ready to solve womens underwear woes. Designed
with specic purposes in mind, the innovative line
provides women with their own perfect bra which
ts their lifestyle. Hanes Intimates' ve different
collections are: Concealing Petals, All-Over
Comfort Bra with ComfortSoft Straps, Invis-
ible Look, Lightly-Lined Push Up Bra and
the Microber Sportsbra.
The concealing petals collection
The Petal Concealers give a smooth, awless
nish under your tted tops and lightweight
fabrics. This collection comes in either in clas-
sic nude or black, and has three types: Beauti-
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Bra, Beautiful Comfort with Concealing Pet-
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Comfy Strapless Bra.
All-over comfort bra
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Denitely for those who prioritize com-
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Invisible look collection
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soft, luxurious fabric (85 percent nylon, 15 percent Spandex). It evens out unwanted bulges
and supports the breasts to avoid spillage. The Quick Change straps offers easy adjustability
to criss-cross styling. The Invisible Look collection comes in: Underwire Bra, Fuller Coverage
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The lightly-lined push-up bra collection
Molded, contour, underwire cups that shape and support the breasts with all-over, semi-rm,
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features a low plunge center front with plain center gore to accommodate lower necklines. The
cup linings are in a contrast color for a fun touch and the seamless sides provide a smooth look
under clothes. The Lightly-Lined Push-Up Bra comes in nude and black colors.
Microber sports bra collection
A super sleek stretch knit design minimizes breast movement and sweating. Its fabric
technology keeps the body dry by wicking moisture from the skin, and a breathable mesh-
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By Ed Biado
IT was a good day for Philip-
pine fashionworld renowned
TV star and retired super-
model Tyra Banks posted a
picture of herself online with
the caption, dress by Rajo
Laurel. Turns out, it was for
an episode of Americas Next
Top Model.
I m m e d i -
ately, every-
one offered
congratulatory
messages and
words of sup-
port and almost every local
fashion and pop culture media
outlet talked about it. Most of
us know the 39-year-old Rajo
as a judge on Project Runway
Philippines and as a high-pro-
le designer to the stars who
is, himself, a celebrity. What
many people dont know is
that hes one of the very few
Filipino fashion designers
who are able to turn their pas-
sion into a successful business
empire. And that hes actually
no stranger to being featured
internationally.
Rajo was trained in the New
York Fashion Institute of Tech-
nology and the London-based
Central Saint Martins College
of Art and Design. He has since
conceived Rajo Laurel Enter-
prises and the House of Laurel,
with sub-labels Rajo, RajoMan,
Nine and Rajito. Laurel et Ross,
Rajos third venture, designs
and manufactures uniforms for
hotels and other corporate cli-
ents in the Philippines, China,
Taiwan, Malaysia, Kuwait and
the United Arab Emirates. Be-
cause hes obviously a smart
businessman, Rajo was named
Small Business Entrepreneur
of the Year from Earnst &
Young in 2007.
Along the way, hes won
coveted fashion awards and
recognitions such as the Air
France Designer of the Year
Award (1994), third place in
the Smirnoff Fashion Design
Awards (1995) and The Loops
Editors Choice Award for Fa-
vorite Designer (1998). The
designer also presented collec-
tions at Kuala Lumpur Fashion
Week in 2004 and 2005 and
Bali Fashion Week in 2007. In
2010, followers of Philippine
fashion raised their glasses
when Rajo made the Febru-
ary 9 cover of Womens Wear
Daily, a publication thats glob-
ally accepted as the fashion
bible. The cover image showed
a cobweb dress from his Fall
collection that year.
Now, theres that Tyra thing,
which is really exciting, even
for mere fashion observers like
us. So whats next for Rajo?
Ask him yourself by tweeting
@rajolaurel.
Going
international
WHY settle for ordinary ev-
eryday wear when you can
inject glamour into your en-
sembles with the right fashion
choices? For local retail brand
R.A.F., this must be every
womans style mantrato don
impactful pieces that can be
mixed and matched for outts
that can go seamlessly from
day to night. Whether busy
executive or woman of leisure,
one can look her effortless best
with such versatile wardrobe
essentials.
This season, R.A.F. invites
every woman be a fashion
standout, creating understat-
ed yet luxurious day-to-night
offerings with its Spring/
Summer 2012 collection.
Possessing subtle hints of
luxe and glam, the well-
edited fashion-forward an-
thology combines the in-
uences of R.A.F.s style
musesmulti-awarded
actress Tilda Swin-
tons androgynous
elegance, design
icon Mary Kate
Olsens effortlessly
chic looks, and movie
star Maggie Qs dark,
seductive, and irty
stylefor an overall
collection that dedi-
cates itself to strong,
condent women
who know what they
want, what they look
good in and how to
make every piece
work for them.
The lineup fea-
tures shift and lace dresses,
sequined kimonos, and pleat-
ed skirts in understated col-
ors such as wine, blue green,
deep blue, gray, nude, navy
and black. Color blocking
and pattern-on-pattern trends
infuse easy glam into the col-
lection, resulting in a note-
worthy series of chic yet ver-
satile pieces that seamlessly
go from day to night.
With its Spring/Summer
2012 offering, R.A.F success-
fully takes luxe and gives it
a rack-relevant and wearable
spin, allowing women to ex-
ude everyday glamour with
style and ease.
Visit R.A.F. at SM Mega-
mall, Eastwood, Trinoma, SM
Mall of Asia, and Shangri-La
Plaza mall.
ZACHERY Enterprises is discover-
ing new beauty products for Asian
skin. Cleoplus Soap is the health
and beauty soap with placenta, kojic
acid, glutathione and almond milk
a powerful combination that prom-
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The all-in-one place also has anti-
oxidants. It inhibits melanin forma-
tion with its triple-action effect and
helps prevent the development of
freckles and age spots. Also avail-
able the rst feminine wash in a bar,
Cleoplus Virginity Soap has anti-
bacterial and anti-icrobial agent.
Celoplus Soap is now available for
dealership in selected Chinese drug-
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Chinese Divisoria Area, New World
Chinese drug Store, Central Chinese,
Kim Sheng, Ronquillo. Call 343-
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regarding product information.
Understated luxe from R.A.F.
GLOWING, healthy skin and a
toned body is the envy of many.
