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Customs not
discounting
Glock pistols
still at port
Ghost pensioners gyp veterans office of P4.2b
UNA fills up
all slots for
senate bets
DOJ files raps
vs prosecutor
for extortion
Senate may
go beyond
mandate in
Puno probe
Enrile sees church going
all out to defeat RH bill
US envoy in Libya killed
Aquino signs order declaring
ownership of maritime areas
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President Aquino signed the
new order on Sept. 5, but which
was released on Sept. 13.
Two other militant lawmak-
ers, however, welcomed the new
order, saying the order rightfully
asserted the countrys sovereignty
over its territories.
The president said AO No. 29
justied the countrys ownership
of maritime areas on the western
side of the Philippine archipelago.
By Joel E. Zurbano
and Florante
S. Solmerin
THE Customs bureau on
Wednesday said it was
possible that Trust Trade,
which was recently award-
ed a P1-billion contract to
supply guns to the police,
was behind a shipment of
28,000 Glock pistols that
arrived in the Port of Ma-
nila last Sept. 4.
Trust Trade had denied
importing the pistols after
lawmakers questioned how
they could have brought
them in even before the
contract with the Philippine
National Police had been
signed.
But Customs Commis-
sioner Ruffy Biazon said
they were not discounting
the possibility that Trust
Trade was behind the ship-
ment, saying there was a 30-
day period to le an import
entry.
By Macon R. Araneta
and Florante
S. Solmerin
SENATE President Juan Ponce
Enrile warned his colleagues
Wednesday that they could
be overstepping their author-
ity in conducting a hearing to
evaluate the performance of re-
signed Interior Undersecretary
Rico Puno.
We might be treading in
the domain of the presidency
since the Executive department
is under the President, Enrile
said, referring to a hearing
called by Senator Miriam De-
fensor Santiago, who promised
By Macon R. Araneta
and Maria Bernadette
Lunas
THE Philippine Veterans Affairs
Ofce paid at least P4.2 billion a
year for several years to ghost
pensioners, but it would have lost
more money if it hadnt purged
its roster of pensioners, Senator
Franklin Drilon said Wednesday.
He said the government
used to earmark P15 billion a
year to pay the pensions of its
war veterans, but that went down
to P10.59 billion in 2010 after
the Veterans Ofce cleaned up
its roster of fake pensioners and
those who had died. The
difference of about P4.2 billion
saved on a yearly basis is made
possible with the effort of PVAO
to esh out the fraudulent claims.
Meaning, before the reforms,
this P4.2 billion would be paid
to non-existing veterans or cti-
tious claimants, Drilon said.
By Macon R. Araneta
THE Catholic Church will try to
use its connections, inuence and
all other means in its aim to defeat
the controversial Reproductive
Health if they could defeat it, Sen-
ate President Juan Ponce Enrile
said on Wednesday.
But Enrile said he was not
aware if the Catholic Church
would come out with a uni-
ed stand against the proposed
measure.
Its well known that the Cath-
olic Church is against that version
of the RH bill, said Enrile who is
also against the measure.
If I were in their place, with
the size of the Catholic Church,
they can make themselves as a
By Macon R. Araneta
and Maricel Cruz
A COALITION of political par-
ties in the opposition led by for-
mer president Joseph Estrada and
Vice-President Jejomar Binay
have completed its senatorial line
up for mid-term elections next
year with common candidates,
who will also run under the rul-
ing Liberal Party (LP), Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile said
on Wednesday.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Justice Department on
Wednesday led administrative
charges against Senior Deputy
State Prosecutor Severino Gana
and two members of the National
Prosecution Service support staff
for their alleged involvement in a
TRIPOLIThe U.S. ambassa-
dor to Libya and three Ameri-
can members of his staff were
killed in the attack on the U.S.
consulate in the eastern city of
Benghazi by protesters angry
over a lm that ridiculed Islams
Prophet Muhammad, Libyan of-
cials said Wednesday.
They said Ambassador Chris
Stevens was killed Tuesday night
when he and a group of embassy
employees went to the consul-
ate to try to evacuate staff as the
building came under attack by a
HEAVY rain will continue
to affect the Ilocos, Mindoro
and Western Visayas due
to tropical storm Karen,
which intensied Wednes-
day afternoon while moving
towards the countrys north-
ern part, the weather bureau
said Wednesday.
Honest coachman. Rig driver Jaime Cabillo Mayol,
who returned 100 euros of a French tourist, will receive
an award from the National Parks Development Com-
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China claimed territory
Philippine territory
Flight path. Government ofcials are planning to remove the Las
Pias-Paraaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area that lies in the
path of aircraft landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but
bird lovers (inset, from left) Gina Mapua, Michael Lu, Ipat Luna and
Danish ornithologist Arne Jensen dispute the claim, saying the birds
would only move to other areas nearer the aiport and pose a greater
threat to aviation and public safety. (Story on A6) LINO SANTOS
War games. A Marine aims his gun during a platoon drill as part of a retraining course of the 3rd Ma-
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China claimed
territory
Philippine territory
By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan and Maricel V. Cruz
The Philippines on Thursday raised the stakes in the countrys
territorial dispute with China after President Benigno Aquino III
signed Administrative Order No. 29, which ofcially named its
200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone as the West Philip-
pine Sea, a move that a lawmaker said might further stoke Bei-
jings aggressive stance on the islands.
These areas include the Luzon Sea
as well as the waters around, within
and adjacent to the Kalayaan Island
Group and Bajo De Masinloc, also
known as Scarborough Shoal.
Under the new order, the Phil-
ippines exercises its sovereign
rights over its territories based on
the principle of international law,
including the 1982 United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea
or Unclos, which will allow it to
explore and exploit, conserve and
manage the natural resources,
whether living or non-living, both
renewable and non-renewable, of
the sea-bed, including the sub-
soil and the adjacent waters, and
to conduct other activities for the
economic exploitation and explo-
ration of its maritime domain, such
as the production of energy from
the water, currents and winds.
The maritime areas on the
western side of the Philippine ar-
chipelago are hereby named as the
West Philippine Sea, the presi-
dent declared in the order.
But a critic of the administra-
tion warned against the imple-
mentation of the AO, saying that
PH asserts rights
over western sea
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Senate probe. Customs Commissioner Ruffy
Biazon attends the continuation of the Senate
investigation of the 420,000 sacks of rice from India
worth P500 million that his men seized in the Subic
Free Port Zone. Biazon said the smuggled rice was
meant to be sold in the Philippines.
Enrile, who earlier delivered a speech
on the smuggling of Indian rice at the
Subic Bay Freeport Zone on April 4, said
he believed that the latest rice shipment
was intended for sale in the local market.
He said it had been established that the
P200- million worth of Vietnamese rice
had no import permit from the National
Food Authority.
Theyre using the import permit from
cooperatives, Enrile said.
The Coast Guard foiled the attempt to
smuggle in the 4,700 tons of Vietnamese
rice aboard the M/V Minh Tuan 69 after its
ofcials stopped the ship from docking in
Legaspi City and ordered it to remain in the
anchorage area.
The Vietnamese exporter was identied as
Vietnam Southern Food Corp., and the con-
signees were one from Palawan, one from
Bulacan and one from Pampanga.
When Senator Francis Pangilian, chair-
man of the Senate committee on food and
agriculture, inquired on the status of the
case, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Bi-
azon said a warrant of seizure and deten-
tion had already been issued.
There will be a proceeding for forfei-
ture after the warrant has been released,
Biazon said.
We have invited to a hearing all those
who could have a hand in the shipment,
including the consignees. They will be
made to explain this case, Biazon told the
Senate panel investigating rice smuggling.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Senate probes Viet rice
Senate...
to rake Puno over the coals
over allegations of irregulari-
ties in several gun contracts
that he approved.
Puno, a close associate and
shooting buddy of President
Benigno Aquino III, resigned
Tuesday in the wake of sev-
eral controversies, including
accusations that he tried to
break into the condominium
unit of the late Secretary Jesse
Robredo to take documents
related to an investigation of
gun deals Puno had approved.
The President later said
Puno was acting on his orders.
Enrile on Wednesday said
the President had control and
supervision over all the de-
partments, and the Senate
committee on rules should
study if any committee may
call a hearing to evaluate an
Executive ofce.
Enrile also said the Presi-
dent had the right to appoint
Puno to another position.
The entire bureaucracy is
subject to his supervision and
control. Dont the people under-
stand that? He can assign any
job to anybody, move people
around in the government ser-
vice except for those covered
by security of tenure, he said.
Without naming names,
Enrile also said people who
were attacking the President
through Puno were cowards.
He added that he did not think
Puno had committed any crime.
Puno quit three days before
he was scheduled to appear be-
fore Santiagos committee on
constitutional amendments and
revision of codes and laws.
Santiago said the probe
would look into the exten-
sive power that the President
granted Puno, including ex-
clusive control over the Phil-
ippine National Police, which
she said was contrary to the
Administrative Code.
But Enrile said Executive
department assignments were
wholly at the discretion of the
President.
Thats the problem of the
President. Why interfere in the
delineation of powers of the
secretary and undersecretary?
Thats the prerogative of the
President as Chief Executive
Ofcer of the land, he said.
In a press forum earlier this
week, Enrile said there was
nothing irregular in Punos at-
tempt to secure the papers of
Robredo, who died in a plane
crash on Aug. 18.
Enrile...
group especially in our political
exercises.
But Enrile stressed that he re-
spected the opinion of the pro-
ponents of the RH bill, who are
currently amending some of its
provisions at the committee level.
We are in the period for the
committee which sponsored the
measure to propose what it con-
siders essential amendments,
Enrile said.
After the close of the period of
committee amendment, Enrile
said, the members of a legislative
assembly could not be stopped to
propose amendments they consid-
ered important to rene the bill or
protect the interest of the country.
When we come to that point
when the period of amendments
is to be introduced, who knows,
there are 23 senators, including
the co-sponsors of the measure
and the people who are prob-
ably inclined to support the bill,
who will have their own amend-
ments, Enrile said.
He said the question on the
beginning of life could be a ba-
sic question during the period of
amendments.
There is a debate even on this.
According to some, it should be at
fertilization, when the spermatozoa
of the male fertilize the ova of the
female, so life begins. The life has
the time to implant itself, and you
start already the aging process from
then on, Enrile said.
In strongly objecting to the RH
bill, Enrile said, he was talking
about the totality of the interest of
the nation.
He cited the need to draw a
lesson from other countries that
have experienced this already or
experimented on this.
There are other countries. That
is the purpose why, after the speech
of Senate Majority Vicente Sotto
III, I told him that I would like to
ask just two questions about the
experiences of other countries that
went ahead of us to adopt this kind
of policy and nd out what is the
good side of this process, and what
is the bad side.
It cannot always be the good
side. There must be some bad side
of this process, and if I have this
correct, it is being felt by countries
that have undergone this policy,
Singapore, Japan, Korea, China,
Thailand, France, Spain, Russian,
the European countries and many
others. What is the impact of this?
What is the impact of this policy on
countries that did not adopt it?
Enrile said the essential things
that must be addressed were the
fertility rate of Filipino women
because of poverty in this coun-
try, and the weakness of the gov-
ernment to provide for education
and for the creation of jobs.
I say this because this is the
one that I encountered in life.
To break through the barrier of
ignorance and poverty. I am not
talking from theory. I am talking
from experience, Enrile said.
We are not alone in this planet.
There are others. We do not live
in an ideal world where nobody
is going to harm us. We have ex-
perienced already being harmed.
We have been colonized several
times. We have been invaded by
our neighbors here in Asia.
US...
mob guns and rocket propelled grenades.
The three Libyan officials who confirmed the
deaths were deputy interior minister for eastern
Libya Wanis al-Sharaf; Benghazi security chief
Abdel-Basit Haroun; and Benghazi city council
and security official Ahmed Bousinia.
The State Department said Tuesday that
one American was killed in the attack. It has
not confirmed the other deaths.
The attack on the Benghazi consulate
took place as hundreds of protesters in
neighboring Egypt scaled the walls of the
U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tore down and
replaced the American flag with a black Is-
lamic banner.
DOJ...
robbery and extortion incident
that took place inside the Jus-
tice Department building.
Justice Secretary Leila de
Lima approved the ling of the
complaint against Gana and
the NPS support staff members
identied as Mutya delos San-
tos Santiago-Tobes, a member
of Ganas staff, and Louise
Siquioco Garcia, a staff mem-
ber of another prosecutor who
was not identied.
The Justice Department sus-
pended the three for 90 days.
The department also issued
subpoenas against ousted Chief
Justice Renato Corona, his
daughter and son-in-law to ap-
pear on Sept. 25 before its pros-
ecutors in connection with the
P150-million tax-evasion charg-
es that the Bureau of Internal
Revenue had led against them.
Internal Revenue claims that
Corona and his kin failed to le
their income-tax returns in 2003
to 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.
Corona, who was impeached
on May 29 for not declaring all
his assets, denounced Internal
Revenues move as a continu-
ing persecution of his family.
The ling of the charges
against Gana and his co-accused
came after the National Bureau
of Investigation conducted an
entrapment operation on Aug. 31
that resulted in Tobes arrest.
The entrapment was set up af-
ter their supposed victim, Nuriza
Jr. G. Abeja, who accused Tobes
of demanding P300,000 in ex-
change for a favorable ruling.
Gana was implicated in the
case because Abeja made the
payment right inside his of-
ce. Garcia, on the other hand,
threatened to reverse the deci-
sion if she failed to deliver.
Ghost...
This has been corrected by
shifting to the bank system,
by having the pension paid
through the banks instead of
using the old system where
pensioners get their benets
through checks and the postal
service.
Drilon made his statement
even as the Budget Depart-
ment said it would be pressing
criminal charges against the
people behind the Education
Departments failure to remit
its employees premiums to the
Government Service Insurance
System.
In a statement, Budget Secre-
tary Florencio Abad said Presi-
dent Benigno Aquino III had
ordered the Education Depart-
ment to sue the people who did
not remit P6.92 billion in pre-
miums to the pension fund from
July 1997 up to this year.
President Aquino has di-
rected us to work closely with
the GSIS and [the Education
Department] to restore the full
GSIS benets of all affected
[Education Department] per-
sonnel, Abad said.
On Tuesday, the Budget De-
partment, the Education De-
partment and the GSIS signed a
deal whereby the Budget De-
partment committed to shoulder
the unremitted GSIS benets of
784,602 Education Department
workers.
The GSIS will condone P14.04
billion in interest due the amount
and grant a 5-percent discount on
the principal amount.
At Tuesdays Senate hear-
ing on the proposed P120.32-
budget of the Defense Depart-
ment for 2013, Veterans Affairs
Administrator Ernesto Carolina
said that, by simply disbursing
the veterans pensions from the
postal system to the banking
system, the government saved
around P4.2 billion.
UNA...
Enrile said the United Nation-
alist Alliance has completed its
senatorial slate with inclusion
of Senators Francis Escudero,
Loren Legarda and his son, Ca-
gayan Rep. Jack Enrile.
I think they will be in the
ticket of UNA although I think
they will also be in the ticket of
the LP. With that I think we have
completed the line of UNA, En-
rile said.
Another political party, the Na-
tionalist Peoples Coalition, dis-
puted the statement of Sen. Tito
Sotto that it will cut ties with LP if
NPC incumbents were not allowed
to run for re-election.
Valenzuela Rep. Rex Gatch-
alian, the NPC spokesman, said
their coalition with the LP were
among the reaons why the NPC
remained one of the biggest po-
litical parties in the country.
The UNA ofcial candidates
include Loren Legarda, Grego-
rio Honasan, Juan Ponce Enrile,
Jr., Milagros Magsaysay, Joseph
Ejercito, Gwen Garcia, Richard
Gordon, Ernesto Maceda, Juan
Miguel Zubiri, Jose de Venecia,
Francis Escudero and Grace Poe
Llamanzares.
UNA is a coalition of the Pwersa
ng Masang Pilipino led by Estrada
and the PDP-Laban of Vice Presi-
dent Binay and many LP members
were also former members of the
PMP or the PDP-Laban.
Karen...
Karen could bring rainfall of 10 to
20 millimeters per hour over the ar-
eas within the 550-kilometer diam-
eter of the storm, weather forecaster
Samuel Duran said.
Weathermen said Karens was
640 kilometers east of Virac, Cat-
anduanes, with maximum sus-
tained winds of 95 kilometers per
hour near the center and gustiness
of up to 120 kilometers per hour.
Duran said light to moder-
ate rain would also hit the rest of
Southern Luzon and of Visayas
and Mindanao.
Karen is expected to be 770
kilometers east of Infanta,
Quezon, by Thursday morning
and 620 kilometers east of Tu-
guegarao City by Friday morn-
ing. The weather bureau said it
might leave the Philippines this
weekend.
Metro Manila and the rest of the
country will have good weather
with isolated rain or thunderstorms
in the evening.
Moderate to strong winds blow-
ing from the southwest to west will
prevail over Southern Luzon, the
Visayas and Mindanao, where the
coastal waters will be moderate to
rough. Jonathan Fernandez
PH...
the order was a dangerous
move which was sure to provoke
China and other claimant coun-
tries in the disputed islands.
Opposition lawmaker Siqui-
jor Rep. Orlando Fua said that
instead of promoting peace, the
order could further escalate the
tension in the region, especially
against Beijing.
But Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy
Casio and Agham party-list
Rep. Angelo Palmones said that
the Presidents order was a wel-
come development.
It is our right to name this
part of the Sea as the West Phil-
ippine Sea of the Republic of the
Philippines to assert our sover-
eignty on the area, Casino said.
Casino added that the move
was not enough. We should
still pursue our diplomatic pro-
tests and le cases against China
at the ITLOS and the ICJ.
Palmones, for his part, ap-
pealed to the Filipino people to
rally behind Pnoy in claiming
what is rightfully and histori-
cally ours.
We expect a stronger bully-
ing of the mighty China, so lets
be ready, Palmones added.
United States Embassy
spokesperson Tina Malone did
not directly comment on the
order, but reiterated a position
voiced by US State Department
spokesman Patrick Ventrell that
the disputes should be resolved
peacefully through the applica-
tion of existing international
laws as contained in the Unclos.
The Manila Standard tried to
get a comment on the order from
the Chinese Embassy in Manila
but spokesman Zhang Hua could
not be reached as of press time.
In a separate interview, Presi-
dent Aquino said he still hopes
to have a heart-to-heart talk with
Chinese president Hu Jintao in the
near future after a tight schedule
prevented the two leaders from
having a bilateral meeting during
the Asia Pacic Economic Coop-
eration Summit held in Vladivo-
stok, Russia recently. The presi-
dent explained that the bilateral
meeting did not materialize be-
cause Hu had to rush home after
China was rocked by two strong
earthquakes during the summit.
I am still hoping to have a di-
alogue with him where we could
have a heart-to-heart talk and
sharing of all of our thoughts
in total honesty and openness.
So that seems to be the way
forward to settle all of these
things, Aquino said.
He also said that, during the
Apec summit, Hu seems to be
receptive to the Philippines
idea of moving forward.
In relation to his AO, the pres-
ident also tasked the Foreign
Affairs department to work with
the National Mapping and Re-
source Information Authority to
produce charts and maps of the
Philippines reecting the West
Philippine Sea.
Foreign Affairs spokesman
Raul Hernandez said they will
immediately comply with the
presidents order.
The President has given us an
order with regards to the nam-
ing of West Philippine Sea of the
Republic of the Philippines. The
DFA will follow his order and
will deposit at the appropriate
time, a copy of the AO with the
ofcial map reecting the West
Philippine Sea with the United
Nations and other International
organizations, Hernandez said.
Tasked to work with the DFA
and NAMRIA in fullling the
Presidents order are the Inter-
national Hydrographic Organi-
zation and the United Nations
Conference on the Standardiza-
tion of Geographical Names.
