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Moro Islamic Liberation Front
leader Al Haj Murad Ebrahim on
Tuesday had asked the government
to postpone any awarding of explo-
ration contracts to any foreign or
local company until a wealth-shar-
ing agreement had been reached.
The Energy Department last
year opened 15 areas nationwide
to energy exploration by prospec-
tive investors, including areas in
Mindanao that could be included in
an autonomy deal being negotiated
with the MILF.
Mr. Aquino said Wednesday that
energy ofcials told him no energy
SC ousts
Jalosjos
brother
as mayor
13 flights
diverted
to Clark
Extension
of voters
listing eyed
Tan calls
for gradual
sin tax plan
Luisita land
distribution
halfway thru
Palace okays request to put Liguasan oil search on hold
NEW YORKThe most devas-
tating storm in decades to hit the
most densely populated US region
cut off modern communication
and left millions without power
Tuesday, as thousands who ed
their waterlogged homes wondered
whenand iflife would return
to normal. (Related story on B4)
A weakening Sandy, the hurri-
cane turned fearsome superstorm,
killed at least 50 people, many hit
by falling trees, and still wasnt
nished. It inched inland across
Pennsylvania, ready to bank to-
ward western New York state to
dump more of its water and likely
cause more havoc Tuesday night.
Behind it: a dazed, inundated New
York City, a drenched Atlantic
Coast and a moonscape of disar-
ray and debrisfrom unmoored
shore-town boardwalks to sub-
merged mass-transit systems to
delicate presidential politics.
Nature, said New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as-
sessing the damage to his city, is
an awful lot more powerful than
we are.
More than 8.2 million house-
holds were without power in 17
states as far west as Michigan.
Nearly 2 million of those were in
New York, where large swaths of
lower Manhattan lost electricity
and entire streets ended up un-
der wateras did seven subway
tunnels between Manhattan and
Brooklyn at one point, the Metro-
politan Transportation Authority
said.
The New York Stock Ex-
change was closed for a second
day from weather, the rst time
that has happened since a bliz-
zard in 1888. The citys subway
system, the lifeblood of more
than 5 million residents, was
damaged like never before, and
Bloomberg said it could be four
Sandys wake: 50 dead, billions lost
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The morning after. From top clockwise: the burned out homes in Queens, New York, that were hit by re as a result of super storm Sandy;
the devastation in North Carolina, and the destruction in New Jersey, where many Filipinos live. AP
By Rey E. Requejo
and Gigi Muoz-David
A PARTY-LIST group on
Wednesday asked the Supreme
Court to order the Commission
on Elections to extend the pe-
riod of registration of voters to
January 12.
In its petition, members of
the Kabataan Party-List led by
its president and general coun-
sel, Terry Ridon, claimed that
the October 31, 2012 deadline
set by the Comelec violated
Republic Act No. 8189 or
the Voters Registration Act,
which allows voters to regis-
ter daily during regular ofces
hours before the period start-
ing 120 days before a regular
election.
By Eric B. Apolonio
CLARKAt least 13 commer-
cial ights--10 international and
three domestic--were turned back
from the airport in Manila on
Wednesday and told to proceed to
Clark after an electronic guidance
system failed after midnight.
The Manila International
Airport Authority said the fail-
ure of the Doppler Very High
Frequency Omni-Range instru-
ment, an electronic guidance
system that points to the run-
ways exact location, forced the
air trafc controllers in Manila
By Rey E. Requejo
and Rio N. Araja
THE Department of Agrarian re-
ported Wednesday it was halfway
through distributing some 4,9000
hectares of the Hacienda Luisita
sugar estate owned by the family
of President Benigno Aquino III to
over 6,000 farm workers.
The department submitted its
report to the Supreme Court in
compliance with its order that the
land be distributed to the original
6,295 beneciaries under the agrar-
ian reform program.
At a press conference Wednes-
day, Agrarian Reform Secretary
Virgilio de los Reyes expressed op-
timism that his department would
comply with the Supreme Court
ruling on Hacienda Luisita before
May 2013.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court has or-
dered the ouster of Dapitan City
Mayor Dominador Jalosjos after
nding him not qualied to run
for any public ofce as a result
of his conviction in a robbery
case 53 years ago.
A court in Cebu City found
Jalosjos guilty on April 30,
1970, for the robbery that took
place on Jan. 22, 1969, and sen-
tenced him to four to six years
in prison.
He is the younger brother of
former Zamboanga del Norte
Rep. Romeo Jalosjos, who him-
self was convicted of raping an
11-year-old girl and sentenced
to life in prison, but actually
served only 11 years after com-
pleting a commuted 16-year
sentence in 2009. Next page
Remembering the dead. All roads lead to
the cemeteries today, when Filipinos pay trib-
ute to their departed and have four days to do
so because Nov. 1 and 2 are holidays, and they
have Saturday and Sunday to boot. Ofcials are
on red alert to make sure that nothing untow-
ard happens during the four-day weekend.
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By Joyce Pangco
Panares and Alena
Mae Flores
PRESIDENT Benigno
Aquino III said Wednes-
day no gas or oil explo-
ration would be allowed
in the areas in Mindanao
that Muslim guerrillas
want to administerin-
cluding the mineral-rich
Liguasan Marshuntil
the government and
the rebels had forged a
wealth-sharing arrange-
ment under a peace
accord.
BILLIONAIRE Lucio Tans venture
with Philip Morris International Inc.
said taxes on cigarettes should be
gradually increased to avoid hurting
the nations $2.1-billion tobacco in-
dustry.
A drastic increase in the so-
called sin taxes would force an
abrupt price rise and that will
lead to smuggling, a drop in de-
mand and job losses, Michael Tan,
the tycoons son, said in an Oct. 25
interview in Manila.
We would like a moderate,
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A MOTORIST on Wednes-
day appealed to the National
Historical Commission of the
Philippines to reprimand one
of its drivers for allegedly ver-
bally abusing her.
The woman, a resident of
Manila, said she would be l-
ing a complaint with the Ma-
nila Police District against
the driver of the silver Toyota
Grandia, model 2006, with
plate number SHJ-620.
The woman identied her-
self simply as Gerlie.
She claimed that the inci-
dent happened around 11 a.m.
on Quirino and Taft Avenue in
Manila, when the driver of the
Grandia cut off and blocked
her Mitsubishi Montero.
The woman said that, in-
stead of apologizing, the
Grandias driver shouted at
her and cursed her, leaving her
stunned.
She made a verication to
determine the vehicles owner
and found out that the Grandia
had been issued to the ofce of
the National Historical Com-
mission at the National Li-
brary Building on T.M. Kalaw
in Manila.
She appealed to Commis-
sion Chairman Maria Serena
Diokno Diokno to reprimand
the driver of the vehicle.
Motorist
hits out
at driver
Young photographer. Aleeia Maclit is shown taking
photographs around the Mall of Asia. She is one of ve blind
young photographers who were given treats recently by the group
Photography with a Difference and the SM Cares about Persons with
Disabilities after attending a workshop on photography.
13 ights...
to order the Manila-bound
ights to land in Clark, Pam-
panga, instead.
Still, airport general man-
ager Jose Angel Honrado said
Wednesday that the glitch had
been xed, and that the system
was already being tested for
a full return to normal opera-
tions. All 13 ights that were
diverted to Clark had arrived in
Manila as of 6:30 a.m., he said.
Manilas Doppler system last
bogged down in June 2010.
In 2008, when the Doppler
system went off the air for two
months, Ofcials had to canni-
balize Subics guidance system
for parts to keep Manilas guid-
ance system operating.
The navigational aids in Ma-
nila broke down in 2010 and
in 2011, prompting the Airport
Authority and the Civil Avia-
tion Authority to promise to
by a new navigation system for
P120 million.
But the Aquino administra-
tion canceled the deal to buy
a new system due to alleged
corruption, forcing the airport
in Manila to continue using the
15-year-old Doppler system.
Clark International Airport
chief executive Jose Victor
Luciano said the thirteen ights
ordered to proceed to Clark
were the Cebu Pacic ights
5J582 Cebu-Manila, 5J972
Davao-Manila, 5J258 Cambo-
dia-Manila, 5J311 Taipei-Ma-
nila, 5J410 Singapore-Manila,
5J679 Shanghai-Manila, 5J544
Cebu-Manila, 5J932 Bangkok-
Manila, 5J752 Vietnam-Ma-
nila, 5J804 Singapore-Manila,
5J502 Kuala Lumpur-Manila,
AirPhil Express 2P801 Singa-
pore-Manila, and Philippine
Airlines ight PR733 Bang-
kok-Manila.
Luciano said Clark was
ready to handle ights 24 hours
a day, seven days a week.
Clark Airport can even ac-
commodate 40 aircraft in our
wide parking space here, Lu-
ciano said.
Meanwhile, aviation experts
said Wednesday the govern-
ment should speed up the im-
plementation of the P10-billion
navigational and communica-
tion system approved during
the administration of President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
They said that was a satellite-
based system being used in most
of the airports abroad, and which
would replace the old naviga-
tional system in Manila.
With Vito Barcelo and Jess
Malabanan
SC...
In a decision written by Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the
high court ordered the Commission on Elections to install Jalos-
jos political rival, Agapito Cardino, as the rightful occupant to the
post, having been the only qualied candidate who obtained the
highest number of votes in the May 2010 elections next to Jalos-
jos, who had only six months left in ofce.
The Court upheld the Comelecs decision canceling Jalosjoss
certicate of candidacy since he was not eligible to run for any
public ofce.
It appeared that Jalosjos also had yet to serve his sentence because
he had merely submitted a falsied certication on Dec. 19, 2003,
from the former administrator of the Parole and Probation Admin-
istration that he had fully complied with the terms and conditions of
his probation.
The perpetual special disqualification against Jalosjos aris-
ing from his criminal conviction by final judgment is a mate-
rial fact involving eligibility, which is a proper ground for a
petition under Section 78 of the Omnibus Election Code, the
Supreme Court said.
The Court said Jalosjos conviction by nal judgment disqualied
him to be a candidate, and that the penalty of prision mayor auto-
matically carries with it, by operation of law, the accessory penalties
of temporary absolute disqualication and perpetual special disquali-
cation.
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Associate Justices Lucas Ber-
samin, Mariano Del Castillo, Roberto Abad, Martin Villarama Jr.,
Jose Portugal Perez, Jose Catral-Mendoza and Estela Perlas-Bernabe
concurred with the ruling.
Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Bienvenido Reyes and Arturo Brion
dissented.
Extension...
The petitioners explained
that the 120-day prohibitive pe-
riod starts on January 13, 2012,
which means that the Comelec
should still allow the registration
of voters up until the day before
the said period.
Despite this provision, Com-
elec has illegally set the deadline
of the voters registration on Oc-
tober 31, 2012, pursuant to sev-
eral resolutions, such as Resolu-
tion 9168 and Resolution 9269,
said Ridon.
He added that there is exist-
ing jurisprudence that proves
that setting an October 31 regis-
tration deadline is illegal.
Ridon was referring to the
case of Palatino v. Comelec
(G.R. 189868), which de-
clared null and void the set-
ting of the Oct. 31, 2009
deadline for the May 10, 2010
elections, and directed Com-
elec to extend the voter regis-
tration period.
The deadline set by the poll
body, therefore, constituted un-
constitutional exercise of legis-
lative power, said Ridon.
In asking the High Court to
nullify Resolution Nos. 9149
and 9542, which set a xed date
for the registration of voters, the
petitioners said the unconstitu-
tional acts of respondent Com-
elec in issuing and implementing
the assailed Resolution smack of
outright arbitrariness on the part
of said respondents.
Ridon was accompanied by
Kabataan members Vencer Mari
Crisostomo, Vanessa Faye Bo-
libol, Isabelle Therese Baguisi,
Cleve Kevin Robert Arguelles,
and Marjohara Tucay in ling
the petition at the SC.
The fate of several millions
of rst-time youth registrants
and voters in the May 10, 2010
elections who shall be disen-
franchised of their basic right
of suffrage shall be at the mer-
cy of respondent Comelec,
Ridon added.
Kabataan earlier sent the
Comelec a letter-request to ex-
tend the registration of voters
and comply with the deadline
set by law the 12th of January
2013 last Wednesday, Oct. 24,
but the group decided to also ask
the SC to compel the Comelec to
act on the matter.
We feel that Comelec will
again act on this request half-
heartedly, that is why we seek
relief before the high tribunal
today, Ridon said.
At the core of the issue is
every voters right to suffrage.
The Comelec must, at all times,
ensure maximum voters partici-
pation in elections, and not hin-
der the democratic right to vote
by imposing illegal deadlines,
Ridon said.
Luisita...
What was deemed impossible
is now a reality, he said. A year
after the Supreme Court decision
was issued on April 24, 2011, we
are optimistic of our capability to
award the land to the farmers.
Agrarian Reform Undersecre-
tary for Legal Affairs Anthony
Parungao said the department
commissioned a special team to
look for the beneciaries over
the last six months after the Court
ruled in April that the Presidents
family must distribute the land.
In its report, the department
told the Court that a team of 120
eld personnel from Tarlac, Cen-
tral Luzon and its central ofce
in Quezon City conducted inter-
views in the hacienda.
Its internal target was to come
up with a preliminary master list
of beneciaries by October, Pa-
rungao said.
A total of 8,641 had initially
applied and claimed to be bene-
ciaries or their heirs. After months
of verication and checking on
records including the list submit-
ted by Hacienda Luisita Inc. to the
Supreme Court, Social Security
System records of employees of
the Tarlac Development Corp. in
1989, and the voters list in the 1989
referendum on a stock transfer plan
the department came up with a
list of 5,365 names.
This master list, which includes
the names of persons assessed to
be qualied as heirs of deceased
beneciaries, was also posted in
the hacienda Wednesday.
Some 1,221 other applicants
have until Nov. 30 to submit ad-
ditional documents to prove their
claims and have been placed in a
provisional list.
Earlier, the department said, it
segregated the land about 80.5
hectares acquired by the gov-
ernment for the Subic-Clar-Tar-
lac Expressway.
The next step, the department
said, would be to pay Hacienda
Luisita Inc. for the land, and the
beneciaries for the P1.33 billion
that the original owners earned
from selling the converted land.
In their April 2012 decision,
the justices upheld the validity of
a 2005 order by the Presidential
Agrarian Reform Council that nul-
lied a stock distribution scheme
favored by the Aquino and Co-
juangco families and mandated that
the land be acquired for distribution
to the farmers under the Compre-
hensive Agrarian Reform Program.
Voting 8 to 6, the justices
pegged the just compensation
to be awarded to the Presidents
family to the fair market value of
the land in November 1989.
Ousted chief justice Renato
Corona claimed that the ruling,
unfavorable to the Presidents
family, was the reason for his im-
peachment late last year.
Two farmer-beneciaries at
Wednesdays press conference
Liberato Balut Cruz and Mariano
David thanked the government
for the inclusion of their names.
A peasants group, the Ki-
lusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas,
earlier doubted the Agrarian Re-
form Departments preliminary
master list of qualied farmers
and its verication process.
But De los Reyes said they
have made the lists available
to the public for transparency
and scrutiny so that question-
able inclusions or exclusions and
other issues could be properly ad-
dressed.
Sandys...
or ve days before the trains start
running again. Consolidated Edi-
son said electricity in and around
New York could take a week to
restore.
Everybody knew it was com-
ing. Unfortunately, it was every-
thing they said it was, said Sal
Novello, a construction execu-
tive who rode out the storm with
his wife, Lori, in the Long Island
town of Lindenhurst, and ended
up with 7 feet of water in the
basement.
The scope of the storms dam-
age wasnt known yet. Though
early predictions of river ooding
in Sandys inland path were peter-
ing out, colder temperatures made
snow the main product of Sandys
slow march from the sea. Parts of
the West Virginia mountains were
blanketed with 2 feet of snow by
Tuesday afternoon, and drifts 4
feet deep were reported at Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
on the Tennessee-North Carolina
border in the South.
With Election Day a week
away, the storm also threatened
to affect the presidential cam-
paign. Federal disaster response,
always a dicey political issue, has
become even thornier since gov-
ernment mismanagement of Hur-
ricane Katrina, which devastated
the Gulf Coast in 2005. And poll
access and voter turnout, both of
which hinge upon how people are
impacted by the storm, could help
shift the outcome in an extremely
close race.
As organized civilization came
roaring back Tuesday in the
form of emergency response, re-
charged mobile phones and the
reassurance of daylight, harrow-
ing stories emerged in the hours
after Sandys howling winds and
tidal surges shoved water over
seaside barriers, into low-lying
streets and up from coastal storm
drains.
By Tuesday afternoon, there
were still only hints of the eco-
nomic impact of the storm. Air-
ports remained closed across the
East Coast and far beyond as tens
of thousands of travelers found
they couldnt get where they were
going.
In one bit of good news, of-
cials announced that John F. Ken-
nedy International Airport in New
York and Newark International
Airport in New Jersey will reopen
at 7 a.m. Wednesday with limited
service. New Yorks LaGuardia
Airport remains closed.
Forecasting rm IHS Global
Insight predicted the storm will
end up causing about $20 billion
in damages and $10 billion to $30
billion in lost business. Another
rm, AIR Worldwide, estimated
losses up to $15 billion big
numbers probably offset by re-
construction and repairs that will
contribute to longer-term growth.
Images from around the storm-
affected areas depicted scenes
reminiscent of big-budget disas-
ter movies. In Atlantic City, New
Jersey, a gaping hole remained
where once a stretch of board-
walk sat by the sea. In Queens,
New York, rubble from a re that
destroyed as many as 100 houses
in an evacuated beachfront neigh-
borhood jutted into the air at ugly
angles against a gray sky. In heav-
ily ooded Hoboken, New Jersey,
across the Hudson River from
Manhattan, dozens of yellow cabs
sat parked in rows, submerged in
murky water to their windshields.
At the ground zero construction
site in lower Manhattan, sea wa-
ter rushed into a gaping hole un-
der harsh oodlights.
One of the most dramatic tales
came from lower Manhattan,
where a failed backup generator
forced New York Universitys
Langone Medical Center to re-
locate more than 200 patients,
including 20 babies from the neo-
natal intensive care unit. Dozens
of ambulances lined up in the
rainy night and the tiny patients
were gingerly moved out, some
attached to battery-powered res-
pirators as gusts of wind blew
their blankets.
Sandy killed 18 people in New
York City, the mayor said. The
dead included two who drowned
in a home and one who was in bed
when a tree fell on an apartment.
A 23-year-old woman died after
stepping into a puddle near a live
electrical wire.
In Moonachie, New Jersey,
north of Manhattan, water rose
to 5 feet within 45 minutes and
trapped residents who thought the
worst of the storm had passed.
In a measure of its massive
size, in the Midwest waves on
southern Lake Michigan rose to
a record-tying 20.3 feet. High
winds spinning off Sandys edges
clobbered the Cleveland area ear-
ly Tuesday, uprooting trees, clos-
ing schools and ooding major
roads along Lake Erie.
The presidential candidates
campaign maneuverings Tuesday
revealed the delicacy of the need
to look presidential in a crisis
without appearing to capitalize
on a disaster. President Barack
Obama canceled a third straight
day of campaigning, scratching
events scheduled for Wednesday
in Ohio, in Sandys path. Repub-
lican challenger Mitt Romney re-
sumed his campaign with an Ohio
rally. AP
Govt...
exploration has been authorized
for regions that could be covered
by the autonomy deal.
Chairman Murad is correct.
Wealth-sharing is one of the
annexes that we have to nish
rst, the President said Wednes-
day. From what Energy Secre-
tary Rene Almendras explained
to me, we have not yet opened
the areas for bidding.
The peace panels of the gov-
ernment and the MILF are sched-
uled to meet in Kuala Lumpur
this month to rm up arrange-
ments for wealth-sharing, power-
sharing and the decommission-
ing of the MILF ghters.
Murad said the MILF is not
against the exploitation of natu-
ral resources in its jurisdiction
provided that they redound to
the benet of our people and
should be done in the proper time
and conditions.
Despite the Presidents assur-
ances, the areas cited by Murad
are actually covered by the En-
ergy Departments Petroleum
and Energy Contracting Round
4, which was launched last year.
Three contracts are currently
up for bidding: Area 11 cover-
ing 600,000 hectares in Cotabato;
Area 12 covering 456,000 hectares
in Cotabato; and Area 15 covering
482,000 hectares in Sulu Sea.
Murad said based on available
data, the resources in the Cotabato
basin are estimated to be 158 mil-
lion barrels of oil, with 10 wildcat
wells drilled in the areas already.
Area 11 in Cotabato received
two bids from Forum Pacic and
Helios Mining and Energy, both
of which qualied.
Area 12 also in Cotabato re-
ceived a bid from three compa-
nies of which two, Dil Moro En-
ergy Corp. and Min Energy Pty.
Ltd., were accepted.
Area 15 in the Sulu Sea drew
the most bids and three were
cleared: Philodrill Corp. and Phi-
lex Petroleum Corp.; Mitra En-
ergy Ltd. (with Kuwait Foreign
Petroleum Co. and Tap Oil) and
Forum Pacic.
Earlier, Gapul Hadjirul, the po-
litical director of the Moro Nation-
al Liberation Front faction led by
Nur Misuari, claimed Malaysian
Prime Minister Najib Razak of-
fered 2 billion ringgits for the right
to search for oil in Mindanao.
Malaysia had offered 2 bil-
lion ringgits for the exploration
of our oil basin at the Liguasan
Marsh in Maguindanao, which
the United States supports,
Hadjirul saidj, without providing
any other details.
On Wednesday, Hadjirul add-
ed that Malaysian companies are
also eyeing oil exploration deals
covering thousands of hectares in
Tawi-Tawi and Palawan.
Several Malaysian engineers
have seen frequenting these ar-
eas conducting surveys to do soil
tests, he added.
The Misuari faction of the
MILF, which opposes the gov-
ernments agreement with the
MILF, has accused Malaysia of
interfering in Mindanao affairs
to further its own interests in oil
exploration.
The Energy Department on
Wednesday said the Liguasan
Marsh was excluded when Area
12 in Cotabato was bid out ear-
lier this year because it was de-
clared a protected area.
The Liguasan Marsh is about
200,000 hectares of dry and wet
basins bound by the Mindanao
River in south-central Mindanao,
North Cotabato and South Cota-
bato provinces. It is reported to
be rich in oil and gas deposits,
and is home to 112,000 Maguin-
danaon families whose primary
means of livelihood is shing.
About 30,000 hectares of the
marsh was declared a game ref-
uge and bird sanctuary in 1979
and an inventory of the wildlife
has been carried out.
Energy Undersecretary Jay La-
yug told reporters that the depart-
ment has already nished evaluat-
ing the bids for the areas covered
by the contracting round, but have
yet to award the contracts.
Were done with the evalu-
ation and we already submitted
our recommendation. Its up to
the (Energy) Secretary and Presi-
dent Aquino who will sign the
service contracts, Layug said.
Layug said that under the
Bangsamoro framework agree-
ment with the MILF, there must
be an agreement among the parties
on what will be considered as eq-
uitable and just sharing of wealth
from exploration of resources.
We will coordinate with the
peace panel on the results of
their negotiations, he said. With
Francisco Tuyay, AP
Tan...
predictable increase that will
give realistic revenues for the
government, said Tan, director
of the PMFTC Inc. venture, the
nations largest cigarette maker
with a 90 percent market share.
The tobacco industry should
be treated in a more fair fash-
ion, with a more equitable shar-
ing of the tax burden.
President Benigno Aquino
wants Congress to pass a bill to
boost annual collections by at
least P60.6 billion by increas-
ing the levy on tobacco and
liquor. The additional revenue
will help fund health-related ex-
penses, while Aquino increases
spending on infrastructure to
boost economic growth. Tax
Commissioner Kim Henares
said Oct. 24 the bill would help
the economy achieve invest-
ment-grade rating status.
The government collected
about P26 billion in excise taxes
from tobacco last year. It wants to
boost revenue from smokers by
30 billion pesos in the rst year,
intending to collect the rest from
alcohol drinkers.
To hit the revenue target, the
cigarette industry must generate
75 billion pesos in additional
sales which will be an impos-
sible mission, said Raul Aca-
demia, trade and regulatory af-
fairs director at PMFTC.
Bloomberg
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Automated weather
stations launched
Mining rm closes danger zone to protect public
New CHED commissioner
THE North Luzon Expressway has launched
its real-time online travel advisory system
called NLigtas to enable motorists to monitor
trafc situations along the expressway.
NLigtas is available on the Tollways
Management Corporations (TMC) ofcial
website (www.tollways.net.ph). It is part
of the umbrella safety program of NLEX
dubbed Safe Trip Mo, Sagot Ko.
It features color coding for different trafc
conditions. The green marking on the point
of location means light trafc, while yellow
signals moderate trafc. Yellow-red indicates
moderate trafc; red, heavy trafc.
Through sensors installed at strategic points
at NLEX, the NLEX control room can detect
and measure the actual speed and travel condi-
tions. These are processed in real time by NLig-
tas. Such software application is translated into
useful travel advisory for motorists.
This is the rst automated real-time travel
advisory in the country. Our main goal is to
bring convenience to all NLEX users and
make their travel this holiday break safe and
hassle-free, said Marlene Ochoa, vice presi-
dent for corporate communication, Manila
North Tollways Corporation (MNTC).
Ochoa said a mobile website for smart
phones is available.
Toll Regulatory Board Executive Direc-
tor Edmundo Reyes encouraged travelers to
use NLigtas to check actual trafc conditions
along NLEX and SCTEX to make proper trip
adjustments.
Reyes said a 10 to 15 percent trafc build-
up is expected this coming holiday break
specically at the Balintawak, Mindanao Av-
enue and Dau toll plazas in the afternoon of
October 31 to early morning of Nov. 1.
Ambulant tellers, trafc patrol crews and
emergency personnel will be deployed at the
expressway to assist motorists during their trips.
Motorists can also get these real time
trafc updates via Twitter @NLEXTraf-
c, Facebook page Travel on Great Roads,
variable message signs and NLEX hotline
(02) 3-5000.
PRESIDENT Aquino has appointed
Ruperto Sangalang as commissioner of the
Commission on Higher Education.
Sangalang, former president of the Cavite
State University, replaced William Medrano.
He will serve for a term expiring on
July 21, 2016.
Sangalang has previously served as
president of the Don Severino Agricu-
tural College and was a visiting profes-
sorial lecturer at the University of the
Philippines Los Baos.
He holds a Ph.D in Rural Sociology
from the Ohio State University where he
was a Fulbright scholar and a Ph.D in Ag-
ricultural Education from UP Los Baos.
Joyce Pangco Paares
Comelec to disqualify 1.5M voters, Bicol party warns
By Rey Requejo
AT LEAST 1.5 million voters will be
disenfranchised as a result of the Com-
mission of Elections decision to dis-
qualify a party-list group from taking
part in the May 2013 polls.
The Ako Bicol Political Party has warned
of the voters disenfranchisement owing to
the Comelecs arbitrary decision even as
it took note that millions more voters would
lose their right since the poll body was poised
to disqualify other party-list groups on top of
the 28 on its list.
AKB lawyer Alfredo Molo III said
that party-list elections is like movie
houses which are for general admission,
thus, should be free and open.
Molo, a UP law professor, made this
analogy in assailing AKBs disquali-
cation by the Comelec in next years
party-list polls.
He stressed that the 1987 Constitu-
tion is clear that party-list election sys-
tem should be free and open.
The vision of the Constitution is clear
- a free and open party system allowed
to evolve according to the free choice of
the people, he said in an interview.
Molo stressed that Comelec had dis-
regarded this spirit of the law on party-
list system in disqualifying AKB on Oc-
tober 10, 2012.
Comelec would in effect reserve seats
in the House for the sectors it thus thinks
are necessarily marginalized and under-
represented, in violation of the constitu-
tional provision that the party-list sys-
tem must be free and open, he said.
Indeed, the Comelec did not only as-
sume powers it does not have by passing
on the qualications of petitioner AKB,
it also exercised the powers arbitrarily,
the AKB lawyer lamented.
He said that the poll body decided to
disqualify AKB after conducting only one
hearing last August 24. In fact, the Comelec,
in effect, disenfranchised the overwhelming
mandate of 1,522,986 voters to AKB dur-
ing the 2010 elections. They dont have the
power to do that. Comelec cannot take away
their right to vote, he stressed.
The voters already chose Ako Bicol in
May 2010. It was the electorate that des-
ignated three seats for Ako Bicol in Con-
gress and the Comelec cannot just away
from the voters that fundamental right to
choose Ako Bicol again so we can pursue
the 270 bills and 73 resolutions we led
in Congress and our hundreds of projects
nationwide, the lawyer added.
The AKB, he vowed, will ght for this
right of the voters.
The lawyer said the Comelec, in this
aspect, again violated the Constitution
and its internal rules that require it to
resolve issues covered by its quasi-judi-
cial functions thru its divisions. The poll
body decided on AKBs case directly
through its en banc.
It was really a shortcut. There are
guidelines specied under Section 6 of
R.A. 7941 (Party-list System Act) which
state that there should be violation com-
mitted by an accredited party-list group
before it can be disqualied by the Come-
lec, but these were not followed, he said.
Molo said Comelec cited as ground for
AKBs disqualication the complaint of
KONTRA DAYA: But we could have
not possibly answered it at all because it
was only raised during the hearing and
clearly Ako Bicol was not included in
the formal complaint.
The commissioners only raised it
because we were included in the online
version of the complaint in the website.
We were not given ample period to ad-
dress that issue so wheres due process
there? he asked.
Teach them
young on
anti-graft
campaign
BALABAG, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc.
(TVIRD) on Wednesday said that it is limit-
ing the entry of civilians to its Mineral Pro-
duction Sharing Agreement (MPSA) area in
Sitio Balabag, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur.
The announcement was made after in-
telligence reports from authorities revealed
the possibility that an undisclosed number
of high-powered rearms, explosives, and
regulated chemicals are being concealed
by illegal mining operators in the area.
The entry restriction to Balabag is a
precautionary measure that the company
is taking to protect the safety of the com-
munity, said Yulo Perez, TVIRDs vice
president for operations.
Earlier geological studies conducted
by company geologists likewise revealed
that Balabag has become a geo-hazard
area due to the proliferation of illegal
miners un-engineered underground
mine tunnels, Perez added.
Mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr. of Bayog
town said that Sitio Balabag has become
a danger zone posing both health safety
and security risks to people. Aside from
polluting the area with their toxic chemi-
cal-laden mine wastes, the illegal miners
are likewise maintaining armed personnel
who are being blamed for lawlessness and
rising criminalityincluding a number of
unresolved deathsin the area.
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE partner-
ship composed of the Metro
