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COPIOUS CATCH. Literally a row of giant and abundant catch Sunday morning in the so-called tuna capital of the Philippines at the General Santos City fish port, the largest producer of sashimigrade tuna in the archipelagic country of 106-million people. Sonny Espiritu

Wage boards ordered to review workers’ pay

Ancajas retains world boxing title SPORTS A8

By Joyce Pangco Pañares, Alena Mae Flores, Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta

ABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered all wage boards to immediately start tripartite consultations to expedite possible pay hikes as oil prices were poised to continue their precipitous climb this week, further eroding the buying power of consumers.

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The Philippines has become the country with the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia and the Paciﬁc. —United Nations report cited by the Senate in approving on third and ﬁnal reading a bill seeking to reform the country’s 20-year-old legal framework and approach toward HIV/AIDS prevention

“With or without a petition [for wage increase], I gave an instruction to all our regional tripartite wage boards to study the impact of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion [TRAIN] Law and to study the economic situation in every region, on the basis of which they can already come up with their recommendation,” Bello said in a radio interview on Sunday.

“We have to be sensitive to the actual economic situation, especially the effect… [on] our workers,” he added. Bello said he has broached the possibility of giving subsidies to minimum wage earners in case a wage increase is disapproved, but admitted the proposal could cost the government at least P65 billion annually. Labor Undersecretary Jacinto

THE Department of Justice has ordered the suspension of three Pasay City prosecutors who allowed the release of an airport Customs ofﬁcer and a couple arrested for allegedly smuggling in P6 million worth of gold jewelry. In an order dated May 21, acting Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra placed acting City Prosecutor Benjamin Lanto, Inquest Prosecutor Florencio dela Cruz Jr., and Associate Prosecution Attorney Clementine Villanueva under 60-day preventive suspension pending resolution

SEOUL—North and South Korea’s leaders held surprise talks on Saturday to get a historic summit between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump back on track after a head-spinning series of twists and turns. The meeting is the latest remarkable diplomatic chapter in a roller coaster of developments on the Korean peninsula. Trump rattled the region on Thursday by cancelling his meeting with Kim, which had been due to take place in Singapore on June 12, citing “open hostility” from Pyongyang. But within 24 hours he reversed course saying it could still go ahead after productive talks were held with North Korean ofﬁcials. Next page

KOREAN HUG. This picture taken on Saturday and

released by the Blue House via Dong-A Ilbo shows South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in (right) hugging North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their second summit at the north side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, a day after US President Donald Trump threatened to abandon a summit with Pyongyang. AFP

Justice bows to CoA on P621-m expense

SolGen: Kin’s deals went thru bidding

By Rey E. Requejo

Two Koreas hold surprise talks after Trump turnaround

Three fiscals suspended over smuggle case

THE Justice department on Sunday vowed to fully comply with the recommendations made by the Commission on Audit for the proper disbursement of its funds. This was after the agency ﬂagged the department’s undocumented fund transfers, payrolls and unauthorized bank accounts involving P621 million of its budget in its 2017 audit report. “The ﬁnance people at the DoJ undertake to comply with all the recommendations of the CoA and assure that all public

Paras said regional wage boards must expedite the consultations so that “they will be able to address the messy situation of our country today, especially the hardship that ordinary workers are facing.” “I believe that there shall be a substantial increase in the minimum wage for our workers to cope... with rising cost of living,

By Rey E. Requejo

Dengvaxia fund up to Senate scrutiny By Rio N. Araja and Macon Ramos-Araneta

for about 900,000 schoolchildren inoculated with the Dengvaxia vaccine shots even if their illnesses were not related to it. Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles, head of THE House of Representatives will transmit the P1.161-billion supplemental bud- the House committee on appropriations, Next page get to the Senate for the medical assistance

FACING a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman, Solicitor General Jose Calida on Sunday denied any wrongdoing in the multi-million-peso contracts that his security agency won from several government agencies. The complaint, filed May 10 by a private citizen, Jocelyn Nisperos, said Calida violated the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials Next page

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MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018

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PH-China oil hunt ‘gives up’ arbitral ruling House to go into overdrive for BBL draft By Rio N. Araja HOUSE Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said Sunday he would work double time to pass the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law on third and ﬁnal reading before Congress adjourns on June 2. “We are going to approve the peace bill this week. We already requested the President [Rodrigo Duterte] to certify the matter as an urgent measure,” Alvarez said. He said Congress could still call for a session until Friday just to pass the BBL. On May 22, the Bangsamoro Transition Commission requested Congress to give them until today [Monday] to respond to the undisclosed amendments on the measure. Such was an offshoot of an executive meeting also held on that day attended by the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, Alvarez, Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas, the heads of the House joint committees on local government represented by Rep. Pedro Acharon, Muslim Affairs by Rep. Mauyag Papandayan, and the special panel on peace, reconciliation and unity led by Rep. Ruby Sahali to iron out the ﬁnal version of the bill.

JOINT oil and gas exploration by China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea will “somehow give up” the arbitration ruling that said Manila had sovereign rights over the disputed areas in the sea, a maritime expert said Sunday.

Jay Batongbacal, a professor of maritime affairs and the Laws of the Sea, said the government had yet to address the legal issues in the areas that would potentially be the subjects of the joint exploration deal between the Philippines and China. “Given that we have the arbitration ruling on our side, it’s really hard to think of a way to proceed with this joint development without somehow giving up the arbitration ruling,” Batongbacal said. The Philippines and China in February agreed to set up a special panel to

work out how they could jointly explore offshore oil and gas in the waters that both countries claim without needing to address the issue of sovereignty. “It’s very difﬁcult to resolve. The conditions for engaging in joint development in the areas are not yet being addressed legally by the administration’s actions or statements so far,” Batongbacal said. He agreed with former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay who said the Philippines must ﬁle a diplomatic protest against China for the supposed militarization of the disputed areas in

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with Kim Saturday for two hours in the truce village of Panmunjom in an effort to ensure the landmark meeting between Trump and the North Korean leader goes ahead. “They exchanged views and discussed ways to implement the Panmunjom Declaration and to ensure a successful US North Korea summit,” Seoul’s presidential Blue House said in a statement, referencing a declaration the two leaders signed last month vowing to improve ties following their historic ﬁrst meeting in the same village. Pictures showed them shaking hands and embracing on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two nations. The North’s state-run KCNA news agency said the two leaders agreed to “meet frequently in the future to make dialogue brisk and pool wisdom and efforts, expressing their stand to make joint efforts for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula”. Speciﬁcally, Moon and Kim will hold “high-level talks” on Friday, the agency added. AFP

the South China Sea. Batongbacal said the Philippines must be commended for exercising self-restraint over the South China Sea issues even if other claimant countries had already started developing weapons systems in the area. The government has already begun repairing the collapsed runway on Pagasa Island, the largest of its nine features in the Spratly islands. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was “consistent with our national sovereignty and jurisdiction.”

DEFIANT SISTER. Australian missionary nun Sister Patricia Fox (center), ordered by Immigration authorities to leave the country for alleged political activities, appears at a news forum at the University of the Philippines in Diliman with lawyer Glenn Chiong and former congressman Neri Colmenares where they discussed her motion for reconsideration filed with the Department of Justice. Manny Palmero

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especially [the increase in prices of] basic commodities that affect the take-home pay of lowly employees,” Paras said. An alliance of labor organizations welcomed Bello’s order, saying it was the right thing to do. “We have received notices from the wage board. With this order, we have issued a memorandum to all our labor representatives in the wage boards to help them adjust the wage rates,” Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines executive vice president Gerardo Seno said. Trade Undersecretary for Consumer Protection Group Ruth Castelo said the department is now monitoring market prices almost daily. “Our enforcement teams are al-

ways on the go three to four times a week. We are closely monitoring possible violators but for basic necessities and prime commodities, but they know that Department of Trade and Industry is always watching so they keep their prices within the suggested retail price,” Castelo said. Energy Undersecretary William Fuentebella, for his part, said efforts are underway to ensure energy security as world prices of oil and petroleum products may continue to go up for the next six months. “The Energy secretary has instructed the Philippine National Oil Co.--Exploration Corp. to talk to the country’s suppliers of oil to have a comprehensive strategy in addressing

oil reserves and stockpiling,” Fuentebella said. Industry sources said Sunday oil prices will likely go up again this week to reﬂect increasing world oil prices. “Pump prices are bound to go up again by next week. Diesel should go up by about P0.30 to P0.50 per liter. Gasoline should go up by about P0.55 to P0,75 per liter,” Unioil Philippines said in a statement. Energy department Director Rino Abad warned last week that oil prices may continue to go up in the shortterm or up to six months if the ongoing global oil scenario persists. In some retail outlets, gasoline prices reached P60 per liter while diesel reached a high of P57 per liter.

monies are accounted for,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said in text message. “As [the] new SOJ, [I] will make sure that this will be so.” The CoA report said the department transferred P621,646,352.48 from its modified disbursement system regular account with the Land Bank of the Philippines to its ATM current payroll account with the same bank in 2017, instead of reverting the money to the Treasury in accordance with rules. It also questioned the payment of P305,390,659.08 with no corresponding transfer of funds. “The ATM account was used as a parking account for unused NCA [notice of cash allocation] to avoid lapsing,” the commission said. Under government policies, the funds not used by agencies at the end of every quarter must be returned to the Treasury, the commission said. “We recommend that the Finance Service stop the practice of transferring funds to the ATM Payroll account for transactions without valid expenses and to return to the Bureau of the Treasury any deposit without valid obligations,” the commission said. The agency also flagged as anomalous the several Journal Entry Vouchers that were not supported by supporting documents during the stint of former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Guevarra replaced Vitaliano Aguirre who resigned on April 5. The four JEVs amounting to P27,680,253.40 were all dated March 1, 2018. The auditors also flagged as anomalous the existence of three unauthorized bank accounts holding a combined amount of P65,685,647.45. Reacting to the CoA report, Aguirre denied involvement in the alleged irregular transfers of DoJ unused funds to its automated teller machine payroll account. “As explained by the Financial Service officials, the transfer of funds amounting to P621,646,352.48 from January 2017 to September 2017 represents the Notice of Cash Allocation transferred from the DoJ MDS Account (LBP Account No. 2059-90024-5) to DoJ ATM Payroll Account (LBP Account No. 0592-106051),” Aguirre said.

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and Employees because his Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency had contracts with the National Parks Development Committee, the National AntiPoverty Commission and the National Economic and Development Authority. Reacting to the complaint, Calida said he did not violate the law because he resigned as president and chairman of VISAI before he became the chief state lawyer in 2016. Calida noted that Section 9 of the Code of Conduct requires any public official to avoid any conflict of interest by resigning or divesting interest in any private firms or both within 60 days from assumption of office. He said he had done this, and declared his interest in VISAI in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth when he assumed office.

He also said he did not violate Section 7 of the same law, which prohibits public officials from having a financial interest in any transaction requiring approval of their office or owning a private firm regulated, supervised of licensed by their office. “There is no conflict of interest. The contracts between [VISAI] and the NPDC did not require the approval of the OSG. Also, the OSG does not regulate, supervise or license security agencies like Vigilant,” Calida said. Calida also said all contracts of VISAI underwent public bidding in compliance with the Government Procurement Act. Besides, the contract of his security agency with NPDC was awarded in July 2014 or two years before he assumed his post, he said.

“All subsequent contracts with NPDC were obtained through public biddings and were therefore above board,” Calida added. In her complaint filed with the Ombudman, Nisperos submitted Securities and Exchange Commission records showing Calida owns 60 percent of the security firm, while his wife and three children own 10 percent each. The complainant alleged that Calida’s ownership of VISAI presents a conflict of interest, as stated in the Republic Act No. 6713. Nisperos, a known supporter of ousted chief justice Maria Loudes Sereno, had earlier asked Calida’s office to initiate a quo warranto case against Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro the same way he did in the case against Sereno.

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of administrative proceedings against them. Guevarra also ordered the Internal Affairs Unit to investigate the three prosecutors for gross neglect of duty, gross incompetence and inefficiency after finding a prima facie evidence against them. He ordered the suspended prosecutors to file their replies to the charges within 10 days. The three prosecutors were

BEATING THE HEAT. With the temperature reaching 30 degrees Celsius and humidity at 84 percent in General Santos City on Sunday, children and their families try to beat the scorching summer sun by frolicking in the waves at the Queen Tuna Park beach. Sonny Espiritu

among those named by President Rodrigo Duterte last week as being investigated for corruption. Guevarra noted that the three prosecutors approved the release of three smuggling suspects “despite the evidence at hand.” He cited the case against Customs Flight Supervisor Lomontod Macabando and spouses Abraham and Bang-sa Mimbalawang who were caught smuggling P6 mil-

lion worth of assorted gold jewelry from Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 5. “The three suspects--Macabando and spouses Mimbalawang--were arrested and subject of an inquest proceeding on 6 May 2018, at the Ofﬁce of the City Prosecutor of Pasay. Following the inquest proceeding, the three suspects were released, despite the evidence at hand,” Guevarra’s order said. Rey E. Requejo

said they would approve House Bill 7449 by Tuesday or Wednesday on third and final reading following the committee’s endorsement for plenary passage. “We intend to send the supplemental budget to the Senate as soon as possible after approving this on third and final reading this week,” Nograles said. “This is very important to provide medical assistance to Dengvaxia vaccine recipients and we will act with urgency.” Meanwhile, the Senate committee on finance will hold a public hearing today, May 28, to discuss the bills proposing to

finance the medical needs of the children who were given the Dengvaxia vaccine. Senator Loren Legarda, head of the finance committee and author of Senate Bill 1794, will preside over the hearing on the proposal to appropriate P1,161,710,000 as supplemental appropriations for FY 2018. “This first public hearing is our first step towards appropriating a sufficient amount to fund the much-needed support for the Dengvaxia vaccinees by providing them with medical assistance for medical-kits, hospitalization and out-patient care services such as laboratory tests,” Legarda said.

Opinion

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018

Authority for an unpopular opinion Quo warranto is used to test a person’s legal right to hold an office, not to evaluate the person’s performance in the office. For example, a quo warranto action may be brought to determine whether a public official satisfies a requirement that he or A WEEK ago, all artillery fire of the she resides in the district; or whether Sereno supporters was aimed in my a public official is serving in two indirection—mercilessly, even if I had compatible offices. never made an issue out of Meilou Quo warranto is not available to deSereno. I merely expressed my opin- cide whether an official has commition on whether or not quo warranto ted misconduct in office. A person was a remedy against an impeachable who commits misconduct in a public official to determine the legality or office may be penalized or even revalidity of title to office. I maintained moved from office, but quo warranto that it was; I stated my reasons. is not the proper forum for those casGenerally argument from author- es. Other processes are available for ity is a fallacy. that purpose. In law, howThe term ever, authority “quo warranto” provides back(pronounced ing for arguboth kwoh wuhment because My position is not as rahn-toh, and ju r ispr udence kwoh wahr-unignorant as some make largely rests on toh) is Latin it out to be. authority—and for “by what sound reason. author it y”— as I am therefore in, “by what auciting in whole thority does this in this space person hold this what is widely available on the web: office?” The term “quo warranto” The Opinion of the Attorney General is still used today, even though the of California on the nature of quo phrase no longer appears in the statwarranto. No, he has no chip against utes. Meilou Sereno. But it does give me Quo warranto originated in Engsome assurance that the opinion I lish common law as a process initihave maintained all along—and still ated by the crown to find out whether strenuously maintain—is not as igno- a person was legitimately exercising rant a position as some make of it. a privilege or office granted by the XAVIER BECERRA crown, or whether the person was inAttorney General stead intruding into a royal prerogaWhat is quo warranto? tive. Quo warranto is a special form of Early California law abolished the legal action used to resolve a dispute writ and substituted a statutory acover whether a specific person has tion, identical in purpose and effect the legal right to hold the public of- to the common-law writ. Current fice that he or she occupies. Turn to A5

Adelle Chua, Editor

EDITORIAL

The gall of these people

ACK in 2013, in the middle of his term, former President Benigno Aquino III used a colorful Filipino idiom to berate three erring government agencies. In English, the question he posed to the agencies, loosely translated, was this: “How do they have the gall to do what they are doing?” The question loses something in the translation, but it is one that is worth asking again, not only of Mr. Aquino, but of his colleagues who were in power for six years. Now voted out of power, officials and members of Mr. Aquino’s Liberal Party nonetheless pass themselves off as paragons of good government—hoping, perhaps, that the people will have forgotten how they remained silent about the corruption that plagued the Aquino administration. For example, none of the members of the Liberal Party, so outspoken about the Duterte administration, uttered a word of protest when their colleague, then-Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, figured in one scandal after another at his department and its attached agencies. Alcala’s questionable acts led the Office of the Ombudsman to permanently bar him perpetually from public office, after it

found him guilty of grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service. In April 2018, the Sandiganbayan, the anti-graft court, ordered the filing of charges against Alcala and 23 others for their alleged involvement in the garlic cartel. Investigation showed that Alcala had approved 8,810 import permits despite an existing order that had suspended the issuance of such documents. Investigators also found that most of the permits went to members or affiliates of a favored vendors association, led by a chairwoman who also headed a consultative team that helped the Agriculture Department set policies on garlic production and supply. Nor did any of the vocal Duterte crit-

ics speak out against the shenanigans of former Transport Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, who had almost singlehandedly crippled Metro Manila’s urban light rail system when he granted a P3.8-billion maintenance contract to a woefully unqualified contractor without even the benefit of a public bidding. Abaya, at one time the acting president of the Liberal Party, no longer enjoys the protection of his former boss and now faces a plunder charge. Finally, none of the vocal critics from the Liberal Party said anything in 2014, when it became apparent that big-time drug dealers were operating out of the New Bilibid Prison, which at the time was under the supervision of then-Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. Despite launching 30 raids from 2014 to 2016, De Lima was unable to stop the illegal drug trade in a governmentoperated facility. Why did we not hear a peep of complaint from her party mates? Why, for that matter, did Mr. Aquino not take members of his official family their scandalous failures? Good governance cannot be one-sided. Those who were quiet about corrupt practices and abuses during the Aquino administration have very little credibility when they speak out today about such abuses in the current government. The gall of these people.

Good faith *** Upon the other hand, good faith may neither be attributed to dismissed DoTr assistant secretary Mark Tolentino, who went on national television with cocky air invoking the “support” BONG Go, the faithful special assis- for him by presidential “relatives” in tant to the President, is right: Why his self-defined role as the officialshould we commemorate the siege of in-charge of the Mindanao railway Marawi? It is a day of infamy which project. Already warned not to speak for has caused so much trouble for the country. Lives were wasted, proper- the department by superior officers, ty destroyed, families displaced and he flaunted closeness to Davao pertheir lives disrupted, the country’s sonalities to defy his superiors in the image before the international com- department. Such effrontery displayed on namunity tarred. Recovery and rehabilitional television at that by someone tation has been expensive. But the State must never relent in so young and so ignorant despite beits fight against terrorism and all its ing a lawyer deserved a quick comeuppance. He was thus dismissed outm a n i fe s t a t io n s right, and not in our body poligiven the optic. This scourge tion of resignaupon civilization tion. is something that It cannot be Tolentino ran must be dealt for mayor of with, and severeinvoked to defend bad Cabadbaran, ly. judgment. the hometown *** of the PresiThe fallen Cedent’s mother, sar Montano may in the 2016 elechave been acttions. He lost ing in good faith when he signed the contract award- even if he ran under then candidate ing a “Buhay Carinderia” project to Duterte’s flag. But the President’s a certain Mary Lindbert Internation- smashing victory in Cabadbaran and al. Good faith which he apparently all of Agusan del Norte cannot be atdefines as acting upon the orders of tributed to anyone but the president “my boss,” then CEO of the Tourism himself, and the fact that Mindanao Promotions Bureau Secretary Wanda has long craved a national leader of its own. Teo. Given that there is a constitutional But surely good faith cannot be invoked when payments were made ban against election losers from being without any accomplishment on a appointed to government, he cooled project that has yet to take off. One his heels working in fellow Agusanon cannot invoke “ignorance” of the law Ching Plaza’s transition team when and administrative processes in the she took over the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) from the name of misplaced “good faith.” I would grant that Montano pock- eminently remembered Magsaysay eted nothing from the now-rightly Awardee Lilia de Lima. There is a lesson the young Tolentitrashed carinderia project, but that does not excuse him now from culpa- no must learn as he licks his wounded ego: kayabangan never pays. bility. *** Montano need not be told, a year Sister Patricia Fox is clearly using and so many months after he was appointed to his public position, that her deportation issue for political ends “the boss” is defined as the Filipino now. We felt sympathy for her when people, not a particular official no she was first leveled a deportation ormatter how lofty the position may be. der by the BID, as she explained that Bad judgment cannot be considered she was just fulfilling her missionary good faith. Turn to A5

Sotto on Soho Politics is always a numbers game. NO, THE title of this column is not about new Senate President Tito Sotto giving his views about TV news anchor Jessica Soho. It’s about showbiz personality Sotto’s celebrated gaffes on Soho’s State of the Nation news show on GMA TV Social media bashers feasted on Sotto for giving the wrong title of the national anthem as “Bayang Magiliw” instead of “Lupang Hinirang.” But hey, don’t single out Sot-

to. A lot of Filipinos make that mistake. In fact, many Pinoys don’t know the complete words of the Philippine Anthem. Try asking the rest of the 22 other senators and the 293 congressmen to sing the anthem in full and you will be surprised only a few can. What’s in a title, anyway? Sotto’s new title as Senate president doesn’t really mean much to many political

observers. The carping critics for sure think the upper chamber could have made a better choice than Sotto. The names of Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon come to mind. But then, these men have strong independent personalities that make enemies among peers. If there is a bigger mistake, according to the political pundits, it’s that of the senators who voted Sotto Senate president. Politics is, after all, show business. Knowing how to mix and not oppose the views of your colleagues in the chamber is the formula for winning votes. Plus, Sotto apparently has the nod of the Palace which gave the Turn to A5

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Opinion

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An upgrade long overdue CROSSROADS JONATHAN DE LA CRUZ THE news that a Washington thinktank has monitored repairs being done on the runway in Pag-asa, the biggest island in the Kalayaan Group of Islands which is under our control within the disputed Spratlys island group, does not come as a surprise. In fact, the runway should not only be repaired. It should be expanded. If possible, the entire KGI itself should be upgraded to accommodate increased civilian and military presence like what the other claimants in the area are doing within their own occupied islands. As that same think-tank has been broadcasting all along, the People’s Republic of China has been busy reclaiming, expanding and, yes, militarizing its own occupied areas in the Spratlys. This think-tank has been haranguing all other claimants and even nonclaimants such as the US and the European Union with this information. This does not come as a surprise. After all, Vietnam has been doing the same in its part of that vast maritime area. Taiwan has done the same with Abu Ata, the biggest island in the area. All of them have gone ahead with their own operations ensuring that the islands or islets they already occupy will remain in their hands for as long as necessary. No questions asked. There is nothing about freedom of navigation and commerce. Not even fishing rights, as all the fisher-

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California law provides that the action may be brought either by the Attorney General or by a private party acting with the consent and under the direction of the Attorney General. The statutes relating to quo warranto are in the California Code of Civil Procedure, starting at section 803. How does a quo warranto action get filed? A quo warranto action may not be filed without the approval of the Attorney General (except in those cases where a public agency is authorized to file for itself). The remedy of quo warranto is vested in the People, and not in any private individual or group, because the question of who has the right to hold a public office is a matter of public concern, not a private dispute. The requirement of obtaining approval also serves the important purpose of protecting public officers from frivolous challenges. In order to obtain the Attorney General’s approval, a private person or a local agency must file an application pursuant to the rules and regulations issued by the Attorney General. (Cal .Code Regs. tit. 11, §§ 1-11.) The application and supporting documents must be prepared by a licensed attorney. The party who files the application with the Attorney General is called the “relator.” The responding party is called the “proposed defendant” or “the defendant.” An application must include a veri-

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word to the other senators on how to vote. For sure there will be an uproar from the other senators who will deny that they follow Malacanang’s order. But whether it’s the House or the Senate, politics is always a numbers game dictated by the supermajority. Not totally able to crush Sotto, the bashers dredged up his alleged plagiarism of US Senator Robert Kennedy’s speech. Sotto defended himself saying what he said in his privilege speech in the Senate was merely a translation of the American’s words. Sotto also cited his record in the Senate of the 100 bills he proposed. These were passed and made into laws. Not on the social media bashers’ radar were Sotto’s weak knee stand on China’s intrusion in the West Philippine Sea. More recently, Sotto said that as Senate President he would not interfere in matters involving the Judiciary. He said this when most of his

men of the claimant countries for as long as one can remember were free to fish in the lagoons and byways which formed part of that resource rich area. Not even militarization, until China accelerated its build-up and the US and its Western allies started invoking all kinds of international rules like Unclos which the five permanent members of the UN Security Council routinely violate when doing so suits their purposes. Indeed, long before China started

If possible, the entire Kalayaan Group of Islands should be upgraded to accommodate increased civilian and military presence.

working on islands or rocks (as some pundits called the islets) in what is known as the Spratlys in the South China Sea in the 1970s, we already had a runway in one of the bigger isles, Pag-asa. In fact, we were already populating the other islets in the group we later called Kalayaan Group of Islands, which was even incorporated and recognized as a municipality of Palawan in the 70s. I remember then-Senate President Enrile telling me during a congressional break that the late President Ferdinand Marcos instructed the De-

fense ministry and the Armed Forces at that time to start occupying the areas which can be inhabited and put breakers or mojons within our sea boundaries, including those in the disputed areas, to fortify our claims. The Pag-asa runway was one of the major projects at that time. There were plans to reclaim and expand the island and the other islets within the group as well as fortify our presence in the Malampaya Sound when it was clear that we were on the verge of a huge oil and gas discovery toward the end of the 70s. We were already on the way—but things did not turn out the way they should have after 1986. So now, we are on a crash catch-up situation. But no matter. We should proceed with all deliberate speed before things get even more problematic than they already are. As one analyst noted, if the US is really bent on helping us defend our part of this disputed area, then we should ask them to help us reclaim, expand and upgrade our holdings in return for possible use of these territories for the annual Balikatan exercises and other joint military exercises with Asean and other friendly countries. In fact, if the US so desires and if it would really assist us in fortifying our claims, there is no way we can deny the use of the KIG, for example, in implementing the Visiting Forces Agreement which states in part that the US can actually deploy and warehouse equipment in any recognized base within the Philippines. An expanded and upgraded KIG can very well fit that bill. What are they waiting for?

fied complaint; a verified statement of facts; a memorandum of points and authorities; and a notice to the proposed defendant giving him or her at least 15 days to show cause to the Attorney General why the application should not be granted. The application must be properly served on the proposed defendant, and filed within five days of service with the Attorney General. The proposed defendant is given 15 to 20 days to respond, depending upon where service is made. The relator may then file a reply within 10 days. The Attorney General may prescribe a shorter period of time in special cases or upon a showing of good cause. These response times may also be extended by stipulations filed with the Attorney General, or upon a showing of good cause. After all of the papers are filed, the Attorney General’s Office evaluates the facts and the law in order to determine whether to grant leave to sue. Because this approval process is an administrative function, not a judicial one, there is no opportunity for formal discovery proceedings between the parties at this stage. From time to time, the Attorney General may ask one party or another for additional information in order to make a full evaluation of the application and responses. After sufficient time to evaluate the matter, the Attorney General will render a decision either to grant leave to sue, or not to grant leave to sue. The decision whether or not to grant leave to sue involves an exercise of discretion, and will rarely if ever be disturbed by a court.

