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ANGELES CITY -- A member of the government’s peace panel expressed yesterday

confi dence that the government would be able to sign a formal peace agreement with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) by next year.

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WHAT THE... Newly constructed bridge connecting barangays San Jose and Del Pilar in the City of San Fernando leads directly to the back of a house. Right of way, anyone?

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CLARK FREEPORT - The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) decried yes-terday the “continuing non-compliance” of the Duterte administration with previously signed agreements that should release all political pris-oners.

2 DAYS BEFORE OSLO PEACE TALKS

NDFP decry gov’t ‘failure’ to honor past agreements

The NDFP cited the Comprehensive Agree-ment on Respect for Human Rights and In-ternational Humanitar-ian Law (CARHRIHL) and the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immuni-ty Guarantees (JASIG) covering political prison-

ANGELES CITY - Pres. Duterte has declared Oct. 10 (Monday) and Oct. 21 (Friday) as spe-cial non-working holi-days in this city to en-able local folk to cele-brate their month-long Fiestang Kuliat.

Malacanang issued Proclamation No. 66, signed by Executive Sec. Salvador Medi-aldea “by authority of the President,” noting

October 10, 21 non-working holidays in AC

that “the City of Angeles marks the celebration of the Kuliat Festival and the Tigtigan, Terakan king Dalan, a festival which symbolizes the resilience of the people during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption.”

Kuliat used to be the name of Angeles when it was still a barrio of the capital City of Fer-nando. Kuliat is a vine

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ANGELES CITY – Ac-tor Mark Anthony Fer-nandez was arrested by policemen while in pos-session of about a kilo of marijuana after a brief

chase in this city Mon-day night.

City police director Senior Supt. Sydney Vil-lafl or, reported to May-or Edgardo Pamintuan that at around 8:30 p.m. while members of Po-

lice Station 6 were con-ducting “Anti Criminality Checkpoint” along the MacArthur Highway in Barangay Virgen Delos Remedios (VDR) here, a yellow Ford Mustang

Actor Mark Anthony Fernandez arrested in AC for marijuana

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POWER OUTRAGE. Scores of paying consumers are prevented from entering Pampanga Electric Cooperative II offi ce in Dau, Mabalacat City for lack of accommodation inside. This is a typical scenario that exposes consumers to the elements and high blood pressure amid unusually high cost of electricity in Pelco II areas.

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CITY OF SAN FER-NANDO --- Governor Lil-ia “Nanay” Pineda urged the municipal and city treasurers in the prov-ince to work hard for the collection of P300-million collectibles in Real Prop-

Gov to treasurers: Collect P300-M RPTerty Tax (RPT).

Records from the Pro-vincial Treasurer’s Offi ce (PTO) shows that the current RPT Collection from all over the province is only P151,394,640.

With this, the gover-

nor urged the city and municipal treasurers and assessors to strengthen its RPT collection in their areas of responsibility.

The governor also commanded Engineer Romeo Dizon, provincial

assessor to strictly mon-itor the collection of the towns and cities to reach the P300-million defi cit.

The governor also or-dered the municipal offi -cials to locate the origi-

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO -- More women than men have been named by the Supreme Court ei-ther as executive judges or vice executive judges

SC names new RTC exec judges

in Pampanga. In issuing Administra-

tive Order No. 158-2016 “in the interest of an ef-fective administration of justice,” the High Court designated the “exec-utive judges and their vice executive judges of their respective stations eff ective 16 September 2016...”

The order said they are “to continue until 15 September 2018 or until successors are designat-ed, unless their designa-

tion is sooner revoked.” Designated Region-

al Trial Court executive judges were Omar Vio-la for Angeles City, Mary Anne Rivera for the City of San Fernando, and Josephine Rosario Mer-cado for Macabebe.

The vice executive judges included Ma. An-gelica Quiambao for An-geles City, Alexander Malig for the City of San Fernando, and Jesusa Mylene Isip for Guagua.

–Ding Cervantes

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Following the discovery of suspected shabu laboratories in the province, the governor urged Pres. Rodrigo Duter-te to sign an executive order for the creation of Pampanga Task Force.

Gov. Pineda said the Task Force will be of help in solving the illegal drug problem in the province.

“Naisip ko bakit hindi mag-karoon ng executive order si Pres. Duterte na magkaroon ng Pampanga Task Force para sa drug campaign. Ilan na ‘yong nakikitang shabu lab pero wala naman akong natatanggap na report kung anong nangyayari sa mga shabu lab,” the governor ex-plained.

It can be recalled that Phil-ippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa disclosed that Pampanga has the big-gest drug operations in the country.

The police chief explained that Pampanga is prone to such illegal activities due to the existence of Clark Internation-

Gov urges Prez to sign EO creating Pampanga Task Force

Gov. Lilia Pineda instructs Mayor Emmanuel ‘Bon’ Alejandrino and Arayat barangay offi cials to be vigilant in their areas of jurisdiction after the discovery of the alleged mega shabu laboratory. P!"#" )"0-#,*% "1 J0& J(*", P(34 PIO

al Airport and Subic Freeport Zone around it which serves as gateway of precursors.

“Siguro susulat ako with the request from the Sanggu-

niang Panlalawigan na kung talagang ‘yong Pampanga eh nandito talaga ‘yong sentro ng puntahan ng mga drugs na yan, kailangan ko na talaga ng

Pampanga Task Force,” the governor added.

The governor also wants to conduct an in depth investiga-tion on the shabu laboratory

found in barangay Lacquios, Arayat.

“Pati ‘yong NIA pinapaimb-estigahan ko na rin. May gate sila papunta doon sa sha-bu laboratory. Nagtatako ako paano nakapasok ‘yong mga trak sa dam na ‘yon ngayong bawala dumaan doon,” the governor said.

Gov. Pineda also wants to have a hand on the reports re-garding the investigation of the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on the shabu laboratories found in the province.

“Anong nangyari doon sa imbestigasyon na nang-yari sa Angeles City? Anong nangyari sa mga shabu lab sa Magalang, sa Greenville dito sa San Fernando? Baka iisa lang sila. Kailangan kong ipunin ‘yong mga reports na yan. Hindi ko alam kung mer-on ba ‘kong right para kumuha ng kanilang imbestigasyon sa kanilang mga na-raid pero hi-hilingin ko na talaga kasi ang probinsya ko ang naaapektu-han,” the governor stressed.

– Liezel Cayanan/Pampanga PIO

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GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija – A village head and a councilman were arrest-ed for alleged posses-sion of undocumented fi rearm and illegal drugs, respectively, in simul-taneous raids by oper-atives of the provincial public safety company (PPSC) in Barangay St. John here Sunday.

The suspects were identifi ed as barangay chair Antonio Pagarigan, 63, and Enerito Cupido, Jr., 40, both of the said village.

Chief Insp. Edilmar Alviar, PPSC chief, said that operatives swooped down on the hous-es of Pagarigan, Cupi-do and another resident

Village chief, kagawad nabbed for gun, drugsat around 6 a.m. on the strength of search war-rants issued by Judge Celso Baguio of the Ga-pan City Regional Trial Court.

