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The best things in life are Libre VOL. 8 NO. 20 • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008 LECHE ANG BUHAY INGAT na ingat sa pagpepedal ang mamà upang walang mabasag sa dala-dala niyang dose-dosenang itlog. Tuwing Pasko marami ang naghahanda ng leche flan na ang pangunahin sangkap ay pula ng itlog. LYN RILLON Huling araw na ng pamimigay ng INQUIRER LIBRE ng Barbie Dolls at Hot Wheels; Basahin sa page 6 Batay sa information sheet na sinagutan ng mga nagwagi, “they picked up the winning combination using significant dates of family members,” ani Cedro. Aniya, hindi pa alam ng dating pulis, na nagsabing may tatlong anak na pamilya- do na, kung ano ang gagawin sa premyo niya. “He said he planned to de- posit the money first in the bank and decide later what to do with it,” ani Cedro. Ido-donate ng guro ang 10 porsyento ng kanyang premyo sa kawanggawa at bibigyan ang apat na kapatid ng tig-P1 milyon. “The rest of the mon- ey she said, would be for in- vestment,” balak umano ng guro, ani Cedro. Buenas 7 Pitó maghahati sa P180-M jackpot ng Super Lotto Ni Nancy C. Carvajal P AGHAHATIAN ng pitong tao na tumaya sa iba’t ibang panig ng Luzon ang P180.3-mil- yong 6/49 Super Lotto pot, sinabi kahapon ng Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Ayon kay PCSO spokesper- son Larry Cedro, dalawa na ang kumubra ng premyo (tig- P25.7 milyon) kahapon, isang retiradong pulis mula sa San Juan at isang di-kasal na guro mula sa Quezon City. Hindi pa nagpapakita sa tanggapan ng PCSO sa Que- zon City ang limang iba pang tumama, na tumaya sa No- valiches at Galas, Quezon City; Taytay, Rizal; Imus, Cavite; San Juan; Parañaque; at Candelaria, Quezon. Lumabas sa bola noong Linggo ng gabi ang kumbi- nasyong 13-24-27-08-42-31. Ani Cedro, ito ang unang pagkakataon sa taong ito na tinamaan ng maraming ma- nanaya ang ganoon kalaking premyo. Dumating ang dating pulis bago mag-tanghali, habang hapon naman nagpakita ang guro. “It only took at least 20 minutes to process their claims separately,” ani Cedro. Palpak sa Olympics, TAÑAMOR nakaginto sa World Cup page 8 TAÑAMOR

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The best things in life are Libre VOL. 8 NO. 20 • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008

LECHEANGBUHAYINGAT na ingat sapagpepedal ang mamàupang walang mabasagsa dala-dala niyangdose-dosenang itlog.Tuwing Pasko maramiang naghahanda ngleche flan na angpangunahin sangkap aypula ng itlog.

LYN RILLON

•Huling araw na ngpamimigay ng INQUIRERLIBRE ng Barbie Dolls atHot Wheels; Basahin sapage 6

Batay sa information sheetna sinagutan ng mga nagwagi,“they picked up the winningcombination using significantdates of family members,” aniCedro.

Aniya, hindi pa alam ngdating pulis, na nagsabingmay tatlong anak na pamilya-do na, kung ano ang gagawinsa premyo niya.

“He said he planned to de-posit the money first in thebank and decide later what todo with it,” ani Cedro.

Ido-donate ng guro ang 10porsyento ng kanyang premyosa kawanggawa at bibigyanang apat na kapatid ng tig-P1milyon. “The rest of the mon-ey she said, would be for in-vestment,” balak umano ngguro, ani Cedro.

Buenas 7Pitó maghahati sa P180-M jackpot ng Super LottoNi Nancy C. Carvajal

P AGHAHATIAN ng pitong tao na tumaya saiba’t ibang panig ng Luzon ang P180.3-mil-yong 6/49 Super Lotto pot, sinabi kahapon

ng Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).Ayon kay PCSO spokesper-

son Larry Cedro, dalawa naang kumubra ng premyo (tig-P25.7 milyon) kahapon, isangretiradong pulis mula sa SanJuan at isang di-kasal na guromula sa Quezon City.

Hindi pa nagpapakita satanggapan ng PCSO sa Que-zon City ang limang iba pangtumama, na tumaya sa No-valiches at Galas, QuezonCity; Taytay, Rizal; Imus,

Cavite; San Juan; Parañaque;at Candelaria, Quezon.