Manila Development Author-
ity, Chevron, the Manila Ob-
servatory (MO), Globe Tele-
com, and the Ateneo de Manila
University has launched a
network of automated weather
stations in Metro Manila that
will provide free and near re-
al-time weather data that can
be used to prepare for severe
weather conditions such as ty-
phoons and heavy ooding.
The project, called Metro
Weather, will utilize 30 AWS
deployed in major Metro Ma-
nila cities, and strategic areas
like Antipolo City, Rodriguez,
Angono and Jala-jala in Rizal.
The AWS are placed in sites
hosted by the Metro Manila De-
velopment Authority, Chevron
through its various Caltex retail
stations around Metro Manila,
and at Globe Telecom facilities.
They are spread over an approx-
imate area of 25 square kilom-
eters, and are distributed to cover
roughly one square kilometer for
every station. They are located
in critical areas identied by the
MMDA from the upper Mariki-
na watershed to the ood-prone
sections of Metro Manila. The
data collected at these sites will
also provide critical information
for ongoing research on urban
climate change and variability.
Mitigating climate change
and its effects requires a con-
certed effort from the private
and public sectors, said Chev-
ron Country Chairman Jim
Meynink. This project repre-
sents what both can accom-
plish, which will ultimately
help Metro Manila residents
survive disasters caused by se-
vere weather.
Presidential book. President Aquino is presented with the rst copy of the Philexport 20th Anniversary coffee table book by Philexport
chairman Paterno Dizon and president Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. together with the board members during the Philexport anniversary at the
World Trade Center in Pasay City on Tuesday. The group is the umbrella organization of exporters, whose mandate comes from the Export
Development Act of 1994. GIL NARTEA- MALACAANG PHOTO BUREAU.
Contractors
install the
automated
weather station
equipment
In a statement, John Leon-
ard Monterona, spokesman of
Migrante-Middle East, lamented
what he claimed as inaction on
the part of concerned agencies on
theproblem of the migrant work-
ers whose number ranges from
7,000 to 10,000.
Until now, we are still await-
ing reply from these government
agencies. It seems that these
Philippine agencies are pointing
ngers at who is responsible to
pay the unpaid rental that already
reached to around 1.4 Saudi rials,
roughly equivalent to P15-mil-
lion, said Monterona, who was
referring to the Foreign Affairs
Department, and the Labor De-
partment and the Overseas Work-
ers Welfare Administration.
Folr over a year now, Montero-
na said the rent remained unpaid,
prompting him to ask for assist-
ance from DFA undersecretary
for Administration Rafael Seguis.
In fairness to Usec Seguis,
he promptly replied and assured
us that he will arrange to call
OWWA Administrator Carmelita
Dimzon to nd ways to settle this
issue.
At the same time, Monterona
also informed Dimzon about the
unpaid rental. He said Dimzon e-
mailed back and conrmed that
she and Usec. Sequis discussed
the issue but said that they can
only act on it upon receipt of a
formal letter request from Monte-
ronas group.
Monterona said that the OWWA
was only willing to pay a portion
of the P15-m unpaid rental.
As per our reliable source,
DoLE-OWWA is only willing to
shoulder 15% of the P15-M un-
paid rental of the OFW shelter in
Haj seaport terminal basing their
calculation on the number of re-
patriates that were active OWWA
members at the time of their repa-
triation. So, we ask how about the
remaining amount? Who will pay
for it?
On August 21, 2012, Monte-
rona sent a letter to Vice President
Jejomar Binay, also presidential
adviser on OFWs concern, seek-
ing the latters intervention to
solve this matter.
Monterona added that sev-
eral undocumented OFWs, some
of them coming from outside
Jeddah, needed a place to stay
while awaiting repatriation. The
number of Filipinos surges from
7,000 to nearly 10,000, he added.
ANTI-GRAFT advocates in
the House of Representatives
have proposed the teaching of
good governance in schools
as one of the ways to ght
corruption in government and
private sector.
Proponents of House Bill
6609, or the proposed Anti-
graft and Corrupt Practices
Information and Education
Act of 2012, stressed that
education is an effective tool
in the ght against graft and
corruption.
The bills authors are Citi-
zens Battle against Corruption
party-list Reps. Sherwin Tugna
and Cinchona Cruz-Gonzales.
Tugna said distorts markets,
hampers delivery of social
services and increases injus-
tice that in turn allows organ-
ized crime, terrorism and other
threats to ourish.
Gonzales said the United
Nations Convention Against
Corruption adopted Article II,
Chapter 5 to address the prob-
lem of graft and corruption
providing a clear message that
the international community is
determined to prevent and con-
trol corruption. Maricel Cruz
By Ronald O. Reyes
A MIGRANTS rights group in the Mid-
dle East on Wednesday asked the govern-
ment to intervene on the issue of the P15
million unpaid rental of a Filipino work-
ers shelter in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Sara Fabunan
CHINA and the 10-member
countries in the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) have agreed to
adopt before the end of the
year a Code of Conduct that
will govern their actions re-
garding territorial dispute in
the West Philippines Sea, of-
cials said on Wednesday.
The Asean said in a state-
ment foreign affairs ofcials
would discuss the implemen-
tation of the Code of Conduct
when they meet in November
during the 10th anniversary of
the non-binding 2002 Decla-
ration on the Code of Conduct
in the South China Sea (West
Philippine Sea).
The Declaration on the
Code of Conduct was in-
tended to reduce tension and
prevent claimant from acting
aggressively, a senior Philip-
pine ofcial said.
Leaders from China and
Asean countriesthe Philip-
pines, Singapore, Thailand,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet-
nam, Myanmar, Laos, Cam-
bodia and Brunei Darussalam
met early this week in Pat-
taya, Thailand to express their
commitment to the Declara-
tion on the Code of Conduct.
Claimant countries also
agreed to have smooth and
effective dialogue to ensure
stability in the area. Claimant
countries include Vietnam, the
Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei
Darussalam, Taiwan and China.
The leaders hope to keep
the momentum of dialogue
and consultation and create
mutual trust and condence
that would lead to adoption
of the Code of Conduct in the
South China Sea, the Asean
statement said.
They agreed it is impor-
tant to ensure that stability
prevails in the South China
Sea and that Asean and China
maintain smooth and effective
dialogue on the issue, the
statement said.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com NOVEMBER 1, 2012 THURSDAY
A4
WHAT is now known as Superstorm
Sandy has caused devastation in at
least 17 states in the northeastern part
of the United States. As of Wednesday
morning, eastern time, at least 55 people
have died, according to the Associated
Press.
A California-based risk-management
company has estaimated the economic
damage and losses at $20 billion.
Sandy is touted as the biggest Atlantic
storm in history, and Americans are
rightly making a big deal out of it.
It was a big deal here, too, halfway
across the world, because of the number
of Filipinos in that part of the US. Their
families here fretted for their safety and
kept track of developments as the storm
made itself felt across land.
But those of us who simply watched
the news could not help taking note at
the contrast between the attitudes of
Americans and Filipinos in the face of
diaster.
Indeed, storms with the resulting
oods, landslides and mudslides are
common in the Philippines. It has
always been that way. The occurence
of disaster then does not anymore come
as a surprise.
Unfortunately, our acceptance
borders on fatalism, such that our
reaction to death and devastation lasts
only as long as there is no newer piece
of news in the papers.
Mere motherhood statements
are uttered, and token gestures
performed, by national and local
leaders about doing something to
prevent the things we can actually
do something about.
The rainfall prediction equipment
of the weather bureau has not been
upgraded in all critical areas in the
country. The implementation of the law
regulating logging activities has been
weak. Initiatives to address the garbage
problem have been half-hearted.
Squatters along waterwaysin harms
way, as wellhave not been relocated
because of the advantage derived by
local leaders from their voting power.
Finally, relief and rehabilitation
efforts here are occasions for fanfare
and self-promotion. Our leaders, instead
of working quietly but decisively,
announce to their constituents that they
have hearts of goldand sometimes
have their names and faces on the
plastic bags that contain relief.
Disaster-intolerant
Not open
for business
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THE Philippines may be open for
business, as Malacaang Palace
constantly tells us. But if the business
is cornered by the powerful local
cliques that have the Presidents ear,
then that particular sector is locked
shut, whatever the consequences
on the investment climate and the
national economy.
An international consultant working
on the aborted $1.5-billion investment
package from
Qatar and Kuwait
has conrmed
yesterdays column
about how President
Noynoy Aquino
was responsible
for the abrupt
withdrawal of the
deal last April. The
consultant, who
was working on the
Qatari side of the
transaction, said it
was true that the
visiting emir of
Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al
Thani, personally ordered the Bank of
Qatar to abort the transaction in a t of
royal pique even before his chartered
plane left Manila.
The emir was royally pissed with
the treatment he received from Aquino,
who told the visiting head of state that
he would not even consider a proposal
to increase ights of Qatar Airways to
Manila to service the lucrative Middle
Eastern routes, the source said. This
was the reason why the emir cut short
his scheduled two-day visit to Manila,
staying only four hours here, most of
them at a state banquet tendered by
Aquino for the Middle Eastern leader.
As Ive already written, the emirs
country supervises the biggest sovereign
fund in the world, the Qatar Fund. And
the emir decided to use his power to
disapprove a $1-billion investment
package for the Philippines by his
countrys nanciers, all because he felt
he was treated shabbily by Aquino.
Since January, the Philippine
government has been working on the
creation of a $1.5-billion investment
fund package from Qatar and Kuwait,
both of which have expressed interest
to invest in this countrys food,
security, property, tourism and energy
sectors through the supposed agship
Public-Private Partnership program.
The Qatar Fund was to have put up $1
billion of that amount to fund projects
in the Philippines.
The signing of the $1-billion Qatar
Investment Fund Agreement under
the Mutual Protection of Investments
Agreement and Avoidance of Double
Taxation Agreement was supposed to
highlight the visit of the emirs visit.
But because Aquino told the emir,
in so many words, that he would not
even consider the small reciprocal
gesture of allowing the Qatari carrier
to y more frequently to Manila, the
investment deal was scrapped.
It was a done deal; the money was
put together [and] it was all supposed
to go live in April, like [you] said,
the consultant for the Qataris said.
[But after the meeting with Aquino,]
an adviser of the emir called the
head ofce of Bank of Qatar before
the plane even left Manila, put an
emergency stop on any activity
related to the investment package and
directed them to arrange a meeting
with their Kuwaiti partners. And
thats where the story ended, so far as
I know. Ive not heard anything more
about it since.
Again, it must be emphasized that
the emir was not asking that Aquino
approve more ights for Qatar Air on
the spot, because the Arab leader knew
that that is not how things are done.
However, Aquino could have merely
said that he would seriously consider
the proposal and
the Qataris (and the
Kuwaitis) would
not have aborted
the deal.
And Aquino
would have still
been able to
protect whoever he
wanted to protect
by preventing
the Qataris from
eventually securing
more ights in
and out of Manila.
Because the
only reason for Aquino to say no
immediately to the emir was that he
was protecting some other interest,
something that made him forget not
only his manners but also that he was
talking to someone who was proposing
to bring in a total of $1.5 billion to
fund his PPP projects.
I hope the people who beneted
from Aquinos protection will not
stop at merely rewarding their
boorish patron but attempt to replace
the investments, jobs and overall
economic growth that the Qataris and
the Kuwaitis had been planning to
bring in. They owe it to the Filipinos,
who would never have known that
they lost so much, all because their
President was such a willing tool
of the oligarchs who installed and
continue to support him.
* * *
It never ceases to amaze me how
people close to President Noynoy
Aquino benet from their closeness
to him in ways that make them feel
invincible. And how people on the other
side of the Presidents self-imposed
unbridgeable political divide get
nothing from anyone in government but
persecution and oppression.
How else can they explain the fact
that the request for permission to travel
of former Commission on Elections
Chairman Benjamin Abalos was denied
by the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court,
while a similar plea from new elections
Commissioner Grace Padaca was
immediately approved? The 78-year-
old Abalos sought to visit Taiwan to
purchase bangus ngerlings for his
longtime shpond business, while Padaca
apparently wanted to go to the United
States on a Comelec-sponsored junket.
Abalos is merely pursuing his trade,
which he has been engaged in since
the sixties and which has been his
main source of livelihood. Padaca, the
newly-minted and Aquino-appointed
and -bailed commissioner, has not
even warmed her Comelec seat and is
already been bitten by the taxpayer-
subsidized travel bug.
Go gure.
Musings on Araw ng Patay
MARLON C. MAGTIRA Online Editor/Tech Section Editor
CALL me strange, but like Christmas,
All Saints Day has been among my
favorite holidays. In fact many of
my fond childhood memories were at
the North Cemetery where my Lola
coerced all of us to visit on All Saints
Day every year without fail during her
lifetime. Norte, as we referred to the
public cemetery, was never a touristic
spot. It was not serene and relaxing
even on ordinary days. It was insane
and chaotic every rst of November.
But there was something about the
sight, smell, and presence of so many
people in an old decrepit cemetery
that I have always found appealing.
Certainly, the picnic that came with
the annual ritual was part of it. We
have had an unwritten rule that the
picnic fare must be special, probably
because of the awareness that your
neighbors in the cemetery may say
something about you if you brought
only everyday fare. So our fare always
consisted of holiday food: kare-kare,
crispy pata, and calderetawith lots
and lots of dessert.
Then, there was the customary
contest of who among the siblings
could come up with the biggest balls
from the melted wax of candles. The
trick is to ask other people in the
cemetery, in the nicest manner, for
their melted and wasted wax. Without
being aware of it, the annual contest
was actually very good training on
personality development. It taught us
how to be in the good graces of folks
whom we barely know.
There too was the fellowship with
those whom you only see once a year on
All Saints Day. Truth to tell, as I grew
up, the food and the wax ball contest
became only secondary to the thrill of
seeing your once-a-year neighbors.
There was the usual how have you
been since last year and the whos
new in the cemeteryreferring to
who have gone underground rather
than aboveground in the past year.
Whatever way one looks at it,
All Saints Day is a party for us
Filipinos. It probably is the biggest
party annually since its inevitably
celebrated within the limited connes
of cemeteries.
Still, beyond the fanfare, there is
too the serious side of All Saints Day.
I have to admit that during the years
that I spent in foreign lands for studies,
I found it strange that foreign cultures
did not celebrate All Saints Day like
we do. It took me a while to realize
why this is strange from the Filipino
point of view. For Westerners in
particular, life consists of a beginning
and an end. You are born, you live and
then you die. Full stop. Certainly, our
500 years of contact with the West
have been sufcient to ingrain in us a
similar linear perspective of existence.
But its not quite the same with
us Filipinos. All Saints Day is a
testament to it. Yes, we do believe that
death is an end. But because of our
almost pagan version of Christianity,
we do have the sense that death is
also a beginning. We celebrate All
Saints Day not only because we want
to remember our loved ones who
have gone on to the other world. We
celebrate it also, in fact we throw an
annual party for it, because we know
that death is not just an end but a
beginning as well. Why else would we
be so jovial in the manner by which
we celebrate the day for the dead? It
must be because in our unique world
view as Filipinos, we know that the
death of our loved ones mark the start
of a perpetual tomorrow.
Still, there is also a utilitarian
value to the manner in which we
celebrate November 1. Even if one
were not as transcendental in his view
of the annual event, there is still this
obligation to stop and drop everything
at least once a year and make that trek
to the cemetery. This ensures that no
one is forgotten even after he or she
has died. Its also an assurance to all
those who are living that when we die,
we too will not be forgotten.
Somehow, theres solace in the
thought that regardless of who we are
and what we made of ourselves during
our lifetime, those who will survive
us will celebrate in our remembrance
denitely at least once a year.
Happy Araw ng Patay to one and
all!
ATTY. HARRY
ROQUE JR.
VIEW FROM MALCOLM
This President is
such a willing tool
of the oligarchs
who installed and
continue to support
him.
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
IT WAS All Hallows Eve last night,
which the ancient Celts called Samhain
(sow-een).
The festival marked the beginning
of their winter season, which they
observed with sundown-to-sundown
rituals from October 31 to November 1
as their equivalent of New Years Day.
The Christians adopted the pagan
festival into their religious calendar,
and made November rst a feast day
to honor all the saints, todos los santos,
known and unknown; November
second, a day to remember the departed.
For Filipinos, these three days are a
time to reect on family ties that bind
in life and death, a time to visit the
sleeping dead who lie forever, a time to
keep vigil and pray for their souls.
And where some are gathered
on such a night as this, perched by
beloveds gravestones in the dark
tfully illuminated by guttering
candles, one might step forth, he or she
a teller of tales, to spin stories such as
these
***
This happened three years ago.
There were only four of us students
in a PhD class at the College of
[redacted] in the University of the
Philippines-Diliman.
We were seated with our professor
at a conference table in the graduate
studies department having an animated
discussion at eight oclock one night
when the door creaked open, very
slowly.
That in itself was unusual because
the door was outtted with a heavy
brass automatic door closer that made
it difcult to move.
We froze. It was late and there were
no other people around. We watched
as the door opened about eight inches,
then, just as carefully and slowly,
closed.
We stared at our professor in fright.
He nodded matter-of-factly. Yes,
there are ghosts here at the College.
He told us about something that
regularly occurred to him in a certain
classroom off the main building lobby.
This room was constructed like a mini-
ampitheater, with students seats rising
in tiers toward the back.
Sometimes when Id call the roll
during evening classes, he said, there
would be a shadowy gure at the back
whose face I could never make out.
When Id count those present, there
would be one more than the number of
enrolled students.
Which is why our tiny class had
ended up holding our sessions in the
graduate studies department instead
of that classroom in the rst place. I
am not superstitious. The moment the
door shut upon our unknown visitor, I
jumped up and peered through the large
glass inset in the door.
There was no one outside.
I pulled open the heavy door and
went out into the corridor and lobby.
The place was deserted and quiet.
Another student, who said she
attended MA classes at the department
also at night, said they would sometimes
see shadows peering through that glass
inset.
Theyd get up to inspect, like I did.
But there was never anyone there.
***
We live in an abandoned racehorse
stable beside the former Santa Ana
Park racetrack in Makati. It is falling
into ruins; the horses were moved to
the racetracks in Cavite three years
ago. My househelper claims to see
ghosts and shadowy gures lurking in
the darkness of the stalls.
Id tell my ex-husband, and hed
snort in derision. Tell Gay shes
being superstitious, hed say. Wed
have ourselves a good laugh over her
sightings.
Then, a year ago -
Guess what Gays come up with
this time, I said. She saidget this
that she saw a man wearing white
hanging by the neck from one of the
horse stalls! I chuckled.
This time my ex didnt smile.
Which stall did she say?
The last one beside the paliguan.
Why?
When we bought this property
in the 80s, we were told that during
World War II Japanese soldiers hanged
a man on that same spot. He was said to
be wearing a white shirt when he died.
***
Theres a diwata that lives in the tree
right outside our front door, or so I was
told by an acquaintance who said she
has the third eye.
She described this nymph for me as
wearing white (also), nestled in the tree,
glaring balefully at humans, but, being an
elemental, not likely to cause harm.
She also told me that the spirit of
another elemental, who takes the form
of a child, lives inside my house.
She loves it here, my psychic
friend said. Your children have plenty
of toys for her to play with.
This must be Beech, a spirit my
former mother-in-law claims they brought
along with them when they moved here
from Calamba thirty years ago.
Once there was a racehorse owner,
she said, who came to our stables to
visit his boarded horses. He pissed in
the garage below where your home is
now. Some weeks later he came back to
us in great distress.
His private parts, he said, had
swollen to abnormal size. He visited
doctors who told them they could not
nd anything wrong, aside, of course,
from the fact that his Jockey shorts
could barely contain his inamed
genitalia.
He traced the beginning of his
condition to that afternoon he visited
our stable. Daddy [my former father-
in-law] told him, You offended Beech.
Probably pissed all over her, I wouldnt
be surprised. Make an offering of a
gallon of ice cream at the scene of the
crime and apologize.
The horseowner did, and the
problem, err, shrunk within a couple of
days.
When there is something missing
at home that wont turn up after an
assiduous searchkeys, a box of
colored pencils, a book my children
and I have a habit of going, Give it
back right now, Beech! Oh, wait,
thats me. My kids say, Please.
Almost immediately, that item will
be right where youve already looked.
***
I am not sensitive to the supernatural;
indeed I do not believe there exists a
realm beyond that of science, except
that fashioned in our lively and
innitely creative imaginations.
Yet I have experienced things which
science and logic cannot account for.
Perhaps you have too, during these
same days when the Celts said the veils
between the worlds grow thinner.
A blessed Samhain, and keep safe
on your Undas journeys.
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Todos
Los Multos
The plight of police retirees
FLORENCIO
FIANZA
DUTY CALLS
VARIOUS countries have different
ways of caring for their veterans and
retirees. The United States for instance
has a very extensive support program
for their retired warriors. Servicemen
who retire after serving the full term
get a generous pension indexed to
ination. Those who retire early due
to disability are also given pension
benets depending on the gravity of
the injury. In addition, hospital care is
available to them.
In the Philippines, veterans and
retirees are a sorry lot. They are pretty
much left to fend for themselves. It is
a constant struggle for them to ght for
the release of benets that are already
due them from the government. Take
the case of the pension system of the
Philippine National Police. According
to available records, there are about
60,053 pensioners. This gure includes
those who served in the defunct
Philippine Constabulary, those who
were in the Integrated National Police,
and their dependents.
By law, the base pay of those in the
active service is the same as those who
have already retired. This is not actually
being followed. Up to now, those who
have retired earlier are still receiving
pensions calculated on their last base
pay which is considerably less than the
current pay scale. Considering that the
majority of these retirees only depend on
their monthly pensions to support their
families and buy maintenance medicine
in their old age, it is unpardonable on
the part of the government to be saving
money on these people who have fought
for their country.
In 2009, there was an across-the-
board pay increase for all government
workers which included the PNP. The
increase was to be implemented in four
yearly tranches. This started in 2009 and
the four tranches were completed on 30
April 2012. Not for the PNP retirees,
though. The fourth tranche increase for
the retirees will only be implemented
in January 2013, which is another six
months delay. This has also happened
to the earlier three tranches. The
increases for the retirees were always
delayed. Now they are still waiting for
the government to adjust their base pay
to equal those in the active service as
mandated by law.
One practice that has been
discontinued is the policy of retirees
getting paid one rank higher than the
pay grade they were holding when they
retired. This means that if you retire as
Senior Inspector, your pension will be
that of a Chief Inspector. It appears
that this practice was stopped in 2010.
Another obnoxious practice that is
being implemented is the forced
retirement of personnel who have
contracted debilitating ailments while
in the service like kidney failure.
These personnel are given a small
pension which is not even enough to
support themselves and family, much
less pay for dialysis which is normally
done three times a week. What a
way to go. Our police leadership
should look into these problems more
seriously. After all, they too, will be
joining the ranks of the retirees soon.
Contrary to the old ballad proclaiming
that old soldiers never die, they just
fade away, old soldiers in fact fade
away and they do die. Hopefully
however, my tukayo the Secretary
of the Department of Budget and
Management can nd a way to release
the long-delayed pensions including the
differential of these retirees whose lives
are nearer the end than the beginning.
They do need his generous help.
***
The court battle between the Camp
John Hay Development Corporation and
the Bases Conversion and Development
Authority is getting heated. Although
both seem to have agreed to arbitration,
no progress is being reported in the
media. Far from it. Both appear to be
hardening their positions.
I know that the John Hay issue is
complex but I hope that the parties can
reach a mutually benecial arrangement.
Otherwise, the casualty here would be
the 247-hectare tourist facility. What
happens to this premier tourist facility
should be of interest not only to the
residents of Baguio but to the multitude
of tourists who go there to enjoy natuire,
specically the scent of pine trees. It
is after all, the last big open space in
the city with a relatively large forest
cover. It is the so-called last frontier of
Baguio. This is the reason there are a lot
of debates on how much development
should be allowed to take place in the
area. Because of what is at stake, both
BCDA and CJHDC should be more
transparent on what their intentions and
plans are. The ultimate aim should be to
nd a solution so that the area can be
developed properly without destroying
the forest cover.
Both have the responsibility of
preserving the area so that the public
can continue to enjoy the place for
generations to come. I, for one, do
not agree to give CJHDC a blank
check to develop the area they way
it wants. Although the sight of those
expensive houses are impressive, many
of the historical buildings are gone.
The remaining wooden cottages and
buildings are no longer being maintained
properly. The former softball eld, the
best open area in this former American
military recreation facility, has already
been lost to expensive houses leased to
out-of-towners.
BCDA on the other must also be
forthcoming with its intentions. Is
it only the unpaid rent it is after or
something else? These two are supposed
to be partners in this endeavor. So they
should act like they are instead of
openly ghting in court which leaves a
bad taste in the mouth.
Lastly, the public must be represented
by a reputable and competent non-
government organization in any future
development to ensure the preservation
of this valuable piece of real estate.
Sandy rattles entertainment industry
By Derrik J. Lang
VIDEO gamers in the Northeastern U.S.
angling to be among the rst to play the
highly anticipated Assassins Creed
III will have to wait a little longer
even if they have power.
Area GameStop stores cancelled
their midnight launches of Ubisofts
historical action sequel as Superstorm
Sandy continued to disrupt the New
York entertainment scene, including
Broadway, talk shows, concerts and the
premiere of the lm Anna Karenina.
New York City ofcials said that all
lm permits for Monday and Tuesday
were revoked because of the storm and
associated safety precautions.
There will be no city authorized
outdoor lming within the ve
boroughs, read a statement Monday
from the Mayors Ofce of Film,
Theatre and Broadcasting.
Production was affected on several
TV shows, including Gossip Girl,
Person of Interest, Smash, 666
Park Avenue and Elementary. The
Daily Show and The Colbert Report
also took Monday night off, and all 40
Broadway theaters will be dark through
Tuesday.
The storm halted production on
a few lms as well, including Akiva
Goldsmans Winters Tale and Darren
Aronofskys Noah.
I take it that the irony of a massive
storm holding up the production of
Noah is not lost, tweeted actress
Emma Watson.
The storm forced Focus Features to
postpone the Manhattan premiere of
Anna Karenina, which was set for
Tuesday.
Jimmy Kimmel canceled his late
night ABC talk show Monday. He was
scheduled to host his Hollywood-based
Jimmy Kimmel Live! all week from
Brooklyn, where he was born. ABC
said the network was hopeful Kimmels
show would return Tuesday with guests
Howard Stern, Tracy Morgan, and
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. David
Letterman and Jimmy Fallon taped their
late night talk shows without audiences.
Theater owners here in New York
had to cancel all the Broadway shows
today, Fallon said in his opening
monologue Monday. Many performers
were having trouble making it in to the
city, and you could tell by that one show,
Blue Man Guy.
Some network schedules were
shaken up by the widespread power
outages cutting into the available TV
audience in the East. Several stations
interrupted network broadcasts with live
news coverage of the storm.
ABCs Good Morning America,
NBCs Today show and CBS This
Morning were expected to air live as
usual Tuesday with extensive storm
coverage.
Sandy took a toll on the movie box
ofce even before it made landfall.
Ticket sales were down more than 11
percent compared to the same weekend
last year, said Paul Dergarabedian, box-
ofce analyst for Hollywood.com. This
weekends top lm, Argo, collected
$12.1 million. The top lm during the
same weekend in 2011, Puss in Boots,
earned $34 million.
Several movie theaters remained
closed Money night.
Concerts planned for New York and
New Jersey were canceled or postponed,
including performances by Journey,
comedian Louis C.K., and the Freedom
to Love Now show featuring Rufus
Wainwright and fun., which is now set
for spring of 2013.
Radio City Music Hall was
shuttered until Wednesday. Carnegie
Hall postponed concerts planned for
Tuesday. Off-Broadway shows and
even national tours of Broadway shows
like Anything Goes, currently in
Wilmington, Delaware, closed their
doors.
It was the most detrimental storm for
the theater community since the threat
of Hurricane Irene in late August 2011
prompted producers to cancel matinee
and evening performances on both a
Saturday and Sunday.
East Coast charity galas were also
canceled, and fashion designer Prabal
Gurung postponed the unveiling of his
anticipated collection for Target until
next week. AP
By Shamim Adam, Debra
Mao and Eunkyung Seo