Lawmen however did not recover any contra-band from the third sub-ject, identifi ed as Melchor Pagarigan, brother of the village head.

Police said the village chief yielded a .45 pis-tol and several rounds of ammunitions without necessary permits from the Philippine Nation-al Police’s Firearms and Explosive Offi ce (PNP-FEO). Operatives also recovered two sachets of crystalline substance which were submitted to the Nueva Ecija police crime laboratory offi ce

for testing.Pagarigan admitted

he failed to secure per-mits for his gun but said the substance were alum being used by his wife.

Policemen, on the other hand, found 18 sa-chets of suspected sha-bu inside a coin purse near Cupido’s television set.

Cupido denied knowl-edge of the illegal drugs, saying it could be a hand-iwork of someone else.

Alviar said charges of illegal possession of

fi rearms and ammunition were being fi led against Pagarigan while Cupi-do faces charges for vi-olations of Republic Act 9165.

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OLONGAPO CITY -- A live-in couple was arrested by opera-tives of Police Station 6 of the Olongapo City Police Offi ce (OCPO) during a drug operation in Barangay Barretto here, while six other drug personalities were arrested in Subic, Zambales.

Reports reaching the offi ce of city director Senior Supt. Jer-ry Sumbad identifi ed the couple as Enrico Abogado y Andres, 46, and Ligaya Frederick y Bacuer-tas, 46, of Purok 1, Abra Street, Barangay Barretto.

The two were arrested while selling a sachet of shabu worth P200 to a police poseur buyer. Recovered from them were three

Anti-drug operations net 9transparent plastic sachets of sha-bu.

In Subic, Zambales police led by Senior Inspector Johnathan Bardaje of the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) arrested seven in buy-bust operations at Dominic Street in Barangay Calapacuan and Gu-tierez Street in Barangay Calapa-ndayan.

Chief Inspector Leonardo Ma-drid, head of Subic PNP, identifi ed those arrested in the fi rst raid as Jr Manog y Abalos, alias Waray, and Sandy Salaudin y Abdula both 18, residents of Muslim area Barangay Calapacuan who were selling sha-bu to Marlon Del Pilar y Mayor, 39, and Oliver Aytalin y Ruiz, 35, both of Manangan Street; and Ramil Arreo-la y Idanan, 49, of Gutierrez Street

all in Barangay Calapacuan.At Barangay Calapandayan

the arrested suspects were iden-tifi ed as Joan Chaves y Hamera, 37, an Oplan Tokhang surren-deree; Manuel Motol y Sagay-say, 28, and Junifer Amora y Pa-dron,39, all residents of the said barangay.

Police confi scated from the suspects a total of 12 heat sealed plastic transparent sa-chets containing shabu and the P600 marked money.

The suspects now face charges for violations of Sec-tion 5 and 11, Article II of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Danger-ous Drug Act of 2002) before the Provincial Prosecutors Offi ce in Olongapo City.

SAMAL, Bataan -- Po-lice on Monday report-ed the complaint of a 22-year-old former bank teller that she was raped and robbed by a masked man while she was alone sleeping in their house in a village in this town.

The lady, still single, said she was sleeping in her bedroom at about 2:30 a.m. of Saturday

Ex-bank teller raped, robbedwhen she felt someone touched her and covered her mouth with his hand.

“When I opened my eyes, I saw a masked man with a knife pointed at me,” the woman said.

Trembling with fear, she said that she hand-ed her bag containing P2,000 in cash and ATM card when the man de-manded for it.

The man then searched her cabinet and got a duct tape that he used in tying her hands and feet and cov-ering her mouth, she said, adding that he raped her with her eyes covered with her clothes.

“I was told not to tell anyone or he will kill me and the others living with me,” the woman said.

After the rape, the suspect carted away two cellphones, a tab-let and a laptop valued at P50,000, passing through the main door where he gained entry by destroying its lock.

PO2 Maria Oliva Palattao, Samal police investigator, said investi-gation is still ongoing.

–Ernie Esconde

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CLARK FREEPORT – The 17th Asso-ciation of Tourism Offi cers of the Phil-ippines (ATOP) National Convention is now ongoing at the Royce Hotel here until Friday (October 7).

The Provincial Government of Pampanga is hosting the event with the theme: “Tourism for All: Promot-ing Universal Accessibility,” for the fi rst time since ATOP’s inception at the turn of the millennium in 2000.

ATOP delegates from Luzon, Vi-sayas and Mindanao started gathering here since Monday for the annual con-ference to honor tourism’s best practic-es led by its president Alphonsus Teso-ro from the Provincial Tourism and Cul-tural Aff airs Offi ce of Capiz and its core of offi cers with vice president for the Visayas Josie Granada from the City Tourism Offi ce of Baybay, Leyte; vice president for Mindanao Minda Regis from the Provincial Tourism Offi ce of Lanao Del Norte; secretary-general Jo-sette Doctor from the Provincial Tour-ism Offi ce of Northern Samar; treasur-er Malu Elduayan from the Provincial Tourism Offi ce of Pangasinan; secre-tary for the Visayas Roselle Ruiz from the Provincial Tourism Offi ce of Aklan; PRO for Luzon Arwin Lingat from the provincial Tourism Offi ce of Pampan-ga; PRO for the Visayas Ma. Elma Ger-asmo from the City Tourism Offi ce of Bacolod; and regional representatives Eliseo Dela Cruz from the Provincial Tourism Offi ce of Bulacan (Region 3), Alenmarie Alejo from the City Tourism Offi ce of San Juan (NCR) and Jerry Anas from the Municipal Tourism Offi ce of Leganes, Iloilo (Region 6).

The delegates are joined by ATOP immediate past-president Miguel Sison from the City Tourism Offi ce of Alamin-

Pampanga hosts 17th ATOP convention

os, Pangasinan.Tourism Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo

is the guest of honor and speaker at the opening on Tuesday dubbed, “Me-keni Malaus ka Pampanga (Come and Welcome to Pampanga): Governor’s Night” at the Clark Parade Grounds here adjacent to the hotel.

An array of speakers is lined up for this year’s national convention. Among them are the keynote address of Sen. Nancy S. Binay on Advancing Tour-ism for All: Priority Legislative Agenda on Philippine Tourism; former tourism secretary Mina Gabor’s talk on Diversi-fying Tourism Products and Expanding Access to Tourism: Pathways to Opti-mizing Agri-Farm Tourism in the Phil-ippines; DENR Bio-Diversity Manage-ment bureau director Theresa Mundi-ta S. Lim‘s talk on Ecotourism, Green Economy and Environmental Well-ness: New Prospects and Enduring Challenges to Tourism Stakeholders; and Atty. Lucas Nunag’s talk on Green-ing the Tourism Value-chain: The Bohol Experience.

Highlighting the 17th national con-vention is The 2016 Pearl Awards Cer-emony where former president and now Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Glo-ria Macapagal-Arroyo will be the guest of honor.

ATOP founding president, DOT Region 10 regional director Catalino Chan, will deliver the keynote address for the ceremony.

