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AUGUST 11 - 13, 2014

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POST NO BILL. Atty. Maglalang takes down sign from what passes off as an offi ce of what passes off as a notary public. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

BY ASHLEY MANABAT

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Bogus notaries public beware!

IBP-Pampanga raids fake notaries public

The Pampanga chapter of the Inte-grated Bar of the Phil-ippines (IBP) has con-ducted a series of raids on fake notaries public.

I B P - P a m p a n g a President Atty. Paul Maglalang and Region-

al Trial Court Execu-tive Judge Divina Luz P. Aquino-Simbulan made the rounds last week within the vicini-ties of the Capitol com-pound, the Govern-ment Center in Baran-

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – “Maraming maram-ing salamat po sa bi-yayang ibinigay ninyo (Thank you very much for the blessings you have given).”

Thus, said an emo-tional Linda Balaquiao, 65, for the parcel of land and a house that were awarded to her by the Lahar Free Corporation (LFC) with a Certifi cate of Ownership handed to

VM Lazatin awards houses, lots to San Jose folk

GOODWILL.GOODWILL.Vice Mayor Lazatin does Vice Mayor Lazatin does ceremonial tossing of petals ceremonial tossing of petals and coins on the houses and coins on the houses his family awarded to local his family awarded to local residents. residents. PHOTO BY BONG LACSONPHOTO BY BONG LACSON

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BY DINO BALABO

MALOLOS CITY—Mil-itant groups welcomed the arrest of former con-gressman and retired Army General Jovito Pal-paran in Manila yester-day but warned against his possible special treatment.

The arrest, law-yers said, automatical-ly gives the court juris-

Militants hail Palparan’s arrest, but warn vs. special treatment

diction on Palparan and the charges fi led against him. But as of press time, no commitment or-der has been issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 14 here as they await until the retired general is presented physically by the Nation-al Bureau of Investiga-tion (NBI).

As this developed, Palparan is expected to

be arraigned on August 18 when the trial for kid-napping of two Universi-ty of the Philippines (UP) students resume.

“Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan is now within the reach of the law and hopefully, Lady Justice with the sword and the scales,” said Lawyer Edre Olalia of the National Union of People’s Lawyer (NUPL)

yesterday. Olalia also serves as

counsel for the parents of Sherilyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno, two UP students abducted on the night of June 26, 2006 in Barangay San Miguel in Hagonoy town.

According to Olalia, Palparan’s arrest is nev-er too late for justice to catch up.

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BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FER-NANDO -- A series of tests on shellfi sh gath-ered off the coast of Balanga City and six municipalities in Bata-an proved negative for red tide toxins, but the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is not yet lifting the ban on the gather-ing and eating of shell-fi sh from the province until the town of Samal is fi nally cleared.

The Offi ce of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) in Bataan said that of the original sev-en towns and Balan-ga City where the ban was imposed about a year ago, only Sa-mal still has to pass all three laboratory tests

Bataan almost cleared of red tide plague

But shellfi sh ban still on, pending more tests

required by BFAR be-fore shellfi sh ban in the entire province is lifted.

It noted that under BFAR’s guidelines, the ban on gathering and eating of shellfi sh could not be lifted until shell-fi sh samples from all the affected areas are cleared of toxic ele-ments in three succes-sive laboratory studies.

The ban on shellfi sh was imposed sometime in November last year in Balanga City and the towns of Mariveles, Li-may, Orion, Pilar, Abu-cay, Samal, and Orani.

While seven of the areas already passed the three successive weeks of tests, Samal still has to pass two more successive tests, the OPA said.

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MABALACAT --- Governor Lil-ia Nanay Pineda visited yes-terday the almost fi nished P14-million two-storey expan-sion building of Mabalacat Dis-trict Hospital (MDH).

According to Andy Austria, project engineer said the ex-pansion building will house the out-patient department, hospi-tal rooms intended for the ex-ecutive check-up of the baran-gay offi cials, administrative of-fi ces and dialysis center.

“I want a dedicated hos-pital wards for the executive check-up of the barangay offi -cials who are serving as front liners in the delivery of basic social services to the Kapam-pangans,” Pineda said.

Austria disclosed that dial-ysis center alone was funded by former Congressman Car-melo Lazatin in the amount of P1.5-million and the rest of P12.5-million came from the funds of the provincial govern-ment.

The governor said the dial-ysis center will be run through a private public partnership scheme of the provincial Cap-itol to further enhance the ca-pability and operations of the center.

The governor said the Capitol will provide necessary medical equipment during the

Pineda visits P14-M expansionof Mabalacat District Hospital

inspection on the hospital yes-terday.

The governor said with the existing and expansion build-ings of the MDH, the dream of the Mabalaquenos to have a moder hospital is now real-ized.

The MDH has now four ma-jor services including medical, general surgery, OB gynecol-ogy, pediatrics, dialysis cen-ter, medical laboratory, drug store, rehabilitation medicine, ophthalmology center, among others.

Dr. Benjamin Arboleda, MDH chief, expressed grati-tude to Pineda for the nearly completion of the expansion building of the hospital.

The chief of hospital said they have now a well-equipped hospital, but they want to be known for providing quality service.

The governor was accom-panied during her visit by First District Congressman Joseller Yeng Guiao, Board Members Crisostomo Garbo and Cher-ry Manalo, PGENRO Arthur Punsalan, Engr. Andy Henson of the provincial planning de-partment, Engineers Austria, Olimpio Pangan of the Provin-cial Engineering Offi ce.

–Joel P. Mapiles/Pampanga PIO

HOSPITAL INSPECTION. Gov Pineda inspects the two-storey expansion building of Mabalacat District Hospital together with Board Members Crisostomo Garbo and Cherry Manalo, Rep. Joseller Yeng Guiao and department heads of the Capitol.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JUN JASO

NINA DINO BALABOAT ROMMEL RAMOS

OBANDO, Bulacan—Mag-kakatulong na iniahon ng mga residente at opisyal ng bayang ito ang tone-tone-ladang basura mula sa ilog noong nakaraang linggo..

Ito ay dahil sa halos uma-paw sa ilog ang basurang naanod mula sa Ilog ng Mari-lao at Lungsod ng Meycauay-an dalawang linggo mata-pos manalasa ang bagyong Glenda na nasundan ng ilang araw na pag-ulan hatid ng bagyong Jose.