Fortunately, achieving radiant
skin and a sculpted physique
need not be so difcult. The key
is to seek proper guidance and
expert care from qualied pro-
fessionalsqualities that you
will nd at the MEDICard Skin
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The demand for skin and body
treatments continues to grow, es-
pecially with the stress brought
about by work and pollution. At
MEDICard, we understand the
needs of todays people who want
nothing less than professional and
high-quality skin and body care,
says MEDICard president Dr.
Nicky Montoya.
The MEDICard Skin and
Body Laser and Aesthetic Care
Center offers a one-stop solu-
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Regular intake helps the body
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The combined goodness and
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Called the Father of all Foods,
Alfalfa is a good source of pro-
tein that promotes alkalinity. It is
one of natures powerful antioxi-
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cleanses the blood, helps combat
inammatory diseases, assists in
digestive disorders and can lower
cholesterol levels.
Barley Grass is rich in live
enzymes including Superoxide
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toxins and destructive free radi-
cals. Continued intake provides
energy and helps to restore the
bodys acid-alkaline balance.
Gluten-free Wheatgrass is
rich in live enzymes including
SOD and other antioxidants. It
provides a far greater amount of
amino acids and vitamins than
other plant sources. Further-
more, it stimulates the immune
system and assists in cleansing
the blood of impurities.
PMFTC Inc.s photo entitled
'Working Together' won the
Disaster Risk Management
category during the American
Chamber Foundation Philip-
pines, Inc (AmCham) Foun-
dations 4th Corporate Social
Responsibility Photo Exhibit
shares Kathleen Baldivia, MD,
Radiation Oncology section head
at MakatiMed.
TomoTherapy combines plan-
ning, patient positioning and
treatment delivery into one
system. it is the latest form of
image-guided radiation therapy
using an integrated computed
tomography (CT) system com-
bined with advanced software
to identify and locate the tumor
site before each radiation treat-
ment, she adds.
This cutting-edge treatment
was rst introduced for clinical
use at the University of Wiscon-
sin, USA, in 2003 following the
heels of radiation threatment
methods attempting to target tu-
mors found in specic areas of
the a patients body. TomoTher-
apy, however, reduces, if not all
together avoids radiation dose
to otherwise healthy tissues sur-
rounding the tumors. That way,
the patients recovery is faster
compared with the convention-
al radiation treatment methods
wherein hand-cut blocks are used
to shield normal body parts from
the wide radiation beams.
According to Baldivia, con-
ventional radiation treatments
make use of a 3D conformal
radiation, a device in the head
of the machine called multi-leaf
collimator (MLC) that allows
delivery of a radiation eld
adapting closely to the shape
and size of a tumor.
But even with MLCs, radia-
tion dose still leaks to normal tis-
sues around the tumor. With To-
moTherapy, it doesnt, she says.
TomoTherapy resembles a CT
scan machine. It boasts of a 3D
image-guided capablity to deter-
mine the precise location and a
size of a tumor in a patients body.
It emits radiation dose in a 360-
degree fashion around the patient
allowing the doctors to adjust the
intensity of the radiation beam in
each of the beamlets.
With the radiation beam fur-
ther subdivided into beamlets,
doctors can give varying doses
across one treatment area, ex-
plains Baldivia. That way, you
have the highest dose for the tu-
mor and the lowest dose to sur-
rounding normal organs.
Chemotherapy may be top of
mind when it comes to cancer
treatments, but with TomoTher-
apy system, paitients will app-
reicate more the importance and
efcacy of radiation. For some
cancers, TomoTherapy is the
main treatment--not surgery or
chemotherapy, which is given in
many advanced cases. And since
it is also used to relived symp-
toms, it improves the patients
quality of life, she ends.
Revealing a new you
NORAdela Rosa Skin Clinic recently opened a
branch at Freedom Plaza, Ground Floor, # 3 Liberty
Center, 312 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong
City. Nora dela Rosa offers services such as Skin
Rejuvenation, Face Lifting, Cellulite Removal,
Firming and Radio Frequency. With Dela Rosa
during the opening are Charrise Marie Abalos,
daughter of Mandaluyong Mayor Benhur Abalos
and Judge Lucy Isnani of Makati.
New Nora dela Rosa branch
Rejuvenation with
wholefood supplement
tion to skin and body care needs.
It provides a wide range of ser-
vices including
Diamond Peel, Pixel (Laser
Skin Resurfacing), Revitale
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lift and Thermosculp (Radio
Frequency), Infusion Mesother-
apy, Revisage Max (Laser 360),
Epilage (Laser Hair Removal),
Beam (Skin Tightening and
Lifting) and Leg Veins Removal
to help you enjoy great-looking
skin and that svelte body.
With MEDICards Skin and
Center, having glowing skin and a
sculpted body to match is a de-
nite possibility.
The MEDICard Skin and Body
Laser and Aesthetic Care Center
is located at 51 Paseo de Roxas
cor. Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati
City and is open from Mondays
through Fridays 7 a.m. till 6 p.m.
and on Saturdays from 8 a.m.
through 5 p.m. For more details,
please call 816-6588 or 816-6988.
Powerful all-in-one soap
Fragrance will help you to become
what you're not, says Frenchman Ar-
naud Mar olleau, international fra-
grance expert of Prestige Brands.
Fragrance is part of our daily life.
When you wear perfume, you leave a
trace of who you are everywhere you
go. In some cases, your scent wafts
into the room before you even walk
in, shares Marolleau.
Creed Fleurissimo was commis-
sioned for American actress Gr ace
Kelly's wedding day by her then in-
tended Prince Rainier vof Monaco.
The scent was composed to comple-
ment the bride's bouquet. Fleurissimo
is a sumptuous oral fragrance whose
notes include bergamot, tuberose,
Bulgarian Rose, violet, Florentine iris
and ambergris.
Jimmy Choo, the fragrance, is for
the sophisticated and stylish woman
with a taste for luxury. With its green
top note, heart note of tiger orchid,
and base note of toffee and sensual
Indonesian patchouli, this is a scent
comprising equal measures of female
empowerment and elegance, one that
evokes glamour, condence, desire
and rened sexuality, all encased in a
precious faceted bottle inspired by the
WHEN you are buying a bottle of perfume, youre
actually buying a dream.
and the rened presence of musk.
It's clean. It's fresh, says Marol-
leau of Versace Yellow Diamond.
