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Their days are numbered. Poor patients will no longer be provided free beds at the Philippine General
Hospital starting next year. EY ACASIO
Chinese boat. A Chinese shing vessel sails near the Spratlys, where China
has built an ocean observatroy (background). A eet of 30 Chinese shing
boats arrived in the area on Sunday, according to Xinhua.
Health Undersecretary Te-
odoro Herbosa said PhilHealth
would take care of the medical
needs of the poorest of the poor
enrolled by the Social Welfare
Department under its National
Household Targeting System.
Technically, [there will be]
no more charity patients because
PhilHealth will cover the costs,
Herbosa said.
No cash-out for indigent pa-
tients. Even the medicines and
laboratory costs will be free.
Up to 80 percent of the beds in
government hospitals are in char-
ity wards, which offer minimum
hospitalization costs to the poor.
But patients still pay for the med-
icines and laboratory tests.
PhilHealth provides indigent
patients free hospitalization,
medicines and laboratory ser-
vices under its No Balance, No
Billing policy.
But it is unclear how PhilHealth
coverage could benet people
in the countryside where there
are no hospitals, where people
die without seeing a doctor, and
where it is more expensive to
get sick than to die, says former
Health Secretary Jaime Galvez.
He says getting sick is forbid-
den in many slum areas because
the people there cant afford med-
THE Foreign Affairs Department said
Monday it will le a diplomatic protest
against Beijing once its eet of 30 sh-
ing boats encroaches on the Philippines
200-nautical exclusive economic zone.
Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul
Hernandez said he had received word
that a new batch of Chinese vessels
had arrived at the Yongshu Reef in the
Spratlys on Sunday after a 78-hour voy-
age from Chinas Hainan province.
Meanwhile, United States Pacic
Command chief Admiral Samuel Lock-
lear III reiterated Washingtons com-
mitment to help the Philippines build a
minimum credible defense posture.
Locklear, who arrived Monday for
a three-day visit, met with President
Benigno Aquino III at the Palace where
they discussed in broad strokes China
amid the rising tensions over territorial
disputes in the West Philippine Sea.
Presidential spokesman Edwin
Lacierda said Locklears courtesy call
on Mr. Aquino was meant to reafrm
the long-standing partnership between
Washington and Manila.
Admiral Locklear reiterated the
commitment of the US to help the
Philippines establish a minimum cred-
ible defense posture, Lacierda said.
Locklear also paid a courtesy call
on Armed Forces chief Gen. Jessie
Dellosa in Camp Aguinaldo.
He will proceed to Camp General
Basilio Navarro in Zamboanga today
to visit the troops from the US Armed
Forces Joint Special Operations Task
Force-Philippines.
Chinas 30-ship eet was reportedly
being escorted by a sheries adminis-
tration patrol ship and a 3,000-ton sup-
ply ship, enough provision for ve to
10 days of shing.
The Chinese shing vessels must
not intrude in the exclusive economic
zone of the Philippines, Hernandez
told reporters.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Judicial and Bar Council
has granted Malacaangs re-
quest that it be allowed to send
a representative to take the
place of Justice Secretary Leila
de Lima, who has inhibited
herself from the selection pro-
cess for the next chief justice.
Jose Mejia, a regular council
FIELDING common senatorial
candidates with the United Na-
tionalist Alliance will be dif-
cult, a Liberal Party stalwart
said Monday.
The policy of the President is
that all LP candidates should stand
in only one platform, Budget
Secretary Florencio Abad said.
That is logical because if
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Bel-
monte Jr. and Senate President
Juan Ponce Enrile had agreed to
seek an audience with President
Benigno Aquino III in a last-ditch
effort to convince the President
to support charter change, an of-
cial said Monday.
House Majority Leader and
Mandaluyong Rep. Rep. Neptali
Gonzales II made the disclosure
after Enrile and Belmonte met
Friday morning to discuss what
the House and Senates legislative
agenda would be on the third reg-
ular session of the 15th Congress,
which will open on July 23.
Gonzales said Charter
change was discussed during
their meeting.
They agreed on seeing Presi-
dent Aquino to personally explain
the wisdom behind the revived
efforts to push Charter change
aimed at hastening economic
and social development in the
country, Gonzales, who joined
the meeting in Enriles house in
Dasmarias Village, Makati City,
told House reporters.
By Christine F. Herrera
THE House is drafting a bill to
repeal the Mining Act of 1995,
which would make obsolete a
new executive order based on that
law, lawmakers said Monday.
House Bill 3763, or the alter-
native minerals management bill,
will not allow foreign companies
to own 100 percent of a mining
venture and instead bring back
the 60-40 ownership structure in
favor of Filipinos, its authors say.
The bill also aims to raise the
states share of the income from
mining to 10 percent of a com-
panys gross revenues, and to
set aside another 10 percent for
indigenous cultural communities
when mining is done within their
ancestral domain on top of the 2
percent excise tax.
The bill also adds watersheds,
key diversity areas, sacred sites
By Maricel V. Cruz
HOUSE leaders on Monday
threatened to subject Transporta-
tion and Communications Secre-
tary Mar Roxas to a tough Ques-
tion Hour in Congress should
he insist on defying a 1993 Su-
preme Court order favoring over
2,000 former workers of Pan-
tranco North Express Inc.
Northern Samar Rep. Emil
Ong, chairman of the House com-
mittee on labor, said Roxas should
comply with the high courts order
saying the salaries of the bankrupt
bus rms employees must be giv-
en priority over its assets.
Thats the law. Secretary
Roxas has no other choice but to
follow the law, Ong said, adding
Pantrancos employees should
have been given their separation
pay 30 years ago.
Govt hospitals
to phase out
charity wards
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Council lets
Palace name
new delegate
Enrile, Belmonte wont
give up on Cha-cha bid
House draft measure sets
new mining regulations
Roxas told to follow law on Pantranco issue
LP finds it
difficult to
adopt bets
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icines or hospitalization.
Herbosa said about 5.2
million families had been en-
rolled by PhilHealth, and that
the government had set aside
P12.6 million in the Health
Departments budget this year
for their medical needs.
But he said many poor
families were still unaware
of the benets offered by
PhilHealth and the govern-
ments objective of Univer-
sal Health Care.
Our focus is sustainable
health nancing, Herbosa
said.
Ofcials say the country has
1,572 government hospitals,
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Health Undersecretary
Teodoro Herbosa
Alliance for Democracy
president Geneve Rivera-
Reyes
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
GOVERNMENT hospitals will next
year phase out the charity wards for poor
people and replace them with full health-
care coverage under the state insurance rm
PhilHealth, Health ofcials said Monday.
No longer free. The charity ward gives indigent
patients free hospitalization and medical care in
government hospitals such as the Dr. Jose Fabella
Memorial Hospital in Manila.
Top US ofcial. Armed forces chief Gen. Jessie Dellosa and US Adm. Samuel
Locklear, head of the US Pacic Command, walk down the stage during the
welcoming ceremonies for the visiting American.
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Enrile...
Political matters are not in-
cluded [in the move to amend
the Constitituion]. The initia-
tive is purely on the economic
provisions, Gonzales said.
He said the move for Charter
change was a purely legisla-
tive affair, but it was important
to secure Mr. Aquinos support
because of his inuence on the
members of Congress.
We really need to get the
President on board, he said,
adding that Enrile and Bel-
monte would want to con-
vince the President to agree to
amend the Constitution.
If nothing positive will
come out, lets forget Charter
change, Gonzales said.
Misamis Occidental Rep.
Loreto Leo Ocampos, chair-
man of the House committee
on constitutional amendments,
said any moves to amend the
Constitution would be useless
without Mr. Aquinos endorse-
men.
Malacanang should certify
the Cha-cha proposal as an ur-
gent bill, Ocampos said.
However, its position is
not clear. Only a smoke signal.
As chair of the committee on
constitutional amendments, I
need a clear marching order
from them [Malacaang] to
be able to act properly on the
proposal.
Mr. Aquino has said he is
wary about amending the Con-
stitution because its not nec-
essary.
Ako-Bicol party-list Rep.
Rodel Batocabe and Nueva
Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino
said Monday Charter change
was a highly divisive issue.
History has proven that
Cha-cha is always a very divi-
sive issue and we cannot afford
to sow discord again in our
political system after an emo-
tionally draining impeachment
process, said Batocabe, vice
chairman of the House Com-
mittee on Natural Resources.
Antonino, president of the
National Unity Party, which
has 34 members in the House
of Representatives, said the
right time to discuss Charter
change would be after the 2013
elections. Maricel V. Cruz
Council...
member representing the aca-
deme, said Monday the JBC
agreed in principle in its week-
ly meeting to allow the Execu-
tive department to appoint its
representative to the council in
place of De Lima, who is vy-
ing for the top post in the Su-
preme Court.
Mejia said the JBC received a
letter from Executive Secretary
Paquito Ochoa Jr. invoking the
Palaces right to be represented in
the selection process.
The Executive does not want
to be deprived of that representa-
tion and we agreed to grant the
request, although we have yet to
discuss the issue of who can sub-
stitute the secretary of Justice as
ex-ofcio member. We havent
decided on that yet, Mejia said.
He said some of the councils
members were initially looking
at an undersecretary who is a
lawyer or someone else from the
Justice Department.
The one who will stand in
substitution or in representation
of the secretary of Justice should
also meet the minimum require-
ments of membership in the
JBC, Mejia said.
He said he saw nothing
wrong in granting the Palaces
request, but acknowledged he
could not recall another in-
stance in which the Executive
departments representative
was replaced by another.
He said the council made the
same accommodation to the Judi-
cial branch when it accepted As-
sociate Justice Diosdado Peralta
as its representative following the
nomination of acting Chief Jus-
tice Antonio Carpio and his deci-
sion to inhibit himself as chair-
man of the council.
One of the two congressional
representatives on the council,
Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas, cited the
same reason for allowing De Li-
mas substitution.
On Monday, the council began
screening the 22 ofcial candi-
dates for chief justice through
mandatory psychological tests.
The rst six bets, including De
Lima, went to the councils ofce
at the Supreme Court for psycho-
logical interviews aimed at ensur-
ing their mental tness.
One applicant, a dismissed
Malabon judge, was earlier
disqualied when the council
learned that he had failed the psy-
chological exam in his previous
application for a seat in the Su-
preme Court. The judge was dis-
missed in 2006 after he admitted
to consulting dwarves in deciding
cases before him.
The aspirants have until today
to submit all their documentary
requirements, including the state-
ment of assets, liabilities and net
worth for current ofcials and the
waiver on the secrecy on bank de-
posits for others.
Five justices outside of Carpio
are also in the running: Presbitero
Velasco Jr., Teresita
Leonardo-de Castro, Arturo
Brion, Roberto Abad and Ma.
Lourdes Sereno.
Two members of President
Aquinos Cabinet, De Lima and
Solicitor General Francis Jardele-
za, were included after they ac-
cepted their nomination.
Four members of the academe
also accepted their nomination:
former University of the Philip-
pines law dean Raul Pangalan-
gan, De La Salle University law
founding dean Jose Manuel Dio-
kno, University of the East law
dean Amado Valdez, and former
Ateneo law dean Cesar Villan-
ueva.
Only one member of Congress,
Cagayan De Oro Rep. Rufus Ro-
driguez, made it to the JBCs list.
In his letter to the council,
Ochoa argued that the Justice sec-
retary was the one sitting in the
council to represent the President
and not her department.
The essence of the membership
of the secretary of Justice in the
council is not because she is the
secretary of Justice but because
she is the alter ego of the President
in the council, Ochoa said. With
Joyce Pangco Paares and
Maricel Cruz
Govt...
with 72 directly under the super-
vision of the Health Department
including East Avenue Medical
Center and the Jose Reyes Me-
morial Medical Center.
The hospitals built by the gov-
ernment more than 10 years ago
were the Heart Center of the Phil-
ippines and the National Kidney
and Transplant Institute.
We are in a demographic tran-
sition, and we have PhilHealth,
Herbosa said.
There will be an increase of
people going to hospitals. Any
country that implements health
insurance experiences a signi-
cant rise in people going to hos-
pitals to seek medical treatment.
Because of its limited resourc-
es, the government has invited
businessmen to invest in its pub-
lic-private partnerships to help
provide health care to Filipinos.
But health groups oppose what
they call the privatization, sale
and commercialization of govern-
ment hospitals because it will
make health care services beyond
the reach of the poor.
Geneve Reyes, President of the
Health Alliance for Democracy, a
national organization of doctors,
nurses and other health work-
ers, says the government will be
throwing out indigent patients by
privatizing government hospitals.
She says the government
should not look for prots from
the operation of its hospitals,
which are service-oriented and
not prot-oriented.
Jossebel Ebesate, President of
the Alliance of Health Workers,
says the governments objective
of universal health for Filipinos
is impractical because health care
is becoming inaccessible to the
majority who are poor.
At the House of Representa-
tives, Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro
Casio has asked his colleagues
to withdraw their support from
the bills aimed at turning public
hospitals into corporations.
He says the plan is a grand dis-
guise, a privatization scheme to
further let go of the governments
responsibility to provide health
care to the people.
But Health Secretary En-
rique Ona has denied that the
governments public-private
partnership program for hos-
pitals is intended to sell public
hospitals to the private sector.
He says it is meant to attract
investors to supply and install
medical facilities and equip-
ment and share in the hospital
management with the govern-
ment retaining control.
This means that, instead of
having hospital directors who are
doctors, a corporate board includ-
ing private investors will take
over management, Ona said.
House...
and burial grounds to the no-
mining zones.
If passed into law, the bill
would impose a complete min-
ing ban in the whole of Pala-
wan province, in the mangrove
forests in Sibuyan, Romblon,
and in the watersheds of Su-
rigao del Norte, the authors
say.
House Bill 3763 is princi-
pally authored by President
Aquinos allies: Akbayan
Reps. Arlene Kaka Bag-ao
and Walden Bello and Ifugao
Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat.
Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus
Rodriguez, Abante Mindanao
Rep. Maximo Rodriguez, Nue-
va Ecija Rep. Carlos Padilla,
and Paraaque City Rep. Roilo
Golez are the co-authors.
Bag-ao, who recently criti-
cized the Palace for releasing
Executive Order 79 on its min-
ing policy, said the bill would
outline a comprehensive na-
tional policy to increase the
government share from min-
ing revenues and promote an
environment-friendly and hu-
man rights-centered mining
industry.
The minerals management
bill upholds the provision in
the 1987 Constitution that only
Filipino corporations or those
with at least 60 percent Filipi-
no ownership shall be allowed
for the exploration, develop-
ment and utilization of mineral
resources in the Philippines,
she said.
This provision is a complete
turnaround of the 1995 Mining
Act clause that virtually allows
100 percent foreign-owned
companies to conduct mining
operations in the country.
The bill stipulates that com-
munity development programs
will not be considered royalty
payments. It would set aside
funds for scientic research
and legal support services for
those affected by mining and
expand the areas where mining
will be prohibited.
Roxas...
The National Labor Relations
Commission has also ordered
the payment of the workers
claims using the money that
would be raised from the sale of
the bus rms franchise, its only
remaining asset.
The Land Transportation Fran-
chising and Regulatory Board
had awarded the franchise in June
to over 2,000 former employees
represented by two unions to an-
swer for the millions of pesos in
back wages that the bus company
owes them.
But Roxas questioned the le-
gality of the franchising boards
move and stopped the awarding
of the franchise.
Ong said the Transport De-
partments recent suspension of
a franchising board ruling de-
claring the revival of Pantran-
cos 498 franchises as legal had
threatened to deprive its laid off
employees of the benets of an
award issued by the courts and
afrmed by the high court.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro
Casio said Roxas should
just let the LTFRB do its job
of transferring the franchise to
the company which the work-
ers sold it to, adding his action
was arbitrary and anti-labor.
I hope Secretary Roxas
would heed the bus workers
plea, Casio said.
If not, then we might have to in-
vestigate this in Congress to learn if
vested interests are at work behind
the scenes on this issue.
The controversy over the sale
of Pantrancos franchises has
resulted in the resignation of
LTFRB board member Manuel
Iway effective July 15 follow-
ing the attacks from the bus
operators opposed to their sale.
Iway and board member Sam-
uel Garcia out-voted LTFRB
chairman Jaime Jacob 2-1 in
June in resolving the Pantranco
issue in favor of Pantrancos
former employees.
Ong defended PNEIs labor
union, which has said the revival
of Pantrancos franchises should
no longer be delayed following
the high courts afrmation of the
compensation to the workers of
the closed bus company.
Jun Pascua, president of the
Pantranco Employees Associa-
tion, said Roxas move deprived
the more than 2,000 former
employees of the bankrupt bus
rm of the long-awaited settle-
ment of their claims against
Pantranco. He said the Supreme
Court had ruled in 1993 that the
workers be paid their back wag-
es, retirement pay and benets.
He said the high court also
ordered the garnishment of the
bus companys assets to settle
its obligations to its employees
when it became cash-strapped
in the 1990s.
Radio star
Lola Sela
dies at 66
RADIO drama queen Lola
Sela Bungangera died on July
15 after a lingering illness she
sustained from a road accident
on Nov., 3. 2011. She was 66.
Lola Sola, who was born
Eloisa Cruz Canlas, is sur-
vived by her sons Roderick,
Robert and Edward.
Her remains have been
brought to the Holy Trinity
Chapels and Crematorium on
Dr. A. Santos Avenue in Su-
cat, Paraaque City. She will
be cremated at 10 a.m. on
July 18.
Lola Sela started her voice
acting career on campus radio
as a hobby and later worked
for DZRH for more than ve
decades.
30...
We require China to respect the sovereign rights of the Philip-
pines over the resources within our EEZ.
Hernandez said foreign vessels may pass through a countrys
EEZ, but only the Philippines had the right to manage, develop and
exploit the resources in the areas covered by its zone as spelled out
by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The treaty
was signed by the Philippines, China and 162 other states.
Those 30 fishing vessels should not go fishing into our EEZ,
Hernandez said.
We are asking the Philippine Coast Guard to identify the location
of the Chinese fishing vessels so that we can ascertain whether they
are in our maritime domain.
Reports of the approaching fleet of fishermen come on the heels
of news that a Chinese frigate, which ran aground a week ago, was
safely removed by Chinese Navy ships on Sunday.
The frigate got stuck on Half Moon Shoal, about 110 kilometers
from the western Philippine province of Palawan, prompting China
and the Philippines to send rescue ships there.
The warship sailed back to port with minor damage, and no crew
member was injured, according to a statement released by Chinese
Embassy spokesman Zhang Hua.
After the frigate left, the Coast Guard immediately deployed divers
to check if the marine resources at Half Moon suffered any damage.
Senator Panfilo Lacson later said the government made a smart
move when it opted not protest warships incursion on Philippine
territory.
He said the government should also consider Chinas proposal for
a joint exploration of the Shoal.
Although we can say that they should leave us alone, and they
have no business in meddling, still, we will look for foreign part-
ners to explore the massive resources at the Scarborough Shoal,
Lacson said.
If you look at Wikipedia, that place is the number 4 biggest
source of natural gas. Joyce Pangco Paares, Joel Zurbano and Ma-
con-Ramos Araneta, with the AP.
LP...
we adopt candidates belonging to another slate, that
is like supporting the other candidates belonging to
the other slate. It will be difcult to have common
candidates.
Abad said the LP was already having difculties
paring down the number of nominees to the admin-
istration slate for the 2013 senatorial polls.
We have more that 12 names of viable candi-
dates, so there is that difculty, Abad said.
Our problem now is how to reduce the slate to
12, so why should we adopt more and add to our
problems?
But Abad said that policy would not prevent UNA
from adopting the Liberal Partys senatorial bets.
But of course, there is that policy that our can-
didates cannot join another slate in another stage,
ABad said.
Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that,
based on his discussions with Abad, the name of
Senator Francis Escudero had cropped up.
But again, thats something that we have yet to
discuss, Lacierda said.
I remember that they [UNA] claim to be the
team to beat... Let me ask the LP leadership if they
are willing to open. But I cannot answer for them
right now.
