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THURSDAY, April 15, 2010 Vol. 3 No. 218 • 8 pageswww.commuterexpress.ph
NEW LAW TO PROTECT RP’S TOP CORAL REEFWhile the country celebrated the 68th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan, environmentalists celebrated yet an-other historical event. Last April 6, the enabling act for Tubbataha Reefs was signed into law, after eight longyears of lobbying and congressional discussion. Republic Act 10067 or the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Actprovides more permanent local management structures, fiscal autonomy and steeper penalties for violationsof the Park’s rules.
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Biyaheng Pinoy susuportahan ng operator at driver ng pedicabNAKAKUHA na rin ng
suporta ang Biyaheng Pinoyparty-list sa mga operator atdrivers ng pedicab dahilayon sa mga ito ay ngayonlamang magkakaroon ngtunay na representasyon angkanilang hanay samababang kapulungan ngkongreso.
Umaasa rin ang mga mgaito na hindi lamang angkanilang hanay ang susuportasa Biyaheng Pinoy kundi angiba pang maliliit na empleyadong lokal na transportasyon saating bansa.
Layunin kasi ng BiyahengPinoy na mabigyan ng sapatna pagtingin sa mga maliitna manggagawa ng lokal natransportasyon na matagalna ring napabayaan ng atingpamahalaan.
Matatandaan na unanang nagpahayag ngsuporta sa Biyaheng Pinoyang mga miyembro ngTricycle Operators andDrivers Association (TODA)sa iba’t-ibang panig ng atingbansa partikular na ang mga
taga-Metro Manila.Sakaling mananalo bilang
isa sa mga party-list ayuunahin ng Biyaheng Pinoyna matugunan angpangangailangan ng mgamaliliit na manggagawa nglokal na transportasyon saating bansa.
Sabi nga ng mga bumubuong Biyaheng Pinoy, matagalnang nagagamit ang hanayng mga maliliit namanggagawa ng lokal natransportasyon sa atingbansa ngunit hindi namannabibigyan ng sapat naatensiyon ang kanilanghanay.
Kabilang sa mgapagtutuunan ng pansin ngBiyaheng Pinoy ay ang mgaoperator, driver, dispatcher,kolektor, barker, traffic aide,pedicab, tricycle at iba panguri ng pampublikongsasakyan gaya ng multicabat jeepney.
Bibigyang pansin din ng
Biyaheng Pinoy anglumalaang problema ng mgatsuper sa patuloy na pagtaasng presyo ng iba’t-ibang uring produktong petrolyo nalalong nagpapahirap sakanilang pamumuhay.
Ika nga ng mga bumubuong Biyaheng Pinoy, hindimagkakaroon ng pagtaas ngpamasahe sa mgapampublikong sasakyankung may susubaybay samababang kapulungan ngkongreso sa walang awat napagtaas ng presyo ngproduktong petrolyo.
Sakaling mabigyan ngsilya sa mababangkapulungan ng kongreso aynangangako ang mgabumubuo ng Biyaheng Pinoyna mabigyan ng sapat napansin ang lahat ng hanayng lokal na transportasyonsa ating bansa.
* * *Sa mga kabarangay kong
gustong makilahok sa pitakna ito, maari kayong mag-email [email protected].
HEADLINE ngayon angtungkol sa kaso ng mgatauhan ng isang kandidatona nambugbog daw ng mgatauhan ng MMDA dahilpinagtatanggal ng huli angmga campaign tarpaulins nguna. May naging kaso rin ngdemandahan sa pagitan ngdalawang pang magkalabang kandidato na nagka-iringandahil din sa paglalagay ng kani-kanilang mga tarpaulins.
Isyu talaga lagi ang mga tarpaulins na ito. Kaya nganaglagay ng mga common designated posting areas angCommission on Elections (Comelec) para hindi namagkabalian pa ng buto ang mga kandidato at kanilangmga supporters sa pag-aaway kung saan ilalagay ang cam-paign tarpaulins nila. Pero inutil pa rin ang Comelec sapagpapatupad ng sarili nilang batas tungkol dito.
May mga presidential candidates nga na naglagay ngmga higanteng tarpaulins sa mga non-designated areas atlagpas sa pinapayagang size ang mga tarpaulins pero walanamang magawa ang Comelec.
Minsan mas matapang pa ang mga supporters ng mgakandidato na parang kung gusto nila ilagay ang tarpaulinssa mga kalsada, sa loob ng simbahan, at sa lahat ng bakodat patag na lugar, ay gagawin nila. Tutal wala namanmagagawa ang Comelec.
Ang hamunan na lang ay – “idemanda n’yo ako kunggusto nyo.” Iba-iba ang siste, merong naglabas ng utos nahuwag maglagay ng mga tarpaulins sa mga non-designatedareas pero sya naman mismo naglalagay ng tarpaulins nyakung saan nya matripan. Meron naman na ang lusot ay –“hindi ko alam yan, mga supporters ko ang naglagay nyanat hindi ako sinabihan, kaya wala akong kasalanan.”
Para sa akin, paano iboboto ng tao ang isang lider nasimpleng batas lang tungkol sa tarpaulin hindi pa kayangigalang at sundin. Paano pa ang mas mahirap na sundinna mga batas at panuntunan?
Paano mo iboboto ang isang nanunuyong kandidato nakapag nahuli mo na kasangkot sa isang anomalya ay ituturoang kasalanan sa mga tauhan at sasabihing wala siyangkinalaman at kasalanan? Sa isang banda naman, paano moiboboto ang isang lider na hindi makontrol ang mga taonya na gumawa ng iligal?
