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Pooled EditorialREGRETTABLY, the conversation between President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and the news media has turned sharp and shrill. All but lost in the noise is the two parties’ common duty in law and tradition to serve and to inform the Filipino people on issues, events and policies that affect their interest and welfare.

A president—all at once the chief executive, fount of foreign policy, manager of the national household, guardian of peace and order, commander of the uniformed services, and arbiter of policy

conflicts—is the most important pivot of news and policy in the land. The President is mandated by law to lead the nation and to promote transparency, accountability, and good governance.

But the Constitution also upholds the citizens’ rights to free speech, free press, free expression, and peaceable assembly. It guarantees as well their right to due process, equality before the law, access to information, justice, and life.

As “the people’s private eye in

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By Bong Z. Lacson

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO– A “Local Business Develop-ment Forum” within the next

100 days will serve as start-up activity to the top priority in the next three years, the third and last term of Gov. Lilia G. Pineda.

Gov’s top priority in last term: To enhance business growth

SO HELP ME GOD. Sandiganbayan Justice Ma. Theresa Dolores C. Gomez-Estoesta administers oath of office of Gov. Lilia G. Pineda with Archbishops Florentino Lavarias and Paciano Aniceto, along with her children Lubao Mayor Mylyn Cayabyab and Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda and outgoins Sta. Rita Mayor Yoly Pineda as witnesses. Photo by Bong Lacson

CLARK FREEPORT – Various leaders here welcomed the immediate plan to develop the Clark International Airport (CIA) along with the Ni-noy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for a dual airport system.

Transportation Sec-retary Arthur P. Tugade announced recently that

CLARk-NAIA

Local execs back Tugade on dual airport system

plans and programs of in-coming Sec. Art Tugade. We are happy that his vi-sion is in line with vision of CIAC that CRK become the gateway for Central and Northern Luzon,” said Clark Internation-al Airport Corp. (CIAC) president-CEO Emigdio “Dino” Tanjuatco III.

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the CIA and NAIA can co-exist and must be im-proved and developed together.

“NAIA must be im-proved along with Clark. The remedy for Clark and NAIA is they can co-exist and therefore, they must be improved and devel-oped,” said Tugade.

“We will support the

By Ashley Manabat

CLARK FREEPORT – A family has filed a com-plaint for theft against the new owners of the former Mimosa Leisure Estate (MLE) here.

Harv Harvison, his wife and their two chil-dren filed the complaint on June 27 before the Clark Public Safety and Security Department

Filinvest Mimosa charged with theft

presenting as evidence their proof of member-ship and the new rules and regulations of Mi-mosa which reportedly denied them the right to play at the estate’s 36-hole golf course.

According to Harvi-son’s complaint, Filin-vest Mimosa, Inc. (FMI) is the owner of MLE under a 50-year Lease

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NOTICE TO CONSUMERSThis is to inform all the consumers of SFELAPCO (San Fernando electric Light and Power Co., Inc.) that the Energy Regulatory Commission has issued its Resolution No. 12, series of 2016 entitled “AMENDED RULES TO GOVERN THE REFUND OF METER DEPOSITS TO RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIENTIAL CONSUMERS” on April 5, 2016.

This also serves as notice to all CONSUMERS of SFELAPCO that they have until December 31, 2017 to claim any unclaimed meter deposits that was not yet applied to any obligation payable to SFELAPCO. After December 31, 2017, any unclaimed meter deposit including interest will be subjected to escheat proceedings in favor of the state.

Partylist to push bills fulfilling 4 of Duterte’s campaign vows

troversial coco levy funds, to end contractualization of work-ers, and to provide socialized housing.

Anakpawis said it would also refile the Genuine Agrar-ian Reform bill which was ig-nored in the last Congress. During the campaign period, however, Duterte did not make any categorical promise on agrarian reform, except that he would look further into the

program. Casilao said his partylist

would also pass five resolu-tions on the implementation of land reform in Hacienda Luisita which is owned by the family of former Pres. Aquino, on the Laguna Lake Dike Ex-pressway project, the Kidap-awan massacre, the amend-ments on the Fisheries Code, and the abrogation of the En-hanced Defense Cooperation

Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the US.

In the draft of its bill on free irrigation, Anakpawis not-ed that “in 2015, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) claimed that irrigation devel-opment has only reached 57 percent or 1.7 million hectares of land supposedly irrigated out of the targeted 3 million hectares. At least 1.3 million hectares thus are still without

irrigation.” “Such dire circumstance is

further exacerbated by the ap-parent lack or utter absence of state support to agriculture and the reneging of concerned government agencies on its service function to vital areas of production such as irriga-tion,” the proposed bill noted.

Anakpawis said that “given the strategic importance of ir-

By Ding Cervantes

ANGELES CITY- Four cam-paign promises of Pres. Ro-drigo Duterte will likely be re-alized through bills which the partylist Anakpawis said it will file in Congress.

Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Cas-ilao said yesterday the four bills cover Duterte’s election vow to give farmers free irri-gation, to distribute the con- Page 7 please

AS THE famous ad-age says, “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

SM Olongapo Cus-tomer Relations Ser-vices Supervisor Mi-chael Mungcal has proven this saying when recently recov-ered an iPhone 6 plus unit and a black wallet with cash and a pay to cash check amounting to P500,000. The items were recovered on

June 4 and 14 respec-tively during his regular rounds inside the mall.

Owners of the lost items personally thanked Mungcal and SM for showing honesty and being of service to others.

Mungcal, who is a pi-oneer employee of SM said in an interview, “real joy comes from doing something worthwhile.”

Through the City’s “Honesto ng Olonga-po” campaign, Mungcal was given a Certificate

of Commendation from Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino for his benevolent act.

Mungcal was in-vited to the City’s flag raising ceremony to re-ceive the award from Mayor Paulino on Mon-day, June 27, 2016 at the Rizal Triangle Cov-ered Court.

The city’s “Hones-to” campaign started in the administration of Paulino that aims to recognize honest Olon-gapeños. –PR-SMOL

Mayor Paulino lauds SM personnel

SM Olongapo Customer Relations Services Supervisor Michael Mungcal receives the Certificate of Commendation from Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino. SM Asst. Mall Manager Ana Lorraine Azucena (L) and SM Detachment Commander and also an Honesto awardee Joseph Gonzales (R) were present during the awarding.

By Ernie B. Esconde

BALANGA CITY -- The first transgender woman to become a member of the House of Represen-tatives promised full sup-port to President Rodri-go Duterte during her oath-taking Thursday here together with elect-ed officials in Bataan.

“Ipinararating namin ang aming best wishes at panalangin sa ating bagong Pangulong Dute-rte upang magtagumpay ang kanyang administra-syon. Makakaasa kayo ng aming suporta sa lahat ng inyong maga-gandang adhikain,” said Geraldine Roman, con-gresswoman of Bataan’s first district.