President Aquino also ordered
the Education Department, the
Commission on Higher Education
and all state universities and col-
leges to issue circulars requiring
the use of the term West Philip-
pine Sea in all relevant subjects,
researches and instructional mate-
rials, such as, among others, text
books, instructional materials,
and audio-visual presentations.
According to the AO, all de-
partments, he said, subdivisions,
agencies and instrumentalities
of the Government are also
mandated to use and employ
the name West Philippine Sea in
all communications, messages
and public documents, to popu-
larize the use of such name in
the general public, both domes-
tically and internationally,.
This Order shall take effect
immediately, President Aquino
declared, adding that the funds
for the production of maps of the
Philippines reecting the West
Philippines sea, would come
from the existing annual budget
of the concerned agencies, sub-
ject to the usual accounting and
auditing rules and regulations.
Customs...
The shipment can still be at
the port, he said.
Biazon ordered his men to
conduct an inquiry after Agham
Party List Rep. Angelo Palmo-
nes revealed that the US State
Department and the government
of Austria were investigating
the case.
In a letter addressed to Bi-
azons ofce Tuesday, the rms
director for operations, Joselyn
Gutierrez Jose, said Trust Trade
did not have any shipments
scheduled for September.
Customs records showed that
Trust Trade, a Customs-accred-
ited rearms importer, made the
last importation of Glock pistols
on June 22, 2012.
The bureau announced
Wednesday that it will now re-
quire importers to get a clear-
ance from the Ofce of the
Commissioner before their re-
arms can be released.
Biazon asked National Police
Director-General Nicanor Bar-
tolome to assign a representa-
tive to verify the authenticity of
the permits issued for imported
rearms.
The move sought to address
concerns about the possible il-
legal shipment of rearms in
time for next years mid-term
election.
Late last year, the bureau
seized two shipments of bullets
for high-powered rearms that
were mixed with used stuffed
toys and houseware.
Among the seized items were
6,752 rounds of 7.62 mm bullets
for AK-47 assault ries, a night
scope, hunter scopes, gas mask,
an M-16 sniper barrel, one wire-
less telephone, two-way radios, 10
M-16 magazines, an Armalite com-
pensator, plastic bullet magazines,
assorted scope mounts, recoil elim-
inators, and M-16 buffers.
Bartolome on Wednesday
defended the contract to buy
60,000 Glock pistols from Trust
Trade, saying the transaction
was transparent.
Bartolome also dismissed al-
legations that the manufacturer
of Glock had banned transac-
tions with the Philippine police
because of corruption.
The police Directorate for Lo-
gistics said Wednesday that the
contract to buy P1.2 billion worth
of 9mm Glock pistols not P1
billion as earlier reported was
signed on Sept. 10, and that Bar-
tolome had 15 days to decide if
the deal would go forward.
The PNP spokesman, Chief
Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr., did
not answer calls.
Deputy Director General
Emelito Sarmiento, chairman
of the PNPs bids and awards
committee, denied Palmones
charges of irregularities in the
transaction, saying th0se came
from the losing bidders.
Some quarters are trying to
derail these activities. We hope
they wont deprive the commu-
nity of its right to have decent
police ofcers and that they also
wont deprive ofcers the right
to have rearms, he said. With
Sara Susanne D. Fabunan and
Rey E. Requejo
THE Senate will investigate the attempt to smuggle
94,000 bags of rice into the country from Vietnam
through the waters off Legaspi City in Albay on
Sept. 2, Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile said
Wednesday.
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scrapped; solon protests
IN BRIEF
3 Customs ports
come up short
THREE major ports, namely Manila, Batan-
gas and Manila International Container Ports,
topped the list of Customs districts that missed
their collection targets in August.
This was one of the reasons for the declin-
ing collection of the Customs bureau. Another
reason was the fewer working days during the
month, Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said.
Customs data showed that collection
from Batangas Port had the largest decit:
it generated only P4.2 billion, down by P1.7
billion as against its P5.9 billion revenue
goal for the month.
Port of Manila followed with P1.6 billion
shortfall, collecting only P4.4 billion against its
P6 billion target; MICP collected P6.1 billion,
down by P1.5 billion against its P7.6 billion.
Two other major portsthe Limay and
Ninoy Aquino International Airports
also came up short. Limay missed its tar-
get by 22 percent with its revenues reach-
ing only P2.35 billion as against its target
Police height requirement lifted
This situation has prompted a par-
ty-list lawmaker Antonio Tinio to
denounce the House of Representa-
tives for failing to allocate funds
for new teachers in state colleges
under the 2013 national budget.
Representing the Alliance of
Concerned Teachers, Tinio said not
one of the 110 state universities and
colleges got any funding alloca-
tion when the budget was discussed
during the plenary deliberations on
Tuesday night.
Zero, as in zero. The fact is
there is a shortage of at least 16,674
regular faculty positions for this
year that is not being addressed by
Malacaangs budget proposal, he
said.
The freeze in the hiring of new
faculty is incomprehensible, given
the steady increase in enrolment in
SUCs annually, he said.
Since 2003, enrolment has in-
creased by an average of 75,700
students per year; at that rate, the
THE House of Representatives on
Wednesday approved on second reading
a measure removing the mandated height
requirement for applicants for the police,
re and jail ofces.
This developed as Davao City Rep. Karlo
Nograles urged the National Police Com-
missionto come out with an inventory of all
cases involving policemen, especially those
pending for years.
Recent incidents of policemen involved
in crimes and other acts prejudicial to the
service reveal that those involved have de-
rogatory records and pending cases, said
Nograles, vice chairman of the House Com-
mittee on Human Rights.
House Bill 6203, authored by Cebu Rep.
Pablo Garcia, Nueva Ecija Rep. Romeo
Acop and Western Samar Rep. Mel Senen
Sarmiento, seeks to encourage competent
applicants hindered by height requirement
to enter the Philippine National Police, Bu-
reau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology.
The House-approved bill seeks to amend
Section 30 of Republic Act 6975, as amend-
ed, or the Department of Interior and Local
Government Act of 1990 and Section 4 of
Republic Act 9263, as amended, otherwise
known as the Bureau of Fire Protection and
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
Professionalization Act of 2004.
The bills authors said that height should not
be a restriction for people who want to serve the
country as police, re and jail ofcers provided
they possess other qualications required in the
effective performance of their duties.
They cited Section 1, Article XII of Social
Justice and Human Rights in the Philippine
Constitution, which mandates Congress
to give highest priority to the enactment
of measures that protect and enhance the
right of all people to human dignity, reduce
social, economic and political inequalities,
and remove cultural inequities by equitably
diffusing wealth and political power for the
common good.
The authors also cited that Article 7 of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
which states that All are equal before the
law and are entitled to equal protection
against any discrimination in violation of
this Declaration and any incitement of such
discrimination. Maricel V. Cruz
Posthumous
award. Lawyer
Maria Leonor
Robredo, widow
of Jesse Robredo,
and daughter
Jellian, along with
Napolcom Vice
Chairman Eduardo
U. Escueta, watch a
video documentary
on the late
Cabinet secretary
during the 46th
anniversary of the
police commission.
Robredo, who
once chaired
the Napolcom,
was awarded a
posthumous plaque
of distinction.
DANNY PATA
By Florante S. Solmerin
AT LEAST 16,674 teaching positions in state
universities and colleges are vacant but the gov-
ernment has opted to ignore the problem.
By Maricel V. Cruz
AS THE House of Representatives de-
liberated on the proposed P2-trillion
budget for 2013, the opposition on
Wednesday said the Aquino administra-
tions spending plan did not reflect the
straight path mantra, with so many
lumpsum allocations such as the P317
billion special purpose funds and a new
item called Priority Social and Eco-
nomic Projects Fund.
The administration has been praised for
the so-called transparency of its budget re-
porting. Unfortunately, this praise applies
only to one half of the budget, or one tril-
lion pesos, which is the budget for depart-
ments and agencies, said Rep. Danilo Sua-
rez, minority leader.
The budget for next year was far from
reality in terms of alleviating the suffer-
ing of the growing number of poor fami-
lies today, as a huge chunk of the pro-
posed budget also goes for debt service,
he said. There is little that we can say
about this non-discretionary spending.
The special purpose and unprogrammed
funds are being abused by the Executive to
arrogate itself the power of the purse that
legally belongs to Congress, Suarez said.
According to Suarez, the Special pur-
pose funds have increased by over three
timesfrom about P90 billion 2010, to
P317 billion, he said.
Unprogrammed funds have more than
doubled over the same period, to P117 bil-
lion under the 2013 proposal.
The biggest question we have about
special purpose funds concerns a brand-
new item called Priority Social and Eco-
nomic Projects Fund, Suarez said.
The request is for a whopping P22
billion, almost as big as the combined
pork barrel or [priority development
assistance funds] of members of Con-
gress worth P25 billion. And yet we
know nothing at all about this budget
request, Suarez said. Is it just a co-
incidence that this brand-new item is
being requested for 2013, an election
year? Suarez asked.
Earlier, Cavite Rep. Joseph Emilio Abaya
Jr. said they would ask the Department of
Budget and Management to itemize the
total P22.4 billion fund under PSEPF -- a
new item in the budget bill.
Suarez also questioned an increase by
over three times in the special purpose
fund called Budgetary Support to Govern-
ment Corporations, from P21 Billion for
this year to P71 billion for next year.
New budget
item stirs
questions
national government should be cre-
ating 2,162 new faculty positions
just to keep up,he said.
Instead, the Department of Budg-
et and Management and the Com-
mission on Higher Education have
maintained a freeze on the creation
of new faculty positions for more
than a decade, he said.
In contrast, the national govern-
ment has proposed P13.4 billion to
fund the hiring of 61,510 new pub-
lic school teachers next year.
To cope with the shortage of reg-
ular faculty, SUCs have been mak-
ing use of part-time faculty.
Approximately one-third of the
teaching force in SUCs is part-time
faculty. These are highly exploited
contractuals who have no job secu-
rity, are paid a fraction of the com-
pensation of regular faculty, and
are not entitled to any benefits, he
said. They are part-time only in
name, because they typically take
on teaching loads in excess of the
regular 15 to 18 units per semes-
ter, Tinio said.
Currently, there are 31,789 full-
time faculty as against 16,674 part-
time faculty working in the coun-
trys SUCs.
The Budget department said that
no new items has been given to
SUCs because there are currently
5,134 unfilled positions in their
plantilla. The savings from those
unfilled positions are being used to
pay for 16,674 part-time faculty.
he said.
Jobless women on the rise
THE unemployment rate among women
in the country has been going up, and this
prompted a lawmaker to call for more gen-
der-responsive development priorities that
should be reected in the 2013 budget.
ASocial Weather Stations survey said that last
May, the percentage of unemployed women was
36.4% or 6.5 million, higher than the percentage
of unemployed men at 18.9% or 4.4 million.
Taking into account the abilities unique
among genders, the Department of Labor and
Employment and the Philippine Commission
on Women should begin addressing this situa-
tion, Senator Loren Legarda said.
Priority support should be given to indus-
tries that women frequent, such as textiles,
crafts, farming, and food-processing and
helping women start their own businesses
and cooperatives, she said.
Apropriate training should focus sectors
that build womens opportunities such as tel-
ecommunications, tourism, leisure services,
and traditionally male-dominated jobs, she
said. Macon Araneta
of P3.03 billion goal while Naia recorded
17 percent off its P2.19 billion goal and
collected P1.83 billion. Joel Zurbano
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 THURSDAY
A4
TALK about not knowing how to pick
ones victims. A cop had to extort
money, of all the motorists in the metro,
from the son of the newly installed chief
of the National Capital Region Police
Ofce. Three years ago, the same cop
searched, without a warrant, the vehicle
of the son of another general.
As a result of the latter, SPO4 Jose
Dela Pea of the Quezon City Police
Department will suffer the forfeiture of
all benets. His retirement benets and
pension will be cancelled and he will
be disqualied from employment in the
police service.
NCRPO chief Leonardo Espina,
upon assuming his post, also ordered
the inventory of all pending cases of
police ofcers and their resolution
within 30 days.
He advised the men in uniform not to
waste their service on mistakes that tar
the image of the police force.
Espina also launched a text hotline
which will receive citizens complaints
about erring policemen.
In light of these decisive actions,
the public wonders whether they
would have to be related to powerful
police ofcers if they wanted to apply
the full force of the law on abusive
cops.
It is bad enough that the crime rate
in Metro Manila has increased by
57 percent between 2011 and 2012.
Citizens in the capital do not feel safe
in their homes, schools, places of work
and on the roads they take to get
from one place to another. They do
not see the police as being capable of
stemming violations on their property
and person. That it is police ofcers
themselves committing these crimes
heightens the insecurity.
Then again, it is not only Metro
Manila that needs to crack down harder
on criminals, uniformed or not. Lives
and property elsewhere in the country
are equally important.
In this regard, leadership
appointments in the Department of
the Interior and Local Government
must be resolved soon. Responsible
can formulate a more effective plan
on curbing criminality to protect,
especially, ordinary citizens who are
not related to any VIP.
Steps must also be taken to ensure
the consistency of these programs
regardless of the revolving-door nature
of succession.
Catching the crooks and landing
them in jail must not be a matter of
luck. It should be the standard.
Dumb luck
Abnormal
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NORMALLY, a government ofcial
who resigns under suspicion simply
disappears like the proverbial thief in
the night. But were obviously way,
way outside normal here.
Rico Puno may be out of the
Department of Interior and Local
Governmentbut he is certainly
looking forward to being a
continuing force to reckon with in the
administration of President Noynoy
Aquino. And those who still have a
problem with that will just have to grin
and bear it.
Puno has been going the rounds
of media lately to
explain how he has
been the victim of a
smear campaign to
get him out of DILG.
But while Puno has
left the department
under questionable
c i r c u ms t a n c e s ,
he exudes the
condence of
someone who
enjoys the absolute
trust and condence
of the only man he
needs to impress.
Indeed, Puno sounds like hes
actually glad to be out of a job. And
even if he doesnt get new employment
soon, he says he will remain close
to Aquino and probably even get to
spend more quality time with his close
buddy and former boss on the ring
range and elsewhere.
Not for Puno, apparently, is the
common fate of government ofcials
forced to leave their positions under
a cloud of doubt, and who try to
fade into anonymity in the hope
that the forgetfulness (and implied
forgiveness) of a people with a
notoriously short attention span
happens as soon as possible. No, sir.
If anything, Puno may have
emerged even more powerful without
a limiting portfolio and with new,
unlimited access to Aquino. That is
the unmistakeable message that the
unbowed and denitely unembarrassed
presidential crony so clearly sends.
Aquino himself has little to say to
disabuse anyone of the widespread
impression that Puno is unsinkable
and irreplaceable in his tight circle
of presidential pals. As if to bolster
the belief that nobody can besmirch
his close friends reputation, the last
public announcement the President
made about Punos fate is the promise
that he will be given a new job.
Why no one seems to nd this
situation anomalous is the big mystery.
What it says about Aquinos loyalty to
his friends is eminently clear.
As for Puno, he may accept some
high-prole job like director of the
National Bureau of Investigation
or no position at all, if he prefers to
play Rasputin to his enthralled and
admiring friend. One thing is certain:
Nothing can separate Puno from
Aquinoeven if no one will likely
nd out why.
Just dont let anyone tell you this
is normal. Because we left normal
behind a long time ago.
* * *
The Singapore foreign ministry has
denied reports which said that Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong supports
the Philippines position for a peaceful
resolution of the South China Sea
territorial dispute. The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs statement was as terse
as it was uncharacteristically snarky:
gYou all know how free the Filipino
media is; they can even be very free
with the facts. There has been no
change to Singapores position. When
PM Lee met President [Noynoy]
Aquino [at the APEC summit in
Vladivostok, Russia], he reiterated
Singapores consistent position,
namely that we do not take sides on the
merits or otherwise
of the various
specic disputes
in the South China
Sea. PM Lee called
on all claimants to
exercise restraint
and for disputes
to be resolved
peacefully and in
accordance with
international law.
Unlike the Filipino
media reports you
refer to, we deal with
facts not ction.
This newspaper didnt publish the
report that has gotten the Singaporean
ministrys underwear in a bunch. But
that doesnt mean that the supposedly
fact-free Manila media is to blame for
insinuating that there has been a change
to favor whatever the Philippines
position is on its territorial dispute
with China on the part of Singapore.
It was Foreign Secretary Albert
del Rosario who tried to twist the
Singaporeans position. Del Rosario
and his boss, Aquino, probably thought
that since the Manila delegation to
APEC was being treated like an
unwanted leper by China and many
of the other delegates in Russia, they
had to show that some country was on
their side in the territorial spat.
The Manila media simply reported
what Del Rosario said, that Singapore
has committed to continue its support
in terms of a peaceful resolution
of the disputes in accordance with
international law. Aquino, Del
Rosario said, thanked Lee for the
very strong support that Singapore has
given the Philippines in terms of its
position in the West Philippine Sea.
Del Rosario, Aquino and the
others who went to Vladivostok were
just going for brownie points back
in Manila when they tried to make
it appear that Singapore was the
Philippines ally against China. In
the same manner, the Singaporeans
wanted to express their displeasure at
what Aquino and his foreign secretary
did, but did not want appear to be
chastising them directly.
So the media gets blamed when
government liesor when ofcials
of another government cant criticize
their counterparts for lying. And people
wonder why media (the unconscripted
media, that is) is always critical of the
governments they watch.
WHAT do Jun Lozada, Sandra Cam,
Vidal Doble, and Primitivo Mijares have
in common? Theyre all whistleblowers
whose guts enabled the nation to know
about illegalities happening either in
their ofces or in their line of business.
Jun Lozada was of course the trusted
associate of former National Economic
and Development Authority Secretary-
General Romulo Neri who was privy
to acts of corruption in projects that
passed the scrutiny of the NEDA. He is
remembered as the one asked by Neri
to inform proponents of the botched
NBN-ZTE deal to moderate their
greed. Such moderation was required
apparently because the amount of
tong-pats or padding for the project
was equivalent to 100 percent of the
cost of the proposed network.
Sandra Cam was the one who called
our attention to presidential son Mikey
Arroyos benetting from the illegal
numbers game, jueteng. Through her
testimony, we knew how the incumbent
representative of security guards in
Congress and former presidential son
received proceeds from jueteng in the
august hall of Congress.
Vidal Doble for his part risked
life and limb when he told the nation
that as an intelligence ofcer, he had
the original of the Hello Garci
recordings - authenticating hence what
we suspected all along: that President
Gloria Arroyo cheated in the 2004
presidential election.
Primitivo Mijares, on the other hand,
was a close associate of the dictator
Ferdinand Marcos. He wrote what has
become a bestseller book, the conjugal
dictatorship, detailing the excesses
of the former dictator and his spouse.
Without a doubt, the book opened
the minds of many to abuses of the
dictatorship. Mijares, and later, one of
his sons, were later killed. Until today,
no one has been charged, much more
punished, for these murders.
From our experience with these
individuals, we know the inherent value
of whistleblowers. More often than not,
shenanigans in government commit
crimes that only they and their close
associates know about. Unless those
in the know actually surface and detail
what they know, the public would not be
aware of these infractions.
Whistleblowers though, unlike state
witnesses, currently have no protection
in this country. Under the Witness
Protection Program or under the Rules
of Court provision on discharge of state
witnesses, witnesses whose testimonies
are indispensable in proving the
commission of a crime, provided they
do not appear to be the guiltiest, are
entitled to testimonial immunity. This
means that their admission into the WPP
or their discharge as state witnesses
comes with an incentive in the form of
the state desisting from holding them
responsible for the crimes that they
would be helping to prove in court.
