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MABALACAT CITY – He filed his certificate of candidacy last Oct. 16, notwithstanding

complaints over his “overstaying” – for over 20 years now – at the mayor’s office.

Boking running againWife Niña to withdraw

Only to withdraw – five days after – in favor of his wife, Nina Manipon Morales, who was nomi-nated by the local Kam-bilan party last Oct 21.

“I’m withdrawing my candidacy for city may-or...I already served my cabalen for the past 21 years with humility and

Mayor Marino Morales shows off CoC anew. Contributed photo

GOLDEN SHOWERS. Tailings from fireworks rain from the night sky at the conclusion of the Grand Pyro Musical Show at Skyranch, SM City Pampanga over the weekend. Photo by Bong Lacson

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – It was SM City Pampanga’s own giant lantern show, and how the crowd, jampacking every available space at the mall’s parking lots

‘Fireworked’ Biggest Lantern of Hope delights at SM Pampanga’s Skyranch

and roads, lavished ev-ery moment of it.

Skyranch’s “Pam-panga Eye” – the coun-try’s tallest Ferris Wheel – was transformed Fri-day night into the “Big-

gest Lantern of Hope” and made as platform for a spectacular 12-minute fireworks display accom-panied by Ryan Cayab-yab’s Christmas classic “Kumukuti-kutitap.” An

impressive first, here in Pampanga and in Cen-tral Luzon, that did not fail to draw out the deaf-ening applause from the hundreds of spectators

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – Raring for show-time!

The capital city is all set to reaffirm its claim as the Christmas Capi-tal of the Philippines with its “Ligligan Parul” (Giant

All set for Giant Lantern FestLantern Festival) going even “bigger and bright-er” this year.

Slated on Decem-ber 19 at the Robinsons Starmills here, 11 baran-gays will try to “outdo, out-color, out-bright” one

another in the spectacu-lar kaleidoscope of titan-ic lanterns, to the beat of brass band music.

This year’s entries come from barangays Calulut, Del Pilar, Pan-daras, San Jose, San

Juan, San Nicolas, Sta. Lucia, Sto. Nino, Sinda-lan, Telabastagan and 2014 grand champion Dolores.

Foreign dignitaries and president-CEOs of

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By Ding Cervantes　

CITY OF SAN FER-NANDO - Non-admin-istration presidential contenders should “unite and oppose” a possible “Only Mar (Roxas)” scenario in the 2016 elections.

This was the ap-peal issued here yes-terday by the Anak-pawis partylist amid the disqualification case of presidential aspirant Grace Poe who is being support-ed by various militant groups.

“We believe that Senator Poe’s dis-qualification case is just step one and that behind this is the Aqui-no administration, his Liberal Party clique, for the advancement of Mar Roxas can-didacy,” Anakpaw-

‘Only Mar’ scenario prods call for unity

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CLARK FREEPORT - The last time armored personnel carriers (APC) swooped down on Ha-cienda Luisita in 2004, seven farm workers were killed and over a hundred were wounded.

Last Sunday, the APC’s were back, to-

Tanks, soldiers swoop down on Hacienda Luisita

gether with two truck-loads of soldiers in full battle gear, the Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikul-tura (UMA) reported yes-terday.

UMA Secretary Gen-eral Ranmil Echanis said the soldiers were de-

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yung mga naka-suspend sa taas (What if there is a sud-den increase of airplanes go-ing in circles above) waiting for their turn to land or while waiting for their clearance?” observed De Lima.

“More than that, the de-velopment of Clark will bene-fit the people of Central and Northern Luzon. In terms of the economy there would be ripple effect and the airport will be closer to them,” she added.

“We really need alternative airports or supplemental air-ports. We are a growing econ-omy, hindi pweding isa lang ang airport natin, hindi pwed-ing NAIA lang (it cannot be that we have only one airport, it cannot be that we will only have NAIA),” De Lima said.

“There are a lot of growing economies not just Metro Ma-nia or NCR but we need the infrastructure to grow with the economy and the airport is among the important ones,” she reasoned.

On CDC’s Tugade“I don’t know him. I can-

not pass judgment on him,” De Lima admitted when asked to comment on Clark Development Corp. (CDC) President-CEO Arthur Tu-gade openly campaigning for Davao City Mayor Rodri-go Duterte for president as against the Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Mar Roxas.

“But it’s a matter of delica-deza also,” she said.

Legislative agendaDe Lima said she has “ba-

sically three areas” in her leg-islative agenda “given my ex-perience as former secretary of justice.”

These are: justice and rule of law, anti-corruption, and human rights.

On the first agenda she said she would be pushing for simplified criminal laws to pun-ish the guilty faster and free the innocents faster. “That is why we are pushing for a new code of crimes,” she said.

“It’s there already as draft-ed by the Criminal Code Com-mittee which I created two to three years ago. It’s headed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) so there is now a draft Code of Crimes new Book 1 and Book 2 to replace and overhaul the 83 year-old Re-vised Penal Code,” De Lima said.

There is also the Criminal Investigation Bill which is a simplified criminal investiga-

De Lima bats for Clark airport, nixes house arrest for GMAtion to make sure once crim-inal cases reached the courts, they would have a higher chance of success. “It’s time to see a closer collaboration between prosecutors and in-vestigators as early as ev-idence gathering and case build up,” she said.

On anti-corruption, De Lima said “even if we made a lot of gains in the PNoy admin-istration like the performance of the Office of the Ombuds-man, not only in the PDAF cases but other cases, we still lack something in terms of le-gal mechanism especially in going after ill-gotten wealth.”

She added: “we still need a new offensive in the new legal mechanism so that the culprits will have a hard time hiding their ill-gotten wealth.”

On human rights, De Lima there should be focus on the vulnerable sectors which are basically social justice issues.

On GMA’s house arrestDe Lima admitted outright

that she does not support a house arrest for former Pres-ident Gloria Macapagal-Ar-royo.

“It’s up to the Sandigang-bayan and also the Supreme Court (SC). The issue is now with the SC,” she said.

De Lima explained that the ruling in the Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile case in granting him bail for “humanitarian consid-eration” is not in the Consti-tution as well as the so-called house arrest. “That’s not in the law, we really questioned that,” she said.

“Precisely this is the one thing invoked by former Pres-ident GMA so what will the Supreme Court do? It’s up to them but if we go by what the Constitution and the rule of law the only basis in the grant of bail and house arrest, which is only part of a judicial discretion but only in very ex-traordinary cases, is if the ev-idence of guilt is not strong,” De Lima explained.

“That’s the only standard in the grant of bail,” she add-ed.

De Lima made it clear that “I am not in favor of a house arrest (for GMA) just to be consistent with my position.”

On the AmpatuanMassacre

“I remain confident and hopeful that by the time the PNoy administration exits, we can see a conviction of the main and principal accused,” she said.

WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE. Former Justice Secretary now Senate aspirant Leila de Lima pays a call on Gov. Lilia G. Pineda at the Capitol Monday. Photo by Bong Lacson

By Armand M. Galang

CABANATUAN CITY – Inde-pendent vice presidential can-didate, Sen. Francis Escudero said it’s up to his political rival, fellow Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to apologize for the atroc-ities and abuses committed against Filipinos during the Martial Law years, adding the latter cannot be coerced into doing so if he does not want to.

“It should be personal and voluntary. He should not do it with a heavy heart,” Escude-

Forced Marcos apology meaningless, says Chiz

ro said in reply to a reporter’s query of whether Marcos, son and namesake of the late for-mer President, should heed demands for him to make a public apology for martial rule.

Some quarters have been making calls for Marcos to do so, particularly after he entered the vice presidential race.

President Aquino said Mar-cos should apologize for the problems posed by Martial Law. He said the start of the solution is the admission of the problem, or the crime that be-gets the problem.

