mabuhay issue no 30

EBIDENSYA NG PAGLABAG— Kumakadlo ng tubig na may langis

sa palaisdaang dinadaluyanng itinatapong tubig ng Meng Hong

Trading si Mamerto Santos, isa sa mgaresidente ng Sitio Diliman, Barangay

Partida, Norzagaray, Bulacan.Ang pagkuha ng water sample

ay bahagi ng ikalawang pagsasagawang inspeksyon ng Environmental

Management Bureau (EMB)sa plantang nagsusunog ng lumanggulong noong Hulyo 31. Kumuha rinang EMB ng air sample, na matapossuriin, ay maaaring maging basehan

ng pagpapasara sa Meng Hong.Ipinakikita naman ni Mayor Feliciano

Legazpi ang isang sipi ng Mabuhay kayBelle Balada ng Meng Hoong

matapos niyang atasan ito na itigilna ang operasyon. Nagbanta rin

si Mayor Legaspi na aarestuhin silang pulis kapag hindi susundinang utos niya. — DINO BALABO

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MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980

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TTricycle ang official vehiclericycle ang official vehicleni Mayor Cruz ng Hagonoyni Mayor Cruz ng HagonoyHAGONOY, Bulacan —Ay, si Mayor naka-tricycle!

Ito ang mga katagang karaniwangnasasambit sa paghanga at pagkagulat ngmga residente ng bayang ito kapag naki-tang nakasakay o bumababa sa isang tri-cycle — ang kanyang official vehicle — siMayor Angel “Boy” Cruz.

Totoo, sa halip na mamahaling van osport utility vehicle (SUV) na malakas angkonsumo sa gasolina, ang ginagamit naopisyal na sasakyan ng alkalde ay isangtricycle.

Simple lamang ang layunin ni MayorCruz sa paggamit ng tricycle sa pag-ikotsa 26 na barangay ng Hagonoy.

Sa pakikipanayam ng Mabuhay kayCruz noong Hulyo 23, sinabi niya na naisniyang makatipid dahil sa patuloy napagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina at iba pangproduktong petrolyo.

Bukod dito, sinabi pa niya na maki-kipot ang mga lansangan sa bayang ito,kaya mainam sakyan ang tricycle dahil masmadali niyang mapasok ang mga loobanng barangay.

“Gusto ko ring bigyan ng nararapat napagtingin ang mga tricycle bilang isangorihinal na sasakyang Pilipino at ang mgataong bumubuo ng industriya ng pa-mamasada gamit ang tricycle,” ani Cruz.

sundan sa pahina 5Mayor Angel “Boy” Cruz, Jr. — Matipid na, parang turista pa ... — DB

EBIDENSYA NG PAGLABAG— Kumakadlo ng tubig na may langis

sa palaisdaang dinadaluyanng itinatapong tubig ng Meng Hong

Trading si Mamerto Santos, isa sa mgaresidente ng Sitio Diliman, Barangay

Partida, Norzagaray, Bulacan.Ang pagkuha ng water sample

ay bahagi ng ikalawang pagsasagawang inspeksyon ng Environmental

Management Bureau (EMB)sa plantang nagsusunog ng lumanggulong noong Hulyo 31. Kumuha rinang EMB ng air sample, na matapossuriin, ay maaaring maging basehan

ng pagpapasara sa Meng Hong.Ipinakikita naman ni Mayor Feliciano

Legazpi ang isang sipi ng Mabuhay kayBelle Balada ng Meng Hoong

matapos niyang atasan ito na itigilna ang operasyon. Nagbanta rin

si Mayor Legaspi na aarestuhin silang pulis kapag hindi susundinang utos niya. — DINO BALABO

2 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 HULYO 25 – 31, 2008

Buntot Pagé PERFECTO V. RAYMUNDO

Sobrang pagmamahalanNAIS kong ibahagi sa mga giliwna mambabasa ang sinulat ni Rev.Fr. Rodolfo C. Cruz sa kanyangaklat na Inspirasyon sa BuhayKristiyano, na sa palagay ko aymagbibigay-aral.

Narito ang istorya ng apat namagkakapatid na dalaga, lahat aytapos ng B.S. in Business Admin-istration, major in Accounting atlahat sila ay pasado sa Board Ex-ams bilang Certified Public Ac-countants (CPA).

Ulila nang lubos ang apat namagkakapatid na dalaga at nag-kasundo sila na tatlo lamang sakanila ang mag-oopisina.

Ang isa ay maiiwan sa bahayat siya ang gagampan sa mgagawaing-bahay. Napagkaisahannila na ang panganay ang maiiwansa bahay.

Ang tatlo ay namasukan satatlong iba’t ibang kumpanya atmaganda ang kanilang sinasahodo suweldo. Dahil nasa Metro Ma-nila lamang ang mga nasabingopisina, ang tatlong namamasu-kan ay umuuwi araw-araw.

Aalis sila ng ika-6:00 ng umagaat makababalik sila sa bahay nangmga bandang ika-7:00 ng gabi atsabay-sabay silang apat sa pag-kain ng hapunan.

Sa umaga, inihahanda kaagadng kanilang ate ang kanilang

Promdi

DINO BALABO

HARDIN ng Pilipinas, ito angmaikling paglalarawan sa la-lawigan ng Bulacan ni JeanMallat, isang Pranses na histo-rian, nang siya ay dumalaw saBulacan noong 1700s dahil sanapakaganda ng lalawigan atmaraming halaman.

Halos 300 taon ang nakalipas,nagbago na ang mukha ng Bu-lacan, partikular na ang kapa-ligiran nito dahil sa patuloy napagkasira ng kalikasan. Ang da-ting hardin ay matatawag nga-yong basurahan ng Pilipinas.

* * *Bakit parang isang dalagang

maagang nag-asawa at nalosyangang Bulacan sa loob lamang nghalos 300 taon samantalang angibang mas matatandang lungsodsa mundo tulad ng Paris saPransya, London sa Inglatera,Chicago sa Estados Unidos, To-kyo sa Japan ay napanatili angkaakit-akit nilang kagandahan?

Sabi ni Father Pedring ngLeighbytes Computer Center saMalolos, kung isang dalaga angBulacan, nagkamali siya ng man-liligaw na pinakasalan.

* * *Tigib daw sa bisyo ang pina-

kasalan ng dalagang Bulacankaya’t ang kanyang tahanan aysagad sa mabahong usok. Walangdisiplina kaya’t maging mgaanak ay wala ring disiplina kaya’tbasura’y nagkalat.

Wala rin daw malayong pana-naw at sa halip ay sariling intereslamang ang iniisip. Bukod pa sawalang nagkakaisang pananawpara sa ikauunlad ng tahanangBulakenyo.

* * *Napansin mo ba ang pagka-

kahawig ng nalosyang na dala-gang Bulacan sa lalawigan ngBulacan, at ang bisyosong lalakina kanyang pinakasalan sa liderpulitika ng lalawigan?

Sabi nga ni Father Pedring,ang pananatiling kaakit-akit ngisang maybahay ay nakadependesa mahusay na pagpag-aalaga ngkanyang mister. At iyan ay batayna rin sa kanyang karanasan.

* * *

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EDITORIALAlfredo M. Roxas, Jose Romulo Q. Pavia, JoseGerardo Q. Pavia, Joey N. Pavia , Jose Visitacion Q.Pavia, Carminia L. Pavia, Perfecto Raymundo Jr.,Dino Balabo

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almusal, nakahanda ang banyopara sa paliligo. Nakahanda na rinang mga isusuot nilang mgadamit para sa pagpasok nila saopisina.

Ang kanilang ate ang naglala-ba ng pinagbihisan. Siya rin angnamamalantsa, nagluluto ng ka-nilang pagkain, naglilinis ng kani-lang bahay at bakuran, at guma-ganap sa lahat ng mga gawaing-bahay.

Napakasarap ng pagsasama-han ng magkakapatid. Marahil aynatanim sa kanila ang kanilangmga magulang ng magandangpagsasamahan.

Pero meron din namang kama-lian ang kanilang masarap napagsasama. Alam ba ninyo kungBAKIT? Ayaw nilang magkahiwa-hiwalay at walang nag-asawa atsilang apat ay pawang tumandangdalaga.

Dumating ang panahon naumampon ang magkakapatid ngsanggol na babae. Sa pagkalagasng mga araw sa tangkay ng pana-hon, mabilis na lumipas ang 25taon at isa nang ganap na guro angkanilang inampon. Hindi naglaonito ay nag-asawa. Ang nagingasawa ng ampon ay isang sugarol,lasenggo at babaero.

Dahil sa mahal ng magkaka-patid ang ampon, malaking baha-

gi ng kanilang kabuhayan ay isi-nalin sa pangalan ng kanilangpinakamamahal na ampon.

Ngunit nagkamali sila: nasa-yang ang kabuhayang naipundarng magkakapatid dahil nilaspagng naging asawa ng kanilanginampon.

Mabuti na lamang at nakapag-tira ang magkakapatid ng para sakanila at hindi natunaw na lahat.Malaking bahagi pa rin ng kabuo-ang kayamanan ang naiwan sakanilang magkakapatid.

Sana’y maging aral ito sa lahatng umaampon. Ang ampon aywalang katiting mang hirap sanaipundar na kabuhayan ngpamilyang nag-ampon. Walanghirap sa pag-iipon, kaya walanghinayang sa pagtatapon.

North Rail, matuloy kaya?BAGAMAT tiniyak ni KalihimEdgardo Pamintuan na matatapossa loob ng dalawang taon angProyektong NorthRail na mag-uugnay sa Lungsod ng Kalookansa Metro Manila at sa Malolos saBulacan, maraming Bulakenyoang nagkibit lamang ng balikatsa nasabing pahayag.

Ipanalangin na lamang natinna magkatotoo ang sinabi niKalihim Pamintuan.

Ayos po ba?

Paliwanag ni Father Pedring,kung responsableng asawa si mis-ter at may malayong pananawpara sa kaunlaran ng pamilya,hindi malolosyang agad si misis,sa halip ay mananatiling kaakit-akit ang angking kagandahan.

Pero kung losyang si misis,malaking posibilidad na hu-manap ng bago at mas magandasi mister. Salawahan, wika nga.

* * *May pagkakahawig pa rin sa

mga lider sa Bulacan ang mgapaglalarawan ni Father Pedring.

Hindi ba’t totoo na ang mgamga pangunahing lider natin saBulacan ngayon ay may kanya-kanyang ari-arian o bahay sa labasng Bulacan?

* * *Bakit nga hindi. Kung res-

ponsable lamang at may di-reksyon ang pamumuno ng mgalider pulitika sa Bulacan ngayon,hindi sana nasusulasok sa ma-babahong basura at usok ang mgaBulakenyo.

Dapat sana ay nasisinop angmga basura. Ngunit hindi, kaya’tnagkalat ang mga ito sa mgalansangan, ilog, sapa at magingsa mga kanal ng patubig.

* * *Ang dating hardin ng Pili-

pinas, ngayon ay basurahan na.Narito ang ilang halimbawa:

• Isang tanker truck ng naka-lalasong kemikal ang pinadaloysa patubig at umagos sa ilognoong Disyembre 2006.

