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BY DING CERVANTES

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga-Pres. Aquino’s advice tosmall fishermen to fish at the

13-million hectare BenHam rise inAurora province is a “bigmockery”, the fisherfolk alliancePambansang Lakas ng KilusangMamamalakaya ng Pilipinas(Pamalakaya) said yesterday.

Group hits PNoy onBenHam Rise advise

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Says Aurora waters alreadyteem with poachers

PILOT CHANNEL. Engr. Sibug, chief of the construction division of DPWH III shows the on-going repair of pilot relief water channel from Gugu Creek to Sapang Labuan. This is to preventanew the overtopping of water that breached the CSF-Sto.Tomas-Minalin taildike last year.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JUN JASO, PIO PAMPANGA

STO. TOMAS, Pampanga – Therainy season is coming but resi-dents here as well as in nearbyMinalin and in southwest SanFernando can rest easy, their fearsof flooding assuaged by the com-pletion of the repair of the tail dike

Dike repair eases fears of floodingthat runs through the three locali-ties.

The Department of Public Worksand Highways (DPWH) in Region IIIcompleted the repair and rehabilita-tion of the tail dike which breachingat the height of the habagat or

southwest monsoons in August lastyear submerged the towns in flood-waters up to 12 feet deep in someareas.

Reporting to Gov. Lilia G. Pine-da over the weekend, Engr. Luisito

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SAN FERNANDO, Pam-panga- A farmers’ groupdebunked yesterday theclaim of the Department ofAgrarian Reform (DAR)blaming farm workers inHacienda Luisita of conflictover the selection of thefirm to audit the Cojuang-co-controlled HaciendaLuisita, Inc. (HLI) and Cen-tenary Holdings Inc. (CHI).

The Kilusang Magbu-bukid ng PIlipinas (KMP)assailed “as proof of biasagainst Hacienda Luisitafarm workers” the DAR’smove seeking the Su-preme Court’s interventionon the impasse over theselection of an accountingfirm.

“The farm workers are

Farmersassail DAR

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ON AUDITING ISSUE OVERHACIENDA LUISITA

united in their choice of theOcampo, Mendoza, Le-ung, and Lim (OMLL) firmto handle the auditing,”said KMP secretary gen-eral Antonio Flores in astatement.

The auditing require-ment was in connectionwith the order of the Su-preme Court in 2011 to dis-tribute Hacienda Luisitalands to the farm workers,specifically its order to thehacienda management toalso give them some P1.3billion as their share in thesale of some 500 hectaresof hacienda lands to thirdparties.

Earlier, Agrarian Re-form Sec. Virgilio Delos

BY DINO BALABO

MALOLOS CITY—Hun-dreds of fisherfolk are settoday to hold an earlymorning fluvial parade onManila bay and storm theSenate building’s water-front. PAGE 6 PLEASE

Fisherfolk to Senate todayDubbed as “Bangkaan

para sagipin ang pangis-daan,” the fluvial paradewill start at 7 o’clock at theC-4 terminal in NavotasCity and at the FreedomIsland in Parañaque, anhour later.

All parade participants

will be on at least 40 largeboats and will converge infront of the Senate inPasay City.

This will coincide withtoday’s celebration ofFisherfolk Day based on ofPresidential ProclamationNo. 261 signedin 2000 by

then President JosephEjercito Estrada.

Invited to the activityare Director Asis Perez ofthe Bureau of Fisheriesand Aquatic Resources(BFAR) to address con-cerns on overfishing and

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EF No. 51-13Punto Central Luzon

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

by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with its office address at24TH Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati Cityagainst SPOUSES AURELIO S. GARCIA, JR. AND LOURDES M.GARCIA, with residence and postal address Lot 1, Blk. 4, Charity St.,St. Anthony Subd., barangay, Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampangato satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 07, 2012 amountsto FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS(Php408,500.00) excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees andexpenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Clerk of Court &Ex-OfficioSheriff and/or her duly authorized Deputy Sheriff will sell at public auctionon June 18, 2013 at 10:00 am or soon thereafter (from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m.), at the main entrance of the RTC Bldg., City of San Fernando,Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH/ or Manager’s Check and inPhilippine Currency, the following property/ies with all the improvementsthereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 317071-RA parcel of land (Lot 1, of the cons. &subd., plan,

Pcs-03-003408, being a portion of the consolidated lots21 & 23, Blk. 4 L.R.C. Rec No. )situated in the Bo. Sto.Rosario, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga..xxx containing an area of One Hundred Sixty (160)SQUARE METERS. xxx

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

“In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on June 25, 2013 without further notice.”

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

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, May 9, 2013

ANGELITO B. DOMINGO Sheriff IV

ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA-BALLETA Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff

c.c. BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City

SPOUSES AURELIO S. GARCIA JR. AND LOURDES M. GARCIALot 1 Blk. 4, Charity St. St. Anthony Subd., Barangay, Del Rosario, City of SanFernando, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 24, 31 & June 7, 2013

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of PETRONILA F. PANGILINAN

who died intestate in Dolores, City of san Fernando, Pampanga executedan Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate more particularly described as aparcel of land (Lot 12, Blk 3 of the subd. Plan (LRC) Psd-127569, being aportion of Lot 1, (LRC) Pcs-10073, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 145)situated in the Bo. of Dolores, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga,Island of Luzon and covered by TCT No. 154053-R.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 31, June 7 & 14, 2013

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of EDUARDO R. WONGYU whodied intestate on July 22, 2009 at 24/11 Marlim Ave., Diamond Subd.,Balibago, Angeles City executed an Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver ofRights of his estate more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot-11,Blk-24 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-18116 (sheet 1) being a portion of Lot671 of the Cadastral Survey of Angeles (LRC) (GLRO) cad Rec. No. 124)with existing improvements, situated in the Bo. Balibago/Pandan, Mun. ofAngeles and covered by TCT No. 161371.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 31, June 7 & 14, 2013

READY FOR SCHOOL OPENING. Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez welcomes the incoming first yearcollege students of the City College of San Fernando, Pampanga (CCSFP) during the Students’and Parents’ Orientation Program held at the Heroes Hall on May 29. Also present during theorientation are the program heads of each department of the CCSFP led by President LourdesM. Javier, Ed. D. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSF-CIO

BY ARMAND M. GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY -Banking on the wide mar-gin re-elected Mayor JuliusCesar Vergara posted overhis rival, incumbent 3rd Dis-trict Board Member Antho-ny Umali, residents of thiscity, including Vergara him-self, are emboldened intheir bid to make this thiscity highly urbanized instatus.

