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Helen to make landfall

By Jonathan Fernandez
TROPICAL storm Helen may make landfall over the northern tip of Cagayan or in Northern Luzon on Wednesday, the weather bureau said on Tuesday. Weather forecaster Gener Quitlong said the rainfall from the storm would be 15 to 35 millimeters per hour (heavy to torrential) within its 500kilometer diameter and dump heavy rain in the areas under signal number 2 that include Cagayan and Isabela. He said storm signal number 3 might be raised over Cagayan as the storm had intensied and continued to threaten Northern Luzon. He said moderate to heavy rain or 7.5 to 10 milimeters per hour would be falling on Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Kalinga and Apayao and the Babuyan, Calayan and Batanes Group of Islands. Intermittent light to moderate rain or 2.5 to 7.5 milimeters per hour would be falling on Central and Southern Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country would be mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Civil defense ofcials on Tuesday went back to red alert
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Solon says Sotto misinformed on cause of sons death
By Maricel V. Cruz

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A MAJOR supporter of the reproductive health bill on Tuesday said Senator Vicente Sotto III should have sued his wifes doctor for misinforming him that his rst-born son died because his mother had taken contraceptives during her pregnancy.
A day after Sotto recalled the death of his son 37 years ago in a speech before the Senate, Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said the doctor had kept the senator in the dark about his sons real health condition. Hearing him say that he was told by his doctor that the cause of [his sons] heart disease was the intake of pills, I would strongly suggest that he sue his doctor for all this mental anguish they have been suffering because it is denitely not true, Garin, a doctor, said in a TV interview. Garin said the senators wife, who got pregnant despite the use of contraceptives, might not have been taking the pills daily or in the correct dosage. This is where the problem is. We have respectable people like Senator Sotto misinforming the public.....With the misinformation, many lives are being sacriced, many people are put in
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Victorious farmers. Hacienda Luisita farmers celebrate the Supreme Court decision giving ownership of the 5,000-hectare sugarland to its

Biazon seeks Tingting as farmers rep blocked disposal of rice in Subic

By Macon R. Araneta
CUSTOMS Commissioner Ruffy Biazon on Monday asked the Senate panel investigating smuggling in the ports if the 420,000 sacks of Indian rice smuggled into the country through the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in April could be auctioned off and the proceeds placed in escrow. He said disposing of the rice quickly would help maintain its quality. If the eventual decision is to return the Indian rice to the claimant, the proceeds of the auction could be turned over to them, Biazon said. He made the statement even as the city government of Taguig on Tuesday rejected the 500 sacks of rice it bought from the National Food Authority for distribution to ood victims after nding out it was rotten. Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said she would return the rice to the NFA-accredited dealer but would complain. We cant give out something that is not even t for human consumption, Cayetano said. She said the rice was foul
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De Lima says biased rule cost her CJ bid

By Rey E. Requejo
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday said she was the victim of a conspiracy within the Judiciary and a lopsided rule that denied her the opportunity to become the next chief justice of the Supreme Court. Speaking to reporters, she said the Judicial and Bar Council had singled her out when it applied its rule disqualifying candidates with pending criminal or administrative cases. I was singled out maybe because of the belief that I am the favored candidate of the Palace, she said. De Lima also alleged that the council had conspired with the Supreme Court and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines to take her out of the selection process. Its obvious, you know, the Supreme Court, the IBP and the JBC all agreed in trying to pin me down and bonded together as if they had a common objective anybody but De Lima, she said. De Lima said she believed there was inuence peddling in the selection process, particularly by
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By Christine F. Herrera
THE farmers groups Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and Kontra-Daya on Tuesday petitioned the Commission on Elections to block the congressional bid of President Benigno Aquino IIIs aunt Margarita Tingting Cojuangco, saying she had no right to claim to represent farmers in the 2013 elections. They said Cojuangco was a big landlord who owned the 4,915-

hectare Hacienda Luisita and who, they said, was continuing to refuse to distribute the land to the farmer-beneciaries as ordered by the Supreme Court. Cojuangco is No. 1 nominee of the group Aksyon MagsasakaPartido Tinig ng Masa. A landlord claiming to represent farmers is an insult to the collective intelligence of the Filipino peasantry and the people, KMP deputy secretary general Wilfredo Marbella said.

We reject the haciendero Presidents aunt as farmers representative in Congress. Marbella made his statement even as Hacienda Luisitas farmer-beneciaries moved closer to owning the sugar estate following the Department of Agrarian Reforms second round of interviews of the beneciaries. Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes said the interviews were aimed at validating
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Palace: No use of force in removing squatters

By Joyce P. Paares, Christine Herrera, Sara Fabunan and Rio Araja
MALACAANG backpedaled on Tuesday on its order to blast squatters from rivers, esteros and other waterways and a spokesmanin a softer tonesaid the government would rst nd a relocation site for them. Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said the government would not resort to violence to remove squatters living on the edges of rivers, which was a complete turn-around from the announcement of Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson to blast them out if they refused to leave. For the resettlement of the informal settlers along danger areasrest assured that [there will be] no violence, Valte said. In a press brieng in Malacaang on Monday, Singson said: I just received instructions from the President that when push comes to shove, we will have to blast our kababayans if they dont leave within a certain period. The statement drew ak from various cause-oriented groups that described it as irresponsible and anti-poor. An apologetic Singson faced reporters on
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Umbra Kato undermines peace talks

By Ben Cal
THE Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will hold the next round of talks in two weeks time, with both sides acknowledging that the recent attacks launched by the Bangsomoro Islamic Freedom Movement led by Ameril Umbra Kato in several towns in Mindanao could undermine the process if they remain unchecked. Both sides also condemned the senseless attacks as well as the violent acts of lawless elements in several areas in Mindanao. In a joint statement, the government and the MILF panels said that the GPHL and the MILF denounce these aggressions or dirty spoiling by groups who will do everything to derail the peace process. Mohagher Iqbal, chief negotiator of the MILF, said the BIFM was trying to sabotage the ongoing peace talk. It is our common knowledge that the spoilers are doing their part in trying to make the peace process very hard for us. There was sabotage on on-going MILF-Government peace negotiations, Igbal said. Teresita Quintos Deles, the
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Danger zones. Squatter families on the edge of rivers and near the
sea take a big risk during oods and typhoons.

Second opinion abroad for GMA eyed

By Maricel Cruz
DOCTORS have discovered a lump on the left rib cage of former President Gloria Arroyo and her health condition might be more serious than what was earlier reported, House Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said on Tuesday. Suarez said Arroyo, who now occupies a seat representing Pampanga in the House of Representatives, must be allowed to go abroad to seek expert treatment and a second opinion on her various ailments. They found a lump on her left side. She needs to seek a second opinion abroad, Suarez told reporters. Arroyo has been in and out of the hospital in the past two years. She was on hospital arrest for eight months on charges of electoral fraud and was granted bail in July, but she was rushed to emergency last week after she choked on her dinner. The former President was brought to the hospital again on Monday after a titanium plate implant on her spine that runs up her throat was dislodged. Doctors said her condition could lead to sudden death. Suarez said Mrs. Arroyo, who has lost weight, had been avoiding taking solid food out of fear she would choke to death. Her condition is very delicate, he said. Suarez said the former President authorized him to speak to
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Senate raises question on regional solidarity

By Macon R. Araneta
THE Foreign Affairs Department on Tuesday refused to categorically acknowledge the supposed solidarity among the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations under direct questioning by a senator during a proposed budget hearing at the Senate. Asked by Senator Manny Villar pointedly whether fellow Asean members would help the country in its standoff against China in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea)issue, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario instead requested an executive session to freely discuss the issue. It would be more appropriate to share with you a complete information in terms of how we assess the situation, Del Rosario Next page said.

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danger because of this misinformation, she said. Garin spoke as the House of Representatives began its period of amendments on House Bill 4244. The technical working group assigned to work on the amendments is expected to submit its report to the plenary soon, and the House is expected to approve the measure on second reading in the coming session days. House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II confirmed that the House leadership instructed its members to attend the sessions beginning Tuesday for the RH amendments. In fact, Gonzales said two panel will be formed to serve as technical working group (to discuss the amendments as well as avoid repetitious long debates on the oor. Also on Tuesday, former Health secretary Esperanza Cabral questioned Sottos use of his sons death 37 years ago to justify his opposition to the RH bill. When Senator Sotto asked God why this happened to him, he did not receive an answer immediately but after 37 years, he has realized that it was because he was given the mission to ght the Reproductive Health Bill, Cabral said. The former Health secretary said that contrary to Sottos claims, condoms, hormonal contraceptives, and intrauterine devices have not been shown by scientic methods to cause weak hearts in babies born following their mothers use of these contraceptives any more than brushing or not brushing your teeth in the morning has been shown to

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Diesel, gasoline prices up

PUMP prices went up by as much as P1.80 per liter on Tuesday as a result of the continuing tensions in the Middle East and the debt problem in Europe. Petron, Shell, Seaoil and Total raised the price of unleaded and premium gasoline by P1.80 per liter, regular gasoline by P1.70 per liter, diesel by P1.50 per liter, and kerosene by P1.60 per liter. But the oil rms said they will not raise prices in the areas inundated by the southwest monsoon last week, and particularly Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Santa Cruz and Pagsanjan in Laguna, and Bacoor, Kawit and Rosario in Cavite. International prices have been going up, so local pump prices have to be adjusted, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said. The fact they did not raise prices in the affected areas will result in losses to these companies. Tuesdays price adjustments brought the total price increases this month to P2.60 per liter of unleaded and premium gasoline, P2.50 per liter of regular gasoline, and P1.90 per liter of diesel and kerosene. Alena Mae S. Flores

Another attempt. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon, second from right, and his ofcers Marlon

Almeda and Byron Carbonell check out the 2.98 kilograms of suspected shabu that Customs men seized from a Vietnamese woman at the airport.

Vietnamese arrested over shabu

CUSTOMS ofcials on Tuesday arrested a Vietnamese woman at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport for having over two kilograms of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth millions of pesos. In a report to Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon, District Commander Marlon Alameda identied the Vietnamese as Duong This yen, 48. Customs Legal and Investigation head Byron Carbonell said the suspect was arrested at 2:45 p.m. at the airports Terminal 2. conscated Indian and Vietnamese rice could be donated to the victims of last weeks ooding. But Biazon said the Indian rice would remain untouched as recommended by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile while the Senate investigation was going on. Enrile said any decision on the Indian rice would depend on the results of the Senate inquiry. Amira had appealed to Customs to release the shipment after Customs conscated it. The National Food Authority on Sunday said the rice shipment could not be considered smuggled because it remained inside Subic. Legally as long as the rice remains inside the port and is not sold to local traders, we canA report said the woman arrived on a ight from India, and that it was her rst trip to the Philippines. The woman was acting suspiciously while going through routine Customs inspection, Carbonnel said. He said her luggage yielded 2.984 kilograms of suspected shabu.

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smelling and the labels on the sacks showed it was imported from South Korea in 2010. Meanwhile, Amira C Foods International was the exporter of the Indian rice worth P500 million and equivalent to 21,000 metric tons packed in 50-kilo bags. Biazon said if the rice was auctioned off the proceeds could be part of his agencys collections. Just for the consideration of our policy makers as well, this is the option available to the Bureau of Customs, Biazon told the senators. At the start of the inquiry, the senators asked Biazon if the

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the applications of the 8,550 farmers wanting to be in the list of beneciaries. Cojuangco tried to run for vice governor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, but her bid was aborted after her nephew, the President, postponed the ARMM elections to synchronize the polls in 2013. instead, Mr. Aquino appointed an ally, former Basilan Rep. Mujib Hataman, as ofcer in charge of the region. The farmers groups also want former police general Quirino dela Torre of the Alliance for Rural and Agriarian Reconstruction Inc. disqualied for having done nothing about the case of 14 farmer-beneciaries and their leaders who were killed during their ght for agrarian reform in November 2004. Cojuangco and her groups desperate attempt to join the party-list elections is a corruption and outright mockery of the party-list system, Marbella said. He called on the Commission on Elections to deny the petition for registration of Cojuangcos group, saying an approval of the accreditation by the Comelec of Cojuangcos group and her nomination would put the integrity of the 2013 elections in serious question. At the same time, Dela Torres entry to the party-list system adds insult to the injury done by the Cojuangcos to the victims of the Hacienda Luisita massacre, Marbella said. The Kontra-Daya petition says Cojuangco was governor of Tarlac for 6 years, wife of Jose Peping Cojuangco, owners of Hacienda Luisita, a vast sugar estate which was recently ordered by the Supreme Court to be distributed to the farmers and that Cojuangco has no business representing farmers since she is a big landlord.

not consider it smuggled, NfA chief Lito Banayo said. He said Amira Food Ltd., the shipper of the rice, was one of the biggest traders in India, and that it was exporting rice to Iran, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia. But Customs stood pat on its claim that the Indian rice was smuggled and Subic was its nal destination. There was clearly a grand design to illegally ship the 420,000 bags of imported white rice into the country because the shipment was undocumented and its consignee tried to make the shipment appear as a transshipment load to Jakarta, Biazon said. With Ferdinand Fabella And second, to try to nd solutions with you not unilaterally, but with you, in order to bring about this kind of justice that we want. Other GPHL panel members who joined Leonen were Miriam Coronel Ferrer, Senen Bacani, Yasmin Busran-Lao and Hamid Barra. Deles and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor incharge Mujiv Hataman attended the last day of the talks as observers. Igbal, on the other hand, reiterated the MILFs commitment in settling the problems at the conference table. Let me assure everyone, especially the government, that MILF is a reliable partner in peace making. And we are also a reliable partner in confronting the challenges ahead of us because one of the reasons is that we have the support of our people.

cause weak hearts in babies. She said Sotto had fallen into the fallacy of attributing cause and effect because one event followed another. My wife used contraceptives, then my son was born with a weak heart; therefore my sons weak heart was caused by my wifes use of contraceptives. Following that line of argument, if at the time of Vincent Pauls conception, Senator Sotto failed to brush his teeth, it could be argued that his son was born with a weak heart because he failed to brush his teeth before having sex with Mrs. Sotto, she added. Cabral said the Sottos physician, Dr. Carmen Enverga Santos, has been dead for many years and could not conrm or deny Sottos story, but an inspection of the hospital records and the death certicate of his son might help show the real cause of his death. I hope the good senator will make these public, she said. The principal author of the Senate version of the bill, Senator Pia Cayetano, countered Sottos arguments in a statement Monday, noting that there were no credible scientic studies establishing a link between the use of contraceptives and birth defects. She added that in the 1970s, it was possible that doctors were unable to diagnose the true condition of Sottos infant son. Despite these arguments, Senator Antonio Trillianes IV spoke out against the RH bill, as did Nacionalista Party spokesman Robert Ace Barbers, who said he believed too, like Sotto, that the death of his son in 1992 was caused by his wifes use of birth control pills. Bulacan ofcials on Tuesday trooped to the ood-stricken villages in Calumpit and Hagonoy to see what they could do to help their residents. Helen was spotted 310 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora, on Tuesday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour. Quitlong said the storm could leave the Philippines by Thursday to head for China. With Florante S. Solmerin and Orlan L. Mauricio

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after at least six dams in Luzon opened their gates to release water. Benito Ramos, executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said local government units and the residents in the low-lying areas should be on alert and to be ready for evacuation if necessary. Pampanga Gov. Lilia Pineda said residents in the low-lying areas had been alerted on the possibility of renewed heavy ooding.

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presidential adviser on the Peace Process, stressed that the BIFM is not covered by any ceasere agreement because it is not part of the MILF. This act of aggression of the BIFM is meant to derail the peace process between the government and the MILF. We assure the public that these incidents will not affect the substantial gains that we have carefully and persistently built with our counterparts, foremost of which is the ceasere mechanism that continues to hold on the ground and kept the peace for our communities, she said. Deles and other members of the government panel said that the government is now ready to deal with the most contentious issues

to resolve the decades-old Mindanao armed conict. Marvic Leonen, chairman of the government peace panel, said they will try to build on the progress that both sides achieved during the recent 30th exploratory peace talks in Kuala Lumpur. He said the GPHL panel will return to the negotiating table in two weeks time, more ready to engage the MILF, with respect to the most contentious issues that we have identied so far. Two of the most contentious issues the two panels will discuss will be the power sharing and wealth sharing. I think I reect the position of this particular administration of the Republic of the Philippines in saying we are fully committed to understand the problem, rst and foremost.

And we know what we are doing now is not against what it was supposed to be a good approach in solving the problem in Mindanao, Igbal said. The panels also organized their respective Technical Working Groups on Power-Sharing and Wealth-Sharing, which discussed and reached consensus on some issues on power sharing, revenue generation and wealth sharing arrangements. The issue on power-sharing and wealth-sharing was laid out in the Decision Points on Principles signed by both parties last April. Power-sharing has three items: reserved powers for the National Government, exclusive powers for the new political entity which will replace the ARMM, and concurrent powers shared by the National Government and the NPE.

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reporters about her health condition, but the full medical report will be released during a press conference tomorrow. Roberto Anastacio, Arroyos doctor at the Makati Medical Center, has recommended a neruo-cervical doctor in New York to examine the former persident and make the appropriate treatment for her ailments, Suarez said. Suarez called on the government to lift the hold-departure-order issued by the Sandiganbayan against Arroyo in connection with the plunder cased led against her by the Ombudsman last month so she can seek treatment abroad.

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Tuesday and backtracked on his statement. I am sorry ... but I am not a violent person ... there is no blasting order whatsoever in any waterways in the Philippines, Singson said. In an effort to explain his own statement, Singson said his words were taken out of context because

what he meant was to relocate 195 families to ensure that they are not exposed to danger during the typhoon and rainy seasons. But at the House of Representatives, several opposition lawmakers would not let the issue slip unnoticed and blasted Malacanang for being insensitive to the plight of the poor and the squatter families. The government should understand that the urban poors plight

is not a simple issue that could be resolved by blasting homes near waterways. It is such an insensitive remark, as the poor are the real victims in the recent oods, Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino said. Poverty has driven these families to live in such places. If they had a choice, they would be more than glad to move, Palatino said. Agham Rep. Angelo Palmones blamed local government of-

cials for allowing people to put up houses on the banks of rivers, which is a violation of local laws on zoning and land use. The construction of houses along river banks and on the banks of inland waters, which expose them to being washed away during oods and causing the loss of lives and properties, cannot happen without the permission from local government units, the panel as an ex-ofcio member. But the Justice secretary said she would no longer question the Council decision so as not to delay the appointment of a new chief justice, which must be made before Aug. 27. What can I say now that can still undo the turn of events? What Id like to say is that its really quite unfair for me. Im trying to accept it, but I have not really accepted it, she said. She said her feelings would not affect her work in the council, however. I can still work with them. Thats my mandate. Im not the type who would harbor personal ill feelings. Everything that I say now is a just a matter of principle. Before Mondays decision, De Lima had campaigned loudly for the post, saying she was the best

Palmones said. He said the local ofcials such as village chairmen, mayors and governors were liable for putting their constituents in harms way. Vice President Jejomar Binay said about 5,363 squatter families in various evacuation centers would be relocated and given units in medium-rise buildings in Towerville 6 and San Jose in Gayagaya in Bulacan and elsewhere. qualied to ll the vacancy left by Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was ousted in an impeachment trial instigated by the Palace. Supreme Court spokesperson Gelo Guerra denied De Limas claim onf a conspiracy against her. All three bodies, SC, IBP and JBC, are just following rules. There is no conspiracy. But shes entitled to her opinion, she told reporters. Two other nominees who had pending cases, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza and Securities and Exchange Commissioner chairperson Teresita Herbosa, were nonetheless considered in Mondays voting. The case against Jardeleza was not yet considered because there was as yet no prima facie nding of merit. On the other hand, the complaint against Herbosa was dismissed on Aug. 1 With Joyce Pangco Paares

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In his response, Villar noted that the situation must be serious to warrant an executive session. It must be serious. Im just trying to assess if its not too serious. You probably would have answered, but I want to appreciate that [executive session] of course. Im very much interested in what is going on right now. If you feel it is against national security, Villar said. I want to have an idea. But youre correct. If it involves national security, I would not insist where we are now, and openly discuss this with us. Im very concerned. I dont know how to look at China now in terms of economic, defense, political. I want to be enlightened if we are going forward, he said. Last month, Manila had tangled

with fellow ASEAN members, particularly Cambodia, on the contentious issue in the South China Sea during the 45th Asean Foreign Ministers meeting in Phnom Penh, which led to the non-issuance of a joint statement at the close of the week-long conference. Aseans failure to issue a joint communique forced Indonesia, with the help of Manila, to draft a six-point principle, which had proposed the drafting of a legallybinding Code of Conduct which would replace the Declaration of Conduct of Parties, which the Asean and China signed in 2002. Last week, Chinas Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi went on a three-nation diplomatic blitz in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, to show that Beijing was willing to work with Asean members on regional cooperation.

The diplomatic blitz, though, did not include stopovers in Manila and Hanoi, which had challenged Chinas claims of the oil-rich watgers of the South China Sea. Del Rosario, however, answered Villars question on Chinas threat of meting economic sanction against Manila, specically on the banana export. The economic pressures have eased up. As we know, the bananas, actually is a technical issue, and is now being addressed by the Department of Agriculture. It has to do with sanitary inspection. On tourism, Del Rosario said there was no formal ban on Chinese tourists visiting the Philippines, but only a travel advisory warning their nationals to stay away in specic areas in Mindanao and in Manila especially in places where militants hold rallies.