• Nagkamatay ang mga isdasa palaisdaan sa bayan ng Balag-tas noong Hulyo 2007 at nitongMayo. Ang pinaghihinalaangdahilan ay ang isang pabrika sagilid ng sapa.

• Napabilang sa pinakama-ruming ilog sa buong mundo angkailugan ng Marilao at Lungsodng Meycauayan noong Setyembre2006.

• Libong litro ng industrialwaste ang pinadaloy sa kanal ngBarangay Maharlika sa Lungsodng San Jose Del Monte noon dingnakaraang taon.

• Trak-trak na nabubulok na sundan sa pahina 4

Kastigo BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

Babaing Robin Hoodnaniniwala at nagtitiwalangmahahango pa ni GMA sa mara-wal na kalagayan ang Pilipinas aynasa 60 porsiyento, maging saKabisayaan at Mindanao, angumano’y dating baluwarte atkakampi ni GMA.

Si Robin Hood, kahit pinag-uusig ng batas, ay popular napopular sa mahihirap sa matan-dang Inglatera.

Si GMA, sa kabilang dako, aypopular sa masisibang negosyan-te, sa mga pulitikong matakaw sasuhol, sa mga smuggler, racketeer,at maaaring pati sa mga sindikatong krimen — na pinalakas niyaang loob dahil sa kanyang kapritsona patayin ang batas sa parusangbitay sa mga karumaldumal nakrimen.

Ano’t ano man, matatala parin sa kasaysayan si Gng. Maca-pagal-Arroyo hindi bilang alamatna tulad ni Robin Hood, o isangdakilang babaing Punong Taga-pagpaganap, tulad ni MargaretThatcher, kundi bilang pinaka-unpopular na lider ng isangbansang pinasikat niya bilangpinaka-corrupt sa Asya, pinaka-mapanganib na panirahanan ngmga peryodista at aktibista,sagana sa mga likas na yaman aypulubi at binabastos ng mgadayuhan!

inaaming mula sa katas ng EVAT.Ang EVAT ay hindi galing sa

mayayaman, alam natin. Angtotoo, ang E-VAT ay higit na samahihirap nagmumula — sa pag-mahal ng gasolina ay mga mahi-hirap (tsuper ng pampublikongsasakyan at namamasahe) angnagbabayad ng mas malaki.

At patuloy ang pagtaas ngpresyo ng bigas, isda, karne at ibapang pang-araw-araw na gamit atkailangan—na hindi na haloskayang bilhin ngayon ng mahi-hirap.

Kaya, kung tutuusin, ang may60 milyong mahihirap ay iginigisasa kanilang sariling taba ngAdministrasyong Arroyo, angadministrasyong itinuturing nga-yon na pinaka-corrupt sa Asya,kung di man sa buong mundo!

Hindi na makababawi si gmaANO mang pagpapakita ng sipagni Gng. Macapagal-Arroyo, anomang pagpapakitang-awa sa hirapna hirap nang taumbayan anggawin ni GMA, nagkakaisa angmga political analyst at ilangestadista, kabilang si naging Sen.Jovito Salonga, na hindi na ma-babawi ni Aling Gloria ang nawalaniyang popularidad.

Sa huling survey ng SocialWeather Station, ang hindi na

BIGO mang maabot ni PangulongMacapagal-Arroyo ang galing sapamamahala ni Margaret That-cher, ang unang babaing PrimeMinister ng Inglatera, ngayon ayisang alamat na idolo ng Inglateraang ginagaya ni GMA — si RobinHood.

Batay sa alamat ng matandangInglatera, si Robin Hood ay isangtulisang kasama ng kanyang mgakabig ay tumira sa Sherwood For-est. Hinaharang nila ang mayaya-mang napapadaan sa SherwoodForest o ninanakawan ang mgamaharlika sa kabayanan — at angkanilang nakukulimbat ay ipina-mamahagi naman sa mahihirapsa Inglatera.

Ang ginagawang ito ni RobinHood at ng kanyang mga tauhanay tila siyang gustong tularan niGng. Arroyo at ng kanyang mgakabig — sa ginagawa ngayongpagtulong sa mahihirap — sapagbibigay ng ibabayad sa kor-yente, puhunan (daw) sa hanap-buhay, murang bigas at ibangpangunahing bilihin.

Ninakawan nina Robin Hoodang mayayaman at maykaya saInglatera — at ang salaping nina-kaw sa mayayaman ay ipinami-migay sa mahihirap.

Ang ipinamamahagi ni GMAna tinawag na subsidy (limos?) ay

Ang kasong sibil ay upang ma-bawi ang lupa kung naokupahanna ito ng nakabili, o di kaya aymapabalewala ang bilihan atmaging ang titulong naibigay sanakabili. Maaari ding huminging danyos perhuwisiyos ang may-ari ng lupa mula sa nagbenta atbumili ng walang pahintulot angtunay na may-ari. Ang kasongkriminal naman ay upang ma-parusahan ang nagbenta at bu-mili, kung mayroon silang sab-watan, sapagkat isang gawangkriminal ang pagbebenta nganumang ari-arian ng wala na-mang kapangyarihan ang nag-benta o bumili nito.

Mga sipi ng Saligang Batas atbp.,mabibili sa mga bookstores

Tanong: Gusto ko po sanangmagkaroon ng libro ng PhilippineConstitution, magkano at paanopo? (639208070281 ArmandoSanchez).

Sagot: Armando Sanchez,maaari kang magkaroon ng bina-banggit mong mga libro kungmagtutungo ka sa mga bookstoreat bibili ng mga kopya ng bina-banggit mong batas. Depende posa bookstore kung magkano angmagagastos ninyo sa pagbili. Kayalamang, ipapayo kong sa mga

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HULYO 25 – 31, 2008 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 3

Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO

Leaving square one

Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Our spiritual life needs care

Forward to Basics FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO

Smoking No, Sex Yes!

Is honesty a dying virtue?

Regarding Henry

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

“STUPID,” snorted Senator Pan-filo Lacson of some Catholic bish-ops’ opposition to the reproduc-tive health bill. “Uninformed ob-jections,” scoffed Rep. EdcelLagman.

Archbisop Jesus Dosado, ear-lier, cast into “exterior darkness”those who promote abortion.They’d be denied communion inOzamis. Repeating her call for“dialog”, President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo met with Car-dinal Ricardo Vidal and threeprelates.

Population deals with crea-tures “able to trace the stars …and feel a passion for eternity,”Edwin Markham wrote. That ex-plains today’s “gnashing of teeth”.

Did this dialog ever leavesquare one?

“For more than 30 years now,the ‘population debate’ dividedsegments of Philippine society,”

JULY 1, 2008 marks a victoriousmilestone for anti-smoking advo-cates in our country. On this day,the Tobacco Regulation Act of2003, or Republic Act No. 9211that bans cigarette ads on televi-sion, radio and print took effect.

This historical legislation radi-cally arrests the health risks thatsmoking brings to many especiallythe youth. The World Health Or-ganization estimates that thereare about 80,000 to 100,000young people, half of which arefrom Asia pick up the habit everyday. And this is mainly due to thestrong influence of cigarette ad-vertisements.

With this act, everythingseems to have gone up in smoke

“BE honest. Even if others arenot, even if others will not, evenif others cannot.” That seems tobe the credo of Brotherhood ofChristian Businessmen and Pro-fessionals. As its current presi-dent, Bobby Laviña, urges, “Wemust all live good and honestlives. Be the change we wish tohappen. Be honest at all times andin all circumstances.”

There are several ways of de-fining honesty. The dictionary it-self has several meanings for theword: refraining from lying,cheating, or stealing; a beingtruthful, trustworthy, or upright;showing fairness and sincerity; orfree from deceit. If you describesomeone having an honest living,it means that he gained or earnedby fair methods his income, notby cheating, lying, or stealing.

Is honesty among Filipinos al-ready a dying virtue these days? Ifyou answer affirmatively, I will begto disagree. Remember that air-port employee who was com-mended for returning a lost shoul-der bag containing cash and valu-ables left behind in a baggage con-veyor at the arrival area of theNinoy Aquino International Air-port?

In Taguig City, the mayor ex-tolled two city hall employees forturning over the P40,000 cashwhich a businessman accidentallydropped. In Manila, a 41-year-oldcity hall timekeeper suffering frompolio returned P60,000 worth ofcash and checks and vital docu-ments to a company messenger.

In San Pablo City, driver-ownerFaustino Cardoza earned praisesfrom people for returning the P10million cash left in his van by aGerman national. In ZamboangaCity, a policeman got a one-rankpromotion after he found and re-turned a bag containing almosthalf a million pesos to a retiredPhilippine Army soldier at the

WE have to be more aware of ourspiritual life, and even more sowith respect to our abiding re-sponsibilities toward it.

Our problem is that we tendto take it for granted, attendingto it only on certain special occa-sions. And this latter we do morefor show than for truly living anddeveloping it. We need to improveour grade in this area.

Though many are now ques-tioning it, the existence of ourspiritual life cannot be doubted.Our Lord himself told his sleepydisciples during his agony in thegarden: “The spirit indeed is will-ing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mt26,41)

And even without getting veryscholarly, we all know that there’ssomething spiritual in us becausewe can do spiritual operations. Wethink, we choose and love, we rea-son, discover things and an end-less etcetera of acts that can beabstracted from our material di-mension.

A philosophical principle, for-mulated more through commonsense than through labored think-ing, tells us that “Operare sequi-tur esse” (operation follows be-ing). A thing acts according towhat and how it is. Applied to thiscase, if we can do spiritual opera-tions, it’s because there’s some-thing spiritual in us.

To repeat, we have to be moreaware of our spiritual life. Weneed to go past the awareness ofonly our physical, psychological,intellectual, social conditions, etc.If we need to take care of theseaspects, we need much more to

Ka Iking Reports

IKE SEÑERES

LET us have a conversation,about helping people whereveryou are, whoever you are. SinceI am from the Philippines, myconversations will be initiallydirected to people who are inthe Philippines, or are from thePhilippines, as the case may be.

Let us have a conversationabout charity, which is reallynothing more than the act ofsharing love with someone whoneeds it. The focus of charity isnot so much what you give, butwhat you share and that is thelove in your heart.

Is it only with needy peoplethat you can share your love? Ithink not, because you can alsoshare your love with your coun-try, and of course the people wholive in your country or are fromyour country.

Is it so difficult to share yourlove with other people or withyour country? I do not think so,especially if there is an orga-nized method or manner of do-ing it. This is precisely the con-versation I want to have withyou, how we could organize our-selves as individual volunteers,so that we will be able to helpothers.

Intercharity is not yet a wordin the English dictionary, butas we give it its own meaning,perhaps it could enter our vo-cabulary. To me, intercharity isthe act of working together as

Let us have a conversation

sociologist John Carroll, SJ, notes.It’s been marred “by mutual sus-picions, one-sided arguments andcaricatures of opposing positions.”

