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SLMC fetes the SysMr. Henry Sy and Mrs. Felicidad Sy lead the ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly opened Henry Sy Auditorium and the Felicidad Sy Health and Wellness Center of the Saint Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) at the Global City, Fort Bonifacio last July 20. Also in photo are (from left) Mr. Robert Kuan, Chairman of SLMC; Mr. Henry Sy, Jr.; Mrs. Tessie Sy Coson and Mr. Jose Ledesma, President of SLMC. REVOLI CORTEZ

Ang laking isyu nang lu-mipat si LeBron James ng Cleveland sa Miami

Heat kamakailan. Marami ang nagulat sa mundo ng basket-ball. Marami din ang excited kasi mas lalakas na daw ang Heat ngayong nasa kanila na ang magaling na basketbolista at pwede na silang maging kampeon sa Eastern Confer-ence sa tulong ng isa pang su-perstar din sa kanilang team na si Dwayne Wade. Pwede din na magtuloy-tuloy at mag-ing kampeon sila ng nBA kung malulusutan nila ang tropa ni Kobe Bryant ng Lakers. napa-ka-dynamic talaga ng sports

na basketball, napaka-agresi-bo pagdating sa mga plano at stratehiya para lang manalo. Hindi mo mahuhulaan kung sino ang aalis sa anong team at lilipat saan at kung sinong superstar basketball player ang tatalon sa anong koponan. Parang pulitika din, may bal-imbingan. Ang kaibahan nga lang sa basketball ang paglipat-lipat ng mga players ay para mapalakas ang isang team.

Kahit kalaban dati hinihi-kayat ng mga team na lumipat sa kanila para mas lumakas ang kanilang hanay at mas lumaki ang tsansang mag-tagumpay. Sa pulitika, alam

ko na ang dating Pangulo ng Estados Unidos, the great Abe Lincoln, nang umupo bilang presidente ay kinuha ang kan-yang mga matitinding karibal at kalaban para maging parte ng kanyang gabinete. Mara-hil dahil naging kalaban niya sa pulitika, sigurado si Lincoln na magagaling din ang mga ito. Kamakailan ay inamin ng Pangulong noynoy Aquino na nahihirapan siya kumuha ng mga taong ilalagay sa mga ma-hahalagang posisyon sa kan-yang administrasyon. Alam ko na ang gusto sana ni P.noy ay mga bagong mukha ang ilala-gay sa pwesto, pero parang ka-pos siya ng pinagpipilian. Kaya yata halos buong pamilya na ng mga Abad ng Batanes, kilalang malapit kay Aquino, ang nasa pwesto ngayon ka-hit umaani ito ng katakut-takot na batikos dahil daw hindi na nahiya naman ang mga Abad. Isipin naman, apat na sa pamilya ni DBM Secretary Butch Abad ang nasa matataas na upuan sa administrasyong Aquino. Buti na lang masyado pang bata ang bunsong anak niya dahil baka pati ‘yun ay ipwesto pa. nahihirapan siguro hanapin ni

Aquino itong sinasabing “few good men” dahil sa sirkulo lang ng kanyang mga kapami-lya at kaibigan siya tumitingin. Bakit hindi niya subukan mamili sa kabilang bakod, sa lugar ng kanyang mga sinasa-bing kalaban sa pulitika. Baka makakuha siya ng tulong mula sa panig na iyon. Maraming naging kalaban sa pulitika ang kasalukuyang administrasyon na alam kong makakatulong sa pagpapatakbo ng kasaluku-yang pamahalaan dahil maga-galing sila at mga kwalipikado naman. naniniwala ako na hindi porke hindi ka Liberal at hindi ka sumama sa kampa-nya ni noynoy ay hindi ka na pwedeng magsilbi sa pamaha-laan at gumawa ng mabuti at magaling para sa bayan.

Sa kabilang banda, hindi rin naman ibig sabihin na ka-pag naging miyembro ka ng gabinete ni Aquino ay titiklop ka na lang sa gustong mang-yari ni P.noy at magiging sunud-sunuran sa palakad ng administrasyong ito kahit pa hindi makakatulong sa mga Pilipino. Pwede rin na kalaban ka sa pulitika pero kakampi pagdating sa mga desisyon lalo na kung ang pahahalagahan ay mga tamang pagpapasulong ng serbisyo para sa bayan.

