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A personal lossFlorangel Rosario Braid NGAYON AT NOON — Ang ipinamalas ng sambayanang Pilipino na kahanga-hangang paggalang,

pagpapasalamat at pagpapaalam kay yumaong Pangulong Cory Aquino noong Agosto 5, gayundinang kahanga-hangang paggalang, pagpapasalamat at pagpapaalam ng Pilipino sa kanyangpinaslang na kabiyak na si Dating Senador Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino Jr. noong Agosto 31, 1983.

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Dumarami ang nais maging panguloHABANG nagtatagal ay duma-rami ang nagnanais na kuman-didato sa pagka-pangulo ng atingbansa sa nalalapit na halalan saMayo ng susunod na taon.

Nangunguna sa talaan angmga senador na sina Loren Le-garda, Chiz Escudero, Mar Ro-xas, Manny Villar, Jinggoy Es-trada (kung hindi puwede si dat-ing Pangulong Joseph Estrada),Jamby Madrigal. Gayundin sinaVice-President Noli de Castro,Defense Secretary Gilbert Teo-doro, MMDA Chairman BayaniFernando, Pampanga Gov. EdPanlilio at Bro. Eddie Villanuevang JIL Movement.

Sa dami ng nais na magingpangulo ay naguguluhan ang mgabotante. Sino kaya sa mga nag-hahangad na maging pangulo angtapat ang hangaring maglingkodsa mga mamamayan?

Marami ang nagsasabing la-hat sila ay nais na maglingkod ngbuong katapatan kapag sila aynahalal.

Sa aking sariling karanasan,mula kay Pangulong FerdinandE. Marcos, habang nagtatagal atpabago-bago ang pangulo, lalongmaraming mamamayan ang nag-hihirap.

Mabuti-buti pa noong pana-

hon ni Marcos, iisa lamang angnangungurakot sa kaban ngbayan.

Sta. Banana!

Pamahal nang pamahal ang bilihinNABIGLA ako nang minsangmapasyal ako sa pamilihan. Nangtanungin ko kung magkano angisang kilo ng baboy ay nabigla akonang sabihin ng tindera na P180.

Ang pinakamurang bigas ayNFA rice na P25 isang kilo sa-mantalang ang commercial riceay P30 pataas ang isang kilo. Angbangus na dati-rati ay P80 langisang kilo ay P130 na ngayon.

Wala akong mabili ngayon namura. Maging ang itlog ng manokna dati-rati ay P3.50 hanggangP4 ang isa ay P5 na ngayon.

Ang isang kilong galunggongna medyo sariwa ay P130 kadakilo at kung medyo bilasa ayP100 kada kilo.

Papaano mapagkakasya ngisang ordinaryong manggagawaang kinikita nitong minimumwage kung sa pamasahe lamangniya papunta at pauwi sa pina-pasukan ay P100 na. Isama morito ang meryenda at tanghalian,aabutin na ito ng P180.

P200 na lamang ang matitirapara sa kanyang pamilya. Kung

may anak siyang nag-aaral saelementarya, bibigyan ng P20 nabaon. P180 na lamang ang parasa pagkain ng pamilya sa buongmaghapon.

Libo-libo ang nakidalamhati sapagpanaw ni Pangulong Cory

LIBO-libong mamamayan angnakidalamhati sa pagpanaw nidating Pangulong Cory Aquinonoong unang araw ng Agosto.

Maging ang kanyang libingnoong ika-5 ng kasalukuyangbuwan ay dinumog din ng mgamamamayan.

Muntik ko nang makamayansi Pangulong Cory Aquino nangsiya ay bumisita sa Bulacan sakanyang kaarawan noong 1989.

Iniaabot na ni Pangulong Coryang kanyang kamay sa akin paramakamayan nang bigla akonghinatak ng kanyang security. Sip-sip ang nabigkas ko na lamang atnakita kong napangiti si Cory.

Bagyong ‘Kiko’DALAWAMPU at isa ang patayna iniwan ng bagyong ‘Kiko’ saLuzon noong nakaraang linggo.Labing tatlo ang nasawi sa Cor-dillera Administrative Region,pito sa Central Luzon at isa saKalakhang Maynila.

Pangulong Cory Aquinoat ang liping BulakenyoHINDI man magkatulad ang paraan ng pagpanaw ng kanyang asawangsi dating Senador Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, ang pagpanaw ni datingPangulong Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco-Aquino sa edad na 76 noongSabado, Agosto 1, mayroon itong magkatulad na epekto.

Ang kanilang paglisan sa mundong ito patungo sa piling ng Diyosna may likha ay muling nagbukas hindi lamang sa mata at isipan ngbawat Pilipino, kungdi maging sa dahon ng kasaysayang lumipas.

Matapos ang pagpaslang kay Ninoy noong Agosto 21, 1983, nagisingang diwa ng sambayanang Pilipino mula sa mahabang pagkakahimbing.Dumaloy sa mga lansangan ang nakidalamhati, hanggang sa damdaminsa pagkaulila sa kalayaan ay umapaw sa isang payapang rebolusyongEdsa I halos tatlong taon ang nakalipas, na nagsilang sa isang bagongrepublika sa pamumuno ng kanyang maybahay na si Cory.

Sa pagpanaw ni Cory nitong Sabado, bumaha ang pakikiramay mulasa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo. Bilang paggalang at pakikidalamhatikay Cory na itinuturing na simbulo ng demokrasya sa bansa, mgaPilipino’y nagsipagsuot ng dilaw na damit, nagtali ng dilaw na laso,ipinakita ang kamay na nakadakot ngunit ang hintuturo ay nakaturo saitaas at nakatagilid ang hinlalaki.

Ang mga imaheng ito na unang nasaksihan ng bansa noong 1983hanggang sa paglaya sa diktaduryang Marcos noong 1986, aynagpapahiwatig na muling napukaw ang damdamin ng bansa. Tanongng ilan, kasunod ba nito ay isa na namang rebolusyon at pagbabago?

Oo. Ngunit ito ay hindi rebolusyon katulad ng nasaksihan atnaranasan natin noong 1986. Maulit man ang katulad narebolusyonnoong 1986 ay tiyak na matatagalan pa.

Subalit ang rebolusyon sa puso at diwa ng mga Pilipino, partikularna sa liping Bulakenyo ay nagsimula na. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ngpagbabalik-tanaw sa dahon ng nakalipas na kasaysayan kung saan aymatutunghayan at muling madaramang nagpapaalala ang kabayanihanng ating mga ninunong Bulakenyo, na sa bawat panahon ay naging bahaging kasaysayan ng bansa.

Noong Hunyo 3, 1571, buong giting na nakipaglaban ang mgamandirigmang taga-Hagonoy kasama ang mga kapampangan sa“Labanan sa Bangkusay” na nasundan pa ng mga pag-aalsa ng mgaBulakenyo sa panahon ng Kastila, Amerikano at mga Hapon.

Dahil sa kanilang pagmamahal sa bayan, kabilang ang mgaBulakenyong sina Crisanto Evangelista ng Meycauayan at JacintoManahan ng Bulakan sa nagsulong upang maitayo ang kilusangmakamasa sa bansa na nagsilang sa Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas.

Hindi lingid ang aktibismong Bulakenyo kaya noong Setyembre 12,1972 ay ibinulgar ni dating Senador Aquino sa kanyang privileged speechsa Senado na minamanmanan ng mga tauhan ni dating PangulongFerdinand E. Marcos ang Bulacan kasama ang Rizal, at pinag-aaralanpara sa posibilidad na isailalim sa Batas Militar.

Dahil walang gustong lumaban kay Marcos sa halalang pampangulonoong 1979, ang bayani ng ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig at datingGob. Alejo Santos ang lumaban at kumampanya.

Sa Edsa Peoples’ Power revolution noong Pebrero 1986, hindi rinmakakalimuutan ang kontribusyon ng mga pangunahing personalidadna sina Juan Ponce Enrile at Cory na kapwa may lahing Bulakenyo. Angama ni Enrile ay nagmula sa bayan ng Baliuag, at ang lolo ni Cory aynagmula sa bayan ng Malolos.

Sa lahat ng ito, mapapansin natin na sa tuwina, ang Bulakenyo aymay bahagi sa mga pangunahing pangyayari sa ating kasaysayan bilangisang bansa. Ito ay nagpapatunay lamang na bawat isa sa atin ay maykatungkulan para sa katuparan ng isang magandang bukas.

EDITORYAL

Kastigo BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

Isang paghahambingSILA ang unang dalawang ba-baing naging Punong Tagapag-paganap ng Pilipinas, at hindimahirap na gumawa ng pagha-hambing—sa kanilang karakter,pagganap sa tungkulin, pani-nindigan, pagmamahal sa bayanat sa mga Pilipino (o pagma-mahal sa sarili). Sa isang normalat tradisyonal (at moral) nasukatan, magkalayo sila—tuladng agwat ng langit at lupa.

Nasa langit ang puso ni Co-razon, nasa lupa ang Gloria.

Sa pagkamatay ni PangulongCory Aquino ang katotohanan—katotohanang baka loobin ngDiyos na ‘makapagmulat’ atlumikha ng pangkaluluwangpagbabago kay Aling Gloria—sanalalabing ilang buwan pa ngkanyang panunungkulan.

Narito ang ilang paghaham-bing na hindi mapasusubalianmaging ng mga Goebbels at Ras-putin ng Malakanyang:

Habang halos buong samba-yanang Pilipino—mayaman atmahirap, bata at matanda, babaeat lalaki, ang nagdadalamhati (at

naghihinayang) sa pagyao ni TitaCory, si Aling Gloria naman ayhalos isumpa ng 80 porsiyento ngmay 90 milyong Pilipino—sapatuloy na pagsisinungaling niGMA, sa patuloy na pangangapit-tuko sa poder—sa tulong ngkanyang bayarang tonggressitana patuloy na nagsusulong ngCha-Cha—sa pamamagitan ngCon-Ass.

Kung tutuusin, higit na maykarapatan at pagkakataon siPres. Cory Aquino, na magre-eleksiyon (hindi pa napagtitibayang Konstitusyong nagbabawalsa re-eleksiyon noon), pero hindiambisyosa at lalong hindi sakimsa yaman at kapangyarihan siCory. Sa kanya, sapat nang nai-balik niya sa Pilipinas ang de-mokrasya (na akala niya’y ma-tatag na sa pagpapatibay ng isangKonstitusyong nagtatakda satermino ng panunungkulan ngmga halal na opisyal, at paglimitasa kapangyarihan ng Presidentena magdeklara ng martial law).

Ang malaking pagkakaibanina Tita Cory at Aling Gloria,

pinasikat nila ang bansang Pili-pinas sa magkasalungat na ka-lagayan sa sukatang moral: hina-ngaan at ginaya ng maramingbansa ang unang EDSA Revolu-tion, na pinangunahan ni Co-razon Aquino, tumanggap ngpaghanga at papuri’t parangal siGng. Aquino mula sa iba’t-ibangbansa, kinilalang icon o Ina ngDemokrasya sa Asia.

Sa kabilang dako, pinasikatnaman ni Pangulong Macapagal-Arroyo ang Pilipinas, bilang 1)pinaka-corrupt na bansa sa Asiakundi man sa buong mundo, at2) pinakamapanganib na bansaang Pilipinas na panirahanan ngmga peryodista, aktibista at ngmga kalaban ng katiwalian atpaglabag sa mga karapatangpantao.

Ang masaklap, habang nagingpatnubay at inspirasyon ni Pa-ngulong Aquino ang pagigingmartir ng kanyang asawang siSenador Ninoy Aquino, nagingpabigat naman, lalo ng nagbag-sak sa approval rating ni GMA,

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Promdi DINO BALABO

Pagdiriwang o pagtutuwid?SA ika-15 ng Agosto ay 431 taonnang natatatag ang Bulacanbilang isang lalawigan. Ito aybatay sa resulta ng pag-aaral ngBahay Saliksikan ng Bulacannoong 2006 na nagsabing mulaAgosto 15, 1578 ay kinikilala naang Bulacan bilang isang lala-wigan.

Isang buwang piyesta angipinagdiwang ng Bulacan noongtaong iyon bilang pagpupugay sapagkakatuklas na ito.

***Ayon sa Kapitolyo, isasagawa

sa darating na Agosto 15 angpaggunita sa ika-431 guning taonng pagkakatatag ng Bulacanbilang isang lalawigan

Ngunit may mga bagay nadapat linawin kaugnay ng ika-431 guning taon ng pagkakatatagng Bulacan bilang isang lala-wigan.

***

Ito ay dahil na rin sa mgaimpormasyong inilathala ngDyaryo Bulakenyo Magazineo DB Mag ( Tomo III, Blg. 4,Mayo Disyembre 2008). Ang DBMag ay inilalathala ng BahaySaliksikan ng Bulacan at ginas-tusan ng pamahalaang pangla-lawigan ng Bulacan.

Ito ay nangangahulugan napera ng Bulakenyo ang ginamitsa paglalathala nito, bukod pa sadapat ay tama at akma ang mgaimpormasyong ilalathala sa na-sabing magazine.

***Narito ang isa sa mga pa-

ngunahing problemang nakita ngPromdi sa isang artikulongmatatagpuan sa ika-9 na pahinang DB Mag. Ang nasabingartikulo ay sinulat ni Dr. AgnesDR. Crisostomo, ang direktor ngBahay saliksikan ng Bulacan.

Ayon kay Dr. Crisostomo,

“Naging bahagi rin ng rehiyongKapampangan ang Bulacan mula1571 hanggang 1755, sa pana-hong ito’y hindi pa isang lala-wigan at ang mga unang bayannito ay siyang mga orihinal namga bayan ng noo’y Provincia DePampanga.”

***Sa unang tingin ay parang

balewala ang nasabing pangu-ngusap. Ngunit kapag iyongsinuri ay malinaw ang pagka-kamali, at iyon ay dapat ituwid.

Pansinin ang mga katagang“sa panahong ito’y hindi pa isanglalawigan.” Ang lalawigan ngBulacan ang kanyang tinutukoyniya rito at hindi Pampanga. Ibigsabihin ni Dr. Crisostomo, hindipa raw isang lalawigan ang Bu-lacan mula 1571 hanggang 1755.

***Katulad ng nasabi ko, si Dr.

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AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 3

Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO

‘Austere laurels’

Regarding Henry

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Emerging in our local horizon?

The healing powers of water“FILIPINOS must now takestock,” Time magazine said onPresident Cory Aquino’s death.“Whom will they march with nowthat their saint has gone to meether God?”

You wondered. Thousandsmeanwhile wept, thrust the“Laban” sign, tossed flowers andrained yellow confetti on Cory’scoffin. They did so in the streets,in queues and at the wakes.“Cory Aquino’s magic is back,”read the Philippine Daily In-quirer’s (PDI) headline. “Indeath, she revives People Power.”

At the Manila Memorial Parkburial, people wept when theChurch recited, over Cory’s dust,the ancient prayer it says,whether one is statesman, ingilded coffin, or indigent squat-ter swaddled in buri-mat shroud.“May angels lead you to paradise.May the martyrs and the saintslead you to the holy city … .”

Ayala Avenue in Makati,where Aquino marched to defy adictator in 1983, and EDSA(Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue),where the People Power Revolu-

IN some developed countries, thepopularity of their leaders isclosely monitored. They have de-vised a continuing tracking sys-tem that in a manner of speak-ing takes the pulse of the nationand show how they view theirleaders.

This, of course, only gives atbest a sociological profile or po-litical picture of the country at agiven time. It indicates the moodand the sentiments, and the pre-vailing concerns of the people. Itshows the current cultural land-scape of a given place.

To a certain extent, it offers agood service. It can tell us manythings about the people and theplace, and these things can beuseful for whatever purpose wemay have in mind.

But it has to be said veryclearly that it does not make thestandards of what’s supposed tobe good and evil, right andwrong. It can only mirror, it canonly reflect the people’s state ofmind or something, but it doesnot create, much less dictate,what is supposed to be moral orimmoral.

We have to say this because

ONE day God went to checkHeaven’s pearly gates. He heardthem squeaking badly andwanted to see if St. Peter had al-ready oiled them. God asked St.Michael to go and check themout.

When Michael reached thegates he was not only surprisedto see Peter — as usual — sleep-ing on the job, but also the gatesleft ajar. Every now and then theygave out a gentle harmonioussqueak when a celestial straybreeze blew by.

“Peter, wake up!” St. Michaelsaid trying to control himself.“Didn’t God tell you to watchover the gates and oil them?”

“Uh? [HO-HUM] Ah … ehhr…,” St. Peter tried his best tohide a wide yawn escaping fromhis mouth. “Yeshh …, yes Lor ...,I mean Michael. I’m sorry.”

“Never mind, Peter! But whyhaven’t you done it yet?”

Forward to Basics FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO

Spiritual hyperlinks

IT’S not a new word, but I amfascinated by it. Simply put, a cor-porative is a cooperative that isrun like a corporation. The basicdifference between a cooperativeand a corporation is the systemof voting. In a cooperative, stock-holders have one vote per mem-ber. In a corporation, stockhold-ers have as many votes as theirnumber of shares. This does notmean however that a cooperativecould not be run as efficiently asa corporation.

In a way, I am sort of redis-covering the cooperative move-ment, and regaining my faith init. At one time, I was Vice Chair-man of the DFA Multi PurposeCooperative, and I had the pleas-ant experience of increasing ourrevenues by expanding our busi-nesses. Other than that, I wasdiscouraged by the way many co-operatives have failed because ofmismanagement and infightingdue to internal politics.

