Peoples Brigada News April 2, 2010 by Rafael Francisco

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April 9 - 11, 2010

Vol. 14

No. 645

April 9 - 11, 2010

P10.00

“HINDI pa huli para Magbago”! Ito ang mariing sigaw ng mga Pasayeños noong nakalipas na Marso 28, 2010 ng hapon sa isa na namang makasaysayang pagmartsa na isinagawa sa ginanap na malawakang Proclamation Rally ng Bigkis Pinoy Party Pasay City-Lakas ng Kaibigan sa kahabaan ng F.B. Harrison at LiberSundan sa pahina 2 tad Sts.

Mayor Bernabe pa rin!

prayoridad ni Kuya Roland Pahina 3

s s r r a a e e Y 1144 Y a a s s a a nn rbisyo Se liko! Pub

PAGBABAGO SA PASAY HINDI NA PAAWAT

Sigaw ng mga Pahina 3 Parañaqueños… Edukasyon,

Weekend News

NASA LARAWAN na ito ang tunay na PAGBABAGO na siyang nais yakapin ng mga Pasayeños matapos daluhan ng libu-libong residente ng nasabing lungsod sa isinagawang Grand Proclamation Rally ng Bigkis Pinoy Party Pasay City. Nasa larawan sina Congresswoman bet Rica Elah “Puchet” SantosHortaleza (nakadipa) na halos yakapin ang mga Pasayeños na nagmamahal sa kanila at naniniwala sa kanilang adhikain, Mayoral Ding Santos (nakaupo banding kanan) habang kausap si vice-mayoral Babes Calixto (nakaupokaliwa) .

DPWH ads dapat tumangkilik din sa tabloids Pahina 2

WALANG PILIAN! Atty. Abe Rogacion, para konsehal!

Libr eng edukasy on Libreng edukasyon sa P asa y, isusulong Pasa asay Benjo Bernabe, para konsehal sa Parañaque 2nd dist.

Pahina 2

MEMBERS OF RO TAR Y CL UB OF MAKA TI -Bonifacio pose for posterity after ROT ARY CLUB MAKATI the awards night for Outstanding BIR revenue district officers (from left, standing) Past President (PP) Ador Mejia, Smiling and Visionary President (SVP) Jerry Dacayo Jr., Rotarian (Rtn.) Gregg Alcaide, Sec. Ric Ibasco, Rtn. Santi Esplana, Rtn. Rene Lazo, President Elect (PE) Marivic Baria, Rtn. Benny Espiritu, PP Lorna Orbe, Rtn. Domeng Fajardo, PP Jorge Caparas, DGN. Rafael Butch Francisco, PP Lorenz Tato, and PP Mon Veluz flanked by visitors and nominees.

Basahin sa Pahina 4

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PAGBABAGO SA PASAY HINDI NA PAAWAT

(Mula sa pahina 1) Bandang alas 3:00 ng hapon ay sinimulang isara ang nasabing lugar bunsod ng punuin ito ng higit sa 70,000 Pasayeños na dumalo sa nasabing Proclamation rally para lamang personal na masaksihan ang tunay na Pagbabago sa Pasay at para matauhan kung ano ang tunay na mukha ng kanilang lungsod, kabilang ang iba’t-ibang sector ng gobyerno, NGO’s, LGU’s, Senior Citizen, Kabataan, Religious group at mga negosyante, Ito ay pinangunahan nina Pasay City mayoral candidate Ricardo “Ding” Santos, lone district congressional race Rica Elah “Puchet” Santos-Hortaleza, vice-mayoral Leopoldo “Babes” Calixto, at mga konsehal sa 1st district na sina Atty. Abelardo “Abe” Rogacion, Kap. Bimbo Lim, Kap. Carding Corral, Dr. Antonio Co, Atty. Gani

to at ang isa sa pinakamalaking mall sa Asya. Ilang lamang din ito sa ipinagtataka ng mga taga Pasay na kung bakit sa tagal ng panahon na pamamalagi ng opisyal sa pamahalaang lungsod ay wala man lamang pagbabagong nagaganap at wala man lamang umanong nagawa para sa kanila. Sa halip, puro na lamang pagkakasuspinde ng mga opisyales ang kanilang nababalitaan dahil sa samutsaring kasong kinasasangkutan partikular na ang pangungurakot o korapsiyon. Dahil dito, isa na lamang ang inaasahan ng mamamayan ng Pasay, sa darating na May 10, 2010, ang

Lisaca, Kag.Val Ilagan, at sa 2nd district na sina Dr. Tonton Cabrido, Cris Tan, Dr. Risa de Leon, Pete Ordialez, Ben Patiño, at Rolly Bacar. Sa naganap na rally, nagkaroon ng film showing at ipinakita ang tunay

“Matagal na sanang Pasay City Mayor si Ding Santos at panalo na yan noon pa, kaso lang masyadong lang mabait si Ding Santos, na ang pag-aakala niya (Santos), kaya siya nagbigay ay magkakaroon ng Pagbabago, yun pala nauwi sa wala, kaya kahit papano ay pinagsisihan nito ang kanyang pagpaparaya, kaya tuloy hanggang ngayon hangga’t may hininga pa siya patuloy siyang lumalaban kasama ng kanyang mga tunay na kaibigan”, kuwento pa sa People’s Brigada News, ng isang barangay chairman na ayaw na magpabanggit ng kanyang pangalan.

na kalagayan ng lungsod na hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin napagtatagumpayan ng mga namumuno upang i-angat ang antas ng siyudad na napag-iiwanan na ng ibang lungsod sa buong Kamaynilaan. Sa bandang timog ng

DPWH ads dapat tumangkilik din ng tabloids

WALANG PILIAN!

KADALASAN nasisilipan ng butas ang ibang ahensiya ng gobyerno, dahil sa pagiging pa-ipokrito/pa-ipokritang pakikisama ng ilang opisyales sa ilang mga media practitioners na hindi pinakikitunguhan ng maayos na siya naman nagiging sanhi ng paglalabas ng mga katotohanan. Tulad sa isang ahensiya ng gobyerno ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), karamihan sa mga matataas na opisyal rito ay mga magagaling hindi lamang sa kanilang posisyon pinanghahawakan, kundi magaling rin makisama sa mga media. Ngunit, bakit hindi maiwasan na may iilan pa rin sa mga opisyal sa nasabing ahensiya na plastik makitungo, kung kaya’t tuloy binatikos ang mga ito. Ayon sa hinaing ng ilang samahan ng tabloid publisher, mariin nilang kinondena ang umano;y patakaran pinalalabas ng DPWH na hinid maaring ilathala sa anumang tabloid newspaper lalo na sa mga

April 9

maliliit na tabloid ang kanilang mga ads, gaya ng public notices at mga bidding o invitation to bid at tanging ang mga broadsheet newspaper lamang ang may karapatang maglabas nito at ang website ng DPWH. Dahil dito, hindi naiwasan maglabas ng kanilang hinaing ang mga publisher ng mga tabloid, sapagkat ang tanging kinaiba lamang ng broad sheet ay English ang mga ito at malaki ang newspaper samantalang kung sirkulasyon ang pag-uusapan ay lamang ang mga tabloid. Bukod, pa rito, mas lamang ang mga tabloid sa mga broadsheet or website man ng nasabing kagawaran, dahil tanging tabloid lamang ang binabasa ng mga masang Pilipino dahil maliban sa madali nilang basahin at mabilis na naiitindihan ang nilalaman nito ay halagang P10 lamang ay mabibili na nila. Ayon naman sa panig ng DPWH, nagsimula ang hindi tamang patakaran mula nang manungkulan si Sec. Simeon Datumanong, na mahigpit na pinaiiral nito na sa malalaking broadsheets lamang at sa website ng

DPWH ipinalalabas ang mga public notices at invitation to bid ng nasabing Kagawaran. Ikinatuwiran pa ng mga ito, na requirements umano ito ng Commission on Audit (COA). Pero sa dami ng public notices at invitation to bid ng DPWH, pawang broadsheets na pag-aari ng malalaking publication lamang ang nakikinabang gayong malaki naman na ang followings nito sa mga commercial advertisements. “Dapat pati maliliit na tabloids isinasali nila sa pagra-raffle ng kung saan i-papublish ang kanilang public ads kasi malaking tulong ito sa amin, bukod pa sa katotohanang direktang naaabot ng circulation namin ang prospective bidders nila at sure readers pa kasi general circulation naman kami,” daing ng mga publisher na ayaw ipabanggit ang pangalan. Kaugnay nito, nananawagan ang ilang tabloid publisher kay Sec. Victor Domingo na bigyan ng pansin ang kanilang hinaing upang magkaroon ng pantaypantay na pagtingin sa lahat ng mga diyaryo sa bansa.

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

We were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. —1 Thessalonians 2:7

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Samuel 13-14 Luke 10:1-24 SERVANT-FRIENDSHIP Don Tack wanted to know what life was like for homeless people. So he concealed his identity and went to live on the streets of his city. He found out that food and shelter were offered by many organizations. At one shelter he could spend the night if he listened to a sermon beforehand. He appreciated the guest speaker’s message and wanted to talk with him afterward. But as Don reached out to shake the man’s hand and asked if he could talk with him, the speaker walked right past him as if he didn’t exist. Don learned that what was missing most in ministry to the homeless in his area were people who were willing to build relationships. So he began an organization called Servants Center to offer help through friendship. What Don encountered at the shelter was the opposite of what the people who heard the apostle Paul experienced. When he shared the gospel, he gave himself too. He testified in his letter to theThessalonians, “We were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us” (1 Thess. 2:8). He said, “We were gentle among you,” Like a mother (v.7). In our service for the Lord, do we share not just our words or money but our time and friendship? Anne Cetas I want to do service for Christ while I live, And comfort and cheer to poor lonely hearts give; For this is the program approved by the World, To visit the needy and speak of the Lord,—Bosch One measure of our likeness to Christ Is our sensitivity to the suffering of others.

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SA LARAWANG ito ay tiyak na ang pagiging Pasay City Mayor ni Ding Santos, Kinatawan Puchet Santos-Hortaleza, Vice Mayor Babes Calixto at labing dalawang konsehal, dahil sa ipinakitang suporta ng Lakas ng Kaibigan at mga mamamayan ng Pasay sa isinagawang Proclamation Rally ng Bigkis Pinoy noong nakalipas na Marso 20, 2010, kasabay ng pagtataas ng kanilang kamay, hudyat ng isang tagumpay. Kamaynilaan, napagitnaan ang Pasay, tulad ng Makati at Parañaque, kapag ikinumpara mo ang Pasay sa dalawang lungsod pa lamang na ito ay nagmistulang basura lamang umano ang nasabing lungsod, sa kabila ng malaking tax collection na pumapasok rito, bukod pa ang monthly Pagcor fund. Hindi rin maikakaila na maraming dayuhan ang namumuhunan sa lungsod sapagkat sentro ito saan man lugar pumunta sa Metro Manila na kung saan ang paliparan ay nari-

pagpili ng mga bagong opisyales sa lungsod at dapat ay kilatisin maigi ang mga ito. “Dapat matauhan na tayo, ito na ang tamang panahon para magbago, dahil automated counting elections na, ating boto ay mabibilang na ng tama at hindi na tayo madadaya pa. Pagbabago sa Pasay ang kailangan natin, kung magpapadala tayo sa mga sulsol ng mga luma, patuloy nila tayong ilulugmok sa kahirapan. Kaya iboto natin ang bago, alang-alang sa ating pamilya”, giit pa ng mga Pasayeños.

“Kilala namin ang kasalukuyang administrasyon, kapag kinalaban mo sila, may kalalagyan ka, kaya mahirap talaga ang pakikipaglaban para sa pangkalahatan, gaya ng ginagawa ni Mayoral Ding Santos, alam namin na para sa kabutihan ang kanyang ipinaglalaban, kaya mananaig pa rin ito, dahil kailanman di mangingibabaw ang kasamaan sa kabutihan. At sa wakas ito na rin ang kanyang pagkakataon, sampu ng kanyang mga kasamahan”, dagdag pa nito.

Atty. Abe Rogacion, para konsehal!

Libreng edukasyon sa Pasay, isusulong

DAHIL sa labis na kahirapan sa edukasyon at umano’y mababang kalidad sa lungsod ng Pasay, nais isulong ng isang abogado sa katauhan ni Atty. Abelardo “Abe” Rogacion, tumatakbong konsehal sa 1st district ng Pasay sa ilalim ng Bigkis Pinoy Party, ang Libreng Edukasyon o free tuition fee sa Pamantasang Lungsod ng Pasay. Ayon kay Atty. Rogacion, una pa rin sa lahat ang edukasyon, dahil ang edukasyon ang susi sa tagumpay sa bawat isang mamamayan. Nalungkot lamang ang susunod na konsehal sa unang distrito ng nasabing lungsod, sa sunud-sunod na reklamong idinudulog rito. Aniya, kung hindi sobrang taas na tuition fees sa PLP ay mababa ang kalidad ng pagtuturo dito sa iba’t-ibang kurso lalo na pagdating sa kursong nursing at nalungkot dito ang nasabing abogado dahil siya man ay hindi gustong marinig ang mababang kalidad ng pagtuturo sa naturang pamantasan. Dahil, dito nais ni Atty. Rogacion, na isulong ang Libreng Edukasyon, subalit mataas ang kalidad ng pagtuturo, dito patutunayan ng una na magiging angat sa lahat ng bagay

ATTY. ABELARDO “ABE” ROGACION ang Pasay, dahil alam nito na kapag marunong ang namumuno walang sinoman taga-Pasay ang mabibigo. Ilan pa sa mga plata-pormang prayoridad ni Atty. Rogacion ay Sigla ng Kalusugan- na kung saan sa halip na “Patay General Hospital” kung tagurian ng mga Pasayeños, ay mananatili itong Pasay City General hospital, sapagkat ang buwanang ibinibigay ng Pagcor fund na P5,200,000.00 ay ilalaan sa naturang pagamutan para maging maayos ang takbo ng serbisyo pati mga gamot ay magiging libre at hindi iyong sa bulsa ng mga opisyales mapupunta ang budget na ito. Isama pa rito ang pagbibigay ng Bonus Incen-

tive – sa Barangay officials na naglingkod ng 3-term; at bilang pagbigay galang sa mga senior citizen dapat ay magkaroon sila ng GSIS Life and Accident Insurance; at Pabahay sa mga taga-lungsod at hindi itataboy sa labas ng lungsod. Pagdating sa serbisyo subok na rin dito ang abogado dahil marami na rin itong pinaglingkuran, naging Private Secretary-Mayor Adolfo C. Santos, Pasay City taong 1954; 19561959- Clerk, Division of City Schools, Pasay City; 1959-1967-Administrative Assistant I, Office of the Mayor Pasay City (Mayor Pablo Cuneta); December 1967-1984Employee, Treasury Department, San Miguel Corporation (Optional Retirement); June 26, 1985-Member of the Bar-Practicing Lawyer up to the present. Tumanggap rin ng iba’t-ibang parangal tulad ng “Gawad Paglilingkod”-Episcopal; Commission on Prisoners’ Welfare Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)” October 29th, 1995; (8th Anniversary Celebration of Prison Awareness Sunday)

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SIMULA ng maupo bilang alkalde ng lungsod ng Parañaque si Mayor Florencio “Jun” Bernabe, taong 2004 ang unang termino, 2007 ang ikalawa, at tiyak na sa taong ito 2010 ay mabubuo ang kanyang ikatlong termino, dahil sigaw ng kanyang mga constituents ay “Mayor Jun Bernabe para alkalde sa darating na May 10, 2010 eleksiyon.’ Ito ang iginiit ng lahat ng sektor sa nasabing lungsod na kinabibilangan ng LGU’s, NGO’s, Religious sector, Senior Citizen, at mga negosyante. Anila, sa una at ikalawang termino ni Bernabe ay malaki ang ipinagbago ng lungsod,

Parañaque News April 9 - 11, 2010 Weekend News Sigaw ng mga Parañaqueños…

MAYOR BERNABE PA RIN!

hindi lamang sa business sector at ekonomiya kundi pati sa pamumuhay ng mga maliliit na residente sa naturang lungsod na kung saan bawat mamamayan rito ay hindi na dumaranas ng labis na kahirapan. Idinagdag pa ng mga ito, na hanga sila sa ipinapakitang katapatan ni Bernabe bilang ama ng lungsod, dahil hindi man lamang nito inisip ang pansariling interest para gamitin ang kapangyarihan, kundi inuuna nito ang

kapakanan ng mga tagalungsod At simula naging moderno na ang lungsod ay dumarami na rin ang namumuhunan sa lungsod hindi lamang mga Pilipinong negosyante kundi maging ang mga dayuhang mamumuhunan. Alam rin nila na kapag muling maluklok sa ikatlong termino nito si Bernabe ay lalong aasenso ang lungsod at malaki ang kapakinabangan nito sa mga residente.

