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Rody: Rice fund graft-proof Palace eases farmers’ fear of corruption in P10-b RCEF

By Nat Mariano and Maricel V. Cruz

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HE government on Tuesday said it would be transparent in the use of P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, which is aimed at helping farmers who would be hurt by the liberalization of rice imports.

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FDA revokes Dengvaxia certificate THE Food and Drug Administration has permanently canceled the certificates of product registration of the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia over the continued failure of its manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur Inc., to submit post-approval commitment documents.

In a statement Tuesday, FDA Director General Nela Charade G. Puno accused the giant French pharmaceutical firm of continuously defying FDA rules and regulations.

“Its brazen defiance of FDA’s directives and its continued failure to comply leaves us no other recourse but to impose the maximum penalty of revocation of the CPRs covering the Dengvaxia products.” Puno said.

In an order signed by Puno Dec. 21, 2018, the FDA ordered Sanofi to immediately surrender the original CPRs of its Dengvaxia-based products.

FDA pointed out that as of Dec. 17, 2018, its Center for Drug Regulation and Research, in coordination with its Task Force Dengvaxia, confirmed that Sanofi has still not submitted its post marketing authorization requirements.

The FDA also reminded Sanofi that pursuant to the revocation of the CPRs, it is unlawful to import, sell, or distribute the products.

The CDRR is also directed to defer the processing of any submission and application by Sanofi regarding Dengvaxia and Dengvaxia-MD. The FDA had initially suspended the CPR for Dengvaxia in 2017 and ordered Sanofi to comply with its directives.

Meanwhile, the Department of Health reported that the cases of measles have grown to more than 8,000 as of Feb. 17, resulting in 136 deaths.

Health officials were considering declaring a measles outbreak in Cagayan Valley if the disease continues to spread.

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Three days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the rice tariffication bill into law, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo sought to allay farmers’ fears that the RCEF would fall into corrupt hands, like the fertilizer fund did in 2004.

“Good governance is the hallmark of the Duterte administration and the President has zero tolerance against corruption and wastage of taxpayers’ money.

We continue to exercise accountability and transparency in all levels of the bureaucracy,” Panelo said in a statement.

Panelo said the Agriculture secretary will oversee the proper and responsible use of the rice fund.

“The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with farmers’ cooperatives and organizations as well as local government units, shall also validate and update the master list of eligible beneficiaries, which include farmers, farm workers, rice cooperatives and associaNext page tions,” he said.

HUGPONG’S BET. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (right) raises the hand of Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos as the official candidate of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago regional party at a campaign sortie in Laoag City on Monday night. Jun David

2 senators: Sara has makings of good president SENATOR Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said Davao City mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte still remains as his top choice among the “young emerging leaders” to become the next president of the country.

Lacson made the remark when asked about the possibility of Duterte’s bid for presidency in 2022.

“Just like what I’ve said during a news forum–among the young emerging lead-

ers, Mayor Sara Duterte is somebody we may be looking at,” Lacson told reporters in a message.

Lacson earlier said during a media briefing last year that Sara Duterte was his “top choice” among the young leaders in politics, saying she had “good leadership qualities,” and was “strong-willed, stern, vibrant, and progressive-minded.”

Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, meanwhile, said the Davao City mayor has

the “makings of a good president” and has the best mentor—President Rodrigo Duterte himself.

“Mayor Sara has the training, experience, savvy and going around the country with HNP [Hugpong ng Pagbabago regional party] will only give her a better perspective on the country’s problems,” Angara said.

Sara Duterte said she will decide on her plans to run for president by 2021. PNA

Hugpong head endorses Manotoc, 13 senatorial bets in Laoag sortie

By Joel E. Zurbano and Macon Ramos-Araneta

CLEANUP CONTINUES. Members of the Philippine Coast Guard don their diving equipment for an underwater inspection of illegal pipelines that empty polluted wastewater into Manila Bay on Tuesday. Norman Cruz

HUGPONG ng Pagbabago party chairman and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte endorsed the candidacy of Ilocos Norte gubernatorial bet Matthew Manotoc during the party’s campaign sortie in the province hosted by incumbent Gov. Imee Marcos Monday.

Manotoc, an incumbent provincial board member, is running under the Nacionalista Party and is going up against Ilocos Norte 1st. Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas of PDP-Laban, President Rodrigo Duterte’s party.

The HNP held the campaign rally in

Laoag City on Monday where Duterte, the President’s daughter, endorsed Manotoc alongside the 13 senatorial candidates led by his mother, Marcos.

Local leaders in the province chose Manotoc to replace his grandmother, former first lady and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos, who withdrew from the gubernatorial race.

During the rally, Imee introduced Sara Duterte as a “daughter” of Ilocos Norte because she married a man born and raised in the province, referring to lawyer Manases Carpio. The incumbent governor made her speech in Ilocano. Next page

‘Defanged’ NFA definite to lose workers—chief NATIONAL Food Authority chief Tomas Escarez Tuesday deplored the “definite” worker layoff in the agency following President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of the rice tariffication law.

The tariffication law, which will replace the present quotas on rice imports with tax, removes the NFA’s power to import and distribute cheaper grain, leaving it with the sole task of buying grain from farmers to maintain buffer stocks, Escarez told radio dzMM, in a broadcast beamed nationwide.

Buffer stocks intended for calamities and emergencies should last for 15 days.

Its management does not require many employees, he said.

The NFA is tasked to stabilize prices by buying grain from farmers and selling it at P27 and P32, cheaper compared to commercial rice.

With NFA’s new role requiring less manpower, worker layoff is certain, Escarez said.

In a related development, Senator Cynthia Villar blasted the NFA for blocking the rice tariffication as it would lose the power to contol rice importation.

“Because that was the only power removed from it. But they can still buy rice from farmers.They will retain the same budget, but the instruction is to buy Next page

Ex-lawmaker faces raps over unpaid ‘Yolanda’ houses A FORMER party-list lawmaker faces a civil case for his failure to pay for the construction of 684 housing units for surviving victims of the deadly Typhoon “Yolanda” which cut a swathe of destruction in 2013.

Businesswoman Divina Bunales filed the complaint against former An Waray Rep. Florencio Bam Noel before the Tacloban Regional Trial Court.

It was not clear when the court would start hearing the case.

Bunales and Noel were former business partners.

In her complaint dated Nov. 12, 2018, Bunales filed a civil case for collection of sum of money with damages against Noel as authorized representative of Performance Builders and Developers Corp. and co-subcontractor Mary Ann Camulte.

‘Kissing sailor’ in iconic photo dies, 95 WA S H I N G TO N —T h e sailor pictured kissing a woman in Times Square as people celebrated the end of World War II has died at age 95, his daughter told The ProviNext page dence Journal.

Bunales is asking payment amounting to P7.06 million from Noel and Camulte for her proportionate share in the Knightsridge housing project and Camansihay Covered Court.

She also wants the court to order Noel and Camulte to pay damages amounting to P200,000 for wrongfully excluding her in the partnership, according to the comNext page plaint filed in court.

‘Responsible supply’ of croc skins PARIS—World leader in luxury goods LVMH announced Monday it would boost measures to ensure a “responsible supply” of crocodile skins Next page

CAUGHT. Father Bernard Pius Hendricks walks in handcuffs alongside National Capital Region police chief Guillermo Eleazar (right) at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City after the American Roman Catholic priest was arrested Tuesday on charges of molesting more than 50 people, including altar boys as young as 7 years old. (Story on A3) Norman Cruz

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Martial law extension upheld by SC

By Rey E. Requejo, Nat Mariano and Maricel V. Cruz THE Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by four different groups and affirmed the legality of the third extension of martial law in Mindanao.

“The Supreme Court ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the extension of the declaration of martial law and suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao until December 31, 2019,” new Supreme Court spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka told reporters after the high court met as a group.

Malacañang hailed the decision, saying the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of the government are “on the same page” in fending off the rebellion with the implementation of martial law in Mindanao.

“We are pleased to note that the three separate and independent branches of government, the primordial duty of which is to protect the state and secure public safety, have forged a unified stand against the forces of rebellion and terrorism,” Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement.

“As we fast-track the rehabilitation of the war-torn Marawi and promote security and peace and order in Mindanao, we ask the Filipino nation not to waver in their support for our Republic’s defenders,” he said.

“Let us remain vigilant and prevail against these anti-democratic forces.”

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed the decision and said it proved that the House was correct in approving the request from President Duterte.

“It’s good. We [are] happy [about it] because we voted to extend it,” Arroyo told reporters at the House of Representatives Tuesday.

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel echoed Arroyo.

“That was good news for us Mindanaoans because we have a problem of insurgency and this hinders our development,” Pimentel said.

But Representatives Antonio Tinio and France Castro of ACT Teachers, members of the Makabayan Bloc, condemned the decision.

The Defense department also welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision.

The department said the public could rest assured the authorities would remain steadfast in their duty to safeguard the communities from the threats of rebellion, terrorism and violent extremism.

UNHCR chief relied on fake info—Palace MALACAÑANG on Tuesday slammed a United Nations special rapporteur for claiming that women human rights defenders in the country are threatened, following the cases against Senator Leila de Lima, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa.

In his report during the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Michel Forst reviewed the situation of women human rights defenders.

According to Forst, “Women leaders who represent their groups and speak out on issues tend to be targeted for their visibility, not only to silence them but also to discourage broader dissent.”

The cases of De Lima, Sereno, and Ressa, who are all vocal critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, were mentioned in his report.

For Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, however, Forst’s report was “highly misplaced.”

“The report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders on the Philippines is highly misplaced as it is based on fake information supplied by partisan groups who are after political mileage believing they could gain it by bad mouthing President Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” Panelo said in a statement.

Panelo, also the President’s chief legal counsel, maintained that the detention of De Lima, ouster of Sereno as the Chief Justice, and the filing of charges against Ressa the veteran journalist were all “products of their own doing.” Nat Mariano

‘Responsible...

From A1 The giant French retailer said in a statement it would follow new standards for crocodile leather based on criteria “developed and validated by a committee of technical experts.”

This would include “the preservation of the species and the respect of local communities” as well as animal well-being, working conditions on the farms and the protection of the environment.

Three farms which supply an LVMH tannery in Singapore have already been certified as meeting the new standards.

This “guarantees respect for animal wellbeing,” including on-site treatment by veterinarians and quality of living space and food, the statement added.

LVMH said it had already set up full traceability of skins.

Some 20 farms, which supply the tannery, located in Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, the Philippines and the United States “will be certified by the end of 2020.” AFP

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OLITICAL advertisements are allowed to be posted on public utility vehicles such as buses and jeepneys, as well as taxis, as long as a permit is secured from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.

In a statement on Tuesday, the LTFRB said operators should secure a permit for posting transit political ads that comply with the regulations set by the Commission on Elections.

“Those who wish to place advertisements must go through the application process to get a permit and pay the required fees,” the LTFRB said.

Meanwhile, Malacañang said Monday the signing of a law that will allow reasonable rates for political advertisements will level the playing field for the candidates during the campaign season.

“This new measure on discounted political

advertisements will benefit all candidates of the political spectrum and hopefully would level the playing field beginning in this year’s elections,” Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement.

Also, complying with President Rodrigo Duterte’s orders, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año directed the Philippine National Police to take down campaign posters and advertisement installed in all government-owned properties.

Acting on Ano’s directive, PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde instructed all PNP regional directors to swiftly dismantle all election cam-

paign materials posted in government-owned facilities and structures.

Albayalde included in the directive the removal of all billboard, tarpaulins, streamers, banners, and similar campaign materials in strict compliance to the provisions of the Commission on Elections under Resolution No. 10488.

The LTFRB Board has issued a circular lifting the prohibition against political ads on PUVs following a Supreme Court decision in the case of 1-UTAK vs. Comelec promulgated on April 14, 2015.

The following are the rules on PUV advertisements as set by LTFRB MC 2013-005: Transit advertisement shall neither constitute a traffic hazard nor compromise the safety, comfort and convenience of passengers and the public, in general; Transit advertisement must not impede,

limit or obstruct in any way the driver’s line of sight; All advertising matters to be installed shall conform to the standards relative to morality, decency and public safety, in accordance with, but not limited to, government regulations and the Code of Ethics of the Ad Standards Council; Required PUV identification and operational information shall not be hindered.

Specifications of mandatory markings including, but not limited to, company and/ or trade name, license plate, body number, “May Reklamo ka ba? Itawag sa LTFRB hotline 0921-448-7777, 426-2515”, city or provincial mode of operation, designation, authorized route, mandated by previous Memorandum Circulars shall not be reduced, diminished, or obscured; PNA with Francisco Tuyay

Duterte signs three more laws

By Nat Mariano

DUQUE AT POPCOM. Health Secretary Dr. Francisco T. Duque III gives his inspirational message during the 50th Anniversary of the Population Commission on Tuesday (Feb. 19, 2019) at the University of the Philippines Bonifacio Global City (UP BGC), Taguig. Since its creation on Feb. 19, 1969, POPCOM has taken the lead in contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of all Filipino families, by empowering them through responsible parenting, family planning, adolescent health and development, and population and development integration. PNA

Rody:...

From A1 He added that the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization will also conduct a periodic review of the rice fund.

On Friday, the President signed RA No. 11203, lifting the import limits and quantitative restrictions on rice and instead imposes tariffs on the staple.

Two leftist party-list lawmakers on Tuesday hit the enactment of the Rice Tariffication Act, saying it will not solve the problem of hunger.

ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio and France Castro said the millions of farmers who will be affected by the adverse effects of the law will be included in the list of hungry people.

Tinio and Castro said the law will abandon 3.6 million rice farmers and rice farm workers, their families and the Filipino people through

‘Defanged’...

From A1 from local farmers. But that is their job, that is their mandate, tombuy frommthe local farmers at a certain orice and sell it to consumers at a lower price. that’s the NFA mandate. It was never to import,” explained Villar.

Sought for her comment on the NFA head who was almost in tears with the rice tariffication, Villar repiled, “if he loves the public, why did he fail to control the price of P45, P55 and P65 during the last quarter of year? Is it not their duty to stabilize the prices of rice?

Why did they stabilize the price?”

As this developed, Villar welcomed participants and government officials to the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar SIPAG) Farm School in Bacoor, Cavite for the launching of the Program to Improve Rice Productivity and Mechanization for Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations.

The program is being launched to prepare for the implementation of the law amending Republic Act 8178 or the Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1996, which replaces the quantitative restriction on rice with tariffs.

Villar, chairperson of the Committee on

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill seeking to consolidate two housing agencies into a new Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development to ensure “adequate, sustainable and affordable” homes for underprivileged and homeless Filipinos.

He approved the new law, Republic Act 11201, on Feb. 14, a copy of which was released by Malacañang on Tuesday.

Duterte also enacted a bill institutionalizing a National Integrated Cancer Control Program to make the treatment of cancer “more equitable and affordable” for the public.

Republic Act 11215, signed by Duterte on Feb. 14, 2019, seeks to “adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development, which includes the strengthening of integrative, multidisciplinary, patient and family-centered career control policies, programs, systems, interventions and services at all levels of the existing health care delivery system.”

• President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a bill into law establishing a Career Guidance and Counseling Program for all public and private Secondary Schools to ensure the “total development” of the Filipino youth.

Duterte signed Republic Act 11206, or the “Secondary School Career Guidance and

heavy importation of the country’s primary agricultural product and staple food.

“The enactment of the Rice Tariffication law will be another broken promise by the Duterte administration as this measure will only worsen poverty and hunger and will only cater to monopoly traders whose primary mission in life is to profit,” Tinio said.

“This measure will not solve the never-ending rice crisis in the country; rather it would make us a rice-consuming country that is import dependent begging for cheaper rice.”

Tinio said the Rice Tariffication Act was the Duterte administration’s purported solution to the record high inflation rates.

“Unfortunately, this measure will not solve the continuing rice crisis and high inflation and will only lead to bigger and more problems in the future for our fellow Filipinos, especially rice farmers and workers,” Castro said.

“The Duterte administration has been implementing policies that would destroy and kill agricultural industries while turning its back on the clamor of the Filipino peasants

for genuine agrarian reform and government support to help farmers increase their production without burying them in a lifetime of debt,” she said. “Instead of helping our own farmers, the government is instead running away from its responsibility to aid farmers and consumers.”

Castro said there was no guarantee that rice tarifficaiton would lower the prices of rice in the market, but would definitely decimate the rice industry.

Instead of having the rice tariffication enacted, Tinio said the government must focus on self-sufficiency.

“Dependence on imports would only make the country forevermore vulnerable to price manipulation and will destroy the already suffering agricultural industry despite being an agricultural country.

“Our peasants have long clamored for genuine agrarian reform, and government subsidy on the production of our agricultural products, it is about time that our government should listen and hear their calls,” Tinio said.

Agriculture and Food, said with the implementation of the Rice Tariffication law, more comprehensive training programs on farm mechanization and new technologies the better inbred seeds would be held to reach more farmers.

Villar’s SIPAG farm school has started conducting trainings of this kind since last year.

“This is the mechanism being prepared by the government to support farmers as we enter a tariffied system and rice imports start flooding the market,” Villar said.

Villar said this program would help remove the factors identified as barriers to the Filipino farmer’s competitiveness and profitability such as the lack of mechanization and technical expertise, lack of financial literacy and the lack of access to cheap credit.

These clusters will discuss with officials of DA, TESDA and DAR the support needed by farm organizations to improve rice production, as well as their commitment for the success of the program.

Under the new law, the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Rice Fund) composed of duties collected from imported rice will be created and will be spent for programs that will help farmers improve productivity, profitability and competitiveness.

The Rice Fund will be allocated as follows:

• Fifty percent will go to PhilMech to provide farmers with rice farm machineries and equipment; • Thirty percent will be released to PhilRice to be used for the development, propagation and promotion of inbred rice seeds to rice farmers and the organization of rice farmers into seed growers associations engaged in seed production and trade; • Ten percent will be made available in the form of credit facility with minimal interest rates and with minimum collateral requirements to rice farmers and cooperatives to be managed by the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines; and • Ten percent will be set aside to fund extension services by PhilMech, ATI, and TESDA for teaching skills on rice crop production, modern rice farming techniques, seed production, farm mechanization, and knowledge/ technology transfer through farm schools nationwide.

Also under the law, direct financial assistance will be provided to rice farmers as compensation for the projected reduction or loss of farm income arising from the tariffication.

Further, the rice tariffication law earmarks a portion of the excess rice tariff revenues for the titling of agricultural lands, expanded crop insurance program on rice and the crop diversification program. Macon Ramos-Araneta

Ex-lawmaker...

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The Tacloban RTC Office of the Clerk of Court received Bunales’ complaint on Nov. 23 last year.

In her complaint, Bunales said she was subcontracted by PBDC for the construction of 684 units in 2016 in the National Housing Authority’s housing project at Knightsbridge Residences in Barangay Camansihay, Tacloban City.

This also included the construction of a basketball court for a compensation of P300,000.

PBDC contracted Bunales through Noel who was the authorized representative of the company for the Knightsbridge Project.

He also had authorization from NHA. The former lawmaker and Camulte agreed to pay Bunales a profit share of P10.56 million for the complete construction of the housing units and covered court.

However, the complaint said, Noel failed to pay Bunales on time.

From the total of P10.56 million, they managed to pay only P3.5 million, leaving a balance of P7.06 million.

Bunales said she requested for a meeting with Noel several

times to demand for her payment but to no avail, forcing her to file a case in court.

The development permit for housing project in Knightridge Village was temporarily suspended on April 16, 2018.

This came after heavy rains and flooding caused a landslide in December 2017 that destroyed a row of unoccupied housing units, pending the compliance by PBDC of the construction of a storm water drainage, slope protection structure, and green infrastructure.

Construction resumed when An Waray Party-list, through Rep. Victoria Noel, informed the Tacloban City government in a letter dated April 23, 2018, that it had requested for soil/slope protection, reforestation and drainage for the same housing project, the same conditions imposed on PBDC. In a statement, Yolanda housing advocate Andres Go indicated that one major cause in the delay of the housing projects was the alleged “illegal hiring of sub-contractors” in the housing projects, resulting in “sub-standard construction work.”

Despite assurances made by the NHA that no sub-contracting permits were allowed in Yolanda housing projects, documents obtained by their association indicated that Noel allegedly applied for the development permit, signed the constructor’s affidavit and received payment for the construction of the same construction project.

Counseling Act,” on Feb. 14, 2019, but the Palace released the document only on Tuesday.

The new housing law ordered the consolidation of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board to create the new department.

The new department will act as the “primary national government entity responsible for the management of housing, human settlement, and urban development.

The department will have a secretary, three undersecretaries and assistant secretaries each, and the Bureaus of Environmental, Land Use, and Urban Planning and Development; Housing and Real Estate Development Regulation, and Homeowners Association and Community Development.

The department will also have administrative supervision over the National Housing Authority, National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation, Home Development Mutual Fund and Social Housing Finance Corporation.

The law also orders the reconstitution of the HLURB to create the Human Settlements Adjudication Commission. The HSAC will be composed of five commissioners who will be responsible for the administration and operations of the Commission.

The National Human Settlements Board will also be established to address housing policies and plans, as well as the transfer of

‘Kissing sailor’...

George Mendonsa had a seizure Sunday after falling at an assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, his daughter Sharon Molleur said.

In the famous image, one of four taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine, Mendonsa is seen ecstatically bending over and kissing a woman in a white nurse’s uniform.

The picture was published by Life as “V-J Day in Times Square.”

Mendonsa, who served in the Pacific during World War II, was on home leave when the picture was taken.

He had long claimed to be the sailor in the picture, but it wasn’t confirmed until recently with the use of facial recognition technology.

Greta Zimmer Friedman, the woman in the picture, died in 2016 at the age of age 92.

Eisenstaedt did not get the names of the kissing strangers. AFP

Hugpong...

From A1 Marcos asked the audience to support the HNP slate and she also talked about her accomplishments as the leader of Ilocos Norte.

She promised to pass laws suspending or lowering the value-added tax (VAT) and create programs to help poor families.

In her 15-minute speech, Duterte asked the crowd to vote for the senatorial candidates being endorsed by HNP, a regional party she formed last year to support her father’s administration.

Senatorial candidates Ronald dela Rosa, Francis Tolentino, Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Jiggy Manicad, Christopher Go and Dong Mangudadatu were present at the rally and took turns speaking to the crowd.

Revilla and Estrada talked about the government’s “wrong” decision to detain them following the plunder charges filed against them in connection with the pork barrel scam, saying they were innocent.

Revilla has been acquitted, but Estrada still faces charges.

Go, the former special assistant to the President, put on a comic sketch with actor Philip Salvador, then promised to extend the term of service of barangay officials, improve the health services for the poor and continue to support the present administration.