Moving on to the presenttimes, I have been very encour-aged by the warm reaction of Ms.Elsa Bayani and Mr. Rene Abadto my suggestion that we shouldhelp in the computerization ofbarangay units by giving themreformatted and upgraded usedcomputers that are solicited frompersonal and corporate donors

Fair & Square

IKE SEÑERES

there seems to be a runawaymentality that tries to equatepolling results and statisticaldata with the legal or moral stan-dards. In things sociological, eco-nomic and political, where opin-ions are given a lot of weight,survey results can be the decid-ing factor.

Businessmen, for example,are keen in knowing how themarket is thinking at the mo-ment, so they could make thenecessary adjustments to theirplans and moves.

Not so when we talk about le-gality and morality. A stricterand even metaphysical methodhas to be used to determinewhat’s supposed to be legal andmoral. There are certain realitiesthat do not depend on the shift-ing sands of opinion because theypertain more to the nature ofman and things, and this natureis permanent albeit dynamic.

Thus, in our country wherewe have population-control ad-vocates citing all sorts of surveysto justify their immoral posi-tions, this distinction and re-minder is worth reiterating. It’sactually a cheap act truly unwor-

thy of the dignity the people be-hind these polls struggle toproject.

We need to alert the more vul-nerable sectors of our society re-garding the chicanery played onthem and on all of us. Most ofthese surveys are blatantly bi-ased, if not rigged to come outwith tendentious results.

But going back to the properrole of these tracking systems, inthe US these days, they are wit-nessing through their monitor-ing devices some dramaticchanges in their political and so-ciological demographics.

In effect, they are saying thatthere’s a strong trend toward aneven more liberal culture. Liber-alism is becoming more main-stream. This is not so much aphenomenon that is emerging inthe horizon as something thathas already arrived in our midst.

This piece of informationshould be very interesting espe-cially to those who place greatimportance to faith and thethings of God. Liberalism is free-dom gone wild and has no othertendency but to precisely weaken

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“[YAAHWN!] I was up allnight.”

“All night? Doing what?”“Surfin’ the net …,” he

rubbed both eyes trying to focuson the conversation.

“The net? But didn’t I tell youthat it only wastes a lot of yourheavenly time?”

“I know, but you should reallycheck out this craze of social net-works down there!” Peter saidexcitedly.

“You mean social not-work-ing?” Michael snuffed

“Oh, come on, just give it atry,” Peter insisted.

“Okay, okay, okay,” Michaelsaid and took a seat. “Now whatam I supposed to do?”

“It’s so easy, all you have todo is click on the links,” Peter feltproud to be teaching the Archan-gel a thing or two.

St. Michael took the mouseand started surfing. “Let’s see,

I’m interested in checking outthis priest who’s been writingsilly articles,” Michael’s facelighted up with interest. “Whatdid you say his name was again,Peter?”

“Oh, you mean Father so-and-so?” Peter scratched his head.

“Yeah, that one!” Michael con-centrated intensely on the pageas it started to load.

“Yup, that’s him alright,” Pe-ter said rather blandly.

“You don’t look so excited,”the archangel noticed Peter’s ex-pression.

“Oh, no, no …, except that …Oh, it’s nothing, go ahead, checkhim right out!”

Michael clicked on the profile.The browser took a while process-ing the request, and then sud-denly the screen goes blank andthe following error popped out:ERROR 404: Unresolved link.

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here and abroad.As I see it, the computeriza-

tion of barangay enterprises isthe next logical step to the com-puterization of the barangayunits. Needless to say, thesebarangay enterprises will mostlikely be organized as coopera-tives. When they are computer-ized, they would have a betterchance of being managed like cor-porations, thus giving them a bet-ter chance of surviving and grow-ing.

It has been more than eightyears since the Electronic Com-merce Act (ECA) was passed. Theexpectation then was to havedaughter laws and granddaugh-ter laws thereafter, but so farnothing has been passed. Mean-while, e-Commerce has not reallytaken off in the country. More soin the cooperative sector, very fewif ever have entered the onlinetrade.

Just like in the case of coop-eratives, I have recently revivedmy interest in e-Commerce, in-spired perhaps by my new friend-ships with Mr. Jay Aguilar andMr. Thomas Lee. Jay is an Ameri-can born to Filipino parents. Tomis a Filipino born in the Philip-pines to an American mother. Jaywas one of the founders of

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‘Corporatives’

tion she inspired was born,turned into seas of yellow, thePDI reported.

The “sovereign people simplytook over the streets to pay trib-ute” to Cory, Columnist AmandoDoronila pointed out. “The Yel-low Army’s … silent tribute toCory manifests a strong publicclamor for political leadershipthat exemplifies decency andhonesty …”

At Manila Cathedral rites,people close to Cory recalled dayswhen she “tred the winepress”alone. When Cory finally metNinoy, after weeks where he hadbeen half-starved in in Laur de-tention, “a meter of barbed wireseparated them,” recalled Ni-noy’s sister. “They could not evenhold hands.”

Fr. Catalino Arevalo SJ spokeof simple people who waitedhours just to bid goodbye to Cory.“It’s the only thing we can give,”a woman explained. “And shegave her all for us.” Her selfless-ness, faith and courage inter-locked into a strength that oth-ers could lean on. Dozens of offi-

cial scoundrels, clustered in frontpews, listened with blank faces.

Cory chose a grave next to herhusband — national hero Be-nigno Aquino Jr.— murdered 26years ago. The masterminds lurkunpunished in the shadows. Shedeclined state honors that, byright, were hers: from burial atLibingnan Ng Mga Bayani to tra-ditional gun-and-carriage hearse.

For over two decades, theMarcoses wheedled for such hon-ors for their father. So fierce waspeople opposition, that a badly-singed President Joseph Estradahastily backtracked. In hands ofthe crass, state funerals can turninto, “the tawdry privilege of thedespot.”

Departing from condolenceformulas, governments spokeglowingly of her integrity, resto-ration of constitutional rule andpeaceful transfer of power. “So,you’re the son of Senator Aquinoand President Cory,” SouthAfrica’s Nelson Mandela toldSenator Benigno Aquino III. “Youchose your parents well.”

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EVERYONE, at one time or an-other, feels fatigued. And whowouldn’t like to have more en-ergy than they now have? Onesolution: drink up. Not booze butwater. The day before you’re go-ing to be out in the hot sun andphysically active – say a day atan open park – doctors advicethat you drink plenty of waterand continue to do so on the dayof the activity. This will guardagainst dehydration, which inturn can cause fatigue.

E. Drummond King, anAmerican triathlete, learned thehard way that it’s best to startdrinking a lot of fluids the daybefore his body is going to needthem. “The major problem is de-hydration and the fatigue thatcomes with it,” he says. “Now, Ispend the day before walkingaround with water bottle in myhand.”

The same suggestion is rec-ommended when you have flu.Dehydration happens when youhave flu so water is needed. Inaddition, water can provideneeded nutrients when you’retoo sick to eat.

Dr. Jay Swedberg, an associ-ate professor of family practiceat the University of WyomingCollege of Health Sciences, rec-ommends that you dilute fruitjuices and half with water. “Alittle sugar provides necessaryglucose, but too much can causediarrhea when you’re ill,” hesays. “Also, dilute sugar-sweet-ened softdrinks. And allow themto go flat before drinking becausethe bubbles can create gas in thestomach and make you morenauseated.”

Those with bladder infectionsshould also drink lots of freshwater. This is probably the singlemost important tip, for two rea-sons: comfort and health. “Somewomen get a urinary tract infec-tion and think, ‘Aha! It onlyburns when I go to the toilet,”says Dr. Elliot L. Cohen, assis-

tant professor of clinical urologyat Mount Sinai School of Medi-cine in New York City. “Theythen reason that they won’t haveto go if they don’t drink, so theydon’t – which is absolutely theworst thing they can do.”

The reason: The longer anyamount of urine stays in thebladder, the more bacteria thereare in it – E. coli doubles itspopulation about every 20 min-utes, according to Dr. DavidStaskin, assistant professor ofurology at Boston UniversitySchool of Medicine. More bacte-ria mean more pain. “Absolutely,the best thing a woman can doto fight the burning is drink flu-ids to flush out the bacteria thatare causing the inflammation,”Dr. Cohen explains.

“There’s a very strong argu-ment for drinking more fluidboth to prevent UTIs and totreat them,” Dr. Staskin says.“Studies have been performedwhere bacteria were mechani-cally introduced into the blad-ders of volunteers. But voidingjust twice effectively sterilizedthe bladder.”

The message is clear: Themore you drink, the sooner thepain will stop. And a hint: If yoururine’s clear, you’re drinkingenough of it. If it’s colored,you’re not.

It may sound elementary, butexperts agree that you shouldkeep your feet scrupulously cleanif you have foot odor. Use warm,soapy water and wash your feetas often as needed – severaltimes a day if you perspire a lotor notice an odor. “Scrub gentlywith a soft brush, even betweenyour toes, and be sure to dry yourfeet thoroughly,” says Dr. DianaBihova, a dermatologist and au-thor of Beauty from the InsideOut.

Generally, doctors advisethose with chapped hands tokeep their hands out of water.

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4 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009

‘We give her back to You, withgrateful but breaking hearts’

BY CATALINO AREVALO, SJ

IF I may, I will first ask pardon for whatmight be an unseemly introduction. In thelast days of President Cory’s illness, whenit seemed inevitable that the end wouldcome, the assignment to give this homilywas given to me by Kris Aquino. She re-minded me that many times and publicly,her mother had said she was asking me topreach at her funeral Mass. Always I toldher I was years older, and would go aheadof her, but she would just smile at this.Those who knew Tita Cory knew that whenshe had made up her mind, she had madeup her mind.

What then is my task this morning? Iknow for certain that if liturgical rules werenot what they are, she would have askedCongressman Ted Locsin to be here in myplace. No one has it in him to speak as fit-tingly of Cory Aquino in the manner andmeasure of tribute she uniquely deserves,no one else as he. Asked in an interview,she said that the address before the twoHouses of Congress at Washington she con-sidered perhaps the supreme shining mo-ment of her life. We know who helped herwith those words with which she conqueredAmerica. These last few days, too, everygifted writer in the press and other mediahas written on her person and political his-tory, analyzed almost every side of her lifeand achievement as our own “icon of de-mocracy”. More powerfully even, images ofher and of Edsa Uno have filled hour afterhour of TV time. Really, what else is left tobe said?

SO, Tita Cory, you’ll forgive me if I don’teven try to give a shadow of the great ora-tion that should be given here this morn-ing. Let me instead try to say some thingsthe people who persevered for hours on endin the serried lines at Ortigas or here inIntramuros can (I hope) more easily follow.This is a lowly tribute at one with “the oldsneakers and clothes made tighter by age,soaked by water and much worse for wear”of the men, women and children who bravedthe rain and the sun because they wantedto tell you, even for a brief and hurriedmoment, how much they love you. You truly“now belong among the immortals”. Butthese words are for those mortals who withbruised hearts have lost “the mother of apeople”. Maybe less elegantly than the semi-narian said to me Monday, they would liketo say also: “She was the only true queenour people have ever had, and she wasqueen because we knew she truly held ourhearts in the greatness and the gentlenessof her own.”

One of my teachers used to tell us that ifwe really wanted to know and understanda position held, we would have to learn itfrom someone fully committed to it. Justas only one who genuinely loves a person,really knows him or her also. So to beginwith, I turned to three real “experts onCory”; to ask them where for them the truegreatness of Cory Aquino lay. My firstsource thought it was in her selflessness,seen above all in her love of country-surelyabove self; yes, even above family. Her self-giving, then, for us; what she had received,all became gift for us. The second, thoughtit was in her faith her greatness lay, in hertotal trust in God which was also her great-est strength. And the third said it was inher courage and the unshakable loyalty thatwent with it. It was a strength others couldlean on; it never wavered; it neverbroke….Cory’s selflessness and self-giving;her faith (the Holy Father just called it “un-wavering”); her courage, her strength. MayI use this short list to frame what I will say?

O, let me name my experts now, if I may.They were three, all of them women closeto her: Maria Elena Aquino Cruz, whom weknow as Ballsy, Maria Aurora AquinoAbellada, Pinky to her friends; and VictoriaElisa Aquino Dee, Viel to the family. Krisand Noynoy are the public figures; they canspeak for themselves. I hope they will for-give me that I did not ask.

First, selflessnessFirst, then, her generous selflessness.

For us this morning what is surely most tothe point is her love of country. When herfinal illness was upon her already, she said-most recently at the Greenmeadows chapel(her last public words, I think)-that she wasoffering her suffering, first to God, then forour people. I heard that grandson Jiggyasked her why first for country and people,and she said that always the priority line-up was God, our country and our people,and then family. On radio, the other night,

the commentator asked an old woman inline why she stood hours in the rain to getinto La Salle. “Ito lang ang maibibigay kopo sa kanya, bilang pasasalamat.” “Bakit,ano ba ang ibinigay ni Cory sa inyo?” “Dipo ba ang buhay nya? Ang buong sarili nya?At di po ba ang pag-asa? Kaya mahal namahal po namin siya.” Early on, on TV, theyran many times the clip from a last inter-view. She says, “I thank God, and then allof you, for making me a Filipino, for mak-ing me one of you. I cherish this as one ofthe truly great gifts I have received.” A fewweeks from her death, she could say that;without put-on or the least insincerity. “Ithank you, for making me one of you.”

Her selflessness, her self-gift. PopeBenedict likes to say that the God whomJesus Christ revealed to us, is Father. AFather who is wholly self-gift; the God“whose nature is to give Himself”-to giveHimself to us, in His Son. And, the Popesays, that is what is the meaning of Jesusand the life of Jesus, and, by discipleship,what the Christian’s life is meant to be. WeChristians, too, we must give ourselvesaway in the self-giving of love.

“Ang buhay po nya at sarili. Kaya pomahal na mahal namin sya.” In the lastdays, when finally and reluctantly still sheadmitted she had much pain, I kept think-ing that only a couple of weeks before, forthe first time publicly, she said that she wasoffering it up first of all for us.

Second, her faithSecond, her faith. Pinky says, it was her

mother’s greatest strength; it was what wasdeepest in her. Her faith was her bedrock,and it was, bedrock. Frederick Buechner theordained minister and novelist likes to saythat through his lifetime, he’s had manydoubts, even deep doubt, daily doubts. “ButI have never really looked down into thedeep abyss and seen only nothing. Some-how I have known, that underneath all theshadows and the darkness, there are theeverlasting arms.” I think Cory’s faith waslike that, not in the multiplicity of doubts(even if, in a life so filled with trial, theresurely were doubts too), but in the certaintyof the everlasting arms. More than once shetold me, “Every time life painted me into acorner, with seemingly no escape, I alwaysturned to Him in trust. I knew He wouldnever abandon us if we trusted in Him. Andyou know, somehow, He found a way outfor us.” And so Pinky says, “Mom was al-ways calm even in the most trying times.She trusted God would always be there forus, She was our source of strength. Shemade this world seem so much safer andless cruel for us. And now that our sourceof strength is gone, we have to make ourfaith something more like hers. But weknow in our hearts that in every storm shewill watch over us from heaven.”

Devotion to MaryWithin this faith was her devotion to

Mary, the place Our Lady of Fatima and therosary held in her life. All we can say onthis, this morning is that Our Lady trulyhad a special, living presence in her life:Mary was, for Cory, true mother and incom-parable friend; as we say in the hymn-vita,dulcedo et spes: life, sweetness and hope.No, Mary was not the center of her faith,but its air, its atmosphere; and the rosary,her lifeline through every trial and crisis.In the long harsh months of her illness, Sis-ter Lucia’s beads almost never left herhands. She was holding them, as last Sat-urday was dawning and her years of exilewere at last done, when we know her Lady“showed unto her, the blessed fruit of herwomb.”

Third, courageLastly, her courage, her strength. Her

children tell us that their father was onlyable to do what he wanted to do, becauseher loyalty and her support for his purposeswas total, so she practically raised them upas a single parent. Ninoy himself wrote,again and again, that he endured impris-onment and persecution, leaning so muchon her courage and love. And after hisdeath, when she could have withdrawn ina way “safely” to her own life with her chil-dren at last, she stayed on her feet andfought on in the years that followed,through the snap elections and what wentbefore and after them, through her presi-dency and the seven coup attempts whichtried to bring her down. Even after she hadgiven up her rule, could she not have said

“enough”, and we would all have under-stood? But with not the least desire for po-sition or power again, whenever shethought the spaces of freedom and the truegood of our land were threatened, she wentback to the streets of struggle again.Once again she led us out of the apathy weso readily fall into; once again she called usout of our comfort zones to the roads of sac-rifice.

Purity of heartHere, even hesitantly, may I add one

trait, one virtue, to those her daughtershave named? One day Cardinal StephenKim of South Korea asked if he might visither. Through Ballsy, she said yes. It was aday Malaca?ang was “closed”; they weremaking up the roster of members of theforthcoming Constitutional Convention.Someone from the palace staff ordered usturned away when we came; it was Ballsywho rescued us. Stephen Kim, hero andsaint to his own people-perhaps, along withCardinal Sin, one the two greatest AsianCatholic prelates of our time-spent some 45minutes talking with her. When we wereon our way back, he said, “I know why theLord has entrusted her with power, at thismost difficult time…It is because she is pureof heart. She has no desire for power; evennow it is with reluctance she takes it on.And she has done this only because shewants to do whatever she can for yourpeople.” He said, “She truly moves me bythe purity of her spirit. God has given agreat gift to your people.”

