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Sinabuyan ng apog ng lalaking ito ang mga basura sa open dumpsite sa likod ng BulacanMedical Center upang hindi langawin at mabawasan ang mabahong amoy. KUHA NI DINO BALABO

NI DINO BALABO

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS – Sin-imulan na ng kapitolyo ang paglili-nis at rehabilitasyon sa opendumpsite sa likod ng gusali ngBulacan Medical Center (BMC) namahigit dalawang taon ng inirerek-

Rehab ng open dumpsite salikod ng ospital sinimulan na

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lamo ng mga mag-aaral ng katab-ing Bulacan State University (Bul-SU).

Ayon kay Provincial Administra-tor Jim Valerio, ang nakatambak nabasura sa likod ng gusali ng BMCay ipahahakot ng kapitolyo at ilala-gak sa tamang pasilidad.

Dalawa ang pasilidad nakinukunsidera ng kapitolyo. Ito ayang Waste Custodian Manage-ment (Wacuman) sanitary land fillsa Sitio Tiakad, Barangay SanMateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan; atang sanitary landfill sa loob ng lu-

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Probers in Tetangco murdershunt driver from Nueva EcijaANGELES CITY – A driv-er from Nueva Ecija is nowbeing sought by the policetask force investigating thekilling of a brother of Bang-ko Sentral ng Pilipinas(BSP) governor and twoothers here last June 2.

This, after he was iden-tified as the last man whohad talked to one of thevictims on the phone onthe night of the murders.

Task force chairmanSenior Supt. Wendy Ro-sario told Punto that the

man used to be a driver ofsomebody who used toplay poker with business-man Florencio Yap.

Yap was killed togeth-er with Rene Tetangco,brother of BSP governor

BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –The P105-million calamityfund released to the Depart-

ment of Public Works andHighways (DPWH) for former Pres.Arroyo’s home district is only apittance compared to the P4.6billion cost of anti-floodingprojects whose implementationstarted in 2008 in this province.

DPWH RECORDS SHOW:

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P4.6-B used for anti-floodprojects in Pampanga

OLD FRIENDS FOR A CAUSE. Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement Chair PertCruz discusses draft of a publication on the pollution problem caused bypiggery and poultry farms in Porac and Angeles City with Deedee Sytangco,close confidante of President Cory Aquino and member of the core groupof her son, President Noynoy. Sytangco reminisced with Cruz how thebeloved Cory was herself bugged by flies and the odor from the piggeriesat a luncheon in the Cruz home.

BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – MayorEdgardo “Ed” Pamintuanannounced here yesterdaythat they are eyeing twosanitary landfills where thecity would dump its waste,aimed at solving the gar-bage problem left byformer mayor Francis“Blueboy” Nepomuceno.

Pamintuan said theywill choose between theKalangitan landfill in Ca-pas, Tarlac or the landfillin Montalban, Rizal.

Deputy Information Of-

CAPAS OR MONTALBAN

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2 landfills eyed forAngeles garbage

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THE LIGHT OF JESUS Catholic Community presents the Angeles Feast, a weeklyprayer and worship meeting at the ANgeles City Library every Friday at 7PM. Inphoto are Bro. Cezar Piscasio (Finance), Bro. Ruben Ramos (Discipleship Builder),Bro. Bo Sanchez (Preacher, Author and Founder of Light of Jesus), Bro. Marvin Tan(feast Builder) and Teena Villafranca (Event Head).

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –The City Government of SanFernando in coordination withthe Department of Public Worksand Highways started on Thurs-day its campaign to removestructures that post imminentdanger to public through thecreation of “Task Force IllegalStructure”.

The project was launched in

CSF launches ‘Task Force Illegal Structure’preparation for the upcomingrainy seasons.

This is also to prevent un-necessary accidents caused byillegal structures like bannerstands, oversized streamers,tarpaulins and billboards whichcommonly fall during heavy rain-falls. Desilting of city drainagesystem is also set.

The task force removed tall

billboard stands along the Do-lores Intersection. Drainage sys-tem along Jose Abad SantosAvenue was also inspected andrepaired.

City officials will also holdan inspection along strategic lo-cations here to check whetherentrepreneurs follow the pre-scribed sizes on outdoor adver-tising materials.

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

ORION, Bataan - A fire at dawn of Wednesday gutted down atwo-storey building at the commercial district in this town andturned into ashes P5-million worth of various merchandise.

Building owner Angelito Inton said the building was filled withnewly delivered merchandise like medicines, canned goods andother grocery items.

“Natutulog kami sa itaas nang biglang may pumutok ngmalakas, tapos pagbaba namin may usok na at mabilis na ku-malat ang apoy na kahit tsinelas wala kaming nadala,” Intonsaid.

His wife was crying while being comforted by friends andrelatives.

Senior Fire Officer Reynaldo Tuazon, Orion fire chief, saidthey are still investigating the cause of the fire and the damageit has caused. He said they received a call about 3:30 a.m. and“we immediately responded.”

Fire was placed under control at 4:30 a.m. with five firetrucksfrom nearby towns responding.

Operating in the burnt building include the Bataan Conve-nience Store, Liwayway Drug Store and Michelle Bakery.

Inton suffered some bruises while bringing out from the burn-ing building his wife, mother and children.

Fire guts down2-storey building

BY DING CERVANTES

ANGELES CITY – MayorEdgardo Pamintuan declared onWednesday as “solved” the se-rial murder cases in this city withthe arrest of suspect Mark Di-zon in San Fernando, La Unionlast Tuesday morning, but po-lice authorities said they are notyet about to let go of his cod-dlers and his still missing fire-arms.

An initial five counts of mur-der and robbery were filed hereyesterday morning against Di-zon, but evidences piling upwould likely make him answer-able for a total of nine murderscommitted in three separate in-cidents this month in this city.

Pamintuan, a lawyer, citedyesterday “preponderance ofevidence” to eventually pin downDizon, as he and police officialsled by Central Luzon police di-rector Chief Supt. Arturo Cacdacand Angeles police Chief SeniorSupt. Danny Bautista present-ed to media three laptops, sev-eral cell phones, cameras, andeven bottles of perfume Dizoncarted away from his victims.

The Angeles police filed onThursday another case of illegalpossession of firearms against

Arrest of ‘serial killer’ gives wayto hunt for coddlers, loose arms

Serial murder suspect Mark Dizon being arrested by Angeles City police in San Fernando,La Union at about 4:10 p.m. last Tuesday.

Dizon who was nabbed in SanFernando, La Union after he wasfound with a .22 caliber pistolduring his arrest.

Bautista and Cacdac saidthat those who had secured Di-zon after he was identified assuspect in the last of the serialmurders last July 22 would becharged with harboring a crimi-nal. They also said police prob-ers is finding out if Dizon hadalso secured various firearms,including an M-16 rifle, in thesafekeeping of others, after pho-tos showed him posing with thelong firearms and three assort-ed pistols, including the .9 mm.caliber firearms used in the se-rial murders.