Presidential Communications Development Secre-
tary Ramon Carandang said he was not aware if there
had been extensive talks between the LP and UNA.
This administration is committed to certain re-
forms: anti-corruption, anti-poverty, strengthening
of our defense and all of those things, Carandang
said.
If the Liberal Party is going to go into coalition
with anybody, they must sign on to those reforms.
Joyce Pangco Paares
Bus bays on Edsa. A bus, left, enters the bus bay in SM North Edsa, which has nine lanes that accommodate over 2,000 buses daily. The bus
bays in SM North Edsa and in the SM Megamall were built by SM Holdings Inc. to serve the riding public.
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Rampant violation of log ban bared
IN BRIEF
Lawmakers propose
to criminalize phishing
Abu Sayyaf foiled
Aquino urged: Make good on your promise
Certain
herbs pose
riskssolon
Casanova clarifies developers compromise deal
There is a need to pinpoint who should be made answerable
and accountable for all this blatant disregard of our environmental
laws, Paje said.
President Benigno Aquino III issued Executive Order No.
23 on Feb. 1 last year declaring a moratorium on the cutting of
timber in natural and residual forests nationwide and stopping the
Environment Department from issuing tree-cutting permits.
Recently, however, authorities conscated big volumes of cut
logs and other forest products in Regions 11 and 13.
Last week, police seized 14.83 cubic meters of illegally-cut
Lauan logs worth more than P84,000 and 1.1811.11 board feet of
illegally-cut Yakal logs worth more than P42,000 in Surigao del
Norte, Surigao del Sur and Agusan province. It happened after Mr.
Aquino created an Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force.
Last month, staff from the Environment Department, Coast Guard,
Philippine Ports Authority, National Bureau of Investigation,
Bureau of Customs and Manila Police Station 1, conscated 55
vans of lumber at the North Harbor in Manila.
Paje said the cargo was loaded on the MV Lorcon Dumaguete
that sailed from Davao City.
The bulk of the conscations we have been making has been
traced to Mindanao particularly in Regions 11 and 13, Paje said.
Last week, Paje sacked 31 Environment ofcials and employees
in Regions 11 and 13, including two regional executive directors,
for failing to stop the illegal logging in their areas.
As of June 30, 33 Environment personnel were either dismissed,
suspended, ned or reprimanded; 34 were formally charged, while
180 more were issued with show-case memoranda.
Meanwhile, Environment National Capital Region Executive
Director Neria Andin said that she has already requested assistance
of various law enforcement agencies to secure the 55 vans of lumber
now deposited at Pier Zone.
A MEASURE was led in the House of
Representatives seeking to dene and im-
pose stiffer penalties against phishing.
House Bill 6199, or the proposed
Anti-Phishing Act denes Phishing
as an act of securing personal informa-
tion such as username, password, bank
account numbers and credit card details
and use them for fraudulent means, such
as identity theft and misrepresentation.
The bills authors, Buhay party-list
Reps. Mariano Michael Velarde, Jr. and
Irwin Tieng, led the measure in re-
sponse to unabated and uncontrollable
illegal internet activities.
The bill seeks to impose an imprisonment
of at least 12 years and a ne of P200,000,
and penalizes any person who willfully
abets or aids in the commission of any of
the offenses or any person who willfully
attempts to commit any of the enumerated
offenses under the proposed act.
The bill also prescribes that the gov-
ernment shall provide assistance to oth-
er countries under Presidential Decree
1069 otherwise known as the Philip-
pine Extradition Law for purposes of
detection, investigation and prosecution
of offenses under the proposed act.
At present, Velarde said the Philippines does
not have any law to address the problem.
Velarde said there were two cybercrime
bills pending approval. One is Senate Bill
2796 otherwise called An Act Dening
Cybercrime, Providing for Prevention,
Investigation and Imposition of Penalties
Therefore and For Other Purposes, and
the other is House Bill 5808 or An Act
Preventing Cybercrime, Providing for the
Prevention, Suppression and the Imposi-
tion of Penalties Therefor and for Other
Purposes, which were passed on third
reading. Maricel Cruz
THE Bases Conversion and
Development Authority on
Monday brushed aside the
claim of Camp John Hay De-
velopment Corporation that
BCDA blocked its proposals
which promised higher rev-
enues forthe state agency.
BCDA president-CEO Arnel
Paciano D. Casanova said that
the agency never received such
upfront offer to pay the amount.
The offer of CJHDevco, which
came a day before BCDAs ter-
mination of the Lease Agree-
ment, did not address the ques-
tion of its P3 billion arrears to the
government and sought to drasti-
cally change the terms of the bid-
ded out contractan act which
has been declared illegal by the
Supreme Court in 2003.
What CJHDevco convenient-
ly forgot to reveal to the public
was that its offer was to write off
its P3 billion debt
to the Filipino
people, increase
the term of the
original 25 year
contract to 65
years and change
the contract from
a lease to a joint
venture agree-
ment, Casanova
added.
The BCDA
Board, as stew-
ards of public
property, exercised extraordinary
diligence in rejecting such ridicu-
lous proposal and unanimously
voted to refuse the offer since it
seeks to drastically change the
awarded contract and violates
the laws on public bidding. The
BCDA Board has no choice but
to reject such patently illegal of-
fer, Casanova said.
He cited the
case in 2003 of
Agan Jr. vs. Pi-
atco where the
Supreme Court
ruled that in a
publicly bidded
contract, each
bidder must bid
on the same
thing. The Court
said that [i]f
the winning bid-
der is allowed to
later include or
modify certain provisions in the
contract awarded such that the
contract is altered in any mate-
rial respect, then the essence of
fair competition in the public
bidding is destroyed.
Casanova dismissed as mis-
leading the claim of a CJHDevco
lawyer that BCDA would have
received P8.5 billion if it accept-
ed the CJHDevco offer without
mentioning that such amount is
only a projection and will be real-
ized only in 2061 based on their
proposal assuming all business
conditions are ideal.
Based on BCDAs 15-year
collection experience with
them, CJHDevco has not been
able to substantially deliver
on its promised nancial ob-
ligations under a simple lease
contract. How much different
would this be if it becomes
the governments joint-venture
partner, when BCDA would be
subjected to share even in their
losses? It is disingenuous for
them to state that they have pro-
posed to pay BCDA P8.5 billion
when they refused to pay the P3
billion arrears or even the P736
million bond that the RTC Ba-
guio has ordered them to post,
Casanova pointed out.
HOG and poultry raisers are holding on
to the commitment made by the Aquino
administration through the Department of
Agriculture not to use the livestock and
poultry sectors as bargaining chips in ne-
gotiating with the World Trade Organiza-
tion for a three-year extension of the coun-
trys quantitative restrictions on rice.
Swine Development Council convenor
and party-list chairman Rosendo So of
Abono has expressed support for Agricul-
ture Secretary Proceso Alcalas position not
to use the livestock and poultry sectors as
sacricial lambs for the rice sector.
The hog and poultry sectors represent 25
percent of the countrys agriculture with
a combined production of P320 billion
annually.
We extend our hand of support in your
quest to uplift the lives of the people in the ag-
ricultural sector, So said in his July 11, 2012
letter to Alcala. We thank you very much for
your verbal assurance that the livestock and
poultry sectors will not be used as bargaining
chips in the renegotiation.
In an effort to prevent a ood of import-
ed rice, the Philippines is currently in talks
with the WTO and is trying to convince the
trade body to extend the limits on the im-
portation of rice known as quantitative re-
strictions (QRs), which have been enjoyed
by country since June 2006.
The restrictions on rice imports which
ended last June 30, 2012 had allowed the
government some control in protecting
local rice producers and consumers from
the inux of imported rice by allowing the
government to impose higher tariffs on rice
imports beyond a certain volume.
The United States, however, opposed
the Philippine governments bid for ex-
tending the restriction on rice imports un-
til 2015 with the Americans claiming that
Philippine regulations on imported meats
already pose a threat to the US exports of
pork into the country. More than half of the
Philippines pork imports come from the
United States and Canada.
The US wants the Philippines Depart-
ment of Agriculture to rescind its adminis-
trative orders on the handling of frozen and
freshly slaughtered meat, which the Ameri-
cans claim, are heavily lopsided against im-
ported meat products.
The DA offered the tariff on mechani-
cally deboned meat (MDM) for hog and
poultry during international trade talks to
extend the QR on rice until 2017. Eas-
ing the tariff on imported meats seriously
endangers the local backyard hog raisers,
So warned.
Daniel P. Javellana Jr., chairman of
the National Federation of Hog Farmers,
Inc., shared the sentiments of So even as
he expressed strong objection to the re-
duction of tariff rates for chilled swine
and frozen meat from the current 30-40
percent rate to just 5 % or a net reduction
of 25-to 35%. Rey Requejo
By Maricel V. Cruz
A MANILA lawmaker urged the
joint House Committee on Trade
and Industry and the Quality Af-
fordable Medicine Oversight
Committee to look into reports
that certain herbal medicines dis-
tributed in the market are not
properly handled, thus posing
serious health risks to consumers.
In authoring House Resolution
2416, Manila Rep. Ma. Theresa
Bonoan-David, cited reports that
certain herbal medicines such as
herbal cough syrups were found
to contain bacteria beyond the
safety standards set by the Phil-
ippine Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA) which can be
harmful to the body if ingested.
The resolution noted that in-
gestion of high levels of aerobic
bacteria could result in a number
of potential adverse effects,
ranging from an upset stomach
to more serious symptoms such
as fever and gastrointestinal
symptoms including vomiting,
abdominal pain and diarrhea,
which in severe cases, could lead
to life-threatening dehydration.
The growth of the herbal med-
icine industry has since grown
signicantly since the passage of
RA 8423 in 1977 and successfully
penetrated the markets and are be-
ing sold in drugstores and super-
markets and are even advertised
on radio and television, Bonoan-
David said in the resolution.
Bonoan-David said Republic
Act 8423, otherwise known as the
Traditional Alternative Medicine
Act (TAMA Act) was passed on
December 7, 1977 in response to
the peoples clamor for a proven
safe and effective traditional and
alternative health care products,
services and technologies.
The resolution noted that the
Department of Health embraced
the medicinal value of herbal
plants by approving 10 medici-
nal plants to be used as herbal
medicine in the Philippines due
to its benecial effects.
These are Akapulko (Cassia
Alata) to treat insect bites; Am-
palaya (Momordica Charantia)
for diabetes, Bawang (Allium
Sativum) for infections; Bayabas
(Osidium Guajava) for cough;
Lagundi (Vitex Negundo) for
cough, colds and fever; Niyog-
niyogan (Quisqualis Indical.) for
intestinal parasites; Sambong
(Blumea Balsamiferia) for kid-
ney stones; Tsaang Gubat (Ehretia
Microphylla Lam.) for eczema;
Ulasimang Bato I Pansit-Pansitan
(Peperomia Pellucid a) for gout
and Yerba Buena (Clinopodium
Douglasii) for rheumatism.
Metrobank awards. In
celebration of its 50
th
year,
the Metrobank Foundation
Inc. will once again award
the best journalists from
print, broadcast and online
media for 2012. Via the
signing of a memorandum
of agreement for the
Journalists of the Year (JOY)
Awards, the MBFI has
partnered with the Probe
Media Foundation Inc. to
administer the awards
program . From left:
Metrobank Foundation
executive director Nicanor
L. Torres Jr., MBFI executive
vice president Elvira Ong
Chan, MBFI president
Aniceto M. Sobrepea,
PMFI founder and trustee
Cheche Lazaro, vice
president Twink Macaraig,
and executivedirector
Yasmin Mapua-Tang.
Man with a (medical) mission. PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan celebrated his 66
th
birthday in Apalit, Pampanga, his hometown,
with a series of corporate social responsibility activities. Pangilinan distributed medicines to patients who consulted the volunteer doctors
of the medical and dental mission held at the Health Center in San Juan, Apalit. Beside him is PLDT Community Relations Head Evelyn M.
Del Rosario. Other activities included the surgical operation of 23 hare-lip and cleft palate patients sponsored by PLDT and Operation Smile,
planting of 66,000 trees nationwidepresented as a special gift to him.
By Othel V. Campos
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Ramon
Paje said Monday he had formed two
fact-nding teams to investigate the
liability of his eld ofcers for the
continuing illegal logging in Southern
Mindanao.
SPECIAL Forces have foiled an attempt
by the Abu Sayyaf Group to ambush a
parish priest on Sunday, Army spokes-
man Harold Cabunoc said.
Government soldiers and the bandits
clashed at around 10:50 a.m. for more
than 10 minutes, afterwhich the Abu
Sayyaf escaped.
Rev. Father Julius Boado, the parish
priest of Tumahubong who was supposed
to travel to Isabela City during that day,
sought the soldiers help, Cabunoc said.
No one was harmed or killed during
the encounter, Cabunoc said.
He said it was the same group of ban-
dits believed responsible for the ambush
which killed six people, and wounded
22 others a few days ago.
Col. Arthur Ang, commander of
104th Brigade,has advised the priest to
postpone his travel.
A dialogue attended by senior lo-
cal leaders like Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujib
Hataman, Bishop Martin Jumuad, mili-
tary and police authorities was immedi-
ately conducted to discuss the security
situation in the area. Florante Solmerin
Casanova
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JULY 17, 2012 TUESDAY
A4
THE 15
th
Congress will begin its nal
session next week. The Legislature has its
work cut out for it; the question is whether
it has the political will to shun distractions.
After all, in the preceding session, both
Houses showed a remarkable ability to
focus on everything but the task at hand.
Half a year was devoted to the singular task
of impeaching the head of the Judiciary and
making sure he was ousted.
Our lawmakers did not have to worry
about displeasing President Benigno
Aquino III by their inaction. In fact, it was
at his behest that the former chief justice,
whom he saw as an ally and defender of
his political enemy, was put on trial and
villied before the public.
In the meantime, the less sensational
issuesthe absence of a national
reproductive health law, among other
thingswere pushed aside despite the fact
that they affected more Filipinos at personal
and immediate levels.
Backed by the high and mighty Catholic
Church, the opponents of the reproductive
health bill succeeded in delaying the
voting on the measure despite the fact that
debates have covered issues that have been
discussed at great length before.
A law will not tell Filipinos to use artical
means of contraception. It will show them
the many ways they could make informed
choices in establishing their families in
ways compatible to their beliefs, health, and
nances.
Ofcial gures tell us that maternal
mortality has worsened in the last ve years.
In 2006, there were 162 maternal deaths per
100,000 live births. In 2011, there were 221.
These numbers may not be as appealing to
our politicians as, say, the millions of pesos
in undeclared bank deposits. One senator,
a former comedian, even wants to see the
death certicates of the women who have
died from pregnancy-related complications.
Somebody should tell him that his joke is
not only lame; it is in bad taste.
The speaker of the House of
Representatives, for his part, could not even
get his colleagues together to vote on the
bill. This is perplexing because when he
was mayor, he supported RH programs for
his constituents.
All these, however, would not matter
if we had a President who remains true
to his word. While campaigning for the
presidency two years ago, Mr. Aquino
emphasized the importance of informing
couples of the choices available to them.
He has repeatedly uttered his preference for
responsible parenthood. After two years,
he has yet to keep his word.
Mr. Aquino has shown us time and
again that he could rally his legislative
allies to do his bidding. That is, if he
wanted to do so bad enough. He must
show his sincerity not by telling his
allies to pass the bill but by putting it to
a vote. And then we will see.
The President only has to say the
word. The problem is whether he has
what it takes.
Keeping them in the dark
One party under
Noynoy
EDITORIAL
No to Cha-cha
I WAS surprised to read over the week-
end about the new National Economic
and Development Authoritys heads
reference to a lost decade during the
Arroyo years. I wouldnt mind hearing
that pejorative from people who are paid
government spokesmen, or rabid lead-
ers of the new LP/Left alliance. It was,
however, disconcerting to hear it from
a respected development economist like
Arsi Balisacan, who also happens to be
the outgoing economics dean at UP.
Speaking at a public forum, Dr. Bali-
sacan bemoaned the previous decade as
one where high economic growth failed
to make a dent in poverty statistics.
You know what happened in the lost
decade? Walang nangyari sa poverty ta-
laga, at lang.
The Neda head was referring to the of-
cial increase in poverty incidence from
24.9 percent in 2003 to 26.5 percent in
2009. It is needless to point out that this
is an increase of less than two points in all
of six years hardly something to write
home about. And it isnt consistent either
with the Social Weather Stations survey
ndings that show self-rated poverty go-
ing down over the same period. In short,
the poverty increase that Arsi is wringing
his hands over seems to be arguable, as
well as minimal.
Moreover, as we wrote in a previ-
ous piece, the so-called Kuznets curve
does predict that income inequality will
get worse with economic development
before it gets better, until we get past
some sweet spot on the curve. The
consensus these days is that we need
to show sustained economic growth of
7-8 percent, year in and year out, before
we can make a permanent dent in those
poverty stats (as opposed to an articial
dent that might bethough in fact still
hasnt been--conjured up by Dinky Soli-
mans massive cash dole).
Economic growth was unbroken
through nearly forty quarters under Mrs.
Arroyoeven in the depths of the 2008
global recession--and exceeded 7 per-
cent to my recollection in at least two
years. But it obviously wasnt enough to
get us past the sweet spot, and she
being a trained economist as wellto
my knowledge never made such a claim.
Within this context, Dr. Balisacans
comment was gratuitous, perhaps po-
litically opportunistic, and theoretically
shaky as well. Despite our disappoint-
ment, were still hopeful that well be
seeing and hearing better from him in
the years to come.
***
Arsis boss the Presidentfrom
whom we expect much less economic
literacybehaved true to form once
again, when he opposed the growing ag-
itation for Charter change by the Senate
President, the Speaker of the House, and
even stalwarts of his own Liberal Party
like Senator Frank Drilon. The agitation
is primarilyperhaps exclusivelydi-
rected at the reactionary economic pro-
visions of the Constitution, especially
those that limit foreign investment and
operations here.
The President boasted that if it aint
broke, dont x it. He was referring to
the 6.4-percent growth posted in the rst
quarter of this year, even though this is
just a single data point that was the in-
evitable result of governments under-
spending a year earlier. From this exceed-
ingly modest and conspicuously solitary
achievement of his, Aquino now wants
us to believe that economic growth on his
watch will be strong enough to preempt
any need for Charter change.
It gets better from his spokesmen. The
fetching Abigail Valte weighed in with the
profound observation that foreign inves-
tors are so beguiled by her boss that they
wouldnt mind being restricted to the le-
gal ownership limit of 40 percent in some
industriesinstead of taking majority
or even hundred percent ownershipso
long as they get the chance to put their
money where Aquinos mouth is. Shes
been mesmerized by those billions of dol-
lars of investment pledges the President
raised during his latest trips abroad, even
before a single cent, to my knowledge, has
actually come in.
As a foreign observer wrote about
Filipinos, we often seem to think that
we just need to say that something is,
and voila! it in fact will be. Forget about
hard work, or perspicacity, or some lev-
el of intelligent application of oneself.
For the Palace gang, its just as easy as
ones favorite video game.
***
At the end of the day, the reason the
President will not be budged from his po-
sition against Charter change is exceed-
ingly simple: He will protect at all costs
the 1987 Constitution that was perhaps
the most durable legacy bequeathed by his
mother, the democracy President.
First and foremost, Mr. Aquino is a
dutiful and loving son. This appears to be
even more important to him than being an
effective leader of the country. And this
in fact is what we the voters bought into
in the rst place: this hope against hope
that the sons loyalty to his parents would
somehow transmute into him their heroic
and redemptive qualities, AND that those
qualities alonedespite his mediocre leg-
islative record and the ulterior agendas of
the KKK company that he keeps today
would in turn transmute into some form of
effective leadership.
It is a hope that we indulged with our
eyes wide open during the last elections.
For that, we have earned for ourselves
the special responsibility to help the
President achieve this extremely unlike-
ly outcome, even as we bear the costs
incurred in the process of hissome-
howgetting there.