With this purity of heart, in the schemeof the Christian Gospel, there is joined an-other reality which really, only the saintsunderstand. It is suffering. How often (it isreally often; over and over through theyears) she spoke of suffering as part of herlife. Much contemporary spirituality speaksof suffering almost as the epitome of all evil.But in fact for all the saints, it is a mysterythey themselves do not really understandnor really explain, Yet they accept it qui-etly, simply as part of their lives in Christ.There is only one painting she ever gaveme. Kris said then, when her mom gave itto me, that it was her mom’s favorite. Thepainting carries 1998 as its date; Corynamed it “Crosses and roses.” There areseven crosses for the seven months andseven weeks of her beloved Ninoy’s impris-onment, and for the seven attempted coupsduring her presidency, and many roses,multicolored roses all around them. At theback of the painting, in her own hand, shewrote a haiku of her own: “Crosses androses/ make my life more meaningful./ Icannot complain.” Often she spoke of her“quota of suffering.” When she spoke of herlast illness, she said: “I thought I had filledup my quota of suffering, but it seems thereis no quota. I look at Jesus, who was whollysinless: how much suffering he had to bearfor our sake.” And in her last public talk (itwas at Greenmeadows chapel), the firsttime she spoke of her own pain: “I have notasked for it, but if it is meant to be part ofmy life still, so be it. I will not complain.” “Itry to join it with Jesus’s pain and offering.For what it’s worth, I am offering it up forour people.” Friends here present, I tell youhonestly I hesitated before going into this,this morning. But without it, part of thereal Cory Aquino would be kept from view.Quite simply, this was integral to the loveshe bore for her people.

Thanks to her childrenAT this point, may I, following the lead

Mr. Rapa Lopa has given, just speak a wordof thanks to President Cory’s children, whoshared so much of her service and her sac-rifice. They have almost never had theirfather and mother for themselves. For somany years, they have been asked to shareNinoy and Cory with all of us. And becauseof the blood and the spirit their parents havepassed on to them, they too gave with gen-erosity and grace the sacrifices we de-manded of them. Ballsy and Pinky, Viel andKris, your husbands and your children, andSenator Noynoy, may we thank you thismorning from all our hearts, and may weoffer also the gratitude of the hearts of a

people now forever in your debt.I have used up all my time, some of you

will say, and I have not even approachedthe essential: her political life, that she wasour nation’s unique icon of democracy, thatCory Aquino who is know throughout theworld; was TIME magazine’s 1986’s womanof the year; she who led the ending of thedictatorship that had ruined our nation, thebearer of liberation, of freedom, and of hopefor a prostrate people.

So, by your leave, may I add one item,along this line at last. In October 1995,Milano’s Catholic University, conferred onher the doctorate honoris causa in the po-litical sciences (incidentally, only hertwenty-third honorary degree). This wasonly the fifth time this particular one hadbeen given since the university’s inception:the first time to an Asian, the first ever to awoman. She wanted, at the end of her lectiomagistralis, to spell out, perhaps for the firsttime with some explicitness and complete-ness, her personal political creed. She listedseven basic beliefs which, regarding politi-cal life , she said she tried to live by. Thenshe spoke of one more, “one more I maynot omit.” Perhaps the paragraph whichfollowed is worth citing here, even withoutcomment, because it has something to sayto our present hour.

(We cite her words now.) “I believe thatthe vocation of politics must be accepted bythose who take up the service of leadershipas a vocation in its noblest meaning: it de-mands all of life. For the life of one whowould lead his or her people-in our time asnever before-such a life must strive for co-herence with the vision aspired to, or elsethat vision itself and its realization are al-ready betrayed. That vision must itself bepresent, in some authentic way, in thosewho seek to realize it: present, in the wit-ness of their example; present, in a purityof heart vis-?-vis the exercise and usages ofpower; present, in an ultimate fidelity toprinciple, in a dedication that is ready tocount the cost in terms of ‘nothing less thaneverything.’ It is Cardinal Newman, I be-lieve, who said that in this world, we do goodonly in the measure that we pay for it inthe currency of our own lives. For us Chris-tians, there is always the image of Jesus,and the price his service demanded of him.And for me there has been, as a constantreminder, the sacrifice my husband offered,and the word that it has spoken, to me andmy people.” (Cory Aquino, end of citation)

ConclusionWith all this said, I am done. Ma’am,

tapos na po ang assignment ko. It has beenso hard to do what you asked. But I com-fort myself that these so many words reallydo not matter. What counts in the end isreally-what all this week has been; thesepast few days’ outpouring of our people’sgratitude and love; what will come after allthis today; what we will do, in the timesahead, in fidelity to your gift. I received atext last night from a man of some age andwith some history behind him. “She mademe proud again, to be Filipino.” Maybe thatsays it all. Cardinal Sin used to put it some-what differently. “What a gift God has givenour people, in giving Cory Aquino to us.”The nobility and courage of your spirit, thegenerosity of your heart, the grace and gra-ciousness that accompanied you always.They called it “Cory magic”-but it was thetruth, and the purity and beauty, clear andradiant within you, that we saw. And thehope that arose from that. And when thecrosses came to you and you did not refuseto bear them, more to be one with yourChrist and one with your people and theirpain. “Blessed are the pure of heart; for theyshall see God.”

Thank You Father in heaven, for yourgift to us of Cory Aquino. Thank You thatshe passed once this way through our liveswith the grace You gave her to share withus. If we give her back to you, we do it withhearts of thanksgiving, but now, oh, withbreaking hearts also, because of the great-ness and beauty of the gift which she wasfor us, the likes of which, perhaps, we shallnot know again. Salamat po, Tita Cory,mahal na mahal po namin kayo.

Following is the Homily delivered by Fr. Catalino Arevalo, S.J. at the FuneralMass for President Cory Aquino at the Manila Cathedral Aug. 5, 2009. — Editor

POLICE officers salute as President Cory’s casket leaves the Manila Cathedral. – PNA

AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 5

1983 ulit

TANOD PANDANGAL — Anim na sundalo at isang pulisang tumayong tanod pandangal nang ilipat ang mgalabi ni Pangulong Cory Aquino buhat sa La Salle Green-hills sa San Juan patungong Manila Cathderal noongAgosto 3, at mula doon hanggang sa Manila MemorialPark sa araw ng libing noong Agosto 5. Mula sa kaliwa:

NI MICHAEL CHARLESTON B. CHUA

Ang mga sumusunod ay isang pagmumuni-muni ngisang batang historyador, isang guro ng kasaysayan saPamantasang De La Salle Maynila, PangalawangPangulo ng Philippine Historical Association, at isang25-taong gulang na batang Tarlakin sa kanyang pagtapaksa kasaysayan bilang nakibahagi sa paghahatid ng bayankay Tita Cory noong 5 Agosto 2009. — Patnugot

“They came to me with onecry — DEMOCRACY.” — Cory Aquino

LAGI kong sinasabi na nagsisisi ako na hindipa ako naipanganak upang makimartsa parasa libing ni Ninoy Aquino noong 31 Agosto 1983kung saan dalawang milyong tao ang naki-paglibing (mas malaki pa kaysa kay MahatmaGandhi). Nagsisisi rin ako na masyado paakong bata para sumama sa KapangyarihangBayan sa EDSA noong Pebrero 1986 kung saandalawang milyon din ang masayang nakibakapara sa demokrasya sa kabila ng panganib.Naging panalangin ko na sana malasap ko manlang kahit kaunti ang karanasang “PeoplePower.”

Hindi ko inaasahan na matutupad ito noong 5 Agosto2009, sa paghahatid sa huling hantungan sa datingpangulong Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino.

Nagsimula ang araw ko bilang isang panauhin saUmagang Kay Ganda sa ABS-CBN 2. Kinapanayam akoni Winnie Cordero ukol sa aking pangongolekta ng Coryat Ninoy memorabilia sa kabila nang hindi pa ako nai-papanganak nang mapaslang si Ninoy. Doon ko ipinakitana bata pa lamang ako, inspirasyon na sa akin si TitaCory. Na simula nang mamatay si Tita Cory ay disori-ented ako at kulang sa tulog kaya kailangan kong pumilang tatlong oras sa La Salle Greenhills (kasama sina TitaHoney at Ivana Guevara) upang masulyapan siya kahitsandali noong madaling araw ng 3 Agosto. Bumata siyang tatlumpung taon at napakapayapa ng kanyang mukha.Naikuwento ko rin ang aking pakikiramay sa dalawaniyang anak, si Noynoy at Pinky at ang pagkabuhay ngaking diwa nang makita ko ang libo-libong tao satelebisyon ilang oras ang nakalipas sa paglilipat sakanyang mga labi patungong Katedral ng Maynila. Naliban sa pagpapanatili ng demokrasya, ang kanyangpangunahing kontribusyon sa atin ay ang pagbabalik ngtiwala ng Pilipino sa kanyang sarili.

Sa mga nakaraang taon akala ko, nakalimutan na siya.Kakaunti na lamang ang dumidinig sa kanya sa tuwingnagpapatawag siya ng suporta laban sa mga pagbabantasa demokrasya bagama’t nananatili siyang tinitingala.Sa isa sa kanyang mga huling text message, nadamaniyang sa kanyang karamdaman, nag-iisa lamang siya sapananalangin para sa bayan. Hindi ko inaasahan ang mgasumunod kong makikita.

Sa paghatid sa akin sa Katedral, nakita kong may iilannang tao ang naroroon. Kasama ko sa bandang CO-MELEC sina Ayshia Kunting at Kerby Alvarez, mgakasama sa U.P. Lipunang Pangkasaysayan. Ang huli aymay tiket sana sa loob ng Katedral ngunit siya ay nahulikaya hindi na nakapasok. Halos maluha na siya dahildoon. Nakita namin ang galaw ng bayan. May mganabigyan ng trabaho dahil sa pagkamatay ni Tita Cory,nagbebenta ng samu’t saring mga pins (P 20), mga t-shirt(P100), mga dilaw na laso (P20) at mga payong (P120).Ang mga VIP na dumadaan ay maayos na pinapapasok,tumabi nang magmartsa ang militar. Bagama’t tumilinang makita si Piolo Pascual at iba pang mga artista, samga bulong-bulungan, hindi si Kris Aquino o James Yapang kanilang ipinunta doon kundi ang magpasalamat kayTita Cory. Alam ng bayan kung bakit sila nandoon.

Nagsimula ang misa ganap ika-9 ng umaga, hindinamin naririnig sa labas ang mga nangyayari sa loob.

Nang mamatay si Tita Cory, makulimlim ang langit.Nang saluduhan ang labi niya sa La Salle Greenhills ngmilitar biglang umulan, at tumigil matapos angpagsaludo. Nang pumuwesto kami malapit sa Ayun-tamiento, umulan muli nang malakas. Nabasa ang ilanglibro ko sa loob ng aking bag pero ayos lang. Nakita konghindi natinag ang bayan. Kahit may mga payong, kamiay nabasa, pero okay lang. Bahagi kami ng kasaysayan,at para ito kay Tita Cory. Noong 1983, sa paghahatid kayNinoy, ang ulan at baha ay hindi pumigil sa mga tao.

Sa wakas, narinig namin ang pasasalamat at pama-maalam ni Kris Aquino, napaluha kami. Wika niya samamamayang Pilipino, hiniram ang mga kataga ngkanyang bayaning ama, “You have given our family honorbeyond anything we could ever have hoped to receive, thatno matter how great the sacrifices of my parents, I canhonestly say to all of you that for my family, the Filipinosare worth it… Paano po ba kami makakapagpasalamatsa inyong lahat sa effort ninyong pumila sa gitna ngmatinding init at malakas na pagbuhos ng ulan para pomasulyapan ang mommy namin, magbigay respeto atmaipagdasal siya sa huling pagkakataon?” Ngunitpinalakpakan ng lahat ang kanyang deklarasyon naipagpatuloy ang laban ng kanilang ama’t ina, “Noy, ikawat ako ang nasa posisyon para ipagpatuloy ang lahat ngkanilang nasimulan.” Bumuhos lalo ang emosyon sapagsabay namin kay Lea Salonga sa pag-awit ng “BayanKo.”

Sa mga oras na iyon, nakita naman namin nagumagawa ng pelikula ang Kapampangan na si BrillanteMendoza, unang Pilipinong nagwagi bilang pinaka-mahusay na direktor sa Cannes Film Festival ngayongtaon, ukol sa isang batang mahirap sa gitna ng pagluluksang bayan ay hindi pinapansin ng mga tao. Siyempre todo

“acting” naman ako sa kanyang pagdaan, kino-Coree kolang yung bata.

Inaasahan ko na motorcade lamang ang mangyayari.Nang makausap ko si Margie Juico, dating sekretarya niTita Cory, masyadong malayo ang Manila Memorial kungmartsa ang gagawin. Nakita ko na sa pagtatapos ng misa,kinordonan na ng pulis ang mga tao.

Sa paglabas ni Tita Cory ng Katedral mga bandangika-11:45 ng umaga, tumigil ang tubig-ulan. Napalitannang pag-ulan ng confetti mula sa helikopter, at sa taasng Katedral at Palacio del Gobernador.

Nagsigawan ng “Coree! Coree!” at ginawa ng bayanang Laban sign sa kamay sa pagdaan ni Tita Cory sakanilang harapan. Nagsimula na ang kalbaryo atkagitingan ng apat na honor guard—Navy Petty Officer2 Edgardo Rodriguez, Army Pfc. Antonio Cadiente, Air-man 2nd Class Gener Laguindan, at Police Officer 1 DaniloMalab, Jr., na inasahan na dalawang oras lamang tatayoat hindi gagalaw. Sa kanilang pagtayo ng siyam na oras,nagbigay sila ng malaking karangalan, hindi lamang sakanilang dating commander-in-chief, kundi sa kanilanguniporme na rin.

Nang makadaan ang coaster ng pamilya Aquino,nakakapangilabot ang aking nakita. Hindi na napigilanng mga awtoridad ang pagsunod ng mga tao sa prusisyon.Nais samahan ng bayan si Tita Cory at ang kanyangpamilya sa huling sandali. Sumama na rin kaming tatlosa paglakad. Ang aming mga kasama, isinisigaw angpangalan ni Tita Cory. Sumasagot ang mga taongnakatayo sa tabi ng kalsada. Mga matatanda, maging angmga bata. May mga gawa sa bahay na mga plakard nanagpapasalamat sa dating pangulo. Nang makarating akosa Anda Circle at sa A. Bonifacio Drive, sa paglingon kosa likod, ang daming taong nakasunod, isang dagat ngdilaw. Dilaw ang kulay ni Tita Cory, ang bagong pula,ang bagong kulay ng kagitingan at kalayaan.

Naluha ako. Lagi kong sinasabing ang nakararamingPilipino ay wala nang pakialam sa bansa, na nakalimutanna nilang magtiwala sa kanilang sarili. Ngunit sasandaling iyon, nakita ko na ang dami pa palang nag-mamahal sa bansa natin. Hindi pa pala namatay ang diwang Kapangyarihang Bayan sa atin, natutulog lang palaito. Nakita kong natuwa si Kerby na kasama niya angbayan sa mga oras na iyon. Hindi hamak na mas matindiang pagpupugay sa labas ng Katedral kaysa ng mga elitna nasa loob.

Nakita ko ang aming punong-lungsod sa Tarlac,Alkalde Aro Mendoza, na pinangunahan ang batalyon ngmga bus ng mga cabalen namin ni Tita Cory. Kasamanaming lumalakad ang mga inspirasyon ng bayan sangayon, si Gobernador Among Ed Panlilio ng Pampanga,at si Jun Lozada, na nagbigay ng maikling panahon upangmakipagkwentuhan sa akin.

Napaka-cute ng mga bata na sumisigaw ng “Coree!”Isinigaw ko bilang palaala sa kanila, “1983 ulit!” habanghawak-hawak ang dala-dala kong Mr. and Ms. SpecialEdition, “Ulitin natin ang kasaysayan!” Noong 1983, sakabila ng pagkukubli ng medyang pambalana na maka-Marcos noon sa pagbabalitang may isang namatay dahiltinamaan ng kidlat, ang Mr. and Ms. Special Edition, atang pahayagang Mabuhay ang nagpakita ng mgalarawan na milyon-milyong tao ang nakipaglibing kayNinoy.

May mga ilang nakakilala sa akin dahil napanood nilaako noong umaga at binati ako ng masaya at nakipag-kodakan pa. Nakapanayam pa ako ng maikli sa News-watch ng RPN-9 kung saan sinabi ko na kahalintuladnoong 1983, walang nag-organisa at spontaneous angkilos ng mga tao noong araw na iyon.

Mayroon lang isang presidentiable na kinamayan angmga tao habang nasa loob ng kanyang kotse, tahasanginaagaw ang atensyon na para lang sana kay Tita Cory.Mayroong sumigaw, “Bawal mangampanya dito !”“Lumakad ka!”

Hindi natinag ang mga tao sa kabila ng lakas ng alonsa Look ng Maynila. Liban sa mga bayaning bumberongnakalinya upang magpugay sa isang Dakilang Pilipina,

naroroon ang mga magkakapamilya, magkakaibigan,magkakaklase na nakalinya sa daan. Sa bawat pagsigawko sa kanila ng “Tuloy ang Laban!” habang itinataas angLaban sign, sumasagot sila, at nakikita ko ang kanilangmga mata, puno ng pagmamahal sa bayan. Naramdamanko ang pagtanggap nila sa akin bilang kababayan. Mgakapatid ko sila. Nalasap ko rin sa wakas ang diwa ngEDSA, na nasasalamin sa mga kataga ng awitin ni JimParedes, “Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino,” “Naginglangit itong bahagi ng mundo!”

Hindi matatapatan ng mga karaniwang rally ang akingnaranasan. Sa mga pagkilos man ng kaliwa o kanan,kadalasa’y galit at hinaing ang kanilang ipinapakita.Noong 1983, pinagsamang galit sa diktadura atpagmamahal sa bayan ang nakita. Sa mga sandaling iyonsa libing ni Tita Cory, pagmamahal sa bayan atpasasalamat kay Tita Cory ang nasa mga mata ng mgatao. Hindi sapat ang makita ito sa telebisyon. Nakita atnadama ko ang katotohanan ng mga damdaming ito nangsamahan ko ang bayan noong araw na iyon.

