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ANGELES CITY – The plight of some 620,000 folk in sev-eral Bulacan towns would

be jeopardized if the government allows the construction of the 2,500-hectare “aerotropolis” proj-ect in the coastal areas of Bulakan, Bulacan.

Gov’t hazard maps cited against Bulacan airport

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — More than 75,000 Chinese cruise ship passengers have arrived in this Freeport in the last 20 months under the cruise tourism pro-gram launched by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in

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Chinese travelers boost Subic cruise tourism program

February last year.SBMA chairman and admin-

istrator Wilma T. Eisma said the steady infl ux of Chinese tourists, who comprise almost all of the cruise liner passengers going to Subic, “had signifi cantly sustained Subic’s tourism program and con-siderably boosted its claim to fame

as the next cruise ship play-ground in Asia.”

“Our cruise program has been picking up, and, after logging more than 38,000 cruise visitors last year, as well as more than 39,000 from January 2 to Octo-ber 1 this year, we expect to top

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Coastal village fetes mangroves MASANTOL, Pampanga – Outside the coastal ar-eas of the province, but a few, if any, could make out the word “palapat.” Or for that matter “Bu-lacus,” where it abounds.

A species of mangrove, palapat – “perapat” in Malay – bears the scientifi c name sonneratia alba, known as mangrove apple in English. Still, virtually unknown appellations.

Bulacus is a remote coastal barangay of Mas-antol, accessible only by boat from the town prop-er.

This October 11 – from 7 in the morning – both tree and barangay are bound to hit the provin-cial, if not the national, consciousness with the initial holding of the eponymous Palapat Festival,

PALAPAT FESTIVAL

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CLARK FREEPORT— A complaint for usurpa-tion of authority and graft against Bases Conver-sion and Development Authority (BCDA) ex-ecutive vice president and chief operating offi -cer Aileen Anunciacion Roa-Zosa was fi led at the Offi ce of the Om-budsman last Thursday (Oct. 3).

The Citizens Crime Watch (CCW) fi led the case versus Zosa be-fore the Ombudsman which was earlier fi led before the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commis-sion (PACC).

The CCW said it pulled-out the complaint

Diego Magpantay holds copy of the complaint against BCDA EVP Aileen Anunciacion Zosa.

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BCDA exec haled to Ombudsman

from the PACC because of its alleged silence and inaction.

“The silence and inac-tion on the part of PACC from the day I fi led my complaint on Sept. 10, 2019 made me decide to withdraw the complaint,” said Atty. Raymund Pal-ad, CCW counsel.

The BCDA has earlier said the charges against Zosa are “baseless.”

The CCW withdrew the case from the PACC through a notice on Oct. 1, CCW president Diego Magpantay said.

“The CCW decided to directly fi le the complaint at the Offi ce of the Om-budsman being the ulti-mate body that will de-

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NEW CLARK CITY, Tar-lac – The groundbreak-ing ceremony for the fi rst Judiciary Regional Cen-ter was led by Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin here on Friday.

Bersamin said New Clark City is a very prom-ising location because of its proximity to major in-frastructures like the he Subic-Clark-Tarlac Ex-pressway (SCTEX), the Subic seaport, and the Clark International Air-port (CRK) which is des-tined to be the country’s next global gateway.

SC breaks ground forfi rst Judiciary Regional

Center at New Clark City“We will establish in

the area a fully function-ing Supreme Court. We proposed to build here several buildings, the most important of which would be alternative Halls of Justice for when Manila will be hit by [a] disaster,” Bersamin said.

Bases Conversion and Development Au-thority (BCDA) presi-dent-CEO Vince Dizon thanked the SC and the entire judiciary for see-ing and joining President Duterte in his vision of building a new metropo-

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ANGELES CITY— The Com-mission on Audit (COA) has started auditing a public utility company here for its purchase of P288 million worth of ultra violet (UV) ray machines.

Councilors Jesus “Jay” Sangil and Alfi e Bonifacio, chairpersons of the council committees on public works/engineering and public utili-ties, earlier asked the COA to conduct the probe following reports of alleged overpricing.

The P288 million was allot-ted by the Angeles City water District (ACWD) here for the purchase of the UV ray ma-chines for the use of its sever-al pumping stations in the city.

Sangil and Bonifacio iden-tifi ed the ACWD pumping sta-tions with UV ray machines with the amount reaching al-most P300 million.

As this developed, the COA is also conducting an audit of the bulk water contract of the said water district.

According to city coun-cil sources, the ACWD pur-

COA starts probe of ACWD on P288-M UV ray machines

chased another P24 million UV ray machines in three pumping stations at baran-gays Capaya, Sapa Libutad and Northville Cutud.

It was learned that the pur-chase of UV ray machines of around P8 million each and “Bauer” amounting to another P8 million per unit are still on-going to complete the installa-tion in all 61 pumping stations in the city.

According to Sangil and Bonifacio, the ACWD put up a P7-million facility at Villa Bel-en homesite in barangays Sto. Cristo and Anunas.

Some 23 units of UV ray machines reportedly pur-chased by the contract were installed at barangays Sapa-ng Bato Town and Country, St. Ignatius, Pandan; Mabini, Lourdes Northwest, Bagong Bayan, Pampang, St. Vincent, Robinsons place, Rosewood Subdivision, Margot, Little Ba-guio, Metrogate1, Metrogate2, Marquee, Magalang Avenue, Mac Arthur Highway (Marisol), city hall, Sapalibutad, Punta Verde and Northville Cutud.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO --- Gov. Dennis ‘Delta’ Pine-da led yesterday the cara-bao dispersal to farmer-ben-efi ciaries, a joint livelihood assistance program of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Offi ce 3 (DA-RFO3) and the Provincial Veterinary Offi ce (PVO) of the provincial government.

Dr. Augusto Baluyut, PVO offi cer said the distribu-tion of 28 carabaos is aimed at providing alternative liveli-hood projects as support to farmer-benefi ciaries to aug-ment their income.

Baluyut said through the assistance of DA-RFO3, the provincial government could help the farmers upgrade their livestock through the

Delta leads carabao dispersal to farmers

production method.The provincial veterinarian

said they will also help farm-ers in carabao production by giving technical assistance on artifi cial insemination and in performing the pregnancy di-agnosis through rectal palpa-tion to some carabaos.

Third District Board Mem-ber Ananias Canlas Jr., chair committee on agriculture said the provision of livelihood as-sistance through animal dis-persal is one of the priority projects of Governor Delta that could strengthen the ca-pabilities of the target benefi -ciaries in livestock production.

The farmer-benefi ciaries came from Candaba, Arayat, Bacolor, Mexico, Sta. Ana, Porac, City of San Fernando,

Lubao, Sta. Rita and Ma-galang.

On behalf of the farm-er-benefi ciaries, former Arayat Village Chief Ronnie Miranda has expressed his gratitude to Governor Delta, Vice Governor Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda and the DA-RFO3 offi cials for their support in providing farmers source of draft animals to cultivate their farm, thereby reducing the cost of production and increase farm income.

Witnessing the carabao dispersal are representa-tives from the DA-RFO 3, Dr Baluyut, Angelina Blanco, special assistant to the gov-ernor and other stakehold-ers. – Joel P. Mapiles/Pam-panga PIO

Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda poses with farmer-benefi ciaries of the carabao dispersal program at the PEO Compound. Also in photo are Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offi ce head Angelina Blanco, provincial veterinarian Dr. Augusto Baluyut, Aguipina Tuazon, Susan Gappi, and Bryan Deraco, representatives from the Department of Agriculture Regional Offi ce.

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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO —The validation and quality as-surance of the working orthog-raphies and alphabet primers for indigenous peoples’ lan-guages have been completed, the Department of Education (DepEd) regional offi ce III said on Monday.

The DepEd - III said the ac-complishment is a fi tting and timely manner to celebrate the National Indigenous Peoples Month this October pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1906, s.2009 entitled: De-claring the month of October of every year as National In-digenous Peoples Month.

The DepEd said the learn-ing resources are aimed at helping bridge the emerg-ing gap in the implementa-tion of the Mother-Tongue Based Multi-Lingual Educa-tion (MTB-MLE) among indig-enous people (IP) learners for the various indigenous cultur-al communities (ICCs) in Re-gion III.

“Developing orthographies and alphabet primers takes continuous engagement, cul-tural sensitivity and protocols with ICCs. Region-III ICCs have a deeply rooted oral lit-eracy but have no developed print literacy,” said Arnold Montemayor, the regional fo-cal person for IPED.

It was learned that all the 11 identifi ed IP languages with

DepED validatesprint learningresources forIP learners

ancestral landts in Central Lu-zon have no written orthogra-phies.

For the development of or-thographies, DepEd - III, in consultation with the indige-nous cultural communities, nine IP languages were prior-itized for the development of orthographies and alphabet primers.

These include Ayta Mag-bukun, Ayta Ambala, Ayta Mag-indi, Ayta Mag-antsi, Ayta Abellen, Sambal Botolan, Agta Casiguran, Dumagét Bu-los and Dumagét Kabulloan.

Montemayor added that each ICCs’ oral literacy is dis-tinct from other IP ethnicities.

“Literacy among the in-digenous peoples is reading about relationship in the con-text of their ancestral domain. Given the situation of many ICCs, many of the IP elders have no print literacy knowl-edge,” he pointed out.

