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2 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 NOBYEMBRE 27 - DISYEMBRE 3, 2009

EDITORIALAlfredo M. Roxas, Jose Romulo Q. Pavia, JoseGerardo Q. Pavia, Joey N. Pavia , Jose VisitacionQ. Pavia, Carminia L. Pavia, Perfecto RaymundoJr., Dino Balabo

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Promdi D INO B ALABO

Bawiin ang mga kopya ng DB MagazineDAPAT bawiin ang mga kopya ng DB Magazine na inilathala ng Bahay Saliksikan ng Bulacanayon kay Dr. Jaime Veneracion,ang pangunahing historyador na Bulakenyo na nagtuturo sa Uni-versity of the Philippines (U.P.).

Ayon kay Veneracion, every page of that magazine is riddledwith errors.

* * * Ang suhestiyon ni Veneracion

ay kanyang ipinahayag sa pag-tatapos ng Bulacan 1578: A Bu-lacan History Forum na isina-gawa sa Bulacan State University(BulSU) noong Nobyembre 28.

Ito ay batay na rin sa panukala ng Promdi na kabilang sa mga nagsilbing reactor sa nasabing panayam pangkasaysayan na ang layunin ay matukoy ang tamang petsa ng pagkakatatag ng Bula-can, at linawin ang usapin hinggilsa pahayag ni Provincial Admin-istrator Pearly Mendoza na Anak ng Pampanga ang Bula-can.

* * *Isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit

ipinanukala ang pagpapabawi sa mga ipinamahaging kopya ng DBMagazine ay dahil sa maling im-pormasyon na inilathala doon.

Minsan nang binanggit ng Promdi nakung maling impor-masyon ang mababasa ng mga kabataang Bulakenyo ay isang malaking kapahamakan ang magiging bunga nito dahil maliang kanilang matututunan.

* * *Binanggit na rin ng Promdi

na dapat ituwid o kayay linawinni Mendoza ang kanyang naging pahayag noong Mayo 12 Holy

Angel University sa Lungsod ng Angeles, Pampanga kung saanisinagawa noon ang unang Pam-bansang Kumperensiya para sa Kultura, Kasaysayan at Sining ng Bulacan at Pampanga.

Ngunit nanatiling tahimik siMendoza. Maging ang Bahay Sa-liksikan ng Bulacan ay tikom ang bibig.

* * *Sa pananaw ng Promdi , ma-

laki ang pananagutan ni Men-doza at ng Bahay Saliksikan ng Bulacan na pinamumunuan niDr. Agnes Crisostomo sa samba-

yanan.Ito ay hindi dahil sila ang

otoridad sa kasaysayan ng Bula-can, sa halip ay dapat sila ang mga nararapat na unang mag-

tanggol sa Bulacan lalo nat ka-saysayan ang pag-uusapan.

* * *Malaki rin ang pananagutan

nina Mendoza at Dr. Crisostomosa mga Bulakenyo hinggil sa pagkakalimbag ng DB Maga-zine ng Bahay Saliksikan ng Bulacan na maraming mali ang nilalalman.

Ito ay dahil sa ang pondong ginamit sa pagkakalimbag doonay mula sa Kapitolyo. Ibig sabi-hin, mula sa buwis ng mga Bula-kenyopera ng Bulakenyo.

* * *Habang pinag-uusapan ang

pagpapabawi sa mga kopya ng DB Magazine , sinabi ni Dr.Crisostomo sa Promdi , alin ba ang mga mali sa nilalaman.

Hindi na kumibo ang Promdiat naisip tuloy na hindi ba niya nabasa ang kopya ng DB Maga-zine na kanilang inilathala ohindi ba dumaan sa kanyang pag-susuri ang mga artikulong inilat-hala doon bago iyon inilimbag?

* * *Batay naman sa komento ni

Dr. Veneracion, dapat dumaan sa masusuring pagsusuri o critiqueng mga historyador ang mga impormasyong inilathala ng DBMagazine .

Ang hirap, theory pa lang ayinilathala na agad na parang aceepted fact, ani Veneracion.

* * *Bago naman tuluyang umalis

si Bokal Ernesto Sulit sa nasa-bing panayam ay sinabi niya sa Promdi , paano mo papana-gutin yung mga tao, hindi ka naman judge.

Hindi nga isang hukom ang Promdi , pero nagsusuri ako sa mga pangyayari at mga respon-sibilidad ng mga opisyal ng bayan, bilang isang mamama-hayag.

* * *Sayang, umalis agad si Bokal

Sulit, hindi ko tuloy nasabi sa kanya na siya ay may panana-gutan din bilang tagapangulo ng Committee on Culture sa Sang-guniang Panglalawigan.

Bilang isang halal na opisyalat tagapangulo ng nasabing lupon, hindi bat pananagutan niSulit na ang mga impormasyong kanilang ilalabas ay suriin bilang proteksyon sa mga Bulakenyong kanyang pinangakuang pagliling-kuran. O baka naman abala na siya sa paghahanda sa susunod

na kampanyang pampulitika?* * *

Sayang umalis agad si BokalSulit, hindi tuloy niya narinig ang dapat niyang gawin batay sa pahayag ni Dr. Veneracion na bawiin ang kopya ng DB Maga-zine .

Bilang tagapangulo ng luponsa kultura at kasaysayan sa Sang-guniang Panglalawigan, dapatsana ay sinabi na ni Sulit na bubuo siya ng isang resolusyonupang suportahan at ipag-utos niGob. Joselito Mendoza ang pag-papabawi sa mga kopya ng DBMagazine upang maprotek-syunan ang mga kabataang Bula-kenyo na makakabasa ng maling impormasyong nakatala doon.

* * *Mas maganda pa sana kung

isasama sa gagawing resolusyonni Bokal Sulit ang pagpapasunog sa mga kopya ng DB Magazinena mababawi, at pagbibigay ng parusa sa mga taong sangkot sa pagpapalimbag niyon na luma-labag na lumustay ng pera ng Bulakenyo.

Sayang, umalis agad si BokalSulit. Mukhang abala talaga sa susunod na kampanya.

* * *Simple lang usapin dito. May

pagkakamali ang mga nama-mahala sa Bahay Saliksikan ng Bulacan na nagpalimbag ng DBMagazine , at may pagkukulang din sila sa pagbibigay ng maling impormasyong binasa ni Men-doza sa Pampanga noong Mayo12. Hindi ba nararapat lamang silang papanagutin?

Narito ang tanong. Bakitkapag mamamahayag ang nagka-mali ay idenedemanda ng kasong libelo. Pero bakit kapag mga opisyal ng Kapitolyo at BahaySaliksikan ng Bulacan at Sang-guniang Panglalawigan ang nag-kamali o nagkulang ay tahimiksila? Espesyal ba sila o mga anakng Diyos?

* * *Kung totoo ang sinabi ni Gob.

Mendoza at dating Gob. JosieDela Cruz na isa sa mga layuninng Partido Del Pilar ay ang pagkakaroon ng pananagutan ng mga kasapi nito at pagpapataassa antas ng pananagutan ng mga taong nasa gobyerno, palagaykoy ito na ang kanilang pagka-kataon na patunayan kung anoang ibig sabihin ng pananagu-tang kanilang ipinagmamalaki.

Kastigo B IENVENIDO A. R AMOS

Kasumpa-sumpang krimen! ANG kahila-hilakbot na marami-han at malabarbarong pagpataysa humihigit-kumulang 57 ka-tao, mga babae at mga mama-hayag, ay isa lamang kump-likasyon ng malubhang sakit ng pulitika sa Pilipinas, na ang unang sintomas ay ipinakita ng Hello, Garci tape. Ang Hello,Garci tape ang di mapupuwing na katotohanan, na nagkaroonng malawakang dayaan sa hala-lang pambansa noong 2004, na

ang nakapagdududang ipinahayag na nagwagi ay si Gng. Maca-pagal-Arroyo.

At hindi rin mapabubulaanan(ulit-ulit mang itanggi ng mga

Rasputin at Goebbels ng Mala-kanyang), na ang kasangkot sa maramihang pagpatay sa Ma-guindanao kamakailan ay ang magkakalabang angkan ng di-nastiyang pampulitika na lumilitaw na kapwa kakampi ng

Administrasyong Arroyo. Athindi isang paninira lamang, na ang pamilya Ampatuan (hinihi-nalang nasa likod Maguindanaomassacre) ay kinunsinti, pi-nalayaw ng Administrasyong

Arroyo bilang ganting-bayadsa pagkakapanalo ni GMA sa eleksiyon noong 2004 (at noong

2007, bagamat natalo ang kara-mihan ng kanilang kandidatong senador.

