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CLARK FREEPORT – A holis-tic approach to rehabilitating drug dependents should be followed which would be more eff ective rather than mere de-tention and seminars which are not enough to reform them.

Thus, said Gov. Lilia “Nan-ay Baby” Pineda during a di-alogue with the Capampan-gan in Media, Inc. (CAMI) at the Bale Balita here on Friday after inducting the new set of offi cers and trustees of the group.

“Based on my experience, supervised food production will not only reduce subsis-tence costs but will also have salutary rehabilitative eff ects on drug users wanting to turn a new leaf,” she said.

Pineda also agreed with Columbia’s Cesar Gaviria’s message that a police meth-od to the drugs scourge, often resulting in the gunning down of drug suspects, will not work if not complemented by mea-sures addressing other as-pects of a holistic approach to rehabilitating drug users.

Pineda said Gaviria has valid points and some useful lessons for President Duterte.

Pineda said the provincial jail is bursting at the seams since it can only accommo-date 1,000 inmates but has now accumulated more than 2,200 detainees.

Pineda pressed for a sup-plemental budget for bigger space, adequate facilities and staff for rehabilitating and mak-ing the detainees productive.

She said she was looking for suitable land for a spacious rehabilitation center with sur-

Gov bats for holistic approach in fi ght vs drugsrounding land for food produc-tion and skills development for the drug dependents.

Pineda was with former President Gloria Arroyo, now 2nd district representative and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives for the in-duction of the offi cers of CAMI.

For her part, Arroyo lauded CAMI for its unique objective of “revival and enhancement of the culture and tradition of the Kapampangans” in her keynote speech.

Arroyo also showed the detailed master plan made by renowned Architect Felino A. Palafox Jr. which will be im-plemented for Pampanga as a “megalopolis.”

Others present in the CAMI program with Rep. Arroyo and the governor were Provincial Board Member Olga Frances “Fritzie” David-Dizon, Maba-lacat City Mayor Marino “Bok-ing” Morales, BB International Leisure and Resorts Develop-ment Corp. president Dr. Iri-neo “Bong” Alvaro and Clark Investors and Locators Asso-ciation (CILA) president Josh Go.

Sworn in by Pineda were CAMI offi cers and trustees: Dr. Cris Icban Jr., chairman; Ash-ley Jay B. Manabat, vice chair-man; Federico Pascual Jr., president; Ernie Y. Tolentino, senior vice president (national operations); Ding C. Cervant-es Jr., vice president (provin-cial operations); Dr. John S. Manalili, secretary general; Dionisio Pelayo, treasurer; Vi-torio “Vot” Vitug, auditor; and trustees Jake Espino, Jose P. Cortez, Noel Tulabut, Narci-so Turla Jr., Abel L. Cruz, Ner Dayrit, and Max Sangil.

OATH OF OFFICE. Newly-elected offi cers and Board of Trustees of the Campampangan in Media Inc. (CAMI) were sworn into their roles over the weekend. The oath of offi ce is administered to the CAMI offi cers by Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda in a simple ceremony at Bale Balita in Clark Freeport. P!"#" $"%&#'() "* CDC-CD

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CLARK FREEPORT -- Amid estimates that the country has four million drug users, only about 12,000 are in 48 govern-ment and private drug rehabil-itation centers nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) has reported here.

Health Sec. Paulyn Jean Ubial said during the fi rst Dangerous Drugs Summit here that while the number of people under rehabilitation seemed low, it is still within the acceptable worldwide trend of

Only 12-K of 4-M drugusers in rehab centers

one percent severe cases.Ubial stressed that the

DOH regards even such se-vere cases of drug depen-dence as being capable of re-habilitation. “There is no such thing as a hopeless case in the DOH,” she stressed.

John Castriones, under-secretary for operations of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), ex-plained the low population in rehabilitation centers, saying that many drug users have been reluctant to undergo re-habilitation because they are

family breadwinners. “This is a problem we are now trying to address,” he said.

On the other hand, Dr. Benjamin Reyes, chairman of the Dangerous Drug Bureau, said another reason was the stigma attached to being reha-bilitated in such centers. “They think only the dregs of society or those mentally deranged undergo rehab,” he noted.

Ubial said that of the 48 drug rehabilitation centers, only 15 are run by the govern-ment, while the rest are pri-vate.

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The end of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has been followed by “a series of military attacks against farm-ers and cultural minorities,” as well as illegal arrests of activ-ists by the police.

Military attacks, activist arrests rise after scrapping of peace talksThe Kilusang Magbubukid

ng Pilipinas (KMP) said yes-terday “the waves of attacks range from all-out military of-fensives harming civilians and illegal arrests and fi ling of trumped-up charges against activists.”

“These are all part of the narrative of the Armed Forc-

es of the Philippines (AFP) branding revolutionary orga-nizations as extortionists-ter-rorists. While Philippine Army units of the AFP are launch-ing all-out military off ensives in the countryside, the PNP-CI-DG (Philippine National Po-lice-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group) units are ar-

resting activists and members of progressive organizations and NGOs in the urban cen-ters,” said KMP secretary gen-eral Antonio Flores.

Flores said “thousands of peasant and Lumad families are aff ected by the govern-ment’s all-out war policy.”

He also said that “since the government’s termination of the peace talks and declara-tion of all out-war, two devel-opment workers were arrest-ed by the PNP-CIDG in sepa-rate incidents in Bacolod and Baguio cities – Rogina Quilop of the Center for People’s Re-sources and Services-Negros and Sarah Abellon Alikes of the Regional Development Center-Kattinulong dagiti Umi-li ti Amianan (RDC-Kaduami).

“Quilop is being tagged as a fi nance offi cer of the NPA in Negros while Alikes, also tagged as NPA fi nance offi cer, was unjustly implicated in the burning of two Philex trucks in Benguet,” he noted.

He also cited reports that last Monday, Bagong Alyan-sang Makabayan Metro Ma-nila campaign offi cer Ferdi-nand Castillo was arrested in Caloocan City and was de-tained at CIDG compound in Camp Crame.

“We are alarmed with this rising cases of arrests and fi l-ing of trumped-up charges against political activists,” Flores said.

KMP also reported that “civilian evacuations were re-ported after the AFP launched heavy military attacks in Mind-

anao particularly in Davao re-gion and Bukidnon, Masbate and Sorsogon in Bicol, Mind-oro Occidental and Batangas in Southern Luzon, and fo-cused military operations Cen-tral Luzon and Cagayan Val-ley.”

“Datu Kailo Bontulan, Lumad leader from Talain-god, Davao del Norte have ex-pressed fears that they would be caught in the crossfi re and killed in the AFP’s military op-erations,” Flores said.

KMP also reported that in Alabel, Sarangani province, more than a hundred Lumad families evacuated over the weekend from their communi-ties in Barangay Datal Anggas after the 10th and 73rd IB of the Philippine Army started ae-rial bombardments. Media re-ports stated that the AFP sol-diers were in pursuit of New People’s Army (NPA) fi ghters after a series of armed clashes when the 10th IB sent MG250 attack helicopters and fi red cannons towards the Lumad communities occupied by ci-vilians.

“These rights abuses all the more justify the continua-tion of the stalled peace nego-tiations between the GRP and the NDFP,” Flores said.

KMP accused Armed Forc-es chief Gen. Eduardo Ano of “launching all-out off ensives through combat operations and dirty propaganda war us-ing ‘extortion-terrorist tagging’ to discredit and overturn the progress of the peace talks.”

–Ding Cervantes

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Tarlac province’s new po-lice chief Senior Supt. Ritchie Medardo Posadas has vowed to cleanse the police ranks under him, amid scan-dals facing the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) following the alleged involvement of cops in the kidnap-murder case of Korean national in neighboring Angeles City.

In his message to mem-bers of the Tarlac police force, Posadas noted he would “pri-oritize internal cleansing.”

“My fi rst agenda is to see to it that nobody within the ranks is doing things that will mar the uniform of the po-lice,” Posadas said, as he or-dered all police chiefs all over Tarlac to impose discipline in their own stations.

Posadas said he plans to have a “heart-to-heart talk

Tarlac’s new cop chiefvows to cleanse ranks

with local cops and even do physical exercises and go to church with them” as measure to boost their morale..

“Since Tarlac provincial po-lice used to be number one

during the stint of my class-mate Senior Supt. Alex Sin-tin, my goal is to bring the glory of this offi ce once again during my stay,” he said.