Lumabas sa bola noongLinggo ng gabi ang kumbi-nasyong 13-24-27-08-42-31.

Ani Cedro, ito ang unangpagkakataon sa taong ito natinamaan ng maraming ma-nanaya ang ganoon kalakingpremyo.

Dumating ang dating pulisbago mag-tanghali, habanghapon naman nagpakita angguro. “It only took at least 20minutes to process theirclaims separately,” ani Cedro.

• Palpak saOlympics,TAÑAMORnakaginto saWorld Cup

page 8TAÑAMOR

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2 NEWS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008 Editor in ChiefChito dF. dela Vega

Desk editorsRomel M. LalataDennis U. EroaArmin P. AdinaCenon B. BibeGraphic artist

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Pati bilyonaryo kasama sa nalokosa big-time ‘pyramiding’ sa USNEW YORK—Humahaba ang talaan ng mgamamumuhunang nagsabing naloko sila ngpinakamalaking Ponzi scheme sa Wall Street,kabilang ang isang Jewish youth charity saBoston at malalaking bangko hanggang Zurich,maging si New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg,isa sa pinakamayayamang kasapi ng Senado.Inaresto si Wall Street money manager Bernard

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PARA SA KAARAWAN NI PACMAN

ang napakarami niyangmga tagahanga sa OvalPlaza Grandstand, 1.5kilometro ang layo.Isang boxing ring

ang magiging entabla-do sa convention hall,palilibutan ng slot ma-chines at poker tables,ayon kay MichaelBren Evangelio, isa samga nag-aasikaso sakaganapan. Aniya, P1milyon ang nilaan niPacquiao para sakaarawan.

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(Sgd.) MARIE ANGELA S. GOPALANDirector, Human Resource Management

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Simbang Gabi may pampagisingGISINGIN ninyo angaantok-antok na ka-wan ng Diyos sa pa-mamagitan ng buhayna pangangaral at ma-siglang mga awitin.

I to ang buod ngtagubilin ng Archdio-cese of Manila sa mgapari at layko na sasa-lubong sa mga Kato-likong gigising nangmaaga ngayong uma-ga sa pagsisimula ngSimbang Gabi.

Ang pagsasagawang siyam na araw na

Misa de Gallo ay nag-simula noong pana-hon ng Kastila.

“What the Churchasks when you arrivei s to g ive yourse l fcompletely to the cel-ebration,” sabi ni Fr.Genaro Diwa, direktorng Ministry for Litur-gical Affairs.

Hinimok ni Diwaang mga pari na mag-bigay ng buhay at ma-kahulugang sermon.

“You will be sur-prised that many of

our people are lookingfor substantial homi-lies. I think that willmake a difference,”dagdag niya.

“That’s one thing.The other is, I thinkall the choirs wouldbe convinced that aSimbang Gabi withoutgood singing is tanta-mount to a sandwichwithout anything in-side,” sabi pa ng pari.Dona Pazzibugan,Tarra QuismundoJeannette I. Andrade

Iraqi pinukol2 sapatos kayGeorge Bush‘My farewell kiss, you dog!’BAGHDAD—Sumigaw ng “This is afarewell kiss, you dog” at “This isfrom the widows, the orphans andthose who were killed in Iraq!” sawikang Arabiko, pinagbabato ng sap-atos ng isang reporter na Iraqi si USPresident George Bush noong Linggo.

Nasa isang farewell visit dito si Bush, nanakailag sa dalawang sapatos na ipinukol sakanya sa gitna ng isang news conferencekasama si Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Muntik nang tamaan si Bush ng mga sa-patos, na malakas na humampas sa dingdingsa likod ng mga pinuno.

Sa kulturang Iraqi, tanda ng panghahamakang pagbato ng sapatos sa isang tao.

Hinagis ang sapatos nang papakamay na sinaBush at al-Maliki. Tumalon mula sa kanyang inu-upuan si Al-Baghdadia television correspondentMuntadar al-Zeidi at pinukol ang sapatos sa pan-gulo, na may 20 talampakan ang layo sa kanya.

Nagkagulo nang kubkubin ng mga tauhanni al-Maliki si al-Zeidi. Pininid siya sa sahig,pagkatapos ay inilabas ng silid.

