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Singapore says
it takes no sides
in sea disputes
Solons accuse Aquino
of cover-up in gun deals
GAZMIN WOES:
All plans but lack
funds to buy arms
PNoy dresses down BI for lapses
Disclosure of Brions psycho test put off?
Enrile laughs off rumors
of coup d etat in Senate
Cut-off in ling of candidacy
Its more fun
in Spratlys as
tourist spot
Palace: President accepted resignation immediately
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For PNoy, lugaw
warmer than love
Puno quits, denies
any wrongdoing
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I have resigned as DILG un-
dersecretary to support the Presi-
dents decision to give a free
hand to the incoming secretary in
forming a new team, Puno said
in a statement, referring to Mr.
Aquinos appointment of Liberal
Party president Manuel Roxas II
to replace Jesse Robredo, who
died in a plane crash Aug. 18.
By Sara D. Fabunan
and Vito Barcelo
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III
on Tuesday expressed dismay at
the performance of the Bureau of
Immigration and said the failure of
the agency and its employees to do
their jobs posed a risk to the secu-
rity of every Filipino.
Mr. Aquino said modern equip-
ment would be useless if the em-
ployees made under-the-table
deals and were even part of a scam
involving fake documents being
processed by the agency.
Our front-line defenses are
meaningless because of your
reputation for doing nothing,
for your weak response to the
problems of a corrupt system,
Mr. Aquino said in a speech at
the 72nd anniversary of the the
Bureau of Immigration in Intra-
muros, Manila.
It was not the rst time that Mr.
Aquino did not mince words in
scolding ofcials and employees
of agencies for lapses in perform-
ing their duties.
By Rey Requejo
SUPREME Court Chief Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno had asked
to put off for another week the dis-
closure of the results of the psychi-
atric test of a member of the high
court, which could lead to the dis-
closure of her own record, Court
insiders said on Tuesday.
They said Associate Justice Ar-
turo Brion had asked the Supreme
Court to compel the Judicial and
Bar Council to disclose his psy-
chiatric test, which was one of the
requirements for the nominees to
the position of chief justice.
Its pretty obvious that Sereno
herself was the one actually op-
posing public disclosure, a highly
placed source in the Court said.
Brion and the other magis-
trates were furious at the JBC for
its refusal to release the results
of their psychiatric tests and
complained against Sereno, who

By Macon R. Araneta
SENATOR Juan Ponce Enrile on
Tuesday laughed off a reported
brewing coup detat in the Senate
to remove him as Senate president
due to his strong stance against
the controversial Reproductive
Health bill.
That bill aims to guarantee uni-
versal access to methods of con-
traception, fertility control, sexual
education and maternal care.
The possibility that I will
always be replaced as Senate
President is there everyday,
Enrile said but added he hadnt
heard of any such coup detat.
Still, it would not be problem if
he was removed.
By Maricel V. Cruz and
Macon R. Araneta
AN administration ally on Tues-
day asked the Department of
Tourism to develop Spratly Is-
lands into a Philippine tourist
spot, saying that he would write
to President Benigno Aquino III
to convey his proposal.
Cagayan de Oro Repre-
sentative and former immi-
gration commissioner Rufus
Rodriguez, broached the idea
during plenary debates on the
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Elections Commission said
Tuesday the ling of certicates
of candidacy on Oct. 1 to 5 for the
midterm polls next year would be
from 8 a.m. up to 5 p.m. only and
not until midnight.
Commissioner Rene Sarm-
iento said the candidates need not
wait until midnight to le their
candidacies because the ve days
given them to le was more than
enough time to do it.
By Sara D. Fabunan and Christine
F. Herrera
THE Singaporean government on Tuesday rebuffed
Manila after Philippine newsapers reported that its
prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, supported the
Philippines claim to the South China Sea.
Foreign Ministry spokesman K Shanmugan said
the reports were apparently based on the statement
by the ofcials of the Aquino administration.
When PM Lee met President Aquino on
8 September 2012, he reiterated Singapores
consistent position, namely that we do not take
sides on the merits or otherwise of the vari-
ous specic disputes in the South China Sea,
Shanmugan said.
PRESIDENT Benigno
Aquino III said Tuesday
only arroz caldo or rice
porridge--not another love
interest-- would keep him
warm during the Christmas
holidays.
I am really just bank-
ing on arroz caldo to keep
me warm, Mr. Aquino
By Christine F. Herrera
LAWMAKERS on Tuesday ac-
cused President Benigno Aquino
III of trying to cover up question-
able gun contracts approved by
his close associate and shooting
buddy, Interior Undersecretary
Rico Puno, and replacing him
with National Police chief Nica-
nor Bartolome, who was just as
responsible for the deals.
How long will the President
take the bullet for his men?
asked Zambales Rep. Milagros
Magsaysay.
In appointing Bartolome to
replace Puno, who resigned Tues-
day, Magsaysay said, Mr. Aquino
was preempting incoming Interior
and Local Government Secretary
Manuel Roxas II, who was named
to ll the vacancy left by Jesse
Robredo, who died in a plane
crash on Aug. 18.
When Mr. Aquino appointed
Robredo, he had removed the su-
pervision of the police from his
duties and assigned the task to his
By Macon R. Araneta
THE Defense Department
on Tuesday said a lack of
funds was stopping it from
procuring weapons such as
warships and ghter planes
from Italy, France, South
Korea and the United King-
dom that would boost the
Philippines ability to guard
and defend its territory.
Interviewed after the
Senate nance committee
hearing on the departments
proposed budget, Defense
Secretary Voltaire Gazmin
said the country needed
ghter jets and missile-r-
ing gunboats, but the prob-
lem was we dont have the
funds to buy them.
He said there were ongoing
negotiations for the procure-
ment of a warship from Italy
and they were short of signing
the contract, while the pur-
chase of ghter jets remained
on the drawing board.
Gazmin and the other mili-
tary ofcials present during
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close associate, Puno, in a move
observers said was unusual.
Magsaysay said the President
was making Roxas another Ro-
bredo in allowing Bartolome to
take Punos place, when the police
chief was in as deep as Puno in
approving the P1-billion deal to
buy 60,000 Glock pistols.
Kabataan Rep. Raymond Pala-
tino agreed.
Bartolome replacing Puno is
not only a preemptive move but a
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GAZMIN
By Sara D. Fabunan
and Macon Ramos-Araneta
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino IIIs
close associate and shooting buddy,
Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno, re-
signed Tuesday but denied allegations of
wrongdoing in several gun procurement
contracts that he approved for the Philip-
pine National Police.
I believe that I have carried
out my assigned duties to the best
of my ability, Puno added.
Presidential spokesman Ed-
win Lacierda said Mr. Aquino
accepted Punos resignation ef-
fective immediately.
In the last few weeks, allega-
tions of irregularities have hound-
ed Puno, whom the President had
assigned to oversee police affairs
at the Department of the Interior
and Local Government when Ro-
bredo was still secretary.
Critics questioned two gun
contracts Puno approved, one for
M4 assault ries and another for
60,000 Glock pistols.
Reports also said Puno had
gone to Robredos Quezon City
condominium one day after the
fatal plane crash, allegedly to
retrieve sensitive documents re-
lated to one of the gun deals.
The President on Sunday de-
fended Puno and said he was the
one who ordered the undersecre-
tary to secure Robredos ofce.
But the President also said he
would offer Puno another govern-
ment post outside the department,
and replace him with National Po-
lice chief Nicanor Bartolome.
In his statement, Puno said he
and other ofcials of the department
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NATIONAL Capital Regional
Police Ofce Director Alan
Purisima is being eyed as the
next Philippine National Police
chief following the announce-
ment of President Benigno
Aquino III of his decision to
appoint current National Police
chief Gen. Nicanor Bartolome
as undersecretary of the Interior
Department, police sources said
Tuesday.
Purisimas likely appoint-
ment surfaced after Mr. Aquino
announced in Vladivostok that
Bartolome would be asked to
retire earlier than scheduled to
replace Inteior Undersecretary
Rico Puno.
Purisima is the 4th high-
ranking ofcer of the National
Police.
A member of the Philippine
Military Academy Class of
1981, Purisima is a strong can-
didate to replace Bartolome as
National Police chief.
Before he was appointed head
of the National Capital Region
Police Ofce, Purisima was the
chief of the Police Regional Of-
ce 3 in Central Luzon. He has
also been assigned as director of
the Manila Police District.
Purisimas batch mates in-
clude National Police Gen.
Leonardo Espina.
Weathermen dene a tropical
depression as a tropical cyclone
with wind speeds of 33 knots or
38 miles per hour or less. It is the
rst stage in the development of
a possible hurricane.
A tropical storm, on the other
hand, is a tropical cyclone with
maximum sustained winds of at
least 34 knots or 39 miles per
Karen now a storm
TROPICAL depression Karen in Mind-
anao has intensied a into tropical storm,
but another shallow low-pressure area was
spotted in Bataan Tuesday afternoon, the
weather bureau said.
All...
the budget hearing, however,
did not say how much money
they needed to buy such weap-
ons and equipment.
Senator Franklin Drilon,
chairman of the Senates -
nance committee, said the De-
fense Department needed at
least P75 billion in the next ve
years to upgrade and modernize
the Armed Forces and to build a
credible defense capability.
Gazmin said that, based on
Drilons amount, his department
should be able to secure an an-
nual budget of P15 billion from
the General Appropriations Act.
But Drilon said the Defense
Department might face a bud-
get-related problem since the
GAA may not be able to provide
in full the P75 billion to boost
the Armed Forces defense ca-
pability.
Only P5 billion has been ear-
marked for the militarys mod-
ernization for 2013, while the
other P10 billion is lodged un-
der the unprogrammed fund
item in the budget, and which
could only be released if funds
were available.
If there is enough scal
space, that can be funded, but if
not, we have to look for other
means to fund this equally im-
portant endeavor, Drilon said.
Its principally a question
of where to source these funds
because the budget would have
limitations on the resources of
funds and our decit level.
Drilon said the Budget De-
partment could get the funds
from realignment of items that
might not be used in 2012. He
challenged the Defense Depart-
ment to think out of the box to
nd out where to get the money.
I challenge Secretary Gaz-
min and the rest of the AFP of-
cials to look for funds similar
to the system in the Bases Con-
version Development Authority
where the sales of military lands
were used to fund the modern-
ization program, Drilon said.
We are looking at how the
excess lands in the military
camps can be made more pro-
ductive to fund the modern-
ization program in order to
strengthen our defense system.
Said Gazmin: We are really
having difculty to producing
[the funds], so we are nding
other means.
He said the military still had
many pieces of property that
could be sold or leased, includ-
ing golf courses and military
camps.
Cut-off...
In the past elections, [the ling
was] up to midnight, Sarmiento
said.
Up to 5 pm is good. No more
last-minute rush. Why [wait until]
midnight when you can le ear-
lier? Candidates can give a good
example of being prompt.
Sarmiento said the com-
mission would be suspending
voter registration during the
five-day filing of certificates
of candidacy to avoid disrupt-
ing the registration.
In the Philippine setting, the
ling of certicates of candi-
dacy always assumes a festive
atmosphere as prospective can-
didates le their certicates of
candidacy accompanied by their
supporters amid loud music,
shouts and chants, a Comelec
resolution said.
Such a situation may disrupt
the orderly conduct of the regis-
tration.
The registration of voters start-
ed on May 3 last year and will end
on Oct. 31 this year.
The next elections will take
place on May 13, 2013, when the
candidates contest the 12 senato-
rial posts available.
The Comelec says the election
period will start on Jan. 13 and
end on June 12, 2013.
The campaign period for the
senatorial and party-list candi-
dates will start on Feb. 12 and
end on May 11, 2013, while the
campaign period for local posi-
tions such as congressmen, gov-
ernors, mayors, councilors and
board members is from March
29 to May 11, 2013.
For..
said when asked if he had a spe-
cial someone for Christmas.
Maybe I will have ham and
pan de sal [buns]. And maybe
Joshua [the son of Mr. Aquinos
sister Kris Aquino] will cook for
me, and there will be queso de
bola [Edam cheese], but that is
usually not served hot but cold.
Mr. Aquinos last conrmed
steady date was Korean host
Grace Lee, but he had been
spotted dating an unidentied
woman in May.
The President earlier said dur-
ing a transport event in Marikina
City that he would be entering
the priesthood by 2016.
That is what you call late vo-
cation, he said.
Mr. Aquino had previously
dated teacher Bunny Calica, ce-
lebrity stylist Liz Uy, and stock-
broker Len Lopez.
A former ame, Valenzuela
councilor Shalani Soledad, re-
cently married Pasig City Rep.
Roman Romulo. Joyce Pangco
Paares
Enrile...
Its okay and thank you, he
said.
Its okay for me due to my huge
obligations in the Senate. said En-
rile, a ranking ofcial of the United
Nationalist Alliance, a coalition of
the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino of
former President Joseph Estrada
and the PDP-Laban of Vice Presi-
dent Jejomar Binay.
Senator Franklin Drilon, a Lib-
eral Party stalwart, said he had no
knowledge of an impending coup
in the Senate, while Senator Man-
ny Villar, president of the Na-
cionalista Party, called the report
speculation. Drilon and Villar
have served as Senate President.
The talk was that Senator Ralph
Recto of the Nacionalist Party,
which has coalesced with the Lib-
eral Party, would be installed as
the new Senate President since he
remained acceptable to all the
political parties in the Senate.
Thats speculation, Recto
said.
He told reporters he was not
aware of the reported Senate coup
or the plan to install him, saying
he was not interested in succeed-
ing Enrile.
Senate Majority Floor Leader
Vicente Sotto III said he had no
idea about the reported shakeup.
If theres report about it, it
means that its not true. It will not
happen, he said.
This has always occurred in the
past--the changing of the guard.
Sotto said he believed the Sen-
ates support for Enrile remained
solid.
I know for a fact that the ad-
ministration, the present admin-
istration, is pleased with the lead-
ership of the Senate headed by
Senator Enrile.
It was also earlier reported that
Senator Loren Legarda would be
replacing Enrile, but Legarda said
she hadnt heard of any such report.
PNoy...
publicly censured the Bureau of
Customs for failure to account
for nearly 2,000 container vans
that disappeared without a trace.
The President rose to power
on an anti-corruption campaign
and a promise of straight path
governance. The Bureau of Im-
migration has been known as
one of the centers of corruption.
Mr. Aquino cited the case of
Kim Tae Dong, who was arrest-
ed for million-dollar fraud in
South Korea but was brought to
a hospital to undergo question-
able medical procedures before
he disappeared.
It was a clear conspiracy. We
will run after you and we will
spare no one, Mr. Aquino said.
In March, politicians Joel and
Mario Reyes, who are accused
of involvement in the murder of
Gerry Ortega, a doctor, slipped
out of the country despite the
watch-list order issued against
them, Mr. Aquino said.
It was clear to me the Bu-
reau of Immigration failed to do
its job, Mr. Aquino said.
It was so easy for them to ee.
Mr. Aquino said the Crimi-
nal Investigation and Detection
Group of the National Police
recently arrested 378 Chinese
who were suspected members
of a cybercrime and human-
trafcking syndicate.
My question is: How did
they enter the Philippines? In
March 2010 we also arrested
42 Chinese for the same crime.
They seem glad in the way we
do things here. The number 40
became 370, Mr. Aquino said.
The President reminded Immi-
grations ofcials and employees
that they were in the government
service not to enjoy the privilege
that it brought, or to gain wealth,
but to serve the people.
If there is no director or
commissioner watching, do
you still render service to the
people? he said.
hour or 63 kilometers per hour.
