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‘Young retirees’ trigger shift in Tourism policy
Tourism chief Berna Romulo-Puyat
By Vito Barcelo
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OURISM chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) board of trustees would move to repeal its current policy allowing foreigners as young as 35 years old to retire in the Philippines.
"I have directed General Manager (Bienvenido) Chy of the PRA to review and change this long-standing policy. We will move for its immediate repeal," she said in a text message. The board of trustees, chaired by Romulo-Puyat, is expected to meet soon and reassess the said policy. No specific date as regards the meeting, however, has been identified by the agency. Lawmakers, during the DOT budget Next page
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By Vito Barcelo and Willie Casas THE government is urging the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to resume the statefunded coronavirus testing after President Rodrigo Duterte gave his assurance that he will settle the almost P1 billion debt of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Malacañang said on Wednesday. “The President has committed to pay, I don’t think there’s any reason for Red Cross to doubt that the President committed to pay. And because of this, I believe testing should continue because the Red Cross has been assured that they will be paid,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in an interview over CNN Philippines. He said the “controversy should be over” because the President himself committed to settle the P930-million obligation of PhilHealth to the Red Cross. “I think that assurance should be enough for the Red Cross to resume its testing,” the Palace official said. Roque said the government planned to settle at least 50 percent of the debt to Next page
2 more storms brewing after TS Pepito's exit AFTERMATH. Following incessant rain at the height of Tropical Storm Pepito, tons of garbage wash ashore at Manila Bay, blackening the dolomite 'white sand' on Baywalk Beach near the US Embassy, on Wednesday, October 21. In Lopez town of Quezon province, five-foot deep floodwaters render the Candaba Ibaba portion of Maharlika Highway not passable to all types of vehicles while in Dinalungan, Aurora, authorities have a hard timeand clearing the road of fallen trees. Norman Cruz, RDRRMC Calabarzon and Aurora PPO
Full-capacity hotels subject Party’s over: PNP, AFP donate funds to patients to health rules By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Rio N. Araja
THE The Philippine National Police as well as branches of the Armed Forces
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would not be holding Christmas parties during the Yuletide while the country reels from infections and deaths caused by the deadly coronavuirus pandemic. Both the PNP and the AFP said, in separate statements, funds for the celebration would be given out to help coro-
navirus patients. Armed Forces spokesman Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, in a statement, said AFP chief Gen. Gilbert Gapay had directed all unit commanders and chiefs of offices across the country
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HOTELS are now allowed to operate at full capacity in areas declared under modified community quarantine (MGCQ) and general community quarantine (GCQ), the Department of Tourism announced Wednesday. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Puyat, however, stressed that the decision to open at 100 percent operational capacity will be subject to the hotel management’s decision and compliance with the safety guidelines. The DOT has been given the authority, by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to allow hotels and accommodation establishments to operate at 100 percent capacity despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The IATF-EID resolution replaces the provision that accommodation establishments in areas under GCQ may only operate with a skeletal work force.
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House clarifies P20-b ’errata’ in 2021 budget By Maricel V. Cruz
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'DAY OF DEFIANCE.' Militants and policemen come face- to -face during during a protest rally at the corner of Recto Avenue and Chino Roces (Mendiola Bridge) near Malacanang Palace on October 21, 2020. Farmers and progressive groups stage the “Day of Defiance” rally to demand land reform, respect for human rights and accountability from the Duterte administration. Norman Cruz
’Malampaya funds for health care’ By Maricel V. Cruz
TRAVEL CURBS LIFTED. Non-essential travels like pleasure trips have been allowed since Oct. 21, 2020 but it's eerily quiet at the NAIA Terminal 3. The Bureau of Immigration says there aren't many Filipinos going out of the country and airlines and travel agents are hurting because of low demand in the face of the virus pandemic.
RAINFALL from Tropical Storm "Pepito" flooded parts of Luzon Tuesday evening, particularly in Quezon Province and Pampanga, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate, authorities said. In Pagalungan, Maguindanao, more than 10,000 residents were displaced by flash floods that hit the low-lying town. Next page
THE House of Representatives' Committee on Health and several other congressmen on Wednesday filed a bill that allows the use of funds from the Malampaya natural gas field in health care. The legislators, led by Reps. Eric Pineda and Virgilio Lacson, filed House Bill 800, that amends Presidential Decree 910
to enable the Congress to allot a portion of the Malampaya funds and other similar Public-Private Partnership projects “to improve the state of public health care.” Both congressmen, who are COVID-19 survivors, discussed the possible use of Malampaya fund during the virtual breakfast forum Kapihan ng Samahang Plaridel Wednesday titled ‘Funding the PH Health care System Amid COVID.’ Next page
THE P20 billion institutional amendments in the House of Representativesapproved version of the proposed P4.5 trillion national budget for 2021 were mere “corrections of style and of errata” and not actual or “literal” changes, a House official said on Wednesday. Senior Deputy Speaker and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Salvador Leachon made the statement after Sen. Panfilo Lacson questioned the move of the House allowing the Executive branch to incorporate “errata” into the national budget. Leachon clarified that the small committee did not introduce amendments to the national budget. He said the passage of the 2021 national budget went through a transparent process, thus its approval was legal and constitutional. “They are more in the way corrections of style and of errata, and they do not add to the total amounts which are already fixed as deliberated upon at the plenary, but rather corrections of style and errata. Next page
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Rody’s pastillas hard to swallow “And this pastillas are not sweet. I’m sure, this would be difficult to swallow,” said Go, a former presidential aide. A Senate investigation led by Senator Risa Hontiveros said that the masterminds
in the ‘pastillas’ modus had reportedly pocketed a whooping P40 billion which came from facilitating the arrivals of Chinese nationals through the so-called Visa Upon Arrival and the “pastillas scam”
(non-VUA transactions) schemes. Go said the President is awaiting the results of the investigations on the alleged multi-billion ‘pastillas scheme’ at the BI. He added that the President and his administration remain committed in stamping out systemic corruption in government. Go likewise urged authorities to prosecute and hold accountable the ‘masterminds’ behind this modus operandi. During a public hearing held by the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality, Go called on the National Bureau of In-
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ippines, topping the list as of December 2019, followed by 13,912 Koreans; 5,951 Indians; 4,801 Taiwanese; and 3,950 Japanese. Other foreign retirees include 3,615 Americans; 1,836 Chinese from Hong Kong; 1,571 British; 778 Germans; 743 Australians; and some 4,069 unidentified nationalities. Meanwhile, there are a total of 14,987 active retirees or those who continue to keep the retirement visa as their status of stay in the Philippines ages 34 to 49 years old. Of this number, more than 50 percent or 8,130 are Chinese nationals from China, followed by the Koreans at 2,257 and Indians at 1,891. About 52.63 percent or 36,852 of the total retirees reside within the National Capital Region as of June 30, 2020. Malacañang on Wednesday said that the Chinese government should be given more flexibility in hiring workers in the construction of the two bridges that China is funding in Metro Manila. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after senators pointed out that 31 percent of the workers in the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge being undertaken the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are Chinese and that 45 percent of workers in the Binondo-Intramuros bridge are Chinese.
“The people should understand that the said infrastructure projects were 100 percent donated by the Chinese government,” Roque said in an interview with CNN Philippines. “I think that should give us the proper perspective.” “It’s being given to us 100 percent, we don’t pay back anything for the building of these bridges. That’s why we have to give them some flexibility in the personnel that they hire,” he added. He said it would have been a different scenario if the Philippines was the one funding the construction of the two bridges. “Had this been a project that we will pay for using taxpayers’ money, of course, the government will insist that aside from highly technical positions, Philippine labor should be employed,” he said. “The general rule is foreigners should be hired only when there are not enough Filipinos able and with the capacity to perform the work. But again, of course, please realize that this is 100 percent donation to us by the Chinese government,” he added. Roque said he would discuss the issue with the DPWH and the Department of Labor and Employment if the government could insist that more Filipinos be hired in the projects. Earlier, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar assured the Senate that local prod-
ucts and Filipino workers will be given priority in government construction projects. Meanwhile, Senator Francis Pangilinan urged the Defense Department and the Armed Forces to investigate the “soft invasion” of 4 million Chinese nationals who arrived in the Philippines since 2017. “We call on the the DND and the AFP to look into the national security implications of what appears to be a ‘soft invasion’ by a foreign power in our shores,” Pangilinan said Wednesday. In a Senate hearing on Oct. 20, it was revealed that Bureau of Immigration personnel have been taking bribes of P10,000 per Chinese national allowed entry into the country. Called the “pastillas scheme,” this corrupt practice has garnered as much as P40 billion from the Chinese. “Where are these 4 million? Are they still here? If they are here illegally is there an organized effort to trace them and have them deported? Also are there efforts to track the whereabouts and the movements of these foreigners? In the light of the West Philippine Sea conflict, the surreptitious entry of 4 million Chinese nationals is no laughing matter,” Pangilinan said. Earlier, Pangilinan questioned the employment of Chinese workers in Philippine public works projects when 23 million adult Filipinos are jobless.
to the organization. “Do not worry, we will pay, it will take time but we will pay. We’ll look for the money. I know that this payment, it will be done] in a short while. Do not worry,” Duterte added. PhilHealth said on Wednesday it has enough funds to pay its debt to the PRC. The state insurer is only awaiting clearance from relevant agencies after recently-appointed president and CEO Dante Gierran ordered a review of its contracts and procurement, spokesman Rey Baleña said. “We have enough funds to pay the debt, it's included in our COVID-19 response.,” Baleña said during an interview on ABS-CBN's Teleradyo. “The only issue here is Gierran would like to ensure everything is in order before we continue our payment to Red Cross.
It's part of our due diligence, of proper management of our member's funds,” he said in Filipino. PhilHealth members can still get tested for COVID-19 as government has tapped other laboratories for the purpose, Baleña said, citing the Health Department's announcement. PRC President Senator Richard Gordon earlier said PhilHealth should be investigated for its failure to make payments. PhilHealth was recently embroiled in a corruption scandal that led to the ouster of several top officials and the filing of charges against them. Earlier, Roque said "accounting reconciliation" had caused delays in the repayment of PhilHealth’s debt to the PRC. In other developments: • Albay Rep. Jose Clemente Sarte Salceda urged his colleagues to act urgently
on House Bill 7578, or the Philhealth Reform bill. The measure, he said, is an extensive House counterpart bill to Senate Bill 1829, that has been approved in principle by the committee on health, chaired by Senator Christopher Go on Wednesday. “This is an opportunity for the House of Representatives to demonstrate its commitment to the transparency and accountability in governance that President Duterte calls upon us to uphold,” Salceda said. • Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri welcomed the President’s involvement in settling PhilHealth’s debt to the PRC. He said the government had partnered with PRC to provide COVID-19 testing for all arriving OFWs but it has also helped local government units that need PCR testing for their constituents. With Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta
operational capacity of hotels including staycation hotels. Earlier, Puyat directed all hotels and other tourism establishments in areas declared to be under GCQ to secure a DOT Certificate of Authority to Operate for Staycations (DCAOS) before accommodating any guests for that purpose. Researchers who have been tracking the COVID-19 pandemic warned Tuesday that the government cannot afford to underestimate the coronavirus, even as it eases restrictions. The OCTA Research Team had earlier released its report on the COVID-19 situation in the country, which found that COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region (NCR)—the center of economic activity and site of the most number of COVID-19 cases—were decreasing, with the positivity rate down to 6 percent and reproduction rate at .70 or lower than the national reproduction rate of .80. The same report, however, also identified the cities of Makati, Baguio, Mandaluyong, and Lucena as the top high-risk areas for COVID-19 due to an increased average of new cases recorded per day and critical care occupancy reaching 69 percent and above.
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Eduardo Año said holding of Christmas parties in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ), like Metro Manila, would not be allowed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. "Under GCQ, parties are not allowed. NCR mayors have agreed that the region would remain under GCQ. If we shift to MGCQ, all activities would be at 50-percent capacity, even get-togethers (sic) would surely be done under that status,” he said in a radio interview. Año also clarified that individuals aged 15 to 65 years old will be allowed outside their residence in areas under the MGCQ. He pointed this out to avoid confusion as the Metro Manila mayors decided to impose the restrictions outside their homes for those within the 18 to 65 years old range. He added that what was approved by the President is the “gradual expansion from 15 to 65 years old to be allowed to go out.’’ If the situation improves, Año said it would be up to the local government units to decide whether to allow individuals in that age range to go out.
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RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has prepared his own brand of ‘pastillas,’ which would be difficult to swallow for those involved in the massive corruption at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) under the ‘pastillas scheme,’ Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said Wednesday.
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hearing on Monday, grilled Chy for accepting retirees as young as 35 years old, most of whom are Chinese nationals. Senator Richard Gordon said a large number of Chinese retirees at this age raises concerns since "35 years old is (a) soldier's age." "How can they retire at 35 years old? That is just too young to retire. A retiree has just finished his job and wants to spend his money and later years here in the Philippines... I'm disturbed by it," he said. "(The number) that's several regiments, almost three. That's dangerous, most of them are 35 years old? Why would they retire here at 35?” he said. Senator Nancy Binay also questioned if the PRA can ensure that these young Chinese retirees are not working nor engaged in the operations of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). Binay said the number of Chinese retirees is too big and the government might not have the budget to monitor them. She added that at that age, the probability that they are working is big. Based on PRA data provided by the DOT, some 26,969 Chinese nationals have been allowed to retire in the Phil-
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the Red Cross so that it could resume its PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing, which accounts for about 25 percent of the country’s capacity of 4.1 million tests. The PRC stopped testing of arriving Filipino workers in airports and seaports on Oct. 16. Since the halt in PRC’s testing, over 4,000 overseas Filipino workers are now stranded in Metro Manila due to the delayed release of their swab results. “The sooner this issue of payment is resolved, the better for our OFWs and the better for the finances of our government. This is a big problem,” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday. On Monday night, Duterte said the government will settle PhilHealth’s debt
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It now provides that hotel operations may be governed by the issuances of relevant national agencies such as the DOT. For accommodation establishments in areas declared to be under MGCQ, Resolution No. 79 provides that the DOT shall determine their allowable operational capacity from the previous provision of 50 percent operational capacity. Operational capacity is defined by IATF as the number of employees who can be permitted to physically report to work on-site. “Also approved in the said resolution is the easing up of inter-zonal and intrazonal movement, which is the predicate to reviving domestic tourism. Along with this comes the need to ready the whole tourism value chain, which includes the accommodation, transportation and tour operation sectors. Allowing the accommodation sector to operate at full capacity will be most welcomed by tourism’s workforce that has been greatly affected since the community lockdown,” Puyat said. She said that the DOT shall soon issue the amended guidelines for the expanded
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Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire, who attended the forum, said. “There are many inadequacies in our health care sector, especially when it comes to facilities. We feel the effects especially in provincial regions that have limited hospitals and testinglaboratories. “With this bill, we can increase our budget and put up more facilities. It can fill critical gaps in the system.” Vergeire added: “There are many inadequacies in our health care sector, especially when it comes to facilities. We feel the effects especially in provincial regions that have limited hospitals and testing lab-
oratories.” Lacson and Pineda both admitted the local health care sector had been long overdue for a boost in financial support. Lacson, the nominee of the Manila Teachers Party-list group and chairman of the Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development said, “We recognize the current need to develop a resilient health care system. This pandemic should be a lesson learned to prioritize health care.” He said Malampaya funds “can assist many other Filipinos who are struggling with medical conditions. “We have untapped funds from Malampaya amounting to P23 million. If we can amend PD 910, Malampaya can be a source for health care.”
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about the prohibition of holding parties. “Defer Christmas parties and similar celebrations as an austerity measure and as a gesture of sensitivity to our countrymen," Gapay said in his order. "Fellow Filipinos here and abroad have been suffering. And this is the least we can do to commiserate with the people we have sworn to secure and serve especially in this time of crisis," he added. Police offices and units are also not allowed to hold Christmas parties. PNP chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan himself told reporters: "I am actually contemplating for (sic) no Christmas party in the Philippine National Police. “They will understand that, instead of using the funds for our Christmas party, we will be giving it out for COVID patients or the COVID fund." Cascolan was interviewed at the sidelines of the opening of Civil Security Group’s satellite office in Manila Police District Wednesday. Interior Secretary
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Needless to state, all past budget processes have accepted them with a presumption of regularity,” said Leachon, a member of the small committee. Leachon also defended the move of the House leadership to accommodate the errata. “Due to lack of material time and the interest of expediency, particularly so that we’re limited in a period stated in Proclamation 1027, Congress normally and traditionally does allow amendments after the third reading as these amendments are not literally so in that technical concept as to violate constitutional provisions,” Leachon explained to belittle Lacson’s argument the small committee’s act of introducing “institutional amendments”
vestigation anew to ‘work double time’ in investigating the alleged corruption issues within the BI. “To the NBI, please work double time in your investigation. Our beloved President is already waiting and he has prepared the pastillas he would feed to those involved,” said Go. Go also appealed to heads of agencies and departments to cleanse their own offices of systemic corruption in order to improve services to Filipinos. “Let us not be afraid to investigate, prosecute, audit, lifestyle check, and put in jail those who must account for their transgressions,” he said.
into the 2021 national budget was unconstitutional. Lacson said changes were not allowed to the national budget after the House approved the national budget on third and final reading. But Leachon said: “I assure you, I guarantee you, that as far as the House leadership is concerned, we are in accordance with our agreement with the Senate and, of course, in accordance with the Constitution. We actually did not add or [make] any amendments after the third reading." “We perfectly agree with Senator Lacson on this issue. We all want to have the next annual national budget that is free from constitutional attack. Apart from the objective as enunciated by Speaker [Lord Allan] Velasco, that is—This is the national budget” Leachon stressed.
Solons welcome rural banks’ offer on ’soft loans’ By Macon Ramos-Araneta SENATORS considered “a welcome development” the government plan for the Department of Trade and Industry and rural banks to offer soft loans – meaning minimum interest and no collateral – to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) so they could give their workers their 13th month pay. Senate Labor committee chairperson Senator Joel Villanueva said the loans would not only help the MSMEs rebuild their businesses but would also ensure they had enough available cash to pay for the salaries and benefits of their employees, including the 13th month pay. He said under the “Bayanihan to Recover as One” or Bayanihan 2 law, a P10- billion fund is given to the DTI’s Small Business Corporation to expand its assistance to enterprises that are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the access to capital is extremely important for MSMEs so they could survive the effects of the pandemic, since operations of most businesses remain limited. According to Villanueva, he understood the predicament of some establishments who sounded the alarm on their prospective inability to pay the mandated 13th month pay.
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India to roll out quick and cheap paper testing NEW DELHI―A fast and cheap paperbased coronavirus test will soon be available across India, with scientists hopeful it will help turn the tide on the pandemic in one of the world's worst-hit nations. India has recorded more than 7.5 million infections, second only to the United States, and the outbreak has spread from densely packed megacities like Mumbai to rural communities with limited medical services. The locally developed Feluda, named for a detective in a famous Indian novel series, resembles a home pregnancy paper-strip test and delivers results within an hour. Researchers are optimistic that its low cost and ease of use can help stem the pathogen's spread in poor and remote areas. "This test doesn't require any sophisticated equipment or highly trained manpower," said co-creator Souvik Maiti, a scientist at New Delhi's CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB). "There are lots of remote parts of India where you do not have any sophisticated laboratories... (The test) will be much easier to deploy; it will have much more penetration." AFP
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“This is the worst flooding that I have experienced in my life here in Pagalungan,” Mayor Salik Mamasabulod said in an interview Tuesday. Meanwhile, the state weather bureau said it was monitoring two storms outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), with one of them possibly entering the country before the weekend. Pepito (international name Saudel) strengthened into a severe tropical storm at 2 p.m. on Wednesday as it continued to make its way out of the PAR. More than 5,000 families living in three provinces in Luzon were affected by the inclement weather, a ranking official of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Wednesday. But officials of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), however, said "no major untoward incident" has been reported so far, even as nine barangays in Nueva Ecija and Quezon's Lopez town were submerged in flash floods. It also submerged 37 low-lying villages in the coastal towns of Pampanga, sending local disaster officials to warn affected families. Pepito will continue to dampen most parts of Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said, as the storm exits the PAR on Thursday. The continuous rains triggered by the tropical storm caused the rise of water level in Benguet Province's Binga Dam, prompting authorities to release water from the facility.
News Highways face separate probes By Vito Barcelo PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte may create a separate task force to probe the alleged widespread corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways, Malacañang said Wednesday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. made the statement after Public Works Secretary Mark Villar earlier this week created a task force made up of five officials to investigate fellow executives and employees after the President accused the agency of corruption. Roque said the creation of a separate investigation team would depend on “how this new task force will operate, if it is credible, if it can hold individuals accountable for their acts.” Roque said while the creation of the task force was a “good beginning”, some doubted it would succeed “because it’s the same people investigating one another.” “It’s a step towards the right direction. But this initial step is without prejudice to whatever the President may order in the near future,” Roque told CNN Philippines. “It’s not inconceivable that another task force of the DPWH may be formed by the President, in the same way that he formed one for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth.” Malacañang expects Villar’s task force to submit its initial findings next week.
