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Heated exchange. Senator Antonio Trillanes walks out of the
Senate after crossing swords with Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile over a bill seeking to divide Camarines Sur and his back-chan-
nelling role on President Benigno Aquino IIIs orders. EY ACASIO
Palace denies asking senator
to do backdoor talks in China
President plays
dangerous game
New PH-US navy
drills at Subic up
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By Willie E. Capulong
THE Subic Bay Freeport
will host a 10-day joint
military exercises between
the United States Navy and
the Armed Forces of the
Philippines on the second
week of October, accord-
ing to Freeport sources.
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BEGINNING today and every
Thursday thereafter, General
Flor D. Fianza will join the
Manila Standards roster of op-
ed columnists with the debut
of his column, Duty Calls, on
page A5.
General Fianza retired from
government service in August
Fianza pens
Duty calls
AQUINOS SHADOW CABINET KEEPS DARK SECRETS
Drug agency
issues just tip
of the iceberg
JBC on SC order:
We will comply
Santiago softens up,
conrms Roxas, Abaya
Bicol bill
triggers
word war
at Senate
Lobbying for position
way of life in military
By Christine F. Herrera
LAWMAKERS allied with the administration
on Wednesday questioned President Benigno
Aquino IIIs style of leadership in creating a
shadow Cabinet that reports directly to him
but he keeps secret from the public.
They demanded that the President explain
to the public the role of his dark knights
that they said could degenerate into an army
of darkness.
PNoys dark knights in the Cabinet can
easily degenerate into an army of darkness if
they are allowed to perform their secret deeds
without being accountable to the people,
Kabataan partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino
told the Manila Standard.
Palatino said the emergence of a shadow
cabinet had already triggered a row in the
Senate and in Foreign Affairs and the Interior
and Local Government Departments.
The lawmaker said the Aquino administra-
tion was playing a dangerous game.
Palatino cited an example of the presence
of a secret Cabinet after Malacaang admit-
ted on Tuesday that it had assigned Senator
Antonio Trillanes to act as a backchannel to
China in its dealing with Beijing on the West
Philippine Sea dispute.
Another example, according to Palatino,
was when the President cleared of wrongdo-
ing shooting buddy and resigned Interior
He cant take the heat. Hes
a coward, Enrile said as Tril-
lanes left the hall.
Enrile then began reading the
notes of former Philippine am-
bassador to China, Sonia Brady,
about her meeting with Trillanes
in which the senator allegedly
accused Foreign Secretary Al-
bert del Rosario of treason.
Before Trillanes walked out,
Enrile confronted him about his
activities in China.
You went to China, you
asked the ambassador of the
Philippines there, Madam Bra-
dy, for a meeting and you said,
Dont take notes during our
conversation and you called the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs a
traitor. In fact, you told me that
he committed treason, Enrile
told Trillanes shortly before he
walked out.
Newspaper reports on
Wednesday identied Trillanes
as the Palaces backdoor nego-
tiator with China at the height of
tensions over the Scarborough
By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE President Juan Ponce
Enrile and Senator Antonio
Trillanes IV on Wednesday
crossed swords over a bill that
seeks to divide Camarines Sur
province and over Trillanes
role as the countrys special en-
voy to China to try to mediate
in their dispute over the Scar-
bourough shoal.
Before trading charges on
the last day of the Senates
plenary session, Trillanes ac-
cused Enrile of imposing in the
Senate his policy of quickly
approving something he liked
and of sitting on something he
didnt like.
Everyone in this august
chamber knows that this bill
[on Camarines Sur] is ger-
rymandering [of the] worst
kind...one that would provide
for new elective positions to
accommodate two three-term
congressmen [Rep. Luis Vil-
lafuerte], Trillanes said.
By Joyce Pangco Paares and
Maricel V. Cruz
AN ofcial of the Philippine Drug Enforce-
ment Agency admitted on Wednesday that
the agency is undergoing investigation in
relation to issues bared by sacked PDEA
deputy director for operations Carlos Gada-
pan in what observers say could be just the
tip of an iceberg.
PDEA spokesman Derrick Carreon told
the Manila Standard that the ongoing probe
would last for seven days.
Carreon said the investigation started on
Monday after agents of the National Bureau
of Investigation trooped to the PDEA ofce in
Quezon City.
The investigation will touch on all is-
sues brought to the fore by the former ofcial
[Gadapan], Carreon said.
Gadapan had claimed that he was relieved
from his post because he exposed the heavy
gambling losses incurred by the wife of his
boss, PDEA Director Jose Gutierrez Jr.
On Monday, Executive Secretary Paquito
Ochoa signed Gadapans relief order, citing
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Judicial and Bar Council will comply with the
Supreme Court resolution ordering the group to re-
lease to Associate Justice Arturo Brion the results of
the psychiatric test conducted on him as a result of
his nomination for the post of chief justice, an of-
cial said on Wednesday.
Jose Mejia, a member of the eight-member coun-
cil representing the academe, said they would release
the results of Brions psychiatric test provided he ex-
ecuted a waiver insulating them from any liability.
He did not say, however, if the high court ruling
applied as well to the other nominees for the posi-
tion vacated by impeached Supreme Court Justice
Renato Corona.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court granted Brions
plea to compel the council to release the results of
the psychiatric tests of the nominees for the post of
chief justice.
INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Man-
uel Roxas II was conrmed by the Commission on
Appointments Wednesday after Senator Miriam
Defensor Santiago backed away from her threat to
exercise a veto against all Cabinet secretaries who
snubbed a hearing she called Friday.
Santiago, a member of the commission, said she
did not want Roxas to be a collateral damage in
her ongoing battle with the Palace.
She also said her threat was aimed at making the
point that under the Constitution, Malacaang did
not have the power to block an inquiry in aid of leg-
islation.
By Florante S. Solmerin
LOBBYING is a way of life in the military, with the
senior ofcers jockeying for position to curry favor
with the approving authority to get promoted or be
named to a top position.
One result of this lobbying and jockeying for po-
sition is that two area commands and some infantry
division positions are being led by ofcers in charge
and not by permanent replacements following the
mandatory retirement of their regular commanders.
Intense lobbying is stalling the designation of
regular commanders to some sensitive commands
Trillanes a fraud,
cowardEnrile
Alls well that ends well. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago exchanges pleasantries with newly conrmed Interior
Secretary Mar Roxas, whom she had threatened not to conrm, and Senator Tito Sotto. LINO SANTOS
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By Macon Ramos-Araneta, Sara Fabunan
and Joyce Pangco Paares
SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile on
Wednesday branded Senator Antonio Tril-
lanes IV a fraud and a coward after he
stormed out of the plenary session while
being grilled about his clandestine meetings
with Chinese ofcials at the height of the
countrys territorial dispute with Beijing.
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Santiago...
They can invoke executive
privilege but it will depend on the
Senate committee to either accept
the invocation or to question it...
[before] the Supreme Court. Its
not as simple as just telling Cabi-
net members not to attend.
Aside from Roxas, Justice Sec-
retary Leila de Lima, Environmet
Secretary Ramon Paje and Exec-
utive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr.
also failed to appear before San-
tiagos committee hearing Friday.
Paje later said they skipped the
hearing because of a presiden-
tial directive which required that
Cabinet members be furnished a
list of questions that they would
be asked.
Santiago, who called the hearing
to look into the controversies sur-
rounding resigned Interior under-
secretary Rico Puno, a close friend
and shooting buddy of President
Benigno Aquino III, said nobody
should be above question.
I resent that a certain person
cannot be investigated on the
mere say-so of the Cabinet. Who
is he, untouchable?
Santiago said it was with a
heavy heart that she threatened
to block Roxas, with whom she
was close.
I really felt bad about it. First,
we were close to each other. Even
his wife is also very close to me.
So he does not deserve that kind
of treatment. As a I said, he be-
came collateral damage. Hes in-
nocent, but he gets a whack in the
head because Im conducting this
other battle, Santiago said.
The senator also said the govern-
ment needed Roxas, whom she de-
scribed as an over-achiever.
She acknowledged that her
veto would be useless because the
President could appoint him on an
interim basis once Congress goes
on recess on Sept. 21.
At the conrmation hearing
Wednesday, Santiago told the
Senate she considered herself
deeply insulted by Malacaangs
move to stop the four Cabinet
secretaries from attending her
hearing.
I now want to stand by the
principle that the Executive
branch of the government cannot
effectively prevent the Legislative
branch from holding any inquiry
in aid of legislation... simply by
agreeing among themselves that
they will not show up, she said.
She then invoked Section 20 of
the commission rules that allow
any member to suspend consider-
ation of any nominee.
After a ve-minute suspension
of the plenary session, Majority
Leader Vicente Sotto III around
the shoulder of Santiago and they
approached Roxas.
Santiago and Roxas kissed
each other on the cheek and
shook hands before the hearing
resumed.
When Sotto asked if Santiago
would withdraw her veto, she
stood up and replied: Mr Presi-
dent, my high intelligence quo-
tient dictates that I should recon-
sider and therefore [I] withdraw
my motion to suspend.
This drew applause from those
present in the session hall.
Asked later if she would block the
conrmation of De Lima and Paje,
Santiago said: Ill think about it.
In the same session, the com-
mission conrmed the appoint-
ment of Cavite Rep. Joseph
Emilio Abaya as Transporation
and Communications secretary,
replacing Roxas.
Abayas term as a congressman
is supposed to end in 2013 after
serving three terms.
Macon Ramos Araneta
New...

