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Metro area
Govt panel to take up
concerns over cyber law
SC throws out Arroyos
plea to dismiss poll raps
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on coco funds up
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P18.00 Saturday, September 29, 2012
Deputy presidential spokes-
woman Abigail Valte issued
the statement after reports sug-
gested that Interior Secretary
Manuel Roxas II supported the
promotion of an ofcer from
the 1984 graduating class of
the Philippine Military Acad-
emy that adopted him as an
honorary member.
Since the PNP is an at-
tached agency of the Depart-
ment of Interior and Local
Government, usually the secre-
tary is also [consulted], Valte
said. However, allow me to
stress that it is the President
who makes the nal decision.
Sources said the President
favored PNP Deputy Director
General Allan Purisima, a mem-
ber of the PMA Class 1981 and
a former close-in security ofcer
By Sara Susanne
D. Fabunan
THE deployment of drones
or unmanned aerial vehicles
over the disputed West Philip-
pine Sea was justied and le-
gal, Chinese Defense Ministry
spokesman Yang Yujun said on
Friday.
Yang made the statement
after Defense Department
spokesman Peter Paul Galvez
expressed concerned over the
deployment of drones, saying
that might undermine efforts
towards the peaceful resolution
of the territorial dispute over the
West Philippine Sea.
In a press brieng, Yang said
China had indisputable sover-
eignty over Huangyan Island
[Panatag Island], Nansha Is-
lands [Spratlys] and their adja-
cent waters.
Therefore, Chinese air-
craft ying in the airspace in
question is justied and legal,
he said.
By Sara Susanne
D. Fabunan
THE United States Embassy on
Friday warned its citizens staying
in Manila and its vicinity to take
extra precautions against any pos-
sible threats to their safety.
The embassy said security
forces had detected a possible
threat specically in Pasay City
and its neighboring areas, and that
its warning to its citizens would be
in force until Oct. 10. The embas-
sy has a hospital and a residential
property called Seafront on Roxas
Boulevard in Pasay City.
The embassy cited no reasons
for its warning, but it could be
related to the continuing Mus-
lim protests worldwide against
By Joyce Pangco Paares
and Othel Campos
A MALACAANG task force assigned to nd ways
for coconut farmers to benet from the P100 billion
levy fund has a deadline to submit its recommenda-
tion to President Aquino on Oct. 5, Deputy Presiden-
tial spokeswoman Abigail Valte said on Friday.
Valte said the Presidential Task Force on the
KATMANDUA plane car-
rying trekkers to the Mount
Everest region hit a bird and
crashed just after takeoff Fri-
day in Nepals capital, killing
the 19 Nepali, British and Chi-
nese people on board, authori-
ties said.
The pilot of the domestic
Sita Air ight reported trouble
two minutes after takeoff and
appeared to have been trying
to turn back, said Katmandu
airport ofcial Ratish Chandra
By Joyce Pangco Paares
AN INTER-AGENCY group that
will draft the implementing rules
and regulations of the newly-en-
acted Cybercrime Prevention Act
will look into concerns raised on
provisions on online libel and the
laws takedown clause.
While expressing condence
that the law will stand legal scru-
tiny, deputy presidential spokes-
person Abigail Valte said the
inter-agency group can study the
opposition raised against certain
provisions of the act.
The group is composed of
representatives from the Depart-
ment of Justice, Department of
Interior and Local Government,
and the Information Commu-
nication Technology Ofce of
the Department of Science and
Technology.
Valte also welcomed the ling
of the fth complaint by a group
of journalists and lawyers against
the law instead of online activists
hacking government websites as
a form of protest.
By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan
THE Foreign Affairs Department on Friday
canceled the passports of former Palawan gov-
ernor Joel Reyes and his brother Mario, the
former Mayor of Coron, who are both wanted
for the murder of journalist and activist Gerry
Ortega early last year.
Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Jaime
Victor Ledda said the department also canceled
the passport of a certain Joseph Lim Pe, the name
allegedly used by Reyes to be able to leave the
country for Vietnam,a week before a warrant for
his arrest and a hold-departure order was issued.
The Department has notied the Philippine
Embassies and Consulates General abroad to
conscate the passports of the above fugitives
from justice in the event that these travel docu-
ments are presented for any consular service and
forward them to the Department immediately,
Ledda said in a letter to lawyer Maria Cristina
Garcia-Ramirez on Sept. 20.
Ramirez is the lawyer of the family of Or-
tega.
Ortegas daughter Michaella earlier asked
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court has upheld
the indictment of former Presi-
dent and now Pampanga Rep.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on
electoral sabotage charges, sourc-
es said Friday.
In an en banc session Tuesday,
the justices voted unanimously
to dismiss the petition of Arroyo
questioning the constitutionality
of the charges led by a joint panel
from the Commission on Elections
and the Justice Department.
A copy of the decision written
by Associate Justice Diosdado Per-
alta was yet to be made available to
the press, but a Court insider said
all justices agreed during delibera-
tions that the petition was moot and
academic since the trial had already
begun, with Arroyo pleading not
guilty in her arraignment.
The justices also said the cre-
ation of the joint Comelec-Justice
Department panel was legal and
Aquino has last say
on next PNP chief
WEATHER
TYPHOON Lawin left the Phil-
ippines on Friday after battering
Northern Luzon for the past several
days, the weather bureau said.
But weather forecaster Aldzcar
Aurelio said it would still be rainy in
extreme Northern Luzon, specically
Underpass now open. President Benigno Aquino III, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., and Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson lead
the inaugural drive formally opening C-3 Road, a 440-meter underpass in Santo Domingo on Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, designed to improve
the trafc ow in the area.
Towering inferno. Nepalese gather around the burning wreckage
at the crash site of a Sita Air airplanenear Kathmandu early Friday. The
crash killed 19 Nepali, British and Chinese citizens on board. AP
The protest continues. Muslims gather at Mendiola Bridge near Malacaang in Manila to protest
against the anti-Muslim lm Innocence of Muslims. DANNY PATA
One life.
Senate Presi-
dent Juan Ponce
Enrile holds up a
copy of his new
book, Juan Ponce
Enrile: A Memoir,
at its launching
at the ABS-CBN
compound.
JOE ARAZAS
Lawin leaves PH,
but rain to persist
Jamby, Bam join
LP senatorial bets
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By Joyce P. Paares
PRESIDENT Beni-
gno Aquino III will
have the nal say
on who will be the
next chief of the
Philippine National
Police, the Palace
said Friday.
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By Joyce Pangco Paares
and Macon Ramos-
Araneta
THE Presidents cousin, Paolo Beni-
gno Aquino, and former Senator Ma.
Ana Consuelo Jamby Madrigal on
Friday took their oaths as members
of the ruling Liberal Party before
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P3-million donation. Marikina Mayor Del de Guzman receives a firetruck from Fumio Otani, corporate representative-Asia of Toshiba Corp.,
Japan, and managing director of Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Singapore, during the turnover ceremonies for the Toshiba Groups donation of
rescue and relief operations equipment to the city government of Marikina. The Toshiba Group of Companies donated P3 million worth of rescue
and relief operations equipment to the city.
SC...
dismissed Mrs. Arroyos as-
sertion that the preliminary
investigation violated the
poll bodys independence.
The source said most of
the justices believed that
the Justice Department was
merely deputized by the poll
body, which still had con-
trol and supervision over the
preliminary investigation.
The justices also noted
that it was the Comelec that
filed the case before the Pa-
say regional trial court.
The tribunal also junked
Mrs. Arroyos argument that
the joint probe violated the
equal protection clause of the
Constitution since it singled out
certain persons and incidents
in the 2004 and 2007 polls.
Four justices dissented in
this opinion. Associate Justices
Arturo Brion, Teresita Leonar-
do-De Castro, Roberto Abad
and Jose Catral-Mendoza, all
appointees of Mrs. Arroyo,
said the preliminary investiga-
tion was unconstitutional since
the Comelec alone had power
to investigate election offenses.
The Supreme Court con-
ducted oral arguments on the
case in November and De-
cember last year after Mrs.
Arroyo was arrested on Nov.
18, just a few hours after
the Comelec filed a criminal
case before the Pasay court.
Also on Friday, Mrs. Ar-
royos husband, Jose Miguel
Arroyo, asked the anti-cor-
ruption court to junk a plun-
der case filed against him
over a scrubbed broadband
network deal with China
on the grounds that he was
never a government official.
In testimony before the
Fourth Division of the Sandi-
ganbayan, Mr. Arroyo asserted
that the anti-graft court had
no jurisdiction over him be-
cause he was a private citizen.
He also said the case in-
volved a deal that was signed
in China, putting it out-
side the jurisdiction of the
court under the Anti-Graft
and Corrupt Practices Act.
With Merck Maguddayao
Task...
...
Coco Levy Fund was ex-
pected to recommend the
body that will handle the
funds representing 24 per-
cent bloc of San Miguel Corp
shares and how it will be dis-
bursed to benefit the farmers.
The task force will final-
ize its recommendations be-
cause the President has asked
them to come up with a re-
port on the issues surround-
ing the coco levy fund in light
of the ruling of the Supreme
Court, Valte told reporters.
While the issue on the co-
conut levy fund was pending,
Malacaangs efforts to raise
more revenue from mining
hit a snag as the Environment
Eepartment suspended the im-
plementing rules on the Min-
ing Law to accommodate the
amendments sought by stake-
holders in the mining industry.
The rules, which were sched-
uled to take effect today, was
called off to allow revisions on
several issues that the Cham-
ber of Mines of the Philippines
said could hurt the industry.
Environment Secretary
Ramon Paje will sign the
amended rules on Monday.
Then we will have it published
so that it can take effect, said
Mines and Geosciences Bu-
reau Director Leo Jasareno.
The P100-billion coconut
levy funds came from taxes
collected from coconut farm-
ers during the administra-
tion of former strongman
Ferdinand Marcos. It was
used to purchase the Coconut
Planters Bank and block of
shares in the food and bever-
age giant San Miguel Corp.
The fund was sequestered
by the government when Mar-
cos was ousted from office in
1986. Several petitioners had
challenged the ownership of
the shares, but the Supreme
Court had ruled with finality
that it belonged to the govern-
ment and should be used for
the benefit of coconut farmers.
Members of the Task Force
on the Coco Levy Fund include
representatives from the Presi-
dential Management Staff,
National Anti-Poverty Com-
mission, Presidential Commis-
sion on Good Government,
Department of Agriculture,
Department of Agrarian Re-
form, Department of Finance,
Department of Budget and the
Philippine Coconut Authority.
Mining companies said they
would go to court to challenge
the rules if constitutional in-
firmities were not addressed
such as the automatic expira-
tion of 25-year contract unless
renewed subject to existing
laws, rules and regulations.
The Chamber of Mines
of the Philippines consid-
ered it and other provisions
ambigous and said the gov-
ernment must appease in-
vestor apprehensions to at-
tract quality investments.
We are for the protection
of the environment and ecol-
ogy. We seek the advance-
ment of human rights, in-
digenous peoples rights and
the welfare of our host com-
munities, the Chamber of
Mines said in a statement.
We will continue to work
with President Aquino and
his government as well as
the legislature to achieve a
more prosperous and harmo-
nious Philippines, it said.
Govt...
..
Its good that these com-
plaints are being taken to the
proper forum because the Su-
preme Court is the proper fo-
rum for any challenges to any
alleged unconstitutionalities to
any particular ordinance, ex-
ecutive order, or, for that mat-
ter, a republic act, Valte said.
Valte said the law has
been reviewed thoroughly by
Malacaang, including the
provision on online libel that
was inserted at the bicameral
level, before it was signed by
President Benigno Aquino III.
The Office of the Execu-
tive Secretary usually pre-
pares the evaluation and then
submits the evaluation to the
President and, on that ba-
sis, the President decides to
sign it or to veto, Valte said.
Valte said she personally
did not expect the surge of
complaints against the law
since nobody was raising an
objection when it was be-
ing discussed in Congress.
In their 41-page petition for
certiorari and prohibition, the
petitioners composed of jour-
nalists and lawyers asked the
high court to issue a temporary
restraining order or a writ of
prohibitory injunction against
the implementation of the law.
The petitioners wanted the
high court to struck down
as unconstitutional provi-
sions in the law contained in
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 19.
Sections 4 and 5 tackle the
various offenses covered under
the Cybercrime Act, including
online libel, which the petition-
ers said was in violation of the
peoples right to free speech.
Sections 6 and 7 hands down
a higher-degree of punishment
for people found guilty of libel
and allows them to be charged
separately under the Revised Pe-
nal Code for the same offense.
The petitioners said this was
against the constitutional prohi-
bition against double jeopardy.
The group also questioned
Section 19 of the law, known as
the takedown clause, that gives
the Department of Justice the
authority to restrict or block ac-
cess to computer data that would
be found prima facie in viola-
tion of the Cybercrime Law.
Lawin...
...
the Batanes Group of Islands,
due to the southwest mon-
soon enhanced by the typhoon.
Strong to gale force winds will
still affect the seaboards of North-
ern Luzon and Central Luzon.
The weather bureaus bulletin
at 4 p.m. Friday said Lawin was
last spotted 365 kilometers north-
east of Itbayat, Batanes, while
moving northeast at 17 kilome-
ters per hour. The typhoon will be
in Taiwan by Saturday morning.
Metro Manila, the Ilocos,
Cagayan Valley, the Cordille-
ras, Central Luzon and South-
ern Tagalog will be cloudy
with occasional light to mod-
erate rain or thunderstorms.
The Visayas and Mindanao
will be partly cloudy with brief
rain showers or thunderstorms
in the afternoon or evening.
Moderate to strong winds will
prevail over Luzon and Eastern
Visayas, wherethe coastal wa-
ters will be moderate to rough.
Elsewhere, the winds will be
light to moderate and the seas slight
to moderate. Jonathan Fernandez
DFA...
...
the Supreme Court to disbar
lawyer Hermi Aban, who was
representing the Reyes brothers
co-accused, Arturo Regalado.
She accused Aban of conspir-
ing with the Reyes brothers in
escaping to Vietnam and delib-
erately misleading the courts
on the suspects whereabouts.
Ortegas daughter also cited
reports and documents both
from the Philippine and Viet-
namese Immigration bureaus
confirming the departure from
the Philippines and arrival in
Vietnam of Joseph Lim Pe, Ma-
rio Reyes and Aban in March.
She said that, based on a flight
manifest, Aban was seated next
to the former governor. From
Vietnam, the Reyeses report-
edly proceeded to Thailand.
Aban later returned to the
country alone. Ledda added
that Foreign Affairs likewise re-
quested the embassies and con-
sulates abroad to inform police
and immigration authorities of
host countries and other areas
under their respective consular
jurisdictions on the cancel-
lation of the passports of the
Reyes brothers for possible ar-
rest and immediate deportation.
The former Palawan governor
allegedly used a fake passport
bearing the name of Pe to able to
leave for Vietnam on March 18.
On Aug. 29, whistle-
blower Sandra Cam and for-
mer solicitor general Frank
Chavez presented a witness
who claimed that he used to
work as a driver for Immi-
gration bureau administra-
tive officer Rogelio Udarbe.
The witness said it was Udarbe
and another immigration officer
identified as Wesley Gutier-
rez who facilitated the Reyeses
escape with Abans assistance.
Ortega was shot in the head
and died instantly on Janu-
ary 24, 2011, inside a clothing
shop in Puerto Princesa City.
The gunman was later arrested.
The broadcaster was known
as a hard-hitting critic of
mining operators in Pala-
wan, which was a constant
subject in his radio program
Ramatak. He also exposed
the corruption behind the bil-
lion-dollar Malampaya fund.
He was also involved in co-
ordinating a project with the
Save Palawan Movement
that had gathered at least 10
million signatures to call for a
total mining ban in Palawan.
Reyes, his brother Mario
and several others were in-
dicted for Ortegas murder.
In August, Malacaang
raised the reward for the
capture of the Reyessib-
lings to P2-million each.
US...
. . .
the anti-Muslim film Inno-
cence of Muslims that was
produced in the United States.
The US Embassy advises
American citizens in the Phil-
ippines that a threat against
American citizens in metro-
politan Manila, specifically the
Pasay City neighborhood, has
been detected by reliable secu-
rity forces, the advisory says.
US Embassy spokeswoman
Tina Malone said the US am-
bassador to the Philippines
had ordered heightened se-
curity for all American gov-
ernment facilities in Manila.
We are [now] coordinat-
ing with Philippine authorities
who have assured the embassy
that security would be in-
creased in our facility, Malone
said in a telephone interview.
We are confident in their
ability to protect us and
we want to thank them for
their increased support.
When asked about any spe-
cific threats in Pasay City,
Malone said: Unfortunately,
I dont have a specific threat.
As you noted in the text
from the [emergency] mes-
sage itself, it states that a
threat was detected by re-
liable security forces and
that we released the mes-
sage to inform US citizens
in the Philippines about this
possible threat specifical-
ly in the Pasay City area.
China...
...
Galvez said China had been
deploying drones to conduct
surveillance operations within
the West Philippine Sea area.
He warned that should those
drones enter the 20-nautical
mile, exclusive economic zone
of the Philippines, the military
might construe it as an attack and
fire at the drones accidentally.
Galvez also asked Beijing
to inform Manila should the
drones enter Philippine territory.
But Yang responded that
China opposed any military
provocation in its territories.
The Chinese official said the
flying of the drones were in
compliance with the directive
of Chinas State Oceanic Ad-
ministration on Sunday, which
ordered the Defense Ministry to
deploy drones to strengthen Bei-
jings marine surveillance and
step up efforts to enhance its sur-
veillance on the islands and is-
lets, including the Diaoyu in the
East China Sea, and Huangyan.
China claims to own al-
most the entire South China
Sea or 90 percent of the sea
based on its nine-dash line.
The Chinese based their
claim on historical documents
instead of the internationally
accepted United Nations Con-
vention on the Law of the Sea.
The Philippines and China
are locked in a standoff over
ownership of the Panatag or
Scarborough Shoal or Bajo
de Masinloc near Zambales
province, as well as over
the Subi reef, Hasa-Hasa
Shoal, Commodore Reef,
and the Reed bank off the
coast of Palawan province.
Nepal...
Suman. The crash site is only
500 meters from the air-
port, and the wrecked plane
was pointing toward the air-
port area. Suman said the
plane hit a vulture just after
it took off, causing the crash.
Suman said he could not
confirm whether the plane
was already on fire before
it crashed. Cellphone video
shot by locals showed that the
front section of the plane was
on fire when it first hit the
ground, and that the pilot ap-
parently had attempted to land
the plane on open ground AP
Jamby... ...
President Benigno Aqui-
no III in Malacanang.
House Majority Leader
Neptali Gonzales II earlier
confirmed that Madrigal and
Aquino were joining the ad-
ministration coalitions sena-
torial slate for the 2013 polls.
Madrigal used to be with
the Partido ng Demokra-
tikong Pilipino-Laban of Vice
President Jejomar Binay.
With Aquino and Madrigal
on board, the LP members who
will form part of the admin-
istration slate has climbed to
three, the other being former
Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
Gonzales said other candi-
dates who would most likely fill
the administration slate were-
Senators Alan Peter Cayetano
and Antonio Trillanes IV, former
Las Pias Rep. Cynthia Villar of
the Nacionalista Party, Senator
Francis Escudero, Aurora Rep.
Sonny Angara, Senator Aqui-
lino Pimentel III of the Partido
Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng
Bayan, former Akbayan Rep.
Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, and
Movie and Television Review
and Classification Board chair-
person Grace Poe-Llamanzares.
Mr. Aquino earlier asked
two party members to stay
in their respective posts in-
stead of running for senators
in the 2013 midterm polls.
The President has convinced
Customs Commissioner Rufino
Biazon and Technical Education
and Skills Development Author-
ity director general Joel Vil-
lanueva against pursuing their
senatorial bids after meeting
with the two officials separately.
Meanwhile, Senator Miriam
Defensor Santiago warned the
senators who were hoping to run
as common candidates of both
the administration and the op-
position that they might end up
with no support from either side.
In every election, the basic
problem is how to convince
every senator in the ticket to
campaign for the whole ticket.
Usually, a senatoriable ends
up campaigning only for him-
self or his special friends.
Speaking before a Banco De
Oro-sponsored business fo-
rum in Bacolod City on Friday,
Santiago said that if a senator
in one ticket was adopted as a
common candidate by the other
ticket, usually the reaction of
the other candidates from both
ickets were envy and suspicion.
In the last senatorial elec-
tions where Santiago was
one of the topnotchers, she
filed her certificate of can-
didacy under her own Peo-
ples Reform Party but at
the same time was the com-
mon candidate of the Nacio-
nalista Party under Senator
Manny Villar, the Pwersa ng
Masang Pilipino under for-
mer President Joseph Es-
trada and the Lakas-Kampi-
CMD Party under former
President Gloria Arroyo.
The phenomenon of com-
mon candidates might indi-
cate that the surveys rule the
campaign. If a senatoriable
does not rank high in the sur-
veys, he is likely to be dropped
and replaced with someone
in the top 12, Santiago said.
Aquino...
of the late President Corazon Aquino.
They added, however, that Roxas,
who is widely expected to run for
President in 2016, was lobbying for
Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta, head
of the Firearms and Explosives Di-
vision, to be the next police chief.
Roxas dismissed the reports as hog-
wash, but lawmakers on Friday op-
posed what they said appeared to be
an Ilonggo republic within the PNP,
with the Liberal Party allegedly en-
gaging the services of three former
police officials as consultants ahead
of the 2016 presidential elections.
House Assistant Majority Lead-
er Sherwin Tugna of the Citizens
Battle Against Corruption said
the position of polce chief should
be above politics and patronage.