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No housing for police, soldiers By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Rio N. Araja
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ENATE President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Wednesday the National Housing Authority does not have to provide housing for the military and police, adding they have salaries and do not belong to the informal sectors. He made the statement even as housing czar Eduardo del Rosario said a low budget allocation for 2021 could definitely affect the operations of the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development. He welcomed the Senate’s support to increase the department’s budget to better
fulfill its mandate next year. During the Senate hearing on the proposed budget of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, Recto said there was no need for the NHA to build homes for the AFP and PNP personnel. “They should just apply for hous-
ing loans with the Pag-IBIG fund. They should be eligible to borrow from PagIBIG and let the private sector build the homes so they can choose where they want to live and the quality of the homes will be better,” Recto said. In the same hearing, senators cited the need to increase the P3.9-billion housing budget, just .08 percent of the P4.5trillion national budget for 2021 or 0.02 percent of the country’s GDP and asked for an additional P12 billion for a public housing assistance program, resettlement assistance and Marawi rehabilitation and recovery fund program. Human Settlements Director Miles Ri-
vera said for this year, they had a budget of P7.83 billion. For next year, they were asking for 76 billion but the Department of Budget and Management approved only 3.9 billion. Earlier, Human Settlements Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said the target completion dates for all Marawi projects was December 2021. He said the Task Force Bangon Marawi was now constructing 3,500 permanent shelters, which was targeted to be completed by December 2021. The NHA has also constructed 3,916 temporary shelters out of 5,266 target units.
Parents urged: Vaccinate kids By Willie Casas The Department of Health on Wednesday urged parents to have their children vaccinated against measles, polio and rubella to prevent an outbreak next year. The department is not yet seeing an increase in cases this year despite a decrease in vaccine coverage due to the practice of minimum health standards, such as proper handwashing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Beverly Ho, director of the department’s health promotion bureau, told ANC’s Headstart. “We might not get cases this year, but we might get them next year,” she said. “At the end of the day, for vaccinepreventable diseases we shouldn’t have deaths. We consider it one too many.” The department will launch an immunization drive from Oct. 26 to Nov. 25 in the Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, the Cordilleras, Mimaropa, Bicol and Mindanao, Ho said. It will also launch a campaign from Feb. 1 to 28, 2021, in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Calabarzon and the Visayas. “We want to assure everyone that protocols are in place. Our health care workers are adequately protected and we have mechanisms to ensure
FILLING UP. Worshippers flock to the Baclaran Church in Parañaque City for their devotional Mass on Wednesday. Churches in Metro Manila are now allowed to have 30 percent of their seating capacity from 10 percent at the start of the coronavirus lockdowns. Norman Cruz
Red-tagging report ordered taken down from Justice website By Rey E. Requejo JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the removal of the controversial Philippine Human Rights Situationer, which allegedly “red-tagged” several militant party-list organizations, from the website of the Department of Justice. “I have given instructions for the removal of the Human Rights Situationer from the DOJ website a few weeks ago. If it’s still up there, we’ll take it down im-
mediately,” Guevarra told reporters. He made his statement even as Justice Undersecretary Adrian Sugay said law enforcement agents should undergo training for the effective implementation of Republic Act 11479, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Sugay said the Anti-Terrorism Council, the executive body tasked to implement the anti-terrorism law and its IRR, had a “very clear concept of what a terrorist is” that needed to be disseminated to its enforcers.
Meanwhile, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Gilbert Gapay has ordered troops to ensure the proper implementation of the recently passed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, or Republic Act 11479, at all times. “We know how this law would greatly help us in building our confidence and poise in our operations. I am confident, and I know for a fact that every man and woman of the AFP is responsible, accountable, and objective enough to enforce this law,” Gapay said in a statement
on Wednesday. The Philippine Human Rights Situationer dated May 2020 remains accessible through the DOJ website. The report has labelled Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela and the Alliance of Concerned Teachers as “CPP-created party-lists.” Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, who had confronted DOJ officials about the report during a budget hearing last month, denied their organizations were created by the Communist Party of the Philippines.
51Talk to hire 30k PH English tutors
CHINA DONATION. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea receives 150 units of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy equipment with 300 sets of accessories to help treat COVID-19 patients from Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian dat the Kalayaan Hall in Malacañang on Wednesday. Joining them were representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Health, and Presidential Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Chief of Presidential Protocol Robert E.A. Borje. Presidential Photo
BEIJING-BASED leading online English education platform 51Talk is planning to hire 30,000 more Filipino teachers. Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian noted how online education and other booming digital industries in China have cultivated new modes of win-win cooperation between the two countries. “On the one hand, it has helped China’s distance education, and on the other hand, it has provided a large number of online job opportunities for the Filipino people,” Huang said in his keynote speech during the 2020 China-Philippines Educational Exchanges Seminar. “As a well-known online English education company in China, 51Talk has fully tapped the talents from the Philippines in the past several years. With the help of online digital technology, 51Talk has opened a window for thousands of Chinese children to communicate with foreign teachers worldwide, and it has created a
worthwhile online platform for ChinaPhilippines educational cooperation,” the ambassador added. To mark the 45th anniversary of the founding of bilateral relations between the Philippines and China, 51Talk successfully broke a Guinness World Record on Oct. 16 for the largest online video album of people waving. 51Talk has already provided more than 20,000 jobs for Filipino English teachers and opened a window for tens of thousands of Chinese children to learn more about the world. Philippine Ambassador China Jose Sta. Romana, for his part, shared how learning a language helps broaden perspectives while enriching experiences. “Learning a language helps bridge the present embodied by our youth to a future that is full of opportunities for their personal development—that of their families and their communities,” said Sta. Romana.
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DISCREDITED ex-Iglesia Ni Cristo member Rovic Canono, who fled to Canada while facing a string of criminal charges in the Philippines, was recently convicted by a Quezon City court of violence against women and children and was sentenced to four years in prison. In a decision promulgated last month, RTC QC Judge Jacqueline Martin-Balictar declared Canono guilty for his many acts of physical and psychological violence against his wife, a doctor, and their minor daughter. Canono’s verbal and physical abuse, according to the decision, started on the couple’s wedding day itself, when he called his wife after their reception ceremony “Pangit ka, laki ng ilong mo!” and repeatedly yelled that she was fat and was nothing. The court made a long enumeration of the instances of violence, such as when
Canono slapped his wife hard inside their vehicle while she was five months pregnant with their child, shouting “gusto mo patayin ko yang anak mo!” on their way home from a hospital checkup. The couple’s daughter was slapped and dropped to the ground on several occasions because she easily annoyed Canono, according to the estranged wife and witnesses who testified during court proceedings. Canono’s violent streak even extended to the wife’s family, the decision noted, citing the incident when he and a male friend mauled his father-in-law, also a doctor, and left him sprawled on the floor outside the latter’s condominium, and mockingly laughed at him before both leaving. On top of the physical and verbal abuse, Canono also kept a mistress who stayed at his parents’ house and was introduced to everyone as the former INC member’s “girlfriend.”
By Rio N. Araja THE Department of Agrarian Reform has lifted the suspension on the land distribution process. On Oct. 5, Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones issued Administrative Order 2 lifting the suspension of certain provisions under AO 6, or the Conduct of Review and Suspension of Certain Provisions of DAR Administrative Order 5 of 2017. He directed all field implementers to proceed with the acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands under the coverage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. AO 6 specifically suspended land acquisition and distribution of CARP-covered lands with pending petitions for protests, applications for conversion, exemptions and exclusions.
CHOP SHOP. The Cavite Highway Patrol Group inspects second-hand vehicle engines and motorcycle repair shops if they have sufficient papers in a simultaneous inspection in the towns of Noveleta and Rosario and Imus City on Wednesday. Police hope to prevent the sale of stolen vehicles and motorcycles, which are often disassembled and sold in auto parts marketplaces. JR Josue
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P100K FOR CENTENARIAN. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi (2nd from right) visits Lola Victoria Diamse (center), who celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday in Brgy. Putatan. Fresnedi turned over the local government’s financial assistance amounting to P100,000 to Diamse and her family. Muntinlupa City grants cash incentives to city residents reaching 100 years old through the Office of Senior Citizen Affairs (OSCA) headed by Ms. Zeny Celestino (left).
Olongapo raids see 15 arrested By Jess Malabanan CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga—Government anti-narcotics agents and local police here crushed three suspected illegal drugs dens during simultaneous raids Tuesday in separate areas at Barangay Pagasa, Olongapo City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency announced the arrest of 15 suspected illegal drugs traffickers and users following the raids. PDEA Region 3 Director Christian Frivaldo said the raiding teams seized methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) with an estimated street value of P265,200 and illegal drugs paraphernalia. Armed with four search warrants issued by different courts in Olongapo City, the raiding teams simultaneously barged inside the drug dens and caught the suspects by surprise. Frivaldo said one of the raiding teams found 25 grams of shabu with a street value of P170,000 at the first drug den situated at 33E 12th Street, Brgy. Pag-asa.
IN BRIEF Pampanga farmers cull over 4k rats in riceland CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—More than 4,000 heads of rodents have been killed by farmers and other residents in San Luiz, Pampanga during the first wave of a campaign against rice-destructive pests, after the local government announced a P1-million bounty to annihilate farm rats. San Luis Mayor Jayson Sagum ordered the Treasurer’s Office to pay P5 for every rat’s tail surrendered to the town hall. Sagum said the Sangguniang Bayan allocated P1 million as a bounty for farmers who can bring rats or rat’s tails to the local government. He said it was his idea to get rid of the pests that have been wreaking havoc in their agricultural lands. “The idea is to prevent further destruction of palay farms, especially this cropping season,” said Sagum over the phone. This was, the LGU can help farmers preserve their agricultural produce and at the same time make it as a source of income, the mayor said. Jess Malabanan
Angeles upgrades computer network ANGELES CITY—The city government here is in the final stages of upgrading the city hall computer network, as it implements an online transaction system by the end of the year. Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. said the city government is upgrading the cable network at the city hall to achieve the goal of being the next “Smart City.” As early as 2002, during the term of the late mayor Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin ― the father of the incumbent mayor and the first three-termer mayor of the city ― all revenue-generating offices at the city hall were already fully computerized. The computerization project was undertaken by the current mayor’s Chief Adviser and Tactician Director IC Calaguas who was then head of the Information Communications and Technology Division (ICTD). Butch Gunio
P100k reward for COVID-free villages—Isko By Willie Casas THE Manila City Government will give P100,000 to barangays that can remain free of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from September 1 to October 31, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said. The list released by the City Public Information Office on Wednesday showed that 170 out of 896 barangays may get the reward. “We will give recognition to those barangay officials na talagang binabantayang maging ligtas ang kanilang bayan,” Domagoso said. The mayor also assured the public that the mass testing operations offered by the local government will remain free as long as it can provide for it. Domagoso said the city’s efforts are intended to boost consumer confidence and stimulate economic activity amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the mayor said the city government would provide food assistance to families of public transportation drivers, public market vendors, and mall employees who would test positive for COVID-19 through the city’s mass swab testing operations. Among these barangays was Barangay 306 in Quiapo, where houses and shops are close together. Despite this, the barangay has only recorded one COVID-19 case since the pandemic started, back in June. “Meron ho kami campaign talaga para diyan. Dahil po sinasabi natin napakahirap po talaga pag magkaroon ng COVID. Hindi lang po ikaw natatamaan, kung hindi buong pamilya po,” Barangay Captain Joey Uy Jamisola said.
CJ rips slay try on CamSur judge C By Rey E. Requejo
HIEF Justice Diosdado Peralta on Wednesday urged law enforcement agencies to immediately investigate and apprehend the perpetrators behind the attack against Camarines Sur Judge Jeaneth GamindeSan Joaquin and her staff on Tuesday afternoon. “I strongly condemn the recent attack on Judge Jeaneth C. Gaminde-San Joaquin of Libmanan, Camarines Sur and her companion. I urge all law en-
forcement agencies to immediately investigate the matter and ensure that the perpetrators of this crime are apprehended,” Peralta said in a statement.
“An attack on our judges is an assault on the Rule of Law. This has no place in a civilized society like ours,” he lamented. The Integrated Bar of the Philippines -Camarines Sur Chapter also denounced the attack that wounded both the 46-yearold judge and her 34-year-old secretary Rocelle Martinez. “We condemn in the strongest terms the wicked attempt and vicious assault to the life of Judge Jeaneth Gaminde-San Joaquin of Regional Trial Court Libmanan Branch 56 and to her secretary. IBP Camarines Sur, in coordination with the authorities, will leave no corners hidden nor quar-
ters safe for the evil perpetrators,” the IBP Camarines Sur Chapter said. Reports showed that the attack on Judge San Joaquin and Martinez took place at 2:30 p.m. of Oct. 20 at Barangay Puro Batia, Libmanan, Camarines Sur. The victims were reportedly on board their service vehicle. They came from their office and were traveling toward Naga City when unidentified suspects with unknown firearms and on board a motorcycle fired shots. San Joaquin and Martinez were brought to Libmanan District Hospital for immediate medical treatment.
P’que virus cases drop below 200 By Joel E. Zurbano
THE number of persons infected with COVID-19 in the city of Paranaque continued to decline, as researchers from the University of the Philippines recorded the number of active cases there down to just 199 as of Tuesday. The OCTA Research Team also did not identify Paranaque as one of the high-risk areas for the deadly disease among the cities in Metro Manila due to increased average of new cases in six weeks. “For six straight weeks, OCTA research group has observed a significant decline in the average new daily COVID-19 cases in the city,” Mayor Edwin Olivarez said. The city also secured one of the lowest ranking in daily attack rate of COVID-19 in Metro Manila. As of Tuesday, the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) reported that of the 6,548 confirmed cases, 6,184 (94.4%) have recovered. It also listed 165 (2.5%) deaths in the city. CESU chief Dr. Darius Sebastian said that Barangay San Antonio topped the list of villages in the city with the highest number (26 actives cases) followed by Barangay Moonwalk (25) and Barangay Don Bosco (17). On Sept. 1, the number of active cases in Parañaque was 766 (16.1%), including those with no address or unknown barangays, while the total confirmed cases reached to 4,744.
BETTER HOUSES. Fr. Ramon Garcia, parish priest of Nuestra Senora de Salambao Mission Parish in Obando, Bulacan, blesses the houses of former settlers in Brgy. Taliptip, Bulakan built by San Miguel Corp.. SMC credited the Diocese of Malolos for the successful relocation of former Taliptip residents, who were moved to make way for the Bulakan airport project and now have better prospects for the future because of new job and livelihood opportunities provided by the company.
SMC-built house blessings in Bulakan on the rise REQUESTS for house blessing from former settlers in Barangay Taliptip, Bulakan, Bulacan, have risen, according to the parish priest serving areas in and around the future site of the country’s largest, most modern international airport, as former settlers move in to newly-built homes provided to them by San
Miguel Corporation (SMC). This comes after SMC’s early completion of new house-and-lots for, and distribution of financial assistance to, the former settlers from Taliptip. Most of them used to live in shanties exposed to the elements, even as private fish ponds they used to work for had long
closed down. According to Fr. Ramon Garcia, parish priest of Nuestra Senora de Salambao Mission Parish in Obando, some 16 new houses were blessed recently in barangays Sta. Ana, Bambang, Tibig, and San Nicolas and other nearby areas in Bulakan town.
Villar donates rapid test kits to Dagupan By Macon Ramos-Araneta
BIGG’S-PEPSI PACT. Customers of Bicol’s well-loved food chain Bigg’s Diner and take-out chicken joint Haring Manok get a refreshing eating experience as Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) recently acquired the exclusive partnership to supply Pepsi products to the two food joints. At a recent meeting are Haring Manok owner Jacqueline Mae O. Lee (left) with the PCPPI team led by Erico Salting, Garry Bagacina, Jun Olivares, and Emmalyne Goyena.
TO further avert the spread of the novel coronavirus, Senator Cynthia A. Villar has donated rapid test kits to the Dagupan City government in line with its continuing testing program. Through Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance), the senator gave rapid antigen test kits to Dagupan Mayor Brian Lim. Earlier, Lim sought the help of Villar, stressing that Dagupan needs “robust support” to navigate the local government’s response to the pandemic. “We humbly seek your generous assistance to cover the expenses for the
targetted mass testing either through funding for RT-PCR tests or rapid test kits, which we will continue to do in the succeeding months, and which wiil be vital in the sustainability of the measures adopted by the city government,” said Lim in a letter to Villar. Lim said the continuing mass testing program being implemented in Dagupan is the first to be conducted by a local government unit in Pangasinan and in Region 1. He said beneficiaries of the program in Dagupan are persons from all vulnerable sectors, including but not limited to medical and security frontliners, market vendors and workers and public utility drivers.
