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THE START of this year’s “ber months” signals the coming of two very important seasons. One is the Christmas season, to be celebrated the way any self-respecting Fil-ipino should – with joy-ful reverence. Howev-er, on the shoulders of this revelry comes a second, much rowdier, season. It is the tem-pestuous, untamed ty-phoon known common-ly as the election sea-son.

To me, the com-ing seasons have also brought a diff erent kind of precipitous weath-er. For the past couple

of months, I have been fending off a deluge of calls from old friends and associates; a hail of messages from the

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CITY OF SAN FER-NANDO – Central Luzon is now classifi ed as a “hotspot” for wildlife traf-fi cking in the Philippines.

The regional offi ce of the Department of En-vironment and Natural Resources (DENR) has confi rmed this, noting that since 2016, at least 69 wildlife animals, in-cluding four “vulnera-ble” pangolins and three

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – The Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) is gearing up

with a multi-millio n rehabilitation program to recapture its lost glory as a major port for international commercial fl ights.

Subic airport gears up for international fl ights

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CLARK FREEPORT – “I am going home to my people because that is where I belong!”

Thus, said Clark In-ternational Airport Corp. president-CEO Alexan-der Cauguiran as he re-iterated his resolve to run for mayor of Angeles City.

During the “New at Hues” media forum orga-nized by the Pampanga Press Club at the Park Inn Hotel Clark here on Wednesday, Cauguiran also admitted his “fall-

Cauguiran: Mayoralty a homecominging out” with long-time friend and ally Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pa-mintuan.

“I heard they are go-ing to have a meeting to-morrow that will autho-rize him (Pamintuan) to choose his candidates of their party. I have it from reliable sources that he will support his vice may-or,” said Cauguiran.

“With or without Ed-Pam, I will pursue my plans,” he declared.

When asked why Mayor Pamintuan is not with him, Cauguiran said: “The question

should be answered by him and not me why he is not with me.”

“Isinara na naman ang pinto sa mga ordi-naryong tao pero malak-as ang aking pananalig sa salita ng Biblia; God says when the door is closed, windows will be opened,” he said.

“Pamintuan closed the door to his fellow or-dinary Angeleno. Ang mamamayan ng Ange-les, naniniwala ako, ay magbubukas ng kanil-ang mga bintana para isang ordinaryong Cau-

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RELIEF. Vice Gov. Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda leads the distribution of relief goods to 5,888 Guagua residents aff ected by fl ooding caused by the continuous rains brought by the southwest monsoon and Typhoon Ompong recently. P !"! $!%&"'() !* P+,- PSWDO

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spitting cobras, were turned over to the de-partment.

The pangolins and spitting cobras were con-fi scated by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from a Chinese smuggler at the Clark In-ternational Airport.

The DENR said in a report that pangolins and spitting cobras are in the “red list” of those threat-ened by extinction as

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BALANGA CITY -- The buy-ing price of palay by the Na-tional Food Authority (NFA) at P17 per kilo is no match to P28 or more off ered by pri-vate rice traders.

With this in mind, the NFA provincial offi ce here on Wednesday expressed wor-ry that they may not be able to procure palay from local farmers this harvest season.

Harvest in Bataan starts fi rst week of October.

“Malungkot, kung sa pre-syo namin na P17 per kilo na tuyo, clean and dry na palay, talagang hindi kami makak-abili sa kasalukuyan,” NFA provincial manager Adelaida Nuestro said.

She said that based on their interview with local rice millers, buying price of dry palay was already at P28 a kilo. Wet or undried palay with high moisture content are bought at P23 – P23.50 per kilo.

“Kapag pinatuyo, ma-higit P28 at umaabot pa sa

P29 per kilo ang palay. Kaya maiisip kung bakit ganoon kataas ang presyo ng bigas sa mga palengke,” Nuestro said. Commercial rice at the Balanga City public market ranges from P48 to P64 per kilo.

Rosemarie Reyes, owner of St. Peter Ricemill in Ori-on, Bataan said that before Typhoon Ompong, they had plenty of palay stock after farmers rushed in harvesting. “Natakot sa bagyo ang mga magsasaka kaya nag-ani ka-hit berde pa, nagmadali.”

She said that some of their palay stock came from Tarlac which are cheap-er than those harvested in Bataan.

She disclosed that they started buying undried pa-lay in Orion at P22 a kilo that rose to P23.50. Palay from Bulacan cost P22 – P23 a kilo.

“Mas mura ang palay gal-ing sa Tralac na P21 ang isang kilo kaya lang sari-wa pa rin ito at malaki ang shrinkage,” Reyes said.

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TALAVERA, Nueva Ecija - Ma-higit 100 linemen at kawani ng mga kooperatiba ng kuryente sa Gitnang Luzon ang nagtun-go ngayon, dala ang 20 iba’t ibang uri ng trak, sa lalawigan ng Cagayan upang tumulong sa restorasyon ng kuryente na sinalanta ng bagyong Ompong.

Sa send-off ceremony na isinagawa sa Nueva Ecija Elec-tric Cooperative 2 Area 1 dito, binigyan ng kanya-kanyang assignment sa Cagayan Elec-

tric Cooperative 1at 2 ang mga contingent ng bawat kooperat-iba.

Ayon kay Reynaldo Villan-ueva, presidente ng Central Luzon Electric Cooperative As-sociation o CLECA, maraming lugar pa rin sa Cagayan ang walang kuryente hanggang sa ngayon.

Sa Cagayan 2 ay umaabot sa 900 na poste ang natumba samantalang nasa 500 naman sa Cagayan one, ayon kay Vil-lanueva.

Sa inisyal na kasunduan

at tatagal ng isang buwan ang contingent sa kanilang assign-ment pero posible pang tuman-gal sakaling kailanganin.

“Tutulong sila hanggang matapos ang gawain doon. iyan ang commitment namin sa aming (National Electrifi cation) administrator,” sabi ni Villanue-va.

Sagot ng mga kani-kanyang kooperatiba ang sweldo at la-hat ng gastusin ng contingent samantalang sa sa host co-operative ang materyales sa restorasyon.