Vergara who got78,470 votes over Umali’s45,761 urged the latter’sbrother, re-elected Gov.Aurelio Umali to refrainfrom blocking a referen-dum to ratify PresidentAquino’s Proclamation No.418 which declared thiscity highly urbanized onJuly 4, 2012.

“The provincial govern-ment and the city govern-ment can still help eachother, there’s is no law thatdisallows a governmentunit to extend assistanceto another,” Vergara said,apparently in response toUmali’s pointing on theadvantage of two unitshelping residents.

Vergara even floatedrecently the possibility ofsubsequent creation of a“Metro Cabanatuan,” asystem that would followManila and its adjacentcities.

“Metro Cabanatuanmay involve the towns ofSanta Rosa, Gen. Nativ-idad and others,” he said.A Metro Cabanatuan isexpected to strengthencooperation among localgovernment units, he said.

Netizens would relateVergara’s victory in the re-cent elections to the HUCbid.

“Cabanatueños justproved that we deserve aHIGHLY URBANIZED

HUC bidstill burns

CITY! Yes to HUC!” said acertain Katrina Tan in herFacebook account.

Another Facebookuser who goes by thename Cabanatuenos Tri-cycle Capital who believesthat Vergara also pos-sesses the “magic” of thelate former PresidentCorazon Aquino and Fili-pino movie king FernandoPoe, Jr. prodded the localchief executive to pursuehis programs, includingHUC.

“Congrats mayor Jayipagpatuloy mo angnasimulan mong epicprojects sa ating lungsod(more alternative roads)So proud of my fellow Ca-banatuenos super wisevoters! Ganyan nga tang-gapin ang pera pero sun-din ang puso at isip kungsino ang gusto at narara-pat mamuno (kiddingaside) hehe. HUC next!PLEASE...”

But Junjun Tolentinorebutted :” it is not Magicit is reality that mayor jayhad already proven a lotthat he was a Good Lead-er and sensitive to theneeds of the City special-ly the needs ofCabanatuenos,,,kaya ngaalng tumatalo pa bastaGO,GO,GO CABANATU-AN ANG HUMADLANGGIBA!!!

“Ang walumpu’t siyamna barangay ng Cabanatu-an ay magkakaroon ngisang kinatawan sa Kon-greso,” Vergara said, say-ing this would mean moreprojects and services toresidents.

“Hindi ko kayo dadal-hin sa bangin kung saantayong lahat ay maaringmahulog,” Vergara said.

The Comelec, however,has yet to set the plebi-scite it originally slated on

Dec. 1 last year but thepoll body issued an enbanc Resolution 9563 that“postpone the plebisciteand reset the same afterthe conduct of the May 13,2013 national, local andARMM (Autonomous Re-gion in Muslim Mindanao)regional elections.”

But Umali, who broughtwith his candidacy theposition to oppose “HUC-hood,” vowed to continuehis cause, according to hiselder brother, the re-elect-ed governor.

The governor said onMonday that his brothershowed strong resolved “tofight for the people of Ca-banatuan.”

The city council re-mains dominated by Ver-gara’s allies with its pre-

siding officer, re-electedVice Mayor Marius Garciaand seven out of ten mem-bers. Umali has three al-lies who won in local leg-islative body.

It was not the first at-tempt to make this city anHUC.

In 1997, then MayorManolette Liwag alsopressed for the conversionand won a proclamationfrom Pres. Fidel Ramosbut lost in a plebiscite af-ter it was strongly opposedby then Gov. Tomas JosonIII.

With a total populationof 259,267 in 2007 andannual income of P734.73million in 2010, this city isconsidered the trade andeducation center of NuevaEcija.

BY DING CERVANTES

MABALACAT CITY - Unidentified persons lobbed agrenade past midnight Tuesday at a major powerstation in Barangay Mabiga here, seriously damagingit and throwing 26 out of the 28 barangays intodarkness.

As of yesterday, the affected areas remainedwithout power. Work at the local city hall at Xeverasubdivision remained suspended, even as the poweroutage was reported to have already seriouslyaffected the operations of many businesses in thiscity.

Pampanga police director Senior Supt. OscarAlbayalde said in an interview that local folk initiallythought the sub-station belonging to the PampangaElectric Cooperative II (Pelco II) was hit by lightningduring a freak thunderstorm at about 12:45 a.m.Tuesday when power suddenly went off.

“The case was not reported to the police until laterin the day after some technicians of Pelco II who

Grenade lobbed at power station,Mabalacat City goes powerless

arrived to repair the sub-station noted some explodedgrenade fragments at the site,” he said.

City police chief Supt. Ferdinand Perez said thatapparently, the suspect used the freak thunderstormpast midnight Tuesday as subterfuge so as to avoidbeing detected. The grenade was thrown amidthunder, he added.

He said that of Mabalacat’s 28 barangays, onlyDau and Lakandula were not affected by the powerfailure.

Perez said probers still did not have any suspectas of yesterday. He said that while there was noevidence yet on any suspect, investigators arelooking into the possibility of the involvement of adismissed Pelco II worker.

Meanwhile, no official from the city hall could becontacted immediately for interview on the incident.Most of them were reported to have gone abroad afterthe last elections.

As of late afternoon Wednesday, Pelco II officialscould not say when electricity could be restored .

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BY DINO BALABO

HAGONOY, Bulacan – Declin-ing biodiversity in this coastaltown has alarmed both officialsand residents alike.

Plant species that used tothrive along rivers and creeksand along the coast of ManilaBay, and a number of fish spe-cies that fishermen used tocatch in rivers and in the openseas have disappeared.

Impact of such disappear-ance, they said, are now felt byhouseholds that are dependenton fish catch for livelihood andfood.

Governor Wilhelmino Alvara-do recounted that in his young-er days, the riverbanks of thetown were filled with differentspecies of plants that werehome to insects and a sanctu-ary for different fish species.

“Dati maraming mga kulasi,sasahan, diliwaryo, bakawan atpalapat sa baybayin ng ilog atmaging sa dagat,” said Alvara-do who served as mayor of thistown from 1986 to 1998.

He lamented that areaswhere plant species used togrow were replaced by concretestructures like houses.

Alvarado added that the qual-ity of the river water haschanged in the last 20 years.

This was affirmed by formerBulacan Board Member Patro-cinio Laderas who, like Alvara-do, was involved in fishpond op-erations before entering politics.

“Not only plant species aredisappearing in a dizzyingphase, we are also losing ma-

Declining biodiversity alarms Bulakenyosrine species to water pollution,”Laderas said.