The development of orthog-raphies and alphabet primers included a “writeshop,” which almost took four years of vali-dation and fi eld testing.

These learning resources, after being subjected to the cultural standards of the con-cerned ICCs, were reviewed during the Regional Quali-ty Assurance of Indigenous Peoples Languages for In-digenous Peoples Education on September 15-21 at the NEAP Region-III, in Barangay Pulungbulu, Angeles City.

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BDO wins ACES Industry Champion of the Year Award

BDO Unibank, Inc. was named a “worthy captain” of the Philip-pine banking industry after re-ceiving the prestigious Industry Champion of the Year award during the 2019 Asia Corpo-rate Excellence & Sustainability (ACES) Awards.

The Industry Champion of the Year is presented to compa-nies that “have a distinct com-petitive edge, set the industry trends, and have commendable best practices in place. Winners in this category have shown the ability to evolve the focus of their enterprises along with the dynamic changes of the indus-tries they serve.”

A milestone 1st ACES Award for the multi-awarded bank, BDO was also recognized for its leadership position across dif-ferent business segments, ro-bust balance sheet, expansive market reach, scope of innova-tive products and services, and sustainable growth.

The ACES Awards is orga-nized annually by the MORS Group, an organization commit-ted to assisting companies, cor-porate leaders, and eminent in-dustrialists share a platform to exhibit leadership and sustain-ability excellence.

CAPTAIN OF THE PHILIPPINE BANKING INDUSTRY. BDO was given the Industry Champion of the Year award during the 2019 Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability (ACES) Awards. Representing the bank is EVP and head of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning Group Luis Reyes Jr. (center). Reyes received the award from (L-R) Luis Bueno Nieto, jury of ACES Awards; Shanggari Balakrishnan, CEO of MORS Group; Jayanthi Desan, jury of ACES Awards; and Hemant Batra, chairman of ACES Awards. Contributed photo

Innovation and ReachDriven by its “We Find Ways”

philosophy, BDO leverages its in-trinsic understanding of the Fil-ipino to keep innovating its wide range of products and services. This allows the bank to meet its clients’ ever-changing needs.

BDO has the largest distribu-tion network with more than 1,300 branches and over 4,000 ATMs nationwide. To serve those who are unavailable during regular banking hours, it pioneered the implementation of longer banking hours and weekend banking.

Outside the Philippines, the bank has full-service branches in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as 23 remittance and repre-sentative offi ces in Asia, Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

Easy Accessand Sustainability

BDO embraces fi nancial tech-nologies to stay within its clients’ reach. It enables easy and 24/7 access to bank accounts and payments through its online and mobile banking channels. A fi nan-cial inclusion advocate, it part-ners with local micro-entrepre-neurs who are based in remote areas and provides a point-of-

sale (POS) terminal that allows cash withdrawals using an ATM card.

The bank also integrates sus-tainability into its undertakings. In 2017, the bank made histo-ry when it issued a $150-million green bond—a fi rst-of-its-kind in the Philippines. The Interna-tional Finance Corp. (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, was the sole investor in the bond. More recently, BDO hosted the country’s fi rst Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sus-tainability Summit in 2018, which gathered the captains of Philip-pine businesses to discuss how sustainability can be interwoven with their corporate agenda. The bank also published the maiden issue of its sustainability report.

These strategic eff orts pro-pelled the bank to achieve a re-cord year-end income of P32.7 billion and become the fi rst Phil-ippine bank to surpass the P3 trillion mark in total assets at the end of 2018. This year, the bank sustained its growth momentum by posting its half-year earnings of P20.2 billion, and remaining the largest bank in terms of to-tal assets, loans, deposits, and trust funds as of the second quarter. –Press release

MORE THAN 50 coop-eratives and associa-tions nationwide joined the state-run Social Security System on its fourth Multi-Sectoral Fo-rum which aims to pro-mote SSS programs for self-employed workers in the informal sector.

SSS President and Chief Executive Offi cer Aurora C. Ignacio said that the multi-sectoral event is an opportuni-ty to look for potential partners in bringing so-cial security protection to informal sector work-ers from far-fl ung areas.

“SSS conducts this kind of forum to further reach out to one of the most vulnerable sectors of our economy. We at SSS, believe that the informal sector, like any other private working Filipino, should be pro-tected from the hazards of the sudden loss of income due to sickness, disability, death or re-tirement,” Ignacio said.

Aside from the orga-nized groups, national government agencies namely Securities and Exchange Commis-sion-Microfi nance In-stitutions (SEC-MFI) and attached agencies under the Department of Agriculture like Phil-ippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) were also rep-resented.

“It is unfortunate that our farmers and fi sher-folks, who feed 104.9 million Filipinos, are the most vulnerable workers in the econo-my due to the rapidly changing climate and various pests and dis-eases which greatly aff ect their productiv-ity and income. That is why we also invited our colleagues from the government sector to let them know that SSS is here to help them in times of fi nancial con-tingencies through SSS membership,” SSS Ex-ecutive Vice President for Branch Operations Sector Judy Frances A. See said during the event on behalf of PCEO Ignacio last 30 September.

The multi-sectoral event, tagged as “SSS: Nakikiisa sa Pagsulong ng Social Protection Para sa mga Mang-gagawa sa Informal Sector,” was attended by about 100 represen-tatives from 50 cooper-atives, organizations, Local Government Units (LGUs) and National Government Agencies (NGAs).

Among the event

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highlights was the shar-ing of best practices of Simbayanan ni Maria Multi-Purpose Coop-erative President and Chief Executive Offi cer Angelita S. Ramos and SEDPI Development Finance Inc. President Mariel Vincent A. Rapi-sura as SSS-accredited Partner Agents (PAs). While the Cooperative Development Authority Executive Director Rey R. Elevazo, CSEE, pro-vided directions during the discussions.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank our accredited partner agents for helping us provide SSS services to their respective mem-bers. For today’s par-ticipants, we hope that you would become our partners in achieving a common goal of build-ing more resilient com-munities through social security protection,” Ig-nacio concluded.

The SSS Partner Accreditation (PA) Pro-gram started in 2012 wherein cooperatives and microfi nance in-stitutions (MFIs) are tapped by SSS to pro-vide various services for their own members who are also SSS mem-bers. Servicing partner agents are tasked to re-ceive members’ applica-tions such as SSS reg-istration, salary loans, and funeral benefi ts while collecting partner agents are authorized to collect SSS contri-butions, loan amortiza-tions, and other miscel-laneous payments.

As of August 2019, the SSS has accredited 54 PAs nationwide—nine of which are from the National Capital Re-gion (NCR), 27 from Lu-zon, 11 from Visayas, and seven from Mind-anao.

From January to Au-gust 2019, 50 SSS-ac-credited servicing PAs facilitated 2,250 trans-actions while 48 ac-credited collecting PAs collected P63.61 million worth of contributions and loan amortizations.

The NCR event is already the fourth multi-sectoral forum conducted by SSS since 2017. There will be three more events until year-end which will be held in Cauayan in Isabela, Calamba in La-guna, and Tacloban in Leyte. For further inqui-ries, interested partici-pants may contact the SSS Cooperatives and Informal Sector Depart-ment at telephone num-bers 922-1059 or via e-mail at [email protected]. –Press release

GHOST FACILITY. After the closure of the Hanjin Heavy Industries Company, Ltd., in Redondo Pinensula at Sitio Agusuhin, Barangay Cawag, Subic, Zambales only Blue Guards seen rooming in this facility. P !"! $% J! ))% R. R-$'&).!

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SEGUNDA HIDALGO CONDUIT

who died intestate on March 6, 2019 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on her estate, more particularly described as follows:

1. A parcel of land with improvements thereon that is located in Duquit, Mabalacat, Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 633917-R;

2. Conjugal share over some money deposited at BDO SM Clark with Account No. 001310089386;

3. Conjugal share over some money deposited at BPI Session Road, Baguio City with Account No. 0579031298;

4. BPI Session Road, Baguio City Checking Account No. 0570009443;

before Notary Public Regina C. Gopez-Agustin as per Doc No. 783, Page No. 63, Book No. XXIII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: October 7, 14 & 21, 2019

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO- The Provincial Government here and diff erent private hos-pitals are bent to strengthen the provision of adequate so-cial and health care services closer to all needy Kapampan-gans.

This came after Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Catherine Jane Yap-Caylao, president/medi-cal director of Apalit Doctor’s Hospital in Apalit; Dr. Dax Tid-ula, medical director of Rosario Memorial Hospital in Guagua; and Dr Joseph Garcia, vice president of the Ancillary Ser-vices of Dr Amando L. Garcia Medical Center in Angeles City, on Friday at the Governor’s Of-fi ce, Capitol Compound.

Governor Delta said, “the partnership with the said hos-pitals will greatly benefi t the provincial government in ad-hering to the health care needs of the less privileged people in the province.”

Under the MOA, the afore-mentioned hospitals shall

Capitol, private hospitals ink deal to boost healthcare serviceshonor and admit all patients referred to by the Governor through guarantee letters.

This is in line with the pro-vincial governor’s authority to grant fi nancial and other forms of assistance to less privileged and deserving Kapampangans under his own discretion.

The agreement also states that the hospitals shall provide necessary medical and diag-nostic services, including lab-oratory services, as well as complex medical and surgical procedures to the patients.

Aside from the three hospi-tals, 17 more private hospitals are expected to sign a MOA with the provincial government before the year ends.

