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Aquino blasted for big blunder in diplomacy

By Maricel V. Cruz, Christine F. Herrera and Macon RamosAraneta
OPPOSITION lawmakers on Thursday slammed President Benigno Aquino III for the monumental blunder of allowing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to serve as backdoor negotiator to China, even as Palace sources said Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosarion had warned the president against tapping Trillanes as negotiator, but the president ignored the warning. House Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, Zambales Rep. Milagros Magsaysay, Siquior Orlando Fua, Maguindanao Rep. Simeon Datumanong and Rodolfo Albano were one in saying that in matters of conict or issues involving foreign affairs policies, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs should be the point man in carrying out the presidents initiatives in averting a diplomatic crisis. Magsaysay said that the blame should fall on President Aquino, who should explain to
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Roxas named special envoy to trade expo

By Joyce Pangco Paares and Sara Susanne Fabunan
MAKING up for his failure to meet with Chinese president Hu Jintao during the recent 20th Asia Pacic Economic Summit in Vladivostok, Russia, President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday ordered two Cabinet ofcials to seek an audience with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping during an exposition in Nanning, China slated September 21 to 25. Mr. Aquino designated Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II as his special envoy to the 9th China-Asean Expo and tasked presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda to join the trip. Lacierda said it was the Chinese embassy in Manila, through a note verbale sent to the Foreign Affairs Department, which requested for Roxas designation as special envoy to the expo. The DFA is facilitating the meeting between Roxas and Xi. Remember that the President was not able to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, so the President has given his approval to Secretary Mar Roxas to relay to the Vice President what President Aquino wanted to relay to President Hu Jintao, Lacierda said. Next page

TrillanesEnrile tiff boils over

By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Joyce Pangco Paares

Winner. Cris Valdes, 13, of Cavite City, won this years International Childrens Peace Prize in The Hague on Wednesday, and with it the $130,000 prize. Valdez was a former vagabond who was forced by his father to beg in the streets.

Camsur bill in limbo as Congress takes break

By Macon RamosAraneta and Maricel V. Cruz
THE Senate and the House adjourned Thursday for a twoweek break, with the House passing on second reading the P2.006-trillion national budget for next year and the Senate passing 197 measures. House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Cavite Rep. Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya said they hoped to pass the budget bill on third and nal reading in October so President Benigno Aquino III would be able to sign it into law before the end of the year. We would like, [[on] the third year of the Aquino administration, to say that at the time the year ended, we already had the budget at hand, Belmonte said. The 197 bills approved by the Senate did not include the bill proposing to divide Camarines Sur, one of the causes of Wednesdays quarrel between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senator
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SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday vowed to warn voters in next years election about the dangers posed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who is running for re-election.
Im going to bring this to the people and tell the people about this man, who he is, what kind of senator he is, what kind of military ofcer he is, and the hazard he is creating for this country, said Enrile, one day after exposing Trillanes clandestine meetings with Chinese government leaders at the height of tensions over a territorial dispute between Manila and Beijing in April. The Palace on Wednesday distanced itself from Trillanes, who claimed he was holding backchannel talks with the Chinese on orders of President Benigno Aquino III, a claim that Malacanang denied. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Trillanes did not have plenipotentiary powers when he went to China 16 times as a backchannel negotiator, and was not acting as the Presidents alter ego. He could not conrm or deny Trillanes claim, however, that it was the Palace that nanced his trips. Asked if the Palace regretted accepting Trillanes offer to serve as a backchannel negotiator, Lacierda said: Hindsight is always... 20-20. In the wake of the word war between Enrile and Trillanes and the sniping against Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, the President sent Trillanes a text message asking him to stop granting interviews. We would certainly hope that the senator would refrain from making statements, the Palace ofcial added. But Trillanes, a former military ofcer who led several failed coup attempts against former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was far from silent Thursday, vowing to work to oust Enrile as Senate president. Next page

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PNP okays P1-b Glock pistol deal

NATIONAL Police chief Nicanor Bartolome on Thursday approved the controversial and allegedly anomalous P1-billion Glock deal despite the unresolved issues surrounding the gun deal. He signed the contract with gun supplier Trust Trade-Glock Asia Pacic for the purchase of 59,904 caliber 9 mm Glock pistols amounting to P997.99 million. Losing bidders Roferma Enterprises and Kolonwel Trading vowed to ask a court to stop the deal and to le graft charges against Bartolome, resigned Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno and other police ofcials before the Ombudsman. Bartolome said the initial delivery of the rst 12,000 guns was expected sometime in February 2013, and the succeeding
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squatter colony resident during demolition operations in Taguig City. As the demolition crew tore down shanties (top photo) residents fought back, pelting them with stones. (Story on A8) AP

Cebu gov withdraws senate bid

By Sara Susanne Fabunan
CEBU governor Gwendolyn Garcia has withdrawn her plan to run as candidate for senator under the opposition United Nationalist Alliance in the midterm elections next year, Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Thursday. Binay said Garcia, who is on her third and last term as governor, has decided to run for a seat in Congress and replace her brother Pablo, who will be the candidate for governor. In fairness to Governor Garcia, its very logical because she is needed in Cebu during the campaign, Binay said. Garcias announcement reduced to nine UNAs senatorial
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Solons question P301m firetruck contract

By Christine F. Herrera
TWO lawmakers on Thursday questioned another stinky deal involving 68 undelivered retrucks worth P301 million even as the Bureau of Fire Protection had asked Congress for more money to buy 76 more retrucks for 2013. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casio said the bureau should rst award the contract to the winning bidder, Kolonwel Trading, before it asked for more money to buy more re trucks. The bureau sought some P380 million or P5 million each for the 76 additional retrucks during the plenary deliberation on the bureaus request for appropriation for re-ghting equipment and gear totaling P1.39 billion, Casio told the Manila Standard. He attributed the delay in the purchase of the 68 retrucks to a supplier syndicate in the bureau. Kolonwel won the bidding for the retrucks in November last year but the bureau had yet to award the contract, Casio said. He said the re trucks should have been delivered in March this year. The successful bid for the 68 retrucks was P301 million even as the BFPs projected price was P416 million, resulting in a government saving of P115 million, Casio said. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino said the stinky deals were not conned to bureau, citing citing the anomalous gun deals in the National Police. Next page

Its jueteng game, once more. PCSO chairman Margarita Juico talks to reporters about jueteng and the new game called Loterya ng Bayan or PLB. Beside her is PCSO Manager Jose Rojas. LINO SANTOS

JBC screens 15 nominees to Supreme Court justice post Loterya ng Bayan numbers game up checks and interviews, would focus on the dangal de Leon, Isaias Dicdican, Andres By Rey Requejo
THE Judicial and Bar Council announced on Thrusday it has started screening the applications of 15 nominees to the seat in the Supreme Court vacated by Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, who was appointed last month by President Aquino as Chief Justice. JBC ofcials said the screening process, which would include background candidates competence, integrity, experience and educational background. The candidates include trial court judges, justices from the Court of Appeals, deans of prestigious law schools and wellknown law practictioners, a senior ofcial said. The ofcial said seven Court of Appeals justices were among the candidates: Ramon Bato, Rosemari Carandang, MagReyes, Jose Reyes and Noel Tijam. Law school deans Jose Manuel Diokno of De La Salle University and Cesar Villanueva of Ateneo Law School joined other candidates that include Teresita Herbosa, Marivic Leonen, Raphael Lotilla, Adoracion Cruz-Avisado, Joe Santos Bisquera and Maria Cristina Cornejo. The application period for submission
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By Ferdinand Fabella

THE Small Town Lottery, which was scrapped after it failed to stop jueteng, the illegal numbers game, will be replaced with a new game called Loterya ng Bayan, or PLB, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce (PCSO) said. PCSO has started accepteing applications
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Lacierda and Roxas left for Nanning Thursday evening. As this developed, a senior ofcial of the Foreign Affairs Department identied the ve candidates which Secretary Albert del Rosario department submitted to Mr. Aquino to replace Sonia Brady as Philippine Ambassador to China. Brady 71, suffered from a stroke in her residence in Beijing and has been conned in a hospital. The source said Brady is recovering very well, although she still couldnt speak. The DFA ofcial, which asked not to be identied, said the candidates were Undersecretary for Migrant Affairs Jesus Yabes, Philippine Ambassador to London Ricky Manalo, Undersecretary for Policy Erlinda Basilio, former Ambassador to Malaysia Vic Licaros and Philippine Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Evan Garcia. Basilio accompanied DFA secretary Albert del Rosario in Phnom Penh, Cambodia during the 45th Association of the Southeast Asian Nation ministers meeting. The source said that among the ve candidates, Yabes appeared to be the best bet. He is a China expert, the source said. Yabes was a former Philippine ambassador to Islamabad, Pakistan. He was also a former consul general to China from July 2002 to July 2007 and likewise served as deputy chief of mission to Tokyo, Japan. His previous posts were in Hong Kong, Shanghai, China and Singapore. Earlier, Mr. Aquino said that he was choosing between two senior ofcials from the original list of ve from the DFA. Mr. Aquino was supposed to meet with Hu during the APEC

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FINANCE Department ofcials have appealed to the Ofce of the Ombudsman to speed up the resolution of the graft case led against three Customs ofcials who are accused of stopping the release of high-end electronic gadgets that were legally shipped to the country in February 2010.
The accused are Intelligence Ofcer 4 Eric G. Albano, Customs clerk Jover Jordan, Intelligence Ofcer 1 Mitchell V. Verdeor, and several John Does. The case against them was led by ofcials of the Finance Departments Revenue Integrity Protection Service. The shipment arrived in the Port of Manila from Singapore on Feb. 6, 2010, and passed through the X-ray machines and a Customs examiner, who saw nothing unusual about it. Still, the three accused Customs ofcials seized the shipment, and following their recommendation, former Customs Deputy Commissioner Jairus Paguntalan issued a hold order on the shipment on Feb. 10, 2010. The three were later found to have violated the laws. 230 gaming operators have applied to operate PLB, but the new game will be allowed only in areas where there are no existing Small Town Lottery operations. He said they cannot stop Small Town Lottery until their contracts expired in 2013. Rojas said the new game will creat new jobs for bet collectors, who will be hired as regular employees. From the 100,000 to 125,000 employed under the Small Town Lottery, the jobs can go up to 400,000 if all the 80 provinces nationwide will operate this new game, Rojas said. PCSO will allow different variants of the lottery such as three-digit game but we will also require monthly retail receipts for every lottery outlet to track the money coming in as part of stricter monitoring and auditing procedures, Rojas said. Quotas will also be imposed so the PCSO will be able to meet its target, Rojas said. meant to create new districts to benet the political families in the region. Senator Joker Arroyo, who hails from Bicol, says splitting Camarines Sur will benet only the people of the provinces fourth district, the turf of Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella. Reports have quoted Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte Sr., who supports the division, that the bill has unied the group of Fuentebella and the legislators identied with Arroyo: Rep. Rolando Andaya of the rst district, Arroyos Budget secretary, and Rep. Diosdado Macapagal-Arroyo, the former presidents son. In 2010 Dato Arroyo and Andaya beneted from the creation of an additional district in Camarines Sur as they ran separately. We are deeply saddened that her name is being dragged again into another controversy, and this time being wrongly used to sow disrespect to a venerable and independent institution like the Senate, Bautista-Horn said. As we all know, the former Presidents priority now is very much centered on her wellness and her still precarious health condition and utilize whatever strength is left in serving her district in Pampanga. She chose to focus on her legislative work. She regrets that her name is being used to discredit and malign the name of a much respected ofcial of the land like the Senate president. Zambales Rep. Mitos Magsaysay rallied behind Enrile, saying the Senate President Enriles track record should speak for itself. And I know that the people have witnessed his independence in his stand on issues and will not believe that he is being inuenced by anybody. JPE is nobodys lackey, Magsaysay said.

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for operators of the new game since July although at present there are still 19 Small Town Lottery operations in various parts of the country, PCSO General Manager Jose Rojas said. We are planning to stop Small Town Lottery Operations by 2013, he said. The PCSO authorized 29 Small Town Lottery operations in various parts of the country in 2010, but it became operational only in 15 provinces and four cities. President Aquino stopped its operations because it failed to stop jueteng. Implementing rules and regulations for the new game were still being drafted but companies are required to have authorized capital stock of at least P50 million and paid up capital of P10 million. The company should be 100 percent Filipino owned. Rojas said as of July a total of

Smuggling case. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon holds up a copy of a complaint he led at the Justice Department on Thursday against ve ofcials of Masagana Import Export Inc. and their broker for trying to smuggle in 20,000 bags of Vietnamese rice worth P30 million using the Subic Freeport Zone.

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deliveries every 120 calendar days. As a result, he said, all the National Polices 148,000 members would be issued a service rearm. Deputy Director General Emelito Sarmiento, the chairman of the Bids and Awards Committee, said the National Police saved P200 million from the deal, enough to nance a re-order of around 12,000 more pistols. Bartolome signed a contract that he knew was disadvantageous to the government considering that another bid would have made the government save some P400 million as against Trust Trades P200 million, former police Col. Romulo Maningding of Roferma Enterprises told the Manila Standard. Maningding said the losing bidders would be meeting to decide if they would be ling the cases collectively or individually. He accused Puno, Bartolome and Sarmiento of rushing the awarding of the contract to Trust Trade and favoring Trust Trade even if the company had

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Antonio Trillanes IV, but included the creation of an additional district in Bukidnon. Enrile on Thursday denied Trillanes accusation that he was trying to railroad the Camarines Sur bill and that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had called him up to hasten the passage of that bill. I had no phone calls from GMA [Arroyo], Enrile told reporters in an ambush interview. He said Arroyo also did not send a representative to push for the passage of the bill. In fact, that was the rst time I learned that the former President was interested in CamSur, Enrile said. I dont think that there is any senator here who knows that the former President is interested in the division of CamSur. Arroyo, now a Pampanga representative, also denied Trillanes claims. Elena Bautista-Horn, her chief of staff and spokesperson, said Trillanes claims were unfounded and baseless. No, she [Arroyo] never called Enrile regarding Camarines Sur. She never called or talked to JPE about it, Bautista-Horn said. Enrile had earlier called Trillanes a liar for claiming that Arroyo personally called up the Senate President to speed up the measure. Trillanes had accused Enrile of pushing for the approval of House Bill 4820, a proposed law seeking to divide Camarines Sur into two provinces and create the new province of Nueva Camarines in the Bicol region, and allegedly at Arroyos request. The critics of the measure say the splitting of the province is

failed in the pass-fail requirements for documents and the sample pistols failed the endurance test. Maningding and Peter Go Cheng of Kolonwel said Bartolome rushed the issuance of the Notice of Award to Trust Trade on Aug. 31, the same day that newly-conrmed Interior Secretary Mar Roxas II was appointed to the post and announced Punos reassignment. Sarmiento and Trust Trade signed the contract on Sept. 10, which was then submitted to Bartolome for approval in 15 days. Bartolome said he consulted the National Polices legal service before signing the contract. Bartolome and Sarmiento said the awarding of the contract to Trust Trade was above board, and that the bidding process was transparent. In fact, they said, not one bidder had led a protest. Who would dare le a protest when the one who will receive our protest was Bartolome, who issued the Notice of Award to Trust Trade on August 31? Maningding said. Will he even look at our protest and reverse his decision? Christine F. Herrera ond bidder with the higher bid. He was referring to the case of R. Espinelli and Israel Weapons Industries, which was post-disqualied for failing to submit an English translation of its bid documents. However, he said, the rules were relaxed mid-stream by resigned Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno, who decided to base the awarding of the P1-billion contract on gunre testing. The bidders, however, said only the guns of Trust Tradeshould give up his seat in the Senate Electoral Tribunal and other Senate committees. In a privilege speech last Wednesday night, Trillanes accused Erile of granting concessions to Arroyo over the bill to split Camarines Sur. But Enrile said Trillanes merely wanted to create chaos and divert attention from his problems with the Department of Foreign Affairs. Enriles party mates and senators defended him and rebuked Trillanes. Ousted President Joseph Estrada of the United Nationalist Alliance to which Enrile belongs called Trillanes a liar and an ingrate and said his mind was unstable. Who is he? Who is that? Hes nobody! Estrada said. He has not done anything as a senator. Did he do something? Estrada also said Trillanes is not even respected by his fellow soldiers. He added that he regretted helping Trillanes in the last election, when he allowed him to run under the opposition coalition in 2007. I was the one who recommend-

Summit two weeks ago but the bilateral dialog did not push through. Mr. Aquino said he would have wanted to have a frank exchange of thoughts with his Chinese counterpart. The President said he and Hu could divorce diplomatic niceties so that both sides can really understand each others position on the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Mr. Aquino said that while he could not describe PhilippinesChina relations as warm, it was now less cold than when both sides were in a stalemate over territorial disputes. He said certain positions may have been lost in translation and could be claried if he and Hu could have a heart-to-heart talk. During the Vladivostok summit, Mr. Aquino was still able to raise the territorial disputes issue during his bilateral meetings with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. The Malaysian leader underscored the importance of nalizing a binding Code of Conduct that will govern territorial conicts in the region. Tan Sang, on the other hand, echoed the Philippine position on the need to nd peaceful resolution to the dispute in accordance with international laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In a separate bilateral meeting with Tan Sang, Hu told the Vietnamese leader that parties with conicting claims must avoid taking any unilateral measure that will magnify, complicate or internationalize the dispute to prevent the issue from affecting East Asian cooperation and regional stability. The Chinese leader described the dispute as a chronic headache that should be resolved properly through dialogue and negotiations during his bilateral meeting with the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah.

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slate that include Loren Legarda, Gregorio Honasan, Juan Ponce Enrile, Jr., Milagros Magsaysay, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Richard Gordon, Ernesto Maceda, Juan Miguel Zubiri, and Jose de Venecia. A recent survey by Pulse Asia showed Garcia trailing re-electionist senators in the 12th spot. Her awareness level is 49 percent, which earned her 8.6 percent voter preference, putting her between 24th and 29th place. Binay said Garcias poor showing in the survey was not the main reason why she withGlock Asia Pacic were tested by the National Police. On August 1, Casio said, the BFPs Legal Service under Director Jesus Doque IV issued a memo to then BFP ofcer-in-charge Samuel Perez upholding the decision of the agencys bids and awards committee to grant the contract to the lowest winning bidder. To date, however, no action has been taken by the BFP, he said. Casio said Perez, who had opposed the granting of the coned him to be included in the senatorial lineup [of the Genuine Opposition but] after he won he forgot all about us, he said. I think that Trillanes is really a liar...when he says something he should prove it, Estrada said. He also dismissed Trillanes claim that Enrile was a lackey of Arroyo. I have a high regard and respect for the Senate president and he will not allow himself to be a lackey of anyone. How can he be lackey of GMA [Arroyo]? Thats impossible, he said. Senators closed ranks behind Enrile and rejected the call of the failed mutineer to oust him as Senate president. The Nacionalista Party, to which Trillanes belongs, said they will not support any moves to change the leadership of the Senate. Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Trillanes coup plot against Enrile makes no sense. I dont see it happening because the only senator that made any indication about dissatisfaction with the leadership is Senator Trillanes, Marcos said.

drew her candidacy. Its not the survey results because its too early to tell who will be the leading candidates, Binay said. Binay said UNA is considering to include into their senatorial slate Grace Poe Llamanzares, Francis Escudero or Sherwin Gatchalian, but the public must wait for the nal announcement in the next few weeks. Until we make the announcement, within the month, it is possible there will be additions or subtractions, Binay said. UNA is a coalition of the PDPLaban of Binay and the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino of former president Joseph Estrada. tract, had been suspended by the Ombudsman. Meanwhile, our reghters will have to wait for another year or two for the much needed gear. Does the BFP plan to do the same thing to the retrucks? he said. This is very unfortunate considering that many lives and property would have been saved with the timely acquisition of said additional retrucks and other equipment, Casio said.

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There seems to be a pattern in the Aquino governments underhanded tactics that qualify as stinky deals. There could be more. Where theres smoke, theres re, Palatino told the Manila Standard. Palatino said the pattern could be established after the National Police post-disqualied the lowest winning bidder and awarded the P1-billion contract to the sec-

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I havent stopped working and hoping for it, Trillanes told reporters. Trillanes said Enrile lost his moral authority to lead the Senate when he cooperated with Arroyo on a plan to divide Camarines Sur province a charge that both Enrile and Arroyo denied. No other senator supported Trillanes. Talking to the press, Enrile said Trillanes had shot himself in the foot but the bullet ricocheted and hit him in the mouth. Enrile rejected Trillanes challenge to le a case against him if he felt his backchannel talks constituted a crime, saying he would not waste his time. I have other better things to do. Hes not worth my while, Enrile said. Asked if he and Trillanes could reconcile, he replied: I have no time for a man like him. Im not hypocrite. Enrile said because Trillanes left the majority bloc in this week, he

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the people why he allowed a senator to go to China and do the negotiations without proper guidance from foreign affairs ofcials. The buck stops with the President. And clearly, the diplomatic misadventures of Senator Trillanes is the handiwork of Malacanang, Magsaysay said. Suarez said that what Trillanes did was a slap on the face of del Rosario. He added that it demeaned the stature and credibility of the DFA chief, whose main task was to formulate and implement the governments foreign affairs policies. Magsaysay said that Trillanes does not have the credential, background or the position to carry out a mission that only torpedoed the governments diplomatic initiatives. No well meaning government with a clear and focused diplomatic policy would ever commit such a monumental blunder, Magsaysay said.

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the president has appointed three new justices to the Court of Appeals: Quezon City trial court of applications was from Septem- judge Marie Christine Azcarraga ber 5 to 17, a JBC ofcial said. Jacob, Iligan trial court judge OsIn Malacanang, Executive car Badelles and Quezon City trial Secretary Paquito Ochoa said court judge Henri Jean Paul Inting.

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(But)if you look at the income statement (of DOH) the P12.5 billion until today has not been released to PhilHealth. He, however, noted that PhilHealth has recorded a reserve fund of P90B in 2010 and today has P103 billion, with a P39 billion net income. Health Secretary Enrique Ona and Health Undersecretary Alex Padilla who were present during the Senate hearing admitted that they have not received the DOHs share from the tobacco tax because they have yet to complete a joint circular which was a requirement for the release of the funds.

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SENATOR Ralph Recto on Thursday

expressed disappointment over the failure of the Department of Health to come up with a circular on the release of a P12.5 billion in proceeds from the tobacco excise tax.
pine Health Insurance Corp., was supposed to be collected from tobacco makers since the start of the year. Recto, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, was presiding over Thursdays public

The circular was a pre-requisite for the release of the funds imposed by the Department of Budget and Management, Recto said. The P12.5 billion fund, intended for the use of Philip-

hearing the fourth and last -on the proposed bill to increase taxes on tobacco and alcohol products. The year 2012 is coming to a close and the funds hadnt been released? asked Recto. We are promising the people that we will spend P24 billion for health concerns, so what assurances do we get that these (funds) will be released? The government earlier said that the P24 billion to be generated from the increased excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol products will go to the Health departments various programs.

We were not able to get it because we have not yet nalized the joint circular with BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue) and the DBM (Department of Budget and Management), Padilla told Rectos committee. Under the approved House Bill 5727, which the DOH and the Department of Finance are supporting, the projected incremental revenue to be collected from tobacco and alcohol is around P32 billion, P28B of which would come from tobacco and P4 billion from alcohol. From the P32 billion incremental revenue, 15% was promised to be used for to-

bacco farmers programs and 85% for universal health care, which is estimated at P24B annually (from the projected P32 billion). The Republic Act 9334, which was enacted in July 2004 increased the excise tax rates imposed on alcohol and tobacco products. The law provides that 2.5% of the revenue will nance PhilHealth services. Recto pointed out that he had to bring the matter in the open because the DOH was asking for the funds when they failed to complete the documents required by the Budget department.

Cyber laws libel portion repressive, says group

A LABOR group on Thursday expressed alarm over the newly enacted Cybercrime Prevention Law with the inclusion of provisions on libel which are repressive in nature. The Akbayan group said that while the Presidents intent to combat child pornography, identity theft, computer related forgery and other offenses using the law, the rovisions on libel is ill-conceived and will only serve to limit the publics use of the internet as a venue for airing their opinions, views, and even dissent. Akbayan called on Mr. Aquino to address the inrmities of the law by inviting media people and organizations, social movements and civil society groups to participate in the crafting of the laws implementing rules and regulations (IRR) to negate the laws repressive provisions and safeguard the rights and welfare of internet users. The group said the laws lack of denition of who can commit online libel serves as an unwarranted infringement on the publics use of the internet. In comparison to print or broadcast media where reporters, writers, or editors and publishers may be sued for libel, the cybercrime law does not take into consideration the terrain and intricacies of cyberspace. The lack of editorial restraint in cyberspace means that it is the people who comment or simply share an allegedly libelous statement on popular social networking sites who will become the primary targets of the law, the group said. The law fails to consider that materials posted and published online may have been posted under a used or false identity or may have been obtained through hacking another persons les or computer. This would lead to an absurd scenario wherein a person who may have been victimized by identity theft or hacking may also succumb to harassment via the libel provision of the law. The group also noted that the laws anti-libel clause, which was exposed as a late insertion, has been merely lifted from the anti-libel provision as provided for in the Revised Penal Code. Vito Barcelo

Make public all expenses, LGUs urged

By Maricel V. Cruz
A MEASURE was led in the House of Representatives mandating local government units to make public their transactions and expenditures. Filed by Rep. Winston Castelo of Quezon City, House Bill 6499 provides that the items of expenditures and disbursements should be posted in various effective ways such as but not limited to websites, newspapers, and other publicly accessible and conspicuous places to demonstrate accountability and transparency in the use of public funds. Covered by the bill are governors, city and municipal mayors, treasurers, accountants, budget ofcers and other fund ofcers involved in the utilization of public funds to disclose a summary of all incomes and revenues from both public and private sources, as well as a listing of all their disbursements, expenditures and utilization of funds for the entire year. The measure seeks to amend Section 352 of Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Units Code of 1991. Under the bill, the Annual Budget, Quarterly Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of Receipts and Expenditures, Trust Fund Utilization, 20 percent Component of the IRA Utilization, Gender and Development Fund Utilization, Statement of Debt Service, Annual Procurement Plan or Procurement List, Items to Bid, Bid Result on Civil Works, Goods and Services, and Abstract of Bids Calculated are included in the list of items to be disclose to the public. The scal items in accordance with the forms, procedures, and schedules prescribed by the Department of Budget and Management, as well as those that may be jointly issued with the Commission on Audit and other agencies, should be disclosed and posted in public places, aside from posting in website or publication in newspapers.

