November 28 - December 4, 2016

Abala at masusing inililista (inventory) ng mga chemists at tauhan ng PNP-AIDG at PDEA ang mga drum ng precursors at essential liquid chemicals sa paggawa ng high grade
shabu. Sinalakay ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng PDEA-PNP-AIDG at SWAT Team Cauayan ang clandestine shabu laboratory sa Daang Maharlika, Brgy. Uno Prenza, Cauayan City.
Inabot ng halos tatlong gabi at tatlong araw na matiyagang inimbentaryo ng PDEA-PNP-AIDG ang sandamakmak na kemikal na nakaimbak ng patago sa lumang inuupahang
bodega na pag-aari ni Mayor Manuel Tio ng Luna, Isabela. Valley Hot News file photo, jgd

Ilang Chinese drug lab operators

sa Isabela, nagsibatan na

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela - Hindi na maapuhap ang ilang miyembro ng Chinese Mega Drug Lab na nilansag ng
...sundan sa p./2
PNP-AIDG at PDEA sa Prenza, Brgy. Uno, Cauayan City kamakailan(October 23, 2017).

Bitbit ng mga tauhan ng Carbonel Funeral ng Cauayan City ang dalawang bangkay ng Chinese Drug syndicate members na napatay sa pagsagupa nila sa PDEA, SWAT enforcers
matapos isilbi ang isang Search Warrant at Seizure Order ng RTC Quezon City, habang abala din ang SOCO Cauayan City sa paglilista ng mga mahalagang ebidensya laban sa
mga operators ng shabu mega lab. Dalawang armas at mga bala ng machine pistol at cal. 45 ang narekober ng raiding team ng mga awtoridad. Valley Hot News file photo, jgd

Unang SOCA ni Mayor Mudz Diaz ibinandera sa AIP sa pulong ng CDPC

ILAGAN CITY, Isabela - Ubi Concordia, Ibi Victoria!, Where there is Unity, there is victory!, Kapag may pag-kakaisa, may tagumpay ang bawat isa, ito ang bungad na mga
katagang Latino na isinigaw ni City Mayor Evelyn Mudz C. Diaz sa kanyang kauna-unahang State of the City Address(SOCA) noong isang linggo sa Ilagan City Community
Center.
Ibinahagi sa mga bisita at libo-libong Ilaguenios ni Mayor Diaz ang kanyang komprehensibong three year development plan para lalo pang umangat ang City of Ilagan
kaagapay ng paglago ng ekonomiya sa buong bayan.
Sa Annual Investment Plan(AIP) na nakapaloob sa inilatag ng City Development Council kung saan si Mayor Diaz ang namumuno sa konseho, sinang-ayunan at lumusot
sa session ng konseho ang Ph 323 million plus sa araw ng SOCA ang pagtatayo ng maraming infra at ang social services para sa Ilaguenios.
Matapos ang session ng Ilagan City Development Council, isinunod ni Mayor Mudz Diaz ang kanyang unang SOCA bilang ina ng Ilagan City.
Inilarawan ng lady city mayor ang nagdaang delubyong sanhi ng Super Typhoon Lawin kung saan muling hinagupit ng todo ng kalamidad ang buong kalunsuran,
gayunman, sinabi ng alkalde na hindi sila nawalan ng lakas ng loob sa tulong ng Diyos na muling bumangon.
...sundan sa p./2

November 28 - December 4, 2016

Ilang Chinese drug...

mula sa p./ 1
Isa isa umanong
nagsibatan at nawawala
na sa eksena lalo na sa
mga
eksklusibong
pasugalan na tanging ang
grupong Chinese national
lamang ang magkakaharap
na
naglalaro
ng
cards(baraha at majong)
sa likurang bahagi ng Hua
Lao sa Quezon St. ng
lungsod.
Ayon sa sources,
tumigil na ng pagkikita
ang kilalang grupo sa Hua
Lao convenient store na
siya din umanong pugad
ng kanilang pulong
tungkol di umano sa
kanilang clandestine operation ng labarotoryo sa

lumang bodega at old

house na pag-aari ni dating Mayor Manuel Tio ng
Luna, Isabela.
Mariing itinanggi ni
Mayor Tio na may
kinalaman
siya
sa
nabuking na umanoy drug
laboratory
matapos
salakayin ng PNP-AIDG
at PDEA, SWAT Team ng
Cauayan
City
ang
magsisimula pa lamang na
kanilang operasyon sa
paggawa ng shabu.
Ayon sa mga opisyal
ng PDEA chemist at experts, sa kanilang pagtaya,
kayang gumawa ng 400
kilong high grade shabu
ang natuklasang labora-

Unang SOCA...
mula sa p./ 1
Kung magugunita,
nakaranas din ng pahirap
ang administrasyon ni
Mayor Jay Diaz matapos
pumasok sa AOR ang super
typhoon
Juannawasak ang maraming
community centers ng
ilang
barangay
at
nagliparan ang maraming
kabahayan at school buildings,
kabilang
ang
pagkasira ng malawak na

maisan.
Binaha
ng
rumaragasang agos ang
kalakhang Cabisera mula
sa Cagayan at Magat River.
Kasabay ng SOCA,
ang malinaw ang nilalaman
ng iprinisintang Power
Point ng dokumentadong
kasaysayan
upang
mailarawan ng lady city
mayor ang pahirap ni
Lawin.

tory ng shabu sa loob ng

isang linggo.
Gayunman, paniwala
ng ilang awtoridad na sa
ibang bahagi ng Isabela na
patagong nakagawa ng
droga ng hindi nalalaman
ng mga awtoridad dahilan
sa di umanoy tahimik ang
mga Chinese drug lords at
mahigpit ang kanilang
pasekretong paggawa ng
droga.
Ayon sa ilang Filipino
na
trabahador
ng
mayamang chinese national na napakaluwag
nilang magpa suweldo at
maging sa cash advances
ay nakapagbibigyan sila
hanggang sa Ph 10, 000
cash.
Sabi ng ilang sources
na
tumangging
magpabanggit ng kanilang
pangalan, na ilang mukha

na datiy kahalubilo at
nasasalubong sa mga
kilalang resto ang biglang
nagpulasan, naglahong
parang bula matapos ang
pagsalakay ng PDEA-PNP
AIDG at SWAT sa
Cauayan City.
Isang malawak na
compound sa lungsod ang
pinaglagyan ng kanilang
mga cargo trucks sa gitna
ng hot pursuits ng PDEA
sa ilang Chinese Drug
Gang.
Samantala, sa wakas
may umangkin na sa mga
cadaver ng dalawang drug
lords na napatay matapos
umanong manlaban sa
mga awtoridad makaraang
pasukin ng PDEA sa bisa
ng Search Warrant at Seizure Order ng RTC Quezon
City branch. .Joe Dasig,
Valley Hot News