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ITS certainly a formula for winning,
in Dolphys trenchant understanding
of politics. But is it any way to pick
the best from among those who would
want to rule?
The proposal of JV Ejercito for
a single, unied super-slate of 12
candidates for the Senate next year is
not as shock-inducing as it appears at
rst glance. In fact, Ejercitos call for
a united Liberal Party-United Nation-
alist Alliance ticket is merely the logi-
cal conclusion of the Aquino admin-
istrations attempts to coalesce with
major parties simply because LP can-
not complete a slate with any chance
of winning next year.
If President
Noynoy Aquino
had not decided to
abandon any pre-
tense of attempt-
ing to nd 12 can-
didates from LPs
own barren, loser-
infested ranks and
to start adopting
members of the
Nationalist Peo-
ples Coalition and
the Nacionalista
Party, UNA would
never consider joining the jerry-
rigged political juggernaut of conve-
nience that is LP-NPC-NP. Indeed, as
Ejercito pointed out, its already hard
to differentiate between the candi-
dates of LP-NPC-NP and UNA, since
there is no clear-cut line between the
opposition and the administration.
If Ejercitos suggestion is adopted,
voting for the Senate will be very
much simplied. There will simply
be no other ticket to do battle with
the candidates of the humongous and
homogenous alphabet-soup slate that
will be elded by LP-NPC-NP-UNA,
which will have all the resources,
name recall and all the other tradition-
al requirements for winning.
All the other candidates will be in-
dependents or representatives of fringe
political parties with incomplete slates
and virtually no chance of winning
like LP once was, pre-coalition. And
the few real opposition candidates in
UNA like former Senate President Er-
nesto Maceda and Zambales Rep. Mi-
tos Magsaysay will certainly be purged
from any united ticket, much to the re-
lief of Malacaang Palace.
The Ejercito proposal is the direct
consequence, after all, of the belief
that winning (not ideology nor plat-
forms nor programs) is all that matters
in an election. It is also, in Ejercitos
own words, an admission of the in-
terchangeability of our various major
parties and the usual suspects they
eld as candidates.
What the Ejercito model really
proposes is this: if every party and
every candidate is virtually the same,
why not just pick 12 who have the
best chances of winning, put them
in one single, powerful and resource-
rich slate and let the devil take the
hindmost.
Considering Ejercitos political ex-
perience in his home city of San Juan,
the proposal makes perfect sense.
Since everyone who has been elected
there since before martial law is either
named Joseph Estrada or is related to
him, why not ensure that only people
from that family run for ofce?
Its a strange form of Philippine-
style politics, but its certainly logical
and experience-based. Whether or not
it can be called democracy is another
question altogether.
* * *
What the Ejercito proposal also
tacitly admits, now that it has become
perfectly clear that the elections next
year will be conducted using the same
questionable technology that was used
in 2010, is that even the traditional re-
quirements of money, name recall and
party afliation have been dramatical-
ly changed. In the
PCOS era, many
politicians are be-
ing forced into the
realization that
whoever controls
the automated
canvassing of
votes will surely
win any election;
and because the
Aquino adminis-
tration is pushing
for the technolo-
gy, the widespread
belief is that those
now in power will be able to ensure
victory for its chosen candidates.
The fear of being PCOS-cheated,
especially for those candidates who
had everything including resources,
name recall, favorable surveys and
exit polls going for them but who
lost nonetheless in 2010, could be the
real basis for every would-be candi-
dates desire to be aligned with the ad-
ministration. And now that the Aqui-
no camp has consented to align itself
with its erstwhile bitterest critics and
rivals from the last elections (think
Manuel Villar and Senator Alan Peter
Cayetano, to name just two newly-
minted LP allies), the oodgates for
indiscriminate political couplings of
convenience have been thrown inde-
cently wide.
The mockery of democracy that
Ejercito has proposed, given all these
developments, should surprise no one
convinced that local political elites,
their big-business patrons and the
operators who have ensured the
subversion of election results through
the decades, despite the legislative
and technological measures taken to
prevent them, will never give up their
power over our electoral processes.
Why not, as Ejercito suggested, make
it simpler for all concerned and have
everyone who can win and who has
the political and ideological backbone
of a jellysh run under one, single,
Nazi-inspired party?
Unfortunately for us, thats al-
ready been tried before. And that
party was called Kilusang Bagong
Lipunan, the only authorized (and
in many places, the only existing)
group allowed under a dictatorship
that we are supposed to have long
overthrown.
Hows that for progress?
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The Ejercito
proposal is the
direct consequence
of the belief
that winning is
everything.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
THERE are two coalitions that have
been formed for next years elections
the administration Liberal Party-Na-
cionalista Party-Nationalist Peoples
Coalition on one hand and the United
Nationalist Alliance of Vice President
Jejomar Binay, former President Jo-
seph Estrada and Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile on the other.
Both coalitions, however, still have
to complete their 12-member tick-
ets since there appears to be common
candidates like re-electionist Senators
Francis Escudero and Loren Legarda.
Just where these two will ultimately
belong is still subject to speculation.
Certainly, they wont be seen in the ral-
lies of both coalitions.
One thing certain about UNA is that
if there are those who want to run for
the Senate in 2013,
they must belong to
either Puwersa ng
Bayan of Estrada or
PDP-Laban of Bi-
nay. Former Sena-
tor Migz Zubiri and
Zambales Rep. Mi-
tos Magsaysay have
already been shown
as UNA candidates.
The problem of
the administration
coalition, and thats
precisely why it is having difculty in
completing its lineup, is the coalition of
three political partiesthe LP, NP and
the NPC. Will the coalition candidates
still be represented by their parties?
Thats the dilemma of the adminis-
tration. There will be a lot of ghting
especially at the local level.
We all know that all elections are lo-
cal. This means that national candidates
will depend on the grassroots level to de-
liver the votes. As such, the administra-
tion coalition will be in disarray.
And what about the provision that
each political party is entitled to poll
watchers? There will be mayhem!
UNA says it is not an opposition
party because its members continue to
support the policies of President Aqui-
no. They would rather think of them-
selves as alternatives to the administra-
tions candidates.
Technically, the existence of an op-
position coalition is nil. Every politi-
cian professes the same motherhood
advocacy as the next one -- good gov-
ernance, transparency, accountability,
the ght against graft and corruption
and the ght against poverty.
I believe the midterm elections next
year will be a proxy battle for the 2016
presidential elections. I believe, too,
that next year will be an UNA year.
Just look at the names in UNAs
slate: Senator Gregorio Honasan, Jack-
ie Ponce Enrile (son of the Senate Pres-
ident), San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito (son
of Estrada by San Juan Mayor Guia
Gomez), Zubiri, Magsaysay, Cebu
Gov. Gwen Garcia and former Senator
Richard Gordon. Thats already seven
almost-sure winners.
The administrations slate is com-
posed of these names: Aurora Rep.
Sonny Angara (son of Senator Edgardo
Angara); Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority director-general
Joel Villanueva (son of Bro. Eddie Vil-
lanueva of Jesus is Lord Movement),
former party-list Rep. Riza Hontiveros
Baraquel (who did not win in 2010) and
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon.
All of them have been endorsed by
the President but I believe only Angara
can make it because of name recall. Bi-
azon may not even run.
The administration has brought in
former Senator Jun Magsaysay and an
Aquino cousin, Bam Aquino, son of
Paul Aquino.
But who remembers Jun Magsay-
say? He may be the son of a great
president, but voters aged 18 to 35 can
no longer relate to
a son of a Mag-
saysay. I myself
have endorsed Bam
Aquino, but he has a
long way to go. He
has had no national
exposure. Deputy
Customs Commis-
sioner Danny Lim
lost in 2010. Does
he hope to make it
in 2013?
The dearth of
senatorial candidates who are likely to
win is the main reason that the Liberal
Party is scrambling to get Escudero and
Legarda. To my mind, the only strong
candidates of the administration are
Alan Peter Cayetano and Koko Piment-
el. Even reelectionist Antonio Trillanes
will have a difcult time because of his
lackluster performance in the Senate.
What is my point? Unless, by destiny,
somebody emerges to challenge Binay,
he will be our president come 2016.
* * *
Senator Miriam Santiago criticized
the possibility of Justice Secretary Lei-
la De Limas being named chief justice
of the Supreme Court.
I agree. How can De Lima be the
next chief justice when she deed a
Supeme Court decision to issue a tem-
porary restraining order on a watch-list
order stopping former President Gloria
Arroyo from leaving the country?
That would be a supreme insult to
the Supreme Court!
I have nothing personal against De
Lima. I dont even know her aside
from my observations that she is the
most talkative among the Cabinet
members.
Read the Constitution and see that
probity and independence are among
the requirements to be a chief justice.
Can we honestly say De Lima has these
qualities?
A proxy
battle
Death and life in July
LAST week, three prominent people
died: Rodolfo Vera Quizon, we know
him as Dolphy, 83 years old, in the twi-
light of a life spent helping our people
to be happy; Margarita Favis Gomez,
famous as Maita, completing 64 years
of ghting for people and lately for
Mother Earth; and Emmanuel Mer-
cado, called Wawel by everyone, at a
young age of 46, but old enough to have
lived a lifetime of loving. It is not their
death that denes these three wonderful
people. It is their lives, how they made
themselves available, their disponibilete
(to borrow a term from French Catho-
lic philosopher Gabriel Marcel) to the
world and to our country, not least of
all to concrete persons in their lives, and
especially their families.
We all fondly remember Dolphy. My
generation would turn the TV on when
John en Marsha aired; in my sons time,
it was Home Along Riles. My fathers
generation would remembered him
for a string of movies that established
him as the King of Filipino Comedy.
In between and after there was Buhay
Artista and Markova. And because his
career spanned this entirety of modern,
post-colonial Philippine history, Dolphy
had become our proverbial refuge and
strength, through the storms of that his-
tory. In the dark days of the Japanese
occupation, Martial Law, the turmoil
of two Edsa revolutions, coup attempts,
and impeachments, laughter was our
solace from anger and bitterness, and
Dolphy was one of its most effective
purveyors.
Our love for Dolphy extends beyond
being our escape from dark periods of
our history. As shown by the many tes-
timonials about him, his conduct, es-
pecially his kindness and love for his
partner Zsazsa Padilla and his children,
made him a good example for us.
On a personal basis, I never met Dol-
phy. But I did teach his son Eric philos-
ophy in Ateneo de Manila in the 1980s
and the little I learned about the latter
made me conclude that this was the son
of a good father. Only a good tree bears
good fruits.
Maita Gomez is another example of
a great Filipino. Her story is also well-
known. A model and beauty queen,
from a rich family herself and married
to the scion of another wealthy clan,
she turned her back on everything to
serve the Filipino people by joining the
revolutionary movement. After years in
the underground and stints in detention
during the Marcos years, Maita sur-
faced to worked openly and legally but
for revolutionary change, running for
Congress at some point, and nally set-
tling in being active and leading various
cause-oriented groups. Indeed, my main
encounter with her was because of her
work on mining issues where she was
the primary proponent for transparency
and equity in revenue sharing in this
sector. The last time I saw her was in
a meeting with Gina Lopez on this is-
sue where once again she impressed me
with her passion and commitment.
Passion and commitment is just two
of many superlative adjectives I would
describe Wawel Mercado. I was not
close to Wawel but, like many people,
who were his friends in Facebook or
who saw him and his wife Mila and
daughter Therese in Storyline, Wawel
exemplied for us what it meant to truly
love, to be completely loyal and self-
less, to struggle against the temptation
of giving up in the face of overwhelm-
ing odds, to have faith and hope even as
one despairs, to be truly human in the
most naked and helpless way while still
afrming life and its meaning. The edi-
fying way his family and friends lived
their grief and honored him during the
wake and funeral was consistent with
the grace-lled life Wawel lived.
I have to say that I have been af-
fected most by the death of Wawel. And
not just because his sister An Mercado
Alcantara was also my philosophy stu-
dent (one of the best ever) in Ateneo
de Manila or his daughter (from what I
have seen, another excellent fruit from a
good tree) is the schoolmate and friend
of my youngest son Rafael. His death
affected me the most because in Wawel
I saw most what I wanted to be an
ordinary person who loved and lived
extraordinarily. I also wanted one day
to come up to him, perhaps in a Bukas
Palad concert that he and his wife Mila
loved to watch and listen, to thank him
for his example.
These three people died last week. In
them, I see how true what the St. Paul
wrote in his letter to the Corinthians:
Oh death, where is your victory? Oh
death, where is your sting? For in Dol-
phy, Maita and Wawel, death is not the
nal word. Life is.
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P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
BONG C.
AUSTERO
ARE WE THERE YET?
A COUPLE of readers have written to
ask why I havent been writing about
politics in the last few weeks. I wish
there was a profound answer to the
question, but the simple and honest
answer is that there simply hasnt been
anything worth writing about in the last
few weeks. If we were to be honest
about the state of things in this country
in the last few weeks and even months,
it would seem as if everything was at a
standstill.
Prior to Dolphys death last week,
media were hard pressed to nd any-
thing to report, which probably ex-
plained why the networks could deploy
as much resources at the Makati Medi-
cal Center for many weeks.
Small wonder really that the long-
standing standoff with China at the
Scarborough Shoal continued to be
played off in most media channels to
the point of being repetitive and redun-
dant. There is absolutely no doubt that
Chinas bullying tactics deserve atten-
tion. The problem was that medias
shrill reportage on every single thing
China was doing in the West Philippine
Sea to assert its claim over the area was
not balanced off by an articulation of
an acceptable position or course of ac-
tion from the Philippine government.
The governments ambiguous we
cannot telegraph our plan of action to
the media stance only heightened the
sense of frustration and helplessness.
We already knew that we couldnt af-
ford to go to war with mighty China,
that the only logical and sensible
course of action was to get external
help in resolving the territorial dispute.
That news bit about the country going
on a shopping spree for new warships
and ghter planes was ridiculous; we
couldnt match Chinas arsenal even if
we go on a shopping binge in the next
10 years. Were not just out-gunned
and outnumbered 10 to one, were also
disorganized.
We certainly didnt need to know ev-
ery single detail of the plan on how to
get the United States and the Associa-
tion of Southeast Asian Nations to me-
diate. What we needed and still need
is reassurance that there is such a plan.
We needed our leaders, the President in
particular, to talk about what was ratio-
nal and sensible so we didnt have to
indulge in histrionics. Well, the Asean
initiative collapsed last week and the
United States has, as can be expected,
continued to engage in doublespeak.
And we are back to wringing our hands
in frustration and whining in public.
Because there was not much else to
report, media started making an inven-
tory of lives lost on Edsa and along the
railroad tracks. We all know road ac-
cidents happen frequently in our major
thoroughfares and along the train rail-
ways because all the ingredients that
spell catastrophe are present in large
quantities. But thanks to the cameras
that are now present in most streets in
the metro (yes, even our own barangay
in San Andres Bukid has CCTV cam-
eras installed on every street), footages
of accidents as they happened are now
readily available. This only served to
whet certain media peoples appetite
for gruesome reportage but as the body
count started to rise, the level of toler-
ance got stretched; people got desensi-
tized, and, as can be expected, eventu-
ally lost interest.
The Metro Manila Development Au-
thority did try to put some semblance
of order along Edsa by strictly enforc-
ing the rules on the use of yellow lanes.
The bus operators objected, everyone
took sides, and then as public interest
waned, media dropped the issue. We
dont know just how the arguments
were resolved if they were resolved at
all. I am guessing they werent. In
the meantime, Edsa is still hopelessly
snarled in trafc. Vehicles still trav-
eled at snail pace yesterday morning
and trafc updates still talked about the
usual choke points and the usual aggra-
vations.
Except for a minor news item that
was buried in the inside pages of some
newspapers about how a speech made
by the President to a group of foreign
investors last week could be a preview
of the July 23 State-of-the-Nation Ad-
dress, nothing - absolutely nothing,
as in zilch - has been written or dis-
cussed about the annual event. In fact,
many people I talked to didnt have
the faintest idea as to when the Presi-
dents SONA is scheduled this month.
Of course it could be argued that the
country has been preoccupied with
Dolphys death, but the annual SONA
is usually met by intense anticipation
weeks leading to the event.
There is talk that the President will
be using the SONA next week to present
his strategic plan for the country. Ac-
cording to some sources, the President
will talk about what has else been dis-
covered in the last two years about the
sins of the previous administration, what
his government is doing about what they
have discovered, and what they intend
to do moving forward. In short, were
in for another round of moral exorcism.
Well probably get all riled up for an-
other couple of weeks after and then get
lulled into another period characterized
by well, nothing. Were a body at rest
waiting for an external force to nudge us
out of our stupor.
Inertia
By William Pesek
NORTH Koreas brushes with Disney
tend to be less than magical.
The Kim Dynastys rst foray to the
place where dreams come true ended
in a nightmare. In 2001, the brother
of leader Kim Jong Un tried to enter
Japan to visit Tokyo Disneyland. His
Dominican Republic passport and lack
of Spanish skills piqued the interest
of customs ofcers, and was an end-
less source of embarrassment for their
Dear Leader father, Kim Jong Il, who
died in December.
Eleven years after his brothers at-
tempted visit to Tokyo, Kim the younger
had an epiphany. If the Kims cant meet
Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh on
their home turf, bring them to the capital,
Pyongyang. On July 6, Kims crew of
clapping generals watched their favor-
ite Walt Disney Co. characters dance on
stage as clips of Beauty and the Beast
and Dumbo played on giant screens.
Taking in the television footage, you
cant help but ask: Are we actually afraid
of this Kim Jong Un guy?
On some level, we need to be because
of his nuclear arsenal, abysmal human-
rights record, the erratic behavior of the
Kims over 60-plus years and the fact an
untested 20-something is surrounded by
scheming generals bored with this peace
stuff. Yet lets look through the conven-
tional wisdom to the ways hes proving
to be quite different from his father and
grandfather -- and how it may bode well
for change in the worlds most bizarre
totalitarian state.
Worsening economy
Much of the press coverage has fo-
cused on Disneys dismay over North
Koreas unauthorized use of its trade-
marks. Thats silly. Disneys quarrel isnt
with North Korea; its with Pyongyangs
benefactor, China, and its intellectual-
property piracy industry. Far more atten-
tion should be paid to why todays Kim
is playing to the masses more than those
who ruled before him. In all likelihood,
its because of the worsening economy.
As with Iran, it has taken years for
the pain of sanctions to work. Slowly
but surely, efforts to clamp down on
weapons sales, currency counterfeiting
and the ow of luxury items such as
Mercedes sedans, Rolexes and Cognac
that the Kims use to secure loyalty from
the elites are inicting pain.
In April, Japans Mainichi newspa-
per published a leaked record of com-
ments Kim made to top aides in late
January: When it comes to the econ-
omy, ofcials and economists are re-
luctant to voice their opinions because
they are often met with bias and criti-
cism that they are trying to introduce
capitalist methods when they suggest
some economic measures.
Mainichi also quoted a party of-
cial who claimed Kim supports try-
ing excellent economic strategies
whether they are from China, Rus-
sia or Japan. If this is even slightly
true, it suggests a signicant change
in guiding philosophies from one Kim
generation to another.
Thats consistent with claims by Choi
Se Woong, a banker who ed North Ko-
rea after years of working for the re-
gime, that Kim might relax controls over
an economy that has gotten as far as it
can by blackmailing the world for food
and nancial support with threats and
provocations. It means that maybe, just
maybe, Kim is as interested in learning
from Chinas success as he is in milking
ofcials in Beijing for handouts.
Last week, South Korean media quot-
ed Kim as saying the North must catch
up with global trends by upgrading its
fossilized industries. Thats a shift from
the concept of juche, or self-reliance,
that was his fathers mantra.
Unthinkable transparency
Its interesting, too, that when a mis-
sile launch failed in April, North Korea
didnt lie to the world and claim success.
It admitted what happened. Even before
that, it was extraordinary that North
Korea had bussed in a group of foreign
journalists to cover the event. That level
of transparency would have been un-
thinkable under Kim Jong Il.