Anti-corruption code. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, anked by Shervin Majlessi (left) of the UN Ofce on Drugs and
Crime, and Peter Rooke of Transparency International take turns discussing the anti-graft corruption code of conduct for business during a forum held in Makati City. LINO SANTOS

BIR told to refund Fort Bonifacio realtor

By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Internal Revenue Bureau to refund real property developer Fort Bonifacio Development Corp. some P359.65 million in overpayment of output value-added tax for the sale of lots in the rst quarter of 1997. In an en banc decision written by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, the High Court granted the petition led by FBDC seeking to reverse the July 2006 decision of the Court of Appeals and the October 2000 resolution of the Court of Tax Appeals that both denied the companys claim for tax refund. The SC explained that the FBDC was entitled to recover the said amount erroneously paid as output VAT since its transitional input tax credit of P5.69-billion was more than sufcient to cover its output VAT liability for the period. According to the tribunal, there was nothing in the old National Internal Revenue Code that supported the claim of the CA and the CTA that prior payment of taxes was required to avail of the 8-percent transitional input tax credit. In ruling against the BIR, the high court said that to require prior payment of taxes is not only tantamount to judicial legislation, but would also render pointless the provision in Section 105 of the old tax code that the transitional input tax credit shall be 8-percent of the value of the beginning inventory or actual (VAT) paid on such goods, materials and supplies, whichever is higher because the actual VAT (now 12-percent) paid on goods would always be higher than the 8-percent (now 2-percent) of the beginning inventory. Clearly, limiting the value of the beginning inventory only to goods, materials and supplies, where prior taxes were paid, was not the intention of the law. Otherwise, it would have specically stated that the beginning inventory excludes goods, materials and supplies where no taxes were paid, the SC ruled. Prior to payment of taxes, the SC noted that it is not a prerequisite to avail of the transitional input tax credit because it was not a tax refund per se but a tax credit, which was dened as an amount subtracted directly from ones total tax liability. Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Teresita Leonardode Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Martin Villarama Jr., Jose Portugal Perez, Jose Catral Mendoza, and Roberto Abad concurred with the ruling. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio wrote a dissenting opinion. He was joined by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Arturo Brion, Bienvenido Reyes and Estela Perlas-Bernabe. Records showed that on February 8, 1995, the petitioner purchased from the national government a portion of the Fort Bonifacio reservation, now known as the Bonifacio Global City in the city of Taguig. When Republic Act 7716 (eVAT law) took effect in 1996, it extended the coverage of VAT to real properties held primarily for sale to customers or held for lease in the ordinary course of trade or business. In September 1996, FBDC submitted to the BIR an inventory of all its real properties, the book value of which aggregated P71.23-billion. Based on this value, petitioner claimed that it is entitled to a transitional input tax credit of P5.7-billion, pursuant to Section 105 of the National Internal Revenue Code. Petitioner then started selling Global City lots to interested buyers in October of that year. For the rst quarter of 1997, it generated an amount of P3.68-billion from its sales and lease of lots, on which the output VAT payable was P368.54million. Petitioner paid the output VAT by making cash payments to the BIR totaling P359.65-million, and crediting its unutilized input tax credit on purchases of goods and services of P8.88-million.

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Police chief not quitting
I AM retiring on March 16. This was the reaction of National Police chief Nicanor Bartolome as he faced the media to clear the air of talk of his early retirement. He had gured in controversy over a supposed Malacanang plan to install him as undersecretary of the Interior and Local Government to replace Rico Puno, deputy of the late Jesse Robredo. While Puno resigned from his post, Bartolome appeared to be staying on since a new Interior chief, Manuel Roxas II, was conrmed the other day by the Commission on Appointments. Bartolome, who will be reaching mandatory retirement age of 56 in March 2013, also dismissed speculation that he will be running for an elective position after his retirement. I want to make this clear. I am not running for any elective post. I have announced it many times but still the rumors persist. I am the one telling you now I am not running, Bartolome said. Florante Solmerin

DPWH names MST official newspaper

THE Public Works and Highways Department, through Department Order 65, ordered all Regional, District and Sub-district engineering ofces to advertise solely to the Manila Standard Today. As the ofcial newspaper of the department, all classied ads such as Invitation to Bid and Request for Expression of Interest in the Procurement of Civil Works, Consultancy Services and Goods shall appear in Manila Standard starting Sept. 17. Through a public bidding, Manila Standard was selected as a newspaper of general circulation and was awarded exclusivity to publish all the classied advertising materials of the Department. The Order is in accordance to Section 21 of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184 in pursuance of transparency and competitiveness within the Department. Secretary Rogelio Singson signed the order with an application of one year.

Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Nacionalista Party secretary general Senator Allan Peter Cayetano greet several local ofcials from Nueva Ecija and Pampanga after taking their oath as members of the Villar-led NP. EY ACASIO

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Ferry sinks; seven killed

THE Coast Guard on Thursday said a passenger boat sank in Tawi-tawi. Seven people drowned and ve are missing. The boat was carrying 27 people when it went down before dawn Thursday near its destination of Bongao, the capital of Tawi Tawi. The boat came from Sipangkot Island, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. The coast guard says 15 people have been rescued and the search continues for ve others still missing. It wasnt clear what caused the sinking. Monsoon rains and strong winds are buffeting large parts of the Philippines. AP

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[on] tourism. Joining Manila and Jakarata in the bottom ve, meanwhile, are Delhi and Mumbai of India, 6 and 6.1 points, and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, 6.6 points. The report says the reputation of [Jakarta and Manila] is impeded by poor infrastructure, fears over safety, concern about corruption and regular word-of-mouth accounts of poor visitor experiences. In contrast, the survey cited Singapore for its positive brand attributes: low-tax, clean, safe, politically stable and with a thriving arts, gaming and leisure scene.

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environment and political stability, adding that the availability of a range of cultural activities including food, the arts and heritage is the most important factor for building an attractive tourism brand. Singapore topped the ranking with 9.7 points, with Hong Kong and Sydney close behind at 9.5. Beijing did poorly with a score of 7.9 points, or at 10th position. The report says that despite the Olympic Games, the Chinese capital still grapples with pollution, a sense that the political, regulatory and business environment is difcult to navigate as well as language barriers which impact The results of the survey are hardly surprising to the Philippines, especially if one equates them with the countrys low level of foreign investments and tourist arrivals. Clearly, Philippine authorities must do a lot to improve its branding. Corruption is still endemic in the bureaucracy, infrastructure construction is at a snails pace, and many foreign tourists have unpleasant experiences in the country. The business environment, too, is not that conducive to foreign investors, especially if the government often changes its rules midstream.

A REPORT produced by an online journal and a public relations company has ranked Manila last in terms of location branding among key Asian capitals. The results of the survey, released by Public Affairs Asia and Ogilvy this week, showed Manila in last place among 16 cities, with a brand value of just 5.6 points, behind Jakartas 5.9 points. The report, Location Branding 2012, highlights brand attributes (or the lack of them) that countries, cities and regions must focus on to attract foreign direct investments and tourism. It says the most critical are the business operating

Trillanes bad hair day

THE hits just keep on coming for Senator Antonio Trillanes, who must at this point already be hopelessly punch-drunk. But the former convicted coup plotter gamely ghts on, as if he knows that he can still land the blow that will oor his many foes. It could be just pride that keeps Trillanes slugging away in utter futility. Either that, or he must know somethingor is relying on someone in order to snatch a last-minute victory from the jaws of what looks like certain defeat. First, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, the oldest member of the chamber and Trillanes initial target, came prepared to do battle against his youngest colleague. And when the dustup was over, Trillanes looked like the novato that he really is, turning tail after questioning by the most senior member of the Senate whom he had dared to challenge. Trillanes showed that he was a rank amateur not only in foreign affairs, where he had arrogated unto himself the title of designated back-channel of Aquino with the Chinese, but also on the Senate oor. And to complete his humiliation, Malacaang Palace has distanced itself from its selfproclaimed special envoy, saying rst that Trillanes had offered his services as negotiator (instead of being appointed, as the senator claimed) and that he was never given blanket authority to act as a super-ambassador. In the meantime, both former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and businessman Manuel Pangilinan have denied Trillanes claims during his slugfest with Enrile. Arroyo said she never called Enrile to gerrymander Camarines Sur province to favor her son; Pangilinan said Trillanes was lying when he said the tycoon was involved in a supposed deal with the Chinese to explore oil in the South China Sea with the help of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. All around, it was a very bad day for Trillanes, who was even forced to admit Enriles claim that he was indeed working for the ouster of the Senate president. There is simply no upside in all this for the countrys most famous back channel and special envoy. (Speaking of special envoys, Malacaang has even designated newly-conrmed Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas as its representative to an important meeting between China and the members of the Association of

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He should still answer questions about his short and strange commission as special envoy.

Southeast Asian Nations. Roxas will also meet with the vice president of China, something that Trillanes must truly be envious about.) Many politicians who have been tarred and feathered in ways a lot less severe than Trillanes has been would have slunk away in the hopes that the public forgets about their public immolation. But Trillanes, perhaps because he is so thoroughly clueless about politics, just keeps soldiering on. Yesterday, Trillanes even led a bill in the Senate calling for the creation of a Department of Sports. Like Jim Carreys relentless and implacable character in The Mask, Trillanes seems to be saying to his foes and to everyone else thinking of going against him: Somebody stop me! *** But even if the unrepentant Trillanes goes down in ames, he should still answer questions about his commission to Beijing, where he met 16 times with Chinese ofcials who may or may not be aware that they were not only dealing with a political lightweight but also with someone who had no authority to enter into any meaningful agreement with them in Manilas name. And since there is no more sense in keeping a lid on Trillanes China sojourns because everyone in the country already practically calls him Ambassador, he should be man enough to answer these questions. For starters, Trillanes should declare what ofcial support he received during his short stint as special envoy to China. Did the government pay for his trips, did he pay for them out of his own pocket or did private citizenshere and in Chinashoulder the cost? What agreements did Trillanes make on behalf of his supposed principal, Aquino? What happens now to these pactslike the one lifting the ban on Philippine bananas that Trillanes claims to have singlehandedly engineered and how do they bind the Manila government? How can Trillanes justify meeting with Philippine Ambassador to Beijing Sonia Brady and making all those unsavory and derogatory comments about Del Rosario, not knowing that Brady was steeped in the foreign services esprit de corps that forced her to reconstruct the conversation with the senator? Will the Senate or Malacaang investigate Trillanes, with a view to censuring him or even charging him with treason, as Enrile has alleged? Trillanes, if he wants to come out of this mess a little better off than he is now, must come clean about his short and unusual commission. It is the only honorable way out for him after his bad hair day at the Senate.

Once upon a martial law

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FORTY years ago today, President Ferdinand Marcos proclaimed martial law all over the country. It was announced on Sept. 23, 1972, but the proclamation was dated two days earlier. As Marcoss young press secretary, I was tasked to read the proclamation. The media had been padlocked the evening before. By morning people were asking, where are the newspapers, what happened to the radio and tv? These included my own wife who asked her best friend, our next-door neighbor Kate Gordon. To which she testily replied, Why dont you ask your fantastic husband? Are you the last to know were now under martial law? I had gone home late that night, and had asked my wife not to wake me up unless it was the President calling. I thought I would tell her in the morning. But since Kate beat me to it, I had to apologize for my mistake, but that indeed martial law had been declared, and that I would be announcing it later that morning. Speculations about martial law had long been in the air, fueled by the communist rebellion that called for Marcoss death, and NPA Commander Dante Buscaynos takeover. Senator Benigno Ninoy Aquino Jr. had accused Marcos of wanting to use martial law to crack down on the opposition, but assured his foreign correspondent-friends that the man did not have the balls to do any such thing. He assured them that were he to become president, in Marcoss place, he would not hesitate to use martial law to reform the country like President Park Chung Hee of South Korea. But Marcos decided to disappoint

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Ninoy. Invoking his martial law powers under the 1935 Constitution, if and when confronted with lawless violence, invasion, insurrection, or rebellion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public safety requires it, he issued Proclamation 1081 to crush the rebellion and create a new society. The martial law regime came to be known by that name. I arrived at the Palace early that fateful morning. Inside the Presidents ofce, my ofcial folder was waiting, and the radio-tv crew standing by. I was to read the proclamation and all other announcements by my lonesome, while the Presidents picture loomed in the background. I felt uneasy about it, but I was told this was the decision from on high. However, before we could start, the First Lady entered the scene. She found it most unusual that the nation would be listening to the presidential spokesman, but not to the President. It was absurd. Mrs. Marcos feared it would provoke all sorts of speculation about the Presidents health, with all its unwanted consequences. It was the most sober and perceptive observation we heard that morning, and everyone agreed. So we put it to the President, who welcomed it. The problem though was that no speech had been prepared beforehand. Although I was in charge of all the speech-writing, I had no part in the martial law decision-making, and no opportunity to prepare one. So right there and then I grabbed the electric typewriterthere were no computers yet thenand started pounding. I had no chance to read what I wrote, the page was taken away as soon as it left the typewriter. But the text, for all its defects, turned out to be far less turgid than the proclamation. The freewheeling press proved to be among the rst casualties. Not only were the newspapers closed, many of

my best newspapermen-friends were jailed. Then censorship was imposed. I tried to employ as many of the displaced newspapermen and broadcasters as I could, but not everyone needed or wanted a government job. Certainly not Teodoro Doroy F. Valencia, the dean of Filipino columnists. Having lost his paper, and his column (Over a Cup of Coffee), Doroy created his own forum where he would continue to be heard. This was the daily kaffeeklatsch at the Intercontinental Hotel, which became known as the 365 Club. This has survived all sorts of natural calamities and political bad weather, and will be celebrating its own 40th anniversary tomorrow, under Emil Jurados watch. With its own ideas about how the free press should work, it was not easy for the martial law regime to liberalize. But in the end Marcos saw that even censorship was no helpin order for the foreign correspondents to write favorable things about the country, they had to y to Hong Kong and le their stories from there to show their reports were uncensored. Within months, Marcos lifted the censorship and let the media police their own ranks. The jailed newspapermen were released. Some moved on to Australia, Canada, and the United States. At some point, some columnists started writing paeans to Marcos the way some propagandists today write about the Aquinos. I was disturbed by this. I asked the editors if we could try a short period of honest journalism without anyone trying to drown Marcos in saccharine and incompetent praise. The editors agreed, and suspended the columns for at least a couple of weeks. Marcos hardly noticed it; the only guys who really did were the columnists themselves. We could repeat this experiment. fstatad@gmail.com

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He hinted that Trillanes could be working for Beijing. Come to think of it, who paid for Trillanes numerous visits to China? Trillanes showed strange behavior when he stormed out of the Senate oor. He said he participated in the Beijing talks upon instructions from the President, but records showed he volunteered for the job with the help of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa. Why did Malacaang allow this to happen? Since Day One, I have been questioning President Aquinos style of leadership, from his aversion to micromanaging to noynoying in times of crisis. While I admit that his anti-corruption drive has made inroads, so much so that peoples approval of him have been soaring, and while I concede that the economy has been rebounding, the backroom deals Mr. Aquino has been making with China are clearly in contrast to his mantra for transparency and accountability. This is not a video game! This could lead to confrontation, and we must remember that China has had no qualms bullying us. Mr. Aquino should have known better than entrust the countrys position to a novato like Trillanes, whose only claim to fame is staging a mutiny against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. President Aquino must now tell all. Otherwise, his straight path would become a big joke. *** On the side, Trillanes had accused Enrile of railroading the bill that would carve a new province out of Camarines Sur being pushed by Rep. Luis Villafuerte. The senator accused Enrile of pressuring other senators to enact the bill to please Villafuerte and former President Gloria Arroyo. That brought about the decision of Trillanes to bolt the majority. He accused JPE of imposing his will on the Senate. This also brought about the heated exchange of words between the two senators which resulted in the former asking Trillanes about his role in backroom negotiations with China. Trillanes called Enrile a lackey of the former President. I know JPE too well. He will not be a lackey of anybodynot Arroyo, not Aquino. Trillanes seems to have forgotten that it was Enrile who was responsible in getting him to attend Senate sessions when he was in detention. Thats gratitude for you. Trillanes is so young... and so arrogant! *** Ooops, my mistake. I forget to mention Koko Pimentel as one of the senatorial aspirants under the administration party. Koko, my apologies.

A fraud, a coward, and a prevaricator

takes the cake. A major daily bannered the story last Wednesday that Trillanes is serving as the backdoor negotiator with China on the issue of Scarborough Shoal. Modesty is not a strong suit of Trillanes and obviously he believes that he is a superior diplomat compared to Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. He was quoted as saying: If Secretary Del Rosario was only close to being effective as a foreign secretary, then there wouldnt be any need to back channel in the rst place. When interviewed on television, Trillanes bragged that because of his talks with China, the Asian superpower has withdrawn the ships and military vessels from Scarborough Shoals and Panatag Shoals which numbered 80 at one time he said but is now down to three. He implied that he is also responsible for, among others, the lifting of the ban of the shipment of pineapples to China and in the 15 talks he has with Chinese ofcials here in Manila and in China he was able to ease the tension between the Philippines and China. All of these claims of Trillanes might have been more credible instead of sounding like tall tales if he had allowed Enrile and perhaps the other senators to interpellate him. Trillanes, however, chose the cowardly option of walking out of the session hall of the Senate in the middle of Senator Enriles interpellation. Apparently Trillanes did not want his claims of gains and achievement be exposed as nothing but fraud. It is signicant that Trillanes walked out when Enrile started talking about his back channelling efforts. He probably knew what was in store for him when Enrile said: You went to China, you asked the ambassador of the Philippines there, Madam (Sonia) Brady, 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. Trillanes apparently knew that Enrile would expose him as the traitor so he walked out. When he hurriedly left the session hall, Trillanes knew that Enrile had a copy of the notes of Ambassador Brady dated August 17 and he did not want to be asked to verify his damning statement contained in the Brady notesthat nobody in the Philippines cares about the Scarborough Shoals. No wonder the Chinese prefers talking to Trillanes. That is his position. Enrile said that the Brady notes would unmask Trillanes as the Phantom of the Opera in Philippine politics. Trillanes has taken the position that the Brady notes are state secrets and it would violate the law on national security to make them public. Thats funny. It seems that what Trillanes is trying to protect as not national security matters but his own personal secrets that would make him ridiculous when they are exposed and discussed in public. It would seem that aside from being a fraud and a coward, Trillanes is also a prevaricator. He claims that he was asked by Malacaang to talk to Chinese ofcials but Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda has a different story. Lacierda said it was Trillanes who offered his services to help ease tensions over the Scarborough Shoals. Contrary to Trillanes claims of major breakthroughs, Lacierda said there appeared to be minor successes in the track pursued by Trillanes.

I LOOK forward to the launching of the book of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile entitled A Memoir. It will be launched on September 27, next Thursday, at the Peninsula Manila, Makati City. The JPE book will be his legacy because he will retire from politics next year and settle down in Cagayan province. Published by ABS-CBN, the book will set right many of the distortions of history during the 19 years of the Marcos regime. The book also contains Enriles breakaway from the Reform the Armed Forces Movement. W h a t s interesting in the Enrile book is his account of the rise and fall of taipans and tycoons known as Marcos cronies. JPE is privy to these stories. These will surely make the book controversial. More than being controversial, however, Enriles book is expected to put things at the right perspective. *** I agree with those who say that President Benigno Aquino III was playing a dangerous game with China when he appointed Senator Antonio Trillanes to do some backdoor negotiations with our giant neighbor. This is in relation to the dispute over some islands in the West Philippine Sea, as Malacaang calls it. Some say Trillanes volunteered for the job, though. Enrile said that Trillanes was a fraud and a coward after the latter stormed out of the plenary session while he was being grilled about his clandestine meetings (15 or 16 times) with Chinese ofcials. Enrile came out with the notes of former Philippine Ambassador Sonia Brady, which had Trillanes calling Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario a war freak and |a traitor. Trillanes was not able to stand the heat. What is Malacaang doing, having a senator like Trillanes participating in the sensitive talks? The President is the sole policymaker and the Foreign Affairs Secretary is the sole spokesman. Philippine ofcials need to speak in one voice. Trillanes calling Del Rosario a war freak and a traitor sends a clear message to China that the Philippines speaks with a forked tongue. Beijing must now be laughing at us. Enrile also called Trillanes a fth columnist, the name used to refer to Spaniards who collaborated with the enemy during the civil war in Spain.

Beijing must now be laughing at us.

WEDNESDAYS session of the Senate was the dening moment for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV where he was exposed, in the words of Senate President Enrile, as a coward and a fraud. Trillanes stood up to deliver a privilege speech against Enrile and the Senate Presidents supposed bullying on the creation of the new province of Nueva Camarines. He only succeeded, however, in exposing his many pretensions. People have long suspected that Trillanes is unreal especially when the news came out that even while in detention he had the dubious distinction of being one of the biggest spenders among the senators. He rants about public ofcials being free in spending the peoples money but in his stint as senator he proved that he is of the same ilk. Trillanes has many other posturing among them being a senator and expert parliamentarian. He thinks he is such a veteran legislator that he even declared Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile as out of order when Enrile interpellated him. He also wants to be known as a sports leader and he is advocating the abolition of the Philippine Sports Commission. It seems that Trillanes is dreaming of being the head of the new sports body that he wants to be created in lieu of the PSC But it is Trillanes new assumed role as the countrys top diplomat that really

Other benchmarks may also be manipulated

By Joshua Gallu
THE same lack of oversight that enabled traders to manipulate the London interbank offered rate plagues other benchmarks around the globe, according to a group of international securities regulators. Fewer than half of the benchmark interest rates surveyed in the US, Europe and Asia were based on actual transactions, according to a condential International Organization of Securities Commissions discussion paper obtained by Bloomberg News. Instead, the rates were calculated by methodologies that were unclear, not transparent and only rarely subject to specic regulatory standards or obligations, the group said. Iosco, as the international organization of nancial market regulators, is rmly committed to restoring condence in benchmarking activities globally, Masamichi Kono, chairman of the Iosco board, said in a Sept. 14 statement. Iosco spokeswoman Carlta Vitzthum declined to comment on the discussion paper. Scrutiny of nancial benchmarks has intensied since June, when Barclays Plc, the UKs second-largest bank by assets, agreed to pay $460 million for its role in trying to manipulate interest rates. In a global probe that has ensnared banks including UBS AG, Citigroup Inc., Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Deutsche Bank AG, investigators have focused on whether traders coordinated submissions to the survey-based rate to prot from derivatives positions. Libor is derived from a survey of banks conducted each day on behalf of the British Bankers Association in London. Lenders are asked how much it would cost them to borrow from each other for 15 different periods, from overnight to one year, in currencies including dollars, euros, yen and Swiss francs. After a set number of quotes are excluded, those remaining are averaged and published for each currency by the BBA before noon. Not objective According to the discussion paper, about 80 percent of benchmarks were either compiled by associations or private entities. For survey-based benchmarks like Libor, the criteria for submitting data was not always objective and called for judgments about rates and prices, according to the discussion paper. Even in benchmarks that are based on actual transaction data, the compiling bodies retain discretion in producing the actual rates or prices. The risk of manipulation will be greater where participants in the process have both incentive and opportunity to submit inaccurate data or apply a methodology inaccurately, the authors said in the paper. Furthermore, where judgment is required in determining the data to be submitted, the problem is particularly acute. Informal review The discussion paper was in part based on an informal review by an ad hoc group of member regulators of benchmarks that are set in their jurisdictions. The members of the group included regulators from the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia, according to the document. A Bloomberg Poll conducted this month found that 44 percent of analysts and traders who are Bloomberg subscribers predicted that Libor will be replaced by a benchmark subject to greater government control within the next ve years. While these characteristics make a range of benchmarks susceptible to manipulation, many regulators have limited authority to take enforcement action against traders or entities that tamper with the process since they are generally unregulated activities, according to the paper. Last week, IOSCO created a task force to develop policy guidance on how benchmarks should be compiled and regulated. The exercise, which is being led by Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Martin Wheatley, managing director of the U.K. Financial Services Authority, follows a similar effort to establish best practices for reporting oil prices. Presently, there is little evidence that the current scope and severity of global sanctions regimes provides effective deterrence, the authors said in the paper. Bloomberg

