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Subicbaynewsvol10no1515.00 RESTO BAR beside SUBIC GAS, SBFZ near Kalaklan Gate see , BALIKATAN 2017, page 2 see , Clark Devt Project , page 2 Government to bid out Clark airport dev’t project From leſt: Lieutenant General Oscar T. Lactao, U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim,Secretary of Naonal Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, De- partment of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ariel Abadilla, General Eduardo M. Año, and Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson pose shoulder-to-shoulder at the opening ceremony for Balikatan 33 at Camp Aguinaldo U.S. and Philippines Balikatan 33 Manila — U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim, Secretary of Naonal Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ariel Y. Abadilla, and rep- resentaves of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and U.S. military officially opened Balikatan 33 yesterday at Camp Aguinaldo. The 33rd iteraon of Balika- tan, scheduled from May 8 to 19, will take place at mulple locaons in Luzon and the Visayas region. Balikatan 33-2017 incorporates high value training events designed to en- hance the capabilies of both AFP and U.S. armed forces. The training focuses on hu- manitarian assistance and disaster relief and counterterrorism operaons in order to improve response effecveness and speed in the event of natural disasters and other crises that endanger public health and safety. Philippine and U.S. forces began work in mid-April for Balikatan 33-2017 through community engagement acvies in Panay, Leyte, and Samar, including the renovaon of five schools and community medical engagements with local residents. The Department of Transportaon (DOTr) will no longer entertain un- solicited proposals from the private sector for the construcon of a new passenger terminal at the Clark Inter- naonal Airport and will just bid out the operaons and maintenance of the airport in the future. The DOTr issued the state- ment to clarify media reports that the expansion project of the Clark Airport will no longer be subject for public bidding. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tu- gade menoned in a recent interview that he prefers the government to be in charge of the development of the Clark Airport rather than risk delays in the event a bidding involving private sector players would lead to ligaon that would eventually place the pro- ject on hold. "If it's bidding, what do you think will happen if a lot of investors want to parcipate? It will just prolong the development. That is why we will just do it ourselves. We could just bid out the operaons and maintenance of the airport in the future," Tugade told reporters on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the LRT- 1 Cavite extension project last week. The Duterte administraon is pushing for the hybrid mode of im- plementaon where the government will develop infrastructure projects and bid out the operaons and main- tenance to the private sector. This will enable government to fast-track pro- Tawi-Tawi — During a visit to Tawi-Tawi yesterday, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Michael S. Klecheski handed over a Law Enforcement and Community Medical Facility to the Philippine Naonal Police Marime Group (PNP MG), the Philippine Navy, and the Philippine Marines in sup- port of the shared U.S.-Philippine goal to strengthen marime public safety. The Law Enforcement Center in Taganak, Tawi-Tawi will provide a forward base of operaons for the Philippine Na- onal Police 1st Marime Special Opera- ons Unit and the Philippine Marines to secure the Philippines' southwestern sea border and also provide the first commu- nity medical facility in the Turtle Islands. Construcon on the facility, valued at ap- proximately Php 75 million, began in 2012 and was completed in March 2017. The facility is funded by U.S. Department of Defense Pacific Command Joint Intera- gency Task Force West. Over the past ten years, the U. S. government (USG) has been engaged in the development of a Special Opera- ons Unit-Marime within the PNP MG. The USG has worked to support efforts that strengthen marime public safety along coastal Palawan and the sea border with Malaysia. Since 2008, the USG has donated 10 patrol boats and constructed two PNP Marime Group headquarters facilies, one at Honda Bay, Puerto Princ- esa and one in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. The USG has also constructed outstaons at Balabac, Palawan and Taganak, Tawi- Tawi, and a third outstaon is currently under construcon at Lantawan, Basilan. In addion, the USG has provided exten- sive training and equipment to Marime Group Special Operaons Unit person- nel. The project is jointly managed by the U. S. Department of State Bureau of Internaonal Narcocs and Law Enforce- ment Affairs; the U. S. Department of Jus- ce Internaonal Criminal Invesgaons Training Assistance Program; and the U. S. Department of Defense Pacific Com- mand Joint Interagency Task Force West. (USEmbassy/Manila) U.S. Government Donates Law Enforcement and Community Medical Facility for Philippine Police and Military Use U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Mi- chael Klecheski, leſt, poses with Philippine Naonal Policy Deputy Director General Ramon C. Apoli- nario in Tawi-Tawi, aſter handing over a U.S. government-funded medical facility to the Philippine Naonal Police Marime Group. This year's "Balikatan" exercises, while low on offensive military maneuvers, will provide both American and Filipino units with the necessary capabilies needed to respond to disasters and calamies. This was stressed by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana during the opening ceremonies of the 33rd iteraon of the annual maneuvers Monday. "This year's exercise (will) pro- vide both the Armed Forces of the Philip- 'Balikatan' 2017 arms US, PHL troops capabilities to respond to disasters, calamities pines (AFP) and the US Armed Forces the necessary capability, training in respond- ing to disasters and (conducng) rescue operaons," he said. "Balikatan" 2017 is noted for hav- ing mostly high-impact humanitarian as- sistance and disaster relief (HADR) drills which include urban search-and-rescue (including collapsed structure rescue in event of earthquakes), and landing of re- lief units and goods should in a typhoon- isolated area. HADR is one of the missions Presi- dent Rodrigo Duterte wants the AFP to be more proficient in along with counter-ter- rorism. Lorenzana said the shiſt is very mely considering that calamies and disasters are becoming more severe worldwide.