Whistleblowers, on the other hand,
because their testimonies oftentimes
are not indispensible or because of the
secrecy, they appear to be among the
guiltiest, cannot qualify for the WPP
or for discharge as state witnesses.
This explains why the Ombudsman
has recently charged Jun Lozada with
cases for corruption involving other
transactions in the government ofce
that he once headed. And yet, quite
unfairly for whistleblowers, they do the
exact same thing that those accorded
immunity by our existing rules: they
reveal the truth in order to give effect to
public accountability.
The international trend today
recognizes the need to provide
protection to whistleblowers distinct
from protection given to witnesses or
discharge accorded to state witnesses.
For instance, the UN Convention on
Corruption calls on countries to provide
appropriate measures to protect
whistleblowers. Similar provisions
are found in the European Unions
Civil and Criminal Law Conventions
on Corruption, the African Union
Convention on Corruption and the Latin
American Convention on Corruption.
Likewise, an increasing number of
countries have now passed legislation
according both immunity and protection
to whistle blowers. Furthermore,
Transparency Internationals
Recommended Principles for
Whistleblowing Legislation further asks
states to incentivize whistle blowing
and to provide rewards to those who
will be whistleblowers.
In the Philippines, Senator Miriam
Defensor-Santiago has a pending bill to
provide these badly needed protection
and incentives to whistleblowers.
According to the good senator:
Whistleblowers automatically
expect retaliation for their honesty.
They are usually accused of being
malcontents trying to prot from their
accusations. The fear generated by
retaliations creates a chilling effect
on the willingness of people to come
forward and expose wrongdoing,
Let us pass this bill into law soon.
Whistleblowers
MARLON C. MAGTIRA Online Editor/Tech Section Editor
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
ATTY. HARRY
ROQUE JR.
VIEW FROM MALCOLM
If anything,
Puno may have
emerged even
more powerful
without a limiting
portfolio.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
THE telephone rang. As I lifted the
receiver, I saw that it was just past
midnight. The voice at the other end
of the line said in the vernacular: Sir,
the station is padlocked. They say its
martial law. The boss [referring to
Ambassador Roberto S. Benedicto]
said you should come.
A few days earlier, there was
speculation that President Ferdinand
E. Marcos would proclaim martial
law. Many did not believe it would
happen. I knew it wouldmy sources
at Malacaang told me so. I was then
manager of Kanlaon Broadcasting
System that operated Channel 9 along
Roxas Boulevard.
I hurriedly dressed up and
whispered to my wife, then half-
awake, that martial law had been
proclaimed. I told her I would be back
for breakfast.
On my way
to Channel 9, I
had to stop at ve
checkpoints manned
by heavily-armed
soldiers with a tank.
I managed to go
through them using
my press card.
When I got to
Channel 9, I saw the
station personnel
milling around. I approached the
front door and saw the big notice.
Proclamation 1081 has been issued by
President Marcos. Martial Law is in
effect all over the land. The note was
dated September 21, 1972.
I asked some KBS ofcials who
were there where Ambassador
Benedicto was and they told me he
was conferring with some people at
Hyatt Hotel which was a block away.
I wanted to join them but I changed
my mind. It was already past ve in
the morning. Besides, knowing how
RSBas Benedicto was called by
people working for himworked, I
would never make it to breakfast with
my wife in our home at Philamlife
Subdivision in Quezon City.
As I drove along Edsa, I felt like
having coffee at Hotel Intercontinental.
It was 6:30 in the morning of
September 22.
As I entered the Hotel Intercons
Jeepney Restaurant, I saw a table
occupied by Makati Mayor Nemesio
Yabut along with the late Ka Doroy
Valencia, businessmen Pat Dayrit
and Joe Viterbo. At a table nearby
were Yabuts staff members and
bodyguards.
I asked them why they were there,
and why Yabut was with his entire
staff complete with bodyguards. Yabut
told me that it was already martial
law and he expected to be picked up
anytime by the military. He pointed
to Ka Doroy as his life insurance to
ensure that nothing untoward would
happen to him. We all laughed.
During our conversation, Ka
Doroy told me: Emil, tell our media
colleagues that from hereon, we will
be having our breakfasts here at Hotel
Intercon. Akong taya (Ill pay for it.)
That made Yabut laugh and say Ill
end up paying.
The military never came.
I called my wife to tell her I would
not be able to make it to breakfast
at home. I stayed on for a while at
the coffee shop. We parted ways at
midday.
In the afternoon, I called up my
media colleagues to tell them to
come for breakfast at the Intercon
the following day and that Ka Doroy
would be footing the bill.
We were later joined by government
people, businessmen, professionals
and jobless people who used to work
for the government.
So that is how print, radio and
television journalists started having
breakfast at the Intercon, signing in
the name of Doroy Valencia who had
made arrangements with the hotel.
Little did Ka Doroy expect that
media people would abuse this
privilege, taking not only breakfasts,
but lunch and dinner as well, and
bringing their families.
After a month I heard Yabut saying
that his city treasurer was complaining
because the bills were already
amounting to over P50,000 a month.
Thus, Ka Doroy, within earshot of the
media people, said
that from then on,
everybody would
pay for his own bill.
We called it Doroys
Proclamation 1082.
We are called
365 Club because
we are there every
day.
What makes the
club unique and
distinct in many ways is that people
of all persuasionsmedia people,
businessmen, professionals, former
and present government ofcials
including those from the Legislature
and the Judiciarymeet to exchange
political and business sentiments,
even rumors and speculations or on
anything. We survived martial law and
ve presidents after Marcos, including
the present one.
The club has no charter of any
kind, no election of ofcers, no board
of directors, and no permanent list of
membership. It is so unique that even
the inuential and prestigious Wall
Street Journal (Asia Edition) in an
article called the club one of a kind.
Why, even foreign journalists came
to 365 Club to interview personalities
in government from all sides of the
political fence.
Ka Doroy Valencia held fort at 365
Club as its self-proclaimed chairman
until he died in 1976. After his death, I
proclaimed myself chairman being the
lone co-founder and survivor of the
club. I attend the gatherings almost
daily, except Sundays.
I held that position until a
year ago when I declared myself
chairman emeritus. We then assigned
businessman-sportsman Alfonso
Boy Reyno Jr. chairman with Senate
President Juan Ponce Enrile, who is
our eldest member of the club (he is
88) and who comes almost daily, as
honorary chairman. Nobody dared
object.
Theres only one rule at the 365
Clubwhen somebody talks about
an inside report on government and
business and says that its off the
record, everybody should respect
it.
On Sept. 22, 365 Club will mark
its Ruby (40
th
) anniversary with Vice
President Jojo Binay as our guest
speaker at the Hotel Intercon.
The 365 Club:
How it all began
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
OBJECTS in mirror are closer than they
appear.
This is the standard safety warning on
vehicle side mirrors, cautioning drivers
who might be misled about the proximity
of things around them on the road.
We could borrow this phrase to mean
that people immersed in a certain culture
might not be aware or take for granted
certain nuances of detail in its usage,
practice, and tradition that are glaring or
obvious to foreigners.
In other words, to learn more about
ourselves, it is also useful to nd out
what others think about us or how they
perceive us.
Take writer Rafe Bartholomews
basketball memoir Pacic Rims
(2010). A player and enthusiast of the
game, Bartholomew (a Medill Journalism
graduate) obtained a Fulbright grant to
study basketball in the Philippines for
one year. He ended up staying for three.
He played wherever he could, joining
pickup games with kanto tambays in
makeshift courts and in fully-maintained
courts in the barangays in elite residential
villages. He played with men wearing
expensive trainers and men wearing
worn ip-ops. He followed the fortunes
of a professional basketball team the
Alaska Aces and charted their triumphs
and defeats until the exhilarating
denouement of the season.
Bartholomew recounts his researches
at the Ateneo de Manila University
library and in newspaper and magazine
morgues to trace the history of basketball
in the country. The sport was introduced
at the turn of the last century during the
American colonial period, when the
Americans taught the sport rst to young
women as a physical exercise, and later
to men.
From that time, basketball captured
the nations heart and became so
embedded in the countrys psyche that
it is nearly inextricableso the author
saysfrom its politics and other social
elements.
Evident in Bartholomews narrative is
the importance of relationships within the
collective consciousness of the Filipino.
The relationships he observed between
team owner and players, coaches and
players, players and fans, and so on, were
clearly delineated and nurtured. The
depth of the level of interaction between
the Filipino players and fans, he said, is
something he felt would be impossible to
achieve within the context of American
basketball.
Bartholomew also noted differences
between the Alaska teams Filipino
players, the Filipino-American players
who grew up in the United States, and
the lone American import with regard to
personal space. He noticed how Filipinos
are more disposed towards touching
each other and are comfortable doing so,
whereas Fil-Ams and Americans tend
to keep distance from each other and
observe a greater degree of private space,
even in the context of social activities
such as chatting and male-bonding
rituals such as roughhousing.
Bartholomew perceived
that people of all socio-economic
backgrounds enjoy basketball, but based
on social stratications, their experiences
of the sport were markedly different.
Those of lower socio-economic status
played on makeshift or barangay courts.
The latter may be well-appointedas
the author remarks, some barangay
courts are better than New York city
public courtsbut whether a barangay
court is well-appointed or not depends
on the political agendas of the barangay
and local government ofcials. Those
belonging to the elite of society play
on school courts, some of which are
so expensive that at one university, the
hardwood was imported from a court
played upon by NBA players.
He also described the unano versus
bading (yes, they are billed that way)
exhibit games in the provinces. At rst
he was disgusted by what he perceived
as a demeaning and humiliating activity.
But upon his interviewing the people
concerned, he was surprised to nd
that in fact the players considered
themselves performers, were glad of the
opportunity to work, and in fact can be
seen as themselves having power over
their audiences in the reactions they
can elicit from spectators through their
performances.
There are quite a few more cultural
points that he observed, some of them
norms related to racial biases, the celebrity
culture, accommodative behavior, use of
humor as a coping mechanism, and tacit
collusions to achieve common goals, but
I wont preempt your enjoyment of the
book.
Ill end by saying that in this rst-
ever book-length work by a foreigner
on Philippine basketball, Bartholomew
conrms the universality of sport as a
phenomenon. It is an activity that may
be enjoyed across cultures, all around the
world; and talent may come from anyone
anywhere, especially with Filipino-style
basketball being largely a learn-as-you-
go thing.
These insights are relevant now that
it is the height of the UAAP season. The
games are so popular that tickets often
go for high prices, more so when old
school rivalries come into play at Ateneo
vs. La Salle games. Social media such
as Twitter and Facebook carry play-by-
plays and score updates. School-themed
merchandise ll stores so that fans can
wear their pride colors.
But in general our perception of all
this is matter-of-fact. Such a response
to a phenomenon speaks volumes about
our society, in what it is we take for
granted and others see as an uncommon
or unusual thing.
As Bartholomews book explores
the cross-cultural boundaries of
communication, it also shows us that
reected in the mirror is one of things
that makes up the heart and soul of the
Filipino.
Email: jennyo@live.com, Blog: http://
jennyo.net, Facebook: Gogirl Caf,
Twitter: @jennyortuoste
B-ball and the bigger picture
Placebo or not, acupuncture helps with pain
By Lindsey Tanner
CHICAGOAcupuncture gets a
thumbs-up for helping relieve pain
from chronic headaches, backaches and
arthritis in a review of more than two
dozen studiesthe latest analysis of an
often-studied therapy that has as many
fans as critics.
Some believe acupunctures only
powers are a psychological, placebo
effect. But some doctors believe
even if thats the explanation for
acupunctures effectiveness, theres
no reason not to offer it if it makes
people feel better.
The new analysis examined 29 studies
involving almost 18,000 adults. The
researchers concluded that the needle
remedy worked better than usual pain
treatment and slightly better than fake
acupuncture. That kind of analysis is
not the strongest type of research, but
the authors took extra steps including
examining raw data from the original
studies.
The results provide the most robust
evidence to date that acupuncture is a
reasonable referral option, wrote the
authors, who include researchers with
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York and several
universities in England and Germany.
Their study isnt proof, but it adds to
evidence that acupuncture may benet a
range of conditions.
The new analysis was published online
Monday in Archives of Internal Medicine.
The federal governments National Center
for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine paid for most of the study,
along with a small grant from the Samueli
Institute, a non-prot group that supports
research on alternative healing.
Acupunctures use has become more
mainstream. The military has used it to
help treat pain from war wounds, and
California recently passed legislation
that would include acupuncture among
treatments recommended for coverage
under provisions of the nations new
health care law. That law requires
insurance plans to cover certain categories
of benets starting in 2014. Deciding
specics is being left up to the states.
Some private insurance plans already
cover acupuncture; Medicare does not.
In traditional Chinese medicine,
acupuncture involves inserting long,
very thin needles just beneath the skins
surface at specic points on the body to
control pain or stress. Several weekly
sessions are usually involved, typically
costing about $60 to $100 per session.
Fake acupuncture studied in research
sometimes also uses needles, but on
different areas of the body.
Scientists arent sure what biological
mechanism could explain how
acupuncture might relieve pain, but the
authors of the new study say the results
suggest theres more involved than just
a placebo effect.
Acupuncture skeptic Dr. Stephen
Barrett said the study results are
dubious. The retired psychiatrist runs
Quackwatch, a Web site on medical
scams, and says studies of acupuncture
often involve strict research conditions
that dont mirror how the procedure is
used in the real world.
The new analysis combined results
from studies of patients with common
types of chronic painrecurring
headaches, arthritis or back, neck and
shoulder. The studies had randomly
assigned patients to acupuncture and
either fake acupuncture or standard
pain treatment including medication or
physical therapy.
The authors explained their statistical
ndings by using a pain scale of 0 to
100: The patients average baseline
pain measured 60; it dropped to 30 on
average in those who got acupuncture,
35 in those who got fake acupuncture,
and 43 in the usual treatment group.
While the difference in results for
real versus fake acupuncture was small,
it suggests acupuncture could have
more than a psychological effect, said
lead author Andrew Vickers, a cancer
researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
The center offers acupuncture and other
alternative therapies for cancer patients
with hard-to-treat pain.
The analysis was more rigorous than
most research based on pooling previous
studies results, because the authors
obtained original data from each study.
That makes the conclusion more robust,
said Dr. Andrew Avins, author of an
Archives commentary and a physician
and researcher with the University of
California at San Francisco and Kaiser-
Permanente.
Acupuncture is relatively safe and
uncertainty over how it works shouldnt
stop doctors from offering it as an option
for patients struggling with pain, Avins
said.
Perhaps a more productive strategy at
this point would be to provide whatever
benets we can for our patients, while
we continue to explore more carefully all
mechanisms of healing, he wrote. AP
By Richard Vedder
MORE than 2 million US college students
this fall will be spending a good bit of
their time reviewing what they were
supposed to learn in high school or
even earlier. They are taking remedial
education courses.
A recent study issued by ACT Inc., a
testing organization measuring college
readiness, found that less than one-third
of graduating high-school seniors met
benchmark standards for science, and a
majority failed to meet them for math.
Even in English and reading, a large
minority of students were below a level
that would mostly earn a grade of C or
better in college- level work.
The results are depressing. In science,
most students dont come close (within
three points) of meeting the ACT
benchmark standards. Yes, it is often
pointed out, some population groups
are less prepared than others: Only 5
percent of black students meet all four
ACT criteria. But for white students, for
every high-school graduate who meets
the benchmarks, there are two who dont.
The student at least partially unprepared
for college is the rule, not the exception.
To deal with the dismal preparation
of many high-school students, colleges
expand remedial courses in subjects
such as math and English. The problem
is that these courses do a bad job of
correcting these deciencies, even if
you dont believe that test scores are the
most reliable way to determine college
readiness.
Broken system
Complete College America, a
group promoting better college
academic success rates, concluded in a
recent study that remediation is a broken
system.
It is a big broken system. Most
students entering community colleges
are enrolled in at least one remedial
course, while at four-year schools
about a fth of all students are. The
study estimates that fewer than 10
percent of those entering remedial
courses at community (two-year)
colleges graduate within three years,
and almost 65 percent of those at four-
year institutions have no degree within
six years (compared with about 44
percent for students not taking remedial
courses). At a typical university, the
people who teach the remedial courses
most likely arent star professors
known for their ability to make
complex concepts clear; more often
theyre lowly paid adjunct instructors
or graduate students.
What to do? We know that high-
school education in the US is subpar by
international standards, and that several
decades of reform efforts have had
only modest effects. Public education
needs more competition and choice, and
barriers to changesuch as outmoded
teaching seniority rules and nonmerit
compensation structuresneed to be
removed. Coordination between those
who determine high-school curriculums
and college faculty who know what
students need to be well-prepared is often
nonexistent.
The challenge is to force colleges
to face their own responsibility.
Administrators will note that remedial
college classes have existed for as long
as there has been higher education in
the US. But they should be ashamed
of their role in protecting these failed
programs for decades. One remedial
education professor called it a silent
contract of fraud.
Complete College America favors
ditching most remedial courses and
putting subpar students into regular
classesbut with just in time tutoring
that helps students master the relatively
advanced materials taught in college
survey courses. This approach may not
work, but testing its effectiveness is
worthwhile.
Dropout costs
The bigger problem is that colleges
admit students unlikely to succeed in the
rst place. Taking in subpar students leads
to a dumbing-down of the curriculum
for everyone. That may be why studies
(such as Academically Adrift by
Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa) found
little evidence that students were learning
a whole lot or mastering critical-thinking
skills in their college years.
US colleges should not take hundreds
of thousands of ill- prepared students
and put them through ineffective
remedial- education programs only to
see them fail to graduate while running
up signicant college-loan debt. Instead,
they should be encouragedthrough
the tightening of federal loan policies
and other accountability incentives to
become more selective in their admission
practices and reject students who show on
tests, such as the ACT readiness exams,
that they are not ready for college work.
Many of these academically marginal
students might excel in non-college-
degree vocational programs that teach
skills in relatively high-demand jobs,
which pay reasonably well. In todays
economy, why is a bachelors degree in
marketing more valuable than training in
high-tech manufacturing? Bloomberg
College is no place for remedial education
So long as we
are around, there
will be freedom of
expression.
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A6
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dismisses 5
rogue cops
Bank execs clash
in labor dispute
Sanctuary shutdown will not stop bird strikes, expert says
Republic of the Philippines
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF THE NATIONAL
GRID CORPORATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES FOR THE APPROVAL
OF FORCE MAJEURE (FM) EVENT
REGULATED FM PASS THROUGH
FOR FLOODING IN MINDANAO,
TYPHOON BEBENG, LANDSLIDE
IN MINDANAO AND TYPHOON
JUANING IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RULES FOR SETTING
TRANSMISSION WHEELING
RATES, WITH PRAYER FOR
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY
ERC CASE NO. 2012-070 RC
NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION
OF THE PHILIPPINES (NGCP),
Applicant.
x---------------------------------------------x
NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on May 7, 2012, the National Grid Corporation
of the Philippines (NGCP) fled with the Commission an application for the
approval of Force Majeure (FM) event regulated FM pass through for fooding
in Mindanao, Typhoon Bebeng, landslide in Mindanao and Typhoon Juaning in
accordance with the Rules for Setting Transmission Wheeling Rates, with prayer
for provisional authority.
In the said application, NGCP alleged, among others, the following:
1. It is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the Philippines,
with principal offce address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner
BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the corporate vehicle of the
consortium which was awarded the concession to assume the power
transmission functions of the National Transmission Corporation
(TRANSCO) pursuant to Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as
the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or the EPIRA.
2. Under Republic Act No. 9511
1
, it was granted a franchise to construct,
install, fnance, manage, improve, expand, operate, maintain,
rehabilitate, repair and refurbish the present nationwide transmission
system of the Republic of the Philippines;
3. On January 15, 2009, it assumed transmission functions of TRANSCO
including the operation, management and maintenance of the
nationwide electrical grid.