Doubting Jesus wife

By Nicole Wineld
ROMEIs a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife authentic? Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the rst evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. And experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragments anonymous owner, noting that the documents value has likely increased amid the publicity of the stillunproven nd. Karen King, a professor of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, announced the nding Tuesday at an international congress on Coptic studies in Rome. The text, written in Coptic and probably translated from a 2nd century Greek text, contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to my wife, whom he identies as Mary. Kings paper, and the front-page attention it received in some US newspapers that got advance word about it, was a hot topic of conversation Wednesday at the conference. Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was unmarried, although there is no reliable historical evidence to support that, King said. Any evidence pointing to whether Jesus was married or had a female disciple could have ripple effects in current debates over the role of women in the church. Stephen Emmel, a professor of Coptology at the University of Muenster who was on the international advisory panel that reviewed the 2006 discovery of the Gospel of Judas, said the text accurately quotes Jesus as saying my wife. But he questioned whether the document was authentic. Theres something about this fragment in its appearance and also in the grammar of the Coptic that strikes me as being not completely convincing somehow, he said in an interview on the sidelines of the conference. Another participant at the congress, Alin Suciu, a papyrologist at the University of Hamburg, was more blunt. I would say its a forgery. The script doesnt look authentic when compared to other samples of Coptic papyrus script dated to the 4th century, he said. King acknowledged Wednesday that questions remain about the fragment, and she welcomed the feedback from her colleagues. She said she planned to subject the document to ink tests to determine if the chemical components match those used in antiquity. We still have some work to do, testing the ink and so on and so forth, but what is exciting about this fragment is that its the rst case we have of Christians claiming that Jesus had a wife, she said. She stressed that the text, assuming its authentic, doesnt provide any historical evidence that Jesus was actually married, only that some two centuries after he died, some early Christians believed he had a wife. Wolf-Peter Funk, a noted Coptic linguist, said there was no way to evaluate the signicance of the fragment because it has no context. Its a partial text and tiny, measuring 4 centimeters by 8 centimeters (1.5 inches by 3 inches), about the size of a small cellphone. There are thousands of scraps of papyrus where you nd crazy things, said Funk, co-director of a project editing the Nag Hammadi Coptic library at Laval University in Quebec. It can be anything. He, too, doubted the authenticity, saying the form of the fragment was suspicious. Ancient papyrus fragments have been frequently cut up by unscrupulous antiquities dealers seeking to make more money. An anonymous collector brought King the fragment in December 2011, seeking her help in translating and understanding it. In March, she brought it to two papyrologists who determined it was very likely authentic. On Tuesday, Harvard Divinity School announced the nding to great fanfare and said Kings paper would be published in Januarys Harvard Theological Review. Harvard said the fragment most likely came from Egypt, and that its earliest documentation is from the early 1980s indicating that a now-deceased professor in Germany thought it evidence of a possible marriage of Jesus. Some archaeologists were quick to question Harvards ethics, noting that the fragment has no known provenance, or history of where its been, and that its current owner may have a nancial interest in the publicity being generated about it. King has said the owner wants to sell his collection to Harvard. There are all sorts of really dodgy things about this, said David Gill, professor of archaeological heritage at University Campus Suffolk and author of the Looting Matters blog, which closely follows the illicit trade in antiquities. This looks to me as if any sensible, responsible academic would keep their distance from it. He cited the ongoing debate in academia over publishing articles about possibly dubiously obtained antiquities, thus potentially fueling the illicit market. The Archaeological Institute of America, for example, wont publish articles in its journal announcing the discovery of antiquities without a proven provenance that were acquired after a UNESCO convention ghting the illicit trade went into effect in 1973. Similarly, many American museums have adopted policies to no longer acquire antiquities without a provenance, after being slapped with successful efforts by countries like Italy to reclaim looted treasures. Archaeologists also complain that the looting of antiquities removes them from their historical context, depriving scholars of a wealth of information. However, AnneMarie Luijendijk, the Princeton University expert whom King consulted to authenticate the papyrus, said the fragment t all the rules and criteria established by the International Association of Papyrologists. She noted that papyrus fragments frequently dont have a provenance, simply because so many were removed from Egypt before such issues were of concern. She acknowledged the dilemma about buying such antiquities but said refraining from publishing articles about them is another matter. You wouldnt let an important new text go to waste, she said. Hany Sadak, the director general of the Coptic Museum in Cairo, said the fragments existence was unknown to Egypts antiquities authorities until news articles this week. I personally think, as a researcher, that the paper is not authentic because it was, if it had been in Egypt before, we would have known of it and we would have heard of it before it left Egypt, he said. AP

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OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Compostela Valley District Engineering Office Nabunturan, Comval Province Tel. No. & Fax No. 084-376-1040

INVITATION TO BID
No. 2012-Goods 017 The Department of Public Works and Highways through its Bid and Awards Committee (BAC), invites prospective suppliers/bidders to apply to bid : 1. Purchase Request No. 12 09 - 0415 Contract Name: Construction of School Building Contract Location: Mangloy Laak NHS Annex, Brgy. Mangloy, Laak (San Vicente), ComVal A B C: P 2,191,989.38 Cost of Bid Documents: P 2,000.00 Source of Fund: Upper House ( Sen.T. Guingona, III) Contract Duration: 10 cal. days

INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH, Iloilo 4th District Engineering Office, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract (s): Contract ID No: Contract Name : 12GI0017 Construction of Jalaur Flood Control Project along Iloilo City Dumangas Coastal Road Leganes, Iloilo Scope of Work: Construction of Slope Protection Approved Budget the Contract (ABC): P 24,230,219.33 Contract Duration : 180 Calendar Days Cost of Bidding Documents: P 20,000.00 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 of 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant dates/time and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 2. Issuance of Bid Documents 3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Receipt of Bid 5. Opening of Bids October 10 , 2012 - 3.00 P.M. September 21, 2012 October 15, 2012 October 03, 2012 - 10 :00 A.M. October 15, 2012 - 10:00 A.M. October 15, 2012 - 10:01 A.M.

INVITATION TO BID No. 2012-019

The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works & Highways, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan, Comval Province, invites contractors to bid for the: 1. Contract ID: Contract Name: Contract Location: Station Limit: Description: 12LA-0029 Const. of Upper Agusan River Control Monkayo, Comval Province K 0+965.67 to K 1+490.31 Cut-Off-Channel, Access Road, Mobilization & Demobilization, Facilities for Engineers, Other General Requirements,Traffic Services, Const. Safety & Health Approved Budget for Contract: Php 41,693,838.74 Cost of Bid Documents: P20,000.00 Source of Fund: Lumpsum Contract Duration: 167 Cal. Days

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a bidder must meet the following criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b.)Filipino Citizen, sole proprietorships,corporations/partnerships/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 five (5)years and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC or Credit Line Commitment for at least 10% of the ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check preliminary examination of bid. Unregistered suppliers/bidders, however, shall submit their application for registration to the BAC before the deadline for submission and opening of bids. The BAC for Goods, DPWH Regional Office, Region XI, Davao City will only process suppliers applications for registration with the complete requirements, and issue the Suppliers Registration Certificate (SRC), registration form may be secured from the BAC for Goods, DPWH, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan,ComVal Province. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below. Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-bid Conference Submission and Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids September 21, 2012 to October 9, 2012 September 27, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. October 9, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. October 9, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR 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 the DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or 75% Filipino-Owned Partnership, Corporation, cooperative or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of ten years, (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment issued by reputable Commercial Bank at least equal to 10% of the ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit application for registration to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors application for registration with the complete requirements and issue Contractors registration Certificate (CRC). Registration forms can be download at the DPWH Website. www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents : September 21, 2012- October 11, 2012 2. Deadline of Receipt of LOI : October 3, 2012 @ 12:00 Noon 3. Pre-Bid Conference : September 28, 2012, @ 10:00 A.M. 4. Receipt of Bids : until October 11,2012 @ 1:30 P.M. 5. Opening of Bids : October 11, 2012@ 2:00 P.M. Pre-bid conference will be held at DPWH, Conference Room, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan, Comval Province The BAC will also issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Nabunturan,Comval Province upon payment of the said fees 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 a day before the submission of their bid documents. The Prebid conference shall open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bid must be accompanied by the Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, at stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC Chairman. The First envelope shall contain the Technical component of the bid, which included a copy of CRe. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. These envelopes shall be enclosed in one single envelope submitted to the BAC Chairman. Late bids shall not be accepted. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determine in the Bid Evaluation and Post Qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Compostela Valley District Engineering office, Nabunturan, Comval Province reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders. For further information please refer to: EDWIN M. ORTIZ Engineer II Head-BAC Secretariat e-mail address:dpwh_bacnab@yahoo.com (Sgd.) EVA M. DEL FIERRO Engineer III BAC Chairman
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

Pre-bid conference will be held at DPWH, Conference Room, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan, ComVal Province The BAC will also issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Nabunruran, ComVal Province upon payment of the said fees. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH Website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH Website shall pay the said fees a day before the submission of their bid documents. Bid must be accompanied by the bid security in an amount and acceptable forms, as stated in section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes. The first envelopes shall contain the Technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelop shall contain the financial component of the bid. These envelopes shall be enclosed in one single envelope submitted to the BAC Chairman. Late bids shall not be accepted. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Responsive Bid as determine in the bid evaluation and the post qualification. The Department of Public Works and Highways, Compostela Valley District Engineering Office, Nabunturan, ComVal Province reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders. For further information please refer to: EDWIN M. ORTIZ Engineer II BAC Secretariat e-mail address:dpwh_bacnab@yahoo.com

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Iloilo 4th District Engineering Office, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, upon payment of non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available from the DPWH Website. Prospective Bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount of acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. Only the proprietor in case of sole proprietor or his duly authorized representative and the duly authorized representatives in case of the corporation are allowed to submit letter of intent, purchase and receive bidding documents and to drop bids. Upon submission of their intent, purchase of bidding documents and dropping of bids, the duly authorized representative shall present the original copy of their authority or special power of attorney. Likewise, all documents contained in each envelope submitted shall be book bound and properly numbered and/or paginated with index tab to make each of the documents required and submitted as part of their technical documents. The Head of the Procuring Entity, DPWH, Iloilo 4 District Engineering Office, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
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(Sgd.) PERLA S. LAGUARDIA BAC Chairman NOTED :

(Sgd.) EVA M. DEL FIERRO Chief, Materials Quality Control section BAC Chairman
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

(Sgd.) NESS S. VILLANUEVA District Engineer

(MST-Sept. 21 & 28, 2012)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Benguet 1st District Engineering Office Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet Telefax No. (074) 422 6163

Republic of the Philippines

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Public Works and Highways

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Camarines Sur 2 District Engineering Office Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur
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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Pangasinan Sub-District Engineering Office Area Equipment Services Compound Tuliao, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan Revised DPWH-INFR-07-09

September 17,2012

INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH Camarines Sur 2 District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee ( BAC ) invites contractors to apply to bid for the following projects;
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INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Benguet 1st District Engineering Office, through the PDAF 2012, SR2012-06-005636 and Fund 101 - General Fund, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects: a. Contract ID: b. Name of Project: c. Location: 12PE041 Repair/Rehabilitation along Baguio-Bauang Road K 0281+800 - K 0285+400 (wi exceptions), Sablan, Benguet d. Scope of Work: Concreting, Grouted Riprap, Pipe Culvert e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9,649,897.80 f. Duration: 170 C.D. g. Source of Fund: SR2012-06-005636 NOTE: Expressions of Interest submitted thru mail will not be accepted. 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 the 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 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH POCW-Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOr. The DPWH POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractor Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH Website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids September 18 - October 8, 2012 September 25, 2012 October 2,2012 @ 12:00 P.M. Until 10:00 A.M., October 8, 2012 October 8, 2012

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-PSDEO, through the D.A. invite contractors to bid for the aforementioned project: Contract ID. Contract Name : 12AJ0045 : Construction of Farm-to-Market Road at Brgys. Ambayat 2 nd, Malioer, Sancagulis, Tanolong, Tatarac, Nalsian Norte & Buenlag 2nd, Bayambang, Pangasinan (Cluster I). Contract Location : Bayambang, Pangasinan Scope of Work : Aggregate Base Course, PCCP (t=150mm), Occupational Safety and Health, Mobilization & Demobilization. Approved Budge For the Contract (ABC) : Php 5,886,500.00 Contract Duration : 90 calendar days

1. a. Contract I.D. b. Contract Name

: 12FE0057 : Project Cluster 2012-IX a. Construction of River Control, Quipayo River and Tributaries, Quipayo Calabanga Sta. 0+000-sta.0+150 L= 150.00 In.m. b. Construction of Water Impounding Project Belen Calabanga Sta.0+000-sta.0+670.00 L= 670.00 In.m c. Contract Location : Calabanga,Camarines Sur d. Scope of Work : Construction of River Control and Water Impounding Project d. Approved Budget for the Contract: P 13,669,981.61 e. Contract Duration : 240 CD f. Cost of Bidding Documents: P 10,000.00 G. Net Length : 820 In.m

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids in excess of the ABC for the contract shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed and submitted by the person authorized in the Contractors License issued by PCAB. Upon submission of the LOIs, the interested Contractor must also submit the photo copy and original ( for authentication purposes and issuance of Bid Documents) for the following documents: 1. Class A Documents ( contained in the Contractors Registration Certificate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a.)Department of Trade and Industry Business Name Registration (DTI) or SEC Registration Certificate or CDA; b.) valid and Current Mayors Permit/Municipal License 1.2 Technical Documents; a.) valid Joint Venture Agreement, in case of (J.V.) and Eligibility Documents for each member; b.) valid PCAB License and Registration; c.) Certificate of Materials Engineer Accreditation duly Certified by the Authorized Managing Officer (AMO); d.) Latest copy of Authorizing Managing Officer; e.)Certificate of Safety Officer Seminar from DOLE; f.) Phil-Geps Order Form (Document Request list); g.) CPES rating of the contractor must be at least satisfactory, as provided under Sec. 23.5.2.4 of Revised IRR of R.A. 9184 1.3) Financial Documents; a.) Prospective Bidders Audited Financial Statement for the preceding calendar year which should not be earlier than 2 years from the date of bid submission; b.) Prospective Bidders Computation of its NFCC. The LOIs shall be submitted by Authorized Liaison Officer as specified in the Contractors Information(C.1.).Submission of LOIs by persons with a Special Power of Attorney shall not be allowed. The Contractor must purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH & PHILGEPS, b) Filipino citizen or 75%-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 for at least equal to 10% of ABC. The inclusion of Material Data on the Pledge equipment for the project in compliance with DO no.58 series of 2012. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check, and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph The Significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective bidders 3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Receipts of Bids 5. Opening Of Bids September 19-0ctober 11, 2012 October 4, 2012 until 10:00 a.m. September 28, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. October 11, 2012 until 10:00 a.m. October 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of R. A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the opening of bid. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH Central Procurement Office (CPO) before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH Central Procurement Office will only process contractors applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant time and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
Activities 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-Bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids Schedule September 21, 2012 October 11, 2012 until 10:00 am September 28, 2012 October 5, 2012 until 10:00 am October 11, 2012 until 10:00 am October 11, 2012 @ 02:00 pm

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Benguet 1st District Engineering Office, upon payment of a non-refundable Cost of Bid Documents of Php 1,000.00 for 12PE039 & 12PE040, and Php5,000.00 for 12PE041. 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. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The Benguet 1st District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process any time prior to the contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. Approved by: (Sgd.) CESAR L. BACANI Engineer III BAC Chairman Noted: (Sgd.) DAVID A. BULIYAT OIC District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

The BAC will issue hard copies of ( BDS) Bidding Documents at the BAC Office, DPWH Camarines Sur 2nd District Engineering Office, Baras Canaman, Camarines Sur, upon payment of non-refundable fees as stated above for Bid Documents. Prospective bidders may also download the BDS if available from DPWH website. Prospective !bidders that will download the BDSs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDS. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective Bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, eligibility requirements under Section 23.1 of the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184 and a copy of the updated CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The DPWH Camarines Sur 2nd District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at anytime prior Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s. APPROVED: (Sgd.) EDUARDO A. ALEJO, JR. BAC Chairman
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWHPSDEO Tuliao Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, upon presentation of two (2) valid IDs and payment of a non-refundable fee of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00). Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their 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. Mailed intents shall not be entertained. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH-PSDEO 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.) BLESILDA P. ESTRADA BAC Chairman
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

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Region XI, Davao City Tel. No. (082) 226-4459, Fax. No. (082) 226-9310

Republic of the Philippines

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ORIENTAL MINDORO

Camilmil, Calapan City 5200, Oriental Mindoro

Republic of the Philippines

BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE INVITATION TO BID

ITB No. GS-2012- 136
The Provincial Government of Oriental Mindoro invites PhilGeps registered suppliers to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid for the hereunder list of item/s. Item/Description 1. Supply and delivery of 21 units Multicab for use in different barangays of Oriental Mindoro a) Brgy. Malad, Calapan City b) Brgy. Balite, Calapan City c) Brgy. Tigkan, Naujan d) Brgy. Sta. Maria, Naujan e) Brgy. Pagkakaisa, Naujan f) Brgy. Sta. Isabel, Naujan g) Brgy. Kalinisan, Naujan h) Brgy. San Jose, Naujan i) Brgy. San Agustin II, Naujan j) Brgy. Tagumpay, Naujan k) Brgy. Loyal, Victoria I) Brgy. Monteverde, Socorro m) Brgy. Bacungan, Pola n) Province of Oriental Mindoro 0) Municipality of Naujan p) Brgy. Zone 1, Pola q) Brgy. San Antonio, Naujan r) Brgy. Malaya, Naujan , / s) Brgy. Herrera, Naujan t) Brgy. Malabo, Victoria u) Brgy. Apitong, Naujan Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Php 4,200,000.00 Bid Document Fee Php 21 ,000.00 Source of Funding Trust Fund - (SARO # MBG-12- T000003358) Priority Devt Assistance Fund

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), XIth Regional Office, Davao City, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the contract:

INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH, Cebu 2nd District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s): Contract ID: Contract Name: 12 HE - 0025 Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated Pavement Management System HDM 4 Preventive Maintenance, K0012+838 K0013+002.1 Contract Location: Talisay City, Cebu Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 2,830,000.00 Contract Duration: ___60___ calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: Php _5,000.00 Source of Funds: FY 2013 Contract ID: Contract Name: 12 HE - 0026 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Roads, Cebu South Coastal Road, K0011+959.2 K0012+838 Contract Location: Talisay City, Cebu Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 15,127,280.00 Contract Duration: ___60___ calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: Php _10,000.00 Source of Funds: FY 2013 Contract ID: Contract Name: 12 HE - 0027 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Roads, Naga-Uling Road K0022 + (-020) K0024+123.5 Contract Location: Naga City, Cebu Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 29,393,140.00 Contract Duration: ___60___ calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00 Source of Funds: FY 2013 Contract ID: Contract Name: 12 HE - 0028 Widening of Natalio Bacalso Avenue, Naga Carcar Section, K0025+260 K0026+141 Contract Location: Cebu Province Scope of Work: Widening and Concreting Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 49,000,000.00 Contract Duration: ___180___ calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00 Source of Funds: FY 2013 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 DPWHPOCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidder Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-bidding Conference Receipts of Bids Opening of Bids Venue September 19 26, 2012 September 19 October 08, 2012 September 26, 2012 @ 10:00 am October 08, 2012 @ 8:00 10:00 am October 08, 2012 @ 10:00 am BAC Office, Cebu 2nd DEO
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12LO-0029 Repair/Rehabilitation of DPWH Office Building: a)Regional Office, Regional Office XI Compound, R. Magsaysay Avenue and b)Regional Equipment Services Building, Panacan, all in Davao City Demolition Works; Earthworks; Concrete & Masonry; Carpentry & Joinery Works; Roofing Works; Finishes; Painting & Electrical Works; Sanitary Works Php 6,559,935.43 CY 2011 Other Public Building 149 calendar days 12LO-0030 Rehabilitation of Materials Quality Control and Hydrology Division (MQCHD) Building and Construction of Additional Laboratory Building in Region No. XI, Davao City Rehabilitation of building and construction of additional building Php 5,000,000.00 GAA CY 2011 Extended Allotment

The schedule of bidding activities is as follows: 1. Pre-procurement Conference 2. Advertisement/Posting of ITB Bulletin Board of the PGOM PGOM Website PhilGEPS Website Newspaper of General Nationwide Circulation 3. Issuance of Bidding Documents 4. Pre-Bid Conference 5. Deadline of Submission of Bids 6. Opening of Bid in sealed envelope a) Eligibility Requirements and Technical Proposal b) Financial Proposal : : : : : : : : : : September 19,2012 at 2:00 p.m. at BAC Office September 21, 2012 September 21, 2012 September-21, 2012 September 21, 2012 September 26, 2012 - October 15, 2012 October 03, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at BAC Office October 15, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. at BAC Office October 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at BAC Office October 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at BAC Office

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Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in R.A. 9184 and its IRR otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. The complete set of bidding documents may be purchased at the BAC Secretariat upon payment of non-refundable price of bid documents indicated above. Pre-Bid Conference shall be opened to all interested parties, however only those who purchased the Bidding Documents may participate in the discussion at said conference. All particulars relative to eligibility requirements and screening, bid security, performance security, pre-bid conference, evaluation of bids, post qualification and award of contract shall be governed by the provision of R.A. 9184 and its IRR. The PGOM reserves the right to accept or reject bid to annul bidding process, and to reject all bids at anytime prior to contract award without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. For further information, please refer to: (Sgd.) MR. JULIO R. ICAL Head, BAC Secretariat Provincial Capitol, Camilmil, Calapan City Tel. Nos. (043) 286-7120 (043) 286-7447 (Sgd.) ENGR. ELMER V. DILAY Provincial Engineer BAC Chairman (MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

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

1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 2. Issuance of Bidding Documents 3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids

September 21, 2012 to October 12, 2012, until 5:00 p.m. September 21, 2012 to October 16, 2012, until 2:00 p.m. October 2, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m., DPWHXI Conference Room, R. Magsaysay Avenue, Davao City until 2:00 p.m. on October 16, 2012 October 16, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

WEST BANK ROAD, MANGGAHAN FLOODWAY ROSARIO, PASIG CITY TELEPHONE NO. 641-07-12 641-07-13 641-23-70 641-44-08 FAX NO. 641-2370

Republic of the Philippines

FIRST METRO-MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Region XI, R. Magsaysay Avenue, Davao City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P 10,000.00 for Item No. 1 and P 5,000.00 for Item No. 2, for the bidding documents. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualification. The DPWH, Region XI, Davao City, reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. (Sgd.) TOMAS M. RODRIGUEZ Assistant Regional Director BAC Chairman DPWH XI, R. Magsaysay Avenue 8000, Davao City Fax No. (082) 226-9310
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

INVITATION TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways-First Metro Manila Engineering District, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply for eligibility and, if found eligible, to bid for the following contract: 1. Contract ID: Contract Name: 0120B0192 Construction of School Building at Parang Elementary School, Brgy. Parang, Marikina City Contract Location: Marikina City Scope of Work: Construction of School Building Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php14,699,996.48 Contract Duration: 300 Calendar Days 0120B0193 Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement along Gil Fernando Avenue, Marikina City, K0017+167 to K0017+599 with exceptions Contract Location: Marikina City Scope of Work: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9,899,976.32 Contract Duration: 90 Calendar Days 0120B0194 Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Taguig Diversion Road, Pateros- Taguig City, Chainage 0 to Chainage 1594 with exceptions Contract Location: Pateros-Taguig City Scope of Work: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9,899,752.36 Contract Duration: 60 Calendar Days

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Cebu 2 District Engineering Office, Lawa-an, Talisay City, Cebu upon payment of a non-refundable fee. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. The DPWH Cebu 2nd District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. (Sgd.) HELEN GRACE B. YAP BAC Chairman Approved by: (Sgd.) DAISY B. TOLEDO, D.M. District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Agriculture

PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR POSTHARVEST DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANIZATION (PHILMech)

(Formerly BUREAU OF POSTHARVEST RESEARCH AND EXTENSION)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT/WIDENING OF GENERAL LUIS ROAD FROM QUIRINO HIGHWAY TO GEN. MCARTHUR AVENUE IN VALENZUELA CITY (RE-BIDDING)
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways, through the GAA 2010 & 2011 intends to apply the sum of P14,603,310.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Consultancy Services for the Feasibility Study for the Improvement/ Widening of General Luis Road from Quirino Highway to Gen. McArthur Avenue in Valenzuela City. (Re-Bidding) 2. The Department of Public Works and Highways now calls the submission of eligibility documents for: Project: Consultancy Services for the Feasibility Study for the Improvement/ Widening of General Luis Road from Quirino Highway to Gen. McArthur Avenue in Valenzuela City (Re-Bdding) Valenzuela City, Metro Manila The objective of the Study is to identify best alignment for widening and study other capacity improvement alternatives considering the affected properties on both sides of Gen. Luis Road and explore viable and cost-effective alignments and structures and its appropriate design. This is in pursuit of solving and/or mitigating the traffic problems along the subject road that would be recommended from the findings of the study. Expected Output The major output of the study shall be: (1) alignment improvement study, (2) introduction of ideas to obtain high capacity, (3) traffic demand forecast and (4) feasibility study of the projects. The Study shall be compiled in the following reports: 1. Inception Report 2. Progress Report 3. Interim Report 4. Draft Final Report 5. Final Report All basic as well as processed data from all field studies and Investigations, reports, appendices, annexes, documents and drawings shall be submitted in written format and CDs at the time of submission of the Final Report properly indexed and catalogued. The data Can be classified as follows: Engineering Investigation and Traffic Studies Topographic surveys and Drawings Unit Rate analysis Economic and Financial Analysis Environmental and Social lmpact (Gender and Development included)