Some of the activities lined-up for the delegates are agri-farm tour, eco-tour, museology tour, heritage tour, ad-venture tour, creative industries tour, business enterprise tour and industrial tour.

Last year’s ATOP national conven-tion was hosted by the Davao City gov-ernment.

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Opinion

Journalismis no crime

IN WHAT is becoming a common and increasingly alarming occurrence, two more journalists have once again been threatened for reporting that does not sit well with people who consider criticism on President Rodrigo Duterte a violation of their article of faith.

It began as an anonymous post on the GRPundit section of the GetRealPhilippines site, accusing veteran Reuters reporters Manny Mogato and Karen Lema of deliberately misreporting Duterte’s controversial “Hitler” comments and saying that “malicious and irresponsible journalists” like them “are the true enemies of democracy” and “should be punished with the full force of the law” as

if journalism is a crime.In a short while, it has become a meme featuring

the photos of our colleagues that has been widely circulated by the President’s followers, often with added comments expanding on the call for violent punitive action, and calling for controls on freedom of the press and of expression.

Mr. Duterte’s injunction to his supporters not to harm journalists and leave them to pursue independent reporting about his government seems to have fallen on deaf ears, drowned by the overfl owing zeal of an army of social media warriors who are quick to defl ect the slips in judgment and pronouncements he has made as if he is infallible.

It is doubly unfortunate and ironic that among those who have joined what is practically an online lynching mob are people who are or have worked in media or the performing arts and related professions, and even activists, who would not have been able to thrive if not for the very same freedom of the press and of expression they are now suggesting should be suppressed.

We have said again and again that the media, and journalists, are not immune from criticism and, in fact, will always welcome it – no matter how harsh or even insulting – both as a means to engage with their audiences as well as to learn from them, especially when we do commit mistakes. Calling out those errors not only serve to better journalism practice but also enrich the public discourse.

But threatening journalists when their reportage is disagreeable or erroneous is criminal, as is helping spread these threats, especially if any harm should befall the subjects of such opprobrium.

We stand by Manny Mogato and Karen Lema, and all other colleagues facing threats and other pressures because of the work they do, and are sure that all colleagues who take pride in the profession and serving the people’s right to know will do the same even as they continue to carry on their duties despite the risks and dangers they face.

We are worried over the continued vilifi cation of media and attempts to lay the predicate to muzzle freedom of the press and of expression. However, we are certain that most of the public who we serve know and understand the crucial role an independent Fourth Estate plays in a democracy.

It is because of the people that we exist and for them that we persevere.

(Statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines signed by chairman Ryan D. Rosauro, October 3, 2016)

State of mindlessnessIS THERE a functioning government in the City of San Fernando?

After the slew of anakpu… and taknayda…came that realization to this logical one, stuck in horrendous traffi c at the Gapan-San Fernando-Olongapo Road, er, Jose Abad Santos Avenue, last Friday.

Horrendous, graaabeee, as in bumper-to-bumper from Mexico westward and vice versa at JASA, and two-lanes of the NLEx, both northbound and southbound, to the San Fernando Exit occupied for over a kilometer.

The cause? Sale at the S&R Membership Shopping warehouse. Where two lanes of JASA became instant parking lots.

Coming in from Sta. Ana, we started our long road to Calvary right in front of the Mexico parish church – aye, on hindsight now, a precursor of the distress to come: the patron Sta. Monica traditionally dedicated to suff erings, for her anguish over the iniquities of her son Augustine in his youth.

That was 11:15 a.m. Travelling virtually by inches, we reached the Lagundi rotunda after about an hour – a distance of three kilometers or so.

Finding a break at the rotunda going to the old road, we veered from the JASA traffi c that had come to a standstill approaching SM.

It was like going from the frying pan into the fi re. Traffi c was as, if not more, intolerable, given the road being much narrower than JASA. And seeming like just about every motorist going eastward or westward had the same idea I had to avoid JASA.

A short three-kilometer stretch took all of some 45 minutes to negotiate, fi nding some relief in a detour in Barangay San Jose through that one-lane steel bridge to the University of the Assumption. And, serendipitously, fi nding that newly constructed concrete two-lane bridge with a house for its northern approach – yeah, as stupid as any traffi c solution can get here. (See front page photo).

It was a breeze therefrom through Unisite Subd. to MacArthur Highway to the connecting road to Gen. Hizon Avenue, through Sta. Lucia to Capitol onto Lazatin Boulevard and home to St. Jude Village.

All of a little over two hours. And we were luckier. Those who stuck by JASA took much

longer. Maybe, they had a higher level of tolerance

to suff ering. Or that they had the same mindset as Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade’s that traffi c is just “a state of mind.”

Honestly, I tried Tugade’s illusion. Thinking of pleasant, beautiful things – our courtship, complete with papungay-pungay mata to the wife at the front passenger’s seat, our autumn in Kyoto, by the beach WHHPSSP – that is walking-hand-in-hand-pasway-sway-pa...But still, the reality struck: we are stuck in a gridlock. And not even the deepest om-ah-hum meditation can alter that reality.

Being stuck in traffi c simply sucks. So, we look for the scapegoat to blame. So, was there a functioning government in

the City of San Fernando that Friday?A big yes: the city living up to its hall-of-fame

elevation as most business-friendly city – can it be any friendlier to S&R by dedicating two lanes of JASA as its private parking lot?

On the other hand, one can’t help but wonder how the city executive could ever be bestowed a Lingkod Bayan – public servant – award when that single sales event can hold virtually the whole city to a standstill, the public greatly inconvenienced to say the least.

Ayayay, the moniker of hizzoner nga pala is EdSa. See any konek there?

Aye, in the context of Tugade’s thesis: with EdSa, the state of EDSA is transposed to JASA.

No, I am not accusing anyone of incompetence here. The horrendous traffi c last Friday being a mere state of mindlessness, to inversely, if not perversely, paraphrase my favorite Tatalonian Toughie at CDC, now DOTr heavy.

Yeah, as one former mayor of San Fernando – no, not Oca Rodriguez – used to say: “Traffi c is a sign of progress. The more traffi c, the more progress.”

So, decongest Metro Manila, bring everything to Pampanga.

ON OCTOBER 5, 1923, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, was formally established as a branch of the Boy Scout of America (BSA).

The Manila council of the BSA, was initially funded through the help of various civic-organizations namely: the YMCA, Knights of Co-lumbus, Masons, Elks, Fili-pino and Chinese Chambers of Commerce, the U.S. Army, the Catholic and Protestant churches, and the American Legion.

Scouting history in the Philippines traces back to the American occupation of the islands. The boy scouts fi rst documented formation of a scout troop in the islands was that of the Lorillard Spencer’s troop of Zamboanga formed in 1914 by a U.S. Navy Lieu-tenant named Sherman Kis-er.

This is just seven years af-ter Lord Baden-Powell found-ed Scouting in England in 1907 and four years after the establishment of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.

Lt. Kiser got the idea of putting up a boy scout in the Philippines upon the sugges-tion of American charity work-er Caroline Spencer of whom he was initially assigned to escort in Sulu.

