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PEACE AND ORDER. Nag-uulat si Batangas Police

Provincial Director PSSupt. Omega Jireh Firel sa kalalagayang pangkapayapaan at pangkaayusan sa lalawigans a Joint Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) at Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) Meeting sa New Municiapl Hall Bldg, bayan ng Laurel, Batangas, Hunyo 19. | BALIKAS PHOTO / JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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Humigit-kumulang P21-milyong bawang, nasabat ng Customs sa Batangas Port

Tanauan City College, bukas na!

UMABOT sa humigit-kumulang 100,000 kilo ng kang ipuslit sa bansa ang nasabat ng mga tauhan imported na bawang na nakasilid sa apat na 40- ng Bureau of Customs sa Port of Batangas nitong foot container vans mula Hongkong ang tinang- nakalipas na linggo. >>>KONTRABANDO... sa P/3

LUNSOD NG TANAUAN – Pormal nang binuksan sa publiko ang Tanauan City College (TCC) sa pamamagitan ng engrandeng pagpapasinaya rito nitong nakalipas na Lunes, Hunyo 16.

Sa kaniyang mensahe, binigyangddin ni Mayor Thony Halili na ang pagbubukas ng TCC ang katibayan ng kaniyang ipinangakong pagtutok sa p

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LIBRENG EDUKASYON. Puno ng pagbati at suporta sa programang pangedukasyon ng Lunsod ng Tanauan si DepEd Secretary Bro. Arman Luistro, Fsc, sa pagpapasinaya ng Tanauan City College habang nakikinig sina (L-R, kaliwang larawan) Tanauan City V ice Mayor Joana Corona, Atty. Junjun Trinidad, City Administrator; City Mayor Thony Halili, Governor V ilma Santos Recto, TESDA Secretary Joel V illanueva, Mr. Collantes, at V ice Governor Mark Leviste.| BALIKAS PHOTO / JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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NEWS

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June 23 - 29, 2014

EPIRA to blame for power woes not implementation THE problem is not the proper implementation of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) but the law itself. According to research group IBON, the Epira, by design, actually allows private power firms to impose the most profitable rates on electricity consumers.

The research group issued this statement after various business groups and foreign chambers released a paid print advertisement urging the national government not to amend the Epira, saying that the failure to properly implement the law is the problem. The statement also called for a stakeholders meeting to address the various problems in the power sector.

According to IBON, with the Epira facilitating the complete takeover of a handful of local and foreign businesses in the power sector, the deregulation of generation costs makes it easy for firms to abuse power consumers with exorbitant rates.

The recent wholesale electricity spot market (WESM) controversy wherein Meralco sought what could have been an all-time high increase in power rates has clearly shown how privatization and deregulation under Epira created a conducive environment to profit from high

power rates. According to IBON, the law creates favorable conditions for collusion and manipulation of supply and fixing prices by a handful of power players controlled by the same Filipino and foreign business groups.

The group added that with EPIRA, private corporate profits are given absolute priority over consumer welfare and economic development, while government steps aside. However, low and stable electricity charges are necessary to safeguard the welfare of poor consumers and support domestic industry especially small and medium Filipino enterprises which are still developing.

The research group stressed that power is a vital and strategic utility and not a commodity for private firms to profit from. The latest controversy facing the power industry, plus the impact of Epira on power consumers and on national development are enough reasons to stop and reverse the privatization and deregulation of the electricity industry. IBON calls on lawmakers to repeal the Epira and work towards building a more rational power sector using the country’s resources. | IBON NEWSFEATURES

WHERE ARE THE COCO TREES? Only few coconut trees remain standing but their leaves are

full of cocolisap. Most of the coconut trees in Tanauan City were cut off due to severe infestation that started as early as year 2009, but the government took only a serious look on the problem this year 2014.| BALIKAS PHOTO / JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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Nakarehistrong kapanganakan sa Quezon, tumaas LUNSOD NG LUCENA -- Iniulat ng panlalawigang tanggapan ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Quezon na base sa resulta ng huling datos ng kapanganakan sa taong 2013, muling tumaas ang bilang ng nakarehistrong kapanganakan sa probinsiya ng Quezon kung saan ay may kabuuang bilang na 53,609.

Ang bilang ng mga ini-rehistrong kapanganakan ay tumaas ng 17.4 bahagdan mula sa

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‘Wala ng jueteng sa Batangas!’ - PD “WALA na pong operasyon ng jueteng sa buong Lalawigan ng Batangas.” Ito ang mariing pahayag ni PSSupt. Omega Jireh Fidel, Batangas Police provincial director sa harap ni PCSupt. Jesus Gatchalian at ng ibang mga lokal na opisyal sa isinagawang joint meeting ng Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) at Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) sa bayan ng Laurel, Batangas, Hunyo 19.

Ayon kay Fidel, ang mga inaakalang jueteng sa Batangas ay loteng o bookies o iyong iligal na operasyong nangungobra ng taya pero walang sariling bola, sa halip, ang winning numbers ay isinusunod lamang sa regular na bola ng Small Town Lottery (STL) para magmukhang legal ang operasyon.

Ang pagbibigay ng panahayag na ito ni Fidel ay bilang tugon sa mga katanungan ng mga punumbayan na nagsidalo sa nasabing pagpupulong.

Sitwasyon sa Batangas Mula Enero hanggang Mayo 2014, nakapagtala ang lalawigan ng 2,285 crime volume na nahahati sa 1,034 index

at 1,1,51 non-index crimes. Sa mga LGUs, pinakamaraming naitalang krimen sa Lunsod ng Lipa, kasunod ang Lunsod Batangas, bago pa ang Lunsod ng Tanauan; samantalang sa mga bayan naman ay nangunguna pa rin ang bayan ng Sto. Tomas.

Crime Rate vs. Solution Efficiency Ayon pa rin kay Fidel, nananatili pa ring mas mababa ang average crime rate ng Batangas na 16.58 kumpara sa 19% average crime rate ng Regional Headquarters, at 36% naman sa national level. Naitala rin ang pababa ng Crime Clearance Efifciency na 10.36% at Crime Solution Rate na 9.1%.

Sa buong rehiyon, nangunguna sa Crime Rate ang Cavite, sinundan ng Laguna at Quezon. 2nd lowest ang Batangas, sunod sa Rizal. Samantalam sa Solution Efficiency, nangunguna naman ang Laguna, Rizal, pangatlo pa ang Batangas na sinundan ng Quezon at Cavite. Kung ang Cavite ang nangunguna sa crime rate, siya pa ang pinakababa sa solution efficiency; samantalang Laguna na pangalawa sa pinamaraming kaso ay nangunguna

naman sa solution efficiency.

Ayon kay Gen. Gatchalian, ito’y pagpapakita lamang na seryoso’t masisipag ang mga pulis sa Laguna kumpara sa mga pulis sa ibang lalawigan sa rehiyon.

Ang lalawigan ng Batangas ay may 1,900 pulis lamang para sa 2.5 milyong populasyon kaya lumalabas na ang isang pulis sa Batangas ay para sa 1,252 katao.