Some will dismiss Kims Disney
bash as typical North Korean lunacy.
Seriously, what is it with North Ko-
reas Disney fascination, considering
Walt Disneys own unabashed hatred
of communism? Perhaps its because,
like Disneyland, North Korea is a fan-
tasyland -- just without the magic and
happy endings.
Its entirely possible Kim will pull
off a nuclear test in the near future, the
third for the Hermit Kingdom. For bet-
ter or worse, Kim has a bunch of Cold
War-era generals itching to remind the
world of their might. He still needs to
win their devotion.
Yet big changes start with small
gestures. If Kim saw America as the
Great Satan, as his father did, would
he be showcasing the most blatant
symbol of Americana in front of the
cameras? Kims father had an enor-
mous DVD library teeming with Hol-
lywood classics, but he never indulged
in big, public celebrations of Western
culture. Kim might as well have served
Big Macs and Starbucks frappuccinos
to his distinguished guests.
Beyond the schlock and the kitsch,
this Swiss-educated, Michael Jordan fan
may be telegraphing a not-so-sublimi-
nal message. As reformers go, its just
possible that Kim Jong Un wont be as
Mickey Mouse as people think.
Bloomberg
Mickey Mouse in North Korea
MAIL MATTERS
A RECENT article published last July 6
with the headline Alphaland sees P700-
m sales from condo tower by Julito G.
Rada (Business, B-1) has caught our at-
tention because of certain inaccuracies.
The article stated that Alphaland
Corp. expects to register sales of P700
million from its residential units in the
Makati Place project.
However, actual data and the tran-
script during the round table discussion
both indicate that P5.5 billion is the
expected sales gure from the 545 resi-
dential units.
Mr. Rada might have confused the
alleged P700-million gure with the
700-square-meter-per-oor area, a gure
that came up when he asked about the to-
tal gross oor area of the residential units.
As indicated in our brochures and dis-
cussed during the July 5 session, P10 mil-
lion is the average selling price per unit.
ALPHALAND CORP.
P5.5 billion, not P700 million
It looks like next
year is going to be
an UNA year.
News
ManilaStandardToday
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6 bus rms eye merger

IN BRIEF
Another Tinga arrested in Taguig for drug trafcking
Jobs agency warns against visa consultancy rms
Palawan island gets Brit nod
P360m
plunder
raps led
vs. Gloria
Doctor of Humanities. Rev. Venerando D. Agner CM (left), provincial
visitor of the Congregation of the Mission, and Rev. Gregorio Banaga Jr.
CM (right), president of Adamson University, confer the degree of Doctor
of Humanities honoris causa on visiting Rev. Dennis Holtscheider, presi-
dent of DePaul University in Chicago, the largest Catholic university in
the United States, in customary rites at the Adamson University.
SONNY ESPIRITU
By Merck Maguddayao
OMBUDSMAN Conchita Car-
pio-Morales led on Monday
plunder and technical malver-
sation charges against former
President and incumbent Pam-
panga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo and nine others before
the Sandiganbayan.
The charge stemmed from
two separate complaints that
the former Presidents suppos-
edly misused P365 million in
condential and intelligence
funds of the PCSO.
Aside from the former Pres-
ident, the Ombudsman also
charged former PCSO general
manager Rosario Uriarte, for-
mer PCSO assistant general
manager for nance Benigno
Aguas, former PCSO chair-
man Sergio Valencia, former
PCSO board members Manuel
Morato, Jose Taruc V and Ma-
ria Fatima Valdez.
Also charged were former
COA chairman Reynaldo Vil-
lar and former COA regional
director Nilda Plaras.
The Ombudsman claimed a
total of P365,997,915 in cash
advances were allegedly re-
leased from the PCSOs CIF
to Uriarte (P352,681,646) and
Valencia (P13,316,269) from
January 2008 to June 2010.
Moreover, the Ombudsman
claimed the condential and
intelligence funds grew from
P10 million in 2000 to P103
million in 2008 considering
that PCSO is primarily tasked
only to fund health programs,
medical assistance, among
others.
It also noted the identically-
worded, one-page requests for
additional CIF, but which did
not have specic plans or pro-
grams indicated.
It noted the requests made
for 2008 and 2010 even pre-
ceded the approval of PCSOs
corporate operating budget.
Older but not
wiser. Malaysian
national Hock
Guan, 60 years
old, awaits his fate
as airport authori-
ties weigh the
metampethamine
hydrochloride that
was found inside
his luggage upon
his arrival Sunday
night. The shabu
weiged 4.051 kilo-
grams, estimated
to be worth P20
million.
JULIE FABROA
By Joel E. Zurbano

CUSTOMS agents at the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport arrested
a Malaysian who was found carrying
plastic bags containing four kilos of
methamphetamine hydrochloride,
locally known as shabu, worth more
than P20 million.
Guan Hock Ooi, 60, was arrested
Sunday night by joint elements of
the Customs Intelligence and Inves-
tigation Service and the Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency follow-
ing intelligence information about
the arrival of the suspect.
Airport CIIS chief Verne En-
ciso said the suspect arrived at the
airport around 8:30 pm on board a
ight from Hong Kong. The sus-
pect passed Customs lane number
8, manned by examiner Sahlee Cu-
danin, for the standard mandatory
baggage check for incoming pas-
sengers.
When the examiner opened the
gray luggage, she saw transparent
plastic bags where white crystalline
substance was found, said Enciso.
Customs agents then brought the
suspect together with his luggage to
the exclusion room for further ex-
amination.
The CIIS and PDEA agents
conducted a eld test that yielded
positive results for the presence of
shabu. The suspect is now under
PDEA custody.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy
Biazon ordered his legal team to le
appropriate criminal charges against
the suspect.
Malaysian nabbed for P20m shabu
By Rio N. Araja
AT least six passenger bus com-
panies plying the busy Epifanio
delos Santos Avenue have agreed
to start talking about merging
their operations and more bus
lines are beginning to see the
advantages of the proposal of the
Metro Manila Development Au-
thority.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino declined to
identify the six companies because they are still at the
early stages of the negotiations, but he said they operate
at least 600 buses and they are already discussing the
possibility of operating from the Edsa-North Avenue in
Quezon City to the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
Some other city bus owners have expressed the
desire to join in our preliminary talks, according to
some of the six operators, he told the Manila Stan-
dard. There has been some kind of squabble among
the operators why some of them have not been asked
to join.
But Tolentino said other bus rms can be wel-
comed to the talks under the aegis of the MMDA so
long as they subscribe to a single business scheme
based on income, road mishaps, viability and pas-
senger ridership. The more, the merrier, he said.
Tolentino the merger of bus opertors will address
low passenger rates, fuel cost, vehicle maintenance,
breakneck competition on public roads, passenger
safety and comfort as well as pollution.
The major contributor to Metro Manilas trafc
congestion is the perceived inefcient operation of
public utility buses, Tolentino said.
Tolentino said he will ask the Land Transporta-
tion Franchising and Regulatory Board to help in the
effort to consolidate bus companies in Metro Manila
by extending incentives, including preferential and
exclusive certicates of public convenience.
He said the LTFRB is already empowered to issue,
amend, revise, suspend or cancel certicates of public
convenience or permits authorizing the operation of
public land transportation services provided by motor-
ized vehicles.
The scheme is a vital solution to ease trafc on
Edsa and other major roads. All, including the com-
muters, stand to benet from it, Tolentino said.
Hopefully, we could implement it next year.
He noted that the merger of passenger bus rms is
not a new practice because it has already been effec-
tively done in places like Singapore and Colombia.
By Ferdinand Fabella
TAGUIG City police arrested on
Monday another Tinga and charged
her, along with two others, of drug
trafcking.
Senior Supt. Tomas Apolinario,
chief of the Taguig police, identi-
ed the suspects as Andrea Escal-
ante, Daniel Datinggaling, and Elisa
Tinga, 53, wife of the detained Noel
Tinga, who is supposedly a cousin of
former Taguig mayor and incumbent
Rep. Freddie Tinga. She denied be-
ing a drug pusher.
The trio, Apolinario claimed, were
among the most wanted criminals in
the city and were arrested in a drug-
bust at 9 p.m. of Saturday along Ka-
layaan Street in Barangay Ususan,
where the suspects yielded at least 17
grams of shabu with a street value of
P290,000.
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano laud-
ed the police for the arrest of the three
suspects, who were included in the top
three of the polices list of identied il-
legal drug distributors in Ususan.
This is our latest victory in our
all-out war against illegal drugs. My
administration will never tolerate ped-
dlers of substance of abuse, she said.
Cayetano said Elisa Tinga is the 7th
member of the notorious Tinga drug
syndicate to be arrested since 1996.
That year, one Hector Tinga was ar-
rested for illegal drug possession.
These people have ruined count-
less lives, and will ruin many more if
we turn a blind eye on them. The only
way to stop them is to go after them
aggressively, Cayetano said.
Before she took over, Cayetano said
the city had the bad reputation of be-
ing an illegal drug hot spot mainly due
to the extensive operations of the syn-
dicate, which, reports had it, enjoyed
protection from the past administra-
tion.
In January 2007, the Southern Police
District announced the arrest of Ber-
nardo Tinga for drug pushing. Months
later, the Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency caught Fernando, Allan Carlos,
and Albertoall surnamed Tingaon
similar charges.
The following year, another sus-
pected syndicate member Joel Tinga
fell in the hands of authorities, the city
government said.
By Vito Barcelo
THE government warned jobseekers on Monday
against immigration consultancy rms that offer
visa interview coaching because they may be in-
volved in illegal recruitment schemes that lure job-
seekers to apply for non-existent jobs abroad.
Philippine Overseas Employment Administra-
tion chief Hans Leo J. Cacdac said visa interview
coaching is used by y-by-night immigration con-
sultants to attract unsuspecting jobseekers by prom-
ising them overseas employment supposedly without
payment of fees other than for medical tests and visa
coaching.
The scheme starts with an unsolicited job offer
through e-mail to nurses and caregivers apparently
from legitimate and prestigious medical facilities in
Canada or the United States, he said.
Cacdac cited an e-mail, supposedly from Ste-
venson Memorial Hospital in Ontario, Canada,
that was forwarded to the POEA. The email in-
formed the recipient of her selection as staff nurse
or caregiver, and details on the application proce-
dure and payment process.
The offer could be hard to refuse for applicants
looking for overseas jobs, he said.
The e-mail said the workers would not be charged
any fees, except P3,888.00 for visa interview coach-
ing and P5,000.00 for medical tests. No place-
ment fee. No processing fee. No salary deduction.
No show money. No experience required. Free ac-
commodation and food allowance, the email sender
assured the worker.
But by examining the e-mail, one can easily con-
clude that it has footprints of an employment scam.
The introduction of the letter was copied from the
actual website of Stevenson Memorial Hospital. The
sender, David R. Purvis, used a hushmail.com free
e-mail account instead of the hospitals internet do-
main name smhosp.on.ca, Cacdac said.
These scammers have access to personal data of
applicants in job search sites and any e-mail inform-
ing an applicant of being selected for a specic job
he or she did not apply for is undoubtedly a recruit-
ment scam, Cacdac said.
Manila Water to increase
July rates by 39 centavos
WATER rates for Manila Water customers
will be increased by 39 centavos per cubic
meter due to foreign currency differential
adjustments, the company disclosed to the
stock exchange on Monday.
Manila Water said the rate adjust-
ment would be effective 15 days after its
publication.
This adjustment is based on the ex-
change rates of $1:P42.70 and Japan
yen 1:P0.5253. The FCDA component
of the water bill will be adjusted from
1.71 percent to 3.19 percent of the basic
charge, company statement said.
But the good news is that low-income
households consuming 10 cubic meters
a month or less will be exempt from the
adjustment.
2 burglars killed after
shootout with policemen
TWO of four burglars who broke into
the house of television reporter Jay Ruiz
were killed in a shootout with police in
Quezon City on Monday.
Quezon City Police District director
Mario de la Vega said one of slain men was
positively identied by video footage as one
of the men who broke into Ruizs house in
BF Homes Subdivision last week.
De la Vega said policemen proceeded
to the subdivision after security guards
reported some suspicious-looking men
on board a red Toyota Innova (TKI-245)
were lurking the area at around 5:15 a.m.
He said the men opened re at the police
when they were accosted.
The police recovered several stolen
items inside the vehicle of the suspects,
including an identication belonging to
Ruizs wife, Marjorie. Rio N. Araja

Utility worker kills self
over debts to prosecutors
A FEMALE utility worker committed
suicide inside a prosecutors ofce at
the Department of Justice Monday after-
noon purportedly because of the money
she owed to several prosecutors and em-
ployees of the government agency.
Arlene Aviles, 32, was rushed to
the nearby Philippine General Hospi-
tal after she drank silver cleaning uid
while having her lunch inside the room
of State Prosecutor Caridad Junio at the
rst oor of the DOJ main building.
Aviles left a suicide note listing
debts, totalling over P200,000, she owed
to several several people after she guar-
anteed the debts of another employee
who needed money for her wedding.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
OFFICIALS hailed the benets local
tourism would gain after British publica-
tions hailed Ariara Island in Calamian,
Palawan as the rst among 100 holiday
destinations in the world.
Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez
Jr. said the private Ariara Island will be
featured in the UK edition of the popular
Vogue magazine next month.
Jimenez did not say who owned the
private island resort, but its website de-
scribes it as having eight villas and beach
cottages situated along Ariaras 600-me-
ter white sand beach with uninterrupted
views of the sea and neighbouring is-
lands.
All bedrooms have private terraces
and gardens, scattered with hanging
chairs and hammocks. Many have vault-
ed ceilings, four poster style beds, walk-
in wardrobes, enormous bathrooms, and
open-air showers.
Jimenez said the choice of the island
as a top destination would boost tourist
arrivals from teh UK which had already
grown to 104,466 in 2011, a rst in its
history to yield over 100,000. January
to May 2012 statistics also attest to the
markets continued growth as it yielded
50,327 tourist arrivals rising one notch
higher from its previous 10th place.
He is upbeat that that the markets per-
formance is expected to be better with
heightened awareness and current pro-
motional efforts in UK.
Aside from the Vogue-UK publica-
tion, Philippine destinations are featured
in London taxicabs, double-decker buses
and posters in strategic places at the un-
derground rail stations.
Prior to Vogues recognition, Ariara
has also been featured in various maga-
zines in the United Kingdom, like the
Times Magazine and the Evening Stan-
dard as well as Angels and Urchins,
Harrods Magazine, Harpers Bazaar,
The Spectator, Wine and Dine, Urban-
ollogy, and Tatler.
IN BRIEF
Busy PSA Forum today
Pingris is best cager
PHILIPPINE Sports Commission chairman
Ritchie Garcia talks about the countrys cam-
paign in the London Olympics in todays ses-
sion of the Philippine Sportswriters Associa-
tion Forum at Shakeys UN Avenue.
Garcias appearance in the public sports
program comes a week before the 11-man
athlete Philippine team begins its quest for an
elusive, rst-ever Olympic gold medal. An
invitation to guest in the forum has also been
extended to Philippine Olympic Committee
president Jose `PepingCojuangco, according
to PSA president Rey Bancod of Tempo.
Also in the guests list of the weekly ses-
sion aired live over DZSR Sports Radio
918 and presented by Smart, the Philippine
Charity Sweepstakes Ofce and Shakeys,
are Tisha Abundo and the participants in the
third leg of the Petron Ladies Beach Vol-
leyball Tournament, and ofcials of the Na-
tional Athletic Association of Schools, Col-
leges and Universities, led by president Jay
Adalem of St Claire, Mhel Garrido of STI,
and Atty. Ernesto De Los Santos of UM.
Other invited guests are Arena Ball
Philippines president Dodi Palma and
ABP league commissioner Riel Banaria
to discuss the local debut of the sport on
July 21 at the Subic Freeport Zone.
MARC Pingris recent game has recently
taken an upward turn, making B-MEG
beam.
Ping has been everywhere and any-
where on the court for us this seminals,
said coach Tim Cone of the hard-working
forward, chosen as the Accel-Philippine
Basketball Association Press Corps Play-
er of the Week for the period July 9 to 15.
Pingris three-game averages of 15.7
points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and
1.0 block have put stoked the Llamados
claim to at least an outright playoff spot
for the second nals slot in the Gover-
nors Cup.
The rebounds, assists and blocks are
already a given to Pingris, who averaged
roughly the same in those categories dur-
ing the nine-game eliminations phase.
His points are roughly double, however.
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Really its kind of boring to
keep answering the question of
what are you going to do with the
bigs, US coach Mike Krzyzewski
said Sunday. Like, this is who we
have. Why dont we talk about
Kobe: US fives size not a problem
WASHINGTONDont call them Shorty.
The US men are tired of hearing about
their Olympic basketball teams size
problem. Instead of being called small,
theyd prefer to be known as versatile,
quick, athletic, or something else that
recognizes their strengths and not their,
uh, shortcomings.
The best are in the East
IT has been a frenetic off-season in
the National Basketball Association
with teams shoring up their lineups
to become competitive in the coming
season. In particular, the teams in the
NBAs Eastern Conference have got-
ten much better.
In a case of the rich getting richer,
one of the teams that improved the
most are the defending champion
Miami Heat, which added a pair of
lights-out shooters in Ray Allen and
Rashard Lewis.
Allen, of course, is just the player,
who has shot the most three-point
shots in the NBA, helped the Boston
Celtics win the 2008 NBA title and is
a lock for a slot in basketballs Hall
of Fame.
Lewis is another great outside
shooter, who plays the four spot with
strength and facility. The pair effec-
tively eliminates arguably the only
weakness of the Miami Heat.
Team Allen and Lewis with the best
player on the planet in Lebron James,
the still unstoppable Dwayne Wade
and Chris Bosh and you have a team
that is poised to repeat as champions.
The Brooklyn (formerly New Jer-
sey) Nets may have given up trying
to get Dwight Howard, but the team
still upgraded. The Nets added a pair
of athletic scorers in Joe Johnson and
Gerald Wallace. Plus, theyll still have
one of the leagues best point guard in
Deron Williams.
With Williams at the point, John-
son and Wallace in the wings, there
is probably no better backcourt in the
league right now.
Even the New York Knicks (who
reportedly will not match the $25 mil-
lion offer sheet by the Houston Rock-
ets to point guard Jeremy Lin) will be
better. Lin may not come back, but the
Knicks actually upgraded their back-
court with the signing of Jason Kidd
and Raymond Felton.
And dont ever count out the Boston
Celtics. Kevin Garnett has been signed
to a three-year contract and he returns
to form a new Big Three in Boston with
Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo.
The Celtics will return Brandon
Bass and add Jason Terry. Then there
are Bostons lesser stars in Avery
Bradley, Chris Wilcox and Jeff Green,
who are all coming on board.
The Oklahoma City Thunder were
decimated by the Heat in ve games.
But the old-timers from Boston actu-
ally posted a 3-2 lead in the Eastern
Conference nals before injury and
fatigue nally caught up with them as
the Heat eventually won their series in
seven games.
As it is, the East won two NBA titles
in the past ve years. The Celtics won
the title in 2008 and the Heat took it
this year. The tally has been more or
less even, but I expect the count to fa-
vor the East in the coming years espe-
cially with the Heat and Lebron James
nally playing to their potential.
* * *
A bit of welcome news from Hong
Kong. Filipino bodybuilders domi-
nated the 2012 HKFBF International
Bodybuilding & Fitness Invitational
Championship held July 12-15 at the
Star Hall, Trademart Drive, Kowloon
Bay, Kowloon.
Fifteen Filipino athletes placed in the
top three of their respective weight cat-
egories resulting to a medal haul of six
golds, four silvers and ve bronzes.
The gold medal winners include
Roman Cortuna, Jr. in the Mens
75kg & below, Jerome Miranda in the
Mens 65kg & below, Reysan Non-
epara in the Mens Novice Overall,
Paolo Lobo Daligdig in the Mens
Novice 65kg & below, Joseph Fer-
nandez in the Mens Novice B 70kg
& below, and Nonepara in the Mens
Novice 75kg & below.