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Not a Mere Land DisputeIn a spot report, the local police of Laur said that the motive behind the killing is a mere land dispute. the police, however, did not identify any suspect.

Lilibeth told the fact-finding team that the fam-ily strongly believes that the military, particularly the 7th Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army, was behind the killing.

Mariano said guevarra had always been at the forefront of the struggle for the 3,100 hectare land lo-cated inside the Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation (FMMR), home of the 7th ID.

“It is clear that tatay Pascual’s death is not due to a personal feud,” Mariano said, reacting to President Aquino’s recent statement that the recent cases of ex-trajudicial killings are due to personal grudges. “It is the struggle for land,” she said.

In another interview, Anakpawis partylist Rep. Mariano who also joined the fact-finding team, said there is an Army detachment one kilometer away from the place of the incident and the perpetrators sped away toward that direction. “the killers were not at all afraid to be apprehended,” he said.

Historical and Political ContextIn 1956, President Ramon Magsaysay issued Presi-dential Proclamation Order no. 237 declaring the 73,000 hectares of land in nueva Ecija as a military reservation. the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) uses 15,000 hectares of the 73,000 hectares as a camp and training ground.

By 1991, the Corazon Aquino administration al-lotted 3,100 hectares of FMMR to peasants displaced by the Mt. Pinatubo eruption through a transfer of Deed between the Department of national Defense (DnD) and the Department of Agrarian Reform. By virtue of this Deed of transfer, over a thousand peas-ants and other residents were awarded Certificate of Land Ownership Awards or CLOAs.

But on 24 June 2008, the newly-appointed com-manding general of the 7th Infantry Division, Briga-dier gen. Ralph Villanueva, wrote to Mr. Orlando tu-macay, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (Paro) of nueva Ecija requesting the latter to revoke the awarded CLOAs and to defer the issuance of new ones pending the litigation of a case filed by the Depart-ment of Environment and natural Resources (DEnR) against the DAR before the Court of Appeals.

the residents in the 3,100 hectares organized themselves and formed Almana to oppose the 7th IDPA’s plan of evicting them from their community. Almana sought the help of the AMgL and conducted a fact-finding mission on 5-6 October 2008. Since then, Almana has actively lobbied and held dialogues with concerned agencies regarding the farmers’ plight. guevarra was always present in these dia-logues with the military and Department of national Defense (DnD).

Rep. Mariano said Aquino should act immedi-ately on the case of guevarra, underscoring that the 1991 deed of transfer was anchored on the executive orders issued by his mother Cory.

Last week, Rep. Mariano filed House Resolution 64 directing the House of Representatives’ commit-tees on human rights and agrarian reform to jointly probe the killing of guevarra. Bulatlat.com

A peasant’s storyConclusion

May mga okay din naman sa kabilang bakod

SA kalagitnaan ng programang WAnt-ED SA RADYO noong Miyerkules, July 21, 2010, isang mapagkakatiwalaang source sa Camp Crame ang nag-text sa inyong SHOOtER. Ayon sa texter, pa-pogi lang daw ang ginawang pahayag ni DILg Secretary Jess Robredo sa media kamakailan na nagdedeklara siya ng all-out war against jueteng.

Ayon pa sa texter, isang Larry Abner ang nangongolekta ng tong sa Metro Manila mula sa mga jueteng lord at isang Ely Fontanilla naman daw ang ku-mokolekta ng tong sa lahat ng pasugalan sa buong bansa at ginagamit ang pan-galan ni Robredo.

Agad namang ipinarating ng inyong SHOOtER ang impormasyon kay Fe-lis Regis, ang Public Information Office chief ng DILg.

Pagkaraan ng isa’t kalahating oras, nakatanggap ng text message ang in-yong SHOOtER mula kay Robredo. narito ang buod ng kanyang text: “good pm Mr. Raffy. This is Jess Robredo. Ofis called me up re jueteng pay off. Am de-nying allegation. Dont know anyone or even heard of the names mentioned.