How does a quo warranto action work? If leave to sue is granted, then the relator may file a quo warranto action in the appropriate superior court. From that point on, the matter is a judicial proceeding, subject to the procedures and rules of the court. However, the relator must proceed under the direction and supervision of the Attorney General throughout the action. Before filing a complaint in the superior court, the relator must make any changes or amendments that the Attorney General directs. At any stage of the proceeding, the Attorney General may withdraw, discontinue or dismiss the case, or any part of it. Additionally, the Attorney General may assume management of the litigation at any stage. In the quo warranto action, the superior court will decide whether the defendant is lawfully entitled to the office in question. If the defendant is not entitled to hold the office, the court may decide who does have that right. If the court decides that the defendant unlawfully usurped the office, the court will exclude the defendant from the office and assess costs. The court may also, at its discretion, impose a fine on the defendant of up to $5,000. If the rightful holder of the office has suffered damages, those may be recovered in a separate action. A relator may not file an appeal from the superior court’s decision without the approval of the Attorney General.

colleagues in the Senate had issued statements denouncing the quo warranto decision of eight Supreme Court justices that ousted chief magistrate Maria Lourdes Sereno. So what happened to that don’trock-the-boat policy of Sotto? Well, he’s Senate President now and the one calling the shots is the man who lives in and holds office by the Pasig. (Why is Jessica Soho such a good interviewer on TV? Unlike other news anchors, Jessica does not impose her own views in the program. She just lets her subject project himself as a capable official—or display his own inadequacy and be the object of derisive feedback. This was what happened to Sotto.) The Senate presidency used to be such a prestigious post when it was held by Senators Blas Ople and Juan Ponce Enrile. Now a former showbiz comedian presides over the Senate. It would be funny if it weren’t pathetic. But that’s how low the Senate has sunk because of Malacanang’s manipulation. Not-so-Smart We are no longer talking about Sot-

to here. Why does Smart, the mobile phone carrier, do dumb things? I keep getting these stupid and bothersome messages constantly telling me about Smart’s promotions and deals. These messages come in fours and in the middle of the night and early morning when I’m trying to get some sleep. Because of this nuisance calls , I have decided to switch to Globe and hopefully not get the same irritating, ringing message I get from Smart. Why don’t I just put my cellphone on silent mode? Then again, what if I need to answer an urgent call? If I still get a similar nuisance from Globe, then it’s the inept National Telecommunications Commission I should blame. Incidentally, whatever happened to the plan of allowing a third telecom carrier to come in and break the duopoly of Smart and Globe so subscribers can get a cheaper rate on their calls and text messages? But please don’t let it be a Chinese company or else the country’s sensitive communications and national security information will be hacked.

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subjects that had prepared them for more rigorous study. Other encouraging signs abound: school year 2016-2017 saw a remarkable increase in Balik-Aral Enrolment, indicative of invigorated interest of WHILE every graduation season junior high school completers to go ought to be marked by celebration, back to school and finish a senior high this school year in particular is im- track. The Alternative Learning Sysportant for the education sector. The tems program also attracted former year 2018 welcomes the first batch of dropouts to go back to school through senior high school graduates as part of the Accreditation and Equivalency the landmark K to 12 program, first Test. All these are because the senior implemented in school year 2016-2017. high tracks represented a clear route As with any paradigm-shifting re- toward gainful employment. Thus, this synergy between the eduform of such scale, the addition of two more years in the basic education cation sector and industry, at its most system became the subject of intense fundamental sense, already bodes well for this program. debate, from After all, one the added burof the enduring den it poses on ills that K to 12 parents to the aims to address promised value We should rally is the chronic job that it gives to behind the Department mismatch that education. One of Education. has plagued the of the program’s country’s educagoals is to pretional system for pare students decades. for employment But this chalor careers as a lenge is a collecviable option from the traditional default of moving tive responsibility, not only government’s. It is high time to support the on to college. Upon implementation, with the ex- call of the Department of Education, pected glitches aside, the initial signs through Secretary Leonor M. Briones, were encouraging. The Department for all stakeholders to sustain the supof Education expected some 700,000 port and strengthen sectoral coordinaenrollees in the new Grade 11, but tion in order to address challenges in more than 1.5-million students actu- job creation and matching. She said: “The responsibility of ally turned up. And two years later, more than 1.2-million graduated, an improving the employability of SHS encouraging proportion, all things graduates, and their life options in general, is not solely on DepEd; if it considered. Moreover, the transition rate from takes a village to raise a child, then it Grades 10 to 11 was at a remarkable 93 takes strong partnership and strategic percent, a far cry from the transition coherence of both public and private rate of fourth year high school gradu- sectors to develop and recognize our ates to college, which was consistently graduates’ competencies, and to enable them to become the productive below the 50-percent level. For its part, DepEd had succeeded and effective nation builders that we in helping make the transition to K envision them to be.” Possible areas of coordination into 12 as painless for stakeholders as it could. It has provided either free or clude curriculum development, stuhighly subsidized senior high school dent training and immersion, market education to more than 2.7-million signaling and information, human learners in both public and private resources planning, and research and schools for the school year 2017-2018 extension, among others. “We are doing [K to 12] to be able to alone. It supplemented the alreadyfree public school system with more compete in our own country so that we subsidies of up to P21.57 million in the can equip our learners with appropriate skills, creativity, and intelligence same period. A big chunk of these subsidies went to cope with the changing world,” Secto the agency’s Senior High School retary Briones said. Yet, while the K to 12 system is cerVoucher Program in private schools, state universities and colleges, and lo- tainly the boldest reform in the councal universities and colleges, while the try’s education system, more challengrest allowed students in the Technical- es must be addressed. A week or so Vocational-Livelihood Track to take before classes resume, DepEd Undertheir specialization subjects in private secretary Jesus Mateo acknowledged that the agency will continue improvpartner institutions. This aspect is important as this first ing the teacher-to-student ratio. It’s batch of senior high graduates, as en- currently hiring a total of 75,000 new visioned, especially the 38 percent teachers from kinder to senior high, in in the Tech-Voc track, have already addition to the 35,000 it hired last year gained significant workplace exposure alone. “Ang layunin ng ating kalihim ay by the time they finish, giving them a definite edge over contemporaries pababain ang class size, because stuwho didn’t go through the SHS sys- dents should enjoy their learning environment,” Mateo said. tem. As we begin another school year, we Theirs is also an incomparable opportunity to continue working for the should congratulate DepEd for a job companies where they had work im- well done—all things considered— mersion, which in turn also benefit and continue to rally behind it. Its navia a directly trained and tested talent tionwide Brigada Eskwela program, pool. Another option, of course, is en- for instance, is a prelude to welcomtrepreneurship, a track that the system ing some 27-million students anew. hopefully democratized, and is now no And similar to a community that longer limited to students who could comes together from different sectors take a business course in college. Stu- and organizations to clean our public dents are also better equipped to tran- schools, we should show the same supsition to higher education should they port and enthusiasm for a reform like wish—with a gamut of specialized the K to 12 program.

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duties in ministering to the poor and dispossessed and not engaging in political propaganda. But she allowed herself to be used by the opposition, Left, Yellow, whatever else. She allowed herself to become their “poster lady” in their political machinations. She should be reminded by her superiors in her religious order of her “vow of obedience,” even if it refers to secular authorit y. Stop playing upon the ordinar y Filipino’s predilection to “awa,” Sister Pat ricia. Retire in your native Aust ralia, or if you must, minister to the aborigines there who likewise deser ve your minist rations. *** I write this column from Kota Kinabalu where I am in the company of fellow diplomats invited for a weekend “holiday” by Malaysia’s Taiwan resident representative, the elegant busy-body Adeline Leong and

her husband Casey. So near to us, and yet so far as well, Sabah is beautiful. I could only wax nostalgic that our southernmost islands, Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi should be getting as many tourists as this northern Borneo territory. Sabah gets 3.5-million tourists from all over the world, while hardly any go to our southernmost islands due to the peace and order situation. And yet the attractions are about the same—clean waters, plenty of sun and sand, and of course, Mt. Kinabalu, one of Asia’s highest peaks. Even peaceful Tawi-Tawi with its pristine waters and friendly people hardly gets any tourist, foreign or domestic, because of negative security perceptions. Here in Kota Kinabalu, they have Shangri-la, Hyatt, Le Meridien, Marriott, Mercure, and soon Ascott, Crowne Plaza, and other international hotel brands. Nakakapanghinayang. And to think that this was once territory of the Sultanate of Sulu.

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Senate okays bill to rein in spread of HIV By Macon Ramos Araneta

BRISK BUSINESS. Flag makers work overtime to meet job orders for the National Flag Day Celebration on Monday, June 28, 2018.The event will be marked all throughout the country from May 28 through various activities that raise awareness about patriotism as well as commemorate the Battle in Alapan, Imus, Cavite. It will serve as a kick-off party for the Philippine Independence Day commemoration on June 12. Ey Acasio

Groups buck Agri chief’s appointment ACTING Agriculture Secretary John Castriciones faces mounting opposition to his confirmation at the Senate’s Commission on Appointments. Senator Grace Poe, chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Reform who set the confirmation hearings of Castriciones on May 29 and 30, 2018 received more opposition papers and requests to speak as resource persons at the CA Committee. Department of Agrarian Reform Employees Association national president Antonia Pascual submitted their opposition to the confirmation and requested to appear before the Poe committee and present a series of corrupt and anti-labor practices, acts of oppression and suppression of freedom of expression of DAR employees. Federation of Free Farmers, founded in 1953 by 1987 Constitutional Convention Delegate Jeremias Montemayor, an agrarian reform advocate, and the biggest organization of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries in the country represented by its Chairman Leonardo Q. Montemayor has presented its own opposition paper and requested the appearance as resource person at the Commission on Appointments. Leonardo Q. Montemayor, former chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Reform and a four-term Congressman in the House of Representatives representing the farming sector cited in his opposition Section 50, of RA 6389, an Act creating the Department of Agrarian Reform, “No person shall be appointed Secretary or Undersecretary unless he is a natural born citizen of the Philippines with proven executive ability and adequate background and experience in land reform here and/or elsewhere for at least (5) years . . .” Meanwhile, Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees has also submitted its opposition paper and likewise requested that it be given time and opportunity to speak on their position at the Commission on Appointments. COURAGE national president Ferdinand R. Gaite accused Castriciones of harassment of Union Officers and DAR employees and suppression of basic right to express their grievances and active interventions in the affairs of the Union in violations of labor laws.

Culprits in land scam must be punished—Gordon P RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte may have to overhaul the Land Registration Authority and force out the culprits in a thriving land titling scam which has the Philippine government as its main victim.

This was the suggestion made by Senator Richard Gordon, Blue Ribbon Committee chairman, who said all conspirators in the fake land title scam must not go unpunished, and therefore be issued a hold departure order. Gordon said in an interview on local radio program he would also ask President Duterte, whom international media brand as “The Punisher,” to revamp the entire LRA and stop the “syndicates who have been fabricating fake land titles with the wholesale participation of some LRA officials.” “I’m thinking of submitting a preliminary report to the President, and will recommend a thorough investigation of LRA” (“mahalughog ang LRA”), Gordon said.

The committee, along with the Senate Committee on Public Works chaired by Senator Manny Pacquiao, has already held three public hearings in General Santos and in the Senate session hall. The Senator trained his guns on a certain LRA official whom he singled out in the last hearing for certifiying the fake land titles as “genuine.” The Department of Public Works and Highways refers question of authenticity of land titles to the LRA, and that official “has always certified that the titles are “genuine,” contrary to testimonies of officials of other government agencies. Gordon also confirmed reports that fake title conspirators are very active in Mindanao, especially around airports-

like the General Santos Airport. He acknowledged a complaint filed against a Mindanaoan family and four others who falsely claimed ownership of a 770 hectare property adjacent to the GenSan airport. That certain family sold five of their subdivided titles to a businessmen operating in Metro Manila running to millions of pesos, Gordon said. The 770 hectare property near the GenSan airport is actually owned by government. It is leased to a private firm under the Integrated Forest Management Agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources much earlier. Gordon said he would depend on the leads provided by well-meaning industries and individuals “so we can put a stop to this scam.” Gordon also declared that he will ask the Bureau of Immigration to “issue a hold departure order to those who have been identified as part of the conspiracy.”

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SPRUCED UP. Public school students repaint desks and chairs during the Brigada Eskwela campaign at the Taguig National High School in Taguig City before the new school year opens on June 4, 2018. Norman Cruz

Tollways maintenance works in full swing; August completion eyed CONSISTENT with keeping the North Luzon Expressway and Subic-ClarkTarlac Expressway safe and in good condition, the NLEX Corp.’s major maintenance program is in full swing, highlighted by patching works and asphalt overlaying in several parts of the expressway. Officials of NLEX Corp. have assured motorists that the ongoing maintenance works, to be completed midAugust this year, guarantee smooth

WITH a 140-percent increase in annual new HIV infections from 2010 to 2016 based on UN data, the Senate approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to reform the country’s 20-year-old legal framework and approach toward the prevention and control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The UN report said that the “Philippines has become the country with the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia and the Pacific. The approved measure, Senate Bill No. 1390, was authored and sponsored by Senators Risa Hontiveros and Joseph Victor Ejercito, chairperson of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality and the Committee on Health and Demography respectively. “The rapid increase in the last six years reflects an alarming landscape: The epidemic is expanding in urban centers, affecting disproportionately populations and communities that are marginalized and vulnerable: young Filipinos; gay and bisexual men; transgender people; and people who use drugs,” she said. “The time to be alarmed is now. The time to act is now, for the attainment of our Sustainable Development Goals, for the Filipino youth, for the vulnerable and the marginalized, and for those young people who need not die,” she added. With the House of Representatives having approved its own version of the bill last December, both chambers of Congress will now convene for a bicameral conference committee to finalize the bill’s version for ratification and the President’s signature into law. “This is an important victory in our fight to reverse the tide of the HIVAIDS epidemic in the country. We now have a stronger and modern policy tool to appropriately respond to this problem,” Hontiveros said. Hontiveros said the bill will update Republic Act 8504, or the “Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998,” to incorporate lessons from the current HIV response, as well as “to introduce newer evidence-based, human rights-informed, and gender transformative strategies to prevent and treat the epidemic.” Health officials said the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country continues to rise with the Department of Health recording a total of 11,103 cases in 2017. Based on records, the 11,103 new infections seen in 2017 was higher than the 9,264 cases reported in 2016, 7,831 in 2015, 6,011 in 2014, 4,814 in 2013 and 3,338 in 2012, DoH said.

driving and high-quality road travel. “The pavement maintenance works, covering 33 kilometers of the entire expressway, is undertaken to maintain a high level of customer experience,” said Romulo S. Quimbo, NLEX Corp.’s senior vice president for communication and stakeholder management. Several key sections of the NLEX from Balintawak to Sta. Ines will undergo light patching works, while other areas along the Guiguinto City

portion will undergo necessary asphalt overlays. Also, the stretch from Tabang to the Candaba Viaduct is going through concrete removal processes, to be replaced by new layers. Meanwhile, road patching and asphalt overlay works are also taking place along the stretch of Subic Freeport Expressway, selected areas of different SCTEX interchanges and the NLEX-SCTEX connection near Mabalacat City.

It will be recalled that, in 2017, NLEX Corp. completed the pavement rehabilitation of the entire length of the SCTEX, vastly improving the quality of the road system and providing comfortable travel for the thousands of motorists plying the SCTEX every day. Just like in any other construction, some temporary inconvenience might be experienced by motorists, and NLEX Corp. is “appealing for patience and understanding,” Quimbo said.

A BILL that seeks to grant discounts on books, school supplies and other basic services to underprivileged students in all levels in the country comes as timely, according to Senator Sonny Angara. With 28-million students about to go to school, Angara said the Senate is proposing the giving of discounts to reduce a family’s burden in terms of school expenses. Under Angara’s Senate Bill 134, underprivileged students, including those enrolled in technical-vocational institutions, will be entitled to a 5-percent discount on textbooks and school supplies, food establishments, medicines, and on museums, theaters and cultural events. To qualify, the parents of the student should have a gross annual income of not more than P150,000. Working students can also be qualified if their income combined with their parents’ annual gross income would not exceed P150,000. Student discount cards, which will be valid anywhere in the country, will be issued as proof of eligibility. All qualified students will also be granted a 5-percent discount on tuition fees, miscellaneous and other school fees by both public and private schools where they are enrolled in, Angara said. Such discount would not preclude underprivileged students from availing other educational assistance provided by the school and the government. “While tuition in high school and college is free, expenses on books, school supplies and uniform are also a big part of the daily expenses such as fare and foods, said Angara. Macon Ramos Araneta

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Biag, Malolot top triathlon B ILLY BIAG flashed superb form and dominated the long distance triathlon while Mark Malolot held off Jade Albar in the standard distance as they shared top honors in the TRI-Factor Asian Championship Series at the Camsur Watersports Complex in Camarines Sur yesterday.

Biag clocked 3:19:04.4 to rule the grueling 1.5km swim, 60km bike, 15km run event, beating Renel Brecenio (3:27:05.9) by almost eight minutes while Anthony Llaguno III timed 3:50:30 to place third overall in the event, capping the two-day, novel triathlon event which featured a four-leg mass participation series composed of individual swim, bike and run events and a finale triathlon. Malolot, on the other hand, ruled the 1.5km swim-40km bike-10km run in 2:27:31, foiling Albar, who clocked 2:31:09 while Ryan Laurino placed third overall in 2:38:43 followed by Edgar Cabalero (2:46:37) and Ricky Busran (2:51:59) in the event graced by actor Gerard Anderson and his Team Da Rossa and Ms Earth Air 2016 Michelle Gomez.

New Masters’ champion seeks PH Golf Tour crown HAVING ended a long title quest in a fabled championship, Jerson Balasabas aims for another milestone this week, eyeing no less than a PGT (Philippine Golf Tour) Asia crown at Riviera’s Langer course in Silang, Cavite. Balasabas edged Dutch ace Guido Van der Valk in sudden death to record his first career win in eight years in last Sunday’s ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters and the former amateur is cashing in on his fine form, not to mention confidence, as he shoots for another in a tougher, more challenging PGTA ICTSI Riviera Classic which gets going Wednesday (May 30). “Now, I know how it feels like to win,” said Balasabas, who actually didn’t string four days of solid golf to score a career breakthrough at the tight, demanding Villamor layout. But his opening 67 set the tone for a big weekend and though he slid to joint third in the next two rounds with a 72 and 74, Balasabas’ closing 72 proved enough to earn him a crack at the championship. The former amateur hotshot then didn’t flinch in his first playoff stint and out-steadied a rival who nailed his first PGT title just a month ago. But the PGT Asia field looks more daunting than the one he bested at the Masters with a slew of foreign aces ready to take up the challenge in the $100,000 event sponsored by ICTSI and organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. They include Thai aces Wisut Artjanawat, Pasavee Lertvilai, Poosit Supupramai, Nirun Sae-Ueng and Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij, Aussies Tim Stewart, Andrew Campbell, Clayton Bridges and DJ Loypur, and Americans Lexus Keoninh, John Michael O’Toole, Cory Oride, Josh Salah and Brett Munson.

De Asis scores tennis double KIANA De Asis hacked out two victories in contrasting fashions while Fernando Po pulled off a win and a runner-up ﬁnish as they shared MVP honors in the PPSPEPP Iloilo regional age-group tennis tournament at the Ultra Tennis Courts recently. The 16-year-old De Asis bounced back a second set defeat and wore down Althea Martirez in the tiebreak, 6-3, 2-6, 12-10, to rule her age bracket then the La Carlota star dominated Avril Suace, 6-3, 6-1, to claim the girls’ 18-and-under crown in the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala headed by president/ CEO Bobby Castro and presented by Dunlop. The ﬁfth-ranked Po, on the other hand, shocked top seed Drix-

cyn Guillano, 6-4, 6-1, to snare the boys’ 16-U diadem but failed to match De Asis’ feat with a 6-3, 1-0(ret.) loss to No. 1 and fellow Bacolodnon Reynan Mahusay in the premier division of the weeklong event backed by Asiatraders Corp. and sanctioned by the Uniﬁed Tennis Philippines, made up of PPS-PEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Toby’s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg. Unseeded Jan Roger Lamparero from Cabatuan also carved out a big win in the 14-U side, upending the top seeded Guillano, 7-5, 6-1, in the semis then trouncing Alekzander Po, 6-1, 6-1, for the crown while Martirez, from LaPaz, Iloilo, atoned for her loss to De Asis by taking the girls’ 14-U title via a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Faith Banico.

Ironman stakes world tilt slots THIRTY berths in the IRONMAN World Championship will be up for grabs when the Century Tuna stages the first full Ironman in the country on Sunday (June 3) in Subic. This marks the first time that the Philippines will hold a qualifier for the world meet slated in October in Kona, Hawaii, underscoring the country’s growing status as a top triathlon destination in this part of the globe. Century Tuna is putting up a $15,000 total purse in the upcoming full triathlon with 1,278 bets from 47 countries all geared up for the ultimate test in endurance racing featuring 3.8km

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swim, 180km bike and the punishing 42km run. Each participant will be given 17 hours to finish the entire course. The PH is fielding in 833 entries in the centerpiece event, which also drew 78 triathletes each from China and Japan, 54 from the US, 47 from Singapore and 29 from Australia. Great Britain and Northern Ireland have a combined 18-triathlete delegation while Korea has 16 intrepid bets vying in the event backed by Century Tuna, which is putting up the first full Ironman in the country after successfully staging three 5150 and three 70.3 events. The first full IRONMAN, organized and produced by Sunrise Events, Inc. and presented by Alaska, Tourism Promotions Board and Department of Tourism, also serves as a fitting event for SEI’s 10th anniversary celebrations and a decade of Ironman staging in the country. SEI will also hand out awards, including $500, to the overall top Filipino age groupers in the men’s and women’s sides while Century Tuna will fete the top Ironman team.

Participants plunge into the Lago del Rey at the start of the TRIFactor Asian Championship Series in CamSur.

Biag likewise topped the 35-44 age-group with Breceno claiming the crown in the 25-34 category and Regina Rosquites topping the female side in the 25-34 section of the event which served as the third leg of this year’s Asian Se-

ries and hosted by CamSur. “I’m looking forward to another cheerful event next year – the people, the place and CamSur are just amazing,” said Elvin Ting, managing director of organizing Orange Room Pte Ltd.

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Carlos Carlos who who died died on on April April 13, 13, 2013 2013 and and who who is is the the son son of of Spouses Spouses Quezon Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; Diosdado Apple Joy Joy Carlos Carlos Catugas, Catugas, Filipino Filipino and and with with address address at at 274D 274D Gummamela Gummamela St., St., Capitol Capitol Estates Estates I, I, Batasan Batasan Hills, Hills, Apple Quezon City., City., being being the the daughter daughter of of the the deceased deceased Jose Jose J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on March March 16, 16, 1999 1999 and and who who is is the the son son of of Speu Speu Quezon es Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisirna Felicisirna J. J. Carlos; Carlos; es Jose Carlos Carlos Jr., Jr., single, single, Filipino Filipino and and with with address address at at 274D 274D Gummamela Gummamela St., St., Capitol Capitol Estates Estates I, I, Batasan Batasan Hills, Hills, Quezon Quezon Jose City, being being the the son son of of the the deceased deceased Jose Jose J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on March March 16, 16, 1999 1999 and and who who is is the the son son of of Spouses Spouses Diosdado Diosdado City, Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; Carlos -and-andWilfrido J. J. Carlos, Carlos, of of legal legal age, age, with with address address at at 3006 3006 W. W. Chandler Chandler Blvd.Burbank, Blvd.Burbank, CA CA 91505 91505 USA, USA, being being the the son son of of Wilfrido the deceased deceased spouses spouses Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; the WITNESSETH: WITNESSETH: That we we are are the the legitimate legitimate child child and and grandchildren grandchildren and and heirs heirs of of the the deceased deceased Spouses Spouses Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and That Felicisima J. J. Carlos Carlos (hereinafter (hereinafter referred referred to to collectively collectively as as “deceased”) “deceased”) who who died died on on January January 1, 1, 2007 2007 and and May May 18, 18, 2015 2015 Felicisima respectively at at Los Los Angeles, Angeles, USA USA respectively That said said deceased deceased died died intestate, intestate, without without Will Will or or Testament, Testament, and and without without any any outstanding outstanding debts debts in in favor favor of of any any That person or or entity; entity; person That the the deceased’s deceased’s heirs heirs in in this this Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement are: are: That A. Danilo J. J. Carlos Carlos who who is is likewise likewise deceased deceased and and represented represented by by his his surviving surviving heirs heirs Brian Brian L. L. Carlos, Carlos, Danilo Danilo L. L. A. Danilo Carlos Jr. Jr. and and Maria Maria Raquel Raquel L. L. Carlos Carlos as as shown shown in in the the attached attached Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement of of Estate Estate of of Danilo Danilo Carlos J. Carlos Carlos (Annex (Annex A); A); J. B. Jose J. J. Carlos Carlos who who is is likewise likewise deceased deceased and and represented represented by by Jose Jose C. C. Carlos Carlos Jr. Jr. And And Apple Apple Joy Joy C. C. Catugas Catugas as as B. Jose shown in in the the attached attached Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement of of Estate Estate of of Jose Jose J. J. Carlos Carlos (Annex (Annex B); B); shown C. Wilfrido J. Carlos, of legal age, with address at 3006 W. Chandler Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505 USA,being the C. Wilfrido J. Carlos, of legal age, with address at 3006 W. Chandler Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505 USA,being the son of of the the deceased deceased spouses spouses Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos Carlos son