The MOA signing was wit-nessed by Apalit Mayor Jun Tetangco, Former Magalang Mayor Malu Lacson, Provin-cial Administrator Atty. Char-lie Chua, Legal Offi cer Atty. Jerome Tubig, and Provincial Risk Reduction and Manage-ment Offi ce (PDRRMO) Head Angelina Blanco. – Luisse Ru-tao/Pampanga PIO

DELTA CARES. Gov. Dennis “Delta” Pineda and Dr. Amando L. Garcia Medical Center ancillary services vice president Dr. Joseph Garcia agrees on the terms and conditions stipulated in the MOA. C!)"+,$("-. / !"!

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CLARK FREEPORT – The College of Hospitality and Institutional Management (CHIM) of Our Lady of Fati-ma University (OLFU) held its 5th CHIM–MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) through a video blogging (vlog) exposition at the Royce Hotel here

Almost a thousand tourism and hospitality college stu-dents from OLFU’s six cam-puses in Luzon attended the gathering held over the week-end.

In recognition of its 5th year, OLFU directed its theme for the millennial generation with: “The immense lens of video blogging in the tourism and hospitality industry.”

Dr. Ignacio Cordova, OLFU Valenzuela CHIM dean, said the activity is an annual event, “but every year is diff erent, wherein students learn specif-ic topics and interests about hospitality and tourism.”

He stressed that for this year, “we are going to high-light video blogging because we know the millennials like to blog and we would like to en-courage our students to pro-duce contents that are more about hotels and accommoda-tion, culture, food reviews and travel experiences.”

Dr. Cordova added that “we had cultural presenta-tions about Kapampangans

Our Lady of Fatima University holds ‘vlog’ expoin our San Fernando campus. This time we combined culture and cuisine, and we would like to showcase the province of Pampanga as the culinary capital of the Philippines.”

“This is also to boost tour-ism,” he stressed.

The keynote speakers for the event are successful vlog-gers with growing followers through their corresponding social media platforms. Each shared interesting insights and views on how to come up with creative ideas and promote Philippine tourism apart from earning through video blog-ging.

“Kailangan mag-isip ng magagandang content at ka-kaiba, ‘yung magugustuhan ng viewers na may kwela,” said Nelmar Ongoco of Hanash Pil-ipinas, pointing on light and creative content as a way of entertainment.

Former journalist Steven Bansil talked about the chal-lenges and vulnerabilities of the early stages of vlogging emphasizing on having inno-vative content and having the right attitude when earning validation (and invalidations) through likes while attracting more viewers and followers.

Akio Kashawagi of Money Growers Ph, shared tips and views on how vloggers earn through YouTube as he eff ec-tively produced seven-fi gure profi ts from two successful brands that made over 30 mil-

lion views while vlogger Roger Raker, taught the importance of how simple gadgets and video editing tools could help as initial investments.

The vloggers also empha-sized on enjoying the millen-nial way of promoting tourism through social media as an ef-

fective and effi cient marketing tool as a way to infl uence oth-ers by enabling positive con-versations and sustainable tourism.

Meanwhile, the students also held a walk for a cause as part of its morning activity at the Parade Grounds here for

the awareness and benefi t of the HIV victims.

The Our Lady of Fatima University has six campuses in the Philippines located in Antipolo, Cabanatuan, Que-zon City, Sta. Rosa, City of San Fernando and Valenzuela as its main campus.

VLOG EXPO. Speakers at the expo accorded their tokens of appreciation are CDC communications division manager Anthony Emmanuel Tulabut and tourism and promotions division offi cer Mitch Cortez. Joining them in the photo are OLFU–CHIM Dean Dr. Ignacio Cordova, Jr. and other OLFU staff . C!)"+,$("-. / !"!

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga. The Pro-vincial Government, through its Public Employment Services Offi ce (PESO), held a contract signing with thousands of student benefi ciaries of the annual conduct of Special Program for Employment of Stu-dents (SPES) yesterday at the Bren Z. Guiao Con-vention Center.

A total of 5,178 students have already benefi t-ed from the joint program of Department of Labor and Employment and PESO since Governor Dennis ‘Delta’ Pineda assumed offi ce in July.

The SPES employment contract, also known ‘SPES form 5’ stipulates the terms and conditions that bind the employer and student benefi ciary. Wherein, the former must pay the latter 60% in cash for their salary while 40% will be provided by DOLE through education vouchers.

SPES benefi ciaries sign contract with PESO, DOLEUnder the said contract, the benefi ciary must re-

port to work; perform his or her assigned tasks, du-ties and responsibilities; and adhere to the company policies of the employer.

DOLE says the employment period of students during summer vacation must not be less than 20 working days and should not exceed more than 52 days.

According to Jasmin Leigh Regala, a three-year student benefi ciary from Guagua National Colleges (GNC), the said program has helped her especially with her fi nancial needs.

“Sa mga gastusin sa school. Kahit na scholar ako, marami pa ring gastusin kaya malaking tulong ang SPES para sakin at sa pamilya ko,” Regala said.

– Ericson Guiao / Pampanga Pio

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Opinion

Turning our back on human rights

THE COMMISSION on Human regrets the Philippine Government’s position on critical human rights resolutions adopted during the recently concluded 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC).

We likewise express grave concern on the report that the Philippines is one of the 48 countries where human rights defenders, activists, and civil society organizations experience rising reprisals after accessing UN human rights mechanisms.

It is incumbent upon the Philippine Government as a UN Member State to show full respect and compliance with its treaty obligations and to be more cooperative with international bodies in addressing the human rights situation in the country. In particular, it should adopt UN recommendations to act and investigate cases of retaliations against and criminalization of human rights defenders.

The Commission, as part of its ongoing eff orts, has also launched a national inquiry on the situation of human rights defenders that looks into the diff erent forms of harassments and intimidation against individuals and groups in the course of their work in documenting and monitoring human rights violations on the ground.

As part of its human rights legislative agenda, it will likewise continue to do stronger legislative campaigning against the re-imposition of death penalty in the country as this is violative of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and its Second Optional Protocol, which the Philippines is both a state party to.

We stress that human rights groups are necessary in enhancing respect towards these treaties by reminding the Philippine Government of its commitments should they be remiss in fulfi lling them. At the same time, human rights bodies should be seen as partners in furthering of the human rights of all, not as adversaries of any nation.

(CHR statement on Phl’s votes during the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, and on the UN report on reprisals against human rights defenders, Oct. 5, 2019)

Pulis, ehMOVE ON, pleaded embattled PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde, citing as his clean bill of uprightness President Duterte’s give-me-clear-proof fi at on his “alleged” involvement with the ninja cops at the time he was Pampanga police director.

Move back, I did as I am wont to, through my fi les searching for any piece I could have written on that then-as-now infamous police anti-drug ops at Lakeshore in Nov. 2013.

Unfortunately, there was nothing on that raid in my blog; Albayalde absolutely absent too in the hundreds of columns stored there.

What I hit on was something of a precursor to the Lakeshore raid, happening in July 2013, a mere four months before it. Same modus of: 1) cops extracting cash from the suspect for his escape; 2) cops helping themselves with the cash and drugs confi scated in the raid.

Déjà vu. Down to the (ir)rationalizations and lamentations. Dated July 29, 2013, here is Pulis…Purisima! for its revived relevance:

IT IS criminals that now appear to be heroes.So lamented Director General Alan

Purisima, the nation’s top cop, in the wake of police meltdown over: 1) the killing – while in police custody – of recaptured Ozamiz gang leader Ricky Cadavero and his right-hand man, from whom police allegedly accepted pay-off s for their earlier escape; 2) another alleged pay-off from the same Ozamiz gang for the escape of drug lord Li Lan Yan, aka Jackson Dy and his wife; 3) the police allegedly helping themselves to the cash and illegal drugs allegedly found in the Dys’ safe house when they were recaptured.

Escape and recapture galore there.Purisima rues: “We have to verify these

reports. With so many stories coming out, even members of the media are unwittingly being used because they are fed false information. A criminal is becoming the hero. It’s now the reverse.”

Still smarting in shame is Purisima’s PNP over the Atimonan massacre last January were an illegal gambling lord and 12 others were killed in what the police said was a shootout but the NBI ruled as a rubout.

Claiming strict adherence to the daang matuwid of President BS Aquino, especially so being close to his SONA, Purisima said the PNP does not let erring cops “get away with it even if they are ranking offi cials.”

“What is important is if there are incidents like this, we seriously investigate it. We try to fi nd out the truth. If they are found to be liable, they are given the corresponding punishment. Cases will be fi led against them.” So declared Purisima.

This, even as he pointed the fi nger at drug lords for “discrediting policemen who have been performing well, especially in the fi ght against illegal drugs.”

“They have all the money and power to do that. They have a lot of infl uence,” Purisima said.

Still, Purisima reassured the public that allegations against policemen in these recent epic fails will be thoroughly investigated: “We have deployed other operatives to look into this. I have contacted diff erent agencies to look into this incident. We will have a report in due time. If there is an incident like this, it is impossible that other operatives do not know about it. As they say, if the fart stinks, everyone can smell it.”

Yeah, and farting is such stinking sorrow at the PNP, to bastardize the bard. The stench of corruption and ineffi ciency seemingly part and parcel of the police badge.

