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AT least two people were killed when a second storm that hit the country in as many weeks battered northern Luzon on Wednesday while rain triggered by the southwest monsoon continued to cause oods in many areas
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US warns of divisive diplomacy

WASHINGTONChina should not use bilateral talks to attempt to divide and conquer nations with competing territorial claims in the South China Sea, the United States said Tuesday. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nulands comments followed a visit by
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Sotto accepts challenge to produce sons death papers

By Macon Ramos-Araneta
SENATE Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday lashed back at former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral and Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin and acceded to their challenge to produce the death certicate of his infant son, who died in 1975, to prove that he died because his mother had used contraceptives. Why would I invent this truth? Theyre even asking for the death certicate. I have one, Mr. President. I will give it you. I will give them a copy. They probably thought I I will not heed their challenge, Sotto said in the second part of his speech opposing the reproductive health bill. Sotto said the remarks of Cabral and Garin about the death of his son were callous and insensitive and that it was unfortunate that the debate over the bill had come to this level. They should have given the sorrow of my family more respect, he said. I just what to make this clear Mr. [Senate] President for those who did not understand well what was the story. Dianne. Dianne was the name of the pills used by my wife then. She was being supervised by a doctor while using this. My wife is intelligent. She knew how to use this, said Sotto. He said what his wifes doctor, Carmen Enverga Santos, told them was clear. Dr. Santos was assisted by my mother,
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Rolito Go escapes; abducted, kin claim

Aquino orders probe of alleged kidnapping inside prison
By Ferdinand Fabella

CONVICTED killer Rolito Go disappeared from the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City and was now considered an escapee, a jail ofcial said Wednesday.
Go, who was convicted for killing college student Eldon Maguan over a trafc argument in 1991, could not be accounted for during a routine headcount at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, prison superintendent Richard Schwarzkopf Jr. said. As of this time he is considered an escapee, Schwarzkopf said. Schwarzkopf said Go was reported missing after his custodial ofcers failed to nd him at the Ina ng Awa church inside the NBP reservation where he was assigned as a church worker. The prison ofcial said Go was a minimum securi-

Katos camps fall; 50 rebels die in assault

By Florante S. Solmerin
THE military said on Wednesday that it had captured Hill 166 and Hill 714, the satellite camps of rogue rebel group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement, and had killed at least 50 rebels. The BIFM had engaged government troops in a continuing reght since it launched simultaneous attacks on several towns in Maguindanao on Aug. 5, killing four soldiers, four civilians and a policeman. Hill 166 and Hill 714 are former communities of the Teduray tribe, which the rebels turned into its headquarters and training grounds for young recruits. The military attacked the rebels position with 105 howitzers and helicopter gunships and bomber planes, which forced the BIFM rebels to ee from their camps in Datu Hoffer, said Maj. Gen. Rey Ardo, commander of the 6th Infantry Division. Ardo said they completed the day-long assault late Tuesday afternoon. Col. Mayoralgo dela Cruz, commander of the Armys Mechanized Brigade, said that more than 50 rebels were killed and several others were wounded. Our estimate is more than 50 of them [rebels] have been killed and more than 20 were wounded, said Dela Cruz in a a
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ty inmate and could move around the compound with an escort. He was last seen around 8 p.m. Tuesday with his nephew and nurse Clemence Yu, who also went missing. Go has been in prison for 19 years and is suffering from Stage 4 colon cancer. He was set to be released sometime next year, Schwarzkopf said. Next page

Inside the prison walls. A typical day in

the minimum security area where convicted murderer Rolito Go was conned in his own cell (inset below) show inmates walking about or cleaning the surroundings. Inset photo above shows the facade of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. DANNY PATA

Palace to De Lima: Focus now on your job

THE exclusion of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima from the shortlist of nominees for the position of Chief Justice is water under the bridge, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said on Wednesday. He said the Palace was happy that De Lima, who was disqualied by the Judicial and Bar Council over the pending disbarment cases against her, could now concentrate on her job as Justice secretary. He made the statement even as the members of the council on Wednesday denied De Limas insinuation that they conspired with the Supreme Court and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines to block her bid to become the next chief justice to replace Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was removed by the Senate sitting as an impeachment court on May 29 for not revealing all his assets. I am certainly happy that she is back, Lacierda said. She can concentrate with her work as secretary of Justice. We are very, very comfortable with her being our secretary of Justice. That [De Limas exclusion] is water under the bridge now. Lacierda advised the JBC not to get ahead of itself in saying the council would stick to its eight-nominee shortlist in case President Benigno Aquino III returned it. We are not taking any action yet, so the JBC should not be quick to make Next page such statements, he said.

Delist Pnoy allies as bets of party-list, Kontra urges

By Christine F. Herrera
THE Kontra Daya on Wednesday said President Benigno Aquino IIIs allies in the Black and White Movement and the Liberal Party stalwarts partylist groups should be disqualied because those groups were not marginalized as their members were already in power. Kontra Daya convenor Fr. Joe Dizon said the BnW members that were now in the corridors of power and were members of the Aquino Cabinet included Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman, President
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Senate hearing bares Comelecs extravagance

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SEVEN king-size beds with mattresses worth P91,250 each or a total of P638,750.00 and 17 sets of queen-sized beds with mattresses worth P84,600 each or a total of P1.4 million were among the overpriced furniture purchased by the Commission on Elections for its seven cottages in Baguio City. This was bared in Wednesdays hearing of the proposed P8.4 billion budget for the Comelec in 2013 after Senate Minority Floor Leader Senator Alan Peter Cayetano presented to the Senate nance committee led by Senator Franklin Drilon a two-page document entitled Notice of Award showing the purchases made by the Comelec. The documents, both dated February 21, 2012, were addressed to Paulas Furniture with an address at 429 Juan Angelo Subdivision, Sto. Domingo, Angeles City, and Raddys Construction and Supply on 20 Sandoval Avenue and
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PNOC execs face P122m plunder case

By Alena Mae S. Flores
ANTONIO Cailao, president of Philippine National Oil Corp., a government-owned corporation, and several senior ofcials amassed P122 million from questionable coal transactions from March 2009 to January 2010, a former senior PNOC ofcial said on Wednesday. Crismel Verano, former
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ary 2007 and has been returned to the maximum security compound. Gos fellow inmates were tightlipped when asked where the highprole inmate might have gone, but said Go was weak and could no longer move around too much. We see him every day at the church, one inmate said. While living out prisoners like Go have relative freedom around the prison compound, they are not allowed to leave their assigned area without an escort, Schwarzkopf said. We have continuous and routine inspections and headcounts. [There is] no way can he go out without being seen or monitored, Schwarzkopf said. He said Go was visibly weak and frail. Gos disappearance added to the woes of Bureau of Corrections chief Pangilinan, who was appointed by President Aquino in July 2011 to replace Ernesto Diokno after the Leviste ap. A prison guard recently led a graft complaint before the Ofce of the Ombudsman against the retired etano said. He said the beds purchased by Comelec were very simple and could cost only P7,800 in the internet and the mattress would not even amount to P5,000. Brillantes conrmed that both documents were authentic, and vowed to look into the reported overpricing in the purchases made at Paulas and Raddys. Before the start of the hearing, Brillantes apologized for the argument\ over the reduction of the Comelecs original proposed budget of P13 billion. Brillantes had threatened to resign over what he described as the wrong decision of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad to slash the poll bodys budget for 2013. I was just emotional, Brillantes said before presenting the commissions proposed budget. Brillantes assured the senators that there were no more disputes over the commissions budget and that the P8.42 billion proposed alloThat is equivalent to 5.75 deaths a day, which is way off from the 11 per day [that proRH advocates claim]. This was clearly down from the 2000 level of 4,100, or 11.2 a day, which was published in a report seven years ago by the same international agencies, he said. He further stated that UN agencies are using UN resources to advocate their agenda on a local level in order to bypass cultural and religious resistance. Gamal Serour, president of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, reported that UNFPA has a program in 25 countries to lobby religious leaders into dropping objections to the agenda. These programs are aimed at re-educating religious leaders and convincing them to accept their population control programs. Sotto identied several local organizations as being recipients of funding from international organizations. These include the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, Reproductive Health Advocacy Network, Likhaan, an afliate of RHAN and the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines. FPOP, Sotto said, was afliated with the number one international organization that promotes abortion worldwide, and received a subsidy of over P27 million in 2011. With Maricel Cruz Army general, who is also facing plunder charges. It was not the rst time Go escaped from prison. On Nov. 1, 1993, just four days before he was convicted, Go escaped from the Rizal provincial jail in Pasig City. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia. Go was captured on April 30, 1996, at a piggery farm along the Gapan-Olongapo Road in Pampanga. Until he was moved to the minimum security compound in 2009 over the protests of Maguan family, Go had been locked up at the New Bilibid Prisons maximum security compound. The former construction magnate was convicted of shooting and killing Maguan, a 25-year-old mechanical engineering graduate of De La Salle University, on July 2, 1991 in Greenhills, San Juan, when their cars nearly collided at Wilson and J. Abad Santos streets. Go surrendered to the San Juan police a week after the shooting. With Florante S. Solmerin, Joyce Pangco Panares, Gigi Munoz David, Rey E. Requejo, Vito Barcelo cation was enough for the conduct of the 2013 elections. The budget would cover expenses for the synchronized national, local and Autonomous Regions of Muslim Mindanao elections. Per the Comelec presentation, the agency would need P11.01 billion to implement the synchronized elections which amounts to P7.06 billion, the automated overseas absentee voting amounting P205.98 million, and the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Registration and Elections amounting to P3.75 billion, Drilon noted. However, Drilon said the Comelec still has huge unobligated balances which it can use to defray election related expenses to ensure a smooth automated elections next year. The Senate panel, however, deferred the approval of the agencys proposed budget on Wednesday and scheduled another meeting on August 30, 2012.

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chairman of the PNOC Exploration Corporation, the oil and gas arm of PNOC, said he has led a case of plunder at the Ombudsman against Cailao, former PNOC EC president Rafael del Pilar and several other ofcials for sophisticated schemes and hidden commissions that resulted to huge losses for the government. The actuations of the respondents in conversion and raid of the public treasury are indicia of the moral ber that is paramount and necessary in public ofce, Verano said in his complaint. In a separate case, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales led two counts of graft at the Sandiganbayan against whistleblower Jun Lozada for leasing government properties to companies owned by his wife and brother. Carpio-Morales said Lozada approved the leases in 2007 when he was president and chief executive ofcer of the state-owned Philippine Forest Corp. Lozada, who was a star witness in the aborted National Broadband Network deal with Chinese telecommunication rm ZTE in which former president Gloria Arroyo was accused of receiving P13 billion kickback, denied the charges. Verano, who resigned from PNOC in 2010, said Cailao contracted several rms to supply coal to Sual plant of the National Power Corp without going through a bidding procedure, which is required by law. He said one of the contracted rms, Wilson International Trading, later sued for demurrage of more than P100 million because the coal shipment was diverted to Batangas. Manila Standard contacted Cailao to get his side on the issue, but he declined to comment pending receipt of the ofcial complaint. Cailao said he would give his side on the allegation at the proper forum, which is the Ombudsman. Vereano said he resigned as PNOC EC chairman in 2010 after certain groups called for his removal when he and other members of the board refused to approve the sale of a portion of the governments stake in the Malampaya gas exploration project. Other PNOC EC ofcials named in the complaint were Lourdes S. Gelacio, Jose C. Sta Ana, Leocandio M. Ostrea, Jose Anthony T. Villanueva, and Jose Eijansantos.

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Gos relatives went to the prison Wednesday morning and claimed Go was kidnapped, with the abductors demanding a P1 million ransom for his release. We are now in the process of investigation and validating reports of this supposed kidnapping, Schwarzkopf said, adding that it would be the rst time such an abduction took place inside the prison. Gos custodial ofcers have been relieved and are under investigation, he added. Someone has to answer for this, Schwarzkopf said. President Benigno Aquino III ordered a thorough investigation and asked Bureau of Corrections chief Gaudencio Pangilinan to reassess the prisons security systems. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said a separate task force of the National Bureau of Investigation would validate reports that Go was abducted.

National Police chief Gen. Nicanor Bartolome ordered a manhunt but said they would also look into reports that Go was kidnapped. But Maguans older brother Ellis said the report was unbelievable. Who would kidnap an ailing convicted murderer like Rolito Go? he said, and suggested that some prison ofcials might have been bribed to release him. The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday alerted all its ofcers assigned in all airports and seaports to be on the lookout for Go to prevent him from eeing the country. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said her department would look into security at the prison, but Schwarzkopf denied conditions were lax in the New Bilibid compound. Last year, NBP ofcials were criticized after it was discovered that former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste, Jr. was going in and out of the compound without clearance. Leviste was convicted of murdering his aide in Makati City on Janutables with chairs (P15,680.00 each or 47,040.00); seven sets of console table,(P8,500.00 or 59,500.00; 30 pieces of accent chairs with armrest, (P17,280.00 each or P518,400,00) and three sets of living room furniture valued at P59,780.00 or P179,340.00. Purchased from Raddys, meanwhile, were blinds worth P340,552.35 and curtains amounting to P694,589.72 for a total of P1,035,142.07. Cayetano said the total amount of the furniture was placed at P3,350,210.00. Cayetano explained that the purchase of the furniture indicated two things: overpricing and extravagance. All in all, millions were spent for the Baguio cottages of the [Comelec] commissioners, said Cayetano. But Im saying, they have been asking for more budget when the chairman rides a Camry and lies on the bed worth P91,000. The millions of pesos spent for the cottages can build 20-25 school classrooms, Caylobby for the RH bill and included the US Agency for International Development in the effort. The USAID is the agency which the United States uses as its principal instrument to control and reduce the population through birth control worldwide, Sotto said. It is also the same agency which funded DKT or Dhramendra Kumar Tyagi, the largest manufacturer of Trust brand condoms, pills and other contraceptives. DKT wants to spread the use of contraceptive products in the Philippines, said Sotto. This is a good tactic. You make the demand for contraceptives and at the same time supply the solution. Sotto also said the USAID gives funds to the National Statistics Ofce to come up with information that would support efforts to control population growth. Another player in the campaign for the RH bill was the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Sotto said, saying it was the marketing arm of Planned Parenthood Institute, which promoted birth control without regard to health concerns. Sotto also cited the September 2010 report of the World Health Organization, Unicef, the United Nations Population Fund and the World Bank, which estimated annual maternal deaths in the Philippines at 2,100 in 2008.

Customs seizes 4 vehicles

A CUSTOMS task force has seized four used vehicles in the Port of Manila that the group said were suspected to have been shipped there illegally. Task Force REACT, the Bureau of Customs anti-smuggling arm, said the used vehicles were conscated because those were not specied in the invoice. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said the fortyfooter container van holding the shipment was consigned to Loadstar Commercial Corp. on Banawe Street, Quezon City. He said his men also seized used tires with mags and a used truck body that were improperly declared. The shipment came from the Hakata Port in Japan and were declared used auto and truck replacement parts and engines, but Customs ofcials found used vehicles instead, Biazon said.

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N. Cruz, Palatiw, Pasig City. They were signed for the Comelec by Julio Thaddeus Hernan, Director IV, Administrative Services Department and Chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee. A certain Renato Dela Cruz signed for Paulas while a Conrado Ramos afxed his signature for Raddys. Pursuant to the approval given by the Commission en banc on February 21, 2012, you are hereby notied that the Commission awards to your FIRM the contract for the supply and delivery of the following read the document. Aside from the king-sized beds, other pieces of furniture bought by Comelec from Paulas include 20 sets of double deck beds with mattresses, which cost P15,840.00 each or a total of P316,800; a rectangular dining table with chairs worth P74,180.00; a round dining table with chairs (78,000.00); 3 sets of reception

IABC calls for entries

THE International Association of Business Communicators on Wednesday announced the call for entries to the 2012 Philippine Quill Awards, the countrys most prestigious award-giving body in business communication. The group invited the nations biggest corporations, civic organizations and government agencies to eld their best communication programs and campaigns in the annual event that recognizes excellence in external communication, strategic processes, organizational communication, social responsibility, digital communication, photography, writing, audiovisuals and marketing communication. IABC Philippines also announced the launch of the First Philippine Student Quill Awards to recognize the outstanding communication work of university and college students. The group said this years Philippine Quill race was expected to be as tough as last years, when only 118 entries passed the stringent screening and won awards.

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Dr. Herminia Castelo-Sotto, the rst Philippine medical commissioner of the Workmens Compensation Commission of the Department of Labor.... They said that the pregnancy of my wife Helen despite the contraceptives and using them could have caused the the complication, prematurity and eventually the death of our child, he said. He said it was clear that his wife got pregnant even though she used contraceptives. In a statement Tuesday, Cabral said she hoped Sotto would make public the death certicate and hospital records of his son to prove his claims. Garin, another supporter of the RH bill, issued the same challenge to Sotto, and said he should have sued his doctor for misinformation. But Sotto said there were studies that prove that the use contraceptives has adverse effects on the health of a child. He cited a book by Barbara Seaman entitled The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth, which said that women who took pills but still got pregnant had more abnormal children with lower IQs. Sotto also picked up from his rst speech about an international sentatives and the academe, respectively, in the JBC, said they only followed a council rule in disqualifying De Lima because of her two pending disbarment cases in the IBP. There was no conspiracy as far as JBC is concerned, Tupas said in an interview over the ANC news channel. Tupas had supported the proposal of Undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi, Malacaangs representative to the JBC, to suspend the rule purportedly to allow De Lima to remain as nal candidate for the top judicial post. Actually, there was a motion to include De Lima, but it just so happens that the majority rules, Tupas recalled. Those who were against the motion were of the belief that the rule should not be changed in the middle of the contest. Mejia also rejected De Limas claim.

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Weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said Tropical Storm Helen hit land in northeastern Isabela with maximum winds of 100 kilometers per hour and headed towards China in the direction of Hong Kong. It was moving west northwest at 17 kilometers per hour and is expected to be out of the country by Thursday morning, Aurelio said. Benito Ramos, head of the disaster and relief coordinating council, reported two deaths, including a man who drowned while swimming in Ilocos Norte. The Coast Guard said it sent a team to search for a 60-year-old sherman from San Fernando, La Union, who went out to sea on Tuesday and failed to return. As Helen maked its exit, the Department of Public Works and Highways reported that 15 roads nationwide were not passable because of oods and landslides caused by the storm. Public Works Undersecretary Raul Asis reported damages in the Cordillera region, Ilocos region, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog and the South Cotabato, General Santos and Sarangani region in Mindanao. He said at three bridges in Central Luzon remained closed. sake of Quezon City Rep. Jorge Bolet Banal, a Liberal, who played a crucial role during the impeachment trial of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona. I cannot imagine how Banal, the father, could represent Mindanao elders when like his son served as a Quezon City Councilor for four terms, Dizon said. Banal was appointed by President Aquino as acting member of the board of Poro Point Management Corp. Banal does not belong to the sector he claims to represents, says the Kontra Daya petition to the Commission on Elections. He comes from a political family and presently very close to the Aquino administration. Banal has no track record of being an advocate of the welfare of the Mindanao peoples, nor of Mindanao elders. Dizon said Banals group not only failed to comply with the requirements of a party-list group. It also had no bona de intention to represent Mindanaos elders in Congress.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to two of those states, Malaysia and Brunei. Nuland would not say whether the US suspects Beijings intentions in those talks. A meeting last month of the Asean ended in acrimony over the South China Sea as host Cambodia, a close China ally, refused to sign off on the language sought by the Philippines and Vietnam mentioning their individual disputes with China. She made her statement even as the Philippines Armed Forces on Wednesday said the plan of the United States Pacic Command to relocate its Afghanistan-based forces and facilities to the Philippines for disaster relief operations was a welcome development.

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phone interview. Dela Cruz, however, said he could only conrm that at least 27 rebels died in the reght, while there was no reported casualty on the government side. We rained bombs on the rebels lairs and most of those bombs directly hit their positions. Actually, we dont have an [actual] body count because the rebels immediately bury their dead comrades, Dela Cruz added. Dela Cruzs brigade was backed on the ground by soldiers from the 601st Infantry Brigade. My brigade alone has captured the BIFFs satellite camp at Hill 166 in Barangay Maig, Datu Unsay. We entered the camp without resistance and the bunkers were already empty of rebels. The rebels left behind assorted ammunitions, personal belongings, other military stuff, among others, he said. The BIFM was operating in the fringes of Camp Omar, one of the main camps of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in central Mindanao. The so-called Camp Omar is very big. While were conducting hot pursuit operations against the BIFM we also coordinated with MILF forces to avoid misencounters, Dela Cruz said. Meanwhile, Ardo said BIFM leader Ameril Umbrakato was not the one directing his followers in the reghts, because the rebel leader ws reportedly seriously ill. Were not using the word Ameril Umbrakato here. Hes not with his followers because hes already a vegetable, mata na lamang ang gumagalaw sa kanya. (only his eyes were moving) He was being hidden somewhere in the marshland area, Ardo said.