Power coop ng CL tutulong sa restorasyon ng kuryente

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CAPAS, Tarlac – A group of local and regional bank ana-lysts, portfolio strategists and economists visited the devel-opments and ongoing con-struction at New Clark City here on Wednesday upon the invitation of the Investor Rela-tions Offi ce (IRO) of the Bang-ko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

The visit was part of the government’s campaign to drum-up awareness of the country’s boldest infrastruc-ture agenda.

Around 50 people coming mostly from the banking in-dustry, comprised the latest group to tour the site orga-nized and hosted by the Bas-es Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).

They were welcomed at the construction site by BCDA president/CEO Viven-cio “Vince” B. Dizon who gave an overview of the Phase 1A of the development of the New Clark City that will be the ven-

Bank analysts, portfolio strategists, economists troop to New Clark City

ue for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA Games).

Details of the plans and projects were provided through separate presenta-tions delivered by top execu-tives from the private-sector investors including Alloy MTD Philippines president Mico David and Architect Royal Pi-neda.

Presentations on devel-opments in the Clark Free-port Zone were later delivered by Clark Development Corp. (CDC) executive Rodem Pe-rez and Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) offi cial Darwin Cunanan at the new-ly-opened Clark Marriott Ho-tel.

Before heading to Manila, the guests were given a quick tour of the construction of the Clark International Airport’s new terminal building which is expected to accommodate ad-ditional eight million passen-gers annually.

“We are in exciting times. The Philippines is undergoing

massive infrastructure trans-formation pushing the econo-my toward its next stage of de-velopment and we are eager to take everyone onboard in this journey,” Dizon said.

New Clark City will be the country’s fi rst smart, green and resilient city. It is expect-ed to be a major alternative growth hub outside Metro Ma-nila. It covers an area of about 9,450 hectares.

Currently being construct-ed is Phase 1A, which is about 40 hectares and is targeted to be completed by September 2019. Phase 1A will house the National Government Admin-istrative Center (NGAC) and a world-class Sports Com-plex as the venue of the SEA Games next year.

NGAC will be a location for government offi ces and a housing village for govern-ment workers.

The Sports Complex will include a 20,000-seating ca-pacity Athletic Stadium, a 2,000-seating capacity Aquat-

ic Center and 1,000-capacity Athletes Village. The sports facilities will be used next year during the Philippines’ hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in November to De-cember 2019.

Various commercial and industrial areas will be con-structed in the succeeding phases of New Clark City.

New Clark City is owned by BCDA and is being devel-oped with private-sector part-ners, including MTD Philip-pines and Filinvest.

According to BSP-IRO Di-rector Elizabeth Victoria Me-dina-Navarro, “Inviting stake-holders to witness for them-selves, actual unfolding and realization of the Build, Build, Build program is an eff ective way to demonstrate the gov-ernment’s commitment and political will to increase coun-try competitiveness and to harness the Philippines’ po-tential as a major investment site, not only in the region, but in the world.”

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT

-- The government has

allotted P10 billion for

a tourism project in

Candelaria, Zambales

under the Build, Build,

Build program of

President Duterte.

This was announced

by Special Assistant

to the President (SAP)

Christopher Lawrence

“Bong” Go on Wednesday

during the opening of

Zubakery Café Catering

Division inside this

Freeport.

Actor Philip Salvador

and Subic town Mayor

Jay Khonghun joined

Go in the said event

along with other guests

from the business sector

and offi cials from the

Subic Bay Metropolitan

Authority (SBMA).

“We have a P10-billion

project called Uacon Lake

Resort Complex (ULRCP)

here in Candelaria, the

mineral-rich town in the

province, which will be

implemented soon,” Go

said.

The ULRCP is one

of the fl agship tourism

projects under the

Duterte administration’s

Build, Build, Build

program that started in

July.

Meanwhile, Go

said that the closure of

small-scale minings in

Zambales will also take

place if proven to be

operating without permits.

“If it is illegal, then it

must be closed,” he said.

The Department of

Environment and Natural

Resources and Mines

and Geosciences Bureau

will check if there are

illegal, small-scale miners

that operate even without

permit.

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Opinion

Martial Law

NEVER

AGAIN

ANG MATAGAL nang tahimik na bulung-bulungan sa kalunsuran ay sumambulat – kahit sa social media man lamang – nitong nakaraang araw: Ibalik si Mayor Oca!

Sa tawag ng panahon sa kabisera ng lalawigan Kapampangan, ang magiting na mambabatas at premyadong World City Mayor si Oscar Samson Rodriguez ang akma at natatanging kasagutan. Ito wari ang mithiing namutawi sa internet, Setyembre 19, mismong araw ng kanyang kapanganakan.

Muli, ang pananariwa sa mga mamayan ang matatag na paninindigan, ang malinis na pamamahala, ang kaayusan at kaunlaran ng Lungsod San Fernando sa panahon ni Mayor Oca.

Mula sa ating About Oca: A Story of Struggle na isinulat noong 2005, ang buod at ubod nito, mula kay Ka Oca mismo:

Magsilbi TamuARAL NG kasaysayan, at ng karanasan, na ang matapat na at makabuluhang ugnayan ng mga mamamayan at ng mga namumuno ang sandigan ng demoktratikong lipunan.

Ang mapayapa, matatag at maunlad na pamayanan ay nakasalalay sa tibay ng ugnayang yaon. Kaya’t lubos na napakahalaga ng ganap na katapatan sa isa’t isa ng mga mamamayan at mga pinunong lokal.

Higit sa mga namumuno kaysa mga mamamayan ang tawag ng katapatan, dahil na rin sa tindi at bigat ng tungkuling iniatang sa kanilang mga balikat, at saklaw ng kaakibat nitong kapangyarihan, tungo sa mithiing isang maaliwalas na pamumuhay para sa lahat.

Lubos ang aking paniniwala na sagutin hindi lamang sa bayan kundi higit sa Poong Maykapal ng isang namumuno ang anumang kahihinatnan ng pamayanang kanyang pinamumunuan. Atas ng pananampalatayang Kristiyano, o Islam man, at itinatadhana ng demokratikong tradisyon na ang masang mamamayan ay hindi sinasakupan, kundi pinaglilingkuran ng mga namumuno.