“The outcome has been twogroups, each dominated by itsmore ‘hard-line’ spokespersons,”he writes in A Balancing Act.(They) “talk past each other with-out taking time to listen ... . Wemust move past the deadlockeddebate into an area of respectfuldiscussion …”

“Dialog is not meant to give usa common policy,” the prize-win-ning book Living Together notes.”But it teaches us how to live with-out one, if need be. It can make usaccept our differences.”

Can we begin with undisputedfacts?.

Start with today’s 88,574,614Filipinos. All agree there are fourof us now where, in 1948, therewas only one.

Every day, 5,800 kids — equalto three barangays — are born.One doesn’t need a crystal ball totally how much more food, water,shelter, medicine, etc. they’llneed over the next 365 days. Youcan not say “tomorrow” to thesechildren. “Their name is today.”

Rapid population growth isnot the sole cause of poverty.There’s concurrence on that too“Bad governance, high wealth andincome inequality and weak eco-nomic growth are major factors,”Ernesto Pernia of the U.P. Schoolof Economics stresses.

Blinkered numbers-equals-hunger PR doesn’t help. Ex-presi-dent Joseph Estrada reduces thecontroversy to “libido”. The poorhave “no other past time,” hechortles. So, Catholics shouldagree to contraception. Indeed,Erap remains the best argument

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take care of our spiritual life.This is because our spirit is

actually our principle of life, unityand direction. It’s not food, air,water, etc. that give us life andsustain us in it. These too are nec-essary, but only insofar as ourphysical organism and natural lifeare concerned. The body withoutthe soul cannot live, is helplessand clueless.

It is our spirit that brings usto look endlessly for the truth andfor happiness. Our body simplyenjoys them, but does not look forthem. It’s our spirit, through itsfaculties, the intelligence and will,that looks for them.

Pertinent to this point, theCompendium of Social Doctrineteaches: “Through his spiritual-ity man moves beyond the realmof mere things and plunges intothe innermost structure of reality.”(128)

Our spirit has the natural tro-pism for this. Thus, this tendencyhas to be reinforced always, see-ing to it that it does not get frus-trated by getting entangled withmerely material things and exter-nal impressions, nor even earthlytruths and goods.

Samples of the merely mate-rial things are when we allow our-selves to be dominated by oursenses, by our feelings and emo-tions. Sad to say, many do not any-more distinguish between whatis emotion and what is intelli-gence.

Samples of earthly truths andgoods are the worldly elementalforces involved in “feng shui”,geomancy, divination and horo-

scope. Or the sophisticated, eso-teric knowledge derived from thehuman sciences and arts. Ourspirit goes beyond these.

Ergo, while it can be assistedby our senses and faculties, ourspirit should not be allowed tobe dominated by them. It hasto soar toward its infinite pos-sibilities, toward the purelyspiritual world.

We should try not to interruptthis process or course. Rather weshould foster it. Thus, we need toadapt the appropriate attitudesand acquire the relevant skills. Weneed to learn the art of praying,of meditating and contemplating.These are the best acts of ourspirit.

Ultimately, it is our spirit,with the help of grace, that allowsus to be elevated to the supernatu-ral order, to a sharing in the life ofGod. This is our spirit’s properand ultimate object.

In this respect, the spirit hasto be freed from the clutches ofthe flesh. St. Paul has this to sayabout this point: “Walk in thespirit, and you shall not fulfill thelusts of the flesh. For the flesh lustsagainst the spirit, and the spiritagainst the flesh.” (Gal 5,16-17)

With our praying, meditatingand contemplating, we hope todeepen our faith, hope and char-ity, our wisdom, understandingand knowledge, that will enableus to achieve communion withGod while on earth, and with ev-erybody else.

This is the beauty of takingcare of our spiritual life.

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for cigarette companies. Fromnow on, they will have to findmore creative and entrepreneur-ial methods to advertise theirproducts. Cigarette companieshave gone a long way after theSecond World War — throughcarefully studied and manipu-lated marketing — to make smok-ing acceptable and achieve intransforming it into a social iconof the successful and liberatedman and woman.

Many parents will sigh withrelief as they say goodbye to thescenic and breath-taking shots ofMarlboro Country, to the dynamicand sportive worlds of Winstonand Philip Morris. We are gradu-ally reverting back to days when

smoking will once again be re-garded as taboo. So parents andguardians can sit back and relaxnow that another harmful influ-ence is removed from thechildren’s path towards physicaland psychological development.The next generation of childrenwill be fortunate enough to be bornand raised in a “new world” thatwill be untainted by any trace oftobacco tar and not suffocated bycigarette smoke.

With this development wewould be more than happy to over-hear parents as they come out of amovie or after having watchedsome ads on T.V. that they’rethankful that “there was no ac-

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airport.Even in other parts of the

world, some Filipinos still havethe decency of being honest. If youcan recall, the Senate honored cabdriver Nestor Sulpico for exem-plifying honesty and uplifting theimage of Filipinos abroad by re-turning US$70,000 worth of jew-elry to its owner after it was leftin his cab in New York City.

In the book of wisdom, accord-ing to American president Tho-mas Jefferson, “honesty is thefirst chapter.” But being honestis not just returning money andlost valuables. It’s more than that.It also means not cheating.

Dr. Madison Sarratt taughtmathematics at Vanderbilt Uni-versity for many years. Before giv-ing a test, he would admonish hisclass something like this: “Today,I am giving two examinations —one in trigonometry and the otherin honesty. I hope you will passthem both. If you must fail, failtrigonometry. There are manypeople in the world who can’tpass trigonometry, but there is noone who can’t pass the examina-tion of honesty.”

Honesty also means telling thetruth, and nothing but the truth.And that person who tells thetruth is ready to face the conse-quence. “To be willing to marchinto hell for a heavenly cause,” sogoes a line of a popular song. Or asLouisa May Alcott puts it: “Letmy name stand among those whoare willing to bear ridicule andreproach for the truth’s sake, andso earn some right to rejoice whenthe victory is won.”

Nobel winner Pearl S. Buckurges, “The truth is always excit-ing. Speak it, then. Life is dullwithout it.”

But more often than not,people would listen more to fic-tion than the truth. A famous

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individual volunteers to be ableto help others in a coordinatedor synchronized manner.

How and where do we findpeople to help? They are every-where, especially in a thirdworld country like the Philip-pines. But even if you live in afirst world country, they are ev-erywhere too, and you do nothave to look very far to findthem.

With God’s blessings, wehope to bring intercharity to allcountries everywhere in the fu-ture, but we are going to startin the Philippines first. WithGod’s blessings as well, perhapsHe can inspire the Filipinosabroad who are everywhere tobring intercharity everywhere,in a way making it our best ex-port product. For the most part,the Filipinos abroad are per-haps always in the receivingend. Hopefully, they would bein the giving end too.

HOW ARE WE GOING TODO IT?

Where two or three friendsare gathered together in thespirit of charity, they could al-ready form an IntercharityCircle. Where two or threeCircles are formed in a locality,they could already form anIntercharity Club.

I am envisioning the Inter-charity Network to become

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Forward to Basics

Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

Lalaking DysebelBagong Bulakenyo na maituturingLubhang pambihira at sadyang magalingPagkat nilalangoy dagat na malalimPuedi na tawaging lalaking Dyesebel.

Itong si Dyesebel ay tunay na taoPalikpik ay goma hanggang buntot nitoKanyang ginagamit paglangoy ng hustoWalang suot nito siguradong talo.

Ating bida ngayon noong bata pa langGawaing paglangoy ay pinagtuunanSa elementarya’y kanyang natutuhanAt pinaghusay pa ang langoy na “freestyle”.

Ang pag-eensayo ay pinagpatuloyHanggang sa Marcelo H. del Pilar High SchoolAt sa “Fin Swimming Team” sa Lungsod ng QuezonGamit ay “monofin” napaghusay noon.

Dahil sa tiyaga “try-out” naipasa“Monofin R.P. Team” napasama siyaMga kumpetisyong nilahukan nilaDalawang mabigat kanilang nakuha.

Hindi man pinalad sa Asean Games sa MacauAng ating R.P. Team daming natutuhanKaya nang sumabak sa Hong Kong International“Long Distance Fin Swimming 3rd place ay nakamtan.

“First Fin Swimming Competition” dito sa ’ting bansaNagdaang Enero noon ’sinagawaHapon, Koreano kanyang nasagupaLahat ay naiwan na nakatunganga.

Ang nasungkit niya’y limang ginto lamangDalawa ang tansong pinaghinayangan“Most Outstanding Swimmer” ay kanyang nakamtanSaludo sa kanya mga nakalaban.

Kung pagsasamahin ang mga medalyaTanging kumpetisyong nilahukan niyaMga ginto dito’y tatlumpo’t siyam naPilak labingtatlo, pito ang tanso pa.

Itong ating bida’y “nineteen years old” pa langSa Bulacan State University siya nag-aaral“Bachelor of Science in Sports” kurso namanSikat Paul Capule ang kanyang pangalan.

Mga kasamahan doon sa R.P. TeamHanga sila kay Paul, pinakamagalingAng kababaihan siya’y itinuturingNa dakilang idol, lalaking Dyesebel.

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basura ang itinambak sa BarangayPajo sa Lungsod ng Meycauayannoong Disyembre sa kabilang ngreklamo ng mga residente.

• Libo-libong litro din ng ke-mikal ang ibinuhos sa isang pa-laisdaan sa Norzagaray, Bulacannitong Enero.

• Libong litro din ng gamit nalangis ang pinadaloy sa kanal atumagos sa ilog ng Marilao nitongSemana Santa.

• Nasundan pa ito ng pagbara ngdaan-daang tonelada ng basura saPrenza Dam sa nasabi ring bayannoong Abril.

• Nagkamatay din ang mga isdasa isang palaisdaan sa BarangaySaluysoy sa Lungsod ng Meycauayannitong Marso dahil sa hinihinalangpagpapatapon ng waste water ngmga tunawan ng ginto sa nasabingbayan.

• Daan-daang drum naman ngindustrial waste ang natagpuan saisang bakanteng lote sa bayan ngPandi noon ding Abril.

• Walang patid ang operasyon ngsunugan ng gamit na gulong sa SitioDiliman, Barangay Partida sa Nor-

zagaray sa kabila ng reklamo ng mgaresidente.

• Sa bayan ng Bulakan, matagalnang inirereklamo ang tambakan ngtaeng manok sa Barangay Perez,ngunit sa halip na isara, inuna pang mga pulitiko ang pagsasampa ngdemanda, hindi sa operator ngtambakan ng taeng manok, sa halipay kapwa pulitikong na-imbestigaang idinemanda.

• Muling nagsagawa ng isangprotesta at hinarang ng mga re-sidente ng Barangay Mambog saMalolos ang mga trak ng basuranitong Hulyo dahil sa patuloy naoperasyon ng open dumpsite sa tabing Material Recovery Facility sakanilang barangay. Una nilang hi-narang ang mga trak ng basura ngMalolos noong Nobyembre.

• Wala pa ring humpay ang ope-rasyon ng mga open dumpsite saiba’t ibang bayan sa lalawigan sakabila na iyon ay mga ilegal. Ilan samga ito ay tumatanggap pa ngbasura mula sa kalakhang Maynila.