Meanwhile, senatorial frontrunner Senator Grace Poe returned to the vote-rich p;rovince of Pangasinan, the bailiwick and hometown of her late father, the movie actor Fernando Poe Jr. Poe, who is seeking her second term as an independent candidate, launched the provincial leg of her campaign sorties on Tuesday.

Poe said she feels “very at home” every time she goes back to the province that has adopted her.

Poe’s first stop was in Pangasinan State University-San Carlos campus, where she was greeted by City Mayor Joseres Resuello, vice gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronald Lambino, board member Darwina Sampang, Councilor Sammy Millora and other local officials.

Pangasinan delivered the votes for Poe in her 2013 senatorial bid and in the 2016 presidential elections where she got the highest number of votes in the province. Pangasinan, which forms part of the so-called “solid north,” is the country’s third biggest voting population with about 1.8 million voters.

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‘Int’l syndicates behind cocaine blocks found in PH’

By Rio N. Araja

THANK YOU, SGMA. Members of the Alliance of Barangay Apas Community Association thanked Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

for paving the way for the granting of housing properties to more than 3,200 families during the oversight committee meeting on Housing, chaired by Rep. Alfredo Benitez held last Monday in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. This was made possible through Proclamation 409, s. 2003, issued by then President Arroyo. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana signed the compromise agreement, which will end the dispute that has been hindering the implementation of this proclamation. Also present were Representatives Joseph Stephen Paduano and Raul del Mar, among others.

IN BRIEF SGMA ends land dispute in Cebu A MORE than 15-year-old land dispute ended for more than 3,200 families in Cebu City after the House Oversight Committee on Housing convened by former President and Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was able to gather all stakeholders to waive their claims over their property in their favor.

Speaker Arroyo had convened the Oversight Committee on Housing, chaired by Rep. Alfredo Benitez of Negros Occidental, to resolve the land dispute in Brgy. Apas, Cebu City to enable the urban poor housing beneficiaries, mostly composed of families of soldiers, to get their titles over their property.

During hearing held at the Central Command in Barangay Apas Monday afternoon, Arroyo personally invited Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to sign the compromise agreement in favor of the informal settlers. It was the last act required to make the compromise agreement effective. It was earlier signed by the Provincial Government of Cebu, as owner of the land, and the City of Government of Cebu which has jurisdiction over the residents. Maricel V. Cruz

Pedophile American priest arrested AUTHORITIES arrested an American catholic priest wanted for various sexual offenses, including cases involving minor altar boys, both in his country and in the Philippines.

Metro Manila police director Guillermo Eleazar on Tuesday presented to members of the media the suspect Fr. Kenneth Pius Hendricks who was arrested also by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Stephanie Bowman, US magistrate judge of the US District Court in Ohio on Nov. 11, 2018, Hendricks was charged with “engaging in illicit sex with a minor in a foreign country, punishable by fines and/or up to 30 years in prison.

Eleazar said he personally served another five arrest warrants against Hendricks now detained in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan in Taguig City.

He added the five warrant of arrests came from the Eight Judicial Region Trial Court Branch 16 Naval, Biliran issued by Judge Constantino Esber for Acts of Lasciviousness and Child Abuse filed against the foreign priest. Joel E. Zurbano

Okada contractor to sue supplier A MAJOR contractor of Okada Philippines will file counter charges against Golden Mile Enterprises, a construction material supplier for allegedly issuing false and malicious information that the latter did not fulfill its agreed contract which appeared in various publications and online news.

Finmat International Resources Inc. owner Reynaldo de Jesus denied GME’s allegations that his company was remiss in paying the obligations for the supply of epoxy project worth more than P68 million.

In a statement, Finmat claimed that it has already paid P130 million to GME for the completed project performed at the Okada Casino-resort, while the remaining balance of P68 million has yet to be reevaluated and validated by both Finmat and GME. Vito Barcelo

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency will dig deeper into the involvement of international drug syndicates behind floating block of cocaines found on Philippine shores.

PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said the blocks of cocaine found on the coastlines of Quezon, Siargiao, Dinagat Islands and Camarines Norte in the past two weeks could just be a distraction to allow drug syndicates to smuggle more drugs into the country.

“Why would the syndicates allow to lose such amount of money [because of these floating blocks of cocaine?]’’ he asked.

“Why can’t they recover these?”

He said the drugs could have come from Colombia, China and the Golden Triangle (Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand).

Aquino had said that the PDEA is already coordinating with its international counterparts to identify the source of the illegal drugs.

He said some of the cocaine blocks had GPS navigation systems on them, which he said were being used to warn fellow drug

traders to stay away from the area due to the presence of government authorities.

“The other angle we are looking into is that these syndicateas are just trying to divert the attention of the security forces of our country to pave the way for a much bigger shipment of shabu. In short, if there is a recovery operation in those areas, the focus of attention is on the search and recovery of cocaine,” Aquino said.

“If our [area of] security is now open, that is the times a big shipment of may be shabu would enter. They [traders] would allow the seizure of small volume [of drugs], then comes the huge volume,” he added.

He said the country has become a transshipment of cocaine.

“It appears we are the transshipment point of cocaine and eventually, it would be brought back outside, then to be taken to Mainland China, Hong Kong or Australian,” he added.

He said “the distraction is at the eastern seaboard, making the western side very open... nothing is happening there.”

He said the PDEA would continue to intensify security measures and intelligence surveillance in the western side.

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CDO issued vs. 5 Bay ‘pollutants’

By Rio N. Araja

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HE Department of Environment and Natural Resources through the Laguna Lake Development Authority on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order on five commercial establishments for water pollution at Manila Bay. LLDA served the CDO to Max’s Restaurant on United Nations Avenue, HengFeng Kitchenette, Jollibee Macapagal Biopolis, Lamer Catering and Nihon Bashitei Japanese Food. Meanwhile, Aloha Hotel, Sarmiti Food Corp (Shawarma Snack Center) and Oriz Auto Leasing Philippines Corp would received

an ex-parte order or a notice to explain their violations within a 15-day period.

The LLDA will likewise issue notices of violations for water pollution case to Heritage Condominium Corp., Ma. Natividad Building, Marina Square Properties Inc. (Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila), Cultural Center of the Philippines (main

building and production design center), Federal Land Inc. (The New Blue Wave), First Marbella Condominium Association Inc., Gold Quest Premiere Resources Inc (The Biopolis), Harrison Lodge, Libertad Tourist Development Inc. (Halina Lodge/ Hotel), OWWA Building and Wellcross Freight Corp.

Earlier, the LLDA shut down four establishments found dumping untreated wastewater into the Manila Bay. It issued CDOs against Billion Building, HK Sun Plaza, Tramway Bayview Buffet Restaurant in Pasay City and D Circle Hotel in Manila after the closure of Aristocrat, Gloria Maris, Esplanade, and E Universe Entertainment and KTV Bar for discharging pollutive water into Manila Bay and had no proper wastewater facility.

Earlier, the Department of Interior and

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WATER SAMPLE.

A Laguna Lake Development Authority official collects water sample from a sewerage at a restaurant in F.B. Harrison Street, Pasay City on Tuesday. The Laguna Lake Development Authority served a cease and desist order to numerous restaurants near the Manila Bay due to violations in relation to sewer lines and other waste water.

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Troops foil NPA from burning heavy equipment

By Francisco Tuyay ARMY troops foiled an attempt by New People’s Army terrorists to burn down heavy equipment being used in a road construction project following a clash in South Cotabato Tuesday evening even as an NPA rebel was killed in a separate skirmish in Misamis Occidental Monday.

Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey, Information Officer of the Eastern Mindanao Command said the plan by the NPA to set fire to a heavy equipment was aborted after they were intercepted by soldiers from the 27th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Lamfinik, Brgy Lamfugon, Lake Sebu town at about 8 p.m.

Local Government said that more than half of the local government units surrounding Manila Bay have failed to comply with environmental laws.

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said 95 LGUs or 53 percent of the total 178 failed to hit the indicators measuring their compliance with environmental laws.

The number consists of 56 LGUs from Central Luzon, 37 from Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) and two from the National Capital Region.

The department identified these LGUs based on the 2018 Regional Inter-Agency Committee table assessments and on-site inspections.

“There were decades worth of shortcomings that led to the problems of Manila Bay but we are not here to point fingers anymore,” Año said in a statement.

Balagtey said troops under Col. Adonis Bajao, commander of the 1002nd Infantry Brigade were securing an ongoing road construction project at the said area when they spotted about seven NPA rebels acting suspiciously.

A 20-minute gun battle erupted after which the NPA team scampered to different direction. The brief clash did not inflict any casualty on both sides.

On Feb. 14, an NPA rebel band torched four heavy construction equipment— three backhoes and a bulldozer being used in a road widening project at Kaliwa Dam in Infanta, Quezon.

After the burning, the NPAs fled towards the boundaries of Laguna and Quezon but were intercepted by pursuing army troopers from the 1st Infantry Bat-

talion, sparking a firefight which killed a rebel who turned out to be an undergraduate student of veterinary Medicine at the University of the Philippines Los Baños identified as John Carlo Capistrano Alberto.

Major. Gen. Felimon Santos Jr., commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command which has jurisdiction in South Cotabato said his troops are committed to guard government flagship program in his turf.

“Our security and military operations are committed to establishing a psychologically secured environment which allows the implementation of government projects in the hinterlands that will benefit our marginal and isolated communities,” Santos said.

BI nabs 276 illegal foreign workers in Makati

By Vito Barcelo THE Bureau of Immigration arrested 276 foreign nationals in a raid of a network technology company along Ayala Avenue in Makati City.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said he received a report that the apprehended foreign nationals were working without the required immigration visas or permits.

“Our operatives immediately conducted a surveillance to verify the report. Once they confirmed the presence of these aliens in the building, a Mission Order to conduct the operations was immediately issued,” he said .

BI Intelligence Division Chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said the 276 were arrested for verification of their travel documents and immigration status. He said the foreigners mostly engaged in online gaming business.

“Most were undocumented, and were unable to present any proof showing their status here during the arrest. If proven to be working here without the proper visa, they may be charged for deportation,” Manahan said.

Morente commended the Intelligence Division for the series of arrests of illegal aliens in the country, saying the bureau’s intelligence has been working nonstop to catch foreigners who make a mockery of our laws.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law extending the franchise of Iglesia Ni Cristo’s telecommunications services, allowing the religious sect to install and operate private telecommunications services for another 25 years.

Duterte approved Republic Act No. 11219 on Feb. 14, 2019. The Palace, however, only released the document on Tuesday.

Under the new law, the INC will now be able to “construct, establish, install, maintain, lease, purchase, operate, and carry on a private telecommunications and electronic communication services throughout the Philippines, between the Philippines and other countries and other territories, and including outer space as public interest may warrant.”

“For this purpose, the grantee is hereby bestowed the right to construct, establish, install, maintain, lease, purchase, and operate the corresponding transmitting and receiving stations, satellites, lines, systems, networks, international gateways, local exchanges, and platforms as it may consider necessary, convenient, or reasonable,” the law stated.

INC Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo has been serving under the Duterte Administration as the President’s Special Envoy for Overseas Filipino Concerns since February 2018.

Duterte has also approved another 25-year franchise renewal of Ermita Electronics Incorporated, currently known as G. Telecoms to operate a radio communications system in the country through RA 11204.

He also greenlighted the provision of a franchise for MORE Electric and Power Corporation to distribute electricity in Iloilo City. Meanwhile, through RA 11193, which was signed last Jan. 18, 2018, a franchise was also granted to Malindang Broadcasting Network Corporation to operate radio and television stations in Mindanao.

As the President signed the franchise of media entities, the franchise renewal application of ABS-CBN, on the other hand, is still pending before the committee on legislative franchises since Nov. 16, 2016.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019

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The Ressa case WHAT is press freedom? Like any other freedom, it is God-given and inherent to man.

Still, press freedom is not absolute.

You may have the right to express your feelings, but the line is drawn against expressing what is on your mind and respecting the rights of others, like when you call somebody a crook or a thief.

People also have to maintain their reputations.

The only issue is whether or not libel was committed.

Similarly, when journalists like me enjoy the freedom of the press to write what I believe to be right, I cannot denigrate the rights of others just because I enjoy the freedom of the press.

This is exactly why we have laws against libel and slander.

When I write my column in the opinion pages, I can still be sued for libel.

In fact, I have committed libel many times, gone to court to defend myself and apologized at least four times for my recklessness.

The law defines libel. It should be a person, not a juridical entity, who is involved. The imputation must be criminal in nature to besmirch one’s reputation. Most importantly there should be malice. For example, if a journalist keeps on imputing a criminal act many times, then that could be taken to be malice.

Libel can also be committed by a journalist who repeats or reports the libelous statements of others. There are precedents to this.

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bel is difficult to prove. It is for this reason that most of the libel suits thrown at journalists are dismissed by the courts.

This is also why in my nearly 70 years in journalism, I have never been convicted of libel.

To cite an example: When I was in Cotabato City and not yet a lawyer, working as co-editor of The Mindanao Cross, I received a letter from somebody accusing a village doctor of being a “quack doctor.” Without checking the facts I published the report and I was sued as a result. I was arrested and jailed overnight. Fortunately, the Oblates who ran the paper had a good friend, Don Paco Blanco, who bailed me out.

It was clearly my fault and I apoloacceptgized to the doctor, who in turn accept ed my apology.

If you don’t want to be sued for libel, don’t be a journalist.

I say all these as a background to the case of Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, and her researcher. They published the case of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona, who supposedly used the car of businessman William Keng during the impeachment trial at the Senate.

The businessman denied the imputation years after the prescription-period for libel. The mistake of Rappler however was that it post-dated that story a couple of times, which made the story jurisdictional.

So did Ressa and her researcher commit libel or not?

Another question is whether the Duterte administration violated press freedom in having the Department of Justice, through the National Bureau of Investigation, find probable cause.

There are two issues here: Whether libel was indeed committed and whether the case against her was a violation of press freedom.

I believe that Rappler committed libel, having postdated the imputation of something that could malign the reputation of a person. Whether there was malice is something the NBI has to prove.

As for the violation of press freedom. I cannot see the connection with the libel case. As I said earlier, press

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Nothing funny

NITED States President Donald Trump has called for “retribution” against long-running comedy show Saturday Night Live for an unflattering portrayal of him in its weekend airing.

Comedian Alec Baldwin reprised his impersonation of Trump in SNL, donning a big, blond wig, crunching up his face into a pout and speaking in singsong fashion as he talked about the potential consequences of his decision to declare a national emergency so he could build his pet project, the border wall.

“I’ll immediately be sued and the ruling will not go in my favor and then it will end up in the Supreme Court and then I’ll call my buddy Kavanaugh and I’ll say ‘It’s time to repay the Donny’ and he’ll say, ‘New phone, who dis?’ And by then the Mueller report will be released, crumbling my house of cards and I can plead insanity and do a few months in the puzzle factory and my personal hell of playing president will finally be over,” Baldwin said in a mock Rose Garden address.

“Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake News NBC!” Trump tweeted. “Question

is, how do the Networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution?Likewise for many other shows? Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!”

The US leader is known to be sensitive about how he is portrayed in the media and is quick to react to such developments at odd hours, often ignoring conventions of spelling, capitalization – and acceptable presidential behavior.

While many say that Trump did exactly what Baldwin was hoping he would do, the outburst sheds light into what are truly serious and laughable in any government.

Many shows in the US are thriving because their president supplies them with actionable ideas all the time, without prompt. To be offended by such portrayals, or worse to threaten comedians with an investigation or retribution is decidedly the more laughable thing.

However, when weighed against the real-world demands of a head of state, the tendency ceases to be funny and becomes tragic.

For example, Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to invoke authorty to unlock funds to build the wall smacks of childish petulance—just because a president has a wide discretion over the definition of such an emergency. He declared the “emergency” after Congress thumbed down a request to make $5.7 billion available to build Trump’s wall.

As of press time, 16 states led

by California have sued Trump for his declaration, claiming he was unilaterally robbing taxpayers of their money.

Perhaps the consequences of this decision will not be as hilarious as those enumerated by Baldwin, but they will be disastrous, nonetheless.

Nothing funny indeed about a leader who lashes out at his critics, even those who voice dissent through creative means, instead of genuinely obtaining the pulse of the people and acting in their best interests—not out of the interests of his ego.

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Dangerous times ance and Edsa.

This latest killing will have an adverse effect on foreign investors who want to come here to do business.

President Rodrigo Duterte should exert all efforts to have the police and the National Bureau of Investigation THESE are dangerous times in this solve this heinous crime to assure forcountry. While there were bombings eign businessmen they are safe in this perpetrated by the Abu Sayyaf in a country.

Catholic cathedral in Sulu and then what appeared to be retaliatory blast on a mosque, we have not yet experienced suicide bombings in Metro MaKillings have become nila. What are getting to be almost everyday occurrences however are that common occurences. riding-in-tandem professional killers on motorcycles. So far, in the run-up to the May 13 mid-term elections— a mayor, vice mayor and a councilor have been felled by assassins. *** Last Sunday, well known businessOn another matter, the government man Jose Luis Yulo and his driver announced the revival of Baguio City, were shot dead by assassins who fired the summer getaway place of the loon their van in broad daylight at the cals because of its cool weather. Bacorner of busy thoroughfare Edsa and guio is known as the City of Pines, Reliance Street. It was not a robbery but the scent of pines is slowly disapgone wrong because the assailants pearing because of the signature trees did not even declare a holdup or take being cut down by informal settlers any of the victims’ valuables. It was from other parts of the country. plainly an intent to kill, the motive of This, after the rehabilitation of Bowhich police are still investigating. racay Island and the cleanup of MaWho wanted him killed and who nila Bay. Both Boracay and scenic paid professional hit men to do the Manila Bay are known to attract forjob? The police are now looking at eign investors who want to mix busithe business angle for the killing of ness with pleasure. The Department Yulo. But a few days after the killing, of Environment and Natural Resourcthe Mandaluyong and Eastern Police es and the Department of Tourism are District are still facing the proverbial therefore urged to set their priorities blank wall. Yulo’s female companion right. We need foreign investments to who was wounded and still in seri- fuel the growth of the economy. This ous condition is being awaited by the is why Singapore developed into an police to speak and provide possible economic hub because of its reputamotives. Yulo’s group had come from tion as a safe place, plus the attractive Pampanga and their security escorts investment incentives. in another vehicle was separated from Why our legislators continue to the two-vehicle convoy when Yulo’s support the 60-40 rule in favor of local van was stalled at the corner of ReliTurn to A5

‘Digital gangster’ IT IS the most damning report ever made by a foreign government on Facebook.

A 108-page report by the United Kingdom parliament has likened Facebook to a gangster—digital gangster.

“Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law,” said the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s Final Report,

“Disinformation and ‘Fake News’: FiFacebook is one of the nal Report” released Feb. 18, 2019. world’s largest social Said the Guardian newspaper: “The scale of the report—it drew from 170 media companies, if written submissions and evidence not the largest, with from 73 witnesses who were asked more than 4,350 questions—is without 1.5 billion active precedent. And it’s what contributes to daily users on mobile making its conclusions so damning: that the government must now act. phones alone, out That Facebook must be regulated. of 2.32 billion active That Britain’s electoral laws must be re-written from the bottom up; the reusers monthly. port is unequivocal, they are not “fit for purpose.” And that the government must now open an independent investigation into foreign interference in all est social media companies, if not the largest, with 1.5-billion active daily British elections since 2014.

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Advancing the EU-ASEAN partnership for sustainability

This year’s pig ain’t so fat

By Francisco Fontan European Union Ambassador to ASEAN region, and we are ASEAN's second largest trading partner. The EU has IN JANUARY I joined Federica concluded or is negotiating free trade Mogherini, the EU’s High Represen- and investment agreements with a tative for Foreign Affairs and Security number of ASEAN members, building Policy, in Brussels as she co-chaired blocks for an ambitious region-to-rethe 22nd EU-ASEAN Ministerial gion trade and investment framework.

Meeting. It was an impressive occaWe are working hard to increase sion, and the best attended such gath- transport links and our overall connecering anyone could remember, with tivity. If – as I hope – we soon agree almost all the ten ASEAN and twenty- the first ever region-to-region Comeight EU Member States represented prehensive Air Transport Agreement, by their foreign ministers. Brussels millions of our citizens will benefit was preparing for its first big snow- and the travel and tourism industry in fall of the winter, but the reception we particular stands to make great gains. gave our ASEAN partners was a truly We can build on this and establish a warm one. comprehensive EU-ASEAN ConnecThe debate inside the room reflected tivity Partnership. While some questhe depth and breadth of our relations, tion globalisation and are retreating from conflict in the Middle East, to into economic nationalism, it is importhe importance of the South China Sea tant that ASEAN and the EU together and the Rohingya crisis, to promoting seek to bolster global links, make them trade, investment, or higher education. work for all and show their true value Much was said but there was also a to our shared prosperity. unity of purpose—a common desire And as ASEAN says, we can leave to strengthen EU-ASEAN cooperation no one behind. including in new areas such as comThe EU remains the largest donor bating unregulated fishing, or launch- to ASEAN, helping the organisation ing a new high level dialogue on en- and your governments to reduce povvironment and climate change, and an erty and spread opportunity, with over agreement in principle to upgrade our €200 million in support of ASEAN relations to a strategic partnership. regional integration and connectivity, As Mrs. Mogherini said after the on top of over €2 billion of bilateral meeting, this was “a recognition of the assistance to ASEAN member states, strategic nature of the partnership we and the direct efforts of our 28 EU already have in many fields. It was an Member States. We will also continue important signal showing that the two to stand by you after each major natumost advanced and most successful in- ral disaster, from tsunamis to cyclones, tegration processes in the world stand putting victims’ needs above any other firmly behind multilateralism and a consideration. rules-based global order." Or as her Cooperation, solidarity and prosfellow co-chair Vivian Balakrishnan, perity have long been the hallmarks of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singa- our relations. And while they remain pore and ASEAN coordinator for EU so, the rapidly evolving international relations put it "we take our partnership scene is leading us to focus more on to a greater height, we will continue to key strategic issues. Our shared ambiexplore new areas in which we can tions can only realise their full potencooperate and learn from each other, tial in a rules-based, peaceful and stasuch as cybersecurity, maritime secu- ble environment. This is what makes rity, connectivity and climate change." ASEAN so important for the EU in A close and deep partnership between Asia—not just as a community of ten, the EU and ASEAN is thus of strategic but being also the core of the East Asia importance for both regional blocs.

Summit, the ASEAN Regional Forum, We are certainly pivotal economic or the ADMM+ process. And this is partners already. Our private sector is, where ASEAN and the EU are already by far, the first investor in ASEAN, rightly expanding their security coopholding a quarter of total stock in the eration—from trafficking in persons to

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users on mobile phones alone, out of 2.32 billion active users monthly.