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powerful fraternities and some personalities. The rule on disqualication, on the other hand, was lopsided in favor of sitting justices of the Supreme Court, because they effectively controlled when pending cases against other aspirants to the top post would be resolved. She accused the Court of sitting on the disbarment cases against her last year, while it dismissed a similar complaint against acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio in blitzkrieg speed. De Lima, who inhibited herself from participating in the recent deliberations of the council because of her own failed bid, said she would push for a review of the disqualication rule when she rejoins

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AN opposition lawmaker has supported House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jrs proposal for Charter Change, saying that changing our Constitution will not be anti-Filipino. Bucking the political oppositions stand, Camarines Norte Rep. Elmer Panotes said in a privilege speech Monday night that he was convinced that Belmontes proposal to review the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution will spur growth and make Philippine industries competitive globally. I strongly believe in the wisdom behind the move for Charter Change that our beloved Speaker promotes. I share his conviction of pushing for sweeping reforms in the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, Panotes said. His stand was contrary to the majority of the minority members who supported President Benigno Aquinos rejection of Charter Change. Panotes proposed that any effort to amend the Constitution should be done through a Constituent Assembly where members of the Congress will convene and do the job of amending the Charter. Changing it (Charter) does not promise to be the ultimate solution to all our problems. Rather, changing it will fortify our unstable foundations, boost our human and natural potentials, pull us out of the rut of Third World ignominy, strengthen our position in the league of developing nations and install the Philippines among the ranks of emerging dominant economies of the world, Panotes said. He said the House leaderships effort in asserting the Cha-cha agenda has created a renewed climate of hopefulness and opportunism. Panotes said it is high time for a major dening moment in the salient task of nationbuildingby discussing Charter Change. We have made signicant strides through the long and tedious stages of building and rebuilding our nation. But lets admit these are still not enough to address the deep seated ills and long drawn issues hindering genuine progressnot enough to alleviate poverty, raise the standard of living and improve the quality of life of all Filipinos, most especially the underprivileged majority. We need lasting remedy, not palliatives, he said. Maricel V. Cruz

Gearing up. Navy crewmen on Tuesday prepare to deploy more equipment to Cagayan as tropical storm Helen is expected to hit land on Wednesday. DANNY PATA

Curb offal importssolons

By Maricel V. Cruz

LEADERS of hog and poultry

industries on Tuesday urged Congress to enact laws tightening government controls over the importation of offal into the country, including increasing the tariff rate to 35 percent.
The House special committee on food and security and the committee on agriculture and food, chaired by Butil party-list Rep. Agapito Guanlao and Batangas Rep. Mark Llandro Mendoza, respectively, conducted a joint hearing on the countrys trade commitments under the minimum access volume on the importation of chicken and hog meat and other meat products and on the issuance of MAV and veterinary quarantine certicates by the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Animal Industry to unscrupulous local traders and importers. During the hearing, Abono chair and Swine Development Council director Rosendo So warned that ram-

pant and unabated smuggling of meat products, including pork and chicken, is threatening the survival and livelihood of at least seven million backyard hog farmers and workers. So said that by increasing the tariff from ve to 10 percent to 35 percent for imported swine liver and edible offal, the government would be able to address the unabated smuggling of meat products which already resulted to losses to the backyard industry amounting to P28.5 billion since 2009. Citing data, So said there was a huge discrepancy of more than 73 million kilograms of offal that were imported into the Philippines. The UN Record Partner Exports to the Philippines pegged the countrys offals importation

at 41,301,427 kilos, while the Bureau of Animal Industry record put it at 115,044,838 kilos. Therefore, there was an anomalous discrepancy, an unexplained volume of illegal importation of offal last year amounting to 73,743,411 kilos, So said. He also recommended that the government regulate and restrict the importation of swine liver and offal by establishing a system of accreditation for traders and processors, and an advance declaration of the volume of the products to be imported. We want to state clearly that this is not in restraint of trade, as importers may want to assail it categorically. In fact, some regional economies, more particularly in Thailand, governments will rst

seek the approval of their local livestock industry before a proposed volume of imports could proceed, So pointed out. The SDC also slammed the Department of Finance for its failure to furnish the Department of Agriculture a copy of the Inward Forward Manifest. It said that the Finance department reneged on its commitment under an agreement earlier forged between the two agencies. It must be claried that import and export prices, including the corresponding rates for duties and taxes, are part of public undertakings that require governmental permitting and regulatory authentication. As such, the corresponding data thereto as contained in an IFM is part of public knowledge.

Pag-ASA wary of September opening

By Macon Araneta
EDUCATION Secretary Bro. Armin Luisto on Tuesday said he is open to proposals to move the opening of classes to September, but admitted having apprehensions after PagASA ofcials said they cannot guarantee the month will be storm-free. Interviewed after the senate education committee chaired by Senator Edgardo Angara, Luistro noted that things do not bode well for the recommendation to reschedule the start of classes from June, which coincides with the onset of the rainy season. He said due to the rain and ooding, classes were oftentimes disrupted. There are areas where you can start classes any month and will still experience the same problems, he said said. He recalled that when the opening of classes was moved to September in the 1970s due to inclement whether, the same problems arose. He pointed out that parents in the countryside object to a September opening since this would mean children will still be in school in the months of April and May. These months, he said fall during the harvest season for farming communities. It is customary for children to help out during the harvest season, Luistro said. He further stated that April and May are the peak months for cultural and religious traditions like family reunions and estas. Parents, particularly those coming from the provinces, fear that these traditions will be forgotten if classes will be held during the summer time.

SMC backs move to keep doctors in PH

SAN Miguel Corporation is throwing its support behind efforts to recognize the countrys best doctors and encourage them to stay in the Philippines and serve their countrymen. Socio-civic organization Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate Philippines announced that the diversied conglomerate has signed on as a major supporter of its 2012 search for The Outstanding Filipino Physicians. SMC president and chief operating ofcer Ramon S. Ang, together with the JCISP president Antonio H. Cerilles and Lyceum Northwestern University president and TOFP National Chairman JCI Senator Gonzalo T. Duque recently led the formal launch for the tilt. SMC also presented JCISP a sponsorship check worth P1.5 million. Cerilles described the annual TOFP awards as a means to encourage Filipino doctors to remain in the country and serve their fellow Filipinos. The awards program was started in 2007 by then Health Secretary and current Civil Service Commission chairman Francisco T. Duque III and past JCISP President Senen Quiambao. Apart from recognizing outstanding doctors in major urban centers, the awards will honor community doctors who serve in areas where there is a lack of proper health care and a dearth of medical practitioners. Cerilles lauded SMCs entry as an institutional partner for the TOFP and said the companys support will go a long way in ensuring the success of the annual search. Certainly, SMCs participation will be a big boost in our efforts to honor our doctors who excel and continue to serve our kababayans. There is much greater joy and fulllment in doing good deeds than just earning bigger income, TOFP Chairman Duque said. Apart from Duque, other members of the 2012 TOFP Executive Committee are JCI senators Robert Kwan, Emmanuel Bamba, Ramon Nanadiego, Joel Sarmiento, Glen Santos, Can Torevillas, and TOFP 2008 Chairman Melandrew T. Velasco, who now serves as TOFP 2012 Executive Director. In the last ve years, TOFP has earned a special niche in Philippine JCI history and has joined the league of prestigious Jaycee annual searches and awards like The Outstanding Young Men and The Outstanding Filipinos.

Picking up the pieces. A resident of

Marikina carries part of his roof as he rebuilds his ood- damaged home along the riverbank. AP

High court told: Aussie national lacked work permit

THE Supreme Court has been asked to restrain the National Labor Relations Commission from awarding P60 million in compensation to a foreigner who had no alien employment visa to work legally in the Philippines. In an urgent motion for a temporary restraining order filed on August 10, Eulalio Ganzon of E. Ganzon, Inc. (EGI) and EGIManagers, Inc. told the high court that the NLRC had set a hearing at 2 p.m. on Aug. 17 undoubtedly for no other purpose than the execution of the assailed decision. Assailed by Ganzon and his rms was the SCs third division ruling on September 18, 2009 that awarded P60 million in compensation to Australian national Andrew James McBurnie. The 2009 ruling was handed down by the third division then chaired by the now retired Justice Consuelo Ynares Santiago, who was wrote the decision. Ganzon had earlier filed a motion to reconsider the third divisions January 25, 2012 resolution that denied his and his companys second motion for reconsideration and pleaded that the case be elevated to the full court. A check with the SCs third division showed that Ganzons motion is still pending for consideration by the court. Ganzons plea for a TRO in his urgent motion was furnished the NLRC in a manifestation and motion. Through lawyer Teodoro M. Jumamil, Ganzon asked the NLRC to reset its August 17 hearing until after the SC shall have ruled on his motion. Ganzon also asked the NLRC to require McBurnies presence during the hearing. According to Ganzon, McBurnie could not have led personally, as required by the rules, the alleged illegal dismissal case in 2002 because he had left the country in 1999 and had not returned since then. Ganzon cited certication from the Bureau of Immigration dated March 30, 2009, stating that McBurnie has not returned to the Philippines since he left the country ten years ago. Due to this, McBurnie failed to attend any of the 14 hearings conducted by labor arbiter Salimathar Nambi on the complaint that was led in absentia, Ganzon told the SC. Despite the ling of the case in absentia and the nonattendance in hearings, the labor arbiter ordered an award of P60 million in just compensation to McBurnie who was allegedly illegally dismissed less than two months after his reported employment, he said. According to Ganzon, things took a turn for the worse when the case reached the SC on a petition by McBurnie challenging a Court of Appeals decision that reduced to P10 million the bond to be posted by EGI Managers, Inc. and EGI in connection with the arbiters decision. He said that Justice Santiago, to whom McBurnies case was assigned, required McBurnie to le a reply on EGI and EGI Managers comment in a resolution dated Aug. 26, 2009. Rey E. Requejo

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to do the job. From various accounts of senior ofcials and pro-administration legislators, their less than vigorous interest to pass the FOI Act supposedly derives from a few reasons: 1. That some Executive agencies have become more transparent anyway that they are already uploading some budget and public nance documents; 2. That the FOI Act seems largely an issue of the middle class and the media; 3. That the FOI Act might not get the numbers needed in the House, and with the May 2013 elections coming soon, might divide more than unite the political parties. Online uploads of public documents are just half the transparency equation that the FOI Act must guarantee. The other, more important half of the equation is the public disclosure of documents on request or on demand of citizens asserting their right to access information in government custody. Citizens need and must know how public ofcials exercise their powers and authorities, how they spend public funds, what contracts and agreements they sign and seal on our behalf, what policy issues bother them that must also bother us so we may participate in making decisions. Citizens need and must know the programs for the delivery of the most basic services, as well as how they can access with success and within reasonable time frames the most relevant public documents they need to secure and safeguard their most basic needs. Indeed, in the panoply of rights, the right to information is both the most supreme and the most fundamental as it is the bedrock of all our rights to education, property, livelihood, even life. The right to information is our protection against government abuse, at the same time that it is our power to make government accountable. But our right to information, as great and self-executing as it is under the 1987 Constitution, requires a complementing legislation to ensure its clear-cut, full and predictable operation. Twenty six years and ve presidents

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Push, pass the FOI Act now

stuck in the legislative wringer over the last 14 years, hobbled by the discombobulating concerns of the Executive, and mocked by restrictive administrative ats of the Judiciary, the House of Representatives, and even the Ofce of the Ombudsman. The Freedom of Information Act long promised by the Constitution to this day remains just a promise. And from the 12th to the present 15th Congress, despite the dozens of bills led and reled, it seems like we always return to square one, marching but only in place, on the FOI Act. The second Aquino administration of Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III was installed in June 2010 on major summons for the citizens and public ofcials to trek the daang matuwid, rid the nation of corruption, and alleviate poverty. From birth, it is an administration that seems naturally betrothed to pushing and passing the FOI Act. Two years and two months in ofce hence, the administration and its Liberal Party-led coalition in the House of Representatives have yet since, no such law has yet been passed. Over that long wait, the proposed measure has undergone numerous adjustments to carefully balance the peoples right to information on the one hand, and the interests for reasonable condentiality and sound administrative practice, on the other. This balancing process has already been exhausted. In truth, what is now left preventing the passage of the FOI law are the personal and speculative fears of our leaders of the peoples exercise of their right to know. Today, we speak with one voice and join the rest of the people in demanding political will on the part of President Aquino, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. to lead their respective institutions in immediately enacting the FOI law. With time fast running out on the 15th Congress, the long wait for the FOI Act should have been over yesterday. The time for decision is now.

IN 1986 at Edsa, the rst people power revolt ended 21 years of a government so dark and so opaque, and ushered in one of light and transparency. The strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos was vanquished and democracy icon Corazon C. Aquino came to power. A year later, the 1987 Constitution enshrined state policies of full transparency and accountability in the conduct of all public ofcials and employees, and of full public disclosure of information vested with public interest. The Constitution upheld the peoples right to know and be informed about all policies, projects, and programs of government that involve use of taxpayers money. It is now 2012, or over 26 years after Edsa. Filipinos today are the most exuberant in their exercise of the freedoms of speech, of the press, and of peaceable assembly for redress of just grievances. But one other inalienable freedom that the Constitution also guarantees Freedom of Information remains just a bill perpetually

The real joke

LOWDOWN
I TOOK a really dim view of the governments new and supposedly hard-nosed program to remove squatter shanties along metropolitan creeks and rivers, upon its announcement. Turns out I was way too optimistic in predicting that wed know for certain by the time the rains return next year. It took the Aquino administration just one day to back away from its headline-grabbing policy of blasting nearly 200,000 squatter shanties built on critical waterways that have been blamed for the oods in Metro Manila. Yes, one day after Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson said he received instructions from President Noynoy Aquino himself to remove the squattersto blast them, if need be, he saidanother Cabinet member explained why this was not going to happen. The money [allocated for relocation] is good for 20,000 [families] per year, said Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. Were asking for P10 billion to relocate 100,000 families in ve years. Assuming the number of squatter shanties does not grow (something no one in his right mind would bet on), it will take the government 10 years just to remove all the informal settlers along the waterways. And then theres the problem of nding relocation sites for the people living along canals, esteros, creeks and rivers who will be displaced, Robredo said. So, there you have it: No money, no relocation sitesand denitely no more talk of blasting. (As for Singson, well, he says he was misquoted by the media something his press-critic boss will surely understand. I am sorry, but I am no violent person. There is no blasting order whatsoever in any waterways in the Philippines, a chastened Singson said.) Even for an administration whose decisions sometimes seem to be based entirely on sound bites and propaganda, that was probably the quickest 180-degree turns ever executed. Too bad ofcial ip-opping (and freestyle, seat-of-the-pants policymaking) will never become an Olympic event.
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The joke is certainly on all of us who have to live with the oods.

The clearing of squatter shanties along ood-prone waterways is not going to happen. Not during this administration, anyway, no matter how many times the oods beset us every blessed year. *** The Aquino administration, the man in charge said, is implementing ood control and disaster management measures which work. Similar projects put in place by previous administration, to which the current one must always be unfavorably compared by those now in power, are a joke, he said. But now its becoming clear that the current administration c a n c e l l e d important projects, ignored key recommendations and even abolished programs and agencies intended to nd a long-term solution to the problem of rainy-season ooding in Metro Manila and its environs, simply because they were started by its predecessor. And if there is a joke in all of this, it certainly is on us all who have to live with the oods. Lets start with the unilateral cancellation by President Noynoy Aquino of the P18.7-billion contract to dredge the Laguna Lake, because Aquino is of the rm belief that the silt will only be moved from one part of the lake to another. Proponents of the project, which was funded by the Belgian government, denied Aquinos simplistic understanding of the work involved, but the President would not be dissuaded even by a European Community lawsuit and forced international arbitration. Then there was Aquinos abolition in July 2010 of the Special National Public Reconstruction Commission, an agency created in the disastrous aftermath of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng a year earlier. That short-lived commissions main output, called the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, put together by experts from the private sector, civil society organizations, and multilateral development partners and bilateral development partners, was also shelved. The paper evaluated the damage caused by the typhoons, covering 13 key sectors of the economy, local government, social protection, nance, and disaster risk management and reduction. The mothballed recommendations, in the new Yellow light of the Aquino administration, were apparently unnecessaryuntil Turn to page 5

Hungarys declining population

AT THE outset I would like to make it clear that this column is not weighing in on the great population control debate. A lot has already been said on both sides of this divisive issue and my take on it wont matter much. It would be interesting, though, to cite how Hungary, where I was posted as Philippine ambassador for seven years, is dealing with the population problem, In light of the heated debate on the reproductive health bill or which President Aquino gingerly treads and refers to as responsible parenthood, Hungarys demographic stat somehow has resonance and relevance to the issue at bar. The Hungarian problem is not a runaway population but a falling one. From a population of a little over 10 million in 2002, the number of Hungarians even fell to just 9,994,000 in 2010. Its not that there is not enough happening in the bedroom. Heavens, noHungarians are one of the most sexually active people on the planet; they are just not making babies, only love. Ask Europes biggest condom maker (the companys name escapes me now; I know I should have clipped the news item when I rst read it) which conducted a survey to determine its biggest market. Hungary came out rst, well ahead of the notoriously promiscuous Scandinavians. Europes condom distributors are

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snickering all the way to the bank. The condom trade is brisk business sold under a motherhood mantra of safe sex. Europes economy, however, is not as healthy as the bank accounts of the condom and contraceptive manufacturers. Portugal, Greece and Spain formerly known as Club Med are now derisively called PIGS from the rst letters of the countries with Ireland providing the I to complete the acronym of European economies worst hit by the current nancial crisis. Hungarys economy is also on the brink of needing a bailout from the European Central Bank to keep it aoat. One would think that with a population which continues to decline, things would be more manageable for the politicians and the economists. There is now a serious concern the number of young people in the workforce is not enough to support the pension and health care fund for the graying population. There are of course other factors for Hungarys declining population other than its safe sex practice. Young, skilled Hungarians are also moving out to other more prosperous European countries where they can earn bigger pay. Hungarians no longer need a visa to enter another European Union country when they joined the EU in 2004 and also acceded to the Schengen Treaty. Even the US and Canada waived tourist visa requirement for Hungarians for a stay of 21 days. Another factor in Hungarys declining population is its xenophobic immigration policy which nears zero tolerance. Ethnic Hungarians comprise more than 90 percent of its population. One can
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hardly see black people on the streets of Budapest and even more so in the sparsely populated small towns. If one encounters a black person in Budapest, he or she is either an exchange student or a diplomat from one of the African countries. Hungarians are not racists. In general, they are a friendly, pleasant and intelligent people. Hungary can claim bragging rights to having 13 Nobel Prize winners, in various elds from science to literature. They are however not keen to opening their borders to immigrants even from neighboring Romania. Gustav, the Philippine Embassys janitor-cum-gardener/utility man in Budapest always enjoyed a good laugh when with a put-down banter he referred to Richard our driver as a Roma. Richard is actually a Romanian who immigrated to Hungary. Roma refers to the gypsies with Hungarian and Romanian blood running in their veins. They are displaced people living near Hungarys borders with Serbia, Slovakia and Bosnia-Herzogovina and are looked upon as outcasts. On a note of optimism over our galloping population, the Philippines perhaps could borrow a page on how India and China, two of the most populous countries in the world, were able to harness huge human resources to become powerhouse economies. Even Muslim Indonesia, the worlds fourth-largest nation with a population of 240 million, is converting itself into a capitalist haven, drawing foreign investments more than the Philippines. In the nal analysis, the population is not the problem. Its the kind of leadership the populace gets. Or deserves.