So many years back, we wrote here:MAY p ulis, may pulis sa ilalim ng tulay…The ditty is a satirical fl ick of the fi nger at the

uniformed sneak preying on unwary motorists for two Osmeñas or a Roxas in exchange of their being let go off some trumped-up traffi c infraction.

Pulis, pulis, pulis matulis.Ah, double entendre here: the sharpness of

the cop at fi lching the last Quezon off a hapless victim, and the put-on machismo obtaining in a force whose members purportedly have not just one, but two or more paramours.

Flash Report: The Philippine National Police holds the record for the quickest response in crime situations, beating such elite police forces as the New York Police Department which registered eight minutes, and Great Britain’s Scotland Yard at fi ve minutes. The PNP registered zero minutes. Impossible? No, they are in the scene, themselves committing the crime.

Truly, that is a most painful joke – to the national police – that has circled the globe via internet. And just how are the police caricatured? Uniformly: pot-bellied, palm outstretched.

Tawagin mo na akong demonyo, huwag lang pulis.

Ah, the unkindest cut of all infl icted on the PNP in the Inquirer comic strip Pugad Baboy where the comparison to the police provided the fi nal straw that broke the patience of the henpecked Air Force Sgt. Sabaybunot giving him the rage to snarl at his domineering wife. Better be called a devil than a policeman, can anything get lower than this?

Object of ridicule and derision, the police may be the rich lode of all that humor, but the joke is on all of us: victims of the very things we draw laughter from. Doesn’t it hurt to laugh?

As Purisima will most surely now, so all the others before him have tried to redeem the image of the policeman.

At the time of DG Avelino “Sonny” Razon, it was Mamang Pulis. Alas, Razon is currently facing some corruption charges himself arising from some alleged misdeals while he was PNP chief.

We wrote too that at the time of Ping Lacson, there was this imperial command for a standard 34-inch waistline for all policemen. We saw how overweight cops huff ed and puff ed before the national media to show one and all the seriousness of Ping’s campaign for svelteness.

The defi ning moment of the Egay Aglipay reign at the PNP was the Subic “rehab” program for “erring and recidivist police personnel.”

So what happened to all these?BSDU rules in the end. That’s not for the

police-created paramilitary Barrio Self Defense Units of the ‘60s. That’s for Balik Sa Dating Ugali.

Aye, not even an extreme make-over will do the police body good. A quintuple by-pass, maybe?

PNP – Pasaway Na Pulis. Oh, yeah.

B# D$%& C'()*%+',

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Knees of “ninja” policemen in this province are probably shaking. From eased con-science provided by immunity since 2013 and the comforts bought from alleged P50-mil-lion bribe, they are about to face anew the sins of their

‘Ninja’ culture already rooted in PNPpast.

Some of these cops have reportedly remained active in this province and have appar-ently passed on the so-called “ninja” culture to younger col-leagues now also in the habit of pilfering confi scated illegal drugs for their own profi t while arrogantly enjoying impunity even in the corridors of Pam-

panga’s halls of justice.This, even as Pres. Duter-

te’s trust and approval ratings went down in the third quarter, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey, amid issues in the country’s national penitentia-ry and the “ninja” police case swept media.

Duterte received a trust rat-P*&' 7 ./'*,'

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

On PlunderersTHERE IS general agreement that Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos enriched themselves almost beyond imagination. Now, their three children continue to live lives of the wealthiest, two of them gaining back governmental power and pelf. In a country listing plunder as a major crime, Imelda and her children remain most privileged.

The lesson? It pays to plunder as means to sustain its benefi ts even through the next generation. So, in lesser degrees we see Marcosian pattern (though world history is replete with this) in the Senate, in the Lower House, in local governments. It’s a lesson from a school where the devil is principal.

Will they go to hell in the next life? Do they deserve to be punished for enjoying earthly life on the basis of plunder (reminds me of a poster which says: In a country where millions are poor, plunder is the worst crime of all) and almost total insensitivity to the plight of those whom their greed had deprived?

No, not necessarily with Divine Mercy around. But then, take that ominous statement: easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Meaning what while God, with his unlimited power, can squeeze a camel through a needle hole, He so respects man’s freewill that only a man can decide between two masters.

For those in the category of plunderers and those plundered, it pays to pick up from the modern-day messages of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother and even Jesus Christ Himself. So here we go again.

“Man is chasing the wind. Some people do not believe in the existence of Heaven. They say that the only heaven is on this earth. Yet, on this earth, all are poor, and all need the gifts of God. Poverty is not a lack of money, nor is it a lack of food to eat. The only real poverty is the lack of the grace that leads to the Lord. Possessions of this world are only ashes, while the only real riches are the riches of the heart.”

(Jesus to teenagers in Kibeho, Rwanda, 1981-1989)(39-CD)

Blessed Mother Mary to the world through Mirjana Dragicevic of Medjugorje on Jan. 28, 1987: “Wherever I appear, My Son is with me – but Satan also follows. You have unwittingly allowed him to take charge of you and rule over you. Sometimes you understand that some of your deeds are not allowed by God — but you

soon suppress those thoughts. Do not give in, dear children. Wipe away from my face the tears which I shed as I watch what you do. Look around you. Take the time to come to God in the church. Come into your Father’s house. Take the time to meet for family prayer and ask for God’s grace. Remember your deceased; make them happy by off ering Mass. Do not look down your nose at the poor man who is begging for a crust of bread. Do not send him away from your rich table. Help him and God will help you.… Do not fool yourself into thinking, ‘I am good – but my brother who lives next to me is not good.’ You will be mistaken.”

Blessed Mother to the teeners of Kibeho, Rwanda in the 1980’s: “Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same. By walking the world as a shepherd, you will show My earthly children that the walk to heaven is a long and narrow road that is not easy to travel. But the road leading to Satan is wide and easy to follow, because the Devil puts no obstacles on the road to darkness.”

Blessed Mother to Gladys Quiroga in San Nicolas, Argentina, Apr. 12, 1984: “In other places where I have appeared, the Lord has been present. My children, without the hand of God, nothing is possible. I make you listen to things that you had listened to before, but did not practice. Now the Lord gives you a new chance. The answer is in you.”

Blessed Mother to the Medjugorje visionaries: “Make your peace with God and among yourselves. If confession does not mean anything for you, really, you will be converted with great diffi culty. Pray, pray! It is necessary to believe fi rmly, to go to confession regularly and likewise, to receive Holy Communion. It is the only salvation. One must invite people to go to confession each month, especially on the fi rst Saturday … Do not go to confession through habit. Confession should give an impulse to your faith. It should stimulate you and bring you closer to Jesus.”

‘Hazing,’ kultura ng karahasanMAHABANG taon na’t ilang indibidualna ang sa ganito minalas mapataynitong kapwa nila mga mag-aaral,ng dahil sa sobrang pananakit minsan.

Pero patuloy pang ‘yan ay ginagawang mga wala rin namang napapalakundi ng disgrasya’t malaking pinsala,kaya nga’t dapat nang ito’y masansala.

Lalo ngayong para bagang ang pag-iralsa lahat ng uri ng institusyonalna pangmilitar at iba pang pandayanng karunungan ay ‘practice’ na nila ‘yan.

Partikular na r’yan sa pang-militaryna kagaya nga ng nasa Baguio city,kung saan dito ang pinakamaraming insidente ng grabeng pangyayari.

Sa maling akala na itong pagsubokkung ga’no katatag at tibay ang loobng mga kadete, ipatikim halosang lahat ng hirap bago makatapos.

Kung saan kabilang na nga r’yan ang ‘hazing,’na ipararanas, saka matitinding pananakit at ng mga pangyayaringwala sa lugar ang iba pang gawain.

Nand’yan ang sila ay pagtatadyakan,palulunukin ng bagay na maanghang,pagsasampalin at kuryentihin minsan,gaya ng kay Darwin kaya siya namatay.

At iba pang di na rin mabilang halossa daliri itong sa ‘hazing’ nalagotang buhay ng dahil sa sipa at suntokng mga ka-‘brod’ na sa duyan nahulog.

‘Hazing is a test of strength and enduranceAnchored on the belief that only a true manWilling to undergo severe pain could standThe worth of being brod, yes, I do understand;

That such is tradition in all fraternitiesAnd to what usually they called sororities,But though it is neither confi ned to such practiceThey must have also a certain so called limits’

Sa pagsasagawa ng lintik na ‘hazing,’na ipinagbawal na, pero and’yan pa rinsa kabila nga r’yan ng aprubadong bill,na naging batas na’t tawag ‘anti-hazing’.

Upang ang kagaya ng pinag-gagawakay Darwin Dormitorio ng kanyang kapwakadete, aywan kung sa ‘drugs’ ay sugapa,kaya’t asal hayop, sa akmang salita. Sa puntong naturan ay kailangan na ringbaguhin ang lahat ng alituntuninng PMA at iba pang katulad dinn’yan na ipatupad na ang ‘anti-hazing’.

Nang sa gayon ang ating inaasahanna magiging tagapagtanggol ng bayan,di mamumulat sa grabeng karahasan,kundi sa mabuti at magandang asal!

ing of 74 percent, an 11-point decrease from last quarter’s 85 percent, after dropping in all areas except in his home region of Mindanao.

Justice Sec. Menardo Gue-varra said last Sunday the De-partment of Justice (DOJ) will reopen the case of the alleged recycling of drugs involving a team of Pampanga policemen.