Lumakad pa kami hanggang sa Quirino-Taft. Ba-gama’t ang itaas na kalahati ng aking katawan aynalulunod sa pagmamahal ng bayan at gusto pangsumama, dinama ko ang aking mga tuhod at pagod naang mga ito. Nagpasya kaming kumalas sa prusisyonbandang ika-2 ng hapon. Pero pauwi sakay sa bus,nagpakita kami ng Laban sign, tinitingnan namin kungmay sasagot sa amin tulad kanina, isa man lang masayana kami. Liban sa isa na nagbigay sa amin ng gitnangdaliri, sampu ang sumagot sa amin ng Laban! Ito angaming simbolikong paraan upang ipaalala sa aming sarilina baon namin pauwi ang laban nina Ninoy at Cory.

Samantala, sa telebisyon na namin nasundan angpagpapatuloy ng paghahatid kay Tita Cory sa hulinghantungan, hanggang matapos ang 22.8 kilometro mulaKatedral ng Maynila, dumating ang mga labi ng datingpangulo sa Manila Memorial Park. Nais ng pamilyaAquino na maging pribado ang paglilibing. Ngunit naisng taumbayan na ihatid ang kanilang Tita Cory hanggangsa huli.

Mas malayo ang distansya ng prusisyon ng dalawangmilyong katao para kay Ninoy noong 1983 mula saSimbahan ng Sto. Domingo sa Lungsod Quezon, 12 orasang inabot. Sa halos kalahati ng distansya mula Katedralng Maynila (kung saan mga matataas na kaparian lamangang ibinuburol), ang prusisyon ng 300,000 tao ay umabotna nang 9 na oras. Higit pa ito sa karangalan ng isangstate funeral (na gagastusan sana ng pamahalaan). Ayonkay Manolo Quezon, ang desisyon ng pamilya aykonsistent sa buhay ni Tita Cory na hindi ninais ang kahitanong karangyaan at karangalan na inasam-asam ng iba,“But as Cory Aquino lived, so she remains in death: hav-ing accepted only the barest minimum in terms of the hon-ors of state, because she only held the position to accom-plish the transition back to democracy, and doing so witha scrupulous regard not to burden the public purse withfuss over her person. / For Cory, the presidency had al-ways been a means to an end, not a means in itself; so it istruly fitting she will be laid to rest with nothing morethan what she’d started out with, as a widow: a nation byher side, united in grief, and in a manner that ultimatelymanifests the power of the people and not of whoever hap-pens to comprise today’s officialdom.”

Sa ganap na ika-8:35 ng gabi, humimlay sa pagma-mahal ng kanyang pamilya at mga kababayan ang unanginang pangulo ng Pilipinas, muling nakatabi ang kaisa-isang lalaking kanyang minahal, si Ninoy.

Nang hapon na iyon, ako ay dinala sa ABS-CBN upangkapanayamin para sa programang Y-Speak. Doon akingsinabi, “She may not be the best president, but she did herbest as president.” Si Tita Cory mismo ang nagsabi sakanyang huling State of the Nation Address noong 1991,“I hope that history will judge me as favorably as ourpeople still regard me, because, as God is my witness, Ihonestly did the best I could. No more can be asked of anyman.”

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Army PFC Antonio Cadiente, Airman First Class Sherwindel Rosario, Army PFC Rico Sena, ang may akda ngartikulo na si Michael Charleston B. Chua, Airman 2ndClass Gener Laguindam, Navy Petty Officer 3 EdgardoRodriguez, Navy First Class Arturo Roadilla at PoliceOfficer 1 Danilo Malab Jr. – TV grab

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1983 ulit

Letters on CoryBY JUAN L. MERCADO

(Cory Aquino’s death have seen a flood of letters flow in. Thewriters range from hard nosed journalists, priests to book editor.They give intimate insights into this “simple housewife” whotoppled a dictatorship and those turbulent yet exhilarating years– JLM ).

ARNOLD Zeitlin served as Associated Press bureau chief inManila until expelled by the Marcos regime. He now visitingjournalism professor at Guandong University. He wrote:

“After hearing of Ninoy’s murder, I went to Cory’s ChestnutHill house. I took my two daughters because I didn’t think Icould handle visit alone. When i entered the house, Cory wascoming down the stairs. “Oh, Arnold,” she said, “I never thoughtit’d come to this.”

The house was mad. reporters, TV cameras, including a Japa-nese crew. Cory beckoned me to sit beside her as reporters threwquestions. One woman from Time asked a quesiton that toucheda Cory nerve. I don’t even remember what the question wasnow. “You don’t know Ninoy!” she shouted. I patted her arm.She calmed…

On her return from Ninoy’s burial, she appeared at a Cam-bridge Memorial arranged by Ben Brown of Harvard. Again,she asked me to sit by her. She was much more in control. Areporter addressed her mistakenly as “Mrs Marcos.....”

There was an embarrassed pause. Cory broke it by sayingsternly, “I don’t think Imelda would have liked that, too.” Itwas then that I wondered : Should I do an AP piece about Coryrunning against Marcos.

In January of her final year in office, I called on her inMalacanang. “167 days left, Arnold.” She was counting the dayswhen she could leave office.

“She once told me: Her goal as president was to make surethat no other woman would ever have to go through what shewent through when Ninoy was jailed after Marcos imposed mar-tial law. That goal she achieved. May she rest in peace.”

From Ireland, Redemptotist priest Patrick Martin emailed:“The memory I cherish is from the time of the snap electionand the coming of Marcos to Cebu - the one who claimed 90% ofthe vote and love of the people. Cebu was like an armed camp— “to protect him from love of the people?”

“Cory came a week later. No army. No armalites. Just wel-coming, hopeful, freely milling people at the Fuente Osmena.

“On the morning Marcos left, news filtered out that this wasso. I went down Jones Avenue and the was a slight air of uncer-tain hope. A few hours later, that changed to gloom as Marcosappeared on the Palace balcony - still here - still President!

“Later that evening he was gone. At the Fuente, there wasexhilaration, hope, and joy was unforgettable. Cory brought thisjoy and sense of pride to the people - a truly wonderful gift.

“Who will bring it now? Ar dheis De go raibh a anam. “Mayher soul be a God’s right hand.”

From Washington, former Wall Street Journal reporter EddieLachica wrote: “I felt Cory’s passing as a personal loss. Youprobably felt the same way.

“Some of us did bring to the table the best our powers andcircumstances allowed us. And Cory, in my view, did better thanmost. What makes me sadder is the little promise there is inthe succeeding generation’s ability to improve on or at leastpreserve what has been accomplished so far.

“I’m the least qualified to say this because I was not aroundto help Cory during her beleaguered presidency or even to paymy respects when she lay dying of cancer. Reporting the Aquinosin their Boston exile and Cory’s People’s Power triumph wasthe most satisfying thing I ever did in my life.

“I made a selfish career choice of leaving the post-MarcosPhilippine story for a more professionally rewarding Washing-ton beat. I have not been able do anything for the Philippinessince, and looking back I see what I have missed. I truly regretit.

‘I hope you continue to remind readers of the values of thegood people of our generation so that those who served well. .PS—The Washington Post devoted nearly half a page to Cory’sdeath, a lengthy tribute by Bill Brannigin, a fellow-People’sPower scribe. But not a single line for Gloria’s tete-a-tete withObama.”

Book Editor Carol Go wrote from Quezon City: “Twenty-three years ago, in response to a nighttime radio call by JaimeCardinal Sin, I rushed to EDSA. With me were my co-lectors inour parish church then to participate in what is now known asPeople Power.

“Many of us were still in our pajamas! Little did we knowthen that we’d be making history. That event would also signalthe toppling down of other dictatorial regimes around the world.

“I just want to say thank you. First, to God for keeping myfamily safe during those times; next, to Cory for being likeNinoy—undaunted in believing that the Filipino is worth dy-ing for.

“ My 20-year-old son will be playing the violin, with the USTSymphony Orchestra, during Cory’s wake at the Manila Cathe-dral. I hope he realizes that the woman in the casket, togetherwith millions of other ordinary citizens of the country, oncebought for him the freedom he now enjoys. God bless the Phil-ippines and the next generation of Filipinos. May He raise upfor us a new leader like Cory Aquino.”

From Hong Kong, former CNN staffer Hope Ngo wrote:“When they took the remains of Cory to Manila cathedral, I felttears welling up. I remembered, being university student— gal-vanized by that same lady in yellow, asking us : fight the dicta-torship that gripped the country in terror.

“I remembered marching down Ayala avenue to chants of‘Cory, Cory, Cory!’ and ‘walang babaril’ at the intersection wherestudents had been gunned down. I remembered the coveringcreation of the constitution — : the same one which the currentgovernment is trying to mangle today.

Today, the promise of a new dawn had vanished. In its placeare: cynicism, anger, desperation. When I saw myself turningmy press pass to a policeman, asking to be exempt from weird,rules of coding , I realized : I gave up core principles or leave., Ichose to leave.

The country is at a political impasse, with an improbablewanna-be forever leader at the helm. . Is the timing of Mrs.Aquino’s death her final gift to the Filipino people? Instead ofgiving the gift to the world, it is time to give the gift to our-selves as a nation?

A personal loss to me, tooBY FLORANGEL ROSARIO BRAID

THE death of Cory is a personalloss to me and to everyone whoyearns for the leadership that shepersonifies. Courage, integrity,transparency, moral ascendancy,service over personal gain.Theerosion of these virtues may ex-plain why we are divided, whythere exists this sense of helpless-ness. These past days both thosewho knew her well and thosewho had not met her but havebeen touched by her sincere lovefor people and country, had comeout to tell their stories. Let mealso add my own.

I first met Cory, the main ral-lying figure during the protestmarches organized by anti-Marcos groups, two of which Iwas actively involved with -Manindigan! and ConcernedWomen of the Philippines. Wewere part of the boycott againstcronies and the “piso-piso” cam-paign during the snap election.

We were surprised one daywhen she called saying she wan-

ted to talk to Bernie Villegas JoeRomero, Gabby Iglesias, BenMondejar and myself regarding areport on a multisectoral consul-tation that we had carried out.Here, we documented and ana-lyzed perceptions and visionsfrom people in several regions –their concerns regarding agricul-ture and agrarian reform, educa-tion, media, and other aspects ofour social, political and economiclife. Of course we were honoredand flattered that she should con-sult with us and pleased to learnthat she had read the alternativesproposed as she inquired whetherthey were viable. She was thenconsidering whether she wouldaccept the nomination for thepresidency. What impressed usmost was her humility, openness,and willingness to explore newideas.

Bernie Villegas and I, bothacademics, were later appointedto the Constitutional Commis-sion and had the opportunity totranslate frameworks and con-crete proposals contained in that

study. Some of our colleaguesfrom civil society (representingfarmers, women and the youth,human rights, and the religious),realized that we had been chosenby Cory herself, something thatcould never have happened un-der another presidency since wedid not have either political oreconomic clout. If I were to namethree people who made a signifi-cant influence in my life, onewould be Cory. Every task I hadsubsequently undertaken wasguided by Cory’s ideal of servicefor the common good.

Cory’s governance style was toensure fair and equitable partici-pation of every sector of society.She respected the right of theConstitutional Commission tomake decisions without interfer-ence from the Executive or anyother external body. Exercisingexecutive privilege would havebeen anathema to her. Indeed,she would have made a credibleposter president when it comesto strict adherence to the rule of

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mula sa pahina 5Sa pagkamatay ni Tita Cory,

bagama’t inaalala natin angkanyang pangunahing papel sakasaysayan ng Pilipinas bilangIna ng Demokrasya, hindi ibigsabihin na kinakalimutan natinang kanyang mga naging pag-kukulang, sapagkat dapat itonggawing balon ng aral. Bagama’thindi nabahiran ng alegasyon ngpersonal na pangungurakot,hindi siya naligtas sa kontro-bersya: ang hindi pagpapatupadng CARP sa sariling lupa ngkanilang pamilya sa Tarlac, angtrahedya ng pagbaril sa mgamagsasaka sa Mendiola noong1987 (na sinasabi ng adminis-trasyong Aquino na may nang-gulo kaya nangyari), ang tina-tawag na “Kamag-anak, Inc.,”ang pagmamalabis ng ilan sa mgakasapi ng itinaguyod niyang ci-vilian defense, ang pagsang-ayonsa pananatili ng mga base militarng Estados Unidos sa bansa.

Ayon pa sa mga kritiko, hindinaman daw siya naging instru-mental sa pagbabalik ng de-mokrasya, sa halip nagtago saisang kumbento sa Cebu kasamang mga Pink Sisters nang su-miklab ang KapangyarihangBayan noong 22 Pebrero 1986.Hindi nalalaman na bumalik siyakinabukasan sa Maynila at sakayng isang kotse, naglakbay pa sakalagitnaan ng mga tangke ngdiktadura. Hindi rin siya nag-papigil na magsalita sa harapanng gusali ng POEA upang sama-han ang mga tao. Bagama’t sinaMin. Juan Ponce Enrile, Hen.Fidel Ramos, Butz Aquino atJaime Cardinal Sin ang nagingtagapanguna ng KapangyarihangBayan sa EDSA, ang damdaminng mga mamamayan ay naihandana ni Tita Cory nang magpata-wag ito ng boykot ilang araw anglumipas, at muntik nang bumag-sak ang ekonomiya bilang paki-kibaka laban sa diktadura. Tuladni Rizal na inspirasyon ninaBonifacio at ng Himagsikang1896, si Tita Cory ang inspi-rasyon ng Kapangyarihang Ba-yan noong 1986, ang isinigaw ngbayan upang pamunuan sila.

Maging ang hindi paghingi ngbansa ng debt moratorium o debtrepudiation na nagpanatili ngutang ng diktadura para atingbayaran ay isinisisi ng mgakritiko kay Tita Cory. Kung alamlamang nila na dahil dito napa-natili ang ating dangal sa harapng mundo, na nagtiwala siya samga Pilipino na muli nilangitatanghal ang kanilang bansaupang maging dakila ito at maba-bayaran din natin ang ating mgautang. Mukhang ang dapat ita-nong ay hindi kung binigo ba tayoni Tita Cory kundi, “Binigo banatin siya at ang ating mgasarili?”

Ayon nga sa isang panayam naibinigay niya sa Philippine Star

noong 2007, “People used to com-pare me to the ideal president, buthe doesn’t exist and never existed.He has never lived.”

Hindi santa si Tita Cory,bagama’t madasalin siya, alamkong sa kanyang kababaang loobhindi niya tatanggapin na da-kilain siya bilang ganoon. Saaking opinyon, hindi rin siyapambansang bayani tulad ninaRizal at Bonifacio na namataypara sa bayan, ngunit bayani siyatulad ng lahat ng nabubuhaypara sa bayan ay bayani. Halim-bawa na maging ang mga pina-kasimple sa atin ay maaaringmaging bayani. Hindi siya per-pekto, ngunit ang kanyang pusoay nasa tamang lugar sa panahonng mga mahihirap na pagpa-pasya. Ito ang nakita ng mga tao.Ang gusto nating gunitain ay angmga sakripisyo na ibinigay niTita Cory para sa bayan—angkanyang asawa, at ang kanyangbuhay; ang kanyang determi-nasyong mistulang bakal laban sasiyam na bantang coup d’etat nanagpanganib sa ating demok-rasya (Maging ang isa sa mgananguna sa mga pagtatangkangito na si Comm. Rex Robles aymangiyak-ngiyak pang huminging tawad at inalala ang katapa-ngan ng babaeng pangulo); at angpagbabalik ng mga institusyongdemokratiko—ang kongreso, angmalayang korte, malayang pama-mahayag, nagsasariling pulisya;at marami pang ibang mga ta-gumpay, sa kabila ng mga pang-gugulo, lindol, bagyo, at pagsabogng Bundok Pinatubo. Pinatu-nayan niyang wala nga siyangalam tulad ng ipinaratang sakanya, “I admit that I have hadno experience in cheating, steal-ing, lying or assassinating politi-cal opponents!” Modelo sa bawatlingkod-bayan at kawani.

Ang ibinigay na parangal ngmilitar, pagpapaputok ng kanyonsa mga kampo ay isang vindica-tion sa ginawang pang-aapi nginstutusyong militar sa kaniya atkay Ninoy noong Batas Militar.

Kapag namamatay ang isangsikat na tao, ginugunita ang mgamagagandang bagay lamang ukolsa namatay, ngunit kadalasa’yhindi pag-aaksayahan ng labis napanahon ng mamamayan. Angmahabang pamamaalam ng ba-yan, ang mga taong lumabas sakalsada, at nagpupugay sa buongdaigdig ng Cyberspace, ay nagpa-patunay na sa lahat ng kanyangnagawa, ang naaalala natin ayang maybahay na pinakiusapannating pamunuan tayo. Kinai-langan natin siya, at dininig/tinanggap naman niya ang ma-bigat na pakiusap na ito. Ayon sakanyang talumpati sa Kongresong Estados Unidos noong 18Setyembre 1986, “Wherever Iwent in the campaign, slumarea or impoverished village.They came to me with one cry,

DEMOCRACY. Not food al-though they clearly needed itbut DEMOCRACY. Not work,although they surely wantedit but DEMOCRACY. Notmoney, for they gave whatlittle they had to my cam-paign. They didn’t expect meto work a miracle that wouldinstantly put food into theirmouths, clothes on their back,education in their childrenand give them work that willput dignity in their lives. ButI feel the pressing obligationto respond quickly as theleader of the people so deserv-ing of all these things.”