Samantala, nagsidalo rin sa naturang pulong sina Nasubu mayor Charito Apacible, Balete mayor Leovino Hidalgo, Mataasnakahoy mayor Jay Ilagan, Calaca mayor Boogle Ona, San Juan mayor Rudy Manalo, San Nicolas mayor Dan Reyes, Lemery mayor Charisma Alillio, Laurel mayor James Amo, Tanauan City mayor Thony Halili at LMP president at Mabini Mayor Nilo Villanueva. Si Rosario mayor Manny Alvarez ay kinatawan ni Atty. Cipriano Asilo, municipal administrator. Dumalo rin ang mga hepe ng mga pambayang kwerpo ng pulisya sa lalawigan, mga department heads, mga kinatawan ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng pamahalaang nasyunal at pribadong sector.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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“KAYA NATIN ITO”. Lubos ang pasasalamat ni Mayor Thony Halili sa mga nagsidalo sa pagpapasinaya ng Tanauan City College. Espesyal niyang kinilala ang Tanauan Institute Batch 61 sa pamumuno ng kaniyang maybahay na si Gng. Gina Halili, ang Rotary Club of Tanauan at ang Sangguniang Panlunsod sa pangunguna ni Vice Mayor Joana Corona na siyang katuwang niya sa kaganapan ng libreng kolehiyo para sa mga kabataan ng Lunsod ng Tanauan.| BALIKAS PHOTO / JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

naitalang 45,654 noong taong 2012.

Mas marami pa rin ang bilang ng mga kalalakihan na umabot sa 27,467 o 51.2 bahagdan kumpara sa mga kababaihan na umabot sa 26,142 o 48.8 bahagdan na nakapagtala ng birth sex ratio na 105 kalalakihan sa bawat 100 kababaihan.

Nanguna ang Lucena sa mga lugar na nakapagtala ng mataas na rehistro ng kapanganakan na umabot sa 11,364 o 21.2 bahagdan ng kabuuang bilang ng nakarehistro sa lalawigan ng Quezon.

Ito ay maaaring dahil sa

mga mas maraming ospital at pasilidad pangkalusugan na matatagpuan sa lungsod.

Dagdag pa dito, mas nakahihigit ang populasyon sa lugar na ito. Sumunod ang mga bayan ng Lopez na may 4,525 o 8.4 bahagdan at Candelaria na nakapagtala ng 3,367 o 6.3 bahagdan.

Samantalang ang maliliit na bayan ng Sampaloc ay 95 o .2 bahagdan at Plaridel na 96 o .2 bahagdan naman ang nakapagtala ng pinakamaliit na bilang ng ipinapanganak.

Para sa buong taon, ang buwan ng Mayo ang nakapagtala ng pinakamataas na

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Tanauan City College, bukas na! lumalaking pangangailangang pang-edukasyon ng mga kabataan ng Lunsod ng Tanauan sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng libreng edukasyon. Tiniyak pa ng alkalde na libreng lahat ng bayarin sa nasabing kolehiyo.

Tiniyak rin nina Governor Vilma Santos Recto, Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro at Secretary Joel Villanueva ang tuwirang pakikibahagi at pagsuporta ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Batangas, DepEd, at ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), ayon sa pagkakasunod, sa mga programa ng TCC at makaakibat ng lungsod sa pagpapayabong ng kolehiyo.

Bilang panimula, kabilang sa mga panimulang kursong ibibigay ng TCC ang Automotive Servicing, Consumer Electronics, Mechatronics Servicing at Electrical Installation and Maintenance Services -- mga kursong higit na kailangan ng industriya sa ngayon.

Lubos naman ang pasasalamat ni Halili sa Sangguniang Panlunsod sa pamumuno ni Vice Mayor Joana Corona, at sa pribadong sektor sa pangunguna ng Rotary Club of Tanauan at ng Tanauan Institute Alumni Batch 63 sa pangunguna ni

Gng. Gina Halili, maybahay ng alkalde, ni G. Benjamin Carandang at Atty. Epimaco Magpantay na siyang tagapangulo ng Committee on Education sa Sangguniang Panlunsod.

May 539 na mag-aaral ang unang batch ng Iskolar ng Lunsod na magsisipagaral sa TCC na ngayon ay pansamantalang nakikipanuluyan sa Tanauan National High School sa Brangay Trapiche.

Magsisilbing Acting President ng TCC si dating District Governor Mike Lirio ng Rotary Club District 3820. Ayon pa kay Lirio, napagpasyahan na rin ng RC Tanauan na magsimula ng isang Educational Trust Fund na may paunang pondong P100,000 bilang pang-ayuda sa mga magaaral ng TCC. Ang Tanaun City College ang ikatlong panlunsod na kolehiyo sa lalawigan ng Batangas. Nauna rito ang Kolehiyo ng Lunsod ng Lipa (dating Lipa City Public College) na binuksan noong panahon ni dating Pununlunsod Ruben Umali; na sinundan naman ng Colegio ng Lunsod ng Batangas (CLB) na binuksan ni Pununlunsod Eduardo B. Dimacuha.| JOENALD M. RAYOS

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Peace & Order Update Collated By JACK L. AQUINO

Pregnant NPA amazon arrested, given medical care CAMP GUILLERMO NAKAR, LUCENA CITY- A three-month pregnant New People’s Army amazon was captured at Brgy. IlayangIyam, Lucena City by virtue of an existing warrant of arrest for the crime of murder and brought to Camp Nakar Station Hospital for proper medical care last night.

The pregnant amazon, Maria Maridel R. Torres aka Arriane Perez, a political instructress of Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee is given medical attention by SOLCOM’s medical team due to continuous bleeding.

“Her rights will be respected,” said SOLCOM Commander LTGEN CAESAR RONNIE F ORDOYO AFP, “She will be given with proper medical attention and will be treated well.”

Troops from the 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division and Quezon Police Provincial Office apprehended Torres by virtue of warrant of arrest issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 65 in Infanta, Quezon.

Torres has been hospitalized at the Quezon Medical Center five days before her arrest due to her condition.

LTGEN ORDOYO said all moral and appropriate support will be extended to every rebel who is willing to go back to the folds of the law to completely abandon the armed struggle and continue exploring peaceful settlement with the government.|

Lalaking tambay, tinamaan ng ligaw na bala LUNSOD NG TANAUAN, Batangas – Isang tambay na lalaki sa lunsod na ito ang napaulat na naging biktima ng ligaw na bala nitong nakalipas na linggo.

Kinilala ng otoridad ang biktima na si Carlito Baldeston y Flores, 39 taong gulang, tubo at residente ng Poblacion, Brgy 7, sakop ng lunsod na ito.

Sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, nabatid na bandang alas-12:45 ng hapon, habang nakaupo sa isang mono block chair sa kanilang kusina, nang biglang may animo’y bumagsak sa kanilang bubong na tumagos paibaba at nag-iwan ng sugat sa kaniyang braso.

Kaagad na isinugod ang biktima sa CP Reyes Hospital upang malapatan ng karampatang lunas.

Nang isailalim sa X-ray, nabatid na naiwan pa ang bala sa kaniyang kaliwang braso. Kaagad namang nagsagawa ng masusing imbestigasyon ang pulisya, binisita ang lugar ang pinangyarihan ng insidente at nag-usisa sa mga kapit-bahayan.

Hanggang sa sandaling sinusulat ang balitang ito, patuloy pang ginagamot ang biktima samantalang hinihintay lamang na maalis sa braso niya ang bala upang madala kaagad sa regional crime laboratory sa Camp Vicente Lim sa Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna.|

Magsasaka, binaril habang nasa kaingin NASUGBU, Batangas – Isang matandang lalaki ang nasapol sa balikat ng tama ng bala ng sumpak nitong nakaraang Sabado ng umaga sa Bragy. Wawa sa bayang ito.

Kinilala ni PINSP Ramon Garcia Ancheta, depurty chief of police ang biktima na si Froilan Delgado y Cesar, 52 taong gulang, magsasaka at residente ng Sitio Masawa sa naturang barangay.

Sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, nabatid na habang ang biktima ay nasa kaniyang kaingin malapit lamang sa kaniyang bahay bandang alas-7:35 ng umaga noong Sabado, nang barilin ito ng di pa nakikilalang salarin.

Isang tama ng bala ng sumpak (improvised shotgun) ang tumama sa kaliwang balikat ng biktima mula sa hindi malamang direksyon.