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Subic bay news vol 10 no 15 15.00

RESTO BARbeside SUBIC GAS, SBFZ near Kalaklan Gate

see , BALIKATAN 2017, page 2 see , Clark Devt Project , page 2

Government to bid out

Clark airport dev’t project

From left: Lieutenant General Oscar T. Lactao, U.S. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim,Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, De-partment of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ariel Abadilla, General Eduardo M. Año, and Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson pose shoulder-to-shoulder at the opening ceremony for Balikatan 33 at Camp Aguinaldo

U.S. and Philippines Balikatan 33

Manila — U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim, Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana, Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ariel Y. Abadilla, and rep-resentatives of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and U.S. military officially opened Balikatan 33 yesterday at Camp Aguinaldo. The 33rd iteration of Balika-tan, scheduled from May 8 to 19, will take

place at multiple locations in Luzon and the Visayas region. Balikatan 33-2017 incorporates high value training events designed to en-hance the capabilities of both AFP and U.S. armed forces. The training focuses on hu-manitarian assistance and disaster relief and counterterrorism operations in order to improve response effectiveness and

speed in the event of natural disasters and other crises that endanger public health and safety. Philippine and U.S. forces began work in mid-April for Balikatan 33-2017 through community engagement activities in Panay, Leyte, and Samar, including the renovation of five schools and community medical engagements with local residents.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will no longer entertain un-solicited proposals from the private sector for the construction of a new passenger terminal at the Clark Inter-national Airport and will just bid out the operations and maintenance of the airport in the future. The DOTr issued the state-ment to clarify media reports that the expansion project of the Clark Airport will no longer be subject for public bidding. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tu-gade mentioned in a recent interview that he prefers the government to be in charge of the development of the Clark Airport rather than risk delays in the event a bidding involving private sector players would lead to litigation that would eventually place the pro-ject on hold. "If it's bidding, what do you think will happen if a lot of investors want to participate? It will just prolong the development. That is why we will just do it ourselves. We could just bid out the operations and maintenance of the airport in the future," Tugade told reporters on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the LRT-1 Cavite extension project last week. The Duterte administration is pushing for the hybrid mode of im-plementation where the government will develop infrastructure projects and bid out the operations and main-tenance to the private sector. This will enable government to fast-track pro-

Tawi-Tawi — During a visit to Tawi-Tawi yesterday, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Michael S. Klecheski handed over a Law Enforcement and Community Medical Facility to the Philippine National Police Maritime Group (PNP MG), the Philippine Navy, and the Philippine Marines in sup-port of the shared U.S.-Philippine goal to strengthen maritime public safety. The Law Enforcement Center in Taganak, Tawi-Tawi will provide a forward