That the the deceased deceased left left a a parcel parcel of of land land situated situated at at Quezon Quezon City City and and covered covered by by Transfer Transfer Certificate Certificate of of Title Title No. No. That 004-RT2018004332 (102747) (102747) and and more more particularly particularly described described as: as: 004-RT2018004332 A parcel parcel of of land land (LOT (LOT D-I0-C-9-A-l) D-I0-C-9-A-l) of of the the subdivision subdivision plan plan (LRC) (LRC) PSD PSD 47409, 47409, being being a a portion portion of of A Lot D-I0-C-9-A D-I0-C-9-A (LRC) (LRC) PSD PSD 46203, 46203, LRC LRC REC. REC. No. No. 7984), 7984), situated situated in in the the District District of of Dillman, Dillman, Quezon Quezon City City Lot Island of of Luzon. Luzon. Island Bounded on the NE., points 3 to 4 by Lot E-2 (LRC) PSD-42102; Points 4 to 5 by Lot D-I0-C-I0, (LRC) Bounded on the NE., points 3 to 4 by Lot E-2 (LRC) PSD-42102; Points 4 to 5 by Lot D-I0-C-I0, (LRC) PSD-45150; on on the the Sw.,NW., Sw.,NW., and and NE., NE., Points Points 5 5 to to 1 1 and and 1 1 to to 3 3 by by Lot Lot D-I0-C-9-A-3 D-I0-C-9-A-3 of of the the subdivision subdivision plan, plan, PSD-45150; Beginning at at a a point point marked marked “1” “1” on on Plan Plan Being Being N. N. 68 68 deg. deg. 51’E., 51’E., 6882.77M. 6882.77M. From From CBM CBM #37, #37, City City of of Manila, Manila, Beginning Thence S. 7 7 deg. deg. 25’E., 25’E., 44.70 44.70 m. m. To To point point 5; 5; thence thence N. N. 78 78 (deg.), (deg.), 28’W., 28’W., 55.30 55.30 M. M. To To the the point point of of Beginning; Beginning; Thence S. containing an area of Two Thousand (2,000) square meters more or less. All points referred to are indicated containing an area of Two Thousand (2,000) square meters more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the the plan plan and and are are marked marked on on the the ground ground as as follows: follows: points points 3 3 and and 4 4 by by old old p.s. p.s. Cyl. Cyl. Cone. Cone. Mons. Mons. 15 15 xx 60 60 on em., and and the the rest rest by by p.s. p.s. Cyl. Cyl. Cone. Cone. Mons. Mons. 15 15 xx 60 60 em. em. Bearings Bearings true; true; date date of of the the original original survey, survey, October October em., 19, 1908 1908 and and that that of of the the subdivision subdivision survey survey July July 12, 12, 1965. 1965. 19, That pursuant pursuant to to Rule Rule 74, 74, Sec. Sec. 1 1 of of the the Revised Revised Rules Rules of of Court Court of of the the Philippines, Philippines, we we do do hereby hereby adjudicate adjudicate That unto ourselves ourselves the the parcel parcel of of land land described described above, above, in in equal equal shares. shares. unto That FURTHER, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of EIGHTY MILLION PESOS, Philippine That FURTHER, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of EIGHTY MILLION PESOS, Philippine Currency, to to us us in in hand hand paid paid to to our our entire entire satisfaction satisfaction by by Maxwell Maxwell Heavy Heavy Equipment Equipment Corporation, Corporation, a a corporation corporation Currency, duly organized organized under under Philippine Philippine laws, laws, with with address address at at 1760 1760 Taft Taft Avenue, Avenue, Pasay Pasay City City and and herein herein represented represented by by duly Ferdinand M. M. Pallera, Pallera, we we do do hereby hereby ASSIGN, ASSIGN, SELL, SELL, CONVEY CONVEY and and TRANSFER TRANSFER by by way way of of ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTE SALE SALE unto unto Ferdinand the said said buyer, buyer, its its successors successors and and assigns, assigns, ali ali our our rights rights and and interests interests in in the the pat’cel pat’cel of of land land described described above above and and the bindourselves to to defend defend this this conveyance, conveyance, against against valid/lawfulclaim/s valid/lawfulclaim/s of of any any and/ and/ or or all all thirdperson/s. thirdperson/s. bindourselves IN WITNESS WITNESS WHEREOF, WHEREOF, the the parties parties have have hereunto hereunto affixed affixed their their signatures signatures this________ this________ day day of of _______ _______ 2018 2018 IN Signature of of Heirs/Vendor: Heirs/Vendor: Signature BRIAN L. L. CARLOS CARLOS BRIAN

APPLE JOY JOY C. C. CATUGAS CATUGAS APPLE

MARIA RACQUEL RACQUEL L. L. CARLOS CARLOS MARIA

DANILO L. L. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. DANILO

WILFRIDO J. J. CARLOS CARLOS WILFRIDO

JOSE M. M. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. JOSE

ACCEPTANCE OF OF SALE: SALE: ACCEPTANCE Signature of of Buyer`s Buyer`s representative: representative: Signature

ROSALES WATER WATER DISTRICT DISTRICT ROSALES INVITATION TO TO APPLY APPLY FOR FOR ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY AND AND TO TO SUBMIT SUBMIT COMPARATIVE COMPARATIVE INVITATION PROPOSALS (IAESP) (IAESP) PROPOSALS The Rosales Rosales Water Water District District (RWD), (RWD), created created pursuant pursuant to to Presidential Presidential Decree Decree No. No. 198, 198, The as amended, amended, otherwise otherwise known known as as the the Provincial Provincial Water Water Utilities Utilities Act Act of of 1973, 1973, received received as an unsolicited proposal from the Original Proponent for the Financing, Development, an unsolicited proposal from the Original Proponent for the Financing, Development, Rehabilitation, Expansion, Expansion, Improvement, Improvement, Operation Operation and and Maintenance Maintenance of of the the Water Water Rehabilitation, Supply and and Septage Septage System System of of the the Rosales Rosales Water Water District. District. Supply Pursuant to to the the 2013 2013 Guidelines Guidelines issued issued by by the the National National Economic Economic Development Development Authority Authority Pursuant under Section Section 8 8 of of Executive Executive Order Order No. No. 423 423 dated dated 30 30 April April 2005, 2005, negotiations negotiations ensued ensued under between RWD RWD and and Original Original Proponent Proponent on on the the JV JV Proposal. Proposal. Subsequently, Subsequently, an an agreement agreement between was reached reached between between RWD RWD and and Original Original Proponent Proponent to to form form an an unincorporated unincorporated joint joint venture venture was to undertake undertake the the JV JV Project. Project. to In compliance compliance with with the the RWD RWD Board Board Resolution Resolution No. No. 012 012 s. s. 2018, 2018, the the RWD, RWD, through through its its Joint Joint In Venture Selection Selection Committee Committee (JVSC), (JVSC), invites invites Interested Interested Private Private Proponent/s Proponent/s (IPPs) (IPPs) to to Venture challenge the the JV JV Proposal Proposal by by submitting submitting comparative comparative proposals proposals for for the the following: following: challenge NAME OF OF PROJECT: PROJECT: NAME

LOCATION OF OF PROJECT: PROJECT: LOCATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DESCRIPTION: PROJECT

FINANCING, DEVELOPMENT, REHABILITATION, FINANCING, DEVELOPMENT, REHABILITATION, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT OPERATION AND EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND SEPTAGE SEPTAGE MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND SYSTEM OF OF THE THE ROSALES ROSALES WATER WATER DISTRICT DISTRICT SYSTEM Rosales, Pangasinan Pangasinan Rosales, The project project involves involves a a joint joint venture venture undertaking undertaking between between the the The RWD and and the the Winning Winning Private Private Proponent Proponent for for the the Financing, Financing, RWD Development, Rehabilitation, Expansion, Improvement, Development, Rehabilitation, Expansion, Improvement, Operation and and Maintenance Maintenance of of the the Water Water Supply Supply and and Septage Septage Operation Management Facilities Facilities of of the the RWD. RWD. Management

Applications for for eligibility eligibility shall shall be be evaluated evaluated based based on on a a non-discretionary non-discretionary “pass/fail” “pass/fail” criterion. criterion. Applications An IPP IPP shall shall be be considered considered eligible eligible upon upon compliance compliance with with the the following following minimum minimum qualification qualification An requirements: requirements: 1. TECHNICAL TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY 1. 1.1 The The IPP IPP must must be be either either of of the the following: following: 1.1 a. A A duly duly licensed licensed sole sole proprietorship proprietorship owned owned by by a a Filipino Filipino citizen; citizen; or or a. b. A A partnership partnership or or corporation corporation created created pursuant pursuant to to the the Corporation Corporation Code Code of of the the b. Philippines and and registered registered with with the the SEC. SEC. Philippines c. A A Consortium Consortium of of two two or or more more entities entities with with at at least least sixty sixty percent percent (60%) (60%) of of both both c. voting and and non-voting non-voting interest interest in in the the said said Consortium Consortium being being owned owned and and held, held, voting by citizens citizens of of the the Philippines Philippines and/or and/or by by Philippine Philippine registered registered corporations corporations at at by least sixty sixty percent percent (60%) (60%) of of both both the the total total number number of of outstanding outstanding shares shares of of least stock, whether or not entitled to vote in the election of directors are owned by stock, whether or not entitled to vote in the election of directors are owned by Philippine nationals. nationals. Philippine 1.2 The nationality of the the IPP IPP shall shall be be determined determined via via the the Grandfather Grandfather Rule. Rule. 1.2 The nationality of 1.3. If If the the IPP IPP is is a a Consortium, Consortium, each each member member of of the the Consortium Consortium must must be be disclosed disclosed 1.3. during the the pre-qualification pre-qualification stage stage and and the the Lead Lead Member Member thereof thereof must must be be specifically specifically during identified. For For this this purpose, purpose, the the Lead Lead member member must must have have at at least least fifty fifty one one percent percent identified. (51%) equity equity interest interest in in the the Consortium, Consortium, and and the the total total percentage percentage interest interest of of all all (51%) Consortium Members must be one hundred percent (100%). Consortium Members must be one hundred percent (100%). 1.4. The The IPP IPP or or each each Consortium Consortium member member must must execute execute Omnibus Omnibus Sworn Sworn Statement. Statement. 1.4. 2. TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY 2. TECHNICAL 2.1. The The IPP IPP must must have have completed completed a a project project similar similar or or related related to to the the JV JV activity activity 2.1. whose value, value, adjusted adjusted to to current current prices prices using using the the National National Statistics Statistics Office Office whose (NSO) Consumer Price Index (CPI), must be at least fifty percent (50%) of (NSO) Consumer Price Index (CPI), must be at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the JV activity subject of the selection process within the relevant the cost of the JV activity subject of the selection process within the relevant period as as determined determined by by the the RWD. RWD. For For the the avoidance avoidance of of doubt, doubt, cost cost of of the the period JV Project Project pertains pertains to to the the amount amount of of contribution contribution of of RWD RWD and and the the Original Original JV Proponent representing representing the the present present value value of of capital capital expenditures expenditures at at discount discount Proponent rate of of 12%. 12%. For For this this project, project, the the cost cost of of the the JV JV Project Project is is equal equal to to Four Four rate Hundred Thirty Thirty Two Two Million Million Ninety Ninety Three Three Thousand Thousand Eighty Eighty One One Pesos Pesos (PhP (PhP Hundred 432,093,081.00). 432,093,081.00). 3. FINANCIAL FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY 3. 3.1. The The IPP IPP should should have have the the capability capability to to finance finance the the completion completion of of the the entire entire JV JV 3.1. Project evidenced evidenced by by financial financial documents documents to to be be submitted submitted and and will will form form as as an an Project integral part part of of the the Financial Financial Proposal. Proposal. integral 3.2 A A letter letter from from a a domestic domestic universal/commercial universal/commercial bank, bank, or or an an international international 3.2 bank with with a a subsidiary/branch subsidiary/branch in in the the Philippines, Philippines, or or any any international international bank bank bank recognized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), attesting that the IPP IPP is is recognized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), attesting that the one of its current clients, and is in good financial standing. one of its current clients, and is in good financial standing. 4. ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA CRITERIA ARE ARE SPECIFIED SPECIFIED IN IN THE THE INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS 4. TO IPPS IPPS TO Only those those lPPs lPPs that that are are deemed deemed eligible eligible shall shall be be entitled entitled to to submit submit Comparative Comparative Only Proposals, which which must must be be in in accordance accordance with with instructions instructions contained contained in in the the Request Request Proposals, for Proposal Proposal Documents Documents (RFP (RFP Documents). Documents). for

Ferdinand M. M. Pallera Pallera Ferdinand For Maxwell Maxwell Heavy Heavy Equipment Equipment Corporation Corporation For SIGNED IN IN THE THE PRESENCE PRESENCE OF: OF: SIGNED

Known to to me me and and to to me me known known to to be be the the same same persons persons who who executed executed the the foregoing foregoing instrument instrument and and they they Known acknowledged to to me me that that the the same same is is their their free free act act and and voluntary voluntary deed. deed. This This instrument, instrument, consisting consisting of of three three (3) (3) pages pages acknowledged including the the page page on on which which this this acknowledgment acknowledgment is is written, written, has has been been signed signed on on the the left left margin margin of of each each and and every every page page including thereof by: by: thereof Name Name

ID Presented Presented ID

1. WILFRIDO WILFRIDO J. J. CARLOS CARLOS 1. 2. JOSE JOSE M. M. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. 2. 3. MARIA MARIA RACQUEL RACQUEL L. L. CARLOS CARLOS 3. 4. BRIAN L. CARLOS 4. BRIAN L. CARLOS 5. APPLE APPLE JOY JOY C. C. CATUGAS CATUGAS 5. 6. DANILO DANILO L. L. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. 6.

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Issued on on Issued

Issued at at Issued

IN WITNESS WITNESS WHEREOF, WHEREOF, II have have hereunto hereunto set set my my hand hand and and affixed affixed my my notarial notarial seal seal this this MAY MAY day day of of 03, 03, 2018 2018 in in IN QUEZON CITY, CITY, Philippines. Philippines. QUEZON Doc. No. No. 332 332 Doc. Page No. No. 70 70 Page Book No. No. 19 19 Book Series of of 2018 2018 Series

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT OF OF THE THE ESTATE ESTATE OF OF DANILO DANILO J. J. CARLOS CARLOS EXTRAJUDICIAL This Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement of of Estate Estate is is executed executed by by and and between: between: This Brian L. L. Carlos, Carlos, of of legal legal age, age, married, married, Filipinos, Filipinos, and and with with residence residence and and postal postal address address at at 11 11 Marathon Marathon SI:. SI:. Roxas Roxas Brian District, Quezon Quezon City, City, being being the the son son of of the the deceased deceased Danilo Danilo J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on April April 13, 13, 2013 2013 and and who who is is the the son son of of District, Spouses Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; Spouses Maria Raquel L. Carlos, single, FilipinO, and with residence and postal address at No.2 Upsilon Drive SI:. Old Maria Raquel L. Carlos, single, FilipinO, and with residence and postal address at No.2 Upsilon Drive SI:. Old Balara, Quezon Quezon City City being being the the daughter daughter of of the the deceased deceased Danilo Danilo J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on April April 13, 13, 2013 2013 and and who who is is the the son son Balara, of Spouses Spouses Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; of AND AND Danilo L. L. Carlos Carlos Jr., Jr., single, single, Filipinos Filipinos and and with with residence residence and and postal postal address address at at 11 11 Marathon Marathon St. St. Roxas Roxas District, District, Danilo Quezon City, City, being being the the son son of of the the deceased deceased Danilo Danilo J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on April April 13, 13, 2013 2013 and and who who is is the the son son of of Spouses Spouses Quezon Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; Diosdado WITNESSETH: That That WITNESSETH: 1. Danilo Danilo J. J. Carlos, Carlos, Filipino, Filipino, and and married married to to Grace Grace L. L. Carlos, Carlos, both both deceased deceased and and who who died died on on April April 13, 13, 2013 2013 and and on on 1. January 15, 15, 2015 2015 respectively respectively leaving leaving the the former’s former’s share share in in a a real real property property of of his his parents parents Felicisima Felicisima and and Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos January covered by by Transfer Transfer Certificate Certificate of of Title Title No. No. 004-RT2018004332 004-RT2018004332 (102747) (102747) and and more more particularly particularly described described as: as: covered A parcel parcel of of land land (LOT (LOT D-10-C-9-A-l) D-10-C-9-A-l) of of the the subdivision subdivision plan plan (LRC) (LRC) PSD PSD 47409, 47409, being being a a portion portion of of Lot Lot A D-I0-C-9-A (LRC) (LRC) PSD PSD 46203, 46203, LRC LRC REC. REC. No. No. 7984), 7984), situated situated in in the the District District of of Diliman, Diliman, Quezon Quezon City City Island Island D-I0-C-9-A of Luzon. Luzon. of Bounded on on the the NE., NE., points points 3 3 to to 4 4 by by Lot Lot E-2 E-2 (LRC) (LRC) PSD-42102; PSD-42102; Points Points 4 4 to to 5 5 by by Lot Lot D-I0-C-I0, D-I0-C-I0, (LRC) (LRC) Bounded PSD-45150; on on the the SW., SW., NW., NW., and and NE., NE., Points Points 5 5 to to 1 1 and and 1 1 to to 3 3 by by Lot Lot D-10-C-9-A-3 D-10-C-9-A-3 of of the the subdivision subdivision plan, plan, PSD-45150; Beginning at at a a point point marked marked “1” “1” on on Plan Plan Being Being N. N. 68 68 deg. deg. 51’E., 51’E., 6882.77M. 6882.77M. From From CBM CBM #37, #37, City City of of Manila, Manila, Beginning Thence S. S. 7 7 deg. deg. 25’E., 25’E., 44.70 44.70 m. m. To To point point 5; 5; thence thence N. N. 78 78 (deg.), (deg.), 28’W., 28’W., 55.30 55.30 M. M. To To the the point point of of Beginning; Beginning; Thence containing an area of Two Thousand (2,000) square meters more or less. All points referred to are indicated containing an area of Two Thousand (2,000) square meters more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the the plan plan and and are are marked marked on on the the ground ground as as follows: follows: points points 3 3 and and 4 4 by by old old p.s. p.s. Cyl. Cyl. Conc. Conc. Mons. Mons. 15 15 xx 60 60 cm., cm., on and the the rest rest by by P.5. P.5. Cyl. Cyl. Cone. Cone. Mons. Mons. 15 15 xx 60 60 cm. cm. Bearings Bearings true; true; date date of of the the original original survey, survey, October October 19, 19, 1908 1908 and and that that of of the the subdivision subdivision survey survey July July 12,1965. 12,1965. and 2. That That said said deceased deceased died died intestate, intestate, without without Testament Testament and and without without leaving leaving any any debts debts whatsoever; whatsoever; 2. 3. That That they they are are the the sole sole heirs heirs of of the the deceased; deceased; 3. 4. That That pursuant pursuant to to Sec. Sec. 1, 1, Rule Rule 74 74 of of the the Revised Revised Rules Rules of of Court Court of of the the Philippines, Philippines, and and the the parties parties herein herein being being all all 4. of age, they have agreed to divide and adjudicate as they they do do hereby hereby divide divide and and adjudicate, adjudicate, the the aforementioned aforementioned share share of of of age, they have agreed to divide and adjudicate as the decedent decedent in in the the subject subject property property among among themselves themselves in in CO-EQUAL CO-EQUAL shares shares and and interests; interests; the

5. That That they they hereby hereby affirm affirm that that they they have have executed executed the the foregoing foregoing instrument instrument out out of of their their own own voluntary voluntary free free will will 5. without force, force, intimidation intimidation or or violence violence upon upon their their persons, persons, that that they they have have hereby hereby received received their their just just and and proper proper shares shares and and without have no no claim claim or or demand demand against against each each other; other; have 6. That That they they hereby hereby bind bind themselves themselves to to defend defend this this conveyance, conveyance, against against valid/lawfulclaim/s valid/lawfulclaim/s of of any any and/or and/or all all 6. thirdperson/s. thirdperson/s. WE have mutually agreed to SELL, OFFER TO SELL, NEGOTIATE and come to an agreement as to the purchase WE have mutually agreed to SELL, OFFER TO SELL, NEGOTIATE and come to an agreement as to the purchase price and and other other terms terms and and conditions conditions of of sale, sale, ifif any, any, and and therefore therefore make, make, execute, execute, sign sign and and deliver deliver for for us, us, and and in in our our names names price the Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement with with Deed Deed of of Absolute Absolute Sale, Sale, conveying conveying title title to to the the purchaser purchaser of of the the share share of of the the deceased deceased in in the the subject parcel of of land land herein herein above above described described inherited inherited by by us, us, and and to to receive receive the the considerations considerations of of the the sale sale thereof. thereof. the subject parcel WITNESS THEIR HANDS, this 03 day of MAY, 2018 at QUEZON CITY. WITNESS THEIR HANDS, this 03 day of MAY, 2018 at QUEZON CITY. Signed: Signed: BRIAN L. L. CARLOS CARLOS BRIAN

MARIA RACQUEL RACQUEL L. L. CARLOS CARLOS MARIA DANILO L. L. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. DANILO

Signed in in the the presence presence of: of: Signed

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT REPUBLIC OF OF THE THE PHILIPPINES) PHILIPPINES) REPUBLIC CITY OF OF QUEZON QUEZON CITY )) BEFORE ME, ME, a a Notary Notary Public Public for for and and in in QUEZON QUEZON CITY, CITY, personally personally appeared appeared the the following following persons persons with with their their BEFORE respective IDs./ IDs./ competent competent evidence evidence of of respective

The JVSC JVSC shall shall evaluate evaluate the the proposals proposals using using the the Quality Quality Based Based Evaluation/Selection Evaluation/Selection (QBE/ (QBE/ The QBS) procedure. procedure. The The criteria criteria and and rating rating system system for for the the evaluation evaluation of of the the proposals proposals shall shall be be QBS) provided in the Instructions to Interested Private Proponent/s (IIPPs). provided in the Instructions to Interested Private Proponent/s (IIPPs).

Name Name

The following following procedures, procedures, schedules schedules and and instructions instructions shall shall be be strictly strictly observed: observed: The

1. Publication Publication 1. 2. Posting Posting 2. 3. Purchase Purchase of Eligibility 3. of Eligibility Documents for for a a nonnonDocuments refundable fee Three refundable fee Three Hundred Fifty Fifty Thousand Thousand Hundred Pesos (PhP350,000.00) (PhP350,000.00) in in Pesos cash or or Managers Managers Check Check cash payable to Rosales Water payable to Rosales Water District. District. 4. Submission of of Eligibility Eligibility 4. Submission Documents Documents

SCHEDULE (using (using SCHEDULE Philippine Standard Standard Philippine Time) Time) May 28, 28, 2018 2018 May May 28 28 to to June June 4, 4, May 2018 up up to to 4:00 4:00 am am 2018 May 28 to June 07, May 28 to June 07, 2018 (from (from 8:00am 8:00am 2018 to 3:00pm) 3:00pm) to

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS ADDITIONAL

Competent Evidence Evidence of of Identity Identity Competent

BRIAN L. L. CARLOS CARLOS BRIAN MARIA RACQUEL RACQUEL L. L. CARLOS CARLOS MARIA DANILO L. L. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. DANILO

Place/date of of Issuance Issuance Place/date

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further certify certify that that this this instrument instrument refers refers to to an an Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement of of Estate Estate Among Among Heirs Heirs consisting consisting of of h’ee h’ee II further (3) pages pages including including the the page page where where this this acknowledgment acknowledgment is is written, written, has has been been signed signed by by the the instrumental instrumental witnesses witnesses and and (3) sealed within within my my notarial notarial seal. seal. sealed IN WITNESS WITNESS WHEREOF, WHEREOF, the the parties parties have have hereunto hereunto set set my my hand hand on on this this MAY MAY day day of of 03 03 2018, 2018, QUEZON QUEZON CITY, CITY, IN Philippines. Philippines.

The Eligibility Eligibility Documents Documents may may be be purchased purchased The ONLY from from the the RWD-JVSC RWD-JVSC at at the the RWD RWD ONLY Office, 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone II, II, Office, 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone Rosales, Pangasinan Pangasinan 2441 2441 Rosales,

On or or before before July July On 09, 2018 2018 10:00am 10:00am 09, ONLY ONLY

Deadline of of Submission Submission of of Eligibility Eligibility Deadline Documents to to the the RWD RWD Office, Office, 05 05 Bonifacio Bonifacio Documents St., Barangay Zone II, Rosales, Pangasinan St., Barangay Zone II, Rosales, Pangasinan 2441 2441 5. Opening Opening of Eligibility July July 09, 09, 2018 2018 at at JVSC JVSC will will determine determine the the completeness completeness of of 5. of Eligibility Documents 1:01pm onwards the eligibility eligibility documents documents based based on on a a pass pass or or Documents 1:01pm onwards the fail criteria. criteria. For For those those IPPs IPPs with with incomplete, incomplete, fail irregular or or patently patently insufficient insufficient submission submission irregular shall be be considered considered failed. failed. For For those those IPPs IPPs shall whose eligibility documents appear to be be whose eligibility documents appear to complete shall shall be be further further evaluated evaluated to to complete determine its eligibility. determine its eligibility. 6. Determination Determination of of Eligibility Eligibility On On or or before before July July 23, 23, JVSC JVSC will will evaluate evaluate the the eligibility eligibility documents documents 6. 2018 of the the IPPs IPPs to to determine determine ifif they they are are eligible eligible or or 2018 of ineligible, and and the the IPPs IPPs will will be be notified notified of of the the ineligible, result of the evaluation. result of the evaluation. 7. Purchase Purchase of of Tender Tender July 30 30 to to August August Tender Tender Documents Documents may may be be purchased purchased 7. July Documents by by IPPs IPPs 6, 2018 2018 ONLY from from the the RWD-JVSC RWD-JVSC Secretariat Secretariat at at Documents 6, ONLY declared “eligible” for 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone II, Rosales, declared “eligible” for 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone II, Rosales, non-refundable fee fee of of Five Five Pangasinan 2441 2441 non-refundable Pangasinan Hundred Thousand Thousand Pesos Pesos Hundred (PhP 500,000.00), 500,000.00), payable payable (PhP either in cash or manager’s either in cash or manager’s check payable payable to to Rosales Rosales check Water District. District. Water 8. Pre-selection conference November 6, 6, 2018 2018 All All Eligible Eligible IPPs IPPs are are encouraged encouraged to to attend attend 8. Pre-selection conference November will thereafter thereafter be be held. held. (1:01pm) the conference conference to to be be held held at at the the RWD RWD office, office, will (1:01pm) the 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone II, Rosales, 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone II, Rosales, Pangasinan 2441 2441 Pangasinan 9. Submission Submission and and Opening Opening December 6, 6, 2018 2018 Comparative Comparative Proposals Proposals shall shall be be addressed addressed 9. December of Comparative Comparative Proposal Proposal (on or or before before to: of (on to: 10:00am only) only) 10:00am Ms. Laura Laura S. S. Causin Causin Ms. Chairperson -- JVSC JVSC Chairperson ROSALES WATER WATER DISTRICT DISTRICT ROSALES 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Zone Zone II, II, Rosales, Rosales, 05 Bonifacio St., Barangay Pangasinan 2441 2441 Pangasinan

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Doc. No. No. 327 327 Doc. Page No. No. 69 69 Page Book No. No. 19 19 Book Series of of 2018. 2018. Series Annex B B Annex EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT OF OF THE THE ESTATE ESTATE OF OF JOSE JOSE J. J. CARLOS CARLOS EXTRAJUDICIAL This Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement of of Estate Estate is is executed executed by by and and between: between: This Apple Joy Joy C. C. Catugas, Catugas, married, married, Filipino Filipino and and with with address address at at 274D 274D Gummamela Gummamela St., St., Capitol Capitol Estates Estates I, I, Batasan Batasan Apple Hills, Quezon Quezon City, City, being being the the daughter daughter of of the the deceased deceased Jose Jose J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on March March 16, 16, 1999 1999 and and who who is is the the son son of of Hills, Spouses Diosdado Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; Spouses and and Jose M. M. Carlos Carlos Jr., Jr., single, single, Filipino Filipino and and with with address address at at 274D 274D Gummamela Gummamela St., St., Capitol Capitol Estates Estates If If Batasan Batasan Hills, Hills, Jose Quezon City, City, being being the the son son of of the the deceased deceased Jose Jose J. J. Carlos Carlos who who died died on on March March 16, 16, 1999 1999 and and who who is is the the son son of of Spouses Spouses Quezon Diosdado Carlos Carlos and and Felicisima Felicisima J. J. Carlos; Carlos; Diosdado WITNESSETH: That That WITNESSETH: 1. Jose Jose J. J. Carlos, Carlos, Filipino, Filipino, and and who who died died in in Quezon Quezon City City on on March March 16, 16, 1999 1999 and and leaving leaving his his share share in in a a real real property property of of 1. his parents Felicisima and Diosdado Carlos covered by Transfer Certificate of Title Title No. No. 004-RT2018004332 004-RT2018004332 (102747) (102747) and and his parents Felicisima and Diosdado Carlos covered by Transfer Certificate of more particularly particularly described described as as follows: follows: more A parcel parcel of of land land (LOT (LOT D-I0-C-9-A-l) D-I0-C-9-A-l) of of the the subdivision subdivision plan plan (LRC) (LRC) PSD PSD 47409, 47409, being being a a portion portion of of Lot Lot A D-I0-C-9-A (LRC) (LRC) PSD PSD 46203, 46203, LRC LRC REC. REC. No. No. 7984), 7984), situated situated in in the the district district of of Diliman, Diliman, Quezon Quezon City City Island Island D-I0-C-9-A of Luzon. Luzon. of Bounded on on the the NE., NE., points points 3 3 to to 4 4 by by Lot Lot E-2 E-2 (LRC) (LRC) PSD-42102; PSD-42102; Points Points 4 4 to to 5 5 by by lot lot D-I0-C-I0, D-I0-C-I0, (LRC) (LRC) Bounded PSD-45150; on on the the SW., SW., NW., NW., and and NE., NE., Points Points 5 5 to to 1 1 and and 1 1 to to 3 3 by by Lot Lot D-I0-C-9-A-3 D-I0-C-9-A-3 of of the the subdivision subdivision plan, plan, PSD-45150; Beginning at at a a point point marked marked “1” “1” on on Plan Plan Being Being N. N. 68 68 deg. deg. 51’E., 51’E., 6882.77M. 6882.77M. From From CBM CBM #37, #37, City City of of Manila, Manila, Beginning Thence S. S. 7 7 deg. deg. 25’E., 25’E., 44.70 44.70 m. m. To To point point 5; 5; thence thence N. N. 78 78 (deg.), (deg.), 28’W., 28’W., 55.30 55.30 M. M. To To the the point point of of Beginning; Beginning; Thence containing an an area area of of Two Two Thousand Thousand (2,000) (2,000) square square meters meters more more or or less. less. All All points points referred referred to to are are indicated indicated containing on tlle tlle plan plan and and are are marked marked on on the the ground ground as as follows: follows: points points 3 3 and and 4 4 by by old old p.s. p.s. Cyl. Cyl. Cone. Cone. Mons. Mons. 15 15 xx 60 60 em., em., on and the the rest rest by by p.s. p.s. Cyl. Cyl. Cone. Cone. Mons. Mons. 15 15 xx 60 60 cm. cm. Bearings Bearings true; true; date date of of the the original original smvey, smvey, October October 19, 19, 1908 1908 and and that that of of the the subdivision subdivision survey survey July July 12, 12, 1965. 1965. and 2. 2. 3. 3.