Aquino’s father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. was among those imprisoned during Martial Law.

“That (apology) I think would have been acceptable. We are a forgiving people as a general rule. But they have statements that there’s noth-ing to apologize for,” he said.

Escudero said making an apology is the younger Mar-cos’ call. “It’s really up to him whether to apologize or not. He cannot be bullied into do-ing so against his will,” he add-ed.

By Ashley Manabat

ANGELES CITY – If former Justice Secretary Leila De Lima had her way, the Clark International Airport (CIA) would have been maximized to full operation by now.

Speaking to reporters here last Monday, De Lima said the problems besetting the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), especially conges-tion, should speed up the full and immediate development of the CIA.

“Ako nga I experienced several times na paikot-ikot lang sa taas (just going around in circles in the air) be-cause of air traffic. Let’s not wait for an accident to happen because of air traffic. Paano kung dumami nang dumami

SM once again invites its shop-pers to play Santa and share the joys of Christmas with less fortunate children in its Share a Toy campaign.

A joint project of The SM Store and Toy Kingdom in partnership with SM Founda-tion and the Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment – the Share a Toy cam-paign continuously promotes involvement among society in spreading the spirit of Christ-mas by simply giving toys, old or new to kids in less fortunate communities and accredited organizations.

Shoppers do their share by visiting Share a Toy booths

found at all SM Stores and Toy Kingdom branches where shoppers can donate old or new toys until December 31, 2015.

SM and Toy Kingdom are likewise sharing the joys of Christmas with big-hearted shoppers. Every time they buy toys to donate from SM and Toy Kingdom, every P500 sin-gle receipt purchase on regu-lar priced toys entitles one to a P50 off coupon valid until Jan-uary 31, 2016. Maximum of ten (10) coupons will be given per transaction.

Share a Toy and make a child happy this Christmas at SM!

Share a Toy at SM

The children of the EVRC Memorial School in Baliwag Bulacan are one of the recipients of last year’s Share a Toy project. Contributed photo

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around the mall as well as those stalled in the traffic gridlock on Jose Abad Santos Avenue.

Dubbed as the Grand Pyro Musical Show, Fri-day night’s extravagan-za was SM’s own tribute to Pampanga’s lantern industry “ushering in the joyous spirit of the sea-son,” according to Pam-panga Mall Manager Engr. Junias Eusebio.

It took the organizers three weeks to prepare the show, with 1,725

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on the wheel alone. SM City Pampan-

ga PR Manager Rain Cervantes said that the event is the mall’s way of spreading the spirit of hope this Yuletide sea-son.

“The point is, mall-goers from all walks of life see this and they become inspired. Hope springs from inspira-tion,” she said.

Friday’s event also featured the distribu-tion of gifts to Aeta chil-dren handed out by the

Mutya Ning Kapampan-gan candidates as part of the SM Bears of Hope program. Shoppers can support the pro-gram where P200 buy two teddy bears, one to keep and one to be giv-en to selected beneficia-ries of the project. Pro-ceeds of the program will also help fund pro-grams of SM Founda-tion this Christmas sea-son.

More funWhile, the grand py-

rofest show was only a

one-night affair, Sky-ranch offers much, much more fun for ev-eryone everyday from 12 noon to 12 midnight on weekends and from 3 p.m. to 12 midnight on weekdays.

Aside from the Pam-panga Eye, there are the Flume Ride that mimics the experience of going down a raging river, the Super Viking gondola that swings up to 90 degrees, and a double-decker Carou-sel that harkens back to npostalgic times.

Located on a 10,000 square-meter site at the back of SM City Pam-panga, Skyranch is the first amusement park in North Luzon and the newest destination for both local residents and tourists.

Developed by SM Prime Holdings, Inc., in partnership with S&T Leisure Inc. and West-ech Philippines, the Skyranch brings all the thrills, all the excite-ment, and all the fun to kids and kids at heart with its 20 rides.

Inside the mall, events include a Glitter-ing Holiday Parade from the characters of Car-toon Network on all Sat-urdays of December as they carnival along the longest mall in the Phil-ippines.

Also, witness the special Christmas skit of costumed role-play-ing artists as one strolls along the park and have selfies and groupies ev-ery Sunday for the whole month of December.

– Bong Z. Lacson with SMPP PR

By Ding Cervantes

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Officials of Barangay Ba-laoang in Paniqui, Tarlac are in hot water after they refused the request of cops from the Tarlac Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for them to witness a raid of a house that yielded illegal fire-arms in their area.

Tarlac CIDG provincial of-ficer Chief Inspector Angelo Nicolas said his raiding team had asked Barangay Ba-laoang officials to witness last week the raid of a local man-sion which was the subject of a search warrant issued by Judge Bernal Fajardo of the Tarlac Regional Trial Court branch 67.

The court warrant per-tained to allegations that the owner of the mansion, iden-tified as Wilson Bacaro Cielo possessed illegal firearms.

Nicolas, who led the raid-ing team, said he and his men pushed through with the raid despite the absence of any barangay official. He noted, however, that Cielo was not

Barangay execs in hot water for refusing to witness police raid of mansion in Paniqui

around amid reports he had flown to the US last Nov. 14.

However, Alfredo Lauraza-no Miguel, 61, house caretak-er of Cielo, was arrested after a Squire and Bingham .22 rifle was confiscated from him.

Seized from Cielo’s house were a .45 Colt pistol, a mag-num .357 pistol, an Armscor shot gun, a carbine (M2) ri-fle, an unmarked .22 rifle, and several pieces of various am-munitions.

Nicolas said administrative and criminal complaints are being prepared against baran-gay officials of Balaoang who, he stressed, “refused to coop-erate in the implementation of a lawful search warrant”.

Meanwhile, Nicolas also revealed that at least five counts of violation of RA 10591 or the Comprehen-sive Firearms and Ammuni-tions Regulation Act were filed against Cielo.

“A single count of violation of RA 10591 usually carries a bail of P140,000 but confisca-tion of more than three guns is a non-bailable offense” Nico-las noted.

CLARK FREEPORT – For developing an innovative approach to providing liveli-hood and community service in Clark contiguous areas, the biggest employer here has been recognized by the country’s largest and most reputable Human Resource Association.

Luenthai Philippine’s “iS-erve.iGive Back” Program has won the 2015 CSR Ex-cellence Award by the Peo-ple Management Association of the Philippines HRM Foun-dation (PMAP).

Besting other entries in this nation-wide search un-der the Livelihood Category, the program was rated high on innovation, sustainability, replication, scalability and so-cial and business impact.

Frank Sauceda, Luenthai Executive Vice President, ac-cepted the award on Novem-ber 27, 2015 during PMAP’s Corporate Social Respon-sibility Summit held at SGV Conference Hall in Makati City.

In a statement received by the Communications Depart-ment of Clark Development Corporation (CDC-Com-mDep), Sauceda thanked PMAP for the confidence en-trusted to Luenthai through the award.

“This recognition further strengthens our belief that a caring spirit for the employ-ees and the community is a manifestation of good corpo-rate citizenship”, he said.

“The award further boosts the company’s desire to con-tinue on with the journey in effecting positive changes not just by providing skills training and livelihood but

Luenthai ‘iServe.iGive Back’ wins Inaugural CSR Excellence Award

also in improving the wellbeing of many orphaned, neglected and underprivileged members of the society through vari-ous community outreach pro-grams,” Sauceda added.

Sauceda humbly dedicated and expressed gratitude to the program partners namely: Tu-loy Foundation Inc. headed by Fr. Rocky Evangelista; CDC, through Atty. Arthur P. Tugade; and other LGU and NGO part-ners.

CDC officials led by Tu-gade conveyed congratula-tions and commendations to the company, emphasizing the importance of CSR programs of Clark locators in community development and nation build-ing.