base of operations for the Philippine Na-tional Police 1st Maritime Special Opera-tions Unit and the Philippine Marines to secure the Philippines' southwestern sea border and also provide the first commu-nity medical facility in the Turtle Islands. Construction on the facility, valued at ap-proximately Php 75 million, began in 2012 and was completed in March 2017. The facility is funded by U.S. Department of Defense Pacific Command Joint Intera-gency Task Force West. Over the past ten years, the U. S. government (USG) has been engaged in the development of a Special Opera-tions Unit-Maritime within the PNP MG. The USG has worked to support efforts that strengthen maritime public safety along coastal Palawan and the sea border with Malaysia. Since 2008, the USG has

donated 10 patrol boats and constructed two PNP Maritime Group headquarters facilities, one at Honda Bay, Puerto Princ-esa and one in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. The USG has also constructed outstations at Balabac, Palawan and Taganak, Tawi-Tawi, and a third outstation is currently under construction at Lantawan, Basilan. In addition, the USG has provided exten-sive training and equipment to Maritime Group Special Operations Unit person-nel. The project is jointly managed by the U. S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforce-ment Affairs; the U. S. Department of Jus-tice International Criminal Investigations Training Assistance Program; and the U. S. Department of Defense Pacific Com-mand Joint Interagency Task Force West. (USEmbassy/Manila)

U.S. Government Donates Law Enforcement and Community Medical Facility for Philippine Police and Military Use

U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Mi-chael Klecheski, left, poses with Philippine National Policy Deputy Director General Ramon C. Apoli-nario in Tawi-Tawi, after handing over a U.S. government-funded medical facility to the Philippine National Police Maritime Group.

This year's "Balikatan" exercises, while low on offensive military maneuvers, will provide both American and Filipino units with the necessary capabilities needed to respond to disasters and calamities. This was stressed by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana during the opening ceremonies of the 33rd iteration of the annual maneuvers Monday. "This year's exercise (will) pro-vide both the Armed Forces of the Philip-

'Balikatan' 2017 arms US, PHL troops capabilities to respond to disasters, calamitiespines (AFP) and the US Armed Forces the necessary capability, training in respond-ing to disasters and (conducting) rescue operations," he said. "Balikatan" 2017 is noted for hav-ing mostly high-impact humanitarian as-sistance and disaster relief (HADR) drills which include urban search-and-rescue (including collapsed structure rescue in event of earthquakes), and landing of re-lief units and goods should in a typhoon-

isolated area. HADR is one of the missions Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte wants the AFP to be more proficient in along with counter-ter-rorism. Lorenzana said the shift is very timely considering that calamities and disasters are becoming more severe worldwide.

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Notice is hereby given to the public that a EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF SPOUS-ES DOROTEO T. REVADILO AND CORAZON S. RE-VADILO was made and executed by the surviving heirs of spouses DOROTEO T. REVADILO AND CORAZON S. REVADILO who died intestate on August 26, 2010 in OLONGAPO CITY and January 16, 2017 in Olongapo City, respectively as per Doc no 510 Page No 103 Book No.I Series of 2017 in the Notarial Registry of Atty. Maria Soledad M. Santos. All interested parties, creditors,and persons having money claims against the decedent are hereby required to file their claims with the court appointed ex-ecutor of their estate.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CLARK DEVt PROJECT................................... from page 1

LEGAL NOTICES

BALIKATAN 2017....................................... from page 1

MANILA -- No Filipino was reported dead or injured in Tuesday’s bomb blasts in Thailand’s southern town of Pattani that injured over 50 people, said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). It said the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok is co-ordinating closely with the Thai authorities to ensure the continued safety of Filipinos in the area. “The Embassy is coordinating with the members of the Filipino community in Pattani and Narathiwat who have already contacted each other to check on each oth-er’s safety and welfare,” the DFA said in a statement. The Embassy will continue to monitor the situa-tion and report further developments, it added. Initial reports indicate there were over 50 people injured after a double explosion at a shopping center in downtown Pattani. (PNA)