That said said deceased deceased died died intestate, intestate, without without Testament Testament and and without without leaving leaving any any debts debts whatsoever; whatsoever; That That we we are are the the sole sole heirs heirs of of the the deceased. deceased. That

4. That That pmsuant pmsuant to to Sec. Sec. 1, 1, Rule Rule 74 74 of of the the Revised Revised Rules Rules of of Comt Comt of of the the Philippines, Philippines, and and the the parties parties herein herein being being all all of of 4. age, they they have have agreed agreed to to divide divide and and adjudicate adjudicate as as they they do do hereby hereby divide divide and and adjudicate, adjudicate, the the aforementioned aforementioned share share of of the the age, decedent in in the the subject subject property property among among themselves themselves in in CO-EQUAL CO-EQUAL shares shares and and interests; interests; decedent

5. That That they they hereby hereby affirm affirm that that they they have have executed executed the the foregoing foregoing instrument instrument out out of of their their own own voluntary voluntary free free will will without without 5. force, intimidation intimidation or or violence violence upon upon their their persons, persons, that that they they have have hereby hereby received received their their just just and and proper proper shares shares and and have have force, no claim claim or or demand demand against against each each other; other; no 6. That they hereby bind themselves to defend this conveyance, against valid/lawful claim/ s of any and/ or all third 6. That they hereby bind themselves to defend this conveyance, against valid/lawful claim/ s of any and/ or all third person/ s. s. WE WE have have mutually mutually agreed agreed to to SELL, SELL, OFFER OFFER TO TO SELL, SELL, NEGOTIATE NEGOTIATE and and come come to to an an agreement agreement as as to to the the person/ purchase price price and and other other terms terms and and conditions conditions of of sale, sale, ifif any, any, and and therefore therefore make, make, execute, execute, sign sign and and deliver deliver for for us, us, and and in in purchase our names names the the Deed Deed of of Absolute Absolute Sale, Sale, conveying conveying title title to to the the pmchaser pmchaser of of the the share share of of the the deceased deceased in in the the subject subject parcel parcel our of land land herein herein above above described described inherited inherited by by us, us, and and to to receive receive the the considerations considerations of of the the sale sale thereof. thereof. of WITHNESS THEIR THEIR HANDS, HANDS, this this 03 03 day day of of MAY MAY at at QUEZON QUEZON CITY. CITY. WITHNESS Signed: Signed: APPLE JOY JOY C. C. CATUGAS CATUGAS APPLE JOSE M. M. CARLOS CARLOS JR. JR. JOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT REPUBLIC OF OF THE THE PHILIPPINES) PHILIPPINES) REPUBLIC CITY OFQUEZON OFQUEZON CITY CITY )) S.S. S.S. CITY BEFORE ME, ME, a a Notary Notary Public Public for for and and in in QUEZON QUEZON CITY. CITY. personally personally appeared appeared the the following following persons persons with with their their BEFORE respective Ips./ Ips./ competent competent evidence evidence of of identity, identity, to to with: with: respective Name Competent Competent Name Apple Joy Joy C. C. Cartugas Cartugas Apple Jose Carlos Carlos Jose

Evidence of of Identity Identity Evidence 253-944-042 253-944-042 229-698-146 229-698-146

Place/ date date of of issuance issuance Place/

all known known to to me me and and to to me me known known to to be be the the same same persons persons who who were were executed executed the the foregoing foregoing instrument instrument and and they they all acknowledged to to me me that that the the same same is is their their free free act act and and deed. deed. acknowledged II further further certify certify that that this this instrument instrument refers refers to to an an Extrajudicial Extrajudicial Settlement Settlement of of Estate Estate Among Among Heirs Heirs consisting consisting of of three three (3) pages pages including including the the page page where where this this acknowledgment acknowledgment is is written, written, has has been been signed signed by by the the parties parties hereto hereto and and their their (3) inshumental wihlesses wihlesses and and sealed sealed within within my my notarial notarial seal. seal. inshumental WITNESS WHEREOF, WHEREOF, II have have hereunto hereunto set set my my hand hand on on this this MAY MAY 03, 03, 2018 2018 in in QUEZON QUEZON CITY, CITY, Pllilippines. Pllilippines. WITNESS Doc. No. No. 330 330 Doc. Page No. No. 70 70 Page Book No. No. 19 19 Book Series of of 2018 2018 Series (MS-MAY 25,28 & JUNE 4, 2018) (MS-MAY 25,28 & JUNE 4, 2018)

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Riera U. Mallari, Editor Reuel Vidal, Assistant Editor sports@thestandard.com.ph sports_mstandard@yahoo.com

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018

Sports

Batang Gilas standouts join BWB Asia program By Peter Atencio BATANG GILAS standouts Forthsky Padrigao and Raven Cortez are among two Filipino junior players who are set to join the 10th edition of Basketball Without Borders Asia. The top 66 boys and girls from 16 countries and territories were chosen for the tournament that will be held from May 30 to June 2 at the National Basketball Association Academy India. This will be the second time that the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program will be held in India, with Nike serving as the official partner. Several NBA players like Corey Brewer (Oklahoma City Thunder), Caris LeVert (Brooklyn Nets), Kelly Olynyk (Miami Heat), Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks), two-time WNBA Champion Ruth Riley and former WNBA player Ebony Hoffman will coach the top high school age campers from throughout the Asia-Pacific region. There will also be two current prospects from NBA Academies, the league’s signature elite player development initiative. Players and coaches will lead the campers through a variety of activities on and off the court. Their training including movement efficiency, positional skill development, shooting and skills competitions, 5-on5 games and daily life skills seminars. One boy and one girl will be named BWB Asia 2018 MVPs at the conclusion of the fourday camp.

International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas waves the Philippine flag in triumph after he beat Jonas Sultan by unanimous decision to retain his International Boxing Federation super flyweight crown. Top Rank Boxing

Ancajas retains world boxing title L OS ANGELES – International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas beat Jonas Sultan by unanimous decision on Saturday in the first all-Filipino world title fight in 93 years. Judges in Fresno, California, awarded the verdict to Ancajas by scores of 119-109, 119-109 and 117-111 as the southpaw improved to 30-1-1 while Sultan fell to 14-4. Ancajas stretched his win streak to 17 fights by successfully defending his title for the fifth time in the matchup of 26-year-old compatriots. Sultan was the first rival who went the distance against Ancajas since his unanimous decision over Puerto Rican southpaw McJoe Arroyo in 2016 to take the title. Sultan, whose win streak was stopped

at five, had decisioned former world champion John Riel Casimero last September for his title chance. It was the first all-Filipino world title fight since 1925 in Manila, when Pancho Villa kept his world flyweight title with a unanimous decision over Clever Sencio, taking the last victory of his career. World Boxing Association super flyweight champion Khalid Yafai of Britain remained unbeaten, stopping Mexican rival David Carmona after seven rounds on the undercard. Yafai, making his US debut, rose to

24-0 with his 15th stoppage inside the distance while Carmona fell to 21-6 with ﬁve drawn. The 28-year-old English son of Yemeni parents risked losing his title for a third time, but because Carmona weighed in above the 115-pound weight limit, he couldn’t have claimed the crown even with a victory. Ancajas relied on his length and reach to keep his shorter challenger at bay. He used his jabs and straights to deadly effect. The smaller Sultan though kept pushing forward, trying to break past Ancajas’ longer reach and connecting with shorter but more powerful shots to the head and the body. Sultan landed his biggest punch of the bout in round

three as he unloaded a solid right counter that briefly stunned Ancajas. Ancajas didn’t lose his composure though. He stayed on his toes, moved continuously and patiently as he peppered Sultan with jabs and straights and then moving out of reach of his shorter foe. Sultan remained undaunted as he moved forward trying to look for a knockout blow. Ancajas slowed near the end of round 11 allowing Sultan to land a couple of shots. But the round ended before he could inflict more damage. Revitalized by the break between rounds Ancajas came out firing in the round 12 as he kept Sultan with more jabs to seal the win. AFP

Valdez powers Creamline Cool Smashers past Tacloban CREAMLINE ﬂaunted endgame poise in the last two sets to subdue a surprisingly tough Tacloban side, 25-14, 27-25, 26-24, and secure a quarterﬁnal berth in the Premier Volleyball League Season 2 Reinforced Conference at the Batangas City Sports Coliseum in Batangas yesterday.

The Cool Smashers came off a weeklong break in imposing form following a four-set win over the defending champion Pocari-Air Force Lady Warriors in Batangas, dominating the Fighting Warays in the opening frame only to struggle in the face of the latter’s spirited charge in the next two.

But they bucked the pressure and showed composure in each extended set to complete the straight-set win, their fourth against a win to seize the solo lead and gain a spot in the quarters of the season-opening conference of the league organized by Sports Vision.

Warriors shoot down Rockets to force Game 7

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) glides to the hoop against the Houston Rockets during Game Six of the Western Conference Finals in the 2018 NBA Playoffs at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California. AFP

LOS ANGELES—The Golden State Warriors showed their championship mettle Saturday, roaring back to rout the Houston Rockets 115-86 to force a decisive game seven in the NBA Western Conference finals. Klay Thompson scored 35 points, Stephen Curry scored 29 and Kevin Durant added 23 as the Warriors rallied from a 17-point first-quarter deficit to knot the best-of-seven series at 3-3 – and keep their bid to reach a fourth straight championship series alive. “I don’t want to go home,” said Thompson, who made nine three-pointers. “We worked too hard this season to go home.” But in the early going it looked like the Warriors season could be coming to an end. The Rockets, who led the league with 65 regular season wins, ran roughshod over Golden State in the opening quarter as they raced to a 39-22 lead. Houston’s Most Valuable Player candidate James Harden dominated early, finishing with 32 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. But the Warriors defense clamped down on Harden in the second half and the Rockets felt the absence of injured point guard Chris Paul, who suffered a strained right hamstring in the Rockets’ game-five victory. AFP

Creamline Cool Smashers spiker Alyssa Valdez sneaks in a hit against Kyle Negrito and Sasiwimol Sangpan of Tacloban during their PVL Reinforced Conference duel in Batangas.

Ocana grabs boxing gold at PNG SUGAR RAY OCANA connected with a right straight to the face and scored a knockout to beat lighwelterweight foe Jerome Panganiban last Friday in the closing of the 2018 Philippine National Games boxing competitions at the Cebu Coliseum here. When Ocana’s punch landed, Panganiban, who is from Leyte, almost crumpled to the floor if not for the helping hands of the referee, who quickly pulled him to the ropes in two minute and 58 second mark of the second round. “Duon ko nabasa iyung galaw niya. Open siya, kaya KO ko siya,” said the 20-year-old Ocana, who victory allowed Cagayan to caps it campaign with a six-fight sweep of all the events their first fighters got involved in.

Ocana, a member of the national team, said his stint kept him in top shape for the his participation to a qualifier to the Southeast Asian Games next month. Teammate John Paul Panuayan added to Cagayan de Oro’s medal haul when he finished off Cebu City’s John Regis with a referee stopped contest-injury decision in 2:58 of the second round, and in the youth men’s lightweight action. John Ignatius Macas outpointed Sultan Kudarat’s Jobert Paala, 5-0, to take the youth men’s flyweight action for CDO. Mark Lester Durens also contributed to CDO’s gold medal stash by prevailing over Cebu City’s John Paul Gabunelas, 3-2, in the youth men’s light flyweight finale. Peter Atencio

Stocks to stay ﬂat; eyes on oil prices B2

IN BRIEF SSS asks Senate to revise charter STATE-RUN pension fund Social Security System asked the Senate to amend its 1997 charter, a top executive said over the weekend. SSS president and chief executive Emmanuel Dooc said the proposed bill to amend Republic Act No. 8282 or Social Security Law of 1997 received wide support in the Senate, following Sen. Richard Gordon’s sponsorship speech on May 22. Dooc said Senate Bill 1753 which aimed to amend the 21-year old SSS law gathered the attention of the senators after the committee of government corporations and public enterprises and the committee on labor, employment and human resources development led by Gordon presented Committee Report No. 300. “We are grateful to Sen. Richard Gordon in pushing the amendment of some provisions of the SSS charter. This is a long-term solution to maintain the viability of SSS in order to continuously provide meaningful beneﬁts,” Dooc said. Gordon presented the bill citing the need to amend the existing law for the beneﬁt of the pension fund, members, pensioners and stakeholders. Gordon said the bill, if enacted into law, would expand, protect and grow the fund. Julito G. Rada

Business

Big Chinese group eyes PH investments A CHINESE delegation representing 44,000 local-level chambers of commerce met with Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III to discuss cooperation and investment opportunities in the Philippines. The Finance Department said over the weekend the Chinese businessmen were looking for possible tie-ups with other business groups within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Gao Yunlong, chairman of the All-China Federation of Commerce and Industry, was accompanied by several Chinese investors engaged in the fields of aerospace and aviation, agriculture, energy, hotels, tourism and other businesses. Gao said Chinese private investments in the country would help fuel the Philippines’ economic growth and “deliver real benefits” to Filipinos in the form of more job opportunities and higher income. Gao said he was impressed by the Philippines’ “economic development and social prosperity” in his first visit to Manila. “I bring a number of Chinese entrepreneurs with me and the mission of our delegation is to seek cooperation and opportunities in the Philippines, including investments and business cooperation,” said Gao, who is also vice chairman of the national committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Julito G. Rada

business@manilastandard.net extrastory2000@gmail.com MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018

DoE pushes itemized power bill T By Alena Mae S. Flores

HE Energy Department is pushing for a uniform electricity bill format, with all the charges itemized or unbundled, to promote greater transparency and empower consumers.

The department released a draft circular adopting the framework for a uniform monthly electricity bill format. “The DoE takes cognizance of the need to empower electricity end-users with greater understanding and transparency on the charges in its monthly electricity bill by

unbundling the electricity charge components including those components that are not part of the unbundled rates but was collected from the consumers for security and reliability of services,” the circular said. Under the circular, the electricity bill should reﬂect all corresponding charges collected by the distribution utilities from all electricity end-users, including but not limited to generation, transmission, distribution, supply and metering charges, bill and meter deposits, including interest and any other charges that the Energy Regulatory Commission may approve. It said the electricity bill should be prepared in a simple and easy-to-understand format. It said that subject to ERC regulation, all distribution utilities should use a uniform bill format prescribed by the ERC. “Except for competitive services components such as generation and supply, no charges shall be reﬂected in the bill and

collected from the electricity end-users without the approval of the ERC,” the circular stated. Section 25 of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act requires that every distribution utility identify and segregate in its bills to end-users the components of the retail rate. The implementing rules and regulations of the Epira law also called for the unbundling of the power industry’s business activities and rates to include generation, transmission, distribution and supply, and unbundling of business activities between regulated and non-regulated activities, including the removal of cross-subsidies, subject to review and approval by the ERC. The circular, once approved, will apply to all distribution utilities including privately-owned utilities; electric cooperatives; local government-owned utilities; entities authorized to operate within economic zones;

and other entities authorized by law to distribute electricity to end-users. “Upon the effectivity of this circular, all electricity end-user bills issued by distribution utilities shall reﬂect unbundled costs of providing each service or product,” the Energy Department said. The bill should contain the generation charge, transmission charge, system loss, distribution charge, supply charge, metering charge, other charges, subsidies or discounts, senior citizen discount, , government taxes, local taxes, universal charge, missionary electriﬁcation charge, environmental charge, stranded debts and contract costs of National Power Corp., feed-In-tariff allowance, other charges, among others. The bill should also contain the bill deposit including interest and the meter deposit including interest, billing summary, among others, according to the circular.

Revenue collection exceeds four-month target by P58.2b

Epson expects robust sales growth this year EPSON Philippines Corp. said it expects to sustain a double-digit growth this year amid a strong domestic economy. “We expect the growth rate will continue for this year because we’re seeing a lot of infrastructure spending and there’s a lot of interest in the economy. We still expect to achieve good growth for the coming year. I can’t give you the exact number but we’ve been growing double-digit for the past ﬁve years,” Epson Philippines senior general manager and marketing director Eduardo Bonoan said in an interview. The Philippine economy grew 6.8 percent last year and is projected to expand between 7 percent and 8 percent this year. Epson Philippines Corp. said sales would likely grow at double-digit in the ﬁscal year ending March 2018, after posting a 21-percent increase a year earlier, driven by strong demand in the provinces. “We’ve been very dependent on the growth of the economy, so I think we’re quite bullish. The growth will probably be spurred by a lot of activities that we’ve been doing for the past years,” Bonoan said. The company continues to gain market traction and achieve leadership position in key segments, driven by the company’s focus on the B2B segment and developing its core technologies in four key pillars of innovation – inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Darwin G. Amojelar

Ray S. Eñano, Editor Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor

By Julito G. Rada

FINANCIAL INCLUSION. KasamaKA, a pioneering grassroots-based movement aimed at empowering the unbanked population, is adopted as the financial inclusion and social advocacy program across 81 provinces. Through KasamaKA, FINTQ, the financial arm of PLDT Inc. and Smart’s Voyager Innovations enables banks and nonbank financial institutions to offer ‘sachet’ financial services such as microsavings, microinsurance, lending, and micro investment. At the signing of the agreement are (from left) Voyager Innovations president and chief executive Orlando Vea, PLDT Group chairman Manuel Pangilinan, League of Provinces of the Philippines national chairman Gov. Al Francis Bichara and FINTQ managing director and KasamaKA founder and lead convenor Lito Villanueva.

Barge terminal to open in June By Darwin G. Amojelar A COMMON-user barge and roll-on roll-off terminal is expected to open in Cavite province next month to reduce the volume of trucks passing through Metro Manila, according to the Transportation Department. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade who conducted a site visit on May 26 said the Cavite Gateway Terminal Phase 1 project of port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. in Tanza, Cavite was now over 90-percent complete. He said with over 300 workers focusing on the project, it was on track for launch before the end of June. The Cavite Gateway Terminal Phase 1 project will handle barges that can carry 20 and 30-foot container trucks now plying the routes of Metro Manila from Subic Port in the north and Batangas Port in the south.

Dubbed as the first barge terminal of its kind in the Philippines, the project will have 550 ground slots for containers. It will accommodate barges with estimated two to three hours of ferry time, with initial multiple pick-up locations. ICTSI is investing $30 million in the first phase of the project. ICTSI senior vice president for Asia-Pacific and Manila International Container Terminal head Christian Gonzales earlier said the company was imitating the success of the barge port in Mongkok, Hong Kong. “As Hong Kong became congested due to economic development, they’ve realized that in order for the port to continue to expand and the port to continue to succeed, they needed to build more roads and bridges but it will take time, so the solution is to run an extensive barging operation,” Gonzales said.

THE effective implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law allowed the government to exceed the revenue target by P58.2 billion in the first four months, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said over the weekend. Dominguez said in a statement the higher revenue enabled the government to sustain its aggressive spending policy without breaching the programmed budget deficit. He said the government did not underspend in the four-month period, and it also dramatically exceeded revenue collections, leading to a budget deficit that was lower than the programmed level. The Bureau of the Treasury said the national government registered a P105.9billion deficit in January to April, on the back of strong revenue collections despite the surge in government spending. The actual deficit was lower by P61.2 billion from the P167.1-billion programmed deficit during the period. “The reason we didn’t exceed our target

deficit is because we exceeded our total revenues by P58.2 billion as of the first four months of 2018. Tax revenues from January to April was impressively higher than last year’s collections for the same period,” Dominguez said. Data showed tax revenues hit P927.4 billion in the first four months, or P58.2 billion higher than the target of P869.2 billion. The Bureau of Internal Revenue collected P232.6 billion in April, up 24 percent from a year ago. Four-month collection by the BIR also increased 17 percent to P655.7 billion. “Higher excise tax take due to the implementation of the Train law as well as improved and correct valuation and tariff classification drove the robust growth,” the Treasury said. Customs collections surged 50 percent in April to P46.8 billion and 31 percent in the first four months to P176.6 billion. Government spending reached P1.033 trillion in the first four months, just P3 billion below the programmed spending of P1.036 trillion mostly because the government saved P3.4 billion in interest payments, Dominguez said.

Business

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018 extrastory2000@gmail.com

Stocks to stay flat; eyes on oil prices By Jenniffer B. Austria

TOCK market trading this week is expected remain on the sideways mode as investors stay on the sidelines because of geopolitical uncertainties and rising world oil prices. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index managed to stay above the 7,600-point level, but BDO Unibank Inc. chief investment strategist Jonathan Ravelas cautioned it could still drop below 7,500. He said geopolitical uncertainties and surging oil prices had worried consumers. He expects the immediate support and resistance at 7,500 and 8,000 levels, respectively. Regina Capital Development Corp. managing director Luis Limlingan echoed Ravelas’ sentiment. “We were not able to hold above 7,800 level but the good news is that 7,600 is still intact. The not so good news is that the PSEi is now manifesting a broadening formation which is a bearish pattern,” Limlingan said.

“Pivot points see initial support levels of 7,300 level followed by a support level of 7,110 which is a bear market support level,” he added. Investors are also getting concerned about the sequel to the tax reform package of the Duterte administration that could affect direct investments. The government is pushing through with a plan to streamline fiscal incentives. Share prices last week closed lower by 0.3 percent to 7,647.51, while the broader All Shares Index declined 0.2 percent to 4,654.67 amid continued foreign selling. Among the sub-indices, the mining and oil services and financial posted week-on-week declines, while the property, holding firms and industrial sectors registered week-on-week gains. Foreign investors were net sellers for the week by P2.4 billion, while the average traded daily value stood at P5.2 billion from the previous week’s average of P6.6 billion. The weekly top gainers were Megawide Construction Corp., which rose 8.4 percent to P22.60; San Miguel Food and Beverage Inc., which climbed 6 percent to P68.90; and DMCI Holdings Inc., which advanced 5.7 percent to P10.78. The weekly top price losers were Bloomberry Resorts

Corp., which declined 7.6 percent to P11.80; East West Banking Corp., which fell 6.9 percent to P14.72; and Filinvest Land Inc., which dipped 5.4 percent to P1.57. Global oil prices, meanwhile, fell Friday after top producer Saudi Arabia signaled a likely boost in supply as soon as the third quarter, and world stock markets were mixed over the sudden US move to cancel the summit with North Korea. Saudi oil minister Khaled al-Faleh said at an economic conference in Russia that a gradual output increase could happen in the second half of the year to prevent any supply shocks, according to the RIA Novosti agency. Benchmark crude prices tumbled almost $3 per barrel in London and fell more than $2 in New York. Oil stocks were likewise hammered as a result, with US supermajor Chevron falling 3.5 percent. The weakened energy stocks weighed on Wall Street’s performance, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 each lost 0.2 percent for the day. Russia’s oil tsar Alexander Novak said ministers from Opec and other members of the production pact would discuss how much to increase production next month. With AFP

MANILA STANDARD BUSINESS WEEKLY STOCKS REVIEW STOCKS

MAY 21-25, 2018 Close Volume

Value

MAY 15-18, 2018 Close Volume

Value

Asia United Bank Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bank of PI BDO Leasing & Fin. INc. Bright Kindle Resources China Bank Citystate Savings COL Financial Eastwest Bank Ferronoux Holding Filipino Fund Inc. First Abacus I-Remit Inc. Manulife Fin. Corp. MEDCO Holdings Metrobank Natl. Reinsurance Corp. PB Bank Phil Bank of Comm Phil. National Bank Phil. Savings Bank Philippine trust Co. PSE Inc. RCBC `A’ Security Bank Sun Life Financial Union Bank Vantage Equities

58.95 129.80 97.00 2.99 1.51 33.95 7 16.7 14.72 3.75 8.36 0.62 1.58 875.00 0.530 82 1.05 12.78 20.10 51.95 86.7 110 204 38 192 1950.00 89.00 1.19

143,760 6,020,820 7,195,030 543,000 400,000 520,500 900 121,500 3,876,700 287,000 500 103,000 24,000 60 6,934,000 10,609,560 3,867,000 135,400 9,000 820,220 650 1,630 17,980 455,400 1,836,410 615 169,720 118,000

FINANCIAL 8,461,772.50 772,857,044.00 694,617,668.00 1,574,730.00 579,470.00 17,743,570.00 6,335.00 2,033,060.00 58,616,572.00 1,043,800.00 4,633.00 64,170.00 39,940.00 52,525.00 3,753,140.00 864,356,826.50 4,066,190.00 1,692,626.00 186,245.00 42,519,742.00 56,146.00 172,824.00 3,714,608.00 17,304,130.00 362,985,922.00 1,204,240.00 15,116,675.50 140,520.00

58.95 132.30 99.50 3.00 1.45 34.7 7.11 16.4 15.82 3.76 8.78 0.67 1.62 870.00 0.540 82.75 1.1 12.2 20.30 52.00 86.8 106.5 211.8 38 199.9 1955.00 89.10 1.2

80,500 7,615,940 6,857,850 51,000 719,000 440,300 5,800 245,200 2,893,800 1,359,000 1,100 5,000 21,000 360 14,218,000 8,124,480 4,276,000 50,300 22,900 392,420 370 1,750 22,510 636,600 4,407,550 1,095 100,840 816,000

4,728,720.00 1,021,608,921.00 680,121,120.50 153,850.00 1,041,650.00 15,358,860.00 39,532.00 4,078,404.00 46,812,988.00 5,212,910.00 9,356.00 3,350.00 32,310.00 315,550.00 8,034,680.00 678,600,472.50 4,651,830.00 624,642.00 465,735.00 20,408,308.00 32,046.00 187,087.00 4,764,428.00 24,054,285.00 884,659,321.00 2,127,325.00 8,990,849.00 979,200.00

Aboitiz Power Corp. Agrinurture Inc. Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. Alsons Cons. Asiabest Group Basic Energy Corp. Bogo Medelin C. Azuc De Tarlac Cemex Holdings Century Food Chemphil Cirtek Holdings (Chips) Conc. Aggr. ‘A’ Conc. Aggr. ‘B’ Concepcion Crown Asia Da Vinci Capital Del Monte DNL Industries Inc. Eagle Cement EEI Emperador Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) Euro-Med Lab First Gen Corp. First Holdings ‘A’ Ginebra San Miguel Inc. Holcim Philippines Inc. Integ. Micro-Electronics Ionics Inc Jollibee Foods Corp. LMG Chemicals Mabuhay Vinyl Macay Holdings Manila Water Co. Inc. Maxs Group Megawide MG Holdings Mla. Elect. Co `A’ Panasonic Mfg Phil. Corp. Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. Petroenergy Res. Corp. Petron Corporation Phil H2O Phinma Corporation Phinma Energy Phoenix Petroleum Phils. Pilipinas Shell Pryce Corp. `A’ RFM Corporation Roxas and Co. Roxas Holdings SFA Semicon Shakeys Pizza SMC Food and Beverage SPC Power Corp. Swift Foods, Inc. TKC Steel Corp. Universal Robina Victorias Milling Vitarich Corp. Vulcan Ind’l.