Hope u can provide me details. thanks.” Pagkatapos kong mabasa ang text

ni Robredo, agad kong binalikan ang aking source para sa karagdagang im-pormasyon. Ayon pa rin sa source, sina SPO3 Arnold tuazon, PO3 Larry Abner at isang Police Chief Inspector togunon ang nangongolekta umano ng tong sa lahat ng mga pasugalan sa buong bansa at ang kanilang mga koleksyon ay iniin-trega naman daw nila umano sa isang Ely Fontanilla. Si Fontanilla ay isang pulis at nagpapakilala umano na bata ni PnP Chief Jesus Versoza simula ng kapanahu-nan pa ni Versoza sa CIDg, dagdag pa ng source.

Sinabi rin ng source, ang nagbigay ng pahintulot umano kay Fontanilla para mangolekta ng tong sa lahat ng mga iligal

na pasugalan ay si Rico Escalante Puno, ang undersecretary ng DILg for Public Safety & Peace and Order.

Mabilis ko namang itinext ang mga karagdagang impormasyong ito kay Ro-bredo. Sumagot naman si Robredo sa text at humingi siya ng pahintulot kung maaari ba raw niyang maipakita kay Usec. Puno ang aking text. Sinagot ko siya ng OK.

Matatandaan na noong July 2, naisu-lat sa espasyong ito ang pangalan ni Puno dahil sa impormasyon natanggap ng in-yong SHOOtER mula sa mga taga Di-rectorate for Operations ng Camp Crame na nagsabing ipinulong umano ni Puno ang ilang matataas na opisyal ng PnP sa kanilang tanggapan noong June 22 para ihayag sa kanila na siya ang magiging Usec. ng DILg para sa Public Safety & Peace and Order, at ang kanyang plano para sa kapulisan. Ibinanggit din umano ni Puno sa nasabing pagpupulong ang gagawin niyang mga pagbabalasa sa PnP sa mga susunod na linggo.

At noong July 5, nagpalabas ng press release ang DILg at ipinapakilala si Puno sa PnP Press Corps na ito na nga ang bagong hirang na Usec. ng DILg.

Text message ni DILG Sec. Jess Robredo

SHOOTERSHOOTER

Ni Raffy [email protected]

LOSING senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel yes-terday led petitioners in filing the impeachment case against Ombudsman Merceditas Guti-errrez at the House of Repre-sentatives.

Baraquel said she will no longer wait for the formal open-ing of the 15th Congress for the filing of the impeachment case since the one year ban has al-ready lapsed. The first impeach-ment case against Gutierrez was filed in March 2009.

Aside from Hontiveros, oth-er petitioners, retired military general Danilo Lim and Felipe Pestano, were very confident that with the new president, Benigno Aquino III, the case against Gutierrez will prosper.

Akbayan Reps. Walden Bello and Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao are set to endorse the complained.

Basically, the complaint con-tained the old charges included in 2009 impeachment case and new issues to prove that she failed to fulfill her mandate.

The petitioners accused Guti-errez of betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution when she failed to act on some graft cases involv-ing high officials of the previous administration.

“When the Ombudsman herself has lost the trust and the confidence of the people whom she is expected to serve, as a result of her failure to per-form her mandated functions, the remedy of the people is to

remove her from office through the impeachment process,” the petitioners said.

Among the issues raised in the complaint are the P1.3 billion counting machines procured by the Commission on Elections, the collusion of some bidders and government officials on the World Bank-initiated projects, the extor-tion case of former Justice Secretary Nani Perez, Fertil-izer Scam, Euro Generals and others.

It can be recalled that during the 14th Congress, the House committee on justice then chaired by Quezon City Rep. Matias Defensor has dismissed the impeachment case due to insufficiency in substance.

Ombudsman charged anewDEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro ordered all school officials to take necessary measures to prevent the possible oc-currence of Influenza A(H1N1), which becomes prevalent on the onset of the rainy season.

Luistro said the agency has lined up precautionary measures in prepa-ration for the possible out-break in schools.

“We call on the parents, students, teachers, and school officials to be mindful of their health, take extra precaution, and to be watchful for any symptoms pointing to A (H1N1),” said Luistro.

He also instructed all school officials to maintain sanitation in school premises and directed school health officials to conduct informa-tion dissemination campaign so that students and the community

will know what A (H1N1) virus is, and what the community can do to prevent it.