Marolleau says each bottle of fra-
grance has about 150 ingredients or
even more. Bond No. 9 fragrances
usually have more than 300 ingredi-
ents.
"To create a scent, one would spend
about 1 million to 3 million euro. This
is why perfume is very expensive.
You are paying for part of that cost,"
he explains.
Marolleau reveals that some mem-
bers of royalty from the Middle East
ask perfumers to create scents spe-
cially for them.
Consider the amount of work that
into one bottle and you will under-
stand why perfume is so expensive,
he says.
Perfume is composed of about 70
percent alcohol, some water and pure
perfume oils. Ingredients can range
from ambergris (a solid, waxy, am-
mable substance of a dull gray or
blackish color produced in the diges-
tive system of and regurgitated or
secreted by sperm whales) to Tonka
bean, which is a seed from a South
American tree.
Ingredients that go into perfume are
natural and synthetic. Which is more
expensive? Marolleau says it depends.
Musk, a substance with a penetrat-
ing persistent odor obtained from a
sac beneath the abdominal skin of the
male musk deer and used as a perfume
xative, is very expensive and dif-
cult to obtain. Thus, manufacturers
have found synthetic substitues for it.
Lavender is not expensive because it
is abundant. Jasmine sambac or sam-
paguita is also very expensive, says
Marolleau.
Fragrance is really a matter of
choice and chemistry because what
smells good on someone else may not
work for you.
You literally smell people before you
see them so you have to choose a scent
that's right for you, says Marolleau.
opulence of Murano glass.
This is probably a fragrance that
you can wear to work or meetings,
says Marolleau.
Versace Yellow Diamond is more of
a summer fragrance. This opens with
notes of bright citron, a fresh pear
sorbet, sparkling bergamot, and an
accent of neroli. As its heart emerges,
the rare elegance of orange blossom
shines through the light of freesia and
mimosa with the natural transparency
of nymphea. The lingering base notes
add a fascinating sense of sensuality
with ambery woods, the sunny and
vibrant character of palo santo wood,
QQQ passion
Jimmy Choo EDP
Nina Fantasy
THIS year Lacoste has decided to
hoist the flags and make its emblem-
atic crocodile the standard bearer of
16 nations. Three polo shirts team
up for this capsule collection.
For athletes, big and small, the
Croco Flag polo shirt, a classic
white cotton pique, has Lacoste's
signature little green mascot swap-
ping his scaly shirt for the colors of
a country.
Graphic and colorful, the Flag
Polo Shirt sports a revisited version
of one of the 16 selected nations
flags. This shirt caters to the most
dedicated of supporters, those un-
afraid to flaunt their true colors.
As the outsider, this limited edi-
tion is presented in an engraved
Plexiglas transparent display case.
The 16 selected countries col-
orful pennants are highlighted by
the shirts black and white printed
patchwork of world flags.
Accessories are also on the starting
block as two bags round off this win-
ning series, such as a small pique PVC
tote bag with an all-over ag print will
reach out to the more feminine sup-
porters, and an airline bag with the
be-agged crocodile is set to appeal to
the sportier temperament.
In the Philippines, Lacoste is ex-
clusively distributed by Stores Spe-
cialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located
at Greenbelt 3, Rustans Makati,
Rustans Tower, The Power Plant
Mall, Megamall, The Podium, Mall
of Asia, Gateway, Trinoma, East-
wood Mall, Newport Mall, Robin-
sons Galleria, Robinsons Place Ma-
nila, Alabang Town Center - Corte
de las Palmas, Ayala Center Cebu,
SM Davao, and Abreeza Davao.
Lacoste says choose your team
at the Activity Center of Glo-
rietta 5 on April 16. The photo
portrays the companys imme-
diate response and outstand-
ing employee volunteerism in
packing relief goods for the
victims of Tropical Storm Sen-
dong in 2011. PMFTC presi-
dent Chr is Nelson received the
highest award for the company.
This years theme 'Business
for Better Life!' aims to draw
public awareness on the works
of American companies in the
Philippines. Posing beside the
winning photograph are Nelson
(middle), AmCham executive
director Demetr io Salipsip J r.
(left) and member of the Board
of Trustees Roger Lim (right).
Winning image
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ManilaStandardToday
beauty
memo
beauty
memo
APRIL 30, 2012
By Joba Botana
OF ALL diseases, cancer
scares me most because our
family has a history. My ma-
ternal grandmothers sister
died of cancer, an aunt on
the same side had cervical
cancer and a cousin who is
only in her early 30s is un-
dergoing chemotherapy for
cervical cancer. It doesnt
come as a comfort that Im
physically active and dont
have any vices because Ive
known some athletes who
had cancer simply because it
is in their genes. These days,
it pays to be vigilant and be-
come better acquainted with
your own body.
It is everyones wisheven
those who live a relatively
healthy lifestyleto have
a better, safer and more ef-
fective treatment for cancer,
even those that are in later
stage. And thats exactly what
Makati Medical Center deliv-
ers with its introduction of a
cutting-edge radiation treat-
ment known as TomoTherapy.
TomoTherapy is a new radia-
tion therapy offered exclu-
sively at MakatiMed, which
employs intensity modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT). it is
currently known as the most
superior treatment technique
for delivering the desired dose
to the tumor while limiting
healthy tissue-exposure.
Unlike chemotherapy and
other cancer treatments, To-
motTherapy is more advanced,
more effective with less side
effects, depending on the part
[of the body] being treated,
MakatiMed introduces cutting-edge cancer treatment
Tomotherapy is a
superior technique
for delivering desired
dose to the tumor
while limiting
healthy tissue-
exposure.
The Tomotherapy machine WHEN we were young, wearing makeup
was frowned upon. These days, it's different.
Makeup is considered an essential for wom-
en on the verge of adulthood.
To help girls in college get started on the
right track, Colour Collection recently orga-
nized the Colour Collection University Bus
Tour where hundreds of female college stu-
dents availed of free makeovers and beauty
chat with guest experts.
The Colour Collection University Tour Bus
kicked-off at the University of the Philippines
in Diliman, where the plush, mobile beauty
salon stopped over at the College of Arts and
Sciences/College of Arts and Letters, where
more than 1,500 students hopped on the bus
to experience the makeover treatment and got
a free 15ml Gluta Whitening BB Cream for
their purchase of any lip color.
