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PH BOOSTS TIES WITH JAPAN, GERMANY

204,000 GOV’T POSITIONS STILL VACANT—CSC

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NEWS / A2 VOL. XXXVII • NO. 184 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com

POGO loot hints of crimes DOJ: P7m cash, bullets, SIM cards found in safes of Pasay hub

By Rey E. Requejo

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ILLIONS of pesos in cash and foreign currency and various financial documents, transactions, and paraphernalia—possibly used for financial fraud and other crimes—have been recovered from an offshore gaming hub raided two weeks ago in Pasay City, the Department of Justice revealed Thursday.

Pursuant to the search power issued

by Pasay City Regional Trial Court, authorities led by the DOJ opened up 32 vaults from the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) hub in Pasay.

The first 21 vaults alone uncovered at least P7 million in cash and various banknotes from other countries -- plus bullets, gun silencers, tasers, pre-registered SIM cards, and other items that indicated possible criminal activities by the POGO operator, DOJ spokesman Mico Clavano said.

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POGO LOOT. In these screen grabs from a TV report, raiding teams from the Department of Justice prepare a vault for opening after DOJ officials raided a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) hub in Pasay City on Thursday. Authorities were poised to open 32 vaults at the facility, where the first 21 contained over P7 million in cash plus bullets, gun silencers, tasers, pre-registered SIM cards (inset photos), and other items that indicated possible criminal activities, DOJ spokesman Mico Clavano said.

DepEd to manage 14 schools in villages going from Makati to Taguig Solons hail new role for Locsin, but Palace quiet will be transferred from Makati City to Taguig City.

The decision was made by Vice THE Department of Education (DepEd) will temporarily oversee and manage President and DepEd Secretary Sara 14 public schools in barangays that Duterte, who signed DepEd Order 023,

By Joel E. Zurbano

which states that the schools are DepEd schools and that the Office of the Secretary will directly supervise their management and administration.

Both cities have been embroiled in a

conflict over the control of the schools, with Makati officials insisting that they are still the property of the city, despite a Supreme Court ruling that transferred

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By Maricel Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta

Teves may seek relief from SC, appeal removal

By Maricel V. Cruz A LAWMAKER on Thursday said expelled Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. may file a motion for reconsideration or seek relief from the Supreme Court after he was kicked out of office by the House of Representatives.

Nueva Ecija Rep. Rosanna Ria Vergara said Teves could appeal the expulsion verdict against him.

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POWWOW ON TEVES. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (center left) listens to the concerns of the Makabayan Block members at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, moments before the chamber voted overwhelmingly to expel Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. for disorderly behavior and violation of the Code of Conduct of the House of Representatives. All Makabayan Block members abstained from the vote. Ver Noveno

LAWMAKERS have rallied behind the appointment of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. as special envoy to China amid increasing tensions in the West Philippine Sea. The Palace on Thursday remained tight-lipped on Locsin’s appointment after issuing a terse statement that it aimed to “boost bilateral relations between the two countries.”

Analysts believe the government should clarify what Locsin’s role in China is going to be, given he is currently the country’s envoy to the United Kingdom.

“Maybe that needs to be clear so the public also can understand, and then maybe (Locsin’s) role needs to be defined,” said Karla Cruz, AFI International Fellow, in a television interview.

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Costlier plane tickets by Sept. as fuel surcharge rises Surveys: Most Pinoys don’t trust TRAVELERS can expect more expensive plane tickets in September after the Civil Aeronautics Board raised fuel surcharge rates after keeping these at Level 4 for three consecutive months.

The CAB said the fuel surcharge for both domestic and international flights will be adjusted to Level 6 next month

amid higher jet fuel prices which now range from P36 to P39 per liter.

At Level 6, passengers will have to pay a fuel surcharge ranging from P185 to P665 for one-way domestic flights, and P610.37 to P4,538.40 for one-way international flights.

The P610.37 fuel surcharge will

cover international f lights to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, or Brunei.

For destinations more than 14,000 kilometers away from the Philippines, the P4,538.40 fuel surcharge will be applied.

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China, back PBBM stance on WPS survey conducted in March showed.

The Pahayag 2023 First Quarter Survey conducted by Publicus Asia Inc. MOST Filipinos mistrust China, citing it showed that 79 percent of respondents Next page as a significant threat to the Philippines, a

By Joel E. Zurbano and Maricel V. Cruz

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PH boosts ties with Japan, Germany P

By Charles Dantes

RESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said bilateral relations with Japan have now expanded to cover issues concerning security and defense, including ensuring freedom of navigation in the South China Sea amid overlapping claims with Beijing and other neighboring countries.

Meanwhile, the Philippines and Germany on Thursday agreed to build stronger ties on climate cooperation while boosting people-topeople relations.

“I always describe it as really the first truly global problem that humanity faces because it’s global in the sense that everybody is affected.

And it’s also global because we cannot solve it without everybody doing their part,” Mr. Marcos said during the presentation of credentials of new German Ambassador to Manila Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke.

The two countries recently signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on Interdepartmental Consultations for Bilateral Technical Cooperation Projects

in the Fields of Climate, Energy, and Biodiversity.

Mr. Marcos said stronger ties between the nations would “greatly benefit both countries” in promoting the climate agenda.

Meanwhile, the President cited Japan’s role in preserving peace in the region.

“We must acknowledge the very important contributions that Japan has made to the Philippines in terms of not only training, not only in terms of equipment but also in the agreements that we have been able to forge between our two countries in terms of cooperation, in terms of preserving the peace and allowing the free conduct of trade and shipping the South China Sea,” he said.

“In the past, it could be said that the largest part of our interaction between our two countries were always in terms of trade, in terms of development, in terms of ODA [Official Development Assistance],” the President said during the courtesy call of Komeito Party Chief Representative Yamaguchi Nat-

suo in Malacañang on Wednesday.

“But I suppose that now times have changed and those agreements have gone beyond just trade, just business, just investment. And we now have to concern ourselves with issues of security and defense in our region,” he added.

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204,000 gov’t positions remain vacant, CSC says

the barangays to Taguig City.

The DepEd order covers 14 schools in the EMBO (Enlisted Men’s Barrio) area, namely Makati Science High School, Comembo Elementary School, Rizal Elementary School, Pembo Elementary School, and Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino High School, Tibagan High School, Fort Bonifacio Elementary School, Fort Bonifacio High School, Pitogo Elementary School, Pitogo High School, Cembo Elementary School, East Rembo Elementary School, West Rembo Elementary School, and South Cembo Elementary School.

Duterte said her agency is mandated to promote every Filipino’s right to accessible, equitable, and quality basic education. Consistent with its mandate, she added, DepEd must provide a safe and enabling environment for learners, teachers, and personnel.

The agency also formed a Transition Committee composed of the regional director (assigned outside of the National Capital Region), the DepEd schools division superintendent of Taguig-Pateros, the DepEd schools division superintendent of Makati City, and the city legal officers of Makati and Taguig.

The transition committee will prepare a physical inventory of all properties involved and create a final transition plan.

The Philippine National Police will also assist during the transition period.

Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay welcomed this development.

“We welcome the decision of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to take over the management and supervision of the 14 schools. We look forward to working wholeheartedly with the transition team created by the Vice President “This decision will greatly ease the worries and concerns of our students, parents, and teachers,’” she said.

The DepEd said it will be up to the courts to decide who owns the 14 schools built by the Makati city government in barangays that are now under the jurisdiction of Taguig, department spokesman Michael Poa said.

The Supreme Court earlier ruled with finality that areas comprising the Enlisted Men’s Barrios (EMBOs) and the entirety of Fort Andres Bonifacio belong to Taguig.

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From A1 The P185 surcharge will cover domestic flights for distances less than two kilometers, such as Cebu to Tagbilaran, while the P665 surcharge will apply for distances covering more than a thousand kilometers.

Airline representatives said they would adhere to the CAB advisory.

Cebu Pacific President Xander Lao said the airline remained “committed to providing accessible and affordable air travel to our passengers through our seat sales.”

“We encourage travelers to book their flights as early as possible to avail of low fares,” said Lao. “We will adhere to the guidance from CAB and we thank our customers for their continued support for the flag carrier,” Philippine Airlines spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said.

AirAsia Communications and Public Affairs Head Steve Dailisan also encouraged travelers to take advantage of ongoing promotions.

From June to August, CAB retained the fuel surcharge at Level 4. Under this, surcharge rates ranged from P117 to P342 for domestic trips and P385.7 to P2,876.82 for international flights. Darwin Amojelar

IN BRIEF Court stops LTO license card deal THE Quezon City Regional Trial Court has stopped the Land Transportation Office’s award of the contract for materials for driver’s license cards.

Branch 215 Judge Rafael Hipolito issued a temporary restraining order to Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista and Land Transportation Office Chief Vigor Mendoza II not to proceed with the award.

LTO, in a statement, said it respects the decision of the court, but lamented that the TRO is “certainly a major setback on our goal of addressing the backlog on the physical driver’s license which we target to complete by September this year.”

The backlog is 1.7 million as of this month, “mounting every day considering the number of applications we are receiving for new, and the renewal of driver’s license on a daily basis,” it stressed. Rio N. Araja

THE Civil Service Commission on Thursday admitted that some 204,000 permanent government positions remain vacant.

Based on CSC data, the number of vacancies accounted for almost 12 percent of the 1.75 million permanent employees in government service.

CSC chairperson Karlo Nograles told members of the House of Representatives that the vacancies could be attributed to leadership changes after the 2022 elections.

“We leave it up to the heads of agen-

cies and their respective HRs [human resources] to fill those positions…

There has always been that challenge that there are still unfilled positions,” he said.

Aside from permanent positions, the government also has 221,325 noncareer personnel and 832,812 job order and contractual employees.

About 110,339 posts or more than half of the total vacancies were in national government agencies, Nograles said.

Local government units had the second highest number of vacancies

with 65,867, followed by governmentowned and controlled corporations with 12,131, state universities and colleges with 7,959, and local water districts with 7,758.

Zamboanga Sibugay Rep. Wilter Palma said the number of government vacancies was unacceptable given that some 2 million Filipinos are jobless.

“Because we keep on saying you have to create jobs, and here we are, among the bureaucracy itself, you have 204,000 unfilled positions,” Palma said during the CSC’s budget hearing.

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Palamos issued the search warrant directing the authorities to conduct a search of the five-floor POGO building, which was raided by authorities last August 1.

Clavano, a DOJ Assistant Secretary, said if there would be sufficient basis, they will file charges of money laundering against the Pasay POGO operators.

Authorities believe there is evidence to show that the operators were engaged in money laundering, based on the financial and transaction documents recovered from the opened 32 vaults.

Among the items recovered from the vaults includes, transactions history, financial records, remittance receipts, receipts for the purchase of equipment, employment contracts, employment’s undertaking to reach quota, and preregistered sim cards.

Passports, visas, car keys, and a crypto wallet for cryptocurrency transactions, which were suspected to be “proceeds and fruits derived from their alleged illegal operations” were also recovered.

“We are hoping for the rest of the vaults we find other transactions documents and financial transactions that will give us the perspective on their

financial structure of their operations,” Clavano said.

“If we see a pattern or a web of financial transactions in relation to scam operations found here in Pasay City, then money laundering (charges) will also be filed (against the POGO operators),” the DOJ official stressed.

Of the 33 erring offshore gaming operators, two were billed as of May 2023 while two others were endorsed to PAGCOR’s Legal Group since February 2023.

Also, while five of the operators already closed shop, Tengco warned that their refusal to abide by Philippine laws and to pay the government what is due shall be dealt with legally.

“PAGCOR will continue to ensure that all our regulated gaming entities – including offshore gaming operators and service providers – will abide by our regulatory policies, including proper payment of fees and taxes,” he said.

During a congressional hearing early this week, the PAGCOR chief said some offshore gaming operators who were granted licenses during the previous administration closed shop during the pandemic, leaving behind billions of pesos in unpaid dues.

showed Filipinos supporting the expansion of military cooperation between the Philippines and the United States to address issues in the West Philippine Sea. The Tugon ng Masa survey conducted from July 22 to 26, showed that 54 percent of adult Filipinos are in favor of strengthening and expanding Philippine-US military ties to address territorial disputes in the WPS. Only 11 percent are not in favor while 32 percent are undecided, according to the survey.

The areas with the most support for the expanded Philippine-US military ties are in Balance of Luzon and Mindanao, with 56 percent and 59 percent, respectively.

Only 46 percent, however, are favorable in the National Capital Region (NCR) and the Visayas, OCTA said.

Opposition to the strengthening and expansion of US-Philippine military cooperation to address WPS issues is strongest in Visayas at 14 percent, while Balance of Luzon (11 percent), NCR (8 percent), and Mindanao (11 percent) had similar levels of opposition at about one in 10 adult Filipinos residing in those areas.

Across socioeconomic classes, Class E has the highest percentage of favoring the expanded US-PH cooperation with 67 percent. The opposition is strongest in Class ABC with 15 percent, followed

by Class D with 12 percent.

For those undecided or ambivalent, OCTA said the NCR has the highest percentage with 44 percent, followed by the Visayas with 33 percent.

The Tugon ng Masa nationwide survey is an independent and non-partisan poll conducted regularly by OCTA. Researchers used face-to-face interviews with 1,200 male and female probability respondents aged 18 years and above.

The survey has a ±3% margin of error at a 95% confidence level, OCTA said.

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday said the country should develop its military bases to fully secure its territory and safeguard its future.

“We have to develop Philippine bases throughout the perimeters of the archipelago in order to secure our territory not only now but also for the future,” Teodoro said in a statement.

to add, however, that the Supreme Court may cite the lower chamber’s own rules and say that it “cannot dictate on us.”

Various political parties supported the decision of the House leadership to expel Teves from their ranks.

House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said on Thursday that the lower chamber has served the expulsion notice to the former congressman. He also said the House leadership has yet to decide on who will serve as the caretaker of Teves’ district.

Voting 265-0-3, the House on Wednesday moved to expel Teves from its ranks for disorderly behavior and violation of the Code of Conduct owing to his application for political asylum, continuous absence, and posting an obscene video of himself on social media.

“We, members of the National Unity Party, firmly stand behind the decision of the House of Representatives to expel Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr for gross violations of his Oath of Office and Disorderly Behavior as a member of the 19th Congress,” the NUP headed

by Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte said in a statement.

Villafuerte said the credibility, honor, and effectiveness of the House of Representatives hinge on the utmost integrity, transparency, and commitment of its members.”

“As representatives of the Filipino people, our primary duty as lawmakers is to uphold our oath, serve our constituents, and perform our law-making tasks that advance the nation’s well-being.”

Villafuerte, majority leader of the House contingent of the Commission on Appointments said the evidence presented against Rep. Teves is strong and deeply concerning.

tenure as Foreign Affairs chief, and “expressly banned (it) fully knowing there could be misencounters” and that it was like asking for “permission to sail, whereto and away from” the WPS. Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto said Locsin was the kind of diplomat who will call a spade a spade, but elegantly.

“Teddy Locsin is the kind of diplomat who can tell you to go to hell in such an elegant way that you’ll look forward with pleasure to making the trip,” he said.

“But he will not be there to rabble-rouse, but to press the reboot button so that the PHChina relations will pivot toward a mutually respecting phase,” Recto added.

He said Locsin’s command of language “makes him our best weapon in a shouting war.

“But if need be, he can stare down China’s practitioners of wolf diplomacy,” Recto said.

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said Locsin has the expertise and experience in dealing with China.

“And he is extremely loyal to the cause of protecting the sovereignty of our country as proven by the hundreds of diplomatic protests that he personally filed on behalf of our country during the Duterte presidency,” Zubiri said.

Senator Grace Poe described Locsin, the country’s concurrent Ambassador to the United Kingdom, as an “adroit diplomat and skilled leader.” “[He is] unafraid to go to whatever lengths necessary for the best interest of the Filipinos,” Poe said.

These can be used as evidence for possible money laundering cases that may be filed against the operators of the illegal POGO, Clavano added.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation is taking legal action against 33 offshore gaming licensees, including some who have left the country, for unpaid fees amounting to P2.02 billion, according to Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco.

PAGCOR records show that the operators, who were given licenses during the previous administration, have not paid their license fees for over a year now in violation of Section 4.C of the Offshore Gaming Regulatory Manual.

Tengco said despite appeals by the current management, the offshore gaming operators in question have not remitted regulatory fees due to PAGCOR. “Because of this situation, we are duty-bound to take a legal course of action. We are now in the process of gathering pertinent information to file appropriate cases against them,” he said.

Pasay City RTC Acting Judge Gina

Surveys:...

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Six out of 10 Filipinos also support the stance of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the issue of the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

This support encompasses not yielding to China, seeking a diplomatic resolution to territorial disagreements, and fortifying bilateral cooperation between the Philippines and China.

“We have been following Filipino voters’ perceptions of certain countries and international organizations since the first quarter of this year. We can infer that voters have varying attitudes towards these entities, particularly the United States, China, and Russia,” said Eric Estrabo, Pahayag Project Lead.

Japan holds the highest level of trust among Filipinos, followed by countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Canada, South Korea, Australia, and the United States of America.

A separate survey by OCTA Research

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However, Locsin revealed on his X (formerly Twitter) account that he did not agree to the hotline between the Chinese and Philippine Coast Guards during his

No more red, yellow power alerts—DOE THE Department of Energy on Thursday assured there will be no more red or yellow power alerts for Luzon for the rest of the year, barring any unforeseen events.

Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said during the Joint Congressional Energy Committee hearing this is based on a number of conditions.

“What we are saying is, there are many conditions to this. Like for example, the operation of Ilijan (power plant), the LNG [liquefied natural gas] facility has yet to be in full operation. Supply is still in testing and commissioning but not the actual power plant,” Marasigan said.

He said another limitation is that some other committed power plants are still under the testing and commissioning stage.

Marasigan said DOE made its projection using the four-year running average of supply, demand, and outages. Alena Mae S. Flores

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DTI conducts random price check on school supplies at Divisoria shops

By Othel V. Campos FOLLOWING the recent release of the latest “Gabay sa Pamimili ng School Supplies” project, along with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) “Balik Eskwela” program, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) rolled out price check on school supplies in Divisoria, Manila to determine if the rates were within the government’s suggested retail price (SRP).

“We conducted an intensified price monitoring for school supplies to make sure that establishments are following the price guide we issued last month. We want to make sure that parents who will come here to buy school supplies for their children in preparation for the upcoming school year will not fall victims of profiteering and other unjust sales practices,” said Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual.

The surprise monitoring, led by the Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), found that 22 of the 23 stores inspected conformed with the price guide. One retail store was singled out for selling an item at a price higher than the SRP. The DTI demanded a written explanation from the store within three days from receipt of the letter.

The random price monitoring was part of a nationwide campaign to enjoin retailers to comply with price guide.

The DTI, in collaboration with the Agriculture department, was also monitoring the prices of rice following reports of overpricing.

Based on the Price Act, the DTI and other implementing agencies, such as the Departments of Agriculture (DA), the Department of Health, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Department of Energy check on the prices to ensure the availability of basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs) at reasonable prices at all times without denying legitimate businesses a fair return on investment Other than prices, the DTI also inspected school supplies’ conformance with the Philippine National Standards (PNS), particularly on product specifications for office and school supplies that provide safety and quality requirements of certain products to ensure reliability and safe usage, and compliance with other Fair Trade Laws (FTLs).

The DTI likewise inspected the school supplies’ product specifications, markings, and labels.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on the other hand, conducted “test-buy” of some school supplies, such as crayons and watercolors, which will be subjected to further analysis for traces of toxic chemical compounds that are harmful to children.

PRICE CHECK.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual conducts a random monitoring of school supplies and rice prices at a retail hub in Divisoria, Manila.

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Senator asks gov’t to draft back-up plan on rice supply

By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel V. Cruz

S

ENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the government to come up with a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure a sufficient supply of rice and keep its price at affordable levels.

JUST A DRILL. Philippine Air Force soldiers, along with their counterparts in the

United States, Malaysia, and Indonesia take part in a simulated mass casualty evacuation at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga to Mactan Airport in Cebu. PAF photo

IN BRIEF

MAP backs MMDA scheme on exclusive EDSA busway THE Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) supports the decision of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to sustain the operations of the new EDSA Busway System despite calls from the bus operators to re-enforce the previous system allowing buses to use the two yellow bus lanes at the curbside.

“We earnestly urge the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to stay the course and expedite the completion of this project, preferably, in partnership with a private concessionaire, while adhering to global standards and best practices, the MAP said.

The group noted that if bus operators were allowed to go back to the previous route, the rest of EDSA will be clogged by some 3,000 buses plying the entire stretch of the Metro’s major historic thoroughfare.

Another compelling reason why the MAP opposes the proposal was the efficiency of the Edsa Busway and Carousel Line system in supporting commuter peak load as was the case in December 27, 2022 when no more than 550 bus units running on just one innermost busway lane carried one-day peak load capacity of 454,649 passengers. Othel V. Campos

Meanwhile, Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas on Thursday called out the recent statement of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual who suggested that Filipinos should simply change their diet to adapt to the situation of increasing food prices.

Gatchalian issued the call at a recent Senate briefing of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on the 2024 national budget.

“I would like to urge the government to seriously look into the situation because it’s not only going to affect in-

flation, but more importantly food on the table for our own constituents,” Gatchalian said.

Citing India’s recent announcement of halting rice exports, which could further squeeze the availability of rice supply available for the Philippines, Gatchalian stressed that the government needs to come up with a definitive contingency plan to arrest potential tightness in supply that could trigger price hikes.

This could further drive inflation higher.

He told members of the executive department’s economic team to submit

to the Senate a contingency plan they have drafted.

According to Gatchalian, he was really worried that this export ban from other countries will affect the Philippines.

Specifically, he wants to find out whether the government has already secured rice supply for the near and medium term given disruptions of supply in the global market.

He added that the government’s contingency plan should also include programs to cushion the effect of typhoons and the El Nino phenomenon. An average of 20 typhoons hit the country every year. Also, the impact of El Nino is expected to peak in the country in the first quarter of next year.