This is on top of the inves-tigation now being done by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on the pilfering of confi scated il-legal drugs and the alleged coddling of involved offi cers by Philippine National Police chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde when he was the Pampanga police director in 2013.

From Moscow during Pres. Dueterte’s state visit to Rus-sia, Interior Secretary Eduar-do Año said the DILG, which oversees the PNP, began the investigation without waiting for the Senate to complete its inquiry into the “ninja cop” racket.

“When we return to the

Philippines, I will sit down with [National Police Commission] lawyers and the DILG legal service and check the status of the review of the case,” Año said.

A Senate inquiry has opened a can of worms for Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Albayal-de who allegedly intervened in the dismissal of Pampanga “ninja cops” who were ordered to be dismissed.

Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency (PDEA) chief Director General Aaron Aqui-no said before a joint Senate investigation that back in late 2016 when they were regional directors – Aquino for Central Luzon and Albayalde for Met-ro Manila – Albayalde made a phone call to Aquino about the case of alleged “ninja cops” set to be dismissed over a questionable 2013 anti-drug operation.

“He (Albayalde) told me, Sir, for the meantime, maybe you can have that reviewed, because I want to know what will happen to the result of that investigation,” Aquino recalled.

Aquino said he asked why Albayalde, a former Pampan-ga provincial chief, was do-ing this and that Albayalde re-plied” Because, Sir, those are my people.”

Also at the Senate, Bagu-io City Mayor Benjamin Mag-along, who was PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) at the time of the 2013 incident, also virtual-ly implicated Albayalde in the case. He also revealed threats to his safety after he testifi ed at the Senate.

He claimed that Albayalde intervened in the dismissal of 13 policemen who conducted a buy-bust operation in Mex-ico, Pampanga, on Nov. 29, 2013.

More than 200 kilos of “shabu” were confi scated in the operation but the raiding team, led by Police Maj. Rod-ney Baloyo, offi cially declared a haul of only 38 kilos. Some 160 kilos of shabu with a street value of P648 million went missing, while a P50-million bribe was supposedly given to the police group by Chinese national Johnson Lee, a sus-

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‘Ninja’ culture already rooted in PNP

pected drug lord, who was lat-er set free while another Chi-nese was put in his place.

Guevarra said the DOJ will reopen the drug case against Pampanga policemen in-volved in the alleged recycling of confi scated drugs, even if the case was dismissed in 2017.

“In the light of new evi-dence unfolding, and in the in-terest of justice, the DOJ will reopen the case and will cre-ate a new panel of state prose-cutors to conduct the reinvesti-gation,” Guevarra said.

Guevarra added: “Both sides will be given ample op-portunity to present additional

evidence.”State prosecutors tasked

with re-opening the illegal drug case against 13 alleged “ninja cops” have 30 days to resolve it.

Guevarra issued Depart-ment Order 528 designating a three-member panel of prose-cutors to reinvestigate the po-lice’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s com-plaint against Police Maj. Rod-ney Baloyo and his men.

“The special panel of pros-ecutors is hereby directed to immediately conduct the nec-essary hearings and resolve the case within 30 days,” Gue-varra ordered.

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LOURDES Y. BAUTISTA who died

intestate on March 6, 2012 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 4, Block 12 of the subdivision plan Psd-03-156900, being a portion of Lot 794 Angeles Cadastre L.R.C. Rec. No. ) situated in the Barrio of Cutud, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 180692 in the Registry of Deeds for the City of Angeles, before Notary Public Arvin M. Suller as per Doc No. 1653, Page No. 40, Book No. LXII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 30, October 7 & 14, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of BARTOLOMIA Y. EVARISTO and

REMEGIO EVARISTO, who died intestate on June 22, 2004 and December 27, 1998, respectively, executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on a Motorcycle, more particularly described as follows:

MAKE : SUZUKIMV FILE NO. : 0336-70179BODY TYPE : MTCSERIAL/CHASSIS : GP125-108749ENGINE NO. : F104-119811PLATE NO. : CM-9912File No. : 0304-103774

before Notary Public Regina C. Gopez-Agustin as per Doc No. 265, Page No. 65, Book No. XXII, Series of 2019.


NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of AFRICA A. BASA who died intestate

on May 14, 2018 executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights and Special Power of Attorney on her estate, more particularly described as follows:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. PT-36370Registry of Deeds for the City of Pasig

A condominium unit located at Unit 208, 2nd Floor, New Valle Verde Terraces, Uranbo, Pasig, Metro Manila;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 148663Registry of Deeds for Angeles City

A parcel of land (Lot 3, Block 4 of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-4875, being a portion of consolidation of Lot 214, Angeles Cad. and Lot 12-B-2-G, (LRC) Psd-50014, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 124) with improvements thereon, situated in the Barrios of Sto. Rosario and Cutcut, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon;

before Notary Public Jonathan Francis C. Nepomuceno as per Doc No. 244, Page No. 90, Book No. VI, Series of 2018.


NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RUSTICO RIVERA and CANDIDA

RIVERA who died intestate on June 20, 2015 and February 24, 1992, respectively, both in Mexico, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on their estate, more particularly described as two (2) parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 6181Emancipation Patent No. 143690Registry of Deeds of Pampanga

Lot No. 7 of the subdivision plan Bsd-03-001867, (OLT), being a portion of Lot 2486, Mexico Cadastre L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of Anao, Municipality of Mexico, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 19331Certifi cate of Land Ownership Award No. 00809847

Registry of Deeds of PampangaLot 31, Psd-03-151955 (AR) portion of Lot Psu-5879 Amd, located

at San Pablo, Sta. Ana, Pampanga;

before Notary Public Gener C. Endona as per Doc No. 26, Page No. 7, Book No. 59, Series of 2019.


NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EUSTAQUIO GOZUN who

died intestate on June 6, 1998 in Mexico, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 12 of the subdivision plan Bsd-03-001867, being a portion of Lot 2486, Mexico Cadastre L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of Anao, Municipality of Mexico, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 23612, Emancipation Patent No. 666301 in the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Gener C. Endona as per Doc No. 27, Page No. 7, Book No. 59, Series of 2019.


The fi sherfolk group Pambansang Lak-as ng Kilusang Mama-malakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) raised yesterday this alarm, as it cited Bulacan’s govern-ment-prepared hazard and vulnerability map and the coastal fl ooding map that the towns of Obando, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue at Bu-lakan are prone to fl ood-ing.

The proposed in-ternational project in Bulacan, slated to be launched this Decem-ber, would dam up these towns during the fl ood-

Gov’t hazard maps cited against Bulacan...ing season, the group warned.

Pamalakaya chair Fernando Hicap said such scenario is “based on the very fl ood maps published by the Bula-can Provincial Disas-ter Risk Reduction and Management Council.”

He also said that gov-ernment hazard and vul-nerability maps show that storm surges of one to four meters aff ect the towns and that Mey-cauyan, Marilao, Bocaue and Sta. Maria are “vul-nerable to river fl ooding from upstream sources, as one of the maps indi-cates.”

“The aerotropolis

would act as dam to deter the fl ow of waters during the rainy season, so the project is not merely an issue confi ned to Baran-gay Taliptip in Bulakan, but an issue aff ecting the entire province of Bula-can,” he noted.

Hicap also said that “another map indicated that Bulakan, Bocaue, and Marilao towns are prone to fl ooding due to ponding of waters sim-ilar in a dam. Also Bo-caue, Marilao, and some parts of Meycauayan are prone to fl ashfl oods that will trigger landslides.”

Hicap urged Bulacan Gov. Daniel Fernando to “oppose the aerotropolis

project and uphold the welfare of his constitu-ents.”

Hicap recalled that in August last year, the Bu-lacan government de-clared a state of calam-ity after tropical storms and monsoon rains inun-dated eight towns of the province, aff ecting more than 120,000 families or 620,000 population.

He warned of a worse scenario if the aerotropo-lis is built in the coastal town of Bulakan,

He urged the people of Bulacan “to decisively oppose the aerotropolis project and defend their communities and sourc-es of livelihood.”

cide whether or not cas-es shall be fi led in court,” Palad explained.

The CCW said Zosa was: “without any legal appointment” from Feb-ruary 2016 up to pres-ent because the Gover-nance Commission for Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GCG) has abolished the Offi ce of the EVP in the BCDA restructuring plan through Memorandum Order No. 2015-07.

“Yet she continues to

BCDA exec haled to OmbudsmanF�� ! 1 receive salaries, bene-

fi ts and emoluments to the damage and preju-dice of the government, the BCDA in particular,” a part of the seven-page complaint said.

At Salary Grade (SG) 30, Zosa gets roughly P5 million a year, Palad said.

The CCW estimated that the government has lost P15 million through Zosa’s false representa-tion.

Zosa, according to CCW, has not been is-sued an appointment paper after the 2016 re-

structuring plan. Her last appointment was on Feb. 1, 2010, Palad said.

“Considering the se-riousness of the charges in this complaint, involv-ing as it does disburse-ment of public funds to an usurper of public of-fi ce, it is prayed that im-mediate investigation be conducted and appro-priate charges fi led, if warranted,” the CCW’s request to the Ombuds-man said.

In a memorandum dated June 25, 2019, Civil Service Commis-

sion director IV Judith A. Dongallo-Chicano re-ferred CCW’s request for investigation to CSC fi eld offi ce director II Imelda R. Banzon.