Magkakaugnay ang kailu-gan ng mga nasabing bayan at lungsod at ito ay napabil-ang sa listahang “Dirty 30” o talaan ng 30 pinakamaruru-ming lugar sa mundo noong 2008 na inilabas ng Black-smith Institute na nakabase sa New York sa Estados Uni-dos.

Ayon kay Mayor Edwin Santos, hindi bababa sa 10 dump truck ng basura ang kanilang naiahon at nahakot noong Miyerkoles, Agosto 6 mula sa ilog sa bahagi ng Ba-rangay Paco.

Dahil dito, maraming resi-dente na ang nagpahayag ng pangamba na makakaapek-to ito sa kanilang kalusugan, bukod pa sa mga palaisdaan at maging sa karagatan dahil ang ilog ay dumadaloy patun-go sa Manila Bay.

Ayon kay Santos,ang mga basurang naiahon ay agad na hinakot at dinala sa Navotas Sanitary Landfi ll na matatagapuan sa baybayin ng Manila Bay.

Iginiit ng alkalde na hindi

Ilog natabunan ng basurasa kanyang mga kababayan nagmula ang mga basura, sa halip ay nilinaw niya na inan-od lamang ito ng tubig mula sa bahagi ng Marilao at Mey-cauayan.

Binigyang diin pa niya na dahil sa basura ay halos magbara ang ilog at hijndi madaanan ng mga bangka.

Dahil sa malaking proble-mang hatid ng basura, sinabi ng alkalde na ilalatag niya sa susunod na pulong ng Liga ng mga Alkalde sa Bulacan ang pagsisinop sa basura.

Kailangan namin ng tu-long sa paglilinis, at kailan-gang di na ito maulit,” sabi ng alkalde at binanggit din na maaaring makaapekto ito sa mga palaisdaan sa kanilang bayan.

Sa mga nagdaang taon, nagrereklamo din ang dating alkalde ng Marilao na si Epi-fanio Guillermo dahil sa ba-surang naipon at natatambak sa Prenza Dam ng nasabing bayan.

Sa mga naunang paha-yag, iginiit din ni Guillermo na kailangan nila ng tulong sa paglilinis dahil ang ba-surang naipon sa Prenza Dam ay hindi galing sa mga taga Marilao. Sa halip, sini-si niya ang mga residente ng mga lungsod ng Caloocan, Meycauayan, Quezon at San Jose Del Monte na nakatira sa gilid ng Ilog Marilao.

Ayon pa kay Guillermo, hindi magiging problema ang basura kung ang mga local na pamahalaan ay nagpapa-tupad ng pagsisinop sa ba-sura.

Kaugnay nito, nagpaha-yag ng pangamba ang ilang

residente ng Obando hing-gil sa basurang natambak sa kanilang bayan.

Isa kanilang pinangan-gambahan ay ang posibleng maging epekto nito sa kalu-sugan ng mamamayan.

Ayon kay Cheen Layman, isa sa mga kasapi ng gru-pong Obando Kami ay Para sa Inyo Inc., (Okapi), kahit magtulong-tulong sa paglilin-is ang mga taumbayan, hindi pa rin maiiwasang maulit ang nasabing problema kung hin-di ipatutupad ang batas sa pagsisinop ng basura. Bin-igyang diin pa niya ang ka-lagayan ng bayang ito na lag-ing binabaha.

“Lagi na kaming binaba-ha, tapos mayroon pang ba-surang napakarami,” ani Lay-man.

Ang iba namang residente ng bayang ito ay nagpahay-ag ng pangamba na baka sa susunod ay umapaw mula sa ilog ang basura at pumasok at kumalat sa kanialng mga bahay.

Ikinuwento pa nila na ang basura ay nagsimulang mai-pon sa bahagi ng Barangay Paco halos dalawang ling-go matapos manalasa ang bagyong Glenda, at mahig-it ding isang linggo bago ito sinimulang hakutin ng pama-halaang bayan.

Ngunit ayon kay Mayor Santos, nakipag-ugnayan pa sila sa ibang barangay bago masimulan ang paglilinis. Ig-iniit pa ng alkalde na kabilang sa kanilang pakikipag-ug-nayan ay ang pag-iipon ng mga sasakyang hahakot sa basura at mga tao na magsa-sagawa ng paglilinis.

BY ERNIE ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY – Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday expressed his full support to the activation of the moth-balled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Morong town.

“I am for the operation of BNPP. Ito ang pinakamagan-dang dapat gawin dahil malaki ang pangangailangan ng ban-sa sa power supply. Siguro kapag pinaandar ito na may 650 MGW output, maaayos na ang problema ng power sa Lu-zon,” the senator said.

The young Marcos said BNPP was constructed as a nu-clear power plant and he does not know if it can be converted into a coal-fi red plant.

“Hindi ako engineer pero may ilang engineer akong na-kausap na nagsasabing iba ang nuclear plant sa coal-fi red power plant. Halos gigibain daw ang nuclear power plant para mai-convert sa coal,” he said.

“Experts I have spoken to were one in saying that it will be better to construct a new plant for coal-fi red dahil maraming babaguhin sa nuclear power plant,” the senator added.

The BNPP was a project in the 70s of the senator’s father, the late strongman Pres. Ferdinand Marcos but was, how-ever, mothballed by his revolutionary successor then Pres. Corazon Aquino in 1986.

Bataan Gov. Albert Raymond Garcia when asked on his opinion about BNPP said that he is for development, for more employment opportunities for his constituents but not at the price of safety.

“Gusto natin mawala muna ang agam-agam with regards to safety. Many controversies surround BNPP. Dapat mawala muna ang doubts, fear at maging maliwanag ang safety is-sue,” the governor said.

Garcia said that if it had operated before, it might have been alright. “Pero mahigit 30 years old na ito at hindi na bago kaya dapat pag-aralang mabuti,” he said.

The governor and his brother, Balanga City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III led municipal and provincial offi cials in wel-coming Marcos in Bataan.

The young Marcos as chair of the Senate Committee on Infrastructure conducted a dialogue with local government units led by municipal mayors and provincial and barangay offi cials and representatives of non-governmental organiza-tions.

The senator said he will be doing the consultation through-out the country to know of the infrastructure development plan in every area.

“I am here not to tell you of your infrastructure require-ments but to ask you of your plan,” he said.