Kung noong 1983, nagsimu-lang bumagsak ang diktadura,ang fearless forecast ko ay sa2009 ay magdudulot, hindi ngpagbagsak ng isang rehimen,kundi nang pagmulat ng Pilipinona pumili ng tamang lider sa2010, pagpigil nila sa maka-sariling kilos sa pagbabago ngSaligang Batas, at gawin angmakakaya upang sa sarilingparaan, ituloy ang laban ninaNinoy at Cory sa loob ng maramipang taon.

Pero sa aking palagay, ito naang huling manipestayson ng“People Power” na makikita na-tin sa mahabang panahon. Isanglider sa kalibre lamang ni Coryang makapagbubuklod noon.

Si Tita Cory rin mismo angnagpahiwatig maraming beses nahindi na dapat maulit ang EDSA.Dapat hindi tumigil sa ilang arawna pagpapakita ng pag-kakaisaang mga tao. Kailangang kumilospara sa totoong “People empow-erment.” Ipinakita ito ni TitaCory sa pagtataguyod ng micro-finance at edukasyon noong siyaay nabubuhay pa.

Para sa akin, ang tunay naKapangyarihang Bayan ay mag-sisimula sa pagbabago ng ka-looban tungo sa kaginhawaanginadhika ng ating mga bayanimula Himagsikang 1896, hang-gang sa Kapangyarihang Bayan1986. Sa pagsisimula natingbigyang kahulugan ang atingpag-iral na mas malaki pa saating mga hangarin para sa sarilitulad ng sinabi ni Tita Cory, “Iwould rather die a meaningfuldeath than to live a meaninglesslife.”

Nang makapanayam ko siyasa kanyang opisina sa Makatinoong 2003, sa kabila ng kanyangpagiging pormal, hindi ko na-pigilan na sabihin sa kanya nafan niya ako, at dahil sa kanyaipinagmamalaki kong Pilipinoako, na mahal ko siya. Hindi akonagsisisi na sinabi ko yun noongbuhay pa siya.

Sa paghahatid natin sa kanyasa huling hantungan, muli natingsinasabi sa kanya, “Hindi kanamin iiwan sa laban dahil hindimo kami iniwan. Mahal ka na-min”

Tuloy ang laban!— 11 Agosto 2009, ika-11:08 NU;

Silid 304A, Bulwagang Gokongwei,Pamantasan ng De La Salle sa Maynila

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Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

Si Pangulong Coryat si Sister Remy

Pakikiramay sa pamilya Aquino“Necrological services”, na ginawa ditoAy kapansin-pansin tahimik ang taoMaliban sa madre nang matapos ito.Siya’y ikasampu doo’y nagsalitaWari ay naantig ang puso ng madlaPagkat nang matapos sa pagsasalitaAy pinalakpakan at bakit nga kaya ?Ako ay masuerte pagka’t pinadalhanNang binasa niya doon sa CathedralIto’y testamento na lubhang personalNi Sister Remedios ‘di malilimutan.Sa pambungad pa lang ay sinabi niyaIsang karangalan na mapili siyaNa makapagbigay nitong testimonyaKay Pangulong Cory mahal ng balana.“Mga pangyayari ay napakaramiIto’y nauukol kay Pangulong CoryNaging inspirasyon sa aking sarili”Ang unang nabanggit nitong Sister Remy.“Paglilingkod niya’y malinis, matapatSa anak at apo kanyang pinamulatWag daw gagalawin pag-aaring lahatNitong mamamayang lubhang naghihirap.”“Pagtungo sa abroad anak isinamaPangulong nagbayad pamasahe niyaSubalit sa ngayon ang buong pamilyaAng buwis ni Juan nilulustay nila.”Ang binanggit naman itong pangalawaAng kanyang tiwala sa ‘ting Diyos Ama“‘Di siya sumuko sa mga kudetaTanging Panginoon ang kanyang pag-asa.”“Siya ay matatag na prinotektahanAting demokrasya na pinagbuwisanButihin si Ninoy nitong kanyang buhayKabiyak ng pusong pinakamamahal”.“Kababaang-loob pinamalas niyaPagiging pangulo nang hindi na siyaDo’n sa Iloilo nang minsa’y nagpunta“Friend of Sister Remy” kanyang pakilala”.Nang muling magkita ay napag-usapanItong pagkagamit ng kanyang pangalan“Ginang Presidente ikaw po ay “welcome”Daugthers of Charity ika’y minamahal”.“Taong two thousand five, GMA nagsabiNg tungkol kay Garci itong: I’am sorry”At hinimok siya ni President CoryBumaba na doon pagkat walang silbe.”“Nang si Tita Cory minsan ay nagpuntaAsilo de San Vicente siya’y inistimaNitong mga madre malugod talagaAng dating pangulo ay ikinasiya.”“Nang magkitang muli ay sinabi nitoLugod nang pagtanggap sa dating pangulo“Ito Sister Remy ay dahil sa iyo”.Ang sabi ko naman, “Mahal ka ng tao”“Itong ika-apat tanging pagmamahalNa dapat tularan ng mga magulangNoon na inamin ni Kris kasalananPinatawad siya’t higit na minahal”.“Pinasalamatan ni Kris kanyang inaSa pagkakamali napatawad siyaTanging pagmamahal pinadama niyaHanggang sa malagot ang kanyang hininga”.“Marami pa ako na dapat banggitinBayaan ang iba na marinig natinPerhaps we can stop praying for herAnd start praying to her as she is nowAmong the blessed in heaven”.“Presidente Cory “I will miss you ngayonAlam naman naming happy ka with the LordOur Blessed Mother and your beloved NinoySalamat sa tiwala at pag-asang bubukal sa pusoSa habang panahon.”Pinakamasayang nakinig sa iyoAng mga kapatid, pamangkin at apoSa ibang bansa man masayang totooSi Sister Remy po tunay kapatid ko.

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ang Unang Ginoo—sa mga hinalang sangkot ito samalalaking anomalya.

Sa harap ng pangkalahatang pagdadalamhati atpanghihinayang ng sambayanang Pilipino sa pagyao niPangulong Cory Aquino, saka lamang marahil makikitani GMA ang kanyang mortal na pagkakamali—angpagsira niya sa dangal ng kanyang salitang hindi nakakandidato sa halalan sa 2004—ambisyong nahubaranng maskara nang mabunyag ang “Hello, Garci” tape. Ang“Hello, Garci” tape ang kahon ni Pandora na nangmabuksan ay unahang nagsilabas ang mga peste—katiwalian, extra-judicial killing, walang katapusangpanlilinlang at panunuhol, at mga pailalim na mani-pulasyong mapalusutan ang mga batas at Konstitusyon—upang makapanatili sa poder.

Patay na si Cory Aquino, pero lalo siyang dinakila hindilamang ng sambayang Pilipino—kundi ng buong daigdigna nagmamahal sa katarungan, katotohanan, kalayaan.Ang tatlong matitibay na haligi ng tunay na demokrasya.

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Crisostomo ang direktor ng BahaySaliksikan ng Bulacan. Ibig sabihin,siya ang isa sa mga awtoridad sakasaysayan ng Bulacan.

Ngunit parang hindi niya bi-nabasa, pinag-aaralan at sinusuri angmga materyales at impormasyon sakanyang tanggapan, na noong 2006ay nagsagawa ng pagsasaliksik atpagsusuri na ang naging bunga ayang pagkakatukoy na ang Bulacan ayisang lalawigan mula pa noongAgosto 15, 1578.

***Hindi sa minamaliit ko ang kaka-

yahan ni Dr. Crisostomo. Sa halip ayhinahamon ko ang kanyang masu-sing pagsusuri sa pangungusap nakanyang inilathala sa DB Mag naipinamimigay sa mga paaralan saBulacan ngayon; at ikumpara niya sapag-aaral na ginawa ng Bahay Salik-sikan noong 2006 kung kailan ayhindi pa siya ang direktor ng BahaySaliksikan ng Bulacan.

Kung mali ang Promdi na buma-batay sa resulta ng pananaliksik atpagsusuri ng Bahay Saliksikan noong2006, nakahanda akong humingi ngpaumanhin sa pitak ding ito. Ngunitkung ang nagkamali ay Dr. Crisos-tomo, marapat lamang sigurongipatigil at bawiin ang kopya ng DBMagazine na ipinamahagi dahil samga maling impormasyon nakataladoon.

***Ang ipinangangamba ng Promdi

ay baka ang impormasyong matu-tunan ng mga kabataang nagsa-sagawa ng pagsasaliksik ngayon ayang impormasyong hatid ng DBMagazine. Isang malaking kapama-hamakan ito sa isipan at pananaw ngmga batang Bulakenyo o sinumang

makakabasa ng DB Magazine.Sayang, ginastusan pa man din ng

Kapitolyo ang DB Magazine. Peraiyan ng Bulakenyo na dapat aypangalagaan at proteksyunan ng mgaopisyal ng pamahalaang panglala-wigan, ngunit lumalabas na nagka-roon sila ng pagpapabaya dahil sahindi pagsusuri sa mga materyales nainilathala gamit ang pera ng Bu-lakenyo.

***Narito ang isang problema, na

matatagpuan naman sa pahina 93 ngDB Mag. Ito ay isang quotationmula kay Ian Christopher Alfonso,ang punong patnugot ng DB Mag nanagsasabing, “Bilang lalawigan(Bulacan) na laging ipinagmamalakiang kanyang mayamang kasaysayanat kalinangan, sapat na ang kilalaninnito ang (sic) pinagmula(n) niyanginang Kapampangan na minsan itongnaging bahagi ng kanyang maya-mang kahapon.”

Pansinin ang mga katagang “sa-pat na ang kilalanin nito ang (sic)pinagmula(n) niyang inang Kapam-pangan.” Bakit magiging ina ngBulacan ang Pampanga? Hindi ba’tang Bulacan ay kinikilala na bilangisang lalawigan mula pa noongAgosto 15, 1578 ayon sa pag-aaral atpananaliksik ni Dr. Jaime Vene-racion?

***Matatandaan na noong Mayo 12

ay binigkas din ni Bulacan ProvincialAdministrator Pearly Mendoza saisang kumperensiya sa Holy AngelUniversity sa Pampanga ang mgakatagang, “Di nagtagal, nahiwalayang Bulacan sa piling ng kanyanginang Pampanga noong 1755 atgumuhit ito ng sariling kasaysayan

na hiwalay sa kanyang ina. Tila isanganak na nasa hustong gulang na atnaisipang bumukod sa kanyangmahal na ina.”

Ito ay minsan nang binigyangpansin ng Promdi sa pitak na ito, atlumalabas ang talumpating binigkasni Mendoza sa nasabing kumpe-rensiya ay batay sa impormasyongnagmula sa Bahay Saliksikan ngBulacan.

***Sa paggunita ng Bulacan sa kan-

yang ika-431 taong pagkakatatagbilang isang lalawigan, mas maka-bubuti sigurong isa pang kumpe-rensiya ang isagawa hinggil sa kasay-sayan ng Bulacan upang ituwid angmga pagkakamali sa mga nagdaangbuwan.

Ito ay para sa kabutihan ng sam-bayanang Bulakenyo at susunod nahenerasyon ng dakilang liping Bula-kenyo na kinabibilangan ng mgabayaning tulad ni Gat.Marcelo H. DelPilar, mga dakilang alagad ng sining,at iginagalang na mga Bulakenyongkatulad nina dating PangulongCorazon Aquino, at dating SenadorBlas F. Ople.

***Kung magsasagawa ng isa pang

kumperensiya upang ituwid ang mgapagkakamali sa mga pahayag ng mgaawtoridad sa kasaysayan, dapat dinsigurong tuluyang bawiin at ipatigilang pamamahagi sa huling sipi ngDB Mag.

Panahon na rin siguro upangbigyang pansin ng pamahalaangpanglalawigan at ng Bulacan StateUniversity (BulSU) kung ang mga taosa likod ng Bahay Saliksikan ngBulacan ay tumutupad sa kanilangtungkulin.

BY ARIEL C. SEBELLINO

Ariel C. Sebellino, of the PhilippinePress Institute writes for theMabuhay an occasional column en-titled Murmurings. Here he recountshow he spent the 5 days from Presi-dent Cory’s death on August 1 to herfuneral on August 5. – Editor

AUGUST 1 — I woke up to an over-cast and rainy Saturday morning thatwas made gloomier by the sad newsof former President Corazon C.Aquino’s demise. For thirty minutes,I remained quiet and gathered mythoughts.

The first thing that came to mindwas yellow. This color has never beenmy favorite until a meek and reluc-tant yet defiant figure stood flashingthe signature L or laban sign, proudlywore it twenty-three years ago. Nei-ther was Tie A Yellow Ribbon my lastsong syndrome.

The downtrodden morning greet-ing was no good way to start or evenlast the day. But everything yellowonce more has painted the hue-lesssky and overridden typhoon Jolina.

August 2 — The second day ofmourning was a feast of smorgasbordof news and sound bytes from peopletaking turns reminiscing Cory. Pe-rennial political fiends could not helpbut glorify the remarkable deeds ofthe late president who in 1986 wasmerely an instrument of a lethargicand fearful nation that eventually re-gained freedom and democracy.

Perhaps the most awaited storywas Kris Aquino’s who appeared inher Sunday afternoon television pro-gram The Buzz from which she tooka leave of absence as co-host duringher mother’s critical days. The mostvisible and outspoken of Mrs.Aquino’s daughters recounted everydetail of the family’s ordeal.

I was weepy again. This was thesecond time I shed tears shamelessly.Any person who lost a mother not solong ago, would. For many Filipinos,she was a mother they wish they had.Occasionally I would choke up whenpoignant scenes and tearjerker state-ments on Tita Cory were shown ontelevision.

August 3 — It was impossible forme to reach the office in Intramuros.Roxas Boulevard was not passable. IfI have given up and gone back homeimmediately, I would have not caught

a glimpse of the throngs of people wholined the whole stretch of the boule-vard and the slow maneuver of thelowly truck cascading with flowersthat bore the remains of the late iconof democracy. This time, people fromall walks of life took to the streets toshow gratitude and love. For theAquino family, this gesture was farmore heartwarming than a State Fu-neral.

August 4 — I woke up very early.I was going to drop by the Manila Ca-thedral which is just a stone’s throwaway from my office. If I had to paymy last respects, I had to ready my-self with the long line of people want-ing to catch President Cory for thelast time. I braved the rain and wind.I got wet. I bought some ribbons forfamily members and close neighborsto wear on the day of the burial thenext day even if we only had to watchthe entire final rites on television.

For eighteen months and into herfinal days, Tita Cory was as frail as awilting flower. But as her remains liein state, she was as peaceful as a saint-in-waiting. Quickly looking at herface, I thought the physical sufferinghas been rewarded with a blissfuleternal rest. She had been a trium-phant living hero. Like an obedientparishioner, I made the sign of thecross. Her countenance was a divinevision.

The public viewing was tempo-rarily halted noontime to give way tothe necrological service at the ManilaCathedral. A few meters from thePPI office, we could here the prayersand music boom that solely engulfedthe historical Intramuros. I wouldfound out that when the viewing re-sumed, the queue of people stretchedall the way to SM Manila.

My conscience bothered me; so in-stead of just watching the eulogies ontelevision early evening, I sashayedback to the Cathedral to merely feelthe atmosphere and watch peoplepatiently wait for their turn for finalviewing of the late President’s re-mains.

August 5 — “Minamahal kongmga kababayan…For the family, theFilipinos are worth it…I thank youfor the privilege of being yourchild…Dad, it’s your turn to take careof Mom. You were her one and onlylove…It will take a lifetime for us tobe okay…I love you, Mom. Paalam.”

These were probably the most

heart-wrenching statements utteredby President Cory’s youngest daugh-ter Kris Aquino who was the last tospeak during the Requiem Masswhose rites were traditionally be-stowed for higher echelons of theRoman Catholic Church.

The eight hours-long journey fromthe Manila Cathedral to Cory’s finalresting place in the Manila MemorialPark beside her husband NinoyAquino in the family mausoleum, wasa sight reminiscent of the late Ninoy’sinterment — the only difference wasin numbers. Had the weather coop-erated, more people would havejoined the funeral procession. Butthen again, both burials were recordbreaking.

As I watched the entire event ontelevision, that was only interruptedby partial regular programming, Iwished I had gone out again andbraved the erratic weather one moretime. But as a sign of solidarity, someof us residents in the subdivisionwore yellow clothes. In our home, welit a candle surrounded with smallribbons and a Cory button pin whichI bought from the Manila Cathedrala night before.

There was another typhoon Kikowaiting to take over. I thought twotyphoons during the entire bereave-ment were no match to the sevencoup attempts the late Presidentweathered during her term. Theheaven must have grieved too. Andthe people did not seem to mind

For me, the full honors renderedby the military for Cory Aquino at theManila Memorial Park, was a defin-ing moment for all Filipinos.Through peaceful ways, the nationjoined her in putting an end to a dic-tatorial rule and in peace, thousandsof Filipinos walked her to her eter-nal repose. It is honor that also de-fines the character of the ‘mother ofPhilippine democracy’ from start tofinish.

The final and critical days of Presi-dent Cory up to the funeral offeredmemorable moments and things thatwill always remind us of her presence.Sincere, humble, simple, honest, soon and so forth. These descriptionsredounded and consistently echoedby those closed to the late President,by people who worked with her, andby simple folks who had faith in her.But yellow will always be sharply as-sociated with Cory.

FOREVER YELLOW

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8 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

Office of the Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK INC.