The passenger crew ship,
USS Bonhomme Richards,
which will bring the US per-
sonnel to the port, will dock at
Subic Bay on the rst week of
October and will be the fth US
Naval assets to make use of the
port facilities of Subic Bay un-
der the non-revenue privileges
granted by the Visiting Forces
Agreement between the United
States and the Philippines.
Although there is an increas-
ing visit of US Navy vessels here,
the state owned Subic Bay Met-
ropolitan Authority, which is be-
set with nancial debts, does not
benet from these visits.
This is in stark contrast in Sin-
gapore, where the Singapore Port
Authority charge foreign govern-
ment vessels commercial rates
for the use of their port facilities.
The military war games and
humanitarian assistance and di-
saster response project will be
carried out in Palawan, Zam-
bales and Tarlac provinces.
The exercise will kick off on
October 8 at this former US Naval
complex and will end October 18.
More than 3,000 military per-
sonnel from the US Navy and
Philippine Navy, Air force and
the Army will take part in the an-
nual exercises dubbed as Phiblex.
Participants will undergo am-
phibious landing maneuvers and
artillery training crewmanship at
the Crow Valley in Tarlac.
Since May, the Port of Subic
had played host to four US
Navy vessels, three Virginia
class attach submarines and
L-Y Spear-class submarine
tender since Washington said it
planned to increase its presence
in the Asia-Pacic last January.
The rst US vessel to dock
since the start of the year was
the USS North Carolina, fol-
lowed by the USS Louisville, a
nuclear-powered submarine.
The USS Frank Cable, an LY
spear-class tender came next
and was followed by another
sub, the USS Hawaii.
While the US embassy in
Manila termed the visit of US
military assets as highlights
of the strong historic commu-
nity and military connection
between the US and the Philip-
pines, the local economy of the
Freeport has not generated from
their presence.
Moreover, contrary to the
claim of Olongapo City Mayor
James L. Gordon Jr., that the
visits of US ships boost the lo-
cal economy, servicemen on
board the submarines were not
big spenders, according to
Freeport business operators.
The servicemen reportedly
spend their rest days stroll-
ing within the confines of the
Freeport and do not patron-
ize even the entertainment
places inside.
Lobbying...
by the appointing authority, a se-
nior ofcer told the Manila Stan-
dard on condition of anonymity.
This is what we call the Game
of the Generals.
Other Camp Aguinaldo insid-
ers say a lobby group of a senior
ofcers close to the Presidents
family is pushing for the lateral
transfer of Maj. Gen. Jorge Se-
govia (PMA Class of 1980), the
commander of the Eastern Min-
danao Command, to the Centralo
Command in Cebu City.
They want Jorge to get out
from the Eastmincom so that this
group of senior ofcers can get
their candidate to head it, one of
the sources said.
They say that whoever will be
the next Eastmincom commander
has the potential to become the
Army chief, and thats the buzz go-
ing around. Needless to say, they
want Jorge out as soon as possible.
The PMA Class of 1980 has the
four Aquino sisters Pinky, Viel, Balsy
and Kris as honorary members.
Following Aquinos announce-
ment of a shakeup in the leadership
of the National Police, when he
advised Director General Nicanor
Bartolome to early retire and accept
a position at the Interior Depart-
ment, rumors spread like wildre
that a change of leadership in the
military was about to take place.
Reportedly, Dellosas succes-
sor could be Army chief Lt. Gen.
Emmanuel Bautista (PMA Class
of 1981) or Air Force chief Lt.
Gen. Lauro Catalino dela Cruz
(PMA Class of 1980).
Dellosa will be retiring in Janu-
ary 2013 amid rumors that he
submitted his resignation to Mr.
Aquino as a result of the intense
lobbying of certain senior ofcers.
On Monday, the head of the
5th Infantry Division, Maj. Gen.
Rommel Gomez (PMA Class of
1978), who reached his manda-
tory retirement age of 56, handed
over the command to his deputy
in an acting capacity. The com-
mand is based in Camp Melchor
Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela.
JBC...
That decision came after the
majority of the Courts justices
frustrated Supreme Court Chief
Justice Maria Lourdes Serenos
attempts to to block the disclo-
sure of the results of the psychi-
atric examinations of those who
had aspired for the position.
Reports claim that Sereno,
who was picked by President Be-
nigno Aquino III to replace Co-
rona, and is the rst female to be
named chief justice, has an IQ of
109, which is average.
She is also said to have re-
ceived a low grade of four in her
psychiatric test, and that prompt-
ed Brion to request the high court
to order the council to announce
the results his his psychiatric test
for the sake of transparency.
A leaked report says Sereno
keeps a smiling face to proj-
ect that she is happy, and that
dramatic and emotional, she
appears energetic and all smiles
and agreeable, but with religious
preoccupation in almost almost
all signicant aspects of her life.
She projects a happy mood
but has depressive markers too.
There is a strong tendency to
make decisions based on [her]
current mood, thus [the] outcome
is highly subjective and self-
righteous, the report says.
Brion and fellow Associate Jus-
tice Teresita Leonardo De Castro
opposed Serenos bid to postpone
high court action on the tests.
Brion was the rst magistrate
who sought the release of his
own psychiatric test. De Castro
and the other justices are also
seeking the results of their own
mental tests.
One senior magistrate said
Brion had the right to ask for the
results of his test.
Drug...
loss of condence as basis.
Gadapan claimed Gutierrez
himself was involved in corrupt
activities.
In several news reports, Gada-
pan said his former boss, along
with several PDEA agents, extorted
money from alleged drug dealer
Mark Tan, a Chinese national.
Gadapan said the extortion hap-
pened through a sting operation on
July 8, or more than a week after
Gutierrez stripped him of his au-
thority on July 1.
Gadapan said after July 1, it
was Gutierrez who signed for op-
erations and coordination, his for-
mer functions as deputy director.
Usually, their targets are for-
eigners. So if the incident happened
on July 18, therefore, who gave the
authority?, Gadapan said.
But he refused to go into details so
as not to pre-empt a Senate investiga-
tion called by Senator Vicento Sotto
III on Monday, Sept. 24.
Gadapan said he also had evi-
dence that Gutierrezs wife was
stuck in debt, and had resorted to
issuing fake cheques reportedly
amounting to P10 million to her
debtors.
But Gutierrez denied Gada-
pans allegation that he had ex-
torted P8 million from Tan.
The PDEA chief said that if the
accusation was true, Tan would be
out of jail by now.
Hindi pwedeng makunan mo
siya ng ganyang kalaki pagkata-
pos kulong pa siya. May quid pro
quo yan, Gutierrez said.
In recent interviews, Gadapan
said Gutierrez needed money to
pay for his wifes gambling debts.
He added that he has witnesses
who would prove that Mrs. Guti-
errez frequented the Tropicana
Club in Santa Mesa.
He added that Mrs. Gutier-
rez even once tried to borrow
P300,000 from him.
But Gutierrez said that his wife
was not a compulsive gambler, al-
though he admitted that she some-
times went to casinos with mem-
bers of the Ladies Club.
Aquinos ...
and Local Governments Undersec-
retary Rico Puno who is embroiled
in several controversies such as the
anomalous gun deals and jueteng.
Puno had said that he was the
eyes and ears of the President in
the DILG.
Meanwhile, Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile demanded Trillanes
to explain why he initiated and held
talks 14 times with China over the
Panatag Shoal dispute when he knew
nothing about diplomacy.
Trillanes refused to answer En-
riles questions, but told reporters
his trips to China were sanctioned
by the President and that the Palace
paid for those trips.
The secret talks and maneuvers
are bereft of public accountability,
Palatino said.
Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Ang-
ara, meanwhile, said the government
should speak with one voice and not
wash its dirty linen in public.
ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Ti-
nio said in assigning Trillanes as a
backdoor channel, Mr. Aquino was
undermining and contradicting his
own governments national policy.
Enrile said Trillanes was push-
ing for bilateral talks in resolving
the dispute over Panatag Shoal as
against the governments national
policy of multilateral negotiations.
Trillanes insisted the President
was the source of foreign policy
and that his backroom talks with
China was a result of the collective
efforts of everybody, including that
of Mr. Aquino.
The President has the preroga-
tive to choose his envoy but the
buck stops with him, Bayan Muna
Rep. Teddy Casio said.
Details are usually kept hidden
and talks are discreet. In fact, its
unusual that such details are now
coming out, Casino said.
Backchanneling, Casino said,
was part of regular arsenal in diplo-
macy and that it could be very ef-
fective if properly executed.
Muntinlupa City Rep. Rodolfo
Biazon said back channel talks with
China should be in synch and sup-
portive of the ofcial position and
channel.
Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tana-
da III, meanwhile, said the House
leadership should not involve itself
in the brewing Senate row, particu-
larly if it involves national security.
As a general rule, transpar-
ency should be the norm but this
issue of backroom diplomacy
should have remained under
wraps, due to (its) sensitive na-
ture, Angara said.
Trillanes said he felt slighted that
his back-channelling efforts were al-
legedly dismissed and criticized by
DFASecretary Albert del Rosario.
I wasnt supposed to come
out. I have been involved since
May and I nished my work mid-
July and early August. Del Rosa-
rio said I was doing more harm
than good so I felt slighted since
I did these things quietly and did
not even earn media mileage,
Trillanes told reporters.
Trillanes said his involvement
began when Executive Secretary Pa-
quito Ocha Jr. asked him in one Pal-
ace function if he can help diffuse the
tension in the Panatag shoal.
Trillanes said he made some
contacts with Chinese ofcials
when he went to China in an of-
cial visit last year.
Trillanes said he asked Ochoa to
secure authorization from the Presi-
dent if the latter wanted him to get in-
volved. I did not volunteer, he said.
He said he had had 15 meetings
with three different groups in the
Chinese leadership, seven of which
were in China.
Trillanes declined to name who
on the Chinese side he talked to,
except to say that, They were high
enough to make things happen.
Trillanes believes he was called
on board to break the impasse
which led to a standoff with about
80-100 Chinese ships deployed at
Scarborough.
Bicol...
But if it were so, why would
our Senate president be particu-
larly interested to the point of
straining relations with members
of the very Senate that he leads?
Is it just to place Congressman
Villafuerte?
Now [with] this totally unex-
pected twist, everything seemed
to fall into place. Now there re-
main only two possibilities: that
our Senate president is deeply in-
debted to GMA [former President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo], or
that he is a GMA lackey.
Enrile, who was presiding over
the session, suspended the pro-
ceedings after taking offense at
Trillanes accusations he was try-
ing to railroad the Camarines Sur
bill.
Trillanes said he had lost his
trust, faith and condence in En-
riles ability to lead the Senate ef-
fectively.
There are many instances to
illustrate this prevailing policy
under Senator Enrile and Im
sure some of my colleagues,
particularly Senator Pia Cayet-
ano and Senator Joker Arroyo,
have been at the receiving end
more often that the others, he
said.
As for myself, being a new-
comer and [the] youngest at that,
while I was uncomfortable be-
ing shoved about every now and
then, I gamely took everything as
part of the learning process and
gured thats just how it is here in
this august chamber.
Trillanes said that on July 24,
a day after the Presidents State-
of-the-Nation Address, Trillanes
said a caucus was called at the
Senate presidents ofce, and he
found out it was not about any-
thing signicant but was about
the bill seeking to divide Cama-
rines Sur.
I got out of the caucus feeling
trampled upon by a bully deter-
mined to get his way, Trillanes
said.
After delivering his speech,
Trillanes announced he was
leaving the majority bloc to join
the minority group. He recalled
Enrile saying the bill should be
passed immediately to immedi-
ately relieve him of pressure.
What, the great Senator Enrile
could be pressured? Trillanes
said.
I remember him saying other-
wise during the last impeachment
proceedings. Is the pressure com-
ing from Congressman Villafuete
who we see often loitering about
the senators lounge, the Senate
Presidents ofce and even pos-
sibly lobbying to senators while
we are in session?
Trillanes said he kept on look-
ing for a possible explanation
for Enriles irrational behavior
until a news report came out al-
leging that [former President]
Arroyo called the Senate leader
to hasten the passage of the bill.
Fianza...
2010. He was previously Spe-
cial Envoy of the President on
Transnational Crime. He was also
chairman of the Philippine Rac-
ing Commission. Before that,
he served in the defunct Philip-
pine Constabulary and Philippine
National Police, retiring in Octo-
ber 2003 with the rank of Police
Deputy Director General.
Fianza received his bachelors
degree from St. Louis University
in Baguio City. He went on to
complete his Master of Science in
Engineering from the University of
New South Wales in Sydney, Aus-
tralia where he specialized in Traf-
c and Transportation Engineering.
He likewise completed his mas-
ters degree in International Pub-
lic Policy from the Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International
Studies of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity in Washington D.C where
he specialized in Defense and
Security Studies as his specialty.
While assigned as an attach to the
Philippine Embassy, he represented
the country in various seminars and
conferences both here and abroad.
Trillanes...
Shoal in April, but Malacaang
said President Benigno Aquino III
had not asked the senator to take
that role.
Presidential spokesman Edwin
Lacierda told reporters that it was
Trillanes who offered his services to
help ease tensions between Manila
and Beijing, and that Mr. Aquino
only took the offer as part of his poli-
cy to keep all options open.
But Enrile said Trillanes had
met secretly with Chinese ofcials
and sought to protect Beijings in-
terests.
Imagine talking to an enemy, a
potential enemy of this country 16
times? What did he discuss with
these people? Who initiated the
discussion? Did he or did they?
Did they pay for his trip to Bei-
jing? he said. My God, this guy
is a fraud.
Bradys notes also showed that
Trillanes had told her that nobody
in the Philippines cares about the
Scarborough Shoal.
My god what kind of a senator
is this? Enrile said.
Enrile also slammed Trillanes,
best known for leading a mutiny
against former President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo, for accusing
Del Rosario of treason.
This is the senator of the Re-
public calling our secretary a trea-
sonous person in a foreign land.
He does not even know when trea-
son arises, he said.
At one point, Enrile said,
Trillanes asked the Chinese whom
they wanted to deal with, when
Del Rosario was deemed to be tak-
ing too belligerent a stand towards
Beijing.
Bradys notes, Enrile said,
would unmask Trillanes as the
Phantom of the Opera in Philip-
pine politics.
Enrile said he learned of
Trillanesmission during a Cabinet
meeting last July when Trillanes
reportedly aired some complaints
against the Department of Foreign
Affairs.
I just learned about it when I
was invited in Malacaang dur-
ing a Cabinet meeting, when he
[Trillanes] was making a report
for the Cabinet and he was mak-
ing complaints against the DFA,
he said. I was surprised to see him
there.
Enrile said he asked Trillanes, a
former military ofcial implicated
in several failed coup attempts
against the Arroyo administration,
who authorized him to hold such
talks and the senator reportedly
pointed to the President.
Enrile said he was not sure if
Trillanes had sought a travel au-
thority from him to go to China.
I know that he went to China
once but I do not know whether he
got any travel authority from me
for that purpose, Enrile said.
But Trillanes said there was no
need for travel authority because
he did not use his ofcial passport
and that he went to China on days
when there was no session in Con-
gress.
He also said he kept the assign-
ment a secret because that was the
nature of back channeling.
I wasnt supposed to come out.
I nished my job mid-July, early
August. But then there was a re-
port that Foreign Affairs Secretary
Albert del Rosario said Im doing
more harm than good. I just felt
slighted because I did this quietly.
There was no media mileage in
what I did, he said.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
said backdoor negotiations are not
always helpful in solving a
problem.
It is always, always essential
in international relations that the
other side should know who is the
person calling the shots. Before
you sit down at the table, each side
should know already who is the
ultimate authority, she said.
Otherwise there is no point to
talking and talking and you dont
know whether it would be ap-
proved by some higher authority
who is unnamed, she added.
Santiago also said its not advis-
able to reveal in public the prob-
lems within the countrys own dip-
lomatic team.
Never show the enemy that
youre breaking ranks... always
present a united front to the enemy
no matter how bitter your differ-
ences might be, she said.
Senator Loren Legarda, chair-
man of the Senate foreign relations
committee, said she has high
condence and respect for Del
Rosario.
He is doing a difcult job and
his efforts are well appreciated, I
am sure, by many Filipinos. At the
end of the day, there is only one
team that addresses issues of for-
eign policy and that is Team
Philippines headed by the Presi-
dent, with the able support of the
DFA, she said.
Del Rosario issued a statement
saying the DFA executes the for-
eign policy of the President.
We will not dignify those who
are working to divide us. There
must be one policy and one team in
promoting our national interest.
Lacierda also spoke up for Del
Rosario, whom Trillanes had de-
scribed as ineffective and a war
freak when it came to issues in-
volving China.
I can say categorically that
Secretary Del Rosario has the trust
and condence of the President,
he said.
There is only one chief poli-
cymaker, and that is the President.
And there is only one ofcial line,
and that is the Department of For-
eign Affairs. And China knows
this, Lacierda added.
Lacierda said The President was
approached by Trillanes who of-
fered a way forward to the ter-
ritorial row with China.
Lacierda said there appeared to
be minor successes in the track
pursued by Trillanes.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 THURSDAY
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ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com
P2-trillion budget
good as approved
IN BRIEF
UP sets public showing
of Innocence of Muslims
Senate okays new courts
High
expectations.
A worker xes the
steel frame at a
construction site
in Manila. Aquino
administration
ofcials expect the
economy to grow
by 6%, boosted
by construction,
manufacturing
and other major
sectors.
DANNY PATA
It is safe to say that the
proposed budget will be
passed on second reading late
tomorrow night (Thursday),
Gonzales said.
Congress goes on a two-week
recess on Sept. 21, resuming
session on Oct. 8, 2012.
Gonzales said that the House
was very much ahead of
schedule on the budget bill,
whose signicant features in-
clude P1.2 trillion in unpro-
grammed funds and a hefty in-
crease in the state-managed dole
program or conditional cash
transfers.
We assure that account-
ability and transparency are the
primary considerations in the
disbursement of funds, he said.
Budget Secretary Floren-
cio Abad earlier said that the
national budget for next year
would still be funded largely
through revenues.
The 2013 budget would
include the governments in-
creased allocation for the con-
ditional cash transfer program
by almost 20 percent, from this
years P39 billion to roughly
P45 billion.
When session resumes start-
ing on October 8, the budget
bill is also expected to face
smooth sailing in Congress,
Gonzales said.
When we resume to work,
we will approved it on third and
nal reading and transmit it to
the Senate, said Gonzales.
Congress is schedule to go
on a two-week recess starting
September 21, to give way to
ling of certicates of candi-
dacy of candidates for 2013
elections, and would take an-
other break from October 19 to
November 5.
This Thursday, the plenary is
scheduled to approve the budget
of f the Departments of So-
cial Welfare and Development
(DSWD), Education (DepEd),
Energy (DoE), Finance (DoF),
Budget and Management (DBM),
other Executive Ofces, National
Economic and Development Au-
thority (NEDA) and their respec-
tive attached agencies.
On Wednesday, the plenary
tackled the appropriations of
the Ofce of the President,
Congress of the Philippines,
Departments of Agrarian Re-
form (DaR), Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR) and
Interior and Local Government
(DILG), Ofce of the President
and their respective attached
agencies.
Out of the combined budg-
etary allocations of the social
services and economic serv-
ices sector of P1.210 trillion
for 2013 - 60.3 percent of the
P2-trillion budget supports the
achievement of the targets.
The budget also consists of
P1.2 trillion in programmed
new appropriations for na-
tional government operations,
programs and projects; and
P755.2 billion in automatic
appropriations for debt serv-
icing, local government alloca-
tions and others.
By Maricel V. Cruz
THE House of Representatives is
much ahead of its schedule on the
P2-trillion national budget for 2013,
and this has prompted Majority Lead-
er Rep. Neptali Gonzales to say that
the appropriations bill will likely be
approved today after two weeks of
plenary debates.
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Elections commission said on
Wednesday that it would consider a ne-
gotiated bid or direct contracting for the
lease of a warehouse to be used as con-
guration facility for the voting machines
in next years elections.
Last month, the poll body had declared
the joint venture of Storage Solutions,
Inc. and ASA Color and Chemical Indus-
tries as eligible after it submitted a bid of
P318,887,777.00 (P 98,119,316.04 a year
or P8,176,609.67 a month) in the lease of
a warehouse with conguration facilities.
The committee ruled that being the only
eligible bidder, the joint venture had been
considered as the bidder with the lowest
calculated bid.
But the commission later found out dur-
ing the post qualication evaluation that the
warehouse unit being leased by the joint
venture was not their own property.
Nuong tinignan namin, hindi pala siya
ang may ari. There is a provision that you
cannot sublease, so magiging subleasee
kami, said Comelec Sixto Brillantes Jr.
said. (When we checked, we found out
that they do not own the property. There
is a provision that you can not sublease
and in this case, we become a subleasee).
Brillantes said the awards committee
suggested several options, and even rec-
ommended to the Commission that it go
into direct contracting.
One option is we can stay over in the
same place and start building our own.
Thats already for the subsequent elec-
tions, Brillantes said.
The commission had allocated P112
million for one years lease of a ware-
house with conguration facilities for the
80,000 precinct count optical scan ma-
chines the agency acquired from Smart-
matic International.
Brillantes said that based on a Comelec
resolution and upon the recommendation
of its Project Management Ofce, the
lease of a warehouse had been put on top
of the list of the goods, services and infra-
structure required to be procured for the
May 13, 2013 elections.
Brillantes said they need to immediate-
ly acquire a warehouse because the terms
for the free use of the SMTT Warehouse
in Cabuyao, Laguna had already expired
on August 31, 2012.
At least 82,000 PCOS units are stored in
the warehouse of Smartmatic in Cabuyao,
Laguna.
THE political opposition
on Wednesday rallied
behind former president
and Pampanga Rep. Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo who
was accused of allegedly
masterminding the alleged
P111-billion Presidents
Bridge Program under the
Aquino administration.
Minority Leader Danilo
Suarez and Rep. Milagros
Magsaysay of Zambales
said that even the past
administrations before
the tenure of Arroyo had
carried out the same bridge
program funded through
Ofcial Development
Assistance (ODA).
Its unfair. They
shouldnt shoot from the
hips, Suarez told reporters
at a weekly news forum.
He was referring to
Senator Serge Osmena who
said Monday on national
television that the past
administration orchestrated
the grandmother of all
scam by allowing her
cohorts to overprice by at
least P20 billion the bridge
program.
Osmena even asked
the Senate Blue Ribbon
Committee to conduct an
investigation.
The Arroyo camp also
earlier played down
Osmeas disclosure,
saying that the deal he
referred to spanned four
administrations, including
Mr. Aquinos.
Magsaysay, for her
part, said that if ever the
Senate would conduct a
probe on the matter, they
cannot compel Arroyo to
testift as a matter of inter-
parliamentary courtesy.
It is an unfair statement
to just attrbute it to one
person, to just one president
because it even happened in
the past administrations,
Magsasaysay said.
How can you expect
investments to pour in
a particular region if
there are no infrastrcture
projects. Thats what you
call foresight.. At the end
of the day, that is what
the government should
be doingto develop the
countryside, she said.
Maricel Cruz
By Joyce Pangco Paares
AMID the dismal showing of some of the pos-
sible senatorial bets of the administration for the
2013 polls, Malacaang has expressed hope
that President Benigno Aquino IIIs high ap-
proval and trust ratings will eventually translate
into better standing for their candidates.
This after Mr. Aquinos approval and trust
ratings improved signicantly for the third
quarter at 78 percent both in the most recent
survey of Pulse Asia, up from Mays 67 per-
cent approval and 65 percent trust ratings.
The President has positive inuence,
presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said.
He said the Presidents vote-getting inuence
will probably be reected in the next survey
when the administration slate under the Liberal
Party coalition has already been announced.
The period of conversion of the aware-
ness factor will depend perhaps on the time
the LP and its coalition would announce its
slate, he said.
In a recent survey of the senatorial hope-
fuls, only six candidates of the adminis-
tration coalition made it to the so-called
Magic 12, namely incumbent Senators Alan
Cayetano, Antonio Trillanes IV, and Aqui-
lino Pimentel III, Aurora Rep. Sonny An-
gara, former Las Pias Rep. Cynthia Villar,
and former Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
The Pulse Asia survey, conducted last
August 31 to September 7, found that only
4 percent of Filipinos were critical of Mr.
Aquino while 18 percent were
ambivalent.
The September survey
results were almost
back to his May 2010
ratings of 79 percent
approval and 80
percent trust
ratings.
THE Labor department said that the new measure issued by the
United Arab Emirates requiring foreign workers to have university
degree before getting a visa should not cause worry to Filipinos
because its impact on them is minimal.
Labor spokesperson Nicon Fameronag issued the statment, add-
ing that the department has yet to receive any formal communica-
tion from the UAE government.
Since we dont have the ofcial communication from our labor
counterpart in the UAE, we could not make any statement regard-
ing this issue, he said.
The UAE was quoted by reports as saying that it would require
foreign workers, including Filipinos, to rst obtain a university de-
gree before a visa is issued to them.
The Department of Labor and Employment said there are be-
tween 280,000 and 450,000 Filipinos who live in the UAE, and they
form 4.3% of the overall population there.
Dubai is home to the largest population of Filipinos in the UAE,
followed by Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, Fameronag said.
Filipinos in the UAE sent more than $600 million in remittances
back to the Philippines in 2011.
Filipinos in the UAE are primarily migrant oFws employed
in the architecture, construction, cargo shipping design engi-
neering, energy, information technology, marketing, medical,
real estate, retail, telecommunications, and tourism[ sectors or
as domestic helpers.
The Philippines and UAE have set the monthly minimum salary
for Filipinos at $400. Vito Barcelo
THE University of the Philippines
will hold a public showing of the
trailer of the amateur film Inno-
cence of Muslims.
In a statement, the law students
said the public showing will be
part of an open forum to discuss
the scope and limitations of the
freedom of expression.
The controversial lm sparked
attacks and protest actions against
the United States across Africa and
the Middle East.
The open forum will be held
at the lobby of the UP College
of Law in Diliman, Quezon City
at 6 pm on Friday. Joyce Pangco
Paares
THE CREATION of the new
courts in the provinces will ease
the backlog of unresolved cases in
the regional and municipal courts,
Senator Francis Escudero said o
Wednesday.
The Senate has approved on
third reading the creation of 71
new courtsand additional courts
are ready for sponsorship before
the session adjourns this week, he
said.
Approved on third reading were
the the following: one RTC in
North Cotabato, four in Compos-
tela Valley, one in Isabela, four in
Bukidnon, one in Negros Oriental,
14 RTCs in Barili, Danao City, and
Mandaue City in Cebu province, 17
in San Mateo and Antipolo City in
Rizal province; Two in Quezon, 10
in San Pedro, Sta. Cruz, and Bian
in Laguna province, four in Tarlac,
six in Pampanga, and ve in Mal-
abon City.
Also approved were the crea-
tion of one MeTC in Malabon City
and one MTCC in Antipolo City.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Minority
solons
gang up
on Serge
Negotiated deal eyed on poll machines
Minimal impact seen
of UAE policy on Filipinos
Aquino factor to boost LP bets
Magsaysay Jr.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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A4
A GLOWING President Benigno Aquino
III addressed all those present at the
second Integrity Summit held Tuesday
in Makati City. Survey rms had just
revealed that Mr. Aquino continues to
enjoy high popularity ratingsin fact the
highest since he took ofce more than two
years ago.
And then, there were the tangible
gains supposedly as a result of this
administrations more transparent
economic and governance policy: Gross
Domestic Product continues to grow amid
pressures from the external environment,
global competitiveness is up, credit
standings have been adjusted upwards and
the stock market is seeing a record year.
The President emphasized that a stable,
rules-based and predictable policy is key
to improving economic conditions and
enticing investors to put their money here.
He also said that his administration is
investing in Filipinos, citing the budget
percentages and allocations growth to
social services and infrastructure.
Finally, he talked about his dream
successorsomebody with foresight, he
said, who would not pass by a stray can on
the road but who would instead pick it up
and take it upon himself to act.
All in all, the Presidents message was
a feel-good one. Integrity, after all, is a
virtue not deemed possessed by many in
government.
If only some members of the Presidents
team, or those perceived as his allies,
were not making a mockery out of his
pronouncements, and if only Mr. Aquino
had the gumption to take them to task for
doing so, even though they are his friends.
For example, a senator revealed that he had
been appointed as back-channel negotiator
for the Philippines dispute with the Chinese
on both countries claims on Scarborough
Shoal. Senator Antonio Trillanes, known
for nothing else except for staging a mutiny
and spewing bile on former President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo, now has the face to
criticize the Foreign Affairs Secretary for
allegedly mishandling of the diplomatic row.
Trillanes also walked out of Wednesdays
Senate session after an argument with the
Senate president. How is that for diplomacy?
Then, too, two senatorial aspirants,
Senator Francis Escudero and Movie and
Television Review and Classication
Board chairman Grace Llamanzares, have
been allowed to be common candidates
for two coalitions competing against
each other for next Mays polls. What do
Escuderos and Llamanzares indecision
and opportunism say about the sacredness
of party afliations here in the country?
This week, the passage of the Cybercrime
Prevention Law took many by surprise
especially since it blatantly curbs freedom
of expression. Why was there presidential
support for this bill, and why is there none
for the freedom of information bill that
remains pending in Congress? And we
thought this administration was all about
transparency.
Integrityaside from doing the right
thing even when nobody is watching,
as someone once wisely pointed out
is ensuring that what is being claimed
is actually being done. Integrity is not
leaving out any facts even though they
may not t into the picture one is trying
to paint.
The face of integrity
Special Envoy Trillanes
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IT WAS only last month when the head
of the Philippine Olympic Committee
called Senator Antonio Trillanes a
sports ignoramus for meddling in
POCs affairs. Well, Trillanes seems
to have found his true calling in, of
all places, the much more arcane and
specialized eld of foreign affairs.
Trillanes is currently engaged
in a word war with Foreign Affairs
Secretary Albert del Rosario, who
accused the senator of doing more
harm than good by interfering in
the Philippines
territorial dispute
with China in the
South China Sea. In
response, Trillanes
claimed that he
was authorized by
President Noynoy
Aquino to engage in
back-channel talks
with the Chinese
to resolve the spat
because Del Rosario
had proven to be
ineffective at his job.
Ma l a c a a n g ,
in embarrassed
reaction, has ordered
both the foreign affairs secretary and
its new diplomatic troubleshooter to
stop talking about who did or didnt do
what. The Palace called for a ceasere
even as it tried to prevent yet another
areup in the dispute with China,
which has now thankfully turned its
attentions to Japan in its bid to control
nearly all of the territories off its
eastern seaboard.
Meanwhile, Trillanes designation
as Malacaangs chief unofcial
emissary to Beijing remains shrouded
in mystery. And the clampdown on
ofcial pronouncements has only
increased the decibel level from those
who want answers to certain very
important questions.
For instance, why would Aquino
appoint Trillaneswho practically
spent all of his adult life either in the
military as a junior ofcer or in jail on
charges of rebellionas its backdoor
negotiator with the Chinese? What
makes a senator who never showed
any interest or aptitude for foreign
affairs this administrations go-to guy
in the dispute with China, to the point
that even the foreign affairs secretary
would object?
More importantly, what secret deals
was Trillanes authorized to make and
which of these were actually entered
into by the back-channel negotiator in
the name of the Republic? How will
these deals affect our claims to the
disputed territories?
* * *
Before Malacaang told Trillanes
and Del Rosario to shut up, the
senator had claimed that his foray
into diplomacy directly led to the de-
escalation of tensions in Scarborough
Shoal, something he said the foreign
secretary was unable to do. Del
Rosario, according to Trillanes,
was actually an advocate of further
escalation of the conict, not only
because he was acting on orders of
the United States but also because the
secretary was furthering the business
interests of his former boss, tycoon
Manuel Pangilinan.
In fact, since his role as unofcial
envoy of Aquino to China was
divulged by Del Rosario, Trillanes has
declared nothing but contempt for the
Cabinet member. Del Rosario, said the
former mutineer, was a war freak
who nearly brought us to an armed
conict with a superpower neighbor
back in April.
In his defense, Del Rosario said
everything he and his department did
was in accordance with the policy
laid down by Aquino in terms of
defending what is ours. The... record
would reect [that] DFA has remained
faithful to the Presidents mandate to
defend what is ours and to pursue a
peaceful resolution
on the... issue, in
accordance with
international law.
I n d e e d ,
based merely on
Aquinos ofcial
pronouncements
since his
inaugural address
in 2010, DFA
has consistently
i m p l e m e n t e d
A q u i n o s
belligerent policy
with regard to
China, to the point
of being accused
of pandering to a warlike Presidents
wishes. This, despite Manilas long
history of peaceful relations with
Beijing ever since Ferdinand Marcos
normalized diplomatic ties with the
Chinese back in the seventies.
At the very least, Aquino himself
must explain why he ordered DFA to
act like the Philippines was getting
ready to go to war with the Chinese,
even as he was sending his unlikely
emissary from the Senate to negotiate
a peaceful settlement whose terms
have been kept from the Filipino
people. Shouldnt the nation be told
about what Trillanes signed off on in
our name, especially since nobody but
Aquino authorized him to do so?
(It is naive to theorize that the
Chinese did not know exactly who
they were dealing with in Trillanes.
Beijings foreign ministry is probably
better informed about what is going
on in the Philippines than Trillanes
himself, because the Chinese have
full-time experts who do nothing but
monitor the situation in a country
that it has an ongoing dispute with
and which hosts a sizableand
economically dominantethnic
Chinese population.)
The full repercussions of sending
a neophyte lawmaker and convicted
coup plotter to negotiate sub rosa with
a superpower for a peace that runs
counter to stated government policy will
probably not be known immediately.
But if Trillanes eventually proves
himself to be an ignoramus in foreign
affairs, as well as in sports and other
elds, Aquinoas the President who
sent a boy to do a mans jobshould
take responsibility for that.
As for Del Rosario, perhaps he
should consider returning to the
private sector. After Aquinos virtual
vote of no-condence in him (which
explains Trillanes condential
appointment), he shouldnt wait to be
unceremoniously kicked out of DFA.
DESPITE the view of the United
Nations Committee on Human Rights
that Philippine criminal libel is contrary
to Article 19 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR) on freedom of expression,
Congress and President Benigno
Aquino III still enacted the Cybercrime
Prevention Law which, among other
things, added electronic libel as a new
criminal offense.
Worse, this new law increased the
penalty for cyber libel to prision mayor
from the current prision correctional
provided under the Revised Penal Code.
This means that electronic libel is
now punished with imprisonment from
six years and one day to up to 12 years,
while those convicted for ordinary
libel under the RPC are subject to
imprisonment only from six months and
one day to four years and two months.
And because parole, a means by which
a convict may be spared from actual
imprisonment may be granted only to
those sentenced to serve a prison term
for no more than six months and one
day, anyone convicted for cyber libel
will inevitably serve a prison term.
Since the Philippines leads the rest
of the world in terms of Facebook and
Twitter usage, this means that unlike
ordinary libel complaints which are
oftentimes brought against printed
newspapers -given the element of
publication, any user of these leading
social media tools is now liable for
prosecution. The fact that an allegedly
libelous writing appeared on the Internet
is already sufcient to prove the element
of publication.
The new Cybercrime law is an
outright deance of the UN Human
Rights Committee View in the case
of Alexander Adonis vs. Republic of the
Philippines.
In that View, the UNHRC declared
that Philippine libel law under the RPC
contravenes freedom of expression on
two counts: one, it is a disproportionate
means by which to achieve its avowed
goal of protecting the privacy of private
persons; and two, because there is an
alternative in the form of civil libel, or
the payment of damages.
The UN HCR also took the view that
our libel in the Philippines, because it
does not recognize truth as a defense, is
additionally defective on this ground.
While the View of the UNHRC
is this instance is non-binding, the
Philippines nonetheless is under an
obligation to heed it because of the
maxim pacta sundt servanda, or that
treaty obligations must be complied
with in good faith. The UN Human
Rights Committee Views, since the
membership of the body consist of
leading experts in human rights, are
accepted as authoritative on the issue of
states compliance with their obligations
under the ICCPR.
Simply put, the view against our libel
law is very strong evidence of breach
of a state obligation under the ICCPR
And instead of heeding the UNs call to
review its existing libel law, Congress
and President Aquino appeared to have
slammed the body by enacting an even
more draconian legislation against
cyber libel.
Our constitutional commitment
to freedom of expression has long
been recognized. Justice Holmes, for
instance, wrote: When men have
realized that time has upset many
ghting faiths, they may come to
believe even more than they believe the
very foundations of their own conduct
that the ultimate good desired is better
reached by free trade in ideas -- that
the best test of truth is the power of
the thought to get itself accepted in the
competition of the market . . . .
The commitment exists because it
is only through freedom of expression
that we are able to discern the truth and
able to scalize despotic regimes: The
freedom to speak ones mind is not only
an aspect of individual libertyand thus
a good unto itselfbut also is essential
to the common quest for truth and the
vitality of society as a whole. We have
therefore been particularly vigilant to
ensure that individual expressions of
ideas remain free from governmentally
imposed sanctions.
By criminalizing internet libel,
government expanded the infringement
of freedom of expression even to the
realm that has enabled us to give life
to the principle of a free market place
of ideas- the internet. Prior to this law,
it is ironic that the Philippines was
even cited by the United Nations for
not interfering with the internet. The
law is a testament to the reality that
despite the overwhelming mandate
given to this administration, coupled
with its unprecedented public approval
ratings, it continues to be insecure and
unable to compete in the market place
of ideas.
We will see the Aquino administration
in court on this one. And we will
prevail. For unlike other laws that
enjoy the presumption of regularity, this
cybercrime law, insofar as it infringes
on freedom of expression, will come to
court with a very heavy presumption of
unconstitutionality.
There can be nothing sadder than
suing the son of icons of democracy for
infringement into a cherished right.
Cybercrime law and freedom of expression
MARLON C. MAGTIRA Online Editor/Tech Section Editor
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
ATTY. HARRY
ROQUE JR.
VIEW FROM MALCOLM
Trillanes
designation as
Malacaangs
unofcial emissary
to Beijing remains
shrouded in
mystery.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
ITS all systems go for the 40
th

