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BY DING CERVANTES

CLARK FREEPORT – Plansare afoot to revert back thename of the Diosdado

Macapagal International Airport(DMIA) here to simply Clark Inter-national Airport (CIA) purportedlyfor “practical purposes.”

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Move to junk Macapagalname of Clark airport bared

Clark International Air-port Corp. (CIAC) vicepresident for operationsReynaldo Catacutan con-firmed this in a telephoneinterview yesterday, butsaid that the proposal hasyet to be tackled by theCIAC board on Nov. 18.

However, Catacutandeclined to give more dataon the proposal nor did hereveal who initiated themove, saying that themove still has to be madeknown to Pres. Aquino. Hesaid the issue could be

BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – More than 100participants, including promoters ofPalawan’s Subterranean River andSabah of Malaysia, joined the three-day North Philippines (NorthPhil)Tourism and Travel Expo 2011 atthe SM City Clark here over theweekend.

This was according to Central

Palawan, Sabah join NorthPhil tourism expoLuzon Tourism Director Ronnie Tio-tuico who led the closing ceremo-nies of the NorthPhil on Sunday.Punto Central Luzon is a media part-ner of the trade and tourism expoheld from November 11-13.

Tiotuico disclosed that the 6thNorthPhil expo had been joined bytourism promoters from the Visayasand Mindanao and the Sabah Tour-ism Board.

The Cebu Pacific booth at SM Clark.ALL PHOTOS BY RIC GONZALES

Tour operator Alvin Queck and Sabah TourismBoard George Yapp and Tracylynn Jutili at theirbooth.

Aurora Gov. Bellaflor Castillo (3rd from left) and Cebu Pacific’s Candice Iyog (right) lead theceremonial ribbon-cutting of the NorthPhil expo at the SM Clark on Friday. Joining them are (L-R) SBMA’s Garcia, NorthPhil event organizer Edith Collado, Central Luzon Tourism Council headLydia Co and Pampanga Board Member Tars Halili.

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Cebu Pacific is official airline partner “We have here people fromDavao and Palawan promotingtheir respective area,” Tiotuico said.

He added that Palawan’s par-ticipation is timely as the PuertoPrincesa Subterranean River hassuccessfully landed on the New 7Wonders of Nature internationalpoll.

Tiotuico said “now they under-stand the importance of promotingand marketing through trade andtourism expo.” He added that the

NI DINO BALABO

BUSTOS, Bulacan – Wa-lang silbi ang synchroniza-tion ng dam protocol sapagpapalabas ng tubigkung hindi magtatayo ngsariling tinggalan ng tubigo reservoir ang MayniladWater Services Inc., (May-nilad).

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SP: Maynilad dapatmagtayo ng reservoir

sa bayang ito noong Hu-webes (Nobyembre 10) nadinaluhan ng mga opisyalsa lalawigan at mganamamahala sa dam.

Ang nasabing sesyonay isinagawa upangmatukoy ang dahilan ngmalalalim at malawakangpagbaha na nagpalubogsa mga bayan ngHagonoy, Calumpit, Paom-bong at Lungsod ng Malo-los noong nakaraang bu-

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – No “botcha” for the“noche buena” table.

This is the objective ofthe establishment of morecheckpoints, includingmobile ones, in variousparts of Central Luzon par-ticularly in Bulacan to-wards Metro Manila.

Maricel Cruz, chief ofthe public affairs office ofthe Bulacan provincial gov-ernment, said the increasein the number of check-points was also coupledwith the stricter monitoringof slaughterhouses in allpublic markets in her prov-ince as the Christmasseason nears.

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Target: No ‘botcha’for Noche Buena”

helmino Alvarado wrote toall the 24 municipal andcity mayors in the provinceas well as to Bulacan po-lice director Senior Supt.Fernando H. Mendez Jr. toback operations againstthe illegal trade of hotmeat, known as “botcha.”

Alvarado said thosetransporting meat shouldhave the livestock handlerslicense from the Depart-ment of Agriculture. Live-stock traders must acquirea veterinary health certifi-cate from licensed veteri-narians while meat dealersshould have a shippingpermit from the ProvincialVeterinary Office (PVO),

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NOTICEALEMART CORPORATION for its protection

and that of its wholesalers and customersannounces that the following official receipts:155601-155650 issued to its San FernandoSales Office cannot be accounted by theSales Office. Any payment evidenced by theabove receipts will not be honored by theCompany pending investigation

PEDRO S. TAN President

Punto! Central Luzon: October 21-November 18, 2011

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EF No. 229-11Punto Central Luzon

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended

filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND with its office addressat Suburbia Commercial Center; Maimpis, City of San Fernando,Pampanga against ROMMEL J. ROGACION, with residence and postaladdress at EM’s Barrio, Camp Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampangato satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 15, 2011amounts to EIGHT HUNDRED ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDREDSEVENTY FOUR & 64/100 (Php 801,174.64) PESOS excluding penalties,charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersignedEx-Officio Sheriff and/or her duly authorized Sheriff IV will sell at publicauction on December 6, 2011 at 10:00 am or soon thereafter (from 9:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), at the main entrance of the RTC Bldg., City of SanFernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH/or Manager’sCheck and in Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all theimprovements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 602170-RA parcel of land (Lot 5, Blk. 11 of the cons. and subd. plan,

Pcs-03-011855, being a portion of the consolidated lots 1, Pcs-03-010506, Lot 1, Pcs-03-011271, Lot 132, Pcs-03-000027,Lot 133-B-1, Lot 133-B-3 and Lot 133-B-5, all of Psd-03-123813,L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Malino and Panipuan,Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. of Pampanga. xxx containing an areaof FIFTY (50) SQUARE METERS. xxx

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date.”

“In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on DECEMBER 13, 2011 without further notice.”

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, October 24, 2011.

REMIGIO L. DICHOSO ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA Sheriff IV Clerk of Court VI

& Ex-Officio Sheriffcc: HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND

Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, San Fernando, Pampanga

ROMMEL J. ROGACIONEm’s Barrio, Camp Olivas, San Fernando, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 1, 8 & 15, 2011

he added.The mayors also re-

ceived copies of the re-cently approved ProvincialHot Meat Ordinance whichprohibits the transport anddistribution of the meatfrom dead disease-strick-en hogs. They were urged

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Target: No ‘botcha’ for Noche Buena”to strictly implement thesaid law which also pro-vides for the closure of anyviolating slaughterhouse.

Provincial veterinarianDr. Voltaire Basinang re-ported that 10 hot meattraders passing throughBulacan were recently al-ready apprehended by thePVO in coordination with

the Bulacan ProvincialPolice Office and its Pro-vincial Public Safety Com-pany headed by Supt. FitzMacariola.

Basinang said thataside from conductingcheckpoints, the PVO isalso conducting regularinspection of slaughter-houses and markets.

He advised the publicto look for the seal of in-spection and meat inspec-tion certificate before buy-ing from any meat vendor.“If they are using coloredlights at their stalls or iftheir prices are too

low, chances are it’shot meat,” Basinang said.

–Ding Cervantes

BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY - Pres.Aquino’s announcement ofpending US explorationsin the contested Spratlysislands where he con-firmed “substantial gasdeposits” is likely to fur-ther provoke “political, dip-lomatic war” with otherAsian neighbors.