The rising price of rice in the local market has prompted President Marcos to issue a warning that the government will run after hoarders and price manipulators. The average price of rice has already reached P45-50 per kilo.

DBM set to submit to Palace proposed changes in Procurement Law

By Julito G. Rada THE Department of Budget Management (DBM) is set to submit next week to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. the proposed amendments to the Government Procurement Reform Act (GPRA).

In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said she was strongly pushing for amendments to the decades-old Republic Act 9184, also known as the Government Procurement Reform Act, to further help government agencies address difficulties in the procurement of their programs, activities and projects, which is identified as one of the biggest problems in government spending.

“We already have the amendments and we are ready to present this to the President on Tuesday next week, dur-

ing our Cabinet meeting,” Pangandaman said.

Following the President’s approval, a physical version of the bill would be delivered to both the Senate and the House for subsequent filing.

“We have steps to address government spending and budget utilization.

For government procurement, it is the only one that needs legislation and you know that during the SONA [State-ofthe-Nation Address] of the President, it was again mentioned to amend the Government Procurement Reform Act,” Pangandaman said Last week, Pangandaman issued Circular Letter No. 2023-10 requiring agencies to submit “catch-up plans” to facilitate budget execution for the rest of 2023.

The DBM issued the guidelines for budget utilization following the latest

NCRPO creates special desk to boost fight vs. cyber crimes

cash operations report of the Bureau of Treasury that the national government spent below the P2.582 trillion disbursement program for the first semester by P170.5 billion, or 6.6 percent as of end-June 2023.

Pangandaman said the underspending was due to the substantial outstanding checks worth P124.1 billion as reported by government-servicing banks; lower-than-programmed interest payments; ongoing registration and validation of beneficiaries; procurement-related difficulties such as late delivery of goods and failed biddings due to withdrawal or disqualification of bidders, unavailability of competent suppliers, and lack of or late submission of supporting documents, among others.

“As what I would always emphasize, we consider budget utilization rates

(BURs) in evaluating the absorptive capacity of agencies. We view low utilization rate as the agency’s limited capacity to utilize new funds. However, those agencies who need to increase their utilization rates have promised to produce catch-up plans during the budget deliberations. So, we hope that their BURs will increase by then,” Pangandaman said.

Earlier, the DBM collaborated with the state-run Land Bank of the Philippines for the use of a digital government purchase card (GPC) for agencies’ faster procurement of immediate miscellaneous expenses, cutting the time needed to liquidate government transactions, promoting reduced cash handling by government agencies, operational efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the disbursement of public funds.

House exalts over Pinoy choir’s feat in UK

THE National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) is taking a strong stance against cyber-related crimes in the Philippines.

NCRPO chief Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. is committed to deterring these crimes as he initiated the creation of the Anti-Cybercrime Desks (ACD) in different police stations across Metro Manila.

This initiative aims to equip police investigators with the knowledge and skills needed to respond to cyber-related incidents.

The ACD was tasked to deal with all cyberrelated crimes, including violations of special laws related to child pornography.

“The NCRPO is taking this unprecedented threat seriously and is committed to protecting the lives and properties of the Filipino people,” said Nartatez.

The NCRPO is also implementing a Process Flow Diagram to ensure that all complaints are properly addressed.Joel E. Zurbano

Solon supports crackdown on agri products hoarders AGRI party-list Rep. Wilbert T Lee on Thursday rallied behind the advocacy of Speaker Martin G. Romualdez for a relentless crackdown against “evil hoarders” to protect the welfare of Filipino consumers and farmers.

Lee made the statement amid mounting evidence of the potential hoarding of agricultural goods like rice and onions.

At the same time, Lee cited the need to actively enforce the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act to punish smugglers, hoarders, price manipulators and government employees and officials who take part in this crime, and reiterated the urgency of passing a pending measure strengthening the said law.

According to the Bicolano legislator, “when these criminals hoard vital agri products like rice and onions to increase prices and earn larger profits, they are profiting off the hunger of our impoverished countrymen.”

Lee was the author of House Bill 5742 or the “Anti-Agricultural Smuggling and Economic Sabotage Act of 2016.”

HB 5742 aims to (1) include the other unlawful act of market abuses; and (2) modify a stricter penalty to those public officials or employees who tolerate and protect large-scale agricultural smuggling, and other market abuses, namely but not limited to, hoarding, profiteering, or cartel in the country. Maricel V. Cruz

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DRIVER’S LICENSE? NOT JUST YET. Land Transportation Office (LTO)

chief Vigor Mendoza II holds a press briefing to say despite deliveries of driver’s license plastic cards by a private manufacturer, the document cannot be released yet due to a temporary restraining order issued by a Quezon City trial court on the basis of a petition filed by a losing bidder. Manny Palmero

THE House of Representatives on Wednesday night adopted a resolution congratulating Filipino church choral group Kammerchor Manila for bagging the coveted 2023 Choir of the World title at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

Through House Resolution (HR) 1191, the 312-strong chamber commended the singers for bringing home yet another honor for the country.

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, one of the authors of the measure, said Filipinos are known the world over for their singing prowess and tendency to excel in creative arts.

“Kahit hindi na ito nakakagulat, lagi ko pa ring ikinatutuwa na malaman ang ganitong tagumpay ng ating mga kababayan sa larangan ng pagkanta. Filipino talent speaks for itself though awards like these,” Romualdez said.

Kammerchor was named 2023 Choir of the World at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod held in

Wales, United Kingdom last July 8.

According to the resolution, the group won two other prestigious awards during their participation in the United Kingdom – European Tour 2023. This is their Absolute Winner finish in the 69th Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonia, and the 3rd Prize-Grand Prix in the 60th Seghizzi International Choral Singing Competition.

The House members commended Kammerchor Manila for “being a testament to the abundant talent and musical prowess of Filipinos, and a source of immense national pride, uplifting the Filipino spirit, fostering unity through music, and upholding the Filipino legacy on the global stage,” adding that the group “deserves utmost recognition and commendation.”

Kammerchor is a non-profit choral organization. Considered one of the premier church choirs in the country, it was founded in 1992 in Quezon City by award-winning musician and professor Fidel Calalang Jr.Maricel V. Cruz

Angkas donates 20 bikes, gear for MMDA Motorcycle Riding Academy

By Joel E. Zurbano THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is set to receive 20 motorcycle units, raincoats, and tents donated by ride-hailing firm Angkas in support of the agency’s Motorcycle Riding Academy.

In a courtesy call on MMDA officials

led by Chairman Don Artes and General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana, Angkas representatives Jauro Castro and Dorris Jimenez said the firm will provide the motorcycles and the materials to be used for the academy, which is expected to open in September.

The firm will also assist in the Motorcycle Safety Training Course mod-

ule in the academy. It will provide beginners and experienced riders with proper training and basic knowledge of driving a motorcycle.

Castro and Jimenez said the lessons to be learned by riders at the Academy are a big help in the midst of many accidents involving motorcycles.

The MMDA also received 20 bicycles,

bicycle helmets, and bicycle racks from the Baclaran Metro Link Bus Corporation and Decathlon Philippines in support of the MMDA Bike Shelters Project.

The bike shelters will be placed at bus stops.

Artes thanked Angkas, Baclaran Metro Link Bus Corporation, and Decathlon Philippines for their donations.

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‘Gov’t finance experts act like spokespersons for companies’

STRONGER JAPAN-PH TIES. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets Hon. Yamaguchi Natsuo, chief party representative of Japan’s Komeito Party, in a courtesy call, while Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez hands over to Hon. Natsuo Yamaguchi also a chief representative of the Komeito Party, a copy of Resolution No. 94, adopted by the House, seeking to strengthen the cooperation between the Philippines and Japan through Philippines-Japan Parliamentarians’ Friendship Society. PCO, Ver Noveno

By Vito Barcelo THE labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) said the government’s top economic managers are acting as private employers’ spokespersons in rejecting the proposed P150 wage hike pending approval in Congress.

The labor group slammed National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan and Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno for “moonlighting as employers’ spokespersons” with their doomsday predictions about a P150 legislated wage hike.

“Employers Confederation of the Philippines President Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis, Jr. also warned of job losses, price hikes, and economic slowdown if wages are raised. The government’s economic managers and employers’ representatives are both painting the same apocalyptic scenarios without any substantiation,” PM spokesperson Rene Magtubo said.

“Our own economic modeling shows that salary increases will have an insignificant impact on both employment and inflation contrary to Balisacan and Diokno’s claims. Empirical studies for other countries also show similar results,” he said.

Magtubo added that “raising wages improves living standards and has a secondary effect of increasing worker motivation and morale and thus labor productivity.”

He said that Balisacan and Diokno conveniently forget that the government’s own data confirm that from 2001 to 2016, real wages were stagnant but labor productivity grew by 50% while GDP doubled.

The labor group said the P150 legislated wage hike seeks mainly to recover the lost value of workers’ wages and not yet to partake of the increased labor productivity.

“Even a P150 will not raise workers’ wages to the level of a living wage, which today stands at around P1,300 per day and increasing due to unabated inflation,” Magtubo said.

Gatchalian: Only 13% of DSWD budget for 4Ps program used

By Maricel V. Cruz

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EPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday said that only 13 percent or around P12.7 billion out of the P94 billion budget for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have been disbursed so far.

Attending the budget hearing of the agency, Gatchalian told lawmakers this was because of the department’s cleansing of its list of program beneficiaries.

“Of the P94.3 billion budget for 4Ps for 2023, 30.74 percent have been obligated while the disbursement rate is at 13.46 percent. Admittedly, this is a bit low because we are completing the validation and further assessment of the 4Ps beneficiaries tagged non-poor under Listahanan 3,” Gatchalian told the House appropriations committee headed by Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co. Gatchalian attended the hearing to defend the DSWD’s proposed P207 bil-

lion budget for 2024. Gatchalian said his agency has identified that the “nonpoor households” in the Listahanan 3 were based on “Social Welfare Development Indicators.”

“Let me explain that this low utilization is a temporary state, since we are fast-tracking the validation of existing households who are tagged non-poor by recent Listahanan 3. We hope to complete the assessment process by September 2023 to determine the eligibility of the households, whether they will be retained as beneficiaries or they will exit the program,” Gatchalian said.

The DSWD chief was quick to say the target number of 4Ps beneficiaries will

remain at 4.4 million households even after the cleansing of the list.

“In case of the exit of non-eligibles, this will facilitate the integration of new beneficiaries as replacements to reach the target of [having] 4.4 million households,” Gatchalian pointed out.

“We hope to reach 4.4 million households by October and [also] expedite the payment for enhanced support system intervention and cash grant for payment period in 2017 and 2018. It is also expected that incremental operating cost will increase, leading to increased utilization of the fund,” he added.

In a related development, the House appropriations panel endorsed the budget of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for plenary deliberations as the committee terminate the budget briefing.

Some legislators asked the appropriations committee to increase the budget of the CSC from the P2 billion budget recommended by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). The CSC initially requested a budget of P3 billion.

Cops arrest suspected drug dealer in Malolos buy-bust operation

FLOODS AND RAINS. A worker tries to unclog a street drainage along Taft

Avenue in Manila, which was flooded after heavy rain on Thursday. The state weather bureau said rains or thunderstorms can be expected in Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao due to the southwest monsoon. Norman Cruz

AUTHORITIES arrested an alleged high-value target in a drug buy-bust operation in Malolos and seized illegal drugs worth more than P530,000.

Police identified the suspect as Oliver Paul dela Cruz Mauricio alias “Sampaul,” 32, a business owner and a resident of Felicisima Village, Brgy.

Mojon, City of Malolos.

Orlan Mauricio, the father of the suspect, meanwhile alleged that a police officer pointed a gun at him during the arrest.

Mauricio, a correspondent of the Manila Standard, said he woke up upon hearing of a commotion and saw his son being arrested. Mauricio said his son is a police “asset” who was given the 1 gram of drug in case of a “test” buy. He also said the evidence was “planted.”

Authorities said the buy-bust

operation was conducted by joint operatives of the Bulacan Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Bulacan Provincial Intelligence Unit, and Malolos City Police Station.

Based on the report by Bulacan police director Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan, the suspect transacted with a police officer posing as a buyer. The suspect reportedly handed over one plastic sachet of shabu in exchange for P5,000 which resulted in the arrest of the suspect.

Police said they confiscated from “Sampaul” a piece of a small heatsealed transparent plastic sachet of suspected shabu; 1 piece of a medium heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet of suspected shabu; 2 pieces large selfsealed transparent plastic sachets of suspected cocaine; and the 5 pieces of P1,000 bills used as buy-bust money.

Panel orders detention of Cagayan gov for contempt THE joint House committees on public accounts and suffrage, and electoral reforms adopted a motion to detain Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba for his failure to attend congressional hearings in connection with the alleged misuse of public funds in Cagayan during the 2022 elections.

At a hearing Thursday, Antipolo Rep. Romeo Acop made the motion to detain Mamba to cooperate with congressmen on their investigations on the “inaction of the Commission on Elections (Comelec)

on the Cagayan provincial capitol’s alleged cash distribution during last year’s election season.”

“Mr. Chair, may we respectfully move that Governor Mamba be detained pursuant to our rules and be meted out the penalty that is supposed to be meted out pursuant to our rules?” Acop asked the joint panel.

Prior to his motion to detain Mamba, Acop, a lawyer, asked the joint committee to cite Mamba in contempt.

Congress has the power to cite in contempt resource persons invited in com-

mittee meetings if they are deemed uncooperative or evasive during congressional inquiries.

Contempt of the Congress may be penalized by indefinite detention at the premises of the House of Representatives.

“Since the governor of Cagayan was not able to obey the processes of these two committees, in the spirit of the equitable provisions of the law, I move that we cite the governor of Cagayan for contempt,” Acop said.

But Deputy Majority Leader Zam-

Court dismisses illegal recruitment raps vs. Jay Sonza

By Rio N. Araja DESPITE the dismissal of two cases of illegal recruitment, veteran broadcast journalist Jay Sonza will have to stay in detention due to 11 counts of estafa and libel cases he is still facing.

The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 100 provisionally junked the syndicated and large-scale illegal recruitment case filed against Sonza due to the failure of the complainants to appear in the hearings.

Branch 215 also provisionally dismissed the illegal recruitment case against Sonza.

Assistant City Prosecutor Joseph Seares said the private complainants were not able to coordinate with him despite his serious efforts to reach out.

“Given the consent of the accused who is virtually present… and in view of the manifestation of the public prosecutor indicating lack of interest to prosecute this case, on the part of the private

complainants, the motion of the defense is hereby granted,” the order read.

A provisional dismissal of a case means that the case could still be revived within two years if there is new evidence or reason to reopen it.

Sonza was earlier arrested for illegal recruitment and estafa at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport by the National Bureau of Investigation, and was turned over to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.

boanga Sibugay Rep. Wilter Palma said Mamba should be given another chance to show up.

“Can I ask a favor? For the last time, we’ll ask again, for him to appear. If he will not appear at the next hearing, then, I will be the co-sponsor of that motion,” he said.

“We will give him the last chance, if that would be possible, Mr. Chair? To have fairness, and for him to appear before this committee,” Palma appealed to his fellow legislators. But his appeal was turned down. Maricel V. Cruz

IN BRIEF PAF, foreign counterparts hold mass casualty drills THE Philippine Air Force (PAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) conducted a hands-on “austere/expeditionary medical care with mass casualty simulation exercise” at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City, Pampanga, to ensure the medical capability of personnel and their ability to operate in battlefield conditions.

“This subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) took place from Aug. 15 and 16,” PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Consuelo Castillo said in a statement late Wednesday.

“The SMEE, which was held from August 15-16, 2023, (also) brought together medical experts from the PAF, USAF, Indonesian Air Force, and Royal Malaysian Air Force. This activity is part of the PAR-23 (Pacific Airlift Rally 2023) which aims to identify optimal approaches for establishing a collaborative operational framework to address medical challenges in contested environments with limited resources,” she added. Vince Lopez

Gov’t urged to beef up leptospirosis info drive ANAKALUSUGAN Rep. Ray T. Reyes has appealed to the government to intensify its anti-leptospirosis drive to increase awareness of the disease and its prevention.

At the same time, Reyes said anti-leptospirosis drugs should be stockpiled at evacuation centers during the rainy season as diseases like such were likely to surge during typhoons.

“Leptospirosis is a preventable disease. During these times of flooding, I hope prophylaxis would be readily available to our countrymen who need to go to the evacuation centers,” Reyes, vice chair of the House Committee on Health, said.

The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) said leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals. It is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. Maricel V. Cruz

PCG rescue trafficking victims in Batangas THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and other maritime law enforcement teams apprehended two suspects and rescued five alleged victims of human trafficking on board a Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) passenger vessel in Batangas Port on August 13.

The individuals boarded the vessel, which departed from Culasi Port in Roxas City and bound for Batangas Port in Batangas City via Tablas Port in Odiongan, Romblon, at around 4pm on August 12.

Upon receipt of the information, the Coast Guard Station in Batangas immediately established communication with two duty sea marshals onboard and coordinated with the Captain of the subject vessel to monitor the location of the subject vessel for the apprehension of subject persons.

Personnel from the Coast Guard Substation in Romblon immediately scrutinized the passenger manifest submitted by said vessel, and revealed that only a certain “Mylene Parenes” was included in the manifest while two others were not. Vince Lopez

SAFEST CITY AWARD. Las Piñas

Mayor Imelda Aguilar (right) and Vice-Mayor April Aguilar with city police chief Col Jaime Santos during the turnover of a plaque of recognition awarded to Las Piñas as the “Safest City” in the southern part of Metro Manila. Aguilar said the Southern Police District (SPD) gave the award during the SPD’s 122ndanniversary celebration.

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OPINION

Submission of electronic copies of pleadings ON JANUARY 1, 2013, the Supreme Court issued the Efficient Use of Paper Rule to address “a need to cut the judicial system’s use [of] costly paper, save our forests, avoid landslides, and to mitigate the worsening effects of climate change that the world is experiencing.”

On May 1, 2020, the Supreme Court introduced for the first time, in the 2019 Amended Rules of Civil Procedure, the electronic filing and service of pleadings and court bound documents.

It also allowed the court to “electronically serve orders and other documents to all the parties in the case” (Section 18, Rule 13).

On April 11, 2023, the Supreme Court approved the Guidelines for Submission of Electronic Copies of Pleadings and Other Court Submissions Being Filed Before the Lower Courts Pursuant to the Efficient Use of Paper Rule (Guidelines) in line with the goal of the Supreme Court to digitally transform our courts, achieving a technology-driven judiciary.

“The Guidelines shall govern the electronic transmittal of copies in Portable Document Format (PDF) of pleadings and other court submissions and their additional accompanying documents, such as annexes and exhibits, if any, for filing in all cases governed by the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure before all lower courts” (Section 1, A.M. 10-3-7-SC and 11-9-4-SC).

The Guidelines shall apply to the Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals, and first and second-level courts and shall cover cases filed after the effectivity of the Guidelines (Section 1).

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The party filing a pleading in a mode or manner other than electronically has the duty to electronically transmit to the court PDF copies within 24 hours from the filing of the paper copy

“By April 5, 2024, the primary manner of filing of all pleadings… covered by the Guidelines… shall be through electronic transmittal…” (Section 11).

“The PDF copies of pleadings and court submissions must be transmitted by litigants and court users to the official e-mail address of the court where the case is pending. A directory of the official e-mail addresses of the lower courts is available at https://sc.judiciary. gov.ph/court-locator” (Section 2).

“In instances when the primary manner of filing is through personal filing, by registered mail, or by accredited courier, in accordance with Rule 13, Section 3(a), 3(b), or 3(c) of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, the PDF copies must be transmitted within 24 hours from the filing of the paper copy” (Section 2).

The filer referred to in Rule 13, Section 3(a), 3(b), or 3(c) “shall execute a verified declaration that the pleading or court submission and its accompanying documents, if any, submitted electronically are complete and true copies of the paper copies filed before the court” (Section 9).

The party filing a pleading in a mode or manner other than electronically has the duty to electronically transmit to the court PDF copies within 24 hours from the filing of the paper copy. In this instance, the pleading is considered “filed on the date and time of filing of the paper copy, and not the date and time of the transmittal of the electronic copy” (Section 3[a]).

“If the pleading, court submission, or any accompanying document has already been filed personally, by registered mail, or by accredited courier, the PDF copy to be transmitted should be the exact copy of the filed paper copy.

“If the court determines… that there are material discrepancies between the paper copy and the electronic copy, it may impose an appropriate sanction or refer such finding to the proper office for disciplinary action on the lawyer, law firm, or party responsible for the filing” (Section 5).

“Electronic copies of pleadings and other court submissions transmitted to the court not in PDF; or as PDF files with password protection or other encryption, or with embedded executable code or scripts; or as corrupted files, shall be deemed as not filed.”

The same Rule will apply to electronic copies of additional accompanying documents which shall be excluded from the records or rollo of the case/s for which they have been submitted (Section 5).

However, “when the primary manner of filing is through electronic transmittal pursuant to Rule 13, Section 3(d) of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, the subsequent submission of a paper copy shall be dispensed with.

“The time and date of the electronic transmittal shall be considered as the time and date of filing” (Section 3[b]). “[E]xpress permission must be granted by the court for the primary filing through electronic transmittal of the following: (a) initiatory pleadings and initial responsive pleadings, such as an answer to a complaint or a comment to a petition; (b) annexes, appendices, exhibits, or other accompanying documents to pleadings or other court submissions not readily amenable to digitization to PDF; and (c) sealed and confidential documents or records” (Section 3[b]).

“In the absence of express permission from the court to file the foregoing pleadings and court submissions by electronic means, paper copies shall be required and the date of filing shall be the date when the paper copy was filed in person, sent by registered mail, or sent by accredited courier” (Section 3[b] last paragraph) While there are different modes of filing pleadings and court bound documents, courts must be convinced that these are actually filed by the parties and received by the courts.

The process of ascertaining whether a party has indeed filed a pleading or court bound document is known as “proof of filing.”

“For pleadings or other court submissions filed personally, the electronic copy shall reflect the written or stamped acknowledgment of the clerk of court in Rule 13, Section 16(a) of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, clearly showing the date and time of filing and the signature of the receiving court personnel” (Section 4[a]).