As a former fishpond opera-tor, he said that seasonal har-vest in recent years hasdropped by about 90 percentcompared to harvest 20 yearsago.

Laderas warned that unlesslocal government units start tomake a move today, there willbe nothing left in the years tocome.

This fear is shared by fish-ermen like Rodolfo Cabangiswho for more than 30 years hasbraved the waters of ManilaBay.

Cabangis said that local fish-ermen’s earnings from catch to-day is not even enough to sendtheir children to school becauseof the dearth of fish in said bay.

He said that 30 years ago,they fished only along thecoastline of Manila Bay in Bu-lacan. Today, however, fisher-men here now face the risks ofgoing near or beyond Corregi-dor Island, where once hisneighbors drowned when hit byhuge waves.

“Kahit sa palengke wala kanang mabibiling alugasin, patiyung mga sapsap, alimasag atdalagang bukid madalang na,”he said referring to fish caughtin the open sea.

Cabangis also noted that fishsold every day in public mar-kets here are largely sourcedfrom fishponds, adding that pol-lution and over fishing has ledto the present decline in fishcatch which results to higherprice of this food commodity.

BIKES FOR COPS. Tarlac Gov. Victor A. Yap hands over token key for 10 motorcyclesto provincial police director Senior Supt. Alfred Corpus during the celebration of the140th founding anniversary of the province. An initial batch of 20 units of motorcycleswas earlier given by Yap to the provincial police office. Witnessing the turn-over areprovincial administrator Butch Ventura, PCR head Chief Inspector Rod De Guzman andPCP8 commander Inspector Glenn Santiago. PHOTO BY GEORGE HUBIERNA

BY ARMAND M. GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY – A villagecouncilor was killed by still uni-dentified suspects inside hisjunkshop in Barangay Gen.Ricarte, Llanera, Nueva Ecija atabout 5:50 a.m Sunday.

Nick Apan, 42, resident of thesame place, was inside his pre-mises when three suspects on

board separate motorcyclesparked in front of his junkshop.

“Accordingly, one of the sus-pects entered the victim’s junk-shop and pretended as a cus-tomer while the two other sus-pects were left behind, on theirvehicle,” said PO3 Silvester Col-anza, investigator.

Without provocation, policesaid, the man shot the victim

once using a cal. 45 pistol andfled with his two companions.

Apan was rushed to Pre-miere General Hospital here butwas declared dead on arrival. Hesustained a lone gunshot woundin the lower portion of his head,Colanza said.

Investigators recovered fromthe crime scene a fired cartridgeand bullet from cal. 45.

Village dad gunned down

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Hare-brained“THE 75 percent discount exceeds the usual mark-up rate of most businesses and will obliterate profitmargins and result in capital loss.”

Thus, President BS Aquino III vetoed “The ActHonoring and Granting Additional Benefits andPrivileges to Filipino Centenarians,” adding “theproposed measure does not provide for a taxdeduction to recover the said discount.”

Granting 75 percent discounts in goods andservices to centenarians – yeah, those aged 100years old and above! – will “obliterate marginsand result in capital loss”?

Unbelievable! So how many centenarians arethere in this country that giving them discountsthree quarters of their age will bankrupt commerceand industry?

Will the economics professor of this BS pleasetell the nation what grade her student got in herclass?

Airhead“…IF JESSICA Soho were a bold star in a movie,the scene would have to involve a ‘gang rape’.”

The intoxicating air of success all gone to hishead.

That’s the mental case of one Jose MarieViceral, (in)famously known as Vice Ganda, sicklyjoking about respected, multi-awarded GMA newsanchor Jessica Soho’s weight.

So just because he had had some semblanceof success in his career, Ganda thought he couldget away with murder…er, rape?

Reaps now this sick joke of a comedian thewhirlwind of denunciations for his abjectinsensitivity, twitter and facebook in maximumoverload of damnation.

“Rape is not a joke and should never be materialfor a comedy concert.” So Soho said, so rightlyso.

Anyways, as Miss Soho’s weight is measuredin gold, Ganda’s is in pungent air all concentratedin his head.

Most foul.

A QUARTER of a century ago, in May 1988, this appeared inPeople’s TONIGHT above my by-line:

Fiesta time,killing time

MAYTIME IN Pampanga is a swirl of religious rites and feasts –from the Santacruzan and Flores de Mayo to the fiestas of at leastfive towns and scores of barangays.

The religious solemnity and the bacchanalian feasts attendantto the merry month in the province were shattered this year by thestaccato sounds of machineguns, the deadly bangs of .45s, andthe fatal swishes of double bladed knives.

May’s orgiastic killings in Pampanga have so far claimed 27lives – assorted individuals including a whole family of seven, acouple and their three helpers, three holdup men, a Philippine AirForce captain, a barangay chairman and the city engineer, all inAngeles City alone; an Army captain and two sergeants in a singleincident and an airman in Porac; two suspected military informersin Guagua; and a town councilor in Arayat.

That total, however, makes up only the reportedcases.

While mediamen here have lost track of thenumber of casualties this year – placed at 57 inmid-March, it is generally believed that with thelatest upsurge in killings, the total of 197casualties for the whole of 1987 “stands to beapproximated or even surpassed by next month.”

Local officials have consistently expressedoptimism that “the end of the killings is in sight.”One ranking provincial official has even gone tothe extent of integrating in all his pronouncementsthat “the killings in Pampanga are all isolatedcases,” that compared with other areas, theprovince “is very peaceful.”

To which, local residents, mediamen and evensome local officials disagree.

Rep. Carmelo F. Lazatin (1st District-Pampanga) said the resurgence of violence inAngeles has reached alarming proportions as hecalled on the military and civilian authorities totake positive steps including “pre-emptive actions”to confront the deteriorating peace and ordersituation.

One city businessman who requestedanonymity lamented the city officials’ coming out

with “oblique assessments of the problems insteadof frontal solutions.”

One civic leader, in obvious exasperation overthe spate of killings said he hoped “the rains ofJune will cool down May’s heat wave of violence.”

xxxxxNO, THE rains of June did not dampen the

killing spree a bit. Thirteen more bodies werecollected within the first ten days after the end ofMay.

The insurgency laid claim to the greaternumber of casualties – the province thenembroiled in war of attrition between thecommunist urban partisan group Mariano GarciaBrigade and the right-wing vigilante groups calledAngelino Simbulan and Francisco SabileBrigades, with the low intensity conflict doctrineof the Americans in full laboratory testing inAngeles City and Pampanga.