“It’s been four months now but we have not been informed about the result of the CSC inves-tigation. Two agencies seemed to have acted slowly on CCW’s vigilant fi ght against corruption. This does not speak well of the Duterte Adminis-tration’s thrust for hones-ty in government,” Mag-pantay lamented.

a street dancing revelry and a cook-fest of food stuff out of the palapat fruit. Yes, it is as edible, as it is beautiful.

It all came about with the pastoral movement eff ected by the Archdi-ocese of San Fernando last May, with the as-signment to the baran-gay’s Holy Rosary par-ish church of Fr. Elmer Salonga, himself not so knowledgeable of his new post.

“Saan ang Bulacus?”

Coastal village fetes mangrovesF�� ! 1 people asked me, and all

I could give was the ru-dimentary answer, it is in Masantol,” recalled Sa-longa.

The fi rst thing that caught his eyes upon getting to Bulacus on a motor banca were the abundant mangroves laden with so much fruits, said the priest. Asked what the trees were, the boatman said palapat, and briefed the priest of their multiple roles in coastal community life.

First of course was the safety of the commu-

nity from storm surges, acting not only as wind- but also as wave-break-ers.

The branches are tra-ditionally festooned as Christmas trees too.

“Napag-alaman ko rin na marami palang pwe-deng gawin sa bunga ng palapat, gaya ng saw-sawan, juice, pang-sin-igang, candy, jam, buro, pati cookies,” Salonga said.

On refl ection, Sa-longa saw the perfect palapat-Bulacus symbio-sis: “’Yung halaman hindi

man kilala ng ibang tao, parang ang parokya ng Sto. Rosario. Napaka-bait nila, madasalin pero hindi masyadong alam ang lugar… sinisimbo-lo ng palapat ang mga tao dito sa parokya, ka-hit binabaha na sila na-kangiti pa rin sila, at may malalim na pananampal-ataya sa Sto. Rosario.”

It is something worth knowing to the people outside the coastal and riverine enclaves. That, he said, captured the es-sence of the Palapat Fes-tival. – Bong Z. Lacson

these records with about 54,000 by the end of this year,” Eisma said.

“We are also proud of the fact that through this program, we have gener-ated more than P261 mil-lion in direct and indirect revenues since February last year,” she added.

Records at the SBMA Tourism Department in-dicated a total of 34 cruise ship arrivals here since February 2018 that brought into Subic and neighboring communities a total of 77,485 foreign tourists. Of this number, 75,450 or 97.37 percent were Chinese.

Four cruise opera-tors now visit the Subic Freeport: the Italian fi rm Costa Crociere, which logged in 22 arrivals for its fl agship MS Costa At-lantica; the Hong Kong-based Dream Cruises with nine dockings of MV

Chinese travelers boost Subic cruise...F�� ! 1 World Dream; Star Cruis-

es, which booked two ar-rivals for MV Superstar Gemini; and Royal Carib-bean Cruise, which once brought in MS Ovation of the Seas.

SBMA tourism re-cords also indicated that the 19 cruise ship arriv-als in 2018 accounted for some P45.75 million in direct revenues at the agency’s seaport and tourism offi ces, as well as an estimated P83.26 million in indirect reve-nues collected by theme parks, restaurants, bus-es and taxis, and oth-er facilities and services used by cruise ship tour-ists. These amounted to a total of P129 million.

On the other hand, cruise ship tourism in-come for the fi rst nine months of 2019 was placed at P7.94 million for direct revenues and P124.11 million for indi-rect revenues, for a total

of P132 million.Eisma said Subic ex-

pects to continue getting this tourism bonanza, as more cruise ships have confi rmed bookings here until 2021.

“This is just the start of what we hope would be a sustainable cruise tour-ism program for Subic, which would also portend inclusive tourism growth for nearby areas in Cen-tral Luzon,” Eisma said.

She pointed out that the SBMA had so far list-ed 38 confi rmed cruise ship arrivals and two ten-tative bookings for 2020, as well as four confi rmed and one tentative sched-ules for 2021.

“Best of all, of the 40 bookings for next year, 15 are confi rmed over-night stay. This could only mean more tourism income for Subic and the nearby areas of Olonga-po, Zambales, Bataan, and even Pampanga,”

she added.The overnight book-

ings, Eisma explained, was made possible by Executive Order No. 72 signed by President Duterte last December. This gave foreign na-tionals entering through Subic seaports a vi-sa-free stay of 14 days, a privilege previously given to those arriving via the Subic airport.

The SBMA offi cial also said that among the cruise ship set to arrive before the yearend is MS Spectrum of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean Cruises vessel that has booked 4,819 passengers for a Dec. 27 trip to Subic.

Spectrum of the Seas is set to be back in Subic on Jan. 20 next year with 4,819 passengers, while its sister cruise liner MS Quantum of the Seas will arrive with 4,905 tourists and 1,500 crew on Feb. 28.

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of DANTE M. SUBA who died

intestate on May 16, 2019 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as Savings Account No. 007730175611 maintained with BDO SM Hypermarket Mabalacat Branch in the amount of P124,174.68 plus interest accruing, before Notary Public Ponciano V. Dela Cruz Jr. as per Doc No. 660, Page No. 42, Book No. XIV, Series of 2019.


NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of REMEDIOS G. SANTOS who

died intestate on April 11, 2012 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 9, Block 5 of the subd. plan Psd-76245, Sht. 1, being a portion of Lot 354-A-2, described on plan Psd-24866, LRC Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of San Francisco, Mun. of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 189022-R, before Notary Public Maria Imelda Q. Tuazon as per Doc No. 444, Page No. 8, Book No. XXXIII, Series of 2019.


NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of TEOFILO L. ARROYAL who

died intestate on January 11, 2016 in Floridablanca, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 1032 of the cadastral survey of Floridablanca, Cad. Case No. 33, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 1480) situated in the Bo. of Sulib, Mun. of Floridablanca, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 232070-R, before Notary Public Roseller T. Logronio as per Doc No. 444, Page No. 90, Book No. CXIII, Series of 2019.


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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MELQUIADES R. ROBLES SR.

who died intestate sometime in March 2,000 in Masantol, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 161, Block No. 58 of the consolidation subdivision plan Pcs-03-010607) located at Beverly Place, Mexico, Pampanga, before Notary Public Joshua P. Lapuz as per Doc No. 301, Page No. 62, Book No. 61, Series of 2018.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 23, 30 & October 7, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of FERNANDO LAO TAN and

GLORIA CANDA TAN who died intestate on November 30, 2018 and March 20, 2019, respectively, both in Colorado, USA executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement on their estate, more particularly described as parcels of land including all improvements thereon, if any, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 25666Registry of Deeds for the City of Angeles

Lot 6, Block 25 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-59254 (Sheet 2), being a portion of Block 34-B, described on plan (LRC) Psd-54307, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 124, situated in the District of Cutcut, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 14145- 1418Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

1. Lot No. 13, Block No. 30 of the subdivision plan Psd-3066, being a portion of Lot No. 590 in the Cadastral survey of Angeles City, G.L.R.O. Cad. Rec. No. 124, situated in the Barrio of Lourdes, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon;

2. Lot No. 14, Block No. 30 of the subdivision plan Psd-3066, being a portion of Lot No. 590 in the Cadastral survey of Angeles City, G.L.R.O. Cad. Rec. No. 124, situated in the Barrio of Lourdes, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon;

before Notary Public Arvin M. Suller as per Doc No. 1637, Page No. 36, Book No. LXII, Series of 2019.


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 48CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA

RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH JOSEPHINE CARRANZA.

SP. PROC. NO. 6048JOSEPHINE CARRANZA, represented by her Attorney-in-fact, ROSALINA T. CARRANZA, Petitioner,

- versus -

BON PEN UY, LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, Respondents.

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

A verifi ed petition having been fi led by the herein petitioner, Josephine Carranza, represented by her Attorney-in-fact, Rosalina T. Carranza dated August 19, 2019, praying that after due notice, and hearing an order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to correct the errors in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of Josephine Carranza, the errors are as follows:

a. Item No. 3, her middle and surname is CARRANZA UY instead of CARRANZA only as her surname is without any middle name;

b. Entries of her father should be deleted, she not being acknowledged by her father;

c. Birth place of her mother should be San Fernando, Pampanga and not Bicol;

d. Item No. 23 instead of YES, it should be NO since Josephine is not a legitimate child; and

e. Item No. 24, the date and place of marriage should be deleted as mother of the petitioner and private respondent were not or never married, a copy of the Certifi cate of No Record of Marriage.

Finding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that the same will be heard by this Court on November 22, 2019 at 11:00 o’clock in the morning, inviting all persons interested therein to show cause, if any, why the aforesaid petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner.

Furnish copies of this Order, together with the copy of the petition and its annexes, the Local Civil Registrar of City of San Fernando, Pampanga; the National Statistician (former Civil Registrar General), Philippine Statistics Authority (formerly National Statistics Offi ce), Edsa Cor. Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City 1104; and the Offi ce of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City.

Likewise, let a copy of this Order be furnished the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court (OCC), Regional Trial Court, City of San Fernando, Pampanga; the Offi ce of the City Prosecutor, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, petitioner, counsel for the petitioner, and private respondent Bon Pen Uy.

SO ORDERED.City of San Fernando, Pampanga, September 12, 2019.