P’que traffic advisory BILANG bahagi ng pandaigdigang selebrasyon ng “World Health Day 2010 - 1000 Cities, 1000 Lives”, ang Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Parañaque ay nakatakdang magsagawa ng isang pagdiriwang hinggil sa pagtataguyod ng kalusugan at kalikasan na tatawaging “H2H: Hataw Health Festival”. Nakatakda sa Abril 11, 2010, ipiprisinta ng mga kabataan at iba pang mga mamamayan na lalahok sa mga seminar-workshop na inorganisa ng pamahalaang lungsod ang mga magiging resulta at produkto ng kanilang pagsasanay sa napili nilang sining, kabilang ang pangbiswal (visual arts); tyatro (theater); musika; pelikula (film); literature; arkitektura, iba pang kaugnay na sining; at sayaw (dance). Para sa angkop na presentasyon sa publiko, pansamantalang isasara sa trapiko at hindi papapasukin ang mga sasaky-

an sa bahagi ng Quirino Avenue mula sa kanto ng Dimatimbangan St. sa Brgy. Don Galo hanggang panulukan ng Kabihasnan sa Brgy. San Dionisio sa Linggo, Abril 11, 2010, mula 1:00A.M.

hanggang 11:00P.M. Ang mga motorista, operator at drayber ng pampasaherong sasakyan at iba pang kinaukulan ay hinihikayat na gumamit ng alternatibong ruta.

GROUNDBREAKING SA P’QUE SOCIALIZED HOUSING SITE GINAN AP ANAP AP.. Pinamunuan ni Parañaque City Mayor Jun Bernabe ang “groundbreaking rites” para sa idedebelop na Florencio V. Bernabe, Sr. Village na kalapit ng GK Manggahan Kawayanan Village sa Brgy. Marcelo Green. Makikita sa larawan (pakanan) sina Parañaque DSWD Chief Dean Calleja, Youth and Sports Adviser Benjo Bernabe, Mayor Jun Bernabe, 2nd Dist. Rep. Roilo Golez, Konsehal Jose Enrico Golez, Gawad Kalinga Project Director para sa Parañaque at Muntinlupa na si Francisco Balagtas, Engr. Oscar Fernandez ng City Local Housing Development Office at Manggahan Kawayanan Neighborhood Association President at Marcelo Green Brgy. Kagawad Eva Abejero habang ibinababa ang “time capsule” na naghuhudyat ng pagsisimula ng konstruksyon. PEA CE CO VEN ANT NILA GD AAN SA PARAÑA Q UE. Tungo sa malinis at PEACE COVEN VENANT NILAGD GDAAN PARAÑAQ mapayapang halalan, nagtipun-tipon sa Presentation Of Child Jesus Parish sa Brgy. BF Homes sa Lungsod ng Parañaque ang mga kandidato para sa mga lokal na elektibong posisyon sa siyudad, kabilang si re-electionist Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. at lumagda sa isang kasunduan para sa katiwasayan ng halalan (peace covenant). Ito ay sinaksihan ng mga opisyal ng COMELEC, PNP, Simbahan, taga-suporta ng iba’t-ibang partidong pulitikal at iba pang mamamayan. Makikita sa larawan si Mayor Jun Bernabe (kaliwa) habang binabasbasan ni Parañaque Bishop Rev. Jesse Mercado (kanan).

EDUKASYON, PRAYORIDAD NI KUYA ROLAND ISA sa pangarap ng bawat mamamayan Pilipino ay makapagtapos ng pag-aaral, ang isang magulang walang ibang hangad para sa anak kundi ang makatuntong sa paaralan para matuto o magkaroon ng kaalaman upang hindi matawag na isang ‘mangmang’ ang anak. Ang makapagpatayo ng At hindi dito makakapayag si Kuya Roland paaralan sa bawat baranBernabe, tumatakbong gay ng lungsod, dahil nacongressman sa 1st dis- niniwala ang susunod na trict ng Parañaque City, mambabatas na walang na tawaging ‘mang- hindi mahirap gawin mang’ ang mga kaba- basta’t nasa puso lamang bayan sa lungsod, dahil ng isang naglilingkod sa kapag nasa kongreso bayan ang maghatid serna siya, ito ang isa sa bisyo publiko. Sa kasalukuyan ay nagkanyang mga tataasan na rin ang mga prayoridad.

tuition fees sa iba’t-ibang pribadong eskuwelahan maging ang ibang pampubliko ay hindi maiwasan na maningil ng kung anu-anong miscelleanous fees samantalang walang dapat bayaran ang mga mag-aaral rito At ito ay kanyang tututulan at ipaglalalaban ang karapatan ng bawat magaaral, dahil alam niyang isa itong mabigat na pasanin para sa isang magulang lalo na kung sa bawat pamilya rito ay may

limang anak na pinagaaral. Hindi rin masisi ni Kuya Roland ang ginagawang kilos-protesta ng mga estudyante ng Polythecnic University of the Philipines (PUP) dahil sa walang pakundangang pagtataas ng tuition fees dito sa kabila ng isa itong publikong unibersidad. Ayon pa kay Kuya Roland, edukasyon ang susi sa pag-unlad at ito ay kanyang tutuparin na maihatid sa mamamayan ang edukasyon sa pamamag-

itan ng pagtatayo ng mga paaralan sa barangay, dahil ito lamang ang kasagutan para maibigay lamang ang tunay na serbisyo kung sisimulan ito sa barangay. Una, kapag malapit ang paaralan sa isang barangay ay hindi na kailangan pa ng isang mag-aaral na mamasahe dahil ‘walking distance’ lamang ito mula sa kanilang tahanan. At para mas lalo pang makabawas sa gastusin ng mga magulang, mamimigay ng mga gamit

sa paaralan gaya ng lapis, notebook, bag, at iba pa. Hindi lamang ito ang pangarap ni Kuya Roland para sa kanyang mga kababayan sa Parañaque kundi marami pa, isa lamang ang kanyang hiling na kapag nakiisa sila sa TEAM BERNABE malayo pa ang kanilang mararating. Dahil kapag umuunlad ang lungsod, uunlad din ang buhay ng bawat residente dito.

MAINIT NA TINANGGAP ng kanyang mga kababayan sa Barangay Sto. Niño, si Parañaque City 1st district Congressional bet Roland Bernabe, sa pagbisita nitong ginawa kamakailan .

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HPG Director Butch Mabutas huwarang Police General

AKAKAYA lamang ituwid ang isang baluktot na sistema kung ang magpapatupad nito ay may angking tunay na paninindigan at katapatan sa paglilingkod. Bukod sa taglay na talino, husay, galing at dedikasyon sa kanyang tungkulin bilang director ng Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) ay pinatunayang muli ni P/Chief Supt. Orlando “Butch” Mabutas na handa siyang muling itaguyod ang lost glory ng HPG upang muling kilalanin bilang elite force ng PNP. Kamakailan lamang ay walang kagatol-gatol na inihayag ni Gen. Mabutas ang pagsasagawa ng isang agarang imbestigasyon sa mga sangkot na tauhan ng HPG Cordillera hinggil sa diumano’y pangingikil ng

mga ito ng halagang P300 sa mga kumukuha ng Motor Vehicle Clerance Certificate sa nasabing regional command. Agad hiniling ni Mabutas na masibak sa puwesto si Cordillera HPG chief Sr. Supt. Romeo Ver, kapatid ng isang kilalang retired police general, at magkaroon ng isang maagap na imbestigasyon hinggil sa mga naturang akusasyon. Ito ay patunay lamang na walang sinisino si Mabutas basta’t ang nakasalalay ay kaayusan at reputasyon ng HPG. Hindi siya magdadalawang-isip na banggain ang sinuman sa ngalan ng kanyang gru-pong pinamumunuan. Patunay din nito, sa idinaos na command conference ng HPG noong nakaraang buwan ay pinapurihan niya ang ilang mga opisyal ng HPG regional offices na nagtala ng magagandang

performance. Isa na riyan ay ang de-kalidad na HPG 4A regional chief na si Sr. Supt. Antonio Gardiola. Subalit sa nabanggit na conference, mahigpit ding binalaan ni Mabutas ang kanyang mga regional heads na mababa ang performance satisfaction level na i-angat ang accomplishment status ng mga ito kung hindi ay magbabalot-balot na dahil hindi siya mangingiming sila ay sibakin sa puwesto at palitan ng mga deserving officers. Ganyan ka-istrikto at kaseryoso pagdating sa trabaho si Gen. Mabutas. Kaya nga isa sa mga talagang most improved department ng PNP ang highway patrol. Dahil ito sa kanyang exceptional qualities as a leader. Not to mention pa ang ambag na galing ng isa sa kanyang mga tauhan, ang masipag at mahusay na si Sr. Supt. Roel Obusan na patuloy na pinamumunuan ang kinikilalang sangay ng HPG, ang drive-thru MVCO sa loob mismo ng Kampo Crame. Try to visit the HPG compound and compare its appearance and its personnel way back and of what it is today under Gen. Mabutas’ leadership. The visible accomplishments of this humble but professional police general will be sounding proofs that the HPG is on its way to regain its old lost glory.

“Kagawad na walang binatbat”

! L U L P U A SSAP ! Alex Balcoba

AY mga tao tala gang ipinanganak sa mundo na ubod ng kapal ng mukha,dahil sila nga ay “thick face” hindi ito natatakot gumawa ng masama andiyan na iyong pagka-sugapa!! “GREEDINESS LEADS YOU TO IMMORALITY” ito ang kasabihang hango sa totoong anyo ng taong mga walang konsensiya at sakim na kamkamin ang mga bagay na gusto nila kahit hindi man nila ito pag-aari. We should not beat around the bush and must go straight to the point. OPO,isa lang naman ang taong nais kong kalampagin ang kakitiran nitong pag-iisip at ang kagaspangan ng pag-uugali ngunit para sa lahat na katulad niya sana kahit papano magising kayo at ma-realized na baliko pala ang inyong mga pinaninindigang prinsipyo. HOY! kagawad “kuno” Guilbert Piamonte hindi kaba na-

hihiya sa iyong sarili?sa iyong pamilya? sa mga taong nakakakilala sa’yo?at mas higit lalo sa taongbayan na nagpapasweldo sa’yo? sumasahod ka lang pero hindi mo naman ginagampanan ang iyong tungkulin sa iyong sinasakupang lugar,naku kagawad ka palang ubod kana ng yabang!.Wala kang inaatupag kundi ang pansariling hanapbuhay mo lamang sa bangketa,maswerte nga naman talaga ang mga taong pinagpala ni Satanas sumasahod na hindi galing sa pinaghirapan. Ngunit BABALA lang mga kaibigan,huwag mainggit sa mga taong kampon ng kadiliman dahil buhay pa lang ang mga iyan sunog na ang mga kaluluwa sa impyerno,di baleng mahirap basta may dangal kang iniingatan at maipagmamalaki kahit sino man ang kaharap mo,we should always remember that there’s a divine justice and final judgment and good deeds keep us closer to God kaya manatiling panig sa kabutihan la-

mang though we are not perfect at least we’re trying to be perfect. Bilang isang mamamayan na mata ng bayan at panig sa tama lamang marapat Piamonte na tugisin ang kaitiman ng iyong budhi,public-servant kapa naman ngunit ubod ka ng suwapang akalain ba namang gusto niyang tanggalin o alisin ang katabi niyang puwesto upang masakop na niya lahat ang bangketa, kapal nga naman talaga ng mukha mo!hindi ka pa noon kagawad Guilbert,ang dating chairman na si Celso Ocate pa ang kinuha mong padrino upang kausapin lamang ang dating naka-puwesto diyan sa kinalalagyan mo ngayon,na makisingit ka at kahit kaunting espasyo lamang upang makapaghanapbuhay ka dahil mauna-wain nga naman itong vendor na pinakiusapan mo hindi ito nagdalawang salita na tulungan at bahagian ka. Wala kang utang na loob ang taong tumulong sa’yo ay kinakalaban mo at gusto mo pang paalisin !na musmos ka pa lang andiyan na nagha- hanapbuhay ilang dekada na ang nagdaan,napakasakim mo talaga,unti-unti mong kinamkam ang puwesto sa bangketa hindi kaba nahiya sa sarili mo kung hindi dahil sa pakikisama sa’yo nasaan ka kaya ngayon? baka janitor ka pa rin, akalain mo sa ka-swapangan mo nakapundar ka ng bahay at lupa sa Mandaluyong at naging kagawad ka pa sa brgy 308 Zone 30 Quezon Blvd.Quiapo Manila ngunit hindi ka naman residente diyan