anniversary of the 365 Club at Hotel
Intercontinental, Makati City on
Saturday night.
The club got its name from the
daily meetings of media personalities,
professionals, businessmen and
government people of diverse political
and economic persuasions. We
exchange views over cups of coffee at
the Jeepney coffee shop of the hotel.
Our club was founded on September
22, 1972 or the day after President
Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law.
The 365 Club is unique because it
has no charter, no set of ofcers, no list
of members and no particular purpose
except to serve as venue for freedom of
expression.
We were even
described by
the Wall Street
Journal as the
only one of its kind
where freedom
of expression and
press freedom are
exercised in their
full meaning.
The fact that we
survived martial
rule and ve presidents thereafter
attests to this.
My mentor and 365 Club co-founder,
Doroy Valencia, died in 1976 and I took
over as self-proclaimed chairman. A
year ago, I proclaimed myself chairman
emeritus with businessman-sportsman
Alfonso Boy Reyno assuming the
title of chairman.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile,
who shares coffee, jokes, gossip and
views with is almost daily, is our
honorary chairman.
Our guest speaker on Saturday is
Vice President and former Makati
mayor Jejomar Binay. All these
years, our club has been based in
Makati. The BinaysJojo, his wife
Dra. Elenita Binay and their son
Mayor Jun-jun are all honorary
members of the club.
I would like to thank the major
supporters of the eventManila Jockey
Club, Wiltime Production, Ambassador
Antonio Cabangon Chua, Arturo
Atayde, First Philippine Holdings,
National Food Authority, the Philippine
National Police and Alphalandfor
making the celebration possible.
I would also like to thank the
organizing committee members.
Special mention goes to Boy Reyno,
former Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster
sa Pilipinas Maloli Espinosa-Supnet,
and Roy Singuego, Bert Lumauig and
his daughter Gina, Dante Garcia, and
MJCs communications head David
Nugent.
The 365 Club will confer posthumous
awards to Ka Doroy Valencia, rst
chairman of the club, lawyer Leonardo
Siguion-Reyna, who acted as our
historian until he died at the ripe age of
89, Marcos Immigration Commissioner
Munding Reyes, Ambassador Kokoy
Romualdez who despite his debilitating
ailment still found time to be with us, as
well as to Marcos Information Minster
Sunshine Joe Aspiras.
Scrolls of honor will be awarded
to Ambassador Felimon Cuevas,
Bulletins Dr. Emilio Yap, former
Presidents Joseph Estrada and Fidel
Ramos. The 365 Club Special Icon
Award goes to Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile, and Endurance Award
to yours truly. I had objected to this
award since it might be mistaken as an
inside jobbut I was overruled by the
organizing committee.
The Saturday event will show how
sacred we hold freedom of expression
and democracy in this country.
***
Im surprised, as everybody else is,
at reports that Malacaang has Senator
Antonio Trillanes and a group back-
channeling the countrys efforts to
maintain our sovereignty over the
disputed islands in what is now called
by the Aquino administration as the
West Philippine Sea.
The bigger surprise is that Trillanes
is even badmouthing Foreign Affairs
Secretary Albert del Rosario in the
latters attempt
to resolve the
issue with China,
rationally and
peacefully, despite
Chinas bullying
tactics.
W h a t
background does
Trillanes have
that the President
would entrust him
with this crucial
task? We already have Del Rosario
representing us. He is an experienced
diplomat and he knows what the
country is up against.
Wasnt Trillanes part of the Magdalo
Group that attempted to overthrow the
government? He launched a mutiny
and then became a senatorno thanks
to Filipino voters who regarded him as
some sort of hero.
What is Malacaang doing? It
should know that it must speak only
through the foreign affairs department.
But why has the President allowed a
politician to get into the act?
This is worsened by the fact that our
government keeps invoking the name
of Uncle Sam as of to scare China.
***
Until the list of senatorial
candidates is made ofcial for both
the United Nationalist Alliance and the
administration coalition of the Liberal
Party-Nacionalista Party-Nationalist
Peoples Coalition, the following could
be their respective aspirants:
For UNA, they are Loren Legarda,
Chiz Escudero (common candidate),
Jackie Ponce Enrile, JV Ejercito,
Migz Zubiri, Dick Gordon, Mitos
Magsaysay, Joey de Venecia, Grace
Poe Llamanzares (common candidate)
Ernie Maceda, Greg Honasan and
Nancy Binay. Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia
may opt not to run because of her
pending graft case.
For the administration coalition they
are: Alan Peter Cayetano, Escudero
(common candidate) Jun Magsaysay,
Antonio Trillanes, Sonny Angara,
Llamanzares (common candidate),
Cynthia Villar, Erin Taada, Rizza
Hontiveros, Ruffy Biazon, Bam
Aquino and Jamby Madrigal. Tesda
director-general Joel Villanueva has
been dropped because of low ratings.
From the looks of it, it will be an
UNA year in 2013. This practically
ensures a Binay presidency in 2016.
All systems go
for 365 Club
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
Be smart, not just tough, in the Middle East
Bloomberg Editorial
A WEEK has passed since United States
Ambassador Christopher Stevens was
killed in Libya, but the debate about how
the US should respond to the Middle
Easts turmoil has barely progressed
beyond name-calling. Something better
is needed, because this problem isnt
going away.
Riots sparked by the made-in-the-
USA, anti-Islam video that ostensibly
helped to provoke his death have
continued, underlining that US
positions in the region can become
hostage at any time to some crackpots
irreverent portrayal of the Prophet
Muhammad.
A suicide attack this week
in Afghanistan killed at least 12 more
people, nine of them foreigners. The
Taliban-linked perpetrators claimed
the attack was in revenge for the video.
That followed a day of riots outside
US diplomatic missions in Indonesia
and Pakistan. In Lebanon, Hezbollah
leader Hassan Nasrallah made a rare
public appearance before protesters
to call for a sustained movement in
defense of the Prophet. Irans Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also got
in on the act.
Wrong answers
Needless to say, most of these
responses are opportunistic. The video,
called Innocence of the Muslims, was
no more than a useful tool to pursue
existing agendas, as was probably the
case at the US Consulate in Benghazi,
where Stevens died.
So how to respond? Well, you
could follow the lead of Senator John
McCain and House Intelligence
Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, for
example, who cast the riots and Stevens
death as a product of US weakness and
failed leadership in the Middle East.
They say a tougher, more assertive US
is the answer. They also say the US is
too weak on Iran and Syria.
Yet if we have learned anything
since Islamist radicals started trying, as
far back as 1979, to oust the US from
the Middle East with attacks, it is the
folly of using toughness as the chief
criterion for evaluating US policy in the
region. That perspective often seems to
produce the wrong answers.
Whats needed is a more clear-eyed
approach that emphasizes effectiveness
over toughness. In that light, we have
four recommendations to make about
how to respond to this latest spasm of
anti-American riots, which sadly wont
be the last.
First, dont let talk of a clash of
values become self- fullling. It is a fact
that many Muslims dont believe that
free speech trumps religious dictates
against blasphemy. The US cant do
much about this. It certainly shouldnt
bend its own values in response, or get
involved in censoring what YouTube
posts. But the US also shouldnt count
on persuading conservative Muslims to
change their sensitivities anytime soon.
In the meantime, they have a right to
express their disgust at a meritless and
hateful video, including by peaceful
protest.
The US government, equally, has
the right to distance itself vigorously
from trash, produced by a convicted
fraudster, that it had no hand in
producing or distributingand without
being accused of apologizing for US
values.
Second, the US needs to be realistic
in dealing with the Arab Springs
newly elected Islamist governments.
The decision by Egypt and Tunisia to
call for protests on the video is not
evidence that they want to sever
relations with the US, or that the
US has been naive in engaging with
them. These governments compete
for power with ultraconservatives
and feel that not to take the lead in
protesting well-publicized insults to the
Prophet would be political suicide. The
US should go on working with these
inherently awkward partners while
demanding that their police offer more
determined protection to US diplomatic
missions and other assets.
Smart security
Third, the US needs to produce
more Chris Stevenses and do a better
job of protecting them. Ambassador
Stevens was unusual not just in his
Arabic prociency, but also in his
willingness to move outside the
bubble of security that insulates
most US diplomatic personnel in the
region. The challenge the US faces
one that we hope proposed hearings
on the Libya attacks take up is in
safeguarding its personnel without
walling them off from the world.
Fourth, in its use of power, the US
needs to make a clear distinction among
its responses to terrorists, Islamist
governments and ordinary conservative
Muslims, all of whom have played
a role in turmoil over the videos and
demand separate responses.
IS THE new cybercrime law oppressive?
Republic Act 10175, signed by the
President into law a week ago, lists
punishable acts related to hacking,
misuse of devices, frauds and cons,
spam, and pornography (specically child
porn and cybersex).
But what alarms bloggers and Internet-
based news outlets most is a section that
includes libel as one of the punishable
content-related offenses:
Section 4 (4) Libel The unlawful
or prohibited acts of libel as dened in
Article 355 of the Revised Penal Code, as
amended committed through a computer
system or any other similar means which
may be devised in the future.
Libel is dened in Art. 353 as the
public and malicious imputation of
a crime, or of a vice or defect, real or
imaginary, or any act, omission, condition,
status or circumstance tending to cause
the dishonor, discredit, or contempt of a
natural or juridical person, or to blacken
the memory of one who is dead.
This denition of libel is rather vague
and subjective to begin with; and as usual
with lawmakers, as a former congressman
explained to me, they add all sorts of catch-
all phrases to cover the possible situations
that might arise in relation to that law.
So libel and defamation cases hinge on
either sides claim of what is malicious,
vice, defect, dishonor, the denition
of keywords such as privacy, and so on.
(There is also the matter of the libel
provision being inserted after the bill
passed the Senate, when this is not allowed
after the second reading. That was illegal
to begin with.)
As a writer being regularly published in
several newspapers, I have to be cognizant
of libel laws. As far as I can recall, I was
told in j-school at the University of the
Philippines that criticism of public gures is
not libelous as long as it is directed to their
actions in their capacities as such. Bloggers
are, in effect, self-published writers, who in
the main have not taken a mandatory class
in the law of the mass media.
And with the freedom to publish afforded
by the Internet, we are treated to a gamut of
content, all the way from legitimate news to
scurrilous gossip. Public gures and their
foibles are among the favorite topics for
discussion and comment.
The rst case I recall of a blog that
was imputed to contain malicious content
occurred in 2007 with the anonymously-
penned Chikatime. It exposed the
scandalous behavior of high-prole
socialites, who heaved a collective sigh
of relief when the blogs writer stopped
posting after a few months.
This was followed in 2008 by the
Gucci Gang controversy, where Brian
Gorrell, blogging from his home country
of Australia, regularly posted juicy gossip
about Manilas elite crowd, alleging
theft, drugs, and general bad behavior all
around. The case taxed legal minds on
how to extend existing libel laws into the
wild wide world of the Internet.
Is RA 10175 the solution to similar
loose cannon bloggers? You have to
rst catch them, but how do you even
police a virtual domain? While RA 10175
provides for the creation of a Cybercrime
Investigation and Coordinating Center
under the Ofce of the President (Sec.
24) and for the designation of special
cybercrime courts manned by specially
trained judges to handle cybercrime cases
(Sec. 21), how long will it take to set all
this up and train all these people before the
CICC becomes truly effective?
Sec. 27 appropriates fty million
pesosannually for the implementation
of this Act. Is that adequate? I dont think
so, given the cost of computer equipment
alone. Were not talking just desktop PCs
but server farms.
How about the budget for manpower?
How many people do you need straining
their eyes on the computer 24/7 to read every
blog, Tweet, and Facebook status emanating
from the Philippines or written by a Filipino
national anywhere on the planet?
How about in the case of libelous
material posted anonymously, under an
assumed user name? How are you ever
going to nd out who done it?
Second, you have to prove the posted
material was actually libelous and/or
defamatory. As I mentioned earlier, that is
subject to interpretation and argument by
both sides.
Third, whats to prevent abuse of the
law? In this country, money is persuasive
and just might convince a band of enforcers
to swoop down on the ofce of a webhost
to shut down its servers without due process.
The Internet serves as a bastion of
free speech. Dissidents who might be
harassed or persecuted use it to promote
advocacies, as in the case of the Arab
Spring nations who turned to Twitter to
let the world know about their struggle for
freedom. New media has earned a place in
legitimate journalism and activism.
Netizens have their own way of dealing
with negative and libelous comments in
general. They recognize the haters and
trolls for what they are and quite rightly
ignore them.
This, however, has not been successful
in the instances of true cyberbullying. As
I said in my last column, cyberbullying is
mean, cruel behavior by online commenters
that pushes the person in question to the
extremeto attempt or commit suicide.
There isnt even a provision against that in
RA 10175, meaning the law is inadequate
right out of the starting gate.
So, back to my original questionis
RA 10175 oppressive? Yes, it could be,
as with any law or power wielded by any
entity. As always, it is up to citizens to be
vigilant and make sure that abuse is never
perpetrated.
Should we bloggers and social media
users worry? Common sense and a
working knowledge of libel laws should
dictate our actions. Other than that, there
shouldnt be a problem.
But if there is, we bloggers and
Tweeters know what to do, and we will do
it without fear in order to protect our right
to freedom of speech.
E-mail: jennyo@live.com, Blog: http://
jennyo.net, Facebook: Gogirl Caf,
Twitter: @jennyortuoste
The cybercrime law
THE tragic air crash that claimed the life
of Secretary Jesse Robredo deected the
attention that should have been given to
analyzing the failure of the government
to anticipate and respond to the typhoon
and monsoon rains that caused so much
damage last August.
In fact, everything seems to have
already been forgotten. No longer
is anyone asking why the pumping
stations were not working at the height
of the typhoon and monsoon rains due
to lack of diesel fuel. That failure is
totally unacceptable and whoever was
responsible should be charged and
punished.
The Philippines is one of the
most disaster-prone countries in the
world. Thousands die every year and
infrastructure damage is in the billions
of pesos. According to the Citizens
Disaster Response Center, 1774 people
were killed during disasters in 2011.
About 3 million families15.3 million
peoplewere affected. Infrastructure
damage was estimated at about P26
billion. The Philippine Institute of
Development Studies also estimates
that in the last two decades between
1990 and 2010, there were 228 weather
and climate related disasters. Between
2000 and 2010, 83.4 million people
were affected by weather and climate
related disasters.
It is therefore hard to fathom why
the government has not yet developed a
system or program to solve or mitigate
the disastrous effects of oods and other
natural calamities. What we see all the
time is the failure of the government
not just this administration but also the
previous ones to institute measures to be
able to act proactively to lessen the effects
of these disasters. Every disaster is like
a new experience when in fact we have
had so many calamities to learn from.
One reason for this, I believe,
is the way authorities view and
understand risk management. Most
of our government efforts are focused
on what to do in the aftermath of a
disaster. This is why calamity funds
are released after the disaster. But risk
management is more on preparations
so that when disasters do happen,
the damage and casualties will be
to the barest minimum. As it is, the
government seems to rely too much on
big-ticket projects like the P352-billion
ood plan.
Well and good, but cheaper and
doable projects can also be implemented
before the next typhoon and ood strike
again. Efcient garbage collection
and the clearing of the drainage
system before the rainy season, for
instance, can immensely reduce the
ferocity of ooding. If done efciently,
the drainage will function more
efciently and garbage will not have
to be collected in Manila Bay. Disaster
preparedness is a very dynamic process.
It involves constant training, practice
and the checking and inspection of all
equipment and facilities to ensure that
all parts of the system function properly
when the time for action comes. Plans
are useless they are not upgraded and
reviewed constantly.
As shown in the ash ood that
stranded more than 1,500 students of the
University of Santo Tomas, authorities
are totally unprepared to respond. If the
ood authorities cannot even anticipate
this kind of problem, how much more
with the bigger ones?
There are other countries like the
Netherlands that are also disaster prone.
The country being lower than the sea,
it is always in danger of ooding. The
Dutch however have been able to solve
the problem of ooding because they put
all their knowledge, efforts, and resources
until they were able to lick the problem.
There must be something wrong with
the way we do things in our country. The
damages both in life and infrastructure
alone should be enough incentive for
us to get disaster preparedness right.
Yet we continue to procrastinate and
suffer every year. Our casualties are
in the thousands every year, yet we
continue to have no sense of urgency
with regard to the problem. Maybe it
has something to do with our standards.
If the authorities cannot even put diesel
fuel to our water pumps at the height of
the monsoon rains, what can the people
really expect?
***
By all accounts, Robredo was not
only an exemplary, dedicated and multi-
awarded public servant. He was also
a very decent human being. He lived a
simple life nding time amidst his busy
schedule to tutor his daughter. I do not
think I can say or add anything more
of the good things said about him. He
richly deserves all the praises.
One of the stories about him which
abbergasted me was his taking the
bus on weekends to go home to his
family in Naga. How many people
in his position would do the same
thing? None that I know of. In fact,
his predecessor is still reportedly
going around Metro Manila with two
motorcycle police escorts.
It is ironic, however, that his bosses
did not seem to appreciate the work he
was doing while he was alive. He was
never helped in his conrmation and
there were the constant rumors that he
was going to be replaced by someone
else. Yet he never complained. He
simply persevered and soldiered on.
When he died, his superior left no stone
unturned to give him more honors than
what he would have accepted if he were
alive. Well, he is probably having the
last laugh.
I hope there are more people like
Robredo in government.
Our forgetful government
Our club has
been described as
the only one of its
kind.
FLORENCIO
FIANZA
DUTY CALLS
Classifeds
ManilaStandardToday adv.mst@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 THURSDAY
A6
Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cebu 1st District Engineering Offce
Regional Equipment Services Compound
V. Sotto Street, Cebu City
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Cebu 1
st
District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects :
Item No. 1
a. Contract ID : 12HD0053
b. Contract Name : Cluster XXVII Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of
Damaged Paved National Roads (intermittent sections):
1. KO105+138-KO105+338 - Php3,589,555.57
(KO104+815-KO105+016)
2. KO105+500 KO107+000 - 5,197,785.25
3. KO105+338 KO105+408 - 1,498,250.97
(KO104+951 KO105+016)
KO105+408 KO105+418
(KO105+(-194)-KO105+(-187))
4. KO105+120-KO105+138 - 374,984.31
TOTAL - Php10,660,576.10