The PNP should not be politicized. It
should be professionalized and there should
be meritocracy in promotions, Tugna said.
Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua, a member
of the opposition, agreed. We should put
an end to... patronage politics... in the se-
lection of the next PNP chief, he said.
Influential politicians allied with the
Aquino government and Interior Secretary
Mar Roxas should refrain from creating an
Ilonggo republic in the PNP, Fua added.
Basilan Rep. Jim Hataman said
the Presidents favored candidate
should prevail as Mr. Aquino was the
one who had the appointing power.
It would be understandable if Secre-
tary Roxas would recommend [his own
choice], but President Aquino still has the
final say on the matter, Hataman said.
Minority Leader Danilo Suarez,
on the other hand, said he saw noth-
ing wrong in giving Roxas a say
in choosing the next police chief.
Even if the President has the appoint-
ing power, I believe that he should listen
to Mar, he said, noting that it was Roxas
who must work with the police chief.
The President had earlier asked
police chief Nicanor Bartolome to
consider retiring earlier to give his
successor more time to prepare for
the 2013 mid-term elections in May.
Bartolome, who reaches retire-
ment age on March 16, 2013, de-
clined Mr. Aquinos request, saying he
would not leave office one day earlier.
Earlier, the President said that
would give his successor barely two
months to prepare for the May elec-
tions, a situation he described as mis-
sion impossible. With Maricel Cruz
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Philconsa award for FVR. Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, president of the Philippine Constitution Association, congratulates former
president Fidel V. Ramos (right) after receiving the Plaque of Recognition for The Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the PHILCONSA
which marks its 51st anniversary at the Manila Hotel. Looking are (from left) former Ombudsman Aniano Desierto,Philconsa executive vice
president; Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim; former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, president emeritus; and lawyer Manuel Lazaro, chairman-CEO.
Romualdez said in his speech taht it was during the Ramos administration that the government sealed a landmark pact with the Muslim
secessionist and his frequent travels abroad spurred interest investor interest in the country. VER NOVENO
Gearing up. The Ninoy Aquino International Airport has acquired additional push carts/
trolleys in anticipation of the influx of tourists and balikbayans coming in during the holidays.
ERIC APOLONIO
The Senate and the House of
Representatives said that under
House Bill 6410, the military will
be transformed into a multi-mis-
sion oriented force capable of
addressing internal and external
security threats.
The proposed law, which
amends the AFP Moderniza-
tion Act, earmarks P75 billion
for the rst ve years subject to
the capacity of the National De-
fense department to utilize and
implement the program in ac-
cordance with the Defense Sys-
tem of Management.
The Revised AFP Moderniza-
tion Program Planning and Pro-
curement is a strategy-driven,
capability-based multi-year plan-
ning and execution process, ac-
cording to lawmakers.
The measure exempts from the
requirement of public bidding cer-
tain major defense purchases such
as aircraft, vessels, tanks, armored
vehicles, communications equip-
ment and high powered rearms.
The measure also exempts from
value-added tax and customs du-
ties, the sale and importation of
weapons, equipment and ammuni-
tion to the AFP which are directly
and exclusively used for its projects.
A congressional oversight com-
mittee will be composed of six
members from the Senate and six
from the House with the chairmen
of the Committees on National
Defense and Security of both
houses as joint chairmen.
The House panel in the bicam-
eral conference committee led by
Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon,
said that the oversight committee
will evaluate the accomplishment
and impact of the measure to de-
termine if remedial legislation is
needed.
Defense Undersecretary Fer-
nando Manalo earlier said that
AFP had asked Congress to al-
locate P75 billion to beef up the
militarys might.
The old program that began
in 1995 ended in failure in 2010
despite the sale of vast military
lands that could have nanced
modern war materiel.
Manalo said that upgrading the
countrys naval and air defense
assets is critical in view of the ter-
ritorial conict in the West Phil-
ippine Sea.
AFP planners had identied 39
projects worth P75 billion to be car-
ried out over ve years under the
upgrading program, Manalo said.
The Air Force will acquire 21
additional UH-1B multipurpose
helicopters to replace the Vietnam
War-vintage UH-1H (Huey) heli-
copters and 10 attack helicopters
in the next two years, he said.
Under the current program, the
Air Force has acquired four brand
new Sokol uitility choppers from
PZL Swidnik and will soon take
delivery of four more under a
project funded with P3.2 billion.
It also has purchased 18 SfF260
trainer jets from Italy.
The Navy, meanwhile, ac-
quired 2 high-endurance patrol
vessels (formerly Hamilton class
cutters) from the US.
The modernization program
would also include the purchase
of three medium-lift aircraft to
complement the PAFs C-130
Hercules cargo planes, Manalo
said. With Florante Solmerin
By Maricel Cruz
A BICAMERAL panel has ratied a re-
port seeking to extend the Armed Forces
modernization law by another 15 years.
Santiago shares her two cents on borrowing
FILIPINO household service workers
in Saudi Arabia are assured of protec-
tion and added perks, the Department
of Labor said on Friday.
This developed as the Philippines
and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
agreed to a new Standard Employment
Contract that contains stronger guar-
antees for the welfare and protection
of Filipino domestics, Labor Secretary
Rosalinda Baldoz said.
Among the 19 articles or provisions of
the contract are a minimum pay of $400
monthly; rest hours (at least 8 hours of
continuous rest) and rest days (at least
one day per week); and paid vacation
leave in the Philippines (30 days for ev-
ery two years of service with free round-
trip economy class air ticket).
First-time Filipino domestics will be
deployed in October under the terms of
the new service contract, Baldoz said.
With the new SEC both parties have
hammered out and agreed upon, in ad-
dition to the strengthened policies and
measures the DOLE and its agencies,
we are condent that Filipino overseas
workers will get the protection they
need and deserve should they nd it
still desirable to work in Saudi Arabia
as HSWs, she said.
The KSA-Philippine service con-
tract had been suspended since March
2011 when the Saudi government dis-
allowed it, prompting the Philippines
to stop contract processing of new
household workers.
The DoLE chief ordered Administra-
tor Hans Leo Cacdac of the Philippine
Overseas Employment Administra-
tion (POEA), Administrator Carmelita
Dimzon of the Overseas Worker Wel-
fare Administration (OWWA), Philip-
pine Labor Attaches to Saudi Arabia
Albert Valenciano, Alejandro Padaen,
and Adam Musa, and Director Resti-
tuto dela Fuente of the National Re-
integration Center for OFWs to work
with licensed recruitment agencies to
conduct a massive public information
and education campaign, both here in
the Philippines and in Saudi Arabia, on
the major provisions of the new HSW
Standard Employment Contract to fos-
ter adequate knowledge and awareness
on the dos and donts, pros and cons,
and the risks and rewards of living and
working as an worker in Saudi Arabia.
The contract also requires the em-
ployer to provide the household worker
with suitable and sanitary living quar-
ters and adequate food, or equivalent
money allowance; to allow the HSW
to rest if she is sick, to continually pay
her salary, and to shoulder the HSWs
medical expenses.
It also requires Saudi employers to
provide free transportation from the
Philippines and back upon the expira-
tion of the workers two-year contract;
to ensure timely repatriation, including
during cases of termination in which
the worker is not at fault.
In case of death, the employer is required
to repatriate the remains and belongings of
the worker to the Philippines as soon as le-
gally possible and without undue delay. In
the event of war, civil disturbance, or ma-
jor natural calamity, or in case the worker
suffers from serious illness or work injury
medically proven to render her incapable
of completing the contract, the employer is
also required to repatriate the worker at the
employers expense. Vito Barcelo
Household helps in Saudi get extra perks
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
SENATOR Miriam Defensor Santiago on Friday
cautioned the Philippine government against con-
tinually borrowing from foreign sources.
Speaking at a business forum in Bacolod
City, Santiago said the problems of a weak
world economy and the continuing strength-
ening of the peso should deter the Aquino
administration from borrowing abroad.
She said the government should instead
borrow from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
to nance its decit and service its debt.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has of-
fered to accommodate the governments for-
eign exchange needs. It has $80 billion gross
international reserves. I advise the govern-
ment to take on BSPs offer. Its a win-win
situation for both, Santiago said.
Santiago further said borrowing funds from
abroad increases the supply of dollars in the
Philippine system and makes the peso stronger.
She said this has a negative impact on overseas
Filipino workers and their families.
From January to September 2012, OFW remit-
tances grew 5.4%, but the peso appreciated by
5.8%. Hence, while the dollar remittances have
gone up, their value in pesos has gone down.
For OFW workers, if the peso is strong, the
value of their remittances goes down so they have
to send more dollars to their families who live on
a peso budget. Either they draw on their savings
from abroad or they borrow. Either way, their re-
sponse is not sustainable and poses more hardship
for them and their families, she said..
Borrowing from local sources will also
help Filipino savers. On the other hand,
borrowing from abroad will only help
foreigners, she said.
The Ilonggo lawmaker likewise urged the
BSP to continue to limit the seemingly uncon-
trollable entry of hot money into the country.
Because of the gloomy world economic
outlook and the rock-bottom or near-zero
interest rates in the developed world, invest-
ible short-term funds are in search of the best
places where they can park their funds.
The Philippines happens to be an attrac-
tive place for such short-term funds. With its
relatively high interest rates and the strong
likelihood that the peso will continue to
appreciate in value, it makes sense to park
ones investible funds in the Philippines,
she explained.
While this is good for short-term foreign
investors, it wreaks havoc on the domestic
economym she said. Imagine how the strong
peso has adversely affected the lives of many
overseas Filipino workers and workers in ex-
ports businesses, she added.
Lawmaker takes
on Camsur split
A RANKING administration lawmaker on Friday said that
proposed measures on the creation of new districts, estab-
lishment of a city and splitting a province have never been
an issue in Congress and in fact, their passage has normally
faced smooth sailing.
House Majority Leader and Mandaluyong City Rep. Nep-
tali Gonzales II, alluding to the proposed division of the
Camarines Sur, said that lawmakers who have supported or
pushed for gerrymandering, or the reapportionment and re-
districting of congressional districts, do not have to pressure
or resort to intense lobbying among their colleagues to have
their proposal approved.
What the bill authors want is to submit it to a plebiscite,
Gonzales said in an interview. Whats wrong with that?
In terms of splitting the province, its the call of the people.
Its not for me to say what is best for a certain district, in the
same vein that my colleague cannot say what is best for my
district. So, it will get the support in the House. That is how it
is. It will breeze through. No pressure at all, Gonzales added.
Gonzales, a former Arroyo ally, made the statement in
response to the allegations of administration Senator An-
tonio Trillanes IV that former president and Pampanga
Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had called Senate Presi-
dent Juan Ponce Enrile to railroad the approval of House
Bill 4820 or a measure seeking to divide Camarines Sur
into two provinces and create the new province of Nueva
Camarines in the Bicol region. Maricel Cruz
THE Japan Information and Culture
Center of the Embassy of Japan, in
cooperation with the University of the
Philippines Film Institute chose three
lms to represent the Philippines in the
2012 Asian International Childrens
Film Festival in November.
The top three lms are Hope in
Despair by Anna Francesca Coro-
nel, Celina Dimaculangan, and Bea-
trice Valenzuela of (St. Paul Pasig),
Case to Case by Jacob Aaron Ech-
ague, Christopher David Mercado,
and Diego Roberto Torres of (La
Salle Greenhills) and Footbridge by
James Francis Conda and Kyle Rob-
ert Paul Vergara of (San Beda College
Alabang).
The aim of the contest is to
encourage students from high schools
all over ASIA to interpret and capture
in video the theme Life for Me is
Students can choose from a wide range
of topics as the focus of their video -
from family, friendships, hobbies, to
bigger issues such as disasters, war,
and other global issues. The winning
entries will be the videos which
successfully reect the hearts as well
as the minds of the students behind
the camera lenses. Eric Apolonio
SENATOR Edgardo J. Angara is
pressing for the creation of the
Philippine Institute for Aging, a
research institute focused on giving
Filipinos longer and better lives.
Angara cited a report from the Asian
Development Bank that pension
systems in many parts of developing
Asia including the Philippines are
unprepared and underfunded to meet
the needs of the regions rapidly aging
population.
He said the proposed Institute seeks
to generate science and research-
based solutions to guide policymaking
on social, legal, economic and
physiological issues surrounding
aging in the country. Macon Ramos-
Araneta
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
BEING poor and unschooled at the
same time is self-evident. But what do
we call those who are able to read and
write and remain impoverished?
In his recent talk in Baguio City,
Secretary Herminio Coloma said the
countrys 96-percent literacy rate did
not reect well the conditions in the
bigger segment of the population.
Keynoting the National Literacy
Conference and Awards at Teachers
Camp, he said income distribution was
inequitable given that economic classes
D and E comprised 77 percent of the
population, while the rich composed 10
percent or nine million of the more than
92 million Filipinos.
To drive home the point that books,
paper and pencil do not guarantee a
place above the poverty threshold, he
singled out two countries in the same
boat as the Philippines.
Citing a 2011 United Nations
Development Programme, Coloma said
Cuba had a 99-percent literacy level,
a feat tempting one to think osmosis
beneted the islanders courtesy of the
late Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway
who made Havana his watering hole.
In the 1930s, he stayed in Room 511
of the Ambos Mundos Hotel to work on
For Whom the Bell Tolls that earned him
wnough to buy Finca la Vigia, which
later became his permanent abode.
In the same UNDP report, North
Korea showed 99 percent literacy
for some unclear reason amid the
secretiveness of Pyongyang.
Drawing from widely known
conditions above the 38th parallel,
Coloma underscored the intermittent
episodes of famine and widespread
hunger in North Korea, negating any
positive value of achieving a high
literacy rate.
At what price is the government
willing to pay to deal with what
Coloma describes as a lopsided
income spread?
He says investing in education and
health through the modied conditional
cash transfer program should give a
better prospect than what a command
economy in North Korea and Cuba has
failed to deliver.
Other than its connotation of a free
lunch, this dole should be made to
work hard and yield a labor climate
conducive to business and top quality
employment to go with it.
The price of literacy
Service that sucks
TO use the language of the young,
the service of the telcos sucks, so
said Senator Franklin Drilon dur-
ing the Senate inquiry on the qual-
ity of service being provided by the
countrys telecommunication com-
panies.
The good senator, like many
customers and subscribers, voiced
the complaints of dropped calls,
delayed text messages and garbled
lines. Drilon heads the Senate fi-
nance committee that is hearing the
P259-million budget of the National
Telecommunications Commission.
The word
sucks, when de-
scribing the qual-
ity of service pro-
vided by the tel-
cos, is also quite
literal in this case
because hard-
earned money
paid by subscrib-
ers and the lowly
call-as-you-load
customers, is
sucked up -- like
a vacuum cleaner
sucks up dirt and other small object
-- when calls are disconnected and
messages are either delayed or not
delivered.
This is criminal.
Hello, Globe and Smart, are you
listening? Well, maybe not to us
poor suckers who fill up the coffers
of your billion-peso industry. But
do listen to NTC chief Gamaliel
Cordoba who warned that unless the
telcos improve their service, they
would not be granted an increase
of new subscribers. The phrase the
NTC chief used was moratorium
on new subscribers. Hmmm.
To many Smart and Globe cus-
tomers, the NTC warning to decon-
gest their mobile network is merely
a slap on the wrist. A rebate, if not
a refund, would be more in order
for the millions of telco customers
whose precious pesos get sucked up
by the big mean machine of corpo-
rate greed.
We hope the NTC wont forget
to follow through once it gets its
budget approved. We recall that
time when Senator Juan Ponce En-
rile complained about his unjustly
programmed-to-expire SIM cards
and cellphone load. After the brou-
haha, nothing else was heard from
the telcos except for the recording
on our cellphones when we load
which says, you have successfully
loaded XX amount which you must
use before XX date.
Cordoba assured the Drilon com-
mittee that the NTC would assess
the telcos performance and if there
has been any improvement on their
service by the end of September.
If there is no significant improve-
ment, the NTC said it would impose
a moratorium on new subscribers
to decongest mobile network traffic.
Thats cold comfort to the millions
of cell phone users who are mostly
those who belong to the category
who can only call after they have
loaded.
Almost everyone in this country
owns a cellphone. From the lowly
tricycle driver, waiters, white-collar
employees to company executives,
the cell phone has become ubiqui-
tous as everyday wear. One feels
naked, if not isolated, without it.
This is a supply-and-demand mar-
ket that cellphone snatchers know
only too well.
The dropped or delayed text mes-
sages and the disconnected calls are
two of the prob-
lems encountered
by telco custom-
ers. The other ir-
ritating practice
of the telcos is
clogging your cell
phones with their
promotional mes-
sages and charg-
ing you P5 for ev-
ery ring-back tone
you do not even
subscribe to. Too
often, my callers
tease me for using a ring-back tone
that is so bakya, or a musical re-
cording that is so unlike my taste.
This is the unkindest cut of all since
I didnt even get to select the ring
tone telcos decided for me.
The text promo messages, in-
cluding the unlimited or Unli
sales pitch in fact also adds to the
congestion of the mobile network
traffic These unsolicited text mes-
sages can really be taxing and can
test the limits of ones patience
The evil genius who contrived the
money-making scheme of the telcos
must be wallowing in wealth while
the paying public is struggling to
maintain the necessity of having a
means of communication.
What if we hold a nationwide
boycott by not using our cell phones
for just a day? Unless extremely
necessary or in case of emergency, a
day of silence can serve as our most
vocal protest. If nothing is moving
on the mobile network highway, the
standstill could spell millions in
lost revenue for the telcos. If they
cant give us a rebate, lets hurt
them where we can make a differ-
ence-- in their profit margin.
If we cannot commit to a total
turnoff of our cell phones for just
one day, lets at least lessen, if not
do away with, unnecessary calls or
texting to get our message across to
the telcos.
Heres a txt msg to d telcos. Pls
moderate ur greed. D mrkt can
only take so much s**t. U reap
wat u sow.
EDITORIAL
Social media = social change?
(This is my revised presentation dur-
ing the First Laguna Social Media and
Blogging Summit.)
I AM an old-school activist.
A veteran of street protests and ral-
lies, I speak on top of trucks and make-
shift stages. I write and distribute leaf-
lets and yers.
I am no lawyer but I muster the cour-
age to discuss social issues with politi-
cians.
Sometimes I get interviewed on and
quoted by television, radio, and news-
papers because of my and my groups
advocacies.
But most of my more than 25 years
of activism have been spent directly
working with poor community women
for programs that develop their perspec-
tives and capabilities as persons and as
citizens.
Primarily, I am an advocate. I work
on various economic, political and so-
cio-cultural issues and relate these with
womens human rights.
But, I am no techie. It took years before
I could directly write on the computer. I
cant even create a PowerPoint presenta-
tion until nowyes, even though this col-
umn is named Power Point.
Though I want to, I remain apprehen-
sive about blogging. To compensate, I am
on Twitter, and sometimes, Facebook.
Why is an non-techie, ageing activist
like me in social media? It is because
of the issues I am passionate aboutmy
advocacies.
My excitement in joining Facebook
was triggered when a staff said they
could upload all my photos from our
activities there. While I am not fond of
cameras and picture taking, I gured
having an album would be useful.
Since then, I have discovered more
meaningful reasons to remain in social
media.
Many things have already been said
about social medias vast potentials to
effect social change. Weve heard of
governments toppled down using Twit-
ter and Facebook. We know of person-
alities made and unmade because of so-
cial media.
Charice Pempengco was discovered
by Ellen de Generes through You Tube.
Rep. Manny Pacquiao received a
lot of ak from netizens when instead
of voting in the House of Representa-
tives on an important issue, he voted via
Twitter.
Senator Tito Sottos use of other
peoples work without attribution could
not have been discovered without social
media.
Indeed, that click is powerful.
When we push that tweet, retweet,
or share button, things happen.
Facebook and Twitter created radical
changes in the elds of information and
communication. In social media, every-
one is both a consumer and producer of
information instantaneously sent and
received.
News, for instance, is delivered as it
happens. No more waiting for the eve-
ning newscast or tomorrows papers.
Similarly, people are able to react to de-
velopments in real time.
Because getting and spreading infor-
mation have never been this fast, dis-
cussions on issues have also been most
inclusive. Learning is facilitated.
Accessing mainstream media is now
easy. They even get news from peoples
online discussions. All mainstream me-
dia outts interact with netizens. You
can even have your tweet or comment
quoted on television making you an in-
stant celebrity.
Social media facilitates access to
government agencies and ofcials be-
cause many of them are on social media
never mind that it is their staff mem-
bers who manage their accounts. It is a
fact that politicians monitor what people
say on Twitter and Facebook.
Social media offers access to different
kinds of audiences for advocacies, no mat-
ter what they are. One can reach people
and groups that would otherwise be dif-
cult to reach. Conversations happen and
in some cases, alliances formed.
Such is the power of social media.
But is social media enough to effect
social change? My answer is NO.
Only 30 percent of Filipinos have
access to Internet (Montecillo,P). What
happens to the 70 percent?
Nine and a half million Filipinos are
on Twitter (Montecillo,P) translated to
about 10 percent of the countrys popu-
lation. Easily, 90 percent are left out.
Around 29,656,180 Filipinos use Fa-
cebook and the penetration rate viz pop-
ulation is 29.69 percent (http://www.
socialbakers.com). Again, 70 percent of
the population is outside of this.
Moreover, most in social media are
obviously relatively young, educated
and economically productive. Con-
versely, the 70 percent who are outside
are those with less education, in poverty,
and probably living in rural and margin-
alized communitiesthe very people
who urgently need social change.
ALEJANDRO
DEL ROSARIO
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A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
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Part II
FORMER President Ferdinand Marcos
was categorical in citing the Plaza
Miranda bombing as the reason that
impelled him to issue Proclamation
889 as amended by Proclamation No.