OONG nakaraang Marso 28, 2010 (Linggo) sinalakay ng mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na di umano’y nakatalaga sa Padilla, Antipolo City ang ilegal na tupadahan sa Barangay Quisao, Pililla, Rizal at labing tatlong ang nadakip. Marami ang nasugatan at kung saan-saan tumakbo ang mga tao. Tama lang hulihin ang nasabing tupadahan dahil ilegal at hindi nagbabayad ng buwis sa gobyerno. Ayon sa isang nahuli na ayaw magpabanggit ng kanyang pangalan tila robbery-extortion ang nangyari sa kanila dahil sapilitan kinuha ang kanilang pera at hiningan pa. Di ko lang malaman kung paano nakalabas yung labing tatlong katao kung nag piyansa sa korte o inareglo ang mga pulis. Basta’t ang masasabi ko lang tama ang ginawa dito ng mga pulis dahil pinasok nila ang ilegal na tupadahan. Pero ito ang tanong bakit ang mga pulis ay ubod ng sipag manghuli sa mga tupadahan sa lalawigan ng Rizal pero hindi nila pinakikialaman ang jueteng sa Rizal. Marami ang nagsasabi na takot ang Philippine National Police (PNP) sa lalawigan ng Rizal na pahintuin ang jueteng sa di malamang dahilan. Milyun-milyon ang kinikita ng jueteng sa Rizal dahil sa dalawang mabibigat ng gambling lords na kung tawagin ay KAPITOL AT ROYAL. Ang tanong ng mga residente di kaya nakikinabang umano’y ang ilang pulis dito sa JUETENG kung bakit hindi nila ginagalaw. Ilang taon na namamayagpag ang dalawang nasabing lords sa lalawigan ng Rizal at milyunmilyon peso na ang kanilang kinikita sa mga pulubing naninirahan sa Rizal. Philippine National Police director general Jesus Verzosa atPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, chief of all Armed Forces of the Phil-

ippines kalampagin mo nga ang PNP sa buong lalwigan ng Rizal kung bakit patuloy ang ilegal na jueteng at mas binibigyan pa ng pansin ang maliliit na tupadahan na hulihin. Ayon sa aking mapapagkatiwalaang source, kaya hinuhuli ng mga pulis ang maliliit na tupadahan dahil hindi umano’y nagbibigay ng TONG COLLECTION sa ilang tiwaling pulis. Tsk Tsk Tsk nakakahiya ito kung totoo dapat paimbestigahan ito ni PNP chief Verzosa. Maraming matitinong pulis sa lalawigan ng Rizal pero bakit mayroon ibang naliligaw ng landas. Hinahamon ng mga residente sa buong lalawigan ng Rizal ang liderato ni PNP chief Verzosa na pahintuin ang JUETENG sa Rizal at nagkakamal ng salapi ang dalawang gambling lords. Ayon kay Mang Andres na taal na taga Binangonan, Rizal nagtatanong ang mamang ito kung sinu-sino ang mga nakikinabang sa jueteng. Ang sagot ko kay Mang Andres simple lang tanungin mo ang PNP at ang local government baka mabigyan siya ng kasagutan dahil hindi ko alam. Dagdag pa ng aking source, ang JUETENG ay hindi umano’y makakapasok sa isang BARRIO o BAYAN kung hindi alam ng local government. Baka nga sabi ni Mang Andres ang BARANGAY umano’y ang nakikinabang sa JUETENG. Paano naman daw ang ilang awtoridad at ilang mataas na opisyal sa gobyerno. Halos tatlong DEKADA na ang JUETENG sa lalawigan ng Rizal ay patuloy pa rin namamayagpag ang nasabing ilegal. Nagtataka tuloy ang mga tao kapag nagkakaroon ng TUPADA sa isang liblib na lugar ay hinuhuli kaagad ng mga pulis, pero di pinapansin ang JUETENG samantala mas malaking ilegal ito kahit saan tingnan na anggulo. Hindi ko pinapaboran ang TUPADA dahil ilegal yan at dap-

at matigil na yan. Ang gusto ko lang mangyari maging patas naman ang PNP kung naipapahinto nila ang TUPADA bakit di nila kaya ang JUETENG. Ang taongbayan na dito ang humusga kung sino ang tama’t mali. Pero kung tutuusin kaya talaga ipatigil ng buong PNP ang JUETENG sa Rizal at hindi lang natin malaman kung ano talaga ang mabigat na dahilan. Ito pa mayroon TUPADAHAN sa Barangay Niogan at San Lorenzo, Pililla, Rizal dapat ipahinto din ng mga awtoridad. Eh ang problema tuloytuloy ang dalawang ilegal na TUPADAHAN. Ayon sa aking source pulis di umano’y ang nagpapatakbo ng dalawang nasabing TUPADAHAN kaya di ginagalaw ng mga awtoridad. Sinu-sino kaya mga pulis ang nagpapatakbo ng dalawang ilegal. Noong hapon ng Abril 2, 2010 ilang daan katao ang nagtakbuhan sa TUPADAHAN ng San Lorenzo, Pililla, Rizal dahil mayroon dumating na ilang pulis. Nakakaawa ang mga tao at marami din ang mga nasugatan. Pero ito ang tunay na dahilan yung mga pulis na dumating sa TUPADAHAN ay kinausap umano’y yung isang pulis na nagpapatupada at hindi hinuli ang mga tao. Hindi lang natin alam kung ano ang pinagusapan ng pulis at yung mga pulis na dumating na naka uniporme pa daw ng PNP. Sinabi pa umano’y ng isang pulis na nagpapatupada na bumalik ang mga tao kahit mga nasugatan na sa pagtakbo at tuloy na tuloy ang ilegal. Kita niyo mga kababayan ko, akala ko ba ang isang pulis ay tagapagpatupad ng BATAS eh taga BUTAS din pala ng BATAS. PNP chief Verzosa paki imbestigahan mo nga kung sinusinong mga pulis ang nagpapatupada sa Pililla, Rizal kaya tuloy ang ilegal na TUPADAHAN. Hanggang sa kasalukuyan hindi pa binabanggit ng aking source kung sinong mga pulis ang involved sa tupadahan. Sana malaman ko at ilalathala ko ang kanilang mga pangalan para malaman ng buong madala na ilegal ang kanilang gawain. Suwerte naman ang ilang pulis may sahod na sa gobyerno may sahod pa sa ilegal. Talagang ganun ang buhay ay panapahahon lang. For comments, suggestions or inquires, e-mail atongbombquilicol@yahoo.com

botante ka lang at ang masaklap wala ka pang naitulong o nagawa para sa ikauunlad ng baranggay mo mabuti pa ang mga tanod ay kayod kalabaw, nagpupuyat at tinataya ang kanilang buhay makapaglingkod lang sa bayan kahit kapiranggot lang ang kanilang sini-sweldo samantala ikaw malaki ang sine-sweldo sa’yo ano kaya ang pakiramdam mo kapag ikaw ay tumatanggap ng sahod na hindi mo naman ito pinagpaguran. Lage mo pang pinangalandakan at pinagmamalaki na,”Kung noon puwesto mo ‘yan ngayon

hindi na dahil pagmamay-ari ko na ‘yan!”akalain mo nga naman 2 na ang puwesto mo hindi kapa na-kontento? Halos wala ng madaanan ang mga tao dahil sa lapad at haba ng iyong pwesto ( 4 by 10 ft.)tinitingnan ka lang ng mga kapwa mo kagawad pati mga kamag-anak mo galit sayo dahil sa ka-swapangan mo. Naku kagawad hindi ka lang pala sugapa sa pwesto pati pala sa alak kapag nasayaran na ang lalamunan mo ng alak para kang asong ulol naghahanap ng patay sindi na lugar na kung tawagin ay beer house pilit mong dinidi-

lat ang dalawa mong mata para masilayan ang kagandahan ng mga kababaihan kuukuha pa ito ng ka-table para pa itong tigre laplap dito laplap doon ang ginagawa nagpapakilalala pang balik-bayan at seaman naku pruweba nayan na ikaw ay talagang sinungaling at ubod ng yabang re-request pa ito sa floor manager na linisin ang VIP room naku kagawad marami ka palang kabalbalan o kalokohan sa susunod isaisahin ko ang baho mo at ang mga pinipuntahan mong klab sa ka-Maynilaan.

ATONG BOMB ni RENA TO RENATO G. QUILICOL

PNP matapang sa tupada, takot sa jueteng

Benjo Bernabe, para konsehal sa Parañaque 2nd dist. ILANG tulog na lang at May 10, 2010 national at local election na, dapat na rin mag-isip ang mga botante kung sino ang karapat-dapat nilang iboto, dahil sa bawat boto nila ay nakasalalay ang kinabukasan ng kani-kanilang pamilya. Kasama rito si lang isang konsehal sa ikalParañaque City Youth awang distrito ng nabangand Sports Development git na lungsod. Alam ni Benjo na hindi adviser Benjo Bernabe, tumatakbong konsehal kailangan ang anumang sa ikalawang distrito sa posisyon sa gobyerno nasabing lungsod, na para lamang makapananawagan sa kanyang glingkod sa kapwa o maimga kababayan na mag- padama ang malasakit, ingat sa pagpili ng mga subalit pagdating sa batas na may nais kang ipatupad bagong opisyales. Unang sabak pa la- o ng isang ordinansa na mang ito ni Benjo Bern- gustong imungkahi kailanabe, na tumakbo sa pag- gan ay kasapi ka ng konka-konsehal sa lung- seho. At para tuluyan maisasod, subalit hindi ito bago sa serbisyo-publi- katuparan ni Benjo ang giko dahil matagal na rin nawang pagtulong sa ama itong nanilbihan sa pam- sa pagpapatakbo sa lungahalaan lungsod ng sod ay nais nitong maging Parañaque dahil isa siya malinis ang buong Parasa nagiging katuwang ñaque, dahil kapag umuunng kanyang ama na si lad ang isang lungsod kaiMayor Jun Bernabe, langan maaliwalas rin itong simula ng ito ang naging tignan. Nais ni Benjo na maialkalde. Subok na sa serbisyo pasa sa konseho ang isang ordinansa at maisi Benjo, ngunit para maipaabot sa taumbay- patupad ang pagre-recyan ang pagseserbisyo cle ng basura, gaya ng sa legal na pamamaraan paggamit ng plastic, mas ay sinubukan nitong tu- magandang gamitin na lamakbo at sisimulan sa mang itong muli sa halip mababang posisyon bi- na sunugin o di kaya’y

PEACE COVENANT NILAGDAAN SA PARAÑA QUE. Tungo sa maARAÑAQ linis at mapayapang halalan, nagtipuntipon sa Presentation Of Child Jesus Parish sa Brgy. BF Homes sa Lungsod ng Parañaque ang mga kandidato para sa mga lokal na elektibong posisyon sa siyudad, kabilang si re-electionist Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. at lumagda sa isang kasunduan para sa katiwasayan ng halalan (peace covenant). Ito ay sinaksihan ng mga opisyal ng COMELEC, PNP, Simbahan, tagasuporta ng iba’t-ibang partidong pulitikal at iba pang mamamayan. Makikita sa larawan si Youth and Sports Adviser Benjo Bernabe (kanan) na tatakbo bilang konsehal sa ikalawang distrito na lumalagda sa kasunduan habang sinaksihan ni Our Lady of Peace Parish Msgr. Melchor David (kaliwa).

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mas mainam pa rin na gumamit na lamang ng mga supot at hihikayatin nito ang kanyang mga kababayan na maging environmental friendly sa pamamagitan ng pagre-recycle o huwag magsunog ng anumang plastik. Bukod sa enviromental friendly na ito, ay malaki pa ang matitipid ng pamahalaang lungsod sa budget ng pagkolekta ng basura at kapag ito’y nangyari, ang budget na matitipid ay mapupunta sa iba pang proyekto na mas kapakinabangan ng mga mamamayan residente ng Parañaque. Marami na rin napatunayan si Benjo sa kanyang mga kababayan, lalo na sa buhay ng mga kabataan malaki ang naitulong nito para sa kanila, una ay marami siyang naituwid na landas ng mga kabataan naliligaw ang karamihan sa mga ito ay ang mga nalulong sa masasamang bisyo tulad ng iligal na droga. Ang mga kabataan outof-school-youth, nakapagaral na ang mga ito ay natuto pang kumita dahil ang itinayong livelihood pro-

LEONARDO VILLAN (Publisher)

gram ni Benjo para sa mga kabataan ay malaking kapakinabangan ito sa para sa kanila, dahil kumikita na sila, nakakapag-aral pa. Sinagip rin ni Benjo ang mga batang pagalagala sa kalsada at dinala niya sa Bahay-Aruga na itinayo ng kanyag ama. Karamihan sa mga ito ay ang mga inabando ng kanilang mga magulang at ang iba naman ay ginamit ng ilang sindikatong mapagsamantala. Ilan lamang yan sa mga nagawa ni Benjo, ngunit mas higit pa rito ang kanyang magagawa kung siya’y tutulungan ng mga taga-ikalawang distrito para iluklok bilang kanilang konsehal at para magiging katuwang sa tagumpay na hinahangad ng mga tagalungsod. Alam ni Benjo na mahal ng mga Parañaqueños ang kanyang ama dahil nakikita nito at nadarama ang ipinapakitang suporta para rito. Kaya nila ito tinawag na Team Bernabe, dahil buo ang kanilang ‘team’ at nagkakaisa sila.

JUSTO C. JUSTO

(Advertising Director)

ATTY. ROMEO R. VICENTE (Legal Counsel)

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April 9 - 11, 2010

Ang LPGMA Partylist P

ANAHON na naman ng halalan at hindi na tuloy malaman ng taumbayan kung ano ang maitutulong sa kanilang pamumuhay ng mga naglabasang partylist group na kumakatawan ng iba’t ibang sektor sa ating bansa. Isa na marahil sa masasabi nating sektoral partylist ang LPGMA Marketers Association na lumahok sa pulitika at naging sectoral partylist. Ang LPGMA partylist ay malaking tulong sa pamumuhay gating mamamayang Pilipino sapagkat mahirap man o mayaman ay gumagamit ng Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) kung saan ang LPGMA partylist ay siyang kumakatawan sa mama-mayang Pilipino sa pamamagitan nang pagtutol ng grupong ito sa pagtaas ng presyo ng LPG. Matagal nang nakikipaglaban ang LPGMA upang tutulan ang patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng LPG subalit nang dahil sa LPGMA ay nakokontrol ang pagtaas ng presyo ng LPG dahil sa ka-

nilang pakikibaka at ang nakikinabang dito ay ang Sambayanang Pilipino. Kung kaya’t ang LPGMA partylist ay inirerekomenda ng inyong lingkod na suportahan at iboto sa darating ng halalan sa May 10, 2010 election kung saan number 161 ito sa balota. *** Tumatakbong senador si Bongbong Marcos sa partidong Nacionalista at nakikita ng inyong lingkod na maganda ang programa ni Senador Bongbong Marcos kung kaya’t dapat din itong suportahan ng ating mga kababayan sa darating na May 10 national at local election. Nakita naman natin ang track record ni Bongbong Marcos sa pulitika kung saan napaganda nito ang Ilocos Norte at isa na ito sa maituturing na maunlad na lalawigan. *** BISTEK AT ATIENZA LYAMADO SA P AGKAMA YOR PA GKAMAY Sa takbo ng pulitika sa Quezon City, malinaw na lamang si Q.C. Vice Mayor Herbert “Bistek”

Binay for vice president...pwe! ILANG isang retira Mahihirap ang buhay ng B dong pulis Makati na mga iyon. Ngunit dahil innanilbihan ng mahabang alisan mo nang hanap-bupanahon, tuwiran masasabi ng inyong lingkod: HINDI NINYO DAPAT IBOTO SI BINAY SA PAGKA-BISE PRESIDENTE. ! Sa aming nakita at sa takbo ng mga pangyayari, hindi kami naniniwala kay Mayor Binay sa kanyang sinasabing : “Gusto nitong gumanda ang buhay ng mga mahihirap. Kung nagawa daw niya sa Makati, gusto niyang gawin sa buong bansa.” Naku Meyor, hindi kami papayag na mga retiradong pulis Makati na maka-panggoyo kapa ng iba, partikular mga butante na hindi tagaMakati.. Sapat na iyon kami na lamang ang naloko mo. Mahal na kababayan, hindi po namin intensyon manira. Ang lahat po ng inyong mababasa sa artikulong ito ay pawang nangyari at katotohanan. Nais po lamang naming mabuksan ang inyong isipan at iligtas ang bansa. Meyor, akala ko ba nais mong gumanda ang buhay ng mahihirap? Papaano mo mapagaganda ang buhay ng humigit kumulang na 500 empleyado na iyong tinanggal sa City Hall? Mayayaman naba sila kaya mo sinibak?

hay, lalo silang nagkagutom-gutom. Nasaan ang ipinamamarali mong, gusto mong gumanda ang buhay ng mahihirap? Aminin mo ang katutohanan, na kaya mo sila pinagtatanggal sa trabaho ay dahil nabalitaan mong naglipatan sa kandidato na kalaban ng iyong anak. Ganyan ba ang isang mabuting lider? Bengatibo? Bakit hindi mo sila tinanong kung bakit ? Kung ano ang iyong pagkukulang sa kanila? Sa halip na sibakan blues agad, hindi mo muna ginamot ang problema kung bakit sila nagka-ganoon? Marahil kaya kayo inaayawan na nang inyong mga sariling tauhan ay sawang-sawa na sa inyong liderato. Bistado na nila ang biglang paglobo ang inyong pamumuhay. Pero sila daw, hanggang ngayon ay hindi naman gumaganda ang buhay. Ayon pa sa inyong propaganda sa telebisyon, libre ang Edukasyon sa Makati. Pati ang mga gamit sa pag-aaral ay libre. Infairness sa mga nanungkulan BINAY, totoong ipinamimigay lang ng libre ang mga lapis, notebook, papel, libro at ultimo uniporme. Nakakatuwang pakinggan ang salitang LIBRE. Malaking bagay ito para sa mga mahihirap ang buhay.