38.3 14.58 0.59 1.25 20.35 0.228 114.6 23.90 3.03 16.86 248 49.95 65 93 56 1.96 5.03 9.8 10.800 15.94 11.80 7.18 5.28 1.76 14.9 63.85 19.20 8.90 16.1 2.190 281.20 5.09 3.41 17.68 26.95 12.78 22.6 0.185 335.00 6.60 2.36 4.22 9.43 5.96 7.96 1.41 12.62 50.5 6.2 4.70 2.52 3.57 1.78 12.9 68.9 5.48 0.136 0.98 135.7 2.7 3.15 0.81

3,513,400 5,083,200 8,396,000 817,000 205,200 17,970,000 550 81,000 22,964,000 1,274,700 110 2,084,530 5,480 350 6,490 596,000 423,000 36,600 15,721,600 9,778,500 79,800 1,875,300 14,006,200 8,000 1,315,900 192,480 198,400 367,300 8,247,500 11,251,000 2,363,700 853,800 34,000 3,600 9,507,600 1,418,500 17,390,100 2,580,000 1,762,740 133,700 26,534,000 673,000 5,395,900 640,900 113,100 1,397,000 634,500 2,252,480 20,300 4,374,000 5,552,000 13,004 847,000 9,207,100 1,102,260 1,118,500 1,190,000 112,000 5,042,950 40,000 104,171,000 10,229,000

INDUSTRIAL 133,671,955.00 73,871,776.00 4,945,300.00 997,660.00 4,122,113.00 4,098,500.00 65,397.00 1,954,440.00 69,240,000.00 21,190,546.00 27,280.00 105,339,182.00 358,382.50 29,553.00 369,509.50 1,180,170.00 2,135,352.00 357,706.00 172,002,376.00 157,129,924.00 934,086.00 13,431,050.00 72,623,768.00 14,140.00 19,609,862.00 12,199,508.50 3,750,732.00 3,250,765.00 88,196,140.00 25,403,900.00 669,812,700.00 4,414,266.00 116,070.00 63,576.00 257,556,370.00 18,177,286.00 378,777,500.00 481,990.00 581,610,540.00 884,434.00 63,265,230.00 2,869,210.00 50,830,123.00 3,727,498.00 895,275.00 1,960,010.00 7,961,548.00 113,231,266.00 121,859.00 20,614,310.00 13,450,690.00 232,050.00 1,515,790.00 118,128,326.00 73,495,226.00 6,122,250.00 159,640.00 108,760.00 679,601,053.00 106,570.00 317,055,630.00 8,211,450.00

38.85 14.64 0.6 1.25 21.35 0.223 126 24.00 3.09 16.98 251 51 39 91 56.95 1.99 5.39 9.45 11.100 16.2 11.60 7.16 5.14 1.79 14.8 63.8 18.76 8.85 16.8 2.220 285.00 5.15 3.39 17.82 27 13.3 20.85 0.190 322.00 6.68 2.43 4.32 9.35 5.7 7.95 1.40 12.48 51.55 6.19 4.70 2.09 3.6 1.8 13.22 65 5.4 0.138 0.98 135.5 2.65 3.24 0.83

4,330,400 5,903,500 32,644,000 509,000 264,900 9,750,000 1,710 58,100 42,235,000 5,719,900 1,010 2,489,270 7,500 110 157,780 274,000 20,300 51,000 7,930,600 7,241,100 3,362,100 9,779,200 13,638,600 6,000 2,529,000 330,390 506,700 1,261,200 13,603,600 6,944,000 2,205,700 273,700 102,000 600 4,585,000 2,372,100 10,378,500 620,000 868,850 120,400 13,738,000 845,000 5,904,700 608,900 98,200 1,018,000 415,300 2,058,180 6,100 571,000 613,000 109,000 1,877,000 1,557,900 1,985,010 1,439,600 1,640,000 200,000 3,611,890 21,000 101,637,000 7,152,000

167,092,930.00 87,509,300.00 20,798,840.00 634,370.00 5,603,451.00 2,192,170.00 216,297.00 1,419,605.00 132,870,790.00 97,124,240.00 253,830.00 128,634,213.00 506,295.50 9,345.00 8,989,759.50 540,060.00 104,559.00 480,825.00 87,429,172.00 117,366,676.00 40,413,936.00 70,275,736.00 70,669,737.00 10,550.00 38,158,188.00 21,161,853.50 9,856,502.00 11,312,962.00 246,626,948.00 15,091,550.00 623,397,986.00 1,390,786.00 342,250.00 10,294.00 124,335,865.00 31,994,728.00 227,261,105.00 120,500.00 280,802,004.00 811,229.00 33,128,760.00 3,721,020.00 55,902,751.00 3,642,441.00 768,518.00 1,437,390.00 5,180,312.00 107,067,632.50 37,777.00 2,683,390.00 1,262,750.00 400,090.00 3,472,550.00 21,240,836.00 128,811,529.50 7,850,074.00 219,520.00 196,520.00 505,232,786.00 52,850.00 360,413,100.00 5,932,990.00

Abacus Cons. À’ Aboitiz Equity Alliance Global Inc. Anglo Holdings A Anscor À’ ATN Holdings A ATN Holdings B Ayala Corp À’ BHI Holdings Inc. Cosco Capital DMCI Holdings Filinvest Dev. Corp. Forum Pacific GT Capital House of Inv. JG Summit Holdings Jolliville Holdings Keppel Holdings À’ Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. Lopez Holdings Corp. LT Group Mabuhay Holdings À’ Metro Pacific Inv. Corp. Pacifica À’ Prime Media Hldg Prime Orion Republic Glass ‘A’ San Miguel Corp À’ Seafront À’ SM Investments Inc. Solid Group Inc. South China Res. Inc. Top Frontier Transgrid Wellex Industries Zeus Holdings

0.228 65.00 13.10 0.90 6.25 0.700 0.690 935 1401.00 6.34 10.78 7.64 0.210 995.5 6.58 60.30 5.06 5.35 0.63 4.3 21.35 0.600 4.77 0.0390 1.100 3.190 2.90 144.30 2.55 867.00 1.57 0.79 264.600 520.00 0.2150 0.199

11,350,000 3,669,020 15,200,700 796,000 132,500 141,282,000 21,325,000 1,152,530 5 9,007,800 29,968,600 43,700 890,000 300,590 13,400 7,236,400 24,600 1,000 1,511,000 4,531,000 23,417,500 7,245,000 123,581,000 37,100,000 1,937,000 7,999,000 19,000 1,466,740 483,000 1,486,950 956,000 479,000 43,660 910 12,490,000 520,000

HOLDING FIRMS 2,733,350.00 230,903,624.00 198,529,484.00 749,980.00 852,149.00 100,410,370.00 15,360,740.00 1,082,735,600.00 7,005.00 56,774,841.00 315,548,524.00 332,113.00 187,610.00 299,579,425.00 89,468.00 424,309,405.50 137,131.00 5,342.00 906,940.00 19,387,140.00 503,015,300.00 4,346,940.00 595,266,250.00 1,424,800.00 2,143,180.00 25,597,570.00 55,450.00 210,463,390.00 1,235,710.00 1,291,692,705.00 1,522,770.00 390,440.00 11,323,128.00 480,110.00 2,845,590.00 103,170.00

0.250 62.45 13.08 0.94 6.58 0.690 0.700 929

8,580,000 4,245,640 22,596,400 1,532,000 36,600 83,599,000 13,890,000 998,540

2,209,600.00 269,132,908.50 304,731,028.00 1,444,290.00 235,205.00 56,736,310.00 9,473,270.00 960,284,500.00

6.4 10.20 7.68 0.211 1032 7.18 58.80 5.92 5.6 0.62 4.3 21.65 0.580 4.9 0.0400 1.150 3.220 2.80 139.80 2.56 881.50 1.62 0.80 262.000 532.00 0.2450 0.193

34,776,100 24,288,000 290,600 1,860,000 471,250 26,300 5,813,270 3,700 1,500 617,000 35,912,000 27,971,500 5,285,000 146,589,800 18,200,000 728,000 5,717,000 39,000 1,122,840 303,000 1,663,560 860,000 144,000 14,520 730 27,350,000 10,000

223,405,960.00 260,462,022.00 2,213,841.00 392,720.00 482,336,480.00 187,281.00 347,215,085.00 20,279.00 8,662.00 374,840.00 165,297,410.00 607,870,955.00 3,050,370.00 757,541,926.00 722,000.00 822,680.00 18,443,920.00 108,320.00 156,529,649.00 775,680.00 1,517,893,210.00 1,400,800.00 114,140.00 3,740,308.00 398,380.00 6,923,320.00 1,930.00

68,064,300 27,776,000 23,600 201,000 6,534,000 22,329,100 2,692,000 2,816,000 116,000 34,200 100 52,040,000 424,000 923,000 59,000,000 4,880,000 821,000 2,542,000 400,000 67,230,000 6,437,000 14,140,000 51,600,000 803,475,000 36,160,000 23,374,000

PROPERTY 491,747,616.00 28,724,440.00 319,968.00 403,820.00 5,297,100.00 928,330,290.00 11,806,680.00 13,700,480.00 691,145.00 207,219.00 612.00 23,190,950.00 457,300.00 899,740.00 13,669,430.00 2,079,850.00 25,302,615.00 1,609,540.00 48,190.00 107,597,260.00 8,129,760.00 15,809,740.00 243,338,340.00 565,523,700.00 15,827,550.00 12,039,760.00

7.050 1.07 15.50 2.070 0.840 42.000 3.45 4.92 5.98 6.22 6.28 0.455 1.03 0.970 0.243 0.450 31.05 0.640 0.120 1.66 1.28 1.07 4.53 0.690 0.4550 0.530

7,130,400 61,294,000 16,800 104,000 3,077,000 44,970,700 825,000 10,448,000 62,900 12,700 800 48,380,000 48,000 10,312,000 23,460,000 1,640,000 1,584,000 1,509,000 500,000 27,045,000 11,518,000 9,517,000 110,964,000 722,889,000 19,570,000 7,265,000

50,313,798.00 63,918,530.00 247,386.00 210,930.00 2,567,210.00 1,899,016,235.00 2,837,780.00 51,675,070.00 377,965.00 79,260.00 5,024.00 22,630,300.00 50,130.00 10,128,130.00 5,673,560.00 736,700.00 50,044,580.00 950,740.00 59,930.00 44,943,470.00 15,043,870.00 10,514,720.00 515,645,950.00 504,106,710.00 9,165,900.00 3,930,560.00

8990 HLDG A. Brown Co., Inc. Anchor Land Holdings Inc. Araneta Prop À’ Arthaland Corp. Ayala Land `B’ Belle Corp. À’ CEB Landmasters Cebu Holdings Cebu Prop. À’ Cebu Prop. `B’ Century Property City & Land Dev. Cityland Dev. À’ Crown Equities Inc. Cyber Bay Corp. Double Dragon Empire East Land Ever Gotesco Filinvest Land,Inc. Global-Estate Interport À’ Megaworld MRC Allied Ind. Phil. Estates Corp. Phil. Realty À’

7.250 1.02 13.90 2.020 0.800 41.300 3.48 4.88 6.1 6 6.12 0.440 1.09 0.990 0.227 0.420 30.55 0.620 0.119 1.57 1.26 1.10 4.71 0.690 0.4250 0.520

STOCKS

MAY 21-25, 2018 Close Volume

MAY 15-18, 2018 Close Volume

Value

Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry Primex Corp. Robinson’s Land `B’ Rockwell Shang Properties Inc. SM Prime Holdings Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Starmalls Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. Vista Land & Lifescapes

29.20 2.6 20.30 1.99 3.31 38.00 1.12 9.34 0.800 6.500

700 63,982,000 14,571,200 1,683,000 115,000 43,227,100 14,015,000 1,050,700 507,000 14,222,400

20,455.00 176,172,560.00 284,637,964.00 3,370,540.00 376,320.00 1,633,077,905.00 15,480,540.00 9,985,381.00 398,200.00 90,740,536.00

2GO Group’ ABS-CBN Acesite Hotel APC Group, Inc. Apollo Global Asian Terminals Inc. Berjaya Phils. Inc. Bloomberry Boulevard Holdings Cebu Air Inc. (5J) Centro Esc. Univ. Chelsea DFNN Inc. Discovery World Easy Call “Common” FEUI Globe Telecom GMA Network Inc. Golden Haven Harbor Star I.C.T.S.I. Imperial Res. À’ IPeople Inc. À’ IPM Holdings Island Info ISM Communications Jackstones LBC Express Leisure & Resorts Lorenzo Shipping Macroasia Corp. Manila Broadcasting Manila Bulletin Manila Jockey Melco Crown Metro Retail NOW Corp. Pacific Online Sys. Corp. PAL Holdings Inc. Paxys Inc. Phil. Racing Club Phil. Seven Corp. Philweb.Com Inc. PLDT Common PremiereHorizon Premium Leisure Puregold Robinsons RTL SBS Phil. Corp. SSI Group STI Holdings Transpacific Broadcast Travellers Waterfront Phils. Wilcon Depot

15.5 26.7 1.38 0.450 0.046 13 5.39 11.80 0.0540 87.2 8.8 7.5 7.84 2.11 19.90 950 1533 5.63 306.00 4.06 83.2 2.18 13.3 8.20 0.115 1.3600 3.6 15.74 4.35 1.05 26.80 18.78 0.530 4.11 5.91 3.00 10.740 11.88 9.79 2.85 11.8 130.00 5.80 1380.00 0.375 1.020 47.70 87.15 7.22 2.17 1.200 0.485 4.75 0.820 11.300

121,800 206,200 90,000 14,670,000 31,400,000 1,646,900 2,100 60,713,900 53,810,000 387,010 73,000 5,334,000 37,600 31,000 1,010,300 230 223,840 867,000 28,200 11,169,000 12,023,730 87,000 107,800 33,200 4,680,000 618,000 680,000 44,000 6,513,000 988,000 3,216,500 3,000 100,000 548,000 39,796,700 5,395,000 148,735,700 60,700 8,500 98,000 400 17,990 2,406,700 324,775 11,530,000 94,008,000 2,980,900 812,300 185,600 2,826,000 10,394,000 133,730,000 29,023,000 14,322,000 11,041,000

Abra Mining Apex À’ Atlas Cons. À’ Atok-Big Wedge À’ Benguet Corp À’ Century Peak Metals Hldgs Coal Asia Dizon Ferronickel Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. Lepanto À’ Lepanto `B’ Manila Mining À’ Manila Mining `B’ Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. Nickelasia Nihao Mineral Resources Omico Oriental Peninsula Res. Oriental Pet. À’ Oriental Pet. `B’ Philex À’ PhilexPetroleum Philodrill Corp. À’ Phinma Petro Semirara Corp. United Paragon

0.0029 1.60 4.14 18.18 1.5800 1.66 0.305 7.29 2.390 0.180 0.136 0.140 0.009 0.0052 1.42 4.85 1.1 0.5300 0.8700 0.0130 0.0130 5.11 12.20 0.0130 2.0000 28.00 0.0063

MINING & OIL 2,010,000,000 5,768,300.00 10,925,000 17,604,900.00 371,000 1,552,170.00 14,600 250,078.00 62,000 102,810.00 11,246,000 18,573,720.00 2,200,000 659,800.00 12,100 88,367.00 8,176,000 19,124,900.00 4,430,000 815,210.00 6,250,000 856,830.00 1,900,000 269,840.00 27,000,000 228,600.00 23,000,000 149,100.00 80,000 114,280.00 10,317,000 50,086,620.00 1,145,000 1,311,330.00 838,000 429,770.00 1,547,000 1,372,370.00 1,096,400,000 13,665,800.00 70,000,000 910,000.00 2,306,600 12,166,895.00 9,284,100 112,986,694.00 81,100,000 975,000.00 104,000 209,390.00 6,325,500 180,481,910.00 3,000,000 18,900.00

ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. Alco Preferred B Ayala Corp. Pref `B1’ Ayala Corp. Pref ‘B2’ DD PREF First Gen F First Gen G GLOBE PREF P GMA Holdings Inc. GTCAP PREF A GTCAP PREF B House Preferred Leisure and Resort MWIDE PREF PCOR-Preferred A PCOR-Preferred B PNX PREF 3A PNX PREF 3B SMC FB PREF 2 SMC Preferred B SMC Preferred C SMC Preferred D SMC Preferred E SMC Preferred F SMC Preferred G SMC Preferred H SMC Preferred I

25.6 100.4 500 510 101 107 107.1 504.5 5.46 980 990 97.7 1.07 103.6 1022 1110 103 111 975 77.1 79.5 75.8 75.15 76.5 76 77 77

514,600 10,000 3,720 40 94,160 7,080 47,690 3,820 282,300 6,950 14,110 75,640 169,000 1,860 4,850 45 960 150 6,400 17,800 47,840 38,100 65,200 7,300 38,660 446,090 163,580

LR Warrant

2.600

WARRANTS & BONDS 1,397,000 3,696,240.00

SERVICES 1,881,376.00 5,510,550.00 123,270.00 6,661,800.00 1,430,500.00 21,091,384.00 10,539.00 720,415,586.00 2,972,670.00 34,189,516.00 642,680.00 39,376,212.00 279,109.00 66,540.00 19,270,950.00 216,300.00 350,569,705.00 4,872,701.00 8,553,116.00 43,105,790.00 989,726,322.00 186,540.00 1,401,696.00 271,833.00 530,640.00 848,700.00 2,489,050.00 680,708.00 29,297,290.00 1,009,920.00 85,491,640.00 56,340.00 48,870.00 2,268,970.00 247,221,034.00 16,177,720.00 1,522,565,005.00 709,654.00 81,073.00 283,890.00 4,720.00 2,365,393.00 13,983,063.00 447,262,750.00 4,274,850.00 104,143,540.00 141,247,690.00 71,818,571.00 1,336,292.00 6,190,250.00 12,407,590.00 60,920,350.00 138,503,760.00 11,798,280.00 123,679,792.00

PREFERRED 13,433,875.00 1,004,000.00 1,860,060.00 20,400.00 9,499,055.00 733,794.00 5,196,211.00 1,927,205.00 1,599,915.00 6,809,345.00 13,926,720.00 7,496,726.00 179,030.00 194,976.00 4,955,900.00 49,035.00 98,870.00 16,650.00 6,266,000.00 1,371,377.00 3,788,436.00 2,867,181.50 4,925,580.00 564,456.00 2,951,545.00 34,336,542.00 12,595,710.00

SME 17,208,895.00 23,882,720.00

Value

29.30 3.15 19.44 2.07 3.27 37.30 1.12 10.08 0.780 6.390

200 11,969,000 11,120,900 569,000 5,866,000 67,192,400 8,826,000 1,366,200 122,000 24,332,400

5,860.00 41,922,730.00 218,858,431.00 1,177,390.00 19,040,010.00 2,541,419,665.00 9,924,060.00 14,106,610.00 96,330.00 155,893,774.00

15.78 26.5 1.4 0.465 0.046 13.06 5.38 12.78 0.0590 90.2 8.9 7.36 7.65 2.13 20.10 940 1638 5.63 306.00 4.08 82 2.18 13.04 8.19 0.116 1.3800 3.69 15.46 4.74 1.03 25.40 18.78 0.520 4.21 5.52 3.04 8.660 11.64 9.45 2.9 11.98 130.00 5.99 1395.00 0.390 1.010 47.90 88.30 7.13 2.25 1.300 0.425 4.82 0.850 11.520

188,800 344,500 12,000 7,680,000 33,900,000 72,900 1,800 33,912,500 53,350,000 511,070 13,300 31,038,100 1,083,100 25,000 324,100 220 101,590 876,500 19,350 2,763,000 8,939,830 107,000 162,500 133,600 3,070,000 776,000 614,000 41,400 5,181,000 469,000 16,306,500 4,900 65,000 171,000 41,297,500 4,213,000 22,712,300 11,200 34,400 18,000 300 169,140 2,694,500 217,415 6,360,000 4,282,000 1,929,500 947,530 63,000 3,679,000 10,468,000 21,850,000 4,623,000 9,414,000 29,110,100

2,945,602.00 9,252,205.00 16,540.00 3,603,750.00 1,577,000.00 937,858.00 9,613.00 427,397,160.00 3,050,260.00 46,557,135.50 115,998.00 241,782,261.00 8,657,971.00 53,470.00 6,621,415.00 206,800.00 175,287,115.00 4,923,095.00 5,881,764.00 11,279,860.00 953,243,301.50 233,610.00 2,116,352.00 1,092,570.00 356,200.00 1,073,280.00 2,182,710.00 632,282.00 23,797,950.00 479,010.00 434,762,780.00 88,844.00 34,900.00 723,900.00 241,617,853.00 13,081,950.00 189,229,663.00 126,426.00 327,378.00 52,120.00 3,594.00 21,889,990.00 16,154,288.00 301,184,655.00 2,458,200.00 4,374,110.00 90,528,180.00 84,587,177.00 447,264.00 8,394,630.00 13,631,620.00 9,302,750.00 22,188,230.00 8,025,550.00 345,312,282.00

0.0027 1.66 4.20 18.74 1.5500 1.65 0.300 7.79 2.300 0.196 0.139 0.142 0.009 0.0095 1.45 4.94 1.22 0.5100 0.9700 0.0120 0.0130 5.43 12.66 0.0120 2.0500 29.00 0.0063

666,000,000 7,837,000 1,092,000 8,200 3,000 116,530,000 3,580,000 27,100 5,666,000 5,170,000 4,400,000 520,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 419,000 5,517,600 1,030,000 948,000 1,185,000 450,900,000 600,000 2,342,200 5,313,900 134,200,000 70,000 9,344,900 4,000,000

1,833,700.00 13,012,210.00 4,741,230.00 142,138.00 4,650.00 194,617,900.00 1,079,150.00 198,113.00 12,952,640.00 998,250.00 610,690.00 74,010.00 93,500.00 91,000.00 591,070.00 27,778,525.00 1,228,780.00 490,340.00 1,147,590.00 5,414,000.00 7,800.00 12,987,912.00 68,593,874.00 1,570,700.00 143,720.00 276,596,745.00 25,200.00

25.95 103 500 510 101.2 107 109 505 5.48 1000 995 100 1.05 106.8 1020 1010 104 111 990 76.7 78.8 75.2 76.8 77.9 76 77 76.5

262,200 590 3,660 50,260 103,450 60,630 367,880 3,000 484,100 1,430 6,130 100,010 2,149,000 700 5,000 170 1,200 750 2,220 35,510 46,900 55,000 2,750 35,590 71,750 97,670 11,040

6,726,080.00 60,770.00 1,828,900.00 25,320,600.00 10,435,551.00 721,410.00 39,733,540.00 1,513,995.00 2,720,064.00 1,389,600.00 6,035,660.00 10,065,264.00 2,287,960.00 74,595.00 5,101,480.00 173,195.00 125,618.00 83,250.00 2,170,700.00 2,728,039.00 3,697,102.00 4,152,050.00 209,800.00 2,802,565.00 5,457,289.00 7,511,480.00 838,285.00

2.820

1,287,000

3,470,430.00

5.23 3.22

2,660,700 30,083,111

14,007,331.00 104,006,370.00

Italpinas Xurpas

4.95 3.16

3,431,500 7,502,000

First Metro ETF

117.5

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 67,810 7,974,963.00

117.6

117,300

14,048,908.00

USD DMPL A1 USD DMPL A2 USD TECH B2

10.1 10.26 1.02

DOLLAR DENONIMATED SEC. 28,100 282,751.60 29,910 168,249.60 2,000 2,040.00

10 10.1 1.03

43,270 69,090 17,020

433,294.40 233,660.40 17,530.60

WEEKLY MOST TRADED STOCKS Abra Mining Oriental Pet. À’ MRC Allied Ind. NOW Corp. ATN Holdings A Transpacific Broadcast Metro Pacific Inv. Corp. Vitarich Corp. Premium Leisure Philodrill Corp. À’

VOLUME 2,010,000,000 1,096,400,000 803,475,000 148,735,700 141,282,000 133,730,000 123,581,000 104,171,000 94,008,000 81,100,000

STOCKS SM Prime Holdings NOW Corp. SM Investments Inc. Ayala Corp `A’ I.C.T.S.I. Ayala Land `B’ Metrobank Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. Bloomberry Bank of PI

VALUE 1,633,077,905.00 1,522,565,005.00 1,291,692,705.00 1,082,735,600.00 989,726,322.00 928,330,290.00 864,356,826.50 772,857,044.00 720,415,586.00 694,617,668.00

DMCI Homes eyes P49b in sales from 8 condo towers DMCI Homes, the residential unit of conglomerate DMCI Holdings Inc., expects to raise P49 billion from eight high-rise residential projects it plans to launch this year. DMCI Homes president Alfredo Austria said in a statement over the weekend the company was accelerating the residential launchings amid the robust housing demand. These include projects in Davao City, Las Piñas, Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig and Quezon City. DMCI Homes in 2017 unveiled three projects with total sales value of P32 billion. DMCI Homes expanded its land bank to 125.22 hectares during the first quarter of the year, up 41 percent from 88.89 hectares year-on-year. Austria said the company purchased additional properties with a total land value of P6 billion. Majority of the newly-acquired raw land, or 125.22 hectares, are located in Metro Manila while the rest are in Luzon. The company will use the additional land bank for its planned residential developments. “Despite the fierce competition in our segment, the demand for DMCI Homes properties remains strong so we are building our land bank,” Austria said. DMCI Homes registered sales and reservation worth over P15 billion in the first three months of the year, up 15 percent from P13 billion on year. Leading the list of DMCI Homes’ top project performers is Prisma Residences in Pasig City, followed by Infina Towers and Verdon Parc in Quezon City and Davao City, respectively. “We had an excellent run last year. We topped our reservation sales target by more than 153 percent. Hopefully, we can sustain our growth with our new product offerings,” said Austria. DMCI Homes’ net income contribution to DMCI Holdings declined 11 percent to P848 million in the first quarter of the year from P950 million on year due to a slowdown in revenue recognition. Jenniffer B. Austria

Alsons says Sarangani coal plant on track By Alena Mae S. Flores ALSONS Consolidated Resources Inc. is confident of completing the second unit of the coal-fired power plant of Sarangani Energy Corp. in Maasim, Sarangani province by the first quarter of next year. National Grid Corp. of the Philippines committed to connect the new unit to the transmission network. “They committed they will do the last mile... They agreed they will do it,” Alsons chairman Tomas Alcantara said over the weekend. The power plant will have the capacity to produce up to 210 MW of electricity for southern and south central Mindanao. The first 105-MW section of the plant began commercial operations in April 2016 while second 105-MW unit is expected to start operation in 2019. Alsons earlier cited the delays in installing the facilities in the NGCP Klinan substation that would connect the second unit to the grid. The second unit is set to be completed in the first quarter next year. Alsons chief financial officer Robert Yenko said the company programmed a capital expenditure budget of P9 billion this year, with the bulk to be spent for the completion of the second unit. “Around P9 billion for the group, bulk for power... This year we will be completing bulk of SEC 2. That should be around... P7 billion,” Yenko said. Yenko said the capex excluded some projects,including the 105-megawatt coal-fired plant of unit San Ramon Power Inc. and the 15-MW Siguil hydro project in Maasim, Sarangani, which are still due for construction late this year. Yenko said Alsons expects to sign the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Siguil hydro power plant in the third quarter, while the SRPI power plant is due to start construction in the last quarter.