Pamintuan said that whilethe cases against Dizon werefiled only on Wednesday, hisarrest the other day was justi-fied based on a warrant of arresthe had eluded in 2005 on charg-es of carnapping and robbery.

On the other hand, Bautistajustified the arrest as part of thepolice’s hot pursuit operationsfollowing testimonies of witness-es in the latest murder case.

Cacdac said the initial fivecounts of murder charges filedpertained only to the massacreof retired US air force MSgt.

Albert Mitchell, 70, and hermother Janet, 53, and theirhousehelps Isabel Fajardo,Marissa Prado, and YulbertoCatli in their home in Henson-

ville Court subdivision in Baran-gay Malabanias last July 22.

But Cacdac stressed that therecovered laptops and otherproperties from Dizon’s posses-sion, the .9 mm. caliber pistolused in all the murders, and thetestimonies of witnesses whosaw him during the time of thecrimes also identified him as theculprit in two other earlier mur-ders.

The other victims were SouthAfrican national Geoffrey AllanBennun, 60, and his live-in part-ner, Abegail Helina, 20, whosedecomposing bodies were foundinside their house at Oasis Ho-tel and Villas in Clarkville Com-pound in Barangay Anunas herelast July 12.

Last July 16, British JamesBolton Porter, 51, and his live-in partner, Melissa Madarang,22, were also found dead with.9 mm. pitols bullet holes in theirbodies in their house at 4-11ANicolas St. in Sta. Maria subdi-vision in Barangay Balibagohere.

Police probers noted Dizon’sobsession with laptops and oth-er electronic gadgets of his vic-tims.

Pamintuan said that hisfriend Rey Malig was able toconvince Dizon’s parents to ar-range for a meeting last Tues-day, as it turned out that thesuspect was in San Fernando,La Union.

“He wanted to surrender tothe mayor and not to the policewhom he feared would kill him,”Malig said in a press conference.

No one could say during thepress conference who would getthe P100,000 reward reportedlyraised by local expatriates toanyone who could help solve themurder cases.

Cacdac said that Dizon hadno plans to surrender and report-edly told his parents he wouldrather be a communist rebel. Thepolicemen, led by Senior Supt.Elvis Diaz, posed as rebels forthe meeting arranged by the vic-tim’s father.

“But when the disguised po-lice team arrived, Dizon seemedsuspicious and had to begrabbed. That was when the pis-tol fell from him,” Cacdac relat-ed.

Dizon was detained at thecity police headquarters inBarangay Sto. Domingo here.

BY DINO BALABO

MALOLOS CITY—Prepare forthe worst.

This was the advice of NeriAmparo, Central Luzon direc-tor of the Office of Civil Defence(OCD) to Bulakenyos after asimulated earthquake drill atthe Bulacan State Universitycampus here on Tuesday.

According to Amparo, aJapanese-funded studyclaimed that a 7.2-magnitudeearthquake may hit Metro Ma-nila along with the provinces ofBulacan and Pampanga as itwill have a radius of 100 kilo-meters.

“We don’t know when di-saster especially earthquakewill hit but we know that thecountry is rocked by an aver-age of 20 earthquakes a day,some of which, we don’t feel,”she said.

“We have to prepare for theworst case scenario because

OCD TO NCR, PAMPANGA, BULACAN:

anything can cost lives,” sheadded.

Amparo also advised officialsof the Bulacan State Universityto come up with their own disas-ter response team saying that incase of massive disaster, trainedindividuals on rescue operationsmay be assigned or called to re-spond in other places.

“It is important that the Bula-can State University to have itsown disaster response team sothat while waiting for outsidegroup, they can already addressimmediate needs of studentsinjured in possible disaster,” shesaid.

As the largest state univer-sity in Central Luzon, the Bula-can State University has over25,000 student population.

This is one of the reasons whyDr. Mariano de Jesus, presidentof the Bulacan State University,requested the Provincial Disas-ter Management Office (PDMO)of the provincial government of

‘Be prepared for earthquakes’Bulacan to conduct a regularsimulated earthquake drill with-in the university campus.

De Jesus said that asidefrom drills, students also attendseminars on disaster aware-ness.

For their part, Amparo andLiz Mungcal, head of thePDMO, said that disaster pre-paredness awareness is one ofthe keys in responding disas-ter situations.

“If people know what to doin times of disaster, we can min-imize loss of lives,” Mungcalsaid.

The same was echoed byAmparo who stressed that any-body who wish to respond todisasters, “should know whatto do including the risk in-volved”.

She said that a person mustsecure his or safety first, thenhis or her family before re-sponding to the needs of oth-ers.

Members ofthe Sta.Maria townrescue groupattends tothe needs ofa student ofplayed therole of aninjured victimduring thesimulatedearthquakedrill at theBulacanStateUniversity inMalolos Cityyesterday.PHOTO BY DINOBALABO

THE PHILIPPINES’ largest air-line, Cebu Pacific (CEB) recentlyflew its 45 millionth passengerfrom Incheon (Seoul, South Ko-rea) to Cebu, and decided tomark this milestone with a 50%off seat sale to all its 33 domes-tic and 16 international destina-tions. The 50% off seat sale isfrom July 30 to August 1, 2010,for travel from October 1 to No-vember 30, 2010.

Mr. Jae-Soo Hur, a Koreanwho has previously visited Cebuand Boracay via Cebu Pacific,was in the departure area whenhis name was called as CEB’s45 millionth passenger.

He was awarded two CebuPacific Incheon-Cebu-Incheonair tickets by CEB representa-tives Chris Kim and KS Kang,joined by Incheon InternationalAirport Corporation Aviation Mar-keting Director Tae-Soo Yuh.

“I like going to Cebu on CebuPacific because the ticket fareis very attractive and I think that‘Go Lite’ is a good idea. In myopinion, no-frills airlines like CEBare better for young people likeme because the savings on air-line fares can be used for otheractivities. The flight schedule ofCEB is also quite convenient forme since I’m an office workerand I can go to the Philippinesafter work,” said Hur.

Mr. Hur was also awarded atwo-night stay in a Mactan sea-view suite with breakfast, cour-tesy of the Imperial Palace Wa-terpark Resort and Spa in Cebu.

Candice Iyog, CEB VP forMarketing and Distribution, said,

“CEB can only grow even further,now that we have passed the 45millionth passenger mark. Webegan in 1996 with three domes-tic destinations, and now we areset to launch our 15th and 16th

international destinations Bruneiand Beijing.”

“We thank our passengers fortheir continued support, andhope they can take advantageof our 50% off system wide seatsale to visit our expanding net-work in the Philippines and theregion,” she added.

The seat sale includes des-tinations such as Boracay (Cat-iclan), Puerto Princesa, Ba-colod, Iloilo and Davao, as wellas Osaka, Incheon, Singapore,Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh, Taipei,Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Shang-hai, Guangzhou, Bangkok, KotaKinabalu, Pusan and Jakarta.