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INVITATION TO BID Supply and Delivery of Various IT Equipment and Materials

1. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization through its Capital Outlay 2012 intends to apply the sum of PhP 2,161,000.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) as indicated herein to payments under the contract for the Supply and Delivery of Various IT Equipment and Materials. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at Bid opening. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization now invites Bids from eligible bidders for the following items: ITEMS LOT I Enhancement and Expansion of Existing HP Servers HP SAS Storage System (15TB Minimum) 2 Units HP P4300 G2 8TB MDL SAS Storage System (BK719A) with 1 Year Std Hrs/Days Software Support 2 Pcs HP BLc 1Gb Enet Pass Thru Mod Kit (UP645E) 4 Pcs HP BLc NC382m NIC Adapter Opt Kit (UJ714E) 2 HP Tech Startup P4K SAN Internal SVC (406740-B21) 2 HP Basic Installation LHN System SVC (453246-B21) LOT II 2 units POE Switch 24-Ports Hardware Specification Copper Ports 24 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 Auto-MDI/MDI-X ports with IEEE 802.3af PoE injector SFP/mini-GBIC Slots 4 1000Base-SX/LX/BX SFP interfaces, shared with Port-21 to Port-24 Switch Fabric 68Gbps LED System: Power, Master, FAN Alert, PoE Power Alert Ports: 10/100/1000 Link/Act, PoE In-Use, SFP Link, Stack Port Link Power over Ethernet PoE Standard IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet / PSE PoE Power Output Per Port 48V DC, 350mA . Max. 15.4 Watts 8 units Gigabit Switch 48-Ports Hardware Specification Copper Ports 50 10/ 100/1000Base-T RJ-45 Auto-MDI / MDI-X ports SFP / mini-GBIC Slots 4 1000Base-SX/LX SFP interfaces, shared with Port-45 to Port-48 Switch Fabric 100Gbps / non-blocking Management Function System Configuration Console, Telnet, SSH, Web Browser, SNMPv1, v2c and v3 Management Supports the unite for IPv4 / IPv6 HTTP Supports the user IP security inspection for IPv4 / IPv6 SNMP LOT III Supply and Delivery of Materials for Network/Telephone Cabling 2 Units Open Bay Rack 6 ft. 120 Meters Fiber Optic Cable, Multi-Mode, 4-Cores 90 Meters Belden RF400 RG8 Size Coaxial Cable 2 Units Fiber Optic Tray & Accessories 10 Units Fiber Optic Patch Cord 120 Units 30 Pairs Alphet Cable 10 Units AM Patch Panel, 24-Port TOTAL 397,000.00 480,000.00 ABC 1,284,000.00

0120B0195 Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City, K0013+486 to K0014+469, with exceptions Contract Location: Pasig City Scope of Work: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9,899,998.34 Contract Duration: 60 Calendar Days 0120B0196 Clearing/Removal of Existing Structures affected by Mindanao Avenue Extension Project, Stage II-C Phil-Top Industries, Inc. Contract Location: Valenzuela City Scope of Work: Clearing/Removal Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php7,906,000.00 Contract Duration: 80 Calendar Days 0120B0197 Clearing/Removal of Existing Structure affected by Mindanao Avenue Extension Project, Stage II-C Associated Industries, Inc. Contract Location: Valenzuela City Scope of Work: Clearing/Removal Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php5,135,000.00 Contract Duration: 85 Calendar Days

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Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) together with their Class A 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 with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and, (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with completes requirements, and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 2. Issuance of Bidding Documents 3. Pre-Bid Conference 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids September 21, 2012 - October 04, 2012 September 21, 2012 October 11, 2012 September 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM October 11, 2012 until 10:00 AM October 11, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.

Outputs/Deliverables

Prospective bidders may download the LOI Forms from DPWH website: www.dpwh.gov.ph. (allowing the filling of Letter of Intent free of charge and prescribing fixed costs of bidding documents as per D.O. No. 52 dated October 03, 2011). The BAC, will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at First Metro Manila Engineering District, Westbank Road, Manggahan Floodway, Rosario, Pasig City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of TEN THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (Php10,000.00). Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website. Bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid documents. Bid must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification. Interested contractors are also required to present the original copies of the following documents for authentication and issuance of Bid Documents: (PCAB License; b) Contractors Registration Certificate; c) Certificate of Materials Engineer Accreditation; d) Latest Copy of Authorizing Officer; e) Certificate of Safety Officer Seminar from Dole, f) Phil-Geps Order Form (Documents Request List), g) 2011CPES Rating. The First Metro Manila Engineering District assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnity bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid. The First Metro Manila Engineering District 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 incurring any liability to the affected bidders or Bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) MARIO E. ALCANTARA OIC-Chief, Maintenance Section Engineer III/BAC Chairman NOTED (Sgd.) ROBERTO S. NICOLAS District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

2,161,000.00

Delivery of the GOODS is required by December 5, 2012 or within Thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of the Notice to Proceed. The description of an eligible Bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents. 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/ fail criteria as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A (IRR-A) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, 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 Republic Act 5183 (R.A. 5183) and subject to Commonwealth Act 138 (C.A. 138). Only Bids from Bidders who pass the eligibility check will be opened. The process for the eligibility check is described in the Bidding Documents. The bidder with the Lowest Calculated Bid (LCB) shall advance to the post-qualification stage in order to finally determine responsiveness of the bid to technical and financial requirements of the project. The contract shall then be awarded to the Lowest Calculated and Responsive Bidder (LCRB) who was determined as such during the post-qualification procedure. Interested Bidders may obtain further information from the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee in the amount of Php 3,000.00. The method of payment will be in cash. The Bidding Documents shall be received personally by the prospective Bidder or his authorized representative. Only those who have purchased the Bidding Documents shall be allowed to participate in the pre-bid conference and raise or submit written queries or clarification. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization will hold a Pre-Bid Conference open to all interested parties on September 28, 2012, 1:00pm at PHilMech Liaison Office, 3F ATI Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Bids and eligibility requirements must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00am of October 17, 2012. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid security in the form and amount stated in the Bid Data Sheet or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. Late Bids shall not be accepted. Bid opening shall be on October 17, 2012, exactly 1:00pm PHilMech Liaison Office, 3F ATI Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address below. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization 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. PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR POSTHARVEST DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANIZATION (Formerly BUREAU OF POSTHARVEST RESEARCH AND EXTENSION) Main Office :CLSU Cmpd., Science City of Muoz, Nueva Ecija Tel. No. (044) 4560287 / 4560213 FAX No. (044) 4560110 Liaison Office : 3F ATI Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City Tel. No. 9274019 / 9274029 FAX No. 9268159 (Sgd.) ARNEL RAMIR M. APAGA BAC Chairman

3. Interested consultants must submit their eligibility documents on or before October 01,2012 at 2:00 P.M, at the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for Consultancy Services, CPO Function Room, 5th Floor, DPWH Building, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila. Applications for eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion. The Eligibility Forms will be available at www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have submitted (eligibility documents/Expression of Interest) and have been determined as eligible in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of five (5) prospective bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for short listing are : Applicable Experience Qualification of Personnel Job Capacity Total 35 pts, 40 pts. 25 pts. 100 pts.

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4. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the IRR of RA 9184. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizen/sole proprietorships, partnerships or organizations with at least sixty per cent 60%) interest of out standing capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. 5. The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids, using the Quality-Cost Based Evaluation/Selection (QCBE/QCBS) procedure. Bids whose technical proposals pass the minimum technical requirement of seventy five per cent (75%) shall have its financial proposals opened and evaluated. The technical proposal shall carry eighty per cent (80%) weight in the evaluation. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instruction to Bidders. 6. The contract shall be completed within six (6) months. 7. The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to reject any and all bids, annul the bidding process, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. 8. For further information, please refer to: Undersecretary RAUL C. ASIS Chairman, BAC for Consultancy Services Department of Public Works and Highways Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila Tel. No . (+632)304-3302 Fax No. (+632) 304-3572 (Sgd.) RAUL C. ASIS Undersecretary Chairman, BAC for Consultancy Services
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pine Iron and Steel Institute, led by Steel Asia Manufacturing Corp. president Benjamin Yao. The group identied the companies as Joyland Industries Corp., Ocean Canning, Davao Forever Steels Forming, Herco Trading, Eglinton Import-Export, SB Construction and Water Treatment, Hornet Enterprises, Voowher Five Trading, NMW Enterprises, Ikkinari Enterprises, Ashes & Diamonds Marketing, Richow Trading, Mega Foundation International and Thanatos Enterprises. The group argued that the companies were engaged in technical smuggling because they are importing nished steel products at below the prevailing prices of scrap metal, a claim that Cebu district collector Ronnie Silvestre denied. All the valuation they questioned have been referred to the VCRC for them to see if the declaration of the importer is true or not. Aside from that, Joyland is undergoing audit by the Post Entry Audit Group under the Ofce of the Commissioner, Biazon said. The PISI had earlier complained to Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo

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Customs probes steel manufacturers

By Joel E. Zurbano

THE Bureau of Customs is now investigating 14 steel makers in Subic, Cebu and Davao after other steel makers complained the companies were allegedly engaged in the technical smuggling of steel from China.
We have acted on their complaint about the alleged undervaluation and subjected the importer to post entry audit and their shipments valuation were referred to the Value Classication Review Committee for review and disposition of the case, Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said on Thursday.

Biazon issued the order after Manila and Luzon-based steel manufacturers complained that manufacturers in Subic, Cebu and Davao that the steel that the companies imported from China are undervalued and may constitute technical smuggling. But Biazon cautioned that in cases of undervaluation, you cannot right away say there is a violation... It does not mean when people claim a product is undervalued, we can already conclude there is technical smuggling. Biazon ordered the investigation upon the complaint of the Philip-

about the unfair competition the local steeel industry is purportedly experiencing over steel dumped from China. The steel is supposedly imported as billets which are raw materials for long steel products, like rebar, angle bar or wire. Yao said billets are technically classied as semi-nished product, but Chinese makers alloy the billets with the unnecessary element of boron, which allows the billets to be misclassied as a nished product and qualify for subsidies from the Chinese government.

4 wounded, 6 nabbed in Jusmag demolition

By Ferdinand Fabella
FOUR people were wounded when squatters at a governmentowned lot in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City clashed with police and demolition crews Thursday. Six rioters were also arrested by the Taguig police as demolition crews dismantled at least a hundred houses in the 35-hectare Jusmag property owned by the Bases Conversion Development Authority. Senior Supt. Tomas Apolinario, chief of the Taguig police, said two of those arrested were caught with knives. Apolinario said the trouble started when unidentied squatters lobbed stones, Molotov bombs, and broken bottles at a 1,400-strong demolition workers, police, and BCDA security personnel. Early in July, the informal settlers, led by retired Col. Benjamin Zabat, sought the help of President Aquino to stop BCDA from evicting them from their the land. Zabat claimed the 10-hectare lot they are occupying was not part of Jusmag but of the adjacent Diplomatic and Consular Area, which is not owned by BCDA. BCDA sent a notice of demolition to the affected residents in May. However, BCDA Vice President for Business Development Dean Santiago said surveys showed the subject lot was still within Jusmag. Based on BCDAs records, only 12 of the 96 families resisting the demolition had active military men, he added.

Subic trader charged

THE Customs bureau has led smuggling charges against ofcials of a rm that attempted to smuggle into the country 20,000 bags of Vietnam rice, worth P30 million, at the Subic Freeport Zone three months ago. Charged before the Department of Justice were Masagana Import Export Inc. president Jan Dexter A. Marl, secretary and board member Editha L. Arzola, treasurer and board member Jeaneth Espeleta Vega, directors Gerardo Yaco Vega and Willam Tunog Quiohilag, and Customs broker Mary Joy R. Sanchez. The shipment which arrived at the Subic port last June 20 were stacked in forty 40-foot container vans and declared as gypsum board to avoid the import permit requirement from the National Food Authority, according to Deputy Customs Commissioner Horacio Suansing Jr. Last May, the Customs also foiled an attempt to smuggle 420,000 bags of rice in Subic. The shipment was consigned to Metro Eastern Trading Corp., a locator at the Subic Bay Freeport, which is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Customs agents alerted and later seized the rice shipment of Metro Eastern for lack of import permit from NFA. The shipment from India arrived at the Subic Freeport last April 4 on board vessel Vinalines Mighty. Metro Eastern claimed that the real consignee of the shipment was an India-based company named Amira C Foods International DMCC, and that was originally destined for Jakarta, Indonesia. Joel E. Zurbano

Striking for education. Students of the University of the Philippines protest tuition fee increases at the
universitys administration building, called Quezon Hall. MANNY PALMERO

Department of Public Works and Highways

CEBU CITY DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE V, Sotto Street.,Cebu City

Republic of the Philippines

5 public school principals feted

FIVE public school principals from Metro Manila were named Outstanding Public School Principals by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation Inc. The school principals were Marciana de Guzman of Nangka Elementary School in Marikina City; Aurora Marcelino of P. Manalo Elementary School in Taguig City; Zenaida S. Peafuerte of Rizal Elementary School, Marilyn C. Macalma of Cembo Elementary School, and Dr. Elita T. Lopez of Comembo Elementary School, all in Makati City. The principals were the rst recipients of the award and were chosen from among 199 school principals from various regions in the country after excelling in key performance indicators. The selection process for the award was based on measurable indicators of success, both quantitative and qualitative, that was developed by the HSBC Leadership Enhancement and Development Program. HSBC, in partnership with SAS, developed the HSBC Principals LEAD Program in 2007 to encourage principals to create a vision and mission for their schools, help them write their School Improvement Plans and develop their leadership skills. The principals were unaware that they were being monitored and evaluated during the series of LEAD conferences they attended while monitoring teams of HSBC and SAS also visited their respective schools and conducted interviews with faculty and students without their knowledge. HSBC president and CEO Tony Cripps and SAS president Margarita Delgado handed the awards to the ve recipients in a ceremony held at Shangri-La Makati last week, which served as the culmination of the three-year educator training program. Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay congratulated the three Makati City principals. The city government and the people of Makati salute our three outstanding public school principals for bringing pride and honor to our city. Clearly, they are icons of women empowerment, which is vital to inclusive social progress, as they have shown in their exemplary leadership and seless commitment to providing quality education to the youth, Binay said. The mayor also thanked the three awardees for being shining beacons illuminating the path to educational excellence for the present generation of young learners, and for laying a solid institutional foundation for the benet of future generations. Peafuerte served as principal of Rizal Elementary School, the largest elementary school in Makati, since 2008. Recognized as a top teacher trainer, she has been asked by DepEd to train several teachers from other schools. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards, which include the Kiwanis Clubs Ulirang Guro award, and various certicates and plaques of recognition for her teacher training services in schools all over the NCR.

September 14, 2012

INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH - Cebu City District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors registered with and classified by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) to apply for eligibility and. if found eligible, to bid for the following contract: Item 1- RBH 1. Contract ID: Contract Name: 12HH0089 Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Sections); Secondary Road, Tupas St., Chainage 0319.50 to Chainage 0857 Contract Location: Cebu City Description: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 10,704,540.00 Contract Duration: 52 calendar days Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00 Contract ID: Contract Name: 12HH0090 Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Sections); Arterial Road, N. Bacalso Ave., (Osmea Blvd. Sect.) Chainage 0000 Chainage 0840 Contract Location: Cebu City Description: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 17,108,840.00 Contract Duration: 65 calendar days Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00 Contract ID: Contract Name: 12HH0094 Rehabilitation / Reconstruction / Upgrading Damaged Pave National Roads (Intermittent Sections) Arterial Road, Cebu North Road K0003+(-021) TO K0003+588 Contract Location: Cebu City Description: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 15,929,900.00 Contract Duration: 60 calendar days Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00 Contract ID: Contract Name:

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12HH0095 Preventive Maitenance (Intermittent Sections), Arterial Road, N. Bacalso Ave, (Osmea Blvd. Sect.) Chainage 0000 Chainage 0227 Contract Location: Cebu City Description: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 7,527,380.00 Contract Name: Preventive Maitenance (Intermittent Sections), Arterial Road, N. Bacalso Ave. (Osmea Blvd. Sect.) Chainage 0027 Chainage 0302 Contract Location: Cebu City Description: Asphalt Overlay Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 1,322,000.00 Total Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 8,849,380.00 Contract Duration: 51 calendar days Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00 The BAC will conduct this public bidding in accordance with the revised RA 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations. To be eligible to bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Current Cebu City Mayors Permit, Certificate of Registration with PhilGEPS and an approved Activation of BIR Electronic Filing and Payment System (EFPS) and must meet the following major criteria; (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership/corporation with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of the contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC, and (d) Net Financing Contracting Capacity at Ieast equal to ABC. or credit line commitment/cash deposit certificate for at least 10% of ABC, (e) Letter of Authority for the representative / Liason Officer (as reflected in the (CRC) to submit LOI and Bids. Letter of Intent (LOIs) sent thru mail or fax will not be accepted. The DPWH will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary evaluation of bids, evaluation of bids, post qualification and award. The interested bidders must own or lease one (1) unit Road Roller, own or lease one (1) unit Pneumatic Roller, own or lease one (1) unit Asphalt Paver, own or lease two (2) units Dumptruck and have its own Batching Plant or a Lease Agreement with an Accredited Local Asphalt Supplier and own or lease a Milling Machine (SF1000C 1000mm milling width / 85mm maximum depth; 99HP). Unregistered contractors, however, may submit their LOIs simultaneously with their applications for registration, to the Cebu City District Engineering Office before the deadline set below the receipt of LOIs. The DPWH Central BAC-TWG will first process the contractors applications for registration and issue the Contractors Certificate of Registration (CRC) before processing their LOIs. The DPWH Central BAC-TWG will process only those with complete registration requirements. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Deadline of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids 6. Venue of Activities Deadiine: September 19 - October 17, 2012 Date & time: October 5. 2012, 10:000 AM Date:October 12, 2012 Deadline: October 17, 2012. 8:00 to 10:00 AM Date & time: October 17, 2012, 10:00 AM Conference- Hall, Cebu City District Engineering Office, V. Sotto St., Brgy. Tinago, Cebu City

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late JOSE ROY V. CHAM who died on February 15, 2012 was extra-judicially settled with waiver of rights among heirs as per Doc. No. 300; Page No. 197; Book No. XV; Series of 2012 under Notary Public ATTY. REGINAL L. JOSE.
(MST-Sept. 7, 14 & 21, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines National Capital Judicial Region Regional Trial Court Branch 62 Makati City IN THE MATTER OF THE INSTESTATE ESTATE OF JOSE ROLANDO J. BEREDO, PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION PAULA MARIE F. BEREDO, Petitioner. SP. PROC. NO. M-7338 x--------------------------------------x ORDER

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this court sitting at the eleventh (11th) Floor of the New Makati City Hall at 8:30 oclock a.m., on Wednesday, the 3rd day of October 2012, at which time and place all persons interested in said estate, as creditors or otherwise, are hereby cited and , ordered to appear to show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted. Notice of this Order shall be given by publication thereof once a week for three (3) successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper chosen through a raffle pursuant to En Banc Resolution (A.M. No. 01-01-07-SC) dated October 16, 2001, Supreme Court Circular No. 5-98 dated January 12, 1998 and P.D. No. 10791 The Process Server of this Court is ordered to post a copy of this order in at least three conspicuous places within the vicinity of this Court for at least ten (10) days before the scheduled hearing. Petitioner is ordered to immediately inform this Court of the current address purported buyer, Dr. Ma. Eulalia J. Beredo where she may be notified of the Courts processes and to facilitate the prompt compliance hereto for decreed. In the meantime, without delving into the merits of the main action, as there appears an issue on possession of the subject real property, and petitioner then prays that a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunctive writ issue against the actual possessor/ s thereof Ms. Nancy Ferrer and other individuals deriving their right of possession from the former directing the said persons to leave the premises or enjoin them from occupying or possessing the same, introducing improvements or dispose of, mortgage, lease, or hypothecate in any manner said property or any other similar actions thereof, let the matter he heard on Wednesday, the 15th day of August 2012, at 8:30 oclock a.m. and all the persons affected, Ms. Nancy Ferrer and other individuals deriving their right of possession from the former are ordered to appear an show cause why the prayed TRO and/or Injunctive writ should not issue in favor, of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. City of Makati, July 31,2012 (Sgd.) SELMA PALACIO ALARAS Judge ______________
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IN BRIEF
Martial Law recalled
PRESIDENT Aquino will keynote the Remembering Martial Law and the Struggle for Freedom and Justice event that will be held at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Diliman, Quezon City on Friday. Joining the Chief Executive during the event are National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairperson Dr. Maria Serena Diokno, Armed Forces chief of staff General Jessie D. Dellosa and Bantayog ng Mga Bayani Foundation Executive Director Nievelena Rosete. We are commemorating this occasion so that the Filipino people will learn the lessons gained and always be vigilant in safeguarding our democracy, the organizers said. Rio N. Araja

Toilet contract up for bids

THE Department of Transportation and Communications has opened the bidding for the construction and rehabilitation of more than a thousand toilets in train stations, airports, seaports, and frontline DOTC ofces. The public toilets will subscribe to a common design standard of cleanliness and functionality. This project is in keeping with the commitment of the government to prioritize the peoples welfare and wellbeing,the DOTC said in a statement. To reduce the cost of constructing these toilets, the DOTC is resorting to bulk purchases. Instead of awarding the project to just one contractor, the project will be bid out into several lots, allowing more suppliers to participate in the procurement. The P341-million project up for bid is composed of two clusters: the P143 million supply and delivery of goods and the procurement of civil works, consisting of 20 contracts and totaling P198 million. Interested providers can bid for any or all of the contracts under this project.

Prospective bidders may download the Registration and LOI Forms from the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of LOI Forms at Cebu City District Engineering Office. Prospective bidders shall submit their accomplished LOIs and obtain the results of the eligibility check at the same address at the day of Bidding. Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding Documents (BDs) , if available, for the DPWH website. Bidders that will download BDS from the DPWH Website shall pay the said fees as stated above on or before the submission of their bid documents. The BAC will issue hard copies of the BDs at the same address to eligible bidders upon payment of a non-refundable fee stated above. Interested Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the same address. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend and late bids shall not be accepted. The Cebu City District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders and no responsibility to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of their bids. APPROVED: (Sgd.) ANACORITA E. DIEZ BAC Chairman NOTED: (Sgd.) NICOMEDES S. LEONOR JR. District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 21, 2012)

This is a special proceedings covered by Part II of the Rules of Court with prayer for the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and/ or Preliminary (Mandatory) Injunction. Summons upon one Nancy Ferrer was personally served on July 30, 2012. It appearing from the Petition for Issuance of Letters of Administration, petitioner is one of the alleged heirs and a youngest daughter of the deceased Jose Rolando J. Beredo, who died on April 9, 2010 while residing at # 5294 Binakod St., Brgy., Olympia, Makati City, a place well within the jurisdiction of this Court The other purported heirs are her older brother, Jose Policarpio F. Beredo and her biological mother, Nancy Ferrer, who according to petitioners allegation had deserted her family while the decedent was still alive to live an extra-marital affair. Petitioner alleges that the estate of the decedent comprises of property located at 19888 Fir St., Executive Heights Subdivision, Paranaque City with assessed value of fifty four thousand (Php54,000.00) Philippine currency for the land and sixty thousand eight hundred forty (Php60,840.00) Philippine currency for the improvements, and with real estate tax obligation in the total amount of nine thousand two hundred twenty five & 62/100(Php9,225.62)Philippine currency. Likewise, the petition alledges that the lone property hereto mentioned was subject of a Deed of Absolute Sale executed by the decedent and the purported wife, Nancy Ferrer sometime in 1997 and the buyer thereof, a certain Dr. Ma. Eulalia J. Beredo is now pressing for the implementation of the agreement against the estate of the deceased. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a hearing upon said petition be had in

Anti-Islam movie banned

MANILA Mayor Alfredo Lim on Thursday banned the showing of the controversial lm Innocence of Muslims in the city and warned that movie houses and theaters that will attempt to show the controversial lm will be closed down. The Manila mayor said those who want the lm shown in the city cannot cite freedom of speech in opposing the ban because of the security risks it poses. The lm, which many Muslim groups decried as anti-Islamic, has caused international uproar in Muslim nations and tagged as the reason why the US Ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were killed in a bomb explosion last week in Benghazi.

Thai navy ofcers in town

OFFICIALS of the Royal Thai Navy visited the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila on Wednesday. In a statement, Philippine Navy said the Royal Thai Navy, headed by its Deputy Director General of Naval Operations Department Captain Teansiri Montriwade, paid a courtesy call on Philippine Navys chief of naval staff Rear Admiral Edgar L. Abodago. Philippine Navy said their cooperation with the Thai Navy dates back during the end of Second World War. A formal diplomatic tie between the two nations was established on June 14, 1949 through the signing of Treaty of Friendship.