Madali lang naman mabasa ang tunay na katauhan atkarakter ng isang public official sa mga desisyong kanyangginagawa sa araw-araw, sa kanyang pananalita, at saipinakikita nyang ehemplo sa tao, lalo sa mga kabataan.Pero ito ang hamon ko, sa ating mga mambabasa. Ang mgamamahaling tarpaulin ay mga non-biodegradables, ibigsabihin hindi natutunaw o nabubulok at mananatiling basurasa habang panahon.
May environmentalist group na nagsabi na gagawin dawnilang mga bags pagkatapos ng eleksyon. Ano ang sugges-tion ninyo na pwedeng gawin sa mga tarpaulins na yannang sa ganun ay hindi masayang ang perng ginamitpagpagawa nito, at hindi maging panganib sa kalikasan atating kalusugan.
Mag-text po kayo sa akin tungkol sa usaping ito. O kayaay sulatan nyo ako sa 2nd Floor, Council building, QuezonCity Hall o email sa: [email protected]. Pwede rin angtexts sa mga numerong: globe – 09272630741 o smart –09215186724 .
Pag-recycle ng tarpaulin
C O M M E N T A R Y
Difficult Times Ahead for Fresh GraduatesBy JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Bulatlat.com
AIZA Padilla, 21, enduredthe scorching heat of the sunand her grumbling emptystomach as she walked fromone building to another alongthe business district of MakatiCity. She had just graduated afew weeks ago but she is al-ready in a hurry to look for ajob.
“I feel that it is my respon-sibility to my parents and sib-lings to find a good job as aform of gratitude for sendingme to school,” Padilla toldBulatlat.
Padilla was born inBalayan, Batangas but livedwith her sister in Tondo, Ma-nila after she graduated fromhigh school. Her elder sisterssent her to college and onMarch 21, Padilla graduatedfrom Wesleyan College in Ma-
nila .“Costly,” she replied when
asked to describe how her jobhunting has been. She ex-plained that sometimes she hasto choose between buyingsomething to eat or skippinglunch to be able to save moneyfor printing her resume’ andreproducing her pictures forher application.
“I want to apply to as manycompanies as I can. But mostof the time, I do not have moneyfor fare,” she said.
Padilla is not alone in ex-periencing difficulties in jobhunting.
7 out of 10 Graduateswould be Jobless
A recent study conductedby Ibon Foundation, an inde-pendent think-tank, revealedthat only three out of ten col-lege graduates who wouldenter the labor force this year
could land a job. This meansthat seven out of 10 freshgraduates would enter theranks of the unemployed thisyear.
With 542,000 college stu-dents graduating this year,according to statistics from theCommission on Higher Edu-cation, and six out of ten gradu-ates immediately joining thelabor force, based on trends inthe previous years, there wouldbe 325,000 new college gradu-ates who would be looking forwork this year. Adding the325,000 new job seekers to the523,000 unemployed gradu-ates as of January 2010 wouldresult in 848,000 new and oldcollege graduates competingfor available jobs,” the reportsaid.
Assuming that the trend injob generation would be con-stant, another 256,000 new jobswould be available for collegegraduates this year – the sameas that of April last year, whichwas based on the Labor ForceSurvey of the National Statis-tics Office. Thus, 592,000 col-lege graduates, both old andnew, would end up jobless.
“That’s sad,” Padilla saidwhen Bulatlat told her aboutthe recent study conducted byIbon. She said she pity all theparents who work so hard tobe able to send their childrento college. Padilla said her par-ents and siblings worked hardand scrimped on expenses tosave money for her tuition,
thinking that a college degreewould be her ticket to a stablejob. “But with this study, itseems that a college degree isno guarantee.”
Olivia Aguila, 21, earned adegree in Mass Communica-tions and graduated cum laudelast year from an exclusiveschool for women. When shewas still a student, she thoughtpeople were just exaggeratingwhen they tell her how diffi-cult it is to find a job. But it tookAguila four months and 50 jobapplications before she finallylanded a job as a project coor-dinator, overseeing promo-tional activities for a mouth-
wash brand. “ “It is hardly re-lated to what I studied in col-lege,” she said.
During her training for herjob as project coordinator, shewas assigned to a shoppingmall to promote the product.“I felt so embarrassed. I hidwhen I saw a high schoolfriend,” said Aguila.
Aguila resigned from her jobas project coordinator this Janu-ary to look for a job that is inline with her training in col-lege. However, she ended upin a real estate company, work-ing at the customer service de-partment. “It is totally unre-lated to my course,” she said.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 3
CHEAP MEDS AUTHORS DARE MAR TO DEBATETHE two principal proponents
of the cheaper medicine legislationhave challenged the self-proclaimed“father” of the law to a public de-bate “any time, any where” for thepeople to know who is lying on thisissue.
Rep. Ferjenel Biron and Iloilo ViceGov. Rolex Suplico, the first to file thecheaper medicine bill when he wasstill a member of the House, threwthe gauntlet at Sen. Mar A. Roxas, say-ing the latter should be man enoughfor a face-to-face confrontation or elseadmit his lies and apologize publicly.
Biron and Suplico, who labeledRoxas a liar and a credit snatcher,
said they will welcome a no-holdsbarred live media coverage of thedebate in a public place, like in theNational Press Club or in theKapihan sa Manila Hotel of colum-nist Neal Cruz.
The two also want Roxas to tellthe truth on the alleged P1-billionlobby fund put up by foreign phar-maceutical companies to waterdown, if not kill, the cheaper medi-cine law.
They said Roxas cannot claim tobe the author of the Cheaper Medi-cine Act (RA 9502) because the sena-tor only filed Senate Bill 101 in the14th Congress seeking parallel drug
importation which would have ben-efitted more the multinational com-panies.