Bongbong favorsnuke plant activation

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BY MALOU DUNGOG

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Companies, schools and government agencies involved in information and communications technology (ICT) at the Subic Bay Freeport have formed a multi-sectoral organization to maximize industry prospects and boost the potentials of this freeport as a world-class ICT hub.

In a meeting organized by the Subic Bay Met-ropolitan Authority (SBMA) recently, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone ICT Advisory Council was formed with Atty. Severo Pastor Jr., manager of the SBMA Labor Department, elected as president.

Among the attendees to the organizational meet-ing were senior offi cers and delegates from various schools and ICT-related companies in Olongapo City and the provinces of Zambales and Bataan, network providers, representatives from the media and the academe, and government agencies like the Com-mission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TES-DA).

“The Subic Bay Freeport Zone ICT Advisory Council has renewed enthusiasm in establishing a stronger network with more direct linkages to build a better partnership towards a more focused ICT in-dustry,” Pastor said.

He admitted that a number of investors engaged in business process outsourcing (BPO) that found it hard to recruit qualifi ed staff in the Subic Bay area eventually closed shop.

However, BPO investors should not be discour-aged by this and instead train their own workers to reach the desired level of excellence, he added.

“At the Hanjin shipyard, local workers used to work only with acetylene or stick welding machines. However, after providing training in various types of arc welding, Hanjin has become successful with plenty of locally hired welders,” Pastor pointed out.

Meanwhile, in a message read by SBMA Senior Deputy Administrator Joy Alvarado, SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia said that in a short period of time, the Philippines has become one of the top outsourcing destinations in the world.

“We in Subic should take a chunk of that opportu-nity,” Garcia added.

Subic Freeport fi rms, schools form ICT council

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYTODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORYSource: www.kahimyang.infoSource: www.kahimyang.info

Doing goodA RECORD of 136 cities and 399 municipalities registered in the 2014 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) of the National Competitiveness Council.

Three local government units in Pampanga ranked among the highest:

The City of Angeles, third for Government Effi ciency topped by Naga City; and eighth for Infrastructure, won by Davao City.

The City of San Fernando, seventh for Government Effi ciency.

The Municipality of Lubao, sixth in the Top 10 Most Competitive Municipalities topped by Daet, Camarines Norte.

The CMCI measures competitiveness at the local government level using 28 indicators grouped into three equally-weighted pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Effi ciency, and Infrastructure. Scores on each pillar were combined to form the overall score used to rank cities and municipalities.

The CMCI is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the NCC through the Regional Competitiveness Committees with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.

The cities of Angeles and San Fernando and the municipality of Lubao earning top rankings in any competitiveness index is of no surprise really. The socio-economic vibrancy of the three Pampanga LGUs is just too tremendous to be missed, their leaders dedication and enthusiasm rippling through their consitutencies.

To Mayors Edgardo Pamintuan, Edwin Santiago and Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab, our congratulations. Keep on working, keep on winning for our people.

And there was lightTHE MIDNIGHT darkness that long engulfed the MacArthur Highway, that long served too as Punto’s bitter issue against the city government of San Fernando, is no more.

Lights, for a week now, brighten that stretch of the national road from Telabastagan, through acacia-canopied Baliti to Sindalan.

Motorists are keeping their fi ngers crossed that the lights will become a permanent fi xture – maintained and periodically improved even – of the highway. Anyways, the action of Mayor Santiago on the matter is fully appreciated.

SOME CONFLUENCE of coincidences. My current read is White House Ghosts subtitled Presidents and their Speechwriters. The wife had been up all night for the past week, ghostwriting for our hizzoner. It is August, the Ghost Month.

“Matatapang po ang aking mga kalaban at sila ay inyong kinatatakutan. Ako po ay hindi natatakot sa kanila, sa katunayan sila ay aking hinahamon. Kung talagang sila’y matatapang, sige nga magpalit kami ng mukha. (People are terrifi ed of my rivals, but I am not. If they are really that fearsome, I challenge them – to trade their faces with mine.)”

“Ako po si Tirso G. Lacanilao. Ang ibig pong sabihin ng G ay guwapo. Ang spelling po nito ay g-a-g-o. (I am Tirso G. Lacanilao. G stands for handsome. It is spelled stupid.)”

“Y Tirso mayap ya, maganaka ya pa, andiyang matsura ya. (To the tune of rap: Tirso is good, he is kind, even if ugly.)”

Only Tirso can get away with murdering himself at the hustings and live to win elections. Independent, ticketless vice mayor in 1992 and 1995, mayor in 1998, 2001 and 2004. So he lost in his sangguniang panlalawigan bid in 2007. It was a half-, nay, quarter-hearted try at best, going through the motions of a campaign that started and ended with the fi ling of his certifi cate of candidacy.

In the fi eld of politics where face is a premium, self-deprecation has never been raised this high. And paid most handsomely.

Politics, as practiced here, was the least of Tirso’s concerns. Moved as he was to serve, and serve best, his constituents. In his fi rst term, Apalit was adjudged the cleanest and greenest town in Pampanga, in the whole of Central Luzon and was fi nalist in the national level, earning a coveted Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran.

In 2001, Apalit was hailed Outstanding LGU for Livelihood Skills Development.

It was also in Tirso’s administration that the municipal coffers increased with improvement in market collections and sound fi scal management. From 1998 to 2003, the annual income of Apalit rose to P301 million, its internal revenue allotment to P209 million.

“Bayan ang amo, utusan si Tirso. (The people are the master, Tirso is mere slave.)” That well summed up Tirso’s political philosophy. All the honors heaped on him he passed on to his people: “Sa Apaliteno ang karangalan, ako ay abang instrumento lamang nila sa adhika at mithiin nilang kapayapaan, kaayusan at kaunlaran” (Honor is to the people of Apalit as I am merely their instrument in their aspirations towards peace, order and prosperity.)”

Thus it was that Tirso made the very antithesis of the traditional politician. Thus it was that he was called Tatang by his people, honored elder and selfl ess provider. Even stern disciplinarian.

“Kung ayaw ninyo ang patakaran ko sa pagdidisiplina sa inyo, huwag ninyo akong iboto. Ikampanya ninyo ang mga kalaban ko. Pero habang ako ang mayor dito, sumunod kayo. (If you don’t agree with the discipline I am implementing here, don’t vote for me. Campaign for my rivals. But so long as I am mayor, you have to follow me.)” That he impacted upon grumbling tricycle drivers who did not want to part with their slippers, shorts and sandos while plying their routes.