MAGSILBI TAMU, kung gayon, ay hindi isang hungkag na islogan kundi ang mismong matatag na saligan ng pananaw na makatao, panininidigang makabayan at pamamaraang maka-Diyos.

MAGSILBI TAMU – ang gumagabay sa lahat ng aking panuntunan at pagkilos bilang lingkod-bayan, sa aking panunungkulan bilang punong-lungsod.

Ang natatangi at takdang layon ng pamahalaang lungsod ay ang tapat at malinis na pamamahala. Tungo dito, bukas sa madla ang lahat ng mga tanggapan sa city hall at hayag ang lahat ng kasunudan o transaksiyon ng pamahalaang lokal sa mga mamamayan. Cuentas claras o transparency ang patakarang ipinaiiral sa lahat ng gastusin dito. Anf kaban ng bayan ay dapat na pakahalagaan – pinagbuwisan ito ng pawis at dugo ng mamamayan, at pakaingat-ingatan – lalo na ngayong taghirap ang buong bansa.

Hindi lamang likas na karapatan kundi takdang tungkulin din ng mga mamamayan ang makibahagi at maki-alam sa lahat ng gawaing pambayan, ang magpahayag ng kanilang kaisipan at damdamin ukol sa mga usaping panglungsod, ang magbunyag ng anumang katiwalian tungo sa malinis na pamamahala’t paglilingkod, at ang pakikinig at pagtugon – ng mga nanunungkulan – sa kanilang mga karaingan tungo sa ikabubuti ng kanilang pamumuhay. Tugon dito ang pagtakda ng mga pulung-pulong sa mga barangay kasama ang punong-lungsod, ang buong Sanggunian, sampu ng mga tanggapan ng lokal na pamahalaan.

Kabalikat ang pamahalaang lungsod sa mga gawaing bayan ang pribadong sektor, partikular na ang mga mangangalakal, samahang sibiko at NGO. Bunsod nito, sila din ay may mahalagang papel sa mga pagpupunyagi ng lungsod sa larangan ng pangangalakal, pamumuhunan at turismo; sa pagpapatupad at pagpapalaganap ng kaayusan, kalinisan, kalusugan at karunungan.

Sa pagtahak natin sa landas ng kaunlaran, ating inaagapayan ang kapakanan ng kapaligiran. Ang Sagip-Ilog, ang paghihigpit sa mga planta at pagawaan na bumubuga ng usaok at nagdudumi sa mga kailugan, ang pagapapatupad sa solid waste management ay ilan lamang sa patunay nito.

Ang pinakamahalagang pamantayan ng kaunlaran ng lungsod ay hindi lamang ang kasaganaan kundi higit ang pangkalahatang kalusugan ng mga mamamayan. Atas nito ang higit panga pagpapalakas sa outreach programs at pagpapalawak sa mga health services ng lungsod.

Itinatadhanang tungkulin din ng pamahalaan ang buong-pusong pagkalinga sa mga nakatatanda. Ating pinapahalagaan, itinatangi’t pinaglilingkuran ang ating mga senior citizens. Ang yaman ng kanilang karanasan, ang karunungang kanilang naimpok ay mahalaga sa kagalingan ng bayan.

Ang hanay ng mga kababaihan ay may sariling lakas at kakayahan upang maging ganap na kabalikat sa paglilingkod-bayan. Tugon dito ang ang pagapapalakas sa programang gender advancement and development at ang matibay na pakikipag-ugnayan ng pamahalaang lungsod sa mga samahang kababaihan sa mga gawaing pangkaunlaran.

Magkakaroon lamang ng kaganapan ang pangakong binitiwan ni Gat Jose Rizal – ang kabataan ang siyang pag-asa ng bayan – sa pagbibigay sa kanila ng kaukulang pagkakataon na mapanday ang kanilang kakayahan, mahubog sila sa kagandahang-asal, at maging kabahagi ng usapin at gawaing pambayan. Hindi kailangang maging balakid ang kahirapan upang ang kabataan ay makapag-aral at makakuha ng pagsasanay na bokasyonal o teknikal.

Ang pinakamahalagang pamana ng lungsod sa susunod na salinlahi ay ang kalinangang Fernandino. Muli, kabalikat ng pamahalaang panglungsod ang pribadong sektor, ang mga pamantasan at dalubhasaan sa ating pangangalaga at pagpapalaganap sa kasaysayan, sining at kultura ng ating lipi.

MAGSILBI TAMU. Ito ang sandigan ng aking pananalig. Ito ang saligan ng aking paninindigan.

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1972, President Ferdinand E. Mar-cos placed the Philippines un-der Martial Law, suspending the civil rights and imposing military authority. Congress was also abolished.

Sept. 21 is the offi cial date of the declaration but was for-mally announced on TV and radio live by Marcos on Sept. 23. Marcos who stayed in of-fi ce for more than 20 years -- from 1965 to February 1986,

Philippines placed under Martial Lawexplained that martial law was intended to suppress civil strife and the threat of commu-nist takeover following the se-ries of bombings in Manila.

Martial law became un-popular due to human rights abuses and excesses by the military. Numerous media out-fi ts were either closed down or operated under tight control. Businesses owned by the oli-garchy were confi scated and were taken over by Marcos’

family members and close personal friends, and were al-legedly used as fronts to laun-der proceeds from institution-alized graft and corruption in the diff erent national govern-mental agencies.

Martial law was lifted on Jan. 17, 1981, although the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus con-tinued in the autonomous re-gions of Western and Central Mindanao.

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Librengpag-angkat

solusyonnga kaya?

TAMA lang at sadyang napapanahon naang planong pag-angkat ng bigas na murasa ibang bansa upang itong kartelistang nasabing butil tuluyang mabura

At di na magawa r’yan ng malalakingkapitalista ng bigas dito sa ‘tinna itago nila’t makayang kontrolinang presyo nitong ‘prime commodity’ natin.

Bagama’t sa isang banda itong sectorng mga ‘farmers’ at saka ‘millers’ itongposibleng umangal bunsod na rin nitong ang kanila ang di maibenta ngayon.

At di na kikita kapagka’ nawalanna sila ng ‘buyers’ sa ‘stock’ na palay,kung saan at paano maibenta n’yanang kanila kapag ‘yan ang nangibabaw.