THE worst of the declines in Asia-
Pacic economies may be moderating,
as Taiwan resumed growth last quarter,
South Korean production climbed
for the rst time in four months and
Singapores jobless rate fell.
Gross domestic product
ChinaJapanChinas economy has
shown signs of rebounding this quarter,
boosting the outlook for the regions
exports. While Asian stocks rose
today, the recovery in growth may be
constrained by
We may be seeing a bottoming
in Asia but there wont be a strong
recovery in the short term, given the
global environment, said Edward Lee, a
Singapore-based economist at Standard
Chartered Plc. There are still a lot of
potholes in the world economy which
will clearly have an impact on Asia.
In some places, we are still calling for
more monetary policy easing, including
South Korea and Thailand, he said.
The MSCI Asia Pacic Index added
0.6 percent at 12:06 p.m. Tokyo time,
trimming a monthly loss. South Koreas
won touched a 13-month high while the
Australian and New Zealand dollars rose
after data showed better-than-expected
building approvals in September for
both countries. The Taiwan dollar
gained 0.2 percent against the U.S.
currency as of 11:21 a.m. in Taipei.
Australian homes
Australian home-building approvals
surged for a second straight month in
September, a sign housing demand is
accelerating after the central bank cut
interest rates. The number of permits
granted to build or renovate houses and
apartments gained 7.8 percent from
August, a report showed today. New
Zealand home-building approvals rose
last month to the highest level in more
than four years.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japanese wages
were unchanged for a second month
in September, a report showed today.
Thailands current-account surplus
was $1.77 billion in September, the
largest since July 2011, a central bank
statement showed today.
Euro-area unemployment may have
climbed to a record 11.5 percent in
September, according to the median
estimate of a survey of 24 economists
ahead of a release today. Italy and the euro
region will announce October ination
data. U.S. mortgage applications for the
week through Oct. 26 will be released,
while Canada reports August gross
domestic product data.
Bottomed out
South Koreas growth momentum
is weakening, the Bank of Korea
said in a nancial stability report
to parliament released today. Weak
consumer and investor condence may
delay a recovery, while household
and corporate-sector credit risk may
increase due to rising home debt and a
slowing economy, it said.
Thailands central bank cited an
uncertain global economic outlook and
the threat to regional economies from
a worldwide slowdown in minutes
released today of its Oct. 17 meeting,
when it unexpectedly cut its benchmark
interest rate.
Taiwans expansion in the third
quarter was less than the 1.5 percent
median estimate of 20 economists
surveyed by Bloomberg News. Elevated
food prices and the highest jobless rate
in almost a year have damped domestic
demand, prompting ofcials today to cut
growth forecasts for this year and next.
The economy has improved on a
quarter-on-quarter basis so its fair to say
it has bottomed out, said Ma Tieying,
an economist at DBS Group Holdings
Ltd. in Singapore. The disappointment
is from private consumption. For
meaningful improvement we will need
to see a substantial rise in exports.
Ination concern
Taiwans currency has gained
2.5 percent in the past three months,
one of the best performers among
the 11 most-widely traded Asian
currencies tracked by Bloomberg. The
benchmark Taiex Index slipped 0.4
percent at 11:27 a.m.
Taiwan cut its 2012 growth estimate
to 1.05 percent from 1.66 percent, and
said the economy may expand 3.09
percent in 2013, less than a previous
prediction of 3.67 percent. Exports will
contract 2.5 percent this year, more than
an earlier forecast of 1.72 percent, the
statistics bureau said.
The economy seems to have
troughed, Raymond Yeung, a Hong
Kong-based senior economist at
Australia & New Zealand Banking
Group Ltd., said before the release.
Both exports and industrial production
surprised on the upside in September and
tourism from the mainland continued to
grow strongly.
Some Asian ofcials have restrained
their stimulus efforts as global expansion
slowed, with some refraining from
interest- rate cuts to preserve repower
should Europes debt crisis worsen, and
others including Singapore and Hong
Kong taking measures to prevent asset-
price bubbles. Bloomberg
Data show Asia-Pacic slowdown easing
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
Mr. Jurados column will resume
next week.
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Airport talks done by Nov
I am immune
from lawsuits,
Padaca claims
Police chief still hopes he can nish term
Makati court junks
losing bidders plea
vs trafc lights deal
Ready for
Undas. President
Aquino listens to
Philippine National
Police chief
Nicanor Bartolome
(left) and Metro
Manila police chief
Leronardo Espina
(2nd from left)
report on security
arrangements
for the All Souls
Day holiday at
the Philtranco
Bus Terminal in
Pasay City. With
the President are
Transportation and
Communications
Secretary Joseph
Emilio Abaya
(center) and
Metropolitan
Manila
Development
Authority chairman
Francis Tolentino.
INVOKING constitutional immunity from suit,
Elections Commissioner Grace Padaca the asked
the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan to dismiss the
corruption charges against her although the case
stemmed from her action when she governor of
Isabela in 2006.
Padacas lawyer George Aquino argued in a
motion led on Tuesday that Padaca is covered
by Section 2 of the Constitutions Article XI on
accountability of public ofcers.
The provision states: The President, the Vice-
President, the Members of the Supreme Court,
the Members of the Constitutional Commissions,
and the Ombudsman may be removed from ofce
on impeachment for, and conviction of, culpable
violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery,
graft and corruption, other high crimes, or
betrayal of public trust. All other public ofcers
and employees may be removed from ofce as
provided by law, but not by impeachment.
But the charges that the Ombudsman led in
July last year, argued that the corruption case was
based on irregularities that Padaca purportedly
committed when she was still governor of Isabela.
Prosecutors said Padaca approved a P25-
million grant to the Economic Development for
Western Isabela and Northern Luzon Foundation
Inc. although the disbursement was not approved
by the provincial council.
Padaca was appointed to the Comelec only
last Oct. 2 despite the graft case and a warrant
of arrest that was issued by the Sandiganbayan.
President Aquino himself admitted paying for
Padacas P70,000 bail bond.
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago said shortly
after her appointment that she will question the
legality of Padacas appointment when she faces
the Commission on Appointments.
Santiago said the Constitution prohibits any
person from being appointed as commissioner if
he or she has been a candidate in the elections
immediately preceding her appointment, but
Padacas camp argued that the immediately
preceding election was the October barangay
elections in 2011. CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
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(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
By Joyce Pangco Paares
PRESIDENT Aquino hopes that
the ongoing negotiations between the
government and Takenaka Corp. could
be concluded by November so that the
Ninoy Aquino Terminal International
Airport Terminal 3 could be made fully
operational at the sonnest possible time.
Hopefully, we will nish the
negotiations this November so
that we can already complete the
NAIA-3 building, the President
told journalists as he inspected
Terminal 3 and the Philtranco
bus terminal in Pasay City to
ensure public safety over the All
Souls Day holiday.
We cannot rush the repairs
until we have concluded the
negotiations, added Mr.
Aquino, who earlier said he
expected the terminal to be
fully operational by the end
of 2013, almost a decade after
its originally scheduled launch
date.
The government opted
to negotiate with Japanese
industrial giant Takenaka
Corp., the original contractor
of the project, to finish all the
works that were stopped in 2002
amid allegations of anomalies
purportedly committed by
the Philippine International
Air Terminals Co., which
contracted Takenaka to build
Terminal 3 in 1998.
The negotiations took such
a long time. Instead of ling
a lawsuit which may not be
resolved even if the crow turns
white, we opted to negotiate so
we can use a fully completed
NAIA-3, the President said.
The terminal was partially
opened three years ago but is
only running at half capacity.
Once completed, the 182,500-
square meter terminal would
have the capacity to service
up to 33,000 passengers daily
at peak, or 6,000 passengers
per hour. It also has 34 air
bridges and 20 contact gates,
allowing it to service 28 planes
simultaneously.
The Department of
Transportation and
Communication and Takenaka
Corp. signed a memorandum
of understanding in Japan last
March where Takenaka agreed to
complete the 23 airport systems
critical to full operations.
These systems include re
alarm and protection system,
ight information display system,
building management system,
local area network, baggage
handling and reconciliation
system and passenger loading
bridges.
From NAIA, the President
went to the Philtranco Bus
Terminal at the corner of EDSA
and Apello Cruz in Pasay City,
where he inspected the pre-
departure area, canteen and
other areas. He even went inside
a waiting public utility bus to
briey talk with the passengers
and talked with the employees
and passengers at the pre-
departure area.
The DOTC has launched
Oplan Ligtas Biyahe: Undas
2012 to ensure the orderly and
convenient travel for motorists
and commuters.
By Ferdinand Fabella
and Rio Araja
THE Makati City Regional Trial Court
dismissed the petition of a Makati-
based contractor seeking to stop the
bidding of the P300-million trafc
signal light project of the Metropolitan
Manila Development Authority.
Citing lack of merit, Judge Carlito
Calpura of RTC Branch 145 junked
the petition for temporary restraining
order of Abratique and Associates
and First United Constructors Corp.,
the consortium that failed to win
the contract to supply MMDA with
modern trafc signal lights.
Calpura said the petitioning
consortium failed to present evidence
that their rights would be violated if
the pre-bids and awards committee
of the MMDA proceeded with a new
bidding for the project.
Their claim that their rights will
be violated if no TRO is issued is
farfetched because they have not
even shown that they are entitled
to the award of the project. If at
all, as of this time, what they have
only established is that there is a
possibility that the project might be
awarded in their favor, the Makati
judge said in his four-page order.
Calpura stressed that the
petitioners failed to show their clear
and unmistakable right that should
be protected by the restraining order
being sought.
Clear and unmistakable right is
one not based on contingent or future
rights and as such the possibility of
irreparable damage without proof of
actual existing right, he said.
Abratique sued MMDA Chairman
Francis Tolentino and the six members
of BAC after they declared a failure
of bidding for the project last August.
The consortium placed a bid of
P295,773,597.73, which it said was
lower than its rival but was denied
a fair chance despite completing
MMDAs requirements.
MMDA ofcials, however, argued
that the consortium lacked technical
competence to supply the trafc
equipment, thus, the declaration of
failure of bidding.
While they have shown that they
(Abratique) have participated in the
bidding and thus entitled to some
extent of preference in the order
of succession of bidders to be post
qualied, no evidence was shown that
there is a great possibility that they
may be qualied by reasons based
on the other criteria. Hence, their
claim of being qualied is at bests
speculative, the Makati RTC ruled.
In their petition for TRO and a writ
of preliminary injunction, the Filipino-
owned consortium questioned the
bidding process that supposedly
included a foreign contractor that
allegedly had no license from the
Philippine Contractors Accreditation
Board.
Abratique questioned Tolentinos
memorandum, which formed the basis
to declare a failure of bidding even
as the law does not allow the head
procurement agency to declare failure
of bidding among other lapses.
By Florante S. Solmerin
PHILIPPINE National Police chief
Nicanor Bartolome remained hopeful
he can complete his term despite
reports that he would be asked to
retire early because his mandatory
retirement in March next year will
fall within the election period and
covered by an appointment ban.
If there is an order for me [to
retire early] or if there is an offer,
only then I will give you a formal
announcement. As of this time, there
is none, he said If (early retirement)
will help to the overall preparation
and security (for the 2013 election),
then no problem.
Bartolome was reacting to the
designation of Deputy Director
General Alan Purisima as head of Task
Force Elections 2013 as announced
by Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas
II on Monday.
Roxas did not directly say that
Purisima would eventually replace
Bartolome, but he said the designation
would ensure that someone was at the
helm for next years elections.
Ofcials had earlier said Malacaang
wanted a longer transition period
for the next National Police chief to
ensure the safe and orderly elections,
but Bartolomes regular retirement on
Mar. 16 falls within the election ban
and the President is not allowed to
appoint a new National Police chief.
The President himself said that,
with barely two months left before
the May elections, it would be like a
mission impossible for Bartolomes
successor and he wanted the next
police chief to hve enough time to
prepare for the elections.
Bartolome was supposedly being
groomed to replace Undersecretary
Rico Puno, who resigned after being
implicated in a controversial arms
deal, but Roxas said on Monday he
was considering four retired police
ofcers whom he did not identify.
Bartolome said that if ever he agrees
to accept a government position, he
prefered to assume the position after
a short vacation.
All retirees want a little vacation,
he said. I have been in service for
a long time. I have been serving the
PNP since 1980.
In a separate interview, PNP
spokesman Chief Supt. Generoso
Cerbo Jr. said Purisima has been
promoted the other day to three-star
rank together with his classmates,
Metro Manila police chief Director
Leonardo Espina and Special Action
Force chief Director Cipriano
Querol.
GMA too sick to visit parents graves
FORMER president and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo postponed her planned visit to her parents grave
on Thursday because she is too ill, according to her lawyer
Anacleto Diaz.
Diaz said the ailing Arroyo was advised by her physicians
not to leave the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon
City.
Sorry but the former President will no longer push through
with the planned and approved visit to her parents at the Libingan
ng mga Bayani on November 1. She thanks the Sandiganbayan
for approving her request but she is not feeling well and has
been advised to avoid the further stress to going and from the
cemetery, Diaz said.
Arroyo is accused of illegally using P366 million of the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofces intelligence fund, an
offense for which bail is not allowed, but her camp says that
accusation only proves the Aquino administrations scorched-
earth policy on its political enemies.
Arroyo has been in and out of hospital in the past two years.
She was on hospital arrest for eight months on charges of
electoral fraud and was granted bail in July. Maricel V. Cruz
Fake Chanel, Burberry goods seized
MORE than P300 million worth of fake Chanel and Burberry
goods were seized by agents of the National Bureau of
Investigation during a raid on in Pasay City.
In a report to NBI Director Nonnatus Caesar Rojas, the NBI
Intellectual Property Rights Division said their operatives
swooped down on several stalls inside Baclaran LRT shopping
mall last Oct. 29 and the Megaex Building on F.B. Harrison
St.; Bacalaran Wholesale Complex, F.B. Harrison Street and
One Shopping Center, Kapitan Ambo Street.
The NBI said their agents were able to seize 3,941 pieces of
assorted counterfeit Chanel and Burberry products worth an
estimated value of P318,900,000.00 based on the original price.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 8293, otherwise known
as the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, was led
against the owners and operators of the stalls raided. Their
names were not revealed by the NBI. Macon Ramos-Araneta
Philhealth covers childs leukemia
THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has set a P210,000-
benet payment for standard-risk acute lymphocytic leukemia,
or fast-growing cancer of the blood in children.
Philhealth president and chief executive ofcer Dr. Eduardo
Banzon said this is their second-largest single benet payment for a
catastrophic illness, next to our P600,000-package for end-stage renal
disease requiring a kidney transplant. Macon Ramos-Araneta
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
When Howard and Steve Nash
took their places alongside Kobe
Bryant and Pau Gasol under the
Hollywood spotlight, the Lakers
opened a season of enormous
expectations with an equally big
dud of a performance.
Darren Collison scored 17
points, Brandan Wright added
14, and the Dallas Mavericks
spoiled the Lakers debuts of
Howard and Steve Nash with a
99-91 victory over Los Angeles
on Tuesday night.
In his rst regular-season
game in a gold jersey, Howard
had 19 points and 10 rebounds,
while missing 11 of his 14 free
throws before fouling out with
2:02 to play.
Thats hardly the debut he
anticipated after arriving in a
trade with Orlando last August,
but not much has gone accord-
ing to plan in the rst month for
the Lakers starters, who barely
played together in their winless
preseason due to injuries.
Its not an excuse, but it will
all come with time, Howard said.
We havent had an opportunity
to really play together as much as
we want, but were going to get it.
... Were going to chip away, and
Team Forbes wins Sr.-Jr. Teams
LOS ANGELESDwight Howard
missed a two-handed dunk on his rst
shot, and the night never got much
better for the Los Angeles Lakers.
THE Sr.-Jr.
Teams event
held under
the auspices
of the Philip-
pine Tourna-
ment Bridge
Association was played last Saturday, October
27 at the Manila Club in the Corinthian Plaza
Building, Makati City.
The standing:
Team Forbes: Sylvia Alejandro-Hiranthi Samar-
asingha, Justo Manlongat-Nalin Samarasingha
Tan Team: Gemma Tan-Catherine Dequito,
Francis Tan-Tonting Baltazar
Catalig Team: Julie Guthrie-Mark Guthrie, Syd-
ney Bates-Migel Catalig.
My partner Hiranthi Samarasingha held this pow-
erful two-suiter i.e. 7 hearts and 5 spades.This was
the deal:
Dealer East
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North
K4
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1085432
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West East
962 J105
J10 Q2
KQ97 A6
K743 AQJ1092
South
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South West North East
1NT 2
3 PASS 4 4
PASS PASS DBL PASS
East had opened with one notrump. Hiranthi
decided to bid two hearts. Dequito sitting West
bid three clubs. Tan raised for four clubs. This
prompted Hiranthi to bid four hearts which was
promptly doubled by Tan. Contract made and
gave us top.
Another deal of interest is this deal:
Dealer North
None Vul
North
852
A985
AK7
J108
West East
K97 AQ4
QJ643 K1072
8 1062
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South
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QJ9543
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1 PASS 1
PASS 1NT PASS 3NT
Imagine my amazement when Hiranthi brings me
to three and I had shown my minimum hand. She
said she liked her six carder diamond suit and so bid
three. The gods blessed us as I had the Ace King of
diamonds bringing to a total of nine tricks.
Comments to: sylvia01@globelines.com.ph
IN BRIEF
Lim off to great start
AJ LIM got off to a great start in the 20th Sar-
awak Chief Ministers Cup International Junior
Tennis tournament in Kuching, Malaysia.
Lim got past Ho Hin Pak of Hong Kong,
4-6, 6-2, 6-1, to advance to the second
round in the boys singles.
The 13-year-old Lim rallied from 1-2
down in the second set and his vaunted
forehand game to get rival moving and
tired at the end of the game.
Meanwhile, Maika Tampoco earned the
seventh seeding in the girls action. She
will face Vita Taher of Indonesia in her rst
round game. Peter Atencio
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THE National Basketball Association an-
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tion service reaching fans in more than 200
countries and territories, offers fans one plan
that includes full access on their computers, tab-
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For the rst time, fans will also be able to
access NBA League Pass International on
the XBOX 360 game console.
A free trial for fans is ongoing until Nov.
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SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
LA Salle is at the forefront of
the overall championship race
and will be defending its titles in
four fronts when second semes-
ter action in the 75th University
Athletic Association of the Phil-
ippines begins this December.
Tracksters from La Salle will
start their title-retention bid in the
mens division, when the athlet-
ics meets commences from Dec.
5 to 8 at the oval of the Philsports
Complex in Pasig City.
From there, La Salle will try to
keep the crowns it won last year
in mens lawn tennis, womens
chess and womens volleyball.
Action in fencing will be
from Dec. 11 to 14, and it will
be followed by competitions in
football, baseball, softball, vol-
leyball, lawn tennis and chess.
When rst semester hostilities
ended in early October, La Salle
is in the early lead of the general
championship race.
La Salle collected 152 points
after winning the titles in wom-
ens taekwondo and womens ta-
ble tennis, and earning runner-up
nishes in womens basketball,
womens swimming, mens table
tennis and mens taekwondo.
University of Santo Tomas,
which has been overall champi-
ons for 14 years, is trailing with
144 points, with the University of
the Philippines at third with 108.
Ateneo, which emerged as a
four-peat mens basketball cham-
pion, is close behind at fourth with
107 points. Peter Atencio
La Salle leads race
for overall crown
were going to get better.
The Lakers superstar new-
comers both had debuts to forget.
Nash managed just seven points
and four assists while trying to
balance the Lakers new motion
offense with his own strengths
on the pick-and-rollall while
getting roundly outplayed by
Mavs newcomer Collison.
Its growing pains, and its
a struggle, Nash said. Were
out of sync, and were going to
probably have some more mo-
ments in games like that.
O.J. Mayo had 12 points as
the Mavericks pulled off a stun-
ner in their opener, comfortably
beating the Lakers without any
help from injured Dirk Nowit-
zki. Dallas and Los Angeles both
made big moves in the offsea-
son, yet the Mavericks appeared
to be much more together than
their high-prole rivals.
Its a great win, Dallas
coach Rick Carlisle said. If you
execute in this league and have
talent, you have a chance to win,
and we did that. The Lakers are
going to be ne. Theyve got a
lot of new guys and a new sys-
tem, but we were opportunistic
tonight and got the job done.
Bryant scored 22 points while
playing on an injured right foot for
the Lakers, whose loaded lineup
followed up its 0-8 preseason with
a largely passionless second-half
effort in front of a sellout crowd
expecting to see a super team ca-
pable of contending for the fran-
chises 17th championshipa
fact acknowledged by Bryant
when he addressed the fans be-
fore the game. AP
Mavs stun loaded Lakers
MIAMILeBron James got
cramps, Ray Allen was snubbed
and Dwyane Wade was steaming.
None of that spoiled the Mi-
ami Heat mood on ring night.
Wade scored 29 points, James
nished 26 points and 10 re-
bounds while missing much
of the second half because of
cramps in both legs, and the
reigning NBA champion Heat
beat the Boston Celtics 120-107
on Tuesday night in the season
opener for both teams.
There were actual reworks
before the game to close the
ceremony where the Heat got
their championship rings and
raised their title banner. There
also were plenty of gurative
reworks late, rst with Boston
almost digging out of a 19-point
hole and, after the outcome was
decided, Rajon Rondo agrantly
fouling Wade by wrapping his
arms around his neck on a drive.
In the end, though, the rst
Celtics-Heat matchup of this sea-
son was like the nal one of last
seasonwith Miami winning.
It was good to cap this night
off with a win, Heat coach Erik
Spoelstra said. It was an emo-
tional time for all of us in our
organization.
Even for the newcomers, like Al-
len. He scored 19 pointsneeding
only seven eld goal attemptsin
his rst game with Miami since
leaving Boston over the summer.
Chris Bosh had 19 points and 10
rebounds for Miami.
Allen got chants from the
Heat crowd, which is nothing
new. Except this time, they were
positive. AP
Heat get rings, then
crush Celts, 120-107
ATENEO de Davao University and Holy
Child College of Davao defeated separate
rivals in the nals to rule the Mindanao re-
gional championship of the MILO-spon-
sored 2012 Basketball Efciency Scien-
tic Training Center Small Basketeers of the
Philippines-Passerelle twin tournament held
recently at the Goldstar Gym in Davao City.
The winning teams will also represent
Mindanao in the SBP-Passerelle nation-
al nals on December 2 in Roxas City.
They will be joined by the NCR champi-
ons La Salle Greenhills.
Ateneo outplayed Corpus Christi School of
Cagayan de Oro City, 64-59, to claim the SBP
crown and Holy Child defeated Claret School
of Zamboanga City, 64-53, to top the Passerelle
division. Lawrence Angeles scored 11 of his
team-high 13 points in the first quarter to lead
Ateneo to an early 20-5 lead in the SBP tourna-
ment for 9-11 years old.
Corpus Christi then relied on the second
quarter rally led point guard Joel Cagulan-
gan to cut Ateneos lead down to eight, 29-
21, and remain within striking distance in
the third period.
Eric Tuadles and Joachim Weill, however,
conspired for nine points in the nal quarter
to secure the victory for the Blue Knights.
Eric Tuadles nished with 11 points and Wei-
ll added 10 for Ateneo. Corpus Christi was
paced by Jose Sabandal who had 18 points in
the game. Cagulangan added 12.
In the battle for third place, Claret
School of Zamboanga City won over
Dadiangas West, 50-43.
In the Passerelle tournament for 12-14
years old, Vincent Angelo Fernandez net-
ted13 points and Carlito Rodriguez and
Leon Lorenzana scored eight points apiece
to lead the Reds. Claret, on the other hand,
was led by Earl Barredo who scored a
game-high 19 points. Holy Trinity College
routed Sacred Heart of Jesus Montessori,
76-62, to claim third place. Holy Trin-
ity and Dadiangas West, meanwhile, went
home with the Sportsmaship awards.
The Mindanao leg championship was
graced by BEST Center founder Nic
Jorge, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
Mindanao head Pedro Alfaro Jr., SBP re-
gional director for Mindanao Boy Cua and
Davao City sports head Pocholo Elegino.
The Luzon championship leg of Asias
rst scientic school of basketball is slat-
ed on Nov. 3 and 4 in Pampanga and the
Visayas championship leg is set on Nov.
17 and 18 in Iloilo City. The 2012 SBP-
Passerelle National Finals will be held
from Dec. 1 and 2 in Roxas City.
Ateneo, Holy Child rule SBP-Passerelle tilt
FOR the fifth straight year, Victory
Liner played a major part in the re-
cently concluded Victory Cup 2012
held at the Baguio Athletic Park, fur-
ther intensifying the football craze
that has swept the nation.
Victory Liner, together with the Ba-
guio Football Club, conducted the two-
day event, which saw football enthusi-
asts and young football stars battling
it out for the prestigious Victory Cup
award.
Free football clinics preceded the
event, attended by boys and girls ages
6 to 14 years old. The football festival
culminated with a competition partici-
pated by various football teams around
the country. The match had four divi-
sions- Boys 10, Boys 12, Boys 16 and
Girls 14.
Two Baguio FC booters fought for
the 2012 Victory Cup award.
As Victory Liner celebrates its
67th years in the transportation in-
dustry, it continues to drive the pas-
sion to push for fun, growth, devel-
opment, and reaching out to more
Filipinos.
Victory Cup gives football a boost
Future strikers
are shown
before hitting
the ball and
the eld at
the 2012
Victory Cup
sponsored by
Victory Liner.
Holy Child College of Davao team captain Mel John Castaneda receives their trophy from BEST Center
founder Nic Jorge (left) and Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Mindanao-B regional director Boy Cua.
hes seen, Ariza said: Im
very satised. I was surprised
the way he didnt take any
breaks, he didnt stall for time.
He was using angles, on his
toes, he was throwing punches
from long range and he looked
good.
Ariza expressed the hope
that Pacquiao maintains this
kind of intensity and remains
focused.
He was very focused when
he came in here, said Ariza,
indicating Pacquiaos two
weeks of training in General
Santos City did him good.
Pacquiao surprised every-
body about how sharp he was
and he really looked good.
But its still early and there
are some issues of timing and
probably some conditioning,
Ariza said.
He revealed that Roach and
Pacquiao discussed a lot of
strategy as the Filipino ring
icon continues his preparation
for a fourth encounter with
Mexican legend Juan Manuel
Marquez at the MGM Grand
Garden Arena on Dec. 8.
The strength and condition-
ing coach, who teamed up
with Roach some two weeks
prior to Pacquiaos demoli-
tion of World Boxing Council
lightweight champion David
Diaz in nine rounds on June
8, 2008 and has been credited
with adding to the explosive-
ness of Pacquiao, told Manila
Standard: I like what Manny
is talking about, but again its
still early although he said
what he wants to do and well
sit down and see. But Im very
satised. Oh yeah.
Pacquiao...
From A8
also expected to oversee the event. Similar
qualifying legs were held for National Capi-
tal Region in Marikina City, Northern Luzon
in Lingayen, Pangasinan, and Southern Lu-
zon in Calapan, Mindoro Oriental.
Except in pencak silat, which is a national
nal event, the gold and silver medalists in
10 other sports earn slots for the national -
nals in Iloilo City set for Dec. 5 to 8.
The Mindanao leg is the fourth of the
ve-phase qualifying that culminates in
Iloilo. Visayas leg will be held Nov. 21 to
24 in Tacloban City.
Events on tap are arnis, athletics, bad-
minton, boxing, chess, karatedo, lawn ten-
nis, swimming, taekwondo, table tennis
and pencak silat.
Batang...
From A8
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
James Yap nailed a tough, go-ahead fadeaway
jumper with 38.8 seconds left to lift San Mig
Coffee to an 82-78 win over pesky Batang Pier
to complete a comeback from 15 points down in
the second half of the 2013 Philippine Basketball
Association Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta
Colisem last night.
Though he struggled for most part of the
game, Yap delivered down the stretch as his
basket gave the Mixers a 79-78 edge heading to
the waning seconds.
Willie Miller, who went back and forth with
Yap in scoring in the crucial stages of the game,
had a chance to give the Batang Pier the lead
back in the ensuing play, but his lay-up in trafc
with around 17 seconds left was short.
Global Port was then forced to foul and Mark
Barroca, who made one of his two free throws
to extend the Mixers lead to 80-78 with
13.2 ticks left.
Off a timeout, the Batang Pier had
another good opportunity but Vic
Manuels undergoal stab went in
and out.
The ball went back to San Mig
Coffee after a loose ball chase and
Barroca this time, sank his two freebies with 3.1
seconds left to seal the win.
Putting his early slump behind, Yap suddenly
caught re at the right time and scored 11 of his
16 points in the fourth period, all in the last six
minutes of play, while Mark Pingris spearheaded
the Mixerscomeback with a game-high 17 points.
James (Yap) hit some big shots. Its not easy in
this league. All teams at the top have tough times,
said San Mig Coffee coach Tim Cone, whose
squad created a three-team logjam with Rain or
Shine and Alaska at second place with 4-2 marks.
Sobrang slow ng start ko and naapektuhan
yung team. Buti na lang nakabawi. Kasi yung
mga shots ko naman, ineensayo ko talaga, said
Yap of his late-game heroics.
Millers two free throws prior to Yaps go-
ahead basket put Global Port ahead, 78-77.
The two battle-tested spitres gave each other
their best shots as they went back-and-forth in
the nal six minutes, scoring 18 of the games
last 23 points, but Yap had the last say.
Global Port, which lost its fourth straight
game and fell alone at the doormat at 1-6, was
actually playing so well and controlling the
game. The Batang Pier were ahead by 15 points,
47-32, early in the third period before the veteran
Mixers clawed their way back slowly.
NOVEMBER 1, 2012 THURSDAY A8
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Jeric Lopez