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FIRST THINGS FIRST
IN HIS four-part Turno en Contra speech on the reproductive health bill which began Monday, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III promised to identify the pro-RH lobbyists in Congress. Everyone is waiting for it. I hope his list is longer than mine, and that he has all the time in the world to read it. Otherwise, he might omit some very important names, and they may not forgive him for it. Whether or not it comes, we need not look at the proposed naming of names as a kind of expose. In most parliaments and Congresses, lobbying is a legitimate political activity protected by law. So it is in this country. All our pro-RH lobbyists have to do is simply to behave themselves accordingly. But they seldom do. In 1979, together with then-Minister, now Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile at the interim Batasang Pambansa, I authored the Foreign Agents Registration Act of the Philippines, requiring foreign agents to make a full disclosure of their interests before they begin to lobby Congress on any issue. Under that law, a foreign agent is anyone funded wholly or in part by a foreign entity to undertake any public activity in the country. The purpose of this law was to protect our sovereign national interests from any undue inuence or pressure from any foreign source. In my appearances before the Senate and the House committees hearing the RH bill, I tried to call attention to that law to guide the respective committees. I normally began my testimony by declaring that I sat on the board of two

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Theres more bad news

TO THE POINT
SECRETARY of Justice Leila de Lima was not included among the eight nominees selected by the Judicial and Bar Council. One of the eight will be appointed by President Aquino as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court. The President should be thankful that De Lima was not included in the list. Otherwise, he would have never heard the last of it from his critics. I am not at all surprised that among those in the list, Associate Justice Antonio Carpio got the highest number of votes. He is certainly the most qualied and the most senior among the insiders named. He deserves to be the next chief justice. It was truly a pity that former President Gloria Arroyo did not name him to the top post upon the retirement of former Chief Justice Reynato Puno. The President has until August 27 to decide. Despite the sterling qualications of all the other nominees, it will be a pity if Justice Carpio is not made chief justice. He has been with the court for more than 10 years so he knows the intricacies of the Judiciary. He knows what must be done to restor the publics faith in the judicial system heavily shattered by the ouster of its leader, former Chief Justice Renato Corona. Picking an outsider will demoralize the Judiciary. As for Justice Sereno, I do not question her credentials and background. I simply believe we must return to tradition and recognize seniority. *** We need good news during these times, when nature reminds us that it can destroy lives and livelihood in an instant. Alas, heres a double whammy of bad news. In the August 12 edition of the prestigious and inuential The Wall Street Journal is a report from James Hookway from Manila which says: The airport code MNL- for Manilas Ninoy Aquino International Airport- can strike fear into the hearts of even the most hardened business travelers. With its long snaking lines, the tarty departure lounges and congested, over-lapping runways, Terminal One at Ninoy Aquino is regularly voted as one of the worlds worst airport terminals in online polls. It did not help that two people were injured when part of the terminals ceiling collapsed last year. Now, sorting out the problems at Manilas International gatewayalong with many of the Philippines other notorious infrastructure problems is merging as a top policy priority of President Benigno Aquino III as he tries to propel his country onto a faster growth track to compete with betterequipped rivals, such as China, Thailand and Malaysia. The congestion crisis at NAIA partly reects a boom on air travel across Asia. Budget carriers such as AirAsia and Cebu Pacic have opened up foreign travel to legions of rst-time passengers. But delaysaround a third of ights leave behind schedulealso expose chronic under investment in the Philippine economy, which analysts say Mr. Aquino and his government
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international organizationsWorld Youth Alliance in New York, and International Right to Life Federation in Cincinnati, Ohiobut that I did not receive a single centavo for my work, and was therefore not a foreign agent under the law. I expected the chair of the Senate or House committee to require all the other resource persons to make a similar declaration before giving their testimonies. However, whether from sheer lack of understanding of procedure or ignorance of the law, the chair never took the cue. In the Senate hearings, there would sometimes be 60 or so NGOs in attendance. Most if not all of them would be foreign-funded, and therefore foreign agents But none of them ever declared the foreign interests they served. This rose to a yet higher level of iniquity in the case of one particular pro-RH NGO, the Philippine Legislative Committee for Population and Development (PLCPD). This is run by foreign interests, but it lists some senators and congressmen among its ofcers and members. The committee is not a creation of Congress, and has no rightful claim to any privileges accorded to any congressional committee. But until I started making a lot of noise about it, and some congressmen picked up the issue, it had its ofces inside the Batasan complex, where the House sits, while some party-list representatives had virtually no place of their own, and its executive staff virtually ran the affairs of the committees like they were organic to Congress. I dont believe those are the guys Sotto should name. But whether or not he intends to name the RH lobbyists down to the last errand boy, he should perhaps help us examine at greater depth the role of the population lobby in our nations politics. Have they simply waged a campaign for the enactment of an RH bill, or have they, in fact, been working within the interstices of our political system to produce the kind of men and women that now dominate our politics? What gives them the gall, for instance, to warn the Catholic bishops that they would make sure no anti-RH candidate wins in the next election? Have they arrived at such a position that they can now call the shots in our national politics? Are President Noynoy Aquino and the pro-RH members of Congress, in fact, a product of their manipulations of our politics? This question does not simply jump out of the blue. In 1992, following my first election to the Senate on a pro-life, pro-family platform, the first warning I heard from Dr. Mahar Mangahas of the Social Weather Stations was that I would never get re-elected unless I supported the population control policy that he espoused. You see, there is no such thing as a Catholic vote, he said. This was a truly correct statement in a patently ignorant context. That conversation happened before I could warm my seat in my elected post, before the rst regular session of my very rst Congress in the Senate. That was 20 years ago. Obviously, that lobby has since grown in strength. In fact, before my reelection in 1995, I was threatened with junking by a population control general, well before the senatorial campaign beganby mysterious, foreign-supported forces. This was averted with the help of then President Ramos. Nevertheless in that election, which I won, one reputable statistical analysis showed I lost some 2.2 million votes to unknown forces. fstatad@gmail.com

Whom will the President blame next?

will have to x in order to build on the countrys strong performance in recent months. Gross Domestic Product grew 6.4 percent in the rst quarter from the year-earlier period and the benchmark stock-exchange index breached records. For years the Philippines lagged behind China and most of the rest of Southeast Asia in posting rapid growth. Corruption, bureucratic red-tape and poor infrastructure deterred local and a foreign investments, economists say. When foreigners, especially the Western press, arrive, the rst and last impression they have of a country is its international gateway. My gulay, foreign investors read The Asian Wall Street Journal! Yes, DoTC Secretary Mar Roxas is set to bid out contracts for the improvement of Naia 1. But thats only a band-aid solution. What is needed is a long-term, out-of-the-box approach like nally relocating Naia to Clark and making Naia a domestic terminal. For decades, there have been plans to do so. As always, the lack of political will and resolve has made the country content with the Jurassic, archaic and aging Naia. Bad news coming from the Western press will continue. My gulay, whom will the President blame then? *** Theres one good news, however, for the country. Its the upcoming Aurora Pacic Economic Zone or Apeco in the municipality of Casiguran, Aurora province, which started operations in 2008. It is building industrialized ecofriendly communities that will transform the place into a center for a globally competitive, technologically advanced economic zone in the Pacic Northeast Sea Board. When completed, it could even be the envy of our Asean neighbors which are not as geographically endowed as the Philippines. As envisioned, the Ecozone will also accelerate the progress and development not just in the immediate area and vicinity around the project, but of the whole province and the entire Region III, as well as the southern part of Region II that includes Quirino, Nueva Viscaya, Isabela and Southern Cagayan Valley. It must be noted that Region III already has Fort Irene Cagayan Economic Zone which investigated Region II. The Aurora Economic Zone will also serve as a logistic hub, an ideal base for business among countries in the Pacic rim, and a major tourism destination accessible through trimodial transport by air, land and sea, which simply means more jobs and more taxes for LGUs. But, as always, there are the nitpickers and fault-nders raising recycled concerns that the Ecozone is harmful to the ecology and derive the locals of their agriculture and ancestral lands, rob the sher-folks of their livelihood and so forth. My gulay, these are the very same issues that keep on being raised against legitimate mining, electric and power plant construction, coal-powered energy and just about any project meant to benet the majority of our people. Just thinkthe Apeco project will create more jobs and business opportunities that translate into a vibrant local economy as a result of a freeport. The benets are endless. This is certainly good news for the country.

A full life is a good life

CHASING HAPPY
THE last time I spoke with Corazon dela Paz-Bernardo, she was on her last week as president and chief executive ofcer of the Social Security System. The result of that interview was the twopart Setting Benchmarks at the SSS, published in this space on July 28 and August 4, 2008. At that time, she was a few months into her second marriage. She was looking forward to her retirement so she could spend time with her husband and her only daughter, then in her 20s. She dreamed of taking a beak, going on a cruise. Such simple pleasures were long overdue. Her stint at the SSS which lasted seven years even though she initially said she would be on board for only one took its toll on her physical health. She came to our interview in a wheelchair, her scoliosis deemed degenerative by her doctors. She she was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of paperwork that she had to take some of them home at the end of the day. Coming from a 36-year practice at one of the most prestigious audit companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Philippines, Dela Paz-Bernardo also had to adjust to government culture, where most deferred to the wishes of the boss at whatever cost. It was problematic, she said, because she had built her reputation on saying no. If it could not be done, or must not be done, she would tell you so. Her government stint was not without its rewards. Dela Paz-Bernardo realized that many government workers knew what they were doing, what the

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problems were, and how they could be addressed. They only needed to be motivated and inspired. She built on the initiatives of her predecessor, Vitaliano Naniagas, to get the employees to give faster, better service. She knew that the best approach was to manage the organization as a business. When she came in, the SSS funds actuarial life was only until 2015. Members were not too keen on contributing, fearing there might not be enough funds for them when their own time of need came. By the time she left, in 2008, the life of the fund had been extended by 21 years, or to 2036. *** The good news these days is that Dela Paz-Bernardo has ditched the wheelchair. In fact, she is working on strengthening her back, engaging the help of a trainer who comes to her house and guides her as she lifts weights. I dont actually live here, she says of the Makati townhouse where she has agreed to meet me. I moved in with my husband because he already had his place, but I did not want to give this up. She settles into a seat where she rests her back, and then looks around. The townhouse was where she lived with her rst husband and raised their daughter. This is where my secretary works, too. Everything is here. It turns out that the laid-back retirement I envisioned her enjoying did not quite come to pass. She did take a few vacations, but she always came back to work. For instance, she only recently stepped down as president of the Genevabased International Social Security Association, a global organization of social security professionals of which she was the rst woman and rst nonEuropean president. Now she sits on the

board of directors of several companies and the board of trustees of several schools and non-prot organizations. Dela Paz-Bernardo also now sits as chairman of the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections. She believes that it is time to re-asses the relevance of Namfrel, which was known in elections past as a watchdog, an alternative group providing so-called quick counts. Dela Paz Bernardo emphasizes the need for information technology and audit expertise in ensuring that the elections are clean and credible. Her group is advocating random manual audits for the 2013 polls. She is also keen on educating voters: How must we discern who are right for our country? I dont want to be chairman if all I will do is criticize, she says. We want to proceed from regularity, assuming that everybody has good intentions and are doing the right thing. *** She left the townhouse the same time that I did, stopping by only to pick up a Filipiniana terno from her old closet to wear to some function later on in the day. Sometimes the meetings come one after the other. I nd myself wishing I had more time to sleep, or to tidy up my room which is lled with documents, or just play better golf. It seems, however, inconceivable that the 71-year-old Dela Paz-Bernardo, after a long and illustrious career as a nancial executive, will ever really relish a day doing nothing. She says, after all: We always want to use our talent to reach out and help improve something. Indeed, is there any other way to live? adellechua@gmail.com

The real joke

From A4 the oods hit again this year and people started wondering if the lessons of Ondoy were ever learned. The PDNA was no joke, according to one report. The report provided the government with a framework with which to mobilize support from the global community to help the Philippines recover from the devastation and from similar catastrophes. These included the creation of a new agency responsible for managing oods and drainage for Metro Manila, including the Laguna Lake area. For the longer term, it also suggested additional investment to retain water upstream (through infrastructure like the Marikina dam) and regulate the ow of water through the system, including a new oodway to link Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Of course, it comes as no surprise that the PDNA recommendations somehow also found their way in Aquinos newlyinaugurated comprehensive ood-control program. Its just sad that theyve been discovered only two years later, when they could have been implemented right away, had the toxic politics espoused by Aquino not gotten in the way. And if thats a joke, it certainly isnt funny.

Letter to an anti-RH priest

By Sylvia Europa Pinca
Dear Fr. Ogie, I just came from church and listened to your homily on the RH bill for the fourth time in one week and went home with a terrible headache. Of the four same-topic homilies, your Sunday sermon was most irrelevant. You prefaced your anti-RH talk with these wordsDi ba nakita natin kung papaano nagbaha dito sa Metro Manila ng apat na araw? Magbibigay ba kayo ng condom at contraceptives sa mga nasalanta ng baha? I think it was the most inane introduction for your attack on the RH bill (I could have used the word stupid instead of inane but Father I cannot say that to a priest. One thing more, you were the one who blessed our condo near the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart and I thank you for having done us the favor.) Father, being a priest, you surely are an expert on the Bible. Does not Ecclesiastes 3:1 say For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven? Now to suit your purposes you ask if RH proponents should distribute condoms and IUDs to ood victims? You know very well that the government, the private sector and various individuals have been distributing food and relief goods. People get contraceptives in health centers by choice. These are not forced on them. You say you have studied surveys and social analyses to prove that population is not the problem. We also read these things but most of the time they are different from lifes realities. Do you know that people who came from big families do not want to repeat the cycle of having so many children again? I myself came from a family of nine children. We were not poor because my parents, a lawyer-teacher team, were very hardworking. I was the sixth child and coming from a strong-willed group of siblings, I felt left out, dominated and harassed. I think what kept me strong was the fact that I was prayerful and I learned to ght for my rights. Today, I have one child, my other siblings have either one or two children. Only one of the nine siblings has ve. But let me tell you this, Father. The poor women who came to work for us are the reason I am pro-RH. There was Nana Aning with ten children who washed our clothes for a lifetime. She would sayAkala ko pag nagasawa ako hindi na ako magtatrabaho. Nagkaanak ako ng marami pero eto ako ang nagpapakain ng pamilya ko. She married a drunk who wanted sex every night. Another child-woman named Carmen who worked for us lived in the mountains and she would hike for two hours daily to reach our place. Her husband wanted her home every night because he needed to do it to her whether she liked it or not. She was 18 when they married and after 12 children, she was terribly emaciated. She never had access to maternal health care. Every time she gave birth, her husband attended to herhe cut the placenta of their babies with a bamboo stick and she survived it all except that one day she had severe diarrhea, got dehydrated and died at the age of 40 years old. I can tell you a thousand and one stories as I have met a lot of women like Nana Aning and Carmen and I can only empathize with their situation. We have helped them to the best of our ability but you can only do so much. Father, the world like our climate is changing. Many Catholics like me are changing their views. God surely knows and understands that women and their families must decide what is best for them. I can only hope that someday you too will understand the changes that are taking place in society. And, Father, tell me honestly, how many of those who attended mass last Sunday signed the petition against the RH bill? The author is president/CEO of Europa Public Relations.

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Govt to move 20k squatters

By Jonathan Fernandez

THE government created an inter-agency body tasked with relocating 10,000 to 20,000 informal settlers illegally living at waterways in Metro Manila each year with an annual budget of P10 billion, according to Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo.
Robredo said the body will Metro Manila Development Authority, Department of Public Works and Highways, National Housing Authority and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Every year, we will move between 10,000 to 20,000, he said in an interview with radio station dzBB. The secretary said President Aquino ordered that squatters living under bridges and waterways will be relocated to on-site resettlement projects, where available, and the government is already looking for private or public property that can be used for the purpose. He said the government will look for in-city and near-city relocation sites before resorting to the resettlement of affected families to provinces. Robredo said there are about 100,000 suatters living at the easement of Metro Manilas estuaries, called estero, but the government will initially move only about 30,000 of them. Barangay ofcials will also be held liable if they allow people to live in waterways in their jurisdictions. The kapitan (village headman) has the primary responsibility of enforcing the Building. If there is a problem, he is part of it. He is the one who sees this kind of eventuality. It is clear that if a house rises (at an estuary) and the builder is not accosted or reported to the building ofcial, then the headman will be held liable, Robredo said. Robredo announced the policies after Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson declared that the government has rmly resolved to prevent further deaths of people who insist of living along waterwayes despite the danger to their families. Singson said the administration is ready to roll out high-priority ood control projects worth P5 billion starting this year, including repair and elevation of breached dikes in Pampanga, Malabon and Navotas, which is expected to be completed within three to six months. The upgrade of pumping system in Metro Manila and improvement of low-lying municipalities around the Laguna Lake particularly Cainta, Rizal and Laguna, are also included in the long list of priority projects. The Public Works Department will also start the improvement of the delayed Valenzuela-ObandoMeycauayan project, according to Singson. He said these projects are part of the P352-billion master plan that he presented to President Aquino at a meeting on ood mitigation on Monday.

Life in the islands. Flood victims queue for relief even as Tropical Depression Helen enhanced monsoon rain in Marikina City. The storm (international name: Kai-Tak) is expected to move northwestward toward southeastern China and may dump more rain in the ood-battered northern Philippines a week after half of Metro Manila got ooded. AP

QC folk contract leptospirosis

By Joyce P. Paares and Rio N. Araja
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will reimburse members who were admitted for uncomplicated leptospirosis in areas that were affected by last weeks massive ooding. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte made the assurance after Quezon City ofcials announced that at least 14 ood victims have tested positive for leptospirosis, a bacterial infection contracted from ood water. Quezon City health ofcer Antonieta Inumerable said 8,663 other ood victims are being treated with pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent them from developing the disease. Inumerable said they administered 200-milligram oral doses of the antibiotic doxycycline to over 8,600 city residents who were exposed to the oods after they manifested u-like symptoms, such as severe headache and recurring high fever. Meanwhile, Valte said people who are not PhilHealth members will also be able to avail themselves of the benet after they are enrolled with the state health insurance agency which reimburse up to P11,000 per case for all member types. Valte said premium payment shall also be waived and the membership validity period has been extended to July 31, 2013. That takes care of the problem of non-members of PhilHealth belonging to the lowest quintile who were affected and contracted leptospirosis, she said, adding that PhilHealth is also ready to assist accredited institutional healthcare providers whose claim documents may have been affected by the recent ooding.

Metro has had no anti-ood plan since 1952

By Joel E. Zurbano
ASIDE from a burgeoning population, improper garbage disposal and climate change, the heavy ooding that have occured in recent years can also be blamed on the fact that the Philippines has not had a comprehensive oodcontrol masterplan for since 1952, according to Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson. Singson said the 60-year-old masterplan no longer addresses current realities and involves sewerage and drainage systems that are 70 percent clogged with heavy silt and are only working at 30 percent capacity. In 1990, the department undertook three important ood-control projects the West Manggahan Floodway project in Pasig; rst phase of the oodcontrol project in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela and the second phase of the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement project. But there were separate projects and not designed under a comprehensive masterplan similar to what the department is now undertaking with the assistance of the World Bank, Singson said. After Tropical Depression Ondoy in September 2009, a number of the infrastructure projects were also undertaken, but they were mostly rehabilitational. Nonetheless, Singson said the department has completed over P3 billion worth of projects in at least ve regions. [For Metro Manila,] we are doing Pasig-Marikina ood control and river wall improvement. We have been doing drainage improvement in several ooded areas, Singson said. We are also identifying projects to be prioritized like [the repair of] dikes on major rivers and the clearing of waterways, he added. Singson explained that a new masterplan was developed with a grant from the World Bank and the Australian Aid for International Development. The plan involves infrastructure amounting to P351.72 billion to be built over a period of 23 years. A technical working group of the The National Economic and Development Authority has approved last month 11 infrastructure projects, including a large dam in Marikina that will cost P198.43 billion, but the entire plan still needs to be approved by President Aquino. Singson said the President already announced last week that the government can undertake three ood-control projects that could be nished in two years, referring to a dike on the rim of Laguna de Bay, embankments and catch basins in the Marikina River watershed and an 8-kilometer dike and pumping station in the Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela area. Singson said the Marikina dam would take some time because it has to go through a bidding process, which may take at least a year, then another year for sourcing of funds, also one year or more for detailed engineering and the procurement process, and nally the construction which may take six years.

IN BRIEF
Developers forge roadmap
THE Subdivision and Housing Developers Association, in partnership with key housing agencies that include the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Home Development Mutual Fund, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board, National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation, will hold its 2012 National Housing Convention at Davaos Marco Polo Hotel from Sept. 27 to 28. This years convention will see the launch of the housing industry roadmap, followed by discussions pertaining to its impact on the industry as it assists developers in crafting their strategies in cooperation with all the concerned government agencies and private partner institutions. Led by HUDCC Chairman and Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr., the event will see a presentation of the analysis of data that led to the formulation of the roadmap. The symposium continues the success of last years convention, which saw government agencies forging partnerships and committing cooperation to streamline the issuance of licenses and permits, addressing bottlenecks in processing housing delivery, and revising implementing rules for areas such as socialized housing compliance.

Vegetable, sh prices increase due to oods

By Othel Campos
VEGETABLE and shery product prices started upticks beginning last week following the onslaught of torrential monsoon rains that caused massive ooding in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. The bureau said the oods caused by the rain delayed the delivery of farm products to major trading centers in Metro Manila, resulting in a spike in vegetable prices. The bureau said in a report that the delays in delivery resulted in signicant increases in wholesale prices from August 1 to 9. The quotation of P15 per kilo of pechay Baguio last week rose to P22, the report said. Cabbage, carrots, Baguio beans, chayote, and white potato also registered price increases rangLUNGSOD NG MAKATI Bids and Awards Committee
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ing from 7 to 33 percent, compared to prices a week ago. All these translated to a P10 per kilogram addon at the retail trade, said the statistics bureau, niting that the prices of leafy vegetables like kangkong, pechay, and sili tops doubled while the supply of almost all captured sh and seafood species was limited, causing an increase in retail prices. Anchovies registered a 10 percent price incrase while the price of blue crabs or alimasag went up by 40 percent. Earlier, the Vegetable Importers/Exporters and Vendors Association warned Metro Manila consumers of a shortage in supply in the next two to three weeks after traders admitted that theyre having difculties sourcing fresh farm produce in Luzon. The vegetable group said that vegetables from Benguet could not be transported to Metro Manila

due to transportation problems. If there are any that reach Manila, these are very few highland. Available vegetables are mostly for pakbet. Which are being delivered to major trading posts in Manila, such as Divisoria and Balintawak. Government economic managers had earlier warned that the country may experience temporary increases in food prices because of temporary disruptions in the supply chain. The worst ooding in three years engulfed about half of the metropolis last week, crippling transport links, prompting closure of schools and some ofces and triggering panic buying. The deluge also hit the main island of Luzon, which produces almost half the nations rice. Costlier food, which accounts for 39 percent of the consumer price index, may stoke ination that quickened to a six-month high in July.

Naval architects set meet

THE Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Inc. will hold its midyear general assembly at Sea Urchin Hotel in Davao City from Aug. 17 to 19, according to president Thaddy Jovellanos. The theme of the three-day conference will be Naval Architecture in Shaping Our Future and was organized by Jovellanos in coordination with chairman Jerome Manuel and auditor Ronie Bontor. Among the highlights of the conference is the government ptrogam to modernize and enhance the maritime industry. In support of the program, Executive Order No. 588 was issued to strengthen th eship building and ship repair sector. The nancial assitance to support the expansion and is being made available by the Development Bank of the Philippines through its Logistic Infrastructure and Development Project nancing facility.

INVITATION TO BID
The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites registered suppliers/ manufacturers/distributors/contractors to bid for the hereunder projects: NO. 1 NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dental Kits for the use of various schools of Dep-Ed Makati LOCATION DEP-ED APPROVED BUDGET P2,471,010.00

Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualification of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall be conducted. All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows: ACTIVITIES 1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor 2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor SCHEDULE August 23, 2012 (02:00 P.M.) September 06, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)

Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount of ______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier. (fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity) The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for (Procuring Entity) any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid. The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities therein and to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government. Approved by:
(MST-Aug. 15, 2012)

(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA Chairperson

Scientic meeting. American endovascular specialist Dr. Frank J. Criado of the Medstar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, takes his seat after deliversing a lecture on aortic diseases in perspective. Appaluding the physician are Dr. Dy Bun Yok, director of Heart Institute, Dr. James G. Dy, President of Philippine Chinese Charitable Association Inc., Dr. Alfonso Chan, Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center medical director and Red Cross chairman Richard Gordon.