Tropical storms are given of-
cial names once they reach those
wind speeds. Beyond 64
knots or 74 miles or 119 kilome-
ters per hour, a tropical storm is
called a hurricane, a typhoon or a
cyclone based on its location.
Weather forecaster Buddy Ja-
vier said Karen was unlikely to
make landfall in the country even
though it had already entered the
Philippine area of responsibility.
He said moderate to heavy rain
of 10 to 20 millimeters per hour
would fall in Eastern Visayas
and the Caraga region because
of Karen. The same amount of
rainfall would be affecting the
Ilocos and Palawan as a result of
the low-pressure area.
The weather bureau said Met-
ro Manila will be mostly cloudy
with light to moderate rain and
thunderstorms.
The rest of the country will
have scattered light to moderate
rain. Jonathan Fernandez
Singapore ...
Singapores denial prompted
the Foreign Affairs Department
to make a clarication on Tues-
day that Lee did not make a state-
ment supporting Manilas stance
on the South China Sea issue, but
only on the early conclusion of
a code of conduct between the
members of the Association of
the Southeast Asian Nations and
China.
DFA spokesman Raul Her-
nandez said Singapore also said
it supports Manilas stand to re-
solve the dispute through peace-
ful means.
It is correct to say the SG (Sin-
gapore) is not taking sides in the
territorial disputes in the WPS
(West Philippine Sea). SG supports
the same principled position of the
Philippines in pursuing a resolution
of disputes through peaceful means
in accordance with international
law. It moreover encourages the ex-
ercise of restraint and is against the
use of force. Finally it also shares
with us the desire to have an early
conclusion of the ASEA China
Code of Conduct of Parties in the
South China Sea, Hernandez said.
Presidential deputy spokes-
person Abigail Valte said it was
the prerogative of the Singapore
government to make clarication
over inaccurate reports.
They are entitled to make that
clarication. From what I under-
stand they are claiming to be mis-
quoted by the newspapers which
quoted it, Valte said.
Meanwhile, DFA secretary Al-
bert del Rosario said that Philippine
Ambassador to China Sonia Brady,
who suffered a stroke last month,
may come home next week.
She has been recovering well.
I heard that if her progress con-
tinues, there are plans to y her
home late next week, Del Rosa-
rio said.
Brady, 71, was brought to the
hospital after she had a stroke at
her residence in Beijing.
Brady had earlier suffered from a
mild stroke shortly after she was
appointed as ambassador to Beijing
in May, at the height of the conict
between the Philippines and China
on the South China Sea.
Over the weekend, President
Aquino said that he was deciding to
choose from between two career dip-
lomats who would replace Brady as
the countrys top envoy to China.
Del Rosario had earlier submit-
ted a shortlist of candidates for
the president to choose from, all
of whom are career diplomats.
Deputy Chief of Mission Alex
Chua had taken over the affairs of
the Philippine embassy in Beijing
in the absence of Brady.
Puno...
had introduced reforms to ensure
full transparency in the procure-
ment and bidding process.
When the President asked me
to serve in the DILG, he empha-
sized that we need to strengthen the
institution so that our uniformed
personnel will become truly ser-
vants and protectors of our people.
For the past two years, I have car-
ried out specic assignments in
accordance with the Presidents
mandate, he said.
We have streamlined these
processes to achieve the Presi-
dents objective of getting the
biggest bang for the buck in
providing basic equipment for
enabling our uniformed person-
nel to perform their tasks effec-
tively.
Puno said he chose to remain
silent despite the personal at-
tacks in the mass media because
doing so might jeopardize criti-
cal operations and violate the
condential nature of his ofce.
I am duty-bound to act with
restraint and circumspection,
even when subjected to personal
attacks in the mass media. This
is why I have opted not to react
to the speculative accusations
that have been hurled against me
by some media organizations,
Puno said.
Punos statement came with a
chronology of events explaining
his actions following Robredos
death. In it, he stated that the
President called him up at 8:45
p.m. of Aug. 18 and instructed
him to secure Robredos ofces.
Lacierda said Puno had sub-
mitted his resignation to Execu-
tive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr.
on Friday, when Mr. Aquino was
about to leave for Russia to at-
tend the Asia Pacic Economic
Cooperation summit.
He added that the President
had not received Punos resigna-
tion when he spoke to the press
in Vladivostok, Russia.
Mr. Aquino and Puno nally
met Monday, but Lacierda said
he did not know the details of
their meeting. Nor could he say
if Mr. Aquino offered Puno an-
other post.
But Lacierda said Punos res-
ignation would put to rest the
charges that the administration
accorded special treatment to the
Presidents friends, classmates
and shooting buddies, or that Mr.
Aquino was coddling or protect-
ing Puno.
Lacierda said he did not know
if Puno would still attend a Sen-
ate investigation Friday, now that
he had resigned.
I would leave that to Undersec-
retary Puno. I dont know what his
decision will be, he said.
Senator Miriam Defensor San-
tiago, who leads the investigation,
said Punos resignation did not re-
lieve him of his obligation to ap-
pear before the Senate on Friday.
She said there was no prec-
edent that any person who re-
signed from public ofce was
acquitted of any liability over
misdeeds during his term.
If Puno refused to appear be-
fore the Senate panel, Santiago
said, she would issue a subpoena
compelling him to attend.
He needs to answer many
questions in the minds of the
public, said Santiago.
She also said Puno should
have resigned before the Presi-
dent announced his replacement.
Its...
departments proposed P2.9 billion budget for 2013. The DOT bud-
get for 2012 is P1.38 billion.
The Chinese, however, appear to have a similar plan.
In a separate budget hearing for the Defense Department, Secretary
Voltaire Gazmin that he has received reports that the Chinese government
planned to send tourists to the Spratlys Island as part of its tourism program.
Gazmin said Beiijings latest move was a denite cause for con-
cern.
Gazmin said it would be huge problem once tourists started going
to the island.
It will be a security concern because we will have a big problem
if they (tourists) enter our territory, he said.
Gazmin said he has already talked with Chinas defense minister
about the supposed tourism plan.
We talked that no actions should be taken to prevent the conict
from growing bigger, he said.
Gazmin said his counterpart agreed with him, and both made the
assurance that they will keep their lines open for communications.
Early reports said Beijing intended to include two island chains in
the Spratlys in a cruise route as part of Chinas 10-year tourism plan.
Rodriguez, meanwhile, said that the Philippines should open the
disputed islands to domestic and foreign tourists since the Spratlys
are part of the RP territory.
The Philippines claims at least nine islets and reefs within the dis-
puted Spratly Islands, which forms part of the Kalayaan Municipality
under the leadership of Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon.
Rodriguez said that his proposal would strengthen the countrys
claim to the territory.
Disclosure...
the JBCs ex-ofcio chairman,
for her dilatory tactics.
Sereno was appointed chief
justice last August. She told an
en banc session early this month
she would report on the issue last
Monday, but she now wanted a
one-week extension.
Insiders said she wants JBC to
back up her opposition to disclo-
sure of psychiatric tests of nomi-
nees to the position of chief justice.
According to reports Sereno has
poor grade in her psychiatric tests.
Brion, who also requested his col-
leagues to disclose results of their own
tests, said full disclosure would deter-
mine whether the JBC did its duty to
properly screen the candidates.
The reports said Sereno keeps
a smiling face to project that she
is happy, but she is emotional
and depressive.
Solons...
cover-up by the President to keep
from the public the truth about
the gun deals, he said.
While the President said
the P1 billion is such a small
[amount], P1 billion is P1 billion
that is paid for by honest taxpay-
ers, Palatino said.
The President, Puno and Bar-
tolome have to account for the
P1-billion deal.
For the sake of transparency,
Puno and Bartolome should
make public all their procure-
ment transactions, Palatino said.
There could be bigger ques-
tionable deals. The P1 billion
might be just one of them, Pala-
tino added, saying he supported
Agham Rep. Angelo Palmones
call for a congressional investig-
tion of the deal.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casi-
o added that the Glock contract
should be suspended pending
such an investigation.
A delay of two or three weeks
to clear the P1-billion Glock con-
tract wont hurt. The size of the
contract merits extraordinary
diligence on the part of the new
DILG leadership, Casio said.
Magsaysay said the President
had preempted Roxas from cor-
recting the setup in the depart-
ment where the secretary had no
control over the police.
Will that be the set-up again?
Will Mar [Roxas] be like another
Robredo and Bartolome another
Puno? What made the President
change his mind and reverse his
decision to give Mar Roxas a free
hand in bringing his own team?
Magsaysay said.
In the Senate, Senator Miriam
Defensor Santiago said Puno
would still be required to answer
questions regarding the contro-
versial gun contract at a public
hearing Friday.
She also said Puno should
have shown some delicadeza
by resigning sooner. Instead, he
hung in there until the President
was compelled to announce his
replacement, she said.
When a replacement has been
named, that means you have
been overstaying and youre go-
ing to be kicked out by the seat of
your pants, Santiago said.
With Joel E. Zurbano
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 WEDNESDAY
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Curbs on rice imports futile
SENATOR Edgardo J. Angara on Tuesday urged
his colleagues to pass a measure that would allow
Filipinos working and living abroad to cast their
votes online in order to make the absentee voting
process more convenient and effective.
Angara has authored RA 9189 or the Ab-
sentee Voting Law, which provides for a
faster and more accessible mode of voting
aimed at increasing electoral participation
among Filipinos overseas.
Angara noted that the Foreign Affairs De-
partment has stepped up its efforts to encour-
age 200,000 more overseas Filipinos to register
and add to the more than the 800,000 overseas
Filipinos who have already registered as ab-
sentee voters for next years midterm polls.
The Overseas Absentee Voting registra-
tion period ends on Oct. 31.
Angara however said that this is but a
small percentage of the millions of Fili-
pinos and their families who now live
abroad. Macon Ramos-Araneta
Lawyers avoid disbarment
Online voting pushed
Aquino
hems and
haws on
Imeldas
jewelry
P7-b pact. President Aquino witnesses the signing of the memorandum of agreement among Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, GSIS
president Robert Vergara and Education Secretary Armin Luistro in Malacaang on Tuesday. The MoA will settle the P6.92-billion in unpaid
premiums representing the government share of GSIS contributions. With them are GSIS chairman Daniel Lacson Jr., Teachers Dignity Coalition
chairman Benjo Basas, PPSTA president Mario Ramirez, ACT party-list representative Antonio Tinio, Senator Edgardo Angara, Manila City Rep.
Rosenda Ann Ocampo, DepEd-NEU national president Domingo Alidon and MPSTA president Benjamin Valbuena.
Abono party-list chairman
Rosendo So made the call after
the House committee on agricul-
ture and food chaired by Rep.
Agapito Guanlao of Butil party
list disclosed in a public hearing
that the minimum access volume
for rice since 2006 has not been
used up.
The Philippines has been
granted by the WTO an exten-
sion on the quantitative restric-
tion on rice from 2006 to 2012
where the MAV was increased
to 350,000 metric tons and the
tariff was reduced to 40 per cent.
The QR on rice expired on June
30 this year.
The minimum access volume
is the quantitative restriction
component of our commitments
to the WTO, So said, adding that
the Philippines also agreed to re-
duce to 40 percent the tariff on
rice imported within the 350,000
MT concessions since 2007.
The hearing was in response to
the House Resolution 2658, co-
By Joyce Paares
PRESIDENT Aquino wants
three questions answered be-
fore taking any action on the
jewelry collection of former
First Lady Imelda Marcos.
Are these worthwhile piec-
es? Is it the right time to sell
the collection? Where will the
government actually sell the
pieces of jewelry?
We have not had any dis-
cussion on that. I want to know
how much do we stand to gain
if we sell the collection and if it
is the right time. I have no ex-
pertise when it comes to jew-
elry, the President said.
Maybe for my peace of
mind, I also want to make
sure that we will not be put in
an embarrassing situation if
we actually sell the collection
(if some pieces turn out to be
fake), he said.
The Presidential Commis-
sion on Good Government
earlier urged the Department
of Tourism to exhibit Marcos
jewelry collection at the Met-
ropolitan Museum in Manila
before these are sold.
PCGG Chairman Andres
Bautista said Sothebys has
already expressed interest in
auctioning off the pieces of
jewelry.
Bautista said previous estimates
put the collection at between $10
million and $20 million.
Imeldas jewels are divided
into three caches: the Ma-
lacaang collection of roughly
300 pieces that were left behind
when the Marcoses ed the
country in 1986; the Honolulu
collection of at least 400 pieces
that were sized by the United
States Bureau of Customs when
the Marcoses arrived in Hawaii;
and the Roumeliotes collection
of 60 pieces of jewelry.
The jewels are kept in the
vault of Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas.
In 2006, the Sothebys and
Christies international auction
houses estimated the entire lot
to be worth P15 billion.
TWO House leaders on Tuesday urged
proponents of the controversial Re-
productive Health bill in Congress to
show their guts by providing not only
moral and spiritual support but also
physical support for the immediate
passage of the bill.
House Majority Leader and Man-
daluyong City Rep. Neptali Gonzales
II and Deputy Majority Leader and
Marikina Rep. Miro Quimbo said the
deadlock over RH bill would continue
if the proponents themselves fail to
show strong conviction.
We also need physical support,
not only moral and spiritual support
from the pro-RH lawmakers. Ma-
hirap kasi lumaban sa delaying tac-
tics ng mga anti-RH, (Its difficult
to go against the delaying tactics
of anti-RH proponents), Gonzales
said.
We should be able to have a con-
tinuous and sustained physical sup-
port to muster quorum, Gonzales
said. If we want to ght for the RH,
the quorum must be sustained by the
pro-RH alone.
Quimbo, for his part, said that
RH advocates in the Lower House
should show some balls so that the
measure is approved during the 15th
Congress.
What really makes it difficult for
us is iyong mga pro- RH (that they
lack conviction and support for the
measure). They show up so if their
intent or at least kung talagang they
should be able to physically support
their spiritual or their political con-
viction as far as this issue is con-
cerned, Quimbo said.
Gonzales said he believes that the
RH bill could still be passed.
He said they are hopeful that there
would be a breakthrough on the RH
measure during the congressional
break on Sept. 21 through the techni-
cal working group among the leaders
of Congress and the inuential Catho-
lic Bishops Conference of the Philip-
pines (CBCP).
If its going to happen, it should
happen before the break, or be-
fore we resume session in October.
We will always attempt to have it
passed, but other pro-RH lawmakers
should be able to sustain warm bod-
ies in plenary during session days,
Gonzales said. Maricel V. Cruz
By Macon Araneta
THE Judicial and Bar Council
does not need a re-tooling of
the process to ll the vacan-
cies in court, Senator Francis
Pangilinan, former ex-ocio
member of the council, said on
Tuesday.
All the JBC needs to do is
to look at the process adopted
by the council under the then-
chief justice Artemio Pangani-
ban who was able to reduce the
vacancies from 32% to 16%,
Pangilinan said.
The lawmaker was reacting
to a call made by Chief Jus-
tice Ma. Lourdes Sereno for a
review of the judicial process
to reduce the backlog of vacan-
cies. The current vacancy rate
is now back to 25 percent.
The Panganiban council em-
barked on aggressive recruit-
ment effort and an even more
aggressive interview process
so that all vacancies had the
necessary list of nominees sub-
mitted to Malacanang and that
there were no backlog of nomi-
nations, the senator said.
Pangilinan said that the
process regressed under suc-
ceeding chief justices, causing
the vacancy rate to balloon to
unacceptable levels.
The workshop should re-
view the minutes of previous
JBC meetings held during CJ
Panganibans time, he said.