* * *Narito ang tanong. Mabait ba

talaga ang Bulakenyo at hindi nag-

sisipagreklamo o talaga lang walangdisposisyon ang mga namumuno?

Noong si Gob. Josie Dela Cruzang gobernador, matigas niyangsinabi na bawal sa Bulacan angbasura ng Metro Manila. Kaya sabini Father Pedring, “Noon iyon; ehngayon?”

* * *May punto si Father Pedring.

Pero may ibang pananaw sa pahayagni ex-Gob. Josie.

Bawal nga ang basura ng MetroManila sa Bulacan kapag mahuhuli.Ang higit na mabigat, mukhang angipinagbawal lamang ay angbasurang galing sa Maynila, peroyung basura ng Bulakenyo ay hindi.

* * *Ito siguro ang dahilan kung bakit

’di mapigil ang paunti-unting pag-tatapon ng basura ng KalakhangMaynila sa Bulacan.

Baka iniisip ng tagahakot ngbasura ng Maynila na “very hospi-table at accommodating” sa basuraang Bulacan kaya okey lang mag-tapon doon, bukod pa sa kalagayangbasura natin ay di natin masinop,paano natin mababawalan ang iba.

a network of friends, a network ofCircles and Clubs that are doingtheir own charitable and develop-mental projects in their own place,in their own time, running theirown programs depending on whatthey like to do best, or where theycould be most useful.

At the national level, theIntercharity Network is going tomaintain and sustain five main pro-grams that would hopefully be sup-ported and implemented by the lo-cal Circles and Clubs.

These are the programs inHealth, Education, Livelihood, Pro-tection and Shelter or HELPS forshort.

Each program will be moni-tored and managed by a nationalcommittee. I am now accepting

volunteers and nominations forthese committees.

Each committee will be spon-sored and guided by a partner or-ganization. I am also acceptingsuggestions as to which organiza-tions we are going to invite.

I think that many charitable anddevelopmental programs fail be-cause of the lack of focus, usually interms of physical locations or spe-cific site targets.

To remedy this problem, I ammaking sure that each programwould have a specific beneficiarytarget.

The Health program will targetpublic hospitals. The Educationprogram will target public schools.The Livelihood program will targetpublic markets. The Protection pro-

gram will target police stations.The Shelter program will target vil-lage halls. All of these beneficiarytargets would need help in manyways. For instance, they would needmaterials and supplies in order todeliver their assigned public ser-vices.

Email me at [email protected] or text me at +639293605140.Watch my TV show “Ka Iking Live”every Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 PMin Destiny Cable Channel 3 (Win-dows Media Player MMS://202.128.41.99/gnn). Read my col-umn “Ka Iking Reports” publishedby 24 local newspapers nationwide.Visit my website http:/ /inter-charity.blogs.friendster.com. Formyour own Intercharity Circle and letus build our Nation as one people.

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Kakampi mo ang Batas mula sa pahina 2

malalaking bookstore ka na magtungoat magnahap, kasi bukod sa massiguradong mayroon silang mgaipinagbibiling kopya, mas mura padoon.

Banggaan ng Labor Code at CBA, angLabor Code ang siyang mamamayani

Tanong: Kung may conflict po saaming CBA at labor code, ano po angmas mananaig sa dalawa? Salamat po.Lagi po akong nanonood sa inyo.Huwag sana kayong magsasawa(639196155282).

Sagot: Maraming salamat po satanong na ito. Sa ilalim po ng mgaumiiral na alituntunin, ang anumangkasunduan ng magkabilang panig ayhindi pupuwedeng manaig sa pro-bisyon ng anumang batas. Kailangangang mga kasunduan ay tumutugmasa nakasaad sa batas upang mag-karoon ito ng bisa. Kung ang nakasaadsa collective bargaining agreement aylabag sa batas, maaaring mabalewalaang nasa CBA. Kaya lang, kung angnakasaad sa CBA ay ang pagbibigay

ng mas matataas na mga benepisyosa manggagawa, na mas mataas sanakalagay sa Labor Code, ang CBA angsiyang dapat mananaig. Ang ibig sa-bihin nito, sa pagbibigay kalutasan samga ganitong pagkakaiba ng nakala-gay sa CBA at Labor Code, ang titing-nan parati ay ang kapakanan ng mgamanggagawa.

Mga desisyon ng NLRC na pabor samanggagawa, maaaring ipatupad agad

Tanong: Atty. Batas, good afternoonpo. NLRC Case po ito. Nag issue pokami ng writ of execution. Sabi po ngmay-ari may MR daw sila sa SupremeCourt. Humingi po ang sheriff ng copywala namang maipakita. Ano anggagawin namin? (639282893946Romeo Viaña).

Sagot: Maraming salamat po satanong na ito. Sa ilalim po ng Rules ofProcedure ng National Labor Rela-tions Commission, ang isang desisyongpabor sa manggagawa na inilabas ngNLRC proper (o ng mga commissionernito) ay maaari nang maipatupad,

kahit na may apela pa ang kompan-yang natalo sa mas mataas na huku-man, kagaya ng Korte Suprema. Dahildiyan, maaari nang ipatupad ng sher-iff ang writ of execution. Ang tangingmakakapigil lamang sa sheriff sapagpapatupad ng desisyon ng NLRCna pabor sa manggagawa ay ang tem-porary restraining order ng SupremeCourt.

* * *PAALALA: Para sa karagdagang

paglilinaw, o para sa sinumang nagna-nais na humingi ng tulong sa amin,maaari po kayong tumawag sa aminsa aming mga landline, (02) 994-68-05, 02-433-75-49 at 02-433-75-53, odi kaya ay sa aming mga cellphone,0917-984-24-68 at 0919-609-64-89.Maaari din po kayong sumulat sa aminsa aming address: 18 D Mahiyain cor-ner Mapagkawanggawa, Teachers Vil-lage, Diliman, Quezon City.

O di kaya ay maaari kayong mag-email sa amin sa website na ito,www.batasnews.com o [email protected].

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for condoms.There’s consensus, though, that

landless workers, scavengers or dailywage earners — with six, seven, eightkids — find it tougher to break out ofpenury.

Studies like Population Matters(Oxford University Press) to those byU.P.’s Aresneio Balisacan and DennisMapa or Ateneo’s Cielito Habito stressthis point. Out of 189 countries, thePhilippines ranked a sorry 86 in chil-dren who died before reaching age 5,Unicef reports.

The Progress of Peoples and otherPapal documents denounce povertythat degrades. Indigence mars thedaily lives of six out of ten Filipinos.“Listen to your lives,” FrederickBuechener writes. “If God speaks any-where, it is into our personal lives thatHe speaks.”

Abortion is a no-no. In fact, it’s acriminal offense. Pending reproduc-tive health care bills “do not legalizeabortion,” the Inquirer notes. Dosado“mischaracterized the entire range ofartificial family planning methods asall abortifacient.”

But Lagman & Co belatedly ex-cised an abortion-on-demand provi-sion they carelessly scribbled intotheir first draft. By then, alarm bellswere triggered.

Two out of every 10 marriedwomen — mostly in the D and E eco-nomic brackets — want no more chil-dren, the surveys show. But they cannot access family planning services.

All agree this spurs undergroundabortion. The toll, in this massacre, isabout 1,930 or more a day, the U.P.Population Institute estimates “Avoice was heard in Ramah, wailingand loud lamentation. Rachel weep-ing for her children … because theywere no more,” Matthew wrote ofHerod’s Massacre of the Innocents.

Parents should decide on the num-ber of children, reproductive rightssupporters demand today. That’s theposition defined earlier by Vatican II:Keeping in mind the good of both fam-ily and community, couples deter-mine the size of their families, saysCouncil document: The Church in theModern World.

“Procreation and parenthood do

not entail a right to have as many chil-dren as one desires,” wrote theologianFr. Aloysius Cartagenas. He called fora “fair hearing for 2-child proposal.”The right to be a parent should bebalanced with rights of the whole so-ciety. Contrary to popular Catholicbelief, the former need not take moralprecedence over the latter all thetime.”

The Church supports family plan-ning but bucks contraception. IpilPrelature and Cagayan De Oro arch-diocese vigorously implement theseprinciples in their “All Natural Fam-ily Planning” program. Can other dio-ceses say they match their “anath-emas” with action programs?

There’s far more common ground,in this debate, than the sound-bytesindicate. The areas of agreement de-mand we grope for consensus throughthe bridge that true dialog builds.

“The distance between man andman is infinite,” Nobel LaureateRabindranath Tagore once wrote. Andif God “as eternal bridge did not spanthe abyss, how could we reach oneanother”?

from page 3tor or actress smoking in the film” or that “ads aremore kid-friendly because cigarettes aren’t advertisedon T.V.,” etc.

But it would be alarmingly ironic if they didn’t re-act to the fact that the movie or ad contained a lot ofexplicit sexual scenes or morally questionable ideas.I’m sure none of the parents would calmly advise theirchildren in the following way: “Dear, it’s alright foryou to watch Sex and the City or Desperate Housewives.Just make sure you don’t look or close your ears whenany of the actors start to smoke.”

This might sound like an exaggeration, but in real-ity more and more movies and ads have less and lesssmoking scenes but on the contrary contain an increas-ing number of explicit sexual and violent scenes. Whatis worse than Hollywood and advertisers turning ourmoral compass upside down? It would be making usthink and live a moral life whose foundations are de-pendent on the marketing scheme of labeling.

What is now good or bad isn’t something morallyobjective, but something relative to the subject, thatis, something that can be changed depending on how itis viewed or portrayed. Advertisers would say thatsmoking is bad now, because we make it appear so andnot simply because doctors say so. Similarly, sexualinfidelity is okay and encouraged; since it is marketedit in such a way as to make the audience feel less re-strained in expressing their psychological and sexualfrustrations.

I believe we are not very far from seeing in our dayshow certain social ratings may change in the field ofentertainment, music and fashion. Can you imagine aday when R or R-18 ratings will be now based uponhow often the actors in a film are seen smoking, if theyin any way allude to the habit of smoking or if theymake use of ingredients and implements that may beharmful to the environment? What about music thatis rated as “obscene” if the word “smoke” is used or ifthe music video shows the singers wading through col-orful mist or smoke? Or that ramp models and beautypageants win or lose depending on their “use of” or“addiction to” cigarette smoking?

Is all this an exaggeration? It may very well be so.But the hypocritical embroidery of “a new sense ofmorality” portrayed in movies and ads is only the be-ginning of things to come. And this, and even worse,may happen if we do not “hold on fast to good” as St.Paul exhorts us; if we become blind and indifferent tothese subliminal attacks that are the root of the moralcancer growing within our families, in society and mar-ring our identity as God’s children.


Mayor Legaspi: Tigilan naang pagsusunog ng gulong

mula sa pahina 1Si Cruz, na ngayon ay nasa unang

tatlong taong termino bilang punongbayan ng Hagonoy, ay ang nakata-tandang kapatid ng singer at artistangsi Timmy Cruz.

Sila ay mula sa isang primera omayamang pamilya sa Barangay SanJuan.