Five new profiles are created every second. About 300-million photos are uploaded daily. Average time spent on Facebook is 20 minutes. Facebook has a market cap of $463.7 billion, fifth or sixth largest in the world behind Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, and Berkshire.

Excerpts and recommendations from the UK Parliament’s Report: Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law.

The Competitions and Market Authority should conduct a comprehensive audit of the operation of the advertising market on social media.

Given the contents of the Six4Three documents that we have published, it should also investigate whether Facebook specifically has been involved in any anti-competitive practices and conduct a review of Facebook’s business practices towards other developers, to decide whether Facebook is unfairly using its dominant market position in social media to decide which businesses should succeed or fail.

Social media companies cannot hide behind the claim of being merely a ‘platform’ and maintain that they have no responsibility themselves in regulating the content of their sites.

A new category of tech company is formulated, which tightens tech companies’ liabilities, and which is not necessarily either a ‘platform’ or a ‘publisher.’

This approach would see the tech companies assume legal liability for content identified as harmful after it has been posted by users.

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freedom is not limitless.

I thus cannot understand why there are so many bleding hearts for Ressa.

Even foreign personalities and governments claim that press freedom was violated. That’s a lot of BS!

cyber-crime, from maritime security to transnational crime and counterterrorism.

Today we live in no ordinary time.

Sea levels are rising, our biodiversity is shrinking, and many communities across the world are at risk of displacement or competing for access to basic resources such as water or arable land.

We cannot afford to continue on the same path. Meanwhile, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will affect everyone. Our regions need the ambition, leadership and vision to address those challenges. Last month we published our ambitions for “A Sustainable Europe by 2030,” moving to a circular economy, correcting the imbalances in our food system, future-proofing our energy, buildings and mobility, and making sure that this transition is fair, leaving no one and no place behind.

No one can achieve these goals alone. And thankfully that is something else we agree on—the foreign ministers spent more time talking about the environment, climate change and sustainable development than anything else. We agreed to deliver together on our United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Both ASEAN and the EU see regional integration as the most effective way to foster stability and prosperity.

We are both committed to addressing global challenges through a system based on rules and multilateralism. We both have an interest in promoting fair and open markets, in shaping global economic and environmental rules, and in sustainable access to each other through open sea, land and air routes, in full respect of international law.

As global stakeholders, the EU and ASEAN have the responsibility to advance the international rules-based order and preserve our “global commons.” I have been immensely privileged, as the EU’s first ambassador to ASEAN, to have seen our strategic relationship go from strength to strength.

I am confident that it has even further to run and that, together, we will play a leading role in developing the global responses needed for the challenges of tomorrow.

By choosing not to appear before the Committee, Mark Zuckerberg has shown contempt towards both the UK Parliament and the ‘International Grand Committee,’ involving members from nine legislatures from around the world.

Clear legal liabilities should be established for tech companies to act against harmful or illegal content on their sites. There is now an urgent need to establish independent regulation.

A compulsory Code of Ethics should be established, overseen by an independent regulator, setting out what constitutes harmful content. The independent regulator would have statutory powers to monitor relevant tech companies; this would create a regulatory system for online content that is as effective as that for offline content industries.

A Code of Ethics should be similar to the Broadcasting Code issued by Ofcom—which is based on the guidelines established in section 319 of the 2003 Communications Act. The Code of Ethics should be developed by technical experts and overseen by the independent regulator, in order to set down in writing what is and is not acceptable on social media.

This should include harmful and illegal content that has been referred to the companies for removal by their users, or that should have been easy for tech companies themselves to identify.

The process should establish clear, legal liability for tech companies to act against agreed harmful and illegal content on their platform and such companies should have relevant systems in place to highlight and remove ‘types of harm’ and to ensure that cyber security structures are in place. If tech companies (including technical engineers involved in creating the software for the companies) are found to have failed to meet their obligations under such a Code, and not acted against the

distribution of harmful and illegal content, the independent regulator should have the ability to launch legal proceedings against them, with the prospect of large fines being administered as the penalty for non-compliance with the Code.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal was facilitated by Facebook’s policies. If it had fully complied with the FTC settlement, it would not have happened. The US Federal Trade Commission Complaint of 2011 ruled against Facebook—for not protecting users’ data and for letting app developers gain as much access to user data as they liked, without restraint—and stated that Facebook built their company in a way that made data abuses easy.

Evidence obtained from the Six4Three court documents indicates that Facebook was willing to override its users’ privacy settings in order to transfer data to some app developers, to charge high prices in advertising to some developers, for the exchange of that data, and to starve some developers—such as Six4Three—of that data, thereby causing them to lose their business.

It seems clear that Facebook was, at the very least, in violation of its Federal Trade Commission settlement.

The Competitions and Market Authority should conduct a comprehensive audit of the operation of the advertising market on social media.

Given the contents of the Six4Three documents, it should also investigate whether Facebook specifically has been involved in any anti-competitive practices and conduct a review of Facebook’s business practices towards other developers, to decide whether Facebook is unfairly using its dominant market position in social media to decide which businesses should succeed or fail.

Yes, I admit that because of the critical reportage of Rappler, especially on the bloody war on drugs, President Duterte was piqued. At one point, a Rappler reporter was barred from entering Malacañang grounds.

But there are so many other critics of the war on illegal drugs!

I think President Duterte is proceed-

ing wrongly in the war on drugs. It is not a peace-and-order problem. It is a health issue.

As I have said so many times, Duterte may kill up to millions who are drug addicts users, but so long as there is demand, the problem will continue to be there even after his term.

But back to Ressa. She is trying to

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MY MOTHER, who was half-Fookienese, once told me that those born in the Year of the Pig are lucky.

When I asked why, she replied: “Pigs are always well-fed. So those born in the Year of the Pig do not have to worry about their food. They will be well-provided.”

Reflecting on her simplistic observation afterward, I thought to myself that pigs are well-fed to fatten them for their eventual slaughter.

Feng shui experts differ on how they interpret this year’s Earth Pig and the portents it brings. Some say it will be a good year; others say it will be so-so, and particularly, they warn those born in certain Chinese zodiac signs to be extra careful about money matters, or health, or marriage.

But let’s not delve on the metaphysical, if feng shui can be considered as such. The empirical evidence for 2019, insofar as the economy is concerned, shows that this year’s pig ain’t gonna be so fat.

Trade uncertainties amid tensions between the two largest economies in the world, the US and China, will significantly affect Philippine exports this year.

So thinks Sec. Ernie Pernia, our NEDA director-general.

Even last year, our export value contracted by 1.8 percent over the previous year, while imports in this yet consumption-driven economy grew by only 2.8 per cent.

The Chinese economy, as well everyone knows, has been quite sluggish these past few years. Even as it posts 6 percent or so growth, this compares to the heady days when on an annual basis, 11-12 percent GDP growth has been the norm.

Donald Trump’s hard-line bargaining for “fair” trade, which means “fair” in terms of benefits to American business, is in sharp contrast to the US doctrine of free markets competing worldwide, which the Chinese have utilized to their advantage over the last two decades of amazing export and manufacturing growth.

“Merchandise trade in all the monitored Asian economies continued to weaken in the last month of 2018, as the region began to feel the impact of the weakening Chinese economy and the US-China trade tension,” Pernia observed. The continuing uncertainty threatens the growth of global trade, the flow of investments and output.

For the Philippines, election spending this year should drive greater consumer spending, while the Build, Build, Build projects fueled by government spending on badly needed infrastructure will, we hope, remain as positive factors contributing to our 2019 GDP. The influx of Chinese and Korean tourists are expected to increase, also contributing to the economy this year.

We hope agriculture, the laggard in 2018, will show considerable improvement in 2019.

Thus, most analysts believe the Philippines will continue to grow at a healthy, though unspectacular 6 to 6.5 percent.

We need more than similar average growth rates to be able to catch up with the rest of our Southeast Asian neighbors, particularly Vietnam, even Indonesia. But at least, the economy under successive leaderships beginning with President FVR has been consistent in policy and direction.

But what remains problematic is uneven implementation of good policy. And the requisite political will that seems to be demonstrable only now under President Duterte after a long desert of patchwork and discontinuity.

2019 will also be experimental for our amended rice policy. Rice plays such a critical role because it is the staple grain, the availability—or lack of which—af-

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investments is not so hard to understand. Our politicians and their families are in business and engaged in politics to perpetuate their their family’s social, political and business inbe a martyr of sorts. She claims that the Duterte administration is “weaponizing the law.” But the issue is plain—did she, or did she not, commit libel?

I may be accused of suddenly siding with the President, but it would not be true because I have been so critical of the Duterte administration so many times in the past.

fects inflation rates, and public temper as well.

We will be weaning away from quantitative restrictions on rice imports after 23 years of dodging the WTO’s liberalization of trade on the staple. Before 1995, we had a highly protectionist food security policy centered on NFA’s monopoly of grains. But starting this year, the National Food Authority will cease to be an operator in the rice market, and will be confined to buffer stocking.

How government can manage the rice market to avoid shortages and overpricing, as against the impact on farmer incomes and agricultural productivity, will be a delicate balancing act minus the intervention of the NFA.

Expectations about the Year of the Earth Pig should be tempered with the realities of the world economy.

While awaiting the implementing rules and regulations of R.A. 11203 which liberalizes rice importation, one can only hope that the NFA and the economic managers who comprise its governing Council have been prescient enough to stock up on rice reserves for this year.

The allocation of a 10 billion peso Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, which when tarriffs are collected from free-for-all imports should correlate to some 1.2 million tons (assuming the world rice pricing does not spike upwards) will be effective only, and ONLY IF, the handling of the fund is done without the endemic corruption that has characterized similar safety nets legislated in the wake of our accession to the WTO. Remember the ACEF, or Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, derived from tarriffs on MAV imports, as well as budgetary outlays? Gone to uncollected anomalous loans, to fertilizer scandals, overpriced projects and other scams.

Whether the RCEF will go the way of the ACEF or whether it will answer the “safety net” that even Vice President Leni Robredo belatedly worries about will be a function of bureaucratic competence or incompetence, and whether the usual “sticky” fingers will or will not make a mess of the fund.

As for attracting foreign investments, we have to understand that we are in competition with our ASEAN neighbors and even India in getting these muchneeded transfers of both capital and technology.

The restrictive provisions of our 1987 Constitution do not make for an attractive venue. Neither do our labyrinthine bureaucratic procedures. And while we have a good, young and English-speaking labor force, the same is being wooed away from the domestic economy by overseas employment opportunities.

The US-China trade war should attract transfers of capital and technology from China to our country, but as stated earlier, we are in competition with other Asean countries, where every effort is being made to attract foreign investment.

In Vietnam for instance, which is authoritarian in politics but very open in economics, the levels of FDI’s for the past decade have been astounding.

Getting our act together is imperative.

And expectations about the Year of the Earth Pig should be tempered with the realities of the world economy, even as we reform, as we must, the strictures that bind our country to sluggish growth in foreign capital and technological catching-up.

We must guard against a return of the boom-and-bust cycle that has plagued our efforts at economic development while our neighbors have long sustained their crest.

terests. Need we say more? If they are not popular, the leading candidates for the Senate are the ones with the money. Money speaks louder than words and the wealthy bets are expected to turn up the volume at the homestretch of the political campaign.

If I did believe that freedom of the press is being violated in Ressa’s case, then I would be the first to declare support for her. But I do not.

Whether libel was committed is for the courts to decide. Let us look at all this objectively. www.emiljurado.weebly.com

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Andaya ready on Diokno’s ‘budget’

By Maricel V. Cruz

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HE chairman of the House of Representatives’ committee on appropriations has volunteered to brief Palace officials on embattled Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s alleged anomalous budget practices to spare President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” Program from being jeopardized.

Bangko Sentral warns public on currency handling

By Julito G. Rada

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas once again warned the public against the improper handling of local currency, saying those who would be found guilty would face fines and imprisonment of not more “The Build, Build, Build Program of Andaya alleged this bred corruption than five years. the President is in peril. An economic as some contractors reportedly forced The regulator mentioned these acts of slowdown is imminent. All of these, themselves to resort to bribery just to currency mishandlings that include mutilathanks to Secretary Diokno’s anomalous get paid. tion, tearing, burning or willful defacement. budget practices,” said Camarines Sur In Malacañang, Presidential “The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas warns the public that the willful defacement, muRep. Rolando Andaya Jr., the panel Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told tilation, tearing, burning or destruction of chairman.

Andaya to stop lawyering for the Philippine banknotes and coins are punDiokno vehemently denied all the contractors. ishable by a fine of not more than P20,000 Andaya Diokno allegations against him by Andaya.

But Andaya advised Panelo to talk and/or imprisonment of not more than five Andaya earlier lamented that to Diokno for him to get informed years, under Presidential Decree No. 247,” concerned Department of Budget and about the alleged “dark secrets lurking Secretary Diokno, man-to-man. infrastructure spending and develop the BSP said in a statement Tuesday.

Management and Department of Public in the Department of Budget and He has many secrets that are not industries that will yield robust It also said that Philippine “banknotes Works and Highways’ employees had Management.” known about the DBM,” Andaya growth, create jobs and improve the and coins are issued for circulation as mediintimated to him that the total amount of “If Malacañang wants a briefing on pointed out. “The P100-billion lives of Filipinos. um of exchange and to utilize them for other unpaid contracts for 2018 infrastructure these anomalies, my line is open. I can payables are just the tip of the It was reported that public purposes does not speak well of the due reprojects have risen from P44 billion last rush to the Palace any time of the day,” spect and dignity befitting our currency.” iceberg,” he added. spending on infrastructure projects It said other prohibited acts of defaceNovember to more than P100 billion at Andaya said.

The “Build, Build, Build” Program is targeted at P8 to 9 trillion from ment and/or mutilation of Philippine curthe end of the year.

“Secretary Panelo better talk to of Duterte aims to accelerate 2017 to 2022. rency were writing or putting marks on banknotes; willful and excessive CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK folding or crumpling that would result in a breakManila SCN FORM NO. 1 with any association or group of persons who uphold and down of the structure and limpness of Standard (R.A. NO. 9139) teach doctrines opposing all organized governments. I 001573 TODAY the banknote; and willfully causing am not defending or teaching the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault or assassination for the success multiple random folds across the entire and predominance of one's ideas. I am not a polygamist banknote that toughly would affect its nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I have not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude. I am not visual appearance. suffering from mental alienation or from any incurable BSP also said that willfully exposing contagious disease. The country of which I am a citizen or subject is not at war with the Philippines and grants to banknotes or coins to chemicals or other REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Filipinos the right to be naturalized citizens or subjects materials could result in the acceleration of SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION thereof. the defacement, destruction, or natural wear 13. It is my true and honest intention to become a citizen IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF and tear of the note or coin. of the Philippines and to renounce absolutely and forever all EDGAR SO TAN A.K.A. TSAI MING YI allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state “The public is also discouraged to staple to be naturalized as Filipino citizen or sovereignty, and, particularly, to Taiwan petition up to the pursuant to Republic Act No. 9139. banknotes and/or use adhesives to put on time of my admission to Philippine citizenship. banknotes and coins as these will comproSCN CASE NO.

By Rey Requejo 14. My character witnesses are Anthony Enriquez Tan x------------------ x mise their structural integrity,” it said. and Wilson Si Co, both Filipino citizens, of legal age, and residing at Rizal St. Poblacion, Tarlac City and 33B 1249 The BSP encouraged the public to report Wharton Park, Masangkay Tondo, Manila respectively, FOREIGN Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday said he would any information on improper handling of who have executed sworn statements attached hereto “kill” anyone who would ask for birth certificate as a requirement in support of my instant petition, together with: (a) brief Philippine currency to the nearest police biographical data about themselves; (b) detailed statements for renewal of passport.

PETITION station or law enforcement agency, for apon the dates they first came to know me, the circumstances The country’s top diplomat made the statement after a Twitter of our initial acquaintance and the reasons and extent of Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9139, propriate action. our continuing familiarity; and (c) the number of times they user asked if the document was still needed for renewing passport. petitioner hereby submits a petition for naturalization to have acted as character witnesses in other petitions for In March 2018, the BSP released the full become a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines and naturalization.

“Sir @teddyboylocsin kailangan pa rin po ba ng birth certificate respectfully declares: set of New Generation Currency coin series pag nag parenew ng passport? Salamat po,” the Twitter user asked 15. Attached hereto as annexes and made part of composed of the 10-, 5-, 1-piso, and 25-, 5-, 1. My full name is Edgar So Tan a.k.a. Tsai Ming Yi, but I this petition are the duplicate originals or certified Locsin. have also been known since childhood as Edgar So Tan, or and 1-sentimo into circulation. photocopies of the following documents (please check the I have been judicially authorized to use the alias name(s) And the DFA chief replied: “Hindi.

P***a.

Not for passport appropriate box): . n/a renewal. If anyone asks you, tell me who and I will fucking kill [ / ] a. Petitioner's birth certificate 2. My present place of residence is Sitio Paroba, Brgy. him/her.” [ / ] b.

Petitioner's alien certificate of registration (ACR) Carangian City/Municipality of Tarlac Province of Tarlac, [ / ] c. Petitioner's native-born certificate of residence and all my former places of residence are (please indicate “I just want to make myself fucking clear. That fucking birth cer(NBCR) periods of residence): [ / ] d. Petitioner's marriage certificate, if married tificate requirement is out because it was an idiotic requirement [ ] e. Death certificate of his/her spouse, if widowed 77 Rosas St. Green Village, Concepcion , Tarlac - 1988 to 1989 according to top retired DFA officials,” Locsin said. [ ] f. Court decree annulling his/her marriage or granting 94 San Nicolas, Concepcion, tarlac - 1967 to 1988 legal separation, if such was the fact Earlier, Locsin issued Department Order 03-2019 last month re[ / ] g. Birth certificates of petitioner's minor children 3. I was born on January 6, 1967, in Tarlac, Tarlac moving birth certificate as a requirement for passport renewal. [ ] h.

ACRs of petitioner's minor children Philippines. I have been a resident of the Philippines since [ ] i. NBCRs of petitioner's minor children birth. At present, I am a citizen or subject of Taiwan.

But the said order only covers regular renewal of passports [ / ] j. Affidavits of financial capacity by the petitioner, duly supported by bank certifications, passbooks, stock and not for the following cases: first time passport applications; 4. My father's name is Tan Tiong and he was born on certificates, or proof of ownership of other properties January 10, 1935, in China. He is a citizen or subject of renewal applications for lost and mutilated passports; renewal re[ / ] k. Affidavits of at least two (2) credible witnesses China. My mother's name is JULITA CHENG SO and she who must be Filipino citizens of good reputation in quiring changes in the passport entries; renewal of old brown and was born on June 16, 1938 in Pontevedra, Capiz. She is petitioner's place of residence a citizen or subject of China. green passports bearing no complete middle name; and applicants [ / ] l. Medical certificate from a government hospital LA UNION 2nd District Rep. Sandra stating that petitioner is not suffering from mental 5. My trade, business, profession or lawful occupation included in DFA’s watchlist.

Eriguel said the enactment of a law quaalienation or a user of prohibited drugs or otherwise is employment and from which I derive an average a drug dependent and that he/she is not afflicted The move came in the same month that the DFA chief claimed drupling the monthly pension of senior war annual income of P 680,000,000 , inclusive of bonuses, with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), commissions and allowances. My wife's/husband's trade, that the department is requiring passport holders to submit their veterans from P5,000 to P20,000 would or any incurable contagious disease. business, profession or lawful occupation is retail business [ / ] m. School diploma and transcript of records of the birth certifi cates in renewing their passports because the private support Filipino heroes in their old age and and from which she derives an average annual income of petitioner from the school/s he or she attended in P 100,000,00 . boost the morale of the country’s soldiers. passport maker took all the data when its contract was terminated. the Philippines [ / ] n. Certifications stating that petitioner's minor children Eriguel, in a statement, thanked Presi(Where the above does not apply): I am exempt from This led the DFA to “rebuild” its database for passports issued are enrolled in public schools or private educational the requirement of lucrative trade or occupation and from dent Rodrigo Duterte for signing Republic institutions duly recognized by the DECS, where before 2010. submitting income tax returns for the past three (3) years Philippine history, government and civics are taught Act 11164 on Dec. 20, 2018 to increase the because I am a college degree holder [please state (1) Later, Locsin admitted that there was no runaway of passport and prescribed as part of the school curriculum degree obtained:____ , (2) name of school: ________________ monthly old-age pension of Filipino veterand where enrollment is not limited to any race or information affected by the data breach in the department. and (3) years graduated: N/A who cannot practice my nationality ans who fought in World War II, Korean profession (the practice of which requires a government He said the data was made inaccessible and that access was [ / ] o. Petitioner's income tax returns for the past three years licensure examination) by reason of my citizenship. and Vietnam wars. [ / ] p. Petitioner's receipts of payment of income tax for the declared denied since the contractor’s term ended. past three years 6. My civil status is M, I was married on 12-15-96 in Tarlac, “This will support our heroes who need He made the turnaround from his previous position after former Tarlac. My wife's/husband's name is Rosalind Chua Lim and 16. Other documents submitted by the petitioner in support medical and financial assistance in their old she/he was born on 09-26-66 in Tarlac, Tarlac. She/he is a DFA chief Perfecto Yasay Jr. said that Locsin might have been misof his/her petition: citizen or subject of PHILIPPINES and presently resides Sitio age. This will also boost the morale of informed about the supposed passport data loss, and that it was maParoba, Brgy. Carangian, Tarlac, Tarlac.

Affidavit of Denial, Employment Certification, Certificate of Membership our Filipino soldiers, knowing that the licious to say that the private contractor made off with the data.

- Tarlac Filipino-Chinese Volunteers Fire Brigade, Certificate of 7. I am legally separated from my spouse; my marriage government is ready to assist them during Membership - Freemasons, Police, NBI, Prosecutor, MTC and RTC was annulled, per decree of legal separation/annulment Clearances, Barangay Clearance their retirement,” said Eriguel, who is a codated N/A granted by N/A. (please indicate the particular court which granted the same). I am a widower/widow and author of the House version of the law apPRAYER my spouse died on N/A in N/A. proved by the House in July 2018.

WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed that petitioner be 8. I have four (4) child/children, whose names, dates The law effectively increased the conferred Philippine citizenship pursuant to the provisions and places of birth and residences are as follows: of Republic Act No, 9139.

Republic of the Philippines monthly pension of war veterans by 300 Province of Bohol Name Date of Birth Place of Residence MUNICIPALITY OF SEVILLA percent beginning 2019. Section 2 of the Birth Dated at Makati City, Metro Manila, this 7th day of James Christopher 10-15-98 Tarlac City All at Sitio Paroba INVITATION TO BID December, 2018. law provides that the old-age pension of vetJames Vincent 10-15-98 Tarlac City Brgy. Caraingan 1.