Here they will discover
that at one point the JBC inter-
viewed up to 30 applicants dai-
ly for a period of four months,
thereby speeding up the nomi-
nation process tremendously,
he said.
The target should be to re-
duce the vacancy rate to a
single digit in a years time,
he said. This will require an
aggressive recruitment effort
where the JBC goes to the
provinces to urge lawyers to
take on the challenge of public
service.
By Maricel Cruz
The Philippine government was urged
on Tuesday to refrain from negotiating
for the extension of the countrys
quantitative restrictions on rice with the
World Trade Organization, calling the
effort an exercise in futility.
authored by Rep. Mark Mendoza
of Batangas, Rep. Robert Ray-
mund Estrella of Abono Partyl-
ist and Rep Agapito Guanlao of
Butil Partylist, which calls for an
investigation in aid of legislation
on the large-scale rice smuggling
incidents in the country, which
occurred during the rst two
quarters of 2012.
During the hearing, it was also
revealed that the rice importation
from 2006 to 2011 was coursed
through the special allocation
of the National Food Authority
with the Department of Finance
shouldering the tariff.
So said that the Agriculture
Competitiveness Enhancement
Fund could have accumulated
more funds to help local farm-
ers if the rice importation from
2006 to 2011 utilized the MAV.
The MAV was supposed to be
the safety net to cushion the
impact of massive importations
on the rice farmers, he said.
Citing NFA records, So noted
that the country imported million
metric tons of rice. Since 2005 to
2011, the Philippines imported
1.80 million M in 2005; 1.62 mil-
lion MT in 2006; 1.81million MT
in 2007; 2.4 million MT in 2008;
1.75 million MT in 2009; 2.39
million MT in 2010; and 800,000
MT in 2011, which were all sub-
sidized by DOF, and the QR on
rice was not used, So said.
Lawyer Gilbert Lauengco,
Special Assistant to the NFA Ad-
ministrator, for his part, said that
Thailand wants the Philippines to
import from them 650,000 metric
tons of rice before they will agree
to the extension of the countrys
QR on rice.
But So replied: Why should we
import from Thailand when the
price of rice there is $540 per met-
ric ton, when the price in Vietnam
is only $420 per metric ton.
What is worse is our nego-
tiator agree to Canada to give in
mechanically debone Chicken
from 40 percent to 5 percent, and
maintain the 5 percent tariff on
liver. These kinds of concessions
will kill domestic chicken and
hog industries, So added.
He added there is no need for
the extension of the countrys QR
on rice with a minimum access
volume of 350,000 MT because
even Agriculture Undersecretary
Dante de Lima has admitted dur-
ing the hearing that the country
will only be importing 100,000
MT of rice for next year since the
country is on track with its rice
self-sufciency program.
The agriculure and food com-
mittee found that the smuggled
rice from India has been found
to have applied for NFA permit
through two cooperatives, but
the agency cancelled their per-
mit to import.
Come out in the open, RH proponents dared
THE Supreme Court has dismissed the com-
plaint for disbarment led by Jasper Juno F.
Rodica against lawyers Manuel M. Lazaro,
Michelle B. Lazaro, Edwin M. Espejo and
Abel M. Almario and Joseph C. Tan for gross
and serious misconduct, deceit, malpractice,
grossly immoral conduct, and violation of
the Code of Professional Responsibility.
The Lazaros, Espejo and Almario are all
lawyers of M.M. Lazaro and Associates Law
Ofce and counsel of William Strong, Rod-
icas live-in partner. The respondents facili-
tated Strongs release from detention in the
Bureau of Immigration as well as his depar-
ture from the Philippines.
Rodica led the disbarment complaint
against the Lazaro Law Ofce lawyers, al-
leging that she was deceived by the law-
yers into withdrawing her RTC case against
Strong in exchange for the recovery of her
property in Boracay.
In her complaint, she alleged that Tan,
the lawyer of defendant Hillview Marketing
Corporation in the RTC case, initiated the
immigration case of Strong which led to his
detention.
Vacancies
in court
piling up
CIGARETTE smuggling in Mind-
anao is worse enough but it could
worsen even more as a result of
a plan to hike the tax on tobacco
products, a lawmaker warned on
Tuesday.
The Philippine Navy, mandated
to guard the shorelines against en-
emies of the state, cannot control
the backdoor so that the smuggling
of cigarettes and other products
from nearby countries continues to
thrive in Mindanao, Senator An-
tonio Trillanes IV said on Tuesday.
Recalling his experiences as a
Navy ofcer, Trillanes supported
the statement of Senate President
Juan Ponce Enrile about the coun-
trys inability to regulate illicit
trade. He said the government does
not have the resources to address
this problem.
The question is: Are we effi-
cient (to curb smuggling? No, we
are not, said Trillanes, a mem-
ber of the senate ways and means
committee chaired by Senator
Ralph Recto.
Rectos committee is conducting
a public hearing on the proposed 700
percent increse in the tax on ciga-
rettes and alcohol.
Enrile earlier said the govern-
ment cannot collect what it wants
to collect because of the possibility
of black market traders shifting to
smuggling and other illicit means to
avoid the increased tax.
We are one with Senator Enrile
on this. If this will pass into law,
smuggling will be the consequence.
Are we efcient in addressing
smuggling? No we are not. When
I was assigned in Zamboanga, I
witnessed the so-called blue-seal
smuggled cigarettes enter the coun-
try, noted Trillanes.
Trillanes cited the need to study
tax increases and identify the ideal
rate which the market can absorb so
that smuggling would not worsen.
He called on Finance and Health
ofcials to stop confusing the pub-
lic on their contradictory positions
on the excise tax intended to gen-
erate additional revenues for the
government and reduce tobacco
consumption.
He said the government is con-
fused on what it wants to do with the
excise tax bill.
If this is a tax measure, then DOF
and BIR must be the only agencies
concerned with this issue. Lets not
put any drama to this, he said.
The DOH, on the other hand,
says it wants to reduce smoking
consumption and yet desires that
the DOF collect additional rev-
enues of P60 billion that it can use
for universal health care, he said.
On the Health departments posi-
tion that the excise tax bill is also
a health measure, he challenged
the government to also start taxing
unhealthy food products like fatty
foods and sweets, among others.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
Tobacco tax hike to worsen smugglinglawmakers
Trillanes
IN BRIEF
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 WEDNESDAY
A4
IN yet another circus sideshow
in the desperate bid to derail
the Reproductive Health bill,
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile has proposed a bill to
regulate bloggers. On its face,
it is a silly suggestion that
reects the 82-year-old senators
lack of knowledge of digital
technology. The deeper message
here, however, is that the former
defense minister of the martial
law regime that began in 1972
with his act of deceptiona
staged ambushhas lost none
of his readiness to threaten and
silence, if necessary, those who
have the temerity to oppose him.
Senator Enriles proposal
came in the wake of complaints
from his colleague and ally,
Majority Leader Vicente Sotto
III, of the cyber-bullying that
he had suffered at the hands of
bloggers, who were critical of
his anti-RH privilege speeches,
with some accusing him of
plagiarism.
Sotto complained that he was the
rst Philippine senator to become
a victim of cyber-bullying. From
blogs to Facebook to Twitter, I
became the center of derision and
malicious attacks especially from
supporters of RH Bill, he said.
Rushing to his allys rescue,
Enrile proposed that a law
regulating blogs be drafted to
protect the rights of bloggers.
Perhaps because of this
experience and the need to clarify
certain rules, let us propose a law
that would place the rights of
those who blog so that it would
be clear, Enrile said.
His choice of words fooled
nobody, and the suggestion
was correctly seen as a threat to
muzzle troublesome bloggersa
clear violation of our free speech
rights.
To nobodys surprise, Sotto
concurred with Enrile. After all,
this same senator had sought
earlier in his storied career to
censor the Internet and to impose
Philippine law on the international
domain name registration system
it uses, simply because he was
irked that someone had beaten
him to the punch to register
titosotto.com and offered to sell
it to him.
Happily, Messrs. Enrile and
Sotto will nd out soon enough
that free expression isnt as easy
to stie in the Internet Age as it
was almost 40 years ago, when
martial law was declared. Then
we can push aside the sideshows
that they and their ilk have put
up to distract the public from
the more important business at
handa vote, nally, to approve
the RH bill.
Circus sideshow
EDITORIAL
Binays secret weapon
VICE President Jejomar Binay may
not realize it, but Korina Sanchez is
his secret weapon in his quest for the
presidency.
The Veep was alluded to as maliit,
maitim at malignong espiritu na nag-
aali-aligid (small, dark and malignant
spirit hovering around) in her TV
program Rated K. We all know what
small and dark mean but unless one
is diagnosed with cancer, the word
malignant or maligno is not known
to many people. Websters dictionary
denes malignant as someone or
something that can cause distress, injury
or harm.
Binay has complained to ABS-CBN
management about the foul and obvious
reference to him. The network has taken
cognizance of the complaint and is
now studying the merits of the case to
determine what action to take against
Sanchez-Roxas.
Rated K but not exactly X-rated,
Korinas colorful language is still below
the radar of the Movie and Television
Review and Classication Board
although below the belt as far as the
Veeps ofce is concerned.
But the Vice President should not
overly concern himself with Korinas
dutiful defense of husband Mar Roxas,
the newly appointed Interior and Local
Government Secretary a position the
Veep once aspired for during the early
days of President Noynoy Aquinos
administration. He has since renounced
any desire for the DILG job and believes
he has more connectivity than Mar to
local ofcials. He is, after all, a former
mayor of Makati.
Sufce it to say that its Korinas
vivid imagination that makes her see
small, dark and malignant spirits
lurking around her husband and his
assumption of the DILG post. One does
not have to be a bona de psychiatrist to
tell you that seeing shadows where there
are none could be a sign of insecurity.
Theres sound advice coming from
supporters of the Vice President. Dont
stop Korina from doing more harm
to Mar than she is doing to you. Mar
has enough problems trying to t into
Jesse Robredos big tsinelas without
having to parry blows against his wife.
Speaking of tsinelas, thats what Mar
Roxas should have been wearing in his
padyak tricycle ads in his last political
campaign instead of those designer
shoes. Masa ads and marriage to a
celebrity TV host did not help Mar in
the 2010 elections.
You can take someone like Mar out
of the hacienda, but you cannot take
the hacienda out of Mar. His political
baggage is still the lack of masa
appeal. No matter how his handlers
repackage him, Mar Roxas still reeks of
Giorgio Armani cologne and matching
designer suits.
Binay and Roxas are widely seen
to do a reprise of their rivalry in
2016 for the presidency. Given the
inuential DILG post, can Mar parlay
it to gain the support of local ofcials
including governors, mayors and
barangay (village) captains. Already
the opposition is claiming that Roxas
appointment to the DILG is meant to
ensure the victory of the administration
Liberal Party senatorial candidates next
yearas well as Mars presidential run
in 2016.
United Nationalist Alliance
senatorial candidate J.V Ejercito has
urged Roxas to resign as LP president
out of delicadeza with his assumption
of the DILG . Careful JV, you dont
want to get into Korinas crosshairs!
Meanwhile, Emilio Abaya, Jr. who
took over Mars post at DOTC, said
he would pursue his predecessors plan
to make Clark International Airport
the countrys main gateway. Money
for the upgrade of Clark, he said,
could come from the sale the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport. Pending
the construction of a monorail or a
high-speed train between Manila and
the former US airbase in Angeles,
Pampanga , Abaya thinks shuttle buses
could temporarily ferry international
passengers.
Considering the heavy trafc on the
NLEX, passengers would need half a
day to make their ights at Clark to
be at the airport for the required three
hours before departure. Bad idea.
Businessman and travel operator
Bobby Joseph thinks so, too. He points
out that its not just passengers who
will be affected by the airports main
hub transfer to Clark but also cargo.
Storage, warehouses and distribution
points are located mostly south of
Manila.
Since Philippine Airlines president
Ramon Ang has announced that PAL
would build its own airport , the DOTC
should wait till the plan is submitted
to President Aquino in January. The
location of the proposed new airport
which will not be exclusive to PAL but
will accommodate all airlineshas yet
to be disclosed. It could, however, be
nearer to Manila.
ALEJANDRO
DEL ROSARIO
BACK CHANNEL
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
Its not just one tree
UNDERSECRETARY Rico Puno
has resigned from the Department of
Interior and Local Government. But
should this be the end of his story?
I hope not. And I hope that Senator
Miriam Defensor Santiago does not
jettison her investigation of Puno
simply because the undersecretary has
quit, as well.
Puno may have left his job to
save his boss, President Noynoy
Aquino, from being caught in a bind
that the Chief Executive may never
free himself from. But the questions
that remain unanswered with Punos
sudden departure still need proper and
compr ehens i ve
replies.
* * *
S o me t i me s ,
you miss the forest
because youre
just looking at
one tree. And just
one solitary tree
denitely does not
an entire forest
make.
Santiago has
promised to
unmask the very
powerful person
backing Interior
Undersecretary Rico Puno during
the investigation that she is starting
in the Senate on Friday. This person,
who is not based in Malacaang
Palace, Miriam said, is the supposed
reason why Aquino has not removed
or punished Puno for his alleged
failings, beginning with the hostage-
taking asco that led to the death of
eight Chinese tourists and a dismissed
Manila policeman two years ago.
I cant wait to nd out if Santiago
suspects that Punos backer is the
same person Ive written about some
time back, apropos of the same Rizal
Park hostage-taking. If its the same
person, then Miriam may just unearth
the sunshine-starved worms that could
have already eaten away the wooden
(and woody) foundations of the
Aquino administration.
Indeed, the controversy
surrounding Puno should not be
limited to what the undersecretary
did or did not do right after Secretary
Jesse Robredo died. Even the power
struggle in Malacanang between the
Samar faction to which Puno belongs
and the Balay group nominally headed
by the man who wants him out, Mar
Roxas, does not really constitute the
bigger picture in this sordid political
drama.
If Santiago is truly hell-bent on
nding out the truth, she will look
even beyond the allegations that
Puno, the leadership of the Philippine
National Police and even Aquino
himself may have been involved in
an attempt to make money out of the
purchase of rearms for the countrys
lawmen. And even if this supposedly
pristine administration is exposed as
yet another beneciary of the illegal
numbers game that is jueteng, that is
still not the real story here.
No. The real story, if I understand
where Miriam is taking us, has to do
with how the Aquino administration
has been held hostage by powerful
people who were not elected with it
or who were even identied as its
partisans in the beginning.
Knowing Santiago, she is not going
to stop with Puno, the undersecretary.
And it would be futile for Malacanang
and its vaunted, well-funded
propaganda machinery to contrive
a suitable ending for Santiagos
investigation that would have Aquino
looking as good as he always does.
Not this time.
* * *
A Mandaue, Cebu-based company
called Joyland Industries has been
importing steel at prices below
prevailing industry rates for scrap
metal and yet its shipments routinely
breeze through the Bureau of Customs
in that province. For example, on May
9, Joyland brought in a shipment of
7,904.17 metric tons of nished steel
wire rods with a
declared value of
$279 per metric
ton when the
prevailing value
of steel wire rods
sold by Russia
during the period
ranged from $640
to $700.
Last April,
a shipment of
similar steel wire
rods entered the
Port of Manila
valued at $575
per metric ton.
Because the product was priced
below standard international pricing
guides, the shipment was placed under
investigation.
Joyland has been consistently
undervaluing its Cebu importations
for years. Post-entry audits from
December 2006 to November
2009 alone showed that the total
discrepancy in Joylands payment
of duties and taxes amounted to PhP
125,959,793.57. From November
2009 to the present, Joyland imported
additional undervalued products
amounting to tens of thousands of
metric tons because of the same lax
treatment from the BOC District
Collector for Cebu.
The Philippine Iron and Steel
Institute, the Galvanized Iron Wire
Manufacturing Association and
other industry groups have written
the Customs Commissioner and the
Secretary of Finance complaining
about the technical smuggling
committed by Joyland with the
apparent collusion of the Cebu
Customs Collector. But these ofcials
seem to agree with the standard excuse
given by the Cebu Customs ofcials
that the bureau determines taxes and
duties on imported products based
on what the importer declares as the
value of a shipment, provided these
are notarized by accredited lawyers.
These declarations are simply
accepted at face value, if the Customs
collector concerned chooses to do so,
without using any other reference to
cross-check them. This is almost an
open invitation to corruption.
Joylands undervalued imports kill
local industries.
Rampant technical smuggling does
not only deny government billions
in lost revenues. Smuggling, in the
tight global economic environment,
can also wipe out Filipino industries,
together with jobs and economic
opportunities for our people.
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Knowing
Santiago, she is
not going to stop
with Puno, the
undersecretary.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
MINDORO Nickel could very well be a
template for the mining industry when it
comes to environment preservation. The
benets of letting it operate far outweighs
the risks. We would have only ourselves
to blame if the project fails to get off the
ground. If you ask me, Mindoro Nickel is
an entirely industrial undertaking rather
than a traditional mining project.
The processing method of the project
that promises to leave little or no carbon
footprint is revolutionary in itself. It also
represents an industrial development
that could provide excess CO2-free
power to the island of Mindoro where
it intends to operate.
The project is likewise
within the purview of
the recent executive
order on mining, which
proposes to develop
the Philippines
mineral resources
with emphasis on
social acceptability
and strong safeguards
on environmental
protection, while
developing downstream
industries on value-adding activities for
the mineral sector. The EO is clear on
the development of the industry with all
stakeholders coming together to protect
and preserve the environment. It stresses
the importance of social responsibility
and acceptability in localities where
mining activities are allowed. But it also
proposes integration of efforts for climate
change adaptation and mitigation with
economic development to the mining
industry.
But, Santa Banana, for sure, anti-
mining advocates will have none of
this because no amount of rational
explanation can change their mindset. To
them, mining is evil and mining must be
totally be disallowed.
I would have loved anyone of them
to refute the glaring fact that civilization
came about because of mining. Almost
everything that the modern man
consumes and uses is extracted from
the soil: farm implements to transport
vehicles; household appliances and
communication tools, among others. The
future sustenance of the way we have
come to know life heavily relies on this
industry.
The national government only has to
have political will. It is in the province of
Mindoro where one of the worlds largest
nickel deposits has been developed by
Norwegian-based Intex Resources ASA.
It promises to be an innovative green
operation that offers not only substantial
income to the province for over a half
century. With such environmental
solutions, it could be resetting standards
for the industry globally.
Sadly, my gulay, this project has been
in limbo because of the strong opposition
of the Catholic bishops. This despite
the support of local Mangyans, who are
to become direct beneciaries of the
project. The responsible political leaders
of Mindoro should have a dialogue with
the company about this opportunity and
examine its benets and risks, rather
than allowing anti-mining activists
dictate its fate. The leaders should nd
out for themselves what this project can
potentially offer the island in due time.
Former Environment Secretary Lito
Atienza granted the mining rm the
necessary Environmental Compliance
Certicate, only to revoke it when a
local parish priest led a hunger strike in
front of Atienzas ofce. Some groups of
Mangyans to be directly affected by Intex
operations wrote the Catholic Bishops
Conference of the Philippines to protest
what the local parish priest did. The letter,
handwritten in the vernacular and signed
by their respective leaders, disowned the
priests, saying that he was not authorized
to represent them in whatever capacity.
The CBCP ignored the letter. Santa
Banana, why?
Now it would be interesting to see
how Mindoro Gov. Alfonso Umali and
the DENR would balance the interest of
the constituents with that of the CBCP.
Intex itself welcomes the EO, saying
it is a major step towards responsible
utilization of the countrys mineral
resources while ensuring protection of
the environment for future generations. It
also notes the fact that the new National
Mining Policy emphasizes the need
for more value-added mining and the
development of downstream industries
in the mineral sector, being the countrys
rst proposed nickel
renery.
M i n d o r o
Nickel should be
considered a new
national industrial
undertaking, rather
than a traditional
mining project. The
metals renery will
be constructed near
the sea where a
Pacic-size port will
accommodate ocean-
going vessels.
The project is proposed as the
countrys rst rened nickel plant. It
could become a catalyst to further
development of downstream industries,
supported by its many valuable by-
products, excess energy and international
infrastructure facilities. Government
must think out of a box for a project that
could spell the difference from traditional
mining.
***
When President Aquino named
Liberal Party president Mar Roxas as the
replacement of the late Interior and Local
Government Secretary Jesse Robredo,
Roxas was supposed to bring with him a
new team.
Now President Aquino is making
Philippine National Police Chief Nicanor
Bartolome go on early retirement
preparatory to his takeover as DILG
undersecretary in charge of the PNP and
peace and order vice Rico Puno. Puno,
who has become too controversial, is
being considered for another post.
I dont know how Mar is taking all
these, but he seems to be suffering the
same fate as the late Robredo, who was
never in charge of the PNP.
While I admit that certainly
Bartolome is more t to become DILG
undersecretary than Puno ever was,
considering Bartolomes background
and credentials, it does seem strange
that a Cabinet secretary doesnt have full
control of a department given him.
Speaking of Puno, I nd it difcult
to comprehend why the President is
thinking of giving him another Cabinet
post when he is already too hot to
handle. I nd it funny that presidential
spokesman Edwin Lacierda proclaims
that no one in the Aquino administration
is untouchable. At the rate the President
is protectingbabying, reallyPuno,
the latter is certainly untouchable.
Funnier still is the Presidents
comment that Puno is innocent until
proven. My gulay, did the President
say that of former President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo and former Chief
Justice Renato Corona?
Then again, Arroyo and Corona are
not members of the KKK (partymates,
classmates and shooting mates), are
they?
Once again, the President is using a
different yardstick for his friends.
Not your usual
mine project
A life well-lived, a glory well-shared
AT 4:44 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012,
Sister Mary Pilar Lahoz Verzosa of
the Religious of the Good Shepherd
died in the peace of our Lord at the De
La Salle University Medical Center in
Dasmarias, Cavite. She would have
turned 68 on Sept. 24
th
.
For 34 years, she was the face and
heart of Pro-life Philippines, the
movement she founded in 1978. In a
world besotted with the pomps and
promises of the culture of death, she was
the restless spirit that tried to catechize
everyone she could on the true meaning
of human life, family, and marriage.
In my own pro-life and pro-family
speaking sorties abroad, whether in
Rome, Prague, Geneva, Rio de Janeiro,
Ottawa, Vancouver, Amsterdam,
Madrid, Milan, London, Derbyshire,
New York, or somewhere else, the rst
question that usually greeted me upon
arrival was, Hows Sister Pilar?
How she came to bear the pro-life
torch was no mere accident. In 1974,
the young nun listened spellbound as Fr.
Paul Marx, OSB, the founder of Human
Life International, spoke of the horrors
of abortion, after the US Supreme Court
had legalized it through its ruling in
Roe v. Wade. Father Marx awed his
audience with video presentations on
abortion and exhorted them to wage
a vigorous ght for human life in the
Philippines.
Sister Pilar had given up a promising
career as a nurse, after topping the
nursing board exams, in order to
become an RGS nun. She was working
in the Good Shepherd Home for single
mothers when she heard Father Marx.
He had such a deep and instant effect
on her that right there and then she
decided to become a staunch defender
of human life. She took a copy of one
of Father Marxs videosAbortion
A Womans Choiceand with that,
started her lone brave crusade.
Carting along a heavy 16 mm lm
projector, lms and various handouts,
the young nun went to schools, parishes,
and community centers to talk to young
and old alike about the beauty and
wonder of human life, and the horrors
of abortion. Soon enough, volunteers
were swarming in-teachers, parish
workers, women and men from religious
and Church-mandated organizations.
In 1978, her desire to learn more
about family planning took her
to Australia for the International
Conference on the Billings Ovulation
Method. That conrmed her conviction
that couples trying to avoid a pregnancy
for grave reasons need not at all resort
to contraception or abortion, which
Pope Paul VIs encyclical Humanae
Vitae condemns as intrinsically evil.
Through the Billings method,
developed by Doctors John and
Elizabeth Billings, and known as the
heart of Natural Family Planning
(NFP), a couple could harmonize the
marital act with the womans cycle of
fertility in order to avoid or achieve
pregnancy. Sister Pilar learned that
even Mother Teresa of Calcutta (now
Blessed Mother Teresa) was using the
method with great success in her work
with the poor in Calcutta, which would
win her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
On Dec. 10, 1978, the Pro-Life
Movement of the Philippines was
formally launched with the full support
of the Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines and every possible
Catholic organization. Some 10,000
delegates lled the Araneta Coliseum in
Quezon City to the rafters.
Since then one success followed
another, and one challenge followed
another. In 1987, Pro-Life Philippines
succeeded in supporting the inclusion of
a pro-life provision in the draft of the
new Constitution. This became Section
12 of Article II, which provides: The
State recognizes the sanctity of family
life and shall protect and strengthen the
family as a basic autonomous social
institution. It shall equally protect the
life of the mother and the life of the
unborn from conception. The natural
and primary right and duty of parents
in the rearing of the youth for civic
efciency and the development of moral
character shall receive the support of
the Government.
In 1988, then-President Corazon
Aquino signed a proclamation declaring
every second of February as the start
of Respect and Care for Life Week.
Sixteen years later, then-President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would sign a
new proclamation declaring every 25
th

day of March as the Day of the Unborn
in the Philippines. But the biggest
challenge to the Movement came in
1994 when the Ramos administration
succeeded in reorganizing the leadership
of the Senate in order to facilitate
ofcial Philippine support for the anti-
life and anti-family agenda at the Cairo
International Conference on Population
and Development.
Under the leadership of the then-
Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal
Sin, Pro-Life Philippines organized the
biggest pro-life rally the country had ever
seen. The message to Ramos was: Dont
endorse the Cairo agenda, protect the
Constitution, culture, moral convictions
and consciences of Filipinos.
What began in Cairo 18 years ago
has now grown into an oversize monster
called the reproductive health bill.
Sister Pilar had remained indefatigable
in her ght against it. But her Master
(ours too) has obviously decided she
has already done so much here on earth,
it was time she did more from a higher
and much nobler place.
fstatad@gmail.com
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
FRANCISCO S.
TATAD
FIRST THINGS FIRST
IN A November 2004 article called
Something Borrowed published in The
New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell talks
about a playwright, Bryony Lavery, who
plagiarized his work. Lavery lifted words
(675, says Wikipedia) from Malcolms
February 1997 piece Damageda
prole of a psychiatrist who dealt with
serial killersand went on to stage the
resulting play, Frozen, in Broadway.
Dorothy Lewis was the real
psychiatrist whom Gladwell had
interviewed and observed for his
1997 story. The character in Frozen
was uncannily similar to Lewis such
that people who knew her, who also
saw the play, told her that there was a
character who seemed to be her. Lewis
complained. She said she felt Lavery
had robbed her of her essence.
Elsewhere in the world, Lavery was
pilloried as a plagiarist.
In a 2006 interview with The
Guardian, Lavery admitted she was
stupid and nave at the time she was
writing Frozen. She said: What Id
really hate is if I was always just known
as that playwright who was accused of
plagiarism. But Ill probably have to live
with it.
In his 2004 piece, Gladwell describes
a tearful Lavery bringing him owers,
sitting in his kitchen, and saying she did
not believe, in her heart, that she was
plagiarizing his work because it was
news.
Gladwell was extremely gracious
about the whole thing. In fact, he says
in Something Borrowed: Instead of
feeling that my words had been taken
from me, I felt they had become part of
some grander cause...isnt that the way
creativity is supposed to work? Old
words in the service of a new idea.
He believed that what inhibited
creativity was new words in the service
of an old idea.
This unlikely attitude towards a
plagiarist comes to light in the wake
of the controversy surrounding our
senator, Vicente Sotto III, who says he
is a victim of cyberbullying. Sotto is
accused of plagiarizing the work of an
American blogger and later of a former
US senator in arguing his case against
the controversial reproductive health
bill.
Jonathan Bailey of www.
plagiarismtoday.com sums it up neatly:
The purpose [of plagiarism] is singular
to get a good grade without doing the
work.
But not all transgressions are
deliberate, say psychologists. Actually, a
termcryptomnesiahas been coined
to refer to inadvertent plagiarism. A
February 2002 feature on the Web site of
the American Psychology Association,
written by Siri Carpenter, posits that
cryptomnesia is a rather common
memory glitch that pervades everyday
cognitive functioning. The article
quotes psychology professor Richard
Marsh, PhD who says: I think we need
to acknowledge that nothing we design
is ever truly novelevery creative
effort contains vestiges of what we have
experienced in the past.
Marsh was also quoted by Russ
Juskalian in a 2009 article called You
Didnt Plagiarize, Your Subconscious
Did, in The Daily Beast/ Newsweek:
When people engage in creative activity,
they are so involved in generating or
coming up with something new or novel
that they fail to protect against what they
previously experienced.
Juskalian also quotes Harvard
psychologist Dan Schacter, who
points to implicit memorythe fact
that we can sometimes remember
information without knowing that were
remembering it.
It stops there. Juskalian warns that
neither cryptomnesia nor implicit
memory should be used as defenses
for plagiarism. We can guard against
the risk with a little conscious effort.
Taking diligent notes, reminding oneself
to remember not just a good idea, but
also its source, or simply pondering
whether the clever phrase that popped
into ones head is original, helps fend
off cryptomnesia.
Yes, in the end, we take charge.
Whatever the reason for Sottos
plagiarism was, his own demeanor
explains the publics reaction to his
speecheshardly creative work,
by the way. Nobody is perfect. We
all make mistakesconsciously,
unconsciously, who can tell? It
happens to the best. What makes the
difference however is how a person
owns up to the breach. Does he deny
it? Blame others? Play the victim? Say
he is entitled to it?
In the end, its not about plagiarism,
cryptomnesia, elitism or any other fancy
term. Its human behavior, plain and
simple. And for this reason, Senator
Sottowho has given us a glimpse
into his personmust live with the
consequences of what he did and how
he acted in its aftermath.
Now back to the RH bill.
adellechua@gmail.com
Forgiving the plagiarist
Mindoro Nickel
should be seen
as an industrial
undertaking.
ADELLE
CHUA
CHASING HAPPY
Averting the asset bubble
By Clarissa Batino,
Karl Lester M. Yap
and Norman P. Aquino
THE Philippiness move to enhance
oversight of real-estate lending
this year will help curb speculation
and improve its ability to prevent a
property bubble from forming, the
central bank said.
The regulator ordered banks to
provide more details on their real-
estate exposure in August, including
reporting investments in stocks and
bonds that fund property ventures
and loans to developers of low-
cost homes. Closer monitoring will
encourage banks to exercise more
self-restraint, Deputy Governor
Nestor Espenilla said in a phone
interview Sept. 7.
Its a preemptive move, Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor
Diwa Guinigundo said in an interview
the same day in his ofce. We dont
see at this point signs of strains in
the market but we dont want to wait
for that. Thats the trick with asset
bubble; when you see it, that means it
has formed and youre too late.