Mrs. Spencer saw how Fil-ipino boys could benefi t from scouting and discussed her ideas with Kiser.

She actually shared the idea to organize boy scouts troop in the Philippines since her son, Lorillard Spencer, was an active scout in the United States, hence became the name of the troop.

Although Kiser was reas-signed to Zamboanga, he still formed a Scout troop com-

posed of young Muslim boys.Upon learning of the for-

mation of a new troop, Mrs. Spencer sent monetary sup-port to purchase uniform and construct a headquarters.

Realizing the benefi ts that Scouting was bringing to the boys, Assemblyman Tomas Confesor of Iloilo sponsored a bill in the National Assem-bly providing for the establish-ment of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines to replace the Boy Scout of America.

The bill was signed into law as Commonwealth Act No. 111 by President Man-uel L. Quezon on October 31, 1936, thus marking the month of October as Scouting Month.

Hence, it was formally es-tablished on January 1, 1938, and recognized on October 1, 1946, by the Boy Scouts World Bureau.

The Boy Scouts of the Philippines is formally established as a branch

of the Boy Scout of America

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Sipain na itong di kusang magbitiw!

BAGO PA sumapit ang pang-isang daangaraw ng pag-upo r’yan sa Malakanyangng ating Pangulo ay nagawa na niyangtuparin ang ilang naipangako n’yan.

Gaya ng pagsugpo sa bawal na gamot,na bagama’t di pa rin naglubay lubositong sa illegal trade nagpapakilos,pero natuklasan na ang nasa likod

Ng operasyon n’yan ay may matataasna katungkulan at alagad ng batasang itinuturong direktang kasabwatsa naturan maging sa loob at labas.

Na hayan at ngayon ay kasalukuyangiginigisa na sa Senate ang isangnaging Kalihim mandin ng Katarungan,pero dama yata sa katiwalian?

At posibleng kapag ganap naisulongang ngayo’y on-going na imbestigasyon,siya pa lang marahil itong makukulongna haligi pa mandin nitong ‘Justice Hall’

Maliban sa iba pang nakatataasna itinuturong posibleng kasabwatsa pagmanipula nitong illegal drugskaya ang pagsugpo ay napakahirap

At patuloy pa rin sa pamamayaniang kumikita ng limpak na salapi,di baleng masadlak itong ating lipisa araw ng bukas, sa dusa’t pighati.

At ang masakit ay kung bakit ang atingilang naturingang mga magagalingna opisyal nitong bansa ay sangkot din,kaya papaano lubos masusupil

Itong talamak na’t halos di makontrolna bilihan maging sa lungsod at nayon,gayong mayrung napapatay araw-arawsa mga pushers at users na nagumon? Subalit ang higit na katakatakaay itong kung bakit ang ilang lokal naopisyales natin ay di nakikitaang laboratoryo n’yan sa lugar nila?

Partikular na r’yan ng mga Kapitan,Barangay Kagawad at ng Bantay-Bayan,na siyang unang dapat makakita riyansa anumang bagay na di karaniwan. Mula maupo ang butihing Governornitong Pampanga ay kanya nang pinulongang local offi cials, kasama ang mayors,vice mayors at SB (of all Pampanga towns)

Kasama pati na barangay health workers,na dapat ay palagi nang maging awareIn all-out-war against our subject matterThat may occur at our own inconvenience.

Kaya sa puntong yan nasabi marahilni ‘Nanay Baby” ang kung di kakayaninnitong mga barangay offi cial natinang ganyan sila ay dapat nang magbitiw?

At kung saan kung di nga nila magawangasikasuhin ang takdang katungkulannang dahil sa sila’y takot o anuman,magbitiw na ang may daga sa dibdib n’yan;

Para mapalitan nitong hindi duwaglabanan ang gaya nitong makamandagna drogang lason sa katinua’t utakng kabataan at ating mga anak!

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ARAYAT, Pampanga – “I have ordered the sequestration of this property.”

Thus, said President Ro-drigo R. Duterte during his speech at his recent visit here following the discovery of what is described as the biggest shabu laboratory in the Philippines once it is com-pleted.

Duterte said he is eyeing the transformation of the un-fi nished mega shabu labo-ratory in Barangay Lacquios

Duterte eyes mega shabu lab as drug rehab center

here into a reformatory center for drug surrenderees.

The president vowed to obtain P25 million to P50 mil-lion for the transformation of the mega shabu laboratory into a rehab center.

Duterte said the proper-ty where the laboratory was built is owned by a certain San Dey Chua who was last seen scaling the wall of the property as the raiding team moved in.

A team from the Philippine National Police and Philip-pine Drug Enforcement Agen-

cy seized the laboratory in an operation last September 22.

The raiding team was able to confi scate one combustion tower set-up, one yellow mo-tor star diesel generator, one blue industrial chiller, one set of power controller, seven in-dustrial distillation set-up, and one reaction mixer.

According to Duterte, the laboratory equipment and apparatus have the capacity to produce 400 kilograms of shabu per day.

This was confi rmed by government chemists.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A manuscript written by the vice president of the Universi-ty of the Assumption (UA) here has made it to the Concilium International Journal for The-ology (CIJT), one of the most read theological journals in the world.

“The Suff ering and the Em-powering Graces of the Lord” authored by UA Vice President Fr. Victor Nicdao was among the articles in this year’s third issue of the journal. The article itself was already translated in several languages including German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Croatian.

The paper features St. Paul’s paradoxical statement “when I am weak, then I am strong” as the author explored the reasons of St. Paul’s re-

UA veep’s manuscript makes it toConcilium Int’l Journal for Theology

siliency and having a positive disposition in the middle of suff ering and the missing com-ponent that must be brought out to make sense from this statement.

Fr. Nicdao said his article refl ects on St. Paul’s under-standing on suff ering which contributes to the whole refl ec-tion on the theme.

Fr. Nicdao explained that, for him, it is Paul’s experience of the grace of God that is why “Suff ering and the Empower-ing Grace of the Lord” is the title. He pointed out that al-though one suff ers, the grace of God does not fade even if it’s true that you continue to suff er, but at the same time, there is that divine power.

Fr. Danny Pilario, a Fili-pino member of the Board of

Editors of (CIJT) who is from St. Vincent’s School of Theol-ogy where Fr. Nicdao used to teach, invited him to write for the journal.

According to Fr. Nicdao, Fr. Pilario knows his expertise on the New Testament, particular-ly In Pauline Letters and Pau-line Theology.

Nicdao’s article was pub-lished under Suff erings and God in the journal.

Five times a year Concili-um is published with contribu-tions from theologians in Asia, Africa, North and South Amer-ica and Europe.

Nicdao is also the concur-rent Rector of the adjacent Mother of Good Counsel Sem-inary.

- Dianne Resurreccion/UA OJT

THE CITY Government of San Fernando, during the 2nd Local Development Council meeting on Thursday, bared the projects for the utilization of its 20% Local Development Fund for 2017.