The “iServe.iGive Back” is a community service and transformational program that marries the Luenthai’s long running community outreach activities with its culture build-ing initiative. As such, it pro-motes giving back as an inside out motivation, a commitment and a habit.

Born as a corporate initia-tive in 2009, Verte Philippines has adopted this program in 2012 and since then has been reaching out and touch-ing lives; and been creating awareness and meaningful partnership with various stake-holders who share the same aspirations of taking responsi-bility for others.

Other category winners presented with ingenuine-ly-crafted kamagong based trophy were: AES Philippines (Corporate Governance); Johnson & Johnson Philip-pines (Health & Wellness Cat-egory); SM Supermalls (Peo-ple with Disabilities); Sunpow-

er Philippines (Community Service); San Roque Power Corporation (Education) and Trans-Asia Oil & Energy De-velopment Corporation (En-vironment).

To date, the program has generated over Php880,000 employee donation benefit-ing 11 charitable institutions in Pampanga; with seven (7) well established schools spread across Angeles City, Mabalacat, Porac, Clark and Bataan with over 1,500 graduates, more than half of which are hired by Luenthai and others gainly employed in other factories in the prov-ince.

Luenthai has also hired over 20 dressmaking gradu-ates from Tuloy sa Don Bo-sco in Alabang through the Preferential Hiring Program. Under the Football program, the free academy currently caters to over 160 kids of Lu-enthai employees, Air Force and of the poor community, plus hundreds more in Tuloy sa Don Bosco.

Luenthai Philippine’s “iS-erve.iGive Back” address-es social issues like poverty, discrimination and hopeless-ness with three intertwined helping schemes. Communi-ty Outreach – helping partner organizations to continue to help and care for the less for-tunate members of the com-munity; Skills and Employ-ment – helping marginalized members of the community be able to have a fair chance for employment and provide for their family; and Sports & Youth – giving equal oppor-tunities for poor kids to learn life lessons through Football (CDC CommDep/Luenthai).

By Ernie Esconde

MARIVELES, Bataan- An unidentified speeding vehicle alleged-ly overtaking at the shoulder of the Roman Superhighway here dawn of Monday hit three of six persons waiting for a ride, killing a six-month pregnant woman and wounding her husband and a relative.

Killed in the hit-and-run incident was Giselle Murullo, 27, who with Jomar Murullo, 27, just got married last Saturday.

Jomar sustained a fractured knee and injuries in different part of the body. A relative, Pacifico dela Rosa, was critically wounded and still confined at a hospital in Balanga City.

Jomar said he, his wife and four other relatives woke up at 3 in the morning and from their residence in Sitio Dona Nene in Barangay Alas-Asin, waited for a bus bound for Manila.

“Naghihintay kami ng sasakyan pa-Manila. Nasa may gutter kami at masayang nagkukuwentuhan nang hindi namin napan-sin na may pabangga na pala sa aming sasakyan. Hindi nag-menor, sobrang tulin,” Jomar said.

First to be hit was Dela Rosa and then his wife. “Hindi ko man lamang naitulak palayo ang asawa ko dahil tinamaan na din ako,” the husband said. Giselle was pushed some 10 meters away by the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries on the head.

“Sa naka-aksidente, sana makonsensiya ka at harapin mo nangyari sa amin. Kung may konsensiya ka, isipin mo na na may pananagutan ka sa batas,” Jomar said.

He said the vehicle was a van colored white or crème. “Isasama ko sa Maynila ang asawa ko para manood kami

ng sine bago ako mag-report sa trabaho at makausap ang mga kapatid ko na papunta sa ibang bansa. Hindi ko alam na ganito ang mangyayari,” Jomar said.

Newly-married pregnant killed; husband, kin wounded in hit-run

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By Malou Dungog

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Best Western Hotels & Resorts has unveiled a new midscale hotel in the country, during its soft opening in this Free-port Zone, Friday eve-ning.

Located at Subic Bay, on the western coast of Luzon Island and ap-

Best Western opens new midscale hotel in Subicproximately 100 km north of Manila, the new Best Western Plus Ho-tel Subic is the first mid-scale hotel in the area affiliated with an interna-tional brand.

Best Western Plus Hotel Subic is the sev-enth Best Western in the Philippines, joining exist-ing properties in Manila, Makati City, Cebu City

and the resort-island of Boracay and is also the country’s third upscale Best Western Plus Ho-tel following the Best Western Plus Antel Hotel in Makati City and Best Western Plus Lex Cebu.

Set in a brand new building that exudes contemporary style, Best Western Plus Hotel Subic offers 77 midscale

rooms, all featuring flat-screen TVs, mini-bars, and complimentary Wi-Fi. The hotel also fea-tures a range of facilities for both business and leisure travelers.

“The Philippines is an incredibly important market for Best Western, and I am delighted to be able to welcome guests to our first ever hotel in

Subic Bay - another ex-citing destination for our company,” said Olivier Berrivin, Best Western Hotel and Resorts’ Man-aging Director of Interna-tional Operations-Asia.

The hotel is strate-gically located near the city, shopping malls, and corporate offices of business locators in the Freeport Zone, cre-ating a suitable venue for businessmen to hold conferences and other corporate events.

“The Subic Bay Free-port Zone is a vitally im-portant industrial area for the Philippines, and the broader Asia Pacific region. And the area’s impressive beaches and marine attractions are making Subic Bay an in-creasingly popular tour-ism destination. I am confident that Best West-ern Plus Hotel Subic will become a key addition to the area’s travel and hospitality landscape,” Berrivin added.

Aside from its clear blue waters perfect for a relaxing getaway, Subic is also home to famous

theme parks for the fam-ily, as well as sever-al adventure spots for thrill-seekers. These beaches and attractions are only within walking distance or a few kilome-ters away from the ho-tel, making it convenient for guests to explore the attractions in the area, said Co-CEO and Chief Operating Officer Moshe Gordon.

“Our global brand is known for cutting-edge facilities, expert man-agement and first-fate maintenance, and we made sure to fit all of those with the unique fla-vor of Filipino hospitality and culture,” Gordon ex-plained.

He detailed how Best Western Plus Subic de-livers premium service without the premium price tag.

Best Western Plus Hotel Subic is a part of the Philippines-based Savers Group of Com-panies, which also owns Fortune HK Seafood Restaurant Chain, and Cable TV Operations ACCTN.

James Arbizo, General Manager, Moishe Gordon, Co-CEO and Chief Operating Officers, and Jaime “Jack” Uy, Chairman and CEO.

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manifests in her quick, confi-dent brush strokes; unerring color symphonies; and, sur-prising, quirky compositions.

The artist has recurrent themes that have been no-ticed by art enthusiasts and serious collectors.

Her gigantic flower paint-ings have a life of their own. One rose artwork contains ten different hues of red alone. Asked where she buys her unique colors, Tiinz noncha-lantly said she mixes these herself. She also paints lilies and sunflowers.

Tiinz considers her Van Gogh-inspired landscapes with the spiral, rolling clouds depicting movement in the sky overlooking a rural panorama or an urban cityscape as her liveliest artworks. Her nation-alist spirit, an inherent fami-ly trait, weaves itself into her artworks where familiar land-marks such as Pinatubo Vol-cano, Mount Arayat, Mount Makiling, the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, and struc-tures such as the San Fer-nando Cathedral and even the Salakot at the entrance of the Clark Freeport Zone can be seen.

Tiinz said the influence of Chagall and Picasso surface in her portraits that reflect the many mysterious facets of a woman while her versions of the Madonna and Child revere the bond between a mother and her child. Her ever-chang-ing color palettes and details are depicted in these series.

Her crowded koi paintings, meanwhile, brim with abun-dance and prosperity. Circles predominate in these paint-ings. One ardent koi hobby-ist waited 30 years to find the perfect koi painting and found a Tiinz Taruc original that was exactly what she wanted.