At natural lamang na bababang tiyakang presyo ng palay na ani ng lahatnitong mga ‘farmers’ kung murang di hamakitong galing ‘abroad’ – antimano bigas.

Sa puntong nasabi ay kinakailangandin naman marahil ng pamahalaanna magtakda rin ng tamang panuntunansa pag-angkat nila’t pagbenta rin naman.

At ito ‘y maari lamang nilang gawinkapagka nasira ang palay na tanimng mga lokal na magsasaka natin,at di sa lahat ng panahon gagawin.

At kung saan syempre di rin naman bastasa lahat ng oras, ang kapitalistaay puedeng umangkat ng bigas kumbagakung wala rin naman ding ‘shortage’ talaga.

At sana naman ang mababait nating‘importers’ at mga ‘3rd persons’ ay di rinnaman maging suwapang at ubod ng galing,na salamangkero at magdidiral din.

Upang sa ganoon ay mapanatiliang kalagayan ng mas nakararami,at kung saan din ay magiging estable,ang katatagan nitong bansa parati.

At di tulad ngayon na itong presyo ngang bigas dito sa ating Inangbansaay talaga naman ding nakalululapagkat ang pagitan ay langit at lupa.

Aywan kung paano pa nakakakainng tatlong beses sa maghapon ang ating‘poorest of the poor’ na kababayan natin,at ang mga libu-libong ‘unemployed’ din.

(Na gusto man nilang magka-hanapbuhayay wala rin naman silang mapasukan;dala nitong kahit sila’y magkarun man,‘endo’ rin matapos ang anim na buwan.

Aywan lang kung bakit ang ating Pangulo ay kampante lang din sa naturang puntogayong ipinangakong bubuwagin ito,oras na maupo siya sa Palasyo.

Sana mabigyan na ng matamang pansinni Pangulong Digong sa lalong madalingpanahon upang ang ‘labor sectors’ natinmakalag sa gapos ng pang-aalipin!)

media; and a veritable downpour of texts from colleagues in the political arena. All of them asking for my confi rmation on whether I am go-ing to throw my hat once more into the deep sea of local politics. Such was the storm that various news articles and commentaries came out implying that I am in the run for the mayor-ship of Angeles City.

Now that we’re well into the fi rst gusts of September, allow me to once and for all, clear the air.

Some time before the ‘ber” months, the issue of Atty. Ed Pamintuan’s term expiration as the Mayor of Angeles City and his desire either to-wards congress or a cabinet offi ce came into the offi ng. The rumblings on the matter of his suc-cessor, quickly followed suit. Some of my clos-est friends and supporters whom I have gained during my political heyday approached me and have been relentlessly imploring me to consider the idea of running the race to serve my fellow Angeleños as Mayor. Before anything else, let me fi rst say, that without question I am beyond fl attered to even be considered as a possible option for the job. I am grateful and humbled that the decade of service I have rendered in my stint as a Councilor and as a City Administra-tor, have been remembered with such regard. Whatever may happen, I am proud that many have deemed that my political career to have impacted a lot of people for the better and that it has remained very much untarnished.

Some have even claimed that I was in fact Mayor Ed’s gentleman-in-waiting, a candidate he is both close to and would willingly endorse. Yet, the only claim that I wholeheartedly agree with so far is the claim that Angeleños have an unsatiated hunger for leaders with an ordinary name like mine and that for the most part, they are tired of recycled traditional politicians with the same names year after year. Admittedly, I see that there is now a renewed craving for oth-er options aside from popular family names in the arena. This is the undeniable truth. And this is maybe the reason behind the creation of a group “IBA naman” (purportedly based on my initials) which came from some barangay offi -cials and a growing number of city government workers.

Another undeniable truth is that it has been my long dream to lead my beloved city. As a lifelong academic, I have always aspired to ap-ply the theories I so vehemently teach, to prac-tice the knowledge I have acquired in good governance, and to use the experience I have gathered in legislation and administration. I have invested time and energy from the prime of my life to gain ample aptitude in these fi elds; not to mention my undying love and passion for it. Even today, I still make it a point to teach vital courses in graduate studies such as Eth-ics and Good Governance, Advanced Theory and Practice of Public Administration and Pub-lic Fiscal Administration. This is my turf and I believe that I am competent in it, maybe even good at it.

Another truth is that despite being a private citizen for over a decade, I have never sepa-rated myself from public service. My family and I have established the “Apung Neung Founda-tion” named after my late father. Through it, 30 students have been given the opportunity of a tuition-free education. In my managerial capac-ity, we have also founded the Bridges of Be-nevolent Initiatives Foundation (BBIF) assisting about a hundred students in both their fi nancial and material necessities .

Along with these endeavours, I squeezed in writing inspirational and management books to reconnect with my passion to share and moti-vate even through the simple strokes of my pen like the Legislators’ Modules I wrote before.

Having said all this, here’s the next immov-able truth: I am not running and allow me to tell you why.

First, I have considerable responsibilities on my plate. I perform critical functions as presi-dent of BB International Leisure and Resort Development Corporation which operates the luxurious fi ve-star hotel, Midori; and the new-est, most modern and among the largest water theme parks in Asia, the Aqua Planet. Next, the all-Filipino consortium I chair is developing the nature-inspired MIREJ Hotel in Clark and anoth-er mixed-use project in-the-offi ng. Then, there is my chairmanship of the board of directors of the Clark Investors and Locators Association (CILA). And if that is not busy enough, I have recently been elected as member of the Board of Trustees of the Wesleyan University, Philip-pines (WUP). All that on top of my commitment to the graduate studies teaching position at Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University.

One could argue that even with these re-sponsibilities, there is still space to take on a public-service position. I do not work full eight-hour days after all. But I staunchly disagree. I uphold my professional work ethics, triply so when it comes to serving the people. I am not joining the race because the city does not de-serve my divided attention. It does not deserve less than my hundred percent, in fact my integ-rity and dedication to it demands that I give it all that and more. Which is something I simply cannot give.

