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BY ASHLEY MANABAT

CLARK FREEPORT – “Taxa-tion without representationis tyranny.”

Cabalens want CGMAreleased from detention

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DEPRIVED OF REPRESENTATION

Thus, said a group ofKapampangans seekingthe release from hospitalarrest of former Presidentand Rep. Gloria Macapa-gal-Arroyo (CGMA)through a resolution that

will be presented in con-gress.

The resolution will besubmitted through Ka-pampangan congressmenin the House of Represen-

L'AMBIANCE. Approximating fine dining in mall setting is the Food Court at SM City Clark whichmade its soft opening Thursday with new selections of international cuisine from Don Don Tei,Purple Pad Thai, Seoul Bibimbob, Turkish Doner, Francis D's Burger, Sizzling Plate and localculinary delights in Kusina Manyaman and Ihaw Juan. PHOTOS BY BONG LACSON

BY DING CERVANTES

CLARK FREEPORT - TheOmbudsman has clearedthe top executive of the Clark International AirportCorporation (CIAC) and 10others of criminal and ad-ministrative charges filed

Ombudsman clears Lucianoof criminal, admin charges

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DEMOLITION JOB, SCRAPS SALE

by a former Pampangamayor and two others onthe demolition of old build-ings reportedly worth P33million at the aviation com-plex here.

Ombudsman ConchitaCarpio Morales has “ap-proved” the recommenda-

tion of her prosecutor ex-onerating CIAC Presidentand CEO Victor Jose Lu-ciano and the other re-spondents, including twoAeta leaders, from thecharges filed by formerCandaba Mayor Jerry Pe-layo and two others.

The charges includedestafa, malversation ofpublic funds, grave abuseof authorities, grave mis-conduct, grave dishones-ty, gross neglect of duty,violation of Anti-Graft andCorrupt Practices Act and

ANGELES CITY – Pam-panga has not been sparedof the “taint of corruption”rising from the allegedP10-billion pork barrelscam.

For one, the principal

‘MOTHER LODE OF CORRUPTION’

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PGKM joins callsto scrap pork barrel

character in the latestscandal rocking govern-ment had found herself –her name at least –splashed on a streamer inCandaba town, put up by

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Alyansa ng mgaMagbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (AMGL) and the Aly-ansa ng Manggagawang Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita(Ambala) are poised to ask the Supreme Court tostop the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) fromraffling off Hacienda Luisita to land reform beneficia-ries.

LUISITA FARMERS TO ASK SC

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Stop DARraffling offhacienda

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BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -The government’s plan to distrib-ute lands via “tambiolo” at Haci-enda Luisita demeans the “lifeand death struggle” of the bene-ficiaries.

This lament was aired yes-terday by the Kilusang Magbu-bukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) afterAgrarian Reform Sec.VirgilioDelos Reyes announced that thedistribution of Hacienda landsthrough a raffle draw.

This, even as the farmwork-ers launched yesterday protestactivities at Hacienda Luisita, asthe DAR started to raffle offaward certificates in one baran-gay in the hacienda.

Plan to raffle off Luisita lands‘demeans’ struggle of farmfolk

“The method planned by theDepart of Agrarian Reform(DAR) is very unscientific, fool-ish, and idiotic,” KMP SecretaryGeneral Antonio Flores said.

Flores said “the ‘tambiolo’land reform shows that the Aqui-no government is not serious indistributing Hacienda Luisitalands to farm workers.”

“It is an insult to the life anddeath struggle of Hacienda Lu-isita farm workers for genuineland reform. It also proves thatthe Comprehensive AgrarianReform Program (CARP) is asham,” he added.

De Los Reyes earlier said a“tambiolo,” or a lottery drumwould be used in raffling off farm-lands in the hacienda, which had

been owned by the President’sfamily until the Supreme Courtordered with finality the distribu-tion of the vast estate to thefarmworkers.

He said it would be a “cru-cial step” in generating the Cer-tificates of Land OwnershipAward (CLOAs) that would begiven to qualified farm workersin Hacienda Luisita “possiblybetween August and Septem-ber.”

But Flores said “the identifi-cation of size and location oflands to be distributed should beclosely coordinated to farmworkers for smooth, orderly, andproper distribution.”

He said “the tambiolo impo-sition by the DAR must be op-

posed and defied because itserves the Cojuangco-Aquino’sinterest to divide the ranks of thefarm workers.”

“The DAR and the Cojuang-co-Aquinos never run out of po-litical maneuver to deceive thefarm workers and evade land dis-tribution. This latest maneuver isthe most stupid way we haveseen so far in the DAR’s sabo-tage operations in the supposeddistribution of Hacienda Luisita,”said Flores.

“It concretely shows theDAR’s bias against the farmworkers and puppetry to thePresident and the Cojuangcofamily. These highly-paid peoplein the DAR cannot be trusted,”Flores said.

ANGELES CITY- TheKilusang Magbubukid ngPilipinas (KMP) accusedyesterday the Departmentof Agrarian Reform (DAR)of coercing beneficiariesof land reform in HaciendaLuisita into signing apromissory note for thepayment of compensationto the President’s family.

The KMP noted the“massive presence ofheavily armed policemenand special weapons andtactics (SWAT) teams andother cops as the DARstarted to raffle off yester-day awards over haciendalots in Barangay Cutcut inthe estate in Tarlac.

The DAR is slated togo to the other haciendabarangays also to raffle offland awards.

“The DAR, with thehelp of heavily armedpolice, is thus virtuallyforcing Hacienda Luisitafarmworkers into thescheme designed by theCojuangco-Aquinos todivide the ranks of thefarmworkers,” said KMPsecretary general AntonioFlores.

–Ding Cervantes

Heavilyarmed copsguard raffle

LAST July 16, 2013, SM CitySan Fernando Downtown likeany other SM Supermalls allacross the nation and in Chinacelebrated National Children’sBook Reading Day in honoringDr. Jose Rizal’s legendary clas-sic “Ang Pagong at angMatsing”. This event is part ofSM Cares’ Program for Children,which takes an advocacy in pro-moting literacy and encouragechildren to develop their love forreading at an early age.

Children from Sure ValuesLearning School were invited onthe said event which was heldat the 2nd level of SMSF Down-town. It was a fun learning activ-ity as they listened to three dif-ferent story teller who read threedifferent stories with moral les-sons.

First reader wasMr. IsaganiGiron a professional consultant/writer and a historian from Mal-olos, Bulacan that read storyentitled “Hayan na si Kidlat”. Thestory taught them importance ofhealthy eating habit. Kids werevery fond of listening with himsince he performed it wearing the“Super Kidlat” costume and hisenergetic reading strategies. 2nd

reader was BDO representativeMs. Michelle Cortez that readthe renowned “Ang Arozcaldo niLolo Waldo”and for the 3rd storyteller wasGMA-7 News and Pub-

National Children’s Book Reading Day @ SMSF Downtown

lic Affairs Host/ComedianMs.Maey Baustista. She read“Sandwich to the Moon” thattackles creativity and exception-al innovations. The host/come-dian really brought those kidswith so much fun as she inter-acts with a question and answerand a dance portionduring her

story telling. Moreover at the endof the program, each kids re-ceived free story books courte-sy of Vibal Publishing.

This event of SM Supermallsevery 3rd Tuesday of July everyyear encourage the students tomake reading a daily habit.Youngsters now a days were

exposed with different gadgetsand hi-end technologies. Byreading simple stories somehowwecan lead our children to beable to evoke the importance ofreading books as a tool thatwould impart proper values andinspire our children to widen uptheir horizons. –Press release

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY - TheBataan bishop on Wednes-day hailed Tuesday’s deci-sion of the Supreme Court inholding indefinitely andprolonging the status quoante order in the implementa-tion of the ReproductiveHealth Law.

Bishop Ruperto C. Santosof the Diocese of Balangasaid that although the rulingwas good news, he stillhoped that the RH Law will becompletely shelved.

“We will continue to pray,to work hard para matigil nadeliberations at mabasura naang RH Law,” the prelatesaid.

Santos said it was veryappropriate and opportunethat the resolution of the highcourt was handed during thefeast of Our Lady of MountCarmel. “This is a messagefor us to reflect and promotethe value and sacredness ofhuman life and the sanctity ofmarriage,” he said.

The bishop has urged thefaithful during his homily inmany Holy Masses in thepast to protest the passageof the RH Bill. He even led abig prayer-rally held inBalanga City last March2011.

Santos has jurisdiction ofall Catholics in 11 towns andone city. He holds office inthe chancery or CancilleriaDiocesis de Balanga locatedat the St. Joseph Cathedralhere.

Bishop hailsSC decisionon RH Law

NI DINO BALABO

MALOLOS—Itaas ang presyong palay.

