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NI DINO BALABO

MALOLOS — Nabago ni Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon” Mendoza ang larangan ng pulitika saBulacan sa loob ng kanyang mahigit dalawangtaong panunungkulan.

MALOLOS—Kumalas nasi dating Bulacan Gob.Josefina M. “Josie” DelaCruz sa kanyang gurong siPangulong Gloria Macapa-gal-Arroyo na tagapamunong partidong Lakas-CMD-Kampi na dating kinasa-sapian ni Gob. Josie.

Kinumpirma ng datinggobernadora na muli si-yang kakandidato bilangpunong lalawigan sa su-sunod na taon sa ilalim ngpartidong Del Pilar, isang

lokal na partidong binuonoong 2003 na ipinangalansa karangalan ng dakilangpropagandistang Bula-kenyo na si Gat Marcelo H.Del Pilar.

Ayon kay Dela Cruz,halos kumpleto na anghanay ng Del Pilar party saBulacan at mga ito’y sabay-sabay na maghahain ngkanilang kandidatura saNobyembre 30, samanta-la, aniya, ang posibilidad ngkanilang pakikipag-koa-

lisyon sa mga partidongnasyunal ay kanilang iha-hayag sa Enero.

“We are running underthe Del Pilar party,” aniDela Cruz na isa sa mgadating pangunahing liderng Lakas-CMD-Kampi saBulacan hanggang 2007.

Sa pahayag ni DelaCruz, kinumpirma din niyasa Mabuhay na muli si-yang kakandidato sa pag-kagobernador sa 2010 au-tomated elections matapos

ang tatlong taong pama-mahinga sa pulitika. Siyaay pinalitan ng kanyangnakababatang kapatid nasi Gob. Joselito “Jonjon”Mendoza na tumalo noong2007 kay dating Gob. Ro-berto “Obet” Pagdanga-nan.

Nagsampa ng protestasi Pagdanganan laban kayGob. Jon-jon at ayon na-man sa Commission onElections (Comelec), baka

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MALOLOS—Ang pagpapataasng antas ng moralidad, bukod sakaalaman ng botante sa mgaproseso ng kauna-unahang auto-mated elections sa May 10, 2010upang mabawasan, kungdi manay maiwasan ang iba’t-ibangpamamaraan ng pandaraya.

Ito ang pahayag ni AbogadoSabino Mejarito, ang provincialelection supervisor ng Bulacanhinggil sa pangamba ng mga

opisyal ng Commission on Elec-tions at mga botante sa po-sibilidad ng pag-igting pamimiling boto at iba pang uri ng pan-daraya bago magkaboto ang mgabotante sa araw ng makasay-sayang halalan.

Bukod dito, sinabi ni Mejaritona oorganisahin niya ang iba’t-ibang grupo na nais magbo-luntaryo para tumulong sa ika-tatagumpay ng 2010 automated

elections sa lalawigan.Ayon kay Mejarito, madaling

ituro sa mga botante ang mgaproseso ng automated electionsdahil halos nakakatulad ito ngmga proseso sa mga nagdaaanghalalan.

“There is not much differencefrom the old and new system, ex-cept that we are improving the oldsystem with the use of machinesthat will hasten the counting, can-

vassing and transfer of electionreturns,” aniya sa isang panayamng Mabuhay noong Nobyembre9.

Binigyang diin niya na dahilsa mga makabagong teknolohiyatulad ng cellular telephone atmga digital movie player, mada-ling masusunda ng mga botanteang mga gabay na sasabihin ngmga kasapi ng Board of Elections

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Josie iniwan na si Gloria,tatakbo sa Partido Del Pilar

Ngunit hindi na siyamuling kakandidato bilanggobernador bilang pag-bibigay daan sa kanyangnakatatandang kapatid nasi dating Gob. Josie DelaCruz.

“Natutuwa ako at na-kapag-iwan ako ng tatak salarangan ng pulitika saBulacan,” ani Gob. Men-doza sa kanyang ikatlongUlat sa Lalawigan na isina-gawa sa Capitol Gymna-sium noong Lunes, Nob-yembre 9.

Patuloy ang pagsulongng Bulacan sa kabila ngmga hamong dumating,dagdag ng gobernador nadating kapitan ng bara-ngay na tumalo kay datingGob. Roberto “Obet” Pag-danganan sa halalan noong2007.

Ayon kay Mendoza, angtatak na iniwan niya salarangan ng pulitika saBulacan ay ang hatid ngkanyang programang “Aga-pay sa Barangay” kungsaan ay isa-isa niyang di-nalaw at inihatid ang ser-bisyo ng Kapitolyo sa mgaBulakenyo sa mga bara-

ngay bilang isang daan ngpagpapalakas sa kakaya-nan ng mga ito katulad ngkanyang ipinangako nangsiya ay manumpa sa tung-kulin noong Hunyo 30,2007.

Sinabi ni Mendoza nawalang pulitiko sa lala-wigan ang nagtangkanggumawa ng katulad ngkanyang pamamaraan da-hil sa alam nila na ma-raming suliranin ang mgabarangay.

“Iyan ang Tatak Jon-jon,” ani ng gobernador atiginiit pa na tinangkanghigitan ng kanyang mgakatunggali sa pulitika angkanyang programa sa ba-rangay kaya’t higit na na-kinabang ang mga Bula-kenyo.

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2 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 NOBYEMBRE 6 - 12, 2009

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EDITORYAL

DinastiyaHindi na ito bago sa atin. Ang totoo ay hindi lamang ito bahagi ngating buhay pulitika, sa halip ito ay isa sa mga natatanging tatakng demokrasya sa ating bayan na nahaharap sa makabago atmakasaysayang halalan sa susunod na taon.

Ito ay ang dinastiyang pampulitika o ang pagpapalit-palit samga halal na posisyon sa pamahalaan ng mga taong nagmula saiisang pamilya. Sila’y magkakamag-anak, magkakapamilya, kungdi man ay ka-puso at kakampi.

May mag-asawa, magkapatid, mag-ama, mag-ina, magbayaw,mag-hipag, magpinsan, pamangkin, apo sa tuhod at kung minsanay inaanak, at maging kalaguyo ng dating naka-upo sa halal naposisyon.

Para sa mga tutol sa dinastiyang pampulitika, ito ay isa samga susi ng pagmamalabis sa puwesto kung saan ay sariling interesat hindi kapakanan ng pamayanan ang napagyayaman.

Para naman sa mga pabor, partikular na sa mga taong direktangnakikinabang sa iba’t-ibang posisyon na pinagpapasa-pasahan ngmga miyembro ng iisang pamilya, ang dinastiyang pampulitika ayisang pagpapatuloy ng kanilang serbisyo sa pamayanan sapamamagitan ng pagpapatuloy ng mga hindi natapos na proyektoat programa ng kanilang kaanak na mas naunang naupo.

May punto sila. Ito ay dahil na rin sa karaniwang hindinaitutuloy ang mga programa ng isang administrasyon kapag angnagwagi sa kasunod na termino ay hindi kaanak.

Ngunit gasgas na ang linyang ito lalo na kung bibigyang pansinang kalagayang pangkaunlaran ng pamayanan kung saan aymakikitang hindi balanse ang kaunlaran. Totoong may nakikinabangsa pagpapatuloy ng administrasyon ng magkamag-anak na pulitiko,ngunit hindi ito sapat upang ikumpara sa malawakang kahirapanna pinagdadaanan ng taumbayan.

Ang karaniwang sinisisi ng marami sa kalagayan ngpamayanan ay ang mga pulitikong nasa posisyon, kabilang man ohindi sa dinastiyang pampulitika. Sila ang laging binabatikos dahilsila ang nangako ng pagbabago’t kaunlaran; at nanumpa namaglilingkod ng buong puso sa mga taong kanilang nasasakupan.

Ang kulang sa larawang ito ng demokrasya sa ating bansa ayang mga mamamayan — sila, tayo, ang bawat isa sa atin — angbumubuo sa mas malaking bahagi ng pamahalaang pinaghaharianng mga tao, at para sa tao.

Muli, nais ipaalala ng Mabuhay na kung tutol tayo sadinastiyang pampulitika, dapat muna nating ituwid ang dinastiyangnasa bawat isa sa atin upang mapatid ang dinastiyang kapos sapaglilingkod sa taumbayan at sa gayon ay maglaho ang dinastiyang kahirapan.

Tandaan natin, may responsibilidad ang bawat mamamayansa pamayanang ginagalawan. Disiplina sa sarili ay pagyamanin,pataasin ang moralidad at bigyang daan ang dinastiya ng kaunlaranat tamang pamamahala.

Promdi DINO BALABO

Kay Susan tayo!PORMAL na tinanggap ni Susan“Toots” Ople ang hamon upangkumandidato bilang Senador ngrepublika matapos siyang i-endorso ng iba’t-ibang laborgroup sa isang simpleng pala-tuntunan na isinagawa sa Uni-versity of the Philippines (U.P.)Diliman campus noong Nob-yembre 12.

Mabuhay si Toots Ople. Ibotosiya.

***Si Toots Ople ay ang pina-

kabata sa pitong supling ngyumaong si Senador Blas F. Opleat Ginang Susana Ople ng Ha-gonoy, Bulacan.

Ibalik ang Ople sa Senado.***

Ayon kay Tata Fred Rosario,isang beteranong mamamahayagna naging punong patnugot

namin sa pahayagang MalolosTimes, “Toots will bring creditto whichever party is putting herin its senatorial ticket. She bringswith her the wealth of her experi-ence in migrant workers’ protec-tion and could well be the party’sdrawing card for winning OFWvotes.”

Korek na korek po iyan!***

Maningning at makulay angkasaysayan ng yumaong si KaBlas, ngunit may sariling kaka-yahan si Toots Ople.

Nagtapos siya ng Communica-tion Arts sa University of SantoTomas, at Master of Public Ad-ministration (MPA) sa John F.Kennedy School of Government(KSG) ng Harvard University saAmerika kung saan ay tumang-gap siya ng pagkilala bilang Ed-

ward S. Mason Fellow at kara-ngalang Vernon Prize for excel-lence in Communications sakanyang pagtatapos.

***Nagsilbi siya bilang chief of

staff ni Ka Blas sa Senado at saForeign Affairs, hanggang saitalaga siya ni Pangulong GloriaMacapagal Arroyo bilang under-secretary ng Department of La-bor, at undersecretary ng Execu-tive Secretary ng Pangulo saMalakanyang.

Ngunit hindi nagtagal, nag-resign siya sa Malakanyang, ilangbuwan bago sabay-sabay namagsipag-resign ang tinaguriang“Hyatt 10” noong 2005.

***Hindi naging sensational ang

pagbibitiw ni Toots Ople sa Mala- sundan sa pahina 5

Buntot Pagé PERFECTO V. RAYMUNDO

Walang katapusang GloriaSA ipinapakitang senyales niPangulong Gloria Macapagal Ar-royo ay tuloy na tuloy na talagaang kanyang pagtakbo sa susu-nod na halalan.

Ang tanong nga lang ay kunganong posisyon ang kanyangtatakbuhin. Ang pagiging kinata-wan ba ng Ikalawang Distrito ngPampanga, o ang pagiging bisepresidente, katiket ni GilbertTeodoro ng Lakas-Kampi?