She replaced her mother Rep. Hermin-ia Roman who finished

Transgender woman solon vows full support to Duterte

three terms. She and her mother are members of the Liberal Party.

“We look forward to working with you for the greater good of our coun-try and Bataan,” the new congresswoman told the new President.

During her message, she appealed to the peo-ple of Bataan: “Supor-tahan natin ang ating ba-gong Presidente.”

She said members of Congress are excit-ed and hopeful of many changes with the new administration. She said she used to ponder of what would really hap-pen to the country but that she was reminded of what her late father, former Bataan Rep. Tony Roman, often advised her.

“Do not be afraid of

change. Do not be afraid to go out of your comfort zone,” Roman said quot-ing her father’s advice.

She said that should the Constitutional Con-vention push through, she was ready to file some amendments that will benefit her constitu-ents.

Roman, 2nd District Rep. Jose Enrique Gar-cia III, Gov. Albert Gar-cia and 10 members of the sangguniang pan-lalawigan took their oath before Executive Judge Angelito Balderama of the Bataan Regional Tri-al Court.

Mayors, vice-may-ors and members of the sangguniang bayan in nine towns and one city took their oath before Gov. Garcia and two ba-rangay chairmen.

GO HOTELS La-nang-Davao is now ac-cepting bookings start-ing August 15, 2016 for as low as P388*. The newest addition to the Go Hotels chain is set to open its doors to guests and travelers this year. Located within the Phoe-nix Lanang Complex, Go Hotels Lanang-Davao is the first project of the joint venture between Robinsons Land Corpo-ration (RLC) and Uden-na Development Corpo-ration (UDEVCO), the company behind Phoe-nix Petroleum. The hotel is ideally located 30-45 minutes away from the airport.

Go Hotel La-nang-Davao has 183 well-appointed guest rooms spread through-out six floors. Each air-conditioned room is equipped with a 32” ca-ble tv, safety deposit box, private bathrooms with hot and cold super show-ers, free wifi and more. Guests can have a com-fortable sleep on their

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plush Windsor beds. Spa and laundry ser-vices are also available, as well as breakfast set menus. The hotel is also equipped with a 24-hour CCTV security.

The second floor of the hotel is dedicated to function rooms that can accommodate a max-imum of 250 persons, making it a perfect ven-ue for business events or social occasions. Guests can experience the same fun vibe when they stay at the 10th branch of the growing essential-service hotel chain. Once oper-ational, Go Hotels La-nang-Davao will bring the total room count of the Go Hotels chain to 1,409.

Go Hotel La-nang-Davao is a growing addition to the other nine Go Hotels located in key cities around the country. Other Go Hotels can be found in Mandaluyong, Ortigas Center, Otis-Ma-nila, Bacolod, Butuan, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Puer-to Princesa and Taclo-ban.

A similar value essen-tial hotel, Karaksa Ho-tels, can also be found in Kyoto and Osaka Shin-saibashi. Karaksa Ho-tels is a new Japanese hotel brand pwned and developed by hotel oper-ator Xymax Corporation which Robinsons Land Corporation partnered with. Karaksa hotel bookings can be made through RLC’s Go Ho-tel’s website, http://www.gohotels.ph./ Karaksa Hotels offers basic trav-el necessities with add-ed innovations on room amenities and facilities to adapt to Japanese standards.

The two branches, Karaksa Hotel Kyoto and Karaksa Hotel Osaka Shinsaibashi, are con-veniently located just a few minutes walk from Shijo-Omiya Station and Sakaisu j i -Hommachi Station, respectively.

For bookings and reservations, log on to www.gohotels.ph or call 0922-GOHOTEL (4646835).

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Opinionthe public arena,” the news media serve as custodian and gatekeeper of some of these rights. It’s a task that must be accomplished, and the President-elect’s predecessors as well as the nation’s journey from democracy to dictatorship and back illustrate why and how we must inquire into, inveigh against, and investigate questionable public officials and agencies, on the citizens’ behalf.

Thus, despite his vexation with those he calls the “lowlifes” and the “mouthpieces” in the news media, we must at all times cover him, his actions, and his statements. In truth, the news media must report more—and better—about him, his policies and his actions, with our reports guided by the best standards of accuracy, fairness and context.

This we must do even as we note at least two disturbing “messages” from the President-elect.

First, by saying that “corrupt journalists ... vultures of journalism can die for all I care [because] you’re asking for it,” he mocks the memory of 172 journalists (at latest count) killed in the line of duty since democracy’s rebirth in 1986. The last report filed by a majority of those slain journalists precisely exposed crime and corruption, the same social ills that he says he wants to curb. Sadly, not a single mastermind or principal suspect in these murders, including state agents, local warlords, and criminal elements, have been held to account.

Second, whether intended or not, his volcanic language has dampened, indeed chilled, the daily reportage, so that journalists with valid, if testy, questions are seemingly forced to eat expletives by way of a response.

To be sure, corruption in the news media is as real as the 16-million vote that secured the victory of the President-elect. To be sure, corruption afflicts both individuals and agencies in the news media, and has evolved into a subculture with a language all its own. As anywhere else, however, corruption in the news media is a supply-demand chain. One solution offers a key role for the incoming administration: Slay it at the source. The government’s own media agents, as well as politicians and corporate PRs who offer more than stories to get favorable coverage or to spike bad news, must, in the President-elect’s words, “stop it.” Another solution calls for quick action from media managers: Provide better pay and protection for journalists.

But here’s the thing: The institutional capture of the news media by politicians has begun in some parts of the country. Local politicians and their families have acquired ownership and control of print and broadcast media agencies, and certain local government units have bought block-time segments using public funds. The corruption of the news media thus also involves partisan political interests driving editorial processes—as the President-elect knows full well.

Yet for all the supposed differences, the news media and the President-elect have complete agreement on one factor: the urgency of a Freedom of Information Law. The issuance of an FOI executive order on Day One of his presidency should prevent the 17th Congress from tarrying in its task.

An FOI Law will provide the necessary institutional and legal framework for full and true functional links between transparency and accountability in government, and for the right of all Filipinos to access information in order to take part in nation-building.

We in the news media wish the incoming administration success in all its endeavors. As journalists and as citizens, we commit not only to do journalism right and better, but also to uphold and defend free speech, free press, free expression, and the people’s right to know. (SIGNATORIES: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, The Journal, the Philippine Press Institute and some of its member-publications, Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation (NDBC), Mindanao Cross, Mindanao Gold Star Daily, Sun.Star-Cagayan de Oro, Bicol Today, College Editors Guild of the Philippines, Kodao Productions, Bulatlat, Eastern Vista, Pahayagang Balikas, Banat News, Northern Dispatch, Panguil Bay Monitor, Mindanao Monitor, Catarman Weekly Tribune, The Standard, Lanao del Norte Today)

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No cause to panic, but…WITHIN A week after the self-congratulatory celebrations over the salvation of Pampanga from the devastations of the Mount Pinatubo eruptions a quarter of a century ago, comes this damper: Pinatubo danger not over yet!