c. Contract Location : Toledo-Tabuelan-San Remegio, Cebu
d. Scope of Work : Concreting
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php10,660,576.10
f. Contract Duration : 121 Calendar Days
g. Funding Source : CY 2013 Regular Infra.
h. Bid Document Fee : Php10,000.00
Item No. 2
b. Contract Name : Cluster XXVIII :
1) Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/ - Php8,452,447.76
Upgrading of Damaged Paved
National Roads (intermittent
sections) BCMDM Road,
KO134+387 KO134+880
2) Road Upgrading (Gravel to - 4,382,720.45
Paved) at BCMDM Road,
KO132+335 KO132+586
(KO129+(-491) KO129+(-280)
TOTAL - Php12,835,168.21
c. Contract Location : Bogo-Curva-Medellin-Daanbantayan-Maya Road, Cebu
Item No. 3
b. Contract Name : Replacement/Rehabilitation/Strengthening of Bongon Bridge
c. Contract Location : Sogod-Tabuelan Road, Cebu
d. Scope of Work : Replacement
Item No. 4
b. Contract Name : Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Bogo - Curva -
Medellin-Daanbantyan-Maya Road, K0135+000 K0135+1000
c . Contract Location : Daanbantayan, Cebu
g. Funding Source : CY 2013 Infra.
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet
the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing
at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW
Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration Certifcate (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. Issuance of Bidding Documents : September 20, 2012 to October 02, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference : September 25, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders : September 26, 2012 to October 01, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids : October 08, 2012 at 8:00a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
5. Opening of Bids : October 08, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied 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 the eligibility requirements.
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 evaluation and
the post qualifcation.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu I
st
District Engineering
Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(SGD) MARIETTA D. ECARMA
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(SGD) WILFREDO AV. ENCISO, CEO VI
District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
PANIQUI WATER DISTRICT
Monte Square Bldg., Burgos St.
Paniqui, Tarlac
INVITATION TO BID
1. The Paniqui Water District (PWD) ,through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), now invites
interested BIDDERS/CONTRACTORS with a valid PCAB license and registration for the type and
cost of the contract to be bid (Water Supply and at least Medium A), to bid for the hereunder contract:
Name of Contract: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER SUPPLY
SYSTEM FOR PANIQUI WATER DISTRICT
Location: Paniqul, Tarlac
Brief Description: The work to be performed under this Contract includes,
but it is not necessarily limited to, the furnishing of
all materials, equipment, machinery, tools, labor,
transportation, including fuel, power. air and water
and any other means necessary to complete all works
required for the following items:
1. Preparation and submission of all necessary detailed
engineering investigations, surveys and designs in
accordance with the submitted conceptual design
report/plans;
2. Construction (One (1) unit Deepwell;
3. Const r uct i on of One ( 1) Pumpi ng St at i on
including installation of 3-phase electric power lines,
generating set and its appurtenances;
4. Rehabilitation orthe existing Two (2) Pump
Stations;
5. Supply and installation of pipelines and fttings, and
construction of related civil works (about 55.0Km of
transmission/distribution pipelines);
6. Construction of elevated steel tank;
7. Supply and installation of 1.515 new service
connections.

Approved Budget for the Contract : Php. 82,856,354.00
Contract Duration : Four Hundred Fifty (450) CD
Funding Source : Loan from LBP and WD ICG
2. The Prospective Bidders should posses a valid PCAB License application to the contract, have
completed a similar contract with a value of at least 50% of the approved Budget, and have
key personnel and equipment available for the prosecution of the contract. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary
Examination of the Bids. The BAC will conduct post-qualifcation of the Lowest Calculated Bid.
3. All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security,
Pre Bidding Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be
governed by the pertinent provisions of RA9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
4. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens / sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with
at least seventyfve (75%) percent interest or outstanding capital Stock belonging to citizens of
the Philippines.
5. The Schedule of BAC activities is as follows:
a. lssuance of Bid Documents 20 September 2012
b. PreBid Conference 28 September 2012 at 1 :00 PM
c. Receipt & Opening of Bids 10 October 2012
Deadline of Submission 12:00 NN
Opening of Bids 2:00 PM
d. Venue of Opening of Bids Paniqui Water District Offce,
Monte Square Bldg., Burgos St.,
Paniqui, Tarlac
6. The BAC will issue to prospective bidders the Bidding Documents at the Paniqui WD offce, Paniqui,
Tarlac, upon payment of a non-refundable amount of P50,000.00.
7, The Paniqui WD/BAC assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders
for any expenses incurred in the preparation of their bids.
8. The PANIQUI WD reserves, the right to accept or reject any or all bid proposals. waive any
formality in the bid requirements. annul the bidding process, declare the bidding a failure or award
the contract to the bidder whose offer is the lowest calculated and responsive bid, and the most
advantageous to the government. all without thereby incurring any liability whatsoever.
For further information, please: contact: VILMAA. GAMBOA, BAC Secretariat, Administrative Offce -
PWD. Monte Square Bldg., Burgos St., Paniqui, Tarlac, Tel. No. (045) 931-0293
(Sgd.) DAISY V. CRUZ
Chairperson
Bids and Awards Committee
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Region IX, Zamboanga City
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways thru its Bids and Awards
Committee for Goods, through GAA 2012, intends to apply the sum
of Two Million Two Hundred Ninety Seven Thousand Two Pesos and
Sixty Three Centavos (Php2,297,002.63) being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC). Bids Received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically refected at bid opening:
ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION QUANTITY UNIT
607 Refective Pavement Studs 505.00 each
2. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Offce IX now
invites bids for Contract ID No. 12JO0048 (GOODS) Furnishing and
Installation of Pavement Studs for the Improvement/Upgrading (Gravel
to Concrete) of Rizal to Dapital City Coastal Loop Road, Guimputlan-
Tag-ulo section of the Goods is required 15 Calendar Days upon receipt
of the NTP. Bidders should have completed within 10 Calendar Days
from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to
the project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the
Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184,
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act;
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Department
of Public Works and Highways, Regional Offce IX and inspect the
Bidding Documents at the address given below from Monday to Friday
at 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders on September 20, 2012 - October 9, 2012 from the address
below and upon payments of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Php 5,000.00
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the
Philippine Government Electronic Procurement Sytem (PhilGEPS)
and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided the Bidders shall pay
the nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the
submission of their bids.
6. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Offce IX
will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on September 26, 2012 (2:00PM) at
DPWH, Regional Offce IX, Tumaga Road, Zamboanga City, which
shall be open only to all increased parties who have purchased the
Bidding Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before October 9,
2012 (2:00 PM). All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in
any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bid opening shall be on October 9, 2012 (2:00PM) at DPWH Regional
Offce IX, Conference Room. Bids will be opened in the presence of the
Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below.
Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Regional Offce IX
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
9. For further information, please refer to:
WILHEMINA F. MIGUEL
Supply Offcer
DPWH BAC-TWG for Goods.
7000, Tumaga Road, Zamboanga City,
(062) 993-30247
(Sgd.) CHOLIE M. ROBLE
Chief, Panning & Design Division
BAC Chairperson
INVITATION TO BID FOR
Furnishing and Installation of Pavement Studs for the
Improvement/Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) of Rizal to
Dapital City Coastal Loop Road, GuimputlanTag-ulo Section
N O T I C E
Industry & Investments Building, 385 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Trunkline: 897-6682, (IPG) 896-9212, (MSG) 896-5167, (PAG) 895-3983
(ISG) 890-3056, (FASD) 890-9325
Website: http//www.boi.gov.ph P.O. Box 1872 Makati City
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
Notice is hereby given that PRIMEX FRUITS & CONCENTRATE CORP. is
applying for registration with the Board of Investments (BOI) as New Export
Producer of the following:
Annual Production Capaticy
Coconut Water Concentrate : 2,137,247 Liters
Coconut Meat (Kernel) : 20,260 Metric Tons (MT)
on a Non-Pioneer status, with project site located at Sitio San Jose, Zone
4, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.
Any person with valid objection/s on the above-mentioned project may fle
his/her objection in writing, under oath, with the BOI within three (3) days
from the date of this publication.
(Sgd.) NESTOR P. ARCANSALIN
Director
Resource-based Industries Department
Region IV-A (Southern Tagalog Region)
DPWH-Rizal First District Engineering Offce
Government Center, Calumpang Binangonan, Rizal
Tel. No. 652-3657/652-3652
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Rizal First District Engineering Offce,
through the PDAF FY 2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID : 12DN0095
Contract Name : Repair/Maintenance of Revetment along Balanti Creek
Contract Location : Cainta, Rizal
Scope of Work : Construction of Stone Masonry Bank Protection
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 2,000,000.00
Contract Duration : 90 CD.
Contract Name : Repair/Rehabilitation of Roads, Peafrancia Cupang, Milagros
St. Dalig, Gloria Heights, Dalig, Daang Pari San Jose, Kaysipot
Road, San Luis (Cluster Roads)
Contract Location : Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Road Concreting with Drainage System
Contract Name : Construction/Repair/Rehab. Of Drainage Canals and Riprapping
of Creeks, Sitio Malaking Parang, San Isidro Labrador, Spring
Valley Subd., Milagros Subd. St. Anthony, Phase II-B (Cluster-
Flood Control)
Contract Location : Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Drainage System and Riprapping of Creeks
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) together with
a copy of Contractors Profle (present original copy for authentication) and current Mayor's
Permit issued by the municipality or city where the principal place of business, 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, (f) Copy of Accreditation Certifcate of Materials Engineer
(present original copy for authentication), and (g) CY 2011 CPES Rating. 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 LOI. The DPWH-
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 20 to October 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 26, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
October 3, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids October 9, 2012 until 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids October 9, 2012 after 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Rizal First District
Engineering Offce, Barangay Calumpang, Binangonan, Rizal, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of FIVE THOUSAND PESOS for Item No. 1 and TEN THOUSAND PESOS
(Php10,000.00) for Item No. 2 and 3. Prospective bidders that will download the BD's
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids documents. the Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who
have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
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. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and the post-qualifcation.
The Rizal First District Engineering Offce 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.) ESMERALDO S. SARMIENTO
BAC - Chairman
Noted By:
(Sgd.) EDGARDO P. PERALTA
District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City
Alabang, Muntinlupa City
(ITB No. 12-006)
The Food and Drug Administration, through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) invites agencies/suppliers to apply for eligibility and to bid for the
hereunder project:
Name of Project : Procurement for the Delivery of Reference
Standards, Chemicals and Reagents for the use of
FDA Satellite Laboratory-Visayas
Location : Food and Drug Administration
Civic Drive , Filinvest Corporate City
Alabang, Muntinlupa City
Brief Description : For the use of FDA Satellite Laboratory-Visayas
Approved Budget For the Contract: Php1,071,920.00
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
Activities Schedule
1. Posting of ITB 18-24 September 2012
2. Issuance of Bid Documents 18 September - 16 October 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 04 October 2012 - 9:30 A.M.
Conference Room A, 3/F FDA Annex Building,
Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang,
Muntinlupa City
4. Deadline of Submission
and Receipt of Bids
16 October 2012 - 9:30A.M.
c/o BAC Head Secretariat
5. Opening of Bids 16 October 2012 - 9:30 A.M.
Conference Room A, 3/F FDA Annex Building,
Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang,
Muntinlupa City
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid
opening. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding
Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184,
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested
Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in
the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pesos Only (Php2,500.00).
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open to all interested parties; however,
only those who have purchased the Bidding Documents may participate in
the discussion at said conference.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Food and Drug
Administration, please call BAC Secretariat at Trunkline No. 857-19-00
local 1051/1052; or visit FDA website at www.fda.gov.ph.
The Food and Drug Administration reserves the right to accept or reject
any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time
prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidder or bidders.
07 September 2012.
(Sgd.) GOMEL C. GABUNA
BAC Chairperson
MST Sept. 20, 2012
InvItatIon to BId for the one (1) Lot two (2) Year PrIvate SecurItY
agencY(PSa) ServIceS for caSIno fILIPIno (cf)-tagaYtaY
under ItB. no. 08-04-2012tag
Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corporation
A Sure Bet for Progress in Gaming, Entertainment and Nation Building
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is inviting all interested bidders
in its forthcoming public bidding for one (1) Lot Two (2) Year Private Security Agency Services for
CF-Tagaytay under ITB No. 08-04-2012TAG
Contract Duration: Two (2) years
Location/Branch No. Of Guards Annual Budget Budget for 2 years
CF-Tagaytay Ninety (90) Sixteen Million Six Hundred Thousand
Nine Hundred Ninety-Three Pesos
and 20/100
(PhP 16,600,993.20) VAT Exclusive
Zero Rated Transaction
Thirty Three Million Two Hundred One
Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Six
and 40/100
P33,201,986.40 VAT Exclusive Zero
Rated Transaction
Source of Fund : Internally Funded
This bidding is open to all suppliers; provided that the winning bidder should be registered with
PAGCOR prior to award of contract. Unregistered suppliers must register at the Procurement
Section, Casino Filipino-Tagaytay, Kaybagal, Aguinaldo Highway, Tagaytay City, Tel. No. (046)
413-1506/(046) 413-3806.
Bidders should have completed, within the last (three (3) years before the date of submission and
receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the
Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through
open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in
the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least
sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to
citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges
to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138.
All particulars relative to Pre-Bid Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of
Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its IRR.
The schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bid Documents September 20, 2012 (Thu) to October 8, 2012 (Mon)
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 24, 2012 (Mon), 2:00 pm
3. Deadline on Submission and
Receipts of bids
October 8, 2012 (Mon) 2:00 pm
4. Opening of Bids October 8, 2012 (Mon) 2:00pm Onwards
Complete details of the project are indicated in the bid documents which will be available to prospective
bidders at the BBAC Secretariat Unit, Procurement Section, Casino Filipino-Tagaytay, upon payment
of a non-refundable bidding fee of Twenty Three Thousand Two Hundred Forty One and 39/100
Pesos (PhP 23,241.39).
Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding Documents free of charge from the following
websites: www.pagcor.ph and www.philgeps.net and may be allowed to submit bids provided
that bidders shall pay the non-refundable bidding fee not later than the date of the submission of
bids. The Pre-bid Conference is open to all interested bidders. Prospective bidders should present
to PAGCORs Cashier at 3
rd
Floor Casino Filipino-Tagaytay, Kaybagal South Aguinaldo Highway,
Tagaytay City either the Bidding Fee Slip which may be secured from the Procurement Section or a
copy of this ITB in effecting payment for the Bidding Documents. All Bids must be accompanied by
a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
PAGCOR assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses
incurred in the preparation of their bids.
PAGCOR reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject
all Bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder or bidders.
Please address all communications to the Branch Bids and Awards Committee, Casino Filipino-
Tagaytay, Kaybagal South, aguinaldo Highway, Tagaytay City.
(SGD) MARIE YVONNE C. SEVILLA
Chairperson
BRANCH BDS AND AWARDS COMMTTEE
N O T I C E
Industry & Investments Building, 385 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Trunkline: 897-6682, (IPG) 896-9212, (MSG) 896-5167, (PAG) 895-3983
(ISG) 890-3056, (FASD) 890-9325
Website: http//www.boi.gov.ph P.O. Box 1872 Makati City
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
Notice is hereby given that CEBU AIR, INC., with
offce address 43
rd
Floor, Robinsons- Equitable Tower,
ADB Avenue corner Poveda Road, Ortigas Center,
Pasig City, is applying for registration with the Board of
Investments (BOI) as a New Operator of Air Transport
Services for the Acquisition of two (2) Aircraft (A320
#24 and A320 #25) on a Pioneer status..

Any person with valid objection/s on the above-
mentioned project may fle his/her objection in writing,
under oath, with the BOI within three (3) days from the
date of this publication.
(Sgd.) EVARISTE M. CAGATAN
Director
Infrastructure and Service Industries Department
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Region VIII
Samar First District Engineering Offce
Calbayog City
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
DPWH INFRA-07-Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following
contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12IJ-0065
Contract Name/LOCATION: CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD, MAGSAYSAY
BLVD., EXTENSION, CALBAYOG CITY TO
CALBAYOG DIVERSION ROAD, CALBAYOG
CITY
Scope of Work: RCA-ROADS-CONSTRUCTION-PCCP
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 7,349,000.00
Contract Duration: 60 CD
Cost of Bid Documents: P 10,000.00
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. The BAC will only
accept/process LOIs signed by the person authorized in the Contractors
License issued by PCAB and with complete requirements stated above.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph
Interested contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of
Interest statements upon presentation of their original Contractors Registration
Certifcate in person or through their Authorized Representative as refected
in their CRC to the Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), DPWH
Samar 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City not
later done 1:00 P.M. on September 26, 2012.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 14, 2012, 2012 to October 2, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M., September 21, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
10:00 am September 26, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline:1:00pm October 2, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 3:00pm October 2, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-
Samar First District Engineering Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog
City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee stated above. Prospective bidders
may also download the BDs from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the
said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid
Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the
BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the Bidding Documents (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. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and
the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Offce reserves the right to
accept or reject any, to annul the bidding process at any prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:

(Sgd.) ALVIN A. IGNACIO
BAC Chairman
Region VIII
Samar First District Engineering Offce
Calbayog City
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)

DPWH INFRA-07-Standard Advertisement-Revised IRR
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following
contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12IJ-0066
Contract Name/LOCATION: REHAB./CONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED
PAVED NATIONAL ROAD ALONG SAN
JORGE SAMAR OLD ROUTE
Scope of Work: RRA-ROADS-REHABILITATION-ASPHALT
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 8,340,107.00
Contract Duration: 50 CD
Cost of Bid Documents: P 10,000.00
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. The BAC will only accept/process
LOIs signed by the person authorized in the Contractors License issued
by PCAB and with complete requirements stated above.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph
Interested contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of
Interest statements upon presentation of their original Contractors Registration
Certifcate in person or through their Authorized Representative as refected in
their CRC to the Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), DPWH Samar
1
st
District Engineering Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City not later done
1:00 P.M. on October 3, 2012.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 15, 2012, 2012 to October 8, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M., September 24, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
10:00 am October 3, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline:1:00pm October 8, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 3:00pm October 8, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Samar
First District Engineering Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee stated above. Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders
that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on
or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall
be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must
accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated
in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the
Bidding Documents (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. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Offce reserves the right to
accept or reject any, to annul the bidding process at any prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:

(Sgd.) ALVIN A. IGNACIO
BAC Chairman
Department of Public Works and Highways
Iloilo 2nd District Engineering Offce
Balabag, Dumangas, Iloilo
The Iloilo 2
nd
Engineering District through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract ID: 13GG0001
Contract Name: Reconstruction of Barotac Nuevo-Dumangas-Dacutan
Wharf Road
Location: Dumangas, Iloilo, K0284 + 500 K0285 + 447.5
Brief Description: Concreting of 947.5 L.M., (W=6.70m, T=0.28m)
Approved Budget for the Contract: P 16,102,000.00
Duration: One Hundred Twenty (120) Calendar Days
Cost of Bidding Documents: P 10,000.00
Contract Name: Reconstruction of Iloilo City-Leganes-Dumangas
Coastal Road
Location: Dumangas, Iloilo, K0022 + 387 K0023 + 000
Brief Description: Concreting of 613 L.M., (W=6.70m, T=0.28m)
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) of Passi-San Rafael-
Lemery-Sara Road
Location: Passi City, Iloilo, K0066 + 000 K0066 + 664
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) of Tiwi-Talisay-
Guintas Road
Location: Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, K0273 + 628 K0274 + 079.5
Duration: Ninety (90) Calendar Days
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) of Tiwi-Talisay-
Guintas Road
Contract Name: Concreting of Banga Bante-Banga Polot-an- Barotac
Nuevo Road
Brief Description: Concreting of 293.50 L.M., (W=6.7m., T=0.28m)
Duration: Seventy fve (75) Calendar Days
Nuevo Road
Location: Pototan, Iloilo, K0281 + 024 K0281 + 190.50
Duration: Thirty seven (37) Calendar Days
Nuevo Road
Location: Pototan, Iloilo, K0282 + 000 K0282 + 261
Contract Name: Concreting of Pototan-Mina-Janiuay Road
Location: Mina, Iloilo, K0033 + 188 K0033 + 566
Duration: Ninety (90) Calendar Days
Contract Name: Concreting of Pototan-Mina-Janiuay Road
Location: Mina, Iloilo, K0033 + 692 K0034 + 040
Duration: Sixty (60) Calendar Days
Contract Name: Concreting of Lambunao-INCA Road
Location: Lambunao, Iloilo, K0058 + (-181) K0058 + 000
Location: Lambunao, Iloilo, K0058 + 000 K0058 + 300
Duration: Sixty (60) Calendar Days
Location: Lambunao, Iloilo, K0060 + (-094) K0060 + (-040)
Approved Budget for the Contract: P 968,000.00
Duration: Thirty (30) Calendar Days
Source of Fund: Government of the Philippines/CY 2013 GAA
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit two (2) copies of 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 LOI.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
BAC Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents Sep. 17 Oct 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference Sep. 26, 2012 @ 10:00A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
Oct. 4, 2012 not later than 12:00 noon
4. Receipt of Bids Oct. 9, 2012 not later than 10:00AM
5. Opening of Bids Oct. 9, 2012 @ 10:00AM

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Iloilo 2
nd

Engineering District, Balabag, Dumangas, Iloilo, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of the corresponding Cost of Bidding Documents for each contract.
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 bid Documents. Bids must be
accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the (BAC) Bids and Awards
Committee. 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 Iloilo 2
nd
Engineering District, pursuant to Section 41 of R.A. 9184 and its
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations, reserves the right to reject any
and all bids, declare a failure of bidding, annul the bidding process anytime before
Contract Award, or not award the Contract without incurring any liability to the affected
bidders, in the following situations: a) If there is a prima facie evidence of collusion
between appropriate public offcers or employees of the procuring entity, or between
the BAC and any of the bidders, or if the collusion is between or among the bidders
themselves, or between a bidder and a third party, including any act which restricts,
suppresses or nullifes or tends to restrict, suppress or nullify competition; b) For any
justifable and reasonable ground where the award of the contract will not redound to
the beneft of the GOP, as follows: (i) if the physical and economic conditions have
signifcantly changed so as to render the project no longer economically, fnancially,
or technically feasible, as determined by the Head of the Procuring Entity; (ii) if the
project is no longer necessary as determined by the Head of the Procuring Entity;
and (iii) if the source of funds for the project has been withheld or reduced through
no fault of the procuring entity.