G.I. Joe has long been out of Clark. Theinsurgency has since simmered down.

In remembering those days of terror and nightsof horror, may we ever be resolute in our quest forpeace and progress.

Nunquam iterum. May there never be arecurrence of May 1988 again.

DAPAT laging ilagay sa isip ngbawat awtoridad ang tatlongmahahalagang alituntunin kungpaano humawak ng baril naka-uniform o naka sibilyan.

Tulad na lamang ang nang-yaring insidente sa loob mismong Camp Manuel F. Cabal,Barangay Barretto, OlongapoCity na mismong pulis din angnakapatay sa kapwa nito pulisng tamaan ng bala ng kalibre 38paltik na baril sa dibdib ang bik-timang si PO1 Rogene Estradana noon ay naka-duty sa gateng mga araw na iyon ng maga-nap ang insidente. (May 27,2013)

Akalain mong paglaruan niPO1 Alexander Quiming angbaril sa harapan ng kapwa nitopulis hanggang sa pumutok itoat tamaan ang biktimang si PO1Estrada.

Pag mamalasin ka nga na-man. Hindi naman kasi laruanang baril.

Pulis Olongapodapat isasilalim sagun safety seminar

CastigadorJohnny Reblando

Ito na ang PINAKA-malalanginsidente ng accidental dis-charge sa loob ng kampo, angilan dito ay hindi lang nabibigy-an ng pansin ng mga namumu-no dito kung paano disiplinahinang mga nagkakasalang mgapulis , yan tuloy nagiging abusa-do at wala sa lugar.

Batay sa obserbasyon ngCASTIGADOR malimit na maypulis na mahilig magpakitaan ngkanilang baril, sa madaling sali-ta, payabangan ika nga, lalo nakung bago. Tanong may licen-sya ba yan?

Ang nakapagtataka, SUS-PENDIDO si PO1 Quiming, ba-kit hinahayaan ng kapwa nitopulis na makapagdala ng barilat hindi pa ito lisencydo at nasailalim pa tayo ng Comelec GunBan.

Parang gusto ko na tuloymaniwala na karamihan sa mgaloose firearms ay nasa atingkapulisan at wala sa mga sibi-

lyan, kasi po pag pulis ka wa-lang sisita sa iyo?

Tama ba o mali? Lalo pa atalam nilang pulis ka, malay ngtao kung may lisencya ang barilna dala mo, gaya ng ginawa niPO1 Quiming sa harapan pamismo ng kapwa nito pulis nag-mayabang.

Tanong ng taumbayan, pare-hong pulis ang involved, sinokaya ang kakampihan ng pulis,yung bang patay o nakamatay?

Ano na ang ginagawa ngOlongapo PNP sa tumakas nasuspek?

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attainedby sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, weretoiling upward in the night. –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Just do itANALYSIS, analysis, paralysis seems to be de facto situation thatthe strategic development of the Diosdado Macapagal InternationalAirport, or as some sycophants would prefer a different name aftera USA Air Force major or any other “hero”, has found itself lockedinto in perpetual limbo.

The clear vision/mission has been neglected. The highest andbest use of the resource is not focused on. “They seek him here.They seek him everywhere. Is he heaven? Is in hell? That damnedelusive Pimpernel!”

I personally know of at least 5 master development plans forDMIA during the almost 6 years that I have been there. There is themaster plan by an American consultancy firm which I found alreadythere. And there are the plans made and submitted by a Koreanstudy and research group subsidized by KOICA, a Singapore basedfirm, Sum Cheong, with its own donated presentation, a consortiumof Malaysian firms and a financing and construction framework bythe Chinese.

CeterisParibusRomeo N. Dyoco, Jr.

I also remember arrangements for bothfinancing and construction by a Kuwait firm whichgot tangled in some contractual termsdisagreements. And there were the variousdifficulties of the zigzagging of the processes forthe then new Private-Public Sector Partnershipmodel which was sought to streamline theimplementation of much needed publicinfrastructure and other projects.

Alas, politics, legalities, bureaucracy andvarious personal agenda became stumblingblocks. Apart from the foreign firms, there werelocal big shots like R-II Builders, Dick Pensonand his consortia, and even San Miguel and MVPangilinan who manifested their interests atvarious stages. The end result over a period ofalmost two years of travelling and negotiations?One big fat ZERO!

It remains, however, to the credit of CIACmanagement at that time that in spite of the lackof financial support by the national governmentand the administrative and management misfocusand misdirection which governed the airport therewere some basic improvements.

CIAC has since then never received anyfinancial support except from CDC for the timewhen it was part of its then mother company. CIAChad to rely on its ownresources and revenuegeneration. It must be remembered that an airportis a vital transportation and capital intensiveinfrastructure with an extended gestation andpayback period. It is a social and economicinvestment.

CIAC had to borrow to buy its radar equipmentand to expand and improve its terminal capacityand facilities. The radar was around $11 million oralmost half a billion pesos. The expansion of theterminal and the completed addition of a secondfloor with two passenger tubes had a borrowedcost of around PhP 350 million.

And there are the runway lights, equipmentagainst bird strikes and the now neededreequipping of the runway, all costing hundredsof million pesos. One master plan, I remember,estimated the total cost for DMIA to be completedas the prime international gateway is around $1.2billion.

However, the situation is not just an issue ofmoney. Any strategic vision must be crafted andexecuted through the correct organizational setup,structure, manning and culture.

CIAC has been like a pingpong ball or a hotpotato which nobody knew what to do with. Likean unwanted orphan, it has been placed as a groupincluded in the Clark Development Corporationstructure, then separated as a subsidiarycorporation under CDC, then merged and soondemerged again with CDC, then as a separatecorporation under BCDA and now as one of themyriad of entities under the DOTC. Theseorganizational travails resulted, it may beexpected, in changing members of the Board,management, culture, policies and practices. Twosteps forward and one step backward may be anoptimistic evaluation.

CIAC is now under DOTC, which itself has anew secretary. Secretary Abaya’s recentinterviews places himself on top of the fence, infact straddling several fences. He points out toseveral options regarding the directions that thedevelopment of the prime international airport ofthe country. Develop Clark and relegate NAIA toa secondary airport; Develop Clark, upgrade NAIAand have two prime gateways; Look for a sitenearer Metro Manila like Bulacan and Cavite anddevelop an alternative prime gateway are the 3main options being studied. And he cited a timeframe of up to 2025. As Anthony Taberna whowas interviewing him commented, “Buhay pa batayo noon?” We hope so.