Likewise, students from St. Paul Univer-
sity, Manila and Adamson University went
gaga over the Colour Collection tour bus
where experts explained the importance of
using makeup with skin-caring properties,
such as Colour Collections vitamin-in-
fused product range, including the Colour
Intense Lipstick. The girls also had a blast
trying on the brands innovative makeup
products like Triple Effect Waterproof
Mascara, Gluta Whitening BB Cream, and
the Makeup Artist Edition line.
Collegialas also had a chance to chat with
the experts about beauty and style know hows
during an intimate beauty gathering. Co-
lour Collections chief makeup artist Bianca
Valerio, Meg magazines beauty editor Ning
Hilario, and well-known beauty blogger Liz
Lanuzo talked about makeup and being con-
dent during their Beauty Chats held at UP, St.
Paul, Adamson and La Salle respectively.
The brand picked three pretty girls in
each of the universities as part of the Co-
lour Collection Best 12, to open for online
voting via the events exclusive microsite,
www.colourcollectiontour.com. The win-
ner gets to meet Bea Alonzo in person, a
makeover treat from Bianca Valerio and an
exclusive full page feature in Meg!
The university makeover tour bus caps off
over 18 successful years of Colour Collection in
empowering Filipinas with its dazzling makeup
lines that capture every woman's beauty.
To see exclusive details about the event, log
on to www.colourcollectiontour.com or like
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Empowering
young women
through beauty
makeovers
HANES Intimates is the newest bra collection
ready to solve womens underwear woes. Designed
with specic purposes in mind, the innovative line
provides women with their own perfect bra which
ts their lifestyle. Hanes Intimates' ve different
collections are: Concealing Petals, All-Over
Comfort Bra with ComfortSoft Straps, Invis-
ible Look, Lightly-Lined Push Up Bra and
the Microber Sportsbra.
The concealing petals collection
The Petal Concealers give a smooth, awless
nish under your tted tops and lightweight
fabrics. This collection comes in either in clas-
sic nude or black, and has three types: Beauti-
ful Comfort with Concealing Petals Wire-Free
Bra, Beautiful Comfort with Concealing Pet-
als Underwire Bra and Concealing Petals
Comfy Strapless Bra.
All-over comfort bra
with ComfortSoft straps collection
Denitely for those who prioritize com-
fort, the silky microber material offers the best comfortable t. The ComfortSoft straps add
rm yet gentle support and prevents straps from digging in. and assures: no slipping, no poking,
no itching. This collection comes in two types: All-Over Comfort Wire-Free Bra and All-Over
Comfort Underwire Bra. The collection comes in classic nude and black colors.
Invisible look collection
The at straps and continuous clean sides give that invisible line-free look and it is made of
soft, luxurious fabric (85 percent nylon, 15 percent Spandex). It evens out unwanted bulges
and supports the breasts to avoid spillage. The Quick Change straps offers easy adjustability
to criss-cross styling. The Invisible Look collection comes in: Underwire Bra, Fuller Coverage
Underwire Bra and Fuller Wire-Free Bra. In dainty Soft Taupe and Party Pink colors.
The lightly-lined push-up bra collection
Molded, contour, underwire cups that shape and support the breasts with all-over, semi-rm,
light foam padding allows subtle cleavage enhancement, making it the perfect t-shirt bra. The
seamless, semi-rigid contour cups enable modesty while underwires provide support. This also
features a low plunge center front with plain center gore to accommodate lower necklines. The
cup linings are in a contrast color for a fun touch and the seamless sides provide a smooth look
under clothes. The Lightly-Lined Push-Up Bra comes in nude and black colors.
Microber sports bra collection
A super sleek stretch knit design minimizes breast movement and sweating. Its fabric
technology keeps the body dry by wicking moisture from the skin, and a breathable mesh-
covered keyhole allows ventilation. The covered elastic bottom band supports and com-
forts. Physical activities are now worry-free!
Comfortably condent
with Hanes Intimates
By Ed Biado
IT was a good day for Philip-
pine fashionworld renowned
TV star and retired super-
model Tyra Banks posted a
picture of herself online with
the caption, dress by Rajo
Laurel. Turns out, it was for
an episode of Americas Next
Top Model.
I m m e d i -
ately, every-
one offered
congratulatory
messages and
words of sup-
port and almost every local
fashion and pop culture media
outlet talked about it. Most of
us know the 39-year-old Rajo
as a judge on Project Runway
Philippines and as a high-pro-
le designer to the stars who
is, himself, a celebrity. What
many people dont know is
that hes one of the very few
Filipino fashion designers
who are able to turn their pas-
sion into a successful business
empire. And that hes actually
no stranger to being featured
internationally.
Rajo was trained in the New
York Fashion Institute of Tech-
nology and the London-based
Central Saint Martins College
of Art and Design. He has since
conceived Rajo Laurel Enter-
prises and the House of Laurel,
with sub-labels Rajo, RajoMan,
Nine and Rajito. Laurel et Ross,
Rajos third venture, designs
and manufactures uniforms for
hotels and other corporate cli-
ents in the Philippines, China,
Taiwan, Malaysia, Kuwait and
the United Arab Emirates. Be-
cause hes obviously a smart
businessman, Rajo was named
Small Business Entrepreneur
of the Year from Earnst &
Young in 2007.
Along the way, hes won
coveted fashion awards and
recognitions such as the Air
France Designer of the Year
Award (1994), third place in
the Smirnoff Fashion Design
Awards (1995) and The Loops
Editors Choice Award for Fa-
vorite Designer (1998). The
designer also presented collec-
tions at Kuala Lumpur Fashion
Week in 2004 and 2005 and
Bali Fashion Week in 2007. In
2010, followers of Philippine
fashion raised their glasses
when Rajo made the Febru-
ary 9 cover of Womens Wear
Daily, a publication thats glob-
ally accepted as the fashion
bible. The cover image showed
a cobweb dress from his Fall
collection that year.
Now, theres that Tyra thing,
which is really exciting, even
for mere fashion observers like
us. So whats next for Rajo?
Ask him yourself by tweeting
@rajolaurel.
Going
international
WHY settle for ordinary ev-
eryday wear when you can
inject glamour into your en-
sembles with the right fashion
choices? For local retail brand
R.A.F., this must be every
womans style mantrato don
impactful pieces that can be
mixed and matched for outts
that can go seamlessly from
day to night. Whether busy
executive or woman of leisure,
one can look her effortless best
with such versatile wardrobe
essentials.