(Sgd.) TOMAS B. DEPRA
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) NILO B. GAVIA
OIC-District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Batanes District Engineering Offce
Basco, Batanes
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batanes
District Engineering Offce, Basco, Batanes through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) invites contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the
following contract:
a) Contract ID : 12BA0014
b) Contract Name : Development of Valanga Fish Port

c) Contract Location : Itbayat, Batanes
d) Scope of Work : Construction of 221.38m parking area,7m x
10m concrete warehouse, 6.5m x 10m concrete
waiting and baggage area, 3m x 4.5m comfort
room and 2-units water tank
e) Approved Budget : Php 19,299,967.37
for the Contract
f) Contract Duration : 460 CD
g) Cost of Bid : Php 10,000.00
Documents
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 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 LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
application for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractors 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. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 19, 2012- October 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 25, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI October 02, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 12:00 Noon on Oct. 12, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 PM on October 12, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the Offce of
the Batanes District Engineering Offce, upon payment of non-refundable fee as
stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH
web site, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the
DPWH website shall pay the said fee on or before the submission of their bid
documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties
who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in
the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as 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 includes
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 Department of Public Works and Highways, Batanes District
Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the
bidding process at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) ROMMEL E. FABI
BAC Vice-Chairman

Noted by:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER D. NOLA, CESE
District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 20, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Batanes District Engineering Offce
Basco, Batanes
The Department of Public Works & Highways, Batanes District Engineering Offce,
through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites prospective suppliers/bidders
to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following project:

1 Contract ID : 12BA0036- Goods
Contract Name : IMPROVEMENT OF MAYAN VALANGA FMR

Contract Location : Ivana, Batanes
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P 5,669,569.00
Delivery period : 45 CD upon receipt of approved Purchase Order
Contract Name : CONCRETING OF VAYOY-CHAJAPAWAN FMR

Contract Location : Uyugan, Batanes
Contract (ABC) : P 3,255,476.24
Contract Name : CONCRETING OF SUMHAO-SUKOT-RADAR
FMR (REHABILITATION/RECONSTRUCTION OF
TAMULONG-PAGASA-TUKON-TAYTAY FMR)
Contract Location : Basco, Batanes
Contract (ABC) : P 6,633,832.98
To bid for this contract, a bidder must meet the following criteria: (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen/sole proprietorship, corporations/ partnership/
cooperatives/ organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest of outstanding
capital stock belongs to the citizens of the Philippines, (c) completed similar contract
whose value must be at least 50% of the ABC within a period of three(3) years, and
(d) 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 examinations of bids.
Interested unregistered suppliers/bidders, however, shall submit their applications
for registration to the BAC for Goods, Secretariat, DPWH Central Offce seven(7)
calendar days before the deadline for the submission and opening of bids. The BAC
for Goods, DPWH Central Offce will only process suppliers applications for registration
with complete requirements, and issue the Suppliers Registration Certifcate (SRC).
Registration forms may be secured from the secretariat, BAC for Goods Offce, Ground
Floor, DPWH Central Offce.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 19, 2012 October 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid conference September 25, 2012; 9:00 A.M.
3. Receipt of Bids October 12, 2012 Deadline: 9:00 AM
4. Opening of Bids October 12, 2012 Time : 10:00 AM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC for Goods
Secretariat, DPWH Batanes District Engineering Offce Administrative Building
Motorpol Compound , from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00PM of September 19, 2012 to October
12, 2012 upon payment of non-refundable fee of one thousand pesos (Php 1,000.00).
Prospective Bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website
and shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. Bids
must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and form, as stated in Section
27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective Bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the
BDs in two(2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility
requirements. 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 Department of Public Works & Highways reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all bids and to annul the bidding process any time before Contract award, without
incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

(Sgd.) ROMMEL E. FABI
BAC Vice-Chairman

Noted:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER D. NOLA, CESE
District Engineer

I NVI TATI ON TO APPLY FOR ELI GI BI LI TY AND TO BI D
News
ManilaStandardToday
mst.daydesk@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 THURSDAY
A8
Rice import anomalies revealed

IN BRIEF
Teacher chosen for
exchange program
Exclude mis-representatives, watchdog urges
Anti-birdstrike measures no longer working
Fire Aftermath. Three young men (lower right corner) contemplate their future after
their families lost their homes at Mauban Street in Barangay Manresa in Quezon City around
1:55 a.m. of Wednesday. Two other residents died while another one was injured in the re.
MANNY PALMERO
Good riddance. Immigration and police ofcers escort 291 Taiwanese who were recently arersted in various places in Metro Ma-
nila for operating an internet scam where they would call their compatriots and dupe them into transferring their funds to accounts
because the victims are purportedly under investigation for nancing terrorist activities. The police operation was dubbed the single
largest bust of a criminal syndicate in the country. The 291 Taiwanese were deported on Wednesday at the request of the Taiwan
Economic Cultural Center so they can face charges of cybercrimes in Taiwan. ERIC APOLONIO
By Joel Zurbano
ELECTION watchdog Kontra Daya
urged the Commission on Elections on
Wednesday to exercise its authority to
disqualify purported partylist groups
that have nominees who are relatives
and do not really represent marginal-
ized sectors.
The election watchdog made the
call after Comelec Chairman Sixto
Brillantes conrmed that three to ve
groups have nominees belonging to the
same family and that could be a deci-
sive factor when the poll body decides
these groups accreditation.
Brillantes identied the groups as
Bagong Henerasyon, which was found-
ed by Quezon City Rep. Bernadette
Herrera-Dy, who is also the groups
rst nominee. Dys husband Edgar Al-
lan Dy is the second nominee.
The other groups are Agrarian De-
velopment Association whose rst and
second nominees are former deputy
House speaker Eric Singson and his
son, incumbent Ilocos Sur Rep. Eric
Singson Jr.
Another group is the Alliance of Or-
ganization, Networks and Association
of the Philippines, which had named
Danilo Suarez Jr. and his sister Joan-
na, who alternated in the rst nominee
slots in the two sets of nominees that
the group submitted to Comelec.
Their father is House Minority Lead-
er Danilo Suarez Sr., whose daughter-
in-law Alexis Abastillas-Suarez was
named third nominee.
Kontra Daya also listed Ang Matay
Alagaan whose rst nominee is Lorna
Velasco, the wife of Supreme Court
Justice Presbitero Velasco. Their chil-
dren, lawyer Tricia Nicole Velasco-
Catera and Vincent Michael Velasco,
are the second and third nominees.
Kontra Daya, led by its convenor
Fr. Joe Dizon, said these organizations
should be disqualied because they are
just using the party-list system to cre-
ate a political dynasty.
Bagong Henerasyon, for instance,
was originally a foundation that Dy
founded when she was still a Quezon
City councilor and was actively used
during her election campaigns, he said.
Moreover, the Dy family, Kontra
Daya said, is composed of real estate
developers and politicians. Dy herself is
a real estate developer while her father
is purportedly a contractor of the Metro-
politan Water and Sewerage System.
Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarm-
iento, for his part, said there is already an
established jurisprudence in the accredi-
tation of partylist groups and cited the
Supreme Courts 2001 ruling Bagong
Bayani v Comelec where it ruled that it
is not enough for the candidate to claim
representation of the marginalized and
under-represented, because representa-
tion is easy to claim and to feign.
Senator Teosto TG Guingona
III unmasked the irregularities dur-
ing a public hearing on rice impor-
tation at the Senate and warned that
government ofcials who willingly
or unwittingly aid those who ma-
nipulate the importation process
face corruption charges.
We need to stop these activi-
ties. We need to focus our attention
on the leadership of the NFA since
they could be held answerable to
the public if they would allow a few
individuals or groups control rice
importation, said.
Guingona noted that some win-
ning bidders are operating together
and could be mere dummies of un-
scrupulous individuals or groups that
want to control or monopolize the
importation of rice in the country.
He pointed out that the nancial
conditions of bidders who won im-
portation licenses from NFA are in-
capable of paying the service fees
ranging from P50 to P69 million.
Imagine a bidder with only
about P50,000 published capital can
pay service fee amounting to P50 to
P69 million. And we are not talking
of just one bidder here but numer-
ous. This is quite anomalous, he
said.
He also noted that many of the
winning bidders got their National
Bureau of Investigation certicates
and Department of Trade and In-
dustry registration on the same
dates although actual bidding is two
months away.
Many of the winning bidders
also have the same legal represen-
tative even if they are from differ-
ent places in the country and most
of them have the same supplier that
issued certications to supply them
with 10,000 metric tons of rice just
a day after the invitation to bid was
published.
Just by looking at this facts, you
will see that there are really unscru-
pulous entities moving, he said.
He urged the NFA to seriously
look into this matter because the
Filipino consumers and the rice
business are affected by these ques-
tionable dealings.
While he wanted to help NFA
in verifying the credentials of the
winning bidders, he said it ap-
pears that the agency has lapses in
status and qualifications check of
its bidders.
There were several winning bid-
ders in the NFA rice importation
program that indicated false quali-
cations in their registration. Some
of them even indicated addresses
belonging to a different business
institution or the place is a private
household.
He said the NFA should diligent-
ly check the background of its rice
bidders and put an end to the seem-
ing control of few unscrupulous
entities in the rice importation pro-
cess and control of rice importation
should not be put in their hands.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
THE National Food Authority was put to
task on Wednesday and told to stop ir-
regularities in its bidding procedure for the
importation of rice into the country.
AIRPORT authorities insisted that they have been
implementing measures to prevent birdstrikes at the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport since 1993, but
these schemes no longer work because the bird sanc-
tuary at Manila Bay is too far from the airport.
We have recorded minimal birdstrikes on the
ground due to presence of gadgets and equipment
which are good in dispersing birds within 300 meters
and below an altitude of 500 feet, said Joseph Agus-
tin, head of the Airport Ground Operations Safety
Division, at the Balitaan sa Aloha Hotel forum on
Wednesday.
Agustin said the airport has an avian alarm that
scares away shore birds, like terns and wild ducks,
within a 200-meter bird circle. It has three frequency
selectors of different distress calls that scare birds
and irritate their ears.
They also used starting pistols and propane can-
nons which drive away domestic pigeons, egrets,
pratincoles and munias within a range of 300m
bird circle.
Airport authorities have also converted their habi-
tat at the airport into apron areas and runway/taxiway
extensions. Just like in 1996 when we converted
sh ponds into remote parking areas and RWY 24
extension, he added.
But these equipment, Agustin admitted, is not effec-
tive for birds at the Las Pias-Paraaque Critical Habi-
tat and Ecotourism Area because it is 2.5km from the
runway and birdstrikes usually occur at an altitude of
500ft, especially during the migration period.
Agustin said the Manila International Airport
Authority is now in the process of purchasing a
remote-controlled, extended-range audio bird dis-
persal equipment that can be integraded into a ra-
dar system.
This state-of-the-art equipment has an effective
audio dispersing range of 2km to 3km, Agustin said,
adding that the implementation of this project will be
done in phases.
He said the MIAA is also helping to resolve the
conict between ordinances passed by the cities of
Las Pias and Paraaque and the Presidential Proc-
lamation making the bird sanctuary at Manila Bay a
wildlife reserve.
A PUBLIC school teacher in
Taguig City has been selected
to participate in a three-month
United Nations-sponsored
teacher exchange program in
South Korea, the city govern-
ment said Wednesday.
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano
said Joyce Villas, an English
teacher at the Western Bicutan
National High School, will be
assigned to work at the Jamil
High School in Seoul and will
teach English communication,
the cultures and traditions of
Filipinos and history of Taguig
to Korean students.
We are proud that Taguig
was chosen to be part of the
exchange program and that one
our teachers was selected to be
sent to teach in a school in South
Korea, Cayetano said.
Villas is one of the 30 Filipi-
no teachers chosen from various
schools to participate in the Asia
Pacic Teacher Exchange for
Global Education of the United
Nations Educational, Scientic
and Cultural Organization.
The program dispatches Kore-
an teachers to local schools in the
Philippines and Filipino teachers
to local schools in South Korea.
For Korean exchange teach-
ers, the program would last for six
months, from August to January
2013. Their Filipino counterparts,
on the other hand, will undergo
the program for three months, or
from October to December.
Cayetano said Villas Korean
counterpart, Hui Jin Jiu, has
been working at the WBNHS
since last month. The 26-year
old Korean teacher is assigned
to introduce the Korean culture,
tradition and history to Filipino
students, among others.
Fer dinand Fabella
Araneta underpass done
TRAFFIC is expected to ease on Quezon
Avenue and its interconnecting roads after
the P430-million underpass at Araneta
Avenue is completed on Friday.
Emerson Carlos, assistant general
manager for operations of the Metro
Manila Development Authority, as-
sured motorists and the riding public of
a smooth trafc ow after the project
completion.
Aldrin Cua, Mayor Herbert Bautis-
tas chief of staff, thanked the barangays
within the areas of Quezon and Araneta
avenues for their cooperation and support
during the tunnel construction. The proj-
ect wouldnt have been completed with-
out the support of the surrounding baran-
gays, he said. Rio N. Araja
Woman busted in Samar
DRUG enforcers seized one kilogram
of cocaine, worth P5 million, from a
woman during a buy-bust operation in
Eastern Samar, accoridng to Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency chief Jose
Gutierrez said Wednesday.
Gutierrez said they also arrested
three alleged members of the notorious
Boratong Drug Group in Pasig City. He
identied the suspects as Alfredo Ma-
as, his wife Arlene and Ryan Ronald
Andrada, all residents of Barangay San
Andres, Cainta, Rizal.
According to the PDEA chief, his
men swooped down on Fe Delmonte of
Barangay Potong, Lapinig, Eastern Sa-
mar shortly after she sold one brick of
cocaine to a PDEA poseur-buyer.
In 2009, two tons of high grade co-
caine bricks contained in big packets
were allegedly thrown overboard into
the waters of Eastern Samar by a Chi-
nese vessel.
We will have to look into the possi-
bility whether this cocaine brick seized
by PDEA agents is still part of the unre-
covered Samar cocaine which is being
recycled in the black market, Gutierrez
said. Jonathan Fer nandez
License centers ofine
THE Land Transportation Ofce in
Metro Manila said not all mall-based
drivers license renewal centers can
process licenses because of technical
glitches and only 60 percent of the
centers are able to service applications
for new or renewal of drivers licenses,
Teolo Guadiz III, lawyer-chief
of the LTO-National Capital Region,
blamied the failure of a Hong Kong-
based subcontractor of the Amalgam-
ated Motors Philippines Inc. to update
and link its database with that of Strad-
com Corp.s interconnectivity program.
At least 40 percent of our operations
inside malls is expected to be back to
normalcy by Friday based on the prom-
ise of AMPI, he said. Rio N. Ar aja
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Nabong, a high school so-
phomore from San Sebastian
College, swept all of his ve
events in athletics and helped
Manila to a seven-gold nish
on Day 2.
He concluded his campaign
with victories in the 800-meter
run and the 4x400-meter relay
and the 14 to 15 year old boys
event.
A time of two minutes and 6.9
seconds allowed Nabong to beat
Reymart Hayo of Quezon City,
Quarter Finals of 14
th
World Bridge Games
SSC bet lifts Manila to 7-gold haul
By Peter Atencio
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Vicente
Nabong met his expectations yesterday in
the second day of action in the Philippine
Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports
Commission Batang Pinoy 2012 at the
Marikina Sports Complex.
THE 14
th
World Bridge Games started in
Lillie France on August 10 and contin-
ued until August 23
rd
, being part of the 2
nd