The Municipality of Sevilla, Bohol through its Bids and Awards Committee, (BAC), invites Bidders to apply for Jasper Matthew 10-25-2000 Tarlac City Tarlac erans of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Eligibility and to Bid for: Jeremy Daniel 06-15-2009 Tarlac City wars will be increased to P20,000 a month, Name of Project : SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MATERIALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EDGAR SO TAN a.k.a. TSAI MING YI 9. I received my primary and secondary education from IMPROVEMENT OF BARANGAY ROADS AND BRIDGES provided that the veterans of Korean and VietName and Signature of Petitioner the following public schools or private educational institutions Scope of Work : The project is for the supply and delivery of the following materials: Address: Sitio Paroba, Brgy. duly recognized by the Department of Education, Culture nam wars were not receiving pension from 1.

Boulders, Class A - 150.00 cu.m.

Carangian, Tarlac City 2.

Portland Cement - 304.00 bags and Sports (DECS), where Philippine history, government the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

3.

Fine Aggregates - 31.00 cu.m.

Telephone Number: +63917-514 1967 and civics are taught and prescribed as part of the school 4.

PVC Pipes, 50mm x 10’ - 10.00 pcs curriculum and where enrollment is not limited to any race 5.

RCCP, 910mm dia.

- 3.00 pcs The entitlement to the increase in old6.

Item 200 – Aggregates 2643.00 cu.m. or nationality: Sub-base course age pension will be limited to the eligible Name of School Place of Dates of Highest Grade The above materials shall be delivered at various barangays within the Municipality of living senior veterans and are not transferSchool Study Completed Right Thumbmark of Petitioner Sevilla as determined by the Office of the Municipal Engineer. able to any family members and/or their Bayanihan Institute Tarlac City 1972- 1981 6th GRADE Location : Sevilla, Bohol Contract Duration : 180 Calendar Day dependents.

Approved Budget San Sebastian College Recto, 1981-1985 4th Year High School for the Contract : Php2,267,010.00 The law states that the fund for the first year Manila Fund Source : 20% Development Fund for 2019 Petitioner's signature and right thumbmark Bid Documents Fee : Php 5,000.00 PAT T S C o l l e g e o f Parañaque 1985-1989 BS Aeronautical of its implementation should come from the Aeronautics City Engineering 2.

Price quotations shall be inclusive of freight and handling costs, VAT and other related charges. The goods must be Philippine Veterans Affairs Office. delivered at site as specified by the Office of the Municipal Engineer. Add-ons, if any, shall be for the account of the bidder/supplier. Contract duration shall be One Hundred Eighty (180) calendar days reckoned from the date of 10. I am able to read, write and speak Filipino and/or any Congress will then allocate a fund in the receipt of Notice to Proceed and Purchase Order. of the following dialects of the Philippines: Kapampangan REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) CITY/MUNICIPALITY OF MANILA) S.S. 3.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedure using non-discretionary pass/fail criteria as General Appropriations Act for the law’s imand Bisaya specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9184 known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Only bids from Bidders who pass the eligibility check will be opened. plementation in the succeeding years.

11. I have enrolled my minor children of school age in the 4.

The Municipal Government of Sevilla, through its Bids and Awards Committee, will hold a Pre-Bid Conference I, Edgar So tan a.k.a. Tsai Ming Yi of legal age and a resident Eriguel said the institutionalization of the following public schools or private educational institutions open to all interested bidders on February 28, 2019 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning at the Office of the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, 2 Floor, Municipal Hall (Main Building), Poblacion, Sevilla, Bohol. duly recognized by the Department of Education, Culture of Sitio Paroba, Brgy. Carangian, Tarlac after being duly old-age pension for Filipino veterans is the sworn, depose and say that I am the petitioner herein, that and Sports (DECS), where Philipine History, government 5.

A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by any interested bidder or his duly authorized country’s way of honoring their heroic deeds and civics are taught and prescribed as part of the school I have read the foregoing petition and know the foregoing representative upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00), Philippine currency.

Bidding Documents will be available during office hours from February20, 2019 to March 12, 2019 at the BAC curriculum and where enrollment is not limited to any race petition and known the contents thereof, and that the same Secretariat, Office of the Municipal Accountant, Ground Floor, Municipal Hall, Sevilla, Bohol. in defending Filipino sovereignty. is true of my own knowledge. or nationality:

Birth certificate not needed for passport renewal—Locsin

‘Higher pension to support war vets in old age’

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Name of Child James Christopher James Vincent Jasper Matthew Jeremy Daniel

Name and Place of School

Date of Enrollment

Ateneo De Manila Univ.

Ateneo De Manila Univ.

De La Salle Univ.

Bayanihan Institute

SY 2018 -2019 SY 2018 -2019 SY 2018 -2019 SY 2018 -2019

12. I shall never be a public charge. I am of good moral character. I believe in the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution. I have conducted myself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of my residence in the Philippines in my relations with the constituted government as well as with the community in which I am living. I mingled socially with Filipinos and have evinced a sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs, traditions and ideals of the Filipino people. I have all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications under Republic Act No. 9139.

I am not opposed to organized government or affiliated

Edgar So Tan a.k.a. Tsai Ming Yi Name and Signature of Petitioner SUBCRIBED AND SWORN to before me at Tarlac City this ____ day of Dec 07, 2018.

6.

Deadline for submission of bids will be on March 13, 2019 at 12:00 noon. Bidders may submit their sealed bids on or before the said time and date to the BAC Secretariat, Office of the Municipal Accountant, Ground Floor, Municipal Hall, Sevilla, Bohol. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the form indicated in the Bid Documents.

LATE BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

7.

Bid Opening shall be at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon on the 13th of March 2019 at the Office of the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, 2nd Floor, Municipal Hall (Main Building), Poblacion, Sevilla, Bohol.

8.

Bidders should have completed, within the last five (5) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a single largest contract similar to the project to be bid with a value of at least 50% of the Approved Budget for the Contract, and must meet the other minimum eligibility requirements stated in the eligibility documents.

9.

All particulars relative to the Eligibility Requirements and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, PreBidding Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of RA 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulation as Revised.

10.

The Municipal Government of Sevilla, Bohol reserves the right to accept or reject any bid or to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award. Likewise, the LGU assumes no responsibility or liability for any and all costs associated with the Bidder’s Participation in the bidding process regardless of its result.

Bids and Awards Committee.

(MS-FEB. 20, 27 & MAR 6, 2019)

(SGD.) JOCELYN M. DANO BAC Chairman Municipal Hall Poblacion, Sevilla, Bohol 09196680508 Email: indaidano_sevilla@yahoo.com.ph

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Be it known that MYELA Center of Altruism, Academics, and Arts, pursuant to Resolution duly adopted in a meeting held on Feb 4, 2019, by a majority vote of its directors and stockholders representing at least twothirds of its outstanding capital stock, has approved the dissolution of the corporation by shortening its corporate term up to Feb 19, 2019. The Amended Articles of Incorporation will be filed in due course with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

All parties having valid claims against the Corporation are requested to present the same at its principal office during business hours at Palnab Del Norte, Virac, Catanduanes.

(Sgd) Eduardo V. Bongat Jr. Corporate Seceretary

(MS-FEB. 20, 2019)

(MS-FEB. 20,27 & MAR. 6, 2019)

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Sports

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

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Batang Pinoy to start Sunday THREE THOUSAND athletes from 67 local government units all over the Visayas region are expected to participate in the Philippine Sports Commission’s Batang Pinoy qualifying leg which opens in Iloilo City on Sunday.

“The city and province of Iloilo have been wanting to host the Batang Pinoy and we are glad it’s finally happening here,” said Iloilo City Youth and Sports Development Office Head Moises Salomon Jr. National Secretariat Deputy Head Paul Ycasas added that, “final preparations are currently being done to assist not just the athletes, but also the 572 coaches and 135 delegation officials attending the games.”

Like its Mindanao leg in Tagum, Davao del Norte last February 2 to 9, the PSC’s grassroots sporting event for in-school and out-of-school children for 15 years under will feature 20 sporting events, in 15 different playing venues.

Ycasas identified La Paz Elementary School, Graciano Elementary School, Pison Elementary School, Montes Elementary School, Jaro Elementary School and Jalandoni Memorial National High School as the six billeting areas for athletes throughout the games.

Last November 2017, Cebu City claimed the Batang Pinoy Visayas leg overall title with 46 gold medals, 59 silver medals and 69 bronze medals, with host Dumaguete City on second spot with 41 gold, 29 silver and 44 bronze.

Blue Eaglets promise to rebound ATENEO Blue Eaglets coach Reggie Varilla admitted that they have been outworked by the Nazareth SchoolNational University Bullpups in Game 1 of the 81st University Athletic Association of the Philippines Junior Basketball Tournament.

Varilla however said the team has learned from their loss and vowed to get the last two wins of the season.

T he Bullpups, accordi ng to Va r illa, did a g reat job with their rebounding and second chance baskets.

Their efforts in the shaded lanes allowed the Bullpups to pull off a 70-58 win over the Blue Eaglets and move a win closer to their seventh title.

“You can see this at the number of times they got the rebound, and the 50-50 balls. We played good defense. But we were not able to close it out with our defensive rebounds,” said Varilla.

He noted how Bulldogs big men Carl Tamayo and Kevin Quiambao took charge with Tamayo finishing with a 15-point, 12-rebound double-double while Tamayo tallied 14 points and 13 rebounds.

“They hit some big shots, and suddenly we were down by nine,” added Varilla.

Their team effort down the stretch, forced 7-foot-1 Blue Eaglet Kai Sotto to five turnovers and frustrated Forthsky Padrigao, who only had four points, for 2-of-12 shooting accuracy and eight errors.

Geo Chiu supported Sotto with double-double effort of 12 points and 11 rebounds.

On the other hand, Padrigao had eight assists, six boards, and three steals. Peter Atencio

ICE QUEEN. Osman Delibash, 26, a member of Moscow’s ice swimming club “Walruses of the Capital”, ignores the freezing cold as she steps into the icy waters of the Moscow River. AFP

SEA Games facilities at Clark near completion

By Peter Atencio

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LARK Field, Pampanga—Sports facilities that are being constructed inside the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac are more than halfway done.

The facilities, which showcase Filipino culture and lifestyle, will be used for the coming 30th Southeast Asian Games and are expected to be finished by August.

The sports complex at the New Clark City will serve as the main hub of the Games, which will cater to 22 of the 56 sports disciplines which have been calendared.

Officials of infrastructure developer, MTD Philippines, which is the project partner of the Bases Conversion Development Authority, said the project will be done some three months of before start of the biennial meet, which will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11.

“We are in here for the long haul (on these projects). May athletics stadium, at may aquatics center. Matatapos po ito ng June, at the latest ay July,” said New Clark City project director, admiral Jose Miguel Rodriguez during yesterday’s weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum that was held at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club.

The venues are part of a P13.6-billion project, known as Phase 1A of the New Clark City (NCC).

Other facilities that are being readied for the games are in the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan The athletes’ village will have 2,100

beds, and will be home to athletes, officials, and volunteers for the duration of the Games.

There are plans to have them operational by Nov. 20.

The aquatics center will have an eightlane training pool, a 10-lane competition pool and a maximum depth of five meters.

On the other hand, the track stadium will have a 400-meter standard track and nine lanes.

Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee deputy director Arrey Perez said the structures built will be the first major sports facilities to rise in the country since the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex was put up in 1934.

The designers take pride in the design of the oval, which draws inspiration from the “caldera,” or the crater of Mt. Pinatubo and the contour of the surrounding terrain of Zambales and the Sierra Madre ranges.

Fajardo, Slaughter lead All-Star lineup

By Jeric Lopez IT will be speed against size in the coming Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game 2019.

The starters for the annual All-Star meet to be held on Mar. 31 in Calasiao, Pangasinan were named yesterday.

Giants June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel Beer and Greg Slaughter of Barangay Ginebra will lead the South’s charge along with rejuvenated James Yap of Rain or Shine, Scottie Thomson, also from Ginebra, and Mark Barroca of Magnolia.

Over at the other end, spitfires will spearhead the way for North with the Hotshots’ Paul Lee and the Gin Kings’ LA Tenorio.

They will be joined by Ginebra’s Japeth Aguilar, San Miguel’s Marcio Lassiter and Phoenix’s Calvin Abueva.

With Fajardo and Slaughter once again at the helm for a twin-tower combination, South will definitely have a significant size advantage.

However, quickness and athleticism will most certainly be on the North’s side with speedsters Lassiter, Aguilar and Abueva.

San Miguel Beer giant June Mar Fajardo (15), here grabbing the rebound, will lead the South team during the PBA All-Star game in Pangasinan. PBA Media

Prior to the game, the other All-Star festivities will be held beforehand.

This year’s All-Star has reverted back to its old format of holding the games in just a single venue. The festivities are

scheduled from March 29-31.

For the last two seasons, the league had brought the All-Star weekend nationwide, hopping from Luzon, Visayas to Mindanao.

Saso settles for joint lead at PH Ladies Amateur Open YUKA Saso sizzled in the early going but cooled down at the back with shaky putting, settling for a one-under 70 and a share of the lead with Thai Khawnuna Yosita and Mafy Singson at the start of the Champion Philippine Ladies Amateur Open at the Manila Golf and Country Club in Forbes Park yesterday.

They stood four strokes up on Chanettee Wannasaen, also of Thailand, who shot a 74, while Sofia Chabon and Rianne Malixi turned in identical 75s in windy conditions at the par-71 layout returning as host of the country’s premier championship after a long absence.

Manila Golf Club president Martin Romualdez, Peerless Products Manufacturing Corp. president Simeon Tiu and MGC ladies chapter head Lorna Tabuena hit the ceremonial drives to formally kick off the 54-hole championship presented by Champion late Monday.

Other backers of the event are EVA Air, San Miguel Corp., Elmer Ngo, Inquirer, Pascual Laboratories, the National Golf Association of the Philippines and the ladies chapters of Alabang, Forest hills, Tagaytay Highlands, Sta. Elena, Canlubang and Manila Golf clubs with Vermogen, Sports + Action and Sports U channels of ABS-CBN. Junia Gabasa, coming off a victory in the W Express RVF Cup in Canlubang last week, struggled with a 76 for joint seventh with Eagle Ace Superal and Taiwanese Sung You-Chuan while Nicole Abelar lay a stroke farther back with 77 in the 54-hole championship organized and conducted by the Women’s Golf Association of the Philippines.

Just when she thought she had the posh layout all figured out after going three-under with a birdie on No. 1 and an eagle on No. 4, Saso hit an errant approach shot on No. 8 for bogey then groped for her touch on the unpredictable greens at the back, flubbing five birdie chances inside eight feet.

The reigning Asian Games gold medalist three-putted No. 14 after misreading a downhill try, the ball storming past the cup by six feet which she failed to return.

Duterte signs law to build ‘state-of-the-art’ training center

By Nat Mariano IN A bid to help the country’s athletes achieve excellence and ensure success in international sports competition, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law green lighting the establishment of a P3.5 billion “state-of-the-art” national sports training facility.

Republic Act No. 11214, also known as the “Philippine Sports Training Center Act,” seeks to “promote and develop sports in the country” with the establishment of multi-billion-peso sports complex, which would be called as the Philippine Sports Training Center (PSTC).

The new legislation seeks to “achieve excellence in international sports competition, ensure success in the country’s quest to achieve competitiveness in the Olympic Games, promote international amity among nations.”

“The State shall promote physical education and encourage sports program, league competitions, and amateur sports, including training for international competitions to foster self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the development of a healthy and alert citizenry,” the law stated.

“To further this policy, the State shall establish and construct a state-of-theart and highly scientific sports complex,” it added.

According to the law, there shall be a six-month planning upon its effectivity.

The necessary sports facilities and amenities, which the government hopes would be “at par” with international standards, shall then be constructed within a period of 18 months in a location suitable and conducive to high-level training of athletes, coaches, and referees.

The PSTC shall also serve as the “official

home and primary venue for the development of athletes in the National Team,” providing them access to scientific principles and programs, training techniques, and modern equipment and facilities.

Staying true to its “state-of-the-art” branding, the soon-to-be-constructed sports complex aims to provide over 26 training facilities such as athletes’ and coaches’ dormitory, baseball field, covered swimming and diving pool, football field, multipurpose gymnasium, track and field oval, tennis courts, library, weight training building, school buildings, worship and meditation room, and a medical center, among others.

It shall also include sports facilities and amenities for 39 Olympic sports and other non-Olympic sports such as aquatics, archery, ranks, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, billiard and snookers, BMX and Cycling, bowling, boxing,

chess, dance sport, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karatedo, Muay Thai, softball, table tennis, taekwondo, weighlighting, wrestling, and wushu, among others.

The said law also mandates the Philippine Sports Commission, through the Philippine Sports Institute, to ensure that the PSTC shall meet its objectives.

“The PSC is vested with the authority to administer, manage, operate, and maintain the PSTC including the administration of incidental income, security of the complex, assignment of personnel and hiring of managers, specialists, and other administrative staff as may be needed,” it said.

“The PSC shall (also) employ professional and highly skilled managers with long and vast experience in sports administration and management to ensure the proper maintenance and upkeep of the PSTC and its facilities and other amenities.”

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POPI changes name to Ayalaland Logistics AYALA Land Inc. is changing the corporate name of its majority-owned subsidiary Prime Orion Philippines Inc. to Ayalaland Logistics Holdings Corp.

POPI said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the change aimed to “align with the company’s vision to be the leading real estate logistics and industrial estate developer and operator in the Philippines.”

The proposed change in the company’s name will be subject to shareholders’ approval and taken up during the annual stockholders’ meeting on April 12.

Ayalaland Logistics’s stock symbol in the Philippine Stock Exchange will also be changed to “ALL.” Ayala Land in January acquired Mitsubishi Corp.’s 20-percent stake in Laguna Technopark Inc. for P800 million.

Ayala Land said it would swap the 20-percent equity interest in LTI for additional shares of stock in POPI, equivalent to 323,886,640 common shares. Jenniffer B. Austria

Makati court negates directive on insurers

CLARK INVESTOR. Clark Development Corp. president and chief executive Noel Manankil (third from right) shows the signed contract with Dragon 24 Design and Printing Corp. president Anabelle Steger (third from left) during their contract signing ceremony at CDC corporate office. With them are (from left) CDC director Nestor Villaroman Jr., Dragon 24 corporate secretary Daniel Ben Custodio, CDC vice president for business development Evangeline Tejada and CDC assistant vice president for business development Rodem Perez.

Car sales continued slump with a 15% drop in January

By Othel V. Campos

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EHICLE sales opened 2019 with a 15-percent drop in January, following the 16-percent slump in 2018, data from the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. and the Truck Manufacturers Association Inc. show.

The two industry groups said their members sold 26,888 vehicles in January, down by 15 percent from 31,645 units delivered in the same month in 2018.

Combined sales of Campi and TMA members fell 16 percent last year to 357,410 vehicles from 425,673 units in 2017. Including the sales of the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors, total industry sales went down 15.2 percent to 401,803 units in 2018 from a record 473,943 units in 2017, following

NLEx Harbor Link set to open soon

By Darwin G. Amojelar THE NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10, a traffic game changer that will drastically cut travel time from Port Area to North Luzon Expressway, is set to open to motorists in a few days, the Public Works Department said Tuesday.

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said once NLEx Harbor Link was opened, “around 30,000 vehicles daily will be diverted away from busy roads in Metro Manila.”

“The NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 will be a traffic game changer since this will drastically cut travel time from Port Area to NLEx,” the agency said.

Villar, together with Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. president Rodrigo Franco and NLEX Corp. president Luigi Bautista, will conduct a dry-run on Wednesday for the opening of the NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 from Karuhatan, Valenzuela City to the new Caloocan Interchange on C3 Road, Caloocan City.

NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 is composed of the 5.65-km elevated expressway traversing North Luzon Expressway from MacArthur Highway in Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, passing through Malabon City and C3 Road, Caloocan City and the 2.6-km section

between C3 Road, Caloocan City and R10, Navotas City.

The elevated expressway will reduce the travel time from NLEx Valenzuela City to R10 from 23 minutes to just 11 minutes via Balintawak-Edsa Monumento and from 26 minutes to just 13 minutes via Balintawak to A. Bonifacio/C3 Road.

Villar said that with the reduced travel time, motorists would gain significant savings in vehicle operating costs and increase their productivity as they would not need to go through heavy traffic.

Set for opening in a few days, the new segment is envisioned to alleviate traffic congestion in Metro Manila as it will serve as an alternate corridor for motorists traveling from Central and North Luzon provinces, Valenzuela City and Quezon City to Manila.

“In a recent Jica [Japan International Cooperation Study] study, traffic congestion in Metro Manila is costing the country P3.5 billion a day. This new road will be a big boost to our economy as billions of pesos will be saved annually with the improved travel time,” Villar said.

With the direct and quick access between NLEx and Manila Port, NLEx Harbor Link Segment 10 is being eyed to provide direct access for commercial vehicles, especially heavy trucks.

PH, US to hold bilateral talks on free trade BUSINESSMAN and US-Philippines Society co-chairman Manuel Pangilinan said Tuesday the Philippines should seriously prepare for the bilateral talks with the US on the proposed free trade agreement.

Pangilinan said the Philippines was among the four countries and blocs that the US offered a free trade deal.

“It is something that we should take seriously. The US is one of the biggest markets available to us,” Pangilinan said during the annual and US-Philippines Society business mission to the Philippines.

Aside from the Philippines, the US was hoping to forge FTAs with the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union.

Pangilinan said while the US might impose preferential treatment for certain food and commodities from the Philippines, the whole agreement would most likely revolve around the US Generalized System of Preferences.

Clark assures smooth transition to new firm

the implementation of higher excise taxes on fuel and Toyota Motor Philippines remained the industry vehicles. leader with sales of 11,365 units and a market Both passenger and commercial car sales suffered share of 42.23 percent in January. Mitsubishi slower sales in January. Sales of passenger cars Motor Phils. Corp. was the second biggest player dropped 13.3 percent to 8,487 units from 9,790 units a with 5,239 units sold and a market share of 19.48 year ago while sales of commercial vehicles declined percent.

15.8 percent to 18,401 units from 21,855 units.

Other biggest sellers were Nissan Philippines Inc. Among the commercial vehicles, only light trucks with a market share of 11.53 percent, Honda Cars and category IV buses and trucks performed positively Philippines Corp. with 7.23 market and Ford Motor with 32.6 percent and 11 percent growth, respectively. Philippines Inc. with 6.6 percent.

Sales of Asian utility vehicles, light Manila commercial The automotive industry earlier forecast that sales vehicles, category V buses and trucksStandard declined 58.5 would rebound by at least 10 percent in 2019.

TODAY percent, 1.2 percent and 22 percent, CITIBANK N.A. respectively.

Data show that on a month-onBalance Sheet (Head Office and Branches) month basis, January sales went As of December 31, 2018 down 15.8 percent from 31,945 A S S E T S units in December.