This season, R.A.F. invites
every woman be a fashion
standout, creating understat-
ed yet luxurious day-to-night
offerings with its Spring/
Summer 2012 collection.
Possessing subtle hints of
luxe and glam, the well-
edited fashion-forward an-
thology combines the in-
uences of R.A.F.s style
musesmulti-awarded
actress Tilda Swin-
tons androgynous
elegance, design
icon Mary Kate
Olsens effortlessly
chic looks, and movie
star Maggie Qs dark,
seductive, and irty
stylefor an overall
collection that dedi-
cates itself to strong,
condent women
who know what they
want, what they look
good in and how to
make every piece
work for them.
The lineup fea-
tures shift and lace dresses,
sequined kimonos, and pleat-
ed skirts in understated col-
ors such as wine, blue green,
deep blue, gray, nude, navy
and black. Color blocking
and pattern-on-pattern trends
infuse easy glam into the col-
lection, resulting in a note-
worthy series of chic yet ver-
satile pieces that seamlessly
go from day to night.
With its Spring/Summer
2012 offering, R.A.F success-
fully takes luxe and gives it
a rack-relevant and wearable
spin, allowing women to ex-
ude everyday glamour with
style and ease.
Visit R.A.F. at SM Mega-
mall, Eastwood, Trinoma, SM
Mall of Asia, and Shangri-La
Plaza mall.
ZACHERY Enterprises is discover-
ing new beauty products for Asian
skin. Cleoplus Soap is the health
and beauty soap with placenta, kojic
acid, glutathione and almond milk
a powerful combination that prom-
ises to ght aging and lighten skin.
The all-in-one place also has anti-
oxidants. It inhibits melanin forma-
tion with its triple-action effect and
helps prevent the development of
freckles and age spots. Also avail-
able the rst feminine wash in a bar,
Cleoplus Virginity Soap has anti-
bacterial and anti-icrobial agent.
Celoplus Soap is now available for
dealership in selected Chinese drug-
stores, including Sky Fortune Baclar-
an area, Baclaran Chinese, Century
Chinese Divisoria Area, New World
Chinese drug Store, Central Chinese,
Kim Sheng, Ronquillo. Call 343-
6989/09153422222/09152852380
regarding product information.
Understated luxe from R.A.F.
GLOWING, healthy skin and a
toned body is the envy of many.
Fortunately, achieving radiant
skin and a sculpted physique
need not be so difcult. The key
is to seek proper guidance and
expert care from qualied pro-
fessionalsqualities that you
will nd at the MEDICard Skin
and Body Laser and Aesthetic
Care Center.
The demand for skin and body
treatments continues to grow, es-
pecially with the stress brought
about by work and pollution. At
MEDICard, we understand the
needs of todays people who want
nothing less than professional and
high-quality skin and body care,
says MEDICard president Dr.
Nicky Montoya.
The MEDICard Skin and
Center offers a one-stop solu-
CERTIFIED 100 percent organic
from Australia, ABW Leaves of
Life is the only natural wholefood
supplement combining the nu-
tritional powerhouses of Alfalfa,
Barley and Wheatgrass into a sin-
gle potent super-antioxidant.
The combined Power of
Three makes ABW Leaves
of Life packed with all-natural
phytonutrients, vitamins, miner-
als protein and bre in every cap-
sule. It is available in sachet foils
(P100), jars (P900) and pack 10s
(P1000) at Mercury, Watson and
other drugstores. Customer hot-
line is 524-6549, also text 4info to
0947- 4890262.
Regular intake helps the body
ght free radical damage, aging
and stress while providing sus-
tained energy throughout the day
and a deep and restful sleep at
night. It gives you extra energy
and helps you rest and recover so
you feel rejuvenated after a busy
and tiring day.
The combined goodness and
benets of Alfalfa, Barley and
Wheatgrass in ABW Leaves of
Life keep your body in tune and
ready for action everyday.
Called the Father of all Foods,
Alfalfa is a good source of pro-
tein that promotes alkalinity. It is
one of natures powerful antioxi-
dants. Alfalfa energizes the body,
cleanses the blood, helps combat
inammatory diseases, assists in
digestive disorders and can lower
cholesterol levels.
Barley Grass is rich in live
enzymes including Superoxide
Dismutase (SOD) and anti-ox-
idants that help rid the body of
toxins and destructive free radi-
cals. Continued intake provides
energy and helps to restore the
bodys acid-alkaline balance.
Gluten-free Wheatgrass is
rich in live enzymes including
SOD and other antioxidants. It
provides a far greater amount of
amino acids and vitamins than
other plant sources. Further-
more, it stimulates the immune
system and assists in cleansing
the blood of impurities.
PMFTC Inc.s photo entitled
'Working Together' won the
Disaster Risk Management
category during the American
Chamber Foundation Philip-
pines, Inc (AmCham) Foun-
dations 4th Corporate Social
Responsibility Photo Exhibit
shares Kathleen Baldivia, MD,
Radiation Oncology section head
at MakatiMed.
TomoTherapy combines plan-
ning, patient positioning and
treatment delivery into one
system. it is the latest form of
image-guided radiation therapy
using an integrated computed
tomography (CT) system com-
bined with advanced software
to identify and locate the tumor
site before each radiation treat-
ment, she adds.
This cutting-edge treatment
was rst introduced for clinical
use at the University of Wiscon-
sin, USA, in 2003 following the
heels of radiation threatment
methods attempting to target tu-
mors found in specic areas of
the a patients body. TomoTher-
apy, however, reduces, if not all
together avoids radiation dose
to otherwise healthy tissues sur-
rounding the tumors. That way,
the patients recovery is faster
compared with the convention-
al radiation treatment methods
wherein hand-cut blocks are used
to shield normal body parts from
the wide radiation beams.
According to Baldivia, con-
ventional radiation treatments
make use of a 3D conformal
radiation, a device in the head
of the machine called multi-leaf
collimator (MLC) that allows
delivery of a radiation eld
adapting closely to the shape
and size of a tumor.
But even with MLCs, radia-
tion dose still leaks to normal tis-
sues around the tumor. With To-
moTherapy, it doesnt, she says.
TomoTherapy resembles a CT
scan machine. It boasts of a 3D
image-guided capablity to deter-
mine the precise location and a
size of a tumor in a patients body.