For bookings and inquiries,passengers can call the reser-vation hotlines (02) 7020-888 or(032) 230-8888, visit nearesttravel agents, or go towww.cebupacificair.com or http://funtours.cebupacificair.com.The latest seat sale updates canbe found at cebupacificair onTwitter and Facebook Fan Page.

Based on Civil AeronauticsBoard data, CEB overtook Phil-ippine Airline’s passenger num-bers in the first quarter of 2010,making it the Philippine’s larg-est airline. CEB operates theyoungest aircraft fleet in thecountry, and garnered an89.45% on-time performance inthe first half of 2010, higher thanthe industry standard of 85%.

CELEBRATE WITH 50% OFFSYSTEM-WIDE SALE

CEB flies45 millionthpassenger

BY JOEY AGUILAR

ANGELES CITY – Councilor Jay Sangil has denounced Clark In-ternational Airport Corp. (CIAC) Victor Jose Luciano for allegedlycoercing Human Resource manager Marie Tessibeth T. Cordova.

“This is unbecoming of him who is trying to coerced airportemployees just to save his neck,” Sangil said in a phone interview.

This after Cordova did not sign Luciano’s petition letter for hisretention as CIAC president and chief executive officer.

“Why have you HR people not been signing the petition for myretention?” Luciano was quoted as saying in a letter of Cordovadated July 26 emailed to Sangil.

However, Cordova answered Luciano saying that the HR de-partment should maintain a neutral position on the matter.

But Luciano answered back: “You cannto be neutral. This ismanagement. Either you are for it or against it. You are not inde-pendent. You tell joyce.”

Earlier, hundreds of Clark airport employees have signed a pe-tition urging President Noynoy Aquino to retain Luciano as presi-dent of CIAC.

As of presstime, Luciano cannot be reached for comments.

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Zona LibreBong Z. Lacson

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Idiocy“YES TO a flood-free San Fernando. Yes to cityhood.”

A most stupid proposition that made the rounds ofthe capital at the time of the campaign for its cityhood.

So San Fernando became a city, so its inundationcontinued and even worsened. Remember that time afull stretch of the Gapan-San Fernando-Olongapo Roadbecame a vast ocean two or three years back?

Flood-mitigating measures have become a majorcomponent of the administration of City Mayor Oscar S.Rodriguez. As a matter of course, a city flood czar hasbeen tapped even.

Still the floods – though minimized – came.Of late the city government has reposited its hope

for the final solution of the flooding problem in the Sagip-Ilog Project.

The P169-million flood control project at the SanFernando River covers rehabilitating some 5.26kilometers of the San Fernando River so as to allow thefreer flow of floodwaters out of the city.

The project however is way behind its target date ofcompletion, 54 percent (un)accomplished to date. Itscontractor, R.D. Policarpio fingered as the only“problematic contractor” of all those engaged in the P4.6-billion urgent flood-mitigating program for the whole ofPampanga,

Pleas as well as denunciations have gone the wayof the Department of Public Works and Highways tocompel R.D. Policarpio to do the job its is being paid for– finish the project.

Just on Tuesday, in a city council committee hearing,the construction firm and the DPWH to – in the words ofCouncilor Jimmy Lazatin – “get an assurance from theDPWH that flooding would not hit the poblacion area incase of sudden rains. Some of our constituents fearthat there might be severe flooding because the projecthas yet to be fully completed in time for the rainy season.”

It gladdens us to see our officials working hard to ridour city of floods. But to put all our eggs in one basket,so to speak, relying solely on the completion of theSagip-Ilog Project as the definitive solution is myopic.

Engineering interventions need to have the naturalmeans as complementary measures in the solution ofthe flooding problems. And it is here that the citygovernment is most remiss, if not directly at fault.

The wholesale killing of trees in the city, the idiocybeing parroted now by even the highest echelons of localgovernment and the business community to cut downall trees along MacArthur Highway will totally negatewhatever efficacy expected of a completed Sagip-IlogProject.

For all their supposed intelligence, dedication andcommitment, a number of our local officials have nosense of the meaning of symbiosis, a number of ourso-called astute business leaders are plainly idiotizedby their vested interests.

EAT YOUR heart out, BNR.Where the Clark Development Corp. miserably failed, the Clark

International Airport Corp. appeared to have succeeded. That is inpropping up its head honcho for retention in the Aquinoadministration.

Early this month, rumors as well as a press release out of theCDC alleged that its top executives – notably President-CEO BennyN. Ricafort – enjoined the workers’ union to undertake a signaturecampaign purposely to stay the hand of P-Noy from cutting themoff their lofty perches.

Nipped in the bud – with two CDC unions on denial mode overthe reports – the signature campaign sputtered to a stinking fart.

Now its CIAC’s turn to go on frenzied hunt for signatures.“Luciano gets broad support from CIAC employees in all levels.”

So screamed a press release I received Tuesday with an attachedmanifesto entitled “Liham Suporta para sa Mahal na Presidente,Pres. Victor Jose I. Luciano.”

The manifesto deplored what it called the concerted effort todestroy the reputation of Luciano, even as the employees re-invested their faith in Luciano as the single catalyzing factor to thedevelopment of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport.

(Re)signing privilege

Luciano, the manifesto said, served as – myown direct translation now – “the key that openedthe door of development and change at the CIAC.”

Because of his managerial acumen, hisintegrity and deep concern for the welfare of theCIAC employees, Luciano effected the leaps andbound in their salary range – “Malayo na rin angagwat ng sahod namin ngayon kumpara sa datinaming tinatanggap.”

Aye, it’s Luciano – solo – all the way at theDMIA. Eat your heart out, CIAC Board ChairNestor Mangio.

The various awards that have gone Luciano’sway – Most Outstanding Kapampangan inGovernment Service in 2009, Triple A Awardee ofthe Asian Institute of Management, even thispaper’s Man of the Year for 2009, among others –are a testament to Luciano’s “correct and wiseleadership at the CIAC.”

No, the manifesto vowed, the employees willnot allow Luciano’s detractors to have theirinsidious ways, refusing to believe any of thecanard thrown Luciano’s way, hence theexpression of whole-hearted support to hisleadership.

Woe unto you, Mayor Jerry Pelayo! Damn thedemolition job of, er, on Luciano!

United in their desire for, and practice of thehighest standards in running the DMIA, hopingfor a continuous soar of the DMIA in the globalaviation industry, the employees prayed thatLuciano be given a new lease on leadership atthe CIAC. Thus, the stirring call: Kailangan pa siMr. Luciano sa CIAC!

The manifesto did not even fill up one wholepage but the signatories comprised all of eightpages, totaling 320 names. Which goes to showthe “broad support” Luciano enjoys among theCIAC employees.

Indeed, so apparently great is the supportof the employees to Luciano that at least eightof them signed the manifesto twice – JoseMarlowe Pedregosa on pages 1 and 6; Rodel I.Lagman on pages 1 and 2; J. Abelardo Punzalanon pages 1 and 8; Manuel Banez on pages 1and 2; Josa P. Landayan on pages 1 and 2;Ronald P. Aquino on pages 1 and 2; AlvinMarimla on pages 1 and 2; and Cynthia CorderoDungca on pages 1 and 6.

