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VOLUME 7 NUMBER 147MON - TUE

JULY 21 - 22, 2014

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ON A CLEAR DAY. Cleared of unsightly spaghetti wires, the majestic view of the Holy Rosary Church re-emerges resplendent in downtown Angeles City. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON

ANGELES CITY- This city is fi nally rid-ding itself of problems on informal set-tlers after Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan found out that most of them could be classifi ed as “professional squatters.”

Pamintuan met here recently with

EdPAm eyes zero informal settlersbarangay offi cials to warn them of ap-propriate charges should the popula-tion of informal settlers further increase in their areas amid plans of the city government to relocate all 2,500 fam-ilies living mostly along the banks of

the Abacan River and other channels in this city.

Some 500 other such families had already been moved to resettlement sites, he noted.

“I have found out that many of the

settlers are professionals. They sell their house and lots in relocation sites and then set up squatter colonies again in the city,” he said in a press confer-ence.

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CLARK FREEPORT - The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) said yesterday it is implementing six infrastructure projects

worth P207.18 million to upgrade the 94-km Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).

BCDA undertakes P207.18-M projects to upgrade SCTEx

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THEY CUT THE TREES FOR THIS

CLARK FREEPORT- The Tollways Manage-ment Corp. ((TMC) re-leased yesterday list of “critical” interchanges

TMC issues advisory to NLEx motorists joining INC centennial

along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), di-recting motorists on where to turn amid tens of thousands of North-

ern Luzon folk expected to join the Iglesia ni Cris-to (INC) centennial anni-versary on July 27.

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BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Subic Bay Metro-politan Authority (SBMA) has recorded an in-crease of 62 percent in earnings before interest,

SBMA earns P738-M in H1tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) during the fi rst semester this year.

This was announced by SBMA Chairman Ro-berto Garcia, who also cited the added fl exibility

in the agency’s fi nancial program as a result of its efforts to increase its earnings.

“Our EBITDA in-creased by 62 per cent - from P454 million in the

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The local business chamber grounded its support for the cutting of trees along MacArthur Highway on the conviction that the resulting widening of the road shall spur commerce and trade. It did. With the widened portion appropriated by SMEs involved in junk, vulcanizing, car-aircon services, and the like. Even as your favorite cola made it a waiting area for its delivery trucks.

PHOTOS BY BONG LACSON

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BY ERNIE ESCONDE

ORION, Bataan- Police at dawn of Thursday engaged and killed in a shootout in Barangay Sto. Domingo here three suspected thieves of game-cocks.

Senior Insp. Ronnie Fabia, Orion police chief, identifi ed the fatalities as Billsar Leoveras, Rex Balaguer and

3 gamecock thieves killed in shootoutDanilo Cunanan, all 27 years old and from different barangays in Orion.

Leoveras of Sta. Elena and Balagu-er of Bagumbayan died on the spot while Cunanan was rushed to the Bataan General Hospital in Balanga but was declared dead on arrival.

Recovered from the three were two .38 revolvers with spent shells and gamecocks placed in 15 “bayong” al-

legedly stolen from a gamecock farm in Barangay Sto. Domingo, the police chief said.

Fabia said victims fi red fi rst with one bullet hitting a portion of the front of the police patrol vehicle, forcing chasing police offi cers to shoot back. “Kung napataas ang tama sa mobile, baka may tinamaang pulis,” Fabia said.

He said the three apparently made use of the power blackout and rains as cover in robbing the gamecock farm. Orion was among the rest of the towns in Bataan that suffered blackout be-cause of tropical storm Glenda.

“Nakakalungkot lamang na ang pagnanakaw pala ng manok ay huma-hantong na sa pakikipagbarilan sa pu-lis,” Fabia said.

Sto. Rosario Barangay Captain De Guzman (middle) poses with Jenra Foundation executive director and TSB Realty and Development Corp. general manager Tan Siy and TSB marketing offi cer Jhon Bonifacio during the feeding activity.

BY ASHLEY MANABAT

ANGELES CITY – Some 250 pre-schoolers with ages ranging from three to fi ve years old were the recipients of quality meals during a sup-plemental feeding program at the Day Care Center in Ba-rangay Sto. Rosario here last Friday.

The village affair dubbed, “Quality Meal Nutrition Assis-tance Program,” was also the occasion of the 47th birthday celebration of Sto. Rosario Barangay Captain Bong De Guzman who said the activ-ity is a way of monitoring the health of young children to prevent malnutrition.

The feeding program was sponsored by Jenra Founda-tion under the TSB Realty and Development Corp. which owns and operates Jen-ra Malls and Supermarkets, Jollibee, Mang Inasal and Greenwich fast food joints here and in adjacent Dau in Mabalacat City, as well as the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Barangay Sto. Domingo as part of its corporate social re-sponsibility (CSR).

Jenra Foundation director Byron John Tan Siy said, “we make sure we have CSR ac-tivities once a month.”

Siy said the foundation’s other CSR activities include an outreach program for NGOs such as the Bahay Pag-Ibig home for the aged and the Munting Tahanan ng Nazareth orphanage in Ma-balacat City, medical mis-sions including the mass cir-cumcision of 200 boys last summer, blood-donation

Jenra Foundation leads village’s supplemental feeding program

drives, and college scholars studying at Holy Angel Uni-versity taking up accountancy and engineering courses.

He also said before school opening, “we went to Sapa-ng Uwak in Porac and gave school supplies to children and we planted trees.”

Siy, who is the son of Josie, the eldest of the Tan brood of fi ve, described the CSR as “the way of the family to give back to the community.”

Hotel Sogo joined the foundation as a partner in the CSR.

Meanwhile, De Guzman said it is really heartwarming for the Jenra Foundation and their partners to share their CSR with his constituents es-pecially on his birthday.

“Nagpapasalamat po kami sa Jenra Foundation sa tulong nila sa mga bata sa aming barangay,” said De Guzman.

BY ARMAND M. GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY - An al-leged big-time illegal drugs ped-dler was arrested by anti-drugs operatives in a buy-bust oper-ation in Barangay San Juan Accfa here before midnight Fri-day, police reported.

Supt. Pedro Soliba, Jr., city police chief, identifi ed the sus-pect as Mario Joson, 57, a res-ident of Barangay San Isidro, Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija.

The suspect yielded 70 plastic sachets of suspected shabu after selling one of them

Pusher fallsto a poseur-buyer at around 11:30 p.m., Soliba said. The haul has an estimated street value of P150,000.