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Summit hopes are revived after days of brinkmanship S EOUL―Plans for a landmark summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are moving “very nicely”, US President Donald Trump said Sunday, as the South’s leader said Kim told him the talks would be a historic opportunity to end decades of confrontation.

The latest conciliatory declarations capped a turbulent few days of diplomatic brinkmanship on the Korean Peninsula that had sent tensions soaring. Trump rattled the region on Thursday by can-

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celing a planned June 12 meeting with Kim in Singapore, citing “open hostility” from Pyongyang. But within 24 hours he reversed course, saying it could still go ahead after productive talks were held with North Korean ofﬁcials. “It’s moving along very nicely,” Trump told reporters late Saturday when asked for an update. “We’re looking at June 12 in Singapore. That hasn’t changed.” Trump’s unpredictability sparked a sudden and surprise meeting on Saturday between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in― only the fourth time leaders from the two countries have ever met―as they scrambled to get the talks back on track. Pictures showed them shaking hands and embracing on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two nations. Moon said Kim described the Singapore summit as a landmark opportunity to end de-

cades of confrontation. “He... expressed his intention to put an end to the history of war and confrontation through the success of the North-US summit and to cooperate for peace and prosperity,” Moon told reporters in Seoul on Sunday. Pyongyang’s state-run KCNA news agency said Kim “expressed his fixed will on the historic DPRK-US summit talks”, using the official abbreviation for North Korea. Kim said the two Koreas should “positively cooperate with each other as ever to improve the DPRK-U.S. relations and establish mechanism for permanent and durable peace,” KCNA added, saying South and North Korea would hold another round of “high-level” talks on June 1. Trump’s original decision to abandon the historic summit initially blindsided South Korea, which had been brokering a remarkable detente between Washington and Pyongyang and is desperate to avoid conflict breaking out. AFP

Rohingya braces for monsoon COX’S BAZAR―Marooned on a dusty slope in the world’s largest refugee camp, Osiur Rahman looked to the hill where a Rohingya girl was buried in a landslide just days earlier and contemplated his chances should the earth give way beneath his feet. “Our families would be killed. There are children everywhere around here. We constantly fear that rain could trigger a landslide,” the 53-year-old told AFP on the steep embankment where he lives with nine family members in a bamboo shack. For the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have ﬂed to southeast Bangladesh in the past nine months, the approaching monsoon season poses the most serious threat since they were violently expelled from

France weighs how it will return Africa’s plundered art PARIS-Half-man, half-beast, the tall African statues dominate a busy gallery in Paris’ Quai Branly museum. But few of the visitors are aware they are looking at what might be considered stolen goods. The three imposing wooden carvings were plundered by French troops in 1892 from the

kingdom of Dahomey―modernday Benin. “I came here to learn about how these objects were intended to be used, more than how they were brought here,” said Michael Fanning, a student from New Orleans, peering up at the statues. “But it does make me think we should give them back to who-

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ever made them.” From London to Berlin, Europe’s museums are packed with hundreds of thousands of colonial-era items. Increasingly, they are facing the awkward question of whether they should be there at all. The “Scramble for Africa”, as Europe’s 19th-century land grab

came to be known, brought with it a clamor for trinkets from conquered territories, so exotic to the eyes of the colonizers. Bought, bartered and in some cases simply stolen by soldiers, missionaries and anthropologists, they ended up in museums and private collections all over Europe. AFP

Black and white, rich and poor There is a gas stove. And people sleep on line/threshold as measure is a reinforcement mattresses. of this binary mindset. On level 3, there is running water and a When we see the world in black and white, refrigerator at home. Earning between$8 and rich and poor, we miss out on the develop$32, they can afford to buy a motorcycle to ments and progress. According to Rosling, move around easier. There is variety in food “in 1990, more than a third of the global consumed. Some kids may have started or population lived in extreme poverty, today even finished high school. There is some only about a tenth do.” There is an increasing money for small vacations. number of people living on level 2 and level On level 4, people make or spend more 3, the total of which accounts for 70 percent than $32 a day.They have completed at least of the world’s population. 12 years of school. At home, they have runIn the United States, the white population ning hot and cold water. A car is parked in is on a decline. According to census figures, the driveway. They take vacations once in a in the 1950s, whites accounted for about 90 while. This is essentially what people think percent of the nation’s population. But in the of what a “developed” world is. last 60 years, this figure has dropped to 60 The World Bank now uses a similar four- percent. Demographic projection predicts tiered system in classifying income levels. that whites will become a ‘minority’ in 2045. However, Rosling warned against generalShould we not change our lenses already? izations. In other words, if one does not belong to level 4, it does not follow that they’re Real Carpio So lectures at the Management miserable. and Organization Department of the Ramon The world was divided into the colonizers V. del Rosario College of Business of De La and the colonized. Natives were pictured as Salle University. He is an entrepreneur and a exotics, frequently unclothed. People of col- management consultant. Comments are welor were considered inferior and until today, comed at realwalksonwater@gmail.com. Arare often marginalized. Unlike whites, they chives can be accessed at realwalksonwater. have limited access to opportunities. As a re- wordpress.com. The views expressed above sult, their income is sharply lesser. are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect Sadly, the world is still divided between the official position of DLSU, its faculty and the haves and the have-nots. The perpetual its administrators. cliché that the poor are getting poorer and Republic of the Philippines Republicof ofthe thePhilippines Philippines Republic Department of Health the rich are getting Departmentof ofHealth Health Department CENTRAL OFFICE BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE richer is proof. The CENTRALOFFICE OFFICEBIDS BIDSAND ANDAWARDS AWARDSCOMMITTEE COMMITTEE CENTRAL use of the poverty IInvItatIon to BId for nvItatIonto toB BIdIdfor for InvItatIon

Black and white IN the early 19th century, Samuel Morton collected skulls. Filling the skulls with pepper seeds, the doctor was able to ascertain the volume of the brain case. He then classified the sizes into five human groups, the intelligences of which correlates with the size of the skulls. Morton claimed that Caucasians had the highest intelligence, followed by East Asians, then the Southeast Asians, and the native Americans. The group that had the smallest skull size ranked lowest. He called them “Ethiopians, ” or the Blacks. At one time in American history, this classification was used to justify slavery. In the April 2018 issue of National Geographic, writer Elizabeth Kolbert explains that “race is not a biological construct,” rather, it is a “social construct that can have devastating effects.” According to her, “(s)o many horrors of the past few centuries can be traced to the idea that one race is inferior to another.” For her ongoing project “Humanae,” artist Angelica Dass travelled to 18 countries and took 4,000 portraits. She then matched the skin colors of her subjects with the Pantone Color Matching System. The results show that nobody is ‘black,’ and absolutely nobody is ‘white.’ Rich and poor Bill Gates says he talks about “the developed and developing world all the time.” He realized he shouldn’t. In his very re- REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Floor of the Manhattan Parkview Floorofofthe theManhattan ManhattanParkview Parkview REPUBLICOF OFTHE THEPHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES Floor REGIONAL TRIAL COURT cent blog, Gates re- REPUBLIC Tower 3, located Araneta REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Tower 3, 3, located located ininin Araneta Araneta REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Tower NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION Center, Cubao, Quezon City, NATIONALCAPITAL CAPITALJUDICIAL JUDICIALREGION REGION Center, NATIONAL fers to the book of OFFICE Center, Cubao, Cubao, Quezon Quezon City, City, OF THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF OFFICEOF OFTHE THEEX-OFFICIO EX-OFFICIOSHERIFF SHERIFF Philippines, consisting of Thirty OFFICE QUEZON CITY Philippines,consisting consistingofofThirty Thirty Philippines, his late friend Hans QUEZON CITY QUEZON CITY Four Square Meters (34.00) Four Square Square Meters Meters (34.00) (34.00) Four BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC. Rosling In Factfull- BPI more or less.” BPIFAMILY FAMILYSAVINGS SAVINGSBANK, BANK,INC. INC. more moreor orless.” less.” Mortgagee/s, In the diagrammatic floor Mortgagee/s, In ness: Ten Reasons Mortgagee/s, In the the diagrammatic diagrammatic floor floor plan appended to the enabling plan appended appended to to the the enabling enabling plan We’re Wrong About -versus-versusFRE NO. 12210 -versusFRENO. NO.12210 12210 or master deed of the FRE master deed deed ofof the the oror master The World—And condominium project annotated condominiumproject projectannotated annotated SPS. DANNY B. ONGMANCHI condominium SPS.DANNY DANNYB.B.ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI on Transfer Certificate of Title Why Things Are Bet- SPS. on Transfer Transfer Certificate Certificate ofof Title Title AND EVANGELINE U. on ANDEVANGELINE EVANGELINEU. U. N-302952; N-302953 which ONGMANCHI BY DANILO B. N-302952; N-302953 N-302953 which which ter Than You Think. AND N-302952; ONGMANCHIBY BYDANILO DANILOB. B. ONGMANCHI embraces and describes the ONGMANCHI (AIF) A.K.A. DANILO embraces and and describes describes the the ONGMANCHI(AIF) (AIF)A.K.A. A.K.A.DANILO DANILO embraces Rosling states that the ONGMANCHI land located at Araneta Center ONGMANCHI, landlocated locatedat atAraneta AranetaCenter Center land ONGMANCHI, ONGMANCHI, Commercial Complex, Cubao, binary labels of deMortgagor/s, Commercial Complex, Complex, Cubao, Cubao, Mortgagor/s, Commercial Mortgagor/s, Quezon City with an area of x-----------------------------------------x Quezon City City with with an an area area of of veloping/developed x-----------------------------------------x x-----------------------------------------x Quezon Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL TwelveThousand ThousandEight EightHundred Hundred NOTICE OF OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXTRA-JUDICIAL Twelve and poor/rich coun- NOTICE Seventy Six (12,876) square SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Seventy Six Six (12,876) (12,876) square square Seventy SALEOF OFREAL REALPROPERTY PROPERTY SALE meter. xxx xxx xxx” tries are “outdated” UNDER ACT 3135 (AS AMENDED) meter.xxx xxxxxx xxxxxx” xxx” UNDERACT ACT3135 3135(AS (ASAMENDED) AMENDED) meter. UNDER and “meaningless.” UPON extra-Judicial petition All sealed bids must be All sealed sealed bids bids must must be be UPON extra-Judicial extra-Judicial petition petition All UPON submitted to the undersigned Using this classifica- under under ACT 3135, as amended by submitted to to the the undersigned undersigned underACT ACT3135, 3135,as asamended amendedby by submitted at the aforesaid Office on the ACT 4118, and pursuant to the the aforesaid aforesaid Office Office on on the the tion, China, most of ACT ACT 4118, 4118, and and pursuant pursuant toto the the atat the above stated date and time. terms and conditions of the Deed abovestated stateddate dateand andtime. time. termsand andconditions conditionsof ofthe theDeed Deed above the African states, and terms Interested parties are hereby of Real Estate Mortgage executed Interested parties parties are are hereby hereby ofReal RealEstate EstateMortgage Mortgageexecuted executed Interested enjoined to investigate for the Philippines will ofon on November 19, 2013 by enjoined to to investigate investigate for for on November November 19, 19, 2013 2013 by by enjoined themselves the title/s to the SPS. DANNY B. ONGMANCHI themselves the the title/s title/s toto the the be lumped together SPS. SPS. DANNY DANNY B.B. ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI themselves said property/ies and the AND EVANGELINE U. said property/ies property/ies and and the the AND EVANGELINE EVANGELINE U.U. said in a group. He offers AND encumbrances thereon, there ONGMANCHI BY DANILO B. encumbrancesthereon, thereon,ifififthere there ONGMANCHI BY BY DANILO DANILO B. B. encumbrances be any. a framework that de- ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI (AIF) A.K.A. beany. any. ONGMANCHI (AIF) (AIF) A.K.A. A.K.A. be ONGMANCHI DANILO ONGMANCHI 53 scribes and classifies DANILO the event that public auction DANILO ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI ––– 53 53 In theevent eventthat thatpublic publicauction auction InInthe J.P. Rizal Extension, Comembo, not take place on said J.P. Rizal Rizal Extension, Extension, Comembo, Comembo, should world income into J.P. should not not take take place place on on said said should Makati City / Unit No. 21S, date due to fortuitous event or Makati City / Unit No. 21S, Makati City / Unit No. 21S, st date due due toto fortuitous fortuitous event event or or four levels. He says 21 date Floor (with Balcony), The st same be declared a nonFloor (with (with Balcony), Balcony), The The ifif the 21st Floor 21 thesame samebe bedeclared declaredaanonnonif the Manhattan Parkview Tower 3, that this is more use- Manhattan holiday, it shall be held Manhattan Parkview Parkview Tower Tower 3,3, working workingholiday, holiday,ititshall shallbe beheld held working Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon JUNE 26, 2018 at the same Araneta Center, Center, Cubao, Cubao, Quezon Quezon on ful and accurate. Araneta onJUNE JUNE26, 26,2018 2018at atthe thesame same on City, Mortgagor/s inin favor of time and place without further City, Mortgagor/s favor of City, Mortgagor/s in favor of time and and place place without without further further On level 1, there BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, time BPI FAMILY FAMILY SAVINGS SAVINGS BANK, BANK, notice. notice. notice. INC., Mortgagee/s to satisfy the is extreme poverty. BPI INC., Mortgagee/s Mortgagee/s to to satisfy satisfy the the INC., Quezon City, Metro Manila, mortgage debt the amount Quezon City, City, Metro Metro Manila, Manila, Most people survive mortgage mortgage debt debt ininin the the amount amount Quezon MAY 10, 2018. of PP 1,378,159.35 as of April MAY10, 10,2018. 2018. MAY of 1,378,159.35 as of April of P 1,378,159.35 as of April with less than $2 a 17, 2018 inclusive of interest, 17, 2018 2018 inclusive inclusive ofof interest, interest, (Sgd.) GREGORIO C. TALLUD (Sgd.)GREGORIO GREGORIOC.C.TALLUD TALLUD day and get around 17, penalties, and other charges, the (Sgd.) of Court VII Ex-Officio penalties,and andother othercharges, charges,the the Clerk penalties, Clerkof ofCourt CourtVII VII&&&Ex-Officio Ex-Officio Clerk Ex-Officio Sheriff of the Regional Sheriff by walking barefoot. Ex-Officio Ex-OfficioSheriff Sheriffofofthe theRegional Regional Sheriff Sheriff Trial Court of Quezon City and/ WARNING: Trial Court Court of of Quezon Quezon City City and/ and/ WARNING: Food is cooked over Trial ItWARNING: absolutely prohibited to remove, or his duly authorized Deputy Itisisisabsolutely absolutely prohibited remove, prohibited toto remove, or his his duly duly authorized authorized Deputy Deputy Itdeface, or or destroy this Notice of deface, or or destroy destroy this the Notice an open fire, and Sheriff, Sheriff, hereby announces that this Notice ofofof Sheriff’s Sale on or before date Sheriff, hereby hereby announces announces that that deface, Sheriff’s Sale on or before the date Sheriff’s Sale under on or before the date ofof on JUNE 19, 2018, between the Auction Sale penalty of the law. water is stored in a ononJUNE JUNE19, 19,2018, 2018,between betweenthe the Auction AuctionSale Saleunder underpenalty penaltyofofthe thelaw. law. hours of 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., hours of of9:00 9:00A.M. A.M.to to4:00 4:00P.M., P.M., Copy Furnished: bucket and has to hours at the Office of the Clerk of Court Copy Furnished: Copy Furnished: theOffice Officeofofthe theClerk ClerkofofCourt Court BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC. BPIFAMILY FAMILYSAVINGS SAVINGSBANK, BANK,INC. INC. be fetched at a great at&at& the Ex-Officio Sheriff, Regional 14th Floor BPI Building, Ayala Avenue Ex-Officio Sheriff, Sheriff, Regional Regional BPI & Ex-Officio 14thFloor FloorBPI BPIBuilding, Building,Ayala AyalaAvenue Avenue 14th Trial Court, Hall of Justice Bldg., corner Paseo de Roxas Street, distance. At night, Trial TrialCourt, Court,Hall HallofofJustice JusticeBldg., Bldg., corner cornerPaseo Paseode deRoxas RoxasStreet, Street, Makati City Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon MakatiCity City Elliptical Road, Road, Diliman, Diliman, Quezon Quezon Makati people sleep on the Elliptical City, will SELL at public auction to City, will SELL at public auction to City, will SELL at public auction to SPS. DANNY B. ONGMANCHI AND ground. SPS.DANNY DANNYB. B.ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHIAND AND the highest bidder and for cash, in SPS. U. ONGMANCHI thehighest highestbidder bidderand andfor forcash, cash,inin EVANGELINE EVANGELINEU. U.ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI EVANGELINE Philippine Currency, the following On level 2, people the BY DANILO B. ONGMANCHI (AIF) PhilippineCurrency, Currency,the thefollowing following BY Philippine BYDANILO DANILOB.B.ONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI(AIF) (AIF) A.K.A. DANILO ONGMANCHI described real property/ies with A.K.A.DANILO DANILOONGMANCHI ONGMANCHI described real real property/ies property/ies with with A.K.A. earn between $2 and described 53 J.P. Rizal Extension, Comembo, all the improvements existing 53J.P. J.P.Rizal RizalExtension, Extension,Comembo, Comembo, 53 all the improvements existing all the improvements existing Makati City $8. They can afford thereon, to wit MakatiCity City Makati thereon,totowit wit thereon, to buy shoes, and CONDOMINIUM Unit No. 21S, 21st Floor (with CERTIFICATE UnitNo. No.21S, 21S,21st 21stFloor Floor(with (with CONDOMINIUMCERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE Unit CONDOMINIUM Balcony), The Manhattan Parkview OF TITLE NO. 004-2015000598 perhaps a bicycle. In- OF Balcony),The TheManhattan ManhattanParkview Parkview OFTITLE TITLENO. NO.004-2015000598 004-2015000598 Balcony), Tower 3, Araneta Center, Cubao, Tower3,3,Araneta AranetaCenter, Center,Cubao, Cubao, Registry of Deeds-Quezon City Tower Registry of Deeds-Quezon City Quezon City stead of working all Registry of Deeds-Quezon City Quezon QuezonCity City “Unit No. 21S situated the 21st (MStandard-May 21, 28 & June 4, 2018) day, kids go to school. “Unit “UnitNo. No.21S 21Ssituated situatedinininthe the21st 21st (MStandard-May (MStandard-May21, 21,2828&&June June4,4,2018) 2018)

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1. The Department of Health (DOH), through the General Appropriations Act of 2018 TheDepartment Departmentof ofHealth Health(DOH), (DOH),through throughthe theGeneral GeneralAppropriations AppropriationsAct Actof of2018 2018 1.1. The intends to apply the sum of Thirty Million Eight Hundred Thousand Philippine intends to to apply apply the the sum sum of of Thirty Thirty Million Million Eight Eight Hundred Hundred Thousand Thousand Philippine Philippine intends Pesos and Forty Centavos (PhP30,800,000.40) being the Approved Budget for the Pesosand andForty FortyCentavos Centavos(PhP30,800,000.40) (PhP30,800,000.40)being beingthe theApproved ApprovedBudget Budgetfor forthe the Pesos Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Procurement of Amlodipine Contract(ABC) (ABC)to topayments paymentsunder underthe thecontract contractfor forthe theProcurement Procurementof ofAmlodipine Amlodipine Contract 5mg Tabletunder IB No. 2018-263. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be 5mg Tabletunder Tabletunder IB IB No. No. 2018-263. 2018-263. Bids Bids received received inin excess excess ofof the theABC ABC shall shall be be 5mg automatically rejected at bid opening. automaticallyrejected rejectedat atbid bidopening. opening. automatically 2. The DOH now invites bids for the procurement of the above-captioned project. The DOH DOH now now invites invites bids bids for for the the procurement procurement of of the the above-captioned above-captioned project. project. 2.2. The Delivery of the Goods is required within the period specified under Section VI. Delivery of of the the Goods Goods is is required required within within the the period period specified specified under under Section Section VI. VI. Delivery Schedule of Requirements. Bidders should have completed, within two years Schedule ofof Requirements. Requirements. Bidders Bidders should should have have completed, completed, within within two two years years Schedule from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project, fromthe thedate dateofofsubmission submissionand andreceipt receiptofofbids, bids,aacontract contractsimilar similartotothe theProject, Project, from equivalent to at least twenty five percent (25%) of the ABC. The description of an equivalentto toat atleast leasttwenty twentyfive fivepercent percent(25%) (25%)of ofthe theABC. ABC.The Thedescription descriptionof ofan an equivalent eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. eligible bidder bidder is is contained contained in in the the Bidding Bidding Documents, Documents, particularly, particularly, in in Section Section II. II. eligible Instructions to Bidders. InstructionstotoBidders. Bidders. Instructions 3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using Bidding will will be be conducted conducted through through open open competitive competitive bidding bidding procedures procedures using using aaa 3.3. Bidding non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised Implementing non-discretionary“pass/fail” “pass/fail”criterion criterionas asspecified specifiedin inthe the2016 2016Revised RevisedImplementing Implementing non-discretionary Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Rulesand andRegulations Regulations(IRR) (IRR)ofofRepublic RepublicAct Act(RA) (RA)9184, 9184,otherwise otherwiseknown knownas asthe the Rules “Government Procurement Reform Act”. “GovernmentProcurement ProcurementReform ReformAct”. Act”. “Government Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or Bidding is is restricted restricted to to Filipino Filipino citizens/sole citizens/sole proprietorships, proprietorships, partnerships, partnerships, or or Bidding organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock organizationswith withat atleast leastsixty sixtypercent percent(60%) (60%)interest interestor oroutstanding outstandingcapital capitalstock stock organizations belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country belongingtotocitizens citizensofofthe thePhilippines, Philippines,and andtotocitizens citizensor ororganizations organizationsofofaacountry country belonging the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, thelaws lawsor orregulations regulationsof ofwhich whichgrant grantsimilar similarrights rightsor orprivileges privilegesto toFilipino Filipinocitizens, citizens, the pursuant to RA 5183. pursuantto toRA RA5183. 5183. pursuant 4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from COBAC Secretariat, Ground Interestedbidders biddersmay mayobtain obtainfurther furtherinformation informationfrom fromCOBAC COBACSecretariat, Secretariat,Ground Ground 4.4. Interested Floor, Building 6, Department of Health, San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue, Sta. Floor,Building Building6, 6,Department Departmentof ofHealth, Health,San SanLazaro LazaroCompound, Compound,Rizal RizalAvenue, Avenue,Sta. Sta. Floor, Cruz, Manila and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Cruz, Manila and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during Cruz, Manila andPM, inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during 8:00 AM – 5:00 Monday to Friday. 8:00AM AM––5:00 5:00PM, PM,Monday MondaytotoFriday. Friday. 8:00 5. AAcomplete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on 28 completeset setof ofBidding BiddingDocuments Documentsmay maybe beacquired acquiredby byinterested interestedBidders Bidderson on28 28 5.5. AMay complete 19 June 2018from the address below and upon payment of the applicable May–––19 19June June2018from 2018fromthe theaddress addressbelow belowand andupon uponpayment paymentof ofthe theapplicable applicable May fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the fee for for the the Bidding Bidding Documents, Documents, pursuant pursuant toto the the latest latest Guidelines Guidelines issued issued by by the the fee GPPB, in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Philippine Pesos (PhP25,000.00). GPPB,in inthe theamount amountof ofTwenty TwentyFive FiveThousand ThousandPhilippine PhilippinePesos Pesos(PhP25,000.00). (PhP25,000.00). GPPB, ItIt may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine may also also be be downloaded downloaded free free ofof charge charge from from the the website website ofof the the Philippine Philippine ItGovernment may Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Government Electronic Electronic Procurement Procurement System System (PhilGEPS) (PhilGEPS) and and the the website website of of the the Government Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding ProcuringEntity, Entity,provided providedthat thatBidders Biddersshall shallpay paythe theapplicable applicablefee feefor forthe theBidding Bidding Procuring Documents not later than the submission of their bids. Documentsnot notlater laterthan thanthe thesubmission submissionofoftheir theirbids. bids. Documents 6. The DOH will hold Pre-Bid Conference on 05 June 2018, 10:00 AM at COBAC TheDOH DOHwill willhold holdaaaPre-Bid Pre-BidConference Conferenceon on05 05June June2018, 2018,10:00 10:00AM AMat atCOBAC COBAC 6.6. The Conference Room, Ground Floor, Building 6, Department of Health, San Lazaro ConferenceRoom, Room,Ground GroundFloor, Floor,Building Building6, 6,Department Departmentof ofHealth, Health,San SanLazaro Lazaro Conference Compound, Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila,which shall beopen to prospective Compound, Rizal Rizal Avenue, Avenue, Sta. Sta. Cruz, Cruz, Manila,which Manila,which shall shall beopen beopen toto prospective prospective Compound, bidders. bidders. bidders. 7. Bids must be duly received by the COBAC-A Secretariat at the address below on Bidsmust mustbe beduly dulyreceived receivedby bythe theCOBAC-A COBAC-ASecretariat Secretariatat atthe theaddress addressbelow belowon on 7.7. Bids or before 19 June 2018, 9:00 AM. All Bids must be accompanied by bid security orbefore before19 19June June2018, 2018,9:00 9:00AM. AM.All AllBids Bidsmust mustbe beaccompanied accompaniedby byaaabid bidsecurity security or in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. anyofofthe theacceptable acceptableforms formsand andininthe theamount amountstated statedininITB ITBClause Clause18. 18. ininany Bid opening shall be on 19 June 2018, 9:00 AM at COBAC Conference Room, Bid opening opening shall shall be be on on 19 19 June June 2018, 2018, 9:00 9:00AM AM at at COBAC COBAC Conference Conference Room, Room, Bid Ground Floor, Building 6, Department of Health, San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Ground Floor, Floor, Building Building 6, 6, Department Department of of Health, Health, San San Lazaro Lazaro Compound, Compound, Rizal Rizal Ground Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be representativeswho whochoose choosetotoattend attendatatthe theaddress addressbelow. below.Late Latebids bidsshall shallnot notbe be representatives accepted. accepted. accepted. 8. The DOH reserves the right toreject any and all bids, declare failure of bidding, TheDOH DOHreserves reservesthe theright righttoreject torejectany anyand andall allbids, bids,declare declareaaafailure failureof ofbidding, bidding, 8.8. The or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award in accordance with ornot notaward awardthe thecontract contractat atany anytime timeprior priorto tocontract contractaward awardin inaccordance accordancewith with or Section 41 of RA 9184 and its IRR, without thereby incurring any liability to the Section41 41ofofRA RA9184 9184and andits itsIRR, IRR,without withoutthereby therebyincurring incurringany anyliability liabilityto tothe the Section affected bidder or bidders. affectedbidder bidderor orbidders. bidders. affected 9. For further information, please refer to: Forfurther furtherinformation, information,please pleaserefer referto: to: 9.9. For COBAC-A Secretariat COBAC-A Secretariat COBAC-A Secretariat Department of Health DepartmentofofHealth Health Department San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue, SanLazaro LazaroCompound, Compound,Rizal RizalAvenue, Avenue, San Sta. Cruz, Manila Sta.Cruz, Cruz,Manila Manila Sta. Tel. Nos.: 651-7800 local 1600-1601; 1624-1627; 1649-1652 Tel. Nos.: 651-7800 local 1600-1601; 1624-1627;1649-1652 1649-1652 Tel. Nos.: 651-7800 local 1600-1601; 1624-1627; Direct Line: 741-9775 DirectLine: Line:741-9775 741-9775 Direct Facsimile No.:740-6830/711-6061 FacsimileNo.:740-6830/711-6061 No.:740-6830/711-6061 Facsimile (SGD) NESTOR F. SANTIAGO, JR., MD, MPHC, MHSA, CESO III (SGD)NESTOR NESTORF. F.SANTIAGO, SANTIAGO,JR., JR.,MD, MD,MPHC, MPHC,MHSA, MHSA,CESO CESOIII III (SGD) Assistant Secretary of Health AssistantSecretary Secretaryof ofHealth Health Assistant COBAC-A Chairperson COBAC-AChairperson Chairperson COBAC-A