The country joins Asian nations
including China and Singapore seeking
to temper soaring property prices and
avoid the economic fallout created
by the bursting of the US subprime
bubble and real-estate crashes from
Spain to Ireland. Philippine bank loans
and investments in the property sector
surged to a record in March, central
bank data show, and rising prices have
spurred Ayala Land Inc. and other
developers to build more homes.
Regulators cautious
Regulators are being cautious
because they dont want the recklessness
that happened in the US or China or even
Europe to happen here, said David
Leechiu, country head of Jones Lang
Lasalle Leechiu. Still, there wont be a
property bubble in the Philippines in the
next three years because household debt
levels are very low.
Bangko Sentral currently caps banks
real-estate exposure at 20 percent of
total lending, with some exclusions.
With the additional information now
required from lenders, the central bank
will decide if its policy needs to be
reviewed, Espenilla said.
Makati prices
Prices in the Makati business
district rose 2.3 percent to an average
of 284,130 pesos ($6,819.39) a square
meter in the rst quarter from the
previous quarter and may climb to a
record 300,000 pesos by the end of
March, 2013, according to a quarterly
report by Colliers International UK Plc.
In Fort Bonifacio, which is adjacent to
Makati, values rose 28 percent as of
March from a year earlier, it said.
Prices are going up and before you
know it, everybody thinks they could be
a developer, Moncupa said in a Sept.
6 interview. The central bank is trying
to manage the exposure of the banking
system to real estate. That should also
correct any speculative activity.
Cheap credit
Cheap credit at the end of the last
decade inated property prices, leading
to housing bubbles in countries from the
US to Ireland and Spain. The collapse
of those markets contributed to the
global economic downturn, prompting
the worlds biggest central banks to
stimulate their economies and ood
markets with liquidity. That money has
found its way into emerging markets,
pushing down borrowing costs and
driving up housing prices.
The number of condominium units
built in the Philippines rose 48 percent
to 33,000 last year as construction of
50,000 units started, Colliers said in its
report. The PSE Property Index, which
tracks developers including Ayala Land
and SM Development Corp., has risen
35 percent this year, surpassing the
19 percent increase in the Hang Seng
Property Index.
Philippine banks loans and
investments in the property sector
rose to a record at the end of March to
538.1 billion pesos, 21 percent higher
than a year earlier and 3.8 percent
more than the previous quarter, central
bank data show. Real estate made up
15.2 percent of lenders total loans
in the rst quarter, rising from 14.5
percent a quarter earlier, according to
the central bank.
The central banks latest moves are
credit positive for Philippine banks with
substantial real estate lending because
they will prompt the banks to tighten
credit controls, Moodys said on Aug.
30.
Growth in construction accelerated
to 10 percent in the second quarter from
3.6 percent in the rst three months of
2012, according to government data.
Cement demand rose 25.5 percent
during the period, data show.
More bullish activities have been
noted with respect to the high-rise
condominium market, Guinigundo
said. When you are now into your
second or third or fourth house which
is investment-related and youre having
some problems amortizing, then you
can forgo the fourth or the third. And
the banks would end up with bad assets.
Thats what we want to prevent.
Bloomberg
News
ManilaStandardToday
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A6
Flood plan review sought

IN BRIEF
Judge recuses self in 4-year-old case
Court junks cops plea
to quash torture raps
Driving school launched
Here we go again. Residents of the Sampaloc district in Manila,
pay a small fee to enterprising jobless people who set up a make-shift
bridge across a street on Monday so that others would not have to
wade oodwaters. LINO SANTOS
Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon, in House
Resolution 2679, said the plan includes 11
projects whose development would take up to
the year 2035 to implement and that foreign as-
sisted funds would benet the country.
There are some factors to be considered
such as changing weather patterns, changing
topography of areas due to urbanization and
development, forest denudation and even
the creation of new employment centers in
order to decongest existing urban centers,
said Biazon, chair of the House Committee
on National Defense.
Biazon said Metro Manila, including
the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tar-
lac, Pangasinan, Bataan, Zambales, Laguna
and Cavite, experienced massive ooding in
many of its towns and cities brought by the
southwest monsoon.
He also cited a report of the National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council which showed that 95 persons were
reported dead, 11 persons injured, seven per-
sons missing and a total of 825,018 families,
or almost 4 million individuals, were affect-
ed in 2,498 barangays located in some 173
municipalities and 36 cities in 16 provinces.
Biazon said an estimated cost of damage
to infrastructure is P639 million while that
of agriculture is P1.6 billion, for a total of
P2.2 billion.
Earlier, Public Works and Highways Sec-
retary Rogelio Singson said the P523-million
plan covers a total of 4,354 square kilome-
ters, which includes the river basins of the
PasigMarikina River and Laguna Lake and
attached river basins in Central Luzon and
Southern Tagalog regions.
By Maricel V. Cruz
A PANEL of congressmen on Tuesday vowed to scru-
tinize the Public Works Departments P352-billion
ood-control plan to nd out if the amount would really
address massive ooding in several parts of the country,
including Metro Manila.
By Rio N. Araja

THE Land Transportation Ofce has
launched its rst driving academy to profes-
sionalize the transport sector and lower the
incidence of road mishaps.
Teolo Guadiz III, lawyer-director of
the LTOs Metro Manila regional ofce, an-
nounced the establishment of forthnightly
course at their new driving academy in their
Makati City licensing ofce.
At least 48 jeepney drivers from the Liga
ng mga Transportasyon at Operators sa
Pilipinas, headed by Orlando Marquez, took
part in last Saturdays driving skills training
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The driving academy offers free training
program with free lunch and morning and af-
ternoon snacks, he noted.
The central ofce in Cubao, Quezon
City will hold the succeeding seminars, he
told the Manila Standard Today.
LTO examiners or evaluators who have
undergone driving safety skills with the
Technical Education and Skills Develop-
ment Authority are tasked to conduct the
whole-day training.
The effort is aimed at reducing road ac-
cidents involving drivers of public utility
vehicles by 15 percent in the rst year of the
driving academys implementation, 20 per-
cent during its second year and 25 percent in
the third year, Guadiz said.
We saw the need to professionalize the
transport industry and get rid of reckless
drivers, he added.
Even drivers of provincial buses that pass
through the roads of Metro Manila may avail
themselves of the program, he said.
He called on the Federation of Jeepney
Drivers and Operators of the Philippines,
Pasang Masda, 1-United Transport Koali-
syon and other transport groups to send
their members to take part in the program.
We urge transport leaders to help us
professionalize their ranks, he said.
The LTO started giving free motorcycle
driving lessons every weekend since Feb-
ruary and it was also aimed at educating
and instilling discipline among motorcy-
clists, but only a few motorists joined the
activity.
LUNGSOD NG MAKATI
BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Tel. No. 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988
www.makati.gov.ph
INVITATION TO BID
REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/
manufacturers/distributors/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder projects:
NO. NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION LOCATION APPROVED BUDGET
1 Acquisition of Contract for Outsource Pharmacy for Makati MHD P23,095,382.00
2 Christmas Giveaways 2012 OM P196,688,500.00
3 Athletic Uniforms for School Athletes and Coaches of
various schools of Dep-Ed Makati - NCR PALARO
DEP-ED P2,407,540.00
4 LH700 Series Diluent and other laboratory supplies for
the use of Ospital ng Makati
OSMAK P11,981,455.00
5 Fan Aerobic Culture Bottles and other laboratory supplies
for the use of Ospital ng Makati
OSMAK P3,349,700.00
6 Autoclave Disposable Bags and other laboratory supplies
OSMAK P3,290,851.00
7 Deluxe ABS Manuel Hi-Low Stretchers for the use of
Ospital ng Makati
OSMAK P3,255,000.00
8 VITEK 2 GN Reagents and other laboratory supplies for
OSMAK P2,871,602.00
9 Various materials for the maintenance of New Makati City
Hall Building
DEPW P2,097,925.00
Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50%
of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations
of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualifcation of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall
be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding
Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent
provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor September 20, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor October 04, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount
of ______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier.
(fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity)
The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify
(Procuring Entity)
bidders for any Expenses Incurred in the preparation of the bid.
The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities
therein and to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA
Chairperson
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Benguet 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Natubleng. Buguias, Banguet
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Benguet Second District Engieering Offce, Natubleng. Buguias,
Benguet through SARO-BMB-A-12-00130S2 (MVUC) respectively invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned project:
1. Contract ID: 12PF020
Contract Name : Repair/Rehabilitation/lmprovement of Acop -
Kapangan Kibungan- Bakun Road
Contract Location: KO 263+000 - KO 265+800. Tublay, Benguet
Scope of Work: MRB - Maintenance Road and Bridges
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 9,897,856.00
Contract Duration: 105 calendar days
.
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with
the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of bid.

To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Letter of Intent thru
mail will not be accepted. Only Authorized Liaison Offcer as refected in the
Contractor's Registration Certifcate (CRC) will be allowed to transact with the
BAC.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: September 7, October 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 27, 2012(10:30 am)
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
October 4, 2012 (before 12:00 noon)
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00am October 9, 2012
5. Opening of Bids October 9, 2012; 10:30am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) Benguet
Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee of Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00). Prospective
bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids
must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman.
The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.

The Benguet Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias,
Benguet, reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process anytime prior contract award, without incurring any liability to the
affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO C. GALANZA
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
DPWH-BSDEO, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet
Department of Transportati on and Communi cati ons
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
OLD MIA ROAD, PASAY CITY,
Metro Manila
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
IN RE: PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE
FUEL SURCHARGE ON ITS INTERNATIONAL
PASSENGER TICKETS
CAB case No. EP-57908/HED092012/5J/243-PFS
CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBU PACIFIC),
Petitioner.
x----------------------------------------------------------x
NOTI CE OF HEARI NG
Pursuant to the provisions of R.A. 776, as amended, notice
is hereby given that CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBU PACIFIC) has
fled with the Civil Aeronautics Board a petition for authority to
impose fuel surcharge on its international passenger tickets,
detailed as follows:
ROUTE (v. v.) Amount per PAX
(USD)
Cebu - Kuala Lumpur 30.00
Cebu - Bangkok 35.00
The above entitled case is scheduled for hearing on
September 27, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the CAB Conference
Room, Old MIARoad, Pasay City, before the undersigned Hearing
Offcer, at which hearing the petitioner shall present evidence.
Under Section 16 of R.A. 776, the applicant is hereby required
to have this Notice of Hearing published at least once, two (2)
weeks before the scheduled hearing in a newspaper of general
circulation and have copies hereof and the application be sent
to all Philippine carriers with international scheduled operations,
either by personal service or by registered mail with return card
at least fve (5) days before the scheduled hearing.
Let a copy of the petition and this Notice of Hearing be posted
at the CAB Bulletin Board beginning today.
04 September 2012.
Pasay City, Philippines.
(Sgd.) MARIA ELBEN SL. MORO
Hearing Offcer
MR. NICANOR A. BELTRAN, JR.
Manager, Revenue Management and Pricing
CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBU PACIFIC)
Airline Operations Center
Manila Domestic Airport
Pasay City
ATTY. PATERNO S. MANTARING, JR
Counsel for CEB
Cebu Pacifc Air, Inc.
Airline Operations Centre
Domestic Airport, Pasay City
ATTY. ENRIQUE ANTONIO J. ESQUIVEL III
Assistant Corporate Secretary and
Head of Aeropolitical Division
Philippine Airlines, Inc .
PNB Financial Center
Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Avenue
CCP Complex, Pasay City
ATTY. JONATHAN ANDREWD. LIM
Counsel for Airphilexpress
Legal Department
Air Philippines Corporation
APC Gate 1, Adrews Avenue
Pasay City
ATTY. MAILA ROBERTA A. PADPAD-BANAAG
Counsel for Zest Airways
Zest Airways, Inc.
Domestic Road cor. Andrews Avenue
Pasay City
ATTY. LEONARDO VINZ O. IGNACIO
Vice President for Legal
Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAIR), Inc.
Unit 404 La 0 Centre, 1000 Arnaiz Ave.
Makati City
MS. MARIA INEZ F. JOSE
Strategy, Airport and Planning
AIRASIA, INC. ,
8TH Floor, DPC Place
2322 Chino Roces Avenue
Makati City
MS. AILEEN C. CLEMENTE
President
Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA)
12/F EGl,Rufno Plaza, cor. Taft Buendia
Gil Puyat, Pasay City
LUNGSOD NG MAKATI
BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Tel. No. 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988
www.makati.gov.ph
INVITATION TO BID
REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/
manufacturers/distributors/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder projects:
NO. NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION LOCATION APPROVED BUDGET
1 Acquisition of Contract for Outsource Pharmacy for Makati MHD P23,095,382.00
2 Christmas Giveaways 2012 OM P196,688,500.00
3 Athletic Uniforms for School Athletes and Coaches of
various schools of Dep-Ed Makati - NCR PALARO
DEP-ED P2,407,540.00
4 LH700 Series Diluent and other laboratory supplies for
OSMAK P11,981,455.00
5 Fan Aerobic Culture Bottles and other laboratory supplies
OSMAK P3,349,700.00
6 Autoclave Disposable Bags and other laboratory supplies
OSMAK P3,290,851.00
7 Deluxe ABS Manuel Hi-Low Stretchers for the use of
Ospital ng Makati
OSMAK P3,255,000.00
8 VITEK 2 GN Reagents and other laboratory supplies for
OSMAK P2,871,602.00
9 Various materials for the maintenance of New Makati City
Hall Building
DEPW P2,097,925.00
Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50%
of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations
of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualifcation of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall
be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding
Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent
provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor September 20, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor October 04, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount
of ______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier.
(fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity)
The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify
(Procuring Entity)
bidders for any Expenses Incurred in the preparation of the bid.
The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities
therein and to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA
Chairperson
Benguet 2
nd
Natubleng. Buguias, Banguet
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Benguet Second District Engieering Offce, Natubleng. Buguias,
Benguet through SARO-BMB-A-12-00130S2 (MVUC) respectively invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned project:
1. Contract ID: 12PF020
Contract Name : Repair/Rehabilitation/lmprovement of Acop -
Kapangan Kibungan- Bakun Road
Contract Location: KO 263+000 - KO 265+800. Tublay, Benguet
Scope of Work: MRB - Maintenance Road and Bridges
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 9,897,856.00
.
the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be

To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.

receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Letter of Intent thru
mail will not be accepted. Only Authorized Liaison Offcer as refected in the
Contractor's Registration Certifcate (CRC) will be allowed to transact with the
BAC.
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: September 7, October 9, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 27, 2012(10:30 am)
Prospective Bidders
October 4, 2012 (before 12:00 noon)
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00am October 9, 2012
5. Opening of Bids October 9, 2012; 10:30am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) Benguet
Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee of Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00). Prospective
bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids
must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.

in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman.
The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.

The Benguet Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias,
Benguet, reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process anytime prior contract award, without incurring any liability to the
affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO C. GALANZA
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
DPWH-BSDEO, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet
Department of Transportati on and Communi cati ons
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
OLD MIA ROAD, PASAY CITY,
Metro Manila
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
IN RE: PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE
FUEL SURCHARGE ON ITS INTERNATIONAL
PASSENGER TICKETS
CAB case No. EP-57908/HED092012/5J/243-PFS
CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBU PACIFIC),
Petitioner.
x----------------------------------------------------------x
NOTI CE OF HEARI NG
Pursuant to the provisions of R.A. 776, as amended, notice
is hereby given that CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBU PACIFIC) has
fled with the Civil Aeronautics Board a petition for authority to
impose fuel surcharge on its international passenger tickets,
detailed as follows:
ROUTE (v. v.) Amount per PAX
(USD)
Cebu - Kuala Lumpur 30.00
Cebu - Bangkok 35.00
The above entitled case is scheduled for hearing on
September 27, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at the CAB Conference
Room, Old MIARoad, Pasay City, before the undersigned Hearing
Offcer, at which hearing the petitioner shall present evidence.