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So far, based on the past actuations of our President, he has never returned the list yet. Mr. Aquino has until Aug. 27 to choose a new chief Justice to replace Corona. Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio led the shortlist that included Associate Justices Roberto Abad, Arturo Brion, Teresita Leonardo De Castro and Maria Lourdes Sereno, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza, ex-Ateneo Law School Dean Cesar Villanueva, and former congressman Ronaldo Zamora. De Lima earlier questioned the JBCs decision to exclude her from the shortlist, saying she felt she was being singled out. Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. and lawyer Jose Mejia, who represent the House of Repre-

There was no conscious attempt to single her out, he said. It was only incidental that we needed to apply the rules on each of the candidates. The high court and the IBP had earlier denied De Limas allegation. he JBC disqualied De Lima after the IBP board of governors dismissed her motions seeking summary dismissal of the cases led against her by lawyers Ricardo Rivera and Agustin Sundiam last year, which were endorsed by the high court only last April. The lawyers said De Lima should be disbarred for defying a Supreme Court order to allow President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband to travel abroad and for calling Corona a tyrant who holds himself above justice and accountability. Joyce Pangco Paares and Rey E. Requejo

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tial Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles, former Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim, former Tourism Undersecretary Vicente Romano, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Ofce Undersecretary Manolo Quezon III, Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda, and Movie and Television Regulatory Classication Board member Leah Navarro. Most of them are now in power and have the machinery and resources to make their members win, Dizon said. Navarro is the No. 1 nominee of the BnW, which represents the women, children, youth and urban poor sectors. Among the 39 party-list groups that Kontra Daya wanted delisted are the family members of President Aquinos party whips in the Liberal Party. Dizon cited the Alliance of Mindanao Elders whose rst nominee is Jorge L. Banal, the father and name-

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asking Congress for a P17.7 billion budget for 2013. Marquez was joined by Supreme Court Justices Presbitero Velasco and Diosdado Peralta who also complained of the DBMs proposal. Marquez the proposal would also violate a memorandum of agreement between the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the president of the Judges Association. The Judiciary which has scal autonomy over the budget is asking Congress for a P17.7 billion budget for 2013. Marquez said the SAJ was provided for under RA 9227 since

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Judges blast Budgets pay cut bid

By Maricel V. Cruz

THE Judiciary on Wednesday protested the plan of the Budget Department to remove the special allowances of justices and judges, calling it a violation of the law that granted the additional compensation.
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad wants the special allowances removed from the proposed P2.006 trillion General Appropriations Act for 2013 as the salary standardization law 3 takes full effect this year. The Salary Standardization Law III was adopted on June 17, 2009 and involved a P242.3billion salary increase package for government personnel to be granted in four annual tranches until this year.

At a hearing in the House of Representatives, Court Administrator Midas Marquez opposed the Budget plan. `He said the law provides that any excess in the amount of special allowance not converted as part of the basic salary shall continue to be granted as such. We have to keep up with the times and the increasing cost of living for justices and judges and other court personnel, Marquez told lawmakers as he defended the agencys budget for next year. The Judiciary which has scal autonomy over the budget is

2003, insulate the Judiciary and maintain its independence. He said the law was passed at the time because of the low number of applicants for the rst and second level positions in the Judiciary. Administration ally, Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone questioned the special allowances being given to justices and judges. But Marquez responded by saying that the SAJ is equivalent to 100 percent of the basic salary of judges and justices in 2007 which is classied as additional compensation. The law was passed in 2003 so its almost a decade-old, he

told the committee, noting that removing it would negate their salary increases. For an instance, a regional trial court judge who receives a salary of P25,000 in 2007 is given a SAJ of the same amount which is over and above his basic salary of P60,000 to P70,000, Marquez explained. According to Evardone, the Judiciary has no right to complain when judges and justices receive a salary ranging from P100 to P125,000 a month, noting that employees of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration of PAGASA have meager salaries.

52 malversation raps vs John Hay developer

By Julito G. Rada
THE Bases Conversion and Development Authority has led on Wednesday before the Justice Department a complaint for 52 counts of malversation against ofcers of Camp John Hay Development Corp. and its subsidiary for their refusal to return 26 BCDA-owned hotel units in Camp John Hay Manor and Camp John Hay Suites in Baguio City. BCDA said the ling of complaint would also give the agency an accounting of the revenues earned by CJHDevCo and its subsidiary, Camp John Hay Hotel Corp., from the operations of the 26 rooms. In its demand for return of the units and liquidation of revenues, BCDA president and chief executive Arnel Paciano Casanova said that the leaseback arrangement is even made legally questionable with the ndings of the Securities and Exchange Commission En Banc in its recent Order dated 7 June 2012, stating that CJH Development Corporation and CJH Suites are engaged in the business of selling unregistered securities in the form of an investment contract denominated as Leaseback Agreement for the The Manor and The Suites hotels in violation of Section 8 of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC). The 22-page complaint stated that the CJHDevCo directors and ofcers, even after the lawful demand of BCDA, refused to return the public properties to the government. These properties are the 16 units of the CJH Manor hotel and 10 units of the CJH Suites Hotel which have a total value of P121 million. The complaint further stated that CJHDevCo continues to earn from these units but refused to provide the liquidation of public funds revenues that it earned from the use and lease of the 26 units. Prior to ling the complaint, Casanova demanded the return of these hotel units to the government, stating that CJHDevCo has been holding, managing, and operating [BCDA] units from 2008 to the present and have been proting there from without giving [BCDA] a proper accounting and remittances. CJHDevCo has been the lessee over the BCDA-administered property Camp John Hay in Baguio City for a period of 25 years, renewable for another 25 years starting on Oct. 19, 1996. BCDA said in 2008, CJHDevCo gave the title of the 26 hotel rooms to government as partial payment of CJHDevCos unpaid lease rentals amounting to P2.6 billion. For its part, BCDA had not signed the leaseback agreement over the units as the term of the leaseback exceeded the term of CJHDevCos lease over Camp John Hay, which is only for 25 years from Oct. 19, 1996, and renewable for another 25 years. We refuse to subject the governments properties to an investment arrangement which does not comply with the law and does not provide government with any protection whatsoever, Casanova said.

Pag-ASA workers assured of hazard pay

By Joyce Paares
ITS the case of the squeaky wheel getting the grease. Employees of the weather bureau, after holding a protest on Tuesday, will nally receive all their overdue incentives and privileges including their laundry, subsistence, longevity and hazard allowances, Budget chief Florencio Abad said on Wednesday. Their unreleased allowances for the rst semester of the year will be released in less than two weeks, according to Science Secretary Mario Montejo. Abad, however, stressed that the government will strictly enforce the 2012 budget guidelines for the release of second semester Magna Carta benets of employees of the Philippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. As instructed by the President, the Department of Budget and Management will provide the necessary budget support to cover all allowances for Pagasa employees in the rst half of 2012, Abad said. He cited the frequent violations of rules set for the provision of Magna Carta privileges, especially for the release of hazard pay to PagASA employees. Under the Magna Carta applicable to Pagasa workers, employees are entitled to a daily subsistence allowance of P150 while an additional P500 is provided for their monthly laundry expenses. Longevity pay for each worker is calculated as ve percent of an employees monthly basic pay for every ve years of service. Hazard pay, on the other hand, comprises 15 percent of a Pagasa employees basic monthly pay. On Tuesday, President Benigno Aquino III paid a surprise visit to Pagasa to address the grievances of employees over the governments failure to reinstate their benets. While the President saw no problem with the immediate release of longevity pay and the subsistence allowance and laundry allowance of employees of the, he wanted to have rhyme and reason on the hazard pay. Apart from Pag-ASA, the non-release of hazard pay is also an issue for employees of the Department of Health, Mr. Aquino said.

BCDA president Arnel Paciano Casanova les before the Justice department a complaint for 52 counts of malversation against ofcers of the Camp John Hay Development Corp. Sonny Espiritu

Let her seek treatment abroadsolons

THE minority bloc in the House of Representatives has embarked on a media blitz to move lawyers of former president and now Pampanga congressman Gloria MacapagalArroyo to le in court a motion urging the Aquino administration to enable the former president to seek medical treatment abroad. On Wednesday, minority leader Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said that the political opposition will le a resolution to appeal to the court for compassion and issue an allowdeparture order for Arroyo. Without proper medical care, Mrs. Arroyos condition is bound to get worse, Suarez told reporters at a weekly news forum. Perhaps, safer, more modest treatment options available here and abroad should be considered for humanitarian reasons. Suarez said the only qualied doctor who can give Arroyo a better treatment is a neuro cervical spine purist. He said the series of surgeries conducted to the former leader could be considered a failure because her illness is recurring. Suarez said that seeking a second opinion abroad on the part of the former president is not a question of trust on the doctors who conducted the surgeries to the former president, but it is a matter of comfort level. Arroyo has been in and out of the hospital in the past two years. She was under hospital arrest for eight months on charges of electoral fraud and was granted bail in July, but she was rushed to the emergency ward last week after she choked on her dinner. Suarez, citing Arroyos Progress Report dated July 5, 2012, said that Arroyo suffers from moderate to severe attacks of neck, shoulder, ankle and back pains. The progress report was released by the Veterans Memorial Medical Center and signed by doctors Martha Nucum, chief of emergency ward, and Victoria Icasiano-Javier, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine of the VMMC. Maricel Cruz

Manila bans 2 Taiwanese fishing firms

THE Philippine government suspended the license of a manning agency and banned two Taiwan shing rms from hiring Filipinos for deceiving 12 Filipino seafarers who were hired as seamen but ended as shermen in Taiwan. Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac suspended the license of JMP Polaris navigation, Inc. and banned Menh Hao shery, Co. Ltd and Jui Wun Fishery, Ltd. from participating in the overseas employment program of the government. The POEAs anti-illegal recruitment task force found that the manning agency and the owners of two shing vessels in Taiwan engaged in contract substitution, misrepresentation, maltreatment, and charging bribe money from the 12 Filipino seamen. The seafarers claimed that in January, they were recruited by JMP Polaris Navigation, Inc. as regular seafarers and hired as messmen, deck cadets and engine cadets with a monthly salary of US$250.00 to US$350. The agencys crewing and operation manager assured them of employment as seafarers in an international vessel but they have to pay the amount of PhP15,000.00 as lagay (bribe) and some miscellaneous fees. The 12 alleged they paid JMP Polaris Navigation, Inc. a total of P265,000.00. Cacdac said there is total prohibition on charging any fee from seafarers. Vito Barcelo

Extra-ordinary blood donor. Former President Fidel V. Ramos receives the Extra Ordinary Blood Donor award from the Philippine Red

Cross for having voluntarily donated his type A blood 52 times since 1954 equivalent to 14, 350 cc of blood. Conferring the awards in formal rites are (from left) PRC secretary general Gwendolyn Pang, chairman-CEO Richard J. Gordon and Red Cross Gov. Rosa Rosal.

IT, outsourcing firms take second look at responses to calamity

THE Business Processing Association of the Philippines, the umbrella organization for the IT-BPO industry, said on Wednesday that it will review its response to calamities to strengthen its efforts to safeguard the well-being of its employees. Well continue to work closely with the government to ensure employee safety, enhance disaster preparedness, and mitigate service disruption, BPAP president and chief executive Benedict Hernandez said. A large part of Luzon was inundated during last weeks surge of monsoon rains. Metro Manila, which hosts hundreds of the countrys information technology and business process outsourcing companies, was not spared. When Malacaang suspended work in public and private ofces on Aug. 7, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that employers in the private sector who requested or allowed employees to work must be able to ensure and be responsible for their employees safety and to grant premium pay. In an initial survey conducted by BPAP late last week, other IT-BPO companies had reportedly granted monetary relief for affected employees consisting of interest-free loans, 13th-month pay advances, and outright grants. IT-BPOs also implemented business continuity plans, several of which included provision of safe, shuttle transportation to employees. BPAP said in many instances, employees used these systems to request assistance from their employers. Companies alerted privatesector and government rescue organizations when employees required urgent assistance. Employees who worked on Aug. 7 received a 30-percent premium on basic pay in compliance with a directive from the Department of Labor and Employment. BPAP particularly cited Sitel Philippines Corp.s memo to its employees issued Aug. 7, which stated, You are very much welcome to stay in our sites until it is safe for you to go home, and we have also made arrangements for accommodation for those who cannot go home yet. Food shall also be provided, and you will continue to have the assistance of your support teams. Others, like Maersk Global Services Centers, provided an emergency assistance program, including emergency loans and an advanced payroll run on Aug. 11 already. Julito Rada

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policy because they do not take into account one inescapable factthat no credible scientific research or study in recent years has been able to establish any sort of connection between the use of contraceptives by the mother and birth defects. Given this lack of evidence, it would be folly to deprive millions of couples access to modern family planning methods on the basis of two tales of personal tragedy. Senator Pia Cayetano, the author of the Senate version of the RH bill, cited her own loss of a child to a congenital conditioneven though she had not used contraceptives at the time. When I gave birth to my third child,

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IT WAS difficult to watch Senator Vicente Sotto III tearfully recall the death of his infant son 37 years ago and not feel sympathy for his loss. But when he used his grief in an effort to influence public policy on reproductive health in a speech before the Senate, Sotto ignored his duty as a legislator to examine all the evidence rationally and dispassionately before deciding on any issue. The senator admitted as much on Monday, when he said his opposition to the reproductive health bill went beyond doing his job but was very, very personal. In his speech, Sotto blamed the death of his son on his wifes use of contraceptive pills while she was

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pregnant. He based this conclusion on the opinion of his wifes doctor at the Makati Medical Center in 1975. Sotto also used the example of Senator Lito Lapid, who also blamed the death of his own son at age 9 to the mothers use of contraceptives during pregnancy. Lapid, he said, believed that contraceptives were behind the increasing number of child abnormalities and genetic disorders such as cleft chins, multiple births and conjoined or Siamese twins, which were not that common before contraceptives were used. As convincing as these personal experiences might be to the individual senators involved, they hardly qualify as bases for establishing public I had not used contraceptives and I was not using when I got pregnant. But my son did have a chromosomal disorder, maybe similar to his [Sottos] son, she said. In the seventies, they did not have the capacity to diagnose it the way they did when my child was born in 2000, she said. Cayetano also addressed Sottos concerns about the harmful side effects of contraceptive pills and devices, noting that all medicines, including the ubiquitous paracetamol, could have side effects and contraindications. At the Senate Monday, two senators spoke from the heart but one also used her brainan organ that must come into play in the crafting of good legislation.

Scolding Pagasa
LOWDOWN
DEAR Leila: Can you stop whining now? So, you didnt make the short list. Now its time to quit disgracing your profession, your high ofce and yourself. There is no conspiracy to keep you from being chief justice. There is just your unfounded belief that the rules do not apply to younever have, never will. That, and your undying belief that you are the best possible candidate, despite the fact that your only real achievement is to wrest the title of biggest brown-noser in the entire Aquino administration. This is no mean feat, certainly, in a government full of suck-up yes-menbut it never qualied you for the chief justiceship. If you really wanted to do s o m e t h i n g worthwhile, nd Rolito Go, whom your people inexplicably allowed to escape (or be kidnapped) while in their maximum security custody. And if you really feel so bad about not making the Supreme Court, quit government, like youve threatened once before when you were ignored (but didnt do). But for heavens sake, stop trying to appear like youre some kind of victim. That neophyte who was killed by your San Beda law school fraternity brothers was a victim one you refused to help, his relatives say; youre not. Victimhood doesnt suit you, Leila. That revealing, skin-tight dress you wore to the Batasan was much more appropriate, actually. *** The surprise visit paid by President Noynoy Aquino to the ofces of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration the other day was not as sympathetic as the President made it appear afterwards to the press. Aquino, according to the weather bureaus employees who were present, did not really commiserate with themhe actually scolded them for supposedly threatening to go on strike while a typhoon was about to hit. The long-suffering weathermen were told, upon Aquinos sudden arrival, that they were not to answer phones or even use their mobiles to call or text while the President was there asking about the purported strike, which was merely a silent lunch-hour protest against the withholding of their hazard pay and other allowances early this year. The allowances, by the way, had been promised at the beginning of this monthsomething that the science and technology secretary says will now be given in two weeks. Aquino urged the Pagasa workers many of whom take home around P12,000 a monthnot to go on strike
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Aquino is probably just sorry that he did what he did, too late.

and to consider how important their work was. But he also told them that something should be done about state workers receiving hazard pay even when they are not in hazardous situations, presumably like the low-paid, much-maligned weather forecasters. The Pagasa workers disagreed, citing as the legal basis for their claims a Ramos-era law that gives special benets to state scientists and technologists. The fact that Aquino through his science secretary seems to have allowed the release of the allowances only means that the forecasters were right to grumble about their withheld pay. Of course, the Palace spin later portrayed Aquino as a sympathetic leader who made a sudden, hands-on visit. Only it wasnt really like that, if you were there. Like that road-rage bully who manhandled a trafc enforcer in Quezon City, Aquino seems to have let his emotions get the better of him. And now hes probably just sorry he that he did what he did, too late. *** But going back to Justice Secretary De Lima, heres something she could really sink her teeth into, to make her forget about the loss of the top post in the Judiciary. It concerns a sudden turnaround in a department ruling apparently instigated by one of her top subordinates while she was away. T.C. Pharmaceutical Industries Co. Inc., the Thai manufacturer of Red Bull energy drink, and their local distributor Maryland Distributors Inc. are protesting the ling of charges of unfair competition and conspiracy to commit fraud against them by the justice department. Last June 21, Justice Undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar ordered a Legazpi City prosecutor to le the criminal charges, which were originally brought by a disgruntled distributor of Red Bull and which had already been resolved in TCPIs favor in May 2010. But how can a manufacturer be sued for unfairly competing with its own product and if it is the owner of the intellectual property that is the Red Bull brand? DOJs 180-degree turn is truly baffling and Salazar must not be allowed to go unpunished for his unjust and erroneous ruling. Why did Salazar unduly favor the complainant, Energy Food and Drinks Inc., the former distributor of Red Bull? And why did Salazar suddenly issue the ip-opping ruling while his boss, De Lima, was on leave? TCPI is among the largest private sector investors from Thailand that have made signicant contributions to the Philippine economy with their worldrenowned energy drink. Our good name and reputation is being threatened by a groundless criminal allegation that a former distributor lodged against us, TCPI said in a letter to De Lima. See? Theres a lot of important things the justice secretary can do, once she gets over the loss of something that probably never was meant for her to begin with.

International Humanitarian Law month

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AUGUST 12, 1949 was when the Philippines signed the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the only universally ratied treaty in the world . This Convention codies the corpus of international humanitarian law. This is the branch of public international law that applies only to situations of armed conicts. It seeks to limit the adverse consequences of war for individuals who are not actively taking part in the hostilities. It seeks to achieve this avowed objective by: one, according protections to civilians, the wounded and the sick, humanitarian workers, prisoners of war, and religious leaders; and two, by limiting the means and methods of warfare. The principle of protection mandates all ghters not to intentionally target protected persons. On the other hand, by highlighting to combatants and ghters that they do not have unfettered discretion on the means and methods of warfare, the law provides for a non-derogable code of conduct applicable to all ghters. For instance, there is the rule that all must ghters must distinguish between individuals with protection and combatants. Under this principle known as that of distinction, ghters must at all times desist from
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targeting protected individuals such as civilians. This is why humanitarian law advocates cry war crimes whenever members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Moro International Liberation Front or the New Peoples Army target innocent civilians. Furthermore, the law prescribes that the use of force must always be justified by military necessity. This means that all military strikes must always be for the reason that it will contribute to the military objective: that is, the complete subjugation of the enemy with the least incidental damage possible. This is why the giving of the order to leave no quarters or that no survivors should be left is also a war crime. This is because the military objective is only to defeat the enemy and not to kill all adversaries. There too is the principle of proportionality which tempers the application of the principle of protection. Under this principle, the taking of life and damage to property is not always illegal if it can be shown that its perceived military advantage will outweigh its disadvantages. This, I reckon, is why all countries have agreed to be bound by IHL. For while IHL humanizes warfare, it still recognizes that states have the right to use as much force as is necessary to obtain its military objectives. Because of this rule, not all killings of civilians can be prosecuted as war crimes. Only those that expressly target civilians knowing them as such

are punished. Through an executive order, the month of August has been declared in the Philippines as IHL month to commemorate not just our signature to the Geneva Conventions, but more importantly, to remind all ghters in the country of their legal obligations under the law. Unlike human rights law which originally took the form of binding treaty obligations and therefore are duties of a state, IHL applies to all ghters without distinction. It applies to all ofcers and men of the AFP, the NPA. The Moro National Liberation Front, the MILF, and now, even to the Bangsamoro Islamic Federation Fighters of Umbra Kato. This years celebration is unique because for the rst time, we are celebrating IHL month with a three-inone: we have passed a new domestic enabling legislation criminalizing breaches and violations of IHL, Republic Act 9184; we have become the 117th member state of the International Criminal Court, a permanent court that tries individuals for war crimes, among others; and we have become the latest state party to Additional Protocol 1 of the Geneva Convention. This latest protocol expands the protection of the law to all kinds of civilians. With these developments, we have become the most dedicated country in Asia to the implementation of IHL. Furthermore, while we have not done away with all armed conflicts in Turn to page 5