Police said Joson was sub-jected to a surveillance opera-tion after his name got into the police drug watch list.

A follow up investigation is being conducted to determine the source of shabu which the suspect bring in here, police reported.

Soliba said the suspect is facing charges for violation of Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165.

BY GEORGE HUBIERNA

CAMILING, Tarlac— Joint ele-ments of the local police and the Tarlac Criminal Investi-gation and Detection Group arrested two gun owners for possessing unlicensed gun in Barangay Sinulatan 2nd here over the weekend.

Nabbed were Perfecto Dela Cruz, married, 62, and Manny Partido, married, 40, both of Purok 4 at the place of incident.

According to Camiling chief of police Chief Inspec-tor Edison C. Pascasio, the two were arrested by virtue of Search Warrant Number 058-14 issued by Judge Ramon D. Pamular of the Regional

2 nabbed for illegal gun raps

Trial Court Branch 32, Guim-ba, Nueva Ecija dated July 9, 2014.

Recovered from Dela Cruz were an Armscor .45 pistol with Serial Number 1128975, three pieces of .45 magazines, 21 pieces of .45 ammunitions, one Smith and Wesson .38 pistol and 21 pieces of .38 am-munitions.

Eight pieces of .38 ammu-nitions were recovered from Partido.

The implementation of the search warrant was witnesses by barangay offi cials Artemio Navarro and Jerry Dela Cruz.

The two are now in jail fac-ing charges for violation of ille-gal possession of fi rearms and ammunitions.

Students of Barangay Sto. Rosario Day Care Center enjoy quality meal sponsored by Jenra Foundation Inc.

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BALANGA City - Dalawang manggagawa ang patay matapos mabangga ang sinasakyan nilang tricycle ng isang pamasa-herong mini-bus sa bahagi ng Roman Superhighway sa lungsod na ito Sabado ng umaga.

Kinilala ang mga biktima na sina Francis Ortiz, ng Cabog-Cabog, Balanga at driver ng tricycle at kasakay nitong si Roger Perez ng Malabia sa Balanga City rin.

Papasok sa trabaho ang dalawa at paliko na ang tricycle sa entrance ng kumpanya nila nang mangyari ang sakuna.

“Galing doon ang mini-bus at patawid naman ang tricycle. Ik-saktong patawid, nadumog at kinaladkad ito ng mini-bus,” sabi ni Angelito Navarro, may-ari ng vulcanizing shop na katabi ng pinangyarihan ng banggaan.

Galing sa bahagi ng Dinalupihan ang mini-bus at sa Balanga naman ang tricycle.

KInaladkad ng mini-bus ng halos may 50 metro ang tricy-cle kaya wasak na wasak ito. Walang nasaktan sa mga sakay ng mini-bus na nagkaroon ng sira sa unahang bumper at wind-shield.

Patuloy pa ang imbestigasyon ng pulisya. Pansamantalang nakapiit ang driver ng mini-bus na si Arnold Garcia, 49, ng Di-nalupihan, Bataan. –Ernie Esconde

Tricycle binangga

ng mini-bus,2 sakay patay

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OLONGAPO CITY – Typhoon Glenda pounded this city and other areas in Zambales and Bataan with strong winds which caused fl ooding and damage to properties.

In an effort to help the affected areas, SM City Olongapo dis-patched its team to bring relief goods to 1,000 families in Orani and Dinalupihan towns in Bataan.

In its nationwide relief efforts, SM has served thousands of families from the time Glenda entered the Philippine area of re-sponsibility up to its aftermath.

Mayor Gila Garcia of Dinalupihan & Vice Mayor Dr. Bong Galicia Jr. of Orani assisted the SM team in the distribution of relief goods in their respective towns.

They were both thankful for the help of SM.Meanwhile, a few hours before Typhoon Glenda entered

PAR, SM City Olongapo had offered its car park free of charge as a temporary shelter for vehicles.

Mayor Rolen Paulino extended his appreciation to the mall for doing such humanitarian efforts for the residents of Olonga-po.

One resident said, “with a strong typhoon coming in I think it would be if we parked our car in SM, libre pa ang overnight fee.” The three-storey car park was full to capacity during the onslaught of Glenda.

Despite the strong winds and torrential rains brought about by the typhoon, SM stayed open for business to cater to the needs of the customers.

SM CARES. 1,000 relief goods ready to be distributed to typhoon-affected families in Dinalupihan and Orani, Bataan.

SM Olongapo offered free overnight parking to customers. SM Carpark served as temporary shelter to vehicles during the onslaught of typhoon ‘Glenda’. PHOTOS BY MALOU DUNGOG

SM City Olongapo gives relief goods for typhoon Glenda

BY ERNIE ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY - Tropical storm Glenda left P435 million in damages to fi sheries and crops in Bataan, provincial agriculturist Imelda Inieto re-ported to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Offi ce over the weekend.

“Napakalaki ng damage na iniwan ni Glenda sa lalawigan lalo na sa fi sheries,” she said.

Damages were placed at P305 million to fi sh-eries that included fi shponds and P5 million in de-stroyed fi shing bancas or a total of P310 million. Fishponds are located in the towns of Hermosa, Orani, Samal and Abucay.

Fishermen from Sitio Bakawan in Barangay Wawa in Abucay town are requesting government and Good Samaritans to help them with fi shing bancas with engines and nets after losing these valued items for their livelihood.

There were losses of P5 million in palay pro-duction and P120 million in vegetables and high value crops like bananas, mangoes and other fruit trees.

The agriculturist said the report in palay pro-duction was only partial and she expected the amount to rise as soon as she gets hold of com-plete reports from 11 towns and one city.

“We have coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries that are pre-paring rehabilitation programs,” Inieto said.

Glenda leaves P435-M in damages to fi sheries, crops

ABUCAY, Bataan- Apat na araw noong Saba-do matapos wasakin ng malalaking alon da-hil kay Glenda ang maraming bahay sa Si-tio Bakawan barangay Wawa, Abucay, Bataan, unti-unting nagpipilit bu-mangon ang mga mang-ingisda rito.

Dahan-dahan nilang iniipon ang pwede pang magamit sa pagtatayong muli ng kanilang bahay kasabay ng panawagan sa may magagandang puso at sa pamahalaan.