“For pleadings or other court submissions filed by registered mail or by accredited courier, the PDF copy shall include the following: (i) a PDF copy of the proof of mailing stated in Rule 13, Section 16 of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, clearly showing the date and time of mailing or delivery to the post office or accredited courier; and (ii) PDF copy of the proof of payment of fees, when applicable” (Section 4[b]).

For pleadings or other court submissions electronically transmitted pursuant to Rule 13, Section 3(d) of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, the electronic transmittal shall include a PDF copy of the affidavit of electronic filing of electronic copies before the lower courts and its additional accompanying documents (Section 4[c]).

Said filings must be accompanied with an undertaking that, for other court submissions for which permission for electronic transmittal was not secured from the court, the filer will submit their paper copies to the court personally, by registered mail, or by accredited courier, within 24 hours from the date of the electronic transmittal (Section 4[c]). Full text at www.manilastandard.net

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will weave vital content and skills from arts and culture, civics, history, and physical education and health.

This will give learners a deeper understanding of themselves and their collective identity as a Filipino.

The new curriculum will also feature the GMRC, or “Good Manners and Right Conduct,” subject in Grades 1-6 and Values Education from Grades 7-10.

Peace education will likewise be integrated into the new curriculum with focus on self-awareness, disaster mitigation and human security to make learners aware of seeking peaceful resolutions even inside the classroom.

The new curriculum will be introduced in phases, with Grades 1, 4 and 7 students experiencing the new curriculum in the school year 2024-2025.

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte believes the new curriculum will provide children with a “meaningful learning experience that will boost their intelligence, improve their knowledge, enhance their skills and talents, and prepare them to become well-rounded, mature individuals.”

But it will also demand “extraordinary dedication, commitment, support, and resolve of our education stakeholders.”

All told, a new beginning for basic education in this country that we hope achieves its intended goals in the years ahead.

HE Department of Education (DepEd) has taken the right step in launching a new “decongested” curriculum focusing on key competencies and foundational skills for learners called Matatag K-10 (Kinder to Grade 10).

The revised basic education curriculum will put emphasis on literacy and numeracy skills, reduce the number of learning competencies and balance cognitive demands.

It seeks to develop higher-level thinking skills and clearer articulation of 21st century skills, intensify values education, strengthen peace education, and make it at par with international standards.

This, we think, is how it should be.

The new curriculum is the product of the efforts of the DepEd Bureau of Curriculum Development.

What they did was to take out no less than 70 percent of the old curriculum because there were redundancies, competencies that were only ‘nice to know,’ but are not a ‘must to know,’ and aimed for essential learning competencies.

The key features of the Matatag curriculum include the removal of Mother Tongue-based subjects in Grade 1, which will be replaced by five core subjects focusing on literacy and numeracy.

The DepEd clarified the new curriculum

All told, a new beginning for basic education in this country that we hope achieves its intended goals in the years ahead did not remove the use of Mother Tongue learning as it is mandated in the K to 12 law.

The language curriculum will underscore the development of oral language skills for communication in the language the learners will understand, which is essential in developing foundational skills.

Reading and literacy competency, on the other hand, will give learners reading skills, comprehension, critical thinking, foster a love of reading, and help readers become confident and proficient readers.

We are glad the new “Makabansa” subject

Confidential SINCE the word “confidential” has been in the news lately in relation to increased budgets of certain government offices, we tried to consult an authority on the subject, namely Peter Mark Roget, a physician who in 1852 devised a “Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.”

According to this reference work often consulted by writers, confidential can also mean: concealed, mysterious, off the record, secret, covert, stealthy, clandestine, cloakand-dagger, behind the scenes, surreptitious, furtive.

But then, Mr. Roget also includes the word “dishonest” as synonym.

Our interest in what the word “confidential” really means had been piqued by what seemed to be moves by various government agencies to include confidential and intelligence funds in their budget proposals to Congress.

Quizzical eyebrows have been raised, for instance, why the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd), headed by the same official, would ask for confidential and intelligence funds for each agency.

The proposed budget for 2024 of the OVP headed by Sara Duterte is P2.374 billion.

This is 1 percent lower than its budget for this year.

But tucked into the OVP budget is P500 million in confidential funds, or 21 percent of its total budget for 2024.

The agency has said the money would go to satellite offices throughout the country, ostensibly to deliver vital social services to the grassroots. But isn’t that the work of the DSWD and LGUs? DepEd’s budget totals P712.44 billion, the second-biggest proposed allocation behind the P822.2 billion for the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Vice President Sara Duterte is also DepEd Secretary. The agency is asking for P150 million confidential fund for 2024, the same amount this year.

Confidential funds are those associated with surveillance aimed at supporting an agency’s operations. Confidential funds do not require disclosure of where the money goes, unlike other regular spending.

Intelligence funds, on the other hand, are usually spent by the military, police, and other uniformed personnel, as well as intelligence agencies, for informationgathering activities that have a direct impact

on national security.

The use of such funds is “generally confidential and classified” but requires “strong internal controls” and “strict accounting and auditing rules to prevent mishandling or improper application of the funds.”

These are the requirements set by a joint circular of the departments of budget, interior and local government, national defense, Commission on Audit, and the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations.

Last year, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman called for a “purge” of “unnecessary and excessive” confidential and intelligence funds in the P5.268-trillion budget for 2023.

He singled out the OVP’s P500 million and DepEd’s P150-million confidential funds.

The lawmaker pointed out that “no stretch of the imagination or flexibility of logic” could justify the inclusion of these funds in two government agencies that are not concerned with surveillance and national security.

Recently, Lagman said he would pursue his advocacy against “profligate allocations for confidential and intelligence funds” in the President’s P5.768-billion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024.

He claimed these were “excess fat” which must be “excised and reallocated” to socioeconomic services, particularly education and health.

Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has also questioned the propriety of the administration’s move to allocate billions of pesos for intelligence and confidential funds, particularly following the destruction caused by recent storms.

He said this raised “serious questions about the government’s understanding of the real needs and challenges faced by our country.”

“It shows the lack of empathy and understanding of the real needs of ordinary Filipinos” as the hardships experienced by storm-devastated areas in the country “require a robust response from the government.”

DepEd has defended the proposed P150million budget for its confidential expenses in 2024.

DepEd Undersecretary and spokesperson Michael Poa said the P150 million will

be used to collect information on illegal recruitment activities, apparently by antigovernment groups, in schools and put a stop to such activities.

The information, he explained, will be used to formulate and implement targeted programs and projects aimed at countering such recruitment activities that pose a risk to learners and teachers.

“Basically, we will use these funds really for the welfare of our learners and teachers when it comes to their security, and peace and order in our schools,” Poa said.

The confidential funds in the DepEd budget, he emphasized, are intended “to protect our learners.”

Our question is: Are our schools going to be used for imparting knowledge and skills to students or will our schools be turned into spy networks where the administration, teachers and students are paid to gather information on anti-government views and/ or activities within the campus?

Or will the intelligence and confidential funds be used instead for partisan politics in the years ahead, particularly in 2028?

(Email: ernhil@yahoo.com)

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‘Hotel Conference’ mentality GOVERNMENT agencies have the penchant for conducting seminars, conferences and “workshops” at out-of-town resorts or at high-end hotels in the National Capital Region.

Those out-of-town destinations include tourist sites in the cities of Baguio, Tagaytay, Iloilo, Cebu and Davao; Clark and Subic in Central Luzon; and El Nido in Palawan.

Almost always, the chosen facility must provide first class amenities akin to a five-star hotel.

The preferred hotels in Metropolitan Manila are the very expensive ones, particularly those at the cities of Parañaque, Pasay, Makati and Manila, and at Bonifacio Global City, all of which charge enormous fees.

Since the activity is an official function of the government agency behind, the expenses are charged to the taxpayers.

More often than not, the government officials and employees who organize and participate in these activities will not be willing to use the

facilities of these high-end destinations if the bill is to be for their individual account.

Thus, because the taxpayers foot the bill, the sky is often the limit for the government officials and employees attending these activities.

Now here’s the sad reality.

The matters taken up in these expensive seminars, conferences or workshops are those which naturally occur in the course of the business of those government agencies.

Whatever supposed “work” is tackled in these seminars could have been taken up inside the offices of the government agencies concerned.

Thus, taxpayers ask, “what is it that these agencies need to take up in an out-of-town resort or inside a high-end hotel that cannot be taken up in the less expensive confines of their offices?”

Many government agencies have function rooms big enough to accommodate hundreds of participants. If there isn’t room enough, then the meeting can be held online, as in the way many big private corporations hold their stockholders meetings.

If the government office concerned does not have enough space within its premises, then the

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If the government office concerned does not have enough space within its premises, then the official in charge of the office ought to rent space in a government convention center or similar state-owned facility

official in charge of the office ought to rent space in a government convention center or similar state-owned facility.

There, the rental payments due will redound

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to the state’s coffers, instead of the treasury of private enterprises which charge exorbitant rates.

The late President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos put up the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in the Pasay City reclamation area to provide facilities for big and small conferences, both local and international.

It has ballrooms for big assemblies, and smaller function rooms which can accommodate groups as small as 50 or thereabouts.

Another similar venue is the governmentowned Development Academy of the Philippines in Tagaytay City. It has state-of-the-art facilities.

Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City is another similar venue. Its function rooms and living accommodations can accommodate both small and big assemblies.

There is likewise the National Arts Center at Mount Makiling in Laguna which offers quaint outdoor facilities.

In the end, the government, which owns these venues, benefits. Taxpayers’ money goes back to the government coffers.

That being said, why can’t government agencies hold their seminars, conferences and workshops there?

Apparently, holding these seminars,

Board Member & Chief Legal Adviser Treasury Manager Head—Ad Solutions Circulation Manager

conferences and workshops at out-of-town resorts or in high-end hotels is just an excuse to go on an expensive junket at government expense.

The University of the Philippines is notorious for frequently holding faculty seminars, conferences and workshops outside of its vast campuses, often at very distant private destinations, all at the expense of the government.

UP’s campuses in Diliman and Los Baños have enough facilities for these activities and yet UP still holds them elsewhere.

Those out-of-town trips are junkets at government expense.

I understand that almost every summer, the Supreme Court holds sessions in Baguio City, where the justices also have individual luxurious villas complete with state-of-the art facilities.

Why does the SC have to hold sessions in Baguio, and maintain those luxurious villas, all at immense government expense, when it has sufficient modern and air-conditioned offices in Manila?

What is it that has to be done in Baguio that the SC can’t do in Manila anyway?

Why does the SC have those luxuries, paid by the taxpayers, when other state agencies are required to scrimp on tight budgets?

Rolando G. Estabillo Publisher Chin Wong Joyce Pangco Pañares Jimbo Owen Gulle

Associate Editor Managing Editor News Editor

Emil P. Jurado

Honor Blanco Cabie Opinion Editor Lino M. Santos Chief Photographer

Chairman Emeritus, Editorial Board

B2 FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2023

REVISED ZONAL VALUATION – RDO NO. 96 - BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE MANILA

DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 045 - 2023

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

TO

:

:

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED SCHEDULES OF ZONAL VALUES OF REAL PROPERTIES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BONGAO (3RD REVISION), LANGUYAN, MAPUN, PANGLIMA SUGALA, SAPA-SAPA, SIMUNUL, SITANGKAI, SOUTH UBIAN, TANDUBAS, TURTLE ISLANDS AND SIBUTU (2ND REVISION), PROVINCE OF TAWI-TAWI, WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF REVENUE DISTRICT OFFICE NO. 96 – BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI UNDER REVENUE REGION NO. 15 – ZAMBOANGA CITY FOR INTERNAL REVENUE TAX PURPOSES.

VICINITY

PASIAGAN ROAD

PROPOSED KASULUTAN BOULEVARD

1ST ST.- BADJAO VILLAGE

RIDJIKI BLVD.

LAMION- SALAMAT

SANGA- SANGA

By virtue of said authority, and after the conduct of public hearing on May 10, 2023, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has determined the zonal values of real properties in the Municipalities of Bongao (3rd Revision), Languyan, Mapun, Panglima Sugala, Sapa-Sapa, Simunul, Sitangkai, South Ubian, Tandubas, Turtle Islands and Sibutu (2nd Revision), Province of Tawi-Tawi, within the jurisdiction of Revenue District Office No. 96 – Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Revenue Region No. 15 – Zamboanga City.

This Order is therefore issued to implement the revised schedules of zonal values of real properties for purposes of computation of any internal revenue tax due on sale/ transfer or any other disposition of real properties. The zonal values established herein shall apply provided the same is higher than (1) the fair market value as shown in the schedule of values of the provincial or city assessor and (2) the gross selling price/ consideration as shown in the duly notarized document of sale or transfer of real property.

SALAMAT

SUKURAN

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M RR

All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned

Under Section 4 of Republic Act 10963, otherwise known as the “Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN)” Law, amending Section 6 (E) of National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997, the Commissioner is hereby authorized to divide the Philippines into different zones or areas and shall determine the fair market value of real properties located in each zone or areas, subject to automatic adjustment once every three (3) years.

CORNER DATU HALUN SCHOOL OF FISHERIES DATU HALUN RIDJIKI BLVD.

ALL OTHER ST.

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

506.00

ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

165.00

A

107.00

CR

864.00

A50

120.00

RR

359.00

GP

203.00

CR

590.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

RR

359.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

CR

590.00

CR

2,015.00

A50

165.00

CR

864.00

RR

963.00

CR

1,111.00

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY : MALASA STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

CR

1,779.00

CR

1,342.00

A

107.00

GP

206.00

A50

120.00

RR

427.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

BARANGAY : MANDULAN STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A50

152.00

A

107.00

GP

158.00

A50

120.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

This Order shall take effect immediately.

BENJAMIN E. DIOKNO Secretary of Finance

VICINITY

A50

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY : IPIL STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

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BARANGAY: LUUK TULAY

August 7, 2023 SUBJECT

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2023

RECOMMENDED BY: BARANGAY: KAMAGONG STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

ROMEO D. LUMAGUI, JR. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

ALL LOTS

DEFINITION OF TERMS RESIDENTIAL LAND/CONDOMINIUM HABITATION. COMMERCIAL

LAND DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TO COMMERCIAL PURPOSES AND GENERALLY FOR THE OBJECT OF PROFIT. DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TO INDUSTRY AS CAPITAL.

AGRICULTURAL

DEVOTED PRINCIPALLY TO RAISING OF CROP SUCH AS RICE, CORN, SUGARCANE, TOBACCO, ETC. OR TO PASTURING, INLAND FISHING, SALT-MAKING, AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL USES INCLUDING TIMBERLAND AND FOREST LAND.

VICINITY

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

371.00

CLASSIFICATION LEGEND: CODE CLASSIFICATION RR Residential Regular

CODE CLASSIFICATION GL Government Land GP*

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

General Purposes

Peanut Land

A28

Soy beans Land

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

CR

626.00

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

Coco Land

A29

Grape vineyard

A5

Citrus Land

A30

Pepper Land

A6

Fishpond

A31

Mineral Land

A7

Swamp

A32

Non Metallic mineral Land

A8

Nipa Land

A33

A9

Cotton Land

A34

A10

Cogon

A35

Rubber Land

A11

Abaca Land

A36

Forest Land/Timber Land

A12

Orchard

A37

Horticultural Land

A13

Pineapple Land

A38

Salt Beds

A14

Banana Land

A39

Seashore

A15

Pasture Land

A40

Resort

A16

Corn Land

A41

Sandy/Stony

A17

Sugar Land

A42

Prawn pond

A18

Tobacco Land

A43

Sorghum

A19

Cacao

A44

Ipil-ipil

A20

Lanzones

A45

Kangkong

A21

Durian

A46

Zarate

A22

Rambutan

A47

Vegetable Land

A23

Mango

A48

Coffee

A24

Mangrove

A49

Mountainous / Hilly Areas

A25

Camote/Cassava

A50

Other Agricultural Lands

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

BARANGAY: NALIL STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

506.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

A

120.00

A50

157.00

BARANGAY: LAKIT-LAKIT

A4

GP

188.00

I

845.00

X

817.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

370.00

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

JJJ LAND DEV’T. CORP. SUBDIVISION

RR

1,563.00

A

107.00

SEA ORCHIDS HOMES SUBDIVISION

RR

1,520.00

Coal Deposit

A50

120.00

MID VALLEY SUBDIVISION

RR

1,150.00

African Oil Land

GP

203.00

TRIPLE R SUBDIVISION

RR

1,150.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY: LAMION

ALL LOTS

VICINITY ROADSIDE

RR

641.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

X

845.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

173.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

370.00

DAERAH SHARIFA RAFIA HALUN VILLE

RR

2,417.00

ALL LOTS

ALL LOTS

VICINITY

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

BARANGAY: PAG-ASA STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

BARANGAY : LAPID-LAPID

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY : BONGAO BARANGAY : POBLACION

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY: PABABAG STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE SCHEDULE OF RECOMMENDED ZONAL VALUES OF REAL PROPERTIES REVENUE REGION NO. 15 - ZAMBOANGA CITY REVENUE DISTRICT OFFICE NO. 96 - BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

246.00

588.00

120.00

A27

RR

CR

107.00

Upland

INTERIOR LOTS

INTERIOR LOTS

A

Riceland Unirrigated

588.00

120.00

A50

A3

CR

GP

Institutional

A2

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

371.00

X

Bamboo Land

120.00

GP

RR

Commercial Condominium

A26

107.00

A50

INTERIOR LOTS

CC

Riceland Irrigated

626.00

A

107.00

626.00

A1

CR

A

CR

AGRICULTURAL LANDS

ROADSIDE

A50

Industrial Area for Priority Development

439.00

203.00

I

Parking Slot

RR

588.00

Commercial Regular

PS

ROADSIDE

CR

Residential Condominium

APD

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

Cemetery Lot

VICINITY

BARANGAY: MONTAY-MONTAY

120.00

RC

Agricultural

ALL LOTS

BARANGAY: LAGASAN

ALL LOTS

A

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

GP

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

CL

BARANGAY : MASANTONG

BARANGAY: KARUNDONG

RAWLAND, UNDEVELOPED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREA WHICH HAS POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, ETC. MUST NOT BE LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE METERS. MEANS AN AREA, LOCALITY, NEIGHBORHOOD OR DISTRICT ABOUT, NEAR, ADJACENT PROXIMATE OR CONTIGUOUS TO A STREET BEING LOCATED.

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

PRINCIPALLY DEVOTED TO

INDUSTRIAL

GENERAL PURPOSE

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

506.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

A

120.00 157.00

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

A50

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

GP

188.00

A

107.00

X

817.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

AWWAL

DATU HALUN RIDJIKI BLVD.

CR

1,660.00

A50

120.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

AWWAL PROPOSED EXTENSION

CORNER PROPOSED ROAD

CR

1,833.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

370.00

BAGAY

DATU HALUN RIDJIKI BLVD.

CR

2,136.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

CHINESE PIER ROAD

RIDJIKI BLVD-PROPOSED ROAD

CR

1,720.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

DATU HALUN

WHARF-NALIL

CR

9,834.00

DATU HALUN ROAD

NALIL- PASIAGAN

RR

838.00

FATHER LAQUER ST.

KAHAPAN

LAMION

LAMION SIMANDAGIT NALIL ROAD

HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL SITE

DATU HALUN SCHOOL OF FISHERIES

CORNER RIDJIKI BLVD.

CR

970.00

X

904.00

RR

789.00

CR

906.00

X

868.00

RR

789.00

CR

906.00

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

CR

1,658.00

INTERIOR LOTS

811.00

X

1,508.00

SIMANDAGIT

A50

175.00

PASIAGAN-WHARF OF LAMION

RR

591.00

CR

814.00

RR

501.00

A50

165.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

848.00

RR

SANGA-SANGA

VICINITY

X

GP

203.00

CR

588.00

RR

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

476.00

ROADSIDE

CR

814.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

INTERIOR LOTS

246.00

GP

188.00

CR

756.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

ALBIA SUBDIVISION

RR

4,417.00

BARANGAY: PAGATPAT

BARANGAY: LUUK PANDAN STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

ALL LOTS

VICINITY

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A

107.00

834.00

A50

120.00

A50

120.00

RR

626.00

GP

203.00

GP

203.00

CR

814.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

X

795.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

CR PAHUT ROAD

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

INTERIOR LOTS

NFA WAREHOUSE

ALONG PAHUT ROAD

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

BARANGAY: LATO-LATO

ALL LOTS

BARANGAY: PAG-ASINAN

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BARANGAY: TUBIG-BASAG

BARANGAY: PAHUT STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

626.00

CR

513.00

A

107.00

X

415.00

107.00

A50

120.00

RR

356.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

A4

339.00

GP

188.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

608.00

A25

59.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

ALL OTHER INTERIOR LOTS

RR

400.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

321.00

864.00

I

845.00

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

VICINITY

VICINITY ROADSIDE

RR

528.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

X

845.00

A

120.00

A50

178.00

INTERIOR LOTS INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

OLD HOUSING

RR

1,050.00

NEW HOUSING

RR

1,025.00

DAYANG SAHAYA HOME SUBDIVISION

RR

1,025.00

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M 864.00

X

845.00

588.00

A

120.00

246.00

A50

157.00

GP

203.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M RR

506.00 525.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

ROADSIDE LOT (Suwangkagang)

CR

2,158.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

188.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

321.00

INTERIOR LOTS (Suwangkagang)

RR

350.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

771.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

491.00

BARANGAY : TUBIG-TANAH STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

469.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

A

120.00

A50

157.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

776.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

321.00

BARANGAY: UNGUS-UNGUS VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

506.00

ROADSIDE

CR

864.00

X

760.00

A

120.00

A50

188.00

GP

407.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

726.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

321.00

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM ALL LOTS

VICINITY

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

528.00

CR

864.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

VICINITY

ALL LOTS

RR

588.00

CR

760.00

X

685.00

A1

381.00

A4

400.00

A11

95.00

A14

111.00

A25

400.00

A31

481.00

A32

419.00

VICINITY

ALL LOTS

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

99.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

439.00

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

BARANGAY: TONGSINAH CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

RR

439.00

VICINITY

ALL LOTS

ROADSIDE

CR

626.00

A

107.00

A50

120.00

GP

203.00

INTERIOR LOTS

CR

588.00

INTERIOR LOTS

RR

246.00

371.00

A4

264.00

A25

85.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M 445.00

X

404.00

RR

334.00

A4

211.00

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

CERTAIN GUIDELINES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ZONAL VALUATION OF REAL PROPERTIES FOR RDO NO. 96 – BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI NO ZONAL VALUE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR A PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY.

a.) NO ZONAL VALUE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR A PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION IN A PARTICULAR STREET/SUBDIVISION IN A BARANGAY, THE ZONAL VALUE PRESCRIBED FOR THE SAME CLASSIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE OTHER STREET/SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE SAME BARANGAY OF SIMILAR CONDITIONS SHALL BE USED; AND b.) NO ZONAL VALUE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR A PARTICULAR CLASSIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY IN ONE BARANGAY, THE ZONAL VALUE PRESCRIBED FOR THE SAME CLASSIFICATION OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN AN ADJACENT BARANGAY OF SIMILAR CONDITIONS SHALL BE USED. 2.