It emits radiation dose in a 360-
degree fashion around the patient
allowing the doctors to adjust the
intensity of the radiation beam in
each of the beamlets.
With the radiation beam fur-
ther subdivided into beamlets,
doctors can give varying doses
across one treatment area, ex-
plains Baldivia. That way, you
have the highest dose for the tu-
mor and the lowest dose to sur-
rounding normal organs.
Chemotherapy may be top of
mind when it comes to cancer
treatments, but with TomoTher-
apy system, paitients will app-
reicate more the importance and
efcacy of radiation. For some
cancers, TomoTherapy is the
main treatment--not surgery or
chemotherapy, which is given in
many advanced cases. And since
it is also used to relived symp-
toms, it improves the patients
quality of life, she ends.
Revealing a new you
NORAdela Rosa Skin Clinic recently opened a
branch at Freedom Plaza, Ground Floor, # 3 Liberty
Center, 312 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong
City. Nora dela Rosa offers services such as Skin
Rejuvenation, Face Lifting, Cellulite Removal,
Firming and Radio Frequency. With Dela Rosa
during the opening are Charrise Marie Abalos,
daughter of Mandaluyong Mayor Benhur Abalos
and Judge Lucy Isnani of Makati.
New Nora dela Rosa branch
Rejuvenation with
wholefood supplement
tion to skin and body care needs.
It provides a wide range of ser-
vices including
Diamond Peel, Pixel (Laser
Skin Resurfacing), Revitale
(Skin Rejuvenation), Thermo-
lift and Thermosculp (Radio
Frequency), Infusion Mesother-
apy, Revisage Max (Laser 360),
Epilage (Laser Hair Removal),
Beam (Skin Tightening and
Lifting) and Leg Veins Removal
to help you enjoy great-looking
skin and that svelte body.
With MEDICards Skin and
Center, having glowing skin and a
sculpted body to match is a de-
nite possibility.
The MEDICard Skin and Body
Laser and Aesthetic Care Center
is located at 51 Paseo de Roxas
cor. Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati
City and is open from Mondays
through Fridays 7 a.m. till 6 p.m.
and on Saturdays from 8 a.m.
through 5 p.m. For more details,
please call 816-6588 or 816-6988.
Powerful all-in-one soap
Fragrance will help you to become
what you're not, says Frenchman Ar-
naud Mar olleau, international fra-
grance expert of Prestige Brands.
Fragrance is part of our daily life.
When you wear perfume, you leave a
trace of who you are everywhere you
go. In some cases, your scent wafts
into the room before you even walk
in, shares Marolleau.
Creed Fleurissimo was commis-
sioned for American actress Gr ace
Kelly's wedding day by her then in-
tended Prince Rainier vof Monaco.
The scent was composed to comple-
ment the bride's bouquet. Fleurissimo
is a sumptuous oral fragrance whose
notes include bergamot, tuberose,
Bulgarian Rose, violet, Florentine iris
and ambergris.
Jimmy Choo, the fragrance, is for
the sophisticated and stylish woman
with a taste for luxury. With its green
top note, heart note of tiger orchid,
and base note of toffee and sensual
Indonesian patchouli, this is a scent
comprising equal measures of female
empowerment and elegance, one that
evokes glamour, condence, desire
and rened sexuality, all encased in a
precious faceted bottle inspired by the
WHEN you are buying a bottle of perfume, youre
actually buyinga dream.
and the rened presence of musk.
It's clean. It's fresh, says Marol-
leau of Versace Yellow Diamond.
Marolleau says each bottle of fra-
grance has about 150 ingredients or
even more. Bond No. 9 fragrances
usually have more than 300 ingredi-
ents.
"To create a scent, one would spend
about 1 million to 3 million euro. This
is why perfume is very expensive.
You are paying for part of that cost,"
he explains.
Marolleau reveals that some mem-
bers of royalty from the Middle East
ask perfumers to create scents spe-
cially for them.
Consider the amount of work that
into one bottle and you will under-
stand why perfume is so expensive,
he says.
Perfume is composed of about 70
percent alcohol, some water and pure
perfume oils. Ingredients can range
from ambergris (a solid, waxy, am-
mable substance of a dull gray or
blackish color produced in the diges-
tive system of and regurgitated or
secreted by sperm whales) to Tonka
bean, which is a seed from a South
American tree.
Ingredients that go into perfume are
natural and synthetic. Which is more
expensive? Marolleau says it depends.
Musk, a substance with a penetrat-
ing persistent odor obtained from a
sac beneath the abdominal skin of the
male musk deer and used as a perfume
xative, is very expensive and dif-
cult to obtain. Thus, manufacturers
have found synthetic substitues for it.
Lavender is not expensive because it
is abundant. Jasmine sambac or sam-
paguita is also very expensive, says
Marolleau.
Fragrance is really a matter of
choice and chemistry because what
smells good on someone else may not
work for you.
You literally smell people before you
see them so you have to choose a scent
that's right for you, says Marolleau.
opulence of Murano glass.
This is probably a fragrance that
you can wear to work or meetings,
says Marolleau.
Versace Yellow Diamond is more of
a summer fragrance. This opens with
notes of bright citron, a fresh pear
sorbet, sparkling bergamot, and an
accent of neroli. As its heart emerges,
the rare elegance of orange blossom
shines through the light of freesia and
mimosa with the natural transparency
of nymphea. The lingering base notes
add a fascinating sense of sensuality
with ambery woods, the sunny and
vibrant character of palo santo wood,
QQQ passion
Jimmy Choo EDP
Nina Fantasy
THIS year Lacoste has decided to
hoist the flags and make its emblem-
atic crocodile the standard bearer of
16 nations. Three polo shirts team
up for this capsule collection.
For athletes, big and small, the
Croco Flag polo shirt, a classic
white cotton pique, has Lacoste's
signature little green mascot swap-
ping his scaly shirt for the colors of
a country.
Graphic and colorful, the Flag
Polo Shirt sports a revisited version
of one of the 16 selected nations
flags. This shirt caters to the most
dedicated of supporters, those un-
afraid to flaunt their true colors.
As the outsider, this limited edi-
tion is presented in an engraved
Plexiglas transparent display case.
The 16 selected countries col-
orful pennants are highlighted by
the shirts black and white printed
patchwork of world flags.