"Revising and Consolidating All Laws and Decrees Regulating Publication of Judicial Notices, Advertisements for Public Biddings, Notices of Auction Sales and Other Similar Notices" (MST-Sep. 7, 14 & 21, 2012)

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FRIDAY

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

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QC tankers dominate
MARIKINA CityTwo gradeschool students from Quezon City took the nal day of swimming competitions by storm after both emerged as the most bemedalled athletes of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy 2012 at the Marikina Sports Complex.
Thirteen-year-old Kirsten Proponents of the 2012 Tempra Run Against Dengue are joined by Manila Mayor Alfredo Choe Daos came up with a Lim, who holds the events running singlet during a courtesy call recently. With the Mayor are (from left) Manila Sports Council Chairman Paul Edward Alamario, Invida-Tempra Sales sizzling performance in the and Marketing Manager Eric Pablo Ma. Lejano, Tempra Senior Brand Manager Cleo Roda C. 100-meter buttery event of Nodado and race manager John Henri Mariano. Registration for the Sept. 23 advocacy run the 13 to 15-year-old girls at the Roxas Blvd. in Manila is now ongoing at Tobys branches at the SM Mall of Asia, SM CYAN MAGENTAaction and nished her day YELLOW BLACK Manila and SM San Lazaro. Interested participants may also call 504-5990 (landline), 0916with an 800-meter freestyle 2246221 (Globe), 0923-3323737 (Sun) or 0928-2618028 (Smart). ROMAN PROSPERO gold medal. The 12-year-old Raissa Regatta Gavino improved on her time in the 12-under girls 100-meter breaststroke and still came up with an impressive goldd.

medal nish in the 800-meter freestyle as well. Both ended the three-day swim meet with six golds apiece and the good showing came on day the City of Manila took the overall lead with still a day left in the four-day multi-event competition. The City of Manila earned a total of 35 golds, 34 silvers and 30 bronze medals, while Quezon City trailed with a 29-39-31 gold-silverbronze haul. The efforts of Daos and Gavino saw Quezon City collecting 23 golds, 13 silver and 13 bronzes in swimming, with Manila second with its 19-21-21 tally. Malabon City dominated combat sports with a 10-2-6
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medal total in karatedo and taekwondo. Behind Ysabelle Arogante and Victoria Guia in the 15-under girls novice and in the advanced 39-kg, Malabon claimed ve golds and a bronze in karatedo. Daos, who is coached by Sherwin Santiago, was a second faster than her personal best when she clocked one minute and 9.39 seconds in the 100-meter buttery. But her win came at the expense of Las Pinas bet Keona Lozada, who was disqualied for raising her elbow during race. Quezon City teammates Glycel So and Romina Gavino were eventually awarded the silvser and bronze in that event.

Rexona Run on Sunday

FITNESS enthusiasts are raring to outrun themselves at the Rexona Run 2012 happening this Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia grounds. Aside from cash prizes, medals and bragging rights for the winners in the 21K Solo, 21K Relay and 5K races, at screen TVs, appliances and mobile phones will also be given away to lucky participants. The Top 3 nishers in the 21K Solo take home P7,000, 5,500, and 4,000; while P5,000, 4,000, and 3,000 will be awarded to each member of the top nishers in the 21K Relay division. Finally, the top three nishers in the 5K category bring home P4,000 for rst, 3,000 for second and 2,000 for third. Adding excitement to the event is Rexonas challenge for runners to beat the industry standard, wherein commemorative key chains will be given to nishers, who end the race on or before the recommended nishing time. To qualify, 5K runners must cross the nish line on or before 6:20am, 30 minutes from gun start and all 21K runners need to nish on or before 7:00am, 2 hours after gun start. Aside from a challenging race, participants can also expect a slew of exciting activities such as great entertainment featuring some of todays hottest bands and celebrities. Participants can also while away the time playing exciting Kinect video games, or capture their Rexona Run 2012 moments in designated photo booths. For more details, check out the Rexona Men Facebook page, visit www. runrio.com or call/ text the race hotline at +63927347-7700 (Globe), +63929-7178164 (Smart) or +632-887-6194.

Department of Public Works and Highways

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Cebu 6th District Engineering Office
A.C. Cortes Avenue, Mandaue City, Cebu Tel. No. 5-2020-44

Republic of the Philippines

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, Cebu 6th District Engineering Office, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects: Item No. 1 a. b. Contract ID Contract Name : : 12HN0036 Cluster VII - Repair/Rehabilitation of Cebu North Hagnaya Wharf Road; A) Mandaue Section- K0009+205 to K0009+474 B) Mandaue Section- K0009+474 to K0010+409 C) Consolacion Section - K0013+353 to K0014+000 D) Consolacion Section K0014+000 to K0014+505

e. f.

a) PCCP including removal of existing dilapidated concrete & asphalt pavement, roadway excavation w/ subgrade preparation, aggregate base course , pavement markings and to provide & maintain traffic control. b) PCCP including removal of existing dilapidated concrete & asphalt pavement roadway excavation w/ subgrade preparations, aggregate base course & pavement markings. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php13, 599, 735.97 Contract Duration : 75 Calendar Days Scope of Work

Item No. 11 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d. Contract Location Scope of Work

: : : :

e. f.

Approved Budget for Contract Duration : : :

12HN0046 Replacement/Rehabilitation/Strengthening of Mandaue-Mactan Bridge I along A.C. Cortes Avenue, Mandaue City Mandaue City, Cebu Removal of existing asphalt pavement, asphalt overlay w/ pavement markings, Inst. of Rubber Fender, Repair/Repainting of corroded Steel Deck Truss & Provide/Maintain Traffic Control. the Contract (ABC) : Php19, 392, 429.58 90 Calendar Days

c. d. e. f.

Contract Location : Mandaue City and Consolacion, Cebu Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay with Pavement Markings Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php37, 435, 044.44 Contract Duration : 42 Calendar Days : : 12HN0037 Repair/Rehabilitation of Cebu North Hagnaya Wharf Road, Mandaue Section Chainage 0000 Chainage 0191 w/ exception Mandaue City, Cebu Asphalt Overlay with Pavement Markings the Contract (ABC) : Php2, 295, 272.53 16 Calendar Days

Item No. 12 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d.

Item No. 2 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d. e. f.

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12HN0047 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Roads at Ferry Landing Road, Chainage 0000 Chainage 0126 Contract Location : Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Scope of Work : PCCP w/ removal of existing asphalt pavement, roadway excavation (surplus soft rock), subgrade preparation, aggregate sub-base and base course incuding pavement markings. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php2, 250, 234.10 Contract Duration : 30 Calendar Days : :

Rah-Rah Helterbrand
jersey number. Picked third overall in 2001 by Ginebra, Caguioa planned to use no. 4 for his PBA career, but DENNIS PRINCIPE veteran Merwin Castelo already had the number. I asked my Dad what his jersey number was and he told BEFORE the start of last season, me 7. So I just combined my number charismatic Ginebra point guard and his number, said Caguioa. Jayjay Helterbrand contemplated reWhile he admires Jaworski, tirement after a lackluster campaign. Caguioa disclosed his basketball Reports went around that Helter- idols are actually non-Ginebra playbrand was ready to call it quits, but ers Jojo Lastimosa of Alaska and Aleventually the one-time MVP ap- vin Patrimonio of Purefoods. peared on the Philippine Basketball DESERTING DESERT STORM. Associations TV partner AKTV an- Fighting congressman Manny Pacnouncing that he will denitely play quiao may have shut the door on another season for the Gin Kings. American tormentor Tim Desert While his numbers last season Storm Bradley when it comes to a were way below his MVP stats, Hel- return bout. terbrand continued his effort in tryDuring his press tour in Beverly ing to improve on whatever strong Hills promoting his fourth bout veraspects remain in his 35-year-old sus Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marbody. quez early this week, Pacquiao said I did a lot of praying and through he sees no need to avenge his suphard work and strengthening, I am posed defeat to Bradley. able to play and so retirement is According to Pacquiao, the mansomething that is behind me now, ner in which he fought Bradley may said Helterbrand Im ready to try well be a turn off among ght fans. to do an Olsen Racela and play until Pacquiao said the beating he gave Im 40, God willing. Bradley will be in the minds of ght Last season, Helterbrand aver- fans and will eventually make the aged seven points, ve rebounds and paying public disinterested in witjust below three assists in nearly 25 nessing a return bout. minutes per game in 34 outings. Pacquiao added this is the reason ROLE PLAYER. Helterbrand said why he chose Marquez whom the he is ready to embrace a role that ts Filipino said will pose a tough chalhis current ability as a veteran player. lenge that will electrify ght fans. I havent played to my ability for Pacquiaos last ght ended in conabout two conferences due to injuries. troversy when a beaten Bradley was I know that if Im healthy Im going surprisingly awarded with a split deto help the team, said Helterbrand I cision win. know Im not going to have a role like Pacquiao believes a win over I had before and thats okay with me Marquez will erase the stigma combecause I just want to help the team ing from his shock defeat to Bradley. anyway I can to make a couple of Meantime Pacquiao and Marquez more runs at the championship. will travel to New York and Mexico Helterbrand scored eight points this week to promote their fourth and issued few but vital assists in battle scheduled on December 8 at their 103-77 win over San Mig Cof- the MGM Grand Garden Arena in fee (formerly B-MEG) Wednesday Las Vegas, Nevada. at the Xavier Gym in Ortigas. SPORTS CHAT ON RADIO... Right now, Im healthy and I As in the previous episodes, next think I can contribute with my lead- weeks Sports Chat will again be ership. Whatever time that my coach lled with interviews and updates gives me, Im just gonna go out about the PBA, the world of boxing there and give the best I can and help and Philippine sports in general. the team and back up LA (Tenorio) PBA coaches and players who are and Mike (Cortez) to the best of my all competing in what is turning out ability, said Helterbrand. to be erce tune-up games before the NUMBER STORY. For quite September 30 opening are expected to some time, basketball fans thought grace the daily morning radio show. the number 7 in Mark Caguioas Joining the show via overseas jersey number 47 was his way of call are personalities involved in honoring Ginebras legend Robert the Dec. 8 Pacquiao-Marquez IV Jaworski. encounter. To clear things, I dropped by The state of Philippine sports and Ginebras tune-up game against its leaders as well as its potential San Mig Coffee last Tuesday at the leaders will be discussed. Xavier Gym. Sports Chat on radio is aired Caguioa said number 4 was Monday to Friday 6-8AM over his original number while 7 DZSR Sports Radio 918kHz on was actually his fathers favorite your AM radio dial.

Contract Location : Scope of Work : Approved Budget for Contract Duration : : :

Item No. 13 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name

Item No. 3 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d. e. f.

SPORTS CHAT

12HN0038 Repair/Rehabilitation of Cebu North Hagnaya Wharf Road Mandaue Section Chainage 0751 Chainage 1032 Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlaying with Pavement Markings Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php3, 379, 570.14 Contract Duration : 17 Calendar Days

c. d. e. f.

12HN0048 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Road at Mactan Circumferential Road, Lapu Lapu City, K0034+524 K0034+713 Contract Location : Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay with Pavement Markings Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php3, 366, 815.43 Contract Duration : 10 Calendar Days : :

Item No. 14 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d.

Item No. 4 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d. e. f.

12HN0039 Repair/Rehabilitation of M. Logarta Road, Mandaue Section Chainage 0713 Chainage 1316 Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay with Pavement Markings Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php10, 427, 552.87 Contract Duration : 34 Calendar Days : : : :

e. f.

12HN0049 Construction of Two(2) units of Classroom at Mactan Elementary School, Lapu Lapu City Contract Location : Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Scope of Work : Excavation including Septic Tanks, Concrete Works, Roof Framing, Roofing, Steel Fascia w/ board, Perimeter Walling w/ Smooth Finish, Doors & Windows, Ceiling at 2nd Floor, Steel Railings & Built-in Toilet w/ Septic Vault. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php1, 926, 536.43 Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days 12HN0050 Construction of Flood Control Structure at Brgy. Casili, Consolacion, Cebu Contract Location : Consolacion, Cebu Scope of Work : Grouted Riprap (Class A) w/ Structure Excavation, Pipe Culverts & Storm Drains Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php2, 879, 089.58 Contract Duration : 90 Calendar Days : :

Item No. 5 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name

Item No. 15 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name c. d. e. f.

12HN0040 Repair/Rehabilitation of M. Logarta Road, Mandaue Section Chainage 0434 Chainage 0601 c. Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu d. Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay with Pavement Markings e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php3, 423, 813.84 f. Contract Duration : 18 Calendar Days : :

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12HN0041 Repair/Rehabilitation of Canduman-Cebu North Road, Mandaue Section K0012+(-1632) to K0012+(-1602) c. Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu d. Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay with Pavement Markings e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php405, 226.46 f. Contract Duration : 10 Calendar Days : : 12HN0042 Repair/ Rehabilitation of Mactan Circumferential Road, Lapu Lapu Section Chainage 1900 to Chainage 2554 Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Removal of Deteriorated existing asphalt pavement, asphalt overlaying with pavement markings

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12HN0051 Construction of Multi-purpose Building (phase II) at Brgy. Labogon, Mandaue City Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu Scope of Work : Fab./Installation of Roof Framing & Roofing, Const. of Bleachers, Electrical Works, Concreting of Side of Gym Flooring w/ 3 step level & painting works. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php2, 109, 391.36 Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days : :

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Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Office will only process contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Registration Certificate (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids : : : : : September 21, 2012 October 11, 2012 September 28, 2012 at 1:00pm October 8, 2012 at 12:00 noon October 11, 2012 at 9:00am 11:00am October 11, 2012 at 1:00pm

c. Contract Location : d. Scope of Work :

e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php15, 393, 275.38 f. Contract Duration : 48 Calendar Days Item No. 8 a. Contract ID b. Contract Name 12HN0043 Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Roads @ M. Logarta Road, Mandaue City, Chainage 0048 Chainage 0282 Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu Scope of Work : PCCP including removal of existing dilapidated asphalt pavement, roadway excavation with subgrade preparation, aggregate base course and pavement markings. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php3, 466, 878.35 Contract Duration : 30 Calendar Days : : : :

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12HN0044 Cluster VIII - Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/ Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Roads at M. Logarta, Mandaue City A) Chainage 0282 Chainage 0434 B) K0006+400 K0006+590 C) Chainage 1157 Chainage 1328 Contract Location : Mandaue City, Cebu Scope of Work : a) PCCP including removal of existing dilapidated asphalt pavement, roadway excavation w/ subgrade preparation, aggregate base course and pavement markings; b & c) PCCP including removal of existing dilapidated asphalt pavement, roadway excavation w/ aggregate base course and pavement markings. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php7, 462, 899.13 Contract Duration : 30 Calendar Days : : 12HN0045 Cluster IX Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved National Roads at CandumanCebu North Road A) K0012+586 K0013+194, B) K0012+(-1250) to K0012+(-1141) Mandaue City, Cebu

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the evaluation and the post qualification. LOI Form and Bidding Document Fees are shown below: ABC of Project Php1,000,000.00 and below Php1,000,000.01-Php5,000,000.00 Php5,000,000.01-Php20,000,000.00 Php20,000,000.01-Php50,000,000.00 Php50,000,000.01-Php100,000,000.00 LOI Form Fee None None None None None Bidding Document Fee Php1,000.00 Php5,000.00 Php10,000.00 Php20,000.00 Php30,000.00

The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu 6th District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability the affected bidders. Approved by: (Sgd.) MYRNA A. DELA SERNA BAC Chairman NOTED: (Sgd.) SANTIAGO T. SUICO, JR. OIC, District Engineer
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AIR21 GETS CUSTODIO

AIR21 continued its roster upgrade as it acquired spitre Bonbon Custodio from Alaska. In exchange, the Aces will get the Express 2014 second-round pick. Alaska has been shopping Custodio for the past two weeks now since he fell off the rotation of coach Luigi Trillo. Last week, there was reportedly a negotiation between the Aces and Barako Bull but it didnt eventually push through. Custodio was a regular in Alaskas rotation to start last season but he eventually saw his minutes drop. JERIC LOPEZ

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Riera U. Mallari, Editor huge triple by David from the right corner opened up the Philippines biggest lead of the game at 14 points, 71-57, with 3:51 remaining. But Chinese Taipei refused to give up and kept clawing back with a 7-0 run to come to within seven at 71-64, but time ran out on them as LA Tenorio coolly sank two free throws and Chan scored on a layup for the nal count. Poor shooting, where the Philippines made two of its rst 10 attempts and Taipei made two of 11 told the story of the rst six minutes of the game, with the score tied at 4-4 before a Gabe Norwood jam made it 8-4. Eight turnovers by Smart Gilas as against four Chinese by Taipei enabled them to take a 13-10 rstquarter lead on a bailout triple. Gary David buried a triple at the start of the second quarter and towering center Marcus Douthits dunk gave the Filipinos the lead at 15-13, but Taiwanese-American Douglas Creighton nailed the rst of his six triples as Taipei regained the lead 16-15 with 6:45 left in the second quarter.

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Gilas battles Iran in semis

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

SMART Gilas Pilipinas found a way to grind out a 75-68 victory over Chinese Taipei and set up a seminal clash with powerhouse and unbeaten Iran in the FIBA Asia Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Coach Chot Reyes, who coached brilliantly in the Philippines Jones Cup-winning effort and now again in the FIBA Asia Championships against tougher opposition, was the rst to concede in a telephone conversation with the Manila Standard that the nationals played our worst game coming off two easy games (against Uzbekistan and Macau) and two days off, but we found a way to grind it out. Naturalized American Marcus Douthit nished with 19 points and 18 rebounds, while Gary David had with 14 points and Ranidel De Ocampo scored 10. The Philippines shot 42 percent from the eld, but just 29 percent from the three-point line (7-of-24). And while the Philippines enjoyed a 50-31 rebounding advantage, the nationals turned the ball over 21 times in an uncharacteristically sloppy display, prompting coach Reyes to tell his squad: We need to play a lot better to have a chance vs Iran tomorrow (Friday.) Reyes is hopeful his chargers, who edged Iran by two points in the Jones Cup, can pull it off again even though the Iranians have brought in two stars of its youth team, which the Filipino coach said makes them much stronger. The formula must be to rebound and run and limit their star player Samad Nik Khahbahrami, said Reyes. If we shoot well, it will be a big factor because the Iranians wont be as quick as Chinese Taipei to get to our shooters. A Jeff Chan three-pointer his rst of the game and another

Adamsons John Rodney Brondial (left) rejects an attempt by La Salles Jeron Teng in a UAAP game won by the Archers, 72-59. EY ACASIO

Southwoods surges past Del Monte

ILOILO CITYDefending champion Manila Southwoods overhauled a 32-point decit Thursday to take a six-point lead going into the nal round of the seventh Philippine Airlines Ladies Interclub golf championship at the Iloilo Golf Club in Sta. Barbara here. Southwoods elded only three players on the third day, all scoring big numbers. Mia Legaspi red 50 points to lead Southwoods and got solid support from Sunshine Baraquel 48 and Annika Cedo 45. Southwoods now has a three-round total of 378. Del Monte Golf Club, the two-round leader, drew 46 points from Eva Minoza, 38 from Rainstar Roque and 21 from Maribel San Miguel. Roselyn de Pedros 5 points did not count. Our strategy paid off. We have a better chance of retaining our title by elding our top players for the last two days, said Nini Samaniego, assistant team captain of Southwoods. The 7th PAL Ladies Interclub is being sponsored by Airbus, 100 Plus sports drink, Summit Water, Avis Car Rental, Department of Tourism, Crossover 105.1, TV5, People Asia magazine and Solar Entertainment. The PALakbayan sponsors are B/E Aerospace, Boeing International Corp., RMN Networks and Sarabia Manor Hotel& Conventions Center. Donors include Amazing Planet, Century Properties, Diamond Hotel Phils., EDSA Shangri-la, Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Print Town/Lexmedia and Tanduay Distillers and Hyatt Hotel & Casino. The team leaders in the other divisions maintained their lead - Cebu for Founders, Tagaytay Highlands for Sportswriters and Apo Golf for Friendship.

Tigers make Pacman determined to make Marquez pay semifinals

FIGHTER of the Decade Manny Pacquiao isnt saying it directly, but looking at his body language and studying his words clearly indicate he wants Juan Manuel Marquez to pay for his persistent claims that he beat him in their three previous ghts and was robbed of the decision by the judges. In the second stop of their whirlwind promotional tour in New York, Pacquiao said: The last three ghts were close and he (Marquez) never accepted that he lost. Im looking forward to winning impressively and to make the ght as short as possible. In their rst stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Pacquiao reportedly told Roach he needs to knock this guy out. For his part, Marquez said he wants to change something in his training and in his camp. A lot of people ask What do you need to prove in this ght? I say I dont need to prove nothing, because I won the last three ghts! And now I need to win this ght, Marquez insisted. The fourth clash in this ght series will take place on Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, American Rick Stahaley, who trained Pacquiao, when he won his rst world title via an eighth-round knockout over Thai champion Chatchai Sasakul to win the World Boxing Council yweight title, believes the Filipino icon needs to be aggressive to beat Marquez. Manny kind of gives him (Marquez) too much respect. He just has to be real aggressive because he is considerably faster now. He should use those fast hands and try to make it a Pier 6 brawl, Stahaley told the Manila Standard. This is basically what Pacquiaos strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza and Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. also said in a conversation with Yahoo Philippines. Both agreed that Pacquiao must be relentless and throw punches from all angles and return to being a street ghter, which is the style that helped him get to where he is today. Ronnie Nathanielsz

By Jeric Lopez
JERIC Teng scored a career-high 26 points and seven rebounds to power University of Santo Tomas to the Final Four with an 87-75 rout of University of the East in the 75th University Athletic Association of the Philippines at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. With the win, their 10th in 14 games, the Growling Tigers formalized their entry to the seminals. They now hold the second seed and can claim it outright should Far Eastern University (9-4) lose to National University (8-5) on Sunday in the nal game of the elimination round. UST will have the second twice-tobeat advantage in that case. Otherwise, it will play FEU in a playoff for No. 2. In the other game, De La Salle gained at least a playoff for a Final Four berth after a crucial 72-59 victory over Adamson University. The Archers ended up with a 9-5 card and will claim a ticket to the semis if the Bulldogs lose to the Tamaraws in the final game. If not, La Salle and NU will dispute the fourth and nal seat. Most Valuable Player candidate Karim Abdul poured 22 points and nine boards, while Aljon Mariano and Clark Bautista each added 15 for more repower for UST. At least, umabot kami ng 10 wins. Ito na yung best nish ng team since nag-takeover ako, said UST coach Pido Jarencio. Kaya kami bad start kasi ang lamig, maginaw. Sabi ko sa kanila pagdating ng second half dapat gising na tayo. It was also Jerics (Teng) game.

Mexican ready for Saludar

MEXICAN boxer Jose Alfredo Tirado exuded condence and boldly predicted an easy knockout win against undefeated Filipino opponent Froilan Saludar in their title ght tonight at the Cuneta Astrodome. The weigh-in held yesterday at the same venue in some ways could justify Tirados claim after easily making the weight limit of 112lbs. This is an easy ght for me. Im not worried because I came prepared. Im not afraid of Saludar because I have fought boxers who are a lot better than him, said Tirado. The 32-year-old Tirado (27-11, 19 KOs) has fought and lost against two world-rated Filipinos in the past, namely Z Gorres via decision in 2006 and Diosdado Gabi by way of a fourth-round technical verdict in 2005. Tirado has been in the country the last two weeks, a situation which the Mexican said gives him enough advantage to acclimatize and be at his best come ght night. On the other hand, Saludar was more prudent with his assessment about his battle with Tirado, who will be the Filipino boxers second Mexican opponent of his 16-ght career. I know it will be tough and I expect it to last the distance. Lets see what will happen inside the ring, said Saludar who also tallied a t 112lbs yesterday. The 23-year-old Saludar (150, 11 KOs), brother of amateur standouts Rey and Victorio, last fought on March 17 where he decisioned Mexican Alejandro Morales. Dennis Principe

Lions grab 13th win

DEFENDING champion San Beda College got crucial baskets from Baser Amer in the fourth quarter and repulsed Arellano University, 82-75, yesterday at the Arena in San Juan. Amer red 11 of his 13-point output in the last 10 minutes to lead the Red Lions to their 13th win in 15 matches in the 88th National Collegiate Athletic Association mens basketball tournament. Their sixth consecutive win enabled the sololeading Red Lions to secure the rst twice-tobeat incentive and fortied their bid for a seventh Final Four seminals appearance. Amer scored the last of his three triples in the last 2:01, shattering the games third and last deadlock at 75-all, allowing the Red Lions to gain the upperhand for good. Hindi pumapasok ang lahat ng tira namin sa third quarter. Buti na lang pumasok iyung mga kailangang pumasok, said Red Lions coach Ronnie Masgsanoc. Peter Atencio

Samsung, UAAP launch assist program

SAMSUNG Electronics Phils. Corp. and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines recently launched a worthwhile project, where the top electronics rm would help the leagues eight member-schools in giving back to their respective chosen cause through the UAAP Assists Program. Under the scheme, students, alumni, supporters and even ordinary UAAP fans can support their school in championing its cause. From Aug. 24 to Oct. 14, customers who purchase Jose Nilo Ocampo (left), president of the UAAP Board select Samsung products can earn of Trustees, shakes hands with Samsung head for Corporate Marketing Chiqui Torres Tan after sealing the points for their chosen UAAP member-school and use the earned points contract for the UAAP Assists Program. to donate to its chosen cause. After purchasing a Samsung product, customers simply need to register on the Samsung Facebook Page (UAAP Assists Registration Facebook App) or through the Samsung 6th Man App (UAAP Assists Tab). Each Samsung product has a corresponding give back point. The give back points have an equivalent Peso value which will then be converted at the end of the promo. The top three schools with the most number of points by the end of the season will be able to convert the give back points to its monetary value and donate it to their chosen cause. The rst placer will receive 100 percent of total points to be converted to its monetary value, while the second and third will get 70 percent and 50 percent of the total points, respectively. The UAAP-member schools are Adamson, Ateneo, De La Salle, Far Eastern University, National University, University of the East, University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas. The UAAP-Assists Program is open to all customers and afliation with one of the UAAPmember schools is not required. For details, visit the Samsung Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/ SamsungPH or call the Samsung hotline at (02) 214-7797.