Ito ang sigaw ng mga mag-sasakang Bulakenyo sa NationalFood Authority (NFA) dahil hindisapat ang P17 bawat kilo na ib-inabayad ng gobyerno sa ka-nilang aning palay.

Kaugnay nito, inihayag ngisang opisyal ng NFA-Bulacanna sa kasalukuyang ay umaabotsa P20 ang bilihan ng palay salalawigan dahil sa halos walangmabili.

“Lagi kaming talo kapag mgacommercial traders ang bumiling palay namin dahil sa napak-ababa ng bili nila,”ani MelencioDomingo, tagapangulo ng Mal-olos City Agriculture and Fish-eries Council (MCAFC).

Ayon kay Domingo, ang pr-

SIGAW NG MAGSASAKA

Itaas ang presyo ng palayesyong iniaalok sa kanila ngmga commercial trader ng pa-lay ay karaniwang nakabase saP17 na alok ng NFA na tinatawagding government support price.

Ang presyong ito ay itinak-da ng NFA upang hindi mapigi-lan ang mas mababang alok ngmga commercial trader sa nas-abing presyo.

Ito ay itinakda ng NFA mayapat na taon ng nakakaraan.

“Kung hindi disi-siete ang biling traders sa bawat kilo ay masmataas ng konti, pero mababapa rin iyon kumpara sa gastosng mga masasaka,” ani Domin-go at sinabing tinatayang aabotsa P25,000hanggang P30,000ang nagagastos ng magsasakasa pagtatanim ng palay sa isangektaryang bukirin.

Sa kabila naman ng P17 pr-esyo bawat kilo na itinakda ng

NFA sa palay, ibinunyag ni Do-mingo na iilang magsasaka la-mang ang nakakatanggap ngganoong halaga kapag nagben-ta sa NFA.

Ito ay dahil sa mahigpit napagpapatupad ng alituntunin sapagbili ng palay.

Inayunan din ito ng mga mag-sasaka ng palay sa mga bayanng Angat, Balagtas, Plaridel atSan Rafael.

“Pag dumaan sa classifier ngNFA ang palay, kahit kontingbasa lang at konting itim langsa ipa ang makita, binabawasanna ang presyo,” ani MarangalRuiz ng Balagtas.

Inayunan din ito ni EmelitoCruz ng Angat na nagsabing,nahihirapan silang magbenta ngpalay sa NFA.”

Dahil dito, hiniling nila sa NFAna taasan ang government sup-

port price para sa farmgate pricepalay.

“Dapat ay minimum na P20per kilo” ani Cruz.

Iginiit naman ni Domingo angisa pang malaking problema sakalagayan ng mga magsasakahinggil sa pagpepresyo ng ka-nialng ani.

“Bakit yung mga gumagawang fertilizer, sila ang nasusunodsa presyo ng kanilang produk-to, pero sa magsasaka, angnasusunod sa presyo ng palayay mga traders,” aniya.

Kaugnay nito, sinabi ni Ed-uardo Camua,isang opisyal ngNFA-Bulacan na ang kasaluku-yang bilihan ng palay sa lalawi-gan ay umaabot sa P20 bawatkilo.

Ito ay dahil sa halos walangmabiling palay dahil panahon ngtag-ulan o lean months.

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IF WE were to compare Lexus to a human being, this car would probably be asocialite, always impeccably dressed, and carries himself about town with a stiffupper lip. So one can just imagine my surprise when Danny Isla, the President ofLexus Manila, invited select members of the motoring media for a track day withthe latest iteration of the popular IS Series. Have the engineers of Lexus gonebonkers and traded their Armani suits for racing overalls? That was our question ofthe day. In attendance for the IS series launch were Lexus Manila and ToyotaMotors Philippines (TMP) executives led by Lexus Manila Chairman Alfred Ty,TMP President Michinobu Sugata, TMP VP’s Jing Atienza and Shawin ChuaLimand TMP’s marketing team headed by Dax Avenido.

Being a brand known for luxury and power, Lexus cordoned off the ClarkInternational Speedway for a day of burning rubber. After a product presentationinside a climate controlled tent beside the race track, the participants were takenoutside for an up close and personal experience with the all new IS 350 and350F Sport sedans. We were instructed to take the car around a controlledarea of the Speedway, where lead footed pen pushers can test thecar’s braking, acceleration and straight line speeddown the track’s main straightaway. Theorganizers even prepared two“competitor” cars, a Mercedes BenzC-Class, a BMW 3-Series modeland a previous generation IS 350sedan for comparison.

What immediately strikes youis the car’s bold design, startingwith the signature spindle grille andLED Daytime Running lights justbelow the sedan’s head lamps.“The front end is an aggressivecombination of sporty and elegance for a morepowerful presence on the road,” says Isla. Step inside the cockpit and you’llnotice that the new IS Series was influenced by the LFA supercar. The innovativeTFT instrumentation with moving center ring, the bucket seats, tons of soft-touchleather and improved roominess are the highlights of the new car. The new ISwheelbase is three inches longer and half an inch wider than the previous generationand sits low to the ground for a more aggressive stance.

Due to its increased body rigidity, both the IS350 and 350F Sport are amazinglystable and fun to drive around the twisty race track. The all new multi-link rearsuspension, revised front suspension and GS derived steering makes the 2014 ISSeries a luxurious, yet dangerously agile sedan. When negotiating the corkscrewbend and on to a straight line portion of the track, the 3.5 liter V6 D4S 306bhpengine gives off a throaty wail which is music to most gear heads like me. Theeight speed, Sport Direct Shift (SDS) automatic transmission is precise in providingthe proper amount of power down at the wheels during high speed and brakingmaneuvers.

Burning rubber with LexusAn added bonus to the event is the “Taxi “ride around the full course of the

Speedway inside the LFA with former Asia-Pacific Rally Champion Yoshihiro Kataokabehind the wheel of the Lexus supercar. Unfortunately, our almost memorable ridewith the LFA fizzled out when it spun uncontrollably near the corkscrew bend of thetrack and hit a tire barrier. Alvin Uy of the Inquirer and Kataoka emerged from theincident unscathed with the Lexus supercar suffering painful, yet repairable damagesto its front end and driver side door.

Despite that minor altercation with a tire barrier involving the LFA, one thing iscertain though, the IS350 and IS 350F Sport is at par with its European rivals interms of luxury and performance. With a sticker price of P2,548,000 for the IS350and P3,058,000 for the IS350F Sport, you get a sedan that can kick some dirt inthe eyes of its rivals.

"Just as in the lastquarter, Smart had a clearedge in all five parametersof the 2nd Quarter Qualityof Service (QoS) Bench-marking tests of the NTC,"said Smart public affairshead Ramon R. Isberto.

Smart beat its compe-tition in the Blocked Callsor Grade of Service (GoS)parameter, with only 1.26percent of calls made onthe Smart network notconnecting successfully,versus 1.46 percent ofGlobe Telecom.

Smart had a Drop CallRate (DCR) of only 1.07percent - against the min-imum 2 percent DCR stan-dard. Globe also hadmore dropped calls, againwith 1.40 percent of in-coming calls made on theGlobe network terminatinginvoluntarily.

Smart also led in termsof Average Receive SignalLevel, registering -65.52dBm against Globe's -71.45 dBm. This parame-ter measures the signalstrength provided by theserving cell site to themobile handset of the sub-scriber while a conversa-tion is ongoing, and re-sults that are closer to 0are considered better.

Smart was also aheadin the Average SignalQuality category. Smartscored 0.72 while Globescored .91, against theminimum acceptablerange of from 0 to 4, or thecloser to 0, the better. Thisshows that Smart had bet-

Smart leads Globe again in NTC's Q2 service quality testThe latest network qualitytests conducted for thesecond quarter of the year

by the National Telecom-munications Commissionshows once more the mo-

bile phone network ofSmart Communications,Inc. (Smart) outperforming

competition, according tothe company spokesper-son.

ter voice quality transmis-sion.

Smart also outdid thecompetition in terms ofCall Set Up Time, or thetime it takes for a networkto activate the called par-ty. Smart met quality stan-dards with a score of 11.12seconds, versus Globe's12 seconds. The accept-able industry standard isbelow 14 seconds.

"These numbers onlyvalidate what Smart sub-scribers experience, thatof a mobile service that isclearly superior in terms ofreliability, quality, and cov-erage. To us it's a remind-er to keep improving andstrengthening our networkeven as we move to moreadvanced services like LTEor Long-Term Evolution,"Isberto said.

LTE pioneer Smart con-tinues to have the widestLTE coverage in the coun-try, with subscribers en-joying the world's fastestmobile broadband in overa hundred cities and mu-nicipalities, and in close toa thousand establish-ments.