– Ding Cervantes

Posadas

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of BONIFACIO C. AYSON who died

intestate on September 14, 2014 executed an Affi davit of Addedndum to the Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 172014-RLot 1 of the consolidation and subdivision plan Pcs-03-000329,

being a portion of the consolidated Lots 1202-B, (LRC) Psd-39718 & Lot 18, (LRC) Pas-54430, L.R.C. Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of Manibaug, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 2188559-RLot 696 A of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-160599, being a

portion of Lot 696, Porac Cad. Rec. No. 372), situated in the Bo. of Pulong Santol, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 211202-RLot 1261-a of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-164540, being a

portion of Lot 1261 of the Cadastral Survey of Porac, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 372), situated in the Bo. of Manibaug Libutad, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 211203-RLot 1260-D of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-46146, being a

portion of Lot 1260 of the Cadastral Survey of Porac, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 327), situated in the Bo. of Manibaug Libutad, Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 136791-RLot 537-C of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-225216, being a

portion of Lot 537 Porac Cad.; LRC Cad. Rec. No. 327), situated in the Mun. of Porac, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 326373Lot 32, Blk. 8 of the cons. subd. plan (LRC) Pcs-3039, being a

portion of the cons. of Lots 1, 2 7 3 (LRC) Pcs-1463, Lot 4589-A & 4589-B Pcs-20563, Lot 4592-A (LRC) Psd-16559, Lot 4570, 4571, 4586, 4587, 4588, 4590 & 4592, all of Caloocan Cadastre, LRC Rec. No. 1579, 4429, 5975), situated in the district of Balintawak, Quezon City;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 118922-RLot 9, Block 2 of the subdivision plan Psd-53823, being a portion

of Lot I plan Psu-95786, LRC Rec. No. 5), situated in the Bo. of Panghulo, Mun. of Malabon, Prov. of Rizal;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 185799Lot 1986-B-1-D of the subdivision plan Psd-03-002743, being a

portion of Lot 1986-B-1 (LRC) Psd-234176, L.R.C. Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of San Manuel, Mun. of Tarlac, Prov. of Tarlac;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 191408Lot 137 of the consolidation and subdivision plan Psd-4530,

being a portion of consolidated Lots Nos. 1955, 1956, 1968, 7892, of the Cad Survey of Tarlac, L.R.C. Cadastral Record No. 1881) situated in the Bo. of San Miguel, Mun. of Tarlac, Prov. of Tarlac;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 209332Lot 124 of the consolidation and subdivision plan Pcs-4840,

being a portion of consolidation of Lots Nos. 1988, 7896 & 7910, of the Cad Survey of Tarlac, L.R.C. Cadastral Record No. 1881) situated in the Bo. of San Miguel, Mun. of Tarlac, Prov. of Tarlac;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 185800Lot 1986-b-1-b of the subdivision plan Psd-03-002743, being a

portion of consolidation of Lots 1986-B-1 (LRC) Psd-234176, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of San Manuel, Mun. of Tarlac, Prov. of Tarlac;

Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 191407Lot 224 of the subdivision plan Psd-25485, being a portion of Lot

1-A Psd-22130, GLRO Cadastral record No. 1881), situated in the Bo. of Luisita, Mun. of Tarlac, Prov. of Tarlac;

before Notary Public Carlota DC. Manalo as per Doc No. 119, Page No. 62, Book No. I, Series of 2015.

Punto! Central Luzon: February 13, 20 & 27, 2017

LOVE MONTH

ANGELES CITY- Coin-ciding the worldwide cel-ebration of Valentine’s Day, Mayor Edgardo Pa-

LOVE IS IN THE AIR. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, on Valentines Day, poses with one of the newly married Angeleño couples for a souvenir photo after the mass wedding ceremonies held at Robinsons’ Place Angeles. Also in the photo are Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) offi cials (L-R) Bonito Bundalian, Jo Salac, Cynthia Canlas, and City Civil Registry Head Nenita Garcia, and Robinsons’ Place Angeles Operations Manager Lea Belmonte. P!"#" $"%&#'() "* AC-CIO

SOME 100 Fernandino couples were married for free in a mass ceremo-ny dubbed ‘Kasalan king Balen’ on February 11 at the Mini Convention, He-roes Hall.

This event was held in line with the celebra-tion of the 16th Cityhood Anniversary of San Fer-nando and in obser-vance of the Civil Reg-istration Month this Feb-ruary.

During the wedding rites offi ciated by Mayor Edwin ‘EdSa’ Santiago, he said that the ‘Kasalan king Balen’ is conducted yearly to ‘help couples who want to have legit-imate relationships but

100 Fernandino couples wed in ‘Kasalan King Balen’

Mayor Edwin ‘EdSa’ Santiago offi ciates the wedding of Fernandino couples. Contributed photo

FORTY-SIX couples have exchanged their vows after being offi cially solemnized as husbands and wives by Mabalacat City Mayor Marino Mo-rales during the mass wedding sponsored by the city government through its local civil reg-istrar offi ce on Tuesday, February 14 at Garden of Petals and Petals in Barangay Mabiga.

The Kasalang Bayan, on its second year, is in celebration of the Ba-rangay Civil Registration Month every February.

This also aimed to lower the number of ille-gitimate children in Ma-balacat City as the CRO personnel headed by Victor Terry Medina will assist newly-weds in the legitimation process of their children.

The selected pairs belong to the marginal-ized sector, both single, of legal age, and have

46 partners say ‘I do’ in Mabalacat Citybeen cohabitating for a minimum of fi ve years.

The couples were provided of free wedding rings, bouquet of fl ow-ers, cakes, and wine.

They were also giv-en the privilege to walk down the aisle in red car-pet with their principal sponsors.

Rodrigo Moratas, 55 and Evangeline Made-ja, 68, from Barangay

Duquit and the oldest couple, said they have been living together for 15 years that’s why they have decided to get mar-ried.

“Pareho na kaming matanda at panahon na ikasal naman kami. Marami pong salamat sa tulong ni Mayor Boking, “Madeja said.

Mabalacat City May-or Marino Morales as

the solemnizing offi cer shared that ‘marriage is like holding a string at both ends, when one pulls at one end the oth-er must follow or else it will break.

“Ang buhay may asa-wa ay hindi puro sarap lang. Darating ang mga pagsubok at dapat kay-ong maging matatag at matutong magbigayan,” Morales emphasized.

mintuan offi ciated the wedding of 12 Angeleño couples in a fi tting cere-mony held February 14

at Robinsons’ Place An-geles.

Spearheaded by the Angeles City Civil Reg-

istry Offi ce, the event was held in line with the celebration of the Civil Registration Month this February with the theme ‘Pilipinong Rehistrado, Matatag na kinabukasan ay sigurado’.

“This is an important day for them to remem-ber. We urge these cou-ples to keep the value of unconditional love, mu-tual respect and under-standing as they enter this new chapter in their lives,” said Mayor Pa-mintuan.

The mayor thanked the people behind the event especially the offi -cials of Robinsons’ Place Angeles for hosting the venue of the said event.

To date, more than 3,500 couples have ben-efi ted from this program of the city.

On the other hand, Pamintuan urged the An-geleños to avail of the existing services of the City Civil Registry.

12 couples tie knot in AC

city’s prosperity.“Ang masayang pag-

sasama ay sangkap ng isang matatag na pam-ilya na siya namang susi sa nagkakaisa at matagumpay na komu-nidad,” Santiago added.

Also present during the event were Board Member Rosve Hen-son, Kaganapan 2017 Chairperson Robbie Hi-zon with co-chair Jun Pineda, Community Af-fairs Division Head Engr. Jose Diaz, City Civil Registrar Rimando Um-ali and representatives from the Philippine Sta-tistics Authority and Lu-mina Homes.

–CSFP-CIO

cannot aff ord the wed-ding expenses.’

Aside from free rings, cakes and food packag-es, the city government also sponsored the issu-ance of marriage licens-es and contracts.

“Hinihikayat din natin sila na magparehistro ng tama hindi lang ng kanil-ang mga kasal kundi maging ng mga kapan-ganakan o kamatayan ng kanilang mga kapam-ilya,” Santiago said.

Mayor Edsa also ex-tended his congratulato-ry message to the cou-ples and stressed that a successful marriage greatly contributes to the common good and the

Mayor Boking Morales reminds newly-weds of marital duties. C"+#&,/%#'0 1!"#"

To continue with the month-long Civil Reg-istration Month, a dedi-cated desk for civil reg-istration concerns and services will be set up in Barangay Amsic on Feb-ruary 16, and in Baran-gay Pulungbulu on the 23rd as part of the twice a week Barangay Day.

The ceremony con-cluded through a photo opportunity with Mayor

Pamintuan and the fam-ilies of the benefi ciaries.

Witnessing the wed-ding rites are City Civ-il Registry chief Nenita Garcia, Philippine Statis-tics Authority (PSA) offi -cials Cynthia Canlas, Jo Salac and Bonito Bunda-lian including the Robin-sons- Angeles Mall Op-erations Manager Lea Belmonte.

–Angeles CIO

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CLARK FREEPORT – The biggest crowd drawer for this freeport is the Philippine Inter-national Hot Air Balloon Fiesta (PIHABF).

This was the observation made by Clark Development Corp. (CDC) president and CEO Noel F. Manankill on Sunday at the last day of the PIHABF.

This was also gleaned from the thousands who endured the dust, heavy traffi c, long walks and congestion at the PIHABF site at the Omni Avi-ation here from February 9 to 12.

On Sunday (February 12), Capt. Joy Roa, PIHABF event director, had to close the gates as early as 5:30 a.m. because the 50,000 people threshold has been reached.

“The area (PIHABF site at Omni Aviation) is only 56,000 square meters and it is good for only about 50,000 people. More are coming in that’s why we have to close the gates and advise people without tickets to turn back,” Roa said.