Tirso was not spared from being enmeshed in some controversies, the worst of which was his having been reported to have admitted over the radio receiving money from gambling lords.

Tirso’s simple honesty, coupled with his clarity of language, saved him from a suspension order from the Department of the Interior and Local Government and court summons.

“Ang sinabi ko ay ako ay nakatanggap, hindi ko sinabing ako ay tumatanggap. (What I said was I received (once), I did not say I was receiving regularly.)” Further clarifying that he did not know the source of the money that was left in a paper bag on his table; that the money was distributed to the charity seekers then present at his offi ce; that he tasked his men to look for the source of the money who – after two years – was identifi ed as one “Dante,” and by then dead. Case closed. End of controversy.

Looking forward to the end of his third term, Tirso told this writer he was already brimming with excitement at the prospect of returning to the job he loved most – being a latero, a smith in his car repair business, and spending more time with his horses, his other passion.

July 31, Thursday, 2:30 p.m. Assassins’ bullets snuffed out all his passions. Good God, why did it have to end this way? Will most surely miss you, Tatang.

MISS TIRSO really, especially these times too that Pampanga resounded with the state of the city and state of the municipality addresses of the local executives. Maybe, it was listening to these usual platitudes to the self that brought to mind the ghost of Tirso’s past.

ON AUGUST 11, 2006, the tanker M/T Solar 1, carry-ing a cargo of two million liters of bunker fuel, sank approximately 10 miles off the southern coast of the is-land province of Guimaras in Western Visayas, causing the worst oil spill in the Phil-ippines.

The oil spill in the Visayas

M/T Solar 1 sinks off the southern coast of Guimaras

Sea affected marine sanctu-aries and mangrove reserves in three out of five munici-palities of the province and reached the shores of Iloilo and Negros Occidental. It di-rectly affected the local fish-er folks’ means of livelihood.

Since then, the national and local governments have undertaken various mea-

sures to rehabilitate the is-land province, shifting from immediate relief activities to long-term recovery, rehabili-tation and reconstruction ef-forts.

The oil spill incident paved the way for a strict-er enforcement of the use of double-hulled tankers when shipping fuel.

No I do not see dead people. Yes, I think of them. In fond remembrance. And republish

what I have written about them, pag may tym. As this one from six years back, August 5, 2008.

Remembering Tirso“SINASABI PO ng aking mga kalaban na ako ay mukhang kabayo. Mga sinungaling po ang mga iyan. Kayo na ang mismong nakakakita, hindi ako mukhang kabayo, ako ay mukhang tsonggo. (My rivals say I look like a horse. They are liars. As you can well see, I don’t look like a horse. I look like a monkey).”

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Desperado na nga kaya si Mar Roxas?

IPAGPATAWAD ni Vice President Roxaskay ‘yours truly’ kung sa ating isusulatNa ‘views & opinions’ hinggil sa pahayagNiyang ang Pangulo ay mabigyan dapat

Ng isa pang ‘term of offi ce’ sa Palasyoupang tapusin ang nasimulan nitona napakaganda raw na pagbabago?Yan sa ganang amin ay hindi totoo.

Sapagkat kung tayo itong tatanungin,ni isang araw lang ay ayaw na natingbigyan ng ‘extension’ sa kanyang tungkulinang pangulo dala ng taglay niyang galing

At labag sa batas ang hirit ni Roxas,dahilan na rin sa ‘six years’ lamang dapat maupo nang walang palugit ni orasang sinuman kahit ibigin ng lahat.

Ito pa bang tulad niyang pati Supreme Courtay direktang gustong hawakan sa buntotang nais hihingi ni Vice ng pahintulotpara makahabol muli pagkatapos

Ng ‘terms of offi ce’ nyan ‘comes June 2016’sa dating puesto niya bilang Pangulo rin,gayong hindi naman din lingid sa atinang kapalpakan niya sa kanyang tungkulin?

Anong pumasok sa utak ni Kuya Marat naisip nito ang diskarteng ganyan,na maliban pa sa ‘unconstitutional’ay kabaligtaran ng “Tuwid na Daan?”

At para magawa ang naturang bagayay ‘charter change’ dapat at/o amyendahan,ang saligang batas na sila rin namanang gumawa at yan ay gustong palitan?

Ngayong hawak nila ang nakararamisa Congress at Senate na pawang matindi;(At nagtulak upang mapatalsik patisi dating Chief Justice Corona sa SC?) Pero di ba’t si Mar ang “standard-bearer”dapat ng Liberal sa pagka-Presidentpagbaba ni PNoy – ano’t ngayon si Siray tila gusto na niyang i-surrender

Ang ambisyon niya na maging Pangulokapalit ni Benigno Simeon Aquino,kung kaya nga’t imbes ang sarili mismoang ilakad para makapalit nito

Ay kung ano nga ang bigla niyang naisipna isulong gayong ang talagang naisni Mar Roxas noong una’y makapanhiksa Palasyo bilang ‘The Chief Executive’

Aywan lamang baka napagkuro-kuroni Mar sa sarili na siya’y mabibigosa ambisyon kaya naisip isukoang hangarin niyang ganap na napako.

Dala ng pangambang wala siyang panalongayong ang ‘ratings’ niya’y bumaba ng husto,kung saan ika nga kahit na siguropambarangay lang ay tiyak matatalo?

Kung kaya nga imbes ang dating ambisyonna maging Pangulo ang kanyang isulongay si PNoy itong nais niyang isubongsa mali at labag sa’ting Konstitusyon?!

BY GEORGE HUBIERNA

TARLAC CITY—Mayor Ace Manalang bared that in his comeback in 2010 as city executive, the city government was P270 million in debt, but after four years of his administration, he has managed to bring it down to P70 million.

This he emphasized in his 4th State of the City Address at the Sangguniang Panglunsod Session Hall recently.

Manalang said that with the business sector renewing its trust and confi dence in the city government, the economy has fl ourished with some 2,000 new businesses established contributing additional revenues to the city.

The mayor stressed that the commercial industry here continues soaring high through the effective maintenance of peace and order and the continuous development in infrastructure like roads, drainages and others.

Manalang vowed that next year the city government will “zero out” its defi ciency, and targeted a P1-billion budget in 2016.

Number one in his plan is to intensify the campaign against lawless elements to protect the citizens and to make the business areas safe from all forms of criminality.

