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Palace: No fund
diversion at all
Pimentels quandary:
To bolt or not to bolt
Nurse joins 16 others
in race for top SC post
Akbayan calls on Aquino to lead land reform
Voting 11-3, the Court dismissed the con-
solidated petitions of various groups seeking
to stop the deal for the purchase of 82,000
precinct count optical scan machines that
were rst used in the 2010 elections.
The Comelec is now free to implement
the contract for the purchase of the PCOS
machines, acting Court spokeswoman Ma-
ria Victoria Gleoresty Guerra told reporters.
She said the majority of the justices be-
lieved the deal was valid since the Comelecs
contract with Smartmatic in 2010 had not
been terminated and contained an option for
the purchase of the machines.
The majority of the justices also pointed
out that the Comelec had not yet returned
the P360-million performance security
By Christine F. Herrera and Joyce Pangco Paares
THE Aquino administration on Wednesday said it will avail of a
$300-million loan from the Asian Development Bank to buy ener-
gy-efcient tricycles or e-trikes, but said that amount was separate
from a $500-million standby fund made available by the bank for
solar projects.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda denied that the money
had been diverted from solar projects.
Let me be clear, the government is not availing of any loan for
solar projects. It is a standby loan by the ADB to whoever would
wish to avail or explore solar power as an alternative source of en-
ergy, Lacierda said.
There is, however, a loan that were availing of. We are plan-
ning to avail of a loan of around $300 million for e-trikes. It is
separate and distinct from the loan that ADB is providing for private
proponents of solar energy.
Agham Rep. Angelo Palmones earlier protested the suppose-
drealignment of the $500-million loan facility for solar energy proj-
ects in favor of procuring 100,000 e-trikes for 2013.
The administration said the e-trike project was important
By Joyce Paares
and Rey Requejo
THE leading candidates en-
dorsed for nomination to the
position of Supreme Court
chief justice include promi-
nent lawyers, two of the most
powerful women in the Aquino
Administration and a nurse,
the Judicial and Bar Council
said on Wednesday.
Ofcials said the number
of applicants to be vetted had
risen to 16, and that those in-
cluded ve senior associate
justices of the Supreme Court,
a retired judge, a politician and
a Jocelyn Esquivel, who was
identied as a nurse.
We have no details yet
about Jocelyn Esquivel because
all information submitted to the
Council are condential, said
an ofcial who asked not to be
named because he had no au-
thority to speak on the issue.
The Council will deliber-
ate on their applications on
June 25, he said.
Two powerful women in the
Aquino Administration, Jus-
tice Secretary Leila de Lima
and Internal Revenue Commis-
sioner Kim Henares, have been
vocal about their desire to head
the highest court in the land.
Both women are lawyers.
Only President Aquino may
appoint the chief justice of the
Supreme Court, but his choice
is Limited to a list of nomi-
nees submitted by the JBC, the
By Macon R. Araneta
SENATOR Aquilino Pimen-
tel III on Wednesday said he
could not accept the decision
of the United Nationalist Alli-
ance to include former Senator
Juan Miguel Migz Zubiri in
the partys senatorial slate in
the 2013 mid-term elections.
But it wasnt clear if Pimen-
tel III would leave the party as
a result of its decision to take
Zubiri in.
There is not much I can do
about it but at the very least, I
still can and will denounce it as
unworthy of the lofty aims of
UNA and totally undeserving
of the support of our people,
Pimentel III said.
But to be civil, I wish them
well, said Pimentel III, presi-
dent of the PDP-Laban, the
party founded by his father,
former Senate President Aq-
uilino Pimentel Jr. PDP-Laban,
led by Vice President Jejomar
Binay, has coalesced with for-
mer President Joseph Estradas
Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino.
Zubiri said Wednesday he
hoped he could work with
By Vito Barcelo
THE Akbayan partly list on
Wednesday urged President
Benigno Aquino III to person-
ally lead the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program,
which it claimed had made no
signicant strides in distribut-
ing land to farmers.
We nd it very disturbing
that two years after the passage
of the Comprehensive Agrar-
ian Reform Program with Ex-
tension and Reforms, there are
still no signicant strides made
to reduce the balance of 1.06
million hectares of farmland
meant to be redistributed to Fil-
ipino farmers, Akbayan party
chairwoman Risa Hontiveros
said in a statement.
Akbayan cited the Agrarian
Reform Departments own as-
sessment saying it was able to
distribute only 107,180 hect-
ares out of its target of 200,000
hectares in 2010, and only
111,889 hectares in 2011.
The group called on Mr.
Aquino to lead the campaign
for the swift and full distribu-
tion of farmland to the farmers,
including the Aquino family-
owned Hacienda Luisita that
the Supreme Court had ordered
divided among its farmers.
Land acquisition and dis-
tribution was further deferred
THE operations at the Land Transportation Ofces branches
nationwide were thrown into disarray after LTO supplier Amal-
gamated Motors Inc. altered the original design of the drivers
licenses without approval from the agency.
Teolo Guadiz, LTO-National Capital Region director, on the
orders of LTO chairwoman Virginia Torres, suspended the is-
suance of non-professional and professional licenses and the ap-
plications for vehicle registration until futher notice.
AMPI actually sent notice to change the design, but she [Tor-
res] never approved it, Torres said.
By Maricel V. Cruz
A PARTY-LIST lawmaker on
Wednesday pushed to double
the P3,000 monthly honorari-
um for volunteer kindergarten
teachers, saying the volunteers
needed a more decent pay for
their services.
In House Resolution 2502,
ACT Teachers party-list Rep.
Antonio Tinio asked President
Benigno Aquino III to intervene
and order the Education Depart-
ment to double the teachers
monthly pay to P6,000.
We urge President Aquino
to redirect the funds available at
his disposal, including various Riding in the rain. Protesters on wheelchairs occupy Mendiola Bridge near Malacaang despite a heavy drizzle to express their anger at the
supposed failure of the governments land reform program. DANNY PATA
Best way to have dry feet. A boy carries his younger sister on a ooded street after picking her up from school.
Machines of democracy. A technician runs tests
on the optical scan vote-counting machine that could
be used in next years mid-term elections.
New mode of transport. The electric tricycle will roll down the
streets of Manila and the provinces in the next few years as part of
an energy-saving measure.
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hit PH this week
BIG waves battered and sank a ferry in
stormy weather on Tuesday, killing seven
people with three missing and 54 being res-
cued near Pagawanin Island in El Nido, Palawan,
the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage-
ment Council said on Wednesday.
Council Executive Director Benito Ramos
said the MV Josille 2, with 47 passengers and
12 crew members, sank before midnight on Tues-
day, but Coast Guard ofcials said at least 13 pas-
sengers were not listed in the manifest.
Weve two ships and an airplane searching the area
for the missing passengers. Lets pray our search-and-rescue
teams will nd them all alive, Ramos said. Next page
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the
Commission on Elections contract to buy vote-
counting machines from Smartmatic of The Neth-
erlands for P1.8 billion is valid, paving the way for
their use in next years mid-term polls.
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Rice this time. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon inspects P10 million worth of smuggled rice that
was seized by his men. His people told him that they discovered eight container vans of smuggled rice.
FOLLOWING is the statement
of Estelito P. Mendoza, counsel
of businessman Lucio C. Tan,
on the case of his alleged ill-
gotten wealth:
The dismissal of the ill-
gotten-wealth complaint by the
Sandiganbayan instituted by
the PCGG in 1987, after nearly
25 years of litigation before the
Sandiganbayan, should put to
rest any claim that the assets
of Lucio C. Tan have been ac-
quired through illegal means.
It is Dr. Tans hope that with
this decision of the Sandigan-
bayan, the PCGG will relent in its
effort to lay claim to Dr. Tans as-
sets and in restricting the exercise
of full rights over those proper-
ties.
The PCGG sequestered near-
ly all of Dr. Tans shares of stock
in the major corporations he con-
trols in 1986. In 1993 and 2006,
the Sandiganbayan nullied the
writs of sequestration of those
shares on the ground that there
was not even a prima facie foun-
dation to consider them as ill-got-
ten wealth. The nullication of
the sequestration of those shares
was afrmed by the Supreme
Court in 1996 and 2007.
With the decision of the
Sandiganbayan on the merits
of Civil Case No. 0005, the il-
legality of the limitation by the
PCGG of the exercise of the
rights of Dr. Tan over his assets
through the years has received
conrmation.
Unfortunately, notwith-
standing such explicit resolu-
tions by the courts, rstly, the
nullication of the writs of se-
questration, the denial of mo-
tions for the issuance of writs
of attachment and now the dis-
missal of Civil Case No. 0005,
the PCGG continues to limit
the exercise of Dr. Tan over
his properties, the latest being
its opposition to the merger of
Allied Bank and Philippine
National Bank simply be-
cause the Allied Bank shares
of stock of Dr. Tan are among
the alleged ill-gotten wealth of
Dr. Tan are the subject of Civil
Case No. 0005. He trusts that
with this decision of the San-
diganbayan, the Central Bank,
the PDIC and the SEC will
see their way clear to expedi-
tiously give their respective
approval to the merger of Al-
lied Bank and PNB. The delay
has not only been prejudicial
to the stockholders but to the
banking system and the econ-
omy of the country.
PNB, Allied Bank
must now merge
First...
He said the boat left Coron Island in
good weather, but it encountered strong
winds and big waves when it reached
the vicinity of Pagawanin Island.
A new storm in the western Pacic
was forecast to reach the eastern Philip-
pines later this week, and weathermen
said it could become the rst typhoon of
the year. About 20 tropical storms and
typhoons batter the Philippines each
year.
The onset of the typhoon season
brought heavy rain, ash oods and
strong waves in southern Mindanao,
where 75 shermen and villagers have
been rescued while 13 others have been
reported missing.
Ramos said Coast Guard and Navy
ships together with an Islander plane
had joined the search for survivors in
Palawan.
The Islander, a fixed-wing plane, is loaded
with food and lifesavers that they can drop at
survivors while the Navy and Coast Guard are
on their way, he said.
The cloud is so low. That area in
Palawan was affected by the low-pres-
sure area spotted at 110 southwest of
Cotabato City and has affected other
islands in the West Philippine Sea.
Ramos said the survivors were were be-
ing treated on Tent Island in Palawan.
Florante S. Solmerin
Akbayan...
when [the Agrarian Reform De-
partment] issued administrative
orders in 2011 that were taken
advantage of by landowners,
Hontiveros said.
One of these is Administrative
Order 7, which contains a provi-
sion that prohibits the government
from taking possession of the land
until landowner protests or exemp-
tion applications have been fully
resolved not by the [department]
but by the Ofce of the President,
Hontiveros said.
Hontiveros said that before
AO 7, pending landowner pro-
tests may not delay the transfer of
the title of any property from the
landowner to the government.
Solon...
discretionary funds which practically serve
as his pork barrel, in favor of the front-liners
of his education reform program, said Ti-
nio, vice chairman of the House committee
on basic education and culture.
Tinio said his proposal was the result of
consultations with the volunteer teachers
who, he said, had been clamoring for fair
compensation since school year 2011-2012,
when the Education Department started im-
plementing its so-called Universal Kinder-
garten Education Program.
He said that program had been a disaster
because the pay of the volunteer kindergar-
ten teachers amounted to only a quarter of
the minimum wage. The program was self-
defeating because it had been ooding the
educational system with overworked yet un-
derpaid teachers, he said.
Tinio said some volunteer teachers had
also been complaining that their pay was be-
ing delayed for months.
Meanwhile, Education Secretary Armin
Luistro said children with special needs will
follow the same K to 12 curriculum adding
two years to basic education, but with some
modications to suit their learning needs.
Ellen Donato, the Education Departments
director for the Cordillera Administrative
Region, said Wednesday the K to 12 pro-
gram would not burden parents but prepare
their children for employment. With Gigi
Muoz-David and Dexter A. See
Nurse ...
constitutionally created body
that recommends appointees
for the vacancies arisin in the
Supreme Court and in the lower
courts.
Various groups and support-
ers have submitted endorse-
ments for certain applicants,
hoping it would help the JBC
decide to nominate their can-
didates to the President for ap-
proval.
De Lima has the most num-
ber of endorsements, citing her
many awards and commenda-
tions, although she said she
had reservations about joining
the Supreme Court, a collegial
body.
A chief justice is passive,
seldom seen, seldom heard and
can only be read, De Lima
said.
Can you imagine Leila de
Lima seldom seen and seldom
heard? Personally I am not in-
terested because it would be an
entirely different world for me.
Im not used to being in a col-
legial body.
But De Lima said she would
adjust to the environment in
the Supreme Court if chosen by
the President.
Im hoping to talk with the
President within the week, she
said.
Asked to comment on Hena-
res statement that she had an
edge over the others because
she had personal experience
about the negative side of the ju-
diciary, De Lima said: Thats
her [Henares] own insight.
The JBC has said the dead-
line for submission of applica-
tions and nominations for the
post of chief justice is June 18,
and that it will release the ini-
tial list of candidates on June
25. The candidates will undergo
public interviews in the rst
week of July.
In Malacaang, presidential
spokesman Edwin Lacierda
said Henares and De Lima must
remain in their posts instead of
making statements about their
desire to be the next chief jus-
tice.
Let me make it clear that
President Aquino has no pref-
erence at this point. He would
rather that they remain in their
present positions, Lacierda
said.
Pimentels...
Pimentel III, but they could
always split up during their cam-
paign sorties if Pimentel didnt
want him sharing the same stage.
If he does not want me on the
same stage, we can split up, Zu-
biri said.
But he appealed to Pimentel III
to stop calling him a cheat, saying
Pimentel III had no proof that he
cheated during the 2007 senato-
rial elections.
I am saddened by the fact that
he is calling me different names,
Zubiri told the ANC channel.
Zubiri and Pimentel III have
been at odds since 2007, when
Zubiri got the 12th and last slot
in the Senate but Pimentel III
protested Zubiris victory be-
fore the Supreme Court and the
Senate Electoral Tribunal. He
claimed there had been mas-
sive cheating in some parts of
Mindanao.
Zubiri resigned last year after
former Maguindanao Gov. Andal
Ampatuan Sr. and his right-hand
man claimed that the 2007 elec-
tion returns in Maguindanao were
manufactured.
But Zubiri said he did Pi-
mentel a favor when he re-
signed even if the alleged
cheating in Maguindanao had
not been proved.
I took it upon myself to do the
most difcult sacrice any sena-
tor or any politician could do: re-
sign from public ofce, Zubiri
said.
I did one favor for him despite
all the people who told me not
to resign. Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile got mad at me three
times and told me not to think
about it.
SC...
bond it had collected from Smart-
matic, indicating that the contract
was still valid.
The decision was written by Asso-
ciate Justice Diosdado Peralta, and it
is expected to be released today.
Acting Chief Justice Antonio
Carpio, Associate Justices Pres-
bitero Velasco, Jr., Teresita Leon-
ardo-De Castro, Lucas Bersamin,
Mariano del Castillo, Roberto
Abad, Jose Perez, Jose Mendoza,
Lourdes Sereno and Bienvenido
Reyes concurred with the ruling.
Justices Martin Villarama, Ar-
turo Brion and Estela Perlas-Ber-
nabe dissented.
The petitioners who questioned
the legality of the purchase agree-
ment had 15 days to le an ap-
peal, Guerra said.
In three separate lings, the
petitioners said the deal was il-
legal because it did not undergo
bidding as required by the law
on government procurement.
They also said the option to buy
the machines expired on Dec. 31,
2010, and that Smartmatic could
not extend the option period with-
out violating the guidelines issued
by the bids and awards committee.
The petitioners also said the
Comelec committed grave abuse of
discretion when it disregarded the
recommendation of the Comelec
Advisory Council not to buy the ma-
chines, which it said were plagued
by glitches, malfunctions, bugs and
efects during the 2010 elections.
But the Comelec told the high
court that the glitches in the ma-
chines had been xed, and that
buying them would save the gov-
ernment P1.8 billion.
Palace...
because the Philippines spent $8.78
billion on imported oil in 2010, 66
percent of which was used by the
transport sector.
Palace documents, copies of
which were obtained by the Manila
Standard, showed that the adminis-
tration revised its Clean Technology
Fund Country Investment Plan and
presented it to the CTF Trust Fund
Committee in Washington DC on
Nov. 4, 2011, and updated it in De-
cember 2011.
A number of non-government or-
ganizations have complained, how-
ever, that the Washington meetings
were without the benet of credible,
transparent and meaningful consulta-
tions with civil society groups, the
renewable energy sector and other
affected stakeholders.
ADB Country Director Neeraj
Jain denied the charge, saying more
than 150 people were consulted over
the three days of meetings, indicating
that civil society groups had made
their voices heard.
But Red Constantino, executive
director of the Institute for Climate
and Sustainable Cities, said the par-
ticipants were invited to the consulta-
tions only two days before they were
set in May.
Some speakers were invited a
day before or an hour before, he
said.
Ronni Masayda of the NGO Fo-
rum added that the principal energy
specialist and his team repeatedly
ignored requests for a draft or paper
that would form the basis for consul-
tations with civil society groups.
The ADB has attempted to short
cut, even short-circuit, the process,
Masayda said.
In its desire to rush the consulta-
tions, the ADB employed deception
and deliberately misused the name
and logo of some members of the
steering committee in order to create
the impression that sessions were co-
organized with civil society groups,
Constantino said.
While bank ofcials later apolo-
gized, the damage had already been
done, he said.
While Finance Secretary Cesar
Purisima and Energy Secretary Jose
Rene Almendras were in Washing-
ton DC to present the revised invest-
ment plan, Energy Undersecretary
Loreta Ayson told the Freedom from
Debt Coalition that the ADB would
provide $300 million in loans at 6
percent interest, with a grace period
of ve years and payable in 25 years.
With the ADBs $300 million,
the Clean Technology Fund would
provide $101 million and the Philip-
pine government some $99 million
or a total of $500 million, of which
$400 million had been allocated for
e-trikes.
ADBs loan is developmental
in nature, and it will be allocated
to projects which the private insti-
tutions are not too much inclined
to invest in at the moment. There
are already a lot of people who are
willing to invest into solar [energy]
as evidenced by the overwhelming
push for the said technology. ADB
decided to put their funds into more
trail-blaizing initiatives, Ayson
had said.
In a presentation, Purisima and Al-
mendras said the government did not
want to crowd out and compete
with the private sector, which had a
potential investment of 800 mega-
watts in solar projects.
They said the government strategy
had evolved to increase investment
in end-use energy efciency.
