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ANGELES CITY – The ex-husband now tagged as the prime suspect in the killing

of his ex-wife exhumed from a shallow grave in the backyard of a house in a posh subdivision in Barangay Balibago here Sunday turned out to be a convicted felon out on probation.

Ex-husband sought for wife’s murder is convicted felon by ashley maNabat

From a “person of in-terest,” police has identi-fied Fidel Sheldon Arce-nas as prime suspect in the killing of his former wife Tania Camille Dee, a bank teller of Rizal Commercial and Bank-ing Corp. Binondo, Ma-nila branch.

Arcenas is the son and namesake of Fidel M. Arcenas who served as Pampanga provin-cial administrator during the incumbency of Gov.

Arcenas

CLARK INTERNA-TIONAL AIRPORT – Even before he start-ed investigating, the chief of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Clark has denied the reported irregularities exposed by Korean na-tionals disembarking at this airport.

In a statement is-sued late Friday after-noon, the Customs Dis-trict Collector of Clark, retired Brig. Gen. Es-teban A. Castro, refut-ed reports of “crooked

Clark Customs chief clears men sans probe

UNCUSTOMARILY QUIET. Where pass all arriving passengers, dark and deserted in-between flights at the CIA. Photo by bong Lacson

Customs men” assigned here.

Castro, a member of Philippine Military Acad-emy Class 1979, said his personnel “were taught on profession-al courtesy and proper decorum whenever de-tailed or posted as ex-aminers or baggage in-spectors or both at the airport’s arrival area.”

Castro said he has requested the review of the closed-circuit tele-vision recording at the Customs counter at

the arrival area which is under the supervi-sion of the Clark Inter-national Airport Corp. (CIAC).

He said it was un-fortunate that the time and date of the flight carrying the Koreans cited in the news report was not mentioned.

He said “it would have been very helpful to know the flight de-tails and the names of the Customs Examin-ers or Inspectors.”

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by diNg CerVaNtes

CLARK FREEPORT - Pres. Aquino and his Cabinet met Tuesday as board members of the National Economic Development Authority

P1.2-B for new Clark terminal passes final

step, bidding soon(NEDA) and approved the release of P1.2 billion for the first phase of the P12-billion, French-de-signed new passenger terminal building at the Clark International Air-

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CLARK FREEPORT-- Pres. Aquino is grac-ing today, July 1, the 68th anniversary rites of Philippine Air Force (PAF) at the Haribon Hangar of the so-called Air Force City here.

The regional Phil-ippine Information Agency (PIA) said the highlights of the anni-versary would feature “a high-speed open-er pass of S-211 jets which would simu-late the number 68 in formation, using 11 T-41D and 11 SF-260FH/M aircraft, as well as exhibition of para-jumpers from the 505th Search and Rescue Group.”

“There will likewise be a conferment of awards to outstanding individuals and units, flyby of aircrafts of var-ious types, and capa-bility parade of ground equipment used for combat and disas-ter response,” the PIA said.

The PAF was founded on July 1, 1947- two years after the end of World War II. It traces its lineage to the Philippine Army Air Corps, which was established in 1941.

This year’s cel-ebration carries the theme “Matatag na Bagwis. Dangal ng Bayan. Lakas ng Sam-bayanan.”

PNoyto lead 68th PAF

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NOTICE Of ExTrAjudICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MIChAEL L. CArrEON who died

intestate on August 12, 2013 at Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as a parcels of land situated in Barangays Malabanias and Capaya, Angeles City, and Barangay Telabastagan, City of San Fernando, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title Nos. 186914, 164530 and 525440 of the Registry of deeds for Angeles City and the Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Romeo L. Yusi Jr. as per Doc No. 935, Page No. 23, Book No. 32, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: June 17, 24 & July 1, 2015

NOTICE TO ShOrTEN COrPOrATE TErMThis is to give notice that M.G. MANIQUIS ENTERPRISES, INC. has

filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to shorten its corporate term from FIFTY (50) YEARS to TWO (2) YEARS from the date of issuance of its Certificate of Incorporation on July 22, 2011. Hence, the dissolution of the aforesaid corporation. This notice is as per the Affidavit of Kahela Ayna G. Maniquis, Corporate Secretary of the corporation dated October 17, 2013 stating that the amendment of term is approved by the Board of Directors of the corporation on October 15, 2013. Affidavit is on file.

Likewise, M. G. MANIQUIS MANPOWER & MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to shorten its corporate term from FIFTY (50) YEARS to TWO (2) YEARS from the date of issuance of its Certificate of Incorporation on July 21, 2011. Hence, the dissolution of the aforesaid corporation. This notice is as per the Director’s Certificate executed by the majority of the directors and the corporate secretary dated Jan. 22, 2013 amending the Articles of Incorporation by a majority vote of the said directors and the vote of stockholders representing at least 2/3 of the outstanding capital stock. Director’s certificate is on file.Punto! Central Luzon: June 24, July 1 & 8, 2015

Apalit a more fruitful life. I am asking Apung Iru to give them a healthy life as well,” added the two-term governor in the di-alect.

This town’s patron saint is St. Peter -- or Apung Iru to local resi-dents. It was the 171st Apalit fluvial parade.

“Gov. Pineda and I join the feast for Apung Iru annually as our vow of faith,” said Villar. “We must preserve and trea-sure cultural and reli-gious traditions,” she added.

Villar and Pineda also attended the fluvial pa-rade in 2014.

“Many of the devo-tees of Apung Iru based in other countries come home yearly to join the celebrations,” said Tetangco. “We deeply love Apung Iru.”

Tetangco said some 500 boats joined the an-nual tradition this year.

This town celebrates its fiesta from June 28 to 30. It’s on the first day that the fluvial parade – locally known as Libad –

171st Apalit fluvial procession draw record crowds PINEdA, VILLAr ATTENd

The annual fluvial parade along Pampanga River held every June 28. contributed Photo

APALIT, Pampanga – Gov. Lilia Pineda and Sen. Cynthia Villar on Sunday joined thou-

sands of devotees of Apung Iru at the annual fluvial procession here along Pampanga River.

Pineda, who rode the barge with Villar and Apalit Mayor Oscar “Jun” Tetangco, said: “I am

praying for the safety of people, especially those living near the river.”

“I wish the people of

is held/The tradition dates

back to 1844. The holy image of Apung Iru is tak-en from the St. Peter’s Shrine in Capalangan using colourful and ful-ly decorated boats. Then for three days Apung Iru will be in Barangay San Juan where thousands were expected to visit the image.

On June 30, the more than 1,000 swimmers who are members of the Knights of St. Peter brought back the image of Apung Iru to its home in Capalangan.