He also revealed that the ACE (Advance Clinical Enhancement) Card and the

SOCA. Mayor Manalang and Vice Mayor Tanedo (center) pose with (L-R) Tarlac City chief of police Supt. Felix Verbo, deputy COP Chief Inspector Noriel Rombauoa, Tarlac PPO director Senior Supt. Alex Sintin, Supt. Elsa Miranda, DPPA, Chief Inspector Rommel Santos, (at the back) Tarlac City administrator Necito Chua and Tarlac CIDG provincial offi cer Chief Inspector Luis Ventura, Jr. after delivering his SOCA at the SP Hall recently. PHOTO BY GEORGE HUBIERNA

Ace vows zero defi cit for Tarlac City next year

scholarship program will resume next month.He also said that there would be an

effective urban planning so that the city will be the most beautiful city in the region.

“Kahit na po tinatanggal natin ang mga informal settler ay hindi naman natin sila pinababayaan dahil binibigyan natin sila ng lupa na tatayuan nila ng sarili nilang bahay. Mahal na mahal ko po ang mga mahihirap at mga may sakit dahil dati rin po akong squatter at namatayan na rin ng anak dahil sa kahirapan,” Manalang said.

In order to minimize losses in running the Uptown Market, Manalang disclosed that the establishment will be leased to a private company to earn at least P15 million net a year. The present arrangement with all market vendors and stall occupants will not be changed, he promised.

Other projects such as the city hospital and people’s park are next in line before his term ends, according to Manalang.

Aside from the SP members led by Vice Mayor Miguel Tanedo, the SOCA was attended by different sectors both from the public and private group, including the academe, the police, soldiers, senior citizens, religious groups, students and barangay offi cials led by Association of Barangay Chairman President Allan Manalang.

SUBIC, ZAMBALES – Hiniling ni Subic Mayor Jay Konghun sa mga negosyante na sun-din ang Senior Citizen Acts, ang pagbibigay ng pribilehiyo na 20 percent discount sa la-hat ng bagay na kanilang bibil-hin at kanilang lugar na pu-puntahan. Ito ang natatanging panawagan sa kanyang State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) na ginanap sa Subic Central School.

Ayon sa alkalde, isa sa mga proyekto ng pamaha-laang bayan na naisagawa na ay ang “Senior Citizen Lakbay Aral sa Puerto Princesa, Pal-awan” kasama ang DSWD sa pangunguna ni Nelly Pagar.

Binanggit din ng alkalde sa kanyang SOMA ang pag-bibigay ng proyektong Phil-Health Alaga Ka, kung saan may 10, 470 IDs ang naipama-hagi sa mamayan ng Subic na isa sa pinakamalaking pama-mahagi ng PhilHealth card sa buong Zambales.

Tuloy-tuloy na pagbibigay

Senior Citizens Act dapat sundinng medical services para sa mga taga Subic na mahihi-rap na pamilya sa suporta ni 1st District Congressman Jef-frey Konghun at sangguni-ang bayan members, gaya ng pamimigay ng wheelchair at nebulizer.

Ikinatuwa din ng alkalde ang suporta ng Public Employ-ment Services Offi ce (PESO) na nagbunga ng maraming job hiring sa abroad at sa lo-cal gaya ng Hanjin at Keppel at iba pang kumpanya.

Nilinaw din ni Konghun sa taumbayan na ang ginaga-wang desilting sa mga ilog at declogging sa mga canals ay walang pondong ibinigay ang DPWH ganun din walang pera na nagmula sa munisipyo kun-di sa pamamagitan ng tulong nina Congressman Konghun, Gov. Jun Ebdane, municipal councilors at DSWD.

Binuo din ng alkalde ang Subic Public Order and Safe-ty Offi ce (SPOSO) na may mahigit sa 24 na katao na si-

yang sumailalim sa masusing pagsasanay sa fi re fi ghting, at search and rescue operations na pawang pinagkalooban ng mga makabagong kagamitan na siyang gagamitin sa hindi inaasahang sakuna.

Inanunsyo ni Mayor Kon-ghun ang pagtatayo ng Sol-id Waste Recycle Project sa Barangay Naugsol kung saan doon na itatapon ang mga ba-surang nakokolekta na uma-abot sa 80,000-100,000 tons kada araw.

Ganun din ang pagtatayo sa modern municipal market na nakatakdang simulan ngay-ong Agosto at Setyembre at ti-niyak nito sa mga umuupa na walang magaganap na pagta-as ng renta sa mga pwesto at buwis na ipapataw dito.

Aniya, ang kasalukuyang pamilihang bayan na ginawa noong 1991 ay mahigit na g 24 na taon kung kaya kinakail-angan nang gawin dahil sa may kalumaan na ito.

–Johnny R. Reblando

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NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of PABLO S. BASILIO who died

intestate on January 11, 1991 and ZORAIDA G. BASILIO who died intestate on February 4, 2006 executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 5, Block 14 of the consolidation plan (LRC) Pcs-5331, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 3 and 8, Pcs-4020 and Lot 4-B-2, (LRC) Psd-62216, L.R.C. Record No. 8715) with existing improvements, situated in the Barrios of San Jose & Sto. Domingo, City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 30170 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 486, Page No. 6, Book No. XII, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: August 13, 20 & 27, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EDUARDO BUCU TAYAG who

died intestate on May 6, 2014 at V.L. Makabali Memorial Hospital in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, to wit:

ONE HALF, UNDIVIDED PORTION OFTRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 449908-R

“A parcel of land (Lot 27-A-6 of the subd. plan Psd-03-096152, being a portion of Lot 27-A, Psd-03-083247, LRC Rec. No. ) situated in the Bo. of Sta. Monica, Mun. of San Simon, Prov. of Pamp.”

ONE HALF, UNDIVIDED PORTION OFTRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 479377-R

“A parcel of land (Lot 7, Block 6 of the subd. plan Psd-03-019288, being a portion of Lot 1, Pcs-03-000034, L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. of Dolores, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pamp.”