4. Pursuant to Section 10.1.1 of the Rules for Setting Transmission
Wheeling Rates (RTWR), it is allowed to recover the cost incurred for
the restoration, rehabilitation, repair of damage sustained by NGCP
transmission assets and other related facilities as a result of a Force
Majeure Event (FME), as defned in Article I of RTWR.
Allegations on the Flooding in Mindanao as FME
5. During the frst week of January 2011, the Mindanao area suffered
continuous heavy rains causing foods which damaged NGCP
transmission assets and other related facilities.
6. In compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it fled with the Commission a
Force Majeure Event Notice dated March 28, 2011.
7. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice dated March 28, 2011,
Certifcation dated June 15, 2011 issued by the Philippine Atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), and
Certifcation dated April 3, 2012 issued by the Offce of the Punong
Barangay of Brgy. Tabon, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur are hereto
attached as Annexes A, A-1 and A-2, respectively.
Allegations for the Typhoon Bebeng as FME
8. On May 7 to 9, 2011, Typhoon Bebeng packing maximum sustained
winds of 85 kph and gustiness of up to 100 kph caused severe damage
to life and property due to strong winds and heavy downpour over
Visayas.
9. Due to its intensity, it caused damage to NGCP transmission facilities in
the Visayas area.
10. On July 7, 2011, in compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it fled with
the Commission a Force Majeure Event Notice for Typhoon Bebeng
dated July 1, 2011.
11. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice for Bebeng dated July 1, and
Certifcation dated June 15, 2011 issued by the PAGASA are hereto
attached as Annexes B and B-1, respectively.
Allegations for the Landslide in Mindanao Area as FME
12. On or about the frst week of July 2011, the Mindanao area suffered
continuous rainfall causing landslide which damaged NGCP
transmission assets and other related facilities particularly in the
Bukidnon areas.
13. On September 23, 2011, in compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it
fled with the Commission a Force Majeure Event Notice for Landslide
in Mindanao dated September 19, 2011.
14. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice dated September 19, 2011,
Certifcation dated October 14, 2011 issued by the PAGASA, Certifcation
dated March 28, 2012 issued by the Offce of the Punong Barangay of
Brgy. Tabon, Municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon and Final Report issued
by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(RDRRMC) dated July 8, 2011 are hereto attached as Annexes C,
C-1, C-2 and C-3.
Allegations for the Typhoon Juaning as FME
15. On July 25-28, 2011, Typhoon Juaning packing maximum winds of 95
kph and gustiness of up to 120 kph caused severe damage to life and
property due to strong winds and heavy downpour over North Luzon,
South Luzon and Visayas area.
16. Due to its intensity, it caused damage to NGCP transmission assets and
other related facilities in South Luzon area.
17. On September 23, 2011, in compliance with Article X of the RTWR, it
fled with the Commission a Force Majeure Event Notice for Juaning
dated September 19, 2011.
18. A copy of the Force Majeure Event Notice for Juaning dated September
19, 2011 and Certifcation dated October 14, 2011 issued by the
PAGASA are hereto attached as Annexes D and D-1, respectively.
Allegations Common to All Causes of Action
19. Immediately after the wrath of the foods and landslides in Mindanao
area and typhoons Bebeng and Juaning, NGCP started the repair and
rehabilitation of its damaged transmission assets and other related
facilities in order to continue serving its customers. Some activities are
still in progress up to present in some areas.
20. The cost of Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) that NGCP incurred/will incur
in the rehabilitation, repair and restoration of its transmission assets and
other related facilities and that need to complete such are as follows:
FME Total (PhP)
2
Flooding in Mindanao Area 730,185.63
Bebeng 9,383.77
Landslide in Mindanao Area 4,887,181.00
Juaning 3,844,235.19
Total 9,470,985.58
Copies of the Details of Activities of FMEs Flooding in Mindanao Area,
Typhoon Bebeng, Landslide in Mindanao Area, and Typhoon Juaning
are hereto attached as Annexes E, F, G, and H, respectively.
3
1 Republic Act No. 9511 entitled, An Act Granting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines a Franchise to
Engage in the Business of Conveying or Transmitting Electricity Through High Voltage Back bone System or
Interconnected Transmission Lines, Substations and Related Facilities, and for Other Purposes.
2 Inclusive of permit fees;
3 Copies of pictures for FME Flooding in Mindanao Area are attached herewith as Annexes E-1 to E-4.
Copies of pictures for FME Typhoon Bebeng are attached herewith as AnnexesF-1 and F-2.
Copies of pictures for FME Landslide in Mindanao Area are attached herewith as Annexes G-1 and G-2.
Copies of pictures for FME Typhoon Juaning are attached herewith as Annexes H-1 and H-2.
21. Notwithstanding that the damaged transmission assets and other
related facilities are owned by TRANSCO, a co-assured of the Power
Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporations Industrial All
Risk Insurance Policy (IAR) with the Government Service Insurance
System, the cost of the rehabilitation, repair and restoration of the
damaged transmission assets and other related facilities is not covered
by the IAR and therefore not compensable. Copies of the Certifcation
in support of such allegation are hereto attached as Annexes I, J, K
and L.
22. In view of the foregoing, there is a need to realign NGCPs CAPEX
projects to recover the cost incurred/to be incurred for the restoration,
rehabilitation and repair of the damaged NGCP transmission assets and
other related facilities.
COMPUTATION OF FORCE MAJEURE EVENT PASS-THROUGH
COST
23. lt computed the pass-through FME amount as shown in the table below:
FME-Peso/kW 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Luzon 0.0051 0.0069 0.0068 0.0068 0.0256
Visayas 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0005
Mindanao 0.0962 0.0642 0.0639 0.0635 0.2878
24. lt proposes the pass-through cost as additional network charges in the
following areas starting the billing period of May 2012 up to December
2015 or until such time that the amount incurred is fully recovered, as
follows:
FME-Peso/kW 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Luzon 0.0051 0.0069 0.0068 0.0068 0.0256
Mindanao 0.0962 0.0642 0.0639 0.0635 0.2878
25. Although this FME ciaim is not included in NGCPs 3
rd
Regulatory Reset
Application, the same can be recovered during the 3
rd
Regulatory Period
pursuant to Section 10.1.1 of the RTWR where NGCP is allowed to
recover the cost incurred for the restoration, repair and rehabilitation of
damage sustained by its transmission assets and other related facilities
as a result of the FME.
4
26. Further, the FME Claim under this Application does not breach the
FMTA.
5
27. It moves for the issuance of a provisional authority for the immediate
recovery of the FME claim.
6
It needs to immediately recover the actual
expenses incurred for the rehabilitation of the damaged transmission
assets and other related facilities. The occurrence of the aforementioned
FME requires capital infusion, the recovery of which should be allowed
to avoid putting fnancial strain in the transmission provider, and to allow
it to continuously provide the necessary transmission service to the grid
customers.
28. In addition, the timely implementation of the pass-through amount will
allow the equal or even spread of the increases or decreases in tariffs
from the initial implementation of the recovery of the cost.
29. It most prays of the Commission to:
a. Declare the fooding and landslide events in Mindanao area and
Typhoons Bebeng and Juaning as Force Majeure Events;
b. Approve the CAPEX incurred/to be incurred for the restoration/
rehabilitation/repair of the damaged transmission assets and other
related facilities for the following FMEs: fooding and landslide
events in Mindanao area and Typhoons Bebeng and Juaning;
c. Approve the proposed pass-through amount representing return
on and of capital expenditure associated with the emergency
responses and the repair and rehabilitation of facilities damaged
due to the said events, as shown in the table below:
FME-Peso/kW 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Luzon 0.0051 0.0069 0.0068 0.0068 0.0256
Mindanao 0.0962 0.0642 0.0639 0.0635 0.2878
d. Grant provisional authority to implement and bill the FME Pass-
Through Amount to Luzon and Mindanao customers from April
26, 2012 to December 25, 2015 or until such time that the amount
incurred is fully recovered; and
e. Exclude the proposed Pass-Through Amount from the side
constraint calculation.
The Commission has set the application anew for jurisdictional hearing,
expository presentation, pre-trial conference and evidentiary hearing on the
following dates and venues:
DATE TIME VENUE PARTICULARS
October 3, 2012
(Wednesday)
Nine oclock
in the
morning
(9:00 A.M.)
ERC Hearing Room,
15
th
Floor, Pacifc Center
Building, San Miguel
Avenue, Pasig City
Jurisdictional
Hearing and
Expository
Presentation
October 4, 2012
(Thursday)
Nine oclock
in the
morning
(9:00 A.M.)
ERC Mindanao Field
Offce, Mezzanine Floor,
Mintrade Building,
Monteverde corner Sales
Sts., Davao City
Expository
Presentation
for Mindanao
Stakeholders
October 5, 2012
(Friday)
Nine oclock
in the
morning
(9:00 A.M.)
ERC Visayas Field Offce,
Ground Floor, Machay
Building, Gorordo
Avenue, Cebu City
Expository
Presentation
for Visayas
Stakeholders
October 9, 2012
(Tuesday)
Nine oclock
in the
morning
(9:00 A.M.)
ERC Hearing Room,
15
th
Floor, Pacifc Center
Building, San Miguel
Avenue, Pasig City
Pre-Trial Conference
and Evidentiary
Hearing
October
10, 2012
(Wednesday)
Nine oclock
in the
morning
(9:00 A.M.)
Continuation of
Evidentiary Hearing
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding
may become a party by fling, at least fve (5) days prior to the initial hearing
and subject to the requirements in the ERCs Rules of Practice and Procedure,
a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket number and title of
the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioners name and address; (2) the
nature of petitioners interest in the subject matter of the proceeding, and the
way and manner in which such interest is affected by the issues involved in the
proceeding: and (3) a statement of the relief desired.
All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission
with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding may fle their opposition
to the application or comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before
the applicant concludes the presentation of its evidence. No particular form of
opposition or comment is required, but the document, letter or writing should
contain the name and address of such person and a concise statement of the
opposition or comment and the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may
request the applicant, prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be furnished
with a copy of the application. The applicant is hereby directed to furnish all
those making such request with copies of the application and its attachments,
subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs. Likewise, any such
person may examine the application and other pertinent records fled with the
Commission during the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT, and
the Honorable Commissioners, MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTANEDA, JOSE C.
REYES, ALFREDO J. NON and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-TARUC, Energy
Regulatory Commission, this 3
rd
day of September, 2012 at Pasig City.
ATTY. FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN
Executive Director III
4 A copy of Force Majeure Event Claim Computation is hereto attached as Annex M;
5 A copy of the Force Majeure Threshold Amount (FMTA) Computation is hereto attached as Annex N; and
6 A copy of the Judicial Affdavit of Ma. Bernadette R. Gan, Head, Tariff Administration Section Tariff Design and Billing
Management Division, Regulatory Revenue Affairs, in support thereof is hereto attached as Annex O.
MST Sept. 13 & 20, 2012
A FEMALE Citibank executive
has been charged with falsica-
tion of documents by another
former bank executive who had
apparently won a labor dispute
with the National Labor Rela-
tions Commission.
The Quezon City Metropolitan
Trial Court Branch 31 issued on
Sept. 3 a warrant of arrest against
Judith Go, director of the banks
Citigold Wealth Management di-
vision in Eastwood, Libis, Que-
zon City, but she subsequently
posted bail.
The court issued the warrant
following a complaint led by for-
mer bank executive Lynette Tan,
who was dismissed from the bank.
Tan later disputed her dismissal
before the National Labor Relation
Commission which ruled in her fa-
vor on June 2011. The commission
ordered Go and other bank execu-
tives to reinstate Tan with payment
of benets and backwages.
But Go supposedly failed to
follow the NLRCs order and
instead led a petition with the
labor arbiter with a signed veri-
cation and certication against
forum shopping, dated Nov. 18,
2011, in Makati City.
Tan, however, claimed that
Gos certication appeared to
have been faxed on Nov. 16 from
the Sanford Weill Center in Ar-
monk, New York and she subse-
quently discovered in the records
of the Bureau of Immigration
and the Manila International Air-
port that Go left the country on
Nov. 8, 2011 and returned only
on Nov. 22, 2011.
This was used by Tan as basis
for ling charges of falsication
of documents against Go before
the QCRTC Branch 31 that is-
sued a warrant of arrest.
The Criminal Investigation
and Detection Group tried to
serve the warrant on Go at her
last known address in Eastwood
City, Libis, Quezon City, but po-
licemen failed to arrest her be-
fore she could post a P6,000 bail
before the court.
Jonathan Fernandez
By Florante Solmerin
and Ferdinand Fabella
PHILIPPINE National Police chief
Director General Nicanor Bartolome
approved on Wednesday the dismissal
of ve policemen while 11 more cops
are on the brink of also losing their jobs
for their alleged involvement in various
offenses and criminal acts.
Metro Manila police director
Chief Superintendent Leonardo
Espina said the ve policemen
were sacked for two counts of
grave misconduct and three
counts of serious irregularity in
the performance of duty based
on the complaint of retired army
general Celso Castro in 2009.
The ve policemen were led
by Senior Police Ofcer 4 Jose
dela Pea, who also involved in
a P20,000 extortion attempt on
Espinas son.
The four others were Police
Ofcer 3 Rodolfo De Jesus; PO3
Carlos Bromeo; PO2 Crodel de
Jose; and PO2 Dionel Rosario.
Espina said Dela Pea and the
four others put up a checkpoint at
the New Manila district in Que-
zon City on Nov. 7, 2009 when
they agged down a car driven
by Castros son. They extensive-
ly searched the car without a war-
rant and even took possession of
the car, the general added.
Espina said Dela Pea and
his cohorts will suffer the for-
feiture of all benets (including
retirement benets and pension
and disqualication for re-em-
ployment in the police service
without prejudice to subsequent
criminal charges.
Espina said 11 other police-
men, including a police colonel,
are also facing administrative
dismissal which is now awaiting
nal approval.
The list included Supt. Rogelio
Rosales for serious neglect of
duty; PO1 Adolfo Bautista Jr. for
serious neglect of duty and less
grave neglect of duty; PO2 Fer-
dinand Raquin for grave miscon-
duct; PO2 John Pierre Bautista
and PO1 Benjamin Gonzales for
robbery extortion; PO1 Rom-
mel Isidro for use of dangerous
drugs; SPO2 Federico Lictawa
for serious neglect of duty; PO1
Nicoli Vigilia for grave miscon-
duct; PO1 Eric Babasa for mur-
der; PO1 Rustico Gabuco for
homicide and serious neglect of
duty; and PO2 Repablo Genarao
for grave misconduct, illegal
discharge of rearm, alarm and
scandal.
At the same time, Espina has
ordered all district command-
ers within his jurisdiction to re-
solve all pending cases involving
policemen within 30 days even
as he urged the public to report
erring Metro Manila policemen
by calling or texting (0999) 901-
8181.
Everybody should behave
under my command, Espina
told commanders during his rst
command conference at Camp
Karingal.
Bartolome
By Eric B. Apolonio
DANISH ornithologist Arne Jensen dis-
puted on Wednesday the claim of air-
lines that removing the bird sanctuary at
the Paraaque-Las Pinas area of Manila
Bay will stop the bird strikes that are
posing a threat to public safety.
You dont solve potential bird strikes
at [Ninoy Aquino International Airport] by
trying to vacuum-clean Coastal Lagoon,
said Jensen, who was bird strike advisor
for 11 years of the Copenhagen Airport
which is near two major bird sanctuaries.
The coastal lagoon is part of the Las
Pias-Paraaque Critical Habitat and
Ecotourism Area that lies on the path of
aircraft landing at the airport.
There are more than 100,000 wet-
lands birds in Manila Bay, moving back
and forth every day and every season
and they cant be eliminated, he added.
Jensen explained that each bird spe-
cie that lives at the coastal lagoon needs
different mitigation measures.
If you dont know the location and
altitude of strikes and what species are
causing problems, any extirpation at-
tempt becomes absurd and a waste of
money, Jensen said at a press brieng
organized by the Wild Bird Club of the
Philippines.
The group said there is no evidence
that the bird sanctuary has anything to do
with bird strikes at the airport and there
are several airports around the world that
co-exist with bird sanctuaries, including
Londons Heathrow and Bangkoks New
Suvarnabhumi Airports.
Birds have been giving headaches
to airlines after they started experienc-
ing bird strikes in 2008 when a Cathay
Pacic ight from Hong Kong collided
with a bird while landing.
So far, there had been no fatalities
involved in local bird strikes, but infor-
mation from the United States Federal
Aviation Administration says 15 percent
of bird strikes worldwide caused actual
damage that could cost as much as $5
million in engine repairs.
All over the country, the record
jumped from 42 bird strikes in 2009 to
120 in 2010, leading airlines and pilots
to worry about the dangers.
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Former Asian Games gold
medalist and World Cup inter-
national nals campaigner RJ
Bautista leads the long list of
contenders. But the worlds only
four-time World Cup champion,
the legendary Paeng Nepomu-
ceno, is conspicuously missing.
Nepomuceno had to skip the
much-awaited three-day local
nals because hes undergoing
a coaching course in the United
States.
Another top-rated bowler who is
not vying this year is former world
titlist Biboy Rivera, who had also
had BWC international nal stints.
Bautista shot 2754 pinfalls in
12 games in the second elimina-
tion period to emerge as one of the
Samarasinghas win par pairs
82 vie in national keg finals
EIGHTY-TWO leading and upcoming
Filipino bowlers open their respective
bids for the 2012 Bowling World Cup
mens national championship on Saturday
at the Coronado Lanes in Makati.
NALIN and Hi-
ranthi Samaras-
ingha won the
Par Pair tourney
held under the
auspices of the
Philippine Tournament Bridge Association last Sat-
urday, September 8 at the Elks Club, Makati City.
Phil. Manalang, PTBA President also welcomed the
pairs Indu Bushan-Roshan Sahay, Mina Shah-Hi-
tendra and Anan Chiplunkar-Tilak who played for
the rst time at the PTBA and were from the Asian
Development Bank.
Overall rank:
1. Nalin Samarasingha-Hiranthi Samarasingha
104IMPs
2.5. Sydney Bates-Suea Manalang
83 IMPs
2.5. George Soo-Mhay Encontro
83 IMPs
I illustrate this deal from the PAR PAIRS which
my partner Justo Manlongat and I played which
showed the usefulness of the Michaels convention.
This was the hand:
W Deals
Both Vul
Nor th
Q108653
53
A2
AQ10
West East
AJ97 K4
KJ104 AQ986
10543 7
6 K8742
South
2
72
KQJ986
J953
West Nor th East South
Manlongat Alejandro
PASS 1 2 3
4 DOUBLE PASS PASS
My Michaels two spde bid showed hearts and a
minor. Souths three diamond bid claried the situ-
ation for Manlongat that my minor was in clubs.
Manlongat took a stab in four hearts as he had
singleton in my clubs and surmised that I would
also be short in diamonds with his diamond length.
The four hearts contract was doubled. The con-
tract made. The defense did not lead trumps which
would have shortened the ability of Manlongat to
cross-ruff the hand.
Indu Bhushan and Roshan Sahay had a ne auc-
tion to reach the slam in six hearts.
The deal:
S Deals
Both Vul
Nor th
542
52
32
K87632
West East
A976 K3
KJ107 AQ93
Q87 AK64
A5 Q94
South
QJ108
864
J1095
J10
West Nor th East South
Sahay Alejandro Bhushan Manlongat
PASS
1NT PASS 2 PASS
2 PASS 2 PASS
3 PASS 4NT PASS
5 PASS 5NT PASS
6 PASS 6 PASS
PASS PASS
Comments to: sylvia01@globelines.com.ph
RCBC Savings Bank is bringing more excite-
ment to the University Athletic Association
of the Philippines Season 75
mens basketball tournament
by rewarding top-perform-
ing cagers who make the
best Game Changing move
in every game, throughout
the entire season.