Congratulations to the winners,
who put in the long hours punishing
their bodies in the gym as well as de-
nying themselves the most delicious
foods in order to diet.
* * *
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REUEL VIDAL
SPORTS CENTER
GYMNASTICS Association of
the Philippines president Cyn-
thia Carrion was named to the
executive board of the Southeast
Asian Gymnastics Zone during
its eight-nation general assem-
bly meeting held last week in
Yangon, Myanmar.
Carrion is the only woman on
the board of the regional gymnas-
tics body, which used to be known
as the SEA Gymnastics Confeder-
ation, and was earlier considered
as one of the vice presidents of
the group headed by Sawat Sopa
of Thailand.
But the associations statutes re-
quire that the two VPs must come
from the hosts of the two succeed-
ing Southeast Asian Games, which
will be Myanmar next year and Sin-
gapore in 2015, Carrion said. But
it is still an honor for me and the
country to be named to the SEAG-
ZONE board.
The former PSC commis-
sioner added that the general as-
sembly meeting was graced by
Qatari Asian Gymnastics Union
president Abdul Rahman Al-
Shatri, whom she said assured
the SEAGZONE and Myanmar,
when it hosts next years SEA
Games, of his all-out support.
The GAP honcho said that be-
ing a member of the regional asso-
ciations board will help boost local
gymnastics since we can now
inuence and have greater involve-
ment in sending our athletes, coach-
es and ofcials for further training
and development under the group.
Since Carrion took over the
associations helm late last year,
GAP has been vigorously pro-
moting and developing mens
and womens artistic gymnas-
tics, rhythmic gymnastics, aero-
bic gymnastics, cheer leading
and trampoline.
Carrion gets Asian post
JAY Bayrons stirring come-
from-behind victory over
Malaysian Nicholas Fung in
the Maybank ADT Challenge
in Jakarta last weekend gives
the Davaoeno shotmaker a
big push heading to the P1
million International Con-
tainer Terminal Services Inc.
Negros Occidental Classic
beginning tomorrow at the
Negros Occidental Golf and
Country Club in Bacolod.
Im happy that Ive won.
It was a big boost to my con-
dence, said the soft-spoken
Bayron, now the marked man
in the 54-hole event serving
as the seventh leg of the ICT-
SI Philippine Golf Tour.
Bayron won the local Or-
der of Merit crown in 2010
but had just one victory
last year when he retained
the Aboitiz Invitational in
Cebu, also a leg of the Asian
Development Tour. He had
a series of sorry nishes
this year, losing the ICTSI
Eastridge crown to Miguel
Tabuena and settling for
third place nishes at Eagle
Ridge and Sherwood legs.
But his recent victory
should augur well for his title
chances in Bacolod which
also features the top local
players he bested in Jakarta,
Jhonnel Ababa, Tony Las-
cuna, Michael Bibat, Mhark
Fernando and Carl Santos
Ocampo.
Bayron leaned on a two-
shot swing on the nal hole
to snatch a one-stroke victory
over Fung in ADTs sixth leg,
birdying the 18th which the
Malaysian bogeyed to snatch
the crown worth $8,750
(P370,000).
But he will be facing a
crack eld at Marapara this
week, including Angelo Que,
Frankie Minoza and Elmer
Salvador along with Marvin
Dumandan, Jun Bernis, Clyde
Mondilla, Ferdie Aunzo.
Meanwhile, the leading
pros test the par-70 NOGCC
layout today in the traditional
pro-am tournament where
they will be paired with the
amateur players from guests
and ofcials of the events
chief backers, including the
sponsoring ICTSI, Sharp,
Nike Golf, Callaway, Titleist,
Srixon, Custom Clubmakers,
Mizuno and Foot Joy with
support from Event Captain,
Inc., Omnisource Intil. and
TPGAP.
Jakarta win boosts Bayrons bid
China rips US
on uniforms
BEIJINGChinas ofcial news
agency has blasted US lawmakers for
complaining that the uniforms American
athletes will wear at the London Olympics
were manufactured in China.
The Xinhua News Agency on Monday
called the American outcry over the made-
in-China Olympic blazers hypocritical
and irresponsible.
It snarkily suggested that all US
lawmakers should perhaps be banned
from wearing anything or using any
product that was made abroada
near-impossible restriction in todays
globalized economy.
Xinhua singled out US Senate majority
leader Harry Reid, who had called for the
uniforms to be piled up and burned.
If there is anything that should be
burned, it should really be the hypocrisy
of the US politics, it said. AP
what were going to do with what
we have, than talk about what we
dont have? I dont really under-
stand how thats productive. So
Im trying to dismiss that and con-
centrate on what were doing.
The US is down to just Tyson
Chandler as the lone natural center
on the roster. Dwight Howard is
out after back surgery, and big man
options such as Chris Bosh and
Blake Grifn later joined him on
the sidelines.
Yes, the Americans realize that
could put them at a disadvantage
against the likes of Spain or Bra-
zil, who they will face Monday
in an exhibition game. But theyd
also like to know what team is
supposed to defend a front line of
LeBron James, Kevin Durant and
Carmelo Anthony?
Look, maybe Im wrong, but
I dont think so, USA Basket-
ball chairman Jerry Colangelo
said. Ill take versatility and ath-
leticism and speed and quickness.
That beats size all day long, be-
cause size alone cant get it done.
If he was going to be wrong, it
would seem to be against a team
such as Brazil, which has loads of
NBA size up front with Nene of
the Washington Wizards, Cleve-
lands Anderson Varejao and San
Antonios Tiago Splitter on the
roster. The Americans then travel
to Europe and play tuneup games
in Barcelona against Argentina
and the Spaniards, who have NBA
stars Pau and Marc Gasol, and
Serge Ibaka along their front line.
Brazil came closest to beating a
similarly sized US team two years
ago at the world basketball cham-
pionship, falling by two points
when Leandro Barbosas shot
bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
We wanted as good a com-
petition as we could get during
our pregames and with Brazil be-
cause of their front line and their
experience and theyre a good
team, Argentina and Spain, three
out of the ve are really good
tests for us, Colangelo said. So
were very aware of what they
have and itll be a challenge and
well learn a lot from that game,
no question about it. AP
Lady Bulldogs score
THE National University Lady Bulldogs
and the Ateneo De Manila University Lady
Eagles came up with big wins to take the
early lead at the start of the 75
th
Univer-
sity Athletic Association of the Philippines
womens basketball tournament at the SM
Mall of Asia Arena last Sunday.
Joi Tolentino red 18 points and There-
sa Pama added 14 for the Lady Bulldogs,
who trounced the University of the East
Amazons, 96-59.
The Lady Eagles, behind Denise Tiu
and Valerie Chua, crushed the University
of the Philippines Lady Maroons, 77-43.
Tiu and Chua led the Lady Eagles with 10
points apiece. Tiu also grabbed 10 rebounds.
The Lady Bulldogs limited the Ama-
zons to just 10 points in the rst quar-
ter and went on to take a 48-28 halftime
spread. Peter Atencio
100 kids join tablenet clinic
MORE than 100 children all over
Marikina City participated in a
free table tennis clinic conducted
by the Table Tennis Association
of the Philippines, led by its presi-
dent Ting Ledesma at the Mariki-
na Sports Complex recently.
TATAP organized the free clinic,
in partnership with the Philippine
Olympic Committee, headed by
Jose Cojuangco Jr. and the City of
Marikina, headed by Mayor Del
De Guzman to promote the sport in
celebration of Olympic day.
It is really a great pleasure to
be involved in this kind of activ-
ity where different sports, includ-
ing ping-pong are being held and
enjoyed by children around in
Marikina, said Ledesma.
Ledesma brought national
coaches Lauro Crisostomo, Noel
Gonzales and Floyd Lobaton to
conduct the free clinic as they
taught the basics of service and
receiving to hundred children.
International Olympic Com-
mittee Representative to the
Philippines Frank Elizalde,
POC spokesman Joey Roma-
santa and TATAP Secretary
General Annie Andanar, among
others, were also present in the
one-day event.
Mejia stuns
GM Rogelio
HIGH school student Giovanni
Mejia stunned Grandmaster
Rogelio Barcenilla Jr. in Sun-
days start of the 2012 Battle of
the Grandmasters at the Paraw
Club in Boracay.
Barcenilla had a slight edge
against the 14-year-old Mejia,
but after passing the rst 40
moves, the veteran grandmas-
ter inexplicably fell to a double
attack and lost a piece. Some
15 moves later, Barcenilla re-
signed in 66 moves of a Sicil-
ian Defense.
I had a slight advantage,
but I blundered and my posi-
tion collapsed quickly, Bar-
cenilla texted Manila Stan-
dar d Today.
Raul Mejia, Giovannis fa-
ther, said in a phone interview
that his son was happy with his
result. Giovanni, the young-
est qualier since top Philip-
pine grandmaster Wesley So
entered the nals at the age,
of 12, is a being supported by
the mayor of San Jacinto, Pan-
gasinan where the elder Mejia
comes from.
So is not playing in this tour-
nament as he is preparing for
his college studies in St Louis,
USA where he was recruited
by former womens world
champion Susan Polgar.
TATAP president Ting Ledesma, POC President Jose
Cojuangco, TATAP Secretary General Annie Andanar,
Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman and TATAP Treasurer
Maria Teresa Deniega are shown during the Olympic-day
celebration at the Marikina Sports Complex.
Run Against Dengue. Manila Sports Council Chairman Paul Edward Almario (right) is
presented the logo of the coming 2012 Run Against Dengue by events co-organizer Randy
Caluag of Subterranean Ideas. MASCO is the event partner of the advocacy run slated on
Sept. 23, in Roxas Blvd., Manila. Part of the proceeds of the run will be used to acquire
anti-dengue modalities, which will be donated to select Manila day-care centers and non-
governmental organization Happy Homes Foundation for distribution. ROMAN PROSPERO
A8
Lumacad should have won vs Marquez
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
TOP Australian promoter Peter Maniatis, who
handles super yweight Fernando Lumacad in
a partnership with Jim Manangquil, said his
ward got the better of World Boxing Associa-
tion yweight champion Hernan Marquez in
Sinaloa, Mexico on Sunday and should have
got the decision.
Instead, two judges scored the ght for the
hometown ghter, 97-94, while the third judge
had it a draw at 95-95.
Maniatis told the Manila Standard that he
watched the coverage of the ght and thought Lu-
macad won the ght, 96-94. It was a tough ght
and Marquez is a very good power puncher, but Lu-
macad looked faster and sharper with his punches.
Maniatis disclosed that Lumacad traveled to
Mexico, minus his trainer, who could not obtain
a visa to Mexico.
Lumacad arrived in Mexico on Wednesday
and it really did not give him the time to acclima-
tize to Mexican conditions.
The promoter said he had spoken to Manangquil
about a plan to get Lumacad a ght in Australia.
Maniatis said Marquez will have problems
should he face World Boxing Organization y-
weight champion Brian Viloria in a unication
bout, which is reportedly being negotiated.
The Lumacad-Marquez ght was billed as a su-
per yweight eliminator amidst reports that Mar-
quez was having problems making the yweight
limit and was planning to relinquish his title and
move up to 115 pounds.
Old videos
give Juvic
an idea of
golf course
ASIAN Tour No. 1 Juvic Pa-
gunsan hopes watching old
videos of The Open Champi-
onship will make up for his
inexperience of playing on a
links course when he takes his
Major bow this week.
The sweet-swinging Pagun-
san, the rst Filipino to win the
Asian Tours Order of Merit
last season, has been watching
videos of The Open held pre-
viously at this weeks venue,
the Royal Lytham & St Annes,
England.
My friend gave me a CD of
The Open at the Royal Lytham.
I think it has helped me. When
I watched it, it gave me a bet-
ter idea about the golf course,
said Pagunsan.
Im very excited to play
The Open as it is everybodys
dream to play in the Ma-
jors. Im looking forward to
it. When I was growing up, I
didnt think too much about
playing abroad.
I only thought about play-
ing in Asia and all of the sud-
den, I have an exemption and
its a big honor for me. With-
out the Asian Tour, I wouldnt
have got the exemption.
Winning the prestigious
Order of Merit crown, thanks
largely to a second-place n-
ish at the cash-rich Barclays
Singapore Open and three
other Top 10s, came with some
perks as Pagunsan earned ex-
emptions into the World Golf
Champi onshi ps- Cadi l l ac
Championship in the United
States and also The Open.
However, it also created a bit
of a dilemma as the 34-year-
old dislikes long-haul travels.
He fell sick after traveling for
over 20 hours to play in Doral,
US earlier this year. He still n-
ished a creditable 35th, tying
Asian Tour honorary member
KJ Choi as the leading Asians
in the star-studded eld.
FORMER Xavier School stand-
out Jeron Teng admitted that he
had a bad start when the De La
Salle University Green Archers
turned back the University of the
Philippines Fighting Maroons,
73-68, Sunday at the SM Mall
of Asia Arena.
The Fighting Maroons were
able to hold him scoreless in
the rst quarter of their open-
ing game in the 75th Univer-
sity Athletic Association of the
Philippines mens basketball
tournament.
Adjusting to the faster pace of
play in the UAAP in the second
half enabled Teng to still play his
A game towards the end.
I had a bad start in the rst
quarter. Iba kasi ang laro sa
pre-season at sa UAAP. Mas
mabilis ang sa UAAP. Buti na
lang sa second half, nakabawi
ako, said Teng.
A talented recruit from Xavi-
er school and the son of former
Philippine Basketball Asso-
ciation star Alvin, Teng scored
15 points and grabbed six re-
bounds for the Green Archers
that afternoon.
He had a few scary moments in
the closing minute when he bun-
gled three charity attempts with
the Fighting Maroons threatening,
66-67, in the last 1:06.
UP took charge briey, af-
ter Alvin Padilla drove off
LA Revilla in the last 44.7
seconds to hand the Fighting
Maroons the lead for the last
time, 68-67. Peter Atencio
Faster UAAP
catches Teng
by surprise
NCAA SCHEDULE
By Peter Atencio
SIX-FOOT-SIX slotman Kyle Pascual
struggled early in the game, but pro-
vided the leadership, the crucial baskets
and the rebounds in the nal period.
His heroics in the nal minute
carried the defending champion
San Beda Red Lions to a 59-54
victory over the College of St.
Benilde Blazers yesterday at
The Arena in San Juan.
Pascual made 12 points as
he helped send the Red Lions
back to the top of the standings
in the 88th National Collegiate
Athletic Association mens
basketball tournament.
The 22-year-old Pascual,
who also had seven rebounds,
scored on a layup off a pass
by Rome de la Rosa with 4:38
left, capping a 7-0 run, which
pushed the Red Lions ahead
following the games last dead-
lock at 45-all.
Pascuals drive past Mark
Romero in the last 3:03 rmed
up the Red Lions grip on the
lead, 54-47.
De la Rosa added 11 points
and 11 rebounds, while Jake
Pascual (no relation to Kyle
Pascual) had 10 points and 13
rebounds for the Red Lions,
who claimed their third win in
four games.
He (Kyle) made the key bas-
kets. More importantly, he and
Jake controlled the rebounds,
said San Beda College coach
Ronnie Magsanoc as the Red
Lions climbed to a triple tie at
the top of the standings, join-
ing the Jose Rizal University
Heavy Bombers and the Per-
petual Help Altas.
In the other senior game,
Kevin Alas banged in 21 points
for the Letran Knights, who
ended a three-game slump by
putting away the Mapua Car-
dinals, 66-60. Alas made 10
points in the nal period to lead
the Knights to their second win
in three outings.
Meanwhile, four rookie
players of the Mapua Car-
dinalsGab Banal, Joseph
Eriobu, Jessie Saitanan and
Mark Braanally suited up
when the Cardinals took on the
Letran Knights.
The management committee of
the NCAA, in an afternoon meet-
ing, said the players of Mapua
may play at their own risk.
Mancom chairman Fr. Vic
Calvo of host Letran said they
may play, but Mapua could
still forfeit any game where the
rookies saw action if the policy
board disagrees with the Man-
coms ruling to allow the play-
ers to play.
The policy board is still de-
termining if three semesters or
four are enough to complete
residency requirements.
In the junior division, the San
Red Cubs (4-0) got 19 points
from Adven Diputado to beat
La Salle Greenhills, 65-60,
while Letran (3-1) won over
Mapua, 85-76.
The Blazers (2-3) relied
heavily on Carlo Lastimosa,
who delivered 21 points.
D-League Season 3 in the works
PLEASED with how the rst two
seasons have gone so far, Phil-
ippine Basketball Association
Commissioner Atty. Chito Salud
yesterday announced that the
groundwork is already being laid
for the third season of the PBA
D-League, set to open in October
this year.
The PBA D-League has met
our expectations in as far as de-
veloping players and even coach-
es for the PBA, said Salud,
whose vision helped launch the
amateur league early last year.
The upcoming PBA Draft should
cement that further, with most of
the top picks likely to come from
those who had played in the PBA
D-League the past two seasons.
Fil-foreign players like Cliff
Hodge, Chris Ellis, Alex Mal-
lari and Keith Jensen, as well as
homegrown aces like Vic Manuel,
Calvin Abueva, Lester Alvarez,
Garvo Lanete and several more
PBA D-League stalwarts gure
to be high picks during the annual
PBA Draft slated on Aug. 19 at
the Robinsons Midtown in Ma-
nila.
Early indications point to the
continued participation of several
teams in the PBA D-League, led
by three-time champion NLEX
Road Warriors, Cebuana Lhuil-
lier, Big Chill, Blackwater Sports,
Boracay Rum, Caf France and
the Cagayan Rising Suns.
Our doors are open for new
teams to participateschool
teams, LGU-based teams and of
course, companies who wish to
invest in youth and sports de-
velopment, said Atty. Salud.
All they have to do is call or e-
mail the PBA ofce and our staff
would be happy to eld inquiries
about their possible participation
in the PBA D-League so more
players can be given exposure at
this higher level of play.
The league can be reached
through its e-mail ofpbadl@yahoo.
Games Thursday
(The Arena in San Juan)
12 nn EAC vs San Beda (jrs)
2 p.m. Perpetual Help
vs LSGH (jrs)
4 p.m. EAC vs San Beda (srs)
6 p.m. Perpetual Help
vs CSB (srs)
Lions regain share of lead
Champion paddlers. The Cherifer Premium-powered Army
Dragon Boat Team of the Philippines display their medals upon
arrival at the NAIA Terminal on Sunday from Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The team won the gold in the 800-meter event, small-
boat division of the 10
th
Padang International Dragon Boat Festival
in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. ERIC APOLONIO
Alvarez back as Air21 Express governor
By Jeric Lopez

FOMER Bureau of Customs commissioner Lito Alva-
rez is making a comeback in the Philippine Basketball
Association to play his old role as governor of Air21.
During his PBA stint, Alvarez kept the Express
competitive with his savvy decision-making on trades.
Under his watch, the Express made it to the nals of
the 2008 Fiesta Conference, where they lost to crowd
favorite Barangay Ginebra.
Meanwhile, Powerade coach Bo Perasol is contem-
plating on handling Ateneo de Manila next year.
Perasol admitted that he got an offer to coach the
Blue Eagles next year since Norman Black is in his
nal season and will head to coach Talk N Text start-
ing next year.
In last Sundays UAAP cagefest, Perasol was pres-
ent to watch his Alma Mater University of the Philip-
pines, but coincidentally, Ateneo also played that day.
According to sources, Perasol is Ateneos top can-
didate to replace Black, when the former Best Import
awardee heads back to the PBA.
In Governors Cup news, Rain or Shine (9-3) will
be battling Talk N Text (7-5) in a crucial encounter
that could determine their fate in the homestretch of
the seminals.
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PBA legend Ricky Brown (left) hoists the Hall of Fame award
handed to him by PBA Commissioner Chito Salud.
ROMAN PROSPERO
Asian Tours no. 1 Juvic Pagunsan earned exemptions into the World Golf Championships in the
United States and The Open at the Royal Lytham and St. Annes, England, thanks largely to a second-
place nish at the cash-rich Singapore Open and three other Top 10s in the Asian tour.
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PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing July 16, 2012
5,297.99
83.47
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695.00
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
Unleaded Gasoline
P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 42.0710
Japan Yen 0.012631 0.5314
UK Pound 1.557700 65.5340
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128939 5.4246
Switzerland Franc 1.019576 42.8946
Canada Dollar 0.986388 41.4983
Singapore Dollar 0.791139 33.2840
Australia Dollar 1.020929 42.9515
Bahrain Dinar 2.652872 111.6090
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266660 11.2187
Brunei Dollar 0.788022 33.1529
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000106 0.0045
Thailand Baht 0.031616 1.3301
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.4544
Euro Euro 1.224300 51.5075
Korea Won 0.000870 0.0366
China Yuan 0.156767 6.5953
India Rupee 0.018149 0.7635
Malaysia Ringgit 0.314218 13.2195
NewZealand Dollar 0.794281 33.4162
Taiwan Dollar 0.033388 1.4047
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Monday, July 16, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
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VOLUME 870.140M
HIGH P41.850 LOW P41.940 AVERAGE P41.893
IN BRIEF
Okada, Empire East sign deal
Ayala
pursues
P7-b solar
project
BSP says remittances increased 5.1% to $1.8b in May
SM Investments eyes
more China properties
First Holdings acquires SMCs shares in Rockwell
By Julito G. Rada
EMPIRE East Land Holdings Inc. has formed a
venture with Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada for
a residential project in a planned casino complex
in Pasay City.
Empire East signed an agreement
with Okada Group, Tiger Leisure
& Entertainment Inc. and Eagle 1
Landholdings Inc. to take the lead
in the development of a 13-hectare
residential area in the casino project
of Okada.
Empire East jumped 11 percent to
P0.89 after the report. Megaworld
Corp., which controls Empire East,
rose 1.8 percent to P2.26.
The 12.95-hectare luxury residential
resort condominium project in
Entertainment City Manila will
comprise of over 25 towers in several
phases, the company said in a disclosure
to the stock exchange Monday.
We are very honored and excited to be
a partner of the internationally-renowned
and prestigious Okada Group,
Anthony Charlemagne Yu, Empire
East president, said in a statement.
We believe that Entertainment City
Manila will not only be the biggest
tourist hub in the Philippines in the
next few years but also an excellent
place to live in, he said.
Robinsons Land Corp. earlier said it
might join Okada in the casino project.
Robinsons president Frederick Go said
talks were continuing while no nal
agreement has been reached.
Yu said the world-class city will
attract one million tourists yearly, and
will be a big draw for foreign investors
and retirees, adding that many of the
visitors might opt to buy properties for
a longer stay or retirement.
With Empire Easts participation in
Entertainment City, we intend to make
this place not just a great resort for
tourists, but also a great resort community
for people to live in, he said.
Empire East recently approved an
increase in its authorized capital stock
from P23.4 billion to P33.4 billion.
Empire East mainly develops and
markets affordable housing projects
such as condominiums and house and lot
packages. It offers commercial and ofce
spaces and mixed-use complexes.
Okada holds one of four casino
licenses awarded by the Philippines to
operate a gambling and entertainment
complex as the government seeks to
develop attractions to compete with
Macau and Singapore. Robinsons is
looking at many opportunities that
may include running gaming and retail
operations for the billionaires Tiger
Resorts project, Go said in a mobile
phone text message.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
PHILNEWENERGY Inc., a
joint venture between Ayala
Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp.,
will pursue the construction
of the P7-billion Darong solar
power project in Sta. Cruz,
Davao del Sur, a company
ofcial said Monday.
Ayala holds a stake in
PhilNewEnergy through power
unit AC Energy Holdings
Inc., while Mitsubishis
participation is through wholly-
owned subsidiary Diamond
Generating Asia Ltd.
PhilNewEnergy project
director Gabino Ramon Mejia,
however, said the solar project
was on hold pending the
approval of the feed-in tariffs
by the Energy Regulatory
Commission and the Energy
Department.
The Energy Department
approved just a 50-megawatt
installation target for solar
power projects.
We are waiting for the FIT.
Everybody has been waiting
for the FIT, Mejia said.
Renewable energy
developers, including solar
power proponents, wait for
the release of the FIT rates
before proceeding with their
projects.
Solar developers applied
for an FIT rate P17.95 per
kilowatt-hour last year, but
later revised the application to
reect the lower cost of solar
panels and submitted a lower
rate of P14.59 per kWh.
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
FILIPINO workers overseas
sent home $1.8 billion in cash
in May, up by 5.1 percent from a
year ago, supporting the growth
of household expenditures in the
country.
The Bangko Sentral said
including non-cash items sent in
May, total personal remittances
during the month amounted to $2
billion, up by 5.2 percent from
$1.9 billion during the same
period last year.
The gure brought total cash
remittances in the rst ve
months to $8.3 billion, up 5.3
percent from a year earlier, while
total personal remittances during
the period rose 5.5 percent to
$9.3 billion.
Personal remittances are the
sum of net compensation of
employees, personal transfers,
and capital transfers between
households.
Remittances, which account
for about a tenth of the countrys
gross national income, support
the growth of various sectors
in the Philippines, including
banking, real estate, healthcare,
education, transportation,
tourism, telecommunication and
retail trade.
The 6.4-percent growth
in the rst quarter was also
largely fueled by the increase in
remittances this year.
The steady expansion in
personal remittances during
the five-month period in
2012 was underpinned by the
sustained growth in transfers
from land-based Filipino
workers overseas with work
contracts of one year or more,
as well as sea-based workers
with short-term contracts,
said Bangko Sentral Governor
Amando Tetangco Jr.
The government was expecting
cash remittances to rise 5 percent
from $20.1 billion in 2011 to
$21.1 billion in 2012.
Tetangco said fund transfers
from land-based workers
increased by 2.8 percent to
$6.4 billion in the January-May
period while transfers from sea-
based workers grew 14.6 percent
to $1.9 billion.
Top sources of cash
remittances in the ve-month
period are the United States,
Canada, Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates, Japan,
the United Kingdom and
Singapore.
The Bangko Sentral said the
stream of remittances was caused
by the strong global demand for
professional and skilled Filipino
workers.
FIRST Philippine Holdings
Corp., a member of the Lopez
Group of Companies, has further
consolidated its ownership
in Rockwell Land Corp. by
purchasing a signicant number
of shares of San Miguel Corp. in
the property company.
First Philippine Holdings
said in a disclosure to the
stock exchange Monday that it
signed an agreement to buy San
Miguels 681,646,831 shares in
Rockwell Land.
San Miguel earlier received
the shares as property dividends
from Manila Electric Co., which
partly owns Rockwell Land.
The consideration for the
transfer of shares to FPH is P2.01
per share or a total consideration
of P1,370,110,130.31, the
disclosure said.
First Philippine Holdings said
the shares would be crossed at
the Philippine Stock Exchange
in a special block sale after an
approval from the bourse.
First Philippine Holdings said
the transaction would further
consolidate its ownership of
Rockwell Land Corp., its agship
for residential and commercial
real property development.
is a holding company with
interests in power generation
and distribution and strategic
investments in manufacturing
and property.
Rockwell Land is a real estate
development company initially
tasked to develop Rockwell
Center, a 15.5-hectare prime
residential and commercial
property near the central
business district of Makati
City.
The property was the site
of Meralco-owned, 130-MW
Rockwell Thermal plant named
after James Chapman Rockwell,
Meralcos rst president.
The property now comprises
of several high-rise residential
condominium projects, a sports
and leisure club, a shopping mall,
ofce buildings and a prominent
graduate school of law, business
and government. Julito G. Rada
Pru Life UK
in Baguio.
Pru Life UKs Magnetite
branch in Baguio
City has moved
its operations to a
prime ofce location
along Session Road
at the center of
Baguios commercial
district. Pru Life UK
formally opened the
new location at the
Development Bank
of the Philippines
Building in ribbon-
cutting ceremonies
attended by key
ofcers of the
company. Shown are
(from left) Antonio
Manuel de Rosas,
president and chief
executive of Pru Life
UK; Olivia Coloma,
branch manager of Pru
Life UKs Magnetite
branch; and Maximo
Joaquin Jr., general
manager and chief
distribution ofcer of
Pru Life UK. At the back
(from right) are Divine
Furagganan, national
sales director of Pru
Life UK, and Arnolfo
de Leon, sales director
for North Luzon of Pru
Life UK.
Construction items up
RETAIL prices of construction supplies in Metro
Manila rose 4.7 percent in June year-on-year to a
14-month high after a rise in the costs of carpentry,
electrical and masonry materials.
Data from the National Statistics Ofce showed
that the retail price index of selected construction
materials in the National Capital Region climbed
to the highest level since April 2011.
The retail prices of building materials picked up
from a 4.2-percent increase in June last year and
2.6 percent in May.
Prices of carpentry materials rose 1.7 percent
from 1.2 percent; electrical products by 7.9 percent
from 2.1 percent; and masonry items by 5.9 percent
from 2.3 percent.
The index of painting materials and related
compounds, plumbing and miscellaneous
construction items, meanwhile, dropped.
Maria Bernadette Lunas
PhilWebs prot rises
PHILWEB Corp., an Asian gaming solutions provider,
said Monday net income in the rst half of 2012 rose 30
percent to P480 million from a year ago.
The company disclosed to the stock exchange
that revenues in unaudited nancial statements
during the quarter hit P692 million, up 24 percent
year-on-year.
Dennis Valdes, president of PhilWeb, said the
companys core business of providing services to
the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. had
turned in another strong quarter.
In Asia Pacic, we just signed a memorandum of
understanding in Laos, with the executive board of the
Thakhek Specic Economic Zone, which grants us a
75-year concession to build a casino on two hectares
of land within the zone, he said. Lailany P. Gomez
Sta. Claras hydro plants
THE Energy Department approved the service
contracts of Sta. Clara Power Corp. with a combined
capacity of 137.5 megawatts in hydroelectric power
projects.
The projects include the 20-MW Tumauini
Hydroelectric Power Project (upper and lower
cascade) in Isabela; 16-MW Catuiran in Oriental
Mindoro; 5-MW Clarin in Misamis Occidental;
and the Tinoc 1 to 6 hydro in Ifugao province with
a total capacity of 32.5 MW.
Other approved projects were the 8-MW
Cantakoy hydroelectric project and Loboc plant
both located in Bohol. Sta. Clara is developing the
Cantakoy project with the Ayala Group.
Approved projects in Ilocos Sur includes the
4.5-MW Alilem, 10-MW Quirino and the 3-MW
Danac hydro.
The department also approved Sta. Claras
hydro projects in Cagayan de Oro totaling 10-MW,
namely the Mat-i 1 (2 MW), Mat-i 2 (4 MW) and
Mat-i 3 (4 MW). Alena Mae S. Flores
SM INVESTMENTS Corp. will
acquire more lands in China as
a part of an overseas expansion
strategy, a company executive said
Monday.
SM Investments executive vice
president and chief nancial ofcer
Jose Sio said negotiations were under
way for unit SM Prime Holdings to
acquire big properties in the worlds
second-largest economy.
SM Prime Holdings is doing the
negotiations, Sio said at the sidelines
of the listing of the companys
P25-billion bonds at the Philippine
Dealing and Exchange Corp. SM
Prime is the countrys biggest mall
developer and operator.
Sio said the [Chinese] properties
are big enough but declined to
mention the exact location of these
properties.
Meanwhile, Sio said SM
Investments sustained its earnings
momentum in the rst quarter of
2012 and second-quarter earnings
are a little better than the rst.
SM Investments booked a net
income of P6 billion in the rst
quarter, up 13 percent from a year
ago, as consolidated revenues
increased 16 percent to P49.7
billion.
SM Investments stock advanced
2 percent to P739.50 Monday, the
sharpest gain since June 27, while
SM Prime climbed 2.8 percent to
P13.76. Macquarie Securities Group
analyst Alex Pomento raised his 12-
month price target on SM Prime
shares to P16.50 from P15.53.
Julito G. Rada
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 62.15 63.30 62.40 63.00 1.37 2,345,680 53,323,349.00
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 72.05 74.00 72.30 73.45 1.94 633,960 (5,686,794.50)
595.00 370.00 China Bank 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 0.00 2,070
23.90 12.98 COL Financial 22.40 23.00 22.60 22.60 0.89 28,300 22,600.00
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 18.64 18.70 18.50 18.68 0.21 2,789,200 (15,152,672.00)
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 80.00 82.95 80.00 80.00 0.00 1,280 16,040.00
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.59 2.50 2.30 2.40 (7.34) 113,000
681.00 450.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 452.00 452.00 452.00 452.00 0.00 180
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 37.80 37.10 37.10 37.10 (1.85) 2,600 22,260.00
98.00 60.00 Metrobank 95.00 98.50 95.00 98.30 3.47 2,614,680 105,025,831.50
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.98 2.00 1.97 2.00 1.01 26,630,000 (33,955,480.00)
126.00 45.00 Phil Bank of Comm 66.00 66.00 65.00 66.00 0.00 5,080 (5,280.00)
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 73.10 74.40 73.15 73.95 1.16 320,080 4,651,587.50
500.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 360.00 360.00 356.00 360.00 0.00 16,330 4,882,640.00
45.50 25.45 RCBC À 43.95 44.15 44.00 44.00 0.11 716,000.00 8,382,150.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 138.00 141.00 139.00 140.00 1.45 962,650 13,726,923.00
1240.00 890.00 Sun Life Financial 950.00 910.00 908.00 908.00 (4.42) 200 90,800.00
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 100.00 101.00 99.90 100.40 0.40 675,810 16,733,700.00
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.95 34.20 33.95 34.05 0.29 1,687,000 25,108,970.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.49 8.54 8.45 8.53 0.47 30,200
23.90 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 15.24 15.54 15.54 15.54 1.97 3,000
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.46 1.45 1.44 1.44 (1.37) 68,000
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.46 1.48 1.44 1.46 0.00 1,060,000
Asiabest Group 33.95 35.90 32.15 33.30 (1.91) 205,100
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 15.12 15.14 15.12 15.12 0.00 3,500
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.45 2.40 2.40 2.40 (2.04) 10,000 (24,000.00)
144.00 36.00 Conc. Aggr. À 80.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 0.00 10
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.60 2.60 2.57 2.60 0.00 167,000
9.70 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.05 9.12 8.81 9.12 0.77 65,200
7.00 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.13 6.20 6.11 6.18 0.82 7,477,400 4,433,881.00
6.75 2.80 EEI 6.86 7.16 6.86 7.13 3.94 4,048,400 (1,213,251.00)
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 9.85 10.32 9.60 9.62 (2.34) 12,700
18.00 12.50 First Gen Corp. 17.84 18.10 17.68 18.00 0.90 5,836,000 2,369,012.00
78.55 51.50 First Holdings A 76.90 79.30 77.20 78.50 2.08 2,532,580 (24,997,940.00)
30.90 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 20.85 20.75 20.20 20.50 (1.68) 15,600
0.02 0.0099 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 (6.25) 28,400,000
12.36 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.80 11.88 11.70 11.84 0.34 177,500 (629,622.00)
7.40 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.08 4.10 4.07 4.10 0.49 45,000
2.35 0.74 Ionics Inc 0.710 0.690 0.610 0.690 (2.82) 434,000 (4,830.00)
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 104.00 106.10 102.50 106.10 2.02 235,160 6,843,191.00
Lafarge Rep 8.80 8.96 8.50 8.96 1.82 145,300 (87,400.00)
91.25 25.00 Liberty Flour 45.00 47.00 43.50 43.50 (3.33) 2,900
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.02 2.25 2.00 2.05 1.49 4,629,000 654,050.00
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 2.99 3.10 3.00 3.05 2.01 39,000
26.00 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 25.50 25.65 25.50 25.50 0.00 928,800 8,067,130.00
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.91 3.43 3.00 3.43 17.87 8,000
15.30 8.12 Megawide 16.78 17.00 16.80 16.80 0.12 96,300 8,400.00
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 251.40 258.00 251.00 258.00 2.63 100,550 13,261,724.00
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.82 2.85 2.82 2.85 1.06 2,595,000 1,142,350.00
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.12 10.14 10.08 10.12 0.00 3,354,800 5,130,840.00
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.60 10.98 10.90 10.98 3.58 2,000
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.88 8.98 8.88 8.95 0.79 662,800 4,510,735.00
3.78 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.60 3.60 3.41 3.46 (3.89) 2,170,000 2,050,010.00
2.49 1.10 Roxas and Co. 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 0.00 1,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.25 5.30 5.30 5.30 0.95 7,000
33.00 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 33.30 33.50 32.50 33.50 0.60 276,200
132.60 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 114.00 114.20 112.90 114.00 0.00 345,990 7,077,103.00
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.95 2.04 1.91 2.00 2.56 22,298,000 18,440,590.00
2.44 1.80 Splash Corporation 1.81 1.83 1.81 1.81 0.00 55,000 86,880.00
0.250 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.145 0.162 0.149 0.155 6.90 37,470,000 148,910.00
5.30 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 4.47 4.49 4.41 4.49 0.45 441,000 22,450.00
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.24 1.25 1.22 1.25 0.81 744,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 62.00 62.50 61.70 62.25 0.40 2,242,430 18,560,500.00
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.28 1.32 1.25 1.25 (2.34) 2,680,000 (39,600.00)
1.12 0.310 Vitarich Corp. 0.640 0.640 0.630 0.640 0.00 139,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 10.48 10.48 10.48 10.48 0.00 200
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.96 1.00 0.89 0.90 (6.25) 65,413,000 (49,800.00)
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 47.90 48.80 48.50 48.70 1.67 441,100 711,455.00
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.68 12.00 11.68 11.94 2.23 20,419,300 (42,746,112.00)
2.97 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 258,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.71 4.71 4.70 4.71 0.00 33,000 126,900.00
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.00 5.35 5.00 5.20 4.00 154,400
3.15 1.49 ATN Holdings A 2.38 2.29 2.18 2.29 (3.78) 34,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 455.00 464.80 457.00 463.40 1.85 122,490 1,087,636.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 58.10 59.40 58.30 59.40 2.24 561,010 (726,157.00)
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.00 4.00 3.95 3.95 (1.25) 322,000
520.00 455.40 GT Capital 535.00 546.00 538.00 540.00 0.93 335,430 40,507,840.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 4.88 5.10 4.88 4.92 0.82 506,000 1,007,320.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 32.70 34.00 33.10 33.30 1.83 2,215,700 13,775,310.00
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.94 6.12 5.95 6.09 2.53 1,043,500 (720,388.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.21 1.23 1.17 1.18 (2.48) 4,883,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.530 0.510 0.500 0.500 (5.66) 150,000 38,500.00
3.82 1.790 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.54 2.55 2.52 2.54 0.00 513,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.21 4.25 4.22 4.24 0.71 21,188,000 (33,653,420.00)
6.24 2.55 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.38 5.56 5.30 5.49 2.04 69,500 80,300.00
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0580 0.0580 0.0580 0.0580 0.00 6,030,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.660 1.660 1.600 1.600 (3.61) 10,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.470 0.485 0.460 0.460 (2.13) 870,000
4.10 1.56 Republic Glass A 2.11 2.11 2.11 2.11 0.00 1,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.345 0.340 0.340 0.340 (1.45) 350,000
750.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 725.00 740.50 730.00 739.50 2.00 119,510 39,473,735.00
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.46 1.60 1.44 1.47 0.68 2,641,000 141,670.00
850.00 425.00 Transgrid 450.00 470.00 470.00 470.00 4.44 30