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Japan Friendship Cup. There will also be support races held Saturday and Sunday, backed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., San Miguel Corporation, Resorts World, EEG Development Corporation, Cong. Albee Benitez, SMART Communication, Solaire Resort and Casino, Tiger Resort and Leisure, All-Tech/ Ridgemont Feeds, FR Sevilla Industrial Corporation, Red Bull, San Juan Coliseum, and horseowners organizations MARHO, Philtobo, and Klub Don Juan de Manila. Gran Matador Brandy will be supplying the winning owners, trainers, jockeys, and grooms with a gift pack each. As always, winning grooms will receive extra prizes such as cash and goods. My father had a soft heart for

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The running...
From A8
When she and her husband began joining weekly races, Luisa realized something as she began making podium nishes in some of them. Sa tatlong buwan na pagtakbutakbo ko, akalain mo, mas malaki pa ang kinikita ko kaysa sa pagtatrabaho, explained Luisa, who pocketed as much as P75,000 in a race in Cebu. She earned so much from her participation in several races that Luisa was able to buy a new house and lot for her family, plus a tricycle as well. As a mother, Luisa said she now has a different mindset in running the future of her children in Leonalyn, Lyka Mae, 9, and Princess Lira, 3. Iniisip ko kasi na habang bata pa ako, may naipupundar na ako kaysa kung mahina na ako, said Luisa, who will denitely shoot for the P100,000 top purse in the national Milo Marathon nals. Leonalyns quest Young Leonalyn was able to finish second to schoolmate Lovely Gemeroy in the womens 3-K run in 12 minutes, but only by a second (11:59). The sixth grader from Tagapo Elementary School started running at age 4, when she watched her parents train for fun runs at the nearby national highway and at their subdivision. But it was only when she entered fth grade when she was able to join serious competitions and the school intrams. Leonalyn reasoned that the hardships which her mom experienced give her inspiration to excel in running activities. Ang focus namin ni Luisa ay makarating siya sa Palarong Pambansa, said Liza, who noted Leonalyns unusual stamina for a girl her age. Leonalyns participation in the national nals will be the day she starts a quest, which may prove impossible at rst. Gusto kong talunin ang lahat ng tumalo sa nanay ko at sa kahit saang karera. Si Ate Jho-Ann (Banayag), tinalo niya ang nanay ko. Tatalunin ko siya kapag dalaga na ako, vowed Leonalyn.

Bagatsing Cup hosts 13 races

THE 4th Mayor Ramon D. Bagatsing
Memorial Cup returns to bring more action-packed races this weekend (Aug. 18 and 19) at the Philippine Racing Clubs Santa Ana Park.
The event is staged by the Kabaka Foundation, Inc. and honors the late mayor of Manila, Ramon D. Bagatsing (RDB), who was a noted sportsman interested in horseracing breeding. The late mayors sons, Manila congressman Amado S. Bagatsing (5th district) and former Manila congressman and lawyer Ramon S. Bagatsing Jr., themselves longtime horseowners and breeders, established the event in 2009 as a homage to their father. This years RDB Cup will be a very special event because on the 19th, my late fathers birthday, we will be seeing this years Triple Crown champion Hagdang Bato competing in the PCSO National Grand Derby, Said Atty. Bagatsing. There will be 13 races on Sunday, and among the major races are the Mayor Ramon D. Bagatsing Cup Division I and Division II, sponsored by the Philippine Racing Commission; two Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce-RDB Cup races; the PCSO National Grand Derby; and the Philippinesthe humble people of society, and we are carrying on his legacy of compassion and service by recognizing the achievement of grooms, who have a valuable role in the industry by providing direct care to the horses, according to Cong. Bagatsing. Bagatsing Mayor Bagatsing made many contributions to the development of the sport. He advocated the passing of the 1957 National Stud Farm law that facilitated the importation of thoroughbreds to improve local bloodstock. Over time, this led to more exciting races as the imports set faster times and gave better performances, leading to native horses unsuited for racing being edged out of the sport. He also revived the Manila Jockey Clubs Gran Copa de Manila tradition, begun in 1898. Seeking to make the races more exciting during his term, Mayor Bagatsing coordinated with MJC to run the Gran Copa every June 24, Araw ng Maynila, with the event eventually having Division I and Division II races, a tradition revived in the Bagatsing Cup. Until 2003, when MJC moved its racetrack from Manila to Cavite, the Gran Copa was the biggest crowd-drawer at the old San Lazaro Hippodrome.

From passing balls to passing goods.

IN BRIEF
Enrico earns 3rd GM norm
FILIPINO Enrico Sevillano (ELO 2526) won the 21st Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational, a Grandmaster Norm 10 player round-robin tournament held last Aug. 3 to 7 at the Radisson Los Angeles Airport Hotel in California, USA. The Cebuano native, who is currently based in Tehachapi, California, tallied six points in nine outings. Sevillano, a 1986 Asian junior champion, two-time Philippine Chess Olympiad player (1992 and 1994), 2008 US Open Champion and the rst Filipino ever to qualify for the US Championship in 2009, defeated USAs IM Melikset Khachiyan and IM Levon Altounian in the last two rounds to en route his third and nal GM norm, making him a GM-elect. He will be conferred his GM title in the next FIDE Congress in Istanbul, Turkey coinciding with the staging of 2012 World Chess Olympiad later this month. This proves once again that the Filipino woodpushers can be at par with the worlds best athletes said National Chess Federation of the Philippines Secretary General Abraham Bambol Tolentino Jr.

Members of the Smart Gilas Pilipinas national basketball team take a break from their practice sessions to visit evacuation centers in San Fernando, Pampanga, where a number of families were affected by the recent oods that submerged Metro Manila and various parts of Central and Southern Luzon. The team, led by team manager Butch Antonio and coaches Chot Reyes and Jong Uichico, handed relief bags from PLDT-Smart Foundation during the relief operations organized by PLDT and Smart Chairman Manny Pangilinan, who headed the distribution of goods to Pampanga residents. The Smart Gilas team will head to Taipei, Taiwan this week to compete in the 34th William Jones Cup starting Aug. 18.

Bobcats tame Stallions, 89-83, for 2nd triumph

CENTRAL Colleges of the Philippines banked on its composure and free throws in the endgame to hold off Manuel L. Quezon University, 89-83, yesterday at its own home-court at the CCP gymnasium in Sta. Mesa, Manila. The Bobcats blew a seven-point advantage in the last three minutes, but they still managed to escape with their second win in three games in the 11th Universities and Colleges Athletic Association mens basketball tournament. steal in the last 1:01. Games Friday CCP lost an 80-73 lead But a driving shot by Gio (Ugnayang La Salle following successive in- gymnasium in Dasmarias) Lopez and charities from cursion from Stallions Danny Asencio and Jet 10 a.m. EAC-Cavite vs guard Dave Torregoza in Navales in the remaining Olivarez College the last two minutes as 11:30 a.m. DLSU-Dasma time allowed the Bobcats to vs CCP MLQU closed in at 77-80. move safely ahead by six. 1 p.m. MLQU vs PSBA The Stallions still had Ryan Magbanua some ght left in them showed the way for the after they threatened to within 81-82 Bobcats with 19 points, while Mark de after Wendell Bumanglag scored on a Guzman chipped in 14 points. Leo Tamayo tallied 19 points for the Stallions, who fell to their second loss in three starts in this cagefest supported by Mikasa and Molten Balls. The Bobcats triumph allowed them to bounce back from an earlier 77-102 setback they suffered at the hands of the Olivarez College Sea Lions. The Stallions absorbed their second straight loss after taking a 59-90 beating from the La Salle-Dasmarias Patriots.

Cebuana dominates Elorde

TEAM Cebuana, led by Australian Junior Open doubles champion Francis Casey Alcantara, swept Team Elorde, 7-0, at the start of the Inter-club tournament of the Olivarez-Philta Open Tennis Championships presented by Palawan Pawnshop Express Pera Padala at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat yesterday. Alcantara, priming up for the main event next week, teamed up with Randy Villanueva to post an 8-6 victory over Fritz Verdad and Mickey Madrio in the Open category of the Group A inter-club event spicing up action in the two-week long tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop Express Pera Padala with Dunlop as the ofclal ball. Luz Maestrado and Shirley Valler hacked out a similar 8-6 win over Bambi Huab and Hiromi Shimoda in the Ladies A side while Michaelle Mendoza and Louella Limjuco also came up with an 8-6 victory over Maricar Latriz and Ester Dino in Ladies B.

Jaca-Martinez may steal Karting goes to Enchanted Kingdom Pinoy Pride XV show
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE battle between hard-hitting welterweight Jimrex Jaca and the equally devastating puncher Angel Martinez may steal the show in Pinoy Pride XV at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino on Aug. 18. Titled Philippines vs Mexico: The Rematch, the ALA Promotions presentation, in cooperation with ABS-CBN, which will telecast the ghts on Sunday at 10:15 a.m. with a replay on Studio 23 at 6:30 p.m., promises to be a ght fans delight. Martinez, who has tangled with such renowned ghters as Lucas Matthysse, who had big wins against Humberto Soto and DeMarcus Corley, has made it clear he isnt awed by Jacas reputation as a heavy hitter. The Filipino southpaw gave Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez all he could handle before being stopped in the ninth round on Nov. 25, 2006. I have the power in both hands to take care of Jaca and knock him out, the 21-yearold Martinez boasted. The Mexican youngster said he is a natural light welterweight, while Jacas knockouts came in ghts in lower weight divisions he used to ght in. AFTER pitting talents against the best in the Asian region, the countrys nest karters this time tackle the challenge of a narrow and tricky 650-meter track as the Enchanted Kingdom hosts the sixth and penultimate leg of the 2012 Philippine National Karting Series this Sunday in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The race is part of the festivities in line with the month-long anniversary celebration of the Enchanted Kingdom that had been the countrys best premier theme park for years. Brothers Milo and Estefano Rivera of FERN-C Racing, the two Don Bosco students, whose feats hoisted the Philippine ag high in the Asian Karting Open Championships, will be gunning for crucial wins to bolster their title quests in this event sanctioned by the Automobile Association Philippines and sponsored by Coca-Cola, Yokohama Tires, Motorstar and Aeromed. The 16-year-old Milo Rivera, who clinched the AKOC Formula 125 Open Seniors title, needs the win to boost his bid for the crown in the ROK Senior class, where hes currently fourth overall with 143 points. Estefano, the younger Rivera, who bagged the AKOC Formula 125 Open Junior champion trophy, currently leads the race for the overall plum with 250 points and the hunt for the ROK Ju-

nior crown with 280 points, against Daniel Miranda of Cebuana Lhuillier-Marcelo Racing (182 pts.), Matthew Chan of FERN-C Racing (150 pts.) and Jaz Monzones of Natmo Asia-GP1 Racing (120 pts.). A win will fortify his bid to win both the Junior Karter and Karter of the Year plums in a single season and become the second karter to capture that feat after Joey Orduna rst achieved the said milestone two years ago. Among his closest rivals for the coveted karting diadem are his FERN-C Racing teammate VJ Suba, Industria Racings CJ Tsui and Marcelo Racings Sacha Feliciano.

Hope Alumni, Agot-A win

HOPE Alumni copped the womens championship, while Agot-A claimed the mens crown at the end of the 2nd Ateneo Open tournament Monday at the Blue Eagle Gym. Veteran setter Chie Saet, former University of Santo Tomas star Bernice Co and high school standout Desiree Cheng delivered the killer blows for Hope Alumni in a surprising 25-21, 25-19 womens nals triumph over the muchfavored Unicorns squad. Dante Alinsunurin, meanwhile, carried Agot-A to a 25-15, 25-19 victory against All-Stars in the mens nale. Saet and Alinsunurin claimed the Most Valuable Player honors in the womens and mens division.

Racing Roundup
THE HOARSE WHISPERER
I APOLOGIZE to my regular readers for skipping my column twice Aug. 1 and 8 and will make it up with a brief roundup of recent and coming events. On Aug. 5, an unlikely contender ridden by a substitute jockey scored an upset over well-regarded entries in the Philippine Racing Commission Peridot Stakes at Santa Ana Park. The 1,900-meter race, the 4th leg of the Import/Local Challenge series, featured seven runners, but only two were really in serious contentionBorn Tycoon and Striding Ahead. Ridden by jockey Antonio Alcasid Jr., Born Tycoon was the longest shot in the eld and won by a neck over the Striding Ahead who placed second. Botbo, the favorite, took third and Rain Shower fourth. The time for the race was 1:59.4 on a rm track. Alcasid said: Jockey Jesse Guce was to have ridden Born Tycoon, but he opted to ride Juggling Act instead, which was later scratched. I was approached by Born

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Tycoons owner, Ferdinand Dimaisip, and given the chance to ride her in the Peridot. Mr. Dimaisip put her under a new training scheme that worked very well. Born Tycoon did good. I thank boss Ferdie for the chance and for a job well done on her training. The following week saw the assault of the fierce habagat monsoon that inundated half the metropolis and resulted in the cancellation of races at Manila Jockey Clubs San Lazaro Leisure Park on Aug. 7 and 8. The suspension of races are at the discretion of the racing clubs, and are imposed after a careful assessment of the weather and how it may impact racing conditions. Safety is paramount and the races never proceed if the well-being of horses and riders are in the slightest doubt. Races at MJC resumed on the ninth, and the weekend made up for the lost couple of racedays thanks to major events sponsored by Philracom and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce. On Aug. 11, the favorite Pantukan and second choice Sky Dragon battled neckand-neck for the win in the 1,400-meter PCSO Special Maiden race. Alcasid, Sky Dragons rider, is known for his come-from-behind tactical skill and used this to good advantage in the race. However, crowding at the far turn caused him to lose ground and allow the frontrunning Pantukan to maintain a slight

edge until the nish line. Although a photo-finish was declared, the outcome was inevitable and the Floirendo familys Pantukan was declared the winner by the MJC Board of Stewards. Time for the race was 1:28.6 with quarters of 12-24-2427. Leonor placed third, Divine Eagle fourth. This race was followed by the Philracom 2nd leg Juvenile Fillies stakes, taken by Joseph Dyhengcos Eurasian under jockey Jeffril Zarate. Grand Strikes Girl was second, Ballet Flats third. On Aug. 12, lawyer Sixto Esquivias IVs Boss Jaden shone over 1,300 meters in the Philracom 2nd leg Juvenile Colts. Steered by Jeffrey Bacaycay, it was sent off as second pick but managed to beat top choice Spinning Ridge owned by SC Stockfarm. But wait, theres more, as they say, and the action doesnt let up this weekend with the running of the 4th Mayor Ramon D. Bagatsing (RDB) Memorial Cup at Santa Ana Park on August 19, Sunday. The major sponsors of the event are the Philracom and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce, between them backing ve highlight races: Philracom-RDB Cup Division I and Division II, two PCSO-RDB Cup races, and the PCSO National Grand Derby. Other support races will be held on that day as well as on Saturday, the 18th. Running in the mile PCSO Derby is track darling Hagdang Bato, who swept all three legs of the summers Philracom Triple Crown series with ease. Owned by Mandaluyong mayor Benhur Abalos, the

plucky colt will be coupled in this race with stablemate Barkley. Running against the Abalos entries are Francis Lims Yes Yes Yes, Joseph Dyhengcos Darleb, and Herminio Esguerras High Voltage and Purple Ribbon. The RDB Cup was set up in 2009 by the late Mayor Bagatsings sons, horseowners and breeders Amado S. Bagatsing (congressman, 5th district of Manila) and lawyer Ramon S. Bagatsing Jr., (himself a former congressman of the same city). Atty. Bagatsing said, We conceived this event as a homage to our father who loved racing and breeding and contributed a lot to the sport during his time. He is most known for reviving the Gran Copa races at MJC during the 70s. The establishment of the Bagatsing Memorial Cup was made possible with the generous and steadfast support of the Philracom under then-chairman Jose Ferdinand M. Rojas II, now general manager of PCSO. The support is continued to the present time under Philracom chairman Angel L. Castao Jr. We thank all our sponsors, especially Philracom and PCSO, and all participants, invite the public to witness this truly exciting event that has broken sales records and become an annual tradition in the sport. *** Email: jennyo@live.com, Blog: http:// jennyo.net, Facebook: Gogirl Racing, Twitter: @gogirlracing, Instagram: @ jennydecember

Karatekas join Korean tilt

A GROUP composed mostly of young and promising karatekas, led by Southeast Asian Games silver medalists Ramon Nino Franco, Rexor Romaquin and James delos Santos, will represent the Philippines in the World Karatedo Federation Karate Cup Open set Aug. 17 to 22 in Busan, South Korea. We want to build up on our modest gains in last years Indonesia SEA Games so we are sending a young squad to compete in the WKF Karate Cup Open in Korea, said Philippine Karate Federation secretary general Raymund Lee Reyes in yesterdays Philippine Sportswriters Association forum at the Shakeys Malate branch.

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EL SEGUNDO, CaliforniaThe Los Angeles Lakers re-signed forward Devin Ebanks on Monday and added free agent guard Jodie Meeks. Meeks has career averages of 8.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 200 career games. Ebanks, a secondround pick of the Lakers in 2010, played in 24 games last season and averaged 4.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 16.5 minutes. Ebanks has career averages of 3.6 points and 1.8 rebounds in 44 games. AP

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Gilas 5 ready for Jones Cup

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

THE Smart Gilas Philippine National

Team will face formidable Jordan in its opening game at the Jones Cup tournament in Taipei on Saturday.
National coach Chot Reyes told the Manila Standard that he likes what he sees in his the Gilas team. We had very good practices, very good dedication and enthusiasm. We really may not have the best players, but the guys who we have want to be there and the practices have been going very well, said Reyes. The national team mentor added that from the reports he has received, Jordan, which participated in the Olympic qualifying tournament, but failed to make it to the London 2012 games is sending a strong team, along with Lebanon, Iran, Japan and Taipei which are all national teams. They maybe be missing one or two players, but the core will be there. He also disclosed that the United States is sending a squad to the Jones Cup for the rst time since 2004. The US has a strong line-up (in the Jones Cup), said Reyes, whose wards will face the Americans on the nal day of the tournament. One of the most memorable Philippine victories in the Jones Cup was in 1985 with the San Miguel Beer national team, bankrolled by Ambassador Danding Cojuangco, chairman of San Miguel Corporation and coached by American Ron Jacobs. That team beat the United States in overtime in an epic nal, anchored on the shooting of Chip Engelland, Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim and the rebounding of naturalized player Dennis Still and the all-round game of highleaping Jeff Moore. Lebanon, which nished third in 2009, will reportedly miss several key players, including shooting star Fadi Khatib,

Tight defense. San Beda Colleges Olaide Adeogun makes scoring difcult for Ian Sangalang of San

Sebastian College in a National Collegiate Athletic Association game won by the Stags, 80-71. LINO SANTOS

Ali Mahmoud, Elie Rustom and Charles Tabet. But the Lebanon Basketball Federation hopes the team can have a good tournament in preparation for the FIBA Asia Cup, which will be held in Japan in September. Jarrid Famous, the 611 center/forward from South Florida, who averaged 13.9 points and 9.8 rebounds during the regular season in college, joined the team yesterday. The Smart Gilas squad will also be bannered by naturalized player Marcus Douthit. Others in the line-up are JR Reyes (Meralco), Ranidel De Ocampo (Talk N Text), Larry Fonacier (Talk N Text), Sonny Thoss (Alaska), LA Tenorio (Alaska), Mac Baracael (Alaska), Jeff Chan (Rain or Shine), Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine), Enrico Villanueva (Ginebra), Gary David (Powerade) and Sol Mercado (Meralco). Reyes said he had also picked Garvo Lanete and Matt Rosser, a Fil-Am, who was born in the Philippines and has no problems with his papers.

Sandugo Rich ICTSI golf under way favored in V-League

THERES a common consensus among the teams vying in the Shakeys V League Open Conference, which res off this Sunday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Coaches from four of the six competing teams yesterday pointed to Sandugo, a team bannered by two Thai imports, as the team to beat this time. Also vying for the womens volleyball crown are Ateneo, Cagayan province, Far Eastern University, Philippine Navy and defending champion Philippine Army. Army coach Digoy de Guzman said it will be difcult for them to keep the crown because of a depleted lineup of only seven players so close to the tournament. Were still looking for players to complete our lineup, he said. If you base it on talent and experience, Sandugo is the team to beat. But it will still depend if they will be able to perform, said FEU assistant Shaq delos Santos. ELMER Salvador will be the marked man, but a host of others will be in hot pursuit of the second straight Asian Development Tour crown when the International Container Terminal Services Inc. Orchard Golf Championship res off beginning today at the Orchards Palmer Course in Dasmarinas, Cavite. Salvador is all red-up to nail the last of two ADT championships slated in the country this year, his condence boosted by a six-shot romp over Tony Lascuna in last weeks Aboitiz Invitational Presented by ICTSI in Cebu. I feel good and condent of my chances at Orchard. But the eld remains strong and anybody can win, said Salvador in Filipino on the eve of the $60,000 tournament capping a two-week swing of top-notch golng action. Salvador underscored his readiness to go for back-to-back crown when he led his team composed of Arnel Paras, Tuan Nguyen and Deo Aguinaldo to victory in yesterdays pro-am tournament with 55. George Thacker of England and teammates JB Garcia, Cris Carreon and Marvin Caparros combined for 56 to nish second while Barr and amateur partners Oca Patricio, Eric Reyes and Gali Espiritu came in third with 57. The entire Aboitiz eld are all in the Orchard roster, including a strong international cast out to atone for its mediocre showing in Cebu, led by Korean Kim Gi-whan, who emerged the top nisher from among a slew of foreign bets at fth. But the likes of Englands Peter Richardson and Dutch Guido Van der Valk and Australians Ryan Bulloch, Scott Barr and Luke Bleumink along with Singapores Quincy Quek and Lam Zhi Qun, Aussies Unho Park and Glenn Joyner, and Koreans Young Nam and Park Il-hwan are all expected

to gure in the title race in the 72-hole championship put up by International Container Terminal Services Inc.