If Hongkong’s Chep Lap Kok, Bangkok’ sSuvarnabum or Singapore’s Changi processedtheir own airport developments the way we aregoing about it, we still be taking off and landing indowntown Hongkong, for one. Even among theairports all over the world, these three airportsare consistently ranked as among the top airportsof the world, even numbers 1 or 2. This is becausethey had the foresight and the will to think outsidethe box. Why can we not learn? Waiting, analysingand keeping the status quo is already a decisionmade whether this is done consciously or byinadvertence or negligence. The dysfunctionaleffects will be the same.

‘Security oftenure’ ing

dapat isulung“TAKDE ning menasik ya ing alang pale,Ginawa king templo ya ing alang bale;Minerung kinulkul bakal, gintung lanteIla ring king utang makakutkut pane

Talapagobra keng pabrikang imalanIlang lubas, alang isulud nung misanDing pamilya reti” ngana ning masalangAmanung milimbag karing kawatasan

Ning melapupuring Amado HernandezA kabilang karing makimalasakitKaring e patugut king gabun manasikDing mabanding alang panayan nune buwis

At interes karing inandam nang peraNing pakalulung misan mesakit ya,A nu’ mipaintagun limbug pa kanitaNung inya lalu yang king utang mibara.

Tutu pin naman ing nung insanu retangKinulkul gintu ken karing kabundukanIlang kapurit man ning mesabing metalAlang isabit a pabito king batal.

At nung insanu ken ding makipagobraKaring pabrika ra ding gagawang tela,Ilang lubas, alang balabal man ketaDing karelang anak neng benging marimla.

Iting lerawan na ning mapuring tauA makimasabal king bie ring kaluluAt talapagobrang kapurit mu sueldu,Lalung midalamat kening panga-usu

Ning ‘contractual basis’ a nu’ agiang ditakAlang tsansa banting mipirmi at sukatKeng obra ing taung nu’man anti kayap,Pasari namu ning antiting palakad;

A nung nu’ ding otor a maki-pasariKing antiting batas pihu rong’ kakampiDing kapitalistang kalupa ra uri,A’yalang pikabsian keng krus ding salapi.

Nung inia marahil nanan da na retiIting kapamiasnan lubus manatiliAngga king ila nang mie king yatung iti,At ing anak-pawas mate yang pulubi

At alang panayan angga king tumua yaIng pakakalulu a makipagobra,Pauli namu ning batas a gewa raDing aliwang Senador at Kongresista.

A nung nu’ menasa uling ila namanDing kapitalista o makipabrikangMialiwa, at ila mu namang tatalanKaring ahensya nya kontrolado ra ngan

Ing egana-ganang kaugne na nitiInya nanan da ren angga’t malyari,Ing talapagobra e sukat mipirmiUli ning atin lang karapatan deti

A mirinan miayaliwang pribelehuAt karagdagan a tanggapan nang pihuPotang iti oras na nang magretiruBilang metung a regular a empleadu.

Puera king aliwa na pang obligasyonNing ‘employer’ para king panig ning ‘labor’;Libring panulu at konsulta keng doktor,Ampo pa ing ausan tamung ‘paid vacation’.

(Atin yang kasuglung)

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX –OFFICIO SHERIFF

GUAGUA, PAMPANGA

BALIKATAN PROPERTYHOLDINGS, INC.,

Mortgagee,-versus- FREM Case No. G-13-2025

SPS. LORIMER C. SAMSON andMARILYN SAMSON andMIGUELA C. SAMSON,

Mortgagors,x—————————————————————x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEWHEREAS, upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as

amended by Act 4118 filed by BALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS,INC., mortgagee, with principal office address at 24th Floor, BPI BuendiaCenter, Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave., Makati City, against mortgagors SPS.Lorimer C. Samson and Marilyn Samson with known address at c/oBaliwag Transit Terminal, Guagua, Pampanga and Lot 1 & 2, Blk. 11, Ph.II, Road Lot 16 orner Road lot 3 & 5, St DominicSubd., Brgy., San Pablo,Guagua, Pampanga and Miguela C. Samson to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness mentioned which as of March 26, 2012 amounts to THREEHUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (Php360,500.00)Philippine currency including interest, charges and expenses incidentalthereto, plus the expenses of foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-OfficioSheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Guagua Pampanga thru Sheriff SERAFINM. SERRANO, JR. will sell at public auction on 13th day of June, 2013,at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the entrance of theHall of Justice, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga, to the highest bidder incash and in Philippine currency the here-in-below described real propertieswith all existing improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 282567-RA parcel of land (Lot 1, Blk. 11 of the subd. plan Psd-03-

021708, being a portion of Lot 2524, Cad. 376-D, Guagua Cad.LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo.of San Pablo, Mun. ofGuagua,Prov. of Pamp., Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 3,Blk. 11 on the NE., along line 2-3-4 by Road Lot 3; on the SE.,along line 4-5 by Road Lot 16; and on the SW., along line 5-1 byLot 2, Blk. 11, all of the subd. plan. xxxxx Containing an areaof One Hundred Fifteen (115) Square Meters.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 282568-RA parcel of land (Lot 2, Blk. 11 of the subd. plan Psd-03-

021708, being a portion of Lot 2524, Cad. 376-D, Guagua Cad.LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo.of San Pablo, Mun. ofGuagua,Prov. of Pamp., Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 1,Blk. 11 on the SE., along line 3-4-5 by Road Lot 5; and on theNW., along line 5-1 by Lot 4, Blk. 11, all ofsubd. plan. xxxxxContaining an area of One Hundred Twenty Three(23) SquareMeters.

The Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale will be published in a newspaperof general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles Cityonce a week for three (3) consecutive weeks and will be posted in three(3) conspicuous public places prior to the date of sale for the informationof the public in general and of the interested parties in particular.

Prospective bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title of the above-described property and the encumbrances existingthereon if any there be.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 20, 2013 also at 10:00 o’clock in the morning andat the same place mentioned above without further notice.

Guagua, Pampanga, October 23, 2012.

SERAFIN M. SERRANO, JR. Sheriff IV

Copy furnished:Balikatan Property Holdings Inc.24th Floor BPI Buendia CenterSen. Gil J. Puyat Ave., Makati City

Sps. Lorimer C. Samson and Marilyn Samsonc/o Baliwag Transit Terminal, Guagua, Pampanga andLot 1 & 2, Blk. 11,Ph II, Road Lot 16 corner Road lot 3 & 5,St. Dominic Subd.,Brgy., San Pablo, Guagua, Pampanga

Miguela C. Samson354 Crisostomo St., Cabanatuan City andLot 1 & 2, Blk. 11,Ph II, Road Lot 16 corner Road lot 3 & 5,St. Dominic Subd.,Brgy., San Pablo, Guagua, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: May 24, 31 & June 7, 2013

“Pres. Aquino is not intouch with reality,” Pam-alakaya said in a state-ment, as it noted that “theBenHam Rise is frequent-ed every year from Janu-ary to July by foreign large-scale industrial fishingfleets “to fish for tuna.”