Next, even without running for offi ce my heart can still belong to public service. I am ut-terly passionate in my advocacy of towards “al-ternative politics” with the core being the “an-ti-trapo” movement. “Plataporma, hindi Pera at Porma.”. Expect that I will work tirelessly and unapologetically for this cause, converting the race into a race of credentials, capability, integ-rity and platforms. The record will bear me out that I myself have been proof that this is possi-ble. I have made it a point that during my de-cade in government I was one of the few who made waves in pushing for an integrity, perfor-mance and a platform-based politics.

Therefore, together with my old group of advocates, expect that our presence will be intensely felt, expect that we shall persistent-ly urge the candidates and voters to focus on the upliftment of the marginalized. I will not stop pushing for the ideals that politics is not a form of employment nor an investment. It is a pas-sion and a vocation. It is not what you gain out of it, but what you can give through it. It is not what you can show off but what you can share. It is not the promises if elected but what you have done and exhibited in the past either in government or as a private individual. Expect to see me in front lines pushing for reforms. Be-cause I owe it to every Angeleño to lead the movement towards a better Angeles – “Ing Bayung Angeles (IBA)”. I will be one with you in promoting an honest and clean elections.

My heart goes to friends from the Pampan-ga Press Club like Bong Lacson, Deng Pan-gilinan, Perry Pangan, Eric Jimenez, Noel Tu-labut , Ding Cervantes, Ashley Manabat, Rey Navales and Tonnette Orejas. The friends from the corporate like Abel Manliclic, Mon Garcia, Edgar Lim and Tatang Perto Cruz and the aca-deme arena like President Baking of DHVTSU, Prof Frankie Villanueva, Dr. Dolly Quiambao and Atty. Imelda Quiambao Tuazon -- yes, they all came from diverse groups but unifi ed with one cause. And to all the people whom I may not be familiar with but chose to talk to me and tried to convince me to run, I am overwhelmed and immensely honoured for the trust and sup-port. Thank you very much.

Surely, the winds of politics will be blowing heavily all throughout this election season. And make no mistake, I am not running, but I will not be running away. I will continuously join crusade and tirelessly carry the banner of being an educated electorate and that public service is the most noble profession.

May God bless us all. Mabuhay ang Mama-mayang Angeleño!

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SUBIC, Zambales - A wom-an who surrendered only last May for drug use was ar-rested by operatives of the Subic Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) selling shabu in Ba-rangay Calapacuan here.

Chief Inspector Joan Si-bayan, head of Subic PNP, identifi ed the suspect as Joan Aceron y Gomez, alias

Nene, 29, of Purok 3C of the said barangay.

SDEU operatives led by In-spector George Cruz, appre-hended the suspect while sell-ing one heat-sealed transpar-ent plastic sachet containing shabu worth P500 to a police poseur-buyer.

Recovered from suspect were another three heat-

sealed transparent plastic sa-chets of shabu and the P500 bill buy-bust money.

Aceron is detained at the Subic Police Municipal de-tention cell facing charges for violation of Section 5 and 11, Article II of RA 9165 before the Offi ce of Provincial Pros-ecutor in Olongapo City.

–Johnny R. Reblando

Drug surrenderee nabbed selling shabu

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LAZARA C. GONZALES who died

intestate on May 28, 2003 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on her estate, more particularly described as House and Lot at Block 139, Lot 55, Madapdap Resettlement, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, before Notary Public Severino T. Santos as per Doc No. 18, Page No. 4, Book No. 270, Series of 2018.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 6, 13 & 20, 2018

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MARCELINO C. CORDERO

who died intestate on June 23, 2001 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 15, Block No. 11 of the subd. plan Psd-546, being a portion of Lot No. 831 of the Cadastral measurement of Angeles) situated in Brgy. Agapito del Rosario, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certifi cate Title No. 53024 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Marvin A. Tullao as per Doc No. 236, Page No. 38, Book No. VI, Series of 2018.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 6, 13 & 20, 2018

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CESAR AYSON ADARVIE

who died intestate on January 14, 2017 executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 12, Block 3, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-36149, being a portion of Lot 86-B-3-C, (LRC) Psd-20963, LRC Cad. Record No. 124) with improvements existing thereon, situated in Barrio of Pandan, Angeles City, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate Title No. 127773, before Notary Public Joan Marie Uy-Quiambao as per Doc No. 776, Page No. 105, Book No. IX, Series of 2018.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 13, 20 & 27, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF BATAAN

Municipality of MarivelesOffi ce of the Local Cicil Registrar

Publication NoticeR.A. 10172-9048

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn compliance with the publication requirements and pursuant to

OCRG Memorandum Circular No.___ Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that JERMIE A. MEJIA has fi led with this offi ce, for correction of clerical error in gender in his certifi cate of live birth from MALE to FEMALE at Mariveles, Bataan and whose parents are Jerry F. Mejia and Emelita M. Alacar.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than ten days.

ROSELLER R. ROMERO Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: September 13 & 20, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF BATAAN

Municipality of MarivelesOffi ce of the Local Cicil Registrar

Publication NoticeR.A. 10172-9048

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn compliance with the publication requirements and pursuant to OCRG

Memorandum Circular No.___ Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that JOSEPH EPPIEREY S. TORRES has fi led with this offi ce, for correction of clerical error in gender in his certifi cate of live birth from FEMALE to MALE at Mariveles, and change of fi rst name from “EPPIE REY” to “JOSEPH EPPIEREY” at Mariveles Bataan and whose parents are Tita S. Sabitsana and Reynaldo S. Torres.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than ten days.

ROSELLER R. ROMERO Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: September 13 & 20, 2018

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF BATAAN

Municipality of MarivelesOffi ce of the Local Cicil Registrar

Publication NoticeR.A. 10172-9048

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICIn compliance with the publication requirements and pursuant to

OCRG Memorandum Circular No.___ Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that RABI D. GALOPE has fi led with this offi ce, for correction of clerical error in gender in his certifi cate of live birth from FEMALE to MALE at Mariveles, Bataan and whose parents are Romeo M. Galope and Corazon M. De Castro.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than ten days.

ROSELLER R. ROMERO Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: September 13 & 20, 2018

Subic Bay Metropol-itan Authority (SBMA) chairman and adminis-trator Wilma T. Eisma said the government is set to pour P502 million for various landing in-struments and commu-nications systems, with funds from the Procure-ment Service of the De-partment of Budget and Management (DBM-PS).