As a net importer of energy, the
shift in priority for CTF funding will
improve energy security caused by
rising global concern over height-
ened competition for depleting ener-
gy resources and greater price vola-
tility, the two ofcials said.
This is an important project for
the Philippines. It will reduce pol-
lution, create jobs, and boost the in-
comes of trike drivers, Jain said in a
letter to the Manila Standard.
But Purisima and Almendras also
said that the net metering project us-
ing distributed solar power proposed
in the original Country Investment
Plan was not yet ready for imple-
mentation, and that given private
interest, it was not obvious that
concessional nance is needed in the
near term for the net metering pro-
gram [or for other utility-scale solar
power projects.]
The GoP [government of the
Philippines] believes that conces-
sional nancing could be better uti-
lized in the near term to begin con-
verting the public vehicle eet to
electric vehicles, the two ofcials
said.
They said additional potential
from solar and waste-to-energy was
high, but the commercial develop-
ment of those resources had very
high start-up costs, and that they
were not expected to contribute at
the gigawatt scale in the foreseeable
future.
Therefore, investments in more
efcient appliances and energy-ef-
cient transport systems are critical in
the near to medium term, Purisima
and Almendras said.
Some 20,000 of the 100,000 units
of e-trikes will be rolled out and dis-
tributed in Metro Manila in 2013,
and the rest will be distributed na-
tionwide up to 2016.
But Constantino questioned the
involvement of local government
units in generating jobs and collect-
ing from the tricycle drivers would
promote political patronage.
Palmones agreed.
We could expect that since it
would be the LGUs that would
choose who would be hired as driv-
ers, then what could stop the local
executives from changing the driv-
ers once every two or three months
just so the governments job em-
ployment statistics would show how
many people were given jobs when
the truth is there was only a handful
of jobs held by many drivers? Pal-
mones said.
Palmones said if the government
was really trying to address the high
cost of petroleum products, then it
would be best that the funds be real-
located to bicycles with the govern-
ment providing bike lanes.
Constantino said the government
was creating an articial demand that
was not based on the market but on
LGU sign-ups.
He also said the government was
crowding out the private sector,
which would be more efcient in
collecting from the tricycle drivers.
Who benets most from this e-
trikes project? Only the ADB gets
it easy. By involving the LGUs, the
ADB is assured that the LandBank
could automatically withhold the
payment from the LGUs internal
revenue allotment, Constantino
said.
Constantino added that the haste
with which the program was being
rolled out a year ahead of the elec-
tions in 2013 created suspicions that
it was being used to beef up the ad-
ministrations election kitty.
Palace documents obtained by
the Manila Standard show that the
100,000 e-trikes would cost $400
million but would save some
500,000 liters of gasoline a day or
$500,000 a day for a total of $185
million in savings annually.
The Energy Department said it
would also avoid carbon dioxide
emissions of 400,000 tons per year
from a total emission of 160,000 tons
a year.
Citing an ADB study, the Energy
Department said transport sector
emissions accounted for 30 percent
of air pollution in the Philippines and
about 80 percent of air pollution in
Metro Manila.
Under the Philippines CTF In-
vestment Plan, the government will
purchase about 200,000 energy ef-
cient air-conditioners, 150,000 re-
frigerators, 350,000 electric fans and
100,000 television sets.
Consumers will pay for the ap-
pliances over a 36-month hire-pur-
chase scheme.
The document also said the e-
trikes would be made available to ar-
eas with stable power supply with
the government providing public
charging stations.
The project is not about procur-
ing 100,000 e-trikes but creating a
new local industry and local employ-
ment, the document said.
Opposition lawmakers on
Wednesday questioned what they
said was the administrations shift
from promoting solar power to the e-
trike project and called for a congres-
sional investigation.
The e-trike and e-appliances will
benet only a handful and may pos-
sibly be used for vote-getting in the
2013 elections, said Zambales Rep.
Milagros Magsaysay, a member of
the House committee on energy.
It would have been better if
the administration used it for the
solar project as it will benet
more people.
Pete Maniego, chairman of the
National Renewable Energy Board,
said President Benigno Aquino III
had approved the shift from the so-
lar power project originally espoused
by the Arroyo administration to the
e-trikes project even before proper
consultation was made.
Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua, an op-
position lawmaker, said he would le
a resolution to investigate the shift.
But administration ally Senator
Serge Osmea said it was within
the governments discretion where it
chose to spend the energy loan. With
Maricel Cruz and Macon-Ramos
Araneta
Drivers...
Torres said that in Metro
Manila alone, over 8,000 appli-
cants for drivers licenses and
vehicle registrations had been
affected by AMPIs unauthor-
ized alteration.
We have 27 district ofces
in the metro, and each of them
receives at least 300 applica-
tions a day. You multiply them,
Torres said.
She said that, aside from the
LTO-NCR ofces, all the other
LTO branches nationwide had
also been affected.
Much as the LTO would
want to restore the original de-
sign, we cannot do so because
the data system has been pro-
grammed in such a way that it is
only AMPI that can print a new
design, Torres said.
The LTO discovered the ir-
regularity when its Pasay City
ofce printed a license with the
modied design.
Guadiz said tAMPI changed
the color of the license from
blue to yellow, and likewise
altered the licenses security
marks and features. Rio N.
Araja
JUNE 14, 2012 THURSDAY
A3 News
ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com
Manila, Washington ink labor deal
By Zara de Leon
THE Philippines on
Monday signed a
partnership with the
United States to pro-
tect the rights and
interest of Filipino
workers overseas.
The partnership
was signed between
the US Department of
Labor Secretary Hilda
Solis and the Philip-
pine ambassador to
Washington.
The agreement
aimed at ensuring
that migrant workers
were aware of their
right to safe work-
places and to receive
full payment of the
wages owed to them
under the US laws.
We are very
pleased to sign these
joint declarations and
letters of arrangement
with DOL, Ambas-
sador Jose Cuisia Jr.
said in a statement.
Under the agree-
ment, regional enforce-
ment offices of the US
Labor Department Oc-
cupational Safety and
Health Administration
(OSHA) and its Wage
and Hour Division
will cooperate with
Philippine Consulates
throughout the US.
Together, the Con-
sulates and the Labor
Department agencies
will reach out to migrant
workers and provide
them with information
about US health, safety
and wage laws.
The partnerships
will help the WHD
and OSHA more ef-
fectively enforce US
laws, especially in
high-risk and low-
wage industries.
This cooperation
also will help both
agencies identify
problems faced by
migrant workers and
target labor law en-
forcement efforts.
The 2010 US
Census showed that
Filipinos working
in the US increased
by 44.5 percent to
3,416,840.
Changes
to recall
law eyed
THE passage of a
measure repealing
the recall provision
of the Local Govern-
ment Code is gaining
steam in the House
of Representatives.
Lawmakers say
that the Commission
on Election is having
a hard time addressing
recall proceedings.
Palawan Rep.
Victorino Dennis
Socrates, author of
House Bill 6222, and
member of the House
committee on revi-
sion of laws, said that
the time frame was
too short for Com-
elec to decide on re-
call petitions.
There were at least
83 recall petitions
and the Comelec had
to discountinue ac-
tion for lack of time
and resources.
Socrates said the re-
call mechanism under
the law was essential-
ly by way of a petition
signed by a percent-
age of the voting pop-
ulation ranging from
10 percent up to 25
percent depending on
the total number, and
subject to verication
by the Comelec.
The bill proposed
that upon compliance
with the formal proce-
dural and substantive
requirements, Come-
lec would conduct the
recall-election, which
should only be held
once in the term of the
elective local ofcial.
Maricel Cruz
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JUNE 14, 2012 THURSDAY
A4
SENATOR Aquilino Pimentel III,
barely warming his shortened stint at
the Senate, now faces another election
dilemma: Whether or not he could
stomach running alongside Juan Miguel
Zubiri for the 2013 elections.
Zubiri is, of course, the one who
first assumed the 12th slot in 2007. He
resigned last year after being called a
beneficiary of the supposed cheating
in Maguindanao. Pimentel soon took
his oathand now continues to say
that Zubiri not only robbed him of
four years in the Senate but in fact
took pains to cover up the cheating in
Mindanao.
With the next elections in the horizon,
Pimentel nds himself in the original
senatorial slate of the United Nationalist
Alliance led by Vice President Jejomar
Binay and former President Joseph
Estrada.
His problem is that Zubiri is also in
that listand no less than Estrada now
says he personally wants the former
congressman from Bukidnon to stay in
the ticket.
There are those who say Pimentel
must act like a politician: move on from
the past and be ready to compromise to
ensure political survival. After all, he
was eventually proclaimed senatora
testament to how democratic processes,
while painfully slow, do prosper in this
country.
Pimentel insists that his credibility as
an electoral integrity advocate will be
eroded if he teams up with Zubiri.
Zubiri, for his part, has gone on
television crying foul over Pimentels
accusations. Zubiri adds that some
of his colleagues in the Senate have
advised him not to resign, and yet he
did because he wanted to preserve his
own credibility.
How unfortunate that these two
young politicians take up much of the
medias attention, bickering not about
some important piece of legislation but
about an issue that should have been
left for the courts to decide.
Pimentel is especially being tested
here because with less than a year as
senator, he has hardly done anything
to make up for the time he has lost
whether or not Zubiri knowingly
caused it.
There is still a full year left in his
term, and if Pimentel knows any better,
he should focus his energy on doing
something to make Filipinos want to vote
for him again instead of complaining
loudly about who he is sharing the
campaign stage with.
If he is able to do this, then maybe the
voters will remember to write his name
on the ballot next yearregardless of
the banner under which he runs.
Kokos quandary
Roxas the Blind
So, you may rightly ask: Whats in a
name? Well, if the airport in Paraaque
had not been named after Ninoy
Aquino and the one in Pampanga
not called Diosdado Macapagal, we
probably wouldnt have any of these
problems.
The immediate but politically
unmentionable solution to easing
congestion in Manilas solitary
airport runway, of course, has always
been to allow more commercial
and international
ights to use
Clark International
Airport. There, that
wasnt so hard to
say, now, wasnt it?
Of course,
for the ofcials
of the Aquino
administration
especially those
running the
Department of
Transportation and
Communications
its never easy to
come out and just say that. Secretary
Mar Roxas, whose appointment to
what was once a thoroughly apolitical
part of the bureaucracy has effectively
forbidden the full use of Clark, would
rather blame the airlines for scheduling
ights during peak hours in Manila
instead of spreading their takeoffs and
landings at all hours of day and night to
solve the problem.
Right now, the congestion at the
Manila has gotten so bad that up to
45 airplanes take off and land during
each peak hour at the airports lone
usable runway. (Manila has a shorter,
perpendicular runway that smaller
planes used to take off and land on, but
its not that useful anymore.)
Roxas DOTC wants the Manila
airport to take in only 36 takeoffs
and landings per hour, something that
would ease congestion in the air and
in the various terminals. And while the
solution sounds reasonable, its a stop-
gap measure that doesnt really solve
the problem.
Assuming that air trafc continues
to increase, whether through the
arrival of more tourists or an increase
in the comings and goings of Filipinos
working overseas, what then? If all
hours of the day have already been
maxed out for takeoffs and landings
in Manila (assuming that gargantuan
scheduling problem is even solved
by redistributing the ights as Roxas
wants), what will DOTC do?
How much easier would it
be to allow more domestic and
international ights to use Clark
than Manila, something that can be
done right now with the stroke of a
pen? How perfectly logical would it
be to ramp up the use of Clark until
eventually the two parallel, A380-
capable, American-built runways of
the old US military base in Pampanga
becomes our premiere gateway
instead of the single, overworked,
overcrowded, hands-down worst
airport in the world?
* * *
The solution proposed by Roxas
to relieve congestion at the Manila
airport reminds one of an earlier one
he put forth to ease overcrowding
on the trains that have become the
cheapest, cleanest and most effective
means of transportation for hundreds
of thousands of commuters in Metro
Manila today. Roxas proposed
the removal of the benches in the
carriages of both the Light Rail
Transit and the Metro Rail Transit
lines as a way to get more people to
t into the trains.
This brilliant idea of Roxas was
never implemented, simply because
it would only marginally ease the
problem of
overcrowded trains
that have always
been designed
to ferry a lot
more standing
commuters that
seated ones in the
rst place. The
obvious solution
to the problem of
overcrowded trains,
of course, was
simply to buy more
coaches so that
waiting times at the
stations would be
reduced.
Apart from buying new coaches,
Roxas can immediately order the
management of both train systems
to start using the completed loop
that has allowed the trains of both
MRT and LRT to run to in one
single line from North Avenue in
Quezon City to Baclaran all the way
to the Monumento-to-Roosevelt
extension built since the end of the
Arroyo administration. Yes, a lot
more train riders will be serviced
by the connected MRT-LRT 1 line,
if Roxas will only allow it.
But using that completed railway
loop, like allowing more ights at the
Clark airport, has been adjudged as
politically fatal by this administration,
apparently, two years into its term.
And it doesnt look like either solution
(which costs nothing except the
acknowledgement that the previous
government did perform some good
work, after all) will ever be seriously
attempted in the remaining four
years of this supposedly enlightened
administration.
Perhaps the Aquino administration
has decided that it has already used
up the number of Arroyo-initiated
projects that it will call its own with
the adoption of the conditional cash
transfer dole-out scheme. Last we
heard, this administration has increased
its allocations for Arroyos CCT
program for this year by 30 percent,
all without ever mentioning that the
Brazil-inspired scheme was started by
one Gloria Mapacagal Arroyo.
Perhaps Roxas has merely vowed
never to consider the most obvious
and logical solutions to the problems
of the transportation sector, if it
means accepting that the previous
administration did things that were
good, too. Let the airline and train
passengers stew and curse; under
Roxas, politics is now more important
than convenience, logic or even sanity
over at DOTC.
EDITORIAL
The former superpower
AMERICA is now an ex-superpower.
First, it ceased to be the biggest
economy in the world. It is now only
the second-biggest economy. China has
long overtaken it and the tables have
been turned. Communist China has
not only become an economic tiger; it
has also become the biggest creditor of
capitalist America.
And the decline of superpower
America goes beyond economics. With
Chinas recent foray into bullyism
(yes, I invented that word) in the West
Philippines Sea, it has allowed China
to challenge its pre-eminence in the
Pacic front. This used to be its bastion
since World War II. This was why
despite granting the Philippines nominal
independence, it insisted on utilizing
the country as an unsinkable military
carrier with take-off points at Clark and
Subic. These were bases that used to be
its biggest military installations outside
the mainland US.
Today, it is longer the US Navy that is
feared in this part of the world. It is now
the Chinese Navy that lords it over in
these waters. First it took possession of
Mischief Reef in the disputed Kalayaan
groups of islands from Filipino soldiers
then assigned in the island. Today,
it has effectively driven away all
Filipino presence in Panatag Shoal, an
area that is literally the backwaters of
the province of Zambales. And if the
respected journalist Chito Santamaria
is correct, China is not just interested in
the shing waters around Panatag. The
real battleground, according to Chito, is
Recto Bank where Manny Pangilinan is
about to drill for oil.
Amidst this newfound Chinese
expansionism, where is America? Well,
at the rst sign of a conict, Hilary
Clinton declared that it would take a
neutral stance and urged a peaceful
settlement of the dispute. Later, when
the standoff persisted, she declared
during a US Senate concurrence
hearing on the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea that Chinas claims to
the vast waters of the West Philippine
Sea exceeded what is allowed under
international law. And recently, when
President Noynoy Aquino went to the
US begging anew for help, no less than
President Barack Obama was clearly
non-committal. This is apparent in a
White House release after the meeting
between Obama and PNoy stating,
among others, that the two leaders
merely agreed on rm support for
a collaborative diplomatic process
among claimants to resolve territorial
disputes in a manner consistent with
international law and without coercion
or the use of force.
Make no mistake about it. Uncle
Joe cant be counted upon to deal with
China- the bully.
Central to American foreign policy is
that as the lone superpower of the world,
it can be counted upon to maintain peace
and order in this planet. At the very
least, if its economic woes have become
so bad that it can no longer play the role
of superman, it should have sufcient
resources to stand by its long-standing
ally when needed. But no, nowadays,
the American position is for its allies to
swim or sink. Full stop.
This is not to say that the American
position is wrong. I for one have never
believed that mother America will ever
come to our rescue solely to defend our
interests. This is why I have been a long
supporter of the likes of Claro M. Recto
and Jovito R. Salonga, who believed no
one can be counted to uphold Philippine
interest but us -Filipinos.
Still, this lackadaisical manner
by which America seems to regard
the recent threat of Chinese
expansionism is a major change in
its foreign policy.
Make no mistake about it. While
America couldnt care less about the
West Philippine Sea, it will come back
to Subic and Clark not to defend us;
but to uphold its own national interest.
This is why it is in the process of
sending 60 percent of its navy forces
to Asia. Malacaang, Im sure would
want to take credit for this. But nope,
this has been in the ofng even before
our recent controversy with China. At
most, perhaps, the actual deployment
of these forces to Asia was hastened by
the dispute. They will come though not
because Scarborough and the Spratly
islands are ours. They will come because
Chinas claims to these territories may
precisely hinder deployment of their
ships into these waters.
We, unfortunately, are irrelevant to
their policy.
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
Under Roxas,
politics is more
important than
convenience, logic
or even sanity over
at DOTC.
ATTY. HARRY
ROQUE JR.
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THE Cabinet revamp is not a
media hype anymore. It is for real.
First, Energy Secretary Jose Rene
Almendras will take on another
function, that of being chief of the
Presidential Management Staff. He
will replace Julia Abad, daughter of
Budget Secretary Butch Abad, who is
relocating to Washington DC to join
her husband who works for the World
Bank.
Almendras will t in well. He is
well-like and respected by his peers.
He is close to the President and his
sisters and he is not identied with
the warring Samar and Balay groups.
Almendras has done much as
energy secretary. He has promoted
renewable sources of energy. He will
be a big loss to
the department,
but my inside
i n f o r m a t i o n
is that he will
continue to be
the chairman of
the Philippine
National Oil Co.
R e t i r i n g
Senator Panlo
Lacson will
take over the
D e p a r t m e n t
of the Interior
and Local
Government, and Senator Francis
Pangilinan will do the same at
the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, replacing
Secretaries Jesse Robredo and Ramon
Paje, respectively. Just when is a
matter of speculation.
***
On June 14, 1945, Bessang Pass,
the last stronghold of the retreating
Japanese Occupation forces when the
Americans landed in Lingayen Gulf,
fell. It led to the surrender of Toshio
Yamashita, known as the Tiger of
Malaya.