“Tulungan sana kami kahit pako, kahoy, yero at pagkain,” sabi ni Alex Legutom, 44. Ayaw uma-no niyang magtagal ang

Mga nawalan ng bahay nagpipilit bumangon

asawa at tatlong anak sa barangay center kasa-ma ng ibang pamilyang nawalan ng bahay.

Itinuro niya kung hanggang saan ang taas ng tubig sa pamamag-itan ng bakas sa dala-wang maliit na puno ng kahoy na umabot ng ha-los mahigit 10 talampa-kan ang lalim.

“Naging dagat itong lugar namin at malal-aki ang mga alon. Iwi-nasiwas ang mga bahay namin,” sabi ni Legutom.

Sinabi ng asawa ng isa pang mangingisda na nawalan din ng bahay na umaasa lamang sila sa rasyon para sa kanilang pagkain.

“Ubos ang mga gamit namin, kahit panty wala na,” sabi nitong tumata-wa.

Walang pinatawad ang ngitngit ng dagat. Bahay na gawa sa kawayan o semento ay bumagsak.

Dalawang batang magkapatid ang nan-gangalkal ng basura. Grade 3 at walong taon ang babae at Grade 1 na anim na taon naman ang lalaki. “Sa center kami nakatira, pambili ng pag-kain,” sagot ng babae sa tanong kung aanhin nila ang mapagbibilhan ng basura.

Iisa naman ang panawagan ng mga

babae kasama ang mga anak na pansaman-talang nanunuluyan pa sa Sitio Bakawan Center. “Damit at panimula para magkabahay uli. Wala kaming bahay, walang gamit kahit kutsara,” sabi ng mga ina.

Sa tala ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduc-tion Management Offi ce, 36 ang bahay na totally damaged at 50 naman ang partially damaged sa Barangay Wawa, Abucay.

Sa 11 bayan at isang lungsod sa Bataan, 143 bahay ang totally dam-aged at 1,703 ang par-tially damaged.

–Ernie Esconde

ABUCAY, Bataan Bang-kang de motor at lambat ang kahilingan ng mga mangingisda sa Sitio Bakawan ng Barangay Wawa dito.

Ipinagwagwagan ng malalaki at nagngangal-it na alon ang kanilang mga bangkang pangisda na nakadaong malapit sa kanilang mga ba-

Bangka, makina, lambat hiling ng mga mangingisda

hay na nangawasak din habang dumaraan si Glenda noong Miyerku-les ng umaga.

Nadurog ang mga bangka samantalang hindi na makita ang mga makina nito. Ang iba naman ay halos ang maliit na bahagi at batangan na lamang ang naiwan.

“May tumulong sana sa amin na magkaroon uli kami ng bangkang may makina at pati lambat upang makapaghanap-buhay kami at hindi ma-gutom ang aming pami-lya,” sabi nina Alex Lagu-tom, Roger Gumahan at Wilfredo Miras.

Sinabi naman ni Vinefer Sumilhig, 27, na

sumasama na lamang ang kanyang asawa sa kung sino mang may bangka upang mangisda matapos mawasak din ang kanilang bangkang pangisda.

“Magkaroon uli sana kami ng sariling bangka,” sabi ng babae habang kalong ang maliit na anak. –Ernie Esconde

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYTODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYSource: www.kahimyang.infoSource: www.kahimyang.info

Disaster-readinessTHE CITY of San Fernando scored well in last week’s bout with Typhoon Glenda.

As there were no fl oodings, major or minor, in any part of the city, the inundation came in the form of laudations in its very Facebook page, www.facebook.com/CSFP.CIO.

Praised highly was the city’s hourly bulletins on the progress of Glenda, the early announcement of the suspension of classes, the status of roads and traffi c around the city.

Most appreciative were of course those in the academe.

“You did a good job which made me more proud of my being a Fernandino,” posted Fer Santos, external affairs and media director of the University of the Assumption.

“Dakal a salamat king saup yu kapamilatan na ning pamagbalita yu kng malalyari ngening panaun na ning bagyu” commented Lisa Vega Lacap.

“Kudos to the Mayor and the CDRRMC,” posted Fred Azares.

It is to the credit, indeed, of Mayor Edwin “EdSa” Santiago that the city coped this well with the typhoon.

A day before Glenda hit landfall, Santiago activated the San Fernando Incident Command System under the city’s disaster risk reduction and management offi ce.

“We established an emergency operations center at Heroes Hall where all pertinent information are disseminated through the internet, media outfi ts, academic institutions, PNP and BFP, among others,” Santiago said.

More than this though, the city government has been – since January this year – undertaking fl ood mitigation projects in the city’s waterways, as well as conducting awareness campaigns and anti-disaster drills among its citizens.

Yeah, pro-activeness pays.Now, were Santiago as aggressively pro-

active in lighting up the city roads, most specially the MacArthur Highway…

In pitch darkness, a major disaster is waiting to happen there.

Yellow, seriously“SO WHAT exactly do you want from us to help you?”

Asked Management Association of the Philippines President Gregorio Navarro at the Daylight Dialogue in Malacañang Tuesday last week.

“Perhaps wearing our yellow ribbons, amongst other things, just to demonstrate exactly in a quick manner where the sentiments of our people lie.”

Responded President BS Aquino III. As though the yellow ribbon still mattered to the Filipino.

Appropriated from that song of Tony Orlando – incidentally, a Manila visitor only the other week – romancing an ex-convict’s homecoming, the yellow ribbon assumed political colors hereabouts fi rst with Ninoy Aquino’s own return to Manila that sealed his heroic destiny, deepened in hue at his day-long funeral march and the consequent protest actions, and culminated in glorious brilliance in the EDSA Revolt that ousted the Dictator in 1986.

The euphoria of EDSA though did not last all too long in the immediate descent of the country to economic limbo, punctuated by calamitous tragedies both man-made – Kamag-anak Holdings Inc. monopolizing governance, the series of coup attempts by Honasan, et al – and natural – the earthquake of 1990 and the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the following year.

The yellow ribbon was but a forgotten keepsake stored in some old baul during the successive administrations of Fidel V. Ramos, Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with the party it represented, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino receding in the umbra of Lakas-NUCD, Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino, and Lakas-CMD.

Came Cory Aquino dying in 2009, and yellow’s revival as the national color of mourning.

As her husband’s death catapulted Cory to political prominence, so her own demise invested in her otherwise lacklustre boy more than enough political stock bought hook, line and sinker by a nation caught in passing, if emotive, grief.