“We don’t want to cause panic but the danger is not over yet,” declared Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) director Renato Solidum at the Capampangan in Media forum at Bale Balita in Clark last week.

No, Pinatubo is not set to erupt anytime soon. Maybe, no sooner than another 600 years. The danger lies in unusual heavy rainfall that could arise…rather, pour like the proverbial cats and dogs with La Niña.

The siyam-siyam or heavy rains like those wrought by Typhoon Ondoy hitting the Pinatubo area and the contiguous communities, Solidum said, will – rather than may – remobilize volcanic debris and trigger lahar flows and flooding in Pampanga.

“Watch out for the behavior of lahar in the area called Delta 5 near the Porac-Angeles Road where threat could emanate at the Pasig-Potrero River,” he advised, raising the imperative of “flood-quarrying” or an “engineered-design” quarrying along the said river and other adjacent river channels in order to prevent heavy siltation that may compromise the structural integrity of the FVR Megadike system.

Kapampangans generally believe it was the FVR Megadike that saved the province, particularly the capital of San Fernando from rampaging lahar flows that, prior to its completion in 1997, buried whole villages, notably, Cabalantian in Bacolor town on October 1, 1995.

“The dikes have to be continuously maintained and the channels should be regularly dredged,” Solidum said.

No cause to panic, the Phivolcs chief could not overstress more in the wake of this apparent downpour on the parade of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the “triumph of the Kapampangan spirit of unity and resiliency” over the Pinatubo tragedy: “Ang point ko lang ay huwag tayong pakakampante. Logic lang, kinulong mo ang tubig sa isang megadike, therefore ang purpose niya (megadike) ay saluhin ang tubig at lahar. Ang main threat diyan

ay yung nasa loob. Ngayon, sa lapad naman ng ilog at megadike ay hindi naman natin alam kung saan ang tumbok.”

Points well taken, Sir. The Kapampangan learned lifelong, and life-saving, lessons out of the Pinatubo devastation the hard, no, make that the hardest, way: Not all who cry danger are doomsayers.

Oh, how Kelvin Rodolfo was virtually denounced when he first broached the foreboding scenario of a Pampanga buried in lahar.

Indeed, how Porac Mayor Roy David, dubbed the “lahar fighter,” was dismissed as the boy who cried wolf for his insistence that lahar, which by then already devastated his whole town, would ultimately swamp San Fernando and all areas downstream Pasig-Potrero.

“E mu ke piyabe-yabe keng problema mu,” was how the mayors dismissed David’s alarums. Why, even the provincial government, at the instigation of certain business leaders, extracted from Phivolcs a declaration that the capital “is safe from lahar.” So as not to panic incoming investors and those transferring from Angeles City which bore the brunt of the initial eruptions.

Only for these mayors and businessmen to panic themselves when, within two years, David proved prophetic with the first lahar flows reaching their outlying villages. The Cabalantian tragedy turning that panic into raw terror.

Finding fearful articulation in the “Time to Panic” rallies and marches in San Fernando to supplicate the Ramos administration for the megadike.

“To dike or to die.” So was the collective cry. The dike was built. The people did not die. Nothing lost in any translation of Solidum’s

caution: The dike is to be maintained, the rivers it contains regularly desilted, constantly center-channeled to veer away from the dike and prevent it from being eroded.

Twenty-five years hence, vigilance still makes the core of our continuing Pinatubo experience.

ON JUNE 30, 2010, Senator Benigno Aquino III was inau-gurated as the 15th President of the Philippines at the Quiri-no Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila. He was elected in the country’s first automated polls on May 10, 2010.

As mandated by the 1987 Constitution, the new presi-dent is be to inaugurated at noon of June 30, in the past, there were different dates for the inauguration of the incom-ing president.

Among the former presi-dents who also took their oaths of office on this day (under the 1987 constitution) were Presi-dents Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Ejercito Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

General Emilio Aguinaldo, who was the first President of the Philippines, was inaugu-rated officially on January 23, 1899.

The presidents who were inaugurated at noon of De-cember 30 under the 1935 Constitution were Manuel L.

Quezon (first inaugurated as Philippine Commonwealth on November 15, 1935, and inau-gurated for a second term on December 30, 1941), Elpidio Quirino (1949), Ramon Mag-saysay (1953), Carlos P. Gar-cia (1957), Diosdado Macapa-gal (1961) and Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965, 1969).

Only two presidents under the 1935 Constitution were not inaugurated on December 30, namely Sergio Osmeña (1944 after Quezon’s death) and Manuel Roxas (May 28, 1946 last president of the common-wealth, July 4, 1946 first Pres-ident of third republic).

To date, former Presidents Estrada and Arroyo were the only ones who took their oaths of office and inaugural ad-dresses in two different plac-es. Estrada was inaugurated at the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan and deliv-ered his inaugural address at the Quirino Grandstand. Mrs. Arroyo took her (second) oath of office in Cebu City, deliv-

ered her inaugural address at the Quirino Grandstand.

Traditionally, the Quirino Grandstand is where most in-augurations of the incoming presidents happen, as in the case of Quirino, Magsaysay, Garcia, Macapagal, Marcos, Ramos and Aquino.

Other presidents such as Aguinaldo and Estrada were inaugurated at the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan; Quezon, Laurel and Rox-as took their oaths of office in front of the old Legislative Building in Manila; and Cora-zon C. Aquino in Sampagu-ita Hall (now Kalayaan Hall) of Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City.

On January 20, 2001, then Vice President Gloria Macapa-gal-Arroyo took her first oath of office as president at the EDSA Shrine in Quezon City.

Three former presidents assumed the country’s highest post upon the death of their predecessors. They were Os-meña, Quirino and Garcia.

Senator Benigno Aquino III is inaugurated as the 15th President of the Philippines

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

‘The unbeatable’SA LAHAT ng naging Mayor ng San Simon,wala pa marahil liban kay Mrs. Wongsa naturang bayan, 9na ngayo’y 3rd class town),ang napabilang sa mga ‘world class mayor’;

Na kung saan bukod tanging siya lamangitong ‘town mayor’ na naimbita minsankasama ang iba pang pang-daigdigang‘awardees,’ na tulad nina Mayor EdPam

Ng Angeles city at kalipi natinna pawang ‘in terms of public service’ nagingmapuri at saka mga nabigyan dinng ‘due recognition’ sa taglay na galing.