Nakatakbo pa umano ang biktima palayo at nakahingi kaagad ng saklolo sa kaniyang mga kabarangay kaya nadala agad sa Apacible Memorial District Hospital, samantalang nakatakbo rin sa kagubatan ang hindi nakilalang suspek.

Hanggang sa sandaling sinusulat ang balitang ito, inilipat na sa Madonna Medical Center sa bayan ng Balayan nag biktima para sa pagpapatuloy ng pagpapagamot. Patuloy naman ang operasyon ng Nasugbu PNP sa ikadarakip ng suspek.|

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‘Calabarzon Help Me Caravan’ aids 500 Angono child workers, parents ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal -- About 250 child laborers and 250 parents received various goods through Help Me Service Caravan organized by various line government agencies of the Calabarzon Child Labor Free Committee at Sitio Silihan covered court, Barangay Mahabang Parang in Angono, recently.

The Help Me Caravan with the theme “Batang Malaya Proteksyunan, Child Labor Labanan” was highlighted by the distribution of various goods such as bags, notebooks, umbrellas, school materials, slippers and food items for child laborers and parents in the area. The activity was also held in line with the recent World Day Againt Child Labor observed every June 12. “Help Me” as conceptualized by the group stands for Health, Education, Livelihood, Protection-Prevention-Prosecution & Monitoring and Evaluation.

Department of Labor and

Employment (DOLE) 4A regional director Zenaida Angara- Campita said during the program that Calabarzon Region is ranked second in the Philippines with the most out of school youth and youth laborers.

"While children are allowed to do small amounts of light labor such as house chores, it is a right for the children to be in school or play. Children are also prohibited to perform tasks which are physically and mentally hazardous and which may be a threat to their well being," Campita said.

Campita also turned over P500,000 to the local government for future livelihood projects in the barangay.

She mentioned DOLE 4A targets Angono and Taytay in Rizal Province and

Mulanay, San Francisco and San Andres in Quezon province in their programs.

Aside from DOLE the Angono municipal government represented by Mayor Gerry Calderon, Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Philippine Na-

tional Police, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Department of Health, Department of the Interior and Local Government, National Statistics Office, Philippine Information Agency and other private and government entities donated the goods for the caravan.| PIA-RIZAL

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Nakarehistrong kapanganakan sa Quezon, tumaas bilang ng ipinarerehistro na umabot sa 5,140 na sinundan ng buwan ng Abril na may 5,129.

Samantala, kung pagbabatayan naman ang edad ng kababaihan, mas marami sa mga inirehistro na

umabot sa 37,384 o 69.7 bahagdan ay ipinanganak ng ina na may edad na 20-34.

Samantalang nasa 7,221 o 13.5 bahagdan naman ang ipinapanganak ng mga teenager o mga ina na may edad na 15-19.| A. PADUA

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Commitment of support to intensify campaign against 'cocolisap' launched in Quezon LUCENA CITY, Quezon --Presidential Adviser for food and security and agricultural modernization Sec. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Mar Roxas led the signing of commitment of support to intensify the campaign against coconut scale insect infestation in the province of Quezon.

The signing of commitment of support, held June 10, 2014 at the Bulwagang Kalilayan, is part of the “Konsultasyon Kontra Cocolisap” was organized jointly by the Presidential Adviser for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the provincial government of Quezon.

Municipal mayors, agriculture officers from the different towns/cities in Quezon

province and other stakeholders attended the significant activity.

Sec. Pangilinan presented the operational plan to further fight cocolisap which affected about 1.2 million coconut trees in the Philippines with CALABARZON as one of the hardest hit.

During the consultation with municipal agriculturists, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)-4A noted that in Quezon Province as of June 2014, about 335,091 coconut trees were affected by coconut scale insect, likewise affecting about 2,000 farmers.

PCA along with the provincial government has taken steps like spraying, pruning, trunk injection and implementation of bio-control program.

As of June 5, 2014, about 19,232 coconut

trees have been treated from infestation.

PCA-Quezon is targetting to treat 6,000 coconut trees daily in the province starting June 20 to August 2014.

In addition, the national government and the local government of Quezon will intensify the massive campaign against ‘cocolisap’ specifically in the municipalities affected of Sampaloc, Mauban, Polillo and Alabat, Tayabas City, Sariaya, Candelaria, Tiaong, San Antonio and Dolores, Quezon.

The provincial government under the leadership of Gov. Suarez had been implementing several programs in the province to fight coconut scale insect infestation like the creation of a task force called Scale-Insect Provincial Action Group.| RUEL M. ORINDAY

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Humigit-kumulang P21-milyong bawang, nasabat ng Customs sa Batangas Pasado alas-diyes ng umaga noong Sabado, iprinisinta sa media ni District Collector retired Colonel Ernesto Benitez Jr. ng Batangas City Container Terminal ang mga naturang kontrabando na sa presyong P360 kada kilo ay umaabot sa P21. 6 milyon.

Nabatid na nagsimula ang shipment noon pang June 1 na naka-consign sa Good Earth Merchandise Company at nakadeklara umanong raw materials sa paggawa ng chocolate ang laman ng dalawang container vans.

Pero batay sa impormasyong nakarating

sa Customs, hindi umano choco-late kundi bawang yung laman kung kaya’t naghintay pa ang ahensya na makapaglodge sa kompyuter ang entry ng consignee at dun nagregister na chocolate nga ang deklarasyon ng kumpanya. Dito nag-request ang CustomsBatangas ng Alert Order kay Deputy Customs Commissioner for Intelligence Jesse Dellosa.

Sinabi rin ng Customs officials na pinadalhan nila ng sulat ang import

AABOT sa 60,000 kilo ng imported na bawang na tinangkang ipuslit ng isang consignee sa may pier ng Batangas.| BOC PHOTO

consignee ngunit hindi naman sumipot ang kinatawan nito kaya’t pinuntahan nila ang ibinigay na address na 50 th Gumamela Street, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Doon nila napagalamang peke pala ang address at wala palang opisina doon ang Good Earth Merchandise.

Hindi rin sumipot ang broker ng kargamento na si Arnold Enriquez na may address sa Guiginto, Bulacan nang tawagin ito para buksan ang laman ng container sa harap niya.

Hinala ng Customs, posibleng sinadya umanong itinago na bawang ang nilalaman ng mga container van para mura ang babayarang buwis at madaling maipuslit ito palabas ng pier.

Mahigpit ang probisyon ng batas, partikular ang The Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines ukol sa misdeclaration ng mga kargamento. Aaabot sa 12 taon pagkakulong at multang hanggang P150,000, bukod pa sa pagkakakumpiska ng nasabing mga smuggled goods ang ipapataw na parusa sa sinumang mapatutunayang lalabag dito.

Tiniyak naman ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Batangas na hindi nito pahihintulutan na magamit sa smuggling ang kanilang pantalan.

“Hindi natin hahayaan at hindi natin kokonsintihin ang iligal na gawain at magamit ang Batangas para sa pagpasok at paglabas ng mga iligal na produkto sa bansa,” pahayag ni Batangas Vice Governor Mark Leviste II.| JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS

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By BENJIE OLIVEROS HACIENDA Luisita in Tarlac, Hacienda Looc in Batangas, Hacienda Dolores in Pampanga, Hacienda Arloc and Hacienda Ilimnan in Negros Occidental, what do these have in common? These are vast tracts of land, which were appropriated by a few elite families of big landlords. Also, these lands were supposed to be covered by agrarian reform programs of various administrations. Thus, farm workers in these haciendas are called agrarian reform beneficiaries. They are, in fact, holders of more than one certificate identifying them as beneficiaries such as Emancipation Patents (EP), Certificates of Land Ownership Agreement (CLOA), and Certificates of Land Transfer (CLT).