So was BS Aquino III birthed by necro-politics. Possessed with nothing more than the appropriated yellow ribbon for his politics, and Hacienda Luisita for his economics.

Comes to mind that Marxist maxim anew – of history repeating itself: the fi rst, with Ninoy’s yellow ribbon, as tragedy; the second, with PNoy’s, a farce.

A profusion of yellow ribbons, as well as shirts, buttons, posters, confetti, came in the wake of Ninoy’s death and immediately thereafter.

A dearth of anything yellow came in response to PNoy’s Tuesday call for support.

On the contrary, there was peach among activists calling for Aquino’s impeachment. And black and red among court employees to rally behind the Supreme Court justices vis-à-vis Aquino’s threat on the judiciary’s independence attendant to his (ir)rationalizations of the SC-shot down Disbursement Acceleration Program.

“Our colors are red, white and blue. Not yellow.” So netizens storm-surged Facebook and Twitter, with graphics of a ribboned Philippine fl ag.

Seeing how PNoy’s call deafeningly fell on deaf ears, indeed, countered with vehement defi ance, Malacañang tried to salvage his face, in characteristic ingenious insipidity.

Thus, Presidential Communications Operations Offi ce Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr.: “It was just a light moment in the entire dialog, I don’t think he has a specifi c intent on it to tell everybody to wear the yellow ribbon and start counting who wears yellow and those who wear peach.”

Seriously, Coloma? “So what exactly do you want from us to

help you?” All seriousness, as exactness, is that question posed by so serious a man as the president of as serious as “the Country’s Leading Organization Committed to Management Excellence for Nation-Building.”

“Perhaps wearing our yellow ribbons, amongst other things, just to demonstrate exactly in a quick manner where the sentiments of our people lie.” As serious, as exact, is the response from the President. In as serious a dialogue among serious leaders in such serious a place as Malacañang, the center of executive power in the country.

Seriously, it is way past time this administration and its minions realized that the yellow ribbon is now collectively seen through jaundiced eyes – prejudicially hostile, that is – not anymore as the symbol of national liberation that it was in the ‘80s, but a badge of blundering ignorance and blabbering arrogance.

Yeah, most fi tting to its foremost wearer, BS Aquino III.

ON JULY 21, 1871, Praxedes Julia Fernandez, the so-called singing sweetheart of Manila, a performer who is considered Queen of Philippine Drama, was born in Sta. Cruz, Manila. She was one of the three chil-dren of Mariano Fernandez and Josefa Quizon.

Yeyeng as she was pop-ularly known, was one of the founders of Fersuta compa-ny, the name framed from the names of the principal

Praxedes Julia Fernandez is born in Sta. Cruz, Manila

lady players, Fernandez, Su-zara,and Tagorona. Her group presented many benefi t shows for the widows and orphans of the soldiers of the Spanish army.

On September 30, 1891, in grateful acknowledgement of Miss Fernandez’s performanc-es for charity, the Spanish army honored her with a gala affair. As a memento of the occasion, she was presented with a silver crown.

Yeyeng ended her stage career with a farewell presen-tation of the opera La Viuda Alegre at the Manila Grand Opera House on November 14, 1911.

On August 18, 1892, she was married to Ricardo Pe-nalos Pastor, a professor in the Escuela de Artes y Ofi cios in Iloilo. Their marriage was not blessed with any children.

She died on August 22, 1919 at the age of 48.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. –Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

‘PNoy doesa Macoy’

“KUNG tinanggap ko ang kusang pagbibitiwNi Budget Sec Abad sa kanyang tungkulinAy parang sa kanya’y pagtalaga na rinSa mali at hindi niya marapat gawin

Di ko matanggap ang di maling ginawaNg ating tao ay ay sabihing di tama;”Yan ang walang gatol na pananalitaNi PNoy hinggil sa mainit na paksa

Nitong aywan lang kung talagang totooNa naghain si Butch Abad kay PanguloNg resignation niya pero di raw nitoPinayagan, bagkus pinigilan ito?

At sinabing hindi ‘unconstitutional’Itong ‘disbursement acceleration program,’Taliwas sa ‘ruling’ ng ‘Highest Tribunal,’Ang kay Abad pagpabor ng Malakanyang

Kung saan nitong lang a uno ng JulyoAy itong Supreme Court ang nagsabi mismo,Na illegal ang DAP nilang inimbento;At wala ring iniwan sa PDAF ito.

Kaya nga’t kapagka pinilit ni PNoyNa ang DAP di labag sa’ting Konstitusyon,At ang kanya ang siyang pilit isusulong,Yan ay tuwirang ‘grave abuse of discretion’

At di man pasimpleng ‘Marcosian power grap’Ay may pagkaiba ng kaunti, sapagkatAng PD 1081 inisyu at sukatNi “Apo” bago ang utos pinatupad.

Pero ang kay PNoy ay napakalinawang mababanaag ang ala martial lawniyang konsepto at ang nangingibabaway tanging personal lang nitong pananaw.

Kung saan tulad ng ating nakikitaSa klase ng kanyang paghawak sa renda,Alalaon baga’y lahat ng gusto niyaAy siyang ipipilit kahit mali siya.

Katulad na lamang nitong isyu hinggilSa umano’y pagkasipa niya kay datingChief Justice Corona ya’y di ba’t pag-sikilNa rin niya sa’ting Court of Justice na rin? Kaya di malayong ang banggan ngayonNg hudikatura at Pangulong PNoyAy posibleng sa kalsada rin humantongKapag ang eksenang yan ay nagpatuloy

Na kung saan parang pataasan na langNg ihi ang ngayon ay namamagitanSa Supreme Court at ng nasa MalakanyangKung alin ang higit makapangyarihan.

Dahil lumalabas sa palitan nilaNg argumento at mga pag-akusa,Constitutional crisis itong naka-ambaNa posibleng kahantungan ng lahat na.

Kapag nagpumilit itong Malakanyang,Na ang DAP ni Abad ay hindi illegal;Pero ayon naman sa ‘Highest Tribunal’Ang kina PNoy ang ‘unconstitutional’

Tama o hindi ang pagka-akda ng DAPYa’y di na ang isyung maresolba dapatKundi kung alin ba ang talagang sukatMagpatupad sa ‘ting panuntunang batas.