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2600 0.2800 0.2550 0.2800 7.69 160,000 (10,200.00)
0.620 0.620 Wellex Industries 0.3400 0.3350 0.3250 0.3350 (1.47) 1,420,000
1.370 0.185 Zeus Holdings 0.495 0.500 0.480 0.485 (2.02) 2,930,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 22.20 22.00 21.00 22.00 (0.90) 3,300 31,700.00
0.83 0.38 Araneta Prop À 0.630 0.640 0.640 0.640 1.59 39,000
0.218 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.174 0.177 0.177 0.177 1.72 490,000
22.85 13.36 Ayala Land `B 20.65 20.90 20.65 20.80 0.73 13,655,500 (77,034,750.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.07 5.16 5.01 5.10 0.59 5,470,800 (211,700.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.70 5.85 5.70 5.80 1.75 200,400 58,315.00
5.60 2.00 Cebu Prop. À 5.00 4.86 4.86 4.86 (2.80) 900
5.66 0.80 Century Property 1.51 1.54 1.47 1.48 (1.99) 2,013,000 (140,020.00)
2.90 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.65 2.62 2.45 2.62 (1.13) 25,000
1.50 1.07 Cityland Dev. À 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 0.00 2,000 1,200.00
0.127 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.076 0.077 0.077 0.077 1.32 30,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 0.80 0.80 0.80 1.27 740,000
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.800 0.900 0.810 0.890 11.25 252,368,000 19,386,850.00
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.180 0.183 0.160 0.183 1.67 270,000
3.06 1.63 Global-Estate 2.07 2.14 2.07 2.13 2.90 24,803,000 (13,387,950.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.30 1.31 1.30 1.31 0.77 3,671,000 2,991,900.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.74 1.73 1.73 1.73 (0.57) 5,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.36 1.39 1.25 1.25 (8.09) 462,000 1,350.00
4.50 1.50 Keppel Properties 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 3,000
2.33 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.22 2.28 2.24 2.26 1.80 73,985,000 2,726,380.00
0.42 0.168 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1620 0.1650 0.1630 0.1650 1.85 1,120,000
0.990 0.080 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6700 0.6800 0.6600 0.6700 0.00 1,704,000
3.50 2.08 Primex Corp. 3.30 3.66 3.35 3.66 10.91 416,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.20 18.50 18.00 18.10 (0.55) 5,073,500 (20,826,864.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.44 3.40 3.21 3.26 (5.23) 141,000
2.70 1.80 Shang Properties Inc. 2.56 2.60 2.50 2.60 1.56 217,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.13 6.23 6.11 6.15 0.33 1,389,500 (7,196,625.00)
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 13.38 13.78 13.38 13.76 2.84 12,640,000 50,738,986.00
1.03 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.69 0.68 0.66 0.68 (1.45) 1,328,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 4.15 4.10 4.00 4.10 (1.20) 180,000
0.80 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.540 0.570 0.550 0.570 5.56 351,000
4.50 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.080 4.080 4.020 4.060 (0.49) 5,966,000 (7,065,310.00)
S E R V I C E S
42.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 36.60 36.90 36.40 36.90 0.82 6,800
18.98 1.60 Acesite Hotel 2.50 2.59 2.08 2.28 (8.80) 3,130,000 (620,060.00)
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.690 0.690 0.660 0.690 0.00 782,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.00 9.99 9.25 9.25 2.78 1,600
102.80 4.12 Bloomberry 10.40 10.52 10.06 10.16 (2.31) 21,958,600 (32,544,298.00)
0.5300 10.2000 Boulevard Holdings 0.1390 0.1420 0.1390 0.1390 0.00 18,290,000
24.00 6.66 Calata Corp. 9.40 9.70 9.39 9.39 (0.11) 346,100 (140,400.00)
86.90 62.00 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 68.50 68.90 68.55 68.55 0.07 137,070 (2,308,762.00)
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.10 6.12 5.90 6.12 0.33 10,300
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 990.00 990.00 990.00 990.00 0.00 3,050
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1121.00 1132.00 1121.00 1130.00 0.80 90,145 32,366,085.00
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.30 10.32 10.22 10.30 0.00 285,000
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 70.85 71.30 71.00 71.20 0.49 1,190,590 (20,728,664.00)
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.400 0.410 0.405 0.405 1.25 210,000
6.80 4.30 IPeople Inc. À 6.68 7.00 6.65 7.00 4.79 24,700
4.70 2.00 IP Converge 2.28 2.35 2.28 2.32 1.75 95,000 2,200.00
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.038 0.039 0.037 0.038 0.00 9,100,000
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.06 1.06 1.06 1.06 0.00 232,000
3.79 1.62 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.45 2.46 2.45 2.45 0.00 10,000 4,900.00
11.12 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.54 8.96 8.49 8.92 4.45 8,370,800 8,558,554.00
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.90 2.85 2.85 2.85 (1.72) 1,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.74 0.75 0.73 0.73 (1.35) 278,000
3.15 1.10 Manila Jockey 2.32 2.55 2.35 2.44 5.17 1,902,000 (1,982,590.00)
22.95 14.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.60 14.60 14.60 14.60 0.00 2,000
8.58 4.60 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.31 7.42 7.35 7.38 0.96 21,900
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 3.06 3.09 3.05 3.07 0.33 494,000 (39,790.00)
60.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 61.00 60.00 59.95 60.00 (1.64) 7,150 425,947.50
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 14.02 14.42 14.02 14.40 2.71 2,828,000 (24,375,894.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2700.00 2766.00 2700.00 2766.00 2.44 202,290 237,667,790.00
0.48 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.330 0.330 0.330 4.76 4,350,000 (9,900.00)
30.10 10.68 Puregold 26.70 27.30 26.95 27.25 2.06 4,564,200 (10,689,445.00)
0.79 0.27 Waterfront Phils. 0.425 0.430 0.430 0.430 1.18 70,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0041 0.0042 0.0041 0.0041 0.00 46,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 5.20 5.30 5.23 5.30 1.92 17,600
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 5.02 5.25 5.10 5.25 4.58 50,000 26,250.00
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.48 18.02 17.50 17.70 1.26 1,226,400 (900,000.00)
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.265 0.260 0.260 0.260 (1.89) 610,000
2.51 1.62 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29 0.00 30,000
61.80 5.68 Dizon 33.70 35.00 33.00 33.70 0.00 1,267,500 87,490.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.70 0.71 0.68 0.68 (2.86) 3,754,000 (2,760.00)
1.82 0.9000 Lepanto À 1.290 1.310 1.270 1.280 (0.78) 19,302,000
2.070 1.0200 Lepanto `B 1.390 1.390 1.360 1.360 (2.16) 3,372,000 (2,351,670.00)
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0710 0.0710 0.0680 0.0680 (4.23) 89,320,000
0.087 0.042 Manila Mining `B 0.0720 0.0720 0.0720 0.0720 0.00 26,000,000
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 29.70 30.00 29.50 29.90 0.67 1,105,000 (2,567,000.00)
12.84 2.13 Nihao Mineral Resources 10.18 10.30 9.99 10.10 (0.79) 895,600 (20,320.00)
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.7600 0.7000 0.7000 0.7000 (7.89) 97,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.290 5.390 5.180 5.200 (1.70) 841,600 5,200.00
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 50,700,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 (5.00) 3,100,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.05 6.05 6.00 6.00 (0.83) 9,900
28.95 18.50 Philex À 23.15 23.35 22.70 22.90 (1.08) 1,548,300 2,785,395.00
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 45.90 46.20 44.00 44.65 (2.72) 501,000 2,135,760.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.053 0.054 0.052 0.052 (1.89) 243,950,000 5,300.00
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 221.20 229.80 221.20 229.00 3.53 298,850 (1,612,130.00)
0.029 0.014 United Paragon 0.0180 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 5.56 300,000
PREFERRED
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 545.00 550.00 550.00 550.00 0.92 700
First Gen G 102.50 102.50 101.70 101.80 (0.68) 9,310
18.00 12.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 103.40 103.00 103.00 103.00 (0.39) 700
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.28 10.30 10.22 10.22 101,500 356,440.00
116.70 107.00 PCOR-Preferred 110.10 110.10 110.10 110.10 0.00 13,110
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 75.30 75.15 75.00 75.00 (0.40) 15,000
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1017.00 1020.00 1016.00 1016.00 (0.10) 3,100
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.12 0.00 113,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.24 1.28 1.26 1.26 1.61 720,000 355,900.00
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 37,857,504 821,498,124.55
INDUSTRIAL 137,112,973 895,729,234.30
HOLDING FIRMS 133,202,081 874,074,622.31
PROPERTY 409,501,188 1,065,866,823.05
SERVICES 79,119,083 1,244,426,336.34
MINING & OIL 494,411,030 291,444,731.18
GRAND TOTAL 1,291,203,859 5,193,039,871.74
FINANCIAL 1,312.59 (up) 22.74
INDUSTRIAL 7,930.07 (up) 59.14
HOLDING FIRMS 4,506.59 (up) 79.85
PROPERTY 1,933.06 (up) 23.16
SERVICES 1,806.98 (up) 32.69
MINING & OIL 23,998.54 (down) 78.52
PSEI 5,297.99 (up) 83.47
All Shares Index 3,505.20 (up) 36.87
Gainers: 96; Losers: 58; Unchanged:39; Total: 193
CHIN WONG
DIGITAL LIFE
DO you have a Yahoo or LinkedIn account? If
so, you could be in trouble.
Yahoo last week conrmed reports that hackers
had broken into its system and posted more than
450,000 e-mail addresses and passwords on a
public Web site. The unencrypted list, stolen
from the Yahoo Contributor Network, has since
been widely distributed over the Internet, putting
the privacy, nancial security and even personal
safety of the owners of those e-mail addresses
at risk.
The published le was also said to contain
a huge number of log-in credentials for other
e-mail services, including Gmail, Hotmail, AOL
and a number of Internet service providers.
News of the stolen Yahoo data came one
month after LinkedIn, a business-oriented
social network, conrmed a security breach
that resulted in the loss of encrypted passwords
that could allow criminals to break into its
subscribers accounts. While the company did
not say how many people might be affected,
reports said up to 6.5 million passwords had
been compromised.
If youve never used or even heard of the
Yahoo Contributor Network, youre probably
safe, but if you want to be sure, you can go to a
page set up by Sucuri Malware Labs that checks
addresses against the published list (http://labs.
sucuri.net/?yahooleak). If youre on the list,
change your password immediately. LinkedIn
members ought to change their passwords right
away, too, just to be safe.
When doing so, bear in mind several
commonsense reminders:
Dont use the same password on multiple 1.
sites. The logic behind this is simple:
you dont want a security breach in one
service to open up your other accounts to
abuse by hackers. If you used the same
password for Gmail, Amazon, Facebook
and Twitter, a hacker who gains access to
one account could also gain access to all
your nancial and social networking data,
including contact information, photos,
and the names of your family members.
Use long (eight characters or more) and 2.
complex passwords. Substitute numbers
for letters based on their appearance.
For example, troglodyte might become
tr0gl0dyt3, making it more difcult
to guess. Choose passwords that are
meaningful to you, so you wont easily
forget them, but dont pick obvious
choices like your own name or birthday.
Believing that length matters most, some
security experts suggest using an entire
sentence as your password. For example,
the sentence Nothing for poor Grishnak
might become n0th1ng4p00rgr1shnak
easy to remember, but difcult to
guess. A Web site such as The Password
Meter (http://www.passwordmeter.com/)
will tell you how well you have chosen.
(Our example above scored 100 percent.)
Dont use default or common passwords 3.
like password, admin, or 12345.
Be sure nobody is looking over your 4.
shoulder when youre typing in a
password, and always be sure to log off
any Web site youve accessed, especially
if you are doing so from a public or shared
computer.
If you must write down your password 5.
as a reminder, keep it in a secure place.
Dont write it on a Post-It note and attach
it to your monitor.
If you have difculty remembering all
your usernames and passwords, use a secure
application to do the job for you. On the Mac
and my Linux PC, I use the free and open source
KeePassX (http://www.keepassx.org) , a port of
the Windows program KeePass (http://keepass.
info).
KeePass stores and encrypts all your
passwords inside a database, and uses one
master password or a key-file to access that
database. KeePass has fields for username,
password, URL and comments, and you can
create login groups (like e-mail or Internet) to
organize your passwords.
The program can also generate secure
passwords for you and tell you how strong your
chosen passwords are.
Password managers such as KeePass are
particularly useful for people who work in
companies that require them to change their
passwords regularlyas long as they remember
to update their database as welland as long as
you dont forget the master password.
Column archives and blog at:
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STOCKS rose the most in four weeks,
after the Bangko Sentral signaled it can
further ease monetary policy this year to
boost growth as ination moderates.
[Bangko Sentral] Governor
Amando Tetangcos comments
are boosting demand for
bonds and other assets, said
Dave Estacio, an assistant
vice president at First Metro
Investment Corp. Theres
speculation the central bank
may do another rate cut this
year as manageable ination
gives it room.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-
company benchmark, jumped
83 points, or 1.6 percent, to
close at 5,299.99 Monday,
the highest gain since the 2.4-
percent increase on June 18.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, also increased
36 points, or 1.1 percent, to
3,505.20, as gainers led losers, 96
to 58, with 39 issues unchanged.
Value turnover amounted to P5.2
trillion.
Empire East Land Holdings
Inc. climbed 11.3 percent to
P0.89, the highest close since
July 25, 2007. The builder
signed an agreement with
Okada Group, Tiger Leisure &
Entertainment Inc. and Eagle
1 Landholdings Inc. to take
the lead in the development of
a 13-hectare residential area
in the Manila casino project
of Japanese billionaire Kazuo
Okada.
Megaworld Corp., which
controls Empire East, rose 1.8
percent to P2.26, the highest
close since July 6.
Corp. increased 2.1 percent
to P78.50, the highest close
since November 2007, after
the company said it signed
an agreement to buy 681.65
million Rockwell Land Corp.
shares from San Miguel Corp.
at P2.01 each. Rockwell sank
5.2 percent to P3.26.
SM Investments Corp., owner
of the nations biggest shopping
mall operator, advanced 2.0
percent to P739.50. The company
sustained its earnings momentum
in the rst three months of 2012
and second-quarter earnings are
a little better than the rst,
chief nancial ofcer Jose Sio
said.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks
rose for a second day after the
Chinese premiers downbeat
comments on the worlds no.
2 economy kept alive hopes
for more stimulus measures.
The weekend comments from
Web Jiabao came after China
reported that economic growth
fell to a three-year low of 7.6
percent in the second quarter.
Growth was down from
the previous quarters 8.1
percent, damping hopes that
China can make up for US
and European weakness, but
in line with the governments
official target of 7.5 percent
for the year.
Wen said Chinas economy
has not yet entered a recovery
and economic difculties may
continue for some time. He
vowed more measures to help
struggling sectors.
Market attention is now
turning to quarterly corporate
earnings and to Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernankes
testimony to Congress on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
There have been expectations
the Fed might loosen monetary
policy even further to help
reinvigorate the stalled US
recovery. But analysts say
Bernanke is unlikely to
foreshadow policy changes in
his testimony.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng was
up 0.2 percent at 19,124.25 and
South Koreas Kopsi rose 0.2
percent to 1,816.67. Australias
S&P/ASX 200 added 0.5
percent to 4,102.20. Markets in
Singapore and Indonesia also
rose.
Chinas Shanghai composite
was down 1.3 percent at
2,159.58. Japans markets are
closed for a public holiday.
With Bloomberg, AP
Business
ManilaStandardToday extrastory2000@gmail.com JULY 17, 2012 TUESDAY
B3
OceanaGold to get $220m
Titans Coal Asia
eyes IPO this year
Cebu Pacific flies from Iloilo to HK, Singapore
Cityland launches new
project in Mandaluyong
Gold award. The three publicly listed companies of the Aboitiz GroupAboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., Aboitiz Power Corp. and Union Bank
of the Philippinesreceived the Gold Award from the Institute of Corporate Directors for complying with corporate governance rules and
globally accepted practices. AEV chairman Jon Ramon Aboitiz (second from left) accepts the award during a dinner at The Peninsula Manila
Hotel. Flanking Aboitiz are (from left) Jesus Estanislao, founder and chairman of The Institute of Corporate Directors; Securities and Exchange
Commission chairman Teresita Herbosa and Philippine Stock Exchange Inc. president Hans Sicat.
COAL Asia Holdings, holder of
the countrys second-largest coal
reserves and with the potential
to become the biggest producer
of high-grade bituminous coal,
led Monday an application with
the Securities and Exchange
Commission to conduct an
initial public offering in the
fourth quarter of 2012.
The company plans to list its
shares on the Philippine Stock
Exchanges rst board.
Coal Asia Holdings is the
parent company of Titan Mining
and Energy Corp., which
owns mining exploration and
development rights in Davao
Oriental and Zamboanga
Sibugay, is expected to boost
market condence in energy
stocks amid the rising demand
for coal fuel in the domestic
and foreign power-generating
sectors.
Company sources said mine
developments were on-track
with commercial production
of 600,000 metric tons of high
grade coal a year scheduled
2014.
Sources said a June 2012 study
on its Davao Oriental mining
prospect from Old Macopa to
Batinan concluded the economic
viability of the area with coal
reserves of 28,000 metric tons
per hectare, translating into an
estimated market value of P23.8
billion.
An earlier Philippine Mineral
Reporting Code standard
geological report, done in April
2012, on contracts 159, 166
and 167 in Davao Oriental and
Zamboanga Sibugay identied
total potential coal resource of
120 million metric tons.
Company sources said an
independent valuation report
prepared by Multinational
Investment Bancorporation
valued Titans coal assets at
P12.5 billion.
Coal Asia has bagged off-take
contracts here and abroad and
is looking at export markets,
including India, Japan, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Ofcials are also condent
the higher grade coal sources in
Mindanao would timely address
the increasing demand from
large-scale energy producers
and cement plants operating on
the island.
The government plans to
establish key economic zones
on the island, raising energy
demand from the island.
CEBU Pacic, the countrys
largest budget carrier, is set to
launch direct ights from Iloilo
City to two international and
domestic destinations, making
the city its fth hub in the
Philippines.
CEB vice president for
marketing and distribution
Candice Iyog said in a statement
the budget airline would launch
direct ights from Iloilo to Hong
Kong, Singapore, Puerto Princesa
and General Santos starting in
November this year.
The airline currently operates
direct services from Iloilo to
Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro
and Davao.
Starting Nov. 8, Cebu Pacic
will launch twice weekly ights
from Iloilo to Hong Kong, and
four weekly ights from Iloilo to
General Santos. It will also add
one Iloilo-Manila daily service
on the same day to make it seven
times daily.
On Nov. 9, CEB will launch
thrice weekly ights from Iloilo
to Singapore and thrice weekly
ights from Iloilo to Puerto
Princesa.
The airline will also launch
three ights a week from
Cagayan de Oro to Bacolod on
the same day.
We are proud to launch Iloilo
as our fourth hub, since these new
routes will greatly contribute to
the tourism and trade in Western
Visayas. Direct international
ights also mean easy access
for foreign tourists and overseas
Filipino workers, since there will
be no more need to pass through
Manila or Cebu, said Iyog.
These new routes are in time
for the delivery of three more
brand-new Airbus A320 aircraft
in the second half of 2012. CEB
will continue to stimulate travel
to, from and within the Philippines
with the most extensive route
network and trademark lowest
fares, she added.
CEB will hold a seat sale
until July 19, or until seats last,
to introduce the new routes.
The sale applies for travel from
Nov. 8 to Jan. 31, 2013.
Lailany P. Gomez
PROPERTY developer Cityland Development Corp. will launch
a new medium-sized condominium project, called Pines Peak, in
Mandaluyong City on July 19.
Pines Peak is... conceptualized for the fast-paced Filipino
family who can now nally enjoy an affordable, comfortable and
cost-efcient way of life, Cityland said in a disclosure to the
stock exchange.
Pines Peak is a 27-story residential condominium that will rise
along Union corner Pines Streets, Mandaluyong City, a block
away from Edsa and near Shaw Boulevard, Pioneer Street and the
MRT Boni Station.
The project is accessible to commercial centers like Shangri-
La Mall, StarMall, Robinsons Place Pioneer, SM Megamall, The
Podium and Metrowalk.