The President’s pro-posal was made amid ter-ritorial conflicts in theWestern Philippine Seawhich have kept off smallFilipino fishers.

Pamalakaya vice chairSalvador France lamentedthat “the government hasbeen tolerating the tunafishing expeditions of Ja-pan, South Korea and Tai-wan over the last fiveyears.”

He noted that Pam-alakaya members fromAurora reported that for-eign factory ships fromJapan, South Korea and

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Group hits PNoy on BenHam Rise adviseTaiwan are often seen inthe waters off the province.

“Japanese, Taiwaneseand South Korean indus-trial fleets are seen catch-ing first rate tuna off thewaters of Aurora, which ispart of Asia PacificOcean,” he said.

France also reportedthat “the same foreign fish-ing vessels have even en-tered the municipal fishinggrounds and the PhilippineCoast Guard is not doinganything to stop these for-eign ocean grabbers ex-ploring the fishery resourc-es of BenHam Rise.”

“And now Pres. Aqui-no is offering BenHamRise to small Filipino fish-erfolk even if the real scoreis that foreign fishing mo-nopolies have successful-ly invaded BenHam Riselong before,” said Pam-alakaya.

He noted that a 3,000-ton tuna factory ship seen

in the area, accompaniedby support fishing fleets,can catch as much as 150metric tons of tuna on a24-hour operation. By in-dustry standard, a singlefactory ship could harvest50,000 metric tons of tunaper year.

Pamalakaya noted re-ports that eight Japanesetuna fishing vessels regu-larly poach in the watersof Aurora province dailyfrom January to July andthat this means a totalhaul of 27,000 tons of tunaper factory ship during theperiod or 216,000 metrictons of tuna for all eightfishing vessels.

According to Pam-alakaya’s computation,the owners of the eight fish-ing vessels could earn asmuch as $1.274 billion or$160 million per fishingvessel in just six monthsfrom tuna poaching in Au-rora and other tuna-rich

waters of the Philippineterritory.

The controversial Ben-ham Rise is an undersearegion that has untappedpotentially rich mineral andgas deposits. It is locatedoff the coast of Aurora prov-ince, opposite the disput-ed waters of South ChinaSea. The Bureau of Fish-eries and Aquatic Re-sources (BFAR) an-nounced yesterday thatmore than 60 fish-aggre-gating devices will be in-stalled at Benham Risestarting May 30.

Pamalakaya also saidthe plan of the governmentto impose fish ban in 10out of 13 major fishinggrounds all over the archi-pelago to push the nation-al stock assessment pro-gram further complicatesthe sorry state of smallfishermen across thecountry.

BFAR earlier bared

these 13 fishing groundsnamely Lingayen Gulf,northern Zambales, Visay-an Sea, Camotes Sea,Honda Bay, BabuyanChannel, Lagonoy Gulf,Sorsogon Bay, Hinatuanand Dinagat Bay andDavao Gulf.

Pamalakaya earlierdared Aquino to file appro-priate charges againstChina at the United Na-tions (UN) over Beijing’srefusal to leave AyunginReef and Panatag Shoal,which are part of the coun-try’s Exclusive EconomicZone (EEZ).

The Department of For-eign Affairs (DFA) on Mon-

day asked China to with-draw its ships from Ayun-gin Reef because that areaof South China Sea is with-in the country’s nationalterritory, which is 196 ki-lometers from Palawanprovince and well withinthe 370-kilometer EEZ.

The Aquino governmenton May 10 protested thepresence of 30 Chinesefishing boats, accompa-nied by patrol vessels, atAyungin, but China insist-ed that it had “indisputablesovereignty” over Ayunginand other parts of theSpratly archipelago in themiddle of the West Philip-pine Sea.

Sibug, chief of the con-struction division ofDPWH-3, said the repairof at least 102 meters ofthe breached section ofthe dike in San Fernandoand 96 meters inSto.Tomas was completedas of April, costing P27.8million.

“The tail dike was de-signed to protect thetowns from flood waterscoming from upstream.The towns affected by ha-bagat can rest assured ofthe integrity (of the repair)of the dike to prevent an-other flooding,” Sibugsaid at the meeting of theprovincial disaster risk

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Dike repair eases fears of floodingmanagement council pre-sided by Pineda at theGovernor’s Staff House inClark.

Engineering interven-tions complementary tothe rehabilitation of the taildike were also undertak-en, reported Sibug. Theseincluded the developmentof a “pilot channel withslope protection” of theGugu Creek in SapangPari to Labuan with alength of 1.2 kilometerscosting the DPWH P34million, to include the wid-ening and desilting of thearea.

”This will prevent thewater current from target-ing the newly constructedCSF-Sto.Tomas-Minalintail dike,” Sibug noted.

Even as Pineda com-mended the DPWH for itsaccomplishment in the re-habilitation and repair ofthe tail dike and the re-channeling of the GuguCreek, she reminded theagency of other flood miti-gation projects that need-ed to be implemented.

“Fortunately, one of theproblems was solved.However, there are stillflood control infrastruc-tures that must be attend-ed. The provincial govern-ment will give any form ofsupport to fast track themitigation projects,” thegovernor told the DPWHengineers

The heavily damagedsetback levee in Arayattown and the eroded

Arnedo Dike along thePampanga River in east-ern Pampanga are twocritical areas in need ofimmediate repair and reha-bilitation.

Earlier, DPWH Region-al Director Antonio MolanoJr. made the same assur-ances to the Kapampan-gan folk of flood-mitigatinginterventions to prevent therecurrence of the devastat-ing floods in the wake ofhabagat last year.

“Rest assured that theDPWH shall continue toperform dredging of the riv-ers and water tributariesespecially in Minalin to al-lay fears of a repeat of lastyear’s devastation” Mol-ano said.

– Bong Z. Lacson

Reyes said: “We wish toput on record that it is thedisagreement among par-ties concerned, and notthe DAR, that is the causeof the delay in the auditprocess.”

Flores said “the DAR’smove seeking interventionfrom the Supreme Courton the issue of identifyingwhich firm will audit HLIand CHI is not a simpleissue of indecisivenessand incompetence on thepart of the DAR.”