“The statement of thePresident will foment fur-ther tension and more dip-lomatic rows in theSpratlys. It will escalatethe ongoing political warbetween Manila andBeijing and may soonspark diplomatic tensionswith Manila and Taiwan,Manila and Malaysia, Ma-nila and Brunei and Manilaand Vietnam, the left-lean-ing fisherfolk alliance Pam-bansang Lakas ng Kilus-ang Mamamalakaya ngPilipinas (Pamalakaya)said in a statement yes-terday.

Pamalakaya nationalchairman Fernando Hicapsaid “Mr. Aquino is lead-ing this country into a longrunning and protracted dip-lomatic war with other

PAMALAKAYA SAYS

PNoy’s Hawaii speech on Spratlys invites ‘war’Asian neighbors”, as helamented that the Presi-dent’s statement in Hawaiireflected the administra-tion’s subservience to USinterests.

Hicap said the Aquinogovernment is set to bid 15offshore mining contractsto oil exploration giantsbased in the UnitedStates, Australia and Eu-rope. At least 40 oil andgas firms in Australia hadsignified to explore theNorthwest and East ofPalawan which are verynear the disputed Spratlysgroup of islands.

The President con-firmed rich oil and gas de-posits in the Spratleys areaduring a press conferenceat the Asia Pacific Eco-nomic Cooperation(APEC) forum in Honolu-lu, Hawaii. He said that thenatural deposits in thearea were so huge as to“dwarf” the Malampaya oilfields off Palawan and thatby next year, a US firmwould start operations inthe gas-rich territory.

Hicap said the Presi-dent’s statement was notonly “despicable” but also

“an open invitation to plun-der and war.”

“The President was tell-ing the people of the worldthat he would do practical-ly everything, anything toplease Washington D.Cand the oil exploration gi-ant-clients of the BarackObama administration,”said Hicap.

Pamalakaya has alsocriticized the US$ 127 mil-lion aid package the Aus-tralian governmentlaunched for world’s poorbut mineral rich nationslike the Philippines.

“The oil and gas mo-nopolies in Canberra, Syd-ney and even Melbournewant a lion’s share of theoil and gas explorations inSpratlys and other un-tapped oil and gas re-sources all over the coun-try,” the group said.

“Let us call spade a

spade. The US and theAustralian government areinvesting their dollars tomake sure of their alloca-tions to some 3.3 trillioncubic meters of oil and gasdeposits in Spratlys,” Hi-cap said.

Pamalakaya said 40prominent Australian oiland gas exploration com-panies, which include,among others the top cor-porations in this disciplinenamely the Anglican Re-sources Plc., Shell,Apache, Chevron, AWTInternational, Black Swan,CalEnergy, Cue EnergyResources, ENI Australia,Exxon, Neon Energy, OttoEnergy, Woodside andTap Oil expressed keeninterest to conduct oil andgas explorations in Philip-pine ocean waters andother areas being claimedby the Philippine govern-

ment in Spratlys group ofislands.

Last May, Pamalakayawrote to Australian SenatePresident John Hogg forhim to “intervene and con-vince Australian oil andgas exploration firms tocease from conducting off-shore mining activities inPhilippine waters due to oiland gas hunt’s negativeimpact on the environmentand fishing livelihood.”

“We humbly ask yourgood office to make thenecessary action, one ofthem perhaps, is to orderthe 40 Australian offshoremining firms to cease anddesist from conducting oiland gas explorations in thePhilippines to prevent an-other looming destructionof the Philippine water re-sources and wholesalecollapse of fishing liveli-hood,” Pamalakaya said

in its letter to the Austra-lian senator.

Pamalakaya said “oiland gas explorations driv-en by super profit motiva-tion and grand accumula-tion of foreign capital arehighly inimical to the col-lective interest of the 104million Filipinos and pos-es extreme danger tosmall fisherfolk livelihoodand marine environment.”

Pamalakaya cited thecase of off shore miningdone at Tanon Strait be-tween Negros and Cebuislands in 2005. “JapanPetroleum ExplorationCorporation (Japex) Inc.was allowed to conductoffshore mining in TanonStrait, a protected sea-scape separating the is-land provinces of Negrosand Cebu. The result wasa general disaster,” it not-ed.

BY ARMAND GALANG

GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija –Gov. Aurelio Umali is notkeen on the installation ofclosed circuit television(CCTV) cameras at thespillgates of the giant Pan-tabangan Dam, saying thisis not the best solution tomonitor the rise in flood-waters in the province’swaterways.

Umali told newsmenthat the history of the damis the most important fac-tor in the release of waterso people could prepare forfloods instead of relying onCCTVs where imagesbeamed by these camer-as would help feed localofficials and residents ac-curate and early informa-tion on water levels.

Umali was comment-ing on plans in other areashosting various dam sys-tems to put up CCTVs asmonitoring mechanisms toprevent overflowing andtrigger floods.

Earlier, Bulacan Gov.Wilhelmino Sy-Alvaradoraised the possibility ofinstalling CCTVs at thespillgates of Angat, Ipo andBustos dams and majorrivers of the province withthe monitoring systems tobe set up at the opera-tions center of the Bula-

Umali: Dam records vital in disaster preparednesscan provincial disaster riskreduction and manage-ment office (PDRDMO) atthe capitol compound.

The plan was apparent-ly hatched when flood rav-aged the towns of Calump-it and Hagonoy at theheight of typhoons“Pedring” and “Quiel”which was reportedly ag-gravated by the release ofwater from the three dams.

Umali said Nueva Eci-ja was able to prevent se-vere flooding during ty-phoons because its ownPDRRMO thoroughlystudied the history of wa-ter release of the Panta-bangan Dam. “What ismore important in place ofthe CCTV is to know thedam’s history – its inflowand outflow and its storagecapacity – so dam regula-tors will be guided on whatshould be done,” he said.

Umali stressed that theprovince has effectivelyhandled past calamitieswith consistent monitoringof low pressure areas andreleasing water from thedam and other irrigationsystems ahead of thecoming typhoons.

The Pantabangan isthe country’s biggest irri-gation system, irrigating102,000 hectares of agri-cultural lands in Nueva

Ecija and Central Luzon.Umali cited that during

typhoon “Ondoy,” the prov-ince suffered zero casual-ty because the UpperPampanga river IntegratedIrrigation Systems whichruns the PantabanganDam released water sev-eral days before the ty-phoon came.

Dr. Abraham Pascua,provincial director of theDepartment of the Interiorand Local Governmentsand PDRRMO co-chair-man, said that at theheight of “Pepeng” in 2009,UPRIIS released water pri-or to the onset of the su-pertyphoon, thus, prevent-ing it from reaching spill-ing level.

He added that during afour-day period in Octoberlast year at the height oftyphoon “Juan,” water lev-el at the dam was record-ed at only between 194meters to 197 meters, waybelow the spillway level of221 meters because UP-RIIS already released wa-ter before the typhooncame.

“If you don’t managethe dam well enough andits water release, then youwill surely end in disaster,”he said, recalling the ex-perience that befell Pan-gasinan when water over-

flowing from the SanRoque Dam caused mas-sive flooding.