Biron said Suplico, when still acongressman, filed the original billseeking cheaper medicine in the 11thCongress, which the former refiledin the 14th Congress, making it thebasis in drafting the present law.
More important, the two said, isfor the people to know that it wasRoxas who opposed, first as Tradeand Industry secretary and then assenator, the mandatory price con-trol on drugs, which would havereduced the price of 1,500 essentialmedicines by 80-90 percent.
‘Pacman,’ ‘Mr. Wowowee,’ Kris,Piolo among top taxpayers – BIRFILIPINO boxing champion
Manny Pacquiao and actresshost Kris Aquino Yap werenamed among top 20 indi-vidual taxpayers by the Bureauof Internal Revenue for taxableyear 2009.
BIR Commissioner Joel L.Tan-Torres said Pacquiao, whoranks number one on the listof taxpayers, paid his taxes ontime which costs more than P1billion. But he refused to givethe exact amount paid by theboxing icon.
The BIR chief said the aver-age amount paid by each of therest of the top 20 taxpayersamounts to P28.5 million.
Construction magnateElaine Bautista Gardiola is thesecond top taxpayer. Licensedbroker Ronaldo RomeroSoliman follows in third.Rainero Manapat Borja are inthird and fourth.
At number five is Lauro L.Baja Jr. with television host
Wilfredo "Willie" Revillame atsixth place followed by Fran-cisco dela Fuente Guerra IIII.Yap-Aquino is number eight.
Patricia Miranda Zobel deAyala and Manuel Bayan ZamoraJr. are ninth and tenth placers. At11th to 15th are Eduardo MurphyCojuangco Jr., business tycoonManuel Velez Pangilinan, BeatrizSusana Zobel de Ayala Urquijo,Gigi Chio Ibasco, and ManuelMoreno Lopez.
And 16th to 20th top taxpay-ers are Christopher Salcedo Co,Justo Aboitiz Ortiz, actor JoseNonato "Piolo" Pascual, RamonSee Ang and Federico RufinoLopez.
Tan-Torres said the publica-tion of the top taxpayers lists isauthorized under Section 71 ofthe Tax Code. He added the BIRwill publish the top 300 indi-vidual and top 150 corporatetaxpayers of income tax for tax-able year 2009 for each of theBIR’s Revenue District Offices.
With barely 26 days left before May 10elections, the District Joint Security Con-trol Center (DJSCC) led by the Comelec andthe Northern Police District (NPD) hasstepped up preparations, along with theDepartment of Education (DepEd) divisionssuperintendents in Camanava area, to fixpossible security-related problems that mayarise from the delivery of the PCOS (Pre-cinct Count Optical Scanner) machines inMay 4, 2010 up to the day of the election inMay 10.
At the third meeting of the JSCC inCamanava, the NPD said a total of 1,197 po-lice personnel have been committed to securethe vicinities of some 171 polling centers, be-fore, during and after the election day.
This number of police security person-nel will be augmented by two companiesof soldiers from the National Capital Re-gion Command (NCRCOM) of the ArmedForces of the Philippines and some po-licemen that will be coming from the Re-gional Headquarters in Bicutan, Taguigand from the National Headquarters inCamp Crame.
Comelec, NPD, DepEdstep up preparation
for May 10 polls
LEGAZPI CITY, April 14 (PNA) - AlbayGovernor Joey Salceda, President GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo’s top economic adviser,said he was moving out from the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party to support Benigno“Noynoy” Aquino III, the Liberal Party stan-dard bearer.
The announcement was to be made onSaturday but news have overtaken his plan.“I wanted and asked the LP for sufficient timeto make proper notices to Lakas leadershipespecially to the President,” he said.
Salceda who is currently abroad for medi-cal check up, said in an emailed statement,“I would like to thank them especially Presi-dent Arroyo for the unique opportunity towork with them in the field of public service,economic policy and social re-engineering.”
He said his decision to move in to the LPwas because of the "vigorous efforts of theAteneo de Manila University Batch 81 to helpour batchmate in his crusade."
Salceda opts to leave Lakas
IN anticipation of the extended summerseason and in response to a lot of guests'clamor for water attractions at this time ofthe year, Enchanted Kingdom, the Philippines’premiere theme park, and BiKiWorld of SouthKorea have agreed to set up the first and onlyworld-class inflatable water park in the coun-try, the EK BiKi Waterworld.
“Focused on achieving our vision to be theleader in wholesome family leisure and en-tertainment and to be a tourism destinationof choice in the region, we shall continue tointroduce rides, attractions and facilities thatcater to the needs of all family members, re-gardless of age, and regardless of the seasonof the year,” said Cynthia R. Mamon, Ph.D.,EK’s VP for Sales & Marketing.
“EK BiKi Waterworld will have a varietyof six giant inflatable pools with water slides,games and rides that families can enjoy in asafe and hygienic water environment,” sheadded.
EK Biki Waterworld will launch on April18, 2010 to coincide with the Ms. Earth-Phil-ippines 2010 Talent Competition also at En-chanted Kingdom.
EK offers newwater attraction
4 Thursday, April 15, 2010 5
A WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND. In photo are (left to right) Mr. Eugene C. Go, VP for Marketing of JS Unitrade,the Charmee Supahstar Campus Search winners Glarence Bernardo, Angelica Corpuz, Klariz Magboo,Myrtle Prado and Yhen Azul together with Sharon Joy Punzalan, Brand Manager for Charmee and Chichi deLuna, Assistant Brand Manager for Charmee.
She was voted the most beautiful Filipinaof 2009. Her face adorns the billboards alongEdsa. She has huge presence in both televi-sion and radio with her shows and adver-tisements. She has bagged various recogni-tions and awards for her performances.