FOR the second straight game, San Mig Coffee had a
lethargic start. However, it still wasnt a hindrance for
the team, which got yet another win in the clutch.
TOBY Gadi made it six-in-row
while Bianca Carlos reigned for
the second straight time as the
Golden Shuttle Foundation bets
pulled off a pair of straight-set vic-
tories in the Open singles nals in
the MVP Sports Foundation-Phil-
ippine Badminton Ranking System
(PBaRS) Makati leg at the Makati
Coliseum yesterday.
Gadi, who barely survived Kevin
Dalisay in the semis, dominated
Paul Vivas of Phl Team-Victor, 21-
16, 21-9, to annex his six straight
mens Open singles crown while
PBaRS Cebu leg winner Carlos re-
peated over top seed Gelita Castilo,
21-16, 21-15, in the womens nals
of the centerpiece event sponsored
by MVP Sports Foundation.
Vice President and Philippine
Badminton Association chief Je-
jomar Binay, Philippine Olympic
Committee president and PBA
Party-list Rep. Mark Sambar with
PBaRS tournament director Nel-
son Asuncion graced the awards
rites of the ve-day tournament
backed by Victor PCOME Indus-
trial Sales Inc., exclusive distribu-
tor of Victor equipment.
I feel like I played more relaxed
today, not forcing my shots too
much unlike against Dalisay where
I played too much on the sides
which cost me a lot of unforced er-
rors, said the 23-year-old Gadi, a
fourth year AB International Stud-
ies student at Ateneo.
While admitting that he came
into the nals wary of the second
seeded Vivas, Gadi said that he
remained condent of his chanc-
es, knowing he has the tools and
the skills to win his sixth straight
MVPSF-PBaRS crown.
The countrys top player is set
to compete in various international
tournaments, including the Hong
Kong Super Series, and Macau and
Korea Grand Prix Gold although
he hopes there will be people who
could help me with the funds Ill be
needing to join these tournaments.
WWGBAs Frell Gabuelo, who
shocked top seed Patrick Geco-
sala in the Final Four, capped an
impressive campaign in the event
staged to discover fresh talents
and rank players according to
their strength as he held off Alexis
Geverjuan, 21-13, 21-17, to pocket
the boys Under-15 diadem.
Gadi, Carlos keep badminton titles
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carry Mixers
ELMA Muros-Posadas, former long-jump
queen of Asia, leads a big Philippine del-
egation, which leaves today for Taiwan
with an aim of winning at least 10 gold
medals in the 17
th
Asia Masters Athletics
Championships.
Muros-Posadas, already a multiple, gold-
medal winner in this competition for veteran
athletes, is not the only recognizable face in
the 24-athlete team backed by the Philippine
Sports Commission and ably supported by
Score (SportsCore Event Management and
Consultancy), as former Southeast Asian
Games medalists Lerma Bulaitan-Gabito,
Emerson Obiena and Erlinda Lavandia also
take part in the Nov. 2 to 7 event, along with
Antonio Chee, Elenita Punelas, Danny Ja-
rin and John Lozada.
They will comprise the top group of
veterans tipped to bring home a good
number of gold medals to top their haul
of ve mints from the same tournament in
2010 in Malaysia.
This is the biggest Philippine delega-
tion yet to take part in the Asia Masters,
said Manny Ibay, president of the National
Masters and Seniors Athletic Association,
whose group also received support from
Sen. Chiz Escudero, Rexona, Mizuno and
the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce
to be able to assemble a ghting team.
Hindi tayo nase-zero (in medals) sa
tournament na ito, Ibay added.
PSC Chairman Ritchie Garcia wished
the team well, saying: Our veteran ath-
letes continue to make us proud even years
after they have made big contributions to
Philippine sports at the prime of their ca-
reers. The Asia Masters will again prove
to be a source of pride for the Philippines
despite the presence of very strong teams
and bigger delegations from the likes of
China and Japan in the tournament.
Muros-Posadas is entered in her favor-
ite long jump, the 100m and 200m run and
the 4x100m relay. Ibay said Muros-Posa-
das may still be entered in a fth event,
according to Ibay.
Obiena, also a multiple-medal winner
in the World and Asian athletics front,
will take part in the mens century dash
and pole vault; Lavandia in shot put, jav-
elin and discus throw events; Chee in pole
vault and javelin throw; Punelas in long
jump and 4x100 relay; Bulaitan-Gabito in
long jump and 4x100 relay; Jarin in ham-
mer and discus throws; and Lozada in the
400m and 800m events.
Other members of the team have also
taken part in various national and inter-
national events and were given certica-
tions by the Philippine Amateur Track and
Field Association. They are now actively
coaching or have taken teaching jobs.
Muros-Posadas leads PH team to Asia Masters
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FIGHTER of the Decade Man-
ny Pacquiaos strength and con-
ditioning coach Alex Ariza said
that the eight-division world
champion engaged rugged Rus-
sian light welterweight Ruslan
Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KOs) in
a furious sparring session at the
Wild Card Gym on Tuesday in
Los Angeles.
Pacquiao went a total of
six rounds with Provodnikov
and longtime sparring partner
Raymund Beltran, under the
watchful eye of trainer Fred-
die Roach.
Ariza described Provod-
nikov as a beast who kept
coming forward, not realizing
that he had Manny Pacquiao
in front of him. He said Pro-
vodnikov is the kind of ghter
Manny needs to face.
Provodnikov won the World
Boxing Organization Intercon-
tinental light welterweight title
with a second-round knockout
of Jose Reynoso last June 29
and said working with Pac-
quiao was a great help.
Manny looked very good.
He didnt shy away and went
punch for punch and you
wouldnt think he only started
sparring today, Ariza said.
Pacquiao jogged in the
morning and based on what
Pacquiao
impressive
in sparring
THE Philippine Azkals national football team will
have to go on with their training without one of
their midelders in OJ Portreria.
Stricken with the dengue, the 18-year-old Fil-
American will have to recover within the coming
week in the hospital.
Without him, the Azkals will continue preparing
for the coming Suzuki Cup by playing two friend-
lies against clubs in the United Football League.
They won their rst match with the Stallion FC,
7-4, last Saturday. Their next friendly will be on
Nov. 10 against the Green Archers.
After that, the Azkals will clash with Singapore
in Cebu City on Nov. 15.
Team manager Dan Palami believes the Azkals
will be the darkhorses when action in the AFF
Suzuki Cup begins on Nov. 24 in Bangkok.
The Philippines is bracketed with co-host Thai-
land, Vietnam and qualication-round winner
Myanmar in Group A.
Last weekend, the team had its mini camp, which
included a friendly with the Stallion FC at Rizal
Memorial Football Stadium. Peter Atencio
Azkals without OJ
Twin events. Manila Auto Salon Race Queen Cathy Chan poses with a 1996
Toyota Land Cruiser owned by Dr. Gs Car Clinic that won the Best of Show award
in November last year. The 6th MAS will be held alongside the 20th Defense and
Sporting Arms Show on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 at the SMX Convention Center-Mall of Asia
in Pasay City. National Police Chief Nicanor Bartolome will be the guest of honor of
the gun shows opening ceremonies.
Toby Gadi (center) receives the replica of the check worth
P70,000 from Vice President and Philippine Badminton
Association head Jejomar Binay (third from left) after winning
the mens Open singles crown for the sixth straight time in
the MVPSF-PBaRS Championships-Makati leg at the Makati
Coliseum yesterday. With are (from left) POC president Jose
Peping Cojuangco Jr., runner-up Paul Vivas, third placer
Andrei Babad, PBA Party-list Rep. Mark Sambar and MVPSF-
PBaRS tournament director Nelson Asuncion.
DAPITAN CITY takes its turn
to become launch-pad for up-
and-coming athletic superstars
when it hosts the Mindanao
leg of the Philippine Olympic
Committee-Philippine Sports
Commission Batang Pinoy
Games 2012 on Nov. 7 to 10.
Opening ceremonies will
be held Nov. 6 at the sprawl-
ing Jose Rizal Memorial State
University Sports Complex,
which will also be venue for
centerpiece events of track and
eld and swimming.
Dapitan City Mayor Patri
Bajamunde-Chan is expected
to lead the local ofcials, who
will welcome the expected
thousand athletes who will
see action in 11 events, 10 of
which are qualifying events for
the national nals.
We are looking forward to
working side by side with the
PSC in discovering athletic tal-
ents from this part of the coun-
try, said Bejamunde-Chan, who
recently signed memorandum of
agreement with PSC ofcials.
Batang Pinoy project direc-
tor, PSC lawyer Jay Alano
said: We believe that Mind-
anao particularly Zamboanga
del Norte is an athletic pow-
erhouse especially in combat
sports and athletics.
The Visayas leg of the Batang
Pinoy was originally set in Cagay-
an de Oro, but organizers decided
Dapitan City is a better choice
given its successful 2011 staging
of the Palarong Pambansa.
PSC chair Richie Garcia and
commissioner Jolly Gomez are
Batang
Pinoy goes
to Dapitan
Turn to A7
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Global Ports Al Vergara (left) tries to steal the ball away from San Mig Coffees Mark Barroca in a PBA Philippine Cup
game won by the Mixers, 82-78. SONNY ESPIRITU
CLEVELANDCleveland center Anderson Varejao
established career highs in rebounds (23) and assists
(nine) as the Cavaliers defeated the
Washington Wizards, 94-84, in the
season opener for both teams.
The 611, 260-pound Varejao
took advantage of Washingtons
porous defense and nished with
nine points, hitting three of seven
shots. His rebound total was two
shy of the franchise record that
Rick Roberson set at Houston on
March 4, 1972.
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IN BRIEF
VOLUME 631.500M
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing October 31, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
Unleaded Gasoline
P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.2630
Japan Yen 0.012561 0.5183
UK Pound 1.607500 66.3303
Hong Kong Dollar 0.129042 5.3247
Switzerland Franc 1.072731 44.2641
Canada Dollar 1.000801 41.2961
Singapore Dollar 0.820412 33.8527
Australia Dollar 1.037344 42.8039
Bahrain Dinar 2.652872 109.4655
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.0335
Brunei Dollar 0.817060 33.7143
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000104 0.0043
Thailand Baht 0.032573 1.3441
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.2344
Euro Euro 1.296200 53.4851
Korea Won 0.000916 0.0378
China Yuan 0.160244 6.6121
India Rupee 0.018532 0.7647
Malaysia Ringgit 0.328084 13.5377
NewZealand Dollar 0.821423 33.8944
Taiwan Dollar 0.034227 1.4123
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
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44
46
48
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CLOSE
Closing OCTOBER 31, 2012
5,424.51
2.16
HIGH P41.160 LOW P41.230 AVERAGE P41.208
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LT Group
postpones
acquisition
of airlines
PascualLab recalls calcium supplement
By Alena Mae S. Flores
ABOITIZ Equity Ventures, the holding
company of the Aboitiz family, reported
Wednesday a consolidated net income of
P18 billion in the rst nine months, up 12
percent from P16 billion in the same pe-
riod last year, boosted by higher earnings
of its power unit.
Power remained to account
for the lions share at 78 percent,
which was followed by the
banking and food SBUs [strategic
business units] with income
contributions of 17 percent and
5 percent, respectively, Aboitiz
Equity said in a disclosure to the
stock exchange.
Aboitiz Power Corp., the
groups power subsidiary,
declared a net income of P18.4
billion in the nine-month period,
up 13 percent from P16.2 billion
a year ago. Its income
contribution to the Aboitiz
group reached P14.1 billion, up
from P12.4 billion last year.
Union Bank of the
Philippines, the groups
nancial unit, contributed P2.8
billion in income, up by 19
percent year-on-year. Food unit
Pilmico Foods Corp. added
P937 million, up by 3 percent
from a year ago.
Aboitiz Powers core net
income amounted to P17.9
billion, up 15 percent year-
on-year. Aboitiz Power said
consolidated net income in the
third quarter rose 10 percent to
P6.2 billion from P5.6 billion a
year ago.
Aboitiz Powers third-
quarter results reected the
higher demand coming from both
our generation and distribution
businesses. This was further
boosted by higher wholesale
electricity spot market prices
due to higher demand and supply
shortage because of several
plant outages, Aboitiz Power
president and chief executive
Erramon Aboitiz said.
We also saw improvement in
the distribution margins with the
implementation of performance-
based regulation and reduction
of systems loss, he said.
The groups average power
cost increased 6 percent in the
rst nine months, on the back
of a 38-percent rise in average
selling price of electricity at
the wholesale electricity spot
market in Luzon.
Aboitiz Powers power
distribution business,
meanwhile, registered a
5-percent year-on-year increase
in income contribution to P765
million from P731 million due to
higher sales across all customer
classes.
Aboitiz Power said it continued
its focus on developing new
greeneld and browneld
projects to better serve the
country and its growing
economy.
By Julito G. Rada
PASCUAL Consumer Healthcare Corp.,
a subsidiary of Pascual Laboratories Inc.,
said Wednesday it voluntary recalled
US-made calcium supplement brand
CalChews in chocolate avor after
stringent quality control tests found traces
of microbial presence in certain stocks.
In keeping with Pascual Consumer
Healthcare Corp.s commitment to serve
with integrity and to guarantee the quality
of our products, we are implementing, as
a precautionary measure, the voluntary
product recall of CalChews chocolate
variant bearing the lot numbers 382BWA
and 382BWB, due to ndings of microbial
presence, Pascual Consumer Healthcare
president Ricky Rivera said in a statement.
Rivera said the company formally
notied the local Food and Drug
Administration of the product recall on
Oct. 29. It said based on records, 164
boxes of the affected products were
distributed to 17 trade accounts.
CalChews is manufactured in the US
by North Carolina-based Best Sweets
Inc. and packed, labeled and distributed
by PascualLab.
PascualLab said its quality control
procedures, as part of its standard practice
of continuous monitoring and testing,
had detected the microbial presence in
the affected lots of CalChews chocolate
variant. But it said the caramel variant is
safe from any contamination. PascualLab
distributes two variants in the Philippines.
It said immediately after the microbial
detection, it had completely stopped
the labeling and release of all stocks of
CalChews from its Balagtas, Bulacan
plant, as a preemptive measure.
By Jenniffer B. Austria
PHILEX Mining Corp., the
largest mining company, said
Wednesday net prot in the rst
nine months of the year declined
53 percent to P2.03 billion from
P4.35 billion year-on-year due
to the suspension of mining
operations in Padcal Benguet.
Philex said in a ling with the
Philippine Stock Exchange that
revenues in the nine-month period
fell 22 percent to P8.95 billion
from P11.44 billion a year ago.
This years results reect
lower gains due to a drop in metal
production after the company
voluntarily suspended its operations
on Aug. 1, Philex said.
The company blamed the
leakage from the tailings pond of
its Padcal mine in Benguet, which
it described as a force majeure
event caused by unprecedented
heavy rains.
Total ore milled in the third
quarter stood at 880,808 dry
metric tons. Philex produced
3.97 million pounds of copper,
12,616 ounces of gold and 11,539
ounces of silver in July.
Philex as a result posted a net
loss of P1.57 billion in the third
quarter of 2012.
The third quarter results
brought total ore milled over the
rst nine months to 5.54 million
DMT, which produced 22.31
million pounds of copper, 71,297
ounces of gold, and 67,704
ounces of silver. Operating
revenues stood at P9.11 billion.
Both nancial and operating
results for this quarter are better
than what has been anticipated,
given the unexpected setback
in our Padcal operations. There
were struggles, but I am pleased
that the company responded
positively to the accident, Philex
chairman and chief executive
Manuel Pangilinan said.
Philex has lowered its net income
target to P1.5 billion to P1.7 billion
from P4 billion following the
suspension of operations.
Pangilinan earlier said he
expected the Padcal mine closed
until the end of 2012, adding the
stoppage would create a severe
impact on the companys full-
year nancial performance.
With Othel V. Campos
LT GROUP Inc., formerly
Tanduay Holdings Inc., said
it will defer the acquisition of
the airline business and further
increase investments in tobacco,
real estate and beer companies.
The LT Group said in a
disclosure to the stock exchange
the board approved the acquisition
of up to 100 percent of Fortune
Tobacco Corp., Asia Brewery
Inc., Paramount Land Equities
Inc. and Saturn Holdings Inc.
The acquisition of additional
shares from these companies
will be paid from the proceeds
of the ve billion share
subscription that was recently
approved and completed, LT
Group said.
The board also approved a
delay in the acquisition of airline
units. The LT Group originally
planned to acquire 49.84
percent and 50.97 percent of
Philippine Airlines Inc. and Air
Philippines Corp., respectively,
as part of the consolidation of
Tans businesses under the listed
holding company.
An informed source said
LT Group decided to defer the
acquisition of the airline business
because PAL and Air Philippines
were not performing well.
The airline business will drag
the earnings of the conglomerate
if we will push through to the
acquisition, the source said.
The source noted the airline
business would be folded into
the conglomerate over the next
three years.
Analysts said the exclusion of
the airline business will enable
the LT Group to get a good price
when it conducts a follow-on
offering early next year.
The conglomerate plans to
offer up to 3 billion in shares
owned by major shareholder
Tangent Holdings Inc. through
a follow-on offering at a price
to be determined during a book
building exercise.
Jenniffer B. Austria
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
STATE-OWNED Development
Bank of the Philippines
said Wednesday it approved
a P1.5-billion loan to
independent fuel retailer Seaoil
Philippines to support an
expansion program.
Seaoil Philippines is the rst
independent fuel company to
open a gasoline station after the
passage of the oil deregulation
law in 1996.
Seaoil has 226 existing retail
stations and plans to open 64
more stations by the end of the
year. It pioneered the promotion
of biofuels and other alternative
fuels in the country with a blend
of 90-percent gasoline and 10-
percent ethanol, as required by
the Biofuels Act of 2006.
Meanwhile, the Energy
Department said it signed a P300-
million lending and nancial
assistance program with the DBP
for the transport sector.
Energy Undersecretary Jay
Layug told reporters the P300-
million fund would come from
Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp. and coursed
through the DBP.
The maximum available fund
is P300 million and the fund
source is Pagcor. [This program]
promotes retail competition by
making available a training and
loan fund, Layug said.
He said the program would
allow transport associations
to tap the loans to put up their
own gasoline stations, but the
associations would have to come
up with an economic model to
justify their borrowing.
DoE can administer an
assistance program... where those
interested can borrow money from
the government and put up his
own gasoline station. This applies
more to transport, big associations
who can pool their gasoline
requirements, Layug said.
He said the transport groups
would have to undergo a two-
step training process, including
training on management and
skills and on operations.
With Alena Mae S. Flores
Semirara nets P4.7b
SEMIRARA Mining Corp. said consolidated
net income in the rst nine months fell 9.4
percent to P4.7 billion from P5.2 billion year-
on-year, because of lower coal prices in 2012.
Consolidated EPS [earnings per share] for
the nine-month period is P13.23, registering
9-percent decline year-on-year. This is an
improvement from the decrease of 21 percent
registered in rst half 2012, Semirara said in a
disclosure to the stock exchange.
The coal miner said the net contribution to
the bottom line by the coal segment and the
power segment during the period were P3.21
billion and P1.50 billion, respectively.
The decrease was due mainly to lower
average selling price of coal and energy. The
11-percent decrease in volume of coal sold and
low coal prices starting at the end of second
quarter which persisted until the end of third
quarter resulted in the 22-percent drop in coal
revenue YoY, it said.
Semirara said volume sold to local market
dropped 5 percent year-on-year while exports
went down 21 percent.
Lower off-take of own power subsidiary
due to extended commissioning of Unit 1 and
lower off-take in third quarter by other power
plants was offset by the 74 percent increase in
off-take of the cement plants, it said.
Alena Mae S. Flores
Smart-Sun interconnection
SMART Communications Inc. allocated
P71 million for the Smart-Sun Cellular
interconnection project to improve the resiliency
of the latters wireless services.
The establishment of this resiliency or
fail-safe infrastructure gives Sun Cellular
subscribers more reliable broadband
connections. The increased interconnection will
also dramatically lessen, if not eliminate service
down times, PLDT Smart Technology Group
head Rolando Pea said.
Smart, together with Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co. and Digital Mobile Philippines Inc.,
established 16 links, each with a capacity of 10Gbps,
which connect strategic Smart and Sun Cellular cell
sites on high-capacity ber optic cables.
Pea said Smart and Suns interconnection
was based on the Layer 2/Layer 3 carrier
Ethernet network platform, which allows for
lower cost per Mbps compared with legacy E1
and STM1 interconnection. Lailany P. Gomez
Philexs nine-month
income fell 53% to P2b
Power boosts Aboitiz
groups profit to P18b
DBP okays P1.5-b loan to nance Seaoils expansion program
Entrepreneur of The Year. Jaime Ayala (fourth from left), president and chief executive of Hybrid Social Solutions Inc.,
is named Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2012 at the Entrepreneur of The Year Philippines 2012 awards banquet for his
visionary efforts to bridge the power infrastructure gap in the provinces by leveraging on solar-powered technology. With him
(from left) are SGV & Co. chairman and managing partner Vic Noel; La Frutera Inc. chairman and president and Entrepreneur
of the Year Philippines 2006 Senen Bacani; National Bookstore founder and Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2004 Socorro
Ramos; Mrs. Missy Ayala; Entrepreneur of the Year judging panel chairman Cesar Virata; Planters Development Bank chairman and
president and Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2009 Ambassador Jesus Tambunting; and Bounty Fresh Food Inc. president and
Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2010 Tennyson Chen.
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 11,447,232 906,316,182.50
INDUSTRIAL 215,018,413 1,666,728,874.07
HOLDING FIRMS 1,072,395,855 1,514,903,856.75
PROPERTY 391,581,034 1,039,553,103.28
SERVICES 610,194,183 1,062,516,148.21
MINING & OIL 1,240,144,024 156,580,295.15
GRAND TOTAL 3,540,817,741 6,346,782,759.96
FINANCIAL 1,374.73 (down) 5.91
INDUSTRIAL 8,536.60 (down) 17.38
HOLDING FIRMS 4,625.22 (up) 21.23
PROPERTY 2,107.37 (up) 16.75
SERVICES 1,754.28 (down) 0.73
MINING & OIL 19,912.88 (down) 112.96
PSEI 5,424.51 (down) 2.16
All Shares Index 3,580.59 (down) 7.18
Gainers: 87; Losers: 75; Unchanged: 48; Total: 210
Market closes flat;
Megaworld, FLI up
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52 Weeks Previous % Net Foreign
High Low STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume Trade/Buying
MST BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 64.05 64.00 63.70 64.00 (0.08) 1,089,510 35,745,367.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 83.30 84.20 81.00 81.00 (2.76) 1,478,820 (30,608,335.50)
595.00 370.00 China Bank 53.00 53.00 52.70 52.80 (0.38) 126,730 261,145.00
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 18.60 18.60 18.50 18.58 (0.11) 63,700 921,280.00
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 23.90 24.45 23.80 23.80 (0.42) 1,270,000 4,529,225.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.44 10.44 10.44 10.44 0.00 300
0.95 0.62 First Abacus 0.72 0.80 0.73 0.80 11.11 107,000
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.74 2.74 2.74 2.74 0.00 2,000
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 475.00 475.00 475.00 475.00 0.00 110
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 22.50 21.00 21.00 21.00 (6.67) 6,500 (31,500.00)
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 93.65 95.20 93.65 95.00 1.44 6,334,590 372,142,575.50
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.87 1.89 1.89 1.89 1.07 250,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.75 72.00 70.40 72.00 1.77 267,890 (8,770,315.00)
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 370.00 370.00 370.00 370.00 0.00 22,420 569,800.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 46.05 46.00 45.80 45.90 (0.33) 32,700.00 825,310.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 161.00 162.30 161.00 161.90 0.56 181,110 4,197,385.00
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 945.50 950.00 945.50 950.00 0.48 360
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 107.00 107.20 107.00 107.00 0.00 151,030 6,154,780.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 2.13 2.15 2.15 2.15 0.94 61,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.05 33.15 33.05 33.10 0.15 1,272,900 (9,305,485.00)
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.04 8.05 8.04 8.04 0.00 32,300
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 2.00 2.09 1.99 2.03 1.50 6,595,000 141,960.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 0.00 200 5,500.00
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.42 1.43 1.41 1.41 (0.70) 1,812,000 57,910.00
Asiabest Group 18.50 19.36 18.48 18.60 0.54 18,800
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 15.00 15.10 13.04 15.10 0.67 10,900
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 4.00 4.05 4.00 4.00 0.00 65,000
300.00 41.00 Chemphil 80.00 99.45 99.45 99.45 24.31 90