Her craft has evolved as she added bird paintings to her repertoire. The simple yet graceful outlines of her bird figures are very similar to her koi paintings, plentiful in num-ber yet not in massive clusters like the koi.

Yet she said these are also different whereas koi congre-gate and seemingly swim in perpetual motion, her birds sit serenely on respective tree branches.

Her works have also been noticed in the world arena. Within a year after she start-ed painting, Tiinz was cho-sen among 300 contestants as the winner of a United Na-tions-sponsored competition to create six exhibit boards for the Global Chemi-Pharma Producers Directory (GCP-PD).

The former Miss Pam-panga-Tourism winner, Tiinz has shown the world that she is more than just a beautiful face. She is no longer simply the daughter of Dr. Taruc and the granddaughter of Ka Luis Taruc. She emerged from the shadows of her famous fore-bears to make her own mark in the world.

Angeles artist stages 5th art exhibit at Museo ning AngelesPEOPLE interested in col-orful artworks of flowers, koi and birds can come over to the Museo ning Angeles from today, December 8, until Sat-urday, December 12, and see such artworks on display, and sale, at the 5th art exhibit of Angeles artist Christina “Tiinz” Taruc.

The 5th Tiinz Taruc Art Ex-hibit opened on Monday, De-cember 7, At the Museo ning Angeles with special guests opening with guest Angeles City First Lady Herminia Pa-mintuan; Museo ning Ange-les President Marco Nepomu-

ceno; City of San Fernando Vice-Mayor Jimmy Lazatin; Mila dela Fuente; her father Dr. Romeo Taruc; and, Jesus Romualdez along with Tiinz’s friends and relatives.

A scion of the popular Ta-ruc family of Angeles City, Ti-inz, 53, is the daughter of for-mer City Councilor Dr. Romeo Taruc and granddaughter of Hukbalahap leader Luis Taruc.

Tiinz started painting on her own only three years ago but her artistic inclinations were evident even when she grad-uated with a Tourism from the UP Diliman. Her artistic lean-

ing led her to jobs in the Unit-ed States that exposed her to commercial art and graphic design.

She spent over two de-cades working for what are considered two of the biggest engineering and architectur-al design firms in the world: Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum and AECOM. These firms are responsible for their distin-guished engineering and ar-chitectural marvels such as the King Khaled Airport in Saudi Arabia; the Charles de Gaulle Airport in France; Re-sorts World Sentosa; the Lon-

don Olympic Park; the Hong Kong Science Park; and, the Apple, Inc. R&D Campus.

While in New York, she further honed her skills as a graphic artist and designer at the famous Parsons School of Design.

Described by one art patron as “Monet on steroids,” Tiinz’s uniqueness and individuality are stamped into every single work of art she produces that helped her carve a niche in the world of modern artists. Each Tiinz Taruc artwork bears hear signature style: the indefinable essence of her soul which

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By Ernie Esconde

BALANGA City- The Catholic Bishops’ Con-ference of the Philippines-Episcopal Com-mission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People on Sunday announced that it has designated three days this December and five days in January 2016 for arriving over-seas Filipino workers this Christmas.

“Itinalaga po ng CBCP-ECMI na mula Di-syembre 14-16 at Enero 11-15, 2016, sa tu-wing ika-tatlo ng hapon hanggang ika-lima ay para sa inyo. Kung anuman ang aming maitu-tulong, tayo po ay magkuwentuhan, tayo po ay sama-samang magkape,” Bishop Ruperto Santos of the diocese of Balanga, CBCP-EC-MI chair, told OFWs in a Christmas letter.

The visiting OFWs will be given prayer pamphlets on Way of the Cross, Way of Mi-grants, Nine Days with Saint Joseph and Holy Rosary as a way of thanking them for their sacrifices for their loved ones, the Bataan prelate said.

He invited OFWs to visit their office at CBCP Building at 470 General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila. On hand to receive the visitors are Father Resty Ogsimer, Carmelita Maraan, Jeanette Rosales, Edyzza Pumara-da and Edmund Ruga.

Santos advised vacationing workers to re-frain from excessive spending. “Mag-ipon at maging masinop. Unahin palagi ang pamilya at palaging mag-usap. Gamitin ang bakasyon higit sa lahat para sa inyong pamilya at para sa Panginoong Diyos. Sama-samang mag-simba,” he said.

The bishop asked OFWs to be extra care-ful on online investments and people offering big interests and returns on money lending.

“Kami po na bumubuo at namumuno sa ating CBCP-ECMI ay hindi lamang bumaba-ti sa inyo ng Maligayang Pasko bagkus nag-papahayag din nang may pasasalamat na Maligayang Pagdating!”, Santos said.

CBCP sets OFW days

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–Unknown

A distinctionTHE NATIONAL Museum of the Philippines declared last week as “important cultural properties” five edifices in Angeles City.

Now covered by Museum Declaration 9-2015 and Republic Act 4846 or the “Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act” are the ancestral houses of city founder Angel Pantaleon de Miranda and Jose Narciso, the Camalig (granary) of Don Juan Nepomuceno, the Deposito (old post office building) of Jose Pedro Henson, and the Holy Rosary Parish Church.

Having five cultural properties within an area less than a square kilometer bespeaks of a distinguished past, a rich heritage not only worthy, but moreso, imperatively of preservation, of protection, of promotion. If only as a link to whence sprung the greatness of the Angeleño.

A vindication“A STRONG manifestation of the efforts of the community and the local government in safeguarding the heritage treasures of the city.”

So said Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan of the National Museum’s declaration.

A personal vindication for the hizzoner it actually is, given the brickbats thrown his way in his efforts to “reculturize” his constituents to their glorious past, finding concrete expressions in the rehabilitation of the heritage district centered on Plaza Angel, the transformation of the Estacion and the establishment of mini-parks where the ferrocarril used to pass.

Savoring the moment, Pamintuan thus: “This definitely gives Angelenos a newfound appreciation for our heritage structures, as we continue to reap awards and recognitions for our heritage conservation efforts.”

Indeed, the awards, foremost of which the grand prize in the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines and Department of Tourism’s Pearl Awards for Community Based Responsible Tourism under the Heritage Conservation.

Indeed, Angeles City now the choice venue for national cultural events like the Dayaw Indigenous People’s Festival, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Yugyugan Para sa Kultura ng Bayan, and most recently, the Sayaw Pinoy National Dance Congress and Competitions.

Indeed, Angeles City “slowly, but surely shedding off its ‘Sin City’ identity, in favor of a city that appreciates and preserves its tangible and intangible historical assets.”

Undeveloping CasanovaTHERE IS no stopping Arnel Paciano D. Casanova, president-CEO of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.

On Monday, Dec. 7, Casanova regaled us with the news BCDA, Vivapolis sign MOU to develop Clark Green City, to wit:

PARIS, FRANCE – President Benigno S. Aquino III witnessed on December 1 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the state-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority and Vivapolis, held at the Hotel Scribe here, to foster technical cooperation in the development of Clark Green City — the country’s first ever smart, green and disaster resilient metropolis.

The signatories of the MOU were BCDA President and CEO Arnel Paciano D. Casanova and Vivapolis Representative Michèle Pappalardo.

Vivapolis represents French stakeholders – both public and private entities – seeking to promote a shared vision for sustainable urban development at an international level and to promote the French know-how in the field of sustainable cities.

“The MOU will pave the way to establish a strategic partnership between BCDA and Vivapolis that encompasses a whole range of activities designed to optimize the development of Clark Green City,” Casanova said…

Great job, Sir.Just last Sept. 8, Casanova dished out to

the media this equally fantastic piece of news: Filinvest Land bags BCDA contract to develop 288-ha Clark Green City

Gotianun-owned Filinvest Land, Inc. yesterday bagged the right as the joint venture of state-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority for the development of the 288-hectare Clark Green City.

