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Puerto Galera to be preserved—Cimatu E By Rio N. Araja
NVIRONMENT Secretary Roy Cimatu wants the rehabilitation of Puerto Galera to follow the footsteps of Antique’s Boracay Island and Manila Bay to protect and preserve the country’s prime tourist destinations.
He recently visited Oriental Mindoro’s Puerto Galera and ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources MIMAROPA executive director Henry Adornado to put up a DENR office in the area to ensure that the famous tourist destination is properly managed. He also instructed Adornado to fa-
cilitate the transfer of the regional office from Roxas Boulevard in Manila to Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act 10879 that makes the city the regional center for Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan and Romblon. “It will never be easy. But I can al-
ready see the strengthened collaboration between the DENR regional task force and the local government unit in saving Puerto Galera,” he said. “I commend and thank you for your sacrifices but please be reminded that we are protecting Puerto Galera not only for ourselves, but more importantly for the generations to come,” he added.
Republika ng Pilipinas
National Irrigation Administration
PNP, AFP to secure plebiscite
(PambansangPangasiwaan ng Patubig) Regional Office No.III
Office Address : Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan Telephone Nos. : (044) 766-2467, 766-4839, 816-6808 Website : www.region3.nia.gov.ph
Email Address: niar03@yahoo.com Telefax No. (044) 766-2467 TIN No. 000-979-570-000
Invitation to Bid Improvement of Various Irrigation Facilities of AMRIS Lat. D, Lat. D-1, Lat B (SS), C-1 (SS), C-2 (SS), Lat. B (NS), Lat. B-4 (NS), Lat. C (NS), Lat C-1-Extra (NS), Lat. C-4 (NS), Lat. C-7(NS), Lat. C-8 (NS), Lat. D-1-C (NS), Lat. E (NS), Lat A, Lat. A Extra and Lat. D ITB No. NIAR3-2020-BUL-AMRIS-20 1.
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The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3, hereby invites all interested Phil-GEPS registered contractors to bid for the project, through theGeneral Appropriations Act of CY 2020, intends to apply the sum of Fifty Six Million Sixty Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Pesos and 67/100(P 56,066,220.67)being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) for the contract for No.NIAR3-2020-BUL-AMRIS-20Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Bidders must secure Site Inspection Certificate from IMO Office as a technical requirement for Eligibility and Technical Document (Envelop A). Non-compliance will be a ground for disqualification. Only those who submitted Document Request List (DRL) from PhilGEPS including updated company profile by the owner or its authorized liaison officer, will be accepted to participate in the bidding. The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 now invites bids for Improvement of Various Irrigation Facilities of AMRIS Lat. D, Lat. D-1, Lat B (SS), C-1 (SS), C-2 (SS), Lat. B (NS), Lat. B-4 (NS), Lat. C (NS), Lat C-1-Extra (NS), Lat. C-4 (NS), Lat. C-7(NS), Lat. C-8 (NS), Lat. D-1-C (NS), Lat. E (NS), Lat A, Lat. A Extra and Lat. D, located in Pandi, Bustos and Baliwag, Bulacan. Completion of the Works is required within Three Hundred(300) calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instruction to Bidders. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
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Interested bidders may obtain further information from NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday to Friday.
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A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on November 28, 2019 to December 19, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except and holidays and December 20, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Fifty SixThousand Pesos (P 56,000.00) It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids. 8. The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on December 6, 2019, 10:00 a.m. at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan, which shall be open to all interested parties. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 12:30p.m. (PST) of December 20, 2019 at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18. 9. Bid opening shall be on 1:00p.m. (PST) of December 20, 2019 at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. 10. All particulars relative to the eligibility screening, bid security, performance security, pre-bid conference/s, evaluation of bids, post qualification and award of contracts shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of RA 9184 and its revised IRR. 11. The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. 12. For further information, please refer to:
BAC Secretariat/s; NIA – Region 3,Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan Tel No. (044) 766-4839 and 816-8608 (SGD.) VIRGILIO J. ILAO BAC – Chairperson
Noted by: (SGD.) JOSEPHINE B. SALAZAR Regional Manager
STAYING SAFE. Residents of Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, evacuated due to Typhoon 'Tisoy' (international name 'Kammuri'), stay inside their foldable cubicles at an evacuation center on Tuesday after Tisoy hit land in the palm-dotted Bicol peninsula. Manny Palmero
Construction firms allege DBM bumps By Joel E. Zurbano A GROUP of construction firms on Tuesday asked President Rodrigo Duterte to look into reports of alleged irregularities happening at the Department of Budget and Management. The group led by VNB Construction revealed that two individuals were dropping the names and using the offices of DBM Secretary Wendel Avisado and Deputy Executive Secretary Rizalina Justol to demand “commission.” The group claimed the two individuals asked 15 percent commission for every Special AllotREPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 78, QUEZON CITY
(MS-DEC. 4, 2019)
Republic of the Philipines Department of Environment and Natural Resources MINES AND GEOSCIENCE BUREAU North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Tel. No. (+63 2) 920-9120 / 920-9130 / 928-8937 Fax. No. (+63 2) 920--1635 Email: central@mgb.gov.ph
BID-BAC-01 INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
One (1) Lot Geotechnical Instrumentation ITB No. 2019-12-058 P.R. No. 2019-11-1100
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The Mines and Geosciences Bureau, through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for CY 2019 intends to apply the sum corresponding to the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) amounting to Sixteen Million Pesos (PhP16,000,000.00), for the provision of One (1) Lot Geotechnical Instrumentation.