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 3.00 3.05 3.01 3.02 0.67 585,000 216,720.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.94 11.94 11.94 11.94 0.00 1,600
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.52 6.73 6.52 6.67 2.30 46,097,200 94,706,558.00
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.72 8.90 8.69 8.90 2.06 1,426,500 (2,408,959.00)
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.70 1.72 1.70 1.70 0.00 10,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.00 9.98 9.94 9.94 (0.60) 4,000
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 21.75 22.50 21.35 22.35 2.76 6,630,800 21,242,020.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 83.00 86.80 83.00 86.40 4.10 2,441,940 14,367,369.00
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 18.00 18.00 17.80 18.00 0.00 1,600
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0190 0.0200 0.0190 0.0190 0.00 96,400,000 (142,500.00)
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 13.30 13.50 13.30 13.40 0.75 319,300 3,173,660.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 3.90 3.90 3.90 3.90 0.00 16,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.640 0.690 0.630 0.630 (1.56) 3,794,000 (2,317,850.00)
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 105.00 105.90 104.80 105.70 0.67 760,480 5,806,605.00
Lafarge Rep 9.50 10.20 9.50 10.20 7.37 1,300,000 4,750,000.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.10 2.12 2.00 2.08 (0.95) 429,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 3.16 4.74 3.30 4.74 50.00 827,000
3.19 1.08 Manchester Intl. B 3.50 5.25 3.60 5.25 50.00 547,000 (20,000.00)
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 28.90 29.10 28.95 29.00 0.35 3,853,200 79,485,825.00
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.500 16.340 16.340 16.340 (0.97) 600
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 288.00 289.00 279.00 279.00 (3.13) 904,240 (74,880,874.00)
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 8.00 7.90 7.90 7.90 (1.25) 6,600
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 5.38 5.47 5.30 5.40 0.37 2,308,600 (2,677,580.00)
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.84 10.86 10.80 10.86 0.18 3,166,100 (390,500.00)
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.14 8.14 8.03 8.11 (0.37) 25,300
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.02 4.09 4.02 4.05 0.75 3,496,000 11,217,770.00
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 0.00 73,600
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 110.00 110.00 109.10 109.10 (0.82) 558,980 (12,037,340.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.50 2.57 2.45 2.57 2.80 3,417,000 937,200.00
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.171 0.177 0.169 0.171 0.00 8,110,000 257,830.00
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.40 11.52 11.34 11.50 0.88 1,147,400 287,600.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 1.99 2.03 2.00 2.00 0.50 16,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.26 1.18 1.14 1.16 (7.94) 5,436,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 75.00 74.00 71.90 71.90 (4.13) 1,155,930 (9,691,232.50)
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.15 1.20 1.17 1.20 4.35 2,231,000
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 1.520 1.540 1.400 1.450 (4.61) 4,844,000 (87,340.00)
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 10.94 10.80 10.80 10.80 (1.28) 4,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.71 0.72 0.70 0.71 0.00 4,834,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.00 48.50 47.20 48.25 0.52 949,100 19,574,960.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.1480 0.1500 0.1440 0.1470 (0.68) 986,820,000 (165,060.00)
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 14.80 14.94 14.76 14.88 0.54 10,485,200 (35,524,052.00)
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.09 2.04 2.04 2.04 (2.39) 60,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.96 4.96 4.96 4.96 0.00 10,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.24 5.25 5.10 5.19 (0.95) 451,300
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.30 1.32 1.30 1.32 1.54 89,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.39 1.41 1.35 1.35 (2.88) 14,000 (16,640.00)
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 442.00 443.00 438.80 443.00 0.23 721,230 84,932,150.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 54.00 54.05 53.85 54.00 0.00 3,487,130 (34,691,171.00)
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.55 3.50 2.60 3.09 21.18 252,000
3.68 1.15 F&J Prince B 2.80 3.48 2.99 3.00 7.14 25,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.35 4.54 4.35 4.48 2.99 2,278,000 (27,220.00)
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.231 0.219 0.219 0.219 (5.19) 1,100,000 219,000.00
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 527.00 530.00 525.50 530.00 0.57 58,490 23,645,925.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.82 5.82 5.82 5.82 0.00 10,000
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 32.95 33.00 32.90 33.00 0.15 2,314,500 (6,182,520.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 7.76 8.15 7.70 8.15 5.03 33,500
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.36 5.48 5.36 5.45 1.68 6,993,800 (12,070,256.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.09 1.13 1.09 1.10 0.92 2,375,000 10,900.00
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.42 0.415 0.415 0.415 (1.19) 10,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.13 2.14 2.10 2.13 0.00 276,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.02 4.17 4.04 4.14 2.99 31,108,000 46,025,270.00
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.90 4.90 4.80 4.90 0.00 57,000
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 6.15 6.14 5.85 6.14 (0.16) 51,400 (44,400.00)
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0480 0.0510 0.0480 0.0480 0.00 2,400,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.500 0.590 0.520 0.550 10.00 7,344,000 (669,600.00)
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.325 0.330 0.325 0.325 0.00 450,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 802.00 810.00 802.00 803.00 0.12 346,420 60,569,900.00
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 1.89 1.92 1.90 1.92 1.59 100,000 70,300.00
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 0.00 10,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2700 0.2950 0.2650 0.2750 1.85 2,820,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.2900 0.3000 0.2950 0.2950 1.72 1,280,000 240,000.00
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.410 0.410 0.390 0.405 (1.22) 260,000
P R O P E R T Y
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.12 3.24 3.06 3.24 3.85 392,000
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.600 0.600 0.600 0.600 0.00 100,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 23.50 23.55 23.45 23.55 0.21 12,174,000 (2,411,675.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.38 5.45 5.34 5.38 0.00 11,549,800 (1,300,325.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 4.93 4.90 4.89 4.90 (0.61) 134,000
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.43 1.43 1.42 1.43 0.00 1,765,000 (114,400.00)
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.34 2.35 2.35 2.35 0.43 33,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.05 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.90 33,000
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.075 0.074 0.070 0.074 (1.33) 520,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.83 0.86 0.84 0.85 2.41 3,949,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.980 0.990 0.960 0.990 1.02 29,501,000 777,000.00
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 2.84 3.00 2.95 2.99 5.28 36,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.375 0.395 0.330 0.350 (6.67) 39,330,000 22,050.00
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.87 1.90 1.82 1.90 1.60 3,880,000 275,900.00
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.39 1.46 1.40 1.46 5.04 161,439,000 121,567,190.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 2.10 2.03 2.00 2.00 (4.76) 18,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.21 1.24 1.20 1.20 (0.83) 178,000 (1,240.00)
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.40 2.45 2.39 2.45 2.08 75,767,000 81,958,560.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1810 0.1880 0.1770 0.1770 (2.21) 25,970,000 10,740.00
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6300 0.6300 0.6200 0.6200 (1.59) 1,512,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.450 0.480 0.480 0.480 6.67 70,000
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.80 19.10 18.82 19.00 1.06 147,300 (2,218,268.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.10 3.11 3.09 3.09 (0.32) 250,000
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.90 2.90 2.75 2.75 (5.17) 163,000 204,560.00
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.28 6.29 6.22 6.24 (0.64) 245,100
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.36 14.58 14.40 14.50 0.97 10,408,000 7,982,158.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.00 215,000 68,000.00
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.71 3.71 3.48 3.70 (0.27) 108,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 0.580 0.560 0.560 7.69 761,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.730 4.880 4.710 4.800 1.48 10,906,000 12,756,580.00
S E R V I C E S
4.72 1.20 2GO Group 2.10 3.15 2.19 2.85 35.71 1,969,000 8,720.00
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 30.00 30.40 30.00 30.30 1.00 18,300
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.31 1.34 1.31 1.32 0.76 34,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.610 0.610 0.610 0.610 0.00 1,675,000
28.80 12.20 Berjaya Phils. Inc. 26.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 3.85 16,000
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 13.72 14.18 13.80 14.10 2.77 8,731,200 25,640,722.00
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1600 0.1650 0.1570 0.1580 (1.25) 56,830,000 104,200.00
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.99 5.99 5.90 5.92 (1.17) 2,042,100
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 57.00 57.20 56.80 57.20 0.35 513,280 (27,449,116.50)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.35 5.50 5.47 5.49 2.62 110,700 (547.00)
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1065.00 1050.00 1030.00 1050.00 (1.41) 540
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1150.00 1151.00 1137.00 1140.00 (0.87) 99,595 (6,045,770.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 8.32 8.39 8.21 8.39 0.84 298,700
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 70.80 71.00 70.00 71.00 0.28 1,112,780 11,284,148.00
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 5.00 5.01 5.01 5.01 0.20 400
6.80 4.30 IPeople Inc. À 8.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 (11.76) 2,000
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.65 2.50 2.30 2.50 (5.66) 197,000 2,500.00
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.042 0.045 0.040 0.041 (2.38) 512,500,000 (13,395,800.00)
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.01 1.02 1.00 1.00 (0.99) 680,000 505,000.00
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0460 0.0460 0.0460 0.0460 0.00 3,500,000
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.7000 2.7000 2.7000 2.7000 0.00 37,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 9.68 9.90 9.50 9.60 (0.83) 6,383,600 2,916,063.00
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.40 2.38 2.38 2.38 (0.83) 1,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.75 2.75 2.74 2.74 (0.36) 151,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.69 0.69 0.68 0.68 (1.45) 163,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.96 3.09 2.99 3.01 1.69 1,816,000 (1,863,210.00)
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.21 6.25 6.22 6.25 0.64 8,800 (39,236.00)
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.00 14.00 13.96 14.00 0.00 130,300
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 5.47 5.40 5.36 5.36 (2.01) 9,000
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.94 2.94 2.83 2.84 (3.40) 1,007,000 (734,700.00)
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.51 9.50 9.50 9.50 (0.11) 1,000,000 (9,500,000.00)
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 75.00 73.50 73.50 73.50 (2.00) 20
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 14.00 14.00 13.88 14.00 0.00 1,203,000 (5,590,744.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2656.00 2678.00 2648.00 2650.00 (0.23) 170,310 (222,966,150.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.330 0.340 0.335 0.335 1.52 250,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 30.00 30.10 29.85 29.95 (0.17) 2,275,200 (14,334,235.00)
STI Holdings 1.28 1.30 1.20 1.23 (3.91) 3,107,000
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 3.93 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.78 21,000
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.49 2.60 2.35 2.43 (2.41) 18,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.430 0.430 0.425 0.430 0.00 220,000
Yehey 2.000 2.000 1.900 2.000 0.00 193,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0062 0.0065 0.0062 0.0062 0.00 334,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.65 4.65 4.65 4.65 0.00 1,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.80 17.80 17.70 17.80 0.00 365,300
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 25.45 25.25 24.00 25.25 (0.79) 4,000 34,100.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.275 0.280 0.270 0.270 (1.82) 510,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 22.00 23.00 22.50 23.00 4.55 13,400
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.06 (0.93) 19,000
Coal Asia 1.30 1.36 1.31 1.35 3.85 15,410,000 (81,000.00)
61.80 6.96 Dizon 17.58 18.20 17.40 17.40 (1.02) 741,400 9,000.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.57 0.58 0.56 0.57 0.00 1,131,000 (16,530.00)
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.140 1.140 1.120 1.140 0.00 10,995,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.220 1.220 1.190 1.190 (2.46) 15,199,000 (3,570,000.00)
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0610 0.0620 0.0600 0.0620 1.64 346,450,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0620 0.0620 0.0610 0.0610 (1.61) 78,640,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.30 17.16 17.14 17.14 (0.92) 117,400 (1,294,270.00)
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 6.40 6.50 6.15 6.25 (2.34) 1,363,400 87,420.00
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.040 4.040 3.950 4.030 (0.25) 374,000 39,800.00
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 8,800,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 0.00 2,500,000 (47,500.00)
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.93 5.94 5.90 5.90 (0.51) 127,400
28.25 18.40 Philex À 14.96 15.00 14.96 15.00 0.27 769,900 (4,466,940.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 26.00 26.20 25.20 25.50 (1.92) 115,500 306,820.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.043 0.044 0.042 0.042 (2.33) 395,700,000 5,700.00
30.00 13.50 PNOC Expls À 72.00 56.00 56.00 56.00 (22.22) 110
65.00 39.00 PNOC Expls `B 51.00 51.00 50.00 51.00 0.00 2,560
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 220.00 220.00 218.00 219.00 (0.45) 51,710 (5,144,686.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0160 0.0170 0.0160 0.0160 0.00 25,900,000
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 29.15 30.00 29.25 29.70 1.89 1,180,100 (20,322,090.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 527.00 530.00 505.00 520.00 (1.33) 2,390
First Gen F 106.00 108.00 108.00 108.00 1.89 80
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 104.00 104.90 104.90 104.90 0.87 1,000
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 102.50 102.50 102.50 102.50 0.00 24,800 (2,542,000.00)
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 8.28 8.40 8.10 8.40 1.45 414,000
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 109.50 109.50 109.50 109.50 0.00 10,000
SMC Preferred A 75.00 75.00 74.95 75.00 0.00 2,694,210 (5,100,750.00)
SMC Preferred C 75.25 75.25 75.20 75.25 0.00 28,000
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1011.00 1012.00 1012.00 1013.00 0.20 360
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.41 1.42 1.42 1.42 0.71 7,000
S M E
6.20 4.18 Ripple E-Business Intl 4.56 5.00 4.97 5.00 9.65 37,000
RAY S. EANO
San Miguel debt complicates
sale of Cojuangco sugar mill
CENTRAL Azucarera de Tarlac, the sugar renery
owned by the family of President Benigno
Noynoy Aquino III, dismissed last weeks item
that it was in talks to sell the Tarlac mill to the
First Pacic Group of Hong Kong. CAT corporate
secretary Addison Castro told the Philippine
Stock Exchange on October 25 that there was no
such negotiation, perceived or otherwise, between
the First Pacic Group and Central Azucarera de
Tarlac.
Sufce to say, the news article is nothing but
a speculation which should not be given any
credence, said Castro.
Separate sources from the camps of First
Pacic and the Cojuangco family, however, have
conrmed the talks inspite of Castros ofcial
denial. Complicating the negotiations is San
Miguel Corp. president Ramon Ang, who has
lately taken the reins of the conglomerate.
A source said San Miguel has become an
indirect stakeholder in sister companies Hacienda
Luisita Inc. and CAT, both owned by Noynoys
relatives. San Miguel, then controlled by chairman
Eduar do Danding Cojuangco, lent money to
cash-strapped Hacienda Luisita. The largest food
and drinks company advanced over P1 billion to
Hacienda Luisita Inc. as payment for future sugar
purchases.
San Miguel advanced P300 million each to
Hacienda Luisita in at least two transactions as
payment for the sugar purchases, presumably to meet
the requirements of the formers food, fruit juice and
liquor businesses. San Miguel did not take delivery
of the sugar purchases, preferring to bide its time and
collect the produce at a later period.
San Miguel could not also call on the sugar
purchases because the estate has stopped
production. Hacienda Luisita farmers had staged
a strike to press their demand to redistribute the
farm to them as part of the governments land
reform program.
With the non-delivery of the sugar at an agreed
price, Hacienda Luisita owes San Miguel at least
P1.5 billion, including interests. How Hacienda
Luisita will repay the advances to San Miguel
remains unclear, especially in the light of the
Supreme Court ruling that ordered the redistribution
of the estate to sugar farmers.
Dealing with RSA
Sources, meanwhile, said the negotiations
between CAT and First Pacic could have
proceeded smoothly had Danding stayed at the
helm of San Miguel. Danding, a cousin of CAT
president J ose Peping Cojuangco J r., who is
Noynoys uncle, has sold his San Miguel shares
to Ang and his business allies, and is keeping a
low prole. Ang, as San Miguel president, has
taken a more active role in the affairs of the
conglomerate, including past transactions with
Hacienda Luisita.
The sale of CAT to the First Pacic Group of
managing director Manuel V. Pangilinan, or
MVP, to any other party is proving to be trickier
because of San Miguels advances to Hacienda
Luisita. San Miguel will likely pursue an
indirect claim against the sugar mill, an afliate
of Hacienda Luisita.
MVP earlier said First Pacic was interested
in expanding to Philippine agriculture, especially
sugar and bananas. A unit, Indo Agri Resources
Ltd., is into palm oil, sugar, rubber and coffee
production in Indonesia.
First Pacics rst attempted foray in Philippine
agriculture was in Del Monte Pacic Ltd. MVPs
group negotiated for the purchase of Del Monte
from the family of former agriculture secretary
Luis Cito Lorenzo. First Pacic eventually
lost out to condiments king Joselito Butch
Campos, who found a partner and white knight in
San Miguel.
E-mail: rayenano@yahoo.com or
extrastory2000@gmail.com or business@mst.ph
Eton Centris masterplan. Eton Properties Philippines Inc. acquired the expertise of Broadway
Malyan, an international architecture and design company, to enhance the masterplan of Eton Centris, a
12-hectare mixed-used township project of EPPI in Quezon City. Shown are (from left) BM architectural
designer Arnold Galang, BM associate director Jochum Ledgister, BM board director Melvin Davis, EPPI
senior vice president for business management group Rhoel Alberto Nolido and Eton vice president for
marketing Erwin de Pedro.
THE stock market closed almost at
Wednesday as last-minute selling pared
early gains.
The Philippine Stock Exchange
index fell 2.16 points, or 0.04
percent, to 5,424.51. Gainers
edged losers, 87 to 75, with 48
issues unchanged.
Energy Development Corp., the
biggest producer of geothermal
energy, climbed 2.3 percent
to P6.67. Filinvest Land Inc.,
the third-largest builder, rose 5
percent to P1.46. Megaworld
Corp., the second-biggest
property developer, gained 2
percent to P2.45.
Newly-listed Coal Asia
Holdings Inc. rebounded 3.8
percent to P1.35.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., the biggest
telecommunications rm,
dropped 0.2 percent to P2,650,
while rival Globel Telecom Inc.
fell 0.9 percent to P1,140.
Manila Electric Co., the
biggest power retailer, declined
3.1 percent to P279.
The rest of Asian stocks rose,
with the regional benchmark
index headed for its rst advance
in four days and paring its loss
for the month, after US home
prices increased and South
Koreas industrial production
expanded.
The MSCI Asia-Pacic Index
rose 0.7 percent to 121.96 as
of 3:15 p.m. in Tokyo. The
benchmark fell 1.1 percent this
month through Tuesday as more
than half the gauges companies
that have reported earnings missed
prot estimates. That pared an 11-
percent advance from this years
low on June 4 as global central
banks added stimulus to safeguard
economic recoveries.
The underlying economic data
is improving and supportive of
future earnings as long as nothing
else goes wrong, said Angus
Gluskie, managing director at
Sydney-based White Funds
Management, which oversees
more than $350 million.
Japans Nikkei 225 Stock
Average gained 1 percent after
the Bank of Japan announced
its rst back-to-back monthly
stimulus expansion since 2003.
Along with adding 11 trillion
yen ($138 billion) to its asset-
purchase program, the bank
said it will offer unlimited low-
interest rate loans to lenders.
South Koreas Kospi added
0.7 percent after the countrys
industrial output rose 0.8
percent last month from August
when it dropped a revised 0.9
percent, Statistics Korea said.
The median estimate of 11
economists in a Bloomberg
News survey was for a 1.5-
percent rise.
Australias S&P/ASX Index
advanced 0.7 percent. Hong
Kongs Hang Seng Index
climbed 0.5 percent and Chinas
Shanghai Composite was little
changed.
Global markets stayed calm
despite Hurricane Sandys
disruption of US trading.
Losses Monday in Europe were
recovered Tuesday.
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Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
Benguet 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Benguet Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet,
through DPWH REGULAR INFRASTRUCTURE FUND CY 2013 invites contractors to
bid for the afore mentioned projects:
1. Contract ID : 12PF029
Contract Name : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) based on Gravel
Road Strategies, Traffc Benchmark for upgrading to
paved national road standards (HDM-4 Project Analysis)
Intermittent Sections) Acop-Kapangan-Kibungan-Bokun
Road,
Contract Location : KO348+000-KO349+000
Scope of Work : RCP Roads-New Construction-PCCP
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 24,560,985.50
Contract Duration : 115 calendar days
2. Contract ID : 12PF030
Contract Name : Replacement (Temporary to Permanent) of Bridges
along National Road Ambalideng Bridge along Acop-
Kapangan-Kibungan-Bakun Road
Contract Location : KO316+016
Scope of Work : BCC Bridge-Construction-Concrete
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 19,914,012.68
Contract Duration : 165 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), 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
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 October 29, 2012 November 27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 15, 2012 (10:30 am)
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
November 22, 2012 (before 12:00 noon)
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00am November 27, 2012
5. Opening of Bids November 27, 2012, 10:30am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Benguet Second
District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet,upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) per project. Prospective
bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on
or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must 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 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 Benguet Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet,
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process anytime prior
contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) EDGARDO M. GUNDRAN
Chief Construction
BAC Chairman
DPWH-BSDEO, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet
Noted by:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO C. GALANZA
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
Care Taker
Sarangani District Engineering Office
Alabel, Sarangani Province
Invitation to Bid
for
Project No. 1. Replacement of Temporary to Permanent of Bridges
Generated from Bridge Management System (BMS)
Luyong Bridge along Maitum-Lake Sebu Road,
Project No. 2. Junction National Highway (Sarangani-Davao del Sur
Coastal Road to Gumasa beach, White Beach Road,
Gumasa,
1. The DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce, through the General Appropriations Act
(FY 2013 Regular Infrastructure Program) intends to apply the sum of:
Project No. 1 Php 8,730,000.00
Project No. 2 Php 19,400,000.00
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contracts for:
1. 13ME0009 - Replacement of Temporary to Permanent of Bridges
Generated from Bridge Management System (BMS
Banate Bridge along Digos-Makar Road, Malungon,
Sarangani Province
2. 13ME0010 - Junction National Highway (Sarangani-Davao del Sur
Coastal Roadto Gumasa beach, White Beach Road,
Gumasa, Glan, Sarangani Province
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce now invites bids for:
1. Partial Const. of Bridge.
2. Lowering/ Widening and Concreting of Roads and Installation of Cross Drainage