Pagkunsinti sa katiwalian ANG nalantad na pandaraya sa halalan noong 2004, kung susu-riin, ang naging parang sumpa,na nagpagulo sa bansa, umaag-nas sa pundasyon ng mga insti-tusyon ng demokrasya, at nagla-gay sa Pilipinas sa perpetwal na krisislaganap na kahirapan,

kababaang-moral, kawalang-delicadesa, pagkakawatak-watakng mga Pilipino, atbp.

Bilang ganti at pagtanaw ng utang na loob sa mga nakatulong sa kanyang kaduda-dudang pa-nanalo sa eleksyon noong 2004,kinailangang paglaruan at ba-luktutin ng Administrasyon ang mga batas, hustisya, tradisyon,iginagalang na panuntunan, atmaging ang Konstitusyon. Ma-ging ang lahat ng a-political,konstisyonal na ahensiya, tuladng mga hukuman, komisyon sa Halalan, Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas, ay pinakialaman, si-nalaula ng Administrasyong Ar-royo. Ang Presidential preroga-tive at executive privilege ayinabusoat sinira ang matan-

dang pilosopya na crime doesnot pay.

Pagkaraang malampasan ang mga banta ng people power re-volt, coup detet o mutiny, im-peachment complaints, alam ni

Aling Gloria, na hindi na niya maiiwasan na usigin siya sa mga hukuman oras na bumaba siya sa Malakanyang.

Kaya ngayon ay sinisikap pa rin ng kanyang mga kapanalig sa Kongreso na isulong ang Cha-

chasa pamamagitan ng Consti-tutional Convention. Na ka-kandidato umanong kinatawansa Pampanga si GMA, hahanga ring maging espiker ng naka-pakababang kapulungan, o ma-ging Unang Ministro o Pre-sidentesa sistemang parlia-mentaryay niluluto ng Admi-nistrasyon.

Ang pananatili lamang sa poder ang tanging paraan upang makaiwas si GMA sa pag-uusig sa ipinalalagay na maraming kasalanan niya sa bayankabi-lang ang katiwalian at paglabag sa mga karapatang-pantao.

Pero ngayong maganap ang malabarbarong pagpatay sa mayhumigit-kumulang na 60 katao,

sundan sa pahina 7

BALIK-TANAW

Banta ng kasaysayan(Bilang paggunita sa kaarawan nina dating Senador BenignoNinoy Aquino Jr. at Gat Andres Bonifacio ay muli natingtunghayan ang editoryal na unang inilimbag ng Mabuhay sa

sipi nito noong Disyembre 4, 1983. PATNUGOT)

MAY hiwaga raw ang kasaysayan. Isang halimbawa nitoang pagkakasunod ng kaarawan ni Benigno S. AquinoJr. noong Nobyembre 27 at ni Andres Bonifacio noonnamang Nobyembre 30.

Ayon sa pagpapahalaga ng maraming tagamasid ngkasaysayan, si Ninoy Aquino raw ay maituturing na isangmakabagong bayani at maaaring ihanay sa mga Rizal,Del Pilar at maging Bonifacio.

Para rin namang pinag-tiyap, namatay si Ninoy satarmac ng Manila Interna-tional Airport na ang panga-lang nakalimbag sa kan-yang pasaporte ay MarcialBonifacio. Kung ganoon ay

isa rin siyang Bonifacio ngoras na yaon.

Sinasabi ng mga histo-riador na nauulit ang kasay-sayan sa ibang paraan atnaniniwala silang ang na-

gaganap ngayon ay isang paalala sa atin na heto nangat nagkakaroon ng pag-uulit ang panahon.

Kung ginugunita ng maraming Pilipino ang kaarawanni Ninoy noong nakaraang Linggo, dapat daw na isamasiya sa paggunita ng mga pambansang bayani noongMiyerkules.

Ayon sa mga pag-aaral, naglulundo ang kasaysayansa isang pagbalikwas ng panahon gaya noong panahonng pananakop ng mga Kastila.

Ang pagbalikwas noon ng panahon ay pinangu-nahan muna ng mapayapang Kilusang Repormista sapangunguna nina Rizal, Del Pilar, Jaena, Ponce at Luna.

Ang nagaganap sa ngayon ay isang pagpapagunitasa balana na naririto ang muling pagkabuhay ngKilusang Repormista sa anyo ng mga lider-negosyanteng Makati at iba pang lider-Oposisyon.

Dumanak ang dugo noong Panahon ng Kastila nangdumating na ang panahon ng isang Bonifacio.

Ngayon, isipin nating mabuti: Nagbabanta angkasaysayan na muling mabuhay ang isang makabagongBonifacio. Mapapayagan ba ito?


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Regarding Henry

H ENRYLITO D. T ACIO

Going, going gone?WE are losing biological diversityat an unprecedented rate, decriedthe Food and Agriculture Organi-zation (FAO) of the United Na-tions during the World Food Daycelebration more than two decadesago. Today, the predicament con-tinues.

Biological diversity (biodi-versity) is made up of all speciesof plants and animals, their ge-netic material and the ecosys-

tems of which they are a part.Species diversity refers to the va-riety of species within a givenarea.Genetic diversity, on theother hand, refers to the varia-tion of genes and genotypes be-tween and within species.

Plant and animal species pro-vide genetic materials for im-proved varieties or breeds. High-

yielding varieties rice developed atthe Laguna-based InternationalRice Research Institute, for in-stance, is a cross between a Chi-nese dwarf strain and a tall, tra-ditional plant from Indonesia.

Two of the most importantanti-cancer drugs in the worldcome from the rosy periwinkle,found in Asias tropical rain-forests. Taxol, the only drug that

shows promise against breast can-cer and ovarian cancer, was ini-tially found in the western yew.

Asian cattle have been crossedwith dairy breed of Europe toboost their milk and meat output.

Unfortunately, the worldsbiodiversity is collapsing at noth-ing less than mind-boggling rates.Difficult as it is to accept, massextinction has already begun,deplores Harvard biologist Ed-

ward O. Wilson.The Geneva-based WorldwideFund for Nature (WWF) estimatesthere are on earth at least 30 mil-lion species, of which all but a fewthousand are at risk. Less thantwo million species have beenstudied by man. Yet, over a thou-sand, maybe 10,000 more, are be-ing lost each year, mostly unseenand unrecorded.

Wilson estimates that, at a minimum, 50,000 invertebratesspecies per year - nearly 140 eachday - are condemned to extinction.

Of all the global problemsthat confront us, species extinc-tion is the one that is moving themost rapidly and the one that willhave the most serious conse-

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Cebu Calling F R . R OY C IMAGALA

Barbarianism

Forward to Basics F R . F RANCIS B. O NGKINGCO

The first gifts of ChristmasIM just curious, I asked themusical shop owner. Youre say-ing that what you have here is theoriginal drum that the legendaryDrummer Boy played?

Well, not exactly , hescratched his stubble-ridden chinas if trying to find the best wordsto explain things. Actually, theonly thing that remains of hisdrum is the skin. Leather hasquite an extraordinary way of lasting throughout years, evencenturies.

Okay, okay. I know that. Butwhat I mean is how did you endup with it?

Naturally sir, as with manythings in life it was inherited.That is, handed on

from one generation to an-other, I impatiently butted in.

Precisely, he said. Oh, sir,he obviously sounded that hewanted to change the topic. Per-haps I may have already told you

the stories about the different fig-ures around the manger. You maynow want to hear about the first

gifts of Christmas, he motionedto the crche.

First gifts of Christmas?Thats the first time Ive heardof them. What would they be andto whom were they given?

They were gifts that Maryand Joseph intended to give to

Jesus, his lips pursed as he be-gan to narrate the story.

Surely, these are not found inthe Gospels, I added.

Quite true, besides these arerather simple gifts and I dontthink the Gospels werent meantto go into every single detail.

But I thought you said theywere gifts to Jesus ?

Yes, but they ended up being gifts for someone or something else, he said as though histhoughts were wandering off intothe scenes of the crche.

Given to someone or some-thing else? I asked.

Yes, take for example Marysmotherly concern to wrap HerChild with something decent and

warm when He was born, hepointed to the figure of the Childin the manger wrapped withswaddling clothes.

You mean, She actually hadmade a sort of mantle for Jesus?

Of course, what motherslove will neglect such a basic needof any newborn child?

* * *The Childs Mantle

Three months helping hercousin Elizabeth gave Mary noleisure to think about Herself.She put herself to the task in a natural and hidden way, of be-ing Zachary and Elizabethshandmaid.

As She journeyed back tocontinued on page 8

Depthnews J UAN L. M ERCADO

Three precious thingsIT is by the goodness of God that we have three unspeakablyprecious things, Mark Twainwrote. The first two were free-dom of speech and of conscienceor religion. And third was pru-dence to practice neither.

Constitutions of Asean coun-tries guarantee freedom of reli-gious belief, notes the U.S. StateDepartments International Re-ligious Freedom Report 2009that covers 198 countries. But thepractice is spotty.

Constitutions didnt didntshield Buddhist monks from be-ing killed by Burmese tatmadaw .Nor did they ensure rights of non-Muslims, in Brunei, to beeducated in faiths of their choos-ing.

Thailand, Indonesia and thePhilippines, allow generally freepractice of religion. There is nowmore elbow room in Vietnam.Institutionalized bias in Malay-sia shows little sign of erosion.

The right to believe or not tobelieve, without fear of govern-ment interference or restriction,provides an essential foundationfor human dignity, robust civilsociety, and sustainable democ-racy, it stresses.

The Philippine Constitutionprovides for freedom of religion,and other laws and policies con-tributed to the generally freepractice of religion, the reportsays. There were no forcedreligious conversion or religiousdetainees. Government fostersinterfaith dialogue. Publicschools give religious groupsopportunity to teach moral val-ues during school hours.

Some Christians discriminateagainst minorities. Combinedwith economic disparities, thesecontributed to persistent conflictin certain Mindanao provinces.

Indonesia demonstratedgrowing willingness to pursuecriminal actions in cases of vio-lence against religious minorities.Two leaders of hardline Muslimorganizations were convicted af-ter they broke up peaceful dem-onstration in support of religiousfreedom and pluralism.

Jakarta curbs unrecognizedreligions. Central governmentdidnt overturn local laws thatrestricted rights. Thus, religiousminorities experience discrimina-tion in civil registration of mar-riages and births or issuance of identity cards.

In Laos, officials generallyrespected constitutionally guar-anteed rights of members of mostreligious groups to worship, al-beit within strict constraints.

Government, however, pro-motes Buddhism. And this gavethe religion an elevated status.Some provinces report incidentsof intolerance for minority reli-gious practice, particularly Prot-estants. Local officials pressuredProtestants in some villages torenounce their faith on threat of arrest or forceful eviction.

Provisions in Malaysias con-stitution crimps its overarching declaration for religious freedom.Islam is designated as religionof the Federation. Like it or not,all ethnic Malays are defined asMuslim. Government regulatesIslamic religious affairs. It pro-hibits propagation of other faithsamong Muslims.

There were few reports of so-cietal abuses or discriminationbased on religious affiliation, be-lief, or practice. Minorities re-mained generally free to practicetheir beliefs.

But Sharia courts prohibitofficially registered Muslims from

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WE seem to be swinging from oneoutrage to another these days. Inthe local scene, we just had thatshocking massacre inMaguindanao. Everything in itwas just unspeakable. Is it stillpossible to have such brutality atthis stage of our national life?

This looks like our version of Americas 9/11 carnage. The de-liberate malice put into it, theconscience-less killing of every-one in the group irrespective of whatever, in short, barbarianismin its distilled form, is simply toomuch for an average heart tobear.

I normally dont like to talkabout this kind of events. Silenceis a preferable option if only tolighten the ugly scenario. Talk-ing adds fuel rather than douseswater to the sickening situation.But this one grates at the gutsand one simply has to instinc-tively react.

Lets pray that this incidentwill yield us tremendous lessonswe need to learn quickly and per-

manently. Lets remain positiveand hopeful! Lets do everything to make this a thing of the past,never to happen again in the fu-ture.

But as if this black-eye to hu-manity is not yet enough, we alsoare now witnessing another formof barbarianism in the worldstage, perpetrated by highly edu-cated people, the elite of theworld of sciences and technology,the cutting-edge in humanknowledge, but, sadly, not muchmore.

Lately it has been discoveredby hacking the computer of theClimate Research Unit of Britains University of East

Anglia that many of the data made to support all this hyster-ics about global warming and cli-mate change are not all true.

Some important data, signifi-cant to the issue but contrary totheir position, have beendumped, and there appears a massive and systematic effort tomanipulate the public to believe

in their assertions. More andmore shenanigans are now ex-posed. What the hell is this!

Though there are many globalwarming skeptics who also arescientists, these have been effec-tively sidelined and projected asobstructionists to what they callas obvious pieces of evidence of global warming.

Al Gore, the self-appointedpatriarch of this group, managedto make the film, The Inconve-nient Truth, that mesmerized a lot of people and won him a NobelPrize. I heard that he is raking in a lot of moolah!

But the first time I heardabout global warming, I checkedthe relevant write-ups in theInternet, and while I followed thearguments of the supporters, Iwas also aware that there weredissenters who sounded to mealso serious.

I was amazed that the doubt-ers and deniers were not given a fair chance to present their ideas

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A Challengeof ConscienceEDITORS NOTE: Following is the statement issued by national media

organizations six days after the November 23 Maguindanao massa-cre calling for swift justice, which can only be achieved through acredible and independent process, which in turn can only be achievedwithout the hand of this government.

THE brutal, indiscriminate mass murder on Monday inAmpatuan town, in Maguindanao province, raises theultimate challenge of conscience. It carries the cultureof impunity at work in this country to such levels of hor-ror that, if it remains unpunished for long, can send thenation into an inexorable descent into absolute dehu-manization.

The crime thus calls for swift justice, which can onlybe achieved through a credible and independent pro-cess, which in turn can only be achieved without thehand of this government a government justly mis-trusted generally and openly friendly precisely to the

very members of the clan accused in the massacre.We, ourselves, colleagues of the more than a scoreof journalists who were killed, demand the following:

One, the creation of a commission outside the gov-ernment to investigate the crime;

Two, the arrest and prosecution of all the people in-volved in it in any way, as murderers themselves or theirprotectors;

Three, the formation of a special court to try the case;Four, fully guaranteed protection for the witnesses;Five, the disarming and dismantling of all private

armies, such as those evidently employed in the mas-sacre.

Six, the enlistment of persons of unquestioned pro-bity in the whole process;

And finally, the resignation of the government if it failsto deliver such basic satisfaction indeed, the very samegovernment that has encouraged, by partisanship andconspiracy, the culture of impunity of which the massa-cre has been the most abominable manifestation.

Signed: Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD) Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project (PHRRP) Philippine Press Institute (PPI)


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Kakampi mo ang Batas A TTY . B ATAS M AURICIO

Pagtatama sa kasarian sa birth certificateTANONG: Atty. Batas. Tinatawaganko po kayo sana para makausap kayopero mahirap pong makalusot. Pu-wede po bang malaman ko po ngayonang sagot sa tanong ko about sa birthcertificate ng baby girl na male ang nalagyan ng check. Puwede po bang ma-correct na di na dadaan sa court?Salamat po, Bea. 09284392314

Sagot : Salamat po sa text ques-tion na ito, Bea. Sa ilalim ng mga umi-iral na alituntunin sa pagbabago sa mga maling impormasyong nakasaadsa birth certificate ng isang tao, hindipupuwedeng hindi daanin sa korteang pagbabago sa maling gender osex ng may-ari ng birth certificate.Kailangang magsumite ng kaso sa hukuman ang isang may-ari ng birthcertificate na mali ang gender o sex,at ang tawag sa kasong ito ay peti-tion for correction of entry in the civilregistry. Isinusumite ito sa RegionalTrial Court sa lugar kung saan nan-dodoon ang Local Civil Registry na nag-iingat ng birth certificate na iwawasto.

Lehitimong asawa lang angpuwedeng tumanggap ng pension

at iba pang benepisyo sa SSSTANONG : Atty. Batas, tama po ba na kahit kasal kami ng asawa ko ayhindi ko makukuha ang pensionclaim ko. Bago namatay ang husbandko ibinilin niya na may pension akong

30 November, 2009HER EXCELLENCY GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYOPresident of the Republic of the PhilippinesMalacaang PalaceManila

Dear Madam President,On behalf of the Confederation of Asean Jour-

nalists (CAJ), the largest association of journal-ists and media practitioners in Southeast Asia,allow me to express our sincere sympathy overthe violence that erupted on November 23, inMaguindanao province, Mindanao which resultedin the death of at least 57 people.

As good neighbours in the Asean community,please do not misconstrue this letter as a form of interference with the judicial matters of yourcountry nor in the ongoing official investigationbeing undertaken by Philippine authorities inrelation to this tragic event.

As practicing journalists, however, we cannotstand aside and not express our indignation overthis episode where dozens of our fellow mediamen,totally defenseless at the time, were senselesslykilled while performing their duties.

From the reports we have received thus farfrom the National Press Club of the Philippines(NPC), whose president, Mr. Benny Antiporda,who was elected CAJ Vice President during theCAJ assembly in Kuala Lumpur last month, morethan 34 practicing Filipino journalists were among those massacred together with other innocent ci-vilians. Horrifically, some of the women victimswere reportedly violated before they were killed.

Like the rest of the international community,we condemn this appalling and truly shocking de-

velopment that has no parallel elsewhere. Wordsare not enough to describe the depth of anguishthat we at the CAJ, as well as journalists else-where, now feel over this mass killing, in a single

day, of our fellow media practitioners.It has not only blacken the reputation of an Asean neighbour that we hold in high regards butalso send a chilling reminder to the world thatpress freedom and the profession of journalismcontinues to be under threat even in a democraticcountry like yours.

Incidentally, the issue of media killings in thePhilippines, which was brought to our attentionby our colleagues at the NPC in our last assem-bly, is among the major concerns that the CAJhas adopted to be resolved during our term of of-fice that would end in 2011.

This despicable development gives us in theCAJ further resolve to assist our Philippine com-rades in their fight for a safer and humane envi-ronment to practice their profession and to at-tain justice to those in their ranks who have fallen

victims to violence. We therefore appeal to you, Madam President,to spare no effort in giving justice to the victimsand to use the full force of the Philippine judicialsystem and your national security forces in en-suring that the suspects are immediately appre-hended whoever they may be.

We shall be one with our Filipino colleagues,through the NPC, in monitoring the developmentin this case.

Thank you for your kind attention.Sincerely,

NORILA DAUDCAJ President

Asean journalists appeal to President Arro

Buhay Pinoy

M ANDY C ENTENO

Takbuhan sa panguluhansino na naman sa kanila?

Sang tanong, sang sagot noong nakaraanHangad na maglingkod sa ting sambayananAng tatakbo ka ba don sa panguluhan ?Iisa ang sagot, ito ay tiyakan.Wala nang atrasan, Ako ay t atakboPangunahing layon itong pagbabagoPagkat malala na ang pang-aabusoTiwaling opisyal ng ating gobyerno.Masasabing matso ang unang pumormaAng kanyang dating boss ay kinalaban paSa kaso ni Da Sir sinasangkot siyaSa halip pagtakbo umatras na una.Sa kombensyon naman LAKAS makaasar Ang Tiyo Doro ko siyay nalamanganSa halip tumigil hangad maglupasayKaya tatakbo din kahit solo lamang.Kakampi ni Juday tatakbo daw noonKaibigan niya ay itong VILLAdoRAng pinagtalunan Lansangan-C iyonTumikom ang bibig, walang imik ngayon.DAPAT ay katribo ng Tiyo During koMatiPUNOng kahoy May Bukas Pa itoInaawit niya kahit saang dakoSa halip humirit atras na po dito.Pumalit sa kanya sa DVD sikatEDUdulot baga, Game Ka Na Ba erpat?Sino ang first lady na karapat-dapat?Magpahanggang ngayon wariy naghahanap.Iba itong gimik tisoy Pinoy-KanoWala nang istapan at Go, go, go na poSinong natulungan lahat ay tumayo?At doon sa Clarkfield boluntir magtungo.Tsokaran ni Efren Bata sa tumbukanAng makakatambal ay dating kalabanLeron-Loren Sinta sikat sa tanimanPagdating sa dulo baka pa sumemplang.

Pare kong eks-konbik umaarangkadaAng kaselda niya, Makati-ObamaIdol ng mahirap at dukha talagaPobre na kawawa sa kangkungan sila.Si Bro, Ed, Kaka Mike at Padre PangliliyoTig sasangkaterba mga hatak nitoSino sa ilalim, sino sa pangulo ?Ang payo ni Juan, pagsugalan ninyoAng batang si ISKO sumikat na biglaUmagang darating kanyang paghahandaLaman ng tinapay ay naglahong biglaBata ka pa naman, may gatas sa baba.Hindi nag-iisa si Kristeta ni YapSi Dongdong at Darna siya ay niyakapMaging ang megastar, Trudislit kaharapSi NOMAR, black-dilaw kanilang nilingap.At sa unang araw C o C l antaranIto ay K N K bilang KatibayanNg Kandidatura sa pangpanguluhanAng mga early birds ay nagtilaukan.

Cebu Calling from page 3to the public. Dialogue and discussion between the twocamps were discouraged. Thats when I started to lookdeeper into the issue and to probe into who the people,pro and con, involved are.

I just wanted to have glimpses of whether they arecompetent scientists who also are believers, or just scien-tists but not men of faith and vulnerable to play politicsor to ideological biases.

Sorry, I have to use these criteria in this increasinglymaddening world driven by all sorts of man-made inven-tions but putting God aside.Thats my basic guiding prin-ciple. Science has to go with faith. Any attempt to sepa-rate the two is immediately suspicious to me.

This issue cannot be resolved by science alone, espe-cially if its a science already prostituted by politics andideologies. Faith has to come in. Our human conditiondemands it.

And I found out that while all sorts of people can be

found in both camps, the supporters tend to be non-be-lievers and just contented with being pure scientists,while the doubters and deniers are at least open to thefaith.

Of course, there are many who are neither strong sup-porters nor strong deniers, but are just swept away bythe bandwagon effect of the controversy. They like mouth-ing hand-me-down clichs just to be with the flow.

Among these are clerics and other religious peoplewhose pronouncements peppered with global warming terms sound really funny and ridiculous. I just pray forthem and hope their embarrassment will not be too bit-ing.

Of course, many public officials like to play Pied Pipermostly for the fund of it. I often wonder whether theyreally know what they are talking about.

This is now the modern, very sophisticated barbari-anism that seems to be committed flagrantly and withimpunity against the whole of humanity, and not justMaguindanao.

Lets pray, learn our precious lessons and move on!

makukuha sa SSS. Hawak ko po ang dating ATM card niya. May ka-rapatan po ba akong habulin ang SSS? Hindi ko alam na may ibang babae ang asawa ko. Kasal po kami.Please help me. Mrs. Luz Fabellar.

09213354760

Sagot : Mrs. Luz Fabellar, ma-raming salamat sa text question na ito. Sa ilalim ng Republic Act 1161,as amended by Republic Act 8282, okilala bilang Social Security Law of 1997, ang mga benepisyo sa Social Se-curity System ay makukuha lamang ng legal na asawa ng isang kasapi.

Ang ibig sabihin ng legal na asawa ay asawang pinakasalan, sa harap ng pari o religious leader, huwes o al-kalde o mayor. Ang binibigyan kasing pagkakataong makakuha ng mga benepisyo mula sa SSS o sa iba pang mga government agencies ay ang mga tinatawag lamang na legitimate re-lations, o mga kapamilyang legal olehitimo ang relasyon.

Hindi pupuwedeng makakuha ng benepisyo ang mga illehitimong mga kamag-anak, maliban na lamang sa mga illehitimong menor de edad na anak ng isang kasapi ng SSS. Sa kabilang ako, kailangang tiyakin ng isang asawa ng isang kasapi ng SSSna ang kanyang kasal sa nasabing kasapi ay unang kasal, hindi pa-ngalawa o pangatlong kasal ng kasapi. Kahit kasal ang isang tao sa

isang kasapi ng SSS pero kung ang kasal namang ito ay pangalawa opangatlo na ng nasabing kasapi, ang makakakuha pa rin ng benepisyo ayang unang pinakasalan.

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

* * *Maaari rin kayong mag-e-mail sa

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

* * *BATAS RADIO : Pakinggan po ang BATAS INTERNET RADIO, isang Internet radio station sa ilalim ng dalawang website, ang www.batas-mauricio.com at ang www.eradio-portal.com. Pumasok po kayo sa alinman sa dalawang sites na ito, i-click ang BATAS RADIO, at mapapa-kinggan na ninyo kami sa loob ng 20oras sa isang araw, mula alas 4 ng madaling araw hanggang alas dose ng hatinggabi.

Magboluntaryo Manindigan Magbantay Nalalapit na naman ang halalan at alam nating palagingsinasabing may dayaan sa gawaing ito. Totoo man o hindiang dayaan kung halalan, ang mga alegasyong ito aypatuloy na nagpapababa sa pananaw ng bawat isa saatin sa sagradong gawaing ito na siyang bunga ngdemokrasya.

Dahil dito, kami sa Mabuhay ay nananawagan sa inyona makiisa, makipagtulungan, maging responsable, atmagboluntaryo sa pagbabantay ng mga balota sa panahonng halalan hindi lamang upang matiyak ang panalo ngkarapat-dapat, kungdi upang matiyak natin na hindimabibigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga mandaraya atmagnanakaw ng boto na nagnanais dungisan ang bilangng mga botong sagrado.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENTOF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF SHARE

Notice is hereby given that the estate of thelate Victoria Cabanting Doles who died in-

testate on January 10, 2007 in Sta. Maria,Ilocos Sur left real property with transfer certificate of title No. T-9921551 and con-

taining an area of one hundred twenty (120)sq.m. more or less was extra-judicially sett-led and equally divided among legitimateheirs: Elena Doles Andress, Bernardo Ca-banting Doles, Herminigildo Cabanting Dolesand Irene Cabanting Doles-Martin with wai-ver of rights as per Doc. No. 189;page No.38; Book No. I; Series of 2009 in the Notar yPublic of At ty. Randy P. Bareng.

Mabuhay: November 13, 20 & 26, 2009


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EJF NO. B-261-2009

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSUREOF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY/IES

UNDER ACT NO. 3135AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

Republic Of The PhilippinesRegional Trial Court Of Bulacan

Third Judicial RegionOffice Of The Clerk of Court and Ex-officio Sheriff

Malolos City, Bulacan

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,

Mortgagee/Assignee,

-VERSUS-

SPS. EUSEBIO T. DY, JR.AND GRACE L EILA Y. DY,CARMELA SANTOS-UEDA

AND CARMELITA T. SANTOSMortgagor/s,

x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. EUSEBIO T. DY,JR AND GRACE LEILA Y. DY, with postal address at #1028 G. Masangkay St.,Binondo, Manila and CARMELA SANTOS-EUDA AND CARMELITA T. SANTOS,with postal address at 39 Iba Street, Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City, the mort-gagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 06, 2009 amountsTwo Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fif ty Eight Pesos and 59/100(PHP. 298,658.59), Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penaltiesand charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by wayof Attorneys fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured bysaid mortgage and such other amount which may become and payable to theaforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the under-signed Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public ingeneral that on DECEMBER 21, 2009 at 10:00 A.M., or soo n thereafter infront of

the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwaganng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at pub-lic auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder for CASH, Philippine Cur-rency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing

thereon:TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-208723 (M)

Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch- Province of BulacanA parcel of land (Lot 23, Blk. 404 of the cons. subd. plan Psd-031411-064811,being a portion of lot 3, Pcs-031411-005417 LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo.of Bahay Pari, Mun. of Marilao, Prov. of Bul.xxx containing an area of NINETY SIX (96) SQ.METERS xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in

the Mabuhay a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, oncea week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, itshall be held on December 28, 2009 without further notice.

Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for them-selves the title to the proper ty and the encumbrances thereon if any there be.

Malolos City, Bulacan, November 18,2009.

EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio Sheriff

BY: RUFINO DJ SANTIAGOSheriff IV

Copy furnished:SPS. EUSEBIO T. DY, JR AND GRACE LEILA Y. DY Balikatan Housing Finance, Inc.Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009

EJF NO. B-270-2009






BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,

Mortgagee/Assignee,

-VERSUS-

SPS. ROMEO C. CORDOVAAND GINA M. CORDOVA

Mortgagor/s, x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ROMEO C.CORDOVA AND GINA M. CORDOVA, with postal addresses at #440 10

thAv-

enue, Grace Park, Caloocan City and Lot 27, Blk. 50 Ph. II, Libra St., HeritageHomes, BO. Bahay Pare, Marilao, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mort-gage indebtedness which as of July 30, 2009 amounts Two Hundred NinetySeven Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Eight Pesos and 81/100 (P HP. 297,678.81) ,Philippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees,plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mor tgage andsuch other amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mort-gagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby givesnotice to all interested parties and to the public in general that on DECEMBER 21,2009 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, ProvincialCapitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bid-ding, to the highest bidder for CASH, Philippine Currency, the real property/iesbelow together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-165093 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch- Province of Bulacan

A parcel of land (Lot 27, Blk. 50 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 SIFTY (60) SQ.METERS xxx


the Mabuhay a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, oncea week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

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




EMMANUEL L. ORTEGAEx-Officio SheriffBY: GLEN A. UMALI

Sheriff IVCopy furnished: SPS. ROMEO C. CORDOVA ANG GINA M. CORDOVA Balikatan Housing Finance, Inc.Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009

EJF NO. B-263-2009






BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,Mortgagee/Assignee,

-VERSUS-

SPS. ALIPIO/ALPIO S. SALVIOAND GODIESA S. SALVIO

Mortgagor/s,

x------------------------x NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ALIPIO/ALPIOS. SALVIO AND GODIESA S. SALVIO, with postal addresses at #128 Saog II,Marilao, Bulacan and lot 8, Blk. 3, Ph. II-B, Atis St., Palmera Homes Nor thwindsCity II, BO. Santo Cristo, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, tosatisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 20, 2009 amounts TwoHundred Thirty Three thousand One Hundred Pesos (PHP. 233,100.00), Philip-pine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, in-cluding/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attor neys fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and suchother amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee.The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice

to all interested parties and to the public in general that on DECEMBER 21, 2009at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to

the highest bidder for CASH, Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


A parcel of land (Lot 8, Blk. 5 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-004998being a portion of cons. lots 1-41, blk. 1, blk. 2, lots 1-38,blk. 3, lots 1-30, blk.4, lots 1-42, blk. 5, lots 1-25, blk. 6, lots 1-21, blk 7, lots 1-16, blk. 8, lo ts 1-35,blk. 9, lots 1-25, blk 10, blk. 11 (open space) lots 1-55, blk. 12, blk. 12-A, lots 1-6, blk. 13, lots 1-8, blk. 14, lots 1-15, blk. 15, lots 1-18, blk. 16, lots 1-32, blk.17, rd. lots 1-13, alley 1-5, & lot 1 NPC (ROW) all of Pcs-031420-004377 LRCRec. No.), situated in the Bo. of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. ofBul.xxx containing an area of FIF TY (50) SQ.METERS xxx


theMabuhay a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, oncea week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

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



Malolos City, Bulacan, November 18,2009.EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio SheriffBY: RUFINO D.J. SANTIAGO

Sheriff IVCopy furnished:

SPS. ALIPIO/ALPIO S. SALVIO AND GODIESA S. SALVIO BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009


Third Judicial RegionOffice Of The Ex-officio Sheriff



-VERSUS-MERCEDES E. ORLINA,

Mortgagor/s, x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118,filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24thFloor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against MERCEDES

E. ORLINA , the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as ofMarch 20, 2009 amounts to ONE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY ONE PESOS AND 49/100 (PHP. 194,661.49), PHILIPPINECURRENCY,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, includ-ing/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees, plus dailyinterest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. TheEx-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that onDecember 21, 2009 at10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to

the highest bidder in Cash and in Philippine Currency, the described real prop-erty/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-184322(M)Registry of Deeds for Province of Bulacan- Meycauayan Branch

A parcel of land (Lot 15, Blk. 5 of the subd. plan Psd-031423-051905 beinga portion of Pcn-03-000147 LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of san Jose,Mun. of Sta. Maria Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of SIXTY (60)SQUARE METERS. xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20)days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same periodin the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circulation in th e province of Bulacan,once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

ALL SEALED BIDS with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before above stateddate and hour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.


Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for them-selves the title to the property and the encumbrances thereon if any there be.

Malolos City, Bulacan, November 25, 2009.EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio SheriffBY: GODOFREDO C. VILLARENTE

Sheriff IV

Copy furnished: MERCEDES E. ORLINA, BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,

Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009

EJF NO. B-256-2009



EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENTOF ESTATENotice is hereby given that the estates of the deceased Sps. CrispuloConstantino and Angelina Pile who died intestate on July 27, 1969 inSabang, Baliwag, Bulacan and November 8, 1995 in Caloocan Cityrespectively, left a parcel of land which more described as Transfer Cert ificate Title No. RT - 9835 (T- 53595) located at San, Rafael, Bulacanwas extrajudicially settled among legitimate heirs as per Doc. No. 154;Page No. 32; Book No. 108; Series of 2009 in the Notarial RegistryofAtty. Feliciano F. Buenaventura Jr..Mabuhay: November 27, December 4 & 11, 2009

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial Court of Bulacan

Third Judicial RegionMalolos City, Bulacan

Branch 20

SP. PROC. No. 269-M-2009

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE RECORDS OF BIRTH OFJOMARIE GAMIAO PARTICULARLY ENTRY NO. 18 TO THE DATE AND PLACEOF MARRIAGE OF HER PARENTS

JOMARIE GAMIAO,Petitioner

VERSUS THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MEYCAUAYAN,BULACAN & THE NATIONAL STATISTICSOFFICE (NSO),

Respondents x---------------------------------------------------x

O R D E RA verified petition dated October 28, 2009 has been filed by petitioner,praying that, after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment berendered ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Meycauyan, Bulacan, tocorrect the entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of Jomarie Gamiaowith respect to Entry #18 concerning the date and place of marriageof her parents.

It appearing that the petition is sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing in January 20, 2010, at 8:30 a.m.,at the Bulwagan Ng Katarungan II, Regional Trial Court, Branch 20,Malolos City, Bulacan.

Let copy of this Order be published, at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, prior to the dateof hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province ofBulacan.

Let a copy of this Order be posted, at the expense of the petitioner, at least three (3) weeksprior to the date of hearing, in three (3)conspicuous public places; at the main entrance of the Bulacan Pro-vincial Capitol Building, at the City Hall Building of Maycauyan, Bulacan,and at the door of the courtroom of this Court.

The Civil Registrar of Meycauyan, Bulacan and any person hav-ing or claiming any interest under the entries whose correction is soughtmay, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition, file an opposi-

tion thereto, comformably with Section 5, Rule 108 of the RevisedRules of Court.

Furnish copies of this order to the counsel of the petitioner and to the Civil Registrar of Meycauyan, Bulacan.

The petitioner is also directed to furnish copies of the petition to the Office of the Solicitor General, and submit proof of complianceherewith within ten (10) days from receipt of a copy of this Order.

SO ORDERED.Malolos City, Bulacan, November 12, 2009.

Oscar C. Herrera, Jr.Presiding Judge

Mabuhay: December 27, 4 and 11, 2009


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6 MabuhayLINGGUHANG PILIPINO MULA PA NOONG 1980 NOBYEMBRE 27 - DISYEMBRE 3, 2009Republic Of The Philippines

Regional Trial Court Of BulacanThird Judicial Region

Office Of The Ex-officio SheriffMalolos City, Bulacan


-VERSUS-

DOLORES M. ALMARIO,Mortgagor/s,

x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118,filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24thFloor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against DOLORESM. ALAMARIO, with postal addresses at canalate, Malolos, Bulacan and Lot2-B, Road Lot, Bo. Canalate, Malolos, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy themortgage indebtedness which as of MARCH 20, 2009 amounts to THREEHUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN PESOS & 18/ 100 (PHP.395,219.18), PHILIP PINE CURRENCY, including/excluding interest,penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of the total indebted-ness by way of Attorneys fees, plus daily interest and expenses thereafter,also secured by said mortgage and such other amount which may becomeand payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all interested parties and to the public in general that on December 21, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon there-after infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at theback of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos,Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder inCASH, Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all theimprovements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-39267Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch - Province of Bulacan

A parcel of land (Lot 2-B of the subd. plan, Psd-031410-057543, being aportion of Lot 2, Blk. 1, Psd-03-032014 LRC Rec.No.), situated in the Bo. ofCanalate, Mun. of Malolos, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an area of ONE HUN-DRED TWENTY (120) SQ.M. xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20)days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same periodin the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circulation i n the province of Bulacan,once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.




Malolos City, Bulacan, November 18, 2009


BY: NELSON R. PERONASheriff IV

Copy furnished: DOLORES M. ALMARIO BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,






-VERSUS-MYRNA L. CARANGUIAN,

Mortgagor/s, x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118,

filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24thFloor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against MYRNACARANGUIAN, with postal addresses at 736 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City andLot 39 Blk. 21 Ph. 2-B, Nazareth, Carissa Homes North II, Sto. Cristo, SanJose del Monte, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebted-ness which as of March 20, 2009 amounts to ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWOTHOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIF TY (PHP. 172,750.00), PHILIPPINECURRENCY,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, includ-ing/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees, plusdaily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage andsuch other amount which may become and payable to the aforementionedmortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff herebygives notice to all interested parties and to the public in general that onDecember 21, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provin-cial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealedbidding, to the highest bidder in Cash and in Philippine Currency, the describedreal property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-201092 (M)Registry of Deeds for Province of Bulacan- Meycauayan Branch

A parcel of land (Lot 39, Blk. 12 of the subd. plan Psd-031420-057744 beinga portion of lot 1 (LRC) Psd-39675, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Sto. Cristo,Mun. of San Jose del Mo nte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx containing an area of THIRTY FIVE (35) SQUARE METERS. xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20)days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipality

where the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same periodin the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circulation i n the province of Bulacan,once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.




Malolos City, Bulacan, November 18, 2009.


BY: FELIXBERTO R. SAMONTESheriff IV

Copy furnished: MYRNA L. CARANGUIAN BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.


EJF NO. B-293-2009







-VERSUS-SPS. IRENE P. LOFAMIA ANDPAUL ROMER B. LOFAMIA,

Mortgagor/s, x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118,filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24thFloor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS.IRENE P. LOFAMIA and PAUL ROMER B. LOFAMIA, with postal address at Lot15, Blk. 1, Ph IV, Psalms St., Palmera Homes-Nor thwinds City Bo. Santo Cristo,San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan,the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of October 2, 200 9 amounts to TWENTY THREE THOU-SAND NINE HUNDRED SEVEN TY SIX PESOS & 80/100 (PHP. 23,976.80), Phil-ippine Currency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon,including/excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees,plus daily interest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage andsuch other amount which may become and payable to the aforementionedmortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff herebygives notice to all interested parties and to the public in general that on De-cember 21, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter infront of the Office of theEx-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan,Provincial Capitol Compound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thrusealed bidding, to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the realproperty/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-204036(M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch (Province of Bulacan)

A parcel of land (Lot 15, Blk. 1 of the subd. plan Pcs-031420-061468, beinga portion of blk. 10, Pcs-031420-004622 LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo.of Sto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, Prov. of Bul. xxx containing an areaof SEVENTY SEVEN (77) SQ. M. xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20)

days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same periodin the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circulation in th e province of Bulacan,once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, itshall be held on december 28, 2009 without further notice.




BY: RAFAEL P. REYESSheriff IV

Copy furnished: SPS. IRENE P. LOFAMIA AND PAUL ROMER B. LOFAMIA BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009

EJF NO. B-309-2009



EJF NO. B-249-2009



EJF NO. B-290-2009







-VERSUS-

NELSON V. GARCIA,Mortgagor/s,

x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118,filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24thFloor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makat i City, against NELSONV. GARCIA, with postal address at 136-K 1st St., Kamuning Rd., Quezon Cityand/ Lot 32, Blk. 7, Ph. II-B, Apple St., Palmera Homes Northwinds City II, Sto.Cristo, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s to satisfy the mortgageindebtedness which as of August 25, 2009 amounts to TWO HUNDRED THIRTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED (P HP. 233,100.00), Philippine Cur rency,including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/exclud-ing 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees, plus daily interestand expenses thereafter, also secured by said mortg age and such other amountwhich may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on December 21, 2009 at10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding,

to the highest bidder in Cash, Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-186952 (M)Registry of Deeds for Meycauayan Branch (Province of Bulacan)

A parcel of land ( Lot 32, Blk.7 of the cons. subd. plan. Pcs- 031420-004998being a portion of cons. lots lots 1-43 Blk.2, Lots 1-38 Blk. 3, Lots 1-30 Blk 4.4, Lots 1-42 Blk. 5, Lots 1-25 Blk. 6; lots 1-21 Blk. 7, lots 1-16 Blk. 8, Lots 1-35 Blk. 9, Lots 1-25 Blk. 10, Blk 11 (open space) Lots 1-55 Blk. 12; Blk. 12-A, Lots 1-6 Blk. 13, lots 1-8 Blk. 14, Lots 1-15 blk. 15, lots 1-18, Blk. 16, Lots1-32 Blk. 17, Rd. lot 1-13 Alley 1-5 & lot & lot 1 NPC (R.O.W.) all of Pcs-031420-004377, LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. of sto Cristo, Mun. of SanJose del Monte, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx conyaining an area of FIFTY (50) SQ. M.

xxxThis NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20)

days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same periodin the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circulation in th e province of Bulacan,once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, itshall be held on december 28, 2009 without further notice.




BY: NORMAN S. IPAPOSheriff IV

Copy furnished: Nelson V. Garcia BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009

EJF NO. B-283-2009







-VERSUS-HERMINIA G. RAMOS

Mortgagor/s, x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor,BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against HERMINIA G.RAMOS with postal addresses at 128 LUGAM, MALOLOS, BULACAN and LOT2, BLK. 51, PH 2A, WRIGHT ST. CORNER ROAD LOT 3, CARISSA HOMESNORTH II, BO. SANTO CRISTO, SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACAN, themortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 29, 2009amounts toTWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY NINE PESOS AND 64/100 (PHP. 223,559.64), Philippine Cur rency, including/ excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/excluding 25% of

the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees, plus daily interest and ex-penses thereafter, also secured by said mortgage and such other amount whichmay become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. The Ex-OfficioSheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice to all inter-ested parties and to the public in general that on DECEMBER 21, 2009 at10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding,

to the highest bidder for CASH, Philippine Currency, the real property/ies be-low together with all the improvements existing thereon:


A parcel of land (Lot 2, Blk.51 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-031420-004906being a portion of consolidated lots 1-36 blk 1; lots 1-19, blk. 2; blk. 20A; lots1-31 Blk. 3; lots 1-69 blk. 4; lots 1-33 blk. 5; lots 1-40 blk. 6; lots 1-49 blk. 7;lots 1-46 blk. 8; lots 1-16, blk 9; lots 1-57 blk. 10; lots 1-28 blk. 11; lots 1-31blk 12; lots 1-35 blk. 13; lots 1-49 blk. 14; lots 1-52 blk. 15; lots 1-90 blk. 16;blk. 16-A; lots 1-42 blk. 17; lots 1-34 blk. 18; lots 1-32 blk. 19 lots 1-40 blk 20; lots 1-48 blk. 21; lots 1-43 blk. 22; lots 21, 24 to 27 blk. 23; alleys 1-8;road lots 1 to 21 all Psd-031420-054124 LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo. ofSto. Cristo, Mun. of San Jose del Monte, prov. of Bul.xxx containing an area ofFIFTY THREE POINT FIFTY (53.50) SQ.M. xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty (20)days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same periodin the MABUHAY a newspaper of general circulation i n the province of Bulacan,once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.



Prospective bidders or buyers are hereby enjoined to investigatefor themselves the title to the property and the encumbrances thereonif any there be.



BY: GLENN A. UMALISheriff IV

Copy furnished: HERMINIA G. RAMOS BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009

EJF NO. B-274-2009







-VERSUS-

SPS. ROBERTO N. SIBULAND ZENAIDA O. SIBUL

Mortgagor/s, x------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALEUpon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed byBALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPIBuendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City, against SPS. ROBERTO N.SIBUL AND ZENAIDA O. SIBUL, with postal addresses at Lot 30, Blk 1, HilcrestSt., Cubao, Quezon City and Lot 2 Blk. 33, PH. I, Generosity St., Heritage Homes,BO. Bahay Pare, Marilao, Bulacan, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mor tgage in-debtedness which as of June 23, 2009 amounts Four Hundred Nineteen Thou-sand Six Hundred Fifty Five Pesos and 24/100 (PHP. 419,655.24), PhilippineCurrency, including/excluding interest, penalties and charges thereon, including/ excluding 25% of the total indebtedness by way of Attorneys fees, plus dailyinterest and expenses thereafter, also secured by said mor tgage and such other amount which may become and payable to the aforementioned mortgagee. TheEx-Officio Sheriff of Bulacan thru the undersigned Sheriff hereby gives notice toall interested parties and to the public in general that on D ECEMBER 21, 2009 at10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter infront of the Office of the Ex-Officio Sheriff ofBulacan located at the back of the Bulwagan ng Katarungan, Provincial CapitolCompound, Malolos, Bulacan, will selI at public auction thru sealed bidding, to the highest bidder for CASH, Philippine Currency, the real property/ies below together with all the improvements existing thereon:


A parcel of land (Lot 2, Blk. 33 of the cons. subd. plan Pcs-03-003556, being aportion of the 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-FOUR (94) SQ.METERS xxx

This NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE will be posted for a period of twenty(20) days in three (3) of the most conspicuous public places in the municipalitywhere the subject property is located and at Malolos City of Bulacan where thesale shall take place, and likewise a copy will be published for the same period in the Mabuhay a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Bulacan, oncea week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the date of auction sale.

ALL SEALED BIDS with its accompanying transmittal letter addressed to this office must be submitted to the undersigned on or before above stated dateand hour at which time all sealed bids thus submitted shall be opened.



Malolos City, Bulacan, November 18,2009.EMMANUEL L. ORTEGA

Ex-Officio SheriffBY: NORMAN S. IPAPO

Sheriff IVCopy furnished: SPS. ROBERTO N. SIBUL AND ZENAIDA O. SIBUL BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,Mabuhay: November 20, 27 & December 4, 2009


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NI DINOBALABO

MALOLOSNabawasanng mahigit sa 30,000 ang bilang ng rehistradong botante sa Bulacan bataysa huling tala ng Commis-sion on Elections (Comelec)nitong Nobyembre 16 kum-para naitalang bilang sa halalang pambarangaynoong 2007.

Ipinaliwanag ng Come-lec na ilan sa dahilan ng pagbaba ng bilang ng re-histradong botante sa ta-ong ito ay ang masusing paglilinis nila ng listahankung saan ay tinanggal nila ang mga botanteng hindibumoto sa nagdaang hu-ling dalawang halalan,bukod pa sa mga namatay.

Para naman sa ilang botante, wala silang interesna bumoto kaya hindi na sila muling nagparehistro,sapagkat nawalan na sila ng pag-asa na magbabagoang pamahalaan.

Ayon kay Abogado Sa-bino Mejarito, provincialelection supervisor ng Bu-lacan, umabot lamang sa 1,480,827 ang rehistradong botante sa lalawigan na makakaboto sa makasay-sayang 2010 automatedelections.

Ito ay mas mababa ng 32,562 kumpara sa 1,513,389 bilang ng rehis-tradong botante sa lala-wigan na naitala bago isa-gawa ang halalang pamba-rangay noong Oktubre 29,2007.

Sinabi ni Sabino sa Mabuhay na ang kasa-lukuyang bilang ng rehis-tradong botante sa lala-wigan ay batay sa resulta ng isinagawang pulong ang Election Regulatory Board

Bumaba ng 32,562 ang bilang ng botante sa Bulacan(ERB) noong Nobyembre16.

Ipinaliwanag niya na isa sa dahilan ng pagbaba ng bilang ng rehistradong botante sa lalawigan aydahil sa masusing paglilinisng Comelec ng kanilang listahan kung saan ay ti-nanggal nila ang mga bo-tanteng hindi bumoto sa 2007 mid-term synchro-nized national and localelections na isinagawa noong Mayo 17, 2007; at sa halalang pambaragay na isinagawa noong Oktubre29, 2007.

Tinanggal na namin sa listahan yung hindi bu-moto sa huling dalawang halalan, pati yung mga namatay, ani Mejarito.

Sinabi niya na hindi rinsila nagkulang ng paalala sa mga nabubuhay pang botante na hindi bumoto sa nakaraang dalawang hala-lan dahil pinadalhan nila ang mga ito ng liham bi-lang paalala.

Basta lumitaw sa lis-tahan namin na failed tovote twice, pinadalhannamin ng sulat, buhay mansila o patay, pero kung buhay, dapat ay nagpa-reg-ister uli sila para makabotonext year, ani Mejarito.

Isa sa dahilan kung ba-kit maging ang namatay ng botante ay pinadalhan pa nila ng liham ay dahil sa hindi nila alam na patay na ito, at ang basehan lamang nila ay ang talaan nila na hindi nakaboto sa huling dalawang halalan ang bo-tante.

Sa totoo lang, we haveno right to declare themdead. Korte lang ang maykarapatan na magdeklara noon, ani Mejarito at si-

nabing hindi rin sila nabi-bigyan ng kopya ng mga death certificates ng re-histradong botante mula sa tanggapan ng mga civil reg-istrar.

Kaugnay nito, ilang re-histradong botanteng na-kapanayam ng Mabuhay ang nagsabing wala silang interes bumoto kaya hindisila nagparehistro, o hindibumoto sa mga nagdaang halalan.

Hindi na ako bumotonoong nakaraan at hindi na ako boboto sa 2010 dahilpare-pareho lang namanang ibinoboto, wala na-mang nangyayari sa ba-

yan, ani Carolina Bautista ng Hagonoy na ipinag-

diwang ang kanyang ika-70kaarawan ilang buwan na ang nakakaraan.

Ang ilan naman ay nag-sabing, hindi sila nakata-nggap ng liham mula sa Comelec, samantalang ang iba pa ay nagpahayag ng pagkailang sa panibagong sistema ng pagboto na ipa-tutupad ng Comelec sa susunod na taon.

Ngunit para kay Me- jarito, halos walang pagba-bago sa proseso ng pagbotoat ito ay nakakatulad dinlamang ng lumang prosesona naranasan ng mga bo-tante sa mga nagdaang halalan.

Hindi naman binagoang proseso, pareho pa rin,

inimprove lang yung ilang bahagi tulad ng pagbibi-lang ng boto at pagpa-pahatid ng kopya ng elec-tions returns (ER), aniMejarito patungkol sa pag-gamit nila ng PrecinctCount Optical Scanner(PCOS).

Ang nasabing makina ay ilalagay sa mga clus-tered precint o ang lima hanggang pitong presin-tong pinagsama-sama na may bilang ng botante na hindi tatas sa 1,000.

Batay sa pahayag ng Comelec, matapos kulayanng mga botante ang bilog na pahaba sa tapat ng kan-didatong iboboto nila na nakasulat sa malapad na

balota ay ipapasok iyon sa PCOS machine, at kapag natapos ang botohan sa ganap na ika-anim ng gabiat awtomatikong bibila-ngin ang mga boto ng ma-kina at ipapahatid ang ERsa ibat ibang partido atgrupong may akreditasyonng Comelec.

Hinggil naman sa pag-taas ng bilang ng rehis-tradong botante sa lala-wigang sa pagitan ng dala-wang halalan noong 2007,sinabi ni Mejarito na mas-

yadong magkalapit ang panahon ng dalawang hala-lan at hindi nagkaroon ng pagkakataon ang Comelecna linisin ang kanilang listahan noon.

BUMABA man ang bilang nila, sa araw ng halalan inaasahang may siksikan sa paghahanap ng pangalan.

MALOLOS Inaasahang magi-ging mabigat ang tunggalian ng nina dating Gob. Josie Dela Cruzat Bise-Gob. Willy Alvarado sa darating na 2010 automated elec-tions, dahil kapwa hindi pa sila nakakatikim ng talo sa kanilang magkahiwalay na laban sa pu-litika.

Ngunit ang kanilang mga napiling katambal na sina dating Senior Board Member Pacifico

Aniag at dating Senior BoardMember Daniel Fernando aykapwa na nakatikim ng pag-katalo sa mga kamay ni Alvaradonoong 2007 elections kung kailansilang tatlo ay kumandidatong Bise Gobernador.

Sina Dela Cruz at Aniag ay ka-kandidato sa ilalim ng bandila ng Partido Del Pilar na nakipag-koalisyon sa Liberal Party (LP);samantalang sila Alvarado atFernando ang mga kandidato ng Lakas-Kampi-CMD sa lalawigan.

Batay sa mga tala na naiponng Mabuhay , kapwa hindi pa

Tambalang Josie-Aniag, Willy-Daniel magtutunggalinatatalo sa kampanyang pam-pulitika sina Dela Cruz at Alva-rado mula nang sila ay pumasoksa larangang ito, samantalang sina Aniag at Fernando ay kapwa mayroon ng naitalang pagkatalo.

Narito ang mga tala na naiponng Mabuhay hinggil sa labang pinagdaanan ng apat na kan-didato.

Josie Dela CruzSi Dela Cruz ay unang puma-

sok sa larangan ng pulitika noong 1980 kung kailan siya nahalal na pinakabatang kon-sehal ng bayan ng Bocaue, atnanuparang bise-alkalde ng na-sabing bayan mula 1982 hang-gang 1986.

Noong 1988, nahalal siya bi-lang pinakabatang Bokal ng Bulacan, at noong 1992 nahalalbilang unang babaeng bbise-gobernador ng lalawigan. Na-natili siya bilang bise-gobernadorni dating Gob. Roberto Pag-danganan hanggang 1998.

Nahalal si Dela Cruz bilang kauna-unahang babaeng go-bernador ng lalawigan noong 1998 at nanungkulan hanggang 2007, kung kailan ay inendorsoniya ang kanyang kapatid na siGob. Joselito Jonjon Mendoza na tumalo kay dating Gob. Pag-danganan na hinalinhan ni Dela Cruz.

Willy AlvaradoSi Alvarado naman ay nag-

simulang manungkulan bilang alkalde ng bayan ng Hagonoynoong 1986 hanggang 1998. Mula 1995 hanggang 1998 ay nagsilbisiya bilang pangulo ng mga alkalde sa Bulacan.

Noong 1998, nahalal siya bilang kongresista ng unang distrito ng Bulacan. Ang posis-

yong ito ay hinawakan niya hanggang 2007 kung kailan aykumandidato siyang bise gober-nador at tinalo sina Aniag atFernando.

Si Alvarado ay hinalinhinan

ng kanyang maybahay na siMarivic bilang kinatawan ng unang distrito sa Kongreso nang siya ay mahalal noong 2007.

Katulad ni Alvarado, si Dela Cruz ay wala pang talo sa puli-tika, ngunit ang kanyang ka-tambal na si Aniag ay tinalo ni

Alvarado noong 2007 kung kailanay kumandidato si Aniag bilang bise-gobernador ni Gob. Men-doza.

Pacifico AniagSi Aniag ay nagsimula sa

larangan ng pulitika biilang kapitan ng Barangay Atlag sa Malolos, at noong 1998 ay ku-mandidato siyang Bokal. Na-nungkulan siyang Bokal hang-gang 2007.

Daniel FernandoSi Fernando naman ay nag-

simula bilang artista sa entabladohanggang sa gumanap siya sa pelikulang Scorpio Nights 1noong dekada 80 na nasundan

pa ng ibang pelikula at palabassa telebisyon kabilang ang tele-nobelang Kirara kung saan aygumanap siya bilang Ka Puroy.

Kilala bilang Cesar Ramirez sa tunay na buhay, sinabukan niFernando na pumasok sa pulitika noong 1998 nang siya ay kuman-didatong independienteng al-kalde ng Guiguinto.

Ngunit tinalo siya noon ng negosyanteng si Ambrosio Cruzna nagsilbing akalde ng Gui-guinto hanggang 2007. Si Cruz aymuling kakandidatong kina-tawan ng Ikalawang Distrito sa Kongreso matapos siyang taluninni Kint. Pedro Pancho noong 2007.

Noong 2001, kumandidato atnanalo bilang Bokal si Fernando.Muli siyang nahalal sa nasabing posisyon noong 2004, ngunitnang kumandidato siya bilang bise gobernador noong 2007 bi-lang katambal ni dating Bise Go-bernador Aurelio Plamenco, siya ay tinalo ni Alvarado. DB

quences, contends Dr. PeterRaven, another noted Americanbiologist.

Unlike other global ecologicalproblems, he stressed, the crisis is

completely irreversible. Extinc-tion is forever, said the Washing-ton-based Worldwatch Institute.

The Philippines, with morethan seven thousands islands, isconsidered by respected scientistsas one of the countries with thehighest degree of biodiversity inthe world.

Out of the 500 known coral spe-cies worldwide, about 488 coralspecies in 78 genera are found inthe Philippines. There are onlyabout 50 species of seagrasses inthe world. A total of 16 species canbe found in the country, and thisis the second highest diversity thatexist in one country; only Western

Australia has more with 17 spe-cies. At least 2,000 fish species arefound in the Philippines.

Regarding Henry from page 3 About 98 of mammal species

are endemic to the Philippines. Inthe last seven years, experts havediscovered 12 mammal species inthe country seen nowhere else on

the planet. The number com-pares with other countries likeBrazil, says Philippine fauna spe-cialist Dr. Lawrence Heaney of theField Museum of Natural Historyin Chicago. But compare theirsizes. For such a small area, thePhilippine rockets ahead.

Brazil has a total land area of 3,286,488 square kilometers whilethe Philippines has a total landarea of 115,800 square kilometers.Indonesia, another biodiversity-rich country, has a total land area of 741,101 square kilometers.

While its diversity is among thehighest, the Philippines ecosys-tems are among the most threat-ened. The US National CancerInstitute, which has worked withthe National Museum to find

genes from the countrys wild spe-cies that may help in the develop-ment of new anti-cancer drugs,lists the entire Philippine archi-pelago as among five biogeo-

graphical areas in the world con-sidered the hottest of the hotspots, a hot spot being an area whose high biodiversity is gravelythreatened.

Filipino scientist Dr. Lee Tal-bot agreed: A few decades ago, thewildlife of the Philippines was no-table for its abundance; now, it isnotable for its variety; if presenttrend of destruction continues,Philippine wildlife will be notablefor its absence.

Although no endemic species yet in the Philippines are reportedto have been extinct, several madeit to the list of rare, threatened andendangered species compiled bythe Conven-tion for InternationalTrade of Endangered Species(CITES), of which the country is

a signatory. Among these are the Philippine

eagle, tamaraw, pangolin, Philip-pine tarsier, Philip-pine palmcivet, calamanian deer and fruit

bats. All the marine turtles foundin the Philippines - the green sea turtle, hawksbill, loggerhead, ol-ive ridley, and leatherback turtle -are considered threatened rep-tiles, along with Philip-pine andestuarine crocodiles, lizards andphytons.

The following plants are listedby CITES as rare, threatened andendangered species: sandersalocasia, striped alocasia, pitcherplant, orchids, bungang ipot,ladys slipper, cycas or pitogo, allspecies of ferns, and cactus.

Once these species are gone,they are gone forever, leaving be-hind an imbalance in ecology andbeauty difficult to determine andrestore, said a Filipino environ-mentalist.

mga babae at mamamahayag,hindi lamang ang mga hukumansa Pilipinas ang uusig kayPGMA, kundi ang buong sibi-lisadong daigdig, at ang kasay-

sayan ng mundo.Sapagkat ang hinihinalang nasa likod ng kakila-kilabot na pagpatay na ito sa mga walang kalaban-labang sibilyan, ay isa lang sa mga makapangyarih

mabuhay issue no. 948

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