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Farmers assail DAR“It concretely shows

the DAR’s bias against thefarm workers and puppet-ry to the President and theCojuangco family,” Floressaid.

“Delos Reyes shouldstop covering his puppet-ry to the Cojuangcos byblaming the parties’ so-called disagreement. Thefarm workers are united intheir choice of auditingfirm,” he stressed.

Flores said “giving Co-juangco companies thepower to choose Cojuang-co-friendly auditing firms

smacks of conflict of inter-est. Aquino’s DAR cannotbe trusted.”

“We challenge the Ser-eno-led Supreme Court toimmediately dismiss, notto legitimize or even digni-fy this DAR-Cojuangcomaneuver to evade pay-ment of the P1.3 billiondebt of the President’sfamily to the farm workers,”Flores also said, referringto the order of the Su-preme Court.

The three accountingfirms which have ex-pressed interest in taking

on the special audit includeOMLL; Reyes, Tacandongand Company; and SanAgustin and Company.

Still, the KMP reiterat-ed calls for “zero compen-sation” for the Cojuangco-Aquino family which con-trolled the hacienda since1957.

KMP insisted on “freedistribution of HaciendaLuisita to farm workers”noting that “the Presi-dent’s family enrichedthemselves for almost sixdecades of control over thelands.” –Ding Cervantes

reelected Senator GringoHonasan to address thefisherfolk with regard to theNational Land Use andManagement Act that ispending in the Senate.

Pablo Rosales of theSave the Fisheries NowNetwork however said that

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Fisherfolk to Senate todayfisherfolk have nothing tocelebrate as they are oneof the basic sectors thathave remained marginal-ized.

In a statement, Ros-ales said that fisherfolk areconsidered to be the poor-est of the poor with 41.4%poverty incidence as citedin the latest National Sta-

tistical Coordination Board(NSCB) report.

He also said that thatthe country’s fishinggrounds are heavily exploit-ed by commercial as wellas foreign fishers like theTaiwanese and Chinesefishing vessels that en-croach on Philippine seas.

On the other hand,seaweed farmers, mostlywomen, are disenfran-chised by aggressivecoastal real estate devel-opment as traditional ar-eas for seaweed and fishdrying are converted into

private beach resorts, add-ing that fisherfolk settle-ments are practically notimplemented nor respect-ed.

He said that aside fromthese concerns, his groupwill also demand the pas-sage of the National LandUse and Management Act,presently pending at theSenate,a proposed billthat will establish a sepa-rate Department of Fisher-ies, the Marine ProtectedArea Bill, the End the Rec-lamation that DestroysMarine Biodiversity bill anda call to end overfishing.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

Vice Ganda humingina ng apology kay

Jessica SohoTINABLAN din ng kahihiyan si Vice Ganda sa ginawa niyang pambabastoskay Jessica Soho.

Humingi na ng paumanhin si Vice Ganda sa batikang brodkaster na siJessica Soho dahil sa kanyang "rape joke" sa I-Vice Ganda Mo ‘Ko Sa Aranetaconcert noong May 17.

Bago mag-umpisa ang daily variety show ng ABS-CBN na It's Showtimenoong May 29, binigyan ng pagkakataon si Vice para humingi ng tawad sabise presidente ng GMA News and Public Affairs.

“I just wanna make things right and I wanna make this day a beautiful oneand start this right,” bungad na pagbati ni Vice sa mga nanonood ng kanilangprograma.

Pagkatapos ay nagbigay siya ng kaunting impormasyon tungkol sa isyunglumabas.

Kuwento niya, “May mga malaking-malaking isyu na lumalaganap ngayon.“May 17, 2013, naganap po ang I-Vice Ganda Mo ‘Ko Sa Araneta.“It is a comedy concert. It is a comedy show. It is an enlarged comedy bar

show kasi naganap po sa Araneta.“After eleven days, kahapon, may lumabas pong mga issue, na may mga na-offend, may binato sa aking

issue, mayroon akong nalampasang linya, na mayroon akong sinabing hindi maganda, na mayroon akong mgataong sinadyang saktan, may mga tao akong natapakan.”

Nagbigay ng pahayag ang broadcast journalists ng GMA-7 na sina Arnold Clavio, Maki Pulido, at JiggyManicad.

Nagbigay rin ng opisyal na statement si Jessica kahapon, kung saan sinabi niya na, "Rape is not a joke andshould never be material for a comedy concert."

Umalma sila sa “rape joke” ni Vice kung saan si Jessica ang kanyang naging subject. Ginawa ring katatawananni Vice ang timbang ng Kapuso broadcaster.

Ipinaliwanag ni Vice kung bakit hindi siya agad nakasagot sa isyung ito.Aniya, “Gusto kong i-take ang sitwasyong ito nang may tamang pag-iisip.“Ayaw kong gamitin ang galit para mag-react.“Ayaw kong gamitin ang pagiging immature para makipaglaban. Gusto kong maging matalino.”Kahapon ay kaagad siyang kinausap ni ABS-CBN Channel Head Cory Vidanes at tinanong ng ganito: “Ano

ang gusto mong gawin?”Pinili raw ng Gandang Gabi Vice host na kausapin nang personal ang kilalang brodkaster ng GMA network

para humingi ng paumanhin.Sabi pa raw ni Vice sa ABS-CBN executives, “Sa akin naman nagsimula, at may binitawan akong salita na

naka-offend doon sa tao.“Kung hihingi ako ng paumanhin, mas sinsero at mas mararamdaman niya ang sinseridad ko kapag sinabi ko

sa kanya nang personal.”Sa kanyang halos mahigit sampung minutong public apology, naikuwento ni Vice na tinawagan niya mismo

si Jessica Soho.Subalit humingi ng dispensa si Jessica kay Vice dahil ayaw niyang muna itong kausapin.Kaya naman naisipan ng komedyante na idaan na lang ang kanyang paghingi ng paumanhin sa kanilang

programang It’s Showtime.Saad ni Vice, “Ako po talaga ay humihingi ng paumanhin, humihingi po ako ng paumanhin.“Opo, iyon po ay isang biro na maaaring sa inyo ay hindi magandang biro.“At kung hindi po magandang biro yun, at nasaktan ko po kayo talaga, humihingi po ako ng paumanhin,

patawad po.”Pangako pa ni Vice kay Jessica, “Hindi na kayo magiging kasama kailanman sa anumang tema ng pagtatanghal

ko.“Yun lang po ang nararamdaman ko at ang naiisip ko pong tamang gawin para makabawi po ako—kung

nasaktan ko po kayo."Yun lang po, humihingi po ako ng kapatawaran.“Kung hindi n'yo po ako kayang patawarin sa ngayon, sana po balang-araw, mapatawad n'yo po ako dahil

inuulit ko po, yun po ay isang biro lamang.”Kinuha na rin ni Vice ang pagkakataon na ito para sabihin na wala siyang intensiyong masama sa kanyang