“The safety of the students, of-ficials and personnel should always be on top of our concerns. While the government was able to contain A (H1N1) last year, it nevertheless re-sulted to many class days missed by students, “ he said.

“This year, we should not let it stop our school operations, instead, we should be ready to do our part in controlling the spread of the virus,” Luistro added.

DepEd has also issued guidelines on the implementation of Preventive Alert System in Schools, a systematic relay of information on the child’s or teacher’s state of health to medical personnel/agencies in the locality which all school heads should follow.

Marco Lorenzana

DepEd tells school officials to take preventive measures against A(H1N1)

3Friday, July 23, 2010

WORLD boxing champ now Sarangani Rep. Manny Pac-quiao yesterday joined the fight against human trafficking as he expressed willingness to be its spokesman or endorser.

The boxing title holder said he wanted to help the govern-ment stop human trafficking and save poor people from turn-

ing victims. This came after Pacquiao,

along with some national lead-ers, attended a dialogue between leaders of the government and civil society groups on the prob-lem of human trafficking.

“A lot of the victims of hu-man trafficking syndicates hail from the poorest and most re-

mote towns in the Visayas and Mindanao. It is very painful to hear the stories of all these vic-tims who only want to provide for their families,” Pacquiao stressed.

He claimed that he would come up with an act that would put more teeth against human trafficking. Annette Vergel

Pacquiao wants to be part of campaign vs. human trafficking

FIvE persons, including an American, were killed by a still unidentified man in Angeles City, Pampanga yesterday after-noon.

Sr. Supt. Danilo Bautista, Angeles City Police chief, said one of the fatalities Albert Mitchell was found lying in a pool of blood inside his rented apartment on 18 Manuela St., Barangay Malabanias around 1:30p.m.

The other victims, whose

bodies were discovered by the subdivision security guard An-gelito Prado, have yet to be iden-tified.

Prado, in his statement, said he accosted a man acting suspi-ciously on the way out of the vil-lage. He told him to stay at the village gate while he went to the house of Mitchell.

According to the guard, he saw the bloodied bodies of the victims lying on the floor prompting him to return to the

gate but the suspect already left.

One of the victims turned to be Prado’s sister who is em-ployed as a household help of Mitchell.

Police probers found empty shells from a 9-mm pistol at the crime scene.

It was believed that the mo-tive of the killing could be rob-bery as some of the foreigner’s belongings and wallet were missing. John Romero

American, four others massacred in Pampanga

THE Southern Luzon Bus Oper-ators Association (SOLUBOA) is set to seek an additional 40 centavos per kilometer fare to cope with the implementation of the 12 percent value added tax and 250 percent toll hike on August 16.

Homer Mercado, SOLUBOA president, said they are now preparing the petition to be filed before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory

Board (LTFRB). However, Mer-cado said they are still hoping that the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) will make a thorough re-view on the implementation of 250 percent hike on toll before being implemented.

“Kayang tanggapin ng op-erators ang 12 percent vAT pero ‘yung 250 toll fee ay abot-langit ang presyo,” Mercado ex-plained.

While the group is seeking a

fare increase before LTFRB, it also filed a separate petition at the TRB to provide them with proofs and matrix where the board got their computation of the 250 percent increase.

Earlier, Bureau of Internal Revenue chief Kim Henares said the government will get some P1 billion every month from the VAT on toll from which the poor will benefit.

Kim Pascual

Bus operators seek P.40 per kilometer hike

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A LOT of Hollywood celebrities are slowly turning from sexy to bulgy. That is why these celebs should not celebrate the “National Junk Food Day.”

July 21 is “National Junk Food Day.” It’s a day to commemorate Little Debbies, Tasty Cakes, and Ho Hos. It's a day we don't have to feel guilty for shoving our faces with Fritos, Doritos, and Chee-tos.

In the world of celebrity gossip, it is also a day to point out some stars who have been in the spot-light due to their weight issues like Val Kilmer.

Jessica Simpson is no stranger to the tabloids following her every move and pointing out a tiny little roll here or a section of cellulite there.