TTIIRRAADDOORR Lito Rendora

Kawalan ng kakahayang mamuno ni Noynoy, ikinababahala ng LP

UMABABA na nga ba ang ratings ni Sen. Noynoy Aquino? Bakit kaya? Dalawa lang ang itinuturing na dahilan ng pagbaba ng ratings nito. Una, malinaw na kulang itong si Noynoy sa kakayahang maging pinuno ng LP lalo na sa pagpapatupad ng mga plano sa kanilang pangangampanya. Pangalawa, ang simbulo ni Noynoy na makipaglaro sa laban nila sa Nationalista Party

(NP). Noong nakaraang buwan lang, ginulat ni Noynoy ang publiko nang magbitiw siya ng mga salita tungkol sa mga survey firms lalo na sa Social Weather Station (SWS). Nakakalimutan na yata ng LP na bantayan itong kanilang pambato at hinahayaan na lamang nila na magsalita na lang ito basta-basta tungkol sa mga surveys. Ang karisma kasi ng LP ay unti-unti nang lumubog at naun-

Bautista sa paligsahan bilang mayor ng kyusi, dahil bukod sa siya ay nakaposisyon sa cityhall ay anak pa ni Mayor Sonny “SB” Belmonte ang kanyang na si Joy Belmonte ang kanyang running mate bilang vice mayor. Nakikita naman natin kung paano pinaganda ni Mayor Belmonte ang kyusi, tiyak ipagpapatuloy ni Vice Mayor Bistek ang proyekto ni SB kapag siya ang maging susunod na mayor ng kyusi sa tulong ng kanyang bise alkalde na si Joy Belmonte. Kung nais ng taga kyusi na tuluy-tuloy ang progreso para sa mamamayan ay huwag nang lumipat pa sa ibang lider na may sariling interes upang maging maganda ang kinabukasan ng bawat pamilya lalung-lalo na iyong mahirap nating mga kababayan na nakatira sa mga squatters area ng siyudad, kaya ang iboto ay si Bistek sa pagkamayor at Joy Belmonte sa pagka vice mayor ng Quezon City. Sa Maynila naman liyamadong liyamado si dating Mayor Lito Atienza dahil bukod sa gumanda ang Maynila sa loob ng siyam na taon nitong panunungkulan at tumatakbo sa partido pa ni Erap. Alam naman natin na makaErap ang mga taga Maynila dahil noong tumakbo si Lim sa pagkamayor ay si dating Pangulong Erap Estrada ang nagendorso sa kanya kaya tinalo ni Mayor Lim ang anak ni Mayor Atienza na si Ali, ngayon sa pagbabalik ng dating Ama ng Maynila tiyak mapipilay ang paa ng tinaguriang Agila ng Maynila na si Mayor Lim dahil tatakbo rin sa pagkamayor ang kanyang dating kasama sa PNP na si PNP Chief Sonny Razon.

. .Ang hindi alam ng mga nasabing mahihirap ang buhay. Una, pera iyon ng taong bayan. Ikalawa, ilanpung doble naman ang kinita ni Binay sa bawat “item” na ipinamimigay nila. Simulan natin sa pinakamababang gamit ng bata sa iskuwela, ang lapis. Sa inyong pagkakaalam, magkano ang halaga ng isang lapis na Mongol? Kung hindi ito P5.00 piso, hindi naman siguro ito aabutin ng P10.00? Alam ba ninyo kung magkano raw ito ayon sa pumutok na halaga kaya nakarating sa OBUDSMAN? Diumano ay binili ng lungsod ng Makati sa halagang P90.00 ang bawat isang lapis. Mantakin nyo kung ilan libong batang mag-aaral ang binigyan nito? Sa Lapis pa lamang iyon. Milyon piso na agad ang kanilang tadyak? Kung sa maliit na halaga ay napapatungan ng husto para sa kanilang kapakinabangan. E, di lalo na siguro iyon malalaking halagang “item”? Mas lalong tireble ang kanilang “sipa” , hindi ba? Tutoong maraming libre ipinamimigay si Binay. Ang kamustahin natin sa kanila ay kung magkano naman ang kanyang naging sipang pabalik (kick back)? Ganito ba ang lider na nais nating mangkulan sa ating bansa? Ang panlolokong ginawa sa Makati City Police Retirees Assn. Inc. ni Mayor Binay ay kailan man hindi malilimutan ng samahan. Hindi pa malay mageleksyon 2007 nuon ng una itong mangako. Marami nang namayapa sa mga retiradong pulis Makati. Ngunit namayapa silang kimkim sa kanilang mga puso ang matinding hinanakit kay Mayor Binay. MAY KARUGTONG. . . gusan na ng Nationalista Party. Nag-umpisa lamang ito, nang lumabas ang resulta ng mga surveys simula noong January 2010. Si Noynoy naman ay hindi yata napaliwanagan nang maayos ng kanyang mga tagasuporta kung para saan ba ang surveys, Na mahalaga ang surveys para malaman kung mananalo ba ang isang kandidato sa eleksiyon. Bukod pa sa unti-unting pagkatalo ng LP sa mga surveys, inamin din ng partido na nababahala rin sila sa unti-unting pagka-kawatak-watak ng kanilang campaign committee. Nagkakaroon na rin kasi ng problema itong si Noynoy na buuin ang kanyang tagasuporta. Hirap na siyang pamunuan ang mga ito. Ang mga campaign ads para kay Noynoy ay hindi makapagbibigay ng solidong plata-porma na kung saan ito naman ang sinisisi ng LP dahil magkakaiba at magkakasalungat ang kanilang mga ideya at pamamaraan. Tila bagang nagkakanya-kanya na lang ang mga ito. Isang buwan na lamang ang

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SANG pilas na lamang sa kalendaryo at buwan na ng Mayo, ito ang pinakahihintay ng lahat ang May 10, 2010 nasyunal at lokal eleksiyon, 30 tulog na lamang at habang papalapit ito ay ramdam natin na hindi na rin nakakatulog ng mahimbing ang mga politiko, dahil hinahabol ng mga ito ang kanilang panahon sa pangangampanya at tila yata hindi pa napupuntahan ang lahat ng lugar para makipag-bolahan, kung tutuusin gahol na sa panahon ang mga ito. Kunsabagay, ang ibang mga politiko ay nakapagadvance campaign na rin naman ang mga ito na nagsimula noong buwan ng Setyembre nakaraang taon, panahon ni Ondoy. Anak ng buhay! Bakit kanyo mga Kaibigan, napapansin natin rito sa mga politikong ito na sa tuwing magsasalita sila entabalado o kahit mga infomercials nila sa telebisyon ay binabanggit pa ng mga ito ang kanilang ginawang tulong noong panahon ng Ondoy. Tuloy pinamumukha ng mga ito sa kanilang natulungan na kailangan tumanaw ng utang na loob ang mamamayan sa mga ginawa nilang tulong para sa kanila. Hindi ba dating Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro? Sino ba ang sikat na opisyal na Cabinet secretary noong panahon ni Ondoy, di po ba kayo? Aminin man natin o hindi, kahit anong gawin ng mga Pinoy para baguhin ang sistema sa ating ban-

Panahon ng pagtanaw ng utang na loob?

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sa, ay hindi pa rin ito kayang gawin dahil sa P……..! UTANG NA LOOB na ‘yan. Kesyo, wala kang utang na loob noong panahon na ikaw ay lumubog sa kasagsagan ng bagyong Ondoy, kesyo, hindi ka na sana lumutang kung hindi dahil sa akin. Kaya, kahit bulok ang sistema ng isang politika ay susuportahan ito, alangalang sa Utang Nang na loob na yan. Dito, tayo hanga sa mga politiko na ito e, kahit bagyo lulusubin kahit matunaw man sa gitna ng tindi na sikat ng araw ay hindi alintana, maipakita man lamang sa Sambayanang Pilipino na seryoso at tapat silang maglilingkod sa bayan. Ngunit may ilan pa rin sa mga ito plastik, puro pakitang-tao lamang. Pwe…… Hiling lamang natin sa pamunuan ng Commission on Elections na sana naman ay totohanin na itong halalan at wala ng dayaan pang magaganap, na kung saan may mga naglalabasan na kesyo nagkakaproblema ang printing sa pag-print ng

mga balota dahil sa UV o ultraviolet na maaring magkaroon ng error sa paglalagay ng UV markings. Seryoso ang mamamayan Pilipino sa darating na halalan, kaya sana naman seryoso rin kayo at hindi lamang puro pambobola ang ginawa ninyong kampanya para sa malinis na halalan. Sayang naman ang pera ng Sambayang Pilipino sa mga ibinabayad ninyong infomercials sa iba’tibang telebisyon, pahayagan at radyo. Hilinh rin sa mga naghahangad sa iba’t-ibang puwesto tama na ang kaplastikan. Ganun rin ang mga botante, hindi masamang gamitin ang tenga para makinig sa pakikipag-bolahan, hindi masama ang makipagngitian. Basta pagdating sa pagboto gamitin ang puso at isipin ang kapakanan ng pamilya nyo, dahil kung hindi tatlong taon na naman ang bubunuin para maghirap sa lokal at nasyunal ay anim na taon.

A isang organisasyon masarap daw ang mag-trabaho kapag mahusay ang pagpapatakbo ng kinikilalang mong pinuno. Yan ang sinasabi ng buong empleyado ng Bureau of Immigration dahil sa magandang pinapakita at ginagawa ni Commissioner Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan. Talagang ito’y maasahan at alam lahat ang nangyayari sa kanyang tanggapan kaya naman maraming tao ang bumibilib sa kanya hindi lang sa Pilipinas kundi pati na rin sa ibang bansa. Sabi nga nila talagang napakasipag at napakatalino ng taong ito dahil sa kanyang magagandang accomplishment. Kaya naman mahal siya ng kanyang opisyales at mga Rankand-File ng Bureau of Immigration at natutuwa ang karamihan dahil napaka down to earth ni Comm. Libanan at kahit anong gawin nito na para sa ikakabuti ng Immigration ay suportado ng kanyang mga kaibigan at kasamahan. Kaya naman Comm. Libanan dahil sa patuloy na pagpuri sa’yo ng mga tao ay higit kang kahanga-hanga at alam ko na ang iyong magandang adhikain ay isang tunay na serbisyo publiko para sa bayan. Mabuhay ka at pagpalain palagi ng Puong Maykapal! *** Isa pang taong alam kong mahusay na mamalakad ay itong bagong Justice Secretary na si Honorable Alberto Agra at hindi

nagkamali si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sa pagkakatalaga sa kanya dahil kagaya rin ni dating Justice secretary Agnes Devanadera ay isa rin itong mahusay at magaling na public servant at matalinong abogado. Siya ay dating naassign bilang Government Corporate Counsel sa Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, Department of Justice noong on 2 March 2007. Ang kanyang mga interest, specialization at practice ay sa elections, local governments, public/ government corporations at public officers. Bago ito na-appoint bilang Government Corporate Counsel, siya ay naglingkod bilang counsel at consultant ng national and local officials, national government agencies, local governments, leagues of local governments, government corporations, civic organizations at political organizations. Siya rin ay isang mahusay na Professor of Laws sa Ateneo School of Law simula noong 1993. Nagturo siya ng Law on Public/ Government Corporations, Election Law, the 1991 Local Government Code, Administrative Law and Law on Public Officers. Siya ay holder ng three Ateneo Law professorial chairs. Siya rin ay faculty member ng Development Academy of the Philippines (Masters in Public Management, Major in Local

Governance and Management) and the Ateneo Graduate School of Business – Health Unit (Leaders for Health Program). Naging Author siya ng ilang mga libro at reference materials ng Local Governance and Elections – Local Governance: Case Law on Local Autonomy and Local Governance, Compilation of Recent Legislation on Local Government, Compendium on Local Autonomy, CD-Rom on Local Governments (part of Lex Libris Series of CD Asia), Policy Framework on Municipal Bonds, Financing Local infrastructure Projects Through Joint Ventures, Decentralization over Water Resources – Water Districts, Watersheds and Water Resources; Elections: Survey of New Laws and Recent Jurisprudence on Philippine Elections, Primer on the Party-List System, Comparative Survey of Electoral Systems, Election Law Study Aids. Nakakabilib ang mga accomplishment ni Sec. Agra at naniniwala ako sa kanyang tunay na serbisyo ay para sa ikakabuti n gating bayan. Sabi nga ng mga nakakakilala at malapit kay Sec. Agra, siya ay ang taong malawak ang pang-unawa at mabait na tao. Dahil sa kanyang pagsisiskap ay likas siyang kahanga-hanga at kagalang-galang. Siya ay nagtapos ng sa Ateneo de Manila University noong 1990 at pumasa ng Bar exam noong 1991. Bukod sa natapos niya pagka abogasya ay nagtapos din siya ng Bachelor in Arts major in Philosophy noong 1984 sa University of the Philippines sa Diliman. Kaya naman tama lang na maging Secretary ng Department of Justice at sa husay at galing niya ay malayo pa ang mararating niya sa buhay! Kaya para sa’yo sir mabuhay po kayo and keep up the good work!

nalalabi, eleksiyon na. Hindi pa rin organisado ang LP sa ilalim ng pamumuno ni Noynoy. Dito pa nga lang, nahihirapan na siya, paano pa kaya kung buong bansa na ‘yong pamumunuan niya? Dagdag pa dito ang patuloy ma pakikipagtalo ni Noynoy at pakikipagpalitan ng kuro-kuro ang isang nakakapagpalubog din sa kanyan. Iyon na nga lamang opening remarks niya sa kaso ni Villar tungkol sa C-5 ay nagmukha na rin siyang cheap. Mga traditional Politician (TRAPO) lang naman ang gumagawa ng ganito. Di ga? Ibinababa nang husto ang kanyang sarili para lang sumikat. At si Noynoy ay isa na ring CERTIFIED TRAPO. Patuloy na ipinakikilala ng kanyang taga suporta sa taongbayan na kay Noynoy manggagaling ang tunay na pagbabago, subalit, wala namang ginawa itong si Noynoy kundi idi-

in si Villar sa pagiging corrupt sa tuwing sasabak siya sa mga debate. Isa pa itong kapatid niyang si Kris na wala nang ginawa kundi pakialaman ang outfit ni Noynoy. Samakatuwid, mas lalo siyang magsalita, mas lalo niyang inilubog ang sarili niyang kahihiyan. Eh, ano pa nga bang aasahan natin sa isang katulad niya na naniniwalang “politically sanctified” ng nga siya? Wala pa nga siyang nagagawang accomplishment para makuha niya ang tiwala sa taongbayan. Wala naman siyang nagagawa sa Kamara at maging sa Senado, kumpara sa mga kalaban niya ngayong mga presidentiables na maraming maipagmamalaking accomplishments. Wala ngang maipuna sa kanya, ang publiko kasi, wala naman siya ni isang proyekto para mapag-usapan man lang. Ni, wala nga rin siyang laban

kahit sa kaalyado niyang Vice Presidentiables na si “Mr. Mar Roxas”, kung accomplishment din lang naman ang paguusapan. Sumugal lamang ang LP sa pagpili ng presidentiable dahil pinili nila ang isang mahina ay bukod pa riyan ay mayabang na kandidato. Sa kabilang banda, alam din naman ito ng LP noong una pa lang. Marahil ito ang dahilan kung bakit hindi nila isinasali itong si Noynoy sa kanilang mga plano. Kung hindi sila magtitiwala sa kakayahan ni Noynoy sa kanilang campaign plans, ito ay dahil baka sirain lang nito (Noynoy) ang kanilang plano at strategies. Ngayon, mga kapwa ko botante, ipagkakatiwala ga ninyo ang pamumuno sa kamay ng isang katulad ni Noynoy? Nagtatanong lang po, ang TIRADOR.