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Mr. Cayrespect ofthe his colleagues. about the arrangement and doubted that the The expressway is expected to provide an aworker much-needed direct link between eastern Warning: PhilHealth for Kadamay, says she didn’t over three old. Warning: PhilHealth vice presidency: ion ofare lsters Metro Manila until Oct. 31 be extended to the end Jimbo Owen Gulle City Editor Readers can write me gbolivar1952@ did the rest of the pesos come from? disclaiming any connections to together shows that state authorities anEE Readers can write me at gbolivar1952@ where did rest of the pesos come from? isters are disclaiming any connections to her honor the term-sharsitwas down discuss the of project, reference mous (with) Many Filipinos have sia is well on the way to developing its own and 1The from CanSino Biological. national budget is pork-free. that baby be turned over to lacked the resources. They came up No timetable has been set for the “For so many decades, even when I was “We have produced aon budget that iswhere United States and Great Britain. And as we National Pharmaceutical No timetable has been set for the project, “For so many decades, even when I was the Church hierarchy—with whom Duterte United States and Great Britain. And as we a National Pharmaceutical dolomite or not. out No timetable has been set for the project, “For so many decades, even when I United States and Great Britain. And as we producer China National Pharmaceutical in part of the lanReaders can write me at gbolivar1952@ Court’s leading defender of abortion. reneging on the July Jail by refusing to ask the UN General Assembly abundance of it--still seems to bebaran yahoo.com. Well, probably from the same folks who the CPP-NPA-NDF. But the other hand, Readers can write me at gbolivar1952@ where did the rest of the pesos come from? ty-listers are disclaiming any connections to Pateros. There, he earned praises for his eloquence etano has had Strike 1 and Strike 2 called the international community while striving to far to advance the interests of the energy sector. ambitious Alan Peter would honor it. They oCPP-NPA-NDF. G. Estabillo Publisher POINT OF When the 18th Congress convened last If the court and alternative and faster access to the business and western Metro Manila, but we will also While the Chinese vaccine is welcome, T ing agreement with t will know she was pregnant when she On Tuesday, a court granted yahoo.com. Well, probably from the same folks who But on the hand, G. Estabillo Publisher think doing so isSMC perfectly all right. yahoo.com. Well, probably from the same folks who CPP-NPA-NDF. But on the other hand, Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer ishas dangerous to your health to get it but off ground as soon as possible. long wanted to clean and revive it,been bring vaccine that we can also use to control Sinopharm in fact already This stark reality is—in his heart of shares anew deep mutual dislike—to take thethe The DILG spokesman, Undersecretary a,as.ed free of relatives. On Aug. 13, the baby was with astrong lot of excuses, violating the guage ofpork.” the 2019 agreement that he yahoo.com. The nominee topped her law school but we hope the government and SMC can young, the Pasig River had been synonywrote last week, even our neighbor Indone1Estabillo from Sinovac Biotech but we hope thethe government and SMC can young, the Pasig River had been synonywrote last week, even our neighbor Indone, Group 1Rolando from Sinovac Biotech we hope the government and canPhilHealth to put China’s actions toother ayour vote. It’stapped back to young, the Pasig River had synonywrote last week, even our neighbor Indone(CNBG), 1Unitfrom Sinovac Biotech is dangerous to health The great mismatch against him; another strike andithe will be, of the year. is dangerous to your health were proven right. As turnover neared, Caythe order the day. Estabillo Publisher yahoo.com. Well, probably from the same folks who the CPP-NPA-NDF. But on the other hand, and stand against graft and corruption. G. Publisher maintain cordial relations with other countries. We understand that Velasco was of offered year, the Speakership was contested by at t IMPACT Rep. Velasco. Marinhubs Makati, Ortigas, and Bonifacio Global be leading a historic effort to bring the Pasig we should also consider vaccines being dehe fuwas arrested last year, attributing her Reina Mae a three-day furlough to MaeinNasino, a human rights authorities had first conciliatory steps towards convincing Jon Malaya, also clarified that the total cost ent ed States’ national This would certainly boost mobility it back to Pulse its old glory. There were even entered into, with spread ofwell thedeveloping disease. around 1,500 Filipinos to participate in theon be the hearts, Speaker Velasco must know Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor class at Notre Dame and went oninthe toCongress, clerkas or .could Estabillo Publisher Newly-installed Speaker Lord high-wire balancing act forsia him. given to Mae’s mother. right todeadly her breast 30Filipinos denied the plea and ordered theterms prison said they inthe baseball, out. etano started to signal that he the would not sit and discuss the terms of reference mous (with) pollution. Many Filipinos have is well the way to its own sit down and discuss the reference Sino Biological. mous (with) pollution. Many have sit down and discuss thehelp terms ofReina reference mous (with) pollution. Many Filipinos have sia is on themother’s way to developing its own and 1the from CanSino Biological. sia is well the way to developing its own Sino Biological. After completing three terms In the Asia survey conducted in thedown by Cayetano position of“But Deputy Speaker It would beofauthorities foolhardy atJail this bara Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor naging Editor least three orReina four lawmakers. But when itonchild’s duque’s lawmakm J Jail bara City. HEN is it right River back to health.” veloped by other countries, such as Russia, ador. game, baseball. An approval of President missed period to the stress of a nightattend the wake and funeral of her him to heed this latest Marian appeal. for the sand was actually less than P30 milHospital ne for the brilliant conservative justice, the worker for Kadamay, says she didn’t * fact *its * COVID-19 the in the years ahead amid the high-profile fund-raising projects and similar Phase 3Jimbo clinical trial of vacthis—that inran this country, there islong Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Allan Velasco did not deviate from Owen Gulle City Editor Strike 1long was rs honor the term-shar“We were shocked that the court milk,” she said. ERWIN that the baby over toas her lacked the resources. They came up an ounce ofitDecember decision of his Cayetano for senator in 2007 and won. to get it off the ground as soon possible. wanted tobeen clean itit, and revive it, bring first week of last than heturned could prove his leadership skills, but to get itso off the ground soon as vaccine that we can also use to control the wanted to clean and revive it, bring Sinopharm has in already tapped er was now being vaccine that we can also use to control the as in fact already tapped tosix get itbemetropolis off the ground as soon as possible. possible. long wanted to clean it human and revive bring vaccine that we can also use to control the as inlion, fact already tapped seemed that no wanted to give up the point to host aasChristmas party— Manila, and will end at afor to the tion (SMC) to build the P95.4 billion Pasig Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor Owen Gulle Cityin Editor These recommendations come ciate Editors No timetable hasit. setyear—less for thedaughter—but project, “For so many decades, even when I was inning comes toJimbo an United States and Great Britain. And as we Duterte, the sharlate Antonin Scalia. As aconnection mother of seven, not the P389 million being alleged. So arA couple ofone days after the UN event, time police raid in which she and later that same day, called against ing agreement with expected growth in the urban population. initiatives to clean But unfortunately, not know she was pregnant when she BUS Pasig River expressway project cine candidate in the United Arab Emirates no such thing as a pork-free national an Emeritus, Editorial Board this practice upon the Lower House’s PhilHealth PhilHealth Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer would deny such a plea. The judge Baby River’s health began to Jimbo Owen Gulle City Editor Jimbo Owen Gulle City Editor accused of plotting to separate a relatives. On Aug. 13, the baby was with a lot of excuses, violating the He chaired the Blue Ribbon Committee and TULFO proves d in Manila, and will end at athe the months into hisallowed term as were Speaker—Cayetano MC) to build the P95.4 billion Pasig he chose to turn ithelp down. Last week, hein said inChief Manila, and will end at aconnection connection to SMC) to build the P95.4 billion Pasig fight, the President stepped in sponsored and suggested This would certainly help mobility itold back to its old glory. There were even South East Metro Manila Expressway at CirRiver Expressway (PAREX) that would basispread of the deadly disease. around 1,500 Filipinos to participate in This would certainly help boost mobility itsynonyback to its glory. There even spread of the deadly disease. lipinos to participate in the This would certainly boost mobility in even if boost just for one’s inextended Ph itthe back to its old glory. There were even spread of the deadly disease. lipinos to participate in the and end, and a even changeing of 18th Congress al career. as decency the number ofthe new cases of including two adopted Haitians and aalspecial but we hope government and SMC can Owen Gulle City Editor young, the Pasig River had been wrote last week, our neighbor IndoneM. Santos Photographer Readers can write me at gbolivar1952@ IJimbo attended aFilipinos webinar by in Manila, and will end atrelief ato connection to the tion (SMC) toLino build the P95.4 billion Pasig where did the rest of the pesos come from? to ws Editor Cayetano, not Rep. Velasco. Marintwo other activists were arrested. prison officials tried to reduce the The Pasig River Expressway will be a much has changed,” he explained. budget. Somewhat porky budgets, Can we expect substantial from since June. These are among more was arrested last year, attributing her third-reading approval of the 2021 against the Speaker, This could be the exposed several corruption scandals. only needed to consider the motions deteriorate the following month, and emerged as the third most trusted official in that he preferred to keep quiet out of respect given to Reina Mae’s mother. Would the few child’s right to her mother’s breast South East Metro Manila Expressway at CirExpressway (PAREX) that would basiSouth East Metro Manila Expressway at the CirExpressway (PAREX) that would basia is term-sharing deal between the two cumferential Road 6 Metro (C6). cally follow the path of the waterway. Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer over takes place, when the person bat G. Estabillo Publisher CL Speakership with Marinduque Rep. Lord thein metropolis in the years ahead amid the if one high-profile fund-raising projects and similar Phase 3River clinical trial of its COVID-19 vacfamily—without knowing child,(with) Judge Barrett if confirmed by US the metropolis the ahead amid the high-profile fund-raising projects similar trial of its COVID-19 vactheher metropolis in the years ahead amid the high-profile fund-raising projects and similar trial of its COVID-19 vacthe Association for Philippines China yahoo.com. Well, probably from the same folks who nd, COVID-19 are declining from by thesit Commisdown and discuss the and terms of reference mous pollution. Many Filipinos have duque’s lawmaksia well on the way to developing itsatwould own South East Manila Expressway at CirExpressway (PAREX) that basiRolando G. Estabillo Publisher mother from Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer the mother to nion Editor of lazy and ingame-changer ifthe ityears is greenlighted bysaid. theon The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which links ways; completely pork-free budget, But aa2013, medical exam in prison found length compassionate release. horrible traffic congestion in Metro Manila than 30,000 volunteers in world's first Jail barangay, General Appropriations Act. On Ocmissed period to the stress of a nightIn on his second term, he was elected government, garnering ait. trust rating of of 76 of for Cayetano but his deafening silence h-old from own perspective as a human. calls to reunite the mother and child It will have entry and exit points atproject the And what's good about it being isthe that the project fails toher hit three successive perfect throws frontrunners. Allan Velasco. Cayetano would be SpeakEstabillo Publisher “We were shocked that court milk,” she Estabillo Publisher cumferential Road 6 (C6). the path of the waterway. cumferential Road 6 (C6). ollow the path of the waterway. worst decision of his sion on Elections expected growth in the urban population. initiatives to clean But unfortunately, not er was now being of the guests might be infected Pasig River expressway cine candidate in the United Arab Emirates hours celebration expected growth in the urban population. initiatives to clean it. But unfortunately, not Pasig River expressway project to get it off the ground as soon as possible. nollow the United Arab Emirates long wanted to clean it and revive it, bring expected growth in the urban population. initiatives to clean it. But unfortunately, not vaccine that we can also use to control the Pasig River expressway project thebreastfeed high levels ofher 3,000 toof 4,000 n Phase the United Arab Emirates cumferential Road 615 (C6). cally follow the path of Night the waterway. involved Honor Blanco Cabie Editor never. Whether the national budgets railed soon enough. Ramon Ang earliLaguna deor Bay to Manila Bay, runswould through R in, within the next five to 10 years? 3also clinical trial of asufficiently vaccine. tober 16, the Speaker said: “We made she was in her first trimester. What kindgovernment of justice system do we thieves time police in which she and BU Senate Majority Floor Leader and chaired baby, B from the pitcher. The batter is said toPasig have percent an increase 14 percentage points pressing national issues showed that heraid is health er forsay, the 18th Congress’ first months University Belt area, San Juan, Buendia, would revive heavily polluted Under the term-sharing deal, Taguig Rep. man Emeritus, Editorial Board But unfortunately compassion and grew more urgent when the baby PhilHealth ItIt will have entry and exit points at the deny such aaccused plea. The judge Baby River’s to what's good about ititthe isis that the project will have entry and exit points at much the dse what's good about that the project (Comelec) but byhas Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor of Pasig plotting aging Editor her infant? and asymptomatic—and therefore The River Expressway will be abegan much changed,” he explained. Can we expect substantial relief from since June. These Filipinos are among more This would certainly help boost mobility in it back to its old glory. There were even in the work of the spread of the deadly disease. It will have entry and exit points at the And what's good about it is that the project a day some weeks ago to under The Pasig River Expressway will be a has changed,” he explained. political career. Can we expect substantial relief from edo Filipinos are among more The Pasig River Expressway will be a much has changed,” he explained. Can we expect substantial relief from Filipinos are among more this year be worth the approved by the House of Represener said SMC already has a proposal to build the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Maybe, if the government and the private Hundreds of thousands of people have Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor sure that this is a constitutional budstruck out. and Velasco would have the Speakership Honor Blanco Cabie Night Editor RO On July 1, she gave birth to River, have that allows this to happen? If the Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board the Senate committee on rules. In 2016, he Jimbo Owen Gulle City Editor frompeople, his 62 percent rating in September. simply unprepared to takedeteriorate on theother awesome two activists were arrested. Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, Pi- the River River. Citizens Act of 2010, Strengthening Magna As for Velasco, his track record leaves Alan Peter Cayetano would sit asthe Speaker C Filipino against the motions Speaker, pair mercy were not extended to mother was hospitalized onSan Sept. 24 and her University Belt area, Juan, Buendia, also revive the heavily polluted Pasig only needed to consider the the following month, and University Belt area, San Juan, Buendia, also revive the heavily polluted Pasig might still be ome Lower House, and of leadership Jimbo Owen City Editor iate the metropolis themunicipality years ahead amid the high-profile fund-raising and similar game-changer if contagious. itexisting is agreenlighted byin the The 27-kilometer Pasig River, University Belt area, San Juan, Buendia, horrible traffic congestion Metro Manila would also revive the heavily polluted Pasig 30,000 volunteers in the world's first 2,000 athe day. inEditors Manila, and will end at alacking connection tovacthe gan an Emeritus, Editorial Board Emeritus, Editorial Board game-changer ifif itlazy isisand greenlighted by the The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which links IfHouse the Filipino people want aGulle good exhorrible traffic congestion in Metro Manila unteers in the world's first for the remaining 21 months. It wasC5, ain simgame-changer iton greenlighted by the The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which links horrible traffic congestion inabout Metro Manila lunteers in the world's first tatives have become progressively new highway top of the EDSA. Pasig, Taguig, andinthe ofcourt Pateros sector can get their act together. received vaccinations of Sinopharm’s er get based on the decision of the Suwas designated chair ofprojects the Senate foreign Carta for PWDs, and the Domestic Workers Act nthan Emeritus, Editorial Board much to be desired. He practiced law in the As Speaker, Cayetano managed towhich get oneer St., Bonifacio Global City, before responsibility of uniting lawmakers and According to SMC president and CEO underweight at 5.5 pounds. and thealinks authorities had an ounce during 2019 of being inof the for the first 15 months, while But medical exam prison found risk that a vulnerable Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer Jimbo Owen Gulle City Editor Jimbo Owen Gulle City Editor rities and child,” said Reina Mae’s lawyer, condition worsened. Still, Reina Mae ched Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, Piqualities. To avert the agreed October 14 Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, PiThe death of a three-month-old from her own perspective as a human. calls to reunite the mother and child Would the Ang fewearlihours of Ph expected growth inBay, the population. initiatives to clean it. But unfortunately, not Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, PiPasig River expressway project alive today. South East Metro Manila athere Cir-in ample of the striking-out concept, they ple sharing agreement; Cayetano was not government soon enough. Ramon Laguna deand Bay tourban Manila Bay, runs through in, say, within the next 10 years? Phase clinical trial of“not a Expressway vaccine. Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer Editor Researchers who are monitoring (Kasambahay) Law. Supreme Court office of his father, former porkier isNational debatable; what isfive beyond relations committee. government soon enough. Ramon Ang earliLaguna de Bay to Manila runs through Whatever happened tothe that proposal? in(www.manilastandard.net) Metro Taytay in Rizal province. in, say, within the next five to 10 years? Warning: terminating at C6. trial of a3River. Ramon Ang, they will only be AtBonifacio least there's light at the end ofto the tunnel. elections period. preme Court. We are all lawyers cine since China launched emergency use government soon enough. Ramon Ang earliLaguna de Bay toManila Manila Bay, runs through lawmakers to pass the 2020 national budget sufficiently involved in, say, within the next five toto 10 years? leading the House in crafting laws that would trial ofLino a vaccine. vaccine. BUSINESS Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jaybuilding Velasco The Union of People’s ofmember human decency and allowed she was in her first trimester. eht. of turnover ofno the Speakership, Cayetano sudwas not allowed see her baby. oneer St., Global City, C5, before ording to SMC president and CEO oneerCEO St., Bonifacio Global City, C5, before M. Santos Chief Photographer ording to SMC president and CEO baby separated from her jailed of the family But unfortunately compassion and grew more urgent when the baby Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer need go further than the career of the heard to attach any conditions to it. cumferential Road 6 (C6). The Pasig River Expressway will be a oneer St., Bonifacio Global City, C5, before much has changed,” he explained. According to SMC president and Can we expect substantial relief from celebration this year be worth the Cayetano’s political career reached a new Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. He later er said SMC already has a proposal to build the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Maybe, if the government and the private Hundreds of thousands of people have the pandemic also notedays. that the Not content in already the nation workhas of the The expressway is expected towith provide Cayetano’s legislative record is impressive. much-needed direct link between eastern debate is talking that the confi guration of in onlywith 20 working Heof also helped steer benefit the in the years to come. will stretch aMandaluyong, total 19.4 kilomeandtake we are making sure that there is21 We're about the project proposal ofawould COVID-19 vaccines on July 22,Maybe, with no on Editor over the post for the remaining er SMC aaCLASS proposal to build the of Manila, Makati, ififthe government and the private of people have er said SMC already has proposal to build theancities cities ofPAREX Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Maybe, the government and the private thousands of people have The RO (www.manilastandard.net) denly suspended the Congressional session Lawyers (NUPL) pleaded the R mother tosaid breastfeed her baby, River (www.manilastandard.net) On July 1, sheongave birth (www.manilastandard.net) is dangerous (www.manilastandard.net) River died of pneumonia, just terminating at C6. nghts Ang, will “not only be building outgoing Speaker of the House of Repreterminating atterminating C6. n,tthousands Ang, they will “not only be building There were people who uneasy mother despite pleas to keep thehome pair mercy were not extended to mother was hospitalized Sept. 24 to andRiver, her Itthey will have entry and exit points atalso the ed high when he was chosen as Rodrigo Duterte’s at C6. Ramon Ang, they will “not only be building game-changer if itfamily’s isRadial greenlighted by the assumed the post ofauthor provincial administrator ofhis The 27-kilometer Pasig River, which horrible traffic congestion in Metro Manila brother Lino’s being the POINT OF Lower House, andWe of lacking leadership risk that aexisting vulnerable member of to might get infected and alternative and faster access to the business and western Metro Manila, but we will He was the main ofwere 43 bills, six of links which reproduction number—or the a new highway on top of the EDSA. Pasig, Taguig, and the municipality of Pateros the passage of the President’s tax reform sector can get their act together. received vaccinations of Sinopharm’s vactherefore ask: How did he get this some really porky items, and the ernhil@yahoo.com no pork in the (2021) budget.” ters and will start from Road 10 (R10) his of the conglomerate San Miguel Corporacases of severe adverse effects or infection. months. to November 16, in the process placing in a new highway on top of the existing EDSA. Pasig, Taguig, and the municipality of Pateros sector can get their act together. ations of Sinopharm’s vaccourt to either let the mother and her a new highway on top of the existing EDSA. might still be alive today. Pasig, Taguig, and the municipality of Pateros sector can get their act together. ations of Sinopharm’s vacunderweight at about 5.5Reina pounds. sentatives, Alan Peter Cayetano. Mr. Cay-The about the arrangement and doubted that the anin, Emeritus, Editorial Board over three months old. expressway isis expected to provide an h-needed direct link between eastern The expressway expected to provide an h-needed direct link between eastern University Belt area, San Juan, Buendia, gdn’t together shows that state authorities and child,” said Reina Mae’s lawyer, condition worsened. Still, running mate in the 2016 presidential elections. Marinduque and headed the provincial chapter city’s mayor, and his wife launched qualities. To avert agreed October 14RUDY The expressway isthe expected to provide anof a within much-needed direct link between eastern government soon enough. Ramonbills, Ang earliLaguna de Bay to Manila Bay, runs through say, the next five 10 years? IMPACT hubs Makati, Ortigas, and Bonifacio Global be leading aChina historic effort totobring the Pasig the family might get infected Mae and War -w were passed into law. Among these are the ouse packages and economic priority as well farthe with nothing more than overweening jeopardy the timely national-budget complenumber people that anRizal infected amounts involved, have been nothing Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro raised a valid Whatever happened toThe thatNational proposal? inAlan Metro Manila and Taytay in Rizal province. At least there's light at end of the tunnel. cine since launched emergency use fall seriously ill? etano has had Strike 1use and Strike 2legislator, called ambitious Alan Peter would honor it.business They baby stay longer at Fabella Memorial Yet just a month ago, a convicted o Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board Whatever happened to that proposal? in Metro Manila and Taytay in province. Warning: Ph At least there's light at the end of the tunnel. acome, launched emergency Whatever happened to that proposal? in Metro Manila and Taytay in Rizal province. Union of People’s Warning: P At least there's light at the end of the tunnel. The vice pre a launched emergency use If the court and POINT OF POINT OF er Mandaluyong, Makati, Rockwell, Edsa, PiApart from being a veteran their candidacies for the two House of of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. turnover of the Speakership, Cayetano sudalternative and faster access to the she estern Metro Manila, but we will also On Tuesday, a court granted alternative and faster access to the business estern Metro Manila, but we will also POINT OF think doing so is perfectly all right. was not allowed to see her baby. alternative and faster access to the business and western Metro Manila, but we will also er said SMC already has a proposal to build the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, City. Maybe, if the government and the private River back to health.” , lipition that President Duterte desired. ROMERO Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Act, as the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act and the fall seriously ill? ambition and meager accomplishments? point in his privilege speech last September short of unconscionable. And the way person canstretch infect--has dropped tototalUS naccines Emeritus, Editorial Board PAREX will stretch akilomeof 19.4 kilomenaccines Emeritus, Editorial Board We're talking about the the project proposal of COVID-19 vaccines on July 22, with nowere against him; another strike and he will be, proven right. As turnover neared, CayERWIN Hospital, or let Reina Mae keep River her lawyer Josalee Deinla. serviceman who had beat and Representatives seats of Taguig City. The Cayetano also served as Secretary of Foreign denly suspended the Congressional session At present, Velasco leads House Lawyers (NUPL) pleaded with the oneer St., Bonifacio Global City, C5, before O is dang PAREX will a total of 19.4 We're talking about the project proposal on July 22, with no PAREX will stretch a total of 19.4 kilomeWe're talking about the project proposal on July 22, with no IMPACT IMPACT hubs Makati, Ortigas, and Bonifacio Global ding a historic effort to bring the Pasig her Reina Mae a three-day furlough to hubs Makati, Ortigas, and Bonifacio Global ding a historic effort to bring the Pasig ugh In time, Alan Peter will probably come IMPACT Reina Mae Nasino, a human rights River died of pneumonia, just No timetable has been set for the project, “For so many decades, even when I was e the authorities had hubstoMakati, Ortigas, Bonifacio Global be leading a out. historic effort to bringtothe ngsector dea Bayanihan new highway onstart top the existing EDSA. Pasig, Taguig, and thehave municipality of Pateros can get their act dangerous The greatto m Anti-Money Laundering Act ofand 2001, Overseas is dangerous to Recover as Act aimed at (R10) Those who say is they are tired 22 when he said that one who or wants be Pasig the “porkmongers” gone about as insevere baseball, etano started signal that he would not 0.70, down from ato high 2 his orof 3and atOne the (www.manilastandard.net) This is together. because ernhil@yahoo.com ters and will from Radial 10 of the conglomerate San Miguel Corporacases of adverse effects infection. as outgoing Speaker defended his TULFO to Road November 16, in thetransgender process placing in Affairs inPasig the Duterte Cabinet. Here, he Committee on Energy. 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Many cyniCOVID-19 transmission remains the General Appropriations Act for 2021. Emil P. Jurado Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board Velasco was elected House Speaker and Chua Opinion Editor we have with the kind of politicians we her infant denied the same? Manila Regional Trial Court Branch be kept with her mother, said Deinla. the time comes for the agreement to be So, what will defi ne his presidenis still sky high at 91 per cent. It is or inthe reEmil P. Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board Emilsenator’s P.Jurado Jurado Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board weaknesses of our society as well. benefi cial theweprogress na- resentative’s cal Filipinos that the Duterte-apprimary goal,tobelieved but cannot letof thethe situaMore than that, deciding to renege vote public office. fulfilled. be whether his Build something unheard of in this country was officially ratified last Tuesday at cy?InWill pointed commissioners did not ward. tion paralyze education ourFilipino youth. on his into agreement with Rep. Velasco, Alan the it end, weBuild like it Build or not, sel Thus is pork born. tion andComelec the the well-being the Emilof P.ofJurado Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board A very good example of this is what the Session Hall of the House of RepreIn this case, it was even more elabproject? His Boracay and Manila or anywhere else. He could basically want to offend the man who three years The enrollment of children lies within Peter alienated all sensible, right-thinking With all the we deserve the kind of government that wh As long as lawmakers are allowed people. He appears eager to say and transmission remains the Bay environmental clean-up efforts just happened insee thehim Speakership row orate, sentatives. This demonstrates, beyond andand ceremonial because earlier thethings. running mate ofchildren. President the discretion of parents and Filipinos who as power-hunwalk solemn on water do whatever he COVID-19 we have with the kind of politicians we the engage innow the business of project do thewas right But, with all due to campaigns and the primary goal, butlegitimacy we cannot of let Velasco’s the situabetween Alan Peter Cayetano and Lord the any doubt, the Rodrigo Duterte. let me emphasize that educagry, overly ambitious and who is anything President of the country was a together with the closure of open-pit wants. If he could still run for re-elecvote into public office. kind However, and Legislative branches is all a myth. ful identification—properly, the work of respect, the youthful representative tion paralyze the education of our youth. With successful campaigns ofinAlan, stillthe holds prime importance the issues the President but trustworthy. Allan Velasco. Itthing should not democrathave ended witness election. Even Alan Peter Cayetano was mines? towould the agreement. A document Hisgood signing a peace pactiswith tion, he be staring at a sure A very example of this what nec- tion There is no such in this I the Executive Department line agenof should Taguig have deviated The enrollment of children lies within his Marinduque wife and his brother, City had lives of children. Strike 1itand 2 have been called the way did,Strike if only the way term-sharing forced toto accept reality. was eventerm. signed. So,heitcannot, was nothe only a the the MILF? His so-called independent second Since must has face, what shall just happened in the Speakership row our ic land of ours. Look at the the two ora discretion of parents and children. cies—there will never be a pork-free from the hoary practice, indulged in rapeffectively become Cayetano Andthe let against As Congress continues to City. discuss now-former Speakerwithout Alan Peter agreement wasdefer honored them handshake What happened in the camps of the foreign deal which policy and pivot toward Chinonethelessthat be sealed feelingthe very confi dent between Alan Peter Cayetano Lord the the 2021 leaders to will the be President. let me emphasize that educanational budget. by a budget, succession political our us not forget Alan’s sister, suc- House I callof onhighly to Pia, the who governit be? Cayetano. Strike 3itand he out. The IT IS true what they say that the kind However, and Legislative is all and a myth. having to fight out. The squabbling two Alans also gave us an opportunity na? Maybe his branches brutal anti-drug war? that the legacy he will leave behind tion still holds prime importance in the Allan Velasco. It should not have ended polBoth of them admitted that they will wit on ment cessfully returnedthe to the Senate. support The Fil- question to provide necessary is, what will The Honorable of politics we have in this country nec- to compare the contrasting leadership There There is such thing inpublicized this democratbetween two camps in thelot. lastGencouis no also hisif much anwill be one of the best. lives of children. the way it did, only the term-sharing and toipino his the orders. wa ugh now had Cayetanos coming follow the people alternative learning modalities tleman from TaguigThis City says do fora Strike 3? essarily thecontinues characterto ofgrapour ic land of ours.campaign Look at the waythe thegovtwo ple embarrassing to say of the twocontinues House leaders. Former ti-corruption and AS THEreflects country As Congress to discuss the When the President was campaign- styles agreement was honored without them In ofa weeks very was unusual Congressional art- implemented by the DepEd. While we han society. Ittheisdoctrine also equallypandemic, truethe that our the 2021 House leaders defer to pandemic the President. the least. Certainly, it damaged the repSpeaker Cayetano, ason fartoas the Ihas cangovernsee, is ernment ple COVID-19 I call Thebudget, President, however, chosen response the that The of ing with for the Presidency, he had a few tive development of a cure and having to fightadmitted ittoout. The squabbling not, await selvesfortothe abide by the conditions of meeting in Celebrity Sports Plaza in strengths and weaknesses of our polBoth of them that they will educational system strives to anti-drug carry on ment to provide necessary support utation City of thelast House. the consummate political operator and to ignore these the Chinese actions and isbetween currently ravaging the in country. defi nite things in mind. The arnto been this COVID-19, we have to the two This camps lastThis couthat vaccine Quezon Monday, Lord Allan what has stipulated upon when separation of powers itics are essentially strengths and to follow his orders. says the a lot. providing education tothe students through the alternative learning modalities Considering that a congressman’s a go-getter. These traits are necessary proceeded to bring us close to Chihas the potential of derailing many of ns we of adapt to the new normal, and if we are war was, of course, foremost. Peace ple of weeks was embarrassing to say the time comes for the agreement to be Velasco was elected House Speaker and weaknesses of our society as well. Inaccomplishments a very unusualbecause Congressional various learning modalities. The Depart-a implemented by the DepEd. While we is a myth in this term is only three years, the term-sharif one wants to go far and survive the ules, to adapt to the new normal, we cannot na. The Chinese are now all over the his we are and order was another. Signing the least.inCertainly, it damaged the repwas officially ratified last Tuesday at fulfilled. ment of Education provided the development of aone curelegaand In the end, whether we likealternative it or not, await meeting Celebrity Sports in selvesfor toand abide by the conditions of not here set aside the fact that students need to ingSession agreement in the 2019 did of notRepremake rough political jungle in this country may perhaps becountry. yet seeing any light at thePlaza end of peace deal with the various dissident country. utation of thelast House. what the Hall of House In this case, it was even more elabmodes of education—the modular learnvaccine to this COVID-19, we have to we deserve the kind of government that Quezon City Monday, Lord Allan what has been stipulated upon when s sses continue learning. While the budget remuch sense. Those involved in brokLord Allan Velasco, on the othcy he will leave behind. the tunnel. armed groups like the and COVID-19 transmission the GovernmentThis of demonstrates, Quezonremains hasbeyond been Considering thatHouse a congressman’s row mains sentatives. orate, open solemn ceremonial because ing which involves theofCPP-NPA distribution of adapt to the newfor normal, and if wetoare we have with the kind politicians we Velasco was elected Speaker and dio, for and amendments, I urge our theLet time comes the into agreement be ering the deal should have known that er hand, is low key and prefers to us try to peek the crystal There are actually many to choose primary goal, but we cannot let the situathe other Muslim rebellious bands in i extending all legitimacy the assistance it can termofficially is only three years, term-sharLord the President of legislators any doubt, the of Velasco’s printed copies ofoffice. self-learning modules, to adapt to the new normal, we cannot the countrytowas takea tion vote into public was ratified lastthe Tuesday at fulfilled. human nature, being what it is, splitoperate quietly. He does not speak paralyze the education of our youth. ball and see if there is anything that from to best describe the Duterte Mindanao, as well as constitutional andA the blended/online learning set aside the fact that students need to possibly Even provide. Along with was the ingSession agreement in the 2019 did of notRepremake nded witness to the agreement. Alan Peter Cayetano A document election. c into consideration very good example ofbetween this iswhere what the Hall of House In this case, was elabThe children liesunits within tingenrollment three yearsof for two Speakers will more than he has to.even When heof was should have enough two continue might indicate ait single program his years. if we have to choose just amendment tobepush for federal form students willbeen able to aattend classes learning. While the more budget rerespective local government of much But sense. Those involved in brokring was even signed. So, forced to accept reality. was not only the itneeds of the ed-a the just happened in the Speakership row sentatives. This demonstrates, beyond orate,will solemn and ceremonial because discretion of parents and of children. end up happened not satisfying either the two honorable being nominated last Monday, there There was a signed that defi his presidency in the three, the that willhave probably stick except thatpeople. classes arethe done via radio, mains open forne amendments, I urge our of government, plus anti-corrupthe municipalities and cities in Quezon, ering theones deal should that s remain hem What in the camps of the ucation espehandshake that sealed thesector, deal which between Alan Peter Cayetano and Lord was any doubt, thehis legitimacy ofknown Velasco’s However, let me emphasize that educathe aPresident of thetocountry was a out as shown in the political drama we just lot of talk about bringing back television, or online legislators to take document. years to come. Prior the pandemic, are fi rst, anti-drug campaign tion campaign, were also mentioned. we have been continuously rendering cially those teachers human nature, being what it is, splitling two Alans also gave us an opportunity tion still holds prime importance in in the15 platforms. Allan Velasco. should not have ended election. Even Alan Peter Cayetano was and witness the A document into consideration witnessed. What can one really do dignity andagreement. the glory of thea that When formerItSpeaker Cayetano sus- the he had ato chance of lost accomplishing in the killing of thouBut nothing was mentioned about and students belongpublic service, delivering personal tingresulted three years for two Speakers will sho outo compare the contrasting leadership lives of months? children. the way it did, if only the term-sharing forced to accept reality. was even signed. So, it was not only a Since the beginthe needs of the edor 21 The agreement reminds House. Whether his quiet demeanor rate. pended session for is about of not people and has severely afing in poor foreign the affairs which nowa amonth dom- sizable number of his plans. With the sands protective equipment and other medical THETHEpast months havetoincome been styles end up satisfying either of the two hon say of the twocontinues House leaders. Former AS country continues grapAs Congress to discuss the Let us remain agreement was honored without them What happened in the camps of the ning ofpart classes, weadministration’s ucation espehandshake that sealed thesector, deal me of the ritual during every election and new leadership style willsowhich serve families and those last October 6 which in the light of pandemic, we are no longer sure. fected the international reputation of inant of his acsupplies, and offering assistance to its challenging for everyone. In fact, as shown in the political drama we just repSpeaker Cayetano, as far as I can see, is ple with the COVID-19 pandemic, our 2021 budget, I call on to the governdoc The doctrine of the have seen students cially those teachers having to fight it out. The squabbling twocountry. Alans also gave us an opportunity in far-flung areas. I of candidates signing an agreement for him well in the remaining months bepatient and what happened last Monday and TuesWe are now in the worst recession in the The second would be our tivities due to our problem in the West educational system and strives to carry the on ment to provide the necessary constituents. As we remain truesupport to and our we acknowledge recognize witnessed. What can one really do in 15 the consummate political operator W and teachers alike and students belongbetween the only two camps in the last as cou-a fore to compare the tilt contrasting leadership separation of powers urge the legislators fair honest elections, only to doing violate day, the 2022Since elections, will have could be China. interpreted our history. we in arewe banking on country’s open towards China and Philippine Sea with There was providing education to students through to theandalternative learning modalities mandate, our LGUs have been diffi culties experienced not only by or 21 months? The agreement reminds an’s a go-getter. These traits are necessary considerate. pen sharing their plight ing poor income ple of weeksstrike, was embarrassing totook say to styles of the two House leaders. Former the to funnel adequate funds to education it.one Why? Because candidate wants wait andtosee. President a vaccine bringfamilies us back to normalof the Chinese intrusion various modalities. Depart- implemented by theno DepEd. While weto preemptive also no mention of the bringing the counis a learning myth inand this every possible effort to ensure that the public, but also by our The agricultural mehandling of the ritual during election harif wants to go far and survive the in to these and those his las for to address existing future problems theadapting least. Certainly, it damaged the rep- cy,Ineven Speaker Cayetano, as far asevery I can see, in is The doctrine of the end up being cheated. his first speech as the House ment of Education provided alternative await for the development of a cure and notice because the move had the potenas this will only be available to our exclusive economic zone try to the orbit of China, nor trying new learning moin far-flung areas. I public services and basic commodities and other labor sectors, the business of candidates signing an agreement for wh ake rough political jungle in this country. country. stu- and make learning a sustainable activity utation of the House. the consummate political operator and modes of education—the modular learnto COVID-19, have to If we trythis to go deeper, itwe isthe not really he the made some promises about the tial delaying 2021 Speaker, next year, Duterte administration West Philippine Sea. only The to third is to of leave our the long-standing defense separation of powers dalities. I agree thatpassage of the urge the legislators reach even the most remote areas in sector, well as our medical staff and vaccine and honest elections, violate ok- while Lord Allan Velasco, on othday ices in as quarantine. Considering thatinHe athetold congressman’s a fair go-getter. These traits are necessary ing which involves the distribution of adapt to the new normal, and is if at westake. are that simple because of what change, service and unity. He has 21 government budget. the House has about a year for economic recova tossup between his handling of the pursuing education middle of the to funnel adequate funds to education agreement with our treaty ally, the their jurisdiction despite the risks since the local employees, offi cials, and even it. Why? Because no candidate wants to that er hand, is low key and prefers to omThe responsibility of supporting the pre is a myth in this term is only three thetheir term-sharif one wantspandemic to go far and the printed copies of self-learning modules, toAmbition adapt to and the new normal, we cannot control of funds are but in months to fulfill these Whethpandemic is quite ayears, challenging feat for address existing andpromises. future problems no uncertain terms to get act toery. Most economists believe this is COVID-19 and survive his Build United States. After several months in to ears education the aside start of thefact pandemic. the the police whochildren have learning been manning of our does not soleend up being cheated. plitoperate quietly. He does notneed speak not and blended/online where set the that students to ing agreement in 2019 did not make rough political jungle in this country. both for stuactivity two of the he many reasons whyhe it iswas not gether er hemake can learning pull thema sustainable off and change the Build orhis he administration willproviders be forced and toannounced make his and notcountry. enough. Build office,education ewill of ly depend on been the DepEd. they say, it the frontlines. isAs no easy task If we try program. to go deeper, on it isthe not really more than hasWhile to. When tial should have enough between two students will beThere able to attend classes continue learning. the budget remuch sense. Those involved in brokLord Allan Velasco, othdents alike. ForBuild one, internet services in quarantine. easy to let go of power once acquired. pork barrel which theisHouse is own move. With that, Build he showed who while Still, hispolitics, economic team betting I could of course be wrong in the takes a village to raise child. the huge Build program. in serving and working during this mains that simple because of what is at stake. two being nominated last Monday, gov honorable There was a Hence, signed except thatpeople. classes are adone via radio, open for amendments, I urgethere our ering theBoss dealtelecommunications should have knowncomthat known er hand, one is low keyofand prefers provided Therecovery responsibility supporting the A gentlemen’s asto we to live by, to of something honorthe Idocument. also call or ononline our telecommunications real is. He demonstrated that that is possible because the choosing orcontrol two thefunds three butto I For thebyfirst time, we started hearpandemic. Ambition and of are but just was a lot of talk agreement, about bringing back television, legislators takeall the in n panies the doctrine country, many years education ofisour children does solehuman innature, being what it is, splitoperate quietly.his Hewar does not speak Despite athat raging to battle immediately address exunderstand, means honorable able, would be fundamentally something thatnotsound. we all am the offorseparation of economy onwhy drugs will ing so-called about thebeen country adopting an platforms. Whileformer the against COVID-19 into consideration twocertain of thethat many reasons it is not get nfar 15 companies the dignity and the lost two glory of the When Speaker Cayetano susnow, have not at par with those of ly depend on the DepEd. As they say, it ting three years for two Speakers will more than he has to. When he was shouldbefore have enough between two be up there in the list. It is his flagship isting internet problems and assertively and distinguished persons bind would like to been see. powers between the Executive, Judicial Also, the pandemindependent foreign policy. This was Since the beginthe needs of thethemedpandemic, we should has not been fullyfor won, wea are yet House. easy to let go of power once acquired. inds explore Whether his quiet demeanor ow pended the session about other countries. Hence, many of bewail the takes a village to COVID-19 raise a child. end up not satisfying either the two being nominated lasttalk Monday, there ools options that can lead to themonth nec-remain honorable people. There was program a Hence, signed project. Let us ic, the Build Build Build He lovesagreement, to about itwe andall the ning of classes, we ucation sector, espeprobably partly infl uenced by the again facing the looming effects of A gentlemen’s as tion and new leadership style will serve intermittent connection or worse, the I also call on our telecommunications last October 6 which in the light of be someone’s for essary and drastic improvements in teleas shown in the political drama we just was was a misses lot of talk bringing document. have seen students ciallyumbrella those teachers moving well, although never the about opportunity to back disconstant negative reactions by West- companies lack of reliable especially La Niña. Just this month, successive to relatively immediately address exunderstand, means that two honorable t the for communications well in the remaining months bethe patient and him what happened last Monday and Tuesservices in the country. witnessed. Whatsignal can one really doininfar 15 there the dignity and the lost glory of the When former Speaker Cayetano susand teachers alike and students belongon a rainy day. were delays on some of the cuss it every chance he has regardless ern countries to some of his domestic flung areas. isting internet problems and assertively tropical depressions caused heavy and distinguished persons bind themolate fore the 2022 elections, we will have pow could only be interpreted as a has Iday, also call on the government to allow considerate of the possible troubles exor 21 months? The agreement reminds House. Whether his quiet demeanor considerate. pended options theThe session for lead about sharing their plight ing in poor income projects. economic growth was of the occasion. Secondly,notably the remoteness of schools that can to athemonth necprograms, his anti-drug cam- explore rainfall andto flooding some parts of toperienced ts to more wait andboth see.by teachers ears infrastructure particularstudents. preemptive strike, theinPresident took me of the ritual during every election and new leadership style will serve in adapting theseprojects, familiesand and those last October 6 which in the light of from communities makes it difficult for essary and drastic improvements in teleonal ly Luzon, particularly in Metro the learning building of and Let ourinsupport, instead ofI In us hisextend first speech as the House notice because the move had roads theManila potennew mo-necessary far-flung areas. of candidates signing an agreement for communications what happened last Monday Tues- him well in the remaining months beboth students and teachers to deliver the services in theand country. y in bridges in remote areas in the provinces, pulling down these efforts. At the end However, thesesome are not the andof Quezon. The torrential rains Speaker, eally tial he made promises about delaying passage of the 2021 dalities. I agree the that urge thewithout legislators fair and honest elections, only to violate the 2022 wetroubles will have day, could only be interpreted as a fore necessary modules. This problem has I also call on the government to allow considerate of elections, the possible exdif- to the delivery ofOfel educational offunnel theand day, what and is important is private that help generosity of tothe byfacilitate tropical depression ooded ake. change, service unity. He has we 21 government budget. theflHouse pursuing education inHe thetold middle of the to adequate funds education to give credit to nothe Executive forto by theinfrastructure recent strike, flashflood. Provincial been responding it. Why? Because candidate wants toperienced wait have andboth see. actually been existing for many years more projects, particularbycrucial teachersinand students. preemptive the The President took Centers nts. materials, goods, and public services. overcome this pandemic without posing sector and the these national government. areas in Lucena andtheir Atimonan but in months to fulfill Whethpandemic is quite aCity challenging feat for to address existing andpromises. future problems no uncertain terms to get act totheir timely response oureducational calls for Government along with the present now. The lack of roadstoand ly the building ofQuezon necessary roads and toLet our support, instead of end up being cheated. In us hisextend firstcrisis. speech as the House notice becauseofthe move had the potenlate pandemic inevitably makes an irreversible effects on both education providers and for This stuIfdetrimental I make can on Quezon inThis Quezon two weeks ago. and learning a behalf sustainable activity not gether er he can speak pulland them off and of change the or he will be forced to make his assistance, initgiving cash good senator’s offi distributed At a time this,some asefforts. I have repeatedly facilities in particularly far-flung areas, especially in the bridges in remote areas ince theof provinces, pulling down these At the end If we try to go deeper, is not really Speaker, helike made promises about tial of delaying the passage the 2021 arn- impact to the learning habits and learnthe well-being of the people and socidents alike. For one, internet services in quarantine. Province, I wouldwhich like the to House express week, tropical depression Pepito red. ing pork barrel politics, is seaassistance, beckons own move. that, he showed who while the provinces, makes it all theisqualifi more difto facilitate the delivery of goods, educational of the day, what and is important is that aid rice farmers and those ed fiThe nancial relief food said in my previous articles, we should thatto simple because of what at stake. change, service unity. He has we 21 curve ofWith children. While problems government budget. He told the House ety. Asresponsibility much as we can, we have to hold provided by telecommunications comThe of supporting the my gratitude and appreciation to the fl ooded areas in the municipalities all known to live by, to something honorficult for teachers toDSWD reach their materials, goods, and public services. overcome this pandemic without posing the real Boss is. Heademonstrated that benefi ciaries of andstudents. local packs, masks, and face shields. He also extend as much help as we can to those and- may still arise even few months into Ambition and control of funds are but months to fulfill these promises. Whethon to the thought of normalcy as we in no uncertain terms to get their act topanies in the country, for many years education of our children does not soleApart this, reports national government for that regularly of school Buenavista, Catanauan, Lopez, This pandemic inevitably makes an and irreversible effects on would befor something we all the so-called doctrine of separation of able, livelihood away several mountain bikes to his be who While we feelchange the pinch nable of the let us patient and await the cure this disease. two offrom theprograms. manypublic reasons whycirculate it is not gave erdetrimental heneed can it. pull them offalland the gether or he will be forced to make now, haveyear, not been atremain par with those of depend As lling they say, it regarding the blatant errors in the learn- used impact toemployees the learning habits and learnthe well-being of ifthewepeople and socichecking on usDepEd. and fulfi their Tagkawayan, and Guinayangan in ly em- powers would likeon to the see. between the Executive, Judicial I also would like to thank Senator by going to work and of the pandemic, can give, we easymodules to let go of power once acquired. ing barrel politics, which the House is owncurve move.ofWith that, While he showed who pork other countries. Hence, many bewail the takes a village to raise a child. Hence, ing by students. children. ety. As be much as we can,umbrella we have toon hold roles as our partners in governance Quezon. Bong Go received for agreement, going beyond his several electronic gadgets to problems be used should someone’s a A We gentlemen’s as we all known to live by, to something honorintermittent connection or worse, the I also call on our telecommunications the real Boss is. He demonstrated that are in the midst of an understand- may still arise even a few months into on to the thought of normalcy as we and publicto service. I would Forof reliable this reason, the Provincial Rolando G. Estabillo Publisher legislative duty to help those affected by students for school. 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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 105, QUEZON CITY MA. NENITA CHING ET AL., Plaintiff, -versus-
CASE NO. R-QZN-15-10203-CV
SUMMONS HILARIA FRANCISCO VD. DE VILLEGAS, ET AL., Defendants. x---------------------------------------------x TO: HEIRS OF HILARIA FANCISCO VDA. DE VILLEGAS No. 29 Kalawag St., San Fancisco Del Monte, Quezon City GREETINGS: You are hereby required, within fifteen (15) days after service of this summons upon you, to file with this Court and serve on the plaintiff your answer to the complaint, copy of which is attached, together with the annexes. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the plaintiff will take judgment by default and may be granted the relief applied for in the complaint. WITNESS, my hand under the seal of the Court this 7th day of October 2020. (Sgd.) DOMINADOR C. GUZMAN, JR. Branch Clerk of Court
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 105, QUEZON CITY MA. NENITA CHING ET AL., Plaintiff, -versus-
CASE NO. R-QZN-15-10203-CV
13. However, the said Deed of Absolute Sale was not registered because the TCT No. 273575 covering the property had remained in the name of Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas because the final judgment of Branch 94 Annex “B”, as affirmed by the Court of Appeals, have become stale. 14. Furthermore, Domingo delos Santos passed away on February 6, 2006. He was survived by spouse, Caridad Delos Santos and his legitimate sons Villamor I. Delos Santos, Sr. and Benjamin I. Delos Santos.
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15. On December 3, 2008 Domingo delos Santos Masaganda died. She was survived by her legitimate children, Rodolfo Delos Santos Masaganda ang Ligaya Masaganda Madrid.
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16. Rodolfo delos Santos Masaganda passed away on June 2, 2011. He was survived by his spouse Anita Lamorena Antonio and his children Mark Jayson Antonio Masaganda, Jeffrey Antonio Masaganda, Sheila Antonio Masaganda and Christian Antonio Masaganda who died on August 6, 2013 without any issue. 17. Ligaya Masaganda-Madrid who is still alive and the said heirs of Rodolfo delos Santos Masaganda have recognized the obligation of their ancestors under the Agreement hence they have executed the following documents to carry out and give effect thereto: a) Ligaya Masaganda-Madrid executed a Deed of Absolute Sale transferring her share in the property to plaintiff, a photocopy of which is hereto attached as Annex “E”. b) The heirs of Rodolfo delos Santos Masaganda, executed an Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Sale dated November 5, 2015, in favor of plaintiff, Ma. Nenita Ching, a photocopy of which is attached as Annex “F”. 18. The heirs of the deceased Domingo delos Santos have yet to comply with the obligation which they inherited from their father, but despite demands, the said heirs failed and refused to perform their said obligation.
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THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION 19. Because of the failure of defendants Villamor I. Delos Santos, Sr. and Benjamin I. Delos Santos to comply with the obligation which prompted plaintiff Ma. Nenita Ching to file this action for specific performance, the said plaintiff was compelled to engage services of counsel thereby incurring the sumof P 100,000.00 as acceptance fee, P5,000.00 per appearance and the sum of P300,000.00 as attorney’s fees.
RELIEF HILARIA FRANCISCO VD. DE VILLEGAS, ET AL., Defendants. x---------------------------------------------x
ORDER For resolution is plaintiff’s Motion For Leave of Court to Serve Summons by Publication, to the Defendant Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas. Alledgely, the Sheriff’s Return dated 10 November 2015 of Ferdinand M. Peralta, Sheriff IV of this Court, which stated that the service of the summons to the defendant Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas was returned unserved for the reason that said defendant already died. This Court grants the instant Motion. On 4 August 2106 the Court issued an order for the submission of the submission of the names and addresses of the heirs of defendant Hilaria Francisco Vda De Villegas. On 27 September 2016, plaintiff’s counsel recommended the Batino Law Offices to be considered as the executor/administrator for the estate of the deceased Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas pursuant to the last paragraph of Sec. 16, Rule 3 of the Rules of Court. On 19 May 2017 the Batino Law Offices filed its Withdrawal of Appearance as counsel for the defendant Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas. Under Section 14, Rule 14 of the Rules of Court, service of summons may be effected on a defendant by publication, with leave of court, when his whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry. The Rules of Court provides: Sec. 14 – Service upon defendant whose identity or whereabouts are unknown. In any action where the defendant is designated as an unknown owner, or the like, or where his whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained with diligent inquiry, service may, by leave of court, be effected upon him by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and in such time as the court may order. WHEREFORE, premises considered, the motion for leave of court to serve summons by publication is GRANTED. Accordingly, let Summons, together with the Complaint and its annexes be published together with a copy of this Order at plaintiff’s own expense twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, chosen by raffle, pursuant to Section 14, Rule of 14, of the Rules of Court. The defendants are hereby ordered to file their Answer in Court within sixty (60) days after notice hereof. Also, let also a copy of the Summons, Complaint and its annexes and this Order be sent to defendants by registered mail at their last known address, all at the expense of the plaintiff. SO ORDERED.
WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that after due proceeding, a judgment be rendered as follows:
(Sgd.) EDITHA G. MINA-AGUBA Acting Presiding Judge
ATTY. ARTURO S. SANTOS ATTY. RUBEN CORDERO LANDIG MA. NENITA CHING ET.AL.,
2. With respect to the second cause of action, the defendants Villamor I. Delos Santos, Sr. and Benjamin I. Delos Santos be ordered to specifically perform the obligation of their deceased father Domingo delos Santos under the Memorandum of Agreement Annex “C” hereof; 3. Under the third cause of action, the defendants Villamor I. Delos Santos Sr. and Benjamin I. Delos Santos be ordered to solidarily pay plaintiff Ma. Nenita Ching the sum of P100,000.00 as acceptance fee, P5,000.00 per appearance and the sum of P300,000.00 as attorney’s fees, plus costs. November 5,2015 (Sgd.) ARTURO S. SANTOS Counsel for the Plaintiff 6/F TRIDA Building, now Parkview Plaza T.M. Kalaw cor. Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila IBP LIFETIME MEMBER NO. 437471/01-05-98 PTR NO. 3817936/1-05-15/Manila ROLL NO. 24816 MCLE Compliance No. IV-0017322/04-23-13 Tel. No. 525-1355 VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM SHOPPING I, MA. NENITA CHING, of legal age, Filipino, married to Jesse Ching and a resident of Unit C20 Landwealth, 1995 Juna Luna St., Tondo, Manila, after first having been duly sworn, do hereby depose and say:
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1. I am on of the plaintiffs in the above-entitled complaint; 2. I have caused the preparation and filing of the foregoing Petition, I have read and understood the same and all the material allegations contained herein are true and correct of my own personal knowledge and based on authentic records; 3. I certify that I have not commenced any similar action or proceeding in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency; to the best of my knowledge, no such similar action or proceeding is pending before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or agency; and if I should learn thereafter that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending before the aforesaid courts or agencies, I will promptly inform this Honorable Court within 5 days therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 5th day of November, 2015 at Manila.
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 5 day of November 2015 at Manila, affiant presented to me her identification card with signature and photograph as competent proof of her identity. th
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ANNEX “E”
MA.NENITA CHING in her capacity as the Attorney-In-Fact of ANITA LAMORENA ANTONIO MARK JAYSON, ANTONIO MASAGANDA, JEFFREY ANTONIO MASAGANDA SHEILA ANTONIO MASAGANDA and LIGAYA MASAGANDA-MADRID, Plaintiffs, CIVIL CASE NO. R-QZN-15-10203-CV FOR: REVIVAL OF JUDGMENT AND SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
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HILARIA FRANCISCO VDA. DE VILLEGAS, VILLAMOR I. DELOS SANTOS, SR. and BENJAMIN I.DELOS SANTOS, Defendants. x---------------------------------------------------x
COMPLAINT PLAINTIFFS, through counsel, to this Honorable Court respectfully allege: 1. The parties in this case are: a) MA. NENITA CHING, plaintiff, of legal age, Filipino, married to Jesse Ching and a resident of Unit C20 Landwealth, 1995 Juna Luna St., Tondo, Manila, in her capacity as attorney-in-fact of ANITA LAMORENA ANTONIO, MARK JAYSON ANTONIO MASAGANDA, SHEILA ANTONIO MASAGANDA and LIGAYA MASAGANDA-MADRID, as per Irrevocable Power of Attorney hereto attached as Annex “A”. b) HILARIA FRANCISCO VDA. DE VILLEGAS, as defendant, of legal age, Filipino and a resident of No. 29 Kalawag St., San Fracisco Del Monte, Quezon City; and c) VILLAMOR I. DELOS SANTOS, SR. and BENJAMIN I. DELOS SANTOS defendants, both of legal age, Filipinos and residents of No. 34 Umali St., San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION 2. Domingo delos Santos and Dominga delos Santos Masaganda (now both deceased) filed before this Honorable Court a complaint for Reconveyance with Damages docketed as Civil Case No. Q-90-7069 against Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas. 3. After trial, Branch 94 of this Honorable Court rendered a Decision dated October 14, 1996 disposing the case as follows: “WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered: 1. Ordering the defendant to reconvey in accordance with law the subject property in favor of the herein plaintiffs;
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Obama ramps up support for Biden FORMER president Barack Obama holds his first rally Wednesday in support of US election front runner Joe Biden, while Donald Trump campaigned frantically and accused his opponent, who stayed home in Delaware, of going “into hiding.” Two weeks before the polls, the contrast in campaign strategies between Trump, 74, and Biden, 77, has never been more pronounced: the Republican president led another rally in the battleground state of Pennsylvania Tuesday, while Democrat Biden stayed mostly out of sight ahead of a pivotal televised debate later in the week. Polls show Biden ahead and, with the clock running down, he appears confident. In any case, few could ever out-campaign Trump, who has rediscovered his old energy with daily, sometimes twice-daily, rallies around the country since recovering from Covid-19 just over a week ago. His latest rally was in Erie, a former Democratic stronghold that he won in 2016, symbolizing his successful capture of the white working-class vote that had long been loyal to the left and which Biden has been trying to claw back. Trump’s message with a fortnight left to go has boiled down to a mix of optimism, telling Americans that the coronavirus pandemic is practically over, and ever more extreme attempts to tar Biden as corrupt -- even saying Tuesday that he wants the attorney general to open an investigation ahead of the election. AFP
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2. Ordering the defendant to pay plaintiffs P30,000.00 by way of moral damages as well as P20,000.00 by way of exemplary damages; 3. To pay attorney’s fees of P20,000.00 plus costs.” A copy of the decision is hereto attached as Annex “B”. 4. Defendant Hilaria Francisco Vda. De Villegas timely appealed the said decision to the Court of Appeals docketed as CA-GR- CV No. 55828. 5. After due proceedings the 10th Division of the Court of Appeals promulgated its decision affirming the Decision of the RTC, except pars. 2 & 3 thereof granting damages and attorney’s fees which were ordered deleted. 6. Consequently, the defendant Hilaria Fracisco Vda. De Villegas elevated the case to the Supreme Court via a petition for review on certiorari under G.R. No. 168212 and July 25, 2005, its 3rd Division the Supreme Court issued a Resolution denying the aforesaid petition for review. 7. The said Resolution of the Supreme Court became final on November 8, 2005. 8. However, the former counsel for the deceased Domingo delos Santos and Dominga delos Santos Masaganda did not take the necessary steps to execute or enforce the said judgment within the 5-year period, hence this action for revival of judgment pursuant to Section 6, Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, in relation to Articles 1144 of the Civil Code.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION 9. During the pendency of Civil Case No. Q-90-7069 Domingo delos Santos and Dominga delos Santos Masaganda while still alive, entered into an Agreement dated March 15, 1995 with Irene Ong (now deceased), the mother of plaintiff M. Nenita Ching binding themselves to sell a 300-square meter portion of the property described in TCT no. 273575 with an area of 374 square meters in the event a decision is rendered in their favor, a copy of the said Agreement is hereto attached as Annex “C”. 10. The parties in the said Agreement have partially complied with their respective obligations thereunder. 11. Specifically, Ma. Nenita Ching a have paid substantial advances which Domingo delos Santos and Dominga delos Santos Masaganda have accepted as consideration of the sale. 12. On her part, Dominga delos Santos Masaganda executed a Deed of Absolute Sale dated August 22, 2008 in favor of plaintiff Ma. Nenita Ching, in substitution of her mother, a photocopy of which is hereto attached as Annex “D”.
income support in the coming weeks. Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu of the Vietnam Red Cross Society said the floods are “some of the worst we have seen in decades”. At least 111 people have been killed, the disaster management authority said, while nearly 200,000 have been evacuated. Among those dead are 22 soldiers who were engulfed in a huge landslide on Sunday in Quang Tri province, and 13 members of a rescue team who had attempted to save workers from a hydropower plant. A search team is still trying to find 15 of the missing plant workers, who were also caught up in a landslide. Although floodwaters have begun to recede in some areas, images on state media showed villages still submerged across the region and a hospital badly flooded in Quang Binh, with water pooling around its beds. More rain is forecast to hit the area over the weekend as Storm Saudel blows in from the South China Sea. AFP
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ORE than 100 people have died and 20 others are missing in central Vietnam following weeks of severe flooding and landslides, authorities said Wednesday, as the country braced for yet another storm this weekend. About 178,000 homes have been submerged by floodwaters, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, with rescuers mounting a desperate bid to get food and drinking water to those cut off. Roads, infrastructure and crops in the central region have also been devastated by the floods, the charity added, warning that hundreds of thousands would need housing and
1. The first cause of action in this complaint be granted and that the decision dated October 14, 1996 in Civil Case No. Q-90-7069 be revived pursuant to Rule 39, Section 6 of the Rules of Court;
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FRANCE will pay tribute Wednesday to a history teacher beheaded for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in a free speech lesson in a gruesome attack that has shocked the country and prompted a government crackdown on radical Islam. Seven people, including two pupils, will appear before an anti-terror judge for a decision on criminal charges over the killing of 47-year-old history teacher Samuel Paty on Friday. Police have carried out dozens of raids since the killing, while the government has ordered the sixmonth closure of a mosque outside Paris and plans to dissolve a group it said supported Palestinian militant group Hamas. “Our fellow citizens expect actions,” Macron said on Tuesday. Paty was attacked shortly after leaving the junior high school where he taught in the suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine outside Paris. He had been the subject of an online hate campaign after he showed pupils cartoons of the prophet in a civics class -- the same images that sparked a bloody assault on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo five years ago. AFP
IN BRIEF Armenia, Azerbajian envoys set truce meet THE foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were in Moscow on Wednesday for meetings with Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov as world powers seek to halt fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The ministers were visiting the Russian capital, their respective ministries said as the pair are due to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday. They have ruled out a trilateral meeting and will meet Pompeo separately. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov arrived in Moscow for “consultations with the Russian side,” the ministry said in a statement. His Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan was set to meet with Lavrov in Moscow “to discuss the situation in Karabakh and the implementation of a ceasefire agreement,” ministry spokeswoman Anna Nagdalyan said. AFP
UN’s Libya envoy upbeat on peace talks’ outcome THE UN’s Libya envoy said Wednesday she was “quite optimistic” about the prospects of a ceasefire emerging from ongoing talks between the two warring factions. Two days into the talks at the United Nations in Geneva, scheduled to last until Saturday, the two sides agreed to open internal land and air routes. “I’m quite optimistic... there is an air of seriousness and commitment,” Stephanie Williams, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), told a press conference, on the prospect of a ceasefire. “I am pleased to report that the two sides have reached agreement on several important issues which directly impact the lives and welfare of the Libyan people,” she said. There was a “real determination to preserve the country’s unity and sovereignty”, she added. AFP
Thailand welcomes first batch of tourists THAILAND has welcomed its first group of tourists in seven months, as part of an experiment aimed at testing if a wider opening is possible as the coronavirus cripples the kingdom’s economy. A planeload of 39 Chinese tourists flew into Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport Tuesday evening from Shanghai to a welcome from staff in full protective equipment. The visitors underwent health checks and had their luggage disinfected, before donning protective clothing themselves and being whisked away for two weeks’ quarantine. AFP
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Cathay Pacific set to reduce workforce by nearly a quarter HONG KONG—Cathay Pacific announced plans Wednesday to cut its workforce by nearly a quarter and close one of its short-haul airlines in an effort to survive the “devastating” impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Across the globe, airlines have been hammered as the pandemic has slashed international travel, and they face a long, hard winter after a much-hopedfor rebound failed to materialize. Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s flag carrier, published a corporate restructuring plan on Wednesday that will lead to 8,500 job losses in total—nearly a quarter of its workforce—and one of its airlines to disappear completely. “The global pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on aviation and the hard truth is we must fundamentally restructure the Group to survive,” CEO Augustus Tang said in a statement. Cathay said 5,300 redundancies would be made among the airline’s Hong Kong-based employees with a further 600 overseas. The remaining losses would come from a recruitment freeze and natural attrition. Cathay Dragon, a subsidiary that primarily flies shorter-haul flights within Asia, will cease operations. The company is seeking regulatory approval to absorb some of Dragon’s routes into Cathay Pacific and its budget airline HK Express. Dismal year The news of cuts was embraced by
investors with Cathay’s battered shares trading four percent up in afternoon trade. But employees reacted with dismay, noting the proportion of jobs going was higher than many competitors. Zuki Wong, chairwoman of the Cathay Pacific Flight Attendants Union, said members were “severely disappointed.” “We all feel very sad because the colleagues being laid off are all very dear to us,” she told reporters. Hong Kong’s government came to the rescue of Cathay with a taxpayerfunded bailout of US$5 billion earlier this summer. But Cathay CEO Tang said the airline was burning through up to HK$2 billion ($260 million) in cash each month during the pandemic. “This is simply unsustainable. The changes announced today will reduce our cash burn by about HK$500 million per month,” he said. Airline revenues plunged 80 percent in the first six months of the year, according to industry body IATA, but they still had fixed costs to cover—crew, maintenance, fuel, airport levies and now aircraft storage. Repeated efforts to reassure passengers that air travel is safe have failed to make much of a difference while government restrictions, including quarantines of up to 14 days for returning passengers, have only added pressure. AFP
Importing cement in the time of pandemic is unpatriotic THE coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly all economic activities starting in mid-March this year and taken the jobs of millions of Filipino workers. It shut down restaurants, malls, offices, several factories and small enterprises that rely on retail sales. COVID-19 also restricted public transportation and grounded many construction and housing projects vital to economic development. Baby steps taken to reopen the economy, however, have fanned hopes of restoring jobs and livelihoods that bore the brunt of the pandemic. Filipino workers are slowly trooping back to their jobs and work stations. Factories, offices, retail outlets and franchised stores are welcoming back their workers. Slowly but surely, the economy is starting to hum again. But restoring the jobs lost during the pandemic will not be an easy task, especially if local workers are being displaced by unwarranted imports. The local cement industry, for one, is experiencing an unfair trade practice—imported cement is being passed off as domestically manufactured good. The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) has brought to the attention of the Department of Trade and Industry a case of mislabelling imported cement as locally-produced product. It wants the government to launch a more thorough investigation on the origin of a cement brand, which the group said was being marketed as a legitimate Philippine product. CeMAP has sought the assistance of the government early this year to verify if cement products Union V Super and Union V Ultra are indeed manufactured in the Philippines as indicated by the labels on the company’s cement bags. Union V Super and Union V Ultra are brands of Philcement Corp., a unit of the Phinma Group of Companies. CeMAP has noted that the packaging of a 40-kg bag of Philcement’s “Union V Super Strength 40” cement bought in a store in Pampanga indicates it is a product of the Philippines. It is common knowledge in the industry that Philcement is a heavy importer and buys cement from Vietnam. The imported product is then distributed throughout the country either in bulk or in bags. CeMAP, thus, raised a valid question: “Was this product actually manufactured in the Philippines?” No PS (Philippine Standard) is printed on the bag while the Batch Identification Number and Manufacturing Date are not clear, which could constitute noncompliance with the department’s DAO 17-06 series of 2017. The DTI says Philcement’s Bataan bagging facility has secured a PS license consistent with the provisions of DAO 17-06. A DTI official explained that based on the guidelines, when the manufacturer is accredited by the Bureau of Product Standards, it can label their product as made in the Philippines. In short, if the product is imported and has the PS license, the item can then be labeled as locally made. This is queer. Labeling imported cement as a local product is a serious trade issue in the light of the government’s efforts to jumpstart the economy through the intensified infrastructure program and the “buy-local” campaign. Cement is a critical component of an infrastructure project. The industry directly employs 42,000 workers and creates 125,000 additional jobs throughout the value chain. The cement manufacturing industry contributed an estimated P155 billion, or close to 1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, in 2016 alone. It is expected to directly or indirectly employ 400,000 workers in 2030. It also pays about P24 billion in corporate and individual income taxes to the government. Allowing imported cement to be labeled as locally-produced through mislabeling would severely threaten the viability of the local cement manufacturing industry, already weakened by the pandemic. “CeMAP strongly advocates the provision of accurate information to the public to facilitate sound choice and the proper exercise of consumer rights. To enable faster economic recovery, the government is promoting use of locally manufactured products to preserve jobs and make the most of the multiplier effect and contribution of domestic manufacturing activities to the Philippine economy. It is therefore imperative that products sold in the market, like cement, are appropriately labeled and represented as such,” says CeMAP. The Department of Trade and Industry, meanwhile, should immediately impose remedial measures to correct the harm being inflicted by mislabeled imported cement on local producers. Local workers in the cement sector have suffered enough. They need a break. E-mail: rayenano@yahoo.com or extrastory2000@gmail.com
PRE-LoCKDown. A pedestrian carries shopping bags as they walk past retail outlets in Cardiff, south Wales on October 20, 2020, ahead of a short, two-week lockdown due to begin on October 23, after cases of the novel coronavirus started rising again. Wales announced “firebreak” confinement measures for two weeks, ordering the territory’s three million residents to stay at home except for very limited purposes such as exercise or work, and banning people from mixing indoors or outdoors. AFP
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The Philippine Stock Exchange Index surged 165.88 points, or 2.7 percent, to 6,278.59 on a value turnover of P10.5 billion. Gainers overwhelmed losers, 163 to 49, with 39 issues unchanged. Bank of the Philippine Islands, the third-biggest lender in terms of assets, rose 9.9 percent to P75.80, while Security Bank Corp., the sixth-biggest bank, climbed 5.2 percent to P100. Alliance Global Group Inc. of tycoon Andrew Tan advanced 6.7 percent to P8, while Robinsons Land Corp. of the Gokongwei Group added 5.1 percent to P15.24. The rest of Asian markets rose Wednesday on signs US lawmakers are edging towards agreeing a new stimulus for the struggling economy, while hopes for a vaccine helped temper worries about surging virus infections around the world. All three main Wall Street indexes ended well up, and most of Asia followed suit. Hong Kong rose more than one percent, with local carrier Cathay Pacific surging more than three percent after announcing it would make huge job cuts and shut down one of its airlines. Tokyo rose 0.3 percent with Sydney, Singapore, Seoul and Taipei all in positive territory. Mumbai jumped one percent. But Shanghai dipped after recent gains, while there were also losses in Wellington and Jakarta. After months of stuttering talks, and with a deadline approaching, Democrats and the White House said they were closing the gap on their proposals, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying legislation was being drawn up.