PREDOMINANT USE OF PROPERTY. a.) ALL REAL PROPERTIES, REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL USE, LOCATED IN A STREET/BARANGAY/ZONE, THE USE OF WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS “COMMERCIAL” FOR PURPOSES OF ZONAL VALUATION.

CR

443.00

RR

380.00

I

415.00

X

383.00

A1

136.00

A3

294.00

A4

294.00

A11

100.00

A14

100.00

A16

83.00

A23

294.00

A25

294.00

A48

275.00

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M RR

338.00

CR

420.00

X

380.00

A4

231.00

A25

40.00

ZONAL VALUES OF CONDOMINIUM UNIT/TOWNHOUSE: IF THE TITLE OF A PARTICULAR CONDOMINIUM UNIT/TOWNHOUSE IS a.) A CONDOMINIUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (CCT), THE ZONAL VALUE OF THE LAND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE TREATED AS ONE; OR b.) A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (TCT), THE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT SHALL BE GIVEN SEPARATE VALUES, i.e. ZONAL VALUE/GROSS SELLING PRICE/FAIR MARKET VALUE PER LATEST TAX DECLARATION WHICHEVER IS HIGHER AND, IN THE ABSENCE OF ZONAL VALUATION, PROPERTY SHALL BE VALUED PURSUANT TO RAMO 2-91.

THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS COMMERCIAL AND TWENTY PERCENT (20%) OF THE ESTABLISHED VALUE SHALL BE ADDED THERETO. AREAS FOR PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT (APD).

THESE ARE AREAS IDENTIFIED AS AREAS FOR PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIED TO AS SUCH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (DHSUD). IF IT IS UTILIZED FOR SOCIAL HOUSING, IT SHALL BE CERTIFIED TO AS SUCH BY THE PROPER GOVERNMENT AGENCY, SUCH AS PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON URBAN POOR (PCUP), NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NHA), ETC.

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

MUNICIPALITY : SAPA-SAPA BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

ALL LOTS

VICINITY

ALL LOTS

SECOND SALE OF LOT IDENTIFIED AS LOCATED IN THE APD SHALL NO LONGER BE VALUED AS AN APD AND SHALL BE TREATED AS AN ORDINARY REAL PROPERTY. 5.

DIVISION OF A BARANGAY IN THE EVENT THAT AN EXISTING BARANGAY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO OR MORE BARANGAYS, THE ZONAL VALUE PRESCRIBED FOR THE EXISTING BARANGAY SHALL BE USED FOR THE NEWLY CREATED BARANGAY

6.

PARKING SLOT (PS) IF NO ZONAL VALUE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR PARKING SLOTS, THE VALUE SHOULD BE 60% OF THE AMOUNT OF THE UNIT SOLD

7.

INSTITUTION (X) THESE ARE AREAS FOR SCHOOL, HOSPITAL AND CHURCHES. IF NO ZONAL VALUE HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED, THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY NEAREST TO THE INSTITUTION, WITHIN THE SAME BARANGAY AND STREET SHALL BE USED.

8.

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

415.00

X

CR

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

4.

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M RR

334.00

CR

MUNICIPALITY : SIBUTU (New Municipality, formerly part of Sitangkai) BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

MUNICIPALITY : PANGLIMA SUGALA BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

BARANGAY : TARAWAKAN

ROADSIDE

VICINITY

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

A14

BARANGAY: SUMANGAT

203.00

RR

MUNICIPALITY : TURTLE ISLANDS BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

3.

113.00

GP

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

b.) THE PREDOMINANT USE OF OTHER CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN A STREET/BARANGAY/ZONE, REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL USE SHALL BE CONSIDERED FOR PURPOSES OF ZONAL VALUATION.

356.00

VICINITY

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

MUNICIPALITY : MAPUN BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

VICINITY

WHEREIN THE APPROVED SCHEDULE OF ZONAL VALUES FOR A PARTICULAR BARANGAY -

A4

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

61.00

2,730.00

VICINITY

MUNICIPALITY : TANDUBAS BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

203.00

400.00

120.00

319.00

GP

A1

A50

418.00

A50

220.00

RR

626.00

465.00

X

A25

370.00

107.00

381.00

CR

120.00

RR

A

RR

A50

INTERIOR LOTS

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

346.00

415.00

CR

VICINITY

A4

463.00

ROADSIDE

63.00

107.00

X

439.00

294.00

A

CR

RR

A4 A25

383.00

245.00

ROADSIDE

356.00

RR

CR

776.00

VICINITY

415.00

RR

626.00

ROADSIDE

GP

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

1.

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

463.00

X

409.00

439.00

CR RR

CR

MUNICIPALITY : SOUTH UBIAN BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY : LANGUYAN BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

X

RR

INTERIOR LOTS ACS SUBDIVISION

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

VICINITY

CR

ROADSIDE

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY: SIMANDAGIT STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

BARANGAY: TUBIG-MAMPALAM

CR

RR

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

ALL LOTS

370.00

ROADSIDE

BARANGAY: SILOBBOG

ALL LOTS

295.00

RR

469.00

ROADSIDE

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

ALL LOTS

GP

RR

BARANGAY: SANGA-SANGA

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

ROADSIDE

ROADSIDE LOT (Suwangkagang)

ALL LOTS

MUNICIPALITY : SITANGKAI BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY : TUBIG-BOH

BARANGAY : PASIAGAN

ALL LOTS

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

CR

CR

BARANGAY: PANYONGAN

ALL LOTS

VICINITY

ROADSIDE

ROADSIDE

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

ALL LOTS

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

439.00

506.00

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY: BONGAO BARANGAY: PAKIAS

ALL LOTS

PROVINCE : TAWI-TAWI MUNICIPALITY : SIMUNUL BARANGAY : ALL BARANGAYS

RR

RR

ALL LOTS

VICINITY

CLASSI- 3RD REV FICATION ZV/SQ/M

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ROADSIDE

ROADSIDE

A

ALL LOTS

STREET NAME /SUBDIVISION/ CONDOMINIUM

B3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2023

ZONAL VALUE OR FMV ESTABLISHED IN THE SCHEDULE OF VALUES OF ASSESSORS. THE ZONAL VALUES ESTABLISHED HEREIN SHALL APPLY IN COMPUTING ALL INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES (i.e. CAPITAL GAINS, CREDITABLE WITHHOLDING, ESTATE, DONOR’S, AND DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAXES) DUE ON SALES, EXCHANGES, OR OTHER DISPOSITIONS OF REAL PROPERTY. PROVIDED, THAT THE SAME IS HIGHER THAN (1.) THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AS SHOWN IN THE SCHEDULE OF VALUES OF THE PROVINCIAL AND CITY ASSESSORS (i.e. LATEST TAX DECLARATION) AND (2.) THE GROSS SELLING PRICE AS SHOWN IN THE DULY NOTARIZED DOCUMENT OF SALE OR EXCHANGE AT THE TIME OF SALE OR EXCHANGE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE VALUE OF PROPERTY TO BE USED IN COMPUTING ESTATE AND DONOR’S TAXES SHALL BE (1) THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE (i.e. ZONAL VALUES) OR (2) THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AS SHOWN IN THE SCHEDULE OF VALUES OF THE PROVINCIAL/CITY/MUNICIPAL ASSESSOR, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.

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Villar, Korean firm in talks to operate $1-b casino complex

BSP maintains interest rates as inflation continues to ease

By Jenniffer B. Austria

By Julito G. Rada

REAL estate magnate Manuel Villar plans to tap a Korean company to operate a new $1-billion casino and hotel complex within his 3,500-hectare estate in southern part of Metro Manila this year and develop a second casino in the coming years.

Villar said he was in talks with the Korean company to operate the 80-hectare casino and entertainment complex between Las Piñas and Parañaque.

“We are finalizing talks with a Korean firm to operate the casino for us.

We will probably start operating this year, or at the latest first quarter of next year,” Villar told reporters Tuesday.

The Villar Group is converting the Global South Mall in Las Pinas into an integrated resort casino near Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the three existing integrated resort and casinos of City of Dreams, Okada Manila and Solaire Resorts & Casino in Paranaque.

“The first floor of the mall will be converted into casino, while the upper floors will be converted into hotel rooms,” Villar said.

Villar said he was also planning to build another casino within Villar City as part of future developments for the newly-launched estate.

He said aside from the casino, his group also planned to put up more residential, commercial and office developments as well as a concert venue and a theme park.

He said Villar City would be developed as the biggest and greenest estate development in the country, competing with Makati central business district and Bonifacio Global City.

Based on the masterplan, Villar City will have 15 satellite cities which are seen to complement one another to provide residents, entrepreneurs and companies with a conducive environment.

These planned satellite cities will include a modern CBD, a tech valley, a university town and a premier lifestyle hub set amid verdant landscapes with 1 million trees. They will also be seamlessly connected via a thoughtfully-planned road network that links to major thoroughfares such as Daang Hari and MCX.

HE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Thursday kept the overnight borrowing rate steady at 6.25 percent amid the continued slowdown in inflation.

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It also retained the overnight deposit and lending facilities at 5.75 percent and 6.75 percent, respectively.

BSP Governor Eli Remolona said the decision considered the lackluster 4.3-percent gross domestic product growth in the second quarter, which brought the first-half expansion to 5.3 percent, below the 6 percent to 7 percent target range for the year.

“The Monetary Board also recognized the challenging outlook for economic growth, as the weaker GDP outturn for the second quarter of 2023 reflected a broad-based slowdown in domestic demand. Household consumption slowed due to elevated commodity prices, while government spending contracted relative to the previous year,” Remolona said.

“Given these considerations, the Mon-

etary Board deemed it appropriate to maintain monetary policy settings to allow a moderation of inflation even as authorities continue to assess the emerging risks to the inflation outlook,” he said.

Data showed that from a peak of 8.7 percent in January 2023, inflation eased to 8.6 percent in February, 7.6 percent in March, 6.6 percent in April, 6.1 percent in May, 5.4 percent in June and to a 16-month low of 4.7 percent in July 2023.

The BSP raised the policy rate by a total of 425 basis points to 6.25 percent from May 2022 until March 2023, before taking a prudent pause in the last four Monetary Board meetings.

Remolona said the latest baseline projec-

tions continued to show a return to inflation target in the fourth quarter despite a generally higher path for inflation relative to the previous forecast from the monetary policy meeting in June, reflecting mainly the impact of higher international oil prices.

Oxford Economics, an international research agency, expects the BSP to maintain its pause throughout the year before beginning rate cuts the first quarter of 2024. “We believe recent inflationary pressures are mainly supply-driven and unlikely to be sustained. But further upside risks to inflation include potential nationwide minimum wage hike, which could invite demand-pull inflationary forces,” it said.

IN BRIEF

Distributors asked to get power from natural gas

FPIP VOLUNTEERS. First Philippine Industrial Park vice president Ricky Carandang (second from left) and Philippine Red Cross-Batangas Chapter administrator Ronald Generoso (third from left) shake hands after they agreed on a joint project to organize in Tanauan City, Batangas Red Cross volunteers who will be trained to respond rapidly to emergencies and disasters. With them are FPIP external relations manager John Carlo Navalta (left) and PRC-Tanauan City branch head Mark Jerick Paz. Both parties agree to help each other in mobilizing grassroots-level volunteers who will train and familiarize themselves on Red Cross 143 Program. Red Cross created RC143 to build community resilience where RC143 volunteers—composed of one leader and 43 members—serve as the eyes, ears, hands and feet of the PRC.

Subic, Clark locators call on BIR to suspend new tax issuances

By Othel V. Campos LOCATORS in Clark and Subic Bay Freeports, supported by big business groups, asked the government to suspend the implementation of new tax measures issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue which limit the tax incentives and other fiscal perks enjoyed by exporters and importers.

The Clark Investors and Locators Association, Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce, together

with the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Metro Clark Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tarlac Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Metro Clark ICT Council and IT and Business Process Association issued a joint resolution that calls for the immediate suspension of BIR Revenue Regulation-21-2021 and Revenue Memorandum Circular 24-2022.

RR 21-2021 took effect in December 2021 to implement the amended value added tax incentives of registered export enterprises on their importations and local purchases, as provided under the Tax Code and the implementing rules and regulations

of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act. RMC 24-2022 clarifies that VATregistered REEs whose registration with an investment promotion agency has already expired should be subject to VAT. The business groups also asked the government to review the IRR of the CREATE Act or Republic Act 11534.

“We appeal in the strongest term for the government to cure the situation by ordering the review and amendment of the IRR and the immediate suspension of Revenue Regulation-21-2021, Revenue Memorandum Circular 24-2022 in order to preserve the original intent of the CREATE Act,” the joint resolution read.

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BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

INVITATION TO BID Bid No. 2023-06

The ISABELA II ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE (ISELCO II) through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites interested and eligible bidders to bid for the following procurement.

Copy of the Bid Documents may be acquired after the submission of Letter of Intent to Participate and payment of the corresponding bid fee.

The bidding will be conducted through competitive bidding procedures using a non-discretionary “pass”/ “fail” criterion in accordance with the provisions of RA 10531.

Only those who purchased the bid documents within the given period shall be allowed to participate in the bidding to be held at ISELCO II Headquarters, Alibagu, City of Ilagan.

The foregoing amounts are non-refundable and must be paid to the cashier at ISELCO II, Main Office, Government Center, City of Ilagan, Isabela or deposit thru ISELCO II Bank Account. Official receipt or deposit slip as proof of payment must be presented during the Pre-Bid Conference.

For queries, please contact the BAC Secretariat (0917 496 1860), look for Engr. Edelmark Miranda or email us at iselco2_pbac@yahoo.com.

Schedule of activities.

ACTIVITIES Release of Invitation to Bid (Publication) Selling and Issuance of Bid Documents Pre-Bid Conference Deadline of Submission and Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids Bid Evaluation Delivery Schedule

SCHEDULE August 18, 2023 August 18 - 24, 2023 (9:00 AM) August 24, 2023 (9:00 AM) August 31, 2023 (9:00 AM) August 31, 2023 (9:00 AM)

ISELCO II hereby reserves the right to reject any bids, waive any formality therein, accepts proposal most advantageous to the Cooperative and assumes no obligation to compensate or indemnify any bidder for expenses or losses that may be incurred in the preparation of bid, nor does it guarantee that an award will be made.

PINKY ANN C. LUCAS BAC Chairman M. Standard – August 18, 2023

TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT. The Land Bank of the Philippines will work with the Philippine Space Agency and the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute for the integration of space data and analytics to its financing strategies for the agriculture sector.

Signing the tripartite memorandum of understanding for collaboration on the use of space data and analytics for financial applications in Quezon City on Aug. 8 are (front row, from left) DOST-ASTI representative Engr. Alvin Retamar, PhilSA director-general Dr. Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. and LandBank senior vice president Elcid Pangilinan.

THE Department of Energy issued a draft circular asking power distributors to source a percentage of their power requirements from natural gas facilities.

It issued the draft circular prescribing the policy framework on the development of natural gas power generation facilities in the Luzon grid in support of the country’s energy transition. The circular, which is subject to public comment and consultations, spells out the responsibilities of the energy industry participants.

It said all distribution utilities should source a percentage of their demand as determined by the DOE, from natural gas-fired power generation facilities. The DOE would determine the mandated minimum percentage that DUs are required to source from natural gas-fired power generation facilities.

It said the DUs should prepare and submit distribution development plan and power supply procurement plan, integrating the mandated percentage power supply sourced from the natural gas-fired power generation facilities.

“In case a DU is fully contracted, it shall reflect in its DDP and the PSPP the mandated percentage to be sourced from natural gas-fired power generation facilities for its future power supply,” the circular said. Alena Mae S. Flores

SMC unit ready to enforce cashless toll collection

SMC Infrastructure, a unit of San Miguel Corp., said Thursday it is ready to implement cashless and contactless payment system along its expressways after the government directed toll operators to conduct a two-month dry-run.

“We support the DOTr’s [ Department of Transportation] and the TRB’s [Toll Regulatory Board] move to make toll collection purely cashless. We believe this move will significantly reduce traffic congestion and waiting times at toll plazas and contribute to a smoother and safer travel experience,” San Miguel president and chief executive Ramon Ang said.

The DOTr, through the TRB, will conduct a dry-run starting Sept. 1 to test the readiness of concessionaires for a smooth and efficient reimplementation of the program.

The infrastructure unit of San Miguel, which operates several toll expressways in Luzon, said it started transitioning mixed lanes—or cashaccepting lanes—at select toll plazas and exits, to allow for only cashless transactions.

“Our teams are already installing and calibrating RFID scanners and related equipment.

We will do everything necessary to ensure that the implementation will go smoothly. If in the course of the dry run period any adjustments have to be made, we will also be ready,” Ang said. Darwin G. Amojelar

SMIC, GT Capital bullish on second-half prospects

CONGLOMERATES SM Investments Corp. and GT Capital Holdings Inc. are bullish about secondhalf prospects as core businesses are expected to deliver strong results despite the market headwinds.

SMIC head of investor relations Timothy Daniels said in an investor conference the conglomerate, which has investments in retail, property and banking sectors, historically gets bulk of earnings in the second half of the year because of holiday spending in the fourth quarter.

Daniels said with school opening moved to third quarter, this would further boost the group’s second-half earnings.

“Fundamental story is still good in the Philippines. There are clearly a little more softness in GDP [gross domestic product[ and in inflation numbers. But if we look at overall growth story, we still believe in the Philippines growth and its underlying story,” Daniels said.

GT Capital executive vice president and chief finance officer Franciso Suarez Jr. said during the same forum the growth momentum would enable the company to sustain strong earnings in second half of the year.

“If you annualize the P13.4-billion net income [excluding P3.2 billion gain from sale of lots], that would be more than P25 billion in terms of net income for the year,” Suarez said. Jenniffer B. Austria

DOJ files charges vs. miner for alleged Anti-Dummy Law violation The Department of Justice filed charges against members of the board of directors of Mt. Labo Exploration and Development Corp. who served from 2011 to 2015 for alleged violation of Section 2 of Commonwealth Act No. 108, or the Anti-Dummy Law. The board was led by RTG Mining Inc. chief executive Justine Alexandria Magee and board member Matthew Gordon Syme.

The DOJ’s decision stemmed from a complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation upon prior sworn complaint by Galeo Equipment Corp.

“We welcome the DOJ’s decision in indicting the former directors of Mt. Labo for violation of the Anti-Dummy Law. This supports Galeo’s quest for vindication in the Mabilo project

and its aim to achieve justice and equity,” said Angelo Par, head of legal and compliance department at Galeo.

The charges were filed and raffled to Branch 133 of the Makati City Regional Trial Court.

RTG, Mt. Labo’s associate company, identified Mt. Labo’s Mabilo project as its next development project. It is a mining and exploration company listed on the main board of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange and the OTC Pink Market.

The DOJ identified other former members of the Mt. Labo board as Johannes Martinus Raadsma, Maximo Sara III, Martin Sara, Benedicto Bulatao and Crispiniano Acosta.

It said records show that the capital stock of Mt. Labo from 2011 to

2015 was simulated to make it appear that at least 60 percent of Mt. Labo was owned by Filipino citizens. It said many indications of foreign ownership and control over Mt. Labo existed that would merit the application of the stricter Grandfather Rule, which traces both the direct and indirect shareholdings in the corporation to determine actual Filipino ownership.

The DOJ said there was a glaring similarity in the corporate structure and the nominal shareholders of Mt. Labo and its mother company, St. Ignatius. SRM Gold Limited, a foreign corporation incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, also owns 40 percent of St. Ignatius aside from its 40-percent shareholdings in Mt. Labo, it said.

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MOB ATTACK OVER ‘BLASPHEMY’

Pakistan police guard Christian colony F

AISALABAD, Pakistan—Police were guarding a Christian neighborhood in central Pakistan on Thursday, after hundreds of Muslim men rampaged through its streets setting fire to churches and ransacking homes over accusations of blasphemy a day earlier.

The violence broke out in Jaranwala, on have been injured. An order has the outskirts of the industrial city of Faisala- been issued for the arrest of the bad, after allegations spread that Christians accused,” a statement said. had desecrated the Koran, forcing families to Images on social media showed flee their homes. crowds of hundreds armed with A spokesperson for the Punjab provincial sticks and rocks storming through government said late Wednesday that more the streets, with smoke rising than 100 people were arrested, with police from church buildings. also seeking to arrest the people accused of Yasir Bhatti, a 31-year-old defiling the Muslim holy book.

“The desecration of the Holy Quran has been made and emotions of the Muslims CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Regional Trial Court National Capital Judicial Region Branch 99, Quezon City, Metro Manila Email address: rtc2qzn099@judiciary.gov.ph Landline: 0917-12877912/02-85180415 WILMA M. IBARRA a.k.a Wilma Ibarra Alvarez, Petitioner, -versus -

CIVIL CASE NO. R-QZN-23-03554-CV For: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage

FREDDIE B. CASALME, Respondent. x------------------------------------x

SUMMONS (by Publication)

Christian, fled his home in a narrow alley next to one of the churches that was ransacked by the mob.