The same can be said for terrorism. "I think under the current situation in the world when calamities (are) becoming more severe, I think we have to devote more resources and time to this kind of ac-tivity and also to counter terrorism. I talked to the defense ministers of China, Russia and all the defense ministers all over in the Middle East and the concern is terrorism. I think it's a global threat," the defense official stressed. Lorenzana said the focus on anti-terrorism opera-tions by both US and the Philippines in the ongoing "Balika-tan" exercises will provide the militaries of the two nations with the capability to deal effectively with terror threats. "Let us point in mind that we are doing this exer-cise as a tool for peace building and for this exercise may the United States and the Philippines continue to have stronger tie(s) and bilateral relationship," he added. "Allow me to express my appreciation to the US troops who are here, we are thankful for your demonstra-tion of friendship and goodwill. I also want to thank the observers, the Australians and the Japanese troops, forces, foreign observers, and maybe in the future we could in-clude you and your troops to also participate in the 'Balika-tan' exercise," the defense chief stressed."Balikatan" 2017 is scheduled to end on the 19th. Partici-pating troops for the US are placed at 2,600 personnel, with the Philippines fielding in 2,800 and 80 for the Australian Defense Forces. (PNA)

jects without the risk of delay brought about by possible lawsuits filed by losing bidders. The DOTr will inform Megawide-GMR and JG Sum-mit-Filinvest which submitted their respective unsolicited proposals on the Clark airport development of the new policy. The government envisions the Clark International Airport to serve as an alternative gateway to the congested Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila. The Clark International Airport expansion project aims to construct a new passenger terminal building to ac-commodate 8 million passengers annually as well as the construction of all required facilities to support its opera-tions. It now falls under the jurisdiction and responsibil-ity of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), and remains to be one of the priority infrastructure projects of the Duterte administration. The BCDA targets to open the new terminal by 2019. (PNA)

No Filipino casualty in Thailand bomb blasts

Notice is hereby given to the public that an EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE DECEASED AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER was made and executed by the surviving heirs of the late CONSTANCIO B. MARQUEZ AND ESTELLA G. MARQUEZ, who died on DECEMBER 3, 1991 in Manila and January 2, 2017 in Olongapo City, respectively and a Deed of Waiver by the undersigned heirs of the deceased to waive, transfer and relnquish their respective rights, share and ownership participation and interest over a portion of said par-cel of residencial land, in favor of KAREN R. PEÑERA as per Doc no 207 Page No 43 Book No.VIII Series of 2017 in the Notarial Registry of Atty. PORFIRIO AGUILON AGUILA. All interested parties, creditors,and persons having money claims against the decedent are hereby required to file their claims with the court appointed executor of their estate.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 75OLONGAPO CITY

RONALD M. ELIAS and JACHEL D. ELIAS, Petitioner

- versus - SP PROC. NO. 2017-0-15

THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVILREGISTRAR OF OLONGAPO CITY ANDTHE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, Respondents.

x--------------------------------------------------------------x

ORDER

A verified petition was filed by Ronald M. Elias and Jachel D. Elias, through counsel, praying that after due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered ordering the Civil Registrar of Olongapo and the Office of the Civil Registrar General to cancel the Certificate of Live Birth of Jewell Dumantay Elias, under Registry No. 2016-3395.

Said petition being sufficient in form and sub-stance is set for hearing on June 6, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning and all persons interested may appear and show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in any newspaper of general circulation in the City of Olongapo and in the Province of Zambales once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing.

SO ORDERED.

Olongapo City, this 29th day of March 2017.

RAYMOND C. VIRAY Judge

Notice is hereby given to the public that the estate of the late CORAZON ISIDRO SUMAOANG who died intestate on Februaru 20,2015 at San Marcelino, Zambales leaving a house and lot covered by TCT No P-29497, with lot No 180, BLK 06 survey No. 4671-part located at #45Udan St., Brgy Burgos, San Marcelino, Zambales has been the subject of a document enti-tled “EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT with CONDITIONAL CONTRACT TO SELL OF REAL ESTATE” executed by the heirs bearing Doc no 266 Page No 55 Book No.XXXV Series of 2017 before Notary Public Atty. Deo Amor Almazan David at Castillejos, Zambales.

