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CLARK FREEPORT – Pres. Duterte was witness recently as the Department of Finance

(DOF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed $1.3 billion for the fi rst tranche of the $2.75-billion loan for the Malolos-Clark Railway Project (MCRP).

$1.3-B fi rst tranche signed for Malolos-Clark railway

CHAMPIONING IP CAUSES. Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda dialogs with Aeta leaders on the tribes’ concerns ranging from relocation for those aff ected by the April 2019 earthquake to livelihood and education needs during a call Monday at the Capitol.

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CLARK FREEPORT -- Two employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have been impli-cated in the smuggling of P100-million worth of Chinese phones and watches fl own into this freeport via UPS.

Agents of Task Force Aguila of the Clark Devel-opment Corp. (CDC) in-tercepted at a checkpoint at the Subic-Clark-Tar-lac Expressway here last Friday two trucks load-ed with boxes containing close to 7,000 units of Vivo, Xiaomi and Huawei phones and watches val-

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ued at P100 million.In a report, the task

force said the trucks were apparently head-ed to Manila. They were initially misdeclared and undervalued, the task force said.

The task force said the contraband items named one Marvin Mag-alicar as consignee who turned out to be the driv-er of one of the trucks.

Magalicar, however, later passed on the cul-pability to his boss whom he named as one Jeff er-son Gan whom he identi-

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – The completion of the P8.33 billion project 68.845-kilometer Ca-pas-Botolan Road is be-ing eyed for completion by the Department of Public Works and High-ways (DPWH) in 2022.

P8-B Capas-Botolan Road fi nished in 2022Other CL road projects also up for completion

This was the an-nouncement made by DPWH assistant region-al director Loreta Malalu-an during the fi rst leg of Dagyaw 2019: Open Government and Partic-ipatory Governance Re-gional Dialogues held at the Bren Z. Guiao Con-

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The P1.6-billion Subic Freeport Expressway (SFEx) Capacity Ex-pansion Project is now on-going to further ease motoring in and out of this growing business and leisure hub.

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P1.6-B Subic expressway widening project underway

itan Authority (SBMA) chairman and admin-istrator Wilma T. Eis-ma said the North Lu-zon Expressway Corp. (NLEx), which operates the SFEx, is undertak-ing the expansion project designed to improve traf-fi c fl ow in the area and promote road safety.

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SEALED. DOTr Sec. Arthur P. Tugade (6th from right) shake hands with Sumitomo Corp. GM Hiroshi Karashima after signing contract with (L-R) DOTr Usec. Reiner Paul Yebra, Usec. Garry De Guzman, PNR chair Roberto Lastimosa, DOTr Usec. Timothy John Batan, JTREC president Takao Nishiyama, Sumitomo Corp. president Seiji Takano, Embassy of Japan Sadaharu Hori, and JICA chief representative Yoshio Wada. P!"#" $"%&#'() "* CDC-CD

CLARK FREEPORT – The De-partment of Transportation (DOTr) and its Japanese part-ners, the joint venture of Sum-itomo Corp. and Japan Trans-port Engineering Company

DOTr, Japanese partners ink P12-B supply contractRolling stock of PNR Clark Phase 1

(J-TREC), signed the contract for the manufacture of train coaches for Package 3: Rolling stock of the PNR Clark Phase 1 Tutuban-Ma-lolos at the Marriott Hotel here on Tuesday.

The P12.1-billion supply con-tract was signed by Transporta-tion Secretary Arthur P. Tugade and PNR chair Roberto Lasti-moso for the government, and

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ERNESTO ESCARAN who

died intestate on December 4, 2010 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 1, Block 4 of the subdivision plan Psd-03-071776, being a portion of Lot 3-C-B-H-3-B, Psd-03-039014, L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of Sto. Cristo, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 111338 in the Registry of Deeds for Angeles City, before Notary Public Crisanto A. Cocal as per Doc No. 5279, Page No. 12, Book No. 153, Series of 2019.

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FORT RAMON MAGSAYSAY, Palayan City - Tahasang iti-nanggi ng 7th Infantry Divi-sion Philippine Army ang aku-sasyon ng militanteng grupo na di-umano’y malawakang militarisasyon ngayon sa ilang bayan ng Nueva Ecija.

Sa isang panayam, sinabi ni Major Gen. Lenard Agustin, commander ng 7ID, na hindi niya kukunsintihin ang anu-

AYON SA 7ID COMMANDER

Walang militarisasyon sa Nueva Ecijamang paglabag ng sinumang sundalo sa karapatang pantao ng mga mamamayan.

Matagal na rin, aniya, na wala silang naitatala na gani-tong reklamo.

Pahayag ni Agustin na na-hihirapan na raw kasi ang mga makakaliwang grupo maging sa aspetong pinansyal dahil sa mga hakbang ng pamaha-laan.

Maging ang European Union daw kasi ay napagpali-

wanagan na ng gobyerno ang mga grupong tumutulong sa mga ito.

“Napakaganda ng ginaga-wa ngayon ng ating gobyer-no,” pagtukoy ng heneral sa hakbang ng pamahalaan kung saan ay ipinararating sa mga taga-suporta ng mga tinaguri-ang makakaliwang mga organ-isasyon kung paano ginagamit ang pera na kanilang ipinag-kakaloob.

Aniya, ang alam kasi ng

mga taga-suporta ay ginag-amit ang kanilang donasyon sa pagpapaunlad ng mga ma-hihirap sa kanayunan.

Hindi rin daw sila ang tu-matawag o nag-tag sa mga militanteng grupo na komu-nista o terorista. Mismong si Communist Party of the Philip-pines founding chair Jose Ma-ria Sison ang nagsabi ng mga organisasyon sa ilalim nito, sabi pa ni Agustin.

Nauna nang nanawagan

ang Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon-Nueva Eci-ja kay Pangulong Duterte at sa Commission on Human Rights na imbestigahan ang anito’y red tagging, militarisasyonn at labis na pakikialam ng militar sa Nueva Ecija.

Samantala, nitong Lunes ay nagkakaisang pinagti-bay ng Sangguniang Bayan ng Guimba, Nueva Ecija ang deklarasyon sa CPP-NPA bil-ang persona non grata.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — A mechanic from one of the loca-tor-companies in this freeport has been honored as one of The Outstanding Workers of the Re-public (Tower) for 2019, the fi rst Subic Bay Freeport employee to receive the award.

Roberto Duran Jr., who works as pipe repairman at the Philip-pine Coastal Storage and Pipe-line Corp. (PCSPC), became one of the seven workers from among the more than 43 million Filipinos in the labor force to be given the award this year.

The other awardees are Be-nigno Acasio of Manila Water Co.; Isaiah John Duyag, Nes-tle Philippines; Gerald Taguiam, SIA Engineering; Johnny Tala-ban, NOCECO; Allan Unabia, Wyeth; and Robert John Uy, Moog Controls.

Duran, who left his family in Cagayan province to look for a job in Subic, fi rst landed as a contract worker at the PCSPC. His job included sweeping the street in the PCSPC compound and assisting other workers.

But his dedication to work soon earned him the trust of su-pervisors who helped him get hired for a regular position. He is

Mechanic is Subic’s fi rst‘Worker of the Republic’ awardee

now in charge of the maintenance and repair of assets such as pipe-lines, valves, meters, and pumps.

“Being away from my family is hard to bear. But I really thank this company for the trust and con-tinuous training they provide for their employees which I used to reached where I am today,” Duran said in Filipino. “I have a wonderful job that helps my family and sends my children to school.”

On Monday, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) also honored Duran during the fl ag-raising ceremony.

SBMA senior deputy admin-istrator for support services Ra-mon Agregado described Duran’s award as “a clear testament that local workers are not only the best in the Subic Freeport, but also among the best in the country.”

PCSPC human resource man-ager Catherine Tipan-Stewart said the management regards Duran an inspiration to his co-workers: a young father who started out sim-ply wanting a job to earn money to send to his wife and children in Cagayan, but ended up as an out-standing worker in the company.

“He started out as all-around worker doing anything he was told to do. But with a strong de-sire to learn, he soon picked up other skills, got the chance to be-

come part of the maintenance team, and later got promoted to become industrial mechanic,” Stewart said.

She added that in the 19 years that Duran had been with PCSPC, he had not only shown devotion to duty and enthusiasm for work, but also ingenuity that contributed to the effi cient repair and maintenance of assets with minimal disruption to everyday operation.

Duran’s outstanding perfor-mance not only earned him rec-ognition at PCSPC, but also from the SBMA which chose him in November last year as one of the Ten Outstanding Freeport Work-ers for 2018. Six months later, Duran became a Tower awardee.

The Tower Awards, which was founded in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Manila, honors the nation’s most outstanding non-supervisory workers and recognizes their importance and contributions to the economic and technological progress of the country.

It also serves to inculcate pride in excellent and outstand-ing work, and helps develop criti-cal, innovative/inventive and cre-ative thinking at the workplace and a mindset for quality and productivity in the workforce.

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Sumitomo Corp. gen-eral manager Hiroshi Karashima and J-TREC president Takao Nishiya-ma.

Tugade said the plan is to have eight trains per set that will be manufac-tured by their Japanese partners.

“So that if we have 13 sets, we have around 104 trains similar to those and the capaci-ty is 2,200. These trains will be travelling from Tu-tuban to Clark to Calam-ba,” Tugade explained.

“This is the reason why we are all here to-day to sign an agree-ment where the proto-types you see will come into fruition by 2021,” Tu-gade said, pointing to the miniature prototype dis-played at the venue.

He said the contract that was signed indicat-ed that the trains shall be delivered in full by the end of the last quarter of 2021.

He hastened that he prodded their Japanese partners to deliver the trains by the third quar-ter of 2021 instead of the last quarter so that the Tutuban-Clark-Calamba route can be realized at the end of the year 2021.

“Let me tell you that this morning, prior to en-tering this room, I have talked to Mr. Nishiyama in the presence of JICA (Japan International Co-operation Agency) and we have agreed to do a fast track mechanism so that the trains committed to be delivered on the fourth quarter of 2021 shall be delivered no lat-er than the third quarter of 2021,” Tugade said.

“Why are we doing this? Why are we agree-ing to fast track the man-ufacture of these trains? Because I have promised the President that we will have the partial operabil-ity of the Tutuban-Clark-Clark-Calamba by the end of the fourth quarter of 2021,” he declared.

“If the trains will be delivered by the fourth

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cannot operate the trains before the end of 2021,” he reasoned.

“So, today the fi rst agenda that we have talked about prior to our coming here is to come into eff ect an agreement in principle that we will strive to work togeth-er so that the trains will be delivered on the third quarter of 2021 so that we will come to the re-alization that the par-tial operability of the Tu-tuban-Clark-Calamba route will be operational by the end of 2021,” Tu-gade said.

The PNR Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Ma-lolos) broke ground on February 15, 2019. The 37.6-kilometer, elevat-ed mass railway system will connect Malolos to Manila and will entail 10 stations.

The trains can run up to 120 kilometers per hour, and reduce the travel time between Ma-nila and Bulacan from over one hour and 30 minutes to 35 minutes once the system is fully operational by 2022.

The project is funded by the Japan Internation-al Cooperation Agency under a ¥241.991-billion or P93.457-billion loan agreement signed in No-vember 2015.

The PNR Tu-tuban-Malolos line will be integrated with the PNR Malolos-Clark project and the PNR South Com-muter—Manila to Calam-ba, Laguna project—to form an integrated com-muter railway system that will serve commut-ers travelling to, from, and within NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A.

The full interopera-bility of the entire PNR North-South Commuter Railway is expected to happen in 2023.

The signing was fol-lowed by the Japanese traditional ceremony, the Sake Barrell Break-ing Ceremony, where Tugade toasted every guest with a copious li-bation of sake.

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CLARK FREEPORT -- Philippine Red Cross chair Sen. Richard Gor-don said yesterday nurses should be better compensated “as their salaries are not commensurate to their labor” despite a law that sets minimum of P30,531 pay for them.

Gordon noted that a nursing course requires about P500,000 for tuition and other expenses up to the board exam.

“Yet, an entry-level nurse only re-

Nurses’ low pay violates law for health workersceives a salary of P8,000 to P13,500 monthly, despite the law that says that the minimum base pay of nurses work-ing in the public health institutions shall not be lower than salary grade 15 or P30,531 per month,” he said in a state-ment.

Gordon lamented that “the gov-ernment promised them SG-15 pero hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin nakuku-ha. Mali iyan. Dapat once you pass the exam, it is the duty of the government to give you opportunities. Once nurses graduate and become licensed, they

should be hired by the government at a proper pay,”

He urged local government units to allocate “reasonable budget for nurses while dispatching them to places in the country where health care services are needed.”

“We need to create a cycle. We want our nurses to graduate and be paid well to serve our people then after two or three years, they can go abroad. Program for language and culture train-ing of their chosen country should also be made accessible to them. Dapat

magturo tayo ng Nihonggo. The pop-ulation of Japan is getting old. They will need nurses and you must learn also their culture,” he explained.

This, even as Gordon also said that nurses have good opportunities to land jobs in Japan and Germany which, he noted, “is currently hiring 200,000 Filipino nurses until 2020 to fi ll up their manpower needs in the healthcare sector.”

Uness nurses get decent pay in their own countries, they are likely to fl ee for jobs abroad, he said.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Health (DOH) has hailed Republic Act 11223 otherwise known as the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act and described it as a win for all by citing its bene-fi ts to Filipinos.

DOH regional director Ce-sar Cassion said the UHC Act “ensures equitable access to quality and aff ordable health care and protection against fi nancial risk.”

Cassion made the state-ment during the fi rst leg of Dagyaw 2019: Open Govern-ment and Participatory Gov-ernance Regional Dialogues held at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center here last

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Universal Health Care Act hailedweek.

He explained that the law protects Filipinos from fi nan-cial shock or crisis that they may encounter whenever a family member gets sick or is dire need of medication.

“This provides comprehen-sive health services without causing fi nancial hardship. Aside from this, it ensures health literacy, healthy living and protection from hazards and risks,” he explained.

He also said all Filipinos are automatic members of the National Health Insurance Program and have immediate eligibility and access to health care services regardless of the number of their payment contributions.

Filipinos under the UHC

Act will be enrolled at the point of service or upon hos-pitalization, he added.

“UHC also covers com-prehensive outpatient benefi t and provision of primary care provider. They get the appro-priate services they need in the appropriate facility,” he explained.

However, Cassion said this does not guarantee that everything is for free.

“For regulation services, only the basic accommoda-tion is for free. This means that co-payment for health services outside basic ac-commodation is predictable. We have required transparent pricing on health goods and services so you can moni-tor and have a clear basis on

the prices of drugs and medi-cines,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Cassion noted that DOH is already address-ing its problems such as inad-equate human resources for health and health facilities.

The regional director disclosed that about 1,460 health personnel have been added in the region in 2018 and another 1,561 will be added for this year.

“In terms of health infra-structure, DOH was able to accomplish 208 health fa-cilities projects last year amounting to P623.408 mil-lion. And for this year, 65 proj-ects worth P417.7 million are already in the pipeline,” he said.

Dagyaw 2019 encourages

participation in dialogues be-tween government agencies, the public, and other stake-holders.

This initiative likewise aims to solicit ideas and sto-ries that would help not only in crafting new landmark reforms but also in further strengthening existing mea-sures.

The event was organized by the Department of the In-terior and Local Government, Department of Budget and Management and Presidential Communications Operations Offi ce.

Other topics discussed included the Rice Trade Lib-eralization Law and the Build Build Build Infrastructure Pro-gram.

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Opinion

Beating adead horse

THE REGIONAL Development Council and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) issued a joint resolution declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as “Persona Non-Grata” or “Undesirable” in Central Luzon.

So reported the Philippine Information Agency, Region 3 last week.

“The joint resolution also condemned, to the highest form, the unlawful and illegal activities of communist rebels who have been pestering businesses and peace-loving citizens in the countryside in Central Luzon,” the PIA report quoted Carlito Galvez Jr., Cabinet Offi cer for the Regional Development and Security.

This, even as it was reported too that “police records showed no signifi cant activities initiated by the communist rebels have been reported in previous years up to the present.”

“In fact, NPA rebels seems to have ceased its existence in the region even during the recent May elections.” So was Brig. Gen. Joel Napoleon Coronel, director of the Police Regional Offi ce 3, quoted as saying.

Is this a case of beating a dead horse?In January 2014, no less than the Armed Forces

of the Philippines already declared the entire Northern Luzon area “rebel-free.” This, after the announcement that Pampanga province became the 22nd province to be declared “insurgency-free.”

The Northern Luzon Command said other provinces in Regions 1, 2, 3 and Cordillera were declared rebel-free between 2009 and 2013: La Union and Nueva Viscaya in 2009; Apayao, Aurora, Quirino, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan and Kalinga in 2010; Ilocos Norte and Benguet in 2011; Zambales, Abra, and Bataan in 2012; and Batanes, Ilocos Sur, Isabela, Cagayan, Ifugao, Bulacan, and Mt. Province in 2013. (See “Military says Northern Luzon “insurgency-free” philstar.com, Jan. 16, 2014)

“This signifi es our victorious quest against poverty and the plight of the people caused by rebel forces. This also puts an end to our 45 years of battle against insurgency,” so enthused then AFP Chief of Staff General Emmanuel Bautista.

If the communist insurgency has indeed ended, why the need for all these declarations of persona non grata and undesirable tags impacted upon the CPP-NPA?

Maybe, it’s not a dead horse the AFP is dealing with after all. It can well be the mythical Hydra that grows back two heads for each one that’s cut.

ReadI CROSSED the Red Sea with Moses; joined Joshua in Jericho; played the harp and sang the psalms by the banks of Babylon pining for Zion.

In another instance, I stormed the Bastille with the Jacobins and watched Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lose their heads at the guillotine on orders of Robespierre. Later, I joined Napoleon from Austerlitz to the very gates of Moscow at the height of the Russian winter, went with him on exile in Elba, marched back to Paris and ultimately met his Waterloo, and on to St. Helena.

On the side, I had chats with the Prussian Clausewitz on the basic principle of krieg as “nothing more than the continuation of political intercourse with a mixture of other means.” The same subject of my conversations with Sun Tzu from whom I learned that the revered Mao was no more than his copycat in the art of war. Mao though put into defi nitive praxis Sun Tzu’s exegeses.

Of course, Old Niccolo is a constant traveling companion whose nuggets of wisdom are a guidepost in my political consultancies. A sampler: “The fi rst impression that one gets of a ruler and of his brains is from seeing the men he has about him.” And my favorite: “It is better to be impetuous than cautious, for Fortune is a woman, and it is necessary…to conquer her by force.”

Oh, how can I ever forget Nietzsche? He who declared that “God is dead.” He whose treatise on the ubermensch -- “Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman, a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what is lovable in man is that he is an over-going and not a down-going” – inspired Hitler’s aspiration to Aryan supremacy and spurred his fi nal solution to his Jewish problem.

On the level of my nodding acquaintances are Santayana – “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – Kierkegaard, Keats, Locke, Hobbs and Rosseau, and of course, the ancients: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, and Seneca, the younger.

Marx, I met in high school. Das Kapital, I did not fully understand then. But the Manifesto was clear as day in its quest to create the workers’ Eden.

Marx always came along with Engels, and earlier on, there was Hegel – “The basis of the State is the power of Reason actualizing itself as Will.” Kind of heavy, di ba?

In high school too I met, heard and never quite forgot Cicero in his anti-Catiline discourses; rode with the Roman legions of my namesake Gaius Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars; learned from Horace the art of poetry; and played a Trojan warrior in Virgil’s Aeneid. All these in Latin yet.

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives instilled in me the nosiness to poke into the lives of people, famous and notorious. Hitler, I knew from his father’s name Schicklgruber down to his single ball. And for a time too, I entertained the notion that he could have been a son of Jose Rizal, for his height and for the fact that his mother Klara Polzl was a chambermaid in some boarding houses in the Germany that Rizal visited. No, Rizal was not Hitler’s son, so the eminent historian Ambeth Ocampo wrote in one of his columns.

Ataturk, I joined in his battles for the hearts and minds of various tribes to nurse the birth of Turkey. Then onto contemporary American plane were Chicago Bossman Daley; the rich, famous and notoriously spendthrift Ford; the reclusive Hughes; and the miserly Getty. Even

the much-maligned Quayle, Bush’s veep, had a life of redeeming social value too.

From the Gulf War, Schwarzkopf paid the greatest tribute to foot soldiers as the real heroes of war. This same sentiment is echoed in the accounts of the soldiers themselves from the Solomons to Iwo Jima, and onto Korea and ‘Nam.

Wars and remembrances of its horrors, poignancies and heroism and betrayals I all lived in Toland’s Hitler and The Rising Sun, as well as in individual battles from El Alamein to Normandy, to Remagen and the Battle of the Bulge, and that is only for WW II.

There can be no full appreciation of the Palestinian problem unless one has immersed himself in the works of Wouk (The Hope), Uris (Hajj), and Lapierre (O Jerusalem).

It is in the last book that I learned of the pivotal role the Philippines played in the partition of Palestine in 1947 that ultimately birthed the state of Israel and spurred the hegira of the Palestinian Arabs.

The armchair revolutionary in me fi nds greatest fulfi llment in living the American Revolution in Langguth’s Patriots, in the French Revolution via A Tale of Two Cities of Dickens, and the defi nitive History of Europe. Of course, I’ve just come back from the Sierra Maestra with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Renewal, re-living of American History studied in high school yet I found in the American chronicles of Vidal – Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire and Washington, DC. Doctorow also opened a window to America in his Ragtime, Welcome to Hard Times, and Billy Bathgate. Part of American history is the sexual revolution. And what could have captured it better than Talese’s Thy Neighbor’s Wife.

In crime, Puzo’s best-selling The Godfatherpales – for sheer impact – in comparison with Talese’s Honor Thy Father on the subject of the Mafi a.

My passion for the printed page reaches the proportion of a confl agration with Citizen Hearst, the bio of the founding proponent of yellow journalism; The Kingdom and the Power, the history of the New York Times; Milton’s Areopagitica; Lippman’s Liberty and News; and some works of Marx too.

Yes, Marx, from 1842 to 1847 considered himself primarily as a journalist, here’s Marx’s take on press freedom: “…the intellectual mirror in which a people sees itself, and self-viewing is the fi rst condition of wisdom.”

Any journalist worth his name in ink should have made reading a lifelong passion. It does not take a journalist though to enjoy this, the most pleasant of all pastimes. For where else can one travel through time, assume multiple identities, explore the unknown, return to the past, zoom to the future – all in an instant, without any eff ort at all? And get the added bonus of increased knowledge, deeper understanding and heightened intellect. There is sheer joy in reading. Reading, ‘tis clichéd, is its own reward. So true, so very true.

So, what have you been reading lately? Me? It’s the Koran, Holy Bible, Dhammapada and the Bhagavad Gita for daily spiritual nutrient; the bios of Gandhi and Stalin for pleasure.

(First published in Zona Libre, The Voice, April 18-24, 1999 – over 20 years ago, and still as fresh and relevant. Its reprinting here inspired by the horde of book lovers who trooped, and still troop, to the Big Bad Wolf Sale at the LGC Event Center from July 12-22).

Life was mostly made up of things you couldn’t control, full of surprises, and they weren’t always good. Life wasn’t what you made it. You were what life made you. –Sara Zarr

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Jesus explains:Honor thy parents

NOT SO much yet in the Philippines, but we see it in US sitcoms, how teeners level up to their parents with casual disrespect, even rebellion and assorted wayward behaviours rapidly thawing the Fourth Commandment, Honor they father and thy mother.

I hold quite importantly the signifi cance of this part of The Decalogue if only for one reason: of the 10 Commandments, the fi rst three pertain to God, while the rest of the seven revolve around human relationships. But of these seven, God chose to list fi rst the command to honor parents. God had His reason.

There have been a lot said and written about the Fourth Commandment since the time of Moses. It would be thus of much interest to know that Jesus Christ Himself had in His lifetime on earth, tackled this issue.

Again, quoting mystic Maria Valtorta’s witnessing of Jesus’ sojourn on earth, Jesus explained the commandment as follows, after He was asked by someone how parents could be honored:

Jesus replied:“They are honoured by true obedience, by

correct love, by loving respect, by a reverential fear that does not bar confi dence, but at the same time does not make us treat our elders as if we were servants and underlings. They are to be honoured because after God, a father and mother are the donors of life and of all the material necessities of life, they are the fi rst teachers and the fi rst friends of the young being born on the earth.

“We say: ‘May God bless you’ or ‘Thank you’ when someone picks up for us something we have dropped or gives us a piece of bread. Shall we not say, with love: ‘May God bless you’ or ‘Thank you’ to those who break their backs working in order to feed us, weaving our clothes and keeping them clean, who rise from their beds to watch our sleep, who deprive themselves of their rest to cure us, and make a bed for us of their laps, when we are most tired and sorrowful?

“They are our teachers. A teacher is feared and respected. But a teacher takes us when we already know what is indispensable to support and feed ourselves and say the essential things, and he leaves us when we are still to be taught the most diffi cult lesson in life, that is, ‘to live’. It is our father and mother who prepare us for school fi rst, and then for life.

“They are our friends. But which friend can be more friendly than a father? And which more friendly than a mother? Can you be terrifi ed of them? Can you say: ‘I have been betrayed by him or by her?’ And yet there is the foolish boy or the even more foolish girl, who make friends with strangers and close their hearts to their father and mother and they spoil their minds and hearts with unwise if not guilty friendships,

which are the cause of paternal and maternal tears, that like drops of molten lead burn their parents’ hearts. Those tears, however, I tell you, do not fall on the dust or into oblivion. God picks them up and counts them. The anguish of a downtrodden parent will receive a prize from the Lord. But the behaviour of a son who tortures his parents will not be forgotten either, even if the father and mother, in their sorrowful love, implore from God mercy on their guilty son.

“It is said: ‘Honour your father and mother, if you want to have a long life on the earth. And I add: And for ever in Heaven. A short life here would be too light a punishment for those who wrong their parents! Life to come is not an idle story, and in life to come there will be a prize or a punishment according to how we lived. Who wrongs a parent, off ends God, because He orders us to love our parents, and who does not love them, commits a sin. Thus, rather than his material life, he loses the true life of which I spoke to you, and goes to his death, nay he is already dead, because his soul is deprived of the grace of God, he is already a criminal because he off ends the most holy love after the love for God, he has in himself the germ of future adulteries, because from a bad son he will become an unfaithful husband, he already possesses the incentive of social depravation, because from a bad son originates the future thief, the fi erce violent killer, the cold blooded usurer, the cynical hedonist, the disgusting betrayer of his fatherland, of his friends, of his children, of his wife, of everybody. Can you hold in high esteem and trust a man who has been capable of betraying the love of a mother and mocking at the grey hair of a father?

“But listen a little further: to the duty of children corresponds a similar duty of parents. Cursed be the guilty son! But cursed be also the guilty parent. Do not cause your children to criticise you and imitate you in doing wrong. Get them to love you on account of the love you give them with justice and mercy. God is Mercy. Let parents, who are second only to God, be mercy. Be an example and consolation to your children. Be their peace and guide. Be the fi rst love of your children. A mother is always the fi rst image of the bride we would like to have. A father is for his young daughters the image of the husband they dream of. Behave in such a way that your sons and daughters may wisely choose their wives and husbands, thinking of their father and mother and seeking in their partners the sincere virtues of their parents.”

Anong pakialam sa atin ng UNHRC?

ANG panghihimasok ng ‘European countries,’

gaya nitong Iceland sa ‘internal aff airs’

natin ay ‘obvious’ at di kanaisnais

pagkat tayo’y mayrung sariling daigdig

Na ginagalawan sa silong ng ating

sariling bansa na tayo’y may lider din

na dapat masunod ang alituntunin

nasasaad sa konstitusyon natin.

At tayo’y di sakop ng alin mang bansa

sa takbo at uri ng pamamahala,

kaya ano’t tayo ay mababahala

sa mga pahayag na napabalita;

Na diumano ay napagka-isahan

ng UNHRC, na imbestigahan

ang ‘war on drugs’ ng ating pamahalaan,

na kung saan ‘thousands’ na itong napatay.

‘Eighteen countries’ itong sa naturang isyu

pabor kwestyonin n’yan ang ating gobyerno

hinggil sa umano ay ‘EJK’ dito,

sapol si Duterte maupo sa puesto.

Kwenta apat ang hindi kumporme

na imbestigahan n’yan si Presidente

sa naturang ‘war on drugs’ – at kung saan kinse

ang nag-‘abstain’ at/o di bumoto pati.

At kahit marahil dumoble ang bilang

ng pabor, na siya’y maimbestigahan,

hinggil sa isyu ay wala pa rin silang

legal na basehan para pakialaman.

Wala silang karapatang kastiguhin

ang mga lider na inihalal natin,

kaya para ang gusto nila ay sundin,

ang labas, lahat na ay mga inutil.

Bagama’t kaanib itong Pilipinas

sa UNHRC, di pa rin marapat

ya’y di basta na lang papasok at sukat

sa anumang bagay kung tayo’y di payag

Na panghimasukan, kundi rin lang tayo

itong sa kanila nagpapasaklolo,

gaya kung sakaling ang ating Pangulo

ay umabuso sa katungkulan nito.

At ang ating ‘human rights’ na tinatawag

ay hindi na kinikilala, at lahat

na nang ating mga panuntunang batas

ay tahasan na nga nitong nilalabag.

Diyan pa lang tayo sa UNHRC

kailangang lumapit at humingi pati

ng ayuda – ‘but as to what we see clearly,

The president is doing only his bound duty.

At mga hakbanging dapat ipatupad

upang masagip sa pagkalunod sa ‘drug’

ang ayon kay Rizal pag-asa ng bukas,

ngunit sa masamang bisyo nangasadlak.

Kung hindi kikilos ang ating pangulo

at atin na ring kapwa Filipino,

bukas, saan na nga kaya patutungo

itong kabataang sa droga ay lango?

Kaya para tayo pakialaman nitong

‘United Nation Human Rights Commission,’

For what they say ‘extra judicial killings’ daw,

‘Said issue would be dead on arrival for sure’!

GOOD NEWS, employers!The state-run Social

Security System (SSS) on Tuesday said it will accept applications for the ongoing Contribution Penalty Con-donation Program (CPCP) until September 6, 2019.

The Social Security Commission (SSC), the policy-making body of the pension fund, thru Resolu-tion No. 453-s.2019, clar-ifi ed the deadline of the

CPCP from the earlier an-nouncement of September 1, 2019.

Republic Act 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018 paved the way for the off er-ing of the condonation pro-gram for employers. The transitory clause or Section 31 of the newly-enacted law states that an employer who is delinquent or has not re-mitted all contributions due and payable to the SSS may

do so, within six months from the eff ectivity of the Act. The law was signed on February 7, 2019 and took eff ect on March 5, 2019.

For more information on how to avail the pro-gram, employers may visit the nearest SSS branch, or contact the SSS Call Center hotline at 920-6446 to 55, or send an email to member_relations@sss.gov.ph. –Press release

SSS extends contribution condonation program to Sept 6

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MARIA THERESA PANGILINAN

who died intestate on November 9, 2016 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 15, Blk. 10 of the subd. plan Psd-71490, being a portion of Lot 1699 of the Cad. survey of Porac, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No.) with improvements thereon, situated in the Bo. of Sta. Cruz, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 163960-R in the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Kristine Keith N. Colle as per Doc No. 241, Page No. 50, Book No. 1, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 8, 15 & 22, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 55MACABEBE, PAMPANGA

IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RYAN CASTRO PABALATE UNDER LOCAL REGISTRY NO. 92-868

RYAN CASTRO PABALATE,Petitioner,

-versus- SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS NO. 19-0946(M)

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MACABEBE, PAMPANGA, THE NATIONAL STATISTICIAN AND ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THIS CASE, Respondents.

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

On June 21, 2019, petitioner Ryan Castro Pabalate fi led the verifi ed Petition with Manifestation dated June 17, 2019 praying that the Local Civil Registrar of Macabebe, Pampanga, and the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City, be ordered to cancel his Certifi cate of Live Birth with Local Civil Registry No. 92-868 on fi le in said offi ces.

This court fi nds the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance.WHEREFORE, this court hereby (a) sets this case for hearing on the

petition on October 8, 2019 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 his own expense; (ii) to serve within twenty-four (24) hours from receipt of this Order, copies of the petition and its annexes to the Offi ce of the Solicitor General of the Philippines, the Offi ce of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, the Local Civil Registrar of Macabebe, Pampanga, the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines; and (iii) to show proof of said service to this court on said date and time of hearing; (c) 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; (d) orders this court’s OIC – Branch Clerk of Court to furnish copies of this Order to the petitioner, his counsel, the Offi ce of the Solicitor General, the Offi ce of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, the Local Civil Registrar of Macabebe, Pampanga, the Civil Registrar General of the Philippines and the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Macabebe, Pampanga; and (e) directs the Offi ce 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 27, 2019.

MARIA JOSEPHINE M. ROSARIO-MERCADOJudge

Punto! Central Luzon: July 8, 15 & 22 , 2019

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that K-JAY POGADO, 15 years of age, Australian

citizen with temporary residence at Brgy. Tagbubunga, Villaba, Leyte and sole heir of EDDELINE A. POGADO who died intestate on May 19, 2019 in Sydney, NSW, Australia executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication on her estate, more particularly described as a certain amount of money deposited at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Balibago Branch, Angeles City under Savings Account No. 8739 1295 92, before Notary Public Donna Villa M. Gaspan-Cerna as per Doc No. 483, Page No. 97, Book No. LXXIII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 15, 22 & 29, 2019

The loan agreement was signed Thursday last week by Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and ADB Vice-President Ahmed M. Saeed.

In a statement, the ADB said “the Malo-los-Clark railway is part of the Philippine gov-ernment’s North-South Commuter Railway proj-

$1.3-B fi rst tranche signed for Malolos-Clark railway

fi ed as a BOC offi cer, as the owner of the items in one truck.

The other truck driv-er whose name was not immediately available,

2 Clark Customs men tagged in P100-M...

ect, which aims to link New Clark City to Calam-ba by 2025.”

The ADB said the proj-ect will use “cutting-edge technology to build an el-evated railway line, with a maximum train speed of 160 kilometers per hour, to help ease chron-ic road congestion in and around Metro Manila, re-duce air pollution, cut the costs of transport and lo-gistics, and encourage

economic growth and a population shift outside the capital.”

Saeed also said “our work in the Philippines has always held a spe-cial place in the his-tory of ADB. Now, un-der President Duterte’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ infra-structure program, ADB is considerably scaling up its own support to the government… The Malo-los-Clark Railway Proj-

ect is ADB’s single larg-est infrastructure project fi nancing ever at $2.75 billion. We are pleased to be supporting this im-portant fl agship project in our host country.”

During the ceremo-ny, the President said : “I am directing the Depart-ment of Transportation (DOTr) to fast-track the completion the MCRP and observe the high-est quality standards as

we complete this railway project.”

“By the time it is com-pleted, I expect that our people, especially those from Central Luzon, will greatly feel the impact of our ‘Build, Build, Build’ program,” he added.

The ADB noted that the project is the result of its “close collaboration” with Japan Internation-al Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the DOTr.

The ADB noted that “during project prepa-ration, a joint technical team from the depart-ment and the two insti-tutions conducted reg-ular ‘Build, Build, Build’ meetings, with reporting to Transportation Secre-tary Mr. Arthur Tugade. ADB’s safeguard and re-settlement policies were adopted and are being implemented for the proj-ect,” it also said.

F��� ���! 1 also claimed that the items in the truck he was driving belonged to an-other BOC employee he named as Jairus Reyes.

Both BOC employees are based here. They could not be reached by

phone at their BOC of-fi ce.

The drivers admit-ted to probers that in the past, they had picked up similar items from the UPS facility here and de-livered them to a building

on Arellano St. In Makati City.

The boxes were found to contain Chinse phones whose retail cost ranged from P15.000 to P25,000.

–Ding Cervantes

“It will also comple-ment the SBMA’s infra-structure development program which includes widening of freeport roads and improvement of our airport, seaport, and other logistics facili-ties,”Eisma said.

The SBMA offi cial pointed out that the proj-ect also involves rais-ing the Maritan High-way-Rizal Highway-Tipo Road junction by one or two meters, and fi xing the drainage system in this area.

“This is the solution to the fl ooding problem that we have been expe-riencing in recent years,” Eisma said.

She said that with the start of the project on July 13, part of the Maritan-Rizal-Tipo junc-tion will be closed to traf-fi c and motorists will be redirected to alternate routes along the Cause-way Road and the Argo-naut-Kalayaan Access

P1.6-B Subic expressway widening...F��� ���! 1 Road.

“I know this would ex-act some toll on the qual-ity of work and leisure environment in Subic, as we have several in-frastructure projects go-ing on at the same time. But let us bear in mind that all these are meant to improve the business environment in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone,” Eis-ma said. “These are, in fact, our investments for a better future.”

According to NLEx project manager Elvin Cruz, the SFEx widening project entails construc-tion of additional lanes to convert the 8.8-kilome-ter road into a four-lane highway.

This includes build-ing new spans alongside the Jadjad and Argo-naut bridges, and boring through the mountain-side to create another two-lane tunnel beside the existing one.

Cruz said the fi rst phase of the project is expected to be complet-

ed by October, in time for Subic’s hosting of 16 sports in the 2019 South-east Asian Games to be held from November 30 to December 11.

The second phase, which will involve con-struction in the opposite lane, will start in January 2020.

Eisma said that Subic residents and visitors should expect “the usu-al dust, noise, and oth-er small inconvenienc-es” during project con-struction. “So, I ask you to bear with us for 18 months until the whole project is completed,” she said.

“The pay-off to our patience will be a bet-ter road in and out of the Subic Bay Freeport, and we can then say good-bye to the heavy traf-fi c that we occasionally suff er from during week-ends when tourists fl ock to Subic,” she conclud-ed.

The expressway wid-ening project has been

contracted out by NLEx Corp. to Sta. Clara In-ternational Corp., a leading full-service en-gineering, construction, development and man-agement enterprise in the Philippines which recently received a Quadruple A or “AAAA” license from the Philip-pine Contractors Asso-ciation Board.

NLEx Corp., which is the toll road subsidiary of Metro Pacifi c Tollways Corp., is the builder-con-cessionaire and opera-tor of two major express-ways that link Metro Ma-nila to North and Central Luzon: North Luzon Ex-pressway (NLEx) and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Ex-pressway (SCTEx).

The SFEx, which is also known as the Subic-Tipo Expressway or NLEx Segment 7, connects the Subic Bay Freeport to the 94-ki-lometer SCTEx, which in turn links with the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway.

vention Center here. “This road opening

project intends to directly link the provinces of Tar-lac and Zambales and to serve as access road leading to New Clark City (NCC),” Malaluan said. The project is seen to reduce travel time be-tween the two provinces by one hour and 20 min-utes.

Meanwhile, the of-fi cial disclosed that the P922-million Pulil-an-Baliuag Diversion Road will be completed in 2020.

“Located in the west-ern part of Bulacan link-ing the municipalities of Pulilan and Baliuag, the 9.6-kilometer four-lane bypass road will divert traffi c fl ow from the con-gested Pulilan-Calumpit Road-Daang Maharlika Intersection by provid-ing an alternate route connecting the Pulil-an-Calumpit Road near

P8-B Capas-Botolan Road fi nished in 2022F��� ���! 1 NLEx exit to the Baliuag

section of Daang Ma-harlika,” she said.

Upon completion, travel time from Pulil-an-Calumpit Road to Daang Maharlika will be reduced by half, from one hour to 30 minutes.

The San Rafael-San Ildelfonso-San Miguel Bypass Road, on the other hand, will be com-pleted by 2022, it was learned. “This 22.14 kilo-meter, four-lane bypass project aims to provide an extended alternate route from the congested Daang Maharlika from San Rafael to San Mi-guel,” said Malaluan.

The project will con-nect the existing Plaridel Bypass, intersecting with the Western Bulacan Connector and will end at the San Miguel sec-tion of Daang Maharlika. It will complete the Bula-can section of the 2nd-Pan-Philippine Highway that would eventually connect to the Cabanat-

uan City Bypass Road. The P1.19-billion

project is seen to reduce travel time by 22 minutes at an average speed of 60 km/hr.

The DPWH has like-wise started the con-struction of the Ciudad de Victoria Interchange Overpass Bridge. “This P970 million project is envisioned to serve as an alternate road to the heavily congested Gov-ernor F. Halili Road in Sta. Maria, Bulacan. The interchange is also seen as a long-term solution to alleviate the traffi c sit-uation or queuing of ve-hicles along the Bocaue interchange of NLEx,” Malaluan explained. With a total length of 5.14 kilo-meters, travel time is ex-pected to be reduced by 20 minutes.

Malaluan also said the P1.42 billion Bagac-Mariveles Road has a 2020 completion date: “The main function of the road is to provide a

direct route between the two major growth centers of Bataan: Bagac which is a major tourist center and Mariveles which is a major industrial center.”

“The construction/im-provement of the road will also provide an easy access to the Bataan Ex-port Processing Zone and Subic Bay Freeport Zone via a backdoor line,” Malaluan added.

The total length of the road is 44.28 kilometers and travel time will be re-duced from 120 minutes to 90 minutes.

Meanwhile, the DPWH started last De-cember 2018 the con-struction of the Lu-bao-Guagua-Minalin-Sto Tomas Road in Pam-panga. “This P19.9 bil-lion project intends to decongest Jose Abad Santos Avenue and oth-er peripheral roads going to Bataan and Zambales by constructing a high standard bypass road to meet the demand in

the road infl uence area,” Malaluan said.

“Upon completion, the project will provide access to vehicles bound to NLEx (Sto Tomas area). Heavy vehicles are expected to use the completed road. Travel time will be reduced from 40 minutes to 22 min-utes and the total length of the road alignment is 28.90 kilometers,” she added.

Dagyaw 2019 en-courages participation in dialogues between gov-

ernment agencies, the public, and other stake-holders.

This initiative likewise aims to solicit ideas and stories that would help not only in crafting new landmark reforms, but also in further strength-ening existing measures.

The event was or-ganized by Department of the Interior and Lo-cal Government, De-partment of Budget and Management and Presi-dential Communications Operations Offi ce.

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SpotlightArci Pineda

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ARNOLD M. COLLE who died

intestate on September 19, 2013 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 11, Blk. 10 of the subd. plan Psd-71490, being a portion of Lot 1699 of the Cad. survey of Porac, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No.) with improvements thereon, situated in the Bo. of Sta. Cruz, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 163959-R in the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Gener C. Endona as per Doc No. 73, Page No. 16, Book No. 56, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 8, 15 & 22, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of AVELINO Q. DE LEON who died

intestate on December 28, 2009 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights and Special Power of Attorney on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 9, Block 8 of the subd. plan Psd-25790, being a portion of Lot 2, Block 9 described on plan Psd-16067, L.R.C. Rec. No.__) with improvements thereon, situated in the Bo. of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 237591-R, before Notary Public Edmond V. Dantes as per Doc No. 175, Page No. 47, Book No. V, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 8, 15 & 22, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CRISANTO SR. MANALOTO

QUIAMBAO who died intestate on April 14, 2018 in Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 693-B-A-9-F of the subd. plan Psd-03-156705, being a portion of 693-B-A-9, Psd-03-144130, L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 196717, before Notary Public Willie B. Rivera as per Doc No. 133, Page No. 41, Book No. CII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 8, 15 & 22, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 56ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF THEGUARDIANSHIP OF, R-ANG-19-01267-SPRICHARD WAYNE BOYER For: Guardianship

LISA ANNE BOYER, Petitioner.

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A verifi ed Petition having been fi led by petitioner Lisa Anne Boyer.In the said petition, petitioner alleges:That Richard Wayne Boyer, for whom guardianship is prayed for, is

seventy-nine (79) years of age, citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of 16-1-B Timbol Apartment, Clark Avenue, Villasol Subdivision, Brgy. Anunas, Angeles City. That petitioner is the daughter of the Ward. That the Ward has been diagnosed of Alzheimer’s Disease and Severe Hyperactive Delirium Problem causing such inability of the Ward to tend himself and his properties. As such, by reason of his disease, weak mind, slow decline in memory, thinking, and reasoning skill, decrease in judgment and decision making and other similar conditions caused by his above-mentioned disease, the Ward cannot, without outside aid, take care of himself and manage his own properties; thus and for this purpose, he is considered legally incompetent. That the names, ages and residences of the relatives of the Ward are the following, to wit:

Name Relationship Age Residence

Lisa Anne Boyer(the Petitioner in

this case)

Daughter 45 16-1-B Timbol Apartment, Clark Avenue, Villasol Subdivision, Brgy. Anunas, Angeles City, Philippines

Christina Marie Froland

Daughter 41 217 Caroline St., NeenahWI 54956 USA

Angela Lynn Jameson

Daughter 46 1312 S. Lakota Ave.,Brandon SD 57005 USA

Barbara Lynn Davis

Spouse Deceased

That the Ward is currently the owner of bank accounts Wells Fargo Advisors, PNC Bank, and First Midwest Bank with gross estimated value of One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Nine and 99/100 US Dollars (US$ 143,959.99) and may probably have others upon designation of an authorized legal guardian to conduct diligent search and appropriate inventory. That in order to fi nance and support the daily expenses of the Ward, Petitioner relies on the pension and social security benefi ts of the Ward; however, as the Ward also incurs additional necessary expenses due to his medical condition, the Petitioner is in need to supplementary funds to support the same. That the estate of the Ward is suffi cient to support his medical expenses and cover the additional necessary expenses; however, the Petitioner cannot access the said funds in the above-stated properties as the same are registered in the name of the Ward. The banks require a legally designated guardian for this purpose. That in order to gain access to the said properties and be able to transact and use the same; as well as, to determine the existence of other properties and their current status so they can be properly inventoried and accounted for the benefi t of the Ward, the Petitioner prays that she be appointed as legal guardian for the person and estate of the Ward. That the Petitioner possess all the qualifi cations and none of the disqualifi cation to be the legal guardian of the ward since she is the person currently having the Ward in her care; thus, letters of guardianship can and should be issued.

WHEREFORE, fi nding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, let the same be set for hearing on July 30, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let copies of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga and Angeles City at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copies of this Order and Petition be posted for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing on (a) Bulletin Board of the Regional Trial Court, Angeles City and (b) the main entrance of the City Hall of Angeles City.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, June 11, 2019.

IRIN ZENAIDA S. BUANJudge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 1, 8 & 15, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LAMBERTO M. LACSAMANA

who died intestate on November 22, 2007 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 17, Blk. 4 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-176623, being a portion of Lot 52-B, Psd-1214, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 132) situated in the Bo. of Dau, Mun. of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 190386-R, before Notary Public Romeo B. Torno as per Doc No. 420, Page No. 85, Book No. 76, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 8, 15 & 22, 2019

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that CARMELITA P. KEEN, of legal age, widow,

Filipino, resident of 201 Zeppelin Suites Hensonville, Angeles City and sole heir of PHILIP GRAHAM KEEN who died intestate on April 9, 2019 in Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication on his estate, more particularly described as money deposited in Banco de Oro, Balibago Branch, Angeles City under Savings Account No. 008698002430 in the amount of P1,642,438.46, before Notary Public Mark Philip B. Lumboy as per Doc No. 347, Page No. 105, Book No. VII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 15, 22 & 29, 2019

Maine Mendoza posts hugging photo with Arjo Atayde

MAINE MENDOZA posts on her Instagram Story a photo with rumored boyfriend Arjo Atayde. Arjo attended Maine’s fundraising event this weekend.

In her Instagram account, Maine posted her picture together with Arjo on her fund-raising event in July 14. Arjo gave his full support for the said event.Also joining the group were the organizers of the said garage-sale-cum-fundraising-project, were Maine

auctioned her pre-loved items to raise funds and to be donated to the less fortunate.The photos shows Maine’s appreciation to Arjo’s gesture.Arjo fi rst showed his support to Maine when the latter was launched as an endorser to an international

make up line in February 2019.In March 2,2019 Maine posted in her social media account and confessed that she is indeed “exclusively

dating” the kapamilya actor.In her blog entry, Maine explained why she had to go on a date with Arjo, while most of their fans clamor

for Alden Richards.Here is an excerpt of Maine’s blog entry...“He always goes out of his way to make me extra happy and actually puts in eff ort in everything he does.”It was also in March 2019, when Arjo posted his picture together with Maine for the 24th birthday of Eat

Bulaga’s host.Maine’s recent post obviously shows that she is now more comfortable in posting photos with Arjo.

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DINGDONG DANTES and Kathryn Bernardo received the top acting awards at the Eddys 2019.The Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors (SPEEd) handed out the trophies during the awarding

ceremony held on July 14 at the New Frontier Theater.The Eddy stands for Entertainment Editors’ Choice Awards for Movies.Dingdong earned the Best Actor award for his movie Sid and Aya.He was able to beat fellow nominees Eddie Garcia (Rainbow’s Sunset), Piolo Pascual (Ang Panahon ng

Halimaw), Carlo Aquino (Exes Baggage), Christian Bables (Signal Rock), Daniel Padilla (The Hows of Us), and Paolo Contis (Through Night & Day).

Kathryn was hailed as Best Actress for her performance in The Hows of Us.She was able to beat Angelica Panganiban (Exes Baggage), Glaiza de Castro (Liway), Gloria Romero

(Rainbow’s Sunset), Judy Ann Santos (Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes), Nadine Lustre (Never Not Love You), and Sarah Geronimo (Miss Granny).

At the start of the awards night, video clips of the movies of Eddie Garcia were shown on the big screen, prompting the audience at the New Frontier Theater to burst into applause. One of the most applauded moments was when Eddie received his award last year and shouted “Mabuhay ang mga Eddys!”

One of the editors of SPEED, Nestor Cuartero, talked about the diff erence of their award-giving body from the others.

In his opening remarks, Cuartero pointed out that organizers often tell the celebrities whether or not they will win awards in order to entice them to attend the awarding ceremony.

He said that even the editors of SPEED do not know who will win and they just fi nd out on the day itself. He explained that they do this in order to maintain the integrity of the Eddy Awards.

Here are the winners of the 3rd Eddys Awards:Lifetime Achievement Award - Elwood PerezBest Film - LiwayBest Actor - Dingdong Dantes (Sid and Aya)Best Actress - Kathryn Bernardo (The Hows of Us)Best Supporting Actor - Arjo Atayde (BuyBust)Best Supporting Actress - Max Collins (Citizen Jake)Best Screenplay - Zig Dulay (Liway)Best Director - Joel Lamangan (Rainbow Sunset)Best in Cinematography - Yam Laranas (Aurora)Best Editing - Chuck Gutierrez (Liway)Best Sound - Bakwit BoysBest Musical Score - Paulo Protacio (Bakwit Boys)Best Original Theme Song - “Maybe The Night” by Ben and Ben (Exes Baggage)Best Visual Eff ects - Gem Garcia & Ernest Villanueva (Aurora)Best Production Design - Roy Lachica (Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral)Beautederm Star of the Night - Lorna TolentinoManny Pichel Award - Ethel RamosJoe Quirino Award - Cristy FerminRising Producers’ Circle - Spring Films and T-Rex EntertainmentProducer of the Year - Star Cinema

NOTICE OF SELF-ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that TRISHIA ANN GUEVARRA MALLARI, of

legal age, Filipino, single, resident of No. 374, Purok 7, Nueva Victoria, Mexico, Pampanga and sole heir of the Spouses RINA GUEVARRA MALLARI and MELCHOR DUYA MALLARI who died intestate on December 15, 2017 and November 16, 1999, respectively, both in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication on their estate, more particularly described as follows:

1. Bungalow Pod House located at Lot 50, Block 8, Amaia Scapes, City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

2. A parcel of land covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 599912-R situated in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

3. A parcel of land covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 447758-R situated in Sebitanan, Mexico, Pampanga; and

4. A parcel of land covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 356114-R situated in Sebitanan, Mexico, Pampanga;

before Notary Public Miguelito S. Pama as per Doc No. 371, Page No. 76, Book No. 6, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 15, 22 & 29, 2019

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REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS

LALAWIGAN NG PAMPANGA

LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO

TANGGAPAN NG SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 145TH REGULAR SESSION

OF THE 6TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN

FERNANDO, PAMPANGA HELD AT THE WATERFRONT HOTEL,

CEBU CITY ON THE 18TH DAY OF JUNE 2019

PRESENT:

Hon. JAIME T. LAZATIN ..……….…………….…...........Presiding Offi cer

Hon. BENEDICT JASPER SIMON R. LAGMAN ………. Member

Hon. NOEL T. TULABUT ………………………….…….…Member

Hon. AYZEL MARI GRACE N. MACALINO …………….. Member

Hon. HARVEY A. QUIWA ……………………….………....Member

Hon. CELESTINO S. DIZON ……………………………...Member

Hon. REDENTOR S. HALILI ………………………………Member

Hon. GUSTAV JOHN S. HENSON … Ex-Offi cio Member (SK Fed. Pres.)

ON LEAVE:

Hon. NELSON G. LINGAT ……………………….……….…Member

Hon. ANGELICA O. HIZON ……………..…………………. Member

Hon. RENATO G. AGUSTIN……………………………….. Member

Hon. RUPERTO D. DUMLAO …………………………….. Member

Hon. VILMA B. CALUAG ………………… Ex-Offi cio Member (LnB Pres.)

ABSENT: NONE

ORDINANCE NO. 2019-031

(Sponsor/ Author: Hon. Redentor S. Halili)

AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY OF SAN

FERNANDO, PAMPANGA TO REGISTER THEIR HOUSE AND STORE

HELPERS FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION, PROVIDING PENALTIES

FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

WHEREAS, crime rates nowadays, be it indexed or non-indexed

crimes, continue to rise despite the relentless eff orts of law enforcement

agencies to curb or mitigate them;

WHEREAS, records show that the City of San Fernando,

Pampanga, has in the past, had signifi cant number of crime incidents,

heinous as that, and perpetuated by house-helpers--housemaids,

drivers, gardeners, which resulted in deaths of their employers;

WHEREAS, Section 16 of R.A. 7160 otherwise known as the

Local Government Code of 1991 mandates local government units to

exercise powers necessary for their effi cient and eff ective governance

and those which are essential to the promotion of general welfare,

particularly peace and order;

WHEREAS, to support the Philippine National Police (PNP)

to achieve its goal to protect and serve the people’s interests against

criminal elements discriminately victimizing innocent civilians, employers

included, the Sangguniang Panlungsod, in the exercise of its legislative

powers, deemed fi t to enact this Ordinance;

WHEREAS, considering the gargantuan tasks of implementing

this Ordinance, this piece of legislation requires the full support and

participation of employers of as house helpers--- housemaids, drivers,

gardeners and store helpers, to register them in accordance with the

provisions of this Ordinance;

WHEREAS, the Punong Barangays with their respective

Sangguniang Barangays together with their Sangguniang Barangay

Secretaries are required to adhere to their mandate of regularly

conducting surveys and registration of barangay inhabitants including

thereon, transients, and to maintain a regular registry of the same;

WHEREAS, the Homeowners Associations are enjoined to fully

support this Ordinance by initiating the registration of their respective

house helpers;

WHEREAS, the City Public Employment and Services Offi ce

(PESO) is likewise sought to coordinate and assist the Punong

Barangay, Homeowners Associations and the Local City Police for the

strict implementation of this Ordinance;

`WHEREAS, it is believed that if properly implemented, this

Ordinance will help deter or prevent, lessen and ultimately solve crimes

involving the service provider sector as named in this Ordinance;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City

of San Fernando, Pampanga in session assembled, adopts as it hereby

adopts the following Ordinance:

ARTICLE I

Title, Scope & Declaration of Policy

Section 1. This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the

“Ordinance requiring all employers in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga

to register their house and store helpers for proper identifi cation, providing

penalties for violations thereof and for other purposes.”