Smart's parent compa-ny, PLDT, has over 71.7million cellular subscrib-ers under the wirelessbrands Smart, Talk 'N Text,and Sun Cellular, as ofend-March 2013. PLDThas the largest and mostpervasive cellular networkinfrastructure in the coun-try, providing wireless cov-erage to over 99% of thepopulation.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESTHIRD JUDICIAL REGIONREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

BRANCH 61ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THEADOPTION OF THE MINORS: ANTHONYMARCIAL CODILLA, JR., DANICA MICHELLECODILLA, KAREN CODILLA IN RELATION TOTHE DOMESTIC ADOPTION LAW OF 1998,

SPEC. PROC. NO. 8829SPS. FRANKIE DALE BAKERAND ESPERANZA S. BAKER,

Petitioners.x——————————————————————————————x

O R D E RIn this petition seeking to adopt the three minor children the petitioners

alleged that petitioner Frankie Dale Baker is an American citizen andpetitioner Esperanza S. Baker is a Filipino citizen.. They got married inReno, Nevada on January 1, 1992 and are now residents of and withpostal address at 230 Mayflower Ave., Marisol Village, Brgy. NinoyAquino, Angeles City. However, they are childless and they decide toadopt the herein minors Anthony Marcial who was born on June 10,1998, Danica Michelle born on October 8, 2009 and Karen born onSeptember 13, 2002 all bearing the surname Codilla, being the childrenof petitioner wife’s sister Helen Grace F. Salunga with the latter’s husbandMarcial Codilla.

On June 30, 2008 the biological mother of the children died. Sincethen the petitioners have been taking care of the children, consider andtreat them as their own flesh and blood, financially support them andgive them their material and emotional needs. They have exercisedgenuine love and give them spiritual shelter and they will continueproviding them all the financial support necessary for their decent living.

As to their qualifications to adopt, they posses all the qualificationsand none of the disqualifications to adopt. They are financially, physically,and emotionally capable to adopt the children. They are in full possessionof their civil rights and have never been charged nor convicted of anycrime involving moral turpiude or any other offense punishable underexisting laws. They are of good moral character, are morally fit andemotionally stable to rear and raise the subject minors in a healthy andhappy family environment where genuine love, concern, andunderstanding abound. They are ready, willing and able to perform asthey have been doing the duties and responsibilities of proper parenthoodover the subject minors. This petition will certainly rebound to and servethe best interest and welfare of the subject minors, they, therefore, prayfor the granting of the petition. The natural father of the children had givenhis irrevocable consent to this adoption by herein petitioner.

Attached to the record is the Home and Child Study Report.This Court finds the petition sufficient in form and in substance and,

therefore, set this petition for hearing on September 16, 2013 at 1:30 inthe afternoon, on which date and hour an opposition may signity his/her opposition to this petition.

Let copies of this order be published once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in AngelesCity and in the Province of Pampanga which was selected by raffle.

Any person who may be affected by or has an interest in thispetition is given fifteen (15) days from the last publication to file his/hercomment or opposition to this petition.

Furnish copies hereof of the Office of the Solicitor General, the Officeof Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, the Office of theCityProsecutor of Angeles City, the Office of the City Civil Registrar ofAngeles City, the petitioner and their counsel and the father of the minor.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, Philippines, June 13, 2013.

BERNARDITA GABITAN-ERUM J u d g e

PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 5, 12 & 19, 2013

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

EF No. 92-13Punto Central Luzon

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

filed by EAST WEST BANKING CORPORATION, with its office addressat East West Corporate Center, The Beaufort 5th Ave, cor. 23rd St.,Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City against SPS. ADELINE A. SUBA andHERMES D. SUBA and ALDRIN M. ANGELES, with residence andpostal address at Lot 1, Blk. 2 along Road 2, Villa Julita Subd., Saguin,San Fernando, Pampanga and/or No. 10 3rd Ave., Villa Julita Subd.,Saguin, San Fernando City, Pampanga and/or Blk. 48, Lot 24 BulaonComplex, San Fernando City, Pampanga; Blk. 1, Lot 9-B RosewoodSt., Greenwoods, Pasig City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtednesswhich as of April 15, 2013, amounts to ONE MILLION FIFTY THREETHOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT AND 35/100 (Php1,053,858.35) PESOS excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s feesand expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or her duly authorized Sheriff IV will sell at publicauction on August 6, 2013 at 10:00 am or soon thereafter (from 9:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court,Jomafer Bldg., Dolores, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highestbidder for CASH/or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, thefollowing property/ies with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 200780-RA parcel of land (Lot 1, Blk. 2 of the consolidation and

subd. plan, (LRC) Pcs-03-000424, being a portion of theconsolidated Lots 4 & 5 (LRC) Pcs-18719, L.R.C. Rec. No. ),situated in the Bo. of Saguin, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. OfPampanga. X x x containing an area of TWO HUNDREDNINETEEN (219) SQUARE METERS.

“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 AUGUST 13, 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, June 26, 2013.

REMIGIO L. DICHOSO Sheriff IV

FLORENDA S. ORDONEZOIC- Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff

Cc: EAST WEST BANKING CORPORATIONEast West Corporate Center, The Beaufort 54th Ave. cor.23rd St., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig CitySPS. ADELINE & HERMES SUBA AND ALDRIN M. ANGELESLot 1, Blk. 2 along Road Lot 2, Villa Julita Subd., Saguin, San Fernando,And/or Blk. 48, Lot 24 Bulaon Complex, San Fernando, Pampanga;Blk. 1, Lot 9-B Rosewood St., Greenwoods, Pasig City

PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 5, 12 & 19, 2013

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTWITH ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of EFREN QUIAMBAO andERLINDA S. QUIAMBAO who died intestate on June 11, 2013 and May15, 2012, respectively, in California, USA executed an ExtrajudicialSettlement with Absolute Sale of their estate more particularly described asa parcel of land (Lot 4, Blk 54 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd 93371 (Sheet 3)being a portion of Blk 34-A-3 described on plan (LRC) Psd 64836 (LRC)GLRO Cad Rec No. 124) situated in the District of Cutcut, City of Angeles,Island of Luzon and covered by TCT No. 68363.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 19, 26 & August 2, 2013

NOTICE OF SELF ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that EDWIN T. BUNGAY, of legal age, widower,

Filipino with postal address in Colgante, Apalit, Pampanga is the lawfulhusband and heir of VILMA G. GARAIS who died intestate on February12, 2012 in Manila executed an Affidavit of Self Adjudication of her estatemore particularly described as Savings Account No. 1083-04029-4 withRCBC Savings Bank amounting to P102,318.86.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 19, 26 & August 2, 2013

BY WILLIE E. CAPULONG

OLONGAPO CITY –What wasscheduled as a mere courtesycall by Subic Bay MetropolitanAuthority (SBMA) top executiveRoberto V. Garcia to new Olon-gapo City mayor Rolen C. Pauli-no turned out the start of thefirst Public Private Partnership(PPP) project.

Garcia, chairman-adminis-trator of the Subic Bay FreeportZone (SBFZ) said that a Free-port locator CST Bluemax ex-pressed to undertake the dredg-ing of the Kalalake river chan-nel dividing the city with the

Dredging of Olongapo channel forgedformer US Naval Base as partof the firm’s corporate social re-sponsibility (CSR) program atno cost to both governmentagencies.

However, since the riverchannel is 50-50 percent withinthe territorial boundary of Olon-gapo and Subic Bay, the needof a tripartite memorandum isneeded to carry out the projectestimated to cost P 20 millionunder the prevailing commercialtransaction.

CST Bluemax is engaged indredging activities which ex-ports overseas its recoveredminerals. Right now it is cur-

rently dredging a river channelin Botolan, Zambales and ex-ports the recovered volcanicsands as reclamation/construc-tion materials to Singapore.

The dredging is provided freeto the local government in ex-change for the recovered sands.The same arrangement will beadopted and works on thecleaning of the vital river chan-nel starts upon the signing ofthe Memorandum Agreement(MOA) and the city council res-olution authorizing Mayor Pauli-no to donate to the dredging firmthe recovered minerals.

Olongapo City vice mayor

Rodel Cerezo who was presentduring call of Chairman Garciavowed to speed up the councilresolut ion endorsing theproject.

Paulino said once the riverchannel has been cleared ofsiltation and debris, it will beconverted into a floating andtourism based hub.

The project will address sig-nificantly the pollution withinand around Subic Bay andOlongapo City. Garcia cited theneed to clear the mouth of theKalaklan River of sand bars inorder to ensue the free flowingof water into the bay.Paulino

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

SAMAL, Bataan- Themayor of this town onTuesday denied receivinga single centavo from theP10-million fund allegedlyreleased by the Depart-ment of Agriculturethrough her letter-requestto Senator Gringo Hona-san.

Mayor Generosa delaFuente said she found outthat a letter she had sup-posedly sent to Honasanfor an agriculture project inSamal sometime in 2010was faked.

Mayor denies receiving P10-Mif the other municipalitieswere also victims of thefund scam.