“I want to limit it to 40,000 to 50,000 max for safety con-cerns,” said Roa. “Non-ticket holders were advised not to proceed to the site anymore,” he added.

CDC personnel manning the main gates advised people without tickets not to proceed to the area. PIHABF person-nel were also deployed using megaphones advising people without tickets not to proceed to the site since it’s already full.

“But we will allow people to get in again at 10 a.m.,” he said. “A lot of people would have been on the way out by then,” he pointed out.

“But when the balloons

POSTMORTEM

Hot air balloons: Biggest crowd drawer for Clark

DOT regional director Ronnie Tiotuico is fl anked by Land Rover Club of the Philippines and PIHABF chief security Robby Consunji and CDC director Rene Romero on Sunday at the 21st Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Clark. P!"#" /) A(!2') M3+3/3#

take off and people start leav-ing, that’s when we have prob-lems at the exit because of the volume of people,” he said.

Roa said he is aware that many people were angry with the turn of events since most of them came from as far away from southern and northern Luzon.

It was also observed that visitors from the Visayas and Mindanao booked hotels to full house around the Metro Clark area.

“But we prepared for this and we’re ready for any con-tingency,” he assured.

Manankil noted that people came as early as 3 a.m. “I’m happy nothing untoward hap-pened except for some minor incidents,” he said.

However, Manankil said the next PIHABF should not compromise the rapid devel-opment at the Clark Interna-tional Airport.

Options“We’re looking at two op-

tions taking into account the Clark airport and not compro-mising anything there. We are looking at the northern part like the Sacobia area or the Clark Green City,” he said.

Department of Tourism re-gional director Ronnie Tio-tuico said the next PIHABF should be somewhere outside the 25-kilometer radius of the Clark airport so that its oper-ations won’t be compromised.

Tiotuico pointed out that at least one fl ight - that of the Philippine Airlines from Davao with an estimated time of arriv-al of 7 a.m. - was already de-layed due to the notice to air-men (NOTAM) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to give way to the PIHABF.

He explained that hot air

balloons take precedence over airplanes because they cannot be steered and drift where the wind take them.

However, Tourism Secre-tary Wanda Teo was all prais-es for the PIHABF. “This is very nice. Defi nitely I’m excit-ed,” she said as she was about to be lifted from the ground on board a tethered hot air bal-loon.

“I hope it will happen again next year,” she said as she landed.

But when asked if she was in favor of transferring to an-other place, she said, “I think people are used to have it here already.”

She said “Ronnie (Tiotuico) is okay” and said she might invite him to Davao to put up a similar hot air balloon fi esta there.

Meanwhile, Roa said the fi rst day of the PIHABF regis-tered some 7,000 attendance while 15,000 people came the following day on Friday.

But he said people came in droves during the weekends and fi lled the site to capacity.

Traffi cCDC director Rene Rome-

ro of the Land Rover Club of the Philippines said heavy traf-fi c at the main gate was ob-served as early as 4 a.m.

He narrated how a balloon passenger got minor scratch-es because of a windy landing at the megadike but shook it off saying it was worth the ride and wanted to do it again.

Tiotuico said a lot of mo-torists just park their vehicles on the MA Roxas highway be-cause it’s a complete stand-still and got out of their vehi-cles and started taking selfi es with hot air balloons in the air above them.

There were also people

who were seen having picnics at the Friendship area.

Some walked for two hours before arriving at the site. “Sana lang may free water that comes with the P350 ticket or at least free water stations at

the site,” said another.The British daredevils start-

ed the event with their para-chute jump above the site with one bearing the Philippine fl ag while the national anthem was played.

THE PHILIPPINES’ leading airline, Cebu Pacifi c (PSE: CEB), fl ew 19.1 million pas-sengers in 2016, an increase of 4% from the 18.4 million passengers fl own in 2015. On average, CEB fl ights were 86% full during the year.

Growth in passenger vol-ume was largely driven by the airline’s low-cost short-haul services, and increased fre-quencies in key domestic mar-kets. Specifi cally, the former recorded a 9.3% growth com-pared to 2015, while the latter refl ected a 2.6% increase.

“Last December 27, 2016, the Cebu Pacifi c Air Group car-ried a total of 64,684 passen-gers—the highest number of travellers we have ever fl own in one day. This surpasses our prior record of 62,947 pas-sengers fl own last January 3, 2016, translating to 1,737 ad-ditional passengers,” said Atty. JR Mantaring, CEB Vice Presi-dent for Corporate Aff airs.

“This signifi cant increase in number only shows our fi rm commitment in traffi cking trade and tourism in all the destina-tions we operate in, while at the same time enabling every-Juan to connect with their fam-

ilies and friends all around the world,” added Mantaring.

CEB posted notable pas-senger growth in international destinations such as Beijing Shanghai and Xiamen in Chi-na, Taiwan (Taipei) and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. In the Philippines, domestic traffi c increased in Cauayan, Siargao and Ozamiz.

CEB currently off ers fl ights to a total of 37 domestic and 29 international destinations, operating an extensive net-work across Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA. Its 58-strong fl eet is comprised of four Airbus A319, 36 Air-bus A320, seven Airbus A330, eight ATR 72-500, and three ATR 72-600 aircraft. Between 2017 and 2021, CEB expects delivery of one more brand-new Airbus A330, 32 Airbus A321neo, and 13 ATR 72-600 aircraft.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebu-pacifi cair.com or call the res-ervation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or (+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can be found on CEB’s offi cial Twitter (@CebuPacifi cAir) and Facebook pages.

Posts highest number of pax fl own in one day

CEB fl ies over 19M passengers for 2016

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4 na dekadang hugotNAGLIPANA NGAYON sa internet ang tinatawag na “Jollifeels” o serye ng mga patalastas na tanging itinakda para sa Araw ng mga Puso.

Dahil sa ang tema ng serye ay ang kawagasan ng pag-ibig, sa kabila ng di pagkakatuluyan sa harap ng altar, o sa maagang pagkuha ni kamatayan sa kasing-irog, sari-saring bansag ang ipinangalanan dito, tulad ng Bida ang Sawi, Biyak Puso, Laglag Luha, atbpa.

Ako mismo ay hindi nakapagpigil sa pagtulo ng aking luha sa Almusal at Date.

Subali’t gaano man katindi ang tama sa puso at timo sa damdamin ng Jollifeels, wala pa rin sila sa kuwento ng isang katoto sa pinagpatnugutang lathalain sa kolehiyo noong dekada ’70, ang Regina ng noo’y Assumption College sa noo’y bayan ng San Fernando.

Inirog, dinakila’t sinamba ng aming makata ang isa sa aming mga manunulat ng balita. Subali’t kung gaano kadaling magtahi-tahi ng binukayong berso’t ugoy ng rima, gayun naman kahirap nitong isabibig ang nagpupuyos na pagmamahal, ang alab ng pag-ibig sa kanyang sinisinta.

Tila baga’y sapat na’ng siya’y mabanaagan man lamang ng sulyap, at langit na mismo ang kanyang narating. Kaya hayun, ang pahaging hangin ay sa kawalan din nauwi.

Ang mga landas ay tuluyan nang nagkahiwalayan sa pagtatapos ng pag-aaral.

Apatnapu’t-dalawang taon eksakto ang lumipas nang muling magkatagpo-tagpo ang aming mga landas sa pagbabalikbayan ng pinakamamahal naming ina sa Regina, ang ngayo’y Ginang June V. Whitmer.

At sa ating makata, ang muling pananariwa ng naunsyaming pagmamahal na kinipkip sa kanyang puso sa loob ng apat na dekada; ang larawan ng inirog at sininta hanggang ngayo’y laman pa rin ng kanyang pitaka.

Ito ang kanyang hugot sa kanilang muling pagkikita nitong ika-8 ng Pebrero:

Isang araw na damdaminTibok ng puso ko, ay di magkamayawAng pangungulila, tuluyang naparamNawalay na hirang, muling magtitipanKaba ay nadama, gayon-gayun na lang.Tanong sa sarili, hitsura’y ano na? Di pa nagbabago, ang dating ganda n’ya? Ang para sa akin, di na mahalagaAng magkita kami, akin nang ligaya.Bawal mang isipin, asawa’y mayron na

Ang aming tadhana, di sa isa’t-isaNaputol na lubid, bubuklurin pa ba? Maaaring ‘sang araw, maging alaala.Habang pumapasok, ay lalong ninerbyosNandyan na kaya, ang irog kong si B...ts Aking naririnig, halakhak sa loobPamilyar na boses, sa ‘ki’y nagpakabog.Subali’t naglaho, nang aking makitaKanya ay kaakbay, mahal na asawaDi ko na pinansin, nabaling sa ibaKirot sa puso ko, para lang mawala.Lihim na pagsulyap, ang aking ginawadNi harapin siya’y, di ko na hinangadBa’t pa isinama, ang kanyang kabiyakDi man malapitan, di man makausap.Kusa s’yang lumapit, ako’y kinausapAng pag-aalangan, di pa rin mabawasGusto mang magtanong, ay di naganapMay pader sa gitna, gusto kong mabuwag.Ang mga pasaring, sa aming dalawaSa aking kalooban, ay nagpapasayaDating kalungkutan, ang palit ay tuwaAt sa bandang huli, ay pansamantala.Matuling lumipas, ang mga minutoAng pamamaalam, ng bawat katotoMinsan pa’y nadama, ang pagkasiphayoAking ginigiliw, kailan magtatagpo? Nang s’yay nagpaalam, di ko na tiningnanBaka mabakas n’ya, aking kalungkutanPalad n’yay yumapos, sa ‘king mga kamayPumawi sa hapis, sa kanyang paglisan.Kailan magkikita, ‘yan di ko pa alamDi ko pa rin alam, ang mararamdamanKung gaya ng dati, sana’y huwag na langSalang ituturing, sa asawang mahal.