World Mind Sports Games (previously
known as the Olympiad).
The commentary from Bridge Base On-
line described the quarternals as the most
exciting. The match between Monaco
and Netherlands was said as this is the
battle of the titans Monaco had recently
won the European championship while
the Netherlands was No. 2. It was a erce
ght between the No. 1 and No. 2 of the
European championship.
One deal had a very great contrast.
In one room Helgemo of Monaco was
playing in a grand slam of seven dia-
monds while in the other room Fantoni
was playing in two hearts doubled.
After the opening of one diamond by
Verhees, Fantoni overcalled one heart.
Prooijen doubled and Nunes bid two
hearts. This was doubled by Prooi-
jen and this is where the contract was
played: two hearts doubled! As the
BBO commentator said well part of
the game is to make thing difficult for
opponents. This was the auction for
the seven diamond slam:
Monaco vs. Nethrlands QF 2/6
Board 27 North
Drijver
83
Q10732
852
Q87
West East
Helgemo Helness
J AKQ107
AKJ9 4
KQ93 AJ76
9632 AJ10
South
Brink
98542
865
104
K54
West North East South
2NT Pass 3 Pass
4 Pass 4NT Pass
5 Pass 5NT Pass
7 Pass Pass Pass
The auction for two hearts doubled:
Verhees Jr Fantoni Prooijen Nunes
Pass
1 1 Dbl 2
Pass Pass Dbl Pass
Pass Pass
Fantoni only went down four with mi-
nus 800 but the grand slam by Helgemo
brought in 1440 for a plus 12 IMPs for
Monaco.
Fantoni-Nunes have various agree-
ments with their two openings. Fantoni
had opened two hearts on this deal.
Prooijen had made a leaping Michaels
bid with four clubs and Verhees bid
four spades. Prooijens ve diamonds
showed his void but Verhees stayed in
ve spades.
Monaco vs. Nethrlands QF 5/6
Board 7 North
Fantoni
6
A10863
AJ752
54
West East
Verhees Jr. Prooijen
J1093 AKQ42
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went on to the semi-nals but lost in their
match to Sweden.
Comments to: sylvia@globelines.com.ph.
Mini...
From A10
Our mission is to act as
a source of technical infor-
mation, to establish rules
and regulations covering all
activities of the Club, to pro-
vide and regulate events and
exhibitions for the specied
cars and their owners, to en-
courage careful and skillful
driving on the public high-
ways, Sonny continued.
The club has over a hun-
dred members now, with
many more signifying to
join. They meet once a week
in various places like restau-
rants, parks and coffee shops
with big parking lots and
usually Saturday mornings
for breakfast, then chat and
discuss about their beloved
Minis. Of course, they also
discuss projects and plans
and conduct monthly fun
runs, where they bring their
Minis on road trips to Ta-
gaytay, Subic or Clark or in
some other far places.
As the club celebrates its
rst year, it plans to put up
a racing game to challenge
fast and exotic cars and to
compare their Minis with
these cars. The club likewise
hopes to attend the Mini
United, an international
gathering of Mini car own-
ers, hobbyists and enthusiast
usually held in Europe every
two years.
Of course, we want to
continue our social com-
mitment to help indigent
people like what we have
accomplished at Child-
Haus, a temporary shelter
for indigent patients mostly
children who have cancer
or other dreaded diseases
and have no place to stay in
Metro Manila, while under-
going medical treatment,
said Sonny of the clubs so-
cial responsibility.
The Clubs elected ofcers
and advisory board Ken Uy,
Randy Yap, Bodjie Tobillo,
Dante Gozum Jr., Mon Tan-
juatco and Sonny Mangun-
dayao will continue to make
the MCCP fun, worthwhile
and meaningful.
Condes
seeks 2
nd
world title
IN BRIEF
QC marathon on Dec. 2
THE 4
th
Quezon City International Mara-
thon res off on Dec. 2 with the race route
covering a major portion of Common-
wealth Avenue and La Mesa Eco-Park.
The Executive Runners Club of the
Philippines, the countrys oldest execu-
tive running club, has managed the race
since 2009 for the Quezon City Local
Government, under Mayor Herbert Bau-
tista in coordination with the Ofce of
Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte.
Runnex expects to attract more than
10,000 runners in the 2012 QCIM, which
has SM Development Corporation as co-
presentor for the second year.
Attractive cash prizes and giveaways are
up for grabs in the 5-, 10-, 21- and 42-K runs.
A free running clinic is also held every
Sunday at the University of the Philip-
pines Academic Oval in Diliman, Quezon
City to help prepare runners for the basic
and longer distances.
Flores, Raymundo score
LUKE Alquinn Flores and Toni Rose Ray-
mundo clinched two titles each and turned
in runner-up nishes to emerge the top
players in the Philta-Palawan Pawnshop
Regional Age-Group Championships pre-
sented by Babolat at La Carlota Tennis Club
in Negros Occidental, Bacolod recently.
Flores, a 14-year-old old nd from
Central Philippine University in Iloilo,
stopped giant-killer Adrian Dehertogh,
5-4, 4-0, to bag the boys 16-and-under
crown then repulsed Iloilo leg winner
Matthew Crisosto, 4-2, 2-4, 10-6, to cap-
ture the 14-U plum.
He, however, fell short to complete a
three-peat as he dropped a sorry 4-1, 0-4,
4-10 setback to Prince Clelo in the 18-U
nals of the event sponsored by Palawan
Pawnshop through COO Bobby Castro and
Technosports president Guillermo Nocom
in their continuing commitment to develop
the sport and discover talents, particularly
in the countryside.
NEWLY CROWNED World Boxing Coun-
cil middleweight champion Sergio Mara-
villa Martinez of Argentina will undergo
surgery in Madrid, Spain next week.
The WBC reported that Martinez, who
won the title with a 12- round unanimous
decision over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who
dropped Martinez in the dying moments of
the 12th round, but couldnt nish the job,
will undergo surgery on his right knee.
Although Martinez is reported to be
very optimistic about the time frame of
his recovery, the WBC said the Argentine
southpaw will not ght until 2013.
Martinez was said to have gone to Las
Vegas with discomfort in the meniscus
which was aggravated during the title ght
against Chavez Jr. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Martinez to undergo surgery
SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FORMER International Box-
ing Federation minimum
weight champion Florante
Little Pacquiao Condes goes
for a second world title when
he faces International Box-
ing Organization minimum
weight champion Hekkie The
Hexecutioner Budler at the
Emperors Palace in Kempton
Park, South Africa on Sunday
morning (Manila time).
Condes won the title with a
split decision victory over Mu-
hammad Rachman of Indone-
sia in a title ght in Jakarta on
July 7, 2007 despite dropping
the Indonesia once in Round 3
and then again in Round 10
He subsequently lost the ti-
tle to Mexicos Raul Rayito
Garcia in Garcias hometown
of La Paz by a questionable
12-round split decision after
dropping the Mexican in the
nal round.
South African sportswriters
believe that Budler holds the
hometown advantage and the
status as champion in a ght
that may well turn into a war.
Budler twice beat veteran
Filipino southpaw Juanito Ru-
billar, the rst by a very con-
troversial majority decision for
the International Boxing Orga-
nization light yweight title on
Feb. 27, 2010 and then won a
rematch by a split decision on
June 19, 2010.
In one of his more recent
ghts, Budler won the vacant
IBO minimum weight title
with a 12-round unanimous
decision over former OPBF
champion, Filipino Michael
Landero.
THE countrys nest karters seek
crucial wins to intensify their respec-
tive title quests in the 2012 Coca-Cola
Karting Super Series as they tackle the
challenge of the long and wide East
and West Courses of the Clark Interna-
tional Speedway this Sunday.
The Clark race serves as the nal
round of battles for karters in Formula
Cadet Expert and Novice, SQ Expert,
Novice and Veteran and the Formula
SL Expert and Novice classes of this
series sanctioned by the Automobile
Association Philippines and sponsored
by Coca-Cola, Yokohama Tires, Mo-
torstar and Aeromed.
But for the ROK Karters, they will be
gunning for Round 6 points in their pur-
suit for the ROK Clubman, Junior, Se-
nior and Overall titles, as Rounds 7 and
8 will be disputed on Nov. 10 and 11,
respectively, at the Carmona Racetrack.
The race can either make or break
their chances for the crown as points
will be doubled and upset nishes by
those in the bottom ladder could result
in a major shakeup in the standings.
This is why frontrunning Estefano
Rivera of FERN-C Racing sets his
eyes on nothing but the win to bolster
his bid of capturing both the Karter of
the Year and the Junior Karter of the
Year awards in just a single season.
The 15-year-old Rivera scored back-
to-back wins in Batangas and Boomland
to garner a total of 298 points in the ROK
Overall as he also kept a solid grip on the
top spot in the ROK Junior division with
370 points against Daniel Miranda of Ce-
buana Lhuillier (260 pts.), Jaz Monzones
of Natmo Asia-GP1 Racing (194 pts.) and
teammate Matthew Chan (150 pts.).
But his disappointing nish in the nal
race at the Enchanted Kingdom trimmed
down his margin as Vencer John Suba of
Eagle Cement moved up second overall
with 269 points following his triumphs at
Carmona and the Enchanted Kingdom.
Rivera, Suba rekindle rivalry in karting series
who was behind by 10.4 seconds.
He then teamed up with class-
mates Venz Pena, Christopher
Canilang and Resty Lorenzo in
ruling the 4x400 meter relay in
3:57.5, with Quezon City taking
the silver.
Target ko pong kunin lahat,
said Nabong.
In swimming,12-year-old
Raissa Gavino and 13-year-old
Kirsten Chloe Daos continued
to stamp their class as both now
have four golds to their credit.
Gavino, representing Que-
zon City, dominated the 11 to
12 year old girls 200-meter
breast stroke in 2:55.84. She
had earlier taken the golds in
the 400-m freestyle and 50m
breaststroke.
Daos, who is Gavinos team-
mate, clocked 2:17.82 in the 13
to 15 200-meter freestyle and
had added it to her collection of
golds in the girls 200m buttery
and 400m free.
The two shared the gold in the
15-under 4x50m medley relay.
Meanwhile, Dexter Pascua
struck gold again in the discus
throw to claim his second in the
meet. He threw the metal plate
to a distance of 24.75 meters
and beat opponents from Quezon
City and Pasig City.
Quezon City earned golds from
Angelica Datohan in the girls
13-under 2,000 meter run, John
Louie Nilugao in boys 13-under
2,000m run, Christoper Canila in
boys 15-under 400m hurdles,
QC also got medal outputs
from Juvilyn Perlas in the girls
15-under 2,000m walk, Ath-
ena Bianca Alefante in the girls
15-under triple jump and Wenie
Carozca in the girls 15-under
javelin throw.
PSC commissioner Jolly
Gomez said the athletes at-
tendance reached more than
1,000 in the maiden leg of the
Batang Pinoy. He said it is be-
low their expectations although
it exceeded last years turnout
of 600 athletes.
ASIDE from the veteran Filipino
athletes, who went to compete at
the recent London Olympiad, but
went home empty-handed, a much
younger group of athletes also at-
tended the games, not as competi-
tors, but as student-scholars.
They went home full of hopes
for the 2016 Olympics in Bra-
zil, or even earlier, at the Youth
Olympic Games in China in 2014.
All products of last years
Batang Pinoy Games, the group
consisted of badmintons Joed
Reyes and Geva de Vera, Mary
Diesto and Gary Santiago from ath-
letics, boxer Miguel Jalnaiz, judos
Floyd Rillera, Irene Bermejo from
taekwondo, weightlifter Kyle Mac-
rohon, triathlete Gabriel Allen San-
tiago, swimmer Ariana Herranz and
archer Bianca Gotuaco.
These young athletes were
sponsored by the British Council
to a two-week Summer School
Sports Scholarship at St. Bedes
that coincided with the Olympic
Games. The athletes were given
a chance to watch some of the
events like handball, archery,
and womens basketball.
Also lending a hand to the del-
egation was the Philippine Sports
Commission, the MVP Sports
Foundation, Sandugo sandals,
sportsman-businessman Mike
Advani and some LGUs being
represented by the athletes.
It was a combination of sports
and education for our young ath-
letes, a truly learning experience
for them that enhanced their con-
tinuing commitment to sports. All
of them are looking forward to
getting back to their training with
an eye towards the Youth and
Summer Olympics, said delega-
tion head Albert Almendralejo.
For its part, the British Coun-
cil is also looking at another
set of new student-athletes for
next summer.
Young PH athletes
eye next Olympics
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY
St. Marys School standouts
Spencer Sagrado, Francis Salon,
Sean Ostria and Francis Alcan-
tara posted an immaculate 7-0
record to bag the high school
boys team event in the recent
2012 MILO All-Students Tennis
Championships-Mindanao leg
here at the Nazareth hardcourts.
St. Marys School was joined
in the Mindanao medal podium
by girls team winner Capi-
tol University Basic Educa-
tion Department led by Janelle
Llavore, Khim Iglupas, Jocelle
Castro and Chloe Calavecilla;
while Xavier University pock-
eted the mens and womens
collegiate team trophies.
In the Visayas stage held at
the Concolacion International
Tennis Center, Jana Pages,
Shyne Villareal and Zethley Al-
ferez powered Bright Academy
past University of Visayas 2-0
to win the girls team title; the
boys team trophy was captured
by University of San Carlos
with a 3-0 romp over Consola-
cion National High School.
The University of San Jose-
Recoletos and the University of
San Carlos bagged the collegiate
mens and womens, respec-
tively, in the expanded tennis
programs under the MILO All-
Students organized by the CTW
Group and supported by the Wil-
son tennis balls.
St. Marys netters prevail
A group of youthful Filipino student-athlete scholars are shown enjoying their London Olympics sojourn.
They are led by Albert Almendralejo.
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Coach Siot Tanquincen said this
yesterday as the team unveiled
its new jerseys at the Gatweway
Suites in Cubao, Quezon City.
The whole team will be the
architect of our new system of
play, said Tanquincen during
a pre-launch press conference.
The introduction of new re-
cruit, LA Tenorio, will not only
add more speed to the Gin Kings,
it will make them deadlier with
their outside shooting.
And Tanquincen said once Ten-
orios stint in the FIBA Asia Cup
is over, his presence will help bring
their game to the next level.
Great players nd ways to be
able to blend themselves to their
team, added Tanquincen.
Making up the rest of the Gin
Kings roster are 2012 PBA Most
Valuable Player Mark Caguioa,
Jayjay Helterbrand, Erik Menk,
Rudy Hateld, Mike Cortez and
Allein Maliksi.
The others are Kerby Raymun-
do, Willie Wilson, Billy Mamaril,
Dylan Ababou, Rico Maierhofer
and Robert Labagala.
Tenorio is among the new
recruits, who will address the
Gin Kings lack in height with
their shooting.
The Kings other newbies are
Chris Ellis, Keith Jensen and
Elmer Espiritu.
The never-say-die spirit of the
team was rst instilled into team
in the early days of the squad,
during the time of Robert Jawor-
ski. Now, this spirit has molded
the strength, character and cour-
age which the team shows in
every game, said GSM market-
ing manager Nelson Elises.
Our Ginebra San Miguel bas-
ketball team is one of the reasons
why the brand continues to enjoy
the distinction as the number one
selling gin in the world and the
top-of-mind choice among con-
sumers in the country,said Elis-
es, who unveiled the new game
jersey with the team members
and coaching staff before the me-
dia. Prior to the jersey unveiling
ceremony and press conference,
the Gin Kings also attended a
short product orientation and
mixology seminar. GSMI is in
the middle of its Lahing Gine-
bra campaign about the endur-
ing relationship of the well-loved
gin brand to Filipinos for over a
century now.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 THURSDAY A10
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Peter Atencio
EXPECT the Barangay Ginebra
San Miguel Gin Kings to be a faster
team in the coming 38th Philippine
Basketball Association season.
By Robbie Pangilinan
NEVER look down on anything small,
because they might hold greatness just
like the Mini Cooper, the worlds most fa-
mous sports car, which has become a Brit-
ish icon of the 1960s and voted the second
most inuential car of the 20th century,
next to the Ford Model T.
The Mini Car Club Philippines, an
exclusive and only Mini Cooper Car
Club in the country, recently held its
rst-year anniversary at the Marina
Restaurant in Quezon City. The simple
get-together dinner party was full of fun
and friendship, according to one of club
founders, Sonny Mangundayao.
The small gathering had rising artist
Isaiah Antonio as guest singer.
The club started with a meeting of
minds among ve friends, mini-nuts
as Sonny calls them. Sonny, Richard,
Sam, Mon and Dante got into thinking
of establishing an auto club just for fun
and exchange of views about the car.
On a serious note, the group also want-
ed technical support and social contri-
bution to the community.
My personal idea was to create a
stronger Mini community, bringing to-
gether owners of all types of Minis and
Mini variants, in a lifestyle mood, said
Sonny of the famed family corporation
Salon de Manila.
Sonny thought of organizing the group
primarily to recognize a Mini community
in the society, where members have fun,
encourage each other and advocate safe
motorsports activities by way of planning,
promoting, and conducting events.
Sonny makes sure the club focuses
on its objective to encourage the pres-
ervation, ownership and operation of
Mini cars. Turn to A9
Mini is big
By Jeric Lopez