Notice is hereby given to the public that a EX-TRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE DE-CEASED AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER was made and executed by the surviving heirs of DOMINADOR FERRER REBULTAN who died intestate on February 28, 2009 in Virginia Beach USA as per Doc no 326 Page No 67 Book No.IX Series of 2017 in the Notarial Registry of Atty. Porfirio Aguilon Aguila. All interested parties, creditors,and persons having money claims against the decedent are hereby required to file their claims with the court appointed ex-ecutor of their estate.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

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AROUND CENTRAL LUZON

CDC Jobs Fair: 149 hired-on-the-spot

2,735 Senior HS academic subject teachers undergo DepEd training

DOLE, DTI offer jobs in caravan

CLARK FREEPORT ZONE-- About 149 ap-plicants were hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) during the recent Clark Summer Jobs Fair in Robinsons Place Angeles. CDC Assistant Vice President Rommel Narcisco said 2,335 job seekers trooped the fair, which was participated by 90 locators. “Aside from the HOTS, 819 oth-ers qualified for test while 1,749 were scheduled for further interview,” Narciso added. More than 7,186 jobs from vari-ous locators in Clark are still available as

per data from CDC. These can be accessed at www.clark.com.ph. The one-day event is a project of the CDC in partnership with Clark Inves-tors and Locators Association, Department of Labor and Employment, Public Employ-ment Service Office of Pampanga, and lo-cal government units. Aside from offering careers, the CDC Litigations Division provided free legal advice, consultation, and other related le-gal services. (PIA 3)

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- Department of Education (DepEd) cur-rently holds mass trainings for about 2,735 Senior High School (SHS) teachers in Central Luzon handling different aca-demic subjects. They include 600 English teach-ers, 215 Filipino teachers, 63 ICT/Re-search SHS teachers, 669 Science teach-ers, 366 Humanities and Social Sciences teachers, 348 Accountancy and Business Management teachers, and 474 Math teachers. “The mass trainings, which are intended for hired SHS teachers in the

different subject groups, aim to equip the participants with the knowledge, skills and competencies in the different academic subjects and in the delivery of the differ-ent lessons in SHS,” DepEd Regional Direc-tor Malcolm Garma said. “Likewise, these trainings intends to orient SHS teachers with the different pedagogies and assessment relative to SHS, and to help them design lesson plans per learning area which shall culminate in a demonstration teaching session, after the walkthrough of the curriculum guides of the academic subjects,” Garma added. (PIA 3)

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Central Luzon recorded its highest eco-nomic growth rate from 2011-2016 at 9.5 percent, surpassing the national economy at 6.9 percent. PSA Regional Director Edgardo Pare said the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of Central Luzon was pegged at Php773.28 billion in 2016, which is approximately P67 billion more than the region’s economic output in 2015 pegged at P706.34 billion. “This expansion which contribut-ed 0.9 percentage point to the country’s 6.9 percent growth, is primarily driven by the manufacturing industry, particu-larly from the manufacture of food, bev-erage and other transport equipment,” the director shared. GRDP measures the economic performance of a region in terms of goods and services produced. It meas-ures the relative contribution of the three major economic industries namely Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry, and Fish-ing (AHFF), Industry, and Services. Pare noted that this increase in the GRDP’s nominal value is almost dou-ble compared to its growth rate last year at 5.3 percent, brought about by signifi-cant revenue increase from the three major economic sectors. “Industry doubled from 7.1 per cent in 2015 to 16.0 per cent in 2016, while AHFF maintained its 0.6 per cent growth rate for two consecutive years,” he said. Manufacturing, which account-

CL posts highest economic growth rate in six years

ed for the biggest share in the industry sector, also posted a double-digit increase from 7.0 per cent in 2015 to 17.4 per cent in the previous year. “In terms of services sector, Cen-tral Luzon posted a growth of 5.9 per cent. This is because four of its sub-industry posted expansions for the said year. These include financial intermediation (6.5%); public administration and defense; com-pulsory social services (5.8%); trade and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, per-sonal and household goods (5.4%); and other services (8.1%),” Pare announced. For AHFF, agriculture and forestry accelerated from 0.8 to 0.9 point, however, a slight drop of 0.1 percent for the same period was observed in the fishing indus-try. “The good news, however, is that for 2016, Central Luzon overtakes Cala-barzon in terms of economic growth rate and ranked second among the 17 regions in terms of GRDP. At the same time, it re-mained among the top three regions na-tionwide in terms of regional shares to the national economy,” the PSA chief said. However, despite these achieve-ments, he stressed that there is still a need to provide a more disaggregated data that will be used by national government agen-cies and non-government organizations towards poverty reduction for a more in-clusive growth. This is the third year that the PSA conducted simultaneous news conference on the gross regional domestic products nationwide. (PIA 3)