Ang Pangulo ba ng ating RepublikaO ang tinatawag na Hudikatura?Ang una, posibleng balik DiktaduraAt ang huli ay tunay na Demokrasya!

BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY- A com-plainant in an impeachment case fi led yesterday against Pres. Aquino said the admin-istration had used P5.4 billion of Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds to com-pensate land owners whose lands were covered by land reform, with his family getting P471.5 million for Hacienda Luisita.

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said it has dug up a statement from Agrar-ian Reform Sec. Virgilio de los Reyes that said “in October 2011, a Notice of Cash Alloca-tion in the amount of P7.932 billion corresponding to appro-priations in the General Ap-propriations Act of both 2010 and 2011 was released to the Landbank and that a part of the amount, P5.4 billion, was through the Disbursement Ac-celeration Program (DAP).”

“Clearly, Delos Reyes’s ad-mission shows that DAP funds were used to compensate land-owners, including the Cojuang-cos who got P471 .5 million of DAP funds as compensation for Hacienda Luisita,” KMP Chair Rafael Mariano noted.

The KMP also quoted De los Reyes as having said that “from 2011 to June 2014, Landbank disbursed P4.052 billion representing the cash portion of landowners com-pensation to more than 4,000 landowners whose lands were distributed to farmer-benefi -ciaries of the agrarian reform program. The landowners of Apo Fruits Corp./Hijo Planta-tion and of Hacienda Luisita are but two of the more than

IMPEACH RAP

PNoy’s kin get P471.5-M of DAP funds for Luisita

4,000 landowners paid by the Landbank.”

The group also noted De los Reyes’ clarifi cation that “the P5.432 billion was not an augmentation of the fund for Landowners Compensation” and that “the entire P7.932 bil-lion corresponds to the 2010 and 2011 appropriation for landowners compensation in the GAA for those years.”

The group did not say when and where De los Reyes made the statement.

But Mariano said De los Reyes’ statement was a “damning evidence against the President, Budget Secre-tary Butch Abad, Delos Reyes, and the Cojuangcos’ scheme to plunder the DAP funds.”

“Why did the DAR use the DAP when it has a defi -nite, regular, and specifi c ap-propriation for 2010 and 2011 for landowner compensation? It should have pushed the re-lease of the budget instead of utilizing the DAP,” Mariano asked.

In a statement, the KMP noted: “If the entire P 7.932 billion was for 2010 and 2011, the DAR paid P372,569.28 per hectare of the 21,290 hectares approved for landowner com-pensation. This is obviously overpriced and a far cry from the average P44,000 per hect-are.”

It cited fi gures from the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council that “in 2010, there are 740 landowners approved for compensation by the LBP for 7,476 hectares and in 2011, there are 748 landowners ap-proved by the LBP for payment covering 13,814 hectares.”

Mariano noted, however,

that despite the almost half a billion in compensation using DAP funds, Hacienda Luisita remains under the control of the Cojuangcos. “That’s bra-zen plunder of DAP funds,” he said.

He said De los Reyes’ statement belies Aquino and Abad’s claim that the DAP was used supposedly to pump prime and stimulate the econ-omy.

“The P5.4 billion of DAP funds that was used for land-owners compensation is obvi-ously non-productive. Big and parasitic landlords, like the Cojuangcos, did not use the money for production but in building concrete walls around Hacienda Luisita’s prime agri-cultural lands and deny farm-worker benefi ciaries from cul-tivating their lands,” he also said.

“The billions of pesos paid to Apo Fruits/Hijo Plantation is highly questionable. An agri-business venture arrangement (AVA) was implemented in the plantation to circumvent actual land distribution,” he said.

Mariano lamented that “billions of taxpayers’ mon-ey were given by Aquino and Abad to big agribusinesses as a giveaway.”

He noted that “the DAP controversy reinforced farm-ers’ assertion that the govern-ment’s Comprehensive Agrar-ian Reform Program (CARP), which expired last June 30, was a cash cow of big land-lords like the Cojuangcos.”

The KMP joined the Ba-gong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in fi ling an impeach-ment complaint against the President.

TRAFFIC ENFORCERS of the city government received today (July 21) commenda-tions for helping the San Fer-nando Police in its intensifi ed campaign against motor riding suspects.

During Monday fl ag rais-ing ceremony, Mayor Edwin Santiago handed the award to 15 civil servants namely Traf-fi c Management Division chief Renato Pineda, TMD mem-bers Oliver Villanueva, Joey Manalastas, Ariel Magtoto, Jeffrey David, Nelson Clacio, Lito Cruz, Richard Tadeo, Joey Magtoto, Sherwin Gando, Ray-mark Magtoto, Ronald Palma, Elmer Salangsang, Ramil Anti-

CSF honors traffi c enforcersgo and Heintagie Dizon.

“They have helped our PNP in their intensifi ed cam-paign against lawless ele-ments thru checkpoints and implementation of Oplan Sita, Helmet Law, and Dragnet” said Santiago.

Ensuring peace and order is a main thrust of the mayor’s administration under the 12 point agenda dubbed “Katiwa-sayan at Seguridad ng mam-amayan, mapayapang pa-mayanan.”

Meanwhile, Police Chief Supt. Edilberto Pitallano praised the awardees for their contributions in the apprehen-sions of suspects who usual-

ly employed motorcycles and other vehicles in the perpe-tration of their nefarious activ-ities.

“Your loyalty, devotion to duty and whole-hearted im-mensely contributed in our op-erations, thus contributing to the plans and programs bene-fi cial to our community.”

“We are thankful that our efforts are being recognized” TMD chief Pineda during an interview.