At mahusay pati sa wastong pagrendang kanilang badyet at ibang bagay pana kinakailangang malinis at sakanaaayon lahat sa batas talaga.

Kaya’t mapapalad ang taga San Simonat di nagkamali sa pagpili kay Wong,na siya itong sa ‘last term’ niyang paghabolang pamuling inihalal bilang Mayor.

At sa totoo lang kung di lang may limititong tinatawag nating ‘terms of office,’Si Mayor Wong kahit makasampung beses,mananalo tiyak ng paulit-ulit.

Kung saan posibleng higitan pa nitosi Mayor Boking ng Mabalacat mismo,na kinikilala halos buong mundoang kasikatan niya sa bagay na ito.

Pagkat siya itong ‘longest serving mayor’na kinikilala dito sa ‘3rd Region’at maging sa buong Filipinas pihongsiya ang ‘topnotcher’ magpahangga ngayon.

Ang katulad ni Wong itong di pa kayamuli’t-muling ihahalal nitong madlana taga San Simon, (sa ating hinuha),kung pupuede rin lang pagkat mahusay nga?

At ano pa nga ba itong hahanapinng mga kabalen niya kung tuusin?Malinis at tapat siya sa tungkulinmaliban sa siya’y sadyang matulungin.

Kailan na nagkarun sa nasabing bayanna ang lahat halos ay natutulunganni Wong – partikular ang mga ‘scholar,’na dati’y wala niyan sa kanilang lugar?

Kundi nga lang nitong siya ang nag-mayor,kung saan maliban sa bigay na tulongng pamahalaang bayan ng San Simon,siya’y personal din namang tumutulong

Sa pangangailang personal ng ibangmga kabalen na walang malapitan,kundi ang Alkalde na palaging handangtumulong sa lahat ng nangangailan.

Sana, may isa pang katulad din ni Wong,na palaring maging Mayor ng San Simon,sa mga darating pa riyang panahonupang pati ang pag-unlad magpatuloy

Kasi kung di rin lang kasing husay ni Wong ang pumalit bilang municipal mayor,pagkaraan uli ng tatlo pang taon,hahanap-hanapin tiyak ang dating kampeon;

Na tunay naman ding matapat sa bayan,malinis at walang dungis ang pangalan;‘deserving’ sa hawak nitong katungkulan,at higit sa lahat ay dangal ng bayan!

ONE of the country’s trusted real estate developers, North-Pine Land, Inc. (NLI) is tak-ing over Central Luzon and remains bullish in developing major properties in the region.

“Redefining the Southern landscape for almost 20 years now, NLI will officially venture into the Pampanga region and explore possibilities for the real estate industry in the area,” announced NLI President Alan R. Cruz, during the company’s Sales Kickoff this year.

NLI has several ongoing horizontal developments in the South namely: Kahaya Place, Greenwoods Village, Wind Crest, Kohana Grove (Cavite), South Hampton (Laguna) and Forest Ridge (Antipolo City). It is also the proud developer of Lexington, a community in Pasig which has been turned over since 2008.

“There is nothing more ful-filling than responding to the demand of a larger market through extending our geo-graphical scope, innovating our products, and improving

our entire workforce. We are thrilled for cabalens and the neighboring provinces to ex-perience NorthPine Land’s un-paralleled developments that improve the quality of life,” added Mr. Cruz.

This year, the company is claiming its stake on the North-ern landscape, proving itself a dynamic industry player. Ac-quiring an excellent measure of property in Pampanga’s capital city, San Fernando, NLI seeks to cement a firm insti-tutional presence in the area. When finished, the Pampanga project development will fea-ture lifestyle amenities such as swimming pools, clubhouse, parks, playgrounds, basketball courts and more.

Mr. Cruz further said, “NorthPine Land continues to explore every angle of this big move. The lead of trends, the vibrant culture and its diverse lifestyle offers are enough rea-sons to take residence here. We only have to give it our own touch to its already gorgeous landscape and people through

master-planned communities we are set to introduce.”

NLI’s Leadership Team headed by Mr. Cruz expressed that the company is taking this new phase in their real estate game with grit and confidence for success. Various arrange-ments and measures are al-ready underway in alignment to the target launch of the new project.

About NorthPine Land, Inc.NorthPine Land Inc. (NLI)

is one of the country’s trusted real estate prime movers with a prestigious portfolio of proj-ects such as Kahaya Place, Greenwoods Village, Wind Crest, Kohana Grove (Cavite), South Hampton (Laguna), Forest Ridge (Antipolo City), and Lexington (Pasig City). Its distinguished shareholders are: HongKong Land, BDO, Metrobank, and San Miguel Properties, Inc. To know more about our lineup of products, visit www.northpineland.com or call +632 637.1531.

–Press release

NorthPine set to change thereal estate footprint in Pampanga

TO ALL wanderlusts and trav-el junkie – the newest luxu-ry hotel in Pampanga is pav-ing their way to open doors to their guests on July 1, 2016. Midori Clark Hotel and Casi-no will soon be the home away from home for discerning tour-ists with exquisite taste. Lo-cated in the heart of Clark Freeport and just less than 2 –hour drive from north of Met-ro Manila. The hotel features 111 well-appointed rooms sur-rounded with the lush green environs of Clark Freeport.

Midori Clark Hotel and Ca-sino boasts state-of-the-art fa-cilities and amenities that will definitely satisfy their guests’ needs and wants as they es-cape from the bustling metro or simply enjoy relaxing mo-ments with their families. Be prepared to be pampered from head to toe with their in-house fitness center and spa center

Midori Clark hotel and casino opening in July

which offers variety of mas-sage and beauty treatments. Enjoy high-level enjoyment with their especially designed entertainment areas ranging from wines and cigar lounge, open-air gardens, casino, KTV clubs, mahjong rooms and live entertainments during week-ends.

Sumptuous dishes will in-vite you to gastronomic adven-tures with their 5 dining outlets that will satisfy your sophisti-cated palates. Whatever you are craving for, Midori offers it all. Dine in Toscana Din-ing for an international cuisine that will keep you yearning for more. Sip your favorite wine in a sophisticated ambiance at Baccus Lounge or take a whiff of expensive liquor and world-class cigar collections in their gentleman’s club, Cigar Maduro. Looking for a venue to have your daily caffeine fix?

Coffee and tea lovers would definitely enjoy Café Midori which will greet you once you enter the hotel’s lobby and it is open 24 hours..

Soar into new heights of luxury and lavishness with Mi-dori Clark Hotel and Casino. Enjoy the highlife right in the heart of Clark Freeport and experience a whole new side of opulence. Midori Clark Ho-tel and Casino is located along C.M. Recto Avenue, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines. About five (5) min-utes away from Clark Interna-tional Airport and less than 2 hours drive from north of Ma-nila.