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The Mines and Geosciences Bureau now invites bids for: Item/Description
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High Resolution Deep Sea Seismic Sparker System
PhP16,000,000.00
Delivery of the services is required within the period specified in the bidding documents upon receipt of Notice to Proceed (NTP). Bidders should have completed, within Two (2) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II (Instructions to Bidders).
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Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary “pass/fail” criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9164, otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”. Bids in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. The contract shall be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bidder (LCRB) who was determined as such during post-qualification evaluation. Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to R.A. No. 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act No. 138.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Office of the BACSecretariat and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during office hours from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. 5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on December 3-20, 2019 from the address below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (PhP25,000.00). It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that Bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. 6. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau will hold the Pre-bid Conference on December 10, 2019 @ 10:00AM at the BAC Conference Room, 1st Floor, MGB Multipurpose Building, North Ave., Diliman, Quezon City which shall be open to all interested parties. 7.
Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before December 23, 2019 @ 9:30AM. Late bid/s shall not be accepted. All bids must be accompanied with a Bid Security in any of the forms and corresponding amount stated in the ITB Clause 18. Bids higher than the ABC shall be automatically disqualified during the opening of bids. Bids opening shall immediately follow at 10:00AM at the BAC Conference Room, 1st Floor, MGB Multipurpose Building, North Ave., Diliman, Quezon City in the presence of the bidder/s who choose to attend at the specified address.
8. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. 9.
For further information, please refer to: Mr. HANZ C. BERNARDO Head, BAC Secretariat Bids and Awards Committee North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City Telephone No. 667- 700 local 160 E-mail: bac@mgb.gov.ph Website: www.mgb.gov.ph (SGD) ENGR. RODOLFO L. VELASCO, JR. Chairperson, MGB-BAC
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LOLITA S.LIZO, Petitioner, -versusCIVIL CASE NO. R-QZN-18-13814-CV FOR: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage VICTOR BENJAMIN P. TABISAURA, Respondent. xxx---------------------------------------------------xxx VICTOR BENJAMIN P. TABISAURA 143 Scout De Guia Street, Quezon City
GREETINGS: You are hereby required pursuant to the Order of this Court dated September 30, 2019 and Sections 3 & 5 of A.M. No. 02-111O-5C, to file your answer in the above-entitled case with in thirty (30) days from the last issue of publication hereof in a newspaper of national circulation once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks and answer the petition for nullity of marriage anchored under Art. 35 of the Family Code filed against you by petitioner Lolita S. Lizo. You are also directed to furnish petitioner’s counsel, Atty. Ramil Lopez, copy of your Answer at his office address located at No. 136 Jasmin Street, De Castro Subdivision, Paso De Bias, Valenzuela. You are likewise required to submit with your Answer certified copies of documents as well as affidavits of any witness to stand as your evidence in this case. You must present the original document/s on the day of hearing. Moreover, you are reminded of the provision of IBP OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a Motion to Dismiss and instead alleged the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the Court shall hear the petitioner’s case and may grant the petitioner the relief applied for. Witness, the Honorable FERNANDO T. SAGUN, JR. Presiding Judge of this Court, this 30th day of September 2019.
(Sgd.) ATTY. MARIBEL M. FERNANDEZ Branch Clerk of Court Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION Regional Trial Court Branch 78 Quezon City LOLITA S. LIZO, Petitioner, - Versus-
CIVIL CASE NO. R-QZN-18-13814-CV FOR; DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE
VICTOR BENJAMIN P TABISAURA, Respondent. x------------------------------------x
ORDER The SUBMISSION dated September 20, 2019 but filed with the Court on September 27, 2019 by the petitioner assisted by her counsel in compliance with the Court’s ORDER issued on August 13, 2019 is hereby NOTED and considered satisfactory compliance of said order. Hence petitioner’s motion to serve SUMMONS through publication now submitted for the court’s consideration. The two (2) separate SHERIFF’S RETURN dated March 4,2019 and June 28, 2019 submitted to this court by SHERIFF RANDY C BERNARDO of this Office showed that the service of Summons and annexes unto the respondent was Unserved for reasons mentioned therein, and despite the several attempts made by the sheriff to serve said processes of the Court. In view thereof, the petitioner through his counsel flled on August 13, 2019 his motion to serve summons through publication seeking the issuance of an ORDER granting leave and that summons be served by Publication on respondent. Accordingly, and upon motion filed by the petitioner through counsel and pursuant to the provisions of Sectiori 6 of A.M. NO. 02-11-10-SC dated March 4, 2003 and Sections 14 and 15 of Rule 14 of the Rules of Court, the instant motion is hereby GRANTED. The Summons shall contain the 1) title of the case; 2) the docket number; 3) the nature of the petition; 4) the principal grounds of the petition; 5) and the reliefs prayed for, and a directive for the respondent to answer within thirty (30) days from the last issue of the Publication. The Petitioner and counsel are ordered to cause the publication of SUMMONS once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a NEWSPAPER of NATIONAL CIRCULATION in the Philippines; and to serve a copy of the summons attaching therewith copies of the PETITION complete with enclosures at the last known addresses of Respondent by way of LBC Private Courier at the expense of said petitioner. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, Metro Manila, 30th day of September, 2019.