She was recently placed on the “List of Fat Celebrities” on the NY

Post website and has been dubbed “the next Kirstie Alley.”

Recent rumors say Jessica must be pregnant. But with whom should we attribute this?

Then there are shows like “Ce-lebrity Fit Club” that broadcast ce-lebs, usually “has beens” trying to get back to their “prime” size.

There are some celebrities who embrace the fact they are not in the perfect form, or completely far from it.

Kirstie Alley is one, as well as Queen Latifah, who has slimmed down but accepts she’s never going to be a size two.

Men also are victim to the “fat celeb” category like Steven Seagal and Fat Joe (obviously).

Are people worried about the stars' health or is it just a natural thing to make fun of fl aws on peo-ple who are in the spotlight?

HOLLYWOOD TATTLE

A LOT of Hollywood celebrities are slowly turning from sexy to bulgy.

Post website and has been dubbed “the next Kirstie Alley.”

Hollywood stars who should avoid junk foodHINDI matutuloy ang pag-

babalik ni Willie Revillame sa Wowowee sa July 31.

Iyan ang tsismis na nakarating sa amin. Kasi naman, ang dami raw demands nitong si Willie. Gusto ni-yang mag-reformat ang show. Gus-to niyang maglagay ng bagong segments.

Ito ang da height. Gusto raw ni Willie na tanggalin ang ilan sa kanyang co-hosts. Talagang me gano’n daw siyang drama.

Naku, likely can-didate tiyak nito si Pokwang da-hil imbiyerna si Willie sa kanya. Unang-una, iba ang kanyang ikinampanya noong nakaraang eleksyon, si President Noynoy Aquino. Pangalawa, nagsalita si Pokwang na mas feel niya si Robin Padilla dahil mas naram-daman niya rito ang respeto. Pangatlo, nagbitaw raw ng salita

itong si Pokwanita na lalayasan niya ang Wowowee kapag nagba-lik si Papi.

Ang nakarating na tsika sa amin, next month na raw matutuloy ang pagbabalik ni Willie dahil kailan-gan pa ng panahon para maibigay

ang kanyang mga de-mands.

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BONGGA pala ang fans nina Melai Cantiveros at Jason Francisco.

Tsika ni Bianca Gonzales, may isang

matronix na fan ang Melason na talagang patay na patay sa kanila at sumama pa sa kanila nang mag-show sila sa Barrio Fiesta sa Lon-don kamakailan.

“Meron silang sobrang sosyal na fan. From Manila, sinamahan sila papuntang London. Sobra, ang daming nagmamahal sa kanila,” tsika ni Bianca.

Talagang ganoon nga raw sila kamahal ng kanilang fans. In fact, nang pauwi na sila ay sobrang dami ang nagbigay sa kanila ng regalo.

“Sa sobrang daming regalong nakuha nila mula sa fans na TFC subscribers hindi nila mauwi. Kinai-langan nilang mag-ship ng isang box. Ganon kadami,” say pa ni Bianca.

Kahit na ang lamig sa London ay hindi ito naramdaman nina Melai at Jason dahil sa init ng pag-welcome sa kanila.

“Parang wala kaming na-feel na jetlag dahil pagdating namin dito nasalubong namin ang TFC Fili-pino subscribers,” say ni Melai.

“Nakakatuwa ‘yung babae na nag-interview sa akin. Marami siyang kaibigan na Plipino kaya natuwa siya nu’ng malaman niyang Pilipino ako,” sabi naman ni Jason.

At habang nasa London ay bi-nisita ng dalawa ang ilang sikat na tourist spots like Big Ben and Lon-don Eye.

Hollywood stars who Hollywood stars who should avoid junk foodshould avoid junk foodHINDI matutuloy ang pag- itong si Pokwanita na lalayasan Talagang ganoon nga raw sila

Pagbabalik ni Willie Revillame sa Wowowee hindi na tuloy?

SHOWBIZ PIZZAZZBy Alex Brosas

Friday, July 23, 20106

Complete the grid so every row, column and 3 x 3 box contains every digit

from 1 to 9 inclusively.