CHRISTINE MARIE C. CAPULE Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: September 23, 30 & October 7, 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of AMRAFEL O. ALFONSO who

died intestate on September 17, 2006 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 12, Block 65 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-57373 (Sheet 2), being a portion of Lot 4, described on plan (LRC) Pcs-3857, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 124) situated in the Barrio of Balibago, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 115996 in the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Michael C. Yabut as per Doc No. 204, Page No. 41, Book No. XXVII, Series of 2019.


NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JUAN EUGERIO and AMPARO

EUGERIO who died intestate on January 8, 2010 and October 11, 2014, respectively, both in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 18, Block 2 of the subd. plan (LRA) Psd-382884, approved as non-subdivision project, being a portion of Block 24, (LRC) Psd-13249, LRC Rec. No. 11732) situated in the Barrio of Malabanias, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 1587880 in the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Virgilio S. Lansang as per Doc No. 436, Page No. 64, Book No. 23, Series of 2016.


Rayver Cruz and Janine Gutierrezreveal highlights of their Paris vacationRAYVER CRUZ fl ew to Paris to join rumored girlfriend Janine Gutierrez, who celebrated her birthday last October 2. Upon fl ying back to Manila, he went straight to his taping for his ongoing Kapuso drama/horror series Hanggang Sa Dulo ng Buhay Ko.

How was his trip?“Okay naman.”According to Rayver, the highlight of their trip was Janine’s birthday last Wednesday, October 2.Rayver remarked, “The whole trip! Of course, yung birthday.“Bukod sa birthday, highlight siguro lahat dahil fi rst time ko kasing pumunta ng Paris. Kasi nakikita ko

lang siya sa movies, e. Kahit mga Hollywood movies, ang daming nagsu-shooting dun, e. ‘Tapos, nakikita ko lang sa pictures, like yung Eiff el Tower, yung Château de Versailles. Marami, marami akong napuntahan na tuwang-tuwa ako.”

What did he feel the fi rst time he saw the Eiff el Tower and the other scenic sights?“Maganda! Tuwang-tuwa ako. Sobra akong natuwa, para akong bata dun sa buong trip!” he confessed.“‘Tsaka tuwang-tuwa ako kapag kumukuha kami ng ticket na yung may tour talaga, may audio guide,

‘tapos meron kang local na nagtu-tour sa iyo, gusto ko yung ganun. ‘Tsaka yung Versailles, kasi parang... sobrang laki nung garden niya. Kasi parang siya na yung dulo ng Île-de-France [Island of France] e, parang dulo na siya, e. Yung lupa niya, sobrang laki, hindi mo kayang ikutin yung garden nang isang oras lang. Kasi marami rin siyang something sa garden, so nag-rent kami ng old cart, ‘tapos sinulit talaga namin.”

He said, “Suwerte lang din kami, kasi maulan dun sa France, e, pero nung nandun kami, parang lahat ng lakad namin, after namin matapos sa isang lugar, saka lang umuulan, kaya suwerte!”

Rayver admits to being fascinated by the history of a particular locale, and makes it a point to travel as much as he can. He remarked, “Ang sayang mag-travel, lalo na hangga’t kaya pa!”

Of course, the trip was even more special because of Janine, whom he loves surprising.He added, “Ako naman kasi, ever since, gustung-gusto kong sinu-surprise siya.”Did Janine know that he would follow her to Paris?He revealed, “Alam naman niya pero kasi nung naayos na, nung inayos ko na, parang sinakto ko talaga

na birthday niya.”“Lagi ko kasing ginagawa yun, kung titingnan niyo naman yung past birthdays niya, kung saan siya, sila

ng family niya, sumusunod ako. Kasi gusto ko yung... alam mo yun, gusto ko lang na ginagawa ko yun, kasi she loves travelling. So kung maaari talaga, gusto niyang sine-celebrate yung birthday niya sa ibang bansa.

“Nung last year lang ata hindi, pero lahat kasi ng birthdays niya, kahit noong hindi ko pa siya kilala, lagi siyang nasa... kung hindi man out-of-the country, pero wala sa Manila.”

To celebrate Janine’s birthday, they had dinner at a French restaurant. They had a “birthday pasta” at the Pink Mamma, an Italian restaurant which has a giant skylight for a roof. Rayver refused to disclose his birthday gift for Janine.

After his stint for Hanggang Sa Dulo ng Buhay Ko, does Rayver wish to be paired with Janine for his follow-up project?

He said, “Kung ipagpa-partner kami ni Janine, siyempre masaya kasi nga mas magiging super-dali, so bakit hindi, di ba? Gugustuhin ko rin naman talaga na makatrabaho siya.”

“Pero kung hindi pa rin naman, okay lang naman kasi hindi naman kailangang madaliin. Pag wala namang trabaho, pag Sunday naman at libre kami parehas, nakikita ko naman siya or pag walang work. So parang ganun na rin naman. Pero kung makakatrabaho ko siya, bakit naman hindi, bakit naman hindi?

“Kasi alam ko nga na ngayon nga lang na hindi ko siya nakakatrabaho, madaming natutuwa or madaming nagtu-tweet, di ba?”

The two have been seeing each other for two years.Rayver recently labeled the status of their relationship as

“intense dating stage.”q q q

MISS UNIVERSE 1969 Gloria Diaz is cast as Gloria Reyes in the Hollywood series Insatiable.

The Filipina beauty queen-turned-actress will be seen in season 2 of the popular black drama-comedy series.

She plays a pageant queen named Gloria Reyes in Insatiable Season 2, which will be available on Netfl ix starting October 11.

“In every pageant, there is always the big diva,” said Gloria in the BTS video.

The former Miss Universe admitted that she initially thought the off er was a mistake.

“I kept quiet to myself when Netfl ix fi rst talked to me.

“I was a little shy. In fact, I thought maybe they made a mistake. Everybody here was so nice.”

Accompanied by a camera crew, Gloria showed viewers the set of Insatiable.

Debbie Ryan, who plays lead character Patty Bladwell, greeted Gloria with a warm hug and said, “We’re having so much fun with you. You’re really bringing on the glamor.”

Gloria recalled how she overcame her nervousness while doing the American TV show. “I was very, very tense but my director told me, ‘Relax. Act like a diva.’ “I said, ‘That sounds like me.’”

In the video clip, she had to introduce some of her co-stars. Gloria proudly mentioned that Vince Rodriguez III, who plays Detective Rudy Cruz, is Filipino. The actor confi rmed this by answering “Opo.”

Vince Rodriguez is a Filipino-American actor who made headlines when he was cast in an American show, playing the romantic lead in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Gloria then showed her very own trailer with her name on it. It featured a huge wardrobe section.

To end the video, Gloria waved good-bye to the crew and showed everyone her own version of the “lava walk.”

Insatiable revolves around Patty Bladell, a high school student who was constantly bullied for being overweight. After undergoing a dramatic change in her life, she becomes thin and seeks revenge on her bullies as she transforms into a pageant queen.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chair and administrator Wilma T. Eisma has scheduled regular weekly clean-ups and called for volunteers to help maintain the sports ven-ues here for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games.

In a video message posted on social media, the SBMA head asked for assistance and stressed the importance of cleaning up Subic in time for hosting the 17 competitions to be held here from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11.

“Come, join us; come and volunteer,” Eisma said. “Help us clean our beaches; help us clean the game

venues so that we can show the world a Subic Bay Freeport that’s clean, a Subic Bay Freeport that’s united.”

She added that with less than 10 weeks into the 30th SEA Games, the agency would need all the help it could get from residents, employees of loca-tor-fi rms, and even students in the Subic Bay Free-port Zone and the neighboring communities “so that we can show a face of Subic that is worthy of pride to the whole world.”

Under the clean-up schedule, the volunteers, along with SBMA personnel, will start cleaning the sites from 3 to 5 p.m. each Friday.

Aside from the regular Friday schedule, SBMA de-partments have been also assigned on to do clean-ups from Monday to Friday from Sept. 30 until the start of the SEA Games.

The four crucial clean-up sites are the Waterfront Road/Boardwalk area, Remy Field, Malawaan Park, and San Bernardino Road.

SBMA senior deputy administrator for business and investment Renato Lee had also encouraged business locators to join the weekly clean-up and asked them to “adopt” clean-up areas.

He said the other areas that need to be main-tained include the Moonbay Marina complex, Ka-laklan Gate, Magsaysay Bridge, the former Park ‘n Shop, the vicinity of Harbor Point Mall, Subic Inter-national Hotel, Times Square, Golden Dragon, and Subic Bay Yacht Club.

He also asked neighboring locators to join clean-up projects near the Pamulaklakin River, Flying V gas station, NSD area, Rali’s Point, Triboa Bay, Edgewa-ter, Acea Subic Bay Resort, the New Container Ter-minal, All Hands Beach Resort, and Hanjin jetty.

The SBMA is now undertaking a P133.5-million rehabilitation of sports facilities here, as well as re-pairing major roads to prepare for the Sea Games.

Eisma said the quality of the sports venues and other facilities in Subic, including the quality of the en-vironment, would signifi cantly defi ne the SEA Games experience for delegates, as well as the general im-pression of how the Philippines hosted the event.

Out of the 56 sports events in the 2019 SEA Games, Subic will host 17. These are sepak takraw, beach volleyball, beach handball, muay Thai, pencak silat, table tennis, triathlon, duathlon, modern pen-tathlon, sailing, windsurfi ng, traditional boat race, ca-noe, kayak, chess, rowing, and shooting.