Looking to inspire more
players to elevate their
games and bring out more
of their competitive re, the Yuchengco-
led thrift bank will be rewarding the RCBC
Savings Bank MyLoans Game Chang-
ing Player for every game, and the Game
Changing Player of the Season with pre-
loaded RCBC MyWallet Cards, which can
be used for shopping, din-
ing and paying bills.
The Game Changing
Player of the Game will be
receiving an RCBC My-
Wallet Card with P1,000.
The Game Changing Play-
er of the Season will be
receiving an RCBC My-
Wallet Card with P50,000.
The season prize will be awarded during
the special awards ceremony, which will
take place before the start of Game 2 of the
Championship Series.
RCBC rewards best college cagers
Ace riders
try to boost
title bids
IN BRIEF
Bulldogs win badminton title
JOPER Escueta delivered in National Uni-
versitys 3-2 victory over Ateneo to clinch the
mens title Wednesday in the University Ath-
letic Association of the Philippines Season 75
badminton tournament at the Rizal Memorial
Badminton Hall.
Teamed up with Aries Delos Santos, Escueta
powered the Bulldogs to a 15-21, 21-16, 21-14
win over Toby Gadi and Patrick Natividad in the
second doubles to send the game to a decider.
Escueta then drubbed Justin Natividad,
21-5, 21-6, in the third singles to seal the
championship for NU.
The Bulldogs victory, the rst-ever
since the event started in 1994, somehow
avenged their loss to the Blue Eagles in the
Finals last season.
Escueta, a national team mainstay, was
adjudged as the season MVP.
Eagles eye twice-to-beat edge
LEAGUE-LEADING Ateneo, Far Eastern
University and National University will
all gure in crucial games today at the re-
sumption of the 75th University Athletic
Association of the Philippines.
The Blue Eagles (10-2) aim to move closer
to yet another top two nish when they face
the revitalized Bulldogs (7-4) at 4 p.m. at the
Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
As for the Tamaraws (8-3), they will try
to keep in step with the teams above them
as they are heavily favored against lowly
University of the Philippines (1-11) at 2
p.m. in the curtain-raiser.
Safely in the Final Four already, Ateneo
has set its sights on securing a top two n-
ish, which assures the team another twice-
to-beat advantage.
For us, its really important to nish in the
top two, preferably at No. 1. Thats our goal
coming in every season because its really
hard to be in the Final Four with a twice-to-
beat advantage so we make it a point that we
go for that and were in a good position to
once again do so, said Ateneo coach Nor-
man Black. Jeric Lopez
DOTTIE Ardina blew a ne start with a waver-
ing nish as she faltered with a two-over 74 and
trailed Taiwanese Min Lee by six at the start
of the Taiwan Amateur Golf Championship in
Yangmei, Taiwan late Tuesday.
Ardina, who missed Team ICTSI-Philip-
pines successful campaign in the last two
weeks to compete in the US, opened her bid
with a long birdie on No. 13 and a couple of
scrambling pars but hobbled on the greens of
Sunrise Golf and Country Club the rest of the
way and fumbled with three bogeys.
She dropped to joint seventh with local
bet Min Jou Chen as teammates Jayvie
Agojo, Princess Superal, Sarah Ababa,
Cyna Rodriguez and Lovelynn Guioguio
all struggled on the unpredictable putting
surface of the up-and-down layout.
Ardina 6 shots off in Taiwan
SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
THE countrys nest two-
wheel racers plunge into an-
other round of grueling intense
showdown for the prestigious
titles at stake in the fth and
penultimate round of the 2012
Bridgestone Philippine Super-
bikes Championships, the 2012
Philippine Scooter Racing
Championships and the 2012
Philippine Underbone King
Championships this Sunday at
the Batangas Racing Circuit in
Rosario, Batangas.
Front-running Raniel Re-
suello of Kawasaki Racing
Team-Castrol-Motolite is gun-
ning for the crucial win that
will virtually seal the coveted
crown of the 2012 Bridgestone
Philippine Superbikes Cham-
pionships sanctioned by Su-
perbikes Racing Association,
with Bridgestone as the ofcial
Superbikes tires.
Arlan de la Cruz of JVT Rac-
ing seeks his second straight
triumph to beef up title chances
against current leader and team-
mate Miko Erich Montano in
the the 2012 Philippine Scooter
Racing Championships, while
Anthony Roman tries to bounce
back to stay on course for a
back-to-back Underbone King
plum in the 2012 Philippine Un-
derbone King Championships
which are both sanctioned by the
Underbone and Scooters Racing
Association and supported by
FDR, the ofcial tires.
Resuello looms as the next
big superstar expected to usher
in a new era in Philippine Su-
perbikes as he continues to
dominate the series, winning
three of the past four legs that
earned him a total of 97 points
and another win will virtually
secure the title in the bag.
THE Lyceum University of the Philip-
pines-Batangas l bets made their pres-
ence felt to share the early lead in the
mens division of the 14th National
Collegiate Athletic Association South
volleyball tournament at the Lyceum
International Maritime Academy gym
in Batangas City last weekend.
Coached by former national stand-
out Bob Malenab, the Lyceum-Batan-
gas Pirates subdued Letran-Calamba
25-16, 25-20, 27-25 to book their sec-
ond straight win and catch up with idle
First Asia Institute of Technology and
Humanities-Tanauan, both with similar
2-0 win-loss slates.
Letran-Calamba absorbed its rst
loss in three outings of the event mark-
ing the 14th edition of the countrys
biggest league south of Manila and
coinciding with the 44th founding an-
niversary of the host school.
Philippine Christian University-
Dasmarinas snapped a three-game
losing streak by holding off La Salle-
Lipa, 25-19, 17-25, 23-25, 15-25, in
the other mens match.
The Lady Pirates also beat the Le-
tran-Calamba volleybelles in straight
sets for their second consecutive tri-
umph and stayed in second spot behind
pacesetting Perpetual Help-Laguna (3-
0) in the 14th edition of the countrys
biggest league south of Manila.
The Saints whipped San Beda Col-
lege Alabang, 25-14, 25-15, 25-15, to
remain unbeaten in the womens tour-
nament. It was the Lionesses rst loss
in three starts.
The Lady Green Chevrons avenged the
loss of their mens team by outclassing
the Lady Dolphins, 25-11, 25-19, 25-17,
boosting their record to 2-1 while dealing
the third straight setback to their foes.
University of Batangas (2-2) van-
quished league newcomer Saint Francis
of Assisi College (0-3), 25-16, 25-17, 25-
19, in the only other womens game.
Lyceum-Batangas volley tossers stamp class
early favorites.
Other well-known bowlers in
the eld are Paulo Valdez, Jong
Enriquez, Benshir Layoso, Joonee
Gatchalian, Kap Aguila, Raoul
Miranda, Richie Poblete, Jeff
Carabeo and Chester King.
The ladies nalists will see
action on Sunday, Sept. 16 also
at Coronado.
The second round of the nals
will be played on Sept. 18 for
men and Sept. 19 for ladies at
Paengs Midtown with the nal
day set on Friday, Sept. 21 at SM
Bowling North EDSA.
The other mens nalists are:
Norman Lising, Scott Uy,
Gonzalo Roman, Gerome Vergara,
Eric Aranez, Larry Leyes, JP Posa-
das, Rjay Magana, Jun Garcia,
Patrick Manalili, Don Evangelista,
Kurt Mendoza, Ding Malvar, Raf
Manalo, Jesson Ong, Mac Macai-
sa, Peter Go, Christian Cabacun-
gan, Wilson Sua, Victor Ortiga,
Ronnie Javier, Larry Tinio;
Joe Tomagan, Don Domalaon,
Robert Plucena, Sammy Say Sy,
Victor Agui, Jerold Santos, Ro-
nald Cruz, Alexander Duque,
Michael Mijait, Joe Cabactulan,
Nonoy Tabaosuarez, Ramon
Camba, Alex Ngoi, Rodel Bago-
hin, Randy Rebenque, Walvine
Rata, Nicco Olaivar, Rene Rode-
las, Jhun Gella, Ernesto Berroya,
Jay-Ar Tan;
Edwin Mazo, Franz Ronald
Catolico, Antonio Albuquerque,
Joseph Emmanuel Ang, Jorel
Simbulan, Sidney Ngo, Mark
Pana, Anton Alcazaren, Caloy
Guitones, Barrie Manalo, Nikko
Jason Go, Bernard Baluda, Law-
rence Ang, Fitz Bonus, Ben Pa-
checo, Simple Villajin, Francis
Manalaysay, Pros Surell, Tommy
Eusebio, Dennis Jalandoon, Pur-
ing Batin, Dannis Ramirez, Os-
waldo Agoncillo, Jhert Santos,
Aaron Dee, Roger Baliyot, Ric
Pacana, Lito Eusebio and Raul
Imperial.
GLOBAL Port Polo team, led by
patron Mikee Romero, achieved a
major victory in the United States by
dominating the recent United States
Polo Associations Championship
Cups held in St. Louis, Missouri.
Drawing a splendid performance
from Mexican-American team cap-
tain Pelon Escapite, Global Port,
which will make its debut in the
coming Philippine Basketball As-
sociation season, made its presence
felt by winning the 2012 USPA Sil-
ver Cup before annexing the more
prestigious USPA Inter-Circuit Cup.
Likened to a US PGA golf tourna-
ment, the high-goal event requires a
team to have three professional play-
ers and one polo patron. The USPA
Inter-Circuit Cup is the biggest polo
tournament in Central America.
Aside from Romero, who is also
the president of Philippine National
Shooting Association, and Escapite,
other members of the team were Fil-
Am Anthony Garcia and American
Peter Van Gunther, who showed
steely resolve in the face of their ri-
vals spirited challenge.
Escapite was named most valu-
able player of the Inter-Circuit
Cup, while Garcias horses were
named best playing ponies of the
tournament.
The twin championships put the
name of Romeros team into the blue
book of the USPA as the rst Filipi-
no-led team to win one of the most
glamorous USPA high-goal tourna-
ments in the United States. The last
time a team won a twin champion-
ship was 10 years ago.
Romeros team beat the team of
former Budweiser-Busch brew-
ery owner Billy Buschs 12-Goal
team, which was captained by
veteran US Polo Open nalist and
former 9-goaler polo legend Hec-
tor Galindo.
The Philippines is now worth
mentioning in the polo circuits in the
US, said Romero
Romeros Global Port
polo team wins in US
THE 2012 FDG Cup Open
and Invitational Badminton
Championships get going
Oct. 5 and 6 with the coun-
trys leading players and na-
tional pool members expected
to clash for top honors in the
Open mens, ladies and mixed
doubles at Powersmash in Pa-
song Tamo, Makati City.
A top purse of P200,000 will
be up for grabs in the mens
doubles while the mixed dou-
bles winner will get P120,000
and the ladies doubles champi-
ons will receive P90,000, mak-
ing it the richest ever in any
Open doubles competitions.
Registration is ongoing with
fee pegged at P800/participant,
inclusive of tournament shirt,
sports bag, mini electric fan. A
double entry is allowed with the
same entry fee.
Deadline for list-up in the
Open category is on Sept. 21
with the draw set Sept. 24 at
Crowne Plaza. For details,
call/text 0932-8573431 c/o
Glenn Encarnacion or Rich-
ard Bautista or log on to www.
fdgcup.com.
Rich purse in badminton
Global Port patron Mikee Romero (far right) holds the Silver Cup after their stellar win in the USPA
Inter-Circuit Cup in the United States. With him (from left) are Pelon Escapite, Anthony Garcia and
Peter Van Gunther.
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Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
We will know who he
(Pacquiao) is ghting, the
date is Dec. 8 and its going
to be at the MGM Grand.
Well know the opponent and
everything is a done deal,
said Arum in an overseas tel-
ephone conversation with the
Manila Standar d.
Arum indicated the choice
is ofcially between Timothy
Bradley and Mexican legend
Juan Manuel Marquez.
You can use your intuition to
gure out who its going to be,
hinted the promoter.
Arum himself said some-
time ago that US pay-per-view
networks were reluctant to do
a Bradley ght, claiming he
doesnt draw big numbers.
In fact, Bradleys ght with
Pacquiao registered a mere
700,000 PPV buys, which
was almost half the number
of buys in Pacquiao-Marquez
III, which ended in a hugely
controversial split decision
in favor of the Filipino eight-
division world champion.
Besides, most boxing a-
cionados felt Pacquiao beat
Bradley handily, although
the American won a split
decision and Pacquiaos
World Boxing Organiza-
tion welterweight title with
a worldwide howl of protest
over the decision.
Arum himself blasted the
judges, referring to them as
three blind mice.
Manny will denitely
ght on Dec. 8. I will y to
Las Vegas in the morning to
hammer out the nal points
as to who he will ght, Kon-
cz said.
Fernando Beltran, who
handles Marquez, is con-
dent that Pacquiao will face
the Mexican for a fourth time
after earlier announcing that
it was 95 percent done.
However, boxingscene.
coms Rick Reeno reports
that while Marquez has been
pushed as the front-runner
by Beltran, it appears that
WBO welterweight cham-
pion Bradley (29-0, 12 KOs)
is still in the race.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 THURSDAY A8
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum
and Manny Pacquiaos adviser
Michael Koncz both indicated
the Fighter of the Decade will
make a decision tomorrow
(Thursday, Manila time) on who
he will ght on Dec. 8 at the
MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
MILO Rivera of FERN C
Racing Team nally bagged
the overall and rear wheel
Production Best time of the
day in the recent sixth leg of
the Shell Helix National Sla-
lom series at SM Sucat.
It was a bad day for erst-
while champion Dr. Pee-
wee Mendiola and was even
pushed to third spot by FERN
Cs Noel Rivera, who placed
runner-up to his nephew.
Patrick Bautista of DKC
Team and Peque Alacbay
of Soleil Racing Team
emerged fourth and fifth,
respectively.
For the very rst time in the
series, a double runoff was
held when Noel and Milo Ri-
vera clocked exact times. The
two had to do a rerun to break
the tie.
In the novice category, Es-
tefano Rivera completed the
domination of FERN C driv-
ers after winning with a time
of 56.62.
The event was presented
by Shell Helix Motor Oils,
and supported by Federal
Tyres, Outlast Battery, Dub-
shop Magwheels, Starbright
Body Kits, Stoplight TV, C!
Magazine, Wheel to Wheel
Magazine, Power Wheels,
autoindustria,com, kotse.
com, Turbo Time, Pinoy
Speed, Inside Motoring, Auto
Transporter, SM Sucat and
SM Supermalls.
The seventh leg of the
Race Motorsports Club se-
ries will be held at the Riv-
erbanks Marikina Parking Lot
on Sept. 16.
Registration starts at 8
a.m., with open practice runs
set until 10 a.m., afterwhich
only two official practice
runs will be given until
11:30 a.m. Late comers will
only be given one practice
run. Official runs will start
at 12 noon.
The event is sanctioned
by the Automobile Associa-
tion of the Philippines and
FIA. For details, contact Bing
Bang Dulce at nos. 928-6951,
0917-8119337 or 0922-816
5344, e-mail racemotors-
portsclub@yahoo.com or
follow the races at RACEs
Facebook account.
Riveras dominate National Slalom
DAVAORuno Bayron came
through with two strings of bird-
ies on both nines to re a ve-
under 67 and grab a one-stroke
lead over Zanie Boy Gialon and
two others at the start of the P1
million ICTSI Ranchos Palos
Verdes Classic at the Palos
Verdes layout here yesterday.
Bayron, chasing his rst pro
victory since ruling a pro tourna-
ment as an amateur three years
ago, gunned down three straight
birdies from No. 6 then strung up
four straight from No. 12 to spike
his 34-33 card in a day of torrid
scoring at the long, rolling layout.
The former amateur hotshot,
who placed third to Charles
Hong and Richard Sinfuego in
last weeks ICTSI Pueblo de Oro
Championship, couldve built a
two-shot cushion if not for a bogey
mishap on the nal hole. He had
two other bogeys and a birdie on
the rst hole on a hot, humid day.
That enabled Gialon, Carl
Santos-Ocampo and Miguel
Ochoa and a slew of others to
stay within striking distance with
Gialon, who nipped Order of
Merit frontrunner Tony Lascuna
in the playoff to score his maiden
pro win in the ICTSI Negros Oc-
cidental Classic last July, closing
out with two birdies in the last
four holes at the front for a 68.
Santos-Ocampo, who had two
near misses for a rst pro crown
in this years circuit organized
by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments
Inc., was at it again, ring a
bogey-free 34-34 round in tough
condition in the afternoon, while
the unheralded Ochoa also put
in a pair of 34s from six birdies
against two bogeys.
BOMBERS EYE 9
TH
WIN
BJ Faundos outside shooting in
the nal period spelled the differ-
ence for the Olivarez College Sea
Lions yesterday in Game 1 of the
11th Universities and Colleges
Athletic Associa-
tion mens basketball
championship.
His timely attacks
to the hoop in the last
10 minutes enabled
the Sea Lions to beat
the La Salle-Dasmarinas Patriots,
67-62, at their own home turf -- the
Olivarez College gymnasium in
Sucat, Paranaque for a 1-0 lead in
their best-of-three title duel.
Faundo, who only had nine
points, had seven in the last canto
of this cagefest supported by Mi-
kasa and Molten Balls. His short
jumper and triple fueled a scoring
binge in the remaining 8:35 as the
Sea Lions turned a 47-51 third-
quarter decit into a 55-51 lead.
The Patriots fell further behind
by six at 51-57 when Sea Lion
John Flores scored
on a drive with 5:55
to go. La Salle-Das-
ma coulnt go over
the hump from there
as Olivarez College
simply traded baskets
with them until the end.
Our defense paid off in the
fourth quarter. Thats what won the
game for us, said Sea Lions coach
Michael Saguiguit, who added that
the team drew inspiration from the
presence and encouragements of
top school ofcial Dr. Pablo Oli-
varez during the game.
Franklin Mancio banged in 18
points for the Sea Lions, who lost
the crown last season to the Philip-
pine School of Business Adminis-
tration Jaguars.
The Patriots, led by Jet Manuel
with 15 points, will seek to equal-
ize their duel with the Sea Lions
on Friday, 1 p.m. at their home the
Ugnayang La Salle gymnasium in
Dasmarinas, Cavite.
The Macky Torres-coached Pa-
triots made it to the nals follow-
ing a 79-68 victory over the Man-
uel L. Quezon University Stallions
last Monday.
The Patriots, who are back in the
nals after seven years, managed
to overtake the Sea Lions in the
last 1:34 when Manuel hit a three-
point play, which put the Patriots
ahead by three, 49-46 to shatter the
games last deadlock.
Sea Lions close in on cage crown
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JOSE Rizal University (8-5) and Perpetual
Help (8-5) will continue jockeying for the
best positions in the Final Four when they
clash with separate foes today in the 88th
National Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament at the Arena
in San Juan. The Heavy Bombers take on
the Lyceum of the Philippines University
Pirates at 6 p.m. today, while the Altas
will meet at the Arellano University
Chiefs at 4 p.m. Peter Atencio
Pacquiao foe known today
NATURALIZED American cen-
ter Marcus Douthit, who has been
a tower of power for Smart Gilas
Pilipinas, highlighted by his out-
standing performance in the recent
championship-winning effort by
the nationals in the William Jones
Cup in Taipei, is taking the FIBA
Asia Cup, which begins on Sept.
14 in Tokyo, very seriously.
Smart Gilas coach Chot Reyes,
who left the team for Tokyo at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, heaped Douthit praises.
He is good. Hes taking this thing
very seriously and is taking the China
game really seriously, said Reyes.