“They broke the windows, doors and took out fridges, sofas, chairs and other household items to pile them up in front of the church to be burnt. They also burnt and desecrated Bibles, they were ruthless,” he told AFP by phone.

In one video, crowds cheer and demand punishment for the accused blasphemers as a cross is torn from the top of a church.

The boundary walls of a Christian cemetery were vandalised, police said.

“The crowd inflicted heavy damage on the area including to homes of Chris-

tians, and many churches,” Ahad Noor, a government official, told AFP. Local Muslim leaders used mosque loudspeakers to urge their followers to demonstrate, according to videos posted on social media.

“Christians have desecrated the Holy Koran. All the clerics, all the Muslims should unite and gather in front of the mosque. Better to die if you don’t care about Islam,” one cleric is heard saying.

Blasphemy is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where anyone deemed to have insulted Islam or Islamic figures can face the death penalty.

Pakistani bishop Azad Marshall, in

ERRATUM

(MStandard - Aug. 11, 2023)

WHEREAS, on May 4, 2023 this Court issued Summons in the above-entitled case, but was returned unserved by the OCC, RTC Manila Sheriff on June 23, 2023;

WHEREAS, on July 20, 2023, petitioner filed a “Motion for Reconsideration” praying that the Order dated July 17, 2023 be reconsidered and accordingly grant her leave of court to allow the service of the summons by way of publication; WHEREAS, on July 26, 2023, this Court issued an Order granting the issuance of Summons by publication upon respondent FREDDIE B. CASALME whose last known address is in 100 B Masbate St., Sampaloc Manila; WHEREAS, in the petition, the relief/s prayed for is hereby quoted as follows: WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that after due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered: 1. Declaring the marriage between the Petitioner WILMA M. IBARRA a.k.a WILMA IBARRA ALVAREZ and the herein respondent FREDDIE CASALME, as null and void ab initio for failure to comply with the essential and formal requisites of marriage as provided by Article 2 paragraph (2) and Article 3 paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Family Code of the Philippines; 2. Ordering the Local Civil Registrar of the City of Manila and the Philippine Statistics Authority to cancel the Certificate of Marriage of the herein petitioner and respondent in their respective Book of Marriages; Petitioner prays for such other reliefs and remedies that may be just and equitable under the premises.

NOW THEREFORE, YOU, respondent FREDDIE B. CASALME, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED within THIRTY (30) DAYS from the last issue of publication to ANSWER the petition and to copy furnish the petitioner with a copy of your Answer at No. 30 K Matahimik St., Barangay Malaya, Quezon City. You are reminded of IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the ground thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to Answer within the time fixed, the Court shall order the Public Prosecutor to investigate whether collusion exists, in accordance with Section 8 (3) of A.M. No. 02-11-10-SC (Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages and Annulment of Voidable Marriages).

The Petitioner will take judgment and may be granted the relief applied for in the Petition.

The Respondent in an action for Annulment of Marriage, Declaration of Nullity and Legal Separation must strictly observe the above-prescribed period to file Answer.

WHEREFORE, let this summons be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation to be selected by raffle in accordance with law at the expense of the petitioner. Likewise, let a copy of the summons be sent by registered mail to the respondent at his last known address, also at the expense of petitioner and to submit to this Court proof of compliance therewith.

WITNESS THE HON. MARY AYN T. PUNZALANTORIBIO, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 26th day of July 2023.

(Sgd.) ATTY. CATHLYN AUDREY M. DE DIOS Branch Clerk of Court Copy Furnished: Office of the Solicitor General 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati SACP Sylvia Jean S. Lopez Public Prosecutor Room 428, DOJ Building, Quezon City Hall Compound, Barangay Central, Diliman, 1110, Quezon City Atty. Donna Jane Mercader-Alagar Counsel for the Petitioner ALAGAR SILVERIO LAW OFFICES Unit 205 Señor Ivan De Palacio Bldg., 139 Malakas cor Matalino Street, Quezon City Email Address : donnaalagar@yahoo.com Wilma M. Ibarra aka Wilma Ibarra Alvarez Petitioner No. 30 K Matahimik St., Brgy. Malaya, Quezon City (MStandard - Aug. 11 & 18, 2023)

West African military chiefs meet over coup

Republic of the Philippines Dancers perform Standard REGIONAL TRIAL COURT TODAY a traditional NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION dance before a BRANCH 89 – QUEZON CITY NIAMEY, Niger—West African military chiefs E-mail address: rtc1qzn089@judiciary.gov.ph ceremony markare set to meet Thursday in Ghana to coordiContact Number: 0956-6143135 ing Indonesia’s nate a possible intervention aimed at reversing IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION 78th IndepenNiger’s coup. DISSOLUTION FOR THE VOLUNTARY dence Day in AlarmedCOMMUNITY by a cascade of takeovers in the OF THE ABSOLUTE OF PROPERTY AND FOR Surabaya on region, REGIME the Economic Community of West AfTHE SEPARATION OF PROPERTIES, Thursday. Havrican States (ECOWAS) has decided to create a “standby force to restore constitutional order” ing originated in Case No. R-QZN-23-03937-CV in Niger.

Aceh, from a pla- CHRISTOPHER KYLE MALIG meeting of the top brass on Thursday teau called Gayo, AND DIANAThe KRISTINA REYES MALIG, and Friday comes after fresh violence in the Petitioners, Saman Dance insurgent-hit country, with jihadists killing at has many values, x-------------------------------------------------x TOanCREDITORS least 17 NOTICE soldiers in ambush. principles, and The verified Petitiondetachment for the Voluntary Dissolution An army was “the victim ofof the a Absolute Community of Property andofforKoutougou” the Separation philosophies terrorist ambush near Regime the town of Properties filed on April 26, 2023 by the petitioners is given due of Acehnese course.in the Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso on imbued in the Tuesday, Niger’s defense ministry said.

NOTICE IS BEING more GIVENsoldiers that this petition is set for hearing Twenty were wounded, six Saman dance, August 18, 2023inatthe 2:00heaviest o’clock in the afternoon Room seriously, losses since theat July such as wisdom, on 401, Hall of Justice-Annex, City Hall Compound, Quezon City, at 26 coup. faith, manners, which time and place, the parties shall appear and present their Jihadist haveof gripped Africa’s evidence, and that allinsurgencies creditors, if any, the aforementioned heroism, and petitioners, andregion all otherfor persons interest in breaking the petition, Sahel morehaving thanan a decade, togetherness. shall also in order to safeguard andspreadto adduce outappear in northern Mali in their 2012interest before evidence on why this petition should not be granted.

AFP ing to neighboring Niger and Burkina Faso in

In the Order published last July 17, 24 & 31, 2023 re: RTC-QC, Branch 216 with Case No. R-QZN23-03820-SP, ADRIAN NICOLE ABELLERA a.k.a.

SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA. The following names should have read as follows: SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA not MEDIANA and ANGELINE ABELLERA BALUYOT not ANGELENE and ARISTOTLE CEDRIC ABELLERA not CEDRICK as published. Our apology.

WHEREAS, on April 18, 2023, a petition for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage, which was solemnized on September 10, 1981 in Sta. Ana , Manila as stated in the Certificate of marriage, has been commenced by petitioner Wilma M. Ibarra against respondent Freddie B. Casalme;

WHEREAS, on July 17, 2023, this Court denied “Motion to Serve Summons By Publication” filed by the petitioner for lack of merit;

IN BRIEF

SAMAN CULTURE.

TO: FREDDIE B. CASALME 100 B Masbate St. Sampaloc Manila

WHEREAS, on July 14, 2023, petitioner filed a “Motion to Serve Summons By Publication” praying that the Summons be served by publication considering that the same was return unserved pursuant to the Sheriff’s Return dated June 21, 2023 and the whereabouts of the respondent remain unknown;

Manila

Let a 2015. copy of the notice be published once a week for three (3) consecutiveThe weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, to be “three borders” area between the coundetermined at thethe expense theattacks petitioners. triesbyisraffled, regularly sceneof of by rebels

US prosecutors seek March trial in Trump case WASHINDTON, DC—Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to set a trial date of March 4 next year for the election racketeering and conspiracy case against former president Donald Trump in the US state of Georgia.

The defense is likely to push for a later start, with the 77-year-old Republican billionaire facing four criminal trials as he bids for a return to the White House.

But the proposal would place the opening just one day before “Super Tuesday,” when more than a dozen states vote in the Republican primary contest that determines who will be the

the neighboring city of Lahore, said the Christian community was “deeply pained and distressed” by the events.

“We cry out for justice and action from law enforcement and those who dispense justice and the safety of all citizens to intervene immediately and assure us that our lives are valuable in our own homeland,” he posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Christians, who make up around two percent of the population, occupy one of the lowest rungs in Pakistani society and are frequently targeted with spurious and unfounded blasphemy allegations that can be used to settle personal vendettas. AFP

party’s flag bearer in the 2024 election.

It would also come just eight days before Georgia’s vote.

Trump was indicted Monday on charges of racketeering and a string of election crimes after a sprawling, two-year probe into his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden in the Peach State.

Prosecutors in Atlanta charged 18 co-defendants with multiple offenses linked to the alleged conspiracy, including Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows.

“In light of defendant Donald John Trump’s other criminal and civil matters pending in the courts of our sis-

affiliated with the Islamic State group and AlSO ORDERED.

ter sovereigns, the state of Georgia proposes certain deadlines that do not conflict with these other courts’ already-scheduled hearings and trial dates,” District Attorney Fani Willis wrote in a court filing.

She asked for a first, procedural hearing for the defendants—known as the arraignment—for the week of September 5.

Trump did not have any immediate reaction to the filing, but amplified posts on his social media platform Truth Social making the innocuous claim that Willis, an elected Democrat, has donated money to Democratic causes. AFP

Canada orders people to evacuate north city as wildfires advance OTTAWA, Canada—Residents of one of the largest cities in Canada’s far north were ordered Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to flee amid warnings that raging wildfires could reach it by the weekend.

The crisis in the town of Yellowknife is the newest chapter of a terrible summer for wildfires in Canada, as flames spread quickly across the country, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and charring large swathes of land.

More than 1,000 wildfires are currently burning across the vast country, including about 230 in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s taste of a very hot and destructive summer in much of the Northern Hemisphere.

“Unfortunately, our wildfire situation has taken another turn for the worse with a fire burning west of Yellowknife now representing a real threat to the city,” Shane Thompson, the Northwest Territories’ environment minister, told a news conference.

He ordered the city’s nearly 20,000 residents to leave by noon Friday. There is only one highway open to the south.

Commercial and military flights were also being arranged.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that Ottawa would “assist however we can.”

The wildfire as of late Wednesday was within 17 kilometers of Yellowknife, which is the regional capital.

“I want to stress that the city is not in immediate danger,” Thompson said.

But he added: “Without rain, it is possible (the fire) will reach the city outskirts by the weekend.” AFP

Qaeda.

The unrest across the region has killed thousands ofCECILYN troops, police officers and civil(Sgd.) E. BURGOS-VILLAVERT ians, and forced millions to fleeJudge their homes.

Presiding Anger at the bloodshed has fueled military (MStandard - Aug. 4, 11 & 18, 2023) coups in all three countries since 2020, with Niger the latest to fall when its elected president Mohamed Bazoum was ousted on July 26.

The generals who have detained Bazoum said “the deteriorating security situation” sparked the coup. AFP

Given this June 1, 2023 at Quezon City.

MAKESHIFT MORGUE. A man on a bike carries a cross Thursday in the north side of Lahaina, Hawaii. The number of people known to have died in the horrific wildfire that leveled Lahaina reached 106 the other day. President Joe Biden will head to Hawaii on August 21 to meet with survivors and first responders still hunting for victims, the White House said. AFP

UN chief calls for troop deployment to Haiti UNITED Nations, New York—The head of the United Nations reiterated his call for the deployment of a multinational force to Haiti in a private letter seen by AFP Wednesday, in which he proposed sending both police and military units.

“I continue to appeal to Member States to deploy a non-United Nations multinational force, composed of police special forces and military support units,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a Monday letter to the UN Security Council.

Guterres and Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry have been pleading for months for a deployment to the Caribbean country, which is sinking under compounding humanitarian, political and security crises that have overwhelmed its weak government and security forces.

Many countries have been hesitant to step in, partly out of fear of finding themselves in a bloody quagmire.

In late July, however, Kenya announced it was willing to head a multinational police intervention to train and assist the Haitian police, with Nairobi pledging 1,000 officers.

The mission would need a green light from the Security Council, even though it wouldn’t be deploying under the flag of the UN. Guterres in his letter welcomed Kenya’s move, saying a deployment is “urgently needed.”

He also acknowledged the proposed Kenyan mission’s support from The Bahamas and Jamaica, as well as “announcements made by Antigua and Barbuda to consider contributing.” AFP

Hawaii officials say ‘no regrets’ about lack of wildfire sirens LAHAINA, Hawaii—Embattled officials in Hawaii who have been criticized for the lack of warnings as a deadly wildfire ripped through a town insisted Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that sounding emergency sirens would not have saved lives.

At least 110 people died when the inferno leveled Lahaina last week on the island of Maui, with some residents not aware their town was at risk until they saw flames for themselves.

But the head of Maui’s Emergency Management Agency, which operates a network of 80 sirens, on Wednesday defended the decision not to sound them as fire bore down on Lahaina’s more than 12,000 people.

“The sirens are used primarily for tsunamis. The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the siren is sounded,” Herman An-

daya told a press conference.

“Had we sounded the siren that night, we’re afraid that people would have gone (into the hills)... into the fire.”

Criticism has swelled since the disaster, with survivors complaining there were no official warnings, with the mobile phone networks and electricity supply knocked out, limiting the channels by which alerts are usually delivered.

Andaya on Wednesday queried whether anyone would have noticed if the sirens had blared their 121-decibel warning—a level the American Academy of Audiology says is equivalent to a jet plane taking off.

“A lot of people who are indoors, air conditioning on whatever the case may be, they’re not going to hear the siren,” he said.

“Plus the winds were very gusty

(that day)... it was very loud, so they wouldn’t have heard the sirens.”

Asked if he regretted the decision not to activate the system, he replied: “I do not.”

Hawaii’s Governor Josh Green last week ordered a probe into the beforeduring-and-after of the tragedy, to see if lessons can be learned.

Survivors have complained that the government has been slow to help them; that the body recovery is inching along, and that they are being prevented from going back to their homes.

Disaster officials have bristled at suggestions local people have lost trust in them, insisting it is outsiders who are complaining.

“You think that people that live here that are helping don’t care?” said Maui Mayor Richard Bissen at a sometimestesty news conference. AFP

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Plaintiffs, SO ORDERED. Given this June 1, 2023 at Quezon City.

(Sgd.) CECILYN E. BURGOS-VILLAVERT Presiding Judge

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2023 C2 FRIDAY, AUGUST 18,ERRATUM In the Order published last July 17, 24 & 31, 2023 re: RTC-QC, Branch 216 with Case No. R-QZN23-03820-SP, ADRIAN NICOLE ABELLERA a.k.a.

SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA. The following names should have read as follows: SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA not MEDIANA and ANGELINE ABELLERA BALUYOT not ANGELENE and ARISTOTLE CEDRIC ABELLERA not CEDRICK as published. Our apology.

(MStandard - Aug. 11, 2023)

By Randy Caluag

ILAS Pilipinas will take on visiting World Cup teams in a series sued rned of tune-up games behind blic e 23,of the Philippines ONAL TRIAL COURT closed doors prior to the CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION ed a – QUEZON CITY H 89 opening battles in the FIBA : that rtc1qzn089@judiciary.gov.ph Number: 0956-6143135 that ERRATUM Basketball World Cup Notice2023. of Selferiff’s HE PETITIONIn the Order published last (MStandard - Aug. 11, 2023)

tsDISSOLUTION of July 17, 24 & 31, 2023 OMMUNITY re: RTC-QC, Branch 216 E AND FOR with Case No. R-QZNnied PROPERTIES, 23-03820-SP, ADRIAN NICOLE ABELLERA a.k.a. y the CaseSAM No. R-QZN-23-03937-CV ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA. The following MALIG ed a names should have read REYES MALIG, as follows: SAM ALBERT Order Petitioners, ABELLERA MEDINA not ingly -------------------x MEDIANA and ANGELINE the CE TO CREDITORS ABELLERA BALUYOT not ANGELENE n for the Voluntary Dissolution of and the ARISTOTLE CEDRIC Property Regime and for the Separation sued ABELLERA not CEDRICK 26, 2023 by the petitioners is given due sril by as published. Our apology.

LME

PRAYER WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed that leave of court be granted plaintiffs in order to allow to amend their complaint

Adjudication Settlement

is hereby given The Filipino squad, Notice bannered by natuthat the estate of the late TEODOCIA ralized player Jordan Clarkson of thePANES Utah who died on Jazz, meets Ivory Coast JURILLA on Friday 18), May 22, 2023 (Aug. left money in Savings Account in Mexico on Sunday (Aug. 20), and MonteLandbank Branch in Fort Taguig battling which is negro on Monday (Aug.Bonifacio 21), before now being settled by her son, the Dominican RepublicCESAR on opening on P. JURILLA day JR., her only heir and survivor under Aug. 25 at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Doc No. 476; Page No. 97; Book No. 267; Series of Bulacan.

2023 in the Notarial Registry Admitting that he has a “difficult deciof Atty.

John Domingo A. Ponce, Jr., a notary public sion” to make, Gilas mentor Chot Reyes said for and in the City of Makati.

(MStandard - Aug. 11, 2023)

the final line-up will be announced after the tune-up games, or on the day of the opening.

From the original 21, the pool members’ list was trimmed to 16, which includes Roger Pogoy, Rhenz Abando, Dwight Ramos, Kai Sotto, June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar, Scottie Thompson, Jamie Malonzo, CJ Perez, Bobby Ray Parks, Chris Newsome, Calvin Oftana, AJ Edu, Kiefer and Thirdy Ravena, and Clarkson.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 89 – QUEZON CITY E-mail address: rtc1qzn089@judiciary.gov.ph Contact Number: 0956-6143135 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION OF THE ABSOLUTE COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY REGIME AND FOR THE SEPARATION OF PROPERTIES, Case No. R-QZN-23-03937-CV CHRISTOPHER KYLE MALIG AND DIANA KRISTINA REYES MALIG, Petitioners, x-------------------------------------------------x

NOTICE TO CREDITORS The verified Petition for the Voluntary Dissolution of the Absolute Community of Property Regime and for the Separation of Properties filed on April 26, 2023 by the petitioners is given due course.

NOTICE IS BEING GIVEN that this petition is set for hearing on August 18, 2023 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at Room 401, Hall of Justice-Annex, City Hall Compound, Quezon City, at which time and place, the parties shall appear and present their evidence, and that all creditors, if any, of the aforementioned petitioners, and all other persons having an interest in the petition, shall also appear in order to safeguard their interest and to adduce evidence on why this petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of the notice be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, to be determined by raffled, at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Given this June 1, 2023 at Quezon City.

(Sgd.) CECILYN E. BURGOS-VILLAVERT Presiding Judge 2023)

(MStandard - Aug. 4, 11 & 18, 2023)

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Mix of bidders leads 5150 Dapitan cast

AMENDED COM MS. MARILOOU C. KNIGHT, ENGR.4,ARNEL ISIP2023) with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court at(TO theirFILE common office address a (MStandard - Aug. 11 &served 18, columns we and DIDILO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION Renaissance St., Sta. Ana Manila City; 26.13.3 These c PLAINTIFFS, through counsel and to this Honorable Court, respectfu Defendants. beautiful to FACTUAL BACKGROUND x---------------------------------------------------------------x 1. Plaintiffs are hereby amending their Complaint to27.13.4 correct certain This is cl a 5. That plaintiff Helen and her family the own and occupy one of the five (5) adjoining two- storey townh COMPLAINT spouse of defendant Marilou Knights, as party defendant, To to beconform sure,

located No. 73 Scout St., Quezon City. HELEN owns Unit 73-B , while defendants Phili With Prayer for Ex parteatissuance of WritLimbaga Preliminary Attachment) their unis Section 4. Spouses as parties. – Husband and wife shallby sue or be Marilou own Unit 73-A; from the fac COME NOW the Plaintiffs, through6.theThat undersigned Counsel, and unto this Honorable Court respectfully plaintiffs’ ho 2.

The proposed amendments which are duly underlined will not as early as January 2010, defendants Marilou and the GKAPI applied and were issued a bar alleges that: 27.13.5 Finally, amendments necessary to property avoid any3 confusion and will, ininto fact,aexp Clearance 2 to conduct a major renovation of Philipare and Marilou’s from a townhouse bu townhouse, tradition at due process at law. would house the GKAPI; 1. Plaintiffs HELEN K. NG (“HELEN”establishment for brevity) andthat MRS. ANTONIA K. NG (“Antonia” for brevity), are both to visit GKA of legal age, Filipino with postal address7.at That No. 73-B Sct.the Limbaga Brgy. Laging ,Clearance Quezon City, where InHand view of the foregoing and withC-004 the indulgence of the20, Honorable before actual St., issuance of3.Barangay Ref. No. last January 2010, Co M they may be served with summons andand other processes of this Honorable Court; 4 28. That the Punong the fauxsheet pax, which was notmentioning deliberate, muchless wasBarang it inten GKAPI submitted among others, a) anafore-said Information specifically major renovation to comply witharchitectural existing laws purpose, B) tables of area computation and cost computation 5 of the renovation, C) the p 2. Private defendants SPOUSES PHILIP KELSO KNIGHT (“Philip”7 for brevity) and MARILOU C. Greetings: constrained to write Engr. Isa major andmarried, , d) a pro-forma letter of consent KNIGHT(Marilou for brevity) are boththe of GKAPI legal age, with residential addressfor at the 53-B 3rd renovation St., New addressed to the Barangay Cha 0200408 issued tothe defendan which was to be signed by defendant’s neighbors including Helen.