She may be one of the brightest stars inPhilippine TV and cinema, but when askedwhich among her accomplishments she wasmost proud of, Angel Locsin proudly saysit is the “opportunity to influence peopleon issues that affect their daily lives, suchas issues on poverty and concerns on theenvironment.”
Angel’s performances are widely ap-plauded for the depth and intensity sheexhibits in them. Her realistic portrayals,however, are not only the result of rigidworkshops. She draws from her “deep andbroad understanding of the realities of lifewhich she herself bore witness to.”
Her strong affinity toward the cause ofwomen, most especially those living in poor
Angel Locsin, Advocatefor Women and Environment
rural areas, and her advocacy for the pro-tection of the environment are among themany reasons Angel participated in sev-eral of the organization’s activities and cam-paigns and even endorsed Gabriela in thepast elections. (Bulatlat.com)
KALOKA angibang mga sagot saissues nina MarianRivera at angrumored jowa nitongsi Dingdong Danteswhen it comes totopics of love.
Sa press confer-ence ng bago nilangpelikula na roman-tic-comedy na “YouTo Me Are Every-thing,” kung anumandaw ang meron sila,nasabi na raw nilaang halos lahat saYES! magazine,kung saan nagingcover and featuredstory ang couple.
Showing na saMay 4 ang pelikulang dalawa kayanaman todo angexposure nila paranaman abangan ngmarami nilang fansang “You To Me AreEverything.”
Sa ulat naman ngPEP (PhilippineEntertainmentPortal), natanongang dalawa kungkelan ang anniver-sary ng dalawa,“Everyday namansa tuwing nagkikitakami, nagse-celebrate kami,” angsagot ni Marian.
“Naging opennaman kami saYES! magazine at
halos lahat yata,sinabi na namindun. Espesyal naaraw tuwingmagkikita kami...”
Hindi rin namandaw kailangangmagbigayan sila ngregalo paramasabing espesyalang isang araw.Napunta ang topicsa kung paano nilaginugugol ang timenila para sa isa'tisa. Ang kuwento ngKapuso star, “Hindinaman kami materi-alistic pareho, e.Siguro yung timelang namin,kumakain kaminang sabay, nagdi-dinner kami salabas, nanonoodkami ng sine.Ganun kami...”
Dugtong pa niya,“Pero pinaka-hindiko makakalimutannoong birthday nglola ko. May ginawasiyang surprise na
parang MTV nalahat ng artistayata, pinagsama-sama niya atpagkatapos, siyaang nagdirek.Binigay niya sa lolako.”
Kaya nga, angtitle ng kanilangmovie, kulang paraw para kay Marianang salitang “every-thing.”
Aniya, “Wala, e,salita lang yun. Kasikung makikita mosiya the way nanakikita ko siya,talagang sasabihinmo na kulang angeverything na salitapara i-describe mosiya.”
Naiisip na ba niya
ang magpakasal?“Well, bilang
babae at hindi dahilbilang mag-partnerkami, I think, isangmagandang korona'yan sa babae naikasal ka, e. So,kahit ano siguro,basta pakasalan kang isang lalakingmahal mo, e, isangkorona yun para sa'yo,” ang nangingitiniyang sabi.
“ANAK” ISSUE.Samantala,bagamat nasagot na
ni Marian angtungkol sa isyungnagsasabi na meronna raw itong anak,inungkat muli ito ngentertainment pressduring the presscon.
At bago pa itohumaba, angnatatawang hirit ngdalaga, “Naku,dedma na lang!Baka naman sasusunod na balita,bakla naman ako.Babae ako, ha! So,dedma na lang. I-enjoy na lang natin
kung anuman angmga blessing nadumarating, lalo nasa akin.”
Paano niyahinaharap ang mgaganitong klasengintriga?
“Kung below-the-belt, nandiyannaman na, ang daminamang taongnagmamahal saakin. At saka, nag-guest na rin namanako sa ShowbizCentral. Ang lahatng taong mahal kosa buhay, ang lahatng mga totoongtaong nakakakilalasa akin, nagsalitana. So, wala na,relax na ‘ko.Kumbaga, nagsalitana mga mahal ko sabuhay, so, wala naakong pakialam.Nandun na ang mgamahal ko atnagsalita na,” angsabi ng Filipino-Spanish actress.
Alam naman niyana parte raw ito ngkanyang propesyon.“Artista lang ako,nagta-trabaho ako atmahal ko angtrabaho ko, kayatawanan na langnatin, dedma!”
Maging siDingdong aynagsabing
‘Celebration’ tuwing magkikita kami – Marian Rivera on Dingdong Dantesnaapektuhan dawsiya ng isyu. Atikinatuwa ni Marianang pagtatanggol sakanya ng kanyangleading man.
Ani Marian,“Nandiyan siyapalagi at siyamismo ang nagsabisa akin na nanditoako sa likod mo atalam ko namankung ano ang totootungkol sa 'yo.”
Nilinaw rin niMarian na walasiyang kahit naanong online sites oaccount saanumang networkingsites gaya ngFacebook o Twitter.
Saad nito, “Walaakong Facebook,
HER photo has been goingaround the blogosphere and socialnetworking sites: a pale figure inhistoric garb and noticeable hairyfeatures walking around publicareas .
After weeks of searching for Bar-bara, VEET is set to revealBARBARA'S fab transformation ata n
Exclusive press pool partyon Tuesday, April 20th,5 p.m., at Aquasphere,Baypark, 1879 M. H. Del Pilar
St., Malate, Manila, (near Max'sRoxas Blvd)
You’re invitedto the reveal!!
“Hindi namankami materialis-
tic pareho, e.Siguro yung
time lang namin,kumakain kami
nang sabay,nagdi-dinner
kami sa labas,nanonood
kami ng sine.Ganun kami...”
wala akong Twitter,Friendster, anopa...Pero meronakong account naginawa yata ngShow Me DaManny, yung Ella,pero yun lang.”