Chaired by Mayor Edwin ‘EdSa’ Santiago, the meet-ing was also attended by Vice-Mayor Jimmy Lazatin, Representative from the Offi ce of the Congressman Rene Pi-neda, City Administrator and City Planning and Develop-ment Offi cer Engr. Fernan-do Limbitco, private sectors, Non- Government Organiza-tions, Barangay Offi cials and Department Heads.

City Budget Offi cer Eda Panganiban said the 20% Lo-cal Development Fund for the upcoming year amounts to a total of 131.3 million pesos.

20.98% or more than 27 million pesos of the fund will be allotted for social develop-ment projects that includes re-pair of Brgy. Health Centers, construction and/or improve-ment of heritage infrastruc-tures, enhancement of emer-gency response equipment and farm mechanization pro-grams, among others.

For environmental man-agement, 36.17% or an es-timated 47 million pesos will be utilized for urban greening

CSF bares dev’t plan for 2017and fl ood control projects such as improvement of city trans-fer station, rehabilitation of canals, construction of slope protections and de-clogging or desilting of waterways.

The remaining 42.84 % amounting to 56 million pesos is funded for economic devel-opment that focuses on the construction and rehabilitation of roads and bridges and aid

to Barangay priority projects.Mayor EdSa guaranteed

that the new development schemes will be implemented on time with the corresponding budget.

“Ang mga proyektong ito ay pinag-isipang mabuti at na-kaayon sa pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan, kaya pipilitin nating maipatupad ang lahat ng mga ito,” he added.

Mayor EdSa discusses the new development plans of the City of San Fernando for 2017 during the 2nd Local Development Council meeting held Sept. 29 at the Heroes Hall with Vice Mayor Jimmy Lazatin.

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Republic of the PhilippinesCITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Province of PampangaMabalacat City

R.A. 10172NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, 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 RUVIELANE SERRANO MARGARITO has fi led with this Offi ce a petition for correction of entry in the sex from MALE to FEMALE in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of VENICE JADE SERRANO MARGARITO at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are CRISANTO SICAT MARGARITO and RUVIELANE FUWENSELIDA SERRANO.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his/her written opposition with this offi ce not later than seven (7) days after the completion of the publication period. VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINA CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

FOR THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR: CAROLINA I. AQUINO Administrative Assistant VIPunto! Central Luzon: October 3 & 10, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of HENEDINA P. ANGELES-

CARLOS who died intestate on April 26, 2014 at the A.U.F.M.C. in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 8, Block 29 of the subdivision plan Psd-49971, Sheet , being a portion of Block 16, described on plan Psd-46477, L.R.C. Rec. No. 124), situated in the Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 113611, before Notary Public Rodolfo S. Uyengco as per Doc No. 1269, Page No. 101, Book No. XLVII, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 19, 26 & October 3, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ESTANISLAO F. SUNGA who died

intestate on October 24, 2006 executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights with Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 27, Block 3 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-168938 (Sheet I), being a portion of Lot 1985-G, (LRC) Psd-22586, LRC Cad Rec. No. 344) with improvements erected thereon, situated in the Barrio of San Vicente, Mun. of Apalit, Prov. of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 167800-R, before Notary Public Dervin V. Castro as per Doc No. 55, Page No. 11, Book No. XXX, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 19, 26 & October 3, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ROSALINA Q. MANALANG who

died intestate on June 8, 2012 in Sta. Lucia, Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 269-C-2-H of the subd. plan Psd-03-091834, being a portion of Lot 269-C-2, Bsd-03-000848 LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of San Pablo & Dela Paz, Mun. of San Simon, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 439613-R, before Notary Public Miguelito S. Pama as per Doc No. 6, Page No. 2, Book No. 2, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 19, 26 & October 3, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ROQUE MACAPAGAL who died

intestate on August 2016 in Lacmit, Mexico, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of his estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 598362-R(Registry of Deeds of Pampanga)

Lot 2284-J-9-D of the subd. plan Psd-03-147076, being a portion of Lot 2284-J-9, Psd-03-000877 (OLT) LRC Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of Gatiawin, Mun. of Arayat, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 262893(Registry of Deeds of Marikina City)

Lot 1-B-2-C of the subd. plan Psd-04-019236, being a portion of Lot 1-B-2 (LRC) Psd-330519, LRC Rec. No. 8958) situated in the Bo. Ampid, Mun. of San Mateo, Prov. of Rizal;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 425427(Registry of Deeds of Marikina City)

Lot 2, Blk. 25 of the subd. plan Psd-007402-022418-D, being a portion of Lot 88-A, Psd-6500 Amd., LRC Rec. No. 7572) situated in Brgy. Malanday, Mun. of Marikina, M.M.;

A Three Hundred (300) square meter undivided portion from a lot covered by Emancipation Patent No. 494912 evidenced by a Deed of Absolute Sale dated July 27, 2010 executed in Arayat, Pampanga;

A Two Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Six (2,836) square meter undivided portion from a lot covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 229542-R of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga as evidenced by a Deed of Absolute Sale of Undivided Portion dated January 28, 2004 executed in Marikina City;

before Notary Public Miguelito S. Pama as per Doc No. 27, Page No. 7, Book No. 2, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: October 3, 10 & 17, 2016

This city’s Mayor Ed-gardo Pamintuan, who is president of the League of Cities of the Philip-pines (LCP) noted yes-terday that “we already have indefi nite unilater-al ceasefi re declarations and for the fi rst time since the talks started, the ceasefi re is holding. We can now discuss and hopefully agree on a joint ceasefi re declaration.”

EdPam confi dent of peace pact with NDFP in 2017Pamintuan and other

members of the Philip-pine peace panel leaves Oct. 6 for the second round of peace talks with the NDFP.

He said the agenda in Oslo will include a com-prehensive agreement on social economic re-forms, political and con-stitutional reforms, and a joint ceasefi re agree-ment.

Pamintuan, who also served as adviser to the

Philippine peace pan-el during the Arroyo ad-ministration, said “the people must be informed that what we are aim-ing is not only the end of armed hostilities but also the solution to the social and economic issues that brought about this confl ict.”

“At the end of the day, it is the Filipino people who must benefi t,” he said.

He stressed that

“our hopes are high that we will achieve another breakthrough and come up with more compre-hensive agreements that will lead to the formal signing of a peace settle-ment by next year.”

Pamintuan noted that the peace negotiation with the NDFP, which has been waging a fi ve-de-cade guerilla war in the countrysides through its armed component New People’s Army (NPA),

was revived after a six-year hiatus following the release on bail of jailed top-leaders of the Com-munist Party of the Phil-ippines.

The other day, NDFP chief political consultant Jose Ma. Sison said “the center of gravity of the peace negotiations is the twin necessity for nation-al industrialization and land reform.”

“Land reform is need-ed to produce a defi nite and wealthy source of food, raw materials for in-dustry, and a broad mar-

ket for industrial and ag-ricultural products. Na-tional industrialization is needed to produce ma-chines and other equip-ment for agriculture, cre-ate numerous and new jobs for the increasing population and destina-tion of surplus agricultur-al produce,” said Sison.

Pamintuan said “the way to Oslo, Norway is long and back-breaking. The road to peace is also not easy. The issues are deep. The root-causes of this war have to be ad-dressed.”

ers. “The release of all

political prisoners should not be an outcome of a fi nal peace agreement,” the NDFP said in a state-ment.