Mortgagee,

- versus -

SPS. ERNESTO C. CARILLO &NELIA O. CARILLO,

Mortgagor/s,

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NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act4118 filed by BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK INC., with principal officeaddress at BPI Family Bank Center, Paseo de Roxas corner dela RosaSt., Makati City, the mortgagee SPS. ERNESTO C. CARILLO & NELIAO. CARILLO, with residence and postal address at Blk. 6 Lot 8 BulacanMeadows Subd., Caypombo, Sta. Maria Bulacan, the mortgagor/s tosatisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 6, 2009 amountsto ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIXTYTWO PESOS & 91/100 (P1,978,062.91) Philippine Currency, includ-ing/ excluding interest thereon, including 25% of the total indebted-ness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses andthereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and such other amountswhich may become due and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee,the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersigned Sheriff herebygives notice to all interested parties to the public in general that onAUGUST 18, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of theOffice of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of theBulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City,Bulacan will sell at public auction through sealed bidding to the high-est bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described real prop-erty/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-527715 (M)

“A parcel of land (Lot 4086-A-1-A of the subd. plan, Psd-03-142780,being a portion of Lot 4086-A-1, (LRC) Psd-302147, LRC Rec. No.8503), situated in the Brgy. of Caypombo, Mun. of Sta. Maria, Prov. ofBul., Is of Luzon. Bounded on the xx xx xx xx containing an area of FIVEHUNDRED EIGHTY (580) SQ. METERS.”

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-527716 (M)

“A parcel of land (Lot 4086-A-1-B of the subd. plan, Psd-03-142780,being a portion of Lot 4086-A-1, (LRC) Psd-302147, LRC Rec. No.8503), situated in the Brgy. of Caypombo, Mun. of Sta. Maria, Prov. ofBul., Is of Luzon. Bounded on the xx xx xx xx containing an area ofTWO HUNDRED TEN (210) SQ. METERS.”

This Notice of the 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/ies is/are located and at Malolos City,Bulacan where the sale shall take place and likewise a copy will bepublished for the same period in the MABUHAY a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed tothis office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before the abovestated date and hour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shallbe opened.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on August 25, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafterwithout further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate forthemselves the title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, ifany there be.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 21, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

By: NORMAN S. IPAPOSheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 24, 31 & Aug. 7, 2009

E.J.F. NO. 181-2009

EXTRA-JUDICAL FORELOSURE OFREAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IES

UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMMENDEDBY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionMalolos City, Bulacan

BRANCH 84

SPC NO. 105-M-2009

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONFOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THEBIRTH CERTIFICATE

ROSARIO ARIBE AQUINO,

Petitioner

-versus-

CIVIL REGISTRAR OF SAN JOSE DELMONTE CITY OF THE PROVINCE OFBULACAN, HIROKI UCHIYAMA KATO,HIROMEI AQUINO KATO,

Respondents

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ORDERIn the interest of justice, the amended petition filed by the petitioner inthe compliance with the Order of this Court dated May 26, 2009 isadmitted.

Before the Court is a petition for correction of entry in the birth certifi-cate.

Petitioner Rosario Aribe Aquino alleged that: she is of legal age, Filipinoand resident of Area G, Barangay Citrus, RC 7 Sapang Palay, San JoseDel Monte City, Bulacan; respondent Civil Registrar of San Jose DelMonte City, Bulacan is a government official and heads the Office ofthe Civil Registry of said Municipality and who is in-charge of the reg-istration of births, marriages and other matters affecting civil status ofthe municipality’s constituents and citizens with which it has jurisdic-tion; he may be served with copies of summons and petition at hisaddress at San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan; respondent HirokiUchiyama Kato (Hiroki for brevity), is a Japanese National who is pres-ently abroad and who used to reside at the address of the petitioner atArea g barangay Citrus, RC 7, Sapang Palay, San Jose Del Monte City,Bulacan and where he may be served with copies of summons andpetition; respondent Hiromei Aquino Kato is a minor, single likewiseand a resident of Area G, Barangay Citrus RC 7, Sapang Palay, SanJose del Monte City, Bulacan where she may also be served with cop-ies of summons and petition through the petitioner herself; she is themother of Hiromei Aquino Kato (Hiromei for brevity) who was born onDecember 29, 2001 in San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan as evidencedby the Certificate of Live Birth (Annex A); Hiroki left his child in thePhilippines; she and Hiroki were allegedly married in City Hall Manilaon December 25, 1995 as appearing in the birth certificate of her child;on January 3, 2002, after (5) days from Hiromei’s birth, she had herbirth reported to the Office of the Civil Registrar in San Jose del MonteCity, Bulacan; probably confused by the foreign sounding name beinggiven to the newly born child, the Clerk of the Civil Registrar mistakenlytype an X on the male gender line of the certificate of live birth when intruth and in fact, the new born child is a female; attached in the report(Annex B) of the assisting trained midwife (hilot), corroborating thefact that the child is a female; she was originally filing a petition pursu-ant to R.A. No. 9048 with the Civil Registrar of San Jose Del Monte,Bulacan however, she was directed instead to go to the Regional TrialCourt of Bulacan as the one having jurisdiction over this matter; hence,she is filing this petition with this Honorable Court; she filed this peti-tion to correct the error committed by the clerk of the Civil Registrarand for the benefit of the child and for the purpose of correcting thesaid erroneous entry of MALE to FEMALE so that the corrected entrywill be forwarded to the Civil Registrar General.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the petitionis set for hearing on October 12, 2009 at 8:30 o’clock in the morningat which date and time notice is hereby given to anyone to appear andshow cause why the petition should not be granted.

Let the copy of this order be published in a newspaper of general cir-culation in Bulacan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. Like-wise, let a copy of this Order be posted at the bulletin board of theProvincial Capitol Building of Malolos City, Bulacan, at the municipalhall of San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, and of this Branch of Court atthe expense of the petitioner.

Finally, let a copy of this Order together with the petition be served tothe Local Civil Registrar of San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, the CivilRegistrar General, National Statistics Office, the Office of the SolicitorGeneral and the office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Malolos City,Bulacan.

SO ORDERED.

City of Malolos, Bulacan, July 13, 2009.

WILFREDO T. NIEVESPresiding Judge

Mabuhay: July 24, 31 & August 7, 2009

PAGBABAHAGING LABAS SA HUKUMANNA MAY BILIHANG GANAP O LUBUSAN

ALAMIN ng lahat na ang namayapang si NICOLAS VALERIO, na namataynoong Setyembre 17, 2000, sa Obando, Bulacan, at nakaiwan ng isanglagay na lupa na matatagpuan sa Paco, Obando, Bulacan, at mapagki-kilanlan sa Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 29803 P (M), aynagpagpasiyang manahin sa labasng hukuman ng mga lehitimongtagapagmana na may bilihang ganap o lubusan ang isang kabahaginglupa na may sukat na dalawang daan at limampu (250 sq. meters)metro pasukat na babawasin sa lupang nasa unahan kay Pedro Panganat mas higit na kilala sa Kas. Blg. 67; Dahon Blg. 15; Aklat Blg. XIX;Taong 2008 ni Notaryo Publiko Atty. Oliver C. Castro.Mabuhay: Hulyo 31, Agosto 7 & 14, 2009

PAGBABAHAGING LABAS SA HUKUMANNA MAY BILIHANG GANAP O LUBUSAN

ALAMIN ng lahat na ang namayapang si NICOLAS VALERIO, na namataynoong Setyembre 17, 2000, sa Obando, Bulacan, at nakaiwan ng isanglagay na lupa na matatagpuan sa Paco, Obando, Bulacan, at mapag-kikilanlan sa Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 29803 P (M), aynagpagpasiyang manahin sa labasng hukuman ng mga lehitimongtagapagmana na may bilihang ganap o lubusan ang isang kabahaginglupa na may sukat na dalawang daan at limampu (250 sq. meters)metro pasukat na babawasin sa lupang nasa unahan kay Noberto DelaCruz Jr. at mas higit na kilala sa Kas. Blg. 68; Dahon Blg. 15; Aklat Blg.XIX; Taong 2008 ni Notaryo Publiko Atty. Oliver C. Castro.Mabuhay: Hulyo 31, Agosto 7 & 14, 2009

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

Office of the Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

FILIPINO SAVERS BANK, INC.

Mortgagee,

- versus -

ROEL ENRIQUEZ AND SPOUSESGLORIA & LAMBERTO ENRIQUEZ,

Mortgagor/s,

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NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act4118 filed by FILIPINO SAVERS BANK, INC., with principal office andpostal address at No. 457 Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City the mort-gagee against ROEL ENRIQUEZ AND SPOUSES GLORIA & LAMBERTOENRIQUEZ, with residence and postal address at Tuktukan, Guiguinto,Bulacan the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness whichas of June 15, 2009 amounts to FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOU-SAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY SIX PESOS & 42/100 (P568,826.42)Philippine Currency, including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees,plus daily interest and expenses and thereafter, also secured by saidmortgage, and such other amounts which may become due and pay-able to the aforementioned mortgagee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacanthrough the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties to the public in general that on September 2, 2009 at 10:00A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provin-cial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auctionthrough sealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philip-pine Currency, the described real property/ies below together with allthe improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-16684“A parcel of land (Lot 1232- G of the subd. plan, Psd-03-047957, be-ing a portion of lot 1232, Cad. 334, Guiguinto Cad., LRC Rec. No.),situated in the Bo. of Tuntukan, Mun. of Guiguinto, Prov. of Bulacan Is.of Luzon. xx xx xx Containing an area of EIGHTY (80) SQ. M. x x x”This Notice of the 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/ies is/are located and at Malolos City,Bulacan where the sale shall take place and likewise a copy will bepublished for the same period in the MABUHAY a newspaper of gen-eral circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3)consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed tothis office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before the abovestated date and hour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shallbe opened.In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,September 2, 2009, it shall be held on September 24, 2009 at 10:00A.M. or soon thereafter without further notice.Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate forthemselves the title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, ifany there be.Malolos City, Bulacan, August 6, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

By: BENJAMIN C. HAOSheriff V

Copy furnished: All parties concernedMabuhay: August 7, 14 & 21, 2009

E.J.F. NO. 186-2009

EXTRA-JUDICAL FORELOSURE OFREAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IES

UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMMENDEDBY ACT 4118

Straits Times of Malaysia, New York Times to HonoluluStar Bulletin, Jakarta Post to Gulf News saluted her un-blemished integrity and efforts to rebuild from a corruptdictatorship without soft-peddling her failures.

“Midnight always threatened Aquino but neverstruck,” wrote Time.“She was a good woman whose good-ness alone, at the very end, was what proved enough, ifonly by an iota, to save her country.”

Despite coups, natural disasters, dogged opposition bycorrupt officials, she survived and ensured “continuationof democracy in her homeland.” In crises, “Cory Aquinorose above the bureaucratic procrastination, remindingher people: they once astonished the world with theirbravery — and that they could do it again.”

But only three years back the question seemed differ-ent. A bejeweled Imelda Marcos strode into a 80th birth-day bash, as little girls tossed roses, violinists played, andcronies clapped.

The “fluffy, cooing” front-page story “was devoid ofreproach,” observed Manuel Quezon III. So was (formerPress Secretary) Kit Tatad’s paean to Madame as a vic-tim of the uneven application of justice … Wasn’t theglowing coverage a sign of complete political restoration?,he asked. “The battle for history has been won — byFerdinand and Imelda Marcos.”

Now, the death of an officially powerless woman throwsthat judgement into question. Here is a leader who, bysheer force of example, compelled even rebels, like Rex

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Robles, and Danny Lim, to admit that all power does notgrow necessarily from the barrel of a gun.

The road-less-travelled by Cory is sketched out in the“Austere are the Laurels of the Republic” homily. Thelate Fr. Horacio de la Costa SJ delivered it on the deathof Manuel Roxas in April 1948. It bears rereading today:

“Authority belongs to the people who may entrust itto whomsoever they freely choose. Neither does it endowthe (person) to whom it is entrusted with any special ofimpeccability or infallibility. He may not claim therebythe ‘divinity that doth hedge a king.’

“He must spend himself in the public interest asthough they were his own. Yet he may not derive anypersonal profit from his position. He is held accountablefor the authority he holds in trust.

“And when his mandate is revoked, he must be will-ing to relinquish that authority and return, a private citi-zen, to the ranks from which he came. Let him not ex-pect any reward, but the consciousness of having donehis duty and served his people and his God.

“For often, he will get no reward but this. Nay. Hemay find in the end his name vilified, his motives mis-represented, his deeds misjudged.

Cory worked by those standards. And people accordedlove her the “austere laurels of the republic”: their loveand gratitude.

“Now cracks a noble heart./ Good night (sweet lady)/May flights of angels sing them thee to thy rest.

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faith and our perception of the spiritual and supernatu-ral world.

And while the general nature of this ideology is al-ready quite known, together with its history, assump-tions, consequences and implications, we need to knowits concrete manifestations, arguments and actual ten-dencies that vary from place to place, from person toperson, so we would be able to engage it more effectively.

It’s good to know its past as lived by a particular

people or even by a specific person. The past tells us alot about the present, just as the present can give usleads as to how the future will be.

It’s important that we get out of the confines of theo-ries, descend from the tower of principles, to get a hands-on, real-time experience of the breathing reality of lib-eralism as lived by actual, not virtual, persons.

We need to attune our styles and approaches, ourwords and reasonings to the mentality of persons soakedin liberalism. This is the challenge we have now locally.Our horizon is giving signs with colored clouds that re-flect what’s happening in many other places, especiallythe U.S.

These can come to our shore, and we better be pre-pared!

AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 9

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. ALFREDO A. ESCUADRA and

GLORIA ESCUADRA

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.ALFREDO A. ESCUADRA AND GLORIA ESCUADRA, with postal addresses at 24JUNE ST., CONGRESSIONAL VILLAGE, PROJECT 8, QUEZON CITY and LOT 34BLK 28, PH 3A, VENUS ST., PALMERA HOMES-NORTHWINDS CITY III, BO. OFSTO. CRISTO, SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACAN, the mortgagor/s to sat-isfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 28, 2009 amounts to TwoHundred Eighty Eight Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Five Pesos (Php.288,625.00),Philippine Currency, including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses and thereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and such other amountwhich may become due and payable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee,the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested parties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed biddingto the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described realproperty/ies together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-184469 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 34 Blk. 28 of the subd. plan Psd-031420-054124, being aportion of Psu-155849 L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sto Cristo, Mun.of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of FIFTY (50) SQUAREMETERS. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

BY: JUNIE JOVENCIO G. IPAC

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-181-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. DOMINADOR B. FRANCISCO JR. and

ELIZABETH FRANCISCO

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.ALFREDO DOMINADOR B. FRANCISCO JR. AND ELIZABETH FRANCISCO, withpostal addresses at 6244 ILANG-ILANG ST., BATASAN HILLS, QUEZON CITYand LOT 12 BLK. 3, PH. 7, BOSTON ST., PALMERA HOMES-NORTHWINDS CITYVII, BO. STO CRISTO, SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACAN, the mortgagor/sto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 28, 2009 amounts to TwoHundred Fifty Three Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Five Pesos (Php.253,625.00),Philippine Currency, including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses and thereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and such other amountwhich may become due and payable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee,the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested parties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed biddingto the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described realproperty/ies together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-215083 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 12 Blk. 3 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-005410,being a portion of cons. lot 598 Cad. 352, Lot 5-A-2 (LRC) Psd-133875 & lot 5-B-2 (LRC) Psd-222079 L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sto Cristo, Mun.of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of FIFTY (50) SQUAREMETERS. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

BY: JOSEPH ELMER GUEVARA

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-197-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. JORGE H. CASTRO andMARIETTA CASTRO,

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.JORGE S. CASTRO AND MARIETTA CASTRO, with postal address at #9-D SCOUTCHUATOCO, ROXAS DISTRICT, QUEZON CITY and LOT 3, BLK 45, PH IV-A, AL-LEY 29, CARISSA HOMES NORTH IV, BO. STA CRISTO, SAN JOSE DEL MONTECITY, BULACAN, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which asof April 28, 2009 amounts to One Hundred Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred TwentyFive Pesos (Php.160,925.00), Philippine Currency, including/ excluding interestthereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’sfees, plus daily interest and expenses and thereafter, also secured by said mort-gage, and such other amount which may become due and payable to the afore-mentioned Mortgagee/Assignee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through theundersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties to the public ingeneral that on August 27, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of theOffice of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ngKatarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at pub-lic auction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in PhilippineCurrency, the described real property/ies together with all the improvements ex-isting thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-220319Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 3 Blk. 45 of the subd. plan Psd-031420-063771, being aportion of lot 2, Psu-175040 Amd. LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Sto.Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan xxx containing an area ofTHIRTY FIVE (35) Square Meters.xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

BY: OSMANDO C. BUENAVENTURA

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-139-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY

UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDEDBY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial Court Third Judicial Region

Malolos, BulacanBRANCH 78

SPC NO. 134-M-2008IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY

IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OFMINOR ANGELICA Y ANTIPASADO,

AS REPRESENTED BY HER MOTHER ANABELANTIPASADO QUIRIEQUIRIE,

– versus –

THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE,THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF STA. MARIA,BULACAN AND JOVENCIO AYSON ANCHETA

Respondents,

X----------------------------------X

AMENDED ORDERA verified amended dated May 22, 2009 having filed with this Court bypetitioner through counsel on the same date, stating among others that:

“x.x.x.”2. That the Petitioner is representing her minor daughter ANGELICA

AYSON Y ANTIPASADO, whose certificate of live birth is sought to be cor-rected and whose custody and parental authority is with the petitioner to-gether with his husband, JOVENCIO AYSON Y ANCHETA copy og minorANGELICA AYSON Y ANTIPASADO’s Birth Certificate is hereto attached asAnnex “B”

3. That the Local Civil Registrar of Sta. Maria Bulacan, as well as theNational Statistics Office are made respondents herein because they are thecustodians of the record of birth of the minor ANGELICA AYSON Y ANTIPA-SADO. They may be served with summons and other processes of the hon-orable Court at their place of office in Sta. Maria, Bulacan and at EDSA cornerTimes Street, West Triangle, Quezon City, respectively. Furthermore, the fa-ther JOVENCIO AYSON Y ANCHETA is also impleaded herein pursuant to Sec.3, Rule 108 of the Rules of Court and he may be served with the processesand notices at 1530 kilometer 40, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan;

4. That the Certificate of Live Birth of minor ANGELICA AYSON YANTIPASADO was duly registered with the Offices of the respondents andwith Local Civil Registry No. 99-240;

5. That some of the entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of minorANGELICA AYSON Y ANTIPASADO were found to be erroneous and forwhich reasons this petition was filed to correct said erroneous entries;

6. That entry no. 6 in the Certificate of Live Birth of minor ANGELICAAYSON Y ANTIPASADO regarding the Mother’s Name where the entry“ANNABELE QUERE QUERE ANTIPASADO” appears is erroneous and shouldbe corrected by the entry “ANABEL QUIREQUIRE ANTIPASADO” as it ap-pears in the Certificate of Libe Birth of ANABEL QUIREQUIRE ANTIPASADO,herein attached as Annex “C”, and Identification Card as Annex “D” & “E”;

7. The entry No. 11 in the Certificate of Live Birth of minor ANGELICAAYSON Y ANTIPASADO regarding the Mother’s Age at the time of this Birthwhere the entry “21” appears is erroneous and should be corrected by theentry “18” as it appears in the Certificate of Live Birth of QUIREQUIREANTIPASADO.