Dela Fuente said shewas only speaking for her-self that no such fundpassed her office.

In a text message,former Mayor Joel

“I have not entered intoany memorandum ofagreement with the Sa-mahan ng mga Magsasa-ka sa Kapatagan atKabundukan Foundationwith address in QuezonCity for such fund,” themayor said in a certifica-tion she issued to mem-bers of the Commissionon Audit from the centraloffice in Manila.

“Nakapagtataka nanormally kapag may pon-do dapat bababa munaang pera sa local govern-ment unit at gagawa ngMOA sa alinmang foun-

dation pero ito yata diret-so sa foundation,” shesaid.

Dela Fuente said shecame to know of the al-leged fund-release fromCOA on March 1, 2013.

She said she wasshown a letter-request toHonasan with the munici-pality’s letter head and her

supposed signature. “Ob-vious na obvious na fakeang pirma ko,” the Samalmayor said.

She said she wasshown Special AllocationRelease Order (SARO)where 10 municipalities inBataan received P10 mil-lion each or total of P100million. She would not say

Payumo of Dinalupihan,Bataan said his signaturewas also faked.

“There was a supposedfunding for Dinalupihanfrom DAR or DA but I foundout that the contact wasfake and so with my sig-nature,” Payumo said.

ANGELES CITY – Acase of robbery withintimidation was filedagainst a suspect afterhe was caught redhanded by his landladylast Friday in BarangayNinoy Aquino here.

The police identifiedthe suspect as Alex-ander Ocampo, 21, whowas reportedly caughtafter his landlady identi-fied as Monica DeGuzman awakenedduring the robbery.

Initial police investiga-tion showed that DeGuzman was awakenedby unusual noisescoming from the adjoin-ing room of their houseat 4054 Ma Soledad St.Marisol Subdivision inthe said barangay.

When she went out tocheck, De Guzman wassurprised to find Ocamposearching for valuables.The suspect tried toescape but De Guzmanmanaged to hold on tohis foot. The suspectallegedly threatened toshoot De Guzman if shedid not let go. “Babarilin

kita, babarilin kita, kapagdi mo ako binitawan (I willshoot you, I will shootyou if you won’t let go).”

A follow-up operationconducted by SPO1Genaro A. Ardiente ofStation 6 led to the arrestof Ocampo who returnedto his rented room insidethe said compound togather hisbelongings. Recoveredfrom his possession wasa pouch containing cashamounting to P624 andtwo dollar bills belongingto the victim.

It was learned fromthe victim’s fatheridentified as JamesBalboa that the suspectgained entry by using themaster key of their maindoor which was placedhidden under the plantsat the door.

Prosecutor MarcelinoPineda Jr. recommendedthe continuous detentionof Ocampo after findingprobable cause for hisarrest. --AlexandraEunice Basa &Rodanne GabrielRamos

Robber caughtred-handed

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ANGELES CITY – MayorEdgardo Pamintuan hasissued an executive ordercreating the Angeles CityEconomic Enterprises Com-mittee which will manage theoperations of the city’s currententerprise units.

According to the mayor, thecreation of this committee willstrengthen the revenue gener-ating capability of the city.

“The mandate of this newlyformed committee is topromote the viability, efficiencyand productivity of our citypublic enterprises, towards thereduction of public subsidies tothese enterprises, such as thepublic markets, slaughter-house, city hospital, amongothers.” he said.

Pamintuan added that, inthe long term, the committeewill expand on the capabilitiesof the present enterprises, aswell as explore other opportu-nities which will give additionalrevenues to the city.

Currently, the city’s enter-prises include the San NicolasPublic Market, Pampang PublicMarket, the City’s Abattoir orSlaughterhouse and the City

EdPam forms city economic enterprises committee

COMMENDATION. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan lauds Arvin Mercado (right), a QuickResponse Team (QRT) Officer of the Angeles City Traffic Enforcement and TransportManagement Office (ACTETMO), for refusing a bribe being allegedly given to him bya truck ban violator. With them is Mario Maniti (center), ACTETMO chief.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES CIO

College of Angeles (CCA).The committee will also

look into the possibility ofmaking the Ospital ningAngeles (ONA) as an econom-ic enterprise.

The executive order statedother possible enterprises thatAngeleños can expect to seein the future, which include acentral transport terminal, astreet parking program and apublic cemetery.

Currently, the local govern-ment subsidizes the operationand administrative require-ments of the said establish-ments.

However, the executive orderand committee will work onminimizing the subsidy starting2014 and expect that the saidenterprises should be totallyself-sufficient within the nexttwo years.

“The bottom line is that weshould not burden our city andour people any further fromunnecessarily shouldering thecosts of running these enter-prises. Every asset of govern-ment should now be put toproductive use,” Pamintuanexplained. –Angeles CIO

GOV. LILIA PINEDA said shewants to improve the quality andsafety of the food and meat con-sumed by the Kapampangan ona daily basis through the en-forcement of the meat inspec-tion service law.

This was the statementmade by the governor yesterdayduring a meeting with the con-cerned municipal market admin-istrators, municipal planning anddevelopment officers and butch-ers from different municipalitiesand cities held yesterday atMax’s Restaurant, this city.

Dr. Yvette Soller, head of meatscience and technology of theNational Meat Inspection Service(NMIS) said this could be donethrough the assistance and ac-tivation of the Provincial MeatInspection Service (PMIS) andreconstruction of the slaughter-houses following the standardsset by the NMIS.

This came as Gov. Pinedalearned that local government-operated slaughter house in theprovince failed to meet the pa-rameters set by the NMIS inmeat handling and sanitation.

Pineda said she realized that

in spite of the comprehensivehealth programs of the provincialgovernment, the volume of pa-tients seeking assistance in-creases because the main prob-lem is on the safety of the foodthey eat.

“The provincial governmentshould also consider the rootcause of the health problems ofour Cabalen particularly the qual-ity of the food they consumed.We will start with the upgradingof the quality and safety of themeat,” Pineda said.

Dr. Augusto Baluyot, provin-cial veterinarian disclosed thatthe Capitol plans to get the au-thority from the NMIS to super-vise, monitor and regulate allgovernment abattoirs in the prov-ince.

“As of now, Capitol has noadministrative power over localslaughterhouses but with thecreation of PMIS, we can havethe direct hand over their opera-tions,” Baluyot said.

Dr. Soller lauded the initia-tive of the Pineda administrationto shoulder the responsibility ofensuring the quality of meat inthe province.

Gov wants safety, quality of meatconsumed by Kapampangans

“Pampanga is the first prov-ince in the region to take the firststep in food safety. NMIS willgive its full support to the provin-cial government through techni-cal assistance and capabilitybuilding,” Soller said.

Meanwhile, the governorseeks the assistance of thePhilMeats, a private companyoperating AA abattoirs in rede-signing and reconstruction ofslaughterhouses in the provinceto meet high quality standard ofmeat.

Pineda said she will discussthe matter to all municipal andcity mayors for the possible sus-pension of operations of theirslaughterhouses while a newabattoir is being constructed.This is to ensure that no con-taminated and unsafe meat willbe produced for public con-sumption.

She added Capitol will tem-porarily asked the help of privateaccredited slaughterhouses es-pecially PhilMeats to supply theclean meat demands of the prov-ince until it is ready to operateits own. –Jenna Lumbang/PIOPampanga

BY ASHLEY MANABAT

PILAR, Bataan – A soldier was killed in action (KIA) during afirefight with a suspected rebel group in Barangay Liyang hereon July 13.

According to Capt. Edson Abello, the firefight lasted about20 minutes which resulted to the death of PFC Arnel E. Padillawho was hit while reportedly trying to evacuate two civilians to asafe area. The two civilians, identified as Edwin Vargas and JolyCorral, were caught in the crossfire during the encounter.

Abello said a section of the 73rd Division Recon Companyunder 2Lt. Rosales of the Philippine Army engaged in a firefightabout 15 New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas at around 11 a.m.in the said barangay after they were fired upon by the rebelgroup. Padilla was hit by enemy fire while he was trying to evac-uate the two civilians to a safe area.

Abello said the NPAs were firing on civilian houses to pre-vent the Army troops from going near their location. Unmindfulof his safety and comfort, Padilla managed to transfer the twocivilians to a safe place, he said.

But the rebels took advantage of the situation and shot himfrom a distance. Abello said Padilla was not able to return firebecause he was attending to the civilians.

Meanwhile, Abello said Padilla’s unit is now preparing hisremains to be brought to his loved ones in Aurora Province inpreparation for a hero’s burial. Padilla was married to a teacherwith a three-month old baby. He came from a farming family butwas orphaned early in life. He sent his brothers to school andwas a CAFGU member before becoming a soldier.