“So what if the guy threw a shoe at me?”ani Bush sa mga reporter. “If you want thefacts, it was a size 10,” pagbibiro pa niya.

Reuters, AFP, New York Times News Service

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SHOWBUZZ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008 5ROMEL M. LALATA, Editor

[email protected]

Nap Gutierrez

Freebiz

9PASKO NA!PPAASSKKOO NNAA!!aarraaww nnaa llaanngg

Pati ba naman burolmay exclusive coverage?

ANG hirap din na-man talaga kapagmay network war.

Akala ko, kasallang ng mga bigstars ang may exclu-sivity sa isang istasy-on.

Kapag ikinasalang isang kapuso nasuperstar, GMA langang puwedeng mag-cover.

Kapag ikinasalnaman ang isang bigstar ng Kapamilyanetwork, Channel 2lang ang may karap-atang mag-cover.

Pero nakakalokana kapag pati palalibing at burol ngisang artista, mayexclusivity pa rin.

Pati ba namanyun pag-aawayan paat gagawin pang is-sue.

Kawawa namansi Marky Cielo.

* * *Di ko lang matan-

daan pero nung lib-ing at burol kaya niRico Yan na isangKapamilya eh maynag-ban din sa mgataga-GMA na mag-cover ng burol at li-bing?

* * *Wala na si Didith

Reyes, ang datingsikat na singer nanagpasikat ng BakitAko Mahihiya atAraw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi.

Email ni Mrs. Es-peranza Gomez ngCaloocan City nadating fan ni Didith.

“Nakakatawa,pero sa burol ehkung anu-ano na na-mang papuri angnarinig natin sa mgatv interview.

Kung kailan walana si Didith at tsakakung anu-anong tu-long ang ibinigay.

Ilan kaya sa mgaito ang tunay nanagbigay ng tulongkay Didith nungmga panahong gu-magapang siya sa hi-rap at tunay nanaghihikahos?

Tanong ng isangnag-email sa amin,nassan ba sila nungmga panahongkailangang-kailan-gan ni Didith angtulong?

Nagbigay pa silakahit na singkongduling nung lumapitsa kanila si Didith?"

Oo nga naman.* * *

Walang kagatol-gatol na sinagot niKarylle ang tanongsa kanya sa The Buzzkung may kinala-man ba si MarianRivera sa break-upnila ni DingdongDantes.

Ang sagotniya—wala.

None at all.Eh bakit patuloy

na lumalabas nakontrabida si Mariansa break-up ninaKarylle at Ding-dong?

* * *Napadaan kami

sa World TradeBazaar a few daysago.

Dito mo makikitaang sari-saring

bagay napuwedemong ipang-regalo saPasko at sabinila, sa masmababangpresyo.

Pero nais ko langikuwento sa inyo nadito rin ako nakakitang isang toothpastena hindi kulay puti okulay green kundikulay itim.

Bakit itim?Yun pala herbal

toothpaste.Ipinagmayabang

nung may-ari na angtoothpaste na ito aygrabeng magpagal-ing ng singaw atmag-protekta nggums.

Bukod sa instantbreath freshener paito.

Nung subukannamin, napatunayannaming tutuo nga.

Kaya sabi naminsa kanya, tutulun-gan namin siya tospread the word lalona’t no.1 pala yungtoothpaste na yun sabansa kung saan ni-la ito inimport.

Tawagan nyo siFrederick sa 0922-8920331 kung naisnyong makabilinung Twin Lotusherbal toothpaste.

I swear, kakaibatalaga.

* * *Grabe ang paghi-

hirap na inaabot niJudy Anne Santosmaipasok lang angPloning sa Oscar’s.

Ni sa hinagap ayhindi marahil naisipni Judy Anne naga-gawin niya ang mgaginagawa niya ngay-

on para lang matu-pad ang mga pan-garap niya para sapelikula niya.

Nasa US si Judayat kung kani-kaninosila lumalapit paralang mai-lobby angPloning.

Sana nga lang,her hard work paysoff.

* * *Isang sikat na

PBA player na dat-ing may girlfriendna artista ang naka-move on na matapossilang maghiwalay.

Noon ay inakalang lahat ngpakakasal na silapero hindi pala silapara sa isa't isa.

May bagong girl-friend na si playerpero non-showbizito.

* * *Naging malaking

tagumpay ang gi-nanap na motorcadeni Marian Rivera saDavao City nungLinggo.