Sa kasalukuyan kasi ay apat-napu’t-pitong beses na kasi si-yang dumalaw sa Pampanga nakanyang lalawigan at may dalangmga gamit, relief goods at job fairpara sa kanyang mga kababayan.

Maging si Executive SecretaryEduardo Ermita ay hindi maka-sagot ng diretso nang tanunginkung tatakbo ba si PangulongArroyo. Ang tanungin na langdaw tungkol doon ay si Atty. Ro-mulo Makalintal, tagapayo ng Pa-ngulong Gloria hinggil sa elek-syon.

Kailangan pa bang magturokung simpleng hindi na tatakbosi Pangulong Arroyo sa daratingna eleksyon ang kanilang sagot?

Ipinagbabawal sa batas angpagtakbong muli ng isang pa-ngulo. Sapagkat kaya niyanggamitin lahat ang ahensya ngpamahalaan sa kanyang ka-pakinabangan, biro mo naman,lahat ng kanyang nabigyan ngbiyaya ay nakakalamang na siyaang susuportahan.

Alam naman natin ang uga-ling Pinoy tinatanaw natingmalaking utang na loob angkonting biyayang ating nata-tanggap .

Kaya nakalalamang na ngmalaki si Pangulong Arroyo sakanyang makakatunggali lalung-lalo na kung pagka-kinatawanang kanyang tatakbuhin.

At kung may natitira pa si-yang konting delikadesa sa kata-wan ay dapat niyang itigil angpagnanais na tumakbo sa kahitano pa mang posisyon.

At kung hindi niya namanmapigil ang kanyang pagka-gahaman sa kapangyarihan aydapat siyang mag-bitiw sa pagka-pangulo ng ating bansa para ma-ging patas ang laban ng kanyangmga makakalaban sa eleksyon.

Patas nga ba? Hindi ba’t naka-pangangampanya na siya?

Isang kasabihang tagalogHUWAG asahang makipaglibingsa iyo ang pinakapaglibingan mo.Ito’y isang kasabihang tagalog nakung ating masusing pag-iisipanay sadyang may katotohananpaano pa makikipaglibing sa iyoang isang pinakapaglibingan mo?

Pero kung tuturalin natin angkasabihang ito ay malalim angibig na ipakahulugan. “Huwagkang umasa sa tulong ng tinu-lungan mo.”

Ang tao ay may kanya-kan-yang pag-uugali. May mga taongkaya ka lamang pinakikisamahanay dahil may inaasahan o may ka-ilangan sa iyo. Ngunit kapag na-kuha na ang kanyang nilalang-gati ay bale wala ka na. Iyon angkaraniwan na nangyayari satakbo ng buhay.

Sana’y magsilbing aral sabawat isa sa atin ang nangyari saating Panginoong Hesukristo, naipinagkanulo ng sarili niyangdisipulo. Talagang ang tao aymakasarili.

Kastigo BIENVENIDO A. RAMOS

‘Onli in da Philippines’KUNG mapagsuri tayo, sa na-karaang halos isang dekada, da-dalawang tao, kapwa naging se-nador, naging pangalawang pa-ngulo, at naging Punong Taga-pagpaganap, ang gumulo sa bu-hay ng mga Pilipino, nagdala sabansa sa krisis, at kalagayang na-kakahiya sa piling ng mga bansasa mundo—sila ay sina nagingPangulong Estrada at kasaluku-yang Pangulong Gloria-Arroyo.

Si Estrada ay nagpapanggapna “makamahirap; si GMA ayhalatang panig sa mayayaman.Kapwa naugnay sa jueteng (kum-pare ni GMA si Bong Pineda nakanyang kabalen); si Erap ay na-patunayang tumanggap ng mil-yong payola sa jueteng—na isasa naging batayan ng pagkaka-hatol sa kanya sa salang pan-darambong.

Ang punto ko ay ang kama-lasan nating mga Pilipino—okatangahan— na dalawang taongmagkasunod na namuno sa bansasa mahigit na isang dekada—angPilipinas, sa halip na makaahonsa hirap, ay lalong naging ma-gulo, lalong dumami ang mahi-hirap at nagugutom, kasabay nadumami rin ang mga tiwali atmandarambong sa gobyerno,dumami ang walang trabaho,nagugutom, hindi nakapag-aral,

dumami rin ang mga babae—dalaga o may-asawa, na napili-tang maghanap ng mabutingkapalaran sa ibang bansa—naang marami ay nasadlak sa pag-benta ng aliw, pagtutulak ngdroga, nabilanggo at nabitay.Isang ayaw umalis, isang nagbabalikKINA Erap at GMA natin masa-salamin ang kawalang-delicadesang singaw ng umano’y mga lidernatin. Kung naging Hapones,Taiwanese, o Korean ang dalawa,mabubulok na sa bilangguan siErap, si GMA naman ay baka ma-tagal nang nagbitiw.

Pero, Pilipino ang dalawa, atsa Pilipinas lamang nangyaya-ring ang isang Puno na halos isi-numpa na ng taumbayan ay ka-pit-tuko pa rin sa poder, gumaga-wa ng lahat ng maniobra at ma-nipulasyon para makapanatili sakapangyarihan—ang lantad nataktika ay isulong ang Cha-Cha.

Sa Pilipinas lamang nangya-yari na ang isang Pangulongnilitis at nahatulan ng plunder,ay biglang pinatawad, at ngayonay buong yabang na nagpapa-hayag na siya ay muling kakan-didatong Pangulo. Ang nakata-tawa, kakandidato lamang dawsiya kung di magkakaisa ang opo-sisyon, kung walang iisang kan-

didatong susuportahan ang taga-salungat. Ngayon, kakandidato siErap—para lalong mahati angoposisyon!

Dadalawang tao ito, peropatuloy na ginugulo ang buongbansa—ang Comelec, ang KorteSuprema. Ilan na bang executiveorder ang ginawa ni Gng. Maca-pagal-Arroyo, na ibinasura ngKorte Suprema? Ngayon ay pala-isipan kung kuwalipikado pa siErap na makatakbong Pangulo.

Para sa akin, hindi na ang pa-giging kuwalipikado ni Erap salegal na sukatan ang importan-te—kundi ang kuwalipikasyonniyang manungkulan pa bilangpangulo. May nagawa na ba si-yang nakabuti sa bansa—bilangsenador, bilang Pangalawang Pa-ngulo, at lalo na bilang Pangulo?

Makapaghuhugas pa ba sapagiging “mandarambong” ni G.Estrada (batay sa hatol ng San-diganbayan), kung sakaling siyaay mahalal—kung sabihin ngKorte Suprema na puwede siyangtumakbo uling Pangulo?

Hindi si Erap ang kahiya-hiyakundi tayong mga Pilipino, lalo’tnapalagay sa Guiness Book ofWorld Records: “Unang Man-darambong na nahalal ulingPangulo—ng bansang pinaka-corrupt sa Asia.”

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Regarding Henry

HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Is big really better?TODAY, we live in a world wherebig is always better. In a worlddominated by commercials andadvertisements extolling the vir-tues of big things, who wouldn’tthink bigger is always better. Andwho amongst us wouldn’t like abig bank account, big house or abig salary? But the question is:Is big really better?

But then, on second thought,it was a small stone that killedGoliath. It was just one votewhich saved American presidentAndrew Jackson from impeach-ment in 1868. Only three simplewords – “I love you” – can start alifetime commitment. And it onlytakes a spark to start a fire.

“What we call little things aremerely the causes of great things;they are the beginning, the em-bryo, and it is the point of depar-ture which, generally speaking,decides the whole future of anexistence. One single black speckmay be the beginning of a gan-grene, of a storm, of a revolu-tion,” commented Henri FredericAmiel.

When you get down to thenitty-gritty, sometimes it’s thelittle things that add much moreto the big picture. Look, it’s easyto focus your attention on hav-ing the big things, like driving thenice, new car or living in the su-per nice house. All of us can eas-ily envision ourselves living thegood life. But it usually takesmore than just seeing the big pic-ture in order to live it. As JohnWooden puts it, “It’s the littledetails that are vital. Littlethings make big things happen.”

In the Old Testament, a versereads, “A day of little things, nodoubt, but who would dare de-spise it?” Well, never despisethose little things.

Laurie Beth Jones, author ofThe Power of Positive Prophecy,related her own story about aformer boss who didn’t want herto spend so much time with cli-ents. “Go after the big clients,”she was told. “Leave the peanuts

to the others.”But still she did what she

wanted to do. “When the num-bers were totaled,” she wrote,“my combination of small salesouttotaled his few ‘big ones.’”She resigned from her job andstarted her own company. “Di-nosaurs became extinct – yet rab-bits still abound,” she observed.

At age 21, Jacques Lafitte, ason of a very poor carpenter froma small city, set out to seek hisfortune and future life’s work inParis. He had no references frominfluential people no brilliantacademic career behind him, buthe was young and full of hope.

With his usual thoroughness,he started looking for a job. Daysbecame weeks, and still he hadno job or income. But he kept atit. Nobody in Paris noticed thisdetermined young man.

One morning, he applied atthe office of a famous Swissbanker, Monsieur Perregaux.The banker asked him few ques-tions about himself. Then, heslowly shook his head and saidthere would be no job offered atthe moment.

Sadly, and more discouragedthan ever, Jacques left the bankand walked slowly across thecourtyard. As he did so, hepaused, stopped, and pickedsomething up. Then, he contin-ued into the busy street, wonder-ing if perhaps it wasn’t time toreturn home.

At about that moment, he wasovertaken by a man who tappedhim on the shoulder. “Excuse me,sir,” he said, “I’m an employee atthe bank. Monsieur Perregauxwishes to see you again.”

For the second time thatmorning, Jacques faced the fa-mous banker. “Pardon me,” thebanker said, “but I happened tobe watching you as you crossedthe courtyard of the bank. Youstopped and picked somethingup. Would you mind telling mewhat it was?”

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NO less than MMDA ChairmanBayani Fernando has confirmedmy earlier prediction that thedeaths from diseases resultingfrom the floods will exceed thenumber of deaths due to drown-ing during the actual disaster it-self. Chairman Fernando has ap-parently gained some browniepoints by being active in the res-cue and relief operations, but willhe be able to get himself off thehook amidst accusations that hewas the one who allegedly ap-proved the building permits ofstructures in Marikina when hewas the Mayor there, structuresthat are said to have caused theworsening of the impact of thefloods?

In the midst of the excitementand confusion over the effects ofthe floods, Fernando might havesuffered a slip of his tongue whenhe told the story about his daugh-ter being stranded in her steelfabrication factory. Could it pos-sibly be the same factory that isnow supplying the MMDA withmost of its steel structures? If theanswer is yes, then he might havejust implicated himself in a caseof conflict of interest. The conflictmight just be a classic exampleof what the national democratshave been referring to as plain old

Fair & Square

IKE SEÑERES

bureaucrat capitalism.Aside from the conflict of in-

terest, Fernando should also ex-plain what he meant by his ear-lier claim that he has alreadysolved the flooding problem inMetro Manila, after spending bil-lions of public funds and foreigndonations to supposedly solve theproblem. Is this the way we aregoing to let things happen in thiscountry? That public officialscould just make claims withouthaving to account for it whetherit is true or not?