ONE HALF, UNDIVIDED PORTION OFCONDOMINIUM UNIT WITH CONTRACT TO SELL NO. C391065

PROJECT NAME : Corinthian Executive RegencyLOCATION : Ortigas Avenue, Pasig CityBLOCK NO. : Lot/Unit No. 3101AREA in sqm. more or less : Twenty Six #460/1000 (26.460)VENDOR : City Land Development Corp.VENDEE : Eduardo B. Tayag married to

Milagros L. Tayag and Geraldine L. Tayag

BUSINESS OF RETAILING MOTORCYCLES AND BICYCLESINCLUDING PARTS AND COMPONENTS

BUSINESS NAME : EBT Bicycle CenterOWNER : Eduardo Bucu TayagREGISTRATIONS a.) Certifi cate of Business Name

Registration No. 00769672 issued by the Department of Trade and Industry

b.) Certifi cate of Registration No. OCN 4RC0000684838 issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

DOLLAR SAVINGS IN THE AMOUNT OF SIXTEEN THOUSANDNINE HUNDRED FOUR AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS ($16,904.83)

BANK : Bank of the Philippine IslandsACCOUNT NAME : Eduardo B. TayagACCOUNT NO. : 1254-1032-64CURRENCY : USD

before Notary Public Guillermo G. Sotto as per Doc No. 466, Page No. 94, Book No. XXXIII, Series of 2014.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 5, 12 & 19, 2014

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of PEREGRINO TOMLAY who died

intestate on February 09, 2012 in the Republic of Botswana executed an Affi davit of Self-Adjudication of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 5, Block 21 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-171401, being a portion of Lot 52-C, Psd-1214, LRC cad. Rec. No. 132) situated in the Barangay of Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 254849-R of the Registry of Deeds for Angeles City, before Notary Public Cecil L. Andin as per Doc No. 3, Page No. 2, Book No. XXXVIII, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: July 28, August 4 & 11, 2014

He said that on Au-gust 18, defense coun-sels for Lt. Col. Fe-lipe Anotado and Staff Sargeant Edgardo Oso-rio will prepare to wrap their case, but the trial for Palparan will only be-gin.

“What happens thereafter will come un-der close scrutiny, here and abroad. Palparan must face the music and the full wrath of the furies for all the crimes credi-bly imputed to him - ex-trajudicial killings, en-forced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other gross human rights violations, all done without compunction and aggravated by his signa-

Militants hail Palparan’s arrest...FROM PAGE 1 ture braggadocio,” Olalia

said.Olalia also said that

based on law, Palparan should be detained at the Bulacan Provincial Jail due to its proximity to the court.

He said that no spe-cial treatment should be given to the retired gen-eral.

In the past, the court issued the same ruling on Anotado and Osorio, but they were transferred to Fort Bonifacio when their lawyer argued for the safety of the accused military offi cers.

For his part, Father Rolando De Leon called for quick trial against the retired general in order to hold him accountable.

A member of the mil-

itant organization in the province, Father De Leon received three M-16 bul-lets in early 2006 when Palparan was the com-manding general of the dreaded 7th Infantry Di-vision of the Army based in Nueva Ecija.

De Leon had just completed the Mass and his staff were counting the offering from collec-tion baskets when they found the three M-16 bullets.

Meanwhile, Lawyer Jesus Santos of Marilao town remained silent un-til press time yesterday.

This writer tried to contact Santos by call-ing and sending text message to his cellular phone in an attempt to confi rm if he will repre-

sent the general.Known for his close

personal and profes-sional relations with for-mer First Gentleman Mi-guel Arroyo, Santos tried to represent Palparan in court in 2012 but the court said they still have no jurisdiction on the general then.

Along with Anotado and Osorio who have been in military custo-dy, Palparan has been accused of kidnapping and illegal detention on the two missing UP stu-dents.

The other accused is Master Sargeant Rizal Hilario who is said to be the right hand man of Palparan who has been labeled by militant groups as “The Butcher.”

OPA disclosed that the fi rst laboratory tests on shellfi sh from Samal turned out negative last August 5.

“This means that two more consecutive weeks of negative tests and the nightmare of fi shermen and the consuming pub-lic will be over,” it noted.

“I really hope that this

Bataan almost cleared of red tide plagueends because we don’t want the fi shermen to suffer more,” provincial agriculturist Imelda Inie-to said in a phone inter-view.

Inieto explained that the red tide alert in Bata-an cannot be lifted yet even if only one town remains affected as re-quired by guidlines from the BFAR.

In its shellfi sh bulletin

no. 20 issued August 7, BFAR still prohibited the consumption of all types of shellfi sh and alamang due to threat of paralytic shellfi sh poisoning.

It allows though the consumption of fi sh, shrimp, squid and crab provided that they are fresh and washed thor-oughly, and internal or-gans such as gills and intestines are removed

FROM PAGE 1 before cooking.Red tide is a term

used to describe coast-al phenomenon in which the water is discolored by high algal biomass or concentration of algae.

The discoloration may not be necessar-ily red in color but it may also appear yellow, brown, green, blue or milky, depending on the organisms involved.

gay Maimpis, Dolores intersection and at the Pag-Ibig Building for the inspection and clo-sure of fake, illegal and unscrupulous notaries public.

“Let this be a warn-ing to the public to only deal with duly commis-sioned notaries public

IBP-Pampanga raids fake notaries publicFROM PAGE 1 and ensure the person-

al appearance of the commissioned notary public whenever having your documents nota-rized,” Maglalang said.

The IBP-Pampanga activity dubbed: “Oplan Paglilinis Laban sa Pek-eng Notaryo Publiko,” started August 6 which has resulted to the clo-sure and apprehension

of three notaries public in the Capitol area, four at the JASA/Dolores area, about 15 to 20 at the government cen-ter in Barangay Maim-pis, and four along the MacArthur Highway in Barangay Sindalan.

To date, some 45 notaries public oper-ating in the city have been closed as a result

of the IBP-Pampanga drive which is set to be expanded to other ar-eas in the province, in-cluding Angeles City.

The drive has drawn positive reactions in the IBP-Pampanga Face-book page with infor-mation of more fake no-taries public and their locations being report-ed by netizens.

her by Vice Mayor Jai-me “Jimmy” T. Lazatin as representative of the corporation, Atty. Gener C. Endona, San Jose Barangay Captain Lo-reto “Boy” Tumang and municipal councilors of nearby Mexico town.

Balaquiao is part of the initial seven families that were awarded hous-es and lots by the LFC in Barangay San Jose here after they agreed to vol-untary leave their former houses in a nearby area that is now taken up by Century Corporation.

“Dati ayaw kong lumi-pat dahil yung bahay ko po ayaw kung iwanan, pero ngayon ako ay na-gagalak sa pagkakaloob ng bahay at lupa sa amin ng mga Lazatin (Before I refused to move be-cause I don’t want to leave my house but now I am happy for the house and lot that was given to me by the Lazatin fami-ly),” said Balaquiao.