Ironically, they are currently engaged in a fierce and bloody land struggle. And these land struggles intensified under the administration of Pres. Benigno Aquino III and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program and its “Extension with Reforms” (CARP and CARPER) because whatever gains the farmer workers got are being reversed.

Prime lots in Hacienda Luisita are being fenced off by the Cojuangco-Aquino clan; Hacienda Looc is being claimed by a big real estate developer; and Haciendas Arloc and Ilimnan are being claimed by the governor of Negros Occidental.

These are not isolated cases. Land struggles are happening not just in the abovementioned haciendas but all over the country.

Hacienda is the Spanish term for vast landholdings devoted to cash crop agricultural production. These were first established during the last one hundred years of Spanish colonization with the opening up of Philippine ports to world trade, which replaced the galleon trade between the country and Acapulco of earlier years. Ownership over the lands covering these haciendas, which were grabbed from indios (Filipinos) by friars and Spanish colonizers, were passed on to the descendants of the Spanish colonizers or sold to other landed families. Other landed families grabbed their lands from those supposedly owned by the government and forests cleared for planting by peasant settlers.

The CARP was enacted in 1988 and was supposed to end after ten years.

It has been extended several times and has been under implementation for 26 years already. The CARP’s appendage, the CAPRER, is supposed to end this year and the Aquino administration declared that it would push for its extension for another two years. If the Congress does approve its extension, it would be the longest-running agrarian reform program of any administration in Philippine history, spanning almost three decades.

But did it make a dent in the problem of landlessness in the country? The fact that farmers and farmworkers are still engaged in fierce and bloody land struggles, and these struggles are still intensifying belie official claims that the CARP and other previous government agrarian reform programs have resulted in the emancipation of the peasantry.

If the CARP has not addressed landlessness, why then is it being extended? That is exactly the point. The fact that the CARP does not threaten the landholdings and the monopoly of landlords, who dominate Congress and the Aquino administration – President Aquino himself is being called a haciendero president by progressive peasant organizations – is the very reason why it has been extended several times already.

The problem of landlessness, in a country that is not industrialized – its manufacturing sector limited to producing low value-added semimanufactures in mere assembly plants – and is backward and agricultural where the peasantry comprise the majority, is the most pressing, prevalent, and central issue confronting Philippine society. It is the central issue that is the cause and the main democratic demand of the national democratic revolution being fought for by the New People’s Army (NPA). The national democratic revolution is being precisely described as a peasant war and the

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Rule by Law THE television event staged

by Senator Ramon Revilla, Jr. was unprecedented.

Forget about the fanfares, the surrender to the Sandiganbayan of the actorpolitician is first in the Philippine history. It was first in the history of the Senate that its member would refuse the temptation of threatening arresting officials of harm, physical or otherwise, or of evading the processes of the law by vanishing like a thin air and showing up only when a a friendly political dispensation is in place.

It was a show indeed—but a first one in the history of that august chamber.

Revilla’s political enemies and netizens bashers are delighted of course. No matter how one put it, it all means the same—he is in jail for a very long time, if not for eternity. Plunder is not a bailable offense. Lawyers may resort to all kinds of legal tricks but it is unlikely that they may be able to let him out on bail. The political climate and the social temperament are not in his favor.

No power on earth could just spell magic to reverse his situation right now. He is in for a battle of his life whether he likes it or not.

Still, there is no reason to celebrate at all. Despite of how much the administration try to sideline Revilla’s claim that he was singled-out because he belongs to the “opposition”, questions on when it will allow its political allies to face the same scrutiny that Revilla and others have faced continue to recur. In spite of its denial, the administration fails to inspire confidence on its claim

that it is protecting its allies and shielding them from charges of complicity in the PDAF scam. And unless people see its closest allies going to jails like Revilla, all its actuations regarding the scam will continue to be suspect.

There is a big difference between the concepts “Rule of Law” and “Rule by Law”. There is rule of law when a political administration applies the same measure to everyone, whether allies or not. When nobody is considered above the law, regardless of his or her position in the government, then, there is a rule of law.

However, when the law is used to foster political patronage and to persecute political enemies, then, the law is prostituted—that is the rule by law. The rule of law ceased the moment individuals are persecuted while others who are equally situated with them are harbored and protected More have to be done to let the rule of law prevail in our country. Jailing a former President or a disenfranchised politician means nothing. It is the powerful that needed to be measured equally with the measure used for the less powerful and disadvantaged.

This is the true meaning of the rule of law. And unless we see the allies of the administration in jails, then, all these façadesabout prosecuting those who plunder the public purse will remain but a show. Let justice be done though heavens should fall.|

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(Marcos 8:27-30) (Lucas 9:18-21)

NANG dumating si Jesus sa bayan ng Cesarea ng Filipos, tinanong niya ang kanyang mga alagad, "Ano ang sinasabi ng mga tao patungkol sa Anak ng Tao?" At sumagot sila, "Ang sabi po ng ilan kayo si Juan na Tagapagbautismo. Sabi po naman ng iba, kayo si Elias. At may nagsasabi pong kayo si Jeremias, o isa sa mga propeta."

Tinanong ulit sila ni Jesus, "Ngunit para sa inyo, sino ako?" Sumagot si Simon Pedro, "Kayo po ang Cristo, ang Anak ng Diyos na buhay." Sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, "Mapalad ka, Simon na anak ni Jonas!

Sapagkat ang katotohanang ito'y hindi inihayag sa iyo ng sinumang tao kundi ng aking Ama na nasa langit. At sinasabi ko sa iyo, ikaw ay Pedro, at sa ibabaw ng batong ito ay itatayo ko ang aking iglesya at ang

pintuan ng daigdig ng mga patay ay hindi magtatagumpay laban sa kanya. Ibibigay ko sa iyo ang mga susi ng kaharian ng langit.

Ang ipagbawal mo sa lupa ay ipagbabawal sa langit, at ang ipahintulot mo sa lupa ay ipahihintulot din sa langit." At mahigpit niyang iniutos sa kanyang mga alagad na huwag sabihin kaninuman na siya nga ang Cristo.|

June 23 - 29, 2014

OPINION

Balikas

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Kiko’s men, not keen on helping coco farmers On volcanoes and power JUST for the record, last June 6, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Mar Roxas was scheduled to be with Sec. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Presidential Adviser for food and security and agricultural modernization in a Forum on Cocolisap at the Bulwagang Batangan at the provincial capitol. For reasons known to him only, Roxas did not show up. Nobody represented him in the forum. But Roxas joined Pangilinan during the signing of commitment of support to intensify the campaign against coconut scale insect infestation in the province of Quezon, June 20, at the Bulwagang Kalilayan, as part of the “Konsultasyon Kontra Cocolisap” jointly organized by the Presidential Adviser for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the provincial government of Quezon.

Meanwhile, last June 19, Thursday, Roxas was lavishly represented by his regional director Josefina Castilla-Go during the joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) who spent at about 10 minutes juts to greet and enumerate the attendees. About half of her message, however, are just paraphrases of all that have been mentioned by the speakers prior to her turn. And because almost everybody are hungry already, only a handful listened to her.  During the Batangas leg of the Konsultasyon Kontra Cocolisap, Pangilinan said: “Pumunta po ako dito sa Batangas because, first, Sharon is a Vilmanian, and second, Senator Ralph (Recto) is a close colleague in the Senate. It may be true, but such lines did not get so much interest among the attendees as Batangas is the most hardly hit province of the cocolisap infestation.

Pangilinan said that the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is on a hurry to control and manage the spread and damage of Aspidiotus Rigidus in the country, especially in the Calabarzon. The men and women of the PCA, being the lead agency for the purpose as mandated by Executive Order No. 169, should work double time to meet that expected positive result. But

what has transpired on the following days run counter to the purpose.