Many Mayors also gainedbrownie points during the rescueand relief, but are their publicexpressions of helping the victimsenough to get them off the hookfor not complying with the lawsthat require them to implementwaste segregation programs ontop of putting up Materials Re-covery Facilities (MRFs)? Sincethe proof of the pudding is in theeating, Mayors who have notimplemented the Solid WasteManagement laws should besued.

It would not be difficult togather the evidence that isneeded to file cases against theseMayors. No MRF is proof enoughthat they have not complied.

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Cebu Calling FR. ROY CIMAGALA

Banning God in public places

Forward to Basics FR. FRANCIS B. ONGKINGCO

Seeking the perfect stormTHE strong and rough howlingwinds of the tropical typhoon“Santi” roused me from my sleepat 3 a.m. The nearby treesgroaned as the heavy rains andwinds slapped their branches likea naughty child playing and snap-ping brittle twigs. The galvanizedsheets of the roof rattled con-stantly in a cacophony with theslamming and banging of doorsand windows. In a flash, all thestreetlights went out and every-thing became pitch black!

I was paralyzed by thesesounds in bed. My heart’s paceincreased as I recalled the tragicand devastating effects of the pre-vious typhoons “Ondoy” and“Pepeng”. “How high will thewater level rise?”, “Will I getstuck again?”, “How many peoplewill die in this typhoon?” Myimagination could not help add:“The nearby trees might crash onthe roof and pin you down in bed[FOREVER!]” or “The cars out-side might get hit by fallingbranches and debris…,” and so

on.Never in my life, and I imag-

ine in the lives of so many whohave witnessed the effects of re-cent storms, have I been so af-fected, suspicious and frightful ofthe slightest changes in weatherconditions: a cloudy day with iso-lated rain showers, a sudden un-expected downpour and occa-sional lighting and thunder-storms. Now my fears are imme-diately heightened –mostly by myimagination– when the weatherstation announces any impend-ing tropical depression, eventhough how insignificant it maybe.

The aftermath of every disas-ter, however, brings with it some-thing positive. The recent ty-phoons and their effects havehelped us to face reality more pre-pared after seeing how “badthings can be” [perhaps] after notheeding past warnings to preventsimilar calamities. The event mayalso [finally] “force” us to put intoaction –wrestling both political

and social wills– to repair thepresent damage and build in viewof avoiding something similar inthe future.

Properly speaking nature hasand considers no calamities. Itsimply behaves as it should. Di-sasters only happen to man whohappens to be in nature’s way.Very often, however, because ofman’s irresponsibility (i.e. arbi-trary cutting down of trees, min-ing, and bad habits that pollutethe land, rivers, sea and air),when he greedily tries to “train”nature –which abhors straightlines– then nature gets back atman. But the real and deeper ca-lamity happens when man doesnot abide with the nature andpurpose intended for him by God.And this can be more trouble-some and destructive than anytyphoon or earthquake.

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with the devastation left by twomajor typhoons (and probably

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Depthnews JUAN L. MERCADO

By any other nameBritish Broadcasting Corporationreported that the Malaysian gov-ernment seized —- what? Guns?No. Drugs then? Guess again Por-nography ? Wrong. You quit?

Kuala Lumpur confiscated,believe it or not, 10,000 bibles. InMarch, another 5,100 bibles, im-ported from Indonesia, were im-pounded, Associated Press re-ports.

“(The bibles) contained theword Allah to refer to God,”added BBC reported. “The gov-ernment, which is dominated byMuslim Malays, claims that theword Allah is Islamic. And its usein Bibles could upset Muslims.”

“Church officials say that theword Allah originated in Arabic”,BBC pointed out. “Malays haveused it for centuries to refer gen-erally to God. And Arabic-speak-ing Christians used it before Is-lam was founded.”

No one blinks when a boiler-plate dictatorship, like NorthKorea, bans books. But a 21stcentury Asean member like Ma-laysia? Penalties for swapping theLord’s name, can be three yearsin the slammer. Or a fine up to

$5,200. Or both.Clamping a patent on the

Divinity’s name can lead to farce.KL earlier banned the Bup Ku-dus. This the bible used by Ibans,largest of Sarawak’s 27 indig-enous groups. It calls God “AllahTaala”—provoking suppression.There’s no comparable term inIban, Christians protested. KLgrudgingly scrapped the ban —only for Ibans.

More than half (60.4%) of Ma-laysians are Muslims. One in fiveis Buddhist Christians make up9.1%. while Hindus account for3.0%. The rest practice tradi-tional Chinese religions.

Malaysia is a Muslim state.It’s constitution recognizes rightto freedom of worship. The sameconstitution requires all Malaysbe Muslim. Foreigners whomarry Muslims must convert.

Constitutional rights wouldbecome “meaningless if Malay-sian citizens were denied bibleswhich used their own language,”declared Christian Federation ofMalaysia chairperson Bishop NgMoon Hing : The CatholicChurch challenged, in court, the

bible seizures, Vatican Radio re-ported.

But what about a newbookfair edition that pastes theHebrew word “Elohim” over “Al-lah”? asked Agence FrancePresse, “Some groups try to sub-stitute God with a foreign name,”snapped Catholic Herald editorFr. Lawrence Andrew.

All major faiths revere the Di-vine, Barbara Greene and VictorGollancz note in their book: “GodOf A Hundred Names”. That re-spect is reflected in how they ad-dress the Creator. All concur it isnot to be used lightly.

“His names are many./ Noman knoweth the number there-of.”, says an Egyptian prayer col-lected in the book. On receivingfavors, Sikhs pray: : “May it notbe that on beholding these things/I may forget Thee and remembernot Thy name.” And in 1388,Hafiz the Persian poet wrote: “Al-though I am far from Thee, mayno one else be far from Thee.”

Across the Johore causeway isSingapore ( Population: 4.6 mil-lion) Religious intolerance can

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THERE seems to emerge inplaces like the U.S. a certainstrain of religious freedom thathighly controversial, to say theleast.

Instead of promoting reli-gion—any kind as long as theminimum requirements forpeaceful common living aremet—they are banning any men-tion and references to God andhis images in public places, be-cause according to them, thesealready go against the rights andfreedom of some people. As ifthere can ever be a totally reli-gion-free society!

I know that we have different,and even conflicting ideas andviews, but I could not figure outhow praying in public schools,putting religious images in officebuildings, making the sign of thecross, etc., especially if a goodnumber of the parties involved sodesire it, could already be held asan infraction of freedom.

In Europe, for example, theyare now prohibiting the display

of crucifixes in public places.If some people do not like

these, they can always ignorethem and do something else, justas those who believe in some re-ligion have to respect the ways ofthose of who do not believe in any.But what we cannot do is to pre-vent people from expressing theirbeliefs in public. That in itself isalready against freedom.

This new unfortunate devel-opment is putting God in thesame category as smoking in con-fined public places and someforms of public display of affec-tion if not of indecency in publicplaces. God has become a strictlyprivate and personal affair shouldnot be given public expression.

I also learned the other daythat in Australia recently, theyheld a festival of dangerous ideas,and together with the differentideologies, the Catholic faith wasalso included, represented by aCardinal who tried to defend theChurch.

Things are now getting excit-

ing in the world! We have to knowhow to handle these problemsand challenges well. We have tocontinue to clarify and engagedifferent parties in a dialoguethat hopefully will always be con-ducted in charity and under-standing and with eagerness toknow the truth.

I don´t think it would do uswell if we choose to disregard thisquestion.

At the moment, what seemsrelevant is to define religiousfreedom. What does it reallymean? What does it entail?

To me, religious freedom is themost basic of our freedoms. Iwould even dare to say itœ themother freedom. All other as-pects of freedom flow from it.

Itœ where the fundamentalexercise of our conscience ismade, the one that tries to giveus an over-all picture of who weare, where we come from andwhere we are supposed to head.In short, it gives us our origin and

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Kakampi mo ang Batas ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

Pagpapakasal sa ikalawang pagkakataonTANONG: Good morning po Atty.may tanong lang po ako. Puwede poba magpakasal kaming dalawa kahitpo kasal siya sa una? Hihintayin kopo ang payo ninyo Atty. Salamat po.

— 09183828807Sagot: Maraming salamat din sa

text message na ito. Sa ilalim ng Fam-ily Code of the Philippines, ang isangtaong buhay pa ang unang kasal ayhindi pupuwedeng magpakasal ngpangalawa o higit pa kahit kani-numan, dito sa Pilipinas o sa ibangbansa. Nananatili ang bisa ng isangkasal kahit na hiwalay na ng matagalna panahon ang ikinasal na mag-asawa. Ang tanging paraan upangmakapagpakasal na muli ang isangtaong may nauna nang kasal ay angkanyang pagsasampa ng kaso sa mgahukuman upang mapawalang-bisaang kanyang unang kasal. Kungkakatigan ng hukuman ang kasongito, at mababalewala ang kasal sa unang isang tao, doon pa lamang siya oang kanyang dating asawa nagka-karoon ng karapatang magpakasal namuli. Ang sinuman na magpapakasalng pangalawa o higit pang besesgayong buhay pa ang unang kasal athindi pa ito napapawalang-bisa, ayituturing na nakagawa ng bigamya,isang krimen na may parusang pag-kakabilanggo. Ang masakit sa kasongbigamya, pati na ang taong pina-kasalan ng pangalawang beses,bagamat ito ay binata o dalaga pa, aymasasama sa kasong bigamya atnagkakaroon din ng pananagutangkriminal. Dahil diyan, aking ipapayoang puspusang pagpapabalewala ngunang kasal sa pamamagitan ng kasosa husgado upang mapayagan angisang taong may unang kasal namakapagpakasal na muli.