Conspicuously missing though is the nameand signature of Alexander Cauguiran, executivevice president of CIAC.

That tells a totally different story. But willCauguiran oblige?

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

‘Justice delayed,Justice denied’

(KARUGTONG NG SINUNDANG ISYU)

KAHIT BATID nilang di birong panganibAng kakaharapin sa pagpupumilitNa maiharap sa ating Bar of JusticeAng ilang posibleng sa kaso ay dawit.

At alam din nilang kadalasa’y hirapPati na ang tagapag-ingat ng batasNa maipairal n’yan ng buong tapatAng paghimay ayon sa sukatang patas

Partikular laban sa mga maykaya,Na kalimitan ay posibleng kasanggaNg nakatataas at maimpluwensya,Kung kaya’t mailap minsan ang hustisya

At di ang tunay na maysala ang siyangNabibilanggo at napaparusahan;Kundi ang kawawang sunud-sunuranSa utos ng ilang makapangyarihan.

O ng naghaharing angkan, na kabayaNg mga Ampatuan at ibang suspek pa,Sa karumaldumal at maka-hayop naPagpatay sa aming kapatid sa Media

At sa marami pang mga walang malayNa wala ring taros na pinagpapatayNg mga demonyo sa tabi ng daan,Saka ibinaon sa iisang hukay.

Kaya tunay naman ding napakasakitAng sinapit pati ng mga Journalists,Na ang pakay lang ay mangalap, maghatidNg pagbabalita sa puntong nabanggit.

Pero ng dahil lang sa pagtupad nilaNg tungkuling dapat ihayag sa masa,Panganib lagi ang kaakibat tuwinaLalo’t ang usapin ay pampulitika.

At ng bantang kung di itikom ang bibigSa pagsisiwalat ng anumang naisNilang ilantad ay posibleng iligpit,Gaya ng ginawa sa ilang Journalists

Na paisa-isang itinotomba riyanNg nakararaming salot ng lipunan,Na kagaya nitong pinatay kailan llangSa ibang dako ng ating kapuluan.

Na di pa rin lutas pati ang naunangPagpaslang, bunsod ng sobrang kabagalanNg ilang ahensya ng pamahalaanNa dapat tumutok nitong nakaraan.

Kung saan pati na posibleng testigoNa puedeng magamit ng ating husgadoUpang matatag na tumayo ang kasoAy takot humarap at isakripisyo

Ang sarili, pagkat ang kinakailangangProteksyong dapat ibigay sa sinumangNais tumestigo’y walang katiyakanNa matatamo ng kinauukulan.

Sa kung ilang administrasyong nagdaan,Partikular na kay Gloria Macapagal,Kung saan ang ‘media killings’ na naturanAy lumobo sa kanyang kapanahunan.

Sa puntong yan wala kaming tanging hilingKay P-Noy kundi ang sana’y bigyang pansinNg kanyang mandato itong ‘media killings’Na maipakulong ang mga salarin;{Pati kung sino ang talagang bumarilKay Ninoy - na dating kabilang sa amin}

REACTION ON President Aqui-no’s SONA vary but on thewhole speech was well-accept-ed. As expected, the Presidentspoke in Pilipino. This is mostprobably in keeping with his de-sire to be understood by everyFilipino.

Well said Mr.President.While giving emphasis on

his plans and programs, thePresident also pointed out theexcesses of the Arroyo admin-istration.

As pointed out by SenatorFerdinand Marcos Jr., the Pres-ident should have bared hisplans for our overseas workers.

The 40-minutes speech ap-plauded 30 times is very short,compared to the previous stateof the nation (SONA) address-es of former Presidents.

What has probably escapedthe serious attention of the pub-lic is the re-organization in theSenate and the arrest of a con-gressman in Hongkong.

To say the least. It’s ashame. If convicted the con-gressman need not even be ex-pelled from Congress. He mayserved his term in jail.

looking at the retention ofSenator Juan Ponce Enrile asSenate President, political buffsbelieve this is good for the Lib-

Well saidMr. President

eral Party and the Senate as awhole.

It is said that with Enrile, theSenate would most probablyretain its image as a truly inde-pendent body.

With impeachment casesexpected to be filed, the Sen-ate would play the most impor-tant part in the trial. This ofcourse if the Lower House re-fers the cases for trial to theSenate.

This corner hopes that theC-5 road controversy will finallybe resolved. It may be re-opened although Senator ManyVillar is still in the Senate. Itshould be remembered that inthe last session of the 14thCongress, the Senate failed toact in the ethics case againstVillar.

Maybe, just maybe, thistime Villar will defend himselfagainst the accusations shouldthe case be re-opened. It is onlyfair that Villar clears himself.

Former Cabinet members of

the Arroyo administration denyany wrong-doing in their respec-tive departments. One of them,former Department of Agricul-ture Secretary Arthur Yap whois now a congressman shouldexplain what happened to the

investigation of at least 10 pri-vate foundations that were giv-en funds for the government’srice production program. Someof the foundations could not belocated. This happened duringYap’s watch at the DFA.

TRIVIA

My barbershop friend who isa PNOY supporter ask me if thePresident will succeed in hisplans for changes.

I told him that maybe I willhave to ask Paul, the octopus,who predicted all the winners inthe last world classic on foot-ball.

TheBottomline

Hector P. Soto

A MID-AIR collision between aBoeing 727 and a fighter jet inJapan kills 162 people on thisday in 1971. The military planewas flying without radar.

All Nippon Airways Flight 58was traveling from Chitose Air-port in Hokkaido to Tokyo, filledlargely with members of a groupdedicated to the assistance ofwar victims.

Takeoff was uneventful and

the plane soon reached 28,000feet. Cruising over the JapaneseAlps, Flight 58 suddenly en-countered two military jets.

One of the Japanese F-86Sabre jets was piloted by Cap-tain Kuma; the other was beingflown by his student, SergeantIchikawa, who had only a fewhours of flying experience. Nei-ther jet was equipped with radar,which would have indicated the

Fighter jet collides withpassenger plane

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presence of the Boeing 727.Ichikawa s fighter jet struck

the airliner and sent both planesplunging into the mountains.Ichikawa was able to eject him-self and parachute to safety.Everyone on board Flight 58,however, was killed.

Yoshimi Ichikawa wascharged with involuntary man-slaughter, but was acquitted attrial.

Hard to GetJoey Aguilar

HINDI KO minamaliit ang kakayahan ni P-Noy, subalit may isanghamon sa kanya na mahihirapan niyang maisagawa.

Hindi ito nagawa ni dating pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyona isang Kapampangan, at ito ay hindi rin nabanggit sa State ofthe Nation address ni P-Noy.