San Fernando traffi c group is composed by only 70 per-sonnel but managed to appre-hend more than 2,000 traffi c violations since October last year. –CSFP-CIO

OUTSTANDING. Mayor Santiago, together with Councilor Nelson Lingat, deputy chief of police Insp. Theogenes Ragos joins San Fernando traffi c enforcers during fl ag raising ceremony at the City Hall. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSFP-CIO

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of AIDA D. DE GUZMAN who died

intestate on April 13, 2011 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as Savings Account No. 302-506591-2 in Philippine National Bank (PNB) Sto. Rosario Branch, Angeles City with total amount of PHP 90,397.82, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 472, Page No. 04, Book No. VII, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: July 21, 28 & August 4, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JUAN CAYANAN and ROSARIO

V. CAYANAN who died intestate on July 29, 1999 and November 3, 2010 respectively both in Guagua, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Partition of their estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 94900-RLot 14, Block 24 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-19813,

being a portion of Lot 5, (LRC) Pcs-1472, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 138, situated in the Barrio of Del Pilar, Municipality of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga;

Lot 15, Block 24 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-19813, being a portion of Lot 5, (LRC) Pcs-1472, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 138, situated in the Barrio of Del Pilar, Municipality of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga;

Original Certifi cate of Title No. 7081Lot 5418 of the Cadastral Survey of Guagua, Cad-376-D, plan

As-03-000321, LR, Case No. N-45 L.R.C. Record No. N-50005, situated in the Barrio of San Juan Bautista, Municipality of Guagua, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 149543-RLot 2 of the consolidation-subd. plan (LRC) Pcs-22812, being a

portion of the consolidation of Lot 2, (LRC) Pcs-22676 & Lots 3, 4 & 5 (LRC) Pcs-16563, LRC Rec. No. 23088, situated in the Barrio of Sto. Cristo, Municipality of Guagua, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 149543-RLot 2 of the consolidation and subd. plan Pcs-03-000091, being

a portion of the consolidated Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (LRC) Pcs-16563 and Lot 1, (LRC) Pcs-22812, LRC Rec. No. , situated in the Barrio of Sto. Cristo, Municipality of Guagua, Province of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 200664-RLot 3, Blk 2 of the subd. plan (LRC) Psd-171797, being a portion

of Lot 1, (LRC) Pcs-14485, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 150, situated in the Barrio of Cabalantian, Municipality of Bacolor, Prov. of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Gener C. Endona as per Doc No. 181, Page 38, Book 49, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: July 15, 22 & 29, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of MARCELINA G. SONGCO who died

intestate on June 30, 2014 in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 17, Block 6 of the subd. plan Psd-71033, being a portion of Lot 791-C, described on plan Psd-16004, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the District of Pulung-Bulu, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 128718 before Notary Public Archie Paul C. Muyrong as per Doc No. 39, Page No. 9, Book No. 1, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: July 15, 22 & 29, 2014

BCDA Presi-dent-CEO Arnel Pacia-no Casanova said the projects include the for-tifi cation of the SCTEx’s bridge that collapsed into the Pasig-Potrero River during a typhoon a year ago in Porac, Pampanga. It would cost P71.62 million.

He noted that that

BCDA undertakes P207.18-M projects to upgrade SCTEx

“We expect attend-ees to arrive at the Phil-ippine Arena starting in the evening of July 25,” the TMC said in its advi-sory yesterday.

The TMC said that “to manage the volume of vehicles, addition-al toll personnel will be deployed in the affected plazas.”

“Additional traffi c management and secu-rity personnel will be de-ployed at strategic areas including the Philippine Arena compound and at the interchanges critical to the event and there are designated U-turn slots for the attendees,” it added.

TMC issues advisory to NLEx motorists...TMC’s advisory also

said that “delegates coming from the North going to the Philippine Arena will turn at the Smart Connect Inter-change (Mindanao Ave-nue Link Interchange),” while “those leaving the Philipine Arena and are Manila-bound will turn at the Tabang or Balagtas Interchanges at the des-ignated U-turn slots just after the toll plaza exits.”

“Parking of vehicles will be at the local roads near the Philippine Are-na vicinity. Critical areas at NLEx especially from Meycauayan to Bocaue northbound will be de-clared as a tow-away zone during the event so as not to impede the traf-

fi c fl ow for our motorists,” the advisory added.

TMC also noted that “to ensure the smooth traffi c fl ow in the area and in the nearby com-munities, NLEx manage-ment has been close-ly coordinating with the Metro Manila Develop-ment Authority (MMDA) and the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP).”

Road works in NLEx have been suspended since July 16 in prepara-tion for the event unless safety repair is required. Road works and mainte-nance will resume on Au-gust 4, it added.

“Motorists are ad-vised to plan their trips ahead of time for this pe-riod,” TMC also said.

TMC also noted that “for traffi c advisories they can check the NLEx Twitter account @nlex-traffi c and the Facebook page Travel On Great Roads.”

They may also visit the North Luzon Integrat-ed Guide and Travel Ad-visory System or NLigtas atwww.tollways.net.ph, it added, noting that it also has a mobile application which can be download-ed using smart phones.

For other inquiries or assistance they may call (02) 580-8910, (02) 3-5000 for NLEX and (0920) 9672839 for SC-TEx related concerns; these hotlines are avail-able 24 hours a day, TMC added. –Ding Cervantes

fi rst semester last year to P738 million in the same period this year,” Garcia said in a recent press briefi ng.

“This gives SBMA the desired spending pow-er and fi scal fl exibility to manage its various fi -nancial obligations,” he added.

Garcia explained that this year’s fi rst semester earnings of P738 million was derived from a total of P1.2-billion in oper-ating revenue, less the P461-million total in op-erating expenses.

He added that the in-

SBMA earns P738-M in H1FROM PAGE 1 crease in EBITDA can be

attributed to a 27 percent increase in total operat-ing revenues and a six percent decrease in total operating expenses.

According to a re-port from the SBMA Fi-nance Group, the Subic authority posted op-erating revenues of P627,319,504.39 from leases; P380,800,701.72 from port services; P8,277,995.15 from tourism services; and P182,220,722.83 from other operating incomes.

On the other hand, the agency incurred operating expens-es of P194,216,593.46

in manpower; P80,823,616.77 in bad debts; P43,504,924.73 in power; P17,459,000.74 in supplies, materials and fuel; P3,584,204.33 in water; and P121,145,435.64 in oth-er operating expenses.

Records from the SBMA Accounting De-partment also revealed that the agency’s net in-come after tax to-date amounted to P322 mil-lion.

In 2013, the SBMA shattered its all-time re-cord after posting P1.2 billion in net profi t, along with the highest gross revenue of P2.1 billion

and the highest EBITDA of P992 million in the 21-year history of the Subic institution.

The present SBMA administration head-ed by Garcia has been largely credited for turn-ing around the agen-cy’s fi nancial standing from several years of non-profi tability to attain-ing record earnings start-ing 2012.

Garcia said the SBMA is now committed to further improving its fi -nancial condition to de-velop facilities here and attract more investments in the Subic Bay Free-port Zone.

Pamintuan said it would be unfair for the city government to spend for informal settlers at the expense of other ser-vices needed by majority of city folk.