BALANGA CITY -- As population and the number of industries in the province grow, Department of Labor and Employ-ment (DOLE) linked Bataeños to hun-dreds of jobs in the Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayan Caravan. The caravan held on May 5 at Vista Mall offered various positions in the service and manufacturing indus-tries, both are huge job generators es-pecially in the international and local companies located in the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB). The province’s population rose to 760,650 according to the 2015 cen-sus, translating to about two percent in-crease annually. Meanwhile, job opportuni-ties abound in the province’s economic

zones such as the FAB, Hermosa Ecozone Industrial Park, and Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Bataan also participated in the cara-van and garnered a total of 108 walk-in cli-ents. “We provided clients with infor-mation on different services such as busi-ness consultation and guidelines on start-ing small business,” DTI-Bataan OIC Nelin Cabahug said. The agency likewise offered job applications for their Negosyo Centers. “The Negosyo Centers are respon-sible for promoting ease of doing business and facilitating access to services for mi-cro, small and medium enterprises,” Caba-hug explained. (CPIA 3)

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — An art workshop seeking to instil awareness of self, com-munity and environment among children was launched here recently by the Rise and EXcel in Arts (REXA) Center as part of its mission to bring about social change through various art forms. Artists and communicators from the Dakila Collective for Modern Heroism were tapped to facilitate the workshop, which will be given for free to children from 6 to 12 years old. Carrie Aspa, head organizer for REXA Center, said the art workshop was scheduled for four Saturdays beginning May 6, and will be held alternately at The Lighthouse Marina Resort and the Magic Lagoon Restobar, which both signified their support for this undertaking. Workshop participants were cho-sen on a first-come, first-served basis from among arts-inclined children who signed in on the center’s facebook page last month. Aspa added, however, that the REXA Center’s Summer Art Workshop for Children “won’t be your ordinary summer art workshop for kids” because of its con-tent design. She said that REXA Center and Dakila artists collaborated on a module that inter-relates the created art forms with the “real world.” For the first day of the workshop, which had the theme “Discovering One’s Self,” participants were led to a journey

of self-discovery through lines and colors, drawing their self-portraits with crayons and color pens to define who they are as a person and as an artist. The second workshop, with the theme “Outside Of My Self,” will use char-coal as medium and draw out the chil-dren’s perception of the world through light and shadow, and present a view of the outside of their selves through vari-ous angles. The third session has the theme “Color My World”, and will seek to define the children’s perception of their ideal en-vironment through watercolor. The final sitting will have the chil-dren working together on the theme “We Are One” and collaborating on a mini-mu-ral or installation art to learn how differ-ent dimensions fit to form a whole. Micheline Rama, Dakila co-found-er and strategist specializing in movement building, advocacy campaigns and crea-tive activism, explained that the REXA art workshop is designed to draw out from the participating children an awareness of their selves as an artist, their place in the community and the environment, and their capacity to help transform the soci-ety. “What we’re trying to bring out here is their consciousness as artists and members of a larger society. We’d like to impress upon their young minds the con-nection between an individual artist and the world,” Rama added.

Artists from the Dakila Collective for Modern Heroism encourage young artists to use their own style in doing their art during the launch of the REXA Center’s Summer Art Workshop last Saturday at The Lighthouse Marina Resort in the Subic Bay Freeport.

Artistically-inclined children join the REXA Center’s Summer Art Workshop that was launched last Saturday at The Lighthouse Marina Resort in the Subic Bay Freeport. The workshop was facilitated by artists from the Dakila Collective for Modern Heroism.

Discovering oneself: Young artists draw their self-portraits during the launch of the REXA Center’s Summer Art Workshop last Saturday at The Lighthouse Marina Resort in the Subic Bay Freeport. The workshop was facilitated by artists from the Dakila Collec-tive for Modern Heroism.