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Too late for ood control

TO THE POINT
AFTER the ood that created havoc in Metro Manila and other areas, Malacaang is talking about a master plan that would make the metropolis ood-proof. Are the President and his team clueless? Or are they hallucinating? There is talk about putting up dikes around Metro Manila. When and where will they be built? At what cost? How can the government afford it when it cannot even afford to pay the benets of employees of the weather bureau? The administration would also like to keep out some 100,000 squatters now living along river banks and creeks. But where will they be transferred, and again, at what cost? I remember the demolition of shanties in Quezon City. It resulted in such violence that the President had to intervene and call off the relocation. Where else in the world can squatters, illegally occupying private and public property, can threaten the government with the latter yielding? I heard Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson say that when push comes to shove, government is ready to blast the squatters. Blast them with what? Cannons? Now Malacaang is backtracking and Singson says he was misquoted. This administration is not violent, they say. But, how else will those squatter hovels be taken out of harms way without demolitions. The ambivalence of the administration only reects its inability to do what must done. How can the government relocate the squatters when the 2013 elections are fast approaching? No way, Jose, as my grandchild would say. Urban planning to keep the ood off Metro Manila is now an impossible dream. It is too late. Climate change is already upon us. I am not a pessimist but a realist. Government can only minimize the impact of climate change and global warming by informing and educating the people on how to cope with disasters them. The ooding can only get worse. There is no way to make Metro Manila ood-proof. The squatter problem can only be solved with political will. This means that politicians must sacrice votes in relocating the squatters. Or am I also dreaming? *** Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima just cant keep her big mouth shut. She was not included in the short list submitted to President Aquino by the Judicial and Bar Council. Mr. Aquino will choose from the names on the list in naming the next chief justice of the Supreme Court. De Lima says she was singled out because there was a conspiracy among the Supreme Court, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the JBC to prevent her from becoming chief justice. The three bodies have explained that De Limas case is different from that of Solicitor General Francis Jardaleza, who is facing an administrative charge but was
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Freedom of choice
MY column last week, Science and superstition, where I declared my support for the RH bill, drew over 600 Facebook Likes, a rarity. However, there were a few people who badly misread my article, saying it was an attack on religion and that I was trying to persuade the Philippines to embrace science and turn away from God. Nowhere in that column did I advocate a repudiation of religion. Freedom of worship is a human right. I have always been on the side of choice, and people should be able to make their own decisions when it comes to what God they obey and what they wish to do in the privacy of their own bedrooms. What I said in that column was that superstition and the biases of one religion should not be allowed to inuence legislation, because it has an effect on the lives of many people of different faiths and backgrounds. The States duty is to care for all its people, not just for one group. I suppose I was misunderstood because I did not put my point as elegantly as did fellow MST columnist Father Rannie Aquino, who eloquently wrote in his last column, We have no right to expect the public nor the legislature to accept Catholic premises. We then have no right to expect them to draw the peculiar Catholic conclusions that we draw...we have no right demanding of our legislature that it adopt our religious arguments. He also said, When one insists that things be done as one reads his scripture (be these Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu scriptures), the one is immediately confronted by the fundamental conviction of modernity that the State should be neutral towards world-views, that all enjoy equal religious freedom, and that science be emancipated from religion. Legislators, then, as statesmen, are in an unenviable position. They have to make impartial decisions for the good of everyone, but they are human beings swayed by their mindsets, experiences, and prejudices. Take Senator Tito Sotto. He used a rare legislative tactic called turno en contro to air his lengthy anti-RH views. Among the reasons he gave in an effort to prove his point was a personal experience related to his baby sons death that was blamed on his wifes contraceptive use. I understand the senators pain. I have also lost loved ones and will never stop grieving for them. He receives our commiseration and sympathy. But the fact is this is just one persons experience. In our highly populated society, there are a myriad experiences, both positive and negative. In the same way that we should not allow one groups biases to inuence law, neither should we let one persons experience be the basis for legislation that will impact the lives of millions of Filipinos for years to come. If were talking about personal experiences, heres the story of Mina Capote, who worked as my household helper some years back. She has 13 children by two husbands. She only had a third-grade education; neither her husbands nished high school. The rst was unemployed. The second was a groom in horseracing. The eldest daughter, Fanny, was, at 10 years old, tasked with caring for her siblings. Being only a child herself, she could not keep an eye on all of them, so Sam, eight, lost an eye in an accident, while others suffered various mishaps. They usually went hungry. I sent them extra food and used clothes when I could. To augment the family income, Fanny worked as a helper when she turned 15. Her employer raped her. Later I heard she found work in a bar. When I asked Mina once why she does not use contraceptives, she replied, They say its bad for the health. I asked her who they were. She shrugged. Sabi lang nila. (They just said.) It is the height of irresponsibility to bring children into the world that one cannot care for properly, that one cannot adequately feed, shelter, send to school, and keep safe. No one disputes that educated women of means use various family-planning options such as contraceptives, sterilization, natural method, and so on. But these options are not available or even known to women like Mina, whose ignorance constrains them from planning a better life for themselves and their children. But when knowledge and opportunity are available, women are able to make informed decisions for themselves to plan their family size. In the news recently was a report about how over 4,000 women in Tagum, Davao, have opted for the free tubal ligation offered in that city as part of its own reproductive health program since it was launched in 2006. Over that same period, only 76 men availed themselves of free vasectomies. This is a clear indicator of social and cultural norms that place the burden of family planning on the woman, rather than on the man. Kudos to Tagum mayor Rey Uy who has continued the program despite Catholic opposition to it. The program has allowed the city to exclude itself from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino program (4Ps) cash transfer campaign, because poverty incidence in Tagum has dropped to 15 percent. The national average is 27 percent. The RH bill willl inform more Filipinos, especially women, about the planning options that they have. If they decide to have many children, or few, or none at all, that is their choice. It is illogical, unfair, and selsh to let one person or one group decide for everyone else the choices that they may have. Freedom of choice is a human right; let us ensure that everyone in our society enjoys this freedom. Email: jennyo@live.com, Blog: http:// jennyo.net, Facebook: Gogirl Caf, Twitter: @jennyortuoste

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still included in the list. No prima facie evidence was found against Jardaleza. In contrast, De Lima is still being investigated by the IBP for the disbarment complaint against her. From when I stand, De Lima is courting another disbarment case, if not a libel suit. Imagine accusing the Supreme Court, the IBP and the JBC with the baseless charge of conspiracy, which is criminal in nature. My gulay, thank heavens De Lima will NOT be the next chief justice. Can you imagine a chief justice without respect for such institutions? If President Aquino still has his head in the right place, he would uphold tradition and appoint Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. An outsider would only demoralize the Judiciary because that appointee would need some time getting familiar with the workings of this branch of government. *** Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyos health is deteriorating. Her doctors now say that an implant in her spine is dislocated and could cause sudden death. Her condition is preventing her from breathing properly. This is why the doctors say theres need for a second opinion which could only be given in New York. The big question now is, will President Aquino or better still, the courts, allow her to leave with all the charges thrown at her? Yes, Malacaang is wishing her speedy recovery. But we know its all hypocrisy. It was the President who gave instructions to Justice Secretary De Lima to keep Arroyo on Philippine soil. Recall that when the late Ninoy Aquino, the Presidents father, had a heart problem, he was allowed to go to the US for a heart bypass for humanitarian reasons by Imelda Marcos even if he had already been convicted by a military court. It seems that the son of the late Ninoy is of a different world. Like his late mother, he intones that theres no forgiveness without justice, meaning that Mrs. Arroyo must face charges against her. If that sudden death of Gloria ever comes, God forbids, can the President live with that? *** Through this column, Id like to commiserate and extend my condolences to the family of the late Sorsogon Rep. Salvador Sonny Escudero especially to his son, Senator Chiz Escudero, a good friend. I was quite close to Sonny, whom I knew during the Marcos regime as the agriculture secretary. When he became an assemblyman I used to kid him that he was needed by Marcos at Congress to keep all the Presidents tutas (lapdogs) in Congress healthy. He was a veterinarian. Sonny was a regular at the 365 Club at Hotel Intercon, swapping jokes and gossips with his coffee shop buddies. And then we just did not see him for months. Soon we learned that his condition had gotten worse and that he was already wheelchair-bound. We knew he was fighting the big C. I will miss Sonny. *** I have heard so many good things about Philippine Airlines since San Miguels Ramon Ang took over as president. Congrats, Mon!

A principled Philippine foreign policy

By Albert del Rosario
Secretary of Foreign Affairs PHILIPPINE foreign policy is rooted in the countrys core democratic values. These are enshrined in the basic law of the land to reect our understanding of our place in the global order. The Philippines is a friend to all countries and enemy to none. The country does not seek disputes but it will always protect its interests through peaceful means that follow international law and are based on rules that promote the equal rights of all nation-states. The bases of the Philippine national interest It is our values and principles as a people that dene our national interest. Our Constitution is replete with principles that we must observe in the conduct of our foreign policy. We are required to pursue an independent foreign policy which protects our national sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as promotes the national interest and our right to self-determination. We have as a nation renounced war as an instrument of national policy. We have adopted generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land and we adhere to the policy of peace, equality, justice, freedom, cooperation, and amity with all nations. Our historical evolution as a nationstate has shaped us as a people. Ours is a history full of lessons that bore into us a deep appreciation and love of democracy and freedom. From our various liberations from our colonial masters to the rst Edsa revolution, we have time and again proven our commitment to democracy, human rights, human security and human dignity. Our development as a nation is a testament to our struggles. That is why we as a people have been open and outward-looking, that is, we have always and everywhere identied with people who believe that the international order should be a just one . This order should be based on rules that are fair and protective of the shared interests of humanity. Philippine core values in our foreign policy The regional and global security and economic environment have been in a continuing state of ux. Only through a reafrmation of these basic ideals and values will the Philippines be condent in its continuing quest for security in a world that increasingly needs stability. As the world also moves towards an economic order that promotes openness, equity and shared wealth, our democratic values will allow us to take a leading role in ensuring shared prosperity for all countries. We have to be consistent in the application of our core values by ensuring that they are securely should become the collective concern of all member-states as well. The changing nature of the challenges to the international order necessitates an afrmation of the importance of international cooperation. We have to build on our cooperative endeavors to be able to address challenges to our regional security. Threats to maritime security presents such a challenge. To be able to do so, we need to move beyond our fears and trust in our collective wisdom as reected in the documents produced in the Asean, and the Asean-led mechanisms such as the Asean Plus One meetings with its Dialogue Partners (China, Japan, Republic of Korea, India, New Zealand, Australia, USA, Russia, Canada, EU), Asean Plus Three meeting (China, Japan and Korea), Asean Regional Forum, and the East Asia Summit. Through these, regional order can be strengthened and norms and rules of good behavior afrmed for the benet of all the peoples of Southeast Asia and the wider Asia Pacic region. We appreciate the assurances of states from the Atlantic to the Pacic that they are supporting a region which is rules-based and which follows international law and norms. While the Philippines is doing its part in promoting the development of a fair and just international order, it needs the greater participation of other stakeholders. People from the academe and civil society are welcome to provide their ideas on how our foreign policy can be further grounded in our core principles. Relevant research, studies and cooperation on DFA efforts to promote our national interests and assist our nationals are necessary as we continuously upgrade our standards to be truly world class. At the same time, our friends from academia and civil society do their roles well when they serve as our national conscience with regard to how we implement our foreign policy. A principled foreign policy in a multipolar world The Philippines will seek to ensure that the international system will be just and fair to all states regardless of size and relative power. We want it known to the world that we aspire for a multipolar world where states act responsibly. The Philippines must reafrm its commitment to improving and achieving human security, environmental security, and shared economic prosperity. The Philippines must assiduously work with states in ASEAN and all members of the international community to promote the shared values of democracy and good governance. The Philippines must protect the patrimony of the next generations. By doing, so we are reafrming our adherence to a principled foreign policy.

Del Rosario embedded in the three pillars of our foreign policy: protecting our national security, enhancing our economic security, and protecting the rights and welfare of all Filipinos overseas. The Philippines foreign policy is a reection of the countrys domestic policy. More importantly, our foreign policy is rmly anchored on the principles of democracy, human rights, good governance, and the rule of law. In doing so, the well-being of the Filipino people and society is protected, allowing us to strengthen the foundation of social stability and to enhance the legitimacy of the state. Commitment to our democratic principles In this context, the Philippines continues to pursue a foreign policy that is not the product of narrow calculations of national interest nor responsive only to exigent domestic political pressures. A foreign policy based only in satisfying politically expedient concerns weakens our international standing and makes us lose our moral compass. It is the Filipinos collective heritage to defend and uphold these universal values that we have institutionalized in our laws and policies. Let us not forget that we started people power in 1986 which precipitated a wave of democratization that challenged authoritarian regimes in other parts of the world. Our actions as a people have consistently afrmed that right is might. In view of our shared democratic values, the Philippines has always aligned itself with countries that espouse democracy and freedom. We have therefore committed our country to various international norms and rules. In the region, we were among the founders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation whose mission was to promote a more peaceful, stable, and free Southeast Asia. We have sought to make Asean a stronger entity by promoting its centrality in our shared security concerns. Thus the challenges to the security of an Asean member-state

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From A4 the country, we appear to be making strides in arriving at a peace accord with all insurgents in the country, including the MILF and the NPA. This augers well too for IHL because while compliance with IHL certainly is indispensible in times of armed conflict, there is still no substitute for peace. While the recent spate of violence waged by Umbra Katos BIFF in Maguindanao seems to indicate that long-term peace in Mindanao may take longert than expected, it helps that meanwhile, all Filipinos remain under the protection of IHL. Happy IHL month to one and all!

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each meeting, theres a different committee and naturally, different set of members, he said, adding the board only meets twice a month on average, plus one committee meeting if necessary. But after that, there have been no such thing as four, three or two meetings of the same people in one day. Thats ridiculous, he claimed Alikpala said the agency complies with President Aquinos Executive Order 24, which limits the total compensation for all board of trustees and committee meetings to P576,000 for one year. Thus, board members may meet any number of times, but will never receive more than the prescribed ceiling. The board is willing to open its books to allow anyone to check if any board member has exceeded the maximum, he said, disclosing that he himself received P33,000 a month. Thats even less than what a driver receives, which is P36,000. We are putting a stop to the days of excess, and we are getting strong opposition from those who have become so used to them. We will persevere. We are doing what is right and as the old saying goes, right is might, said Alikpala.

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By Othel V. Campos

IN BRIEF
Dont use LTO 100 plates
THE Metro Manila Development Authority on Wednesday warned motorists against buying Land Transportation Ofce 100 commemorative plates because they are not authorized. Yves Gonzales, chief of the Trafc Discipline Ofce, warned the public against buying or using the plates or they will be ned P5,000. Reminder to the Public: Do not buy or use these unauthorized LTO 100 Commemorative Plates. P5,000 penalty if you do, the MMDA said on its Twitter ofcial account, including a picture of the commemorative plate and a scanned LTO notication to the public. Gonzales urged the motorists to report individuals who attempt to sell the illegal commemorative plates. Rio N. Araja

THE protest of employees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Service did not stem from supposed anomalies by ofcials of the state water regulator, but from the loss of benets of employees who are paid twice more than most government employees.
MWSS Chairman Ramon Alikpala said that the suppsed protest was just a smear campaign against the reforms that the new MWSS management implemented in accordance with the ndings of the Commission on Audit. We had to comply with the COA ndings. In doing so we have become the target of a smear

campaign. But we wont stop cleaning up the house. Our reform efforts will continue, Alikpala said in disputing the claims of the MWSS Labor Association and the non-government organization Water For All Refund Movement. For instance, Alikpala said, the employees complained that their meal allowance was cut from P150 to P3 per day, but the allowance was actually integrated in their salaries based on the salary standardization law. Also, Alikpala claimed a driver of the water regulator enjoyed benets reaching P97,000 a month until 2009 in addition to car plans that were subsidized by the agency. Now after removing these benets, its been reduced to P36,000, which, if you think about it, is still twice bigger than what employees of other companies are receiving, he said. The employees also claimed that the agencys board hold eight meetings a day, once a week, four times a month, but Alikpala said the disgruntled employees were actually referring an isolated incident in April this year and there were only three meetings. There were three meetings in one day but for

Eidl Fitr celebration set

THE Metro Manila Development Authoritys policy-making council passed a resolution approving activities aimed at celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eidl Fitr on Aug. 20. Chairman Francis Tolentino said the Metro Manila Council passed MMDA Resolution No. 12-15 to fully support this years Eidl Fitr Festival to be held from Aug. 24 to Aug. 26 at the Atrium of The Block, SM City North Edsa, Quezon City. He said the agency will put up its own exhibit booth to feature the agencys various projects and programs on trafc management, public health and safety and ood control. This activity will advance the awareness of Filipinos to the social, cultural, and economic contributions of our Muslim brothers, he noted, adding that this years festival aims to showcase the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and promote its potential as signicant contributor to the countrys economic development, tourism, trade and industry. Rio N. Araja

Assault on trafc aide goes viral

By Rio N. Araja
THE video of a motorist berating and eventually hitting a trafc enforcer of the Metro Manila Development Authority went viral over the internet, prompting Chairman Francis Tolentino to le criminal charges against the driver. Tolentino ordered the agencys lawyers to le the charges against Robert Blair Carabuena, a recruitment ofcer of Philip Morris International, for direct assault before the Quezon City prosecutors ofce. We cannot allow this aggression and shameless attack against our men who are only doing their job as best as they can, regardless of the risks they face in the streets every day, he said, adding that they will also ask the Land Transportation Ofce to cancel the accuseds driving license. Carabuena was caught on video by a producer of the ABC5 television network berating and eventually slapping trafc constable Saturnino Fabros who apparently tried to cite the driver for a trafc violation last Aug. 11 at the corner of Capitol Drive and Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City on Aug. 11. After being shown on television, the video went viral over social media on the internet, sparking public condemnation of Carabuena, who apparently shut down his social media accounts, and widespread support for the trafc constable. Tolentino said Carabuenas attack on the agencys traffic constable was an insult to the government and demanded that Carabuena issue a public apology. Tolentino said the Revised Penal Code makes it a crime to attack, employ force, or seriously intimidate or resist any person in authority or any of his agents, while engaged in the performance of ofcial duties. Fabros is a person in authority, he said.

Crackdown on helmets
THE Trade Department has started its campaign against substandard motorcycle helmets in several shops in Metro Manila and provinces. The enforcement activity was led by Bureau of Product Standards director Pedro Vicente Mendoza and agents of the DTI regional ofce who checked if the motorcycle helmets available in shops comply with the standards and are certied by the BPS. The team visited 12 stores at the Port Area and Divisoria, Manila. Certied helmets made in the Philippines should bear a Philippine Standard sticker, while certied imported helmets should have a Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) sticker. As of August 1, only one local manufacturer carrying one brand was issued a PS license, while 39 importers carrying 67 brands received ICC certicates. The DTI said inspectors found that some of the motorcycle helmets being sold were either uncertied and do not have an import commodity clearance sticker or bear a suspicious ICC sticker. The subject items were conscated by the team for verication and further inspection. The DTI said any seller or dealer found to be selling motorcycle helmets without the Philippine Standard or ICC sticker shall be penalized with a ne ranging from P17,500 to P300,000 and the destruction of the seized products. Tampering, alteration, forgery and imitation of the PS and ICC marks on the helmets shall likewise be penalized with the same ne, without prejudice to other penalties imposed in the Consumer Act of the Philippines. Julito G. Rada

Making do can do. A rescue team of the Eastern Police District, led by Supt. Miguel Laurel, test a rescue boat on the Marikina River on Wednesday. The boat was built from used metal drums and is meant to be used for rescue operations. It can carry up to 30 passengers. MANNY PALMERO

Customs ofcials plea junked

THE Ofce of the President denied with nality the appeal of several Customs ofcials who were found to have harassed and extorted money from a top steel rm and ordered Customs Commissioner Runo Biazon to immediately dismiss the ofcials without further delay. In a six-page resolution, dated July 27, signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, the Ofce of the President denied the appeals of Christopher Dy Buco, Edgar Quiones, Francisco Fernandez, Alfredo Adao, Jose Elmer Velarde, Thomas Patric Relucio and Jim Erick Acosta, all former members of the Customs bureaus Run After The Smugglers group. The seven ofcials, along with former deputy commissioner Gregorio Chavez, were all sacked last Jan. 26, for grave misconduct, grave abuse of authority and oppression, gross incompetence and inefciency and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service upon the complaint of Sanyo Seiki Stainless Steel Corporation. The dismissed ofcials were all slapped with accessory penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benets and perpetual disqualication for reemployment in government service. The RATS respondents argued that they are non-presidential appointees, so the Ofce of the President has no jurisdiction over them. But the Malacaang resolution ruled that the power of the President to discipline is not only limited to presidential appointees but also to non-presidential appointees who acted in conspiracy with the presidential appointee/s stressing that Executive Order No. 13, series of 2010, transferred the powers and functions of the defunct Presidential Anti-Graft Commission to the Ofce of the President. Moreover, according to the Malacanang resolution, the RATS respondents failed to prove presidential appointee Deputy Commissioner Gregorio Chavezs non-involvement and their acts of conspiracy against the clear evidence that Sanyo Seiki was a helpless victim of extortion and harassment. We laud and very much welcome the resolution by the Ofce of the President as it will denitely strengthen, and hopefully hasten a favorable decision for, the separate cases we led before the Ofce of the Ombudsman, said former Solicitor General and head legal counsel for Sanyo Seiki Stainless Steel Corporation Frank Chavez. The other respondents in the Ombudsman cases include ex-Deputy Commissioner Chavezs chief-of-staff Jet Maronilla, Customs Bonded Warehouse Unit chief and Collection Ofcer Lucila Medina, spouses and Customs Brokers Freddie and Anabel Mozo, resigned Sanyo Seiki Chief Operating Ofcer Leo Peter Paul Gonzales and Chavezs alleged common-law partner, Marivic Jong Briones.

Barbers also rues pill choice

LIKE Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III, Nacionalista Party spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers also regrets having supported the use of contraceptive pills which he blamed for the death of his rst-born a son, like the ill-fated child of Sotto after he and his wife made the wrongful choice to resort to birth control pills. Barbers, former governor and congressman of Surigao del Norte, said he and his wife Badette lost Robert Lance after the frail infant struggled through sudden infant death syndrome for four months at the Manila Doctors Hospital in 1992. Those were painful four months for myself, my wife, and most specially for my father (former Sen. Robert Barbers), he said. The younger Barbers recounted how his usually-stoic father, then a Surigao del Norte congressman, wept after he received news that Robert Lance died. You know Daddy. He was the macho-type. He wanted his rst grandson to live. But after four months, Robert Lance couldnt take it, Ace said. Ace recounted that he and his wife, then in their early 20s, had engaged in birth control planning but were surprised to nd out that Badette became pregnant with their rst-born. But my son turned out to be weak. He couldnt cope anymore after he was born and we eventually lost him four months after, Barbers said. Lance would now be 20 were he still alive. Sotto said, in his privilege speech before the Senate on Monday, also claimed that he lost a son, whom they named Vincent James and would now be 37. Thus, Barbers underscored that the failings of birth control are no more evident now as the Reproductive Health bill nears its passage. It has actually extended through generations. Sotto lost his son in the 70s while he lost his in the 90s. Thats why I dare question those who push for the passage of the RH Bill: Do you still need to have a long list of weak babies to just get your bill passed? How about my Lances life? Barbers asked. Learning from that tragedy, Barbers and his wife were able to move on, producing four more sons. I would have had Lance at the head of my First Five. But hes not there anymore. I am proud of my sons, but I cannot but look back at how Lance could have made our lives happier, Barbers said.

Turnover rites. Dr. Roberto Licup Sr., regional director of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Cham-

ber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (2nd from left) greets former and current ofcials of the militarys Southern Luzon Command during the turnover ceremony transfering command from Lt. Gen. Roland Detabali (left) to Maj. Gen. Eduardo del Rosario (right). Aside from Licup, the rites were witnessed by Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Jessie Dellosa (2nd right) and retired general Alexander Yano (3rd right). The turnover was held at Camp Nakar in Lucena City.

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PH coach keys Lees Olympic bronze

TRACK cyclist Sarah Lee Wai
Sze is returning home to Hong Kong with a bronze medal she earned in the 2012 London Olympics. She achieved the feat with the help of a conditioning coach from the Philippines.
for overseas training, said Velasco in an emailed message to the Manila Standard Today. This is not the rst time that a Filipino conditioning coach was involved in the preparation of Hong Kong athletes in the Olympics. Filipino conditioning coaches helped when Hong Kongs equestrian athletes prepared for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Velasco, who used to work for the Philippine Sports Commissions Philippine Center for Sports Medicine, was also around when Lee won a gold and broke an Asian record in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. Lee has been working out and training at the HKSI under the supervision of Velasco for the last six years, and with the assistance of personnel who used to work for the PCSM Velasco, who headed the PCSMs strength and conditioning unit on his nal year with the PSC in 2008, rst got involved with Lee when she injured her hip before the Guangzhou Asiad. He also helped maintain her condition and the power of her legs in the last two months of her training back in 2010. A native of Davao City, Velasco has been in Shatin for the last ve years with his wife Rose and son Marqui. During the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, Velasco helped the Philippine water polo team get in shape with a team of physical therapists in Los Baos, Laguna.

Arnold Clavio, founder and President of iGAN ng Pilipinas Foundation, Inc., is shown with beneciaries of the 11th iGAN CUP Golf Charity Tournament 2012.

Lees bronze-medal nish gave Hong Kong their rstever Olympic medal in a cycling event. It was Hong Kongs third overall after athletes from the former British Crown Colony previously won one gold from windsurng in 1996, and one Olympic silver medal from table tennis. Velasco, a strength and conditioning coach, who works for the Hong Kong Institute of Sports in Shatin, said Lee prepared well for the Olympics. Im her conditioning coach. I traveled with her

iGAN CUP at Eastridge Golf Course

KEEN golfers will be taking to the course in support of a good cause when the 11th iGAN CUP Golf Charity Tournament 2012, dubbed as Fore! A Cause... Fore! D Kids is held on Aug. 17. The competition welcomes players of all levels of experience to take part in a day of golf at the Eastridge Golf and Country Club in Binangonan, Rizal, to raise money for the underprivileged juvenile diabetics of the pediatric ward of the Philippine General Hospital. Players will tee off in shotgun starts at 11 a.m., with fabulous hole-in-one prizes, such as Toyota Vios, Piaggio Ape Motor, Vespa Motor, Texas Eagle Golf Cart, Cebu Pacic ticket, Foton Silver MTX 12-seater and a Meister watch. Tournament format is system 36. To join, participants will need to pay a fee of P3,000, which covers the insurance, caddys fee, refreshments, dinner as well as a charity contribution. This tournament will not be possible without the support of the following; (Platinum Sponsors) Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, UNO Feeds by Robina Agrifarms, Metro Pacic Investment, San Miguel Corporation (Gold Sponsors) 3D Home Appliances, Philippine AIr Lines, SM Supermalls, Coppertone, Ritemed (Unilab), Stradcom, New San Jose Builders, Inc. and Reyess Hair Cutters. Arnold Clavio, founder and President of iGAN ng Pilipinas Foundation, Inc., said his guiding principle is What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and its immortal, by famous author Albert Pine. Find out more about the event at our facebook account - igan foundation.

Wakeboard nationals kick off at Republ1c Wakepark

THE best local riders are expected to vie for top honors in the various categories of the 6th Philippine Wakeboard Nationals to be held at the newly built Republ1c Wakepark at Nuvali in Sta. Rosa, Laguna from Aug. 16 to 19. The competition will coincide with the grand opening of the facility on the rst day. On opening day, right after the ofcial opening ceremonies for the Republ1c Wakepark, the spectators will get a preview of what to expect during the actual competition with a riding demonstration by pro riders. The facility has been getting rave reviews from both local and foreign riders since it opened its doors in October of last year. The competition proper will start on Aug. 18, with the qualifying round, while the nals will be held on the next day. The categories, where riders can compete in are the following: Girls, Boys, Groms, Junior Womens, Amateur Women, Open Womens, Veterans 1, Masters Women, Veterans 2, Women Wakeskate, Amateur Men Wakeskate, Master Men, Junior Men, Pro Women, Mens 1, Mens 2, Pro Wakeskate, Obstacles Only and Pro Men. Total prizes at stake, both in cash and in kind, would amount to more than a quarter of a million pesos. However, what is more important to the riders, especially the pros, is not the money but the prestige of winning. Top local riders expected to vie for top honors are Frank Corpus, 2nd place in the Pro Mens Wakeskate division of the 2010 Wakeboard Nationals; Edwin Tipones, currently ranked 14 in Asia and was the champion in the pro mens division in 2010 and last years Wakeboard Nationals; Arthur King, who placed third pro mens division of the 3rd edition of the Wakeboard Nationals; Celina Sembrano, 2nd place in the Deca Wake Jam Open Womens division and champion in the Amateur Womens division held in Davao last May; and Jesy Alto-Ocampo, who will be competing for the rst time in Open Womens Division. To add spice to the event, top foreign riders invited to do demonstration rides during the grand opening of the facility are: Shawn Watson (USA), holder of the Rookie of the Year award, Pro Tour stop victories and two national titles; Shane Bonifay (USA), considered one of the most innovative and amboyant riders in the world; Bob Soven (USA), who is considered as the most eligible bachelor on tour; Collin Harrington (USA), who is also into wakesurng and also a lmmaker, and has produced videos for Liquid Force; Daniel Grant (Thailand), who is a veteran rider and has competed and won titles in Asia Pacic, Europe, and North America; James Windsor (Australia), who, although a relative newcomer, has won the Australian Rail Series and topped an international junior event in Germany; Masty Hasler (Australia) who currently ranks 5th overall in the WWA Monster Triple Crown Series; and, Angelika Schriber (Australia), originally from South Africa and started out in waterskiing but has switched to wakeboarding.

UST Tigers grab solo lead

By Jeric Lopez
STRIKING whilst the iron is hot. Thats what the smoking University of Santo Tomas is doing as it gained a share of tournament lead with a 68-58 mauling of University of the Philippines for its fth straight win in the 75th University Athletic Association of the Philippines at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum yesterday. Karim Abdul continued to impose his will inside with a game-high 20 points and 12 rebounds to bring the Tigers to another victory. UST, along with idle Ateneo and Far Eastern University, now holds the lead at 5-1, while the Fighting Maroons are now the lone team without a win as they fell further down at 0-6. Ang sama nung rst three quarters namin. Sabi ko sa kanila with two minutes left nung third, wala pa kaming ginagawa and hindi kami nage-execute. Buti naman nung fourth quarter nagpick up na yung game namin and nagdominate na si Karim (Abdul), said UST coach Pido Jarencio, who is enjoying the longest winning streak of his six-year tenure as the teams coach. The game was actually up for grabs with UST only ahead by a single-point, 55-54, with 4:46 remaining, but the poised Tigers made a killing in the crucial stages to take this one away. Earlier, University of the East nally registered its rst victory by slipping past Adamson University, 71-66, after squandering much of its second-half lead.

Blue Eagles, Bulldogs win

DEFENDING mens champion Ateneo and National University continued to remain undefeated, boosting their respective title bids in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 75 badminton tournament Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall. The Blue Eagles easily beat Far Eastern University, 4-1, while the Bulldogs downed La Salle, 4-1. Ateneo and NU are only unbeaten teams with three victories, entering the halfway mark of the single-round eliminations. Other mens ties showed University of the Philippines dominating University of the East, 4-1, and University of Santo Tomas blanking Adamson, 5-0. The Fighting Maroons and the Growling Tigers are in joint third with 2-1 slates.

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San Beda fights Letran
A GOOD nish at the end of the rst round still awaits the defending champion San Beda College if it hurdles Letran in its 6 p.m. showdown today. This is what is in store for the Red Lions at the resumption of the 88th National Collegiate Athletic Association mens basketball tournament at the Arena in San Juan. The Red Lions dropped to their second loss in eight games after they took a 71-80 loss to the San Sebastian Stags last Monday. They remained in second with their 6-2 record, behind two leading squads, the Jose Rizal Heavy Bombers and the Stags. Earlier, the Mapua Cardinals (3-5) clash with the Arellano University Chiefs (3-5) at 4 p.m. Peter Atencio

PH vows to regain pool title

TWO crack Philippine teams are equally determined to regain the PartyPoker.Net World Cup of Pool when it returns to Manila next month as pocket billiards premier international team event takes place for the seventh time. Scheduled to run from Sept. 4 to 9, the World Cup will be at Robinsons Place Mall in Ermita, which drew huge crowds in 2010 when the Filipino duo of Denis Orcollo and Roberto Gomez lost to the Chinese twosome of LiHewen and Fu Jianbo. As host nation, the Philippines has the privilege of elding two teams among the 32 who represent 31 countries. The A team will be composed of the deadly duo of Dennis Orcullo and Lee Van Corteza, who are seeded No. 2 while the veteran two-time winners Efren Bata Reyes and Django Bustamante will team-up for the host nations Team B. Ronni Nathanielsz

Coach E 2 -quarter classes listup ongoing

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REGISTRATION for the second quarter classes of Coach E Basketball is now ongoing. The academy, which boasts of low coach-student ratio and is celebrating its eighth year will hold classes in ve venues -- Clubsixfty in Libis, Quezon City, The Zone in Makati, San Beda College in Alabang, Ateneo de Manila in Loyola, and Xavier School. Young players hoping to get their game reach a higher level will have a chance to experience excellence in Coach E Basketballs weekend and weekday classes. The eight-session, Saturday only classes will begin on Aug. 18 classes in The Zone in Makati, Club Sixfty in Libis and San Beda Alabang (10 to 12 noon). Classes in Ateneo will also start on the same day at 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday classes will be held on Xavier School starting Aug. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. Parents can call Coach-E Basketball School at tel. nos. 684347 and 6311195 or mobile no. 09088846947. You can also e-mail us at info@coache.com. To know more about Coach-E Basketball School, you can also visit our website at www.coach-e.com or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ coachebasketballschool) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/coachebball).

Alejandro-Kansil shares top spot on championship day

ON THE wet Board 21 North West East rainy day on Dlr: N K1073 7 9432 Wednesday, Vul: N-S J432 KQ J10987 SYLVIA LOPEZ ALEJANDRO August 8 afK74 AKJ3 4 ter the deluge AK AK10982 Q63 Joli KanWest East South sil and Sylvia AQ96542 AQJ10865 Alejandro braved the rains to partner at Mary FaKQ10876 5 5 bies Peninsula Game at the Manila Peninsula. FaA96 Q52 Q1087 bie declared the game as Club Championship Day 9876 J2 4 and there were plenty of spills and thrills to justify South West North East South the excitement generated in this event. It turned out J8 Pass 1 Pass so close as sharing top with us was the pair of CynA9 Dbl Pass 2 3 thia De Guzman and Lani Tayas. J1083 Dbl Pass Pass This deal illustrates the effectivity of my preQ10543 Kansil sitting West felt that with his 20 HCP emptive bid. De Guzman and Tayas were sitting hand he could punish three spades and doubled. in the North-South axis on this Board 21. Tayas But the next deal in Board 25 proved to be a di- There was a misdefense when Kansil failed to sitting North opened with one club. Alejandro saster for us. Here is the auction. continue clubs and just wait for declarer to play sitting East preempted with three spades and all Board 25 North his cards. He started playing diamonds but did passed including partner Kansil who with great Dlr: N K not continue to give me a ruff. Contract made discipline did not seek to introduce his heart suit Vul: E-W A6432 for minus 530 for us which wrested a clear top after my preempt. As I went down only one minus 9652 win for us. 50 was a good score for us. J75 Comments to: sylvia@globelines.com.ph
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Thailand wont le protest

THAILANDS Deputy Prime Minister and Olympic Chief Yutthasak Sasiprapa has decided not to protest to the International Amateur Boxing Association the hugely controversial decision that denied light yweight Kaew Pongprayoon the gold medal at the London Olympic Games. The Philippines Mark Anthony Barriga suffered the same fate, when the referee in his bout against Zakhypov slapped the little Filipino with a penalty that cost him two points in the dying moments of the last round in a ght he lost by one. Kaew lost to Chinas back-to-back champion Zou Shiming after dropping all three rounds by one point, despite hammering the Chinese in the third, with ght fans booing the decision and Kaew falling down on the canvas in tears. Ronnie Nathanielsz

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ONE FC AT BIG DOME

ASIAS largest Mixed Martial Arts organization ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) has ofcially conrmed its ght card for ONE FC: PRIDE OF A NATION on Aug. 31 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. ONE FC, in partnership with Universal Reality Combat Championship, has put up an impressive line-up of matches, featuring Shinya Tobikan Judan Aoki (whose opponent is still to be announced) and Bibiano The Flash Fernandes, who will take on Gustavo Falciroli.

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PH wants to host Fiba meet

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE Philippines is bidding to host the FIBA Asia Championships in Manila next year, but Japan and Iran are standing in the way. But while Iran and Japan may fancy their chances in beating the Philippines on the basketball court, their success in hosting the tournament is much tougher, considering what the country has going for it. To begin with, the Philippines is a basketball-crazy country, while in Japan, sports like football and baseball are far more popular, while in Iran, soccer is also predominant. With the newly opened Mall of Asia Arena, as well as the Smart- Araneta Coliseum, the Philippines has two worldclass venues for basketball, while the countrys hospitality is regarded as second to none. But to win the bid, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas will have to make a convincing presentation to the FIBA Executive Committee, headed by its president Sheikh Saud Bin Ali Al-Thani of Qatar on Sept. 18 in Tokyo. SBP president, businessmansportsman Manny Pangilinan, vice chairman Ricky Vargas, executive director Sonny Barrios and SBP ofcials Pato Gregorio and Bernie Atienza, along with former FIBA Asia secretary general Moying Martelino, met over dinner at the Marriot Hotel, with FIBA Asia secretary general Hagop Khajirian of Lebanon and informed him of the countrys desire to host the FIBA Asia Championships next year. Hagop was quite impressed in terms of the MOA facilities, Vargas told the Manila Standard. The whole basketball community is looking forward to this event. Vargas said they also informed the FIBA Asia Secretary General that the SBP is in full cooperation with the Philippine Basketball Association.

Junmar Fajardos wingspan is measured by technical ofcials during the PBA Camp 2012 Biometrics and Agility Test. Fajardo is being eyed by Petron as its overall no. 1 pick in the coming PBA Annual Draft.

Aces to pick Abueva?

By Jeric Lopez

WILL San Sebastian stars Calvin

Abueva and Ronald Pascual end up being drafted high this upcoming Philippine Basketball Association Draft?
scouts that they meant business. Abueva, the reigning National Collegiate Athletic Association Most Valuable Player, irted with a triple-double and produced monster numbers with 21 points, 21 rebounds and nine assists, while Ronald Pascual knocked down six treys en route to a game-high 28-point performance. PBA scouts took notice, specically the Alas-

The prolic duo from the Stags made a strong case for themselves as they turned in impressive showings last Monday, with PBA scouts watching them show their wares in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Abueva and Pascual were impressive in leading the Stags to an 80-71 rout of rivals San Beda Red Lions. With the draft a few days away, they took advantage of the chance to prove to the

ka coaching staff led by head coach Luigi Trillo, who watched the game live. San Beda College coach Ronnie Magsanoc was also an interested witness and will tell his fellow Meralco coaches about the two. Junemar Fajardo is a lock for the top pick with Petron Blaze reportedly picking him rst overall. The questions come after that, with the Aces owning the No. 2 pick, the Boosters again with the No. 3 pick and the Bolts at No. 4. Trillo admitted he was denitely impressed with the two standouts from Pampanga, but he remained mum who the Aces will take with the second pick. They (Abueva and Pascual) were impressive and they showed what they can do.

They dominated that game. Were still not sure who to pick but were studying it well and looking at our options. Were looking at them obviously, said Trillo. Sources say that the Aces were leaning towards picking PBA DLeague standout Cliff Hodge last week, but after Abueva showed them rsthand what hes capable of, the team is studying thoroughly who to choose between the two. Both have attended a workout with Alaska. Hodge reported to the Reyes Gym last Monday and Abueva showed up last Tuesday. A highly placed source with the Alaska Aces, however, said the team will indeed select Abueva because he brings so much to the table. Abueva could handle the ball, penetrate, pass, score,

rebound and defend well. He concluded that Abueva was simply too good to pass up. In addition, the Aces also acquired several marquee coaches in the country to boost their staff. Alaska hired Alex Compton and Leo Austria as assistants to boost Trillos coaching staff, alongside long-time import Sean Chambers, who will serve as special consultant on a part-time basis. Meanwhile, Barako Bull will re-sign two-time former Most Valuable Player Willie Miller for two years. Miller was seen practicing with his old squad Alaska last Monday, causing speculation that he might return there. But those rumors died quickly after the spitre stated that he will resign with Barako Bull.

Patriots rip Vanguard in volleyball

DASMARIASVeteran setter Abdul Alkasim came off the bench in the third set to lead the defending champion La Salle-Dasmarinas Patriots past the Emilio Aguinaldo CollegeCavite Vanguard, 25-20, 19-25, 25-16, 25-11. Alkasims timely entry allowed the Patriots to overcome the Vanguards home-court advantage as they pulled off their second straight win in the mens division of the 11th Universities and College Athletic Association volleyball tournament at the EAC-Cavite gymnasium. The 20-year-old Alkasim came into the picture right after the Vanguard evened matters out in the second set, 25-19. He scored three points on serves and got the Patriots game going on a faster pace as they eventually moved away, 7-2, with Joel Villanueva supporting Alkasim at the backline. The Patriots will shoot for their third consecutive triumph when they play the Central College of the Philippines Bobcats at the Ugnayang La Salle gymnasium inside the DLSUDasmarinas campus on Friday. Alvin Kasim then eked out four points off his serves as the Patriots took a 10-point lead, 13-3, in the third set. In the nal set, Villanueva joined hands with Hudri Kona to hand the Patriots an 11-3 edge.

Roi Sumang (left) of University of the East goes airborne for a layup against Ryan Monteclaro of Adamson in a UAAP game won by the Warriors, 71-66, at the Araneta Coliseum. LINO SANTOS Story on A7

Airborne.

2 share lead in Orchard golf

DASMARIAS, CaviteJapanese Mitsuhiko Hazishume went on a birdie-binge early and hit an eagle but lost his rhythm coming out of a two hour-long rain delay and bogeyed No. 7, settling for a four-under 68 and a share of the lead with Carl Santos-Ocampo in the rain-halted rst round of the ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship at the Orchards Palmer Course here yesterday. Hashizume, 28, took advantage of an early tee-off and red three birdies at the back then gunned down an eagle on No. 2 before adding another birdie on the fth to negate a missedgreen bogey on No. 1. But heavy mid-morning rains spawned by Typhoon Helen rendered the fairways soggy and submerged some of the greens, forcing tournament director Jittisak Tramprasert of the Asian Development Tour to suspend play in the $60,000 tournament serving as the eighth leg of the edgling circuit. At resumption, however, Hashizume bogeyed the par-3 No. 7 but closed out with back-to-back pars to nd himself on top of the heap with most of the big guns, including Elmer Salvador and Tony Lascuna, failing to complete their respective rounds. Scott Barr birdied Nos. 10 and 11 at dusk to join Hashizume and Santos-Ocampo in the provisional lead with the Aussie bet hoping to wrest the solo lead as he completes his round early today (Thursday). Salvador, who beat Lascuna by six in last weeks Aboitiz Invitational in Cebuthe rst of two Phl ADT legs, mixed two birdies against two bogeys, for an even par card after nine holes before play was eventually suspended due to darkness.

Malayan Colleges Laguna is football king

MALAYAN Colleges Laguna emerged victorious in the rst inter-school Futsal Tournament- College Men Division, organized by Pilipinas Futsal Association, after beating Rizal Technological University in their recent nal match at the Emilio Aguinaldo College gymnasium. The MCL Football Club defeated RTU in a penalty shoot-out, 3-0, after the game ended in a 2-2 draw. MCLs Cesar Enerec Baez delivered the penalty kick to give his team its rst championship. It was a head-to-head battle between MCL and RTU until the MCL team rallied in the second half, led by co-captains John Paul Rao and Baez, goalkeeper Justin Averilla, forward Lawrence Gatasi and midelder Mark Henry Endaya Averilla said he and his team were overwhelmed by the support coming from the MCL community. It was overwhelming to see our professors, deans and our fellow students watching the game and cheering us on. We were able to prove that there is a strong and capable football team from Southern Luzon, he said. Averilla was declared best goalkeeper, while Gatasi was given the golden boot award for recording the most number of goals. Other team members were subkeeper Joseph Carlo Dela Cruz, Lyndon Gatasi, Recson Regado, Kevin Sore, Jun Mojica, Geoffrey Nadiri, Mark Talibsao and Mark Ligo. The team is headed and managed by Prof Ma. Aleth S. Mendoza. Engr. Raymond B. Monterey, head of MCLs Center for Student Activities and Discipline and director of the Ofce for Student Services, said the school is proud of the team following their victory. The members of the MCL Football Club have been persistent to compete for the love of the game. Even in the absence of a professional coach, they were able to emerge victors with a mix of skill, tenacity and guile. Their performance in the recent 1st PFA Futsal Cup is a sheer manifestation of motivation and determination, Engr. Monterey said. Engr. Dodjie S. Maestrecampo, MCLs executive vice president and chief operating ofcer, congratulated the members of MCLs football team, saying they brought honor to the school. He said they inspired the entire MCL community, especially their fellow students.

The members of the Malayan Colleges Laguna Football Club

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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor The acquisition of the shares of URCI will allow URC to fully capture the strong growth from its international operations, URC said in a disclosure to the stock exchange Wednesday. The transaction valued URCI at P31.3 billion. URCI manufactures, markets and distributes consumer food products under its own brands in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Singapore. From $84 million in 2003, URCI increased revenues by nearly vefold to $440m in 2011. URCIs revenue rose 6 percent to $350 million in the rst nine months of operations ending June, while earnings after income tax expanded 29 percent to $36 million on the back of improving margins and the strong sales performance in Vietnam. URC last month raised P7.44 billion from the sale of treasury shares. URC is a subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings Inc., one of the countrys most diversied conglomerates with interest in property development, air transportation, petrochemicals and nancial services. URC on Tuesday reported that net income of P6.12 billion in nine months ending June, up 24 percent from P4.9 billion on year. The company attributed the increase to a higher operating income and net nance revenue, and signicant marked-to-market gains as the market values of bond and equity holdings rose. Consolidated sales grew 5 percent to P53.1 billion from P50.5 billion on year. The companys branded consumer foods segment, including the packaging division, increased sales of goods and services by 11 percent to P41.7 billion from P37.5 billion on year. Domestic sales grew faster at 15.4 percent to P25.2 billion, driven by the strong sales of the beverage division. International sales, meanwhile, increased 5.7 percent to P15.1 billion due to the strong doubledigit sales growth in Vietnam.

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URC buys out Singapore unit

By Jenniffer B. Austria

UNIVERSAL Robina Corp., the

countrys largest snack foods and beverage company, is acquiring full ownership of Singapore-based URC International Co. Ltd. by purchasing the 23-percent stake held by International Horizons Investments Ltd. for P7.2 billion.

Villar firm nets record P2.19b

HOMEBUILDER Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc. posted a record P2.19-billion net income in the rst half of the year, up 25 percent from P1.74 billion year-on-year, on the back of higher real estate sales from its affordable market. Vista Land chief nance ofcer Ricardo Tan said in press brieng real estate revenues jumped 22 percent to P8.1 billion from January to June of the year from P6.6 billion on year. Reservation sales also remained strong, registering a 47-percent growth to P20 billion, which is on track with the sales target of P40 billion for 2012. Tan said he expects the company to meet its full-year target net income of P4.2 billion and revenue goal of P16.1 billion. Vista Land president and chief executive Manuel Paolo Villar said he expects housing demand, especially in the provinces, to continue in the next few years. There is no glut in the housing market segment and we have adopted an aggressive project pipeline to meet demand over the coming years, Villar said. Vista Land is the holding company of the Villar Groups ve business units, namely Brittany, Crown Asia, Camella Homes, Communities Philippines and condominium subsidiary Vista Residences. Vista Land in the rst six months of the year launched 15 subdivisions projects around the country with total project value of P15 billion. Five are in new areas namely Palawan, Cebu, Batangas, Vigan and Candon. We are now present in 28 provinces and 60 cities and municipalities around the country. Our continued expansion in the provincial areas will put an exclamation point in Vista Lands dominant position in the housing in the Philippines, Tan said. The company earlier earmarked P15 billion in capital expenditures for 2012 primarily for construction and landbanking activities. JBA

URC owned 77 percent of URCI prior to the transaction. International Horizons, meanwhile, is held by the family of retail tycoon John Gokongwei Jr.

IN BRIEF
Banking rules amended
THE Bangko Sentrals Monetary Board has imposed more stringent conditions on the treatment of deposit for stock subscription of banks. The amended guidelines allow banks to recognize DSS as an equity account for prudential reporting purposes as long as they meet specic conditions. Among the conditions is that DSS should meet the denition of an equity instrument under Philippine Accounting Standards 32 Financial Instruments, which means it should not be interest-bearing nor withdrawable by the subscriber. Other conditions for DSS are that the banks existing authorized capital should be fully subscribed and the stockholders and board of directors have approved the proposed increase in authorized capital. Banks should have also led an application for the amendment of articles of incorporation for the increase in authorized capital with the Bangko Sentral. Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said the imposition of stringent conditions on the recognition of DSS as equity would ensure that funds infused by subscribers as DSS are intended to be converted into shares of stock within a reasonable period of time. Given the foregoing, this capital component is now allowed to be recognized in the same category of qualifying capital as its related capital stock for purposes of computing the risk-based capital adequacy ratio, the Bangko Sentral said. Anna Leah G. Estrada

Robinsons 32nd mall. Robinsons Land Corp. opened its 32nd mall at Robinsons Magnolia along Aurora Blvd. corner Doa
M. Hemady Avenue in Quezon City. Leading the ribbon-cutting ceremony are (from left) Robinsons Department Store endorser Maricar Reyes, Robinsons Retail Group president and chief operating ofcer Robina Gokongwei-Pe, JG Summit Inc. chairman emeritus John Gokongwei Jr., Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, Robinsons Land endorser Solenn Heussaff, Robinsons Land president and chief operating ofcer Frederick Go and Robinsons Land general manager for commercial centers division Arlene Magtibay. Robinsons Magnolia is the companys third shopping mall in Quezon City and the eighth in Metro Manila.

PetroEnergy earns $1.6m

PETROENERGY Resources Corp. reported a net income of $1.6 million in the rst half, up 17.8 percent from $1.3 million in the same period last year despite a 7.4-percent decline in oil revenues. PetroEnergy vice president Francisco Deln attributed the higher income to the appreciation of the peso against other currencies in the sixmonth period. Oil revenues dropped to $6.2 million from $6.7 million as production declined to 3.8 million barrels from 4.1 million barrels during the period. The company derives its revenues from its Gabon operations...The Philippine contracts are in exploration stage and some contracts are being farmed out to reduce risk inherent to the business, it said. PetroEnergy holds a stake in several service contracts such as Service Contract 6A (Octon Malajon Block), SC 14C (West Linapacan), SC 47 (Offshore Mindoro) and SC 51 (East Visayas). Alena Mae S. Flores

Conglomerates report higher incomes

CONGLOMERATES JG Summit Holdings Inc., Lopez Holdings Inc. and GT Capital Holdings Inc. reported higher earnings in the rst six months, on strong contributions from core businesses. JG Summit Holdings said in a nancial report to the stock exchange six-month net income grew 25 percent to P7.5 billion as consolidated revenues improved 10 percent to P67.1 billion, on the back of strong performance of property, food manufacturing and airline businesses. Universal Robina Corp., the food manufacturing unit, posted net prot of P4.2 billion, up 44 percent from P3.1 billion in the same period last year. Real estate unit Robinsons Land Corp. saw its net income rise 10 percent to P2.2 billion while Cebu Air Inc. increased its revenues by 18 percent to P19.7 billion. Meanwhile, Lopez Holdings Corp., the listed holding company of the Lopez family, booked a net income of P5.5 billion in the rst half, up 570 percent from just P815 million a year ago, on hefty gain from the sale of additional shares in Manila Electric Co. Unit First Philippine Holdings Corp. sold additional 30 million Meralco shares to the group of businessman Manuel Pangilinan in January. Unaudited consolidated revenues also increased by 9 percent to P15.2 billion from P13.955 billion on higher sales from its broadcasting unit ABS-CBN Corp. The broadcaster saw its consumer sales increased 17 percent while advertising sales improved 5 percent. GT Capital Holdings Inc., the recently listed investment-holding conglomerate of taipan George Ty and family, reported a core net income of P2.6 billion in the rst half, higher by 51 percent than P1.7 billion posted during the same period last year. Consolidated revenues in the JanuaryJune period also surged 188 percent to P10 billion from P3.5 billion in the rst half of 2011. Revenue growth resulted mainly from higher net income contribution of associates and consolidation of Global Business Power Corp. Jenniffer B. Austria

Factory production rebounded 4.4% in June

By Maria Bernadette Lunas
FACTORY production rebounded with a year-on-year growth of 4.4 percent in June, after contracting 4.1 percent in May, led by the increased output of 11 industries, the National Statistics Ofce reported Wednesday. Results of the NSOs monthly integrated survey of selected industries showed the volume of production index also increased by 6.1 percent on a monthly basis in June, reversing the previous months drop of 4.2 percent. Eleven major sectors posted doubledigit annual increase in production output. These included footwear and wearing apparel, furniture and xtures, wood and wood products, transport equipment, leather products, machinery except electrical, nonmetallic mineral products, chemical products, food manufacturing, textiles and electrical machinery. University of the Philippines Economics professor and former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the 4.4-percent yearon-year rise in manufacturing volume was unspectacular given the 0.2-percent fall in
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Indonesia Thailand UAE Euro Korea China India Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan Rupiah Baht Dirham Euro Won Yuan Rupee Ringgit Dollar Dollar 0.000105 0.031847 0.272264 1.232600 0.000885 0.157267 0.017969 0.321182 0.805607 0.033389 0.0044 1.3357 11.4188 51.6952 0.0371 6.5958 0.7536 13.4704 33.7872 1.4003
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the same period last year. An industry-by-industry review shows no signicant change in the economic behavior of a particular industry, Diokno said. Publishing and printing posted the biggest year-on-year decline in June, with a 25.9percent contraction. Basic metals saw its output decline 21.4 percent while tobacco production fell 19.9 percent. The value of production index, on the other hand, registered a 2.4-percent growth in June, also an improvement from the 2.9percent contraction in May. P575-P705 LPG/11-kg tank
P49.00-P56.57 Unleaded Gasoline

First Gen posts profit of $92.8m in six months

By Alena Mae S. Flores
FIRST Gen Corp., owned by the Lopez Group, reported on Wednesday a net income of $92.8 million in the rst six months of the year, a turnaround from a net loss of $16 million year-on-year on solid earning contributions from operations. First Gen said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange consolidated revenues rose $132.8 million, or 21 percent, to $776.7 million in the rst semester from $643.9 million on year. Afliate Energy Development Corp. contributed $40.3 million in earnings for the period ended June 30 from a loss last year after the impairment of the 49megawatt Northern Negros geothermal plant. Energy Developments Green Core Geothermal Inc., owner of the 305-MW PalinpinonTongonan geothermal power plants, enjoyed the benets of the price adjustments of power supply contracts. Their revenues combined with the strong performance of First Gen Hydro Power Corp.s 132-MW Pantabangan-Masiway hydroelectric power plants. First Gen owns 40 percent of the hydroelectric plant while Energy Development owns 60 percent.

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The Philippine Stock Exchange index, the 30-company benchmark, closed at 5,266.66, as four of the six counters ended in the red. Value turnover remained thin at P4 billion. The heavier index, representing all shares, rose 2 points, or 0.1 percent, to 3,488.98, even as losers outnumbered gainers, 89 to 66, with 47 issues unchanged. Ayala Corp., the most actively traded stock, dipped 1.9 percent to P425 while property unit Ayala Land Inc. closed at at P23. Analysts earlier expressed concern that ALIs winning P24billion bid for 74 hectares of a government property in Taguig City could be overpriced. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. gained 0.9 percent to P94.85, on expectation it would declare a higher income in the rst half. Universal Robina Corp., a leading food manufacturer, rose 2.7 percent to P61.70. URC said it would acquire a 23-percent stake in URC International Co. Ltd. from International Horizons Investments Ltd. for P7.2 billion. Jollibee Foods Corp. rose 1.4 percent to P99.90, a day after reporting that net income in the rst half grew 21 percent to P1.6 billion. Security Banking Corp. increased 2 percent to P151. The bank booked a prot of P5 billion in the rst six months, or double the amount it earned a year ago. Meanwhile, Asian stocks fell Wednesday as recession among euro nations and slowing growth in China offset ickers of improvement in the US economy. Japans Nikkei 225 index was down 0.7 percent at 8,868.03 and Hong Kongs Hang Seng

STOCKS closed at Wednesday, as

fell 1.3 percent to 20,026.53. Australias S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.4 percent to 4,274.70. Markets in South Korea and India were closed for public holidays. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan and mainland China fell. New Zealand and Indonesia rose. Chinas economy is slowing down, this is a concern, said Dickie Wong, executive director for research at Kingston Securities Ltd. In Hong Kong. But it gives more room for the central bank of China to act and to do something to ease monetary policy. Americans increased their retail spending in July by the most in ve months, a gain of 0.8 percent over June, according to government gures released Tuesday. Thats a potentially positive sign for the worlds biggest economy as consumer spending is a mainstay of its growth. But data showing stagnant inventories among US companies, a sign that businesses remain wary of the future, tempered optimism. Concerns about China and Europe also weighed on sentiment. With Bloomberg, AP

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Red Bulls suit mirrors row over Shangri-La trademark and logo
THE Thai producer of Red Bull energy has every reason to brand the recommendation of the Justice Department absurd. In one stroke of a pen, Justice Undersecretary Jose Vicente Salazar ordered the ling of criminal charges against the top ofcials of the Thailand-based manufacturer of Red Bull energy drink for alleged violation of intellectual property rights. The Thai ofcials of the Red Bull maker, who have not even stepped on Philippines soil, are now about to become criminals for infringing on their own intellectual property right! The international business community naturally has expressed alarm over Salazars resolution. One ofcial from an international chamber of commerce branded the court order as a scheme for harassment and implied extortion at the highest level. The resolution, says the chamber ofcial, may set a precedent to harass international brands like Coca-Cola, Colgate, Unilever or Procter & Gamble. Salazars action was so severe it made a mockery of the Philippine justice system and put the country in a bad light in the eyes of foreign investor, the chamber ofcial added. Salazar issued the shocking resolution on June 21, 2012 against Thailandss T.C. Pharmaceutical Industries Company Ltd. at a time when Justice Secretary Leila de Lima was on leave. How can we be remotely said to be in violation of the said law, when we are in truth and in fact, the owners of the intellectual property right, which in this case is the Red Bull brand, it said. T.C. Pharmaceutical, in an August 6, 2012 letter to De Lima, said its name and reputation was being threatened by a groundless criminal allegation that a former distributor has lodged against us, along with our current importer and local distributor, Maryland Distributors Inc. Indeed, with the said resolution of Undersecretary Salazar, our disgruntled former business partner [despite having no authority or claim over the said intellectual property right] has managed to achieve its malicious objective to harass us once more with yet another case for violation of intellectual property right, the Thai company said. Salazar has ordered the Legazpi City prosecutor to le criminal charges against the Thai company, one of the largest in Southeast Asia. Terminated contract The Thai company ended its distribution contract with the defunct Energy Food and Drinks Inc., which is owned by Chua brothers George, Renato and

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Jaime, as early as October 2008, after the foreign investor lodged an estafa case involving P150 million against them for violation of trust teceipts through Bangkok Bank. The termination effectively ended Energy Foods business operations since December 31, 2009. The Chua brothers had used Energy Food as their milking cow, after their other businessesPhotokina Marketing Corp. and Dreyers Ice Creamwent bankrupt apparently because of mismanagement. Photokina, for one, closed shop after being involved in a controversial poll automation deal brokered by a former Commissions on Elections chief. Amid heavy public scrutiny for awarding an overpriced P6.5billion contract to Photokina, the Comelec was forced to scrap the deal, depriving the Chua brothers of a huge windfall. The fortunes of the Chua brothers took a turn for the worse, with the termination of the contract between T.C. Pharmaceutical and Energy Food in 2008 that led to a series of court battles. The Court of Appeals, in a separate order on July 31 this year, afrmed its ruling that allowed T.C. Pharmaceutical to terminate its deal with the Chua brothers and choose its own distributor in the Philippines. Landmark case The IPR infringement issue, meanwhile, is no different from the case that confronted the Shangri-La hotel chain owned by Malaysian magnate Robert Kuok. Developers Group of Companies Inc., which ran a Shangri-La restaurant in the Philippines, claimed the trademark ownership of Shangri-La and its S-logo and led a case for infringement and damages. But Shangri-La International Hotel and Management Ltd. said it was the legal and benecial owner of the mark and rst used it in 1962. The Supreme Court eventually ruled in favor of the hotel chain, overturning the previous decisions of two lower courts. It would be a great injustice to adjudge the petitioners guilty of infringing a mark when they are actually the originator and creator thereof, said the ruling. E-mail: extrastory2000@gmail.com; rayenano@yahoo.com

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STOCKS Globalports Jolliville Holdings Roxas Holdings Phil Bank of Comm Euro-Med Lab. Phil. Estates Corp. Alcorn Gold Res. Island Info Boulevard Holdings House of Inv. Close (P) 23.00 2.70 2.61 78.00 1.75 0.6700 0.0170 0.0520 0.1590 4.88 Change (%) (11.54) (10.00) (8.42) (8.24) (7.89) (5.63) (5.56) (5.45) (5.36) (4.69)

4.72 42.00 18.98 0.78 10.92 28.80 102.80 0.5300 24.00 86.90 10.60 9.70 1750.00 1172.00 1270.00 11.00 77.00 0.98 6.80 4.70 34.50 3.87 0.0760 5.1900 3.79 11.12 3.85 2.35 3.96 0.84 3.15 22.95 8.58 3.32 60.00 17.88 2886.00 30.10 4.75 3.30 0.79 0.0083 6.20 6.22 25.20 48.00 0.380 30.35 34.00 2.51 61.80 1.21 1.82 2.070 0.085 0.087 36.50 12.84 8.40 0.032 7.05 28.95 48.00 0.062 69.00 257.80 0.029 47.90 18.00 11.02 116.70 80.00 1050.00

1.20 28.60 1.60 0.45 7.30 12.20 4.12 10.2000 6.66 62.00 8.20 5.40 800.00 11.70 831.00 6.18 43.40 0.36 4.30 2.00 0.036 1.00 0.042 2.550 1.62 5.90 2.60 0.92 2.70 0.57 1.10 14.20 4.60 1.05 18.00 12.10 2096.00 10.68 3.30 2.40 0.27 0.0038 3.01 3.00 14.50 20.00 0.148 19.98 14.50 1.62 5.68 0.50 0.9000 1.0200 0.042 0.042 15.04 2.13 2.99 0.012 5.10 18.50 3.00 0.017 46.00 161.10 0.014 27.30

TRADING SUMMARY
FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL HOLDING FIRMS PROPERTY SERVICES MINING & OIL GRAND TOTAL

SHARES 9,357,604 86,332,553 1,113,511,940 116,873,596 230,379,530 153,871,954 1,710,327,177

VALUE 686,094,650.15 812,029,443.94 1,140,956,540.3 539,143,672.76 610,350,944.4 235,893,148.75 4,024,468,400.32

FINANCIAL 1,316.63(up) 4.96 INDUSTRIAL 7,922.05 (up) 33.58 HOLDING FIRMS 4,426.62 (down) 0.08 PROPERTY 2,030.07 (down) 4.24 SERVICES 1,769.87 (down) 0.84 MINING & OIL 21,428.34 (down) 6.09 PSEI 5,266.66 (up) 0.72 All Shares Index 3,488.98 (up) 2.4 Gainers: 66; Losers: 89; Unchanged: 47; Total: 202

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61.50 76.10 0.72 477.00 20.90 19.50 11.70 0.73 72.00 450.00 94.85 78.00 72.90 85.05 371.00 44.00 151.00 900.00 101.40 1.80 (0.73) 0.00 2.86 0.97 (0.48) (0.51) 1.74 (1.35) 0.00 3.21 0.90 (8.24) (0.07) 0.00 0.27 0.34 2.03 1.58 0.40 (2.70)

Net Foreign

Trade/Buying
(63,243,088.50) 27,810,658.00 (12,714,500.00) (720,120.00) 7,502,822.00

Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bank of PI Bankard, Inc. China Bank COL Financial Eastwest Bank Filipino Fund Inc. First Abacus First Metro Inv. Manulife Fin. Corp. Metrobank Phil Bank of Comm Phil. National Bank Phil. Savings Bank PSE Inc. RCBC `A Security Bank Sun Life Financial Union Bank Vantage Equities Aboitiz Power Corp. Agrinurture Inc. Alaska Milk Corp. Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. Alphaland Corp. Alsons Cons. Asiabest Group C. Azuc De Tarlac Calapan Venture Conc. Aggr. `A Chemrez Technologies Inc. Cirtek Holdings (Chips) Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) EEI Euro-Med Lab. Federal Chemicals First Gen Corp. First Holdings A Ginebra San Miguel Inc. Greenergy Holcim Philippines Inc. Integ. Micro-Electronics Jollibee Foods Corp. Lafarge Rep LMG Chemicals Manchester Intl. A Manila Water Co. Inc. Mariwasa MFG. Inc. Megawide Mla. Elect. Co `A Panasonic Mfg Phil. Corp. Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. Petron Corporation Phinma Corporation Phoenix Petroleum Phils. RFM Corporation Roxas Holdings Salcon Power Corp. San Miguel Brewery Inc. San Miguel Corp `A Seacem Splash Corporation Swift Foods, Inc. Tanduay Holdings TKC Steel Corp. Trans-Asia Oil Universal Robina Victorias Milling Vitarich Corp. Vulcan Indl. Abacus Cons. `A Aboitiz Equity Alcorn Gold Res. Alliance Global Inc. Anglo Holdings A Anscor `A Asia Amalgamated A ATN Holdings A ATN Holdings B Ayala Corp `A DMCI Holdings F&J Prince A Filinvest Dev. Corp. GT Capital House of Inv. JG Summit Holdings Jolliville Holdings Lopez Holdings Corp. Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. Mabuhay Holdings `A Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. Minerales Industrias Corp. MJCI Investments Inc. Pacica `A Republic Glass A SM Investments Inc. Solid Group Inc. Wellex Industries Zeus Holdings

61.95 76.10 0.70 472.40 21.00 19.60 11.50 0.74 72.00 436.00 94.00 85.00 72.95 85.05 370.00 43.85 148.00 886.00 101.00 1.85

34.65 8.50 20.00 1.45 29.20 1.37 24.00 13.00 2.40 89.95 2.55 9.60 5.85 7.29 1.90 10.00 18.52 75.60 20.50 0.0140 12.50 4.17 98.50 10.00 1.79 2.50 26.90 2.72 16.88 259.80 5.00 3.49 9.87 10.20 8.19 4.20 2.85 5.10 34.00 112.50 2.36 1.78 0.141 11.82 2.16 1.17 60.10 1.43 0.630 0.96

0.69 48.95 0.0180 10.92 2.00 4.67 5.01 2.01 2.95 433.00 58.60 2.80 4.20 543.00 5.12 33.25 3.00 5.21 1.03 0.440 2.29 4.17 5.10 6.72 0.0550 2.10 750.00 2.42 0.3250 0.400 20.00 3.00 0.170 23.00 4.83 5.50 1.40 2.65 1.11 0.79 0.830 0.182 1.89 1.33 1.23 2.30 0.1540 0.7100 0.440 18.98 4.09 2.80 6.18 14.14 0.74 4.07 0.510 4.400

Anchor Land Holdings Inc. A. Brown Co., Inc. Arthaland Corp. Ayala Land `B Belle Corp. `A Cebu Holdings Century Property City & Land Dev. Cityland Dev. `A Cyber Bay Corp. Empire East Land Ever Gotesco Global-Estate Filinvest Land,Inc. Interport `A Megaworld Corp. MRC Allied Ind. Phil. Estates Corp. Phil. Realty `A Robinsons Land `B Rockwell Shang Properties Inc. SM Development `A SM Prime Holdings Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Starmalls Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. Vista Land & Lifescapes

2GO Group ABS-CBN Acesite Hotel APC Group, Inc. Asian Terminals Inc. Berjaya Phils. Inc. Bloomberry Boulevard Holdings Calata Corp. Cebu Air Inc. (5J) Centro Esc. Univ. DFNN Inc. FEUI Globalports Globe Telecom GMA Network Inc. I.C.T.S.I. Information Capital Tech. IPeople Inc. `A IP Converge IP E-Game Ventures Inc. IPVG Corp. Island Info ISM Communications JTH Davies Holdings Inc. Leisure & Resorts Liberty Telecom Lorenzo Shipping Macroasia Corp. Manila Bulletin Manila Jockey Pacic Online Sys. Corp. PAL Holdings Inc. Paxys Inc. Phil. Seven Corp. Philweb.Com Inc. PLDT Common Puregold Touch Solutions Transpacic Broadcast Waterfront Phils.

1.69 29.40 1.50 0.600 9.00 19.00 9.89 0.1680 6.20 68.00 10.50 5.68 1000.00 26.00 1170.00 10.20 70.80 0.415 6.61 1.88 0.039 1.00 0.0550 3.0000 2.22 8.30 2.80 1.35 2.80 0.69 3.10 14.20 7.05 3.02 67.00 16.60 2700.00 28.35 3.54 2.76 0.460 0.0040 4.78 4.70 17.06 27.85 0.250 22.90 22.50 1.08 23.85 0.58 1.130 1.180 0.0620 0.0640 26.70 8.10 4.550 0.0180 6.00 19.14 36.90 0.049 40.05 223.20 0.0150

Abra Mining Apex `A Apex `B Atlas Cons. `A Atok-Big Wedge `A Basic Energy Corp. Benguet Corp `A Benguet Corp `B Century Peak Metals Hldgs Dizon Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. Lepanto `A Lepanto `B Manila Mining `A Manila Mining `B Nickelasia Nihao Mineral Resources Oriental Peninsula Res. Oriental Pet. `A Petroenergy Res. Corp. Philex `A PhilexPetroleum Philodrill Corp. `A PNOC Expls `B Semirara Corp. United Paragon

ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. First Gen G First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. GMA Holdings Inc. PCOR-Preferred SMC Preferred 1 SMPFC Preferred

28.90 103.00 102.00 10.26 109.90 76.50 1025.00

FINANCIAL 62.00 61.50 76.50 76.00 0.72 0.72 489.00 472.00 21.00 20.85 19.62 19.46 11.70 11.00 0.74 0.73 72.00 71.40 470.00 450.00 95.00 93.85 78.00 78.00 73.00 72.60 85.10 85.05 373.00 370.00 44.00 43.85 154.80 149.50 900.00 900.00 101.40 101.00 1.80 1.80 INDUSTRIAL 34.80 34.60 8.48 8.41 20.10 20.00 1.45 1.42 29.40 29.40 1.37 1.37 26.20 24.10 13.00 13.00 2.40 2.40 86.00 85.00 2.75 2.60 9.70 9.23 5.96 5.77 7.31 7.25 1.76 1.75 9.70 9.70 18.64 18.44 76.00 75.60 20.45 20.00 0.0115 0.0140 12.46 12.40 4.17 4.15 99.95 96.25 9.80 9.50 1.91 1.79 2.97 2.60 27.00 26.70 2.74 2.71 16.50 16.30 261.00 257.40 4.80 4.80 3.65 3.50 10.00 9.82 10.20 10.20 8.25 8.10 4.37 4.20 2.63 2.61 5.90 5.00 34.00 33.80 112.40 111.50 2.46 2.31 1.78 1.76 0.141 0.140 11.92 11.60 2.15 2.05 1.18 1.17 62.35 60.25 1.48 1.40 0.650 0.620 0.96 0.96 HOLDING FIRMS 0.71 0.69 49.10 48.95 0.0190 0.0170 11.06 10.86 2.00 2.00 4.70 4.66 5.01 5.00 2.03 1.90 2.95 2.77 433.60 425.00 59.00 58.55 2.75 2.70 4.14 4.07 547.00 543.00 4.89 4.88 33.75 33.25 2.70 2.70 5.51 5.24 1.09 1.01 0.440 0.435 2.42 2.29 4.20 4.18 5.38 5.10 6.69 6.31 0.0540 0.0530 2.07 2.07 750.00 749.00 2.71 2.28 0.3350 0.3200 0.405 0.395 PROPERTY 19.90 19.00 3.15 2.92 0.170 0.170 23.45 22.55 4.90 4.83 5.56 5.50 1.48 1.38 2.75 2.65 1.22 1.15 0.81 0.79 0.840 0.830 0.182 0.182 1.98 1.90 1.35 1.33 1.23 1.19 2.30 2.24 0.1560 0.1530 0.7100 0.6700 0.440 0.440 19.20 18.90 4.20 4.09 2.79 2.60 6.20 6.11 14.26 13.98 0.73 0.73 4.05 4.00 0.550 0.510 4.460 4.360 SERVICES 1.70 1.70 29.65 28.85 1.58 1.40 0.600 0.600 9.30 9.00 19.02 19.00 9.86 9.81 0.1710 0.1550 6.26 6.12 68.20 67.90 10.48 10.48 5.80 5.65 970.00 970.00 23.05 23.00 1170.00 1149.00 10.30 10.16 70.80 69.65 0.420 0.420 6.60 6.60 1.86 1.80 0.039 0.039 1.02 1.00 0.0520 0.0520 3.0000 2.9800 2.30 2.03 8.20 8.11 2.80 2.79 1.50 1.50 2.80 2.80 0.69 0.68 3.20 3.05 14.60 14.40 7.00 7.00 3.04 3.00 69.00 66.00 16.70 16.58 2712.00 2700.00 28.50 28.00 3.55 3.55 2.72 2.56 0.460 0.450 MINING & OIL 0.0040 0.0039 5.00 4.90 5.10 5.10 17.30 17.06 27.80 27.80 0.255 0.250 23.00 22.50 22.30 22.00 1.10 1.05 27.15 23.50 0.61 0.56 1.130 1.110 1.180 1.160 0.0620 0.0610 0.0630 0.0620 26.90 26.35 8.50 8.10 5.100 4.570 0.0180 0.0170 5.96 5.96 19.18 19.00 37.60 36.00 0.490 0.048 60.00 60.00 225.00 222.00 0.0160 0.0150 PREFERRED 28.90 27.90 103.00 103.00 102.50 102.00 10.22 10.16 109.80 109.80 75.20 75.10 1025.00 1025.00

3,075,730 747,080 6,000 56,190 39,300 906,700 1,000 250,000 15,500 310 2,576,630 20 111,180 4,000 7,180 32,200.00 769,700 250 195,400 563,000

(44,621,718.50)

(3,596,207.00) 223,800.00 593,925.00 34,725,319.00 (17,864,880.00) 13,141,065.00 30,000.00 906,280.00 (14,700.00) 953,505.00

34.80 8.43 20.00 1.42 29.40 1.37 24.60 13.00 2.40 86.00 2.64 9.70 5.85 7.28 1.75 9.70 18.58 75.60 20.45 0.0150 12.40 4.16 99.90 9.80 1.82 2.95 26.90 2.74 16.30 258.00 4.80 3.54 10.00 10.20 8.16 4.20 2.61 5.10 34.00 112.40 2.35 1.77 0.140 11.60 2.15 1.17 61.70 1.40 0.650 0.96

0.43 (0.82) 0.00 (2.07) 0.68 0.00 2.50 0.00 0.00 (4.39) 3.53 1.04 0.00 (0.14) (7.89) (3.00) 0.32 0.00 (0.24) 7.14 (0.80) (0.24) 1.42 (2.00) 1.68 18.00 0.00 0.74 (3.44) (0.69) (4.00) 1.43 1.32 0.00 (0.37) 0.00 (8.42) 0.00 0.00 (0.09) (0.42) (0.56) (0.71) (1.86) (0.46) 0.00 2.66 (2.10) 3.17 0.00

1,530,700 38,700 13,400 865,000 500 174,000 211,000 3,000 4,000 600 738,000 16,600 22,764,100 549,800 10,000 4,000 2,626,400 975,900 25,200 13,500,000 41,400 75,000 1,121,550 2,900 380,000 65,000 717,500 20,000 6,100 106,930 2,400 16,470,000 1,726,600 6,300 134,000 3,516,000 37,000 32,200 83,100 195,370 5,240,000 103,000 340,000 2,596,600 39,000 1,813,000 2,560,790 4,305,000 330,000 100,000

117,400.00

(50,327,787.00)

7,981,112.00 (9,621,096.00)

(56,734,698.50)

11,710,260.00 (83,162.00) 3,967,996.00 (3,095,630.00) (1,216,730.00) 8,170.00 (3,107,970.00)

1,566,978.00 726,720.00 29,160.00 44,096,067.50 72,700.00 (9,300.00)

0.69 49.05 0.0170 11.06 2.00 4.66 5.00 2.02 2.95 425.00 58.65 2.70 4.07 543.50 4.88 33.25 2.70 5.50 1.08 0.440 2.40 4.19 5.37 6.60 0.0530 2.07 750.00 2.35 0.3250 0.395 19.88 2.92 0.170 23.00 4.84 5.50 1.46 2.70 1.15 0.81 0.840 0.182 1.98 1.34 1.23 2.26 0.1530 0.6700 0.440 18.92 4.09 2.79 6.15 14.04 0.73 4.05 0.530 4.400

0.00 0.20 (5.56) 1.28 0.00 (0.21) (0.20) 0.50 0.00 (1.85) 0.09 (3.57) (3.10) 0.09 (4.69) 0.00 (10.00) 5.57 4.85 0.00 4.80 0.48 5.29 (1.79) (3.64) (1.43) 0.00 (2.89) 0.00 (1.25) (0.60) (2.67) 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00 4.29 1.89 3.60 2.53 1.20 0.00 4.76 0.75 0.00 (1.74) (0.65) (5.63) 0.00 (0.32) 0.00 (0.36) (0.49) (0.71) (1.35) (0.49) 3.92 0.00

2,580,000 1,511,700 993,800,000 15,179,800 100,000 240,000 23,700 77,000 4,527,000 754,650 958,820 10,000 158,000 10,850 15,000 279,900 3,144,000 8,716,700 3,144,000 110,000 2,033,000 8,851,000 143,400 6,400 9,100,000 162,000 301,170 59,260,000 390,000 1,000,000 3,400 3,010,000 200,000 7,842,500 2,218,000 30,700 8,996,000 166,000 33,000 333,000 1,524,000 200,000 1,188,000 9,295,000 94,000 30,145,000 2,260,000 25,260,000 20,000 454,500 115,000 32,000 47,400 13,346,200 28,000 48,000 4,522,000 5,449,000

15,918,975.00

(12,790,982.00) (938,720.00)

(182,018,826.00) 31,461,253.50 (4,578,925.00) 1,677,930.00 21,200.00 (22,022,363.00) 21,200.00 21,787,390.00

12,420.00 96,945,725.00 54,438,170.00

10,696.00 (43,200.00)

9,182,200.00 (8,083,660.00) (2,927,710.00)

(81,600.00)

5,460.00 19,200.00 (114,070.00) (61,500.00) 4,821,930.00 35,420.00 684,000.00 (5,398,222.00)

(11,160.00) 772,910.00

(6,216,150.00)

1.70 28.85 1.45 0.600 9.00 19.00 9.81 0.1590 6.12 67.95 10.48 5.80 970.00 23.00 1150.00 10.30 70.00 0.420 6.60 1.86 0.039 1.01 0.0520 3.0000 2.20 8.12 2.80 1.50 2.80 0.68 3.10 14.50 7.00 3.00 69.00 16.70 2712.00 28.15 3.55 2.72 0.450 0.0039 4.99 5.10 17.06 27.80 0.255 23.00 22.00 1.07 26.10 0.59 1.120 1.180 0.0620 0.0630 26.35 8.38 4.950 0.0180 5.96 19.12 37.00 0.049 60.00 223.00 0.0150

0.59 (1.87) (3.33) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (0.81) (5.36) (1.29) (0.07) (0.19) 2.11 (3.00) (11.54) (1.71) 0.98 (1.13) 1.20 (0.15) (1.06) 0.00 1.00 (5.45) 0.00 (0.90) (2.17) 0.00 11.11 0.00 (1.45) 0.00 2.11 (0.71) (0.66) 2.99 0.60 0.44 (0.71) 0.28 (1.45) (2.17) (2.50) 4.39 8.51 0.00 (0.18) 2.00 0.44 (2.22) (0.93) 9.43 1.72 (0.88) 0.00 0.00 (1.56) (1.31) 3.46 8.79 0.00 (0.67) (0.10) 0.27 0.00 49.81 (0.09) 0.00 (2.77) 0.00 0.49 (0.58) (0.09) (1.83) 0.00

2,000 154,000 5,437,000 300,000 1,472,500 6,100 1,289,400 146,170,000 326,200 401,250 100 8,200 10 1,200 79,465 3,070,000 510,970 30,000 5,000 71,000 56,500,000 103,000 200,000 3,000 787,000 219,200 53,000 1,000 91,000 12,000 2,913,000 36,300 9,200 464,000 8,400 1,124,200 48,975 2,799,500 1,000 4,000 80,000 23,000,000 8,000 1,000 120,400 200 1,220,000 27,800 27,000 1,070,000 819,200 15,740,000 5,164,000 2,716,000 9,180,000 1,930,000 686,100 2,992,800 12,674,000 830,000 41,600 2,311,900 508,400 14,200,000 500 91,550 50,900,000 2,968,900 800 9,000 2,616,000 400 20,000 1,050

7,200.00 9,150.00

(3,324,716.00) 24,800.00 (397,355.00) (2,166,650.00)

7,113,220.00 (20,724,430.00) 18,000.00

8,980.00 20,760.00 (560,016.00) 111,800.00

(3,300,660.00)

330,200.00 515,060.00 (366,230.00) 23,038,390.00 (20,801,030.00)

(257,100.00) 5,560.00 226,950.00 (485,105.00) 60,850.00 (147,775.00) 640,000.00 1,719,690.00 (35,960.00) (8,870,330.00) (974,369.00) (174,670.00) (332,534.00) (2,471,450.00) (17,439,026.00) (37,650,820.00)

28.10 103.00 102.50 10.20 109.80 75.10 1025.00

33726.00 (6,434,900.00)

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Business
workers with work contracts of one year or more [up by 2.7 percent], as well as sea-based workers and land-based workers with short-term contracts [by 13.7 percent], said Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. Fund transfers from landbased workers rose 2.8 percent to $7.8 billion in the rst half while remittances from sea-based workers climbed 13.6 percent to $2.3 billion. Top sources of remittances in the six-month period were the United States, Japan, Germany,

THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 2012

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6-month remittances top $10b

By Anna Leah G. Estrada

workers abroad hit a record $1.8 billion in June, up by 4.2 percent from $1.7 billion a year ago.
The 4.2-percent rise, however, was the slowest in 15 months and lower than the governments fullyear remittance growth target of 5 percent, as fund transfers from crisis-hit European nations declined. The Bangko Sentral said including non-cash items, total personal remittances reached $2 billion in June, also higher by 4.2 percent from the same month last year. This brought cash remittances in the rst six months to $10.1 billion and personal remittances

REMITTANCES sent home by Filipino

to $11.3 billion. Cash remittances in the January-June period rose 5.1 percent from a year ago while personal remittances increased 5.3 percent during the same period. Remittances, which account for about a tenth of the gross national income, support consumer spending in the Philippines and help boost banking, real estate, education, healthcare, transportation and retail trade. The steady uptrend recorded during the six-month period was supported by higher personal remittances from land-based OF

the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. Cash remittances from most countries in the euro area [e.g., Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, among others] posted downtrends as a result of the interlocking sovereign debt and banking crisis, said the Bangko Sentral. Higher remittances, however, were registered in some countries in the non-euro area, notably the United Kingdom. Data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration showed that in 2011, the number of workers

deployed overseas increased by 14.8 percent, of which 80 percent were land-based workers while the remaining were newly hired workers. The POEA said that as of July this year, approved job orders reached 472, 261, of which 35 percent consisted of processed job orders for services, professional, technical, and production and related workers. The rest of the job orders were intended for the manpower, requirements in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Taiwan.

New retail pitch.

Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. (second from right) urged the retail industry to ensure more fun shopping in the Philippines. Jimenez made the keynote speech during the 21st National Retail Conference and Stores Asia Expo organized by the Philippine Retailers Association at the SMX Convention Center. With him (from left) are Samie Lim, PRA chairman emeritus and Automatic Centre president; Frederick Go, president of Robinsons Recreation Corp. and PRA president, and Paul Santos, PRA vice president for external affairs and president of Picture City.

Philex faces heavy fines for spillPaje

By Julito G. Rada
THE Environment Department said millions of pesos in penalties await Philex Mining Corp. after millions of cubic meters of mine tailings overowed from its waste pond in Padcal, Benguet. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said a government team was monitoring the status of the tailings in the Philex mine site to assess how much penalties should be paid by the mining company. We have already sent a team there to compute the penalties on Philex because of the tailings, Paje told Manila Standard in a chance interview at the Board of Investments on Wednesday. Latest report coming to our ofce said tailings from Philex mining site had already reached 5 million cubic meters. Currently, the penalty for every metric ton of tailings is P50. So Philex would have to pay millions of pesos in penalties, Paje said. Paje said if the tailings would not be contained at the soonest possible time, penalties would continue to increase, especially with heavy rains brought about by typhoon Helen in northern Luzon including Benguet where the mining site is located. Paje, however, expressed optimism that Philex would be able to address the situation at the earliest possible time. The most important here is they do it right, Paje said. Philex knows that it has to face these penalties, he said. Philex claimed that the water and sediment from the tailings pond discharged in Talog Creek that ows to Agno River was non-toxic. Ten days after it closed its Padcal mine operation on Aug. 1 because of an overowing waste pond, Philex Mining estimated its losses in potential revenues at P400 million. The company also said it would incur P220 million a month in maintenance cost while its gold, copper and silver operations were closed. The mine produces about P40 million worth of metallic ore daily. Philex said it was expecting 2012 revenues to hit P4 billion. before the tailings pond incident. The company posted P2.109 billion in core net income in the rst half of 2012.

Farmers seek to export 400,000 tons of corn

By Othel V. Campos
CORN farmers are seeking government approval to export 400,000 metric tons of yellow corn to take advantage of high prices in the world market due to the drought that hit the United States. South Korea and Taiwan. The government said it was studying the groups request to export corn, but it had to declare rst there was a surplus of yellow corn in the domestic market. The National Food Administration said under Presidential Decree No. 4, corn farmers could not export the commodity until the NFA council certied there was a surplus. Corn is the countrys second staple next to rice. During our NFA council meeting last Friday, we decided to form a technical working group to study the proposal of corn farmers to export their crop, NFA administrator Lito Banayo said in a telephone interview. The inter-agency NFA council is chaired by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala. Banayo acts as the council vice chairman. The technical working group consists of government ofcials and representatives from the private sector. Philippine Maize Federation chairman emeritus Roderico Bioco, however, claimed the enactment of Republic Act No. 8178 or the Agricultural Tarifcation Act had effectively liberalized corn trade. The government allowed the importation of 1.4 million tons of feed wheat this year and this had an impact on the domestic price of corn. Why then, can we not be allowed to export our produce so that we can benet from good prices abroad? said Bioco. The group said Vietnam would be more than willing to buy corn from the Philippines. Bioco said China is also a possible market for Philippine corn. The country expects corn output to reach 3.99 million metric tons in the second semester based on third quarter standing crop and the farmers planting intentions. Corn output may reach 7.46 million MT by end-2012, up by 7 percent from last years output of 6.97 million MT.

Because of the major damage caused by the drought in the United States, corn prices shot up in the world market. Corn is now more expensive at $8.20 per bushel, Philippine Maize Federation president Roger Navarro said in an interview Wednesday. The group formally sought the Agriculture Departments approval to export yellow corn to Asian countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam,

Puregold, Century earn more

By Jenniffer B. Austria
PUREGOLD Price Club said net income in the rst half jumped 32 percent to P1.03 billion from P783 million posted in the same period last year, following new store openings and acquisitions. The operator of the countrys secondlargest supermarket chain said revenues in the six-month period increased 34.4 percent to P23.3 billion from P17.1 billion in the same period of 2011. This was largely due to increase in turnover as a result of the company opening new stores in 2011 with 68.2-percent contribution to the total increase in net sales of the group, Puregold said. The company said that as of end-June, it had 109 stores in operation including 66 hypermarkets, 32 supermarkets and 11 discounters. Century Properties Group, the property rm Ambassador Jose Antonio, said net income rose 91 percent to P944 million in the rst semester from P496 million a year ago, on strong sales performance of property developments. Century said in a disclosure to the stock exchange rst-half revenues increased by 133 percent to P4.9 billion from P2.1 billion in the same period last year. Century continues to execute its business plan of developing products that are relevant for todays marketplace. We remain steadfast in our attempt to diversify our product portfolio, said Century chief nance ofcer Jose Carlo Antonio. Reservation sales in the rst six months rose 18 percent to P10.7 billion, with international sales accounting for 66 percent. Meanwhile, port operator Asian Terminals Inc. said net income in the rst half declined 0.4 percent to P779 million from P782.2 million over the same period in 2011. ATI said higher international container volumes at Manila South Harbor and the growth of passengers, roll-on/roll-off and break-bulk shipments at its modern Batangas Port offset the decline in domestic containers and foreign general cargoes in Manila. Consolidated revenues grew 3.4 percent to P2.3 billion in the rst semester from P2.2 billion in the same period last year. Revenues in South Harbor international containers were up by 4.3 percent due to higher volumes and tariff increase on vesselrelated charges. However, revenues from South harbor domestic terminal operations declined by 15.1 percent due to decrease in cargo volumes and number of passengers. ATI said it was expecting to sustain its momentum into the second half as the economy continues to grow and its ongoing P1.4-billion capital expenditure program for 2012 starts to deliver.

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Camarines Sur 4th District Engineering Office

Sta. Teresita, Baao, Camarines Sur

Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways

INVITATION TO BID
Furnishing of Materials for the Construction of Road Safety Device along Romandier-Camp Andres-Tandu Bato National Road at Km. 26+000 to Km. 52+400 (with exceptions) 1. The Department of Public Works & Highways thru its Bids and Awards Committee for Goods, through GAA 2012, intends to apply the sum of Four Million Four Hundred Sixty One Thousand One Hundred Eighteen Pesos and Sixteen Centavos (Php 4,461,118.16) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC). Bids Received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. ITEM NO. 603(3a) 607 SPL1B 2. DESCRIPTION Metal Guardrails, 12 x 8 Reflectorized Pavements Studs (Raised Profile Type) Deleanator for Guardrails QUANTITY 810.00 550.00 356.00 UNIT Ln.m, Pcs. Set
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INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION AND BIDS

16 August 2012 Republic of the Philippines Loan Agreement No. PH-P247: Road Upgrading and Preservation Project
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GOP) has received a Loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) toward the cost of the Road Upgrading and Preservation Project on March 31, 2011. It is intended to apply a portion of the proceeds of this Loan to eligible payments for which this Invitation for Prequalification and to Bid is issued. The Department of Public Works and Highways (hereinafter referred to as the Employer) invites local and foreign contractors and/or firms to apply for prequalification and to bid for: Project Contract ID : 12Z00049 UI-3: Mindoro West Coast Road Improvement Project CP-IV: Sablayan - Sta.Cruz Section, K0321+441.00-k0383+519.00 (with exceptions) Net length: 6.79 Km Location : Occidental Mindoro Duration : 540 Calendar Days Major Scope of Works: a) Construction of 6.56 km. PCCP Road 6.70m wide & 280mm thick b) Aggregate Subbase Course (t=200mm) and Aggregate Base Course(t=280mm for shoulder only) c) Construction of three (3) PCDG Bridge( Total Length = 228.70m) d) Drainage & Slope Protection Structures and Miscellaneous Works III. Prequalification will be conducted through prequalification procedures specified in the Guidelines for Procurement under Japanese ODA Loans, dated March 2009, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines. (i) Foreign contractors/applicants should be licensed in their own countries and areas and certified by their Embassies/Consulates in the country. (ii) Local contractors/applicants should be holding PCAB License with Category AAA and Certificate of Registration and Classification of Contractors as Large B for Roads and Bridges issued by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) and duly included in the DPWH Registry of Contractors (iii) Both foreign and local contractors/applicants should have an ISO 9001:2008 Certification per DPWH D.O. No. 01, Series of 2011. IV. In case of a Joint Venture Applicant (JVA), the lead firm and member partners must satisfy the registration and classification requirements in order to meet the jointly and severally liable provision for any/all obligations, which the JVA may incur. The combined JVA shall meet the requirements of all the qualifying criteria (General Experience and Financial Situation) JVA minimum percentage requirement only for Average Annual Construction Turnover of Financial Situation shall be; (i) (ii) V. Each member of the JVA is required to meet individually a particular percentage (usually not less than 25%) of the qualification requirements. At least one member of the JVA is required to meet a particular percentage (usually not less than 40%) of the qualification requirements.

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, (DPWH) Camarines Sur 4th District Engineering Office, invites contractors to bid for the following projects, viz:
Contract ID Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Contract Duration Bid Docs 12FG0034 Indv. Proj.-Additional Pavement Width along Daang Maharlika (Nabua Section) Nabua, Camarines Sur Removal of Structure & Obstruction/ PCCP P 9,800,000.00 90 Calendar Days 10,000.00

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The Department of Public works and Highways, Regional Office IX now invites bids for Contract ID No. 12JO0044 - Furnishing of Materials for the Construction of Road Safety Device along Romandier-Camp Andres-Tandu Bato National at Km. 26+000 to Km. 52+400 (with exceptions) Delivery of the Goods is required 15 Calendar Days upon receipt of the NTP. Bidders should have completed, within 15 Calendar Days from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public Works and highways, Regional Office IX and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from Monday to Friday at 8:00AM - 5:00PM. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on August 15, 2012 to September 4, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php5,000.00. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders shall pay the nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids From: August 10, 2012 To: August 31, 2012 August 20, 2012 Deadline: August 10, 2012 To: August 27, 2012 Deadline: August 31, 2012 until 10:00AM August 31, 2012 at 2:00 PM

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The Applicant must meet the following minimum requirements:

PARTICULARS Average Annual Construction Turnover for the last five (5) years Successful experience in the execution of the projects similar in nature and complexity comparable to the proposed project within the last ten (10) years: a) b) Construction/Rehabilitation of three (3) PCCP Road Project with minimum t= 230.00 mm Constructs of three (3) PCDG Bridge

Minimum Requirements P667.00M

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The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Office IX will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on August 23, 2012 at DPWH, Regional Office IX, Tumaga Road, Zamboanga City, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 4, 2012 (2:00 PM). All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bid opening shall be on September 4, 2012 (2:00PM) at DPWH Regional Office IX, Conference Room. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

38,000sq. m. (single contract) 100.00 l.m. (total length)

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VI. Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information and inspect the Prequalification and Bidding documents at: Road Upgrading and Preservation Project-Project Management Office (RUPP-PMO) Department of Public Works and Highways 2nd Street, Port Area, Manila 1018 Telephone No.: (632) 304-3679; (632) 304-3803 Fax No.: (632) 304-3658; (632) 304-3805 Office Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm V. A complete set of Prequalification and Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Applicants) starting 20 August 2012 upon submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P=40,000.00 or its equivalent in foreign currency. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the DPWH, provided that Contractors/Bidders shall pay the fee for the Prequalification and Bid Documents not later than the submission of their bids. VIII. Application for Prequalification and Bids should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to the address below on or before 2 October 2012,10:00 a.m. and must be accompanied by Bid Security in the amount P 10.0 Million or two percent (2%) of the Bid Amount. IX. Bids will be opened in the presence of the prequalified Bidders representatives who choose to attend on November 27, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at the address below; Address: Central Procurement Office (CPO) Function Room, 5th Floor, DPWH Building Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila (Sgd.) JAIME A. PACANAN, Ph.D., CESO I Undersecretary for Support Services Chairman, BAC for Civil Works
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The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) Department of Public Works and Highways, (DPWH) Camarines Sur 4th District Engineering Office, upon payment of a non-refundable fee. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways, (DPWH) Camarines Sur 4th District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime prior Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) NESTOR P. GORIMBAO Asst. District Engineer (BAC Chairman) Noted (Sgd.) ROSAURO R. GUERRERO District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 16, 2012)

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The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Office IX reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further Information, please refer to: ELVIRA L. DALGUNTAS Supply Officer DPWH BAC TWG for GOODS 7000, Tumaga Road, Zamboanga City (062) 993 30247 (Sgd.) CHOLIE M. ROBLE Chief, Planning & Design Division BAC Chairperson

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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Department of Public Works and Highways

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Misamis Oriental First District Engineering Office OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Brgy 26., Gingoog City Tel./Fax. No. (088) 861-1185 www.dpwh.gov.ph

OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Region IX, Zamboanga City

OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Region XI, Davao City Tel. No. (082) 226-9302/ (082) 226-9310

INVITATION TO BID
Furnishing of Materials for the Construction of Road Safety Device along Seit Tayungan-Camp Andres National Road at Km, 36+000 to Km46+400 with exceptions 1. The Department of Public Works & Highways thru its Bids and Awards Committee for Goods, through GAA 2012, intends to apply the sum of Four Million Four Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Eight Pesos and Thirty Five Centavos (Php4,434,838.35) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC). Bids Received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. DESCRIPTION Metal Guardrails, 12 x 8 Chevron. Sign Face. 3mm thk Aluminum Sheet Deleanator for Guardrails QUANTITY 792.00 70.00 130.00 UNIT Ln.m, PC. PC.

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Regional Office No. XI, Davao City, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the contract: 1. Contract ID Contract Name Location Scope of Work : : : : 12L0-0024 Improvement of Don Julian Rodriguez Avenue leading to Crocodile Park Davao City Reconstruction of Dilapidated Pavement; Construction of sidewalk, curb and gutter; Construction of Drainage Structures; extension of Existing RCBC CY 2012 DOT-DPWH Convergence Program P 46,800,000.00 12L0-0027 Construction of Tuganay River Basin Flood Control Project Tuganay, Davao del Norte Deepening and Widening of the river CY 2012 DPWH GAA P 73,078,000.00 12L0-0028 Construction of Tagum-Libuganon River Flood Control Project Pagsabangan, Davao del Norte Diking; Construction drainage structures; Installation of Coconets CY 2012 DPWH GAA P 59,901,000.00

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works andn HighwaysMisamis Oriental First District Engineering Office (DPWH-MOFDEO), invites contractors to bid for the projects as specified below: 1) Contract ID. Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work Availability of Fund Approved Budget for The Contract (ABC) Contract Duration Cost of Bid Documents LOI 2) Contract ID. Contract Name Contract Location Scope of Work Availability of Fund Approved Budget for The Contract (ABC) Contract Duration Cost of Bid Documents LOI : 12KK0052 : Rehab/Reconst/Replacement/Retrofitting Of Existing Permanent Bridges, : Cabug Bridge, Along Medina By-Pass Rd. Misamis Oriental : Rehab/Reconst/Replacement/Retrofitting Of Existing Permanent Bridges - 30 Ln.m : FY 2013 DPWH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM : : : : : : : : : : : : : PhD 17.640.000.00 162 calendar days Php 10,000.00 (Free)D.O. No.52 S. 2011 12KK0053 Repair/Rehab of Multi-Purpose Pavement, Mananum Bag-0 Medina, Misamis Oriental Repair/Rehab of Multi-Purpose Pavement -16 Ln.m BMB-A-12-T000001347 dated May 03,2012 Php 245.000.00 30 calendar days Php 1,000.00 (Free) D.O. No. 52 S. 2011

ITEM NO. 603(3a) 605(4) SPL1B 2.

Source of funds Estimated Contract Cost 2. Contract ID Contract Name Location Scope of Work Source of funds Estimated Contract Cost 3. Contract ID Contract Name Location Scope of Work Source of funds Estimated Contract Cost

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The Department of Public works and Highways, Regional Office IX now invites bids for Contract ID No. 12JO0043 - Furnishing of Materials for the Construction of Road Safety Device along Seit Tayungan-Camp Andres National Road at Km. 36+000 to Km46+400 with exceptions Delivery of the Goods is required 15 Calendar Days upon receipt of the NTP . Bidders should have completed, within 15 Calendar Days from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. interested bidders may obtain further information from Department of Public Works and highways, Regional Office IX and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from Monday to Friday at 8:00AM - 5:00PM. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on August 15, 2012 to September 4, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php5,000.00. It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders shall pay the nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for these contracts, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino- owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of these contracts, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/ fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWHPOCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: Activities Issuance of Bid Documents Pre-bid Conference Deadline for the Submission of LOI Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids Schedule From August 10 to August 29,2012,10:00 A.M August 16, 2012, 10:00 A.M. August 24, 2012, 3:00 P.M Deadline. 10:00 A.M., August 29, 2012 August 29, 2012, 10:00 A.M

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Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-Bid Conference Receipt of Bids Deadline : September 03, 2012 August 16, 2012 to September 06, 2012, August 24, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m. Until September 06 2012, @ 2:00 pm. At the Office of the BAC Chairman, DPWH XI Compound, Davao City September 06, 2012, @ 2:00 pm , after all bids have been received.

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The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Office IX will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on August 23, 2012 at DPWH, Regional Office IX, Tumaga Road, Zamboanga City, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 4, 2012 (2:00 PM). All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. Bid opening shall be on September 4, 2012 (2:00PM) at DPWH Regional Office IX, Conference Room. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

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The BAC will only receive Contractors LOI/Expression of Interest (NR-003) and issue Bidding Documents upon presentation of the original copies of their PCAB License and Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC) in person or thru their authorized representative as reflected in their CRC; Special Power of Attorney will not be accepted. The BAC will issue hard copies of bidding documents (BDs) at BAC Secretariat, 3rd Floor DPWH Building, Purok 5, Brgy. 26, Gingoog City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of the amount stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if applicable. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The Pre-bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways- Misamis Oriental First District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved: (Sgd.) PEDRO M. MERCADO OIC - Asst. District Engineer BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) OMAR P. DIRON OIC-District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 16, 2012)

5. Opening of Bids

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The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Office IX reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further Information, please refer to: ELVIRA L. DALGUNTAS Supply Officer DPWH BAC TWG for GOODS 7000, Tumaga Road, Zamboanga City (062) 993 30247 (Sgd.) CHOLIE M. ROBLE Chief, Planning & Design Division BAC Chairperson

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Region XI, R. Magsaysay Avenue, Davao City, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of P 20,000.00 for item 1 and P 30,000.00 for item 2 and 3 for bidding documents. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH, Region XI, Davao City, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. (Sgd.) TOMAS M. RODRIGUEZ Assistant Regional Director BAC Chairman DPWH XI, R. Magsaysay Avenue 8000, Davao City

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The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, Cebu 1st District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project : Item No. 1 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name : 12HD0047 : Cluster XXIII Flood Control and Drainage System: 1. Drainage System along BCMDR, Php1,999,616.89 KO119+000-KO122+000 with exceptions, Poblacion-Antipolo Section 2. Drainage System along Antonio Y - Php1,999,616.89 de Pio Highway, KO123+000KO124+207 with exceptions, Kinawahan Section 3. Guiwanon Revetment along Toledo-Tabuelan Road, Php1,498,234.93 KO106+179 Total - Php5,497,468.71

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and predominance of one's ideas. I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice Republic of have not of polygamy. I the Philippines been convicted of Department of moral turpitude. any crime involving Public Works and Highways I am not suffering from mental alienation or from any Region IV-B, I am incurable contagious disease. The country of whichMIMAROPA a citizen or subject isPalawan First Philippines Engineering Office not at war with the District and grants to Filipinos the right to be naturalized citizens or Roxas, Palawan subjects thereof. 13. It is my true and honest intention to become a citizen of the Philippines and to renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and, particularly, to INDIA of which at this time I am a citizen or subject. I will reside continuously in the Philippines from the date of Beach Road Nears Palawans Long the filing of this petition up to the time of my admission to Philippine citizenship. 14. My character witnesses are CESAR C. LIRIO and FRANCIS KEVIN CO LIAMZON both Filipino citizens, of legal age, and residing at 2 Nery Street Better Living Subd Paranaque City and 153 Swallow Drive, Greenmeadows, Quezon City respectively, who have executed sworn statements attached hereto in support of my instant petition, together with: (a) brief biographical data about themselves; (b) detailed statements on the dates they first came to know me, the circumstances of our initial acquaintance and the reasons and extent of our continuing familiarity; and (c) the number of times they have acted as character witnesses in other petitions for naturalization. 15. Attached hereto as annexes and made part of this petition are the duplicate originals or certified photocopies of the following documents (please check the appropriate box): [ X ] a. Petitioner's birth certificate [ X ] b. Petitioner's alien certificate of registration (ACR) [ X ] c. Petitioner's native-born certificate of residence (NBCR) [ ] d. Petitioner's marriage certificate, if married [ ] e. Death certificate of his/her spouse, if widowed

J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City PHILIPPINES Tel. No.SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988 www.makati.gov.ph

INVITATION TO BID KAMLESH RAMESH SHAMDASANI

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF

Completion
d. Scope of Work

We are inviting interested accredited / eligible bidders to bid for the Proposed Projects ___________ SCN CASE NO. as follows: 1. Proposed Architectural Engineering Servicesas Filipino citizen pursuant Fee for the Proposed Emergency Hospital (Ospital ng Makati District to located at Malugay St., Metropolitan St., Brgy. Bel-Air, Makati I), be naturalized to Republic Act No. 9139. City P39,958,824.00 Interested parties may proceed - - the- Bids- & -Awards- Conference Room, 9th Floor, New x - to - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x Makati City Hall Building located at J.P. Rizal Street corner F. Zobel Street, Brgy. Poblacion, Makati City for details of the above projects. PETITION Bid Documents will be available 1 (one) day after posting / publication of the above projects.

c. Contract Location : Medellin, San Remigio and Tabuelan, Cebu : Repair and Maintenance of Line Canal and Revetment (Grouted Riprap) e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php5,497,468.71 f. Contract Duration : 63 Calendar Days g. Funding Source h. Bid Document Fee : RA Fund 101-General : Php10,000.00

Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9139, ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE petitioner hereby submits a petition for naturalization to 1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor the Republic 2012 (02:00 P.M.) August 23, of the Philippines and become a citizen of 2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor September 06, 2012 (2:00 P.M.) respectfully declares: 3. Bid Evaluation September 06 - 13, 2012 1. My full name is KAMLESH RAMESH SHAMDASANI but I 4. Post-Qualification September 13, 2012 have also been known since childhood 2012_____N/A_____ 5. Notice of Award September 20, as , or I have been judicially authorized to use the alias name(s)

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids : : : : : August 16, 2012 to August 28, 2012 August 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. August 27, 2012 to August 29, 2012 September 05, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. September 05, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.

The City of Makati reserves ______N/A______.any or all proposal, to waive any defects the right to disqualify or informalities therein and to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government. 2. My present place of residence is 9161 Pateros Street

Brgy. Valenzuela,Approved by: City/Municipality of Makati, Province of NCR, and all my former places of residence are (please indicate periods of(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA residence): 9193 PATEROS STREET MAKATI CITY, 1991-1994 510 JP RIZAL STREET MAKATI CITY, 1988 - 1991 __ 1963 M. OROSA STREET MALATE, MANILA 1981-1988
Chairperson

(MST-Aug. 16, 2012)

BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS

3. I was born on JAN 26, 1981, in MANILA, I have been a resident of the Philippines since birth. At present, I am a citizen or subject of India. 4. My father's name is RAMESH SHAMDASANI and

he was born on JAN. 7, 1949, in NASHIK, INDIA. He is DISPOSAL COMMITTEE mother's name is ASHA a citizen or subject of INDIA My

NOTICE OFMy trade, business, AUCTIONoccupation is 5. PUBLIC profession or lawful

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), through its My wife's/husband's trade, commissions and allowances. Disposal Committee, business, profession Scrap occupation invites bidders to join the auction of Various or lawful Materials.is N/A and from
which she derives an average annual income of P _N/A_.

SHAMDASANI and she was born on AUG. 21, 1960, in POONA, INDIA. She is a citizen or subject of INDIA.

_SELF-EMPLOYED_ and from which I derive an average annual income of P 350,000.00_, inclusive of bonuses,

Bid forms may be obtained at the Administrative Services Department (ASD), Room 109, Ground Floor, Five-storey Building, A. Mabini cor. P. Ocampo Sr. Streets, Malate, Manila on 22 August 2012. Interested bidders may inspect Petitioner's signature and right thumbmark the items for auction on said date at 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

the requirement of lucrative trade or occupation 2012 Sealed bids must be submitted not later than 9:00 a.m. on 31 Augustand from submitting income tax returns for the past three (3) years at the ASD Conference Room. because I am a college degree holder [please state (1) years graduated:_N/A_] any bid, to declare profession The BSP reserves the right to accept or reject who cannot practice mythe bidof which to reject government licensure ding a failure, to annul the (the practice by reason of my citizenship. at any time bidding process and requires aall bids examination) prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected 6. reserves the SINGLE. I was any minor defect bidders. Furthermore, the BSPMy civil status isright to waive married on N/A in N/A. My proposal mostname is N/A and to the was born on or formality and to accept the wife's/husband's aadvantageous she/he and presently agency. N/A in N/A. She/he is citizen or subject of N/A degree obtained: _N/A_, (2) name of school:_N/A_ and (3)

(Where the above does not apply): I am exempt from

10 August 2012

resides N/A.