Tetangco said the devotees carried back the image by pulling it while swimming along the river unlike when it was brought to San Juan. It was in a barge when it was transferred during first of the three-day event.

The three-term may-or joined the “return-trip” for centuries-old Holy Image by walking along the banks of the river, said Councilor Fortunato Castro. –Press release

Ni rommel ramos

SAN SIMON, Pampanga ---- Arestado ang isang dating chairman ng Barangay San Miguel dito at tatlong kamag-anak nito matapos maaktuhan na nagkakatay ng mga kinarnap na L300 FB van.

J=Kinilala ng pulisya ang mga naaresto na si-naAndres Maglanque, dating kapitan ng barang-gay mula 1997 hanggang 2002, ang kapatid nito na si Lindon Maglanque, anak na si Arvee Maglan-que at pintor na si Jamir Malanque.

Ayon kay SPO3 Marvin Millante ng anti-car-napping group ng Camp Caringal, isang FB L300 van na may plakang NIT700 ang kinarnap Huwe-bes ng gabi sa Novaliches.

Namataan naman ang FB na ito sa Talipapa Sangandaan sa Quezon City at nang masundan ay dinala ito sa San Miguel, San Simon.

Dito na naaktuhan ang mga suspek sa kanil-ang katayan ng L300 na ibenebenta nila na bukod bukod ang makina, kaha at mga pyesa.

Narekober sa mga suspek ang limang L300, dalawang motor, isang Adventure AUV at dala-wang Kia van na pawang hinihinalang mga car-nap din.

Nakuha din ang nga kinatay na pyesa ng FB van, ibat ibang mga plaka at pinipinturahan na kaha ng sasakyan.

Nakuha din ang isang Mitsubishi Lancer na may plakang UHG 716.

May mga hawak daw ang anti-carnap group na mga CCTV na ginagamit ang kotse na ito na pang surveillance bago nakawin ang isang FB.

Tumangging magbigay ng pahayag ang mga suspek.

Ang mga narekober na sasakyan ay dadalhin sa Camp Caringal sa Quezon City habang iniha-handa na ang mga kasong kakaharapin ng mga suspek.

Ex-barangay chairman, 3 kaanak arestado

sa carnappingby diNg CerVaNtes

ANGELES CITY- A 33-year-old man was arrested yesterday by the police after he had allegedly repeatedly raped and impregnat-ed a 13-year-old sister of his live-in partner in Paniqui, Tarlac, a po-lice report from Tarlac said.

Paniqui police chief Supt. Sal-vador Destura Jr. identified the suspect as Dennis Roldan Samin of Barangay San Isidro in Tarlac City.

He said the rape acts sur-

VICTIM ONLY 13

Man arrested for rape of sis of live-in partner

faced Sunday after the suspect again tried to rape the girl who was holding a six-month old baby he had sired with his live-in part-ner who was the victim’s elder sister.

The baby fell to the ground arising from the struggle, attract-ing neighbors and driving Samin to flee. It was then that the girl ad-mitted to her mother that the sus-pect had raped her several times in the past, the police report said.

The police noted that the girl and her mother often took care of

the baby in their house in Paniqui when the suspect and his live-in partner went to work.

A medical examination of the victim indicated she was already pregnant.

Samin was arrested in Tarlac City by the joint team of the In-telligence Branch of the Tarlac Police Provincial Office and the Paniqui police led by the Inspec-tor Marty Calara.

Police said he was charged yesterday with rape under RA 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse law.

CAMP OLIVAS, Pam-panga ---- Bumagsak sa kamay ng Philip-pine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3 ang isang Chinese national matapos itong mahu-lihan ng isang kilo ng shabu nitong Huwebes sa District Mall sa Imus, Cavite.

Naaresto sa buy-bust

Chinese nahulihan ng 1 kilo ng shabuoperation ang suspek na kinilalang si Jessie Chua, 41, residente ng Veraville Town Homes, Las Piñas City.

Ayon sa ulat, mula ng Pebrero 2015 ay mi-nomonitor na ng PDEA ang aktibidad ni Chua.

Sa buy-bust opera-tion kumagat si Chua sa drug deal ng isang

PDEA agent na nag-panggap na bibili ng isang kilo ng shabu sa halagang P1.5 milyon at ang tagpuan ay sa nasa-bing lugar.

Nakalagay sa isang malaking ziplock plastic bag ang nasabing sha-bu na umaabot naman sa street value na P3.5 milyon.

Ang suspek ay ha-wak ngayon ng PDEA Region 3 at nahaharap sa kasong paglabag sa Dangerous Drugs Act.

Itinatanggi naman ng suspek ang nasabing ulat at naroon lamang daw sila sa nasabing lugar para mamasyal kasama ng kanyang anak. –Rommel Ramos

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ANGELES CITY – The new-ly-inducted president of the Integrated Bar of the Philip-pines-Pampanga Chapter (IBP-Pampanga) has vowed to work for the poor and the marginalized.

During the IBP-Pampan-ga induction at the Widus Ho-tel and Casino here on Friday, Atty. Darwin S. Reyes said he will dedicate his presidency to strengthening the chapter’s Legal Aid Program by provid-ing free legal services to indi-gent litigants who really need the services of a lawyer or those who cannot afford to hire

IBP-Pampanga Board: Frontliner in legal excellence. contributed Photo

New IBP-Pampanga prexy vows to work for the poorprivate lawyers.

He said to avail themselves of the free legal services, poor litigants can go to the IBP of-fice at the Capitol Compound in the City of San Fernando and the IBP-Pampanga Chap-ter will assign lawyers to help them in their cases.

Reyes said the indigent lit-igants will be assessed if they qualify to the free legal ser-vices program which is “quite similar” with the Public Attor-ney’s Office (PAO).

But he said the IBP pro-gram is also different from the PAO because its standards are more sensitive by “looking into the financial capabilities of poor

litigants and the merit of their cases if they are winnable.”

Reyes said under his lead-ership, the IBP-Pampanga will continue with community ser-vices and help probationers and indigenous peoples (IPs) like Aetas with better legal ser-vices. He also said the chap-ter will go to schools and give seminars on anti-bullying, an-ti-violence against women and children as well as Internation-al Legal Missions in Macau, Hong Kong and Japan to ca-ter to overseas Filipino work-ers (OFWs) who have a hard time getting legal services be-cause of the lack of lawyers in our embassies and consular

offices.The new set of officers of

the IBP-Pampanga Chapter were inducted by Mayor Ed-gardo D. Pamintuan while Jus-tice Secretary Leila De Lima keynoted the affair.

During her speech, De Lima inculcated the right val-ues of dignity while practicing law and stressed the impor-tance of upholding the rule of law.