(MS-MAY 28, 2018) (MS-MAY28, 28,2018) 2018) (MS-MAY

Myanmar. Close to one million of the stateless Muslim minority live in the Cox’s Bazar district but the new arrivals, stranded on unstable hills in bamboo and plastic shacks, are especially vulnerable. A massive operation to shore up the camps against disaster is in overdrive, with bulldozers levelling hills and refugees bunkering down however they can. But as the rains approach, the young girl’s death this month in a torrent of mud and rock has heightened fears of a much greater tragedy. There is a dearth of safe land to relocate the estimated 200,000 refugees in direct danger of ﬂoods and landslides, and just 21,000 have been moved so far. AFP

BATAC WATER DISTRICT BATACWATER WATERDISTRICT DISTRICT BATAC INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO SUBMIT COMPARATIVE INVITATIONTO TOAPPLY APPLYFOR FORELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITYAND ANDTO TOSUBMIT SUBMITCOMPARATIVE COMPARATIVE INVITATION PROPOSALS (IAESP) PROPOSALS(IAESP) (IAESP) PROPOSALS The Batac Water District (BWD), created pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 198, as The Batac Batac Water Water District District (BWD), (BWD), created created pursuant pursuant to to Presidential Presidential Decree Decree No. No. 198, 198, as as The amended, otherwise known as the Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973, received an amended, otherwise otherwise known known as as the the Provincial Provincial Water Water Utilities Utilities Act Act of of 1973, 1973, received received an an amended, unsolicited proposal from the Original Proponent for the Financing, Development, unsolicited proposal proposal from from the the Original Original Proponent Proponent for for the the Financing, Financing, Development, Development, unsolicited Rehabilitation, Expansion, Improvement, Operation and Maintenance of the Water Rehabilitation, Expansion, Expansion, Improvement, Improvement, Operation Operation and and Maintenance Maintenance of of the the Water Water Rehabilitation, Supply and Septage System of the Batac Water District. Supplyand andSeptage SeptageSystem Systemof ofthe theBatac BatacWater WaterDistrict. District. Supply Pursuant to the 2013 Guidelines issued by the National Economic Development Authority Pursuanttotothe the2013 2013Guidelines Guidelinesissued issuedby bythe theNational NationalEconomic EconomicDevelopment DevelopmentAuthority Authority Pursuant under Section of Executive Order No. 423 dated 30 April 2005, negotiations ensued under Section Section 888 of of Executive Executive Order Order No. No. 423 423 dated dated 30 30 April April 2005, 2005, negotiations negotiations ensued ensued under between BWD and Original Proponent on the JV Proposal. Subsequently, an agreement between BWD and Original Proponent on the JV Proposal. Subsequently, an agreement between BWDbetween and Original Proponent onProponent the JV Proposal. Subsequently, anjoint agreement was reached BWD and Original to form an unincorporated venture wasreached reachedbetween betweenBWD BWDand andOriginal OriginalProponent Proponenttotoform forman anunincorporated unincorporatedjoint jointventure venture was to undertake the JV Project. undertakethe theJV JVProject. Project. totoundertake In compliance with the Board Resolution No. 08 series of 2018 the BWD, through its Joint Incompliance compliancewith withthe theBoard BoardResolution ResolutionNo. No.08 08series seriesof of2018 2018the theBWD, BWD,through throughits itsJoint Joint In Venture Selection Committee (JVSC), invites Interested Private Proponent/s (IPPs) to Venture Selection Selection Committee Committee (JVSC), (JVSC), invites invites Interested Interested Private Private Proponent/s Proponent/s (IPPs) (IPPs) to to Venture challenge the JV Proposal by submitting comparative proposals for the following: challenge the JV Proposal by submitting comparative proposals for the following: challenge the JV Proposal by submitting comparative proposals for the following: NAME OF PROJECT: NAMEOF OFPROJECT: PROJECT: NAME

LOCATION OF LOCATION OF LOCATION OF PROJECT: PROJECT: PPROJECT: R O JJ EE C T P R O C PDESCRIPTION: R O J E C TT DESCRIPTION: DESCRIPTION:

FINANCING, DEVELOPMENT, REHABILITATION, EXPANSION, FINANCING, DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT,AND REHABILITATION, EXPANSION, FINANCING, REHABILITATION, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT,OPERATION MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENT,OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENT,OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER SUPPLY AND SEPTAGE SYSTEM OF THE BATAC WATER WATER SUPPLY AND SEPTAGE SYSTEM OF THE BATAC WATER WATER SUPPLY AND SEPTAGE SYSTEM OF THE BATAC WATER DISTRICT DISTRICT DISTRICT Batac, Ilocos Norte Batac,Ilocos IlocosNorte Norte Batac, The project involves a joint venture undertaking between the BWD The project involves joint venturefor undertaking between theBWD BWD The project involves aajoint venture undertaking between the and the Winning Private Proponent the Financing, Development, andthe theWinning Winning PrivateProponent Proponent forthe the Financing, Development, and Private for Financing, Development, Rehabilitation, Expansion, Improvement, Operation and Maintenance Rehabilitation, Expansion, Improvement, Operation and Maintenance Rehabilitation, Expansion, Improvement, Operation and Maintenance of the Water Supply and Septage Management Facilities of the BWD. theWater WaterSupply Supplyand andSeptage SeptageManagement ManagementFacilities Facilitiesof ofthe theBWD. BWD. ofofthe

Applications for eligibility shall be evaluated based on non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion. Applicationsfor foreligibility eligibilityshall shallbe beevaluated evaluatedbased basedon onaaanon-discretionary non-discretionary“pass/fail” “pass/fail”criterion. criterion. Applications An IPP shall be considered eligible upon compliance with the following minimum qualification AnIPP IPPshall shallbe beconsidered consideredeligible eligibleupon uponcompliance compliancewith withthe thefollowing followingminimum minimumqualification qualification An requirements: requirements: requirements: 1. TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY TECHNICALELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY 1.1. TECHNICAL 1.1 The IPP must be either of the following: 1.1 The TheIPP IPPmust mustbe beeither eitherof ofthe thefollowing: following: 1.1 a. A duly licensed sole proprietorship owned by Filipino citizen; or dulylicensed licensedsole soleproprietorship proprietorshipowned ownedby byaaaFilipino Filipinocitizen; citizen;or or a.a. AAduly b. A partnership or corporation created pursuant to the Corporation Code of the Apartnership partnershipor orcorporation corporationcreated createdpursuant pursuanttotothe theCorporation CorporationCode Codeof ofthe the b.b. APhilippines and registered with the SEC. Philippinesand andregistered registeredwith withthe theSEC. SEC. Philippines c. A Consortium of two or more entities with at least sixty percent (60%) of both AConsortium Consortiumofoftwo twoor ormore moreentities entitieswith withatatleast leastsixty sixtypercent percent(60%) (60%)ofofboth both c.c. Avoting and non-voting interest in the said Consortium being owned and held, votingand andnon-voting non-votinginterest interestin inthe thesaid saidConsortium Consortiumbeing beingowned ownedand andheld, held, voting by citizens of the Philippines and/or by Philippine registered corporations at bycitizens citizensof ofthe thePhilippines Philippinesand/or and/orby byPhilippine Philippineregistered registeredcorporations corporationsat at by least sixty percent (60%) of both the total number of outstanding shares of leastsixty sixtypercent percent(60%) (60%)of ofboth boththe thetotal totalnumber numberof ofoutstanding outstandingshares sharesof of least stock, whether or not entitled to vote in the election of directors are owned by stock,whether whetheror ornot notentitled entitledtotovote voteininthe theelection electionofofdirectors directorsare areowned ownedby by stock, Philippine nationals. Philippinenationals. nationals. Philippine 1.2 The nationality of the IPP shall be determined via the Grandfather Rule. 1.2 The Thenationality nationalityof ofthe theIPP IPPshall shallbe bedetermined determinedvia viathe theGrandfather GrandfatherRule. Rule. 1.2 1.3. IfIf the IPP is aa Consortium, each member of the Consortium must be disclosed 1.3. the IPP is Consortium, each member of the Consortium must be disclosed disclosed 1.3. Ifduring the IPP is a Consortium,stage eachand member of the Consortium must be be the pre-qualification the Lead Member thereof must specifically duringthe thepre-qualification pre-qualificationstage stageand andthe theLead LeadMember Memberthereof thereofmust mustbe bespecifically specifically during identified. For this purpose, the Lead member must have at least fifty one percent identified. For Forthis thispurpose, purpose,the theLead Leadmember membermust musthave haveatatleast leastfifty fiftyone onepercent percent identified. (51%) equity interest in the Consortium, and the total percentage interest of all (51%) equity equity interest interest in in the the Consortium, Consortium, and and the the total total percentage percentage interest interest of of all all (51%) Consortium Members must be one hundred percent (100%). ConsortiumMembers Membersmust mustbe beone onehundred hundredpercent percent(100%). (100%). Consortium 1.4. The IPP or each Consortium member must execute Omnibus Sworn Statement. 1.4.The TheIPP IPPor oreach eachConsortium Consortiummember membermust mustexecute executeOmnibus OmnibusSworn SwornStatement. Statement. 1.4. 2. TECHNICAL ELIGIBILITY TECHNICALELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY 2.2. TECHNICAL 2.1. The IPP must have completed project similar or related to the JV activity whose 2.1.The TheIPP IPPmust musthave havecompleted completedaaaproject projectsimilar similaror orrelated relatedto tothe theJV JVactivity activitywhose whose 2.1. value, adjusted to current prices using the National Statistics Office (NSO) value, adjusted adjusted to to current current prices prices using using the the National National Statistics Statistics Office Office (NSO) (NSO) value, Consumer Price Index (CPI), must be at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost Consumer Price Index (CPI), must be at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost Consumer Price Index (CPI), must be at process least fiftywithin percent (50%) of period the cost of the JV activity subject of the selection the relevant as of the the JV JV activity activity subject subject of of the the selection selection process process within within the the relevant relevant period period as as of determined by the BWD. For the avoidance of doubt, cost of the JV Project pertains determinedby bythe theBWD. BWD.For Forthe theavoidance avoidanceofofdoubt, doubt,cost costofofthe theJV JVProject Projectpertains pertains determined to the amount of contribution of BWD and the Original Proponent representing the tothe theamount amountofofcontribution contributionofofBWD BWDand andthe theOriginal OriginalProponent Proponentrepresenting representingthe the to present value of capital expenditures. For this project, the cost of the JV Project is presentvalue valueof ofcapital capitalexpenditures. expenditures. For Forthis thisproject, project,the thecost costof ofthe theJV JVProject Projectis is present equal to Two Hundred Five Million Seven Hundred Fifteen Thousand One Hundred equalto toTwo TwoHundred HundredFive FiveMillion MillionSeven SevenHundred HundredFifteen FifteenThousand ThousandOne OneHundred Hundred equal Seventy Pesos (PhP 205,715,170.00). SeventyPesos Pesos(PhP (PhP205,715,170.00). 205,715,170.00). Seventy 3. FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY FINANCIALELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITY 3.3. FINANCIAL 3.1. The IPP should have the capability to finance the completion of the entire JV Project 3.1.The TheIPP IPPshould shouldhave havethe thecapability capabilityto tofinance financethe thecompletion completionof ofthe theentire entireJV JVProject Project 3.1. evidenced by financial documents to be submitted and will form as an integral part evidencedby byfinancial financialdocuments documentsto tobe besubmitted submittedand andwill willform formas asan anintegral integralpart part evidenced of the Financial Proposal. theFinancial FinancialProposal. Proposal. ofofthe 3.2 letter from domestic universal/commercial bank, or an international bank with 3.2 AAAletter letterfrom fromaaadomestic domesticuniversal/commercial universal/commercialbank, bank,or oran aninternational internationalbank bankwith with 3.2 aa subsidiary/branch in the Philippines, or any international bank recognized by subsidiary/branch in in the the Philippines, Philippines, or or any any international international bank bank recognized recognized by by athe subsidiary/branch Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), attesting that the IPP is one of its current theBangko BangkoSentral Sentralng ngPilipinas Pilipinas(BSP), (BSP),attesting attestingthat thatthe theIPP IPPisisone oneofofits itscurrent current the clients, and is in good financial standing. clients, and is in good financial standing. clients, and is in good financial standing. 4. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ARE SPECIFIED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS ADDITIONALELIGIBILITY ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA CRITERIAARE ARESPECIFIED SPECIFIEDIN INTHE THEINSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS 4.4. ADDITIONAL TO IPPS TOIPPS IPPS TO Only those lPPs that are deemed eligible shall be entitled to submit Comparative Onlythose thoselPPs lPPsthat thatare aredeemed deemedeligible eligibleshall shallbe beentitled entitledto tosubmit submitComparative Comparative Only Proposals, which must be in accordance with instructions contained in the Request Proposals,which whichmust mustbe bein inaccordance accordancewith withinstructions instructionscontained containedin inthe theRequest Request Proposals, for Proposal Documents (RFP Documents). forProposal ProposalDocuments Documents(RFP (RFPDocuments). Documents). for The JVSC shall evaluate the proposals using the Quality Based Evaluation/Selection (QBE/ TheJVSC JVSCshall shallevaluate evaluatethe theproposals proposalsusing usingthe theQuality QualityBased BasedEvaluation/Selection Evaluation/Selection(QBE/ (QBE/ The QBS) procedure. The criteria and rating system for the evaluation of the proposals shall be QBS)procedure. procedure.The Thecriteria criteriaand andrating ratingsystem systemfor forthe theevaluation evaluationof ofthe theproposals proposalsshall shallbe be QBS) provided in the Instructions to Interested Private Proponent/s (IIPPs). provided in the Instructions to Interested Private Proponent/s (IIPPs). provided in the Instructions to Interested Private Proponent/s (IIPPs). The following procedures, schedules and instructions shall be strictly observed: Thefollowing followingprocedures, procedures,schedules schedulesand andinstructions instructionsshall shallbe bestrictly strictlyobserved: observed: The SCHEDULE (using SCHEDULE (using A D D O N A SCHEDULE (using Philippine Standard AD DD D III TTT III O ON NA A LLL Philippine Standard A INSTRUCTIONS Philippine Standard Time) INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS Time) Time) 1. Publication May 28, 2018 Publication May28, 28,2018 2018 1.1. Publication May 2. Posting May 28 to June 4, 2018 2. Posting May 28 to June 2018 2. Posting May 28 to June 4,4,2018 The Eligibility Documents 3. Purchase of Eligibility Documents for The Eligibility Eligibility Documents The Documents Eligibility Documents for may be purchased ONLY 3.3. Purchase ofofEligibility Documents for aPurchase non-refundable fee One Hundred may the be BWD-JVSC purchased ONLY ONLY may be purchased a non-refundable fee One Hundred May 28 to June 08, 2018 from at the aThousand non-refundable fee One Hundred May Pesos (PhP100,000.00), May 28 to June 08, 2018 from the BWD-JVSC the 28 to June 08, 2018 from the BWD-JVSC atat the Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000.00), (from 8:00am to 3:00pm) BWD Office, Government Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000.00), in cash or Managers’ Check payable (from8:00am 8:00amtoto3:00pm) 3:00pm) BWD BWD Office, Office, Government (from Government in cash or Managers’ Check payable Center, Brgy. Quiling Sur, in cash orWater Managers’ Check payable to Batac District Center, Brgy. Quiling Sur, Center, Brgy. 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LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018

Villafuerte pushes for 10-day leave of sorrow By Rio N. Araja

UNITY RIDE. More than 5,000 motorcycle riders participate in a ‘Unity Ride for Equality ’ from Edsa People Power Monument to Mendiola in a show of force among motorcycle riders, making a stand against what the group claims are discriminatory policies and regulations issued and enforced by national and local government agencies. Norman Cruz

Comelec asked to set aside proclamation ‘wrongful winner’ A BROTHER of Quezon City District 2 Councilor Ranulfo Ludovica on Sunday urged the Commission on Elections to set aside the proclamation of a “wrongful winner” in Barangay Payatas in the recent barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. In a 20-page petition, Lopez Ludovica Jr. slammed former chairman Manuel Guarin, who was dismissed from government service for four administrative charges but won in the May 14 polls. Ludovica, through his lawyer Allister Michael Jocom, said “Guarin, on oath, clearly misrepresented and lied regarding his eligibility when he filed his certificate of candidacy, in view of the fact that his previous administrative case[s] already canceled his eligibility and further disqualified him from holding any public office.” “Despite his ineligibility, private respondent Guarin was included in the certified list of candidates,” he said. On May 16, Guarin was proclaimed Barangay Payatas chairperson with Ludovica placing second. Guarin filed his certificate of candidacy “at the very last minute,” depriving the Comelec the chance to scrutinize his candidacy. Since the start of the canvassing of votes, the camp of Ludovica had already questioned and protested Guarin’s eligibility “in view of his dismissal from service and perpetual disqualification by the Office of the Ombudsman” pursuant to Section 74, Article 9 of the Comelec Resolution No. 10211.” Ludovica maintained since Guarin was removed from public office, he should be disqualified from seeking any elective position.

CoA lifts P79.9-m denial of Ejercito’s cash advances Siargao takes By Rio N. Araja

HE Commission on Audit has lifted the P79.9million disallowance of the cash advances of then Laguna governor Jeorge “ER” Ejercito from 2011 to 2013.

It cited its Notice of Disallowance No. 2016-03-002 issued on March 2, 2016, relative to the cash advances for intelligence and confidential activities of Laguna provincial government 2011 to 2013 worth P79,942,000 was deemed lifted. Earlier. CoA noted some discrepancies with the multimillion-peso cash advance on the Audit Observation Memorandum Nos. 2013-08-6444, 2013-08-6445 and 2013-08-6446. Ejercito filed a plea on Sept. 2, 2016. CoA agreed to uphold the ex-governor’s right to due process. “In administrative proceedings, the filing of charges and giving reasonable

ABUYOG, Leyte—The Leyte Regional Prison here will open its ﬁrst senior high school program for selected inmates starting June 4. Through the initiative of the Department of Education Leyte Division and the support of Leyte 3rd Congressional District Rep. Vicente Veloso and other stakeholders, the senior high school program will initially cater to 63 inmates who also passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Program of the Alternative Learning System inside the penal colony. Abuyog Penal Superintendent Geraldo Aro thanked the education ofﬁcials and other donors of the program, saying the initiative was a “big boost” to their transformation program. “My heartfelt thanks for your unending help. I know this is only the start of your many programs to help our prisoners. This will greatly help them during their eventual release and integration to the free society,”

opportunity for the person so charged to answer the accusations against him constitute the minimum requirements of due process. The essence of due process is to be heard, or as applied to administrative proceedings, an opportunity to explain one’s side,” its resolution read. But it clariﬁed the lifting of the notice of disallowance did not preclude the issuance of another one if warranted by the results of the reaudit. Some of the grounds included in the memoranda were the erroneous inclusion of maintenance and operating expenses, grants, donations and monetary assistance in the peace and order program, the undated liquidation report for the ﬁrst

quarter of 2013, the certification from the Philippine National Police of Laguna showing the province was generally a peaceful community, and another certification was dated two months after the cash advance was made. Then Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Unit director Flerida Jimenez said “the documents submitted by Governor Estregan failed to address the deficiencies noted in the AOMs.” On May 22, 2014, Ejercito filed a supplemental comment and another one on Oct. 22, 2014. He said “contrary to the ground stressed by Jimenez in issuing the notice of disallowance, which was the absence of evidence on record to refute the grounds for the issuance of the NS [notice of suspension], the notice of disallowance should be vacated for being (sic) ab initio.” CoA chairman Michael Aguinaldo, and Commissioners Jose Fabia and Isabel Agito said the evaluation of the propriety of the disbursement was incomplete since some pieces evidence submitted by Ejercito were fully considered.

NDRRMC, DepEd recommend strategies for K-12 THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and the Department of Education have recommended the use of the Albay disaster risk reduction strategies— compiled in a manual—as reading instructions for the K to 12 Curriculum. These DRR strategies along climate change adaptation, pioneered by Albay Second District Rep. Joey Salceda when he was governor for nine years, helped transform his calamity battered province to a global model of disaster resilience, and an economic and tourism

Leyte prison opens senior high education By Ronald O. Reyes

CAMARINES Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis Ray Villafuerte is batting for the approval of a law granting a 10-day “bereavement” leave with pay for workers in the government and even the private sectors. He said the proposed paid leave shall cover employees who would lose an immediate kin within the third level of consanguinity or affinity. “Among others, this bereavement leave is sought to provide employees adequate time to make the necessary wake and/or burial arrangements as well as to reach out to family members and friends for emotional support during this difficult time,” he said. Villafuerte, House committee on appropriations vice chairman, said his proposed House Bill No. 6043 would ensure the non-diminution of benefits and security of tenure to those who avail themselves of the proposed bereavement leave. The bill is now pending at the House committees on labor and employment and on civil service and professional regulation. “In fact, the discretion to grant employees the space to grieve and recover from the loss lies solely on the employer who may or may not permit the same. This scenario contradicts the State policy to provide employees with humane working conditions that foster their productivity and maintain their dignity,” Villafuerte said. HB No. 6043 is a counterpart measure to the version filed by Senator Grace Poe.

Aro told Leyte education ofﬁcials. Aro also called on the inmatesturned-students to maintain their discipline and order during their classes for the success of the program and for their “good future.” “If your family knows that you are doing okay inside, it will put them at ease. They won’t worry a lot because they know that you’re in good hands here,” said Aro. He assured inmates they would earn additional 15 days good conduct time allowance every month if they would maintain good behavior during their studies. Established in 1973, the Leyte Regional Prison housed more than 1, 800 convicted offenders. “We hope that you’re not going to waste this opportunity,” urged Tenasas, the brain behind the initiative, as he disclosed that Rep. Veloso has allocated P26.7 million for the construction of six classrooms two-story building plus a gymnasium, library and computer laboratory inside the penal colony.

hub in the Bicol region. Salceda said in a statement teaching effective DRR and CCA strategies to the young would help build strong and resilient communities, better prepared to confront the risks brought by ill effects of climate change. Titled “Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Reduction Integration Across K to 12 Education Curriculum,” the manual was submitted by Salceda last year to NDRRMC and DepEd. It was reviewed and certiﬁed by the

FUN, LIFE FOR ELDERLY.