You may visit their website at www.midorihotel.com or call +63 45 308 8888 or email res-ervations@midorihotel.com to avail their very limited offer as they launch their soft opening.

–Press release

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NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JONEL M. MALLARI who died

intestate on February 3, 2014 in Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 21-q of the subd. plan Psd-03-156405 being a portion of Lot 21, Bcs-03-000094 (OLT) LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of San Felipe, Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 642579-R, before Notary Public Michael C. Yabut as per Doc No. 145, Page No. 30, Book No. V, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 16, 23 & 30, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CELIA PAMINTuAN-GAJuNIA

who died intestate on February 13, 2016 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land, Lot 9, Block 1 of Psd-55182 and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 32606 in the Registry of Deeds for Angeles City, before Notary Public Jerome T. Paras as per Doc No. 66, Page No. 13, Book No. XII, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CESAR R. NuNAG and

SOLEDAD B. NuNAG who died intestate on December 14, 2012 and April 9, 2010, respectively, in California, U.S.A. executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3, Block 1 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-3789, being a portion of Lot 14, described on plan Psd-49708, LRC (GLRO) Cad Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 54515 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Deputy Consul General Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon as per Service No. 23346, O.R. No. 7059, Doc No. 9263, Page No. 2, Book No. XXXVI, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ESTELITA GARCIA who died

intestate on April 8, 2008 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 189-B-5 of the subd. plan Psd-03094297, being a portion of Lot 189-B (LRC) Psd-284265, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Bundagul, Mun. of Mabalacat and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 79995 (No. 469292) of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 166, Page No. 67, Book No. IX, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of DEOGRACIAS S. OCAMPO

who died intestate on February 3, 2004 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as 1/14 share on 10 parcels of land situated at Brgy. Saguing, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to wit:

Title No. Area (sq. m.) Classification 523952-R 41,416 Residential 042-2015005520 21,843 Agricultural 523954-R 1,554 Residential 523955-R 913 Residential 523956-R 1,000 Residential 523957-R 1,000 Residential 523958-R 1,000 Residential 523959-R 1,000 Residential 523960-R 1,000 Residential 523961-R 1,000 Residential

before Notary Public Arnaldo P. Dizon as per Doc No. 495, Page No. 99, Book No. XIII, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

The forum will be participated in by local government executives, local business leaders and investors “who shall chart the course of pro-vincial development, not only in my final term of office but in the long haul,” said Pineda as she outlined her program of “Enhanced Local Business Growth” during her inaugural address that followed the mass oath-taking of elected officials of Pampanga at the LausGroup Event Center here Wednesday morning.

“Palalakasin pa natin ang lokal na pamumuhu-nan at pagpapaunlad sa pagnenegosyo na mag-sisimula sa tinatawag na “One Stop Process-ing of Business Licens-es” katulad ng mabilis, maayos at matapat na pagpoproseso ng busi-ness permit sa lahat ng mga bayan at siyudad sa Pampanga,” she said.

That, coming with hands-on leadership she expressed thus: “Nais kung makita na maayos na natutupad ang syste-ma sa pamamagitan ng

Gov’s top priority in last term: To enhance business growth‘automation’ sa paraang personal kong nasusu-baybayan araw-araw ang pag-unlad ng pamu-muhunan at pagnenego-syo sa mga bayan at si-yudad.”

The needs of local businesses, she vowed, will serve as benchmarks for the prioritization of de-velopment programs for the province: “Ang pan-gangailangan ng mga local businesses ang magiging basehan natin sa pagbibigay prayori-dad sa mga proyektong ating ipatutupad bukod pa sa kapakanan pang-kalusugan at pang-edu-kasyon na ating ipinapa-tupad sa pamamagitan ng matapat at maayos na paggamit ng pondo ng pamahalaan.”

Pineda likewise made her inaugural speech as a state-of-the-prov-ince address, reporting on her accomplishments since her assumption to office in July 2010, among which are:

The total income of the at P11,888,000,731 to date.

A total of P279 million spent for the construction and rehabilitation of 11 district hospitals; P329

million for 240 school buildings; P89.9 million for 54 multi-purpose cov-ered area/school stages; P16 million for 43 public toilets; and P18.6 mil-lion for birthing stations. P20.48 million was spent for the establishment of materials recovery facili-ties in different towns.

The construction, re-pair and rehabilitation of roads, bridges, and ca-nals came at a cost of P556.7 million. Another P353.8 million was spent for other infrastructures like evacuation centers, mul t i -purpose/heal th centers, bunk houses, day care centers, hous-ing for indigenous peo-ples, the Capitol building and the provincial jail.

The Capitol likewise spent P21.8 million for the satellite campus of the Don Honorio Ventu-ra Technological State University; P20 million for Phase 1 and 2 of the Philippine State Col-lege of Aeronautics; P11 million for the Mabala-cat City College Annex Building; and P12.5 mil-lion for the Provincial De-velopment Academy.

National government offices – the DSWD,

DepEd, DOST, NBI, Comelec, DILG, RTC, BFP, LTO, COA, Phil-Post, PDEA, PCSO and PNP – were likewise as-sisted by the provincial government in the con-struction of their build-ings to the tune of P97 million.

In infrastructure cost, the Capitol incurred a to-tal of P2.095 billion.

Health services ben-efited 88,580 patients at a cost of P492.4 mil-lion in direct assistance. A total of 23,709 were helped for assistance from the Philippine Char-ity Sweepstakes Office, which totaled to P888 million.

Under the Point of Care Program, the Cap-itol paid PhilHealth P121 million for 219,557 bene-ficiaries.

PhilHealth collection in the 11 district hospitals amounted to P1.335 bil-lion.

For the 21,517 pa-tients admitted to the district hospitals, a total of P141 million was ex-tended.

The PhilHealth Alaga Ka Program on the oth-er hand extended P27.5 million financial assis-

tance to 110,103 benefi-ciaries.

The province’s health program has so far amounted to a stagger-ing P1.8 billion.

A total of P154.7 mil-lion was spent under the Educational Finan-cial Assistance Program for 5,011 students, with 1,274 already graduat-ing.

In agriculture, P34.9 million was spent, with 38,895,960 sacks of rice as among the immediate returns.

The Capitol extend-ed P50.3 million to the SPES program aside from the P33.5 million from DOLE. P127.5 mil-lion was appropriated for job seekers and those looking for livelihood.

In 2015, centenari-ans numbering 57 were awarded P100,000 each. In 2016, the age was lowered to 95 years old and 114 seniors availed of the P100,000.

A total of P690.9 mil-lion in assistance was extended to IPs, PWDs, youths and victims of di-sasters.

The centerpiece achievement has re-

mained the P1.9 billion quarry collections.