889-A, suspending the writ of habeas
corpus.
One must observe that when Marcos
placed the country under martial law,
the government was still groping in
knowing the identity of those behind
the bombing of the Liberal Partys
miting de avanseat Plaza Miranda.
Despite the admission made by
a leading communist cadre, Ariel
Almendral, that the bombing was
the handiwork of the New Peoples
Army identied as a certain Danny
Cordero. Jose Ma. Sison and his
ilk in the Communist Party of the
Philippines not only refused to admit
having masterminded the dastardly
crime, but continued to point to Marcos
to purposely discredit him from the
ranks of the opposition. To this day,
the Maoists and their mulching front
organizations insist their liberties were
curtailed while consistently denying
that it was their crime that impelled
Marcos to suspend the writ.
As an overtly ambitious politician,
Jovito Salonga already had his eyes
focused on the presidency. He had
every reason to believe he would be
the next president, for the fact that he
consistently landed number one in the
senatorial slate. Even after he came to
know it was Sison and his gang that
carried out the bombing, Salonga sought
to delay the release of that information
by the media for fear it would affect his
presidential candidacy, which in fact
happenedwith Mrs. Imelda Marcos
obtaining more votes than him in the
1992 presidential elections.
Second, judging the effects of
martial law on a personal basis, and not
from a collective point of view, would
certainly elicit negative reaction. The
conduct of the opposition to prejudge
martial law on a personal basis exposed
the truth that somehow many of them
endorsed the criminal activities of the
Maoist communists. Their campaign
to resist martial law was revealing of
their involvement. Not one from the
opposition opened his mouth about the
aborted arms landings at Digoyo Point
in Palanan, Isabela, by MV Karragatan
and by MV Andrea from May to July
1972 headed by Ibarra Tubianosa.
One must bear in mind that martial
law is a situation where the State has
to take a defensive action to preserve
the majesty of its authority. This part
of the Whereas clause stated by
Marcos in Proclamation 1081, and was
conrmed by Gregg Jones in his book:
Red Revolution: Inside the Philippine
Guerrilla Movement.
Unfortunately, instead of the
communists being brought to justice
to face the consequence of their
criminal acts, it was the government
that was placed on the defensive
with its hands tied to answering
charges of human rights violation
led by the same group now claiming
compensationoften with the help of
the opposition.
Besides, even if we take it that
isolated cases of human rights violations
were committed, they happened not
as a policy of the government, but
an aberration committed by some
zealot law-enforcing authorities. The
government tried as much as possible to
investigate all complaints, and if there
was prima facieevidence, led charges
against those erring government
ofcials. Marcos, no less, cited those
complaints against military personnel
tasked in enforcing martial law.
Marcos decision to reduce the
number, area, demand for rental
and eventual termination of the
US military bases on September
16, 1990; not to renew the Laurel-
Langley Agreement beyond July 3,
1974; to open diplomatic relations
with China, and the USSR; to
actively participate in the Non-
Aligned Movement or Group of
77; to embark on industrialization
by his announcement of the eleven
industrial projects; and to incorporate
nationalistic provisions in the 1973
Constitution all contributed to cause
the ire of the US. That could have
bridged the ideological gap that
separated the Maoists from Marcos.
Alas, Sison would rather be credited
alone in achieving them.
In retaliation, Washington then
worked to isolate Marcos politically
and economically, and human rights
violation was its best instrument to
discredit his administration. The
Maoists, instead of maintaining a safe
distance to avoid being manipulated,
allowed themselves to be used when
they could have stayed neutral. After
all, US imperialism is a much bigger
problem than in dealing with a local
tyrant. It was their opportunism that
prevailed. They took advantage of the
changing political wind that the US is
now committed to removing its one-
time ally, and daydreaming that his
ouster would result in them being on
top of the political saddle.
This explains why the Maoists could
not escape from their clichs of calling
every President a dictator without
having second thoughts that they are
tacitly endorsing another US-sponsored
politician who would not give them
an inch of political accommodation.
The result is pathetic. Every time
the government in power is ousted, it
is always the so-called progressive
left that ends up being politically
marginalized, while the enemies they
denounce gain further political and
economic inuence.
Their favorite strategy of united
front alliance no sooner breaks up
after the objective of ousting the one
in power is accomplished. This was
evident in what happened in the two
Edsa People Power events. The net
result is that American inuence over
the Aquino and Arroyo governments
became more prominent. People had
to blame them because they could
only understand that they suffered
more for failing to make good their
promise of deliverance from poverty.
This explains why after Marcos, the
fad that brought the student activism
to glory soon evaporated. Nothing in
fact has changed. Adventurism only
pushed them deeper into the pit of
hopelessness.
Since, the US was committed in
destroying the legacy of the only
nationalist President this country ever
had, it has to support the radical left
on the issue of human rights violation.
Unfortunately, the Maoists failed to read
between the lines that the reason why the
US courts admitted the list of claimants
is that they too were interested in getting
hold of those Marcos assets, and not for
purposes of distributing them.
rpkapunan@gmail.com
The presidency
or the republic
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
An experience of inclusive mobility
LAST Friday, September 21, the
Ateneo School of Government hosted
the Inclusive Mobility Conference in
Pasig, wherein we also handed out
the Inclusive Mobility Challenge
Awards for Filipino innovations in
the field. Apart from the awards, the
conference also gave an opportunity
to present studies and visions for
revamping Metro Manila mobility.
As anyone who has followed this
series will know by now, we cannot
truly describe the metro as highly
mobility-friendly. We have a lot of
cars, bikes, buses, jeeps, and trikes;
there is no shortage of transport
means. But means do not necessarily
translate to preferable options.
The public transportation system
practically is barely organized
chaos, one which, coupled with the
scheduling unreliability of buses,
crowding in the rail network, and a
deplorable lack of safe bicycle lanes
as an alternative transport means,
drives many to purchase private
vehicles, even if it means taking out
loans to do so. In turn, this floods the
streets with an increasing number of
cars, further feeding the traffic jams
and the resulting barely organized
chaos.
I have argued that a people-friendly,
reliable, inclusive mobility system
integrating a rational Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT, buses-as-trains)
system and alternative mobility means
(especially bicycle, pedestrian, and
disabled-accessible) will give people a
reason to leave their cars in the garage;
free breathing room on city streets, in
passenger cabins, and in the air; reduce
travel times and increase scheduling
reliability, and ultimately stabilize,
even reduce the transportation costs
of even the poorest Manileo. And to
demonstrate that, ASoG accompanied
Metro Manila and Department of
Transportation and Communication
ofcials, including Metro Manila
Development Authority Chairman
Francis Tolentino, on a eld trip to
Guangzhou, China, to experience how
that city used inclusive mobility to
radically transform the urban landscape
and city living.
Our ofcials found Guangzhous
main thoroughfares served by a
disabled-friendly, well-scheduled
BRT network. They also saw stations
and other public areas connected by
bicycle rental (and drop-off) stations
and bike lanes. Instead of parking lots
crammed into every free space, city
ofcials prioritized their use as open
air plazas and parks. Greenery lined
avenues and lled public lands, a
pleasing aesthetic to the eye and a relief
from the concrete jungle. Pedestrian
footbridges came with ramps to wheel
heavy loads or bicycles. All these were
tightly integrated, especially through
a card-based e-ticketing system, to
provide a Point-A to Point-B mobility
solution without the use of private cars.
Most importantly, our Metro Manila
ofcials found that they enjoyed taking
the bus, or riding a bike, to get around
Guangzhoua far cry from here at
home.
Each Filipino ofcial drew his own
lesson from this eld drip, dependent
on the city or agency they serve
Marikina ofcials, for example, saw the
wisdom in their bike-lane policybut
they all revolved around the common
theme, How can we do something
like this in our own city? How can we
transform Metro Manila mobility the
way Guangzhou revamped itself?
We should of course remember that
Manila is not Guangzhou, especially
in terms of political culture. Such a
radical transformation of the public
transportation system will involve
many stakeholdersfrom all the cities
of the metro, the public transportation
operators and cooperatives, passengers
and special needs groups (children,
elderly, women, and the disabled)
consulted in a democratic and inclusive
fashion. Historically, the MMDA has
always found it difcult to coordinate
the efforts of all the Metro Manila
mayors in line with a coordinated
governance vision, highlighting the
deep potholes on the road to inclusive
mobility.
Yet thankfully, this has not stopped
the MMDA under Tolentino from
continuing to lobby all transportation
and mobility stakeholders for
improvements to city-wide mobility
governance, such as the single traffic
violation ticketing system and regular
salaries for bus drivers. MMDA also
has a vision of transforming the metro
in 20-30 years, presented during the
conference last Friday, which will
involve land use rationalization,
a massive cleanup effort, and the
relocation of businesses and informal
settlements, but which the agency
intends to pursue democratically and
with respect to affected stakeholders.
(An improved mobility system, for
example, could reduce informal
settlers resistance to relocation away
from their places of employment.)
We should also be equally grateful
to allies in civil society who share
this transformative vision for
Metro Manila, many of whom were
present in the conference, and were
participants in the Inclusive Mobility
Challenge.
This is, perhaps, the most important
lesson of the Guangzhou eld trip: the
importance of vision. Even if these
two cities are separated by space,
and political history and culture, a
compelling vision can animate people
towards effective change. And by
seeing inclusive mobility with their
own eyes, and experiencing it with their
own two feet, a small cadre of Metro
Manila ofcials and stakeholders now
share this same vision, a small but
important step in transforming our city,
our home.
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Twitter: tonylavs
While social media can potentially foster unities among those in the middle
and upper classes, it at the same time creates a divide between us, and the bigger
number of Filipinos living miserable lives.
Social media, alone, cannot bring the substantive and systemic social change
we want.
The challenge is to bridge social media with community-based actions. In other
words, the complementation between online and old-school activism is needed.
Beyond touching base with people online, we can use social media to inspire them
to act ofine.
The social change we seek should start at the personal level. Perspectives and
values need to be transformed and actions need to be taken.
For as long as voters believe that public ofcials are gods and those in
government treat governance as family enterprises, for as long as women accept
powerlessness and men think they are superior, for as long as the rich only care
about themselves and the poor regard poverty as destiny, social change will remain
elusive.
We need to create a counterculture that educates, not dumbs people down, cares
rather than abuses, is inclusive rather than discriminatory, and, empowering not
enslaving.
Online and more importantly ofine, each has a role to play. The need to go out
and actually do something to create opportunities for others so they, by themselves,
can act on improving their lives remains real.
Social media is just a tool albeit a powerful one. It is social media ++ that can
facilitate social change.
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Social media...
From A4
By Kelvin Chan
HONG KONGWhen businesswoman
Ren Hong ew home after a recent trip
to Beijing on state-owned Air China, she
was hoping for a decent inight meal
to tide her over until she got back to
the spicy cuisine of her native Sichuan
province.
The airlines meager offering, which
was little more than just bread, was
a galling experience for Ren who
wondered why the carrier didnt cut both
the pretense of full service and the price
of the ticket.
Her gripe highlights how Chinese
travelers have been left out of the
massive budget airline boom that has
swept Asia. From almost none a decade
ago, the region now has more than 50
low cost carriers. The fast growth of
no-frills airlines such as AirAsia and
the slew of recent start-ups including
Singapores Scoot and AirAsia Japan
underline surging demand in the region
for affordable air travel. The rise of
budget carriers in Asia follows similar
expansion in Europe and North America
in previous decades.
But in China, where the government
still keeps tight control of the rapidly
growing airline industry, three big
state-owned carriers dominate. Aviation
authorities efforts to shield them, as well
as keep the industry from growing too
rapidly and compromising safety, mean
travelers like Ren pay up to twice as
much.
Ive found that ight tickets
domestically sometimes are more
expensive than the international
ones due to monopolization and less
competition, said Ren, a 37-year-old
who runs an export business and also
blogs about her travels in her spare
time. Even for tickets on Shanghai-
based Spring Airlines, considered
Chinas only discount carrier, their
price is just as same as the big airlines
during high season, she said.
While Chinese travelers are
beneting from foreign budget airlines
ying to some Chinese cities, analysts
and consultants say government policy
measures are preventing the domestic
aviation market from opening up too
quickly. Chinas domestic market is
one of the biggest prizes in Asias
travel industry, with 264 million
passengers last year, according to the
Civil Aviation Authority of China,
which forecasts the number will grow
about six-fold by 2030.
The domestic market in China
has more or less remained a fortress,
Xiaowen Fu, an aviation expert at Hong
Kong Polytechnic University, said at a
recent conference in Macau organized
by the Sydney-based CAPA-Center for
Aviation.
Like other essential industries in
China, the policy measures are aimed
at protecting the chosen few national
champions from too much competition.
Chinas three major state-owned
airlines, Beijing-based Air China
Ltd., Shanghai-based China Eastern
Airlines Corp. and Guangzhou-based
China Southern Airlines Ltd., carried
191 million passengers among them in
2011. But in the rst half of 2012 their
prots collapsed because of higher fuel
prices and foreign currency losses. The
rest of the market is divided between
smaller state carrierssome owned by
the big threeand a handful of private
operators.
An unsurprising outcome of the
cossetted state airline industry is a
perpetual sense of grievance among
travelers at poor service and lack of
choice.
The food on Chinese airlines is
worse and more basic than it is on the
international airlines, said 25-year-old
Li Peng, who recently quit his job in
Beijing to travel overseas for a year.
And when the ight is delayed,
I never get any feedback after my
complaints. Many ights are delayed
more than two hours he said. I do
wish there were more budget airlines,
especially in China, he said.
Chinas civil aviation policy hinders
the countrys budget airline industry in
two ways, according to experts. First, it
makes it almost impossible for a private
company to start a new airline. Second,
the policy limits growth by existing
airlines, including state-run carriers,
through measures including requiring
approvals for new airplanes and routes.
For airlines operating in China,
theyve got constraints whether it be
on operating strategy, or what theyre
allowed to do at the airports, or how
theyre allowed to recruit pilots, or what
the airport charges, said Con Koratis,
director of Flight Ideas Consulting. So
the low-cost carrier explosion in China is
still being constrained.
In contrast, discount airlines continue
to spread their wings elsewhere in Asia.
Three started ying in Japan this year,
including Peach Aviation and local
ventures from Malaysias AirAsia and
Australias Jetstar. Also taking ight in
2012 were Singapore Airlines Scoot,
Thai Airways Internationals Thai
Smile and AirAsia Philippines. Next
year, Indonesias Lion Air plans to start
ights on Malindo Airways, a low-cost
Malaysia operation, the company said
earlier this month.
Even China Eastern Airlines Co. is
joining in, although its low-cost carrier
is a joint venture with Qantas subsidiary
Jetstar that will be based in Hong Kong
rather than mainland China.
The Civil Aviation Authority of China
hinted in July that it would support budget
airlines by loosening price controls. But
director Li Jiaxiang stopped short of
announcing any major policy reforms.
The measures arent just aimed at
Chinas private or discount carriers
they also apply to Chinas state-owned
carriers. Analysts say policies are
designed to prevent unfettered growth.
Authorities clamped down following
a spell of supercharged growth during
which the number of passengers
expanded by 40 percent in 2003-2004.
Such red-hot growth puts tremendous
strain on pilots and infrastructure such as
air trafc control and airports, especially
on heavily congested air routes between
major Chinese cities including Beijing,
Shanghai and Guangzhou.
The market is already growing at
11-16 percent domestically at average
fares, said Mario Hardy, a vice
president at research rm UBM Aviation.
Imagine if an AirAsia or a Spring was
able tomorrow to lower that price by
half. How many more people would be
travelling?
Hardy and other experts and industry
insiders believe that Chinese authorities
will allow the aviation market to open
up gradually so that theres enough time
to build up the required infrastructure.
China is building 82 new airports and
renovating 101 others in a ve-year plan
that runs until 2015.
Otherwise it will be a mess, Hardy
said. It would be chaos.
Until then, travelers like Ren, the
businesswoman and travel blogger, will
have to put up with higher prices. Ren
is thinking of going to India on her next
trip but is disappointed with the limited
options. She could y with Air China at
a cost of 4,000-5,000 yuan ($$635-$790)
round trip. Or she could pay 2,000 yuan
($320) on AirAsiabut she would need
to change planes at AirAsias home base
in Malaysia.
Its annoying, said Ren. But life is
not perfect and I have no choice. I could
not ask for the ight to be both cheap and
offer the perfect route. AP
Asias budget airline boom bypasses China
News
ManilaStandardToday
mst.daydesk@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
A6
Ex-police chief faces graft raps

IN BRIEF
Bets asked to control their supporters
New QC underpass
designed vs ooding
Water treatment. President Aquino pushes the ceremonial button turning on the water treatment plan of the North Rizal Water System Project in
East La Mesa Dam. He is joined by (from left) Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Adminstrator Gerardo Esquivel, Public Works and High-
ways Secretary Rogelio Singson, Manila Water Company Inc. chairman Fernando Zobel De Ayala and Manila Water president Gerardo Ablaza Jr.
MANNY PALMERO
The charges stem from
the purportedly irregular pur-
chase of the defective rubber
boats amounting to P131.55
million causing undue injury
to the government, the Om-
budsman said in a 109-page
resolution.
The other police ofcials
who will be charged with
graft are former deputy di-
rectors general Jefferson
Soriano and Benjamin Be-
larmino Jr., former directors
Luizo Ticman, Ronald Ro-
deros, Romeo Hilomen and
former chief superintendents
Herold Ubalde and Villamor
Bumanglag.
Morales said 42 other re-
spondents were absolved due
insufciency of evidence.
The procurement of the
75 police rubber boats and
18 spare engines or outboard
motors was part of PNPs
Annual Procurement Plan
for 2008 under its Capabil-
ity Enhancement Program
Funds.
She said the PNPs bids
and awards committee
opened bids of three propo-
nents on Sept. 9 2008, but
only the joint venture of
Enviro-Aire and Stoneworks
Specialist International Cor-
poration passed the eligi-
bility and was set for post-
qualication when typhoons
struck the country.
The committee then rec-
ommended that Verzosa can-
cel the bidding and resort to
negotiated procurement.
Records disclosed that
the PNP entered into four
separate supply contracts
all dated 18 December 2009
with the following suppliers:
(a) EnviroAire for the supply
of 93 units of OBMs with
contract price of P44.175
million; (b) EnviroAire for
the supply of 10 units of
PRB with contract price of
P11.65 million; (c) Geneve
for the supply of 41 units
of PRB with contract price
of P47.765 million; and (d)
Bay Industrial for the sup-
ply of 10 units of PRB with
contract price of P11.65
million, the resolution nar-
rated.
In addition to the lack
of bidding, the Ombuds-
man said the delivery of
the equipment was delayed
for six months from pro-
curement and the delivered
equipment turned out to have
various deciencies, which
them dangerous to use.
The investigating panel
consisted of Ombudsman
directors Diosdado Calonge
and Nellie Boguen-Golez,
with Assistant Special Pros-
ecutor Anna Isabel Aurel-
lano, Graft Investigation and
Prosecution Ofcer Myra
Sarmiento-Borromeo, Graft
Investigation and Prosecu-
tion Ofcer Israel Lay-at,
and Graft Investigation and
Prosecution Ofcer Chris-
tian Yap.
By Merck Maguddayao
FORMER National Police chief
Jesus Verzosa and seven other
police ofcials face graft charges
over the purchase of 75 defective
rubber boats in 2008, accrording
to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-
Morales.
Computer lab donation. Ramon M. Borromeo, president of the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce & Industry of Muntinlupa City (seated, left) turns over to Pablo Galvez, chairman
of Skyway operator Skyway O&M Corp. (seated, center) and Dominga Carolina Chavez, princi-
pal of the Muntinlupa Business High School (seated, right) the newly-rehabilitated computer
lab. Looking on are (standing, from lef) Dr. Dominic Idanan, DepEd Division School Superin-
tendent, Muntinlupa City Administrator Byron San Pedro, Muntinlupa Vice Mayor Artemio
Simundac and Councilor Raul Corro.
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
CARAGA REGION XIII
J. Rosales Avenue, Butuan City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public
Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Offce XIII, Butuan City, through
the FY-2012 (70% Savings) DPWH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, invites
contractors to bid for the following project(s):
1. a. Contract ID : 12N00040
b. Contract Name : Improvement/Concreting of Dapa Union
General Luna Road K6+660.00 K9+150.00
c. Contract Location : Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte.
d. Scope of Works : Earthworks, PCCP, Drainage and Slope Protection
Works
e. Approved Budget for the Contract: Ph13,151,286.21
f. Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days
h. Bid Document Fee : PhP 10,000.00
2. a. Contract ID : 12N00041
b. Contract Name : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete) of Jct.
Lingig Trento Road (San Jose Bridge Bislig
Bdry. Section), K.1483+637.571 K1491+340
c. Contract Location : Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.
d. Scope of Works : Earthworks, PCCP, Drainage and Slope Protection
Works
e. Approved Budget for the Contract: Ph13,151,286.21
f. Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days
h. Bid Document Fee : PhP 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with
the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of bids.
To bid this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchased 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 similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net fnancial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of
ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the Deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 29, 2012 October 25, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 11, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.
3. Receipt of Bids October 25, 2012 @ 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
4. Opening of Bids October 25, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH
Regional Offce XIII, J. Rosales Avenue, Butuan City, upon payment of a
non-refundable fee stated above. 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. Bid must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid
as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation
The DPWH Regional Offce XIII, J. Rosales Avenue, Butuan City
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process
anytime prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) SAMSON L. HEBRA, MBA
BAC Chairman
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Commission on Elections
asked all candidates for next years
polls to keep their supporters in
check to avoid any scufes during
the ling of certicate of candida-
cy staring Monday next week.