The comments fanned optimism for a much-needed spending boost for Americans and US businesses, just as a fresh wave of coronavirus hits the country and threatens to trigger the reimposition of economically painful containment measures. However, while Pelosi said she was hopeful a bill could be passed before the November 3 election, she warned it must go through legislative steps. “I am optimistic,” she said, but “legislation is tough.” The White House has upped its offer by $80 billion to $1.88 trillion, which is still short of the Democrats’ $2.2 trillion plan, but Donald Trump has said he is willing to go even higher. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell—who has rejected massive spending packages—changed course and said he would bring the package to a vote if there is a bill Trump supports. But he would still have to win round other fiscally conservative Republicans, which could prove a tough task. “It’s very unlikely that a number of that level would make it through the Senate, and I don’t support something of that level,” Senator Mitt Romney told reporters, referring to the $1.8 trillion plan. However, Axi strategist Stephen Innes said in a note: “Provided both parties are talking, if there is a will, there is a way as the political calculus allows for a pre-election deal. After all, what politician wants to be painted as voting for unemployment.” Markets remain upbeat even if nothing is passed before November 3, with traders broadly expecting a new package to be passed at some point, whoever wins the election. with AFP
Brexit waves threaten to wreck Belgian’s fishing fleet By DAVE CLARK OSTEND, Belgium—Britain’s departure from the European single market will disrupt many long-standing economic relationships and could yet devastate one of the oldest—the Belgian fishing fleet’s work in UK waters. In 1666—three centuries before Britain joined the European Union—King Charles II granted the Flemish city of Bruges the right to send 50 boats to fish off England in perpetuity. Since then the port of Bruges has silted up, the world’s seas have been divided into exclusive economic zones under a United Nations convention and the European Union has launched a common fisheries policy. But Britain left the EU in January, and negotiators have failed so far to agree on a new way to assign fishing quotas as it regains its status as an independent coastal state. This could end the fishing relationship, sealed by a grateful English king return-
Fishermen unload boxes filled with freshly caught fish from the Den Hoope trawler boat at the Port of Ostend, on October 20, 2020. Belgian fishermen and boat owners are worried that if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union single market on December 31 without an agreement on sharing fishing quotas, their industry, which makes 50 percent of its catch in waters off Great Britain, will be devastated. AFP
ing from exile in the Low Countries, that remains a way of life and an economic lifeline for the Flanders coast. The life of 50-year-old Robert Campbell, a deckhand on the trawler Den Hoope, is itself as much a symbol of the bond as the 17th Century “Fisheries Privilege” charter in Bruges’ civic archive. Robert is now Flemish, but he was born in an English fishing port, where his father died when he was young. “My stepdad was also a fisherman,” he told AFP as the six-strong crew unloaded crates of sole and plaice on the
dockside. “He always fished in English waters, went in English harbors. “He met my mother and we all came to Belgium when I was five years old,” he said. Robert joined a boat when he was 15 and has worked in British waters from a Belgian port ever since. The fishing strategy that brought his family together continues to this day. The Den Hoope’s catches from Dutch or Danish waters are landed in Ostend, but once their 12 tons of fish and crabs are unloaded here they set sail for Britain. AFP
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First Gen unit asks 3 firms to bid for floating LNG terminal By Alena Mae S. Flores FGEN LNG Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Gen Corp., said Wednesday it asked three companies to join the bidding for the charter of a floating storage re-gasification unit of an interim offshore liquefied natural gas terminal in Batangas City. FGEN LNG issued the binding invitation to tender to BW Gas Limited, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. and Hoegh LNG Asia Pte. Ltd. after it completed a non-binding pre-qualification process. An FSRU is an LNG carrier capable of storing LNG and which has an onboard regasification plant capable of returning LNG into a gaseous state and then supplying it directly into the gas network. A typical FSRU has a storage capacity of between 125,000 cubic meters and 170,000 cubic meters. “BW Gas Limited, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. and Hoegh LNG Asia Pte Ltd. are all very experienced players in the international LNG industry, and we are delighted that they have expressed such keen interest in providing a suitable FSRU for the benefit of the project and the Philippines,” Jonathan Russell, First Gen executive vice president and chief commercial officer said in a statement to the stock exchange. “We expect that it will be a difficult choice, but the BITT process is designed to enable FGEN LNG to select the FSRU supplier and FSRU best suited to meet the needs of the project in order to deliver a safe, reliable and competitive supply of LNG to our customers,” Russell said. Russel said the bids were due to be submitted by November and there was no minimum bid price. “It is a competitive tendering process which will take into account contractual, legal and technical factors,” he said. This followed FGEN LNG’s receipt of a permit to construct, expand, rehabilitate and modify from the Department of Energy.
BDO REMIT ASSISTANCE. BDO Remit, the remittance service brand of BDO Unibank Inc., in coordination with government agencies, braves the pandemic to help distribute health kits to overseas Filipinos amid the continuing COVID-19 scare. BDO Remit’s pre-departure orientation seminar team (left) provides hygiene kits to more than 100 repatriated seafarers in Iloilo in cooperation with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Region 6 office. While working with OWWA, the Philippine Overseas Labor & Office, and the Philippine General Consulate office, the BDO Remit office also distributed face masks to stranded and repatriated overseas Filipinos at the Macau International Airport.
Global Ferronickel to build $50-m steel mill next year G By Jenniffer B. Austria
LOBAL Ferronickel Inc. said Wednesday it will start the construction of a $50-million steel manufacturing facility in Bataan province by the first quarter of 2021.
GFNI president Dante Bravo said in a news briefing conducted Wednesday by Philippine Nickel Industry Association the company would still push through with the construction by early next year despite delays because of the lockdown, The plant, once completed by end-2021, will have an annual output of 600,000 metric tons. “We hope to complete the construction at the end of 2021 and hopefully it will start contributing to the company’s earnings in 2022,” Bravo said. The company said funding for the project would come from internally-generated funds. GNFI announced plans last year to diversify into steel manufacturing to take advantage of the infrastructure development under the “Build, Build, Build” program of the Duterte administration. The mining firm teamed up with Hong Kong-based Hua-
rong Asia Limited for the project. Meanwhile, the PNIA expects total output from domestic nickel producers to reach 40 to 45 million metric tons this year. Marcventures Holdings Inc. president Isidro Alcantara Jr. said that despite the pandemic, nickel producers were ramping up production to take advantage of high nickel prices. Alcantara said nickel prices started to go up following the strong economic recovery posted by China and continued Indonesian ban on exports of nickel ore. “In 2019, the industry exported 40 to 45 million tons. Maybe, the expectation is lower this year but considering the nickel prices which are to the roof, many mining companies will be working double time with their production,” Alcantara said. Alcantara said the uptrend in nickel prices was expected to continue next year. The PNIA, through eight-member companies, boosted their environmental protection and enhancement program and reported planting 6.3 million trees over 3,167 hectares in their respective mining areas. PNIA member companies planted an additional 809,656 more trees in the first two quarters despite the pandemic. These trees covered 322 hectares of land or equivalent of 600 football fields, which brought their total number of planted trees to over 6 million.
Lower remittance cut GDP growth in 2nd quarter—IMF By Julito G. Rada
Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar declares the start of detailed engineering design activities for the mega bridge project that will be carried out in the next 15 months. The project will provide a permanent road linkage between the two provinces in Central Luzon and Calabarzon to reduce the journey time and ease traffic congestion through Metro Manila. Signing the P3-billion consulting services agreement are DPWH officials led by Undersecretary Emil Sadain, officials of Asian Development Bank and representatives from T.Y. Lin International, Pyunghwa Engineering, Renardet S.A. and DCCD Engineering Corp.
DPWH awards design contracts for 32-km Bataan-Cavite bridge By Darwin G. Amojelar THE Department of Public Works and Highways is building a 32.15-kilometer bridge that will link and reduce travel time between Bataan and Cavite provinces to 30 minutes from six hours. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said the agency started the detailed engineering design activities for the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge Project that would be carried out in the next 15 months. “This Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge Project will provide a permanent road linkage between the two provinces in Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog Region in order to reduce the journey time and ease traffic congestion through Metro Manila,” Villar said. The project involves the construction of a 32.15-kilometer, four -lane (two lanes each direction) bridge from Ba-
rangay Alas-asin in Mariveles, Bataan, across Manila Bay, and to Barangay Timalan, Naic, Cavite. Villar said that besides reducing travel time and vehicle operating costs, the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge Project would support economic expansion outside and lead to the development of seaports of Cavite and Bataan as premier international shipping gateway. DPWH Undersecretary for Unified Management Office Operations Emil Sadain signed a memorandum of understanding on Oct. 20 for the P3.03-billion consulting services with the bid winning consultants procured by the Asian Development Bank. The DED scheduled from November 2020 to January 2022 would be funded by an additional financing for the infrastructure preparation and innovation facility under a loan signed in December 2019 by the ADB and the Department of Finance.
Once the project is completed, the travel time between the two provinces would be reduced to 20 to 30 minutes with 60 kilometer-per-hour speed along the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge. It involves the construction of two navigation bridges—the North Channel Bridge and South Channel Bridge— with main span of 400 meters and 900 meters, respectively. The bridge project will have the following segments: Package 1 – Bataan Land Viaduct (5.04 km); Package 2 - Northern Marine Viaduct (8.0 km); Package 3 – Southern Marine Viaduct (12.6 km); Package 4 – Approach Viaducts to Northern and Southern Navigation Channel Bridges (2.6 km); Package 5 – Navigation Channel Bridges (2.6 km); Package 6 – Cavite Land Viaduct (1.31 km); and Package 7 – Ancillary Buildings. With Vito Barcelo
THE significant decline in remittances at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the sharp contraction of the gross domestic product in the Philippines in the second quarter, the International Monetary Fund said in a report Wednesday. It said the drop in activity in the second quarter was particularly sharp in India and the Philippines, given the continued rise in virus cases and extended lockdowns. The IMF’s statement is contained in the latest Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific Region. The IMF said that while economic activity plunged by 24 percent yearon-year in the second quarter in India with large contractions across all sectors except for agricultural production, “a fall in remittances compounded the hit on activity in the Philippines and the Pacific island countries.” The Philippine economy entered a technical recession in the first half amid the pandemic, following a 0.7-percent decline in the first quarter and a deeper 16.5-percent contraction in the second quarter. This brought the GDP average in the first half to a decline of 9 percent. Cash remittances in April posted the biggest decline in almost two decades as large number of overseas Filipino workers lost their jobs amid the global health crisis. Cash remittances in April plunged 16.2 percent to $2.046 billion, the biggest drop since the 33.5-percent contraction in January 2001. As a result, cash remittances declined by 3 percent to $9.448 billion in the first four months.
Travel agencies demand P315-m refund from local, foreign airlines By Othel V. Campos TRAVEL agencies and tour operators on Wednesday asked airlines to provide full refund of more than P300 million for cancelled flights since March when the government imposed travel restrictions. The Philippine Travel Agencies Association estimated that pending refund requests reached P315.55 million based on the “Outlook Survey” conducted by the association in late September among member travel agencies. PTAA president Ritchie Tuaño said with just half of the members taking part in the survey, the amount due was expected to be on the high side, especially for domestic ticketing. “Although we relatively have a good assessment on where we are in terms of the pending refunds, we will go through again with those who have not answered the survey to get the complete outlook,” he said. “We continue to ask for the public’s understanding on their refunds. Although travel agencies have been moved to Category III status, they might still be cautious in resuming operations until such time there is reasonable demand for travel that will allow them to sufficiently cover overhead cost of their operations,” he said. Results of the survey showed that the top five airlines with pending refunds are Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, AirAsia, Emirates and All Nippon Airways. There are 35 airlines with pending refunds. “Considering that three of the top five airlines that have yet to provide refunds fly the domestic route, it gives us pause to evaluate the pending refunds further. We want our member travel agencies to have the financial capacity to resume their operations normally,” Tuaño said.
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Rockwell eyes P6.7-b sales in Angeles City ROCKWELL Land Corp., the real estate arm of the Lopez Group, said Wednesday it is developing a residential complex and a shopping mall in a 3.6-hectare property in Angeles City, Pampanga that will generate P6.7 billion in sales. Rockwell Land said in a disclosure to the stock exchange it teamed up with TGN Realty, a part of the Nepomuceno Group of Companies, to construct three residential towers with a commercial development. The new Rockwell residential community is expected to be launched by the second half of 2021. Each tower will have 10 to 15 stories, with units ranging from 1-bedroom to 3-bedroom and sizes from 44 square meters to 142 sqm. Its retail component is expected to be the Power Plant Mall in Angeles. It will also be the first Rockwell mall outside Metro Manila. Designed as the Rockwell Center in Makati, the residential towers and the mall will be connected via an underground passageway for the community’s convenience. Jenniffer B. Austria
PSALM reduces debt to P393.3b STATE-RUN Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. said Wednesday it reduced its financial obligations by 6.7 percent to P393.3 billion as of end-June from the January level. “For this year alone, notwithstanding the pandemic, we have already reduced the financial obligations down to P393.3 billion. For the first half of 2020, we paid already P28.8 billion,” PSALM president Irene Garcia told senators during the agency’s virtual budget hearing. PSALM manages the assets and liabilities of National Power Corp. as mandated by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001. Its financial obligations include debts, interest and other charges and independent power producer lease obligations. The agency’s financial obligations peaked at P1.24 trillion in 2003. PSALM said it reduced its financial obligations by 68.3 percent or P847.3 billion from the 2003 level. Alena Mae S. Flores
Globe expanding VoLTE nationwide
GLOBE Telecom Inc. said Wednesday it is expanding its Voice Over Long Term Evolution technology nationwide to allow customers to simultaneously surf the Internet and make voice calls while enjoying clearer and improved mobile calls. VoLTE is a standard high-speed wireless communication for mobile phones using 4G LTE instead of the traditional circuitswitched voice networks being used by 2G and 3G. “We’ve seen growth in voice calls during this time as more people do things remotely, so we are constantly evolving to provide new ways of enabling our customers. With VoLTE, we’re not only providing our customers with quality calls but also the ability to do more,” said Globe chief commercial officer Albert de Larrazabal. Globe said it had fully enabled VoLTE in the National Capital Region, Rizal, Bulacan and Cavite. VoLTE utilizes 4G LTE and has up to three times more voice capacity than 3G and up to six times more than 2G. Darwin G. Amojelar
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Betts does it all for LA in World Series Game 1 win ARLINGTON—Los Angeles outfielder Mookie Betts put himself in rarefied company with a standout performance in the Dodgers’ game-one victory over Tampa Bay in the 116th World Series on Tuesday. Betts sparked the Dodgers’ four-run fifth inning with a walk and two stolen bases, joining legendary Babe Ruth as the only players in World Series history to record such an inning. After walking to lead off the inning, Betts stole second base. After Corey Seager walked, Betts reached third on a double steal, giving the Dodgers runners on second and third with one out. Betts took an aggressive stance off the bag at third, and when teammate Max Muncy hit a ground ball to first, Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz couldn’t get the ball to the plate in time to prevent him from scoring on a head-first slide. Betts said the base-stealing was a way to create “havoc” on the base paths. “That’s just another element that Mookie brings,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He does a lot of studying to be able to create stress.” Betts added a leadoff homer in the bottom of the sixth—his first hit of the night —joining Chase Utley as the only players with a homer and two stolen bases in a World Series game. Utley also did it against the Rays—for the Philadelphia Phillies in game one of the 2008 World Series. Betts is the only player in World Series history to post a home run, two stolen bases and two runs scored in a single game. “I like winning,” Betts said when asked if scoring or driving in runs gave him more satisfaction. “Whichever one is needed that day, I like doing that. “You can’t do just one, you have to do both.” Betts, who joined the Dodgers prior to this season after helping the Boston Red Sox beat them in the 2018 World Series, has deliberately honed every aspect of his game. He made spectacular catches in games six and seven of the National League Championship Series as the Dodgers rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Braves and give themselves a third shot in four years at their first World Series title since 1988. “It’s so fun to watch,” Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger said. “He does all the little things right. You can really learn from that.” “I told myself I just wanted to be consistent,” Betts said of his approach to the game. “Watching the greats, they are all just really consistent. “They hit home runs constantly, they drive in runs constantly, they walk constantly and they make good plays consistently. AFP
THE confidence of Filipino-American rookie guard Trevis Jackson has finally picked up. Jackson, who was the fifth overall pick in the draft early this year, almost won the game for the Meralco Bolts on Tuesday inside the bubble of the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup at the Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena in Angeles, Pampanga. The 5’11” Jackson scored two charities in the last 15 seconds of regulation to give the Bolts a 94-92 lead in regulation. But two freebies from Paul Lee in the next play allowed the Magnolia Hotshots to force an overtime. Staying focused in the extra period, the Bolts went on to post a 109-104 win over Magnolia. Chris Newsome picked up from where Jackson left off, towing the Bolts
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Mookie Betts (50) of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with his teammates after their 8-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game One of the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. AFP
Warriors crush Batang Pier to arrest 3-game PBA slide By Reuel Vidal
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LEX Road Warriors snapped a three-game slide in the 2020 Philippines Basketball Association Philippine Cup by posting a decisive 102-88 victory over the NorthPort Batang Pier, yesterday, Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena & Cultural Center Powered by Smart 5G. The Road Warriors leaned on high scoring guards—Kiefer Ravena and Kevin Alas— as well as do-it-all big man JR Quiñahan to lead them to the lopsided win. Sean Manganti converted a jumper as NorthPort cut the NLEX lead to just a point, 77-76, early in the fourth. But the Road Warriors countered with a 14-1 blast capped by layups by Ravena, Mike Miranda and Alas to hike the NLEX to 14 big points, 77-91, with five minutes to play.
Two minutes later, Ravena converted a layup and a free throw while Alas made a jumper to power a 7-3 NLEX run to virtually settle the outcome of the match as NLEX led by 18 big points, 98-80, with just three minutes left to play. Quiñahan finished with17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal to go home with the Best Player of the Game award. The versatile forward credited NLEX coach Yeng Guiao with motivating his players to recover their wits and bounce
back with a win after three consecutive losses. “Simple lang sinabi ni coach sa amin. Nabaon na kami. We are in a hole. Sabi niya we just need to do ‘the right thing.’ Sinimplihan lang niya ang dapat gawin,” said Quiñahan. “Then, nag-usap-usap kaming mga player kahapon. Kailangan mag contribute lahat ng players. Yon naman ang gusto ni coach. Yung points ma-distribute sa maraming players.” Kris Porter and Cruz each converted a field goal to extend the NLEX lead to 7 points, 75-68, after three quarters. NorthPort missed a valuable cog when forward Sean Anthony limped out of the game with 31 seconds left in the first period with a suspected hamstring injury. With the win, the Road Warriors (1 win, 3 losses) climbed into a tie at tenth place with the Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok (1-3) while relegating the Batang
as he scored eight points or more and struck with eight of his 23 in the extended time. “I was looking at his stats. Even though he did not play quality minutes, he’s played as though he’s floating around. And he’s had a chance to turn the game around, especially against a team like Magnolia,” said Bolt coach Norman Black. Jackson averaged 16 minutes and six points in his last three games. But, this time, Jackson had 10 points, which he made in the last period. Last year, Jackson suited up for the Philippines in the FIBA 3x3 Shanghai Challenger. His good showing impressed Black, who drafted the Sacramento State star in college. The Bolts have improved their record with their second win in four matches. The Hotshots fell to 1-3, with Paul Lee coming up with an explosive 32-point game.
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Suspected COVID-19 case in PBA now in isolation
SWEEP GOAL FUELED. Henerak Kalentong’s first-leg win in the Philippine Racing Commission’s Triple Crown series recently has fuelled veteran jockey JB Guce’s dream of a sweep in the most prestigious stakes race for 3-year-old horses. Guce has won Triple Crown races in the past with the likes of Carriedo and Shining Fame, but never the sweep.
Pier (0-4) to the bottom of the heap. Leading the standings are unbeaten teams TNT Tropang Giga (4-0), Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (3-0) and Ginebra San Miguel (3-0). The other teams include the Phoenix Super LPG (2-1), the Alaska Aces (2-2), the Blackwater Elite (2-2), the Meralco Bolts (2-2), the San Miguel Beermen (2-2) and the Terrafirma Dyip (0-3). The Road Warriors led from the start but lost the lead briefly late in the first. Jericho Cruz drove strong into the paint and converted a layup to cap a 7-0 NLEX run which propelled the Road Wariors to a 5-point, 20-15, advantage after the first period. NLEX leaned on their outstanding young guards in Ravena and Alas to extend the lead after two quarters. Alas converted a pair of free throws followed by a jumper by Ravena to extend the NLEX lead to 10 points, 49-39, at halftime.