Helen and three others interpos Kindly take notice that the foregoing Motion is set for conside Manila Quezon City, where they may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court; objection because they were made to understand willa.m. be undertaken would only be a major reno September that 2015what at 8:30 without further argument.

29. That by their web of lies, of Unit No.PHILIPPINES, 73-A, subject toINC., the compliance with the requirements 8 of Barangay L 3. Defendant GOLDEN KNIGHT AETHETICS (“GKAPI” by forMarilou brevity) and is aGKAPI corporation Laging Handa and the neigh Handa,laws in addition to the specificatconditions of Helen and St., oneBarangay Doddy Alvardo 9; duly organized and exiting under Philippine with office address #73-A Scout Limbaga Laging Hand, Quezon City, where it may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court; 29.1 It must be noted tha EXPLANATION 8. That Marilou and GKAPI secured the services of a mere foreman and his laborers and immediately c of1997 GKAP (Pursuant to to Sec. 11,Computation Rulealmost 13 of the R the demolition sometime in January and GKAPI were able demolish half of th 4. Defendant ENGR. ARNEL ISIP C. ISIP (‘Engr. Isip” for brevity) is of legal2010. age ,Marilou a Filipino, is the authorized 29.2 With the foregoing d storey townhouse;Corporation (DDC for brevity) a corporation duly managing officer of defendant DIDILO Contruction that the GKAPI The foregoing pleading is being filed with thisand Honorable Court and sw organized and existing under Philippine laws with PCAB License No.5634007, Engr. Isip and DDC may be 29.4 Plaintiffs andpersona others to time constraints and lackstopped of office couriers to serve the same 9. That for unknown reasons, defendants Marilou andaddress GKAPI served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court at their common office at 2046 the ongoing demolition works an project, having been Renaissance St., Sta. Ana Manila City;27, 2010. The workers left the site with only half of the townhouse demolished; with the pillars, walls and b townhouse; hanging; without waterproofing the exposed common walls; with the rubbles uncollected; with the scaffo While using the Anne at FACTUAL the at the driveway not dismantled; and without closing the perimeters with a29.5 proper fence; BACKGROUND PRAYER hand of were u WHEREFORE, respectfully prayed that leave courtactually be grante 5. That plaintiff Helen and her family10. ownThat andinoccupy thedemolition, five (5) adjoining twostoreyit is townhouses view ofone the of initial plaintiffs’ townhouse began to sustain damages.

Thus, Helen w title “Proposed Conve 1 include the spouses of defendants Marilou Knight to as party defendan , while defendants Philip ofand located at No. 73 Scout Limbaga St.,with Quezon City.alternative HELEN owns no other than Unit to file73-B a complaint before the Office the Lupong Tagapamayapa of Bar 29.6 With the Architectu and that the attached Amended Complaint be admitted into the records Marilou own Unit 73-A; the parties; Laging Handa last August 10, 201010. As a result, a Notice of Hearing11 was sent to prepared in 2010. In Development Office, Plaintiffs likewise for such other just and equitable relief/s.

6. That as early as January 2010, defendants Marilou and the GKAPI applied and were issued pray arepresenting barangay 11.

That on August 16, 2010, Helen and Dorothy Soberano, Marilou and/or GKAPI, attend 3 January 26, 2010 On Clearance 2 to conduct a major renovation of Philip and Marilou’s property from a townhouse into a business 12 hearing and agreed to make repairs as shown by the Minutes of the hearing . In said hearing defendants Quezon City, 20 August 2015 dated January 20, 20 establishment that would house the GKAPI; made aware of the need for waterproofing the common by constructing perimeter fences and perma 29.7 The existence and u its backdoor; RESPECTFULLY 7. That before the actual issuance ofclosing Barangay Clearance Ref. No. C-004 last January 20, 2010, Marilou Philip, MarilouSUBMIT and G 4 and GKAPI submitted among others, a) anThat Information specificallyon mentioning major as its GKAPI didofnot their sinister 12. despite sheet their agreement August 16, 2010,renovation Marilou and/or make any and repaim (Sgd.) GINGER ANNE CAS purpose, B) tables of area computationimprovements and cost computation of the abandoned renovation, C) architectural plan6 of pa and had5totally thethe site.

Marilou and/or GKAPI only community, showed up evade once ag 7 Counsel for Plaintiffs consent10, for2010 the major addressed to the Barangay the GKAPI and , d) a pro-forma letter ofOctober in the premises; whenrenovation they returned to site and made some Chairman rituals coincide with the 10-10-10 or Octob PERMANENT LIGHT CEN which was to be signed by defendant’s neighbors including Helen.

Helen and three others interposed no 29.8 Upon learning that de 2010 as it is believed to be lucky y numerologist and astrologist.

No. 7and 21stthe Ave., Cubao, Que objection because they were made to understand that what will be undertaken would only be a major renovation other occupa 8 Tel. Nos. (+632) 912-1771/(091 13. Soon, thereafter, it camewith to the of plaintiffs that Marilou GKAPI secured the serv of Barangay Laging and/or theknowledge requirements of Unit No. 73-A, subject to the compliance

by Marilou and GKAPI and not to a 6storey 9 No. 4759428; 1-9-2015; M DDC of through managing.

Officer, Engr.

No. 73-A; ; Isip, to continue demolition of Unit PTR Handa, in addition to the specific conditions Helenits and one Doddy Alvardo 29.8.1 Indeed Mr.2011 Wil IBP Lifetime Roll NO. 010074; 22 Feb 14.services That once after their rituals on October 10 2010, defendants abandoned the site for next 8. That Marilou and GKAPI secured the of aagain, mere foreman and his laborers and immediately caused MCLE and plaintiffs ra Compliance No. V-000034 months until Helen could no longer the laid-back the demolition sometime in January 2010.

Marilou and GKAPI were ableendure to demolish almost and half unconrned of the two- behaviors of the defendants would haveand com decided to file a second complaint on March 10, 2010: 13 storey townhouse; requires defend REPUBLIC OF THE PHILI commercial est 15. Marilou That parties were notified tothe appear in ademolition hearing on March was followed

by CO two 9. That for unknown reasons, defendants and GKAPI stopped ongoing works and22, April2011 which REGIONAL and TRIAL their neighb onthe March 25, 2011 and May 25, 2011.

Duringwalls the first the minutes CAPITAL 14 show that defen 27, 2010. The workers left the site with hearings only half of townhouse demolished; with the pillars, andhearing, beamsNATIONAL JUDICIA demanded by plaintiffs through Belinda Naviomos-Andes Bneg, were demanded by plaintiffs to wate hanging; without waterproofing the exposed common walls; with the rubbles uncollected; with theorscaffoldings 29.9 Defendants also m BRANCH 104, QUEZON the without commonclosing wall, tothe build an adequate and to provide for a security guard; however, their arch at the at the driveway not dismantled; and perimeters with afence proper fence; Further inquiries wi HELEN K. NG, and ANTONIO K. NG. On the second meeting, minutes 15 show that Helen Marilou agreed 10. That in view of the initial demolition,15.1 plaintiffs’ townhouse began to the sustain damages.

Thus, was left to conduct inspection of the lea rented a vac Plaintiffs, incurredalready the before wall, she insisted Tagapamayapa that Helen shareofinBarangay all expenses in repairing the co with no other alternative than to file a complaint thehowever Office ofalso the Lupong 29.10 Attached hereto a 11 wall.a Furthermore, Marilou make a temporary fence using tarpaulin until constructio Notice of Hearing wasagreed sent totothe parties; Laging Handa last August 10, 201010. As a result, -versusMissionary Ronald G been completed; 11. That on August 16, 2010, Helen and Dorothy Soberano, representing Marilouclaimed and/or GKAPI, attended 15.2 On the final hearing 16, defendants that repairs have the been made and agreed make add 30. That Helen to sent defend 12 hearing and agreed to make repairs as shownrepairs by the Minutes of the are hearing .MS. In said hearing C. defendants were MARILOOU KNIGHT,etc.

ENGR. ARNEL in case there new leaks in plaintiffs’ ceilings, It was also ISIP noted thetracking hearin Receipts 54during and the made aware of the need for waterproofing the common by constructing perimeter fences and permanently anddemolished DIDILO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION the building has been completely and that defendants are just working on the nece closing its backdoor; 31. That on February 12, 20 Defendants. documents to start the demolition which will last for 30-40 days. demolition defend x---------------------------------------------------------------x 15.3 16, According to them,and/or the number of did days may be shortened 30 daysthe if workers will by be the allowed to 12. That despite their agreement on August 2010, Marilou GKAPI not make any repairstoand Permit No.02-10- 14056; from 9am to 8pm or later; improvements and had totally abandoned the site. Marilou and/or GKAPI only showed up once again on COMPLAINT October 10, 2010 when they returned to site and made some rituals coincide with the 10-10-10 or October 10, Prayer for Ex parte issuance of Wrir 16. That although the Marilou and GKAPI agreed in principleWith to acknowledge their obligations to make 2010 as it is believed to be lucky y numerologist and astrologist. and to comply with all the requirements of demolition, in practice however the defendants made 32.That although ourinefficie Const COME NOW the undersigned Counse insufficient complying with the requirements the control lawthe as regards demolition.

D the exercise of these 13. Soon, thereafter, it came to the knowledge of repairs plaintiffswhile that haphazardly Marilou and/or GKAPI secured the Plaintiffs, services of othrough alleges that: all these, DDC and Engr.

Isip continued with the demolition of what was left of the townhouse on June 10, DDC through its managing. Officer, Engr. Isip, to continue demolition of Unit No. 73-A; 33. That Articles 19, 20 and Plaintiffs HELEN K.initial NG (“HELEN” for brevity) MRS. ANT unknown to the plaintiffs abandoned and1. their neighbors, demolition done inand January 201 14. That once again, after their rituals17. on That October 10 2010, defendants the site forthe next five(5) “Art. 19.

Every m of legal age, Filipino at No. 73-B Sct.person Limbag undertaken without proper Demolition having with issued by address the Department of Building Offi months until Helen could no longer endure the laid-back andany unconrned behaviors ofPermit the defendants andpostal finally 17 everyone his Hd may be served summons and other give processes this onofDecem Quezon This that defendants onlywith applied for a Demolition Permit 13 is in view of the fact they decided to file a second complaint on March 10,City.

2010: 2010. Said Demolition Permit was issued on December 28, 2010 and released on January 3, 2011; Art. 20KELSO Every person wh 2. Private defendants KNIGHT REPUBLIC OF THEPHILIP PHILIPPINES 15. That parties were notified to appear in a hearing on March 22, 2011 which was followed by twoSPOUSES other the age, latter for the KNIGHT(Marilou fordefendants, brevity) are and bothEngr. of legal married, w 17.1 However, thehearing, demolition continued by that defendants DDC Isip on June 10, sam 201 In the Order published hearingslast on March 25, 2011 and May 25, 2011.

Duringwhen the first thewas minutes 14 show REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 18 Manila Quezon City, where they may be served with summons a Demolition Permit had already expired because of the lapse of 30 days reckoned from its releas plaintiffs to waterproof July 17, 24 & demanded 31, 2023by plaintiffs through Belinda Naviomos-Andes or Bneg, were demanded by NATIONAL Art.21. Any person who JUDICIAL January 3, 2011.forThe demotion was commenced by DDCCAPITAL and Engr. Isip only afterREGION the lapse of fi the common wall, to build an adequate fence and to provide a security guard; customs or public 3. Permit Defendant GOLDEN KNIGHT AETHETICS PHILIPPINES,p re: RTC-QC, Branch 216 from the release of said Demolition last January 3, 2011; BRANCH 306,Philippine QUEZON CITY duly organized exiting under laws with office add with Case No. 15.1R-QZNOn the second meeting, the minutes 15 show that Marilou agreed to conduct inspectionand of the leaks on 34. be In served addition, Article 2176 Laging Hand, Quezon City, where it may with summons rtc1qzn306@judiciary.gov.ph 18. And In orderintoallfacilitate defendants’ Demolition Permit, they first secured a Barangay Clearan 23-03820-SP, ADRIAN the wall, she however also insisted that more.

Helen share expenses incurred in repairing the common another, there being fault o 19 Said Barangay Clearance (for demolition) was issued on November 18, 2010; demolition (02)has 09760968624 wall. Furthermore, Marilou agreed to make a temporary fence using 4. tarpaulin until ENGR. construction there no pre-Isip” existing con NICOLE ABELLERA a.k.a.

Defendant ARNEL ISIP C. ISIPis(‘Engr. for brevi been completed; provision of this Chapter” managing officer of defendant DIDILO Corpora 18.1 Apparently as per the Barangay Records, defendants’ application for Contruction a demolition clearanc SAM ALBERT ABELLERA 15.2 On the final hearing 16, defendants claimed that repairs have been made and20 agreed toexisting make additional 21 with PCAB Licens organized and under Philippine laws supported by an information sheet and by pro-forma letter of consent dated January 18 IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF MEDINA. The following 35. That of it must be noted thC repairs in case there are new leaks in plaintiffs’ ceilings, etc. It used was also notedwith during that for served and other processes this clearance Honorable which was previously by defendants in the theirhearing application the necessary to ENTRY IN THE REPORT OFsummons BIRTH names should have the readbuilding has been completely demolished the construction of building a that defendants areRenaissance justofworking on Sta. the necessary St., Ana Manila City; major and renovations on the property Philip and Marilou.; (REGISTRY ROB-LA-467 2021) OF and comply with the provisio as follows: SAM ALBERT documents to start the demolition which will for of 30-40 days.wasNO. 18.2 Thislast letter consent maliciously and deceitfully re-used by the defendant to give the impr MINOR KARA ANGELIQUE THEA CAPULONG FACTUAL BACKGROU 15.3 According to them, the number of days may 30other daysneighbor if workers willgave be allowed to workto the demolition; ABELLERA MEDINA not that be theshortened plaintiffs to and also their consent 35.1 Section 301 of RANILLO IN THE5.RECORDS OF Helen THE and her family own andinstrumentality from 9am to 8pm or later; That plaintiff occupy one ofof MEDIANA and ANGELINE 19. That feeling aggrieved, HelenCONSULATE decided to send a 73 letter toLOS Engr.

Isagani R. Verzosa, of the Of PHILIPPINE GENERAL located at No. Scout Limbaga St., Quezon City.Jr.HELEN ow building or structu ABELLERA BALUYOT 16.

That although the Marilou and GKAPI agreed inOfficial principle 22 to acknowledge their obligations to make repairs That in responseMarilou to the letter, the73-A; Office of the City Building Official issued a the Building ownmade Unit ANGELES from the Building and to comply of demolition, in practice however the defendants inefficient and 23 not ANGELENE and with all the requirementsand desist order because it was discovered after a site inspection and evaluation, defendants com is to be done ”; (E insufficient theNational requirements of the law regards demolition.

Despite 6.orasP.D. That as early as January 2010, defendants Marilou and the ARISTOTLE CEDRICrepairs while haphazardly complying violationswith of the Building Code 1096., 2 SPEC.ofPRO CASE No. R all these, DDC and Engr. Isip continued with the demolition of what was left of the townhouse on June a10, 2011;renovation Clearance to conduct major Philip andabove Marilou 36. That as stated , ABELLERA not CEDRICK 19.1 Thereafter, defendants and plaintiffs were summoned to a meeting on August 9, 2011; establishment that would house having applied for nor issued That unknown to the plaintiffs and their neighbors, the initial demolition done in January 2010 was the GKAPI; as published. Our17. apology.

KATHLEEN L.CAPULONG, was stopped in April 27, 20 20.

That on August 9, 2011, the defendants through DDC and Engr.

Isip undertook to make repairs undertaken without any proper Demolition Permit having issued by the Department of Building Official of 7. That before the actual issuance of Barangay Clearance Re (MStandard - Aug. 11, 2023) 17 aandemolition permit was 4 on the site, and inforfact, affixed hisPermit signature the pictures 24 for toa)indicate the portions they onon December 3, Quezon City. This is in view of the fact adjustments that defendants only applied a Petitioner, Demolition and GKAPI submitted among others, Information sheet sp January 2011; repairs or improve.; 2010. Said Demolition Permit was issued on December 28, 2010 and releasedpurpose, on January 3, 2011; B) tables of area computation and cost computation 5 o 7 PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY of consent for the major ren the GKAPI and , d) a pro-forma letter 37.That defendants also vio 20.1These undertakingDDC are evidenced Meeting 17.1 However, when the demolition was continued by defendants and Engr. by Isipthe onMinutes June 10,of2011, the before the Office of the City B which wasFOREIGN to be its signed by defendant’s DEPARTMENT OF AFFAIRS 25 couldneighbors provide theincluding Office of H th ;of(PSA), Demolition Permit 18 had already expired Official because the lapse of 30 days reckoned from released on objection because theyofwere understand what will be qua nonthat to the issuance RENATO A. BORJA, KEVIN January 3, 2011. The demotion was commenced by (DFA), DDC and Engr. Isip only after the lapse five made (5) tosine of Unit 73-A,ALL subject to the to compliance

by Marilou and GKAP 21.Permit That despite theARCHIBALD undertakings the No. defendants committed do following their hearing befo T.which RANILLO, AND from the release of said Demolition last January 3, 2011; 38. Thatofdefendants fa Handa, in addition to the specific conditions Helen and also one Do INTERESTED PARTIES, shall expire and become is n 18. And more. In order to facilitate defendants’ Demolition Permit, they first secured a Barangay Clearance for 8. That Marilou and GKAPI secured the services of so a mere fore Respondents. building or work authorize 18, 2010; demolition 19 Said Barangay Clearance (for demolition) was issued on November the demolition sometime in Januaryof2010.

Marilou 120 days “ ; and GKAPI x----------------------------------------------------------x townhouse;clearance was 18.1 Apparently as per the Barangay Records, defendants’ application storey for a demolition ORDER38.1 It bears emphasiz supported by an information sheet 20 and by pro-forma letter of consent21 dated January 18, 2010 That reasons, Marilou and GKAPI sth This is aforPetition filedforbyunknown petitioner L.. Capulong, through defendants lackco which was previously used by defendants in their application the9. necessary clearance toKathleen makedefendants 27, The workers the site with half of the townhouse and Marilou’s correction of entry in2010. the Report of Birthleft (Registry No.only ROB-LA-467 2021) tow OF major renovations on the property of Philip and Marilou.; hanging; without waterproofing the exposed common walls; with demolition on June 18.2 This letter of consent was maliciously and deceitfully re-used by the defendant to giveof thethe impression Capulong Ranillo theatrecords Philippine Consulate General, Los An atinthe the driveway not dismantled; and without closing having failedthe to per per that the plaintiffs and other neighbor also gave their consent to the demolition; 38.2 Moreover, defenda 10.

That in view of the initial demolition, plaintiffs’ townhouse beg The petitioner alleges that she conceived and gave birth to her child, Kara 19. That feeling aggrieved, Helen decided to send a letter to Engr. Isagani R. Verzosa, Jr. of the Office of from their failure an with no Official other alternative to file a complaint before59the Offic of the City a than cease the Building Official 22 That in response to the letter, the Office long Ranillo on Building March 31, 2014issued in Northridge, Los Angelesproperty County, Californ ; of Hea a Notice Laging Handa last August 10, 201010. As a result, inspection evaluation, defendants and desist order 23 because it was discovered after a site 2017, she and caused the registration ofcommitted her daughter’s birth at the Departmen 39.

That defendants alsorepr vio violations of the National Building Code or P.D. 1096., 11. That on August 16, 2010, Helen and Dorothy Soberano, .the Philippines She initially registered it with Kevin Archibald T. Ranillo’s su installed tobyensure that pede hearing and to make repairs as shown the Minutes of t biological father of her daughter.

Report of Birth is registered with‘ Reg 19.1 Thereafter, defendants and plaintiffs were summoned to a meeting on August 9,agreed 2011; The caused by defendants cons made aware of the need for waterproofing the common by con 2021.

In the said Certificate of Live Birth, the following entries were recorded closing its to backdoor; 20. That on August 9, 2011, the defendants through DDC and Engr. Isip undertook make repairs and 39.1 The IRR of P.D. 10 adjustments on the site, and in fact, affixed his signature on the pictures 24 to indicate the portions they would made of approved 12. That despite their agreement on August 16, 2010, Marilou Item No. 1 Ranillo (as Last Name) repairs or improve.; also an be improvements and had totally abandoned theThey site.must Marilou Item No. 2 Kara Angelique Thea (as First Name) 39.2 It must be some noted ritu tha 10, 2010 they returned to site and made 20.1These undertaking are evidenced by the Minutes of Meeting beforeOctober the Office of thewhen City Building plywoods (not in Item No. 3 (as 2010 as it isCapulong believed to beMiddle lucky y Name) numerologist and astrologist.th Official 25; Item No. 18 25 September 2023 (Date of Marriage of Parents 40. That theofdefendants also 13. Soon, thereafter, camethe to the knowledge plaintiffs that M 21. That despite the undertakings which the defendants committed to do their hearing itbefore Item No. 19 following Redondo Beach, LA, CA, USA (Place of Marriage DDC through its managing. Officer, Engr. Isip, to continue demoli 1

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LATE underHERMINIO existing Philippine laws, with registered address R. Suite POBLETE at 2500 25thWAS Floor 88 Corporate Center, 141 E X T R A J U D I C I Sedeño A L LY St. Salcedo Village, Makati Valero St. corner SETTLED BY HEIRS City, Philippines, will be DISSOLVED through the AS PER DOC. 16; shortening of itsNO. corporate term, in accordance with PAGE 4;136BOOK Section of theNO. Revised Corporation Code of 2; SERIES OF The 2022corporation’s dissolution will the Philippines.

BEFORE NOTARY automatically take effect on the day following the PUBLIC DELOS corporate term as stated in last day HAZEL of its shortened SANTOS REYESamended OF the corporation’s articles of incorporation, THE PROVINCE OFissuance by the Securities and without the need for the CAVITE Commission Exchange of a certificate of dissolution.