The City of Manila, through Mayor Joseph Estrada’s initiative, celebrate Sunday during one of the last few days of May with a ‘Flores de Mayo Para Kay Lolo at Lola’ participated in by senior citizens from the various districts of the capital. The afternoon parade around Luneta Park with ‘lolos and lolas’ in colorful attire proved, according to some observers, that there is more fun and life when the attitude is young. Diana Noche

Bureau of Curriculum Development and the Bureau of Learning Resources. DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones, in a recent letter to Salceda, expressed appreciation for the lawmaker’s “overwhelming and dedicated support to the development of supplementary reading materials,” for K to 12 students. Briones said the “learning resources underwent content review” by the BCD and the BLR, and were “found suitable for printing and use in public schools from Grades 4 to 10.”

part in drive vs pollution By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan

COINCIDING with the Month of the Ocean, International Day for Biological Diversity, World Environment Day, World Ocean’s Day and the International Year of the Reef 2018, Siargao island, the country’s major surfing destination, has joined the rest of the world in adopting a movement to solve the pollution caused by plastic bottles through the so-called “ecobricks.” Ecobricks are made of used plastic bottles packed tight with used, cleaned and dried plastic to create building blocks that can be used over and over again. Ecobricks can also be packed with other non-biological wastes that are toxic to the environment [i.e. styrofoam, wires, small batteries, etc.]. “This initiative aims to transform plastic waste into building materials for the development of the island and to help provide livelihood for our citizens,” said Surigao Del Norte Rep. Bingo Matugas. The local government and community stakeholders in Siargao Island have started a campaign to rid the fast-rising surfing destination of plastic waste. Matugas recently joined local government executives from various municipalities of the province, public school officials, non-government organization representatives and LGBT groups in conducting an ecobricks starter workshop in the municipality of General Luna. General Luna is the site of the worldrated Siargao International Surfing Competition held annually during the month of September. Also in attendance at the ecobricks workshop were the heads of the public high schools from the nine towns of Surigao Del Norte, LGBT groups from the municipalities of General Luna, Socorro, Pilar and Santa Monica, and even municipal sports coordinators. The Surigao del Norte solon said they were mobilizing the community of the island-resort to embark on ecology and livelihood initiatives amid concerns over environmental issues confronting the country’s tourist destinations. “We hope to prevent such problems even before we have them here in Siargao,” said Matugas. “Ecobricks are used to make modular furniture, garden spaces, walls and even full-scale buildings. Ecobricks are a collaboration powered technology that provides a zero-cost solution for individuals, households, schools andcommunities. Ecobricks are an exciting way that we can take action today to stop pollution and start envisioning a healthier way of living with the cycles of life,” according to ecobricks.org.

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A Japanese shade of green

arket research group euromonitor International has recently revealed its top food trends for 2018. topping the list is healthy living, with more consumers looking at unprocessed options, superfoods, and food items that do not have added sugars. the ultimate superfood, matcha, is said to have 10 times more antioxidants than green tea, thus helping control blood sugar and cholesterol levels, boosting metabolism.

across the globe, from New York to Manila, and in the social media feeds of celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Grammy award-winning artist Drake, matcha has suddenly become ubiquitous. and the Philippines is no exception. at the heart of bustling Bonifacio Global City, a new café—Nomi Matcha—has opened, with bright, pastel-colored interiors that evoke a chill vibe, inviting weary pavement pounders to take a break, sip a cup of green tea or two, and enjoy delicious Japanese food. “We are offering a modern spin on an ancient herb,” said Michael Jiang, who, together with two friends také Hosomi and asuka Hosokawa, set up Nomi Matcha. “Matcha can be quite intimidating if taken the authentic way, which is hot. But a frosty matcha could be a good introduction. We wanted to integrate matcha with drinks and our dessert. We want to mainstream matcha,” he said. “We decided to start this venture in the Philippines because we strongly wanted to share the matcha culture and what casual authentic Japanese food tastes like. We all have the same vision for Nomi, and that is to provide a one-of-a-kind experience that energizes everyone with an enthusiastic vibe, great service, chill ambience, and great time whenever they come to our café,” said Hosokawa. Hosomi, for his part, said they want to educate Filipinos on the health benefits of matcha, which is the rarest form of green tea. “We want to make a difference in people’s everyday lifestyle and their diet in Manila,” he said. Nomi Matcha prides itself of being able to integrate matcha in their food and beverages without overpowering the taste buds of its clients. If hot matcha drinks are too old-school for you, try Nomi’s matcha detox (matcha with cucumber and lemon) and matcha surprise (matcha with watermelon). For those with a sweet tooth, Nomi offers matcha cookie shots, legendary greenies (no, not the green kind of brownies that could make your part of the PNP’s tokhang statistics), tearamisu dream, matcha churros with white chocolate drizzle, and green cookie monster drizzled with white chocolate or caramel. On the savory side, the café has chicken yum yum karaage with lemon kewpie and spiced rock salt; chicken power bowl with 6-minute egg, grilled tomato, roasted carrots, toasted cashew, and romaine pesto dressing; Havana Cubana which is braised pork shoulder with sweet corn, kidney beans, chopped lettuce, lime, cilantro, and pico de gallo dressing; and gyudon with steamed Japanese rice and poached egg. I’m at joyce.panares@gmail.com.

Chicken power bowl with 6-minute egg, toasted cashew nuts, roasted carrots, and pesto dressing.

Islamic D’wah Council of the Philippines president and chief executive Abdul Rahman R. T. Linzag talks about the importance of Halal certification.

Halal certified coffee

Nomi’s Havana Cubana has braised pork, kidney beans, sweet corn, and pico de gallo dressing.

kaFFea coffee boasts many good things: it’s delicious, it’s healthy, and it’s Halal certified. Halal refers to what is permissible or lawful in traditional Islamic law and is applied to permissible food and drinks. kaffea is delicious and Halal certified with the Islamic D’wah Council of the Philippines. “Products must be acceptable for Muslims to consume. When we go into the actual certification process, we consider the ingredients. It involves the highest standard of manufacturing, including ISO certification of the producer,” said Islamic D’wah Council of the Philippines president and chief executive abdul rahman r. t. Linzag. the general rule is that the product must be Halal according to the definition of the Shariyah which is the Islamic Law based on the Holy Quran. “What is stated in the Holy Quran is also stated in the Holy Bible. It is also a religious law practiced by the Jews, Christians, and Muslims,” said atty. Linzag. While it used to be a regulation among Muslims, it has also become a part of global standards, according to the head of the Islamic D’wah Council of the Philippines. United Nations approved a policy to make the world a one global community. this entails many benefits. One nation will not have any difficulty to market its products in another nation because they all belong to one global community. kaffea lives up to that Halal certification. It is safe for pregnant women. It is vegan, gluten-free, chemical-free, paraben-free or without preservatives, and silicon-free. In addition, it is prepared cruelty-free. It is the first ready-to-drink coffee blend in the Philippines that uses coconut sugar as its sweetener, which is responsible for helping regulate blood sugar levels and blood pressure. It is also rich in calcium and potassium. kaffea improves skin texture and elasticity thanks to its collagen and glutathione content. Collagen strengthens muscles, tendons, and joints, and it also tightens the skin thus making a person look well-nourished and glowing. Halal certified kaffea is delicious, aromatic coffee with plenty of health benefits. No wonder everybody is discovering the joys of drinking it. Kaffea is available at lazada.com.ph, beautymnl.com, SM Supermarket Market Street booths, SM Kultura outlets, Rustan’s, and CityMall GoLokal stores nationwide. Call (02) 477-9920 for inquiries.

Kaffea is a Halal certified brand of coffee. A sampler of Nomi’s dessert options: tea-ramisu, legendary greenies, matcha churros, and green cookie monster

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Max’s Group’s All-You-Can promo lets diners indulge in unlimited food of MGI’s eight participating brands, including Yellow Cab, Dencio’s, Krispy Kreme, Teriyaki Boy, Max’s, Pancake House, Sizzlin’ Steak, and Jamba Juice, on all Wednesdays of June.

On Wednesdays we eat By Danielle Macadangdang

eRe’S a fun and filling way to beat the weekend slump: Feast on your favorite food, as much as you can, for two hours.

Max’s Group, Inc., the country’s largest casual dining restaurant group, offers a delightful treat with the AllYou-Can Wednesdays promo available across eight of its brands. Families can now have a mid week reunion in over 600 participating stores nationwide. Max’s Restaurant, Yellow Cab, Pancake House, Krispy Kreme, Dencio’s, Teriyaki Boy, Sizzlin’ Steak, and Jamba Juice will open their doors for an All-YouCan feast every Wednesday for the month of June at 2pm to closing. Yellow Cab’s All-You-Can Pizza offer will begin at 12 m.n. in its 24-hour stores, and for the duration of its opening hours in other stores.

For only P349 per brand, customers can choose from Max’s All-You-Can fried chicken with one glass of sago’t gulaman; Yellow Cab’s All-You-Can Hawaiian or #4 Cheese pizza and Mountain Dew with one order of regular Salt & Pepper Hustlers; Pancake House’s All-You-Can Best Taco in Town and iced tea; Krispy Kreme’s All-You-Can Original Glazed Doughnut and signature coffee; Dencio’s All-You-Can regular Krispy Sisig and iced tea; Teriyaki Boy’s All-You-Can ebi tempura and iced tea with one cup of steamed gohan; Sizzlin’ Steak’s All-You-Can beef belly strips and iced tea with one cup of plain

rice; or Jamba Juice’s All-You-Can Banana Berry smoothie with one reusable metal straw. Diners who will avail of the promo will be given two hours to eat as much as they can or want. It’s valid for dinein customers only. Senior citizens and persons with disability may claim VAT exemptions upon presentation of valid IDs. “Max’s Group’s very first All-YouCan promo is the result of a momentous synergy among MGI’s well loved brands—all of which have become deeply ingrained in the lives of Filipinos,” said Ariel Fermin, group chief operating officer of MGI. He added, “With our customers at the heart of this collaboration, Max’s Group continues to delight and satisfy their needs by pursuing innovations and initiatives that redefine the way Filipino enjoy MGI brands.”

PH sisig sizzles in 2018 Embassy Chef Challenge OUR very own pork sisig bagged the top spot in the Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice categories of the 2018 embassy Chef Challenge held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on May 17. PH embassy chef Abie SinciocoMateo proudly served this beloved Filipino dish of grilled or broiled chopped meat, seasoned with calamansi and hot chili, paired with a special beer cocktail of San Miguel Pale Pilsen and Cerveza Negra. Chef Abie described the secret ingredient that made all the difference in her winning dish as “full of love”. She also highlighted the beautiful presentation and the exceptional taste of the dish that earned it the top awards of the night. “Tonight’s outcome shows that Phil- Chef Abie serves pork sisig to ECC judges and guests ippine cuisine is certainly being recognized in the American mainstream, and to further showcase our unique cuisine ful and diverse cultural heritage. Chef the eCC provided us a good platform that testifies to our country’s beauti- Abie’s double win is a great way to celebrate National Heritage Month,” said Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez. Renowned Filipino restaurateur and chef Jessie Sincioco and the Philippine embassy team assisted Chef Abie all throughout the competition. The Philippine embassy’s participation in this year’s embassy Chef Challenge was generously supported by Bistro 1521, Tito Al’s Choice, US-Philippines Society, and Datu Puti. The embassy of Ghana won 2nd place in both the Judges’ and People’s Choice categories; the embassy of the Republic of Haiti took home 3rd place in the Judges’ Choice; and the embassy of Colombia bagged the 3rd place in the People’s Choice category. The Best Beverage award went to Philippine Embassy Chef Abie Sincioco-Mateo (center) won 1st place in Judges’ Choice and the embassy of Barbados and the Best People’s Choice categories of the 2018 Embassy Chef Challenge. Joining her are renowned Filipino chef and restaurateur Jessie Sincioco (right) and Ivan Gonzales (left), who concocted Dressed embassy was awarded to the the ‘black and gold’ beer cocktail. embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Discovery Country Suites introduces new executive chef PReMIeR hotel in Tagaytay, Discovery Country Suites has named Jayjay Sycip as its new executive chef. leading the team behind Restaurant Verbena’s delectable offerings, his vast knowledge and experience is expected to stimulate growth towards sustainable, hearty dishes that will satisfy the taste buds of loyal patrons. Chef Jayjay is proficient in Classical French, Mediterranean, American, and Asian Cuisines, around which he builds concepts and develops them all the way through operations. An expert in the field, he will supervise various culinary aspects including menu development, kitchen workflow, management, research, and strategy. As he takes on the role as new executive chef of Restaurant Verbena, the new executive chef looks into sustainability— sourcing fresh, quality ingredients from the local farms in Tagaytay. His direction is headed towards knowing where his food is coming from, as well as supporting the local farmers of Tagaytay. Since 2008, Chef Jayjay has worked in the kitchen as a chef, and recipe consultant for several hotels and restaurants. He even co-produced and co-hosted a travel cooking show for a few years.

Restaurant Verbena’s executive chef Jayjay Sycip

With over a decade’s experience, Chef Jayjay is eager to set on a new journey of teaching, learning, and a good deal of cooking at Restaurant Verbena of Discovery Country Suites Tagaytay. Restaurant Verbena is located in Discovery Country Suites, along 300 Calamba Road, San Jose, Tagaytay City.

bites Jollibee’s all-new Ube Pie

Purple in your pie JOllIBee delights ube fans as it introduces its new dessert pie boasting a sweet, creamy, and purple filling. The new Ube Pie brings together the delightfully rich ube filling and the texture of a golden-brown, crispy pie crust. “The Ube Pie is an exciting new addition to Jollibee’s dessert-pie line,” said Kay Segismundo, Jollibee senior marketing manager for Complementary Products. “We’ve turned this humble yet truly delicious dessert into a convenient treat that you can enjoy on the go while staying true to the unique characteristics of this classic Pinoy ingredient.” This new sweet treat is now available in all Jollibee stores nationwide for dinein, take-out, drive-thru, and delivery for P29 (solo) and P82 (Trio Pack).

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Movement calling for increased Asian American representation in Hollywood THE statement as reported by Variety from Veena Sud, the creator of the AMC American crime drama, The Killing, whose premiere ranked as the second-highest original series premiere for AMC, was as realistic as it could get: “As a showrunner, I can pitch any story, but if it doesn’t sell it doesn’t get on the air. So I can go ahead and pitch every Filipino [or] Indian story known on the face of the Earth, but if it doesn’t sell, it doesn’t matter. And so there is a radical sea-change necessary, not only in our group represented here but in the entire industry,” Sud said. This Asian American Heritage Month, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or The Television Academy—the organization that brought the Emmys to the world – organized a timely talk that provided a voice for the valid concerns and sentiments of the likes of Sud, a wellknown Asian American showrunner and writer in Hollywood. Myx TV, the leading Englishlanguage Asian American entertainment network, represented at this critical discussion with Myx TV General Manager and Executive Producer Miguel Santos moderating the event, which was held at the Governors Room of the Saban Media Center at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California. Joining Santos and Sud in the panel are casting agent Howard Meltzer, CSA, director/showrunner Kulap Vilaysack of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ formerly on NBCUniversal’s Seeso network and now on Amazon, and co-host Jeannie Mai of the talk show, The Real on Fox. In the same story from Variety, Sud added: “[We can’t lose] sight that this has to be a movement. We can knock on the door until our hands fall off, but if those shows are not being greenlit and those writers are not being hired [nothing will change].” Mai, for her part, said that the way she does it—and advises others to do it—is to be loud and aggressive about having her voice heard and going for what she wants. “One time I was at an event with Eva Longoria, and she has done an amazing amount of work for her community through her organizations,” Mai said, noting that although she, too, tries to bring the Asian community together, she ﬁnds that they tend to isolate and segregate themselves, “with Koreans hanging out with Koreans, Indians hanging out together, Vietnamese hanging out together.”

Mai asked Longoria how she got everyone to come together to show support for each other, “and she said, ‘Girl, my people are just loud,’” Mai recalled. “I applaud the African-Americans and the Latin Americans right now. They’re so good at being vocal and being prominent about what the problem is,” Mai continued. “As much as we can speak up here, it’s not a noise. And this helps, but it needs to be amplified.” One but not the same Meltzer—a casting director working mostly in television comedies—was quoted by Variety that he is just looking for “the funniest person,” regardless of ethnicity. But he has been fortunate that he has had relationships with network, primarily the Disney Channel that champions such race-blind casting. Vilaysack has had experience both in front of and behind the camera, and she acknowledged a trend of getting a lot of auditions for “quirky” roles that were written to be Asian. “I looked around [in the waiting room] and I saw diversity, but on the casting side I knew that people just saw us all the same, and I think that’s a mistake,” Vilaysack said. Sud added that the “specificity of each of our stories and where we come from—not only our ethnicity but where we grew up, our friends, how we fall in love” is so interesting, yet there are still few chances to explore it on-screen. “I feel sometimes so frustrated because it’s like the rest of America is more advanced than what we see on our screen,” Sud added. Change and hope on the horizon A step toward that change, Sud suggested, would be an AsianAmerican committee inside the Television Academy—an opportunity for the community to get together as a group talk about the issues they face and the change they want to see. And Sud believes the fact that there is more real estate now, thanks to such digital platforms, is what will allow for the most change. “Now instead of the stranglehold of yesteryear of three channels or 10 channels—such small real estate that it’s selfishly guarded and protected to just say a few stories that appeal to the broadest audience possible, now with streaming we’re seeing the possibility. We’re seeing it opening. So right now I think our responsibilities as people behind the camera, in front of the camera, as people in the Academy who have the power is to continue these conversations and really press into this issue,” Sud said.

From left: Myx TV's Miguel Santos, 'The Real' co-host Jeannie Mai, director/ showrunner Kulap Vilaysack, showrunner/writer Veena Sud, and casting director Howard Meltzer at 'The State of Asian American Representation in Hollywood' event at the Television Academy.

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ACROSS 1 More prudent 6 Leave in a hurry 10 Not so fast! 14 LPGA’s Lorena — 15 Feels under par 16 Symbol of Ireland 17 Wails 18 Not so many 19 TWA guesses 20 That in Acapulco 21 Outlaw pursuers 23 Ipso — 24 Marshy ground 25 Twist about 27 Urban concern 30 Kublai — 31 Making do with 32 Story 36 Billionth, in combos 37 Love in a gondola 38 Count — —! 40 Suburban event (2 wds.) 42 Steel plow inventor 43 British aristocrat 44 Lodestone 45 Live in 48 Cougar 49 2.2-pound units

50 Andes ruminant 52 Chi follower 55 Shepard or Ladd 56 Fiesta shouts 57 Tern cousins 59 Advance money 60 Narrow fissure 61 Internet note 62 Cogito — sum 63 Is, in Segovia 64 Italian poet DOWN 1 Heard the alarm 2 Freezes 3 Mets’ former ballpark 4 Time period 5 Speaking hoarsely 6 Trumped-up 7 Fibs 8 Not here 9 Superman’s emblem 10 Nutritious grain 11 Door in a plane 12 Address the crowd 13 Lhasa — 22 Dot-com alternative 23 Come upon 24 Trivial 26 Marathon or

10K 27 Way to satori 28 Not super 29 Columbus’ smallest ship 30 Mound 32 Lily cousin 33 Sweater letter 34 Summer job seeker 35 Blarney Stone site 37 Now! 39 Hockey goal 41 — ex machina 42 Injured

44 Shaggy flower 45 Edmonton puckster 46 Trolley sound 47 High-rise unit 48 Vermicelli 49 Garden green 51 Departed 52 Think ahead 53 Gash 54 Speck in an ocean 56 Iron source 58 Ms. Thurman

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American actress Frankie Shaw as modern mom Bridgette Bird in Fox's new series 'SMILF.'

HALK it up to the digital age, but motherhood is more popular and talked about than ever before. There are a lot of “mompreneurs” who are selling and even making products especially for moms and their kids. Young celebrities have taken their motherhood to social media. “Mommy bloggers” have both encouraged and criticized their fellow moms and have blown the secrets of motherhood wide open by sharing their experiences and frank confessions on their own struggles. There isn’t a hard and fast way to be a mom, and labels just don’t cut it. There are moms who breastfeed, moms who bottle feed; moms who cosleep, moms who have a baby monitor in their nurseries; all-organic moms, fast food moms; moms who say no to gadgets, moms who depend on the iPad or phone for their sanity; moms who work, moms who stay at home; moms who have nannies, and moms who can multitask and do everything on her own; the Instagram mom, the keep kids-out-of social media mom; moms

Modern Age who get away for me time, moms who like bringing the kids along; single moms who date, and single moms who want to focus on their kids for now, and all the moms who fall under these categories one time or another. No matter what, the heart of modern motherhood is being able to do what you think is best for your family and for you. So here’s to the modern moms who are perfectly imperfect who are just

doing their best in this world. Be the ﬁrst to check out SMILF, a new series streaming on FOX+. Moms (especially single moms) would be able to relate or laugh or just shake their heads at this funny, sexy, and sometimes too real drama of motherhood as Bridgette Bird navigates her way through life as a young single mother in all of its messy and complicated glory. For more info, and free 30-day trial, visit http://www.foxplus.com.

All New Season of ‘America’s Got Talent ‘ AMERICA’S Got Talent makes its home on entertainment powerhouse AXN this week with an all new season set to premiere on Thursday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m.. Creator Simon Cowell will return together with the vivacious panel of judges Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel. Supermodel and TV personality Tyra Banks will also return as host, bringing her unmistakable personal ﬂair and verve to the show. With the search open to acts of all ages, America’s Got Talent has brought the variety format to the forefront of American culture by showcasing unique performers from around the world. The series is a true celebration of creativity and talent, featuring a colorful array of singers, dancers, comedians, contortionists, impressionists, magicians, ventriloquists and hopeful stars, all vying to win America’s hearts and US$1 million. Over the past seasons, America’s Got Talent has uncovered phenomenal talent including season 12 winner ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer,

America's Got Talent judges (from left) Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum , and Simon Cowell with host Tyra Banks (standing).

singer Grace VanderWaal as well as magician Mat Franco and dancer Kenichi Ebina. What new surprises will this season hold? America’s Got Talent premieres within 48 hours of the US telecast with encores at 10:00 p.m.. From June 7 onwards, America’s Got Talent airs

every Thursday at 6pm and encores at 8:00 p.m.. AXN is available on Cablelink Channel 38, Cignal Channel 121, Destiny Cable Channel 49, G Sat Channel 51, and SKYCable Channel 49. AXN HD is available on SKYCable Channel 247.

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China now the world’s largest movie market CHINA surpassed North America to become the world’s largest movie market during the first quarter of 2018, fuelled in part by big-grossing domestic films, according to US and Chinese box-office figures. China’s movie market made 20.21 billion yuan ($3.17 billion) between January and March, according to the China Movie Data Information Network, while US trade journal Variety said the North America box office reached $2.85 billion. Almost three quarters of the revenue -- 15 billion yuan -- came from Chinese-produced movies, the China data showed. Of the top 10 films watched in China during the first quarter, seven were domestically produced, and Chinesemade movies occupied the top five slots. Military blockbuster Operation Red Sea was the top-grossing film in China during the period, with a take of 3.6 billion yuan. Along with action film Detective Chinatown 2 and the fantasy genre Monster Hunt, the three Chinese movies accounted for almost half of China’s total box office during the

first quarter. US super-hero film Black Panther and sci-fi flick Pacific Rim Uprising did well after their releases in China, moving up to second and third in the March-only box office, respectively. The Chinese numbers were also boosted by movie-goers flocking to cinemas during the extended Lunar New Year holiday in February. China’s box-office revenues surged in 2017 after slowing sharply the preceding year, official media reported in January. Ticket revenue grew 13.45 percent to 55.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) in 2017, state-run news agency Xinhua had said, citing data from the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. Hollywood has a keen eye on China’s potentially lucrative movie market, although Beijing strictly limits the number of foreign films that can be released in Chinese cinemas. China also takes measures to help boost domestic films’ performance, including limiting the screening of foreign films during peak seasons and rewarding cinemas for playing more domestic titles. AFP

ON THE SET. Acclaimed director Lav Diaz (rightmost) with cast and crew of his latest film, 'Ang Panahon ng Halimaw' (Season of the Devil) shot in Malaysia.

LAV DIAZ’s timely and relevant rock opera

premieres in PH

‘Operation Red Sea’ is a top-grossing Chinese action war film directed by Dante Lam.

#JustLoveArawAraw crosses over for triple celebrations in Taiwan ABS-CBN’s #JustLoveArawAraw celebration continues the entertainment roadshow as the Philippines’ largest media and entertainment network brings its summer revelry to Taiwan for the Filipino community’s annual tradition this side of Asia on June 10 at the New Taipei City. #JustLoveArawAraw an offshoot of ABS-CBN’s Christmas theme #JustLove, which speaks of how Filipinos are able to manifest their compassion no matter what situation besets them, has been making the rounds of Asia and the rest of the world since its launch mid-April. This time, ABS-CBN through its subsidiary in Asia Pacific’s flagship service The Filipino Channel (TFC), crosses over to Taiwan to spread more love and laughter at the triple celebration of the annual Philippine Independence Day, Migrant Workers’ Day and 3rd FILCOM Friendship Fun Run of the Filipino community. Bringing more excitement to the triple celebration are actress-screenwriter Bela Padilla, the Unkabogable (indomitable) Sidekick Negi for the TFC Hour at the end of the day-long event #JustLoveArawAraw in Taiwan. Padilla herself, is crossing over as she leaves her acting chops as seen in her recent film Meet Me in St. Gallen, and dabbles in on-stage performance in #JustLoveArawAraw in Taiwan. Padilla, who is also known for her television banters with Vice Ganda and dancer Jackque in the variety show It’s Showtime, is expected to show off her comic skills as much as her dancing prowess. Meantime, Negi, the famous sidekick to Vice Ganda, is proving to be a world of his own, starring in countless TFC shows to date even without his famous mentor. This time, Negi is bringing in his own brand of comedy

Actress Bela Padilla headlines #JustLoveArawAraw celebration in New Taipei City.

in the country called Heart of Asia. Filipinos in Taiwan are truly in for fun and entertainment by the heaps in “Just Love Araw-Araw in Taiwan. The event is part of the 120th Philippine Independence and Migrant Workers’ Day Celebration by the Manila Economic and Cultural Ofﬁce (MECO), and the 3rd FILCOM Friendship Fun Run organized by the Federation of Filipino Communities in Taiwan. Show starts at 1:00 p.m. at Metropolitan Park (Xingfu Shuiyang Park) Sanchong District in New Taipei City.

Pinky Amador as Kwago

Shaina Magdayao as Lorena Haniway

HE latest Lav Diaz opus, Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Season of the Devil), is ﬁnally showing in the Philippines.

Having made the rounds in different international film festivals, the black-and-white Filipino rock opera has already won best film in the Gems section of the 58th Festival Internacional de Cine Cartagena de Indias held in Colombia in March 2018. The film, which stars Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Pinky Amador, and Angel Aquino, was also selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Hollywood trade paper, Variety, praises the film and the director for remaining “emphatically his own artist, whether to exhilarating or punishing effect,” saying the movie has some “raw, stirring interludes.” Other film critics hail Diaz for his stirring masterpiece. “It’s visually that Season of the Devil ranks among Diaz’s best work,” writes Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian describes the director as a real auteur: “every millisecond of his film has been rigorously created.” Desistfilm writer Aldo Padilla says, “Lav is probably the freest famous filmmaker today.” Jonathan Romney of Screen Daily calls it “A film of boldness and considerable beauty.” After garnering such praise, it’s only fitting that the Filipino public be able to #PlayItRight and watch the movie in cinemas, supporting not just the movie, but the local film industry.

Globe Studios Head Quark Henares, shares, “It is important that we all support our local directors and movies because they create works that are truly world-class and deserving of a local and international audience. We have a rich and diverse group of local actors, artists, and ﬁlmmakers dedicated to creating stories and narratives that appeal to not just the soul of the modern Filipino, but to their sense of

Piolo Pascual as Hugo Haniway

national pride.” #PlayItRight is Globe Telecom’s continuing advocacy campaign in support of the entertainment industry by encouraging Filipinos to enjoy entertainment through legitimate means such as cinemas and legal streaming apps. The initiative encourages audiences to enjoy entertainment only through legitimate means, protecting the rights of the ﬁlmmakers, actors, and the crew who have dedicated their time and talent in making their movie projects. Movie lovers can catch the special screenings of Ang Panahon ng Halimaw starting May 30 in select Ayala theaters in Manila and Cebu.