The NDFP said its statement was in reaction to reports quoting GRP peace panel chairper-son Silvestre Bello III as saying that “a draft am-nesty proclamation that enables the release of the political detainees is ready for submission during the second round of peace talks” but, qual-ifi ed that “a general am-nesty could be declared by President Duterte, with the concurrence of Congress, once the peace talks are success-fully concluded.”

NDFP negotiating panel chairperson Luis Jalandoni insisted that “the release of all politi-cal prisoners should not be an outcome of the successful conclusion of the peace talks.”

NDFP decry gov’t ‘failure’ to honor...F��� ���! 1 “Anchoring an am-

nesty proclamation to a fi nal peace agreement would make the more than 400 detained politi-cal prisoners and the re-cently released NDF con-sultants as virtual hos-tages to the peace talks. Their immediate release is a matter of compliance with the CARHRIHL and the JASIG,” Jalandoni said.

He added that “there seems to be a discon-nect between President Duterte, who commits to the expeditious release of all political prison-ers through an amnesty proclamation, the GRP peace panel, and the le-gal courts in the Philip-pines.”

“The fabricated crimi-nal cases that are not yet dropped are like swords of Damocles hang-ing over the heads of JASIG-protected consul-tants of the NDFP. Their freedom of movement is being restricted,” said Jalandoni.

He urged the govern-

ment’s peace panel “not to use the political pris-oners and the recently released NDF consul-tants as trump cards in the peace negotiations.”

In the August 26, 2016 joint statement, the parties agreed that “the GRP panel will im-mediately recommend to President Rodri-go Roa Duterte the is-suance of an Amnesty Proclamation, subject to concurrence of Con-gress, for the release of prisoners who are listed by the NDFP and who have been arrested, im-prisoned, charged, and/or convicted for alleged acts or omissions within the ambit of the Revised Penal Code or special laws in connection with alleged crimes in pursuit of one’s political beliefs.”

“The Parties will dis-cuss the content and language of the Amnesty Proclamation,” the joint statement stated.

The second round of peace negotiations is set to take place in Oslo,

Norway from October 6-10 with social and eco-nomic reforms as among the focus of the discus-sions.

Last month, the NDFP exchanged with the Philippine govern-ment a proposed “frame-work and outline” for the Comprehensive Agree-ment on Social and Eco-nomic Reforms (CAS-ER), the second sub-stantive agenda of the peace negotiations ac-cording to the framework agreement set by The Hague Joint Declaration of 1992.

According to the NDFP proposal, the main CASER objectives are to carry out agrarian reform and national in-dustrialization; advance the rights of exploited, oppressed, discriminat-ed and disadvantaged sectors of society; up-hold, protect, defend and promote economic sov-ereignty; and conserve the national patrimony and protect the environ-ment. –Ding Cervantes

sped away when fl agged down, going to the direc-tion of the City of San Fernando.

Villafl or said police-men gave chase until the car was intercept-ed due to heavy traffi c. Reports also said po-licemen shot the tires of the Mustang when it re-fused to stop.

When accosted, the

Actor Mark Anthony Fernandez arrested...F��� ���! 1 driver of the speeding

Mustang was identifi ed as actor Mark Anthony Fernandez from No. 84 Don Rufi no St. Tahanan Village, Paranaque City. He was in possession of a pack of suspected marijuana weighing ap-proximately one kilo, ac-cording to Villafl or.

The city police di-rector also said police-men were already on the lookout for a yellow Ford

Mustang model 1992 with plate no. ZGN-667 after getting a tip from a certain “Francis” of Ba-rangay Ninoy Aquino.

Villafl or said Fernan-dez tested positive for THC Metabolites which is an active ingredient of marijuana after a fi eld test was conducted by the city crime laborato-ry. But he said a “confi r-matory test” will still be made in Manila.

Meanwhile, radio re-ports said Fernandez is claiming that he used the marijuana as treat-ment for his cancer. Fer-nandez is the son of the late actor Rudy Fernan-dez with actress turned politician Alma Moreno aka Vanessa Lacsama-na whose father Frank is a Kapampangan from Macabebe.

Fernandez is current-ly detained at Station 6.

that used to be abun-dant then in the area. On the other hand, Tigtigan, Terakan king Dalan literally means Music, Dancing in the Street, an activity initi-ated by Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan to enliven

October 10, 21 non-working holidays in ACF��� ���! 1 the city which was then

heavily devastated by the eruption of Mt. Pina-tubo in 1991.

“In order for the peo-ple of the City of An-geles to celebrate and participate in the event, the City Mayor has re-quested that 10 October 2016 and 21 October

2016 be declared spe-cial non-working days,” said the proclamation signed last Sept. 26.

Pamintuan was among the fi rst mayors to openly declare sup-port for the presidential bid of Duterte during the campaign period for the last elections. He was

recently elected pres-ident of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), a post which also made him a mem-ber of the Philippine panel for peace negoti-ations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

–Ding Cervantes

nal landowners to inform them about the regula-tion on the prompt pay-

ment of RPT and the cor-responding penalties for non-payment.

“My fellow Cabalen, please cooperate and re-

ligiously pay your RPT dues. Rest assured that your tax payment will be used for the delivery of basic services need-

Gov to treasurers: Collect P300-M in RPTF��� ���! 1 ed by the province for its

development,” the gov-ernor said.

– Aida B. Bungue/Pampanga PIO

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SpotlightRey Pineda

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND, Mortgagee, FC Case No. 2016-1368 -versus- Extra-Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage underCZARA KHRISNA A. CABRERA, Act 3135, as amended by Act 4118 Mortgagor.

x------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended fi led by the Mortgagee, HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND with their Branch Offi ce at Suburbia Commercial Complex, Mc Arthur Highway, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga against the Mortgagor, CZARA KHRISNA A. CABRERA with residence and postal address at 2201 Kalikasan Homes, Pulanlupa, Las Piñas City or Lot 11 Blk. 22 Tagavilla St., Xevera Subdivision, Tabun, Mabalacat, Pampanga in order to satisfy the outstanding mortgage debt which as of February 26, 2016 amounts to ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT PESOS AND FORTY TWO CENTAVOS (Php 1,157,288.42), Philippine Currency, principal inclusive of interest and penalty charges but excluding the attorney’s fees, foreclosure expenses and other charges allowed by law, the undersigned Sheriff IV hereby gives notice and announces that on November 9, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, at the Municipal Trial Court of Mabalacat and Magalang, Pampanga located at the Mabalacat City Hall, Xevera Subd., Brgy. Tabun, Mabalacat, Pampanga will sell at public auction for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with all existing and future improvements thereon, to wit;

TCT NO. 172333A parcel of land (Lot 11 Block 22 of the consolidation-subdivision

plan, Pcs-03-016531 being a portion of consolidation of Lots 5 & 6, Pcs-03-000950, Lot 546-A (LRC) Psd-217854, Lot 544-B-2-A-3 Psd-03-169696, Lot 4-D Psd-03-170954, LRC Record No. ), situated in the Barangay of Tabun, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 10, Block 22; on the SE., along line 2-3 by Lot 13, Block 22; on the SW., along line 3-4 by Road Lot 35; and on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 9, Block 22, all of the cons.-subd. plan. x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50), more or less. x x x

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the above-mentioned parcel/s of land for their information and protection.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on November 16, 2016 at the same time and place without further notice.