I would like to ask those ling
their COCs to keep your supporters
in check, said Comelec spokes-
man James Jimenez. With only
ve days to le, you might cross
each others paths at the ling of
certicates of candidacy.
Jimenez said while candidates
themselves might be reasonable
and calm, it may not be the same
for their supporters.
So we are asking the candi-
dates to to keep their supporters
in check. Make sure that you keep
a tight rein on them to avoid any
scufes of any sort, he said.
Jimenez said the commission
also urged prospective candidates
to ll up the COC form this early
which is downloadable in their
website www.comelec.gov.ph.
We have been encouraging
them to get the forms over the last
two weeks. They can download the
form or have it photocopied if they
have a hard copy, so when they
submit the form there will no lon-
ger be any problem. Thats one of
the reasons why we disseminated
the forms early, said Jimenez.
He also reminded candidates
that the ling of COC on October
1 to 5, 2012 is from 8 am to 5 pm
only.
Section 3 of Comelec Resolu-
tion 9518 states that candidates for
senator should le their COCs at
their main ofce in Manila; at the
regional, provincial, or municipal
election ofces for members of the
House of Representatives and lo-
cal ofcials; and regional and pro-
vincial election ofces for Autono-
mous Region in Muslim Mindanao
candidates.
The commission said it includ-
ed additional safeguards in the new
ceriticates of candidacy.
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE newly-opened P452-million under-
pass at Quezon Avenue and Araneta Avenue
in Quezon City is designed to deal heavy
oods and it is unlikely that it be ooded
during heavy rains, according to an of-
cial of the Department of Public Works and
Highways.
Romeo Momo, Undersecretary for Re-
gional Operations, said the underpass was
designed with increased drainage capacity.
This is not the rst underpass that
(DPWH) has done. We have underpasses
in EDSA, Quezon Avenue and Makati City.
Those areas are not being ooded, Momo
said, amid concernts that the new underpass
may end up like the Lagusnilad and Recto
underpasses in Manila which are often use-
less during heavy rains because they of
ooded to the brim.
Momo said the underpass was designed
with three submersible pumps and a water
cistern to mitigate ooding in the area.
We put a huge cistern that will be con-
nected to a pumping system. These three
pumps will pump out all the excess water
that is collected at the cistern. This is the
same design we used in the other under-
passes, Momo said.
He explained that the structure was built
on an elevated ground, which minimize the
potential for ooding.
Public Works and Quezon City govern-
ment ofcials formally opened the underpass
to motorists on Friday in rites led by President
Aquino and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte.
The project involved the construction
of a depressed underpass with a length of
440 meters and 330-meter approaches along
Quezon Avenue including the installation
of three submersible pumps with individual
pumping capacity of 277 liters per second.
The provision of water cisterns beneath
the underpass with enough holding capac-
ity and the construction of reinforced con-
crete box and pipe culverts will also help
manage ooding.
Designed to improve trafc ow at the
intersection of Quezon Avenue and Araneta
Avenue and reduce pollution load by lessen-
ing gas emissions during trafc gridlock, the
project also covers the widening of Mari-
blo Bridge, improvement of service roads,
and provision for street lighting, pavement
markings, and trafc signs.
Robredo seeks QC post
LAWYER Leonor Robredo, the widow
of deceased Interior Secretary Jesse
Robredo, has asked the Judicial and Bar
Council to consider her for any vacant
judgeship in the Quezon City Regional
Trial Courts.
Robredo had already been shortlisted
for vacant magistracies in Ligao, Albay
RTC Branch 13; Pili, Camarines Sur
RTC Branch 32; Calabanga, Camarines
Sur RTC Branch 63; and Daet, Cama-
rines Sur RTC Branch 40.
However, she withdrew her candi-
dacy because she decided to be closer
to her children who reside in Quezon
City.
QC cop in drug bust
A QUEZON City policeman and his
civilian companion were arrested while
in the act of snifng shabu in Cubao,
Quezon City Thursday night.
Quezon City police chief Mario dela
Vega identied the cop as Police Of-
cer2 Mark Ericson Canete who is de-
tailed at the Regional Public Safety Bat-
talion of Police Regional Ofce IV-B in
Mindoro.
Canetes civilian buddy was Archi-
bald Maranan, a resident of Tower Con-
dominium, Aurora Boulevard in Cubao,
Quezon City.
Quezon City policemen, headed by
Senior Inspector Roberto Razon, were
patrolling the area when they chanced
upon the two suspects snifng shabu in-
side a car. Jonathan Fernandez
Drug case reopened
THE Justice Department started a
reinvestigation of the criminal charges
against an alleged drug dealer implicated
by a Chinese national nabbed by drug
enforcers in a buy-bust operation in
Quezon City in February.
In his counter-afdavit submitted to
the investigating prosecutors, Mark Sy
Tan denied any involvement with Clar-
ence Chen Go, alias Tony Go, who was
arrested last February 2 in parking space
of the bar at the corner of Tomas Morato
and Timog Avenues after he was caught
in the act of selling a kilo of shabu worth
P3.6 million to an agent of the Philip-
pine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Rey Requejo
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Football goodwill
St. Paul, Assumption show way
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
THE controversy over the Young-
husband brothers Phil and James,
who were left out of the Philippine
Azkals team currently competing
in the Philippine Football Federa-
tion Peace Cup isnt going to help
football, the Azkals, as well as the
two players themselves.
It is ironic that while a so-called
Peace Cup is being contested, there
obviously is no peace within the
Philippine football scene and this is
indeed very sad.
Rather than comment on the
claims and counter-claims, what
we would wish to see is that lead-
ers of the PFF, headed by its presi-
dent Nonong Araneta, the Azkals
coaching staff led by Michael Weiss,
the leaders of the United Football
League and the Meralco club team
for which the Younghusbands play,
sit down, discuss the issues and re-
solve them in a fair and just manner.
This may be easier said than done,
but I believe Phil and James are de-
cent young men, who would be re-
sponsive to whatever suggestions are
made provided they are not rammed
down their throats and there is no ef-
fort to make them look like villains or
mercenaries for that matter.
Lets face it, problems often
arise when players, whether it be in
football or basketball, have agents
or managers who, because of the
opportunity to earn, often put com-
mercial considerations above all
else and this may well be the situ-
ation in the case of Phil and James.
Realistically, the opportunity to
play for the Azkals and the exten-
sive media coverage especially on
television, enhanced the star value
of the two brothers. That in turn re-
sulted in endorsements and all the
demands that sponsors often place
in contracts with stars.
At the same time, in fairness to
Phil and James, they helped build the
Azkals name and the public follow-
ing, not merely because they are good
looking young men, but because they
combined that with obvious skills on
the eld, with Phil being a prolic
striker and James, a more subdued
but equally effective player in the role
carved out for him by coach Weiss.
Their absence from the Azkals
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Multi-titled Mia Legaspi and Annika
Cedo returned from their victorious
stint with Manila Southwoods in the
PAL Ladies Interclub in Iloilo to score
49 and 45 points, respectively, to keep a
39-point lead for St. Paul College over
Ateneo in Girls 1 play at the Intramuros
course.
The Paulinians stood at 204 at the
resumption of their rescheduled second
round at the short but tricky Intramuros
course where the comebacking Paulina
ST. PAUL, Ateneo and Assumption kept their rivals
at bay to stay on top of their respective divisions at
the resumption of the ICTSI-JGFP Interschool golf
tournament in various courses recently.
Sotto, daughter of comedian and TV
host Vic, and Tala Excondemade 45 and
44, respectively, for 89 and 165.
Girls 2 play at Capitol Hills, mean-
while, saw Assumption warding off a
big rally by La Salle Zobel to keep an
eight-point advantage. Samantha Bruce
(51) and Laia Barro (36) managed just
87 and saw their big rst round lead of
16 reduced by half in the tourney which
has ICTSI as major sponsor and also
supported by Philippine Airlines, Pan-
cake House Group, Golf Depot and Siz-
zlin Pepper.
Bernice Olivarez-Ilas returned to
score 52 for La Salle Zobel and Mikhae-
la Fortuna backed her up with a 51.
Ateneo, meanwhile, got 31 from
Riggs Illescas and 21 from Miles
Conding which were enough to keep
them 33 points ahead of La Salle
Greenhills.The tourney featuring
more than 250 jungolfers from 40
schools resumes tomorrow with the
M 1 at Valley Golf Club and Seniors at
Aguinaldo Golf Club.
lineup hurt, whether the PFF and its
ofcials admit it or not. Not only will
a prolonged absence hurt in terms
of support by fans, who admire the
young men, but also the team itself in
tournaments like the Suzuki Cup.
The game against Guam proved a
point. The Azkals dominated, but had
only one lucky goal to show for it with
19 attempts going begging. What a
difference Phil and James would have
made in terms of the score.
But this does not mean that they
should be given special treatment that
would exclude them from practice,
training camps and matches designed
to hone the team for the ercely com-
petitive Suzuki Cup this November.
To exempt Phil and James too
often would be terribly unfair to the
other players, who show up day in
and day out and go through the rig-
orous grind only to be left out when
its game-time. There must be a rea-
sonable compromise.
Beyond that, the Younghusbands
and indeed all sectors of Philippine
football, which includes the leagues
and individual clubs, must accept
the inherent priority of the national
team. Playing for the Philippines is
a privilege and must always be con-
sidered a singular honor.
We would also vehemently op-
pose any effort, subtle or otherwise,
to turn the rest of the team against
Phil and James, because that would
undermine the intrinsic spirit of fair
play and teamwork.
The Younghusbands have shown
their gratitude and their good sense
since they decided to settle down in
the Philippines, conducting clinics,
carrying out their own outreach pro-
grams and in general giving back to
the community which is admirable.
We cannotand should not
deny them the opportunity to improve
their economic well-being because
football per se and playing for the
Azkals wont provide for a comfort-
able future, especially since they are
getting on in years and football is
turning out to be a young mans game
because of its physical demands.
Phil and James are an asset to the
Azkals, but only if they are in top
shape and to be able to reach that
level of competitive tness they
need to practice and work as hard as
most of the other players do.
What needs to be done is to try
and balance, as nely as possible,
their personal commitments with
the national demands. This can only
be achieved by leaders of the PFF,
who must be ready to explain and
communicate in the clearest pos-
sible terms, what is expected of
the brothers and how any testy is-
sues can be resolved. There must be
goodwill on both sides. If not, foot-
ball which is experiencing an unbe-
lievable renaissance in our country,
will quickly deteriorate into another
one of the many sports hounded by
debilitating in-ghting. That would
indeed be a crying shame.
AKTV airs pro
league opener
THE Philippine Basketball Asso-
ciation will open its 38th Season in
spectacular fashion this Sunday at the
SMART Araneta Coliseum.
Filipino basketball fans can expect
yet another thrilling season as the
leagues 10 teams battle for suprema-
cy, with the opening ceremonies airing
live on AKTV on IBC 13 at 4 p.m.
PBA television partner Sports5, the
sports arm of TV5, hopes to attract
more fans with this seasons excit-
ing line up of teams and players. The
league returns from a season marked
by box-ofce receipts and high view-
ership ratings.
Like all PBA fans, we are very ex-
cited to start a brand new PBA season.
Teams boosted their respective line-
ups with both promising rookies and
seasoned veterans, said Vitto Lazatin,
Sports5 sports manager.
Sports5 adds another dimension to
the Opening Ceremonies of the 38th
PBA season with state-of-the-art vid-
eo-imaging technology. Recent Jones
Cup winners SMART-Gilas will be the
Guests of Honor during the program.
Adding glamour to the ceremonies are
the ten team muses led by Anne Cur-
tis, Isabelle Daza, Georgina Wilson,
the girls from Artista Academy and
Alice Dixson.
THE eighth leg of the RACE Motorsports Club
Shell Helix National Slalom Series erupts on
Sunday at the Robinsons Starmills in Pampanga.
Registration starts from 8 a.m. onwards,
before the ofcial runs begin at 11 a.m. Free
slalom clinics will be held from 9 to 10 a.m.
Overall and class championship contenders
must use the specied Federal Tyres and pos-
sess the AAP Clubman license in the event, the
longest running motorsports discipline in the
country. It is also afliated with the Automobile
Association of the Philippines and FIA.
Expected to participate are the champions,
headed by Dr. Peewee Mendiola of Big Chill
team, DKC/T Factory, led by Pathrick Bautista
and Donbert Bumatay, Blanche Racing, Team
Soleil, FERN C Team and Grupo Toyota Team,
plus the different clubs of Metro Manila.
The event is presented by Shell Helix Mo-
tor Oils and co-sponsored by Federal Tyres,
Dubshop Magwheels Inc., Outlast Battery,
Auto Transporter, Starbright Body Kits and
media partners Stoplight TV, Inside Motoring,
Wave 89.1, Wheel to Wheel insert of C! Mag-
azine, autoindustriya.com, kotse.com, Power
Wheels Magazine, Robinsons Malls and Rob-
insons Starmills.
For details, contact Bing Bang Dulce at
tel. nos. 928-6951, 09228165344 or 0917-
8119337; and e-mail racemotorsportsclub@
yahoo.com or like the events Facebook page
RACE Motorsports Club.
National Slalom 8
th
leg on Sunday
Peque Alacbay of Team Soleil maneuvers his way around the tricky course.
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Public Works and Highways
Davao del Sur 2
ND
Engineering District
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
Invitation to Bid for
Contract ID Number 12LE0041
Road Slips along Malalag Malita-JAS-Glan Road, Malalag Sta.
Maria Section:1) km. 1597+850-km. 1598+040; 2) km.
1598+150-1598+180
1. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur,
through the CY 2012 budget]
1
intends to apply the sum of Twenty Nine Million
One hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 29,100,000.00) being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for CID # 12LE0041-Road
Slips along Malalag-Malita-JAS-Glan Road, Malalag-Sta. Maria Section. Bids
received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur now
invites bids for Const. of Road Slips]
2
Completion of the Works is required Two
hundred Twelve (212CD)]. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years
from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project.
The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures usiing
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizen/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 oclock in the morning to 5:00
oclock in the afternoon.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Twenty thousand pesos only (Php 20,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the DPWH website,
provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than
the submission of their bids.
6. Select one of the following two paragraphs, and delete the other:
3
a) If the Procuring Entity Intends to open the Pre-Bid Conference to all
interested Bidders:
The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur will
hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 8, 2012 at 10:00 oclock in the morning
at DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita. Davao del Sur-BAC
Offce, which shall be opened to all interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before October 22, 2012 at
DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur-BAC
Offce at 10:00 oclock in the morning. All bids must be accompanied by a bid
security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in lTB Clause
18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from prospective bidders at 5:00 oclock in the
afternoon October 17, 2012 and Issuance of bidding documents starts on Sept
28, 2012 to 9:00 oclock in the morning of October 22, 2012.
9. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
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.
10. For further information please refer to:
ANDREW A. PANGAN
BAC Chairman
DPWH 2
nd
DEO, Buhangin, Malita. Davao del Sur
Contact number: 09474164895
(Sgd.) ANDREW A. PANGAN
Engineer III-BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) NOE V. PLACER
District Engineer
_____________________
3
May be deleted in case the ABC is less than One Million Pesos (Php1,000,000)
where the Procuring Entity may not hold a pre-bid conference.
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Public Works and Highways
Davao del Sur 2
ND
Engineering District
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
Invitation to Bid for
Contract ID Number 12LE0042
Preventive Maint, (Intermittent Sect.) aloang Davao-Sarangani Coastal Road,
Malalag-Malita-JAS Road, km. 1634+436-km 1634+760 (with exception)
1. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin. Malita, Davao del Sur,
through the CY 2012 budget]
1
intends to apply the sum of Eight Million One
hundred Ninety Four Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Pesos (Php 8,194,560.00)
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the
contract for CID # 12LE0042-Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent sect.) along
Davao-Sarangani Costal Road, Malalag-Malita-JAS Road, km. 1634+436-
km1634+760 (with exception). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
now invites bids for Const. of Preventive Maintenance].
2
Completion of the
Works is required Thirteen (13CD). Bidders should have completed, within ten
(10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar
to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding
Document,. Particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizen/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 oclock in the morning to 5:00
oclock in the afternoon.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bid-
ding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos only (Php 10,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the DPWH
website, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later than the submission of their bids .
6. Select one of the following two paragraphs, and delete the other
3
a) If the Procuring Entity Intends to open the Pre-Bid Conference to
all interested Bidders:
The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur will
hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 8, 2012 at 10:00 oclock in the morning
at DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita. Davao del Sur-BAC
Offce, which shall be opened to all interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before October 22, 2012
at DPWH District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur-BAC
Offce at 10:00 oclock in the morning. All bids must be accompanied by a bid
security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in lTB Clause
18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from prospective bidders at 5:00 oclock in the
afternoon October 17, 2012 and Issuance of bidding documents starts on Sept
28, 2012 to 9:00 oclock in the morning of October 22, 2012.
9. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
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.
10. For further information please refer to:
ANDREW A. PANGAN
BAC Chairman
DPWH 2nd DEO, Buhangin; Malita. Davao del Sur
Contact number: 09474164895
(Sgd.) ANDREW A. PANGAN
Engineer III-BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) NOE V. PLACER
District Engineer
___________________
3
May be deleted in case the ABC is less than One Million Pesos (Php1,000,000)
where the Procuring Entity may not hold a pre-bid conference.
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Public Works and Highways
Davao del Sur 2
ND
Engineering District
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
Invitation to Bid for
Contract ID Number 12LE0043
Preventive Maint. (Intermittent Sect.) along Digos-Makar Road km.
1584+067-km. 1585+000 (with exception)
1. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin. Malita, Davao del Sur,
through the CY 2013 Regular Infra Projects]
1
intends to apply the sum of Eleven
Million Nine Hundred Seventeen Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven Pesos
(Php 11,917,711.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to
payments under the contract for CID # 12LE0043-Preventive Maintenance
(Intermittent sect.) along Digos-Makar Road km. 1584+067-km. 1585+000 (with
exception). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at bid opening.
2. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur now
invites bids for Const. of Preventive Maintainance].
2
Completion of the Works is
required Fourteen (14CD)]. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years
from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project.
The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Document,.
Particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizen/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding
capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 0 clock in the morning to 5:00
0 clock in the afternoon.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos only (Php 10,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the DPWH website,
provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than
the submission of their bids .
6. Select one of the following two paragraphs, and delete the other:
3
a) If the Procuring Entity Intends to open the Pre-Bid Conference to all
interested Bidders:
The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur will
hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 8, 2012 at 10:00 oclock in the morning
at DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita. Davao del Sur-BAC
Offce, which shall be opened to all interested parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before October 22, .2012 at
DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur-BAC
Offce at 10:00 oclock in the morning. All bids must be accompanied by a bid
security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in lTB Clause
18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from prospective bidders at 5:00 oclock in the
afternoon October 17, 2012 and Issuance of bidding documents starts on Sept
28, 2012 to 9:00 oclock in the morning of October 22, 2012.
9. The DPWH 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
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.
10. For further information please refer to:
ANDREW A. PANGAN
BAC Chairman
DPWH 2
nd
DEO, Buhangin, Malita. Davao del Sur
Contact number: 09474164895
(Sgd.) ANDREW A. PANGAN
Engineer III-BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) NOE V. PLACER
District Engineer
__________________
3
May be deleted in case the ABC is less than One Million Pesos (Php1,000,000)
where the Procuring Entity may not hold a pre-bid conference.
AUTSRacing scores 2 wins, runner-up feat
THE season nale drew out the best from
AUTSRacing karters Carl Luig, Yvana Carangan
and Mark Francis Tanlu as the team captured two
wins, plus a strong runner-up nish recently in
the 2012 Coca-Cola Karting Super Series at the
Clark International Speedway.
Following its impressive feats in the champion-
ship leg, AUTSRacing sealed a successful cam-
paign this season, winding down its title journey
with the prestigious Rookie of the Year title, an
overall champion trophy, two overall runner-up
feats and an overall third place trophy through
the support of Kiplings, Birel Competition
Karts, Yamaha Winforce, Maynilad Water Ser-
vices, Powerade Ion by Coca-Cola Bottlers, Kart
Care Lubricants and FreeLine Go Kart Parts.
The 22-year-old Luig dished out a crucial big twist
at the nish line to fulll his destiny as Rookie of the
Year and Formula SL Novice champion right in his
maiden karting season. He averted a possible season-
ending debacle with a timely nish-line maneuver to
rule the Formula SL Novice race and capture the over-
all plum, clocking 12 minutes and 57.860 seconds in
the 12-lap nal race to escape by a mere 0.008 of a
second ahead of title rival Raymond Cudala.
Carangan also stepped up as she scored a domi-
nating sweep of all three races to clinch victory in
the nal leg and claim the overall Formula SL Ex-
pert runner-up crown in the series.
Tanlu likewise put up a strong ght as he checked
in second in his class and bagged the overall For-
mula Cadet Novice runner-up honors.
Brian Thorp, despite missing the last two legs,
still managed to salvage overall Formula SL Nov-
ice second runner-up honors after accumulating a
total of 322 points.
For those wishing to join AUTSRacing Team
and other inquiries, interested parties may log on to
info@AUTSRacing.com or call Martin Alvendia at
mobile +639188031036.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Final Four
wars start
JAYVIE Agojo gained a spot in next
months rich LPGA Taiwan Champion-
ship when she topped the 36-hole regional
qualier with a closing 75 at the demanding
Sunrise Golf Club in Taiwan yesterday.
EXPECT hostilities to reach a
boiling point at the start of the
Final Four competitions of the
75th University Athletic Asso-
ciation of the Philippines today.