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Bro. Eddie says he’s still in the race BANGON Pilipinas standard bearer Bro. Eddie Villanueva vowed over the weekend to relentlessly pursue the presidential race and give the electorate a chance to vote for a non-traditional candidate. “Tumatakbo po ako Puerto Princesa Mayor Edpara manalo kaya waward Hagedorn and Moro lang makikinabang sa National Liberation Front boto ng mga tapat na founder Nur Misuari, who taga-suporta dahil hindi is currently gunning for the po ako aatras (I ran to provincial governor post in win and so no one else Sulu. will benefit from the Hagedorn, one of the votes of our loyal supwell-respected leaders in porters because I will Philippine politics, said he not withdraw),” Villanstrongly believes Villanueueva said in a statement. va would win in the upcomThe Bangon presidening elections. He branded tial bet also attributed his as “exaggerated and out of determination not to context” earlier reports back down from the race quoting him that Villanueto the unfailing support va might consider supportof a number of local offiing another candidate. cials or those running for “I will never say that local positions such as Brother Eddie is willing to

compromise because we don’t believe in surveys and we strongly believe we will win,” Hagedorn said. The Puerto Princesa mayor endorsed earlier this month Villanueva, his running mate Perfecto Yasay and their senatorial

Malisyosong mga balita sinagot ng LP Batangas BATANGAS – Tuwirang sinagot ng kampo ng Liberal Party (LP) ang mga paninirang inilalabas ng mga katunggali laban sa mga kandidato nito sa lalawigan ng Batangas, partikular na ang mga malisyosong ulat sa ilang pahayagan laban sa administrasyon ni LP Gov. Vilma Santos - Recto.

QC jailbirds pedal for power THE Quezon City jail seems to have found its own solution to the rising cost of electricity while keeping the inmates fit in just one sitting. Recently, the detention facility unveiled its new invention – the “power bike” – which was conceptualized by Chief Superintendent Serafin Baretto Jr., Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Regional Director for the National Capital Region and built by jailguard PO3 Roderick Sienna who made use of his experience as a former race car mechanic of a known car manufacturing company. The power bike is basically a bicycle mounted on a steel frame.

Electricity is produced when an inmate pedals the stationary bicycle. Its rear wheel is connected with a rubber drive belt to a dynamo which produces the needed electricity. Sienna said, the “power bike” can charge a car battery for two to three hours which can supply electricity for eight hours. The powerbike, which costs about P10,000, can be assembled using junk parts. It can also power 10 light bulbs and at least two electric fans. “It is totally safe since it only produces a 12 volt output,” Sienna assured. Baretto hopes to see more power bikes in other jails in Metro Manila after the successful pilottesting of the power machine at the Quezon City

BA TAAN MO T OR CADE: Liberal Party standard bearer BAT MOT ORCADE: Senator Benigno Aquino III with senatorial candidate Neric Acosta shake the hands of yellow-clad supporters during a motorcade in the province of Bataan on recently. Supporters lined up along the streets and welcomed Aquino despite the day’s forecast of rain from typhoon Agaton.

Jail. With almost 3,000 inmates at the QC jail, Baretto said it would be a good workout for them if each of the eight dormitories of the detention facility will be given a “power bike.” “For only two minutes, each inmate can power the machine for more than 24 hours,” he said. “This will also make the inmates more productive instead of doing nothing in jail,” he added. The bike, according to Sienna can also be used in charging batteries of vehicles or powering up a larger dynamo that can help supply the electricity needs of the jail and further reduce electricity costs. With the advent of the power bike, Quezon City jail warden Superintendent Nestor Velasquez is expecting that the monthly electric bills of the facility which costs P300,000 will be reduced by half. “Nakakatulong na sa kalikasan, nakakatulong pa ito sa austerity measures ng gobyerno (Not only does it help the environment but it also helps in the government’s austerity measures,” Velasquez said. Sienna said he initially thought of a windmill power device to be used by the BJMP while he was at a study program at the Jail National Training Institute in Laguna. But poured his creativity on the power bike project after Barreto suggested that this would be a valuable source of energy with the help of the inmates. Sienna, however has not abandoned his windmill project.

RD No. 24’s efforts yield positive tax collection BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue District Office No. 2 4 - Va l e n z u e l a posted positive tax collection during the first quarter of this year, a c c o r d i n g t o revenue district officer Emir Abutazil, who has just headed the office last January 8. Abutazil said that tax collection in his district office have marked an estimated 20% increase during the first two months of 2010 compared to last year’s collection target. Both Abutazil and assistant revenue district officer Fritz Buendia are also optimistic that this year’s entire first quarter collection will bare higher target collection compared to last year in consideration of the influx of taxpayers filing their income tax returns (ITR) which the deadline is set on April 15. Abutazil, a recipient of BIR’s Handang Maglingkod award, explained that the impressive tax collection increase is the result of their relentless tax information drive. He believe that in this time of global economic crisis,

the BIR needs to do all its best in encouraging taxpayers to pay their taxes to the government. As the deadline for the filing of the ITR approaches, BIR Valenzuenzuela continues to implement tax collection efforts such as tax seminars, symposium, coordination with the city business chambers and intensified tax campaigns down to barangay levels among others. Moreover, RDO Abutazil personally addressed all queries from concerned

slate composed of Dr. Zafrullah Alonto, Imelda Papin, lawyers Jess Paredes and Ramoncito Ocampo, broadcaster Kata Inocencio, Count Habib Adz Nikabulin, broadcaster Alex Tinsay, lawyer Reynaldo Princesa and Dr. Israel Virgines.

participants during the recently conducted “Project Iboto Mo”, a dialogue and briefing with electoral candidates of Valenzuela City about Witholding Tax requirements on election campaign expenditures. “We cannot just sit down and wait for a positive tax result. We must do everything we can to help and guide our taxpaying public to carry out their tax obligation in spite of the current economic crisis challenge,” Abutazil said.

PALA W AN ARRIV AL: Senate President Juan Ponce EnALAW ARRIVAL: rile is welcomed by Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn upon his arrival at the airport for Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) grand rally in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

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Ayon kay Atty. Joel Montealto, Batangas LP spokesman, politika lamang umano ang motibo ng mga mapanirang ulat na paulit-ulit na inilalathala ng mga kalabang partido kung saan mahahalatang gumagamit ang mga ito nang upahang mamamahayag para isulat ang mga paninirang artikulo laban sa gobernador na palatandaan din na desperado na ang mga katunggali sapagkat alam nilang wala silang kapana-panalo sa parehas na labanan. “Ang mga malisyosong ulat ay bayad umano at pinapa-recopy pa para ipamudmud ng mga katunggali sa kanilang mga pa-meeting kalakip pa ang pera,” sabi ni Montealto, na nagtitiwalang hindi papaniwalaan ng mga Batangueño ang mga mapanlinlang na balita laban sa gobernador. “Marunong na ang mga tao at hindi sila basta maniniwala na hindi pumapasok ang gobernador sa Kapitolyo at alam din nilang ito ay “black propaganda” lamang. Alam din ng mga tao na si Gov. Vi ang gobernador na may pinakamaraming nagawa sa kanyang tatlong taong panunungkulan, at una na dito ay ang pagpapagawa ng mga kailangang ospital at pagmoderno ng pasilidad nito na matagal nang napabayaan ng mga nagdaang gobernador,” dagdag ni Montealto. “Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon din ay napagkalooban ng Philhealth Cards ang may daang libong mahihirap na Batangueño, kasabay ang pagtatayo ng maraming classrooms, pamimigay ng mga libu-libong textbooks at school supplies sa mga mahihirap na mag-aaral at iba pang makabuluhang proyekto na hindi marahil naisakatuparan kung palaging wala sa Kapitolyo si Gov. Vi,” ayon pa kay Montealto. Isang paninira din ang ipinakalat na balitang bankarote na daw ang Kapitolyo at wala nang maipasuweldo sa mga doctor at nurse nito sa kabila ng katotohanang dinagdagan pa nga ang sahod ng mga government nurses at doctors pati ang mga pangangailangan ng mga bagong gawang ospital. Maging ang sahod ng mga kawani ng Kapitolyo ay inumentuhan din ng may 30% na kung saan ay tuluyan na ding ipapatupad ang salary standardization bago matapos ang taon,” sabi pa ng tagapagsalita. Matalim na pinabulaanan din ni Montealto ang maling balita na pinagkagastusan ng may halagang P3 milyon ng Kapitolyo ang Christmas Tree sa bakuran nito na hindi dumaan sa bidding, sapagkat ang naturang proyekto ay ginawa lamang mula sa recycled materials at pledges ng mga kaibigan ng Kapitolyo kaya walang pondo ng pamahalaan ang nagamit dito at hindi kailangan ang public bidding. Niliwanag naman ni Vic Reyes, LP Batangas vice chairman na hindi dapat pakinggan ng media ang mga pahayag ni Bokal Chona Dimayuga laban kay Gov. Vi. “Walang kredibilidad umano ang mga sinasabi ni Chona sa media sapagkat siya ay may galit sa gobernador nang hindi siya napiling kandidato ng LP sa pagka kongresista ng LP sa 3rd District, dahilan kung bakit ito sumama kay dating gobernador Sanchez at nagpapa-interview upang batikusin si Gov. Vi,” sabi ni Reyes. “Ang paninira at pagpapakalat ng mga maling balita ni Chona laban kay Gov. Vi ang maaring maging sanhi ng kanyang pagkatalo dahil galit umano ang mga botante sa mga kandidatong walang alam gawin kun’di ang manira para mapansin. Kalat na kalat na din daw na nagkakatampuhan na sa panig ng NP sa 3rd District matapos paboran ni Sanchez si Dimayuga laban sa kapartido nitong si Arsenic Laurel,” ayon kay Reyes.

CAMARINES SUR MOTORCADE: NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda and running mate Manny Villar wave to the crowd during their motorcade in Camarines Sur Sunday afternoon. Also in photo are Governor Luis Ray “Lray” Villafuerte, international boxing champ Manny Paquiao and Wowowee host Willy Revillame who joined the PresidentialVice Presidential tandem during the motorcade.

The Jesus signs on Edsa: One man’s crusade to spread the word to faithful IN THE 1980s, A SIGN REMINDING Christians about salvation towering on top of a Makati building along Edsa could be seen even from the road’s end in neighboring Pasay City, especially at night, when its neon lights glow and stand out on the horizon. Today, it is obscured from view, ironically because of the enormous advertisements with sexually-charged messages or excesses and other luxuries that egg people to spend, most probably, beyond their means. David Dedel, 66, a retired advertising man who put up the sign “Jesus alone saves,” isn’t undaunted by the signs of the times. “God gave people the will to let them decide. He only tells us what’s right from wrong,” he said. Dedel barely remembers the date when he put up the sign at the family-owned Racor building, one block away from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority office on Orense Street. There are actually two signs Dedel put up: One saying “Jesus alone saves” on the building’s south face, and the “Jesus loves you” sign on the opposite side. Because of the giant billboards that have mushroomed along Edsa, the signs have almost disappeared into oblivion. The “Jesus loves you” sign was dwarfed by huge metal structures holding larger-than-life advertisements. Dedel said there was no point in lighting these up at night because it has been obscured by its rivals. His other sign survived the onslaught of the billboards, but the three-word signage is hard to appreciate from afar because a fast-food ad blocks the view. Dedel has asked his people to relocate the ad, placing it a bit higher than its rival. Initially, the sign only carried the message “Jesus saves,” but some years after he put up the sign, Dedel said a Christian friend asked him to put in the word “alone,” believing that when Christ died on the cross, He saved mankind from sin, he said. Asked why he put up the sign, Dedel replied that he intended to spread the word of salvation. “If you have a cure against a disease, it’s your responsibility to share it with the sick,” he said. Besides, faith in Christ is the message of the season of Lent, Dedel added.

P R I D E O F O L O N G A P O : O l o n g a p o C i t y — Olongapeños listen attentively to the speech of the city’s renowned son, Bagumbayan presidential candidate Sen. Richard Gordon, during his visit to Olongapo with his running mate, vice presidential bet Bayani Fernando. The Bagumbayan standard bearer, once again, enlivened his fellow townsmen’s passion for change, which in the past has led the people to transform Olongapo into a model city and convert the former Subic naval base into a successful Freeport zone.

AAGAPAY: Alalay at gabay ng pag-unlad ng pamayanan MATAGUMPAY na naisagawa ng organisadong grupo ng Alalay at Gabay sa Pag-unlad ng Pamayanan (AAGAPAY) na dinaluhan ng higit kumulang sa ilang daan katao sa ginanap na Regional Convention sa Lipa City noong isang buwan, taong kasalukuyan na dinaluhan ng mga miyembro ng AAGAPAY sa sampung probinsiya o lalawigan sa Rehiyon 4 at kaalinsabay din kinabukasan ng umaga ang Proyektong “Coastal Clean Drive” na pinangunahan din ng nasabing grupo na binansagang “AAGAPAY PAGMAMAHAL sa KALIKASAN” na ginanap sa bayan ng Balayan at Batangas City. Sa naturang pangrehiyon kombensiyon, isinagawa ang pagpili sa pamunuang pangrehiyon kung saan naitalaga dito ang isang ka Boyong bilang pangkalahatang pinuno sa Rehiyon 4, kabilang sa pamunuan sina Ka Arman at Ka Cris, at may 60 na piling miyembro na may kanya-kanyang tungkulin sa naturang organisasyon. Ang AAGAPAY ay isang organisasyon na binubuo ng tatlong haligi kung saan umikot dito ng landas na tatahakin ng bawat isang Pilipino. Ang tatlong ito ay ang kinabibulangan ng Kabuhayan, Kasanayan at Ugnayan. Sa mensahng ipinaabot ni Ka Boyong sa bawat isang kasapi, sinabi nito na ang layunin ng AAGAPAY ay bilang pagtugon sa kahirapang dinaranas ng pamayanan, isa itong alternatibong paraan upang maiwasan ang paglaganap ng korapsiyon sa lipunan. Ito ay tumutulong sa pagpapaunlad ng bawat isang mamamayang Pilipino na may takot sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaroon ng tamang paghahanap-buhay para sa kanyang pamilya. Tinitutukan ng AAGAPAY ang mga sektor ng mga mangingisda at magbubukid bilang isang malawak na sektor kung kaya’t napakahalagang bigyang alalay at madantayan ang adbokasiya ng AAGAPAY ganoon din ang mga kabataan na siyang susunod nating salinglahi na dapat ding turuan at bigyan ng matibay na pundasyon ng organisasyon. Idinagdag pa dito na ang Aagapay ang siyang magbibigay tulong sa mga organsasyon o mga kooperatiba na nangangailangan ng kalinga ng gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng pagtugon at pakikipag-ugnayan ng mga opisyales na itinalaga sa naturang posisyon para mabigyang lunas ang naturang suliranin lalo na sa hangaring umunlad ang pamayanan. Layunin din ng Aagapay bilang isang nationwide organization na mawala na sa isipan ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino ang pagiging crab mentality upang sa ganoon ay magkaroon ng sariling sikap para umunlad na mayroon ding takot sa Diyos.