The municipal mayors of the affected towns were asked to submit names of cocofarm workers who will be trained as pruners, sprayers, injectors in the dilly-dally effort to save the dying coconut industry in he province. Said workers are also scheduled to be trained by June 20, Friday. But during the PPOC-PDRRMC meeting, the representative of the PCA said that the supposed training will be postponed as the trainor/s were previously committed to be in Laguna for a related activities. No schedule yet for Batangas was initially finalized. However, the said PCA man pointed out that the scheduled kick-off activity in Brgy. Masalisi in Lemery will be push through to the surprise of those present during the meeting. No training yet the kick off will be push through.. meaning, those who will participate in the kick-off will be untrained workers! It’s good to note that Provincial Agriculture officer, Jun Dijan, make it a point that no personnel from his office will join the moro-moro kick-off activity.

It make no sense at all if the agency tasked to do a bold move will be like the way the PCA act on the matter.

As Board Member Fred Corona said, the PCA has no more coconut trees to cure in Tanauan City as there are more than 150,000 coconut trees that were already cut due to infestation. Tsk, tsk tsk…  Congratulations to the People of the City of Tanauan. The recent Grand Launching of the Tanauan City College only proved that the city officials led by Mayor Thony Halili are not sleeping n their promises of delivering quality services to its constituents. The very healthy executive-legislative partnership spells more development for the City of Colors. The Sangguniang Panlunsod under the baton of Vice Mayor Joana Corona is Mayor Halili’s best partner to convert his plans and programs into action.

Tanauan City College completes the free college system of the three component cities of Batangas. Lipa City has its Kolehiyo ng Lunsod ng Lipa (KLL), while Batangas City has Colegio ng Lunsod ng Batangas (CLB).|

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Biktima ng walang basehang reklamo HINDI kataka-taka na ang ating mga korte at ibang ahensiya ng gobyerno na humahawak ng kasong administratibo ay bugbog na sa kaliwa’t kanang reklamo at kaso na isinasampa ng kung sinu-sino lang na wala namang basehan. Madalas ay ang abogado pa ang sinisisi dahil sa gulong nangyari.

Pero sa kasong ito mismong ang pobreng si Attorney ang naging biktima ng isang walang basehang reklamo.

Si Atty. Payo (hindi niya tunay na pangalan) ay isang abogadong humahawak ng mga kaso sa probinsiya. Isa sa kanyang mga kliyente si Cely, na maraming hawak at pag-aaring negosyo sa kanilang lugar. Maganda ang relasyon ng abogado at ng kanyang kliyente at tumagal pa nga ito sa loob ng 12 taon. Katunayan, pati ang kaso ng ibang kapamilya ni Cely ay hinawakan ni Atty. Payo. Iyon nga lang, naputol ang kanilang magandang relasyon nang magsampa ng kaso si Cely laban sa kanya, pinatatanggalan si Atty.

Payo ng lisensiya dahil sa imoralidad at kilos na hindi nararapat sa isang abogado.

Ang reklamo ay nagmula sa isang insidente na nangyari may walong taon na ang nakararaan. Ayon kay Cely, bandang alas nuwebe ng gabi, habang nagliligpit na siya ng kanyang negosyo, biglang nasa harap na lang niya si Atty. Payo at tinangkang samantalahin ang kanyang pagkababae. Pinilit niyang lumaban pero wala rin siyang nagawa kaya napagtagumpayan ng walanghiyang abogado na abusuhin siya. Resulta nito ay nabuntis siya at nagkaroon ng isang anak na lalaki.

Ayon din kay Cely, hindi niya nagawang sampahan ng kaso noon si Atty. Payo dahil tinakot siya nito. Isa pa,

baka raw siya pa ang sampahan ng kasong kriminal ng kanyang mister.

Upang patunayan ang ginawang imoralidad at ang panghahalay sa kanya na dahilan kung bakit nagsilang siya ng sanggol na lalaki, ginamit na testigo ni Cely ang isa sa kanyang mga maid para patunayan sa korte na si Atty. Payo ang ama.

Pinatunayan ng maid ang pagiging malapit ni Atty.

Payo at ng bata, tulad ng paglalaro ng dalawa, pagbibigay ni Atty. Payo ng mga laruan at kung anuanong regalo sa anak at nagpakita rin siya ng mga litrato ni Atty. Payo at ng bata kung saan magkamukha sila. Sapat na ba ito para sabihin na nagkasala at may ginawang imoralidad ang abogado?  HINDI. Hindi sapat ang ipinakita nina Cely na pagiging malapit ng abogado at bata dahil lang naglalaro sila o kaya ay nagbibigay siya ng laruan upang patunayan na mag-ama ang dalawa. Ganundin ang mga litratong ipinakita ay hindi sapat na ebidensiya. Wala naman sapat na batayan para sabihin na mag-ama sila dahil lang magkamukha sila. Hindi ito sapat para sabihin na ginahasa at napagsamantalahan ni Atty. Payo ang dangal at pagkatao ni Cely.

Sa kabilang banda, ang bata na ipinanganak sa panahon na kasal si Cely sa kanyang asawa ay itinuturing na lehitimong anak nila maliban na lang kung mapatunayan na imposibleng magkaroon ng pagtatalik sa pagitan ng dalawa. Hindi nagawa ni Cely na baliktarin ang panuntunang ito ng korte (Tan vs. Trocio, 191 SCRA 764).|

WE are told that the Philippines straddles the so-called “ring of fire”, an arc-shaped swathe of land in the globe that includes several countries.

Being in the “ring of fire” means being vulnerable to earthquakes and upheavals like volcano eruptions triggered by hot magma building up tremendous pressure underneath. Bad and tragic for us, yes. But NOT all that bad, really! For one, due to earth’s periodic convulsions, we are a mineralized land caused by the periodic movements of the earth's crust or techtonic plates pushing to the surface from the earth’s wombs gold, copper and other precious metals.

MOUNT APO -- Talking of volcanoes. I once visited Lake Agco at the Mount Apo slopes during a media forum arranged by Minda News. It was an ascending trip from Kidapawan City to the resort site high up in the slopes. Hot steaming water from the bowels of the earth fed into steaming ponds. It was the first time I realized that volcanoes were all not that dangerous and bad. In fact, geothermal aquifers in volcanic areas can be veritable sources of cheap power for all of us. Nearby was the PNOC - EDC geothermal power plants. We know that geothermal plants are still, by far, the most desirable renewable power source as it leaves the least environment “footprint”, leaves no waste and it is the most environment friendly source of power.

Significantly, per approved rates by the Energy Regulatory Commission, geothermal generates the cheapest power (P5.11/ kh) compared to all renewables like bio-mass (P6.63/kh); wind (P8.53/kh); solar (P9.68/kh) or even hydro (P5.90/kh). Power from coal-fired plant, by the way, costs P5.59/kh. (These rates do not include as yet, of course, other add-ons like transmission charges, taxes etc).

GEOTHERMAL POWER --- That’s the reason why a few days ago, I was engrossed listening to Mindanao Affairs First Vice President Manuel “Bobby” Orig, of Aboitiz Power,Inc. giving a briefing on the planned geothermal power plants at the Mt. Apo national park. It was done during our reunion at the quiet retirement house of Archbishop “Emeritus” Nanding Capalla at Catalunan Grande (on a promontory overlooking the city and the gulf) to mark his 39th episcopal ordination anniversary. His close friends, called “NANDING BOYS” were there to celebrate with him -although only a few of us (Nilo Claudio , Art Milan, Tony Ajero) among the chrolesterol-watchers touched the luscious “lechon de leche” on the table.