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robbery or killing

HELEN K. NG, and ANTONIO K. NG. The verified Petition for the Voluntary Dissolution of the 26.5 To add insult to i GREETINGS: to include the spouses of defendants Marilou Knight as party defendant, toPlaintiffs, conform with the provisions of Rule 3, Sec. 10, demolition; Absolute Community Regime and for the be Separation and of thatProperty the attached Amended Complaint admitted into the records.

26.6 Tothe aggravate ma You are hereby required, within ninety (90)CASE days after last publicat CIVIL NO. 12-70964 of Properties filed on April 26, 2023 by the petitioners -versusis given due was “climat Plaintiffs likewise pray for such other just and equitable relief/s. this Court and serve upon the plaintiff/s, your answer to thenow complaint o For: DAMAGES course.

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some difficult decisions. These guys tivities is derived from MS. either unoffixed, the plaintiff/s will take judgment by default and may be granted the Quezon City, 20 August 2015 MARILOOU C. KNIGHT, ENGR. ARNEL ISIP when plaintiffs f CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION have been with us from way,NOTICE wayIS BEING ficialGIVEN sources orpetition the official pages of that this is setand for DIDILO hearing use WITNESS my hand under the seal of the Court, this despite 7 day ofthe June 20 SUBMITTED: Defendants.

26.8 Plaintiff’s even fo on August 18, 2023 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon RESPECTFULLY at Room back,” said Reyes in a previous401,media the players.

From time to time, Reyes x---------------------------------------------------------------x (Sgd their ceiling, one Hall of Justice-Annex, City Hall Compound, Quezon City, at (Sgd.) GINGER ANNE CASTILLO power supply an COMPLAINT interview. to select media. which time and grants place, theinterviews parties shall appear and present their for Plaintiffs Counsel fire; Prayer for Ex parte issuance of Writ Preliminary Attachment) evidence, and that all creditors, if any, of the aforementioned PERMANENT LIGHTWith CENTRE 26.9 After the rains, p If only Reyes could keep them all, The players were alsoNo.advised to Quezon City 7petition, 21st Ave., Cubao, petitioners, and all other persons having an interest in the taken its toll on REPUBLIC OF THE COME the Plaintiffs, through the undersigned Counsel, and unto this Honorable Court PHIL respe Tel. Nos. (+632)NOW 912-1771/(0917) 7917638 mess.; appear in order to from safeguardposting their intereston and to adduce he said “Right now, our teamshall isalso set. refrain their social alleges that: NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICI PTR No. 4759428; 1-9-2015; Makati City .Jonathan Pagaura 26.10 Further stress a evidence on why this petition should not be granted.

Roll 010074; 22 Feb K. 2011; City Chapter REGIONAL night to make CO ce As far as I’m concerned this is the media accounts. IBP Lifetime 1. NO. Plaintiffs HELEN NGQuezon (“HELEN” for brevity) and MRS. ANTONIA K. NG (“Antonia” forTRIAL brevity), ar MCLE No. V-0000345; 10-7-2013 house, who migh of Compliance legal age, Filipino with postal address at No. 73-B Sct. Limbaga St., Brgy. Laging Hand , Quezon City, QUEZON CITY Let a copy of theUnderstandably, notice be published onceReyes a week for three team. This is our team.” would they may (3) be want served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court;26.11 These experienc BRANCH 104 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, to be stress, disturban OF THE PHILIPPINES Since arriving from a mini-tourto keep team’s plansREPUBLIC and develop2. Private defendants SPOUSES PHILIP KELSO KNIGHT (“Philip” for26.12 brevity) andafter MARILO Even the d determined by raffled, at thethe expense of the petitioners.

K. NG, ET AL., REGIONAL TRIAL COURTare bothHELEN KNIGHT(Marilou for brevity) of legal age, married, with residential address bothered at 53-B 3rd St. to clea Plaintiffs,and other processes of this Honorable C CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION nament in China two weeks ago, the ments under wraps toNATIONAL keep the oppoManila Quezon City, where they may be served with summons simply left to pile SO ORDERED. BRANCH 104, QUEZON CITY 26.13 The cluttered sig -versus- PHILIPPINES, INC., (“GKAPI” for brevity) is a corpo Gilas pool has been in closed-door nents from scouting the3.Gilas team Defendant GOLDEN KNIGHT AETHETICS townhouse beca Given this JuneHELEN 1, 2023 Quezon City. K. NG. duly organized and exiting under Philippine laws with office address at #73-A Scout Limbaga St., Bar K.at NG, and ANTONIO MS. MARILOU C. KNIGHT, AL., practice sessions, out of the public’s in its bid to emergePlaintiffs, as theLaging best Asian Hand, Quezon City, where it may be served with summons andET. other processes of26.13.1 this Honorable The iron Defendants. down and (Sgd.) CECILYN E. BURGOS-VILLAVERT and media’s prying eyes. performer and gain a slot4.inDefendant the Paris ENGR. ARNEL ISIPCIVIL C. x---------------------------------------------x ISIP (‘Engr.

Isip” for brevity) is of legal age , a Filipino, is the auth -versusCASE NO. 12-70964 because of Presiding Judge managing officer of defendant DIDILO Contruction Corporation (DDC for brevity) a corporation For: DAMAGES MOTION FOR LEAVE OF 26.13.2 The iron Information about the team’s ac- 2024 Olympics organized and existing under Philippine laws with PCAB License No.5634007, Engr. Isip and DDC m left expose

THE inaugural 5150 Triathlon Dapitan blasting off Sept. 10 promises to be different in big ways with a seasoned Olympic distance triathlon campaigner, a champion golfer and a celebrity heading a subtle blend of early bidders in the premier endurance race stuffed with the weight of history.

Boholano Jonathan Pagaura, who finished second in last year’s Sun Life 5150 at home, seeks no less than the top spot this time, both in his agegroup category (25-29) and in the overall championship, in the Shrine City of the Philippines, which is guaranteeing a successful staging of its initial foray in hosting the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40km bike and 10km run race in Zamboanga del Norte.

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Meanwhile, joining Pagaura in the early men’s roster are David Gordon, Alfred Sajulga, John Paul Paluca, Jeremy Pepito, Alex Limbo and Eric Gallardo, along with 20-24 campaigners RJ Vince Cabahug, Nikko Baguisa, Jacob Taylor, Jed Mission and Jesus Castillo II and 30-34 entries Banjo Norte, Rey Gomez, Nikko Ramirez and Erwin de Guzman.

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DDIE ee (3) AND to be last nd to swer ezon m on VERT erve lege u2023) fail order usion No. ity of ges). nted

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St., that this petition is set for hearing GIVEN 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at Room Notice of SelfNOTICE nex, City Hall Adjudication Compound, Quezon City, at Settlement or is he parties shall appear and present their NOTICE IS HEREBY given creditors, ifNotice any, of is the hereby aforementioned GIVEN THAT THE that anthe estate the persons having interest in the of petition, most late TEODOCIA PANES ESTATE OF THE er to safeguard their interest and to adduce who died on after shouldJURILLA LATE HERMINIO etition not be granted.

May 22, 2023 left money -CV R. POBLETE WAS in Savings Account in E X T R A J U D I C I A L LY ce be published once a week for three (3) Landbank Branch in Fort oner a newspaperBonifacio of generalTaguig circulation, to be SETTLED BY HEIRS which is RRA now settled by her son, t the expense of being the petitioners.

AS PER DOC. NO. 16; DDIE CESAR P. JURILLA JR., her PAGE 4; BOOK NO. only heir and survivor under re to 2; SERIES OF 2022 Doc No. 476; Page No. 97; es of BEFORE NOTARY 23 at Quezon City. No. 267; Series of Book ofand the 2023 in the Notarial Registry PUBLIC HAZEL DELOS aration of BURGOS-VILLAVERT Atty. John Domingo A. CECILYN E. Code SANTOS REYES OF en due Ponce, Jr., a notary public Presiding Judge THE PROVINCE OF for and in the City of Makati.

CAVITE (MS-AUG. 11/18/25, 2023) 2023) City (MStandard - Aug. 4,(MS-AUG. 11 & 11/18/25, 18, 2023) earing hority Room NOTICE ereinat City, oktheir of nt NOTICE IS HEREBY tioned GIVENpublic THAT THE notified that IMPERIAL The is hereby etition, ESTATE OFINC.,THE edies HOLDINGS, a corporation organized and dduce

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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION HELEN K. NGANNE AND CASTILLO ANTONIO K. NG, (Sgd.) GINGER 26. That with the condition o FOR THE VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION Greetings: Counsel for Plaintiffs Plaintiffs, exposed to safety and secur OF THE ABSOLUTE COMMUNITY PERMANENT LIGHT CENTRE Kindly take notice that the foregoing Motion is set for the consideration and approval of the Honorable Court on 4 -versusSUM No. 7 21st Ave., Cubao, Quezon City OF PROPERTY REGIME AND FOR 26.1 Indeed, defenda September 2015 at 8:30 a.m. without further argument.

Tel. Nos. (+632) 912-1771/(0917) 7917638 CIVIL THE SEPARATION OF PROPERTIES, which cannot, by PTR No.MARILOU 4759428; 1-9-2015; MakatiENGR. City (Sgd.) GINGER ANNE CASTILLO MS. C. KNIGHT, premises 42; IBP Lifetime Roll NO. 010074; 22 AND Feb 2011; Quezon City Chapter 26.2 Worse, defenda ARNEL C. ISIP DIDILO Case No. R-QZN-23-03937-CVEXPLANATION MCLE Compliance No. V-0000345; 10-7-2013 to thieves who c CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, (Pursuant to Sec. 11, Rule 13 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure) bars to be sold a Defendants.

CHRISTOPHER KYLE MALIG 26.3 Because of the e The foregoing pleading is being filed with this Honorable Court and served uponREPUBLIC opposing counsel private courier due OF by THE PHILIPPINES x-------------------------------------------------x AND DIANA KRISTINA MALIG, a convenient ven to timeREYES constraints and lack of office couriers to serve the same personally.

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Petitioners, 26.4 The Philip and M TO: SPOUSES PHILIP KELSO KNIGHT NATIONAL JUDICIAL REGION (Sgd.) GINGERCAPITAL ANNE CASTILLO activity performe x-------------------------------------------------x AND MARILOOU C. KNIGHT BRANCH 104, QUEZON CITY thieves may con 53-B 3rd Street, New Manila, Quezon City

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Gilas sets closed-door tuneups vs. 3 early World Cup teams G In the Order published last July 17, 24 & 31, 2023 re: RTC-QC, Branch 216 with Case No. R-QZN23-03820-SP, ADRIAN NICOLE ABELLERA a.k.a.

SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA. The following names should have read as follows: SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA not MEDIANA and ANGELINE ABELLERA BALUYOT not ANGELENE and ARISTOTLE CEDRIC ABELLERA not CEDRICK as published. Our apology.

With respect to

rainwater gradua -versusCIVIL CASE NO. 12-70964 25.2 ANNE Nor isCASTILLO this all the (Sgd.) GINGER MS. MARILOU C. KNIGHT, ET. AL., the paint on the EXPLANATION 25.3 the harsh effects Defendants.

(Pursuant to Sec. 11, Rule 13 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure) by the faded, dis x---------------------------------------------x 25.4 And more. The MOTION LEAVE OF COURT TheFOR foregoing pleading is being filed with this Honorable Court and served upon opposing counsel by private cou plaintiffs’ maids to timeAMENDED constraints and COMPLAINT) lack of office couriers to serve the same personally.

(TO FILE 25.5 As to the secon have their rooms (Sgd.) GINGER ANNE CASTILLO PLAINTIFFS, through counsel and to this Honorable Court, respectfully states: plywood and cab PRAYER well.

Worse said 1. Plaintiffs are hereby amending their Complaint to correct certain clerical and grammatical errors, as well as to include Manila Manila 37 WHEREFORE, is respectfully prayed that leave of court be10, granted in order to allow to amend their co damaged REPUBLIC OFalso THE PHILIP the spouse of of defendant Marilou Knights, as party defendant, toit conform with the provision of Rule 3, Sec. to wit:plaintiffs Republic the Philippines to include the spouses of defendants Marilou Knight as party defendant, to conform with25.6 the provisions of Rule 3, S In addition rain REGIONAL TRIAL COU REGIONAL TRIAL COURT andand thatwife theshall attached Amended be admitted into by thelaw. records.

Section 4. Spouses as parties. – Husband sue or be suedComplaint jointly, except as provided (4a) woods (that run NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIA NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION wall paper adorn Plaintiffs likewise such other and equitable relief/s.

2. The proposed amendments which are duly underlined willpray notfor prejudice thejust defendants.

Indeed, the foregoingBRANCH 104, QUEZON 25.7 On the other roo BRANCH 89 – QUEZON CITY amendments are necessary to avoid any confusion and will, in fact, expedite the adjudication of the case Room at bar,507, in the Hallbest of Justice Annex, Quezon City Hall Compo system of the ho Quezon City, 20 August 2015 traditionrtc1qzn089@judiciary.gov.ph at due process at law.

E-mail address: Email Address: rtc1qzn104@judiciary.gov.ph La 25.8 In fact during/ rai Contact Number: 0956-6143135 safe to use beca RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: 3. In view of the foregoing and with the indulgence of the Honorable Court, plaintiffs submit the foregoing Motion to correct wall papers were the afore-said faux pax, which was not deliberate, muchless was it intended to delay the proceedings.

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Kindly take notice that the foregoing Motion is set for the consideration and approval of the Honorable Cou freely seeped in September 2015 at 8:30 a.m. without further argument.

ERRATUM In the Order published last July 17, 24 & 31, 2023 re: RTC-QC, Branch 216 with Case No. R-QZN23-03820-SP, ADRIAN NICOLE ABELLERA a.k.a.

SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA. The following names should have read as follows: SAM ALBERT ABELLERA MEDINA not MEDIANA and ANGELINE Gilas Pilipinas during a training session ABELLERA BALUYOT not ANGELENE and ARISTOTLE CEDRIC REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ABELLERA not CEDRICK REGIONAL as published. Our apology. TRIAL COURT

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BRANCH 306-QUEZON CITY Notice ofrtc1qzn306@judiciary.gov.ph SelfAdjudication Settlement 09760968624/8660-1763 Notice is hereby given that the estate OF of ENTRIES the CORRECTION IN late TEODOCIA OF PANES CERTIFICATE LIVE BIRTH JURILLA who died on OF ANGEL LAO DE GUZMAN May 22, 2023DAVE left money in Savings Account in Landbank Branch in Fort SPEC. PRO. CASE No. Bonifacio Taguig which is now being settled by her son, R-QZN-23-03346-SP CESAR P. JURILLA JR., her only heir and survivor ANGEL DAVE LAOunder DE GUZMAN, Doc No. 476; Page No. 97; Petitioner, Book No. 267; Series of 2023 in the Notarial Registry ofPHILIPPINE Atty. John Domingo A. OFFICE AND STATISTIC Ponce, Jr., a notary THE LOCAL CIVILpublic REGISTRY OF QUEZON CITY, for and in the City of Makati.

Respondent.

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This is a Petition filed by petitioner Angel Dave

NOTICE IS HEREBY Lao De Guzman, through councel, praying for the GIVEN CorrectionTHAT of EntryTHE in the Certificate of Live Birth of ESTATE OF THE Angel Dave Lao De Guzman.

LATE HERMINIO R. The POBLETE WAS that he is the son of Spouses petitioner alleges EAngel X T R AF.J UDe D I Guzman C I A L LY and Catherine G. Lao, born SETTLED BY2000, HEIRS on June 11, in Quezon City. However, upon AS PER DOC. NO. certificate, 16; examining his birth it appears that certain PAGE 4; BOOK NO. information or entries therein were mistakenly 2;recorded.

SERIESSpecifically, OF 2022 in Box/Item 6, his mother’s BEFORE middle name NOTARY is registered as “GENAVIA” instead PUBLIC DELOS of the HAZEL accurate “GARINTO”, as reflected in her SANTOS REYES Certificate of Live OF Birth. Furthermore, in Box/Item THE PROVINCE OF 18 of his birth certificate, the date and place of his CAVITE (MS-AUG. 11/18/25, 2023) parents’ marriage were recorded as October 1, 1997, in Matnog, Sorsogon, whereas the correct date and place of marriage are April 15, 2003, in Pasadena St., Pasay City. The petitioner now seeks the correction of these entries in his Certificate of Live Birth as follows: From

To

Item No. 6

GENEVIA

GARINTO

Item No. 18

1 October 1997 Matnog,Sorsogon

15 April 2003/ Pasadena St.,Pasay City

WHEREFORE, finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let this case be set for hearing on October 19, 2023 at 1:30 in the afternoon before this Court located at Room 703, 7th Floor, Hall of Justice, Diliman, Quezon City, at which place and on which date and time, any person who has objections to the petition may appear and file his opposition thereto.

Let a copy of this Order be published, at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the Philippines.

Likewise, at the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of the Petition with its Annexes and this Order be furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the City Prosecutor, Office of the Local Civil Registrar, and Philippine Statistic Authority, and be posted in the Bulletin Board of the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Quezon City.

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Lady Blazers begin quest vs. NCAA foes WITH a wealth of experience this time, College of Saint Benilde is determined to break the UAAP’s dominance in the V-League Collegiate Challenge, beginning today at Paco Arena.

Standing in the defending NCAA champions’ way in their first game for the conference is a familiar foe in Lyceum of the Philippines University at 2:00 p.m.

Merely four months ago, the Lady Blazers and Lady Pirates clashed in the finals of the Grand Old League, with CSB sweeping LPU to secure their second consecutive crown and extend

their winning streak to 29 games.

Presently, the Lady Blazers boast a roster filled with experience, led by key players such as Gayle Pascual, Jade Gentapa, Michelle Gamit, Wielyn Estoque, and Cloanne Mondonedo.

These players are coming off a stint with Farm Fresh in the Premier Volleyball League.

However, the Lady Pirates are not to be underestimated in this tournament organized by the Sports Vision Management Group Inc. and supported by Bola.TV, Beyond Active Wear, ASICS, and Mikasa as reigning NCAA Best Setter, Venice Puzon, also brings ex-

perience from her time with PLDT. In the other women’s game scheduled for 4:00 p.m., NCAA contenders, the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, will face their long-standing rival, San Sebastian College-Recoletos.

Meanwhile, University of Santo Tomas men’s team will open the quadruple-header, broadcasted on Solar TV, the official V-League website, and Bola.TV, against De La Salle University.

Leading the Golden Spikers is none other than the reigning UAAP Rookie MVP, Josh Ybanez.

no guarantee that those called will find the replacement of Alen Stajcic CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK actually show. Injuries, club deci- as the head coach of the women’s nasion, contract negotiations, personal tional team. matters and other reasons factor in.

Speaking of playing for the sun It is really important that the play- and the three stars, the U-23 naers should commit to playing for the tional football team is now in Raynational team. Pag gusto, lahat gaga- ong, Thailand to compete in the AFF wan ng paraan. Pag ayaw, maraming U23 Championship. dahilan, as the saying goes. Which The U23 will face an uphill battle That once again,No. after1 their rituals on October de The Petitioner14.avers that Item is incorrect, as she 10 has2010, a sub CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK also applies to almost everythingrespondent in after drawing Vietnam and Laos in months until Helen no longer laid-back and unco Renato A. Borja sincecould November 17,endure 2001.theShe obtained an decided to file a second complaint on March 10, 2010: respondent Borja due to a falling out, and they had been separated from life and not just football.

Group C. The top team in each group That parties were notified to Ranillo appear and in a began hearingaon March since then. Subsequently, she met respondent relation Here’s hoping that we will have a will 15. advance inagain, the knockout stage, March 25, 2011 andalready May 25, filed 2011.

During theoffirst h believed she washearings free to on marry having for nullity mar demanded by plaintiffs through Belinda Naviomos-Andes or Bne strong team for the friendlies asBorja. we In along with the best tosecond placed September 2013, she the United States, she the common wall,travelled to build an adequate fence and towhere provide foraa married on September 25, the 2013,group as evidenced by the License and Certificate prepare for the November Olympic squad after fixtures.

15.1 On the second meeting, the minutes show that Marilou the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of the County of Los15 Angeles, Neverthe the wall, however also insisted Helen share in a standouts YrickthatGalTHE Philippine Football Federa- and Asian Cup qualifiers. of the finality Bannered of the nullity of by hershe marriage with respondent Borja on Septemb wall. Furthermore, Marilou agreed to make a temporary by the Certificate Divorce by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA been issued completed; Head Coach Hans Michael Weiss lantes,of Dennis Chung, Jared Peña and tion has released the list of players, 15.2 On the final hearing 16, defendants claimed that repairs ha 20 others, the U-23 squad will face who will be at the training camp for said the Azkals are expected to arrepairs case there are new leaks in plaintiffs’Ranillo ceilings,w On December 17, 2017, theinpetitioner’s marriage to respondent the building has been completely demolished and that d as evidenced by the Foreign Judgment issued by theto Judicial Council of C Laos today, 5pm Manila time, open the friendlies against Chinese Taipei rive in the first week of September to start the demolition which will last for 30-40 she was already in thedocuments Philippines.

The Office of Consular Affairs-Cons 15.3 According to them, the number of days may be shortened fly their bid in the tournament.

Theyinformed will her via em on September 8 in Kaohsiung and preferably all before the 4th, then(OCA-CRD) of the Department Affairs (DFA) from 9amof to Foreign 8pm or later; General-Los Angeles (PCG-LA) requiredon herAugust to submit an Affidavit to face powerhouse Vietnam against Afghanistan on the 12th at the out to the southern part of TaiwanConsulate 16.

That although the Marilou and GKAPI agreed in principleoftoth executed by Kara’s father and an Affidavit to Use the Surname and toManila comply withtime, all the requirements of in practice set up a camp on September 6, Paternity two father 25, 9pm to wrap updemolition, theirexecuted Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Kara’s and an Affidavit to Use thehaphazardly Surname of the Father by insufficient repairs while complying with the requirem email advised that daughter could not use the father’s surname without group fixtures.