In its rst game on Friday, the
Philippines will face off with the
Chinese squad, powered by 18-year-
old, seven-footer Wang Zhelin, who
has been touted, along with Zhou
Qi, to succeed Chinas stalwarts Yao
Ming and Wang ZhiZhi as the rising
big men from Asia.
Reyes said the good thing is that
while the other members of the
all-pro squad were practicing with
their different PBA teams, Douthit
wasnt because he isnt connected
with any PBA team now.
All his energy and everything
else is just for this tournament and
thats a positive, said Reyes.
The Website Asia Basket has de-
scribed Douthit as a dominant low-
post force, even as it stressed that
the Philippines will need every bit
of Douthits imposing presence for a
coveted Top Three nish in Tokyo.
The report noted that Douthit av-
eraged 16.9 points, 10.9 rebounds
and 1.4 blocks in the recent Jones
Cup, helping the Philippines to its
rst taste of international gold at
this level in a long tine.
Hell need to produce at a con-
sistent rate for coach Chot Reyes
team to really fulll its potential,
Asia Basket reported.
To be honest, we are not as pre-
pared as Id like to, because the
players were practicing with their
mother teams, so they come to us
in the evening really tired and we
couldnt put together real, good,
strong, hard practices, unlike be-
fore the Jones Cup when we had
only two weeks, but they were two
weeks of good, hard practices, said
Reyes. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Douthit taking Gilas-China game seriously
By Jeric Lopez

THE TOP rookies from the 2012 Philippine Basketball As-
sociation Draft have already been signed up by their re-
spective squads.
Out of 39 drafted players, only 19 rookies will realize their
dreams of nally making it to the pros as most of the big-name
newcomers had already signed a contract with their teams.
Petron Blaze already secured No. 1 and No. 3 picks June Mar
Fajardo and Alex Mallari to its camp, while Barangay Ginebra
also signed up its two Filipino-American rookies Chris Ellis and
Keith Jensen, the No. 6 and No. 8 picks, as well.
Rain or Shine locked up Chris Tiu, the most popular among
the bunch and Meralco upgraded its frontcourt with the entry
of PBA D-League standouts Cliff Hodge and Kelly Nabong.
San Mig Coffee did the same thing with its two bigs Aldrech
Ramos and Jewel Ponferrada.
Barako Bull and Global Port are the teams, who signed the
most rookies thus far as they each had three.
PBADL Most Valuable Player Vic Manuel, Jason Deutch-
man and AJ Mandani signed with Batang Pier, while Dave
Marcelo, Lester Alvarez and Emman Monfort are already with
the Energy Colas.
For its part, Air21 hired Yousef Taha and Simon Atkins.
Only No. 2 pick and reigning National Collegiate Athletic
Association MVP Player Calvin Abueva of Alaska has yet to
sign a contract as he still needs to nish his stint with San Se-
bastian College rst before he can do so.
But Abueva and the Aces had already a verbal agreement
on a maximum three-year rookie deal for him a couple of
weeks back. He will immediately sign his contract once the
NCAA season is over.
PBA teams ink pacts
with drafted rookies
Members of the Smart Gilas Pilipinas team, led by Barangay Ginebra point guard LA Tenorio (right), left for Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday on board a
Philippine Airlines ight PR432 for Narita to compete in the FIBA Asia Cup. JULIE FABROA
Game Friday
(Game 2 at
DLSU-Dasmarias)
1 p.m Olivarez College
vs DLSU-Dasmarias
Milo Rivera of FERN C Racing stunned the veterans as he grabbed the
overall and Production Series best time with a 51.72-second clocking in
the sixth leg of the Shell Helix National Slalom series at SM Sucat.
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
IN BRIEF
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
ClosingSeptember 12, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P575-P705
LPG/11-kg tank
P49.00-P56.57
Unleaded Gasoline
P39.38-P43.99
Diesel
P47.69-P53.00
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.6100
Japan Yen 0.012865 0.5353
UK Pound 1.607400 66.8839
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128967 5.3663
Switzerland Franc 1.065190 44.3226
Canada Dollar 1.07749 42.7646
Singapore Dollar 0.813405 33.8458
Australia Dollar 1.042753 43.3890
Bahrain Dinar 2.652590 110.3743
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.0960
Brunei Dollar 0.810110 33.7087
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000105 0.0044
Thailand Baht 0.032185 1.3392
UAE Dirham 0.272272 11.3292
Euro Euro 1.285700 53.4980
Korea Won 0.000887 0.0369
China Yuan 0.157851 6.5682
India Rupee 0.018070 0.7519
Malaysia Ringgit 0.323939 13.4791
NewZealand Dollar 0.816127 33.9590
Taiwan Dollar 0.033784 1.4058
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
P41.570
CLOSE
Closing SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
5,207.10
21.05
VOLUME 870.100M
HIGH P41.440 LOW P41.595 AVERAGE P41.492
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
Aboitiz
agrees to
refund
NGCP
Coal Asias initial public offering OKd
Hyundais auto sales
rose 19% in 8 months
By Julito G. Rada
HYUNDAI Asia Resources Inc.,
the ofcial distributor of Korea-
made Hyundai motor vehicles
in the Philippines, said sales in
the rst eight months of the year
grew 19 percent year-on-year on
higher demand, especially in the
passenger car segment.
Hari said Wednesday it sold
15,735 units in the eight-month
period from 13,271 on year.
Hari said sales of passenger
cars, which counted for the
bulk of the turnover, jumped
59 percent to 9,940 units from
6,241 in the prior year.
In the rst eight months of
2012, Hyundai has pulled off
consistent growth in total sales,
particularly in the passenger
car segment, thanks to the huge
demand for our products, Ma.
Fe Perez-Agudo, Hari president
and chief executive, said in a
statement.
Hyundai models that led
the robust performance in the
rst eight months were the i10,
Accent and Elantra, whose sales
increased 60 percent, 57 percent
and 55 percent, respectively. The
compact car Eon, which was
launched in the Philippines early
this year, contributed 18-percent
share of the total passenger car
sales.
Pure Foods partner. San Miguel Pure Foods Co. Inc., in partnership with the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the
Department of Science and Technology, recently launched the San Miguel Pure Foods Wellbeing Partnership Program, an initiative
aimed at promoting proper nutrition and healthy lifestyles. Shown signing the partnership agreement are (from left) FNRI-DOST
chief science research specialist Zenaida Narciso and director Mario Capanzana, San Miguel Pure Foods president Francisco Alejo
III, vice president and manager for corporate innovations group Alden Castaeda and treasurer and chief nance ofcer Zenaida
Postrado. Behind them are San Miguel Pure Foods Wellbeing manager Llena Arcenas and San Miguel Pure Foods group product
manager Isabel Pineda.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THERMA Marine Inc., a
wholly-owned unit of Aboitiz
Power Corp., said it will refund
National Grid Corp. of the
Philippines after the Energy
Regulatory Commission
reduced the cost recovery on
two power barges.
The welfare of the Mindanao
public is our topmost priority
so we are coordinating closely
with NGCP to work out the
fastest possible way to effect
the refund, Therma Marine
chief operating ofcer Jovy
Batiquin said.
The ERC issued a ruling on
Aug. 14, trimming the capital
recovery fee of Power Barge 117
and PB 118 under a purchase
agreement between Therma
Marine and National Grid.
The regulator reduced Therma
Marines capital recovery cost
for PB 117 to P0.5564 per
kilowatt-hour for 2010 and
P0.5302 per kWh for 2011 from
the originally approved P0.7768
per kWh.
The agency also cut the
recovery cost for PB 118 to
P0.5150 per kWh for 2010 and
P0.4912 per kWh for 2011 from
the approved P0.7768 per kWh.
Therma Marine said the
adjustment ordered by ERC
would only impact on the
capital recovery fee portion of
the ancillary power it supplies
to National Grid.
Ninety percent of TMIs
cost of power is for fuel, which
is a pass-through charge. The
remaining 10 percent is for the
salaries of our employees, spare
parts, insurance, maintenance
costs and capital recovery,
Batiquin said.
He said Therma Marine
wanted to start the refund
process as early as possible.
We have decided to not le
any motion for reconsideration.
We wont contest ERCs
decision, Batiquin said.
He said Therma Marine
would submit the actual refund
to the ERC for approval after the
reconciliation of the gures.
The system operator
is supposed to apply the
refund to the bills of electric
cooperatives and distribution
utilities, which in turn, are
expected to pass the benet to
the end consumer.
By Lailany P. Gomez
PHILEX Mining Corp., the countrys
top gold producer, will conduct its own
assessment of the damage caused by a
waste spill at the Padcal mine in Benguet
and contest the governments assertion that
it may ne the miner as much as P1 billion.
I have not received any formal
notice [from the Environment
Department] about the penalties.
We have just to wait for that
because Philex would have to
make its own assessment of
the accident, Philex chairman
Manuel Pangilinan told reporters
Wednesday.
Environment Secretary Ramon
Paje said Tuesday Philex could
face penalties of as much as P1
billion. We are still computing
the penalties but it is much
higher now than the previous
[estimated] penalty of P325
million. There is a possibility
that the penalty might double
or even triple, depending on the
density and pollution reach to
the affected rivers, Paje said.
Pangilinan, however, said
the accident was beyond the
companys control. It must be
stressed that the accident was a
result of a force majeure. We
dont want it to occur. And we
believed there was a very unusual
volume of heavy rainfall in the
area. So, it was really a force
majeure situation for Philex, he
said.
The company is reviewing
a number of recommendations
for the rehabilitation of affected
areas, such as the Balog Creek.
It tapped foreign and local
consultants, company employees
and engineers, and other miners
from the Philippine Mine Safety
and Environment Association to
expedite the rehabilitation and
cleanup efforts.
Sagittarius Mines Inc.,
operator of the Tampakan mine
in Mindanao, also committed
to deploy its own geologists to
help in the rehabilitation of the
affected areas.
Philex vice president for
communications Mike Toledo
earlier said the company might
be forced to close pond 3 if
rehabilitation efforts would not
be successful. We just have
to build another if rehabilitation
is impossible, said Toledo,
adding the company was trying
to nd means to plug the hole.
The Environment Department
suspended the mining and
milling operations at Padcal
mine on Aug. 2, after the mining
company reported the incident
to the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau.
Paje said based on the so-called
1.5 density index formula, Philex
may pay as much as P975 million
for damages under the Mining Act
and an additional P8.4 million for
water pollution under the Clean
Water Act. He said results of a
laboratory test of the tailings spill
found that the pollution density
level was at 1.5.
The company [Philex] wants
to use the 1.3 density index but
our own ndings showed that the
density is at 1.5 now. We have to
do it scientically, he said.
Recent ndings showed that
the mine tailings spill might have
covered as much as 30 hectares
of the 92-hectare tailings pond
No. 3.
Philex earlier conceded that the
company was losing P30 million
a day in potential revenues since
the tailings disaster occurred on
Aug. 1.
THE Philippine Stock Exchange
approved Wednesday Coal Asia
Holdings application for an initial
public offering of 800 million shares.
The 800 million shares represent 20
percent of the companys total issued
capital stock and will be offered at par
value of P1 to attract retail investors.
Coal Asia, the holder of the countrys
second-largest coal reserves, earlier
received the nod from the Securities and
Exchange Commission for the planned
IPO that aims to raise P726 million net
of IPO expenses.
The company plans to use the
proceeds to bring the Davao Oriental
and Zamboanga-Sibugay coal mines
into commercial production by 2014
and 2015, respectively.
Coal Asia produces high grade coal
of less than 100,000 metric tons a year
but expects to increase production to
600,000 MT by 2014.
The company projected net income
to reach P500 million by 2014. It said
it was at the right place and at the right
time to become a threat in the future
to industry leader Semirara Mining
Corp.
It cited the Department of Energys
2009 to 2030 Philippine Energy Plan,
which showed some 16,550 megawatts
of additional power capacity would be
needed between now and 2030. The
countrys installed generating capacity
is currently only slightly over 15,000
MW.
The bulk of the capacity is needed
by Luzon at 11,900 MW, followed by
Mindanao at 2,500 MW and Visayas at
2,150 MW.
It said over 3,000 MW of coal projects
in the pipeline would need a secure
source of fuel supply.
Coal Asia said it drew interest from
potential strategic and nancial investors
from the power generation and cement
industries to help ensure steady supply
of coal and possibly hedge against
another signicant runup in coal prices
given the energy crisis in Mindanao.
The companys coal assets amount
to P12.5 billion based on a valuation
report by Multinational Investment
Bancorporation.
Coal Asia has already bagged off-
take contracts both here and abroad
but is also eyeing the export markets
including India, Japan, Taiwan, Hong
Kong and Vietnam.
The company is also looking to
supply steam-grade coal to cement
plants, canneries and manufacturing
plants that have converted their diesel-
powered plants into coal-powered plants
to reduce costs.
Peso closes flat
THE peso closed little changed at 41.57 per
dollar on Wednesday, ahead of the Bangko
Sentrals Monetary Board meeting Thursday at
which interest rates are forecast to be unchanged
after three reductions this year.
The peso hit a four-year high this week, in
line with the appreciation of Asian currencies on
optimism potential stimulus measures by China and
the US, among the regions biggest export markets,
will boost inows to emerging economies.
The currency climbed as much as 0.3 percent
before a Federal Reserve meeting that may lead
to a third round of asset purchases, boosting the
supply of dollars.
One-month implied volatility, which measures
exchange-rate swings used to price options,
declined 20 basis points to 5.5 percent.
Bangko Sentral is expected to keep its
overnight borrowing rate at a record-low 3.75
percent, according to 16 of 20 economists in a
Bloomberg News survey. Four forecast a cut to
3.50 percent.
The peso is supported by expectations that
policy makers will not cut the rate tomorrow,
said Radhika Rao, an economist at Forecast
Pte. in Singapore. Speculation that advanced
economies, including the US, will roll out more
stimulus is boosting emerging markets. Given
the Philippines strong performance, we think
its going to continue to benet from these
inows. Bloomberg
Berjaya to distribute Mazda
BERJAYA Auto Philippines Inc. will start
distributing vehicles, parts and accessories of Mazda
Motor Corp. in the country in January next year.
Mazda Motor director and senior managing
executive ofcer Yuji Nakamine said the company
is very impressed with Berjayas track record in
building the Mazda business in Malaysia.
With this new business opportunity, Berjaya
again demonstrates its commitment to Mazda by
investing in the Philippines, he said.
Major shareholders of Berjaya Auto
Philippines Inc. are Bermaz Motor International
Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Berjaya Corp.
Berhad, and Berjaya Philippines Inc.
Berjaya Corp. Berhad is a major Malaysian
conglomerate listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities
Berhad while Berjaya Philippines Inc. is listed
on the local stock exchange.
Mazda is known for its stylish and high-quality
vehicles, such as the recently-launched Mazda
CX5 compact SUV with SkyActiv technology.
Julito G. Rada
Philex plans to contest P1-b fine
By Othel V. Campos
THE Agriculture Department
plans to allocate as much
as P630 million to finance
projects that will help offset
the impact of an impending dry
spell on agricultural crops.
We have asked for
additional funding from
Budget Department. We have
also come up with programs
on how and where to spend it.
If our request is granted, rest
assured that the money will
not be wasted, Agriculture
Secretary Proceso Alcala said
at the sidelines of the signing
ceremony.
Alcala said the department
forwarded the budgetary
request for the El Nio program
two weeks ago.
This will cover for El Nio-
related projects until April
2013, he said.
El Nio is a weather
phenomenon characterized by
below normal rainfall. In severe
cases, El Nio may extend to
a prolonged dry season that
could affect a countrys food
production cycle.
Apart from additional
funding from the Budget
Department, the El Nio
Program may also draw
from the P500-million Rice
Fund that the department
has reserved as counterpart
funding for possible public-
private partnership projects.
Agriculture Assistant
Secretary Dante Delima said
the department would use the
budget to procure pumps and
finance small water impounding
facilities and possibly cloud-
seeding operations.
The department recently
gave assistance to farmers
in Bohol following an early
occurrence of El Nio in the
province. It initiated measures,
including cloud-seeding, using
department funds.