“We welcome them to the legal profession – a very no-ble profession,” De Lima said to the new set of officers and members.

De Lima said as a lawyer and Secretary of Justice, she

will always stand for the rule of law. “I will always continue to denounce those who advocate, promote and encourage sum-mary killings which is a criminal act and against the law.”

The new set of IBP-Pam-panga Chapter officers are Reyes, president; Atty. Ge-ner C. Endona, vice presi-dent; Atty. Socrates A. Pad-ua, secretary; Atty. Ponciano V. Dela Cruz Jr., treasurer; Atty. Alejandro N. Buan, audi-tor; Atty. Vicente A. Macalino, PRO; and Directors Attorneys Agustin L. Angeles, Jovy Ann R. Antinaja, Odgie C. Cayab-yab, Roseller T. Logronio and Alberto D. Pamintuan III.

IN AN effort to intensify the environmental protection ef-forts of SM Olongapo, some 2,000 Narra trees were plant-ed recently in Sitio Banca Banca, Brgy. Gordon Heights apart from the 2,000 trees that were sowed in Sitio Re-dondo , Brgy. Cawag and

SM spearheads tree planting activity5,000 trees in San Antonio, Zambales during the last quarter of 2014.

SM Olongapo employees, affiliates, agencies, together with LGU, BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penol-ogy) and CENRO(Community Environment and Natural Re-

sources Office) have joined forces to plant these trees in the highlands of Gordon Heights.

To be able to help the com-munity and restore the forest as a way of reducing threats to natural disasters, the mall has vowed to conduct mas-

sive tree-planting activities in the city in coordination with the DENR-CENRO Zam-bales, Local Government Unit and Non-government Orga-nizations.

As a responsible mall de-veloper, SM ensures that its CSR programs serve as cata-lyst for positive change for the community it serves. The SM Cares, the group that handles the corporate social responsi-bility programs of SM Prime Holdings practices a com-bination of communication

campaigns through its Green Retail Agenda and the Green Film Festival.

By taking care of the envi-ronment, we also take care of the communities we are part of and help promote sustain-able progress. Trees play an important role in sustaining a healthy environment.

SM Supermalls environ-ment programs encourage tenants, patrons, employ-ees, partners and other com-panies to be parallelled with their advocacy. –PR-SMOL

SM Olongapo employees, affiliates, agencies, together with LGU, BJMP (Bureau of Jail Management and Penology) and CENRO (Community Environment and Natural Resources Office) have joined forces to plant 2,000 Narra trees in Sitio Banca Banca, Brgy. Gordon Heights Olongapo City in order to help the community and restore the forest as a way of reducing threats to natural disasters. PR-SMOL

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Opinion

Unto Caesar…NO UNION is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.

THUS SPAKE the United States Supreme Court.

...unto GodTHE CHURCH continues to maintain what it has always taught. Marriage is a permanent union of man and woman, in the complementarity of the sexes and the mutual fulfillment that the union of a man and a woman bring into the loftiness of the matrimonial bond. If there is an undeniable difference between man and woman, there is also an undeniable difference between the permanent union of a man and a woman.

This is the way the Church has always read Sacred Scriptures. This is the way it has live its faith, inspired by the Holy Spirit, in that living normative found called Sacred Tradition. We will continue to teach the sons and daughters of the Church that marriage, transformed by The Lord Jesus and by His Church into a sacrament — a means by which the Risen Lord encounters his people — is an indissoluble bond of man and woman. There is much that the Church receives that is part of the “depositum fidei….the deposit of faith” of which she is not maker but guardian and steward.”

…(H)owever, I reiterate our commitment to the pastoral solicitude of all, and no bishop, priest, deacon, religious or lay leader actively serving the Church will ever demand to know of a person his or her orientation before serving the person, as The Lord Jesus commands all his disciples to serve. All will continue to find welcome in the Church, while, under command from The Lord himself, will continue to teach what the Church has unceasingly taught.”

SO SPOKE Archbishop Socrates Villegas for the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.

STRAIGHT FROM the horse’s mouth: “Totoo na ngayon, kasi marami ang nagdududa… dahil dalawang beses ako na postpone na hahabol ng mayor dito mula 2004.”

Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid himself certifying the veracity of his run for the Angeles City mayorship in 2016. Still, doubts linger. Lapid having publicly announced at least on three occasions to run for a certain position only to have a change of heart and actually ran for a different one: 1) for the city mayorship in 2004 only to go for the Senate instead; 2) for the city mayorship again in 2007

only to shift to Makati and lose miserably to Jejomar Binay; 3) for the governorship in 2010 only to re-elect to the Senate.

Making the attendant hoopla to Lapid’s every announcement of his candidacy never a guarantee of its veracity. It’s all make-believe. As this piece originally titled Cinematic published here Sept. 10, 2009 affirm.

Unreturned comebackTHE RETURN of the comeback. That was an inane blurb for an asinine movie starred in by Redford – not Hollywood’s Robert but the Filipino White – sometime in the nearly forgotten past.

The return of the comeback. That instantly flashed in my mind at Tuesday’s media conference dubbed Ang Pagbabalik 2010 heralding Sen. Lito Lapid’s comeback to Pampanga politics.

No, not for any inanity in the Bida’s bid to reclaim the governorship he held from 1995 to 2004, and bequeathed to his son Mark until 2007, but for the cinematic sense that pervaded the mediacon.

Yes, the very tarpaulin poster of Ang Pagbabalik – with the silhouette of a horseman about to gallop against a backdrop of mountain ranges – not so subtly impressed into the mind Lapid’s signature movie persona, the gunslinger Leon Guerrero.

Politics indeed seemed to have been but an afterthought that day. As the discerning Ding Cervantes noted in our banner story here yesterday: “Lapid’s press conference initially turned out to be one for his forthcoming movie, together with movie actor Ronnie Rickets and director Baldo Maro, even as local media who were told to proceed to the restaurant venue here as early as 9 a.m. awaited for Lapid’s political declaration. By noon, however, movie reporters were still tackling Lapid’s movie project.”

Yes, both the Kapuso and Kapamilya channels were there, but with their entertainment, not political, reporters. Ang Probinsiyano 3, that is supposed to be the title of Lapid’s movie with Rickets, the earlier Parts 1 and 2 having starred in by the late action king and presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr.

Shut out of the interviews by the entertainment press, the local media contented themselves with the chicken-leg-cum-noodle lunch. Though some of the young local TV reporters reduced themselves to being movie fans, having their pictures taken with Rickets.

To the point was Ding: “This presages another possible Lapid administration based on script and acting.” So he quoted “one of the local journalists who asked not to be named.” To disabuse some malicious minds, it was not this writer that said it.