Accessories are also on the starting
block as two bags round off this win-
ning series, such as a small pique PVC
tote bag with an all-over ag print will
reach out to the more feminine sup-
porters, and an airline bag with the
be-agged crocodile is set to appeal to
the sportier temperament.
In the Philippines, Lacoste is ex-
clusively distributed by Stores Spe-
cialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located
at Greenbelt 3, Rustans Makati,
Rustans Tower, The Power Plant
Mall, Megamall, The Podium, Mall
of Asia, Gateway, Trinoma, East-
wood Mall, Newport Mall, Robin-
sons Galleria, Robinsons Place Ma-
nila, Alabang Town Center - Corte
de las Palmas, Ayala Center Cebu,
SM Davao, and Abreeza Davao.
Lacoste says choose your team
at the Activity Center of Glo-
rietta 5 on April 16. The photo
portrays the companys imme-
diate response and outstand-
ing employee volunteerism in
packing relief goods for the
victims of Tropical Storm Sen-
dong in 2011. PMFTC presi-
dent Chr is Nelson received the
highest award for the company.
This years theme 'Business
for Better Life!' aims to draw
public awareness on the works
of American companies in the
Philippines. Posing beside the
winning photograph are Nelson
(middle), AmCham executive
director Demetr io Salipsip J r.
(left) and member of the Board
of Trustees Roger Lim (right).
Winning image
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ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
The Kapuso talent certainly
has what it takes to deserve the
role in the upcoming Boy Pick-
Up: The Movie.
She was chosen to play Angel,
a damsel in distress who will
appear in the movie in her usual
sultry look opposite Boy Pick-Up
himself, Ogie Alcasid.
The Survivor nalist who
made it to the Top Three of the
2010 Celebrity Challenge has a
ourishing showbiz career. Shes
gone from a jungle girl and
loved by viewers in her stint on
Survivor.
She is a glamour, party girl
endorsing products like Antonov
and Ginebra San Miguel.
For all the legions of fans of
the PBA basketball team Ginebra,
welcome news came when it
was conrmed she is the brands
calendar girl for 2012.
On the acting front, the
GMA Network and GMA Artist
Center artist is in the ongoing
star-studded series Legacy
playing the role of Chloe
Martin, a hopeless romantic
doing everything to win back
the heart of her ex-lover, Inigo
(Sid Lucero).
Last year alone, she appeared
in three mainstream hit movies:
Temptation Island, My Valentine
Girls, and Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow. She also portrayed the
role of a reporter in love with a
super hero in Captain Barbell, a
pretty irony since shes a favorite
news item herself.
Then of course, she is a
recording artist, signed up by
IN 2010, StreetDance 3D
became such a gigantic
success, with a staggering 11
Million-Pound earnings at the
UK box ofce. Though initially
intimidated by this unexpected
outcome, it became a passion
for the same team behind the
camera to follow it up with
something bigger and better,
hence comes StreetDance 2.
StreetDance 2 tells the story
of Ash (Falk Hentshel) who sets
off to gather the best dancers in
Europe, so together they can
beat the worlds best crew in the
upcoming Street Dance World
competition. Accompanied by his
newfound friend, Eddie (George
Sampson), this task takes them
from London to Rome, Ibiza to
Berlin, and Amsterdam to Paris.
And while discovering the magic
and power of street dance and
Latin combined, Ash falls in
love with a beautiful salsa dancer
(Soa Boutella) as they prepare
for the ultimate global dance off.
Producer James Richardson
describes the process of making
the sequel as really organic...
We sat down and asked ourselves
what made StreetDance as a lm,
and we all agreed that it was this
fusion of dance style. The rst
movie combined ballet and hip-
hop, and this time around, James
explains how the fusion of street
dance and Latin came about.
Dania, he begins, referring to
Director Dania Pasquini, sent
me this clip of these people doing
Salsa in a boxing ring. Salsa to
rne was ballroom dancing and
long sequined dresses...but these
guys had their tops off and the
girls were looking incredibly
cool and they were doing a kind
of battle between them. I thought
thats it; this is totally what we
have to do!
Leading man Falk Hentschel
(Arrested Development, Knight
and Day) readily got excited
about the prospect of dancing
as a couple which is not usually
associated with hip-hop. I
think hip-hop is still scared of
sensuality and passion between
one another, ifs more about
power and assertiveness...So to
take that element of touching
each other while you dance hip-
hop and focusing on somebody
else, that part of it really intrigued
me. Falk was chosen for the
lead part because, as co-director
Max Giwa puts it, he had the
complete package...He has a Latin
background, which is something
thats very hard to nda dancer
who does Hip Hop and a bit of
Latin and can act. And after
testing him out with Soa, Max
says, the chemistry they had
together was just electric.
James. Dania: and Max
have long wanted to work
with Algerian-born dancer
Soa Boutella because of her
extraordinary talents. She is
known as the Nile Girl of Nike
Women and has gone to world
tours with Madonna, who,
she says, has taught her to start
everyday with a workout. Playing
the role of Eva is also a perfect
timing for Soa as shes been
doing acting lessons in LA for a
couple of years, and it challenged
her own ideas on dance. She has
never danced Tango and Salsa
and only had three months before
the shoot to learn them. On the
experience, she says, In many
ways I felt like the character of
AshI just wanted to do my own
thing, but I learned that you cant
do that with these dances, you
have to pay attention to what your
partner is doing and move with
them. She admits to have been
told off by the choreographers,
and realized their similarity with
her character. I understood
they were teaching me about the
dance, which is what Eva does
for Ash.
Britains Got Talent grand
winner, George Sampson,
reprises his rale as Eddie
from the original StreetDance
3D. Director Max says, The
audience can identify with him,
as well as with his character, so
theyll like to see where he goes
and what he gets up to. About
his character, George says, I was
really pleased with the connection
between Eddie and Ash because I
think it eases the script away from
being a full-on love story or a full-
blown dance lm. If s created a
good mid point and I think people
will get that Also coming back to
spice things up is the breathtaking
dance act, Flawless as the rival
group, The Surge.
Putting together the dance
crew, the lmmakers and their
dance consultant spent a whole
year traveling to all of the
international dance events. Max
says, We didnt want to go for
commercial dancers, we went
for those who specialized in their
own styles so we had the best
poppers, B-boys, etc. And since
these individuals didnt dance
each others styles, each of them
had to learn to take choreography
from renowned choreographers
Richard and Anthony Taluega,
otherwise known as Rich and
Tone, who had worked with
no less than Michael Jackson.