Angeles City, September 26, 2016.

CARLO ROBERTO C. MEDINA Sheriff IV Copy furnished:

ATTY. JOSEPH P. QUIBOLOYDepartment Manager IIIHOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDSuburbia Commercial Complex,Mc Arthur Highway, Maimpis,City of San Fernando, Pampanga

CZARA KHRISNA A. CABRERA2201 Kalikasan Homes, Pulanlupa,Las Piñas City or Lot 11 Blk. 22Tagavilla St., Xevera Subdivision,Tabun, Mabalacat, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: September 26, October 3 & 10 , 2016

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBRANCH 46

City of San Fernando, Pampanga

IN THE MATTER OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE ENTRY: DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE AND CHANGE OF SURNAME FROM KUWAHARA TO NONATO ON THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF ARIZA NONATO KUWAHARA,

ARIZA NONATO KUWAHARA, SP. PROC. NO. 5796 Petitioner, - versus -

OFFICE OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO CIVIL REGISTRAR, OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, MAZAYUKI KUWAHARA AND ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE CLAIM OR INTEREST IN THIS PETITION, Respondents.

x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

A verifi ed petition dated September 7, 2016 was fi led by the petitioner, through counsel – Atty. Reydon P. Canlas, praying that after notice, publication and hearing, the petition be granted by cancelling the entry on the Date and Place of Marriage of Parents on the Certifi cate of Live Birth of the petitioner from the books of the Local Civil Registrar’s Offi ce of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga and from the National Statistics Offi ce, Quezon City and also to change her surname from KUWAHARA to NONATO, the latter being her known surname.

WHEREFORE, fi nding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, let the same be set for hearing on December 6, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning, at the Session Hall of this Court, located at the 2nd Floor, RTC Hall of Justice, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga after this Order shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner.

Notice is hereby given that anyone who objects to the petition should fi le on or before the scheduled date of hearing his/her opposition thereto with a statement of his/her ground thereof. The Local Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, is hereby given a period of fi fteen (15) days from receipt of this Order and a copy of the petition and annexes within which to submit their comment and/or opposition thereto.

Petitioner is hereby ordered to serve copies hereof together with copies of the petition and its annexes upon the Civil Registrar General (NSO), Offi ce of the Solicitor General, Offi ce of the Local Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, and respondent Mazayuki Kawahara, and to submit her compliance hereof.

Furnish the Civil Registrar General (NSO), Offi ce of the Solicitor General, the Offi ce of the Local Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Atty. Reydon P. Canlas, the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court, Prosecutor Shierma F. Ocampo-Patawaran and the petitioner a copy of this Order.

SO ORDERED.City of San Fernando, Pampanga, September 27, 2016.

MARY ANNE P. PADRON-RIVERA Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 3, 10 & 17, 2016

Cabalen Harbor Point Subicnow offers Street Food

CABALEN SUBIC now at its peak!With the large number of demands by people from nearby towns and especially our kababayans coming

from abroad, cabalen harbor point subic is now introducing a latest addition to its sumptuous feasts – Smart Street Sugbahan Festival for the month of October which aligns in Bacolod Maskara Festival that features inihaw / sinugba favorites.

Street food is a common favorite among pinoys, and to cater to valued customers and give them an ambience of the tusuk-tusok along street sides, cabalen harbor point subic will be including various tasty ihaw-ihaw off erings in its buff et table, for the month of October. Aside from the regular grilled servings, cabalen harbor point subic will now be serving Smart Street Sugbahan food like cocktail hotdogs, chicken feet which is familiar to other as “ adidas “, pork tenga, chicken and pork isaw, kwek-kwek, fi sh balls, squid balls, and kikiam - all of which are of premium quality and kids would really crave for.

Aside from the highlights for the month of October, Cabalen Harbor Point Subic is also now off ering Take Home Favorites for 2. Avid customers who loved eating authentic Filipino Dish cooked in Capampangan way can now have the great chance of having it at home or even a “ pasalubong “ to their special loved ones. Try and be satisfi ed with Take Home Favorites for 2. This is a nationwide ongoing promo for Cabalen.

With its 50-seater function room, Cabalen Harbor Point Subic is also accommodating seminars, weddings, baptismal, get-togethers and all other events.

Cabalen Harbor Point Subic, which has been an all-time favorite among buff et lovers, also off ers packed meals and take-out food good for two persons, thanks to store manager marilyn gavino and supervisor darlyn

thater, who made this idea possible.The famous restaurant will also be introducing its store jingle

titled “cabalen subic” a collaboration of kapampangan r&b singer jonas david and kapampangan songwriter/composer jay gopez.

For those who have discriminating tastes, cabalen is the best choice for palatable salads and appetizers and mouth-watering dishes from authentic kapampangan cuisine , diff erent regional specialties to various sweet courses.

Cabalen Harbor Point Subic is located at the ground level of Harbor Point Subic.

At Cabalen - malaus ko pu (you are welcome)q q q

ACCORDING TO a very reliable source actress/singer Vina Morales is fi ling a case against former lover Cedric Lee.

Our source said, “Talagang nag-fi le na ng kaso si Vina laban kay Cedric Lee.Bale tatlong kaso ang isasampa niya sa Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court

last September.“E,pano ba naman tinangay niya angang

anak nilang si Ceana ng siyam na arawOn the other hand Vina said...

“Sa nangyari sa amin, alam naman ng lahat na nine days hindi naibalik ang

anak ko.“So with that, we fi led kidnapping,

illegal detention, kasi nandoon din

“Hind ko lang ito laban. Laban din ito ng buong pamilya ko.

“Actually, my witness are my sisters, sina Shaina at Ate

Shiela.“So, my family are fi ghting

for with what’s happening sa mga kaso namin.

“So, buong pamilya kami. Suportado nila ako.”What does Vina expect to happen with

the case she fi led?“It’s just a complaint though, wala pa naman

sa korte yun, but that’s how many libels.“Kasi nga daw, kaya daw sila nag-fi le ng libel sa

akin dahil para ayaw daw niya masira yung reputation niya.

“So, kaya sila nag-fi le ng case against me dahil ayaw nilang masira ang reputation niya.

“So, kung ‘yan ang paniniwala niya, so okay lang. I have no choice but also defend myself.

“May batas naman tayo, sumusunod lamang kami dun, just to show him that no one is above the law.”

“Hahayaan ko na lang muna sa kamay ni Atty Lucielle Sering ang tungkol sa kaso.

Meanwhile, on a separate interview, Cedric was quoted saying...”nami-miss ko na ang mga dati kong kakosa at hihintayin ko na lamang ang aking warrant of arrest”

On the same interview, Vina quipped,”Kung yon ang wish niya,sige, pagbigyan natin.