Completion of the Works is required:
Project No. 1 140 Calendar Days.
Project No. 2 120 Calendar Days
The Prospective Bidders must have an experience of having completed at one (1) Contract
that is similar to the contract to be bid. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in
the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section 5. Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using nondiscretionary
pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (lRR) of Republic
Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations
with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to
citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Sarangani District Engineering
Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 oclock in
the morning until 5:00 oclock in the afternoon (Offce Hours).
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:
Project No. 1 Php 10,000.00
Project No. 2 Php 25,000.00
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided
that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their
bids.
6. The DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November
7, 2012 at 2:00 oclock in the afternoon at DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce
Conference Room, which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased
the Bidding Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 19, 2012 not later than
10:00 oclock in the morning at DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce. All bids must
be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated
in ITB 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. The DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any
bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
9. For further information, please refer to:
LEO L. LABRADOR
BAC Chairman
DPWH Sarangani District Engineering Offce
Brgy. Kawas, Alabel, Sarangani Province
(083-554-2545)
Tele Fax No. 083-554-2530
(Sgd.) LEO L. LABRADOR
BAC Chairman
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
Annex A
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Nueva Ecija 1
st
District Engineering Office
La Torre, Talavera, Nueva Ecija

INVITATION TO BID

1. The DPWH Nueva Ecija 1st DEO, through Regular Infrastructure Projects
2013 intends to apply the sum of the amount stated below being the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the following:

a. CONTRACT ID: 12CE0143
b. Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Reconst./Upgrading of Damaged
Paved National Roads, San Jose-Lupao Road
KO 162+400 to KO 164+850,
c. Contract Location Nueva Ecija
d. Fee for Bid Documents Php20,000.00
e. Scope of Work RCP/RRA
f. Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) Php 29,413,625.89
g. Conctract Duration: 90 C.D.

b. Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Reconst./Upgrading of Damaged
Paved National Roads, (Intermittent Section)
Sta. Rosa-Tarlac Road, KO 120+000 to KO 121+000
KO 122+000 to KO 122+944, KO 123+720 to KO
124+000
c. Contract Location: Nueva Ecija
d. Fee for Bid Documents: Php20,000.00
e. Scope of Work RRA/RCP
b. Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Section) of
Cabanatuan City-Carmen Road, KO 137+707 to KO
138+690, KO 138+690 to KO 140+000, KO 140+469
to KO 141+043, KO 133+919 to KO 134+114.50,
e. Scope of Work RRA
b. Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance of Nueva Ecija- Pangasinan
Road, KO 151+503 to KO 154+000; KO 155+262 to
KO 155+637, KO 155+637 to KO 156+075
b. Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance of Jct. Pinagpanaan-Rizal-
Pantabangan Road, KO 155+292 to KO 157+903.50
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid
opening.

2. The DPWH, Nueva Ecija 1st DEO now invites bids for projects stated above
with required completion date stated thereof. 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, Instructions 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 citizens/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 the DPWH, Nueva Ecija
1st DEO and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during
offce hours.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payments of a non-refundable fee for the
Bidding Documents in the amount indicated above.

It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the
DPWH, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not
later than the submission of their bids.

6. The DPWH, Nueva Ecija 1st DEO will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November
9, 2012 at 10:00 am at the Offce of the BAC Secretariat which shall be open
only to all interested parties who have perchased the Bidding Documents.

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 am, November
22, 2012 at the Offce of the BAC Secretariat . All bids must be accomplished
by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB
Clause 18 and in accordance to GPPB Res. No. 03-2012 dated 27 January
2012.

Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose
to attend at the address below, thereafter. Late bids shall not be accepted.

8. Bidding procedures shall be implemented in accordance to D.O. #64 dated
17 September 2012: Guidelines on the Procurement Process based on the
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9184.

9. The DPWH, Nueva Ecija 1st DEO 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: LOURDES F. DONCILLO
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH, Nueva Ecija 1st DEO, Talavera, NE
odettedonzi_dpwh@yahoo.com

(Sgd.) AMADO M. GUEVARRA
BAC Chairman
NOTED:

(Sgd.) RAMIRO M. CRUZ
District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
PROVINCE OF QUIRINO
Municipality of Cabarroguis
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OF CABARROGUIS
Cabarroguis, Quirino
-o0o-
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
The Local Government Unit through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites all interested bidders to apply
for eligibility and to bid in the:
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MUNICIPALHALLAT CABARROGUIS, QUIRINO amounting to Twenty two Million
pesos (Php 22,000,000.00) inclusive of VAT.
The Schedule of BAC activities is as follows:
BAC ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
Receipt from prospective bidders of Letter of intent(LOI) including application
for Eligibility
October 31 , 2012
Issuance of Eligibility forms November 5-6, 2012
Receipt of Eligibility requirements November 9, 2012
Notice of Results of Eligibility check November 13,2012
Issuance of BID Documents November 15-16,2012
Pre bid Conference November 16,2012
Receipt and opening of bids November 29,2012
The BAC will issue Eligibility forms to prospective bidders at MPDC offce upon their submission of LOI and
upon payment of non refundable amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (25,000.00) to the LGU Cabarroguis
Quirino Cashier. Prospective bidder shall submit the eligibility requirements to the BAC at the said address.
They also obtain the results of Eligibility checks by the BAC at the same address.
The LGU Cabarroguis assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any
expenses incurred in the preparation of their bids.
(Sgd.) PLARIDEL A. UAO
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) AVELINO N. AGUSTIN,JR.
Municipal Mayor
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL 2
ND
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Binalbagan, Negros Occidental
Telefax: (034) 3888-487
Email Add: dpwhbinalbagan@yah.com.
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D FOR THE
1) 13GL007ROAD UPGRADING OF ISABELA-LIBAS NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL BOUNDARY ROAD, K0081+000-K0083+002, ISABELA,
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
2) 13GL008 ROAD UPGRADING OF VALLEHERMOSO-CANLA-ON CITY-
LA CASTELLANA ROAD, K0074+205-K0074+995, LA CASTELLANA,
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
Highways, 2
nd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental,
through the FY 2013 DPWH Infra Program intends to apply the sum for Contract no.
13GL007 P 36,319,224.95 and for Contract no. 13GL008 P 25,678,561.82 being
the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall
be automatically rejected at bid opening.
Highways, 2
nd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental
now invites bids for the following brief description of the contract: 1)Contract #13GL007
Concreting of 2,006.00 ln.m. Length x 250mm thickness X 6.10m width. Road
pavement includes roadway excavation, grouted riprap, stone masonry and
application of thermoplastic pavement markings.2) Contract #13GL008 Concreting
of 790.00 ln.m. length x 300mm thickness x 6.70m width. Road pavement includes
removal of RCPC, roadway excavation, Embankment, grouted riprap, stone
masonry, Installation of pipe culverts and coconetand application of thermoplastic
pavement markings.Completion of the Works required is1) Two Hundred Three (203)
C.D. and 2) One Hundred Fifty Two (152) C.D. respectively.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.
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 citizens/sole proprietorship, partnerships or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, 2
nd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental and inspect Bidding documents at
the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
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 Five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00).
To bid for this contract, a contractor must present their Contractors Registration
Certifcate (CRC) in person or thru their authorized representative as refected in their
CRC with their valid IDs upon buying and submission of bids.
Government Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and at the website of the Procuring
Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than
the submission of their bids.
Highways, 2
nd
will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 14, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at Department of
Public Works and Highways, 2
nd
NOED, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, which shall
be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 26, 2012 until
9:00 A.M. and to be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways, 2
nd
NOED, Binalbagan, Negros
Occidental. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable
forms and in the amount stated in 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.
Highways, 2
nd
reserves the right to accept or deny any bid, to annul bidding process, and to reject
all bids at any time prior to contract award without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, refer to:
ARNULFO A. BERNAJE JEAN G. JUMUAD
Head, BAC TWG Head, BAC-Secretariat
DPWH, 2
nd
NOED DPWH, 2
nd
NOED
Binalbagan, Neg. Occ. Binalbagan, Neg. Occ.
Tel. No. : 034-3888256 Tel. No.: 034-3888487
(Sgd.) MARJORIE G. DIO
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) RANDOLFO A. MELOSANTOS
OIC-District Engineer
Negros Occidental 4th District Engineering Offce
Bago City, Negros Occidental
Tel Nos. (034)4610-599; (034)4611-250 & 732-4632
Email Add: dpwhnegocc4thdeo@yahoo.com.ph
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
The DPWH Neg. Occ. 4
th
District Engineering Offce, Bago City, Neg. Occ., through
the FY 2013 DPWH Infra Program intends to apply the sum of Php 13,735,599.40
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract
no. 013GN001. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at
bid opening.
th
District Engineering Offce, Bago City, Neg. Occ. now
invites bids for the Concreting of 656 lineal meter National Road, 6.70 meter wide
with 300mm pavement thickness including removal of existing dilapidated
asphalt and concrete pavement, roadway excavation, application of Item 201
for base correction and shoulder, installation of RCPCs at cross drainage and
junction, installation of pavement markings and road signages, and concreting
of bridge approach at Abutment A of Sibud Bridge II. Completion of the Works
required is 75 Calendar Days. 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.
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
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH Neg. Occ. 4
th