This, even as Pa-mintuan also urged rich families who own large

EdPAm eyes zero informal settlers

FROM PAGE 1 torrential rains normally affect the area from Au-gust to October.

“We are on track in completing the fortifi ca-tion works by the end of July so that when the strong rains come, the structural integrity of the Pasig-Potero bridge and the temporary Bai-ley bridge will not be compromised and en-sure the safe travel of

the motorists plying the SCTEx ,” Casanova said.

He said the fortifi ca-tion of the bridge was a “long-term permanent work.”

Apart from the bridge, the six projects identifi ed by the BCDA were “Gumain Riv-er bridge’s Pier Nos. 5 and 6 protection works worth P18.96-M; con-

struction management and supervision of the long-term permanent works at Pasig-Potrero bridge of SCTEx worth P7.13 million; asphalt pavement resurfacing worth P68.48 million; and bridge revetment, slope and drainage re-pair works worth P12.43 million.

Casanova said the fortifi cation works at

the Pasig-Potrero Riv-er bridge covered the installation of concrete sheet piles around the damaged abutment of the bridge.

This, he explained, would “secure the erod-ed slope of the bridge abutment as well as its exposed bored piles from further scouring by strong current of fl ood-waters during the rainy

season.”Engineer Josh-

ua Bingcang, BCDA manager for SCTEx Services, said the P68.48-million asphalt pavement resurfacing started only recently.

“It is expected to be completed in 120 calen-dar days and ensure the smooth travel of motor-ists along the toll road,” Bingcang said.

FROM PAGE 1 tracts of idle land in the city to open their proper-ties to socialized hous-ing.

He said that the plan to remove informal set-tlers in the city is part of his greater plan to transform the so-called Abacan Development Corridor. Abacan refers to a major river cutting

through the heart of An-geles. It used to be a major lahar fl ow channel after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in 1991. Most of the city’s informal set-tlers are located on the banks of the river.

Pamintuan said the government has already approved a land use plan for Angeles, to en-

sure that projects he has initiated would not be disrupted by the next po-litical leaders of the city.

The plan for Abacan, he said, is to build on its banks a highway to link the North Luzon Ex-pressway to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Express-way as this would also increase the value of the

lands along the river.He bared plans to

create a watershed up-stream of Abacan where a surface water dam could be built to pro-vide for the potable wa-ter needs of local folk. Unless this is done, An-geles could face acute water shortage after 20 years, he noted.

The Abacan chan-nel itself could serve as tourist attraction by constructing a series of dams in it so as to control its fl ow towards the city of San Fernan-do downstream. These dams could also provide opportunities for leisure boating for tourists, he added.

BY ERNIE ESCONDE

BAGAC, Bataan- The local govern-ment unit has prepared exhaustively three days before Glenda expect-ing for the worst, which minimized the storm’s damage here, one of two towns in Bataan adjacent to the West Philippines Sea, municipal Mayor Ramil del Rosario said Fri-day.

LGU readiness minimizes Glenda’s damage“Ini-expect namin super lakas na

bagyo kaya tatlong araw bago ito du-mating nakahanda na kami dahil nag-ing aral sa amin ang nakaraang mga bagyo sa ating bansa,” the Bagac chief executive said.

He said that municipal and baran-gay offi cials and concerned citizens were ready even during the height of the storm cutting felled trees that blocked the roads in preparation for

any emergency.“Nakakadurog ng puso ang nang-

yari sa Visayas dahil kay Yolanda. Ayokong mangyari sa bayan ko ang ganoon. Kaya lahat kaming mga opisyales kasama ang mga con-cerned citizens dala ang kumpletong gamit ay naging handa at maagap,” Del Rosario said.

He said that only four galvanized iron sheet-roofs of one residential

house were destroyed and a small portion of the Medicare Hospital affected by a fallen tree. “Mangi-lan-ngilan lamang ang na-apektu-han,” he said.

Bagac had no electric power for two days. “Hindi baleng walang kuryente, hindi baleng walang tubig. Ang importante, walang nasaktan sa aking kababayan,” the mayor said laughing.

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Bakbakan sa CLTV 36

PATULOY ang bakbakan sa second season ng star seach ng CLTV 36 at Robinson’s Starmill. Nasa ikatlong linggo na sila ng fi nals and this time, siyam na lang ang natitira sa dati’y labing anim. Ginanap ang labanan sa pamamagitan ng live telecast mula sa Robinson’s Balibago. On Saturday, July 26, muli nilang ibabalik ito sa Robinson’s Starmill sa City Of San Fernando.

Ang siyam pang maglalaban-laban ay sina JD, Barbie, Rica , John Dale, Sherlette, Chloe, Lemuel, Liezel at Louise Ann.Apat sa kanila ay taga-Pampanga at ang nangunguna who garnered the highest points ay si Barbie Manalo. Very proud an g pamilya ni Barbie who were all

there to support her. Matapso i-announce ang resulta ng fi nals ay tuwang-tuwang lumapit ang lola niya sa mga orghanizer to tell them siya ang lola ni Barbie. Halos maiyak naman ang nanay ni Barbie na talaga namang punung-puno ng emosyon.

Isa pang taga-Pampanga ay si JD Simon na isang estudyante mula sa Angeles city. Present din ang buong pamilya ni JD to lend support, pati lola niya ay naroon din who is very proud sa pananalo ni JD.

“Exams , po ni JD kaya doble ang ginawa niyang paghahanda, salamat na lang, nakayanan niya,” sabi pa ng nanay ni JD.Sa Sabado, muling masasaksiahan ang contest live na telecast sa CLTV 36, sa ganap na alas siyete ng gabi, tumutok na po kayo.

Iza Calzado, Nikki Gil starstruck kay Piolo PascualPAREHONG dream come true para kina Iza Calzado at Nikki Gil na makasama si Piolo sa project.

Si Iza, dalawang beses na nakasama si Piolo sa pelikula na ang huli nga ay ang Starting Over Again. Pero, aniya, hindi niya maki-claim na siya ay leading lady doon.

“This time, maki-claim ko na, certifi ed, 100 percent, walang kokontra,” masayang sabi ni Iza sa presscon ng Hawak Kamay sa Dolphy Theater ng ABS-CBN kahapon.

Ayon pa kay Iza, pang-check daw talaga sa bucket list na makatrabaho ang isang Piolo Pascual ng mga ka-batch niyang artista. Inayunan agad ito ni Nikki.