Cash and Cash Items Passenger car sales dipped Due from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Due from Other Banks 8.75 percent from 9,301 units Financial Assets at Fair Value through Profit or Loss in December while commercial Available-for-Sale Financial Assets-Net Held-to-Maturity (HTM) Financial Assets-Net vehicles sales decreased 18.7 Unquoted Debt Securities Classified as Loans-Net Investments in Non-Marketable Equity Security-Net percent from 22,644 units.

Loans and Receivables - Net

US President Donald Trump approved in March 2018 the Philippines’ request for another round of the US-GSP for the next three years or until 2020. The GSP program covers 5,057 products or tariff lines, representing 47.7 percent of the total 10,600 US tariff lines.

About 3,500 of these tariff lines are open for all beneficiary developing countries while an additional 1,500 products are given to the least-developed beneficiary developing countries.

Former US Ambassador to the Philippines and US-Philippines Society co-chairman John Negroponte said both countries could mutually benefit from the FTA if they agreed “to maximize each other’s access to each other’s economy.”

“Both should be able to free up the interaction between each other’s economy. If they want inputs from the private sector, we’re happy to give them,” he said. Othel V. Campos

Loans to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Interbank Loans Receivable Loans and Receivables - Others Loans and Receivables Arising from RA/CA/PR/SLB General Loan Loss Provision Other Financial Assets Equity Investment in Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures-Net Bank Premises, Furniture, Fixture and Equipment-Net Real and Other Properties Acquired-Net Non-Current Assets Held for Sale Other Assets-Net Net Due from Head Office/Branches/Agencies, if any (Philippine branch of a foreign bank) TOTAL ASSETS

A MAKATI City court nullified Circular Letter No. 2017-04 issued by Credit Information Corp. that required insurers to submit the premium payments, insurance contracts and policy loans of clients.

The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 56 in a decision Jan. 4, 2019 said premium payments, insurance contracts and policy loans were not within the ambit of basic credit data required to be submitted under Republic Act No. 9510, or the Credit Information System Act. The court said the requirements did not pertain to a borrower’s performance on a loan, credit line, guarantee or any other form of financial accommodation.

The court negated the allegation of CIC that the law expressed the inclusion of any data reflective of a borrower’s credit worthiness and other factual and objective information related to the submission of data files or other sources of information. Julito G. Rada

STATE-RUN Clark International Airport Corp. assured Luzon International Premiere Airport Development Corp. of a smooth turnover of the operations and maintenance of the Clark International Airport within the year.

CIAC president Jaime Alberto Melo said the target date on the asset handover was July 20, or 180 days after the signing of the O&M concession agreement.

“Key officials (of CIAC) are closely coordinating with the O&M consortium and we’ll be working together to ensure a smooth transition,” Melo said.

LIPAD is the corporate name of the former North Luzon Airport Consortium composed of Changi Airports Philippines Pte. Ltd., Filinvest Development Corp., JG Summit Holdings Inc. and Philippine Airport Ground Support Solutions Inc. Darwin G. Amojelar

Current Quarter

Previous Quarter

856,919,615.33 24,252,678,737.26 1,070,442,942.86 51,876,668,491.54 36,164,753,689.88 186,658,476,792.14 21,294,900,000.00 114,175,443,461.62 52,476,607,528.52 1,288,474,198.00 1,742,280,344.48 227,434,200.00 751,017,565.45 4,313,146,525.47 307,913,818,904.41

904,593,498.07 24,348,155,759.04 865,992,823.85 18,715,123,636.00 36,572,703,345.26 218,486,652,287.35 19,707,260,000.00 111,650,433,813.69 88,351,923,146.12 1,222,964,672.46 1,313,201,649.86 227,434,200.00 719,897,997.15 4,322,566,267.11 306,476,321,463.69

1,937,142,971.28 205,156,671,345.63 23,748,615,524.16 2,071,709,890.53 2,000,000,000.00 71,709,890.53 13,455,257,413.78 10,336,559,750.76 29,842,584,949.27 286,548,541,845.41

2,734,487,570.03 206,131,147,590.17 25,884,982,500.27 5,365,784.46 5,365,784.46 9,858,832,011.68 9,848,317,616.11 32,542,399,421.87 287,005,532,494.59

6,728,707,950.43 1,476,721,617.45 13,159,847,491.12 21,365,277,059.00 307,913,818,904.41

4,846,004,609.68 1,464,936,868.30 13,159,847,491.12 19,470,788,969.10 306,476,321,463.69

314,122,248.67 3,133,281,831.28 188,925,288.66 2,020,788,964.15 163,715,724,859.00 18,879,760,687.99 490,011,765,198.24 47,668,927.65 47,668,927.65 169,274,958,569.33 463,773,133.50 848,050,769,708.47

361,403,689.89 2,664,624,823.89 554,527,807.31 1,688,553,638.98 157,270,227,997.00 15,996,806,615.41 446,868,187,461.39 48,207,597.4 48,207,597.4 165,914,039,654.88 391,985,388.81 791,758,564,674.96

189,791,851,754.29 1,844,900,764.15 1,156,260,580.22 0.61 345,427,248.18 0.18 270.99 159.56 4,928,997,284.86 92,478,788.56 0.05 10.77 0.02 26.00 15.52 14.74 14.74 -

221,368,210,180.64 1,658,593,220.83 1,041,410,107.97 0.47 293,556,142.95 0.13 276.70 159.26 4,945,053,683.84 97,144,761.51 0.04 9.78 0.02 20.01 14.15 13.36 13.36 -

LIABILITIES Financial Liabilities at Fair Value through Profit or Loss Deposit Liabilities Due to Other Banks Bills Payable a) BSP (Rediscounting and Other Advances) b) Interbank Loans Payable c) Other Deposit Substitute d) Others Bonds Payable-Net Unsecured Subordinated Debt-Net Redeemable Preferred Shares Special Time Deposit Due to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Other Financial Liabilities Other Liabilities Net Due to Head Office/Branches/Agencies (Philippine branch of a foreign bank) TOTAL LIABILITIES STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Capital Stock Other Capital Accounts Retained Earnings Assigned Capital TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS Guarantees Issued Financial Standby Letters of Credit Performance Standby Letters of Credit Commercial Letters of Credit Trade Related Guarantees Commitments Spot Foreign Exchange Contracts Securities Held Under Custodianship by Bank Proper Trust Department Accounts a) Trust and Other Fiduciary Accounts b) Agency Accounts c) Advisory/Consultancy Derivatives Others TOTAL CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Gross total loan portfolio (TLP) Specific allowance for credit losses on the TLP Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) a. Gross NPLs b. Ratio of gross NPLs to gross TLP (%) c. Net NPLs d. Ratio of Net NPLs to gross TLP (%) e. Ratio of total allowance for credit losses to gross NPLs (%) f. Ratio of specific allowance for credit losses on the gross TLP to gross NPLs (%) Classified Loans & Other Risk Assets, gross of allowance for credit losses DOSRI Loans & receivables, gross of allowance for credit losses Ratio of DOSRI loans & receivables, gross of allowance for credit losses, to gross TLP (%) Gross non-performing DOSRI loans and receivables Ratio of gross non-performing DOSRI loans and receivables to TLP (%) Percent Compliance with Magna Carta (%) a. 8% for Micro and Small Enterprises b. 2% for Medium Enterprises Return on Equity (ROE) (%) Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) on Solo Basis, as prescribed under existing regulations a. Total CAR (%) b. Tier 1 Ratio (%) c. Common Tier 1 ratio (%) Deferred Charges not yet Written Down Unbooked Allowance for Credit Losses on Financial Instruments Received

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Republic of the Philippines) Republic of the Philippines) MAKATI CITY ) s.s.

We, DON MARK RANCES and AFTAB AHMED of the above-mentioned bank do solemnly swear that all matters set forth in the above balance sheet are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief..

(SGD) DON MARK RANCES Country Controller Head, Senior Vice President

(SGD) AFTAB AHMED Citi Country Officer, Managing Director

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 15th day of February 2019 at City of Makati, affiants exhibiting their Passport ID No. EC4479986 issued in Manila, Philippines valid until June 23, 2020 AND Passport ID No. 530433199 issued in the United States of America valid until March 03, 2025 respectively.

Doc No. 150 Book No. I Page No. 31 Series of 2019

NOTARY PUBLIC ATTY. THOMAS J.T.F. DE CASTRO Notary Public for Makati City Appt. No. M-171 until December 31, 2020 7th Floor Citibank Center Paseo de Roxas Makati City IBP No. 056547, 12/11/18 Makati Chapter PTR No. 7338121, 1/4/19 Makati City Roll No. 57068 MCLE Compliance No. V-0019955 valid 04/15/16 to 04/14/2019

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Market retreats; Megaworld rises T HE stock market fell Tuesday on profit taking, with investors trading cautiously amid resurgent oil prices, and monitoring the current USChina trade talks.

The Philippine Stock Exchange Index dropped 76.83 points, or 1 percent, to 7,833.75 on a value turnover of P8.1 billion. Losers beat gainers, 132 to 84, with 39 issues unchanged.

Major property developer Ayala Land Inc. declined 3.7 percent to P43, while Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. of the Villar Group lost 6.2 percent to P7.50.

Universal Robina Corp., the biggest snack food maker, fell 3.1 percent to P140.50, but Megaworld Corp., the largest lessor of office spaces, climbed

5.3 percent to P5.39.

The rest of Asian markets were mixed Tuesday with investors cautiously optimistic that China and the US can reach a deal ending their trade war as the two sides prepare to resume talks this week.

With New York closed for a public holiday there were few catalysts to drive buying, though the release of Federal Reserve minutes on Wednesday will be pored over for an idea of the bank’s interest rate plans.

Top-level officials from the world’s two biggest economies will reconvene in Washington after a series of talks in Beijing last week, with the US side telling President Donald Trump they had been “very productive.”

The positive tone from the diplomats, and the president’s indication he could extend a deadline for agreement, boosted regional markets Monday, extending a

2019 rally fueled by optimism about an end to the nearly year-long tariffs spat.

Tokyo finished 0.1 percent higher, Hong Kong dipped 0.3 percent in the afternoon and Shanghai closed fractionally up.

Sydney gained 0.3 percent, Singapore put on 0.2 percent and Taipei 0.2 percent, with Seoul and Wellington each off 0.2 percent. Mumbai and Jakarta were up.

However, OANDA senior market analyst Jeffrey Halley warned of trouble ahead if Chinese and US officials do not agree a deal.

“The rallies (Monday) were impressive given the talks ended last week without any concrete results and have yet to even recommence in Washington this week due to the US public holiday,” he said.

“Without sounding like a damp squib, there is now a vast amount of ‘optimism’ baked into currency, stock and energy

market prices globally and precisely zero concrete detail. The unwind, should no deal be struck, could be very ugly.”

Oil prices were mixed after rallying Monday on trade talks hope and signs that Opec and other key producers are narrowing output.

“Saudi Arabia seems willing to do whatever is necessary to reach levels of $80 a barrel, and judging by the price reaction, they’re on track,” said Eugen Weinberg, head of commodities research at Commerzbank AG. “Even rather bearish factors, like a stronger-than-expected rise in US oil production, does not seem to derail the price recovery.”

On currency markets the pound was down, with uncertainty fanned by news that seven pro-remain MPs had split from Britain’s opposition Labour Party over its handling of Brexit and a row over antisemitism. With AFP

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ASIA UNITED BANK PH ISLANDS BDO LEASING BDO UNIBANK BRIGHT KINDLE CHINABANK COL FINANCIAL EAST WEST BANK FERRONOUX HLDG FIRST ABACUS IREMIT MEDCO HLDG METROBANK NTL REINSURANCE PB BANK PHIL NATL BANK PHIL STOCK EXCH PHILTRUST PSBANK RCBC SECURITY BANK SUN LIFE UNION BANK VANTAGE

58.2 89.2 2.3 133.3 1.43 27.75 17.6 12.94 4.44 0.65 1.47 0.465 80.35 1.17 14 48.4 187.9 114.5 59.1 26.8 172.4 1,800 62 1.13

59.25 90 2.3 133.3 1.47 27.75 17.8 12.94 4.59 0.65 1.48 0.47 82.1 1.21 14 48.4 187.9 114.6 59.25 26.8 173.6 1,800 64 1.13

58.2 89.2 2.22 128.5 1.41 27.65 17.6 12.66 4.43 0.61 1.47 0.46 80.05 1.17 13.98 47.65 185.9 114.5 59.05 26.4 168.5 1,800 61.8 1.13

FINANCIALS 59.25 1,510 89.55 2,067,850 2.22 26,000 129.2 4,604,870 1.47 119,000 27.7 63,400 17.8 65,600 12.72 459,700 4.49 58,000 0.64 103,000 1.48 57,000 0.46 230,000 82.1 1,321,380 1.19 506,000 14 31,500 47.65 172,500 185.9 1,090 114.6 600 59.05 1,900 26.5 250,100 169.8 556,320 1,800 110 61.8 2,790 1.13 5,000

87,892.50 185,201,237 58,080 601,030,044 168,350 1,755,170 1,163,260 5,860,374 258,870 64,320 84,310 106,700 106,913,300.50 603,470 440,714 8,282,680 203,970 68,705 112,462 6,623,160 94,470,773 198,000 173,780.50 5,650

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35 16.66 1.04 1.57 0.25 2.28 16 28.8 16.5 71.45 1.8 6.08 6.69 11.64 16.02 8.11 7.7 1.7 20.4 73.5 3.25 9.5 12.34 1.71 313 50.05 4.36 3.54 12.5 27.05 13.3 18.5 358 0.202 1.38 3.79 6.7 8.95 1.29 11.78 47.05 6 4.74 1.88 2.9 1.4 12.64 99.8 6.36 0.132 1.14 145 3.14 1.72 1.4

35.85 16.68 1.04 1.59 0.25 2.33 16 29.5 18.8 71.45 1.9 6.39 6.7 11.64 16.1 8.18 7.7 1.7 20.4 74 3.28 9.55 12.42 1.72 316 50.05 4.36 3.7 12.8 27.2 13.3 18.88 360 0.202 1.39 3.79 6.84 8.95 1.3 12.32 47.95 6.13 4.74 1.93 2.99 1.41 12.64 99.8 6.5 0.132 1.21 145.5 3.2 1.72 1.4

34.95 16.32 1.02 1.53 0.242 2.16 15.82 28.45 16.5 70 1.79 6.08 6.51 11.52 15.82 8.01 7.61 1.66 20.1 72.75 3.21 9.3 12.22 1.69 310 50.05 4.36 3.5 11.7 26.95 12.56 18.4 356 0.201 1.35 3.78 6.62 8.88 1.28 11.7 47 6 4.7 1.86 2.82 1.35 12.56 96.6 6.3 0.13 1.06 140.5 2.72 1.68 1.36

INDUSTRIAL 34.95 747,500 16.6 472,300 1.03 2,356,000 1.53 2,917,000 0.249 1,810,000 2.21 14,902,000 16 1,984,400 29.5 173,000 17.68 84,100 70 1,010 1.89 478,000 6.38 9,400 6.51 25,400 11.52 1,585,900 16.08 156,500 8.1 2,575,800 7.61 3,015,200 1.66 4,000 20.25 3,039,700 73 26,370 3.23 9,505,000 9.45 2,330,800 12.24 728,900 1.69 276,000 310 1,073,930 50.05 160 4.36 2,000 3.69 65,000 11.82 108,500 27 432,400 12.6 488,200 18.58 21,701,000 359 233,250 0.201 1,370,000 1.37 2,044,000 3.78 170,000 6.82 12,403,200 8.88 5,000 1.3 4,069,000 11.8 832,000 47.65 528,700 6.13 45,100 4.71 361,000 1.92 521,000 2.82 27,000 1.39 22,000 12.6 833,600 97.5 1,608,600 6.4 132,300 0.13 3,430,000 1.1 2,601,000 140.5 866,070 2.72 180,000 1.69 2,493,000 1.36 1,070,000

26,240,295 7,848,338 2,420,900 4,568,580 441,490 33,174,050 31,521,602 5,045,485 1,505,464 70,714.50 887,610 59,136 168,641 18,283,060 2,510,014 20,857,776 23,214,562 6,720 61,361,245 1,932,211 30,734,650 22,016,921 8,961,550 468,280 335,261,304 8,008 8,720 228,040 1,308,286 11,678,265 6,229,644 403,279,718 83,430,024 275,480 2,794,340 642,620 84,107,418 44,444 5,251,320 9,934,888 25,109,210 275,097 1,697,210 977,350 77,330 30,650 10,487,888 157,356,031 846,206 447,130 2,947,400 123,287,658 509,020 4,236,890 1,473,000

9,302,070 5,862,556 147,860 -1,873,310 1,174,240 -382,100 196,322 64,260 -33,802 -13,840,166 -102,238 -18,665,023 196,360 -10,470,695 253,578.50 -3,024,360 11,520,139 4,438,868 -15,210 -68,095,926 17,500 -4,946,035 1,162,480 250,264,870 -24,551,026 -257,750 16,262,061 -32,250 -5,960 2,140,850 58,676 8,060,832 -45,588,507 -26,000 -118,000 -22,000 -4,273,153 45,000 -326,620 75,850

ABACORE CAPITAL ABOITIZ EQUITY ALLIANCE GLOBAL ANGLO PHIL HLDG ASIABEST GROUP ATN HLDG A ATN HLDG B AYALA CORP BHI HLDG COSCO CAPITAL DMCI HLDG FILINVEST DEV FORUM PACIFIC GT CAPITAL HOUSE OF INV JG SUMMIT JOLLIVILLE HLDG LODESTAR LOPEZ HLDG LT GROUP MABUHAY HLDG METRO PAC INV PACIFICA PRIME ORION REPUBLIC GLASS SAN MIGUEL CORP SEAFRONT RES SM INVESTMENTS SOC RESOURCES SOLID GROUP SYNERGY GRID TOP FRONTIER WELLEX INDUS ZEUS HLDG

0.72 63.55 13.88 0.83 22.2 1.41 1.49 945 1,255 7.48 12.4 14 0.27 1,000 6.06 67.1 5.52 0.63 5.15 15.38 0.59 4.84 0.042 2.7 2.81 174 2.36 970 0.79 1.36 459 281.4 0.265 0.34

0.76 63.6 13.88 0.83 23.2 1.45 1.49 945 1,255 7.5 12.46 14 0.27 1,009 6.08 67.1 5.52 0.63 5.25 15.38 0.59 4.86 0.043 3.1 2.81 177 2.36 984 0.8 1.36 465 289.6 0.265 0.355

0.7 62.1 13.66 0.8 22.2 1.33 1.38 931.5 1,255 7.41 12.38 13.46 0.232 998 6.06 65 5.52 0.59 5.09 15.06 0.57 4.7 0.041 2.6 2.81 172 2.36 965 0.79 1.34 459 276.4 0.255 0.305

HOLDING FIRMS 0.71 50,879,000 62.15 1,867,170 13.82 6,178,200 0.8 1,130,000 22.5 97,600 1.37 19,916,000 1.41 1,487,000 937 194,310 1,255 20 7.5 799,400 12.46 563,000 13.8 819,300 0.232 1,730,000 1,000 84,840 6.08 800 65.6 2,951,020 5.52 4,200 0.61 965,000 5.25 868,700 15.18 2,898,300 0.57 126,000 4.7 13,194,000 0.041 82,500,000 2.91 19,960,000 2.81 3,000 174 764,360 2.36 24,000 970 177,280 0.79 96,000 1.35 172,000 465 390 289.6 4,640 0.26 2,290,000 0.32 50,120,000

8990 HLDG A BROWN ANCHOR LAND ARANETA PROP ARTHALAND CORP AYALA LAND BELLE CORP CEB LANDMASTERS CEBU HLDG CENTURY PROP CITY AND LAND CITYLAND DEVT CROWN EQUITIES CYBER BAY DM WENCESLAO DOUBLEDRAGON EMPIRE EAST EVER GOTESCO FILINVEST LAND GLOBAL ESTATE MEGAWORLD MRC ALLIED PHIL ESTATES PHIL INFRADEV PHIL REALTY PRIMEX CORP ROBINSONS LAND ROCKWELL SHANG PROP

12 0.79 10.96 1.9 0.93 44.65 2.54 4.1 6.4 0.495 0.81 0.93 0.25 0.43 10.14 22.85 0.56 0.133 1.54 1.23 5.12 0.44 0.475 2.23 0.475 2.86 22.4 2.03 3.12

12 0.81 10.96 1.94 0.93 44.9 2.54 4.18 6.47 0.51 0.84 0.93 0.255 0.43 10.3 23.45 0.56 0.14 1.56 1.25 5.39 0.445 0.475 2.23 0.475 2.97 24.35 2.03 3.14

11.9 0.79 10.92 1.86 0.89 42.5 2.51 4.04 6.1 0.495 0.81 0.9 0.25 0.41 10 22.85 0.52 0.133 1.51 1.23 5.12 0.43 0.465 2.1 0.47 2.83 22.2 2.02 3.11

VOLUME

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

NAME

NAME

HIGH

LOW

CLOSE

VOLUME

VALUE

SM PRIME HLDG STA LUCIA LAND STARMALLS SUNTRUST HOME VISTA LAND

38.35 1.41 6.59 0.79 7.51

38.95 1.45 7.4 0.82 7.85

37.6 1.34 6.51 0.78 7.41

37.65 1.43 6.8 0.8 7.5

10,520,500 4,461,000 7,337,700 83,000 74,197,900

401,580,340 6,024,400 51,324,186 65,690 556,625,676

-127,671,675 -490,245 -272,805,083

2GO GROUP ABS CBN ACESITE HOTEL APC GROUP APOLLO GLOBAL BERJAYA BLOOMBERRY BOULEVARD HLDG CEBU AIR CHELSEA DFNN INC EASYCALL FAR EASTERN U GLOBE TELECOM GMA NETWORK GOLDEN BRIA GRAND PLAZA HARBOR STAR IMPERIAL INTL CONTAINER IPEOPLE ISLAND INFO ISM COMM JACKSTONES LBC EXPRESS LEISURE AND RES LORENZO SHIPPNG MACROASIA MANILA BULLETIN METRO RETAIL METROALLIANCE A METROALLIANCE B MLA BRDCASTING NOW CORP PACIFIC ONLINE PAL HLDG PAXYS PH RESORTS GRP PHIL SEVEN CORP PHILWEB PLDT PREMIUM LEISURE PRMIERE HORIZON PUREGOLD ROBINSONS RTL SBS PHIL CORP SSI GROUP STI HLDG TRANSPACIFIC BR TRAVELLERS WATERFRONT WILCON DEPOT