Ah, sa lalim ng hugot ng aking kaibigan, aking nasambit lang: Sa wagas na pagmamahal, walang sala, walang bawal. Gan’un pa man, di ko napigil “mag-poesyang” Kapampangan:

Apat nang decadaMepuput a sintaMisapuac, misalbag,Meualang alaga.Taram ning nasa manQng berso ning poetaCulang yang pamututQng bucnul ning lugudTali cang ‘urelia

- Ning mal nang asawa.

OutstandingTHE DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development in Central Luzon conferred its Gawad Paglilingkod sa Sambayanan award to Mabalacat City.

Recognized is the city’s “commitment on the implementation of quality standard day care services with 100 percent accreditation marking for both day care centers and workers.”

The city runs 59 child development centers – all fully operational, including those in the upland areas – catering to 3,127 wards aged 3 to 4.

With fully functional barangay council for the protection of children in all its villages, Mabalacat City “contributed to the attainment of the department’s early childhood care and development mandate for pre-school children,” said DSWD regional director Gemma Gabuya during the awarding rites.

It really pays to have a good father to his many children for a Mabalacat City mayor. That paternal concern can only trickle down to the least of his constituents.

Luid co pu, Mayor Boking!

ExcellentTHE DEPARTMENT of Health once again recognized the City of San Fernando for its “exemplary” health care programs.

At the 5th Central Luzon Excellence Awards for Health held last week, the city received the Outstanding Healthy Lifestyle Advocacy Award given to LGUs that actively support and contribute to the “Kalusugan Pangkalahatan” program of DOH.

The award comes even as the city was chosen as one of 11 LGUs to receive funds from the DOH to facilitate the construction of barangay health stations.

“This would be of great help as we continue to bring various government services down to the grass root level. Rest assured that we will prolong our commitment to provide quality healthcare programs to our constituency,” enthused Mayor Edwin Santiago.

Luid co pu, Mayor EdSa. ON FEBRUARY 13, 1565, Spanish conquistador Mi-guel López de Legazpi and his troops arrived in the Phil-ippines and landed on the shores of Cibabao (present day Samar island).

Earlier, on November 21, 1564, Legazpi set sail from Puerto de la Navidad, Mex-ico, sighted Gua Island in the Ladrones on January 21, stayed there for about 11 days. Sailed for 11 more days mostly of good weather and then fi nal-ly came in sight of the Filipinas. In the afternoon of February 13, 1565, Legazpi cast anchor in the bay called Cibabao and remained there for 7 or 8 days.

During his stay in Ciba-bao one of his men, Francis-co Gomez, was killed by the natives. Gomez was killed af-ter he disembarked to make blood-friendship with them, a ceremony that is considered in-violable. This is observed in this

manner: one from each party must draw two or three drops of blood from his arm or breast and mix them, in the same cup, with water or wine. Then the mixture must be divided equally between two cups, and neither person may depart until both cups are alike drained.

While Gomez was about to bleed himself, one of the na-tives pierced his breast from one side with a lance.

Leaving the Cibabao bay, Legazpi sailed south reaching the end of the island, where the land turns west. Just south of this island are other islands between which and this is-land there is a straight chan-nel running west. The fl eet passed through this channel, and on the second day from the departure from Cibabao, after having sailed nearly thir-ty leagues, Legazpi reached a port of Tandaya Island and lat-er into the port of Bohol.

From the port of Bohol, Le-gazpi reached the port of Cebu on a Friday, April 27, 1565, the same date 44 years earlier, in 1521, when Magellan was killed in Mactan.

On June 24, 1571, López de Legazpi fi nally established a permanent settlement in Ma-nila and also ordered the con-struction of the walled city of Intramuros. June 24 is now celebrated yearly as “Araw ng Maynila”. He proclaimed the town as the island’s capi-tal and permanent seat of the Spanish colonial government in the western Pacifi c Ocean.

Lopez de Legazpi became the fi rst Spanish governor of the Philippines and worked to convert the natives to the Catholic religion. He governed the Philippines for a year be-fore dying of heart failure in Manila in 1572. He was laid to rest in San Agustin Church, In-tramuros.

Miguel López de Legazpilands on the shores of Cibabao

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Another seer on the WarningNOW, continuation with the prophecies conveyed by the Blessed Mother in her apparitions to four (then) girls in Garabandal, Spain from 1961 to 1965. The last piece was an interview with seer Conchita on the Warning.

To review: the Blessed Mother said in Garabandal that unreformed mankind will head towards an unprecedented Chastisement unless it reforms. But the Chastisement will be preceded by two events, namely, the Warning and the Miracle.

There are some followers of Garanbandal who are now saying that God may yet dispense with the Warning and Miracle and allow Chastisement befall the unrepentant world. But perhaps not.

This piece is still on the Warning, this time from visionary Mari Loli. As in the case of Conchita, the interviews of Mari Loli were held at various times by diff erent people. The dates of interviews are indicated.

On July 27, 1975:Q. You have said that you know the year of

the Warning. Can you tell us if it will occur in the next few years or is it still in the distant future?

A. No. I can’t say anything. Q. Did the Blessed Mother tell you not to

speak about the Warning? A. No, she didn’t, but, because the Warning

and the Miracle are within the same year, I feel it inside not to say anything.

Q. How do you know the Warning and the Miracle are within the same year”

A. During an apparition – I don’t remember just when – the Blessed Virgin told me.

Q. Reportedly, you have said that when the Warning occurs everything will stand still, even planes in the sky. Is this true?

A. Yes, but just for a few moments. Q. You mean that everything will stop at a

given moment and at that moment the Warning will occur?

A. Yes. Q. When was this information revealed to

you? A. During an apparition the Blessed Virgin

told me all this. Q. Was all the information given you during

one apparition, or did Our Lady tell you this over several apparitions?

A. She told me all of this during one apparition. I don’t remember now if she spoke about the Warning during any other apparition.

Q. Do you know how long the Warning will last?

A. Just a few minutes. Q. Are you afraid of the Warning? A. Yes. Like everyone else, I have faults,

and the warning will show me my faults and this makes me afraid.

Q. Can you tell us anything else about the Warning?

A. All I can say is that it is very close and that it is very important that we prepare ourselves because it will be a terrible thing. It will make us feel all the wrong we have done.

In February, 1977:Q. Have you ever discussed with Conchita

the dates of the Warning of which you know the year, and the Miracle which she knows?

A. I have never talked to Conchita about these dates.

Q. Have you any words of advice for the people in order that they might prepare for this event?

A. To do much penance, make sacrifi ces, visit the Blessed Sacrament every day that we are able to, and to pray the holy rosary daily.

On September 29, 1978:Q. Since you are the one who knows

the most about the Warning will you tell us if this event is to take place before the Miracle promised through Conchita Gonzalez?

A. Everyone will experience it wherever they may be, regardless of their condition or their knowledge of God...It will be an interior personal experience. it will look as if the world has come to a standstill...however, no one will be aware of that as they will be totally absorbed in their own experience.

Q. About the nature of the Warning, how do you sense it:

A. It is going to be something like and interior

feeling of sorrow and pain for having off ended God. God will help us to see clearly the harm we are causing Him and all the evil things we do. He will help us to sense this interior pain because often when we do something wrong we just ask the Lord’s forgiveness with our lips, but now (through the Warning) He will help us sense physically that deep sorrow.

On October 19, 1982:Q. Do you remember what the Blessed

Mother said about the communist tribulation that is to precede the Warning?

A. It would look like the communists have taken over the whole world and it would be very hard to practice the religion, for priests to say Mass or for the people to open the doors of the churches.

Q. Is that what you meant when you said that it would seem as though the Church had disappeared?

A. Yes. Q. It would be because of the persecution

and not because the people would stop practicing their religion?

A. Yes, but I guess a lot of people will stop. Whoever practices it will have to go into hiding.

Q. Will this only be in Europe or do you think it will be here in the United States as well?

A. I don’t know because for me at that time, Europe was the whole world. I just assumed it was that way. The Blessed Mother didn’t specify in what place. To me it looked like it was everywhere.

Q. Approximately 67% of the earth’s land is now dominated by communism. Do you think that’s suffi cient to fulfi ll Our Lady’s prophecy?

A. I really don’t know. It sounded to me like it would be more that.

Q. In other words you think it will be worse that it is now?

A. That’s what I thought from what she said but I really don’t know exactly. To me it looked more like it was every place out there, the places I saw in my mind. In a lot of countries in Europe you can still practice your religion.

Q. So, the situation in the world is not bad enough for the Warning to happen?

A. The Warning is not going to happen yet so it’s probably going to get worse.

Q. You said that it would be very diffi cult for priests to say Mass. Was this something that the Blessed Mother told you or was it something that you thought yourself because of the communist tribulation?

A. From what I remember, it was something she said.

Q. And the Virgin said that it would seem as though the Church had disappeared?

A. Yes. Q. Did the Blessed Mother ever say anything

about the Holy Father having to leave Rome at the time of the Warning?

A. No, but what it looked like to me-maybe at this time I was confusing in my mind what I was seeing and what the Blessed Mother was saying to me because it’s been so many years- but what it looked like to me was that the Pope couldn’t be in Rome either, you know what I mean, out in the open. He was being persecuted, too, and had to hide just like everybody else.

Q. You said that when the Warning comes, the planes would stop in the air and that all engines would stop. is this what the Blessed Mother told you?

A. She said that everything, everywhere, for a moment would stop and the people would just think and look inside themselves.

Q. Will there be any noise with the Warning like a wind blowing?

A. The way I saw it at the time, it was more like a big silence, like a sense of emptiness. Everything was very silent. That’s the way I saw it.

Q. Seven years ago you said that the Warning was soon. Many people thought it would have happened by now. What would you say today?

A. It is soon. Everything looks soon to me because time goes by so fast.

Q. You’re the only one who knows the year of the Warning. Did you ever tell it to anyone else, like a priest for example?

A. No. Q. Will people be fi ghting with one another when the warning

comes? A. (no answer)

(To be continued)

TagimpanKALIBUGTA’NING tudtud ku busal na nitang kabengyanDimdam kung ating kakalbit kening lupa at king kanwanInyang busni ko ding mata ikang kakung atangalanMakatikdo king siping ku at saka ka makatimanKitnan daka bat atyu ka… mayli mu kung pekibatanTuki naka ngamung gingkas karin tana manuknangan.

Nukarin yan ing kitang ku, king lugal a kakung ikitNgamung sinabi kanaku karin alang magkasakitAlang mapagsamantala inya alang malulupigIng tune pamikalugud ya ing karin mayayakitSaup-saup la ding tau alang dusa alang sakitInya mibali’ku keti uling buri dakang adakit.

Pekibat ku saguli mu, wa sige tukyan danakaKinaul dakang matalik, mahigpit ku talan keka,King salu ku misukub ya ing malagung kekang lupaAnting pamagsamantala,king uma dinilu dakaSaguli, ngamung sinabi kagna’ning tinalakad ka,Aku naman mebaldug ku ketang pagkeran kung supa…

Nyang matna ku ikit dakang darayung malale lakadKing kanakung pangabaldug mabilis kung tinalakad,Manaya ka ngaku keka abutan kong kekang gamatDapot kening kagulutan aramdam ku ing gulisak,Inyang kaku lang balikdan ding apu mu ampon anakIlang ikit kung tatangis e la mingutngut ketang kyak.

Keka inyang malikid ku yabut mula ding gamat muMibili kung mikelangan ding anak kinaul da’ku,Sulung ika na ing muna ngakung keka mengamanuIng kabilyan ding malakwan kanaku pa mung yareglu,Potang makasadya nala nung lakwan tanong parehuAsahan mung tukyan daka, myabe katang pasibayu.

Pipepe mong kekang gamat makatiman mamatras kaBagya-bagya kang lalaut, ining lwa ku minagus na,Angga inyang ing dalumdum, selikut, inakmul nakaInya e ra-naka ikit dening makabatyo mata;Kanita ku mipagisinging sabla tagimpan palaTAGIMPAN… yang ginising king sugat ning pusung magdusa.

Diwa neng AMADO N. GIGANTEning Brgy. Anunas, Angeles City

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SpotlightArci Pineda

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

GUAGUA, PAMPANGA

RURAL BANK OF PORAC (PAMP), INC.,Represented by its PresidentLourdes Connie C. Tayag Petitioner/Mortgagee, FREM CASE NO. G-16-2361 -versus- For: Extra-Judicial Foreclosure

SPOUSES MANUELITO R. CERENAAND LINA M. CERENA Respondents/Mortgagors,

x------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure fi led by Rural Bank of Porac (Pamp.), Inc. represented by Lourdes Connie C. Tayag, mortgagee with principal offi ce at Sto. Rosario St. Angeles City, against Spouses Manuelito R. Cerena and Lina M. Cerena, residents of Purok 2, Sta. Monica, Floridablanca, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 25, 2016 amounts to FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR PESOS & 17/100 (P 537,734.17) Philippine currency, and other obligation that may become due and demandable plus the expenses of the foreclosure, the Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Guagua, Pampanga thru Sheriff Hernando M. Panganiban, will sell at public auction on March 3, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the Municipal Trial Court of Floridablanca, Pampanga to the highest bidder, for cash in Philippine currency, the herein described real property with all its existing improvements, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 617493-RA parcel of land (Lot 6 Blk. 4 of the subd. plan Psd-03-

047947, being a portion of Lot 18-E, (LRC) Psd-180526, LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Sta. Monica, Mun. of Floridablanca, Prov. of Pampanga. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 5 Blk. 4; on the SE., along line 2-3 by Rd. Lot 2; on the SW., along line 3-4 by Lot 7; and on the NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 3, both of Blk. 4, all of the subd. plan. Beg. at a pt. marked “1” on plan, being S. 52 deg. 38’W., 3112.00 m. from BLLM # 1, Floridablanca Cad.; thence S. 38 deg. 14’ E., 20.00 m. to pt. 2; thence S. 51 deg. 46’W., 20.00 m. to pt. 3; thence N. 38 deg. 14’W., 20.00 m. to pt. 4; thence N. 51 deg. 46’E., 20.00 m. to the pt. of beg.; containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED (400) Square Meters.

The Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga and Angeles City once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks and will be posted in three (3) conspicuous public places prior to the date of sale for the information of the public in general and of the interested parties in particular.

Prospective bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described property and the encumbrances existing thereon if any there be.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 10, 2017 at the same time and place without further notice.

Guagua, Pampanga, January 31, 2017.

NORMITA R. MERCADOOIC-Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff

Hernando M. Panganiban Sheriff IV Copy furnished:Lourdes Connie C. TayagRural Bank of Porac (Pamp.), Inc.Sto. Rosario St. Angeles City

Spouses Manuelito R. Cerenaand Lina M. CerenaPurok 2, Sta. Monica,Floridablanca, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: February 6, 13 & 20, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesOffi ce of the Civil RegistrarPROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

Municipality of Sta. Ana

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), notice is hereby served to the public that MICHAEL P. MACAPINLAC has fi led with this offi ce a petition for correction of gender from FEMALE to MALE in the certifi cate of live birth of MICHAEL P. MACAPINLAC who was born on 27 February 1980 at Sta. Ana, Pampanga and whose parents are Fidelberto Macapinlac and Leonila Panganiban.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than February 22, 2016.

SHEILAH MARIE M. ABADES Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: February 8 & 15, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesOffi ce of the Civil RegistrarPROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

Municipality of Sta. Ana

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), notice is hereby served to the public that NOLY D. ONDEVILLA has fi led with this offi ce a petition for correction of gender from FEMALE to MALE in the certifi cate of live birth of NOLY D. ONDEVILLA who was born on 12 November 1994 at Sta. Ana, Pampanga and whose parents are Norlito Ondevilla and Aurea Dalaquit.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than February 22, 2016.

SHEILAH MARIE M. ABADES Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: February 8 & 15, 2017

Cesar Montano retaliates at his son Diego Loyzaga’s rant at him

CESAR MONTANO reacted briefl y on what his son Diego Loyzaga posted in his social media account.According to a source, Cesar was only concerned about his son’s welfare.“Even if my late dad never pampered me and didn’t buy me material gifts because we were poor, I am

still thankful to him. I never lambasted him for the tough life we had. Our struggles made me learn the value of hard work.”

Our source added... “Noong Martes, February 7, naglabas ng sama ng loob si Diego sa kanyang ama sa pamamagitan ng

social media. Ito ay matapos bantaan diumano siya ng ama na ipapadampot sa pulisya dahil sa diumano’y paggamit ng bawal na gamot.”

Noong Huwebes, February 8, ay ibinahagi ng 21-year-old actor sa Instagram ang panibagong resulta ng drug test na isinagawa noong October 2016 na nagpapakita ng resultang negatibo siya sa paggamit ng droga.

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AFTER six years of being couples, Mikael Daez fi nally admits his relationship with 2013 Miss World Megan Young.

“Ano bang words ang gusto ninyong lumabas sa bibig ko?Hahaha! Okey, we’ve been together...wow this is for the fi rst time! I’ve been with Megan Young for six years and fi rst time kong inaamin ‘yan. Magugulat ang mga tao dahil hindi nila alam kung gaano katagal na kami. This is the fi rst time I’m putting it on record.”

Mikael wasn’t able to disclose the truth because at that time he was being paired with Andrea Torres, and Megan was with ABS, until she won the Miss World Pageant.

“Ako, I wanted to respect her space and at the same time, parang nasanay na tayo na hindi ko na sinasabi.”

Wasn’t it hard for him not to admit their relationship?“Noong maging kaibigan ko na ang mga press, hindi na. Tayu-tayo lang naman ‘to. Ang liit lang ng circle

natin and noong maging magkaibigan tayo, there was trust. Naiintindihan niyo kung saan kami nanggagaling.“Hindi naman bastusan ang dahilan. Hiningi ng network, hiningi ng negosyo. So yun lang and I guess,

kahit sa inyo, nasanay rin kayo, nasanay ang press, nasanay ang audience, yung tao, yung fans.”Ang dami, ang daming nangyari.“Ang dami niyo ring tanong sa akin, ‘Hindi ka ba nagseselos nang mag-Miss World siya.’“Alam niyo, proud ako diyan. Sobrang proud ako riyan. And I told you, I told those people that I am close

in the business na sobrang proud ako na tumagal kami. Kahit tinatago namin, kahit may mga issues, kahit hindi namin kailangang aminin na tuluy-tuloy pa rin kami dahil honest lang kami.

“Walang pekean. Hindi kailangang sabihin dahil sa work. But otherwise, when we’re together, kung makita niyo kami sa daan, sa mall, sa beach—wala lang. ‘Ahhh, sila pala.’”

Was there any “selosan” in those six years?“Teka, iisipin ko ha... Meron, meron ‘yan.”On his part or on Megan’s part?“I think, sa part niya, kasi nagkaroon ako ng maraming ka-loveteam. Siya

naman, nag-Miss World siya. Siyempre, kapag may loveteam, kahit anong mangyari, natural na may selosan.”

Did Megan take it aginst him when he was paired with Andrea Torres?“Oo, siyempre. First loveteam yun, e. Actually yun, nag-usap kami

run. Nagkaroon ng masinsinan kaming usapan tungkol kay Andrea at never na negative outcome ang pagseselos.

“Palagi naming napag-uusapan, and ako naman, if you get to know me, very open naman akong tao, e. Kung gusto kong tanungin, tatanungin ko talaga. Yung openness talaga ang key and honesty.”

When it comes to their roles are there no limitations in accepting roles which would require love scenes?

“Wala. Halikan niya si Dong, okey, go lang. Kung halimbawa, may tanggapin siyang potentially award-winning role na she has to be daring, okey lang. Kung yun ang gusto niya, go for it. I’ll respect it.

“Alam ko naman na mas open ako sa relationship. Siguro dahil siya ang babae, mas emotional siya. Pero alam ko na ibibigay niya rin sa akin yun.”

At this point in their relationship, are wedding plans being talked about?

“Work, work muna. Malaking bagay talaga, e. I think it does aff ect your work. I think image is very important also. But I think, beyond all that, ang importante riyan, kung ano ang relationship naming dalawa.

“Kahit ano ang label na na isalpak mo sa amin, wala kaming pakialam, e. What matters is kung paano kami nagku-konek sa isa’t isa. I guess, from time to time, lumilitaw. Pero, I think yung stand namin is, okey tayo ‘no?

“Wala kaming pakialam. Kahit anong sabihin nila—hindi kami mag-dyowa, mag-dyowa kami, magpapakasal na kami, hindi kami magpapakasal ever—it doesn’t matter. Salita lang yun, label lang yun. So para sa amin, wala kaming pakialam sa label,”

In terms of relationship is concerned, is six years not long enough which in the case of other relationships lead to separation?

“May mga nagkukuwento nga sa akin. Nakikita natin. Dito sa showbiz, mas lalo na. I think, that’s a fear. That’s always fear. You’ll never know naman. You’ll never know what’s going to happen. We’re enjoying naman and we’re enjoying each other as of the moment.”

Does he see himself ending up with Megan?“Ay, noo, naman! Hindi naman ako papasok sa isang

relationship na hindi ko nakikitang may long-term potential. Pero at the same time, enjoy every moment. Kasi, kung napi-pressure ka, minsan nga, yung takot dun, yun pa ang nagiging dahilan kaya hindi tumatagal.

“Pero sa totoo lang, wala naman silang problema. So minsan, yung takot pa ang nagiging problema.” he explained.

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M E S S A G E

Our warmest greetings. Congratulations Dr. Irineo “Bong” Alvaro for being named

as ‘Man of the Year’ by Punto! Central Luzon!The award iswell-deserved for one who is known for his

relentless pursuit and accomplishment of his vision to provide world-class service and amenities to the Clark Freeport Zone.

With his leadership, the Freeport and Central Luzon now has the very fi rst fi ve star hotel -- the Midori Hotel and Casino. A testament to his professional and technical expertise, and the impending completion of the water theme park will fortify his stature as one of the more innovative and trend-setting CEOs among the Clark’s stakeholders.

On behalf of the management and staff of Clark Development Corporation, we share in the pride of the Freeport community for having one of our very own bestowed the distinction of being ‘Man of the Year.’

Congratulations, at mabuhay po kayo!

NOEL F. MANANKILPresident and CEOClark Development Corporation

In Clark’s American past, Alvaro was a young working student soon catapulted to the top leadership of the Fili-pino Civilian Employees As-sociation that championed the cause of labor rights and won for the local hires working conditions, salaries and bene-fi ts that their off -base counter-parts, aye, Philippine labor it-self, could only dream of.

In Clark’s freeport present, Alvaro is a blue-chip inves-tor, upping the ante in the ho-tel and gaming industry, prim-ing Clark as premier destina-tion area of what he called the three Rs – rest, recreation and recuperation.

It did not come fast and facile though.

“The normal paradigm is you want to go to Manila or you want to go to Singapore or Hong Kong to see the sights. I wanted to shift paradigm. Why go there? Why not let those people come to us, to come to Clark,” Alvaro remembered his impassioned plea over 12 years ago, responded to with a curt “show me the color of your money” by the state agency’s then powers-that-be, all-too focused on foreign investors to bother with a local upstart.

It was more than green-backs though that Alvaro showed the Clark Develop-ment Corp. and how! A dogged determination to pursue his vi-

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Man of the Yearsion of “something new, some-thing unique” at Clark fi nding concretization in one project after another, with more in the works.

In 2005, BB International Leisure and Resort Develop-ment Corp. (BBI) was incorpo-rated, with Alvaro as the pres-ident of the Taiwanese domi-nated fi rm.

Several projects were pre-sented which became the sub-sidiaries of BBI starting with Eaglesky, a software devel-opment technology company that eventually started to de-velop gaming software and a production facility under the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCor) act-ing as a service provider for its clients.

MidoriBBI’s fl agship project – the

P4-billion Midori Hotel and Ca-sino – formally opened in July 2016, its casino’s earlier soft launch on April 27, timed with its president’s 57th birthday. A most auspicious moment, per the insistence of the Taiwan-ese partners, steeped as they are in feng shui.

The casino is the fi rst in the Philippines to use smart ta-bles equipped with a full radio frequency ID system (RFID) where dealers need not count chips manually.

“No one in the country has this kind of material. It’s the benchmark we are introduc-

ing for gaming and recreation at Midori Casino,” Alvaro said of “the fi rst intelligent gaming table.”

On the other hand, the 111-room property, run by Central Summit International Leisure Hotel Inc., includes fi ve-star hotel amenities like a 500-per-son capacity ballroom among others. And a presidential suite, endorsed by a former CDC head honcho as “with a view not to die for but to wish for a stay forever.”

Café Midori and Baci Bar right off the hotel’s spacious lobby are now Clark’s see-and-be-seen celebrity haunt.

Aqua PlanetIn March 2013, the P2.5-bil-

lion Aqua Planet water themed park broke ground northwest of the freeport promising to become “the destination” with its unique amenities for water sports activities. It is slated to have its soft opening on April 27, 2017 in time for Alvaro’s 58th birthday, to be celebrated with the marginalized commu-nities contiguous to Clark as part of BBI’s continuing CSR program.

The only one of its kind in the country, Aqua Planet off ers rides that range from the “tame to the extreme” in its uniquely designed slides, loops, fun-nels and tunnels for an experi-ence that can only be amazing or awesome.

“This will defi ne Clark as

the new destination,” Alva-ro said, recalling: “One of the challenges that we posted during the time I was present-ing the project before the CDC board was to give them some-thing unique that will justify ev-eryone’s stay in Clark.”

“Right now, Clark has casi-nos and golf courses but with Aqua Planet, we are giving an alternative as a family-orient-ed destination so that people will have a reason to stay lon-ger in Clark,” he explained.

AkasyaTo complement Aqua Plan-

et, a new 200-room hotel named Akasya will be estab-lished in front of it.

“As we want to preserve the century-old acacia trees in the area, we made them part of the hotel concept and pre-cisely named it after them,” said Alvaro. Accordingly, the hotel will weave through three massive century-old acacia trees at the central part of the property.

Alvaro said the P800-mil-lion Akasya Hotel is owned by an entirely new company - the Medal Consortium which is in-dependent of BBI.

Alvaro described the new company as composed of a group of all-Filipino young en-trepreneurs. “They are my for-mer classmates who wanted to come home to the Philip-pines after earning their mon-ey abroad. I invited them to

invest in Clark which will be-come the center for business and trade,” he revealed.

The groundbreaking of Akasya Hotel will be held on February 14, and it will be ready by December in time for the grand opening of Aqua Planet.

P8-B investment“Our total commitment to

Clark is not less than P3 bil-lion. But we have already sur-passed that at this point,” Al-varo noted. “For the Midori project alone, we have al-ready exceeded that commit-ment which is over P4 billion. Our commitment to PAGCor is higher with a minimum of $100 million for all the combined projects because in PAG-Cor, they call something like a shoebox of investment, before they will issue you a license,” he said.

Overall, BBI has commit-ted a total of P8 billion invest-ments with about 1,000 work-ers for all the projects.

“Seeing now the realization of the vision, aye, of the faith I have always invested in Clark, helping generate employment for our people, and contrib-uting to the socio-economic well-being of the local com-munity, it’s a privilege that one can ever aspire for in terms of self-actualization,” said a grateful Alvaro.

(More Man of the Year stories on page 24)

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ANGELES CITY – “In 2004, I an-nounced the termination of my desire to run for public offi ce because I want-ed to focus on business.”

Alvaro was a three-term council-or of Angeles City and once a city ad-ministrator, rising from the humblest of beginnings.

The city was his means of escape from rural poverty: “I came to Angeles City just to get out from my hometown in Barangay San Jose, Concepcion, where, up to now, we still do not own the lot where our old house is situat-ed.”

Seared in his mind is his father’s advice to get an education: “’Tong nung kalupa mu kung e mayari (the old man only reached Grade 6, he said) e maputut ing kakalulwan (Son if you will not fi nish school like me, the cycle of poverty will not end). Mag-ing karpinteru ka mu naman kalu-pa ku pero nung atin karin sikan lub lumwal keni lugar ayni na eka maging karpinteru ampong masun o piyun, magaral ka (You will also be a carpen-

ter like me but if you have the courage to go out from here so that you won’t end up a carpenter, stone mason or la-borer, get an education).”

“I did not come from rich parents. I was not born with a silver spoon in the mouth,” he said. “My mother was a plain housekeeper that is why I know “postre saguin” (sweetened banana) and “gatas tigre” (rice sprinkled with water and a little salt euphemized as tiger’s milk). We had banana plants at the back of our house and if we had postre, it meant my father had no work at the moment,” recalled the youngest among six siblings of their poverty.

Alvaro supported his studies through a rigmarole of odd jobs as utili-ty man, then janitor, library aide, even a member of the school band, starting at the University of Santo Tomas, moving to Wesleyan University in Cabanatuan City, and fi nally getting his bachelor’s degree in AB English at the Holy Angel University.

“The four-year course took all of six years simply because I could not

MAGALANG, Pampanga – Be-yond Clark, the rest-recre-ation-recuperation mantra con-tinues.

In a spot amid the woods by Mount Arayat’s foot shines a place of solace and contempla-tion, ideal for spiritual retreats and corporate team-building.

This is Fiona’s Farm, owned by the Alvaro family-owned KNJF Corp., named after sons Karlo Nicolas and Francis Jericho. The place is dedicated to the daugh-ter the Alvaros lost due to a con-genital heart disease when she was only fi ve months old.

“We were looking for a place of solace after she passed away in 2006 and we found the small farm owned by my in-laws,” he said. “We developed it and bought the surrounding areas for expansion.”

“Because the true essence of beauty is inside, the farm looks drab on the outside but once you’re inside, it’s beautiful,” Al-varo philosophizes. “Just like the character Fiona in the Shrek movie who is an ogre but is a very beautiful princess inside.”

“We really tried to make it beautiful inside. We placed that in the marker at the entrance for people who seek the real es-sence of beauty, not its superfi -cial state but its inner meaning, “he added.

Fiona’s Farm has a 200-bed capacity on a fi ve-hectare prop-

CLARK FREEPORT -- “I invited the Taiwanese to in-vest here,” Alvaro said. “But the convincing was a long-term relationship. It’s not an overnight thing.”

“Our relationship started with Philivalve Industries in 1996. We were the fi rst locator in Clark,” he recalled.

“My fi rst partners were Koreans but they lacked the investment capacity which created some problems. It was at this time that I studied valve manufacturing and hired some of my consultants in Manila,” he narrated.

“With the Koreans out, I continued with valve man-ufacturing and partnered with these Taiwanese,” he said. “But eventually, I have to close Philivalve Indus-tries with the entry of the General Agreements on Tar-iff s and Trade (GATT) because we were levied with the same tax with China which can manufacture 1 million in one hour while we can only manage 1,000 in an hour. By economy of scale, how can we compete?”

“We manufacture industrial valves and our cli-ents in Manila are those who use acetylene and oxy-gen. Suddenly their orders went down because China came in. That was why I fi nally closed the business,” he reasoned.

“One of the lessons I learned in business is you should know when to stop. But when you stop, you should look for something else to start with,” he said. “That’s the business philosophy I hold,” he added.

“I went into the oil business and became chair and president of Paraphil International where I have a sheik partner in Dubai,” he continued.

“During that time in 1998, the big three (Shell, Cal-tex and Petron) were strong and we could not get in. We failed, we were just a small player and the intrica-cies in government like getting a permit etc. would get you down. So, we gave up,” he lamented.

“After valve manufacturing, I went into buttweld fi t-tings with my Taiwanese partners from Philivalve,” he continued. “My production cost of industrial oxygen valve was about P160 back then which was already the delivered cost of China. But here we have to box it and market it so we cannot compete so we closed shop, but that’s the time I partnered with the Taiwan-ese on the buttweld fi ttings because they cannot go directly to the USA.”

“Taiwan cannot ship directly to the USA because of the one-China policy, so we fi nish the products here in the Philippines and then I ship them to Alaska,” he said. “But the US came out with a policy to equalize the taxes of steel and metal which was lower than Chi-na, that ended my buttweld venture.”

Through the Taiwanese connection, Alvaro said, he was able to connect with the Taiwanese that are knowledgeable in information technology (IT) and in-vited them to Clark to develop software to start Eagle-sky.

“My life story is really ups and downs and there were even times when you want to go crazy because you failed and you have a lot of loans. There were even times when my Filipino partners left me. Because of the hard times, they needed to go back to the US so I was left all alone but I struggled.” And Alvaro prevailed.

take full load as I had to work,” he now laughed.

His college life was particular-ly hardest at Wesleyan: “As working student, we eat twice a day only, and taste meat only when the president of the university, Gloria Lacson, invited us for dinner.”

“Then I was hired as a utility man in Clark Air Base and transferred to HAU, where I was a virtual unknown as I was very quiet,” he chuckled.

Starting as a utility man in Clark, Al-varo was promoted to sales clerk be-fore and then moved further to become the youngest and the highest paid Fil-ipino manager in the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES).

The promise of the young Alvaro noted by the base leadership, could not help but be noticed too by the Filipi-no workers who took him in as a union leader with the Filipino Civilian Em-ployees Association (FCEA) in Clark Air Base.

He was promptly sued by the Amer-ican overlords for apparent duality. If

Alvaro’s world: Poverty, politics, Clark

The Taiwan connection

A history of partnership

not confl ict of interests: How could he stand as union leader when he was part of management?

Fresh in his memory: “My only defense was: Since I held the most profi table areas in AAFES, I brought a computation of the profi ts of these areas and demanded a share in the profi t as a right, if I was really a part of the management but of course they refused that’s when they lost the case.”

From the labor front, Alvaro eas-ily transitioned to the political fi eld – more than once winning a seat in the city council where he quickly gained public acclaim and esteem as “fi scal-izer.”

He also served as city adminis-trator to Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno.

His deferment to the wishes of his wife, Irene nee Gopez, made him bade politics a fi nal goodbye to total-ly immerse himself in the corporate world.

To the Clark Freeport’s gain.

Man of the Year

FIONA’S FARM

A daughter’s living memorial

erty complete with big swimming pools for team building exercises and for family get-togethers.

Fiona’s total investment, in-cluding the land purchase, is pegged at P230 million.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

City of San Fernando, PampangaOffi ce of the Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff

HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND, Petitioner-Mortgagee, EJF No. 281-16 ~ versus ~ Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118ARMIE B. PUNZALAN, Respondent-Mortgagor.

x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508 fi led by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner-mortgagee, with its postal address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against ARMIE B. PUNZALAN, respondent-mortgagor, residing at 3085 P. Tablante Street, Pulung Bulu, Angeles City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 26, 2016 amounts to NINE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY and 85/100 PESOS (Php 944,780.85) excluding penalties, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned duly authorized deputy sheriff will sell at public auction on FEBRUARY 23, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 677242-R..IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that certain land situated in

the MUN. OF BACOLOR, PROV. OF PAMPANGA bounded and described as follows:A parcel of land (Lot 28, Blk. 52 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs-03-015720, being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126; 3008-P-6-A, to 3008-P-6-H, LRC Rec. No. 151), situated in Brgy. Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp., Is. of Luzon x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 02, 2017, without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 24, 2017.