Unang gumamit ng tricycle bilangkanyang sasakyan si Cruz noongkampanya sa halalan noong 2004,ngunit siya ay di nagwagi.

Muli siyang gumamit ng tricyclebilang sasakyan sa kampanya noong2007, at siya ay nagwagi.

P2 milyon para sa official vehicleSa pagbubukas ng taong ito, nag-

laan ang pamahalaang bayan ngHagonoy ng halagang P2 milyon parapambili ng official vehicle ni MayorCruz. Ngunit, sa halip na isang van,ang kanyang pinili ay isang tricycle.

“Ito ang hiniling kong birthday giftsa pamahalaang bayan,” ani Cruz atitinuro ang tricycle na noo’y naka-parada sa harap ng kanyang bahay saloob ng kanilang malawak na bakuransa Barangay San Juan.

Ang tricycle ay binili ng pamaha-

Tricycle ang official vehicleni Mayor Cruz ng Hagonoy

AIR SAMPLER — Ito ang high volume air sampler, angmakinang ginamit ng mga kawani ng EnvironmentalManagement Bureau (EMB) sa pagkolekta ng hanginsa paligid ng Meng Hong Trading sa Norzagaray upangmasuri ang kapal ng particulate o mga alikabok at usokna nakahalo sa hangin. — DINO BALABO

NI DINO BALABO

NORZAGARAY, Bulacan —Ipasasarana sa lalong madaling panahon niMayor Feliciano Legazpi ang plantangnagsusunog ng lumang gulong ma-tapos niyang personal na bantaan angmga kawani ng Meng Hong Tradingnang ito ay muling suriin ng Environ-mental Management Bureau (EMB)noong Hulyo 31.

Ang gagawing pagpapasara saplanta na nagsusunog ng lumanggulong upang makatas ang langis aydahil na rin sa paglabag sa batas atreklamo ng mga residente dahil sapangamba sa kanilang kalusugan.

Tiniyak ni Raldy Pagador, isang en-vironmental management specialistng EMB sa Gitnang Luzon, na masa-sara at matitigil ang operasyon ngplanta ng Meng Hong Trading sa SitioDiliman ng Barangay Partida sabayang ito.

Binalikan nina Pagador ang plantanoong Hulyo 31 kung kailan kumuhasila ng mga water sample at airsample.

Hindi naman nakarating sa nasa-bing inspeksyon ang mga kagawad ngEnvironment and Natural ResourcesOffice (ENRO) ng Kapitolyo na ina-tasang sumama ni Provincial Admin-istrator Pearly Mendoza.

Ayon kay Legaspi, may batayan naupang ipasara ang naturang plantamatapos ilabas ng EMB ang Notice ofViolation (NOV) na naglalaman ngmga paglabag ng Meng Hong Tradingsa batas. Ilan sa mga ito ang 1)kawalan ng Enviromental Compli-ance Certificate (ECC), 2) paglabag saClean Air Act, 3) kawalan ng wastewater treatment facility, at 4) kawalanng business permit.

Matatandaan na noong Hulyo 3nagsagawa ng inspeksyon ang EMB sa

planta ng Meng Hong at kanilangnadiskubre ang gabundok na tambakng lumang gulong na sinusunog dito.

Sinabi noon ni Santiago Malubay,ang dating kapitan ng Barangay Par-tida, na siyang nagpaparenta nglupang kinatitirikan ng Meng HongTrading, na isasara na ang planta saAgosto 30.

“Uubusin na lang ’yung natiranggoma,” ani Malubay.

Ngunit sa pagbabalik ng Mabu-hay kasama ang EMB noong Hulyo31, napansin na wala pang balak mag-sara ang Meng Hong Trading.

Ito ay dahil sa nadagdagan pa angnakatambak na lumang gulong saharap ng planta at nagkaroon pa ngkonstruksyon para laparan ang bu-bong nito.

Hindi naman makapagsalita siBelle Balada, ang sekretarya ng MengHong Trading, nang kausapin ni MayorLegazpi at payuhan na isara angplanta at itigil ang operasyon nito.

Hinggil sa pagpapalapad ng ambio bubong ng planta, sinabi ni Baladasa Mabuhay na ipinatigil na iyon.

Hindi naman siya kumibo nangtanungin kung bakit hindi dumalo siTomas Hao, ang may-ari ng MengHong sa ipinatawag na technical con-ference ng EMB noong Hulyo 28.

Ayon kay Pagador, kung hindi mai-pasara agad ng munisipyo ang plantang Meng Hong ay maisasara namanito sa pamamagitan ng Pollution Ad-judication Board (PAB) ng Depart-ment of Environment and NaturalResources (DENR).

Pinangunahan ni Pagador ang pag-kuha ng air sample sa tabi ng plantaat water sample na ipasusuri ng EMBsa laboratoryo.

Kapag bumagsak sa laboratory testang kinuhang water sample at airsample, sinabi ni Pagador na isu-

sumite iyon ng EMB sa PAB na siyanamang magpapalabas ng Cease andDesist Order (CDO) bago tuluyangisara ang planta.

Ipinaliwanag ni Pagador na dina-daan nila sa wastong proseso ang pag-sasara sa Meng Hong upang hindi silamabalikan nito at masampahan ngdemanda tulad ng karanasan ng EMBsa nagdaang panahon.

Sinabi niya sa Mabuhay na angresulta ng pagsusuri sa laboratoryo ayisang matibay na batayan ng EMBupang ipasara ang Meng Hong at mgakatulad na planta.

Ngunit binigyan diin ni Pagadorna ang pamahalaang lokal ay maykarapatan at kapangyarihan na ipa-sara ang Meng Hong at mga katuladna establisimyento kung may mgapaglabag sa batas.

“Sa kaso ng Meng Hong may kara-patan ang pamahalaang lokal na ipa-sara ito dahil sa walang business per-mit kaya ilegal ang operasyon nito,”ani Pagador.

Batay sa reklamo ng mga residenteng Sitio Diliman, sila’y nagkakasakitlalo na ang mga bata dahil sa amoy ngusok na ibinubuga ng sunugan nggulong.

Ayon kay Guillerma Cruz, tatlongtaon na nilang hinihiling ang pag-papasara ng naturang pabrika dahilsa hika, ubo at pananakit ng tiyan nakanilang nararamdaman.

Sinabi niya na maging ang kani-lang mga alagang baboy ay nagka-matay na sapagkat ang mga ito ayinuubo dahil sa masamang amoy nadulot ng planta.

Ipinakita naman ni MamertoSantos ang palaisdaan ni Luis Clarin,kanyang bayaw, na hindi na paki-kinabangan dahil doon dumadaloyang mga langis na tumatapon mulasa planta ng Meng Hong Trading.

Cruz, Sr.At hindi lamang ang ibang tao ang

natutuwa kapag sumasakay si Cruzsa tricycle, kungdi maging siya rin.

“Kung minsan pakiramdam ko ayturista ako pag nakasakay sa tricycledahil halos ngayon lamang ako nasa-kay dito,” aniya sa Mabuhay atsinabing halos ay sa Europa siyalumaki at nag-aral.

Sinabi rin niya sa Mabuhay nakahit siya’y lumaki sa marangyangpamumuhay hindi niya ipinagmama-laki ang yaman ng kanyang pamilya.

“Mali ang pamamaraan ng mara-ming mayaman sa bansa natin. Theyare flaunting their power and moneywith those vehicles they drive,” wikang alkalde.

Malaki ang natitipid sa tricycleSamantala, sinabi naman ni Ne-

mencio Sabino, ang assistant munici-pal engineer ng Hagonoy, na malakiang natitipid sa paggamit ng tricycleni Mayor Cruz dahil siya man aynagmamaneho ng tricycle papasok satrabaho at paghahatid sa kanyang mgaanak sa eskwela.

Ayon kay Sabino, sa bawat litro nggasolina, ay umaabot sa 12 hangang14 na kilometro ang nararating kungtricycle ang gamit kumpara sa mgavan na halos walong kilometro la-mang ang nararating sa bawat litro.

Hinggil naman sa paggamit ngibang pulitiko ng mamahaling sasak-yan bilang opisyal na behikulo, sinabini Sabino, “Dapat ay sa mga local offi-cial magsimula ang modelo sa pag-titipid.”

Kaugnay nito, sinabi ng mga taga-Hagonoy na bukod kay Mayor Cruzgumagamit din ng tricycle bilang ser-vice vehicle si Konsehal Pedro Santos.

Si Santos ay kumampanya bilangindependienteng konsehal sa nagda-ang halalan gamit ang kanyang tri-cycle na siya rin ang nagmamaneho.

Siya ay nahalal at nagkamit ngpinakamaraming boto. — DinoBalabo

Tikom ang bibig ni Jon-jonhinggil sa desisyon ng CA

mula sa pahina 8ng lupa na binobomba ng mga water district atpinadadaloy sa mga tahanan, sa lalawigan.

Matatandaan na noong 2003 ay nagsampa ngkaso laban sa MWSS ang pamahalaangpanglalawigan ng Bulacan na pamumuno ni Gob.Dela Cruz, ang nakatatandang kapatid ni Mendoza.

Ang kasong isinampa sa Malolos RTC ayhumiling na pagbayarin ang MWSS sa paggamitnito ng tubig mula sa Angat Dam na nasa lalawiganng Bulacan, dahil iyon ang isinasaad ng SaligangBatas at ng Local Government Code.

Pumabor ang korte sa hiling ng Kapitolyo nangilabas nito ang desisyon noong 2005, ngunit uma-pela sa Court of Appeals ang MWSS.

Ang desisyon naman ng C.A. ay inilabas noongMayo 30, kung saan ay kinatigan nito ang desisyonng RTC na pagbayarin sa Bulacan ang MWSS sapaggamit nito ng tubig mula sa Angat Dam.

Lumagda sa isang MOANgunit bago makapag-desisyon ang C.A.

lumagda noong Disyembre si Gob. Mendoza atang MWSS sa isang MOA para sa P11-bilyonproyektong Bulacan Bulk kung saan ang tubigsa Angat Dam ay padadaluyin sa mga water dis-trict sa lalawigan.

Isa sa mga kondisyon ng MOA ang pagsasampasa C.A. ng joint motion ng Kapitolyo at MWSS parasa pag-uurong ng kaso.

Bago naman makalagda sa MOA si Mendozanoong Disyembre ay nagkarooon ng mainitan atmahahabang debate sa Sangguniang Panglalawiganna inabot pa ng hatinggabi.

Pinagtalunan ng mga bokal kung iuurong baang kaso laban sa MWSS. Ang mayorya na pawangkaalyado ni Gob. Mendoza ay pabor na iuurongang kaso, ngunit ang minorya na kakampi ni BiseGob. Willy Alvarado ay tumutol.

Ngunit sa huli, namayani ang mayorya atpinagtibay ng Sangguniang Panglalawigan ang isangresolusyon na nagbigay kapangyarihan kay Mendozana lumagda sa nasasabing MOA . — Dino Balabo

laang bayan noong Abril. Ang makinanito ay isang motorsiklong Honda atmay logo ng pamahalaang bayan.

Ang sidecar naman ay isangBocaue-type stainless na kulay putiang upholstery ng upuan sa loob.