District Engineering Offce, Bago City, Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Pesos (Php 25,000.00).
Procuring Entity, provided that bidder shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not
later that the submission of their bids.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must present their Contractors
Registration Certifcate (CRC) in person or thru their authorized representative
as refected in their CRC with their valid IDs upon buying and submission of
bids.
th
District Engineering Offce, Bago City, Neg. Occ. will
hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 8, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at BAC Offce, DPWH
Neg. Occ. 4
th
DEO, Bago City, Neg. Occ., which shall be open to all interested
parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 22, 2012
until 9:00 A.M. and to be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day at BAC Offce,
DPWH Neg. Occ. 4
th
DEO, Bago City, Neg. Occ. All bids must be accompanied by a
bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB 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.
th
District Engineering Offce, Bago City, Neg. Occ.
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to
reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability
to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
MARIO T. MULETA MAGDALENO C. RUIZ
Head, BAC TWG Head, BAC Secretariat
Mobile No. 09298633408 Mobile No. 09173098007
DPWH Neg. Occ. 4
th
DEO DPWH Neg. Occ. 4
th
DEO
Bago City, Neg. Occ. Bago City, Neg. Occ.
Tel. Nos. (034) 4610-599, (034)4611-250 & Tel. Nos. (034) 4610-599, (034)4611-250 &
(034)7324632 (034)7324632
Email Add: dpwhnegocc4thdeo@yahoo.com.ph. Email Add: dpwhnegocc4thdeo@yahoo.com.ph.
(Sgd.) RICARDO C. GARAYGAY
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) EMMANUEL C. MENDIGUARIN
OIC-District Engineer
INVITATION TO BID for the
ASSETS PRESERVATION OF NATIONAL ROADS GENERATED FROM
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT AND
MANAGEMENT-4 (HDM-4) REHABILITATION/RECONSTRUCTION/
UPGRADING OF DAMAGED PAVED NATIONAL (INTERMITTENT SECTIONS)
BACOLOD SOUTH NATIONAL ARTERIAL ROAD (BY PASS ROAD), K0020 +
029.50 K0020 + 685.50, BAGO CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
ERRATUM
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on Oct. 27, 2012 the
ABC for Operation and
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from Php 4,357,892.97
to Php 4,383,997.97
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In Classifed Ads section must be brought to our attention the very day the
advertisement is published. We will not be responsible for any incorrect ads
not reported to us immediately.
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B4
WORLD
Steve Jobs yacht launched
over a year after his death
UN says Myanmar
opium output rising
Storm
affects
Romney
campaign
Indonesia
ethnic row
leaves 14
people dead
Sandy grounded 18,000 flights
According to the ight-tracking service Flight-
Aware, more than 7,000 ights were canceled on
Tuesday alone. Delays rippled across the US, af-
fecting travelers in cities from San Francisco to
Atlanta. Some passengers attempting to y out of
Europe and Asia also were stuck.
Authorities closed the three big New York air-
ports because of the storm. New York has the na-
tions busiest airspace, so cancellations there can
dramatically affect travel in other cities.
It was possible that John F. Kennedy airport
would reopen for ights on Wednesday, according
to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
It wasnt known when the LaGuardia and Newark,
N.J. airports would reopen.
Flying began to resume at other airports. Del-
ta restarted ying from Boston and Washington
Dulles and Reagan on Tuesday. Airline spokes-
man Morgan Durrant said it would resume domes-
tic ights from JFK on Wednesday.
Service was slowly returning to Philadelphia In-
ternational Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
Hurricane Sandy converged with a cold-weath-
er system and slammed into New Jersey on Mon-
day evening with 80 mph winds. The monstrous
hybrid of rain and high windand even snow in
some mountainous inland areashas killed more
than three dozen people in the US.
Airlines anticipated the storms impact and be-
gan canceling ights on Saturday. By Tuesday
they had scrapped more than 18,000.
In years past, airlines would have operated
many of those ightsand left airplanes and
crews stranded in the wrong cities when a blizzard
or thunderstorm shut things down.
But airlines have gotten aggressive about cancel-
ing because it makes restarting ights easier.
Its kind of like dominoeswhen one aircraft is out
of place, it means the ight crew is out of place, and that
has a ripple effect throughout the rest of the day, said
Lance Sherry, who runs the Center for Air Transporta-
tion Systems Research at George Mason University.
The number of cancellations from Sandy was
roughly on par with other major storms that airlines
deal with. A major winter storm in early 2011 caused
14,000 cancellations over four days. AP
SUPERSTORM Sandy
grounded more than 18,000
ights across the Northeast
and the globe, and it will
take days before travel gets
back to normal.
A parking lot full of yellow cabs is ooded as a result of
superstorm Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. AP
Waves pound a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Erie on Oct. 30,
2012, near Cleveland where high winds spinning off the edge of
superstorm Sandy took a vicious swipe at northeast Ohio early
Tuesday. AP
JAKARTAHundreds of po-
lice and soldiers have been
dispatched to restore security
in western Indonesia after 14
people were killed and dozens
wounded in ethnic clashes.
Police Brig. Gen. Boy Rai
Amar said Wednesday the three-
day clash in Balinuraga village
of Lampung province was trig-
gered by minor sexual harass-
ment among young men and
girls from the Lampung ethnic
group and Balinese descendants
on Sumatra island.
Amar said more than 1,500
police and 500 soldiers were de-
ployed to the area late Tuesday
when the ght escalated as angry
mobs set alight more than 160
houses and a dozen vehicles.
More than 1,300 villagers have
evacuated their homes and moved
to a police compound in the provin-
cial capital Bandar Lampung. AP
THE HAGUEThe sleek, white superyacht
glistens under a gray autumnal sky, a post-
humous testament to the design aesthetic of
Steve Jobs.
Just over a year after the Apple founder
died, the luxury motor yacht he commissioned
and helped French product designer Philippe
Starck make has nally slipped into an anony-
mous Dutch backwater.
Looking like a oating Apple store, it
bears all the hallmarks of a new Jobs-inspired
creationcrisp white lines, polished metal,
glass. And secrecy.
Late Tuesday, shipbuilder Feadship an-
nounced it had launched the 78.2-meter
(256-foot) all-aluminum, full custom motory-
acht Venus at its yard in Aalsmeer, just south
of Amsterdam, two days earlier.
Starck said in a statement e-mailed to The
BANGKOKThe cultivation of illegal opium has in-
creased in Myanmar for a sixth successive year, fueled in
part by rising demand for heroin across Asia, the United
Nations said Wednesday.
The upsurge comes despite a government campaign to
eradicate the crop from the Southeast Asian nation, which
has won praise worldwide for taking major steps toward
democratic reform after the long-ruling military junta
ceded power last year.
Myanmar is the worlds second-largest producer of
opium after Afghanistan, accounting for about 25 percent
of global poppy production, according to the UN.
The rise in output of opiumthe raw ingredient used
to make heroinwas documented in the latest annual
survey by the UN Ofce on Drugs and Crime.
The report said farmland under opium cultivation rose by 17
percent this year, up from about nearly 40,000 hectares (100,000
acres) in 2011 to 51,000 hectares (126,000 acres) in 2012.
Myanmars illegal crop is farmed mostly in Kachin and
Shan states. The two areas, located along the countrys bor-
ders with China, Thailand and Laos, have been plagued by
ghting between insurgent groups and the army.
Poppy is highly lucrative for impoverished farmers in
need of cash, and the fact it can fetch as much as 19 times
that of rice poses a huge challenge to government efforts
to eradicate it.
The estimated 690 metric tons produced in Myanmar
in 2012 was valued at roughly $359 million, the report
said. That output was up from an estimated 610 metric
tons last year. AP
Theluxurymotoryacht commissionedbyJobs. AP
WASHINGTONRepublican
presidential challenger Mitt Rom-
ney edged back into active cam-
paigning in the aftermath of su-
perstorm Sandy, confronting the
awkward challenge of keeping up
momentum a week before Elec-
tion Day without appearing cal-
lous about the devastation.
While the mammoth storm that
ravaged the US East Coast jolted
the campaigns of both candidates,
it presented a tougher problem for
the Republican.
President Barack Obama can-
celed his campaign appearances
at least through Wednesday but
is staying in the public eye as
commander of federal relief ef-
forts. He visited the American
Red Cross headquarters on Tues-
day and travels to New Jersey on
Wednesday to view damage and
comfort people recovering from
the storm. The president even
received rare praise from Repub-
lican governor of New Jersey,
Chris Christie, a Romney sup-
porter, for his management of the
disaster.
It stops the campaign more
or less dead in its tracks, said
Republican pollster and strate-
gist Mike McKenna, who doesnt
work for the Romney campaign.
A pause always helps the guys on
defense. It helps the Obama guys
catch their breath a little bit and
think about what to do next.
McKenna says Romney shouldnt
take much time off and should in-
stead focus on key states outside the
storm zone. AP
Associated Press that he is proud of Venus
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APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS
UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF CONSULTANTS

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Date: July 16, 2012
Name of the Organization: Confederation of Filipino
Consulting Organizations, Inc.
Business Address: Unit 211 2
nd
Floor Grand
Emerald Tower Don F. Ortigas
Jr. Road Corner Garnet Rd.
Ortigas Center Pasig City
Contact Numbers: 310-4931 to 33 local 214
Please indicate sectors or felds:
1. Advisory/ Review
2. Pre-investment & feasibility studies
3. Design services
4. Construction Supervision
5. Management & Related Services
6. Other Technical Services or Special Studies
In support of this application, the following documents are
hereby submitted:
A. Organization and its Coverage (15%)
9 Registration certifcate (e.g. SEC, DT or CDA) or any
document showing existence of juridical personality
9 Articles of Incorporation including amendments thereto,
if any
9 By-Laws including amendments thereto, if any
9 Organization's profle, vision, mission and objectives
9 Statement explaining why the organization should be
recognized as UOC for the sectors being applied for
9 List of registered offcers and provide for resume or
curriculum vitae
9 List of registered members, whether individual or
associations, with respective contact numbers,
addresses, professions and/or disciplines, and track
record
9 Commitment of the organization to cooperate with the
actively participate in the development of one UOC (e.g.
Board resolution or any valid form of offcial statement
of the organization)
B. Accreditation Process (30%)
9 Accreditation guidelines and other relevant documents
describing in detail its registration and accreditation
system for both individual consultants and associations
9 Composition of accreditation board/committee in
charge of the evaluation of members
C. Capacity Building Program (25%)
9 Capacity building program/s adopted by the
organization
D. Regulation/Policing Process (25%)
9 Guidelines refecting the procedure on regulation/
policing by the organization of its members, including
sanctions for erring members
9 Proposed mechanism for dispute resolution of its
members
E. Liaison (5%)
_____ List of offcers and employees authorized by the
organization as liaison offcers, including their respective
position, addresses and contact details I hereby declare
that I am granted full power and authority to do, execute,
and perform any and all acts necessary to represent the
organization in its application under the Government
Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Guidelines on the
Recognition of Umbrella Organization of Consultants,
as shown in the attached document showing proof of
authorization (e.g. duly notarized Secretary's Certifcate
issued by the corporation).
I hereby certify that the attached documents are authentic
copies of the original, complete, and all statements/information
provided therein are, to the best of my knowledge, true
and correct. Any misrepresentation of a fact is a ground for
disapproval of my application or termination of the recognition
as an Umbrella Organization of Consultants. I shall notify
GPPB of any changes affecting any of the information
contained herein.
MR. ERIC A. CRUZ
Signature over Printed Name of
Organization's Authorized Signatory
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this 16
th
day
of JUL, 2012 in QUEZON CITY, affant is personally known
to me and was known by me through competent evidence
of identity as defned in the 2004 Rules of Notarial Practice.
Affant has exhibited to me his/her government issued
identifcation card with picture 0006 to expire on
as well as his/her Community Tax Certifcate No. 14300440
issued on January 6, 2012 at Manila.
APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS UMBRELLA
ORGANIZATION OF CONSULTANTS
In line with Republic Act 9184, its Implementing Rules and
Regulations, and the Government Procurement Policy Board
Resolution 02-2011,
Confederation of Filipino consulting Organizations, Inc.
Unit 211 2
nd
Floor Grand Emerald Tower Don F. Ortigas Jr.
Road Corner Garnet Road Ortigas Center Pasig City
hereby applies for recognition as the Umbrella Organization of
consutlants for the following sector/s of the consulting industry:
Advisory / Review
Pre-investment & Feasibility Studies
Design Services
construction Supervision
Management & Related Services
Other Technical Services or Special Studies
This serves as notice to all concerned to submit to the
Government Procurement Policy Board Technical Support
Offce any questions on and/or oppositions to the foregoing
application not later than ffteen calendar days from the
publication of this application.
MR. ERIC A. CRUZ
Organization's Authorized Signatory
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TOASTING NEW
PARTNERSHIPS
Globe Business celebrated
business partnerships based on
trust, harmony and sincerity.
THERE was a time when ice cream lovers young and old
would ock to the old Magnolia Ice Cream Plant along
Aurora boulevard in Quezon City, to sample the best ice
cream concoctions at the Magnolia Ice Cream House.
More than just a place to eat, it was a place where
families gathered round and celebrated happy moments.
To this day, generations of Filipinos still feel a deep sense
of nostalgia whenever this magical place is brought up.
Thus, Magnolia Ice Cream is reviving the memories
of old and at the same time hoping to create new ones
with the opening of the new Magnolia Ice Cream Flavor
House at the new Robinsons Magnolia Mall, where the
original Magnolia Ice Cream Plant once stood.
The Magnolia Ice Cream House was a landmark.
Back then, everybody knew that to get a real ice cream
treat, you had to go to the Magnolia Ice Cream House. It
wouldnt be a perfect sundae or parfait if it wasnt from
the Magnolia Ice Cream House, says San Miguel Pure
Foods Company, Inc. president Francisco S. Alejo III.
Alejo adds that the new Magnolia Ice Cream Flavor
House offers the same quality ice cream you have
Relive old memories through ice cream
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
THE idea of doing nothing except watching movies for 16 hours with the possibility
of winning P150,000 is very appealing. Some 200 people thought so and signed up
for the third Star Movies Triathlon.
MOVIES,
come to love, the same friendly service from the staff,
and a great atmosphere for you, your friends and your
family.
And while we want to bring you back to those happy
days at the old ice cream house, we are also catering to
our consumers evolving tastes in todays environment.
While all-time classics like the Black n White,
Banana Split and Peach Melba Sundae will be made
available, the new Magnolia Ice Cream Flavor House
will excite todays true-blue ice cream lovers with
new concoctions.
These include: Chunky Monkey, Red Velvet, Dare
Devil, Merry Go Round, Parfait, and Mango Crepe.
There are also added treats for kids, such as The Avengers
- themed Fruity Energy Cereals; Thors Almighty Crepe
and Amazing Batmans Brownie Overload.
Also available are Magnolias Cold Stone Ice
Creams, which include Banana Overload, Citrus
Vanilla Mango, Cookie Monster, Double Dutch,
Candy Land and Butternut.
The mouth-watering menu also has an assortment
of salads, pastas, burgers, sandwiches and pizzas to
choose from.
At the press launch for the
Magnolia Ice Cream Flavor
House, the venerable ice
cream brand also introduced
the latest additions to its Best of
the Philippines (BOTP) line. These
include: Pinipig Pandan for Pampanga,
Durian Pastillas for Davao, and Caramel
Cashew Fudge for Palawan.
New variants of its Cookie Monster
Frozen Delights line, such as Choco Caramel
and Choco Hazelnut, were also introduced.
San Miguel Corporation entered the ice cream
business in 1925 when it acquired the Magnolia Ice
Cream Plant at 529 Aviles St. in Manila and later
transferred it to a new facility at nearby Echague
Street in 1926. Magnolia Ice Cream also operated one
of the very rst ice cream parlors in the country.
But what if you were told that for 16 hours, all
you could do is watch movies? This means sitting
down inside an air-conditioned moviehouse with
no bathrrom breaks, no standing, no sleeping and
no cellphone or Internet. Oh, youd be fed once in a
while and even forced to drink. Does the prospect
still sound good?
Some 200 participants thought so.
One October morning, an interesting mix of young
people showed up at the New Cinemas, Resorts World
to take part in the third staging of the movie triathlon.
This year, aside from the movie marathon itself,
organizers added two more endurance challenges.
These were Circuit Training and Yoga Poses.
Of the 100 contestants that qualied during the
contests rst year, 16 survivors decided to simply
split the P100,000 cash prize. During its second year,
28 winners were left standing to again split the money.
Star Movies is the only group that will torture its
viewers while giving them quality entertainment,
quipped Fox International Channels territorial head
Jude Turcuato.
In the end, ve people remained sitting. The
winners were Ria Hernandez, a 28-year old interior
designer, Cathleen Anderson, a restaurant owner in
her early 20s, students Natalia Ortega and Dominic
Cruz, and another young movie buff Lesly Yiu. They
divided the cash prize.
The movie line-up classics that included On The
Waterfront, Rio Grande, Apocalypse Now,
Ferris Buellers Day Off, The Deer Hunter, A
Streetcar Named Desire and Casablanca. These are
not exactly the sort of movies that would keep young
people awake for hours, adding to the challenge.
The nal nine received LED TVs as additional
prize before they were led to the surprise sudden
death round of exercise, the biking and treadmill run,
while glued to the big screen for a nal stretch. Some of the top contestants
The winners: Ria
Hernandez, Cathleen
Andersson, Natalia
Ortega, Lesly Yiu and
Dominic Cruz
Facade of the Magnolia Ice Cream Flavor House at Robinsons Magnolia Mall in
Quezon City
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By Ed Biado
ITS your wedding day and youre about to walk
down the aisle. Youve worked so hard to make ev-
erything perfect. Youre excited because, in mere
minutes, you will be Mrs. [insert his name here]. But
youre still on edge because things can still go wrong
and you know fully well that Murphys
law is not a myth. As you elegantly stride
towards the altar in your beautiful white
dress that took you months to t into, the
unthinkable happens and you feel an un-
comfortable churning in your stomach.
You know one thing for sure: those are
denitely not butteries!
Anxiety, stress, excitement, nerves
and other intense emotions make the tummy ex-
tra sensitive, making it more prone to being upset.
Once it gets too much, the body will have to nd
physical release. And youre not helping the situ-
ation if you happen to have eaten something you
shouldnt have in the last 12 hours. To prevent
embarrassing moments like this from happening
on a day when all eyes are on you, getwed.com
suggests that you refrain from eating spicy or
strong food the night before.
Whether you can hack the spice or not, its a
known fact that too much heat when it comes to
food can have a far from desirable effect on your
stomach. Not only could you be dealing with a
dodgy tum...you may also be facing the sweats
and dizziness, along with excreting the aroma
of your spicy meal through your pores.
According to projectwedding.com, other foods
you should stay away from include sodas and
carbonated drinks because of bloating and belch-
ing, starchy foods because they can make you
gassy, and caffeine because it reduces
the amount of water in your body and
can lead to dehydration during the cer-
emonyoften the cause of fainting at
the altar. The site also says that you
should limit the amount of lactose you
consume because it could irritate your
stomach if youre already anxious.
Meanwhile, tsugar.com cautions
against articial sweeteners (because theyre
hard to digest...leading to bloating and discom-
fort), beans, brussels sprouts, cauliower and
cabbage (due to their gassy effect).
Still, even with all the restrictions, remember
that you should eat something before the ceremo-
ny so you wont get lightheaded or pass out in the
middle of saying your vows. Choose foods that
will help stabilize your blood sugar and wont sit
in your stomach, advises theknot.com, such as
crackers, yogurt, cereal and scrambled egg whites
on a roll. But the best food for all-day energy
with no unwanted side effects, claims shape.com,
is good ol reliable oatmeal.
Feed the bride with this, not that
THE Philippine heating, ven-
tilating, air-conditioning,
and refrigerating industry
or HVAC & R for short will
surely find nothing but siz-
zling hot business opportu-
nities at the sectors biggest
annual trade event. HVAC/R
Philippines will hold its 15th
edition expo at the SMX
Convention Center on No-
vember 7 to 10, bringing
together close to 200 of the
industrys leading suppliers.
Visitors may now take advan-
tage of the online registration
to get into the show for free.
Simply log on to http://www.
globallinkmp.com/ and fill in
the pre-registration form on
or before November 5 (until
3:00 pm only). Otherwise,
entrance fee will be P100.00
per person.
This expo has been
around for more than a de-
cade and we are very happy
with the continued support
of our loyal exhibitors,
said Cezar Punsalan, event
chairman and director of the
Philippine Society of Ven-
tilating, Air-conditioning,
and Refrigerating Engineers
Inc. (PSVARE), organizers
of the event. This years
expo proves to be more ex-
citing not just because of
the exhibit. We are also add-
ing new activities in part-
nership with the Philippine
Green Building Initiative
and the United Architects of
the Philippines.
The first of these is the
4th Roundtable on Sustain-
able Approach to Design and
Construction on November 8
for which they collaborated
with the renowned Archi-
tects Regional Council Asia.
Sustainability has been the
center of our organizations
work for several years now.
We co-organize an expo and
conference that focus spe-
cifically on this and we have
also launched a standard
on energy efficient build-
ing, shares Punsalan. This
roundtable gives our local
experts a chance to closely
discuss new approaches in
the field with regional ex-
perts. ARCASIA has invited
its members from 18 differ-
ent countries while the UAP
is bringing together some of
our best known architects. It
would be very interesting to
see the results from this dis-
cussion.
On November 9, there
will be a Technoforum on
Sustainability, a series of
technical seminars that will
cover topics such as Archi-
tecture and Social Respon-
sibility, Social Sustainabil-
ity The Inclusive Design
Approach, Social Sustain-
ability in Asia through Uni-
versal Design, Action Plans
of the Climate Change
Commission, and more. For
those interested to attend
this forum, you may get in
touch with the Organizers
at tel. no. (02) 638-6539 or
email psvare@pldtdsl.net.
HVAC/R Philippines is
co-presented by Concep-
cion-Carrier Air-condi-
tioning Co. and Samsung
Philippines. Find out more
about whats in store at
this years show by get-
ting in touch with the Event
Managers, Global-Link MP
Events International Inc.,
at (02) 750-8588 to 92, fax
no. (02) 750-8585, or email
HVACR@globallinkmp.com
/ info@globallinkmp.com.
Close to 200 of the lead-
ing industry suppliers. For
buyers and end users look-
ing for the latest in air-con-
ditioning and ventilating
technologies, the HVAC/R
Philippines expo is the
place to be.
Backed and supported
by the industry. Being the
foremost organization in
the field, PSVARE repre-
sents some of the biggest
companies catering to the
industry.
Heating
the business
climate
The countrys leading credit
card brand and the largest national
ag carrier recently invited friends
from the media at the Filipinas
Heritage Library to launch this
new offer that gives consumers
more reasons to explore the coun-
trys 7,107 islands.
According to Bea Tan, credit
payment products head for Ci-
tibank Philippines, the Cebu Pacif-
ic Citibank Card that was launched
in 2011 has received a huge follow-
ing, proving that Filipinos love to
travel. Now, with our latest offer,
we want to entice them to explore
their own backyard by giving them
a one-way ticket to see some of our
countrys hottest destinations, ab-
solutely free.
The Cebu Pacic Citibank
Card has made it both convenient
and rewarding for cardholders to
travel. With the Juan-Way Ticket
welcome promotion, we hope
more Filipinos can experience the
joy of discovering their own coun-
try, said Candice Iyog, Cebu Pa-
cic vice president for marketing
and distribution.
With a free one-way domestic
ight plus unbeatable values built
into the Cebu Pacic Citibank
Card, you can conveniently fulll
whatever local destination and ad-
venture you have in your bucket
list. The special offer runs until No-
vember 30, 2012.
To avail of this exclusive offer,
apply for a new Cebu Pacic Ci-
tibank Card and use it to charge
a minimum single-receipt or ac-
Domestic travel
GETS MORE FUN WITH CEBU PACIFIC
CITIBANK CARDS FREE JUAN-WAY OFFER
GETTING a chance to visit some of the
hottest destinations in the country without
spending a peso for the plane ticket will sure-
ly delight every Juan. And as the Citibank
and Cebu Pacic team up, travelling in the
Philippines will truly become more fun.
cumulated purchase worth P2,000
prior to booking date. Flights must
be booked before December 15,
2012 and at least ve working days
prior to preferred departure date.
The free one-way ticket can be
redeemed for all domestic destina-
tions, save Caticlan. Travel period
is until February 15, 2013.
Booking the free Cebu Pacic
Juan-way Ticket is also easy. Just
send an e-mail to cebpaccard@
citi.com and provide the required
information: full name, domestic
destination of choice, ight details
and two contact numbers. On top
of the great welcome deal, you get
to experience the many rewards of
owning a Cebu Pacic Credit Card.
Get notications of seat sales at
least two hours before it goes pub-
lic, earn one CEB point that never
expires for every peso spent on the
card, and redeem CEB e-vouchers
through an online facility exclusive
to Cebu Pacic Citibank cardhold-
ers for any fare regardless of travel
date or destination.
Cebu Pacic Citibank cardhold-
ers can also enjoy features and ben-
ets available to all Citibank credit
cards such as PayLite Installment
Plan, Citi One Bill, Citi Mobile, and
the Citi World Privileges Program.
With Citibanks steadfast com-
mitment to anticipating the needs
of our consumers and as our part-
nership with Cebu Pacic remains
strong, the Filipino consumers can
expect only the best travel offers
and value from us, says Tan.
IT WAS AN EVENING to
celebrate partnerships with a
heart of goldspecifically,
business partnerships based
on trust, harmony and sincer-
ity. This was the overall mood
of the dinner held by Globe
Business to toast and pay trib-
ute to six of its new business
partners at the Tivoli in Man-
darin Oriental in Makati.
During the event, Globe Busi-
ness highlighted the importance
of partnerships that evolve to
become deeper and more mean-
ingful with the passage of time
and presented some of the solu-
tions it provides to make running
a business simpler, more efcient
and more cost-effective. Globe
Business new partners present
at the dinner included Tridharma
Marketing Corporation; TORM
Shipping; Blue Cross Insurance,
Inc.; Benline; and Coffee Bean
and Tea Leaf.
Digital signatures
Registration and cocktails
were followed by a digital con-
tract signing, where heads or
representatives of these six com-
panies each signed their contract
with Globe Business on a digital
tablet devicea more high-tech
gesture compared to the usual
contract signing done in pen and
ink. The representatives of two
companies graciously allowed
their signatures to be ashed on
an e-board onstage for the others
to see.
Then a formal toast was led
by Blue Avelino, Globe Busi-
ness head for Small and Medium
Business Segments.
First and foremost, I want to
thank you for choosing Globe
Business as your business part-
ner. It is our pride to be the one
you go to for solutions that can
simplify the way you run your
industry, Avelino told their spe-
cial guests right before the toast.
Joining them at the toast were
Globe Business Head Boboy
Romero; Mark Tejada, Globe
Business Sales head of Managed
Accounts of Small and Medium
Businesses, and Globe Business
executives.
Globe Business toasts
business partnerships
The Globe Business Toast was led by Mark Tejada, Globe Busi-
ness Sales Head of Managed Accounts of Small and Medium
Businesses; Globe Business Head Boboy Romero; and Blue
Avelino, Globe Business Head for Small and Medium Business
Segments. The dinner event was held in tribute of new partner-
ships between Globe Business and Blue Cross, Ben Line, TORM
Shipping, Tridharma Marketing Corporation, and Coffee Bean
and Tea Leaf.
PARENTS can develop and maximize their
childrens multiple intelligences by giving
them opportunities to learn in their own way
and realize their unique inner genius, said
Dr. Thomas Armstrong, internationally re-
nowned learning and intelligence expert.
Dr. Armstrong recently visited the Phil-
ippines to give a two-day lecture at the
Superkids 2012 Conference at SMX Con-
vention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City.
The conference was sponsored by Progress
Pre-School Gold.
He presented his multiple intelligences
theory to parents, guardians, teachers, and
students, so that they can apply the concept of
multiple intelligences at home and in school.
The award-winning expert shared his princi-
ples through such topics as "Exemplars of Best
Schools (Early Childhood to High School),"
"The Power of Neurodiversity," and "Multiple
Intelligences in the Classroom."
Dr. Armstrong said children are born with
the capacity for all different types of multi-
ple intelligences, which develop in stages of
growth in different kids through a lifetime.
Maximize your kids'
intelligenceexpert
Dr. Thomas Armstrong
CEBUANOS will soon be
able to experience quality
healthcare delivery when
MediCard, one of the coun-
trys leading health main-
tenance organizations, in-
augurates its clinic in the
Queen City of the South
within the year.
We want to give resi-
dents of Cebu and nearby
provinces access to quality
healthcare delivery through
our new clinic. Showcas-
ing expertly-trained staff,
the latest facilities and that
distinct MediCard standard
of service, we look forward
to delivering the high level
of standard that MediCard
remains known for, says
Dr. Nicky S. Montoya,
president, MediCard Philip-
pines, Inc.
Located at the ground oor
of the JRDC Building on Pres-
ident Osmea Boulevard, the
clinic will operate from Mon-
day through Friday, 7 a.m.-6
p.m. and on Saturdays from
7 a.m.-3 p.m. Members and
non-MediCard members may
avail of the following ser-
vices: primary and specialist
consultations, laboratory and
diagnostic services, Annual
Physical Exam, Pre-employ-
ment Exam, Medical Evalua-
tion, Minor Surgery and Im-
munization.
To know more about
MediCard-Cebu, as well as
to inquire about MediCard
applications for individual,
family, or group corporate
accounts, please email vis-
mingroup@medicardphils.
com, or call (032) 2535031,
(032) 2531725, or (032)
2536463. You may also visit
www.medicardphils.com.
MediCard
set to
open clinic
in Cebu
Cebu Pacic vice president for
marketing and distribution
Candice Iyog and Citibank credit
payment products head Bea Tan
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Region I
2
nd
Pangasinan Engineering District
Alvear St., Lingayen, Pangasinan
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D f or :
12AH-084 : Preventive Maintenance of Dagupan-Bonuan-San Fabian Road,
KO. 383+720 KO. 385+733
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways, 2
nd
PED, Lingayen,
Pangasinan, through the GAA 2013, intends to apply the following sum of
P 14,546,120.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments
under the contract for Preventive Maintenance of Dagupan-Bonuan-San Fabian
Road. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at bid opening.
Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay 50mm with correction
Contract Location : KO. 383+720 KO. 385+733
2. The DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan now invites bids for works
briefy described above. Completion of the Works is required 24 Calendar
Days. 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, Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino Citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH 2
nd
PED,
Lingayen, Pangasinan and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given
below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, October 31 November 19, 2012.
from the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of P25,000.00.
Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later than the submission of their bids.
6. The DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on November 7, 2012 at BAC Room, DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan
which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding
Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 AM, November
19, 2012 at DPWH BAC Room, 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan. Bids will be
opened in the presence of the bidders representative s who choose to attend at
the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan 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 or bidders.
RODOLFO C. DION
District Engineer
DPWH 2
ND
PED
(075) 662-1689, 2401
dpwh2nd_ped@yahoo.com
facsimile : 662-1689