Bessang Pass was the gateway
to the stronghold of Yamashitas
forces, which had the advantage of
terrain because it was an uphill battle
for the Filipino soldiers belonging
to the United States Forces in the
Philippines Northern Luzon, the
guerrilla force that kept alive the
dream of Filipinos of liberating the
country from the Japanese forces in
Luzon.
In the battle for Bessang Pass, no
less than 1,405 Ilocano and Igorot
soldiers died. But it was one glorious
moment in the annals of history
when the Filipinos sacriced their
lives for love of country to liberate
it from foreign domination. The
Battle of Bessang Pass was won 67
years ago and is remembered in the
Armed Forces of the Philippine
as a momentous event. It was also
described as the Battle among the
Clouds.
The campaign for the capture
of Bessang Pass was for the 121
Infantry 3rd Battalion under then
Major Conrado Rigor with the overall
command of Col. Russel Volckman,
who headed the USAFIP NL.
I consider it a tragedy that no
president since Marcos considered
the important of the Battle of Bessang
Pass, except former President Fidel
V. Ramos, himself a veteran of the
Korean and Vietnam wars (Ramos
even had a shrine in Cervantes, Ilocos
Sur, to commemorate the event.)
I write about this now as I do on
June 14 each year. This is because
my late brothers, former Court of
Appeals Justice Desiderio P. Jurado
and former Manila International
Airport manager Guillermo Willie
Jurado were at Bessang Pass.
In fact, it was my eldest brother
Desi, then second lieutenant
and company commander of the
3rd Battalion under Major Rigor, led
the assault at Bessang Pass and made
it to the top against heavy odds and
repower.
Desi was awarded a Silver Star
for bravery beyond the call of duty.
Willie also had a purple heart award
when he was wounded in battle.
Santa Banana, it is a tragedy that
while we mark the Fall of Bataan and
Corregidor, Philippine presidents now
cannot relate to,
much less mark
the Battle of
Bessang Pass,
as a glorious
moment in
history that
ended the
occupation of
the country by
the Japanese
forces.
T h e
Philippine is
truly a damaged
nation which
doesnt remember its glorious past
and fallen heroes.
***
Two members of the Aquino
administration, Secretary of Justice
Leila de Lima and Bureau of Internal
Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto
Henares, labeled the most feared
women of the administration, have
been nominated to replace ousted
Chief Justice Renato Corona.
I have nothing but admiration
and respect for Henares as BIR
commissioner for going against the
high and mighty for tax evasion. For
this, I believe President Aquino needs
her more at the BIR to continue her
work.
I cannot say the same thing
about De Lima, who has not lived
up to expectations of giving every
person his due. She just does what
the President tells her to do a real
lapdog of Malacaang.
De Lima was rebuffed by the
President when the latter overturned
her recommendation that those at
fault during that infamous 2010
hostage crisis should be criminally
and administratively charged. She
stayed on when others would have
resigned out of delicadeza and self-
respect.
A Supreme Court justice needs to
be independent. This is absent in the
case of De Lima and Henares, who
even testied against Corona during
the impeachment trial on behalf of
the prosecution, under the baton of
the President. As such, De Lima and
Henares have disqualied themselves.
De Lima is also facing three counts
of disbarment and a pending case of
contempt of the Supreme Court itself.
To have a candidate for chief justice
defying a temporary restraining order
issued by the high court is a supreme
insult.
A forgotten moment
in history
Paradise in Mindanao
MAAYONG buntag ka ninyong tanan.
Im practicing my Visayan
because I have fallen in love with
Mindanao, after visiting Cagayan de
Oro City, Iligan City, and Davao City
last week.
In Cagayan de Oro City last
Friday, I witnessed the turnover of
an integrated health facility by the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Office Employees Union (PCSO-
SEU) to the residents of a typhoon
Sendong settlement area built by
Habitat for Humanity in Barangay
Canitoan.
It was my second visit to the city;
the first time was in January, a few
weeks after Sendong devastated the
area. We spent less than a day in
both Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, not
enough time to get to know the place.
This time around, I got to stay a
couple of days.
The PCSO-SEU project is an
advocacy of the PCSO employees,
who have internalized the agencys
mission of charity. By contributing
a portion of their bonuses to the
SEU fund, they were able to put up
a 54-square-meter clinic on a 100-
square-meter lot donated by the city
government under Mayor Vicente
Emano, through a linkage of the
SEU with Mater et Puer (Mother and
Child) Foundation, a non-government
organization whose members are
women professionals, most of them
from Davao City.
The clinic includes a reception
area, treatment room, birthing room,
recovery room, and standby water
tank, all donated by the SEU. The
rest of the land will be planted with
vegetables and herbs.
Mayor Emano attended the
ceremony, along with personnel from
the PCSO: physician Jose Bernardo
Gochoco, special projects department
manager, and SEU officers Chris
Bautista, president; Andreo Nualda,
first vice-president; Andrew
Barcelona, second VP; Soledad
Rasing, third VP; Jerusa Corpuz,
secretary; Estela Divina, treasurer;
Alex Asuit, auditor; Teddy Tomas,
budget and accounting department
representative; Archie Sopenasky,
PR department representative; and
lawyer Ravena Joy Rama, VisMin
cluster representative.
PCSO will be donating medical
supplies and equipment for the
clinic, while the Cagayan de Oro
government will provide the people
to run it doctors, nurses, dentists,
and maintenance workers.
The PCSO-SEU plans to put up a
similar health facility in a settlement
in nearby Iligan City, which we also
visited. Details on its construction
are being worked out with the project
partners.
Among the other places we got
to see were the Agus 4 and Agus 6/7
hydroelectric facilities in Iligan City,
the City of Waterfalls. Unbeknownst
to many are the vast catchment basin
of Agus 4, covered with water plants
on the surface, while underground
tunnels honeycomb the earth beneath.
Three giant turbines of shiny steel
there are among those driving power
to the region.
The cascading waters of Maria
Cristina Falls power Agus 6/7. The
foliage around the falls is lush and
exotic; its waters rush down to a
nature park which welcomes visitors
who take pictures under the spray of
the falls.
Theres a nature park in Davao,
too. Nestled in the pine-covered hills
of Toril is Eden Nature Park, which
has a zipline facility, buffet dining
hall, and activities for visitors such
as hiking.
Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, and
Davao have highly urbanized centers
with malls and shops. The ambiance
is Quezon City or Las Pias, but with
more trees. Everything is so clean.
The roads are well-paved. Many of
the cars tooling about on the roads
are late models. The area looks
prosperous and developed, but still
closer to nature than Manila.
So close, in fact, that the beaches
on Samal Island are a mere half-
hour away from Davao city proper,
including a banca ride across a stretch
of sea. At Chemas by the Sea, a
private garden resort on the island, a
pocket white sand beach and saltwater
infinity pool invite relaxation, as the
wide-spreading branches of talisay
trees provide shade.
SMARTs 3G signal is fairly
strong; I can imagine myself filing
my MST columns from there, toes in
the sand and drink in hand, cackling
evilly while my editors hunch over
their keyboards in their cramped
windowless offices in Makati.
I now know where Im going to
build my retirement cottage.
Mag-amping kamo.
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EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
The Battle of
Bessang Pass led
to the surrender of
Yamashita.
SITTWE, Myanmar Heavy rain
Wednesday brought an uneasy
calm to western Myanmar after
five days of deadly sectarian strife,
though residents said they were too
afraid to sleep at night and faced
food shortages.
At least 21 people have died
and more than 1,600 homes have
been torched in the conflict pitting
ethnic Rakhine Buddhists against
stateless Rohingya Muslims in
coastal Rakhine state, some of the
worst sectarian unrest recorded in
Myanmar in years. Some of the
fires were extinguished only by the
rain.
Fears of renewed violence
halted bus and ferry deliveries of
food and other cargo from Yangon
to Sittwe, Rakhines capital,
limiting supplies and sending
prices skyrocketing. Shops, banks,
schools and markets were closed.
President Thein Sein has
declared an emergency in Rakhine
and warned that the spiraling
violence could threaten the
democratic reforms tentatively
transforming the country after half
a century of military rule.
The UN special adviser on
Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, visited
Sittwe on Wednesday, accompanied
by government officials, and then
flew to another city that has seen
violence, Maungdaw in northern
Rakhine state near Bangladesh.
Ferry cargo companies that
deliver to the area stopped service
on Tuesday and will resume
once security is restored, said a
manager at the Shwe Pyi Thit ferry
service. He spoke on condition
of anonymity due to sensitivities
surrounding the sectarian violence.
Road transport in and out of the
cities stopped a few days ago.
Food is very scarce and prices
are high, said Sittwe resident
Khin Thazin. She said the main
market was closed and a handful
of roadside vendors were out
briefly in the morning but didnt
have stocks to meet the demand.
Everything sold out in an hour.
Another resident, San Shwe,
contacted by telephone, said he
did not trust the quiet brought by
Wednesdays rains.
It is quiet here this morning
but life has not returned to
normal. We live in fear every
day and night, said San Shwe,
recounting unconfirmed rumors
that authorities had seized weapons
caches from Muslim villagers.
The sectarian tensions in the
area are long-standing, but the
violence that erupted Friday was
triggered by the rape and murder
last month of a Buddhist woman,
allegedly by three Muslims, and
the June 3 lynching of 10 Muslims
in apparent retaliation.
Security forces have struggled
to quell the violence that has
prompted thousands of Muslim
villagers to flee. About 1,500
Rohingyas were turned away from
entering Bangladesh by boats since
the weekend.
Human Rights Watch urged
Bangladesh to open its border to
Rohingyas seeking refuge.
By closing its border when
violence ... is out of control,
Bangladesh is putting lives at
grave risk, Bill Frelick, Refugee
Program director at Human Rights
Watch, said in a statement.
Bangladesh has an obligation
under international law to keep
its border open to people fleeing
threats to their lives and provide
them protection, Frelick said.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister
Dipu Moni said Tuesday the
impoverished countrys resources
already are strained.
Myanmar considers Rohingyas
to be illegal immigrants from
Bangladesh and denies them
citizenship. Bangladesh says
Rohingyas have been living in
Myanmar for centuries and should
be recognized there as citizens.
The United Nations refugee
agency estimates 800,000
Rohingyas live in Myanmars
mountainous Rakhine state.
Thousands attempt to flee every
year to Bangladesh, Malaysia and
elsewhere.
Bangladeshi officials have taken
in at least one Rohingya: a one-and-
a-half-month old baby boy found in
an abandoned boat in the River Naf,
near Shah Pori Island in Teknaf.
Border guard official Maj. Saiful
Wadud said the other passengers,
sensing the presence of border
guards and coast guards, had
jumped into the river late Tuesday
as the boat neared the shore, but
the baby was left behind.
For now, the officials handed the
baby over to villager Kabir Ahmed.
The fisherman said the baby was
doing well as he was being breast-
fed by his wife, who has four boys
of her own.
It wasnt clear Wednesday what
ultimately would become of the child.
AP
Food shortages add to misery in Myanmar strife
JENNY
ORTUOSTE
POP GOES THE WORLD
WE REFER to your article Govt shifts P21b loans to
e-Trikes (13 June 2012), and wish to point out that it
contains a significant number of inaccuracies.
First, as a result of the three-day civil society
consultations in which over 150 participants joined,
about P4 billion (with $20 million from Clean Technology
Fund) is proposed for a rooftop solar project, and an
additional P17 million for 1 MW of solar charging for
the e-trikes. This replaces the earlier plan for an energy-
efficient appliances project.
Second, through the pilot and through private
investment, a large proportion of these e-Trikes would
be charged
using solar
power. The
e - t r i k e s
that do rely
on grid
c o n n e c t e d
power will
mostly be
r e c h a r g e d
during off-peak hours, meaning the overall emission
will be less.
Third, regarding the fund flow, please note that
ADB will be directly paying e-trike suppliers selected
through international competitive bidding and Local
Government Units, as the tricycles regulator, will be
involved for the most efficient process for collection
from drivers are being looked at now.
Fourth, the creation of a local manufacturing capacity
is in fact a key objective of the project, with the best
available technology worldwide. This will obviously
mean more jobs for Filipinos.
Fifth, invitations and documents were not sent to
undisclosed number of participants. This was an open
process (see:http://www.adb.org/news/events/e-trike-
community-consultation-reallocating-ctf-funds#page)
and copies of the documents that were already available
on the Clean Technology Fund website since November
2011 were sent to over 300 prospective participants by
email.
Lastly, with regard to the consultations: a group of
civil society activists with concerns about the project
contacted ADB, and this groupseveral of whom
represented networks of other organizationsworked
with the ADB and Department of Energy to plan a series of
consul t at i ons.
The active
pa r t i c i pa t i on
of over 150
people during
the three days,
as well as a
website where
those who did
not participate
could also share comments, clearly indicates that civil
society has been able to share its voice as one of the
stakeholders in this project.
This is an important project for the Philippines.
It will reduce pollution, create jobs, and boost the
incomes of trike drivers. ADB is pleased that civil
society is actively engaged in ensuring that this
project brings maximum benefits to the Philippines
people.
MR. NEERAJ JAIN
Country Director Philippines Country Office Asian
Development Bank
e-Trikes an important project for the Philippines
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A6
Abalos bail hearing reset anew

IN BRIEF
Agency tightens control
on LPG tank safety rules
Mike Arroyo allowed
to leave for Japan, HK
Abalos lawyers asked Judge
Jesus Mupas of the Pasay Re-
gional Trial Court Branch 112 to
reschedule the hearing to June 20
and 22 due to the absence of Aba-
los lead lawyer, former appelate
court magistrate and ex-justice
secretary Artemio Toquero, who
had an urgent appointment at the
Department of Justice.
It is only now that I asked
for a postponement, said Aba-
los, who is being tried for two
counts of electoral sabotage. The
former poll chief is also facing
11 counts of electoral sabotage
in Pasay RTC Branch 117, but
he has already been allowed to
post bail.
During the drawn-out bail
hearing, prosecutors were sup-
posed to continue the testimony
of former North Cotabato elec-
tions supervisor Yogi Martirizar
to counter Abalos bail petition.
Abalos lawyers are seeking a
TRO from the Court of Appeals
because Mupas decision to hear
Martirizars testimony, for the
purposes of Abalos bail hearing
and Martirizars own petition to
be discharged as accused, would
allegedly be used only against
Abalos and not Martirizar.
Martirizars lawyer Nena
Santos questioned the absence
of Toquero, saying this might be
Abalos strategy to delay the pro-
ceedings and wait for the resolu-
tion of the petition for temporary
restraining order he led before
the Court of Appeals.
Abalos lawyers are seeking
a TRO because, they argued,
Martirizars extended testimo-
ny was unnecessary since the
issue at bar was Abalos peti-
tion for bail and not the merits
of the case.
Abalos, for his part, twitted
Santos argument and said it was
he who would be greatly affect-
ed by the postponements in the
hearings.
I am the one in jail. I am
the one suffering. Why would
I intentionally prolong my suf-
fering? Abalos asked.
Comelec prosecutor Maria
Juana Valeza did not object to
the postponement, adding they
will be ready to take the testi-
mony of Martirizar next week.
By Ferdinand Fabella
DETAINED at the Southern Police District headquarters in
Taguig City since his surrender last December, it was the turn
of former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos
to ask for a postponement of his bail hearing on Wednesday
pending the resolution of his appeal before the Court of
Appeals.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
ALARMED by the 205 accidents involving
LPG tanks every year, the Energy Depart-
ment is set to tighten enforcement of rules
and regulations on liqueed petroleum gas
after consultations with industry players.
Since the LPG bill pending in Congress
is not likely to pass before the elections next
year, Energy Undesecretary Jay Layug said
the government is planning to issue two im-
portant circulars that will involve compo-
nents of the pending legislation.
The DOE has decided to hold consulta-
tions with stakeholders on at least two cir-
culars which are actually components of the
LPG bill, Layug said, adding that some
dealers have been found to have violated the
departments safety regulations.
Layug said the rst circular will involve
the issuance of standards compliance certi-
cates to all those who want to engage in the
business of marketing, distributing and sup-
plying LPG cylinder tanks.
One of the things we realized, espe-
cially in the LPG cylinder business, is a
lot of people do not comply with our stan-
dards. We have decided to take a more
proactive stand, especially in mandating
compliance with standards for LPG cylin-
ders, he said.
They will now have to secure an SCC
(standards compliance certicate) from the
department. This time, we will be very strict
in enforcing and requiring SCCs from all
players, he said.
The other circular, Layug said, will focus
on the standards for transporting LPG cyl-
inders.
We are concerned about this because we
have seen a lot of accidents [involving] mo-
torcycles and I think everyone knows that in
the Philippines, the cylinders are transported
through motorcycles, he said.
He said the circular will mandate specic
or minimum requirements for the transpor-
tation of LPG cylinders specially on two-
wheel vehicles.
For deliveries, especially on motorcy-
cles, our industry players are now coordinat-
ing with each other together with the Bureau
of Product Standards and [Department of
Trade and Industry] and the DOE on what
should be the minimum standards, he said.
Back in the fold. Philippine Army Maj. Gen. Eduardo Del Rosario, commander of the 2nd
Infantry Division, relates how Franklin Gruta Barrera Jr., a former commander of the communist
New Peoples Army, voluntarily returned to the fold of the law. MANNY PALMERO
Civic responsibility. National Police chief Nicanor Bartolome receives keys from Chinese-Filipino
Business Club president Cristino Lim, who turned over 20 motorcycles to the police for its anti-crime
operations. MANNY PALMERO
Manila
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Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region VI - Western Visayas
ILOILO 1st ENGINEERING DISTRICT
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City
Tel. Nos. 337-60-98 * 337-91-16
INVITATION TO BID
No. 12-0005
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Fort San
Pedro, Iloilo City, rough the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites Contractors classifed as Small B,
to bid for the herein-mentioned project:
1) Contract ID : 12-GF-0008
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Oton National
High School - CAMBITU Extension, Oton, Iloilo
Major Category : Construction of multi-purpose building
ABC : P4,000,000.00
Source of Fund : BMB-A-12-TOOOOO 1415
Contract Duration : 150 cal. days
Cost of Bidding Documents: P5,000.00
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Igcocolo
Elem. School, Igcocolo, Guimbal, Iloilo
ABC : P4,000,000.00
Source of Fund : BMB-A-12-T000001415
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Igtalongon
National HighSchool, Igtalongon, Igbaras, Iloilo
ABC : P4,000,000.00
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Adgao Elem.