Agriculture readies P630m to counter El Nio
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Metro Pacic Tollways 7.30 21.67
Crown Equities Inc. 0.069 13.11
Manila Jockey 3.19 9.62
Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0250 8.70
JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 1.63 6.54
I-Remit Inc. 2.82 6.42
Boulevard Holdings 0.1660 6.41
PNOC Expls `B' 54.00 5.88
China Bank 58.00 4.88
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Chemphil 100.00 (16.67)
Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 21.00 (16.00)
Lorenzo Shipping 1.25 (11.97)
Salcon Power Corp. 5.12 (9.54)
Keppel Properties 2.11 (9.05)
Lepanto `B' 1.260 (6.67)
Filipino Fund Inc. 10.30 (6.36)
Philex À' 15.12 (5.97)
Apex `B' 4.40 (5.78)
Zeus Holdings 0.410 (5.75)
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70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 59.25 60.00 59.00 59.05 (0.34) 3,134,120 (106,731,935.50)
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 73.50 73.95 73.30 73.45 (0.07) 850,680 (7,184,672.00)
595.00 370.00 China Bank 55.30 58.15 55.50 58.00 4.88 1,255,750 3,319,870.00
2.20 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.96 1.96 1.96 1.96 0.00 96,000
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 20.55 21.00 20.50 20.95 1.95 41,100 43,495.00
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 21.45 21.95 21.15 21.70 1.17 2,225,800 9,895,605.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 11.00 11.00 10.30 10.30 (6.36) 9,300
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 73.00 73.10 73.00 73.00 0.00 1,030
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.65 2.84 2.65 2.82 6.42 123,000
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 470.00 480.00 470.00 480.00 2.13 2,380
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 93.50 93.90 93.35 93.40 (0.11) 2,768,980 (22,157,049.00)
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.00 70.00 69.75 69.90 (0.14) 278,830 (10,718,642.00)
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 84.00 84.00 84.00 84.00 0.00 70
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 370.00 371.00 370.00 370.00 0.00 380 11,130.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 43.60 43.60 43.25 43.30 (0.69) 173,800.00 (6,825,500.00)
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 158.00 160.00 158.00 159.50 0.95 224,600 (1,425,748.00)
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 950.00 959.00 940.00 959.00 0.95 970
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 102.10 102.30 102.00 102.00 (0.10) 150,690 520,350.00
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.55 33.90 33.50 33.75 0.60 3,847,200 23,888,485.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.37 8.40 8.36 8.37 0.00 31,400
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 23.55 23.50 23.50 23.50 (0.21) 37,000
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.59 1.60 1.55 1.58 (0.63) 1,257,000 313,000.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00 200
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.32 1.32 1.30 1.31 (0.76) 494,000
Asiabest Group 20.50 21.10 20.50 20.85 1.71 11,500
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.70 2.70 2.70 2.70 0.00 10,000
300.00 41.00 Chemphil 120.00 100.10 100.00 100.00 (16.67) 110
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.60 2.65 2.58 2.65 1.92 568,000 75,400.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.68 9.70 9.32 9.69 0.10 10,900
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.85 5.93 5.83 5.88 0.51 5,983,800 (12,163,550.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 7.40 7.54 7.40 7.54 1.89 807,400 413,352.00
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 18.38 18.50 18.30 18.32 (0.33) 465,000 (2,395,402.00)
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 76.90 77.20 76.85 76.85 (0.07) 864,600 (8,344,035.00)
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0160 0.0150 0.0160 0.00 27,400,000 (228,800.00)
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.50 12.60 12.52 12.60 0.80 19,600 107,828.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.12 4.05 4.03 4.03 (2.18) 23,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.630 0.630 0.620 0.620 (1.59) 66,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 94.70 97.40 96.55 96.90 2.32 441,970 (487,426.50)
Lafarge Rep 9.49 9.50 9.40 9.45 (0.42) 30,500
91.25 25.00 Liberty Flour 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 0.00 1,100
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.08 2.08 2.06 2.08 0.00 127,000
1.90 1.11 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.51 1.50 1.49 1.50 (0.66) 102,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 2.51 2.52 2.51 2.51 0.00 69,000
3.19 1.08 Manchester Intl. B 2.57 2.57 2.56 2.56 (0.39) 107,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 26.30 26.80 26.30 26.50 0.76 1,029,500 1,316,775.00
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.300 16.300 16.300 16.300 0.00 4,000
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 253.00 261.00 252.60 261.00 3.16 695,310 44,547,458.00
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 6.90 7.20 6.90 6.90 0.00 42,300 (292,060.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 3.87 4.07 3.87 4.03 4.13 30,975,000 (63,108,740.00)
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.34 10.44 10.30 10.38 0.39 2,793,400 5,607,192.00
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.14 8.20 8.14 8.20 0.74 51,300
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.07 4.10 3.97 4.01 (1.47) 3,111,000 391,250.00
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.75 2.71 2.71 2.71 (1.45) 1,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.66 5.12 5.12 5.12 (9.54) 9,700
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.50 34.40 34.00 34.40 (0.29) 145,100
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 111.10 111.30 110.70 111.00 (0.09) 133,980 (2,476,551.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.43 2.45 2.39 2.39 (1.65) 3,073,000 (43,740.00)
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.80 1.80 1.75 1.80 0.00 23,000 (3,500.00)
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.140 0.139 0.137 0.139 (0.71) 900,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.80 11.98 11.76 11.92 1.02 1,079,800 3,974,400.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.20 2.19 2.19 2.19 (0.45) 4,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.17 1.17 1.15 1.16 (0.85) 2,591,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 63.00 62.90 61.05 61.60 (2.22) 3,171,050 (87,639,315.00)
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.27 1.33 1.28 1.30 2.36 1,437,000
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.580 0.590 0.580 0.590 1.72 147,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 8.30 8.40 8.30 8.40 1.20 1,300
1.22 0.77 Vulcan Indl. 0.96 0.92 0.92 0.92 (4.17) 64,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.73 0.74 0.72 0.73 0.00 10,539,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.50 49.15 48.40 49.10 1.24 1,617,800 41,349,720.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 0.00 18,000,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 12.44 12.48 12.36 12.40 (0.32) 12,862,600 13,359,910.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 1.98 2.00 1.96 2.00 1.01 123,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.57 4.63 4.60 4.63 1.31 24,000
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.57 1.59 1.52 1.57 0.00 78,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.70 1.70 1.66 1.70 0.00 53,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 421.00 425.00 418.80 423.00 0.48 544,650 480,952.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 57.00 57.45 57.00 57.05 0.09 1,193,310 7,503,525.00
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.12 4.10 4.30 4.08 (0.97) 86,000 122,400.00
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 558.00 562.00 558.00 560.00 0.36 246,020 49,310,895.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 4.80 4.80 4.76 4.80 0.00 211,000 578,760.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 32.45 32.95 32.50 32.95 1.54 112,800 (497,270.00)
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.20 5.29 5.14 5.14 (1.15) 3,220,300 (2,910,458.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.07 1.06 1.04 1.05 (1.87) 357,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.450 0.425 0.425 0.425 (5.56) 920,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.26 2.26 2.23 2.24 (0.88) 1,004,000 (206,320.00)
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.20 4.25 4.15 4.17 (0.71) 9,424,000 (13,993,660.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.07 5.07 5.02 5.07 0.00 103,100
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 6.40 6.79 6.17 6.25 (2.34) 42,200 22,170.00
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0520 0.0520 0.0520 0.0520 0.00 500,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.380 1.370 1.370 1.370 (0.72) 22,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.475 0.470 0.470 0.470 (1.05) 20,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.315 0.310 0.310 0.310 (1.59) 110,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 721.00 724.00 721.50 722.00 0.14 346,490 (7,668,830.00)
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.07 2.07 1.98 2.01 (2.90) 2,069,000 (38,200.00)
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.18 1.16 1.15 1.15 (2.54) 100,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2480 0.2480 0.2200 0.2480 0.00 350,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3250 0.3250 0.3100 0.3200 (1.54) 880,000 6,200.00
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.435 0.435 0.410 0.410 (5.75) 750,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 20.20 21.00 20.20 21.00 3.96 1,000
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.99 3.08 2.95 3.04 1.67 243,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.170 0.170 0.168 0.168 (1.18) 500,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 22.25 22.75 22.10 22.75 2.25 6,656,600 41,005,910.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.84 4.88 4.79 4.80 (0.83) 2,183,000 97,600.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.28 5.28 5.25 5.28 0.00 57,500
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.49 1.51 1.49 1.50 0.67 7,126,000 1,316,200.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.48 2.50 2.47 2.47 (0.40) 16,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.14 1.12 1.12 1.12 (1.75) 48,000
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.061 0.069 0.069 0.069 13.11 80,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 0.80 0.79 0.80 1.27 1,033,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.840 0.850 0.830 0.840 0.00 2,406,000
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.69 3.72 3.65 3.70 0.27 132,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.213 0.215 0.205 0.212 (0.47) 2,920,000 2,120.00
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.97 2.02 1.95 1.95 (1.02) 12,208,000 (4,530,110.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.31 1.34 1.32 1.34 2.29 28,195,000 28,906,180.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.76 1.70 1.70 1.70 (3.41) 54,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.24 1.20 1.20 1.20 (3.23) 105,000
4.50 1.50 Keppel Properties 2.32 2.11 2.11 2.11 (9.05) 4,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.16 2.20 2.16 2.18 0.93 16,100,000 (4,852,770.00)
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1600 0.1630 0.1570 0.1580 (1.25) 2,400,000 41,080.00
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6700 0.6700 0.6500 0.6700 0.00 6,063,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.460 0.450 0.450 0.450 (2.17) 1,160,000
38.10 12.60 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 25.00 21.00 21.00 21.00 (16.00) 1,000
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.36 18.40 18.20 18.32 (0.22) 2,520,100 9,620,352.00
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.33 3.35 3.30 3.33 0.00 245,000
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.64 2.75 2.62 2.75 4.17 939,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.10 6.17 6.07 6.08 (0.33) 783,800 (1,435,713.00)
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 13.94 14.00 13.60 13.70 (1.72) 11,834,700 (70,621,204.00)
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.70 0.68 0.68 0.68 (2.86) 75,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.99 3.98 3.98 3.98 (0.25) 171,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.530 0.510 0.510 0.510 (3.77) 15,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.520 4.600 4.490 4.580 1.33 1,713,000 (898,030.00)
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 27.85 28.00 27.75 27.80 (0.18) 28,500
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.47 1.48 1.43 1.47 0.00 380,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.620 0.640 0.620 0.620 0.00 1,108,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 0.00 14,600
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 9.70 10.02 9.71 10 3.09 22,717,100 (16,810,434)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1560 0.1660 0.1540 0.1660 6.41 116,280,000 (1,622,860.00)
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.42 5.44 5.36 5.36 (1.11) 323,500
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 59.15 59.40 58.95 59.00 (0.25) 544,760 (1,053,279.00)
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.10 10.20 9.92 10.20 0.99 16,700
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.29 5.70 5.22 5.45 3.02 472,700 54,800.00
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1104.00 1112.00 1105.00 1108.00 0.36 25,895 (1,447,315.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.88 9.88 9.65 9.88 0.00 299,900
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 68.45 70.00 68.60 69.10 0.95 299,550 3,628,417.00
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.400 0.00 80,000
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 4.50 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.44 3,000
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.07 2.08 2.05 2.08 0.48 27,000
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.023 0.023 0.021 0.023 0.00 44,100,000
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.99 (1.00) 453,000 (146,000.00)
3.45 2.01 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 1.53 1.64 1.53 1.63 6.54 76,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 7.40 7.50 7.29 7.45 0.68 203,700 (293,200.00)
2.65 1.03 Lorenzo Shipping 1.42 1.25 1.25 1.25 (11.97) 30,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.90 2.80 2.80 2.80 (3.45) 10,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.91 3.19 2.94 3.19 9.62 11,754,000 314,550.00
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.00 7.30 7.30 7.30 21.67 2,300
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.10 14.10 14.00 14.02 (0.57) 90,900
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.67 7.59 7.55 7.59 (1.04) 21,100 (35,579.00)
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.69 2.74 2.64 2.70 0.37 856,000
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.41 9.41 9.41 9.41 0.00 20,000
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 68.00 68.00 68.00 68.00 0.00 14,610 328,440.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 17.00 17.00 16.96 16.98 (0.12) 146,900 1,092,144.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2772.00 2816.00 2772.00 2798.00 0.94 310,640 82,933,480.00
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.320 0.320 0.320 1.59 500,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.50 30.00 29.40 29.50 0.00 2,715,100 (1,725,460.00)
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.60 2.52 2.50 2.50 (3.85) 94,000 52,600.00
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.460 0.460 0.450 0.460 0.00 40,000 18,300.00
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0047 0.0047 0.0045 0.0045 (4.26) 158,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.87 4.70 4.10 4.60 (5.54) 457,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.67 4.79 4.40 4.40 (5.78) 909,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.20 17.46 17.10 17.12 (0.47) 435,500 (1,031,490.00)
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 27.10 27.70 26.10 27.70 2.21 2,500 (41,550.00)
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.265 0.265 0.260 0.265 0.00 560,000
61.80 6.96 Dizon 22.90 23.05 22.00 22.00 (3.93) 160,900 (4,570.00)
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.58 0.58 0.56 0.57 (1.72) 10,615,000 (684,000.00)
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.250 1.240 1.200 1.200 (4.00) 36,723,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.350 1.330 1.240 1.260 (6.67) 22,085,000 384,350.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0620 0.0610 0.0600 0.0610 (1.61) 89,760,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0620 0.0610 0.0600 0.0600 (3.23) 53,500,000 260,300.00
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 18.00 18.10 17.98 18.00 0.00 293,100 (1,326,242.00)
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 7.30 7.32 7.16 7.16 (1.92) 88,800
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.350 4.410 4.300 4.390 0.92 846,000 1,079,330.00
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 (5.56) 125,900,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 4,500,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.01 6.01 6.01 6.01 0.00 10,200
28.25 18.40 Philex À 16.08 15.78 14.86 15.12 (5.97) 8,503,000 (997,952.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 33.00 32.50 31.50 31.50 (4.55) 123,700 338,085.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.049 0.050 0.049 0.049 0.00 104,200,000 (25,000.00)
30.00 13.50 PNOC Expls À 18.50 36.000 36.000 36.000 50.00 100
65.00 39.00 PNOC Expls `B 51.00 55.00 54.00 54.00 5.88 2,500
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 215.00 218.00 214.80 217.00 0.93 118,840 (1,331,884.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.00 21,000,000 150,000.00
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 27.90 28.65 27.65 27.65 (0.90) 1,456,800 (18,753,420.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 545.00 545.00 545.00 545.00 0.00 410
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 103.10 103.20 103.20 103.20 0.10 10,000
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 101.80 102.00 102.00 102.00 0.20 1,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.65 9.60 9.53 9.60 (0.52) 111,500 (105,350.00)
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 108.00 108.00 107.90 107.90 (0.09) 14,740
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1014.00 1015.00 1014.00 1015.00 0.10 2,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0230 0.0250 0.0210 0.0250 8.70 200,000
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 11,337,616 709,614,741.1
INDUSTRIAL 94,368,785 915,716,246.8
HOLDING FIRMS 67,701,203 1,134,676,034.66
PROPERTY 109,162,661 524,233,652.13
SERVICES 205,635,864 1,376,755,300.16
MINING & OIL 693,274,414 281,188,128.61
GRAND TOTAL 1,127,480,543 4,942,184,103.46
FINANCIAL 1,317.99 (UP) 5.72
INDUSTRIAL 7,901.37 (UP) 38.99
HOLDING FIRMS 4,398.39 (UP) 17.99
PROPERTY 1,999.39 (UP) 13
SERVICES 1,786.33 (UP) 14.37
MINING & OIL 20,621.96 (DOWN) 632.07
PSEI 5,207.1 (UP) 21.05
All Shares Index 3,474.73 (UP) 20.42
Gainers: 67; Losers: 89; Unchanged: 43; Total: 199
JTH Davies new name approved
RAY S. EANO
Mr. Eanos column
will resume next week.
Tanduay launches new ship. Flor de Cana Shipping Inc., the shipping arm of Tanduay Distillers
Inc., and Magsaysay Shipmanagement Inc., , jointly held the formal blessing of M/T Uncle Chick recently
at the North Harbor after its successful drydocking. Shown are (standing, from left) MSI superintendent
Eduardo Munar Jr., MSI eet manager Emmanuel Yatco, M/T Uncle Chick captain Artus Alcantara, TDI
assistant vice president for logistics Rommel Uy, TDI chief nance ofcer Nestor Mendones, MSI president
Roberto Umali, TDI assistant vice president for supply chain Fernando Tiu, Asian Alcohol Terminal manager
Edison Tan, TDI accounting manager Ador Gomez, TDI purchasing manager Albert Cheng, TDI purchasing
staff Nomer Acua, MSI port captain Rey Carlos Manantan, MSI technical ofcer Jonathan Fabiano, MSI
crewing manager Rose Calina and the M/T Uncle Chick vessel crew.
STOCKS rebounded Wednesday, after
a two-day slump following the overnight
gains on Wall Street and amid speculations
the Bangko Sentral will cut policy rates on
Sept. 13.
We believe the Bangko Sentral
may cut key policy rate on their
Sept. 13 meeting as its overriding
worry is the pesos strength. While
ination in August has jumped to
a seven-month high, it remains
manageable as the recent price
pressures are largely transitory
and are expected to dissipate going
forward, Security Bank analysts
Edser Trinidad and Patrick Ella
said in a market report.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, rose 21 points, or 0.4
percent, to close at 5,207.1. Value
turnover reached P4.9 billion.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, also gained 20 points,
or 0.6 percent, to 3,474.73, even
as losers outnumbered gainers, 89
to 67, with 43 issues unchanged.
Mining companies were the
biggest losers Wednesday, with
Lepanto Consolidated Mining
Co. falling 6.7 percent to P1.26
and Philex Mining Corp., 6
percent to P15.12.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., the most actively
traded stock, rose 0.9 percent to
P2,798, after chairman Manuel
Pangilinan said third-quarter core
prot may reach over P9 billion.
Rival Globe Telecom also
added 0.4 percent to P1,108, after
president and chief executive
Ernest Cu said the company
was on track to completing its
modernization program.
Gainers also include
Bloomberry Resorts Corp., Manila
Electric Co., Ayala Land Inc.,
Pepsi Cola Products Philippines
Inc. and China Banking Corp.
Meanwhile, Asian stock
markets traded higher Wednesday
on condence a German court will
back the countrys participation in
a bailout fund created to prevent
the weakest euro economies from
going bust.
Expectations that the court
will reject the challenge to the
German governments approval
of the fund, known as the
European Stability Mechanism,
offset concerns generated by a
warning from Moodys Investors
Service that it may cut its credit
rating for the United States.
Japans Nikkei 225 index
rose 1.6 percent to 8,946.11.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng added
0.8 percent to 20,025.66 and
South Koreas Kospi gained 1.6
percent to 1,951.54.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Jenniffer B. Austria
THE Securities and Exchange
Commission approved the
change in the corporate name of
JTH Davies Holdings Inc. to STI
Education System Holdings Inc.
JTH told the stock exchange the
change in its corporate name was
in line with a plan to transform
it into a holding company for
education-related activities and
investments of businessman
Eusebio Tanco.
JTH reported in June STI
would acquire almost 84 percent
interest in the company through a
share swap deal.
It said based on the terms, it
would issue 2.65 billion shares
worth P1.32 billion to majority
stockholders in exchange for STI
Education Services Group Inc.
shares. The exchange ratio is 6.5
JTH shares for every one STI
share.
Shareholders of JTH approved
the share swap deal, but it is still
subject to SEC approval.
JTH, founded in 1983, now has
over 100 college campuses around
the country offering programs
in Information Technology,
healthcare, business and
management, tourism, hospitality
management, engineering and
arts and sciences.
The company had nalized
plans to sell 3 billion in primary
shares through follow-on
offering to further expand the
groups education business. The
shares will be sold at P1.50 per
share to generate P4.5 billion in
proceeds.
JTH tapped UBS AG as the sole
bookrunner and lead manager for
the offering. The offer shares
will be primary shares taken
from the proposed increase in
the companys authorized capital
stock from 1.103 billion worth
P551.5 million to 10 billion
common shares worth P5
billion.
The offer shares will be
registered with the SEC and
listed with the stock exchange.
The company said it was hoping
to complete the fund-raising
plan by November this year.
Proceeds from the offering
will be used to put up new
schools in various areas in the
country. The company allotted
P3 billion for the construction
of STI schools in Lucena City,
Davao, Cebu, Cagayan de
Oro, Calamba (Laguna) and
Batangas.
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region III
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Pampanga 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
San Antonio, Guagua, Pampanga
(MST-Sept. 13, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH) Pampanga 2
nd
District Engineering
2IFH, through the PDAF FY-2012 invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID : 12CH0049
Contract Name : Construction of Farm to-Market
Road, Brgy. Anon Proper
Contract Location : Floridablanca, Pampanga
SARO No. : BMB-A-12-000003059
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php5,819,929.05
Contract Duration : 60 CD
Non-Refundable Bid Doc Fee : Php10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process 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 its contract, a contractor must submit a letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase of bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a)
prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned
partnership, corporation, cooperative, o joint venture, (c) the 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 fnancial 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 Offce before the deadline for
the receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractor's applications for registration, with complete requirements, and
issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are
shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents On : Sept. 12-Oct. 09, 2012
2. Pre-Bidding Conference On : Sept 26, 2012 at 2:00 P.M
3. Receipt of Bids Oct. 09, 2012 at 8:00 - 10:00 A.M
4. Opening of Bids Oct. 09, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at
DPWH-Pampanga 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, San Antonio, Guagua,
Pampanga, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of please see above.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website,
if available. Prospective bidders that will downloaded the BDs from DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid
Documents. Bid 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
specifed in the Bidding Documents (BD's) to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Pampanga 2
nd
DEO 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 to the affected bidders.

(Sgd.) GENE D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Sorsogon District Engineering Offce, Guinlajon, Sorsogon
City, through the SARO No. SR2012-06-005669 dated Jun. 29, 2012, invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects.
Contract ID: 12FK0015
Contract Name: Improvement of Drainage & Shoulder along Pilar-
Donsol National Secondary Road, Sorsogon
KO 548+500 KO 554+000 (with exception)
Contract Location: Pilar, Sorsogon
Scope of Work: Concreting of Road Shoulders and Const. of
Drainage Canal
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php19,400,000.00
Contract Duration: 120 C.D.
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 Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's
applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Receipt of LOI from prospective Bidders Sept. 13, 2012Sept. 27, 2012 until 12:00 noon
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 13, 2012 October 2, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference September 20, 2012 @10:00 A.M
4. Receipts of Bids Deadline: October 2, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids October 2, 2012 @ 10:05 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the
Offce of the BAC Secretariat, DPWH Sorsogon District Engineering Offce,
Guinlajon, Sorsogon City upon payment of non-refundable fee of Php10,000.00.