The movie mindset extended to the political part of the mediacon.

Lapid introduced his vice gubernatorial candidate, Lea Dizon, as his “leading lady in politics.” The aesthetic value of Dizon, even primed over her intellectual assets honed at the University of Asia and the Pacific and the Universidad de Barcelona.

Lapid made use of flashbacks too – just like in the movies – for dramatic effect: How

it was during his first term, fighting the lahar rampages, wading waist-deep in floodwaters, battling starvation in the evacuation centers, standing up to the national government when it was deemed that “nature should take its own course” to the utter destruction of the towns of Porac and Bacolor. The drama here lent authenticity by Lapid invoking living witnesses to it: the names Perry Pangan, Deng Pangilinan and Bong Lacson, duly called out.

Up close and personal with Lapid in the past – I served as his spinmeister in his 1995 and 1998 gubernatorial runs and as senior consultant on his first term – I discovered that he had (still has?) greater penchant for drama than action. Notwithstanding his patented stunts and somersaults.

Consider his challenge to the then Vice Gov. Cielo Macapagal-Salgado and other critics on the so-called P104-million Maimpis landscam:“Sabay-sabay kaming lumuhod sa harap ng altar at bulagin sana ng Diyos ang nagsisinungaling sa amin. (We all kneel in front of the altar and may God blind whoever is lying).”

Or his campaign spiel: “Hindi ko kailan man dudungisan ang puting lampin na ikinumot sa akin ng aking nanay nang ako ay isilang. (I will never soil the white blanket (of purity) that my mother covered me with when I was born).”

True to dramatic form, Lapid now: “Wala kaming sinaktan na sinuman. Tanging hangad namin ay makapaglingkod sa aming mga kababayan. (We (he and son Mark) did not hurt anyone. Our only wish is to be left alone to serve our people).”

Wish that may be ungranted there. Gov. Eddie T. Panlilio has challenged Lapid father and son to explain to Kapampangans the “missing” P568-million lahar quarry funds during their 12 years at the helm of the Capitol.

Reported Ding: “Panlilio also vowed to pursue the plunder charges he filed earlier this year against Lapid and his son Mark who had been Pampanga governor from 2004 to 2007. The charges were based on allegations that they enriched themselves from the provincial government’s lahar quarrying operations.”

“I will definitely pursue the case either as a public official or a private citizen,” Panlilio vowed.

With the protagonists already cast even as the script is still evolving, Ang Pagbabalik 2010 is one movie worth watching.

AN UNRETURNED comeback – in the Redford context – it was for Lapid, galloping back to Senate at the re-entry of Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda into the gubernatorial contest. Subsequently affirming the Commission on Elections’ decision on her electoral protest by burying Panlilio in an avalanche of some 300,000 votes.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business. –Michael J. Fox

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future. –Charles F. Kettering

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Ing tinun king nasi, ya ing

meñgan bañgiNUNG kekayu kaya malyari ing kakugewa ning metung a marangal a tau,nanu ing malyaring aksyon a gawan yuban mirinan pansin ing bage e ustu?

Memigil na kumu ketang oras a’ytaa nu’ iting anti kung e buri kayanasa ku sang’ iswat, memigil ku ketauling akung lunto kulang a pasensya

At balamu ngara ping ken magsalitading edukadu at matas a talanga,ing aku, ali ku megaral bitasa,inya aku murin ing pihung matatsa

Nung keng piyarapan kaya ku iyatsiting kakung sukal lub ampon paginakit,lalu’t busal na ning masayang penanditding bisita pawa lang biasa at ‘elite’!

Ninung e sumukal a lub king milyarinung nu’ bala pusa kami mung melili,ning metung kung abe peka-anak dili,uling anti ke’mong e kabilang pati

King okasyun a ita a nu’ mayap la pading ibat Bisaya ampon aliwa pa,babo entebladu pepasampan da la,pero melakwan ke’ rugung makañgañga!

Iti, inggil pin king metung a ‘book launching’a nu’ aku at ding kayabe kanitingmesabing okasyun e mirinan pansining partisipasyun mi’t pamunta karin. A nu’ limang dake na ning pepalikasnang libru ning metung a unibersidad,kaku re linapit, (kayabe ring apata pekisabyan dang kayabe maglikas).

Pero bista’t alus aku ing megobraKeng editing ampon dapat pagobran daDing apat katau…intasang aku paing balamu meging salimpusa keta?

King malino lalto, king libru meyakiting aku ala kung bitasang in-edit,kabang aku rugu ing migkakasakitmigpuyat king ba’yang mayaring ma-ulip?

Ing metung a libru a nu’ lima kamia misaup-saup linikas miya’ytiking ‘Pambansang Wika’ pero bandang tauli,ding tinun king nasi ilang mengan bangi!

Partikular ining kekong talasuyu,a nu’ balamu pin ing ginamit dia’muulining ala mang rekognisyun ruguing meging papil na nu’ne sabit yamu.

E ku buring sabyan ing ala yang gewa ing Editor linto king librung megawa,pero naman agyang kapurit mu man sa’king librung mesabi mirinan pawaga

Ing meging dake na o partisipasyun,king proyektong pami-palikas king librunge na mistil sabyan ing keyang titulongbitbit, ban e namu ing isyu daragul.

Ing tutu lalam ning kakung kakalulwan,e kualta ing kakung tune panenayan,Nu’ne sana… ing ‘due recognition’ namanIbie nung kaninu ngan mañgaintuliran!!!

by armaNd m. galaNg

PALAYAN CITY – Farmers from different villages here and adjacent city of Cabanatuan urged Pres. Aquino to stop the military from allegedly harass-ing them and taking from them the lands they cultivate for a living in Barangays Caballe-ro and Ganaderia in this city. Paulo Bautista, 78, who came forward to a media briefing Thursday with the receipts showing his father has been paying taxes since 1937 for the parcel of land within the then-Bongabon stock farm, even called on the military to use its might in defending West Philippine Sea from Chi-nese intrusion instead of sup-posedly forcing them out of their ricefields.

He expressed belief that the military, led by Gen. Gre-gorio Pio Catapang, is work-ing against the rice sufficiency program of the Aquino admin-istration by trying to convert the 200-hectare land, being tilled by about 200 farmers, into a housing area for military officials.

This, as a group of 14 farmers challenged before the Court of Appeals a supposed-ly erroneous decision of Re-gional Trial Court Branch 40 Presiding Judge Evelyn Atien-za-Turla which ordered them to vacate the place in a class suit they filed against Cata-pang, Lt. Cols. Benito Doniego Jr. and Alfredo Patarata.