School, Adgao, Tubungan, Iloilo
ABC : P4,000,000.00
Contract Duration : 150 cal. Days
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Sinugbuhan
E/S and NHS, Sinugbuhan, San Joaquin, Iloilo
Major Category : Construction of multi -purpose building
ABC : P4,000,000.00
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Tiolas Elem.
School, Tiolas, San Joaquin, Iloilo
ABC : P3,000,000.00
Source of Fund : A-12-00120
Contract Title : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building @ Jovellar Elem.
School, Jovellar, Igbaras, Iloilo
ABC : P2,000,000.00
Source of Fund : A-12-00120
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected during the opening of bids.
To bid for the 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 (CRC), (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the
type and cost of the contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period
of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at
least equal to 10% of ABC. A Bidder shall comply with the terms and conditions stipulated in the Instruction
to Bidders (ITB) attached in the Bidding Documents (BDs). Failure to comply shall be ground for the Bidders
disqualifcation. 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 Region
VI, Iloilo City before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH Region VI, Iloilo City will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC).
In order to avoid unnecessary delay during the eligibility processing and post-qualifcation, the following
shall be observed (As per Department Order No. 09, s. of 2012):
a) Key Technical Personnel:
Pursuant to Section 34, Rule 10 of the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184, the Lowest Calculated Bid shall undergo
post-qualifcation, which include verifcation of pledged key technical personnel. If a proposed Key Technical
Personnel is an employee of the bidder and working in another project at the time of the bidding, the bidder
shall submit a certifcation that: (1) the personnel will be pulled out from the ongoing project once the bidder is
awarded the contract, and (2) he/she will be replaced with another person with equal or better qualifcations,
as certifed by the head of the implementing offce.
The Bidder may propose a Key Technical Personnel who is not its employee provided that the said
personnel is required to submit a certifcation that he/she will work for the bidder if it is awarded the contract
under bidding. The Certifcation/s shall be included in the frst envelope of the sealed bid.
b) Equipment
Also to be verifed during post-qualifcation is the set of equipment pledged by the bidder. The Bidder
should specify in the submitted bid the location of equipment where they can be Inspected. If any piece of
equipment is not in specifed location, then the bidder shall be post-disqualifed.
Prospective bidders shall submit their bids through their authorized representative using the forms
specifed in the Bidding Documents in two (2) separate sealed envelopes, sealed in an outer envelope, which
shall be submitted simultaneously. The frst shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include a copy of the CRC, and the second 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 signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From June 11 - July 2 2012.
2. Pre-bid Conference June 15, 2012 p.m. @ the Conference Room,
Iloilo 1
st
DEO Fort San Pedro Iloilo City
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from
Prospective Bidders
Until 4:00 p.m. - June 27, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00 A.M. - July 3 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2 :00 P.M . - July 3 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs), at the BAC Secretariat, Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort
San Pedro, Iloilo City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee, as specifed above, to the Cashier - Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the Bidding
Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184.
The DPWH, Iloilo 1
st
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and
to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected
bidders.
APPROVED BY:
(Sgd.) NINFA M. ENRIQUEZ
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
Telefax No. (033) 337-9116
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MANUEL L. TICAO, JR.
OIC District Engineer / Head of Procuring Entity
(MST-June 14, 2012)
By Jonathan Fernandez
THE Sandiganbayan on Wednesday granted
a request by former First Gentleman Miguel
Mike Arroyo to travel abroad for busi-
ness and personal meetings in Japan and
Hong Kong.
This is the third time that the anti-graft
court has allowed Arroyo to leave the coun-
try since it led a case of graft against the
former First Gentleman and his wife, former
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, early
this year.
On April 25, the Sandiganbayan allowed
Arroyo to travel to Japan for a meeting with
Japanese investors, and also gave the green
light for Arroyo to leave the country from
May 3 to 10 for the same purpose.
This time, Arroyo will be out of the coun-
try from June 16 to 23, also for a series of
business and personal meetings in Japan and
Hong Kong, based on the June 11 decision of
the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division, chaired
by Justice Gregory Ong.
Arroyo will rst go to Japan to continue
his meetings with prospective Japanese in-
vestors, and will leave for Hong Kong after-
wards for a short rest. The Sandiganbayan
has required Arroyo to inform the court of
his return to the Philippines on June 24.
Meanwhile, Sen. Serge Osmena admit-
ted on Wednesday that he has no evidence
to support his claim that Arroyo inuenced
former Development Bank of the Philippines
president Reynaldo David to grant a P660
million behest loan to former trade minis-
ter Roberto Ongpin in connection with the
Philex case.
The search for evidence to pin down
Arroyo, David and Ongpin a former trade
minister during the Marcos administration,
was difcult, Osmena told reporters in a
news conference after the hearing on the al-
leged behest loans.
Amalia Fuentes les libel
suit vs Bianca Gonzalez
FORMER actress Amalia Fuentes on
Wednesday sued television host-model
Bianca Gonzalez before the Quezon
City prosecutors ofce for libel.
Fuentes (real name: Amalia
Muhlach) personally presented two
separate complaints against Gonzalez,
host of the Pinoy Big Brother, and tal-
ent manager Annabelle Rama before
assistant city prosecutor Liasim Omar
Basa.
Accompanied by her lawyers Ian
Mateo and Jerimmy Rosario, Fuentes
said she sued Gonzalez because she
wrote in her article Love, Laughter &
Intrigues with Eddie and Annabelle,
published in The Philippine Star on
Feb. 12.
In the article, Gonzalez reported
the claim of talent manager Annabelle
Rama that Fuentes continued to yearn
for Ramas actor-husband, Eddie Guti-
errez. Rio N. Araja
Lawmen intercept 8 vans
loaded with P10-m rice
CUSTOMS agents in Port of Manila
intercepted eight 40-foot container
vans loaded with smuggled rice worth
P10-million from China.
Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said
the shipments, consigned to Seph Ga-
brielle Enterprises and Adee Trading,
were misdeclared as aluminum frames
and kitchen ware but when inspected,
it turned out to be 4,000 bags of rice.
Deputy Commissioner Horacio Su-
ansing Jr., head of the breaus Enforce-
ment Group, said he placed the ship-
ments under alert after they noticed
that the two consignees shared a com-
mon address.
Suansing added that after evaluating
his mens post-surveillance report, they
learned that the two consignees both
used a single-room ofce at Unit 349
FEMII Bldg. in Intramuros, Manila as
their address.
A common address for two or more
different importers, especially the one
room type ofce space, is a red ag for
possible bogus or ctitious importers.
This usually indicate ill-nanced front
or bogus companies, he said.
Joel E. Zurbano
2,500 hired on the spot
at Kalayaan 2012 job fair
MORE than 2,500 job applicants were
hired on the spot during the 2012
Kalayaan Job fairs held nationwide
in connection with the celebration of
Independence Day, the Department of
Labor and Employment said.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
the DOLE 2012 Kalayaan Job Fairs
registered a total of 25,248 job appli-
cants. There were 2,664 applicants
who were hired-on-the-spot at the na-
tionwide job fairs.
She said that 25,567 of those who
went to the job fairs were interviewed;
and 15,898 were qualied and referred
for further interviews, bringing the
placement rate of qualied applicants
to 16.8 percent. Vito Barcelo
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
This one, between Nadal and
Novak Djokovic, offers the
added benet of being more
competitive.
And given the participants
ages, it should last awhile.
Nadal and Djokovic played each
other to decide the titles at each of the
past four Grand Slam tournaments,
most recently the French Open,
where Nadal won a two-day, rain-
interrupted nal 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
No one should be surprised if
they make that ve in a row in
less than a month at Wimbledon.
Which would be remarkable,
considering that before these two
came along, no pair of men had met
in more than two consecutive major
nals since the start of the Open era
in 1968. Not Borg and McEnroe.
Not Sampras and Agassi. Not even
Federer and Nadal.
We are very young, and we
played over 30 times against each
other, said Djokovic, who trails
19-14 overall in their series, and
hopefully we can have many more
battles in the next years.
The No. 1-ranked Djokovic
turned 25 last month; No. 2
Nadal is barely a week past his
26
th
birthday.
Theyve already accumulated
Double Dummy
beats Team Forbes
New net rivalry heats up
PARISAfter all those Grand Slam
nals between Roger Federer and Rafael
Nadal, a record eight in all, theres a new
tantalizing tennis rivalry.
IN BRIEF
Pimentel, Salgados lead
JOEL Pimentel and Lennon Hart
Salgados defeated separate rivals
to maintain their share of the lead
in the Open Under-20 division of
the 13 ASEAN+ Age-Group Chess
Championships in Vietnam.
Pimentel downed FIDE Master
Tuan Minh Tran of Vietnam, while
Salgados scalped another Vietnamese
FIDE Master Van Hai Nguyen to raise
their total to 3.0 points in as many
rounds.
Austin Jacob Literatus also toppled
a local bet in Nhat Minh Le to grab a
piece of the lead in OU-16. The win
pushed his total to 2.5 points, the
same output of fourth round opponent
FM Tuan Minh Le and four other
players.
The other notable Filipino winners
in the third round were FM Paulo
Bersamina over Anh Trung Pham of
Vietnam in OU-14; OU-10 co-leader
Stephen Rome Pangilinan over Minh
Thanh Bui; Samantha Glo Revita over
Thu Truc Huynh of Vietnam in the Girls
Under-14; and Jerlyn Mae San Diego
over Le Ha An Nguyen of Vietnam
and Methusellah Ramos over Bui Thi
Thanh Van Vu of Vietnam in GU-8.
The countrys campaign in the
tournament is supported by the National
Chess Federation of the Philippines,
Philippine Sports Commission and
Philippine Olympic Committee.
IN THE Single
Knock-Out Teams
tournament, held
under the auspices
of the Philippine
Tournament Bridge
Association at the
Manila Club, Corinthian Plaza Building, Paseo de
Roxas on Saturday, May 26, Double Dummy won de-
cisively over Team Forbes in the Finals of the match.
The Double Dummy team is composed of Nonot
Carreon, Jehran Chua, Romy Virola and Chuchay Tua-
son. These team members are the core of the Philip-
pine Open Team that will see action at the World Mind
Sports Championship in Lille, France. The nal score
against Team Forbes (Sylvia Alejandro, Cash Pineda,
Nalin Samarasingha, Hiranthi Samarasingha) was 115
IMPs vs. 19 IMPs.
Eight teams joined the tournament, and played
knockout formats with 32 board matches. A loss elimi-
nated a team from contention, while a win moved the
team to the next round, where it would face another
winner from the next part of the draw.
Double Dummy was the top seed. They demolished
all their opponents with 3-digit scores and won con-
vincing margins. In the draw, Team Forbes had to face
the second-seed Katipunan (Albert Quiogue, Jopet
Maliwat, Phil Manalang, Suena Manalang) in the 1st
round Team Forbes scored a win 81 IMPs-41 IMPs.
La Vista (Nene Quimson, Gerry Alquiros, Ray
Aguas, Ann de Guzman, KT Yang (substitute) won the
1st round over Acionados (Isabel Maloles, Benny La-
peral, Titang Montinola, Frnacoise Butt) 108 IMPs-73
IMPs.
NLEX eyes title sweep
THE chance to nish the conference with
a perfect record inspires the NLEX Road
Warriors to close out their Philippine
Basketball Association D-League
Foundation Cup titular series against Big
Chill on Thursday.
Riding on the crest of a 12-game
winning streak, they are on the threshold
of repeating as champions and claiming
their third straight championship after
routing the Superchargers in the series
opener.
Game 2 of the best-of-three series is
set at 2 p.m. at the San Juan Arena.
This is one for the books. Well
denitely go if we get an opportunity.
Its an achievement not only for me but
also for the whole NLEX organization,
coach Boyet Fernandez said of clinching
their third straight championship with a
perfect record.
GLOBE Telecom is gearing up
major support for the countrys
top triathlon event, the 2012
Ironman 70.3 Philippines, as
ofcial technology partner and a
main competitor in the race.
As technology partner, Globe
will provide high-speed broadband
internet service during the Ironman
event set on Aug. 5 at Shangri-La
Mactan Island Resort in Cebu
City to enable participants, and
even the public to go online 24/7
to post status updates in various
networking sites.
The company will also eld in
12 individual athletes composed
of employees to compete in the
triathlon event. A major contender
since 2009, Globe employees
already participated in various
tune-up races such as the Anvaya
Cove Invitational Triathlon held
last December 2011 and the Subic
Bay International Triathlon held
last May. They are also set to join
the inaugural 5i50 Triathlon in
Subic as well as the TriUnited 2 in
Batangas in June.
Our participation in this years
Ironman shows Globe Telecoms
all-out support to our employees
quest for excellence not only at
work but in other activities like
sports. We are proud of our team,
made up of full-time employees,
who continue to pound it out
and practice in preparation for
the race. This shows that we in
Globe work hard and play just
as hard as well, said Globe
president and CEO Ernest Cu.
more head-to-head meetings than
Nadal and the 30-year-old Federer
(Nadal leads 18-10), and are
gaining in the Grand Slam nal
department (Nadal leads Federer
6-2; Djokovic leads Nadal 3-2).
If they do meet again at
Wimbledon next month or the
US Open in September, there
will be those who will wonder
whether Nadals current three-
match winning streak against
Djokovicat Monte Carlo, Rome
and Paris, all on red clay says
much about who has the upper
hand in general at the moment.
It might just reect superiority
on one particular surface.
I dont think (Nadal) necessarily
still has the answers. I think he ghts
through this match, and its clay,
and hes condent, and he wins the
key points there toward the end,
seven-time major champion Mats
Wilander said after presenting
Nadal with the trophy at Roland
Garros on Monday.
Right now, theres such a tiny
sliver separating Djokovic and
Nadal.
Theyre probably the sports
two best returners of serve, two
best movers and two best retrievers
of opponents shots. Theyre also
capable of switching from defense
to offense in a blink as well or
better than anyone. In the French
Open nal, they played more than
60 points that lasted 10 strokes
or morelong, complicated
exchanges that resulted not from
conservative, keep-the-ball-in-play
tennis, but rather an extraordinary
ability to force the other to come up
with the goods over and overand
each won more than 30. AP
SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
PH national games motocross action on Sunday
THE offroad event of the National
Motorcycle Sports and Safety Asso-
ciation motorcycle races for the 2012
Philippine Olympic Committee-Phil-
ippine Sports Commission Philippine
National Games will be held on Sun-
day at the Speedworld MX Circuit in
SM City Bicutan, Paraaque.
The races this weekend will likewise
mark the fth leg of the 2012 NAMSSA
National Motocross Development
Program. Over a hundred riders from 14
competition categories are expected to
show up at the venue on raceday.
Aside from the trophies and incentives
that await the winners in every round,
the top three riders in each class after
two motos will also be awarded with the
gold, silver and bronze medals provided
by the POC and the POC making them
the PNG national champions in their
respective categories.
The POC-PSC Philippine National
Games is a viable competition platform
for assessing the capability and readiness
of athletes for international competitions.
As such, athletes in the national training
pool are required by the Philippine Sports
Commission to participate in the PNG
before they can be issued travel orders to
participate in sporting events held abroad.
Kenneth San Andres and Mark Reggie
Flores, respectively the countrys top
125cc and 85cc riders, head the marquee
participants, who will be joining the
national motocross races set on Sunday.
Expected to give them the competition
are Jovie Saulog and Migi Tolentino in
the 125cc class and the Gabriel Macaso
and the Christian Ramento in the 85cc
category. With the national titles at stake
in all categories, the riders are expected
to step up their rides this weekend
promising exciting races in all classes.
In the 2
nd
Round Team Forbes faced La Vista and
won by a convincing margin with 91 IMPs-56 IMPs.
Thus Team Forbes emerged to play in the Finals.
I feature a deal from the World Wide Bridge Con-
test held last June 2, 2012 which is a long-standing
tournament in the World Bridge Federations calen-
dar, I reproduce Board 1 which has a most excellent
commentary from world famous bridge player Eric
Kokish:
Board 1 Love All
Dealer: North North
KQ632
AK975
104
5
West East
A874 J5
J6 10432
952 AJ6
KJ98 10762
South
109
Q8
KQ873
AQ43
N/S will start 1-2, after which South will bid NT
when he can do so in forcing mode, or 3NT where
2NT would be non-forcing. The advantage accruing
to stronger two-over-one systems is that North can
show his fth heart or a sixth spade economically
over 2NT and respect responders retreat to 3NT, or
continue with 3NT himself if South were to offer ter-
tiary spade support over 3. Where Souths systemic
rebid over 2 is a somewhat non-specic 3NT. North
will not know whether he is expected to bid 4 with
ve-ve or 4 with six-four. However, if 3NT implies
2=3=5=3 or perhaps 2=3=4=4, opener knows he will
nd an eight-card t if he nishes describing his hand
when he has ten cards in the majors.
Here, where South jumps to 3NT, the North players
who expect a mist for the majors will pass but those
with no such agreement will choose between pass and
4 (which will lead to North declaring 4). Where
South rebids 2NT, North will continue with 3 and
pass 3NT, but will choose between 3NT and 4 when
South offers preference to 3. A few will end in 4
when South judges to pass that rather than convert to
4 in relevant auctions.
Some Souths will try 3 over 2, and then choose
between 3 and 3NT over Norths 3.
If West leads a club against Souths 3NT, and judges
to go up with the A on the rst or second round of the
suit before declarer can get the diamonds going, he can
hold declarer to nine tricks, else declarer will come to
ten tricks if he judges correctly which suit to establish.
Of course, there are plenty of ways for declarer to go
wrong, including passing the 10 on the rst round, mis-
guessing diamonds: 10, J, K, 2; 4, 6, 8, 9, and mess-
ing up his fragile entries, perhaps on a heart lead.
To make 4 on a club lead through the ace-queen
declarer must win the ace, and time the play accurate-
ly: trump to the queen, diamond to the queen, trump
to the king, diamond. Now declarer will have time to
discard two heart losers on diamonds; West can ruff
the fourth round or not, but it will not matter.
The play in 4 will follow similar lines: A, spade
to the queen, diamond to the queen, spade; West takes
the ace and switches to the J, threatening to kill the
diamond suit, but declarer wins with the K to play
a second diamond. East wins and plays a club or a
heart, but declarer can reach dummy to play high dia-
monds; East ruffs the fourth but by then declarer has
discard his losing spades.
As there will be plenty of unsuccessful declarers in
3NT or four of a major, successful N/S games should
score fairly well, the best results going to the pairs
managing an overtrick in 3NT.
Comments to: sylvia@globelines.com.ph
Globe backs
Ironman tilt
EXPERIENCE was veteran climber
Dennis Diazs best friend when he
claimed his rst major title in 10
years Sunday in the 2012 Philippine
Olympic Commission-Philippine Sports
Commission National Sport Climbing
Championships at the ROX store along
Bonifacio High Street in Taguig City.