Isa ito sa palatandaan na sadyang ang Diosdado MacapagalInternational Airport (DMIA) ay magiging panakip butas na lamangsa mga kapalpakan at mga hindi kayang gawin ng Ninoy AquinoInternational Airport (NAIA). Nakapangalan sa dalawang nagingpangulo ng ating bansa ang dalawang airport. Ang isa ay sa amani GMA at ang isa naman ay sa ama ni P-Noy, pero wala akongibig na ipakahulugan.

The DMIA is now on 24-hour operation, is on course in itsdevelopment as a premier gateway of the Philippines in the next10 years.

It is one of the biggest aviation complexes in Asia with its two3.2 kilometer parallel runways that will be extended to 4 kilometersto accomodate new generation wide-bodied aircraft.

Panakip butas

The DMIA is certified by the International CivilAviation Organization (ICAO) with ratings ofCategory I for Precision Approach Runway andCategory IX for the Emergency Services. It is wellequipped with a Terminal Radar Approach Control,Instrument Landing System, Navigational Aids,Meteorological Equipment, and Complete AirfieldLighting System.

Laging laman ito ng balita sa mga pahayagan,subalit tila mananatili na lamang itong “pressrelease” ng Clark International Airport Corp., angkorporasyong nangangasiwa sa DMIA.

Sa katunayan, siyam na taon na nagingpangulo si GMA subalit hanggang ngayon ay hindiparin “fully operational” ang nasabing paliparan.Kung sa siyam na taon ay hindi niya ito nagawa,lalo na siyang walang magagawa bilang isangmambabatas o congresswoman ng ikalawangdistrito ng Pampanga.

Sa kabila ng madaming kapalpakan at

kahihiyan sa NAIA na nananatiling pangunahingpaliparan ng Pilipinas.

Delayed flights, bumabaha kapag malakas angbuhos ng ulan, nagsisikipang mga pasukan atlabasan, zero visibility sa area ng NAIA, at bulokna mga comfort rooms.

Gustuhin mang isaayos, dagdagan at lakihanang mga runway, wala naring “area for expansion”ang NAIA dahil sa mga iskwater at mga gusali nanakapaligid dito. At sa kabila rin ng mga ito,

nananatiling pangunahing paliparan parin ng bansaang NAIA.

Ni anino rin ng Philipine Airlines (PAL) ay hindipa nakita sa DMIA bagama’t mayroon ngnakareserbang lupa para dito.

Ang hamon nga ng mga Kapampangan kayP-Noy, sa pangunguna ng Pinoy Gumising KaMovement, ay dapat na gawing pangunahingpaliparan na ang DMIA sa lalong madalingpanahon.

Ngunit kahit 100 tubes pa ang gawin at kahit10 mga runway pa ang idagdag sa DMIA, hindiito magiging fully operational at mananatili itongisang panakip butas kung ang ating pangulo ay“nakatali sa leeg” sa ibang mga negosyante saMaynila na pumipigil upang maging pangunahingpaliparan ang DMIA.

Ito ang nagiging dahilan kung bakit lagi nalamang nagiging kawawa ang mga overseasFilipino workers (OFWs) o mga balikbayan nataga-Tarlac, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Baguio,at ibat ibang mga probinsiya sa Norte atGitnang Luzon at maging sa ibang mga lugarsa Pilipinas na bumibyahe pa papuntangMayni la para lamang makasakay ngeroplano.

Maraming nagsasabi na magkaibangmagkaiba ang nakaraang administrasyon sakasalukuyan lalo na sa laban sa kahirapan atlaban sa korapsyon. Subalit sa bagay na ito aymay pagkakahalintulad si GMA at P-Noy.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 61ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FORTHE ADOPTION OF MINOR CHILDREN,JOLINA S. MARCELO ANDCATHERINE S. SAMPANG,

SP. PROC. NO. 8411

SPS. MARK STEVEN HENSON ANDLERMA LEE C. SAMPANG - HENSON

Petitioners,x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x

ORDERIn this amended petition for adoption of minors, Jolina S. Marcelo

and Catherine S. Sampang, the petitioners alleged that Mark StevenHenson is an American citizen while Lerma Lee C. Sampang-Henson isa natural born Filipino citizen. They reside at No. 2009-2 California St.,Villasol, Balibago, Angeles City. They got legally married on April 21,2004. However, up to the present they have no children of their own.They decided to adopt Jolina S. Marcelo and Catherine S. Sampangwho are both nieces of petitioner wife Lerma Lee C. Sampang-Henson.Jolina S. Marcelo who was born on August 27, 1997 is the daughter ofLerma Lee’s sister, Vilma C. Sampang-Marcelo and Catherine S.Sampang who was born on January 22, 2000 is the daughter of LermaLee’s brother, Ricardo C. Sampang.

Mark Steven Henson is 49 years old while Lerma Lee is 30 yearsold. His government has diplomatic relations with the Philippines andconsidering that the minors are relatives within the 4th civil degree byconsanguinity of his petitioner wife, Lerma Lee C. Sampang-Henson,the requirement of 3 years residency under Section 7 (b) of R.A. No.8552 and certification of his qualifications to adopt in his country arewaived.

As to their qualifications to adopt, in addition to the foregoing, theyare legally, financially, physically and morally capable to bring up andeducate the two minors properly and adequately. They have beensupporting and providing the needs of the minors such as expenses foreducation, shelter, food, health and other needs and they will continuedoing these. As proof of such continuing support, they executed a jointaffidavit of support. They receive an annual income of US$111,123 andhave savings of US$34,264.40 and own real property worth more orless US$255,000 located at 1101 Jeanett Way, Bel Air, Harford County,Maryland 21014. They had undergone psychological and medicalexaminations and consultation which found them physically,psychologically and emotionally fit and capable to take care of thechildren. They are of good moral character and have not been chargednor convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude. The children whoare more than ten (10) years old are likewise qualified to be adopted andlike their respective parents, are aware of this adoption and they havegiven their written consent to this adoption. Petitioner wife’s illegitimatechild, Kyla Melissa Joyce Sampang, has also given her written consentto this adoption. Lerma Lee’s identification cards and other documentscarry her name Lerma Lee C. Henson for which reason, she attached tothis petition an affidavit of discrepancy.

As to their relationship to the children, they have established acordial parents and daughters relationship. They have loved andsupported the children. As proof of their good relationship they havepicture with them as one happy family. The children have no propertiesof their own except those personal properties they have provided them.They want to adopt the children as their adoption will serve the bestinterest, welfare and well-being of the subject minors.

In prayer, the petitioners pray that after due notice, publication andhearing, a judgment be rendered ordering the subject minors free from alllegal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to theirnatural parents and that they be declared as the adopted children ofherein petitioners and use the full name Jolina Sampang Henson andCatherine Sampang Henson, respectively.

Attached to the petition is the Social Case Study report of ZenaidaDavid, one of the RTC Social Workers. However, a reading of the sameshows that it is the Home and Child Study Report.

This Court finds the petition sufficient in form and in substance andtherefore, sets it for hearing on August 2, 2010 at 1:30 in the afternoon,on which date and hour, any person who may have an interest in ormay be affected by this petition is ordered to appear and signify his/heropposition to this petition.