In the suit, the 14 farm-ers said the military under Catapang, with soldiers from Fort Magsaysay, “entered by means of stealth, strate-gy, force, threat and intimi-dation without any authority from the Department of Agrar-ian Reform and the courts of law” since March 2013.

The 14 are Julius Bautis-ta, Carmelita Manayan, Rufi-no Flores, Garvacio Aregan-do and Arsenio Laranang of Barangay Caballero; Florenti-na Juan, Bienvenido Baldem-or, Elizalde Estigoy, Julio Diaz and Wenceslao Bautista, all of Barangay Ganaderia; Carmel-ita Valmote of Barangay Cai-mito, Jose Ginnodela Merced of Barangay Manacnac, all of this city; Dalisay Gadian of Barangay Bangad and Gide-on Acosta of Barangay Kapi-tan Pepe, both of Cabanatuan City.

They are among the 200 farmers tilling a 200-hectare farmland in Caballero and Ga-naderia for at least 10 years, with other farmers claiming even a longer period.

The Department of Envi-ronment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR) described the farm-lands, a titled property owned by the city government, as a

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“patrimonial property” or a reg-istered property in the name of the Republic.

Laranang, a retired ser-geant, said he has been tilling his three-hectare land since 1984 when he was still a pri-vate first class. He took the place of original petitioner Flo-rentina Juan who was already deceased.

“Bago sana mag-retire si General Catapang, huwag niya kaming kakalimutan ” he said. A member of the Philip-pine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1981, Catapang retires in July this year.

Catapang and the other respondents said the subject farmlands form part of the mil-itary reservation and that the AFP, through the Army, has long been in legal and physi-cal possession de jure of the entire expanse.

He claimed the Army has been occupying and possess-ing the subject property as far back as 1955 when then-Pres-ident Ramon Magsaysay is-sued Presidential Proclama-tion 237 reserving the area for military purposes and with-drawing them from sale or set-tlement.

The proclamation was amended on March 13, 2006 when then-President Glo-ria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Presidential Proclamation 1033 including the 200 hect-ares among the areas re-served for the off-base hous-ing site for Army soldiers.

The petitioners claimed that Doniego initially told them that they were putting up a de-tachment of the paramilitary group Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) supposedly to guard the for-ests.

Later, however, Doniego told them they would be eject-ed “whether they liked it or not.” Afterwards, they claimed their farmlands were flattened with the use of bulldozers.

The petitioning farmers

then filed a civil case for forc-ible entry before the munici-pal trial court in cities (MTCC) which ruled in their favor in a decision issued on October 8, 2013.

The case was elevated to the Palayan City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 40 which reversed the MTCC de-cision in its ruling on Decem-ber 9, 2014.

The farmers assailed the decision and filed a motion for reconsideration but their coun-sel, Feliciano Buenaventura, suffered an ailment and later withdrew for health reasons.

Later, they filed a petition for review with the Court of Ap-peals saying the RTC grave-ly erred in reversing and set-ting aside the MTCC decision and in ruling on the basis of issues relating to ownership, land registration and recovery of possession instead of forc-ible entry.

It said that the court also erred in ordering the petition-ers to vacate the farmlands in spite of the fact that this relief was not prayed for by the re-spondents.

“Instead of limiting itself to determining who is entitled to the physical possession of the subject parcels of . . . land, the RTC delved into issues relat-ing to acquisition and owner-ship in violation of prevailing rules and jurisprudence,” the review petition read.

It further added that the case of forcible entry they filed against respondents was different from possession in ejectment cases.

“…(P)ossession in eject-ment cases means nothing more than actual possession, not legal possession in the sense contemplated in civ-il law. In a forcible entry case, prior physical possession is the primary consideration,” it further stated.

Assuming the Army may claim ownership of the farm-lands, the respondents should have filed an accion publici-ana or accion reivindicatoria against the petitioners instead of unlawfully forcibly evicting or dispossessing them, the re-view petition further stated.

The farmers also called the attention of Aquino on the ex-isting multi-million peso hous-ing project of the Army in Sitio Pinaltakan, Barangay Caballe-ro which is a “a total waste of money.” “Bakit paaalisin kami sa sinasaka namin para sa housing ay may housing na sila doon na walang nangya-yari,” Bautista said.

Seventeen Aeta families who were relocated in the place by the government after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo are also at the receiving end of the military’s “intimidation.”

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NOTICE Of ExTrAjudICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of PETrOCINIO d. LANSANGAN

who died intestate on October 15, 2014, executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights and Donation of his estate, more particularly described as a parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 65881-RA parcel of Land (Lot 12, Block 6 of the consolidation subdivision

plan (LRC) Pcs-2735 (Sheet 1), being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 5050 and 3602 of the cadastral survey of San Fernando, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Record No. 145), situated in the Barrio of Dolores, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 189889-RA parcel of Land (Lot 4, Block 1 of the consolidation-subdivision

plan (LRC) Pcs 11293 being a portion of the consolidation of Blk. 30, Rd. Lot 16 and 18 (LRC) Psd-37035 and Rd. Lot 13-A (LRC) Psd-123805, LRC San Fernando, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 176408-RA parcel of Land (Lot 12, Block 4 of the subdivision plan (LRC)

Psd-126349, being a portion of Lot 3607-A-3-C (LRC) Psd-118076 LRC Cad. Rec. No. 145), situated in the Bo. of Dolores, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Victor B. Roque as per Doc No. 062, Page No. 14, Book No. 9, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: June 17, 24 & July 1, 2015

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 55MACABEBE, PAMPANGA

IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JHAYRENE P. SUNGA,

JHAYRENE P. SUNGA,Petitioner,

-versus- SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS NO. 15-0849(M)

RAYMUNDO N. SUNGA, JENNY P. SUNGA, KATRICE ERICA SUNGA, NICOLE Q. SUNGA, NOEL AERON Q. SUNGA, FELOMENO SUNGA, ROSARIO N. SUNGA, SILVINO PATAWARAN, ELVIRA SITCHON, THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MASANTOL, PAMPANGA AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.

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

On June 11, 2015, petitioner Jhayrene P. Sunga filed the verified Petition dated May 27, 2015 praying that the Local Civil Registrar of Masantol, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City, be ordered to (a) correct (i) her middle name from “Patalaban” to “Patawaran”; (ii) her birth order from “3rd” to “first or 1st;” (iii) the age of her mother at the time of her birth from “26” to “20;” (iv) the age of her father at the time of her birth from “27” to “28;” and (v) the first name of her father from “Reymundo” to “Raymundo;” (b) indicate the (i) maiden middle name of her mother as “Sitchon;” and (ii) middle name of her father as “Nabong;” and (c) delete “March 25, 1996, Masantol, Pampanga,” and indicate “Not Married” under the date and place of marriage of parents in her Certificate of Live Birth with Local Civil Registry No. 2003-322 on file in said offices.