Tulad ni dating Mayor

Jay Diaz, ang kanyang
maybahay ay hindi
nawalan ng pag-asa sa
tulong ng SP members,
mabilis na isinagawa ang
deklarasyon ng State of
Calamity upang tugunan
ang mabilisang pagkilos sa
emergency purchases ng
relief goods at iba pang
medisina sa mga sinalanta
ni Lawin.
Agaran
ang
pagbabangon sa mga
winasak na gusaling
paaralan, mga community
centers matapos maglaan

ng kaukulang pondo ang

city government.
Kakaiba ang gilas na
ipinamalas ni City Mayor
Evelyn Mudz CatolicoDiaz sa dating former City
Mayor Josemarie Jay L.
Diaz, gayunman inamin ng
huli
na
laging
isinasangguni din sa kanya
kung ano ang prioridad at
kung ano ang mga susunod
na hakbang.
Nakatutok kasi si
Mayor Jay sa kung
papaano din magpamalas
ng talino at galing ang
kanyang
butihing

City Mayor Evelyn Mudz C. Diaz of Ilagan stands proud and asserts her plans and program for 2017 will be realized
and hoping for the best ahead among Ilaguenios who were devastated by Super Typhoon Lawin during her first State of
the City Address held here recently. Her plans and programs laid out during the session of Annual Investment Plans
(AIP) and approved by no less than the compositions of City Development Planning Council which she chaired. Valley
Hot News lensman, jgd

Mayor Diaz joined by her husband former City Mayor Jay Diaz, Vice Mayor Vedasto Vilanueva, and Rev. Fr. Engino
Rapadas, and members of her city council for a photo ops after her SOCA message. Valley Hot News lensman, jgd

Nueva Vizcaya IP farmers

get fund forum service
from DTI
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - At least 51 upland farmers in Dupax del Norte town recently received Financing
Forum service from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in a bid to boost the farmers income.
Albert Pamatian, chief trade and industry development specialist, said the participants were Ibaloi and
Kalanguya tribes involved in the production of high
value vegetables.
The activity aims to address the insufficient capital
of upland farmers inorder to maximize their crop production, he said.
Pamatian said the upland farmers were oriented on
the terms and conditions of the Pocket Farmers Lending
Program (PFLP) of the SB Corporation.
Because of this, the farmers have signified their
intention to avail of the financing program to improve
their income, he said. Ben Moses Ebreo
maybahay-kung kayang
lagpasan o mapanatili ni
Mayor Mudz Diaz ang ilang
taong ibinuhos ng dating
city mayor.
Ang makulay na accomplishments at kung
saan nakilala ang Ilagan
City sa buong bansa mula
sa nutrition, child friendly,
anti drug campaign ng
BADAC, sa larangan ng
agrikultura hanggang sa
social
services
at
edukasyon.
Un-precedented, hindi
kayang
tularan
at
napakabilis ng sikad ng
pagbabago sa bawat sulok
ng City of Ilagan sa loob
ng maigsing panahon na
naupong city mayor si
Mayor Jay Diaz.
Pinangarap pa rin ni
Diaz ang mabuo ang isang
maningning na pangalan
ng Ilagan City.
Ang Ilagan City ay
binubuo ng 91 barangays
at
isang
dosenang
miyembro ng Sangguniang
Panlungsod, hindi unabis
nahirapan si Mayor Diaz
na sila ay pakisamahan at
pag-isahin-united alangalang sa kapakanan ng mga
Ilaguenios.
#AIP-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Sa kanyang SOCA, isa
isang binanggit ni Diaz ang
kanyang priority projectsang tapusin ang mga rehab
ng mga gusali at kalsada
hanggang sa sisilungang
mga school buildings ng
mga bata.
Naglaan na rin ng Ph 2
milyong halaga para ayusin
ang kalsada patungo sa
Regional Drug Rehab Center sa Brgy. San Antonio.
Road Concreting at
farm to Market Roads sa 12
barangay at lugar na
makakatulong sa ginhawa
ng magsasaka palabas ng
merkado, tulad ng Paliueg,
Bigao Road, Carikkikan Sur,
Alibagu 1st-Sipay-Marana
3 rd , San Ignacio road at

marami pang iba.

Mga box culvert at
daluyan ng mga sewage
system para maikubli ang
nakakasulasuk na amoy ng
mga canal.
Sa paglalatag ng
aspalto
sa
Alibagu(Landing)
at
Centro Poblacion ay isa rin
sa top concerns ng CPDO
sa ilalim ng administration
ni Mayor Mudz Diaz.
Hindi na makikisilong
ang mga barangay folks
sakaling
may
mga
malawakang paglilikas sa
panahon ng kalamidad ang
maraming lugar sa Ilagan
City.
Dalawampot
isang(21)
barangay
halls(covered courts) ang
isina-alang alang ni Diaz
ngayong
2017
ang
konstruksyun ng multi purpose halls na magagamit ng
bawat barangay tulad ng
Cabisera-2,
Bangag,
Naguilian Norte, San Juan
at Rugao may kabuuang
halaga ng Ph 22 million.
Inaasahang tatapusin
din ang nasimulang
projects sa maraming covered courts sa halagang
humigit kumulang sa Ph 27
million.
Samantala dumalo sa
maraming pagkakataon
sina Mayor Bernard
Faustino M. Dy at Vice
Mayor Leoncio Bong
Dalin ng City of Cauayan
at ilang miyembro ng
Sangguniang Panlungsod
sa mahalagang pagtitipon
at hinarap sila ni dating City
Mayor Jay Diaz bilang
espesyal na panauhin.
Si Fr. Engino at ilang
imbitadong panauhin ang
hindi nawawala sa senaryo
tulad ng PNP Ilagan City,
BFP, SOCO personnel.
Kasabay nito, isang
simpleng birthday celebration ang bumati kay City
Vice Mayor Vedasto
Villanueva na sabay sabay
na inawitan sa Ilagan City
Convention Center.

November 28 - December 4, 2016

Bicam Approves Proposed 2017 National Budget

SENATOR
LOREN
LEGARDA announced that
the bicameral conference
committee approved today
the proposed P3.350 trillion
national budget for 2017
following the consolidation
of the respective versions
of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
The bicam report will
be presented by Legarda,
Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, and Rep.
Karlo Nograles, Chairman of
the House Committee on
Appropriations, to their respective chambers during
the session today for ratification before the same is
submitted to President
Rodrigo Duterte for his sig-

nature.
This is a budget that
is in line with the Presidents
10-Point Socioeconomic
Agenda and we ensured
that it funds the necessary
services needed by our citizens, such as universal
healthcare, free tuition for
all in state universities and
colleges (SUCs), and additional funds for social services. We also allocated
funds for free irrigation, additional funds for prisoners
subsistence allowance,
pension for Post World War
II veterans and centenarians, among others, said
Legarda.
Among the highlights
of the budget is the strong

support for education with

the increased budget worth
P8 billion for the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) so that all college
students enrolled in any
SUC in the country will not
have to pay for their tuition
fee.
The budget for SUCs
was also increased to provide additional funds for
scholarship and capital outlay for all SUCs; while increased allocation for the
Department of Education
(DepEd) is intended for site
development of public
schools and to increase
teachers cash or chalk allowance from P1,500 to
P2,500, which they use to

purchase classroom supplies like chalk, erasers and

forms.
For healthcare, P3 billion increase in the
PhilHealth was approved so
that all Filipinos will now be
covered by the universal
healthcare program, while
indigent patients will not
have to pay for anything in
government hospitals under
the No Balance Billing
(NBB) policy.
The bicam also approved additional funds for
the Department of Health
(DOH) worth P1.521 billion
for the Doctors to the Barrio program, construction
of additional health facilities, and medical assistance