The above makes a large part, but is not the whole, of the accom-plishments of the Pineda administration.

MassThe oath-taking cer-

emonies were preceded by a concelebrated Mass of a dozen priests with Archbishop Emeritus Pa-ciano B. Aniceto as main celebrant.

In his homily, Aniceto underscored the “culture of accompaniment” as integral in the life of pub-lic servants.

Archbisjop Florenti-no Lavarias on the other hand imparted his apos-tolic blessing before the actual oath-taking of the lected officials.

AbsentOf Pampanga’s four

elected representatives, only neophyte Carmelo Lazatin II of the 1st Dis-trict was present.

Among the mayors, City of San Fernando’s Edwin Santiago and Sto. Tomas’ new mayor John Sambo were conspicu-ously absent.

“We support his plan to develop simultaneous-ly CRK and NAIA. We are optimistic that the incoming administration will continue to support the development and growth of CRK,” Tanjuat-co said.

“Having worked closely with Sec. Tu-gade, I am confident that his competent and no non-sense leadership will definitely be to the advantage of CRK,” he added.

Mayor Edgardo Pa-mintuan of Angeles City said the appointment of Tugade by President Duterte as Secretary of Transportation is “like throwing a fish in the wa-ter. He can be dubbed as Mr. Logistics having been in all related aspect of logistics since the late 70’s to present like ware-housing, freight, truck-ing, aviation and the like, being the President and CEO of DelBros, Inc. ( Delgado Brothers) and now the owner of Per-ry’s group of companies. He is in delivery of goods and services from end to end seamlessly. “

Local execs back Tugade on dual airport...From page 1 The mayor added

that “with that as a back-grounder on his expe-rience, he can give the right direction to sound policies when it comes to the business of air, land and sea which is what DOTC all about.”

Pamintuan also said “Tugade’s application of the sum total of his rich experiences in the busi-ness is a welcome whiff of fresh air in the former DOTC which was not run professionally by the previous administration.”

He added that Tu-gade’s plan for making Clark airport operational together with NAIA being dual airports is “a wel-come development.”

ADAPTAlexander Cau-

guiran, the main propo-nent for the Advocacy for Dual Airport Policy (ADAPT), said he does not disagree with Tu-gade’s proposal to devel-op both Clark and NAIA.

“The concept of a dual airport system should be the immediate and via-ble response to the issue of heavy congestion at NAIA. Under such sys-tem, NAIA will be the air-

port of the South, servic-ing southern Luzon (Re-gions 5, Calabarzon, and southern NCR) with a total catchment popula-tion of 27,219,325 while CRK will be the airport of the North, servicing northern Luzon (Regions 1, 2, 3, CAR, and north-ern NCR) with a total catchment population of 22,399,003,” Cauguiran explained.

He said Included in ADAPT’s six-point agen-da is to develop Clark fully. “Foremost is our proposal for the national government to initiate a legislative action or issu-ance of an executive or-der to implement a Clark - NAIA Dual Airport Sys-tem as a national policy and direct the DOTC, the CAB and CAAP to es-tablish and implement an “Air Traffic Distribu-tion Policy for MNL and CRK.”

He pointed out that last year, four terminals in NAIA generated more than 36 million passen-gers and around 10 mil-lion of these came from the Northern Philippines.

If there will be addi-tional flights in Clark and available destinations,

these passengers will no longer utilize NAIA but Clark instead. This would result in the de-crease of traffic in Metro Manila and these move-ments in Clark would surely contribute to eco-nomic growth and devel-opment not only in the Metro Clark area in par-ticular but to our country in general as well, Cau-guiran explained further.

In a television inter-view, Tugade said he will implement his plan beginning with transfer of the General Aviation flight operators involved in air charter, air cargo, aviation training, aircraft maintenance, and corpo-rate flight operations.

He said they will be transferred to either the Sangley Point in Cavite and Laguna Lake or the Fernando Air Base in Lipa, Batangas.

This will free-up addi-tional aviation space of 18 to 22 percent at NAIA, he said.

Tugade said the De-partment of Transporta-tion will issue the notice to the general aviation operators within his first 100 days in office.

–Ashley Manabat

Agreement contract with the Clark Development Corp. (CDC). FMI has in turn designated Mimosa Cityscapes, Inc. (MCI) to assume sole author-ity over the operations, maintenance, and man-agement of the Mimosa golf course facilities.

Harvison said the op-erations, maintenance, and management of the

Filinvest Mimosa charged with theftFrom page 1 Mimosa golf course do

not give MCI the right to deprive them of their golf privileges.

He said the golf course has already been closed for a month but did not give them a re-fund for their monthly dues or for those who paid membership in ad-vance.

He also said after a month, the Mimosa golf course has remained the

same.Harvison said they

have also informed all CDC directors of the “po-tential crisis you have on hand.” But he assured that they “will not de-fame” the new locator but “reserved the right to pro-mote our agenda for a fair and equal consideration.”

Harvison said aside from the law that man has written; two other laws have been violat-

ed by FMI and MCI – the laws of God: “Thou shall not steal and thou shall not covet.”

He said, “taking away someone’s prepaid golf memberships and privi-leges is definitely steal-ing and coveting.”

Harvison said if FMI, MCI and CDC remain in-different and adamant, they will organize a pro-test rally in front of Mi-mosa.

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Spotlightrey Pineda

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heir of ANASTACIO S. BuNDALIAN

who died intestate on February 9, 2013 at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Metro Manila executed an Affidavit of Self-Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 27, Block 28 del plano de subdivision Psd-3066 parte del Lote No. 8590 de la medicion catastral de Angeles G.L.R.O. Cad Rec. No. 124) situated in the Barrion of Lourdes, Mun. of Angeles, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 173787, before Notary Public Elaiza S. Sabile-David as per Doc No. 1532, Page No. 85, Book No. XXI, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: June 23, 30 & July 7, 2016

Drastic change at the MMFF...DURING the grand launch of MMFF 2016 held at the SMX Convention Center, the Executive Committee (Execom) pronounced a “cinematic revolution” or #ReelVolution, and encouraged everyone to be part of the improvements to the film fest.

Now on its 42nd year, the Metro Manila Film Festival undergoes restructuring and implements drastic changes in response to past controversies.

As a result, the MMFF refitted its Board of Directors, combining representatives from the public and private sectors to create the new 2016 Execom.

The new Execom is now led by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairperson and concurrent MMFF Executive Committee head Emerson Carlos.

As part of its restructuring there is now a selection of committee members who will determine the 8 official entries that will compete in the much-anticipated movie festival in December.