Using a technique called stemming,
Diaz, a 14-year veteran of the sport,
utilized every ounce of patience he
could muster to negotiate the last part
of the route along a 40-foot wall as he
conquered an almost vertical course
given difculty grade of 5.13.
Diaz, who was among eight nalists
and was one of only two participants
who were able to complete the last
stage, made it to the top portion of the
wall after taking his time to get past a
challenging portion on the right side of
the upper-middle area.
In womens action, come-backing
Kristine Robles nally found her form
again by claiming the title with 28.5
points and a clocking of three minutes
and 28 seconds.
Stemming, which required slow
movements along a widely spaced, red-
colored volume (big, wooden block
used as a foothold), allowed Diaz to
later make a traverse to the left portion
towards the last part of the course.
His efforts earned him a similar
32 points with Philippine School of
Business Administration student PJ
Borile, who placed second, and was
the only other entry who was able to
complete the route with Diaz.
Experience keys Diazs sport-climbing win
Paddlers join beach games
A SIXTEEN-STRONG Philippine
team will vie in the dragonboat
competitions of the Third Asian
Beach Games, which unfurls Saturday
in Haiyang, China.
Carrying the countrys colors in the
weeklong games are Diomedes Manalo,
Alex Sumagaysay, Ric Nacional, Ricky
Sardena, Alex Generalo, Nelson Cordova,
Florence Caro, Raquiel Espinosa, Dativo
Romares, Ronniel Rafael, Ambrocio
Gontinas Jr., Joseph Magno, Hermie
Macaranas, Rolando Isidro, Alberto
Hugo and Jameson Bumahit.
The team is coached by former
volleyball standout turned rower Lenlen
Escollante. She will be assisted by
Manuel Maya.
The rowers left Wednesday for
Haiyang to have the chance to
familiarize themselves with the venue.
The dragonboat rowers will compete in
5-seater mens crew in the 200, 500 and
3,000 meters distances.
There are 13 sports on the Haiyang
program, but the Philippines is elding
athletes only in womens basketball,
handball and dragonboat. Team
Philippines is composed of 29 athletes
and 14 ofcials.
Olympic partner.
The Philippine Olympic
Committee has found
a new ally in Procter &
Gamble , which is backing
the Philippine teams
participation in the London
Olympics next month.
Photo shows PH team
chief of mission Manny
Lopez (second from left)
shaking hands with P&G
external relations head
Clint Navales after the
signing of agreement
recently. With them are PH
team administrative ofcer
Arsenic Lacson and P&G
corporate communications
manager Anama Dimapilis.
The giant company
became the fth entity
to support the Filipino
athletes, the others being
International Container
Terminal Services Inc., Bank
of the Philippines Islands,
Mizuno and Samsonite.
Bowling champs. Winners of the recent 11th SM Bowling
Cup-rst National Finals at SM North EDSA are shown here. They
are (from left) Mary Jane Diaz , rst runner-up, who pocketed
P100,000; Jose Rolly Delideli, champion, who won a brand new
Chevrolet Spark and Angel Tolentino Jr., second runner-up, who
received P50,000.
So far, his side is winning
both matchups.
Durant delivered the fourth
quarter his counterpart never
could last year, scoring 17 of his
36 points and leading a Thunder
storm that overwhelmed Miami
and gave Oklahoma City a
105-94 victory in Game 1 on
Tuesday night.
James and the Heat started
well against the young Thunder,
who acknowledged some rst
nals nerves.
Theyve already gured out
nishing, Durant showing James
how a superstar is supposed to
play in the fourth quarter.
Well, those guys, they
came out on re. They were
passing the ball well, knocking
down shots. We just wanted
to continue to keep playing,
Durant said. Its a long game,
and every time our coach was
just saying play harder, play
harder, and thats what we did.
Teaming with Russell Westbrook
to outscore the Heat in the second
half by themselves, Durant struck
rst in his head-to-head matchup
with James, who had seven points
in the nal quarter and was helpless
to stop the leagues three-time
scoring champion.
Westbrook turned
around a poor
shooting start to nish
with 27 points, 11 assists
and eight rebounds for the
Thunder, keying a strong
nish to the third period that
gave the Thunder the lead for good.
Durant took over from there.
Scoring in nearly every way
possible, Durant nished 12 of
20 from the eld and added eight
rebounds. He and Westbrook
outscored the Heat 41-40 over the
nal two periods, showing that
maybe this time it will be offense
that wins championships.
Thats what they do, they keep on
coming, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
said. Theyre relentless.
James nished with 30 points,
the most in any of his 11 nals
games, but had only one basket
over the rst 8:15 of the fourth,
when the Thunder seized control
of a game they trailed for all but
the nal few seconds of the rst
three quarters.
James averaged just three
points in the fourth quarters
of the Heats six-game loss to
Dallas last year, taking almost
all the blame for Miamis nals
failure. He was good in this one,
Durant was just better. AP
NBA FINALS
Montano, Roman fastest in scooter, underbone racing
MIKO Erich Montano of JVT
Racing and reigning Underbone
King Anthony Roman stamped
their supremacy over their rivals as
they bagged the top honors in the
third legs of the 2012 Philippine
Scooter Racing Championships
and the 2012 Philippine Underbone
King Championships recently at the
Batangas Racing Circuit.
Montano scored another double-
title feat anew, winning both the
premier 180cc Open and 160cc Open
classes of the 2012 Philippine Scooter
Racing Championships, while Roman
pulled off an overwhelming triumph
in the premier 150cc Open division
of the 2012 Philippine Underbone
King Championships, both of which
are sanctioned by the Underbone
and Scooters Racing Association and
supported by FDR as the ofcial tires.
Defensive strategy and racing
consistency kept Montano on top
throughout as he cruised with a
fastest laptime of 2:02.443, before
hitting the nish line in 22 minutes
and 8.872 seconds, a far 5.036
seconds ahead of Tan.
JVT teammates Benjo Mendoza
and Arlan de la Cruz followed at
third and fourth, respectively, while
Tracy Soyangco came in fth.
Montano was even more dominating
in the 160cc as he claimed the
checkered ag 14.947 seconds ahead
of runner-up Romer Corbe. Marvin
Martinez took third, while Edmar
Quiambao and Gerald Cruz wound up
fourth and fth, respectively.
Juver Mirasol copped the 130cc
scooter title over Mark Adrian Tan
and third placer Mayo Buraga.
Roman, on the other hand, was the
only rider in the 10-man 150cc Open
to break the two-minute barrier as he
clocked a fastest laptime of 1:59.562 to
build an unmolested margin of 23.791
seconds over runner-up Nino Fabian.
The win boosted Romans hopes
for a back-to-back Underbone King
diadem as he moved up to second
overall with 42 points, just a one-
point shy behind current leader
Masato Fernando.
Rizaldy Canare nished third while
Marvin Mangulabnan landed fourth.
The next leg is is slated August 5
at the Clark International Speedway.
For further details, contact the
Batangas Racing Circuit, c/o Nelson
Gayola or Rodini Rivera at (632)
729-72 41-42, 729-5365, fax 844-
7766 or mobile 0922-8858410, or
like us on Facebook, www.facebook.
com/ Batangas Racing Circuit.
Manila Standard TODAY
Sports
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
OKLAHOMA CITYKevin
Durant keeps insisting these NBA
Finals are Thunder against Heat,
not him against LeBron James.
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Thunder
By Jeric Lopez
LEROY Hickerson once again
displayed his complete offensive
arsenal as he scored a team-
high 38 points on top of eight
rebounds and eight assists to
power Barako Bull to a 109-100
pounding of skidding Air21 for
its second straight win in the 2012
Philippine Basketball Association
Governors Cup at the Smart
Araneta Coliseum last night.
Holding a 53-47 edge at
intermission, Barako Bull built
on that as it came out of the gates
ring to start the second half. The
Energy opened the third period
with vigorous 16-8 spurt, led by
Hickerson and Mick Pennisi to
extend their lead to 14 points, 69-
55, at the 6:41 mark. Hickerson and
Pennisi scored 13 of those 16 points,
including three triples combined.
We were able to adjust in the
second half. I told them at the dugout
at halftime that we should control
the boards to control the game,
said Baculi, who still wants more
from his squad. We need to step-
up further if we want to advance.
Pennisi nished with 14
points, nine of which came in
the critical third frame, with four
triples to assist Hickerson. Doug
Kramer added 10 markers.
Barako Bull is now tied
with idle teams Powerade and
Barangay Ginebra for third
place on similar 3-2 records,
while Air21 has now lost three
straight and sunk at the bottom
with Alaska at 1-4 with only a
minimal chance of making it to
the next phase of the tournament.
Barako Bull lists 2
nd
straight win
Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers (left) and Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Nick Collison go after a loose ball in Game 1 of their
teams NBA nals basketball series in Oklahoma City. The Thunder won, 105-94. AP
Huey now
no. 39
th
in
the world
THE world ranking of
Philippine national team
member Treat Conrad Huey
rose after he and British
partner Dominic Inglot won
the doubles crown of the
64,000 euro Aegon Challenge
in Nottingham, England last
Sunday.
Hueys rankings in the
Association of the Tennis
Professionals list now stands
at no. 39, up six notches from
last week.
The 26-year-old, fourth-
seeded Huey and Inglot
saw their rankings shoot up
after they won over British
rivals Jonathan Marray and
Frederick Nielsen, 6-3, 6-2,
in the nals.
The two earned 90 ATP
points and split the top purse of
1975 euros.
In reaching the nals, Huey
and Inglot got past wild-card
entries David Rice and Sean
Thornley, 4-6, 6-4, 10-3, in the
seminals.
Before that, they hurdled
Carsten Ball and Izak Van der
Merwe, 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-7, in
the rst round, and the pair of
John Paul Fruttero and Raven
Klaasen, 7-6(4), 6-4, in the
quarternals.
Huey will join the Philippine
Davis Cup team in its third-
round clash with Indonesia
on Sept. 14 in Pekanbaru,
Indonesia. Peter Atencio
Red Lions
face new
challenges
By Peter Atencio
THE San Beda Red Lions will
be facing new challenges in
the coming 88th season of the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association mens basketball
tournament.
New coach Ronnie Magsanoc
said this after the team made
changes in the coaching staff and
acquired a young generation of
players, who came mostly from
the schools high school squad.
This is a condent team
when it wins. But I have yet to
see their ability to bounce back
from losses. Its not going to be
easy for San Beda this season.
Its going to be a challenge,
said Magsanoc.
Magsanoc, who used to play
for the Red Cubs during his
high school days, took over the
coaching chores two months ago
when the school had to let go of
Frankie Lim. He believes that
in the coming collegiate season,
many teams can beat any other
team easily, and the Red Lions
will not be an exception.
The Red Lions ability to
bounce back from losses,
according to Magsanoc, will
test the mettle of the squad as
the season progresses.
I have yet to see this ability
in the team. And this is what
I will be looking forward in
them, added Magsanoc.
The former University of the
Philippines Maroons hotshot
made this observation after the
Red Lions took a 55-66 loss to
the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the
battle for third place in the FilOil-
Flying V pre-season cagefest.
They ended the eliminations
with nine wins and two losses.
Pacman, Arum confirm Marquez is next
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FIGHTER of the Decade
Manny Pacquiao and Top Rank
promoter Bob Arum have both
conrmed the Manila Standar d
Today exclusive that the Filipino
ring icon will ght Juan Manuel
Marquez in November and not
go for a rematch with Timothy
Bradley, whose split decision
victory last Saturday was met
with international outrage.
Pacquiao initially indicated he
wanted a rematch with Bradley,
but later on told a Spanish TV
network that he would prefer
to battle Mexican legend Juan
Manuel Marquez a fourth time,
possibly even in Mexico.
Arum said that while there is
a rematch clause in the Bradley
contract, its up to Pacquiao to
decide who he wants to ght
next. But he added that since
he thinks the Filipino beat
Bradley easily and won a hugely
controversial majority decision
in his third ght with Marquez,
he believes Pacquiao will
take on the Mexican one
more time.
Meanwhile, US
Senate majority
leader Sen. Harry
Reid, himself a
former boxer and
member of the
Nevada Gaming
Commission, told
Fox Sports that it
was clear to everyone
who knows anything
about boxing that Pacquiao
won the ght with Bradley.
However, Reid doesnt believe
that the unacceptable result was
due to corruption, but said he
would like to see a thorough
investigation, which Arum has
asked the Nevada State Attorney
General to formally undertake.
Reids victory in the last
elections was attributed to the
last-minute campaign appeal
by Pacquiao to Filipino-
American voters at
a Nevada rally to
support the senator,
for which the
Democratic leader,
a close friend
of Arum, was
grateful.
Me a n t i m e ,
Ring Magazines
editorial board has
decided to maintain
its pound-for-pound
rankings, with Pacquiao
and Floyd Mayweather Jr. tied at
No. 2, with no No. 1.
The magazine, which is owned
by Oscar De La Hoya, who had
called on Bradley to return the
World Boxing Organization
welterweight belt to Pacquiao
and to proclaim him the winner
said: The absurd judging that
gave Tim Bradley a victory over
Manny Pacquaio on Saturday
night in Las Vegas forced us to at
least consider making important
changes in our pound-for-pound
and welterweight Top 10s.
However, it noted that the vast
majority of those who watched the
ght believe that Pacquiao won
handily, which raises the question:
Should he be victimized a second
time by The Ring just because
two of three judgesCJ Ross and
Duane Fordblew it?
In the end, though, Mike
Rosenthal said the Editorial
Board decided to break from
tradition and do what was the
right thing: Completely ignore
one of the worst decisions of our
time as it applies to Pacquiao.
We left things as they were,
with the exception of having
Bradley enter the welterweight
ratings.
Anthony Roman claimed the checkered flag as he
captured the 150cc Underbone Open crown of the
2012 Philippine Underbone King Championships.
105
94
OKC leads, 1-0
Pacquiao
Business
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San Miguel acquires
SSS stake in Meralco
Ray S. Eano, Editor mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Japans Uniqlo eyes
50 outlets in 3 years
Aviation
body okays
new ticket
regulations
PH, Italy sign debt-for-development deal
Barclays Capital sees remittance growth slowing 3% in April
Renewable energy backer. BDO Capital, the investment banking arm of BDO Unibank Inc., served as the issue manager and
joint lead underwriter of First Gen Corp.s P10-billion issuance of preferred shares to support renewable energy projects. At the
recent listing of First Gens preferred shares at the Philippine Stock Exchange are PSE president Hans Sicat (second from left); Giles
Puno, president and chief operating ofcer of First Gen (seventh); Federico Lopez, chairman and chief executive of First Gen (left,
center); PSE chairman Jose Pardo (right, center); and Lea Hilado, senior vice president of BDO Capital (sixth from right).
CONGLOMERATE San Miguel
Corp. has increased its holdings in
Manila Electric Co. to 32.39 percent after
acquiring the shares held by pension
fund Social Security System in the power
retailer.
San Miguel said in a
disclosure to the stock exchange
it purchased over 62.99 million
common shares of Meralco
through a special block sale
Monday in favor of SMC Global
Power Holdings Corp.
The shares, priced at
P90 a piece, represented
approximately 5.6 percent of
the outstanding capital stock of
Meralco.
San Miguel also disclosed
to the stock exchange that
it would float at least P80
billion worth of preferred
shares and increase its
authorized capital stock.
The company said it would
use proceeds from the sale of
preferred shares to redeem P72
billion worth of the same stocks
issued to stockholders in 2009.
The group of Philippine
Long Distance Telephone Co.
and Metro Pacic Investments
Corp. in January this year sealed
an agreement from the Lopez
Group to purchase 30 million
shares held by First Philippine
Utilities Corp., a unit of First
Philippine Holdings Corp.,
in Meralco for P295 each, or
P8.85 billion.
The PLDT-Metro Pacic
group nalized the transaction
through Beacon Electric Asset
Holdings Inc., which has
consolidated all the Meralco
holdings of PLDT and Metro
Pacic. Metro Pacic and PLDT
Communications and Energy
Ventures Inc. (formerly Pilipino
Telephone Corp.) each own 50
percent of Beacon Electric.
Beacon said earlier the
acquisition raised its benecial
interest in Meralco to 48.02
percent, solidifying its control
of the utility. First Holdings said
unit FPUC would continue to
own approximately 3.9 percent
of Meralco after the transaction.
Beacon, Metro Pacic,
PLDT Communications and
Energy and PLDT have signed
an agreement allowing the
Lopez Group to retain a board
seat in Meralco under certain
conditions after the completion
of the transaction.
San Miguel is using acquisitions
to help meet its target of boosting
annual revenue to $30 billion by
2017, with sales expected to rise
to almost $20 billion in 2012 or at
least three years ahead of target,
Ang said in an April interview.
The company has expanded into
oil, power and infrastructure, and
in April acquired about half of
Philippine Airlines Inc. Appetite
for acquisitions is still quite
strong, Ang said in April.
The share sale will be the
biggest, beating the $539.4
million raised in Cebu Air Inc.s
initial public offering, according
to data compiled by Bloomberg.
San Miguel said it would seek
shareholder approval today to
an April 18 board resolution to
increase its authorized capital to
P30 billion from P22.5 billion
and the issue of 1.1 billion of
Series 2 preferred shares.
Lailany P. Gomez and
Bloomberg
By Julito G. Rada
JAPANESE retail rm Fast Retailing Co. plans to build 50 Uniqlo
stores in the Philippines over the next three years as it sees the
enormous growth potential of the Philippine market.
Fast Retailing chief operating ofcer Katsumi Kubota said in
a press brieng at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City Wednesday the
stores would be concentrated in the greater Manila area.
Putting up that number of stores shows the level of our
condence in the Philippine market. Once we are strong enough in
Metro Manila, then we can move to other key cities in the country,
Kubota said.
He said Uniqlo would employ as much as we can for the said
investment plan. Uniqlo employs 57,000 workers globally.
Uniqlo will start the operation of its rst store in the countrya
1,550-square meter outlet at SM Mall of Asia on June 15. The outlet
in Pasay City has a paid-in capital of P400 million or 720 million
yen.
Fast Retailing chairman, president and chief executive Tadashi
Yanai said the expansion in the country came late because the
Philippines is farther compared to other East Asian countries such
as Korea, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Kubota said the Philippines expansion would serve as a key
window to other Southeast Asian markets, adding the Philippines
was an important part of its global expansion, given its strategic
location.