BCDA said in a statement after FLI, the lone bidder, submitted a valid bid with P160 million in development premium payable upon signing of the contract. With that, FLI will become BCDA’s joint venture partner for the development of Clark Green City.

“We are excited to move forward with our new joint-venture partner and start building what will be known as the country’s first ever smart, green and disaster-resilient metropolis that is expected to significantly improve the lives of our countrymen,” BCDA President-CEO Arnel Paciano D. Casanova said…

We are most impressed, Sir.Only a month ago, on Aug. 13, yet another of

Casanova’s declarations on the Clark Green City made the screaming headline Japan gov’t to invest in Clark Green City.

The Government of Japan, through the Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport and Urban Development (JOIN), signed a cooperation agreement with the state-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority to help the Aquino Administration develop and build Clark Green City as a major economic center in the ASEAN bloc. The agreement was signed by President and Chief Executive Officer Arnel Paciano D. Casanova and JOIN President and CEO Takuma Hatano during a ceremony at the Manila Diamond Hotel.

JOIN is a Japanese government corporation that aims to invest and participate in transport or urban development projects, involving Japanese companies, such as bullet trains, airports, and green cities. Its target investment worldwide is Y30 trillion by 2020.

Under the agreement, both parties will start to work on the details of the joint venture companies, including but not limited to: the scope of work; function; funding source; authority; responsibility and procedures; and discuss with private sector companies in both the Philippines and Japan as regards to their

interest in Clark Green City…Excellent, Sir.Earlier, on Jan. 6, 2014, Casanova press

released BCDA, SoKor firm to build ‘Green City’ in C. Luzon.

CLARK FREEPORT — The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) recently partnered with a South Korean firm in an effort to build the first smart and green city in Central Luzon.

Through a memorandum of understanding, BCDA partnered with Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (IFEZA). The partnership is expected for Philippines to gain new insights in building the country’s first smart and green city in Central Luzon and to position the new city as the international business district in the Southeast Asian region.

BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer Arnel Paciano Casanova and IFEZA Commissioner Jong-Cheol Lee signed the MOU to explore potential collaborative opportunities in relation to sustainable urbanization with IFEZA’s experience with the Songdo International Business District and BCDA’s planned Clark Green City.

According to Casanova, IFEZA has successfully launched the Songdo International Business District within the Incheon Free Economic Zone in 2009 as an international city that integrates the best practices of urban planning and sustainable design principles with a synergistic mix of residential, commercial, retail land civic uses in a master-planned environment.

Casanova said with the Songdo International Business District as the international hub in Northeast Asia, the Clark Green City is envisioned to complement and create synergy with Songdo by being the international business hub of the Southeast Asian region.

Our highest admiration, Sir.Aye, as early as Dec. 19, 2012, Casanova

had already been pushing the buttons, with BCDA, global tech experts to develop ‘Clark Green City’

CLARK FREEPORT – The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has forged a collaboration with global technology experts on urban planning and information and communications technology (ICT) development with a view to optimizing the potential of the projected Clark Green City in this Freeport.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to confirm a three-way collaboration and the signing ceremony was attended by BCDA President and Chief Executive Officer, Arnel Paciano D. Casanova; Country General Manager for Cisco in Philippines, Stephen Thomas Misa; and Korean-based firm Centios (formerly known as kcss) CEO, Hung Kwon Song.

According to Casanova, the MOU “creates a non-binding framework for furthering discussions under which the parties can explore potential collaborative opportunities and determine business opportunities in relation to sustainable urbanization,” referring in particular to BCDA’s Clark Green City project. What can we say?

Were the rate and volume with which Casanova has been churning these press releases on the development of Clark Green City but a quarter of their verity, that area, by now, would have been awash in economic vibrancy.

Absent any concrete developments – pun unintended – Clark Green City to us, and to many, remains Casanova’s (un)developing delusory fantasy.

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

Opinion Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

The prophesied warning in 2017?　

MANY, if not most, must have noticed by now that we live in a most unusual world. That’s a statement traditionally belonging to a forever cycle of elders past prime age, in an attempt to assert that their youthful times were better and more respectable.

But this time, a cursory examination of developments worldwide inescapably leads to a universal conclusion we are in unusually serious times. A survey would probably list climate change on top of observations. Yet there are some unusuals: the huge leap from the century-old typerwriter to smartphones that allow us to video people on the other side of the earth and, frighteningly, recruit people into international terrorism; the jump from a simple pistol to nuclear arsenal; the stride from natural birth to test tube babies; the trip from man-woman marriage to same sex nuptials, etc.

Zero in on smartphones, now getting more affordable, which has brought to the entire world access to a serious moral danger: pornography. In Medjugorje, the Blessed Mother said that the sin of impurity is the leading cause of damnation.

Through significantly accessible pornography, Satan seems to be in his last ditch harvest of the most number of souls in a great, if not final, spiritual battle. Are we in some sort of end times?

A review of Catholic prophecies (or prophecies made by pious Catholics) dating back to the 12th century would all point to our times as being “end times,” although not necessarily the end of the world. One mystic of many centuries ago said such times would be when humans could fly like birds and would be able to see each other face to face despite the greatest distances between.

There is, of course, the case of St. Faustina Kowalska of Poland who was Jesus Christ’s instrument in spreading devotion to the Divine Mercy which covers the Three O’Clock Prayer and the Divine Mercy rosary, among other observances. To Faustina, Jesus referred to a “spark” from Poland who would prepare the world for His coming. It is believed that such a spark came in the person of Pope (now saint) John Paul II, a native of Poland who is now known as the Pope of Divine Mercy.

In the first half of the 1960s in Garabandal, Spain, the Blessed Mother revealed future developments which, experts say, are for our times: a warning, a miracle, and an unprecedented chastisement if awry mankind would remain unrepentant.

Faustina and the Garabandal visionaries all said that the warning would consist of a heavenly phenomenon that would lead to a universal clearing of consciences, wherein each

person, even pagans, would simultaneously see their souls as God sees them.

Garabandal visionary Conchita was quoted to have said that after the warning, many Catholics would line up for the Sacrament of Confession, a pivotal sine qua non to lessen the gravity of the chastisement which, it is said, could no longer be averted.

This emphasis on the value of the Sacrament of Confession, also called Reconciliation, has also been underscored in the Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis from Dec. 8, 2015 to Nov.20, 2016. The declaration, some believe, was divinely inspired amid suggestions that it was divinely calculated to lessen the impact of the warning.

In Anguera, Brazil, the sacrament is among the recommendations of the Blessed Mother through visionary Pedro Regis, in a message given last November.

The full message, undoubtedly apocalytic in tone, is as follows.

“Dear children, at your baptism you received all the graces necessary to witness to the presence of my Jesus and His Power in this world. Do not be cowardly, for to whom much was given, the Lord will demand much. I ask you to have as a principal rule of life the defense of the Holy Doctrine of the Church of my Jesus. Say to everyone that the Truth of my Jesus is uncontestable and unequivocal. Humanity will live the anguish of the condemned. Great spiritual confusion will spread throughout the world. The devil will cause spiritual blindness in many souls, but woe to those who cause discord and division in the House of God. I suffer because of what is coming for you. Bend your knees in prayer. Confession, Eucharist, the Sacred Scripture, the Holy Rosary, and Consecration to my Immaculate Heart. These are the weapons for the Great Spiritual Battle. Go forward. This is the message which I bring you today in the name of the Most Holy Trinity. Thank you for allowing me to bring you together here once again. I give you my blessing in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Peace be with you.”

Meanwhile, in Angeles City’s Sto. Rosario church where the sacrament has apparently been relegated to the back burner in the recent years, change of leadership is expected to lead to the sacrament’s revival.