Isang uri ng child abuseTANONG: Good morning Atty.Mauricio. Ask ko lang kung maykaparusahan ba sa isang ama na ha-los patayin na sa palo ang kanyanganak? Tama ba ang ganyang pag-disiplina sa anak? Maraming sa-lamat. More power to your program.God bless. — 09286864815

Buhay Pinoy

MANDY CENTENO

‘Di bulag ang pag-ibigItong pag-ibig daw makapangyarihanNa kapag pumasok sa puso ninomanHahamaking lahat masunod ka lamangAng tibok ng puso maging sino ka man.Ang pangkaraniwang sinapelikulaNa pawang matindi at lubhang madramaDukha ang lalaki, babae’y maykayaAt sa kayamanan ay tagapagmana.Ang sabi’y bulag daw babaeng umibigSa pobreng binata subalit makisigSa harap ng altar sila’y nagkaniigAng kaligayahan kanilang nakamit.Iba naman itong istoryang nalamanTungkol sa binata na pinagkaitanTaglay na paningin laging dilim na langNgunit nagliwanag nang magkasintahan.Danilo B. Robles itong ating bidaNoong Grade Two pa lang nabulag na siya‘Di nakapag-aral hindi makabasaLagi lamang dilim ang paligid niya.Nang magbinata na ay pinapagsanayDo’n sa Ephphetha Foundation for the BlindNVRC Compound, P. Burgos St., Project 4, Q.C.Massage Training ito buong walong buwan.Mayro’ng katibayan na tinanggap siyaDisyembre adose, 1997 ang petsa“Certificate of Proficiency in Reflexology” paItong naging daan sa kanyang pagkita.Ang Samahang Bulag ay may tanging lugarDo’n sa Divine Mercy sa bayang MarilaoDaming parokya halos araw-arawNagpapamasahe, reflexology man.Taong “two thousand one” do’n sa Divine MercyMay isa ding bulag pangala’y LeilanieNakadaop-palad binatang si DannyUnang “pagkikita” wari’y naging suerte.Wagas na pag-ibig upang patunayanBinata’y matyaga itong panliligawMula sa Malolos sa Bocaue’ng bayanAng mutyang dalaga hangad “masilayan”.Pagpanhik ng ligaw may alalay siyaMay dalang regalo sa sintang dalagaMatamis na ‘OO” ay nakamtan niyaAng pagtitinginan lalong tumamis pa.Higit limang taon pagkakasintahanAt pinaghandaan ang pagpapakasalSa sikap at tiyaga naging katuparanEnero 27, 2008 sila’y ikinasal.Simbahang Bocaue naging sirimonyaMga parokyano ninong, ninang nilaMatapos ikasal simpleng kainan paKonti nilang handa ay kasiya-siya.Sila’y nakatira sa kasalukuyanSa Sta. Isabel na aming barangayLungsod ng Malolos sumasakop namanSa ina ni Danny sila’y nakipisan.Mga parokyano dito nagpupuntaTelepono ni Danny tinatawagan muna(044) 663 7424 ang numero nilaUpang maiskedyul nakahanda sila.Kwarenta’y syete na ang edad ni DannyTrenta’y otso naman taglay ni LeilanieUmaasa sila na magkaka-babyPag-ibig ng bulag na kapuri-puri.

Sagot: Maraming salamat sa textquestion na ito. Sa ilalim ng Repub-lic Act 7610 o ang batas na kilalabilang Anti-Child Abuse Law, pinag-babawalan ang sinuman na gumawang anumang pang-aabuso sa isangbatang ang edad ay disi-siyete anyospababa. Kasama sa pang-aabusongito sa menor-de-edad na bata ay angpagbibigay ng parusang pagbubugbogsa bata. Hindi pinapayagan ang si-numan na magbuhat ng kamay, omambugbog ng bata, bilang paraanng pagdidisiplina. Ang ganitong uring pagkilos laban sa mga bata ay iti-nuturing na nakakapagdulot ng pag-katakot at matinding kaguluhan sapag-iisip na makakagulo lamang sabata sa kanyang paglaki. Sa katu-nayan, mayroong parusang pagka-kabilanggo ang sinuman na mang-aabuso sa bata, kasama na angpagbubuhat ng kamay o pambu-bugbog sa kanya, at ang parusang itoay hindi bababa ng walong taong pag-kakabilanggo. Sa ngayon, sinumanang taong nakakaalam ng ganitongklase ng pambubugbog o pang-aabusosa mga bata ay maaaring magde-manda kahit hindi nila kamag-anakang bata o hindi nila ito kakilala.Ituturing na graft ang di pagbabayadng suweldo ng gov’t workers sa oras

TANONG: Atty., magandang tang-hali po. May kaparusahan po ba angisang disbursing officer na nagwi-withdraw ng pera na pansahod, athindi niya agad binibigay? At kina-bukasan pa siya nagpapasuweldo samga guro o empleyado. Tama po baang ginagawa niya? — 09069206357

Sagot: Salamat po sa text ques-tion na ito. Sa ilalim ng Section 3 (e)ng Republic Act 3019, o ang batas nakilala bilang Anti-Graft and CorruptPractices Act, ang sinumang opisyalng gobyerno na makakagawa ng hindimakatwirang pinsala sa kanyangkapwa opisyal o kawani o sa sinu-mang ibang tao dahil sa pagganapniya sa kanyang mga tungkulin, ayituturing na nakagawa ng graft andcorruption. Sa sitwasyong ang dis-bursing officer ay nag-withdraw ng

pera bilang pansahod pero hindi niyakaagad ibinigay sa mga kasamaniyang dapat pasahurin, bagkus kina-bukasan pa niya ito ibinigay, ay itu-turing na nakagawa ng pinsala dahilsa kanyang posisyon. May alitun-tunin sa mga manggagawa sa gob-yerno at maging sa mga manggagawang pribadong tanggapan, na sila aydapat sumahod tuwing a-kinse atkatapusan ng bawat buwan. Batay sakautusang ito, ang mga manggagawang gobyerno ay nagpaplano kungpapaano sila makakabayad ng pag-kakautang o haharapin ang kanilangpagkakagastusan pagkatapos tang-gapin ang kani-kanilang mga sahodsa araw na itinatakda ng batas. Kunghindi nila matatanggap ang kanilangsahod sa itinakdang araw, maaaringnadadagdagan ang interes na ka-nilang babayaran sa kanilang pagka-kautang, o di kaya ay hindi nilamatutugunan ang gastusin na ka-nilang pinaghahandaan. Sa ganitongsitwasyon, ituturing na nagkaroon ngpinsala ang mga manggagawanghindi nakatanggap ng kanilang mgasahod sa itinakdang panahon atmaaaring papanagutin dito ang dis-bursing officer na hindi nagpasahodkaagad. Magkaganunman, kung maymabigat na dahilan ang disbursingofficer sa hindi niya pagpapasahod ngtama sa araw, maaari siyang ma-kalaya sa pananagutan na itinatakdang Republic Act 3019.

Sa kabilang dako, para sa ka-ragdagang paglilinaw, o para sasinumang nagnanais na humingi ngtulong sa amin, maaari po kayongtumawag sa amin sa aming mgalandlines, (02) 994-68-05, 02-433-75-49 at 02-433-75-53, o di kaya ay saaming mga cellphones, 0917-984-24-68 at 0919-609-64-89. Maaari din pokayong sumulat sa amin sa amingaddress: 18 D Mahiyain cornerMapagkawanggawa, Teachers Vil-lage, Diliman, Quezon City.

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amin sa website na ito:— www.batasmauricio.com o— [email protected].

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sa Marso pa madedesisyunan angnasabing protesta.

Sinabi ni Dela Cruz sa Mabuhayna ang Del Pilar party ay nakakaha-lintulad ng lokal na partidong BagongLakas ng Nueva Ecija (Balane) nabinubuo ng mga lokal na pulitiko.

Ngunit, ani Dela Cruz, ang pa-ngunahing layunin ng Del Pilar Partyay ang gayahin ang personal napagsasakripisyo ng dakilang pro-pagandista na pumanaw sa Espanyasa sakit sa tubercolosis mahigit 100taon na ang nakararaan.

“Wala na sigurong sakripisyo atkabayanihan ang hihigit sa ipinakitani Del Pilar nang piliin niyanggastusin ang perang ibinigay ng mgakaibigan para sa pag-iimprenta ngdalawa huling sipi ng La Solidari-dad, sa halip na umuwi at sa pilingng kanyang pamilya pumanaw,” aning dating gobernadora.

Hinggil sa mga kandidato sahanay ng Del Pilar party, sinabi niDela Cruz na kumpleto na sila mali-ban sa mga posisyon ng pagka-kina-tawan sa Una at Ikatlong Distrito atNag-iisang Distrito ng Malolos.

“There are still questions on theLone District of Malolos kaya hindinamin mai-announce kung sino angmagiging kandidato namin sa Ma-lolos at sa District One dahil mag-kasama ’yun,” aniya.

Noong nakaraang Mayo, napag-tibay ang batas na nagtatakda saNag-iisang Distrito ng Malolos kahitna hindi iyon napirmahan ni Pa-ngulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,ngunit kinuwestiyon sa Korte Sup-rema ng ilang pulitiko sa lungsod naito ang nasabing batas. Kasalu-kuyang nakabinbin ang nasabingkaso.

Ikatlong Distrito ng BulacanPatungkol sa Ikatlong Distrito,

sinabi ng dating gobernadora naumaasa siya na magdedesisyon salalong madaling panahon ang kan-yang kapatid na si Gob. JoselitoMendoza.

Sinabi ni Mendoza sa Mabuhayna pinag-iisapan pa niya kung tutuloysiya sa pagkandidato bilang kong-resista sa Ikatlong Distrito.

Ayon sa ilang tagapagmasid sapulitika sa Bulacan, tatlo ang maa-aring maging bunga ng pagka-antala

ng desisyon ni Mendoza. Una ay ang posibilidad na hindi

siya kumandidato; ikalawa, aykumandidato bilang kongresista ngIkatlong Distrito; ikatlo, ay tumakbobilang alkalde ng San Miguel.

Si Gobernador Mendoza ay isangdating residente at botante ng Ba-rangay Duhat sa bayan ng Bocaue,ngunit noong nakaraang Marso ayipinalipat niya ang kanyang re-histrasyon bilang botante sa bayan ngSan Miguel kung saan ay nagpatayosiya ng isang malaking bahay saBarangay Tartaro.

Kung tutuloy si Mendoza bilangkandidato sa Ikatlong Distrito,makakalaban niya si Mayor RicardoSilverio ng San Rafael na maki-kipagpalit ng posisyong kakan-didatuhan sa kanyang maybahay nasi Kint. Lorna Silverio.

Si Mayor Silverio ay nagsilbingkinatawan ng Ikatlong Distrito ngBulacan mula 1992 hanggang 2001,samatalang ang kanyang maybahayay nagsilbing kinatawan mula 2001hanggang sa kasalukuyan mataposmagsilbing alkalde ng San Rafaelmula 1998 hanggang 2001.

—Dino Balabo

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Poblacion, ngunit ilang oras bago isagawa iyon ay ipi-nalipat ni Legarda ang lokasyon ng konsultasyon.

“Doon na daw gaganapin sa tabi ng ilog para makitasa TV ’yung Marilao River,” ani ng isang empleyado ngmunisipyo ng Marilao na inabutan ng Mabuhay sa con-vention center.

Sa pagsasagawa naman ng konsultasyon sa RamCarSubdivision, pinili ni Legarda ang upuan na nakatalikodsa Marilao River upang makunan ng kamera ng televi-sion bilang background niya.

Ilang tauhang babae ni Legarda ang nagpaalis sa mgatao, kabilang ang mamamahayag na ito na nasa kanyanglikuran na nakikinig sa konsultasyon habang nakatayosa kanyang likuran.

Ayon sa tauhan ni Legarda, kailangan daw makita sabackground ang ilog ng Marilao na noong 2008 aynapabilang sa 30 pinakamaruming lugar sa buong mundo.

Dahil sa ipinakita ni Legarda at kanyang mga tauhan,ilang mga dumalo kabilang ang mga mamamahayag angnadismaya.

“Kaya pala nag-imbita ng media para magpapogi,” aning isang matandang lalaki na nagpakita ng inis matapospalayuin sa likod ni Legarda ng kanyang tauhan.

Matatandaan na noong Setyembre ay inimbita ngKapitolyo ang Senadora upang maging panauhin sapagdiriwang ng Singkaban Fiesta, ngunit sa hulingsandali ay nagdesisyon na hindi siya darating.

Ilang mamamahayag naman ang nagkomento na angpaunti-unting paglalahad ni Legarda ng impormasyon samedia hinggil sa kanyang karera sa pulitika ay isang “po-litical striptease.”