Under Section 16 of R.A. 776, the applicant is hereby required
to have this Notice of Hearing published at least once, two (2)
weeks before the scheduled hearing in a newspaper of general
circulation and have copies hereof and the application be sent
to all Philippine carriers with international scheduled operations,
either by personal service or by registered mail with return card
at least fve (5) days before the scheduled hearing.
Let a copy of the petition and this Notice of Hearing be posted
at the CAB Bulletin Board beginning today.
04 September 2012.
Pasay City, Philippines.
(Sgd.) MARIA ELBEN SL. MORO
Hearing Offcer
MR. NICANOR A. BELTRAN, JR.
Manager, Revenue Management and Pricing
CEBU AIR, INC. (CEBU PACIFIC)
Airline Operations Center
Manila Domestic Airport
Pasay City
ATTY. PATERNO S. MANTARING, JR
Counsel for CEB
Cebu Pacifc Air, Inc.
Airline Operations Centre
Domestic Airport, Pasay City
ATTY. ENRIQUE ANTONIO J. ESQUIVEL III
Assistant Corporate Secretary and
Head of Aeropolitical Division
Philippine Airlines, Inc .
PNB Financial Center
Pres. Diosdado Macapagal Avenue
CCP Complex, Pasay City
ATTY. JONATHAN ANDREWD. LIM
Counsel for Airphilexpress
Legal Department
Air Philippines Corporation
APC Gate 1, Adrews Avenue
Pasay City
ATTY. MAILAROBERTAA. PADPAD-BANAAG
Counsel for Zest Airways
Zest Airways, Inc.
Domestic Road cor. Andrews Avenue
Pasay City
ATTY. LEONARDO VINZ O. IGNACIO
Vice President for Legal
Southeast Asian Airlines (SEAIR), Inc.
Unit 404 La 0 Centre, 1000 Arnaiz Ave.
Makati City
MS. MARIA INEZ F. JOSE
Strategy, Airport and Planning
AIRASIA, INC. ,
8TH Floor, DPC Place
2322 Chino Roces Avenue
Makati City
MS. AILEEN C. CLEMENTE
President
Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA)
12/F EGl,Rufno Plaza, cor. Taft Buendia
Gil Puyat, Pasay City
Out-of-control ood
THE Metro Manila Development
Authority on Tuesday inspected the
drainage systems at Espaa Boulevard
in Manilas Sampaloc district after
thousands of Manilans were stranded by
heavy ooding around the University of
Santo Tomas area.
Chairman Francis Tolentino led the
inspection to see for himself why the
area was inundated by heavy oods last
Monday and directed his ood control
and sewerage management ofce to nd
alternative measures.
He said the drainage system could
only handle 14 millimeters of rain, but
Mondays rainfall amounted to some 24
millimeters, he added. Rio N. Araja
Binay lauds Bicol police
VICE President Jejomar Binay hailed
the Bicol police on Tuesday for the arrest
of a suspect in the killing of Makati City
Engineer Nelson Morales, but pushed
anew for the capture of the masterminds
of the crime.
Binay, in a post on his Facebook ac-
count, said true justice can be given only
with the arrest of the one who plotted his
death.
Morales was shot dead last Friday just
as he was exiting a church in Malinao,
Albay where had stood as a wedding
godfather along with his sister Malinao
Vice Mayor Alice Morales.
Civil suit vs Jason Ivler
THE father of the slain Renato Victor
Ebarle on Tuesday appeared before the
Quezon City regional trial court and
positively identied pertinent documents
in connection with the civil aspects of
the murder case led against road rage
suspect Jason Ivler.
During yesterdays hearing, Renato
Ebarle Sr. showed up before Branch
84 Judge Luisito Cortez and presented
evidence to show proof of the expenses
of his sons burial and funeral. Ivler is
charged of shooting and killing Renato
Victor in a trafc altercation in Quezon
City on Nov. 18, 2009.
The judge directed the prosecution to
submit an original copy of the late Re-
nato Victors income tax return of his last
employer to determine the actual damag-
es to be indemnied to the victims rela-
tives. Another hearing is set on Oct. 3 at
9 a.m. Rachel Ann Reanzares
By Ferdinand Fabella
AFTER four years, the judge han-
dling the murder charges against
the eight policemen involved in
the 2008 Paraaque shootout that
resulted in the death of innocent
civilians.
Judge Jaime Guray of the
Paraaque Regional Trial Court
Branch 260 inhibited himself
from further presiding over the
trial of eight members of the
Highway Patrol Group who were
part of a police contingent that
engaged suspected robbers in
a erce gun battle at the United
Paraaque Subdivision 4 in Su-
cat on Dec. 5, 2008.
Sixteen people were killed
in the reght, 10 alleged rob-
bers and six civilians, including
Alfonso de Vera and his seven-
year-old daughter Lia.
Ferdinand Benitez, the lawyer
of De Veras widow Lilian, said
Guray granted their second mo-
tion for inhibition because there
is a perception of bias.
The presiding judge said
the case is better off rafed to
another court, so as trust in the
judiciary will be maintained,
Benitez said.
Lilian welcomed the devel-
opment in the four-year-old
case. Judge Guray did not
come out from his chamber
when the court released the
decision. But I am happy he -
nally inhibited himself from the
case. That was what we have
been praying for, she said.
The Paraaque judge denied
the De Vera familys rst motion
for inhibition in 2011.
In 2010, Guray, citing lack of
probable cause, cleared 25 po-
licemen who were involved in
the shootout, but last June 15,
the Court of Appeals overturned
Gurays decision and ordered
the re-arrest of eight cops, Chief
Inspectors Lawrence Cajipe and
Joel Mendoza, Inspector Ge-
rardo Balatucan, PO3s Jolito
Mamanao Jr. and Fernando Rey
Gapuz, PO2s Eduardo Blanco
and Edwin Santos, and PO1 Josil
Rey Lucena.
The appellate court ruled that
Guray committed grave abuse of
discretion when he set aside the
ndings of the Department of
Justice recommending the ling
of murder case against the po-
licemen.
With Gurays inhibition, the
case was rafed off to Judge
Marie Grace Javier Ibay of RTC
104, the only other family court
in the Paraaque RTC.
De Vera, then 53, was a va-
cationing seaman when he and
his daughter were caught in the
crossre at the height of the
shootout. Policemen apparently
mistook their Isuzu Crosswind
SUV for a getaway vehicle of
the gunmen.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Court of Appeals has dismissed a Ma-
nila policemans petition to junk the charges
that were led against him by the wife of a
robbery suspect who was shown being tor-
tured in a video that went viral on the inter-
net last year.
The CAs 16th Division, through As-
sociate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, denied
due course to SPO3 Joaquin de Guzmans
petition to annul the Manila courts nd-
ing of probable cause in the case led by
Evangelistas widow, Margie Catalan-
Evangelista.
De Guzman was among a team of seven
Manila Police District cops who were indict-
ed by the Department of Justice before the
Manila regional trial court for the torture of
robbery suspect Darius Evangelista.
The case against de Guzman and his co-
accused policemen were originally for mur-
der, but the DOJ downgraded it to violation
of the anti-torture law because Evangelistas
body has not been recovered. The criminal
proceeding had been touted as a test case
for the efcacy of Republic Act 9745, or the
Anti-Torture Law.
Among his De Guzmans co-accused
were Police Sr. Inspector Joselito Binayug,
SPO1 Rodolfo Ong, SPO1 Dante Bautista,
PO1 Nonito Binayug, PO1 Rex Binayug
and other John Does. Also charged was
Supt. Rogelio Rosales Jr., who was chief
of the Meisic Police Station 11 in Binon-
do, Manila.
Although the alleged torture allegedly
took place on March 5, 2010 inside the Mei-
sic Police Station, the video only went viral
in the video-sharing site YouTube last year.
In ruling against de Guzmans petition,
the CA stressed that the suit should be should
be dismissed both for its formal inrmity
and utter lack of merit.
It said the petitioner failed to attach rel-
evant portions of the record to enable the
court to determine the factual issues pertain-
ing to the sufciency of evidence to warrant
his indictment and arrest.
The appellate court saiud De Guzmans
defense of denial and alibi cannot be com-
pared to the evidence of the prosecution,
such as the DOJ resolution dated August 22,
2011 charging him before the Manila RTC,
and individual afdavits of complainant and
her witnesses.
De Guzman had argued that the trial
court committed grave abuse of discretion
in not appreciating the fact that there was no
positive identication with respect to SPO1
Dante Bautista who was alleged to be one of
the torturers of Evangelista.
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
What a relief!
The 25-year-old Scotsman won the US
Open to earn the Grand Slam title that had
eluded him the four previous times he had
gotten this close. It took six minutes short
of ve hours on a windblown Monday
night that was certainly not made for ten-
nis. If it seemed like longer, well, there are
some pretty good reasons for that.
Murrays nal against Novak Djokovic
Racing Authority Bill
Murray wins 1
st
slam title
NEW YORKToo exhausted to jump up and
down or run over to the stands the way some newly
crowned champions do, Andy Murray dropped his
racket to the court, crouched down gingerly and
covered his mouth with his hands. A few minutes
later, he took off his shoes, sat in his chair on the
sideline, leaned his head back and looked into the
dark New York sky.
IN BRIEF
Red Cubs win in Malaysia
A YOUNG San Beda Red Cubs squad
came off with 69-45 beating of Malac-
ca Yok Bin, 69-45, last month to com-
plete a seven-game sweep and clinch
the crown in the inaugural S P Setia
Under-17 International Invitational
Basketball tournament at the Setia
Badminton Academy in Shah Alam,
Selangor, Malaysia.
The Britt Reroma-coached Red Cubs
saw action with players mostly aged 14
and 15 and with not much local and in-
ternational experience.
Reroma said the San Bedas Team B
represented the Philippines in this event.
Participating teams included the Macau
national team, China, two squads from
Malaysia, Singapore and two others
from Indonesia.
Kevin Peter Oleodo was hailed the
tournament most valuable player. The
rest of the team is made up of Marc
Diputado, Aaron Apolto, Ramon Jo-
seph Barlisan, Johann Red Rubite, Al-
fred Sedillo, Vince Saquian, Marc An-
thony Framil, Christian Paul Sereno,
Norrish Decapia and Pierre Ancheta.
The Macau team beat Setia Alam, 64-
41, to nish third. Peter Atencio
AFTER over four years of hard work,
the horseracing industry might nally
see success for a long-overdue law that
will benet the sports stakeholders and
participants.
The proposed bill is authored by
Manila Congressman Amado S. Baga-
tsing and seeks to create a Philippine
Horseracing Authority that in effect
changes the corporate nature of the Phil-
ippine Racing Commission, the govern-
ment body that supervises and regulates
the sport and the industry.
At present, the Philracom is just like
any other agency of the government
under the Ofce of the President. The
Racing Authority bill will bring Phil-
racom more in line with the likes of
government-owned-and-controlled
corporations, in order to be able to act
with greater responsiveness to issues
in todays more challenging social and
business environment.
After consultations with the concerned
agencies and institutions, the technical
working group put the bill through several
revisions. The secretariat of the Games
and Amusements Committee of the Low-
er House is polishing the bill for its third
reading. If it is passed in toto, it will then
be sent on to the Senate.
The proposed Racing Authority bill and
the Racing Taxes bill (that seeks to reduce
the high taxes on racing) authored by Pal-
awan representative Baham Mitra, were
drawn up in 2008, when Philracom was
under the chairmanship of lawyer Jose
Ferdinand M. Rojas II.
Now, in the time of chairman Angel
L. Castao Jr., perhaps the Authority bill
will nally be passed, and the Racing
Taxes bill dug up and dusted off by the
Congress Ways and Means Committee.
Much time, effort, and resources have
gone into the crafting of those legisla-
tive measures that now, more than ever,
present possibilities for the growth and
enhancement of the industry.
Kasibulan football set
MORE than 500 kids troop to
the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
Maynila eld starting Sept. 19
for the FIFA-backed Kasibulan
Grassroots Football program.
As many as 60 football coach-
es from the different elementary
schools from Manila, Pasay, Makati,
San Juan, and Quezon City will be
around to run the three-day event
organized by the National Capital
Region Football Association headed
by Atty. Roland Tulay.
The event, being supported by
Pagcor and Vitamilk Champ, is
free. It is part of the sports grass-
roots program aimed at discover-
ing talents for the 2019 FIFA Un-
der-17 World Cup.
Tulay, also the secretary general
of the Philippine Football Federa-
tion, cited the City of Manila and
the Department of Education dur-
ing yesterdays Philippine Sports-
writers Association Forum at
Shakeys Malate.
The Gawad Kalinga is also part
of the event. Also helping out are
Summit Natural Drinking Water
and 100Plus Isotonic sports drink.
With the present popularity of
football in the country this pro-
gram will denitely help sustain
its development, added Tulay in
the forum presented by Shakeys,
the Philippine Amusements and
Gaming Corporation, and Smart.
Joining Tulay in the sports fo-
rum were Faline Sano of Vitamilk,
Kevin Goco of Gawad Kalinga,
Dr. Cristina Reyes of DepEd Ma-
nila, city administrator Jay Mar-
zan and Rico Acuna of Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corp.
JENNY
ORTUOSTE
THE HOARSE WHISPERER
JHONNEL Ababa cuts short his
Asian Tour campaign to rejoin
the P1 million ICTSI Ranchos
Palos Verdes Classic beginning
today (Wednesday, Sept. 12),
hoping to do better in Davao City
after a dismal nish in Malaysia
last week.
Ababa, one of the countrys ris-
ing pro stars who won three legs
last year, emerged the top placer
among 10 Filipino players after
three rounds in the Selangor Mas-
ters but bombed out in the nal day
with an 88 and instead wound up
last among 73 survivors.
But he expects to rebound at
Ranchos Palos Verdes in his home-
town Davao although he will be
facing a red-up roster all primed-
up for the tournament offering a
top purse of P200,000.
There is Charles Hong, who
scored a breakthrough win in Ca-
gayan de Oro last week, edging
veteran Richard Sinfuego on the
rst playoff hole for the ICTSI
Pueblo de Oro Championship
crown in Cagayan de Oro.
The homegrown pros are also
tipped to contend for the title in the
54-hole event organized by Pilipinas
Golf Tournaments, Inc., including
Runo Bayron, Elmer Saban, Ferdie
Aunzo, Mhark Fernando, Cassius
Casas and Anthony Fernando.
Ababa returns for Palos Verdes
felt like three matches packed into one and
maybe a lifetime or two for those watching
back home in Britain, where it was a few
minutes after 2 a.m. Tuesday when the last
ball was struck. After taking a two-set lead,
then squandering it, then girding himself
for the deciding fth set, Murray brought
the rst major mens title back to Britain
since 1936, defeating the defending cham-
pion 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2.
I cried a little bit on the court, said Mur-
ray, after becoming the first man to bring a
Grand Slam trophy to Britain since Fred Per-
ry did it, three years before the start of World
War II. Youre not sad. Youre incredibly
happy. Youre in a little bit of disbelief be-
cause when I have been in that position many
times before and not won, you do think, you
know, is it ever going to happen?