“So, sobrang saya ko talaga. And when we started taping, sobrang grateful ko na napabilang ako kasi ang gaan katrabaho ng mga tao sa set, lalung-lalo na ’yung mga bata.

“First time ko kasing magkaroon ng serye na malaking part ng storya ay ang mga bata at ang relationship din ng mga adult sa mga bata. ’Yung to be surrounded with the kind of pure energy is refreshing.

“Everytime you go to the set, magaan. So, grateful ako na napabilang ako, lalung-lalo na ang makasama ko si Papa P,” Iza added.

Ayon naman kay Nikki, nang una pa lang na banggitin sa kanya ang project na si Piolo nga ang kanyang makakasama, aniya, sino ba ang hihindi?

“Kahit nga passerby lang ako, eh, bakit hindi? But of course, the whole experience for me is very inspiring because more on behind the scenes dahil alam naman po natin kung gaano kalaking star si Piolo and yet, he has professionalism and the way that he treats his co-actors and the prod people, is the way that he is. Pagdating niya sa set, eh, talagang nakaka-inspire.“Wala pong karapatang mag-attitude ang kahit sino sa cast na ito dahil si Piolo Pascual ay hindi nagrereklamo and he’s there, he knows his lines, he knows the story and he’s more than willing to help the new ones like myself.

“So, it’s been a very, very enjoyable process and journey,” say ni Nikki.Ang bilis nga ng “oo” niya nang tanungin kung sasagutin ba niya si Piolo kapag

liligawan siya nito. Pero later, binawi rin niya ito at sinabing hindi niya kakayaning maging

boyfriend ang aktor dahil sa sobrang guwapo nito, tiyak na marami siyang kumpetisyon.

“Sobra siyang high maintenance,” say pa ni Nikki.At dahil si Iza ay taken na, purely work lang daw talaga ang

pagsasama nila ni Papa P.

Marian, Bela kissed and made up

IKINATUWA ng fans nina Marian Rivera at Bela Padilla ang pagbabati ng dalawa at ang dance show na Marian ang naging daan.

Nag-guest si Bela sa show ni Marian at last Friday ang taping for July 26 airing.

During or after the taping, nag-post ng picture si Bela sa Instagram (IG) ng picture nina ni Marian at may caption na “Thank you for having me on your show. I had a great time.”

Sumagot si Marian ng “Salamat din sa pag-guest sa uulitin, Yumi,” na sinagot uli ni Bela ng “Thank you, Jenny.”

Ang Jenny at Yumi ay names ng karakter nina Marian at Bela sa pinagsamahan nilang teleserye ng GMA-7 na Endless Love at kung saan nagkaroon sila ng isyu.

Ngayong bati na ang dalawa, puwede na uli silang pagsamahin sa teleserye.

Ang sabi, guest din sa Marian si Sam Pinto, na may isyu rin kay Marian, pero si Sarah Lahbati ang nakita naming isa pang guest ni Marian.

Kumare ni Sarah sina Marian at Bela kay Zion, kaya natuwa na bati na ang mga kumare niya.

Katrina Halili ayaw nang

pag-usapan pa si Hayden KohNAHIRAPAN noong una sa role ng mabait na si Hannah si Katrina Halili sa Niño dahil kailangan niyang baguhin ang boses, kilos at facial expression.

Minsan, kontrabida acting pa rin ang ginagawa niya lalo na sa eksenang galit siya, pero later on, natuto na siyang babaan ang boses, hindi sumigaw at hindi itaas ang kilay.

Samantala, ayaw pag-usapan ni Katrina kung ano ang nangyari sa relasyon nila ni Kris Lawrence, okay sila at magkatulong na pinapalaki ang anak nilang si Katrence.

Magkasama pa rin silang nagsisimba, ayaw lang niyang gayahin sila ng kanilang anak na nagsasama nang hindi kasal.

Ayaw ding mag-comment ni Katrina sa isyung ibinalik ang medical license kay Dr. Hayden Kho at wala pa rin siyang balak na harapin at kausapin ito.

Mas gusto niyang makausap si Dra. Vicki Belo at may common friend silang gumagawa ng paraan para sila’y makapag-usap.

Very much willing si Katrina na makaharap at makausap si Dra. Vicki para maipaliwanag niya rito ang nangyari.

Ang request lang ni Katrina, ’pag nag-usap sila ni Dra. Vicki, payagan siyang may makasama at ganu’n din siguro ang gusto ni Dra. Vicki, may makasama rin siya sa paghaharap nila ni Katrina.

Katrina Halili

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CLARK FREEPORT – The state-owned Clark Development Corp. (CDC) has launched in this freeport a series of sports events lasting up to November.

CDC President-CEO Arthur Tugade said the race events are expected to draw thousands of tourists as it will be participated in by local, national and international students, athletes, private and business sectors, some of whom are scheduled to fl y this month to this freeport.

“Clark proves to be an ideal venue for the holding of various sports activities. This will greatly benefi t our locators as some have restaurants, hotels and casinos. In general, this will improve business tourism inside the Freeport,’’ said Tugade.

From July 19 to 27, the CDC will host four sporting events, including the Clark Cycling Classic; Holy Angel University EnviRUNment: “Run for NAture;’’ and the Angeles University Foundation Colleges of Law LEX FUN RUN.

“The much-awaited 38th National Milo Marathon (NMM) was already held last Sunday with an estimated 10, 000 runners,” Tugade said.

He also said that from August 16 to 24, the CDC will host three sports activities, kicking off with the Aboitiz Power Tour of Subic Cycling Tournament from August 16 to 17; the Korean Amateur Baseball Tournament from August 23 to 24 and the Philippine Duathlon Series Leg 3 on Aug. 24.

“Opening the sports fest for the ‘Ber’ months starting on September 7 is the Active Health Duathlon to be held at Clark roads; from October 11 to 26, the Clark Museum Parking area, Clark Parade Ground 4 and 5, and the Clark roads will be the setting for the Philippine Australian Football; the Bayani Race Fun Run by Gawad Kalinga Pampanga Chapter and the Tri United 3 Triathlon,” Tugade also said.

Tugade also announced that “the Clark parade grounds will again serve as venue for the International Cricket Sixes Tournament 2014 from Nov. 1 to 2; the Tri United 4 Triathlon on Nov. 23 and the Claret Football Community from Nov. 29 to 30.

Clark hosting 5-month long sports events