Back to geothermal. It’s not everywhere where one can generate steam from a geothermal plant to generate electricity. We need a volcano nearby where hot magma somewhere about 3 kilometers deep into the ground can heat up and boil underground water and produce steam whose force can turn turbines and produce electricity. It is a “hot pot theory” in action. It can be simply illustrated, per Bobby, by a boiling kettle (locally called a “takori”) where after the water boils, steam escapes from the spout. That steam, if controlled and managed can be a force to produce cheap electricity.

What is “harvested” by the drills and pipes from below consists of 20% steam and 80% water -- the water component being injected back to the ground-- so there are NO wastes left in the environment.

AP Renewables, Inc. ( APR) an Aboitiz subsidiary, is planning to build two geothermal plants at 100MW each in two sights : at Mt Apo TalomoTico in Magpet, North Cotabato and at Mt. Sibulan at Kapatagan that straddles Sta. Cruz, Digos and Davao City. Although each actual plant site needs only about 1,000 square meters of land, the size of an olympic-sized swimming pool, each concession will cover about 8,500 hectares. APR is an old hand in operating geothermal plants being owner/ operator of a 458MW geothermal plant in Makban, Laguna and a 289 MW geothermal plant in Tiwi, Albay.

We hope the project goes on stream quickly as we are all in bad need of power in Mindanao. When all requisites are done, the construction period to plant commissioning spans about 4 to 5 years. So let's all get going, folks!  DAVAO CANADIAN CHAMBER --- Canadian Julian Payne who is national president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CANCHAM) called me from Manila to inform me that plans are afoot for the establishment of a Davao CanCham, which will promote CanadianPhilippines investments and goodwill. He will visit Davao within the next few days to meet those interested to be charter members.  WANTED BUYER --- A plush facility that served as a learning center (for music and language ) is being offered for sale. It is situated in a 1,500 square meter subdivision land in Guadalupe Village in Lanang. It consists of plush buildings with around 15 rooms that can be used as classrooms and around 21 lodging rooms complete with space for offices, kitchen, dining and other amenities. The reason why the facilities are for sale is because my lady friend who owns it plans on moving on with her life and career in Europe where she came from before settling in Davao City years ago. I promised to help her so email or call me @09178995377.  CRIMES OF PASSION --- Over the past weeks, we have been shaken by several crimes committed in the city that may have elements of what we call “crimes of passion” like the murders of Davao Businessman “TY” Garcia and perhaps of Lawyer Emmanuel Acuna. Another businessman,

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BUSINESS AEC Integration Seminar, muling isinagawa HUMIGIT-kumulang sa 200 participants ang dumalo sa ikalawang ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Integration na isinagawa noong June 20 sa Training Center ng Office of the City Veterinarian and Agricultural Services (OCVAS).

Sa nabanggit na pagtitipon ay ipinabatid sa mga magsasaka sa lunsod ang nakaambang pagbabago sa merkado at magiging paghahanda sa pakikipagkalakalan ng national government sa AEC Integration sa 2015.

Sa pamamagitan ito, mabibigyan ng oportunidad ang mga magsasaka na makapag export ng kanilang produkto. Bukod sa pagpapalawak at pagpaparami ng produksyon, inaasahan din

na higit na maiitaas ang kalidad ng mga produkto at magiging competitive ang mga ito.

Sa pamamagitan ng AEC, mabibigyan ng pagkakataon na makipagpalitan ng kalakal (open trade) ang mga bansa sa Timog Silangang Asya na walang taripa o buwis partikular sa mga agricultural products.

Kabilang sa ikalawang batch na dumalo sa orientation seminar ay mga opisyales at myembro ng iba’t ibang sektor sa lunsod tulad ng kooperatiba, yellow corn growers association, bantay dagat, poultry growers, eggplant growers, Rural Improvement Club (RIC), Barangay Livelihood and Agricultural Technicians o

BLAT’s at iba pa.

Magugunita na ang Batch 1 ay sumailalim sa naturang training noong Mayo 22.

Nagsilbing resource speakers sina Trade Industry Development Specialist Chief Marissa Argente ng DTI Batangas na nagbigay ng Overview of Asean Economic Community; tinalakay ni AGAP Party-list Congressman Rico Geron ang Plans/ Programs of Agri/Coop sector for AEC’s Integration, habang nagbigay naman ng orientation sa Good Animal Husbandry Practices si Asst.

City Veterinarian Dr. Loyola Bagui at sa Good Agricultural Practices si Asst. City Agriculturist Jovita Generoso.| RONNA E. CONTRERAS

DUMALO bilang kinatawan ni Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha si Secretary to the City Mayor Atty. Victor Reginald Dimacuha kung saan binanggit niya ang iba pang-ayudang ipinagkakaloob ng pamahalaang lunsod.| PIO PHOTO

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF CASE NO. 2014-230 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended byAct 4116 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pagibig Fund), mortgagee, with office address at Caedo Commercial center, Nat’l. Hiway, Bo. Calicanto, Batangas City against VALERIANA C. ANDAL, mortgagor/s, with residence and postal address at San Isidro Labac, Batangas City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 27, 2014 amounts to THREE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN PESOS & 58/100 (P329,857.58) including/excluding interest and other charges agreed thereon and other expenses in connection with this sale, secured by the mortgagee the undersigned Deputy Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court & Ex- Officio Sheriff, Rosario, Batangas, will sell at public on July 11, 2014 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Rosario, Batangas to the highest bidder for CASH and in the Philippine Currency, the described real property and its improvements thereon to wit: ORIGINAL/TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-141297 ‘A parcel of land (Lot B-4-D-6 of the subd. plan, Psd-04-188098 being a portion of Lot B-4-D, Psd-04-

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DTI, stops operation of four motor vehicle emission testing centers in Batangas FOR violations of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Department Administrative Order No. 3, Series of 2002 (DAO 3:2002), four motor vehicle emission testing centers - or private emission testing centers (PETC) - in the Province of Batangas were ordered to cease operations pending compliance to the requirements of said administrative order.

Names of the testing centers were withheld pending ruling of their respective cases.

DAO 3:2002 stipulates the rules, regulations and guidelines in the issuance of accreditation for PETCs, of which aim is to ensure that operators strictly comply with the accreditation scheme guidelines so that motor vehicle owners are not shortchanged and get true and accurate results based on the actual emission testing.

Noli K. Manalo, DTI’s standards and enforcement officer in Calabarzon, said that the violations include technical lapses such as lack or absence of the required test equipment while there were documents of test results which is tantamount to ‘nonappearance’ or the generation of a test result without conducting actual emission test; non-calibration, invalid or outdated calibration status, and unverified

AUCTION REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS

June 23 - 29, 2014

178050, L..R.C. Rec. No. 27133), situated in the Brgy.

Of Calit-Calit, Municipality of San Juan, Province of Batangas. Bounded on the W., along line 1-2 by Lot B4-D-5 of the subd. Plan; along line 2-3 by Lot B-4-E, Psd-04-178050 (Road 6.00 m. wide); on the E., along line 3-4 by Lot B-4-D-7 of the subd. Plan; on the S., along line 4-1 by the property of Santos Javier.

Beginning x x x x containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS, more or less.

Prospective buyers and bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title herein above described and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

In the event that the Auction Sale should not take place on said date it shall be held on July 18, 2014, without further notice.

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and place.”

Rosario, Batangas, May 27, 2014.

(Sgd.) ROMEO U. MACARAIG Sheriff IV Published at Pahayagang Balikas Edited at Batangas City Posted at Municipal Hall Bldg. of San Juan; Brgy. Hall of Calit-Calit; Public Market of San Juan, Batangas.

Date of Sale: July 11, 2014.

Copy furnished: PARTIES CONCERNED

accuracy of emission test equipment.