E, ano namanang masasabi niyasa mga gumagamitng pangalan niya?
“E, siguro kungwala naman siyangsinasabingmasama, bayaan nanatin. Siguro nag-e-enjoy lang siyangmag-Internet, mag-computer. At sakafree naman yun. Aslong as wala siyangginagawangmasama ornakakasakit, okaylang yun,”pagtatapos niMarian.
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ANGEL LOCSIN SACRAMENTO, California – California officials sayformer "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson has failedto pay $493,000 in personal income tax.
Anderson is on the annual list of delinquent tax-payers released Monday by the California FranchiseTax Board.
The 42-year-old actress is currently competing onthe television show "Dancing With the Stars."
Anderson is among 250 individual and businesstaxpayers that owe more than $100,000 in back taxes.State records show a tax lien for $493,144 was filedagainst Anderson in April 2009.
Her attorney, Robert T. Leonard, says he is repre-senting Anderson in the matter but declined to com-ment further.
Pamela Anderson owes$493K in income taxes
4 Thursday, April 15, 2010 5
A WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND. In photo are (left to right) Mr. Eugene C. Go, VP for Marketing of JS Unitrade,the Charmee Supahstar Campus Search winners Glarence Bernardo, Angelica Corpuz, Klariz Magboo,Myrtle Prado and Yhen Azul together with Sharon Joy Punzalan, Brand Manager for Charmee and Chichi deLuna, Assistant Brand Manager for Charmee.
She was voted the most beautiful Filipinaof 2009. Her face adorns the billboards alongEdsa. She has huge presence in both televi-sion and radio with her shows and adver-tisements. She has bagged various recogni-tions and awards for her performances.
She may be one of the brightest stars inPhilippine TV and cinema, but when askedwhich among her accomplishments she wasmost proud of, Angel Locsin proudly saysit is the “opportunity to influence peopleon issues that affect their daily lives, suchas issues on poverty and concerns on theenvironment.”
Angel’s performances are widely ap-plauded for the depth and intensity sheexhibits in them. Her realistic portrayals,however, are not only the result of rigidworkshops. She draws from her “deep andbroad understanding of the realities of lifewhich she herself bore witness to.”
Her strong affinity toward the cause ofwomen, most especially those living in poor
Angel Locsin, Advocatefor Women and Environment
rural areas, and her advocacy for the pro-tection of the environment are among themany reasons Angel participated in sev-eral of the organization’s activities and cam-paigns and even endorsed Gabriela in thepast elections. (Bulatlat.com)
KALOKA angibang mga sagot saissues nina MarianRivera at angrumored jowa nitongsi Dingdong Danteswhen it comes totopics of love.
Sa press confer-ence ng bago nilangpelikula na roman-tic-comedy na “YouTo Me Are Every-thing,” kung anumandaw ang meron sila,nasabi na raw nilaang halos lahat saYES! magazine,kung saan nagingcover and featuredstory ang couple.
Showing na saMay 4 ang pelikulang dalawa kayanaman todo angexposure nila paranaman abangan ngmarami nilang fansang “You To Me AreEverything.”
Sa ulat naman ngPEP (PhilippineEntertainmentPortal), natanongang dalawa kungkelan ang anniver-sary ng dalawa,“Everyday namansa tuwing nagkikitakami, nagse-celebrate kami,” angsagot ni Marian.
“Naging opennaman kami saYES! magazine at
halos lahat yata,sinabi na namindun. Espesyal naaraw tuwingmagkikita kami...”
Hindi rin namandaw kailangangmagbigayan sila ngregalo paramasabing espesyalang isang araw.Napunta ang topicsa kung paano nilaginugugol ang timenila para sa isa'tisa. Ang kuwento ngKapuso star, “Hindinaman kami materi-alistic pareho, e.Siguro yung timelang namin,kumakain kaminang sabay, nagdi-dinner kami salabas, nanonoodkami ng sine.Ganun kami...”
Dugtong pa niya,“Pero pinaka-hindiko makakalimutannoong birthday nglola ko. May ginawasiyang surprise na
parang MTV nalahat ng artistayata, pinagsama-sama niya atpagkatapos, siyaang nagdirek.Binigay niya sa lolako.”
Kaya nga, angtitle ng kanilangmovie, kulang paraw para kay Marianang salitang “every-thing.”
Aniya, “Wala, e,salita lang yun. Kasikung makikita mosiya the way nanakikita ko siya,talagang sasabihinmo na kulang angeverything na salitapara i-describe mosiya.”
Naiisip na ba niya
ang magpakasal?“Well, bilang
babae at hindi dahilbilang mag-partnerkami, I think, isangmagandang korona'yan sa babae naikasal ka, e. So,kahit ano siguro,basta pakasalan kang isang lalakingmahal mo, e, isangkorona yun para sa'yo,” ang nangingitiniyang sabi.
“ANAK” ISSUE.Samantala,bagamat nasagot na
ni Marian angtungkol sa isyungnagsasabi na meronna raw itong anak,inungkat muli ito ngentertainment pressduring the presscon.
At bago pa itohumaba, angnatatawang hirit ngdalaga, “Naku,dedma na lang!Baka naman sasusunod na balita,bakla naman ako.Babae ako, ha! So,dedma na lang. I-enjoy na lang natin
kung anuman angmga blessing nadumarating, lalo nasa akin.”
Paano niyahinaharap ang mgaganitong klasengintriga?