Defending champion and
top seed Ateneo takes on
archrival De La Salle, the
fourth seed, in an expected
crowd-pleaser at 4 p.m. at the
Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Before that, second seeded
University of Santo Tomas and
third- ranked National Univer-
sity clash at 12 noon to start the
reworks.
Holding twice-to-beat ad-
vantages, the Blue Eagles and
the Growling Tigers arent
planning on wasting that edge
as they try to enter the nale
right away on the rst try and
set up a possible colossal duel.
Tickets for the two games
will be sold separately and
both will be broadcast live.
Tigers coach Pido Jarencio,
who earned his rst-ever top
two nish and twice-to-beat
edge as UST mentor, said that
the mindset of his team is in the
right place--they are ready for
the playoffs. Jeric Lopez
TWENTY teams and a new
format will usher in the start of
the 2012-2013 United Football
League Cup on Oct. 2 at the
University of Makati turf.
Newly crowned champion
Global FC is back with a strong
lineup, and they are among the
10 rst division teams seeing
action in the group stages.
Two second-division clubs,
Diliman FC and Pachanga are
also competing along with
eight qualiers from the elimi-
nation round.
The eight qualiers are Forza
FC, Team Socceroo, Gen. Trias
International FC, Sta. Lucia FC,
Laos FC, Dolphins United FC,
Agila FC and Mendiola FC 1991.
Global FC, which is led by
Azkals booters Carli de Murga
and Misagh Bahadoran, and Izzu
Elhabib, is bracketed in Group
A with Pasargad, Kaya FC, Gen.
Trias International FC, Socceroo.
This was decided during
drawing of lots yesterday at the
Krocodile Grille in Greenbelt 3
in Makati City.
A 5 p.m. clash between Glob-
al FC and Pasargad is slated,
and it will be followed by a 7
p.m. game between Kaya FC
and Green Archers. Games will
be aired live every Tuesday on
AKTV in IBC13. Peter Atencio
New format
for 20-team
football cup
Resorts World backs Don Juan Derby Classic
RESORTS World Manila, the
rst and only integrated leisure
and resort property in the Philip-
pines, makes its grand entrance
in local horse racing as sponsor
of the Don Juan Derby, a P1.5-
Million classic race for crack
3-year-olds set for Oct. 7 at the
San Lazaro Leisure Park in Car-
mona, Cavite.
Owned and operated by Trav-
ellers International Hotel Group,
Inc., the tourism and gaming
arm of industrialist Andrew L.
Tans Alliance Global Group,
Inc., Resorts World Manila joins
forces with Klub Don Juan de
Manila and the Manila Jockey
Club, Inc. for the annual staging
of the much-awaited champion-
ship racefest.
We are thrilled to welcome
Resorts World Manila as ma-
jor backer of the 11th Don Juan
Derby and wish to express our
thanks to its dynamic manage-
ment team led by its Chairman
and Chief Executive Ofcer,
David Chua, President Kingson
Sian, EVP Tony Toh, VP Ca-
sino Marketing Eric Yaw Chee
Cheow and second AVP-Casino
Marketing Cheryl Singzon for
recognizing the enormous mar-
keting potential of local racing,
said KDJM President Tonyboy
Eleazar and event organizers
Eddie Gonzalez and former
KDJM President Jun Almeda.
Multiple stakes-winning lly
Humble Riches, racing under the
colors of owner Kenneth Causon
and trained by Ruben Clor, sets
out as the prohibitive favorite
for the 2,000-meter Don Juan
Derby, which carries a guaran-
teed prize of P900,000 to the
winner, P300,000 for second,
P150,000 for third, P50,000 for
fourth and P15,000 each for the
5th thru 9th placer.
Co-presentor Magic Millions
Sales Australia sweetens the
pot with a P50,000 bonus to any
Magic Millions Sale graduate,
who would emerge as winner of
the event.
Challenging Humble Riches,
which drew post position no. 2
for the featured event, are The
Guardian (AUS), Pugad Lawin,
Isa Pa Isa Pa, Salima (AUS),
Purple Ribbon, Steel Creation,
Golden Empire and Lord Gee.
Agojo, whose opening 78 netted
her a one-shot lead in windy Thurs-
day, held her ground as rains made
the competition a lot tougher with
the top ICTSI-backed bet coming up
with a superb short game to salvage
ve pars and fend off her pursuers.
She nished way ahead of the
eld at 153 and got the chance to
play alongside world No. 1 and de-
fending champion Yani Tseng and
Paula Creamer and Korean ace So
Ryun Ryo in the $2 million LPGA
Taiwan Championship set Oct. 25-
28, also at Sunrise.
They played on an ever worse con-
dition today (yesterday) with forecast
of storm. But Jayvie held on to her
game with a solid short game, said
ICTSI team coach Nestor Mendoza.
But while Agojo, winner of this
years Santi Cup individual crown
in Indonesia, advanced, ICTSI team-
mate and reigning Hong Kong Ama-
teur Ladies champion Cyna Rodri-
guez failed to make the grade, falling
short by one with a 160 after coming
in rufed by the winds with an 81.
Thai Tiranan Yoopan, a pro from
Thailand, snatched the second and
last berth with a 159 after an 80
while Jessica Ang Pei of Singapore
failed to recover from a 94 and
wound up with a 188.
Ryder Cup
Meanwhile, in Medinah, Illi-
nois, any notion the Ryder Cup is
some friendly contest, a better ver-
sion of a country club scramble,
ended when Jose Maria Olazabal
announced his rst two pairings.
Rory McIlroy, the worlds No. 1
player, and Graeme McDowell, who
delivered the winning point at Celtic
Manor two years ago, will start Eu-
rope off Friday morning at Medinah.
Then comes Luke Donald and Ser-
gio Garcia, neither of whom has ever
lost a foursomes match.
Win those two matches, and the
Americans might never recover.
Were trying to win points. Pe-
riod. Thats it, Olazabal said Thurs-
day afternoon. We have to go for it.
We are playing away. The crowds
are going to be on their side. They
set up the course to their liking. So
you have to make a bunch of birdies
out there to win points. Just send the
best players out there.
Fourballs will be played in the
afternoon.
Ryder Cups are all about mo-
mentum, and the Europeans have
had most of it for the last 15 years.
Theyve won four of the last ve
meetings, and six of the last eight.
On paper, the Americans and
Europeans are just about equal,
two of the strongest teams in the
events 85-year history. All 24
players are among the top 35 in the
world ranking, the rst time thats
happened. All 12 Americans were
in the 30-man eld at last weeks
Tour Championship, joined by ve
of the seven Europeans who were
eligible. Europe has four major
champions, and four players who
have been No. 1 in the world.
Agojo earns LPGA slot
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LIONS SEEK REVENGE
DEFENDING champion San Beda will have
nothing but vengeance in its heart when it
meets University of Perpetual Help (10-6) at
6 p.m. today in the 88th National Collegiate
Athletic Association at The Arena. If the Lions,
who are assured of the top Final Four seat at
14-2, manage to avenge their 87-88 overtime
setback to the Altas, the Letran Knights chance
of making it to the Final Four will improve
again. The Knights (10-6) will ght the Emilio
Aguinaldo College Generals at 2 p.m., with a win
putting them in solo third. Peter Atencio
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Jeric Lopez

ALASKA and Petron Blaze are
two of the winningest teams
in Philippine Basketball Asso-
ciation history. But that wasnt
obvious last season when the
two teams struggled despite
capable line-ups.
Can they nd their groove
back and exercise their win-
ning traditions this coming
38th season?
If you look at their line-ups
on paper, there is no doubt that
these two squads can compete.
Its now about translating that
into the hardwood
The Aces, coming off one
of their worst seasons in the
teams rich history, having
missed the playoffs in two of
the three conferences, are aim-
ing high as they are looking to
go back to their winning ways
by making major moves.
The goal is really simple for
us. That is to bring back the old
winning tradition of Alaska,
said Alaska coach Luigi Trillo,
who is now on his second con-
ference steering the Wilfred
Uytengsu-owned franchise.
No longer around is LA
Tenorio, but a crop of reliable
veterans and young legs are
entering the scene to give the
squad a much-needed boost.
To ll Tenorios big void is
sophomore spitre Jvee Ca-
sio, along with veteran shooter
Dondon Hontiveros for more
repower. Highly touted sec-
ond pick Calvin Abueva is also
expected to make an immedi-
ate impact with his rich talent.
Of course, the teams main
core of Cyrus Baguio, Sonny
Thoss and skipper Tony Dela
Cruz will still lead the way.
Other additions of the squads
are rookie guards Raffy Reyes
and Benedict and returning jour-
neymen Nic Belasco and Eddie
Laure for more experience.
For the Boosters, anyone can
make a case that they are one of
the strongest teams in terms of
line-up and depth per position.
After adding up top overall pick
monster June Mar Fajardo and
versatile swingman Alex Mallari,
the third pick, to an already loaded
squad, there is no way to go but up
for Petron Blaze as it has all the
tools to return to its championship
level of play.
Boosters
Aces want
groove back
AUTSRacing achievers are shown here, namely (from left) Formula
Cadet Novice Runner-up Mark Francis Tanlu, Formula SL Expert
runner-up Yvana Carangan and Rookie of the Year and Formula SL
Novice champion Carl Luig
The Philippines Jayvie Agojo (left) and Thailands Tiranan Yoopan (right) are shown here after gaining a
spot in next months rich LPGA Taiwan Championship.
Ready, get set...Taisho
Pharmaceuticals Phils. President
Toru Tatezono (right) res the
starting gun to open the 2012
Tempra Run Against Dengue at
the Roxas Blvd. in Manila recently.
The advocacy run was also backed
by The Generics Pharmacy, Guard
Insect Repellent, Lipovitan,
Ascorbic Acid Ceetrus, Goldlife,
Maynilad, French Baker, Philippine
Sports Commission, Tune Hotels,
Resorts World Manila, Jansport,
NGO partner Happy Homes,
registration partner Tobys and
media partners TalkTV, Business
Mirror and Health and Fitness
Magazine. ROY VAN MORALES
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
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Business
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Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
IN BRIEF
San Miguel may delist four units
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing September 28, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P575-P705
LPG/11-kg tank
P49.00-P56.57
Unleaded Gasoline
P39.38-P43.99
Diesel
P47.69-P53.00
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.8800
Japan Yen 0.012885 0.5396
UK Pound 1.623200 67.9796
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128972 5.4013
Switzerland Franc 1.066780 44.6767
Canada Dollar 1.019576 42.6998
Singapore Dollar 0.815727 34.1626
Australia Dollar 1.041016 43.5978
Bahrain Dinar 2.652872 111.1023
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.1680
Brunei Dollar 0.812414 34.0239
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000104 0.0044
Thailand Baht 0.032310 1.3531
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.4024
Euro Euro 1.291300 54.0796
Korea Won 0.000896 0.0375
China Yuan 0.158667 6.6450
India Rupee 0.018864 0.7900
Malaysia Ringgit 0.325256 13.6217
NewZealand Dollar 0.828706 34.7062
Taiwan Dollar 0.034065 1.4266
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, September 28, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
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42
44
46
48
P41.700
CLOSE
Closing SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
5,346.10
44.61
VOLUME 916.500M
HIGH P41.700 LOW P41.780 AVERAGE P41.739
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
Chinas
raw steel
exports
probed
Ang says PAL airport project to cost $6b
Govt extends LRT 1 pre-qualification deadline Vista Land obtains SEC
nod to sell P2.5-b bonds
THE Securities and Exchange
Commission approved the
application of Vista Land &
Lifescapes Inc. to issue P2.5 billion
worth of HomeBuilder Bonds.
Vista Land said in an
application led with the
corporate regulator it would
issue the bonds in tranches, with
the rst amounting to P500.4
million to be sold next month.
The company plans to use
proceeds from the offering,
which will carry an annual
interest rate of 5 percent, to fund
general corporate activities.
The bonds aim to help
potential clients of affordable
and middle-cost housing units
accumulate funds to nance a
quality home and suit their needs
in the future.
Vista Land said the alternative
saving strategy would benet
the low- to middle-income
market segment, which seldom
has access to relatively high-
yielding investment products at
reasonable risks.
Vista Land placed the minimum
subscription to the HomeBuilder
Bonds at P180,000, payable in
36 equal monthly payments of
P5,000.
The bondholder on maturity
has the option to either use the
investment proceeds to purchase
a Vista Land property or opt for
a cash payout.
Jenniffer B. Austria
THE Transportation
Department extended anew the
deadline for the submission of
pre-qualification documents
for the Manila Light Rail
Transit Line 1 extension
project to Cavite, amid appeals
from prospective bidders.
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n
Undersecretary Jose
Perpetuo Lotilla said in a
special bulletin the bidders
had asked the agency to
give them at least one more
month, or from Sept. 28 to
Oct. 22, to comply with the
requirements.
This is in light of the recent
revisions to the instructions
to prospective bidders and
clarications to queries
submitted and in response to the
requests of several prospective
bidder for more time to prepare
the qualication documents,
Lotilla said.
Lotilla, however, assured the
agency would not accommodate
further requests for extension
after Oct. 22. He said the
submission of ofcial queries
would be accepted only until
Oct. 5 to provide sufcient
time for prospective bidders to
prepare their pre-qualication
documents.
The deadline for submission
of pre-qualication documents
was initially set on Aug. 22 this
year when the Transportation
Department amended Section
16.3 of the instructions to
prospective bidders.
Companies that purchased pre-
qualication documents included
San Miguel Infra, Macquarie
Group, Mitsubishi Corp., Hanjin
Heavy Industries & Construction
Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Corp.,
Leighton Contractors, Makati
Development Corp., Metro
Pacic Investments Corp. and
Ayala Corp., FSG Capital Inc.,
EFC Enterprises, D.M. Consunji
Inc. and FF Cruz & Co. Inc.
Lailany P. Gomez
By Jenniffer B. Austria
CONGLOMERATE San Miguel Corp.
may delist at least four units that do not
meet the 10-percent public ownership
rule of the Philippine Stock Exchange,
company president and chief operating
ofcer Ramon Ang told reporters Friday.
The units are San Miguel Pure
Foods Co. Inc., San Miguel
Brewery Inc., San Miguel
Properties Inc. and PAL Holdings
Inc.
We are trying our best to
comply with the minimum
requirement. But if we are not
able to comply, we may go for
voluntary delisting, Ang said at
the sidelines of the listing of the
companys P80-billion Series 2
preferred shares.
Ang said talks with Japanese
brewer Kirin, San Miguels
partner in the brewery unit, over
a possible joint share sale was not
progressing, while negotiations
to sell 49 percent of San Miguel
Pure Foods was taking more time
to complete.
We are in talks with potential
investors to buy 49 percent of the
Purefoods. But it is taking more
time, so we might not reach an
agreement before the deadline.
So we go for voluntary delisting,
Ang said. He did not name the
potential investors.
Ang said PAL Holdings, the
majority shareholder of ag
carrier Philippine Airlines, might
also go for voluntary delisting.
San Miguel owns a 49-percent
interest in the airline.
San Miguel Brewerys
public float curently stands
at 0.61 percent, San Miguel
Properties at 0.6 percent, San
Miguel Pure Foods at 0.08
percent and PAL Holdings at
2.3 percent.
The stock exhange has given
listed companies until the end
of 2012 to comply with the 10-
percent minimum public oat
requirement. Companies that
fail to meet the requirement
will be suspended from trading
and eventually be delisted from
the ofcial registry of the local
bourse.
The companys electricity
generating unit, SMC Global
Power Holdings Corp., may
not push through with an initial
public offering this year, Ang
said.
San Miguel had no plans for
more fund raising for the rest of
2012 after completing the sale
of P80 billion worth of preferred
shares, he said.
San Miguel on Friday
successfully listed P80 billion
worth of preferred shares,
attracting retail as well as
institutional investors.
The conglomerate will use
the bulk of the proceeds from
the Series 2 preferred shares
to redeem outstanding Series 1
preferred shares, and the balance
for general corporate purposes,
including short-term debt
payment.
The primary offering of
the Series 2 preferred shares
consisted of 1.067 billion shares,
which were fully subscribed at
P75 each.
Bicutan tower. P.A. Alvarez Group of Companies chairman Romarico Alvarez (fth from left), Korean business partner
Gang Won chairman Kyung-doo Son (fth from right) and Jason Son (fourth from right), lead the laying of the time capsule for
Amaranthe, the latest and most ambitious project of P.A. Metro Residence Builders Inc. Amaranthe is a modern Asian-inspired, 10-
tower medium-rise condominium development in the heart of the highly commercialized area of Bicutan, Paraaque City. Other
projects of P.A. Metro Residence Builders are East Residences Ortigas in Pasig, One Metropolitan Place in Pasay and The North
Grove in Caloocan.
By Lailany P. Gomez
SAN Miguel Corp., which has a 49
percent stake in Philippine Airlines, said
Friday it is in talks with taipan Lucio Tan
to invest up to $6 billion in a new airport
that is expected to replace the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport as Manilas
main gateway.
San Miguel president and chief
operating ofcer Ramon Ang, however,
declined to identify the exact location of
the future airport, which he said would
take two to three years to build.
He denied reports the new airport would be
built in Bulacan province, just north of Metro
Manila. Bulacan is a mountainous area.
You cannot put an airport there, Ang told
reporters at the sidelines of the PAL Holdings
Inc.s annual stockholdersmeeting.
Ang, who is also the president of PAL,
said the shareholders of PAL and San
Miguel were in talks with the Tan family
for the proposed private airport, which
would also be opened to other airlines later
on.
This project is between two
shareholdersSMC and Lucio Tan
family. We will le a disclosure if theres
a denite time. We intend to talk to the
government to submit our proposal in
January next year. We are preparing,
Ang said.
Ang said the project might cost $5
billion to $6 billion, with $1 billion to
$2 billion representing the equity to be
infused by each party.
PAL Holdings, the holdings company
of Philippine Airlines, may voluntarily
delist from the Philippine Stock
Exchange by the end of the year, as the
company may not be able to comply with
the minimum oat requirement. Only 2.3
percent of PAL Holdings Inc.s shares
are held by the public.
We have no choice but to comply with
the 10-percent minimum public oat,
because we will not be able to reach the
timeline for us to be able to do another
round [of share sale], Ang said.
We will not let the PSE to delist us,
because its not good for us. We are
taking the option of doing it voluntarily
to avoid hassle. Before the end of the
year, we will delist, Ang said.
Ang said PAL was focusing on its
reeeting program. In fact, we signed
two weeks ago with Airbus for additional
10 wide-body A330 on top of the 54
aircraft we bought earlier. We are still
in talks with the aircraft manufacturers,
Ang said.
The list price for each A330 was
$250 million or $2.5 billion for all the
10 planes on top of the $7 billion earlier
signed with Airbus, Ang said.
Tagaytay bank closed
THE Bangko Sentrals Monetary Board placed
the Rural Bank of Tagaytay City Inc. under the
receivership of the state-run Philippine Deposit
Insurance Corp. on Sept. 20.
RB Tagaytay City, which is controlled by the
Velazco family, had P304.9 million in deposits
owned by 3,105 depositors as of end-June,
according to the PDIC.
The bank, which is majority owned by V.S.
Velazco Enterprise and Roseller Velazco, is
headed by Horacio Velazco as the president and
chief executive.
The PDIC assured depositors of RB Tagaytay
that all valid deposits would be paid up to the
maximum deposit insurance coverage of P500,000.
The deposit insurer said upon takeover, all bank
records would be gathered, veried and validated.
It said depositors with valid savings accounts
and balances of P10,000 or below and had no
outstanding obligations with RB Tagaytay were
not required to le deposit insurance claims,
as long as they had valid and latest address and
contact details.
The PDIC said it would start mailing payments
to these depositors to their addresses recorded in
the bank by the third week of October.
Anna Leah G. Estrada
Maynilad plants completed
MAYNILAD Water Services Inc., the
concessionaire for the west zone, recently
commissioned two new sewage treatment plants in
Project 8, Quezon City. The two facilities, located
along Legal and Grant Streets, can treat up to 1,030
cubic meters per day of wastewater, which would
benet 1,685 households in the area.
The facilities, along with Maynilads treatment
plant at Congressional Avenue which was
commissioned earlier this year, will improve
sewerage services over 12,200 people in Quezon
City and help clear the San Juan River Basin,
which empties into the Manila Bay.
The wastewater generated by households
and establishments in the area used to be treated
by communal septic tanks, which were rst
constructed by Peoples Homesite and Housing
Corp. in the 1950s.
Maynilad said it invested over P91.7 million to
upgrade these communal septic tanks into three
new STPs.
The concessionaire said with the help of a
sequencing batch reactor technology, it was able to
build an STP despite the small land area available
for use in this densely populated area. The new
technology provides high-quality treatment to
ensure that wastewater discharged conforms to
environmental standards set by the Environment
Department.
Maynilad knows the utmost importance
of maintaining the health of communities and
the environment through proper wastewater
management. The construction of these new STPs
in Quezon City is just part of our long-term plan to
expand sewerage services to the entire West Zone,
said Maynilad president and chief executive Ricky
Vargas.
By Bernadette Lunas
THE Bureau of Customs
assured local steel
manufacturers it will monitor
the importation of nished
steel products from China
following complaints of
alleged unfair trade practices.
Customs deputy
commissioner Peter Manzano
made the commitment to the
Philippine Iron and Steel
Institute, the organization
of local steel associations,
after the group protested the
shipment of 3,000 metric tons
of raw steel materials declared
as nished products.
The PISI said several
reinforcing bar manufacturers
imported billets from China
declared as square bars, a
description used to identify
nished products, which are
entitled to up to 17-percent
tax rebate.