Amenities include a swimming pool, gym, multi-purpose
function room with movable playset and viewing deck. The
project will provide a 24-hour association security provided for
total relaxation and comfort.
Cityland said carefully-designed residential units in studio, one-
and two-bedroom types are now available in exible payment
scheme. The company said it would give special launching
discounts to early buyers.
Cityland has established a reputation for delivering projects on
time or even ahead of schedule.
Cityland was initially incorporated as Statehouse Land
Development Corp. in 1978 with the primary purpose of engaging
in real estate development. The company in 1983 went public and
listed its shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange. Julito G. Rada
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Batanes District Engineering Offce
Basco, Batanes
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-July 17, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Batanes District
Engineering Offce, Basco, Batanes through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC)
invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract:
a) Contract D : 12BA0010
b) Contract Name : INSTALLATION/ APPLICATION/ CONSTRUCTION OF
ROAD SAFETY DEVICES ALONG BASCO-MAHATAO-
IVANA-UYUGAN-IMNAJBU ROAD BATAN ISLAND
AND MAYAN-MAUYEN PORT ROAD ITBAYAT ISLAND
c) Contract Location : Province of Batanes
d) Scope of Work : Installation of hazard markers, warning signs and
pavement markings along Batan and itbayat Islands
national road.
e) Approved Budget : Php 9,896,451.73
for the Contract
f) Contract Duration : 180 CD
g) Cost of Bid : Php 10,000.00
Documents
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
RR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to
the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH
POCW-Central Offce will only process contractor's application for registration, with
complete requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. ssuance of Bidding Documents July 16, 2012- August 07, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 22, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LO July 29, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 12:00 Noon on August 07, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 PM on August 07, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at the Offce of the
Batanes District Engineering Offce, upon payment of non-refundable fee as stated
above. Prospective bidders may also download the BD's from the DPWH web site, if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BD's from the DPWH website
shall pay the said fee on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid
Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BD's.
Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which includes a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Batanes District Engineering
Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at
any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) ARISTEO G. GALAROSA
BAC Chairman

Noted by:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER D. NOLA, CESE
District Engineer

(MST-July 17, 2012)
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Siquijor Engineering District
Larena, Siquijor
The DPWH-Siquijor District Engineering Offce, Larena, Siquijor, through
its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the
following contract(s):

1. Contract D: 12HM-0026
2. Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Improvement /Installation of Drainage
Facilities (Upgrading) of Luyang-Poo-Lazi National
Road @ K0015+420-K0016+000,Siquijor Province
Contract Location: Siquijor
Scope of Work: Removal of St r uct ur es & Obst r uct i ons
(includes salvaging & re-installation of existing
guardrails);Surplus Common Excavation;Surplus
Rock Excavation;Structure Excavation;Pipe
Culverts & Drain Excavation;Embankment;Sub-
gr ade Pr epar at i on; Aggr egat e Sub- base
Course;Aggregate Base Course;Bituminous
Prime Coat;Bituminous Concrete Surface Course
(Hot Laid) 0.08m thick;Reinforcing Steel(For Line
Canal); Structural Concrete(For Line Canal);Pipe
Culvert, 1000mm;Grouted Riprap Class A;
Pavement Markings (Reectorized ThermopIastic);
Mobilization/Demobilization;Construction Safety
and Health Program
Approved Budget for the Contact (ABC): Php 19,400,000.00
Contract Duration: 320 calendar days
Non-refundable payment for bid forms & plans: Php 20,000.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO) and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DWPH, (b) Filipino
citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture
with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of
a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d)
Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in
the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the Deadline for the receipt
of LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's applications
for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Receipt of LO from Prospective Bidders August 01, 2012
2. ssuance of Bidding Documents July 17-August 07, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference Time and Date 10:00 A.M. July 27, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline:10:00 A.M.
August 07, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 10:00 A.M.
August 07, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-Siquijor
District Engineering Offce, Larena, Siquijor, upon payment of a non-refundable
fee of Php20,000.00 for Bidding Documents as stated above. Prospective bidders
may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said
fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied
by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in section 27.2
of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Siquijor District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract
award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) CAROLINA D. COLLYER
Engineer
BAC Chairman
By Othel V. Campos
OCEANAGOLD Philippines Inc.,
operator of the Didipio gold-copper mine
in Nueva Vizcaya province, has secured
credit approvals from a group of banks for
a $220-million loan to fund its operation
and repay maturing debt.
The Australian miner also
announced that total project
capital was increased to $220
million from $185 million
announced in June last year.
As of end-June, $161 million
of the total project capital was
spent, with a further $24 million
committed in contracts.
OceanaGold said proceeds
from the credit facility would
be used for general working
capital and for repayment of
convertible bonds maturing in
December 2012 and December
2013.
Subject to nal
documentation, OceanaGold
will enter into agreements with
a group of multinational mining
banks to provide a $220-million
credit facility. The arrangement
has received credit approval
from each of the banks credit
committees, the company said.
It said the three-year facility
would provide additional
liquidity for the repayment of the
A$57.8-million convertible bonds
maturing December 2012 and the
repayment of the A$110-million
convertible bonds maturing
December 2013 plus $50-million
working capital facility.
I am very pleased with the
strong support weve received
from this group of large, rst-
class, multinational banks to
restructure and strengthen the
balance sheet. Its a vote of
condence in OceanaGold and
allows us to focus on successfully
commissioning Didipio and
generating strong cash ows
from our operations in 2013,
said OceanaGold managing
director and chief executive Mick
Wilkes.
We remain committed to
creating a mid-tier, low-cost,
international gold mining
company and we look forward to
working with our new nancial
partners to further grow the
company, Wilkes said.
OceanaGold said the Didipio
project was fully nanced and on
track for commissioning in the
fourth quarter of 2012.
While total project capital
has increased to $220 million,
from $185 million in June 2011,
construction is more than 70-
percent complete and recruitment
for Didipio permanent operations
team and operations readiness
plans are well advanced, it said.
The company said the Didipio
project was currently at peak
construction with more than
1,600 workers on site.
All design for the process
plant and infrastructure is
complete. Project procurement
is on schedule with the majority
of the major process components
already installed or in storage on
site, it said.
B4
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Kids take cue from 90s quake
Detabali turns
over command
to Del Rosario
By Benjie A. Antoquia
LUCENA CITYSouthern Luzon chief, Lieutenant
General Roland Detabali, turned over the command
to Major Gen. Eduardo del Rosario during rites led
by Armed Forces Chief Jessie Dellosa on Monday in
Camp Guillermo Nakar.
Belonging to Philippine Military Academy
Mapitagan Class of 1980, Del Rosario replaced his
predecessor, who retired after 38 years in the service.
As I stepped down today, I can proudly say, that we
have succeeded in re-strengthening unto ourselves, the
values of honesty and integrity, the basic ingredients
that make us proud members of the AFP, Detabali
told well-wishers led by BGen Rolando Junco,
adjutant general, along with sectoral reperentatives.
As Solcom head for three years, he worked
on downgrading the threat and capability of the
communist rebels through combat operations together
with social intergration under the government-led
peace process program.
Detabali organized Task Group of Hope to restore
a working electoral process in Southern Luzon
provinces during his tour of duty.
Del Rosario was the former commander of 2nd
Infantry Division in Tanay, Rizal, head of the Civil
Relation Ofce before his stint in Mindanao, among
other assignments.
I will continue to nourish the areas that you planted
in Solcom. We will not fail you, he told Detabali
while urging the command to move on.
Let us join hands and be united, he added, noting
the mandate of peace and development.
(MST-July 17, 2012)
The PNP, PoIice RegionaI Ofce ARMM (PNP, PRO ARMM) through the Regional Bids and Awards
Committee (RBAC) invites contractors registered and classifed by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation
Board (PCAB) to bid for the hereunder contract/s:
Project Title Location ABC/ Source of Fund Contract
Duration
PIans/Bid
Docs
Construction of Saudi
Ampat uan, MPS
Bldg..
Saudi Ampat uan,
Maguindanao
Php 4,637,700.00/ SARONr D-12-
00094 dated February 20, 2012
RA Nr 10147
180 cal
days
P 20,000.00
Co n s t r u c t i o n o f
Sultan Mastura MPS
Bldg
Su l t a n Ma s t u r a ,
Maguindanao
Php 4,637,700.00/ SARONr D-12-
RA Nr 10147
180 cal
days
P 20,000.00
Paglat, MPS Bldg
Paglat,
Maguindanao
Php 4,637 ,700.00/ SARONr D-12-
00094 dated February20,2012 RA
Nr 10147
180 cal
days
P 20,000.00
Matanog MPS Bldg
Matanog,
Maguindanao
Php 4,637,700.00/ SARONr D-12-
RA Nr 10147
180 cal
days
P 20,000.00
Construction of Talitay
MPS Bldg
Talitay,
Maguindanao
Php 4,637,700.00/ SARO Nr
D-12-00094 dated February 20,
2012 RA Nr 10147
180 cal
days
P 20,000.00
Talipao MPS Bldg
Talipao, Sulu Php 4,637,700.00/SARONr D-12-
RA Nr 10147
180 cal
days
P 20,000.00
Bidders should possess a valid PCAB license applicable to the above type and cost of the contract, have
completed a similar contract with a value of at least 50% of the ABC, and meet the other minimum eligibility
requirements stated in the eligibility.
The PNP, PRO ARMM will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on July 25, 2012 at 9:00 O'clock in the morning at
the PRO ARMM Conference room, Camp Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun, Parang, Maguindanao, which shall
be open to all interested parties who purchased the Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before August 7, 2012 at 10:00 O'cIock in the morning
at Camp Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun, Parang, Maguindanao. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security
in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in TB clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders/Bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
Only bids which shall rated "pass in their technical requirements will be opened. The bidder with the
Lowest Calculated Bid (LCB) shall advance to the post-qualifcation stage in order to fnally determine its
responsiveness to the fnancial requirements of the projects. The contract shall then be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated and Responsive Bidder (LCRB) who is determined as such during post-qualifcation.
All particulars relative to the eligibility documents, bid security, performance security, pre-bid conference,
evaluation of bids, post-qualifcation and award of contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of
R.A. 9184 and its Revised RR.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased at the BAC Secretariat/ Regional Engineering Offce
upon payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount indicated above.
The PNP, PRO ARMM reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, to annul the Bidding process, and
to reject all Bids at any time prior to contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected Bidder/s.
For further information, please refer to:
RBAC Secretariat/
Regional Engineering Offce
PSUPT AGUSTIN J TELLO/
PSINSP ROGER V GATUSLAO
www.reo_proarmm@yahoo.com
(Sgd.) JOEL MA T ALVAREZ
Police Chief Superintendent
Deputy Regional Director for Administration
Chairman, RBAC
By:
(Sgd.) SERGIO A DIMANDAL
Police Senior Superintendent
Chief, Regional Directorial Staff
Vice Chairman, RBAC
Department of the nterior and Local Government
National Police Commission
Philippine National Police
POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE ARMM
Camp BGen SK Pendatun, Parang, Maguindanao
CONSTRUCTION OF STANDARD TYPE "B/C"
(Two (2) Storey with Deck and Roong)
MUNICIPAL POLICE STATION BUILDING
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFCE OF THE SECRETARY
ManiIa
NOTI CE OF CANCELLATI ON OF BI DDI NG
16 J ULY 2012
n view of the recommendation of Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut,
Undersecretary for PMO-Operations, to the Honorable Secretary Rogelio
L. Singson, to grant to the Regional Director of DPWH Regional Offce No.
X, Cagayan de Oro City, the authority to conduct the competitive bidding
for Contract Packages 2A-New and 2B-New, Construction/mprovement of
Lake Lanao Circumferential Road (LLCR), Lanao del Sur under the Saudi
Fund for Development (SFD-Assisted Mindanao Roads mprovement
Project (MRP), Loan No. 1/433, due to the request of Honorable Governor
Mamintal A. Adiong of the Province of Lanao del Sur, dated 02 July 2012,
the submission, reception and opening of bids for the herein named project
scheduled at 10:00 o'clock in the morning of 17 July 2012 per nvitation to
Bid as published in the 16 May 2012 issue of the Manila Standard Today
is hereby cancelled.
(Sgd.) JAIME A. PACANAN, Ph.D., CESO I
Undersecretary for Support Services
Chairman, BAC for Civil Works
(MST-July 17, 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLC WORKS AND HGHWAYS
Region X
Bukidnon Second Engineering District
Pinamaioy, Don Carlos, Bukidnon
Telefax No. 088-2262-393
July 9, 2012
(MST-July 17, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Bukidnon Second Engineering
District, Pinamaloy, Don Carlos, Bukidnon through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC)
invites contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following contract/s;
a Contract D : 12KB00008
b Name of Proiect : Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from
Pavement Management System/Highway Development and
Management 4 (HDM-4) (ntermittent section)
c. Location : Bukidnon-Davao City Road, a) K1584+000 - K1585+000;
b) K1587+000 - K1588+000
d Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay of 100mm thick w/ corrections
e. Approved Budget for tne contract : PhP31,817,000.00
f. Project Duration : 65 CD
g. Cost Bid Documents : Php 20,000.00
2.
a. Contract D : 12KB00009
b. Name of Project : Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from
Management - 4 (HDM-4) (intermittent section)
c. Location : Sayre Highway, a) K1540+349-K1542+000
d. Brief Description : Asphalt overlay of 100mm thick w/ corrections
e. Approved Budget for the Contract : Php22,166,620.00
3.
a Contract D : 12KB00010
Name of Project : Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from
Management - 4 (MDM-4) (intermittent Section)
Location Sayre Highway, b) K1555+270 - K1556+000; c) K1559+000
- K1560+000; d) K1560+330 - K1561+000
Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay of 100mm thick w/ corrections
Approved Budget for the Contract : Php 23,566,060.00
Project Duraton : 60 CD
Cost Bid Documents : Php 20,000.00
4.
a. Contract D : 12KB00011
b. Name of Project : Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from
Management - 4 (MDM-4) (intermittent Section)
c. Locaton : Don Carios-Kadingilan Road, K1569+145- K1569+1205
d. Brief Description : Asphalt Overlay of 100mm thick w/ corrections
e. Approved Budget for the Contract : Php 15,746,640.00
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance
with R A 9184 and its Revised implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of intent (LO) and must meet the
following major criteria: a) prior registration with the DPWH - Central Offce, b) Filipino Citizen
or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture with PCAB
License applicable to the type and cost of this contact, c) completion of a similar contract
costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and d) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment/Cash Deposit Certifcates for
at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
cheek, preliminary evaluation of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH - Central Procurement Offce before the deadline of the receipt of LO. The DPWH
- Centra! Procurement Offce will only process contractor's applications for registration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH Website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below;
BAC Activities Schedule/Deadline
1. Pre-Bid Conference June 20, 2012 @ 10:00 am
2. ssuance of Bid Documents July 13. 2012 to August 1, 2012
3. Receipt of Letter of ntents from Prospective
Bidders
July 27, 2012 until 5.00 pm
4. Receipt of Bids August 2. 2012 & 9:30 am
5. Opening of Bids August 2. 2012 @10:00 am

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Document (BDs) at Bukidnon DEO, Don Carlos,
Bukidnon upon payment of a non-refundable fee (refer below). Prospective bidders may
also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will
download the BDs from DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their Bids Documents Bids must accompanied by a bid security n an acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs in
two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman, Bukidnon Second Engineering
District, Don Carlos, Bukidnon, The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of
the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the
fnancial component of the bid, Contract awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid
as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Bukidnon Second Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any
bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract Award, without incurring any
liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ALBERTO D. ALBIT
Acting Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Noted by
(Sgd.) LEONARDO G PAULICAN
OC - District Engineer
DPWH NFRA-07 - Standard Advertisement-Revised RR
This is to inform the public that
Hanwool I&D Corporation will no
longer be in business effective at the
close of offce on July 6, 2012, as
per Board Resolution unanimously
approved by its Stockholders dated
June 6, 2012.
Notice of Dissolution
(MST-July 10,17 & 24, 2012
ERRORS
&
OMI SSI ONS
n Cl assi f i ed Ads
sect i on must be
b r o u g h t t o o u r
attention the very day
the advertisement is
published. We will
not be responsible
for any incorrect ads
not reported to us
immediately.
By Dexter A. See
BAGUIO CITY-Aldrin Aclopen and
his classmates at San Vicente Elementary
School here are planting trees to mark the 7.9
temblor that struck 22 years ago.
While we were not yet born
during the tragic earthquake, we
were told about the difculty of
life during that time, he said.
Around 200 people died,
more than 1,000 were injured
and countless others were left
homeless when the ground shook
at 4:26 p.m. on July 16.
Among the landmarks that collapsed
like domino pieces were Hyatt Terraces
Hotel, Nevada Hotel, Hilltop Hotel,
University of Baguio accounting
building, and Aurora theater.
Ramon Dacawi, city information
ofcer, said the youth needed
to have a clear idea of how the
calamity brought city life to a stop.
Residents had to endure the
blackout and lack of food supplies
after the capital was isolated due
due to impassable roads.
We want to instill in the minds
of our children the importance
of the trees in our daily lives
as stewards of our environment
so that future generations will
benet from watersheds and
forests, Dacawi said.
Restoring the forests has become
imperative to prevent landslides
and assure the city and neighboring
localities of water supply.
Dacawi said earthquake drills
have been scheduled under the citys
emergency readiness program.
Armed forces Chief Jessi Dellosa (right) turns over the symbolic saber to Major
General Eduardo del Rosario, incoming Southern Luzon Command head, witnessed
by Lieutenant General Roland Detabali, former chief. BENJIE ANTIOQUIA
ILAGANIsabela Governor Faustino Dy III led the switch-on rites
to bring electricity to eight inner barangays in San Mariano town.
We must all work together to get barangays 100 percent ener-
gized, he said.
Mayor Edgar Go thanked Dy
and Vice Governor Rodito Albano
III for minding the needs of remote
communties such as Daragutan
West, Balagan, Daragutan East,
Ueg, Dipusu, San Pedro, Binatug,
and Disulap located in the south-
eastern part of San Mariano.
Vice Mayor Dean Anthony
Domalanta welcomed the lighting
program which enjoyed the sup-
port of second district Rep. Cris-
tina Go.
There are now 20 barangays with
electricity which is very essential in
everyday living, he said.
Dave Solomon Siquian, general
manager of Isabela Electric Cooperative II, said
the switch-on was good start in bringing power to the rest of San
Marianos villages.
He thanked Dy for backing the cooperatives expansion program
for the benet of the townsfolk. Jessica M. Bacud
Isabela towns inner
villages energized
By Beverly C. Paoyon
ALABELSarangani Governor
Migs Dominguez said peace will
be taken up in class as part of the
curriculum.
We are the rst one to do this,
he said, following last weeks
orientation of school principals
on Institutionalizing Peace
Education in Basic Education
and Teacher Education.
He said values-based instruc-
tion should nurture peaceful co-
existence in the provinces multi-
ethnic population.
If people do not know how
to respect the differences of
individuals in religion and in
cultural practices, conicts are
unavoidable however intelligent
a student is, he said.
As we are able to shape
the values of each individual
especially the child, teachers are
sometimes even more inuential
than parents.
Dominguez asked classroom
mentors to be moulders of
character, talent and goodwill.
Jocelyn Lambac-Kanda, Kalinaw
Sarangani program manager, agrees,
saying teachers are crucial in shaping
a culture of peace.
We want our children to
understand already their role
towards peace not tomorrow but
today, she said.
The capitol has pursued
peace intiatives especially in the
conicted parts of the province
since 2004.
Lambac-Kanda said Kalinaw
Sarangani, which has always
collaborated with the International
Monitoring Team, is tasked to
push forward Saranganis peace
and development program through
the Ofce of the Governor.
Sarangani nurturing
green shoots of peace

Manila Standard Today - July 17, 2012

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Manila Standard Today - July 17, 2012

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