“Kung below-the-belt, nandiyannaman na, ang daminamang taongnagmamahal saakin. At saka, nag-guest na rin namanako sa ShowbizCentral. Ang lahatng taong mahal kosa buhay, ang lahatng mga totoongtaong nakakakilalasa akin, nagsalitana. So, wala na,relax na ‘ko.Kumbaga, nagsalitana mga mahal ko sabuhay, so, wala naakong pakialam.Nandun na ang mgamahal ko atnagsalita na,” angsabi ng Filipino-Spanish actress.
Alam naman niyana parte raw ito ngkanyang propesyon.“Artista lang ako,nagta-trabaho ako atmahal ko angtrabaho ko, kayatawanan na langnatin, dedma!”
Maging siDingdong aynagsabing
‘Celebration’ tuwing magkikita kami – Marian Rivera on Dingdong Dantesnaapektuhan dawsiya ng isyu. Atikinatuwa ni Marianang pagtatanggol sakanya ng kanyangleading man.
Ani Marian,“Nandiyan siyapalagi at siyamismo ang nagsabisa akin na nanditoako sa likod mo atalam ko namankung ano ang totootungkol sa 'yo.”
Nilinaw rin niMarian na walasiyang kahit naanong online sites oaccount saanumang networkingsites gaya ngFacebook o Twitter.
Saad nito, “Walaakong Facebook,
HER photo has been goingaround the blogosphere and socialnetworking sites: a pale figure inhistoric garb and noticeable hairyfeatures walking around publicareas .
After weeks of searching for Bar-bara, VEET is set to revealBARBARA'S fab transformation ata n
Exclusive press pool partyon Tuesday, April 20th,5 p.m., at Aquasphere,Baypark, 1879 M. H. Del Pilar
St., Malate, Manila, (near Max'sRoxas Blvd)
You’re invitedto the reveal!!
“Hindi namankami materialis-
tic pareho, e.Siguro yung
time lang namin,kumakain kami
nang sabay,nagdi-dinner
kami sa labas,nanonood
kami ng sine.Ganun kami...”
wala akong Twitter,Friendster, anopa...Pero meronakong account naginawa yata ngShow Me DaManny, yung Ella,pero yun lang.”
E, ano namanang masasabi niyasa mga gumagamitng pangalan niya?
“E, siguro kungwala naman siyangsinasabingmasama, bayaan nanatin. Siguro nag-e-enjoy lang siyangmag-Internet, mag-computer. At sakafree naman yun. Aslong as wala siyangginagawangmasama ornakakasakit, okaylang yun,”pagtatapos niMarian.
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ANGEL LOCSIN SACRAMENTO, California – California officials sayformer "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson has failedto pay $493,000 in personal income tax.
Anderson is on the annual list of delinquent tax-payers released Monday by the California FranchiseTax Board.
The 42-year-old actress is currently competing onthe television show "Dancing With the Stars."
Anderson is among 250 individual and businesstaxpayers that owe more than $100,000 in back taxes.State records show a tax lien for $493,144 was filedagainst Anderson in April 2009.
Her attorney, Robert T. Leonard, says he is repre-senting Anderson in the matter but declined to com-ment further.
Pamela Anderson owes$493K in income taxes
Thursday, April 15, 20106
Complete the grid so every row, columnand 3 x 3 box contains every digit
from 1 to 9 inclusively.
Previous puzzle solution
Ni McJoe PALAISIPAN Thelma Onego
SAGOT SA NAKARAAN
PAHALANG
1. Utak 5. Kinopya11. Esposo12. Hiyas13. Suliling14. Magandang
hinihintay15. Asosasyon17. Tipo ng dugo18. Tuwid19. Pangalan
ng babae21. Anong dahilan23. Layon24. Yugyog
25. Ulos26. Pantukoy27. Bisitahin30. Manduhan33. Bayan sa
Pangasinan34. Lilibre35. Lasa ng asin36. Titig37. Pangalan
ng babae
PABABA
1. Baba 2. Pinid
3. Hinikayat 4. Kakampi 5. Husto 6. Kaunti 7. Unlapi 8. Anak na babae 9. Sagana10. Itaon16. Sombrero;
Ingles19. Balakid20. Alas-otso21. Mintis22. Dagdagan
ang asin23. Kaibigan25. Tingin27. Linlang28. Aksiyon
pagkagising29. Pangalan
ng babae31. Iral32. Titulo ng banal
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BIR reminds taxpayersof April 15 deadline
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) hasreminded the country’s more than 870,000individual and corporate taxpayers thatThursday, April 15, is the deadline for thefiling of the income tax returns (ITRs) for tax-able year 2009.
There will be no extension even if thereare rotating power interruptions, especiallyin Mindanao, according to BIR officials.
They said that all Revenue District Offices(RDOs) nationwide will be open as early as7 a.m.
BIR Commissioner Joel Tan-Torres also saidduring a press conference at the BIR mainoffice in Quezon City Wednesday that allincome taxpayers who have zero taxes dueshould also file their returns with the BIR.
Included in this category are governmentemployees who are now filing their tax re-turns under the substituted system of filingincome tax returns.
“We are expecting a huge number of tax-payers tomorrow, Thursday, in the RDOs ofQuezon City, Makati City and Manila. Wealso anticipate the occurrence of rotatingbrownouts, especially in Mindanao,” Tan-Torres said.
He went on to say that they talked to theNational Power Corporation (Napocor) aboutpossible rescheduling of the power interrup-tions, but the state-run energy firm said ithas to go on with the power outages.
The BIR chief said those who still havetax obligations to settle should file their re-turns with any of the Authorized Agent Banks(AABs) of the Bureau.
Agri is key to foodsecurity – Mitra
SENATORIAL bet Ramon “Mon-mon”Mitra believes that “the most honorable wayto make a living is through farming”.