13.12 22.85 1.31 0.45 0.046 3.05 12.88 0.067 84 6.11 7.38 15 890 1,880 5.73 355 11.06 2.9 2.03 118.8 11 0.137 6 3.2 15.2 3.29 0.89 20 0.72 3.11 2.07 2.1 16.02 3.04 9.31 11.2 3.31 5.2 133 3.13 1,126 0.98 1.36 48 88.5 8.91 2.09 0.71 0.445 5.56 0.72 14.98

13.48 22.9 1.31 0.45 0.047 3.05 12.88 0.068 84.95 6.2 7.38 15.96 890 1,900 5.74 360 11.22 2.91 2.11 119.3 11 0.137 6.15 3.34 15.2 3.29 0.92 20 0.72 3.23 2.09 2.1 16.02 3.06 9.31 11.2 3.38 5.2 133 3.13 1,126 0.98 1.39 48 88.55 8.99 2.16 0.75 0.455 5.6 0.72 14.98

13.1 22.6 1.29 0.44 0.044 2.9 12.5 0.066 82.2 6.07 7.38 15 890 1,851 5.72 350 11.06 2.82 2.03 117.5 10.88 0.129 5.9 3.11 15.04 3.23 0.89 19.78 0.65 2.97 2.05 2.1 16.02 3 9.25 10.7 3.14 5.06 125 3.05 1,101 0.93 1.27 46.7 86 8.87 2.09 0.69 0.44 5.54 0.7 14.46

SERVICES 13.1 22.6 1.29 0.44 0.045 3.05 12.6 0.068 84.5 6.09 7.38 15.2 890 1,851 5.73 360 11.22 2.82 2.03 117.8 10.88 0.13 5.97 3.29 15.04 3.27 0.89 19.88 0.68 2.98 2.05 2.1 16.02 3.01 9.25 10.9 3.38 5.08 132 3.05 1,101 0.93 1.31 47.2 86 8.94 2.14 0.73 0.445 5.6 0.72 14.56

25,500 107,600 255,000 3,370,000 35,500,000 497,000 11,576,400 18,540,000 50,660 1,057,100 60,000 354,100 50 57,795 244,200 500 8,900 855,000 24,000 2,746,210 2,200 14,250,000 4,880,600 79,000 500 578,000 239,000 825,900 7,826,000 5,132,000 268,000 50,000 1,500 1,648,000 5,100 167,700 44,000 211,300 8,130 1,556,000 174,850 10,366,000 56,394,000 2,952,400 725,960 176,000 12,754,000 10,624,000 9,380,000 495,900 1,783,000 2,032,900

335,020 2,445,915 330,410 1,492,700 1,595,300 1,490,050 147,229,318 1,247,440 4,231,987.50 6,452,866 442,800 5,470,496 44,500 107,452,605 1,399,227 178,954 99,842 2,433,390 48,830 324,373,937 23,960 1,867,650 29,265,808 248,110 7,536 1,880,700 213,240 16,452,772 5,355,610 16,006,180 552,700 105,000 24,030 4,970,990 47,181 1,831,244 144,800 1,089,958 1,035,557 4,782,510 194,101,755 9,770,230 74,223,190 139,393,065 63,263,647 1,571,618 27,158,240 7,639,410 4,181,950 2,766,520 1,267,980 29,666,330

7,800 378,400 4,500 -77,950 -63,411,482 1,038,625.50 297,850 -21,786 -63,333,375 150,600 132,215,502 -2,757,650 162,250 7,949,110 -4,880 -214,680 41,300 47,897 61,600 -3,817,650 514,950 -620,790.00 32,781,055 56,768,751 830,306 4,546,850 -277,020.00 -313,600 -808,695 -11,008,820

ABRA MINING APEX MINING ATLAS MINING ATOK BENGUET A BENGUET B CENTURY PEAK COAL ASIA HLDG DIZON MINES FERRONICKEL GEOGRACE LEPANTO A LEPANTO B MANILA MINING A MANILA MINING B MARCVENTURES NICKEL ASIA NIHAO OMICO CORP ORNTL PENINSULA ORNTL PETROL A ORNTL PETROL B PHILODRILL PHINMA PETRO PX MINING PXP ENERGY SEMIRARA MINING UNITED PARAGON

0.0022 1.5 2.96 13.8 1.29 1.19 2.17 0.305 8.17 1.52 0.31 0.13 0.13 0.009 0.0094 1.14 2.75 1.16 0.7 1.02 0.013 0.013 0.012 3.46 4.2 14.1 22.8 0.0082

0.0022 1.52 2.96 13.8 1.29 1.19 2.24 0.305 8.25 1.56 0.31 0.13 0.13 0.0096 0.0099 1.17 2.8 1.16 0.7 1.03 0.014 0.013 0.012 3.58 4.2 14.12 22.95 0.0084

0.0021 1.5 2.95 13.72 1.29 1.19 2.17 0.3 7.95 1.5 0.28 0.125 0.13 0.009 0.0091 1.09 2.72 1.08 0.65 1 0.013 0.012 0.012 3.29 4.08 14.04 22.5 0.0081

MINING & OIL 0.0022 996,000,000 1.52 810,000 2.95 266,000 13.8 3,900 1.29 60,000 1.19 1,000 2.19 701,000 0.3 320,000 8.12 8,400 1.51 2,044,000 0.28 3,620,000 0.13 1,200,000 0.13 40,000 0.0096 13,000,000 0.0099 26,000,000 1.14 645,000 2.73 3,985,000 1.1 147,000 0.68 1,806,000 1.01 161,000 0.013 355,100,000 0.013 289,000,000 0.012 171,900,000 3.29 9,000 4.15 690,000 14.08 512,300 22.5 1,136,700 0.0084 20,000,000

2,105,400 1,224,800 785,950 53,728 77,400 1,190 1,536,650 96,500 68,859 3,093,290 1,042,350 150,560 5,200 117,600 243,700 733,600 10,975,250 159,730 1,217,830 162,450 4,622,200 3,607,000 2,062,800 30,070 2,831,730 7,211,124 25,641,680 163,800

-453,000 -17,760 -847,790 -76,010 57,000.00 109,000 -197,970 75,600 -1,807,000 -336,240 -1,162,992 -2,222,405 -

ABS HLDG PDR AC PREF B1 AC PREF B2 ALCO PREF B DD PREF FGEN PREF G GLO PREF P GTCAP PREF B HOUSE PREF A LR PREF MWIDE PREF PCOR PREF 2A PNX PREF 3A SFI PREF SMC FB PREF 2 SMC PREF 2B SMC PREF 2C SMC PREF 2D SMC PREF 2E SMC PREF 2F SMC PREF 2G SMC PREF 2I

20.65 474.8 498 102 97 103.5 496.8 900 95 1 100 998 100.1 1.8 962 75.1 76.6 73.8 73.3 75.4 74 73.5

20.65 475.2 498 102 97 104 496.8 900 96 1 100 998 100.1 1.82 965 75.5 76.6 73.8 73.3 75.4 74 73.5

20.55 474 480 102 97 103.5 496.8 900 95 0.99 100 998 100.1 1.8 962 75 76 73.8 73.1 75.05 74 73.5

PREFERRED 20.55 106,800 475.2 1,180 498 6,610 102 90 97 38,540 103.5 12,760 496.8 100 900 610 96 1,500 0.99 70,000 100 130 998 50 100.1 180 1.82 18,000 965 500 75.5 31,870 76 159,870 73.8 500,020 73.1 12,000 75.05 10,530 74 1,350 73.5 78,360

2,197,140 560,440 3,189,000 9,180 3,738,380 1,320,710 49,680 549,000 143,850 69,500 13,000 49,900 18,018 32,460 481,900 2,391,932 12,182,537 36,901,476 878,000 792,734 99,900 5,759,460

-76,070 1,210,950 495,000 29,700 -32,460 15,260.00 731,800 -

LR WARRANT

1.92

1.93

1.92

WARRANTS 1.93 33,000

63,580

ITALPINAS XURPAS

4.72 1.56

4.95 1.62

4.7 1.38

4.87 1.46

FIRST METRO ETF

117.5

118

117

MS

PROPERTY 11.98 0.8 10.94 1.88 0.89 43 2.51 4.18 6.47 0.495 0.84 0.93 0.25 0.41 10.24 22.9 0.54 0.139 1.51 1.24 5.39 0.44 0.47 2.13 0.47 2.96 24.15 2.03 3.14

366,100 389,000 6,700 185,000 1,611,000 17,025,600 1,428,000 490,000 3,700 9,870,000 279,000 34,000 3,500,000 1,050,000 667,200 2,847,200 995,000 1,890,000 7,625,000 1,113,000 47,136,700 17,280,000 670,000 9,423,000 430,000 429,000 6,158,000 17,000 205,000

36,853,490 116,503,332.50 84,999,876 915,010 2,197,900 27,557,450 2,113,360 181,847,300 25,100 5,974,612 6,990,436 11,270,662 419,770 85,024,050 4,850 194,940,627.50 23,184 570,480 4,496,678 43,861,412 71,990 62,757,070 3,406,100 58,748,450 8,430 133,592,584 56,640 171,989,090 75,920 231,890 179,530 1,313,148 584,350 16,118,700

-943,650 -42,115,630.50 12,391,378 -78,750 1,007,770 -39,059,870 1,825,044 3,791,124 2,297,280 16,450 -37,350,760 10,802,592.50 747,648 -1,029,298 -21,107,990 82,700 -1,049,110 57,897,335 -57,885,650 13,500 82,620 -265,548 26,000

4,381,366 311,030 73,378 346,840 1,449,100 740,083,730 3,605,660 2,018,900 22,743 4,917,550 231,360 30,990 885,350 441,450 6,830,350 65,183,675 521,530 256,320 11,576,600 1,381,900 250,731,805 7,605,000 314,550 20,319,800 203,400 1,249,120 143,893,440 34,500 639,400

-319,772 133,500 -181,749,760 -1,008,260 -455,100.00 25,000 -10,200 152,200 -2,117,110 -3,186,520 161,797,959 -123,200 9,250 28,450 50,942,635 -

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

OPEN

USD DMPL A1 USD DMPL A2

10.1 10.2

TRADING SUMMARY

10.1 10.2

SHARES

FINANCIAL

11,315,012

INDUSTRIAL

112,615,028

HOLDING FIRMS

263,967,175

PROPERTY

230,903,148

SERVICES

223,241,824

MINING & OIL

1,889,258,873

GRAND TOTAL

2,797,927,120

10.1 10.2

SME

1,012,000 65,607,000

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 117.1 3,810 10.1 10.2

DDS

100 7,130

4,918,280 98,773,080

-246,810 -19,610,250

447,416

163,049

1,010 72,726

-

VALUE 1,773.39 (down) 14.45 1,094,174,400.53 FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL 11,338.96 (down) 88.15 1,608,435,261.46 HOLDING FIRMS 7,883.87 (down) 55.91 1,319,130,015.209 PROPERTY 3,940.09 (down) 62.85 SERVICES 1,565.99 (down) 12.95 2,329,452,807.845 MINING & OIL 8,443.63 (down) 14.68 1,576,447,504.11 PSEI 7,833.75 (down) 76.83 70,047,091.15 All Shares Index 4,802.89 (down) 38.71 8,101,838,174.08 Gainers: 845; Losers: 132; Unchanged: 39; Total: 255

STI upbeat, buys maritime engineering institution

By Jenniffer B. Austria STI Education Services Group Inc. , a unit of STI Holdings Inc., has acquired NAMEI Polytechnic Institute, an educational institution that offers courses in maritime transportation and marine engineering and naval architecture.

STI Holdings said in a disclosure to the stock exchange it would house NAMEI in the newly constructed STI Academic Center Sta. Mesa along P. Sanchez Street, Sta. Mesa in Metro Manila.

The 10-story building, with an estimated value of P727 million, stands on a 3,691-square-meter property and can accommodate 9,000 senior high school and college students.

The new campus will be operational this school year 2019-2020 and is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

“We are very happy with the addition of NAMEI to STI ESG’s institutional roster,” said STI ESG president and chief operating officer Peter Fernandez.

“It is an opportunity for us to introduce exciting changes and transform NAMEI into an educational powerhouse whose students will bring pride not only to their alma mater but also to the country,” he added.

The group said the acquisition was a strategic move to boost the institution’s sought-after courses. The school provides practical and industry-driven skills that will produce more worldclass professionals in several fields, especially maritime.

STI ESG, citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority and the International Maritime Organization, noted that the Philippines was the world’s biggest source of seafarers, with Filipinos accounting for about 380,000 of the 1.5 million seafarers worldwide.

STI ESG said figures from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas showed that the maritime industry was also a major contributor to the country’s economy.

Filipino seafarers remitted $1.934 billion from January to April in 2018.

“A good number of Philippine maritime education and training institutes continue to hone the skills development of our seafarers. It is high time we complemented this with high quality education to prepare a new generation of seafarers who are ready to join global cruise companies,” Fernandez said.

Metro Retail, Samar form joint venture CEBU-BASED retailer Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. formed a joint venture with the local government of Samar province for the development of a P472.9 million mixed-use commercial project in Catbalogan City.

MRSGI said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the joint venture partnership included the construction of a department store with one movie theater and leasable spaces, a convention center, a government center with business process outsourcing hub, a transport terminal and a hotel on a 22,000 square-meter lot owned the provincial government of Samar.

The project will be implemented in two phases under a partnership agreement covering 30 years.

MRSGI said a transport terminal and a government center with BPO and convention hub are scheduled for completion within the next six to eight months, while the department store, supermarket and hotel were slated to be finished in the next 18 to 24 months.

“The joint venture will generate additional revenues to MRSGI and increase the existing gross floor area footprint of its stores,” the company said.

It said both parties agreed to share in the monthly gross revenues and gross rent from the operation of the department store and supermarket movie theater, and leasable spaces.

All revenues to be be generated from the operation of the convention center, government center with BPO center and transport terminal will belong to the province.

The possession and ownership of the convention center, government center with BPO center and transport terminal will be turned over to Samar after the completion of the construction phase.

MRSGI will obtain a 20-percent share from the hotel operator’s lease rental payments, while the province will get 80 percent.

MRSGI will turn over to the Samar province the possession and ownership of the department store, supermarket and movie theater with leasable spaces upon expiration of the 30-year implementation period. Jenniffer B. Austria

World

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019 CESAR BARRIOQUINTO, Editor mst.daydesk@gmail.com

Map unearths 300,000 new galaxies

POSE. Two Persian cats, just two of the many owned by Taiwanese cat breeder Chang Chin-yi, pose for a photo at her home in New Taipei City on February 19, 2019. An alleged cat burglar from Hong Kong reportedly smuggled two Persian kittens, allegedly stolen from Chang’s residence in early February, through Taiwan’s biggest airport by hiding them in her clothes and pretending to be pregnant, local media said. AFP

States sue Trump over emergency Manila

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Trump announced the emergency Friday in order to bypass Congress, which approved only a quarter of the $5.6 billion he wanted for the wall in a spending bill.

But the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, said the president’s order was contrary to the constitution’s presentment and appropriations clauses, which outline legislative procedures and define Congress as the final arbiter of public funds, respectively.

The move had already been announced by Xavier Becerra, the attorney general of California, who said Sunday his state and others had legal standing because they risked losing moneys intended for military projects, disaster assistance and other purposes.

Critics, including several senators from Trump’s Republican party, have warned that he has opened the door for future presidents to call on the act whenever they fail to get their way with Congress.

Should the states prevail, the case could work its way up to the Supreme Court, setting up a precedent-setting showdown on the separation of powers.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Virginia are party to the complaint seeking an injunction.

The states “bring this action to protect their residents, natural resources, and economic interests from President Donald J. Trump’s flagrant disregard of fundamental separation of powers principles engrained in the United States Constitution,” the complaint said.

It added that Trump had veered the country toward a “constitutional crisis of his own making.”

“Congress has repeatedly rebuffed the president’s insistence to fund a border wall, recently resulting in a record 35-day partial government shutdown over the border wall dispute,” it said.

“After the government reopened, Congress approved, and the president signed into law, a $1.375 billion appropriation for fencing along the southern border, but Congress made clear that funding could not be used to build President Trump’s proposed border wall.” AFP

IN BRIEF

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ANCILLARY SERVICES PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SPC ISLAND POWER CORPORATION, WITH PRAYER FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY

Cuban cigars hit record sales HAVANA―Boosted by growing demand from China, sales of Cuban cigars reached a record $537 million in 2018, a seven percent increase over the previous year despite global laws against tobacco, the partially state-owned Habanos said Monday.

“China has surpassed France as the second biggest market for Habanos” behind Spain, said the cigar company’s vice president Jose Maria Lopez Inchaurbe.

Sales in China grew by 55 percent with east Asia as a whole up nine percent, said Lopez.

Marketing manager Ernesto Gonzalez said the figures showed “the strength of our sales despite the difficulties faced during the year.”

The French market was hit by a 17 percent increase in taxes on tobacco products, which meant Habanos had to push up its prices by eight to 10 percent, said Lopez.

Gonzalez said the impressive figures came despite the global luxury tobacco market growing by just one percent in 2018.

Unlike in Europe, sales in China have not been affected by toughening anti-tobacco laws. AFP

A. Firm Contracted Capacity Applicable Rate: 1. Dispatchable Reserve (DR): PhP0.85/Kw/hr B. Non-Firm Contracted Capacity Applicable Rate: 1. Black Start Service (BSS) Payment of service provided is based on hourly rate per occurence: BDPP = PhP1.7570/kWh + VOM + Actual Fuel Cost C.

IE = {[G* (AR + Fuel + VOM)] - REV WESM-G} 14. Applicants submit that the rates represent a reasonable recovery of its opportunity cost in making available generation capacity to provide the procured AS. 15. The rates under ASPA was subjected to a simulation by NGCP, the results of which are as follows:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:

DR BSS

Notice is hereby given that on 19 December 2018, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and SPC Island Power Corporation (SIPC) filed an Application dated 13 December 2018, seeking the approval of their Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement (ASPA), with prayer for the issuance of provisional authority.

16. Consistent with the AS-CRM, all the related and incidental expenses which NGCP will incur as a result of the procurement and operation of the ancillary services shall be recovered from all the load customers in the Visayas.

17. The ASPA shall be effective for a period of five (5) years, to commence immediately upon the effectivity of the provisional approval, or in the absence thereof, the final approval of the instant Application. In the event that the provisional or final approval, as the case may be, does not state a particular date of effectivity, the Agreement shall be effective on the date agreed upon by the Parties.

NATURE OF THE CASE This Application is for the approval of the Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement ("ASPA") between the NGCP and SIPC dated 20 November 2018, pursuant to the Decision dated 3 October 2007 in ERC Case No. 2006-049RC entitled: "In the Matter of the Application for the Approval of Ancillary Services - Cost Recovery Mechanism (AS-CRM) of the Ancillary Services Procurement Plan, with Prayer for Provisional Authority."

18. SIPC, as a generation company, falls within the ambit of Sections 6 of the EPIRA. Attached are copies of relevant documents proving SIPC's due registration as a generation company, relevant permits to operate the Generation Facility and audited financial statements, as follows:

THE PARTIES 2.

Applicant NGCP is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the Philippines, with office address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It holds a franchise under Republic Act No. 95111 to engage in the business of conveying or transmitting electricity through highvoltage back-bone systems of interconnected transmission lines, substations and related facilities, and for other purposes. The franchise also includes the conduct of activities necessary to support the safe and reliable operation of the transmission system.

3.

Applicant SIPC is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines with principal place of business at 7th Floor Citibank Center, 8741 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City. It may be served with orders, notices, and other legal processes through its undersigned counsel.

It is the owner and operator of the Bohol Diesel Power Plant ("Generation Facility") located at Barangay Dampas Tagbiliran City, Bohol which was certified and accredited by NGCP to be capable of providing Ancillary Services ("AS") in the forms of Dispatchable Reserve ("DR") and Black Start Service ("BSS").

Documents Certificate of Compliance Summary of Existing Power Supply Agreement Articles of Incorporation Latest Security Exchange Commission - General Information Sheet Latest Audited Financial Statement WESM Registration

ALLEGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE PRAYER FOR PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY 19. It is a declared policy of the State to ensure the quality, reliability, security and affordability of the supply of electric power (Section 2(b), EPIRA). To this end, there is a need to comply with the system requirements for AS to ensure grid system security and reliability. As mentioned above, NGCP has the mandate to procure the required AS.

Republic Act No. 9136 ("EPIRA") provides that it is the responsibility of NGCP to ensure and maintain the reliability, adequacy, security, stability and integrity of the nationwide electrical grid in accordance with the performance standards for its operations and maintenance, as set forth in the Philippine Grid Code ("PGC")2, adopted and promulgated by the Honorable Commission, and to adequately serve generation companies, distribution utilities and suppliers requiring transmission service and/or ancillary services through the transmission system.3

5.

Similarly, the PGC provides that NGCP is responsible for determining, acquiring, and dispatching the capacity needed to supply the required Grid AS and for developing and proposing Wheeling Charges and AS tariffs to the ERC.4

6.

AS as defined in Section 4(b) of the EPIRA "refer to those services that are necessary to support the transmission of capacity and energy from resources to loads while maintaining reliable operation of the transmission system in accordance with good utility practice and the Grid Code to be adopted in accordance with this Act." These services are essential in ensuring reliability in the operation of the transmission system and consequently, in the reliability of the electricity supply in the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao grids.

7.

In order to implement and regulate the procurement of AS, the Honorable Commission approved the Ancillary Services Procurement Plan ("ASPP") through its Order dated 9 March 2006 in ERC Case No. 2002-253 and the Ancillary Services-Cost Recovery Mechanism ("AS-CRM") through its Decision dated 3 October 2007 in ERC Case No. 2006-049RC.

8.

Pursuant to its mandate, NGCP on different dates published in newspapers of general circulation a Notice of Invitation for Prospective Ancillary Services Providers, inviting all grid-connected merchant plants and independent power producers to participate in the provision of ancillary services.

9.

On 4 September 2013, the Applicants filed an application for the approval of its ASPA dated 18 April 2013 docketed as ERC Case No. 2013-181RC. Through the Order dated 11 November 2013, the Honorable Commission provisionally approved the application, viz:.

"The Commission believes that the contracted Ancillary Services capacity is needed to augment the deficiency in the Ancillary Services reserve capacity. This will ensure reliability in the operation of the transmission system and the electricity supply in the Visayas Grid.

An initial evaluation of the instant application discloses that the ASPA entered into by and between NGCP and SIPC will redound to the benefit of the consumers in terms of continuous, reliable, efficient and affordable power supply as mandated by the EPIRA [Section 2. Declaration of Policy - (b) "to ensure the quality, reliability, security and affordability of the supply of electric power].