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. 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 bidder shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. The Technical & Financial Documents must be bounded, all
documents shall be earmarked and Documentary Stamp is required on all
documents with Notary Public and properly sealed. All bidders are invited
to attend the Pre-Bid Conference as scheduled for new instructions. Contract
will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the
bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Sorsogon District Engineering Offce, Guinlajon, Sorsogon
City 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 BY:
(Sgd.) ARTURO N. LEE
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
(BAC Chairman)
Department of Public Works and Highways
Sorsogon District Engineering Offce
Guinlajon, Sorsogon City
(MST-Sept. 13, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
(MST-Sept. 13, 2012)

The National Housing Authority (NHA), through the Corporate Budget approved by the
NHA Board for the year 2012 intends to apply the sum of the Approved Budget for the
Contracts (ABCs) to payments for the following contracts:
Ref. No. Projects ABC/ Source of
Funds (P)
Duration
(c.d.)
Required
PCAB License
Work
Description
2012-070 Aurora Heights Ph. I,
Brgy. Alang-alang, Aurora,
Zamboanga del Sur
11,838,504.00/
NG Subsidy
140 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-071 Dumingag Country
Homes, Brgy. Caridad,
Dumingag, Zamboanga
del Sur
11,462,789.01/
NG Subsidy
180 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-072 Sirawai Settlement
Project, Brgy. Poblacion,
Sirawai, Zamboanga
del Sur
11,986,618.89/
NG Subsidy
148 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-073 NHA-Aloran Resettlement
Project, Barrio Labo,
Brgy. Tubod, Aloran,
Misamis Occidental
12,000,551.63/
NG Subsidy
240 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-074 Nabunturan Resettlement
Project, Brgy. Linda,
Nabunturan, Compostela
Valley Province
11,997,246.25/
NG Subsidy
120 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-075 NHA-MLGU Mapanga
Resettlement Project,
Brgy. Calubihan, Banay-
banay, Davao Oriental
11,990,798.58/
NG Subsidy
120 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-076 LAM-SHED Project Ph. I,
Brgy. Cabayangan, Dujali,
Davao del Norte
11,587,735.15/
NG Subsidy
210 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-077 Isulan Resettlement
Project, Brgy. Kalawag II,
Isulan, Sultan Kudarat
12,000,049.21/
NG Subsidy
192 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-078 Calean Resettlement
Project, Brgy. Calean,
Tacurong City, Sultan
Kudarat
12,000,000.12/
NG Subsidy
175 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-079 Kapalong Resettlement
Project Phase 1,
SitioIlaboon, Maniki,
Kapalong, Davao del
Norte
11,989,536.29/
NG Subsidy
120 At least Cat. C
& D & Small
B for Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-080 Kalasungay Paglaum
Village, Brgy. Kalasungay,
Malaybalay City,
Bukidnon
15,000,730.00/
NG Subsidy
240 At least Cat. B
& Med A for
Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-081 LiloanPaglaum Village,
Liloan, Lumbo, Valencia
City, Bukidnon
17,000,000.00/
NG Subsidy
240 At least Cat. B
& Med A for
Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-082 Ipadayon-Carmen
Resettlement (I-CARE)
Project 1-Ph.1, Purok 6,
Ising, Carmen, Davao
del Norte
19,997,545.20/
NG Subsidy
276 At least Cat. B
& Med A for
Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-083 NHA-Tambo Resettlement
Project, Brgy. Tambo,
Babak District, Island
Garden City of Samal,
Davao del Norte
20,040,640.06/
NG Subsidy
223 At least Cat. B
& Med A for
Roads
Land
development &
road works
2012-084 Zamboanga City
West Townsite, Brgy.
Tulungatung, Zamboanga
City
23,999,858.18/
NG Subsidy
240 At least Cat. B
& Med A for
Roads
Land
development &
road works
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The NHAnow invites bids for the above-cited project. Completion of the Works is required
within the duration herein cited upon receipt of the Notice to Proceed. Bidders should
have completed within 10 years from the date of submission of bids, a single contract
similar to the Project costing at least ffty percent (50%) of the ABC. 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 non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the mplementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government
Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
A complete set of Bidding Documents shall be issued only to bidders/authorized offcial
representatives or employees of the bidder who can show proof of Notarized Authority to
secure bid documents for the specifc Project and Offcial Company D upon submission
of a Letter of Intent (LOI), presentation of original PCAB License, Contract Agreement
and Certifcate of Completion/Acceptance for completed similar project/s and upon
Cash Payment of non-refundable fee of P12,000.00 for Ref. Nos. 2012-070 to 079;
P17,500.00 for Ref. Nos. 2012-080 to 082 and P20,000.00 for Ref. Nos. 2012-083
to 084 at the Offce of the NHA-BAC Secretariat, 3
rd
Floor NHA Main Building, Diliman,
Quezon City from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. starting on September 13, 2012. Deadline of
submission of LOI is on September 20, 2012. The BAC Secretariat may be contacted
at Tel/FAX No. 929-8016.
The NHA will hold a Pre-bid Conference on September 20, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.at the
NHA RegionaI Ofce, Conchu BuiIding corner A. Pichon St. and DakiIa Drive,
Davao City, which shall be OPEN ONLY to bidders who have purchased the Bidding
Documents.
Bids must be delivered at the NHA Operations Center, 3
rd
Floor NHA Main Building,
Diliman, Quezon City not later than 9:00 a.m. on the dates specifed below.
Schedule of opening of bids:
October 9, 2012 - Ref. Nos. 2012-070, 071, 072, 073 and 084
All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in
the amount as stated in Bid Data Sheet (BDS). Bid opening shall follow immediately
after the deadline of submission of bids at the same venue. 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.
The NHA 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/s.
(Sgd.) FROILAN R. KAMPITAN
Assistant General Manager/
Chairperson, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC)
NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY
Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City
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Energy
to rebid
coal, oil
blocks
Thailand eyes more rice exports
Financial literacy. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. calls for stronger and
broader international cooperation in promoting nancial education, inclusion and protection. Tetangco,
in a keynote speech at the OECD-BSP Asian Seminar on Financial Literacy and Inclusion in Cebu, said the
Philippines can also benet from benchmarking best practices with other countries. Seated is chairman
Andre Laboul of the Organization for Economic Development-International Network on Financial Education.
By Othel V. Campos
THAILAND, the worlds biggest
producer and trader of rice, has asked the
Philippines to increase the volume of rice
imports of the private sector from 350,000
metric tons to 500,000 MT in exchange for
Manilas bid to continue its protectionist
policy on the commodity.
Thailand is asking for
500,000-MT rice exportation
to the Philippines. This is quite
big but we are willing to discuss
this with them, National Food
Authority legal counsel Gilbert
Lauengco said in a phone
interview Wednesday.
The quantitative restriction
on rice under the so-called
minimum access volume
scheme is a protectionist policy
that allows the Philippines under
existing rules of the World Trade
Organization to limit imports
to prevent a possible inux of
cheap shipments.
Lauengco said the Philippine
government was also in
discussions with other countries to
nalize their respective requests
for increased rice shipments.
China, Vietnam, India, El
Salvador and Pakistan have asked
for a higher volume, though not
as big as that of Thailands.
Meanwhile, the US, Australia
and Canada said they would allow
Manila to keep its rice protectionist
policy as long as it lifted certain
import restrictions on several of
their traded commodities to the
Philippines.
Unlike the rest of the countries,
US and Australia are not asking
for any rice concessions. They
only seek the relaxation of rules on
certain products that they export
to the Philippines. Canada is also
asking for similar concessions,
said Lauengco.
The US Trade Representative
in April cited that the new
Philippine meat inspection system
imposes very high standards
on the handling of frozen meat,
which is primarily imported, that
do not apply to the handling of
freshly slaughtered meat, which
is exclusively domestic.
Washington also expressed
concern over the trade disruptive
test and hold policies that local
authorities enforce prior to
customs clearance.
The Philippines is seeking
to extend the protectionist rice
policy for three years, or until
2015, after it expires by June
2012. Manila formally led
the request with the WTO for
another extension on Nov. 18,
2011.
The Philippines, during the
negotiations seeking for the
extension of the restrictive policy
until 2012, agreed to increase the
MAV for rice to 350,000 MT as
a concession. The MAV refers
to the minimum volume of farm
produce that the Philippines will
allow to enter the Philippines at
reduced tariffs.
The government is pushing for
the extension of the protectionist
policy, citing the need to prepare
Filipino farmers for international
trade and achieve rice self-
sufciency by 2013.
THE Energy Department
will conduct the next auction
for petroleum and coal
exploration blocks next year
to further boost the countrys
energy security requirements,
a government ofcial said
Wednesday.
Energy Undersecretary Jay
Layug said the department
planned to include petroleum
and coal exploration areas
that did not receive bids in the
previous bidding rounds.
We plan to do a bidding
again for those blocks that
have not received any bids
for both coal and petroleum,
Layug said. Four out of the 15
petroleum exploration blocks
offered to investors in the last
round failed to attract bids.
We need to work on more
data on these areas because
based on our assessment, the
reason why these four areas
did not receive any bids is the
lack of data, Layug said.
Ten coal areas out of 38 also
did not receive bids during
this years contracting round
for coal.
For coal, we offered 38
prospective areas and we
received a total of 69 bids for
28 of the 38 areas, he said.
The Energy Department
has not awarded any service
contract during the fourth
round of bidding pending
governments evaluation.
Preparations for the fourth
bidding round started in
2011 but actual bidding was
conducted only this year.
Layug said the bidding
rounds would be held every two
years. Alena Mae S. Flores
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Provinces
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Hataman:
Senate probe
welcome
Hospital-university
tieup in the works
By Dexter A. See
BAGUIO CITYUnited States
Ambassador Harry Thomas and
Mayor Maurico Domogan led
recently in marking the 67th year
of WWIIs end in the Pacic the-
ater.
Saludo ako (I salute you),
Thomas told the survivors dur-
ing the wreath-laying rites at
Veterans Park along Harrison
Road here Veterans Park along
Harrison Road here.
I know the sacrices of our
veterans and their love ones be-
cause my father was also a veter-
an of the Korean War and World
War II in Leyte, he said.
Domogan said the Baguio
commemoration should be a
highpoint in the countrys his-
tory worth celebrating.
He wondered why devote so
much time recognizing the de-
feat of the Filipinos just like the
Fall of Bataan and the Death
March but not the victory of the
Filipinos and the Americans.
When he was a congressman,
he led a bill proposing Septem-
ber 3 as the Filipino-American
Victory Day and have it declared
as a national holiday.
Domogan said Rep.Bernardo
Vergara has re-led the measure
which is now pending in the
Senate.
On record, the war was de-
clared ofcially ended at the
Ambassadors Residence inside
Camp John Hay where General
Tomoyoki Yamashita, head of
the Japanese Imperial Army--
who was captured in Kiangan,
Ifugao, on Sept. 1, 1945-- signed
his surrender documents on Sept.
3, 1945.
Thomas salutes war veterans
US Ambassador Harry Thomas (middle) and Mayor Mauricio Domogan join Filipino veterans and their
American Legion counterparts along Harrison Road. DAVID CHAN
Foundation turns over micro-finance hub
TAGUM CITYBDO Founda-
tion President Maureen Abelardo
and BDO Foundation
Trustee Jesus Tirona led the
inauguration and blessing of the
three-storey BDO Foundation
Micro-Finance Center in Barangay
Mankilam here to serve clients in
Davao del Norte.
Built on a 753 square-meter
property, the hub has a library, two
lecture rooms and a multi-purpose
hall with comfort rooms.
The building is the second BDO
micro-nance center and the rst
of its kind in Mindanao.
The rst BDO Foundation Mi-
cro-Finance Center was built in
Bay, Laguna.
BDO Unibank, through the BDO
Foundation, donated the 4,000 square
meters property in Tagum, Davao to
CARD-MRI Development Institute
and funded the construction of the
center for P16.5 million.
Apart from the donation, BDO
Foundation will send volunteers
among its BDO Speakers Bureau
and BDO Skills Trainers to teach and
hold talks, seminars and programs on
nance, credit, accounting, manage-
ment, entrepreneurial development,
personality development, computer
technology and other skills needed in
the growing demands of the micro-
nance industry.
Maureen Abelardo, BDO Foun-
dation president(left) leads the
inaugural rites joined by senior
assistant vice president Dodie Teh,
BDO Davao-Sta. Ana Branch head;
Dr. Jaime Aristotle Alip, CARD-MRI
managing director; assistant vice
president German Penales, BDO
Davao-Tagum Branch head; CARD-
MRIs guest Linell Malimbag, vice
president for Academic Affairs,
Brokenshire College; Jesus Tirona,
BDO Foundation Trustee and Fr.
Pat Arbodi.
By Florencio P. Narito
LEGAZPI CITYThe Region-
al Development Council led by
Albay Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda
has approved a resolution mak-
ing the Bicol Regional Training
and Teaching Hospital a univer-
sity hospital.
Region 5 assistant director
Dr. Ferchito Avelino said Bi-
col University while serving as
partner in raising the standard
of education for health profes-
sionals, it would not be con-
trolled by the school adminis-
tration.
No, BRTTH will remain un-
der DOH but it will be an afli-
ate of BU because it is opening
a College of Medicine, he told
Manila Standard.
Dr. Nestor Santiago, the DOH
regional director, could not be
reached for comment at the
time.
Jimbo Guerrero, the DOH
public information ofcer, con-
rmed that a party-list represen-
tative oated the plan to place
BRTTH under BU.
But it will take a long time
because it needs legislation, he
said.
Besides, ofcials and employ-
ees of BRTTH are reportedly
against the plan.
Dr. Rogelio Rivera, Chief of
the Hospital, said he was amena-
ble to BRTTH being an afcliate
of the Bicol University through
its College of Medicine.
Theres no need for legis-
lation but a memorandum of
agreement will do for both par-
ties, he said.
Established in 1918 as the
Albay Provincial Hospital with
a 50 beds. In 1970, thecapac-
ity was increased to 75 before
becoming in 1973 under De-
partment Order 94-A a training
and teaching hospital. In 1975,
its bed-capacity was further in-
creased to 150.
When the Local Govern-
ment Code was passed, APH
was placed under the Provincial
Health Ofce and in 1993 it was
set back by reduced funding.
In 1994, it was converted to
the BRTTH, a tertiary hospital
run by the DOH. It is also serv-
ing as a regional primary health-
care facility for Bicolanos and
venue for training of medical,
nursing and paramedical practi-
tioners.
THE Philippine College of Ad-
diction Medicine, an afliate
society of the Philippine Medi-
cal Association, will hold its 8th
Annual Convention at the Center
for Professional Development in
Dauis, Sept. 13 to 15 for updates
in the eld.
PCAM president Dr. Antonio
Gauzon, a noted psychiatrist
and addictionist, said this years
theme is Brain, Drugs and Be-
havior with Dr. Clara Hidalgo-
Fuderanan as overall convention
chairwoman.
Topics and speakers are Neu-
robiology of Addiction, Dr. Vi-
cente Rosales Jr; Proling the
Brain of Drug Abusers - Dr.
Mikita Cardinez-Tan; Sub-
stance Abuse and Its Comor-
bidities - Dr. Gabino Ranoa Jr;
Susceptibility Genes in Alco-
holism - Dr. Charibel Escande-
lor; Methamphetamine-induced
Psychosis: Is It Schizophrenia?
- Dr. Glenda Basubas; Role of
Antipsychotics/Antidepressants
in Addiction - Dr. Bernardo
Conde; Pain Relief vs. Addic-
tion - Dr. Antonio Yap; Uses
of Cannabis - Dr. Ponciano Jer-
ez Jr; Lectures on Addiction in
a High School in Dauis, Bohol
- Dr. Jocelyn Gauzon-Gayares,
Dr. Cipriano Flores and Dr.
Dave Baron; PCAM Interac-
tive Sessions with Government
Agencies - Dr. Antonio Gau-
zon of PCAM; DOH director
Criselda Abesamis; Asec. Ben-
jamin Reyes of the Dangerous
Drugs Board; and director Helen
Reyes of the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency with Dr.
Clara Fuderanan and Dr. Melody
Yeto as facilitators.
Bohol Gov. Edgardo Chatto
will keynote the event joined by
Dr. Mary Ann Ruiz, president
of Bohol Medical Society for
welcome remarks, Dauis Mayor
Jaime Jimenez for his inspira-
tional talk and Rep. Rene Lopez
Relampagos for closing remarks.
Founded in 2005 by 27 doctors
accredited by DDB and DOH to
diagnose and manage drug de-
pendents, PCAM is composed
of some 200 physicians known
as addictionists or addiction
medicine specialists classied
as fellows, diplomates or regular
members.
Inquiries may be directed
to PCAM corporate secre-
tary Dr. Clara Fuderanan (mo-
bile 0920-9105062, email:
dr.clarafuderanan(a).vahoo.conrO
or PCAM PRO Dr. Rosendo
@<0QaoRQ3 gmail: dr.sualog@
yahoo.com for more details.
Addiction experts meet in Bohol
By Maria Bernadette Lunas
THE government has signed its sec-
ond loan agreement for about P3
billion with the South Korea to up-
grade Puerto Princesa airport.
The funding agreement was
signed by Finance secretary Cesar
Purisima and Export-Import Bank
of Korea chairman and president
Yong Hwan Kim last August 23.
As stipulated, the KEXIM will
provide $71.61 million to nance
the improvement and rehabilitation
of the gateway airport of Palawan.
The loan will go to the construc-
tion of a new terminal with facili-
ties, an access road, runway im-
provement, and navigational aids
to take in increased domestic and
international ights.
The project is also expected to re-
vitalize the transport and trade link-
ages in the east ASEAN growth area
covering Brunei Darussalam, Indo-
nesia, Malaysia, and Philippines and
further boost tourism and economic
gains in Puerto Princesa City.
The airport development proj-
ect will be implemented under the
Department of Transportation and
Communications.
It was initially part of the Aquino
administrations public-private part-
nership scheme before becoming an
ODA project under then DOTC Sec-
retary Mar Roxas.
Roxas said late last year that the gov-
ernment would benet more through
ODA nancing as cheap loans are of-
fered to the Philippine government.
The $71.61 million loan is the
second signed between the govern-
ment and KEXIM, following the
$207.88 million lending agreement
in August for the Jalaur River Mul-
tipurpose Project Phase II of the Na-
tional Irrigation Administration.
Palawan
airport gets
P3-b loan
for upgrade
Hataman, at the side-
lines of budget delib-
erations on the agen-
cys budget for 2013,
said the irregularities
were among the issues
hounding his leader-
ship since he assumed
ofce last December.
The Lower House
approved in plenary
session the proposed
P13.9-billion with
House committee on
appropriations vice
chairman Lanao del
Sur Rep. Pangalian
Balindong defending
the allocation which is
12 percent more than
the present P12.468-
billion budget.
The probe is very timely so that we can clarify these is-
sues. I have been addressing these concerns since my day
one in ofce, Hataman told reporters.
Hataman lamented that government employees, especial-
ly teachers would face uncertain retirement should the non-
remittance of their contributions of P1.6 billion to pension
funds including the Government Service Insurance System
remain unsettled.
We are doing everything to correct the non-remittance
of their contributions, kawawa naman po sila, sa halip na
makakuha ng mga benepisyo kapag nagretiro, may pagka-
kautang pa dahil sa maling pamamahala noon (the retirees
are left holding the bag over pasty maladministration), he
said.
The non-remitted funds in question were deducted from
the salaries of ARMM employees, but GSIS records showed
no remittance between 2001 and 2010.
Hataman, a former congressman, said he was able to save
P208-million from eliminating ghost employees, P161-
million from the Department of Education and P67-million
from the Department of Public Works and Highways.
We already saved a signicant amount of peoples mon-
ey for busting ghost employees, said Hataman.
Earlier, Senator Franklin Drilon expressed condence in
his leadership.
The OIC governor is our new ghost buster, he said.
By Maricel V. Cruz
AUTONOMOUS Region of
Muslim Mindanao Gov. Mujiv
Hataman, ofcer-in-charge, on
Wednesday welcomed a Senate
investigation amid questionable
employees, beneciaries and
transactions.
Hataman

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