Mitra considers himself a farmer and hastried his hands on fishing, earning a deeperunderstanding of the crucial role of our farm-ers and fisher-folk in our society.
Mon-mon to family and friends, the 3rd of6 sons of the former Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives, the beloved Ramon“Monching” Mitra, chose to serve in the ArmedForces of the Philippines.
“I was sent to the battlefields like any othersoldier trained to gamble their lives to themotherland.”
If elected to the Senate, Mitra said farmersand fisher-folk “will have a kindred spiritwho strongly believes that they should notbe among the poorest sectors in our coun-try.”
Among his strongest advocacies is to makeagricultural modernization program work forour farmers, and immediately.
His father taught Mon-mon to always keepin heart the ways to protect and preserve theFilipino farmers’ dignity and pride.
“We have not given our farmers enough,and what they deserve. They need to be em-powered, not just to help them feed them-selves but also the entire country,” he stressed.
Mitra added that the country’s agriculturalbudget is unequally appropriated. “There isa need to overhaul the farmers’ credit pro-gram- the re-thinking of a truly effective agrar-ian reform program. These have all resultedinto “food insecurity” despite the Philippines’predominantly agricultural economy.”
QCPD hosts paramedic nurses conventionTHE Quezon City Police District
(QCPD) Health Service Unit (HSU)hosted Tuesday the first Tactical Para-medic Nurse (TPN) Convention in thePhilippines at the QCPD headquar-ters in Camp Karingal, Sikatuna Vil-lage, Quezon City.
QCPD-HSU head Supt. Joel Bascosaid the convention was held in co-ordination with the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) Health Service inCamp Crame, Quezon City and thePhilippine College of EmergencyMedicine and Acute Care, Inc.
Dr. Glenn A. Bollard, a member of
the International Wound BallisticsAssociation and the U.S. NationalTactical Officers Association (NTOA),discussed trends in Tactical Emer-gency Medicine (TEM) in the US.
Bollard, co-founder of the TEM Sec-tion of the American College of Emer-gency Physicians (ACEP), is an ex-pert in the practice of emergency medi-cine pertaining to pistol, submachinegun, Armalite, rifle, sniper and othergunshot wounds.
QCPD director Chief Supt. ElmoSan Diego said tactical paramedicnursing (TPN) was a new concept in
the Philippines, which the PNP in-troduced in 2008 with the trainingof 25 police commissioned officersand 11 non-commissioned officerswho composed the first batch of train-ees.
A second batch of six commis-sioned officers and 17 noncoms alsograduated last year.
With five officers and six non-com-missioned officers who were alsocross-trained, San Diego said thePhilippines now has 70 trained tac-tical paramedic nurses, all of whomwere PNP personnel.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 7
Our Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadOur Daily BreadWhen I have asked suffering people, “Who helped
you?” not one person has mentioned a PhD from aprestigious seminary or a famous philosopher. All ofus have the same capacity to help those who hurt.
No one can package or bottle the “appropriate”response to suffering. If you go to the sufferers them-selves, some will recall a friend who cheerily helpeddistract them from their illness. Others think such anapproach insulting. Some want honest, straightfor-ward talk; others find such discussion unbearablydepressing.
There is no magic cure for a person in pain. Mainly,such a person needs love, for love instinctively detectswhat is needed. Jean Vanier, who founded the L’Archemovement for the developmentally disabled, says:“Wounded people who have been broken by sufferingand sickness ask for only one thing: a heart that lovesand commits itself to them, a heart full of hope forthem.”
Such a love may be painful for us. But real love,the apostle Paul reminds us, “Bears all things, believesall things, hopes all things, endures all things” (1 Cor.13:7).
As is so often His pattern, God uses very ordinarypeople to bring about His healing. Those who sufferdon’t need our knowledge and wisdom, they need ourlove. — Philip Yancey
O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother!Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;
To worship rightly is to love each other,Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer. —
WhittierThey do not truly love who do not show their
love. —Shakespeare
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Tips to avoidheat strokeCHIEF Inspector
Erwin Margarejo, homi-cide chief of the ManilaPolice District Office,yesterday gave sugges-tions to the public toprevent heat strokes fol-lowing reports of deathscaused by the barbecu-ing temperature inMetro Manila.
Margarejo asked thepublic to use an um-brella or wear cap whengoing out of the houseto protect from direct andintense heat.
He also said drinkingplenty of water or liq-uids could help avoiddehydration.
The homicide chiefadvised mendicants toseek refuge in coolershades and establish-ments and seek the helpof the local shelters inthe city.
The police official’spieces of advise were re-leased as the swelteringheat already killed fourpeople in Manila.
Angelie Escandor
THE National Bureau of In-vestigation has drawn up strictsecurity measures for the trans-fer of Maguindanao massacresuspect Datu Unsay townMayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. toCamp Bagong Diwa in TaguigCity from the NBI jail in Manilatoday.
The NBI Intelligence Servicesheaded by Deputy Director forIntelligence Services RuelLasala said Ampatuan wasscheduled to be taken out of hisdetention cell at 10 a.m.
Last Tuesday, the SupremeCourt granted the request of theDepartment of Justice (DOJ) forthe immediate transfer of theprime suspect in theMaguindanao massacre fromthe NBI jail to Camp BagongDiwa.
NBI all set to transfer Ampatuan
SC unveils landmark rulesof procedure for environmental cases
THE Supreme Court yesterdaypromulgated the Rules of Procedurefor Environmental Cases which willserve as a significant catalyst in sup-port of sweeping and far-reachingreforms in environmental litigationand protection.
The Rules are the first of itskind in the world.
The promulgation of theRules have been highly-antici-pated by both the internationaland domestic community sincethe Supreme Court held itswidely-commended Forum on En-vironmental Justice last April 16-17, 2009 simultaneously throughvideo-conferencing at the Univer-sity of the Cordilleras, BaguioCity, University of the Philippines-Visayas, Iloilo City, and Ateneode Davao University, Davao City.
The Forum enabled the Judi-ciary to receive inputs directlyfrom the different stakeholders inthe justice system, primarilyaimed at determining ways onhow the courts can help in the
protection and preservation of theenvironment.
It was supported by variousdevelopment partners which in-clude the American Bar Associa-tion-Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI), the Hanns Seidel Founda-tion, the United Nations Devel-opment Program (UNDP), theUnited States Agency for Inter-national Development (USAID),the United States Department ofthe Interior, and the World Bank.
The 1987 Constitution man-dates the right to a healthy envi-ronment via Sec. 16, Art. II of thePhilippine Constitution whichprovides that: “The State shallprotect and advance the right ofthe people to a balanced andhealthful ecology in accord withthe rhythm and harmony of na-ture.” Section 15 of the same Ar-ticle provides that: “The Stateshall protect and promote the rightto health of the people and instillhealth consciousness amongthem.” Ampie Galpo
Police hold poll security drillsPOLICE and military units are
jointly conducting dry-runs foroperational response to contin-gencies in the forthcoming May10 national elections.
The Regional Joint SecurityControl Centers (RJSCC) com-posed of PNP and AFP Units andlocal Comelec offices are holdingCritical Incident ManagementSimulation Exercises (CIMSE)and operational preparednessdrills of hypothetical situations,scenarios and other possible elec-tion security concerns and issues.
Among scenarios consideredare possible activities of domes-tic threat groups including localinsurgents, terrorist organiza-tions, and Partisan ArmedGroups.
Among other security con-
cerns that are the focus of atten-tion of the RJSCCs is the securityin the deployment and retrievalof PCOS machines, ballots andother election materials by theBoard of Election Inspectors toand from the polling precincts,hubs, sub-hubs, warehouses, stor-age facilities.
According to Deputy DirectorGeneral Edgardo E Acuña, PNPDeputy Chief for Operations andconcurrent Commander of Na-tional Task Force H.O.P.E., secu-rity forces are prohibited fromparticipating in the physical han-dling of the PCOS machines andaccessories, ballots and other elec-tion paraphernalia. Likewise,police vehicles will not be usedin transporting these items.
Maricel Cruz
NO TO CAMP AGUINALDO
A MANILA Regional TrialCourt judge who has handledcontroversial cases cheateddeath after unidentified menblew up his vehicle parked infront of his home in Taytay,Rizal yesterday morning.
Silvino Pampilo Jr., presid-ing judge of the Manila RTCBranch 26, said the explosivewent off few minutes before 6a.m. He is supposed to leave forwork at the said time.
Pampilo was inside his
The Maguindanao massacreleft 57 civilians dead, including15 women and 30 media prac-titioners, in Ampatuan town,Maguindanao on Nov. 23, 2009.
SC spokesman and courtadministrator Atty. Jose MidasMarquez earlier said the HighCourt decided to grant the re-quest of former DOJ SecretaryAgnes Devanadera for the trans-fer of the trial of the murder caseagainst Ampatuan Jr. from CampCrame in Quezon City to the Bu-reau of Jail Management and Pe-nology (BJMP) Compound inCamp Bagong Diwa.
The SC also directed QuezonCity Regional Trial Court (RTC)Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes to con-tinue presiding over the hear-ing of the case in Taguig.
Angelie Escandor
Suspects blow up judge carhouse when the incident tookplace. He said they thought itwas a power transformer whichexploded but when they wentoutside, they were surprise tosee white smokes coming fromtheir Honda CRV.
Among the controversialcases the judge handled werethe constitutionality of the ex-istence Presidential Anti-Smug-gling Group (PASG) and the al-leged cartel by oil firms.
Marco Lorenzana
Protesters and supporters of ‘Morong 43’ troop to Mendiola to oppose the transferof the detainees to Camp Aguinaldo, fearing tortures and harassments from sol-diers. MARVIN BUSTOS
8 Thursday, April 15, 2010
PAGKATAPOS ng laro nila saBiyernes sa Fil Oil Flying V, paalis naang San Beda Red Lions patungongAmerika para sa kanilang special train-ing.
Kahit na hindi sila nag-championsa NCAA last year, tuloy pa din angtraining nila sa Amerika gaya ngnakagawian for the past four years.
Bongga!* * *
Pangako ng De La Salle: Babalik silasa Final Four ngayong season.
Naniniwala ang marami nanakabuo na ng isang malakas na teamsi Dindo Pumaren.
* * *Si Vergel Meneses na ang bagong
coach ng JRU Heavy Bombers sa NCAA.Pero bakit daw ba laging nakikita
sa bench si Derek Pumaren.Tinutulungan lang po niya si Vergel.Siya din ang team consultant kaya
ganun.
DLSU target uliang Final Four
Small but terribleHE maybe the smallest pelotari
in the cancha but he stood tall lastApril 13 in our 31st edition of SportsValley Jai Alai.
Merson led the trio of 6-2-8 to-gether with pelotaris Gorostola andDaniel. Their games collected some5,200 merit points.
Noticeably, Merson is so happythat even after the game, he did notleave the cancha at once. He wavesto the crowd acknowledging theirbig round of applause.
Sports Valley Jai AlaiTonight's Program, Senior A Pelotaris
Reserves: Benavente, SandovalApril 13: 6-2-8; Merit Points 5,200
1-GOROSTOLA2-MERSON
3-GINGONE4-UGARTE5-DANIEL
6-SOLAUN7-ERIC8-FERNANDEZ9-ZABALA10-ESTIPONA