Commanding Officer of the 24th IB, Lt. Col. Gilmar N. Gali-cia, said: “We cannot deny the fact that we grieve for the loss ofone dedicated soldier in this unfortunate event but as part andparcel of our service to the nation, we have to accept it wholeheartedly and continue in accomplishing our mission - that iswinning our most coveted lasting peace.”

Soldier killed whilesaving 2 civilians

BY DINO BALABO

MALOLOS CITY—The Junior ChamberInternational Philippines (JCIP) calledon farmers in the country to join the2013 Search and Awards for TheOutstanding Farmers of the Philip-pines (TOFarm).

Rommel Cunanan, project managerof the 2013 TOFarm, said the deadlinefor nominations will be on July 31.

It is open for exceptional farmers,farmer entrepreneurs, farming institu-tions, agricultural innovators, agri-initiatives, local government unitsengaged in agriculture, cooperatives,

Last call for 2013 TOFarm Awards nominationsnon-governmental organization, youngfarmers, livestock farmers, fisherfolk,urban and city farmers, family offarmers, and women farmers.

Nominations can be made throughemail at info.tofarm@gmail .com, orsend It personally to 10th Floor, UHIBuilding, at 158, P Tuazon Avenuecorner 8th Avenue, Cuba, Quezon City.

Nomination forms can be down-loaded from the TOFarm websiteat www.tofarm.org.

Re-established in 2012, TOFarmwas initiated by JCIP in partnershipwith Universal Harvester Inc., (UHI) toinvigorate the farming sector and

create better appreciation of farmerswho provide food for 98 million Filipi-nos.

“We want agriculture to interestand excite more people, particularlythe youth who are increasingly beinglured by while collar jobs and losinginterest in tilling the land that theirparents and ancestors worked on,”Cunanan said.

He added, “we want to focus on thesuccess stories in the field and in sodoing encourage investments andadvance research that will result in avibrant agriculture sector which is thebackbone of our economy. The end

goal is to achieve sustainable foodsupply for the whole country.”

For her part, Dr.Milagros Ong How,executive vice president of UHI,stressed the need to attract moreyoung people to go into farming.

She said, “youths now are lessinterested to follow their elder’sfootsteps and are hesitant to pursuefarming as a vocation.”

As a result, the average age offarmers has gone up to 59.

Ong How said that if fewer youngfarmers fail to realize their contributionto nation building “we will face a foodsecurity crisis in the very near future.”

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Aetas – cared for…WHILE NOT exactly pampered, the Aeta tribes are acared-for sector with the Pineda administration atthe Pampanga Capitol.

Their Nabuclod highlands in Floridablanca havebeen transformed into an eco-tourism site, with thefirst zipline and cable car facility in the whole province.The area is likewise being tapped for agro-forestdevelopment.

In the other Aeta communities in Porac andMabalacat, no less than Gov. Lilia G. Pineda herselfspearheaded the continuous delivery of basic servicesto uplift the quality of life among the tribes, be it in theprovision of farm implements and seeds for year-round cropping, gardening and animal-raising, as wellas livelihood training, and nutrition and health care.

Just this week, yet another manifestation of thePineda administration’s genuine concern for the Aetascame to full realization.

The Romana Pangan District Hospital inFloridablanca opened its new Indigenous People’sWard, the first of its kind in the province – arguably, inthe whole country – fully dedicated to the health careof the tribal communities.

Just a three-bed facility – initially – the well-ventilated, well-equipped IP Ward has its own nurses’station and “touched with the special care of Nanay,”as a doctor at the hospital said.

Pineda said the Porac and Mabalacat districthospitals are also set to construct their own IP wards.

“Ala yang kapara king lugud a bibye na kekamining kekaming Nanay (Our mother has no equal inthe love she gives us),” said a tribal elder of Pineda.

...deprived of their landMEANWHILE, AT the Clark Freeport Zone, Aetaslament the fast disintegration of their ancestraldomain.

“We own the lands, but a few non-Aetas get richfrom them while we remain impoverished.” Solamented tribal elder Marcelo Sumilang of theMabalacat Aeta Tribal Association, claiming to havelost about 5,000 hectares of their supposedly 10,684-hectare titled ancestral lands in Pampanga and Tarlacto non-tribesmen contrary to law.

Sumilang charged certain officials of the ClarkDevelopment Corp. and the Clark International AirportCorp. as having a hand in the illegal “occupation” ofthe vast ancestral domain, backing investors at theFreeport to occupy their lands contrary to theIndigenous People’s Rights Act.

Serious allegations necessitating equally, if notmore, serious investigation.

TRUE TO his campaign promise, the first bills filed by 1st DistrictRep. Joseller “Yeng” Guiao were the conversion of the ClarkDevelopment Corp. (CDC) and the Clark International Airport Corp.(CIAC) into authorities. This to shield them from politics and ensuremanagement security and continuity.

A salient feature of the bills which, arguably, outshone the veryintent of the bills is the renaming of the Clark Freeport and theClark International Airport after the late former President CoryAquino, the current President’s mother.

Thus, there shall be Cory Aquino Freeport Zone and Cory AquinoInternational Airport.

Rationalizes Guiao of the renaming: “The argument in favor ofthe name Clark as being already known worldwide cannot stand tothe name of Cory Aquino who is better known all over the world.”

“Also, Cory Aquino had done much for Filipinos, especially inrestoring our democracy, apart from the fact that she is from ourregion,” he furthered.

No instant hallelujahs followed the news of Guiao’s proposedlaw renaming Clark.

No prompt boos either, as that which accompanied therestoration of the name Clark to the international airport, at theexpense of Diosdado Macapagal.

How passions blew through the roof then! As we wrote here inMarch 2012:

Name game“LET US rise from the last vestiges of our colonialpast…How can an American pilot who died in aplane crash in Panama in 1919 supersede thegreatness of President Diosdado Macapagal, thefather of land reform, the emancipator of thepeasants from the bondage of the soil?

“Downgrading the name Diosdado Macapagal(at the Clark airport) is against the guidelines ofthe National Historical Commission of thePhilippines (NHCP) pursuant to Republic Act10086 that strictly forbids the renaming of publicplaces already named after presidents to peopleof lesser importance.

“You spoke of international acceptance, of thepopularity of Clark over DMIA, using the analogyof Bangkok better known than Suvarnabhumi, ofHongkong preferred over Chek Lap Kok, of thepractice in Asia of naming airports after theirlocation rather than people, as in Singapore andKuala Lumpur.

“You spoke of the naming of airports afterpeople as practiced more in the West, as in JFKand La Guardia in New York, as in Ronald Reaganin Washington D.C.

“I could not care less however way they nametheir airports, that is their prerogative. But namingour airport is also our prerogative, following ourown laws and guidelines.”

The printed word cannot capture even but aquarter of the eloquence, even just half of thepassion with which Alexander Cauguiran laid outthe historical and legal bases that demolished –before the assembly of Pampanga mayors andClark International Airport Corp. President-CEOVictor Jose Luciano last Friday – all argumentsfor the renaming of the Diosdado MacapagalInternational Airport (DMIA) to Clark InternationalAirport (CIA).

Aye, were the prosecution team in theimpeachment trial as thorough, as logical, andas impassioned as Cauguiran in theirpresentation, the chief justice would have beenreadily convicted even before the first article ofimpeachment was rested.

No one – Luciano, included – was unmovedby Cauguiran’s rhetorics.

No one – except Luciano maybe – was unwonby Cauguiran’s logic.

Thunderous was the ovation that followed theconclusion of his speech.

But now that the passion of the moment haspassed, necessarily comes some review of thefacts at hand.

It was Clark Development Corp. President-CEO Felipe Antonio Remollo, acting chair of theCIAC Board, that initiated the move to restore theoriginal name of the airport to CIA. So Lucianodisclosed.

On October 14, 2011, the CIAC Boardapproved Resolution No. SM-10-05, Series of 2011that:

“RESOLVED THAT, the restoration of the name‘Clark International Airport (CIA)’ to refer to the ClarkAviation Complex within the Clark Freeport Zoneto enhance its international acceptance and topreserve its historical significance, beAPPROVED, as it is hereby APPROVED.

“RESOLVED FURTHER THAT, Terminal 1 willbe named as DIOSDADO MACAPAGALTERMINAL (DMT) in recognition of the legacy of

former President Diosdado P. Macapagal as thefirst Kapampangan to become the (sic) Presidentof the Republic of the Philippines.”

The operative word there is “restoration” whichany decent dictionary simply defines as the “actof bringing back to an original condition, existenceor use.”

Aye, absolutely no mention whatever of“renaming” which has an altogether differentmeaning grounded on “change” in nomenclature,if not in character.

Implied – and inferred – in the resolution is theCIAC Board’s non-recognition of the DMIA.