Ana Liza Gonza-les, 35, broke into tears as she could no longer

VM Lazatin awards houses, lots to San Jose folkFROM PAGE 1 contain her emotions af-

ter she was handed her Certifi cate of Ownership by Lazatin.

Gonzales, with her certifi cate in one hand, even hugged Endona and thanked him pro-fusely.

“Maraming maraming salamat sa inyo (Thank you very very much),” she said as tears welled in her eyes.

Rogelio Leynes, 54, spoke in behalf of the awardees.

“Pasalamat keng maragul kareng Lazatin (We want to extend a big thanks to the Lazatins),” he said.

Tumang acknowl-edged the efforts of his constituents who volun-tarily relocated.

“Tinutulungan ninyo kami, kami naman ang tutulong sa inyo (You helped us, now we will help you),” Tumang said.

“Maragul ya pung kasopan kareng kanakung kabaryu ini kasi reng bale da pu mika title nala pu, at ita pu ing importante (This is a big help to my con-

stituents because now their houses are titled to them and this is what’s important),” he said.

Tumang also said their new houses are fl ood-free unlike before.

For his part, Vice Mayor Lazatin said for three generations now, starting with his grand-father Serafi n and his fa-ther Jesus, the Lazatin family has continuously helped the people of San Jose.

“Ing pamilyang Laza-tin parehas ya pu. Akakit yu pu nung maka nanu ya sumaup kareng tau. Eku sasabyan yan bil-ang pung metung a vice mayor (The Lazatin fam-ily is fair. You witness how we help the people. I am not saying this be-cause I am the vice may-or),” Lazatin said in his brief message.

“Angang pung eku vice mayor makanyan la pu sumaup deng pamilya manibat pa pu ketang in-gkung ku keng kanakung pengari, E re pu pepa-buren ing San Jose makanyun mu naman lakwas na pu aku vice

mayor ku lakwas dakong e paburen (Even if I am not the vice mayor this is how the Lazatin fami-ly helps the people since the time of my grandfa-ther and my father. They did not neglect San Jose what more now that I am the vice mayor I won’t neglect you),” Lazatin

said amid resounding applause.

“Ita pung kekami manibat ya keng pusu itang bibye mi kekayu uling karapat dapat ya anya atsu kepu keni atin tang ditak a selebrasyun batang namnaman ing biyaya (What we give to you comes from our

heart because we know it is your right that is why we have now a small celebration to cherished this blessings),” the vice mayor said.

Preceding the cere-mony was a blessing of the houses offi ciated by Fr. Mar Miranda.

–Ashley Manabat

HOMEOWNERS. A couple proudly presents their certifi cate of home ownership handed to them by Vice Mayor Lazatin, with Barangay San Jose Chairman Tumang, Mexico Councilor Perry Dizon and Punto GM Endona, Lazatin family lawyer. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON

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MALOLOS CITY—Inaasah-ang lilikha ng libo-libong tra-baho ang P10-bilyong invest-ment na ibubuhos ng mga Ko-reanong negosyante sa Bula-can sa mga susunod na bu-wan.

Ito ay kaugnay ng pakiki-pag-ugnayan ni Mayor Enri-co Roque ng Pandi sa mga negosyanteng Koreano ka-makailan.

Ang nasabing investment ay bukod pa sa naunang ha-los P20 bilyon o mahigit sa $440-milyong puhunang gina-mit ng Korea Water Resourc-es Corporation (K-Water) upa-ng mapagwagian ang bidding para sa pagsasapribado ng Angat River Hydro Electric Power Plant (ARHEPP) sa Norzagaray, Bulacan noong nakaraang taon.

Bilang pangulo ng Liga ng mga Alkalde sa Bulacan, sin-abi ni Roque na hindi bababa sa P10 bilyon ang puhunang ibubuhos ng mga Koreano sa mga itatayong negosyo sa ibat-ibang bayan ng lalawigan.

Ayon pa kay Roque na-katakdang simulan sa lalong madaling panahon ang pag-tatayo ng mga naglalaki-hang negosyo sa Bulacan partikular na sa mga bayang walang kapasidad o kulang

Libong trabaho lilikhain ng P10-B Korean investment sa Bulacansa pondong pinansyal upang makapagpatayo ng sentro ng komersyo gaya ng mga pami-lihang bayan.

Kabilang sa mga nego-syong nakatakdang ipatayo ng mga negosyanteng Kore-ano ay mga commercial com-plex at supermarkets kagaya ng Savemore, Puregold, drug-stores tulad ng Mercury Drug, mga bigtime na food chains gaya ng Jollibee at McDon-alds, at mga pribadong pamili-han para sa mga bayang wala pang pamilihang bayan.

Bukod dito ay plano rin magtayo sa may 15 ektaryang lupain sa Bulacan ng mga Ko-reano ng kauna-unahang out-let store sa bansa kung saan makikita rito ang aabot sa 400 na kilalang imported brands mula sa ibat ibang bansa gaya ng Prada, Coach, Ferragamo, at Tods.

“Tiyak na mag-ge-generate ito ng libo-libong job opportu-nities sa ating mga kalalaw-igan,” ani Roque.

Binigyang diin niya na isa sa nakitang bentahe ng mga Koreano sa Bulacan ay ang istratehikong lokasyon nito sa pagitan ng dalawang interna-tional airport—ang Ninoy Aqui-no International Airport sa Ka-lakhang Maynila at ang Clark International Airport sa Lung-sod ng Angeles sa Pampanga.

Policemen in San Jose City don’t mind being in murky waters of an irrigation canal to remove the debris that hampers the free fl ow of water. They were part of 1,200 people who clean up the waterway that empties, with dirt and all, to the Manila Bay 160 kilometers away. PHOTO BY ELMO ROQUE

BY ELMO ROQUE

SAN JOSE CITY – Having in mind the welfare of Manila Bay, which is at least 160 ki-lometers away from here, more than a thousand “clean-ers” removed debris, cut the grasses, and scooped up wa-ter lilies in a 5.5-kilometer ir-rigation canal here Saturday.

“We want to help in the continuing drive for the re-habilitation and preservation of Manila Bay,” Mayor Mariv-ic Belena said here during the two-hour clean-up oper-ation. “We were told that in the drainage map, our wa-terways here empty also into Manila Bay.”