Violations also resulted from administrative slips such as non-accreditation; non-reporting of changes in location, movement of personnel/technicians and equipment; unverified qualification of technicians manning the center; not displaying price list of testing

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AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late FELIX C. EVANGELISTA who died intestate on July 15, 2005 at Masaguitsit, Lobo, Batangas, consisting of a parcel of land situated Masaguitsit, Lobo, Batangas, at covered by OCT No. P-20779 with an area of 2,886 sq. m., and 1/2 shares in two other parcels of land both situated at Masaguitsit, Lobo, Batangas, covered by Tax Dec. No. 017-01058, with an area of 250 sq. m. and covered by Tax Dec. No. 017-00504, with an area of 100 sq. m. have been adjudicated by his sole heir Marta C. Evangelista, per Doc. No. 242; Page No. 50; Book No. XXXVII; Series of 2014 of ATTY. VICENTE B. V. MAYO, JR., Notary Public.

Pahayagang Balikas / June 23, 30 & July 7, 2014

JUDICIAL NOTICE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH 87 ROSARIO, BATANGAS IN RE: PETITION FOR THE CANCELLATIONOF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF HANNAH KLARISSA ALMIROL Y BUISAN WITH REGISTRY NO. 95-44 HANNAH KLARISSA B. ALMIROL, Petitioner; versus

SPEC. PROC. CASE NO. 2014-262

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TAYSAN, BATANGAS, Respondent.

X------------------------------X ORDER A verified petition has been filed by the petitioner through counsel, praying the Court that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be issued ORDERING the Local Civil Registrar of Taysan, Batangas to CANCEL the registration of the Certificate of Live Birth of one Hannah Clarissa B. Almirol with Civil Registrar No. 95-44 to avoid any confusion as to the registration of fact of the petitioner.

NOW THEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that this case be set for hearing on July 22, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before the session hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all interested party may appear and show cause why the petition should not be Granted.

Let copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Batangas, prior to the scheduled date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner.

Likewise, let copy of the petition and this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Rosario and the National Statistics Office for their Comment/Opposition thereto.

SO ORDERED. Rosario, Batangas, May 12, 2014.

Warning: It is absolutely prohibited to remove deface or destroy this Notice of Sale on or before the date of sale UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. Pahayagang Balikas – June 9, 16 & 23, 2014

fees; non-renewal of performance bonds; and not meeting the size requirements of the facility area.

Manalo added that among the major violations was the falsification of TESDA’s Certificate of Competency (COC) by one of the PETCs. “The replacement tech-

(Sgd.) DORCAS O. FERRIOLS-PEREZ Assisting Judge Pahayagang Balikas June 9, 16 & 23, 2014

Tawag na sa Pahayagang Balikas Telephone No. (043) 417.1662 * 0917.521.9477 * 0912.902.7373 para sa inyong pagpapalathala.

Nicetas E. Escalona, Lifetimes Editor

LIFE TIMES Capricorn (Dis. 22-Ene. 19) - Lahat ng bagay na sinimulan ay tiyak tatakbong ma­ginhawa dahil sa kasiglahan.

Aquarius (Ene. 20 Peb. 18) - Huwag magtiwala na ipagkaloob ang sariling tungkulin o responsibilidad sa ibang tao dahil magiging daan ito laban sa sarili.

Pisces (Peb. 19-Mar. 20) - Kung may lakad o lalakarin, gawin sa umaga upang magtagumpay.

Aries (Mar. 21-Abril 19) - Walang problema sa pera. Maayos ang lagay ng kalusugan. Sa kabuluhan, masaya at magaan ang pakiramdam.

Taurus (Abril 20-Mayo 20) - Maraming gawain subalit kailangan bigyan ng panahon ang pagpapahinga.

Gemini (Mayo 21-Hun. 21) - Ang mahalagang tungkulin na ipagkakaloob ay magiging daan ng promosyon na dapat gampanan nang buong katapatan at kahusayan.

Tanay nabs 2014 Regional Literacy Search Award; gets national finalist spot TANAY, Rizal --The local government of Tanay recently topped the 2014 Regional Literacy Search for Outstanding Literacy Program and Outstanding Local Government Unit (LGU), Class A Municipality category.

With the win, Tanay automatically qualifies for the National Literacy Awards, LGU Level A category in which the validation will be announced soon.

The local government of Tanay has been carrying out a comprehensive approach to ensuring optimum literacy for out-of-school youth, ALS learners, persons with disability, senior citizens, members of the Muslim community, indigenous peoples (IPs), farmers, and regular students.

Among the various literacy

programs that Tanay has been vigorously implementing are; Karunungan ng mga Katutubo sa Bulubundukin ng Tanay (KABULTAN), Mobile libraries, Continuing Education Program for ALS learners, Bigay Kinabukasan sa Selda, Madrasah, Special Education Program, Establishment of new public elementary and secondary schools in select areas across the municipality, Technical skills education, Training of IPs to serve as community health workers, Scholarship programs, Responsible parenting and family planning class literacy programs and Sustainable rice production training Tanay has 95.34 percent recorded literacy based on the 2010 figures released by the NSO now Philippine

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Cancer (Hun. 22-Hul. 22) Makikita ang nawawalang gamit. Huwag padala sa mga matatamis na salita at baka maloko.

Leo (Hul. 23-Ago. 22) - Kung nag-aaral, malaking problema ang relasyon sa pag-ibig. Magulo ang isip at magiging matamlay.

Virgo (Ago 23-Set. 23) - Mananatiling masagana ang daloy ng pananalapi at harmoniya. Magiging normal ang takbo ng trabaho at mga gawain.

Libra (Set. 24-Okt. 23) - Maging matatag sa pagharap ng problema. Matutong makisayaw sa tugtog ng buhay.

Scorpio (Okt. 24-Nob. 22) - Magpakahinahon, timbangin at pag-isipang mabuti bago magsalita o humatol. Iwasan na magkamali o makasakit ng damdamin ng kapwa.

Sagittarius (Nob. 23-Dis. 21) - Kusang darating ang hindi inaasahang solusyon sa problema. Mapapawi ang atensiyon.

Statistics Authority (PSA). While it is mostly an urbanized area, Tanay still has remote locations with previously limited access to educational opportunities.

The town is home to the Indigenous People (IPs), particularly the Dumagats and Remontados. To cater to their need for education, particularly on how to find sources of livelihood, the municipal government has been implementing the KABULTAN project since 2000. It has some 700 beneficiaries to date, with 74.61 percent passing the administered equivalency test.

Mobile libraries have likewise been established to augment the learning opportunities provided by KABULTAN. It now has close to 4,000 beneficiaries.|

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<<<STANDARD....from P/6

On volcanoes and power

DTI, stops operation of four motor vehicle emission testing centers

Richard King was also shot dead but this is still being investigated. Jealous lovers or business rivalry or plain personal grudges plus availability of for-hire killers make a dangerous combination. This is a slap on our justice system where people with grievances no longer resort to.  GET'S CENTENNIAL --- Today, we are marking the 100th birthday anni-versary of the late Atty. GUILLERMO E. TORRES, SR. a Mindanao pioneer in education, media, banking business and other endeavors. Among others, he founded the University of Mindanao, the Mindanao TIMES, the UMBN, the Mt. Apo Science Foundation and other early pioneering projects that have become fountainheads of development in Southern Philippines up to this day.

When I was a young newsman while studying law in the late 60s, I had the privilege of working for “GE” (while Mindanao TIMES was still a weekly). He was a quiet, low-key but passionate worker. He was a personal friend to Philippine presidents. (I remember him playing golf with President Marcos.) Unknown to many, he was one of the early migrants from Luzon who, even before the war, had believed that being in Mindanao, specially still rustic Davao, was the way to the future. He was a visionary. His passion was to capacitate the young through education.