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7. I am legally separated from my spouse; my marriage was annulled, per decree of legal separation/annulment dated (Sgd.) SILVINA Q. (please indicate the particular N/A granted by N/A. MAMARIL-ROXAS Chairperson court which granted the same). I am a widower/widow and my spouse died on N/A in N/A. 8. I have N/A child/children, whose names, dates and places of birth and residences are as follows:

16. municipality. Long Beach the petitioner in the Other documents submitted byof San Vicente support of his/her petition: NBI CLEARANCE, POLICE CLEARANCE, COURT CLEARANCES BARANGAY CLEARANCE

] Inarayan Roadannulling his/her marriage Vicente is getting closer to f. Court decree of Long Beach, San or granting legal separation, such road with completion. The project has 2iflaneswas the fact 2.470 km. length. It Is track [ ] g. Birth certificates of petitioner's minor children to be h. ACRs of petitioner's minor children [ ] completed on September 8, 2012 once good weather condition [ ] i. NBCRs of petitioner's DPWH Palawan IDEO under Contract with prevails. Implemented byminor children [ X ] j. Affidavits of financial capacity by the petitioner, RKX Odiamar Construction. Of certifications, 1.570 km. two (2) lanes duly supported by bank the 2.470 km., passbooks, stock certificates, or proof of and .350 km. one otherlane have already been poured up of Item 311 (1) properties ownership of (PCCP)Affidavits of at least two (2) to 80% accomplishment of the project. [ X ] k. which is equivalent credible witnesses who Activities ormust beofplace of residence reputation unsuitable excavation, item Filipino citizens of good in petitioner's works undertaken includes [ X ] l. Medical certificate from government hospital embankment and selecteda borrow for toppings with aggregate substating that petitioner is not suffering from base course to the newlyuser of prohibited drugs to the pouring of PCCP. mental alienation or a pave section prior or otherwise a drug dependent and that he/she The remaining 0.600 km. of the project will be undertaken with the is not afflicted with acquired immune deficiency same activities or items of work mentioned above Including installation syndrome (AIDS), or any incurable contagious of X ] m.pipes culverts along the of records of the provision of reflectorized RC disease. section and [ School diploma and transcript thermoplastic pavement said Engr. attended Conde Project Engineer. petitioner from the school/s he or she Remy The n. in the Philippines [ ] project encountered delays dueminor heavy rains brought by Certifications stating that petitioner's to children are enrolled in public schools or private typhoons he added. educational institutions duly recognized by the DECS, where Philippine history, government The and civicsconnects andits phase as perpendicularly stretching from project are taught to prescribed 1 part of the school curriculum and where enrollment is Bgy. New Agutaya going or nationality not limited to any race to Bgy. San Isidro. Parallel to this road is [ X o. Petitioner's income From Poblacion of San Vicente the road will the ]Long white beach.tax returns for the past three years pass p. Petitioner's receiptsAgutaya, Bgy. San tax [ X ] through Bgy. New of payment of income Isidro, Alimanguan and Sto. for the connect to Nio and willpast three yearssome other barangays on the west side of [

Petitioner's signature and right thumbmark

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the evaluation and the post qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu I st District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) MARIETTA D. ECARMA BAC Chairman NOTED: (Sgd.) WILFREDO AV. ENCISO, CEO VI District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 16, 2012)

is touted to be the next Boracay of the Philippines another potential for tourist destination.

and Sports (DECS), where Philippine history, INVITATION TOprescribed as part ofgovernment and civics are taught and BID the school

PRAYER Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT that petitioner be WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS Name Date of Birth Province of Ilocos Sur Place of Birth Residence conferred Philippine citizenship pursuant to the provisions Office of the District Engineer N/A Municipality of Narvacan of Republic Act No, 9139. Negros Oriental 2nd District Engineering Office BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE Dumaguete City 9. I received my primary and secondary education from Dated at Makati City, Metro Manila, this day the following public schools or private educational institutions Tel. No. (035) 225-2540

Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER

Camarines Sur V District Engineering Office Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur

duly recognized by the Department of Education, Culture curriculum and where enrollment is not limited to any race or nationality:

of

INVITATION TO BID
KAMLESH RAMESH SHAMDASANI The Negros Oriental 2nd and Signature of Petitioner Name District Engineering Office, Dumaguete City, through the FY 2012 DPWH-DOT Tourism ConvergencePateros Street to apply the sum of Php 23,520,000.00 Address: 9161 Program intends (for project 12HK0017) and Php 14,700,000.00 (for project 12HK0018) being the Approved Brgy. Valenzuela, Makati City Budget for the Contract to payments under the contract for these projects. Bids received in Telephone Number: 8966661/ excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. 09169649825
Contract ID : 12HK0017 Contract Name : Concreting of Road leading to Niludhan Falls, Mabinay Contract Location : 2nd District, Negros Oriental Brief Description Road Concreting with roadside protection Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php23,520,000.00 Contract Duration : 150 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents : Php20,000.00 Right Thumbmark
of Petitioner

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur V District Engineering Office, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects: Contract ID Number Contract Name : Contract Location: 12FN0035 Cluster FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE STRUCTURES 1. Desilting/ Improvement of South Villazar Creek, Brgy.South Villazar, Sipocot Cam. Sur , Php 999,998.18 2. Repair/Maintenance of Malubago River Control(Revetment),Brgy. Malubago, Sipocot, Cam.Sur Php 999,999.67 3. Repair/Maintenance of Del Gallego Drainage System, Brgy. Poblacion Del Gallego, Cam.Sur Php 1,799,999.18 4. San Pedro/ /Barcelonita Drainage System(Desilting and Improvement),Brgy. Barcelonita, Cabusao, Cam. Sur Php 999,999.12 5. Repair/Maintenance of North Centro Drainage System, Brgy. North Centro, Sipocot, Cam. Sur 699,999.33 Repair/Maintenance of Revetment , Drainage and. Desilting of Creek Php 5,499,995.48 SARO NO. ABM -BMB- A-12 0006415 DATD January 2, 2012 90 cd. P 10,000.00

THE MUNICIPALITY OF NARVACAN, through its Bids and Awards Name of School Place of Dates of Highest Grade Committee (BAC), invites contractors registered with and classified by the School Study Completed Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) to bid for the hereunder DLSU TAFT, 1998-2002 BS CS-IT contract: MANILA Name of Contract: Location: Brief Description:
COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN MAKATI 1994-1998

Narvacan Eco-Tourism Office COLEGIO SAN AGUSTIN MAKATI 1990-1994 ELEMENTARY Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Supply/Delivery and Conversion Filipino and/or any of 10. I am able to read, write and speak of used Steel the following dialects of the Philippines: TAGALOG. Marine Cargo Containers into Tourism Office with He/She toilet and my minor children improvements the 11. I have enrolled bath including of school age in following public schools or facilities. of deck floors and other private educational institutions duly recognized by the Department of Education, Culture Approved Budget for the contract(DECS), where Philipine History, government and Sports (ABC): P6,300,000.00 and Calendar Days Contract Duration: 150 civics are taught and prescribed as part of the school curriculum and where enrollment is not limited to any race Source of Fund: General Fund or nationality: Prospective bidders should possess a valid PCAB License applicable to Petitioner's signature and right of at least the contract, have completed a similar contract with a value thumbmark 50% of the ABC, and have key personnel and equipment (listed in the Name of Child Date will eligibility forms) available for the prosecutionName and Place of The BACof of the contract. School Enrollment use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the Eligibility Check/Screening N/A as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids. The BAC will conduct post qualification of the lowest calculated bid.

HIGH SCHOOL

: 12HK0018 : Concreting of Bais City Road Leading to Dolphin Watching and White Sand Bar Petitioner's signature2and right thumbmark Contract Location : nd District, Negros Oriental Brief Description : Road Concreting with roadside protection Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 14,700,000.00. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) Contract Duration : 100 Calendar Days CITY/MUNICIPAL OF MAKATI) S.S. Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 10,000.00 Contract ID Contract Name Scope of Work: Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Source of Fund : Contract Duration : Cost of Tender

The Negros RAMESH SHAMDASANI, of legal age and I, KAMLESHOriental 2nd District Engineering Office, Dumaguete City, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), now invites contractors to bid a resident of 9161 Pateros Street, Brgy. Valenzuela, Makati for the projects 12HK0017 and 12HK0018. City, after being duly sworn, depose and say that I am the petitioner herein, that I have read the foregoing petition Procurement will be conducted and known competitive bidding procedures in accordance and know the foregoing petition through openthe contents with and that and its Revised of my own knowledge. thereof,R.A. 9184 the same is trueImplementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a letter of Intent (LOl) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB License KAMLESH RAMESH SHAMDASANI applicable to the type and Signature of Petitioner completion of a similar contract costing Name and cost of this contract, (c) at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility at CITY SUBCRIBED AND SWORN to before me check and preliminary examination of bids. OF MAKATI this 13th day of JUNE, 2012. SSS ID No. Unregistered shall submit their registration to the 33-7184682-2 contractors, however, the deadline for theapplications forThe DPWH-POCW DPWH-POCW Central Office before receipt of LOI. Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders 2. Issuance of Bidding Documents 3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids Deadline: August 24, 2012 a t 5:00 P.M. : August 15-September 4, 2012 : August 23, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
(MST-July 19, 26 & Aug. 2, 2012)

All particulars relative moral character. I believe Iinand conducted myself in a to Eligibility Statement the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution. have Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, irreproachable manner during the entire period proper and Pre-Bidding Conference, Evaluation of my Award in the Philippines inbe relations with my of Bids, Post Qualification andresidenceof Contract shall with governed by the constituted government as well as the community in the pertinent provisions which I am living. I mingled socially with Filipinos and have of RA 9184 and its Implementing Rules and evinced a sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs, Regulations (IRR).

12. I shall never be a public charge. I am of good

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. The BAC will verify the final CPES rating of the contractor, which must be at least satisfactory, as provided under Sec. 23.5.2.4 of Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, ( b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH- POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWHPOCW- Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids Aug. 16, 2012 to September 6, 2012 Aug. 23, 2012 at 10:00 am Aug. 31 , 2012 at 12:00 noon Deadline : 1:30 p.m. of Sept. 6, 2012 2:00 p.m. of Sept. 6, 2012

traditions and ideals of the Filipino people. I have all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications under Republic Act No. are as The schedules of BAC activities 9139. follows: I am not opposed to organized government or affiliated with of persons BAC Activities any association or groupSchedule who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized governments. I Issuance of Eligibility Documentsnot defending or teaching the necessity or propriety of August 16-September 7, 2012 am violence, personal Issuance & availability of Bidding Documents assault or assassination for7, 2012 August 16-September the success

Pre-bid Conference Receipt and Opening of Bids (includes submission of Eligibility Requirements and Eligibility Check) Bid Evaluation Post Qualification Approval of BAC Resolution/Issuance of Notice of Award Contract Preparation and Signing Approval of Contract Issuance of Notice to Proceed

August 24, 2012

Deadline: September 4, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.

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The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) and due to non-availability of AutoCAD, plans of the above subject projects will be issued in hard copies at Negros Oriental 2nd District Engineering Office, Dumaguete City, upon payment of said non-refundable fees. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH web site shall pay the said non-refundable fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Attendance of the prospective bidders, their project engineers and authorized liaison officers (updated with DPWH-CO Civil Works Registry) is compulsory during the pre-bid conference. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined In the bid evaluation and the post qualification. The Negros Oriental 2nd District Engineering Office, Dumaguete City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, declare a failure of bidding or not to award the contract, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders, if the funds/allotments for said projects have been withheld or reduced through no fault of the procuring entity. For further information, please contact: Engr. Monalisa U. Domen Head, BAC Secretariat Tel. No. (035) 225-2540; Fax No. (035)225-4836

The BAC will issue prospective bidders Eligibility Forms and Bidding Documents at the Office of the BAC Chairman, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, upon their payment of a non refundable amount of P 8,000.00 to the Municipal Treasurers Office, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. The Local Government Unit of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expense incurred in the preparation of their bids. August 16, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Cam. Sur V District Engineering Office, Baras, Canaman, Cam. Sur, upon payment of non-refundable amount as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDS from the DPWH web site if available Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Sur V District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by: (Sgd.) NILDA S. VILLARIZA Engineer III, Chief, Const. Section BAC Chairman (Sgd.) MAXIMO C. ELEDA BAC Chairman Noted by: (Sgd.) WILLARD KENNETH I. ATUTUBO District Engineer
(MST-Aug. 16, 2012)

(Sgd.) ELEUTERIO G. INES BAC Chairman

NOTED: (Sgd.) ZURIEL S. ZARAGOZA Municipal Mayor

Approved: (Sgd.) RICARDO C. DURAN OIC District Engineer

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THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 2012

Provinces
Manila Standard TODAYEdited by Leo A. Estonilo
www.manilastandardtoday.com leoestonilo@gmail.com

Quezon takes center stage

LUCENA CITYQuezon Governor David Suarez and Vice Gov. Vicente Alcala on Sunday launched the week-long Niyogyugan Festival leading to the 134th birth anniversary of the late President Manuel L. Quezon. In his speech, Suarez called for rm resolve in putting the province as a leading local government unit. Ipinakita ito ng Lalawigan noong isagawa natin ang Quezons 2-in-1 (It was shown when we undertook 2-in-1), he said in his State of the Province Address at the Convention Center here. Nothing is impossible if we work together, he added, recalling the planting of 2,680,620 mangrove propagules in 167 coastal barangays in 34 towns last June. More than 35,000 volunteers from various sectors rallied behind Suarez in planting more than 2 million seedlings in one day. Underscoring competent leadership, he cited Quezons feat as the only province in the Southern Tagalog Region to win the Seal of Good Housekeeping along with its towns and two cities from the Department of Interior and Local Government. Suarez also noted Quezons 4.79 score in local government performance, the highest in the history of the province. He lauded Provincial Social Welfare and Development Ofcer, Sonia Leyson, who was chosen Most Outstanding PSWDO; former Quezon Police chief Erickson Velasquez as Most Outstanding Provincial Director of 2011; and Provincial Treasurer Marilou RosarioUy for her Real Property Tax Campaign. Suarez said Quezon brought home the most awards in the Regional Gawad Saka 20112012, winning seven of 10 categories in the agriculture industry. The success of the Gulayan Sa Paaralan last July, which led to the launching of the Season 3 of the project, shows that the future generation is well informed of the benets and importance of growing and consuming organic vegetables, he said. Rounding up the honor roll, Tayabas City was adjudged Best Performing Rural Health Unit in the province two times in a row. REINAPANs Interlocal Health Zone also won in the Galing Pook Award 2011 for excellent implementation of health programs. Benjie Antioquia

Amid cooking gas lack, rice overflows

By Jess Malabanan

ANGELES CITYThere are abundant rice stocks for Pampanga but people here have to look for Liquied Petroleum Gas amid a shortage following days of rain and ooding.
Manager Elvira Obaa of the National Food Authority said eight warehouses have stockpiled 300,000 bags ready for distribution anytime. Nothing to worry, we have enough rice supply, said Obaa during the Wednesday Kapihan hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry 3. She dismissed reports on any rice shortage of rice in Central Luzon given 1.7 million bags of rice stored in the region.

But the LPG rellers group admitted there were not enough lled tanks due to delays in the delivery of supplies. The vessels carrying imported cooking gas were unable to dock in Bataan port due to bad weather, said Bernardo Bolisay, President of Liquied Petroleum Gas Rellers Association of the Philippines Inc. He said no stocks arrived from August 2 to 10 at the height of the monsoon rains. When delivery arrived, the rst batch made its way to commercial and industrial users with nothing left

to households. Trade director Blesila Lantayona appealed to LPG dealers not to worsen situation as reports of jacked-up prices have reached her ofce. This should not proliferate, she told reporters. According to Bolisay, the supply situation is expected to ease up by Friday with three vessels 7,500 metric tons of gas will be unloading deliveries. Obaa said NFA rice is sold for P1,350 per sack which is lower than commercial varieties in the market.

Basilan mentors regain state pension benets

By Gigi Muoz David
THE Government Services Insurance System has restored the privileges of more than a thousand teachers and employees from the Department of Education in Basilan who have been suspended since 2004 due to non-payment of contributions. GSIS president and general manager Robert Vergara said benets will be resumed under a memorandum of agreement with DepEdAutonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao signed on Tuesday. We thank ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman for his partnership with GSIS and nding mutual ways to help restore the active status of our members in DepEd-Basilan, he said. The signing of the agreement is made even more signicant as the Muslim Community celebrates the Hari Raya or Eidl Fitr next week. In a statement, Gov. Hataman said improving the plight of my constituencies, particularly the teachers and government workers, is a top priority of my administration and I will do everything in my power to help them. As of May 2012, the DepEd-Basilan has incurred P29.9 million in arrears covering the unremitted contributions of its employees from May to September 2003 and accrued interests on delayed remittances from October 2004 to December 2005. Under a memorandum, DepEd-Basilan will settle P10.4 million following a 60 percent condonation on interest by the state pension fund. Last June, the DepEd-ARMM paid P3.9 million for the unremitted personal share contributions of DepEd-Basilan employees from May to September 2003 leaving the unpaid accrued interests of P10.3 million to be covered by the agreement. This will increase the paid premiums of the members, thereby proportionately increasing the loans and retirement benets that they will receive, according to Vergara. The DepEd-ARMM commits to settle the balance within a year under the agreement.

Child-friendly Naga. Operation Smile, a worldwide childrens charity organization dedicated to children and young adults afflicted with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities, unveiled its 30th anniversary homecoming mission at its place of originNaga. The event was held at Tent Center, Avenue Plaza Hotel, with donors signing on the pledge wall. The benefactors were led by Naga City Mayor John Bongat, Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte, Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella, Operation Smile ambassadors and former cleft patients Chadleen Lacdo-o and Catherine Bandol, fellow smile ambassadors Junior Master Chef finalist Louise Mabolo, actress Jewel Mische and Operation Smile Philippines president Roberto Bobby Manzano.

IN BRIEF
Wheatgrass grows
A FIVE-MONTH special treat starting this August is in store for more than 30,000 patrons of Generika Pharmacy. Generikard members can multiply by 50 their loyalty points when they buy two sachets of the Easy Pha-max wheatgrass powder pure avor, a natural detoxifying drink that cleanses the blood and gets rid of the bodys toxins. The promotion which extends to December 31, allows members more than enough time to increase their points and stretch their health budget during this rainy months. Generikas 320 branches are located in Metro Manila, Bataan, Baguio City, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, Ilocos Norte, Laguna, La Union, Nueva Vizcaya, Olongapo, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon province and Tacloban City.

Kalinga farmer is uplands nest

By Dexter A. See
TABUK CITYTeodoro Kubao Jr., of barangay Bulanao, brought home the 2012 Gawad Saka regional award for the Most Outstanding Rice Farmer Adopting Ricebased Integrated Farming System. Kub-ao along with other regional winners received the plaque and cash reward from Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala during an awarding ceremony recently in Baguio City. After seeing his accomplishments and what he achieved through his farming innovations, we are hopeful he would bring home the national award, Tabuk Agriculturist Gilbert Cawis said of Kub-ao, who will be representing the Cordillera Region in the national search. Adopting an integrated farming system, Kub-ao turned every piece of his four hectares land productive, he said. Aside from rice which is his major crop, he is also engaged in livestock, poultry and shery production. Ku-baos orchard is an inter-crop of oranges, banana and assorted fruit trees. With his system he made every piece of his land useful making him earn more, proving that farming could be equally, if not, more protable than a whitecollar job, Cawis. Applying production techno, Kub-ao increased his rice yield from 10.75 metric ton per hectares in 2010 to 12.2 MT/ha in 2011 for the hybrid variety during the dry season harvest, from 8 MT/ ha to 8.47 MT/ha for the inbred seeds in the wet season. Kub-ao earned P891,021 in 2010 and P1,425,570 last year. Cawis commended Kub-ao on his production of vermicast and vermicompost fertilizer. In his farm, not only the land is being utilized well, but even the wastes are put to good use especially the biodegradable materials like animal manure, rice straws, and other household biodegradable garbage are turned to organic fertilizer which are later on used in the farm, he said. With much industry and dedication, his four hectares land now serves as a model farm for other farmers engaged or interested in implementing the integrated farming system. . As the president of the Irrigators Association and Farmers Organization, he increased collection of fees 95 percent to help the National Irrigation Administration generate the needed revenue to maintain and expand the water supply network. Kub-ao was also able to avail of a DA multi-purpose pavement project; a draft animal project of Heifer Program International; and a production loan from the Land bank of the Philippines where he achieved 100% loan repayment. He also encouraged fellow farmers to enlist with Philippine Crop Insurance to secure their investment. According to Cawis, Kubao is also assisting the local government as a farm technician and lecturer during trainings.

Cagayan Valley adds fourth city

Isabela Gov. Faustino Dy III in orange polo shirt), Rep. Rodolfo Albano (2nd from right) and beside him, Comelec Commissioner Armando Velasco rejoice wityh Ilagan City Mayor Jose Marie Diaz (4th from right), Vice Mayor Vedasto Villanuena (extreme right), Councilors Ginagoran and Jojie Baggao after the cityhood declaration. JESSICA M. BACUD

BDO ood aid

BDO Foundation together with its branch banking network and BDO volunteers started humanitarian missions for victims of the recent oods as early as August 4. The relief mostly consisted of rice, canned goods, sugar, coffee and bottled water. The rst recipients were 500 displaced families from Navotas, 2,100 families from Tanza, Cavite and 500 households from Bugallon, Pangasinan. BDO volunteers have lined up Bacoor, Cavite, to aid 800 families, along with Diliman, Quezon City, 1,000 families and Sta. Cruz, Laguna, 800 families. At least 1,100 families will receive relief when the volunteers go to Hermosa, Bataan, this weekend. The BDO outreach is coordinated with the Department of Social Welfare and local government units.

By Jessica M. Bacud
ISABELAThe Commission on Elections has proclaimed Ilagan a city, the third after Santiago and Cauayan in Isabela, following a plebiscite last Aug. 11. Cagayan Valley now has four with Tuguegarao City as the capital. Ilagan City Mayor Jose Marie Diaz thanked the residents for taking a bold move forward. Our economic desire to deliver prosperity to the

townspeople and more services that will benet a greater number of people will now be realized, he said. We can make a difference, yes, we could be more efcient to deliver basic services. The proclamation was made by plebiscite chairman lawyer Irving Caluad in the presence of well-wishers and supporters led by rst district Rep. Rodolfo Albano, Isabela Gov. Faustino Dy III and local executives. At least 54, 512 votes cast afrmed cityhood against 2,386

out of 83,511 in the 271 precinct polls covering 91 barangays of Ilagan with a 68.3 percent turnout. Only 18% went to the polls in a previous plebiscite. Albano, principle author of the cityhood measure, provided for a moratorium clause in the law signed by President Benigno Aquino III on June 12. After the conversion and for a period of ve years, the city will not include new revenue measures nor raise present taxes, fees for permits, licenses and other local dues.

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