This court finds the amended petition to be sufficient in form and substance.WHEREFORE, this court hereby (a) sets this case for hearing on the

petition on August 28, 2015 at 11:30 in the morning at the Session hall of the regional Trial Court, Branch 55, Macabebe, Pampanga; (b) orders the petitioner (i) to cause the publication of this Order once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in an accredited newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga at her own expense; (ii) to serve within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of this Order, copies of the petition and its annexes to the Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, the Local Civil Registrar of Masantol, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines and private respondents Raymundo N. Sunga, Jenny P. Sunga, Katrice Erica Sunga, Nicole Q. Sunga, Noel Aeron Q. Sunga, Felomeno Sunga, Rosario N. Sunga, Silvino Patawaran and Elvira Sitchon; and (iii) to show proof of said service to this court on said date and time of hearing; (c) orders said private respondents to file their comment on the petition within fifteen (15) days from receipt of this Order; (d) orders all persons interested in the petition to appear before this court on said date and time of hearing and to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted; (e) orders this court’s OIC – Branch Clerk of Court to immediately furnish copies of this Order to the petitioner, her counsel, the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, the Local Civil Registrar of Masantol, Pampanga, the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines, said private respondents and the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Macabebe, Pampanga; and (f) directs the Office of the Solicitor General to enter its appearance in this proceedings within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of this Order.

SO ORDERED.Macabebe, Pampanga, June 19, 2015.

MA. JOSEPHINE M. ROSARIO-MERCADOJ u d g e

Punto! Central Luzon: July 1, 8 & 15, 2015

Mark Lapid and is chief operating officer for ad-ministration and finance of the Tourism Infrastruc-ture Enterprise Zone Au-thority headed by Lapid. The elder Arcenas is also known as a key political adviser and strategist of Senator Lito Lapid.

Reports said Arcenas went on leave Monday after his son was impli-cated in the killing.

Attemptedhomicide

Court records shows that on April 30, 1997, Arcenas was charged with “attempted homi-cide” by a certain Anne Manaloto under Criminal Case No. 97-814.

Arcenas was re-portedly the boyfriend of the younger sister of Manaloto identified as Malou. Arcenas report-edly volunteered to bring home Anne from a party and allegedly started to molest her while inside his vehicle. But Anne re-sisted Arcenas’ sexual advances. Arcenas re-portedly mauled Anne after he got rejected.

After 14 years, on July 5, 2011, Arcenas was finally convicted of the same charge by Mu-nicipal Trial Court (MTC) 3 Judge Gemma There-sa B. Logronio.

Ex-husband sought for wife’s murder is convicted felonAfter his conviction,

Arcenas applied and was granted probation on No-vember 15, 2011 since “his case was probation-able,” according to Chief Parole and Probation Of-ficer Isagani Villena.

“We are still waiting if new charges will be filed against him which will automatically mean a vi-olation and cancellation of his probation,” said Villena.

“We were also sur-prised of the news be-cause he was very active in the therapeutic com-munity (TC) program,” he said.

Arcenas’ four-year probation is set to expire on November had he not figured in the murder of his wife, according to Vil-lena.

He also said Arcenas was reporting regular-ly to him and was even present in the TC activity on June 8. But Arcenas already failed to report to the office on June 24 for a seminar, said Villena.

MissingDee went missing on

June 21 after reportedly agreeing to meet Arce-nas in this city a day ear-lier. Reports said Dee went to see Arcenas who allegedly told her he will give her a car.

Dee’s pictures were posted on social media

after she went missing which immediately went viral.

On the night of June 20 at around 6 p.m., a CCTV footage showed Dee entering Niji Japa-nese Restaurant located along Don Juico Avenue just outside the Clark Freeport’s south perim-eter fence. Two minutes later, Arcenas also came into the restaurant.

Dee and Arcenas were caught several times by the CCTV until they finally left together at around 7 p.m. It was the last time that Dee was ever seen alive by anyone.

Relatives and friends of Dee posted her pic-ture on facebook after she failed to come home.

house keysMeanwhile, a spot re-

port from the Pampan-ga Criminal Investiga-tion and Detection Team (CIDT) said at about 9 p.m. on June 27, Regi-na Tinio Dychioco, moth-er of Arcenas’ girlfriend and live-in partner Ange-la, told the police that her daughter and her boy-friend borrowed the keys to the house she owned located at Blk. 10 Lot 4, Lilian St., Sta. Maria Subdivision in Barangay Balibago here.

Dychioco said Arce-nas returned the keys of

the said house last June 26 and revealed that she knows a certain Tania Dee who was reported missing since June 20 as the ex-wife of Arcenas.

Dychioco also dis-closed that Dee might al-ready be dead and bur-ied at the backyard of the said house.

CIDT provincial head, Chief Insp. Ferdinand DG Aguilar, said he im-mediately formed a team and together with the Scene of the Crime Op-eratives (SOCO) went to the house.

At about 1 a.m. on June 28, Aguilar said they found the body of a woman buried about three feet below the ground.

Aguilar said the corpse was “in a semi-fe-tal position clad in maong denim pants and striped shirt.” The head of the corpse was “wrapped in a plastic trash bag with tape and bath towel,” he added.

The SOCO team led by Chief Insp. Bernalen R. Agpalasin discovered a gunshot wound that entered at the back of the head and exited in her face.

The cadaver was brought to the Pangilinan Funeral Parlor in Baran-gay Sto. Entierro here where it was later iden-tified by relatives as that

Castro said Cus-toms personnel on duty at the airport are in uni-form with their names and identification cards clearly seen by anyone.

He said he also talk-ed to his men detailed at the passenger services department of this air-port and they all denied the allegations or hav-ing committed any irreg-ularities as he reiterated the Bureau of Customs’

Clark Customs chief clears men...From Page 1 support for the develop-

ment of this airport.“The BOC is not sab-

otaging the develop-ment of Clark Interna-tional Airport,” he said.

Castro also encour-aged airline passengers to ask for an official re-ceipt if asked to pay tax-es and duties as “airport frontline people are re-quired to issue official receipts.” Non issuance of official receipts is punishable under exist-ing rules, he added.

port.In a telephone inter-

view, Pampanga 1st Dis-trict Rep. Joseller Guiao said that the meeting was the final step need-ed for the release of the funds.

“It was just a matter of formality in the process of approving the bud-get,” Guiao said, as he expressed confidence that bidding for the termi-nal project could be done within this year.

Guiao said that the new terminal would cost a total of P12 billion when finished and not merely P7.2 billion as being re-ported earlier. It was de-signed by the Aeroporte de Paris.

“There were initial moves to downgrade the design to bring down the

P1.2-B for new Clark terminal...From Page 1 cost, but we pushed for

the adoption of the en-tirety of the French de-sign because we insisted that it took into consider-ation all factors of how a truly world-class interna-tional passenger termi-nal should be. So now, the original design will be done,” Guiao said.

Guiao noted that the proposed release of the initial P1.2 billion for the project already passed the scrutiny of the In-vestment Coordination Committee (ICC) of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Cabinet Cluster on Transportation and Communications.

“The June 30 NEDA board meeting, head-ed by the President and composed of all cabinet members, was slated for the approval of the P1.2

billion as a matter of for-mality. The fund is in the bag and the next step would be to bid out the project,” he said.

Guiao said that the P1.2-billion should be bid out so that the proj-ect could start within this year so as to avoid the fund being reverted back to the national treasury.

“We expect that enough funds would be allocated in the next years for the oth-er phases of the project so it would be finished in four to five years,” he added. The new terminal would be able to process as many as 13 million passengers annually.

Guiao cited the “ur-gency” of upgrading the Clark airport amid con-gestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Air-port (NAIA) and the in-

creasing size of aircraft, as well as the increase in international flights over the coming years.

The new terminal is expected to boost the development of Clark airport by attracting more airlines and inves-tors to operate at the 2,367-hectare Clark Civ-il Aviation Complex and the rest of Central Luzon.

The volume of pas-sengers using the Clark airport is expected to grow 150 percent to three million over the next two years from 1.2 million passengers per year.

Last year, a P417-mil-lion improvement project of the existing passen-ger terminal building in-creased Clark airport’s annual passenger ca-pacity from 2.5 million to four million yearly.

“If there are any doubtful scenes in the CCTV tapes that would hint of under-the-ta-ble arrangements, I will have it investigated im-mediately and I will let you know of the result of investigation,” Castro assured.

CatacutanMeanwhile, in a tour

of the Customs area here Monday guided by CIAC Vice President for Airport Operations

Reynaldo Catacutan, it was discovered that no CCTV camera was installed at a room marked “BOC Office” where arriving passen-gers with “questionable goods” are reportedly processed.

Catacutan said he would make represen-tations to have a CCTV camera installed there, “for greater transparen-cy in all operations at the airport.”

–Ashley Manabat

of the missing bank tell-er.

ViolenceDee had filed com-

plaints of violation of RA 9262 or the Anti-Vi-olence Against Wom-en and Children against Arcenas while they were still living together.

Dee was the second wife of Arcenas who ear-lier sired a daughter from

his union with one Maria Elena Vitug.

Angela, who may also have knowledge of the crime, was reported-ly sent to a drug rehabili-tation center in Cavite.

Arcenas was not in his house in Carmenville Subdivision in Baran-gay Cutcut when CIDT agents went there to in-vite him for questioning. He remains at large.

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The GossipmillerCesar Pambid

Megan Youngkinakabahan sa Marimar

NATURAL lang yung very excited si MeganYoung sa Marimar . This is her first starring role after she won as the first Filipina who won in the Miss World pageant. It is scheduled to start taping this weekend, with Tom Rodriguez playing the leading man, Sergio.

Obviously, GMA7 doesn’t think it’s wise to pair her with her real life squeeze, Mikael Daez. “I’m excited pero siyempre, may kaba rin, may pressure, kasi we all know how successful the first local Marimar was, which launched Marian Rivera to superstardom,” she says. “I just wish I won’t be compared with Marian or even Thalia kasi we’re different persons naman. Basta I will promise I will do my best para hindi ako mapahiya sa GMA for giving me this very big project. Our director, Dominic Zapata, says we will have a fresh new take on the story of ‘Marimar’.

Magiging faithful sa core ng original story, pero magkakaroon daw ng kaunting mga pagbabago here and there to update it and to make it more interesting to today’s viewers. Sana rin, makausap ko si Marian Rivera so I can ask some tips from her on how best to play the role.”

Megan and Tom will be supported in the new ‘Marimar’ by Jaclyn Jose, Megan’s sister Lauren, Dion Ignacio, Jaya, Carmi Martin, Cris Villanueva, Ricardo Cepeda, Frank Magalona and Maricris Garcia.

Tom Rodriguez is very optimistic that he’ll have a great working relationship with Megan Young while they’re doing the new “Marimar”.

“We’ve worked before and sa storycon, we renewed our friendship so nakakabawas ng kaba that we’re off to a good start,” he says.

Tacloban ibinangon ng mag-asawang

Alfred at Kring Kring romualdezUNTI-UNTI nang nakaka-recover ang Tacloban City mula sa matinding epekto ng bagyong Yolanda kung saan ay na-wash out talaga at nawasak ang halos buong syudad. This is accoording to a writer friend who has been invited by the bigwigs of Tacloban.

Narito po ang buong istorya ng aming kaibigan.Almost two years na rin ang nakakaraan simula nang salantain sila ng nasabing bagyo at nakakatuwa

naman nang pumunta kami nitong nakaraang weekend ay nakita naming marami na ang na-restore.Inimbitahan kami ng mag-asawang Mayor Alfred Romualdez at Councilor Cristina “Kring Kring” Gonzalez

last weekend (June 27-29) para sa kanilang taunang fiesta. Last year ay hindi sila nag-celebrate dahil nga naka-focus sila sa pagri-rebuild ng bayan at hanggang ngayon pa rin naman daw.

“Last year,” say ni Kring Kring, “may konting celebration pa rin pero tahimik lang, walang activities masyado, naka-focus kami sa rebuilding, actually, hanggang ngayon naman, pero para sa amin naman, itong fiesta, bongga siya pero makakatulong naman sa tourism, makakatulong sa ekonomiya, so isa ’yun, ’di ba?

“Siyempre, ’pag maraming tao, maraming festivities, gagastos sila dito, o di everyone happy, lahat ng concessionaires, mga tindahan, marami silang sales, everyone’s happy, so it helps, it’s a win-win situation.

“Another is ’yung psyche ng mga tao na to move on, leave what’s past behind, bangon tayo, move on, move forward, kumbaga, nakakatulong ’yun, eh, sa positive outlook ng mga tao na huwag na tayong tumingin sa mga bad na nangyari, ganyan.

“So, nakakatulong. Parang nanu-normalize na rin ang kanilang outlook like if you go to Balyuan Convention Center, gabi-gabi (may show), like now, it’s Rock Steady para ’yung mga tao, nagsasaya na, nagkakainan, nag-iinuman, lahat. Parang normal na,” dagdag ni Kring.

Mas dumami pa nga raw ang mga nagtayo ng negosyo ngayon sa kanilang bayan.“Dumami ang mga hotel, dumami ang mga kainan, dumami ang mga store, lahat. Of course, masama

’yung nangyari, pero mayroon ding good, na parang na-boost din ang economy in a way. Pero hindi pa siya tulad ng kung ano ’yung dati. Parang it’s going back, unti-unti. Parang nagugulat na lang kami sa dami ng nag-o-open na bago like ’yung mga small hotel na bed and breakfast,” say ni Kring.

Of course, dahil sa naranasan, marami silang planong i-conduct na drills and training para mas maging aware ang lahat ng Taclobanons kapag may mga disaster.

Thankful din si Kring sa mga filmmaker na pumupunta sa kanilang lugar para gumawa ng pelikula about Yolanda at ang isa nga rito ay siya pa ang kinuhang isa sa lead cast, ang pelikulang Yolanda.

Tatalakayin ng pelikula ang buhay sa Tacloban before and after the storm. Tatlo silang bidang babae at ang dalawa pa ay sina Councilor Kate Coseteng at ang Sectetary General ng Philippine Red Cross na si Gwendolyn Pang.

Ito ang comeback film ni Kring after a very, very long while. Tinanggap daw niya ang indie film dahil hindi naman daw ito masyadong heavy at mga 10 shooting days lang naman daw.

Tungkol naman sa politika, wala pa raw definite plan sa ngayon kung tatakbo siya pero ini-encourage raw siya ng mga Taclobanos at mga kaalyansa ni Mayor Alfred na mag-take over sa posisyong iiwanan nito since last term na rin ng asawa bilang alkalde.

“Gusto niya rin siyempre na kung ano ’yung mga plano niya na inumpisahan, matuloy din namin. That’s ’yung parang magiging reason namin if we decide to run. Pero wala pang final talaga. I’m still thinking about it,” she said.

Si Mayor naman daw ay pinapatakbong governor ng mga kaalyansa nila pero wala pa rin daw final na decision.Pero nang makausap naman namin si Mayor, he hinted the possibility of retiring muna from politics.“It’s not yet clear, eh. I wait what’s my calling, but I don’t see it yet, so most likely, I will retire from politics,” deklara ni Mayor.Hindi pa naman daw official announcement ito at kumbaga, sinasabi lang niya ang present status. Sakali naman daw na talagang magri-retire na siya ay itutuloy

pa naman daw niya ang pagtulong sa Tacloban at kung sakali naman daw mai-elect na mayor si Kring ay tutulungan na lang daw niya ito from behind at may mga anak din naman daw silang dapat asikasuhin.

“Siyempre, mahirap din namang pareho kaming nasa politics, so magpapahinga muna ako. I’ll be with my children, but through private foundations and friends from the Philippines, we have plans for Tacloban, so that will continue,” pahayag ni Mayor Alfred.

Samantala, mas bongga ang fiesta ngayon sa Tacloban dahil ma nadagdagan pa ang mga activities. Ang ilan sa highlights ng celebration ay ang Sangyaw Festival at Parade of Lights.

ACES runaway sa LunetaPAUWI NA naman ng bansa si Mateo Adi, co-owner of Aces Modeling Management. Noong Marso lang siya nagbakasyon sa Pilipinas, and during his stay, nag-conduct siya ng mga screening in search of new models.

In the said search, lagi kaming nariyan to cover and I reported the winners joining the Aces stable.Like we said, muli na naman siyang uuwi this July, this time to hold a show at the open auditorium of Luneta

Park. Ito yung kanyang ACES RUNAWAY which he is co-producing with Marlon Habon, who like Mateo is also based in Hawaii. Hindi na namin naitanong kay Mateo kung kasama niyang uuwi si Marlon.

Also to grace the show is the Boyce Generation group headed by James Sparks. The Boyce is also part of Mateo’s management at na-meet ko na ang mga bata noong unang dumating dito si Mateo. Mahusay kumanta ang grupo at talagang kulang lang sa exposure so that they could create a name for themselves. Sa panahong uso ang mga boybands, handang makipagsabayan ang Boyce Generation dahil nga bukold sa mga guwapo naman, andun pa yung charisma nila sa masa.

And did you know na multi-awarded ang boyband na ito. Sa tulong nga ni Mateo Adi, kahit mahirap, naitagyod ang grupo kung kaya nakakuha sila ng awards gaya ng Dangal Ng Bayan Award, Gawad Musika Award, Asia Pacific Music Award at ilan pang puwedeng magpatunay na talaga namang puwedeng-puwede sa mainstream ang boyband na ito.

And speaking of Aces Runaway, magpapaligsahan din sa pagrampa ang mga models ng Aces na kinabibilangan nina Chad Malit, Kenneth Mendoza, Jasper Namit at iba pang mga modelong may pangalan na sa industrya.

Megan Young

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WIDUS International Lei-sure, Inc. is pleased to announce the appoint-ment of Jonathan Nowell as the new general man-ager of Widus Hotel and Casino in Clark, Pam-panga.

Nowell, a 59 year-old British national, is a vet-eran international hote-lier. He boasts 40 years of experience in the hos-pitality sector, gained from managing proper-ties across the business spectrum throughout the world.

Nowell’s well-round-

ed career is distin-guished by a strong fo-cus on business devel-opment, sales and mar-keting, food and bever-age, and general man-agement. His travels have taken him to 15 countries and territories on five continents, in places as diverse as the United Kingdom, Egypt, Vietnam, Micronesia, the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Prior to joining Widus, Nowell was vice presi-dent at Ikon Hospitality Management Compa-

ny in Yangon, Myanmar where he oversaw its thrust into opening the country’s budding ho-tel market. He also had significant stints with in-ternational chains Hyatt Hotels and Hilton World-wide, where he honed his craft.

As Widus gener-al manager, Nowell will oversee the hotel’s

$100-million expansion, which includes the im-pending construction of a third tower that will more than double cur-rent room capacity.

He is also in charge of the daily operations and overall performance of Widus Hotel, the only deluxe property in the Clark Freeport Zone and part of an integrated lei-

sure complex that in-cludes a 50-table casino and a 700-sqm conven-tion center.

“Clark is a very unique economic zone, which makes it the ide-al destination for corpo-rate and leisure visitors. With Clark’s develop-ment growing apace, the prospects for Widus are equally robust. I look for-

ward to sharing my expe-rience and knowledge in hospitality to help the Wi-dus team achieve its full potential,” Nowell said.

Nowell now heads a 700-strong team of pro-fessionals at Widus and takes the helm as the property marks its sev-enth year this July as the premier one-stop leisure destination in Clark.

Widus Hotel and Casino welcomes new

general manager

Nowell