If theres one other person aware of
how difcult these things are to conquer,
its Murrays coach, Ivan Lendl. To pre-
pare for the season, Murray hired Lendl,
the Czech who lost in his rst four trips
to Grand Slam nals before breaking
through at the French Open in 1984.
The rst one under his belt, Lendl went
on to win seven more.
It was a very strange thing, the 52-year-
old three-time US Open champion said. I
went, in one match, from a guy who can
never come back to a guy who never gives
up. I dont think I deserved either of those. But
thats the way it goes ... sometimes.AP
NPC caging on Sept. 21
THE 2nd National Press Club Presi-
dents Cup Media Invitational basketball
championship is ofcially set on Sept.
21 at the San Andres Sports Complex in
Malate, Manila.
NPC Director and Sports Commit-
tee vice chairman Boying Abesola said
the tournament was moved from its an-
nounced date of Sept. 14 to give media
members more time to prepare in form-
ing their respective teams.
Tournament fee is P5,000 (media) and
P10,000 (open).
Registration is ongoing. Interested
participants may call the NPC Secre-
tariat at (02) 301-05-21/22 and look
for May or Fely. Inquiries may also
be addressed to Tina Maralit (09-
6658888), Abesola (0908-4341217)
or tournament director Edwin Rollon
(0906-4360957). Email your entries
to atzea19ker@yahoo.com or nation-
alpressclub@yahoo.com.
INTENSE action is expected when the
championship round of the Small Baske-
teers Philippines-Passerelle basketball pro-
gram unfolds on Sunday at the Ateneo de
Manila covered courts in Loyola.
La Salle Greenhills Team A, Ateneo de
Manila and Xavier School Team A will
head the eld in the inter-school tourna-
ment for young basketball players.
This is the longest running basketball
program in the country and we are happy
to be on our 27th year, said BEST Center
founder Nic Jorge during yesterdays PSA
Forum at Shakeys Malate.
The BEST Center teaches young bas-
ketball players discipline, sportsmanship
and camaraderie in their interaction with
coaches, instructors, and their peers.
In the program are players aged 9 to 11
years (SBP) and 12 to 14 (Passerelle).
In the SBP semis, LSGH Team A thumped
De La Salle Zobel Team A, 58-37, while Ateneo
Team A beat Notre Dame of Greater Manila,
67-40. In Passerelle action, Xavier Team A
downed Santo Tomas, 82-76, and LSGH Team
A edged Chiang Kai Shek College, 69-62.
We expect intense competition, said
tournament director Edwin Barbers in the
same session presented by the Philippine
Amusement and Gaming Corporation,
Shakeys, and Smart.
The nal matches will be played starting
at 10:30 a.m., pitting Xavier Team A against
LSGH Team A for the Passerelle crown, and
LSGH Team A against Ateneo for the SBP title.
Santo Tomas takes on CKSK for third place
in the Passerelle, while DLSZ Team A faces
NDGM for third place in the SBP level.
SBP-Passerelle
tilt on Sept. 16
* * *
Philracom Juvenile Colts and Fillies
After not being able to populate what
was to have been the second leg of the
Philippine Racing Commission Juve-
nile stakes series last July, horseowners
are getting their elite two-year-olds in
gear for the third leg this weekend.
To be held at the Philippine Racing
Clubs Santa Ana Park this weekend,
the 1,300-meter race will feature juve-
nile local-bred thoroughbreds.
On Saturday (Sept. 15), declared for
the Philracom Juvenile Fillies stakes
are lawyer Sixto Esquivias IVs Bal-
let Flats, Joseph Dyhengcos Eurasian,
Wilbert Tans Grand Strikes Girl, Dee-
mark International Tradings Hora Mis-
mo, Hideaway Farms Leonor, and Her-
minio Esguerras coupled entries Super
Whaaa and Wild Ginseng.
Sunday (Sept. 16), will see these colts
hit the track: Esquiviass Boss Jaden,
Dyhengcos Hot and Spicy, congress-
man Jeci Lapuss Minotaur, Pierre
Niless Naga, Honorato Neris Sky
Dragon, Tans Strikers Symbol, and
Esguerras Unthinkable.
Handicapping is set-weight: all llies
will carry 52 kgs., the colts 54 kgs.
Philracom, under Chairman Angel
Castao Jr., has allocated P1 million
in prizes for each race, with the win-
ner to receive P600,000, 2nd P22,5000,
3rd P125,000, and 4th P50,000. (This
breakdown, by the way, follows a stan-
dard formula for allocating prizes.)
* * *
Klub Don Juan de Manila Derby
The milestone 10th KDJM Derby
racing festival will be held on October
2 to 9 at the Manila Jockey Clubs San
Lazaro Leisure Park, announced KDJM
president Antonio Eleazar.
KDJM past president Lamberto Jun
Almeda Jr. says that among their major
sponsors for the annual event are Phil-
racom, the Philippine Charity Sweep-
stakes Ofce, and Resorts World.
One of the races will be held in honor of
the late Don Antonio Floirendo Sr., who was
a staunch supporter of KDJM, a horseown-
ers organization established in 2002.
Their declaration of runners was held
the other day. Ill be giving you the line-
up in my next column.
* * *
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Racing, Twitter: @gogirlracing
STEFAN Suarez and Keanna Flores
knocked off their respective rivals in
straight sets to capture the 18-and-under
crowns in the 2012 Philta-Palawan Pawn-
shop Regional Age-Group Championships
presented by Babolat at Center Court Ten-
nis Club in Bacolod City recently.
Suarez, son of former Davis Cupper
Raymund Suarez, foiled giant-killer
Rodolfo Barquin, 4-1, 5-3, in the boys
nals, while the second-seeded Flores
strung up three 4-0, 4-0 romps, includ-
ing against top seed Dionelyn Perez in
the girls nals of the premier division
in the three-day tournament sponsored
by Palawan Pawnshop and Babolat.
Suarez, from NCR, added the 16-U di-
adem with a 4-2, 4-0 rout of Jose Fernan-
do Arguelles of PTA Bacolod while No. 2
Godfrey Seno of Cebu and third ranked
Karl Baran of PTA Carlota City took the
boys 14-U and 12-U crowns with 4-1,
4-0 and 4-0, 4-1 victories over Arguelles
and Matthew Flores, respectively.
We were impressed by these young
players talent and skills. By providing
tournaments like this, we hope to de-
velop them into top-notch players, said
Philta regional vice-president and Pala-
wan Pawnshop chief operating ofcer
Bobby Castro.
Ceazar Fernando Po of PTA Bacolod
outlasted top seed Cesar Salimbangon,
4-2, 2-4, 10-7, to snatch the 10-uni-
sex title in the event, which served as
the second leg of a 15-stage circuit of
Philtas nationwide talent search.
Jean Herra Sunio of Iloilo La Paz Ten-
nis Club repulsed Tori Rose Raymundo of
PTA Carlota, 2-4, 4-2, 10-5, to pocket the
girls 16-U crown while Raymundo took
the 14-U title after foiling Cebus Kristin
Salimbangons two-title bid with a 5-3,
4-1 victory. Salimbangon earlier captured
the 12-U title with a 4-1, 4-1 demolition of
Valerie Desoyo.
Suarez, Flores
top net meet
Benilde chessers score
DEFENDING champion College
of St. Benilde turned back Arellano
University, 3-1, to grab a share of the
lead after 14 rounds of the National
College Athletic Association chess
tournament at the SM Centerpoint in
Sta. Mesa, Manila.
Narquingden Reyes, Jericho Cajeras
and Jesse Abuejo posted wins in the
rst, second and third boards, and their
efforts allowed the Blazers to tie the
San Sebastian Stags for the lead with
45 points.
Letran turned back the Stags, 2.5-1.5,
to improved their record in second spot
with 39 points.
The Letran Squires are ahead in the ju-
nior action with 49.5 points, followed by
Arellano with 47.
Gubaton, Dael win
BACOLODS John Paul Gubaton and Emy
Rose Dael swept their respective matches to
lead all 10 qualied national junior players in
the National Juniors Table Tennis Open Selec-
tion at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Gubaton, 16, tallied 16 straight wins without a loss
to become No. 1 in the boys class, while Dael, 14,
stayed unbeaten in 14 games to rule the girls divi-
sion of the weeklong tournament organized by the
Table Tennis Association of the Philippines.
The two players topped the tournament, where
all the 60 players that qualied in the recent Ma-
nila, Visayas and Mindanao Open leg selections
have competed against each other in a single,
round-robin format over the weekend.
We need to do a different approach in selecting our
national youth players, said TATAP President Ting
Ledesma. The players must win as many as they could
in order for us to find out who really the best are.
Gubaton and Dael, under Lopue Table Tennis As-
sociation coach and former national player Marell
Lagunday, have joined eight other players, who
earned the privileges of being a national cadet team.
Tiny Texters. Close to a
hundred young kids aged 5
to 15 learned basic basketball
skills from Talk N Text Tropang
Texters stars Magnum
Membrere and Gilbert Lao
during the MVP Basketball
Clinic held at Iigo Sports
Center in Lucena City. The series
of basketball camps, initiated by
sports patron PLDT and Smart
Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan
was designed to teach children
and dependents of PLDT, Smart
and Sun Cellular employees
the fundamentals of basketball
and to boost Smarts advocacy
of promoting a culture of
champions through sports
development in the country.
The MVP Basketball Clinic has
had successful runs in Cebu
City, Davao City and National
Capital Region.
Biggest duathlon
ever. A total of 670
duathletes joined
the Unilab Active
Health Duathlon at
SCTEX in Clark on
Sunday, making it
the biggest duathlon
ever in the country.
The multisport event,
co-organized by Bike
King, was also the
rst duathlon held
at the SCTEX. To help
ensure the safety of
all participants, the
organizers had to turn
down some more
registrants in fact,
as participants have
exceeded initial target
of 500. The duathlon
will be followed by
another multi-sport
event, the last leg
of Tri United series
on Nov. 11 at Ayala,
Alabang.
Sports
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Manila Standard TODAY
WEDNESDAY
A8
Sweep gives Floirendo solo GT lead
ROSARIO, BatangasDe-
fending champion Vincent
Floirendo came in full battle
gear in his war for supremacy
against Jody Coseteng and
pulled off a crucial sweep that
kept his quest for a back-to-
back crown alive recently in
the fth and penultimate leg of
the 2012 Yokohama Philippine
GT Championship Series at the
Batangas Racing Circuit.
The triumph not only gave the
Davao native a share of the lead
with Coseteng for the GT300
crown toting 217 points apiece,
it also regained for him the top
spot in the hunt for the coveted
GT Driver of the Year in this
event sanctioned by the Auto-
mobile Association Philippines
and sponsored by ofcial tires
Yokohama, Ofcial Oil Torco
Racing Oil and Racing Beat@
Wave 89.1.
Sweeping both the 10-lap Sprint
race and the 17-lap GT Main Fi-
nals washed out his 11-point de-
cit and installed him back to the
No.1 spot with a four-point lead,
as he now has 217 points against
Cosetengs 213, thereby forging
a more exciting all-out war in the
championship leg set Oct. 9 at the
Clark International Speedway.
Jojo Silverio begged off from
the race to attend to his preg-
nant wife, while rookie Stefano
Marcelo didnt get his car xed
in time.
Floirendo turned the race into
a lopsided affair, gaining dis-
tance from Coseteng after every
lap to keep himself at the helm
and rule both races for a perfect
60-point haul for the day.
Running with a fast laptime
of 1:46.358, he wrapped up the
Sprint race in 17 minutes and
47.573 seconds, 12.093 seconds
ahead of Coseteng.
Coseteng tried to redeem him-
self in the Final race but unresolved
car problems prevented him from
keeping pace with Floirendo, who
again pulled ahead with a faster
laptime of 1:46.019 to complete
17 laps of action in 30:05.853 or
23.146 seconds ahead of Coseteng.
For details, contact the Batangas
Racing Circuit, c/o Nelson Gayola
or Rodini Rivera at (632) 729-72
41-42, 729-5365 or fax 844-7766,
mobile 0922 8858410 or like us
on Facebook, www.facebook.com/
Batangas Racing Circuit.
UP-Ateneo shootfest slated
TWO of the countrys leading in-
stitutionsUniversity of the Phil-
ippines and Ateneobring their
rivalry to the sports eld as they
vie in the 1st UP-Ateneo inter-
collegiate shooting competition on
Sept. 23 at the Philippine Sports
Commission-Marines range in
Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
The best pistol and rie shooters
from the two schools, including 12
past and present members of the
Philippine team, will pit their skills
in 10-meter air pistol and 10-meter
air rie events, both in individual
and team competition.
The national shooters, who
will see action are Ateneos Mi-
chaela Nicole Padilla, Andrea
Faustman, Clarissa Estevez, Di-
anne and Isabelle Eufemio and
Alyanna Chuatoco and UPs
Divina Gracia San Juan, Ar-
minda Vallejo-Santiago, Anva
Kirsten Nuguid, Johanna Patri-
cia Ruiz, Michael Peter Hernan-
dez and Susan Alemany.
Roland Maliwanag and Dani-
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The Philippines, which missed
the Younghusband brothers Phil
and James, fell behind after the
Laotians opened up scoring in
the 53rd minute off a penalty
shot from Kanya Kounvongsa
following a foul by Rob Gier on
Visay Phaphouvanin.
The Laotian top scorer then
doubled Laos lead with another
penalty in the 79th minute off
another foul by Gier.
By Peter Atencio

LAOS scored two goals on penalties
in the second half to turn back the
Philippine Azkals, 2-1, in a ght-marred
friendly Monday at the National Stadium
in Vientiane, Laos.
WORLD Boxing Organization
yweight champion Brian Vilo-
rias unication title ght against
World Boxing Associatio cham-
pion Hernan Tyson Marquez,
scheduled on Sept. 29 at the
Home Depot Center in Carson
City, California, has been post-
poned for a later date.
Solar Sports executive Paolo
Diaz informed the Manila Stan-
dard that the ght has been
moved to Nov. 10. However,
Diaz said they still hadnt settled
the issue of the site.
Zanfer Promotions of Fernan-
do Beltran wanted the ght to
be held in Mexico, but Vilorias
manager Gary Gittelsohn turned
down Mexico as the site.
Viloria who is training at the
Wild Card Gym of Freddie Roach
earlier told the Manila Standard
that training is going on ne.
Ive been in the training camp
for some ve weeks now and have
two new strength and conditioning
trainers, who have been working
with me, one of whom is Marvin
Somodio, said Viloria, referring
to the Filipino trainer brought over
to the US as an assistant of Roach.
The other is Rob Garcia.
Viloria said Roach is busy work-
ing with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at
the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas for
his Sept. 15 showdown with Sergio
Maravilla Martinez, but puts
in his two cents every once in a
while. Ronnie Nathanielsz
ATENEO DE MANILA will have to continue its
title defense without one big who is regular
in the rotation. Back-up slotman JP Erram
will miss the rest of the 75th University
Athletic Association of the Philippines for
the front-running Eagles after he tore his
anterior cruciate ligament. The 67 beanpole
fell down hard after a loose ball scramble
as time expired in the third quarter of the
Eagles 79-72 come-from-behind victory over
Adamson University Sunday. Jeric Lopez
BARAKO Bull traded veterans
Sunday Salvacion and Carlo
Sharma for sophomore big man
Jason Ballesteros from Meralco.
The Energy Colas and the
Bolts completed the swap,
which is expected to reach the
Philippine Basketball Associa-
tion Commissioners ofce to-
day for approval.