Pagpapapogi ni Loren pinuna

Josie iniwan na si Gloria,tatakbo sa Partido Del Pilar

mula sa pahina 1Inspectors sa mga botante hinggil sapaggamit ng Precint Count OpticalScanner (PCOS) machines na ga-gamitin sa raw ng halalan. Ga-yunpaman, sinabi niya na bukod sakaalalam sa proseso ng halalan atpaggamit ng mga PCOS machine,mas higit na dapat pataasin angmoralidad ng mga botante.

“Unless our values are changed,there will be no difference from the

Moralidad at kaalaman ng botante susi sa malinis na halalanpeople we elected before and the peoplewe will elect next year,” ani Mejarito.

Dahil dito, sinabi niya na mag-sasagawa sila ng sunod-sunod napagsasanay upang maorganisa angibat-ibang grupo ng mamamayan nanais magboluntaryo sa pagtuturomga proseso sa mga botante atpaggabay sa kanila sa araw nghalalan.

Ang istratehiyang ito ayon kayMejarito ay naisagawa na niya sa lala-

wigan ng Biliran noong nakaraanghalalan kung saan siya rin ang nag-silbing provincial election supervisor.

“Politically blind ang mga bo-tante, personal ang kanilang papili sakandidato, pero hindi nila nakikitayung mga isyu na dapat talakayin atkapag may ibinigay, nakakalimot na.Kailangang maunaawaan nila kungpaano ang tamang paggamit ngkarapatan bilang isang botante,”aniya. — Dino Balabo


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Having trucks that transport gar-bage to dumpsites is also proof thatthey have not implemented wastesegregation programs. While we areon this subject, I would like to againstress my point that a dumpsite is notthe same as a landfill, not that I fa-vor the building of landfills. If onlythe Mayors could build MRFs in-stead, there will be no need for land-fills.

Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)are now the twin challenges that arefacing the Mayors and Governors allover the country. While we are allcaptivated by the issue of electionautomation, we should pause for aminute to think about the automa-tion of CCA and DRR programs aswell, starting with the gathering ofdemographic and topographic data atthe smallest village levels.

Not much thinking is needed inthe automation of climate and disas-ter programs. It is already obviousthat local authorities should put upGeographic Information Systems(GIS) and Global Positioning Systems(GPS). While they are at it, theyshould enhance these systems withShort Messaging Systems (SMS) andMultimedia Messaging Systems(MMS), to make these systems acces-sible to the millions of cell phone us-ers.

It is a known fact that the topo-graphic data that is now available inthis country cover only broad areasthat do not reflect the realities at thesmallest village levels. It is about timethat the local and national authori-ties start drilling down the data to thesquare meter level, to have the real-istic basis to plan CCA and DRR pro-grams. It is also about time that the

task of data gathering should movedown to the local authorities, at thesame time requiring the national au-thorities to consolidate and integratethe local data.

What are we going to do with thehuman settlements that are nowknown to be in Low Elevation CoastalZones (LECZs)? Are we going to driveout the people from these settle-ments? Since it is apparently too lateto do that, we should look into theidea of using engineering sciences toremediate the topographies in theseplaces; similar to what was done inthe Netherlands , a country that isactually below sea level. With theelections coming, we should only votefor the candidates who will be capableof implementing CCA and DRR pro-grams, no matter what political partythey come from.

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end, defines us and gives meaning to all the happen inour life.

Different people, of course, have varying understand-ing of this religious freedom. Even the professed atheisthas, in a way, his own idea of religious freedom, sinceregardless of his allergy to anything religious, he main-tains some core beliefs and convictions that comprise hisreligion.

Thus, we have to distinguish between the subjectivereligious freedom and the objective religious freedom thatcan only come about after so much study, insights, expe-rience, etc., among ourselves. We should do nothing tohamper this process.

Our whole life here on earth, in a way, can be describedas an effort to discover the authentic religious freedommeant for all. Its ultimate purpose, seen from a differentangle, can be that. This religious freedom is like a huntfor the true God, whatever and whoever he may be.

Already in history and in the different cultures, sev-eral religions have arisen with their own systems of be-liefs and doctrine. Let there be a way to coexist amongthemselves and to engage in a healthy exchange thatwould help all to be enlightened without compromisingoneœ freedom.

Thus, we need to be respectful of one another and beendlessly patient. But the dialogue has to continue, andought not to be stopped by some arbitrary rules. Makingthose laws forbidding the harmless public expression ofreligion should be avoided.

Obviously, proselytism and apostolate cannot beavoided, since it is in the very nature of oneœ religion,whatever it may be, to share what one has. But all thisshould follow certain basic rules to keep peace and har-mony in our dynamic and fast-changing world.

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Cebu Calling from page 3

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Promdi mula sa pahina 2

mula sa pahina 2kanyang tulad ng ginawa ng Hyatt10. Tahimik lang siya at ilang besesring tinanong ng Promdi.

Sa bandang huli, natuklasan ngPromdi ang hindi niya matanggapang prinsipyo ng Malakanyang hing-gil sa Charter Change.

***Sabi niya sa Promdi, “hindi ako

maaaring lumayo sa prinsipyo ngaking ama”, patungkol kay Ka Blas.

Si Ka Blas ang umakda ng librongmay titulong “Plot against the Con-stitution: The Ramos Conspiracy.”Ito ay isang koleksyon ng kanyangmga artikulong nalathala sa iba’t-ibang pahayagan hinggil sa pag-tatangka ng noo’y administrasyongRamos na baguhin ang SaligangBatas na pinagtibay noong 1987.

***Matapos pumanaw si Ka Blas

noong Disyembre 14, 2003, inalok siToots Ople na sumama sa senatorialline-up ng administrasyong Arroyonoong 2004 dahil sa paniniwalangmakakakuha siya ng sympathy votestulad ni Senador Pia Cayetano, angisa sa mga anak ng yumaong siSenador Renato Cayetano na ang lahiay nagmula sa Marilao, Bulacan.

Ngunit hindi pumayag si TootsOple. Sabi niya sa Promdi, “anonaman ang mukhang ihaharap ko satao, makikisakay na lang ba ako sapangalang binuo ng aking ama?Gusto ko namang gumawa ng sarilikong paglilingkod sa tao.”

***Hindi nagtagal, itinayo at pina-

munuan niya ang Blas Ople PolicyCenter and Training Institute, isang

non-governmental organization nakumakalinga sa mga manggagawangPilipino at mga overseas Filipinoworkers (OFWs).

Kaya hindi nakapagtataka na angnagsulong at nag-endorso ng kan-didatura ni Toots Ople sa Senado ayang uring manggagawa.

***Sabi nga ni Derick Delos Reyes,

isang anak ng OFW mula sa Bulakan,Bulacan, “walang ibang higit nanakakaunawa sa kalagayan ng mgaOFW at kanilang mga pamilya ma-liban kay Toots Ople.

Si Delos Reyes na kilala rin bilang“Maalab Delos Reyes” ay ang nasa li-kod ng paglulunsad ng “Susan Oplefor Senator Movement” sa Face-book.com na sa loob lamang ng isangbuwan ay umabot na mahigit 1,000ang kasapi.

***Sabi pa ni Delos Reyes, maraming

pulitiko ang lumiligaw sa boto ng mgaOFW sa pamamagitan ng iba’t-ibanggimik, ngunit ang ilan sa mga ito atpakitang tao lamang. May punto siDelos Reyes. Ilang pulitiko na ba angpumustura bilang “tagapagligtas atmanunubos” ng mga OFWs?

***Narito ang mga gimik at tema ng

mensahe na pilit na ipinakakain ngmga pulitiko sa bawat botantehabang nalalapit ang halalan.

“Erap para sa mahirap” ni datingPangulong Estrada na nabilanggo,nahatulan at pinalaya sa kasongpandaramabong. Sabi ni FatherPedring ng Leighbytes ComputerCenter sa Malolos, “kumita na iyan,naghirap na tayo.

***“Sipag at tiyaga” ni Senador

Manuel Villar. Sabi ni Father Pedring,“Ubod nga ng sipag at tiyaga sapagpapalabas ng political advertise-ment. Saan kaya babawiin ang na-gastos doon kapag nanalo?”

“Galing at talino” ni Defense Sec-retary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro na siyaring chairman ng National DisasterCoordinating Council (NDCC). Sabini Jun Santos ng Hagonoy, “nasaanang galing at talino niya nang nana-nalasa si Ondoy.”

***“Kailangan bayani” ni Chairman

Bayani “BF” Fernando ng Metro Ma-nila Development Authority(MMDA). Sabi ni Erwin Bunag ngMalolos, “karaniwan sa mga bayaniay patay na, maliban sa mga OFW nasinasabing mga bagong bayani.Hindi naman OFW si BF.”

“May bagong umaga” naman angkampanya ni Senador Chiz Escudero,pero ang kay Brother Eddie Villa-nueva ay “Bangon Pilipinas.” Sabing mga taga-Bocaue: tanghali na.”

***Kay Public Works Secretary Her-

mogenes Ebdane,“Tamang daan.”Pero kung ang masusunod ay si Bro.Eli Soriano, dapat ay manatili tayosa “Dating Daan.”

Sa huli, naniniwala si Rommel Ra-mos ng Malolos na tatalunin ng cam-paign theme na “Tiwala at Katapa-tan” ni Senador Benigno “Noynoy”Aquino III ang mga gimik at pakulong ibang kandidato. “Parang mahirapmakakita ng matapat at mapag-kakatiwalaang kandidato ngayon,”ani Ramos.

trigger strife in multi-racial and multi-religious societ-ies, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong cau-tioned .in a National Day address.

“Public debate cannot be on whose religion is rightand whose is wrong,” Lee stressed. “It has to be on secu-lar, rational considerations of publicinterest…”Otherwise, whatever the rules, there will beno end… to friction.”

St. Joseph’s Institution, run by Christian Brothers, isone of Singapore’s outstanding schools. SJI is open tonon-Catholics. The Josephian of the Year, in 2003, was aMalay Muslim: Salman Mohamed Khair.

“Religion never became an issue,’ Lee said. “Malaystudents in SJI often attend Friday prayers at BaalwieMosque wearing their school uniforms. SJI thinks it’sfine. The mosque thinks it’s fine. The students think it’sfine. And I think it’s fine too.”

But is stacking a secular state, against a theocracysporting a libertarian façade, the classic mismatch : com-paring apples with oranges?

Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world.Population now exceeds 241.2 million. Out of every 100Indonesians, 87 are Muslims. Protestants and Catholicsmake up 8.7% and Hindus 1.8%. Buddhism, Confucian-ism are recognized.

“The term ‘Allah’ has been used in Indonesia and theMiddle East by Christians without prosecution or con-troversy, Malaysian opposition lawmaker Tony Pua notes.The controversial Malay bible,.in fact, is copied substan-tially from the Indonesian bible. Both use ‘Allah’ for God.

“The beginning of wisdom is to call all things by theirright names,” a Chinese proverb teaches. This is true oflove, bibliographies or even postal addresses.

“That which we call a rose / By any other name wouldsmell as sweet.” Juliet frets. Others bicker over living ingated enclave or squatter colonies,. “We go to gain a patchof ground / That hath no profit in it but the name,” Ham-let groused. And Adam, Genesis tells us, named all crea-tures.