Previous puzzle solution

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sagot sa nakaraan

PAHALANG 1. Taba ng alimango 6. Pigil11. Talos12. Pangalan ng babae13. Itira14. Piyano15. Mahinhin17. Makamandag na

hayop18. Husay19. Hamak21. Pangalan ng

babae22. Hindi; Ingles

23. Madaliin25. Ipakuwenta26. Litik28. Klase ng baril31. Kabisera ng

Guam32. Pagpapawa-

lang-bisa33. Hango34. Ipuwersa35. Isumbat36. Palayaw ng

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PABABA 1. Tanggapin 2. Yayabong 3. Itago 4. Halamang-ugat 5. Ipinapadako 6. Sagot ng ikinakasal 7. Tawas 8. Pagsasamahin 9. Ginagapas10. Takip ng bote16. Suman20. Alagaan23. Langgam24. Pangalan ng

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CalooCan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiver-ri yesterday instructed the concerned city hall departments to immediately find solutions to the current water supply problem that have adversely affected the lives of residents.

Echiverri bared that some 50 trucks carrying free water would be making rounds in areas hit by the water crisis, particularly in Bagong Barrio, Baesa, Sta. Quiteria, Talipapa and other barangays in order to ease the plight of locals.

Each truck would be able to hold 14,000 liter of water, the mayor said, that’s why he hopes it would be enough to answer the needs of his constituents that have been in dire need of water.

aside from this, the local government has also assured that all 21 deep wells—particularly in north-ern part of the city—would be fully serviceable, ca-pable of supplying the area with 60,000 gallons of water. Echiverri has also directed the city engineer-ing office to monitor the deep wells so they may be put into proper order in case anything goes wrong with them. Meanwhile, the Patubig Office has been tasked to take care of the water supply problems in the first district of Caloocan, which has reported to have been seriously affected by the shortage.

In the meantime, Echiverri guaranteed his con-stituents that the rationing of water would contin-ue especially at hard-hit areas until the supply of water returns to normal in Caloocan.

The local government said that it has been coordinating with Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (MWSI) in pinpointing locations that currently have little or no water.

Caloocan exec wantswater woes resolved

Our Daily Bread

W hile walking through a home-improve-ment store, i saw a man wearing a bright red T-shirt bearing this melancholy mes-

sage: “Confidence: The feeling you have just before you understand the situation.”

i laughed at this humorous concept, but i also real-ized that the shirt carried a sane and sound warning. It’s a reminder to all of us who try to get things done through confidence in our own ability or credentials but without consciously trusting in the strength of God. If we think we can accomplish life’s tasks in our own strength, that false confidence will inevitably become our undoing—and we’ll collapse under the weight of our own failings.

Paul wrote to the Corinthians about this by recall-ing ancient Israel’s penchant for self-confidence and self-sufficiency. He described everything the Israelites thought they had going for them; then he told how they had turned those benefits into a license to sin and an almost arrogant confidence that would prove to be their undoing.

Paul said their self-confidence should warn us. His conclusion? “let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (1 Cor. 10:12). Psalm 118:8 shows us the best way: “it is better to trust in the lord than to put confidence in man,” or in ourselves. Where is your confidence?

Let all who think that they can stand Take heed lest they should fall; These words remind us of the truth That God is Lord of all. —Branon

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4 p.m. - Mapua vsSan Sebastian (Srs)

REIGNING titlist San Se-bastian and Jose Rizal seek to stretch their impressive winning streak as the two take on Mapua and St. Be-nilde, respectively, today in the 86th NCAA Basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan City.

The Stags will be gunning for a fourth win in a row and a share of the lead with the San Beda Lions, last year’s runner-up, in their 4 p.m. encounter with the unpre-dictable Cardinals, who are solidly in the middle of the pack with a 2-1 (win-loss) slate.

“We’re hoping to sustain our run by playing more ag-gressive,” said San Sebas-tian coach Ato Agustin.

The Bombers, for their part, are on a roll them-selves after stringing to-gether three straight vic-tories, including a 73-63 triumph over the Arellano U Chiefs last week to jump to No. 3 with a 3-1 record and a win in today’s game

over the Blazers at 2 p.m. would push them further up the standings.

“Slowly but surely, we’re getting to the place that we really wanted and we hope to continue to improve,” said Jose Rizal mentor Ver-gel Meneses.