With City Mayor Mudz Diaz are her abled and supportive Brgy. Chairwomen who listened to her SOCA address held
at Ilagan City Convention Center recently. The Patriot lensman, jgd

DPWH completes P3.5M farm-to-market road

PENABLANCA, Cagayan - Farmers and commuters from barangay San Roque of this town and its neighboring barangays
are now enjoying the benefits of the newly completed P3.5 million worth of farm-to-market road project.
In span of four months and despite unfavorable weather conditions, the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH)-3rd Engineering District was able to complete the 485 meters road project which was started last June of this
year.
District Engineer Danilo U. Tabilas said the construction of the project provides better road access to farmers and
commuters from the area, especially in the delivery of goods and services to the market as well as in bringing in goods
for their daily consumption.
Tabilas added that the project also serves as drying facility of the farmers of their agricultural produce considering
the absence of public solar dryers in their area.
He said another farm-to-market road will be constructed in a nearby community of the said barangay next year.
Oliver T. Baccay

to indigent patients; as
well as the P2.646 billion
allocation for the establishment of DOHTreatment and Rehabilitation Centers in regions which do not
have such facility.
Under the Department of Social Welfare
and Development
(DSWD), P100 million will be granted
to centenarians
and additional
funding is provided for the supplemental
feeding program. Moreover, all 4.4 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps) will now be entitled to
a rice allowance in the form
of cash grants.
Under the National Irrigation Administration
(NIA) budget, the amount
of P2 billion is provided to
subsidize irrigation fees
that farmers have long been
shouldering.
For livelihood and
microenterprises support,
additional P1 billion is allocated under the Small Business Corporation so it can
provide loans at almost no
interest
to
microenterprises; additional
funds were also provided
for various programs of the
Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) including Employment Facilitation and Capacity Building
Services.
Under the Technical
Education and Skills Development
Authority
(TESDA), Congress approved funds for the Training for Work Scholarship
Program/Livelihood, as well
as Training Provision for
Drug Dependents.
For the Department of
Interior and Local Government (DILG), additional
funds were provided for
training and equipment of
firefighters, support to the
Philippine National Polices
(PNP) fight against illegal
drugs, increased subsistence allowance of prisoners and rehabilitation and
construction of jail facilities.
Additional funds were
also allocated to the Department of National Defense
(DND) to fund activities to
effectively defend the coun-

try from internal and external threats, as well as to

fund programs such as the
repair of Veterans Center,
expanded veterans hospitalization program, and construction of cadet barracks.
The bicam also approved allocation for the
combat and incentive pay
of the military and police
worth P12.1 billion, as well
as funding for the Capability Enhancement Program
of the PNP.
For environment and
resilience programs, funds
under the Department of
Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) were allocated for restoration of
mangroves, which are effective buffers against storm
surge and tsunami. In implementing the National Greening Program (NGP), the
DENR should use planting
materials that are responsive to the needs of the communities such as fruit-bearing trees, bamboo, coconut
trees, and trees that are important for traditional use
and livelihood of indigenous peoples and local
communities.
Legarda also ensured
continued support for heritage, arts and culture under the 2017 national budget.
This is a pro-people
budgetone that will be
felt by those at the
grassroots as it prioritizes
rural development and social services. But these
funds must be spent judiciously and expeditiously.
I urge agencies of government to spend these resources well and address
the challenges that lead to
underspending or low absorptive
capacity,
Legarda concluded

Labor group sees increase in employment in 2017 but expresses

concern on rising underemployment
LABOR group Associated
Labor Unions (ALU) attributes the high employment rate to the optimism
created by President
Dutertes repeated promise to seriously address
the worsening problems
on peace and order situation, graft and corruption
in government bureaucracy, drastic cutting on
red tape specifically the
setting up of business operations and on his promise to build unprecedented
number of strategic infrastructures.
In a Labor Force Sur-

vey released by Philippine

Statistics Authority (PSA)
showed unemployment
reached its lowest level
4.7% in 11 years.
We are also seeing
Mr. Dutertes aggressive
pro-China diplomacy initiatives, peace talking
with the communist movement actors, separatist entities and personalities in
Mindanao and his leadership sincerity helped magnify the optimism for local
and foreign investors to
put up jobs-creating investments, said Alan
Tanjusay, ALU spokes-

person.
Feeling secured and
assured of their investments, he said these investors set up shops early
to anticipate the fruits of
reduced graft and corruption, capitalize on the ease
of doing business, and increased mobility due to
improve peace and order
situation.
Plus, they also anticipate and directly and
indirectly participate to
take part as Mr. Duterte is
hell-bent to spend big
money on building mega
infrastructures. All these

combined to create jobs

which what we have now
in anticipation of the bigger things to come,
Tanjusay said.
Tanjusay said if Mr.
Dutertes leadership momentum is not interrupted,
construction allied services would emerge and
help create jobs.
However, the underemployment scenario
should be a cause of concern for government and
employers, he said.
It could mean that
though there are jobs
available but their wages

and benefits are inadequate for them to cope

with rising cost of living
particularly the increasing
prices of basic goods and
costs of services, he said.
Government and employers, therefore, should
act simultaneously in addressing this underemployment rate. Employers
should raise their wages
and improve direct and indirect benefits to workers
to help mitigate the rising
rate of underemployment.
Government should improve social protection
benefits and insurance,

enforce labor laws and

safeguard predatory increase of prices of basic
commodities.
With all of these, we
see an unprecedented increase in domestic employment in the year
ahead. But if employers
and government ignore
underemployment solutions, economic growth
will continue to be non-inclusive and inequitable
with the very few upper
class people racing to the
top while the working
people are racing to the
bottom, Tanjusay said.

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Triumvirate of ill repute

THE filing of criminal cases against President Rodrigo Duterte,
which is another yellow hype since the President is immune from
suit, would make it a case of the word of Edgar Matobato, the
witness of Senators Leila de Lima and Sonny Trillanes, against
the findings of the Senate committee on justice and human rights.
The Senate panels report stated that state-sponsored
extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and the Davao Death Squad (DDS)
were myths while self-styled
DDS member Matobato
claims in his complaint that
Duterte was behind both the
EJKs and the DDS.
Last Friday, Matobato filed murder and kidnapping complaints
against Duterte, his eldest son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo
Duterte, Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald
de la Rosa and 25 others on allegations anchored on his testimonies
before the Senate panel regarding his activities as an alleged
member of the DDS that he claimed existed during the term of
Duterte as mayor of Davao City.
Matobatos complaint before the Ombudsman against Duterte
was for kidnapping, murder, violation of Republic Act 9745 or the
Anti-Torture Act, and violations of RA 9851 or the Philippine Act
on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and
Other Crimes Against Humanity.
The Ombudsman had dismissed an earlier investigation on
the so-called DDS.
Gordon said it was too obvious that Matobato only proxied for
de Lima and Trillanes in filing the complaint against Duterte.
Matobato was de Limas surprise witness in the Senate hearing
on EJK when she was still chairman of the probe panel which the
Senate stripped her and gave to Gordon. He had no affidavit before
he testified in the Senate, which is a violation of Senate probe
rules. His name was never in any list of witnesses and de Lima
just popped up with Matobato as a surprise witness, which is again
in violation of the rules.
Matobato is also under Trillanes custody, after the Gordons
panel refused to grant him protection.
Gordon said that the filing of the charges against Duterte was
merely propaganda to make it appear they have a case when they
dont have one.
He said the Senate panel during the EJK hearings already
found that he was a lying, unreliable witness.
Not hidden from the recent moves of the new triumvirate of
de Lima, Trillanes and Matobato is that all the efforts are leading
to a major yellow offensive against Rody by the start of next year.