May isang maliit na kulay pulangtatsulok na watawat ang tricycle sakaliwang bahagi ng side-car.

Nakatatak sa tatsulok na watawatang letrang “K” na nagsisilbing po-litical logo ng alkalde.

Unang nakunan ng Mabuhay nglarawan si Cruz at ang kanyang tri-cycle noong Hulyo 18 nang bumisitasi Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyosa Hagonoy at namigay ng tulong samga residenteng naapektuhan ngbagyong Frank noong Hunyo.

Matapos mamahagi ng tulong,lumisan ang Pangulo at inihatid siyani Mayor Cruz sa harap ng Sta. MonicaElementary School. Doon siya suma-kay ng mini-bus kasunod ng grupongbuhat sa Malakanyang.

Pagkaalis ng Pangulo, ilang san-daling nakipag-usap si Cruz sa ilangkababayang nasa labas ng eskwelahanat naglakad na walang body guardpatawid sa konkretong tulay na nag-uugnay sa Barangay Sta. Monica atBarangay San Agustin.

Pagkatawid ng tulay, sumakay siCruz sa kanyang tricycle na doonnakaparada at naghihintay sa kanya.

Sa pakikipanayam ng Mabuhaykay Cruz noong Hulyo 23, sinabi niyana hindi nakatawid ang kanyang tri-cycle sa tulay sa araw ng pagbisita ngPangulo dahil pinigilan ito ng mgaPresidential Security Group (PSG).Naglakad na lamang siya patungo sadi kalayuang Sta. Monica ElementarySchool.

Inamin ng alkalde sa Mabuhay nabukod sa praktikal ang paggamitngayon ng tricycle, mas napapalapitpa ang mga tao sa kanya.

“Natutuwa sila kapag nakikitanila itong tricycle ko. Pati tatay kogustong sumakay,” ani Cruz patungkolsa kanyang ama na si Abogado Angel

Praktikal na, mas napapalapit pa ang mgatao sa akin, ani Mayor Boy Cruz

Ang tubig ay buhay.Pagingatan natin ito.


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT

OFFICE OF THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFFMALOLOS CITY, BULACAN

E.J.F. NO. 203-2008

EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IES

UNDER ACT 3135AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

LEONILA R. NAVARRO,

Mortgagee,

-versus-

ELIZABETH T. RODRIGUEZ,

Mortgagor.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amendedby Act 4118 filed by LEONILA R. NAVARRO with postal addressat Brgy. Mabolo, City of Malolos, Bulacan against ELIZABETH T.RODRIGUEZ, with residence at Buhangin St., Atlag, City of Malolos,Bulacan, the mor tgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtednesswhich as of June, 2008 amounts to ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVETHOUSAND PESOS & 00/100 (P185,000.00), Philippine Currency,including interest thereon, excluding __% of the total indebted-ness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expensesthereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amountswhich may become due and payable to the aforementioned mor t-gagee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersignedSheriff hereby gives notice to all interested par ties and to thepublic in general that on August 5, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan,located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, ProvincialCapitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auc-tion thru sealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and inPhilippine Currency, the described real proper ty below togetherwith all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T- 159500

A parcel of land (Lot 6916,Cad-304-D),situated in the Mun. ofHagonoy, Prov. of Bulacan. Bounded on the S., along line 1-2 by lot6914 Cad-304-D; on the W., along line 2-3 by lot 6917 Cad-304-D; onthe N., along line 3-4 by Sapang Taytayin; & on the E., along line 4-1 by lot 6915 Cad-304-D. xx xx xx xx containing an area of FIVEHUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN (587) SQ. METERS. xx xx xx xx

This Notice of Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City, Bulacanwhere the sale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be publishedfor the same period in the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circu-lation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3) consecu-tive weeks before the date of auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressedto this office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before theabove stated date and hour at which time all sealed bids thus,submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on AUGUST 12, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigatefor themselves the title to the property and encumbrance thereon, ifany there be.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 7, 2008.

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx- Officio Sheriff

By: EDRIC C. ESTRADASheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 11, 18, & 25, 2008

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 82CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN

SPC NO. 173-M-2008

IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTIONOF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OFROBIE S. MAPE

ROBIE S. MAPE, ANGEL C. MAPEAND AMBROCIA S. MAPE,

Petitioner,

– versus –

THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF PULILAN,BULACAN AND ROGER B. SEVILLA,

Respondents.

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AMENDED ORDERBefore this Court is the Petition for Correction of Entries in the LocalCivil Registrar of Pulilan, Bulacan filed on July 15, 2008 by hereinpetitioner, through counsel, praying that after due notice, publicationand hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar ofPulilan, Bulacan to effect the necessary correction of the entries inthe Certificate of Live Bir th of Robie S. Mape from the surnameRevilla to the correct surname Mape; from the father’s name of RogerB. Revilla to the correct name Angel C. Mape; and that from the entryreflecting that petitioner’s parents were married on September 21,1985 to the correct entry “Not Married”, pursuant to Rule 108 of theRules of Court.

The petition alleged that the petitioners Robie S. Mape, Angel C.Mape and Ambrocia S. Mape, are all of legal ages, Filipinos andresidents of Paltao, Pulilan, Bulacan. The respondents are the CivilRegistrar of Pulilan, Bulacan and Roger B. Revilla who is likewise oflegal age, Filipino, marital status and whereabouts are unknown andbeing impleaded herein considering that his name was erroneouslywritten as Robie S. Mape’s father was born on July 24, 1986 inPoblacion, Pulilan, Bulacan, (Annex “A” of the petition); that in thesaid Certificate of Live Birth, the name Roger B. Revilla was errone-ously written as the father the petitioner Robie, when in truth and infact, the latter’s father is petitioner Angel C. Mape, as evidenced bythe latter’s Affidavit of Acknowledgment dated May 20, 2008, (Annex“B” of the petition); that likewise, petitioner Robie’s parents, namelyAngle C. Mape and Ambrocia S. Santos were not yet married at thetime of petitioner’s birth; that petitioner’s parents were only marriedon April 29, 1990 as evidenced by their Certificate of Marriage,(Annex “C” of the petition); thus, the following entries in the petitionerRobie’s Certificate of Live Birth are erroneous and should thereforebe corrected accordingly to reflect the truth: a) the name of thepetitioner is erroneously entered as Robie Santos Revilla, instead ofhis true and correct name, Robie Santos Mape; b) the name of thefather to petitioner is erroneously entered as Roger B. Revilla, insteadof the true and correct name of his father as Angel C. Mape; c) theerroneous entry as to the marriage of petitioner’s parents, instead ofthe correct entry which is “Not Married”; that in all documents wherethe above entries are also stated, petitioner Robie has stated hiscorrect surname of Mape ad the correct full name of his father asAngel C. Mape, as evidenced by the following documents attached inthe petition: a. Certificate of Baptism, (Annex “D” of the petition); b.Certificate of Confirmation, (Annex “E” of the petition); c. Voter’sIdentification Card. (Annex “F” of the petition) d. Application forregistration, (Annex “G” of the petition); e. Students’ PermanentRecord, (Annex “H” of the petition); f. Community Tax Certificate(Annex “I” of the petition); g. Postal Identity Card, (Annex “J” of thepetition); and h. TIN I.D., (Annex “K” of the petition); that the errone-ous entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of petitioner Robie resultedby reason of the fact that at the time of his birth, petitioner’s grand-father, Jose Santos, did not want his daughter, petitioner Ambrocia,to give bir th to an illegitimate child, hence, Jose Santos made itappear that Ambrocia was married to Roger B. Revilla and the later isthe father of the petitioner Robie, when in the truth and in fact, thefather of the child was Angel C. Mape; that petitioner Ambrocia S.Mape was already pregnant of Robie when her then boyfriend, AngelC. Mape was assigned as a member of the Armed Forces of thePhilippines in Mindanao; thus, when Ambrocia C. Mape gave birth toRobie, her father, Jose Santos, made it appear that Ambrocia wasmarried to one Roger B. Revilla to avoid social embarrassment; thatsubsequently, petitioner Angel C. Mape returned and was able tomarry petitioner Ambrocia on April 29, 1990 as shown by their mar-riage contract, (Annex “C”)’ and that to avoid confusion and to put inorder the Certificate of Live Birth of Robie S. Mape, it is necessarythat the erroneous entries therein should be corrected in an adverseproceeding as required under the law.

Finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and substance,the Court sets the same for hearing on November 11, 2008 at 10:00o’clock in the morning at which date and time, interested parties mayappear and show cause why the same should not be granted.

Let this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutiveweeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacanat the expense of the petitioner.

Send copies of this Order to the Local Civil Registrar of Pulilan,Bulacan, to the National Statistics Office, and to the Office of theSolicitor General as well as to the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor,who is directed to appear on behalf of the government.

SO ORDERED.July 29, 2008.

Herminia V. PasambaActing Presiding Judge

Mabuhay: July 25, August 1 & 8, 2008



E.J.F. NO. 229-2008

EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IES


PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK,Mortgagee,

– versus –

SPS. JONATHAN M. UYTICO& JULIET C. UYTICO,

Respondent/Mortgagor.

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amendedby Act 4118 filed by PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK with postal ad-dress at PS Bank Center, 777 Paseo de Roxas cor. Sedeno St.,Makati City, against SPS. JONATHAN M. UYTICO & JULIET C.UYTICO with the postal address at Blk. 615, Lot 19 PH 6, PelictasHeritage Homes, La Loma De Gato, Marilao, Bulacan, the mor t-gagor/s to satisfy the mor tgage indebtedness which as of July,7, 2007 amounts to THREE MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINETHOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY NINE PESOS 03/100(P3,999.199.03), Philippine Currency, including interest thereon,excluding __% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’sfees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also securedby said mor tgage and such other amounts which may becomedue and payable to the aforementioned mor tgagee, the Ex-Offi-cio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested par ties and to the public in general thaton SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in frontof the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at theback of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Com-pound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thrusealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in PhilippineCurrency, the described real proper ty below together with all theimprovements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T- 509595 (M)

A parcel of land (Lot 2 of the cons. Subd. Plan Pcs-03-007000being a portion of the cons. lots 4651-C to D of Psd-03070626 LRCRec. no. ) Situated in the Bo. of Lawa, Mp. of Meyc. Procince ofBulacan. Bounded on the SW., along line 1 to 4 by Lot 4651-G Psd-03-070626(Rd) on the NW., xxx containing an area of THREE HUN-DRED TEN (310) SQ. METERS, more or less. xxx

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T- 509596 (M)

A parcel of land (Lot 4651-E-1 of the subd. Plan Psd-03-106428being a portion of lot 4651-E Psd-03-070626 LRC Rec. No. ), situatedin the Bo of Lawa, Mun. of Meycauayan, Province of Bulacan. xxxcontaining an area of SEVENTY FOUR (74) SQ. METERS, more orless. xxx

This Notice of Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City, Bulacanwhere the sale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be publishedfor the same period in the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circu-lation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3) consecu-tive weeks before the date of auction sale.


In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigatefor themselves the title to the property and encumbrance thereon, ifany there be.


EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx- Officio Sheriff

By: Pablo R. GloriosoSheriff IV



EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEENRIQUE VALENCIA WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late ENRIQUE VALENCIAwho died intestate on June 7, 1997 leaving a parcel of land coveredby TCT No. 55738 situated in the barrio of Sindalan, Municipality ofSan Fernando, Province, of Pampanga was extra-judicially settledamong his heirs before Notary Public Nepomucneo Z. Caylao; Doc.No. 238; Page No. 49; Book No. II; Series of 2008.


Pangalagaan ang kalikasan!

There is but one road whichreaches God and that is Prayer.If anyone shows you another,

you are being deceived.— ST. THERESA


SHOWING ONJULY 23, 2008 ONWARDS

subject to change without prior notice

THE DARK KNIGHT

ALONE

HANCOCK

JOURNEY TO THECENTER OF THE EARTH

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATEWITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS/QUITCLAIM

Notice is hereby given that the late AIDA D. EUSEBIO who died onFebruary 19, 2007 in Muntinlupa City her place of residence at thetime of death, she left personal properties which include the unpaidobligations of her debtor. Also there is no last will and testament leftby the deceased and there is no pending testate or intestate proceed-ings pending before any courts of the Philippines, involving the sameparties and the same property; there are no known debts left by thedeceased for which reason the heirs desire that they settle the estateof Aida D. Eusebio. That Jose Vicente D. Dimaculangan, of legal age,single, Filipino and Emiliano G. Eusebio, of legal age, widower, Filipinoboth residing at #168 Monastery Road, Bgy. San Isidro, Magalang,Pampanga, are the only persons and parties and are the legitimatesurviving son and spouse of the deceased. The surviving spouse haswaived and renounced his rights and interest in the estate of thedeceased, as well his own share, in favor of Jose Vicente D.Dimaculangan executed before Notary Public Jose V. Reyes; Doc.No. 445; Page No. 40; Book No. XV; Series of 2008.

Mabuhay: July 11, 18 & 25, 2008

PANAWAGANNANANAWAGAN si Mrs. Marilisa Factora ng Barangay PalimboProper, Camiling, Tarlac City tungkol sa isang sanggol na babaena iniwan sa may harapan ng kanilang gate noong Disyembre29, 2007. Na kung maaari ay makipag-ugnayan sila sa Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa SanVicente, Tarlac City na may telepono bilang (045) 982-0756.

Mabuhay: July 11, 18, & 25, 2008



STO.ROSARIO CREDIT ANDDEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE

Mortgagee,-versus-

SPS. CHRISTOPHER C. JAVIER &MA. LOURDES B. JAVIER,

Mortgagor.X—————————————X

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4118 filed by STO. ROSARIO CREDIT AND DEVELOPMENT COOP-ERATIVE, with office at Sabitan St.,Sto. Rosario,City of Malolos,Bulacan against SPS. CHRISTOPHER C. JAVIER & MA. LOURDES B.JAVIER, with postal address at No.125, Sto. Cristo, City of Malolos,Bulacan the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of July 4, 2008 amounts to ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FORTYSEVEN THOUSAND FORTY NINE PESOS & 88/100 (P1,447,049.88)Philippine Currency, including interest thereon, excluding 25% of thetotal indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such otheramount, which may become due and payable to the aforementionedmortgagee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersignedSheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the publicin general that on August 14, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter,in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at theback of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound,Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed bidding tothe highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the describedreal property below together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T- 189135

A parcel of land (Lot 7 of the cons. subd. plan (LRC), Pcs- 28383,approved as a non-subdivision project, being a portion of the cons. oflots 5974 and 5975 Malolos Cad., LRC Cad. Rec. No. 505), situatedin the Bo. of Sto Cristo, Mun. of Malolos, Prov. of Bulacan, Is. ofLuzon. Bounded on the NE., pts.4 to 1 by lot 9007, Malolos Cad. andbeyond by Camino Real de Bulacan; on the SE., pts. 1 to 2 by lot5973, Malolos Cad.; on the SW., pts.2 to 3 by lot 8; on the NW., pts.3to 4 by lot 9 (Rd.) both of the cons. subd. plan. xx xx xx xx containingan area of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT (178) SQ. METERS, moreor less. xx xx xx xx

This Notice of Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City, Bulacanwhere the sale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be publishedfor the same period in the MABUHAY, a newspaper of general circu-lation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3) consecu-tive weeks before the date of auction sale.


In the event the public auction could not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on AUGUST 21, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigatefor themselves the title to the property and the encumbrance thereon,if any there be.


EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

By: NORMAN S. IPAPOSheriff IV


Mabuhay: July 18, 25, & August 1, 2008

EJF NO. 208-2008

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY


NOTICE OF LOSS OF STOCKS

Republic of the Philippines )Province of Leyte ) S.S.CITY OF TACLOBAN )

AFFIDAVIT OF LOSSI, EDITA CASAL y Fabi, of legal age, widow and a resident of Block 17,Lot 43, Phase 2, Cattleya cor. Gorgonia Sts., V &G Subdivision,Tacloban City, after having been sworn to in accordance with lawhereby depose and say:

1. That I am a holder and owner of fifty eight (58) shares of stockof the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) and said ownership is evi-denced by BPI Certificate of Stock No. 27243 and appearing as suchin the Corporate Books of said banking institution;

2. That sometime August 2005, I discovered for the first time thatthe original copy of said BPI Certificate Of Stock No. 27243 wasmissing and no longer among the other certificate of stocks and otherimportant papers and documents in my files which I have not touchedfor quite a long time;

3. That despite diligent and exhaustive effor ts made, said Certifi-cate of Stock No. 27243 could no longer be located or found;

4. That the aforementioned Certificate of Stock No. 27243 wasnever transferred, sold, endorsed, pledged or mortgaged to anyperson or entity as security for any debt whatsoever;

5. That I am executing this Affidavit to attest to the fact of the lossof said Certificate of Stock No. 27243 to request BPI to declare thesame null and void and to issue another Certificate of Stock as itsreplacement.

AFFIANT FURTHER SAYETH NONE.Signed this 12th day of October 2005 at Tacloban City.

(Sgd.) EDITA F. CASALAFFIANT

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 12th day of October2005 at Tacloban City, affiant exhibited to me her Community TaxCertificate No. 02719538 issued on 2-01-05 at Tacloban City.

WENIFREDO C. CUATONNotary Public No. 2005-01-07

Until 12-31-2006Attorney Roll No. 35189

DOC. NO. 474PAGE NO. 95BOOK NO. 21SERIES OF 2005

Mabuhay: July 11, 18, & 25, 2008

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATENotice is hereby given that the estate of the deceased ANGEL I.YOSUICO who died on May 30, 2002 in Angeles City leaving one-half (1/2) conjugal share of four (4) parcels of land more particu-larly described as: 1) TCT No. 120059 with an area of 200 sq. 2) TCTNo. 120060, with an area of 691 sq both of Barangay Lourdes Sur;3) TCT No. 98743 with an area of 664 sq. situated at Barangay Sto.Cristo and 4) TCT No. 232978-R with an area of 4,062 sq. situatedat Barrio Telabastagan, San Fernando, Pampanga devoted to fruitbearing trees who was executed by heirs before Notary Public Atty.Nepomuceno Caylao; Doc. No. 450; Page No. 91; Book No I; Seriesof 2008.

Mabuhay: July 11, 18, & 25 2008



E.J.F. NO. P-115-2008

EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY


HOME GUARANTY CORPORATION

Mortgagee,

-versus-

SPS. RHODERICK J. YANGA& CYNTHIA J. YANGA

Mortgagor/s.x———————————x

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4118 filed by HOME GUARANTY CORPORATION, with principaloffice at No. 335 Sen Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City the mortgagee,against SPS. RHODERICK J. YANGA & CYNTHIA J. YANGA, withresidence and postal address at Block 8, Lot 12 King Philip St. RoyaleEstate Subdivision, Brgy. Bulihan, Malolos, Bulacan the mortgagor/sto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 3, 2008amounts to FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUN-DRED FORTY THREE PESOS & 78/100 (P574,643.78), Philippine Cur-rency, including/excluding interest thereon, including/excluding 10%of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily inter-est and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage andsuch other amount which may become and payable to the aforemen-tioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the under-signed Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to thepublic in general that on August 5, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan,located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thrusealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Cur-rency, the described real property/ies below together with all theimprovements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-97659

A parcel of land (Lot 12, Blk.8 of the cons. subd. plan Psd-03-072367, being a portion of lot 2, Psu- 10740, LRC Rec. No.)situatedin the Barrio of Bulihan, Mun. of Malolos, Prov. of Bulacan. Boundedon the NE., along line 3-4 by lot 14, and on the NW., along line 4-1 bylot 11, both of Blk. 8, all of the subd. plan. x x x x containing an areaof ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN (115) SQ. M. x x x x

This Notice of Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) conspicuous public places in the municipalityof the subject property is located and at Malolos City, Bulacan wherethe sale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for thesame period in the MABUHAY, a newspaper of general circulation inthe province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3) consecutiveweeks before the date of auction sale.


In the event the public auction could not take place on the saidAugust 5, 2008, it shall be held on AUGUST 26, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. orsoon thereafter without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigatefor themselves the title to the property/ies and the encumbrancethereon, if any there be.


EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

By: ENRIQUE M. CALAGUASSheriff IV


Mabuhay: July 11, 18, & 25, 2008

clergyman was preaching one Sunday and noticed that manyof his audience were drowsing. Suddenly, he paused, andthen in a very loud voice, related an incident that had noconnection whatsoever with his sermon.

The incident went like this: “I was once riding into asmall village and came to the house of a farmer. I stoppedfor a bit when I saw something stranger than I had everseen in my life. There was a sow with a litter of ten littlepigs. The sow and the piglets had a long curved horn grow-ing out their forehead between the ears.”

At this point, the clergyman stopped and ran his eyesover the congregation. Everybody was wide awake. So, heremarked, “How strange it all is! A few minutes ago, whenI was telling you the truth from the Bible, you all went tosleep. But now when you have heard a whopping lie, you areall wide awake!”

Now, going back to honesty. Who doesn’t want awardsand recognitions. I have received many and I think I de-served to get those honors. Mark Twain once reminded me:“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than tohave them and not deserve them.”

In the mid-1980’s researchers at Cleveland State Uni-versity made a startling discovery. They conducted an ex-periment by creating two fictitious job candidates Davidand John.

The candidates had identical resumes and letters of ref-erence. The only difference was that John’s letter includedthe sentence “Sometimes, John can be difficult to get alongwith.” They showed the resumes to a number of personneldirectors.

Which candidate did the personnel directors overwhelm-ingly prefer? No, it’s not David but John. The researchersconcluded the criticism of John made praise of John morebelievable. Admitting John’s wart actually helped sell John.Admitting flaws gives a person more credibility.

Now, I know a lot of people when they are on the brink ofdying, they will be honest to admit and tell the truth. Afterall, “with death,” said British Salman Rushdie, author ofThe Satanic Verses, “comes honesty.”