SBMA sets ‘Clean-up Fridays’ to prepare for SEA Games

WHAT’S BETTER than having your grilled meat with melted cheese dip? That’s exactly what to expect when you visit the Romantic Baboy Samgyupsal Unlimited Korean Grill at the Tech Hub 6 in SM City Clark.

Mall goers will have noticed the budding restaurants in the mall. Romantic Baboy is one of the newest, more notable establishments. The fact that the restaurant is always full – with long queues to boot since day one – shows that it has been well received, capturing the taste buds of the locals.

“Our competitive edge is the quality and taste of the food because we use special marinade and sauces. We off er diff erent dining experience, “cheesi-

er” dining experience like the presen-tation of our bulpan griller wherein we put kimchi, egg and bestseller cheese around the bulpan while grilling. Also, we give value for money and excellent customer service. Plus a free red rose to every diner after dining to Romantic Baboy, “ shared Joy Defensor head of operations.

The marinade in their meat and sauces is divine! For only P499 per head, get unlimited serving of premi-um cuts of perfectly-fl avored pork and beef including eight meat selections - Herb Samgyupsal (thick pork slab with herbs), Woo Samgyup (thin slice beef brisket), Moksal (thick slice pork), Daepe Samgyupsal (thin slice pork), Yangyum Galbi (marinated pork bar-beque) , Romantic Bulgogi (marinated beef) , Spicy Beef and Curry Beef.

The grilled meat either dipped in

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melted cheese or wrapped in lettuce with cream cheese once it gets to mingle in your mouth, ahh, a perfect match!

Set your senses ablaze with the Yangyum Galbi, my per-sonal favorite, sweetness is slowly introduced by the glazed and freshness of the meat is revealed, just enough to fi t nicely with the Filipino palate.

What smoke-grilling on stainless versus charcoal griller does to the meat is not evident, but what I do know is that in Romantic Baboy they use stainless griller and the meat is ten-der and perfectly cooked.

Enjoy all these with their delicious and equally stellar banchan or side dishes like sweet potato, fi sh cake, coleslaw, pa muchim (scallion salad) and Samgyup staples - soup, rice and lettuce.

Aside from the grilled meat, Romantic Baboy off ers other food choices to get you in the mood. Tickle your taste buds with the ala carte menu featur-ing Korean classics like Bimbimbap, Seaweed Roll, or Kim-bab and Ramyun plus refreshing special fruit shakes to bal-ance everything.

Of all the fl avorful restaurants hereabout, Romantic Baboy takes premium spot. Striking like Cupid, giving the right bal-ance of classic taste while playfully adding romantic food de-light.

For more details visit facebook page Romantic Baboy SM City Clark.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESDepartment of Transportation and

CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING

AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Offi ce No. III

City of San Fernando, Pampanga

Application for Extension of Validity of aCertifi cate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ service.

R-EV-PJ-2019-i-2004-00565MARICRIS C. CAINGAT /Applicant

x-------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF HEARING

Applicant is a grantee of a Certifi cate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ Service for the transportation of passengers and freight on the route CHECKPOINT-HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY (Angeles City) and vice versa with the use of one (1) unit/s, which certifi cate is valid up to September 22, 2019. In the application fi led on September 16, 2019. Applicant request for the Extension of Validity of said Certifi cate with the use of the same number of unit authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this Application will be heard by this Board on October 14, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at its Offi ce at the above address.

Applicant is hereby ordered to publish this Notice at least FIVE (5) days before the above date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in REGION III.

Parties opposed to the granting of the Application must fi le their written oppositions supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date, copy of the same be furnished to the applicant, and may if they so desire appear on the said date and time.

This application will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of the records of this case submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary evidence for the judicious resolution of the same.

WITNESS the Honorable AHMED G. CUIZON, Regional Director this 24th day of September 2019 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

JE-JESUS D. SISON Hearing Offi cer

PUNTO! Central Luzon: October 7, 2019

ERRATUMIn the Order of the Regional Trial Court, Third Judicial Region, Branch

52, Guagua, Pampanga re: SP PROC. No. G-19-2736 of our September 12, 19 & 26, 2019 issues, “CANCELLATION OF RECORDS OF MELVIN MANALANSAN BANSIL” should be “CANCELLATION OF RECORDS OF NELVIN MANALANSAN BANSIL” and not as earlier published.

Punto! Central Luzon: October 7, 2019

NOTICE OF LOSSNotice is hereby given that FELIX DIZON, of legal age, Filipino, married to

Susana Gamboa and a resident of Kabayung Sarul, San Ildefonso, Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Loss on the Owner’s Duplicate Original Copy of Certifi cate of Land Ownership Award No. 00809933, before Notary Public Edmond V. Dantes as per Doc No. 1224, Page No. 47, Book No. VII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: October 7, 2019

lis.“We have not just

planned it, we have not just talked about it, we have actually done it. Phase 1A of the NCC in-cludes the 20,000-seat-er Athletics Stadium, 2,000-seater Aquatics Center and the Athletes’ Village which are ready for this year’s 30thSouth East Asian Games,” Di-zon said.

“These facilities were built in just 18 months since it broke ground in January 2018,” Dizon added.

SC breaks ground for fi rst Judiciary Regional...F"#$ %&'* 1 It was learned that

the 5.8-hectare Judicia-ry Regional Center will house a data and an ar-chive center for the SC’s business and historical records, housing facili-ties, a training center for the Philippine Judicial Academy, and dedicat-ed areas for the Court of Appeals, the Court of Tax Appeals, and the Sandi-ganbayan.

Detailed develop-ment plan for the com-plex is scheduled to be fi nished this year while construction is set to start next year.

–Ashley Manabat

Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin (2nd from right) leads the groundbreaking ceremony for the fi rst Judiciary Regional Center at New Clark City. Joining him are (from left) NEDA director-general Ernesto Pernia, BCDA president and CEO Vince Dizon, and Supreme Court administrator Jose Midas Marquez.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Bureau of Customs (BOC) district agency here has chalked up another unprecedented performance in its revenue collection drive by registering a 61.27 percent in cash contribu-tion covering nine months period.

Port of Subic headed by district collector Maritess Martin recorded a cumulative revenue output from January to September of P24.821 billion as com-pared to the district’s same period output in 2018 of

67.27% HIKE

BOC-Subic collections hit P24.8-BP15.391 billion, or a staggering P9.430 billion more or 61.27 percent hike.

Last month, the Port whose main revenue in-come are derived from the payment of import duties of petroleum products, used heavy duty trucks and commodities raised P3.107 billion, the second time it breached the P3-billion revenues made for the fi rst time in May this year amounting to P3.161 billion.

Team Subic is looking forward to hit its 2019 full year

collection target of P24.868 billion this month, as its nine-month collections had already hit P24.821 billion or just P46.924 million short, or a mere -0.19 per cent.

Collector Martin attributes the consistent revenue intake of the Port to the collective support that the district unit is getting from the Subic Bay Metropoli-tan Authority and the private container terminal oper-ator, Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. – Willie E. Capulong, contributor

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NEW CLARK CITY, Tarlac – Over 50 members of the Uni-versity of the Philippines (UP) varsity swimming team recent-ly trained at the new Aquat-ics Center here highlighting the world class quality of the sports facility.

“This pool is the fi rst of its kind in the Philippines and I think it will really help the de-velopment of [competitive] swimming in the country,” said Hans Chua, captain of the UP

NCC’s Aquatics Center opens doors to UP varsity teammen’s swimming team.

“Performance-wise, this kind of facility is an extra motivation, an extra push [to do] better. It simulates the competition type of en-vironment,” asserts Nadine Tee Ten, co-captain of the women’s team.

Yssa Pogiongko, cap-tain of the women’s team, disclosed how hard the team works to represent their school and bring pride to the UP commu-nity. UP is the only state

The University of the Philippines (UP) Varsity Swimming Team pose for a picture after recently training at the New Clark City Aquatics Center. C!)"+,$("-. / !"!

university competing among the eight-member collegiate league.

“Swimming is a sports that takes a lot of training and prac-tice to become better. So, we re-ally train every day,” Pogiongko said. “As much as we can, we train twice a day. We put so much eff ort in every training session—whether early in the morning or late at night.”

Enthused Bases Conver-sion and Development Authori-ty (BCDA) president-CEO Vince Dizon: “Our athletes lack mod-ern training facilities that they de-

serve that’s why we’re happy to host the UP varsity swim-ming team since New Clark City is built to be an inclusive city.”

He viewed the swimming team’s use of the facility as proof that the sports complex will soon be a premier training ground for national athletes.

The UP pool is currently closed due to a long overdue renovation which makes train-ing for the team more diffi cult as they compete for this sea-son’s University Athletic As-

sociation of the Philippines (UAAP) swimming champion-ships.

The Aquatics Center here features a 10-lane competi-tion pool, eight-lane training pool, and a diving pool with a fi ve-meter maximum depth.

Accredited by the Feder-ation Internationale De Nata-tion (FINA), the Aquatics Cen-ter will host swimming, diving, water polo and artistic swim-ming competitions during this year’s 30th South East Asian Games.

PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON • OCTOBER 7 - 9, 2019 • MONDAY - WEDNESDAY

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PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! to Ombudsman

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