Villanueva, Lavandero rule chessfest
Fil-Am Jackson slowly gaining confidence By Peter Atencio
Riera U. Mallari, Editor; Reuel Vidal, Assistant Editor
THERE is a suspected COVID-19 case inside the bubble of the Philippine Basketball Association. The individual, a referee tested last October 19 (Monday), along with 27 others whose tests all came out negative. It has been his 4th test, his 2nd inside the bubble aside from the 2 tests before entering Clark, all of which came out negative. The person is now under quarantine at the Athlete’s Village, while his 1st and 2nd layer contacts are under strict isolation. The suspected case will be tested again today, under strict observation. The person’s 1st and 2nd layer contacts, meanwhile, will be retested on October 24 (Saturday). There is a strict protocol in place and
it has not been breached. All the risks are being evaluated by the PBA medical team, the Clark Development Corporation and the Department of Health. All games are allowed to continue with even stricter measures which are already in effect inside the bubble and during games. As part of the protocol, all activities (swimming, gym, jogging etc.) for today are temporarily suspended to give way to sanitization. The safety and security of all is a paramount concern of the league as routine disinfection, wearing of masks, face shields and social/physical distancing are strictly being implemented, as well as an effective contact tracing procedure is in place, to maintain the safety and integrity of the bubble.
DRINIAN Villanueva of Tanauan, Batangas and Danica Jolly Lavandero of Cebu topped the 7-and-under division to lead the winners of the just concluded National Youth Online Chess Championships organized by the Endgame Sports MultiEvents, Inc. Villanueva reigned supreme in the boy’s side with 9.5 points, while Lavandero took the girls’ title by finishing seven points that draw hundreds of participants including four-year-old Gab Miguel Rafael Barcenola from Cavite. Seven-year-old John Curt Valencia of Dasmarinas stole some of the spotlight by ruling the boys’ 9-under with 9.5 points while Daniela Bianca Cruz copped the girls’ 9-under crown with 10 points. Other winners were King Whisley Puso from Sta. Rosa, Laguna (11U), Kaye Lalaine Regidor (11U), Oscar Joseph Cantela (13U), Daren dela Cruz (13U), Chester Neil Reyes (15U), FIDE Master Jerlyn Mae San Diego (15U), Paul Matthew Llanillo (17U), Mary Joy Tan (17U). Meanwhile, International Master Rolanda Nolte overcame the strong challenge by the young guns to win the Masters’ Challenge section 10 points, or two points ahead of Darry Bernardo. Organized by ESMI president Cris Aspiras and Grandmaster Jayson Gonzales with support from GM Eugene Torre WGM Janelle Mae Frayna and WFM Michelle Yaon and sanctioned by NCFP president Butch Pichay, the tournament was done to discover, tap and train young talents. “It is the goal of Endgame Sports to encourage the youth to keep on focusing their training to attain new heights,” said Aspiras, a lawyer and a National Master himself. “It is only in being persistent in one’s development that a player can see progress.”
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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION 3rd & 4th Floor, Ben-Lor Building, 1184 Quezon Ave., Quezon City Tel No. (02) 8374-3987 / Fax. No. (02) 8374-2505 / Website: nta.da.gov.ph ISO 9001: 2015 QMS CERTIFIED
b.1.1 Export a. Cigarette PhP b. Cigar/Snus/Snuff/pipe/chewing/and the likes Other Tobacco Related Materials, Supplies and Ingredients
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WHEREAS, pursuant to its mandate to regulate the tobacco industry, the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) issued the Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation, Exportation and Transshipment of Tobacco Leaf, Tobacco Products and Other Tobacco Related Materials and Spare Parts, requiring all Importers, Exporters and Transshippers of tobacco leaf/tobacco products/other tobacco related supplies and materials and ingredients to secure from the NTA an Import/Export/Transshipment License and Import/ Export/Transshipment Commodity Clearances (ICC/ECC/TCC). WHEREAS, under the said rules and regulations, the application, processing and issuance of License to Export/Import/Tranship and Import/Export/Transhipment Commodity Clearances are done manually. WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the state under Republic Act No. 11032 (Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018) to adopt simplified requirements and procedures that will reduce red tape and expedite business and non-business related transactions in government. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises with the end goal of integrating the NTA regulatory processes into a fully online and interoperable platform with other Trade Regulatory Government Agencies (TRGAs) and in line with Executive Order No. 482, Series of 2005 which created the National Single Window Task Force (NSW Task Force) and pursuant to the National Single Window Steering Committee Resolution No. 01-2017, these regulations are being issued to:
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Provide the revised procedures on the filing of applications, processing and issuance of License to Import/Export/Transship and ICC/ECC/TCC.
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Delineate the duties and responsibilities of NTA personnel in charge of reviewing the applications for and the issuance of License to Import/Export/Transship and ICC/ECC/TCC.
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All applications for License to Import/Export/Transship and ICC/ECC/TCC shall be coursed through the TradeNet.gov.ph. Application for ICC/ECC/TCC shall be covered by a separate application on a per shipment basis. The applications for License to Import/Export/Transship shall be processed by the Senior TPRO/ Supervising TPRO/Chief TPRO while the ICC/ECC/TCC shall be processed by TPRO I/TPRO III/Sr. TPRO. Accordingly, the Department Manager/Deputy Administrator for the Operations/ Administrator shall be the designated approving officers. The Sr. TPRO/Supervising TPRO/Chief TPRO in processing the application for License to Import/Export, while the TPRO I/TPRO III/Sr. TPRO in the processing for application of ICC/ ECC/TCC, shall have the authority to require the submission of the original copies of the documentary requirements submitted in digital format; The NTA shall immediately notify the applicant of the deficiency of required documents within the three (3) days from receipt of application through any fastest mode of communication. Applicant shall have 30 days to comply with the deficiency, otherwise, the application shall be disapproved; and The License to Import/Export and/or ICC/ECC/TCC shall be processed and approved within three (3) business days upon receipt of the application with complete documentary requirements and payment of fees.
The following fees shall apply for commodities subject for inspection, to wit: DESTINATION/INSPECTION SITE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
License to Export is a written License issued by the NTA to a qualified exporter of tobacco leaf, tobacco products and other tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients.
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License to Import is a written License issued by the NTA to a qualified importer of tobacco leaf, tobacco products and other tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients.
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License to Transship is a written License issued by the NTA to a qualified transshipper of tobacco leaf, tobacco products and other tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients.
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Export Commodity Clearance is a written declaration issued by the NTA allowing the exportation of the specific commodity, class/grade and quantity in terms of kilos/cases and FOB Value (US$).
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Import Commodity Clearance is a written declaration issued by the NTA allowing the importation of the specific commodity, class/grade and quantity in terms of kilos/cases and FOB Value (US$).
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Subic Bay Freeport Zone Clark Field Economic Zone Bacolor, Pampanga Cavite Economic Zone a. Dasmariñas, Cavite b. Rosario, Cavite Laguna Parañaque/Pasay/Las Piñas Manila Quezon City Rizal/Pasig/Marikina Camanava Area Manila Airport Antipolo* San Miguel, Bulacan
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5. Validity – The Import/Export Commodity Clearance shall apply to a particular import/export declaration and valid only within Ninety (90) days from the date of issuance. SECTION 6. REGISTRATION WITH THE TRADENET.GOV.PH A.
Registration with TradeNet.gov.ph 1.
Creation of Log-In Account and Profile a. In order to access and use the trade regulatory functions with TradeNet.gov.ph, the applicant must create a Log-In Account and Profile. b. For the creation of a TradeNet.gov.ph Log-In Account and Profile, the applicant must fill up the necessary information requested in the sign-up page. A valid email address must be used in the creation of an account. c. The applicant will be notified that TradeNet.gov.ph has accepted the submitted information. The applicant must then activate the account through the link sent to the nominated email address. d. After activation, the applicant must complete a TradeNet.gov.ph Profile.
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For the creation of a TradeNet.gov.ph Profile classified as a corporation, the applicant must upload the following requirements in “.pdf”, “.jpeg” or “.png” formats: a. b. c. d. e.
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Certificate of Registration; Local Government Unit Mayor/Business Permit; Import Clearance Certificate from the Bureau of Internal Revenue; Certification from the Bureau of Customs - Account Management Office; and Other documents required by involved agencies.
Application for License to Import or Export or Transship 1.
The applicant shall fill out the application for License to Import or Export or Transship provided by Tradenet.gov.ph and upload digital copies of the documents stated in Section 4.
Transshipment Commodity Clearance is a written declaration issued by the NTA allowing the transshipment of the specific commodity, class/grade and quantity in terms of kilos/cases and FOB Value (US$).
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After submission of the application, the same will be processed through TradeNet.gov.ph. Notifications will be received by the applicant from time to time as regards the progress of the application.
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Exporter refers to a person, natural or juridical, duly authorized by the NTA to bring out from the country unmanufactured tobacco/manufactured tobacco products other tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients.
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Importer refers to a person, natural or juridical, duly authorized by the NTA to bring in to the country unmanufactured tobacco/ manufactured tobacco products/other tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients for local manufacturing/sale/distribution.
Once the application has been verified by the Evaluator, the applicant will receive a notification to pay the necessary fees to be deposited to the account name NTA TRANSHIPPER ACCOUNT under current account number 0232-1140-29 maintained at the Land Bank of the Philippines - West Avenue Branch, Quezon City. After payment, the applicant must upload the copy of bank validated deposit slip to TradeNet.gov.ph.
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Once the application is approved, the applicant will receive an electronic notification.
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Transshipper refers to a person, natural or juridical, duly authorized by the NTA to authorize to undertake shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination.
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Manufactured Tobacco refers to any product that consists of loose tobacco that contains nicotine and is intended for use in a cigarette/cigar, heated tobacco products (HTPs), including any product containing tobacco and intended for smoking or oral or nasal use. It includes pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, homogenized, reconstituted, cut fillers, cut-rags, snus, blended tobacco.
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Unmanufactured Tobacco refers to agricultural components devised from the tobacco plant, which are processed for use in the manufacturing of cigarettes and other tobacco products. It includes tobacco prepared or partially prepared with or without the use of any machine or instruments or without being pressed or sweetened as well as fine-cut shorts and refuse, dusts, scraps, clippings, cuttings, stems and sweepings of tobacco.
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Other Tobacco-Related Materials, Supplies, Cigarette Making Machines and Spare Parts refers to materials used in the manufacture and processing of tobacco products such as machines, spare parts, cigarette papers, acetate tow, adhesive tapes, collagens, cartons packaging materials, flavorings, powder, triacetin and the like.
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Processing of applications for License to Import or Export 1.
Evaluator a. The duly accomplished application for (NTA-RD-F-017 rev 02/NTA/RD-F-018 rev 02) and the supporting documents shall be assessed and evaluated by the Evaluator through TradeNet.gov.ph. b.
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Processing Fee refers to the fee imposed by the NTA for the services rendered in the processing, evaluation and documentation of the exportation and importation of unmanufactured leaf tobacco and manufactured tobacco products.
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Inspection Fee - refers to the fee imposed by the NTA for the inspection of of unmanufactured leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco products, tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients for export and import.
b.
2.
D. Applications for ICC/ECC/TCC
RD – refers to the Regulation Department, which acts as the regulatory arm of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA).
1.
The applicant shall fill out the application for issuance of ICC/ECC/TCC (NTA-RD-F-017/018 rev 02) provided by Tradenet.gov.ph and upload digital copies of the documents stated in Section 4.
2.
After submission of the application, the same will be processed through TradeNet.gov.ph. Notifications will be received by the applicant from time to time as regards the progress of the application. In the event that the applicant receives a notification prompting to perform an action, the applicant must execute the same for the application process to continue.
Qualifications. – Any person of legal age and having the legal capacity to enter into a contract, a corporation, partnership, company, cooperative, or any other juridical entity, and duly licensed to manufacture/sell/distribute tobacco leaf, tobacco products, other tobacco related supplies, materials and spare parts may apply with the NTA for the issuance of an License to Import or Export or Transship tobacco leaf, tobacco products, heated tobacco products, other tobacco related supplies, materials and spare parts. Requirements. – Application for an License to Import or Export or Transship shall be filed with TradeNet.gov.ph, supported by the following documents: a. b. c.
d. e. f.
Duly accomplished application form (NTA-RD-F-016 rev 01); Information Sheet of Applicant (NTA-RD-F-002 rev 02); Name of the Company’s officers, their designation and Nationalities (NTA-RD-F-043-A rev 00) and official designation of authorized representative/s to apply for a Permit and/ or Commodity Clearance, signed by the corporate Secretary or Owner/President (NTARD-F-043 rev 02); DTI Certificate of Business Name Registration for Single Proprietorship, for corporations or partnerships (if new); Copy of Latest Income Tax Return and/or Audited Financial Statement; and Certified Photocopy of the latest Mayor’s Permit issued by the Municipality/City where the business is located or Certification as Registered Locator for applicants operating within PEZA-register or Freeport Zones and/or proof of payment of fees to the concerned agencies if the permit/certificate has not been issued.
If the DAOP or Administrator is satisfied that the application is complete and that the License to Import or Export may issue, and upon the recommendation of the Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager, he/she shall approve the application. If the application does not satisfy the requirements for the issuance of the License to Import or Export or Transship applied for, and upon the recommendation of the Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager, the Deputy Administrator or Administrator shall deny the application.
SECTION 4. APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO EXPORT, IMPORT AND TRANSSHIP LEAF TOBACCO, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OTHER TOBACCO RELATED SUPPLIES, MATERIALS AND INGREDIENTS 1.
If the Department Manager III or Chief TPRO is satisfied that the application is complete and that the ICC/ECC/TCC may issue, he/she shall recommend the approval of the application.
Deputy Administrator for Operations (DAOP) or Administrator a. The DAOP or Administrator will approve or reject the application through TradeNet.gov.ph.
14. Monitoring, Regulation, Supervision and/or Evaluation Feae – refers to the fee imposed by the NTA for the monitoring, regulation, supervision and/or evaluation of the exportation and importation of unmanufactured leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco products, tobacco related supplies, materials and ingredients. 15.
If the application is complete, the Evaluator shall notify the applicant to pay the necessary fees.
Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager a. The Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO or Department Manager shall review the application, perform risk assessment management and recommend approval or rejection through TradeNet.gov.ph. b.
E.
3.
Once the application has been verified by the Evaluator and an inspection has been conducted, the applicant will receive a notification to pay the necessary fees. After payment, the applicant must upload the Official Receipt to TradeNet.gov.ph.
4.
Once the application has been approved, the applicant will receive a notification. The ICC/ECC/ TCC shall then be issued and automatically forwarded to the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
5.
The applicant shall not be required to present a printed copy of the Import/Export/Transshipment Commodity Clearance to the BOC. The applicant may, however, download or print a copy of the approved ICC/ECC/TCC for reference purposes.
Processing of applications for ICC/ECC/TCC 1.
Evaluator a. The application and the supporting documents shall be assessed, evaluated, and the validity of the license checked by the Evaluator through TradeNet.gov.ph. b.
If the application is complete, the Evaluator shall endorse the application to the Inspector.
c.
If the application is incomplete, the Evaluator may: (1) reject the application, or (2) prepare a remark regarding the same and return the application to the applicant for completion.
3.
License Fee. – The applicant shall pay a non-refundable fee for the processing and issuance of a License to Import/Export/Transship in the amount of Php16,200.00, per application.
2.
Inspector a. The designated Inspector shall conduct an ocular inspection of the subject commodities.
4.
Validity. – The License to Import or Export shall be valid until December 31 within the calendar year of issuance.
3.
Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager a. The Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO or Department Manager shall verify the application and recommend approval or rejection through TradeNet.gov.ph.
SECTION 5. APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF ICC/ECC/TCC 1.
Application for ICC/ECC/TCC. – For every shipment, importers/exporters of tobacco leaf, tobacco products, heated tobacco products and other tobacco related materials and ingredients shall secure from the NTA an ICC/ECC/TCC (NTA-RD-F-017 rev 02/018 rev 02) at least three working days prior to the date of unloading/loading of the commodity. The applicant shall provide the following information upon application: a. Name, address and telephone number of Importer/Exporter; b. Name and address of consignor/consignee; c. Name of shipper; d. Country of origin/destination; e. Description, class/grade, quantity in kilos/cases and value freight on board (FOB US$) of the commodity.
b.
3.
Processing fee. – The processing fees for every application of ICC/ECC/TCC are: a. ICC/ECC/TCC PhP 2,400.00 b. ECC with Certificate PhP 3,600.00 of Authenticity (for locally grown leaf tobacco) c. Transshipment of Tobacco Leaf PhP 4,200.00 Within economic zones d. Transshipment of Tobacco Product a. In-Bound PhP 1,200.00 b. Out-Bound 1,200.00 c. Port to Port 1,200.00 d. Vessel to Vessel 2,400.00
For Legitimate Local Manufacturers Not Buying Locally Grown Leaf Tobacco:
If the DAOP or Administrator is satisfied that the application is complete and that the ICC/ ECC/TCC may issue, and upon the recommendation of the Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager, he/she shall approve the application. If the application does not satisfy the requirements for the issuance of the ICC/ECC/ TCC applied for, and upon the recommendation of the Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager, the DAOP or Administrator shall deny the application and shall provide the reason for such.
SECTION 7. EXEMPTION IN THE FILING OF COMMODITY CLEARANCE FOR EXPORTATION/ IMPORTATION/TRANSSHIPMENT 1.
Monitoring, Regulation, Supervision and/or Evaluation of the Commodity – The following monitoring, regulation and/or evaluation fee for tobacco leaf, tobacco products, other tobacco related materials, spare parts and ingredients: a.
Deputy Administrator for Operation (DAOP) or Administrator a. The DAOP or Administrator will approve or reject the application through TradeNet.gov.ph. b.
The application must be supported by any of the following documents: a. Export Declaration; or b. Purchase/Sales Invoice; or c. Bill of Lading/Waybill; or d. Packing List. 2.
If the Supervising TPRO, Chief TPRO, Department Manager is satisfied that the application is complete and that the ICC/ECC/TCC may issue, he/she shall recommend the approval of the application. If the application is incomplete and/or otherwise does not satisfy the requirements for the issuance of the ICC/ECC/TCC applied for, the Department Manager III or Chief TPRO may: (a) prepare a remark regarding the same and return the application to the applicant for completion, if the deficiency may be complied by the applicant, or (b) recommend the rejection of the application, if the deficiency may not be complied by the applicant.
4.
2.
Tobacco commodities, other tobacco related materials, ingredients and spare parts, e-cigarettes and e-juices are exempted from the filing of commodity clearance for the following volume or net weight, for personal consumption, to wit: a.
Cigarettes/HTPs
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b.
Cigars
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c.
Snus
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not exceeding 5 reams (50 packs), per Passenger/consignee not exceeding 20 sticks, per passenger/consignee not exceeding 10 tins or maximum of 200 pcs, per passenger/consignee
Tobacco-free commodities are exempted from the application of NTA commodity clearance, whether for export/import/transshipment, to wit:
a.1 Manufactured Tobacco a.1.1 a. b. c. d. a.1.2 a. b. c. d.
Export Cigarette/HTPs Cigar Snuff/Cheroot/Chewing and the likes Other Tobacco Related Materials, Supplies and Ingredients Import Cigarette/HTPs Cigar Snuff/Cheroot/Chewing/Snus and the likes Other Tobacco Related Materials, Supplies And Ingredients
PhP 12.00/case 0.12/pc 0.12/pc
a. b. c. d.
Snus not containing tobacco E-Cigarettes not containing tobacco nicotine E-liquid/Pod not containing tobacco nicotine Other similar tobacco-free products and atomizers
SECTION 8. REPEALING CLAUSE 0.10/kilo PhP 30.00/case 0.24/pc 0.24/pc
All memorandum circulars, rules and guidelines inconsistent herewith are hereby amended or repealed accordingly. SECTION 9. EFFECTIVITY This Memorandum Circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation and shall be filed with the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), U.P. Law Center.
3.00/kilo For the guidance and compliance of all concerned.
a.2
Unmanufactured Tobacco APPROVED UNDER BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 2009-2020 DATED 13 OCTOBER 2020
a.2.1
Export BY AUTHORITY OF THE NTA GOVERNING BOARD: a.
a.2.2 a. b. c.
b.1
Raw Leaf Import Raw Leaf Partially Processed Tobacco Unmanufactured & wholly and/ or partially processed leaf tobacco Legitimate Local Tob. Products Mftr/ Processors who are not buying Locally Produced Tobacco
Manufactured Tobacco
0.12/net kg 1.02/net kg 3.60/net kg
All set for safe, competitive PH Superliga I
T’S ALL systems go for the Philippine Superliga as all of its member teams threw their full support behind the staging of the Challenge Cup Beach Volleyball tournament from Nov. 26 to 29 in Subic.
2,850.00 2,800.00 3,400.00 1,300.00 1,300.00 1,300.00 1,700.00 2,000.00 2,700.00 1,300.00 3,200.00
For inspection conducted using air/sea transportation, the actual expenses for air/sea fare, terminal fee and travelling allowance shall be shouldered by the company concerned.
SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS 1.
0.60/kilo
All expenses to be incurred in the commodity evaluation/inspection procedures, cost of storage, demurrage, cartage, labor and delays incident to inspection shall be borne by the importer/exporter/transshipper.
SECTION 2. POLICIES AND GUIDELINES 2.1
0.50/kilo
4. Inspection Requirements. – Within three (3) working days after the filing of the application, the Regulation Department (RD) shall conduct an ocular inspection of the subject commodity. However, tobacco commodities prepared and packed in the areas under the jurisdiction of NTA-Branch Offices shall not be subjected to inspection by the NTA Central Office-based Inspector/Regulation Officer, provided that the same is accompanied by a local inspection certificate duly signed by an NTA-Branch Office Inspector and attested/certified by the concerned NTA Branch Office Manager.
Implement the use of TradeNet.gov.ph in the application, processing and issuance of License to Import/Export/Transship and Import/Export/Transshipment Commodity Clearance (ICC/ECC/ TCC) to be issued by the National Tobacco Administration (NTA).