So where did the DMIA come from?A previous CDC Board – headed by President-

CEO Emmanuel Y. Angeles – approved in 2001Resolution No. 07-08 stating thus:

“RESOLVED THAT, Management’srecommendation to rename Clark InternationalAirport to Diosdado Macapagal InternationalAirport in honor of the late President DiosdadoMacapagal, be APPROVED, as it is herebyAPPROVED, subject to required legislation.”

“Subject to required legislation.” That clausemade all the difference.

Angeles’ board and all succeeding boardsthrough his successors at the CDC – Tony Ng,Levy Laus, and Benny Ricafort – all failed to effectthe required legislation for the DMIA.

The NHCP “Revised Guidelines on the Namingand Renaming of Streets, Public Schools, Plazas,Building, Bridges and other Public Structures”states under the heading “Who may name orrename” that: “All public places may be namedor renamed by the President, through aproclamation, or by Congress, through legislation.”

Pursuant thereto, DMIA for the Clark airport –which neither presidential proclamation nor an actof Congress covered – was void ab initio. Whatbinding effect could obtain from a mere boardresolution when its object is nothing less thannational territory?

Which, in turn, negates all arguments forkeeping the name DMIA for the Clark airport. Howcan you keep something that is never there in thefirst place?

Which effectively, and sorely, reduces toirrelevance Cauguiran’s eloquent, impassioned andspirited defense of the DMIA. As my good friend,former Board Member Don Robert David, was wontto say: ”Ustu ya pero e ya makatud.”

Still, it is to Cauguiran’s credit that a numberof us in media – mayors as well – came to knowthat naming or renaming public places is coveredby strict guidelines from the NHCP. I, for one, havethought all along that that depended on thewhimsy of the congressmen, the governors, themayors or the sanggunians.

Under the title “Naming and Renaming AfterPersons” we read: “Public places such as thosealready named after presidents and nationalheroes cannot be replaced with names of peopleof lesser importance…”

Yeah, Cauguiran was right: Clark can’tsupersede Macapagal. That is presumingMacapagal had been established first.

And then the NHCP guidelines also hold: “Nolocal governments, institutions, places orbuildings shall be named after a living person.”

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So what will that make of the Delfin LeeBuilding in Xevera, Calibutbut that was supposedto house the Municipality of Bacolor? I am not sosure now if the new town hall of Mabalacat is alsobranded in brass as “Delfin Lee Building.”

Indeed, what will that make of the AlexanderCauguiran Building in Sameerah, Angeles City that– during its inauguration – was proclaimed as thenew barangay hall of Sapang Libutad? As well,the Alexander Cauguiran Avenue in Xevera,Mabalacat?

Necessarily, the NHCP guidelines declare: “Inthe naming of public places after people, the useof the word ‘memorial’ should be deleted as it isalready understood that the person beinghonoured is already deceased.”

Horrors! The Delfin Lee I esteem and theAlexander Cauguiran I admire are very much alive!So I must be wrong. No way that those buildingswere named after them. No, not the way Cauguiransubscribed to the NCHP guidelines – as thoughthey were Moses’ own tablets – in his speechbefore the mayors, the media and Luciano. (Myfriend Alex has since asked for the removal ofhis name in both.)

An aside: I have this eerie feeling about the

name Diosdado Macapagal appended to publicplaces. Is there some jinx attached to it?

Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. Reputedly thehighest priced road in all the world.

Diosdado Macapagal Provincial Hospital.Reputedly a “Mona Lisa hospital,” the strains ofthe song “they just lie there, and they die there”applied to the patients. That was, of course, beforeGov. Lilia Pineda upgraded the hospital withspecialists, modern equipment, enoughmedicines, and new facilities.

And then DMIA. Dead Macapagal InternationalAirport. Di Matuluy-tuloy na InternationalAirport. DiMalas a International Airport. Perdefinitions from the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement.

Whatever, with its current status –malfunctioning toilets, hardly-used airbridges,dilapidated plywood tunnels as passageways toboiling-hot embarkation ramps, idiotic immigrationagents – to name the CIA as DMIA is not to honorthe legacy of Diosdado Macapagal. It is to insulthis memory.

INCIDENTALLY, the airport is in dire need of atotal make-over if it is to really merit its world-class pretensions, and be worthy of the nameCory Aquino.

What sayeth thou, Sir Chichos Luciano?

Zona LibreFROM PAGE 4

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Pagtaas ng exportng bigas, presyo

kasunod na tataasARAW NG LUNES nang ibalita nitongAting kagawaran d’yan ng AgricultureNa tayo’y nag-export sa bansang SingaporeNg puting bigas na 45 metric tons

Kung saan mataas na uri ng bigasItong sinasabing ineksport ng Pinas,Imbes dati tayo ang siyang umaangkatSa loob ng ilang taong nakalipas

At sa mga susunod na buwang daratingAy 20 metric tons ang napabalita ringSa United States naman yan dadalhinBase sa news reports na nakalap natin

Na inaasahang humigit-kumulangAy aabutin ng halos isang daangMetriko tonelada sa kabuoanAng napabalitang eksportasyon na yan

Nagsimula nitong nakaraang MayoAng ating pageksport ng butil na itoMatapos ang mahigit sa kuwarenta año,Na tayo ang siyang umaangkat nito.

Mula sa tayo ang siyang umaangkat,Tayo ngayon itong ‘exporter’ at sukat;Pagpapatunay lang na sadyang may sapatNa suplay ng bigas itong Pilipinas.

Pero ang masaklap sa puntong naturanAy tayo ang siyang kapos kadalasanAt walang mabili sa magbibigas diyanKundi ng ‘re-milled’ na NFA kung minsan

At tayo na siyang dapat makatikimNg sariling ani’t masarap na kanin,Itong kumbaga ang walang maisaingNa 1st class na bigas kundi ng amagin

Na nire-mill nga lang nitong mga tusoAt mapanilinlang na may-ari ng konoNa kasabwat minsan ng mga ‘dorobo’Nating opisyales sa ating gobyerno!

Na ugat at lahat ng pananamantalaKung kaya malimit sumisirit biglaAng presyo ng bigas at tayo ang walaNg mabili kundi ang lasang pinawa.

Gayong katulad nga ng ating tinuranAy tayo ang siyang pinanggagalinganNg magandang klase kumpara saan mangKaratig bansa na posibleng pagkunan.

Katulad niyan, kapag nagkasunod-sunodItong sa ibang bansa natin ine-‘export’Ang ganyan karami na ilang metrikosNa tonelada n’yan – pero pagkatapos…

Ay tataas naman ang presyo ng bigasAt tayo ang walang mabili kaagad?At kung saan itong mga mahihirapNa masang Pinoy ang mamatay ng dilat?

Sanhi ng di na n’yan makuhang abutinAng presyo ng kahit bigas na amaginPero sumusunod sa halaga pa rinNg bigas komersyal na na may halo na rin

Kaya sa puntong yan kung alin ang bansaNa maituturing na sadyang sagana,Sa nasabing butil ang nakatungangaOras na tayo ang kapusin ng bigla?

At ang masakit ay tayo na nagbentaNg bigas sa ‘abroad’ ay siya kumbagaItong sa merkado ay walang makuhaNa murang bigas at medyo sariwa pa!

InyongBatasPinaliwanag

THE IBP PAMPANGA CHAPTERLEGAL AID CORNER

Send your letters to Legal Aid Cornerto ibp_pamp@yahoo.com

Dear IBP Pampanga,

Matagal na kaming hindi nagkaka-anak ng aking asawa.Nais sana naming ampunin ang anak ng isa naming kabarrio dahil pang walo na niya itong anak at mukhang hindina niya mabibigyan ng maayos na buhay. Ngunit wala rinnaman kaming pera para magbayad ng abogado paraampunin ang bata. Iniisip naming ipa rehistro na lamangang bata sa aming pangalang mag-asawa. Maari po banaming gawin ito?

Lucy of Cabanatuan City

Dear Lucy,

Ikinalulungkot po naming sabihin na hindi po ito maaaringgawin, sapagkat ito po ay labag sa batas.

Sa katunayan, ang ganitong klaseng gawain ay isangkrimen na kung tawagin ay “Simulation of Birth” ayon na rinsa Art. 347 ng Revised Penal Code. Ito po ay may dalangkaparusahang pagkakulong ng anim na taon at isang arawhanggang labing dalawang taon at pagbayad ng multa nahindi hihigit sa isang libong piso (P1,000.00).

Ang natatanging legal na pamamaraan na maari ninyonggawin upang maipangalan at marehistro sa inyong mag-asawa ang bata bilang inyong anak ay sa pamamagitanlamang ng pagsampa ng isang “Petition for Adoption” sakaukulang family court. Dito sa kasong ito ay titignan nghusgado ang inyong kakayanan at kwalipiskasyon bilangmag-aampon. Kungmapatunayan ninyong kayoay karapatdapat na magingmagulang ng bata, ayibibigay sa inyo ang lahat ngkarapatan na naaayon sabatas.

Sana ay nabigyan ponamin ng kasagutan anginyong katanungan.

Maraming salamat po.

Lubos nagumagalang,

Atty. Angelo Lopez III

( Atty. Angelo Lopez III is an incumbent Director of the IBP Pampanga Chapter and holds office atthe 2nd Flr., Unity Bank Bldg., Sto Rosario St., Angeles City.)

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SPS. ANTONIO P. DE JESUS and IRMA D. DE JESUSMortgagors.

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

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filedby UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK, mortgagee, with principaloffice and postal address at UCPB Executive Building, Makati Avenue,Makati City, Metro Manila, against SPS. ANTONIO P. DE JESUS andIRMA D. DE JESUS, mortgagors, wih resident address at 1st Avenue,Plaridel II Subd., Brgy. Amsic, Angeles City, to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of May 10, 2013, in the Statement of Accountamounts to TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THREETHOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN and 57/100 PESOS(Php 2,783,997.57)excluding of other interest, penalties and charges,the undersigned OIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or her dulyauthorized Sheriff IV will sell at public auction on August 06, 2013 from9:01 A.M. to 12:00 N.N. and from 1:00 P.M. to 3:59P.M. , at the mainentrance of the Regional Trial Court, Jomafer Bldg., Dolores, City of SanFernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH/or Manager’sCheck and in Philippine Currency, the following properties with all theimprovements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 707684-RA parcel of land (Lot 15, Blk. 9 of the subd. plan, Psd-

035416-056645, being a portion of lot 3, Pcs-035416-007790,LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sindalan, Mun. ofSan Fdo., Prov. of Pamp. x x x Containing an area of ONEHUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133) Square Meters. x x x”

“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 AUGUST 13, 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, June 26, 2013.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

FLORENDA S. ORDOÑEZ REDENTOR S. VILLANUEVA O.I.C./ Clerk of Court Sheriff IV/RTC-OCC, CSF(P)

Cc: 1. UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK2. SPS. ANTONIO & IRMA DE JESUS3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

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NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTALEXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of LUIS D. PANLILIO andREMEDIOS LAZATIN who died intestate on December 23, 1997 and July5, 1980, respectively, both at Makati Medical Center, Makati City executeda Supplemental Extrajudicial Settlement of their estate more particularlydescribed as claims with the Land Bank of the Philippines as justcompensation as a result of the coverage of the properties covered by theComprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, to wit:

TCT No. Location Claim No.T-9487 San Jose Malino, Mexico, Pamp. 00CA950309-0T-9480 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 00E0890586-1T-19483 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 00E0910526-0T-130347 Camuning, Mexico, Pamp. 00V0950100-0T-243350 Camuning, Mexico, Pamp. 00V0950101-0T-9480 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA020032-1T-9483 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA020033-1T-9486 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA020036-0T-9482 San Jose Malino, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA940069-0T-188003 Camuning, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA950003-024563-R Santa Cruz, Mexico, Pamp. 03E095003-0T-9473 Camuning, Mexico, Pamp. 03V0940083-0T-9484 Camuning, Mexico, Pamp. 03V0940091-0T-9485 Camuning, Mexico, Pamp. 03V0940092-0T-9483 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA020034-0T-9488 Acli, Mexico, Pamp. 03CA020035-0T-150400 Amucao, Tarlac City 00PD805021-05284 Amucao, Tarlac City 00PD8003935284 Amucao, Tarlac City 00PD805022-0T-150400/T-5285/ Amucao, Tarlac City 00PD805020-0T-150392T-150400/T-150392/ Amucao, Tarlac City 00PD800319-0T-150398

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

Administrative Order No. 1 Series 0f 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10171), noticeis hereby served to the public that FERNANDO TAYAG GOZUN hasfiled with this Office a petition for correction of entry in the date of birthfrom April 3, 1973 to March 14, 1973 in the Certificate of Live Birth ofFERNANDO TAYAG GOZUN who was born in Anao, Mexico,Pampanga and whose parents are JUANITA C. TAYAG and LAMBERTOC. GOZUN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his writtenopposition with this Office not later than August 2, 2013.

(SGD) ROSANA AGUAS Municipal Civil Registrar

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tatives when it opens onJuly 22 “declaring thestrong sense of Congressurging the immediatetransfer of custody of theHonorable Representativefrom the 2nd District ofPampanga, GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo to theHouse of Representa-tives.”

According to the reso-lution, CGMA was “elect-ed overwhelmingly despiteher continuing arrest anddetention in a governmenthospital awaiting trial forcases brought against herby the Ombudsman on theone hand and the Com-mission on Elections andDepartment of Justice onthe other.”

The group said the ar-rest and detention ofCGMA has resulted in the“denial and deprivation ofher constituents in Pam-panga of their representa-tion in the legislative body.”

They also said “hercontinued detention,barred as she were frommeeting with mediamen,has resulted in mental tor-ture and physical debilita-

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Cabalens want CGMA released...tion while she remainsconfined to her wheelchair,making her unable to dis-charge her duties as aduly elected Representa-tive to the august cham-ber.”

She was also “barredfrom exercising her right ofsuffrage as a citizen of theRepublic and attendingcongressional sessionsand deliberations andhearing the wishes andaspirations of her constit-uents.”

The resolution saidCGMA “should be grantedthe presumption of inno-cence as she has notbeen convicted of anycrime imputed to her andit is the Constitutional dutyof the Congress of thePhilippines to ensure andguarantee the safety, wel-fare and well-being, notonly of the people in gen-eral, but also, of its mem-bers, even those chargedwith crimes sans convic-tion, considering their offi-cial mandates as theelected representatives ofthe sovereign people of theRepublic of the Philip-pines.”

The resolution also

said “there is a compellingreason for Congress toseek the transfer of cus-tody of the Honorable Glo-ria M. Macapagal-Arroyoto the Congress of thePhilippines, where sherightfully belongs, as man-dated by her constituents.”

The resolution resolvedthat CGMA be allowed toresume her duties as dulyelected representative ofthe 2nddistrict of Pampan-ga while cases against herare still awaiting trial.

The release from hos-pital arrest of CGMA isnow a growing consensusamong Kapampangansespecially in the seconddistrict which comprisesthe municipalities ofGuagua, Sasmuan, Sta.Rita, Porac, Lubao andFloridablanca.

Kapampangans be-lieve CGMA should be freeto choose her own doctoror doctors and the hospi-tal that she may wish tobe confined in accordancewith her basic humanrights.

“We are law-abidingcitizens, religiously payingour taxes,” said a busi-nessman from Florida-

the new mayor for his in-auguration.

Then, there were thefarmers and fisherfolk ofGuagua, Macabebe,Masantol and San Luisdenying their inclusion inthe recipients’ list of spe-cial funds coming amount-ing to P7.5 million per townfrom Palawan’s Malam-paya Project coursedthrough “bogus” non-gov-ernmental organizationsassociated with the JLNFoundations of Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mas-termind of the pork barrelscam.

The NGOs were iden-tified as Gintong Pangk-

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PGKM joins calls to scrap pork barrel

blanca. “As things go now,we are deprived of repre-sentation in the House,and as enshrined in juris-prudence, ‘taxation with-out representation is tyr-anny.’ Thus the compellingneed to release CGMA tothe custody of the House,if only to say we are a de-mocracy.”

“No taxation withoutrepresentation” is a sloganwhich originated during the1750s and 1760s thatsummarized a primarygrievance of the Britishcolonists in the ThirteenColonies, which was oneof the major causes ofthe American Revolution.In short, many in thosecolonies believed that, asthey were not directlyrepresented in the distantBritish Parliament, anylaws it passed taxing thecolonists were illegal un-der the Bill of Rights andwere a denial of their rightsas Englishmen.

Only a tyrant can im-pose his will on the peo-ple in an undemocraticmanner as shown by thecontinued detention ofCGMA under hospital ar-rest, said a trader.

abuhayan and KaupdananPara sa Mangunguma.

“The mother lode ofcorruption in government,”said Ruperto Cruz, chair ofthe broad-based advocacygroup Pinoy Gumising KaMovement, of the con-gressional pork barrel, of-ficially named priority de-velopment assistancefund.

This, even as his groupjoined calls for its “imme-diate and total scrapping.”

“The pork barrel is likethe honey that attracts thebees, the single motivat-ing factor for a number ofcharacters to seek con-gressional posts, the driv-ing force for many partyl-ists to enter the political

field,” Cruz said.To Cruz, the creation of

new congressional dis-tricts “is also rooted in thepork barrel system,” ex-plaining that “politicians inprovinces would have moresources of largesse.” Thisin turn, he said, “perpetu-ates the politics of patron-age.”

“Scrapping the porkbarrel would cleanse thehouses of congress ofthese characters andthere shall remain onlythose dedicated to serve,knowing full well that theirmain function is legislationnot project implementa-tion,” he added.