Off to a good start

IT was a brief phone call that
lasted only not more than eight
minutes but that chat between
whom many call as two peas in a
pod, The Donald, US President
Donald Trump, and Rody, President Duterte, may have opened
up a better engagement between
the US and the Philippines.
Rody has long shown his hostility toward the administration of
President Barack Obama in retaliation to Obamas criticisms of

the conduct of his drug war and

in particular blaming the extrajudicial killings to Rodys campaign.
Rody railed against US hypocrisy and bullying and
other less palatable words hurled
at Obama and other governments
and institutions which keep on
issuing threats against his illegal
drug war.
Special assistant Bong Go
who was around when the call

Holiday on Ice, tulak-batak sa

Santiago City? atbp
HOLIDAY on ice nga ba
ang tawag sa mga bumabatak at
tulak ng shabu sa Santiago City?
Maraming concern citizens at
Netizens ang nagtatanong kung
bakit malamig ang operatives ng
PNP Anti Illegal Drugs Group at
PDEA sa kontra droga sa
maraming barangay sa Santiago
City.
Tanong tuloy ng maraming
Santiaguenios bakit daw walang
nanlaban sa mga kilala at
bistadong tulak ng droga na tila
maingat sa head on encounter
ang mga taga PDEA at PNP Anti
Illegal Drug Group kung kaya
wala pang naitatalang napatay
na tulak ng shabu.
Longest highway sa ilalim ng
4th DPWH project
Sa mga motoristang puro
kamut sa ulo tungkol sa mga
Questions and Answer sa kung
kailan matatapos ang itinuturing
na longest road concreting to
finish.
Dito kayo mapapakamut ng
todo
at
kaawaan
ang
pagkamatay ni Mayor Rodolfo
Bernardo Jr. na nasawi matapos
sumabog ang harapang gulong
ng sinasakyang Toyota Fortuner.
Nagpaikot-ikot daw at
sumadsad sa isang medyo
malalim na kabukiran sa Brgy.
Sinsayon, Santiago City sa
kahabaan ng Daang Maharlika.
Kuwento ng driver ni Mayor
Bernardo, umobertek daw sa
sinusundang isa pang sasakyan
ng hindi akalaing masasaldak
ang gulong sa medyo may
kalalimang butas sa ginagawang
kalsada sa bahagi ng Brgy.
Malapat, Cordon, Isabela pasado
alas onse ng gabi.
Sa pagmamadali umano ng
barurot na patakbo ng kanyang
driver na si Emerson Velarde, na
makarating sa Cauayan City,

mukhang nabigla sa tumambad

sa kanyang harapan ang ilang
metrong haba ng di natapos na
concreting na trabaho ng isang
contractor na si Jesse Palomo.
Sumabog ang gulong sa
harapan, at mukhang hindi na
nakontrol ng driver ang kanyang
manubela kung kaya nag-tumbling hanggang sa mahulog sa
kabukiran.
Dead on arrival sa Callang
Medical Center si Mayor
Bernardo habang ang dalawang
sakay nito ay nasa kritikal na
kondisyon doon.
Butas ang sinisisi ng tsuper
na sanhi ng kamatayan ni
Bernardo.
Sa tawag via long distance
call ng cellphone, sinabi ni Engr.
Bong Angubong ng DPWH-R2
na mula pa noong 2015
nakakontrata
umano
kay
Palomo, pero ito anya ay
lumagpas sa kontratang sakup ni
Palomo.
Ang tanong, ng mga kaanak
ni Mayor Bernardo, bakit
inabandona ni Palomo at ng 4 th
Engineering
District
ang
kakarampot na bahagi ng high
ways gayung alam nilang
delikado para sa mga motorist
ang
nakatiwangwangnakatenggang butas, gayung
iyung kalahati ng center lane ay
natapos na sinemento at bukas
na sa mga motorists.
Now who is to blame? Bulag
ba ang mga awtoridad ng DPWH
at hindi nila pinag-aralan na
delikado ito sa lahat ng
gumagamit
ng
Daang
Maharlika?
We heard the families of
Mayor Bernardo will file case
against those DPWH officials
thats answerable in the early
death of the young mayor and total wrecked of Toyota Fortuner.

happened said it was an animated

conversation that touched on the
repair of relations between the
two countries.
Rody noted the long history
of friendship and cooperation between the two nations, and
agreed that the two governments
would continue to work together
closely on matters of shared interest and concern, a Palace
statement said.
The strained relations between the Philippines and the US
and among the Philippines and
other Western nations remain as
a major diplomatic hump for the
administration of Rody.
The source of diplomatic
strain, however, was mostly the
result of bitter criticisms on Rody
for the more than 3,000 deaths in
the past five months of his conduct in the war on drugs.
The conflict came to the point
of Rody threatening to sever economic and military relations with
the US which he said in one of
his engagements during his
China
state
visit.
In what was termed as Rodys
own version of a policy pivot, he
said that the Philippines is joining a new world order that would

have China and Russia leading it.

Amid Rodys rhetoric, the US
has threatened to withdraw financial aid to the country but
later retreated and limited the financial sanctions on the Philippine National Police (PNP).
The dialog provides a good
start, particularly since the
Trump administration promised
to conduct relations with the Philippines under Rody on a clean
slate.
It also appears that the renewed relations between the US
and the Philippines would mostly
be based on the economic rather
than the military front, as was the
case during the Obama administration.
The relations between both
countries will have the least political baggage compared to the
past.
Trump is a New York businessman who has never previously held public office while
Rody was a Davao City mayor
who never had a national post
before assuming the presidency.
Trump, during the campaign
for the November polls, stressed
the very important strategic loturn to p./5