But we’re drilled to keep God at a respectful distance.Most of us tiptoe before the Creator with awe, Irish pro-fessor Eammon Bredin points out in his book: “Disturb-ing the Peace” We grope for honorifics.

Hindi tayo nag-iisa. The Roman stoic Seneca (4 B.C.-65 A.D.) addressed the Lord as: “framer and former ofthe universe; governor, disposer from whom all thingsspring…”

Muslims have 95 names other than Allah. Jews wouldnot address God directly. And many where scandalizedwhen Jesus counseled: “Say our Father…”

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Regarding Henry from page 3

“Only this,” the young man re-plied, wonderingly, as he took a brightnew straight pin from the undersideof the lapel of his coat. “Aaah,” thebanker exclaimed. “That changes ev-erything. We always have room herefor anyone who is careful about littlethings. You may start at once.”

That was how Jacques Lafittestarted his long and amazingly suc-cessful association with the bank, ul-timately assuming complete controlof what became “Perregaux, Lafitte,and Company.”

Sweat that small stuff! CarloDanao wrote this short poem as a re-minder: “Little drops of water, littlegrains of sand, make the mightyocean and the pleasant land. Thus

the little minutes, humble thoughthey be, make the mighty ages of eter-nity.”

Inspiration speaker Dale Carnegieonce said, “Don’t be afraid to giveyour best to what seemingly are smalljobs. Every time you conquer one itmakes you that much stronger. If youdo the little jobs well, the big onestend to take care of themselves.” Wellsaid.

If we can glean anything from Mr.Carnegie’s comments, it should bethat if we do a little everyday andkeep doing it consistently, then a littlecan become a lot. No doubt about it,a little here and a little there surebeats the heck out of doing nothing.And doing the little things is easier

than trying to scale the mountain allat once.

“Life is made up of small plea-sures,” said Norman Lear. “Happi-ness is made up of those tiny suc-cesses. The big ones come too infre-quently. And if you don’t collect allthese tiny successes, the big onesdon’t really mean anything.”

Perhaps the statement of ArtLinkletter is a good reminder to usall that that doing a little can pay bigdividends: “Do a little more thanyou’re paid to. Give a little more thanyou have to. Try a little harder thanyou want to. Aim a little higher thanyou think possible. And give a lot ofthanks to God for health, family, andfriends.”

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Regarding Henry from page 3

more to come), we may be overlook-ing the rise of a more sinister storm–a moral one– looming in the hori-zon. This is the storm being brewedby legislators (ironically, claiming toserve the country’s common good)when they decide upon laws that aremorally contrary to man’s dignity andend. They may be materially con-cerned in alleviating those sufferingfrom the recent typhoons, but theyare either too short-sighted to see themoral scourge they are about to un-leash upon our people.

Proponents of laws claiming toimprove a person’s health –sadly, re-strictedly tailored only to the repro-ductive idea of health– and to curbthe population of our nation haveonly to learn from other countries.They will realize –in fact, they areaware since these are glaring and

known facts– that nations who have“successfully” imposed similar bills topromote population control and re-productive health, are now sinking ina murky deluge of social and eco-nomic problems (e.g. demographicimbalance, economic woes due to lackof a sufficient work force, even thehigh incidence of AIDs, etc.) Whycan’t they see this? Are they only ad-dressing an immediate, personal andlimited good at the expense of thefuture of the common good? Whenwill they learn that attempting to“tweak” man’s nature through self-ishly tailored ends only endangersman himself?

This is blind attitude of there isactually the perfect storm created forour moral and social devastation. Itwill utterly shatter society’s basicnucleus –the family– and scatter to

an irreparable state our most cher-ished traditional values. Finally, itwill lead to the depersonalization ofman’s spiritual dignity as it is vio-lently emptied by the absolute mate-rialistic concerns of legislators. Allthis naturally spells our destructionwith a perfect storm.

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Depthnews from page 3

mula sa pahina 8also on the flooding during the onslaught of typhoonOndoy,” ani ng senadora at iginiit na nararapat lamangna pagtulungan ng mga pamahalaang lokal na naka-paligid doon ang paglilinis at restorasyon nito.

Kaugnay nito, tone-toneladang basura ang nahangomula sa kailaugan ng Marilao matapos na sama-samangmaglinis ang mga volunteer group mula sa Bulacan atKalakhang Maynila noong Nobyembre 6. — Dino Balabo

Pagkakaisa sa mulingpagbuhay ng Ilog Marilao

E R R A T U MOn the Notice of the Sheriff s Sale, Philip-pine Savings Bank versus Sps. Mamerto P.Caparas & Amelia C. Caparas published inthe Mabuhay dated October 16, 23 & 30,2009 the TCT No. should read “TCT No.234743” and not as published.Mabuhay: November 6, 2009

BAYAN MUNA BAGO SARILI!

Treated unfairly by newspapersthat refuse to publishyour response?

Write us.Philippine Press Councilc/o PHILIPPINE PRESS INSTITUTERm. 312 B.F. Condominium Bldg.A. Soriano Ave., Intramuros, Manila


E.J.F. NO. 289-2009EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORELOSURE

OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IESUNDER ACT 3135 AS AMMENDED

BY ACT 4118

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

Office of the Ex-Officio SheriffMalolos, Bulacan

STERLING BANK OF ASIA, INC.

Mortgagee

- versus -

NOEL P. CASTILLO M/TOAMOR L. CASTILLO,

Mortgagor/s,

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NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUPON extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4118 filed by STERLING BANK OF ASIA, INC, with principal officeand business address at Ground Floor, SSS Makati Bldg., Ayala Av-enue corner R.V. Rufino St., Makati City, the mortgagee against NOELP. CASTILLO m/to AMOR L. CASTILLO, with residence and postal ad-dress at No. 444 Dr. Pedro Reyes St., Poblacion, Pulilan, Bulacan themortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of Au-gust 10, 2009 amounts to TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHTTHOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY NINE PESOS & 63/100(P2,658,659.63) Philippine Currency, including interest thereon, in-cluding __% of the total indebtedness and as by way of Attorney’sfees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by saidmortgage and such other amounts which may become due and pay-able to the aforementioned mortgage. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacanthru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested par-ties to the public in general that on December 8, 2009 at 10:00 o’clockin the morning or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at publicauction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidder in CASH and in Phil-ippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the im-provements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-259021

“A parcel of land (Lot 7235, Cad-345), situated in the Mun. ofPulilan, Prov. of Bulacan. Bounded on the N., along line 1-2 by lot7234, Cad-345; on the E., along line 2-3 by lot 99, Cad-345; on the S.,along line 3-4 by lot 7236, Cad-345; and on the W., along line 4-1 byRoad. X X X containing an area of SIX HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (633)SQ. M. X X X

This Notice of the Sheriff Sale will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) conspicuous places in the municipality the sub-ject property is located and at Malolos, Bulacan where the sale shalltake place, and likewise, a copy will be published for the same periodin the Mabuhay a newspaper of general circulation in the province ofBulacan, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the dateof the auction sale.

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

In the event the public auction would not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on December 15, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soonthereafter without further notice.

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

Malolos City, Bulacan, November 4, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio sheriff

By: NORMAN S. IPAPO

Sheriff IVCopy furnished: All parties concerned

Mabuhay: October 30, November 6 & 13, 2009

E.J.F. NO. P-101-2009EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORELOSURE


BY ACT 4118



NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGEFINANCE CORPORATION

Mortgagee

- versus -

RAUL E. TOLENTINO

Mortgagor/s,

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NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUPON extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amendedby Act 4118 filed by NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE COR-PORATION, with principal office and postal addresss at 104Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City against RAUL E.TOLENTINO, with postal address at Heritage Homes, Lot 7, Blk.403 Bo. Loma de Gato, Marilao, Bulacan/ 189 P.R. Sotto St., SanJuan, Metro Manila the mor tgagor/s, to satisfy the mor tgage in-debtedness which as of October 30, 2009 amounts to ONE MIL-LION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDREDTWENTY SIX PESOS & 98/100 (P1,189,426.98) Philippine Cur-rency, including interest thereon, including 25% of the total in-debtedness and as by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interestand expenses thereafter, also secured by said mor tgage and suchother amounts which may become due and payable to the afore-mentioned mor tgage. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru theundersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested par tiesto the public in general that on December 4, 2009 at 10:00 o’clockin the morning or soon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ngKatarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacanwill sell at public auction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidderin CASH and in Philippine Currency, the real proper ty/ies belowtogether with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. T-531475 (M)

“A parcel of land (Lot 7 Blk.403 of the subd. plan, Psd-031411, being a por tion of lot 3 Pcs-031411-005417 L.R.C. Rec.No.), situated in Bo. of Bahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. ofBul.Bounded on the X X X containing an area of NINETY SIX (96)SQ. M. X X X

This Notice of the Sheriff Sale will be posted for a period oftwenty (20) days in three (3) conspicuous places in the munici-pality the subject proper ty is located and at Malolos, Bulacanwhere the sale shall take place, and likewise, a copy will be pub-lished 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 ad-dressed to this office must be submitted to the undersigned on orbefore the above stated date and hour at which time all sealedbids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on thesaid date, December 4, 2009, it shall be held on December 28,2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter without fur ther notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to inves-tigate for themselves the title to the proper ty/ies and encumbrancethereon, if any there be.


EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio sheriff

By: OSMANDO BUENAVENTURA

Sheriff IVCopy furnished: All par ties concerned




BY ACT 4118



THE REAL BANK(A THRIFT BANK), INC.,

Mortgagee

- versus -

MARIGOLD S. DE CASTROAND SPOUSES OFELIA DE S. CASTROAND GERONIMO A. DE CASTRO

Mortgagor/s,

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NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUPON extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amendedby Act 4118 filed by THE REAL BANK ( A THRIFT BANK) INC.,with principal office at &F President Tower, #8 Timog AvenueQuezon City, the mor tgagee against MARIGOLD S. DE CASTROAND SPOUSES OFELIA S. DE CASTRO AND GERONIMO A. DECASTRO, with residence and postal address at #105 CamiasStreet, San Miguel Bulacan the mor tgagor/s, to satisfy the mor t-gage indebtedness which as of September 14, 2009 amounts toTWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND PESOS AND43/100 (P2,000,216.43) Philippine Currency, including interestthereon, including 25% of the total indebtedness and as by wayof Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter,also secured by said mor tgage and such other amounts whichmay become due and payable to the aforementioned mor tgage.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriffhereby gives notice to all interested par ties to the public in gen-eral that on December 4, 2009 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning orsoon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan, located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Pro-vincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at publicauction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidder in CASH and inPhilippine Currency, the real proper ty/ies below together with allthe improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF THE TITLE NO. RT-74262 (T-270478)

“A parcel of land (Lot No. 833 of the Cad. Survey of SanMiguel), situated in Mun. of San Miguel, Bounded on the NE., byLot No. 829; on the SE., by Lot No. 834. X X X containing an areaof THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE (373) SQ. M. more or lessX X X

This Notice of the Sheriff Sale will be posted for a period oftwenty (20) days in three (3) conspicuous places in the munici-pality the subject proper ty is located and at Malolos, Bulacanwhere the sale shall take place, and likewise, a copy will be pub-lished 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 ad-dressed to this office must be submitted to the undersigned on orbefore the above stated date and hour at which time all sealedbids thus submitted shall be opened.