Kubota said the edge of Uniqlo over other brands is that it doesnt
limit itself to one market. That is why we are called Made for
All.
The Uniqlo outlet at the SM Mall of Asia offers childrens, mens
and womens wear, except shoes. Yanai said this is because SM is
the expert in shoes.
By Elaine R. Alanguilan
THE growth of remittances from
Filipino expatriate workers is
expected to slow down in April
to 3 percent from a year ago,
according to Barclays Capital of
Singapore.
Overseas workers remittances
are likely to ease in line with
seasonal patterns, said Barclays
Capital in its latest report.
Philippine remittances
historically peak in May and
June in time for enrolment in the
Philippines, and in November
and December in the runup to the
Christmas season.
Barclays forecast would be
the slowest growth for the year.
Remittances grew 5.4 percent in
January year-on-year; 5.8 percent
in February; and 5 percent in
March.
The Bangko Sentral will
release the remittance data for
April on May 15.
Remittances from Filipino
expatriate workers coursed
through banks rose in March
2012 by 5 percent year-on-year
to $1.7 billion on sustained global
demand for skilled workers.
The continued increase in
remittance ows in March
brought the rst-quarter level to
$4.8 billion, up 5.4 percent from
a year ago.
Remittances from land-
based [$3.7 billion] and sea-
based [$1.1 billion] workers
during the quarter registered
increases of 2.7 percent and
15.3 percent, respectively,
Tetangco said earlier. Robust
cash transfers in the rst quarter
of 2012 were supported by the
sustained demand for Filipino
manpower in various foreign
labor markets.
SBMA tightens up rules
THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority will
strictly require businesses in the Subic Bay
free port starting July 1 to secure the necessary
permits rst before they can operate.
If you dont have a permit to operate, you
have no business operating in the Subic Bay
Freeport. The rule is, you need to comply rst,
Stefani Sao, SBMA senior deputy administrator
for business and investment development, said
in a statement Wednesday.
The SBMA issued the warning amid
recent ndings that some locators have begun
operation even if they have not complied with
all the requirements.
Sao said the new system is benecial to the
government and protects the interest of private
businesses in the area.
Sao said the certicate of registration
and tax exemption given to new locators
was considered a permit to operate. But the
CRTE does not spell out other requirements,
like an environmental compliance certicate,
allowing some businesses to go around the
requirements.
The new board of directors saw this aw, so
we would have to change the system and stress
compliance rst before operation, he said.
Julito G. Rada
Empire East bullish
PROPERTY developer Empire East Land
Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it expects net
income to grow 20 percent this year on the back
of robust growth in reservation sales.
Empire East president Anthony Charlemagne
Yu said robust growth in real-estate sale would
be the main driver of the bullish outlook.
The momentum is there and so is the
demand. Election year is always good. It will
be sustained next year so were very condent
about the prospects this year, Yu said on the
sidelines of the annual stockholders meeting.
He added the company might raise at least
P2.6 billion from a stock rights offer pending
approval from the regulators.
The company increased its capital stock
to P10 billion to nance general corporate
purposes, land banking initiatives and projects.
Consolidated net prot of Empire East reached
P27.7 million in the rst three months this year, up
10 percent from P25.2 million year-on-year.
Lailany P. Gomez
By Lailany P. Gomez
THE Civil Aeronautics Board
has reversed its earlier ruling
that prohibits airlines from
overbooking to appease airlines
that warned about the collapse
of the industry.
CAB acting board
secretary Eldric Paul Peredo
said the board, which met
Wednesday, decided to allow
overbooking of passengers,
but this should not exceed
5 percent of total number of
passengers.
Airlines were allowed to
overbook passengers by up
to 10 percent of total seats
before the regulator issued a
ruling stopping the practice of
overbooking.
Peredo said the board also
decided that passengers should
rebook, refund or voluntarily
cancel their airline tickets
within 24 hours before the
ight or must pay penalties.
The CAB said the board
decision will be issued in the
form of a modied version
of the earlier ruling Monday.
The thrust of the meeting
today was really to clarify certain
matters based on our hearings of
the motions for reconsideration of
the airlines. We are aligning our
resolutions with the thrust of the
Passenger Bill of Rights, which
will be heard on Friday according to
the [Department of Transportation
and Communications], Peredo
said.
Budget airlines Cebu Air
Inc., Philippines AirAsia and
Zest Airways Inc. had criticized
the new ruling, particularly the
rebooking and refund of tickets
for no-show passengers,
which they said might trigger
the collapse of the industry.
Peredo, however, insisted
that the suspension of the
right of local airlines to reject
rebooking and refund of
tickets on both promotional
and regular ights was still in
effect.
The CAB earlier said of the
total number of complaints it
received in 2011, 45 percent
pertained to demands for a
refund; 14 percent, unfair
practices/negligence of
personnel; 10 percent, canceled
ights; 7 percent, delayed
ights, denied boarding or
lost luggage; and 3 percent,
misleading advertisement.
By Maria Bernadette Lunas
THE Philippines and Italy signed
Wednesday a debt-for-development
swap deal that will fund projects
here.
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima
and Italian Ambassador to the
Philippines Luca Fornari signed the
debt conversion agreement on May 29,
which provides that debt payments to
Italy will be channeled to development
projects instead.
The government said under the deal,
the outstanding debt of the Philippines
amounting 2.9 million euros or
P158 million including interest,
will be converted to nance eligible
development programs.
The projects will be jointly agreed
and selected by both governments
through a management committee
represented by the two countries
officials.
Funds from the debt swap conversion,
which will run for ve years, will
target local level projects that promotes
poverty reduction, socioeconomic
sustainable development and
environmental protection.
Priority will be given to the sector of
eco-region/ biodiversity conversation,
in a context of effective social
participation of local communities and
sustainable resource use, the Finance
Department said.
The project will focus on areas
with the highest poverty rates in the
country.
The fund will be coursed through
eligible recipients such government
agencies, local government units, local
community-based organizations and
civil society groups.
The Finance Department and the
Italian Embassy in Manila will select
a management committee that will
implement the program.
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 12,079,066 994,578,461.09
INDUSTRIAL 98,190,751 2,100,112,090.967
HOLDING FIRMS 98,202,417 1,450,858,592.94
PROPERTY 214,373,840 826,174,511.83
SERVICES 89,055,223 1,311,403,460.95
MINING & OIL 629,210,672 322,820,881.978
GRAND TOTAL 1,141,111,969 6,685,974,874.049
FINANCIAL 1,291.48 (up) 3.25
INDUSTRIAL 7,765.78 (down) 45.97
HOLDING FIRMS 4,377.74 (down) 5.52
PROPERTY 1,865.48 (up) 23.67
SERVICES 1,664.68 (down) 2.25
MINING & OIL 24.626.93 (down) 158.44
PSEI 5,109.61 (up) 33.76
All Shares Index 3,381.09 (up) 9.99
Gainers: 64; Losers: 95; Unchanged: 34; Total: 193
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FINANCIAL
70.00 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 62.40 68.40 62.00 68.40 9.62 2,065,880 8,992,074.50
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 68.75 69.50 68.75 69.30 0.80 862,560 (6,618,938.00)
512.00 370.00 China Bank 560.00 560.00 557.00 560.00 0.00 8,570 (335,450.00)
23.90 12.50 COL Financial 23.05 23.30 23.05 23.30 1.08 96,900 (184,800.00)
Eastwest Bank 18.70 18.90 18.70 18.90 1.07 674,000 293,784.00
22.00 7.56 Filipino Fund Inc. 9.40 9.52 9.52 9.52 1.28 1,100
0.95 0.62 First Abacus 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.00 100,000
80.00 40.00 First Metro Inv. 72.00 73.50 73.50 73.50 2.08 1,000
775.00 475.20 Manulife Fin. Corp. 470.00 470.00 460.00 460.00 (2.13) 120
29.00 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 38.55 39.15 38.70 39.15 1.56 90,900
93.50 60.00 Metrobank 88.05 89.25 88.10 89.10 1.19 3,138,580 90,445,378.50
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.95 1.95 1.94 1.95 0.00 72,000
126.00 35.00 Phil Bank of Comm 69.00 69.00 69.00 69.00 0.00 50
16.85 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.00 71.20 69.70 71.20 1.71 54,570
85.00 57.70 Phil. Savings Bank 82.00 82.00 82.00 82.00 0.00 200
539.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 349.00 350.00 348.00 349.00 0.00 12,780 (1,396,000.00)
44.40 25.45 RCBC À 43.20 43.20 43.00 43.10 (0.23) 17,200.00 447,860.00
151.50 77.00 Security Bank 133.00 142.10 133.00 142.00 6.77 1,620,130 131,191,862.00
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 100.00 101.00 99.50 100.00 0.00 28,920 1,152,835.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 0.00 28,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.35 34.00 33.40 33.60 0.75 1,776,100 11,268,395.00
13.58 7.32 Agrinurture Inc. 9.34 9.33 9.10 9.18 (1.71) 74,400
23.50 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 23.50 20.00 20.00 20.00 (14.89) 5,100
1.86 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.38 1.40 1.37 1.38 0.00 178,000 (55,220.00)
54.90 26.00 Alphaland Corp. 28.90 29.00 25.55 28.85 (0.17) 1,700
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.30 1.30 1.29 1.30 0.00 607,000
Asiabest Group 23.85 23.95 22.40 22.40 (6.08) 70,200
102.80 3.02 Bloomberry 8.66 8.60 8.33 8.33 (3.81) 18,952,800 (79,150,891.00)
2.88 2.24 Calapan Venture 2.32 2.50 2.40 2.49 7.33 229,000 124,000.00
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.48 2.48 2.48 2.48 0.00 229,000 124,000.00
8.33 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.19 9.20 8.82 9.18 (0.11) 664,600
7.06 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.87 5.89 5.83 5.85 (0.34) 19,867,200 1,334,922.00
6.28 2.80 EEI 6.13 6.28 6.06 6.06 (1.14) 1,871,800 3,705,172.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.85 1.94 1.94 1.94 4.86 7,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.02 10.20 10.00 10.00 (0.20) 7,200
15.58 12.50 First Gen Corp. 16.26 16.40 15.98 16.10 (0.98) 2,920,900 3,668,748.00
67.20 51.50 First Holdings A 71.15 71.20 70.30 70.40 (1.05) 297,380 (2,451,779.50)
31.50 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 20.90 20.90 20.90 20.90 0.00 2,200
0.10 0.0095 Greenergy 0.0130 0.0140 0.0130 0.0140 7.69 700,000
13.50 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.02 11.40 11.40 11.40 3.45 100
9.00 4.71 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.00 4.00 3.98 3.99 (0.25) 24,000 (8,000.00)
2.35 0.95 Ionics Inc 1.660 0.910 0.800 0.830 (50.00) 806,000 43,000.00
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 108.60 107.90 105.40 107.90 (0.64) 446,470 (28,901,985.00)
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.60 1.60 1.56 1.58 (1.25) 115,000 (4,720.00)
1.55 0.99 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.51 1.45 1.45 1.45 (3.97) 12,000
24.70 17.94 Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.90 25.15 24.90 25.00 0.40 4,382,500 10,047,090.00
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.65 2.70 2.65 2.65 0.00 20,000
15.30 8.12 Megawide 17.28 18.00 16.90 17.20 (0.46) 344,000
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 246.60 246.60 240.00 243.00 (1.46) 141,780 14,819,030.00
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.75 2.80 2.75 2.75 0.00 2,773,000 6,871,500.00
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.32 10.32 10.10 10.10 (2.13) 2,539,700 (11,035,692.00)
15.24 9.01 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.29 8.29 8.18 8.20 (1.09) 73,900 821.00
9.50 5.25 Republic Cement À 8.92 8.99 8.92 8.92 0.00 40,300
2.55 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.04 3.04 2.97 2.98 (1.97) 1,051,000 1,490,000.00
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 1.51 1.51 1.51 1.51 0.00 1,000
33.00 27.70 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.00 29.00 28.50 29.00 0.00 3,000
132.60 105.70 San Miguel Corp À 114.40 114.50 113.00 114.20 (0.17) 521,810 625,455.00
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.78 1.80 1.75 1.80 1.12 1,247,000
2.50 1.85 Splash Corporation 1.86 1.86 1.85 1.85 (0.54) 104,000 (185,000.00)
0.250 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.127 0.126 0.126 0.126 (0.79) 40,000
5.46 2.92 Tanduay Holdings 3.92 3.91 3.90 3.90 (0.51) 3,021,000 766,400.00
3.62 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.14 2.18 2.07 2.09 (2.34) 254,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.22 1.22 1.22 1.22 0.00 148,000
68.00 36.20 Universal Robina 66.00 66.10 64.00 65.15 (1.29) 2,916,530 45,273,887.50
Victorias Milling 1.70 1.74 1.44 1.50 (11.76) 26,437,000 (10,797,130.00)
1.12 0.285 Vitarich Corp. 0.740 0.740 0.710 0.710 (4.05) 686,000
1.22 0.68 Vulcan Indl. 0.98 0.91 0.91 0.91 (7.14) 51,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.69 (1.43) 159,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 49.95 50.30 49.95 50.25 0.60 723,600 10,590,615.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0150 0.0160 0.0150 0.0160 6.67 12,000,000
13.48 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.70 11.54 11.14 11.42 (2.39) 42,987,400 (255,365,092.00)
2.97 1.67 Anglo Holdings A 1.98 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.01 50,000
4.60 3.00 Anscor À 4.70 4.60 4.50 4.60 (2.13) 206,000 780,000.00
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.49 5.46 5.05 5.18 (5.65) 360,400 (153,771.00)
3.15 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.87 1.87 1.71 1.87 0.00 28,000
437.00 272.00 Ayala Corp À 438.80 442.00 430.00 441.20 0.55 674,610 194,774,526.00
59.45 30.50 DMCI Holdings 55.90 56.15 55.45 56.00 0.18 7,512,000 194,774,526.00
5.25 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 3.99 3.97 3.95 3.95 (1.00) 1,540,000
GT Capital 483.00 490.00 483.00 484.20 0.25 41,860 10,497,522.00
5.22 2.90 House of Inv. 4.52 4.36 4.32 4.35 (3.76) 98,000
34.80 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.40 33.50 32.60 33.20 (0.60) 1,230,400 8,413,345.00
6.95 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.85 5.86 5.68 5.86 0.17 803,000 (400,222.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.06 1.10 1.06 1.07 0.94 226,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.430 0.430 0.420 0.425 (1.16) 60,000
3.82 1.500 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.49 2.50 2.44 2.48 (0.40) 903,000 (689,130.00)
4.45 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.19 4.18 4.11 4.12 (1.67) 6,696,000 (5,098,800.00)
6.24 2.10 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.64 4.65 4.55 4.60 (0.86) 13,000
0.0770 0.054 Pacica À 0.0510 0.0520 0.0500 0.0520 1.96 700,000
2.20 1.42 Prime Media Hldg 1.330 1.320 1.320 1.320 (0.75) 1,000
699.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 700.00 715.00 700.00 701.00 0.14 688,490 79,932,020.00
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.38 1.39 1.39 1.39 0.72 10,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.26 1.30 1.19 1.30 3.17 3,000 1,300.00
0.420 0.099 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2200 0.2250 0.2200 0.2250 2.27 150,000
0.620 0.056 Wellex Industries 0.3650 0.3650 0.3500 0.3500 (4.11) 2,580,000
1.370 0.178 Zeus Holdings 0.550 0.550 0.530 0.530 (3.64) 156,000
P R O P E R T Y
39.00 11.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 39.50 39.95 34.00 39.95 1.14 5,700 23,970.00
2.82 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.80 2.56 2.56 2.56 (8.57) 3,000
0.75 0.31 Araneta Prop À 0.670 0.630 0.630 0.630 (5.97) 4,000
0.218 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.167 0.164 0.164 0.164 (1.80) 40,000
22.40 13.36 Ayala Land `B 20.85 21.60 20.85 21.50 3.12 13,443,700 105,893,950.00
6.12 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.70 4.80 4.69 4.80 2.13 767,000 930,970.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.90 6.10 5.87 5.87 (0.51) 103,200 (155,003.00)
5.60 2.00 Cebu Prop. À 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 0.00 7,700
5.66 0.26 Century Property 1.48 1.47 1.43 1.47 (0.68) 1,587,000 2,880.00
2.85 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.45 2.45 2.44 2.44 (0.41) 140,000
1.65 1.07 Cityland Dev. À 1.15 1.15 1.15 1.15 0.00 28,000
0.127 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.078 0.077 0.076 0.076 (2.56) 9,500,000 (77,000.00)
1.16 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.81 0.79 0.79 0.79 (2.47) 939,000 (15,800.00)
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.720 0.720 0.690 0.710 (1.39) 4,633,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.170 0.155 0.155 0.155 (8.82) 180,000
3.06 1.76 Global-Estate 1.76 1.76 1.63 1.71 (2.84) 6,262,000 (1,873,480.00)
1.35 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.23 1.24 1.17 1.20 (2.44) 29,917,000 (5,458,970.00)
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.72 1.72 1.72 1.72 0.00 6,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.15 1.15 1.07 1.12 (2.61) 29,000
4.50 1.50 Keppel Properties 1.987 2.10 2.00 2.10 5.70 22,000
2.48 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 1.95 1.97 1.94 1.96 0.51 86,525,000 (50,394,840.00)
0.80 0.215 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1900 0.1920 0.1810 0.1820 (4.21) 28,900,000 (3,720.00)
0.990 0.072 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.7000 0.7000 0.6700 0.6900 (1.43) 4,629,000 147,350.00
4.77 1.80 Polar Property Holdings 3.84 3.98 3.80 3.90 1.56 237,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 16.42 16.80 16.40 16.72 1.83 1,666,000 14,903,354.00
Rockwell 3.16 3.20 3.12 3.12 (1.27) 180,000
2.70 1.74 Shang Properties Inc. 2.47 2.48 2.48 2.48 0.40 50,000
9.47 6.50 SM Development À 6.10 6.25 6.09 6.09 (0.16) 1,037,600 (284,335.00)
18.20 10.90 SM Prime Holdings 12.70 12.74 12.28 12.60 (0.79) 16,396,900 (73,614,170.00)
1.14 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.68 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.00 64,000
4.30 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.080 4.120 4.050 4.060 (0.49) 2,762,000 446,100.00
S E R V I C E S
2GO Group 1.98 1.99 1.90 1.90 (4.04) 19,000
43.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 35.50 35.50 35.00 35.50 0.00 21,400
14.76 1.60 Acesite Hotel 15.00 15.40 14.70 14.70 (2.00) 302,000 (111,952.00)
0.5300 0.0660 Boulevard Holdings 0.1500 0.1500 0.1450 0.1450 (3.33) 5,410,000 (68,560.00)
Calata Corp. 13.20 14.10 13.30 14.00 6.06 17,716,100 851,030.00
98.15 62.50 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 67.50 68.00 66.50 67.65 0.22 52,750 (362,564.50)
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.10 10.30 10.30 10.30 1.98 4,400
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.40 6.39 5.94 6.15 (3.91) 22,900
1750.00 765.00 FEUI 970.00 975.00 975.00 975.00 0.52 20
1270.00 825.00 Globe Telecom 1061.00 1092.00 1050.00 1092.00 2.92 96,020 (4,275,010.00)
10.34 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.00 10.20 10.08 10.18 1.80 1,386,300
69.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 73.90 74.00 72.65 74.00 0.14 879,530 28,641,567.50
6.00 4.00 IPeople Inc. À 5.55 5.20 5.20 5.20 (6.31) 2,700
4.29 2.20 IP Converge 4.24 4.32 4.20 4.20 (0.94) 557,000
34.50 0.123 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.043 0.042 0.040 0.040 (6.98) 50,000,000 40,000.00
3.87 1.16 IPVG Corp. 1.07 1.06 1.06 1.06 (0.93) 24,000
5.1900 2.900 ISM Communications 2.6000 2.6500 2.6000 2.6000 0.00 21,000
11.68 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 6.60 6.60 6.51 6.51 (1.36) 1,526,600
4.28 2.65 Liberty Telecom 2.85 2.79 2.73 2.79 (2.11) 101,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.00 16,000
3.00 1.00 Manila Jockey 2.26 2.30 2.20 2.29 1.33 363,000