The local steel industry
group asked Customs
Commissioner Ruffy Biazon to
conduct further investigation
on the misdeclared steel
imports from China.
China has more than 200
million [metric tons] of excess
capacity from rogue and
obsolete steel mills resorting
to this malpractice, which
could wipe out the local steel
industry if left unchecked,
the PISI said.
Manzano, in a meeting with
PISI executives, asked the
steel group sector to closely
coordinate with Customs.
The shipment of 3,000
MT of steel billets declared
as square bars arrived on
Aug. 13 at the Harbor
Center in Manila.
PISI president Roberto
Cola said it would ask
the Trade Department
to conduct chemical and
mechanical tests on square
bars entering the country
to ensure the importation is
done properly.
Cola said an importer
should secure an import
commodity clearance from
the Trade Department to
avoid other tests.
Cola said aside from
underpricing, Chinese steel
mills had questionable quality
and reputation.
Market climbs;
URC top gainer
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70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.80 64.90 63.85 64.90 1.72 6,089,430 206,259,197.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 78.50 79.80 78.50 79.80 1.66 2,064,310 18,395,387.00
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.00 50,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 53.15 53.55 53.15 53.50 0.66 96,500 (2,227,890.00)
2.20 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 2.00 2.03 1.99 2.03 1.50 326,000
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 19.94 21.00 19.94 21.00 5.32 164,900 (2,100,000.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 22.95 23.20 22.90 22.90 (0.22) 644,600 (13,890.00)
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.28 10.32 10.16 10.28 0.00 8,900
0.95 0.62 First Abacus 0.70 0.77 0.77 0.77 10.00 100,000
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 73.80 74.00 70.35 74.00 0.27 13,430 703.50
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.91 2.96 2.77 2.92 0.34 155,000
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 475.00 500.00 489.80 500.00 5.26 180
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 92.60 93.55 92.30 92.50 (0.11) 2,639,140 36,859,212.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.90 1.94 1.90 1.94 2.11 1,708,000
94.50 56.00 Phil Bank of Comm 82.00 81.00 78.00 78.00 (4.88) 1,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 72.50 73.50 72.50 73.25 1.03 351,170 4,058,030.00
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 86.00 86.00 84.20 86.00 0.00 1,620
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 373.00 375.00 373.20 375.00 0.54 7,970 2,975,534.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC `A 45.00 46.95 45.00 45.55 1.22 998,700.00 3,401,040.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 162.10 164.90 162.10 164.00 1.17 980,080 101,957,979.00
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 951.50 970.00 951.50 951.50 0.00 150
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 104.90 105.10 105.00 105.00 0.10 253,550 6,733,974.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.90 1.90 1.88 1.89 (0.53) 114,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.45 33.55 33.25 33.55 0.30 3,070,200 13,789,455.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.60 8.60 8.50 8.50 (1.16) 38,900
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 23.50 23.45 23.45 23.45 (0.21) 100
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.66 1.71 1.65 1.68 1.20 7,763,000
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00 300 (9,000.00)
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.44 1.44 1.41 1.44 0.00 1,639,000 423,000.00
Asiabest Group 22.20 22.30 21.55 22.00 (0.90) 10,100
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 14.02 14.02 14.02 14.02 0.00 400
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.85 2.80 2.80 2.80 (1.75) 28,000 78,400.00
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.73 2.75 2.72 2.75 0.73 588,000 771,050.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.78 11.88 11.06 11.80 0.17 506,200 (2,000.00)
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.06 6.08 6.01 6.08 0.33 7,475,900 (3,719,944.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.40 8.72 8.45 8.65 2.98 3,913,300 11,076,560.00
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 19.20 19.98 19.20 19.98 4.06 9,235,400 71,959,148.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 77.55 79.00 77.70 79.00 1.87 1,153,170 (354,632.50)
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 18.02 18.00 17.80 18.00 (0.11) 10,200
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0160 0.0150 0.0160 0.00 36,100,000
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.88 13.00 12.64 13.00 0.93 212,800 1,413,048.00
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.620 0.630 0.620 0.620 0.00 34,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 101.40 102.10 101.00 101.00 (0.39) 247,660 (749,914.00)
Lafarge Rep 9.30 9.30 9.00 9.26 (0.43) 1,740,700
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.10 2.08 2.01 2.01 (4.29) 49,000 10,400.00
1.90 1.11 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.51 1.51 1.51 1.51 0.00 29,951,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 26.80 27.00 26.75 27.00 0.75 4,447,400 (98,280,430.00)
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.720 17.000 16.700 17.000 1.67 1,209,200 1,474,664.00
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co `A 259.00 262.00 255.00 255.00 (1.54) 187,480 (17,765,354.00)
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 7.75 8.49 7.75 7.95 2.58 79,300 (276,085.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 4.04 4.11 4.02 4.04 0.00 3,209,000 3,201,340.00
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.40 10.44 10.32 10.44 0.38 2,426,400 538,574.00
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.16 8.11 8.09 8.09 (0.86) 72,200
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.16 4.24 4.05 4.09 (1.68) 899,000 (614,270.00)
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 0.00 1,000
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.50 2.60 2.60 2.60 4.00 10,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.00 5.50 5.40 5.50 10.00 4,300
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.40 34.40 34.00 34.00 (1.16) 12,200 3,400.00
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp `A 110.40 110.40 110.10 110.30 (0.09) 422,370 18,256,886.00
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.50 2.54 2.45 2.54 1.60 3,788,000 206,540.00
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.139 0.140 0.135 0.139 0.00 7,330,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 12.30 12.44 12.20 12.30 0.00 693,900
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.10 2.10 2.04 2.10 0.00 11,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.21 1.22 1.19 1.19 (1.65) 1,331,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 65.70 69.60 65.95 69.60 5.94 3,700,090 112,137,513.00
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.27 1.29 1.25 1.25 (1.57) 1,341,000
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.900 0.920 0.850 0.850 (5.56) 12,689,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 8.45 8.10 8.10 8.10 (4.14) 2,900
1.22 0.77 Vulcan Indl. 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.00 50,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. `A 0.70 0.72 0.69 0.69 (1.43) 9,068,000 73,050.00
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.85 49.00 48.50 48.85 0.00 2,515,600 71,016,955.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0180 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 269,700,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 14.24 14.80 14.08 14.70 3.23 30,079,000 222,912,506.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 1.96 2.00 0.00 203,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor `A 4.74 4.75 4.70 4.75 0.21 31,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.10 5.10 5.10 5.10 0.00 5,800
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.54 1.55 1.54 1.55 0.65 36,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.68 1.65 1.55 1.65 (1.79) 396,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp `A 429.00 431.00 425.20 426.20 (0.65) 495,710 (50,911,864.00)
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 57.95 58.15 57.95 58.05 0.17 3,134,710 49,000,549.50
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.55 2.55 2.55 2.55 0.00 5,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.13 4.18 4.14 4.17 0.97 107,000
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.214 0.230 0.216 0.230 7.48 230,000
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 545.00 559.00 545.00 545.00 0.00 232,020 37,816,475.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.69 6.00 5.69 5.82 2.28 1,635,800 552,424.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 31.60 32.50 31.70 32.50 2.85 3,521,900 (91,385,550.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 3.80 3.96 3.90 3.90 2.63 48,000
5.70 2.30 Keppel Holdings `B 4.01 4.00 4.00 4.00 (0.25) 37,000 148,000.00
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.55 5.56 5.49 5.55 0.00 3,264,400 266,314.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.12 1.15 1.08 1.08 (3.57) 18,550,000 10,950.00
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings `A 0.450 0.420 0.420 0.420 (6.67) 50,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.18 2.25 2.17 2.17 (0.46) 303,000 (21,800.00)
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.15 4.20 4.16 4.19 0.96 17,680,000 18,989,450.00
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.10 5.10 5.00 5.10 0.00 51,700
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 6.19 6.19 5.70 5.70 (7.92) 155,300
0.0770 0.045 Pacica `A 0.0510 0.0480 0.0470 0.0480 (5.88) 3,500,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.310 1.350 1.310 1.350 3.05 35,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.480 0.490 0.490 0.490 2.08 500,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.315 0.315 0.315 (1.56) 55,130,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 727.00 731.00 725.00 730.00 0.41 278,300 (55,715,105.00)
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.02 2.01 1.97 1.97 (2.48) 477,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.17 1.16 1.16 1.16 (0.85) 155,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2490 0.2490 0.2490 0.2490 0.00 90,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3350 0.3350 0.3200 0.3250 (2.99) 590,000
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.410 0.400 0.380 0.390 (4.88) 4,920,000 8,000.00
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 18.00 17.80 17.24 17.80 (1.11) 2,300
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.99 2.99 2.89 2.93 (2.01) 345,000
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop `A 0.530 0.540 0.520 0.520 (1.89) 131,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.170 0.170 0.170 0.170 0.00 520,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 23.50 24.00 23.20 23.85 1.49 10,799,800 78,988,200.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. `A 4.98 5.03 4.92 4.99 0.20 7,533,000 401,870.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.16 5.18 5.16 5.16 0.00 346,800 777,000.00
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.43 1.47 1.43 1.47 2.80 6,486,000 3,098,950.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.85 2.85 2.70 2.85 0.00 7,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.80 0.82 0.80 0.80 0.00 2,172,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.830 0.830 0.820 0.820 (1.20) 2,112,000
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.68 3.71 3.68 3.68 0.00 129,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.198 0.198 0.196 0.196 (1.01) 540,000
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.87 1.88 1.86 1.86 (0.53) 1,835,000 (333,910.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.35 1.36 1.34 1.36 0.74 16,269,000 14,335,780.00
2.14 0.65 Interport `A 1.22 1.20 1.17 1.17 (4.10) 153,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.21 2.26 2.22 2.23 0.90 96,066,000 35,354,100.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1570 0.1570 0.1560 0.1570 0.00 2,900,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.7400 0.7500 0.7100 0.7100 (4.05) 13,909,000 (667,800.00)
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.76 19.20 18.76 19.04 1.49 12,120,500 90,773,718.00
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.28 3.48 3.29 3.29 0.30 428,000 32,900.00
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.73 2.76 2.71 2.76 1.10 11,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development `A 6.10 6.13 6.10 6.10 0.00 1,839,700 737,180.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 13.96 14.20 13.98 14.20 1.72 8,297,500 (1,617,530.00)
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.69 0.66 0.67 0.00 23,268,000 20,100.00
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.80 3.80 3.70 3.78 (0.53) 40,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.510 0.00 57,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.750 4.850 4.750 4.780 0.63 23,305,000 8,555,990.00
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 32.10 33.00 31.80 32.65 1.71 121,900
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.42 1.42 1.38 1.40 (1.41) 217,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.610 0.650 0.650 0.650 6.56 1,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.00 9.27 9.27 9.27 3.00 700 (6,489,000.00)
28.80 12.20 Berjaya Phils. Inc. 26.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 3.85 15,000
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 11.16 11.40 11.00 11.20 0.36 9,692,500 7,745,238.00
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1560 0.1580 0.1510 0.1540 (1.28) 29,040,000
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 6.15 6.23 6.13 6.17 0.33 1,308,600 421,960.00
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 52.95 54.65 52.90 54.30 2.55 501,990 (7,469,175.00)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.95 5.95 5.74 5.92 (0.50) 292,200 (11,600.00)
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1000.00 1060.00 1000.00 1060.00 6.00 8,045 (430,000.00)
1172.00 11.70 Globalports 20.00 21.00 20.00 21.00 5.00 1,100
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1121.00 1157.00 1130.00 1157.00 3.21 67,980 21,483,995.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.65 9.70 9.50 9.70 0.52 512,100
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 69.95 70.50 70.00 70.40 0.64 1,878,550 5,583,604.00
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.410 0.425 0.410 0.410 0.00 370,000
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.12 2.14 2.00 2.05 (3.30) 10,000 10,700.00
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.021 0.021 0.020 0.021 0.00 29,900,000 10,500.00
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 0.99 1.01 0.99 0.99 0.00 5,395,000 2,577,000.00
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0450 0.0450 0.0450 0.0450 0.00 700,000
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.9900 2.9900 2.9900 2.9900 0.00 20,000 (59,800.00)
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.06 8.15 7.90 8.10 0.50 1,178,900 234,500.00
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.60 2.65 2.50 2.64 1.54 45,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.90 2.90 2.80 2.90 0.00 20,000 (26,100.00)
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.73 0.68 0.68 0.68 (6.85) 60,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 3.00 3.04 2.88 2.88 (4.00) 1,864,000
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.05 7.10 7.00 7.00 15.70 4,300
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 13.88 14.10 14.00 14.00 0.86 3,907,000
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.50 7.50 7.00 7.50 0.00 44,800
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.79 2.81 2.75 2.80 0.36 447,000
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.45 9.50 9.50 9.50 0.53 1,000,000 (9,500,000.00)
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 74.95 73.00 72.00 73.00 (2.60) 110,190
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 16.98 16.98 16.94 16.98 0.00 372,300 3,894,542.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2780.00 2802.00 2780.00 2784.00 0.14 244,000 (234,101,380.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.00 100,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.75 30.10 29.50 29.70 (0.17) 3,781,300 4,080,385.00
STI Holdings 2.21 2.42 2.10 2.22 0.45 583,000 4,080,385.00
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 3.87 4.00 3.84 4.00 3.36 204,000
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.59 2.59 2.40 2.59 0.00 213,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.460 0.455 0.440 0.450 (2.17) 130,000
MINING
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0044 0.0044 0.0044 0.0044 0.00 57,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex `A 4.75 4.80 4.71 4.77 0.42 14,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.90 4.90 4.65 4.85 (1.02) 34,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. `A 17.30 17.40 17.32 17.40 0.58 258,800 1,485,280.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge `A 27.20 27.00 27.00 27.00 (0.74) 200 5,400.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.260 0.260 0.260 0.260 0.00 780,000
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 23.15 23.25 23.10 23.10 (0.22) 5,600 (129,760.00)
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.02 1.08 1.08 1.08 5.88 30,000
61.80 6.96 Dizon 23.40 23.75 23.00 23.40 0.00 39,600 (44,270.00)
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.58 0.58 0.57 0.58 0.00 904,000 213,180.00
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto `A 1.180 1.190 1.130 1.150 (2.54) 19,790,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.270 1.260 1.170 1.170 (7.87) 45,284,000 (28,151,620.00)
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining `A 0.0570 0.0570 0.0530 0.0540 (5.26) 464,670,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0570 0.0570 0.0530 0.0530 (7.02) 185,780,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.42 18.00 17.30 17.50 0.46 741,800 1,219,890.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.00 8.05 7.77 7.78 (2.75) 279,600
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6500 0.6200 0.6200 0.6200 (4.62) 31,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.500 4.560 4.450 4.460 (0.89) 978,000
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. `A 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 103,200,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 (5.00) 56,000,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.95 6.00 5.97 6.00 0.84 142,700 539,100.00
28.25 18.40 Philex `A 14.70 14.72 14.12 14.28 (2.86) 5,451,000 (14,563,256.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 25.50 26.00 24.20 24.50 (3.92) 341,100 712,025.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. `A 0.047 0.048 0.046 0.047 0.00 270,700,000
30.00 13.50 PNOC Expls `A 75.00 72.00 70.00 72.00 (4.00) 360
65.00 39.00 PNOC Expls `B 55.00 67.00 67.00 67.00 21.82 360
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 223.00 223.00 221.00 222.00 (0.45) 99,240 11,677,378.00
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0150 0.0140 0.0150 0.00 26,700,000 (141,000.00)
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 32.30 33.40 32.05 33.05 2.32 1,879,300 (13,426,280.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref `A 539.00 539.00 539.00 539.00 0.00 90
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 103.50 103.50 103.50 103.50 0.00 400
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 104.00 102.50 102.50 102.50 (1.44) 5,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.42 9.58 9.45 9.58 1.70 2,879,600 6,903,650.00
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 108.00 108.00 107.70 107.90 (0.09) 8,350 (436,985.00)
SMC Preferred A 75.00 75.10 74.90 75.00 0.00 695,800
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred B 79.00 80.00 74.50 80.00 1.27 810
SMC Preferred C 75.00 76.00 75.00 75.00 0.00 42,220 906480.00
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.20 1.21 1.20 1.21 0.83 67,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.21 1.28 1.24 1.24 2.48 682,000 255,740.00
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0290 0.0280 0.0240 0.0280 (3.45) 7,400,000
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 18,445,973 1,234,861,417.40
INDUSTRIAL 150,170,565 1,215,249,724.38
HOLDING FIRMS 427,218,202 1,554,751,532.05
PROPERTY 252,317,007 1,143,956,686.01
SERVICES 99,121,674 1,363,596,544.45
MINING & OIL 1,249,283,853 301,339,624.00
GRAND TOTAL 2,196,557,274 6,813,755,528.28
FINANCIAL 1,370.60 (up) 15.02
INDUSTRIAL 8,138.57 (up) 78.48
HOLDING FIRMS 4,492.12 (up) 31.74
PROPERTY 2,073.88 (up) 26.03
SERVICES 1,799.85 (up) 9.34
MINING & OIL 19,838.99 (down) 489.13
PSEI 5,346.10 (up) 44.61
All Shares Index 3,549.65 (up) 19.70
Gainers: 86; Losers: 72; Unchanged: 55; Total: 213
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
PNOC Expls `B' 67.00 21.82
Metro Pacic Tollways 7.00 15.70
First Abacus 0.77 10.00
Salcon Power Corp. 5.50 10.00
Forum Pacic 0.230 7.48
APC Group, Inc. 0.650 6.56
FEUI 1060.00 6.00
Universal Robina 69.60 5.94
Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.08 5.88
COL Financial 21.00 5.32
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
MJCI Investments Inc. 5.70 (7.92)
Lepanto `B' 1.170 (7.87)
Manila Mining `B' 0.0530 (7.02)
Manila Bulletin 0.68 (6.85)
Mabuhay Holdings `A' 0.420 (6.67)
Pacica `A' 0.0480 (5.88)
Vitarich Corp. 0.850 (5.56)
Manila Mining `A' 0.0540 (5.26)
Oriental Pet. `B' 0.0190 (5.00)
Phil Bank of Comm 78.00 (4.88)
TOP GAI NERS TOP LOSERS
Vista Land expands condo projects
By Jenniffer B. Austria
VISTA Land and Lifescapes
Inc., the countrys largest home-
builder, is expanding its portfolio
of condominium projects as
it aims to at least double the
contribution of high-rise projects
to the groups total revenues.
We are employing the
vertical village concept, which
will allow residents in our
condominium projects to enjoy
the spacious comfort usually
available only to subdivision
and townhouse residents,
Vista Land president and chief
executive Manuel Paolo Villar
said in a statement.
Vista Land investor relations
head Brian Edang said the
company aims to increase
the share of condominium
development to 10 percent to
15 percent of the companys
total revenues from the current
7 percent.
Vista Residences builds and
manages all the condominium
projects of Vista Land that cater
to three main market segments
Camella Condo Homes for the
low-income segment, Crown Asia
Homes for the upper and middle-
income group and Brittany for the
high-income segment.
Camella, the real estate brand
with the widest geographical reach
and which has become a status
symbol among the low-income
bracket and Filipinos working
overseas, is involved in vertical
development projects in Metro
Manila and Cagayan de Oro City.
Camella Condo Homes
has ve medium and high-
rise vertical projects in Metro
Manila, namely Laureano di
Trevi, CCH Taguig, CCH Pasig
and the university projects (CCH
Taft and CCH Katipunan).
Crown Asia Residences is
building condominium projects
that targets young professionals,
including migrant Filipinos.
These include Symphony
Tower in the Quezon City South
Triangle, Will Tower in Quezon
City, Crown Tower University
Belt in Manila, The Currency
in the Ortigas Business Center,
Salcedo Square in Makati,
Brescia Residence in Quezon
City, Pine Crest in New Manila,
Presidio at Lakefront Sucat,
Madison Place in Cubao and
Crown Asia Residences Wack
Wack in Mandaluyong City.
Brittany, the brand for the high-
end market, offers a portfolio of
luxurious vertical projects that
include Mosaic in Greenbelt,
KL Mosaic near Greenbelt,
The Marfori Tower at Sucats
Lakefront, Avant at the Fort and
the recently launched Hudson at
the Fort.
Vista Land has set a budget of
P15.2 billion this year for capital
expenditure, including vertical
projects.
Pag-IBIG satellite
ofce. Home Development
Mutual Fund, or Pag-IBIG,
held a formal opening for
its rst mall-based satellite
ofce at the Lingkod Pinoy
Center, Level 1, Robinsons
Galleria. The facility is open
Monday to Friday, from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Services
offered include membership
registration, online
verication of records and
transfer of records. Shown
(from left) are Pag-IBIG Fund
deputy chief executive Tess
Gonzales, Pag-IBIG Fund
senior vice president Robert
John Cosico, Pag-IBIG Fund
chief executive Darlene
Berberabe, Robinsons Land
president and chief operating
ofcer Frederick Go, Pag-IBIG
Fund vice president Emetrio
Gonzales Jr. and RLC business
unit manager for commercial
centers division Arlene
Magtibay.
STOCKS advanced Friday, as Asian
markets welcomed progress on Spanish
scal reforms, easing concerns over the
spread of the debt problems in Europe.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-
company benchmark, jumped 44
points, or 0.8 percent, to close
at 5,346.10. Value turnover
amounted to P6.8 billion.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, also gained 19 points,
or 0.6 percent, to 3,549.65, as
gainers led losers, 86 to 72, with
55 issues unchanged.
Property and nancial
companies led gainers, while
mining rms slid, on lower metal
prices in the world market.