FINAL Four.
Thats whats in the mind of
both University of Santo To-
mas and De La Salle today as
they play their nal elimina-
tion games in the 75th Univer-
sity Athletic Association of the
Philippines.
Running second for most part,
the Growling Tigers (9-4) are
set to nally seal their ticket to
the Final Four when they face
University of the East (3-10) at
2 p.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena
in Pasay City .
On the other hand, the Green
Archers (8-5) need another win
against Adamson University (3-10)
at 4 p.m. to enhance their chance of
making it to the semifinals.
UST, still tied for second place
with idle Far Eastern University,
is coming off a heartbreaking
68-66 setback at the hands of
topseed Ateneo De Manila in a
classic match last Saturday.
The game was put in protest
by the Tigers, citing various non-
calls that mightve changed the
outcome, but Commissioner Ato
Badolato junked it the other day.
The UST management will ap-
peal the decision to the board.
Tigers coach Pido Jarencio
said that the minds of his players
and the team are only set at win-
ning their nal game to improve
their chance of nishing at No. 2
and getting the second twice-to-
beat advantage in the semis.
LIONS VS CHIEFS
IT was long time coming for an ace
hitter, but a quick one for coach.
Sandugo-San Sebastians sweep of
the Shakeys V-League Open crown
ended a long, long chase for a champi-
onship by Thai ace Jang Bualee, who
had toiled for seven years to nally sa-
vor the sweet taste of victory.
I was never discouraged by the
previous setbacks, said Bualee,
who had at least three runner-up n-
ishes with the Lady Stags.
Coach Roger Gorayeb actually
entered Game 2 of the nals with
tempered expectations especially
after the Lady Stags had to sweat
it out in a 18-25, 29-27, 14-25, 25-
13, 15-7 victory over the Cagayan-
Perpetual Rising Suns in the opener
of the championship series Sunday.
But the Sandugo-backed squad,
with Bualee on the ring end, sum-
moned their A-games and poured it
all to come away with a one-sided
25-18, 25-22, 25-16 conquest of the
Rising Suns and run away with the
coveted crown Tuesday night.
Based on the way were playing,
I was condent of our chances for the
crown, but not too much expecting a
sweep, said Gorayeb in Filipino.
As a coach, I wanted a sweep, but
last time, we were forced to the limit
but still prevailed. Im happy we even-
tually pulled through despite having
only 10 players, he added.
Bualee, the Finals MVP, banged
away 12 hits and two service aces to
lead the Lady Stags to the champion-
ship, marking her breakthrough suc-
cess after falling short the previous
campaigns the last seven years in the
countrys premier womens volley
league sponsored by Shakeys Pizza.
Im happy for Jang, its her rst
time to win a championship here.
There are those saying shes a jinx,
having not won a championship
prior to this, but thats not true since
shes been winning games for us be-
fore, said Gorayeb.
A breakthrough victory for Jang
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Archers,
Tigers eye
seminals
A twice-to-beat incentive will be at
stake for defending champion San Beda
College (12-2) when it meets Arellano
University at 4 p.m. today in the 88th
National Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament at The
Arena in San Juan. Later at 6 p.m., the
Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals will
clash with the Lyceum Pirates.
Speed gives Ginebra the edge
ILOILOWith Soa Chabon
shooting a 10-over-par 80 worth
44 points, Del Monte took a com-
manding lead over defending
champion Manila Southwoods
Masters after the second round
yesterday of the PAL Ladies; In-
terclub at Sta. Barbara here.
Kristin Leonen and Pam Mari-
ano each accounted for 43 for a
second-day 130 and 267 by the
Bukidnon-based bets, who now
have a huge 32-point lead over the
beleaguered Southwoods lasses.
Abigail Arevalo, a 12-year-old
coached by her father Tony, paced
Southwoods with a second straight
44, but the Carmona squad could
only get 38 from skipper Beachie
Abiera and 37 from Christine Nai-
doo.
Southwoods tallied 119 for 235,
and would need to make up a lot
of ground in todays third round to
make a tournament out of this, but
it would have to do so with Are-
valo, a Junior World veteran, on
the bench after she had played the
rst two days.
Its too early to think about the
title,Del Monte captain Maribel
San Miguel, whose 25 was thrown
away, said. With all the pressure
coming our way, we are more than
motivated to play our best.
Coming off the bench for South-
woods in the last two rounds will
be Mia Legaspi, Sunshine Bara-
quiel and Annika Cedo, a pro-
digious 13-year-old who is also
a product of father Jun Cedos
teachings.
I am still optimistic that we can
pull through, Abiera said. We
will be elding our best players
for the last two rounds.
The 7th PAL Ladies Interclub is
being sponsored by Airbus, Asia
Brewery, Avis Car Rental, Depart-
ment of Tourism, Mareco Broad-
casting Network (Crossover),
TV5, People Asia magazine and
Solar Entertainment.
The PALakbayan sponsors are
B/E Aerospace, Boeing Inter-
national Corp., RMN Networks
and Sarabia Manor Hotel& Con-
ventions Center. Donors include
Amazing Planet, Century Proper-
ties, Diamond Hotel Phils., EDSA
Shangri-la, Plantation Bay Resort
& Spa, Print Town/Lexmedia and
Tanduay Distillers and Hyatt Ho-
tel & Casino.
Del Monte pads PAL Ladies Interclub lead
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FLOYD Mayweather Jr. has been ordered to pay over $113,000
for dodging a deposition several times on the charges of defama-
tion led against him by Fighter of the Decade Manny Pacquiao.
Tim Hull of Courthouse News said Pacquiao claimed May-
weather defamed him by telling journalists and others that
Pacquiao uses performance-enhancing drugs and that when
the undefeated Mayweather was supposed to sit for deposi-
tion between June and October last year, he never showed.
Pacquiaos lawyers, led by David Marroso, had demanded
sanctions against Mayweather and informed the court the
ghter was photographed at nightclubs across the country,
dancing, drinking and burning money, all while claiming that
he was too busy training.
Marroso told the court: Mayweather decided that he, not the
court, would determine if and when his deposition would take place.
Busy living the luxurious lifestyle non-stop, pour [ing] champagne
for [his] friends and keeping the company of attractive women,
Mayweather refused to be deposed. He disobeyed properly served
deposition notices, led specious emergency motions, openly deed
this courts order directing him to appear, and serially misrepresented
his whereabouts to Pacquiao and this court. Exposing Mayweathers
untruths was a massiveand expensiveundertaking.
Hull reported that in October last year, US District Judge Larry
Hicks in Las Vegas, refused to grant Pacquiao default judgment
on the basis of the discovery misdeeds, but he ordered May-
weather to pay deposition costs and attorneys fees as a sanction.
Pacquiao had led for attorneys fees and Judge Hicks en-
tered an award of $113,518.50 on Monday.
In granting the award, Judge Hicks said: The court notes
that the award of attorneys fees in this matter is a sanction
against Mayweathers obviously intentional decision not to
appear for his court ordered deposition. This was a direct dis-
covery violation after the court had entered a very clear order
that the deposition go forward.
Mayweather told to pay
Pacmans lawyers $113k
Pin Antonio and her favorite Mini Cooper.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel coach Siot Tanquingcen (left), 2012 Most Valuable Player Mark Caguioa and JayJay Heltrbrand (right) wear and
display the teams new jerseys at the Gateway Suites, Araneta Center, Wednesday. MANNY PALMERO
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Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
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more BPO buildings
Rules on retail competition, open access rushed
PHILEX Mining Corp. criticized
the Environment Department for
releasing information on penalties
that the company should pay for
damages to the environment,
after a tailings spill incident at the
Padcal Mine in Benguet.
This is a gross violation of
our rights. We have not received
a copy of the violation, neither
was there any communication
stating that we have to pay such
nes, said Philex vice president
for communications Mike Toledo
at the sidelines of a mining
conference at the Sotel Philippine
Plaza Hotel in Pasay City.
They disclosed the
information to media without
informing us. We were subjected
to trial by publicity.
Toledo said the company
was gravely affected by the
announcement of Environment
Secretary Ramon Paje about the
status of the penalty to the media.
Their statements are not
helping us any. In fact, it
has affected the value of the
company. Even employees
and our workforce were also
affected, he said.
The Environment Department
earlier said Philex might have
to pay penalties of as much as
P1 billion for damages to the
environment as a result of the
a tailing spill in Philexs Padcal
Mines.
The department had estimated
that Philex could incur a ne of
about P325 million and that the
penalty could double or triple,
depending on the results of an
investigation. Othel V. Campos
Chamber of Mines president Benjamin Philip Romualdez addresses mining industry executives and government ofcials during
the 2012 Mining Conference at the Sotel Philippine Plaza Hotel in Pasay City. Romualdez said the government would not
attain its $16-billion mineral investment target by 2016, because of the current moratorium on new mining projects and the
implementing rules and regulations of Executive Order No. 79 that reduced the term of mining contracts to 25 years.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THE Energy Department on
Wednesday said it is rushing the
rules on retail competition and
open access in the power sector
for implementation next year.
Were reviewing the details
again with the ERC [Energy
Regulatory Commission]. We are
asking for declarations that are
needed, Energy Secretary Jose
Rene Almendras told reporters.
The department earlier issued
a circular that prescribes the
policies for the implementation
of retail competition and open
access but had not issued the
rules yet.
Almendras earlier said he
wanted open access to be
implemented in the third quarter
of the year. The plan was
deferred to December due to the
planned integration of the system
to the Philippine Electricity Spot
Market.
PEMC was appointed as the
central registration body for
open access. PEMC operates
the Wholesale Electricity Spot
Market, which serves as a venue
for the trading of electricity.
Almendras said the Dec. 26
target for a full implementation
of open access might not
happen.
Maybe, not be full
implementation. There are
models being looked at to do
partial implementing. Im not at
liberty to discuss them yet but
our teams are working on it, he
said.
He declined to say how the
partial open access would be
implemented adding there are
models being looked into.
Open access and retail
competition, one of the many
reforms under the Electric Power
Industry Reform Act of 2001,
will allow consumers with an
average monthly consumption
of one megawatt to choose their
own power supplier.
The department earlier created
a technical working group to
integrate open access to the
WESM.
By Othel V. Campos
THE Philippines may lose as
much as $4 billion in foreign
mining investments this
year and next because of the
extended moratorium on new
mining projects, the Chamber
of Mines of the Philippines said
Wednesday.
The $2 billion in mining investments we are
expecting this year will not happen. The $2 billion
in mining investments we are expecting next
year will not happen. The $16 billion in mining
investments we are expecting in this administration
will not happen, Chamber of Mines president
Benjamin Philip Romualdez said in a speech on
the rst day of 2012 Mining Conference at the
Sotel Philippine Plaza Hotel in Pasay City.
Romualdez said the freeze caused an outow
of about P10 billion in mining investments since
last year, based on Bangko Sentral data.
Meanwhile, the chamber also called on the
government to review section 9 of the newly
released implementing rules and regulations of
Executive Order No. 79, which reduced to 25
years the term of mining contracts. Environment
Secretary Ramon Paje signed the rules of EO 79
on Sept. 10.
This effectively shortens mining contracts
to a mere 25 years in violation of section 32 of
the Mining Act, which guarantees the mining
companies of a second 25-year term under the
same terms and conditions. This provision is
patently illegal and contrary to the assurances
of government that mining contracts will be
respected, Romualdez said.
Vice President Jejomar Binay in the same forum
said the gains of mining should trickle down to the
poor and improve the lives of the Filipino people
who truly own mineral resources.
Let social justice be one of the hands that shape
the future of Philippine mining, said Binay.
Binay said a multipartite approach involving
industry experts, the academe, the local and
national government and civil society leaders
would help redene the mining industry.
We can achieve sustainable, environmentally-
sound mining principles and continuously rene
such a framework that upholds both economic and
social justice, said Binay.
The Vice President noted the country sits on
21.5 billion tons of metal deposits, including
nickel, iron, copper and gold. But for all the
wealth that lies waiting to be unleashed for the
benefit of its true owners, mineral extraction has
not been as great an economic driver as it could
be, he said.
By Jenniffer B. Austria
FILINVEST Land Inc. said
Wednesday its newest business
process outsourcing office
building at the Northgate
Cyberzone in Filinvest
Corporate City in Alabang
will be completed early next
year.
The property firm said it
was developing more BPO
buildings in line with its
strategic goal of doubling the
leasable area of BPO offices
to 332,000 square meters by
2015.
Filinvest Land said in a
statement the latest BPO
building would have 20,000
square meters of gross
leasable area. The 10-story
building is already 70 percent
taken up and will be ready for
turnover by the first quarter
of 2013.
Filinvest Land is also
constructing three other BPO
office buildings at Northgate
Cyberzone.
Plaz@ E, which broke
ground in July, is set for
completion by the fourth quarter
of 2013. Two more buildings
within the Filinvest Corporate
City, namely AZ Twin 1 and 2,
also broke ground last month.
The developer said once
completed, there would be 16
BPO office buildings at the 10-
hectare Northgate Cyberzone
in Alabang.
SPi Global bullish
SPI Global Holdings Inc., the business process
outsourcing unit of Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., is condent service revenues
will grow 14 percent this year on the back
of expanding knowledge and voice process
outsourcing businesses, its chief executive said
Tuesday night.
Maulik Parekh told reporters at the sidelines
of a conference that SPi was expected to post
revenues of $230 million in 2012, or about P9.7
billion.
We get new clients as we extend our existing
clients. We continue to expand our presence in
the Philippines both in Metro Manila site and in
our provincial sites in Laguna, Dumaguete and
Iloilo, he said.
The PLDT-backed company aims to raise
manpower base to 18,000 this year from the
current 14,000 across all sites, both here and
abroad.
Parent rm PLDT earlier announced it was
exploring potential options for SPi, but no
decision had been made about the sale of the
BPO unit.
As far as SPi Global executives are
concerned, its business as usual. We are having
another solid banner year as we are condent
with a double-digit growth in top lines as well
as the bottom line. We are now bullish to build
the foundation for 2013, Parekh said.
He added that SPi was always looking for
acquisition opportunities in the marketplace,
adding it was reviewing potential companies.
Lailany P. Gomez
New ICTSI investor
CALIFORNIA-BASED investment company
Capital Group Companies Inc. has acquired
a minority stake in listed port operator
International Container Terminal Services Inc.
ICTSI said in a ling with the Philippine Stock
Exchange that Capital Group purchased 169.32
million shares of the company, equivalent to an
8.7-percent interest in ICTSI.
Capital Group is a holding company of
several subsidiary companies engaged in
investment activities. They are divided into
two operational groups represented by Capital
Research and Management Co. and Capital
Group International Inc.
ICTSI is a leading port management company
involved in the operations and development of
24 marine terminals and port projects in 17
countries, including the Philippines, China,
India, Mexico, United States, Ecuador, Poland
and Brazil.
ICTSI, which is led by businessman Enrique
Razon, was among the rst international
terminal operators to take their expertise
overseas. Jenniffer B. Austria
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
THE balance of payments
yielded a $582-million surplus
in August, down 79 percent
from $2.7 billion a year ago, the
Bangko Sentral said Wednesday.
Data showed the surplus in
August BoP, which represents the
countrys nancial transactions
with the rest of the world, also
fell 81 percent from $3.2 billion
recorded in July.
The latest amount brought the
cumulative BoP surplus to $5.08
billion in the rst eight months,
lower by 43 percent from $9 billion
during the same period last year.
Bangko Sentral Governor
Amando Tetangco Jr. said the
BoP was expected to remain
in surplus, as strong inow
of foreign exchanges would
continue in the rest of the year.
Strong foreign inows
continue to buoy our external
position. Given our relatively
good macro-fundamentals, we
expect the external position to
remain robust, he said.
Foreign direct investments
in the rst half registered a net
inow of $917 million, 10.6
percent higher than $829 million
registered in the same period last
year.
Foreign portfolio investments,
or overseas funds invested
in stocks and government
securities, also resulted in a net
inow of $2.2 billion in the rst
eight months, although this was
lower than the previous years $3
billion.
The BoP surplus helped boost
the countrys gross international
reserves to a record $80.8 billion
as of end-August and led the peso
to rise to a four-year high against
the US dollar.
The peso closed at 41.61
against the dollar Thursday,
stronger than the previous days
41.75 against the greenback. The
local currency snapped a two-
day decline on speculation bond-
buying programs announced by
the Bank of Japan, the European
Central Bank and the Federal
Reserve will underpin demand
for the nations assets.
The open-ended quantitative
easing policies will push liquidity
into Asian currencies and there will
be winners including the peso,
said Patrick Ella, an economist
at Security Bank. Theres been
some occasional market pullback
but overall equity inows have
been strong. With Bloomberg
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 10,432,581 771,609,808.3
INDUSTRIAL 100,180,157 843,259,402.904
HOLDING FIRMS 93,463,505 1,366,323,334.27
PROPERTY 175,588,244 865,805,537.37
SERVICES 245,914,539 902,307,533.52
MINING & OIL 472,401,514 241,905,097.123
GRAND TOTAL 1,098,209,540 4,992,237,213.49
FINANCIAL 1,339.63 (up) 1.92
INDUSTRIAL 8,010.75 (up) 5.4
HOLDING FIRMS 4,457.85 (down) 2.62
PROPERTY 2,070.56 (down) 4.66
SERVICES 1,806.84 (down) 17.17
MINING & OIL 21.634.59 (down) 35.86
PSEI 5,317.03 (down) 14.10
All Shares Index 3,546.56 (up) 3.26
Gainers: 80; Losers: 75; Unchanged: 45; Total: 200
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
PNOC Expls À' 75.00 38.89
City & Land Dev. 2.95 13.46
Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.90 12.84
Prime Media Hldg 1.470 12.21
Phil Bank of Comm 82.00 7.19
IP Converge 2.18 6.86
Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.27 6.72
FEUI 1050.00 6.06
Calapan Venture 2.85 5.95
Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0180 5.88
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Metro Pacic Tollways 6.05 (17.24)
Globalports 22.00 (10.20)
Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2250 (10.00)
Ripple E-Business Intl 4.50 (10.00)
TKC Steel Corp. 2.08 (4.59)
Calata Corp. 6.52 (4.12)
Prime Orion 0.475 (4.04)
Acesite Hotel 1.51 (3.82)
Vivant Corp. 8.20 (3.53)
Sun Life Financial 970.00 (2.90)
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 62.95 62.90 62.50 62.65 (0.48) 1,726,830 55,644,042.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 76.90 77.50 75.50 77.50 0.78 747,620 36,146,759.50
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.73 0.72 0.72 0.72 (1.37) 15,000 10,800.00
595.00 370.00 China Bank 52.95 55.00 52.50 53.25 0.57 1,255,510 (54,305,623.50)
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 20.40 20.60 20.40 20.45 0.25 306,700 (41,000.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 21.70 21.80 21.50 21.75 0.23 478,800 108,000.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.90 10.90 10.90 10.90 0.00 3,000
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 0.00 150
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.75 2.75 2.60 2.75 0.00 53,000
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 26.80 26.70 26.70 26.70 (0.37) 2,100
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 91.90 92.80 91.90 92.20 0.33 4,262,800 34,113,467.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.91 1.95 1.90 1.95 2.09 4,000
94.50 56.00 Phil Bank of Comm 76.50 82.00 76.50 82.00 7.19 1,280
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.00 70.30 69.90 70.00 0.00 861,320 22,967,986.00
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 84.20 84.50 84.50 84.50 0.36 10
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 388.00 384.00 376.00 382.00 (1.55) 470
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 43.90 44.00 43.90 43.90 0.00 78,900.00 (966,900.00)
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 159.50 159.40 158.50 158.50 (0.63) 360,640 (24,238,874.00)
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 999.00 970.00 970.00 970.00 (2.90) 180
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 104.90 107.00 105.00 105.00 0.10 73,120 3,989,446.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.80 1.82 1.81 1.81 0.56 201,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.50 33.75 33.45 33.65 0.45 1,564,200 19,635,730.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.65 8.70 8.60 8.70 0.58 66,400
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 23.50 23.90 23.50 23.50 0.00 8,600
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.77 1.84 1.70 1.78 0.56 11,196,000 3,391,520.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 30.00 30.00 29.00 30.00 0.00 1,600 (18,000.00)
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.41 1.43 1.37 1.42 0.71 2,539,000
Asiabest Group 22.20 23.10 21.90 22.40 0.90 41,000
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 0.00 2,000
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.69 2.93 2.81 2.85 5.95 517,000 (5,700.00)
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.69 2.69 2.69 2.69 0.00 420,000
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.60 11.94 11.50 11.80 1.72 87,300
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.18 6.17 6.07 6.07 (1.78) 15,647,700 (3,145,457.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 7.70 8.10 7.65 8.03 4.29 3,725,100 3,010,569.00
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 19.32 19.46 19.28 19.30 (0.10) 2,990,600 29,803,742.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 78.65 79.95 78.80 79.00 0.45 1,257,350 11,968,956.50
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 0.00 1,000
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.00 17,700,000
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.88 12.88 12.80 12.80 (0.62) 268,100 (1,761,432.00)
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.05 4.06 4.06 4.06 0.25 1,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.640 0.630 0.630 0.630 (1.56) 5,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 99.50 101.90 99.50 99.90 0.40 305,710 16,748,406.50
Lafarge Rep 9.46 9.46 9.35 9.35 (1.16) 2,839,100 9,350,000.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.10 2.14 2.05 2.07 (1.43) 80,000 8,450.00
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 2.51 2.52 2.52 2.52 0.40 5,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 26.85 26.90 26.75 26.80 (0.19) 3,068,700 (785,655.00)
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.57 2.90 2.90 2.90 12.84 5,000
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.500 16.500 16.500 16.500 0.00 4,000 (14,850.00)
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 259.60 262.00 256.00 258.20 (0.54) 97,730 17,071,902.00
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 6.81 7.95 7.00 7.00 2.79 111,400 (646,100.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 3.97 4.00 3.95 3.97 0.00 17,977,000 (61,688,800.00)
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.50 10.54 10.48 10.50 0.00 1,738,500 (2,809,758.00)
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.16 8.25 8.15 8.19 0.37 89,100 16,320.00
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.98 4.02 3.95 3.98 0.00 808,000 (349,770.00)
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.73 2.71 2.71 2.71 (0.73) 1,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.13 5.13 5.00 5.00 (2.53) 30,700
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.45 34.40 34.30 34.40 (0.15) 100,000
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 111.00 111.00 110.80 111.00 0.00 796,050 (4,391,240.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.50 2.59 2.50 2.57 2.80 8,419,000 469,680.00
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.80 1.82 1.80 1.82 1.11 3,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 12.08 12.16 11.90 11.98 (0.83) 757,100 2,929,720.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.18 2.08 2.08 2.08 (4.59) 4,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.17 1.17 1.16 1.17 0.00 1,436,000 (117,000.00)
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 61.15 62.75 61.10 62.30 1.88 1,396,640 31,493,259.00
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.32 1.34 1.29 1.29 (2.27) 1,926,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 8.50 8.20 8.00 8.20 (3.53) 5,400
1.22 0.77 Vulcan Indl. 0.91 0.93 0.92 0.92 1.10 100,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.72 0.72 0.71 0.71 (1.39) 27,692,000 60,350.00
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.30 48.45 48.10 48.20 (0.21) 1,426,800 (25,202,805.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 0.0180 0.0170 0.0180 5.88 1,400,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 13.00 13.06 12.92 12.98 (0.15) 12,476,800 48,038,134.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 40,000 80,000.00
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.70 4.71 4.71 4.71 0.21 10,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 4.99 4.95 4.95 4.95 (0.80) 10,000
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.57 1.59 1.55 1.55 (1.27) 18,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.65 1.66 1.60 1.66 0.61 63,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 431.00 441.00 430.20 439.00 1.86 319,610 37,357,032.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 58.05 58.30 57.95 58.00 (0.09) 5,277,550 41,187,626.00
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.06 4.08 4.05 4.06 0.00 194,000 284,100.00
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 551.00 565.00 545.00 545.00 (1.09) 90,450 (37,036,800.00)
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.00 5.20 4.96 5.20 4.00 98,000
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.50 34.00 33.40 33.40 (0.30) 598,500 (2,742,835.00)
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.35 5.41 5.35 5.40 0.93 3,148,700 1,003,267.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.06 1.06 1.05 1.06 (0.28) 510,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.30 2.32 2.26 2.28 (0.87) 541,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.27 4.27 4.22 4.24 (0.70) 30,579,000 (38,814,010.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.08 5.04 5.00 5.00 (1.57) 576,100 60,460.00
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0500 0.0500 0.0490 0.0490 (2.00) 4,510,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.310 1.470 1.470 1.470 12.21 70,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.495 0.490 0.475 0.475 (4.04) 560,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 739.00 739.00 733.00 734.00 (0.68) 263,810 (67,740,930.00)
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 1.94 2.01 1.90 1.95 0.52 648,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.16 1.16 1.16 1.16 0.00 47,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2500 0.2250 0.2230 0.2250 (10.00) 140,000 (6,720.00)
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3300 0.3300 0.3150 0.3250 (1.52) 260,000
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.425 0.425 0.420 0.420 (1.18) 1,100,000
P R O P E R T Y
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.29 3.35 3.24 3.24 (1.52) 1,626,000 (881,660.00)
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 24.20 24.35 23.50 24.20 0.00 19,317,900 193,940,045.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.80 4.80 4.78 4.79 (0.21) 789,000 1,536,830.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.20 5.25 5.19 5.19 (0.19) 552,700
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.51 1.51 1.47 1.49 (1.32) 8,873,000 (23,730.00)
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.60 3.00 2.60 2.95 13.46 256,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.13 1.15 1.12 1.15 1.77 29,000 (21,580.00)
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.066 0.067 0.067 0.067 1.52 20,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.82 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.00 509,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.860 0.860 0.840 0.850 (1.16) 4,235,000 (59,500.00)
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.69 3.85 3.66 3.66 (0.81) 311,000 (37,500.00)
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.200 0.202 0.198 0.200 0.00 1,080,000
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.97 2.00 1.96 2.00 1.52 5,580,000 2,255,230.00
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.32 1.34 1.32 1.33 0.76 10,617,000 4,702,450.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.90 1.95 1.75 1.90 0.00 122,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.20 1.19 1.19 1.19 (0.83) 70,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.28 2.32 2.26 2.28 0.00 101,587,000 86,076,000.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1600 0.1600 0.1560 0.1560 (2.50) 2,380,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.6800 0.6600 0.6700 (1.47) 551,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.465 0.465 0.460 0.460 (1.08) 910,000
38.10 12.60 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 23.00 22.50 22.50 22.50 (2.17) 500
4.33 2.10 Primex Corp. 3.40 3.46 3.42 3.45 1.47 71,000
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.40 18.40 18.26 18.28 (0.65) 1,405,500 (10,686,128.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.28 3.48 3.27 3.35 2.13 906,000 195,270.00
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.78 2.79 2.75 2.79 0.36 51,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.07 6.17 6.05 6.06 (0.16) 2,872,300 569,662.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.10 14.16 13.96 13.96 (0.99) 1,700,400 (4,292,574.00)
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.96 3.98 3.97 3.97 0.25 3,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.00 200,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.740 4.810 4.680 4.800 1.27 7,818,000 11,900,550.00
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 28.50 29.00 28.55 28.90 1.40 84,500
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.57 1.59 1.49 1.51 (3.82) 2,230,000 21,140.00
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.630 0.650 0.610 0.630 0.00 816,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 0.00 50,000 326,700.00
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 10.08 10.10 9.98 10.00 (0.79) 9,511,200 16,354,124.00
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1610 0.1620 0.1570 0.1600 (0.62) 35,660,000 (47,400.00)
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 6.80 7.20 6.50 6.52 (4.12) 5,842,500 (6,489.00)
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 58.50 59.00 58.50 58.50 0.00 336,780 (13,725,264.00)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.19 5.47 5.20 5.39 3.85 158,300 (16,640.00)
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 990.00 1050.00 990.00 1050.00 6.06 22,470
1172.00 11.70 Globalports 24.50 22.00 22.00 22.00 (10.20) 2,000
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1180.00 1188.00 1180.00 1184.00 0.34 101,945 29,798,055.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.88 9.88 9.71 9.80 (0.81) 299,900
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 69.80 70.00 68.50 68.50 (1.86) 304,730 12,483,596.00
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.400 0.400 0.395 0.395 (1.25) 80,000
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.04 2.21 2.06 2.18 6.86 312,000 (21,610.00)
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.023 0.023 0.021 0.023 0.00 180,200,000 4,400.00
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.01 1.00 1.00 1.00 (0.99) 751,000 300,000.00
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 3.0700 3.0700 2.9000 3.0600 (0.33) 122,000 (40,100.00)
3.45 2.01 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.11 2.14 2.10 2.14 1.42 82,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 7.77 7.93 7.65 7.93 2.06 220,300
2.65 1.03 Lorenzo Shipping 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30 0.00 10,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.68 0.69 0.69 0.69 1.47 90,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.98 3.10 2.92 2.99 0.34 1,933,000 214,910.00
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 7.31 6.05 6.05 6.05 (17.24) 800
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.06 14.08 14.06 14.08 0.14 15,900
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.58 7.58 7.51 7.54 (0.53) 8,100
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.82 2.85 2.82 2.85 1.06 195,000 5,660.00
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.45 9.52 9.50 9.52 0.74 693,500 80,620.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 16.98 16.98 16.94 16.98 0.00 327,100 2,483,172.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2864.00 2864.00 2828.00 2830.00 (1.19) 153,130 (129,077,940.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.320 0.320 0.320 1.59 1,000,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.50 29.60 29.45 29.55 0.17 2,259,300 6,422,145.00
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 4.00 4.20 4.10 4.10 2.50 117,000 (4,150.00)
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.460 0.460 0.450 0.450 (2.17) 280,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0045 0.0045 0.0044 0.0045 0.00 18,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.66 4.66 4.60 4.60 (1.29) 47,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.60 4.70 4.61 4.61 0.22 74,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.46 17.46 17.44 17.46 0.00 544,900 1,294,048.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 26.20 26.20 26.20 26.20 0.00 200
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.260 0.270 0.265 0.265 1.92 500,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 24.15 24.20 24.00 24.20 0.21 14,100
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 24.10 24.15 24.15 24.15 0.21 1,000
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.11 1.14 1.12 1.14 2.70 252,000
61.80 6.96 Dizon 24.90 25.30 24.20 24.20 (2.81) 344,000 (50,100.00)
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.59 0.60 0.58 0.60 1.69 3,194,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.280 1.290 1.260 1.280 0.00 13,755,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.370 1.380 1.340 1.370 0.00 10,190,000 911,100.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0620 0.0630 0.0610 0.0630 1.61 161,950,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0620 0.0620 0.0620 0.0620 0.00 166,120,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 18.54 18.66 18.54 18.62 0.43 27,600 12,978.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.28 8.40 8.05 8.05 (2.78) 1,015,100 4,084,875.00
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6100 0.6200 0.6200 0.6200 1.64 184,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.720 4.950 4.720 4.800 1.69 4,353,000 49,000.00
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 7,500,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0200 0.00 3,000,000 (38,000.00)
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.96 6.30 5.92 6.30 5.70 37,900
28.25 18.40 Philex À 16.00 16.02 15.78 15.84 (1.00) 4,576,800 (3,494,970.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 32.00 32.00 31.65 31.85 (0.47) 183,900
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.052 0.052 0.051 0.051 (1.92) 54,980,000 10,200.00
30.00 13.50 PNOC Expls À 54.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 38.89 100
65.00 39.00 PNOC Expls `B 70.00 70.00 64.50 70.00 0.00 4,360
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 223.00 224.60 221.00 223.80 0.36 252,050 11,886,861.00
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.00 19,300,000 (36,000.00)
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 28.60 29.45 28.70 29.45 2.97 1,156,300 (818,460.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 537.00 540.00 537.00 540.00 0.56 1,550
First Gen F 101.20 101.20 101.20 101.20 0.00 20,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.65 9.63 9.48 9.63 (0.21) 487,200
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 108.00 108.00 107.90 107.90 (0.09) 4,490
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 73.00 75.00 74.50 74.50 2.05 300
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1011.00 1012.00 1012.00 1012.00 0.10 130
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.19 1.30 1.20 1.27 6.72 1,125,000 460,960.00
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0460 0.0470 0.0460 0.0460 0.00 1,800,000
S M E
6.20 4.18 Ripple E-Business Intl 5.00 4.50 4.50 4.50 (10.00) 229,000
RAY S. EANO
Mr. Eanos column
will resume next week.
JTH completes share swap deal
Ayala Malls wins
awards. The Ayala
Malls recently received
two major awards
during the Asia Pacic
shopping centers awards
competition given by the
prestigious International
Council of Shopping
Centers in Shanghai,
China. The Ayala Malls
Eat Dining Festival won
the coveted gold award
for marketing excellence-
public relations while
its Inspire Campaign
bagged the silver
award for marketing
excellencecause-
related marketing. Shown
are (from left) Ayala vice
president and head of
business development
and strategic planning
Cora Dizon, Ayala Land
vice president and head
of operations Rowena
Tomeldan, ICSC president
and chief executive
Michael Kercheval, and
Ayala Land executive
vice president and
commercial business
group head Bobby Dy.
STOCKS fell for the second day, bucking
the uptrend in Asian markets, as investors
took prot from last weeks strong gains.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, dropped 14 points, or
0.3 percent, to close at 5,317.03
on Wednesday. Value turnover
reached P5 billion.
The heavier index,
representing all shares, however,
slightly increased 3 points, or
0.1 percent, to 3,546.56, as
gainers led losers, 80 to 75, with
45 issues unchanged.
Ayala Land Inc., the most
actively traded stock, closed
at at P24.20 while Philippine
Long Distance Telephone Co.,
the second most actively traded,
declined 1.2 percent to P2,830.
Its rival Globe Telecom was up
0.3 percent to P1,184.
Ayala Corp. led conglomerates
with a 1.9-percent gain to P439.
Universal Robina Corp. also
added 1.9 percent to P62.30.
PNOC Exploration Corp. was
the top gainer, with its stock
rising 39 percent to P75 while
Metro Pacic Tollways Corp.
was the biggest loser. The
formers stock fell 17 percent to
P6.05.
Meanwhile, Asian stock
markets rose Wednesday after
the Bank of Japan became the
latest major central bank to
announce action to shore up
fragile economic growth.
The Japanese central bank
said it was extending monetary
easing by increasing its asset
purchasing fund to 55 trillion yen
($700 billion) from 45 trillion
yen, to counter the strength of
the Japanese yen.
That followed moves by the
US Federal Reserve to stimulate
growth through so-called
quantitative easing. The Fed said
last week it will purchase an
average of $40 billion a month
in mortgage-backed securities
until the economy shows
signicant improvement.
The Feds goal is to lower
long-term interest rates and
encourage more borrowing and
spending. The Fed also said it
plans to keep its benchmark
short-term interest rate near
zero until mid-2015. Stock
markets, which tend to respond
favorably to actions targeting
economic growth, rallied
sharply following the Feds
announcement.
Japans Nikkei 225 index
jumped 1.8 percent to 9,286.57.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng
gained 1.3 percent to 20,867.30
and Australias S&P/ASX 200
added 0.5 percent to 4,417.20.
Benchmarks in Singapore,
Taiwan and mainland China
also rose. South Koreas
Kospi gained 0.3 percent to
2,011.82.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Jenniffer B. Austria
JTH Davies Holdings Inc. reported
Wednesday it completed a share-
swap deal with the STI Education
Services Group that will give it
96-percent interest in the Tanco-
owned chain of schools.
The transaction is a part of
the transformation of JTH as a
holding company for education-
related activities and investments
of businessman Eusebio Tanco.
It will also change its corporate
name to STI Holdings Inc.
JTH said in a disclosure
to the stock exchange it had
executed share swap agreements
with the majority and minority
shareholders of STI based on an
exchange ratio of 6.5 shares of the
company for every 1 STI share.
JTH will issue 5.9 billion
common shares in exchange for
907.9 million common shares
of STI. It said of the 5.9 billion
shares, 4.72 billion JTH shares
would be swapped with 726
STI shares owned by majority
shareholders while the remaining
1.17 billion JTH shares would
be traded with 181.2 million STI
shares owned by the minority
shareholders.
The shares will be issued from
the proposed increase in JTHs
authorized capital stock to P5
billion consisting of 10 billion
shares with a par value of P0.50
apiece.
The corporation shall own
approximately 96 percent of the
issued and outstanding stock of
STI Education Services Group
after the necessary regulatory
approvals from the SEC and
the BIR in connection with the
share swap transaction have been
obtained, JTH said.
The public ownership of
JTH will fall below the 10-
percent minimum public oat
requirement of the Philippine
Stock Exchange under the deal.
To comply with the rule, JTH
earlier approved the sale and
offer of 3 billion primary shares
through follow-on offering that
will generate as much as P4.5
billion in proceeds.
JTH tapped UBS AG as the sole
bookrunner and lead manager for
the offering. The company hopes
to complete the fund raising by
November this year. Proceeds
from the offering will be used
to put up new schools in various
areas in the country.
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.
n the said application, NGCP alleged, among others, the following:
1. t is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the Philippines,
with principal offce address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner
BR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. t 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 ndustry Reform Act of 2001 or the EPRA.
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 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. n 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. mmediately 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
nterconnected Transmission Lines, Substations and Related Facilities, and for Other Purposes.
2 nclusive 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 Annexes"F-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 Corporation's ndustrial All
Risk nsurance Policy ("AR) with the Government Service nsurance
System, the cost of the rehabilitation, repair and restoration of the
damaged transmission assets and other related facilities is not covered
by the AR and therefore not compensable. Copies of the Certifcation
in support of such allegation are hereto attached as Annexes ", "J, "K
and "L.
22. n view of the foregoing, there is a need to realign NGCP's 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 NGCP's 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. t moves for the issuance of a provisional authority for the immediate
recovery of the FME claim.
6
t 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. n 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. t 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
FIoor, Pacic 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
Ofce, Mezzanine FIoor,
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 FieId Ofce,
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
FIoor, Pacic 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 ERC's Rules of Practice and Procedure,
a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket number and title of
the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioner's name and address; (2) the
nature of petitioner's 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
Business
ManilaStandardToday extrastory2000@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 THURSDAY
B3
National Grid beefs up Samar power lines
Japan joins
US Fed, also
eases policy
Apples stocks above
$700 for the first time
NEW YORKApples stock closed above $700 for the rst time
on Tuesday, the day after it announced that orders for its iPhone 5
topped 2 million in the rst 24 hours.
Shares closed at $701.91 Tuesday, up $2.13 from Mondays close.
They rose as high as $702.33 in afternoon trading Tuesday.
The rally in Apples stock price puts the companys market value
at $658 billion.
The $700 mark is somewhat of an arbitrary milestone for Apples
stock, representing little more than a nice round number and a
record high trading level.
The company, after all, already enjoys the distinction as the
worlds most valuable public company ever, at least if one ignores
ination. Google Inc., its Silicon Valley neighbor, saw its stock price
surpass $700 in 2007. On Tuesday, Googles stock was trading at
$712.28. But the online search leaders market capitalization is well
below Apples at $236.4 billion.
Apple started taking orders for the iPhone 5 at 3 a.m. EDT Friday.
Orders during the rst 24 hours more than doubled what Apple
had for its predecessor, the iPhone 4S, over the same period last
October.
This was despite somewhat lukewarm reviews and some claiming
it had lack of a wow factor, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said in
a note to investors. We continue to believe many underestimate
iPhone 5 in that it is a signicant update and will drive a powerful
product cycle.
Wu estimates that Apple will likely ship 27 million iPhones in the
current quarter. Thats up from his earlier estimate of 26 million.
Apple said on Monday that while most orders will be delivered
this Friday, when the phone goes on sale in stores in the US and eight
other countries, demand for the iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply.
That means some of the devices will be delivered in October.
Buyers who have a two-year service agreement with AT&T,
Sprint or Verizon Wireless are able to order the phone for $199 (16
gigabyte model), $299 (32 GB) or $399 (64 GB). AP
TOKYOJapans central bank
expanded its monetary easing by 10
trillion yen ($126 billion) Wednesday,
moving to nurture the countrys feeble
economic recovery and cushion its
exporters from the yens rise against other
currencies.
The Bank of Japan wrapped
up a two-day policy meeting by
increasing its asset-purchasing
fund to 55 trillion yen ($695
billion) from 45 trillion yen.
That followed the US Federal
Reserves decision last week to
stimulate growth through so-
called quantitative easing.
The bank also eliminated the
0.1 percent oor for interest
rates on Japanese government
bonds it purchases, a move that
will help to stabilize the yen,
said Masayuki Kichikawa, an
economist at Bank of America-
Merrill Lynch.
He characterized the BOJs
move as a pleasant surprise
since the central bank had not
been expected to ease policy
until late October.
Recent weak economic
data and strong pressure from
politicians anxious to not to see
a further deterioration ahead of
elections, expected soon, may
have played a role.
The US Federal Reserve,
similarly alarmed by chronic
weakness in the US economy,
launched an aggressive new
effort Thursday to boost the stock
market and make borrowing
cheaper for years to come.
The Fed said it would buy
mortgage bonds for as long as
it deems necessary and keep
interest rates at record lows until
mid-2015six months longer
than previously planned.
Japan has been wrestling for
years with deation, or falling
prices, which can be a drag on
economic growth. The rapid
aging of the population has made
the effort to break free from the
prolonged bout of deation
doubly difcult.
It shows they are cooperating
to end deation as soon as
possible, Kichikawa said. The
move to eliminate the oor
for rates on interest-bearing
bonds was likely to have more
impact than the 10 trillion yen
($127 billion) increase in asset
purchases, he said.
In any case, it was good news
for the markets. Japanese shares
surged, with the benchmark
Nikkei 225 index hitting its
highest level in more than four
months. The Japanese yen,
meanwhile, weakened to 79.17
yen per dollar by mid-afternoon,
from 78.66 yen in the morning.
The Japanese yen had
continued to strengthen in recent
weeks, prompting Finance
Minister Jun Azumi to hint
last week that intervention was
likely.
The recent one-sided trend
toward the higher yen clearly does
not reect the actual conditions
of the Japanese economy,
Azumi said Friday. We will not
rule out any measures against
excessive [currency] movement
and will take decisive action
whenever needed. AP
By Alena Mae S. Flores
NATIONAL Grid Corporation of
the Philippines on Wednesday said
it is investing P303.216 million
for the Sta. Rita-Quinapondan
69-kV Transmission Line
Project.
This project aims to make
the transmission network more
reliable by providing an alternate
power corridor to Eastern Samar,
National Grid said in a statement,
adding construction of the line
is up for bidding. The Sta. Rita-
Quinapondan project is expected
to be completed in 2015.
National Grid said it was beeng
up the power network with new
projects and the rehabilitation of
the 69-kV transmission lines in
Samar Island.
National Grid has completed
the Paranas-Calbayog 138-kV
Transmission Line Project built
at a cost P845.880 million.
The major components of
the Paranas-Calbayog line
include the new Calbayog
Substation, 62 kilometers of
138-kV transmission line and
expansion works at Paranas
Substation.
The line reinforces the old 69-
kV transmission lines in the area,
which are more susceptible to
weather disturbances, and aims
to support the long-term power
requirements of Samar. The
project cost P845.880 million.
National Grid is also
rehabilitating the Wright-Taft-
Borongan-McArthur 69-kiloVolt
transmission line to strengthen
the transmission system in
Eastern Samar.
National Grid, meanwhile, said
it aims to replace 1,178 old 69-
kV transmission poles in the area
until the end of this year under its
2011-2012 rehabilitation plan for
69-kV lines.
B4
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Jaycees
to hold
Albay
meeting
Ortega kin wants lawyer disbarred
Philex coffee up for
harvest in November
Mindoro to bank on green energy
IN BRIEF
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court has been asked to
disbar a counsel for allegedly concealing
the whereabouts of fugitive former Pala-
wan governor Joel Reyes and his brother,
Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, in violation of
the code of conduct for lawyers.
Michaela Angeli Ortega,
daughter of slain radio
broadcaster and environmental
activist Gerry Ortega, said
Hermie Aban, who was
reportedly working with
Reyeses, should be held
administratively liable for
allegedly abetting the escape
of his clients using tampered
electronic passports.
The Reyes brothers are
facing criminal prosecution
before the Puerto Princesa
regional trial court over the
murder of Ortega based on
the accounts of witnesses and
documentary evidence culled
by the Department of Justice.
A hold-order has been issued
against the accused.
The Department of Foreign
Affairs earlier confirmed that
the holder of the tampered
electronic passport issued to
a certain Joseph Lim Pe was
the former governor. Pe had
left the country on March 18,
together with Mario Reyes
and on the same flight as
lawyer Hermie Aban, bound
for Vietnam.
Citing the Cebu Pacific
Passenger Manifest,
complainant Michaela said that
Aban was even seated beside the
Reyes brothers in their flight to
Vietnam, as confirmed by the
Vietnam Immigration Office.
Recently, the Reyes brothers
were sighted in Thailand.
She said Aban was liable
for knowingly concealing the
whereabouts of his clients
despite the standing warrants
for their arrest.
It is my familys belief
that the Reyes brothers would
not have been able to evade
arrest if they were not, in any
way, assisted unlawfully. It is
fundamental to the battle we
have waged against injustice
to continue to hold the guilty
liable to their actions,
Michaela said, in a statement.
In her complaint-afdavit
led at the SCs Ofce of the
Bar Condant, she sought an
administrative probe over the
lapse.
Michaela noted that during
the court hearings last April
26, May 29 and June 8, Aban
had entered his appearance as
counsel for accused Arturo
Regalado, and who even filed
a petition in court to post bail
on behalf of Regalado, but he
never once mentioned about
the whereabouts of the accused
Reyes brothers.
Aside from the arrest
warrants and HDO issued
by the Puerto Princesa RTC,
Aban also disregarded the
governments bounty for
the capture of the accused
brothers, in addition to the
International Polices Red
Notice and the cancellation
of their passports for being
fugitives from justice, the
complaint noted.
By Dexter A. See
THE coffee demonstration farm of
Philex Mining Corp. in Barangay
Ampucao, Itogon, will have its rst
harvest of robusta beans in November.
Benzon Marino, head of maintenance,
said coffee berries usually took two to
three years to ripen.
He said the facility In Benguet
formed part of Philexs Community
Business and Technology Center
activities to provide livelihood to more
than 100 families carrying the tradition
of raising the upland brew.
Theres still a lot that can be done
on this coffee farm, such as applying
top soil to improve the quality of the
existing soil and lessen its acidity,
Marino said.
A 1.5-hectare facility at 700 meters
above sea level, the farm has more
than 1,000 robusta and arabica coffee
trees and at least 200 golden showers,
which belong to a species of owering
plants with yellow fruits and a source
of durable wood.
Marino said at least 246 robusta
and 25 Arabica stands are laden with
berries.
He added said 61 of the golden
showers almost a meter high 176 are
between one and three meters tall.
Marino said farmers are guided in
improving the quality and quantity
of production noting that minding
the farm involved cultivation, ring
weeding, the application of fertilizers,
watering, and extermination of insects
and fungi.
The CBTC coffee demo farm has four
regular workers, and employs six others
on a contractual basis as the need arises.
While highland coffee commands a
good price in lowland markets, coffee
growers have a ready market among
Philex employees and other buyers
across the Cordillera region.
By Robert A. Evora
CALAPAN CITYOriental Mindoro is turning to new
sources of alternative energy to become
surplus producer of electricity even as
it needs a fallback position to avert
supervening shortages.
Rep. Rodolfo Valencia said the entire
island is known to be naturally endowed
to make a significant contribution to the
Luzon Grid.
There are more than 35 waterfalls and
rivers as renewable sources of energy
listed in the Oriental Mindoro Power
Development Program awaiting to be
tapped and funded, he said.
These river-based alternative sources
of power are projected to generate 160
megawatts of electricity more than enough
to supply our present power needs.
Hydro power is the first renewable
energy project on the island bankrolled by
a P405 million loan from the Development
Bank of the Philippines taken out by
Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative.
But OMEC president Audel Arago said things may worsen
before full capacity is achieved.
Oriental Mindoro must be prepared (for) a serious
power crisis in two years, he said, referring to the supply
level.
Last June, the cooperative admitted
during a public consultation that the
province needed 28.87 to 30.5 MW but the
present two fuel-run plants, a generator
and two mini hydros could only deliver
28.60 MW.
The franchisee said Calapan alone
required 9.37 MW and 11 MW at peak
demand from 15 barangays of the city.
Gov. Alfonso Umali Jr. has endorsed
to Malacaang Valencias proposal for
power interconnection between Mindoro
and Batangas, among other projects to
diversify the energy sector.
We hope to see a progressive Mindoro
Oriental among the revitalized provinces
heading the drive towards a future of
sustainable growth, Umali said.
Energy Secretary Rene Almendras has
described the province as the Green
Island and Renewable Energy Power Capital of the
Philippines.
Helmet sticker drive