Umali said the prov-ince’s systematic han-dling of irrigation systemshas earned A recognitionas a role model of disas-ter management and riskreduction among local gov-ernment units in the coun-try. This prompted theSpanish government toextend 3.4 million euros(P203.2 million) worth ofgrant to the provincial gov-ernment to furtherstrengthen its capability torespond to disaster andcalamity situations andimplement rehabilitationprograms.

The grant, the first of itskind involving disaster riskreduction, was extendedby the Spanish Coopera-tion Agency for Develop-ment (AECID) which en-tered into a project partner-ship agreement with theLocal Government Acade-my - an attached agencyof the DILG - to strengthenlocal governments’ disas-ter preparedness and re-sponse. It is now beingused to fund the trainingcomponent, infrastructureand livelihood componentsof the program in selectcities and municipalities ofthe province.

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Cebu Pacific Ad

BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT– Investment pledges fromlocal investors reached anall-time high of $1.07 bil-lion here in the first ninemonths of this year, entire-ly dominating the arenawith 72 out of the 95projects approved by theSubic Bay MetropolitanAuthority (SBMA) in thesaid period.

According to a period-ical report released by theSBMA Business and In-vestment Group, the Sub-ic Freeport generated newinvestments worth $1.08billion from January toSeptember this year.

Of this, a full $1.07 bil-lion or 99.18 percent of thetotal were proposed by Fil-ipino-owned companies.

Meanwhile, foreign di-rect investments (FDIs)dropped by 99.21 percentfrom $1.12 billion to $8.8million for the same peri-od this year, the report in-dicated.

With more and biggerprojects, local investorsalso dominated the Top 10list of approved projects interms of committed invest-ments for the period, andshifted the bulk of invest-ment pledges from servic-es and logistics to ener-gy-related ventures.

SBMA records for the

Local investmentsin Subic reach

$1.07-B in Jan-Septperiod January-September2011 showed that threenew renewable energyprojects with committedinvestments totaling morethan $1.03 billion, becamethe Freeport’s top threeinvestors, comprising 97percent of total local in-vestment pledges.

Topping the Top 10 listof local investors are En-ergy Logics Solar Hold-ings, Inc., which pledged$458.5 million in August toestablish and operate asolar energy project;Jobin-SQM, Inc., with$300 million in January toengage in new renewable,non-conventional and en-vironment-friendly energysources and systems;and Energy Logics Philip-pines, Inc., with $280 mil-lion in August to develop,install, construct and op-erate a utility-scale windenergy project.

Meanwhile, MultifrontMarketing Corp. landed inthe fourth place with $22.7million for the importationand trading of lubricants,automotive and industrialdiesel, fuels and other oil-based products. Numberfive is Rowena MinooSamurai, Inc., which com-mitted $1.5 million to en-gage in a constructionbusiness.

In the sixth place isFirst Subic Food Ventures

Corp., with $932,000 toestablish a McDonald’sfast-food chain; followedby Flight and SimulatorTraining, Inc. with$900,000 for an aviationand flight training school.Taking the eighth place isSegara Subic Bay Proper-ties, Inc. with $699,137 for

the establishment hotels,dormitories, or boardinghouses, restaurants, andother leisure and recre-ational facilities.

The last two projects inthe same list are TornwallVex Corporation with$488,372 to engage in thewholesale and retail of var-

ious electronic products,resins, steel and other re-lated merchandise; andGreen Expertise AlliedServices with $465,000 forthe trading of hazardouswaste, scrap materialsand other related services.

With the biggestprojects proposed by en-

ergy-related ventures, theutility sector has toppedthe field of investment gen-eration in the Subic BayFreeport with total commit-ted investments worth$738.5 million since Jan-uary. The manufacturingsector followed with a to-tal of $301.37 million.

BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – Nestled in a quietsubdivision here is a newly-openedresort ideal for weddings, birthdaysand other gatherings.

Businessman Jay Del Rosariocalled it “Isla” – a carefully-designedresort at the heart of Town and Coun-try Subdivision in Barangay PulungBulu. He derived it from the name ofthe village meaning island in the na-tive dialect.

“It’s no ordinary resort. We have in-stilled Capampangan culture in it,”said Del Rosario shortly after Isla’sopening on November 12.

He disclosed that Isla is inspiredby the pre-colonial (Spanish) set-up ofPampanga.

No less than Capampangan cul-ture advocate Mike Pangilinan, paint-er Ronnie Tayag of this city and Shirl-ey Sanders, landscaper of the Ayalaprojects, helped Del Rosario put up his“dream business” at the old site of hishollow blocks making firm.

“I am a landscaper and I find peacewhen I do it. I also find peace whenI’m in a beautiful place like Isla,” saidDel Rosario, who sold his thriving Du-raBlocks firm to pursue “a calling.”

“I will get old fast and be full ofstress if I had not sold Durablocks,”added Del Rosario in a jest.

Isla’s main features include a swim-ming pool, a clubhouse called “Lakan-dula,” and yes, for lovers, a honey-moon sweet room dubbed “Balebalay-an.” The resort sits on a 2,200 square-meter property.

Asked for the price of renting Isla,Del Rosario said “it’s very competitive.”

“Anything is possible at Isla. Onlywhat our clients want will happen,” headded.

Isla: Peace and culture in a stylish Angeles resort

The Lakandula clubhouse ofIsla resort in Angeles City.

Photos by Ric Gonzales

The lovers’ honeymoon suite whose design isinspired by pre-colonial set-up.

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WEDNESDAY LAST week, I wrote here about Senator MiriamDefensor-Santiago’s “anti-epal” bill, officially billed as “An ActProhibiting Public Officers from Claiming Credit Through SignageAnnouncing a Public Worls Project.

This Sunday, wanting to take my mind off the grand robbery inVegas, I rummaged through my old files, and found this piece on asimilar concern, published here on November 26, 2008.

Billing the boardTHERE USED to hang a billboard along infamous “Jopilan” Streetin San Francisco, Mabalacat town that read:

“The cementing of this road is a project of GOV. MARK LAPIDin coordination with Mayor Marino “Boking” Morales

through the efforts of MR. JUN CASTRO.”That is a representative sampling of all billboards – now better

known as tarpaulins – that have been made integral to governmentprojects. There are even times when the tarpaulins have all buttotally disintegrated at the project sites before the actual worksget started.

Our sample captures the real element and trueend of these types of billboards – an expensiveexercise in ego massage, to fool the people attheir own expense. Tax money being used to payfor the billboards, from their design and printing,to their posting.

While we recognize the need for some sort ofinformation on the projects, if only to let the peopleknow of what their government is doing for them,we at the same time become leery when theinformation is not on the project but on somecharacter that have had some small thing to dowith it.

There, the propaganda of self takes primacyover the projection of deed. Name and face recallbelieved to be more lasting. Which to a greatnumber of blokes is what would win them votes.To their utter political peril.

A case in point is our very sample. Lapidmiserably lost – the tail-ender in the gubernatorialelection of 2007. Castro – for all his vaunted warchest – was a sorry mismatch to the unheraldedAtlas Morales in last year’s barangay electionsin Dau, Mabalacat.

And, in contrast, Boking, microscopicallyfonted in that billboard like a mere afterthought,has remained lord of Mabalacat for anunprecedented, incredible five terms now – in athree-term post – and still counting.

Then, there was the practice of the late,lamented Mayor Tirso Lacanilao when it came tothese billboards. They simply came in big boldletters: “This is a project of the people of Apalit.”Be they posted along roads under construction,buildings under rehabilitation or attached togarbage trucks and police vehicles.

And Lacanilao, beloved Mayor Pogi, to hisconstituents overwhelmed all the challengers tohis post for three terms.

Thus well on the right track is this latest moveat the sangguniang panlalawigan to “standardize”billboards in project sites to contain primarily“important information regarding the provincialgovernment’s development plans, ventures andundertakings deemed beneficial forKapampangans.”

“First and foremost, billboards of this kind mustannounce that the project is for the people andby the people. It should send a clear messagethat the provincial government is returning to thepeople of Pampanga their taxes through thesebeneficial projects, and that it is not through the

instance of a single official but the entirety of theadministration in concurrence with theKapampangan constituency here.”

So said so well and so rightly Art Punzalan,executive assistant to Vice Governor Yeng Guiao,who has been tasked to do some prototypes ofthe standardized billboards.

Guided by the SP’s direction, Punzalan saidthe messages will cut through clearly as thebillboard would contain information on the project’stitle, location, cost, contractor, timeline and thevery important source of funds, topped by a hugelogo of the provincial government and a title thatreads “A development Project for the People ofPampanga in cooperation with (name of partneragency or LGU).”

Clear as a whistle is both medium andmessage there. So unlike the current“Pamisaupan” billboards that hang around somegovernment projects.

With the smiling mug of Gov. Eddie T. Panliliodominant, and “Pamisaupan” in bolder andbigger fonts than “Provincial Government ofPampanga” and the hardly readable scantinformation about it, the people are led to believethat the whole project is Panlilio’s personalundertaking.

“The vice governor and the SP stressed thatsuch billboards must show that all developmentprojects emanating from the capitol arecoordinated undertakings for the people ofPampanga in cooperation with the various localgovernment units involved. This must be clear andunderstandable to the people, especially thosecritical of the projects and those who keenlymonitor such,” Punzalan said.

Yeah, as it is an equal partner with theexecutive in provincial governance, the boardshould be billed right there as co-actor in thedelivery of services to the people.

Yeah, where billing is fair, no star complexesthere.

NOW WHATEVER happened to that proposedSP resolution?

Did it ever pass the committee level? Or wasit no more than a flash of brilliance as easily gonepffft?

Sayang, the SP could have had the self-fulfillment – if not the bragging rights – of havingpredated Maid Miriam by three years on such alandmark legislation.

Zona LibreBong Z. Lacson

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Pa-pogiNO MEXICAN stand-off but sheer grandstandingcurrently obtains in the local government of, well,Mexico, Pampanga.

His confidence boosted probably by the Mexicanchallenger Juan Manuel Marquez, Councilor RexCalma challenged the sitting Mayor Teddy Tumang toa “face-off.”

Tumang is reported to have hurled accusations ofanomalies at the sangguniang bayan, specifically ona P20,000 monthly fund for construction materials.

“I challenge Mayor Tumang to a face-off and provehis counter allegations. Kami mayroong proof anddocuments sa aming nalalaman sa kanyang mgaginagawa. He should also show proof about hisaccusations.”So was Calma quoted in the media, andwent on to request the Commission on Audit for a“special audit” on all his “transactions/vouchers” fromJuly 2004 to the present.

Tumang has consistently dismissed all allegationsagainst him as baseless, claiming he has beencleared by the proper authorities, and – for goodmeasure – proffering the Seal of Good Housekeepingthe municipal government of Mexico received recentlyfrom the Department of Interior and Local Governmentas indubitable proof of not only his innocence fromthe councilor’s charges but of the excellence of hisleadership.

Yeah, some self-promotional boost there. More bythe carping Calma than the triumphing Tumang.

Red-freePAMPANGA IS insurgency-free.

So declared Col. Gregorio Pio P. Catapang,commander of the Pampanga-based 703rd Brigadeof the 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army.

Catapang based his declaration on Pampangabeing now a “business hub harnessing unprecedenteddevelopment, which provides employment andlivelihood considered key in poverty alleviation.”

The alleviation of poverty being itself the key in thesolution of the insurgency, to follow Catapang’s logic.

So, where are those demand letters for revolutionarytaxes coming from?

“No more than criminal extortionists exploiting totheir advantage the dogmas of political radicals.”

We take your word for it, Colonel.

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Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Ginang Arroyo,ginigipit ng husto?

(KARUGTONG NG SINUNDANG ISYU)

YAN AY panggigipit na maituturingPara sa isang naging Pangulo pa mandin,Pagkat ano’t hindi magawang hintayinNg mga yan ang siya’y tuluyang gumaling

Bago nila ito ipitin ng hustoBase sa kung anong posibleng ikasoNa naa-ayon sa legal na prosesoNg saligang batas ang magiging takbo?

At di gaya nitong akusasyon pa langAy inaalisan na ng karapatanNi Leila de Lima at ng MalakanyangSi Ginang Arroyo upang bumiyahe yan.

Eh bakit nang sina Senador AquinoAng nagkarun ng mas mabigat na kaso,At ‘death by musketry’ pa ang hatol ditoNg batas militar; at ‘affirmed-in-toto’

Ng ‘highest tribunal’ ang nasabing hatol,Ay pinayagan pa ni Pangulong MacoyUpang makaalis ng bansa si NinoyPara sa isang delikadong operasyon?

Samantalang dito ay mayrun din namanTayong ‘Heart Center’ na puedeng gumawa n’yan,(Kaya lang si Ninoy walang tiwala riyanDahil kay Imelda raw ang ‘center’ na yan?)

Gayon din naman si Pangulong Estrada,Na ‘plunder’ pa mandin ang naging kaso niya,Pero ganun man ay pinagbigyan siyaUpang sa ibang bansa rin magpa-opera

Gayong animo ay natural na yataKay sir ang maglakad na paika-ika,Dala ng tuhod niya na medyo mahina,Kaya’t ang sakit ay di naman malubha

Na kagaya nitong dinaranas ngayonNi Arroyo na ni hindi makalingon,At makaya niyang mag-isang bumangonNg walang alalay o kaya katulong.

Kaya ito pa ba ang hindi mabigyanNg pahintulot upang magamot ang kanyangNapakabigat na uring karamdaman,Na kung ilang ulit ng naoperahan?

(Pero hanggang ngayon ay di bumubutiAng kalagayan ng dating Presidente,Na patuloy pa rin yatang tumitindiDala ng ‘ban’ na siya ay di makabiyahe).

Gayong kumpara kay Ninoy at EstradaAy wala pa sa kalingkingan kumbagaAng akusasyon ng mga ‘detractors’ niyaSa naging kaso ng dalawang nauna.

Anong ‘graft practices’ mayrun si ArroyoPara masampahan ng ‘plunder’ na kaso?Sapat na ba ang pahayag ng kung sinoUpang alisan ng karapatan ito?