In the event the public auction would not take place on thesaid date, December 4, 2009, it shall be held on December 28,2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter without fur ther notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to inves-tigate for themselves the title to the proper ty/ies and encumbrancethereon, if any there be.


EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio sheriffCopy furnished: All par ties concerned

Mabuhay: November 6, 13 & 20, 2009

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionCity of Malolos, Bulacan

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE

MEMORANDUM TO: THE PUBLISHERS OF THE DULY ACCREDITEDNEWSPAPER IN BULACAN AS FOLLOWS:BULACAN EXPRESSLUZON TIMESMABUHAYREFLECTORTHE TIMES NEWSWEEKLYTHE BULACAN NEWSCATCHERTHE CENTRAL CHRONICLEBULAKAN HERALD NEWSWEEKLYNEWSCORE

RE: LETTER OF ATTY. ROLDAN E. VILLACORTADATED OCTOBER 28, 2009 REGARDING THEPUBLICATION CHARGES IN BULACAN ASAGAINST THAT IN THE PROVINCE OFPAMPANGA

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In view of the letter of Atty. Roldan E. Villacorta dated October 28,2009 wherein he alleged that the publishers in Bulacan are chargingPhp7,500.00 or even more for publication of Orders for initial hearingsis issued by the Courts in Petition for Correction of Entry in the Certifi-cates of Live Birth and other similar petitions, while in Pampanga, pub-lishers charged only Php5,000.00, you are hereby directed to submitto the Office of the Executive Judge, RTC, City of Malolos, Bulacan, onor before Monday, November 16, 2009, from receipt, your respectivecomments to the said allegations which the undersigned will transmitto Atty. Roldan E. Villacorta in response to his aforesaid letter for hisinformation and guidance.

Copy of the subject letter of Atty. Villacorta is hereto attached foryoue easy reference.

For strict complianceCity of Malolos, Bulacan, November 9, 2009.

HERMINIA V. PASAMBAExecutive Judge

Copy Furnished:1. Integrayed Bar of the Phils. Bulacan Chapter City of Malolos, Bulacan2. Atty. Roldan E. Villacorta – 2/F Hiyas ng Bulakan Convention CenterCapitol Compound, City of Malolos, Bulacan

Mabuhay: November 6, 2009

mula sa pahina 1Bulacan, sinabi ni Mendoza na hindi siya muling ka-

kandidato bilang gobernador, sa halip siya ay magbibigaydaan sa kanyang kapatid na si dating Gob. Josefina M.“Josie” Dela Cruz.

Gusto pa sanang kumandidato bilang gobernadorGusto pa sana niyang kumandidato bilang gobernador

ngunit mas nasunod ang desisyon ng kanyang kapatid,sabi ni Mendoza sa may 2,000 kataong dumalo sa kanyangikatlong pag-uulat sa lalawigan noong Nobyembre 9 saCapitol Gymnasium.

“Ilang linggo rin akong lumungkot at halos dalawang

Gob Jon-jon magbibigay daan sa kanyang Ate Josiebuwan kaming hindi nag-uusap na magkapatid,” aniya.

Ngunit, matapos ang ilang linggo, sinabi niya nanaunawaan niya ang mga dahilan kung bakit dapatipagpatuloy ng kanyang Ate Josie ang paglilingkod saBulacan bilang gobernador.

“Ang desisyon ko ay hindi para sa sarili o pamilya,kungdi para sa Bulakenyo,” aniya at sa pagtatapos ngkanyang talumpati ay nagpasalamat sa mga Bulakenyosa pagbibigay ng pagkakataon sa kanya na makapag-lingkod bilang gobernador

Tinanong ng Mabuhay si Mendoza kung sapat na angtatlong taon para sa kanyang ipinagmamalaking “TatakJon-jon.”

“Sa akin sa sapat na ’yung isa o dalawang taon bastanagawa ko ’yung dapat kong gawin,” aniya.

Patungkol naman sa una niyang pahayag na tatakbosiya bilang kongresista ng Ikatlong Distrito ng Bulacan,ang tugon ng gobernador ay “pag-isipan ko muna kungtutuloy ako na mag-Congressman sa Third District”.

Nagpalipat ng rehistrasyon sa San MiguelNagpatayo si Mendoza ng bahay sa Barangay Tartaro

sa bayan ng San Miguel at nagpalipat doon ng kanyangrehistrasyon bilang botante noong Marso mula Bocaue.

Ngunit kung ang pagbabatayan ng desisyon niMendoza ay ang nilalaman ng kanyang ulat sa lalawiganna inilimbag sa isang magazine, kakaiba ang maiisip ngbabasa.

Ito ay dahil sa ang nilalaman na ika-46 at ika-47 pahinang nasabing magazine na may titulong “Patuloy naPagsulong ng Bulacan” ay halos nakatukoy lahat saIkatlong Distrito na inilarawan pa bilang “last frontierof Bulacan.”

Nakatala sa nasabing pahina ang potensyal ngagrikultura, turismo, paghahayupan, at likas na yamanng Ikatlong Distrito tulad ng pagmimina ng marmol, atpagpapadaloy ng tubig mula sa Angat Dam.

Ayon kay Gob. Mendoza, binabalangkas na ngKapitolyo ang mga plano para sa proyektong isasagawasa Ikatlong Distrito, at sinabing “sa lahat ng balakingito, sisiguraduhin ng inyong lingkod na hindi maisa-sakripisyo ang integridad ng ating likas na yaman.”

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE is hereby given that Romel L. Magatis no longer connected to Citystate SavingsBank, Inc. with principal office at theCitystate Centre Building 709 Shaw Blvd.,Pasig City effective October 23, 2009.

Any transaction/s entered after the saiddate will no longer be honored by the bank.Mabuhay: November 6, 2009


Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionMalolos City, Bulacan

Branch 19SP. NO. 251-M-2009

IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THEBIRTH CERTIFICATE OF VENERANDO V. CUDIA AS TO HISFIRST NAME “VENERANDA” INSTEAD OF VENERANDO ANDHIS GENDER OF FEMALE INSTEAD OF MALE,

VENERANDO V. CUDIA

Petitioners.

-VERSUS-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MALOLOS, BULACANX—————————————X

ORDERTHIS refers to the verified petition of Venerando V. Cudia for the correc-tion of entries in his certificate of live birth as registered in the LocalCivil Registrar of Malolos, Bulacan.

In her petition, petitioner alleged that he was born on July 9,1969 and since then he has always been a male and has never under-gone any sex change in his whole lifetime. Since the time he startedformal schooling and in all his employment records, he has been usingthe name VENERANDO. When petitioner secured a duly authenticatedcopy of his certificated of live birth from the National Statistics Officehe was surprised to find out that the entries as to his first name and hisgender were registered as Veneranda instead of VENERANDO and “Fem”instead of Male. In order to rectify the obvious errors in the entries inhis certificate of live birth, petitioner filed this petition.

WHEREFORE, finding the petition sufficient in form and in sub-stance, the same is hereby set for a hearing on November 24, 2009 at8:30 a.m. and all persons interested are hereby directed to appear andshow cause why said petition should not be granted. Let a copy of thisOrder be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in anewspaper of general circulation in Bulacan at the expense of the peti-tioner. Likewise, let copy of this Order be posted in conspicuous placesat the Municipal Hall of Malolos, Bulacan. Furnish copy of this Orderthe Office of the Solicitor General, National Statistics Office, City LocalRegistry of Malolos, petitioner and councel.

SO ORDERED.

Malolos City, Bulacan, October 20, 2009

RENATO C. FRANCISCOPresiding Judge

Mabuhay: October 23, 30 & November 6, 2009



BY ACT 4118



PAG-IBIG FUND OR HDMF

Mortgagee

- versus -

GIL C. FRESCO,

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUPON extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4118 filed by PAG-IBIG FUND or HDMF, with principal office 2

nd

Floor, Room 202, The Atrium of Makati, Makati Avenue, Makati City,the mortgagee, against Gil C. Fresco, with residence and postal ad-dress at #3838 R. Magsaysay Blvd., Sta. Mesa, Manila, the mort-gagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 16,2009 amounts to One Million Five Hundred Thirty Thousand ThreeHundred Seven Pesos & 08/100 (P1,530,307.08) Philippine Currency,including interest thereon, including 10% of the total indebtedness andas by way of Attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereaf-ter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amounts whichmay become due and payable to the aforementioned mortgage. TheEx-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested parties to the public in general that on Novem-ber 25, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, in front of the Office ofthe Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan, located at the back of the Bulwaganng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos City, Bulacanwill sell at public auction thru sealed bidding to the highest bidder inCASH and in Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below togetherwith all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-146011 (M)

“A parcel of land (Lot 16 Blk. 2 of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-03-001378, being a portion of the consolidated lot 5-B, (LRC) Psd-337551& lot 6, Psd-2977, LRC Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of TungkongManga, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. x x x containingan area of ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) Sq. M. x x x x



In the event the public auction would not take place on the saiddate November 25, 2009, it shall be held on December 18, 2009 at10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter without further notice.


Malolos, Bulacan, October 21, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio Sheriff

By: OSMANDO C. BUENAVENTURA

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: All parties concerned


Deed of Extra-Judicial Settlement of the Estate OfEDUARDO G. GALURA with Waiver of Rights

NOTICE is hereby given that the estates of the late Eduardo G. Galurawho died intestate on January 4, 2009 in MCU Hospital, Caloocan Cityleft the following real and personal properties more described as 1)Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-407943 (M); 2) Transfer Certificateof Title No. T-327998 (M); 3) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-238986(M); 4) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-88.441(M); 5) Transfer Cer-tificate of Title No. T-170251 (M); 6) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-314095 (M); 7) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-314096 (M); 8) Trans-fer Certificate of Title No. T-329403 (M); 9) Transfer Certificate of TitleNo. T-329404 (M); 10) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-71.996 (M);11) Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-72.000 (M) were extra-judiaciallysettled among his legitimate heirs with waiver of rights as per Doc. No.396; Page No. 81; Book No. X; Series of 2009 in the National Registryof Atty. Marian Jo S. Mercado.




BY ACT 4118



BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Mortgagee

- versus -

SPS. SEGUNDA C. REYES & MANUELF. REYES, SR. AND YOLANDA S.PALMA (AIF),

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUPON extra-judicial petition for sale under act 3135 as amended y act4118 filed by the BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS with principaloffice and place of business at BPI Bldg., Ayala Avenue corner Paseode Roxas, Makati City, the mortgagee against SPS. SEGUNDINA C.REYES & MANUEL F. REYES, SR. and YOLANDA S. PALMA (AIF), withresidence and postal address at Km. 29 Quirino Highway, TungkongMangga, SJDM, Bulacan and/or Blk. 9, Lot 21, Phase 1, Pleasant HillsSubd., SJDM, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgage in-debtedness which as of September 30, 2009 amounts to ONE MIL-LION FOUR HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWOPESOS & 00/100 (P1,410,572.00) Philippine Currency, including in-terest thereon, including/excluding__% of the total indebtedness byway of attorney’s fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, alsosecured by said mortgage and such other amounts which may be-come due and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee, the Ex-Offi-cio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives noticeto all interested parties and to the public in general that on November26, 2009 at 10:00 A.M., 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 set at public actionthru sealed bidding to the highest bidder for CASH and in PhilippineCurrency, the described real property below together with all the im-provements existing thereon.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-171318 (M)“A parcel of land (Lot 35, Blk. 23 of the subd. plan. Psd-04-

002159, being a portion of Lots A (LRC), Pcs-24863, LRC Rec. No.4935), situated in the Bo. Of Sapang Palay Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Province of Bulacan, Is. of Luzon, Bounded on the xx xx xx xx contain-ing an area of EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (829) SQ. METERS.”