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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor It said with the joint venture in place, the power plant will break ground by the fourth quarter of 2012. The corporation has done all the preliminary work and investments over the past two years, and the project is already in an advanced stage of predevelopment. The engineering plans are ready, and important regulatory approvals have been secured, A Brown said. Ayala Corp., through its unit AC Energy Holdings Inc., is embarking on power projects around the country that can generate 1,000 megawatts of capacity over the next ve years at a cost of $2.5 billion. The conglomerate said of the 1,000-MW power portfolio, 20 percent would come from renewable energy projects, including 100 MW of small hydropower projects in partnership with Sta. Clara Power Corp. Ayala Group is also looking at solar power projects but may revisit the plan due to the lower approved feed-in tariff rate. Ayala earlier teamed up with Mitsubishi Corp. to form PhilNewEnergy Inc., which is pursuing the construction of the P7-billion Darong solar power project in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. It plans to develop wind power projects under Northwind Power Development Corp. Meanwhile, A Brown, through unit Palm Concepcion Power, is the proponent of the Concepcionred power plant in Iloilo. A Brown acquired Palm Concepcion in November 2010 from DMCI Power Corp., marking its rst major venture in the power generation industry. A Brown serves as the holding company of the Brown Group of Companies. It is primarily engaged in real estate development in Cagayan de Oro City, Cainta, Rizal and Valencia City, Bukidnon. The company also has an investment in Monte Oro Resources & Energy Inc., which has a stake in Forum Energy Philippines. SAGITTARIUS Mines Inc. said it expects the government to approve the environmental clearance certicate for the Tampakan copper-gold project in South Cotabato before the end of this month. SMI general manager for external affairs Mark Williams said the company was counting on the Ofce of the President to issue a favorable action on the companys petition for the granting of the ECC. With regards to the ECC appeal, SMI lodged the appeal to the OP in late July. Based on the administrative timetable, it is due by September. We have conducted the most extensive ever environmental impact study and assessment here in the Philippines, Williams told reporters at the sidelines of the Mining Philippine 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Pasay

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Ayala teams up with Brown

By Jenniffer B. Austria

AYALA Corp. has teamed up with A

Brown Co. Inc., the holding company of the Brown Group of Companies, to build a 135-megawatt coal power plant in Iloilo province costing at least P12.5 billion.

Tampakan miner expects Palace nod

City. We have followed the process. We have followed the procedure. That has been monitored by the DENR, and logic would prevail that this issue will be granted approval in September. The timing is specic on the approvals, though we admit, it is not within our control. We really have to work with stakeholders to be able to get the approval. He said the company had held extensive consultations with stakeholders at the project site including the indigenous peoples in the area. The companys ECC application was spurned twice by the Environment Department, rst in January and second in May, as the agency consistently said the open pit ban clause in the ordinance should be rst resolved at the provincial level before the government could issue the clearance. Othel V. Campos

A Brown said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the power plant, which will use clean coal technology, was expected to become operational by 2015. A second 135-MW plant is also being considered for future development. The plant is targeted to ll the anticipated tight power supply situation in Panay and the Visayas grids by 2015, as economic activity continues to expand in the area, A Brown said.

eJeepney waits for passengers in one of the designated stops of the so-called Makati green routes. The eJeepney won the grand prize in the nationwide contest conducted by the Ateneo School of Government in Mandaluyong City. The formal awarding ceremonies for the country-wide contest, dubbed the Inclusive Mobility Challenge, will be held today. The pioneering eJeepneys rst captured national and international attention when it was launched in 2007.

Grand prize winner. An

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Series of 2012 In accordance with Section 21 of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic Act No. 9184 and in line with the principle of transparency and competitiveness, all Invitations to Bid and Requests for Expression of Interest for contracts under competitive bidding shall be advertised by the Procuring Entity in such manner and for such length of time as may be necessary under the circumstances, in order to ensure the Widest possible dissemination thereof, such as , but not limited to, posting in the Procuring Entitys premises, in newspapers of general circulation, the PhiIGEPS and the website of the Procuring Entity, if available. All advertisements of the Department, including those of the Regional, District and Sub-District Engineering Offices for Invitation to Bid and Request for Expression of Interest in the Procurement of Civil Works, Consultancy Services and Goods, shall be advertised only in the hereunder newspaper of general circulation which was selected through public bidding, as per Approved Resolution No, G-004-12 dated July 10, 2012. The advertisements shall be published in this official newspaper of the Department for a period of one (1) year from the date of this Order at the prescribed rate below : Newspaper Standard 3 x 25 Col. cm. The Manila Standard Today c/o P4,530,00 Kamahalan. Publishing Corporation Rate per Col.Cm. PhP 60.00 / col.cm VAT inclusive and PhP 30.00 Notarial Fee

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46th SM mall opens
SM PRIME Holdings Inc., the largest shopping mall operator and developer, will open the P3.2billion SM Lanang in Davao City, its 46th shopping mall, today. SM Prime vice president for nance Pepee Reyes said SM Lanang had a gross leaseable area of 144,000 square meters and was 88-percent leased out. SM Lanang is the companys second shopping mall in Davao and the fourth in Mindanao. It is one of the ve shopping malls slated for opening this year. SM Prime opened four others earlier this year, including SM City Olongapo in Zambales, SM City Consolacion in Cebu, SM City San Fernando in Pampanga and SM City General Santos in South Cotabato. The company is also scheduled to open SM Chongqing in China. SM Prime will have 46 malls in the Philippines and ve in China with an estimated combined gross oor area of 6.3 million square meters by the end of 2012. Jenniffer B. Austria

By Othel V. Campos
LARGE-SCALE miners and the Environment Department are engaged in a word war over the provisions of taxation and contract renewals in the new mining policy. The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines charged that Environment Secretary Ramon Paje was skirting the issue on Executive Order no. 79, after claiming the industry was pressuring him. The industry has never sought any assistance from Paje. Why should there be pressure from the industry? the Chamber asked in a statement issued during the

last day of the Mining Philippine 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Pasay City. [We] are not asking Paje to go against EO 79. [We] have in fact issued a statement welcoming the EO. [The chamber] is against the implementing rules and regulations, specically section 9 with reference to expired mining tenements, the group said. It said the provision was not contained in the EO nor in the draft rules during consultations with the industry on Sept. 7 and that it could have been inserted without the knowledge of the other members of the Mineral Industry Coordinating Council. The chamber also criticized

Paje for stating that the fundamental intention of EO 79 was to protect the state and future generations from the menace of a one-sided approach to minerals resource development. The Mining Act of 1995 provides that mineral agreements shall have a term not exceeding 25 years and renewable for another 25 years under the same terms and conditions without prejudice to changes mutually agreed upon. How can contracts be one-sided when it is his DENR and Mines and Geosciences Bureau that draft the contracts and mining cmpanies are only asked to sign the dotted line? the group asked.

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B2Gold to control Masbate deposits

B2GOLD Corp. of Canada agreed to buy CGA Mining Ltd. to gain control of a Masbate mine, the largest operating gold project in the Philippines. The deal is worth about C$947 million ($970 million) or C$2.80 a share, in stock as of Wednesdays close, down from its announced value of C$1.07 billion. Buying Perth, Australia-based CGA will give B2Gold the Masbate mine in the Philippines, which has total resources of about 7.7 million ounces, according to the companys Web site, adding Masbate would increase B2Golds output by 57 percent, making it reliant on production from the Southeast Asian nation. Its a vote of condence in the Philippines, Mines and Geosciences Bureau director Leo Jasareno said in a phone interview. The government renewed for another ve years the license for processing in the Masbate gold mine south of Manila, Jasareno said. Holders of CGA will get 0.74 of a B2Gold share for each they own, the companies said in a joint statement Wednesday. CGA rose 2.3 percent to C$2.71 at the close in Toronto Wednesday. B2Gold fell 12 percent to C$3.79, its biggest decline since October 2008. CGA has gained 32 percent this year and B2Gold had climbed 22 percent. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Gold and Silver Index, which includes 30 mining companies, has gained 7.9 percent this year.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Thursday, September 20, 2012
Indonesia Thailand UAE Euro Korea China India Malaysia New Zealand Taiwan Rupiah Baht Dirham Euro Won Yuan Rupee Ringgit Dollar Dollar 0.000105 0.032499 0.272257 1.305000 0.000896 0.158496 0.018512 0.326904 0.827678 0.034075 0.0044 1.3536 11.3395 54.3533 0.0373 6.6014 0.7710 13.6156 34.4728 1.4192
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Chile eyes geothermal

THE Chilean government is hoping to attract Filipino geothermal companies to invest and expand their operations abroad, a Philippine government ofcial said Thursday. Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras told reporters Chilean President Sebastian Piera acknowledged the geothermal expertise of the Philippines, being the second largest producer in the world, next to the United States. President Benigno Aquino III and Chilean President Sebastian Piera met during the recently-concluded Asia-Pacic Economic Conference Leaders Summit in Vladivostok, Russia. They also mentioned that they believe that the Philippine experience and Philippine technology is more appropriate for Chile than that of the US for good reason, Almendras said. Alena Mae S. Flores

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STOCKS fell for the third day, as investors fretted about sluggish Japanese trade gures and Chinese factory output that underscored the weakening global growth.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index, the 30-company benchmark index, shed 22 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 5,294.97 on Thursday. Value turnover amounted to P4.8 billion. The heavier index, representing all shares, also dropped 8 points, or 0.3 percent, to 3,537.69, as losers outmatched gainers, 92 to 58, with 44 issues unchanged. Only four of the 20 most actively traded stocks ended in the green. Universal Robina Corp., the top pick, increased 1.8 percent to P63.40. Alliance Global Group Inc., the second most actively traded, also rose 1.4 percent to P13.16. Other gainers were Puregold Club Inc. which rose 1.2 percent to P29.90 and A. Brown Inc. which added 8.6 percent to P3.52. Ayala Corp. teamed up with A Brown to build a 135-megawatt coal power plant in Iloilo. Ayala Land Inc., the third most actively traded stock, tumbled 3.3 percent to P23.40. Lepanto Consolidated Mining fell 5.5 percent to P1.21 as the London metals index dropped for the third day. Meanwhile, Asian markets were mostly lower as Japanese data showed the countrys powerhouse export sector was continuing to suffer the effects of a slowdown in Europe and elsewhere. Japans Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.4 percent to 9,108.71. South Koreas Kospi shed 0.9 percent to 1,990.65 and Hong Kongs Hang Seng lost 0.5 percent to 20,721.78. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and mainland China also fell. New Zealands bucked the trend and rose. Asian stocks had rallied a day before, after the Bank of Japan announced an aggressive monetary easing program in an attempt to spur growth and counter the strength of the Japanese yen. But the market impact of the Bank of Japans move was short-lived, a possible sign that investors are getting stimulusweary. The move came days after the US Federal Reserve revealed it will purchase an average of $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities a month until the economy shows signicant improvement. Andrew Sullivan, principal sales trader at Piper Jaffray in Hong Kong, said in an e-mail that it was disappointing that the initial rally on the BOJ stimulus did not hold. With Bloomberg, AP

AGRICULTURAL and livestock products distributor Calata Corp. said it will expand its assistance to Luzon-based rice and corn farmers in line with its bid to help increase farm productivity and protect the environment. Calata Corp. chairman and chief executive Joseph Calata said the company would put up soil testing facilities in its more than 100 stores. The facilities will help farmers determine what type of fertilizer and other farm inputs fit the type of soil in their respective farms, Calata said. The soil testing facility will prevent farmers from buying and applying fertilizers that do not t their farms and which end up reducing productivity and harming the environment, Calata said. This is also expected to generate savings for farmers thus raising their income potential through the right and wise use of farm inputs, he added. The use of the facility will be for free, Calata pointed out.

Calata expands services

70.50 77.45 1.82 595.00 2.20 23.90 20.70 22.00 89.00 3.26 39.20 102.50 3.06 77.80 500.00 45.50 155.20 1100.00 140.00 35.50 13.58 23.95 1.70 48.00 1.62 2.96 2.75 9.74 6.41 7.77 19.40 79.30 27.00 0.02 13.10 6.00 2.35 120.00 8.40 1.90 27.45 18.10 280.60 12.20 3.65 16.00 14.94 4.42 2.49 3.90 6.50 34.60 129.20 2.62 2.44 0.196 14.66 2.88 1.41 69.20 5.50 0.77 18.00 1.18 59.90 13.70 5.02 6.98 2.98 4.16 485.20 64.80 5.20 0.98 556.00 5.22 36.20 4.19 6.21 1.54 0.91 3.82 4.65 6.24 2.20 0.82 2.40 0.490 760.00 2.71 1.57 0.420 0.620 0.980 3.34 0.83 24.15 5.62 9.00 2.85 2.91 1.50 1.11 0.94 3.80 0.310 2.74 1.44 2.34 0.36 0.990 0.67 19.94 7.71 2.85 8.95 18.20 0.91 4.55 0.64 4.66 4.72 42.00 18.98 0.78 102.80 0.5300 24.00 82.50 10.60 9.70 1172.00 1270.00 11.00 77.00 0.98 4.70 34.50 3.87 5.1900 3.45 10.30 3.96 4.08 9.60 22.95 8.58 3.39 71.00 17.88 2886.00 0.39 30.15 3.30 0.79 0.0083 6.20 6.22 20.80 48.00 0.345 29.00 34.00 2.23 61.80 1.21 1.81 2.070 0.085 0.840 36.50 12.84 1.100 8.40 0.032 0.033 7.05 28.25 48.00 0.062 65.00 257.80 0.029 50.00 580.00

46.00 50.00 0.68 370.00 1.42 13.80 18.50 7.95 50.00 1.91 3.00 60.00 1.30 41.00 210.00 29.45 77.00 879.00 58.00 26.50 8.00 11.98 0.97 25.00 1.08

2.12 2.30 7.41 4.83 2.80 12.50 51.50 17.50 0.0110 7.80 3.80 0.61 80.00

1.04 1.11 18.10 8.12 215.00 7.50 1.96 9.70 8.05 1.01 1.10 2.01 2.90 26.50 110.20 1.25 1.73 0.112 3.30 1.99 0.90 37.00 1.05 0.320 2.55

(Dis)Grace in Comelec?
HAPPY Hour buddies almost choked on their drinks when rumors about former Isabela Gov. Maria Gracia Cielo Grace Padacas appointment to the Commission on Elections started ying. While Padaca has developed the image of a reformist and crusader, skeptics claim she has failed to impress constituents during her term as governor in the northern province, with many saying they doubt if she could convincingly win should she decide to run against the Dys again in the 2013 elections. It can be recalled that a former Isabela congressman has accused Padaca of graft in relation to a P25-million rice project that allegedly beneted a non-government organization. According to the Ofce of the Ombudsman, Padaca (who was then governor) awarded the contract without benet of public bidding and thus deemed the agreement illegal. Of course, Padaca in her defense turned the nger on the provincial board, saying they ratied the contract. But then again, doesnt everyone know that a governor can convince board members to toe the line? A Happy Hour buddy commented. Be that as it may, nosey Comelec bystanders claim that the appointment of Padaca could throw the poll body in disarray once again because of the ladys perceived ties with an anti-automation group that has reportedly been trying to derail automation effortsmuch like the way erstwhile Comelec Commissioner Augusto Gus Lagman did in the past. Its not also farfetched that Padaca may just see a Comelec appointment as an opportunity to pay back those responsible for her fall from grace. In 2009, the poll bodys Second Division unseated her when it ruled her opponent Benjamin Dy as the real winner in the 2007 gubernatorial racewhich she lost again in 2010 by a hairs breadth. Typical of losing candidates, Padaca questioned the results and downplayed the success of the rst automated polls, alleging massive vote buying and fraud, Happy Hour buddies commented, speculating that an avenging presence could put the Comelec in a state of dis-Grace. Foes turned friends Politics is said to be the art of the possible, and that seems to be the case now with erstwhile foes-turned-friends Joseph Estrada and Dick Gordon. The enmity between the two gentlemen became very evident when in 1998, the newly-elected presidents very rst Administrative Order was to unseat Gordon as Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chairmana position that Gordon has held since the Freeports creation in 1992and handed the reins to Dicks longtime archenemy, former Congressman Tong Payumo of Bataan. Obviously, the two must have buried the hatchet because Gordon has snagged a place in the United Nationalist Alliance senatorial slate for 2013with the former president even vowing to campaign hard to ensure his erstwhile political foes victory in the upcoming polls. As they say, in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies; only permanent interests. Ro-ro and lola scams The ghosts of the past continue to haunt the former Arroyo administration, with attention being focused on big-ticket projects such as the Greater Maritime Access ports project better known as the roll-on, roll-off or ro-ro project, and the Presidents Bridge Program which Senator Serge Osmea described as the grandmother of all scams. For sure, these controversial multibillion ro-ro and lola projects are going to haunt the former administration in the months to come. According to Happy Hour insiders, the companies that spearheaded the ro-ro and bridge projects which Senator Osmea identied as British Mabey and Johnson and French Consortium Eiffel Matiereare allegedly controlled by an inuential party list congressman. This same newbie lawmaker has allegedly been funding tri-media campaigns to convince the Aquino administration about the need to prioritize the construction of steel bridges across the country byof coursethe companies that he allegedly owns but which he has temporarily left under the care of trusted business associates. According to sources, Mabey and Johnson has a rather speckled reputation to start with, having been charged with in 2009 of engaging in overseas bribery and corruption as well as violating UN sanctions by paying kickbacks to Saddam Husseins regime for bridge-building contractsthe rst company ever to be convicted in the UK for serious overseas fraud. On the other hand, Eiffel Matiere has earlier threatened to sue the Aquino government for cancelling 66 of the 72 ro-ro projects entered into during the Arroyo administration. ThenTransportation Secretary Mar Roxas said the government would rather face any lawsuit than saddle Filipinos with a costly project that has been found unnecessary and lacking in economic feasibility. For comments, reactions, photos, stories and related concerns, readers may e-mail to happyhourtoday2012@yahoo.com.

0.65 35.50 8.00 3.00 0.260 1.49 2.30 272.00 30.50 3.30 0.10 455.40 2.94 19.00 2.27 4.00 0.61 0.300 1.800 2.56 3.40 1.20 0.44 1.01 0.285 450.00 1.08 1.14 0.101 0.082 0.380 1.70 0.42 13.36 3.08 2.26 1.35 1.20 1.05 0.67 0.54 2.90 0.10 1.63 0.98 1.51 0.150 0.089 0.41 10.00 2.51 1.81 6.00 10.94 0.64 1.80 0.45 2.60

1.20 24.80 1.05 0.45 4.45 0.1010 5.20 60.80 8.20 5.44 11.70 831.00 6.18 43.40 0.36 1.75 0.036 1.00 2.550 2.01 5.90 2.70 1.21 6.50 13.80 5.35 1.05 18.00 12.10 2096.00 0.25 10.68 2.42 0.34 0.0038 3.01 3.00 14.50 20.00 0.170 19.98 21.20 1.05 6.96 0.50 1.0600 1.0900 0.042 0.570 15.04 2.91 0.008 2.99 0.014 0.014 5.10 18.40 3.00 0.017 39.00 161.10 0.015 23.05 535.00

T RADING S UMMARY
FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL HOLDING FIRMS PROPERTY SERVICES MINING & OIL GRAND TOTAL

SHARES 6,094,252 261,073,444 97,166,910 140,549,597 169,961,058 1,132,787,231 1,807,632,492

VALUE 472,431,512.50 1,849,594,706.46 1,065,881,572.99 646,809,174.93 462,469,287.90 285,937,220.68 4,783,123,475.46

FINANCIAL 1,336.64 (down) 2.99 INDUSTRIAL 7,999.71 (down) 11.04 HOLDING FIRMS 4,466.15 (down) 1.70 PROPERTY 2,035.07 (down) 35.49 SERVICES 1,810.55 (up) 3.71 MINING & OIL 21,169.30 (down) 465.29 PSEI 5,294.97 (down) 22.06 All Shares Index 3,537.69 (down) 8.87 Gainers: 58; Losers: 92; Unchanged:44; Total: 194

11.02 116.70 80.00 1050.00 1.31 0.210

ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. Ayala Corp. Pref `A First Gen F 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 0.62 0.00

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62.10 77.10 0.70 54.00 1.95 20.50 21.85 10.50 75.00 2.83 26.70 92.00 1.91 71.20 372.00 44.00 158.40 970.00 105.00 33.40 8.85 23.50 1.70 30.00 1.41 21.30 2.78 2.69 11.90 6.05 7.96 19.12 79.00 17.80 0.0160 12.80 4.06 0.620 99.90 9.35 2.06 1.60 26.65 16.560 257.00 7.00 4.05 10.36 8.20 3.95 1.70 2.70 5.65 34.40 110.90 2.55 1.78 0.139 11.98 2.17 1.19 63.40 1.29 0.610 8.20 (0.88) (0.52) (2.78) 1.41 0.00 0.24 0.46 (3.67) 0.00 2.91 0.00 (0.22) (2.05) 1.71 (2.62) 0.23 (0.06) 0.00 0.00

Net Foreign

Trade/Buying
(32,145,745.00) 59,896,325.00 26,820.00 (151,700.00) 2,819,185.00

Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bank of PI Bankard, Inc. China Bank BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. COL Financial Eastwest Bank Filipino Fund Inc. First Metro Inv. I-Remit Inc. Maybank ATR KE Metrobank Natl Reinsurance Corp. Phil. National Bank PSE Inc. RCBC `A Security Bank Sun Life Financial Union Bank Aboitiz Power Corp. Agrinurture Inc. Alaska Milk Corp. Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. Alphaland Corp. Alsons Cons. Asiabest Group Calapan Venture Chemrez Technologies Inc. Cirtek Holdings (Chips) Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) EEI First Gen Corp. First Holdings A Ginebra San Miguel Inc. Greenergy Holcim Philippines Inc. Integ. Micro-Electronics Ionics Inc Jollibee Foods Corp. Lafarge Rep LMG Chemicals Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. Manila Water Co. Inc. Megawide Mla. Elect. Co `A Pancake House Inc. Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. Petron Corporation Phoenix Petroleum Phils. RFM Corporation Roxas and Co. Roxas Holdings Salcon Power Corp. San Miguel Brewery Inc. San Miguel Corp `A Seacem Splash Corporation Swift Foods, Inc. Tanduay Holdings TKC Steel Corp. Trans-Asia Oil Universal Robina Victorias Milling Vitarich Corp. Vivant Corp. Abacus Cons. `A Aboitiz Equity Alliance Global Inc. Anscor `A Asia Amalgamated A ATN Holdings A ATN Holdings B Ayala Corp `A DMCI Holdings Filinvest Dev. Corp. Forum Pacic GT Capital House of Inv. JG Summit Holdings Jolliville Holdings Lopez Holdings Corp. Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. Mabuhay Holdings `A Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. Minerales Industrias Corp. Prime Media Hldg Prime Orion Seafront `A Sinophil Corp. SM Investments Inc. Solid Group Inc. South China Res. Inc. Unioil Res. & Hldgs Wellex Industries Zeus Holdings A. Brown Co., Inc. Araneta Prop `A Ayala Land `B Belle Corp. `A Cebu Holdings Century Property City & Land Dev. Cityland Dev. `A Cyber Bay Corp. Empire East Land Eton Properties Ever Gotesco Global-Estate Filinvest Land,Inc. Megaworld Corp. MRC Allied Ind. Phil. Estates Corp. Phil. Realty `A Robinsons Land `B Rockwell Shang Properties Inc. SM Development `A SM Prime Holdings Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Starmalls Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. Vista Land & Lifescapes

62.65 77.50 0.72 53.25 1.95 20.45 21.75 10.90 75.00 2.75 26.70 92.20 1.95 70.00 382.00 43.90 158.50 970.00 105.00

FINANCIAL 62.65 77.50 0.70 54.35 1.95 20.50 22.20 10.50 75.00 2.83 26.70 93.00 1.91 71.20 384.00 44.00 158.60 970.00 105.20

62.10 77.00 0.70 53.30 1.95 20.40 21.75 10.50 75.00 2.68 26.70 91.80 1.91 70.50 372.00 43.90 158.30 966.00 104.10 33.40 8.55 23.50 1.70 30.00 1.38 21.30 2.78 2.63 11.12 6.03 7.95 19.10 79.00 17.50 0.0150 12.80 3.82 0.620 99.50 9.15 2.05 1.60 26.55 16.500 256.60 7.00 3.99 10.34 8.16 3.95 1.70 2.70 5.65 34.40 110.40 2.54 1.76 0.139 11.98 2.07 1.17 62.25 1.28 0.580 8.20

1,138,370 1,163,400 11,000 173,860 47,000 9,800 584,500 400 500 239,000 100 1,526,480 15,000 366,330 5,320 17,900.00 668,250 120 126,850

38,972,663.50

(5,038,656.00)

(201,995.00) (59,829,617.00)