November 28 - December 4, 2016

Bitayin ang bitay

ISA na namang usaping
nakakahati sa mamamayan ang
nauukol sa pagbuhay sa death
penalty sa mga karumal-dumal
na krimen. Sa mga human rights
acti-vists at sa sector ng
simbahan, ito ay dapat ibasura.
Pero doon sa mga naging biktima
ng heinous crimes, alam ko na
masaya nilang susuportahan ang
pagbabalik
sa
parusang
kamatayan.
At kahit hindi ka dumanas
ng ganyang buktot na krimen,
kapag nakarinig ka na may bata
o lola na ginahasa at pinatay,
gusto mo na talupan ng buhay
ang gumawa ng kabuktutan.
Ang
nakakainis
pa,
masentensyahan man nang habambuhay na pagkabilanggo ang
isang kriminal ay para siyang
hari sa loob ng bilangguan lalu
na kung may salapi siya at
impluwensya. Hindi na kaila sa
marami
ang
nabistong
pamamayagpag ng negosyong
droga sa New Bilibid Prisons, sa
mismong maximum security pa.
Naririyan din ang mga mala-hotel
na
kubol
ng
mga
masasalaping preso.
Kaya parang napakahirap
magdesisyon
kung
dapat
tanggapin o ibasura ang
parusang
kamatayan
na
aprobado na sa House Committee on Justice. Samantala,

nananawagan ang Simbahang

Katoliko
sa
mga
mananampalataya na manalangin
para mabasura ang parusang
kamatayan.
Ako ay may reservation sa
panunumbalik ng parusang ito.
Papayag lang ako kung mayroon
tayong isang justice system na
walang sinisino, mayaman man
o mahirap. Kaso, mas madalas
na ang pinakamahirap ang
napagkakaitan ng katarungan
habang ang mga mayayaman ay
nakakalusot
sa
kanilang
mabibigat na asunto.
Sinimulan na ng mga
Katoliko ang tinatawag na
Prayer Against Death Penalty
na magtatagal sa buong panahon
ng Kapaskuhan.
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
NAMAN ANG HARAPIN
Isang rally ang ginawa sa
maraming lugar sa bansa bilang
paggunita sa Human Rights
Day. Nagdulot ng trapik sa
Maynila ang rally sa Mendiola
at
Liwasang
Bonifacio.
Pinananawagan ng mga raliyista
na itigil na ang madugong
pagpatay kaugnay sa kampanya
sa illegal drugs. Nakakasawa na
umano ang araw-araw na
pagpatay sa drug suspects. Libo
na ang napapatay mula nang
paigtingin ang kampanya sa illegal drugs.

Honor Comes to Those Who Honor

BLURB:

We are to honor authority, relationships, and God.

In return, we will receive honor.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under Gods mighty hand, that he

may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because
he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
The Philippines has a new President after the May elections. Whoever our next president is, we are to give our respect and honor. This
is not a suggestion. This is a mandate if you consider the Bible the
true, inspired Word of God.
We are commanded to show honor. But what is honor?
The Greek word for honor is time (tee-MAY). It meant to value,
to respect, or to highly esteem. It was usually associated with a
way to assign value.
The Bible is very clear on this matter. Paul wrote in Romans.
Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority
comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed
there by God. So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling
against what God has instituted God has allowed whoever wins
this election to do so. It is for his purpose. It may be to punish the

cation of the Philippines and

blamed Obama for failing to take
the time to get to know world
leaders.
He is perfectly capable of
talking to Duterte in an open way
without being wedded to previous policy failures, a source in
the Trump camp told a news wire
outfit.
Rody had shown his intent to
improve relations with the US,
under a Trump administration,
even before the results of the US
polls were known.

mong the new ambassadors

he appointed was a multi-millionaire real estate tycoon Jose
Antonio, who bought the rights to
name a new office tower in Manila named Trump Towers.
It was believed that the short
phone call between Rody and
The Donald was facilitated by
Trumps business partners in the
Philippines and a core group of
advisers, who include Trumps
children.
Whatever was taken in the
short call, which some say was a
Trump invitation for Rody to visit
the US, the mere fact that everything went well made many exhale a breath of relief.

Anim na buwan na ang

nakalilipas mula nang isagawa
ang anti-drug campaign pero
hindi pa rin drug-free ang bansa.
Marami pa rin ang walang takot
at patuloy na nagtutulak at may
mga Chinese pang nagluluto ng
shabu. Hanggang kailan kaya
ito?
Habang marami pa ang
nagtutulak ng shabu, marami rin
namang opisyal ng gobyerno ang
sangkot sa katiwalian at
hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin
naman nakakatikim ng bagsik
ng kamao ni Duterte. Kaya wala
pang nasasampolan mula nang
umupo. Mas natutukan ang illegal na droga. Dapat magpokus
naman si Duterte sa mga corrupt
sa pamahalaan.
Nang magsalita siya sa
alumni homecoming ng San
Beda College of Law isang
linggo na ang nakararaan, sinabi
niyang ang sunod niyang target
ay ang mga corrupt public officials. Mayroon umano siyang
listahan. Ipapahiya raw niya ang
corrupt public officials..

Kung galit ang Presidente

nagpapakalat ng illegal na
droga, galit din siya sa mga corrupt sa pamahalaan. Nang
maupo sa puwesto noong Hunyo
30, ang pagdurog sa mga corrupt
ang kanyang unang pinangako.
Binalaan niya ang mga corrupt sa
Land Transportation Office
(LTO), Bureau of Customs (BOC)
at Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BIR) na sisibakin sa puwesto.
Kamakailan, inatasan niya ang
lahat nang pinuno ng Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC)
na magbitiw na sa puwesto
kasunod nang nabulgar na corruption sa tanggapan. Sabi ni
Duterte, naka-commit na siya sa
mamamayan na wawasakin ang
corruption sa mga tanggapan ng
pamahalaan at gagawin niya ito.
Hindi raw siya nagbibiro.
Naiinip ang taumbayan sa
pangako. Gusto nilay makita
ang bangis ni Duterte sa mga corrupt. Matutuwa ang sambayanan
kung may masasampolang corrupt public officials. Hindi sana
pawang salita lang.

church from straying away from him and becoming too engrossed in
the world. It may be to challenge the church to become united once
again and overturn the wickedness of the nation. We dont know.
But according to Gods Word our next president was allowed to be
placed there by him.
Now some of you may be thinking, No way will I show honor to
such a wicked terrible person. The apostle Peter would challenge
you on that when he wrote, You who are slaves must submit to
your masters with all respect. Do what they tell younot only if they
are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel.
Unfortunately, we do not have the right as believers to determine
whether we will show honor or not.
There is another position of authority that you are to show honor
too. That is the position the leader of the church.
1 Thessalonians 5:12 Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who
are your leaders in the Lords work. They work hard among you and
give you spiritual guidance.
Beside authority, you have a responsibility to honor those in relationship with you. One is your parents. Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor
your father and mother, as the Lord your God commanded you. Then
you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving
you.
God has placed great value on our parents. Often as a child, we
think our parents are being harsh and unreasonable until God does a
wondrous work and makes us a parent. Then we see things in a different perspective. We feel the hurt of harsh words that were spoken
by us to our parents when they are aimed at us. If they havent happened yet, they will. As you age you may experience the loneliness of
neglect that your parents experienced because you were too busy to
take time to meet their needs. It happens. Nursing homes are filled
with neglected parents.