The DBM-PS will also bid out the compo-nent projects that will in-clude procurement of air-ground VHF radio com-munication system, area navigation design, Dop-pler Very High Frequency Omni Directional Range for homing aircraft, air-fi eld ground lightings, movement area ground signages, airport rescue

Subic airport gears up for international fl ightsand fi re-fi ghting vehicles, air passenger boarding bridges, and automat-ic dependent surveil-lance-broadcast.

Eisma added that some P232-million worth of equipment will also be needed for the airport. These include X-ray ma-chines, closed circuit television, ambulance, sweeper truck, fl ight in-formation display sys-tem, fi re detection and alarm system, aerial plat-form, and pickup trucks and passenger vans.

The SBMA started re-furbishing the SBIA with a new P51-million Auto-mated Weather Obser-vation System (AWOS), which provides continu-ous, real-time informa-tion on weather condi-tions. The AWOS is not covered by the P502-mil-

lion funding, Eisma said.“The AWOS is already

installed and operation-al, which is why Subic is now ready to accom-modate planes because its communications and night-time capability are fully functioning. In fact, Subic recently took in fl ights from Bangkok that were diverted from Clark Airport,” she said.

She added that SBMA is also arranging for oth-er commercial opera-tions at the Subic airport, including maintenance repairs for Gulf Stream, fl ying school for the Phil-ippine Airlines, Subic-Macau-Subic fl ights for Royal Air, as well as for China Eastern Airlines.

According to SBIA manager Zharrex San-tos, the Subic airfi eld can accommodate almost all

types of modern aircraft at more than 20 move-ments per hour because of its 2,744-meter run-way with eff ective width of 45 meters. It also has ramps and aprons that could take in 24 wide-body aircraft for parking at one given time.

Meanwhile, the two tubes at the SBIA termi-nal building can process 700 passengers per hour, Santos said.

Recently, Senator Richard Gordon called for the immediate up-grading and operation of the Subic airport after a runway mishap caused hundreds of fl ight can-cellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Air-port (NAIA).

Gordon said the na-tional government has already appropriated

P553 million from the 2017 General Appropri-ations Act for the res-toration of facilities and procurement of instru-ments at the SBIA.

The Subic airport, which was built in 1951 as the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Station Cubi Point, was converted into a commercial airport under the SBMA and became the Asia One hub of Fed-eral Express until 2009.

Subic proved its ca-pability as a major diver-sion airport in Decem-ber 1995 during anoth-er problem at the NAIA when it served 1,674 passengers from inter-national liners and 212 passengers from local airlines and in August 2007 when it sheltered 37 various aircraft, 19 of which were passenger planes from Taiwan, be-cause of Typhoon Sepat.

guiran na ka-uri nila. At tandaana natin, mas maraming bintana kaysa sa mga pintuan,” Cau-guiran said.

He recalled the com-mitment he shared with Pamintuan to work for the ordinary Angeleno to have a chance of leading Angeles City.

“That was our com-mitment in 1992,” he said. “Doon po namin binalangkas ang am-ing pro-people platform of government at sina-bi naming bilang iisang uri ng pinanggalingan na dapat mabigyan ng puwang at pagkakataon ang kinatawan ng ordi-naryong tao at wakasan na, kahit pansamantala kung hindi man habang panahon, na ang pagh-ahawak sa panunungku-lan na lagi na lamang sa mayayaman at malalak-ing politiko, na lagi na lang sila.”

“That was our com-mitment so that in the future when the door is closed on these tradi-tional politicians that do not carry the interest of the ordinary Angeleno, it will give a chance to or-dinary people like Cau-guiran (to lead)!” he ex-claimed.

Cauguiran: Mayoralty a homecomingF��� ���! 1 “I have always been

honest with my dealings. You can accuse me of so many things but not dis-honesty,” he said, with-out referencing who it was directed to.

Cauguiran said his time is now because he is “someone who has and possesses mana-gerial skills and compe-tence in leadership” has acquired through the years.

He said that as a leader, he will see to it that all projects “must have an objective, they must be time bounded, they must be quantifi ed, and they must be sub-jected to strategic plan-ning.”

“I trained here and abroad for this purpose so I would like to believe I have acquired some skills in managing just like what we do in the corporate world,” he said.

Public serviceWhile Cauguiran was

elected twice as city councilor, he said he will only serve two terms if elected mayor.

“I ask the people to elect me because I will deliver what I have com-mitted that is why for the record I am only good for two terms, God willing,

because that program is good for fi ve years mini-mum. Let others contin-ue because unlike others who promised to open the door (but did not), I will make the door wide open for the ordinary An-geleno that will replace me,” Cauguiran said.

CIAC legacyCauguiran said there

was only one domes-tic destination in Clark when he came in 2016 as offi cer-in-charge of the Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC).

“From one to 22 do-mestic destinations, we are connected from North of Luzon to Bicol in the South. We are con-nected to the West, in Palawan; and in Visayas, all major tourists’ desti-nations and three in Min-danao,” he bannered.

“From six fl ights a week to 276 fl ights now,” he said. “From 110 inter-national destinations to close 150 international fl ights a week from six in-ternational destinations to nine international des-tinations.”

“For the fi rst time in the history of CIAC, we were able to remit sev-eral millions of pesos to the national treasury,” he said.

Partido Abe KapampanganCauguiran said he

has the full support of the Partido Abe Kapam-pangan which has about 30,000 members as gleaned from the last campaign and elections that supported and took their oath to the party.

He said there are two agenda in the party’s gen-eral assembly held last Thursday where Mayor Pamintuan was invited but failed to show up.

“First, we elected new offi cers of our party where Mayor Pamintuan was elected in absentia as chairman, and I as president,” he said.

“Second, I was au-thorized by the general assembly to nominate our candidates,” he said. “We underwent the prop-er procedures in our par-ty.”

As for the general assembly called by Pa-mintuan for Thursday, “up to this hour, I have not received any invita-tion,” Cauguiran said.