RESERVATION & INFORMATION CENTER Manila: (02) 404.4784 Subic: (047) 252.9978

Lower Kalaklan Road, Olongapo City, Fifteen minutes drive from SBMA

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IN THE NAVYUSS Lake Champlain Collision at Sea

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WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENIN-SULA -- A South Korean fishing vessel collided with USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) while the guided-missile cruiser was conducting routine operations in interna-tional waters. No one was injured when the fish-ing vessel collided with Lake Champlain's port side, amid ship, at approximately 11:50 a.m. (+9I), May 9. Both ships were able to navigate

under their own power. The incident is under investiga-tion by both U.S. Navy and South Korea Coast Guard. Damage assessments of both the Ticonderoga-class guided mis-sile cruiser and the 60-70 foot long fishing vessel are underway. Lake Champlain is part of the Carl Vinson Strike Group which is currently on a Western-Pacific Deployment. (From Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs)

Official U.S. Navy file photo of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), April 30, 2017. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams)

Sea Trials for USS Abraham LincolnNEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Nimitz-class air-craft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) got underway for sea trails, May 9, fol-lowing a four-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Ship-building, Newport News, Virginia. The four-day sea trails marks Abraham Lincoln's first time underway since March 2013. The ship spent its last days in the shipyard completing a five-day "fast cruise," May 2-7, making final prepa-rations for its transit to Naval Station Nor-folk. "We are looking forward to taking the ship out on the open water where we belong," said Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, Lincoln's executive officer. "I am honored to serve with our crew. This dedicated and impressive group put an incredible amount of work into revitalizing this ship. We are grateful for their efforts and to our partners at Newport News Shipbuilding, and eagerly anticipate completing suc-cessful sea trials and returning to the fleet ready for tasking later this year." During sea trials, the Abraham Lincoln crew will undergo multiple train-ing scenarios and qualification evolu-tions to include engineering maneuvers designed to evaluate the performance of the ship after the extensive maintenance

period. "Our team has worked hard to get USS Abraham Lincoln ready to rede-liver to the fleet," said Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for aircraft carriers. "She has undergone sig-nificant combat systems modernization and will also be the first CVN capable of accommodating the F-35C Lightning II. This RCOH enabled the ship to meet fu-ture missions and continued service life requirements for many years to come." During RCOH, more than 2.5 mil-lion man-hours of work were conducted aboard the ship, including refueling the reactors, upgrading ship's infrastructure and modernizing combat systems and air wing capabilities to increase combat ef-fectiveness. Abraham Lincoln is the fifth Nimi-tz-class aircraft carrier to complete RCOH, a major lifecycle milestone at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Hunting-ton Ingalls Industries in Newport News. She returns to the fleet as one of the most modern and technologically-advanced Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in service and will continue to be a vital part of the nation's defense for an additional 25 years. (By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Logico)

JAMES RIVER, Va.--The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) de-parts Newport News, Va., under its own power for the first time after successfully com-pleting its mid-life refueling and complex overhaul. Abraham Lincoln will spend several days conducting sea trials, which will test many of the ship's key systems and technolo-gies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matt Herbst)

“Ang honesty sa SM ay normal na lang, it’s a way of life para sa kanila,” May-or Rolen Paulino said during the flag rais-ing ceremony last Monday, May 8, 2017 at Rizal Triangle covered court. It can be recalled that several Honesto citation have been awarded to SM personnel since Paulino launched the “Honesto ng Olongapo” campaign, a pro-gram that gives recognition to residents of the city who have done a noble act for others. The latest Honesto awardees are from the security agency and an elevator attendant, they are:

SG REYNANTE MACAM of Legaspi Security Agency, who recovered personal items at the 5th level carpark with an ap-proximate value of P4,900. Elevator Attendant LUISA D. PU-TOL of ARESUN Trading and Manpower Services recovered an Ipad unit at the 3rd floor restroom with approximate value of P35,000. LG JANICE O. CANONIZADO of Red Eye Security Agency, who recovered a brown wallet containing assorted credit cards and ID’s with cash money amount-ing to P6,900 at the Cinema restroom. (PR-SMOL)

Another set of certificate of commendation was awarded to SM employees for noble acts to customers. The awarding was held at the flag raising ceremony of the govern-ment employees and officials on Monday, May 8, 2017. From (L-R) Aresun Supervisor Ariel Datu, SG Reynante Macam, elevator attendant Luisa Putol, LG Janice Canonizado, Mayor Rolen Paulino and SM Olongapo CRS Supervisor Nelson Fallorin.

Mayor Rolen Paulino with elevator attendant Luisa Putol and Aresun Trading and Man-power Services Supervisor Ariel Datu. Below (Left photo), Mayor Paulino with LG Janice D. Canonizado of Red Eye Security Agency. (Right photo) Mayor Paulino with SG Reynante Macam Legaspi Security Agency.