Latin choreography was taught
by Maykel Fonts, winner of Best
Choreography and Best Dancer
of Salsa at the 2006 Rome Salsa
Congress, with Shama Burgess,
who has participated in World
Youth Latin and Ballroom
Championships.
The lmmakers are aware
that their audience are a little
older now, their lives have
changed and matured, so they
made the lm a little bit more
adult without losing its silliness
and fun, The beautiful locations
also give glamour to the whole
lm. Theres the Seine and
The Eiffel Tower in Paris; the
Coliseum and the fountains in
Rome; the Brandenburg Gate
in Berlin, and more. The 3D
effect puts us right on the dance
oor as the cast delivers a series
of sizzling moves and athletic
dance sequences, proving once
more that Directors Dania and
Max really know how to make
good use of the 3D. Worldwide
excitement over Street Dance
2 has grown more intense since
its London premiere, where
dancers, led by Maykel Fonts,
performed the victorious fusion
of Hip Hop and Latin. Its video
footage already reached more
than 51,000 hits on YouTube.
Dont miss the sequel to the
global smash hit StteetDance.
StreetDance 2 is bigger, better,
bolder...also in 3D! Opens May
9. From Viva International
Pictures.
Solenn
picking up more deals
BOY Pick- Up
has been such
a phenomenal
character from
Bubble Gang.
And now that a
spin-off goes to
the big-screen in
June, sexy French
Filipino actor
Solenn Heussaff
plays the popular
roles leading
lady.
Streetdance 2 pumps
up the energy
JOSEPH
PETER GONZALES
SHTICKS
AFTER the drama series Sa Ngalan
ng Ina, many of Nora Aunors fans
wonder what their idols next ofcial
project will be. There were talks of a
movie and a regular soap plus a birthday
concert. It will be to their delight that the
Superstar is presently busy doing a lm
with internationally acclaimed director
Brillante Dante Mendoza.
Thats right! says Guy. The movie
is titled Thy Womb. Im with Lovi Poe
and Bembol Rocco here. Its exciting
because were using Tawi-Tawi as
backdrop. Viewers will see its beauty in
the movie. I believe this will be elded
in various international lm festivals.
The showbiz icon (who many
believe is qualied to be the countrys
next National Artist considering her
long list of accomplishments) is keen on
doing movies rather than soap operas at
this point.
Actually, TV 5 is preparing a
grand soap for me which will have a
normal run unlike Sa Ngalan ng Inas
one month. But I prefer to do movies
this time since its not that rigid. Soaps
can be very taxing and draining, both
physically and emotionally. Every one
knows my medical condition. My throat
problem is not yet totally cured.
Nora is also concerned with her
screen registry.
Thats another thing! When youre
doing TV, viewers can get critical when
it comes to your appearance. And Im
aware of the general observation that I
look a bit plump on screen in Sa Ngalan
ng Ina. I need to trim down. So while
doing that, I would rather make movies
to still become productive!
Her avid supporters can no longer
wait for her comeback concert.
Originally, the plan was to stage one on
her birthday this coming May.
Thats not possible right now. I
still have to y back to America to have
my throat examined so that my voice
will be normal again. As Ive said in
my previous interviews, I really miss
singing. But Im positive that eventually,
the quality of my voice will be restored.
As for the concert, I guess, October is a
more realistic target date, says Guy.
Daniel speaks up
Daniel Matsunaga says his break-
up with Heart Evangelista happened
when he was vacationing in Brazil.
Before that, we were okay. In fact,
she even visited me before my departure.
But when I was already there, thats
when things started to get complicated.
It was a case of poor communication.
Ours was greatly affected as soon as I
arrived in Brazil, he states.
Many want to know the reason
behind their falling out considering that
they used to be one of the sweetest pairs
in showbiz.
What now, Ate Guy?
Lots and majority of these are
personal stuff so I just cant divulge
that easy. Its hard. I know that in a
relationship, there are the highs and
lows. This is something I couldnt
control. I had to accept that ours just
didnt work out!
As mature individuals, he and
Heart parted ways talking.
We agreed on it mutually. On
my part, it was hurtful but I had to
let go. Until now, it still pains me,
but life has to go on, right?
Some quarters are of the opinion
that Hearts parents have something
to do with what happened to their
relationship. The grapevine has it
that they dont approve of him for
their daughter.
Honestly, thats very unfair to
them. When Heart and I were still
together, I was okay with them.
Theyve shown me only good things
so I couldnt believe that they are
the cause of our break-up. As Ive
said, this just happened. It just didnt
work, period! ends Daniel.
Enrique Gil with Kathryn Bernardo
Nora Aunor
international label MCA Music.
Her best-selling self-titled CD
featured her cover of Bruce
Springsteens Fire, and her
collaboration with Rico Blanco
called Chemistry. She even did
a sold/out two-night concert at
Teatrino called Solenn On Stage
in August. She also won the
Aliw awards, as well as the Star
Awards for her achievements
last year, plus nominations from
the Golden Screen Awards and
the Myx Music Awards.
Analyzing Solenns career
run, it only goes to show that
her talent goes well with the
word bankable.
Kathryn and Enrique
closer in Bhutan
ABS-CBNs newest and biggest
royal teleserye The Princess and I is
now in Primetime Bida with Albert
Martinez, Gretchen Barreto,
Dominic Ochoa, Enrique Gil,
Khalil Ramos, Daniel Padilla,
and Kathryn Bernardo.
Princess and I is the story of
how King Anand (Albert) and his
daughter Princess Mikay (Kathryn)
nd their way back to each others
arms after being separated by a tragic
accident that changed their lives.
The newest series is expected
to warm every Kapamilyas heart
with its plot, marvelous costumes,
and memorable scenes taken at
the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Kathryn, Enrique, Precious
Lara Quigaman, Gretchen, and
Albert got geared up and went
all the way to Bhutan in March
to shoot different scenes for the
series. The newest Primetime
Princess Kathryn even admitted
that she became closer with her
friend and co-star Enrique after
getting to know the actor more
in the South Asian kingdom.
Joining the cast are Yayo
Aguila, Nina Dolino and
Sharmaine Suarez.
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