(Sgd) FERNANDO T. SAGUN, JR. Presiding Judge (MStandard- Nov. 27 & Dec. 4, 2019)
ment Release Order project. In a letter of complaint to Duterte, Veronica Bautista of VNB Construction claimed the two uses to call provincial mayors and demand commission for every project. “They are calling mayors for the 15 percent commission on each project claiming that they are the ones releasing the budget approval in DBM,” Bautista said in her letter. Bautista also alleged that there were threats if the local chief executives failed to cooperate, the fund or the budget for the municipality would not be released. “Mr. President, corruption is happening and we, small time contractors, are affected. We are being struck down because of the percentage they are asking,” she said. Bautista is optimistic that Duterte, known to be an advocate against corruption, will act on their complaint and will immediately order an investigation on the matter.
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte directed the police and the military, as well as the other law enforcement agencies and government instrumentalities, to ensure the successful conduct of the Dec. 7 plebiscite for the ratification of Davao de Oro province. Under Memorandum Order 42 inked on Nov. 28 but released on Tuesday, Duterte concurred with the Commission on Elections in the deputation of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines for a referendum on the renaming of Compostela Valley to Davao de Oro. “Pursuant to Section 2(4), Article IX-C of the Constitution, the Comelec is empowered to deputize, with the concurrence of the President, law enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the Government, including the AFP, for the exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections,” President Duterte said in the memorandum. “By virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, [I] hereby concur with Comelec Resolution No. 10616, deputizing the AFP, the PNP, and other law enforcement agencies and instrumentalities of the Government, in connection with the 07 December 2019 Plebiscite in the Province of Compostela Valley,” he added. On April 7, 2019, Duterte signed Republic Act 11297 renaming Compostela Valley to Davao de Oro. Presently, Compostela Valley is the only province in Davao Region that does not bear the name “Davao.” The Davao Region is composed of Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, and Davao Occidental. PNA
Legislator files bill to encourage careers in agriculture, fisheries By Maricel V. Cruz A LEGISLATOR on Tuesday asked her colleagues in the House of Representatives to speed up the passage of a bill that encourages students to take up courses in agriculture and fisheries. Rep. Sharon Garin of AMBIS-OWWA said the enactment of House Bill 3596 or the Young Farmers Program Act would encourage the youth to go into farming or fishing by providing incentives for students in those courses in both government and private institutes of higher learning. Garin said: “The Philippines is witnessing the extinction of its farmers first-hand in a time where ensuring food security is proving to be a herculean challenge. “With the next generation running after globally-competitive careers, and with only a few willing to absorb the practice and knowledge of agriculture, this ‘extinction’ poses a great threat to the country’s food security.” In filing the bill, Garin, a deputy speaker, said: “We want the youth to immerse themselves once again in the noble practice of agriculture. There is a need to reinforce the idea that it is a viable career option. “We must also dispel the notion that farming is tedious, unsustainable, and unglamorous. Indeed, the timeless Christian proverb, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few, has become relevant more than ever’.” Government statistics indicate that as of October 2018, agricultural workers comprise just 25 percent of the country’s labor force, from a high of 35.7 percent in 2016, and 39.5 percent in 1998. “This growing decline is alarming,” Garin said.
Pichay assails ‘neglect of education’ A LEGISLATOR from Mindanao on Tuesday said he would push for a bigger share of the national government’s budget for education and public works as he lamented the drastic cut in his province share of that budgetary item. “Before we used to get around 20 to 30 new classrooms a year. Now we only got five. In 2017, we hired 200 new teachers, this year, teacher hiring went down to only 20,” Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr. of Surigao del Sur said. Pichay said the sharp decrease in the number of new classrooms and the accompanying reduction in the hiring of new teachers was done despite the province’s fastest-growing population. Pichay blamed that the new “cash basis” budgeting scheme of the national government for the difficulties in getting funds for classroom construction the hiring of new teachers. This, he said, despite the fact that the province was among the fastest-growing locali-
ties in the country. For 2020, Pichay said only a few teachers would be hired in Surigao del Sur. He is at a loss to explain the seeming inequity. “I cannot understand it. While the population is increasing fast, the hiring of new teachers and the construction of classroom has almost come to a standstill.” He said provincial officials must seek an audience with officials of the Department of Education and the Department of Budget and Management on the matter. “We need to enlighten the people at the DBM. The Education secretary should make DBM realize that we have an increasing population and we need more teachers and school buildings so as not to sacrifice the future of our children,” Pichay said. He said he will file a resolution, in aid of legislation, next year to make DepEd and DBM officials explain the sorry state of education situation in the province. Maricel V. Cruz CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK