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by aShley maNabaT

CLARK FREEPORT – The newly-appointed president and CEO of the Clark

International Airport (CIAC) finally faced the media with his plans and visions.

Make Clark relevant to Phl3-M passengers eyed in 2 years

NEW CIAC ChIEF’s MIssION

by DiNg CerVaNTeS

CLARK FREEPORT – Despite lack of ev-idence so far, new CIAC President-CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III would still look into al-legations of anomalies in the bidding of proj-ects within his agency.

There have been “white papers” circulat-ing recently purported-ly exposing anomalies involving airport per-sonnel.

One report alleged a 300 percent over-pricing in the alleged purchase of the Instru-ment Landing System (ILS), a radio beam transmitter that pro-vides VHF omni direc-tional range (VOF).

Tanjuatco said he

Tanjuatco to look into CIA

‘anomalies’

CEO AND ADVOCATE. New CIAC President-CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III is all ears to Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement Chair Pert Cruz’s discussion of the history and issues attendant to his group’s advocacy for the full development of the Clark Freeport and the Clark airport.

Photo by bong Lacson

During the monthly media forum “Talk Wi-dus” at the Widus Hotel and Casino here orga-nized by the Pampanga Press Club last Wednes-

day, Atty. Emigdio Tan-juatco III admitted that he has no direct orders from the Palace but said he intends to make Clark

ANGELES CITY- Agents of the National Bureau of Inves-tigation (NBI) raided simulta-neously Monday four furniture stores amid reports their com-mon owner has been manu-

NBI raids stores selling Cobonpue imitations

Lawyer Ann Edillon (left), representing world-renowned furniture maker Kenneth Cobonpue, confronts John Tanjueco who allegedly sells imitation of Cobonpue pieces at lower price. Photo by Ding cervantes

facturing and selling imitations of world-famous Kenneth Co-bonpue furniture which have landed in homes of interna-tional celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, as well

as members of royal families.Lawyer Ann Edillon, rep-

resenting Cobonpue, said the raids were conducted in the stores of John Tanjueco,

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CLARK FREEPOR - Lawyer Levito Baligod, former legal counsel of whistleblower Benhur Luy, flowed with pessi-mism over the possible outcome of the Ombuds-man’s probe of congress-men accused of receiv-ing pay offs from their Priority Development As-

Luy’s former lawyer laments PDAF probe

sistance Fund coursed through Janet Napoles.

In an interview here, Baligod said that of the 47 congressmen whom he had charged with plunder, graft and malversation of pub-lic funds before the Of-fice of the Ombudsman,

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CLARK FREEPORT – The national headquarters of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is still hot on the trail of the remnants of a Chi-nese illegal-drugs syndicate that was busted last September 12 in the City of San Fernando in what was described

PDEA: No let-up in pursuit of Chinese drug syndicate

as the biggest bust in the country so far.

PDEA Regional Director Jeffrey Ta-cio disclosed this on Wednesday at the media forum Talk Widus organized by the Pampanga Press Club at the

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defined information systems development strategy under Hospital System Reforms of the DOH.

HOMIS is developed to systematically collect, pro-cess, store, present and share information in support of hos-pital functions.

It provides real- time oper-ations monitoring, Up-to-date and granular statistics and shared support services.

“It empowers hospitals to be more efficient that would

Gov launches ‘One Pampanga Health System’result to savings during day-to-day operations of all district and provincial hospitals. It is also an innovation which uses technology to reduce duplica-tion of data, information and functional assets,” he said.

“HOMIS consists of three (3) phases, namely: Patient Management; Service Provi-sion and Administration Mod-ules” Concepcion said.

Phase1 or Patient Man-agement Module supports the outpatient and emergen-cy room consultations, admis-sion, discharge, billing, pay-ment (Cashier System), med-ical records, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation claims processing, medical social services and referral system requirements.

Phase 2 or Services Provi-sion Module ensures the effi-cient provision of clinical ser-vices to the patient throughout the hospital stay, i.e. Nursing Care or Ward, Pharmacy, Lab-oratory, Radiology, Dietary, Central Stock Room and other ancillary services.

Phase 3 or Administration Module is the management support and includes Budget-ing, Obligations Accounting, Procurement Management, Human Resources Manage-ment, Materials Management, Fixed Assets Management, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and other financial and administrative systems.

However, Concepcion said the processes of Phase 3 or the administration modules is a work in progress and will be implemented soon by the DOH.

HOMIS. Gov. Lilia Nanay Pineda inspects the computerized document produced by the Hospital Operations Management Information System during its launch at Diosdado P. Macapagal Memorial Hospital (DPMMH). Looking on are DOH Regional Director Leonita Gorgolon, DPMMH Administrator Dr. Eddie Ponio, Ryan Concepcion, IT consultant to the Office of the Governor, and Elizabeth Baybayan, PSWDO.

Photo courtesy of Jun Jaso

by Joel P. maPileSPio PamPaNga

GUAGUA, Pamp. --- Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda launched yesterday the “One Pampan-ga Health System” through the implementation of Hospi-tal Operations Management Information System (HOMIS) held at Diosdado P. Macapa-gal Memorial Hospital (DP-MMH).

“One Pampanga Health System is an important lega-cy of my administration which provides efficiency and inno-vation in the delivery of qual-ity health care services for the people of Pampanga,” the governor said.

She said with the imple-mentation of HOMIS, all pro-vincial and district hospitals in the province will be inter-con-nected to the provincial gov-ernment and will be supported by one health information sys-tem which provides effective and quality health care ser-vices by providing timely, rel-evant and reliable information.

Dr. Eddie Ponio, DPMMH administrator said HOMIS is an important milestone that brings innovation that would result to smooth and speedy delivery of medical services including computerized Phil-health collection.

Dr. Marcelo Jaochico said HOMIs is part of the “Kalu-sugan Pangkalahatan of the DOH geared towards provid-ing quality hospital operations and services.

“HOMIS is a reliable scheme that produces reliable and quality services which

contribute to the development of our hospital operations,” Ja-ochico said.

Dr. Leonita Gorgolon, re-gional director of DOH said the objective of HOMIS is to support the hospital manage-ment for effective and quality health care by being specific, measurable, assignable, real-istic and timely (SMART) in the delivery of health services.

“There is continuing col-laboration between DOH and Provincial Government of

Pampanga to properly deploy and further develop HOMIS,’ she added.

Ryan Concepcion, infor-mation technology consultant of the provincial government, said the HOMIS is a comput-er-based system or software developed by the Department of Health, through the Nation-al Center for Health Facilities Development and Information Management Service.

The development and im-plementation of HOMIS is a

by armaND m. galaNg

CABANATUAN CITY – Bare-ly a few days before the date its set for a plebiscite for the conversion of this city into a highly urbanized one, the Commission on Elections has

Cabanatuan plebiscite moved againcancelled the holding of the said exercise on Nov. 8 and instead sought to find time to finalizea new date, once funds are available.

The Comelec en banc is-sued Minute Resolution 17-0732 dated Oct. 21, 2-14

which cancelled the Nov. 8 plebiscite and resetting it to a later date. The Resolution was released Nov. 4.

Commissioners Lucenito Tagle, Christian Robert Lim, Louie Tito Guia, Elias Yusoph, Al Parreno and Arthur Lim

signed the resolution.Chairman Sixto Brillantes

Jr. was on official business at the time of the signing of the resolution although his signa-ture appeared on the docu-ment, apparently as a belated signatory.

In issuing the resolution, the Comelec approved the recommendation of deputy ex-ecutive director for operations Bartolome Sinocruz Jr. that the new date will be finalized upon the receipt of the certif-icate of availability of funds from the city government.

In a previously issued res-olution which set the poll on Nov. 8, the Comelec placed at P100.9 million the financial re-quirement for the plebiscite, of which P47.5 million is to be re-mitted to the Comelec.

Leonardo Navarro, city election officer, said his office has yet to receive a certificate of availability of funds from the city government.

In a memorandum, Sinocruz directed provincial election supervisor Panfilo Doctor and Navarro to imple-ment the resolution.

Navarro said preparations have been enough for this city but could not ascertain the readiness of other offices in the rest of Nueva Ecija. The province has five cities and 27 municipalities which are al-lowed by the Supreme Court to participate in the voting.

Navarro said that as early as January, the Comelec Ca-banatuan office has been 100 percent ready for the plebi-scite but the Supreme Court

stopped them from proceed-ing with it through its issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO).

The HUC is contained in Presidential Proclamation 418 issued on July 4, 2012 by President Aquino. For the pro-cess to be complete, the proc-lamation needed to be ratified in a plebiscite.

Gov. Aurelio Umali op-posed the conversion, be-ing proposed by the adminis-tration of Mayor Julius Cesar Vergara, and sought that the entire province be allowed to vote.

The plebiscite was ini-tially slated on December 1, 2012 but this was postponed by the issuance of a TRO by the Palayan City Regional Tri-al Court. Subsequently, the Comelec issued a resolution postponing the plebiscite be-cause of its proximity to the elections.

The Supreme Court direct-ed the Comelec to hold the plebiscite after ruling that all registered voters in the prov-ince should vote, granting a petition for certiorari filed by Umali seeking to stop two ear-lier Comelec resolutions set-ting the dates for the conduct of the plebiscite on December 1, 2012 and January 25, 2014 but with only registered voters of the city allowed to vote.

Last January, the SC is-sued the TRO stopping the Comelec from proceeding with the plebiscite scheduled on January 25. Last September, the Comelec scheduled the plebiscite for November 8.

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BALANGA City- Patay ang isang engineer at kasakay niyang babae samantalang malubhang nasugatan naman ang isa pang lalaking pasahero nang magbang-gaan ang sinasakyan nilang kotse at 16-wheeler truck sa Roman Superhighway sa bahagi ng Balanga City ban-dang alas-5 ng umaga ng Miyerkules.

Idineklarang dead-on-ar-rival sa Bataan General

Hospital sa Balanga City sina Engr. Ian Abaya, 24, driver at may-ari ng kotse, ng Del Ro-sario, Pilar, Bataan at Rassel Quiambao, 19, ng Sta. Rosa, Pilar.

asalukuyang ginagamot sa nasabing ospital ang lalaking kasamahan nila na hindi pa nakukuha ang pangalan.

Mistulang yerong nalukot ang kotse sa tindi ng tama nito samantalang sungalngal naman ang unahang bumper ng malaking truck.

Sinabi ni Edwin Crisolo, Balanga City marshall, na galing sa Barangay Cama-cho, Balanga City ang kotse at patawid sa Roman Super-highway samantalang pap-untang Mariveles naman ang 16-wheeler truck.

“Tatlo ang lulan ng kotse, dalawa DOA,” sabi ng mar-shall na kabilang sa agad su-maklolo sa aksidente.

Ayon naman kay Do-mingo Hubido, Jr., driver ng 16-wheeler truck, galing siya ng Antipolo City at papun-tang Mariveles nang mang-yari ang sakuna.

“Tumatakbo ako ng 60-70 kph sa highway nang biglang may sumulpot na ko-tse. Pagpreno ko nandoon na ito. Walang preno-preno, dirediretso ang kotse,” sabi ni Hubido.

Sa imbestigasyon ng pu-lisya, patawid sa highway mula sa isang kanto ang ko-tse samantalang parating naman ang malaking truck nang maganap ang aksiden-te. Patuloy pa ang imbesti-gasyon.

2 patay, 1 sugatan sa banggaan ng kotse, truck

ANGELES CITY – A warrant of arrest has been issued against the village chief of Barangay Sapang Bato here for perjury.

Barangay Captain Mario Musni Manialung of Purok 2 Little Baguio in the said barangay is ordered arrested by “any offi-cers of the law” by Presiding Judge Katrina Nora S. Buan-Fac-tora based on a warrant she signed on October 1.

Clerk of Court Ana Marie Gonzales-Gatdula also signed the warrant of arrest.

A bail of P6,000 was recommended by Factora for Mani-alung’s temporary liberty. Manialung, who is a known ally of Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, remains at large. –A. Manabat

Arrest warrant out for AC village chief

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by aShley maNabaT

CLARK FREEPORT – It prom-ises to be “one notch higher” as compared to previous Binu-lu Festivals as all 29 baran-gays in Porac town are ready to join this year’s festivities.

On hand to announce this year’s Binulu Festival activities from Nov. 16 to 25 were Porac officials led by Mayor Con-dralito B. Dela Cruz and Coun-cilors Mark Valencia, Maynard Lapid and Ronnie Mercado in a press conference at the Wi-dus Hotel and Casino here on Wednesday.

Valencia said the highlight for this year’s Binulu Festi-val is the cooking competition joined by the town’s 29 baran-gays which is an improvement as compared to only seven or 10 participants in previous years.

He said Porac is also aim-ing to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest binulu or bulu (bam-boo) cooking in the world.

Valencia said different vi-ands from pork, fish, chicken and vegetables will be pre-pared by the participating ba-rangays in the traditional binu-lu way. Binulu is how indig-enous Aetas cook their food stuffing rice and meat and oth-er ingredients into bamboos which is then placed over fire.

This year’s binulu cooking will begin from the Porac River Walk in the Poblacion towards Angeles City.

Mayor Dela Cruz said the festival aims to put Porac in the tourism map which will also showcase the town’s unique tradition of cooking food using bamboo or bulu in the vernac-ular.

Meanwhile, 16 young wom-en from the town’s different ba-rangays will be competing for this year’s Mutya Ning Porac beauty pageant. The corona-tion night is set on Nov. 22 at the JS Lapid Sports and Civic Center in Barangay Cangatba.

Other highlights include street dance exhibitions joined by the different schools in the town, a Market Day, Jobs Fair, Amateur Singing Contest, Bike Fest Fun Run and a con-cert by popular band Parokia Ni Edgar.

Alviera (Ayala Land, Inc.) and Leonio Land are among the major sponsors of the event.

Porac’s Binulu Festival set Nov. 16-25BEAUTIES AROW. Candidates to the Mutya ning Porac heightens aesthetics by the pool of Hotel Widus and Casino during their press presentation on Monday. Photo by bong Lacson

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DRUG SUMMIT. Pampanga Gov. Lilia Pineda asks barangay tanods to help stop the proliferation of drugs in their respective barangays during the Anti-Drug Summit series held in Minalin and Sto. Tomas towns. With the governor are BM Rosve Henson, PNP provincial director Senior Supt. Rodolfo Recomono Jr., Supt. Bernard Perez, DILG Provincial Director Myrvi Fabia, Sto. Tomas Mayor Joselito Naguit, Apalit Mayor Oscar Tetangco Jr., Sto. Tomas Vice-Mayor Mark Louie Arceo and Minalin Mayor Edgardo Flores (hidden). Photo courtesy of Jun Jaso

by DiNg CerVaNTeS

CLARK FREEPORT – The Clark International Airport (CIA) here is importing two state-of-the-art fire trucks cost-ing P113.5 million that would be the only one of their kind in the country and give the airport the highest Category 10 rating for emergency capabilities.

Clark International Air-port Corp. (CIAC) Presi-dent-CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III said the decision to import the fire trucks came after a CIAC team led by emergency services department manager Federico Primero Jr. flew re-cently to Austria to check the capabilities of the two Rosen-bauer fire trucks.

“One of the fire trucks would be equipped with a tur-ret that can bore into the top of a burning airplane to pump water into the aircraft. No such fire truck exists in the Philip-pines at present,” said CIAC information officer Rendy Isip.

The fire trucks are expect-ed at the airport here early next year.

Tanjuatco described the fire trucks as “world class and at par with international stan-dards.”

Modern fire trucks from Austriato up Clark airport to Category 10

He said the purchases consist of “one unit Rosen-bauer 6x6 2,250 Gallons Ma-jor Tender Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicle (ARVF) worth P46.5 million and one unit Rosenbauer 6x6 3,000 Gallons Major Tender ARVF with High Reach Extendable Turret worth P69 million.”

Tanjuatco said the acqui-sition of both Rosenbauer fire trucks was approved by the previous CIAC President-CEO Victor Jose Luciano.

“Clark Airport would be the first international airport in the Philippines to have a state of the art fire truck equipped with a high extendable turret with piercing nozzle with camera,” he noted.

Isip noted that “Rosenbau-er serves the airport services around the world with inno-vative and professionally de-signed quality Panther ARFF Vehicles, Chasis, superstruc-ture and firefighting systems are fully integrated, designed and manufactured within Rosenbauer Group. Rosen-bauer is one of the leading makers of world class firefight-ing systems based in Austria.”

With the purchase of the two new fire trucks, Clark Air-

port can rate Category 10 which is the highest rating set by the International Civil Avi-ation Organization (ICAO). Clark Airport has currently four units of Oshkosh firetrucks. The old fire trucks are about 19 years of age and are set to be replaced,” Isip added.

Tanjuatco said a Category 10 rating would signify Clark’s capability to cope with emer-

gencies involving AirBus-380 and the Russian made Anton-ov-225.d aircraft.

This, even as Tanjuatco stressed that Clark airport now hosts eight low-cost carriers and legacy airlines. These in-clude Asiana Airlines with dai-ly flights to Incheon in South Korea with connecting flights to the United States; Drago-nair with flights to Hong Kong,

Cebu Pacific Air with flights to Hong Kong, Singapore, Ma-cau and domestic flights to Cebu; Tiger Air Philippines with flights to Singapore and Hong Kong; Jin Air with flights to Incheon; Air Asia Berhad with flights to Kuala Lumpur; Seair-International with flights to Caticlan, and; Qatar Air-ways with daily flights to Doha in Qatar.

by armaND m. galaNg

CABANATUAN CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has junked the motion for recon-sideration filed by Mayor Lucio Uera of Pantabangan, Nue-va Ecija on a decision which found him guilty of grave mis-conduct for alleged illegal sus-pension and termination of some 40 permanent employ-ees nine years ago.

Ombudsman Conchi-ta Carpio-Morales, in a de-cision dated Oct. 20, 2014, approved the recommen-dation of graft investigator Joan Lou Gamboa to deny Uera’s motion against an earlier decision which found Uera guilty of two counts of grave misconduct, grave abuse of authority and op-pression pursuant to Section 19 in relation to Section 25 of Republic Act 6770, other-wise known as Ombudsman Act of 1989.

Violations of RA 6770 war-rants the penalty of dismissal from service, cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retire-ment benefits and perpetual disqualification for re-employ-ment in the government ser-vice.

The administrative case stemmed from a complaint filed by Antonio Capia and 43 other employees in March 2005 accusing Uera of unjust-ly suspending and terminating their services.

The Ombudsman also re-solved in favor of the employ-ees the criminal complaint of violations of Republic Act 3019, also known as the An-ti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Republic Act 6713, otherwise known as the Code

Verdict vs. Pantabangan mayor upheldof Ethical Conduct for Govern-ment Officials and Employees for the same accusation on Oct. 3, 2014.

The employees alleged that they were about to report to work as permanent em-ployees of the municipality on January 3, 2005 when they were barred entry to the mu-nicipal hall by Uera’s alleged “goons.” Their daily time re-cords (DTRs) and personal belongings were confiscated, the complainants alleged.

This prompted them to in-stead go to the Sangguniang Bayan building where Uera’s rival, Romeo Borja Sr. was holding office after he was proclaimed winner in an elec-toral protest he filed against Uera in connection with the 2004 elections.

Town employees were then confused on who to rec-ognize as the legitimate may-or between Borja and Uera, they added.

The complainants said that three weeks later Uera - then reinstated after his petition for certiorari was granted by the Commission on Elections - is-sued several office memoran-dum ordering them to explain in writing within 72 hours why they should not be adminis-tratively charged for frequent unauthorized absences and a month later, ordered their 60-day preventive suspension without any formal investiga-tion and charges filed on sus-picion they were siding with Borja.

They were reporting for duty but could not enter the town hall because their re-spective offices had been padlocked since.

Uera denied the allegations

saying the alleged wrongful acts were performed in his official capacity as municipal mayor exercising the power of supervision and control over municipal employees.

He said his acts are admin-istrative rather than criminal in nature.

Uera, in his counter-affi-davits, insisted that the com-plainants persistently refused to report for work and that their continued unauthorized absences greatly affected the delivery of basic services. He added that even with the lapse of their preventive suspen-sion, they still continued not to report for work.

Capia and the other com-plainants, he said, were ac-corded due process contrary to their claims.

The Ombudsman said there is enough reason to be-lieve that Uera acted with ev-ident bad faith in preventive-ly suspending and terminat-ing the employees, an ele-ment constituting violations of RA 3019. It added that all the complainants suffered undue injury by the reason of Uera’s unlawful acts.

It also said that the com-plainants were indeed preven-tively suspended without hav-ing been formally charged.

The Ombudsman de-scribed as undeniable that Uera did his acts as a conse-quence of the rivalry between him and Borja. “It would be truly unfair if career employ-ees . . . would be made to suf-fer the consequences of politi-cal conflict between Borja and Uera,” it said.

The mayor could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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Festive FlairNing Cordero

WITH ITS homey ambiance, little beyond fusty interior and great music, Dong Juan is an easy sell. The food, however, is a different exciting story.

More than a year ago, Nikki Cunanan, an award winning sound engineer from Tarlac, and partner/franchisor John Borja, a popular songwriter, decided to engage in to their love for food (second to music) and opened a franchise of Dong Juan, a renowned Cebu-based restaurant owned by couple John and Aubrey Borja, in Marquee Mall Angeles City.

The name Dong Juan merges the common endearment for the young male Cebuano “Dodong” and the wealthy libertine “Don Juan” to mean a full service restaurant for every Dodong. Indeed, Dong Juan food, while Western and Filipino inspired, is easy on the

A taste for Don, a price for Dongpocket.

“We are proud of our food in Dong Juan, all made from finest and imported ingredients but affordable. We are known for best burgers, pizza and pasta but we offer long list of other dishes for the guests to have different choices. Our signature herbed iced tea is stored in a sub zero chiller comes in small individual bottles when we serve it no need for ice so taste will not change. Our biscuit dough pizza is another popular in the menu crunchy and flavorful crust topped with meat and veggies. Aside from delicious food, we have many on-going discounted promos for our Cabalen to enjoy,” shared Cunanan.

Dong Juan is located at the Level 2 Marquee Mall Angeles City, 0921-2188766, www.dongjuan.com

Love to hear from you please write me ningcordero@yahoo.com, instagram@thefestiveflair.

All Meat Biscuit Dough Pizza Baby Back Ribs in barbeque sauce Pasta Gambas with Bonito flakes Red Hot Chili Burger

Herbed Iced Tea

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“READ TO feed your mind and nourish your imagination.”So prescribed Education Secretary Armin Luistro to students as he kicked off

the National Reading Month at the Pasig Central Elementary School on Monday.And further sayeth: “There are books that

will take you anywhere in the world… books open up new and strange worlds that we might neither know nor reach. They can give us anything we imagine.”

The Lasallian Brother’s exhortation finding articulation in this piece that first saw print in The Voice, April 18-24, 1999 issue and reprinted in this paper in December 2007.

ReadI CROSSED the Red Sea with Moses; joined Joshua in Jericho; played the harp and sang the psalms by the banks of Babylon pining for Zion.

In another instance, I stormed the Bastille with the Jacobins and watched Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lose their heads at the guillotine on orders of Robespierre. Later, I joined Napoleon from Austerlitz to the very gates of Moscow at the height of the Russian winter, went with him on exile in Elba, marched back to Paris and ultimately met his Waterloo, and on to St. Helena.

On the side, I had chats with the Prussian Clausewitz on the basic principle of krieg as “nothing more than the continuation of political intercourse with a mixture of other means.” The same subject of my conversations with Sun Tzu from whom I learned that the revered Mao was no more than his copycat in the art of war. Mao though put into definitive praxis Sun Tzu’s exegeses.

Of course, Old Niccolo is a constant traveling companion whose nuggets of wisdom are a guidepost in my political consultancies. A sampler: “The first impression that one gets of a ruler and of his brains is from seeing the men he has about him.” And my favorite: “It is better to be impetuous than cautious, for Fortune is a woman, and it is necessary…to conquer her by force.”

Oh, how can I ever forget Nietzsche? He who declared that “God is dead.” (Unwittingly, if unatheistically, conceding there that He lived.) He whose treatise on the ubermensch -- “Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman, a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what is lovable in man is that he is an over-going and not a down-going” – inspired Hitler’s aspiration to Aryan supremacy and spurred his final solution to his Jewish problem.

On the level of my nodding acquaintances are Santayana – “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – Kierkegaard, Keats, Locke, Hobbs and Rosseau, and of course, the ancients – Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Seneca, the younger.

Marx, I met in high school. Das Kapital, I did not fully understand then. And I still wrestle with now. But the Manifesto was clear as day in its quest to create the workers’ Eden.

Marx always came along with Engels, and earlier on, there was Hegel – “The basis of the State is the power of Reason actualizing itself as Will” – Kind of heavy, di ba?

In high school too I met, heard and never quite forgot Cicero in his anti-Catiline discourses; rode with the Roman legions of my namesake Gaius Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars; learned from Horace the art of poetry; and played a Trojan warrior in Virgil’s Aenead. All these in Latin yet.

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives instilled in me the nosiness to poke into the lives of people, famous and notorious. Hitler I knew from his father’s name Schicklgruber down to his single ball.

And for a time too, I entertained the notion that he could have been a son of Jose Rizal, for his height and for the fact that his mother Klara Polzl was a chambermaid in some boarding houses in the Germany that Rizal visited. No, Rizal was not Hitler’s son, so the eminent historian Ambeth Ocampo wrote in one of his columns.

Ataturk, I joined in his battles for the hearts and minds of various tribes to nurse the birth of

Turkey. Then on contemporary American plane were Chicago Bossman Daley; the rich, famous and notoriously spendthrift Ford; the reclusive Hughes; and the miserly Getty. Even the much maligned Quayle, Bush’s veep, had a life of redeeming social value too.

From the Gulf War, Schwarzkopf paid the greatest tribute to foot soldiers as the real heroes of war. This same sentiment is echoed in the accounts of the soldiers themselves from the Solomons to Iwo Jima, and onto Korea and ‘Nam.

Wars and remembrances of its horrors, poignancies and heroism and betrayals I all lived in Toland’s Hitler and The Rising Sun, as well as in individual battles from El Alamein to Normandy, to Remagen and the battle of the Bulge, and that is only for WW II.

There can be no full appreciation of the Palestinian problem unless one has immersed himself in the works of Wouk (The Hope), Uris (Hajj), and Lapierre (O Jerusalem).

It is in the last book that I learned of the pivotal role the Philippines played in the partition of Palestine in 1947 that ultimately birthed the state of Israel and spurred the hegira of the Palestinian Arabs.

The armchair revolutionary in me finds greatest fulfillment in living the American Revolution in Langguth’s Patriots; in the French Revolution via A Tale of Two Cities of Dickens, and the definitive History of Europe. Of course, I’ve just come back from the Sierra Maestra with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Renewal, re-living of American History studied in high school yet I found in the American chronicles of Vidal – Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire and Washington, DC . Doctorow also opened a window to America in his Ragtime, Welcome to Hard Times, and Billy Bathgate. Part of American history is the sexual revolution. And what could have captured it better than Talese’s Thy Neighbor’s Wife.

In crime, Puzo’s best selling The Godfather pales – for sheer impact – in comparison with Talese’s Honor Thy Father on the subject of the Mafia.

My passion for the printed page reaches the proportion of a conflagration with Citizen Hearst, the bio of the founding proponent of yellow journalism; The Kingdom and the Power, the history of the New York Times; Milton’s Areopagitica; Lippman’s Liberty and News; and some works of Marx too.

Yes, Marx, from 1842 to 1847 considered himself primarily as a journalist, here’s Marx’s take on press freedom: “...the intellectual mirror in which a people sees itself, and self-viewing is the first condition of wisdom.”

Any journalist worth his name in ink should have made reading a lifelong passion. It does not take a journalist though to enjoy this, the most pleasant of all pastimes. For where else can one travel through time, assume multiple identities, explore the unknown, return to the past, zoom to the future – all in an instant, without any effort at all? And get the added bonus of increased knowledge, deeper understanding and heightened intellect. There is sheer joy in reading. Reading, ‘tis clichéd, is its own reward. So true, so very true.

So, what have you been reading lately? Me? It’s the Koran, Holy Bible, Dhammapada and the Bhagavad Gita for daily spiritual nutrient; the bios of Gandhi and Stalin for pleasure.

SEGUE to the present. My current reads are Huxley and God and The Confessions of St. Augustine at bedside. Lenin at my armchair.

CrossedINQUIRER’S BANNER on Wednesday screamed: Binay: I’m being crucified.

“And I hope you do not treat me as one Jojo Binay, our country’s Vice President, who is being forcibly crucified and punished for sins made up by detractors and deceivers.”

So the embattled one asked Boy Scouts at the opening ceremony of the Philippine Scouting Centennial Jamboree for Luzon in Markina City on Tuesday.

Far from being the guiltless Christ at Calvary he would like to portray himself to be though, Binay makes more like that other one crucified at His left.

Booted“IF HE thinks we are going in the wrong direction, he’s free to leave.”

President BS Aquino III said Monday referencing Vice President Binay’s criticisms of his administration in the wake of the Senate investigation of the veep’s alleged corruption.

“Just to be clear, if he had solutions, I don’t think I heard them during Cabinet meetings, he should have shared them. Of course, the question is why didn’t he,” BS furthered.

“I have the highest respect for President Aquino and I will continue to be a team player.” So was Binay’s response to BS also on Monday.

It’s all in the skin, as the old folk used to say.

SaintedsTANDING NEXT to Flavier, ‘we are all pygmies’

Read another Inquirer headline on Wednesday, quoting “vacationing” Health Secretary Enrique Ona thus: “Johnny has set the standards so high. We, in public health, are all pygmies as we stand on the shoulder of a small giant.”

Eulogized former head assistant Susan Mercado: “He could have played it safe but he didn’t. He hated hypocrisy and pretense. He stood tall against some of the biggest interest and institutions in the country.”

In the Senate, Flavier was known for being “Mr. Quorum,” having attended all Senate sessions and committee hearings, as well as for authoring the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act, Poverty Alleviation Act, Clean Air Act, Indigenous People’s Rights Act and the Philippine Nursing Act.

Standing next to Flavier, the current crop of senators are not pygmies. They’re more of cretins.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. –Thomas Carlyle

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Kumpirmado na ng kaalyado

(KarugToNg Ng SiNuNDaNg iSyu)

AT DI para lamang sila manatilingnakapuesto kahit ano ay gagawin,tulad halimbawa nitong subject natinna handang sumabak comes year 2016

Laban kay Angeles Mayor Ed Pamintuano Congressman Yeng Guiao, sa sulsol ng ilangmga kaalyado ni Blueboy at Tarzan,yan sa ganang akin ay di kapurihan

Kay Lapid dala ng para lamang yatasa ‘limelight’ ng pulitika’y di mawalaang pangalan niya dahil laos na ngasiya bilang ‘actor,’ kanyang itataya

Ang natitira pang kasikatan niyasa mata ng madla kung kaya pati napagiging mayor o kaya kongresistang Angeles at 1st District ng Pampanga

Ay balak pasukin para pamunuhan,kung kaya’t sa aking mga nakaraangnaisulat hinggil sa taong naturansiya’y nasabi kong ‘roaming politician’

Dahilan na rin sa lahat na nga kasi ng kilalang lugar ay target paratini Lapid para lang n’yan mapanatilisa daigdig ng pulitika ang sarili.

Sa totoo lang kung ang sadyang naisinay makatulong sa kababayan na rin,bakit di sariling bayan ang unahingaya nitong Porac kung saan siya galing?

Bago hangarin ang asensadong siyudad,tulad ng Makati na sadyang maunlad,kung saan tunay na ‘equipped’ yan sa lahatng bagay na kayang bilhin ng mapilak Natural lamang na magiging mapilisa paghalal iyan ng walang pasubaling ka-antas, at hindi pagbaka-sakaliang batayan sa maingat na pagpili

Dala na rin nitong ang Makati cityay lugar kung saan ang ‘constituents’ pating nasabing lungsod mas nakararamiang de kalidad kaysa ‘bakya crowd’ kasi.

Di ko sinasabing ang ating Senadoray walang binatbat bilang isang Solonkaya natalo siya sa ‘local election’nang sa Makati ay humabol siyang Mayor

Kundi bagkus sa tunggalihang “one-on-one”ay natural lang na mas nakalalamangang subok na sa pamahalaang lokalKaysa tulad niyang galing sa nasyonal.

Na lubhang kakaiba nga sa maramihan,na di lamang sampu ang pagpipilian;at kung saan itong inihalal ni Juanay puede rin namang iboto ni Julian

At mas malaki ang tsansa ng maramio nitong pareho lang ang habol pati,kaysa ‘single fight’ lang, sanhi na rin kasinitong magka-iba sila ng botante.

Kaya kung ang ating butihing Senadoray magpupumilit sa kanyang ambisyongpalitan si EdPam bilang City Mayorng Angeles, huag nang balaking ituloy

Pagkat di pa man ay ating tinitiyakna ang pagkatalo ng butihing anakng Porac laban sa Mayor na pang-‘World Classna si Ed Pamintuan ng naturang siyudad!

NATIVE SON. Mabalacat City Mayor Marino Morales and the city council led by Vice Mayor Christian Halili present city resolution to new San Fernando Archbishop Florentino G. Lavaraias declaring him “honored son.” The prelate hails from the city’s Barangay Sta. Ines. Photo courtesy of Deng PangiLinan

by DiNg CerVaNTeS

CLARK FREEPORT - All is not gloom over the scourge of the Ebola now plaguing West Af-rica, as the unfortunate situa-tion could be a boost to Philip-pine agriculture.

Interior and Local Govern-ments. Sec. Mar Roxas not-ed here that West Africa is the source of about 70 percent of the world’s cocoa, the basic ingredient in chocolate prod-ucts.

“These areas are hit with Ebola so international trad-ers fear going there,” he said during a recent gathering here of mayors from Mindanao.

Thus, Roxas urged Filipino farmers to “plant cacao now because prices will be bet-ter than coffee and high value crops.””

He said that by the time local farmers harvest cocoa, “the prices will be good.”

Roxas urged local govern-ment units to see the Ebola situation in West Africa as an “opportunity” as he reminded them that the Local Govern-ment Code provides that local

Ebola in West Africa boonto Pinoys in cocoa farming

governments could function as a “commercial enterprise.”

“This (cacao production) is something you can study,” he said, as he also urged farmers to form federations for large scale cocoa production.

Chocolate producers worldwide are reported to be monitoring the Ebola situation in West Africa.

Tim McCoy, spokesman for the World Cocoa Foundation, was reported to have noted that none of the major cocoa producers are in the Ebola-hit countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Ivory Coast is the num-ber one cocoa producer in the world, and it has held Ebola at bay, McCoy said. Howev-er, a report said border clos-ings due to Ebola could affect labor for Ivory Coast’s cocoa harvest.

“To date, cocoa production has not been affected by the disease, and our suppliers’ co-coa operations continue unin-terrupted,” said Jeff Beckman, spokesman for The Hershey Company. Hershey does not have any operations of its own

in West Africa, he added.Beckman also said that

more than 50 percent of the annual cocoa supply needed for the entire US have already been imported to last up to next year.

Bloomberg however not-ed in a report last Oct. 6 that “there is concern that Ebola will cause disruption in the co-coa industry and lead to higher prices.”

Hershey said in July it would raise wholesale prices eight percent due to rising pric-es of cocoa, dairy, nuts, pack-aging, fuel, utilities and trans-portation.

After Ivory Coast, the major cocoa producer is Ghana with Nigeria and Cameroon in the top five. Nigeria has reportedly contained the spread of Ebola.

The World Cocoa Founda-tion and the 115 companies that are members are raising money to help stop the spread of Ebola

Hershey Company has do-nated to the Red Cross and Caritas International through the World Cocoa Foundation, Beckman said.

by erNie eSCoNDe

LIMAY, Bataan- Children of families from Leyte heavily ravaged by Yolanda but who have found Bataan as their new home still suffer from trauma a year after the super-typhoon unleased its fury, par-ents revealed Tuesday.

Lita Simborio, 35, of Ba-rangay 59, Sagkahan, Taclo-ban City, and her three young children now stay with a sister in Sityo Tacloban of Barangay Lucanin in Mariveles, Bataan.

“Nagkaroon ng phobia ang mga anak ko. Kaunting am-bon, hangin ay nagtatakip sila ng tainga at sasabihing ‘Yolan-da na naman po’,” she said.

Simborio used to cook bib-ingka on the sidewalk of Taclo-ban City. “Inanod lahat-lahat, bahay pati oven ko. Nawa-la lahat. Sana magkaroon uli kami ng bahay at maibalik ang hanapbuhay,” Simborio said.

Her husband lost 11 rela-tives.

Grace Manrique, 35, of Ba-rangay 89, Baybay, San Jose, Tacloban City with her hus-band and two children are now residents of Saint Francis II in

Yolanda victims choose Bataan as new homeLimay, Bataan. Her husband works in Limay while their two children are studying in Orion, Bataan.

“Na-trauma ang mga anak ko. Natatakot sila kapag bum-abagyo. ‘Mama, bagyo na naman’, sabi nila,” she said. Many from the side of the fam-ily of her husband were killed in the super storm, she said.

“Kapag maayos na ang Ta-cloban, gusto naming duma-law ang mga anak namin doon para makita nila na naka-re-cover na at mawala sa isip nila ang karanasan nila noong sinalanta ito ni Yolanda,” Man-rique said.

Merlita Dumaran, 37 and sister-in-law Gilda Sevilla, 40, both from Palo, Tanauan, Leyte with their husband and children have evacuated to Saint Francis II since Novem-ber 21, 2013. Merlita has four children while Gilda has eight.

They lost six relatives.Their husbands are both

fishermen. They have siblings who have been residing in Li-may for some years.

“Sobrang trauma ng mga anak namin, hindi makalimot,” the two women said. Asked if

they would like to go back to Leyte, they said that it might be possible if their houses will be rebuilt.

“Kaya lang wala na kaming babalikan doon at isa pa, ang mga anak namin nag-aaral na sa Bataan. Maganda naman ang trato sa amin dito,” Duma-ran and Sevilla said.

Barangay Chairwoman Salvacion Alon of Saint Fran-cis II said that Limay Mayor Lilvir Roque has treated the evacuees like old residents of Limay.

The women have the same story on what they ex-perienced during the height of Yolanda. They recalled how houses were destroyed and the air filled with stench from dead bodies.

‘Napakahirap. Matapos ang bagyo, walang makain, walang tubig, nag-iiyakan ang mga anak ko,” Simborio said.

“Kung saan-saan kami nakikikain pero parang wala akong naramdamang gutom , ang naiisip ko mga anak ko,” Manrique said.

“Kumukuha kami ng tubig na maiinom malapit sa mga pa-tay,” Dumaran and Sevilla said.

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NOTICE OF EXTRAjuDICIAL sETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of jOsEFA R. DIMALANTA who died

intestate on December 2, 2009 at AUF Medical Center in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver and Renunciation of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as four (4) Motor Vehicles, to wit:

1. Make & Type : Mitsubishi L-200 Double Cab Engine No. : 4D56A-E0210 Chassis No. : K14TJUNSL-10934 Plate No. : CMP 248 File No. : 0388-652012. Make & Type : Mitsubishi Stake Truck Engine No. : 6D14-302683 Chassis No. : 129456 Plate No. : CDY 279 File No. : 0388-135933. Make & Type : Fuso Truck Engine No. : 068721 Chassis No. : CCKW-353-22601-A1 Plate No. : CKL 188 File No. : 0388-506684. Make & Type : Isuzu Cargo Truck Engine No. : 71575 Chassis No. : MVO-1482-PAMP Plate No. : CJB 532 File No. : 0304-41813

before Notary Public Crisanto A. Cocal as per Doc No. 6665, Page No. 36, Book No. 54, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 7, 14 & 21, 2014

NOTICE OF PubLICATIONIn compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to the

Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), notice is hereby served to the public that NELsON ENDONA has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from Wilson to Nelson in the Certificate of Live Birth of Wilson Endona who was born on March 24, 1991 in Alegria, Cebu and whose parents are Teresita Teorica and Joselito Endona.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than November 13, 2014.

(Sgd) Rosana Aguas Local Civil Registrar Mexico, Pampanga

Punto! Central Luzon: October 30 & November 6, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAjuDICIAL sETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ANGEL M. ALIPORO who died

intestate on June 7, 2014 executed an Affidavit of Claim with Waiver of Rights of his estate, more particularly described as a Savings Deposit Account with the Philippine Veterans Bank - Camp Aguinaldo Branch under Savings Account No. 0002-404767-100.Punto! Central Luzon: November 7, 14 & 21, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAjuDICIAL sETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EuGENIO M. FLOREs who died

intestate on December 27, 2000 and CELEsTINA sAMsON-FLOREs who died intestate on October 10, 2000 executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of their estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

TCT No. 634712-RLot 12, Blk. 10 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-102567, being

a portion of Lots 1-A-1 and 1-B-2, Psu-13474, Amd. 4, situated in the Bo. of San Mateo, Mun. of Arayat, Prov. of Pampanga;

TCT No. 484246-RLot 1153-0 of the subdivision plan Psd-03-107899, being

a portion of Lot 1153 Arayat Cad. Rec. No., situated in the Bo. of Mapalad, Mun. of Arayat, Prov. of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Renato D. Navarro as per Doc No. 140, Page No. 30, Book No. IX, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 7, 14 & 21, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAjuDICIAL sETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of hILARIA R. DIMALANTA who died

intestate on June 26, 2014 at St. Lukes Medical Center in 279 E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave., Quezon City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver and Renunciation of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as three (3) Motor Vehicles, to wit:

1. Make & Type : Mitsubishi Cargo Truck Engine No. : 44967 Chassis No. : CCKW-353-469030-A1 Plate No. : CJB 411 File No. : 0304-417932. Make & Type : Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Engine No. : 6D15-199866 Chassis No. : XRM211020314 Plate No. : CDA 913 File No. : 0304-63653. Make & Type : Toyota Vios Sedan Engine No. : 2NZ-3784419 Chassis No. : MR053HY41-0900361 Plate No. : ZBF 954 File No. : 1367-21450

before Notary Public Crisanto A. Cocal as per Doc No. 6664, Page No. 36, Book No. 54, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 7, 14 & 21, 2014

more relevant to the na-tional government and the Philippines.

From this perspec-tive, Tanjuatco said he realized the potential of Clark as well as its op-portunity and wanted to erase the misconception that the Clark Interna-tional Airport (CIA) is just a “spill over airport” or a “secondary airport” to the Ninoy Aquino Inter-national Airport (NAIA) in Manila.

“Clark should be the premiere airport,” he de-clared.

Tanjuatco revealed that during his discus-sions with the Depart-

Make Clark relevant to Phlment of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) as well as with the national government, “there is this realization that Clark in itself has its own catchment area that is not fully tapped and fully developed.”

Therefore, he said, “if you asked me on my marching orders this could be it –to tap and develop that catchment area.”

He said he intends to “develop passengers and at the same time to attract more airlines.”

Tanjuatco noted that the structure is there but there are no passen-gers and flights. “That is the primary problem of

the airport,” he said. “Of what use would those facilities and infrastruc-ture if there are no pas-sengers or flights?” he asked.

“I give credit where credit is due - to the pre-vious management of the airport. They were able to provide the nec-essary facilities for the airport. As compared to before, Clark is more beautiful now,” he said.

Tanjuatco said an ap-proved budget of P1.2 billion for the new ter-minal would increase its passenger capacity to four to eight million. “Reding redi na po (It’s very much ready) to be-come a premiere inter-

national airport,” he said.“Based on market

studies, there are at least 1.5 million passengers coming from Regions 1,2,3 and the Northern part of NCR who would rather go to NAIA than Clark for the reason that they are not aware that there is the Clark Inter-national Airport,” he said.

Tanjuatco said he en-joined the CIAC man-agement team and other departments to have “a paradigm shift.” He said he urged them to “focus on marketing the airport.”

With this vision, Tan-juatco said he is target-ing passenger capacity to at least three million in the next two years.

“I want a passenger capacity of at least three million. This is a very high expectation, but I want to set the bar that high to be able to show the corporation and the national government that we are serious in getting all these passengers,” Tanjuatco said.

Meanwhile, Tanjuatco also vowed to invite air-lines (Emirates Airlines and Philippines Air Asia) that pulled out their oper-ations from the CIA.

“We want to engage

these airlines and tell them to give priority to Clark airport,” he added.

Air Asia Berhad of Malaysia recently re-launched their four times weekly Clark-Kuala Lumpur flights which is expected to boost pas-senger traffic at the air-port this year.

“We have to show the national government that Clark airport is relevant to the Philippines so as to justify the support be-ing given by the Aquino administration,” he said.

has not heard of this as he assumed post only last October.

Long-time CIAC Ex-ecutive Vice President Bienvenido Manga, however, noted that the Clark airport’s ILS was purchased way back in 1996 during the Ramos administration and has not been replaced since then.

“The lifetime of an ILS is ideally only 10 years, but our technicians here,

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from the CAAP (Civil Avi-ation Authority of the Phil-ippines), have prolonged the usefulness of our 18-year-old ILS,” he said.

At the same time, Tanjuatco downplayed reports of rigged bid-ding allegedly for an avi-ation-related project this week. Another circulat-ing report said that the CIAC’s bids and awards committee had tailor-fit-ted the bidding for a fa-vored contractor without aviation experience.

Tanjuatco, however, noted that the only bid-ding slated for this week was for security services which was held Tuesday. No winner in the bidding had been chosen as of yesterday, he added.

Manga said that the bidding was held among security agencies involv-ing the hiring of 120 se-curity guards.

He also clarified published reports (not in Punto) that two fire trucks purchased recent-ly by CIAC before he as-

sumed post, were over-priced and were manu-factured in South Korea and Taiwan. “I guarantee you that the fire trucks are up to standards for international airports,” he stressed.

Tanjuatco said that his second cousin Pres. Aquino’s mandate for him at the CIAC, where he assumed post only last Oct. 7, was to make the Clark International Airport (CRK) “market-able under a Philippine setting.”

only 13 have so far been charged.

“Of the 47 charged based on the testimo-nies and documents pro-vided by Ben Hur and Dennis Cunanan (former chief of the Technology Resource Center), four have already died,” he said after guesting in the Talk Widus forum of the Pampanga Press Club.

No longer Luy’s legal counsel, Baligod has re-mained involved in cases related to the misuse of PDAF as among the law-yers in the prosecution

Luy’s former lawyer laments PDAF probeFrom Page 1 of Senators Juan Ponce

Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla.

He said he backed off from the prosecu-tion of the 47 congress-men amid the failure of the Ombudsman to act immediately on the cas-es. Malversation raps were also dropped in the charges.

“I have remained puzzled over the Om-budsman’s decision not to include malversation in the cases against the 13 congressmen now charged. Plunder re-quires proving misuse of at least P50 million pub-

lic funds, while one who is found guilty of malver-sation involving a much smaller amount could lead to reclusion perpet-ua,” he noted.

He said that all the 13 congressmen who have been charged are not known allies of the Aquino administration, while those who are in his list but have not been charged include Aquino allies.

Baligod noted that Joel Villanueva, director general of the Techni-cal Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Rep. Ru-

fus Rodriguez were not included among those charged despite reports they allegedly got com-missions worth P6.5 mil-lion and P3.5 million, re-spectively, from Napoles’ non-government organi-zations.

“It seems that ‘tuwid na daan’ is not for allies (of Pres. Aquino),” he said.

Baligod also said that the National Bureau of Investigation has ceased to continue its probe on PDAF anomalies and that even the Depart-ment of Justice “is no longer investigating.”

–Ding Cervantes

Widus Hotel and Casi-no here but declined to give further details on the follow up operations against the Chinese drug syndicate.

Tacio said the Sep-tember 12 illegal drug bust resulted in the ar-rest of four Chinese na-tionals and the seizure of 461 kilos of shabu and chemicals worth P2.5 bil-lion.

The Chinese sus-pects were identified as Willy Yao a.k.a. Jun Lee, Jayson Lee a.k.a. Jayson/Jason, Near Tan a.k.a. Tsoi all from Xia-men, China and Yingy-

ing Huang a.k.a. Sofia/Sophia from Fujian prov-ince.

Tacio said the sus-pects were charged with violation of the Danger-ous Drugs Act under Section 8 (manufacture) and Section 11 (posses-sion) and the case is now filed with Department of Justice (DOJ).

He said efforts to syn-chronizing with the LGU, the local police and other law enforcement agen-cies are being undertak-en to pre-empt plans of drug syndicates.

Tacio cited the “valu-able support” of the Pampanga government, “notably Gov. Lilia G.

Pineda,” in the intensi-fied anti-drug campaign with the continuous an-ti-drug summits in the province.

He also said a mem-orandum of agreement (MOA) was recently signed by PDEA and the Bureau of Immigration, Bureau of Customs, and PNP to strengthen in-ter-agency cooperation in the anti-drug interdic-tion in airports.

Meanwhile, Tacio said out of the 3,102 ba-rangays in Central Lu-zon, 874 or about 38 percent are classified as having “drug affectation.”

That is why it is im-portant to rally LGUs

to help in the campaign against illegal drugs, he said.

The local police are tasked to monitor street level pushers so that the PDEA can concentrate on high value targets, he added.

Another concern, he said, is the monitoring of our coastline in Aurora and Zambales provinces which he described as “too long” in the light of the undermanned PDEA regional office.

“We really have to coordinate with oth-er agencies in securing our coastlines from drug smugglers, he said.

–Ashley Manabat

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PAGKATAPOs NG KAsAL…Dingdong-Marian

‘di kaya malaos na?

HABANG papalapit ang kasal nina Marian Rivera at Dingdong Dantes lalong dumarami pa ang mga detalyeng ipinanaalam nila sa publiko. Noong una, nakaka-excite yung mga ginagawa nila, partikular na yung sa gitna ng show ni Marian, biglang lumabas si Dingdong, nagdrama, pinaluha si Marian saka nag-propose ng kasal. Kakilig, di po ba?

Pero sa mga sumunod na pangyayari, lumabas na nagawa na pala ni Dingdong ang proposal kay Marian at inulit na lang sa telebisyon. Ano yun, may ibig silang iparating sa publiko?

Heto naman ngayon, ultimo kung sino ang mga sponsor, iniisa-isa na, nakakauta na, parang ayaw ko ang makabasa pa o makarinig ng tungkol sa kasal nila. O baka naman pati kung sino ang mga flower girls, ring bearers at kung anik anik pa, i-announce pa nila. Basta ikakasal na sila sa Disyembre 30, yun na yun, tama

na tigilan na, sobra na.Pati nga yung pagsukat ng damit pangkasal at

kung saang lugar ito gagawin inia-announce pa nila. The nerve!

Lahat naman ng sinasabi nila ngayon is boiling to one thing, pareho silang

may pelikula sa Metro Manila Film Festival at ang kasal nilang dalawa ay ginagamit upang i-promote ang mga ito. Yun lang yun,. Wala ng iba.

Tingnan na lang natin kung matino kaya ang mga pelikula nilang ipalalabas? Kapag nagwagi ng karangalan ang mga pelikula nila, saka nila ibandera yun.

Hindi po ba?Ano ba naman kasi ang

information value kung ikakasal man sila? Why should the whole Philippines even bother about them? Dahil sikat sila, ganun? Dahil malaki silang artista?

Pero teka, tumingin tayo sa future. Will they make a happy couple. Huwag naman sana, baka naman di nila mapangatawanan and in the end, sa hiwalayan din yan mauuwi. Gaya nang sa iba.

Again, ‘wag naman sana, this corner wishes na sana nga, they end up happily ever after.

At this point in time, payag akong sabihing sikat nga sina Marian Rivera at Dingdong

Dantes. Kaya nga going gaga ang karamihan, lalo na ‘yung tinatawag

nilang Dongyang ek.Pero ang isyu dito ay ‘yung pagkatapos

ng kasal. Mapanatili kaya nila yung stature nila, especially ‘pag nanganak na

si Marian?You see, sa buong daigdig, kapag ang

isang artista ay nag-asawa na, saan ba pinupulot ang mga career, sa kangkungan, hindi po ba?

Well, at this point ‘yun ang mga sigurado ko, mababawasan ang kasikatan nina Marian at Dingdong, dahil nga mag-asawa na sila.

Peks man po! 28th PMPC star Awards

for TelevisionPORMAL nang inilabas ng Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) ang Official Nominees ng 28th Star Awards for Television. Ang Gabi ng Parangal ay gaganapin sa ika-23 ng Nobyembre, 2014, sa Grand Ballroom ng Solaire Resort and Casino, lungsod ng Paranaque, 7:00 ng gabi.

Magsisilbing hosts sina Piolo Pascual, Kim Chui at Enchong Dee. Ngayong taong ito

ay iluluklok sa Hall of Fame ang programang ‘Bubble Gang.’ Sa Best Drama Actor, 4 na taga-

ABS-CBN at 4 na taga-GMA7 ang magtutunggali, samantalang sa Best Drama Actress ay 5 Kapamilya

at 2 Kapuso ang maglalaban. Magbabangga naman sa Best Comedy Actress ang magkapatid na Toni at

Alex Gonzaga, habang ang mag-asawang Judy Ann Santos at Ryan Agoncillo ay maglalaban sa Best Game

Show Host. Mapapanood ang kabuuan ng palabas sa ABS-

CBN’s Sunday’s Best sa ika-30 ng Nobyembre, 2014, 11:00 ng gabi.

Ang 28th PMPC Star Awards for Music ay mula sa produksyon ng Airtime Marketing ni Ms. Tess Celestino at sa

direksyon ni Arnel Natividad.

The GossipmillerCesar Pambid

Marian Rivera

52, in Tagaytay City, Bacoor City, Pulilan in Bula-can and this city where the manufacturing is done. Tanjueco was cornered by the NBI agents at his Jasmine Furniture shop here.

She noted that her client’s customers include not only top Hollywood celebrities but also royal-ties such as Queen Sophia of Spain and Queen Rania Al Abdullah. In 2007, TIME magazine called Cobonpue “rattan’s first virtuoso”.

“Tanjueco has been violating the copyright laws or the Intellectual Property Code of the Phil-ippines by imitating the furniture designs of my cli-ent,” Edillon said during the raid at the shop where some 100 workers are employed here.

Edillon and NBI agents from Manila found some replicas of Cobonpue furniture on display in the shop’s showroom here, while more unfinished imitations of “La Luna” chairs were also found in the warehouse.

She said the raid was ordered by a special commercial court in Manila that empowered the raiding team to confiscate imitation furniture, as well as raw materials and equipment for making them.

In an interview, Tanjueco admitted manufactur-ing furniture pieces according to Cobonpue’s de-signs, but insisted he did them only because his customers asked him to copy such designs.

Asked how many imitations he had done for customers, he admitted having done many so that he had lost count.

Admitting his “mistakes”, Tanjueco sought for-giveness from Cobonpue and vowed to stop copy-ing his designs. His elder sister Evengeline Tan-jueco, 60, also issued the same appeal to Cobon-pue as a Christmas gift to her family and some 100 workers at the manufacturing plant here.

But Edillon noted that since two years ago, her client had been issuing notices to Tanjueco asking him to stop manufacturing imitation Cobonpue fur-niture, but that he never stopped.

She said, however, that she would convey to her client the appeal of Tanjueco for forgiveness.

Cobonpue is a multi-awarded furniture design-er and manufacturer from Cebu. He graduated in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in New York with highest honors and subsequently worked in Italy and Germany.

Integrating locally sourced materials with in-novative handmade production processes, Co-bonpue’s brand is known around the world for its unique designs and roster of celebrity clientele.

Awards to his credit include 5 Japan Good De-sign Awards, the grand prize at the Singapore In-ternational Design Competition, the Design for Asia Award of Hong Kong, the American Soci-ety of Interior Design Top Pick selection and the French Coup de Coeur award. Several of his de-signs were selected for several editions of the In-ternational Design Yearbook published in London and New York. –Ding Cervantes

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BALANGA City- Police in separate buy-bust oper-ations here early morning of Wednesday arrest-ed two suspected drug pushers and confiscated methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in 18 medium-size transparent heat-sealed plastic sa-chets.

Chief Inspector Eduardo Guevara, Balanga City deputy police chief, identified the suspects as Jay Lhord Escaner, 27, of Taguig City and Hermin-ia Ducusin, 32, of Cataning, Balanga City.

Ducusin was arrested at 3 a.m in Barangay Ibayo while Escaner at 7 a.m. in the four-lane road in Barangay Tuyo.

PO3 Reden Escudero, investigator-on-case, said Ducusin was caught in the act of selling one medium size transparent heat-sealed plastic sa-chet containing suspected shabu to a police po-seur-buyer in exchange for P500.

Five more sachets of the same size and con-tent were allegedly found in her possession.

During a protective body search, police recov-ered from Escaner 10 medium size transparent heat-sealed plastic sachet containing suspected shabu after he was caught selling two sachets to a police poseur buyer for P1,000, Escudero said.

Escaner said he got shabu supply from Taguig City and that he has been in Bataan only for two weeks.

The two face criminal complaint for violation of Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.

Supt. Melecio Buslig, Balanga City police chief, said they have further intensified the drive against illegal drugs per directive of Senior Supt. Rhodel Orden Sermonia, newly-assigned police provin-cial director. –Ernie Esconde

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