Before the actual clean-up, which started at 7 a.m., Belena exhorted the “clean-ers” to do the job for the sake of Manila Bay and of “our own”. She said it is just but part of the continuing ef-forts of the city government for a massive clean-up in the city, particularly as regards non-biodegradable plastic

San Jose City cleans up waterwayTo help maintain a clean Manila Bay

material that degrade the en-vironment.

She told those joining the “Bayanihan para sa Ka-likasan” (helping hands for the environment) of the writ of the continuing mandamus issued by the Supreme Court in 2008 for the restoration of the dirty and slowly dying Manila Bay to be fi t for swimming and other contact recreation.

“But closer to home, we are doing it also for the sake of our thousands of hectares of rice land being deprived of irrigation water because of our clogged canals and other wa-terways,” Belena said.

Trina Domingo-Cruz, city environment and natural re-sources chief, said the 1,200 cleaners included soldiers, policemen, city employees, members of civic society, stu-dents, barangay offi cials, res-idents, and offi cials and em-ployees of the national gov-ernment agencies like the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources, National Irrigation Administration, De-

partment of Health, and De-partment of Public Works and Highways.

“It covered a total of 5.5 kilometers of the irrigation canal in four barangays here that drains to the Pampanga River and up to Manila Bay,” said Cruz, who coordinated the event as a fi tting highlight for the charter anniversary of this city.

She and Belena invited this writer to witness the in-tense clean-up activity in the whole stretch of target sites.

The tons of debris, that included plastic materials, wood, water lilies, and grass-es scooped up from the canal will be transported to the city material recovery facilities here for other uses, she said.

“Our next target is our main river here and the creeks for a similar clean-up activity. We hope that these efforts will further instill to our residents here the discipline of helping maintain the clean-liness of our environment,” Cruz said.BY ARMAND M. GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY - Com-bined police and military forces arrested two youths who sus-pected of serving as guides to the communist rebels’ platoon in Nueva Ecija and Nueva Viz-caya.

This, after the main subject of the search warrant the law-men were supposed to serve, one Ely Taray alias Omeng, eluded arrest in Barangay TL Padilla, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija Saturday.

Reports from the military said that Gerald Salonga alias Matt and Guiller Cadano alias Christian allegedly yielded two .9mm pistols with 34 rounds of ammunition, two hand gre-nades and “voluminous sub-versive documents.”

The operation was report-edly conducted by joint oper-atives from the Philippine Na-tional Police’s Provincial Pub-lic Safety Company, Criminal Investigation and Detection Team-Nueva Ecija Field Offi ce and the 3rd Infantry Battalion under one Col. Santos, com-mander of the 703rd Brigade at about 6 p.m Saturday.

The duo have been placed under the custody of CIDG for

fi ling of cases. Capt. Mark Ruelos, infor-

mation offi cer of the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, described the operation as “legitimate” conducted jointly by the PNP and the 7ID “to ensure that the warrant of arrest of Ely Taray alias Omeng will be served.”

“The 7ID strictly adheres to the rule of law, human rights and international humanitarian law,” Ruelos added.

“Rest assured that the two suspects who were arrested during the serving of warrant of arrest are in good condition and under the custody of CI-DG-NE for appropriate fi ling of case,” he added.

A separate report showed two organizers of Kabata-an Partylist Central Luzon/Anakbayan CL by the names Gerald Salonga and Guill-er Cadano, both students of University of the Philippines, were “abducted” in the town by armed men on board a red van and two white pick-ups, identifi ed as elements of the Army’s 3IB.

Under detention, the duo said they were in Carranglan only to organize farmers who will be affected by a road proj-ect.

2 youths nabbedfor guns, explosives

Salonga and Cadano in detention. PHOTO BY ARMAND GALANG

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LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS—Pinalitan na ang mga provin-cial manager ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa Bulacan at Pampanga noong Martes, Agosto 5.

Ito ay isang buwan mat-apos salakayin ng matataas na opisyal ng NFA at Crim-inal Investigation Detection Group (CIDG) ang mga na-glalakihang bodega ng bigas sa Marilao at lungsod na ito sa hinalang hoarding ng bigas.

Ang mga sinibak ay sina Serafi n Manalili, ng NFA-Bu-lacan at Elvira Obana ng NFA-Pampanga naman.

Sinibak din sa tungkulin ang kanilang mga assistant provincial manager na sina Domingo Punongbayan at Jovi Castillo.

Sina Manalili at Obana ay pansamantalang itinalaga sa

NFA managers sa Bulacan, Pampanga sinibak na

pangrehiyong tanggapan ng NFA sa Lungsod ng Cabanat-uan sa Nueva Ecija at inilagay sa “fl oating status.”

Pansamantala namang humalili sa kanila sina Amadeo De Guzman, ang direktor ng NFA sa Gitnang Luzon para sa Pampanga, at si Mar Alva-rez, ang assistant regional di-rector sa Gitnang Luzon, para naman sa Bulacan.

Sa mga opisyal na nabang-git, bukod kay Manalili na ha-los pitong taong naging man-ager ng NFA-Bulacan, sina Alvarez at Obana ay minsang ding nagsilbi bilang tagapamu-no ng nasabing tanggapan sa lalawigan.

Kaugnay nito, sinabi ng mga source na ang pagka-kasibak kina Manalili at Oba-na ay kaugnay ng pagkakadi-skubre ng illegal na gawain sa Jomaaro Star Rice Mill sa Marilao noong Hulyo 3 at sa

Purefeeds Corporation sa Ma-lolos noong Hulyo 7.

Sa magkasunod na ins-idente, natukalasan ang ma-lawakang rice diversion sa Jomarro Star Ricemill at ang paghahalo ng animal feeds component sa Purefeeds.

Ang rice diversion sa Mari-lao ay kinasasangkutan ng pagsasalin ng bigas ng NFA sa sako ng commercial rice na naaktuhan ng mga pulis.

Ang mga sako ng bigas na nakumpiska sa Marilao ay nagmula sa NFA-Pampanga.

Sa Purefeeds Corporation na binisita pa ni Kalihim Mar Roxas at NFA Administrator Arthur Juan, sinabi ni Roxas na ang durog na bigas na ang klasipikasyon ay animal feed component ay inihahalo sa im-ported rice at muling isinasako upang ibenta bilang “Sinando-meng rice,” isang mamahaling klase ng bigas.

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