Grabe ang daming tao at mula palang sa Apo ViewHotel kung saannag-umpisa ang mo-torcade, hindi namapigilan ang mgatao.

Kinagabihan,nag-contract signingna sina Marian atMr. Dennis Uy paraofficially ay magingendorser na si Mari-an ng PhoenixPetroleum, isangmajor oil player saMindanao and soon,dito sa Luzon atVisayas.

Si Manny Pac-quiao ay endorserdin ng Phoenix Oil.

Cesar to sing with ArnelBy Dolly Ann Carvajal

I HAD a blast with my amigo muysimpatico Cesar Montano andJourney’s front man Arnel Pineda

at Buboy’s resto, Bellissimo. They metway back, during Arnel’s strugglingdays at Spindle.

“I was shy and hewas busy,” recalledArnel. “But musicpaved the way for usto be friends.”

Now that Arnelhas hit the big time,he and Buboy areplanning to stage aconcert in variousprovinces.

“It would be anhonor to work with agreat artist likeBuboy,” says Arnel.Buboy is equally ex-cited that Arnelagreed to do a duetwith him in his nextalbum, Subok Uli.

“Ibang klase angboses ni Arnel,”gushed Buboy.“Parang may ibangpathway na di-nadaanan.”

My fave band TrueFaith’s Medwin andEugene Marfil andJake Lumacad game-ly jammed with them.So did DuncanRamos. Listening toall of them sing waspure rapture!

Arnel remainsgrounded even if heis already way upthere. “My mostmemorable momentwith Journey so far iswhen the hard coreSteve Perry fanscheered for me andaccepted me as thenew vocalist of theband,” he said.

As we were sayingour goodbyes in frontof the resto, a speed-ing car would have hit

me if Buboy hadn’tpull me back. Buboy istruly my hero friend.In my heart, I build amonument for himeach day.

Pops-Martinconcert

Pops Fernandezhad a simple birthdaydinner celebrationwith family and closefriends.

“I was so busy thepast months that I to-tally forgot to plananything,” said Pipay.“Martin, Jom and mytwo boys gave megifts from the heart.They all knew what Iwanted.”

Martin wasn’t atthe dinner because hewas out of town. Themuch-awaited Pops-Martin Valentine con-cert is finally pushingthrough on Feb. 6 atthe Big Dome, and Pi-pay’s boyfriend, Jo-mari Yllana is pro-ducing.

One kind of lovegives way to another.

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PPPAmbilis lumaki ngtiyan mo ngayon

YYSige, magpanggap ka.Ikaw rin mahihirapan

‘‘Mura nga bili mo,

gastos ng maintenance

PPPWait ka muna bagoilabas wierd na ideya

YYYMadulas siya,parang palos

‘‘‘‘Buking na angkaperahan mo

PPBawal maawasa sarili mo

YYHindi ka maka-decidekung sinong iibigin

‘‘‘Sakit mo talaga

ang hindi makahindi

PPPTry mo lahat para di

obvious ang choice mo

YYYTapang niya, makunatlang, parang kalabaw

‘‘‘‘‘Savings mo umabotna ng P1000! Yehey!!!

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bwahaha! Di mwahaha!

YMukha ka raw t_e...ambaho ng face mo!

‘‘‘‘Manood ka na ng

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PPAng ayaw yumuko,

tiyak na may stiff neck

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PPPRarayumahin ka pag dipinainit tubig pampaligo

SOLUTION TOTODAY’S PUZZLE

ACROSS1. Pulpy mass4. Explode9. Beverage

11. OK12. Vapor14. Spiny-leaved plant15. Lingers

17. Leguminous plant18. Straps19. Lease20. ----- Dame22. Coal waste25. Enthusiastic28. Tarnish29. Unstable31. Market33. Evade34. Set anew35. Crimson36. Weight allowances37. Depression

DOWN1. Be compelled2. Cubic meter3. Earshot4. Woman garments5. Tree piece6. Wide open7. Number8. Cure10. Acid

13. Tobacco residue16. Organic compound19. Amused somebody21. Fewer22. Wise23. Beer24. Came up26. Technical exercise27. Empty of something29. Partakes30. Coin32. Soak

CROSSWORD PUZZLE BY ROY LUARCA

ANDOY’S WORLD ANDRE ESTILLORE

JokettiimmeeKAPATID sa labas

BILOY: Toknoy, anong gagawin mo kapag may kapatid ka sa labas?TOKNOY: Eh ’di papapasukin ko sa loob ng bahay kawawa naman eh'.