Na bumiyahe anumang oras naisinPartikular na sa katulad po mandinNg dating Pangulo, na kung tutuusinAy dapat bigyan na kaukulang pansin.

Gaya halimbawa ng ginawa noonNi Macoy kay Ninoy, na tatay ni P-Noy,At ni PGMA sa isang akusadongTulad ni Estrada kahit nakakulong!

RegardingHenry

Henrylito D. Tacio

Sea cucumber forfood and health

ALTHOUGH they are called sea cucumbers, they are notvegetables. They are actually marine animals which have tough,thick leathery skin. To most people, they are ugly. One Americanwriter describes them as “big slug-like blobs that move aroundon side-by-side pedal-like feet.”

But to some people, sea cucumbers are delectable. AcrossAsia, they have long been a staple in peoples’ diets, mainly insoups, stews and stir-fries. They are highly nutritious – describedas “an ideal tonic food” -- as they provide more protein and lessfat than most foods. “Like tofu, it is flavorless but absorbs theflavors of its surrounding seasonings and foods,” wrote anepicurean.

Although not popular among Filipino consumers, dried seacucumbers are used as an ingredient in preparing mixed seafoodand ho-to-tay dishes served in regular Chinese restaurants.

In a complicated process of boiling and smoke-drying, theskin of sea cucumbers – also known by the more dulcet Frenchsobriquet bêche-de-mer – is dried for preservation purposes andlater rehydrated for use in cooking.

In Malaysia, they’re called trepang, inJapan, namako, and in the Philippines, balatanor putian. The Chinese poach the sea cukes,smother them in a thick sauce of garlic, ginger,onion and soy sauce and call them hai sum.

In some parts of Europe, whole bêche-de-mer can be stuffed with a filling of pork,cornstarch and chopped fried fish. Cooked freshand quickly on a hot griddle, espardenyes areserved with olive, sea salt and a squeeze oflemon in Spain.

Like their terrestrial cousins, sea cucumberscan — unsurprisingly, perhaps — also be pickled.

In China, sea cucumber (called as hai shen,which translates roughly into “sea ginseng”) isnot only revered as food but also a source ofmedicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, seacucumbers are used in treating weakness,impotence, constipation due to intestinaldryness, frequent urination, and joint problems.

In recent years, science has proven that seacucumbers contain medicinal properties. Dr.Subhuti Dharmananda, director of the Institutefor Traditional Medicine in Portland, Oregon,reports: “Sea cucumber is a rich source ofmucopolysaccharides, mainly chondroitinsulfate, which is well-known for its ability toreduce arthritis pain. Chondroitin’s action issimilar to that of glucosamine sulfate, the mainbuilding block of chondroitin.”

Studies done in Russia, Japan and Chinaalso found sea cucumbers to contain saponins(triterpene glycosides). These compounds havea structure similar to the active constituents ofginseng and other famous tonic herbs.Pharmacology studies indicate anti-inflammatory properties of the saponins foundin sea cucumbers.

Promising new research indicates that thesaponin content and fatty acids in seacucumber may possibly be useful as an agentto treat malignant growths and diseases.Moreover, those same constituents may alsobe responsible for antiviral activities that haveshown promise in inhibiting herpes viruses.

The effectiveness of sea cucumber extractin tissue repair has been the subject of seriousstudy abroad. It is believed that the seacucumber contains all the fatty acids necessaryto play an active role in tissue repair.

Sometimes, internal organs such as gonadsand intestines are fermented or dried to producehigh priced specialty products used as dietarysupplements.

Some people believe sea cucumberspossess some aphrodisiac powers. The reasonfor this belief is the peculiar reaction of thecreature on being kneaded or disturbed slightlywith fingers. It swells and stiffens and a jet ofwater is released from one end. This behavioris similar to the erection and subsequentejaculation of the male sexual organ.

By the way, people in Palau use the seacucumber to protect their feet when walking inthe reef. They squeeze the sea cucumber untilit squirts out sticky threads, which they put ontheir feet. Even though this practice may soundharsh, the sea cucumber returns to the reefunharmed.

Eating sea cucumber is not without itshazards. Last April of this year in Cebu, twopeople died while four others were in critical

condition after eating a fried sea cucumberdelicacy, according to a news report.

The source of the information said that hoursafter eating, the victims started feelingabdominal pains and breathing difficulties. Bythe time they were rushed to the hospital, theywere already dehydrated.

Interviewed by ABS-CBN, Assistant RegionalDirector of Bureau of Fisheries and AquaticResources Allan Poquit explained that seacucumber, a herbivore, is not known for beingpoisonous but it secretes blue ink from its skinwhich is potentially lethal to any predators.“Something must have gone wrong when [thevictims] prepared the food,” he was quoted assaying.

He urged that when eating sea cucumber,the consumer should clean the skin thoroughlyand boil it before frying to ensure its safety forconsumption.

“Sea cucumbers make a substantialcontribution to the economies of coastalcommunities,” said the United Nations Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO). For almosta century, the harvesting and processing of seacucumbers has been a source of income formany Filipino families.

Today, it is a multi-million dollar industry. Inthe United States, price rate of dried seacucumber is pegged at US$180 to US$250 perkilogram. “There is a big export market for seacucumbers particularly for Hong Kong, China,Korea and Japan,” says Dr. Rafael D. GuerreroIII, executive director of the Laguna-basedPhilippine Council for Aquatic and MarineResearch and Development (PCAMRD).

Asia and the Pacific are the top seacucumber producing regions, generating some20,000 to 40,000 tons per year, according toFAO. Indonesia tops them all, with thePhilippines trailing behind.

The demand for this homely undersea animalis high. And it is for this reason why seacucumber populations across the globe are“increasingly in trouble.” The Philippines is acase in point. “Yes, we used to have a lot ofsea cucumbers in our coastal areas,” admitsDr. Guerrero. “They have been depleted becauseof over-harvesting.”

This is supported by a new FAO report. Seacucumber stocks are under intense fishingpressure throughout the world, it says. Mosthigh value commercial species have beendepleted. In Asia and the Pacific region, themost sought-after species are largely depleted.

“The fast pace of development of seacucumber f isheries to supply growinginternational demand is placing most fisheriesand many sea cucumber species at risk,” saida new FAO study, Sea Cucumbers: A GlobalReview of Fisheries and Trade.

Sea cucumber management plans specificto local circumstances need to be developed,the study urged. These could include suchmeasures as establishing catch quotas andminimum size limits, closures during breedingseasons, and better monitoring of the status ofstocks.

Other additional threats for sea cucumberpopulations worldwide, according to FAO areglobal warming, habitat destruction, and illegalfishing.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 56ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OFENTRY IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OFMINOR CHILD EIRENE NICOLE YABUT RABOR,

CHARINA CAPULONG YABUT-RABOR(Biological Mother of MinorChild)

Petitioner,SP. PROC. NO. (11) 8693

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THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ANGELESCITY, THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE, THE REPUBLICOF THE PHILIPPINES, AS REPRESENTED BYTHE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL,THE OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR OFANGELES CITY,

Respondents.x——————————————————————-——x

ORDERA verified petition having been filed by Charina Capulong Yabut-

Rabor praying that after due notice, publication and hearing judgment berendered directing, the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City,and the National Statistics Office, manila to correct in their records theclerical error in the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner as to her sex/gender from “MALE” to “FEMALE”, which appears to be sufficient inform and substance, set the hearing of said petition on December 5,2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning on which date and time, all personsinterested may appear and show cause, should they have any, whythe petition should not be granted.

Let copies of this Order be published once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the provinceof Pampanga and Angeles City at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copies of this Order and petition be furnished the Officeof the Local Civil registrar of Angeles City, the Civil Registrar Generaland the Office of the Solicitor General.

SO ORDEREDAngeles City, October 20, 2011.

IRIN ZENAIDA S. BUAN Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 1, 8 & 15, 2011

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGIONCity of San Fernando (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX- OFFICIO SHERIFF

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND,Mortgagee, EJF No. 239-11

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DORIS B. BAKER,Mortgagor.

x————————————————————xNOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE

(Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118)Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended,

filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, mortgagee, withprincipal address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of SanFernando, Pampanga, against DORIS B. BAKER, mortgagor, withresidence and postal address at Lot 3, Blk. 17, Fortuneville Subd. III,Panipuan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of July 15, 2011 amounts to ONE MILLIONEIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDREDNINETY SEVEN and 92/100 PESOS (P1,871,297.92) excluding interestand other charges, the undersigned Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriffand/or her duly authorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on December6, 2011 from 9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59P.M. at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court Building, City ofSan Fernando (P), to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’SCHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all theimprovements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 640049-R“ A parcel of land (Lot 7 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-03-

012468 being a portion of cons lots 1 to 16, blk 1, Pcs-03-011855, LRC Rec No. ), situated in the Bo. of Malino &Panipuan City of San Fdo.,. x x x containing an area of SIXTYFIVE (65) Square Meters, more or less x x x “

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on December 13, 2011, without further notice.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, October 27, 2011.

ATTY. JOSELEA YRAOLA FLORIA ARNOLF F. OCAMPO Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff Sheriff IV

cc: HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND DORIS B. BAKERSuburbia Comm’l Center, Maimpis Lot 3, Blk. 17, Fortuneville Subd. III,City of San Fernando, Pampanga Panipuan, City of San Fernando, Pamp.

PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: November 7, 14 & 21, 2011

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of AMADO C. MALLARI SR.who died intestate on May 18, 2006 in Angeles City executed an ExtrajudicialSettlement with Waiver of Rights of his estate more particularly describedas a parcel of land located Bagong Silang Phase I, Pulung Cacutud,Angeles City containing an area of Two Hundred Fifty (250) square maters.

Punto! Central Luzon: November 14, 21 & 28, 2011

“politically sensitive.”But a source who

asked not to be identifiedas he was not authorizedto talk about the proposalsaid the move had “noth-ing to do with politics” amidthe string of criminal andother cases being broughtagainst former Pres. Glo-ria Macapagal-Arroyo,daughter of former Pres.Diosdado Macapagal afterwhom the airport here wasnamed in 2003 during herterm.

“The name of Diosda-do Macapagal, who re-mains to be revered by hisfellow Kapampangans, willstill be retained under theproposal for the existing

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Move to junk Macapagal name...airport terminal to benamed after him. Thus,the existing terminal wouldbe called DiosdadoMacapagal terminal I,while the entire aviationcomplex which covers2,500 hectares would benamed Clark Internationalairport,” the source said.

He also cited the“practical side” of the pro-posal. “After the Ameri-cans abandoned theirformer US air force baseand the area was declareda freeport, a proposal torename it was defeated bythose who insisted that thename Clark is alreadyknown and should be cap-italized on to attract for-eign investors,” he said.

“This is the same rea-

son for the proposal toname the airport here asClark. This is apart fromthe fact that most foreign-ers rather find the name ofthe former Kapampanganpresident hard to remem-ber and pronounce,” hesaid.

In 1995, former Pres.Ramos declared the Clarkairport here as “the futuresite of the country’s pre-miere international airport.”

In 2003 during the termof former Pres. Arroyo, itwas renamed after her latefather by former Clark De-velopment Corp. presidentEmmanuel Angeles whomshe later appointed chair-man of the Commission onHigher Education.

Only recently, Trans-

portation and Communica-tions Sec. Manuel Roxasbared plans to transfer thecountry’s premiere airportto Clark amid proposals tosell the old Ninoy AquinoInternational Airport toraise funds for such move.

This freeport used to beknown as Clark US AirForce Base until the Amer-icans left it following thepending eruption of Mt.Pinatubo in 1992, coupledwith the junking of the US-RP Military Bases Agree-ment by the PhilippineSenate.

The base was namedafter Maj. Harold Clark ofthe US Army Signal Corpswho died in a seaplanecrash in the Panama Ca-nal on May 2, 1919.

wan.Nagpahayag naman ng

pagkagulat ang mga opi-syal ng lalawigan sa pag-bubulgar sa nasabing se-syon ni Inhinyero Hemi-nigildo Medrano na angMaynilad ay direktang gi-nagamit ang Ipo Dam sabayan ng Norzagaray bi-lang reservoir o tinggalanng tubig.

Si Medrano ay nagmu-la sa Maynilad at isangsuperbisor ng CommonPurpose Facilities (CPF),ang kumpanya itinayo ngnasabing kumpanya at ngManila Water CorporationInc.,(Manila Water) upangmamahala sa Ipo Dam.

Ayon kay Medrano,ang tubig na pinadadaloyng Manila Water sa silan-gan ng kalakhang Mayni-la ay itinitinggal sa LaMesa Dam sa Novaliches,Lungsod ng Quezon, bagolinisin sa Balara FiltrationPlant.

Ngunit ang Maynila aydirektang kumukuha ngtubig mula sa Ipo Dam nanagsisilbing reservoir nito.

Sa pamamahala sa IpoDam bilang tinggalan ngtubig ng Maynilad, sinabini Medrano na kailangannilang panatilihin ang wa-ter elevation doon sa 99.8meters above sea level(masl) hanggang 100.2

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SP: Maynilad dapat magtayo ng reservoirmasl upang magpatuloyang pagpapadaloy ng May-nilad sa mga konsesyuna-ryo nito sa kanlurang ba-hagi ng kalakhang Mayni-la.

Ang spilling level ng IpoDam ay 101 masl.

“I am shocked to knowthat Maynilad is directlyusing Ipo Dam as their res-ervoir,” ani Bokal ThereseCheryl Ople na nagsabi pana hindi ipinabatid sa pam-ahalaang panglalawiganng Maynilad at Metropoli-tan Watwrworks and Sew-erage System (MWSS)ang nasabing lihim samahabang panahon.

Sinabi naman ni ViceGovernor Daniel Fernandona ipatatawag nila sa la-long madaling panahonang MWSS at Mayniladupang magpaliwanagkaugnay ng pagbubulgarni Medrano.

Iginiit pa niya na pag-aaralan din ng Sanggunianang pagsasampa ng ka-song tax evasion laban saMWSS at Maynilad.

Inayunan ni Gob. Wil-helmino Alvarado ang pa-hayag ni Fernando at sin-abing mula pa noong na-karaang taon ay hinahabolna ng kapitolyo ang nag-lalakihang kumpanya saBulacan dahil sa hindi pag-babayad ng sapat na bu-wis.

Patungkol naman sa

ipinagmamalaking solusy-on sa pagbaha ni Pangu-long Benigno Aquino III nasynchronization of damprotocols, iginiit ni Alvara-do na ito ay mawawalanng silbi.

Binigyang diin niya nana hanggat’t hindi nag-tatayo ng sariling reservoiro tinggalan ng tubig angMaynila, palaging lulubogsa baha ang malaking ba-hagi ng Bulacan kapagtag-ulan.

“The National govern-ment must do somethingand we strongly urge themconstruct a reservoir forMaynilad,” ani Alvarado.

Ipinaliwanag ng gober-nador na ang isa saposibleng probisyon ngsynchronized dam proto-col ay ang preemptive re-lease o maagang pagpap-atapon ng tubig bago bum-agyo upang matiyak nahindi aapaw ang dam.

Ngunit ang preemptiverelease ay hindi magaga-wa sa Ipo Dam dahil sakailangang panatilihin sa99.8 masla hanggang100.2 masl ang lalim ngtubig doon.

Kung bababa sa nas-abing water elevation angtubig sa Ipo Dam, hindinaman mapapadaluyan ngMaynilad ang kanilangmga konsesyunaryo sakanluran ng kalakhangMaynila.

“How can they do pre-emptive release of waterwhen Maynila requires acertain water elevation, orelse, it will not be able todistribute to 60 percent ofMetro Manila,” ani nggobernador.

Ang Ipo Dam ay matat-agpuan sa bulubundukingbahagi ng Norzagaray. Itoang nagsisilbing tinggalanng tubig na pinalalabasmula sa higanteng AngatDam.

Kapag nagpatapon ngtubig sa Ilog Angat ang IpoDam, ito ay pansamanta-lang naititinggal sa BustosDam na matatagpuan sapagitan ng mga bayan ngBustos at San Rafael.

Mula naman sa Bus-tos Dam, ang tubig na pi-natapon sa Ilog Angat aydadaloy sa Manila Bayngunit dadaan muna ito saIlog Angat sa bahagi ngCalumpit, Paombong atHagonoy na noong na-karaang buwan ay pawanglumubig sa malalim nabaha.

Bago tuluyang humupaang nasabing baha, ipinag-malaki ni Pangulong Aqui-no ang pagtatalaga kayPublic Works SecretaryBabes Singson bilang “wa-ter czar” sa layuning ma-solusyunan ang mga prob-lema sa tubig sa bansa,kabilang na ang tag-tuyotat pagbaha.

NorthPhil started with“only about 80 participantsand most of whom are fromLuzon.”

Candice Jennifer Iyog,Cebu Pacific’s vice presi-dent for marketing and dis-tribution, said the North-Phil had increased theawareness of peopleabout the potentials ofNorth and Central Luzonas major tourism destina-tion. Cebu Pacific is offi-cial airline partner of theNorthPhil 2011.

“It’s always Boracayand other popular destina-

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Palawan, Sabah join NorthPhil...tions we hear about. Buthere in North and CentralLuzon there are manytourist destinations, in-cluding fine beaches,”said Iyog, who joined theceremonial ribbon-cuttingduring the expo’s openingon Friday afternoon.

Gordon Yapp, deputygeneral manager of theSabah Tourism Board,said their tourist arrivalsfrom the country “had beenpeaking.” He disclosedthat about 50,000 Filipinoshad visited Sabah lastyear via airlines comingfrom Ninoy Aquino Interna-tional Airport (NAIA) and

Clark Airport.“About 40 percent of

which comes from Clark,”added Yapp. He expressedconfidence that they willmeet their target number oftourists from the countrythis year. AirAsia flies dai-ly to Kota Kinabalu, Sa-bah, Malaysia from Clarkand Cebu Pacific offersthree times-a-week flightsto the same area.

Gilda Padua, presidentof the Alliance of Travel andTour Agencies of Pampan-ga (ATTAP), said her grouphad promoted “PampangaPlus” tourism packages.She said Pampanga could

be the base of tourists asthey visit Subic and otherdestinations in North andCentral Luzon.

Almost 700,000 pas-sengers used the ClarkAirport last year. The ClarkInternational Airport Corp.(CIAC) earlier said it ex-pects one million passen-gers this year.

Aurora Gov. BellaflorAngara-Castillo, Pampan-ga Board Member TarsHalili, Subic Bay Metropol-itan Authority (SBMA)Chairman Roberto Garciaand NorthPhil event orga-nizers joined Iyog in theopening ceremonies.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

Lutong-makaw dawang Pacquiao win kay Marquez?

WE HAVE a feeling na ‘yung mga detractors ni Pacquiao ang nagpasimuno sa mga puna sa di umano’y lutong-makaw na finish ngboxing bout ng ating kababayang si Pacquiao at ng Mexicano’ng si Juan Marquez. Tingin namin, tila naghanap lang ng butas ang mgadetractors para nga madurog ang kinamumuhiang boxer.

For instance, nang nasa Fontana kami nitong weekend (which we enjoyed of course, dahil sa magandang pagtanggap sa PMPC ngpumunuan ng Fontana, they gave us a perfect weekend end treat, isusulat po namin ito sa separate item ) may isang kilalang Pacquiaodetractor kaming napangkinggang namamalitang kesyo natalo raw si Pacquiao, (and this was at a time na hindi pa naman tapos angbout) na sinasabi nito sa bawat makasalulbong niya. When Pacquaio finally wins, nabasa naman naming sa FB ang kuwento niyangkesyo nandaya raw si Pacquiao kaya nanalo.

O di ba, very bitter talaga’ng mga detractors ni Pacquiao na halatang gusto nilang matalo ang world champion na ewan naman kungbakit.

Anyway, konti lang ang member ng cult na hater ni Pacquaio at higit na mas marami ang hanga sa kanya. Gaya ng isang kaibigannaming idol ng maraming tao sa Pampanga, si Sonny Lopez who pagdating sa sports talaga, alam niya ang lahat ng kaganapan. Ourfriend is very intelligent and fair at narito yung isang blog niyang mababasa sa FB. We like his opinion na talaga namang we are quotinghim here to share what he thinks about the result of the controversial boxing bout of Manny Pacquiao and Juan Marquez.

Narito po: Pacquiao won, period. There is something wrong with us Filipinos. The PACMAN gave us a victory and we joined thechorus vilifying the decision, including Pacman himself, for a not so decisive victory. We have been so used to seeing our man knock outand pulverize his opponents that we call a majority decision victory questionable.

Tayo pa mismo mga Pinoy ang tumitira sa ating kababayan. Nakakahiya tayo! If the situation was reversed, I cannot imagine theMexicans doing the same to Juan Manuel Marquez. The Mexicans are so used to hometown decisions, that it has become a staple intheir menu…cheating their opponents that is. And that Pacquiao win is not a hometown decision or cheating by any means.