...to be continued

POEA warns OFW applicants vs illegal recruiters

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan - The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) here reminded the Overseas Filipino Worker applicants on the rampant illegal
recruitment.
Romeo Jaramilla, regional coordinator, said despite the conduct of series of information dissemination and trainings on how to identify illegal recruitment, there are still many
individuals who are victims of illegal recruitment.
Jaramilla said most of the victims of illegal recruitment are those who patronage shortcut processes because of their eagerness to work abroad.
Applicants must examine if the recuiters have permits or legal documents to operate provided by the POEA, Jaramilla said.
He said when illegal recruiters are apprehended, none among the applicants has the courage to file a case against them.
We keep on telling these victims of illegal recruitment to file a case against their recruiters so that they will no longer operate. When no one files a case, then, they will just go
somewhere else and operate again, Jaramilla added.
He also advised applicants who are undergoing Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) to listen carefully and ensure that they will be fully informed on their rights, privileges
and necessary actions to take when they encounter problems and difficulties with regards to the recruitment agency they applied to as well as issues concerning their foreign
employers. Oliver T. Baccay

November 28 - December 4, 2016

SSS nakiusap na ipatupad ang inisyal na P1k dagdag-pensyon

TUGUEGARAO CITY,
Cagayan - Nakikiisa ang
Social Security System
(SSS) sa layunin ng ating
mga mambabatas para sa
mas mataas na pensyon
bilang
tugon
sa
sintimyento ng publiko, at
reasonable naman ito dahil

sa taas ng mga bilihin

ngayon. Nakikiusap kami
sa ating mga mambabatas
na pakinggan ang aming
mungkahi kung paano
maipapatupad
ang
dagdag-pensyon na hindi
masasakripisyo ang buhay
ng pondo, sabi ni SSS

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22) Anumang

sentimiyento mo ngayong Pasko sa buhay ay
dapat munang kalimutan at huwag mong dalhin
sa gitna ng kasiyahan. Magiging maaliwalas ka
sa buong taon kung malinis ang katauhan mo.
Buwenas na numero 5,2, 30 at 14 buwenas na
mga araw Martes at Lunes hanggang sa araw ng
Linggo.
SAGITARIUS (November 23-December 21)
Simpleng handa sa Holiday Season ay senyales
ng pamumuhay ni Baby Jesus sa sabsaban.
Gawing maligaya ang Pasko mo at hindi
kalabisan sa bisyo. Buwenas na mga numero
19, 2, 13 at 5, buwenas na mga araw mo Sabado,
Lunes at Miyerkoles.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19)
Napakaligaya nyong pamilya bunga ng pagiwas mo sa masamang bisyo. Magbago ka ng
tuluyan at talikuran mo ng minsanan ang
masamang pinagdaanan mo. Buwenas na
numero 8, 2, 21, 4, 36 at 14 buwenas na mga
araw Miyerkoles at Huwebes.

Chairman Dean Amado D.

Valdez.
Nakiusap ang SSS sa
mga mambabatas na
bigyan ng konsiderasyon
ang mungkahi nitong
ipatupad ang P2,000
dagdag-pensyon
sa
dalawang panahon, ang
unang P1,000 across-theboard pension sa 2017 at
panibagong P1,000 sa 2022
o mas maaga pa. Anila, mas
kakayanin ang ganitong
pagpapatupad
dahil
maiiwasang ipasa ang
dagdag-pensyon sa mga
nagbabayad ng buwis.
Malalagay
sa
panganib ang pondo ng
SSS kapag ipinatupad
kaagad ang P2,000 dagdagpensyon. Ang opsyon na
P1,000 inisyal na pension
ay mas magagawa ngayon
at patungo pa din ito sa
layuning karagdagang
P2,000 pensyon bawat
buwan sa lahat ng mga
pensyonado ng SSS, sabi
Valdez na pinangunahan
ang mga opisyal ng SSS sa
pagdinig ng Senado sa

mga batas patungkol sa

pensyon ngayong Lunes.
Sa ngayon ay tatagal
ang pondo ng SSS
hanggang 2042 ngunit
iigsi sa 2025 kung kaagad
ipapatupad ang P2,000
dagdag-pensyon. Kapag
ipinatupad ito sa 2017,
kailangan ng SSS ng P64
bilyong karagdagang
pondo para sa pensyon sa
taon lamang na iyon dahil
inaasahang tataas ito taontaon.
Sa P1,000 dagdagpensyon, tatagal ang
pondo ng SSS hanggang
2032. Ang natitirang
pondo ay maaaring ilagak
sa pamumuhunan para
kumita pa ito, kasabay ng
pagpapatupad ng mga
programa tulad ng mas
mahusay na koleksyon ng
kontribusyon,
at
pagpapaunlad
ng
operasyon para mas
makatipid.
Patuloy ang SSS sa
pag-aaral
ng
mga
kakaibang paraan tulad ng
pamumuhunan sa mga

korporasyon
ng
elektrisidad, tubig at ibang
utilities gayundin ang
Public-Private Partnerships sa paggawa ng mga
imprastraktura tulad ng
mga
kalsada
na
magbibigay
ng
pangmatagalang kita ng
pondo para sa mga
miyembro ng SSS.
May mga sektor na
nagsasabing
hindi
mababangkarote ang SSS
dahil may garantiya ito ng
pamahalaan batay sa Social Security Law. Ngunit
ang ibig sabihin nito ay
kakargahin ng mga
nagbabayad ng buwis at
sa kalaunan ay magiging
responsibilidad nila ang
pagpondo
sa
mga
obligasyon ng SSS na
nagkakahalaga ng bilyonbilyong piso taon-taon.
Sinabi ni Valdez na
kahit na posibleng
pagkunan ng P2,000
dagdag-pensyon
ang
subsidiya
mula
sa
pamahalaaan, dapat ay
pang-suplemento lamang

ito at hindi pantustos ng

kabuuang pondo na
kailangan para sa dagdagpensyon.
Isang win-win solution ang pagpapatupad
ng P2,000 dagdagpensyon sa dalawang
panahon dahil maitataas
ng institusyon ang
pensyon nang hindi
mapaparalisa
ang
kakayahan ng SSS na
manatiling buhay ang
pondo at patuloy na
bayaran
ang
mga
benepisyong obligasyon
sa mga miyembro.
Dagdag ni Valdez na
pipilitin ng bagong
pamunuan ng SSS na
makaisip ng mga bagong
opsyon at malikhaing
solusyon para itaas ang
kita ng SSS mula sa
pinaghusay na koleksyon
ng kontribusyon at
pamumuhunan,
at
pagpapaunlad operasyon
para kayanin ang pagtaas
ng pensyon at ibang
benepisyo para sa mga
miyembro.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)