“I want to go back where I started as an ac-tivist serving the people. I want to continue serv-ing the people of the city of my birth. A poor boy from Sapang Bato is go-ing home.”

listed by the International Union for the Conserva-tion of Nature (IUCN).

The other animals surrendered to DENR also included Philippine eagles, reticulated py-thons, grass owls and soft shell turtles, among other species.

The regional DENR said it has “strengthened wildlife enforcement ef-forts by enhancing the

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at least 100 DENR fi eld personnel and partner enforcement offi cers from other national gov-ernment agencies, pri-vate institutions and the academe on the enforce-ment of wildlife law.”

Arthur Salazar, DENR deputy director for tech-nical services, stressed that “wildlife law enforce-ment plays a crucial role in ensuring the conser-vation and sustainable

use of wildlife resources since illegal wildlife trade remains to be one of the primary threats to the re-gion’s abundant biodi-versity.”

He said, last March, the DENR entered into a memorandum of agree-ment with the Clark In-ternational Airport Corp. to operationalize a Wild-life Traffi c Monitoring Unit (WTMU) that will ef-fectively monitor and ad-dress the cases involv-

ing the transport or trad-ing of wildlife resources.

“Our WTMU is a fun-damental element to combat illegal wildlife trade in the region. Apart from sustaining our eco-logical balance, it is like-wise important to our national security, since more often than not, wild-caught animals in trade are also known vectors of diseases which pose risk to human health,” he added.

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SpotlightArci Pineda

Sizzling bath tub scene of Barbie Imperial with JM de Guzman

ABS-CBN’s newbie Barbie Imperial had no qualms of doing a bathtub scene with JM de Guzman in Araw Gabi.....

“Sobrang komportable na kami sa isa’t isa and alam namin na may respect kami sa isa’t isa.”In September 18, Barbie posted a behind-the-scenes photo of the scene, where she and JM are together

inside a bathtub. JM is topless while Barbie is wearing a bikini top.She wrote in the caption, “peter kavinsky is yours, but adrian olvidar is mine”Peter Kavinsky is the lead male character in the Netfl ix original movie To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,

while Adrian Oldivar is JM’s name in Araw Gabi.Currently, the post has 146,642 likes.The scene, which was aired on ABS-CBN in September 18, showed Barbie and JM’s characters kissing

on the lips while they were surrounded by foam and bubbles.Unlike other bathtub scenes aired on television and in the movies, Barbie was wearing a two-piece bikini

when she entered the tub.She said, “Yung scene is parang sinurprise ni Adrian si Mich kasi ang daming nangyayaring di maganda

sa Araw Gabi, so, relax muna.”While she was prepared to do the scene, Barbie admitted that she still feels nervous every time she does

intimate scenes like this.She pointed out that JM helped her do their intimate scenes together.“Prepared naman po pero andun pa din yung kaba everytime.“But okay naman, kumportable naman po kasi everytime may mga scenes na ganun, limited lang po

talaga yung mga tao na nasa set and si JM naman, sobrang comfortable siya ka-eksena.“Noong fi rst time, he told me po na kapag di ako comfortable, sabihin ko sa kanya.“But ngayon, sobrang komportable na kami sa isa’t isa and alam namin na may respect kami sa isa’t isa.”Asked if they will do more intimate scenes together, Barbie only answered, “Yes, and madami pa po na

mangyayari. Kaabang-abang and exciting!”Araw Gabi, which has been airing on ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Gold block since April, marks the fi rst time

that JM and Barbie are paired in a teleserye.It also served as JM’s comeback to acting after a three-

year hiatus, and Barbie’s biggest break in showbiz.q q q

ANGELICA PANGANIBAN is open to being a godmother: “Gusto ko mag-ninang sa lahat kasi ganoon po ako ka-loving na tao.”

Angel fi nally addressed the comment she made about an “ex” which became viral on Facebook.

In her interview on Tonight With Boy Abunda last Friday, September 14, Angelica clarifi ed her “gusto ko na nga mag-ninang” statement that she made on a video which became viral on Facebook.

Angelica explained, “Kasi nga tinanong niya ako kung naka-move on na ako. Gusto ko na nga mag-ninang...

“Ganun na nga, naka-move on na... Gusto ko mag-ninang sa lahat kasi ganoon po ako ka-loving na tao.”

On Friday, September 7, the offi cial Facebook page of Black Sheep Productions uploaded a question and answer video of Angelica with Exes Baggage leading man Carlo Aquino as part of their promotions for the upcoming movie.

In the video, Angelica and Carlo are seen playing the party game Fortune Teller. They ask each other questions and let the folded colored paper provide the answers for them.

At one point, the 31-year-old actress asked her co-star, “Naka-move on ka na ba sa ex mo?

Carlo casually replied, “Oo naman!”

The Kapamilya actor returned the question to Angelica to which she answered, “P----- naman! Gusto ko na nga mag-ninang, e.”

Netizens were quick to point out that the statement was directed to her former boyfriend of four years, John Lloyd Cruz. The One More Chance actor recently welcomed his fi rst child with actress Ellen Adarna.

Meanwhile, Angelica confi rmed that Carlo will also join her morning drama series Playhouse which she top bills with former Banana Sundae co-star Zanjoe Marudo.

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2 nabbed for using 5 kids for cybersex

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ANGELES CITY– An international humanitarian organization led the police and social workers to uncover a cybersex sex den using at least fi ve children in Bamban, Tarlac last Wednesday.

Members of the Tarlac police, led by its head Supt. William Macavinta, social workers and representatives from the International Justice Mission (IJM) rescued the minors from a house maintained by Janice Baking at Ruby Narciso in Sitio Banaba in Barangay Dapdap in Bamban.

The team found the children performing sala-cious acts before digital cameras for a paying for-eign “client.”

The police confi scated computer units, smart phones and other gadgets believed to have been used by the suspects for cybersex operations.

The suspects were charged with human traf-fi cking. The rescued children were brought to the local social welfare offi ce.

The IJM is an international, non-governmen-tal organization focused on human rights, law and law enforcement. It has been crusading against cybersex operations, especially those involving children.

Founded in 1997 by lawyer Gary Haugen of the United States, it is based in Washington, D.C. and has 17 fi eld offi ces in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia, and fi ve partner offi ces in North America, Europe and Australia.