AEngr. good result against While there is nothing new and days before the 2nd tune-up game allher these, DDC and Isip continued with the demolition of whh If she could not provide the required affidavits, she had the option to register Laos 17.will a tremendous boost be- the in That be unknown to the plaintiffs and their neighbors, unexpected, the lineup was actually between the two countries. of Birth under herundertaken maiden surname, bearing no middle name. without any proper Demolition Permit having issue “We will have two (practice) ses- fore the game against strong and is expected to give our Quezon City. This is in viewVietnam. of the fact that defendants only appl The petitioner2010. the OCA-CRD theissued DFA on thatDecember her daughter wo Demolition Permitofwas 28, 2010 All informed theSaid best of luck, lads! opponents in the exhibition games a sions on the 6th and the 7th before without a middle name, as she could not provide the affidavits required 17.1 However, when the demolition was continued by defendan flying back to Manila on the 9th.

It On2018, a personal note, join because us theyof the good match.

December 28, the OCA-CRD emailed her, expired stating that wou Demolition Permit hadplease already la permission to register her daughter’s of Birth using her 3 maiden surn January 3, 2011. Report The demotion was commenced

by DDC this coming Sunday, August 20, 2 to No. 1 goalkeeper Neil Etheridge will will be a recovery day and we will from thefor release of said Demolition Permit last January 3, 2 name, and asked her to wait their advice on the matter. at And 3PTS-Pambansang Tambayan be joined by Patrick Deyto and Kevin have a team building event on that p.m. 18. more. In order to facilitate defendants’ Demolition Permi On January 14, 2019, she received another email advising was her issu to Saidlive Barangay Clearance (for demolition) demolition ng Sports aired over DZME 1530 Ray Mendoza along with Jesse Cur- day too. Then the next two games accomplished and notarized Reports of Birth for her daughter, using her m 18.1 Apparently as per the Barangay Records, defendants will be preparation for Afghanikhz.

Former San Beda Red Booter and ran, Daisuke Sato, Michael Kempter, daughter’s last name, bearing no middle The sheet OCA-CRD informed supported by an name. information 20 andalso by pro-form could proceed DFA Aseana paypreviously the consular fee for her daughter’s Rep nowtoAng Liga Director of Operations which to was used by defendants in their app John Patrick Strauss, Kevin Ingreso, stan,” Weiss said. relieved by the news, as itmajor tookrenovations some time on before she could register dau the property of Philip andher Marilou The Designated Kitman, however, Karl surname Tan; This Brian Poe last Llamanzares, Dylan de Bruycker, Gerrit Holtmann, 18.2 letter of consent was maliciously and deceitfully rewith her maiden as her daughter’s name. that the plaintiffs and other neighbor also gave their co Panday Bayanihan; and Santiago Rublico, Christian Rontini, is still keen on seeing the new Azkals Chair of FPJ Upon her submission, she made the tosta 19. That feeling aggrieved, Helenfollow-ups decided toregarding send a letter E Shane Clemente, anumerous homegrown footOJ Porteria, Manny and Mike Ott, that Weiss mentioned that he would That in response the letter,father, the Office theanBuilding Official Report of Birth. In email, she was informed that the to biological resp because it was discovered after a site insp and desist order the PCG-LA and presented their marriage certificate, sparking a conflict.

L now ofplaying for the Club DeSandro Reyes, Amani Aguinaldo, Pat- like to see on the pitch in the forth- ballerviolations the National Building Code or P.D. 1096., advised by CRD-OCA to submit five 95) new duly filled-out and notarized R portivo Llosetense, a marriage professional socrick Reichelt, Beinvenido Marañon, coming friendlies, if not next month defendants and plaintiffs summoned and indicating the date19.1 andThereafter, place of her with Kara’swere father, respond too, informed cer team based in Llosera, Majorca in DDCherand Jens Rasmussen, Carli De Murga, then in October. And wishing, further that Kara’s surname will be indicated as Ranillo m 20. That on August 9, 2011, the defendants throughwith middle name.

She was confused, as she had initially been to the subp adjustments on the site, and in fact, affixed hisrequested signature on Spain, will join us on the show.

Joshua Grommen, Enrique Linares that by November, these new Azkals daughter’s Report of Birth bearing respondent Ranillo’s surname, but later, s repairs or improve.; will have the necessary documents Clemente inked a pact with the Con and Oskari Kekkonen. she could not provide the recently required Acknowledgment of Paternity, 20.1These undertaking are evidenced by the Minutes of M Birth under her maiden surname.

Official ; to Report CDofLlosetense, which competes in the On paper, the team is no pushover. and papers that will allow themKara’s 21.

That despite the undertakings the Tercera RFEF, or the tier indefendants the It could even be one of the strongest play for the flag and country. The The petitioner inquired with OCA-CRDfifth aboutwhich the most suitable ofcomm acti daughter’sSpanish birth certificate, OCA-CRD provided her with two options: to us football league system.

Way lineups ever for the Men’s National friendlies are very important because as she was still married to respondent Borja at the time of Kara’s birth, o to go Football Team. But then again, reality they will be used as the gauge on who Ranillo based on kababayan! the submitted supporting documents such as the birth and againstsafe. using Stay respondent Ranillo’s surname and was subsequ thatdecided Stay happy peeps! always has some quirks in store for the will be part of the Azkals’ team She provide five duly notarized reports of birth form and her marriage certifi the Azkals that the list may differ, in a big will compete in November, whereto Borja.

She was also requested to fill in respondent Borja’s information in the form. After submitting the corrected of the birth you with respondent games really matter.

For comments or report questions, way, when reality sets in. received and email form OCA-CRD acknowledging her submission The Filipinas, too, will competepetitioner in can reach The Designated Kit Man at There are a lot of factors needed Certificate of Finality of her marriage with respondent Borja. for this strong team to materialize. the next two months for two important erel_cabatbat@yahoo.com or follow On May 7, 2021, the petitioner received a letter forwarded to her by PSA to his account at Twitter: @erelcabatbat Despite being FIFA dates, there is tournaments. There is really a need request for advice on the registration of Kara Angelique Thea Capulong Ra

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The letter stated that the contradiction with Philippine law concerning the fac the registration of her daughter’s Report of Birth is a matter for the courts interest and welfare of her daughter and for the sake of accuracy, correctio entries in her Report of Birth with Registry No. 91-01329. The following c made:

ENTERTAINMENT Actor and senator Bong Revilla Jr. extends his gratitude for the unwavering support of his fans

Young actress Jillian Ward is set to play the senator’s daughter in 'Lagot Ka sa Tatay Ko’

Bong Revilla to star with Jillian Ward in new movie, reflects on success of

‘Walang Matigas na Pulis’

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CTOR and politician Ramon “Bong” Revilla,, known for his roles in both politics and entertainment, recently appeared at a press event ahead of his 57th birthday on September 25. During an intimate luncheon, he openly discussed the achievements of his ongoing series Walang Matigas na Pulis sa Matinik na Misis including some future projects.

The series is building anticipation as it approaches its final episode airing this Sunday. Revilla expressed his excitement for this episode, likening its significance to the series’ much-anticipated premiere.

“The episode on Sunday is my favorite. It’s always like that, whenever I do television series, the first and the last episodes always become my favorite,” said the senator.

In the casual interview, Revilla expressed his gratitude for the unwavering support extended by advertisers, which played a pivotal role in securing the show’s renewal for a second season.

“The series is doing well. We’re not just loaded with advertisements; we are

overloaded by advertisements,” he said with a big smile.

Eager to keep the momentum alive, Senator Revilla said that the upcoming season promises to introduce an array of fresh talents, injecting new energy into the show’s dynamic ensemble.

Notably, Beauty Gonzalez,, whose performance has garnered both public favor and affection, will continue to grace the screen.

“There’s no reason for her not to be my leading lady again in the second season. You’ve seen how the television viewers have embraced her,” Revilla explained.

Revilla also divulged plans for an upcoming movie, this time with young actress Jillian Ward.

“Lagot Ka sa Tatay Ko is the tentative title. The cameras will start rolling soon and hopefully, we’ll be able to have it shown in the cinemas by next year, probably in the summer. It can also be a Father’s Day movie,” the actor-politician added.

The collaboration between the duo recalls their past projects, a demonstration of their on-screen chemistry highlighted in previous Agimat movies. They starred together in Si Agimat at Si Enteng Kabisote in 2010 and Si Agimat, si Enteng Kabisote at si Ako in 2012.

Asked about his birthday wish, the senator simply stated that he no longer has anything else to ask for.

“My career as a politician is doing well, my career as an actor is stable, and my family’s situation is good. I’ve advanced my platforms as a lawmaker.

I don’t have any other wishes. To be honest, I could even pass away anytime,” Senator Revilla ended in jest.

Senator Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr. (left) with wife and Cavite representative Lani Mercado

Bernstein family defends Bradley Cooper from 'Jewface' storm THE family of Leonard Bernstein has defended Bradley Cooper’s controversial decision to wear a large prosthetic nose while playing the Jewish composer in a new film.

Oscar nominee Cooper -- who wrote, directed and stars in Maestro – has received criticism since a trailer for the upcoming Netflix film was released online this week.

Critics said the decision to wear a fake nose plays up to Jewish stereotypes, and have dubbed it “Jewface,” in reference to the historic “Blackface” practice of non-Black performers darkening their faces for roles.

Others have questioned whether

non-Jewish actors, like Cooper, should even play Jewish roles.

But the late Bernstein’s three children said they were “perfectly fine with” with Cooper’s decision “to use makeup to amplify his resemblance” to their father.

“It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose,” wrote Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein in a statement on social media.

“We’re also certain that our dad would have been fine with it as well,” they added.

Bernstein, the son of JewishUkrainian immigrants, died in 1990 but remains one of the best-known

composers and conductors of all time.

He served as music director of the New York Philharmonic, and wrote the Broadway musical West Side Story.

Cooper, a nine-time Oscar nominee, is best known for A Star Is Born and The Hangover films.

Maestro is a biographical romance about Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre, who is played by Carey Mulligan.

Questions about whether actors, particularly white performers, should play real-life figures from ethnic minorities have long roiled Hollywood.

In recent years, the casting of nonJewish actors to play Jewish roles has come to the fore. For instance, Helen Mirren drew controversy for portraying former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in this year’s Golda.

But the Bernstein family praised Cooper for “the depth of his commitment” to the project.

Maestro is due to premiere at next month’s Venice Film Festival. Cooper has already said he will not attend the premiere because of the ongoing Hollywood strike, which prevents actors from promoting their movies. AFP Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper

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GMA’s TikTok account holds highest views among

entertainment creators in PH MEDIA giant GMA Network continues its supremacy across digital platforms, with its official TikTok account @gmanetwork generating the most content views among top entertainment creators in the Philippines for the month of July 2023.

Based on data from TikToktainment, @gmanetwork placed first among other entertainment creators in terms of total content views, tallying a total of 298.3 million views. The network’s content for July 1 to 15 alone generated 129.3 million views. It further won more eyeballs for its videos from July 16 to 31, accumulating 169 million views. For the whole month of July, GMA Network’s Tiktok account is ahead of ABS-CBN’s, which tallied a total of 117.3 million content views.

Among the GMA Network content that Tiktok users viewed the most are the trending clips on Abot-Kamay na Pangarap, Voltes: V Legacy, Royal Blood, and Magandang Dilag.

The month of July also highlighted GMA’s official partnership with TikTok PH for GMA Gala Night 2023 that happened last July 22. Creating a massive buzz for the event, the #GMAGala2023 hashtag on TikTok amassed a total of 506.8 million video views from July 16 to July 31. This includes trending posts from celebrities, official entertainment accounts, and other media partners.

GMA Network’s TikTok account currently has over 3.7 million followers. It produces content that features Kapuso stars, top-rating shows, and the most talked-about Network events that truly captivate the interest of TikTok users.

Among the most viewed Tiktok content of GMA are ‘Abot Kamay Na Pangarap’, ‘Voltes: V Legacy’, ‘Royal Blood’, and ‘Magandang Dilag’

From left: Miss Universe Philippines Creative Director Jonas Gaffud, The Miss Philippines Pauline Amelinckx, and Miss Universe Philippines National Director Shamcey Supsup-Lee

Pauline Amelinckx gets new crown, local organization launches new pageant WHILE the Miss Universe pageant is still months away, there is no stopping the Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) organization from opening windows of opportunities for aspiring beauty queens and Filipino talents.

In simple ceremonies, MUP, led by national director Shamcey Supsup-Lee and creative director Jonas Gaffud, has launched the Filipino Festival and The Miss Philippines pageant, held at Crowne Plaza Manila Galeria, in Ortigas Avenue, Quezon City on Saturday.

The Miss Philippines, dubbed the newest, most innovative and modern pageant, kicked off via the official crowning of Pauline Amelinckx, Miss Supranational 2023 1st runner-up, as the inaugural The Miss Philippines queen.

Henceforth, The Miss Philippines pageant will serve as a competition for the search of Miss Supranational Philippines and Miss Charm Philippines.

MUP also launched the Filipino Festival envisioned as an avenue to exhibit a range of captivating experiences that showcase the heart and soul of the Philippines. The event has a lot in store for talented Filipinos from around the world who dream of having a career in modeling, fashion, PR or acting.

“This October, grab the chance to work with Miss Universe Philippines by participating in the Filipino Festival.

Experience the Philippines through delicious cuisine, captivating songs, local products, stunning fashion pieces and engaging films,” MUP said in a statement.

Meanwhile, applications to The Miss Philippines pageant is now open until August 26 (deadline) set at Enderun Coworking Estancia, Estancia Mall, South Wing, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Good Samaritan Queen gives meaningful support to PAWS Beauty queen-entrepreneur Riza Oben Dormiendo donated recently to the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), through her project initiative ‘Adopt a Dog and Cat and Feeding Project,’ in cooperation with the

sisterhood of Innerwheel Club (IWC) Muntinlupa Filinvest District 383.

Dormiendo, club president of IWC-D383 Muntinlupa Filinvest, stressed the importance of having pets in the family even as she called attention to the many positive effects of pets on mental health.

“Dogs and cats are the extension of the family. Let’s be the ‘voice of the voiceless.’ We can help them by giving donations, such as food, vitamins, cleaning materials and others. Let’s support animal welfare groups like PAWS by adopting and donating. Your donations will go a long way for these loveable animals,” Dormiendo said during her visit at PAWS.

Mrs. Universe Superstar’s son snags bronze in Benchrest shooting Meanwhile, Miguel Archangel Cruz, son of retired Major Gen. Gilbert DC Cruz, the original ‘Gwapulis,’ now the undersecretary of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), snagged a bronze medal during the 5th World Rimfire and Air Rifle Benchrest Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic recently.

Cruz, a 16-year-old senior high school and member of the Philippine National Shooting Association (PNSA) delegation, competed against 237 shooters from 23 countries.

Cruz’s proud mother is Pola, Oriental Mindoro mayor Jennifer Cruz (aka Ina Alegre) who represented the Philippines in Mrs. Universe 2015 in Minsk, Belarus and won as Mrs. Superstar.

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Beauty meets indulgence:

Luxe Skin taps Small Laude as its newest ambassador

Stars converge in Hollywood glam

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O mark its second anniversary, the Luxe Skin and Wellness Group pulled off a star-studded Hollywood glam-themed party at the Grand Hyatt Hotel last July 29. The affair was a celebration of growth, achievements, and the introduction of exciting new additions to the Luxe Skin product lineup.

The red carpet event was graced by local TV and online personalities like Aubrey Miles, Zeinab Harake, Bobby Ray Parks, Verniece Enciso, Cat Arambulo-Antonio, Anthony “Ka Tunying” Taberna, Rossel Taberna, Viy Cortez, Deanna Wong, and Jericho Rosales. The presence of these celebrities added an extra touch of glamour to the main event.

The highlight of the evening was the captivating performance by award-winning actor Jericho Rosales, who took the stage and had everyone on their feet, singing and dancing along. He captured our hearts as he owned the platform and showcased his versatility.

Jericho’s performance created an atmosphere of joy and celebration, leaving the attendees thoroughly entertained and feeling kilig.

Before capping off the festivities, Luxe Skin and Wellness Group made a much-anticipated announcement – the introduc tion of their newest brand ambassador, Small Laude.

A renowned socialite and YouTube content creator, Small was

officially unveiled as the face of Luxe Skin glutathione capsules.

As the new brand ambassador, Small will represent Luxe Skin and promote the benefits of their glutathione capsules, helping individuals achieve healthy and radiant skin from within.

In addition, Luxe Skin also delighted guests with the announcement of their latest product — the Luxe Slim Matcha Latte. This addition to Luxe Slim’s lineup promises to combine the goodness of matcha with weight management benefits. Crafted with premium ingredients, the Luxe Slim Matcha Latte offers a healthy and flavorful alternative for those seeking to maintain their wellness journey while indulging in a delicious beverage.

Luxe Skin and Wellness Group has been standing as a beacon of empowerment since the business group’s rise during the pandemic. It reminds us that true beauty radiates from within.

The launching of Luxe Skin’s new lineup of products was attended by local television and online personalities

Influencer Zeinab Harake (left) and Luxe Skin and Wellness Group CEO Anna Magkawas

Today is for School of Environment and Design ‘Groceries Day’ Benilde names new dean

THE De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) has announced the appointment of Architect Harvey A. Vasquez, M.Arch, UAP as the new Dean for the School of Environment and Design (SED) effective first term of the Academic Year (AY) 2023 to 2024.

Vasquez, a full-time faculty member for eight years, was the Chairperson of the Architecture Program since AY 2020. He likewise served as the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Associate Dean for the Environment Studies Cluster (ESC) under the then School of Design and Arts (SDA) during the third term of AY 2021 to 2022.

He earned his Master of Architecture degree majoring in Architectural Heritage Conservation from the University of the Philippines and brings with him 16 years of professional experience with renowned local firms and international offices.

Vasquez is the Principal Architect of Kalamaam Design Studio, which he co-founded in 2014. Presently, one of their projects is the Architectural Heritage Conservation of the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat at San Beda University Manila.

He is a proponent of the future of Architecture, as he respects and advocates for the history and heritage of the Philippines and

was appointed as Heritage Conservation Consultant of the PNR South Long Haul (SLH) Project of China Railway Design Corporation.

In June 2022, he was voted by Philippine Architecture Schools Association (PhilASA) as the Director of the National Capital Region (NCR) for Fiscal Year 2022 to 2023 Vasquez is an active cultural worker and a member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites Philippines (ICOMOS PH). During the recently concluded Annual General Assembly, he was voted as one of the new Board of Trustees (BoT) and Executive Officers (EOs) as a Treasurer for the term of 2023 to 2026.

His recent appointment is under the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage (SCH), one of the national committees under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the government’s cultural arm.

He continues to participate in the organization’s subcommittee of the Sustainable Development Goals Working Group (SDGWG).

He has likewise represented ICOMOS PH to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Stakeholder’s Chamber on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the Philippines.

foodpanda is offering an extraordinary shopping experience this ‘Groceries Day’ with incredible deals and discounts on a wide range of grocery items IN a bid to cater to the demands of online grocery enthusiasts, foodpanda launches “Groceries Day,” a shopping promo that runs from today until August 20.

The event promises an extraordinary shopping experience for both seasoned users of the foodpanda app and newcomers to the platform.

Groceries Day is the shoppers’ ticket to indulge in an unmatched experience of incredible deals and discounts on a wide range of grocery items, exclusively available on the foodpanda app.

“This event is our way of giving back to our valued customers, offering them unparalleled savings and convenience in their grocery shopping experience,” says Danielle Eleazar, Head of Marketing at foodpanda Philippines.

Groceries Day offers customers incredible deals and discounts across an assortment of grocery items on the food-

panda app. This fantastic opportunity also allows customers to revel in big savings, with discounts of up to 70 percent and an additional P300 discount using the code: GROCERDAY. In a unique offering, a bunch of favorite brands have come together to make Groceries Day an unforgettable experience. Some of these awesome brands are Selecta and PepsiCo, serving up treats like Selecta’s Supreme Best Seller ice creams, Ruffles, Cheetos, FritoLay, Lay’s Truffle, and Quaker Oats. Not to forget, Nature Spring, URC, Colgate, and Palmolive are also part of this exciting lineup.

“In today’s fast-paced world, we understand the struggles that come with traditional grocery shopping - the long queues, crowded aisles, and the endless search for elusive items. We know how precious your time is, and that’s why

we’ve meticulously crafted Groceries Day to be the ultimate solution for all your grocery needs,” explains Eleazar.

“Empower yourself as you navigate through our thoughtfully curated selection of products, each one chosen with your needs in mind. More than just an event, Groceries Day is a transformative journey into a new era of grocery shopping. Our unwavering mission is to arm you with the tools to shop smart, all from the comfort of your home,” the marketing head adds.

During this three-day extravaganza, customers can expect an array of exceptional deals and discounts, so they can save up on their grocery shopping.

Whether you are stocking up on everyday essentials, planning a special meal for your family, or simply looking to save money, Groceries Day is the perfect occasion.

Unleash your inner writer with the

'Write About Life' workshop Architect Harvey A. Vasquez, M.Arch, UAP

BARBARA “Tweetums” Gonzalez-Ventura will be This workshop follows the success of the inauguconducting Batch Two of the Write About Life workshop ral Write About Life Workshop that commenced in July. at Sunshine Place. The workshop begins tomorrow, Au- Now is the ideal moment to delve deeper into self-disgust 19, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. covery through writing. Learn the most effective methods to convey at least one life lesson you’ve acquired and how to amplify your voice through the written word.

Gonzalez-Ventura, Philippine Star columnist for “From My Heart” (Every Sunday), is also the author of How Do You Know Your Pearls Are Real? On Single Parenthood and Other Ms. Adventures. She was awarded the National Book Award in 1991 by the Manila Critics Circle for her work.

Additionally, Gonzalez-Ventura’s collection of columns on ordinary life, “We’re History!”, showcases her 35 years of experience as a columnist. She has been imparting the art of writing since 1988.

For enrollment and further information, contact 0917 515-5656 or email: hello@ sunshineplaceph.com.

Batch two of the ‘Write About Life workshop’ is led by Tweetums Gonzalez-Ventura