33.65 8.70 23.50 1.78 30.00 1.42 22.40 2.85 2.69 11.80 6.07 8.03 19.30 79.00 19.00 0.0160 12.80 4.06 0.630 99.90 9.35 2.07 1.51 26.80 16.500 258.20 7.00 3.97 10.50 8.19 3.98 1.65 2.71 5.00 34.40 111.00 2.57 1.82 0.142 11.98 2.08 1.17 62.30 1.29 0.580 8.20

INDUSTRIAL 33.65 8.95 23.50 1.81 30.00 1.42 22.95 2.78 2.69 11.92 6.09 8.08 19.30 79.30 18.00 0.0160 12.90 4.06 0.630 100.00 9.36 2.13 1.60 26.80 16.960 259.40 7.60 4.11 10.54 8.20 4.02 1.71 2.71 5.66 34.40 111.00 2.64 1.78 0.139 12.14 2.17 1.20 64.00 1.31 0.610 8.20

(0.74) 1.72 0.00 (4.49) 0.00 (0.70) (4.91) (2.46) 0.00 0.85 (0.33) (0.87) (0.93) 0.00 (6.32) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (1.59) 0.00 0.00 (0.48) 5.96 (0.56) 0.36 (0.46) 0.00 2.02 (1.33) 0.12 (0.75) 3.03 (0.37) 13.00 0.00 (0.09) (0.78) (2.20) (2.11) 0.00 4.33 1.71 1.77 0.00 5.17 0.00

2,872,000 211,200 4,000 2,279,000 200 557,000 33,800 4,000 480,000 20,400 17,070,800 531,000 2,506,800 565,910 57,200 44,200,000 158,000 104,000 12,000 31,610 4,340,100 86,000 1,000 436,800 27,700 130,470 112,800 13,656,000 1,894,900 21,500 715,000 8,000 37,000 200 110,000 304,820 7,696,000 58,000 40,000 824,100 27,000 1,489,000 6,046,370 1,150,000 113,000 1,500

(48,535,790.00) (784,620.00) (465,230.00) (6,000.00)

382,600.00

16,452,197.00 972,000.00 (3,681,606.00) (6,112,556.00) (541,650.00) (357,930.00) 1,170,896.50 1,261,840.00 2,130.00

(7,306,750.00) (13,188.00) 8,478,024.00 (705,403.00) (12,079,680.00) (763,518.00) (1,046,480.00)

(12,739,740.00) 47,370.00 3,712,578.00 282,312,965.50 39,250.00

0.71 48.20 12.98 4.71 4.95 1.55 1.66 439.00 58.00 4.06 0.249 545.00 5.20 33.40 3.00 5.40 1.06 0.425 2.28 4.24 5.00 1.470 0.475 1.41 0.315 734.00 1.95 1.16 0.2250 0.3250 0.420 3.24 0.580 24.20 4.79 5.19 1.49 2.95 1.15 0.82 0.850 3.66 0.200 2.00 1.33 2.28 0.1560 0.6700 0.460 18.28 3.35 2.79 6.06 13.96 0.68 3.97 0.510 4.800

HOLDING FIRMS 0.72 0.70 48.60 48.10 13.20 12.98 4.74 4.68 4.98 4.80 1.57 1.51 1.65 1.60 439.00 433.00 58.20 58.00 4.16 4.10 0.249 0.213 545.00 540.00 5.18 5.02 33.75 33.45 3.55 2.40 5.55 5.40 1.06 1.04 0.420 0.420 2.28 2.26 4.24 4.20 5.05 4.96 1.350 1.300 0.475 0.475 1.41 1.41 0.320 0.320 734.00 726.00 1.99 1.92 1.17 1.17 0.2290 0.2250 0.3250 0.3150 0.420 0.410

0.71 48.60 13.16 4.74 4.80 1.57 1.65 435.00 58.00 4.11 0.249 541.00 5.14 33.70 3.00 5.55 1.04 0.420 2.28 4.21 4.98 1.330 0.475 1.41 0.320 727.00 1.92 1.17 0.2270 0.3250 0.410 3.52 0.580 23.40 4.78 5.20 1.47 2.85 1.12 0.81 0.840 3.70 0.203 1.97 1.34 2.24 0.1590 0.6700 0.480 18.20 3.38 2.80 6.03 13.86 0.67 3.96 0.500 4.900

0.00 0.83 1.39 0.64 (3.03) 1.29 (0.60) (0.91) 0.00 1.23 0.00 (0.73) (1.15) 0.90 0.00 2.78 (1.89) (1.18) 0.00 (0.71) (0.40) (9.52) 0.00 0.00 1.59 (0.95) (1.54) 0.86 0.89 0.00 (2.38) 8.64 0.00 (3.31) (0.21) 0.19 (1.34) (3.39) (2.61) (1.22) (1.18) 1.09 1.50 (1.50) 0.75 (1.75) 1.92 0.00 4.35 (0.44) 0.90 0.36 (0.50) (0.72) (1.47) (0.25) (1.96) 2.08

11,030,000 855,600 20,606,800 33,000 20,000 61,000 104,000 259,320 2,643,360 653,000 590,000 128,790 542,400 1,849,300 173,000 4,091,100 926,000 770,000 493,000 47,095,000 301,200 157,000 580,000 7,000 550,000 157,150 195,000 50,000 1,220,000 310,000 710,000

71,000.00 5,506,025.00 80,060,146.00

26,807,910.00 33,545,061.50 (41,000.00) (2,682,235.00) 1,009,000.00 (10,499,990.00) 9,843,767.00 186,160.00

(6,076,000.00) (24,900.00)

(64,241,885.00)

PROPERTY 3.89 3.29 0.580 0.470 24.20 23.35 4.80 4.78 5.20 5.19 1.49 1.47 2.90 2.70 1.12 1.12 0.83 0.81 0.850 0.820 3.70 3.66 0.204 0.198 1.97 1.96 1.34 1.33 2.30 2.24 0.1600 0.1560 0.6800 0.6600 0.520 0.470 18.30 18.12 3.42 3.34 2.80 2.78 6.09 6.03 14.00 13.74 0.68 0.67 3.98 3.96 0.510 0.500 4.950 4.800

20,005,000 501,000 8,641,200 1,140,000 68,200 6,709,000 86,000 40,000 4,986,000 18,195,000 123,000 790,000 612,000 12,382,000 42,579,000 2,360,000 289,000 2,230,000 2,372,800 156,000 274,000 731,300 11,122,700 459,000 14,000 450,000 2,961,000

(5,461,780.00)

(12,481,315.00) 1,611,970.00 2,010,200.00

(164,000.00) (85,000.00) 619,000.00 8,806,290.00 (23,677,460.00)

(22,814,556.00) (103,860.00)

1,086,921.00 (98,470,736.00) 75,000.00 (647,400.00)

2GO Group ABS-CBN Acesite Hotel APC Group, Inc. Bloomberry Boulevard Holdings Calata Corp. Cebu Air Inc. (5J) Centro Esc. Univ. DFNN Inc. Globalports Globe Telecom GMA Network Inc. I.C.T.S.I. Information Capital Tech. IP Converge IP E-Game Ventures Inc. IPVG Corp. ISM Communications JTH Davies Holdings Inc. Leisure & Resorts Macroasia Corp. Manila Jockey Metro Pacic Tollways Pacic Online Sys. Corp. PAL Holdings Inc. Paxys Inc. Phil. Seven Corp. Philweb.Com Inc. PLDT Common PremiereHorizon Puregold Transpacic Broadcast Waterfront Phils.

1.70 28.90 1.51 0.630 10.00 0.1600 6.52 58.50 10.20 5.39 22.00 1184.00 9.80 68.50 0.395 2.18 0.023 1.00 3.0600 2.14 7.93 2.80 2.99 6.05 14.08 7.54 2.85 69.00 16.98 2830.00 0.320 29.55 2.60 0.450 0.0045 4.60 4.61 17.46 26.20 0.265 24.20 24.15 1.14 24.20 0.60 1.280 1.370 0.0630 0.0620 18.62 8.05 0.6200 4.800 0.0180 0.0200 6.30 15.84 31.85 0.051 70.00 223.80 0.0150

SERVICES 1.75 1.70 30.60 29.00 1.57 1.45 0.640 0.630 10.00 9.95 0.1600 0.1570 6.60 6.20 58.55 57.85 10.00 10.00 5.68 5.40 22.00 22.00 1184.00 1172.00 9.88 9.75 69.80 68.65 0.400 0.400 2.24 2.15 0.023 0.022 1.01 1.00 3.0000 3.0000 2.20 2.10 7.90 7.75 2.80 2.80 3.05 2.87 7.00 7.00 14.08 14.06 7.50 7.37 2.84 2.82 71.50 70.00 16.98 16.82 2850.00 2826.00 0.310 0.310 30.10 29.50 2.60 2.49 0.460 0.435

1.75 2.94 30.60 5.88 1.45 (3.97) 0.630 0.00 9.97 (0.30) 0.1580 (1.25) 6.34 (2.76) 57.90 (1.03) 10.00 (1.96) 5.54 2.78 22.00 0.00 1180.00 (0.34) 9.75 (0.51) 69.40 1.31 0.400 1.27 2.24 2.75 0.023 0.00 1.00 0.00 3.0000 (1.96) 2.10 (1.87) 7.75 (2.27) 2.80 0.00 2.87 (4.01) 7.00 15.70 14.08 0.00 7.48 (0.80) 2.82 (1.05) 71.50 3.62 16.98 0.00 2828.00 (0.07) 0.310 (3.13) 29.90 1.18 2.60 0.00 0.450 0.00 0.0043 4.60 4.60 17.44 26.25 0.260 25.00 25.00 1.12 23.80 0.60 1.210 1.300 0.0610 0.0610 18.68 8.10 0.6100 4.890 0.0180 0.0200 5.96 15.84 30.35 0.049 65.00 222.20 0.0150 (4.44) 0.00 (0.22) (0.11) 0.19 (1.89) 3.31 3.52 (1.75) (1.65) 0.00 (5.47) (5.11) (3.17) (1.61) 0.32 0.62 (1.61) 1.88 0.00 0.00 (5.40) 0.00 (4.71) (3.92) (7.14) (0.71) 0.00

5,000 368,500 5,474,000 451,000 1,106,700 15,980,000 812,400 480,340 33,400 318,900 100 25,125 175,100 501,000 270,000 199,000 122,800,000 10,543,000 11,000 143,000 160,000 35,000 2,661,000 1,000 36,000 15,500 56,000 11,380 415,200 58,260 1,000,000 3,292,500 31,000 620,000

51,810.00

(1,013,680.00) 31,390.00 (9,428,406.00) 11,110.00 4,821,355.00

2,019,796.50

2,240.00 22,000.00

(211,200.00)

2,395,652.00 (68,509,640.00) 11,454,735.00

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MINING & OIL 0.0044 0.0043 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.60 17.46 17.42 26.25 26.20 0.265 0.260 25.10 24.00 25.00 24.00 1.12 1.11 24.50 23.80 0.60 0.58 1.270 1.210 1.350 1.290 0.0620 0.0610 0.0620 0.0610 18.72 18.64 8.30 8.01 0.6100 0.6100 4.950 4.800 0.0190 0.0180 0.0200 0.0200 5.96 5.96 15.86 15.72 31.50 30.10 0.051 0.049 65.00 65.00 223.20 222.00 0.0150 0.0150 PREFERRED 30.65 539.00 101.20 9.65 108.00 75.00 1016.00

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24,998,160.00 (264,000.00) (2,589,800.00)

29.45 540.00 101.20 9.63 107.90 74.50 1012.00

29.50 538.00 101.20 9.50 107.90 75.00 1013.00

30.60 3.90 539.00 (0.19) 101.20 0.00 9.65 0.21 108.00 0.09 75.00 0.67 1016.00

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WARRANTS & BONDS 1.27 1.26 1.25 0.0460 0.0430 0.0370

1.25 (1.57) 0.0370 (19.57)

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Sec. Paje is skirting the issue: its the last-minute IRR insertion, not EO 79
Shortly after the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) branded Section 9 of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order 79 as patently illegal last September 19, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Sec. Ramon Paje released a media statement lambasting COMP and claiming pressure from the industry. COMP takes exception to Sec. Pajes pronouncements, and wishes to shed light on its position regarding the controversial IRR vis--vis the secretarys media pronouncements: Fiction: Paje claims pressure from the mining industry on the issue of EO 79. He maintains that he cannot go against EO 79 (implying that the industry is against EO79). Fact: Sec. Paje is skirting the issue. COMP is not asking Sec. Paje to go against EO 79, and has in fact issued a statement welcoming the EO. COMP is against the IRR that he signed, specifically Sec. 9 with reference to expired mining tenements, which was not contained in the EO, nor in the draft IRR during the MICC consultation with the industry on September 7, 2012 and perhaps was inserted without the knowledge of the other members of the MICC. The industry has never sought any assistance from Sec. Paje. Why should there be pressure from the industry? Sec. Paje never attended any of the stakeholder consultations of the Mining Study Group that was tasked by President Benigno S. C. Aquino III to draft his administrations Mining Policy (EO 79). He was also not present during the September 7 MICC stakeholder consultations on the IRR. Misleading: Sec. Paje defends the controversial Section 9 of the IRR by arguing that one fundamental intention of EO 79 is to protect the State and the future generation (sic) from the menace of a one-sided approach to minerals resource development, considering the long 50year terms of mining contracts. The Truth: The Mining Act of 1995 provides that mineral agreements shall have a term not exceeding 25 years and renewable for another 25 years under the same terms and conditions without prejudice to changes mutually agreed upon. How can mining contracts be one-sided, as Sec. Paje claims, when it is his DENR and MGB that drafts the contracts and mining companies are only asked to sign on the dotted line? The last-minute insertion to the IRR that is Section 9 is worse than the moratorium on new mineral agreements. The moratorium will be lifted once a new mining revenue scheme has been agreed upon. The renegotiation of mining contracts being required by this provision effectively holds a mining tenement contractor hostage to an inconsistency of a mining policy that only serves as a disincentive to both local and foreign investors. Section 9 of the IRR is patently illegal as it effectively shortens mining contracts to a mere 25 years in violation of Section 32 of the Mining Act. In its statement welcoming the issuance of EO79, COMP praised the Mining Study group for employing the consultative process. Section 9 which was not discussed during the consultation with the industry is a clear betrayal of that process. If Sec. Paje is really for the protection of the State and future generations, why is there still a proliferation of illegal small-scale mining and illegal logging under his watch? Why have gold purchases by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas plummeted by 98% -- caused by smuggling by illegal small-scale miners -- under his watch? Fiction: Sec. Paje contends that government gets only 2% share in mining revenues, which is disadvantageous to government. Fact: Sec. Paje exhibits a basic non-understanding of taxation in the mining industry and the reason behind the moratorium on new mining permits, as prescribed by EO 79. The FTAA mining permit provides for a minimum 50% government share of net mining revenues. No less that the IMF, in their study on Philippine mining taxation, made the statement that the current FTAA regime is not competitive internationally. The MPSA mining permit, while not providing for a minimum government share, results in an effective government share of between 40% to over 50%, depending on the level of metal prices. The actual fiscal contribution of a mining company, which equates to the government share, is not just the 2% excise tax, but all other taxes and fees paid by the contractor as well, including income tax, numerous other taxes and fees plus a 5% royalty to government for those operating in mineral reservations and a 1% royalty to Indigenous Peoples for those operating in Ancestral Domains. The moratorium on new mining permits under EO 79 was precisely crafted to address the issue of taxation. Any increase in the excise tax by an amendment of the National Internal Revenue Code will apply to existing mining contractors. The new provision in Sec. 9 of the IRR is therefore not necessary to address the issue of taxation. In addition, large-scale metallic miners have spent a total of P2.2 billion in projects under the Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) and in environmental protection measures. SDMP initiatives include projects in the areas of education, livelihood promotion, infrastructure, and health and sanitation. Environmental protection measures, on the other hand, include projects in mine waste management, progressive rehabilitation, water quality control, and siltation control, among others. Misleading: Sec. Paje claims that government share in mining taxes is not even enough to pay for the environmental impacts of mining. The Truth: A forester by training, Sec. Paje apparently has not bothered to study the Mining Act of 1995 carefully and thoroughly. If he did, he would not have made a statement like this. The fact is, apart from paying taxes, mining firms set aside funds to support programs aimed at mitigating the impact of mining activities on the environment from pre-exploration, to development, to operation, to decommissioning, to rehabilitation. The Mining Act of 1995 requires mining firms to: implement Environmental Protection and Enhancement Plan, Environmental Work Program, Safety and Health Program, Social Development and Management Program implement the conditions of the Environmental Compliance Certificate form the Multipartite Monitoring Team and set up Environmental Monitoring and Guarantee Funds implement the Final Mine Rehabilitation and Decommissioning Plan and set aside funds for financing post-mining rehabilitation conduct independent environmental audits Misplaced: Paje further defends Section 9 by saying this last-minute insertion to the IRR would enable the government to obtain a larger share through the establishment of mineral reservations. The Truth: Sec. Paje believes conversion of all mining areas to mineral reservations is the silver bullet that will provide government additional revenues from mining. That he believes mineral reservations are a cure all solution again demonstrates his basic lack of understanding of the mining industry and the law. While the executive branch is empowered under the Mining Act to establish mineral reservations, the same law also suggests that such power may only be exercised [w]hen there is a need to preserve strategic raw materials for industries critical to national development or certain minerals for scientific, cultural or ecological value. Revenue generation is not, and cannot be, among the legal bases for exercising the power to declare mineral reservations. COMP stands by its statement that the freezing of the grant of mineral agreements, which effectively extends the moratorium on mining that began in May 2010, is specifically worrisome for the industry. The moratorium has already caused an outflow of foreign direct investments from the sector in 2011, exceeding P10 billion based on figures from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. COMP, however, reiterates its support for a measure that will give the government additional share from mining and will work with the government in this effort. We are carefully and deliberately studying the mining tax issue, taking into consideration the high risks assumed by mining investors, the instability of global metal prices, and the competitiveness of the Philippines vis--vis other mining jurisdictions worldwide. Our members have never waivered in our support for the Daang Matuwid (Straight Path) thrust of President Aquino. We believe though, that obstacles characterized by incompetent government officials who have reneged on their duties and demonstrated ignorance of the law should be removed from the Daang Matuwid.

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Ten years of innovation

ITS BEEN a challenging, yet exciting decade for one of the countrys renowned aftermarket rm Wheel Gallery Incorporated (WGI). What started as a mans rst concept has evolved into an industry leader in terms of product innovation and design. We have always prioritized form, function and affordability as a response to a need of the local market for quality aftermarket wheels, states Sammy Lisuon, Managing Partner of Wheel Gallery. In 2002, the edgling company caught the domestic market off guard with Concept One, the brand which would carve a niche and a byword in the aftermarket industry. We came out with off the cuff designs in 17 to 20 inches at a time when 15 inches was the norm for Japanese and American sedans, adds Liuson. a year later, WGI would shock and awe once again as it introduced the bling phenomena with its 20 to 22 inch Bazo, Mkw, MB Motoring chrome wheels and Nitto tires. It was la turning point for the company as it put local car enthusiasts on massive chrome wheels. In 2004, Liuson and partner Johnny Tan decided to level up the competition by being the rst to offer the size 22 to 26 inch chrome wheels TSW of USA, Petrol, Black Rhino chrome and Victor equipment for Porsche. It was also the year Wheel Gallery introduced Starre tires from Cooper Tires USA. In 2006, the innovators of bling went tri-media as it embarked on a hit radio show with 99.5RTs Hit My Ride and a segment with the top rated TV motoring lifestyle Auto Extreme. It would also be a landmark year for the company as it became the ofcial SUV wheel retailer for Rays Engineering of Japan (Black Fleet and Sebring). This strategic move was further complimented by the introduction of VCT and Scorpion rims. In 2009, Nitto Tires was certied and named as the ofcial tires of the Philippine Touring Car (PTCC) and Philippine Production Car Championships (PPCC). Nitto and Starre tted the requirements of racers in terms of performance and reliability. It was also important to us that time to have a sponsor who understands the sport, says Mandy Eduque, chair of the Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP) and the authorized representative of the Federal internationale de Automobile (FIA). A year later, Concept One, Nitto and Starre tires became the ofcial tires and wheel equipment for the PTCC and PPCC, as Wheel Gallery launched the countrys rst Race of Champions (RoC). This race series pitted veterans of the sport against the current breed of race champions. Dino Ray V. Directo III

Genesis: Power slider

Text and photos by Dino Ray V. Directo III

HYUNDAI Automotive Resources Inc

has introduced the latest version of its 2013 Genesis Coupe by way of a drifting event to show off the cars features and capabilities.
wheels to seal the deal as a seriously, eye-catching sports car. And even from behind, the 2013 Genesis Coupe captures your gaze with its new LED-rear combination lamps. For the Genesis 2013, Hyundai bolted on a new 2.0-Liter I4 Theta engine with a twin-scroll turbocharger that provides the Coupe with a pulling power of 260 bhp, which is a plus 50 horsepower upgrade from the previous model. The new Twin-

Held at the historic Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the launching lacked the fanfare that usually accompanied each Hyundai unveiling but it was surely nothing to sneeze at. Hyundai drivers Victor Llave and Alex Perez wowed the crowd as they pushed the Genesis to its limit and did power slides around the improvised the track. The 2013 Genesis Coupe sports a refreshed, more aggressive, urbanracer look. It is expected to lock horns with the Toyota 86 and the yet to be launched Subaru BRZ. Which of these cars will reign supreme in the local scene, were just as eager to nd out as the rest of the motoring enthusiasts. For now, the focus is on Hyundais latest offering. The Genesis stands out with its dagger-shaped, state-of-the-art HID headlamps and redesigned fog lamps. Moulding awlessly into the Genesis Coupes uid form are new, massive hexagonal front grille, twin hood accents, and 19-inch hyper-silver alloy

Scroll Turbocharger recovers more energy from the exhaust than a single-scroll design thus producing a higher output. For those in need of more horsepower, a 3.8-liter V6 Lambda RS engine is also available, unleashing 303bhp of pure mechanical bliss. Reining in the Genesis during high-speed driving are Brembo Brakes that come as standard equipment for the new Genesis Coupe manual transmission variants. Other safety enhancements include Active Headrests and six Safety Airbags: including the Driver and Passenger Airbags, as well as, Side and Curtain Airbags. However, power without control is meaningless. And that,s why the 2013 Genesis Coupe chassis positions the engine between the front wheels but controls the rear

wheels via the transmission prop shaft and the TORque-SENsing ability or TORSEN limited-slip differential, which is standard in all variants. The TORSEN limited-slip differential senses wheel-spinning slips during acceleration or on slippery surfaces and evenly distributes engine output between the driven wheels for maximum grip and directional stability. Inspired by enthusiasts, for the enthusiasts, the Genesis Coupe has not only been the favorite choice of amateur drifters and racers in the country,but also won the approval of several award-giving institutions. During the Car of The Year Awards 2009 2010, the Genesis Coupe took home the title of DMF Drifting Best Handling Car and Sports Sedan/ Sports Car (2WD) of the Year.

Ace drifter and Hyundai factory driver Atoy Llave dazzles the crowd with his drift driving techniques.

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Season II Top 10, clockwise from center: Jessica Sanchez, Deandre Brackensick, Heejun Han, Erika Van Pelt, Colton Dixon, Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh, Joshua Ledet, Elise Testone, and Phllip Phillips

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THEYRE back!! The American Idols Live! Tour 2012 returns to Manila for the second year in a row as it makes its last stop tonight at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
This years batch features Season 11 winner Philip Phillips, and runner-up Jessica Sanchez. This is an especially signicant stop for Sanchez, who is half Filipino and traces her roots on her mothers side to Bataan. The wildly popular San Diego native, who has more than 830,000 followers on Twitter, has never been to the Philippines but says she is excited to meet her local fans. Sanchez, who says she doesnt speak Tagalog (her Filipino relatives speak too fast for her to understand)and knows only one Filipino song (Ikaw, popularized by singers Lea Salonga, Sharon Cuneta and Regine Velasquez), admits she loves Filipino food. I love sinigang. The pork version (sinigang na baboy). I eat more Filipino food than Mexican, says Sanchez, whose quiet speaking voice belies her powerful vocals. A week longer Sanchez, who has been tapped as one of the endorsers of Bench and is supposedly in talks to do other endorsements, will stay on for one more week after the concert to complete her commitments, which reportedly includes Filipino food chain Jollibee. Sanchez has been recording in the studio for her debut album with topnotch songwriters and producers, including Toby Gad, whose hits include Beyonces If I Were a Boy, Fergies Big Girls Dont Cry, and Jazmine Sullivans Stuttering, one of the songs Sanchez performed during the competition. Gad has also worked with artists such as Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Kris Allen, Jordin Sparks, Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato. The album will be not so much ballads but a lot more urban, said Sanchez. Sanchez was less forthcoming about other rumors like a possible stint in Glee (Were still in talks) and portraying the lead in the movie version of Miss Saigon (No one has approached me yet.) Double platinum Phillips, the unassuming Season 11 winner, looked in the pink of health as he parried jokes and witticisms with Heejun Han and Colton Dixon. The laidback singer, whose coronation song Home has now reached double platinum status, admits he is overwhelmed by all the accolade. I just feel so blessed to be here right now and happy to be given all these blessings, he said, adding that he was so abbergasted when he learned about the records success he didnt know how to react (he was on a talk show at the time.) I just didnt expect any of this to happen. He said he was excited to share his music with Filipino Idol fans. I know that Filipinos are very appreciative of American Idol, he said First timers None of the Season 11 Top 10 have been to Manila, but admit theyve heard lots of good things about it, particulary from last years Top 11. Oh Im looking forward to a lot of things. Weve heard good things about the Philippines. Everyones been really nice, said Erika Van Pelt during the press conference at the Manila Hotel where the Idols are billeted.