Today, the fine traditions have been passed on and carried

nician, obviously not having the appropriate qualification, was made to assume the COC and the corresponding certificate number of the former technician he replaced”, Manalo disclosed.

On the other hand, the other five emission testing centers monitored in the province were found to have complied with the DAO 3:2002.

DTI Regional Director

Marilou Quinco-Toledo said that pursuant to the Republic Act No. 8749 or the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999, DTI is mandated to develop and implement standards and procedures on the licensing of qualified private service centers and their technicians as prerequisite for performing the testing, servicing, repair, and the required adjustment to the vehicle emission system.|

............................................................................... over to the next generation. I am sure “GE” is now at peace with the thought that the torch, still aflame, is ably borne high by his equally workaholic and illustrious “clone”, DR. GUILLERMO “Willie” TORRES, Jr. with whom I also work as a peer and a friend.

On my part, I have mixed feelings -- whether to feel proud or feel ancient -- having spanned two generations of GEs, the father and the son.(jessdureza@gmail.com) |

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Land, social justice, democracy and peace NPA a peasant army.

Add to this the attacks on workers rights, the pressing down of wages to starvation levels, the intensification of the exploitation of workers – through lengthening the working hours and /or making the work more difficult such as increasing the quota and the number of machines and processes a worker operates – the worsening joblessness and poverty, and one will have the formidable combination of workers – who are the most organized, practical and scientific thinking sector, who are not weighed down by property ownership – and the peasant majority. It is with theoretical

and historical basis that communist parties, in general, and the Communist Party of the Philippines, in particular, describe themselves as a party of the working class, of the proletariat. The CPP takes the responsibility of leading the national democratic revolution up to the establishment of socialism.

Add to this the sell-out of the country’s sovereignty and patrimony, the scandalous wholesale corruption, the attacks on people’s rights and civil liberties such as freedom of expression and assembly, due process, freedom from torture, etc. and impunity in human rights violations and killing of journalists,

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and one would have the unity of all freedom-living Filipinos with the struggle of the workers and peasants. This is what the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is all about.

The national democratic revolution being waged by the CPP-NPA-NDFP does not only have an ideological basis – which unifies the movement and provides direction to the revolution – it also has a basis in the conditions prevailing in Philippine society. These are the roots of the armed conflict.

The Aquino government’s adamant refusal to seriously address these issues and make these part of the substantive

Pinoy recipes. Lutuing Pinoy Kalderetang Pato

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3. Add vinegar, salt, pepper, red bell pepper and birds eye chilli (labuyo).

4. Add water, cover and simmer for 5 -7 minutes.

5. Dissolve the cayenne pepper into the sauce. Add potato, cover and simmer for another 6 minutes or until potato are done 6. Add liver spread, continue to stir cook for 3-5 minutes.

7. Add green peas in can and simmer for another 2 minutes.

Cooking Tips: 1. If guisantes (green peas in can) is not available, use the frozen pack green peas.

2. For mild spice, use 1 tablespoon of cayenne and 1 tablespoon of paprika.

3. For a creamier sauce, add grated cheese.|

KALDERETANG Kambing is a spicy stewed goat meat , cook in tomato paste, liver spread and vegetables. The traditional way and simple recipe of cooking this dish.

Ingredients: 1 Kilo goat meat 1 Large onion 1 Cup diced tomato in can or 3 fresh tomato 3-4 Pieces potato 1 Can gisantes or 1/4 cup green peas 1 Red bell pepper 2 Tablespoon cayenne pepper 2 clove of garlic 1 Cup liver spread 2 birds eye chilli (siling labuyo) 1/4 Cup vinegar Salt and pepper to taste Cooking Directions: 1. Saute garlic, onion, and diced tomato.

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agenda in its peace talks with the NDFP shows that it is not serious in achieving peace based on justice no matter how many times it declares that it is for peace and that it is open to the peace talks with the NDFP. And for as long as the social, economic, and political basis exists and the roots of the armed conflict are not being addressed seriously, the Aquino

government would not be able to wipe out the revolution no matter how many Supremos it arrests and puts behind bars. It would push the resolution of the national democratic revolution to its logical conclusion: the victory of the majority over the minority. After all, isn’t this what democracy and a just and lasting peace is all about?| WWW.BULATLAT.COM

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Batangas City receives e-Readiness Leadership Award O N behalf of the City Mayor Eduardo B. Dimacuha, Secretary to the Mayor, RD Dimacuha, receives the eReadiness Leadership Award for Batangas City Government on the celebration of the National ICT month, at the Intercontinental Manila Hotel, Makati City, June 18.

Batangas City was awarded the e-Readiness Leadership for being at the forefront of the ICT project initiatives in the Philippines such as system computerization, e-Government and Smart Cities.

Among 117 cities nationwide, Batangas City with nine other cities: (Cagayan De Oro; Makati; Taguig; Valenzuela; San Fernando (Pampanga); Angeles; Balanga, Cebu, Mandaluyong) topped the Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) Compliance and e-Readiness Survey conducted by the Department Of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Trade (DTI), in partnership with the USAID’s Investment and Enabling Environment (INVEST).

This survey assessed the conformity to the BPLS standards and state of e-Readiness of cities and municipalities that serve as the basis for the intervention that may be provided through computerization and training programs.| MARIE V. LUALHATI

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Secretary to the Mayor, RD Dimacuha, receives the e-Readiness Leadership Award for Batangas City Government on the celebration of the National ICT month, at the Intercontinental Manila Hotel, Makati City, June 18.| CITY PIO PHOTO

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Shell National Youth Active Chess series gets bigger and better this year TOURNAMENT director Alexander Dinoy, Jackie Ampil, social investment manager Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., and champion players Jesca Docena and Julius Gonzales at the PSA Forum.| SPIN

THIS year’s Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship, bigger and wider in scope, begins with the NCR leg on June 7 and 8 at the SM Megamall activity center to be followed by five other legs in Northern and Southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

The circuit will include an additional leg in Cagayan de Oro, according to SNYACC

TOURNAMENT participants listen to the remarks of Pilipinas Shell’s communication manager Cesar Abaricia as the Southern Luzon Leg championship opens at SM City Batangas.|

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tournament director Alexander Dinoy, who graced Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum at Shakey’s Malate with Jackie Ampil, social investment manager of Pilipinas Shell.

The event is open to children and young adults who are non-titled chess players. They will be divided into two categories: kiddies (aged 7 to 14) and juniors (aged 15 to 20).

For the first time in the 22-year history of the SNYACC, female players can advance to the grand finals.

The Southern Luzon leg successfully had its championship last June 21-22 at SM City Batangas while the Visayas leg is slated on July 12-13 at SM City Consolacion in Cebu. Because of a huge field in Mindanao, it will hold two elimination legs on August 2-3 at SM City Cagayan de Oro and August 30-31 at SM City Davao.

The Northern Luzon leg is set on September 13-14 at the University of St. Louis in Tuguegarao. The top two finishers and the top female player in each leg will advance to the grand finals on October 11 and 12 at SM Megamall.

“We want to recognize the efforts of the girls. This time the girls can also qualify to the grand finals. We are mixing them with the boys,” said Ampil in the session presented by Accel, Shakey’s, and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.

Jesca Docena, one of the young female players and kiddies girls grand finals winner last year, was present in the same forum, and welcomed the opportunity to make it to the finals with the boys.

“It will be more challenging for us,” said Docena, seated beside NCR kiddies division grand finals winner Julius Gonzales.

The staging of this year’s SNYCAA coincides with the centennial anniversary of Shell companies in the Philippines.

“In line with our continuing commitment to nationbuilding, it is fitting to strengthen our focus on youth development through education, visual arts and sports like chess,” said Ampil.| SPIN

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