New Nike deal awaits Pacquiao

MANNY Pacquiaos adviser Michael Koncz revealed that Nike has some new deals in store for the eight-division world champion. Koncz told the Manila Standard that he talked to executives of Nikes Corporate Ofce in their headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon and that they felt the comments by Ultimate Fighting Championships Dana White that Nike had dropped Pacquiao were pretty amusing, but certainly not true. The Pacquiao line is selling very well. They have some other things going, that would involve Pacquiao, Koncz quoted Nike ofcials as telling him. White claimed that Nike was shutting down the Manny Pacquiao line and starting up the Jon Jones line, in a multi-year deal with the UFC champion. White said in MMA Weekly that he didnt know why they shut down the Pacquiao line, which was selling like hot cakes. But Boxingscene.com quoted Fred Sternburg, Pacquiaos publicist, who branded Whites claims as 100 percent false. The relationship between Manny and Nike has never been better. Meanwhile, super bantamweights Eden Sonsona and Dave Penalosa are in great shape for their Saturday showdown against Thai opponents at the Mandaluyong City Gym. The ghts will be telecast by AKTV IBC 13 on Pinoy Knockout at 10 p.m. on Saturday. Former two-division world champion Gerry Penalosa told the Manila Standard that both promising young prospects had trained hard and looked good in sparring. Ronnie Nathanielsz

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The running ties that bond

By Peter Atencio
LIZA Yambao-Diaz was not even a semblance of her old self when she ran in the womens 3-kilometer run of the Metro Manila eliminations in the 36th Milo Marathon last July 29. The former womens 42-kilometer champion nished 30th place with a clocking of 17 minutes and 19 seconds, more than ve minutes behind the best nishers, when she arrived at the SM Mall of Asia Seaside Blvd. nish line. Ang laki ng pagbabago. Kasi, wala talaga akong training,said Liza, who won the national crown nine years ago. This year, however, joining the annual footrace is proving to be a different experience for Liza, who has other members of her family striving to follow her footsteps. Her twin sister Luisa Yambao-Raterta and her niece Leonalyn, along with other members of her family, have come up with impressive and respectable performances that Sunday. Luisa, who is older by a few seconds than Liza, made it to the national nals with nine others in the womens 42-kilometer by nishing third place. Luisas eldest daughter, 10-year-old Leonalyn, landed second in the womens 3-k run, and made the cut to join the national championships as well. The two, along with other members of their family, who just took part in the race for fun and tness, may have different goals in mind in the Milo race series, which has the theme: Ibat Ibang Hinahabol, Iisang Takbuhan. Members of their family were able to bond after joining the race, including their father Daniel and their mom, 66-year-old Angelita, who completed the womens 5-km run in 38 minutes for 1176th place. Sumali sila karera para ma-experience din nila at mag-bonding din kami, said Liza. Lizas vow After winning the title in 2003, Liza never had a chance to defend her crown the following year when Stella Diaz claimed it without any challenge from her. Liza was not even around when Jho-An Banayag won the title twice, on ever lower times in 2005 and in 2006. She was able to regain the Metro Manila championship in 2004, but her hectic schedule at her new job kept her away from defending her title in the 28th Milo Marathon national nals. Since then, she vowed never to miss the Milo run every year, no matter what circumstance may come her way. Gusto ko talagang tumakbo. Kasi, kapag Milo marathon, panata ko na iyon na lagi akong tatakbo kahit wala akong training. Kasi, iba iyung feeling kapag tumatakbo ako, said the 30-year-old Liza, now a senior territory manager for Manila Water, a company she has worked for in the last eight years. The 27th Milo national championship was Lizas last major title since winning her rst footrace in 1991 at age 11. After running barefoot with Luisa and coming up with a 1-2 nish in the 3-km run of the 16th Milo Marathon on their rst race together in 1991, Lisa was able to conquer the 10-km event the following year using a new pair of shoes, while Luisa snagged the 5-km event. After that, Lisa and Luisa were on a roll by making it to the Top 10 of the 21-km and 42km events. Luisas dreams This years 42-kilometer national nals in December will have a different meaning for Luisa. She and her daughter Leonalyn will be there, but running in different distances. In the Manila leg of the Milo marathon, Luisa was third behind Banayag in 3:23.55, with Ilongga Jennylyn Nobleza taking second. Actually, dapat second ako. Kaya lang, iyung taga-Iloilo, inabutan ako sa last 3-kilometers. Sa third place satised na rin ako, said Luisa. Early marriage and teen pregnancy kept Luisa from nishing college at UST. She had to drop out to take care of Leonalyn when she was just a baby. A scholarship at the University of Perpetual Help-Laguna did not work out either, as motherhood and taking care of responsibilities at home kept her from running for the rest of her teen years. When things settled down at home in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, her husband Leondegario got

ARMED with a four-game winning run, University of Santo Tomas has no plans of slowing down as it tries to gain a share of rst place in the resumption of 75th University Athletic Association of the Philippines today. Another victory today for UST (4-1) when it takes on hardluck University of the Philippines (0-5) at 4 p.m. will push the team to a three-way deadlock at the top of the heap, with defending champion Ateneo De Manila and Far Eastern University, who both hold a 5-1 card. Before that, a battle of two struggling squads will take place as Adamson University (1-4) and University of the East (0-5) lock horns at 2 p.m. in the curtain-raiser at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Sakto nga itong game namin against UP, kasi gigil and nasa condition yung mga bata. Naka-dalawang practice kami last weekend, tapos yung game namin against UE last Sunday lang kaya maganda ang approach for this, said UST coach Pido Jarencio. Jeric Lopez

Tigers battle UP Maroons

Luisa (left) and Liza (right) when they were at the height of their running careers. The two hope though that they can turn back the hands of time in the National Milo Marathon Finals in December.

Luisas interest back into running when he began joining foot races after a long layoff. Nainggit ako. Kasi, kapag nakakita ako ng runner na tumatakbo, gusto ko lagi ako kasali. Gusto ko, ako nananalo, said Luisa, who soon began winning short-distance races. Continued on A7

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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor reporters after the bidding. Ayala Lands bid is equivalent to P32,837 per square meter. Ayala Land acquired the property at a signicant discount to land values in Makati and Fort Bonifacio, chief nancial ofcer Jaime Ysmael said in an e-mailed statement. President Benigno Aquino is targeting to raise about P2 billion each in 2012 and 2013 from privatization as the government seeks more than $16 billion of investments in roads, schools and airports, with the goal of boosting growth to as much as 8.5 percent by 2016. We will see the economic benets right away, including increased employment and more transport linkages in the area to the rest of the capital, Singson said. The bid topped the P14.7-billion nominal offer of Robinsons Land Corp. and Empire East Land Holding Corp.s P11.3 billion, Singson said. State-owned FTI owns the 120-hectare industrial complex, one of the largest in the Philippines and located about two kilometers from Ayala Lands Fort Bonifacio development also in Taguig City. The project will be Ayala Lands southern Metro Manila gateway development, similar to its Vertis North plans, Ayala Land president Antonino Aquino said in a mobile-phone message. Vertis North is a 29-hectare property in Quezon City that Ayala Land will develop into a central business district with a budget of P65 billion. The builder may raise its capital spending budget this year to partly fund investments for a strategic alliance with the Ortigas family, it said on Aug. 8. The Ortigas family owns property in one of Metro Manilas commercial business districts. A consortium led by Ayala Corp., parent of Ayala Land Inc., in December won a P902-million contract to build a four-kilometer, four-lane paved toll road to provinces south of the capital. Ayala Land shares fell 1.5 percent to P23 at the end of trading. Bloomberg

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AYALA Land Inc., the countrys largest property company, submitted the highest bid for 74 hectares of prime land owned by Food Terminal Inc. in Taguig City.

IN BRIEF
T-bond rates fall
COUPON rate of 25-year Treasury bonds fell to 5.75 percent in Tuesdays auction, the lowest since September 2011. The government successfully raised P9 billion from the sale of the newly-issued T-bonds, as investors swarmed the auction in search of long-term debt instruments. The debt paper yielded a coupon rate of 5.75 percent, or 90.6 basis points lower than the 6.66 percent average recorded in December 2011 when the government security with the same tenor was last auctioned. Demand for the 25-year T-bonds was nearly three times oversubscribed at P26.26 billion, with the auction committee accepting P9 billion. The market continues to be awashed with cash as seen by the tenders for the debt papers, National Treasurer Roberto Tan told reporters. The good economic fundamentals of the country with ination still very much tempered drove investors toward the long-tenor security, he added. Tan said the government remained liquid despite the increase in some commodity prices. He also said the government does not have immediate plans to tap the international commercial debt market. Maria Bernadette Lunas

Ayala Land made a nominal bid of P24.3 billion for two-thirds of the 120-hectare industrial complex, more than double the governments minimum price of P10.2 billion and beating two other bidders, Karen Singson, executive director of the Privatization and Management Ofce, said. Ayala Land will make an initial payment of P19.5 billion by October when the government awards the property, she said. The upfront to be paid is something the government can take comfort in, Singson told

Tetangco says food cost spikes temporary

By Anna Leah G. Estrada
BANGKO Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. conceded Tuesday the oods that hit Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon will lead to temporary food price spikes, but assured ination will remain manageable. As in recent natural disaster episodes, we can expect that this spike would be one-off, transitory and non-persisting, Tetangco said in a speech during a forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines. Tetangco said government spending for rescue and rehabilitation on areas damaged by oods in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon would help support economic growth in the second half. He said the ination outlook remained benign, given the sluggish global growth. The world economy, he said, was on a promising recovery earlier in the year, with a 3.6-percent growth in the rst quarter. Since then, however, it has become clear that the global headwinds have remained formidable. Policy options for the advanced economies are narrowing, in particular, resolution in Europe is not anywhere in sight and the US faces the scal cliff, he said. He said positive growth prospects in emerging economies continued to direct capital ows to emerging economies such as the Philippines.

Monorail grant OKD

STATE-RUN Bases Conversion and Development Authority said Tuesday Japan approved a grant for the pre-feasibility study on the BCDA monorail project that will connect the Metro Rail Transit to Bonifacio Global City and Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal-3. Arnel Paciano Casanova, BCDA president and chief executive, said Japans Ministry of Economy, Transportation and Industry informed the Philippines of the approval. The METI has issued a Certicate of Acceptance to fund the pre-feasibility study, Casanova said in a statement. BCDA executive vice president Aileen Zosa, in a text message, said the agency was still nalizing [the] exact cost and budget [for the study]. The [pre-feasibility] study will start rst week of September [and] will last [for] six months, she said. Casanova said the proposed 12.56-km alignment of the BCDA monorail project would start from the MRT-3 Station in Guadalupe, enter Bonifacio Global City through the north gate and end at Naia-3 Terminal Building. The monorail project is expected to be completed by 2016. Julito G. Rada

SM Group reports. SM Investments Corp. executive vice president and chief nancial ofcer Jose Sio (left) exchanges pleasantries

with SM Foundation Inc. executive director Connie Angeles and SM Prime Holdings Inc. executive vice president and chief nancial ofcer Jeffrey Lim before the start of SM Investments media and analysts brieng at the Philamlife Building in Makati City. Related story on B2. BOBBY CABRERA

GMA-7 not optimistic as PLDT sale negotiations stall

By Lailany P. Gomez
NEGOTIATIONS between GMA Network Inc. and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. have been stalled pending the resolution of equally important issues by the two parties, GMA chairman and chief executive Felipe Gozon said Tuesday. Gozon said he could not say if the deal with PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan would end up in successful conclusion. In all honesty, I cannot say that this transaction will end up successfully. Mr. Pangilinan had said he would stop talking. In a transaction as big as this and as complex as this, there will always be issues. So let me just say that these issues have not been resolved yet. Not at all, Gozon told reporters at the sidelines of a brieng about companys rsthalf nancial performance. Gozon declined to name the issues delaying the negotiations. The issue is in the sale, which involves a very huge amount. The negotiation is continuing but I really cannot say [if it will be successful]. Im just being honest. Right now, we are not yet moving in the same direction, because there are still issues which are equally important, Gozon said. He said both parties would issue a joint statement on the termination of the transaction if the transaction did not push through. Let me just reiterate, once and for all, that we dont go out in the market and sell GMA. The suitors are the ones who want to buy GMA and we are just responding, Gozon said. GMA, which airs on Channel 7 on free TV, reported net income in the rst half of the year fell 4 percent to P1.014 billion from P1.055 billion a year ago. Consolidated gross revenues reached P6.79 billion, up 1 percent from P6.726 billion in the same period last year. We are still on track of reaching our full-year net income target of over P2 billion. Our outlook for [the rest of the year] remains on a positive note. Aside from initial placements of political advocacies that started in July, GMA also saw growth in regular advertisers accounts, Gozon said.

Megaworld, Filinvest book higher incomes

By Jenniffer B. Austria
FILINVEST Land Inc. and Megaworld Corp., two of the largest property developers, reported higher earnings in the rst half, as the current low interest environment continues to attract homebuyers. Megaworld said in a disclosure to the stock exchange core net income in the rst six months jumped 15 percent to P3.7 billion from P3.2 billion, as consolidated revenues increased 12 percent to P15.4 billion, on the back of continued strength of its residential estate sales and rental income from retail and ofce buildings. Megaworld was the rst to develop an information technology park in the country through Eastwood City, which caters to business process outsourcing companies servicing the global market. The company is also a leader in ofce development, targeting to bring its portfolio to 500,000 square meters of ofce space by the end of 2012. Meanwhile, Filinvest Land said net income rose 19 percent to P1.5 billion in the six-month period from P1.3 billion year-on-year. Filinvests total revenues increased 24 percent to P5.2 billion, as real estate jumped 28 percent to P3.8 billion while rental income climbed 16 percent to P854 million.

Jollibee, Cebu Air, Security Bank post hefty prots

MAJOR publicly listed companies disclosed higher prots in the rst half, on the back of positive economic growth and strong consumer demand. Fastfood giant Jollibee Foods Corp. said net income in the rst half grew 21 percent to P1.6 billion from P1.3 billion a year ago as system-wide sales jumped 13.5 percent to P44.5 billion during period. The acquisition of San Pin Wang in Guangxi province in March 2012 and the Burger King franchise in the Philippines in October added 2.1 percent to the growth rate, Jollibee said. Cebu Air Inc., the largest budget airline, also said net income in the January-June period increased 28.9 percent to P1.7 billion as revenues climbed 17.9 percent to P19.7 billion. The company said passenger revenues grew by 13 percent to P15.7billion amid the 17.2 percent increase in passenger volume to 6.9 million from 5.9 million, year-on-year. Security Bank Corp. said prot in the rst half surged 107 percent to P5 billion, supported by the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Indonesia Thailand UAE Euro Korea China India Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan Rupiah Baht Dirham Euro Won Yuan Rupee Ringgit Dollar Dollar 0.000105 0.031807 0.272272 1.234000 0.000886 0.157193 0.018070 0.321027 0.809520 0.033367 0.0044 1.1330 11.4104 51.7145 0.0371 6.5876 0.7573 13.4536 33.9254 1.3983
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expansion of core businesses and securities trading gains. The bank said this translated to an annualized return on equity of 31 percent. Although our rst semester results were exceptionally strong, we beneted from one-time gain from the disposal of investment securities. Our net interest margins reect continued stiff competition for deposits and loan, Security Bank president and chief executive Alberto Villarosa said. PNOC Exploration Corp. reported a prot of P1.6 billion in the rst six months, up by 5 percent

from P1.522 billion. Revenues improved 5.9 percent to P5.2 billion during the period, largely due to the increase in proceeds from the companys share in the Malampaya natural gas project. Carmen Copper Corp. said prot dipped 20.6 percent to P1.6 billion in the rst semester from 2.028 billion during the same period in 2011. The company linked the decline in income to lower prices of copper in the world market. Jenniffer B. Austria, Anna Leah G. Estrada, Alena Mae S. Flores, Othel V. Campos and Lailany P. Gomez

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46.00 50.00 370.00 1.42 12.98 18.50 50.00 1.91 60.00 41.00 204.80 25.45 77.00 890.00 58.00 1.43 26.50 8.00 0.97 25.00 1.08 70.50 76.80 595.00 1.95 23.90 20.70 89.00 3.26 98.00 77.80 500.00 45.50 155.20 1240.00 140.00 2.06 35.50 13.58 1.70 48.00 1.65 26.55 2.96 250.00 3.07 9.70 7.00 6.75 18.00 78.55 0.02 12.36 7.40 2.35 120.00 91.25 8.40 26.00 6.95 15.30 295.00 3.00 17.40 13.70 14.94 3.78 3.90 6.50 33.00 132.60 1.90 2.44 0.250 5.30 3.00 1.41 69.20 5.50 1.12 1.22 1.18 59.90 0.019 13.70 2.97 5.02 6.98 3.15 4.16 485.20 64.80 4.19 3.68 5.20 520.00 36.20 4.19 6.21 1.54 0.91 3.82 4.65 6.24 7.50 0.0770 2.20 0.82 2.40 0.490 750.00 1.78 0.620 1.370 48.00 3.34 0.83 0.218 22.85 5.62 9.00 5.66 2.90 1.50 1.11 0.90 0.310 3.06 1.44 3.80 2.14 2.33 0.42 0.990 0.71 18.86 7.71 2.70 8.95 18.20 1.03 4.55 0.80 4.50 42.00 18.98 0.78 10.92 102.80 0.5300 24.00 86.90 10.60 9.70 5.90 1750.00 1270.00 11.00 77.00 0.98 4.70 34.50 3.87 5.1900 3.79 11.12 3.85 3.96 0.84 3.15 9.60 22.95 8.58 3.32 60.00 17.88 2886.00 0.48 30.10 3.30 0.79 0.0083 6.20 25.20 48.00 0.380 30.35 34.00 2.51 61.80 1.21 1.82 2.070 0.085 0.087 36.50 12.84 1.100 8.40 0.032 0.033 7.05 28.95 48.00 0.062 69.00 257.80 0.029 47.90 18.00 11.02 116.70 6.00 1.31

SM Group nets P10.9b

SM INVESTMENTS Corp. said Tuesday rst-half net income rose 13 percent to P10.9 billion from P9.6 billion year-on-year, driven by strong growth in the earnings of residential, banks and mall operations. SM Investments, controlled by the family of retail tycoon Henry Sy Sr., said in a disclosure to the stock exchange that total revenues increased 14 percent to P105.2 billion from P92 billion as all businesses delivered on their sales targets. The conglomerate said the banks provided the largest contribution, or 30.9 percent to SM Investments consolidated net income, followed by retail operations at 28.2 percent. Malls came in third with 24.2 percent followed by property development with 16.7 percent. SM Retail, which consists of a chain of department store and supermarkets, reported a 7.8percent growth in net income to P2.7 billion as sales grew 8.3 percent to P73.8 billion. SM Retails total number of Energy Development Corp., the most actively traded stock, declined 0.9 percent to P5.85, on speculation the largest geothermal company would report sharply lower earnings. The company dismissed the speculation when it announced net income actually climbed 349.5 percent to P5.7 billion in the rst half. stores as of end-June reached 183, consisting of 43 department stores, 34 SM Supermarket, 73 SaveMore Stores and 33 SM Hypermarkets. Mall operations, through SM Prime Holdings Inc., posted a 15 percent hike in net income to P4.9 billion from P4.3 billion on year as revenues rose 15 percent to P14.6 billion. The conglomerate attributed the strong performance to the operations of malls in the Philippines and China. BDO Unibank Inc., meanwhile, reported an unaudited net income of P5.83 billion, up 15 percent from P5.05 billion on year. SM Land Inc., which derives most of its revenues and net income from its residential arm SM Development, posted a rsthalf net income of P3.2 billion, up 37 percent, while revenues jumped 59 percent to P13.9 billion. SM Development sold over 8,000 residential units in the rst half of the year, up 72 percent from 4,655 units a year ago. Home sales surged 85 percent to P19.8 billion. Jenniffer B. Austria Ayala Land Inc. fell 1.5 percent to P23. The property developer won a P24.3-billion bid for 74 hectares of the governments Food Terminal Inc. complex in Taguig City. Tanduay Holdings Inc., which will become the holdings company of taipan Lucio Tan, declined 4.4 percent to P11.82. With Bloomberg, AP

The Philippine Stock Exchange index, the 30-company benchmark, shed 5 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 5,265.94. Three of the six sub sectors posted gains, led by nancial companies. Value turnover was thin at P3.9 billion. The heavier index, representing all shares, also dropped 6 points, or 0.2 percent, to 3,486.58, as losers outnumbered gainers, 83 to 70, with 43 issues unchanged. SM Investments Corp. rose 0.9 percent to P750 while SM Prime Holdings Inc. also added 0.9 percent to P14.14. SMIC reported net income in the rst semester grew 13 percent to P10.9 billion. Security Banking Corp. rose 0.7 percent to P148, after the private universal bank reported that net income doubled to P5 billion in the rst half, led by strong growth in loans and deposits.

12.50 2.12 41.00 2.30 7.41 4.83 2.80 12.50 51.50 0.0099 7.80 3.80 0.74 80.00 25.00 1.04 18.10 0.75 8.12 215.00 1.96 9.70 10.20 8.05 1.01 2.01 2.90 26.50 110.20 1.25 1.80 0.112 3.30 1.99 0.90 37.00 1.05 0.310 0.70

The UN, our only bet

THE TRUST GURU
GERRY GERONIMO
or infrastructure or military installations, and those who believe in the concept of the legitimate use of force when resistance against foreign occupation or against systemic oppression of ethnic and/or religious groups within a state is concerned. He cites several examples of contradicting characterizations made on the ground: ...the Palestinian Liberation Organization which is a terrorist group for Israel and a liberation movement for Arabs and Muslims; the Kashmiri resistance groups who are terrorists in the perception of India, liberation ghters in that of Pakistan; the earlier Contras of Nicaragua, freedom ghters for the United States, terrorists for the Socialist camp or more drastically, the Afghani Mujahedeen (later to become the Taliban movement). During the Cold War period they were a group of freedom ghters from the West, nurtured by the United States, and a terrorist gang for the Soviet Union... The root of this contradiction in the denitions is, according to Koechler, the divergent interests of states. Depending, says the professor, on whether a state is in the position of an occupying power or in that of a rival, or adversary, of an occupying power in a given territory, the denition of terrorism will uctuate accordingly. A state may eventually see itself as protector of the rights of a certain ethnic group outside its territory and will therefore speak of a liberation struggle, not of terrorism, when acts of violence by this group are concerned and vice-versa. The United Nations Organization, Koechler reiterates, has been unable to reach a decision on the denition of terrorism exactly because of these conicting interests of sovereign states that determine in each and every instance how a particular armed movement [i.e., a non-state actor] is labeled in regard to the terrorist-freedom ghter dichotomy. A policy of double standards in this vital issue of international affairs has been the unavoidable consequence. Given this legacy born of this dichotomy in the denition of terrorism that is rooted in the divergent interests of the states, where does our The Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 lie? The small nation that we are, Congress in passing the bill and the President in approving it into law predictably decided to stick it out with the United Nations, despite its limited success in crafting a universally accepted denition. Not because we have any special love for the United Nations Organization, whose general assemblys rst president, most people younger than myself seem to have forgotten, was our very own Carlos P. Romulo. But rather because, I hazard a guess, we still see the UN, despite its faults and foibles, as our, and the worlds, only choice for peace on this earth.