8. The entry No. 13 in the Certificate of Live Birth of minor ANGELICAAYSON Y ANTIPASADO regarding the Father’s Name where the entry “BENANCHETA AYSON” appears is erroneous and should be corrected by theentry “JOVENCIO ANCHETA AYSON” as it appears in the Certificate of Live

Birth of JOVENCIO ANCHETA AYSON, herein attached as Annex “F” andIdentification Card as Annex “G” to “J”.

9. The foregoing entries were erroneously filled-up due to the honestmistakes, excusable oversight and error in typing/writing of the one whoprepared the same at the time said Certificate of Live Birth of minor AN-GELICA AYSON Y ANTIPASADO was prepared and registered with the localcivil registrar of Sta. Maria Bulacan.

10. The entry No. 18 in the Certificate of Live Birth of minor AN-GELICA AYSON Y ANTIPASADO regarding the Place and Date of Marriage ofParents where the entry “MAY 07, 1998” appears is erroneous and shouldbe corrected by leaving the same in blank.

11. That entry No. 18 was erroneously filled-up due to the fact that atthe time of its entry, the parents of the minor ANGELICA AYSON YANTIPASADO believed in good faith that the marriage they’ve contractedMay 07, 1998 in Gadtaran, Cagayan Valley, a mass wedding ceremonyofficiated by the Mayor, was valid subsisting, but contrary to their belief,when they checked with the National Statistics Office, no entry of suchmarriage on January 22, 2007 in Sta. Maria, Bulacan as evidenced by theirCertificate of Marriage herein attached as Annex “A” hence at the time ofbirth of the minor ANGELICA AYSON Y ANTIPASADO no record/registeredmarriage was subsisting;

12. That considering the aforementioned petitioner is constrained tofile this instant petition pursuant to section 2(a) of Rule 108 of the RevisedRules of Court of the Philippines so that the above-cited erroneous entriesin the said Certificate of Live Birth be corrected to avoid further complexi-ties that may arise in the future concerning the minor child, ANGELICA AYSONY ANTIPASADO;

13. That the said errors are not intentional and cannot be attributedon the part of the petitioner who was then recuperating from child birth ordelivery, and unaware of the facts and circumstances when the Certificateof Live Birth of her minor child, ANGELICA AYSON Y ANTIPASADO wascaused to be registered on January 15, 1999 by Femina Sanchez, the mid-wife who attended her;

14. That considering further that the petitioner is represented by thePUBLIC ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (PAO) by virtue of R.A. 9406, Sec. 16-D,which provides for the exemption from payment of fees and cost of the suitof the client of PAO and under OCA Circular No. 121-2007 of the SupremeCourt of the Philippines dated 11 December 2007.

WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the said petition will beheard by this Court sitting at the New Hall of Justice Building, ProvincialCapitol Compound, City of Malolos, Bulacan; on September 25, 2009 at8:30 in the morning, at which place, date and time, all interested personsare hereby cited to appear and show cause, if they have any, why the saidpetition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published, at the expense of the petitioner, in a news-paper of general circulation in the Province of Bulacan once a week for three(3), consecutive weeks, at least (30) days prior to the aforesaid date ofhearing. Let a copy of this Order, together with the copy of the petition, beserved upon the Local Civil Registrar of City of Sta. Maria Bulacan, NationalStatistics Office of the Solicitor general, at the expense of the petitioner.Finally, let copies of this Order and of the petition be posted in three (3)conspicuous places within the province of Bulacan, also at the expense ofthe petitioner.

SO ORDERED.

City of Malolos, Bulacan, July 6, 2009

Gregorio S. SampagaJudge

Mabuhay: August 7, 14 & 21

continued from page 3Please contact your internet provider.

“Now what’s that supposed to mean,” Michael saidpuzzled.

“Oh, it’s just that most of the links in his page arebroken,” Peter said.

“I thought you said you were working on him the otherday,” the angel frowned at Peter.

“Yes, but I need time to figure his case out and …,”“Wait, let’s see check out this link that says prayer life

…,” St. Michael surfed back to the page and clicked onthe link. The screen went blank and there was a longerdelay this time. “This is taking an eternity,” Michael re-marked. Then the same error popped out.

“He must have something at least,” the angel saidquite concerned.

“Why don’t you try that one that says Related links,”Peter suggested.

“What’s that supposed to be?” Michael said.“I don’t know,” Peter shrugged his shoulders.The Archangel clicked on the link and the screen goes

blank and the message appears: PROHIBITED PAGE -MAY BE HARMFUL TO YOUR COMPUTER; TROJAN AP-PLICATIONS; MATURE CONTENT; ILLEGAL SOFT-WARE, etc.

“I’m done with this priest, I’m going to tell the Lordto erase his account!” St. Michael exclaimed.

“Come on, be patient. Give me some time and I’ll fig-ure a way to get his links connected,” Peter begged.

* * *May the Lord who clicks on the links of our life not

find them broken or unfortunately revealing that ourhearts and minds are far from Him. The page of our lifeis the only one we will have. It is something our Lordalways reads and it is up to each one to enrich and up-date that daily page so that we may be able to offer God anew love each time.

God clicks on some aspects of our life not because He’sout to investigate what’s wrong with us. Rather, He doesthis in order to see how He can help open us to new andfruitful horizons in our piety, sacrifice, good deeds, andabove all, how you and I can abide more with His will.

Let us foster a firm resolve to review and improve ourspiritual hyperlinks so that they truly link us back toGod’s heart. These links are: our prayer, sacrifice, thesacraments, virtues and our sincere love for the soulsaround us whom we can link back to God’s love.

*Note to reader: HTTP Error 404 is an error messagewhich means that the web page you are looking for can-not be found. The 404 error is also known as “File notfound”, “Not Found” and “Gone”.

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BAYAN MUNA,BAGO ANG SARILI!

10 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. MA. CHRISTINA L. YABOT-AMOROSOAND EDGAR DELA CRUZ AMOROSO

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135, as amended, filed by BalikatanHousing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI Buendia Center,

Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS. MA. CHRIS-TINA L. YABOT-AMOROSO AND EDGAR DELA CRUZ AMOROSO, with postaladdresses at BLK 22 LOT 15, PH. 2, PALMERA HOMES-NORTHWINDS CITYBRGY. KAYPIAN, SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACAN and LOT 15 BLK. 22,PH. II-A, ROAD LOT 17, CARISSA HOMES NORTH II, BO. STO. CRISTO, SANJOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACAN the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage in-debtedness which as of May 28, 2009 amounts to Two Hundred Sixty Nine Thou-sand One Hundred Twenty Five Pesos (Php.269,125.00), Philippine Currency,including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebt-edness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses and thereafter,also secured by said mortgage, and such other amount which may become dueand payable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at theback of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, MalolosCity, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidderfor CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies togetherwith all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-164718 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 15 Blk. 22 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-004377,being a portion of cons. B-3-A & B-3-B (LRC) Psd-0342449, B-21 (LRC)Psd-294928,1 & 2, Psu-145622, 1, 2 & 3, Psu-192395, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated inthe Bo. of Sto Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing anarea of FIFTY (50) SQUARE METERS. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

By: NORMAN S. IPAPO

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-144-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. DAVE DELA MERCED BAUTISTA

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.DAVE DELA MERCED BAUTISTA, with postal address at BIGTE, NORZAGARAY,BULACAN and LOT 15, BLK 1, BLUE BIRD ST, PALMERA HOMES-NORTHRIDGESUBD., BO. STO CRISTO, SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACANthe mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 28, 2009 amounts toFour Hundred Twenty Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Five Pesos(Php.422,825.00), Philippine Currency, including/ excluding interest thereon, in-cluding/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plusdaily interest and expenses and thereafter, also secured by said mortgage, andsuch other amount which may become due and payable to the aforementionedMortgagee/Assignee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersignedSheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties to the public in general that onAugust 27, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auctionthru sealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, thedescribed real property/ies together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-210715 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 15 Blk. 1 of the subd. plan Pcs-031420-005268, being aportion of cons. lots 1-5, 11-12, 14-15, 19, 28 & 29 blk. 8; lots 1-24 blk. 9; lots1-18, blk. 10; lots 1-41 blk. 11; lots 1-26 blk. 12; lots 1-48 blk. 13; lots 1-24 blk.14, lots 1-13 blk. 15, lots 1-23 blk. 16; lots 1-20 blk. 17; lots 1-13, blk.18, blk.19 to 21, rd. lots 7-18 Rd. widening creek 1 & 2 all of (LRC) Psd- 18443, LRCRec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sto Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. ofBul. xxx containing an area of SIXTY SIX (66) Sq M. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

By: Osmando C. Buenaventura

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-140-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTYIES

UNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDEDBY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. RODOLFO B. BRON and

REMEDIOS N. BRON

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.RODOLFO B. BRON AND REMEDIOS N. BRON, with postal addresses at BO.TUNAS, IBA, MEYCAUYAN, BULACAN and LOT 1, ROAD LOT 4, HAZEL HEIGHTSSUBD., BRGY. BAGBAG, CALUMPIT, BULACAN, the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of April 28, 2009 amounts to Three HundredSixty Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty Five Pesos (Php.365,125.00), Philip-pine Currency, including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding 25% ofthe total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expensesand thereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and such other amount whichmay become due and payable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee, theEx-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives noticeto all interested parties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at 10:00A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan,located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Com-pound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed bidding to thehighest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-58927Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 1 of the cons.-subd. plan Pcs-031407-005740, being aportion of consolidated lots 12, 14, 16 & 18, blk. 4, Psd- 031407-060973,L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of bagbag, Mun. of Calumpit, Prov. of Bul.xxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWELVE (112) SQUARE METERS. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

BY: BENJAMIN C. HAO

Sheriff V

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-163-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. LORENZO C. CANADA andMILAGROS F. CANADA,

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.LORENZO C. CANADA AND MILAGROS F. CANADA, with postal address at SITIOKABATUHAN GEN. T. DE LEON, VALENZUELA, METRO MANILA and LOT 25,BLK 408,PH. IV, KEPLER ST., HERITAGE HOMES, BO. BAHAY PARE, MARILAO,BULACAN, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as ofMarch 31, 2009 amounts to Five Hundred Eighty Thousand Three Hundred Sev-enty Four Pesos and 51/100 (Php.580,374.51), Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness byway of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses and thereafter, also se-cured by said mortgage, and such other amount which may become due andpayable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interestedparties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at theback of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, MalolosCity, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidderfor CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies togetherwith all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-240849 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 25 Blk. 408 of the subd. plan Psd-031411-064811, beinga portion of lot 3, Pcs-031411-005471, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. ofBahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bulacan xxx containing an area of EIGHTYFOUR (84) SQ METERS.”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe tile to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

BY: MANOLITO G. EUSEBIO

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-136-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. REMIGIO T. DE LUNA and

NIEVES F. DE LUNA

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.REMIGIO T. DE LUNA AND NIEVES F. DE LUNA, with postal addresses at NO. 37710

th St., 11

th AVENUE, GRACE PARK, CALOOCAN CITY and LOT 16 BLK 54, PH II,

ZODIAC COR. PISCES STS., HERITAGE HOMES, BO . BAHAY PARE, MARILAO,BULACAN, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as ofApril 28, 2009 amounts to Four Hundred Sixty One Thousand (Php.461,000.00),Philippine Currency, including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding25% of the total indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses and thereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and such other amountwhich may become due and payable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee,the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested parties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed biddingto the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described realproperty/ies together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-146031 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 16 Blk. 54 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-03-003556, beinga portion of cons. lots 3817, 3821, 3822 & 3824, Lolomboy Est., LRC Rec.No.), situated in the Bo. of Bahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bul. xxx contain-ing an area of NINETY (90) SQ METERS. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

BY: OSMANDO C. BUENAVENTURA

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-204-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTAND Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.

Mortgagee/Assignee,

- versus -

SPS. FROILAN S. DE MESA and

YOLANDA DE MESA

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filedby Balikatan Housing Finance Inc., with postal address at the 24

th Floor , BPI

Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, the mortgagee, against SPS.FROILAN DE MESA AND YOLANDA DE MESA, with postal addresses at 32 HYA-CINTH S., ROXAS DISTRICT, QUEZON CITY and LOT 21 Blk. 36, BLUEBIRD,PALMERA HOMES-NORTHRIDGE SUBD., BO STO. CRISTO, SAN JOSE DELMONTE CITY, BULACAN, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtednesswhich as of April 28, 2009 amounts to Three Hundred Seventy Seven ThousandSix Hundred Twenty Five Pesos and 26/100 (Php.377,625.26), Philippine Cur-rency, including/ excluding interest thereon, including/excluding 25% of the totalindebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses andthereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and such other amount which maybecome due and payable to the aforementioned Mortgagee/Assignee, the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties to the public in general that on August 27, 2009 at 10:00A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan,located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Com-pound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealed bidding to thehighest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the described real property/ies together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-207662 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch-Province of Bulacan

“A parcel of land (Lot 21 Blk. 36 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-005268,being a portion of consolidated lots 1-5, 11, 12, 14-15, 19, 28, &29 blk. 8; lots1-24 blk. 9; lots 1-18, blk. 10; lots 1-41 blk. 11; lots 1-26 blk. 12; lots 1-48 blk.13; lots 1-24, blk.14; lots 1-13 blk. 15; lots 1-23 blk. 16; lots 1-20 blk. 17; lots1-13 blk. 18; to 21, Road lots 7-18 road Widening, creek 1 & 2 all (LRC) Psd-18543 Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte,Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of SIXTY-SIX (66) SQ METERS. xxx”

This Notice of the Sheriff’s sale will be posted for a period of twenty (20) days inthree (3) conspicuous public places in the municipality where the subject prop-erty/ies is/are located and at Malolos City, Bulacan where the sale shall takeplace and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhaya newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, once a week forthree (3) consecutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this officemust be submitted to the undersigned on or before the above stated date andhour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, it shall beheld on September 3, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselvesthe title to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, if there be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 28, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

EJF NO. B-158-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMENDED

BY ACT 4118

AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 11

EXTRA- JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROOERTY/IES

UNDER ACT 3135 ASAMENDED BY ACT 4118

EJF NO. 196-2009

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial CourtThird Judicial Region

Office of the Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan

TANAY RURAL BANK

Mortgagee,

- versus -

REYNALDO D. LOJUCO, MARRIEDTO MA. MELANIE C. LOJUCO,

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended by Act4118 filed by Tanay Rural Bank Inc., with principal office and place ofbusiness at F.T. Catapusan St., Plaza Aldea, Tanay, Rizal, the mort-gagee, against Reynaldo Lujoco & Ma. Melanie C. Lojuco, with resi-dence and postal address at 16 Maimpok Street Sikatuna Village, QuezonCity, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which asof July 31, 2009 amounts to TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETYEIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIX PESOS and TWENTY FIVECENTAVOS (P2,398,806.25) Philippine Currency, including/ excludinginterest thereon, including/excluding twenty five percent (25%) of thetotal indebtedness by way of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest andexpenses and thereafter, also secured by said mortgage, and suchother amount which may become due and payable to the aforemen-tioned mortgage. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan through the under-signed Sheriff IV hereby gives notice to all interested parties to thepublic in general that on August 25, 2009 at 10:00 o’clock in the morningor soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provin-cial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auctionthru sealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in PhilippineCurrency, the described real property/ies together with all the improve-ments existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-407060 (M)

“A parcel of land (Lot 2 Blk 8 of the cons. Subd. Plan LRC Pcs-11373being a portion of the cons. of lots 3685-B LRC Psd-3491; 3686, 3691,& 4198 Lolomboy Est. & lots 3698-A to E LRC Psd-3032 Amd. LRCGLRO Rec. No. 8509, Situated in the Bo. of Muzon, Mp. of SJDM,Prov. of Bul. Is. of Luzon. x x x containing an area of TWO HUNDREDFIFTY SIX (256) Sq. M. more or less. x x x.”