(Sgd.) SMILE R. FERMIN
Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
NOTED :
(Sgd.) RODOLFO C. DION
District Engineer
Region I
2
nd
Pangasinan Engineering District
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D f or :
12AH-085 : Preventive Maintenance of Pangasinan-La Union Road,
KO. 379+615 - KO. 381+030
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways, 2
nd
PED, Lingayen,
Pangasinan, through the GAA 2013, intends to apply the following sum of
P 18,025,510.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments
under the contract for Preventive Maintenance of Pangasinan-La Union Road,
KO. 379+615 - KO. 381+030. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at bid opening.
Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay 50mm with lateral drainage rehabilitation
Contract Location : KO. 379+615 - KO. 381+030
2. The DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan now invites bids for works
briefy described above. Completion of the Works is required 90 Calendar
Days. 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, Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino Citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH 2
nd
PED,
Lingayen, Pangasinan and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given
below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, October 31 November 19, 2012.
from the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of P25,000.00.
Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later than the submission of their bids.
6. The DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on November 7, 2012 at BAC Room, DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan
which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding
Documents.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 AM, November
19, 2012 at DPWH BAC Room, 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan. Bids will be
opened in the presence of the bidders representative s who choose to attend at
the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The DPWH 2
nd
PED, Lingayen, Pangasinan 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 or bidders.
RODOLFO C. DION
District Engineer
DPWH 2
ND
PED
(075) 662-1689, 2401
dpwh2nd_ped@yahoo.com
facsimile : 662-1689
(Sgd.) SMILE R. FERMIN
Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
NOTED :
(Sgd.) RODOLFO C. DION
District Engineer

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Zamboanga del Sur 1
st
Engineering District
Pagadian City
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
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 FY 2013 GAA, invites Contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12JE0047
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (gravel to paved) Based on
Gravel Road Strategies, Traffc Benchmark for
Upgrading to Paved Road Standard (HDM-4
Project Analysis) Intermittent Sections.
Contract Location: Sindangan-Siayan-Dumingag-Mahayag Road
K1678+150 - K1679+817
Scope of Work: Concrete paving of graveled national road with
line canal and slope protection.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 49,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 120 Calendar Days
Cost of Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (gravel to paved) Based on
Gravel Road Strategies, Traffc Benchmark for
Upgrading to Paved Road Standard (HDM-4
Project Analysis) Intermittent Sections.
Contract Location: Sindangan-Siayan-Dumingag-Mahayag Road
K1683+000 - K1689+140
Scope of Work: Concrete paving of graveled national road with
line canal and slope protection.
Contract Name: Completion of Dipolo Bridge
Contract Location: Along Sindangan-Siayan-Dumingag-Mahayag
Road
Scope of Work: Completion of 90.00 L.M. concrete bridge with
approaches.
Contract Name: Replacement of Gabunon Bridge
Contract Location: Along Jct. Aurora-Ozamis City Road
Scope of Work: Replacement of concrete bridge with a length of
30.00 meters
Contract Name: Replacement of Licabang Bridge
Contract Location: Along Jct. Mahayag-Dumingag-Siayan Road
Scope of Work: Replacement of Spillway into concrete bridge with
a length of 30.00 meters.
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 October 31, 2012 to November 19, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. November 08, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders 5:00 P.M. November 13, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids 10:00 A.M. November 19, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 1:00 P.M. November 19, 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. 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-Chairperson

BATAAN FIRST DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Roman Expressway, Mulawin, Orani, Bataan
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee of the DPWH Bataan 1
st
District Engineering
Offce, through the FY 2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
Contract ID: 12CA0089
Contract Name: Completion of Pagalangang Bridge along Angeles-Porac-
Floridablanca-Dinalupihan Road
Contract Location: Dinalupihan, Bataan
Scope of Work: Completion of Bridge

Contract Name: Widening of Saguing Bridge along Gapan-San Fernando-
Olongapo Road
Scope of Work: Widening of Bridge
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance of Tabacan Poblacion Road
Contract Location: Hermosa, Bataan
Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay

Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Concrete Revetment along Colo River
(Naparing Section)
Scope of Work: Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Slope Protection
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of
10 years, e) Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from DOLE, f) PHILGEPS Order
Form (DRL), g) Latest CPES Rating and (h) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at
least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The LOI
must be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed in the Contractors
Information (CI). Submission of LOI by person with Special Power of Attorney shall
not be allowed. 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. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Deadline: October 31-November 22, 2012 Until 10:00 AM
2. Issuance of Bid Documents From : October 31-November 22, 2012 Until 10:00 AM
3. Pre-Bid Conference November 07, 2012 @02:00 P .M.
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: November 22, 2012 Until 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids November 22, 2012 @ 10:00 AM

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Bataan
First District Engineering Offce, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 5,000.00
for Contract ID No.89 and 10,000.00 for Contract ID Nos. 90-92 as per Dept. Order
No. 52 series 2011. 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 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 postqualifcation.
The DPWH-Bataan First District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before contract award,
without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:

(Sgd.) FERMIN Q. CRUZ, JR.
BAC Chairman

Noted By:

(Sgd.) WILFREDO S. MALLARI
District Engineer

(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
CARAGA REGION XIII
PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE
Surigao City
BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
____________________________________________________________________
INVITATION TO BID # SDN-G-0071-2012
The Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) invites suppliers/manufacturers/distributors to apply for eligibility
and to bid of the following:
Name of Project: Procurement of 4,160 sacks Commercial Grade Rice
@ 25kls/sack

Brief Description: Procurement of 4,160 sacks Commercial Grade Rice
@ 25kls/sack
Approved Budget for
The Contract (ABC): Php 4,160,000.00

Source of Funds: General Fund
Period of Delivery: 30 Calendar Days
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security,
Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post Qualifcation
and Awards of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184
and its implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Procurement Conference - September 26, 2012
2. Pre-Bidding - November 8, 2012 @ 3:00 P.M.
3. Opening of Bids - November 20, 2012 @ 3:00 PM
FORM OF SECURITY

Bid Security: The Bid Security shall be in an amount at least equal to a percentage
of the Approved Budget for the Contract to bid/Estimated Contract Cost, as advertised
by the concerned procuring entity, in any of the following forms:
a) Cash, certifed check, cashiers check/managers check, bank draft/guarantee
confrmed by a reputable local universal or commercial bank;
b) Irrevocable letter of credit issued by a reputable universal or commercial bank
or in the case of an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a foreign bank, the
same shall be confrmed or authenticated by a reputable local universal or
commercial bank; or
c) Any combination of thereof.
The required amount of the Bid Security for the procurement of goods, consulting
services, and infrastructure projects shall be at least two percent (2%) of the Approved
Budget for the Contract/Estimated Contract Cost if cash/bank guarantee, managers
check; fve percent (5%) for Surety Bond.
The BAC will issue Bidding Documents only to bidders declared by the BAC to be
eligible for the bidding upon payment of a non-refundable amount of Two Thousand
Pesos (Php 2,000.00) to the Provincial Treasurers Offce, Cash Division.
The Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte assumes no responsibility
whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the
preparation of their bids.

Approved:
(Sgd.) ATTY. AIMEE FAITH L. EGAY
OIC-HRMDO
BAC Chairman
October 31, 2012
WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
La Paz, Iloilo City
Invitation to Bid for the 1- Lot Delivery and Installation of
Biological Refrigerator with Temperature Monitoring System
NO. H-12-10-49-NB/S
1 The West Visayas State University, through its NSC-V Fund intends to apply the sum of TWO MIL-
LION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (P 2,360,000.00) being the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Delivery and Installation of
Biological Refrigerator with Temperature Monitoring System. Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2. The West Visayas State University now invites bids for 1- Lot Delivery and Installation of
Biological Refrigerator with Temperature Monitoring System for Newborn Screening
Center Visayas. Delivery of Goods is required within 30 calendar days. Bidders should have
experience in undertaking a similar project within the last two years with an amount at least 50%
of the proposed project for Bidding.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary
pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act
(RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorship, partnerships, or organizations with at
least sixty (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and
to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or
privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Offce of the BAC Secretariat and inspect
the Bidding Documents at the address below during 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Acomplete set of Bidding
Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on October 31, 2012 to November 23, 2012
from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the
amount of Five Thousand Pesos Only (Php 5,000.00) not later than the submission of their bids.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders
shall pay the nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
5. The West Visayas State University will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 12 , 2012, 10:00
AM at BAC Conference Room, 2F Dormitory Building, WVSU Medical Center, Iloilo City which
shall be open to all interested parties.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address belowon or before 10:00AMon November 26, 2012. All Bids must
be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB.

Bid opening shall be on November 26, 2012 10:00 AM, at the BAC Conference Room, 2F Dormi-
tory Building, WVSU Medical Center, Iloilo City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
7. The West Visayas State University reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bid-
ding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
JULIUS B. UNDAR
BAC Secretariat
WVSU Luna Street, La Paz, Iloilo City 5010
320-0870 local 226 or 320-2431 local 153
bac@wvsu.edu.ph
Fax No. 3200879
wvsu.edu.ph
Approved by:
(Sgd.)RUBEN C. ITABAG
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
(MST-Nov. 1, 2012)
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Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com
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ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
A few weeks before the deadline
for ling of candidacy, we sat down
with Aga and asked him about how
he feels about his future in poli-
tics, among other things. Speaking
mostly in Filipino, the actor an-
swered questions candidly, and at
times with caution that he might say
something wrong.
The following are excerpts from
our brief conversation:
Aga, kamusta ka na?
Ayos naman. Masaya. Very busy.
Kakatapos lang ng movie namin ni
Regine. And then theres Pinoy Ex-
plorer. And siyempre naman Cam-
Sur, so maraming nagyayari. But
am doing very well.
Of all the places, why did you
choose to r un in Camar ines Sur ?
Taga-doon kasi kami, in the
fourth district. My lola (the mother
of my dad) was born there, doon sya
lumaki, nag-asawa, and nagkapam-
ilya. Andon pa nga yung lumang
bahay niya. So yung mga anak ni-
yaTita Amalia Fuentes, Tito Alex
Muhlach, and my dadparating
bumabalik-balik doon. Kahit kami
ng generation ko of cousins, doon
umuuwi for vacations. Ako nga, for
the last couple of years, Ive been
spending a lot of time in CamSur.
Ive been spending my birthdays
there pa.
Why not Manila?
Mahilig talaga ako sa probin-
sya. Even before, gusto ko ng open
spaces; I want to be close to na-
ture. Probinsyano talaga ako. Ek-
sakto, yung distrito namin, isa sa
pinakamaganda. May bundok, may
dagat, may ilog, may waterfalls,
may bukid. Napakaganda in terms
of natural resources. Pero nakita
ko na ang tao doon sa amin ay gu-
tomgutom sa hanapbuhay, gutom
sa magandang buhay. Naghahanap
sila, naghihintay sila na magbago
ang buhay nila. Kaya din ako na-
excite. Kasi nakita ko ang hirap. At
nakita ko na meron akong pwedeng
itulong talaga. Kasi kung wala na-
man akong maitutulong, kung wala
ako pwede na gawin. hindi ko do
papasukin ito.
So, you live in Camar ines Sur ?
Yes. Denitely. As long as Im
not working, Im there. Si Charlene
din. Bumabalik lang yan ng Manila
every weekend for The Buzz, pero
otherwise, doon kami sa CamSur
umuuwi.
Im sure you know that your
detr actor s have said that you
are not really a resident of your
district. And they even led a
case against you to prevent you
from register ing as a voter. (The
Comelec has approved his registra-
tion as a voter of San Jose.)
Well, you cant please everybody.
May mga tao naman na ganoon ta-
laga. They have the right to le a
case. But its also my right to register
as a voter. Wala tayong magagawa
kung ganoon. ang laro nila. Obvi-
ous naman na politically motivated
ang kasong yan. But I am condent
that the Comelec will recognize that
I have satised all the legal require-
ments and that I really have a right
to register as a voter there.
Like I said, we really decided to
make CamSur our home and really
live there. Yung buhay ko, andon na.
Not only did I register as a voter in
my district, I bought property there
since last year pa. I renovated a
house there, I pay my taxes there,
nandoon yung bank account ko. At
sa dami dami kong kamag-anak in
that district, mga Amador, Romero,
Abundabar, Borja, Calleja, tala-
gang walang maniniwala na hindi
kami taga-roon.
What do you do when youre in
Camar ines Sur ?
The usual na ginagawa sa ba-
hay. Kwentuhan, kainan, karaoke,
pahinga. We surf online, we jog, we
read, we play games. Kung ano ano.
Kung gusto naming kumain sa la-
bas, papasyal kami ng Naga. Min-
san makakapunta kami sa beach ng
Caramoan.
Ang maganda doon, since tahi-
mik lang, nakakalabas talaga kami
ni Charlene. Pwede kaming mag-
swimming sa ilog na walang fan-
fare. We can go to the grocery, we
play basketball with the neighbors.
Yung kids, nakakapunta sa sari sari
store, naglalaro pa sa kalye. Si
Atasha plays soccer there with her
friends, si Andres naman nakaka-
skateboard. So masayang masaya.
What do you say to people who
say youre nothing but an actor ?
Maraming nagsasabi niyan, ar-
tista lang yan. Anong nalalaman
niyan? Ang sagot ko diyan, para
nilang sinasabi na ang mga magsa-
saka, mga mangingisda, o mahirap
na tao, walang karapatan sa buhay.
Sobra naman yon. Kung kami nga,
wala pa kaming karapatan, paano
pa yung mga walang trabaho? Paa-
no na yung mga maliliit na tao na di
pinapahalagahan?
Feeling siguro nila sa artista,
napakasarap ng mga buhay namin.
Akala nila, puro pasarap, puro
pa-cute. Pero ang pag-aartista,
hanapbuhay din yan. Pinaghihi-
rapan din yan.
At ang artista, malapit sa tao
yan. Ako, kilala ko ang tao. Mahal
na mahal ko ang tao. At ang tao rin
ang naglagay sa akin kung saan
man ako naroon ngayon. Lahat
ng magandang nangyari sa buhay
ko in the past 28 years ay dahil sa
mga taong nagmahal, nagtiwala,
at humanga sa akin. Its all be-
cause of the people. Kaya hindi na
rin naging mahirap para sa akin
na pumasok sa pagsilbi sa kanila.
I just want to pay it for-
ward. To give it back to
them.
Youre not afr aid
that politics might r uin
your life?
Simple lang yan e.
Meron kang pangalan
na pinangalagaan ng
ilang taon. Ako, 28
years na ako sa indus-
triya. Pinaghirapan ko
ang pangalan na yan.
Sisirain ko ba yon ngayon
na tumatanda pa ako? Si-
sirain ko ba yan? Hindi ko si-
sirain ang pangalan ko. Mas paga-
gandahin ko pa lalo yan. Kasi hindi
ko ipipilit ang sarili ko kung hindi
ko kaya.
Ang tao, hindi naman mapapahi-
ya sa akin, dahil, unang una, hindi
ko sila gustong pagkakitain. Ma-
linis ang puso ko. Makikita naman
nila e. Makikita naman nila kung
niloloko sila o hindi. Hindi ka pwe-
deng magsinungaling sa public.
What is it like to be a candi-
date?
Mahirap tumakbo. Ang mga op-
ponents ko, over 100 years in pow-
er. Matindi yon. So mahirap talaga.
Pero masarap manalo. I want to
win. Kasi kapag nanalo ako, lahat
ng sinasabi ko, pwede kong gawin.
Kapag manalo ka, lahat ng taong
hinawakan mo, lahat ng taong
humingi ng tulong sa yo, lahat yon,
matutulungan mo. Ayokong saktan
ang mga tao. Ayoko silang lokohin.
Kaya ingat na ingat ako sa mga si-
nasabi ko, kasi ayokong mangako
ng mga bagay na hindi ko kayang
gawin.
Thats Aga Muhlach, folks speak-
ing no longer as an actor but as a
politician who seems to have the
passion to help his fellow Bicolanos
in the fourth district of Camarines
Sur. If he would win in next years
polls, show business would have
another guy in Batasang Pambansa.
Zany zombie TVC
Days before people commemo-
rate the Day of the Dead, Sen. Koko
Pimentel taps the undead to deliver
a reminder about cheating.
Already on rotation on free TV
and steadily gaining ground on
YouTube, the commercial is set in
Bagong Barangay where people are
lining up to register for the elec-
tions. A seemingly strict Comelec
representative had just rejected a
registrant with expired ID when
the guy behind him walks up for
his turn. Looking up, the rep comes
face to face with a zombie!
Or is it? The rep cant be too
sure. The Barong Tagalog-clad
registrant may be smelly and rot-
ting but you dont judge a book by
its cover, do you? So, the rep ac-
cepts his ID, gives him a second,
even a third look then proceeds to
quiz him.
Ikaw ba talaga si Raymond
Villanueva? she asks sternly, read-
ing the name out on the ID. The reg-
istrant nods, unable to speak.
Taga Bagong Barangay ka ba
talaga? Yes, yes, the zombie mo-
tioned. His left ear falls off.
The rep looks at the zombie in-
tently. The zombie looks back. Peo-
ple look on.
Then horror of horrors: the rep
lets the zombie through and pro-
ceeds to ngerprint it! As she guides
the zombies hands, its arms detach
from the sockets. People scream.
Sen. Pimentel, in dead serious
tone and deadpan expression, drives
the point home.
Zombie votes, pandaraya yan!
Pag di kanagpa-rehistro, parang
nagpadaya ka na rin. Di lang ng
mga buhay. Pati din ng zombie vot-
ers. Use your Kokote. Register and
vote well. Kundi, patay! Nadaya na
naman ang Pilipinas.
Dead-on.
AGA MUHLACH
IT LOOKS like all systems go for Aga Muhlach, who is busier than ever
before these days, what with his budding political career. The good-
looking actor has no qualms about his desire to be the congressional
representative of the fourth district of Camarines Sur.
By Nickie Wang
THE gathering of theater scholars, academicians and practitioners is just one
the highlights of the 4
th
National Theater Festival (NTF) organized by the
Cultural Center of the Philippines. Slated from Nov. 8 to 18, the festival also
marks its 20
th
anniversary.
During our opening ceremony in 1992, seven theater companies paraded
at the front lawn of the CCP, recalled Nanding Josef, NTF festival director.
We invited a 100-year-old chanter from Panay who performed Hinilawod
(an epic poem), Ate Guy (Nor a Aunor ) sang Pag-Ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa,
then there was the fountain and the reworksthats how the festival opening
ceremony ended with the roof of the CCP literally on re.
According to Josef, the festivals goal was to initially gather together the
established theater companies formed in the 70s and 80s. And because the
rst edition was a resounding success, they came up with the resolution to
stage the event every four years.
But because of budget constraint, we are unable to do it as originally
planned, Josef explained.
The 10-day event will showcase different forms of stage production,
colorful theater groups from all around the country, lm screenings, exhibits,
and conferences.
The festivals opening salvo is Tanghalang Pilipinos Stageshow, a raunchy
homage to the twilight years of an almost forgotten entertainment form starring
real life thespian couple Shamaine Centener a and Nonie Buencamino.
Written by the late theater stalwart Mar io OHar a, the production features a
host of celebrities is special cameo appearance.
This years edition also showcases the ever-growing achievements of
Philippine theater by restaging some groundbreaking productions like PETAs
rap musical called William, and Dulaang UPs contemporary re-imagining of
Fr ancisco Balagtas classic Orosman at Zara.
Most anticipated plays are Gantimpala Theater Foundations Sayaw ng
mga Seniorita, Trumpets Minds Eye and Car los Celdr ans Livin La
Vida Imelda.
Presenting a variety of theater productions are other leading theater
groups and performers from all over the Philippines like Bulacans Barasoain
Kalinangan Foundation Inc., Bohol Antequera and Maribojoc Cultural
Collectives, Integrated Performing Arts Guild of Mindanano State University-
Iligan Institute of Technology, Mindanao State University Kabpapagariya
Ensemble, Sipat Lawin Ensemble, Tanghalang Ateneo of Ateneo de Manila
University, and The Xavier Stage of Cagayan de Oro.
There will also be special performances by Kanlaon Theater Guild of
Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod, SPIT (Silly Peoples Improv Theater) and
ventriloquists Ony Carcamo and Wanlu.
Film screenings will showcase plays that were made into lms and lms
that started out as plays. These include Lino Br ockas Insiang (written
by Mario OHara for lm and for stage) and Bona (adapted by Layeta
Bucoy for stage); Lamber to Avellanas Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
(a Nick J oaquin play); Dennis Mar asigans North Diversion Road (a
Tony Per ez play), Anatomiya ng Korupsyon (a Malou J acob play) and
J oel Lamangans ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh (a Chr is Mar tinez/
Vincent de J esus musical theater adaptation of the graphic novel by Car lo
Ver gar a).
Dubbed as Ika-Apat na Tagpo, Ang Bagong Yugto: The New Act, the
festival also serves as venue that will provide the theater community with
opportunities to formulate strategies that can be pursued in order for Philippine
theater to create an impact, locally and globally and to forge fellowship and
build stronger networks.
A festival for stronger
theater communities
Thoughts on Camarines Sur
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