All IJM employees are required to be practic-ing Christians, while 94 percent are nationals of the countries they work in.

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SAN ANTONIO, Zambales – Four suspected drug pushers were arrested by the Zambales police in separate drug operations here, in Subic and Cas-tillejos towns.

Senior Inspector Jonathan Bardaje, head of San Antonio police station, identifi ed the suspect as John Rival De Jesus, 19, of Purok 1, Barangay Santiago.

The suspect was apprehended while selling shabu worth P500 to a police poseur-buyer. Re-covered from him were a sachet of shabu and the marked money.

In Subic, police head Chief Inspector Joan Si-bayan said Joan Aceron y Gomez, 29, of Purok 3C, Barangay Calapacuan, was nabbed selling shabu worth P500 to a police poseur-buyer.

Recovered from the suspect were three heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets of shabu and the P500 bill buy-bust money.

In Castillejos town, Chief Inspector Rolando Dellezo identifi ed the arrested suspects as Allan Kingking y Azuelo, 45, and Teddy Capule y Blan-co, 49, both residents of Barangay Balaybay Vil-lage.

Recovered from them were several transpar-ent plastic sachets of shabu and the marked mon-ey.

According to police record, Kingking was one of the drug reformists who completed the rehabili-tation program in ‘Bahay Pagbabago’ sometime in 2016 while Capule was a ‘cum laude’ with a bach-elor’s degree in education and currently practicing his profession.

All arrested suspects are facing charges for vi-olation of Section 5 and 11, Article ll of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002).

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Festive FlairNing Cordero

MARIA’S Native Delicacies is a home to authentic and fa-mous regional foods. Bringing together delicacies from var-ious parts of the Philippines, Maria’s owner Kapampangan entrepreneur Luchie Loza-no and owner of Giada Luan-corp shares Maria’s was put up to give the Kapampangans a tasty option to satisfy their cravings and quality of food

they deserve.“Here at Maria’s, custom-

ers can savor the best region-al delicacies and favorites,” Lozano shares.

The place is inviting and casual making diners feel at ease. While waiting for the or-der, the pop up store inside the restaurant sells variety of products – garlic nuts, banana chips, chicharon, honey, cook-

ies and more.“We source out products,

like the gourmet tuyo (dried fi sh in olive oil) a specialty from Dipolog City. We order these from small to micro-entrepre-neurs because we want to help them promote their products,” she adds.

While the eatery may seem cozy, the menu tells a diff erent story, one that’s true to its local taste. Maria’s off ers mouth-wa-tering signature food of some sort such as a laing, a Bicola-no dish of taro leaves in coco-nut milk, papaitan, a famous Ilocano soup dish mostly com-posed of cow or goat innards, Candaba’s fried duck, cal-deretang itik (duck caldereta), Dagupan’s daing na bangus, were milkfi sh is butterfl ied and

Fiesta of flavorsmarinated in vinegar, salt and pepper among others.

If you are craving for au-thentic Kapampangan dish-es, Maria’s also off ers sale manuk (native chicken in lem-ongrass soup), Adobong/Ar-obung maputi (old style white Adobo), burung mustasa (pick-led mustard greens), bring-he (a type of native paella made with glutinous rice, coco-nut milk, chicken).

Other bestsellers include pancit guisado, pancit palabok, arrozcaldo and lumpiang gu-lay. Aside from regional delica-cies, Lozano proudly says that Giada’s breads and cakes are fresh from the oven and are must-tries.

And who would have missed the cassava cake, ube

halaya (a type of dessert made from boiled and mashed purple yam), maja blanca (creamy, soft, light pudding primarily made of coconut milk), sampe-lut (sticky rice balls in coconut milk) with inangit (glutinous rice dessert and many more variants of rice cakes.

“We serve quality foods at an aff ordable prices,” Lozano shares.

Established in 2016, Maria’s will soon open another branch in Tokwing in Porac town, an addition to their Angeles City and Sindalan branches.

For more information call 0932-8730018 follow FB @ Maria’sNativeDelicacies.

Love to hear from you please follow and write me at FestiveFlair.ph.

P !"!( $!%&"'() !* R0$ G!/5+2'(Maria’s ownerLuchie Lozano with staff

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CLARK FREEPORT – The fi rst of its kind in Clark, Pokha-ra Junket Casino formally opened on Wednesday at the ground fl oor of the Xenia Ho-tel here.

Amid the typical gaming experience off ered by casino establishments here, Pokhara dares to diff er by developing a fresh market for junket play-ers, agents and operators.

Pokhara Junket Casino opens in ClarkDuring its formal opening,

Pokhara said it is committed to rendering exceptional ser-vice establishments through its highly profi cient team mem-bers who vow to promote great value to its patrons with-in its spacious mass gaming fl oor, six exquisitely designed VIP rooms and nightly live en-tertainment.

“We are aligned with the Bases Conversion Develop-ment Authority’s positioning

of Clark as being renowned in Asia, if not internationally, as we aim to bring in internation-al patrons for an exciting gam-ing experience,” Angel Rosas, Pokhara’s spokesperson said.

“As an eff ect, this is also foreseen to help boost busi-ness in the area,” she added.

Catering to purely for-eign gaming patrons, Pokha-ra is strategically located less than fi ve minutes away from the Clark International Air-

port. This new establishment promises a luxurious experi-ence to players of good taste with 15 gaming tables ranging from Baccarat, Super 6, Black-jack, Pontoon and Roulette.

To widen its exclusive for-eign market reach, the Pokha-ra management formed a part-nership with Hana Tour, the largest travel and tour service provider in South Korea with 29 branches in major cities around the world.

Meanwhile, its strong rela-tionship with Xenia Hotel com-mits to providing “fi rst rate fa-cilities and impeccable service to guarantee a stay of abso-lute convenience.”

PJC is owned and man-aged by seasoned business-men in various fi elds, with ex-perienced gaming consultants to boot. The operation is reg-ulated and monitored by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.

Pokhara chairman Byungcheol Kim and president Suyoung Kim are joined by other executives in cutting ceremonial ribbon amid a rain of confetti for good luck. P !"! 7) B!/3 L+$(!/

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