This Notice of the 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/ies is/are located and at Malolos City,Bulacan where the sale shall take place and likewise a copy will bepublished for the same period in the Mabuhay a newspaper of generalcirculation in the province of Bulacan, once a week for three (3) con-secutive weeks before the date of the auction sale.

All sealed bids with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed tothis office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before the abovestated date and hour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shallbe opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on the said date, itshall be held on September 1, 2009 at the same time and place with-out further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate forthemselves the little to the property/ies and encumbrance thereon, ifthere be any.

Malolos City, Bulacan, July 27, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

By : ALVIN G. PADILLA

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: July 31, August 7 & 14, 2009

INILUNSAD kamakailan ng Pamahalaang Panlalawiganng Bulacan sa SM City Marilao ang “Lingap BarangayCaravan.” Ipaaalam ang mga pangangailangan sabarangay sa pagtungo sa mall ng caravan tuwingSabado’t Linggo ngayong buwan ng Agosto. Kukup-kopin sa ilalim ng proyekto ang 12 barangay kung saanlaganap ang karukhaan. Ipapaalam ng caravan sa mgamamimili at dadayo sa SM Marilao ang nasabingkahirapan sa pamamagitan ng photo exhibit at docu-

Lingap Barangay Program debuts at SM Marilaomentary. Naroon din ang mga kinatawan ng Kapitolyoupang magpaliwanag hinggil sa layunin ng proyektongLingap Barangay. Ang mabibiyayaang mga pamayananay Malawak, Bustos; Baka-Bakahan, Pandi; Malis,Guiguinto; Tigbe, Norzagaray; Bubulong Munti, SanIldefonso; Pulong Duhat, San Miguel; San Isidro,SJDM; Prenza I, Marilao; Binuangan, Obando;Binakod, Paombong; Caliligawan, Malolos; atTibaguin, Hagonoy. — PR Photo

Google, while Tom on the otherhand was one of the developers of the first Apple printer.

It is perhaps simply a matter of perspective, but origi-nally I was thinking that as soon as we teach the barangayunits and the barangay enterprises how to computerize,they will soon discover on their own how to “internetize”(my word invention?). My thinking changed when Mr.Hans Koch convinced me that it should be the other wayaround that they have to be connected to the Internetfirst. Hans another new friend, he is an American whohas adopted the Philippines as his new home. He is oneof the founders of Syndeo Media, a social networking sitejust like Facebook.

Putting two and two together, I now think that it wouldbe a good goal to put both the barangay units and thebarangay enterprises online, both of them having theirown good reasons to do so. Of course, the barangay unitshave their own local government units (LGU) to dependon, but why not make them independent once and forall, with the help of technology?

Knowledge is power we always say, but nowadays it isaccess to knowledge that makes us more powerful. Youmight say that the barangay units have other needs suchas health, education and livelihood, but with connectiv-ity to the Internet, these local villages could gain theknowledge that they need to become independent in meet-ing their health, education and livelihood needs.

It is interesting to note that some cooperatives arealready in the business of providing local services thatare good for the environment. As a matter of fact, it couldalso be argued that any activity that would grow any-thing from the soil or the water is good for the environ-ment. The only thing that is needed now is a means forthe cooperatives to sell their products to the outside world,and selling online is certainly one good way.

People are more important than machines I alwayssay. It is for this reason that I am now calling on anyoneand everyone who knows anything about computeriza-tion and “internetization” (another word invention?) tocontact me, so that we could all work together in empow-ering the local villages.

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A personal loss to me, too

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Regarding Henry from page 3

too tender to touch, Dr.John Abruzzo recom-mends applying a crushed-ice pack. “The ice will havea soothing, numbing ef-fect,” explains the directorof the Division of Rheuma-tology at Thomas JeffersonUniversity. “Place the icepack on the painful jointand leave it for about 10minutes. Cushion it with atowel or sponge. Reapplyas needed.”

The best way to cooldown an acute flare-upcaused by backpain is withice, says Canadian pain re-searcher Ronald Mellzack.It will help reduce swellingand the strain on yourback muscles. For best re-sults, he says, try ice mas-sage. “Put an ice pack onthe site of the pain andmassage the spot for sevento eight minutes,” he in-structs. Do this for a dayor two.

Water, anyone?

But in some instances,a therapeutic soak is in or-der. “For an inexpensiveway to achieve the samemoisturizing effects pro-duced by skin creams, sim-ply soak your hands inwarm water for a few min-utes. Then pat off excesswater and apply vegetableor mineral oil to the dampsurface to seal in mois-ture,” says Dr. HowardDonsky, associate profes-sor of medicine at the Uni-versity of Toronto.

Constipation? Expertsagree that the first thing aconstipated individualshould do is check his diet.The foremost menu itemsfor battling constipationare dietary fiber and liq-uids. Lots of both are es-sential to keep the stoolsoft and to help it passthrough the colon.

The same thing applieswhen you are having diar-rhea. “The type of food youeat doesn’t really matterthat much,” says Dr. LynnV. McFarland, a researchassociate with the Depart-ment of Medical Chemistryat the University of Wash-ington. “The most seriousthing is to make sure yourfluid intake is high.”

Though sufferers don’tfeel like consuming largeamounts of liquids duringbouts of diarrhea, expertsclaim that increasing fluidintake is vital to ward offdehydration.

Fluids that contain saltand small amounts ofsugar are particularly ben-eficial, as they help thebody replace glucose andminerals lost during diar-rhea. A good “rehydrationfluid” can be easily madeby adding one teaspoon ofsugar and a pinch of saltto one quart of water.

If you have bad breath,don’t drink other liquids;gulf only water. Coffee,beer, wine and whiskey areat the top of the list of liq-uid offenders. Each leavesa residue that can attachto the plaque in yourmouth, and infiltrate yourdigestive system. “Eachbreath you take spewstrace of these back to theair,” says Dr. Jerry F. Tain-tor, author of The OralReport: The Consumer’sCommon Sense Guide toBetter Dental Care.

Those with kidneystones should likewisedrink lots of fresh water.Regardless of what kind of

stone you’re had, “by farthe single most importantpreventive measure is toincrease water consump-tion,” declares Dr. StevanStreem, head of the sectionof stone disease andendourology at the Cleve-land Clinic Foundation inOhio.

How much watershould you drink?“Enough to pass twoquarts of urine a day,” saysDr. Peter D. Fugelso, medi-cal director of the KidneyStone Department at St.Joseph’s Medical Center inCalifornia. “If you’ve beenworking out in the gardenall day under the hot sun,that could mean you’llneed to drink two gallons,”he adds. “It’s the amountof urine that matters.”

Water in the form of icehas several therapeuticpowers. It comes handy tothose suffering from gout.If the affected joint is not

from page 6law and separation of powers. It is ironic to think thatthis president who never took advantage of her power,who willingly shared it, and gave it up when her timecame, would most likely be judged by history as one ofthe most powerful leaders.

During her six-year term, Congress enacted enablinglaws on provisions that created new governance struc-tures – Local Government Code, Cooperatives Develop-ment Authority, the Ombudsman, Commission of HigherEducation and a Department of Science and Technology,Commission on Human Rights, the National Commissionon Culture and Arts, autonomous regions in Cordilleraand Mindanao, social justice structures – a comprehen-sive agrarian reform program, and laws that ensuredadequate social services to the poor and marginalized.Even more noteworthy is her own example of respect forpublic accountability. Cory spent her retirement years pro-moting cooperatives, microfinance, and the pursuit ofpeace by rejecting attempts to change the Charter througha Constituent Assembly. Hers has always been a sobervoice, eschewing any form of change that involves vio-lence and extra-constitutional means. Her wisdom comesfrom a wellspring of deep spirituality and faith. In life,she restored freedom and pride in the Filipino; in death,she is doing the same thing - helping us re-discover ourown capacities for greatness. The spontaneous comingtogether of people from all walks of life and faiths; theyoung, the old, the rich and the poor is again re-kindlingthe spark of Edsa One. Reminiscent of Ninoy’s funeraland the four days in 1986, people have gone out into thestreets, braved the rains and the long queues to get aglimpse of Cory, to thank her, and perhaps to imbibe hercourage and strength that would enable us to face thechallenges in these trying times.

12 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 AUGUST 7 - 13, 2009MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980

RRRRReflections, Sombras at mga Leflections, Sombras at mga Leflections, Sombras at mga Leflections, Sombras at mga Leflections, Sombras at mga LandasandasandasandasandasBilang alay pagpapasalamat sa ika-95 kaarawan ng kanyang ina na siAsuncion “Lola Dahl” Pavia, magtatanghal si Alfred “Pat” Pavia ng isangPhoto Exhibit na bubuksan sa darating na Sabado, Agosto 15, sa ika-3:30 ng hapon, sa Galerie Y, The Artwalk, 4th Floor Building A, SMMegamall, Mandaluyong City. Pinamagatang “Reflections, Sombras atmga Landas” tangkang hulihin ng mga retrato ang tatlong mundongkinilusan ng buhay ni Pat — ang Estados Unidos kung saan siyananirahan at naghanapbuhay nitong huling 30 taon, ang Mexico kungsaan siya nakatagpo ng pakakasalan at ina ng kanyang dalawang anak,at ang Pilipinas kung saan siya nagmula at umaasang babalik. Tatagalang pagtatanghal hanggang Agosto 23.

Iba’t-ibang pamamaraan ng pakikiramay ng BulakenyoNI DINO BALABO

MALOLOS — Pinagtibayng Sangguniang Panglala-wigan ang isang kapasiya-han matapos ang pag-aalayng isang misa na sinundanng pagtatali ng mga dilawna laso sa mga pangunahinglansangan sa lalawiganbilang pakikidalamhati sapagpanaw ni dating Pa-ngulong Corazon “Cory”Aquino.

Kaugnay nito, sinabi niKint. Mark Cojuangco ngPangasinan na nakiramayat wala siyang sama ng loobsa dating pangulo na kan-yang tiyahin, samantalangmadaling araw pa lamangay nanunuod na ng tele-bisyon ang mga Bulakenyonoong Agosto 5 kung kailanay sinubaybayan nila anglibing ng dating pangulo.

Si Cojuangco ay duma-law sa Sangguniang Pang-lalawigan at ipinaliwanagang benepisyo ng plantangnukleyar noong Agosto 3,samantalang ipinagluluksang kanyang mga kaanakang pagpanaw ni PangulongCory na pumanaw noongAgosto 1.

Batay sa Kapasiyan Bi-lang 128-T’09 na inakdanina Bise Gob. WilhelminoSy Alvarado, Bokal Chris-tian Natividad at BokalRamon Posadas, inilarawannila si Cory bilang isang“Dakilang Babae,” at sim-bolo ng pag-asa’t pag-uu-nawaan sa panahon ng ka-guluhan at kahirapan saating bansa.

Ayon sa kapasiyahangpinagtibay, “matapos angtermino ng kanyang panu-nungkulan ay bumalik sakanyang pribadong pamu-muhay subalit patuloy parin ang kanyang serbisyo saSambayanang Pilipino athindi niya ito iniwan atpatuloy siyang naging sim-bolo ng pag-asa, pag-uu-nawaan at pagkakaisa, la-

lo’t higit na ang ating bansaay nababalot sa panahon ngkaguluhan at kahirapan nadito ay pinakita niya angpagpapatuloy ng naiwangadhikain ng kanyang da-kilang kabiyak, ang yu-maong dating Senador Be-nigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr.

Maging ang Sangguni-ang Bayan ng Hagonoy aynagpatibay din ng isangkatulad na kapasiyahannoon ding araw na iyonbilang pagkilala kay Cory atpakikidalahamti sa pamil-yang naiwan nito.

Ang pagpapatibay ngnasabing kapasiyahan ayisinagawa matapos mag-alay ang pamahalaangpanglalawigan ng isang ba-nal na misa noong Agosto 3bilang pakikidalamhati sapagpanaw ng dating Pa-ngulo.

Sa kanyang pahayag,sinabi ni Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon” Mendoza na mana-natili sa puso ng mga Bu-lakenyo ang alaala ni Corydahil “ang bawat kalayaannatin ngayon ay utang natinkay Tita Cory.

Sinabi rin ni Mendoza nanasa kolehiyo pa siya noong1986 nang maging Pangulong Republika si Cory.

“Back then, hindi koakalaing magiging presi-dente siya at magiging susing pagbabalik ng demok-rasya sa bansa,” ani nggobernador.

Bukod sa pagpapatibayng mga kapasiyahan at pag-aalay ng misa ng mga pa-mahalaang lokal, nakiisarin ang mga Bulakenyo sapakikidalamhati sa pamilyaAquino.

Ang mga pangunahinglansangan sa lalawigan aynilagyan ng mga dilaw nalaso, maging mga pribadongsasakyan.

May mga dumalaw dinsa lumang bahay ng pa-milya Cojuangco sa Bara-ngay San Agustin, Malolos.

Ang bakod ng nasabingbahay ay may mga naka-sabit ding dilaw na laso, angkulay pampulitika na gi-namit ni Cory mula noong1985.

Ayon sa mga historyadorng Bulacan, ang ama niCory na si Don Jose Co-juangco ay isinilang sa Ba-rangay San Agustin, Ma-lolos noong Hulyo 3, 1896.Ang kanyang mga magu-lang ay sina Melencio Co-juangco at Tecla Chiochiocona kapwa isinilang sa Ma-lolos. Ang pamilya Coju-angco ay lumipat sa Pa-niqui, Tarlac noong 1896.

Samantala, ipinagmalakirin ni Kint. Cojuangco samga kasapi ng SangguniangPanglalawigan na ang ka-nilang pamilya ay nagmulasa Malolos.

Si Cojuangco ay dumalosa sesyon ng SangguniangPanglalawigan noongAgosto 3 kung kailan ayipinaliwanag niya ang bene-pisyo ng pagtatayo ng plan-tang nukleyar.

Sa panayam ng Mabu-hay kay Conjuangco, sinabiniya na wala siyang sama ngloob sa kanyang tiyahin nasi dating Pangulong Aquinohinggil sa pagpapatigil nitong proyektong Bataan Nuc-lear Power Plant (BNPP)noong 1986 na pinasimulanni dating Pangulong Ferdi-nand E. Marcos..

“Wala akong sama ngloob sa kanya,” ani Co-juangco na kumakatawansa ika-limang distrito ngPangasinan sa Kongreso,patungkol sa kanyang ti-yahin.

Iginiit pa niya na, “nai-intindihan ko at kaya kongrespetuhin ang desisyonniya na huwag ituloy angBNPP noong 1986.”

Ipinaliwanag ni Coju-angco na isa sa mga dahilankung bakit ipinatigil ngkanyang tiyahin ang BNPPay dahil sa insidente Cher-

nobyl nuclear power plantsa Rusya noong panahongiyon.

“May sapat siyang da-hilan noon. Tama ang de-sisyon niya noon,” ani Co-juangco sa isang panayammatapos magpaliwanag saSangguniang Panglalawi-gan ng Bulacan na noongnakaraang buwan ay nag-patibay ng isang resolus-yong nagpapahayag ng pag-tutol sa panukalang reha-bilitasyon ng BNPP.

Sa kanyang pananaw,“hindi na tama ngayon angdesisyon ni Cory noon, dahilnahaharap tayo sa energycrisis by 2012.”

Hinggil naman sa pag-panaw ng kanyang tiyahin,sinabi niya na nakikiramaysiya sa buong pamilyaAquino, at bumisita na rawsiya sa burol nito.

“I empathize with thewhole family, pero sa totoolang hindi ko sila mas-yadong kilala, si SenadorBenigno Noynoy lang angmedyo kilala ko dahil nag-kasama kami sa Congress,”ani ng kinatawan na angamang si Eduardo “Dan-

ding” Cojuangco ay pinsangbuo ni dating PangulongAquino.

Nang tanungin ngMabuhay kung bakit isi-nabay niya sa burol ngkanyang tiyahin ang pagpa-paliwanag sa SangguniangPanglalawigan ng Bulacanhinggil sa BNPP, sinabi niyana dapat ay noon pangsinundang linggo siya nag-punta sa lalawigan ngunitnagkasakit siya ng Influ-enza A H1N1.

Samantala, halos ika-4pa lang ng madaling arawnoong Miyerkoles, Agosto 5ay nanunood na ng tele-bisyon ang mga Bulakenyoat sinubaybayan ang libingng dating pangulo.

“Sa ganitong paraanlang namin maipapahayagang aming pakikiramay kayCory,” ani Bautista na kasa-mang nanood ng telebisyonang kanyang mga anak atapo hanggang hapon ngaraw na iyon.

Ganito rin ang tanawinsa tahanan nina GuillermoFaundo ng Obando, PamelaSantos ng Calumpit, Dr.Danilo Hilario at Elena Del

Rosario na kapwa residenteng Guiguinto, dahil sa wa-lang pasok sa mga paaralanat opisina ng araw na iyonbukod pa sa malakas angulan na hatid ng bagyongJolina.

Ayon kina Faundo atSantos, tinangka rin nila napumunta sa burol nil Corysa Manila Cathedral at salibing nito, ngunit hindi silanagkaroon ng pagkakataondahil sa pag-ulan.

Kasama naman ni Hi-lario and kanyang ilangkaibigan na nanood ng li-bing ni Cory sa telebisyon.

“Nakipaglibing kami kayCory sa T.V., at siyempremay konting reminiscing ofthe past,” ani Hilario atbinanggit ang damdamingkanilang nadama noong1986 matapos ang EdsaPeoples Power Revolutionna naging daan upang ma-upong pangulo ng republikasi Cory.

Sinabi niya sa Mabuhayna halos wala silang pag-sidlan ng tuwa matapos angEdsa revolution noong 1986dahil nagbalik ang demok-rasya sa bansa.