Vina Morales

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ABOITIZ POWER Corporation (AboitizPow-er), through its subsidiary Therma Power, Inc. (TPI), announced today its proposed ac-quisition of indirect partnership interests held by funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX) in GNPower Mariveles Coal Plant Ltd. Co. (GMCP) and GNPower Dinginin Ltd. Co. (GNPD).

TPI will hold an indirect eff ective interest of 66.1 percent in GMCP and 40 percent in GNPD. The proposed acquisition consider-ation is approximately USD 1.2 billion (sub-ject to certain adjustments at closing) and will be funded by a combination of internal-ly generated cash and fi nancing from foreign banks.

The completion of the deal is subject to the approval of the Philippine Competition Commission and the Board of Investments.

GMCP is a 604-MW subcritical coal-fi red power plant, which started operations in 2014, while GNPD is a new project con-sisting of 2 x 668-MW supercritical coal-fi red power plant, located in Bataan. The fi rst of the GNPD units is currently under construc-tion and is targeting commercial operations in 2019.

“The proposed acquisition of the indirect eff ective interests in GMCP and GNPD is in line with our target to increase our attribut-able net sellable capacity to 4,000 MW by 2020. We consider this acquisition very stra-tegic as it gives us immediate earnings from the operating asset and incremental capac-ity in the coming years from the plant un-der construction and its expansion. We are likewise looking forward to the completion of our pipeline projects, which include more baseload capacity as well as renewables,” AboitizPower CEO Erramon I. Aboitiz said.

AboitizPower has investments in various thermal and renewable power generating fa-cilities and maintains a balanced mix of en-ergy sources to provide ample and reliable power at competitive rates. –Press release

AboitizPower seeks to acquire stakes in Bataan power plants

SENIORS’ DAY OUT. Over 700 senior citizens from Region III which includes Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Zambales, Nueva Ecija and Aurora recently joined the simultaneous Walk for Life in celebration of Elderly Filipino Week in partnership with PhilHealth, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and Department of Health (DOH) at SM City Pampanga. With this year’s theme: “Pagmamahal at Respeto ng Nakakabata, Nagpapaligaya sa Nakatatanda”, the whole day event also includes Zumba and service desks for Phil Health, DOH and DSWD. P!"#" )"0-#,*% "1 SMPP

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Despite inclement weather, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) brought joy and cheer to Ayta students in Subic, Zambales, through an outreach project conducted by the SBMA Tourism Depart-ment.

SBMA Tourism De-partment manager Mary Jamelle Camba and her staff , along with mem-bers of the Rotary Club of Subic Pearl, turned over sacks of rice, canned good, noodles, and oth-er foodstuff to the St. Francis Learning Center Foundation, Inc. (SFLC-FI), which is run by Fran-ciscan sisters headed by Sis. Mary Francis Borje.

Camba said the proj-ect was in line with the month-long celebration by the SBMA of the 2016 National Tourism Month.

No less than 250 ele-mentary and high school mostly Ayta students of St. Francis benefi ted from the project, which was sponsored by a number of business lo-cators in the Subic Bay Freeport.

Sister Mary said the SBMA outreach project was a big relief not only to the sisters and teach-ers who always tried to

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SBMA conducts Ayta outreach project

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make ends meet to feed and support the school children of the center, but also to the children from poor families.

One of them, nine-year old Aaron Ioncel-las, who is in Grade 3 at the center, couldn’t hide his happiness upon re-ceiving his box of lunch containing a piece of chicken, rice, and choco-late brownies. But Aaron didn’t take his lunch, and said he was bringing it home to his four younger siblings instead.

The SFLCFI, accord-ing to Sister Mary, was established in 1991 to help members of the Ayta community in the mountains of Sitio Ni-bangon, Mangan-Vaca, Subic, Zambales, whose socio-economic life was severely aff ected by the eruption of Mount Pina-tubo.

Starting out with two small shacks built by the Aytas from donated scrap wood, a handful of Franciscan nuns start-ed teaching mostly illit-erate Ayta adults the ru-diments of reading and writing, as well as some basic livelihood skills.

The Ayta elders later appealed to the nuns to accommodate their chil-dren as well.

“Today, the SFLCFI is now recognized by the

Department of Education as a registered educa-tional institution that can accept Grade 1 to Grade 6 and senior high school students,” Sister Mary said.

Taking pride in the project, SBMA chairman Roberto Garcia said the Subic agency has been prioritizing outreach ac-tivities like this to help in promoting inclusive

growth in the Subic Bay Freeport community.

“This is just a ray of sunshine on a rainy day, and the SBMA is happy to be a critical part in the development of the lo-cal communities year in and year out, inclement weather or not,” Garcia said.

As manager of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, which straddles

parts of the provinces of Zambales and Bataan, the SBMA releases mil-lions in semi-annual de-velopment assistance to nearby local government units through the so-called LGU shares.

Just last month, the SBMA released a to-tal of P141.4 million to four towns and one city in Zambales, and three municipalities in Bataan

as their revenue shares for the fi rst half of 2016.

Garcia said the rev-enue shares are to be used for community de-velopment projects, in-cluding those for health, education, peace and or-der, and livelihood pro-grams to enable commu-nities near the Subic Bay Freeport to keep pace with developments in the special economic zone.

MORE THAN 100 peo-ple, including SM mall agencies, tenants, affi li-ates, mall admin employ-ees and media practi-tioner, as well as Persons with Disability Aff airs Of-fi ce(PDAO) representa-tives and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) participated in the 2016 PWD(Persons with Dis-ability) Seminar. During the four hour seminar, the participants were reminded of the equal rights, entitlement, social inclusion and participa-tion of persons with dis-ability, the implications of disability issues and the experience of disability and impairment.

Through the SM Com-mittee on Disability Af-fairs, SM Olongapo and other SM malls conduct the seminar to strength-

Promote quality service for persons with special needs

en its goal to give quality service to Persons with Special Needs.

During the seminar, participants discussed extensively the pertinent laws related to PWDs and how everyone can contribute to fostering re-spect and restoring pos-itive images of persons with disabilities, in or-der to promote disability rights and inclusion.

SM malls off er fully accessible friendly facil-ities to PWDs, including compliance to all archi-tectural features and fa-cilities like PWD ramps at the mall main en-trance and exit; access ramps from main street to arcaded sidewalk; washrooms and toilets; parking stalls; lowered counter/priority lane; pregnant and elderly,

pwd slots inside the cin-ema; fi tting rooms, public payphones /ATMS or Au-tomatic Teller Machines and directional and infor-mation signages within the common areas.

It can be recalled that in 2008 SM malls were given the Apolinario Ma-bini Award as the Dis-abled Friendly Estab-lishment of the Year un-der the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. SM malls were commend-ed by the Mabini Awards Committee for the eff orts of providing inputs on non-handicapping en-vironment and chang-ing the attitude towards the PWDs that people should not hesitate to ex-tend kindness and con-cern towards them.

–PR-SMOL

SM City Olongapo recently conductedthe annual PWD Seminar to

strengthen its goal to givequality service to Persons

with Special Needs.

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