Should you wait for that day to come before you becomehonest? “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watchyour words; they become actions. Watch your actions; theybecome habits. Watch your habits; they become character.Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”

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Regarding Henry from page 3


Saksi sa paglalaho ng kay gandang kalikasanNI DINO BALABO

NORZAGARAY, Bulacan — Mababakas pa ang mgapalatandaan sa unti-unting naglalahong paraiso sabayang ito, partikular na sa Sitio Diliman, Baran-gay Partida, na malapit sa silangang hanggananng bayan ng Sta. Maria.

Halos bulubundukin na rin ang bahaging iyon ngNorzagaray at Sta. Maria, at luntian ang kapaligiran dahilsa mayayabong na punong mangga na sumasangga samakapal na usok na ibinubuga ng mga sasakyan sa ’dikalayuang mga lungsod ng San Jose Del Monte atMeycauayan na katabi naman ng Kalakhang Maynila.

Ilang beses na rin akong napunta dito sa Norzagarayngunit sa dako ng Sitio Diliman ay nakakadalawang besespa lamang ako. Una ay noong Hulyo 3 at ikalawa ay nitongHulyo 31.

Dating paraisoParaiso ang nasabing sitio para sa mga residente.

Ngunit iyon ay noong hindi pa itinatayo sa nasabing lugarang Meng Hong Trading, isang planta na nagsusunog nglumang gulong upang katasin ang langis, na nagbubuganaman ng maitim na usok na unti-unting sumasakal sahininga ng mga taga-roon.

Sa dalawang beses kong pagpunta sa Sitio Diliman,nakadama ako ng paninikip ng dibdib, at sumakit angulo at ilong nang lumapit kami sa planta ng Meng HongTrading dahil sa amoy at usok na nagmumula sa planta.

Umuulan noong Hulyo 3 nang makarating kami saSitio Diliman kaya’t medyo maluwag pa ang paghinga,ngunit noong Hulyo 31 ay maaraw, kaya naman masmasikip sa dibdib ang paghinga.

Pagbaba pa lamang sa sasakyan ay nagtali na ako ngpanyo sa mukha upang takpan ang aking ilong. Hindiako nakatagal, maging si Mayor Feliciano Legazpi nasumunod sa amin at aking mga kasamang mamamahayagat kawani ng Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)sa Gitnang Luzon.

Naisip ko, kung sa sandaling pananatili namin sa SitioDiliman ay nakadama kami ng paninikip ng dibdib, paanona kaya ang mga taong nakatira sa paligid ng Meng HongTrading na halos 24 na oras ay nakakaamoy ng usok mulasa planta.

Mga hayop at halaman ay apektado na rinTama ang hula ko. Bukod sa nahihirapan silang

huminga ay nagkakasakit na sila at maging kanilang mgaalagang hayop at halaman ay apektado na rin.

Iyan ang isa sa mga ibinulgar sa amin ni GuillermaCruz noong Hulyo 31.

Sinabi niya na hindi lamang pamilya niya ang nag-kakasakit sanhi ng usok, maging ang kanyang mgaalagang baboy ay naubos, inubo at tuluyang nagkasakithanggang sa mangamatay.

Ang mga punong mangga naman sa kanilang malawakna bakuran ay hindi na rin pinakinabangan. Namungadaw ang mga iyon, ngunit hindi nabili dahil maitim angbunga sanhi ng uling na bumabagsak mula sa usok ngsinunog na gulong.

Sa dalawang pagbisita ko sa Sitio Diliman ay nakadamaako ng pangamba sa aking kalusugan. Bata pa ako at angaking may bahay at supling, baka kung ano ang mangyarisa akin.

Ngunit inaliw ko na lamang ang aking sarili attinanggap sa aking isip na ang mga bantang hatid sakalusugan ng usok ng lumang gulong na sinusunog saSitio Diliman ay isa sa mga masasabing “premyo” saisang mamamahayag.

Ibig sabihin, kasama ito sa trabaho ng paghahatid ngmakatotohanan balita, ngunit hindi naman sa nag-papakamatay, kaya nag-iingat din kami.

Ang totoo, hindi lamang ang Sitio Diliman angnagsasakripisyo sa patuloy na pagkasira ng kalikasan, atunti-unting paglalaho ng isang dating kaygandang paraiso.Sa halip marami ang nakakatulad nitong lugar salalawigan ng Bulacan.

Iba’t ibang klase ng pagsalaula sa kalikasanSa Lungsod ng Malolos at iba pang mga bayan sa

lalawigan ay matagal nang inirereklamo ang patuloyna operasyon ng mga mababahong basurahan.

Sa Barangay Perez, Bulakan, Bulacan ay inire-reklamo ang mabahong tambakan ng taing manok naginagamit naman sa mga palaisdaan, samantalang saBarangay Pajo, Lungsod ng Meycauayan ay matagalnang tinututulan ang operasyon ng itinatayongbasurahan doon.

Gayundin sa Lungsod ng San Jose Del Monte at mga,bayan ng Paombong, Baliuag, Pulilan at Balagtas. Atsa bayan ng San Miguel ay nakunan ko pa ng larawanang tambakan ng basura na may 10 taon na angoperasyon di kalayuan sa makasaysayang Biak-na-BatoNational Park.

Bakit patuloy ang pagwasak sa kapaligiranSa mga nabanggit na problema, iisa ang tanong: Ano

ang ginagawa ng pamahalaang lokal partikular na angmga magigiting na pulitikong ipinangako ang langit atlupa noong nakaraang halalan.

Walang kumikilos! Dahil ba sa walang kumikibo?Sapagkat nasa kanilang puso ang pangamba?

Isa ito sa dahilan kung bakit patuloy ang pagkawasakng kapaligirang minana natin sa ating mga ninuno athiram sa susunod na henerasyon.

At kung patuloy naman tayong magsasawalang kibo,patuloy na maghahari ang mga pinunong kulang sakakayahang manguna at kulang sa kaalaman upangmakahanap ng solusyon sa mga problemang nasa atingkalagitnaan.

Kung patuloy silang maghahari at patuloy tayong mag-sasawalang kibo, hindi tayo magkakaroon ng pagkakataonna sila ay timbangin upang mapatunayang kulang ngasila sa kakayahan at kaalaman.

BANTA SA KALUSUGAN— Sa kabila ng pagpa-palabas ng tanggapan ngEnvironmental Manage-ment Bureau (EMB) saGitnang Luzon ng Noticeof Violation (NOV) patuloypa rin ang operasyon ngMeng Hong Trading nanagsusunog ng mga lu-mang gulong sa Sitio Di-liman, Baragay Partida,Norzagaray, Bulacan.Ayon sa mga residente atmga opisyal, ang patuloyna operasyon ng planta ayisang banta sa kalusugan,hindi lamang ng mga ma-mamayan kundi pati na rinsa mga alaga nilang hayopat halaman at maging sakalikasan. — DINO BALABO

TTikom ang bibig ni Jonikom ang bibig ni Jon-jon sa hamon-jon sa hamonng ng BABATISTIS hinggil sa desisyon ng CAhinggil sa desisyon ng CALUNGSOD NG MALOLOS — Tikom ang bibig ng mgaopisyales ng Kapitolyo maliban sa isang bokal hinggilsa hamon ng grupong Bulakenyo Ayaw sa Tubig Isa-pribado (BATIS) na linawin nila ang kanilang posisyonhinggil sa desisyon ng Court of Appeals (C.A.) na pag-bayarin ang Metropolitan Waterworks and SewerageSystem (MWSS) sa paggamit ng tubig mula sa AngatDam.

Ang desisyon ng C.A. na ipinalabas noong Mayo 30ay kumatig sa desisyon ng Regional Trial Court (RTC)ng Malolos noong 2005.

Ito ay inilabas bago makapagsumite ng joint mo-tion ang Kapitolyo at MWSS na iuurong ang nasabingkaso, na isang kondisyon sa Memorandum of Agree-ment (MOA) na nilagdaan nina Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon”Mendoza at Lorenzo Jamora, ang dating administradorng MWSS, noong Disyembre para sa P11-bilyonBulacan Bulk Water Supply Project (Bulacan Bulk).

Taliwas ang aksyon ni GobAyon kay Fr. Ety Ignacio, ang tagapagsalita ng

BATIS, na binubuo ng mga kinatawan mula sa iba’tibang sektor, taliwas ang aksyon ni Gobernador Men-doza sa kanyang huling opisyal na pahayag na ipinalabaskamakailan.

“Bilang isang gobernador, dapat niyang linawin angkanyang posisyon dahil umaasa ang taumbayan sakanya,” ani Father Ignacio sa Mabuhay nang siya aymakapanayam noong Hulyo 11.

Sinabi ng pari na sa paglagda ni Mendoza sa MOAnoong Disyembre ay malinaw nitong itinatakwil angkaso ng Bulacan laban sa MWSS na noo’y hindi panadedesisyunan ng C.A.

Binigyang diin pa ni Father Ignacio na isa sa mgakondisyon sa nasabing MOA ay ang pag-uurong ngkasong isinampa ng Kapitolyo laban sa MWSS, upangmatuloy ang proyektong Bulacan Bulk.

Ngunit, nang lumabas ang desisyon ng C.A. na kuma-tig sa desisyon ng RTC, sinabi ng pari na iba na anghimig ng punong lalawigan.

“Biglang nagbago ang kanyang himig,” ani ngtagapagsalita ng BATIS. “Ang sinasabi niya sa mgaBulakenyo ngayon ay dapat magbunyi dahil nagtagum-pay ang laban sa MWSS,” ani Father Ignacio, “saman-talang noong Disyembre ay lumagda siya sa MOA kungsaan ang isa sa mga kondisyon ay isuko ang kaso labansa MWSS.”

Nanatiling tikom ang bibigNanatili namang tikom ang bibig ni Gob. Mendoza

at iba pang kaalyado sa Kapitolyo hinggil sa hamonng BATIS maliban kay Bokal Pat Laderas.

Ilang beses na nagpahatid ng katanungan angMabuhay sa cellular telephone ni Mendoza noongHulyo 13, ngunit hindi ito sumagot.

Ang tanging sumagot sa tanong ng Mabuhay aysi Bokal Laderas na nagsabing “iginagalang naminang desisyon ng C.A.”

Sinabi pa ni Laderas na dahil sa nasasabing de-sisyon, dapat ay magkaroon ng modipikasyon o kaun-ting pagbabago sa MOA na nilagdaan ni Mendoza atMWSS.

Una rito sinabi ni Mendoza, “Wala akong inurongna kaso,” nang siya ay makapanayam ng Mabuhaynoong Hunyo 11.

Kinabukasan, Hunyo 12 ay sinabi ng gobernadorsa Mabuhay na ang kanyang desisyon na maki-pagkasundo sa MWSS at ang desisyon ng CA ayparehong pabor sa Bulakenyo.

Binigyang diin niya na kaya siya lumagda sa MOAukol sa Bulakan Bulk project ay upang matiyak namay dadaloy na malinis na tubig sa mga tahanan ngmga Bulakenyo dahil natutuyo na ang tubig sa ilalim

sundan sa pahina 5

mabuhay issue no 30

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