THE matter-of-fact denitions of a terrorist, of terrorist acts and terrorist organization, association or group of persons, in sub sections 3(i), 3(j) and 3(k), respectively of Republic Act No. 10168, the The Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 belies the difculty of dening, in a manner acceptable to the family of nations, what terrorism is. They remind me of how aghast I was when my college science teacher dened science as what a scientist does. His denition, to my youthful consternation, broke the rule drilled into our skulls during the preceding period by my Logic teacher never to use the word being dened in its denition. Much older now, by nearly 45 years, and, due to having spent my adult life in reading laws and law books, presently unmindful of Sciences constant breaches of Philosophys standards, I look instead to History to understand how thoughts evolved through practice. That on-the-ground input, on the question of what terrorism is, I gathered from Doctor and Professor Hans Koechler. Hans Koechler was the founder and, at the time he gave us his insights, president of the International Progress Organization, based in Vienna, Austria. He gave the 14th Centenary Lecture in the Supreme Court Centenary Lecture Series on March 12, 2002 at the Philippine Supreme Court session hall in Manila. Remarkable confusion persists, according to Dr. Koechler, in regard to the legal categorization of acts of violence either by states, by armed groups such as liberation movements, or by individuals... The dilemma can be summarized in the saying, One countrys terrorist is another countrys freedom ghter. The apparent contradiction or lack of consistency in the use of the term terrorism may further be demonstrated by the historical fact that leaders of national liberation movements such as Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Habib Bourgouiba in Tunisia, or Ahmed Ben Bella in Alegria,...were originally labeled as terrorists by those who controlled the territory at the time, but later became internationally respected statesmen. The professor that the doctor is, Koechler attributes the great divide to thought-related disagreement. He says: Since the times of the Cold War, the United Nations Organization has been trying in vain to reach a consensus on the basic issue of denition [of terrorism]. The organization has intensied its efforts recently, but has been unable to bridge the gap between those who associate terrorism with any violent act by nonstate groups against civilians, state functionaries For feedback, e-mail thetrustguru863@gmail.com.

0.65 35.50 0.014 8.00 1.80 3.00 0.260 1.49 2.30 272.00 30.50 1.03 1.15 3.30 455.40 19.00 2.27 4.00 0.61 0.300 1.790 2.56 2.55 1.22 0.045 1.20 0.44 0.91 0.285 450.00 1.00 0.620 0.185 18.00 1.70 0.38 0.150 13.36 3.08 2.26 0.80 1.20 1.07 0.67 0.54 0.10 1.63 0.98 1.21 0.65 1.51 0.168 0.080 0.41 10.00 2.51 1.80 6.00 10.94 0.64 1.80 0.45 2.60

28.60 1.60 0.45 7.30 4.12 10.2000 6.66 62.00 8.20 5.40 1.45 800.00 831.00 6.18 43.40 0.36 2.00 0.036 1.00 2.550 1.62 5.90 2.60 2.70 0.57 1.10 6.50 14.20 4.60 1.05 18.00 12.10 2096.00 0.25 10.68 2.40 0.27 0.0038 3.01 14.50 20.00 0.148 19.98 14.50 1.62 5.68 0.50 0.9000 1.0200 0.042 0.042 15.04 2.13 0.008 2.99 0.012 0.014 5.10 18.50 3.00 0.017 46.00 161.10 0.014 27.30

TRADING SUMMARY
FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL HOLDING FIRMS PROPERTY SERVICES MINING & OIL GRAND TOTAL

SHARES 7,301,599 161,113,869 90,770,250 159,078,250 687,397,608 377,020,499 1,482,682,075

VALUE 572,119,350.45 884,990,327.75 795,289,271.13 764,421,356.42 696,852,166.44 169,051,746.951 3,882,724,219.14

FINANCIAL 1,311.67 (up) 1.85 INDUSTRIAL 7.888.47 (down) 5.79 HOLDING FIRMS 4,426.7 (up) 6.43 PROPERTY 2,034.41 (down) 8.96 SERVICES 1,770.71 (down) 5.65 MINING & OIL 21.434.43 (up) 9.82 PSEI 5,265.94 (down) 5.84 All Shares Index 3,486.58 (down) 6.96 Gainers: 70; Losers: 83; Unchanged: 43; Total: 196

12.50 6.00 107.00 0.87 0.62

M S T
STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume
61.95 76.10 472.40 2.05 21.00 19.60 72.00 2.54 94.00 72.95 370.00 43.85 148.00 886.00 101.00 1.85 (0.08) 0.00 0.25 1.49 (4.55) 0.51 0.00 1.60 0.75 (0.27) (2.12) (0.34) 0.68 (1.56) 0.00 (1.07)

Net Foreign

Trade/Buying
(56,620,278.50) 23,985,169.50 56,664.00 (1,282,760.00) 1,885,494.00 (6,487,992.00) (853,055.00)

Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bank of PI China Bank BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. COL Financial Eastwest Bank First Metro Inv. I-Remit Inc. Metrobank Phil. National Bank PSE Inc. RCBC `A Security Bank Sun Life Financial Union Bank Vantage Equities Aboitiz Power Corp. Agrinurture Inc. Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. Alphaland Corp. Alsons Cons. Asiabest Group C. Azuc De Tarlac Calapan Venture Chemphil Chemrez Technologies Inc. Cirtek Holdings (Chips) Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) EEI First Gen Corp. First Holdings A Greenergy Holcim Philippines Inc. Integ. Micro-Electronics Ionics Inc Jollibee Foods Corp. Lafarge Rep Liberty Flour LMG Chemicals Manila Water Co. Inc. Mariwasa MFG. Inc. Megawide Mla. Elect. Co `A Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. Petron Corporation Phinma Corporation Phoenix Petroleum Phils. RFM Corporation Roxas Holdings Salcon Power Corp. San Miguel Brewery Inc. San Miguel Corp `A Seacem Splash Corporation Swift Foods, Inc. Tanduay Holdings TKC Steel Corp. Trans-Asia Oil Universal Robina Victorias Milling Vitarich Corp. Vulcan Indl. Abacus Cons. `A Aboitiz Equity Alcorn Gold Res. Alliance Global Inc. Anglo Holdings A Anscor `A Asia Amalgamated A ATN Holdings A ATN Holdings B Ayala Corp `A DMCI Holdings F&J Prince A F&J Prince B Filinvest Dev. Corp. GT Capital JG Summit Holdings Jolliville Holdings Lopez Holdings Corp. Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. Mabuhay Holdings `A Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. Minerales Industrias Corp. MJCI Investments Inc. Pacica `A Prime Media Hldg Prime Orion Seafront `A Sinophil Corp. SM Investments Inc. Solid Group Inc. Wellex Industries Zeus Holdings

62.00 76.10 471.20 2.02 22.00 19.50 72.00 2.50 93.30 73.15 378.00 44.00 147.00 900.00 101.00 1.87

FINANCIAL 62.60 76.50 472.40 2.05 22.00 19.60 72.00 2.54 94.10 73.30 377.80 44.40 148.20 889.00 101.10 1.85

61.95 75.90 471.40 2.00 21.00 19.46 71.40 2.50 93.30 72.90 370.00 4.85 147.30 886.00 101.00 1.85

2,511,400 1,221,120 340 34,000 75,000 309,600 820 13,000 1,955,660 84,950 2,380 309,400.00 691,590 110 86,140 6,000

(122,450.00) 48,011,079.00

34.80 8.51 1.46 29.60 1.37 23.00 12.98 2.40 169.00 2.52 9.59 5.90 7.50 18.12 75.60 0.0140 12.50 4.28 0.640 100.00 10.00 38.00 1.85 26.25 2.70 16.32 263.00 3.50 9.80 10.36 8.19 4.03 2.78 5.12 34.20 112.10 2.36 1.79 0.139 12.36 2.17 1.18 60.60 1.40 0.640 0.97 0.69 49.10 0.0160 11.10 1.99 4.65 5.09 2.05 3.08 433.00 59.00 2.70 2.52 4.28 542.50 33.00 3.15 5.19 1.02 0.480 2.37 4.18 5.17 6.39 0.0550 1.520 0.480 1.39 0.330 743.00 1.92 0.3350 0.395 20.20 2.67 0.540 0.171 23.35 4.80 5.52 1.42 2.63 1.24 0.80 0.830 0.190 1.95 1.34 1.85 1.23 2.26 0.1540 0.7200 0.440 19.24 4.06 2.58 6.11 14.02 0.73 4.09 0.510 4.380

INDUSTRIAL 34.85 8.50 1.46 29.20 1.38 24.30 14.50 2.40 100.00 2.60 9.70 5.87 7.50 18.78 76.50 0.0140 12.50 4.22 0.640 100.20 10.00 38.00 1.90 27.45 2.72 17.00 263.00 3.53 9.87 10.20 8.30 4.42 2.85 5.12 34.30 112.50 2.36 1.81 0.144 12.40 2.16 1.18 60.60 1.50 0.650 0.96

34.60 8.50 1.43 29.20 1.35 23.05 13.00 2.40 100.00 2.55 9.24 5.71 7.20 18.00 75.50 0.0140 12.50 4.17 0.620 98.50 10.00 38.00 1.79 26.20 2.72 16.32 259.20 3.40 9.74 10.20 8.18 4.00 2.78 5.10 34.00 111.70 2.29 1.78 0.136 11.70 2.08 1.17 60.00 1.40 0.620 0.96

34.65 8.50 1.45 29.20 1.37 24.00 13.00 2.40 100.00 2.55 9.60 5.85 7.29 18.52 75.60 0.0140 12.50 4.17 0.630 98.50 10.00 38.00 1.79 26.90 2.72 16.88 259.80 3.49 9.87 10.20 8.19 4.20 2.85 5.10 34.00 112.50 2.36 1.78 0.141 11.82 2.16 1.17 60.10 1.43 0.630 0.96

(0.43) (0.12) (0.68) (1.35) 0.00 4.35 0.15 0.00 (40.83) 1.19 0.10 (0.85) (2.80) 2.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 (2.57) (1.56) (1.50) 0.00 0.00 (3.24) 2.48 0.74 3.43 (1.22) (0.29) 0.71 (1.54) 0.00 4.22 2.52 (0.39) (0.58) 0.36 0.00 (0.56) 1.44 (4.37) (0.46) (0.85) (0.83) 2.14 (1.56) (1.03) 0.00 (0.31) 12.50 (1.62) 0.50 0.43 (1.57) (1.95) (4.22) 0.00 (0.68) 3.70 18.65 (1.87) 0.09 0.76 (4.76) 0.39 0.98 (8.33) (3.38) (0.24) (1.35) 5.16 0.00 0.00 (4.17) 0.00 (1.52) 0.94 26.04 (2.99) 1.27

1,400,600 28,000 71,000 300 265,000 136,900 4,400 46,000 140 222,000 600 56,763,300 3,734,000 7,608,800 307,880 50,300,000 150,000 24,000 157,000 603,540 10,000 100 536,000 1,900,000 3,000 1,800 98,340 7,649,000 1,615,200 4,700 55,500 7,703,000 22,000 4,300 88,700 120,430 7,538,000 20,000 2,620,000 3,035,500 53,000 446,000 268,900 3,590,000 1,310,000 156,000

3,815,975.00 (10,200.00) (24,820.00) 8,760.00

24,000.00

(88,210,716.00) (9,487,640.00) 22,362,224.00 (5,207,240.00) (700,000.00) (10,240.00) (25,798,220.50) (474,520.00) 4,903,480.00

3,400.00 (2,777,210.00) (4,292,640.00) (1,983,885.00) (3,783,510.00)

6,860.00 4,693,332.00 1,122,330.00 30,192.00 5,850.00 (444,471.50) (112,800.00)

HOLDING FIRMS 0.70 0.68 49.05 48.20 0.0180 0.0170 11.16 10.88 2.00 1.98 4.67 4.65 5.11 5.01 2.11 1.90 3.04 2.82 435.00 433.00 59.20 58.45 2.98 2.80 2.99 2.98 4.20 4.12 543.50 541.00 33.80 33.10 3.00 2.53 5.25 5.19 1.04 1.01 0.440 0.440 2.35 2.29 4.20 4.17 5.15 5.08 7.00 6.00 0.0550 0.0530 1.520 1.370 0.460 0.460 1.40 1.39 0.330 0.325 755.00 745.00 2.46 1.91 0.3350 0.3250 0.400 0.400 PROPERTY 20.00 20.00 3.32 2.60 0.630 0.630 0.184 0.170 23.50 22.85 4.87 4.80 5.53 5.50 1.43 1.40 2.74 2.60 1.13 1.11 0.80 0.79 0.850 0.820 0.200 0.181 1.92 1.84 1.34 1.33 1.72 1.72 1.23 1.17 2.30 2.26 0.1550 0.1530 0.7300 0.7100 0.440 0.440 19.50 18.96 4.25 4.03 2.80 2.60 6.18 6.09 14.32 14.00 0.74 0.73 4.07 4.00 0.510 0.510 4.440 4.360

0.69 48.95 0.0180 10.92 2.00 4.67 5.01 2.01 2.95 433.00 58.60 2.80 2.99 4.20 543.00 33.25 3.00 5.21 1.03 0.440 2.29 4.17 5.10 6.72 0.0550 1.520 0.460 1.39 0.325 750.00 2.42 0.3250 0.400 20.00 3.00 0.630 0.170 23.00 4.83 5.50 1.40 2.65 1.11 0.79 0.830 0.182 1.89 1.33 1.72 1.23 2.30 0.1540 0.7100 0.440 18.98 4.09 2.80 6.18 14.14 0.74 4.07 0.510 4.400

3,148,000 1,380,500 4,800,000 23,758,800 51,000 530,000 34,200 502,000 45,000 418,560 774,550 10,000 25,000 143,000 16,100 412,600 30,000 5,959,500 297,000 10,000 547,000 7,250,000 65,800 127,600 9,000,000 6,000 200,000 3,000 590,000 111,530 29,009,000 1,420,000 90,000 600 11,010,000 1,000 220,000 8,392,900 833,000 716,200 4,939,000 107,000 360,000 1,926,000 2,150,000 2,520,000 7,858,000 2,558,000 3,000 107,000 53,900,000 2,570,000 2,986,000 40,000 2,504,800 651,000 4,000 377,700 9,894,900 10,000 80,000 1,000 4,082,000

(11,652,645.00)

(115,782,788.00) (2,386,370.00)

21,597,224.00 25,804,229.00 (26,910.00)

(5,553,665.00) 717,945.00 (63,260.00) (25,122,231.00)

(11,649,270.00) (5,580.00)

44,911,050.00 15,019,260.00

Anchor Land Holdings Inc. A. Brown Co., Inc. Araneta Prop `A Arthaland Corp. Ayala Land `B Belle Corp. `A Cebu Holdings Century Property City & Land Dev. Cityland Dev. `A Cyber Bay Corp. Empire East Land Ever Gotesco Global-Estate Filinvest Land,Inc. Highlands Prime Interport `A Megaworld Corp. MRC Allied Ind. Phil. Estates Corp. Phil. Realty `A Robinsons Land `B Rockwell Shang Properties Inc. SM Development `A SM Prime Holdings Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Starmalls Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. Vista Land & Lifescapes

(0.99) 12.36 16.67 (0.58) (1.50) 0.63 (0.36) (1.41) 0.76 (10.48) (1.25) 0.00 (4.21) (3.08) (0.75) (7.03) 0.00 1.77 0.00 (1.39) 0.00 (1.35) 0.74 8.53 1.15 0.86 1.37 (0.49) 0.00 0.46

12,000.00 81,240.00

(8,765,105.00) (822,490.00) 19,800.00 (4,538,870.00) (128,000.00) 1,250,320.00 950,870.00 1,230.00 28,639,530.00

106,500.00 3,831,268.00 (142,310.00) 292,648.00 (9,755,946.00)

4,861,480.00 (19,130.00)

ABS-CBN Acesite Hotel APC Group, Inc. Asian Terminals Inc. Bloomberry Boulevard Holdings Calata Corp. Cebu Air Inc. (5J) Centro Esc. Univ. DFNN Inc. Easy Call Common FEUI Globe Telecom GMA Network Inc. I.C.T.S.I. Information Capital Tech. IP Converge IP E-Game Ventures Inc. IPVG Corp. ISM Communications JTH Davies Holdings Inc. Leisure & Resorts Liberty Telecom Macroasia Corp. Manila Bulletin Manila Jockey Metro Pacic Tollways Pacic Online Sys. Corp. PAL Holdings Inc. Paxys Inc. Phil. Seven Corp. Philweb.Com Inc. PLDT Common PremiereHorizon Puregold Transpacic Broadcast Waterfront Phils.

29.05 1.45 0.610 9.00 9.85 0.1740 6.10 68.00 10.00 5.65 2.26 1000.00 1160.00 10.18 71.30 0.400 1.88 0.039 1.00 3.0800 2.45 8.30 2.80 2.80 0.70 2.85 6.00 14.10 7.10 3.02 69.00 16.60 2712.00 0.320 27.95 2.75 0.450 0.0041 4.75 17.10 27.90 0.250 22.95 22.80 1.15 23.00 0.56 1.120 1.180 0.0630 0.0630 26.95 8.10 0.6800 4.360 0.0180 0.0190 5.94 19.16 37.50 0.049 52.50 223.00 0.0160 27.85 103.00 102.50 10.20 109.90 1.10

SERVICES 30.00 29.20 1.69 1.44 0.600 0.600 9.00 9.00 9.95 9.71 0.1810 0.1520 6.37 6.10 68.15 67.80 10.50 10.50 5.68 5.68 2.01 2.00 1000.00 1000.00 1183.00 1168.00 10.30 10.16 72.00 70.80 0.415 0.390 1.88 1.84 0.039 0.039 1.02 1.00 3.0000 2.9200 2.46 2.15 8.30 8.20 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.80 0.69 0.68 3.25 2.80 6.00 6.00 14.20 14.10 7.18 6.90 3.04 3.02 69.00 66.00 16.60 16.00 2714.00 2696.00 0.320 0.315 28.35 27.80 2.76 2.54 0.460 0.435

29.40 1.50 0.600 9.00 9.89 0.1680 6.20 68.00 10.50 5.68 2.00 1000.00 1170.00 10.20 70.80 0.415 1.88 0.039 1.00 3.0000 2.22 8.30 2.80 2.80 0.69 3.10 6.00 14.20 7.05 3.02 67.00 16.60 2700.00 0.315 28.35 2.76 0.460 0.0040 4.78 17.06 27.85 0.250 22.90 22.50 1.08 23.85 0.58 1.130 1.180 0.0620 0.0640 26.70 8.10 0.6800 4.550 0.0180 0.0190 6.00 19.14 36.90 0.049 40.05 223.20 0.0150 28.90 103.00 102.00 10.26 109.90 1.15 1.27

1.20 3.45 (1.64) 0.00 0.41 (3.45) 1.64 0.00 5.00 0.53 (11.50) 0.00 0.86 0.20 (0.70) 3.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 (2.60) (9.39) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (1.43) 8.77 0.00 0.71 (0.70) 0.00 (2.90) 0.00 (0.44) (1.56) 1.43 0.36 2.22 (2.44) 0.63 (0.23) (0.18) 0.00 (0.22) (1.32) (6.09) 3.70 3.57 0.89 0.00 (1.59) 1.59 (0.93) 0.00 0.00 4.36 0.00 0.00 1.01 (0.10) (1.60) 0.00 (23.71) 0.09 (6.25) 3.77 0.00 (0.49) 0.59 0.00 4.55 3.25

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Corp., said Tuesday it registered a net income of P5.7 billion in the rst six months of 2012, a reversal of the P2.3-billion loss it posted year-on-year.
The countrys largest geothermal power producer said in a statement revenues from First Gen Hydro Power Corp. and Green Core Geothermal Inc. remained the companys major income drivers, as electricity sales increased 32 percent to P15 billion from P11.4 billion. First Gen Hydro operates the 132MW Pantabangan-Masiway hydroelectric plants while Green Core runs the 305-MW Tongonan and Palinpinon geothermal plants. Net income attributable to equity holders of the parent company also increased to P4.6 billion from a P2.3-billion loss on year. Recurring net income jumped 151 percent to P5.04 billion from P2 billion last year, mainly attributable to revenues generated by First Gen Hydro and Green Core. It said the Bacon-Manito geothermal plants in Albay and Sorsogon were expected to complete their commissioning and reliability runs within the year, in time to achieve full commercial operation in 2013. The repair works on the generator rotors of Units 1 and 2 are nearing completion in Alstoms workshop in Stafford, England. The equipment are expected to be on site by September. The 20-MW Unit 3 generator is undergoing repair and testing works in the Philippines and is expected to be commissioned by November. The logic for our Bacman acquisition has remained unchanged. Once operational, the Bacman Project will generate strong returns and cash ows from a vertically integrated operation as proven by the improvement in Ebitda from our Palinpinon and Tongonan projects, Energy Development president and chief operating ofcer Richard Tantoco said. Energy Development earlier said it was looking at a net income guidance of P6.8 billion to P7 billion this year as the Bacon-Manito geothermal plants in Albay and Sorsogon were expected to contribute revenues to the company later this year. The consensus of analysts reports is P6.8 billion to P7 billion for the full year, Tantoco said. The company reported a net income of P615 million in 2011, down sharply from P4.4 billion in 2010, due to the P5-billion impairment from the Northern Negros power plant. Energy Development remains the largest producer of geothermal energy in the Philippines, accounting for 62 percent of the total capacity. It has obtained geothermal concessions in Chile and Peru.