1.2
PhP 12.00/case
c.2 Unmanufactured Tobacco c.2.1 Import a. PEZA-registered locators (semiprocessed) Excluding local manufacturers
SECTION 1. OBJECTIVES
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0.10/kilo
PhP 0.10/kilo
c.1.2 Import a. Cigarettes b. Other Tobacco Related Materials, Machine/Spare parts and Ingredients
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For PEZA Locators c.1 Manufactured Tobacco c.1.1 Export a. Other Tobacco Related Materials, Machine/Spare parts and Ingredients
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES IN THE APPLICATION, PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO IMPORT/EXPORT AND IMPORT/EXPORT/ TRANSSHIPMENT COMMODITY CLEARANCE (ICC/ECC/TCC) THROUGH THE TRADENET.GOV.PH, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE NTA EXPORT/IMPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS
:
0.10/kilo
b.1.2 Import a. Cigarette/HTPs b. Cigars/Snus/Snuff/Pipe/Chewing and the likes c. Other Tobacco Related Materials, Supplies and Ingredients
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 002, SERIES OF 2020 TO
12.00/case .24/pc
ROBERT VICTOR G. SEARES, JR. Administrator/Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman, NTA Governing Board
0.30/net kg
(MS-OCT. 22, 2020)
PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico said their team owners’ meeting last Monday went well with all stakeholders expressing confidence that they would come up with a safe and competitive tournament amid the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The PSL is set to become the first volleyball and amateur league to restart its season under the new normal. The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases gave it the green light to resume its season after approving the safety guidelines that it crafted for five months. The PSL created a medical commission under Dr. Raul Alcantara that would be on top of the implementation of the health and safety protocols in cooperation with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and the IATF. “We formally presented our program to the team owners last Monday and we got an overwhelming response,” said Juico, a former Philippine Sports Commission chairman. “All of our teams are very
supportive and are confident that we could come up with a competitive tourney without risking the health and safety of players, coaches, league officials, media and other stakeholders.After all, we have a set of health and safety guidelines that took us five months to develop and was in coordination with our medical commission headed by Dr. Raul Alcantara, the IATF and the DoH (Department of Health),” added Juico. Juico said they are looking at 16 teams to compete in three days of battle. Aside from their own teams like Petron, Cignal, Chery Tiggo, F2 Logistics, GenerikaAyala, Sta. Lucia, Marinerang Pilipina and PLDT Home Fibr, they would also invite other commercial teams to slug it out for beach volley supremacy. “We have been getting a lot of feedback from various stakeholders knowing that this could be the last volleyball tournament of the year,” Juico said. “We are open to the idea of welcoming teams outside the PSL so we could come up with a competitive and exciting tournament.”
A sports vlog in the making THE BOTTOM LINE LITO CINCO WELL, what do you know, I am taking a giant step in my life. I am coming out in a regular sports vlog, together with a nephew in law Vivid Gueco and his brother Benjo. We already have shot materials, good for three episodes, so what, people may say because hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people all over the world have done this. Truth is, I am an unabashed old dinosaur, old school in basketball, too, and has very limited technical knowledge of the various applications of a cellphone, a computer, and social media and on my own, would not dare come out with a regular vlog. Aptly titled SWAB or Sports World And Beyond, the idea came from Vivid and being a sports lover, too, like me, and promising that he and his brother will take care of all the technical work, while I contribute content ideas and tap resource people I have come across in my more than four decades of involvement in the world of sports as a writer. But we made clear that our objectives would be more than just to entertain, but to educate and teach people different life lessons and positive values through the various subject matters we will tackle with the guests we will be inviting. The first guest I invited to my house, where we shot the episode. This after the initial one, which was more of introducing myself in terms of my sports background. I am referring to present UE women's team head coach, I think her 7th season with the school and assistant coach with the national women's team Ai Lebornio. I met her when I covered the University Games in Dumaguete, while she was still
coaching five-time WNCAA collegiate champion Lyceum Lady Pirates. There, she impressed with her players' neversay-die attitude despite their small size. I introduced myself and offered to do a free teambuilding workshop right there in Dumaguete. That was the start of our friendship and I became the unofficial mental strengthening mentor, gratis et amore, of both her Lyceum and UE teams. For five straight seasons with UE, I helped her build a team from scratch with two previous winless seasons in the UAAP. In fact, by our third year, we reached the Final 4, third placer the next year, and went all the way to the finals on the fifth year against long time unbeaten National University. She was with Pat Aquino when we won the women's SEA Games' gold medal last year, and is also with the coaching staff of Pampanga in the MPBL of Manny Pacquiao. But what we discussed together with Vivid for that episode were ex-athletes who went broke after their careers, mostly boxers and basketball players, the reasons why these athletes ended up destitute after earning good money from their careers. Most importantly, we made our own recommendations on how present day athletes can avoid falling into this situation. And certainly, I do not want to preempt what we discussed by sharing them here, but we certainly dissected the matter and came up with good ideas. We will launch SWAB by November and among others, I have already lined up people like Joshua and Jerome Nelmida, the blind paratriathletes, ex-PBA cagers Padim Israel and Fritz Gaston, coach Louie Alas, kayaking pioneers Val and Didi Camara, Danny Francisco, supposedly the second coming of Mon Fernandez, and a lot of other people. Watch out for it, then watch it on Youtube.
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Entertainment GMA News and Public Affairs winsupbig Blackpink lights the sky at Asian Academy Creative Awards GMA Network’s News and Public Affairs programs and personalities triumphed as National Winners in the prestigious Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA’s) 2020, dominating the Philippine contingent in the news and documentary categories. besting other nominees from the country is GMA news pillar Jessica Soho who won as Best News Anchor for GMA Network’s flagship newscast 24 Oras. Her award-winning news magazine show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho: Denmark Special emerged as best Infotainment Program. Meanwhile, 24 Oras’ “Lakad sa EDSA” news report was named Best Single News Story. GMA News reporter Raffy Tima walked the stretch of EDSA along with other workers who were traveling to their
workplace by foot due to the lack of transportation amid the community quarantine. The Atom Araullo Specials’ “COVID-19: Nang Tumigil ang Mundo,” was recognized as Best Documentary Program (One-off). The compelling documentary narrated the ongoing battle of the Philippines against COVID-19, with vignettes on how the pandemic has altered the lives not only of Filipinos but of the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Reel Time Exclusives’ (RTx) “Ang Huling Saklolo ni Marcelo” won Best Short Form Content. This poignant online documentary featured an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia pleading for help on video days before he died due to COVID-19. “RTx” was an offshoot of award-winning documentary brand Reel
Nickie Wang, Editor nickie.standard@gmail.com thursday, october 22, 2020
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Drew Arellano is the national winner in the Best Lifestyle Host category.
Time which was born during the community quarantine. Finally, winning second time in a row as Best Lifestyle Host was Drew Arellano. Drew was recognized for the Biyahe ni Drew episode “Drew Hits the Road: Taiwan’s Secrets to Long Life”. As National Winners, they will represent the Philippines in the Grand Awards and Gala Final on Dec. 3 and 4. The AAA’s honors excellence in craft and technical disciplines across multiple platforms including television, digital, mobile, streaming, and any other emerging technologies. It has been established to serve the creative industries as the pinnacle of their achievement in content creation and media production.
Music can’t wait for Christi Fider
“T
o be a successful singer,” is a dream that not everyone gets to realize. Not with Christi Fider.
These Wishcovery girls will treat netizens this Sunday, 7:00 p.m. for their e-concert ‘OPM Live: The Wishfuls.’
New normal trend in concert circuit
FROM the sweet memories of face-toface concerts come the new normal trend of doing live shows exclusively for netizens. Talent management company Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International (BMPI) not only dared to follow the trend but likewise envisioned to create concerts that will trend. Last month, as it partnered with communication app QONEQ, its concert project for The Bradz drew 15,000 viewers, with the official hashtag #BRADZAnnivConcert landing at the 4th spot of Twitter’s Philippine Trending Topic. The trio of Sean, Chris, and JC played songs of Eraserheads and Rivermaya and promoted their latest single “LBM (Ligayang Bigay Mo)” and unreleased track “Wish Gurl.” “Virtual events are really the new normal for the entertainment industry,” stated talent specialist Adjes Carreon. This Sunday (Oct. 25) at 7:00 p.m., BMPI will parade another from its stable, The Wishfuls, in OPM Live: The Wishfuls, which should delight fans enough to turn it into a trending spectacle anew. Each Wishful member already developed a following while participating in the first season of Wish 107.5’s online singing competition Wishcovery. Hence, they’re essentially strong solo artists in one group. Carreon noted, “The Wishfuls are not new in performing in front of a huge crowd.” The Wishfuls attracted strong support when they did The Wishful Journey at the Araneta Coliseum and gathered several OFWs at The Wishfuls Live in Dubai, UAE. They also generated fine reception at the Wish Music Awards, the Songs for Heroes held in MOA Arena, and the 90’s Upload show also staged in Dubai. The group was eventually asked to participate in the local reality talent competition Your Moment aired by erstwhile free TV giant ABS-CBN. The members of The Wishfuls, now joined in by Season 2 grand winner Rhea Basco, include Princess Sevillena, Kimberly Baluzo, Louie Anne Culala, Carmela Ariola, and Ace Bartolome. While both The Bradz and The Wishfuls are legitimately well-followed in their own right, it’s the presence of established stars as guests that makes BMPI shows extra interesting. The Bradz had them backed by lady rocker Barbie Almalbis, pop rock group Itchyworms, one-time Rivermaya frontman Jason Fernandez, and popular busker Eloisa Jayloni. The Wishfuls will have an even bigger set of guests in Concert King Martin Nievera, Soul Diva Jaya, Rnb King Jayr, balladeers Jessa Zaragoza and Dingdong Avanzado, among others. Small wonder this Sunday’s event is highly anticipated to make bigger waves. Amazingly, The Wishfuls quickly bagged a platinum record award for their Star Music-backed album Wishful 5 Journey. Last year, in front of a physically present audience at La Verdad College Auditorium in Apalit, Pampanga, they shone bright along with other BMPI talents who all performed for “This Is The Time.” They simply made such time theirs. Those who wish to watch The Wishfuls pay homage to OPM may call numbers 0995-5000615 and 0966-8102400 or email at events@bmpicorp.com. BMPI also plans to feature its rock band signee Plethora for an e-concert.
At first glance, you may think she is just the average millennial whose main preoccupation is the latest fashion, trendy gadgets, and having all her YOLO moments enumerated and shared via her vlog. There is more to the pretty young Ms. Fider that meets the proverbial eye. The AB History graduate from University of Sto. Thomas was exposed to different sounds and music growing up in a family whose love for anything and everything that has to do with music is deeply rooted. The early musical exposure, thanks to all the tapes and vinyl records played at home, watching concerts, and listening to the radio, made Christi realize that performing is what she loves and she thanks God for the gifted of a good singing voice. “When I take my shower, usually I sing pop songs. I also like Broadway tunes as well. It depends on my mood, really. Sometimes I have the mood to like indie musicians, the type that ordinary people would not care to listen too, or something they are not familiar with. My music range is very wide. For now, I have a bit of struggle on what genre to specialize since it is dependent on my mood. If the song resonates with me, or I like the artists singing it, I’d probably sing it too,” the young chanteuse shares. She loves the voice of Christina Aguilera, which she thinks is Aguilera’s strength. She also loves Britney Spears, the way she moves and carries herself. As a kid, she was partial to Sarah Geronimo. Now, she listens to Marion Aunor and Moira dela Torre. On her debut single “Teka, Teka, Teka”, Christi shared that it was a song that instantly got her attention when offered to her. “I really love the songs written by direk Joven Tan. I know that am quite biased if he’s the composer of a song. It has a good meaning and has good lyrics as well. What I noticed about today’s songs, the music is different. It is not lyrics-focused. Sometimes they give more emphasis to the sound. With the song ‘Teka, Teka,’ I felt that many people can relate to it,” she said. Christi further said that she wants something pleasant to listen to because many people today are lonely and if they listened to her song, they would definitely feel a certain kind of joy. “Even before the official release of the song, some people already used it for TikTok. Zeus Collins was the first one who made a TikTok for it. of course, I was surprised when he used it because he is known for dancing. I didn’t imagine that ‘Teka Teka’ can be a dance tune, too. I was surprised when Zeus even choreographed a dance for it,” she shared. This early, Christi is already surprised by the response to the song is getting. They found the song danceable and uplifting, and it gives a happy vibe. “The bubbly pop version suits my personality. I want them to see me as someone vibrant and bubbly. I
Freestyle, robert seña to headline free online concert
A free online concert featuring Freestyle (left) and Robert Seña will provide a glimpse into the talents of the Benildean community.
POP and R&B band Freestyle and guitarist Robert Seña will headline indie alternative band She’s Only the nostalgia-themed UNITE 2020, an Sixteen’s frontman and rhythm online concert that is free and open to
the public. Launched by the De La SalleCollege of Saint benilde to welcome its newest breed of students, the night promises to bring memories of previous UNITE events and provides an opportunity for other spectators to experience and witness the creativity, talent, and unity of the community. The college’s first-ever digital solidarity evening will likewise showcase a series of special throwback performances by homegrown talents
and indie musical acts Kyla and Jam, The Strays, Why July, Nobody’s Home, Tala, and Matt Murillo. The affair will feature highly anticipated numbers from the internationally acclaimed Saint Benilde Romançon Dance Company and hit mixes by DJ Mohit and DJ Rammy. UNITE 2020 will go live on Friday, Oct. 30 starting 6:00 p.m. on the official Facebook page of the Benildean Student Trainers at: https:// www.facebook.com/StudentTrainers/.
Up and coming music darling Christi Fider
want to bring back the danceable tunes. I want to give the beat and groove back
to the people. That is something that everyone needs right now. Times are hard and I hope that thru my song, I can help relieve the stress of others. Let us bring back the good times,” Christi related. “Teka, Teka, Teka,” is written by Joven Tan and is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Youtube, and Deezer.
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The coronavirus has forced events at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, the largest event of its kind in Asia, to be scaled down. AFP
Asia’s biggest film fest opens as a shadow of its usual self ASIA’S biggest annual film festival started in South Korea Wednesday at a fraction of its usual scale, but some movie fans will still be able to attend screenings despite the coronavirus forcing many events online. The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) usually sees a host of stars and industry players from Asia and elsewhere descend on the port city for 10 days of critical consideration and financial deal-making. But strict conditions imposed this year because of the pandemic mean there will be no opening ceremony, and no red-carpet parades, afterparties, or outdoor fan events. The fact it is taking place at all, however, is a bonus, as many international festivals have gone onlineonly and some—such as Cannes— have been canceled altogether. This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary and comes after home-grown director Bong Joonho’s historic Oscar win for the dark comedy “Parasite” in February— the first time a foreign-language film has won top accolades. Around 190 movies will be shown at this year’s festival and only once each, compared to the typical 300odd films played multiple times—an 80 percent cut in total screenings. Those attending will have to wear masks, while social distancing will be enforced by making available only a quarter of theatre seats. AFP
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020
GET YOUR GIFTS.
By Bernadette Lunas
Holiday shopping is made much easier with the help of personal shopper, shopping assistance, gift registry, and digital catalog Rustan’s offers to its customers. Get (left) earrings from Carolee, color block bag from Coach, Sergio Rossi sneakers, crewneck sweater and skirt from Tommy Hilfiger; (right) sweaters from Adolfo Dominguez, shirts from Aston Martin and Pedro del Hierro, pants from Ricardo Preto, and sneakers from Sperry.
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HIS holiday season is expected to look quite different from the past several years. Parties and get-togethers are scheduled to be held on Zoom, Christmas caroling is limited to ages 18 to 65, and the usual busy streets and jam-packed establishments are less busy and less jam-packed. Things may look different, but the essence of the season is still there. Finding gifts for loved ones or for ourselves (because we deserve it, what with everything we’re going through) is still a huge part of the holidays, and Rustan’s understands it. “This pandemic has taught us to value our family and loved ones,” SSI Group president Anton Hung said during Rustan’s Christmas media get-together held via Zoom to launch this year’s theme: “Home for Christmas.” To help keep the tradition of giving this season, the leading department store offers shopping services that allow customers to tick off everything on their Christmas gift list while staying safe. “We continue to build confidence of Filipinos to shop with us by implementing procedures to ensure customers’ and
Christmas shopping STARTS NOW (On her) Off-theshoulder gown from Badgley Mischka and Roberto Coin jewelry; (On him) classic wool jacket, polo shirt, and stretch cotton trousers from Zegna.
employees’ (their very own frontliners) safety,” said Huang. Available starting October 24, Rustan’s Personal Shopper On Call lets customers outsource their shopping needs to a personal shopper. Every single step can be done online, including payment, while free delivery is offered for a minimum purchase. To get in touch with a personal shopper, call 0917-111-1952. The service is available during mall hours, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. According to Huang, orders can be ready for delivery as soon as they are wrapped. “If we can deliver within the day, we’ll do. If not, next day. We have our own delivery service.” Those who prefer to do their shopping personally, but with a little help, Rustan’s has assisted shopping service, also available on October 24. Those availing of this
service, can head to the department store and choose from items their personal shopper has pre-selected for them. Meanwhile, the Christmas Gift Registry is available to help customers—kids and adults alike—formulate a list which they can send to their loved ones. The personal shopper on call can also help navigate the gift registry to help ninongs and ninangs get their inaanaks’ gifts. Those who prefer to shop online may do so 24/7 at www.Rustans.com, which launches new selections on a weekly basis. Customers can also ask for their gifts to be wrapped in Rustan’s holiday wrappers prior to delivery. “Rustans.com was launched last year, it’s still somewhat in infancy but growth has been exponential since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Huang. Rustans.com will host the Home for Christmas Virtual Microsite—where customers can view all holiday content, including videos of performances, yuletide decorating tips, gift suggestions, and schedules of all upcoming in-store and online activities. Since kids cannot sit on Santa’s lap this year, the department store brings Santa to them. The Santa-on-Call program connects St. Nick and his elves with children via Zoom for storytelling and one-on-one sessions. All they have to do is register to catch Santa and share the spirit of Christmas. Children can also write letters to Santa at hellosanta@rustans.com to send him their top three Christmas wishes. Rustan’s will choose three lucky letters to grant one gift for each kid, which will be delivered to their home address. Kicking off the holiday sale, all Rustan’s branches on November 7-8 will offer 0 percent installment for three, six, and 12 months across all major banks with a minimum single receipt purchase worth P3,000, P10,000, and P20,000, respectively. FSP members, meanwhile, get x5 points throughout the two-day promo. Exclusive hotel and resort promos also await members.
How to help kids adjust to homeschooling
Parents are advised to set a schedule for study time with their children.
Malayan offers renter’s insurance
Renter’s Protect provides insurance coverage for renters’ lives and personal belongings.
INDIVIDUALS renting living spaces can avail of an insurance coverage of up to P1 million for their lives and personal belongings. Malayan Insurance has recently launched Renter’s Protect, its new product designed for co-living space renters and condominium/apartment lessees. It’s available for a period of three, six, and 12 months. Renter’s Protect provides fire cash assistance, personal accident (PA) coverage, comprehensive personal liability (CPL), murder and unprovoked assault coverage, as well as burglary and housebreaking assistance to policyholders. The fire cash assistance protects the renter’s belongings and personal effects in the event of a fire in the property being leased. The personal accident covers the assured against accidents or unforeseen events that lead to fatalities, injury, disability, or dismemberment.
The personal liability cover protects the assured against liabilities in the event of damages made to common areas or the rented space. The assured is also protected against burglars and akyat-bahay. Homeowners or those who rent out spaces can likewise benefit from this product as it protects their personal belongings in case of fire. While most condo/apartment buildings have building fire insurance, Malayan said, the personal belongings of renters are not included in the building’s fire insurance policy. Property inspection is waived under Renter’s Protect. Customers need only to fill-out an application form available at Malayan Insurance branches or agents to get insured.
Malayan’s new product is designed for co-living space renters and condo/apartment lessees.
AS THIS school year takes place at home, parents are challenged to make sure their children adjust well to a different set up—especially if it’s their first time to be homeschooled. First on the list is having the right tools and other essentials needed for a seamless blended learning experience. SM Stationery has a wide selection of school supplies that include writing pads and other paper products, whiteboard, clear file for worksheets, pens and pencils, and markers and highlighters. Meanwhile, the Gadgets Hub offers a variety laptops, flash drives, Bluetooth headsets, and inkjet printers necessary for online classes. Parents can now order homeschool items from SM Stationery and Gadgets Hub via www.smstationery.com.ph or SM Store’s #143SM Call to Deliver service. The one-stop shop for school and office supplies offers the following tips to help parents help their kids make the most out of their homeschool: 1. Set a schedule for study time with your kid. Let them set the time for each subject that you want to work on, hour by hour, day by day, week per week. 2. Choose a quiet and well-lit area where your kids can focus on their lessons. 3. Stock up on homeschool supplies. Have enough pencils, erasers, activity books, notebooks, pad paper, and others. Prepare the gadgets they need and sanitize it before starting the class. 4. Encourage your child to read and write freely. Make them read their fa-
vorite books whenever they are bored or have them keep a daily journal which helps them deal with their fears and anxieties. 5. Allot time to encourage your child’s creativity through drawing, craft-making, or other extracurricular activities such as cooking or gardening that will nurture their skills. 6. Keep your child in touch with their friends virtually on a regular basis after they completed their school worksheet. 7. It’s going to be challenging, so it’s okay to ask help from your child’s teacher, tutors, or fellow parents who’s into homeschooling.
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Series
Backpacks and other school supplies available at SM Stationery.