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 7.35 7.00 6.30 7.00 (4.76) 400
21.00 17.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 20.40 20.00 20.00 20.00 (1.96) 123,500
8.58 4.50 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.23 7.25 7.18 7.18 (0.69) 13,300
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.92 2.94 2.91 2.94 0.68 743,000 88,200.00
10.00 4.60 Phil. Racing Club 9.01 9.10 9.10 9.10 1.00 5,000
60.00 17.02 Phil. Seven Corp. 42.00 42.00 42.00 42.00 0.00 400
17.18 14.50 Philweb.Com Inc. 15.40 15.40 15.16 15.38 (0.13) 144,700 (308,000.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2456.00 2458.00 2424.00 2440.00 (0.65) 254,155 (63,156,390.00)
0.48 0.23 PremiereHorizon 0.310 0.320 0.310 0.320 3.23 1,560,000
23.75 10.68 Puregold 25.00 27.00 25.00 26.50 6.00 4,622,900 49,434,575.00
Touch Solutions 3.60 3.85 3.85 3.85 6.94 5,000
0.79 0.26 Waterfront Phils. 0.430 0.440 0.420 0.435 1.16 160,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0036 Abra Mining 0.0041 0.0041 0.0040 0.0040 (2.44) 182,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.79 4.80 4.75 4.80 0.21 31,000
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.40 17.42 17.28 17.30 (0.57) 1,190,700 4,431,346.00
31.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 29.90 29.50 29.50 29.50 (1.34) 200
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.245 0.250 0.245 0.250 2.04 150,000
30.35 15.00 Benguet Corp À 21.60 21.75 21.65 21.70 0.46 32,200
2.51 1.62 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.46 1.48 1.47 1.48 1.37 56,000
50.85 4.35 Dizon 32.70 33.20 31.30 31.50 (3.67) 112,900
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.70 0.71 0.68 0.68 (2.86) 2,125,000
1.82 0.5900 Lepanto À 1.450 1.450 1.400 1.420 (2.07) 48,122,000
2.070 0.6700 Lepanto `B 1.530 1.540 1.450 1.490 (2.61) 34,027,000 12,572,680.00
0.085 0.035 Manila Mining À 0.0690 0.0690 0.0660 0.0680 (1.45) 162,720,000
0.087 0.035 Manila Mining `B 0.0680 0.0690 0.0670 0.0670 (1.47) 59,710,000 (299,880.00)
34.80 15.04 Nickelasia 31.60 31.90 31.00 31.50 (0.32) 1,552,000 6,624,410.00
12.76 2.08 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.80 8.85 8.55 8.70 (1.14) 185,100 86,862.00
8.40 2.12 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.120 5.200 5.110 5.170 0.98 712,600
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0170 0.0170 0.0160 0.0170 0.00 14,400,000
0.033 0.013 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 14,700,000
7.14 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.30 6.30 5.92 5.92 (6.03) 4,700 624.00
28.95 17.08 Philex À 24.15 24.15 23.90 24.15 0.00 2,500,900 2,416,800.00
14.18 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 38.75 39.20 37.90 39.00 0.65 422,900 5,245,310.00
0.058 0.013 Philodrill Corp. À 0.042 0.044 0.042 0.043 2.38 81,100,000
252.00 161.10 Semirara Corp. 218.00 226.00 218.00 222.40 2.02 122,260 (4,657,104.00)
0.029 0.013 United Paragon 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 0.0180 (5.26) 23,100,000
PREFERRED
47.90 27.30 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 37.45 35.10 33.50 34.25 (8.54) 764,000 (2,177,225.00)
570.00 520.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 0.00 560
First Gen G 101.00 101.00 101.00 101.00 0.00 6,850
109.80 100.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 104.10 104.50 104.50 104.50 0.38 160
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.98 10.20 10.00 10.18 2.00 2,069,600 (7,635,708.00)
116.70 106.20 PCOR-Preferred 111.00 111.10 111.00 111.00 0.00 12,580
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 75.20 75.20 75.15 75.15 (0.07) 6,400
1050.00 990.00 SMPFC Preferred 1022.00 1026.00 1020.00 1020.00 (0.20) 20,845 (2,040,000.00)
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.03 0.00 6,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.35 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 0.96 0.98 0.97 0.97 1.04 936,000 561,480.00
Indonesia prepares stimulus plan
Semirara discards liquid coal
RAY S. EANO
Mr. Eanos column
will resume next week.
Robinsons Place Palawan. Robinsons Land Corp., one of the countrys leading property developers,
has extended its way to Palawan with the opening of a full-service mall, Robinsons Place Palawan, along the
National Highway, Puerto Princesa. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Robinsons Place Palawan are (from
left) Robinsons Land president and chief operating ofcer Frederick Go, actress and Robinsons Land endorser
Solenn Heussaff, JG Summit Inc. chairman and chief executive James Go, JG Summit chairman emeritus John
Gokongwei Jr., Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn and wife Ellen Hagedorn, Elizabeth Gokongwei,
Robinsons Land senior vice president operations Lily Ngo-Chua and JG Summit president Lance Gokongwei.
INDONESIA will implement
stimulus measures to boost
consumption and infrastructure
spending as a global slowdown
limits exports and an imminent
election in Greece may deepen
Europes debt turmoil and derail
growth.
The government will tap last
years 24-trillion rupiah ($2.5
billion) budget surplus to fund
building projects, and lift the tax-
free annual income level to 24
million rupiah from 15.8 million
rupiah, Bambang Brodjonegoro,
head of scal policy at the
Ministry of Finance, told
reporters in Jakarta Wednesday.
Indonesias policy makers
have signaled they are prepared
to support the economy with
monetary and scal stimulus as
Europes protracted sovereign-
debt crisis threatens global
expansion and crimps demand
for Asian exports. The economy
may expand at the lower range
of Bank Indonesias forecast of
about 6.3 percent to 6.7 percent
in 2012, Governor Darmin
Nasution said this month, while
exports fell in April for the rst
time since 2009.
During this time, exports
arent the main driver to support
our growth, Brodjonegoro
said. As exports have fallen,
well boost consumption and
investment.
Bank Indonesia kept the
benchmark reference rate at
5.75 percent for a fourth month
Tuesday, holding off from easing
policy to support a weakening
currency. The rupiah has fallen
about 4 percent this year, the
worst performer in Asia after
Indias rupee, as the escalating
European crisis hurt exports and
spurred outows from emerging
markets. Bloomberg
STOCKS rose Wednesday, following
the overnight gains on Wall Street and
the release of positive data from Japan
and South Korea, reecting resilience of
regional economies in the face of Europes
debt crisis.
The Philippine Stock Ex-
change index, the 30-company
benchmark, breached the 5,100-
point mark for the rst time in
a month. The index added 33
points, or 0.7 percent, to close at
5,109.61, the highest since it n-
ished at 5,158.14 on May 11.
The heavier index representing
all shares also increased 9 points,
or 0.3 percent, to 3,381.09 on
Wednesday, although losers out-
numbered gainers, 95 to 64, with
34 issues unchanged.
BDO Unibank Inc. was the
top gainer, rising 9.6 percent to
P68.40. The nations biggest
bank has recently set the price of
its $1 billion one- for-three rights
offer at P48.60 a share.
GMA Network Inc., the na-
tions second-largest broad-
caster, increased 1.8 percent to
P10.18, the rst gain this month.
Talks between the three main
shareholders of GMA and Phil-
ippine Long Distance Telephone
Co. chairman Manuel Pangilinan
are heading for the negotiation
stage, GMA chairman Felipe
Gozon said.
Manila Electric Co. fell 1.5
percent to P243 while San Miguel
Corp. was down 0.2 percent to
P114.20. SMC announced unit
SMC Global Power Holdings
Corp. acquired additional 62.99
million shares worth P5.7 bil-
lion in Meralco. This raised San
Miguels stake in the power dis-
tributor to 32.4 percent.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks were
mostly higher in choppy trading
on Wednesday following a big
rally in US markets, though gains
were limited by persistent worries
over Europes ability to contain a
simmering debt crisis.
Some markets zigzagged be-
tween gains and losses as inves-
tors weighed comments by a Fed-
eral Reserve ofcial in support of
more measures to stimulate the
economy against the situation in
Europe.
Japans Nikkei 225 index
gained 0.6 percent to 8,588.18,
while South Koreas Kospi swung
temporarily into negative terri-
tory before climbing 0.3 percent
to 1,859.89. Hong Kongs Hang
Seng also briey dipped before
rising 0.3 percent to 18,935.85.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Alena Mae S. Flores
SEMIRARA Mining Corp., the
countrys largest coal miner, is
no longer interested in the coal-
to-liquid technology as a new
business.
Semirara chief executive
Isidro Consunji said the company
looked at the possibility of using
coal-to-liquid technology or
coal liquefaction, but found
it expensive. The technology
coverts coal into a liquid fuel that
can be an alternative to oil.
Yes [we looked at it] but it is
not cost effective to us, Consunji
said.
Semirara, which operates a coal
mine in Antique, continues to be
the biggest coal producer in the
country, producing 7.19 million
metric tons in 2011. Semirara
produces low rank coal.
Semiraras coal output
accounted for 94.5 percent of the
national production of 7.6 million
metric tons, according to data
from the Energy Department.
Semirara also exported 2.68
million MT of coal to China
and 54,754 MT to Thailand in
2011.
The Energy Department earlier
said local coals that are of high
quality could be used without the
need for any coal preparation or
blending with imported coals.
Among these coals are deposits
being mined in Malangas by
the Philippine National Oil Co.
in Southern Cebu by Ibalong
Resources and Development
Corp. and in Batan Island by
Rock Energy International Corp.
It said the coal deposits in
Catanduanes Island and the coal
areas in Gen. Nakar, Quezon are
also of good quality.
Local rm H&WB Corp. is the
project proponent and developer
of the rst and only coal
hybrid liquefaction plant being
developed in the Philippines.
The plant, which is still under
development, will produce
60,000 barrels per day of liquid
fuels. The plant is supposed
to utilize low-rank coal in
Mindanao.
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POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila
INVITATION TO BID FOR Supply of Maintenance
and Electrical Supplies
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines, through the Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF) intends to apply the sum of Two Million Nine Hundred Nine
Thousand and Three Hundred Eighty Pesos being the Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC) to payments under the contract for Supply of Maintenance and Electrical Supplies.
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Polytechnic University now invites bids for Supply of Maintenance and Electrical
Supplies. Delivery of the Goods is required within 15 working days upon receipt of Purchase
Order. Bidders should have completed, within three 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 will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-
discretionary pass/fair criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform
Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations
with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens
of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of
which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to RA 5183 and Subject to
Commonwealth Act 138.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Polytechnic University of the
Philippines and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during 8:00 am to
5:00 pm.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on June
11 to July 04 from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the
Bidding Documents in the amount of fve thousand pesos.
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on June
25, 2:00 pm at Dr. Mateo Conference Room. 2nd foor, South Wing, Main Building, Mabini
Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila 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 July 04,; 1: 30 pm. All Bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount
stated in lTB Clause 18.
Bid opening shall be on July 04. 2:00 pm at Dr. Mateo Conference Room. Bids will be
opened in the presence of the Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address
below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines reserves the right to accept or reject any
bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at anytime prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to;
Engr. Antonio Y Velasco
Bids and Awards Committee
3rd foor, South Wing, Main Building, Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila
7133532 or 7167832 local 397
Approved by:
(Sgd.) Atty. Estelita Wi Dela Rosa
Chairman
(MST-June 14, 2012)
Region VI - Western Visayas
ILOILO 1st ENGINEERING DISTRICT
Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City
Tel. Nos. 337-60-98 * 337-91-16
INVITATION TO BID
No. 12-0004
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Fort San
Pedro, Iloilo City, rough the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites Contractors classifed as Small B ,
to bid for the herein-mentioned project:
Contract Title : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Tiolas-Sinugbuhan
Road, San Joaquin, Iloilo, Km. 60+(-011) - Km. 63+000 with exception
Major Category : Roads Rehabilitation Asphalt
ABC : P9,860,000.00
Source of Fund : SR 2012-05-004201
Contract Duration : 120 cal. Days
2)
Contract ID : 12-GF-0007
Contract Title : Repair /Rehabilitation/lmprovement of Tiolas-Sinugbuhan
Road, San Joaquin, Iloilo, Km. 59+464 - Km. 74+021 with exception
Major Category : Maintenance Roads and Bridges
ABC : P4,920,000.00
Source of Fund : SR 2012-05-004206
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected during the opening of bids.
To bid for the 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 (CRC), (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the
type and cost of the contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period
of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at
least equal to 10% of ABC. A Bidder shall comply with the terms and conditions stipulated in the Instruction
to Bidders (ITB) attached in the Bidding Documents (BDs). Failure to comply shall be ground for the Bidders
disqualifcation. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH Region
VI, Iloilo City before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH Region VI, Iloilo City will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC).
In order to avoid unnecessary delay during the eligibility processing and post-qualifcation, the following
shall be observed (As per Department Order No. 09, s. of 2012):
a) Key Technical Personnel:
Pursuant to Section 34, Rule 10 of the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184, the Lowest Calculated Bid shall undergo
post-qualifcation, which include verifcation of pledged key technical personnel. If a proposed Key Technical
Personnel is an employee of the bidder and working in another project at the time of the bidding, the bidder
shall submit a certifcation that: (1) the personnel will be pulled out from the ongoing project once the bidder is
awarded the contract, and (2) he/she will be replaced with another person with equal or better qualifcations,
as certifed by the head of the implementing offce.
The Bidder may propose a Key Technical Personnel who is not its employee provided that the said
personnel is required to submit a certifcation that he/she will work for the bidder if it is awarded the contract
under bidding. The Certifcation/s shall be included in the frst envelope of the sealed bid.
b) Equipment
Also to be verifed during post-qualifcation is the set of equipment pledged by the bidder. The Bidder
should specify in the submitted bid the location of equipment where they can be Inspected. If any piece of
equipment is not in specifed location, then the bidder shall be post-disqualifed.
Prospective bidders shall submit their bids through their authorized representative using the forms
specifed in the Bidding Documents in two (2) separate sealed envelopes, sealed in an outer envelope, which
shall be submitted simultaneously. The frst shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include a copy of the CRC, and the second 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.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From June 11 - July 3 2012.
2. Pre-bid Conference June 15, 2012 p.m. @ the Conference Room,
Iloilo 1st DEO Fort San Pedro Iloilo City
Prospective Bidders
Until 4:00 p.m. - June 27, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00 A.M. - July 3 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2 :00 P.M . - July 3 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs), at the BAC Secretariat, Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort
San Pedro, Iloilo City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee, as specifed above, to the Cashier - Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the Bidding
Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184.
The DPWH, Iloilo 1
st
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and
to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected
bidders.
APPROVED BY:
(Sgd.) NINFA M. ENRIQUEZ
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
Telefax No. (033) 337-9116
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MANUEL L. TICAO, JR.
OIC District Engineer / Head of Procuring Entity
(MST-June 14, 2012)
Department of Public Works and Highways
Masbate 1
st
District Engineering Offce
Masbate City
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH, Masbate 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Masbate City, through its
Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors, to apply to bid for the
following contracts, to wits:
Contract ID : 12F10015
Contract Name : Reblocking of Jct. Tawad-Balud Road
Balud, Masbate
K0061+000-K0062+000,
K0065+000-K0066+000 (w/ exception)
Contract Location : Balud, Masbate.
Brief Description : Reblocking of Jct. Tawad-Balud Road

Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 3,330,678.64
Contract Duration : 90 CD
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 automatically be
rejected at the opening of bids. To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit
a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative
or joint venture with PCB License applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period
of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC,
or credit line commitment/Cash deposit certifcate for at least 10% of ABC.
The DPWH will use a non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check,
preliminary of bids, evaluation of bids, post-qualifcation, and award.
Unregistered contractors, however, may submit their LOIs simultaneously with
their applications for registration, to the DPWH 1
st
District Engineering Offce,
Masbate City before the deadline set below for the receipt of LOIs. The DPWH
Central BAC-TWG will only process contractors applications for registration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Registration Certifcate
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective
Bidders
Deadline: June 14 - 25, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents Deadline: June 21 28, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
3. Pre-Bid Conference Deadline: June 15, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: June 28, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids June 28, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC
Secretariat Offce, DPWH, Masbate 1st District Engineering Offce, Masbate
City, upon payment of non-refundable fee of P 5,000.00 for project I.D. No.
12F10015 for Bid Document . Prospective bidders who will download the BDs
from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before submission of their
bids.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelope to the BAC Chairman, the frst
envelope shall contain the Technical component of the Bid, which shall include
a copy of CRC. The envelope shall contain the acceptable form, as stated in
27.2 of the Revised IRR. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the evaluation and post qualifcation.