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Smuggled relief
BUSINESS executives may not be feeling too happy with governments attempts to curb smuggling, but run-of-the-mill club patrons are certainly appreciative of Customs chief Ruffy Biazons efforts to put smugglers out of business. These unscrupulous traders are well entrenched, having plied their illicit trade for several decades while Biazon got appointed barely a year ago. As his predecessor bitterly complained, some forces are probably out there plotting for his ouster. For example, those implicated in the currently controversial Indian rice smuggling case where, it turns out, President Noynoy Aquino was the highly placed tipster. The BoC chief is proving to be quite an action man. While distributing relief packs to Muntinlupa ood victims, the baby-faced ofcial was deluged not by oodwaters but by requests from housewives and grannies for a buss on the cheekwhich Biazon happily obliged. The Customs chief also hit on an outof-the-box idea to donate conscated smuggled items to disaster victims such as food, medicine, blankets and other relief itemsincluding fake branded clothing itemssubject of course to proper notices and the necessary permits from the concerned designers and trademark/label owners. Naturally, the whole process will go through rigorous examinations pertaining the legality of the process and all other clearances, especially for smuggled (Chinese? the Happy Hour gang would like to know) food items whether they are safe for consumption or otherwise. Cheers or Jeers? Starting this issue, Happy Hour will issue a rating of Cheers or Jeers for certain stories/column items to indicate the sentiment of our happy band of guzzlers. Reader feedback, objections and comments welcome. Tacloban mayor: Government vehicles not for ofcial use also The recent actions of Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez absolutely dispelled the long-held perception about government vehicles being For Ofcial Use Also. In his memorandum order No. 12-08-04, Romualdez made it clear in no uncertain terms that government vehicles are strictly and exclusively for ofcial business only. Department heads and ofcials down to the barangay level were directed to secure trip tickets and other appropriate travel authorization every time they take trips outside Tacloban City. Some local ofcials aficted with the travel itch must be squirming unhappily at Hizzoners recent memo, but not the local police who were only too happy to receive the mayors orders to monitor all government vehicles operating outside ofce hours,

CEBs 39th aircraft. Cebu Pacic Air, the Philippines biggest budget airline, accepted

delivery of its 39th aircraft on Aug. 12 as part of its expansion plans in the Asia-Pacic region. This is CEBs 21st Airbus A320, acquired brand new from Toulouse, France. CEBs aircraft eet is composed of 10 Airbus A319 and eight ATR 72-500 aircraft. Cebu Pacic will take delivery of 21 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders between 2012 and 2021. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the third quarter of 2013, with the arrival of four Airbus A330 aircraft from 2013 to 2014.

Tiger completes purchase of Seair

By Lailany P. Gomez
TIGER Airways Holdings Ltd. of Singapore has completed the acquisition of a 40-percent stake in South East Asian Airlines Inc. Tiger made the investment through wholly-owned subsidiary Roar Aviation II Pte. Ltd. Filipino shareholders will keep the 60 percent of Seair. This deal represents a signicant step forward for Seair and will allow the airline to continue its tremendous growth and job-creation drive for Filipinos, bringing increased prosperity, highly-skilled jobs, and tourism to the country, said newly-appointed Seair chief executive Patrick Tan. Tiger Group chief executive Koay Peng Yen said our immediate focus will be on scaling up the business through network expansion, building a strong customer base, and establishing the brand presence of Seair. The Philippines has tremendous growth potential and we welcome the opportunity to be at the heart of it, said Yen. Former Seair president Avelino Zapanta will continue to share his expertise and wealth of experience in his new position as senior advisor to Seair. Zapanta contributed more than six years of his career to bring the transaction to a close and secure a proper succession with the appointment of Patrick Tan as chief executive. The investment in Seair is Tigers second joint venture. Tiger earlier acquired a 33-percent stake in Mandala Airlines in Indonesia in January 2012. The acquisitions are part of Tigers strategy for expansion in the region. Seair said it would adopt the Tiger business model, which included offering value fares for domestic and international destinations within a vehour ying radius of Manila and Clark, its current hubs.

PDIC sells Davao banks properties

By Anna Leah G. Estrada
PHILIPPINE Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday it successfully sold several properties of closed All Asia Bank Corp. in Davao City for P55.6 million. The state-run deposit insurer said 61 properties were sold outright during the bidding on Aug. 1 while three properties were sold via negotiated sale. PDIC is trying to sell 71 corporate real properties and 59 real properties of the closed bank with minimum disposal price of P243.9 million. The agency said it was planning to conduct other public biddings before the end of the year. Meanwhile, PDIC said it would start servicing the deposit insurance claims of depositors of the closed Banco Batangan, a rural bank based in Batangas. The Bangko Sentrals Monetary Board placed Banco Batangan under the receivership of PDIC on June 21. The two-branch bank had 2,411 depositors with total claims of P114 million as of end-2011. PDIC said depositors with aggregate account balances of P10,000 and below were not required to le their deposit insurance claims with the agency, provided their addresses in the banks records were complete and updated and had no outstanding obligations with the closed bank. Depositors with account balances above P10,000 are required to le their claims on their respective appointment dates. PDIC said it would conduct the onsite claims settlement operations on Aug. 14 to 21. Claims will be processed at the PDIC ofce in Makati City while payment of insured deposits will be sent through mail. Depositors who were not able to le their claims during the claims settlement period may submit their claims personally at the PDIC ofce at the 4th oor of SSS Building on Ayala Avenue corner Runo Street in Makati starting Sept. 3. PDIC said when ling deposit insurance claims, depositors should present the duly accomplished claim form and claim status sheet, original and photocopy of evidence of deposit, and original and photocopy of two valid photo-bearing IDs with signature of the depositor.

traveling on weekends or leaving/entering the city boundaries, and ask for the necessary travel orders. Apparently, the charismatic mayor is held in high esteem by members of the Philippine National Police. At the recent 111th PNP anniversary, the mayor (seen in photo with PCSO chairman Margie Juico, presidential sister and guest of honor Ma. Elena Ballsy Aquino-Cruz and his better half Cristina Gonzalez-Romualdez) personally received the award for Tacloban City as the Best Local Government Unit in recognition of the LGUs logistical support and other contributions to the operational successes of the local police force. HH Rating: Cheers! Good old sacking MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino did something quite old fashioned recently: He sacked Flood Control and Sewerage Management Ofce head Baltazar Melgar for dropping the ball during a very critical time of crisis (redundancy intended). Tolentino ordered Baltazars sacking after a pumping station in Taguig was discovered to have run out of fuel at the height of the monsoon rains that killed 100 (and counting) and displaced millions. Typical of many civil servants in this country, the director is trying to turn the tables around, insinuating that the request for fuel was left hanging by the higher ups, reasoning that they just wait for the fuel to arrive. Such a lame excuse by all accounts. Geez, ever heard of follow up? HH Rating: Cheers! Tolentino; Jeers! Melgar. HH nibbler: It will be raining men at the Excess Superclub along Timog Avenue in Quezon City, venue of the Inside Showbiz Stud Party where the hottest men will be revealedsome of whom will even walk the ramp. Rafes, rewards and exciting gamesall that will denitely turn up the heat during these cold rainy nights. *** For comments, reactions, photos, stories and related concerns, readers may e-mail to happyhourtoday2012@yahoo.com.

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Clark, Davao hit Customs targets

By Joel E. Zurbano

of the Customs bureau failed to meet their revenue targets for July.
Records showed that only the ports of Clark and Davao met their goals for the month. Davao collected P563 million against its P487 million quota while Clark got P75 million collection exceeding its P68 million threshold. Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has ordered district collectors to explain the unsatisfactory showing of the bureaus 24 percent under collection. But the July take was still an increase from the revenue of P21.28 billion during the same

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period last year. The target is so high to begin with, he said. I know we cannot escape from our target, but were always saying that the growth from the previous year is worthy to be noticed. he noted. This is the first time that I asked them to explain because I saw the downward trend, he said. We were already down in June and in July it further dropped. So Im really concerned.

The Port of Manila was most deficient with a P2.19 billion shortfall. It made only P4.589 billion, which is 32.3 percent off its P6.779 billion assignment. Manila International Container Port posted P6.438 billion collection, down by P2.109 billion or 24.67 percent versus its P8.547 billion target. Other major ports that performed below par are: Oil port of Batangasshortfall

of P934 million from P5.742 billion revenue, 14 percent lower than P6.676 billion goal; Ninoy Aquino International Airport--P615 million deficit after turning in P1.842 billion versus P2.457 billion target or a 25.02 percent dip; Limay port--15.5 percent or P527 million off its P3.391 billion mark, earning only P2.865 billion. Completing the list are: the ports of San Fernando (P119 million shortfall), Legaspi (-P6.1

million), Iloilo (-P8.7 million), Cebu (-P110 million), Tacloban (-P17 million), Surigao (-P0.8 million), Cagayan de Oro (-P48 million), Zamboanga (-P3.8 million), Subic (-P284 million), and Aparri (-P8.4 million). The bureau was set back by P7.61 billion in July, making only P23.82 billion when it was supposed to earn P31.44 billion. With five months remaining, Customs is expected to earn P347 billion this year.

Disabled to get VAT exemption

By Maricel V. Cruz
A RANKING opposition lawmaker on Tuesday urged Congress to hasten the approval of a bill exempting persons with disabilities from paying value added tax on medicine, transportation, hotels, restaurants, theaters and other business establishments. House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez pushed for the passage of House Bill 6423 which seeks to amend Republic Act 7277 otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities. The bill is an equalizing measure because this will accord PWDs exactly the same discount privilege enjoyed by senior citizens by virtue of Republic Act 9994, who are enjoying a P20 discount or the equivalent of 20 percent for every P100 value of good or service purchased, he said. Persons with disabilities effectively enjoy only P12 for every P100 worth of good or service because the law does not exempt them from the VAT, which is imposed on the net value of the good or service or 10 percent of the P80 after deducting P20, representing the 20 percent discount granted in RA 9442, for every P100 worth of goods or service purchase. The bill exempts PWDs from paying VAT on all services in hotels, restaurants, recreation centers, theaters, concert halls, carnivals, on fare for domestic air and sea travel, public railways, skyways and bus fare, among others. It also provides the PWDs exemption from VAT on the purchase of medicine, medical and dental services including diagnostic and laboratory fees, and professional fees of attending doctors in accordance with the rules and regulations to be issued by the Department of Health, in coordination with the PhilHealth. Under the bill, the establishments may claim the discounts granted as tax deductions under the National Internal Revenue Code. Republic Act 7277 was enacted into law on March 24, 1992 and was amended ve years later by RA 9442, on April 30, 2007, setting privileges and incentives to PWDs, and amended further by RA 10070, on April 6, 2010, mandating local government units to establish social and structural mechanisms to promote the interest, rights and welfare of PWDs.

Food security. Maitum Mayor Elsie Perrett and agriculturist Renato Fantone (center) turn over certied rice seeds for 10 irrigator associations on Aug. 13 from stocks of the National Irrigation Administration to be planted by farmers in Pangi right, Zion-Sison, Maguling-Luan,Tarucao-Lanao, Lumotan, Kalaong, Malalag-Kiayap, Pinol, Teneb, and Mindupok. Perrett thanked PhilRice and NIA for supporting seed-banking in Sarangani province for local seed growers to produce certied varieties and for farmers to use them. JOYLYN TY

Bulacan turns 434

MALOLOS CITYAugust 15 has been declared a special non-working in Bulacan to mark the provinces 434th foundation day. President Benigno Aquino III issued Proclamation 443 declaring the commemoration signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. Gov. Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado said the directive was based on The New Provincial Administrative Code of Bulacan on legal holidays. Flowers will be offered at Gen. Gregorio Del Pilars monument in front of the Capitol after the 7:30 a.m. mass at the Provincial Gymnasium. Bulacan was established as a province on August 15, 1578. Orland L. Mauricio

Thrift bank serves Pangasinan

ABOITIZ-OWNED City Savings Bank continues to look for locations to provide its brand of simple and easy service. The bank recently opened in Dagupan City its 32nd branch, catering to the needs of public school teachers among other groups of clients. Were here because were ready to let our customers experience and enjoy the CitySavings brand of warm and helpful service, and were all excited for this, said Harry Abellana CitySavings assistant vice president for marketing. The Dagupan extension Ofce is expected to serve over 13,000 Department of Education employees and teachers from Lingayen, Binalonan and other localities. Pangasinan is among the provinces with the highest number of teachers. As timely as present conditions, Abellana said salary loans can be availed of through the Automatic Payroll Deduction System on 12 to 36 months. Borrowers are assured of high loanable amounts that may be released on the same day the application is led, he said. City Savings Pangasinan is the second branch in the Ilocos Region and the fth in Luzon with ve more lined up to serve Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and Bicol. Estar Fortune H. Suma-oy

Narvacan E-lib launched

MAYOR Zuriel Zaragoza has launched the rst electronic library in Ilocos Sur at the Narvacan Central High School. The pioneering technology in the academic sector puts the town in the forefront of education for global competitiveness and awareness on climate change issues including disaster risk management. The E-lib will likewise be used to train the students to scientifically understand evolving weather conditions, through the help of the DoSTs (Department of Science and Technology) Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) that provides real time CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK updates with computeraided calculations on potential disaster risks, Zaragoza. The students who first registered were

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Mayor Zuriel Zaragaza guides a student on how to navigate the Web for worldwide information. JUN DAVID

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ONE of the most satisfying things to do is opening the package of something you just bought. Theres that distinct excitement of wanting to go home as quickly as possible to be able to tear off the plastic or open the box of a new possession, may it be a piece of clothing, something for the home, a book, a toy or a gadget. People love new objects and spend more than a pretty penny coveting them.
For some things, like swimsuits, mattresses or electronics with warranty, theres no other way but buying new. Nobody wants to sleep in a bed that other people used to sleep in. Who knows what kind of gifts the previous owners left there? Other things, on the other hand, can be bought used. In fact, buying used can save you a lot of money. And Im not only talking about ukay-ukay clothes. 1. Furniture. Unless theyre beyond repair, old pieces of furniture have character. They can be found at antique and vintage stores, garage sales and ee markets. If you want them to look new, a fresh coat of paint goes a long way, especially for those made of sturdy woods. 2. Home dcor. Decorative items rarely go through wear-and-tear because theyre simply on display. Lamps, vases, gurines and all those trinkets for your display rack are better bought used. Theyre denitely priced much lower than those at the mall and who knows what quirky and unusual thing youll stumble upon when visiting the stores that sell them. Unique nds can only be found at places that most people dont know exist. 3. Exercise equipment. Plenty of people buy new stuff for their home gym and hardly ever use them. Take advantage of this fact and scout for exercise and sports gear at buy-and-sell websites. Dumbbells are your best bet because they can easily be cleaned and theres no way theyll ever malfunction. But stationary bikes and treadmills should be tested for defects. 4. Tools. Slightly used power tools for sale are listed all over the Internet and available at garage sales. Why? Because their current owners only needed them for one project and have no need for them anymore. So if you need tools right now, buy used or nd those for rent. Theres no point buying new (at full price) for something youll probably use only once or twice within the next few years. 5. Dishes. It wouldnt be surprising to nd fantastic china for a fraction of the price at garage sales. People who are moving, upgrading, starting over, remodeling or redecorating love to unload things that have been passed on through the generations if the objects wouldnt t their new home or aesthetics or if theyre redundant. This goes for atware, glasses and basically everything that can be used on the dining table.

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6. Video games. Some people buy new video games and play with them a few times. Chances are, theyre still in great condition after six months. If youre in no hurry to catch the latest buzzy game, wait for some time and check out reselling websites for older titles. Some owners are even open to trading them for some of your own titles. This is an option for DVDs, music CDs and vinyl records as well. 7. Baby stuff. Cribs, bassinets and strollers are just some of the things that you need when you have a newborn in the house. But once the child outgrows them, theyre basically trash. So why buy new? You probably know someone who had a child a couple of years back who is willing to unload their baby gear for really low prices. This applies to childrens clothes as well, which kids grow out of so quickly. The only things for the young one not to buy used are those that have

security featureslike carseatsbecause said features are optimum when new. 8. Books, especially college textbooks. The web is a great place to shop for used books. So are ofine places like Booksale and quaint bookstores near schools. These are also where you should look for preowned coffee table books for less than P1,000 to add to your collection (which are otherwise sold new at mainstream bookstores for as much as ve times the used price). 9. Recreational items. Unless youre a cyclist, a bicycle is something that youve left behind in your youth. If you want one again, get one used instead of new because someone out there is certainly more than willing to sell theirs for a steal. Those in the market for camping and other outdoor gear, like tents, portable stoves and sleeping bags, can try their luck at consignment stores. 10. Computing devices. Its quite safe to get a refurbished desktop, laptop or tablet if youre looking to get an older model. You have nothing to worry about as long as they have been tested to meet manufacturer specs and standards, and that they come with at least a one-year warranty. To get the best deal, purchase one from a reputable retailer.

Tacloban mayor plays Cupid

THE elegant Sto. Nino Cathedral in Tacloban was the scene of the wedding of two former schoolmates turned soulmates, Derrick Anido of Tacloban and Charmaine Mae Delgado of California and Tacloban. Mae was Derricks high school crush. She never even noticed him until Derrick was told by his boss and mentor, Mayor Alfred Romualdez to stop beating around the bush. During one of Maes many trips home to visit her parents, Derrick managed to talk to Mae and open his heart. Mae nally noticed him and began to look at him in a different way. After about a year or two of dating, spending long hours on Skype, Romualdez again intervened and advised Derrick to pop the question before Mae wakes up and changes her mind. Last July 6, with the blessings of their parents Mercedo and Corazon Delgado and Lourdes Callangan-Anido, Derrick and Mae vowed to loved one another till death do them part. Needless to say, Mayor Alfred Romualdez and his lovely wife Cristina played important roles during the ceremonies.

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BRING out your classic yet modern allure with Forever by Marian, the rst-ever signature fragrance of Kapuso primetime queen Marian Rivera. Just like Marian Rivera, you can exude timeless femininity. Marians beauty and brilliance as a star is a combination of classic purity and modern urbanity, which perfectly suit Tupperware Brands latest range of exclusive fragrance. Her enchanting, bubbly personality is captured in Forever by Marian. Similarly, you can bask in such poise and feminine appeal. With Forever by Marian women can feel more condent and beautiful. Forever by Marian is available in Body Mist 100ml, Body Spray 75ml, and Pocket Mist 30ml.

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An evening of art and music

ART and medicine join hands for a worthy cause as the MediCard Lifestyle Center recently held an art exhibit to benet the Xavier School Batch 83 Foundation showcasing the latest artworks of visual artists Noel Cuizon, Rene Cuvos, Maria Puera Escano, Jojo Lofranco, Mario de Rivera, Clairelynn Uy and Xavier Batch 83s very own Vinson Yap. Setting the mood for the evening is internationallyrenowned classical pianist Leonor Kilayko, who is expected to play works by masters such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy. With core programs centered on children, the Xavier School Batch 83 Foundations work includes the Adopt anAeta Project, Tsikiting Centers and a Medical Assistance Program. The Adopt-an-Aeta Project supports the sisters who run the St. Francis Learning Center in Nibangon, Zambales. It gives free primary education to Aetas. The school also receives annual medical missions, financial support and book donations. The MediCard Lifestyle Centre is located at 51 Paseo de Roxas cor. Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City. For inquiries, email xsbatch83@ gmail.com.

CALIFORNIA Pizza Kitchen hosts National Pizza Day today with a one-day free pizza promo for its customers. For every regular or thin crust pizza ordered dine-in today, August 15, CPK will provide another pizza free from among these bestselling choices: BBQ Chicken Pizza, Pepperoni, Five Cheese and Fresh Tomato, Hawaiian Bacon Pizza or Traditional Cheese. Plus, diners can get rellable Coca-Cola for only P50.
The event coincides with coincides with Global Restaurant Concepts Inc.s (GRCI) opening of the rst CPK restaurant in the Philippines. We consider this our way of reclaiming our pizza authority. Pizza is California Pizza Kitchens heart and soul, says Archie Rodriguez, president and chief executive of GRCI. Starting today, CPK will also introduce 20 new menu items. For the past 15 years, we have served innovative pizzas that have set the bar high adding a California twist on each avor that resonated with our guests, and we have inspired others in the industry to follow. We intend to surprise our guests this year and once again set the trend by introducing pizzas that are out of the ordinary, says Rodriguez.
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All dishes at CPK are made to order. Nothing is made beforehand. This is to ensure that every pizza (or any other menu item for that matter) tastes fresh. Among the new menu additions are Prosciutto Pizza, made with Italian prosciutto with fresh arugula, and mozzarella,

shaved parmesan and sliced tomatoes on caramelized thin pizza crust; and the Vegetarian Pizza, a marinara sauce and mozzarella thin crust pizza topped with grilled eggplant, fresh button mushrooms, red onion, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted corn, broccoli, goat cheese and pine nuts. CPK will also introduce Lasagna Milanese, Black Seafood Pomodoro, Mu Shu Chicken Calzone and its own Cheese Steak Sandwich made of USDA tender steak strips. For starters, guests can try Fried Mozzarella Sticks, Quesadilla, Spinach with Gorgonzola and the Asian Chicken Wrap. Guests will also nd a new CPK thirst quencher, Fruit Sangria made of chardonnay, mango and orange juices with slices of grapes, green apples and oranges. The new menu items are dishes are 100 percent Filipino-made and conceptualized. For now, they

will be exclusively available in the country. What makes the new dishes special is that they retain CPKs identity despite having a Filipino touch (for example, the mozzarella sticks are wrapped in a lumpia wrapper instead of the usual bread crumbs). For the past 15 years, we have served innovative pizzas that have set the bar high adding a California twist on each avour that resonated with our guests, and we have inspired others in the industry to follow. We intend to surprise our guests this year and once again set the trend by introducing pizzas that are out of the ordinary, says Rodriguez. Celebrate National Pizza Day at CPK restaurants in Glorietta 3, Alabang Town Center, Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Greenhills Promenade, Trinoma, Power Plant Mall and Greenbelt 5.