Honestly, I am one of those who were shouting for blood after Marquez, in the aftermath of his second loss, came to the Philippines to insult our hometown hero. Thatman came to us, received that so called brand of Filipino hospitality, para duruan ang Pinoy sa kanyang sariling pamamahay!

Do we have to thank him for that act even? That is masochism already. I do not know, but the “compubox” indicated that Pacquiao delivered more punches, includingthe heavier ones, in that just concluded fight with Marquez. And, to me, going back to what Marquez did when he came to the Philippines, I very much prefer the endingthis way.

A knock out win by Pacquiao will hurt only so much, but Marquez will have sleepless nights over this controversial loss again; and, probably, he will remember this forthe rest of his life, as even today, he claims that he must be where Pacman is now, had he not been robbed in their first two fights; and, now, with this third one, the manwill have nights of impotence, while Pacman does more concerts. I am deliriously happy even if I hate Pacman’s singing style. But that is another story.

For all those who made it a point to hit at Manny Pacquiao, please stop what you have started in the social networking world, because it is not doing our country anygood, and because the Chicanos will not do it for us if we were in the other shoe.

Fair play you may claim? No such thing, as we have to fend for ourselves as only Bob Arum will do that for us right now. Let us not join those smart aleck types, whohave not stood a day in the ring to be hit all over their body and suffer long after they left boxing. Look at Muhamad Ali – boxing’s icon – and see what happened to him.

But we do not even have go too far from the country and see what boxing did to Rolando Navarrete – the original bad boy fromDadiangas – and many more Filipino fighters who have been permanently debilitated by this cruel and violent sport of boxing.

Just very recently, we have hailed Pacman’s exploits and received him like a conquering hero every time he brings homehonor for the country. Who have ever done what he did for the country and to the sport of boxing? Remember him for theseand not that last fight…best pound for pound boxer in the planet, unprecedented eight world titles, and this could have beenten had he not skipped two lighter weights division.

Remember, too, that the man is unselfish, making sure that Filipino pugs will share his stage and are given thechance to excel in the global arena. Many are inspired by his exploits, and they, too, will become champions for thatinspiration and motivation that he provides. In that last fight with Marquez, two Filipino boxers in the undercard werevictorious.

Pacman’s influence also made sure of the fact that two Filipina artists joins him, as he saw to it that Thia Megiaand Maria Aragon sang the Star Spangled Banner and our national anthem, respectively. And they made us proudwith their renditions. Not even our top officials can make that happen and offer the world stage for them to display theartistry of the Filipino. Only Pacman can do that! And proudly he did!

Mahal ni Pacman ang kanyang kapwa, lalung lalo na ang kanyang mga ka Filipino, kaya nakaririmarim na mismongmga kababayan niya ang tutuligsa sa kanya! Let us just let others do the vilifification of Pacquiao. Tayong mga Filipinoay di na dapat nakikisawsaw! NAHIHIYA AKO SA GINAGAWA NATIN KAY PACQUIAO AT SA SARILI NARIN NATIN!

Very well opined, di po ba?

Epektibo ang pagpapakontrobersyal ni Anne Curtis!HALATANG nagpakakontrobersyalo lang si Anne Curtis sa ginawa niyang pag-tweet na di umano ay sianbotahe ngmga taga-GMA 7 ang sana’y guesting niya sa isang awards kailan lang.

At heto ka, napatunayan ni Anne na talaga namang sikat siya kaya pinatulan talaga siya ng buong GMAmanagement, na kesyo meron pang OA at walang puknat na na banat against Anne Curtis nang dahil lang sasinasabing simpleng tweet. Kung saan na napunta yung isyu gayung simple lang naman ang sinabi ni Anne.That she likes to apologize sa mga taong nag-imbita sa kanya sa affair dahil nga kailangan na niyang umaliskahit di na siya nakaakyat sa stage para bumati man lang.

Pero pinaggigilan nga ng GMA ang isyu na paliwanag dito, paliwanag doon. Na hindi naman talaga nagpahulirin ang ABS-CBN who also issued an official statement na natural, kinakampihan naman nila si Anne.

Non-issue na masyadong dinibdib ng magkabilang panig.Anyway, kami mismo bilang show promoter, din a isyu yan. Kung ilang beses na kaming nasangkot sa ganitong

klaseng kontrobersya. Sa ga out-of-town shows namin, kadalasan, kapag may dalawang celebrity kaming iniimbita,yung first come, first serve ang pinaiiral namin, may call time at kung sino ang naunang dumating, siya ang isasalangnamin.

Hindi ko malilumutan yung isang klasikang example ng nangyari sa amin noon. Nag-uunahang sumalang angdalawang noon ay starlet pa lang, pero ngayon mga big names na. Mautak yung isa, inunaham yung host na hindi patinatawag ang pangalan niya, lumabas na sa stage, ayun nga naman, pinalakpakan siya. Nagtaka na lang yung isangpang starlet na alam niyang dapt sana, siya na ang tatawagin.

O di ba, bastos yung sratlet pero walang nakahalata sa audience, kumbaga, ginamti niya’ng utak niya.Sana ganun na lang ang ginawa ni Anne, umakyat na siya nang walang paalam sa stage, tiyak kapag naktia siya

ng audience , papalakpakan pa siya.Hahaha!

Sino ka ba talaga, at saan ka nanggaling, Daiana Menezes?KASALUKUYANG abala ngayon si Daiana Menezes sa pagpapa-underdog sa di umano’y break up nila ni direkGB Sampedro.

Tingin namin di talaga maka-get over si Daiana na ginawa pang alibi yung tragic sunog na nangyari sabuhay niya upang alipustain si direk. Indirectly, kahit sabihing pang kunwari ay pinupuri niya si direk, maypatutsada talaga’ng hitad. Na meron siyang bitterness behind sa pagbe-break nila.

Kesyo di na raw niya babalikan ang condo niyang nasunog, natural ang ibig niyang sabihin, di na niyababalikan si direk. And take note, mismong sa isang kalabang network na pinagtratrabauhan ni direk panagsalita si Daiana.

The height of unfairness kumbaga!At heto pa, dalawang tao na yung nagkuwento sa amin tungkol, sa isyung ikinakalat ng kampo ni

Daiana. Take note, hindi naming sinasabing sa bibig mismo ni Daiana ito nanggaling, kumbaga sa sa isamga tao sa kampo niya. Aligagang nagkukuwento ang PA ni Daiana na kesyo kaya raw sila nag-break nidirek dahil nahalata raw niyng bading si direk Sampedro.

The nerve!Hindi ba grossly unfair naman ‘yang ganyang ipinamamalita ng kampo ni Daiana Menesez?Sino ba ang Daina na ito na biglang lumitaw sa showbiz? Out of the blue, lumabas siya sa Eat Bulaga

na hindi natin alam kung saan naggaling?Kesyo model daw?Uso noon ang mga Russian models na imported from other Russia. Hindi na naming sasabihin kung

bakit ini-import sila papunta ditto sa Pilipinas, tapos ayan ang mga Brazilian models naman, at diyankasama si Daiana?

Bukod kaya sa pagmomodelo, ano pang dahilan ni Daiana para manatili sa Pilipinas? Kung hindi kayasiya nagkapangalan, ano na kaya’ng kinahinatnan niya dito? Anne Curtis

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