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April 9 - 11, 2010

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ELECTION 101: F y Ask ed Questions Frrequentl equently Asked

HO W WILL FILIPINOS HOW BE VOTING IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS? • For the first time in history, the Philippines will be having an Automated Elections Systems (AES) for its national elections. • The actual voting itself is still a manual process as the voters still need to manually fill up the ballot. • But unlike in the old manual system, the new ballot will be pre-printed with the names of candidates. The voter only needs to mark his selections on the ballot, thereby saving significant time and effort in the process. • He then feeds it into a machine called the Precinct Count Optical Scan, (PCOS), which scans or takes a picture of the ballot and interprets the picture.

• There are always portable generators provided by the poll watchers, political parties, among others during elections. • Comelec’s service provider, Smartmatic-TIM, is required to have 12 hour backup batteries. Spares are also available at strategic locations from its technical support staff. • The machines are essentially laptops which require low power consumption and which can easily be connected to a variety of power sources including rechargeable batteries, inverters and portable generators. • Rechargeable batteries are readily available in commercial retail stores nationwide. • TELCOs have, as standard practice, 2 standby power generator sets in their stations/facilities. • SO MANY ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF POWER. POWER FAILURE WILL NEVER LEAD TO ELECTION FAILURE. THERE MIGHT NO T BE ENOUGH TIME TO A CCOMMOD ATE ALL NOT ACCOMMOD CCOMMODA VOTERS TERS.. COULD THIS LEAD TO MASSIVE DISENFRANCHISEMENT? • NO. AES process is actually shorter. No ballot serial numbers to log and perforate. No going through several pages of candidate list. Candidates are listed alphabetically, easy to choose. Illiterates don’t have to write anything – they just shade ovals. Comelec spokesman James Jimenez shows the new secure official ballot which is accepted by automated counting machines for the August 11 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Elections.

HO W WILL THE VOTES BE COUNTED? HOW • At the end of the Voting Day, the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) will close the elections by accessing the Administrative Menu on the PCOS. • Only upon closing the elections can the PCOS start counting the votes. Unlike in the manual process, counting by the PCOS process happens instantly. • The PCOS then prints 8 copies of ER together with a statistic report and an audit log. HO W WILL THE ELECTION RETURNS BE TRANSMITTED? HOW • The BEI then connects the Transmission device to the PCOS via the Ethernet port. The Automated Counting Machines is only “connected” once at the end of the voting day, and then disconnected after transmission. • The transmission process takes less than 2 minutes. • As in the manual process, the results from the precincts will be transmitted to the Municipal Canvassing Server / Station. • The municipal canvassing server canvasses all the results from the precincts under its jurisdiction. Once all the results are canvassed, the MBOC (Municipal Board of Canvassers) can generate and print out the Municipal Certificate of Canvass as well as the Statement of Votes. This process is repeated, transmitting the results and printing the necessary reports in the Provincial and National Canvassing Stations. HO W SURE ARE WE THA T RESUL ANNO T BE HOW THAT RESULTS CANNO ANNOT TS C TERED DURING TRANSMISALTERED INTERCEPTED AND AL SION? • Prior to transmitting the Election Returns, the PCOS digitally signs the files using the SHA256 algorithm and encrypts them using the AES128 algorithm. • This encryption level is as good, if not better than most online banking transactions, which are “connected” 24 hours a day, seven days a week. • By contrast, the Automated Counting Machines is connected only at the end of the voting day, only for the short period needed to send the information. This makes the risk of “hacking” virtually impossible.

AST A B ALLO T? HO W MANY JUST HO HOW CAST BALLO ALLOT? HOW W LONG DOES IT TAKE TO C BALLO TS C AN THE PCOS PR OCESS IN 11 HOURS? ALLOTS CAN PROCESS • Based on informal Comelec time-and-motion study, it takes an average of 8 seconds for a complete ballot casting cycle. Even if we double this number and use 15 seconds as an estimate for a single ballot to be cast; • 15 seconds per ballot cast = Four ballots cast per minute; • At 50% machine utilization , this is reduced to two ballots cast per minute; • Two ballots cast per minute = 120 ballots cast per hour; • 120 ballots cast per hour for 11 hours = 1,320 ballots cast for the entire Election Day; and • Assuming 100% voter turnout, the PCOS machine can cast on Election Day is 1,320 ballots VER? WHA T DOES THE A UTOMA OMATION COVER? WHAT AUT UT OMA TION CO • The Automation Project covers the following processes of Elections: Voting, Counting, Canvassing and Proclamation. Registration and Authentication is outside of the scope of the Project. In other words, the management of the Voter’s List and the Validation of a Voter in the precinct is still a manual process. CAN DAGDAG-BAWAS STILL OCCUR OCCUR? • No. The counting, canvassing and proclamation process for the 2010 National and Local Elections will be completely automated. There is absolutely NO HUMAN INTERVENTION. No more room for mistakes and fraud.

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WHA T ABOUT THE FL YING VOTERS? WHAT FLYING • As mentioned, registration and authentication of voters is outside the scope of the Automation Project. However, the technology can limit the instances of flying voting, as each and every clustered precinct’s corresponding number of voters is programmed into the voting machine to be used. Therefore, for example, a precinct has 453 voters (including the BEIs), the voting machine deployed there would only accept 453 casted votes. WHA T HAPPENS IF A VOTER MAKES A WHAT MIST AKE? MISTAKE? • Currently, the COMELEC is considering giving the BEIs the authority to issue replacement ballots in certain cases, under their discretion (if the voter makes an honest mistake, for example). The final policy will be determined by the COMELEC. However, we should highlight the importance of conducting a very good Voter Education Campaign. Voters should be encouraged to prepare a codigo before hand.

ctions on ho participant of WHA TO THER SAFEGU ARDS ARE IN PLA CE TO ARMM mock WHAT OTHER SAFEGUARDS PLACE at the Basilan w to vote using the new au National High tomated syste ENSURE THA T THE VOTES IN THE PRECINCT MAINTHAT ms School in Basil an province. TAIN THEIR INTEGRITY? • From the precinct, the results will be directly transmitted to the National Canvassing station to serve as back-up and additional layer of audit. The results at WHA T HAPPENS IF A BEI LOSES HIS KEY? the National Canvassing Server will automatically be transmitted to the Back-up WHAT center, with the data synchronized at all times. • The technicians at the municipal level will encrypt a new key to replace the • For added transparency, the results will be transmitted to the servers desigmissing one. The old key will be disabled and can no longer be used for any nated for the KBP (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters ng Pilipinas), the watchdogs, machine. and other groups as specified in RA 9369. HO W MANY SP ARE KEYS WILL BE PR ODUCED? HOW SPARE PRODUCED? CAN F AKE B ALLO TS BE FED INT O THE PCOS? FAKE BALLO ALLOTS INTO • The distribution is done according to the number of precincts in the munici• No. The ballots contain several security features that eliminate fraud. Ballots pality, those with more PCOS get more spare keys. The computation will be done flagged by the machine as invalid will be diverted into a different compartment for when final POP (Project of Precincts) becomes available. stray ballots and will not be counted. DOES THE PCOS PR ODUCE RECEIPTS SHO WING THE PRODUCE SHOWING UDIT TRAIL? WHA T ARE THE SECURITY FEA TURES OF THE B ALLO T? SELECTIONS THE VOTER MADE, AS AN A AUDIT WHAT FEATURES BALLO ALLOT? • No. The thermal printer is used to print out the Election Returns and other • Position Identifiers / Markers: On all sides of the ballot are position identifiers, reports. The ballots themselves are the paper audit trail. For purpose of audits or whose intersection points would indicate the placement of an oval. This allows the recounts, we could compare the ballots in the ballot box with the results in the ER system to accurately locate the position of a mark, and evaluate it accordingly. and with the ballot images stored in the machine. The thermal paper to be used • Bar Code. Each ballot has a unique bar code. This makes sure that each ballot is for the elections will be manufacturer guaranteed to last at least 5 years in opticounted only once, and at the canvassing level, can identify the details of the ballot mum conditions. (the precinct it was casted in, the machine that evaluated the ballot, etc. NOTE: Receipts generated by the system upon each vote, to be kept by the voter, • UV Ink: Each ballot is also marked with a UV ink, which is not readily apparent on would be against some basic aspects of Elections: voter-anonymity and vote-secrecy. casual scrutiny. This mark is visible to the special lens and light of the Automated Counting Machine, which verifies first the presence of the UV ink before casting a AT WHA T LEVEL WILL THE SER VERS ASSIGNED FOR THE WATCHDOGS WHAT SERVERS vote. TS? WILL THIS BE AND THE MEDIA RECEIVE THE ELECTION RESUL RESULTS? WHA T SHALL VOTERS USE TO MARK THEIR B ALLO TS? FR OM THE PRECINCT OR FR OM THE N ATION AL LEVEL? WHAT BALLO ALLOTS? FROM FROM NA TIONAL • COMELEC / SMARTMATIC-TIM would be providing special ballot markers to • It will be done at the precinct level. The BEI shall execute a command to: each precinct, which will be used for the voting process. The Automated Counting - Electronically transmit the ER, together with the precinct’s statistical report Machine can accommodate pencil marks, but for reasons of securing the process and the PCOS unit’s audit log report to the following destinations: (as pencil marks can be erased and replaced), black markers will be used. - city/municipal BOC; provincial BOC; NOTE: Pencil marks are editable, and therefore not recommended. In an extreme - NBOCs of COMELEC and Congress; case where marks are maliciously edited after the ballots have been casted, counted - Dominant majority party, Dominant miand transmitted, and an audit takes place, this could lead to a lot of suspicion and nority party, confusion in the process. - Accredited citizens’ arm, and KBP; and - Central server. HO W SHOULD THE B ALLO TS BE SHADED? HOW BALLO ALLOTS CAN MALICIOUS ENTITIES INSERT • Ovals should be shaded fully. A VIR US INT O THE PCOS? • Marks are evaluated based on a COMELEC defined sensitivity-level. VIRUS INTO For example, a half-shade (filling half of an oval) will be evaluated by the Automat• No. First of all, physical access to the ed Counting Machine whereas a dot would not. This protects against accidental system is limited to 2 memory card slots, marking of an oval. Furthermore, the practice of shading an oval completely shows which will be secured using a serially lathat the voter is actively and with full intention selecting the candidate of their choice. beled lock. These locks would prevent, or make it obvious that the machine has IS THERE ANY ASSURANCE THA T THE HARD WARE AND SOFTW ARE THAT HARDW SOFTWARE been tampered with. Furthermore, the THA T THE AES WILL USE ARE SAFE AND SECURE? THAT Operating System used in the PCOS is • Yes. Security and system integrity are overriding concerns before, during, and Linux, which as a platform is very secure, after the elections. employing access controls to limit the - ZERO VOTE DOCUMENT - This report is basically an ER showing zero votes for activities of profiles. This Operating Syseach candidate in each contest. This the automated version of publicly inverting tem environment will not tolerate the presthe ballot box in the manual process, showing that the box has not been previously ence of virus and malware, or at the very stuffed with votes. The report would then be signed by the BEIs and the watchers. least, prevent such malicious programming from running. WHA T HAPPENS IF A VOTER SELECTS WHAT HO W SOON WILL THE WINNERS LESS C ANDID ATES THAN EXPECTED? CANDID ANDIDA HOW BE DETERMINED? • It’s called an under-Vote. Under-votes are valid votes, and will be interpreted by the system accordingly. For example, for a contest where the voter can select a • Based on experience, 90% of results maximum of 12 candidates, choosing a number of candidates less than the expectwould arrive between 4 to 6 hours after ed 12 is still valid and will be counted. the close of polls. Factors that may delay the process are delays in transmission WHA T HAPPENS IF A VOTER SELECT MORE WHAT due to network unavailability and the need to undergo contingency procedures CANDID ATES THAN EXPECTED? ANDIDA (contingency transmission system). Furthermore, not all polling places are ready • It’s called an over-vote. The system will not accept over-voting for any contest. to at the exact closing time, depending on voter presence and accommodation of Should there be an instance of over-vote for a particular contest (for example, voters beyond the closing time, as prescribed by law. voting for 2 candidates in the President contest), that contest will not be counted. CAN A F AILURE OF ELECTIONS HAPPEN? However, the other contests would still be evaluated and counted, provided that FAILURE those contests were not over-voted in. • NO. It is not possible. As the voters will still be voting using paper (it is still a “paper-based” elections), there is no chance of failure of elections. Should the IN C ASE OF MASSIVE BLA CK OUTS ON MA Y 10, COULD CASE BLACK CKOUTS MAY voting machines, despite all the precautions and contingency procedures in place, AILURE OF ELECTIONS? IT LEAD TO F FAILURE still fail in the precinct, the voters can still resort to “manual” elections — using • NO. The Department of Energy can and should prioritize May 10, 2010 — 1 day for the ballots. The holding of elections are not dependent and “held hostage” by the National Elections. performance of the voting machines.

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Pagcor remits P1.6 billion to gov’t in Small-scale monopolies JanuaryW February HEN we talk of monopolies and oligopolies, people often think of the large ones, like power and energy monopoly, airline and shipping monopoly, telecommunications and water monopoly, and so on. People seldom talk, even “forgive”, small-scale monopolies. Like jeepneys, tricycles, and pedicabs or “trisikad”. It is true that there is no single jeepney (or tricycle and trisikad) operator that monopolizes the industry. But they as a group monopolize a particular route. That is, jeepneys from various owners/ operators and drivers monopolize a particular route, buses and vans are banned there. Tricycles from various owners/operators and drivers also monopolize a particular route (usually from village gates to the main road), jeepneys, vans and buses are banned in that route. When a route is granted by the government to be monopolized by buses or jeepneys or tricycles (ie, only one of them can take that route, all other public transportation except taxis are banned), commuters have no other choice except to bring their own cars, or take the cab. Both options are expensive considering the high prices of fuel products, traffic congestions, high parking fees, and dangers of carnapping or towing by some local governments, if one brings his/her own car. The monopolists almost always do not strive to improve their vehicles anymore. Even if their units are old and dilapidated, smelly and mutilated, they often do not care. They know that non-rich riders and commuters have no other option but take their dilapidated and/or over-loaded vehicles, so why bother and spend money to improve their vehicles? Better use the money to bribe government officials so they will keep the route monopoly and keep away competition from more modern, more comfortable public transpo like air-con vans, new and more modern bus lines. Take the Ayala-Washington route in Makati, for instance. Ayala Avenue is the country’s prime financial district. While there are buses and air-con vans from the northern part of the metropolis that pass this road, there are none coming from the southern part. So passengers from the south get off from the MRT Ayala station and take the jeepneys that ply the Ayala-Washington route. There are no alternative air-con vans, only taxis and the often rickety and smoke-belching jeepeneys. So you can see in the country’s prime and famous financial district, sometimes dilapidated side by wide with new model and expensive cars, competing for road space. What is worse is that jeepney drivers overload their vehicles. A jeepney that can comfortably seat 8 passengers on one side is being packed with 9 passengers, otherwise the driver will not move the vehicle. Again, jeepney owners and drivers do not bother if their jeepneys are smelly and ugly, they are aware that passengers who have no cars and cannot afford to take taxis, have no other alternative but ride their jeepneys. Some people propose that government should phase out jeepneys and tricycles in many areas of Metro Manila. I do not agree with this proposal because this will involve coercion and charges of government “favoritism”. A better option is that the government will (a) not grant or create monopoly franchises to jeepneys and tricycles in particular routes, (b) allow various options of public transpo, the air-con vans and buses in particular, to compete with jeepneys and tricycles, and (c) deregulate fares. This way, it will not be the government that will phase out — or at least force the improvement — of those jeepneys and tricycles, but the passengers themselves. When many people will not ride jeepneys and tricycles, the latter will be forced to either improve their units, or bring down their fares to attract passengers, or abandon the route and bring their jeepneys and tricycles to areas and routes where the vans and buses are either absent or have weak presence yet. Many countries with big population do not have jeepneys and tricycles, only buses and trains. Even for rich countries with small population, like Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, they do not have small-passenger public transpo like jeepneys and tricycles. They only have buses and trains. The Philippines need not jump into the extensive and expensive train system. The government needs only to step back a little and de-monopolize certain routes to allow the entry of more comfortable vehicles to serve passengers who do not have cars and are poor enough to take the taxi everyday. Competition among various public transpo providers will empower passengers.