—galing kay John Paulo Magaan, 22, Navotas city

MALAKING problema sa sisterMADRE: Father, pagsabihan n’yo naman po yung mga seminarista.

Kasi dun sila umiihi sa pader sa likod ng kumbento. Nakakahiya po!PADRE: Ah, huwag ka mag-alala. Maliit na bagay lang yun at hindi na

dapat pansinin.MADRE: Hindi po father, Malalaki po!

—galing kay Miguel Doming ng Las Piñas

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Sina LarryCiprianoat AlicelleBinas angWeatherLovers forthe Weekng Libre

Wednesday,Dec. 17

Ang ginaw parin ah. Dapat’wag ka nangbumitaw sapagkakayakapkay honey.

Marikina age-groupchessfest SabadoLALARGA na ngayongSabado, Disyembre20, ang ika-11 AlayKay Mayor “Searchfor the BagongBayani” age-group ac-tive chess champi-onship sa lobby areang Marikina SportsPark, Marikina City.

Ang torneyong itoay para sa mgabatang may edad 14pababa. Ang overallchampion ay tatang-gap ng P2,000 prem-yo habang ang run-ner-up ay magbubulsang P1,000.

Ang ikatlongpwesto ay mananalong P750 at ang 4th to7th placers naman aymabibigyan ng P400bawat isa.

Ang mga age-group winner sa Un-der-8, Under-10, Un-

der-12 at Under-14categories ay tatang-gap din ng P1,000premyo bawat isa.

Ang format ay sev-en-round Swiss sys-tem at may limit na30 minuto kada play-er bawat laro.

Sina GrandmasterEugene Torre, angkauna-unahang GMng Asya, at MarikinaMayor Marides C. Fer-nando ay naimbita-han para isagawa angceremonial openingmoves.

Para sa karagda-gang detalye, tawa-gan si Johnny “Joel”Gaudia sa mobilenumber 0919-626-8874 o si tournamentdirector NationalMaster at NationalArbiter Rudy Ibanezsa 0919-358-0444

WORLD CUP GOLD MEDALIST

sapakan si Tañamornoong 2004 AthensOlympics.

Ibinulsa ni Tañamorang $10,000 sa palig-sahan na sinalihan ngpinakamagagaling naboksingero sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo.

“I felt vindicatedby Harry's win. Itproved that the deci-sion to send him tothe Olympics wasn't awrong decision, afterall. He wasn't fortu-nate to win in theOlympics but his vic-tory in the World Cup

is proof that he cancompete with thebest,” sabi ni outgo-ing Amateur BoxingAssociation of thePhilippines presidentManny Lopez. Si Lo-pez na bagong Philip-pine Olympic Commi-tee first vice-presi-dent ay siya ringtatayong bise-pangulong ABAP sa daratingna taon.

Suportado ng Pa-cific Heights at Philip-pine Sports Commis-sion ang biyahe ninaTañamor at coach

Ronald Chavez.Pinuri ni PSC chair

William ‘‘Butch”Ramirez si Tañamor.

‘‘The victory is asource of pride andhappiness for thecountry. I also wouldlike to congratulateABAP headed byManny Lopez for thewin,” wika niRamirez.

Kinuha ng Cubaang pangkalahatangtitulo ng kunin ang li-mang ginto, kasunodang host Russia namay tatlong ginto.

P ALPAK sa Athens at BeijingOlympics, bida sa presti-hiyosong World Cup.

Ito ang istorya nilight-flyweight HarryTañamor na isa ringsarhento sa PhilippineArmy.

Dinomina ni Taña-mor si Yampier Her-nandez ng Cuba, 15-7at kinuha ang kara-ngalan bilang unangPilipinong boksingerona nakakuha ng gintosa World Cup sa Mega-sport Sports Palace saMoscow, Russia Linggo.

Hindi pinapormang 31-taon-gulang naZamboangeño si Her-nandez sa simula palamang ng sagupaan.Mahusay ang kanyangcounter-punching atmaliksi ang kilos nanagpahirap sa agresi-bong Cuban.

Semplang siTañamor sa firstround ng BeijingOlympics at bagsak sasecond round ng

Husay mo, Harry!