Makipagbati sa isang matalik na kaibigan na
minsan ay iyung inalipusta. Hindi magandang
pangitain sa iyung kapwa ang manatiling galit
at iniismiran. Buwenas na numero 4, 31, 3,20 at
23 buwenas na mga araw Sabado at Biyernes.
PISCES (February 19-March 20) Dadaan ka sa
mainit na pagtatalo sa muling pagkikita nyo ng
isang kamag-anak, lamang kailangang maging
makatwuiran ang mainit na usapan. Buwenas
na numero 5, 31, 22, 10, at 57, buwenas na mga
araw Miyerkoles at Sabado hanggang Lunes.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Lantaran ang singaw
ng isang kaibigang lalaki, huwag pumatol sa
kanya baka hindi maganda ang patutunguhan
ng inyong pagkikita. Mabuti pang umiwas ka
na lang kung hindi mo kayang pigilan ang sarile
mo. Buwenas na numero 31, 14, 27, 19, 9,
buwenas na mga araw Martes at Lunes.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Sasalubong ang
buwenas sa iyo ngayong Bagong Taon,
kailangan mo ng tiyaga at sipag para umangat
ka sa puwesto. Buwenas na numero 8, 17, 43, 11,
29 at 6 buwenas na mga araw Lunes, Sabado at
Huwebes.
GEMINI (May 21-June 22) Mas may pag-asa
kang umangat kung makikinig sa payo ng
magulang. Huwag mo silang awayin, tama lang
na makinig ka sa kanila para walang pag-sisisi
sa bandang huli. Buwenas na numero 9, 5, 27, at
10 buwenas na mga araw Huwebes at Linggo.
CANCER (June 23-July 22) Madadama mo na
ang bagong pag-asa sa tagal mong nagsilbi ng
tapat sa amo mo. Hindi sila mga bulag na bale
wala ang itinanim mong sensiridad sa trabaho.
Tiyak may gantimpala ang susunod mong
kabanata sa buhay. Buwenas na numero 11, 22,
10, 8, at 17 buwenas na mga araw Miyerkoles at
Huwebes.
LEO (July 23-August 22) Nakakitaan ka ng sipag
at tiyaga sa hanapbuhay na ipinundar mo.
Magiging mabunga para sa buong pamilya at
hindi na sila haharap sa anumang problema.
Buwenas na mga numero 17, 9, 34, 12 at 6
Buwenas na mga araw Martes at Sabado.
VIRGO (August 23-September 23) Isang
malaking pagsubok ang haharapin mo sa
susunod na taon. Maging matatag kung gusto
mong deretsong maaliwalas ang pamilya nyo.
May hatid na ligaya ang suwerteng darating sa
inyo. Buwenas na numero 8, 2, 10, 3 at 17
buwenas na mga araw Miyerkoles at Biyernes.
LIBRA (September 24-October 23) Maliit man
at barya, pero kapag naipon sa tagal ng panahon,
tiyak lalaki din anumang pinaghirapan mo.
Manalig sa Diyos na laging Ina ng Saklolo.
Buwenas na mga numero 19, 17, 5, 11 at 18
buwenas na mga araw Miyerkoles, Biyernes at
Linggo.

Former City Mayor Josemarie L. Diaz was seen about to hug and congratulates his better half few seconds following
the city mayors first State of the City Address, while City Mayor Bernard Faustino M. Dy and Board Member Rick
J Angobung about to do the same. Valley Hot News lensman, jgd

Greenpeace gives organic seeds to

Lawin farmer-victims
SOLANA, Cagayan - Some 150 rice farmers here who were
victims of supertyphoon Lawin received organic farm inputs from the Greenpeace Southeast Asia Foundation, a
non-government organization.
Nederev Sano, executive director, said the agricultural
aid aims to help restore the livelihood of the farmers that
were severely destroyed by Lawin and to jumpstart farmers
transition to ecological agriculture in the province.
He also explained that the distribution of the said inputs is part of the organizations Peoples Food Movement program as response packages to typhoon victims.
This town is one among the heavily hit areas of the
super typhoon and the agriculture sector suffered much.
This is our little way to help farmers rise again after the
devastation and to empower them to mitigate the impacts
of climate change that resulted to worsening abnormal
weather system in the country, Sano said.
He said that their organization is also set to conduct a

seminar to the identified farmer beneficiaries on climate

resilient agriculture, self-sufficiency by preserving the
seeds, and making their own fertilizers sourced from the
materials that are abundant and readily available in their
area.
He said each beneficiary received a sack of organic
palay seed, 6 sacks of bokashi fertilizer, 6 bottles of concoction, 5 kilograms of molasses, 6 sacks of vermicast, and
a sack of vegetable seeds composed of squash, winged
beans, pechay, okra, eggplant, tomato, mustard, bottle
gourd (upo), ampalaya and patola.
Vice Mayor Meynard Carag expressed his gratitude to
the organization for reaching out his constituents.
He said the farm inputs given by the Greenpeace organization will augment the assistance given by the national
and local governments and other sectors to rehabilitate
the devastated palay plants of the farmers. Oliver T.
Baccay

DPWH completes P3.5M farm-to-market road

PENABLANCA, Cagayan - Farmers and commuters from barangay San Roque of this town and its neighboring barangays
are now enjoying the benefits of the newly completed P3.5 million worth of farm-to-market road project.
In span of four months and despite unfavorable weather conditions, the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH)-3rd Engineering District was able to complete the 485 meters road project which was started last June of this
year.
District Engineer Danilo U. Tabilas said the construction of the project provides better road access to farmers and
commuters from the area, especially in the delivery of goods and services to the market as well as in bringing in goods
for their daily consumption.
Tabilas added that the project also serves as drying facility of the farmers of their agricultural produce considering
the absence of public solar dryers in their area.
He said another farm-to-market road will be constructed in a nearby community of the said barangay next year.
Oliver T. Baccay

November 28 - December 4, 2016

IBP: Pahayag ni Duterte laban sa mga abogado ng drug suspects

NABAHALA ang Integrated Bar of the Philippines
(IBP) sa naging pahayag ni
Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte
kamakailan laban sa mga
abogadong nagta-tanggol
sa mga drug suspects.
Sa isa kasing talumpati,
sinabi ni Duterte na sunod
niyang target sa kaniyang
drug war ang mga abogado
ng drug suspects dahil
sinasamantala ng mga ito
ang judicial process.

Dahil aniya dito, tila

hinahayaan ng mga
abogado na ipagpatuloy
ang mga iligal na aktibidad
ng kanilang mga kliyente.
Ayon sa IBP, lubhang
delikado ang pahayag na
ito ni Duterte dahil posible
itong magsanhi ng hindi
maiiwasang chilling effect
sa mga abogado.
Paliwanag ng IBP,
mayroon dapat kalayaan
ang mga abogado na

magdesisyon
kung
tatanggapin
at
dedepensahan nila ang
anumang kaso, nang
walang panganib na
kinatatakutan.
Dagdag pa ng IBP,
bukod sa karapatan ng
bawat akusado ang competent legal representation, ito
rin ang sinumpaang
tungkulin ng bawat
miyembro ng IBP.
Tiniyak naman ng

organisasyon na hindi nila

kailanman kukunsintehin
ang anumang uri ng unscrupulous at unethical
na gawain sa panig ng
kanilang mga miyembro.
Ang
nasabing
pahayag ay nilagdaan ng
kanilang National President
at Chairperson of the Board

na si Atty. Rosario T. SetiasReyes; Atty. Abdiel Dan

Elijah S. Fajardo, Executive
Vice President and Governor for Western Visayas;
Atty. Franklin Calpito,
Northern Luzon Governor;
Atty. Jose De La Rama Jr.,
Central Luzon Governor;
Atty. Bienvenido Somera