Ayala Land Inc. rose 1.5
percent to P23.85 while
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
B3
Classifeds
ManilaStandardToday
adv.mst@gmail.com
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Zamboanga del Sur 1
st
Engineering District
Pagadian City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Zamboanga del Sur 1
st
Engineering District, Pagadian
City, through the Fund 101-RA 10155, invites Contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12JE0034
Contract Name: Construction of Flood Control Project at Dipolo
Gamay Bridge along Jct. Aurora-Ozamis City Road
Contract Location: Molave, Zamboanga del Sur
Scope of Work: Construction of 127 ln.m. concrete slope protection
with concrete sheet piles
Approved Budget for the Contract: Php 19,169,140.02
Contract Duration: 120 Calendar Days
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),
purchased bid documents 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, (c) with PCAB
license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion
of a similar contract costing atleast 50 % of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC,
or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for
the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractors application for registration with complete requirements and
issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be download at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 28, 2012 to October 17, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. October 05, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders 5:00 P.M. October 11, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids 10:00 A.M. October 17, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 1:00 P.M. October 17, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH,
Zamboanga del Sur 1
st
Engineering District, Pagadian City, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee of PHP 10,000.00. Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective
bidders that will download 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 accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable from, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the
bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall
contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior
to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder/s.


Approved By:
(Sgd.) VIOLETA S. TAGAYUNA
Engineer III
BAC-Chairman
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Sorsogon District Engineering Offce
Guinlajon, Sorsogon City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Sorsogon District Engineering Offce, Guinlajon, Sorsogon City,
through the SARO No. 12-01623 dated August 30, 2012, invites contractors
to bid for the aforementioned projects.
Contract ID: 12FK0017
Contract Name: Construction of Multi-Purpose Building

Contract Location: Cabid-an, Sorsogon City
Scope of Work: Const. of 20m. x 24m. Sideco Warehouse with
30m. fencing
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9,650,000.00
Contract Duration: 120 C.D.
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with
the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of Bid.
To apply and 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 inclusion of material data on the Pledge equipment for the Project in
compliance with D.O. 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 Offce before the deadline for the receipt
of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications
for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 28, 2012 October 18, 2012
2. Deadline Receipt of LOI from prospective Bidders October 12, 2012 until 12:00 noon
3. Pre-Bid Conference October 5, 2012 @10:00 A.M
4. Receipts of Bids Deadline: October 18, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids October 18, 2012 @ 10:05 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the Offce
of the BAC Secretariat, DPWH Sorsogon District Engineering Offce, Guinlajon,
Sorsogon City upon payment of non-refundable fee of Php10,000.00. Prospective
bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-
Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the
BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidder shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. The Technical & Financial Documents must be bounded, all
documents shall be earmarked and Documentary Stamp is required on all
documents with Notary Public and properly sealed. All bidders are invited to
attend the Pre-Bid Conference as scheduled for new instructions. Contract will
be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid
evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Sorsogon District Engineering Offce, Guinlajon, Sorsogon
City reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process
at any time prior contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidder/s.

APPROVED BY:
(Sgd.) ARTURO N. LEE
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
(BAC Chairman)
NOTED:

(Sgd.) ROMEO D. DOLOIRAS
District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Cordillera Administrative Region
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Engineer's Hill, Baguio City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Cordillera Administrative
Regi on (DPWH-CAR) through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned project/s:
1. Contract ID : 12PO0043
Contract Name : Improvement/Widening/Concreting of Bontoc
Tabuk Tuguegarao Road Basao Bridge
Suyo Tangadan Mallango Section
Contract Location : K0429+940 K0456+094 (I.S.) Tinglayan
Lubuagan, Kalinga
Scope of Work : PCCP, Concrete Curb and Gutter, Grouted Riprap,
etc.
Approved Budget Cost : Php 39,314,088.33
Contract Duration : 121 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents : Php 20,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with 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 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 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use the non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration,
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph. Letter of Intent submitted thru mail will not be accepted. Only the
Owner or the Authorized Liaison Offcer as refected in the Contractors Registration
Certifcate (CRC) will be allowed to transact with the BAC.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From September 29, 2012 October 19, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 5, 2012; 10:00am
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
Deadline: October 12, 2012; 5:00pm
4. Submission/Receipt of Bids Until 10:00am; October 19, 2012
5. Opening of Bids October 19, 2012; 10:00am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-CAR,
BAC-Secretariat, upon payment of non- refundable fee for Bidding Documents as
stated above. 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 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 of R.A. 9184.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Cordillera Administrative
Region (DPWH-CAR), 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.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) WILBUR B. LIKIGAN
Chief, MQCH Division
BAC Vice - Chairman
DPWH-CAR, Regional Offce
Engineers Hill, Baguio City, 2600
Fax/Tel. No. (074)-444-88-38
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
REGION III
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
BULACAN 2
nd
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
September 26, 2012
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) of Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through the Fund 101
Regular Flood Control CY 2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
1. Contract ID: 12CD0252
Contract Name: Rip-rapping/river walling of Meycauayan River from the Bridge
of Banga in Mc Arthur Highway to Poblacion Bridge
Contract Location: Meycauayan, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Slope Protection
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 7,838,533.75
Contract Duration: 120 calendar days
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 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, interested Contractor must also submit the photo
copy and original (for authentication purpose and issuance of Bid Documents) of the
following documents: 1. Class A Documents (contained in the Contractors Registration
Certifcate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) DTI Business Name Registration (DTI) or
SEC Registration or CDA; b) Valid and Current Mayors Permit/Municipal License;
1.2. Technical Documents; a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement, in case of J.V., b) Valid
PCAB License and Registration c) Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation duly
certifed by the Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO), d) Latest copy of AMO course
Seminar, e) Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from DOLE, f) Document Request
List (DRL) g) Latest CPES Rating; 1.3. Financial Documents; a) Prospective bidders
Audited Financial Statement for the preceding calendar which should not be earlier
than 2 years from the date of bid submission; b) Prospective bidders computation of
its NFCC. The LOI must be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed
in the Contractors Information (CI). Submission of LOI by persons with Special Power
of Attorney shall not be allowed. Contractors who will purchase bid documents and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH & PHILGEPS,
(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 registra-
tion to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH-POCW will only process contractors applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Until 10:00 A.M. of October 18, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: September 28, 2012 up to 10:00 A.M. of October 18, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 2:00 P.M. of October 4, 2012
4. Submission of Bids Deadline: 10:00 A.M. of October 18, 2012
5. Opening of Bids October 18, 2012 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Bulacan
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee for Bidding Documents Ten Thousand Pesos (Php 10,000.00).
Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding documents (BDs), from the DPWH
website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bids Documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce 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.) GENE S. LEAO
BAC Chairman
(MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
National Capital Judicial Region
Branch 8, MANILA
FIESTA TOURS & TRAVEL
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
-versus- Civil Case No. 11-125994
KING SPIRIT TRAVEL AND TOURS,
INC. and MIR.ASOL NACIONALES,
Defendants.
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ORDER
Appearance by Atty. Doanni Lou F.
Dequina, collaborating counsel for plaintiff.
Considering that an Affdavit was fied by
plaintiff in support of the Motion to Serve
Summons by Publication, as required by the
Rules of Court, Motion is hereby GRANTED.
In view thereof, let the Summons be
served against defendants King Spirit Travel
and Tours, Inc. and Mirasol Nacionales
through publication once in a newspaper
of general circulation in the Philippines.
Defendants are directed to file Answer
to the Complaint within ffteen (15) days
from notice.
Reset to October 9; 2012 at 8:30 oclock
in the morning .
SO ORDERED.
Manila, 14 August 2012 .
(Sgd.) FELIXBERTO I. OLALIA, JR.
Presiding Judge
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
National Capital Judicial Region
Branch 8, MANILA
FIESTA TOURS & TRAVEL
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
-versus- Civil Case No. 11-126234
KING SPIRIT TRAVEL AND TOURS,
INC. and MIR.ASOL NACIONALES,
Defendants.
x-----------------------------------------------x
S U M M O N S
To: MIRASOL NACIONALES
No. 2240 Paraiso Street
Dasmarias Village, Makati City
GREETINGS:
You are hereby required within FIFTEEN
(15) DAYS after service of summons to fle
with this Court and serve on the plaintiff
your ANSWER to the Complaint, a copy of
which is hereto attached, together with all
the annexes. If you fail to answer within the
time fxed, the plaintiff will take judgment by
default and may be granted the relief applied
for in the Complaint.
Mor eover, pur suant t o I BP- OCA
Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated
March 12, 2002, your are expected not to
fle a Motion to Dismiss but instead, you
are requested to allege the grounds of
such motion as defenses in your Answer.
Likewise, your are expected to utilize the
deposition-discovery measures under Rule
23, 25,26,27 & 28 of Rule 25 and request
for admission of fact under Rule 27 may be
prejudicial to your interest(s).
Manila, Philippines. August 26, 2011.
JENNIFER H. DELA CRUZ-BUENDIA
Clerk of Court & Ex-Offcio Sheriff
By:
(Sgd.) NICOLE AVA S. DIMANLIG-DELA PAZ
Branch Clerk of Court
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
National Capital Judicial Region
Branch 8, MANILA
FIESTA TOURS & TRAVEL
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff
-versus- Civil Case No. 11-126234
KING SPIRIT TRAVEL AND TOURS, INC.,
And MIRASOL NACIONALES
Defendants.
x-------------------------------------------------x
S U M M O N S
To: KINGSPIRITTRAVEL ANDTOURS, INC.
No. 7814 Mavenue Building
Guerrero St., cor. Makati Avenue
Makati City`
GREETINGS:
You are hereby required with in FIFTEEN
(15) DAYS after service of summons to fle
with this Court and serve on the plaintiff
your ANSWER to the Complaint, a copy of
which is hereto attached, together with all
the annexes. If you fail to answer within the
time fxed, the plaintiff will take judgment by
default and may be granted the relief applied
for in the Complaint.
Mor eover, pur suant t o I BP- OCA
Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated
March 12, 2002, your are expected not to
fle a Motion to Dismiss but instead, you
are requested to allege the grounds of
such motion as defenses in your Answer.
Likewise, your are expected to utilize the
deposition-discovery measures under Rule
23, 25,26,27 & 28 of Rule 25 and request
for admission of fact under Rule 27 may be
prejudicial to your interest(s).
Manila, Philippines. August 26, 2011.
JENNIFER H. DELA CRUZ-BUENDIA
Clerk of Court & Ex-Offcio Sheriff
By:
(Sgd.) NICOLE AVA S. DIMANLIG-DELA PAZ
Branch Clerk of Court
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
MANILA
Branch____
FIESTA TOURS & TRAVEL,
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
-versus- Civil Case No. 11126234
KING SPIRIT TRAVEL AND TOURS,
INC., and MIRASOL , NACIONALES,
Defendants.
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COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, by counsel, respectfully states:
The Parties
1. Fiesta Tours & Travel Corporation
(Fiesta Tours) is a travel agency engaged in
international and domestic ticketing services
with principal offce address at 517 Alonso
Street, Malate,Manila. It is represented by
Ms. Maria Dolores R. Fortun who had been
authorized by Board action to fle this case.
A copy of plaintiffs Secretarys Certifcates
is attached as Annex A.
2. King Spirit Travel and Tours, Inc. (King
Spirit) is also a travel agency with business
address at No. 7844 Mavenue Building, Guerrero
Street corner Makati Avenue, Makati City.
3. Ms. Mirasol Nacionales (Ms. Nacionales)
is the President of King Spirit with residential
address at No. 2240 Paraiso Street, Dasmarias
Village, Makati City.
Acopy of the 2010 General Information Sheet
(GIS) of King Spirit is attached as Annex B.
Allegations Common to All Causes of Action
4. King Spirit is one of plaintiffs clients who
bought airline tickets from the latter, which is
subsequently delivered to its own clients. At the
start of their business relationship, Fiesta Tours
and King Spirit agreed that the latter will purchase
airline tickets on credit, which will be paid within
ffteen (15) days from delivery of tickets.
5. On May 6, 7 and 11, 2010, King Spirit
purchased on credit from Fiesta Tours airline
tickets in the total amount of Four Hundred Ninety
One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Three & 24/100
Pesos (P491,653.24);
5.1 BOOC/Carlife in the amount of One
Hundred Sixteen Thousand Six Hundred
Forty Five 32/100 Pesos (P116,645.32);
5.2. Alejandro Alarcio in the amount of Two
Hundred Seventy Thousand Two Hundred
Twenty Three & 92/100 (P270,223.92); and
5.3. BATO/Olive Mae in the amount of One
Hundred Four Thousand Seven Hundred
Eighty Four Pesos (P104,784).
Copies of the Charge Invoices and
Purchase Orders are attached as Annexes
C to C-5.
6. Since the above credit purchases of airline
tickets remain unpaid as of June 11, 2010, Fiesta
Tours send a demand letter dated November
4, 2010 to King Spirit and Ms. Nacionales
requesting payment of the total amount of Four
Hundred Ninety One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty
Three & 24/100 Pesos (491,653.24) on or before
November 15, 2010.
This demand was ignored by King Spirit and
Ms. Nacionales.
Copies of the demand letter dated November
4, 2010 and the summary of accountabilities
are attached as Annexes D and E, respectively.
7. Because of Ki ng Spi ri t and Ms.
Nacionales failure to settle its unpaid obligations,
Fiesta Tours counsel sent a fnal demand letter
dated December 2, 2010 to them giving them
fve (5) days from receipt of said letter to pay to
in full the amount of Four Hundred Ninety One
Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Three & 24/100
Pesos (491,653.24),
This demand letter was not received by King
Spirit and Ms. Nacionales at the residence of
Ms. Nacionales at No. 2240 Paraiso Street,
Dasmarias Village, Makati City as she refused
the entry of the messenger of plaintiffs counsel
in the village for the sevice of the demand letter
on her.
Copies of the letter dated December 2, 2010
and the Affdavit of Noly Bernardo is attached as
Annexes F and G, respectively.
8. A third demand letter was sent to King
Spirit on January 4, 2011. This time the letter
was addressed at the Ground Floor, Pelbel
Building 1, 2019 Shaw Boulevard, Pasig City,
which was the address was given by King Spirit in
its 2010 General Information Sheet fled with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
However, Fiesta Tours was advised that King
Spirit had moved out of said offce.
Acopy of the letter is attached as Annex H.
9. Afourth and fnal demand letter was sent
by registered mail to the residential address of
Ms. Nacionales but the same was also returned
unserved.
Acopy of the letter is attached as Annex I.
10. Despite the above demands, however,
King Spirit and Ms. Nacionales failed and
refused, and continue to fail and refuse, to pay
said amount to Fiesta Tours.
First Cause of Action
11. The foregoing allegations are repleaded
by reference.
12. In light of King Spirit and Ms. Nacionales
continued and unjustifed refusal to honor their
fnancial obligation to Fiesta Tours, the latter
suffered actual damages in the amount of Four
Hundred Ninety One Thousand Six Hundred
Fifty Three & 24/100 (P491,653.24), for which
the former should be held liable to pay.
Second Cause of Action
13. The foregoing allegations are repleaded
by reference.
14. As an example for the public good and to
serve as a deterrent to others similarly disposed
in reneging on their just obligations, King Spirit
and Ms. Nacionales should be made to pay
Fiesta Tours exemplary damages in the amount
of at least One Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P100,000.00).
Third Cause of Action
15. The foregoing allegations are reproduced
and repleaded herein by reference.
16. In light of King Spirit and Ms. Nacionales
unjustifed and continued refusal to pay their
validly contracted obligations, Fiesta Tours was
compelled to litigate and engage the services
of counsel. It should, therefore, be awarded
attorneys fees and reimbursed expenses of
litigation in the amount of not less than Fifty
Thousand Pesos (P50,000).
Relief
WHEREFORE, It is respectfully prayed that
judgment be rendered ordering King Spirit Travel
& Tours, Inc., and Ms. Mirasol Nacionales to
jointly pay Fiesta Tours & Travel Corporation
the amount of:
1. Four Hundred Ninety One Thousand
Six Hundred Fifty Three & 24/100 Pesos
(P491,653.24) as actual damages:
2. At least One Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P100,000.00) as exemplary damages;
3. At least Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,00) as
attorneys fees and costs of litigation.
Other equitable reliefs are also prayed for.
Makati City for the City of Manila, August
5, 2011
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REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 48, MANILA
IN RE: PETITION FOR JUDICIAL
RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN
DIVORCEANDDECLARATIONOF
CAPACITY TO REMARRY UNDER
ARTICLE 26, FAMILY CODE
ELMA DAUGDAUG-MONTERO,
Petitioner,
-versus-
FUJIHIRO ISONO .
MUNICIPAL REGISTRAR OF BACOOR,
CAVITE and the ADMINISTRATOR and
CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL of the
NATIONAL STATISTICE OFFICE.
Respondents.
CIVIL CASE NO. 12-128079
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
ORDER OF SUMMONS BY PUBLI CATI ON
In a verified petition filed on June 8, 2012,
petitioner through counsel prays that after due
notice and hearing, judgment be rendered
declaring Elma Daugdaug-Montero as having
been validly Divorced by Agreement with her
former Japanese husband Fujihiro Isono and
is capacitated to remarry under Article 26, 2nd
paragraph of the Family Code.
It is therein alleged that petitioner and respondent
were married on August 2, 2005 in Bacoor,
Cavite. After fve (5) years of their marriage,
the spouses on November 26, 2010 were
divorced. As a result of the aforesaid divorce,
petitioner then reverted to her maiden name
Elma Daugdaug Montero.
NOW, THEREFORE, private respondent Fujihiro
Isono whose residence is last known to be at No.
Nihunmatsunishi, Nakano-cho, Toyohashi City,
Japan, is hereby summoned and directed to fle
his answer or responsive pleading to the instant
petition within thirty (30) days from the last date
of publication of this summons.
Let this Order and a copy of the petition and its
annexes be published once a week for two (2)
consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general
circulation at the expense of the petitioner.
SO ORDERED.
Manila, July 6, 2012.
ORIGINAL SIGN
SILVERlO Q. CASTILLO
Judge
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
National Capital Judicial Region
BRANCH 48, MANILA
IN RE: Petition for Judicial recognition
of foreign divorce and declaration of
capacity to remarry under Article 26,
Family Code
ELMA DAUGDAUG-MONTERO,
Petitioner,
-versus- SP: PROC. NO. 12-128079
For: Judicial Recognition
of Foreign Divorce
Declaration of capacity to
remarry
FUJlHIRO ISONO, MUNICIPAL CIVIL
REGISTRAR., Bacoor, Cavite and the
ADMINISTRATOR and CIVIL REGISTRAR
GENERAL of the National Statistics Offce,
Respondents.
x--------------------------------------------------------x
AMENDED PETITION
COMES NOW, Peti ti oner, ELMA
DAUGDAUG MONTERO, by counsel, unto this
Honorable Court, most respectfully states, that:
1. Petitioner Elma Daugdaug Montero
(petitioner for brevity), fle this Petition against
Fujihiro sono (hereinafter referred to as Private
Respondent), the Municipal Civil Registrar,
Bacoor, Cavite and the Administrator and Civil
Registrar General of the National Statistics Offce
(herein referred to as Public Respondents) and
Article 26 (2nd Par) of the Family Code (Executive
Order No. 209, as amended by Executive Order
No. 227) which provides
Article 26. - All marriages solemnized
outside the Philippines in accordance
with the laws is force in the country
where they were solemnized and
valid there as such shall also be
valid in this country, except those
prohibited under Articles 36 (1), (A),
(5) and (6), 3637, and 38 (17a) where
a marriage between a Filipino citizen
and a foreigner is validly celebrated
and a divorce is thereafter validly
obtained abroad by the alien spouse
capacitating himor her to remarry, the
Filipino spouse shall have capacity
to remarry under Philippine law.
(as amended by Executive Order
No. 227).
2. That herein petition prays, among
others, for the Recognition of Foreign Divorce,
in particular, of petitioners capacity to remarry
by reason of the termination of her matrimonial
relationship or dissolution of the previous
marriage with Private Respondent Fujihiro
Isono through a divorce by agreement in Japan,
thereby, capacitatingPrivateRespondent Fujihiro
Isono to remarry under Japanese Laws and
Regulations. Consequently, herein petitioner is
also capacitated as well, to remarry under the
Philippine laws/jurisprudence.
3. The petitioner further states to compel
the Municipal Civil Registrar of the Municipality of
Bacoor, Cavite and the Offce of theAdministrator
and Civil Registrar General of the National
Statistic Offce (NSO) to be posted hereof and
to take notice of the Judicial Recognition of such
Foreign Divorce, as herein sought, as well as to
have the same accepted for fling, recording and
annotation on the corresponding Certifcate of
Marriage of petitioner and private respondent,
Fujihiro Isono, respectively.
THE PARTIES
Petitioner is a Filipino citizen, of legal age,
with residence/postal address at 2127-A Onyx
Street, Paco, Manila, she may be served with
legal processes of this Honorable Court through
her counsel, Atty. Cesar T. Verano at Blk. 63, Lot
4, Brgy. Laram, San Pedro, Laguna.
Public Respondents, Municipal Civil
Registrar of the Municipality of Bacoor, Cavite
is being impleaded in its offcial capacity and
may be served with summons/processes of
the Honorable Court at the Municipal Hall,
Municipality of Bacoor, Cavite, while Public
Respondent Administrator and Civil Registrar
General of the National Statistics Offce (NSO)
is further impleaded in its offcial capacity and
may be served with summons/processes of
the Honorable Court at the National Statistics
Offce, Quezon City.