Let this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutiveweeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampangaand Angeles City.

Any person who may be affected by or may have an interest in thispetition is given fifteen (15) days from the last publication of this orderwithin which to file his/her opposition thereto.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, Philippines, July 12, 2010.

BERNARDITA GABITAN ERUM Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: July 16, 23 and 30, 2010

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of HONORIO M. LIMPIN who

died intestate on January 9, 2000 at Dr. Armando L. Garcia Hospital inAngeles City executed an Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate moreparticularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 232-1-2 of the subd. plan Psd-03-012293, being a portion of Lot 232-1 (LRC) Pas-327720, LRC Rec. No.)situated in the Bo. of Mabiga, Mun. of Mabalacat, Province of Pampangaand covered by TCT No. 340156-R.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 30, August 6 & 13, 2010

MISMONG SI Rhian Ramos ang nagsabing kaibigan lang niya si Mo Twister. Kung anuman daw yung kumakalat na isyung silangdalawa na ay walang katotohanan. Pero sinabi rin ni Rhian na talagang imporatanteng lalake sa buhay niya si Mo sa ngayon. “We dineout, we go out together, pero hanggang dun alng yun, no romance involved,” paniniyak pa ni Rhian.

Kahit naman si Mo is denying this issue at kahit na panay pa ang tukso sa kanilang dalawa, hindi siya bumibgay at talaga namangpinangangatawanang wala sila ni Rhian.

“She is just a very special girl, a very special friend, yun lang wala ng iba.”Pero saan naman kaya hahantong ang espesyal nilang pagkakaibigan?Hindi kaya in the end lumabas na talagang sila na nga?At kung meron man daw pinagkakaabalahan ngayon ngayon si Rhian, ito ay ang bago niyang sitcom sa GMA 7.After mapanood sa sitcom na Kaya ng Powers, pinaghandaan naman daw ng prime artist ng GMACC na si Rhian Ramos ang bago

niyang Kapuso primetime series na Ilumina, with Aljur Abrenica and Jackie Rice.May kabog daw sa dibdib si Rhian sa kanyang bagong soap dahil naglalakihang artista ang makakasama nito sa Ilumina, tulad nina

Christopher de Leon, Jean Garcia, Ara Mina at ang balik-Kapusong si Cesar Montano.“Masayang-masaya ako kasi nu’ng nalaman ko na makakasama ko si Ara Mina, natuwa ako. Tapos si Christopher de Leon pa then

si Jean Garcia, siyempre masa-yang-masaya lalo ako.“And to top it all, nandoon pa si Cesar Montano na sa buong career ko, hindi ko akalaing makakatrabaho ko. Akala ko kasi, strictly

nasa ABS-CBN na siya, pero mali ’yung akala ko at makakatrabaho ko pala siya. Ang saya ’di ba?“Masaya lang talaga ako dahil hindi lang top actors and actresses ang makakasama ko, nawa-widen pa ’yung range ng mga taong

puwede kong makuhanan ng lessons sa pag-arte,” kuwento ni Rhian.At dahil sa sunud-sunod na trabaho, hindi pa rin nakakaligtas sa puna si Rhian na kesyo paborito daw siya ng GMA7.

Kaibigan lang daw si Mo Twister…Rhian Ramos di prioridad ang pag-ibig

“Hindi naman, medyo matagal din akong nabakante. Bale last regular show ko pa ’yung Stairway to Heaven, after that wala pahinga na ako at ngayon lang ako ulitnagkaroon ng show.

“Pero, eversince naman, ang mga tao ang nagdesisyon kung ano ang ibibigay na label sa akin. Pero ewan ko. Siguro naman noong time na ’yun, hindi mo namanmasasabi na favoritism, ’di ba?

“Hindi naman ibig sabihin na may trabaho ako ulit, huwag naman natin baliktarin ’yun. Kasi ’yun naman talaga ang mangyayari. Magpapahinga ang tao, magiging busy.Siguro, mawawala ulit, ganoon. Tanggapin na lang natin kung paano ang kalakaran sa showbiz,” mahabang komento ni Rhian.

“Hindi buntis si Kris Aquino!” – BOY ABUNDATO THE RESCUE agad-agad si Boy Abunda sa kanyang matalik na kaibigang si Kris Aquino. Tungkol ito dun sa isyung kumalat sa isang internet site nakabuntis nagasi Kris. The site alleged na buntis nga si Kris and suffering from eclemsia, isang grabeng kundisyon ng mga buntis na may kinalaman sa mataas na blood pressure. Ayonpa sa tsismis ng site, hindi matutuloy si Kris sa Pilipinas Win na Win kasi nga, may diperensiya si kris.

Sabi pa, hindi naman daw magpapalit ng desisyon si Kris na di na makikisama kay James Yap kahit pa buntis na ito.Anyway, malinaw yung ipinasabi daw ni Kris kay Boy Abunda na walang katotohanang ang isyung siya ay buntis. “No, Kris Aquino is not pregnant, hindi siya buntis,

hindi siya buntis,” paulit-ulti na sabi pa ni Boy sa isang news program.“Hindi nga raw alam ni Kris kung saan nanggaling ang mga ganyang istorya ng wala namang katotohanan. Anyway, siya mismo ang nagsabi sa aking walang

katotohanan yan, kaya tuloy na tuloy na sa Sabado yung Pilipians Win Na Win.”So there!

Krista mang-aagaw ng lalaki ng may lalaki!MATAGAL NAGPAIKOT-IKOT yung istoryang inagaw ni Krista Ranilio si Manny Pacquiao sa asawa nitongsi Jinky .

Kung true ito o hindi, malabo nang malaman ng publiko dahil wala naming umaaming kampo tungkoldito.

Ang malinaw ngayon, sa mode na inagaw din ni Krista yung lalaking pakakasalan niya.Kumpirmado ang tsikang ikakasal na nga si Krista Ranillo sa boyfriend nitong si Nino Lim sa

August 8. Ikinagulat nga raw ito ng ilang kababayan natin lalo’t ang alam nila ay si Janelle So, newsanchor sa TFC na long time girlfriend nitong si Nino ang pakakasalan ni lalaki.

Ang tsika nga, may relasyon pa nang ipinagpalit daw nito ang gf kay Krista. Bongga for sure angmagiging buhay ng aktres sa piling ng mapapangasawa dahil may-ari lamang naman ito ng ilangdepartment stores. Kaya naman parang hindi na n’ya pinanghihinayangan ang pagtalikod sa showbizdito sa Pilipinas.

Marami rin ang nabigla sa biglang pagyaman ni Krista na ayon pa sa aming source bukod sapagkakaroon ng sariling boutique ay mayroon na ring supermarket.

Willie Revillame sobrangdemoted sa ABS-CBN

BY NOW alam na ng lahat na tuluyan nang sinibak ang Wowowee ni WillieRevillame sa ABS-CBN. For obvious reasons, sinibak na nga ng program atyan ay upang i-rid off si Willie sa ABS-CBN. Instead na pagbigyan nga angmga imposibleng demands ni Willie, ayun, isang once a week show na langang naka-earmarked para sa kanya.