WHEREFORE, the foregoing premises considered, the Commission hereby PROVISIONALLY APPROVES the application filed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) and SPC Island Power Corporation (SIPC) for the approval of their Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement (ASPA), subject to the following conditions: xxx”

10. Due to the necessity of extending the services of providing the same ancillary services, the Applicants again entered into a new ASPA under the same rates, terms and conditions. NGCP agreed to procure and SIPC agreed to supply AS in the forms of: (a) DR under a firm arrangement; and (b) BSS under a non-firm arrangement. A copy of the Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement between NGCP and SIPC dated 20 November 2018 is attached in the Application.

11. During the period of negotiation, NGCP conducted several tests on the Generation Facility, and certified that the generating units have met and complied with the Standard Ancillary Services Technical Requirements of the ASPP as capable of providing: (i) DR (Unit 1 = 4.0MW, Unit 2 = 4.0MW, Unit 3 = 4.2MW and Unit 4 = 4.0MW) and (ii) BSS (16.2 MW with 200kW EDG). A copy of NGCP Accreditation Certificate No. 2018-V0007 dated 20 August 2018 is attached in the Application.

FIRM AND NON-FIRM CONTRACTED CAPACITY RATE AND IMPACT SIMULATION 12. Under Clause 3 of the ASPA, SIPC shall provide NGCP with the following AS as specified in Schedule 1 of the ASPA, follows: A.

Firm Contracted Capacity: Dispatchable Reserve (Tertiary Reserve) - up to 16.2MW Unit 4.0MW Unit 4.0MW

B.

1

-

Unit 3 - 4.2MW

2

-

Unit 4 - 4.0MW

Annex “D” “E” “F” “G” “H” “I”

While SIPC is a co-applicant, it manifests that the instant Application shall neither modify, diminish or constitute a waiver of SIPC's rights nor expand its obligations and responsibilities as a generation company under EPIRA.

ANTECEDENT FACTS 4.

Indicative Rate Impact P/kW-mo P/kWh Equivalent 8.8006 0.0187 0.0871 0.0002

A copy of the Rate Impact Simulation is attached in the Application.

In their Application, NGCP and SIPC alleged, among others, the following:

1.

Incidental Energy Cost

Cost of Incidental Energy ("IE") shall be computed using the formula below:

ERC CASE NO. 2018-120RC

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SPC ISLAND POWER CORPORATION, Applicants.

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Rodent first climate change victim SYDNEY―Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct on Tuesday, making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human-induced climate change.

The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys―whose only known habitat was a small sandy island in far northern Australia―has not been spotted in a decade.

Researchers from Queensland determined a key factor in its disappearance was “almost certainly” repeated ocean inundation of the cay -- a low-lying island on a coral reef -- over the last decade, which had resulted in dramatic habitat loss.

Australia’s environment ministry on Tuesday said it had officially transferred the animal to the “extinct” list.

The declaration was expected. The researchers completed a wideranging survey in 2014 in a bid to track down the species, but found no trace.

Available data on sea-level rise and weather events in the Torres Strait region “point to human-induced climate change being the root cause of the loss of the Bramble Cay melomys”, a study released in 2016 said. AFP

in the study, which used radio them.” astronomy to look at a segment The discovery of the new light of sky over the northern hemi- sources may also help scientists sphere, and found 300,000 pre- better understand the behaviour viously unseen light sources of one of space’s most enigmatic thought to be distant galaxies. phenomena.

Radio astronomy allows sciBlack holes—which have a entists to detect radiation pro- gravitational pull so strong that duced when massive celestial no matter can escape them— objects interact. emit radiation when they engulf The team used the Low Fre- other high-mass objects such as quency Array (LOFAR) tele- stars and gas clouds. scope in the Netherlands to pick Tasse said the new observation up traces—or “jets”—of ancient technique would allow astronoradiation produced when galax- mers to compare black holes ies merge. These jets, previously over time to see how they form undetected, can extend over mil- and develop. lions of light years.

“If you look at an active black “With radio observations we hole, the jets [of radiation] disapcan detect radiation from the ten- pear after millions of years, and uous medium that exists between you won’t see them at a higher galaxies,” said Amanda Wilber, frequency [of light],” he said. of the University of Hamburg.

“But at a lower frequency they “LOFAR allows us to detect continue to emit these jets for hunmany more of these sources and dreds of millions of years, so we understand what isCYAN powering can see far older electrons.”

MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK AFP

Republic of the Philippines ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center Pasig City

TODAY

AN FRANCISCO-Sixteen US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration Monday over his decision to declare a national emergency to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico, saying the move violated the constitution.

PARIS―A new map of the night sky published Tuesday charts hundreds of thousands of previously unknown galaxies discovered using a telescope that can detect light sources optical instruments cannot see.

The international team behind the unprecedented space survey said their discovery literally shed new light on some of the Universe’s deepest secrets, including the physics of black holes and how clusters of galaxies evolve.

“This is a new window on the universe,” Cyril Tasse, an astronomer at the Paris Observatory who was involved in the project, told AFP. “When we saw the first images we were like: ‘What is this?!’ It didn’t look anything at all like what we are used to seeing.”

More than 200 astronomers from 18 countries were involved

20. As mentioned above, the Honorable Commission has already declared that there is a necessity for NGCP to procure the contracted ancillary services capacity of SIPC to maintain the reliability of the operation of the transmission system and electricity supply in the Visayas Grid.

21. SIPC must continue to provide the current contracted ancillary services beyond the 2013 ASPA to maintain the reliability of the power grid. Based on the current levels of available contracted AS in the Visayas Grid, the firm contracted AS have not yet met the required levels of the ASPP. The copies of the relevant actual data and its corresponding graphical presentations showing the required and available levels of AS in the Visayas Grid, entitled: Visayas Dispatchable Reserve Availability is attached in the Application.

22. NGCP must be guaranteed that there are available AS on a daily basis to assure reliability of the grid. There is no assurance that the non-firm capacities would be available when needed. NGCP cannot gamble on this chance. As the grid operator, the contracted capacity of SIPC, especially its firm capacities, are greatly needed.

23. Thus, NGCP and SIPC agreed to execute another ASPA for a period of another five years. With this ASPA, the Visayas Grid is assured of AS until 2023.

24. Also, as the demand for power in the Visayas increases, the requirements of the system to ensure stability, reliability and security likewise increases. Ensuring the integrity of the system is essential to protect the interests of the public. The absence of system reliability and stability will certainly discourage investments and growth.

25. Applicants respectfully submit that the immediate approval of the ASPA by this Honorable Commission is a necessity to maintain the reliability, adequacy, security, stability and integrity of the Visayas Grid. In support of these allegations, NGCP submits a copy of the Judicial Affidavit of Engr. Lisaflor Bacani-Kater of the Revenue and Regulatory Affairs Department of NGCP, which is attached in the Application.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, premises considered, Applicants respectfully pray that the Honorable Commission: a)

Immediately ISSUE a provisional authority to implement the subject ASPA executed on 20 November 2018; and

b)

APPROVE, after notice and hearing, the subject ASPA

Applicants pray for other just and equitable relief.

The Commission has set the Application for determination of compliance with the jurisdictional requirements, expository presentation, Pre-trial Conference, and presentation of evidence on 13 March 2019 (Wednesday) at two o'clock in the afternoon (2:00 P.M.) at Metro Center Hotel Bohol, C. P. Garcia North Avenue, Tagbilaran City, Bohol.

All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the instant case may become a party by filing with the Commission a verified Petition to Intervene at least five (5) days prior to the initial hearing and subject to the requirements under Rule 9 of the 2006 ERC Rules of Practice and Procedure, indicating therein the docket number and title of the case and stating the following: 1)

The petitioner's name and address;

2)

The nature of petitioner's interest in the subject matter of the proceeding and the way and manner in which such interest is affected by the issues involved in the proceeding; and

3)

A statement of the relief desired.

All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission with respect to the subject matter of the case may file their Opposition or Comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before Applicants rests their case, subject to the requirements under Rule 9 of the 2006 ERC Rules of Practice and Procedure. No particular form of Opposition or Comment is required, but the document, letter, or writing should contain the following: 1)

The name and address of such person;

2)

A concise statement of the Opposition or Comment; and

3)

The grounds relied upon.

All such persons who wish to have a copy of the Application may request from Applicants that they be furnished with the same, prior to the date of the initial hearing.

Applicants are hereby directed to furnish all those making such request with copies of the Application and its attachments, subject to the reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs. Any such person may likewise examine the Application and other pertinent records filed with the Commission during the standard office hours.

WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, AGNES VST DEVANADERA and the Honorable Commissioners ALEXIS M. LUMBATAN, CATHERINE P. MACEDA and PAUL CHRISTIAN M. CERVANTES, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 11th day of February 2019 in Pasig City.

Non-Firm Contracted Capacity: JOSEFINA PATRICIA A. MAGPALE-ASIRIT Oversight Commissioner for Legal

Black Start Contracted Capacities (16.2MW with 200kW EDG) (The capacities listed above are the maximum ancillary services capacity that can be provided for each generating unit. However,nomination and schedule shall be based on the latest AS Certificate.)

13. The Applicable Rates for the capacity covered by the ASPA as provided in Schedule 3 are as follows:

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2 3 4

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An Act Granting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines a Franchise To Engage in the Business of Conveying or Transmitting Electricity Through High Voltage Back-Bone System of Interconnected Transmission Lines, Substations and Related Facilities, and for other Purpose.

Section 9 (c) Section 9 (d) Section 6.3.1.2 (MS-FEB. 20 & 27, 2019)

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A model for rainwater harvesting TAYSAN, Batangas—Water is a precious and limited resource and needs to be managed well.

With this in mind, the Republic Cement Batangas Plant continues to do rainwater harvesting and has done so since 2015 for 100% of its domestic and industrial water consumption requirements or about 328,150 cu.m. of water per year.

The Batangas Plant has eliminated its groundwater demand, leaving the scarce groundwater resources for its neighboring communities and farmers.

Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater in natural resources or artificially designed resources to prevent runoff and avoid scarcity of water, especially during the dry months.

The Batangas Plant has three major collection ponds that collect rainwater, namely RepubLake, the Pozzolan Pond, and the East Shale Pond, which is the largest among the three.

The severe drought due to El Niño in

2014, which almost shut down the cement plant, was the driving force for this initiative, while at the same time creating cost savings due to reduced water bills from the local water utilities.

Additionally, instead of just being backfilled at the end of quarry life, the reservoirs can now be part of the final mine rehabilitation plan and stakeholders may benefit from these new water sources during summer months.

This is a very good example of how Republic Cement operates to assure its customers of consistent supply of good quality products, while taking good care of the environment in the process.

The Mine Rehabilitation and Fund Committee of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the local government of Taysan have recognized the Batangas Plant’s water conservation efforts through rainwater collection.

Pictured is ‘RepubLake,’ one of the three major rainwater collection ponds in the Republic Cement Plant in Taysan, Batangas.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

Pre-employment fund ready for QC job hunters T

By Rio N. Araja

HE Quezon City government yesterday launched the first pre-employment financial aid program in Metro Manila.

The city’s Public Employment Service Office said residents seeking employment are now eligible for grants to help them accomplish requirements needed by prospective employers.

Grants are available for Quezon City residents from indigent families, including fresh graduates.

Applicants must be graduates of public high schools or alternative learning systems in the city.

City Ordinance 2576 of 2017 creates the pre-employment financial assistance program with an initial appropriation of P500,000.

“A jobseeker may now avail of P2,000 worth of services and requirements,” the

measure read.

Residents who want to avail of the one-time assistance should submit to the PESO their resume, certified list of preemployment requirements from prospective employers, certificate of indigency and, if applicable, a certification from the barangay certifying the applicant as a registered skilled worker.

A qualified beneficiaries shall receive a certification to be presented to the city health department, National Bureau of Investigation, Quezon City Police District, civil registry, and Business Permit and Licensing Office.

Meanwhile, Mayor Herbert Bautista approved the establishment of the West

Fairview High School in Barangay Greater Fairview.

City Ordinance 2786-2018, introduced

by Councilor Karl Edgar Castelo, seeks to convert the North Fairview High School Annex located at Austin Street, Barangay Greater Fairview into a separate and independent integrated high school to be known as the West Fairview High School.

The ordinance aims to address the increasing student population of the North Fairview High School Annex.

West Fairview High School began to operate last June 2017 with 1,792 enrollees for school year 2018- 2019 catering to grades 7 to 10.

West Fairview High School is to be integrated from Grades 7 to 12.

Barangay Greater Fairview shall initiate the establishment of a barangay high school under Section 391 paragraph 21 of Republic Act no. 7160, also known as the Local Government Code of 1991.

Caloocan People’s Park nears Garbo gets SC completion, says Mayor Oca nod as mayor

By Jun David

BLESSING. KAPA-Community Ministry International Inc. founder Pastor Joel Apolinario (right) and his followers release balloons during the blessing and inauguration of their new office at Taytay, Rizal. Manny Palmero

DPWH finishes Vizcaya evacuation center

By Ben Moses Ebreo BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—The Department of Public Works and Highways has completed the construction of the P25-million Provincial Evacuation Center within the provincial capitol here.

Robert Corpuz, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management officer, said the project, constructed on a 3,000-square-meter vacant lot at the back of the People’s Hall building, was already inspected and evaluated by DPWH personnel.

“They already declared the project as completed and we will wait for the formal turn-over,” he said.

Governor Carlos Padilla, in a recent

meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, said the provincial government is set to inspect the national government-funded project.

“We will not certify it if we are not yet done with its review and inspection based on its program of works,” he said.

Padilla also said there is also a need to come up with a Memorandum of Agreement with the Nueva Vizcaya Electric Cooperative (Nuvelco) regarding its power requirements.

The eight-room, two-story building will offer a ground floor, two toilets, 67-bed capacity infirmary, pharmacy, laundry, water tank, drying area, cooking area, storage area, assembly and parking area.

GSIS backs QAG artists’ exhibit on Feb. 23 AS PART of the celebration of the National Arts Month, the Government Service Insurance System, together with the Quezon Artists Guild (QAG), will open an exhibit dubbed “Quezon Art 7” at the GSIS Museo ng Sining on Feb. 23.

“The exhibition will attempt to present a view of ‘art from the regions’ with displays that explore the techniques, styles and methodologies of art,” Noel Bueza, president of the QAG, said.

The exhibit will feature the works of 25 QAG members—Noel P. Bueza, Frank Cana, Avie Lafuente, Frank Hari,

Roma Valdez, Ayelah Deveza, Farah Ontiveros, Melo Valencia, Rez Cada, Apolinario Folloso, Pauline Racelis, Pablo Marasigan, Cheryl Canning, Jezz Go, Mark Lagdameo, Raffa Dala, Ann Reynaldes, August Tazon, Jerson Ajus, Louinel Babia, Camille Ruiz, Eric Masangkay, Mario Madridejos, Reynaldo Lopez and Gundelina Ruiz.

At present, there are 50 registered QAG members.

The guild has been busy mounting exhibitions not only in Quezon province but also in Laguna, Cavite and even Metro Manila to give local artists the chance to showcase their artworks.

CALOOCAN City Mayor Oscar Malapitan recently inspected the ongoing construction of the People’s Park, which is expected to be completed and inaugurated next month.

The mayor said the new urban community park in the city will be open to the public after its inauguration.

“It’s a beautiful gift for the Caloocan residents as we celebrate our 57th Cityhood Anniversary,” Malapitan added.

With a total land area of 6,229.99 square meters located at the back of the New Caloocan City Hall, the People’s Park is one of Malapitan’s big projects.

Families and friends who will visit the park can relax and experience a fun time as number of play equipments can be found inside the new park.

As part of the city’s 57th Cityhood Anniversary, the City Government recognized the outstanding performances and contributions of Caloocan residents to the community during the annual Outstanding Citizens Awards (OCA) Night.

Malapitan awarded trophies and cash gifts worth P10,000 each to nine centenarians in the city. According to Office for Senior Citizens Affairs head Prof. Marilyn De Jesus, the centenarians will also receive P100,000 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Ten outstanding employees of the city government also received trophies and cash incentive worth P20,000 each.

The mayor announced that job order employees among the awardees will be promoted to regular status while those regular employee awardees will be promoted to one rank higher.

Aside from centenarians and outstanding employees, Malapitan also gave trophies to outstanding barangays, outstanding citizens and organizations for education, public order and safety, infrastructure, health, education, livelihood, sports, and culture and arts.

“Thank you for your exemplary performances in your duties and contributions to make Caloocan a progressive city. I am hoping that you will serve as good example to others,” he said.

of Mabalacat

By Romeo Dizon MABALACAT, Pampanga―Crisostomo C. Garbo has been declared as the duly elected mayor of this 3rd class city—three months before the midterm elections.

This after the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Commission on Elections dated June 8, 2017, which proclaimed Garbo as the duly elected mayor of the city.

In a 21-page resolution penned by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the high court dismissed the certiorari filed by thenincumbent Mayor Mariano Morales and Vice Mayor Christian Halili for being without merit.

Garbo welcomed the decision “despite attempts by other people to circumvent the law. I am elated by the ruling of the Court as it erased doubts on the legitimacy of my position as city mayor of Mabalacat,” he said.

As the victor, Garbo said he will extend his hand of reconciliation to Morales and Halili for the benefit of the city and its people.

TREE PLANTING.

Lt. Gen. Macairog S. Alberto (right), Commanding General of the Philippine Army, joins Tarlac Heritage Foundation’s Isa Cojuangco Suntay and Brig. Gen. Henry Robinson of the 702 Infantry (Defender) Brigade in a treeplanting activity during the Food, Wood and Income launch. It showcases two pilot projects that will teach Army personnel the latest in organic farming techniques in waterstrapped areas, and was held at the 702IB headquarters in Manaoag, Pangasinan.

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TREASURED BUTTER. For centuries, Ghanaian women have been using shea butter for its highly moisturizing properties to protect and intensely nourish their skin from the dry Saharan desert winds.

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HEN The Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick first visited Ghana in 1992, she met the women who have treasured shea butter for generations. She personally witnessed how they’ve been using shea butter for its highly moisturizing properties to protect and intensely nourish their skin from the dry Saharan desert winds.

After her visit, Roddick decided not only to share this ingredient’s benefits, but to also empower women, their families, and entire communities.

Thus The Body Shop has paid a premium in addition to paying a fair price for shea butter since they started their partnership in 1994. The partnership has helped Tungteiya Women’s Association’s social fund, the Northern Ghana Community Action Fund, invest in community projects like healthcare, sanitation, water, and education that benefit 49,000 people every year.

For the past 25 years, the Tungteiya Women’s Association has grown from 50 members to 540 across 11 villages.

Within that period, The Body Shop also co-found the Ghana Shea Alliance, which helps the shea industry strive for a more sustainable world and benefits the 8 million women who are a crucial part of this industry.

This year, the beauty brand announces it is sourcing more shea butter for its extended Shea range, which will boost funding for Tungteiya’s vital community projects by 30 percent.

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The Body Shop’s extended Shea range includes (clockwise) the multi-purpose shea butter, shea soap, and shea butter hair care trio.

The moisturizing properties and nutty fragrance of shea butter make it an ideal ingredient for body butters, soap, and perfume.

Tommy Hilfiger launches sportswear line AMERICAN clothing label Tommy Hilfiger enters the world of sportswear with the global launch of Tommy Sport.

The new apparel line for men and women fuses the brand’s classic American cool DNA with best-in-class athletic designs.

With comfort at its core, sports wardrobe essentials integrate compression technology, water-repellent fabrics, and moisture-wicking and stretch elements fused with a contemporary twist.

The performance-driven pieces are ergonomically built for optimal movement and multi-purpose use for the next generation of consumers who approach wellness, outdoor activities, and general fitness as a lifestyle.

“Active living has evolved into a way of life and changed the way we dress, with the next generations looking for designs that fit their on-the-go lifestyle,” said Tommy Hilfiger.

“Clothing needs to follow this trend and we are delivering on consumer expectations with Tommy Sport, which injects a cool and bold edge into performance. We are taking iconic pieces from our archive to the future with modernized classic sports fabrics and executions.”

The Tommy Sport spring 2019 collection for men and women re-ener-

gizes classic activewear styles with a versatile twist to move from the running track to the city. The collection modernizes sport essentials, including sports bras, leggings, shorts, and tank tops with bright color-blocking, oversized star graphics, striped tape, and unexpected detailing.

Recycled and lightweight fabrics mix with technical functionalities for a collection that blends fashion and techni-

cal refinement with a sharp edge.

Further, styles feature the new Tommy Sport logo, inspired by the iconic Tommy Hilfiger flag, which celebrates the brand’s DNA with a bold red, white, and blue color palette.

Tommy Hilfiger is located at Central Square in Bonifacio High Street Central, Greenbelt 5, Kiss & Fly–NAIA Terminal 3, Newport Mall, Rustan’s Makati, and Rustan’s Shangri-La

Tommy Sport’s spring 2019 collection modernizes sport essentials including sport bras, leggings, shorts, and tank tops with oversized star graphics, striped tape, and unexpected detailing.

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bag is perfect as it is equipped with anti-theft technology and a clasp locking system to ensure worry-free roaming.

This small cross-body can fit all the essentials for a day of exploration.

U Element is available at all Urbanize stores, Rustan’s Department Stores, SM Makati Department Store, SM Megamall Department Store, SM North Edsa Department Store, Landmark Trinoma, all Elecom stores, and Fashion Rack NAIA 3.

Pacsafe stores are located at Glorietta 5, SM North Edsa, SM Mall of Asia, SM Bacolod, SM Lanang Premier, SM Seaside Cebu, Ayala Centrio, Robinsons Ermita, and Lucky Chinatown.

A huge, lightweight companion

CabinZero’s lightweight bags promise to never weigh travelers down. The brand’s classic Cabin bag hold belongings in its spacious and roomy capacity that can be easily carried to just about anywhere.

These bags follow most airline hand carry specifications. CabinZero bags have side compression straps and front and inside zipped pockets, plus, they come with a built-in lost and found tag to let users trace their bag in case they get lost or stolen.

U Element’s U Basic Switch Tech bag

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CabinZero is available at all Urbanize stores, Rustan’s Gateway Mall, Rustan’s Edsa Shangri-La Mall, Rustan’s Alabang Town Center, Fashion Rack NAIA T3, Fashion Rack Baguio, and Fashion Rack Subic.

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Show your makeup skills, win a trip to Phuket THE third edition of Ever Bilena’s Big artists to showcase their makeup skills In addition to the trip, the top winBeauty Challenge calls video bloggers, for a chance to win a trip for two to ner in the weekly makeup tutorial vidand aspiring and professional makeup Phuket, Thailand. eo contest will get P50,000 cash and P20,000 worth of Ever Bilena products.

The grand winner will also sign an exclusive contract as a brand ambassador, and shall perform special projects for the local makeup label.

The Big Beauty Challenge is ongoing until March 25.

Participants are required to create a one- to three-minute makeup tutorial video on how to do a complete look following a specific theme using only Ever Bilena products. Participants can post as many videos as they want, but using models is not allowed.