Giant Thai agri-business firm puts up P1-billion hog production facility in Tarlac CHAROEN Pokphand Foods or CP Foods, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thailand’s largest agri-business group, the giant Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF) is investing P1.042 billion in hog production facility in Concepcion, Tarlac. The investment would complement its P2.36-billion aqua feed mill plant in Capas, Tarlac. “CP Foods continues to raise the level of its investment commitment by expanding their operations in the country. The project will contribute substantially to the SME sector since their main market will be hog raisers in

the country,” said Trade and Industry Secretary Jesli A. Lapus. The project will entail the construction of a great grand parent stocks (GGPs) farm, a grand parent stocks (GP) farm and a farm for breeder finishing hogs. The feed requirements of the three (3) farms will be culled by the company through feed mill tolling agreements with a chosen feed mill adjacent to the farm sites. Lapus added that the project “shall boost the opportunities in the food sector particularly in the hog raising industry. A steady supply of hogs will ensure stable prices for the public as consumer confidence continues its upswing recovery.

THE Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), under the stewardship of Efrain C. Genuino, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has remitted P1.6 billion to the national government coffers in the first two-months of the year. Data from the Bureau of Treasury showed that in February, the regulator of casino gaming in the country had remitted P815 million, higher by 3 percent compared with the P792 million in the previous month. Under the law, PAGCOR is required to remit 5 percent of its net winnings to the Bureau of Internal revenue BIR) as franchise tax, and 50 percent of the 95 percent balance goes to the Bureau of Treasury. To date, PAGCOR is operating 13-branches and 25 exclusive clubs, open in major cities across the country. Last month, MJC Investments Corp. (MIC) told the Philippine Stock Exchange that it will build a hotel casino in the former San Lazaro race track in Manila in partnership with PAGCOR. The holding firm disclosed that it entered an agreement with Pagcor, which would establish, manage and operate a casino in the hotel that MIC would construct. This hotel will be built on MIC’s 1.4-hectare property within the San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park in Santa Cruz,

Manila. The site is part of the former racetrack, the San Lazaro Hippodrome that has been registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, entitling it to tax perks and other incentives. Under a property-forshare swap undertaken in April 2008, MIC accepted Aries Prime Global Holdings Inc. as the transferee of Manila Jockey Club Inc.’s non-core assets. Aries used to be the majority owner of MIC before the sale of its entire stake in June 2007. In January, PAGCOR had launched its latest gaming service, www.egamesonline.com.ph, the first Internet-based casino gaming website. E-Games Online is operated by Philweb Homeplay, Inc., a subsidiary of PhilWeb Corporation, and will offer traditional casino games like blackjack, baccarat, roulette and slots to Filipino players that are 21 or older. Philweb said that the suite of games, which covers everything found in a “land-based” casino, is presented with stateof-the-art graphics and high speeds, thanks to enterprise-class servers from PhilWeb.

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Outstanding RDOs named REVENUE District Officer Ramon T. King, Jr., of Revenue District Office No. 69, Revenue Region No. 10 in Virac, Catanduanes led the outstanding revenue district officers awards recently as the most outstanding Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) district officer at the awards night of third “Nationwide Search for Outstanding Revenue District Officer (RDO)” by the Rotary Club of Makati Bonifacio. The annual search gives due recognition to district officers who have done exemplary service in the enforcement of revenue collection. Candidates are nominated by their respective Regional Directors and endorsed by a civic organization such as a Rotary Club in their area. Winners are judged based on their performance for the last three years; personnel administration; integrity/honesty and morality; and public relations. Moreover, the winners must have been RDOs for a minimum of three years. Special awards were also given to RDO No. 69 as outstanding revenue office and to RDO Clavelina S. Nacar of RDO No. 39 in South Quezon City un-

der Revenue Region No. 7 for having been named a nominee for three straight years. The awards night took place at Pagcor Heritage in the presence of BIR Commissioner Joel TanTorres, Past Rotary 3830 Governor and Pagcor President Rafael “Butch” Francisco, incumbent Ro-

tary District 3830 Governor Isidro Garcia, Makati Bonifacio Rotarians led by Club President Jerry Dacayo Jr. and families and guests of winners and nominees. Commissioner TanTorres congratulated BIR officials for overshooting the February 2010 tax collection target and

thanked Rotarians for recognizing BIR’s collection efforts. For his part, Past District Governor Butch Francisco inspired the nominees and winners with his message on Rotary’s Four-Way Test which they can adopt as a code of ethics in their professional lives.

BIR COMMISSIONER JOEL TAN-TORRES, Rotary District 3830 Governor Isidro Garcia, and Past Rotary 3830 Governor and PAGCOR President Rafael “Butch” Francisco presents an award to RDO Clavelina S. Nacar of RDO 39 for having been nominated three years in a row as outstanding RDO in the Awards Night held at the Heritage Hotel Manila in Edsa, Pasay City sponsored by the Rotary Club of Makati-Bonifacio. (Lorenz Tato)

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Getting married? Ask me. THERE are no bad questions, ‘coz whatever questions you have, Elline answers it best... Q : We want a small but stylish wedding (100 guests or less) but are worried that both our families will want to invite too many business associates and contacts rather than our close friends and family. Is a destination wedding the only option that would keep our wedding small and intimate without disappointing every one? A : If having a destination wedding is not an option, you could try getting a reception venue that by its small size physically limits the number of invited guests. That way you could inform the parents that there really is no

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A TOAST AND CHEERS to Mary Grace D. Añonuevo and to all Batch 2010 graduates of Eusebio High School in Pasig City who graduated last March 30. Wishes from your parents Ogie and Betty of Batangas City and your siblings.

MALIGAYANG pagtatapos kina Errol I. Catimpo (1st Honorable Mention, Tomas Morato Elementary School, Quezon City) at Nieljahn Edward C. Padlan (Loyalty Awardee, St. Therese School, Las Piñas City). Pagbati mula kay Mommy Clarinda, Mommy Elline, Gian, Joyce, AJ, Juandoy at Keanne.

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space available for more guests. Some couples have opted to have two wedding receptions (the second one is held a day or two after) just to accommodate their parents’ wishes. Q : Our wedding is a year from now. We are choosing between wedding coordinators, photographers, designers, etc. and have mentioned the date in our meetings. Do we have to inform the ones we are not choosing? What’s the proper way to tell them? A : It would show good manners on your part if you inform those suppliers that you are not hiring of your decision. Being professionals, suppliers understand that not everyone gets 100% booking average out of every possible client that they meet.

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It would be proper on your part to tell them that you are not availing of their services so that they can unblock the date from their list. No need to give any reasons or excuses. Q : I was told that it is not proper to include wedding registry with the invitation. How do we let people know where we are registered? A : To include a wedding registry card together with the invitation presumes that the one being invited will give you a gift. This is considered bad etiquette since it is their presence that is being requested (with or without the gift). Those wanting to give a gift either send one or may call the couple or their family to ask what item would the couple need or want.

Wedding greetings Chrissie Ayang-ang and Robert Ramos March 14, 2010 Madre de Dios Chapel and The Veranda, Tagaytay

BELATED Happy 11th Birthday to our dear “Penpen”, Shaina V. Mirasol last April 6, 2010. We wish you good health, be a good girl as always. Much love from Papa, Mama, Ate Sweden, Ate Potpot and Kuya Junjun.

CONGRATULATIONS, Rommel V. Mirasol Jr. and all Batch 2010 graduates of Lores Elem. School in Antipolo City. Greetings from Papa, Mama, Ate Sweden, Ate Charish, and Shaina.

Dennis Tumalad and Roselle Sacdalan January 7, 2010 Nuestra Sra de Gracia/ The Glass Garden

Joseph Santos, 28, right, a.k.a., the “Miracle Baby,” is shown with his wife Micaela Sando, 24. Joseph, was given the “miracle baby” title after he and his twin brother, Jason, were born almost four months premature. Their mother, Purita, went into labor while on a flight from Guam to Hawaii. Now, nearly 28-years after the event, Joseph got married on March 27.

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Did you know that: For centuries the month of June has been the most popular choice for weddings - but the original reason might surprise you. You see, during the 1400 -1500s, May was the month in which the “annual bath” occurred. Yes, just as it sounds, back then people were only able to bathe thoroughly once each year. As such, since the over-all population was smelling relatively fresh in June, it was a good time to hold a special event like a wedding! Further, the month of June is named after the goddess Juno, who was the Roman counterpart to Hera, the goddess of the hearth and home, and patron of wives. Ancient tradition thought it was unlucky to marry in the month of May because in Romans times the Feast of the Dead and the Festival of the Goddess of Chastity both occurred in May. To practice writing your new name prior to the wedding (and what bride doesn’t do this?) is believed to tempt fate and thus, is also believed to result in bad luck during the marriage! B a d weather on the way to the wedding is believed to signify unhappiness in the marriage. Traditionally it is believed that cloudy skies and wind en route to the wedding will result in a stormy marriage. However, snow on the way to the wedding is a sign of fertility and prosperity! It was thought that misfortune would come to those who married during lent - “Marry in Lent, live to repent” - because lent was a time for abstinence. The tradition for the bride to wear white began in the 16th century and is still commonly followed today. This is a symbol of the bride’s purity and her worthiness of her groom. The tradition became solidified during the time of Queen Victoria who rebelled against the royal tradition for Royal brides to wear silver. Instead, the queen preferred the symbolism which is expressed by wearing white. The brides of the time quickly emulated the queen, and the tradition has continued in full force to this day. There is an old saying that “the bride wore a green gown”. This implies the belief that she was promiscuous before marriage and refers to the image of her rolling around in grassy fields with a young man.

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In these days of “practicality, I often advise couples to include where they are registered in an info card which also states the attire and RSVP or any other pertinent wedding info. This way the wedding registry is not too glaring or “in-your-face”. Q : In your experience, what age is too young or too old as choices for flower girls and ring bearers? We want them to be able to walk down the aisle without a maid or parent. A : A child is considered for the role of flower girl or bearer from the ages of 4 to 8 years old. Any older would classify them as junior attendant and any younger is just asking for trouble. Infants and toddlers can be dressed up as a flower girl or bearer for picture purposes but preferably not made to walk. For your wedding questions, please email the author at e p a d l a n @ rocketmail.com.

ABS-CBN star and former FHM model Jeni Hernandez weds Edward Cruz in grand celebrity style at the Santuario de San Antonio, Makati City on 21 March 2010. Malaysianborn singer Fish Leong got married to Taiwanese businessman Tony Chao in a beach wedding at Discovery Shores last Monday. The bride is wellknown in the Mandarin pop scene and has had much success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. Jasmine Leong (Fish’s stage name) is known as “the Queen of Love Songs” and famous for her love-themed ballads, many of which have become popular KTV hits.

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April 9 - 11, 2010

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ARIES (March. 21- April 19)- There don’t seem to be too many problems as far as your finances are concerned, or any other area of your life. You might want to make a few changes, though, especially regarding your values and priorities. TAURUS (April 20- May. 20) -You have reached that time of year when it helps to take stock and reflect on what you want to achieve over the coming months. Slow down and use this opportunity to plan ahead and create some exciting goals for yourself. GEMINI (May. 21- June 21) - If you have a job, lighten your schedule, because you may be too tired to complete your usual amount of work. Cut out any unnecessary tasks and give yourself some space. Mercury, your ruling planet, moves into Taurus on Friday and into your Twelfth House. CANCER (June 22-July 22) - There are ideas galore just waiting to be picked and used for your latest projects, whether personal or business oriented. Go with the flow, and above all, have fun. Both Venus and Mercury move out of your career zone and into Taurus this week.

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) - There is a Full Moon in your sign at the start of the week, which may bring issues and tensions to a head. You could find yourself laughing more, but you could also be crying more, too. SCORPIO (Oct. 24- Nov. 22) -The Full Moon in Libra may encourage vivid and powerful dreams, since it takes place in your mystical Twelfth House. If you feel restless and find it hard to sleep, take a long bath and add some lavender oil, which will soothe away your worries and help you to relax more deeply. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- Dec. 21) - You might find it hard to put up with too much routine. Timetables and schedules leave you cold. All you want is to be allowed to journey far with the wind in your hair and the Sun in your face. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) - The focus shifts from home and family matters to leisure and pleasure. It’s time to give in to the desire to relax and enjoy life. This area of your chart is also associated with new love affairs and dating. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- Feb.18) - Think about making some surface changes to your home. It’s the little touches that can make all the difference. Your home is the one place where you can relax. PISCES (Feb. 19- March. 20) -It’s time to do some planning and goal setting, since you need an outlet for all the inspiration that is flowing your way. Set yourself challenges, because they help you to see how far you have come and how much more you’re capable of.

Sa mga nais humingi ng payo sa ‘Love Problem’ maaari lamang mag-text sa 09182019737 o mag-e-mail sa hanya_rey@yahoo.com AKO ay may tiningala, inidolo. Isang taong narating na ang taluktok ng daang tinatahak ko pa lamang. Inilagay ko siya sa isang napakataas na pedestal at ginawang inspirasyon sa lahat ng aking gawain. Balang araw maabot ko rin siya, ang aking inisip. Balang araw magiging kagaya ko rin siya, ang aking pinangarap. Ngunit isang araw, sa di inaasahang pagk-krus ng landas ay nakita ko ang aking hinahangaan, o siya nga ba? Nakita ko ang kanyang mga obra, o sa kanya nga ba? Tila ibang mukha ang nakakabit. Tila ibang pangalan ang may likha. Hindi! Sa aking idolo ang mga iyan at ang taong ito ay manggagaya. Orihinal na likha ng aking idolo ang mga gawang iyan. Bakit niya kinopya at ipinamalitang sa kan-

Dyok...Dyok...Dyok!!! TOP OF FORM 1. Minamalat na naman ang puso ko... ++ Paano kasi, laging sinisigaw ang pangalan mo. 2. Ikaw ba may-ari ng Crayola? ++ Ikaw kasi nagbibigay ng kulay sa buhay ko. 3. Uy papicture tayo! ++ Para ma-develop tayo! 4. Kung ikaw ay bola at ako ang player, mashushoot ba kita? ++ Hindi, para lagi kita mamimiss. 5. Can i take your picture? ++ Coz i want to show Santa exactly what i want for Christmas! 6. Exam ka ba? ++ Gustong gusto na kasi kitang i-take home eh! 7. Lecture mo ba ako? ++ Lab kasi kita. 8. Centrum ka ba? ++ Kasi you make my life complete! 9. Miss pwede ba kita maging driver? ++ Para ikaw na magpapatakbo ng buhay ko. 10. Mahilig ka ba sa asukal? ++ Ang tamis kasi ng mga ngiti mo. 11. Pinaglihi ka ba sa keyboard?