Nakasaad sa announcement last Tuesday na may ibibigay na bagong showkay Willie, kung ano ito ay hindi pa ini-reveal ng management but isang sourceang nagsabi sa amin na once a week show ang inihahain sa TV host-comedianat kasalukuyang nasa proseso pa ng negosasyon.

Samantala, Pilipinas, Win na Win na ang bagong title ng noontime shownina Robin Padilla, Kris Aquino, Mariel Rodriguez, Pokwang at ValerieConcepcion at hindi na Pilipinas for the Win na naunang inanunsyo ng ABS-CBN management.

Napagdesisyunan ang bagong title dahil mas madali raw itong tandaanat sabihin kesa sa dati.

From a source, we learned na biglaan ang naturang show at bago naratingang desisyon na ito ay napakaraming options at planong pinagpilian.

’Yung ideyang magkakaroon ng game show si Kris sa tanghali, noon palumulutang ang balitang ito at halos kumpirmado kung tutuusin dahil nangiprisinta sa TV host-actress ang konsepto ng show ay nagustuhan niya at kaagadna tinanggap.

Pero ang unang plano ay hindi niya papalitan ang Wowowee. The original plan was isisingit angtime slot niya at papagitna sa Show Time at Wowowee.

’Yung pagkakatanggal sa Wowowee ay biglaan, ayon sa aming source, pati na ang pagka-cast kayRobin sa bagong show.

We learned na last Saturday lang sinabi kay Robin ng management ang bagong show. Nagustuhannaman daw ng action star na ngayon ay bago nang TV host at pumayag siyang gawin ito.

Matatandaang tinanggihan ni Binoe ang offer ng network na mag-host ng Wowowee dahil ang katwiranniya ay para kay Willie ang show na ito.

This time ay bagong show ang in-offer sa kanya kaya tinanggap niya.What surprised everyone ay ang pagsisimula nito na ngayong Sabado na agad. Noong Sunday daw

napagdesisyunan ng management na magsimula na sa July 31 at Monday naman umano nabuo angdesisyon na tuluyan nang alisin ang Wowowee matapos ang pakikipag-usap kay Willie ng mga bossing.

Marami ang nagulat sa announcement kasama na ang iba pang hosts na sina Mariel, Pokwang atValerie.

Si Pokwang ay ipinakitang napaiyak pa nang tanungin ng TV news about the new show nakasama siya. Si Mariel din daw ay walang kaaalam-alam sa bagong development.

Maging ang manager ni Valerie na si Becky Aguila ay nagulat sa biglaang desisyongkumalat noong Martes ng hapon.

Kasabay nito siyempre ay natuwa ang manager na na-absorb si Val sa bagong showdahil as we all know, ang ibang mga kasamahan nito sa Wowowee ay natsugi na.

paing nasasakupan ngClark Freeport na matat-agpuan sa Barangay Ka-langitan, Capas Tarlac.

“Hindi maaaring mana-tili ang ganitong pag-tatapon ng basura, baka sahalip na luminis ang atingkapaligiran ay makasira atmaka-apekto pa sakalusugan ng tao,” aniValerio at iginiit na kalin-isan at sanitasyon ay re-sponsibilidad ng bawat isa.

Sinabi rin niya na mat-

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Rehab ng open dumpsite...agal ng napabayaan angnasabing basurahan kaya’tkailangan ang maingat narehabilitasyon.

Inayunan naman ito ngng mga mag-aaral at gurong BulSU partikular naang mga may klase sagusali ng College of SocialScience and Philosopy(CSSP) na matatagpuansa tabi ng basurahan.

Ayon sa mga mag-aaral, mula pa noong silaay nasa unang taon (firstyear) ng pag-aaral ay prob-lema na nila ang nasabing

basurahan. Ngayon aynasa ikatlong taon (thirdyear) na sila ng pag-aaralsa BulSU.

“Kung hindi mausok,mabahong-mabaho angamoy,” ani ng mga mag-aaral.

Hindi lingid sa mgaguro at opisyal ng BulSUang problemang ito, at itoay napatunayan ng Puntobatay sa mga dokumentoo liham na kanilang ipina-hatid sa kapitolyo at pam-unuan ng BMC, bukod pasa panayam sa kanila.

“Ayon kay Dr. MarianoDe Jesus, mahigit dala-wang taon na nilang inire-reklamo ang nasabing ba-surahan.

Batay naman sa pa-hayag ni Dr. Protacio Ba-jao, ang hepe ng BMC, angnasabing basurahan ayisang “temporary holdingarea.”

Sinabi pa ni Bajao natumanggi ang dating pam-unuan ng lungsod ng Mal-olos na kolektahin angbasura sa kapitolyo kaya’tiyon naipon.

Amando Tetangco, and acertain Dennis Guinto inthis city and neighboringMabalacat town.

Rosario said the driver,whom he declined toname, reportedly owedYap some P60,000. Hiscell phone number wasthe last to be dialed by Yapon his phone.

He said a woman hadidentified the number asbelonging to the driver whowas her friend. Apparent-ly, however, the driver hadalready junked the SIM

card bearing that number,he noted.

“It would seem that thedriver was in the area ofNueva Ecija when Yapcalled him up. It was thelast call Yap made at about7:51 p.m. on the nightthey were murdered,” Ro-sario said.

The bodies of the threewere found in Yap’s FordExpedition van abandonedon an empty lot alongFriendship Avenue inBarangay Pampang here.They were apparently killedelsewhere but the suspectdrove their bodies to the site

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Probers in Tetangco murders...to confuse probers. The vic-tims were on their way toKing’s Poker and SportsClub in this city when theywere killed sometime be-tween 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.last June 2.

The three victims weresupposed to play pokerwith former Bacolor May-or Buddy Dungca and de-feated mayoral candidateDinan Labung at King’sclub, but they neverreached their destination.

Rosario clarified, how-ever, that the driver was notemployed by either Dung-ca or Labung. “The driver

used to work for anotherperson with whom Yap hadplayed poker with forabout a year before themurders,” he said.

Rosario said the drivermight have decoyed vic-tims, who were alreadydriving to King’s, to anoth-er destination for the mur-der plot.

This, even as the taskforce has identified afenced property with awarehouse in BarangaySta. Cruz in Porac, Pam-panga as the probable siteof the still unsolved mur-ders. –Ding Cervantes

Tokwing Joint Ven-tures, a contractor for oneproject costing P491-mil-lion, was recently identifiedby Public Works Sec.Rogelio Singson asamong which had cor-nered most of the projectsfrom calamity fund underthe Arroyo administration.

A report presented bythe Mt. Pinatubo Engineer-ing-Project ManagementOffice (MPE-PMO) to thePampanga Chamber ofCommerce and Industry(PampCham) indicatedthat the projects costingP4.6-billion are a compo-nent of engineering inter-ventions against Mt. Pi-natubo’s lahar flows andfloods laid out way backin 1996.