All, it now seems, manifesting a Divine Hand guiding all to a forthcoming universal, yet individual warning. Perhaps in 2017?

Iba ang tinitingnan,

kaysa tinititiganDOON PO sa amin may Punong BarangayNa matagal na ring nakapanungkulan,Pero minsan kahit simpleng kaso lamangAy kung saan dinadala ang usapan.

At bakit nasabi ng aba n’yong lingkodAng bagay na ito? Inyong ipahintulotIlahad ang ilang bagay na di angkopSa pagtupad n’yan ng marapat ikilos.

Kamakailan, isa sa aking manugangAy may inilapit upang mamagitan Sa isang isyung hindi naman kabigatanPero di nakaya nitong solusyonan.

Kasi kung ano ang di dapat pansininAt pakialaman ng punong-nayon naminAng pinuna – kaya humantong sa kauntingPagtatalong hindi paksa ng usapin

Kundi ang hinggil sa aming pinabakodNa residential lot na nakapaloobSa lupa ng isa kong anak sa abroad,Na naipanalo sa ‘Municipal Court’.

Laban mismo dito sa may-ari nitongResidential building na under construction,Na nag-encroached at ang bahay ipinatongNila sa concrete fence, na nagsilbing firewall.

Sa pagitan nitong bahay ng anak koAt ng ‘on-going’ na ‘construction’ din mismoNg ‘high rise building’ ng kamaganak nito,Na kung saan dapat maging patas ito.

Kaya imbes lubos mapaliwanaganAng kapitbahay nitong aking manugangHinggil sa kung ano ang bagay na bawal,Di naayos bagkus ay nagkainitan

Sina Kapitan at ang isa kong anak,Kung saan pati na di karapat-dapatNa isyung kailangang ipanakot ni Kap,Sa oras na iyon sinabi at sukat.

Na kesyo kapagka’ naging Mayor siyaAng bakod namin ay pagigiba niya;Yan sa ganang akin napakalinaw na,Si Kap may ugaling pagka-benggadora.

Aba’y ni Konsehal di pa man nahalalAy ganito na ang bagay na tinuran?Kaya pamuli mang kumandidato yan,Aywan kung muli pa naming ihahalal”.

Humigit-kumulang yan ang inilahadSa akin ng aking manugang at anakHinggil sa bagay na ipinangangahas,Na di naa-ayon sa Saligang Batas.

Pero di ba’t pagka-halal ng mga yanAy pinadadalo sa mga ‘seminars’Upang kahit kaunti ay may matutuhanPara magamit n’yan sa panunungkulan?

Kung saan marapat i-apply kumbagaAng mga bagay na natutuhan nila,Gaya kung ano ang marapat talagaUpang ang anumang kaso maresolba.

Kaya lang aywan kung may natutuhan yanNa gaya ng iba pang Punong Barangay,Pagkat baka iba ang inatupag n’yanKung kaya ang dapat gampanan di alam?!

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From page 1

NOTICE OF SELF-ADjuDICATIONNotice is hereby given that FE C. TIONGSON, of legal age, Filipino,

widow and resident of Teodoro St. corner Jocelyn St., Sta. Maria Village, Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Self-Adjudication on the estate of BurT S. TIONGSON who died intestate on April 27, 2015 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Medical Center, Angeles City, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 8-B of the subdivision plan Psd-03-132552, being a portion of Lot 8, Block 12, (LRC) Psd-97252, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 133825, before Notary Public Elaiza S. Sabile-David as per Doc No. 1953, Page No. 64, Book No. XXII, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: December 2, 9 & 16, 2015

dignity at gusto kong pasalamatan ang mga kababayan ko sa lahat ng suporta.” He said, then.

Yesterday, May-or Marino “Boking” Mo-rales filed his COC for city mayor anew and the Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) has ac-cepted it, in what is her-alded “a surprising twist widely accepted by the electorate.”

“Uni na ning lugud cu queng canacung indu, ing lugud cu queng canacung pamilya at lu-gud careng memalen, ing tune igpa ning siyu-dad Mabalacat, magba-lik ku po pasibayu para magserbisyu kekayu, (For the love of my moth-er, my family and my constituents, as the real father of Mabalacat City, I have decided to return

Boking running again

ployed to Barangay Ba-lete within the hacien-da apparently to secure the ongoing Tarlac Solar Power Project (TSPP), a public-private partner-ship project of the firm PetroSolar.

The project is with-in a 500-hectare area which the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) initially confirmed as part

Tanks, soldiers swoop down on Hacienda Luisita

to serve you anew).” So was Morales quoted in a press release from his camp.

“Bowing out to pop-ular clamor, the affable Morales has put him-self on the line again re-placing mayoral candi-date Willie Feliciano of Aksyon Demokratiko, a move that is seen to pro-vide sustainability to the developments that he laid out for the city,” the press release added.

“Ako po ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa su-porta na ibinibigay ng mga Mabalaquenos sa ating liderato. Ipagpapa-tuloy po natin ang ating nasimulan sa siyudad ng Mabalacat. Wala pong iwanan, sama sama po tayo sa pag unlad ng ating siyudad at ng ating pamumuhay, (I am grateful for the support the people of Mabalacat to my leadership. We will

continue what we have started in the city. No one will be left behind, we shall be one in the development of our city and the prosperity of our lives,” said Morales after filing his COC anew.

The Morales camp insists that there are no legal impediments to his candidacy, claiming he is only in his second term as mayor of the new-ly-established Mabalacat City, citing the stand of topnotch election lawyer Romulo Macalintal.

Morales was first elected as mayor back in 1995 during the much needed reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the former Mabalacat town after the Mt. Pina-tubo eruptions.

It was Morales’ stew-ardship that effected the conversion of Mabalacat into a component city in 2012, further raising its

revenues.Under Morales’ ad-

ministration, the Maba-lacat City College and the Mabalacat Commu-nity High School were also established. Other achievements include the city’s 10-year sol-id waste management (SWM) plan from 2015 to 2024; permanent housing projects for vic-tims of the Mt. Pinatubo eruptions in Barangays Mawaque, Camachile and Madapdap; and vi-tal infrastructures such as the Mabiga Inter-change.

Morales was current-ly pushing for the devel-opment of the Mabala-cat Perimeter Road that will connect Barangay San Francisco and SM Clark; and the construc-tion of the Dolores Inter-change that will connect the North directly to the Clark Freeport Zone.

reactionsThe press release

cited some reactions to Morales’ running anew.

Diosdado Pangilinan, of the Mabalacat Water District, noted that con-tinued support of the Mabalaquenos on the Morales administration. “Nais pong ipagpatuloy ni Mayor Morales ang mga magagandang pro-grama na nasimulan niya. Lubos din po kam-ing nagpapasalamat sa ibat ibang sectors sa pat-uloy na suporta nila kay Mayor Morales.”

“Marami po ang mga positibong nagawa ni Mayor Morales para sa siyudad ng Mabalacat. Siya po ay nagsimula noong panahon ng reha-bilitation and reconstruc-tion efforts sa bayan ng Mabalacat. Marami nap o ang nagbago sa Mabala-cat at sa pamumuhay ng mga tao,” said Gerry Day-

rit, head of the Mabalacat Multi Sectoral Group.

The Mabalaqueños in Northern and Southern California have thrown their support to Mayor Morales because they saw the positive chang-es in Mabalacat City, ac-cording to Jonard Aqui-no. “Napakarami po ang naging batayan namin upang suportahan pa ang administrasyon ni Morales,” said Aquino of San Francisco, US, who hails from Barangay San Francisco, Mabalacat.

Socio-civic and busi-ness leaders in the Ma-balacat City have also thrown their support to the reelection bid of Morales.