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


In the event in the public auction should not take place on thesaid date, is shall be held on December 3, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. withoutfurther notice.

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

Malolos City, Bulacan, October 27, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio SheriffBY: NORMAN S. IPAPO

Sheriff IV



EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATENOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late MELANIO T. RAMOSwho died intestate at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City onDecember 13, 2003 is extra-judicially settled by and among his heirsby virtue of Kasulatan ng Manahan ng Lupa sa Labas ng Hukumandocketed as Kas. Blg. 270, Pahina Blg. 56, Aklat Blg. IV, Serie de2009 ni Notary Public Atty. Jose M. Castro of Malolos, Bulacan.




BY ACT 4118



PAG-IBIG FUND OR HDMF

Mortgagee

- versus -

RODERICK A. MENA,

Mortgagor/s,

X————————————X

NOTICE OF THE SHERIFF’S SALEUPON extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4118 filed by PAG-IBIG FUND or HDMF, with principal office 2

nd

Floor, Room 202, The Atrium of Makati, Makati Avenue, Makati City,the mortgagee, against Roderick A. Mena, with residence and postaladdress at Lot 14, Block 16, Phase 4 H, Dela Costa Homes III, Graceville,San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of June 8, 2009 amounts to Two HundredForty Three Thousand Two Hundred Eight Pesos & 57/100(P243,208.57) Philippine Currency, including interest thereon, includ-ing 10% of the total indebtedness and as by way of Attorney’s fees,plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mort-gage and such other amounts which may become due and payable tothe aforementioned mortgage. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thruthe undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties tothe public in general that on November 25, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. orsoon thereafter, in front of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan,located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos City, Bulacan will sell at public auction thru sealedbidding to the highest bidder in CASH and in Philippine Currency, thereal property/ies below together with all the improvements existingthereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-443754 (M)

“A parcel of land (Lot 14, blk. 16 of the subd. plan Pcd-03-091551,being a portion of lot 19-A-2-B Psd-03-074505 LRC Rec. No.) situ-ated in the Bo. of Caretas, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan.x x x containing an area of SIXTY (60) Sq. M. x x x x



In the event the public auction would not take place on the saiddate November 25, 2009, it shall be held on December 18, 2009 at10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter without further notice.


Malolos, Bulacan, October 21, 2009

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

By: NORMAN S. IPAPOSheriff IV



EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OFLEONOR ESPINO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the deceased Leonor Espinowho died interstate on February 13, 1990 at FEU Hospital, Manila left acertain parcel of unregistered land her title of ownership being evi-dence by Tax Declaration No. 97-0297 with an area of 4,500 sq metersor less was extrajudicially settled among legitimate heirs with Deed ofAbsolute Sale as per Doc. No. 261, Page No. 54; Book No. 11, Seriesof 2009 in the Notary Registry of Atty. Joel Amos P. Alejandro

Mabuhay: October 30, Nov 6 & 13, 2009

PANGALAGAAN ANG KALIKASAN!


ng Ilog MarilaoGARBAGE SCOOTER — Nakiisa ang mga kawani ng Metro Manila DevelopmentAuthority (MMDA) sa malawakang paglilinis sa kailugan ng Marilao sa Bulacannoong Nobyembre 6 sa pamamagitan ng pagpapagamit ng kanilang floating gar-bage scooters o ang motorbike na ikinabit sa isang balsa at ginamit sa pag-iiponng basura. Nasa likuran ang mga kawani ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela habang naglilinissa pampang sa ibayo ng Ilog Marilao. — Dino Balabo

Pinuna ang pagpapapogi ni LPinuna ang pagpapapogi ni Loren sa ‘Climate Change’ hearingoren sa ‘Climate Change’ hearingNI DINO BALABO

MARILAO, Bulacan — Buo ang suportang Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC)sa kanya upang kumandidato bilang bisepresidente ng bansa, ayon kay Sen.Loren Legarda, at siya’y binigyan nglaya na makipag-alyansa sa ibangpartido.

“NPC gave 100 percent support andthe right na makipag-aliyansa sa ibangpartido,” ani Senadora Legarda matapospangunahan ang isang pampublikongkonsultasyon hinggil sa climate changesa bayang ito noong Nobyembre 6.

Umiwas naman ang mambabatas satanong ng mga mamamahayag hinggil

sa posibilidad na makatambal niya si Sen.Manuel Villar ng Nacionalista Party (N.P.)o si Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro ng La-kas-CMD-Kampi, sa halip sinabi ngsenadora na sa Nobyembre 23 siya mag-dedesisyon.

Dahil sa pahayag ni Legarda, tinanongsiya ng mga mamamahayag kung sino kinaSenador Villar at Secretary Teodoro angposible niyang makatambal.

Si Legarda ay nagdeklarang kakan-didatong bise presidente sa pag-asang angmakakatambal niya ay si Sen. Francis“Chiz” Escudero, ngunit ang batang se-nador ay biglang humiwalay sa NPC.

Sina Villar at Teodoro ay kasapi ngmalalaking partidong pampulitiko at

kapwa nagdeklara ng pagkandidato bilangpresidente, ngunit kapwa wala pa ring na-pipiling katambal bilang kandidatong bisepresidente.

Paiwas ang naging tugon ni Legarda satanong ng mga mamamahayag nangsabihin niyang ang kanyang pipiliin bilangkatambal ay isang taong nakapagtanim nang 1-Milyong punong kahoy.

Dahil dito, sinabi ng mga mamama-hayag na ang kanyang tugon ay parangnagpapahiwatig na walang kandidatongpresidente na makakasama si Legarda.

“Siguradong magkakaroon ako ngpresidente,” ani naman ni Legarda.

Nang tanungin pa siya ng mga mama-mahayag kung kailan niya ihahayag ang

kanyang makakatambal, sinabi ni Le-garda na “sa November 23.”

Bilang tagapangulo ng Committee onClimate Change ng Senado, pinangu-nahan niya ang isang pampublikongkonsultasyon sa bayang ito sa climatechange katulad ng kanyang isinagawasa Provident Villages sa Marikina Cityat sa Laguna na pawang nasalanta ngbagyong Ondoy.

Ang konsultasyon dito sa Marilao ayisinagawa sa gilid ng Ilog sa loob ng RamCar Subdivision sa Barangay Saog.

Ang nasabing konsultasyon ay unangitinakda sa Marilao Convention Centersa Constantino Subdivision sa Barangay

sundan sa pahina 4

MARILAO, Bulacan — Nilagdaan ngmga pamahalaang lokal sa Bulacan atKalakhang Maynila na nakapaligid sakailugan ng Marilao ang isang dek-larasyong nagpapahayag ng pagka-kaisa para sa restorasyon ng nasabingkailugan na minsan ay napabilang sa30 pinakamaruming lugar sa mundo.

CLIMATE CHANGE HEARING — Pinangunahan ni Sen. Loren Legarda angpampublikong konsultasyon hinggil sa Climate Change sa Marilao, Bulacan. Angtagapangulo ng Senate Committee on Climate Change ay pinagitnaan nina Gob.Joselito Mendoza (kaliwa) at Mayor Epifanio Guillermo ng Marilao. Sa gilid ng IlogMarilao isinagawa ang public hearing noong Nobyembre 6. — Dino Balabo

WQMA ngunit hindi dumalo ang matataasna opisyal ng DENR.

“This is LGU initiated and we hope itwill work this time,” sabi ni Mendoza nainayunan naman ni Eugene Resurreccion,hepe ng legal office ng Kapitolyo.

Sinabi ni Resurreccion na higit nakikilos ang mga pamahalaang lokal nanakapaligid sa kailugan ng Marilao, upangmakontrol ang pagtatapon doon ng ba-sura.

Inayunan ito ng mga opisyal ng Lung-sod ng Caloocan na nagsabing pinaigtingna nila ang koleksyon ng basura saBarangay Bagong Silang na matatagpuansa gilid ng upstream sa bandang itaas ngpinag-aagusan ng ilog ng Marilao.

Ang mga residente sa nasabing lugarang sinisisi ng pamahalaang bayan ngMarilao na pinanggagalingan ng mgabasurang karaniwang naiipon sa PrenzaDam ng bayang ito na noong Abril ayinilarawan ni Environment Secretary LitoAtienza bilang isang basurahan at hindiisang tanggapan ng tubig dahil sa tone-toneladang basurang naipon doon.

Patungkol naman na kalinisan ng tubigsa kailugan ng Marilao, sinabi ni Gob.Mendoza na batay sa huling ulat ng Black-smith Institute ay lumilinis na iyon.

“Mas maganda na ang water qualityngayon,” aniya at ang sabi ng Blacksmithay bumaba na “’yung heavy metal traces”sa tubig. “’Yung solid waste na lang angproblema natin,”aning punong lalawigan.

Para naman kay Senador Legarda, angbasurang itinatapon sa kailugan ngMarilao ay hindi lamang naging sanhi ngpolusyon nito, sa halip ay naging sanhi rinng pagbaha.

“Garbage dumped on the Marilao Riverhas not only contributed to its pollution but

sundan sa pahina 5

Tinampukan din ito ng paglilinis ngkailugan at ng pampublikong konsulta-syon hinggil sa “climate change”.

Ang paghahayag ng pagkakaisa para sarestorasyon ng Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System (MMORS) ayisinagawa noong Nobyemgbre 6, isangtaon matapos isama ito sa listahan ng 30pinakamaruming lugar sa buong mundong Blacksmith Institute na nakabase saNew York, U.S.A.; at 10 buwan mataposisailalim ito sa Water Quality ManagementArea (WQMA) ng Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Kabilang sa mga lumagda sa dek-larasyon ay sina Gob. Joselito “Jon-jon”Mendoza at mga opisyal ng bayan ngMarilao, Meycauayan, Sta. Maria, Obandona pawang matatagpuan sa Bulacan; mgaopisyal mula sa mga lungsod ng Valenzuelaat Caloocan sa Metro Manila; at si Sen.Loren Legarda, tagapangulo ng Commit-tee on Climate Change sa Senado.

Ayon kay Gob. Mendoza, ang dek-larasyon para sa MMORS ay nakakahanayng WQMA na naglalayon ng restorasyonat rehabilitasyon ng kailugan.

Ngunit, ani ng gobernador, napilitansilang gumawa ng kahanay na deklarasyondahil sa kakulangan ng pagkilos ng DENRsa WQMA.

Sinabi niya sa Mabuhay na ilang besessilang nagsagawa ng pulong hinggil sa

mabuhay issue no. 945

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