The MMFF 2016 selection committee is composed of:1. Sid Lucero, actor (best known for the internationally

recognized film Norte: Hangganan ng Kasaysayan)2. Lawrence Fajardo, writer/director (best known

for the internationally recognized film Imbisibol)3. Mae Paner, actor/film director/political activist4. Atty. Trixie Angeles, conservationist/legal

counsel for the National Commission on Culture and the Arts

5. Alan Allanigue, station manager of DZRB Radyo ng Bayan

6. Ma, Crispina Belen, veteran journalist 7. Krip Yuson, writer/poet who has been inducted

to the Hall of Fame of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature

It should be noted that these members will only select the so-called “Magic 8” but a different set of jury members will judge the movies during the actual festival run.

Instead of September, the deadline of submission of finished films has been moved to October.

The MMFF Execom revealed that they have moved the deadline to give producers more time to complete the finished films for consideration in the film fest that will run from December 25-January 7, 2017.

One of the biggest changes is moving the Awards Night to the end of the festival. The Gabi ng Parangal will be held on January 8, 2017, unlike previous editions when the awarding ceremony was held midway through the film fest.

In line with the MMFF’s new mission to celebrate Filipino filmmakers’ artistic excellence, and to champion the sustainability of the Philippine film industry, new selection criteria were drafted to determine the entries that would compete this year.

The conditions for the choice of finalists are built on story, audience appeal, overall impact (40%), cinematic attributes and technical excellence (40%), global appeal (10%), and Filipino sensibility (10%).

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KAPAMILYA actress Kim Chiu reveals that her upcoming role, in real life, is to be a good cook.

“Isa talaga ‘yan sa goals ko in life: to know how to cook,’ she says.

‘Kasi ‘di ba sabi nga nila, food is the way to a man’s heart?“Darating din naman ako sa point na gusto ko na rin ng family,

so syempre gusto ko magluto for my own family.’Kim’s decision to learn cooking makes her an inspiration to those

who are just starting out in the kitchen, but beginners like Kim also need all the help they can get from moms, sisters, and friends.

After wrapping up a teleserye (The Story of Us) and taking her hosting skills to the next level on The Voice Kids Philippines, what’s next for Kim Chiu?

With her showbiz ‘big sisters’ Ai-Ai delas Alas, Judy Ann Santos, and Kris Aquino willing and able to assist her, learning how to cook isn’t going to be impossible for Kim.

In fact, Kim believes it’s going to be fun. She talks about her showbiz ‘ates’ and life pegs:

“Si Mommy Ai kasi on- and off- cam talaga she’s very entertaining, so ang gaan-gaan ng feeling ‘pag kasama ko siya. Talagang happy lang when you’re with her.

“Si Judy Ann, #LifeGoals ko talaga siya. Successful siya sa work, successful siya sa family. And pagdating sa acting, sa drama, super galing niya. Idol talaga!’

“Si Ate Kris Aquino, down to earth talaga siya. Super humble, and super ate talaga siya for me. She gives me pieces of advice about life, so nakakatuwa na merong isang tao na ganun talaga yung trato sa akin sa showbiz.

With these big names who are happy to help her, Kim’s next challenge won’t be impossible to achieve. Especially since these showbiz ‘ates’ of hers also happen to be known as veterans in the kitchen.

Kim shares the kinds of food she wants to cook: ‘Ang top three dishes ko: pancit, super hilig ko talaga sa pancit; kare-kare; and sweet and sour dishes, whether pork or fish.”

Kim Chiu

rigation in pursuing sustained agricultural growth and development, rice self-sufficiency, food securi-ty, and the upliftment of the welfare of Filipino farm-ers, it is the obligation of the state to provide free irrigation services.”

Casilao also said his partylist’s bill on hous-ing lamented that provisions in the Urban Develop-ment and Housing Act (UDHA) of 1992 “ in effect, has only legalized demolition and contradicted the government’s principle of discouraging eviction and demolition.”

“The absence of basic social services and the lack of employment opportunities in resettlement areas and tenement houses are prevalent. The in-ability of relocatees to find jobs and livelihood in far-flung relocation sites make it difficult for them to pay for rent, amortization, electricity, water and other housing-related charges, resulting to the de-nial of essential services and, worse, to renewed threats of eviction,” the proposed bill on housing said.

It noted that the “government should realize that the right to adequate housing should not be narrowly interpreted as merely the claim to a roof over one’s head. Neither should shelter be exclu-sively treated as a commodity. Rather, government should view the housing question as a set of state tasks to provide people with socio-economic secu-rity, peace and dignity.”

Meawnhile, Anakpawis proposed bill against contractualization noted that “majority of the coun-trys 37.6 million employed persons are either em-ployed in contractual, temporary, probationary, seasonal and odd jobs.”

“Based on official government data, an esti-mate of 44 percent of workers employed in various industries are not regulars. The rate of contractual employment is also high in the construction sec-tor (81 percent) and quarrying sector (59 percent),” Anakpawis also said.

It said that “With this reality, the State must de-terminedly protect and uphold workers’ rights to decent and long-term employment by protecting their security of tenure, declaring illegal all forms of contractual employment and penalizing those who will continue to carry out this anti-worker scheme.”

Anakpawis also said it is proposing yet another bill which on the distribution of the coco levy funds. It recalled that “on October 5, 2012, the Presiden-tial Commission on Good Government remitted P56,538,623,400 to the National Treasury after the redemption of the 753,848,312 SMC Series 1 Pre-ferred Shares. Along with the escrowed dividend payments and accrued interest which total an ad-ditional P13,700,669,652.86, these monies are be used only for the benefit of all coconut farmers and for the development of the coconut industry.”

It said its bill “encapsulates the seven-point proposal raised by small coconut farmers on how the coco levy funds should be used and utilized to the full advantage of small coconut farmers and the entire coconut industry.”

“This bill seeks to address this concern of small coconut farmers. It is meant to effect the return of the control of the coco levy funds to their rightful owners, the millions of small coconut farmers; pro-viding therefor a mechanism so that their rights and interest to those funds shall be protected; and so they may exercise their ownership rights over the funds and may dispose these as they see fit in line with the development of the local coconut in-dustry,” Anakpawis explained.

On agrarian reform, Anakpawis is also filing a bill which noted that “land-grabbing in the form of land-use conversions intensified under CARP.”

“DAR records show that from 1979 to Decem-ber 31, 2003, there were 2,885 approved applica-tions for conversion involving 40,485.9124 hect-ares of agricultural lands, while the National Statis-tics Office (NSO), in 2002, cited that 827,892 hect-ares of agricultural land have been converted to other uses,” the proposed bill also noted.

Anakbayan is thus batting for a “genuine agrar-ian reform bill which will “cover all agricultural lands, thus practically rendering land conversion illegal and revoking all previous unjust decrees on exemption and exclusion.”