LYNDON L. ISIPSheriff IV / RTC-OCC, CSF(P)

cc: 1. HOME DEVT. MUTUAL FUND 2. ARMIE B. PUNZALAN 3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 30, February 6 & 13, 2017

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 48CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA

PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MINOR JERAMIEL IBAÑEZ SORIANO BEARING REGISTRY NO. 2010-13046 REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER JOCELYN MANESE,

JOCELYN MANESE Petitioner, - versus - SP. PROC. CASE NO. 5813

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, THE NATIONAL STATISTICIAN (formerly CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL), and MANNY SORIANO SORIANO, Respondents.

x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

A verifi ed petition having been fi led by the herein petitioner, Jocelyn Manese dated January 6, 2017, praying that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the respondents City Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga and National Statistician to correct the Certifi cate of Live Birth of petitioner’s minor child Jeramiel Ibañez Soriano bearing Registry No. 2010-13046 the following:

a. father’s name from Manny Boy R. Soriano to Manny S. Soriano;b. middle name from Ibañez to Manese; andc. mother’s name from Jocelyn Ibañez to Jocelyn Manese;Finding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, notice is hereby

given that the same will be heard by this Court on April 24, 2017 at 11:00 o’clock in the morning, inviting all persons interested therein to show cause, if any, why the aforesaid petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner.

Furnish copies of this Order, together with the copy of the petition and its annexes the Offi ce of the City Civil Registrar of San Fernando, Pampanga, the National Statistician (former Civil Registrar General), Philippine Statistics Authority (formerly National Statistics Offi ce), Edsa Cor. Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City 1104, and the Offi ce of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City.

Likewise, let copies of this Order be furnished the Offi ce of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, petitioner Jocelyn Manese, counsel for the petitioner, Manny Soriano Soriano and the Offi ce of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

SO ORDERED.City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 19, 2017.

CHRISTINE MARIE C. CAPULE Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 30, February 6 & 13, 2017

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

City of San Fernando, PampangaOffi ce of the Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff

HOME DEVELOPMENTMUTUAL FUND, Petitioner-Mortgagee, EJF No. 243-16 ~ versus ~ Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118ISRAEL S. MICLAT, Respondent-Mortgagor.

x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508 fi led by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner-mortgagee, with its postal address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against ISRAEL S. MICLAT, respondent-mortgagor, residing at 81 Fernandino Street, San Nicolas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 31, 2015 amounts to EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE and 34/100 PESOS (Php 827,755.34) excluding penalties, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned duly authorized deputy sheriff will sell at public auction on FEBRUARY 23, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 694319-R..IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that certain land situated in

the MUN. OF BACOLOR, PROV. OF PAMPANGA bounded and described as follows:A parcel of land (Lot 43, Blk. 43 of the cons. subd. plan, Pcs-03-015720, being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126; 3008-P-6-A, to 3008-P-6-H, LRC Rec. No. 151), situated in Brgy. Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp., Is. of Luzon x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 02, 2017, without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 24, 2017.

LYNDON L. ISIPSheriff IV / RTC-)CC, CSF(P)

cc: 1. HOME DEVT. MUTUAL FUND 2. ISRAEL S. MICLAT 3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: January 30, February 6 & 13, 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of JUAN C. PANGILINAN JR. who

died intestate on November 4, 2015 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed a Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Donation of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 9, Block 2 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-2626, being a portion of Lot 2255-A-2-G described on plan (LRC) Cad. Rec. No. 145 of the Cadastral Survey of San Fernando), situated in the Bo. of San Juan and Sto. Nino, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 138356-R issued by the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Bona Carmela Bien as per Doc No. 3, Page No. 2, Book No. 1, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: February 6, 13 & 20, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesOffi ce of the Civil RegistrarPROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

Municipality of Sta. Ana

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with Section 5 of RA 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that LEILA D. GAMBOA has fi led with this offi ce a petition for change of fi rst name from MARIA LIELA to LEILA in the certifi cate of live birth of LEILA D. GAMBOA who was born on May 01, 1958 at Sta. Ana, Pampanga and whose parents are Ponciano M. Gamboa and Natividad Dizon.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than February 22, 2017.

SHEILAH MARIE M. ABADES Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: February 8 & 15, 2017

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESSUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

City of San Fernando, PampangaOffi ce of the Clerk of Court & Ex-Offi cio Sheriff

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, Petitioner-Mortgagee, E.J.F. No. 235-16 ~ versus ~ Real Estate Mortgage under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118ELAINE J. TORNO marriedto EDUARDO E. TORNO, Respondent-Mortgagor.

x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508 fi led by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, petitioner/mortgagee, with its postal address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against ELAINE J. TORNO married to EDUARDO E. TORNO, respondents/mortgagors, with residence and postal address at 294 Gail St., Nepo Subd., Angeles City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 29, 2016 amounts to ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN and 79/100 PESOS (Php1,255,311.79) excluding penalties, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned duly authorized deputy sheriff will sell at public auction on March 07, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 704822-R“ x x x A parcel of land (Lot 8, Block 37, of the cons.-subd.

plan Pcs-03-015720, being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126; 3008-P-6-A, 3008-P-6-B, 3008-P-6-C, 3008-P-6-D, 3008-P-6-E, 3008-P-6-F, 3008-P-6-G, 3008-P-6-H, Psd-03-159018, LRC Rec. No. 151), situated in the Brgy. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp., Island of Luzon x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50), more or less. x x x”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 14, 2017, without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, January 30, 2017.

FORTUNATO S. GAJES Sheriff IV RTC-OCC, CSF(P)

cc: 1. HOME DEVT. MUTUAL FUND 2. ELAINE J. TORNO m/t EDUARDO E. TORNO 3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! Central Luzon: February 6, 13 & 20 , 2017

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SUSANA A. AMADOR who

died intestate on March 14, 2014 in Rocka Village, Tabang, Plaridel, Bulacan executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as parcels of land, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-20078Lot 5, Blk. 22 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-046294, being a portion

of Lot 4, Psu-101871 and Lot 3-B-2-D, Psd-03-036151, LRC Rec. No. , situated in the Bo. of Tabang, Mun. of Plaridel, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx xxx;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-21128Lot 3, Blk. 22 of the subd. plan, Psd-03-046294, being a portion

of Lot 4, Psu-101871 and Lot 3-B-2-D, Psd-03-036151, LRC Rec. No. , situated in the Bo. of Tabang, Mun. of Plaridel, Prov. of Bulacan. xxx xxx;

before Notary Public Cenon J. Navarro as per Doc No. 258, Page No. 53, Book No. I, Series of 2017.

Punto! Central Luzon: February 6, 13 & 20, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesOffi ce of the Civil RegistrarPROVINCE OF PAMPANGA

Municipality of Sta. Ana

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with Section 5 of RA 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANITA M. MANSILUNGAN has fi led with this offi ce a petition for change of fi rst name from ANITA CONSTANCIA to ANITA in the certifi cate of live birth of ANITA M. MANSILUNGAN who was born on January 28, 1962 at Sta. Ana, Pampanga and whose parents are Ignacio S. Mansilungan and Consalacion S. Martin.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than February 22, 2017.

SHEILAH MARIE M. ABADES Municipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: February 8 & 15, 2017

LUBAO, Pampan-g a - - K a p a m p a n g a n s based in the United States are scheduled to hold a medical and den-tal mission at the M. Pi-neda Sports Complex

US-based Kapampangans to hold medical-dental mission in Lubaohere on Thursday, Feb-ruary 16.

The Aguman Ca-pampangan NW USA (ACNU) will bring a team of medical and dental professionals to provide

free services to resi-dents here from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Local power distrib-utor, Pampanga II Elec-tric Cooperative (Pelco 2) has rescheduled its power interruption slated on that day to give way for the mission, a bienni-al project of ACMU.

ACNU president Mina Guinto-Tahayeri said the medical and dental mission is chaired by Ernie Turla, Semion Mamaril, Akbar Tahayeri and Ben Agamat.

Mayor Mylyn Pine-da-Cayabyab, for her part, expressed grati-tude to ACNU for choos-ing Lubao as their ven-ue for the mission. She said the project will ben-efi t residents coming from the marginalized sector.

“This project is very close to our hearts be-cause our Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda is giving focus to health services. Our local government units here in Pampanga are also following suit to

this advocacy and as-sistance from our fellow Kapampangans from abroad are very much welcome,” the mayor said.

The project, accord-ing to ACNU, is in coor-dination with the offi ce of Pampanga Second Dis-trict Rep. Gloria Maca-pagal-Arroyo, Governor Pineda, Vice Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda

and the municipal gov-ernment of Lubao.

“On behalf of the Aguman Capampangan NW USA,we thank you for your support and also for giving us the oppor-tunity to be of service to the residents of Lubao, Pampanga this com-ing February 16, 2017,” Guinto-Tahayeri said in her Facebook post.

– Albert B. Lacanlale

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