Section 2. This Ordinance shall apply to all housemaids, yaya,

cooks, drivers, gardeners, store helpers who provide daily service

to homeowners, residents or transients and small scale business

establishments like stores, hardwares, and the like within the territorial

jurisdiction of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga;

Section 3. Defi nition of Terms – As used in this Ordinance, the

following terms shall mean:

1. BLPD - Business License and Permits Division of the City of

San Fernando, Pampanga;

2. Employer – is an organization, institution, government

entity, agency, company, professional services fi rm, nonprofi t

association, small business, store, or individual who employs

or puts to work, a person who is called an employee or a staff

member.

3. Driver – a person whose job is to drive a vehicle;

4. Gardener – one employed to care of the gardens or grounds

of a home, business, or other properties;

5. Helper – a relatively unskilled worker who assists a skilled

worker usually by manual labor;

6. Homeowners’ Association - the association of the owners

or purchasers of lot in a subdivision or village;

7. Housemaid – is a household worker who cleans and performs

various other tasks;

8. Homeowner – a person who owns the house he or she lives

in;

9. Household – All persons living under one roof or occupying

a separate housing unit, having either direct access to the

outside (or to a public area) or a separate cooking facility;

10. Store helper – a person employed to represent a business

and to sell its merchandise:

11. Yaya - one employed to take care of infants and children

of the family who hires or employs her;

12. Laundrywoman - one who takes care of the laundry of a

household or family;

13. Cook - one employed specifi cally for the purpose of

cooking dishes for a family or group;

14. Local City Police – refers to law enforcement and crime

prevention and detection and authorized to maintain the

peace, safety, and order of the community.

15. Transient – a person is staying or working in a place for only

a short time.

16. PESO – City Public Employment and Services Offi ce

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17. Service Provider – a person who provides a service (such

as cleaning your house, fi xing your car, teaching you a new

language, taking care of your pets, etc.)

18. Barangay Certifi cation – Otherwise known as Barangay

Certifi cate of Residency; This document proves that you are

a resident of a particular barangay.

19. Police Clearance – an offi cial document issued as a result of

a background check by the police or government agency of a

country to enumerate any criminal records that the applicant

may have.

Section 4. Declaration of Policy - It is the declared policy of

the City of San Fernando, Pampanga to provide eff ective measures

to maintain peace and order, secure and preserve the safety,

comfort and convenience of all its residents and transients alike by

mandating/requiring the registration of house and store helpers by their

employers, help the City Local Police and all government agencies and

instrumentalities mandated to maintain peace and order and assist and

support all programs to deter crimes. The barangays together with the

homeowners’ associations, the local PNP and the City Government

with all its departments and instrumentalities shall commit to the strict

implementation of this Ordinance to make the city an ideal place to live.

ARTICLE II

Mandatory Registration

Section 5. Mandatory Registration - There shall be a mandatory

registration of house helpers such as housemaids, yaya, cooks, drivers,

and gardeners, and store owners in the territorial jurisdiction of the City

of San Fernando. Employers of the abovementioned service providers

are hereby required to accompany their house and store helpers to the

Local Police Station for proper identifi cation after registration with the

Punong Barangays, homeowners associations that exercise jurisdiction

and the Public Employment Offi ce (PESO) of the City of San Fernando,

Pampanga.

Section 6. The Registration Process - In the implementation

of this Ordinance, the following shall be observed, to wit:

1. The Punong Barangays - The Punong Barangays shall

cause the census of all inhabitants in their barangays every

six-months and assign the Barangay Secretary to maintain

a Log Book where all new and currently employed house

helpers service like housemaids, yaya, cooks, drivers, and

gardeners, store helpers are registered. Prior to registration,

however, they shall present their birth certifi cates, last known

addresses or employers. Thereafter, the Punong Barangays

exercising jurisdiction, at his wise discretion after considering

the documents and circumstances of the applicant, shall

issue a Barangay Certifi cation which shall be presented to

the Local City Police for the issuance of a Police Clearance;

2. Homeowners - the homeowners association through their

elected homeowners’ offi cials are mandated to do a regular

census and registration of all house helpers and store

helpers employed in their respective subdivisions and

subsequently turn-over or copy furnished the barangay

exercising jurisdiction over them, including thereon their

proper identifi cation i.e. birth certifi cation and latest certifi cate

of employment which shall be a pre-requisite to the issuance

of a Barangay Clearance required of by the City Police prior

to the issuance of a Police Clearance.

3. Local City Police - Upon receipt of the Barangay Clearance,

the Local City Police shall record the personal circumstances

of the applicant and when no criminal record was found, it

shall issue a Police Clearance, legitimizing thereon the

employment of the house or store helper concerned in the

City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

4. PESO - After the issuance of the Police Clearance, the house

or store helper shall likewise be registered at the PESO for

the recording and monitoring of all house and store helpers in

the city.

5. BLPD - prior to the issuance of a Business Permit to operate

or renewal thereof, the BLPD shall require all employers to

present the Police Clearance of their employed store helpers.

Failure to do shall be sanctioned under this Ordinance.

ARTICLE III

PENALTY CLAUSE

Section 6. – Penalty Clause. – Any and all violations of

employers in the provisions of this Ordinance shall be meted the

following fi nes and penalties, to wit:

1. For the First Off ense - A fi ne of One Thousand Pesos

(Ph1,000.00)

2. For Second Off ense - A fi ne of Three Thousand (Ph3,000.00)

3. For Third and Succeeding Off enses - A fi ne of Five Thousand

Pesos (Ph5,000) and an imprisonment of one month at the

discretion of the court;

Failure on the part of store owners to present the registration

of store helpers shall result in the non-issuance of Business

Permit or Renewal thereof.

If the violator is government offi cial or employee i.e. Punong

Barangay or Barangay Secretary, the corresponding

administrative case shall be fi led against him/her, without

prejudice to the fi ling of other charges that may be supported by

other special laws related thereto.

If the violator is a homeowner offi cial, he/she shall be sanctioned

in accordance with the provisions of R.A. 9904 or the Magna

Carta of Homeowners and Homeowners’ Associations

SECTION 7. – Repealing Clause. – Ordinances, Resolutions,

City Executive Orders, Rules and Regulations that are inconsistent with

this Ordinance are hereby repealed, or modifi ed accordingly.

SECTION 8. – Eff ectivity Clause. – This Ordinance shall take

eff ect 30 days from its approval, publication in a newspaper of general

circulation in the Province of Pampanga and posting in all the City’s

35 Barangays and conspicuous places of the City of San Fernando

Pampanga.

ADOPTED this 18th day of June 2019

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I hereby certify to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance

adopted by the 6th Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Fernando,

Pampanga during its 145th Regular Session held on June 18, 2019.

(SGD.) AVELINA M. LACANILAO-LAGMAN, DPA

Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod

ATTESTED:

(SGD.) JAIME T. LAZATIN, DPA

City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Offi cer

APPROVED:

(SGD).) EDWIN D. SANTIAGO

City Mayor

June 25, 2019

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“THE FIRST step toward greatness is to be honest’, a mall guard of was recently giv-en due commendation for ex-emplifying honesty and good deeds by returning cash and

SM City Clark honest guard citedother valuables to the owner.

SG Dante Pelingon of RJC Security Agency, de-tailed as mall roving personnel at Mall West wing area, no-ticed unattended black Prada

clutch bag at Kartsville tenant’s counter area while conduct-ing roving inspection. The said bag contained Driver’s li-cense, documents with cash and BDO passbook, amount-

ing to P108, 844.66. The latter immediately took the item and surrendered the same to CRS offi ce for safekeeping.

An honorable act such as this shows the commitment of

SM City Clark’s mall guards to the company’s corporate val-ue of honesty and integrity. It speaks volume of the attri-butes of a good member of the SM Management.

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