17-year-old Filipina Mexican Sanchez is in Manila for the rst time

American Idol winner Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez share a laugh during the presscon for the American Idol Live! Tour 2012 at the Manila Hotel

The weather. I love the tropical weather, she adds. Joshua Ledet, Deandre Brackensick and Skylar Laine said they looked forward to tasting Filipino food I love balut, said the curly-locked Brackensick. The newly-engaged Laine, who shyly showed off her ring, said she has an adventurous palate and likes sampling different kinds of cuisine. Ledet, on the other hand, said he loves the fresh lumpia that Jessicas grandma brings when she visits. I loooove that, specially with that sweet sauce. Yummm, said the bubbly third placer who busied himself with adding to his Filipino vocabulary. To date, he has Mabuhay, Salamat, and Charot on his word list. Elise Testone and Hollie Cavanagh both looked forward to the shopping. The sultry-voiced Testone wanted to check out the hats (Ive always been obsessed with hats and I lost two during the tour) while the pint-sized Cavanagh just wants to go shopping with Jessica. Greenhills, we want to go there, said Ledet. Cavanagh earlier endeared herself by lapsing into a snippet of the Bohnny (Barney) theme with Ledet. Last stop Tonights show comes at the tailend of a 45-city tour which kicked off last July 6th in Detroit, Michigan. The Top 10 will cover a wide range of musical genres from country, pop, rock to RnB. From Bruno Mars to Tina Turner, from One Direction to The Wanted, theres a bit of everything for music lovers to enjoy. Korean American Han, who has been tweeting in Tagalog before coming to Manila, says he looks forward to performing before the Filipino fans and also promised to bring it Gangnam Style, to tonights concert. Dixon, who plans to put out an album after the tour, says he loves performing with his other Idol-mates and thoroughly enjoyed the tour experience. Were like a family, he says. Before the concert, the Idols also toured Ayala and Megaworld malls to promote the event and the American Idol Highlights albums under MCA Music (Universal Music Philippines). On Wednesday, Sanchez, Elise Testone, Brackensick, Han and Van Pelt went to Eastwood City. Phillips, Dixon, Ledet, Laine and Cavanaugh were at Glorietta Activity Center on the same day. The Idols also visited Alabang Town Center and Venice Piazza McKinley Hill with special guests Sabrina and boyband 1:43. American Idol LIVE! Tour 2012 is produced by Ovation Productions in association with ETC, 2nd Avenie and Jack TV. We are delighted to bring to Manila for the second consecutive year the touring production of American Idol, this time to showcase its Season 11 Top 10 nalists and give Filipino fans another unique opportunity to watch up close and personal the latest crop of singing discoveries in the top-rated reality search. We are also very excited to help realize the fond wishes of millions of fans to see and meet in person their kababayan and new singing star, American Idol runner up Jessica Sanchez, who will be part of the cast, said Renen de Guia of Ovation Productions. Tickets are priced at P10,000, P9,500, P7,500, P5,500, P3,500, P2,000 and P800, and are available at Ticketnet outlets at all SM Department Stores. Tickets may also be purchased through www.ticketnet.com.ph. Call Ticketnet at tel. 9115555.

By Ed Biado
TRUE audiophiles will never be caught dead wearing stock earphones. They want to experience the clearest, most amplied sound possible when listening to their music. But with different brands (with different price points) all claiming to be the best and promising your aural satisfaction, how do you choose which set of cans is for you? Some brands feature ashy designs and their products are more of status symbols due to their hyper-publicized celebrity connections; but in reality, dont really produce superior audio. Others really are eargasmic, but are too expensive. But there are brands, like AIAIAI headphones, that somehow achieve to deliver equal parts form and function without burning a hole in your pocket. Recently launched in the Philippines, AIAIAI is the understated cool new kid on the block. The company, headquartered in Copenhagen, is dedicated to developing high quality audio products for everyday use. With a philosophy centered on modern minimalist Scandinavian design and optimum sound integrity, each AIAIAI product is engineered to endure heavy use. The exploratory and experimental development process is a collaboration

among a network of established industrial designers and audio technicians, and involves testing and scrutiny by dozens of professional DJs in the studio and on tour. (See all the DJ-testers on http://aiaiai. dk/blog/tag/testers.) Options for different auditory requirements and budgets include: Pipe lightweight ergonomic in-ear headphones compatible with most music players (retail price: regular version P2,450, Gold Edition P2,950) PX-0 in-ear headphones developed in collaboration with Swedish rm Teenage Engineering and designed to focus on the low spectrum sound and emphasize low- and mid-range frequencies to produce full-clarity synth notes (without micP2,750, with mic Trackson-ear headphones with exible stainless steel headband; specially designed to complement Apple iOS devices (P3,250) Capitalweather-resistant over-ear headphones that can be folded for mobility; made with reinforced berglass and lightweight rubber brace for exibility and durability (P4,450) TMA-1pro-quality performance over-ear headphones for professional musicians and dedicated music fans (P8,950) AIAIAI headphones are distributed in the Philippines by Digits Trading and available at Astrovision, Beyond The Box, Digital Hub, Digital Walker, Egghead, Futureworld, PC Hub and Technoholics.

A GALAXY OF TABS
Samsungs latest slew of Galaxy Tabs and Notes are awesome enough to make a grown person cry (of happiness)

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The device, which was launched at Aracama Filipino Cuisine at The Fort Entertainment Complex, has the power of a notebook with a 1.4GHz Quad Core processor and 2GB RAM and the portability of a tablet at 1.31 lbs. The 10.1-inch screen with 1080dp full HD playback is big enough and clear enough for creative projects. It also has a multi-screen capability that allows users to screen between multiple apps and programs at the same time. Pop Up Play allow you watch videos while other windows are open, and you can adjust each screens size to your liking so you can focus on your main task. The Smart Stay function that keeps the device awake as long as it senses that your eyes are still on the screen. For creative minds During the launch, fashion designer Veejay Floresca, architect Carlo Calma and furniture designer Stephanie Kienle showed how the Galaxy Note 10.1 aids them in creative tasks like sketching new gowns, accurate drafting

IS IT a phone or a tablet? The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 transcends this question by being a device that combines the power of a notebook with the portability of a tablet.

Samsung Note ambassadors (from left) Carlo Calma, Stephanie Kienle-Gonzalez and Veejay Floresca

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Changing the world with a

The Sam sung Ga laxy No te 10.1

Present at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 launch are (from left) Samsung Mobile Business Unit director Binggoy Mauricio, Francheska Farr, Nyoy Volante and Samsung Electronics head for Corporate Marketing Chiqui Tan

of interiors, and even picking shades and textures straight from the Web to the S Note. For creative minds, drawing has never been easier on a tablet, than with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. The accompanying S-Pen is light and thin, pressure sensitive and pinpoint accurate, giving you the feel and ease of a regular pen. The S Note integrates three great features--Shape Mathc, Word Match and Formula Match--so you can write and draw while having the Galaxy Note 10.1 make the necessary corrections. And how amazing is it that your digital handwriting will be as clear and precise as if it was type-written on paper. S NOTE also offers the complete digital publishing experience? You may choose from a wide range of pre-made templates or create your own. Industry standard For digital artists, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 comes equipped with Adobe Photoshop Touchthe industry-standard in digital-image creation, right at your ngertips wherever you go! Experiment with lines and colors, and sync your creations to the cloud storage of DropBox, up to 50GB of online storage which you can easily share with others. With Allshare Play & Cast, you can even send or stream your images, music and videos to other tablets, laptops and TVs. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, apart from the already mentioned powerful processor and memory, is

equipped with a 10.1 screen with crystal-clear 1080p Full HD Playback. And with connectivity features such as an ultra-fast HSPA+ data speed and Wi-Fi Channel Bonding technology (allows for double Wi-Fi speeds), going online has never been faster. Samsung also recently launched the he Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, the successor to the brands popular line of multimedia tablets.You can choose the specific size that suits your needsa sleek, compact seven-inch model or the 10.1-inch model for a larger-than-life visual experience. Consider the Galaxy Tab 2 as your own personal mobile media center. Available in both 3G+Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi-only models, the Galaxy Tab 2 allows you to access the Internet no matter where you are. With a powerful dual core processor, you can use the Galaxy Tab 2 to stream your favorite Web sites and videos. The Galaxy Tab 2 has generous expandable internal memory so that you can download and store thousands of your favorite pictures, documents, movies, and songs. The Galaxy Tab 2, powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, also features both front and rear facing cameras. The Galaxy Tab 2 comes in three models: the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0-inch WiFi with a suggested retail price of P12,990, the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0-inch 3G+WiFi with an SRP of P16,990, and the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1-inch 3G+Wi-Fi with an SRP of P21,990.

Livelihood offer from HDI Network

HDI Network, a multi-national multilevel marketing company is offering anew its livelihood programs for people with limited funding capital with a series of Business Opportunity Meetings ( BOM's ) in Metro Manila, Bacolod, and Ilo-ilo this month of September. The company, which is focused on promoting natural bee products with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Hongkong aside from the Philippines has scheduled its first BOM on Sept. 15 at 302 Jollibee Plaza, Emerald Ave. in Ortigas Center to be repeated on Sept 29 at the same venue from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Out of town BOM's are set on Sept. 23 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon at McDonald's-Lacson in Bacolod and in McDonald's-Jaro, Ilo-ilo from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM on the same day with Dr. Mario Ramirez , author of a testimonial book on HDI products, as resource speaker. This month's BOM's, dubbed Magkape at Magkapera allows people to start small businesses with only P1500 as initial capital. Said amount includes ten P149 packages composed of 10 Gano Gold Coffee and 10 Polifrez toothpaste products plus P500 worth of additional free HDI products, a product /business starter, free P30K insurance, and discounted purchase of P1000 for the same package for their second purchase. For those interested, contact numbers are 0917-8080006 and 0915 - 5020131.

Energy in a cup
For many urbanites coffee is one thing one cant live without. To stay mentally prepared and physically composed for the daily grind, make sure your coffee brand gives you the boost you need to get through the day. This, essentially, was what coffee mix maker San Miguel Super Coffeemix Co. Inc. had in mind when it developed San Mig Coffee Super Packs, an innovative new line of coffee mixes that contain energy-releasing B vitamins such as B1, B2, and B6. We wanted to address the need of coffee drinkers who live their lives to the fullest and who look for unmatched and sustained stimulation from their coffee, says Michael Allan Castro, San Miguel Super Coffeemix Co. Inc. General Manager. We realized that more than the perk that you naturally get from coffee, what was also needed was a boost of energy. That would go a long way in helping busy individuals cope with the every day demands and stresses of life. San Mig Coffee Super in 20g sachets and San Mig Coffee Brown in 25g sachets, are now available at budget-friendly prices in leading supermarkets and market stalls nationwide.

Sodexo Philippines partners with Chowking

SODEXO, a global leader in the eld of motivation solutions, has recently reached a partnership agreement with popular Filipino fast food chain, Chowking the restaurant chain that pioneered the Asian quick-service restaurant concept in the Philippines. Following the contract signing between Chowking and Sodexo Philippines last August 14 at the Jollibee Plaza in Ortigas, Sodexo Premium Pass and Meal & Food Pass will be accepted at Chowkings 383 stores nationwide effective August 16.

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GREAT shopping, leisure, and entertainment goes to the Tuna Capital of the Philippines when SM City General Santos opened its doors to the public last Friday, August 10, 2012. This is SM Prime Holdings 45th mall, and the third in Mindanao after SM City Davao and SM City Cagayan de Oro.

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Congressman Pedro Acharon, Jr. and GenSan Mayor Darlene Antonino Custodio during the with the ribon cutting ceremony of SM City General Santos together with Vice Mayor Shirlyn Nograles, (second from left), Reverend Msgr Romeo Buenaobra, (center) Mrs. Sufragia Vda. de Salazar, and Mr. Roman Salazar. They are joined by SM Prime Holdings president Hans T. Sy and Supermarket Vice Chairman Herbert T. Sy.

The Atriums sculpted white and orange ceiling reminiscent of the outdoor canopy designs.

Sharing honors with the ribbon cutting ceremony were Congressman Pedro Acharon with General Santos Mayor Darlene Antonio Custodio, Vice Mayor Shirlyn Nograles, Reverend Msgr. Romeo Buenaobra, Mrs. Sufragia Salazar and Mr. Ramon Salazar. They were joined by SM Prime Holdings president Hans T. Sy and SM Supermarket Vice Chairman Herbert T. Sy. Sarangani Congressman and world famous boxing champion Manny Paquiao and wife Jinkee also came during the blessing. Located on a 73,000 square meter site in the corner of Santiago Boulevard and San Miguel Street, Logoo, General Santos, the three -storey 125,000 square meter mall will serve customers in the bustling SOCCSKSARGEN area. GenSan, after all, is the center of commerce, trade, and logistics in this growth area that includes South Cotobato, Cotobato City, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani Province, and General Santos City. A highly urbanized rst class city, GenSan is the southernmost port city in the Philippines. Backed with world -class infrastructure, it is the gateway to the opportunities, sights, sounds, and culture in the region. The General Santos International Airport is the largest in Mindanao, while the Makar Wharf is one of the nest in the country. With its rich volcanic soil and well distributed rainfall, GenSan produces export quality high valued crops such as corn, coconut, pineapple, asparagus, banana, and rice. It is also the largest producer of sashimi-grade tuna in the country. SM City General Santoss architectural design and color motif is inspired by the citys natural beauty. The malls exterior features a combination of complementing shades of refreshing blues and greens, recalling the natural environment for which the region is known for. A brightly colored al fresco dining area has water features and a pavilion space for entertainment functions. The main entrances lead directly to the SM Department Store and a variety of other shops, creating an expansive and alluring experience. The malls main retail other anchor, the SM Supermarket, is strategically located at the Ground Floor to allow easy access for customers. Upon entering the mall, customers are drawn to crisp white and orange colored ceiling panels reminiscent of outdoor canopy designs. Decorative light xtures creatively illuminate the sculptured ceiling above and the patterned ow below. Shopping is easy in the new three- storey mall as it internally connects a wide variety of shops, restaurants, junior anchors, and entertainment facilities. Apart from the Department Store and Supermarket, these include SM mainstays like the SM Appliance Center, ACE Hardware, Surplus, and Watsons; as well as a Cyberzone, four state of the art cinemas, and a Food Court. The malls interiors, which feature natural materials, colorful oors, and ample natural daylight, are designed for an unforgettable shopping experience. Bamboo panels bring a natural element to the space by incorporating renewable resources into the project. The spacious Food Court brings the bright green planes of the outdoor pavilion into the mall and provides natural daylight; while large expanses of glass in the area allow for a sweeping outdoor view. Getting to the mall is easy with a public utility terminal proving a covered entrance to the mall. There is also ample parking with a ve -storey carpark building, which can accommodate almost 1,300 vehicles and motorcycles. SM City General Santoss design team includes DSGN A, Design Architects; Jose Siao Ling and Associates, Architect of Record; SM EDD Mall Design, In-House Architect; DAAA, Project Manager; and Monolith Construction Development Corporation, General Contractor.

SM City General Santos has a spaSM Prime Holdings President Hans T. Sy welcomes the rst cious Foodcourt that serves good wave of shoppers as soon as he opened the mall's doors to food . . . fast on the the second oor. the public. SM Prime Holdings president Hans T. Sy welcomes Saranggani Congressman and world boxing champion Manny Paquiao and his wife Jinkee and General Santos congressman Pedro Acharon, Jr. during SM City General Santos blessing. The elegant glass elevator makes shopping more fun in SM City General Santos.

Cinema goers at SM City General Santos can enjoy the four (4) state-of-the-art digital cinemas with brightly colored Mrs. Sufragia Salazar and her son Roman red and white lobbies.

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com

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Mikael Daez He is one of the few Kapuso talents whose face appears on television commercials even if you constantly switch channels. This makes Mikael ubiquitous these days and probably the very same reason why the Malacanang chose him as one of its peace ambassadors. The Mistress Who says people are damn tired of formulaic movies? Not different from the previous romantic drama released by Star Cinema, The Mistress, which stars John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, earned a whopping P100M on its rst week at the tills. Is it safe to assume that the public watched the movie not because of the story but because of it stars? Bench The local apparel label has more than 25 reasons to celebrate and Adam Levines addition to its roster of international celebrity endorsers is just one of them. Bench is consistent in its branding thats why for the longest time, its closest rival, amid featuring some Hollywood names, cant keep up with the competition.

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GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) ended the month of August on a positive note as it topped rival stations in nationwide TV ratings, according to Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
Based on full August data (Aug. 1 to 25 ofcial data; Aug. 26 to 31 overnight data), the Kapuso network registered an average of 34 percent in total day (6 a.m. to 12 midnight) household audience shares in National Urban Philippines, 1.3 percentage points ahead of ABS-CBNs 32.7, and 19.2 percentage points of TV5s 14.8. In comparison with the previous month, GMA was the only broadcast company whose total day household audience share across all areas (inclusive of the Visayas-Mindanao regions) increased in August, as driven by improved shares in the evening block (6 p.m. to 11 p.m), where viewing levels are at their highest. GMA remained undisputed and topped all dayparts in the important areas of Urban Luzon and Mega Manila, which represent 77 and 59.5 percent of total urban television households in the country, respectively. In Urban Luzon, Nielsen data show that GMA hiked up its total day household audience share compared to the previous month from 37.1 to 38 percent. ABS-CBN scored only 28.6 percent while TV5 lagged farther behind with 14.1 percent. GMA also maintained its solid performance in Mega Manila, even increasing its total day average from 37.9 percent in July to 39.1 percent in August. On the other hand, ABS-CBN managed 26.4 percent, while TV5 got only 14.9 percent. In the afternoon block (12 noon to 6 p.m), GMA posted double-digit margins in audience share over its closest competitor. GMA beat ABSCBN in the afternoon block by 13.9 points in NUTAM, 22.1 points in Urban Luzon, and 24.8 points in Mega Manila. Meanwhile, in the evening block, GMA almost doubled its audience share lead in Urban Luzon and Mega Manila over ABS-CBN relative to July. GMAs margin over ABS-CBN widened from 1.6 to 4.1 points in Urban Luzon, and from 4.2 to 7.9 points in Mega Manila. In NUTAM, GMA increased its audience share by 2.2 points while ABS-CBNs viewership level remained the same. GMA also dominated the list of top programs in Urban Luzon and Mega Manila. Twenty Kapuso shows gured in the most watched program list in Urban Luzon. These are Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 24 Oras, Makapiling Kang Muli, Kapuso Movie Night, Luna Blanca: Ang Ikalawang Yugto, Eat Bulaga, One True Love, Wish Ko Lang, and Kaps Amazing Stories, among others. There were also 20 GMA programs in the list of the 30 top programs in Mega Manila with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho topping the list. Other high-rating Kapuso shows in Mega Manila include 24 Oras, Makapiling Kang Muli, Kapuso Movie Night, Luna Blanca, Eat Bulaga, One True Love, Wish Ko Lang, and Imbestigador. The Nielsen TV Audience Measurement has a sample size of 1,190 homes in Mega Manila versus

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time with their fans in Davao recently during the Kadayawan Festival. They rode the Kapuso oat during the Kadayawan Grand Float Parade and headlined the Kapuso Mall Show at SM City Davao on Aug.19. Costars Janine Gutierrez, Benedict Campos, John Lapuz, Mark Gil, and Rio Locsin joined the pair. Sarah is very much thankful that after her lead role in the top-rating show Kokak, she became a part of Makapiling Kang Muli, which ended on Sept. 9. Sarah admits that she is a workaholic and that she considers her breaks in her home network as a blessing. Everything is a blessing from God. I just love my job and Im thankful to GMA for the continuous projects, she says. Richard says, We always need to be inspired, feel good, and be happy. One can be inspired for so many reasons. It doesnt have to be a person, it can be because of work. When asked how his love life is, Richard simply smiles and says, My mom likes Sarah. Also joining in the celebration of the colorful Kadayawan Festival were the cast of GMA Films Just One Summer led by Elmo Magalona and Julie Anne San Jose. Lexi Fernandez, Sef Cadayona, and Steven Silva were also there along with the stars of One True Love, Alden Richards, Louise de los Reyes, Lucho Ayala, Benjie Paras, and Raymond Bagatsing. On Aug. 17, fans of the stars of Just one Summer welcomed them in barangays Talomo and Panacan for the Kapuso Barangayan. They also headed on to NCCC Mall for the Kapuso Mall Show in which Sam Pinto joined later. The following day, One True Love captured the hearts of Davaoeos during the Kapuso Barangayan in Buhangin and at the Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan Street Dance Competition at Rizal Park. They were then joined by La Diva at the Atrium of Gaisano Mall of Davao for the Kapuso Mall Show. As the Yuletide season approaches, Life And Style With Ricky Reyes will feature some lucky recipients of early and surprise gifts this Saturday. Two avid fans requests to meet and bond with their respective idols are granted by host-producer Ricky Reyes. An employee who has been saving to experience the delightful water sports in Subic, Zambales need not do it any longer as the show takes him to the place where he is given a weekend treat. A middle class family used to dream of setting foot on the Golden Sunset Resort they watch in awe via its TV commercial every Saturday. When the beauty guru-host learned about this, the brood got an all expense paid two-day vacation with free transportation to the 18 hectare Calatagan, Batangas resort. One of Rickys favorite charity projects is the Childhaus, a temporary shelter for ailing children and their guardians. It is now eight years old and the volunteers and staff . along with inmates will have a bagful of surprises. Not only foodstuff, clothes, books and medicines on its anniversary, buta new home. More donors, Filipinos and foreigners like American philanthropist Yank Barry (with Reyes and

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Dingdong Avanzado The crooner is celebrating his 25th year in music business. To mark this milestone he launched a new album featuring his collaboration with some of the brightest names in the industry. We are just wondering though, in 25 long years, why he hasnt produced any memorable song? Bwakaw In the absence of lms with universal appeal, the Film Academy of the Philippines designated this indie movie to represent the country in the foreign lm category of the annual Oscars. Knowing FAP and its members concept of an excellent cinematic work, we no longer expect Bwakaw to even make the shortlist. Julie Anne San Jose Regular publicity and simultaneous Twitter and blog promotion didnt translate her launching movie with Elmo Magalona to the box ofce. But the teen singeractress is not bothered by the disappointing result. Thats the spirit! We just hope GMA Network would still give her another big screen project. Thats not going to be soon, though.

Laugh out loud with the comic divas Tessie Tomas, Mitch Valdez and Nanette Inventor

Kantar Medias 770 homes. Nielsen also has a nationwide sample size of 2,000 homes compared to the lower sample size of 1,370 utilized by Kantar Media. GMA likewise remained to be the most protable local broadcast company. GMAs bottomline for the rst half of the year settled at P1.014 billion on the back of improved advertising revenues.

Viva Concerts and Events present The Comic Divas at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila starring Nanette Inventor, Tessie Tomas, and Mitch Valdez at 8 p.m on Sept. 26. Nanette, Tessie and Mitch are talented actresses whose innate gift for words and excellent timing turned them into successful comics. Expect an evening of smart, intelligent, no holds barred laughter when these three ladies, acknowledged

Comic divas at Resorts World

masters of live comedy shows, get together on stage. Sure to add to the fun as he joins his idols for the very rst time, is Jon Santos as the special guest. Nanette started out as a singer. She was a member of the Blackbuster band and a most-in-demand cover version artist. Her interpretation of Gary Granadas Salamat Musika won hit the Grand Prize at the 7th Metropop Music Festival. She hit the bigtime as a comedienne when writer and director Joey Reyes tapped her to become the nouveau riche matron Dona Buding on television. Tessie started out as a writer and she moved into doing stand-up routines on stage. She excelled with various characters but her most successful and her most enduring is that of Meldita, based on former rst lady Imelda Marcos. Tessie was so good with this that she was offered the role of Mrs. Marcos in A Dangerous Life. She also hosted the long-running talk show Teysi Ng Tahanan and starred in the sitcom, Abangan Ang Susunod Na Kabanata.. Mitch was one of the young talents in Super Laff-ln. She has since then built a solid career as a versatile and award-winning actress on stage. Gypsy, Katy, the movies Oro, Plata, Mata; Manila After Dark, and TV shows Champoy and Star Power. But it is as comedian on stage that Mitch is most successful. Remember the shows Tit For Tat, Juicy Cat Dolls in which she starred with Nanette. Nanette, Tessie or Mitch alone is already a riot so having them together in one show is a sure re hit. For Tickets to Comic Divas call the Resorts World Manila box ofce (9088888), Viva Concerts (687-7236) and Ticketworld (891-9999). The stars of GMA Networks Makapiling Kang Muli led by rumored off-screen sweethearts Richard Gutierrez and Sarah Lahbati spent

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young inmates in the picture) have made this project survive. The motorcade from Ofelia Village, Project 8 to Kamuning will be featured on the show. Life and Style is a production of ScriptoVision. Do not fail to stay tuned every Saturday for the latest on people, events, and places. Lifestyle with Gandang Ricky Reyes airs Saturdays, 10-11 a.m. on GMA News TV (Channel 11).

Annabelle likes Sara

Sarah Lahbati and Richard Gutierrez during the oat parade

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