Jr., Southern Luzon Governor; Atty. Romeo Igot,

Greater Manila Governor;
Atty. Mae Elaine T. Bathan,
Eastern Visayas Governor;
Atty. Caesar Europa, Eastern Mindanao Governor at
Atty. Domingo Redelosa IV,
Western Mindanao Governor. Radyo Inquirer

2 WW2 na barko ng Philippine

Navy, iginarahe na
SISIMULAN na ng Philippine Navy ang pag-decommission sa kanilang mga barko
noon pang World War 2 na mula sa Estados Unidos na aktibo pa ring ginagamit sa
serbisyo.
Ayon kay Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana, nakausap niya ang Flag Officer in
Command (FOIC) ng Navy, at sinabing kailangan nang simulan ang decommissioning
ng ilan sa mga barkong ibinigay sa atin ng US pagkatapos ng digmaan.
Sinabi ito ni Lorenzana sa kaniyang talumpati sa welcome ceremonies ng BRP
Andres Bonifacio (FF-17) sa South Harbor.
Ayon aniya sa FOIC, sa pagbili ng bansa ng mga mas bagong barko, ide-decommission na ang ilan sa mga luma, para hindi mag-diminish ang ating maritime capability.
Ang BRP Andres Bonifacio ang ikatlong weather high endurance cutter mula sa
US Coast Guard na dumating mula sa 38 araw nitong paglalayag mula sa California.
Kabilang sa mga barko ng Philippine Navy na mula pa noong World War 2 ay ang
mga BRP Rajah Humabon, BRP Rizal, BRP Laguna, BRP Malvar at BRP Quezon.
Radyo Inquirer

Patrol boats at aircraft sa South China Sea, dadaong sa bansa

DARATING ang mga barko at eroplanong pandigma sa Pilipinas mula sa Guam at Japan na nagpapatrolya sa South China Sea.
Paglilinaw ni Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, hindi maaaring gamitin ang bansa ng Estados Unidos bilang staging point sa South China Sea.
Kasalukuyang nasa administration stop ang naturang aircraft kasama ang P3 Orion surveillance planes na madalas nakikita sa Clack Air base sa Pampanga.
Aniya, dumaong ang mga naturang warhships at aircraft upang magdagdag ng suplay sa gasolina at pagkain.
Sa kabila nito, aminado naman si Lorenzana na nakakakuha ng benepisyo ang bansa mula sa isinasagawang navigation at kalayaang paglipad ng mga pandigmang pagaari ng Amerika sa teritoryo ng bansa.
Siniguro rin si Lorenzana na nananatiling pangunahing pundasyon ng seguridad ng bansa ang alyansang Pilipinas at Amerika.
Gayunman, duda ito na hahayaan ang administrasyong Duterte na manatiling ang Amerika ang malayang makakapagikot bilang patrolya sa South China Sea.
Samantala, sinalubong ng isang welcome ceremony ang dumating na ikatlong frigate ng Philippine Navy na BRP Andress Bonifacio noong December 8 sa Pier 13, sa South
Harbor matapos ang halos isang buwang paglalakbay. Radyo Inquirer

Armys Chief Dental Surgeon visits 5ID Diffun eyes Red Orchid
Hall of Fame award

CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela

Colonel Jimmy C Estolas, the Armys Chief Dental Surgeon,
visited the 5th Infantry (STAR) Division, Philippine Army
on November 29, 2016.
The purpose of his visit is to conduct ocular inspection
to the 5th Dental Detachment (5th DD) which is based in
Camp Melchor F Dela Cruz and to determine the state of
the morale and welfare of its personnel.
Upon his arrival, Col Estolas paid courtesy call on
Colonel Bismarck D Soliba, Divisions Inspector General
and Colonel Ignacio B Madriaga, Divisions Chief of Staff
at the Office of the Chief of Staff at 5ID Headquarters.
Afterwhich, he proceeded to the 5th DD. 1st Lieutenant Rhea
Reyes, the Operations and Admin Officer, presented an
information briefing to apprise the Chief Dental Surgeon

about the status of their personnel, equipment and present

and future activities of their unit.
According to Col Estolas, 5th Dental Detachment was
his first unit assignment after his Called to Active Duty
(CAD). He was assigned at 5th DD from February 18, 1987
to March 31, 1993 and wanted to visit said unit once again
before he retires from the military service.
Lieutenant Colonel Luis S Capacia, the Commanding
Officer of 5th Dental Detachment hosted a dinner for Col
Estolas which was attended by Brigadier General Paul Talay
Atal, D.P.A. AFP, Philippine Armys 5th Infantry Division
Commander, Col Soliba, Col Madriaga, and other officers
and enlisted personnel of the 5th Dental Detachment.
Colonel Estolas will be due for retirement on January
16, 2017.

From Left to right: Major Eugene Ocampo (Operations Officer of the Office of the Armys Chief Dental Surgeon), Col
Bismarck Soliba (5IDs Inspector General), Col Jimmy Estolas (Armys Chief Dental Surgeon), Col Ignacio Madriago
(5IDs Chief of Staff) and LtCol Luis Capacia (Commanding Officer of 5th Dental Detachment) pose for a souvenir photo
during the visit of Armys Chief Dental Surgeon at 5ID Headquarters last Tuesday, November 29, 2016.

DIFFUN, Quirino The

local government here has
expressed optimism of
reaching the Red Orchid
Hall of Fame Award
through the cooperation
of the residents and the
law enforcement offices.
The town recently got
the Red Orchid Award for
the first time and it received a certificate of recognition plus an additional
P100,000.00 worth of drugs
and medicines.
It was judged based
on the strength of comprehensive efforts to implement a 100% Tobacco-Free
Environment using the
World
Health
Organizations
MPOWER.
Hensel Guillermo, municipal disaster risk reduction officer, said the towns
anti-smoking ordinance is
being strictly enforced to
ensure that smoking will be
banned in public places.
Violators shall be penalized with P500 or one
month imprisonment for

first time offenders; P1,000

or two months imprisonment for second-time offenders and P2,500 or four
months imprisonment or
both, at the discretion of
the court, he said.
The fines collected
shall be subject to a 50:50
sharing scheme between
the municipal government
and the Anti-Smoking Task
Force.
Guillermo added that
the ordinance is not after
the fines collected but for
the total eradication of
cigarette smoking in the
municipality for the health
of the Diffunians.
The annual Red Orchid Award aims to recognize tobacco-free provinces, municipalities, cities,
government offices, government hospitals and
health centers for promoting and preventing smoking- related illnesses in pursuance of Republic Act
9211, otherwise known as
Tobacco Regulation Act of
2003. Thelma C. Bicarme

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warmest greetings to all of our kababayans
here in Quirino province the joyous moments of Christmas time
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Baro a Tawen kadatayo amin
(sgd.) DAKILA CARLO DAX E. CUA
Representative, Lone District of Quirino
(sgd.) JUNIE EVANGELISTA CUA
Governor