CITY OF BALANGAThe Department
of Trade and Industry in Bataan said the
drive on helmet stickers for motorcycle
riders will be strictly enforced.
DTI-Bataan Director Yay Lasam said
helmets passing the safety check will be
issued an Import Commodity Clearance
sticker at no cost.
The Motorcycle Helmet Law
mandates all riders to wear standard
protective helmets with the ICC
sticker.
Motorists just need to go to our
ofce with their helmet, Lasam said.
They must bring one ofcial ID and
accomplish the application form.
DTI-Bataan is located in the third
oor of Criselda Marie Building,
Capitol Road, San Jose, this city.
Riders with surnames starting with
letters A to F should visit DTI-Bataan
this September; letters G to O in
October; and P to Z in November.
DTI is the only authorized agency to
provide the sticker until December 31.
Penalties apply for violators.
Butch Gunio
Roll out the barrel
OKTOBERFEST revelers will toast
San Miguel beer for only P12 per
cup starting at Aseana City at the
reclamation in Pasay on Sept. 28 and
the following day in Laguna before
spreading cheers elsewhere.
All 11 San Miguel brands will be
available in all Oktoberfest parties
timed for celebrations around the
world.
San Miguel Beer brand ambassadors
led by international pop star apl.de.ap
of the Black Eyed Peas will spice up
the night during the Metro Manila kick
off.
Big surprises also await the revelers
in the provincial gigs at Paseo de Sta.
Rosa, Laguna on Sept. 29; MEPZ
I, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Oct. 6;
Limketkai, Cagayan De Oro on Oct. 19;
and Robinsons Starmills, San Fernando,
Pampanga on Oct. 20.
To be served are Monde Selection
awardees San Miguel Pale Pilsen, Red
Horse Beer, San Mig Light, San Miguel
Super Dry, Cerveza Negra, San Mig
Strong Ice, San Miguel Premium All-
Malt, San Miguel Flavored Beer Apple
and Lemon, Gold Eagle Beer plus the
limited-edition Oktoberfest beer.
Gigi Muoz David
Recognition.
GQWEST Inc.
president Carson
Tan, also chief
executive, is
recognized as a
Certied Franchise
Executive during
the Franchise
Asia Philippines
convention in
rites joined by
(from left) Alegria
Sibal-LimjocO, CFE
vice chairman, and
PFA CEO, Francorp
Philippines;
Jeff Sturgis, CFE
resource speaker,
founder and
president, Franchise
System Advisors;
and Samie Lim, CFE
Chairman Emeritus,
PFA president,
Canadian Tourism
& Hospitality
Institute.

Michaela
Ortega,
daughter
of slain
broadcaster
Dr. Gerry
Ortega,
les a
disbarment
case against
counsel
Hermie
Aban
DANNY
PATA
By Florencio P. Narito
LEGAZPI CITYAround
2,000 Jaycees from all over the
country are expected to attend
the Junior Chamber International
Philippines National Convention
to be held Oct. 9 to 13 at the
Ibalong Centrum for Recreation,
said a key ofcial.
City Administrator Noel
Rosal, also former mayor, made
the announcement on behalf
of his wife, Mayor Geraldine
Rosal.
We welcome this big event
as this will promote this city
as the premier tourism and
convention capital of Bicol.
Tour operators, hotel and
restaurant owners as well as the
food and handicraft industry
will get a big boost.
The mayor and Gov. Joey
Salceda will host their respective
dinner receptions, he said.
According to Engr. Yves
Yu, Legazpi City Jaycees
auditor, October 9 to 10 will
be the meeting of the different
chapter presidents during the
Presidents Academy. Legazpi
Jaycees led by lawyer Henry
Buban Jr., president.
Aside from the ICR and
the Capitol-owned Albay
Astrodome, the city has
big hotels with convention
centers like the Oriental Hotel
(formerly Mayon Imperial
Hotel) on Taysan Hills, La
Piazza Hotel and Convention
Center along Tahao Road, St.
Ellis Hotel (formerly Hotel la
Trinidad) on Rizal St., among
other facilities.
Delegates will have fun
shopping at Pacic-Gaisano Mall,
Liberty Commercial Center Mall
and Embarcadero de Legazpi
along Legazpi Boulevard for
adventure on the zipline, wall
climbing and sky walking.

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