Soroptimist honors Mariquita Castelo

THE Soroptimist International Philippines Region will on Aug. 30 at the Philippine Sotel Hotel its rst Mariquita S. Castelo leadership awards, kicking off a yearlong search for bonafide Soroptimist members whose projects have greatly impacted on marginal communities they have been serving. SIPR governor Minda Garcia said the launch is timed with the centennial birth anniversary of Castelo, who dedicated her entire life serving and furthering the interest of women and children through education, skills and leadership training, livelihood and moral programs. Garcia said the Castelo leadership award will immortalize Castelos significant contribution to the cause of women and girls, which began with her leadership of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) that led her to bring the Soroptimist movement into the country from the United States. Castelo was a civic/social worker and educator par excellence. She founded the first Soroptimist club in the Philippines calling it the Soroptimist Club of Greater Manila which was later named Soroptimist International of Founder Manila, affiliated with clubs in the Americas.
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It received its charter in Malacaang on May 5, 1966. There are now 76 clubs with over 2,000 members. Each club is entitled to send one nominee based on the following criteria: a) nominee must be a member of good standing for at least five years; b) must be engaged in volunteer service for at least 10 years including service to other volunteer organizations; c) achievements must be verifiable and quantifiable; d) has initiated a program along Soroptimist advocacy or instituted by any volunteer organization and the project must have improved the quality of life of the community; e)
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Office Tabuk, Isabela City, Basilan Republic of the Philippines

WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 15, 2012

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Department of Public Works and Highways OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER

Compostela Valley District Engineering Office
Nabunturan, Comval Province Tel. No. & Fax No. 084-376-1040

Republic of the Philippines

Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corporation

A Sure Bet for Progress in Gaming, Entertainment and Nation Building

INVITATION TO BID
No. 2012-015
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works & Highways, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan, Comval Province, invites contractors to bid for the : 1. Contract ID : Contract Name: 12LA-0015 Asphalt Overlay/Repair & Rehab. Of Montevista-Mati Bdry. Road Contract Location: Languan-Poblacion New Bataan Section, New Bataan, Comval Province Description: Emulsified Asphalt, Bituminous Concrete Surface Course , Thermoplastic Marking White (Center & Edge Line ) Station Limit: Km 1440+126 to Km 1441+0 Approved Budget for Contract: Php 9,899,692.99 Cost of Bid Documents: P10,000.00 Source of Fund: GOP Contract Duration: 39 Cal. Days

INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID

The Department of Public Works and Highways, Isabela City SubDistrict Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors registered with and classified by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) to apply for eligibility and if found eligible to bid for the contract to wit: 12JH0005 Asphalt Overlay/Repair and Rehabilitation of Basilan Circumferential Road (IsabelaLamitan Section) Kl+248 to K2+000 with exception Contract Location: Isabela City, Basilan Province Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay, Installation of Guardrails Approved Budget for Contract (ABC): P 9,826,420.06 Contract Duration: 58 CD. Cost of Bidding Documents: P 10,000.00 Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 known as Government Procurement Reform Act, and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. To be eligible to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non discretionary pass/fail criteria in the Eligibility Check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors application for registration with the complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below. BAC Activities 1. Issuance of Bidding Document 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bid 5. Opening of Bids Schedule August 9-28, 2012 August 16, 2012 August 24, 2012 August 28, 2012 at 8:00am - 10:00am August 28,2012 at 10:00am Contract ID: Contract Name:

InvItatIon to BId for the Supply and delIvery of one (1) lot CalendarS for Cy 2013 under ItB no. 08-10-2012
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is inviting all interested bidders in its forthcoming public bidding for the Supply and Delivery of One (1) Lot Calendars for CY 2013 under ITB No.08-10-2012.

Brief Description

Five Thousand (5,000) pieces of Desk Calendar desk calendar with envelope, for calendar year 2013; Twenty-five Thousand (25,000) pieces of a Seven (7) Page Calendar - Seven (7) page calendar for calendar year 2013. Within thirty (30) calendar days from the effectivity date specified in the Notice to Proceed Two Million Two Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Pesos, (PhP 2,227,500.00), VAT Exclusive, Zero Rated Transaction Internally Funded

Delivery Schedule Approved Budget: Source of Fund:

This bidding is open to all suppliers; provided that the winning bidder should be registered with PAGCOR prior to award of contract. Unregistered suppliers must register at the Suppliers Registration & Evaluation Section (SRES), Procurement Department (PD), 2nd Floor PAGCOR House, 1330 Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Manila, Tel. No. 526-0573. Bidders should have completed, within the last three (3) years before the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138. All particulars relative to Pre-Bid Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its IRR. The schedule of activities is listed, as follows:

2. Contract ID : Contract Name:

12LA-0016 Asphalt Overlay/Repair & Rehab. Of Nabunturan- Mainit Park Road Contract Location: Manat Section, Nabunturan, Comval Province Description: Emulsified Asphalt, Bituminous Concrete Surface Course , Joint Filler, Reflectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings White (Center & Edge Line) Station Limit: Km 1435+(-)4236 to Km 1435+(-)018 Approved Budget for Contract: Php 9,899,776.57 Cost of Bid Documents: P10,000.00 Source of Fund: GOP Contract Duration: 53 Cal. Days

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a)prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino-Owned Partnership, Corporation, cooperative or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of ten years, (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment issued by reputable Commercial Bank at least equal to 10% of the ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit application for registration to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors application for registration with the complete requirements and issue Contractors registration Certificate (CRC). Registration forms can be download at the DPWH Website.www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Issuance of Bidding Documents Deadline of Receipt of LOI Pre-Bid Conference Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids : August 15, 2012- September 6, 2012 : September 6, 2012 @ 12:00 Noon : August 24, @ 10:00 A.M. : until September 6, 2012 @ 1:30 P.M. : September 6, 2012@ 2:00 P.M.

Activities 1. Issuance of the Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline for the Submission and Receipt of Bids 4. Opening and Preliminary Examination of Bids

Schedule August 15, 2012 (Wed) to Sept. 03, 2012 (Mon) August 22, 2012 (Wed), 2:00 p.m. Venue: 2nd Floor Conference Room, PAGCOR House, 1330 Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Manila Sept. 03, 2012 (Mon), 2:00 p.m. Sept. 03, 2012 (Mon), 2:00 p.m. onwards

Complete details of the project are indicated in the bid documents which will be available to prospective bidders at the BAC Secretariat Unit, Procurement Department (BSU-PD), upon payment of a non-refundable bidding fee of Three Thousand One Hundred Eighteen Pesos and 50/100, (Php3,118.50). Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding Documents free of charge from the following websites: www.pagcor.ph and www.philgeps.net and may be allowed to submit bids provided that bidders shall pay the non-refundable bidding fee not later than the date of the submission of bids. The Pre-bid Conference is open to all interested bidders. Prospective bidders should present to PAGCORs Cashier at 6th floor, PAGCOR Corporate Office, M.H. del Pilar cor. Pedro Gil Sts., Malate, Manila either the Bidding Fee Slip which may be secured from the BSU-PD or a copy of this ITB in effecting payment for the Bidding Documents. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. PAGCOR assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of their bids. PAGCOR reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all Bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. Please address all communications to the Bids and Awards Committee thru the BAC Secretariat Unit, Room 205, Second Floor, PAGCOR House, 1330 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita, Manila, Tel No.: 523-0577, 521-1542 local 223/571. (SGD) EDUARDO D. LAGMAN Chairperson BIds and awards CommIttee (BaC) 1

Pre-bid conference will be held at DPWH, Conference Room, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan, Comval Province The BAC will also issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Nabunturan, Comval Province upon payment of the said fees. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees a day before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-bid conference shall open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bid must be accompanied by the Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, at stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC Chairman. The First envelope shall contain the Technical component of the bid, which included a copy of CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. These envelopes shall be enclcosed in one single envelope submitted to the BAC Chairman. Late bids shall not be accepted. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determine in the Bid Evaluation and Post Qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Compostela Valley District Engineering office, Nabunturan, Comval Province reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders. For further information please refer to: EDWIN M. ORTIZ Engineer II Head-BAC Secretariat e-mail address: dpwh_bacnab@yahoo.com (Sgd.) MINDA R. ROSLINDA Chief, Construction Section BAC Vice- Chairman

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Office, Tabuk, Isabela City, Basilan, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The PreBid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded top the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid (LCRB) as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved: (Sgd.) ARACELI S. ALBERTO BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) BENSALI A. KASIM Engineer IV (ADE) OIC-District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 11 & 15, 2012)

(MST-Aug. 15, 2012)

InvItatIon to BId Supply of Various Agate Boards, Chopper Control Electronics & Circuit Breaker Spare Parts under PR No.RS1-0312-101/ITB No. 1205-078-01R
Schedule of Activities: Pre Bid Conference - August 24, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M. Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot, Santolan, Pasig City

(MST-Aug. 15, 2012)

Submission and Opening of Bids - September 7, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M. Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot, Santolan, Pasig City Requirements: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6 pcs. AGATE AUXILLIARY CONTROL 54790.0014 6 pcs. ALIX BOARD POWER SUPPLY 24VDC 35228 6 pcs. MPIX, COMMUNICATION CARD 35227 6 pcs. ESBX 110X BOARD 35253 6 pcs. ONDX BOARD 35224 11) 6 pcs. EXTINCTION THYRISTORS AMPLIFIER 12) 6 pcs. BREAKING THYRISTOR AMPLIFIER 13) 6 pcs. CPU (CCER) CONTROLLER SA 30699 ARC 812M CIRCUIT BREAKER 14) 50 pcs. FIXED CONTACTS FOR ARC BREAKER Assembly: ARC 812M Circuit Breaker Sub-assembly: Power Contacts Part: Fixed contact (upper connector) N (..) F (..) : (1) IV.9 Plan No: TRK 6639801000 Dimensions: See drawing. Dimensions are in mm. Material: Copper with silver coated

Department of Education
REGIONIV-A CALABARZON Gate 2 Karangalan Village Cainta, Rizal

Department of Public Works and Highways OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER

Batanes District Engineering Office Basco, Batanes

Republic of the Philippines

INVITATION TO BID FOR Supply and Door-to-Door delivery of School Furnitures for CY2012 School Furniture Program (15% Allocation)
1. The Department of Education, Region IV A, through the SARO # BMB-B-12-0010300 FY 2012 intends to apply the sum of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Fifty Three Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Nine Pesos (13,553,669.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Supply and Door-to-Door delivery of School Furnitures. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Bids shall be on a per Cluster Basis: Cluster I ------------------------- ABC Php6,950,669.00 8,820 pcs. Elementary Armchairs 196 set Teachers Table & Chair

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batanes District Engineering Office, Basco, Batanes through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following contract: a) Contract ID b) Contract Name c) Contract Location d) Scope of Work e) Approved Budget for the Contract f) Contract Duration g) Cost of Bid Documents : 12BA0012 : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Basco-Mahatao-Ivana-Uyugan-Imnajbu Road (S00012BN) : Batan Island, Batanes : Concrete paving of 490.00 Lm national road. : Php 9,904,616.10 : 180 CD : Php 10,000.00

CHOPPER CONTROL ELECTRONICS 6) 6 pcs POWER SUPPLY SUPERVISOR 7) 6 pcs. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTION 8) 6 pcs. 6 ANALOG INPUTS PCB (ANALOG MEASUREMENT) 9) 6 pcs. SET POINT AMPLIFIER 10) 6 pcs. MAIN THYRISTORS AMPLIFIER

15) 50 pcs. MOVABLE CONTACTS FOR ARC BREAKER Assembly: ARC 812M Circuit Breaker Sub-assembly: Power Contacts Part: Mobile Contact No (..) F (..): (3) IV.10 Plan No : TRK 5457748000 Dimension: See drawing. Dimensions are in mm. Material: Copper with silver coated 16) 2 pcs. ELECTROMAGNET OF ARC BREAKER

The complete technical specification is available in the Bidding Documents. The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year 2012, intends to apply the sum of a Total of Eighteen Million One Hundred Eighty Two Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Eight Pesos Only (Php18,182,658.00)being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the afore-mentioned contract/s. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Delivery period is required on or before one (1) year upon receipt of Purchase Order. LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details: Item No. Approved Budget for the Contract Description Total Cost 6 PCS. AGATE AUXILIARY CONTROL 54790.0014 6 PCS. ALIX BOARD POWER SUPPLY 24VDC 35228 6 PCS. MIPX, COMMUNICATION CARD 35227 6 PCS. ESBX 110X BOARD 35253 6 PCS. ONDX BOARD 35224 6 PCS. POWER SUPPLY SUPERVISOR 6 PCS. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTION 6 PCS. 6 ANALOG INPUTS PCB (ANALOG MEASUREMENT) 6 PCS. SET POINT AMPLIFIER 6 PCS. MAIN THYRISTOR AMPLIFIER 6 PCS. EXTINCTION THYRISTOR AMPLIFIER 6 PCS. BREAKING THYRISTOR AMPLIFIER 6 PCS. CPU (CCER) CONTROLLER SA 30699 50 PCS. FIXED CONTACTS FOR ARC BREAKER 50 PCS. MOVABLE CONTACTS FOR ARC BREAKER 2 PCS. ELECTROMAGNET OF ARC BREAKER GRAND TOTAL (ABC) Php4,938,036.00 Php633,120.00 Php1,687,950.00 Php642,888.00 Php1,687,950.00 Php629,100.00 Php808,350.00 Php884,190.00 Php1,152,492.00 Php371,712.00 Php440,658.00 Php454,446.00 Php1,369,662.00 Php1,105,950.00 Php1,120,300.00 Php255,854.00 Php18,182,658.00 Bid Security: Cash/CC-MC Bank draft/ guarantee or ILC (2%)* Php98,760.72 Php12,662.40 Php33,759.00 Php12,857.76 Php33,759.00 Php12,582.00 Php16,167.00 Php17,683.80 Php23,049.84 Php7,434.24 Php8,813.16 Php9,088.92 Php27,393.24 Php22,119.00 Php22,406.00 Php5,117.08 Php363,653.16 Php246,901.80 Php31,656.00 Php84,397.50 Php32,144.40 Php84,397.50 Php31,455.00 Php40,417.50 Php44,209.50 Php57,624.60 Php18,585.60 Php22,032.90 Php22,722.30 Php68,483.10 Php55,297.50 Php56,015.00 Php12,792.70 Php909,132.90 Php17,000.00 Php17,000.00 Security: Surety bond (5%)* Cost of Bid Documents

Cluster II -------------------------- ABC Php603,000.00 8,370 pcs Secondary Armchairs 186 sets Teachers Table & Chair Set 2. The Department of Education, Region IV-A now invites bids for the Supply and Door to-Door delivery of School Furnitures. Delivery of the Goods is required to be delivered within One Hundred Twenty Calendar Days (120) upon receipt of the Notice to Proceed. Bidders should have completed, within three (3) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is open to all Cooperatives Only subject to the conditions for eligibility provided in the IRR of RA 9184. Interested bidders (cooperatives only) may obtain further information from the Department of Education Region IV-A and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 4:00 p.m. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on August 10, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee the Bidding Documents in the amount of Two Thousand Pesos (2,000.00) per Cluster. 6. The Department of Education, Region IV-A will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on August 16, 2012 at 2:00 in the afternoon to be held at the Conference Room of DepED Region IV-A, Gate 2 Karangalan Village, Cainta, Rizal, which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. Bids must be delivered to the address stated herein on or before August 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. All Bids must be accompanied, by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bid opening shall be on August 28 , 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the Conference Room of DepED Region IV-A, Gate 2 Karangalan Village. Cainta, Rizal. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address Stated above. Late bids shall not be accepted. The Department of Education, Region IV-A reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH POCW-Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors application for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-Bid Conference Deadline of Receipt of LOI Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids August 13, 2012- September 04, 2012 August 17, 2012 August 21, 2012 Deadline: 12:00 Noon on September 04, 2012 2:00 PM on September 04, 2012

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The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the Office of the Batanes District Engineering Office, upon payment of non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fee on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which includes a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batanes District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved by: (Sgd.) ARISTEO G. GALAROSA BAC Chairman Noted by:

* Only those issued by universal or commercial banks Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders commencing on August 15, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids at the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php17,000.00 only. Only prospective bidders who have secured bidding documents will be allowed to participate in the Pre-Bid Conference. Submission and Opening of Bids will publicly be opened in the presence of the Bidders authorized representatives who choose to attend. Late bids shall not be accepted. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the Instructions to Bidders and the Bid Data Sheet. LRTA reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: Mr. Eduardo A. Abiva Head, BAC Secretariat Administration Bldg., LRTA Cmpd., Aurora Blvd. Tramo, Pasay City Tel. No. 853-0041 50 loc. 8314 Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com Facsimile No. 551-5946
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(Sgd.) ANN GERALYN T. PELIAS Chief Administrative Officer BAC Chairman

(Sgd.) ROMMEL E. FABI OIC Asst.District Engineer

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(Sgd.) Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO Chairman, Bids & Awards Committee

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13, 2012 Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com

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Sonny
Kapuso hunks with in basketball match
GERALD Anderson, Rayver Cruz and the singer called Young JV, Fred Payawan, and Joe Vargas joined Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara, otherwise known simply as Sonny, in a basketball match with a team from the Manila Boys Town Complex in Marikina City recently.

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Gerald Anderson (center) with the kids of Manila Boys Town Complex

Sonny Angara and son, Manolo (right)

Gerald, undoubtedly the most popular of the ABS-CBN stars that went to the complex, has been doing charity activities there, and like Rep. Angara, loves to share his blessings with the kids. When I learned about this activity, I asked some of my friends, who are now here with me, to come, the handsome actor said. His younger brother, Kenneth, also joined the game later. I am glad that even for a short time we were able to give them a little joy, and when they smiled after the game, it was a

wonderful feeling for us. Naturally, the team of Gerald and Rep. Angara beat the boys from the complex 65 to 59. Theyre good, Sonny said, referring to the boys from the complex. The congressman from the far-ung province of Aurora chose to spend the eve of his birthday (July 15) with the wards of the Manila Boys and Girls Town. It seems that like Gerald, the congressman has a soft spot for young orphaned or wayward kids now living in the complex. They are a part of our society, and instilling in

isang munting komunidad ang hinuhubog dito na sanhi ng umaapaw na pagmamahal, Angara said. Angara, who authored the Expanded Senior Citizens Act, chose to pay tribute to the elderly of Golden Acres whom he called young at heart despite their age. Kahit may sakit at nahihirapan, maituturing na bata ang isang tao kapag naisasabuhay niya ang pananaw na kahit anong mangyari, may kasiyahan pa rin na matatagpuan sa them the right values is very bawat sandali ng kaniyang buimportant in the development hay. Ang mga lolot lola natin ang ehemplo, ang mga tinitinof their characters, he said. After the game, when the stars of ABS-CBN had driven back to their comfort zones, Sonny and his wife Tootsy and kids Manolo, Ines, and Javier, joined the boys and girls of the complex for a sumptuous lunch, after which, they treated the congressman and his family to an entertaining show they prepared for them The congressman, in return, gave the complex gifts for the kids, mostly school supplies. Previously, Sonny visited the elderly community of the Golden Acres in Quezon City on, as part of the celebration of his 40th birthday. Napakahalaga ng mga institusyong tulad ng Golden Acres na nag-aalaga sa ating mga nakakatanda na hindi tuwirang naaalagaan. Hindi lamang ito simpleng pagamutan o tirahan. Araw-araw, Julie Ann San Jose

galaan, sila-sila ang mga batang may edad na, he said. The three-term representative from Aurora provided lunch and donated various supplies including a food basket and some toiletries for the elderly. He stressed that given their condition, genuine care and attention are what our elderly need for them to happily live the remaining days of their lives. Minsan, marahil, mas mabisa pa ang yakap o ang simpleng pangangamusta laban sa sakit. Aanhin nga naman ang gamot kapag hindi ito sinamahan ng pakikipagkapwa-tao, Angara said.

Julie Ann s star getting brighter

The star of 18-year old singer-actress Julie Ann San Joses star brightens more as her career keeps breaking through some unconquered territories. The movie that she stars in with Elmo Magalona, Just One Summer, opening soon in theaters nationwide should be another highlight in the success of the love team that has captured the fascination of fans. The lm, directed by Mac Alejandre, takes their tandem a notch higher than what it has already achieved. The TV series Together Forever which airs Saturdays after Eat Bulaga, has earned positive notices. Julie Ann, one of GMAACs

biggest draws, appears as Bertina/Beto in the much awaited big screen project which has for supporting acts the likes of veteran actress Gloria Romero and Sheena Halili. By now her role as Toyang Escueta is already a click gure for her fans and admirers. This year is by far a harvest time for Julie Ann, a former member of young vocal group Sugarpop who has gone successfully solo, as she has gotten a number of awards and citations from leading award-giving bodies which laud the young achievers. Tatt Awards gave her the Peoples Choice Award and the Trending Personality title. She shares with Elmo the Most Stylish Loveteam honor given at the rst Candy Style Awards as their pair was also nominated at the recent Yahoo OMG Awards. Arguably the most active of teleserye theme singers today, this pop star from Novaliches, Q.C. has given voice to the main themes for Broken Vow and Lie To Me, both instant hits among televiewers. Last year he sang the songs for Sisid and Dwarna. Having showcased herself well in the Tween Academy movie and when she appeared in My Kontrabida Girl via a cameo role, moviegoers have noticed her as a genuine acting talent with angelic face and voice to boot. She is nishing an upcoming lm called Elias.

Step Up: Revolution

KATHRYN McCormick (Emily) of the hit TV dance show So You Think You Can Dance Season 6, Ryan Guzman (Sean), a successful model, and Adam Sevani (Moose) star in the 4th installment of the hugely successful street dance franchise Step Up Revolution. Thanks to the success of TV dance shows Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Americas Best Dance Crew (ABDC), and various successful dance-focused moviesdance revolution is back in the next installment of the worldwide smash Step Up franchise, which sets dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily, the daughter of a ship opportunity, but soon Emilys father threatens to develop the MOBs historic neighborhood and displaces thousands of people. Emily must band together with Sean and the MOB to turn their performance mobs into protest mobs, and risk losing their dreams to ght for a greater cause. This time the sequel shows off some cool new moves and a bunch of killer beats. As expected, theres a romance tied to the movies lead dancer and plenty of drama as teams battle for the right to be called the ultimate dance champion. Step Up: Revolution is now in theaters nationwide in crisp 3D format.

The MOBs

wealthy businessman, arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer, but soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who

leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge and ash mob-style. The crew, called the MOB, strives to win a contest for a major sponsor-

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