The DPWH, Masbate 1
st
District Engineering Offce, Masbate City reserves the
right to accept or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before
Contract award without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ISAGANI A. ANDRADE
Chief, S.M.Q.C. Section
BAC - Chairman
(MST-June 14, 2012)
Region IV-B, MIMAROPA
Marinduque Engineering District
Boac, Marinduque
INVlTATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Marinduque
Engineering District Offce, Boac; Marinduque, through the SARO No. BMB-
A-12-(l006924 dtd. May 16, 2012 invites contractors to bid aforementioned
projects.
Contract ID: 12EA0015
Contract Name: Repair/Rehab./ lmprovement of Dr. Damian Reyes
Mem. Rd. (Boac Rd.)
Contract Location: Km. 20+000 - Km. 20+810 w/e, Boac, Marinduque
Scope or Work: Conc. of 810 l.m. x 6.10 l.m.
Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 9,899,941.44
Contract Duration: 60 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 lntent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a)
prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino- owned
partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB
license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion
of a similar contract costing at least 50 % of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC,
or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use
non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
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 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 for procurement are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 13, 2012 July 4, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 20, 2012 / 9:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
June 19, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids July 4, 2012 / 2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids July 4, 2012 / 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD s) at DPWH
Marinduque District Engineering Offce, Boac, Marinduque upon payment
of a non-refundable fee of P 10,000.00 for (BD s).
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH-Website.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from 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 BD s. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the
amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate bid envelops to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelop shall contain the technical component. of the bid which shall
include the eligibility requirements. The second envelop 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.
DPWH, Marinduque Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process at any time before
Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) RAMEL J. NARANJO
BAC Vice-Chairman
(MST-June 14 & 17, 2012)
Camarines Sur 4
th
District Engineering Offce
Sta. Teresita, Baao, Camarines Sur
INVITATIONTO BlD
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, (DPWH) Camarines Sur 4
th
District Engineering Offce, invites
contractors to bid for the following projects, viz:
Contract ID 2FG0024
Contract Name Contract Package - X (1-2) Const/Opening
of various roads in Buhi, Camarines Sur.
1.Const/Opening Macaangay-Namurabod
FMR
2.Const of Box Culvert along San. Pascual-
Sta. Cruz Road ( San Pascual Section)
Contract Location Buhi, Camarines Sur
Scope of Work Const/Road Opening
Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC)
P 9,800,000.00
Contract Duration 180 CD
Bid Docs 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR of
RA 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at the
opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid
documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH,
(b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint
venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. .
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to
the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC)
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant. times and deadlines of procurement, activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: June 7, 2012
To: June 27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 14, 2012
Prospective Bidders
Deadline: June 7, 2012
To: June 22, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: June 27; 2012 until 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids June 27,2012 at 2:00 PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Department of
Public Works and Highways, (DPWH) Camarines Sur 4
th
District Engineering Offce,
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 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 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, (DPWH) Camarines Sur 4
th
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to
annul the bidding process anytime prior Contract award, without incurring any liability
to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) NESTOR P. GORIMBAO
Asst. District Engineer
BAC-Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) ROSAURO R. GUERRERO
District Engineer
(MST-June 14, 2012)

(MST-June 14, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
Supply of 25pcs.Pulse Generator G16 for 3G BCU
under PR No.RS1-0412-123 / ITB No. 1206-104-01
Schedule of Activities:

Pre Bid Conference - June 22, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot,
Santolan, Pasig City
Submission and Opening of Bids -July4, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot,
Santolan, Pasig City
Technical Specifcations:
PULSE GENERATOR G16 FOR 3G BCU
Description:Pulse Generator
Dimensions
a : 25 0.1 mm
b : 25 0.1 mm
c : 10 0.1 mm
d : 22 0.1 mm
e : 30 0.1 mm
f : 9.0 0.1 mm
g : 20.0 0.1 mm
h : 42 0.15 mm
i : 60 0.15 mm
Connection cable : 2x1.0~1.5mm, shielded, L:1500100mm
Protective hose : EN854/2TE 45bars, OD: 271mm, L:1300100mm
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year 2012, intends
to apply the sum of a Total of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos Only (Php5,500,000.00) being
the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the afore-mentioned contract/s. Bids
received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Delivery period is required on
or before six (6) months upon receipt of Purchase Order.
LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details:
Description
Approved
Budget for the
Contract(ABC)
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/
guarantee or ILC
(2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
Supply of 25 pcs. Pulse
Generator G16 for 3G BCU
Php5,500,000.00 Php110,000.00 Php275,000.00 Php4,000.00
*Only those issued by universal or commercial banks
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary pass/fail
criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184,
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty
percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders commencing on June 14,
2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids at the address below
and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Php4,000.00 only.
Only prospective bidders who have secured bidding documents will be allowed to participate in the Pre-Bid
Conference.
Submission and Opening of Bidswill publicly be opened in the presence of the Bidders authorized
representatives who choose to attend. Late bids shall not be accepted. All Bids must be accompanied by
a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in theInstructions to Biddersand the
Bid Data Sheet.
LRTAreserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, 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:
Mr. Eduardo A. Abiva
Head, BAC Secretariat
Administration Bldg., LRTA Cmpd.,Aurora Blvd.Tramo, PasayCity
Tel. No. 853-0041 50 loc. 8314
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
(Sgd.) Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO
Chairman, Bids & Awards Committee
Manila
Standard
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LUNGSOD NG MAKATI
Bids and Awards Committee
J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Tel. No. 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988
www.makati.gov.ph
INVITATION TO BID
REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
We are inviting interested accredited / eligible bidders to bid for the Proposed Projects as follows:
1. Proposed Rehabilitation of Tejeros Tenement(Phase IV), located at Brgy. H. Santos St.,
Brgy. Tejeros, Makati City
P99,633,590.00
2. Proposed Carmona Sports Complex, located A.P. Reyes St., Brgy. Carmona, Makati City
P74,957,509.00
3. Proposed Improvement of Guadalupe Nuevo Covered Court, located at Antipolo St., Brgy.
Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City
P7,628,123.00
Interested parties may proceed to the Bids and Awards Conference Room, 9th Floor, New Makati
City Hall Building located at J.P. Rizal Street corner F. Zobel Street, Brgy. Poblacion, Makati City for details
of the above Projects.
Bid Document will be available 1 (one) day after posting / publication of the above projects.
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor June 14, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor June 28, (2:00 P.M.)
3. Bid Evaluation June 28, to July 05, 2012
4. Post-Qualifcation July 10, 2012
5. Notice of Award July 19, 2012
The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities
therein and to accept such proposal as may considered most advatageous to the Government.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA
Chairperson
Notice is hereby given that HYUPDONG PHILIPPINES
CO. LTD. INC. is applying for registration with the
Board of Investments (BOI) as New Export Producer
of Garments at an annual production capacity of
5,711,828 pieces on a Non-pioneer status, with project
site located at Brgy. Poblacion, Pulilan, Bulacan.
Any person with valid objection/s on the above-
mentioned project may fle his/her objection in writing,
under oath, with the BOI within three (3) days from the
date of this publication.

(Sgd.) RUDY B. CANA
Director
Manufacturing Industries Department
Industry & Investments Building 385 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Trunkline: 897-6682, (IPG) 896-9212, (MSG) 896-5167, (PAG) 895-3983
(ISG) 890-3056, (ADMIN) 890-9325
Website: http//www.boi.gov.ph * P.O. Box 1872 Makati
(MST-JUNE 7, 2012)
NOTI CE
NOTI CE OF SPECI AL MEETI NG OF
HJ DY BUNCI O & CO., I NC.
To all Stockholders:
Please take notice that a special meeting of the
stockholders will be held at the principal offce of HJ DY
Buncio & Co., Inc. at Rm 202 Natividad Bldg., Escolta
cor. T. Pinpin Sts., Binondo, Manila, Philippines, on the
7
th
of July, 2012 at 10:00 in the morning; to take action
on the dissolution and winding up of HJ DY Buncio &
Co., Inc.
May 31, 2012
(Sgd.) Shiela Anne Marie P. Inocentes
Asst. Corporate Secretary
(May 31, June 7, & 14, 2012)
Noted i s hereby gi ven
that the Estate of EMMA
(MAXIMA) SACDALAN
VDA. DE ALVARAN
has been extrajudicially
settled by the heirs per the
Notarial Records of ATTY.
RAFAEL Y. LIM, Doc. No.
383, Page No. 78, Book
No. LIX, Series of 2010.
Requested by:
(Sgd.) ATTY. RAFAEL Y. LI M
(May 31, June 7, & 14, 2012)
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Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Glan declares
state of calamity
Remote schools can have a science lab, too
Irrigation
to put up
mini-hydro
power plants
Suarez lauds
approval of
P122m-fund
THE governments K-12
program will be able to boost
its science education with
the invention of an Israeli
electronics engineer that puts
the school laboratory in the
hands of students.
Dov Bruker developed a
wireless data logging device
with up to 12 sensors to packed
in a palm-sized disc, replacing
the present bulky equipment
while enabling teachers to
quickly set-up and do calibration
on at least 19 items needed for
typical experiments.
Called the Labdisc, the
portable laboratory allows
students to conduct indoor and
eld experiments even for those
belonging to schools in far-ung
towns and villages.
The compact science lab is
being launched by Data Science
and Technology Corp.-Phils
along with Brukers company,
Globisens Ltd., where he is chief
executive.
In a statement, Data Science
said Labdisc is designed to
for taking ambient
temperature, barometric
pressure, infrared
reading, pH, relative
humidity, sound level,
turbidity, ultraviolet.
The device also has
GPS, colorimeter and
monitors heart rate
among other functions
to cover more than
30 hands-on science
activitivities, noted
DSTC vice president
Josephine Pinky Legaspi
<jb_legaspi@genetic.
educ.ph>.
She said a workshop-
demonstration will be held
by Bruker on the Labdisc
elementary and general science
models for teachers and school
adminstrators.
By Ferdie G. Domingo
PANTABANGANNational
Irrigation Administration chief
Antonio Nangel said 80 mini-
hydro power plants are lined
up in NIA-managed irrigation
systems.
In Bulacan, Angat dam
will undergo rehabilitation
following the allocation of P5.7
billion said administrator Gerry
Esquivel of the Manila Water
and Sewerage System.
Governor Wilfredo Sy-
Alvarado said he was informed
about the approval of the
Department of Budget and
Management to enable bidding
of the thre-year repair of the
reservoir.
As designed, the min-hydros
would produce 40 megawatts
to ease the power decit while
before the water is channeled to
farms.
The agency identied 26
possible sites in Luzon, 8 in
Nueva Ecija alone, two in
Visayas and four in Mindanao
for a combined output of 15,214
KW.
If it can be done in Japan,
it can also be done in the
Philippines where the same
elevation of irrigation canals
abounds, Nangel said.
Earlier, Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcala was joined
by Nangel in a drive to grow
250,000 fruit trees in the
watershed of the Pantabangan
Dam system.
We have started planting
150,000 trees but mostly double
in this water shed of Masiway
dam, he told Manila Standard,
noting a target of a million trees
by 2015.
The launching was joined
by Nueva Ecija Vice Gov, Jose
Garcia Padiernos, Llanera town
Mayor Lorna Mae Vero, Engr.
Josephine Salazar of NIA-
UPPRIS along with division
engineers Santos Viernes,. Lito
Mangunay,. Joe Ariel Domingo,
Carlito Gapasin, and Engr.
Eugenio Conde.
Nangel said the project is part
of the administrations National
Greening Program.
With Orlan L. Mauricio
LUCENA CITYQuezon
Governor David Suarez
commended the passage of
the P122-million allocation
for the fiscal year in a
special session here.
He said the Annual
Investment Program-
Supplemental Budget No. 1
was introduced and endorsed
by Quezon 3rd district
Board member Lourdes
De Luna- Pasatiempo,
chairman, committee on
appropriation, following a
public hearing last April.
The measure was
approved by the secretariat
despite opposition from
secretary Francis Sia
and allegedly a no-show
presiding officer and Vice
Governor Vicente Alcala.
To instill order in
the proceedings, senior
board member Romano
Talaga acted as presiding
officer and board member
Alona Obispo, served as
secretary.
Twelve of 13 council
members voted to approve
after provincial treasurer
Marilou Manzano-Uy said
the budget would come
from the 20 percent savings
on the development fund of
2011. Benjie A. Antioquia
By Ben M. Veridiano
PALO-Local Government
Secretary Jesse Robredo
launched here the Seal of
Disaster Preparedness to
boost the campaign to enable
communities to cope with
calamities.
Speaking at the summit in the
PDWH Multi-Purpose Hall, he
told delegates the requisites of
approval to merit the seal.
Robredo underscored the
organizational scheme that
includes a council, guide to
action, preemptive evacuation,
and community awareness
among other contingency
measures.
He said operability of the
disaster management plan to cover
early warning and evacuation and
equipment acquisition with a
capable team support.
Robredo said the last
benchmark is mainstreaming
in local government plans to
jive priorities with growth
directions.
During the summit, he also
issued circulars to guide LGUs
in the assessment of capabilities
and the use of the calamity
fund.
The seal authorizes the use of
70 percent of the calamity fund
to buy equipment or organize
disaster-response training.
Seal of Preparedness
SARANGANI-The Municipal Disaster
Risk Reduction Management Council
declared on Wednesday a state of calamity
following Tuesdays ashoods in 20
barangays of Glan town.
Mayor James Victor Yap
approved the resolution,
prompted of reports of more
villages in peril.
The Provincial Disaster Risk
Reduction Management Ofce
announced 73 shermen rescued
but one more resident, Cesar
Alipio, 50, of Kiambing, Maitum,
brought the missing to 11.
The low pressure area off
Mindanao has killed 4 people as
search-and-rescue teams have yet to
account for 24 missing in Palawan
and Sarangani, authorities said.
Benito Ramos, executive
director of the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management
Council, said two passengers
were drowned and 23 were
rescued so far as aerial and sea
search operations continued to
nd the 21 other missing after
their boat capsized Tuesday
night near Pagawanin Island in
El Nido, Palawan.
On Wednesday, seven shermen
were rescued off Sangley Point in
Cavite after their boat sank.
Weve two ships and an
airplane searching the area for the
missing passengers as of this time.
Lets pray our search-and-rescue
teams will nd them all alive,
Ramos told Manila Standard.
He said MV Josille II left with 34
passengers and 12 crew at around
7 p.m. from Liminancong Port in
Corom en route to El Nido.
The boat capsized between
11 to 11:30 p.m. When it left
Coron the weather was still good
but when it reaches the vicinity
of Pagawanin Island they
encountered strong winds and
big waves, he said, declaring a
no-sail policy for now.
The search was led by SARV
3503 of the Coast Guard, PG
386 of the Navy and its Islander
plane.
Meanwhile, the Maritime
Industry Authority on Wednesday
grounded the entire eet of
Atienza Shipping Co., after its
M/V Josille-II sank off the waters
of Pangawanin Island in Palawan,
killing ve people onboard.
Marina acting administrator
Nicasio Conti ordered the
suspension of the rm owned
by Silverio Atienza.
The vessel was a 95.96 gross
register tonnage wooden hulled
ship built in 1984 with 163
passenger capacity.
Records shown that it was
carrying 34 passengers and 12
crew members when it left Port
Liminancong.
According to Marina, the
ship reportedly met huge waves
brought amid strong winds and
heavy rain.
Well get to the bottom of
the incident to ensure that those
responsible in the fatal sea
accident are penalized, and their
certicate of public convenience
is cancelled in case we prove that
violations were committed, Conti
said. Florante S. Solmerin
Lailany P. Gomez
Manila
Standard
TODAY
Samar First District Engineering Ofce
Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City
Region VIII
(MST-June 14, 2012)
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Ofce, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12IJ-0038
Contract Name: CONSTRUCTION OF CONSOLATRIX STREET
Contract Location: BRGY. SAN POLICARPO, CALBAYOG CITY
Scope of Work: RCP ROADS NEW CONSTRUCTION - PCCP
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 2,580,000.00
Cost of Bid Documents: Php 5,000.00
Contract Name: CONSTRUCTION OF LINED CANAL (PHASE II)
Contract Location: DPWH COMPOUND, BRGY. SAN POLICARPO,
CALBAYOG CITY
Scope of Work: FHN-FLOOD CONTROL/HYDRAULICS/DRAINAGE
Contract Name: CLUSTER: 1. CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD
2. CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD
Contract Location: 1. SITIO PANJUGAN, BRGY. BASUD, CALBAYOG CITY
2. PUROK 1, BRGY. MAG-UBAY, CALBAYOG CITY
Scope of Work: RCP ROADS NEW CONSTRUCTION - PCCP
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
The BAC will only accept/process LOIs signed by the person authorized in the
Contractors License issued by PCAB and with complete requirements stated
above.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractor's applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph
Interested contractors shall submit their duly accomplished Expression of Interest
statements upon presentation of their original Contractor's Registration Certifcate
in person or through their Authorized Representative as refected in their CRC to
the Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), DPWH Samar 1st District
Engineering Offce, Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City not later done 10:00 A.M. on
June 20, 2012.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 8, 2012 to June 27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M., June 15, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
10:00 am June 20, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline:1:00pm June 27, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00pm June 27, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-Samar
First District Engineering Ofce, Brgy. San PoIicarpo, CaIbayog City, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee stated above. Prospective bidders may also
download the BD's from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders that
will download the BD's from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only
to interested parties who have purchased the BD's. Bids must accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised
IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the Bidding Documents (BD's) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which
shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive
Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Samar First District Engineering Ofce reserves the right to accept
or reject any, to annul the bidding process at any prior contract award, without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:

ALVIN A. IGNACIO
BAC Chairman
For and in the absence of BAC Chairman
(Sgd.) DENIS C. CAGOMOC
BAC Vice-Chairman
Noted by:
(Sgd.) VIRGILIO C. EDUARTE
District Engineer
Priority aid. House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Ferdinand Martin FM
Romualdez distributes P2,000 cash assitance and bags of relief to 228 families left homeless by a re in
Barangay 58 and 60-A, Old Sagkahan, Tacloban City. The victims were evacuated to the Astrodome under
the care of social welfare and other agencies. VER S. NOVENO
First move. The Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Company Inc.
recently opened its rst Telemarketing and Group Marketing Sales
Ofce in Naga City at the Phoenician Building, Panganiban Drive
corner Isarog Avenue. Leading the rites are Mayor John Bongat (left)
and Philippine Prudential president and chief executive Gregorio
Mercado together with PPLIC chief distribution ofcer Victor
Quisimbing (second from right) and vice president and head of
telemarketing Leonides Mercado (second from left).

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