“The bill seeks likewise to institutionalize a thor-oughgoing program of state support and subsidy to land reform beneficiaries in all the important as-pects of agricultural production, including the pro-motion of cooperativization,” Anakpawis added.

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By Ding Cervantes

CLARK FREEPORT- The Clark International Airport here has been placed under securi-ty alert following the bombing of the Istanbul airport in Turkey where at least 36 people were killed.

Clark airport under alert after Istanbul bombingsEdgar Guevarra,

CIAC Aviation Security and Police Department (ASPD) manager, ad-vised passengers and travelers to be on time for their flights at Clark airport to avoid any de-lays and inconvenience since strict security measures are now be-

ing implemented at the airport.

“We advise passen-gers and travelers to be on time for their flights, as we are monitoring all movements at the Civil Aviation Complex, espe-cially at the passenger terminal building, “ Gue-varra said.

“We now strictly and frequently inspect fa-cilities and all security personnel were told to closely monitor move-ments all over the avia-tion complex,” he said.

Guevarra stressed that “our security per-sonnel, as well as other staff of the airport, are

well-trained for emer-gency scenarios to pro-tect the passengers.”

This, even as he also advised passengers to avoid bringing prohibit-ed items such as knives and liquids, aerosols or gels (LAGs) beyond al-lowable limits to avoid inconvenience.

A WEDDING is the most important step-ping stone to you and your true love’s happi-ly ever after. But here’s the catch: how will you turn this once-in-a-life-time moment into a life-long memory? By saying memory, we mean only the great things such as the stress-free planning and picture-perfect cele-bration, which you wish to have on your big day.

If you are looking for-ward to a very person-al and unsophisticated wedding, there are three words that you can keep in mind: simple, modern and intimate.

Park Inn by Radisson Clark cares by offering you with essentials of a happy and hassle-free wedding celebration. Our warm and friendly service aims to delight

Hold intimate milestones at Park Inn by Radisson Clark

According to Guevar-ra that CIAC has always been strict in its security measures even before the Istanbul incident. but such measures have been “beefed up” be-cause of the Istanbul bombings which is be-lieved to have been car-ried out by the ISIS.

not only you but your guests as well.

Let’s plan this mo-mentous occasion the smart way by choosing

to spend it in the right place, at the right time with the right people.

And just when you thought that our plan

sounded exciting, we would be even happier to give you a 10% sav-ing on your special day package. So if you feel

like you’ve got the time, and you can’t wait to bring your dream wed-ding to life, just drop by at our booth at the Wed-

ding Destinations at SM City Clark on July 1-3, and we’ll take care of the other things for you.

–Press release

Ni Ernie Esconde

MARIVELES, Bataan- Sa gitna ng pagkaka-himbing ng mga residen-te, biglang sumiklab ang apoy madaling-araw ng Lunes na tumupok sa magkakadikit na bahay sa Barangay Camaya sa bayang ito.

Ayon kay SFO1 Salvador Bernabe III, Mariveles Bureau of Fire operations officer, nasunog ang anim na bahay at nag-iwan ng tinatayang pinsala na halagang P250,000.

“Nagsimula ang su-nog dahil sa naiwang may sinding kandila na gamit ng isang ba-hay dahil wala itong kuryente,” sabi ng fire officer. Wala naman umanong nasaktan sa apoy na nagsimula ng ala-1:20 ng madaling araw.

Apat na firetrucks, aniya, ang rumisponde. Lubusang naapula ang apoy alas-2:30 ng mad-aling araw. “Hindi agad naapula ang sunog da-hil sa gipit, masikip ang daan na isang eskini-ta at gawa sa light ma-terials ang mga bahay,” sabi ni Bernabe.

“Wala kaming nais-albang gamit, inuna ko ang aking apo,” sabi ni Josie Baturin.

6 bahay nasunog

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TO SErVE. Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda, neophyte 1st District Rep. Carmelo Lazatin II and the mayors take their oath before Justice Ma. Theresa Dolores G. Estoesta with Archbishops Florentino Lavarias and Paciano Aniceto witnessing. Photos by Bong Lacson

TarLaC LEaDErS. Resplendent in Filipiniana at their inaugurals are (L-R) officials. 2nd District Rep Vic Yap, 1st District Rep Charlie Cojuangco, Gov Susan Yap, Vice Gov Carlito David and 3rd District Rep Noel Villanueva. Photo courtesy of Jo Clemente

Ni Johnny Reblando

IBA, Zambales -- Ginanap ang 2016 Grand Inauguaration of Zam-bales Elected Officials nitong Hu-webes sa People’s Park, Iba Pro-vincial Capitol.

Nanumpa kay Gov. Amor Delo-so ang mga bago at re-elected na congressmen vice governor, board members, mayors, vice mayors at mga konsehal ng 13 bayan ng Zambales.

Kabilang dito ay sina Vice Gov. Angel Magsaysay, 1st District Rep. Jeffrey Khonghun at 2nd District Rep. Cheryll Montalla Deloso.

Nanumpa din sina Subic May-or Jefferson Khonghun, Castillejos Mayor Jose Angelo Dominguez, San Marcelino Mayor Elvis Soria, Iba Mayor Rundy Ebdane, Palauig Mayor Belly Aceron, Candelar-ia Mayor Napoleon Edquid at Sta. Cruz Mayor Chito Marty.

Anim naman na pawang mga babaeng mayor ang nanumpa, ito ay sina San Antonio Mayor Estela Antipolo, San Narciso Mayor Lar-ine Sarmiento, San Felipe Mayor Caroline Fariñas, Cabangan May-or Joy Apostol, Botolan Mayor Do-ris Maniquez Erezano at Masinloc Mayor Arcenia Lim.

Sa naging mensahe ni Vice Gov. Magsaysay kanyang sina-bi na panahon na para magtraba-ho para mapagsilbihan ang mga Zambaleño na nagluklok sa kanya bilang bise gobernadora ng lalaw-igan.

Dugtong pa nito, tapos na ang pulitika kasunod ng pagpapas-alamat sa lahat ng sumoporta sa kanya lalong-lalo na sa kanyang ama na si dating gobernador Vicen-te “Vic” Magsaysay.

Ayon kay dating gobernador Magsaysay naniniwala pa rin ito na may pagkakaisa sa pagkapana-lo ng mga bagong mamumuno ng lalawigan napatunayan na hindi pera ang inaantay kundi ay tunay na serbisyo.

Isa sa mga administrative or-der ni Gov. Deloso ay ang pansa-mantalang pagpapahinto sa mal-awakang pagmimina sa lalawigan ng Zambales.

Zambales officials nanumpa na

Nanumpa kay Zambales Gov. Amor Deloso ang 13 mayors sa Zambales sa ginanap na Grand Inauguration of Elected Officials sa People’s Park, Iba, Zambales. Kuha ni Johnny R. Reblando

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