“rape joke” noong nakaraang concert niya.“Gusto ko lang pong klaruhin sa lahat na hindi ko po kailanman gustong kutyain ang sino mang rape victim.“Wala po akong intensiyong masama na pagtawanan ang mga rape victims,” sabi ni Vice.Humingi rin ng patawad si Vice kung mayroon man siyang nasaktan sa nasabing biro.Aniya, “Alam ko pong seryoso ang issue ang tungkol sa rape kaya hindi ko po ginawang seryoso na pagtawanan

ang mga rape victims.“Wala po akong intensiyon na masama.“Gayunpaman, kung meron pong nasaktan, humihingi po ako ng paumanhin.”Humingi rin ng paumanhin si Vice sa publiko kung nasaktan sila sa isyung ito.Gayundin, nagpasalamat siya sa mga taong nakakaintindi sa kanyang nagawa.Para naman sa mga nakapagsalita nang masama kay Vice kaugnay ng isyung ito, sabi niya, “Hindi ako

nagagalit. Kung hindi ninyo ako nauunawaan, ako ang uunawa sa inyo.”Humiling din ang comedian-TV host sa publiko na itigil na ang pagbibigay pa ng anumang opinyon tungkol sa

isyu.Pakiusap niya, “Itigil na natin ‘to. Itigil na natin ang pagbibigay ng opinyon lalo’t lalo pa kung hindi n’yo naman

alam ang nangyari at hindi kayo nakapanood. Kasi, magiging magulo lang ang mundo.”

Mariel Rodriguez inaaway ng dating asawa ni Robin PadillaUMIIWAS masangkot ni Kylie Padilla sa mga usap-usapan sa social networking sites tungkol sa tweet ng inanitong si Liezl Sicangco.

Kamakailan kasi ay nag-post ng mensaheng ganito si Liezl sa Twitter: “Grow up and be nice! You married aman with children. He’s not all yours.”

Marami ang naniniwala na patama ito ni Liezl kay Mariel Rodriguez, ang asawa asawa ngayon ng ama niKylie na si Robin Padilla.

Tinanong si Kylie kung naaapektuhan siya ng mga kaganapang ito.Tugon ng Kapuso actress, “I’d rather keep out na lang.“Siyempre, while browsing through my Instagram, nakikita ko yung ibang posts.“Parang I know there’s something fishy, pero ayoko na lang makialam.“Kasi, gugulo lang lahat kasi nasa gitna po ako, e—tatay ko, Tita Mariel, tapos my mom—I can’t side.”Naniniwala si Kylie na maaayos na hindi siya makikang gusot na ito na hindi siya nakikialam.“Oo. Ayokong... basta ayokong makialam. Basta alam nila na mahal ko silang lahat.”Close din daw si Kylie kay Mariel.“Wala pong wall, there’s no wall, but I don’t wanna... you know, alam mo yun?“Yung mas close ako kay Tita Mariel kasi ang nanay ko nasa abroad, e.”Sa Australia na nakabase si Liezl, kasama ang bago niyang asawa at ibang mga anak kay Robin.Naniniwala si Kylie na kahit mas madalas niyang nakakasama si Mariel ay iba pa rin ang tunay niyang ina“Iba pa rin ang nanay, oo naman.”Hindi raw nakikita ni Kylie ang sarili niya isang araw na kakampi kahit kanino.“No, ayoko. Alam ko yung pakiramdam na yun, e, yung may nagsa-side!” sabay tawa niya.“Ayoko! Siyempre, sa buhay, may mga sitwasyon na ganoon, kahit hindi naman nanay or tatay.“Yung pakiramdam na yung mahal mo, nag-side sa iba parang... ‘Ouch!’“Yung ganoon, kaya ayokong gawin sa iba.”Pero mahal niya raw ang tatlo at gusto niyang maging maayos ang lahat.

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deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS).

The event also aims toreduce the stigma andpromote the preventive wayson how to avoid the saiddisease.

Mayor Edgardo Pamintuanexpressed his support to thisadvocacy as it is parallel tohis 8-point agenda whichfocuses on the health andwelfare of every Angelenos.

He said that everyoneshould open their minds andacknowledge AIDS in order todiscover the cure for thedisease.

“Kailangan magising tayoat kilalanin natin ang AIDSupang mas mapag-aralannatin ito at makahanap tayong mas mainam na panlabanupang tuluyan na natingmasugpo itong sakit na ito,”the mayor stressed.

Dr. Lenario Santos, CityHealth Officer, also acknowl-edged the reality against thebattle for AIDS, however, he isstill positive that they will beable to stop or reduce therisks because of the differentpreventive programs andmeasures that the his office iscurrently doing.

“What we have right now isprevention against AIDS. We,at the medical and healthcommunity are continuouslydevising means and ways toprevent the transmission ofthe virus to people,” Santosexplained.

The event also aims toremember the millions ofpeople who fought and diedbecause of AIDS.

During the event, candleswhere lit to symbolize thesympathy and solidaritytowards persons living withAIDS as well as the hope thatsomeday a cure will finally bediscovered to end the battleagainst the dreaded disease.

The local government onthe other hand, is one with theACAC, health providers,entertainers, non-governmentorganizations (NGOs) and thegeneral public whose missionis to make Angeles an “aids-free city.”

“Our job is not easy – ourgoal seems lofty, but in a citywhere people have cometogether and have placed theirtrust once again in thegovernment, the sky is thelimit. There is nothing that wecannot achieve,” Pamintuanadded.

CANDLE LIGHTING. City government officials and employees along with representatives and partners from different NGOs, members of theacademe and the business community hold their lit candles in celebration of the 30th International AIDS Memorial held Wednesday at the SM CityClark Event Center. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES CIO

ANGELES CITY – The localgovernment here led by theAngeles City AIDS Counciljoins the world in commemo-

rating the 30th InternationalAIDS Candlelight Memorial(ACM) at the SM City ClarkEvent Center on Wednesday.

This year’s theme “Insolidarity, “emphasized theneed for the global communityto join hands and work

together in response to theproblems brought by humanimmunodeficiency virusinfection / acquired immuno-

City commemorates 30th International AIDS Memorial