This, after they learned the city coffer will get a projected income of P1.2 billion for 2016.

Morales’ wife Niña will withdraw her COC Wednesday.

–Bong Lacson

From page 1 of the hacienda which is covered by land reform program ordered for im-plementation by the Su-preme Court in 2011. The Cojuangco family, which used to own the entire hacienda, has in-sisted that the 500-hect-are site is not covered by land reform.

The project site had been fenced off to pre-vent farm workers from accessing the solar pow-

er construction where they used to plant crops.

Echanis said that two APC’s and the sol-diers arrived at about 4 p.m. last Sunday. “The last time such person-nel and equipment were deployed in Hacienda Luisita, they were used to disperse the historic people’s strike on Nov. 16, 2004, massacre re-sulted,” he recalled.

He said UMA is blam-

ing Pres. Aquino “for allowing renewed mil-itarization and harass-ment of farmers in Haci-enda Luisita.”

“A company head-quarters of the 31st In-fantry Battalion PA, 3rd Mechanized Battalion is located right smack in this disputed agricultural area in Balete,” he reported.

Echanis said the President, through the Department of Energy

(DoE) which implements the PPP projects along with PetroSolar and the DAR which holds juris-diction over these dis-puted agricultural areas, must be held liable for this move to silence the farming community and preempt more protests against this new land-grabbing modus.”

“State troopers and military logistics can eas-ily be deployed in and out of Hacienda Luisita because of its proximity to the AFP Northern Lu-zon (Nolcom) Command Headquarters, right across from the MacAr-thur Highway entrance of Hacienda Luisita in San Miguel, Tarlac City; and the Training and Doc-trine Command head-quarters of the Philippine Army (PA) in Camp O’ Donnell in neighboring Capas, Tarlac.” he noted.

The Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang-Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Am-

bala), UMA’s local affiliate in Tarlac, reported that while the APC’s arrived only last Sunday, the de-ployment of soldiers at the PPP solar project started last Nov. 26.

Earlier this year, more than a thousand farmers and residents had signed a petition to stop the TSPP. The peti-tion was submitted to the DAR which, in 2013, had issued a Notice of Cover-age (NOC) to certify that the area, which was then farmlands, was covered by the government’s land reform program.

“The NOC was prac-tically useless as this did not prevent the Cojuang-co-Aquino firm Tarlac Development Corp. (Ta-deco) from using local police, private security guards and goons to vi-olently eject farm work-er beneficiaries (FWBs) who have been tilling the lands,” Echanis said.

–Ding Cervantes

is Rep. Fernando Hicap said in a statement.

Anakpawis said that the “Only Mar” scenario would also possibly cov-er the “issuance of arrest warrant for Vice-Presi-dent Jejomar Binay who is facing four plunder case at the Ombudsman, followed by a demolition job or disqualification case for Davao City May-or Rodrigo Duterte who filed his candidacy as substitute to anti-crime advocate Martin Diño.”

“Only Senator Mir-iam Defensor-Santia-

‘Only Mar’ scenario...From page 1 go would be left to op-

pose Roxas’ administra-tion-backed candidacy. As last resort, the Aquino administration could uti-lize the automated elec-tions to favor Roxas’ vic-tory,” Hicap said.

He thus urged “non -adm in i s t r a t i on presidential contenders to unite against the “Only Mar” scenario.”

Hicap called on the other presidential as-pirants to unite against Roxas who, he noted, “has access to the state machinery which is a big advantage against them.”

multinational corpora-tions make up the board of judges of the festival which routinely draws thousands, including for-eign tourists.

While the competi-tion is only for one night – December 19, the lan-terns will be exhibited in different venues here and in nearby Angeles City and the Clark Free-

port: Robinsons on Dec. 20-21, Dec. 25-30, and Jan. 1-6; Essel Park, Telabastagan on Dec. 22; Greenfields, Sinda-lan on Dec. 23; Pobla-cion, CSF on Dec. 24; Marquee Mall on Dec. 26-27; Clark Freeport on Dec. 31.

Robinsons Starmills has served as official GLF venue and co-pre-senter for eight consecu-tive years now.

2015 marks the 107th year of giant lan-tern-making in San Fernando, an industry founded on the people’s deep religiosity and ex-pression of their innate creativity and craftsman-ship.

“It is one heirloom passed on from genera-tion to generation, which we should protect, pre-serve and promote,” said Mayor Edwin Santiago of

his city’s signature indus-try.

This, even as he hailed the “strong pub-lic-private partnership behind the success of the festival.”

Heading this year’s GLF Executive Commit-tee is Engr. Ernesto Cu-nanan with co-chairs Jim Jimenez and Gil Cortez. The GLF Foundation is headed by Alfrito “Bong” Mah. – Bong Z. Lacson

All set for Giant Lantern FestFrom page 1

LANTERNFEST. Mayor Edwin Santiago recommits his administration to the preservation and promotion of the city’s signature festival at Monday’s prescon. With him are past GLF chair Marni Castro, GLF Execom Chair Ernesto Cunanan, Councilor Harvey Quiwa and GLF Foundation President Bong Mah. Photo by Bong Lacson

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The GossipmillerCesar Pambid

NOTICE OF ExTrAjuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of juLIETA L. SErrANO who died

intestate on November 4, 2014 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as Savings Account No. 1-197-36359-9 with the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Novaliches Branch, before Notary Public Cecilio C. Lumantao as per Doc No. 364, Page No. 73, Book No. XV, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 25, December 2 & 9, 2015

NOTICE OF ExTrAjuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LuCIA M. CATANGHAL who

died intestate on March 25, 2010 in Mabalacat City, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 5, Block 4 of the subdivision plan Psd-58311, being a portion of Lot 354-C described on plan Psd-15053, LRC Rec. No. ) with existing improvements thereon, situated in the Barrio of San Francisco, Mun. of Mabalacat, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 179064-R of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Conrado T. Danan as per Doc No. 118, Page No. 24, Book No. 38, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: November 25, December 2 & 9, 2015

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBranch 44

City of San Fernando (P)

IN THE MATTER OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF LYLORD YLON CUETO LOPEZ IN THE CIVIL REGISTER OF SAN FERNANDO CITY, PAMPANGA,LYLORD YLON CUETO LOPEZ,Represented by his biological motherMARIA LUIS REYES CUETO, Petitioner, - versus - SP. PROC. CASE NO. 5714

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE OF SAN FERNANDO CITY, PAMPANGA and CIVIL REGISTRY GENERAL AND NOLY SAGUN LOPEZ, Respondents.

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This is a verified amended petition filed by the petitioner, represented by his representative, by counsel, praying that after due notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of City of San Fernando, Pampanga and the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, Quezon City to cancel the Certificate of Live Birth of Lylord Ylon Cueto Lopez, with Local Civil Registry No. 99-2959.

Finding the aforesaid amended petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the Court hereby set the hearing thereof on March 1, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, 2nd Floor, RTC Building, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, when and where all persons who may have interest in the said amended petition may appear and to show cause, if any, why the same should not be granted.

The petitioner is ordered to serve within five (5) days from receipt of this Order, copies of the amended petition and its annexes to 1). the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City; 2). the City Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga; and 3). the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, Quezon City, and to show proof of said service to this Court.

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

Furnish copies hereof the petitioner; his counsel; the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City; the Civil Registrar General, National Statidtics Office, Quezon City; and the City Civil Registrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, through registered mail with return card.