But Agustin and Men-eses know too well they are facing teams that are legiti-mate contenders.

The well-rested Blaz-ers, mentored by former pro Richard del Rosario, for one, have been a vast-ly improve squad having beaten the Chiefs, 70-64, last July 5 in their first and only game of the season thus far.

The Chito Victolero-coached Cardinals likewise have shown great chemis-try and their 2-1 standings showed they are ready to contend this season.

“i keep telling my play-ers that all the teams are capable of beating anyone this year,” said Agustin,

who walked the tightrope in their first two games over the letran Knights and the Perpetual Help Altas before hammering the Emilio Agu-inaldo Generals, 106-66, in their last game.

Meneses agrees.“i always remind my

players that we can’t under-estimate other teams, oth-erwise, we’ll get punished,” said Meneses.

Mapua, which is riding the crest of a 73-53 thrash-ing of Arellano U a week ago, is hoping it could find a way to pull the rug from under a heavily favored San Sebastian side.

“For us to have a chance against San Sebastian, we need to do the little things well like defending tough, rebounding hard making intelligent decisions,” said Victolero.

“Playing less would be hard when you’re playing a very strong and experienced team like San Sebastian,” he added.

ALASKA coach Tim Cone knew his bench players needed to come in and con-tribute in order for them to beat Talk ‘N Text.

The Aces manhandled the Tropang Texters, 104-88, Wednesday at the start of their PBA Fiesta Confer-ence semifinals series at the Araneta Coliseum.

“Our starters played well, but it was a bench game for us,” Cone said, noting the quality minutes played by the likes of Reynel Hug-natan, Tony dela Cruz and Topex Robinson in giving them the headstart in the best-of-seven duel.

“Tony, our sixth man, came in and played with great energy, Topex did his things defensively… and Reynel was just incredible. They didn’t have an answer for him.”

hugnatan was indeed the big difference.

Averaging just 4.4 points going into the game, the southpaw forward finished with 16 points and five re-

bounds in just 22 minutes, spearheading a second half breakaway that turned what was expected to be a close contest into a rout.

That translated into a lead that reached a high of 100-76, on a Baguio trey, 2:32 left in the game, before Alaska went on and up-held its custom of winning a best-of-seven opener as

in its previous five race-to-four stints.

“We played almost a pic-ture-perfect game in the sec-ond half and we must contin-ue to do that to beat this team in this series,” stated Cone.

Ranidel de Ocampo led TNT with a gamehigh 20 points, but he and a fellow key frontliner got saddled by foul trouble early in the fourth period that hobbled the Tropang Texters’ abil-ity to match the Aces’ dominance in the shaded areas.

In the end, Alaska wound up with a 53-47 advantage off the boards and shot a little better from beyond the arc 5-for-15 to TNT’s 5-for-23. The Texters have lost five of their first six Game in a best-of-seven and headed to keeping that dubious dis-tinction when they started missing shots and, accord-ing to Cone, practically be-came “panicky” when they suffered in defense.

The player TNT was supposed to focus its de-fense on, Diamon Simp-son, still got away with 19 points and 16 rebounds, with Joe Devance adding 19 points and LA Teno-riO and Cyrus Baguio 13 points each.

Dela Cruz only had nine points but grabbed eight rebounds while Robinson, who came in when second-string playmaker Brandon Cablay suffered a sprain in the first period, had four points on perimeter jump-ers.

hugnatan remained the main man.

Alaska stuns top-seed Tropang Texters

PRESIDENT Aquino ap-pointed Ricardo “Ritchie” Garcia as the new chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

Presidential Spokes-man edwin lacierda said aside from Garcia as chair-man of the PSC, Aquino also named the commis-sioners of the sports com-mission namely Jose luis Reyes Gomez, former Olympian swimmer Akiko Thompson, Salvador An-drada and Joaquin “Chito” loyzaga.

Garcia, who is a two-time former sports commission-er and a champion amateur golfer, replaces PSC chair-man Harry Angping.

Garcia is new PSC chair

Diamon Simpson of Alaska Aces scores a basket by way of slam dunk as Talk 'N Text Tropang Texter Shawn Daniels try to foil it. The Aces won in their match against Tropang Texters at the Big Dome Wednesday night.

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