++ Kasi type kita. 12. I hate to say this but... You are like my underwear. ++ Coz i can’t last a day without you! 13. Ibibili kita ng salbabida. ++ Kasi malulunod ka sa pagmamahal ko. 14. Pwede ba kitang maging sidecar? ++ Single kasi ako eh. 15.Me lisensya ka ba? ++ Coz you’re driving me crazy eh. 16. May kilala ka bang gumagawa ng relo?

PAHALANG 1 Hiyas 7 Balkonahe 11 Linlang 12 Putting buhok 13 Harang 14 Paglilinis ng damit 15 Pusta 16 Hupa 17 Sigalot 20 __mode 21 Palanaw ni Paterno 24 Phone o pen___ 25 Di-umano 26 Ms. Raymundo 27 Sangkap ng nganga 29 Karit 31 Daluyan ng dugo 35 Kibo 36 Tahimik 38 Kamit 39 Suhay 40 Tubig dagat 41 Katoliko____

PABABA 1 Kuwatro 2 Habi 3 Alalay sa paglakad 4 Awa 5 Ms. Capri 6 Saturday:daglat 7 Probinsiya sa Mindanao 8 Ilulubog 9 Warning 10 Hinablot 16 Ingkong 18 Balat ng punong kahoy 19 Yugto ng tour 21 Ms. Corrales 22 Hayop 23 Pagsunod s autos 28 Hantik 30 Inog 32 Libot 33 Kasiglahan 34 Tindig 36 Termino sa golf 37 Suyo

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LEO (July 22- Aug. 22) - This week you get a revelation that leads to a renewed determination to take action. Try not to overreact to the Full Moon; that would be a mistake. If you have decisions to make, wait a few days and then make your choices. VIRGO (Aug. 23- Sept. 23) - It’s time to look to the future and make some plans. You might want to expand your options, which could entail study or a revision of some knowledge you once had. The weekend seems quite intense.

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ya? Mukhang pinagkakakitaan pa niya. Kailangang masabi ko ito sa aking idolo upang magawan niya ng paraan. Dapat mahuli at mabigy-

an ng parusa ang manggagaya. Ngunit sa matagal kong pagmamasid at pag-uusisa ay natanto kong tila mas may pruweba ang taong ito na sa kanya ang mga likha. Hindi ito totoo! Hindi manloloko ang aking idolo. Lahat ay inisip, ginawa, at inalay ko para maabot ko rin ang karukrukang pinaglagyan ko sa kanya. Hinangad kong kahit kaunting sinag man lang ng kanyang ningning ay dumapo sa akin. Ako ba ay naloko? Ako ba ay nagpaloko? Anong kamangmangan itong ipi-

namalas ko? Pero naramdaman ko ang katotohanan sa idolo ko sa mga salitang binitawan niya sa akin at sa paghimok muli sa sining na dati ko nang tinalikuran. Siya ba ay aking haharapin upang pigain ang katotohanan sa kanyang dila? O dapat bang siya’y lisanin ko na sa hiya sa sarili? Ako ay naloko at ang laki ng nawala sa akin. Ako ay naloko at isang bahagi ng aking pagkatao ang gumuho. Ako ay naloko at nawalan na ng tiwala. Ako ay naloko.

Halamang Gamot LAGUNDI SCIENTIFIC NAME: VITEX NEGUNDO L. 1) Mabisang gamot sa lagnat at ubo, tigdas, sakit sa balat gaya ng galis-aso, pantal ng balat at kagat ng insekto. PARAAN: a) Pakuluan lamang ang isang kinis ng mga dahon ng lagundi sa 3 basong tubig ng 10 minuto. Para sa sanggol - 1 kutsarita, 3 beses maghapon Para sa 7-12 taon - 1/2 baso 3 beses maghapon Para sa matanda - 1 baso 3 beses maghapon 2) Inilalabas nito ang dumi sa loob ng katawan, nililinis at pinapasigla ang pakiramdam. b) Para sa mga may problema sa balat, uminom din ng pinaglagaan, ito rin ang gamitin sa panghugas sa balat o sugat. 3) Gamot din ang bulaklak nito sa dumudura ng dugo, pakuluan at inumin ang pinaglagaan.

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++ May sira ata relo ko.. pag ikaw kasi kasama ko, humihinto ang oras ko. 17. Grabe nakakatawa yung mga pick-up lines noh? hahaha! May alam ka pa bang iba? Wala na akong maisip eh. ++ Coz all i ever think of is you. 18. I’m a bee. ++ Can you be my honey? 19. Nakakatakot di ba ang multo? ++ Pero mas nakakatakot kapag nawala ka sa buhay ko.

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NAMIN na sa wakas ng Latin hunk at former Menudo singer na si Ricky Martin na siya’y isang “fortunate homosexual”.

Kaya nang magkausap kami ni Professor Danton Remoto, nagtitili ng walang sound ang vaklesh. “Parang nagbabadya ang tagumpay ng Ladlad sa sunod-sunod na paglaladlad ng mga Hollywood stars tulad nina Anna Paquin, Meredith Baxter, Sean Hayes at Ricky Martin nitong nakalipas na anim na buwan. Ricky Martin comes out of the closet and media runs to my house asking for sound-bites. O ayan, those from the losing party list groups who accuse me of ‘controversially courting the media’, take note. They come to me, in my tiny house full of books, so I have to harum-scarum clean the

flat in ten minutes! Inggit lang kayo, wala kayong media exposure,” mahabang litanya sa inyong lingkod ni Danton, ang first nominee ng Ladlad Partylist #89. After years of scrutiny about his sexuality, sinabi ni Ricky na ito ang kailangan niya. “Especially now that I am the father of two beautiful boys that are so full of light and who with their outlook teach me new things every day,” sey ni Ricky sa kanyang website na ang tinutukoy ay ang kanyang 2year-old na kambal sa isang babaeng di niya tinonteng. Yes, Venigna Vangkiyod, surrogate mother lang at spermatic byuti lang ni Ricky ang nakarating sa matris ng gurlash! “These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed.” Ricky’s declaration spread like wildfire sa local tinseltown. And to this, marami ang curious... susunod na raw kaya si Papa P? Teka muna, sino ba’ng Papa P ang tinu-

tukoy nila? Si Piolo Pascual ba? So unkind naman ninyo... hindi totoo ‘yan! May kumalat man na manto-man sex video noon na ang isang lalaki ay kahawig niya, wis ninyo napatunayan na ‘closet queen’ si Piolo! Kuwidaw kayo dahil mayroon siyang heterosexual relationship kaya umusbong si Iñigo — di tulad ni Ricky na artificial insemination ang ginamit kaya nabuo ang kanyang twin sons. Mabarkada lang si Piolo at malapit sa mga male showbiz friends niya kaya hanggang duda lang kayo! Kuyafi lagong! Speaking of Piolo Pascual, in the making na ang TV project niya with the two child sensations na si Zaijan “Santino” Jaranilla at Xyriel Anne “Agua Bendita” Manabay, syempre pa sa ABS-CBN. Hindi pa nila na-fa-finalize ang title ng nasabing teleserye but they are promising na napakaganda ng concept... well, if it’s from ABS-CBN, I’m sure wagi ini! Abangan! *** BONGGANG-BONGGA sa takilya ang opening ng “Babe I Love You” at masasabing pumatok talaga ang recycled nipplegate gimik ng dalawang bida sa March 25 episode ng ASAP XV. Trulili, recycled na ang gimik na ganito dahil nagawa na ito ng sultry singer na si Didith Reyes nu’ng mga panahon na kasalanang mortal pa ang rumampa sa kalye ng naka-sleeveless. “Aksidenteng” binandera ni Didith ang kanyang boobs habang kumakanta ng “Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi” sa Famas Night and after that incident naging sunod-sunod ang hit singles ni Didith Reyes. But then again, bakit naman daw pag-iinteresan ang boobs ni Anne Curtis eh para naman itong hilaw na kutsinta?! Ahahaha! Wis ka-arrive arrive sa true to life lang! Sey ng mga nasa Boracay, dapat bago siya gumimik e nagpaenhance muna siya sa internationally acclaimed gerontologist at cosmetic surgeon na si

Dra. Jane P. Enriquez (tel. no. (63) (2) 400-5539 or email goldenjjj888@yahoo.com) para pagnasaan siya ng mga umbaw! Hendevaduday?! *** KINONTAK tayo over Facebook ng ating friend na si Rodolfo O. Jackson, o mas kilala bilang si Mother Jackson. Hindi pa uso ang mga standup comedian, di pa nagsulputan ang mga gay bars, at wala pang Fanny Serrano, ay may Karachi Club na sa Ermita, Manila na namamayagpag noong dekada 60s na talagang dinadayo at pinagkakaguluhan ng mga parukyano, mapa-Pinoy o foreigner man. At ito’y walang iba kundi si Mother Jackson, ang reyna ng Ermita na ngayo’y nakabase na sa US since 1972 after Martial Law was declared. More on Mother Jackson ang ibubulgar ko next issue... Abangan! *** T U WA N G TUWA kami kay Francine Prieto dahil never na-dampen ang kanyang spirits kahit na malaking dagok ang dumating sa kanyang buhay sa pagyao ng kanyang minamahal na ina na si Mommy Amelia Falcon. Go pa rin at doble kayod si Francine. Regular natin siyang naririnig sa DZMM every early morning over the radio program “Ka-Deyt” with Bobby Yan. Siya ang pumalit kay Amy Perez na lumipat naman sa Kapatid Network TV - 5. Korek ang attitude ni Francine na life has to go on at di dapat magmukmok. Wala namang kuwestiyon ang pagmamahal ni Francine sa ina dahil mula pa lamang

bata, bilang panganay, Francine has always been supportive of her mother, and vice versa. Hanggang ma-diaognose nga na mayroon itong ovarian cancer, hindi pinabayaan ni Francine si Mommy Amy. Mahal na mahal niya ito at ginawa niya lahat ng kanyang magagaaw para magamot at matustusan ang medication ng mom niya. ‘Wag kang tumawad, Venigna Vangkiyod, very much loved ni Francine ang ina kung kaya’t hanggang sa huling sandali ay gusto ni Francine na forever beautiful si Mommy Amy! Kahit sa loob ng kabaong ay ever pre-

sent a n g pagig i n g vanidosa nito at pati f a l s e eyelashes ay hindi inalis ni Francine sa ina. O, ano, for Ripley’s Believe it or Not ang byuti ni Mommy Amelia Falcon! Oh, lavan kah?! God bless your soul Mommy Amy!

ANAK NG CABIAO Ni ARNOLD GARCIA ISANG SINGER na pinasikat ng isang awitin kung saan siya gumawa ng pangalan at natandaan ng kaniyang mga tagahanga ang di sinasadyang nabangga ko nang harapan sa isang restoran sa Roces Ave., Quezon City kamakailan dahil higit na malaki ang kanyang dibdib kaysa pangkaraniwan. The tragedy brought about by her desire to augment her behind to complement her front asset would not leave her which if she could, she would leave behind. Mas mabuti raw na front bumper ang tinamaan kaysa kanyang rear bumper na hanggang ngayon ay nireretoke pa ng kaniyang doktor. Nasa 90% na raw ang na-rehabilitate sa na-infect niyang pigi na pina-augment niya more than 10 years ago. Ang sinasabi kong singer na pinasikat ng kantang “Nilunok Kong Lahat” o ang nagpasikat sa nasabing awitin na palaging kinakanta sa mga videoke lalo na sa probinsiya ay si Selina Sevilla. She was 26 years old when she was discovered and entered the world of showbusiness. She was second year college when the opportunity to earn for her family, being the eldest of the seven siblings, lured her away from school. While Selina was flawless even when she entered showbusiness at a more advanced age, her talent manager thought augmenting her behind to complement her boobs was necessary. Having the money to undergo an augmentation

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procedure of her behind, she did it at a clinic which she refused to divulge. Pero laking pagsisisi ni Selina ng magsimulang mamaga ang kaniyang pigi na palagiang may lumalabas na nana na nang eksaminen ay palatandaan pala ng nabubulok na laman dahil sa isinaksak sa kaniyang augmentation substance. Dahil sa naging suliranin, literally and figuratively, umikot ang puwet ni Selina para papanagutin ang may kagagawan sa kaniyang problema kasabay sa paghanap ng pera para maipaayos ang kanyang nabubulok na pigi. Malalapit na kaibigan ni Selina ang naglapit sa kanya kay Doc Manny Calayan, na hindi naman nagkait ng tulong upang gamutin ang nabubulok na puwet at maibalik sa normal. Hindi siningil ni Doc Calayan ni kusing si Selina. Nang tanungin ko kung magkano ang aabutin sakalit siningil siya ni Doc Calayan, sinabi ni Selina na aabot ito sa P250,000.00 per session. Hindi ko na tinanong kung ilang sessions na ang operasyon sa kaniya at baka lalong mawalan siya ng tiwala sa sarili of which she is still suffering due to the experience. Gayunman, may itinayo palang foundation si Doc Calayan kung saan puwedeng lumapit ang mga pasyenteng mahihirap at hindi celebrities na nangangailangan ng cosmetic surgery. Isa sa maraming natulungan ng foundation na itinayo ni Doc Calayan noong late 1990’s si Selina. For her part and as an expression of gratitude, ini-endorse ni Selina ang Alyansa ng Media at Showbiz Partylist #82 kung saan nominee si Doc Calayan kasama sina Rolly ‘Lakay’ Gonzalo at beteranong aktor na si Leo Martinez.

April 5-11, 2010

So lives up to high billing GRANDMASTER Wesley So validated his billing as a force to reckon with when he ruled the First Pichay and Davis Cup Chess festival over the weekend at the Blue Wave Mall on Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City. So, ranked No. 64 in the world, beat GM-elect Ronald Dableo 1.5-0.5 in the finals to seize the All-Master Group A crown and P15,000 top purse. Ranked the highest chess player in the country with an Elo rating of 2665, So beat NM Rudy Ibanez (1.5-0.5), FM David Elorta (1.5-0.5), IM Oli-ver Dimakiling (2-1), and IM Richard Bitoon (1.50.5) on his way to the title match.

GARY DAVID

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David energizes Coca-Cola UNLIKE other players, Gary David doesn’t have an oversized ego, explaining why he’s willing to take the backseat to other players. But his talent carries him through, and this was acknowledged by members of the PBA Press Corps who picked him as the first Accel Player of the Week for the Fiesta Conference. Asi Taulava and Chico Lanete took turns shining in the Tigers’ two wins in as many outings, but it was the steady plays of David, known for his dynamic qualities, that fueled the team’s surge to the early lead in the import-flavored tournament. Proofs are his 18.0 points that went well with 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and as many steals, norms that made him second only in the team (behind reinforcement James Penny) and the conference-leader in the points and swipes departments. More than that, David’s vigor rubbed off on his teammates. “He is really living up to his moniker as ‘Mr. Pure Energy,’ said Coke coach Bo Perasol. “He gives us the necessary lift whenever we need it badly.” David maintains he’s just willing to do anything he can for Coke and it happened to jive with his personal reason. “Ang gusto lang naman naming lahat na mga players maipakita ang worth namin,” he said. “Kaya every game, kung ano ang maibibigay sa team.” It is precisely because of these unassuming ways belied by David’s fiery on-court manner that Perasol asked the player be acquired when the tactician assumed the head coaching reins in the middle stages of the season-opener’s eliminations, having handled the former Lyceum Pirate in their Air21 days.

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