Private Respondent Fujihiro Isono is a
Japanese National, of legal age, whose last
known address and/or permanent domicile in
Japan as known to petitioner is Nihonmatsunishi,
Nakano-cho, Toyohashi City, Japan.
ALLEGATIONS MATERIAL TO THE
PETITION
4. Petitioner and Private Respondent were
married on August 2, 2005, in Bacoor, Cavite.
Their marriage was registered with the Offce
of the City Civil Registrar of the Municipality of
Bacoor, Cavite as shown by the corresponding
Certifcate of Marriage, authenticated copy of
which is hereto attached as Annex A ;
5. After fve (5) years of their marriage on
August 2, 2005, or thereabout, the spouses
on, November 26, 2010 were divorced. This
was a divorce obtained by agreement between
the parties. Thus, Private Respondent is
capacitated to remarry according to Japanese
Laws/Regulations . Authenticated photocopy
of the Report of Divorce dated November 26,
2010 together with the accompanying Japanese
text and Certifcate of Translation are hereto
attached as Annexes B, B-1 , B-2 and
"B-3, respectively.
6. This divorce was duly recorded in the
Family Register of Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture,
per authenticated copy of Fujihiro Isono Family
Register together with the accompanying
Japanese text and Certifcate of Translation as
Annexes "C, "C-l ", "C-2 and "C-3. Likewise,
the same was attested by an Acceptance
Certificate (report of Divorce) as evidenced
by the authenticated copy hereof together
with its accompanying Japanese text and
Certifcate of Translation as Annexes "D, "D-l,
"D-2 and "D-3;
7. As a result of the aforesaid divorce,
Petitioner then reverted to her maiden name
Elma Daugdaug Montero;
8. To date, however, her divorce with former
husband, Private Respondent Fujihiro Isono
has not been annotated on their corresponding
Certificate of Marriage (Annex "A), upon
inquiries made with Public Respondent Municipal
Civil Registrar, Municipality of Bacoor, Cavite,
and with the National Statistics Offce (NSO)
Petitioner was informed that existing legal
procedure require that said divorce could only
be annotated on the Certificate of Marriage
with Fujihiro Isono if there is a Court Order
recognizing the said divorce under Article 26,
Family Code as amended. Hence, this petition.
GROUNDS RELIED UPON FOR
RECOGNITION OF PETITIONERS FOREIGN
DIVORCE WITH FIRST HUSBAND FUJIHIRO
ISONO
9. In Republic vs. Obrecido III, G.R. No.
154380,. October 5, 2005, the Supreme Court
declared that the instant case is an appropriate
one for declaratory relief, as follows:
At the outset, we note that the petition for
authority to remarry fled before the trial court,
actually constituted a petition for declaratory
relief. n this connection, Section 1, Rule 63 of
the Rules of Court provides:
DECLARATORY RELIEF AND SIMILAR
REMEDIES
Section 1. Who may fle petitioner - Any
person interested under a deed, will contract,
or other written instrument, or whose rights
are affected by a statute, executive order or
regulation, ordinance, or other governmental
regulation may, before breach or violation
thereof, bring an action in the appropriate
Regional Trial Court to determine any question
of construction or validity arising, and for a
declaration of his rights or duties, thereunder.
The requisites of a petition for declaratory
relief are: (1) there must be, a justifiable
controversy; (2) the controversy must be
between persons; whose interests are adverse;
(3) that the party seeking the relief has a legal
interest in the controversy, and (4) that the issue
is ripe for judicial determination;
10. Thus, although proceedings of this
nature are new in the Philippine judicial
landscape, in the case of Republic vs. Obrecido
, GR No. 154380, October 5, 2005, the
Supreme Court declared that proceedings for
the determination and declaration of the validity
of foreign divorce, for purposes of applying the
provisions of Article 26 of the Family Code, as
amended, actually constituted a petition for
declaratory relief . Indeed, in the famous treatise
of Vicente Francisco on the Rules of Court, in the
Philippines, his commentaries on the petition for
declaratory relief states pertinently as follows:
The validity of marriages and divorces as
affecting questions of status, property rights, etc.,
has been the subject of declaratory judgments
and orders. For example, declarations have been
made as to the validity of marriage as affected
by relationship of the parties with the prohibited
degree and as to the validity of a divorce granted
in a state other than that in which the plaintiff
resided, where there was involved a question of
the plaintiffs right as a widow of the deceased,
he having married subsequent to the divorce, and
the second wife also surviving him. (Francisco
Comments on the Revised Rules of Court, Vol. IV-
A, 1972 Ed. P. 23 [Comments on Sec. 1, Rule 64])
11. The foregoing allegations and the
documentary evidence adduced in support
thereof will establish that PETITIONER is a
Filipino citizen who married a Japanese National,
thePRIVATERESPONDENTJunSakamoto, and
that her alien spouse has obtained a DIVORCE,
thereby CAPACITATING HIM TO REMARRY;
in view of the consequent termination of their
matrimonial relationship by reason such divorce,
under the provisions of Book 4 [RELATVES],
Chapter 1 [GENERAL PROVSONS] of the
Japan Civil Code, which provides, in Article 728
thereof, which provides as follows:
TERMINATION OF MATRlMONlAL
RELATIONSHIP
Article 728. 1. The matrimonial relationship
is terminated by divorce. 2. The same shall
apply also if after the death of either husband
or wife, the surviving spouse declares his
or her intention to terminate the matrimonial
relationship.
12. While Philippine laws do not provide
for absolute divorce and, hence, Philippine
Courts may not generally recognize it and .that
a marriage obtained by a Filipino citizen cannot
be dissolved or terminated even by a divorce
decree obtained abroad because Article 15 of
the Civil Code specifically provides that "[1]
laws relating to family rights and duties, or to the
status, condition and legal capacity of persons
are binding upon citizens of the Philippines,
even though living abroad, nevertheless, it
has been legally recognized as well that, with
a divorce obtained by an alien spouse and, as
provided in the above cited provisions of the
Japanese Law, her matrimonial relationship
with her alien spouse having been terminated
by divorce, the Filipino spouse could be placed
in an absurd situation where she remains married
to somebody who is no longer married to her (or
who is no longer her husband). This is precisely
the situation contemplated by and sought to be
prevented under Article 26, 2nd paragraph, Family
Code, which now provides a remedy for Filipino
spouse similarly situated as the PETITIONER
in this case, thus:
.
Art. 26 xxx xxx
Where a marriage between a Filipino
ci t i zen and a f or ei gner i s val i dl y
celebrated and it divorce is thereafter
val i dl y obt ai ned abroad by t he al i en
spousecapacitating him or her to remarry,
the Filipino spouse shall have capacity
to remarry under Philippines Law. (As
Amended by Executive Order 227)
13. On the other hand, according to the
New Civil Code:
Art. 407. Acts, events and judicial decrees
concerning the civil status of persons shall be
recorded in the civil register, (325a).
xxx xxx xxx
"Art. 413 All other matters pertaining
to the registration of civil status shall be
government by special laws.
The provisions were designed to continue
the effectivity of the special laws on registration
on civil status insofar as they are not in confict
with the provisions of the New Civil Code. Act
no. 3753, which establishes a civil register is
amended in some particulars but it is to continue
in force as to other particulars. (Francisco,
Comments on the Revised Rules of Court,
Vol V-B, Part. , 1972 Ed. P863). Pertinent to
establish the right of herein petitioner to have her
DIVORCE annotated on the Report of Marriage
with former husband Fujihiro sono on fle with the
National Statistics Offce (NSO), are the following
provisions of Act. No. 3753:
SEC. 4. Civil Register Books. The local
civil registrars shall keep and presence in their
offces the following hooks, in which they shall,
respectively, make the proper entries concerning
the civil status of persons.
1. xxx xx xxx
2. Marriage register, in which shall be
entered not onl y the marri ages
solemnized but also divorces and
dissolved marriages.
3. xxx xxx xxx
SEC. 7. Registration of marriage. x x x .
In cases of divorce and annullment of
marriage. It shall be the duty of the successful
petitioner for divorce or annulment of marriage to
send a copy of the fnal decree of the court to that
local civil registrar of the municipality where the
dissolved or annulled marriage was solemnized.
xxx xxx xxx
In cases of divorce or annulment of
marriage, there shall be recorded the names
of the parties divorced or whose marriage was
annulled, the date of the decree of the court,
and such other details as the regulations to be
issued may required.
14. It should be observed that the foregoing
provision speaks of PETITIONERs duty to send
copy of the final decree of the court to that
local civil registrar of the municipality where the
dissolvedmarriagewas solemnizedandtheLocal
Civil Registrars duty to record the names of the
parties divorced the date of the decree of the
court, and such other details as the regulations
to be issued may required.
The petitioner has instituted the present
petition in compliance with the foregoing legal
obligation
15. In the case of Corpuz vs. Sto. Tomas,
August 11, 2010, the Supreme Court positively
declared the availability of Rule 108 proceedings
in order to obtained judicial recognition of foreign
divorce and the requisite filing, recording or
annotation thereof in the records of the public
respondents, as follows:
.... The recognition of foreign divorce
may be made in a Rule 1085 proceeding
itself, as the object of special proceedings
(such as that in Rule 108 of the Rules of
Court) is precisely to establish the status
right of a party or a particular fact. X x x
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, premises considered, it
is most respectfully prayed of this Honorable
Court, that:
1. Uponreceipt of thisAMENDEDPETITION
and, AFTER FINDING THE SAME TO BE
SUFFICIENT IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE,
an ORDER be ISSUED pursuant to Rule 108,
Revised Rules of Court:
a) SETTNG THE CASE FOR HEARNG
on a DATE, PLACE and TIME, wherein
all interested persons, including those
specifcally named in the PETTON, may
APPEAR and SHOW CAUSE why the
PETITION should not be granted.
b) DRECTNG that SUCH ORDER be
PUBLSHED, once a week for three, (3)
consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation in the Philippines, and
c) DRECTNG that COPES of SUCH
ORDER, together with the PETITION,
be FURNSHED to the (1) OFFCE
OF THE SOLCTOR GENERAL, (2)
MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
BACOOR, CAVTE; (3) ADMNSTRATOR
AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF
THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE;
(4) OFFCE OF THE PROSECUTOR,
BACOOR, CAVTE, and (5) OFFCE OF
THE CLERK OF COURT, BACOOR,
CAYITE as well to SUMMON AT THE
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS (6) PRVATE
RESPONDENT FUJlHIRO ISONO;
2, After such NOTICE, PUBLICATION and
HEARING, judgment be RENDERED:
a) DECLAR NG ELMA DAUGDAUG-
MONTERO as having been VALIDLY
DVORCEDby agreement (Annex "B) with
her former Japanese husband FUJlHIRO
ISONOon, August 2, 2005, AND, therefore,
is CAPACITATED TO REMARRY under
Article 26, 2nd paragraph of the Family
Code:
b) DRECTNG, as aconsequencethereof, the
PUBLICRESPONDENTS, theMUNICIPAL
CIVIL REGISTRAR, BACOOR, CAVITE,
and the ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL
REGISTRAR GENERAL toACCEPT FOR
FILING, RECORDINGANDANNOTATION
t he above ment i oned JUDGMENT
RECOGNI ZI NG HER FOREI GN
DIVORCE under the provisions of Article
26, 2nd paragraph of the Family Code on
the corresponding Certifcate of Marriage
of ELMA DAUGDAUG MONTERO and
FUJlHRO SONO (Annex "A) on fle with
said offce.
San Pedro, Laguna for Manila, August 1, 2012.
(Sgd.) CESAR T. VERANO
Counsel for the Petitioner
BlK. 63 Lot 4, Brgy., Laram
San Pedro, Laguna
PIR No. 0515948, 2/8/12, Manila
IBP OR No. 876294, 2/14/12
Manila Chapter IV
Roll No. 29024 ,
MCLE Compliance Cert. No. III-0021028
Republic of the Philippines)
City of Manila ) S.S.
VERIFICATION / CERTIFICATION
I, ELMA DAUGDAUG MONTERO, of legal
age, Filipino, with address at No. 2127-A Onyx
St., Paco, Manila, under oath depose and state:
That I amthe petitioner in the above entitled
case, that I have caused the preparation of the
foregoing petition;
That I have read and understand the
contents thereof and that all the material
allegations therein concerned are true and
correct of my own personal knowledge and from
available documents:
Further, I hereby certify that -
I have not commenced i similar action
involving the same issue before the Supreme
Court, the Court of Appeals or any of its division,
agency or tribunal;
There is no similar pending action or
proceeding involving the same issue before the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any of
its division, agency or tribunal;
Should I thereafter learned of such pending
action or proceedings, I hereby undertake to
informthis Court within fve (5) days fromnotice.
DATEDand signed thisAugust 14, 2012, at
Manila, Philippines.
(Sgd.) ELMA DAUGDAUG MONTERO
Affant
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before
me this August 14, 2012, at the City of
Manila, Philippines. Affiant exhibiting tome
her Passport No. 0726568 for purposes of
suffcient identifcation under the 2004 Rules on
Notarial Practices.
DOC NO. 103
BOOK NO. 21
PAGE NO. 44
Series of 2012. (MST-Sept. 29 & Oct. 6, 2012) (MST-Sept. 29, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Public Works and Highways
Caraga Region
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Dinagat slands District Engineering Offce
San Jose, Dinagat Islands
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways,
Dinagat slands District Engineering Offce, San Jose, Dinagat slands through the Regular
nfra CY 2013, invites contractors to bid for the following project:
Contract ID : 12NE0010
Contract Name : Replacement of Cabongbongan Bridge 3 along Jct. Magsaysay
Cagdianao Road _
Contract Location : Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 3.60 m, 3x3 m single barrel reinforced concrete
box culvert
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 2,746,701.07
Contract Duration : 90 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 5,000.00
Contract ID : 12NE0011
Contract Name : Replacement of San Jose Bridge 2 along Dinagat Loreto Road
Contract Location : Libjo, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 6.90 m, 3x3 m two barrel reinforced concrete
box culvert
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 4,703,422.50
Contract Duration : 120 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 5,000.00
Contract ID : 12NE0012
Contract Name : Replacement of Rosita Bridge 4 along Dinagat Loreto Road
Contract Location : Libjo, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 6.90 m, 3x3 m two barrel reinforced concrete
box culvert and Construction of 180.00 mts. road
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 6,060,341.13
Contract Duration : 135 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 10,000.00
Contract ID : 12NE0013
Contract Name : Replacement of Poniya Bridge along Dinagat Loreto Road
Contract Location : Tubajon, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 6.90 m, 3x3 m two barrel reinforced concrete
box culvert
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 4,681,555.07
Contract Duration : 120 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 5,000.00
Contract ID : 12NE0014
Contract Name : Replacement of Canahaan Bridge along Jct. Magsaysay -
Cagdianao Road
Contract Location : Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 12.80 m. Flatslab
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 6,210,331.16
Contract Duration : 135 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 10,000.00
Contract ID : 12NE0015
Contract Name : Replacement of San Jose Bridge 1 along Dinagat - Loreto Road
Contract Location : Libjo, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 12.80 m. Flatslab
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 7,222,192.58
Contract Duration : 135 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 10,000.00
Contract ID : 12NE0016
Contract Name : Replacement of Luna Bridge along Dinagat - Loreto Road
Contract Location : San Jose, Dinagat Islands
Scope of Work : Construction of 15.80 m. RCDG
Approved Budget
Cost for the Contract : Php 8,514,746.35
Contract Duration : 150 Calendar Days
Bid Documents Cost : Php 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of
R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the
opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO), purchase bid
documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH,
(b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or
joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years,
and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
at least equal to 10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW
Central Offce will only process contractors' applications for registration with complete
requirements and issue the Contractors' Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 28, 2012 October 24, 2012 until12:00 NOON
2.Pre-bid Conference October12,2012 @1:30P.M.
3.Deadline of Receipt of LO from
Prospective Bidders
October 18, 2012 until 4:00 P.M.
4.Receipt of Bids Deadline: October 24, 2012 until 12:00 NOON
5.Opening of Bids October 24, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at Department of Public
Works and Highways, Dinagat slands District Engineering Offce, San Jose, Dinagat
Islands, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders
may also download the BD's from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders
that will download the BD's from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their Bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only
to interested parties who have purchased the BD's. Bids must accompanied by a Bid
Security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BD's
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and post-qualifcation.
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Manila Standard TODAY
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
MILF autonomy formula gets a nod
Happy campers learn to lead
By Oliver Samson
IN Bicol where disaster
response is state of the art,
the motto, Be prepared,
serves well.
Vice President Jejomar
Binay, president of the Boy
Scout of the Philippines,
is the prime mover of an
organization that forms the
mindset and backbone of
youth development.
We shall continue to
preserve our teaching of
age-old scouting skills-
knowledge that allows
anyone to survive a lean
environment, he said
during a visit in Mambajao,
Camiguin, last May.
Mr. Binay, president
of the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines and chairman
of the Regional Asia Pacic
Scout Committee, was
attending the 56th Annual
National Council meeting
at the time.
In Barcelona town,
Mayor Manuel Fortes
kicked off Camporal 2012,
adopting the theme Scout:
Be prepared, leadership for
life to include know-how
in harmony with nature.
Scouting is focused
on the development of the
character of the young,
he said at the camp in
Central School. It is an
opportunity to demonstrate
and harness their leadership
capacity, and also a chance
to see who among them
have potential... to become
effective leaders.
Councilor Antonio
Falcotelo discussed with the
campers steps in dealing with
emergencies and geohazards
such as earthquake, typhoon,
tsunami and other climate
phenomena.
Along with teachers,
scout coordinators Salvador
Esteves and Victoria Ferol
took the troops to re-
making, water safety, knot-
tying, raft-making, shelter-
building and other outdoor
survival skills.
Marisa Bendicio, school
district supervisor, said
the campout was meant
to mould upright and
responsible youth.
They learn how to
discern right from wrong
so that they can keep away
from drugs, profanity on
the Internet, and other
things not good for them,
she said. We expect each
scout to imbibe many good
things at the end of the
activities, to take home and
share with the community,
keeping them as they grow
up.
Bendicio echoed what
Mr. Binay told the national
council in Camiguin about
making media technology
helpful in charting the
course of scouting.
The scouts of old had
to master navigation using
a compass and a map, he
said. The modern day scouts
now bear the burden of an
increasingly digital world.
Songs and games lled
the three-day Camporal led
by Esteves, who weaved
in a search for innovative
ways to recycle plastics,
PET bottles and other trash
into useful things.
Nurturing friendly
competition, the scouts gave
their best shot at poster and
slogan-making onto a quiz
contest to keep mentally
awake in the words of the
Oath.
All told, the Barcelona
campers took the Scout
Law to heart, reviewing
the 12 traits--from being
helpful to staying reverent
in full view of the St.
Joseph church built by the
Franciscans in 1874.
THE Sandiganbayan has sentenced the former
of mayor of Valencia City in Bukidnon to seven
years imprisonment for demoting the city budget
ofcer.
In a decision penned by Associate Justice Ra-
fael Lagos of the rst division, Jose Galario Jr.,
mayor from 2001 to 2007, was also meted out
perpetual disqualication from public ofce un-
der the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
The case stemmed from the complaint led by
Ruth Piano whom Galario demoted to liason ofcer,
replacing her with audit analyst Bartolome Barte.
The decision noted that the Civil Service Com-
missions directive upholding of Pianos position
were ignored by Galario through another mem-
orandum transferring Piano to the Ofce of the
City Cooperative as cooperative ofcer.
The court found his unjustied refusal to fully
reinstate Piano, despite the latters repeated de-
mands and orders of the [CSC], was, therefore,
clearly for the purpose of furthering Galarios
self-interest in his actions.
Galario gave undue advantage to Barte as the
latter received allowances normally given only
to a bona de City Budget Ofcer, the decision
said. Merck Maguddayao
Bukidnon mayor gets seven years
GOVERNOR Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao agrees to establish the new autonomous political entity
espoused by Moro Islamic Liberation Front to achieve genuine peace in
Mindanao.
Were a part of promoting the
peace process in preparing the
ARMM for the eventual signing
of the peace agreement between
the government and the MILF,
told the general assembly at the
Ofce of the Presidential Adviser
on the Peace Process.
Hataman said fellow ofcials
appointed by President Benigno
Aquino III were prepared
to support ARMMs re-
placement.
Mr. Aquino signed Re-
public Act 10153 syn-
chronizing the ARMM
elections with the May
2013 elections and autho-
rizing the appointment of
ofcers-in-charge in the
region.
Candidates for the
ARMM elections are also ex-
pected to le their certicates of
candidacy next week, Hataman
said.
He said the peace talks would
have a solid footing with political
and economic reforms to ensure
good governance once the new
entity is established.
Hataman commended the
OPAPP and the members of the
government panel of negotiators
for holding consultative meetings
with ARMM ofcials and for al-
lowing the various sectors in the
region to get involved in the peace
process. Florante S. Solmerin
St. Joseph parish church
built circa 1800s is part of
Barcelonas rich religious
and cultural heritage.
OLIVER SAMSON
SANTIAGO CITY-Former Akbayan Par-
tylist Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel wants
the long-debated Reproductive Health bill
passed.
In a forum attended by City Administra-
tor Perla Buencamino representing Mayor
Amelita Navarro, councilors Vic Miranda
and Nikki Bautista, and heads of the aca-
deme, she said the measure was about re-
sponsible parenthood and not to endorse
abortion to limit family size.
It it secures health care for the mother
and child, she added, noting that the bill
provides for an educational campaign on
managing the population for a well-informed
citizenry.
Even some of the anti-RH congressmen,
whom I talked to, want to end the interpel-
lation and present it for individual voting,
Hontiveros said.Jessica M. Bacud
Akbayan backs Reproductive Health bill