SO ORDERED.ISSUED IN CHAMBERS this 6th day of November, 2015 in the City of San

Fernando, Pampanga.ESPERAnZA S. PAGLinAwAn-ROZARiO

Presiding JudgeCopy furnished:PROS. LEILA NAVARETTE-ANGULO NOLY SAGUN LOPEZOffice of the Provincial Prosecutor #188 Dela Paz NorteCity of San Fernando, Pampanga City of San Fernando, Pampanga

ATTY. LIONELL M. MACABABBAD THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERALCounsel for Petitioner National Statistics OfficeMACABABBAD LAW OFFICE Quezon CityRm 1526 15F City & Land MegaplazaADB Avenue cor. Gamet Road THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAROrtigas Center, Pasig City City Hall, City of San Fernando, PampangaLYLORD YLON CUETO LOPEZ,Represented by his biological mother OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERALMARIA LUIS REYES CUETO 134 Amorsolo Street,Petitioner Salcedo Village, Makati CityPutting Bato East, Calaca, Batangas OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT RTC, City of San Fernando, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: December 2, 9 & 16, 2015

ErrATuMIn the NOTICE TO THE PuBLIC for correction of date of birth in our

November 20 & 27, 2015 issue, petitioner’s name should be rEMEDIOS M. LAzATIN-TAGuIBAO and not as earlier published.Punto! Central Luzon: December 9, 2015

Kris Aquino puspusan ang trabaho to the point na iniiwan

nang matagal ang pamilya

KAWAWA naman si Bimby sa picture niyang umiiyak na ipinost ng ina niyang si Kris Aquino. Ayon sa caption ng Queen Of All Media, ito raw ang reaksyon ng bagets nang makitang naka-make-up na naman siya at may shooting na naman.

“I was away shooting for 5 nights. This was Bimb’s reaction when he saw me being made up because I’m still shooting tonight & I told him it’s going to be an all nighter. All other working moms I’m sure can identify w/ how heartbreaking it is to be missed by our kids,” ang caption ni Kris.

Ang daming naka-relate na nanay sa post ni Kris, lalo na nga ang working moms.Nitong mga nakaraang araw kasi ay puspusan ang shooting ni Kris ng All You Need is Pag-ibig na official

entry ng Star Cinema sa 41st Metro Manila Film Festival ngayong Dec. 25 kung saan ay kasama niya sina Derek Ramsay, Pokwang, Kim Chiu, Xian Lim, Jodi Sta. Maria and Ian Veneracion mula sa direksyon ni Antoinette Jadaone.

Kagagaling lang nga nila sa Palawan kung saan ay 5 days silang nag-shoot at say niya, ito ang pinakamatagal na nawalay siya sa kanyang dalawang anak.

Samantala, iba’t ibang mukha ng pag-ibig ang kuwento ng All You Need is Pag-ibig mula sa puppy love hanggang sa unrequited love, mula sa pagmamahal sa pamilya hanggang sa pag-ibig na inaasam-asam at mula sa pagi-ibig na naglaho hanggang sa pag-ibig na manhid at kasama na rin ang mga kumplikasyon at pagwawagi nito sa pamamagitan ng magkakabit na istorya ng mga tauhan nito .

jennylyn Mercado denies Dennis Trillo anew

NAG-DENY si Jennylyn Mercado na silang dalawa ulit ni Dennis Trillo. Ayon sa aktres, magkaibigan lang sila at wag na raw lagyan ng kulay ang

closeness nila. Pero sa kabila ng denial lagging nakikitang sweet na magksama ang dalawa and particularly yung trip nila sa Amsterdam kamakailan lang.

“That’s true, pero hindi kaming dalawa lang ‘yun. We’re a group of friends. Kasama ‘yung mga regular na non-showbiz kabarkada namin sa sports, like biking and trekking. Actually, nauna kaming magpunta roon at sumunod lang si Dennis. Hindi rin ako nagtagal kasi I have to come back right away as I’m a judge sa StarStruck 6 tapos we have to fly to Taiwan pa to shoot the ending of ‘Walang Forever’ kaya madalian lang yung biyahe ko.”

Ang Walang Forever ay pinagbibidahan naman nina Jennylyn Mercado at Jericho Rosales mula sa Quantum Films, MJM Productions, Tuko Film Productions at Buchi Boy Films.

Mukhang marami na nga ang nag-aabang nito dahil sa kari-release lang na trailer, naka-more than 2 million views agad ito sa Facebook in just 3 days.

Nag-last shooting day na ang movie last Sunday na talaga naman daw binusisi ng producers ang script at naka-ilang revisions para lang mapaganda.

Nag-shoot pa sina Jen and Echo sa Taiwan para sa mahahalagang eksena at base sa trailer, mukha namang sulit ang lahat ng pagod nila dahil mukhang maganda ang movie na idinirihe ni Dan Villegas na matatandaang direktor din ng English Only Please last year na naging blockbuster sa takilya at nagbigay kay Jen ng Best Actress award.

Maulit kaya ni Jen at ni Direk Dan ang success ng EOP last year dito sa Walang Forever?Well, hopefully naman dahil ibang putahe naman ito sa manonood at say nga ni Jen, ibang-iba raw ang

role niya rito sa Walang Forever kaysa sa English Only Please.

Vhong Navarro takot para sa buhay niyaVHONG NAVARRO attended the presscon of “Buy Now Die Later” with some bodyguards. “Mabuti na kasi ‘yung nag-iingat,” sabi niya. “Kasi alam naman natin ang panahon ngayon, delikado. Ang tao ngayon, kapag pinapatay, parang ipis na lang, di ba? So mahirap, eh.”

Is he scared that the beatings he received last year from Cedric Lee and friends might have a take 2? “Oo, hindi naman nawawala ‘yung takot. Pero kasi, ang paniniwala ko sa Panginoon, binibigay ko na sa Kanya ang lahat. Kung kailangan na ba akong kunin, e, wala tayong magagawa, hindi natin mapipigilan ’yun. Basta ang pananampalataya ko, ‘yung proteksyong hinihingi ko, nasa Kanya ‘yon. Kasi, kahit anong dami ng bodyguards mo, kahit trenta pa ’yan, kung kukunin ka na, wala rin tayong magagawa.”

Is he amenable to an amicable settlement of the case against Cedric and friends? “Hindi po ako makikipag-ayos. Hayaan na lang natin ang korte. Sana lang, mas bumilis ang takbo ng kaso sa husgado. Ang sarap sanang magsalita. Ang sarap magsabi ng kung ano ‘yung mga nararamdaman ko. Ang hirap lang kasi, may gag order tayo. Kumbaga, hindi pwedeng magsalita kasi baka maapektuhan naman kami. Tuloy pa rin naman ‘yung kaso. Kaya ko naman silang patawarin, e. Pero paano mo namang patatawarin kung ikaw pa ‘yung pinalalabas na masama? Sa ngayon kasi ang hirap magpatawad dahil tipong ikaw pa ‘yung binabaligtad. Basta hindi po ako makikipag-ayos.”

Vhong is better known as a comedian but in “Buy Now Die Later”, he plays a straight dramatic role as Odie, an online blogger who wants to be like his famous photojournalist dad. He buys a magic camera from the mysterious Santi, played by TJ Trinidad. It helps him gets scoops, like the murder of a celebrity that he posts in his blog and becomes a hit. But soon, weird things start happening to him and it’s obvious that his new found popularity comes with a dangerous price.

“I enjoyed making the movie with our director, Randolph Longjas, who’s even younger than me. He’s full of fresh ideas and our movie is sure to give the audience a good scare when it opens in theaters on Christmas Day.”

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Mabalacat City, PampangaPublication NoticeR.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PuBLICIn 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 jEAN r. NAVALTA-LIWANAG has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the sex from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of Live of Birth of jEAN rOMANO NAVALTA at Mabalacat, Pampanga and whose parents are TEOFILO NAVALATA and MArYSOL rOMANO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than seven (7) days after the completion of the publication period.

VICTOR TERRY A. MEDINACITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

FOR THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR:SGD. PERLA S. HALILI

Assistant City Civil RegistrarPunto! Central Luzon: December 9 & 16, 2015

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