None of the projectswere among the 19 thatwas ordered suspended invarious parts of the coun-try by Public Works Sec.Rogelio Singson.

The report referred tothe projects as PinatuboHazard Urgent Mitigation

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P4.6-B used for anti-flood projects in PampangaProjects or PHUMP withthree phases. Phase 1cost P2.5 billion and cov-ered projects implement-ed from 1996 to 2001 atthe Sacobia-Bamban Riv-er, which used to be anactive lahar channel fromMt. Pinatubo betweenPampanga and Tarlac.

Phase 2, costing P4.5billion, covered the Pasig-Potrero river and a pro-posed “third river” affectingPampanga supposed tobe implemented from 1999to 2006. The third river,however, has not been ful-ly implemented.

Phase 3, costing P4.6billion, has six “contractpackages” coveringprojects, again at thePasig-Potrero and the Po-rac-Gumain river basins.These rivers, particularlythe Porac-Gumain, affectsformer Pres. Arroyo’sLubao hometown in thesecond district of Pampan-ga. This phase started in2008 and slated for com-pletion in 2015.

The DPWH report saidthat funds for these

projects were either de-rived or are expected to bederived from the Japan In-ternational CooperationAgency (JICA) and hadnothing to do with the sixspecial allotment releaseorders (SARO) given to thesecond engineering districtof the DPWH for roads andflood control projects in sixtowns in Pampanga’s sec-ond district.

The SARO’s, all datedlast May 20, showed thatP20 million allocation forLubao; P15 million for Po-rac; P20 million forGuagua; P20 million forFloridablanca; P15 millionfor Sta. Rita; and P15 mil-lion for Sasmuan. Mrs.Arroyo won overwhelming-ly in congressional race inthese towns comprisingthe second district.

Budget Secretary Flo-rencio Abad said earlierthat since no bidding hadbeen done or contractsawarded on projects usingthese funds, the alloca-tions could be recalled andused for projects that werebadly needed.

In his first State of theNation Address, Pres.Aquino accused the Ar-royo administration ofsquandering the govern-ment financial resources.

He noted that Mrs. Ar-royo had set aside a P2-billion national calamityfund for this year, of whichP1.4 billion had alreadybeen spent. Pampangareceived P108 million, ofwhich P105 million went toArroyo’s district during theelection month, he added.

In a meeting of Pam-Cham recently, one of thecontractors under Pack-age 3 of PHUMP Phase 3came under fire after MPE-PMO project managerPhilip Menez reported thecontractor has failed to fin-ish its project that couldease flooding in the capi-tol town of San Fernando,Pampanga.

The project assigned toRD Policarpio covers reha-bilitating some 5.26 kilo-meters of the San Fernan-do river so as to allow thefree flow of floodwaters inthe city. The project cost

some P169 million.Menez said contractor

RD Policarpio Constructionis the “only problematiccontractor” assigned toPhase 3. He noted thatChina Water InternationalCorp. is on schedule in itswork at the Porac-Gumain

River diversion channel(P1.5 billion), the TokwingJoint Venture in the con-struction of outlets andbridges at the San Fernan-do river (P491 million), andLRT Construction in floodmitigation works in Guaguatown (P183 million).

ficer Deo Sambilay dis-closed that City Adminis-trator Atty. Dennis “Noy”Pamintuan had proposedto the mayor that the Mon-talban landfill would be abetter choice.

Sambilay said that ina study made by Atty.Noy, they will save someP2-million in monthly ex-penses in transporting gar-bage to Montalban.

“Even it’s far we canstill save a lot of moneybecause Montalban

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2 landfills eyed for Angeles garbagecharges a flat rate ofP3,500 per truckload ofgarbage. The landfill inCapas charges us perton,” Sambilay said.

The mayor said theywill test for three daysbringing the garbage toMontalban. It will begin ei-ther today (Friday) or onSaturday.

It could be recalled thatNepomuceno had incurredsome P63-million of un-paid debts to the Kalangi-tan landfill. The city thenwas banned from dumpingwaste for at least three

months before the May2010 elections.

Less than a month be-fore vacating his post, Ne-pomuceno decided tostock truckloads of gar-bage at a Material Recov-ery Facility making it a vir-tual open dumpsite. TheMRF is situated near apublic hospital and a pub-lic market in BarangayPampang.

Pamintuan said thecity government wouldsoon resume bringing gar-bage either at Montalbanor Capas after the bidding

on hauling.“It has been the focus

of my administration tosolve the garbage problemwhich hounded our city forthe past three years. Withthe help of the communi-ty, we can all come up withthe best solution to rid ourcity with garbage,” saidPamintuan in a statement.

He added that “wewere able to clean up thePampang MRF and morethan 500 truckloads of gar-bage and those truckswere used by the city gov-ernment free of charge.”

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MALOLOS CITY—Not abag of imported rice in Na-tional Food Authority(NFA) warehouses in Bu-lacan was rotten, saidSerafin Manalili, managerof NFA-Bulacan.

However, he admittedthat they have to disposesacks of rice in sixmonths since their ware-houses are not equippedto keep inventories long-er.

Manalili added that theprovince will have enoughrice supply until the firstquarter of next year whenimported rice will startcoming in.

He said that ricestocks have shelf life ofsix months to one year.“It’s impossible, becausewe were able to disposeour inventories within theallocated period of time.”

“Our warehouses andthe warehouses that werent are not equipped tomaintain certain temper-ature, so we have to dis-pose our older inventoriesfirst,” he said noting thatit is within the six monthperiod.

Manalili also said thatmodern warehouses areequipped with large air-conditioning machines,but it will jack up the priceof rice if they try to do thesame.

Rice inventories of theNFA are usually sold insome 500 NFA-accredit-

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ed stores in differentparts of the province.

At present, Manalilisaid that Bulacan have1.076-million sacks of ricewhich can last until thefirst quarter of next year.

About 220,000 sacksof the said inventorieswere procured locallywhile more than 700,000bags were imported by theNFA national office fromThailand and Vietnam.

Manalili stressed thatcurrent rice of inventory ofBulacan meant that theprovince’s 3.2-million pop-ulation will have enoughrice until next year as percapita daily consumption

is only 250 grams of riceper person per day.

Eduardo Camua, an-other NFA-Bulacan offi-cial, said that NFA’s localprocurement has startedgaining momentum in2008 when the countryfaced rice shortage.

He noted that one ofthe reason for NFA’s highprocurement was due tothe higher price their of-fered to farmers comparedto price offered by com-mercial traders.

Camua said that NFAis paying P17 per kilo ofpalay while commercialtraders are offering lowerprice than that.

Serafin Manalili, manager of National FoodAuthority office in Bulacan inspects grains ofrice on their inventory. He said that there are1.076-Million bags of rice in their warehouses inthe province that will be enough until the firstquarter of the year. PHOTO BY DINO BALABO