The pork barrel fundsshould revert to the nation-

al treasury to fund govern-ment projects, and thedelivery of basic services,especially in the de-pressed communities,Cruz said.

“Think how much canbe saved from the porkbarrel and how many moreroads, bridges, schools,hospitals, can be built outof it,” Cruz noted.

A report said the na-tional government cansave P60 billion annuallywith the abolition of thepork barrel allocation. Asenator has an allocationof P200 million each year,while the congressmenand the party-list are giv-en of P70 million eachyearly. – Bong Z. Lacson

Code of Conduct and Eth-ical Standards for PublicOfficials and Employees.

The case stemmedfrom the demolition of 17old buildings built by theUS Air Force in this formerAmerican military base sothat the scraps could bedonated for livelihoodprojects of Aetas, as ap-proved by Malacanang in2009. The demolitionswere done in 2009 and2010.

The complaint citedcontractors for the demo-litions as saying that thevalue of the scrap materi-als was about P33.5 mil-lion, which was “signifi-cantly higher than theP794,750 given to theAetas.”

It said the respondentsviolated the law by award-

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Ombudsman clears Luciano...ing monetary assistanceto the Aetas instead ofthrough associations, fail-ing to conduct bidding forthe project and account forits proceeds, demolishing“repairable and service-able” buildings.

But Ombudsman graftinvestigation and prosecu-tion officer Expedito Alla-do Jr. concluded that thecomplainants lacked evi-dence to back up all theirallegations.

Allado said Lucianoand the other respondentscould not have profitedfrom the scrap project, ashe noted that “Lucianoonly acted upon the en-dorsements made byPMS (Presidential Man-agement Staff), PAC(Presidential Action Cen-ter) and NCIP (NationalCommission on Indige-nous Peoples) on the re-

quests of Aeta groups.”He also noted that the

17 buildings were inspect-ed by the Commission onAudit (COA) which “con-firmed that the buildingssought to be demolishedwere inspected and foundto be already dilapidatedand beyond economic re-pair.”

Allado also noted thatthe P33.5-million estimat-ed cost of the scraps “wasonly based on the purport-ed quotation of unnamedcontractors who did noteven execute affidavits.”

The Ombudsman alsosaid no malversation wascommited as “respon-dents could not have com-mitted this offense asthere was no misappropri-ation of public funds orproperty.”

Neither was estafacommitted as the “allega-

tions do not fall under anyof the modes of commit-ting estafa under Article315 of the Revised PenalCode.”

On the charge of graveabuse of authority, theOmbudsman also notedthat “the respondentscould not have committedthis offense as the evi-dence on record does notshow that they have inflict-ed bodily harm, imprison-ment or any other similarinjury to the complainantsor to any other persons.”

But the Ombudsmanadmonished Luciano to“have been at least circum-spect in following the prop-er procedures in the dona-tion of the subject proper-ties as we note the ab-sence of a formal deed ofdonation or memorandumto that effect in favor of theAeta groups.”

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In a statement they is-sued as DAR started yes-terday the raffle in Baran-gay Cutcut in the hacien-da, both groups also saidthey would ask that DARbe held in contempt of thehigh court’s order to dis-tribute 4,915 hectares inthe estate owned by Pres.Aquino’s family in Tarlac.

“Who, in his right mind,would accept this? Pres.Aquino is making land re-form a mere lottery affair.This is total mockery ofland reform and contemptof us farm workers,” saidAmbala chair Floria Sibay-an.

Sibayan said “the farmworkers are angered bythe scheme of DAR as theraffle system would takethem away from the landsthey are already cultivat-

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Stop DAR raffling off haciendaing.”

She cited the case ofbeneficiaries in BarangayCutcut where they havebeen cultivating some 200hectares of rice under theirso-called “bungkalan sys-tem” since 2005.

“DAR is really pushingtoo far. They have delayedthe distribution by makingup a new list of beneficia-ries, messing up with theidentification of an auditingfirm, re-surveying of theland, the imposition of thepromissory note for com-pensating the President’sfamily and pushing sugarblock farming in the haci-enda which obviously isto the benefit the Cojuang-co-Aquino family. Andnow, this lottery scheme,”Sibayan lamented.

Sibayan also accusedthe DAR of reducing theland reform coverage in the

hacienda from 4,915 hect-ares cited by the SupremeCourt to only 4,099 hect-ares.

“DAR has excludedlands claimed by the RizalCommercial BankingCorp. (RCBC), CentenaryHolding and SCTEx . DAR is planning to shrinkdown the size of land byabout 400 hectares whichwould result in the reduc-tion of an average of 0.66hectare of areas to beawarded to each benefi-ciary,” she also noted.

Sibayan also said“Ambala, which is the le-gitimate organization of thebeneficiaries who strug-gled for many years andfought hard at the Su-preme Court, was leftaside by DAR when theysurveyed the land.”

She accused DAR of“illegally imposing promis-

sory notes for paying landreform compensation forthe Cojuangco family asthere is no such provisionin Republic Act 9700 orCARPer, and the SupremeCourt never ordered it.”

“Nothing of its kind. Thepromissory note obligesthe farm workers to amor-tize the land, when itshould be distributed freeto the farm-worker benefi-ciaries,” she said.

Ambala has insistedthat the Cojuangco familydeserved no compensa-tion for the lands. It re-called that the President’sfamily should have turnedover the estate to the farmworkers way back in 1967,as provided in the terms fora government loan ob-tained for the takeover ofthe hacienda by the fami-ly 10 years earlier.

–Ding Cervantes

BY ARMAND M. GALANG

GAPAN CITY - Unidenti-fied suspects barged intothe Office of the Clerk ofCourt of the Regional TrialCourt (RTC) at the Hall ofJustice here which servesas depositary rooms forboxes of contested ballotsfrom three southern Nue-va Ecija municipalities pur-portedly Sunday night,authorities found Monday.

Scene of the crime op-eratives found a ballot boxfrom Jaen town opened buta check on its contentsshowed nothing was miss-ing, reports said.

BEST RESCUE TEAM. The Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council(ACDRRMC) bags the region's Best in Situational Analysis during the 10th Regional Rescue Olympicsheld recently in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. The council was also hailed as the first runner upin the overall standing for the City Olympics on First Aid and Basic Life Support.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES CIO

Ballot box in court custody openedBesides ballot boxes

from Jaen which are thesubject of an election pro-test filed by losing mayor-alty candidate ProsperoAntonio Esquivel againstre-elected Mayor SantiagoAustria who was pro-claimed winner by majori-ty votes of over 8,000, alsodeposited in the officewere ballot boxes from thetowns of Cabiao and SanAntonio.

There was a CCTVcamera that covers thebuilding entrance, near theOCC but investigationshowed the suspectsmanaged to enter the

room by cutting, with theused of bolt cutter, the irongrill on its back window.

Probers recovered ablack bonnet in betweenthe piles of ballot boxes.

Senior Supt. CrizaldoNieves, Nueva Ecija policedirector, said that com-bined teams from theSOCO and the local policehave conducted a thoroughinvestigation after employ-ees who reported for workfound the mess on Mon-day. “Wala namang nawa-la maliban sa may bukasna ballot box,” Nieves said.

Security personnelwould not allow the media

to enter the building.The RTC building is a

few meters away from thepolice station, inside thecity hall compound. Rep-resentatives of politicianswho are supposed toguard the ballot boxesstay in front of the build-ing throughout the nightsaid they never realizedanything wrong happeninginside.

Sources suspect themotive behind the act wasto create doubt on the in-tegrity of the ballots insidethe room which may resultto prolonged hearing of thecase.

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY -This only compo-nent city of Bataan on Wednesdaybegan holding its three-day summiton education with the vision of trans-forming Balanga into a world-classuniversity town by 2020.

In attendance were about 5,000students, parents and teachers fromboth public and private elementaryand secondary schools and colleg-es in city.

International lecturers and writersHal Urban and Fred Jones dealt on

Educ summit held to transformcity into world-class U town

“Character Education that Works” and“Tools for Successful Teaching,” re-spectively. The topics are applicableto students, parents and teachers.

Urban also lectured on goodparenting.

City Mayor Jose Enrique GarciaIII said the summit, on its fifth yearnow, is held annually with the targetof achieving Balanga’s vision byyear 2020 of a world-class universi-ty town for political, economic, so-cial and cultural interaction in theAsia-Pacific Region.

By this dream, the city has four

goals – access to quality educa-tion, excellent student facilities andamenities, conducive learning en-vironment and ensure job opportu-nities thru academic industry.

“The city is focusing on educa-tion because many challenges likeproblems on poverty, employmentand peace and order can be re-solved,” the mayor said.

Garcia said individuals whohave studied well and finishedschooling have more opportunitiesin employment and will not add tothe problem on peace and order.

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