The contest, which began on Dec. 14, tests the skills of participants as they create their own versions of Ever Bilena’s weekly theme. One winner is chosen every week, and gets P15,000 in cash.

Participants are judged based on the following criteria: 40 percent creativity, 20 percent most number of Ever Bilena products used in the video, 20 percent makeup execution and skills; and 20 percent most number of views and shares.

The weekly winner with the most number of video shares and likes receives a special prize. Weekly winners will autoEver Bilena’s Big Beauty Challenge Year 3 will take the grand winner to a trip for two to matically compete in the grand finals.

Phuket, Thailand.

Kiehl’s launches ‘ultra clean’ version

of best-selling moisturizer KIEHL’S no. 1 bestseller globally, Ultra Facial Cream, became an instant cult product when it first launched in 2006.

Inspired by the adventure-testing heritage of Kiehl’s, the “ultra hydrator” provides needed replenishment throughout the day by absorbing moisture from the air for continuous comfort and moisture-balanced skin.

The brand’s moisturizer is known for providing 24-hour hydration in a lightweight and non-greasy texture that is perfect for everyday use. It has won over 70 international beauty awards and garnered over 200,000 online reviews from Kie- Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cream is now formulated without parabens, hl’s customers. carbamides, and TEA. Kiehl’s claims that 10 jars are sold globally per minute.

Kiehl’s chemists also took the opportunity to improve hyThe success of the product has pushed the brand to launch the newly revamped, ultra clean version of Ultra dration testing on the new formula. After just one applicaFacial Cream, which is formulated without parabens, car- tion, facial skin is said to be 2.3 times more hydrated—even in the driest areas. bamides, and T.E.A.

Shop and shop some more

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WOMEN shopping at Rustan’s can get much more than what they barChristian gained for as the premier department Louboutin store gives lucky shoppers a chance bucket to win an ultimate shopping experibag ence to the tune of P100,000 worth of gift certificates Shoppers splurging on Rustan’s wide selection of women’s brands such as Christian Louboutin, Criselda Lontok, Eileen Fisher, Fendi, Josie Natori, Lady Rustan, Longchamp, Pedro del Hierro, Sergio Rossi, and Tadashi Shoji get one raffle coupon for every minimum single-receipt purchase worth Anciant Greek sandals P10,000 from Feb. 16 to March 14.

On March 25, one winner will be awarded with P100,000 worth of Rustan’s Gift Certificates. The lucky shopper will be informed via registered mail within two weeks from Go to rustans.com.ph or follow @ the date of the draw on how to claim RustansPH on Facebook or Instagram the prize. for more information.

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From C1 The extended range includes the intensely nourishing new multi-purpose Shea Butter. Made with Community Trade shea butter from 192 shea nuts, The Body Shop’s new, richly textured Shea Butter can be applied to body, face, hair, and lips or used to create DIY beauty recipes.

The Body Shop also introduces its new hair care trio: the Richly Replenishing Shea Shampoo, Conditioner,

and Hair Mask. Inspired by Ghanaian women who have used shea to nourish and protect their dry hair for centuries, these products gently cleanse and leave dry, prone to damage hair feeling richly replenished.

The brand also offers products for head-to-toe skin hydration. Exfoliate with Shea Exfoliating Sugar, cleanse with Shea Shower Cream or Shea Soap, and moisturize with 100 percent vegan Shea Body Lotion or Shea Body Butter.

The Body Shop’s Shea Range is available in all The Body Shop stores.

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GMA Music presents ‘4 FACES OF LOVE’ A RE you longing for love, hoping for love, confused in love or willing to take a chance for love?

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This February, celebrate the love month in full swing as GMA Music presents the “4 Faces of Love” through music video premieres via YouTube.

The Clash alumnus Anthony Rosaldo recently launched his debut single “Larawan Mo.” The music video of his song, featuring actress Kris Bernal as one of the special guests, is now available for streaming on Youtube.

Singer-actress Kyline Alcantara released the music video of her newest single “Ikaw Lang at Ako” under her self-titled album, on Valentine’s Day. The Clash alumni Jong Madaliday and Garrett Bolden will also be launching music videos of their debut singles.

Jong’s music video for his single entitled “Ano Ba?” will be released tomorrow, Feb. 21. The video features model-actress Liezel Lopez and fellow The Clash alumni Mika Gorospe and Kyryll Ugdiman as special guests.

The music videos of “Larawan Mo,” “Ikaw Lang at Ako” and “Ano Ba?” were all directed by Miggy Tanchanco.

GMA Music artists Garrett Bolden, Kyline Alcantara, Jong Madaliday, and Anthony Rosaldo

Meanwhile, Garrett’s music video for “Lilipad Na,” which is under the helm of Phillip Lazaro, showcases the works of abstract artist Nadine Ibay, Garrett’s leading lady in the music video. It will

FDCP partners with French Embassy to bring‘Animation Du Monde’to Manila THE Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) has partnered with the Embassy of France in Manila and the Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI) to collaborate with the Audiovisual Cooperation Department for Southeast Asia of the French Embassy in Singapore, Annecy, and the Annecy International Animation Film Market (MIFA) and bring Animation du Monde in Manila.

Established by Annecy and the MIFA, the Animation du Monde aims to develop projects from countries where animation is emerging and with limited production capability.

This event provides young animators with opportunities to acquire funding and co-production deals, and to equip animators with the know-how about the best practices and trends in animation.

Authors of seven selected animated short film and feature film projectsin-development from the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia will undergo one-on-one sessions and will be mentored by the animation experts sent by MIFA and local speakers.

Lectures include Creation Processes: How to Grow a Simple Idea Into a Short Animated Film with Claire Fouquet, Producer Insight for Short Films with Ron Dyens, and How to Apply for Grants at MIFA, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), Cinema du Monde, and more with Charlotte Deflassieux Viguier.

Moreover, there will be international marketing for animation-focused discussions about Annecy Festival and MIFA: The Reference in Animation with Géraldine Baché, Production Processes and Pitching Best Practices for Global Market with Ron Dyens, From Local to Global: Barangay 143 Success Story with Geraldine Yumul, and Marketing from Script to Screen: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights with Atty. Emerson Cuyo.

FDCP Chairperson and CEO Mary Liza Diño will also be a speaker during the FDCP Film Talks: Where Can I Get Funding for My Film.

Aside from masterclasses and workshops, diverse animated films will be screened, including Paglisan directed by Carl Joseph Papa, Tout En Haut Du Monde (Long Way North) directed by Rémi Chayé, The Best of Animahenasyon, and The Best of Annecy.

In 2018, the Regional Audiovisual department of the French Embassy in Singapore brought a French delegation to Southeast Asia to assess the feasibility of creating a cooperation program. The department showcased talents from the region to representatives from Annecy, schools, and studios from France. A year later, the Animation du Monde IMPS 2019 has been launched with FDCP. Animation du Monde, which runs until this Feb. 22, is made possible by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, ACPI, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Export Marketing Bureau (EMB), and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

French film producer Ron Dyens

CROSSWORD PUZZLE Wednesday, February 20, 2019

ACROSS 1 Cod kin 5 Out of control 9 Fills with cargo 14 Psyched up 15 Metered ride 16 Prefix for “below” 17 Frighten a fly 18 Valhalla honcho 19 Wall painting 20 Sanskrit dialect 21 Intrusive 23 Slalom need 25 Lamb’s pen name 26 Catalog 30 Swirling around 35 — -de-sac 36 Unassuming 38 “Sesame Street” regular 39 Fridge stick 41 Thoroughfares 44 Type of wrestler 45 Dice throws 47 Evergreen trees 49 Dowser’s tool 50 Most frugal 53 Ultra wide-angle lens (hyph.)

55 Mrs. Charles 57 Recent (pref.)

58 Aired out 63 Year-end tune 67 U.S. border state 68 “— do for now”

69 Roof overhang 70 Hamelin visitor 71 Giza’s river 72 Mets’ former ballpark 73 Doesn’t move 74 Lasting aftereffect 75 Domain DOWN 1 Fastener 2 Turkish official 3 — -Aid (drink mix) 4 “I” trouble?

5 Perfume sprayer 6 Earned 7 Laughing gas, e.g 8 Start a fire 9 Refreshing drink 10 Blame 11 Frizzy coif 12 Wee drink 13 Store event 22 Bottle cap 24 Actress — Basinger 26 Desktop pictures 27 Dutch export 28 “Maria —” 29 Want-ad letters 31 Birthday no.

32 Toughen up

33 Spock portrayer 34 Hollow rock 37 Zales competitor 40 Above, to a bard 42 Excellent, slangily 43 Crook 46 Graduating class 48 NNW opposite 51 Roman sun god 52 Gets in shape 54 Truthful 56 Upper room

58 Big shots 59 Proofread 60 Auto-supplies store 61 Not we 62 Wilcox or Raines 64 Diamond Head locale 65 Perpetually 66 Plant part

be up on Youtube on Feb. 28.

To listen and stream the recording sessions and music videos of your favorite GMA Music artists, visit GMA Music’s Youtube channel htt-

ps://www.youtube.com/user/GMAMusicOfficial/. The songs are also available for download and streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes and other digital stores worldwide.

Shop online with BLACKPINK SHOPEE, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, recently revealed BLACKPINK as its campaign ambassador for the Shopee 3.3 Mega Shopping Day in the Philippines, along with the South Korean girl group’s commercial for television.

The mobile marketplace giant also launched the first YG Official Shop in the country on Feb. 11, giving Filipino K-Pop fans exclusive access to official YG merchandise from artists including BLACKPINK, WINNER, and iKON. Shopee is giving away exclusive deals to celebrate the launch of the YG Official Shop and BLACKPINK commercial.

The Shopee 3.3 Mega Shopping Day promises yet another wave of unbeatable promotions from free shipping to flash sales starting at P33 until March 3. Items worth as low as P99 and vouchers up to P3 million in total are all up for grabs on the mobile app.

Learn more about the Shopee 3.3

Mega Shopping Day at http://shopee. ph/3-3.. Visit the YG Official Shop on Shopee at https://shopee.ph/ygofficial.ph. Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.

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her composition how she terribly misses her mother. Viewers and netizens alike were in tears when her mom suddenly surprised her on stage.

One of KMJS’ signature segments is investigating unusual happenings such as the presence of “aswang.” Last Feb. 10, the show investigated the truth behind the “manananggal” sighting in Pangasinan.

This week, KMJS probed the alleged UFO sighting in Negros Occidental.

A calendar image of Mother Mary in Rosales, Pangasinan allegedly sheds tears of blood. KMJS also investigated this mysterious report.

KMJS also joined the craze as it tries the sweet mango graham desserts and snacks that abound this season. Lastly, KMJS featured the story of this guy who believes that his ex-girlfriend inflicted a curse upon his male organ as a sign of vengeance.

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KMJS surpasses own ratings record yet again There’s no stopping Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) in dominating the ratings game and the trending topics every Sunday.

After it emerged as the most-watched Kapuso program in January, the country’s most-awarded magazine show made another record as it hit its highest people rating so far -- 17.3 percent people rating in the National Urban Television Audience Measurement (NUTAM). This was for its Feb. 10 episode.

One of the stories featured in the trending episode was that of Iva Claire Jameralin, a student who made a poem as a tribute for her OFW mom. Iva shared in

South Korean girl group BLACKPINK, with members Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé, is launched as the newest endorser of Shopee.

Miss Universe Catriona Gray’s homecoming The Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI) and the Araneta Center, in close coordination with the Miss Universe Organization, have been planning a series of activities for Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray’s grand homecoming that is truly fit for a queen.

All happening this February, thousands of fans and supporters can expect to see the reigning Miss Universe in two victory parades that will showcase her triumphant return to the country.

Tomorrow, Feb. 21 (Thursday), Catriona will board a majestic float and parade around the metro.

Starting at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) grounds in Pasay City, Catriona’s parade will proceed to Roxas Boulevard, Kalaw Avenue in Manila, Taft Avenue, Buendia Avenue, and end on Ayala Avenue in Makati City.

People are eagerly anticipating what the float will look like, with some speculating that the design will either look like her diamond and pearl-encrusted Mikimoto crown or her magma-inspired evening gown by Mak Tumang.

On Feb. 23, Saturday, Catriona will have another parade, this time at the Araneta Center where her journey to the Miss Universe crown started. Festivities start at 4:00 p.m.

The parade will start at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center and will go through the main road Aguinaldo Avenue, and around the 35-hectare lifestyle hub before making a stop at the Green Gate of the iconic Smart Araneta Coliseum, where she won the Miss Universe Philippines crown in March last year.

Fans are encouraged to gather on the streets on these dates to greet Catriona and show their support that’s filled with true Filipino pride.

Similar to Pia Wurtzbach, who brought joy to the country when she won the Miss Universe crown in 2015, the 25-year-old fashion model, advocate and aspiring musician from Oas town in Albay will also headline a thanksgiving show on Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Staying true to her core advocacy of helping underprivileged children as well as those living with HIV and AIDS, Catriona will visit and bond with the beneficiaries of Young Focus, LoveYourself PH and Smile Train—organizations closest to her heart—with BPCI Chairperson. Stella Marquez Araneta.

For more updates, visit bbpilipinas.com and follow our social media pages @realbbpilipinas on Facebook and Twitter, and @ bbpilipinasofficial on Instagram. *** Congratulations to Chris Manguera The annual Mansmith Young Marketing Masters Award (YMMA) was held on Feb. 12 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza.

Among the recipients of the YMMA is GCash’s Chris Manguera, chief marketing officer and head of growth.

The campaigns and marketing strategies GCash has launched were deemed to be effective, refreshing, and innovative to the industry where he belongs. Bearing in mind that fintech is a newly emerging business venture, GCash has maximized the arena of the digitized era.

The achievement of GCash’s CMO is also a breakthrough in the fintech industry. Being the only recipient of the award from fintech, this recognition has opened the gates for the industry to strive and deliver products and services to the public in a more creative, innovative, and relevant manner.

The Mansmith YMMA is a prestigious awarding body, which has started over a decade to give recognition to young branding professionals who continuously excel in their craft. At the heart of the award is the commitment to inspire marketing professionals even at their young age in aspiring to build their brands through innovation. *** Visit www.isah.red for more stories. Follow me on Facebook (@ isahvr), Twitter (@isahvred) and Instagram (@isahvred). ΙR

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Cyborgs of ‘Alita’ vanquish rivals in box office

Alita, the main character in the movie, is a female cyborg who acts more like a human than a robot.

FOX’S new sci-fi spectacle Alita: Battle Angel is dominating North American box offices with an estimated $33 million take this four-day holiday weekend, industry trackers said Sunday.

The film, with Rosa Salazar voicing Alita, a cyborg almost more human than machine, was set to make $27.8 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period and an additional $5.2 million for Monday’s President’s Day holiday, Exhibitor Relations reported.

The computer-animated adaptation of a Japanese cyberpunk manga story has big names behind it, directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron. The project, 20 years in the making, also has a sizable budget: $170 million.

The Fox film beat out last weekend’s leader, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, which earned Warner Bros an estimated $21.2 million in ticket sales for the first three days of the weekend and $27.3 million when Monday is included.

This fourth Lego movie again features the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, and Will Arnett-joined this time by Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph--in a story of love and chaos in a post-apocalyptic toyland.

In third was another Warner Bros. film, Isn’t It Romantic?, at $14.2 million for three days and $16.5 million for four. Rebel Wilson stars as a romcom hating New Yorker who, after a blow to the head, finds herself in her own romantic comedy. Liam Hemsworth also stars.

Fourth place went to Paramount’s What Men Want. The gender-switching remake of 2000’s What Women Want stars Taraji P. Henson. It had three-day ticket sales of $10.9 million and a four-day total of $12.6 million.

And in fifth was Happy Death Day 2U from Universal, at $9.8 million for three days and $11.5 million for four--already recouping the mere $9 million it cost to make. Jessica Rothe again plays the role of a young woman living and reliving the day of her murder. AFP

Josh Groban at MOA on Friday ISAH V. RED

ARE you a fan of Josh Groban? Or are you familiar with his songs? I bet you are.

The singer made “The Prayer” popular not only in the US, but around here as well. Martin Nievera has been singing the song many times over in duets with different female singer, most recently Lani Misalucha. Yet, to most popera (pop songs fused with opera-style singing) fans, it is his version along with Celine Dion that has made a lasting impression in their minds.

Now, Groban will be in Manila for a show at the Mall of Asia Arena (MOA) on Friday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. as part of his tour Josh Groban: Bridges Tour to promote his latest album Bridges.

Groban’s name made such a big impact on the global musical arena in early 2000 for the songs “You Raise Me Up,” “The Prayer,” “To Where You Are,” “Vincent,” and “You’re Still You,” among others.

Our very own Lea Salonga will make a special appearance as Groban’s guest performer (expect a duet of “The Prayer” and other songs he sang on record with a female singer).

The combined efforts of Joed Serrano a.k.a. Mr. P, Renen de Guia, and Cel de Guia of Ovation Productions make Groban’s show in Manila possible.

The three are also called as the two Kings and Queen of Concerts, for their reputation of bringing international singers in the country for concerts.

They have also produced successful concerts of local singers in the country.

Mr. P is known for producing concerts of international and local singers in the Philippines, while Renen and Cel have brought to the country international performers and bands.

Among the foreign acts that Mr. P brought to the country for concerts include Korean pop sensation PSY, Katy Perry, The Jonas Brothers, James Ingram, Boyzone, Michael Learns To Rock, among others.

On the local scene, he has produced concerts of Vice Ganda, Sharon Cuneta, Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid, Martin Nievera, Ai-Ai delas Alas, Gary Valenciano, and many more.

Meanwhile Renen and Cel Ovation Prod. Were the producers of the concerts of Sting, Metallica, One Direction and many more. Ovation Production is celebrating its 40th year in bringing the biggest concerts in the country.

The three of them joined forces in bringing in July of last year the highly successful Celine Dion Live in Manila 2018.

This time around, Mr. P, Renen and Cel are hoping to make another successful concert in the Philippines with JOSH GROBAN: Bridges Tour.

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American singersongwriter Josh Groban

In the movie, Winwyn plays the role of Apple, a writer and diner waitress who falls for a customer, Ozzi (Enzo Pineda) who already has a girlfriend.

Newly single Winwyn Marquez turns back the hands of time in

‘TIME & AGAIN’ W

INWYN Marquez and boyfriend Mark Herras have broken up after being together for more than three years. It was a revelation that surprised people who went to see the beauty queen at the press conference for her new film, Time and Again.

UN-COUPLE. Winwyn and Mark Herras during their happy

times together.

It was Valentine’s Day that’s why scribes asked her what her plans were. She was smiling and just answered, “I don’t have any plans today. Wala akong plano for Valentine’s this year.”

“Why? Have you broken up with Mark Herras?” was the unassertive question of the program host who felt puzzled, too.

“How will I answer this? We’re okay, we’re busy and I think we’re doing our own thing. He has his own thing. I have my own thing,” she started.

“Yeah, I’m single right now. We have already parted ways. It was a mutual decision,” she continued.

She clarified there was no third party involved and that they’re actually still talking.

Meanwhile, Winwyn is still in disbelief now that she is a leading-lady material.

After co-starring with Vhong Navarro in the 2018 comedy movie Unli Life, the 26-year-old actress is top-billing the post-Valentine movie Time and Again, produced by Regal Entertainment, Inc. Winwyn considers Time and Again as her launching movie because the story revolves around her character, Apple.

“I never thought I’d watch myself on the big screen. I never thought that I would be given this kind of opportunity,” she explained.

Though she has been active in the business for almost a decade now, it is only now that Winwyn is getting her big breaks.

Admittedly, the big part of her ongoing showbiz success is because of winning an international crown.

Teresita Ssen "Winwyn" Marquez stars in 'Time & Again,' her first leading role after being in showbiz for more than a decade now.

IT IS a love and laughter filled month on ABS-CBN Lifestyle as the leading celebrity lifestyle website onboards Pinoy Big Brother: Otso host and MYX VJ Robi Domingo as its first ever male guest editor.

Robi gets to share his helpful insights on all matters of the heart— from love for family to love of career to the most important, self-love. It is also a month of revelations in the love department as he admitted to ABSCBN Lifestyle, “I’m happy, really happy. No, seriously, I’m happy!”

Two celebrity couples who have stood the test of time also impart their inspiring love stories on the site.

Kyla and Rich Alvarez and Gladys

ROBI plays love guru Reyes and Christopher Roxas, who are now married for 14 and 26 years, respectively, revealed their firsts and lasts as a couple in a series of honest, tear-jerking videos.

In line with the “Love Month” theme, ABS-CBN Lifestyle is set to launch the following original and indepth visual stories on the stuff close to each Kapamilya star’s heart.

Homes We Love will showcase celebs and their spaces with cheat sheets on how to emulate their esthetics; I Love My Job will center

on personalities and their exciting sidelines and passions; and last but not the least, Pet Mah Love will feature these stars and their dearest pet animals inspiring them every day.

Check out the exciting reads and videos with Robi, February’s ABSCBNLifestyleInspo. Catch more Inspiring Stellar Stories on ABS-CBN Lifestyle by logging on to Lifestyle.ABS-CBN. com and following the site through its social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter @ abscbnlifestyle.

VJ and TV host Robi Domingo

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In 2015, Winwyn became the first-ever Filipina to join the Reina Hispanoamericana beauty pageant, which has been dominated by Latina representatives since it started 27 years ago.

Winwyn made history when she took home the crown.

“My life started changing after my win. After that, parang one dream to another, na sabay-sabay: movies, and then pageants, and then my advocacy program.”

In the movie, Winwyn gets to work with a long-time friend Enzo Pineda. The actress said that she and Enzo go way, way back.

When Enzo joined StarStruck, the reality-based artista search on GMA-7, it was also the same time that Winwyn entered showbiz.

“I’ve known Enzo for nine years, since I started showbiz.

Sabay kaming nag-showbiz,” she explained.

As for working with Enzo, Winwyn said that it’s so much easier to act when she’s with someone she’s comfortable with.

“It’s such a smooth sailing shooting. I hope the audience would see the chemistry, kasi kami ni Enzo naramdaman namin,” she said.

For the director of the film, Joey Reyes, it was a pleasure working with Enzo and Winwyn whom he admires for being intelligent actors.

“Like Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz, they made good movies together. But they are not meddling with each other’s personal lives together, right? I think, it’s the ‘combination’ that brings people to cinemas. Do I believe in love team? Yes, but there are instances that the lead actors don’t need to be in a love team for the film to work. The audience must see them as actors playing roles. And they are two of the most intelligent actors we have today,” Reyes affirmed.

Time and Again unspools in cinemas today. For more updates, follow Regal Entertainment Inc on Facebook and Youtube, @RegalFilms on Twitter, @ RegalFilms50 on Instagram.

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