The entry of Sharma and
Salvacion will benet Meral-
co, which continues to make
moves to bolster its roster.
Sharma will ll the void left
by Asi Taulava, who opted to
play for the San Miguel Beer-
men in the Asean Basketball
League. Salvacion will add re-
power from the perimeter and
serve as insurance in case gun-
ner Mark Macapagal does not
sign a new contract.
The 67 Ballesteros will have
the chance to nally show what
he can do with Barako Bull.
Ballesteros was seldom used by
Meralco in his rookie campaign
last season. Jeric Lopez
Salvacion,
Sharma to
Meralco 5
Fighting erupted after the
first goal in the 72nd minute
of play with players from both
teams trading punches in a
free-for-all.
The ght started when the La-
otian keeper rushed out to tackle
Misagh Bahadoran during an Az-
kals offensive.
Shortly after, Fil-German
Stephan Schrck and Jason Sa-
bio got into a faceoff with Keovi-
engphet Liththideth, who reacted
badly to a tackle.
Several players jumped in and
joined the commotion. Soon
enough, ghting erupted with
players pushing and then punch-
ing each other.
Azkals team manager Dan
Palami apologized over the
incident.
It was a heated, physical,
and highly competitive game
that we wanted to win badly.
This does not excuse our play-
ers for losing their temper and
composure, despite any provo-
cation. We truly regret and
apologize for this incident,
said Palami in his message to
the teams supporters.
The match came a few days
after the Azkals won over the
Singaporean national squad, 2-0,
last Friday, with Chieffy Calig-
dong and Phil Younghusband
scoring a goal each at the Jurong
West Stadium in Singapore.
Days before, the Azkals played
Cambodia to a scoreless draw in
Phnom Penh.
The Younghusbands did not
see action in Laos, with the
brothers spending the week
commemorating the one-year
death anniversary of their
mother Susan.
Mayol title fight a go
By Ronnie Nathanielsz

THE International Boxing Fed-
eration has tentatively approved
the super yweight world title
ght between champion Juan
Carlos Sanchez Jr. of Mexico
and Filipino Rodel Mayol, the
former World Boxing Coun-
cil light yweight champion,
scheduled for Los Mochis,
Sinaloa, Mexico on Sept. 23
(Manila time).
Mayol, who is moving up in
weight is rated No. 13 in the In-
ternational Boxing Federation
115-pound roster, although he is
coming off an impressive 10-round
unanimous decision win over for-
mer World Boxing Organization
champion Julio Cesar Miranda at
the Ynares Center last May 13.
I just got the request (to ap-
prove the title ght) last night.
I have tentatively approved it.
Nothing happens until I get the
signed contracts, IBF Cham-
pionship Committee chairman
Lindsey Tucker told the Manila
Standard on Monday.
A day before, Tucker said:
First of all, we did not order this
ght. Sanchez is in an optional,
period. Under our Rules, the
champion can ght a contender
in another weight class. The
Jr. Bantamweight limit is 115
pounds. The Flyweight limit is
112 pounds. Thats only 3 pounds
difference. We dont do this very
often but it does occur.
Mayol, the 31-year-old vet-
eran with a record of 31-5-2
with 22 knockouts, has won
ve straight ghts since losing
by a 12-round unanimous deci-
sion to Mexicos rugged Omar
Nino Romero in a WBC light
yweight title ght in Mexico.
MP Promotions and Manny
Pacquiao adviser Michael Kon-
cz said Mayol was returning to
continue his training at the Wild
Card Gym on Monday follow-
ing a stint in Cuba along with
trainer Nonoy Neri.
Tac Padilla looks on as coaches Roland Maliwanag of UP (left) and
Danilo Flores (Ateneo) shake hands after the shootfest was nalized
recently. With them are national shooter Mica Padilla (fourth from
right) and other participants.
Multi-titled racing champ Jody Coseteng (right) congratulates
defending champion Vincent Floirendo for sweeping the GT races at
the Batangas Racing Circuit.
Sandugo
nails no. 1
SANDUGO-San Sebastian
grounded Navy with an impos-
ing game and came away with
a 25-18, 25-12, 25-20 victory
to nail
the No.
1 spot in
the Fi-
nal Four
w h i l e
g i v i n g
Ateneo a free ride to the semis
at the close of the Shakeys V-
League Open elims at the Ninoy
Aquino Stadium yesterday.
Jeng Bualee banged away 21
kills and nished with 22 mark-
ers while fellow Thai Utaiwan
Kaensing tossed in 11 points and
Angela Benting added eight hits
for the Lady Stags, who clinched
the top berth in the semis with a
9-1 card.
The victory also gave Ateneo,
with a 3-6 card with one game
to play, the fourth and last Fi-
nal Four seat as the Sailors
dropped to 2-8. It also rendered
the matches at presstime, pitting
Army against Far Eastern U and
Ateneo against Cagayan Valley-
Perpetual Help, non-bearing.
Games today
(Wednesday) Final Four
4 p.m. Army vs
Cagayan-Perpetual
6 p.m. Sandugo-SSC
vs Ateneo
lo Flores coach the UP and Ateneo
teams, respectively.
Mica Padilla is the daughter of
national pistol champion and 16-
time Southeast Asian Games per-
former Nathaniel Tac Padilla,
chair of the Philippine National
Shooting Association-National
Youth Development Program
which organized the one-day
shootfest.
Tac Padilla, general manager of
their family-owned Spring Cooking
Oil, says the competition hopes to
boost the Olympic sport of shooting
among students and help discover
new talents who may be trained as
future national shooters.
Laos players gang up on PH Azkals goalkeeper Neil Etheridge in a friendly that was everything but genial. The Filipinos, playing without Younghusband brothers Phil and
James, lost, 1-2. PHOTO COURTESY OF GOAL.PH
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Govt signs new rules for mining policy
Power industry meeting. The Manila Electric Co. and the Energy Department recently organized a get-together of Philippine power
industry stakeholders in preparation for the International Electric Research Exchange Technological Issues and Solution-Asia meeting at the
New World Hotel in Makati City on Jan. 16 to 18, 2013. Shown are IERE organizing committee (from left) Kingsu Marketing (IERE Philippine
Cooperating Partner) vice president for operations Lou Yap, Meralco senior manager and utility economics specialist Anna Maria Reodica, IERE
deputy director Teruo Takagi, deputy secretary-general Yoshiaki Nishimura, Energy Undersecretary Josena Patricia Asirit, Meralco vice president
and marketing and customer solutions and innovations head Jose Antonio Valdez, Kingsu Marketing president Teddy Kingsu, Energy Investment
Promotion Ofce chief Lisa Go and Electric Power Industry Management Bureau director Mylene Capongcol.
Exports
rise 7.8%
to $4.8b
Galoc expects higher oil production in 2013
By Julito G. Rada
CAR sales in August fell 1.4
percent from a year ago, as
the heavy oods triggered by
southwest monsoon rains early
in the month discouraged buyers,
according to an industry group.
The Chamber of Automotive
Manufacturers of the Philippines
Inc. said Tuesday sales in August
reached only 11,351 units, down
from 11,511 vehicles sold a year
ago.
The recent calamity brought
about by continuous monsoon
rains during the rst week of
last month have obviously taken
away sales opportunities due to
several customers deferring their
purchases, Campi president
Rommel Gutierrez said in a
statement.
The August performance
tempered the overall increase
in vehicle sales in the rst
eight months to 6 percent. The
introduction of new models and
the positive economic outlook on
the economy helped boost sales
in the period leading to August.
Data showed member-
companies of Campi sold 98,725
vehicles in the rst eight months,
up from 93,108 units sold a year
earlier.
The continued strong
performance posted by the
industry is a clear sign that supply
is now stable and manufacturers
are able to serve the ongoing
strong demand of the market,
Gutierrez said.
Gutierrez said despite the
lower sales in August, we are
still optimistic that we will be
able to reach our market forecast
of [185,000] unit sales by end of
the year.
Toyota Motor Philippines
retained its market leadership
with 40.9-percent share, followed
by Mitsubishis 23.1 percent, and
Hondas 8.3 percent.
Toyota led in both the
passenger car and commercial
vehicle segments. It sold 1,726
passenger cars in August; Honda
Cars Philippines, 790; Mitsubishi
Motors Philippines, 139; Ford,
272; Nissan, 48; Kia, 266; and
Suzuki, 190.
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
CEBU CITYBangko Sentral Governor
Amando Tetangco Jr. said Tuesday the
bank will stick to its policy of allowing the
market to determine the right value of the
peso, even as the local currency hit a new
four-year peak against the US dollar.
The peso gained for a fourth
day, closing at 41.56 to the dollar
on Tuesday, a level not seen since
April 2008. One-month implied
volatility, a measure of exchange-
rate swings used to price options,
was little changed at 5.70 percent.
Tetangco traced the recent
movement of the peso to overseas
developments. If you are looking
at Europe, for instance, you still
have this risk-on, risk-off mode.
Yesterday, the peso appreciated in
the morning then depreciated in
the afternoon. Today, because of
what is happening to the euro, we
also opened weaker, Tetangco
said in a morning interview,
before the peso recovered in the
afternoon.
So, we are affected by
developments over Europe and
US. What we try to do is stick to our
basic policy which allows market
forces to determine the rate with
scope for ofcial participation
of market to smoothen sharp
uctuations, he said.
Tetangco said the year-to-date
volatility of the peso was at the
middle of the range among Asian
currencies, indicating the country
had maintained its general export
competitiveness.
What we dont want to see are
sharp uctuations and movements
in the exchange rate that are due
to speculative activities, he said.
Meanwhile, the Bangko Sentral
announced that bank loans rose at
a faster rate of 16 percent in July
than the previous months 14.9
percent while domestic liquidity
increased 8.7 percent in July, also
faster than 7.1 percent in June.
Bank lending is expected
to remain strong in the coming
months, thereby providing support
to domestic demand and real
sector activity going forward,
the Bangko Sentral said.
Meanwhile, it said the faster
expansion in domestic liquidity
in July reected in part the impact
of recent policy actions of the
Bangko Sentral to help support
a non-inationary economic
growth amid ongoing weakness
in global economy.
The banks Monetary Board
lowered the key policy rates to
a record low of 3.75 percent for
overnight borrowing and 5.75
percent for overnight lending.
Going forward, the BSP
will continue to monitor closely
monetary conditions to ensure that
liquidity in the nancial system
remains supportive of domestic
economic activity to the extent
that the ination outlook would
allow, it said. With Bloomberg
By Othel V. Campos
THE Environment Department
signed Tuesday the implementing
rules and regulations on Executive
Order No. 79 or the Aquino
administrations new mining policy.
We are assuring you a very
transparent guidelines. All sectors
were consulted. This has undergone
a series of consultations within the
months given to us, Environment
Secretary Ramon Paje said in a
brieng with reporters at the Ninoy
Aquino Parks and Wildlife.
The IRR highlights the minings
contribution to the countrys
sustainable development. It
also seeks to adopt international
best practices and promote good
governance and integrity in
the sector, as well as ensure the
protection of the environment
by adopting technically and
scientically sound and generally
accepted methods as well as
indigenous best practices.
The IRR also seeks to ensure the
consistency of local issuances with
the Constitution and national laws;
make sure that a fair, adequate, and
equitable shared economic benet
for the country and the people
is realized; and deliver efcient
and effective management of the
mining sector.
Mining Industry Coordinating
Council co-chairman Elisea
Gozun assured the IRR would not
cause any undue damage to the
mining industry, as what certain
sectors were claiming.
It will not harm the sector
nor will it be a hindrance to
the development of the mining
industry, Gozun said in a
separate interview.
I think the MICC has done its fair
share to reconcile the contentious
issues on the no-go zones, she
added without elaborating.
However, Gozun refused to
comment on the issue of the
national government ling
charges against provinces
that created and approved
environmental ordinances that
went against national laws.
Paje said the MICC had to defer to
the Interior and Local Government
Department to implement the
provision on the supremacy of
national law over local laws.
We defer to the DILG. They
should be the one to decide. But
one option is to go to the court to
settle this matter. There are ways
to invalidate issuances but until
such time that those procedures
have been complied with, then
we still respect their issuances,
he said.
By Bernadette Lunas
EXPORTS rose 7.8 percent in
July from a year ago, as increased
orders for major manufactured
goods offset the decline in
demand for electronics and
mineral products.
Data from the National
Statistics Ofce showed total
exports receipts reached $4.8
billion in July, up from $4.5
billion posted in the same period
last year. It also rose 4.3 percent
from $4.3 billion in June.
The latest data brought the
seven-month exports tally to
$31. 6 billion, up by 7.7 percent
from $23.3 billion recorded in
the same period a year ago.
The government targets a 10-
percent growth in exports this
year and 12-percent rise in 2013.
Meeting the ofcial target of
10-percent growth is virtually
unreachable given the still
moribund global economy and
the strong peso, University of the
Philippines Economics professor
Benjamin Diokno said.
Overseas sales of electronic
products, accounting for 34.9
percent of the total exports
revenue, fell 25.6 percent to $1.7
billion in July from $2.3 billion
a year earlier, representing its
sharpest decline this year.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THE consortium operating the
Galoc eld in northwest Palawan
expects oil to ow from two
additional wells by the rst half
of 2013.
The two additional wells,
representing the second phase of
Galoc development, are expected
to bring daily production to about
12,000 barrels from the current
output of 6,000 barrels a day.
Otto Energy Ltd., Galoc eld
operator and majority shareholder
of Service Contract No. 14C,
disclosed to the Australian stock
exchange the consortium made
its nal investment decision to
proceed with the second phase of
the Galoc eld development.
Galoc Phase II represents a low-
risk, near-term opportunity for Otto to
extend the eld life of its cornerstone
producing asset, as well as deliver
incremental reserves and improve
production reliability, Otto chief
executive Gregor McNab said.
He said the project was
consistent with Ottos strategy of
building an integrated petroleum
company, generating a sustained
ow of drilling events, focusing
on Southeast Asia and onshore
East Africa.
Cash ow from Galoc will
allow Otto to reinvest in our
balanced exploration portfolio
which is on track to deliver
exploration drilling programs in
2013 including the northern Galoc
eld, the Duhat prospect onshore
Leyte, and the Cinco prospect
offshore Palawan, he said.
Power contracts
bidding
THE Power Sector Assets and
Liabilities Management Corp.
plans to bid out two big-ticket
power generating units including
the contracted capacities of the
640-megawatt Unied Leyte
geothermal plant and 150-MW
Casecnan hydropower plant in
the fourth quarter.
Our target is to bid out
Unied Leyte within the year
and publish invitation to bid for
Casecnan also within the year,
PSALM president Emmanuel
Ledesma Jr. told reporters.
PSALM is mandated under
the Electric Power Industry
Reform Act to manage the assets
and liabilities of state-owned
National Power Corp.
We are drafting a structure
that will maximize participation
of various industry participants,
Ledesma said when asked about the
bidding structure particularly for
Unied Leyte which government
was planning to divide.
The previous draft bidding
rules stated that the Unied
Leyte capacity would be divided
60-40, which means the
capacities would be split at 384
MW and 255 MW, respectively.
The 19th Electric Power
Industry Reform Act Status
report said the Unied Leyte
capacities would be split due to
the concern of investors on the
market cap for the Visayas.
Alena Mae S. Flores
Govt sells
P9-b bonds
THE government raised P9
billion from the sale of 10-year
Treasury bonds, as the ample
liquidity in the market and good
scal and economic front of the
country pushed investors to seek
long-term debt security.
Tenders for the newly-issued
T-bonds were nearly ve times
oversubscribed, reaching
P44.2 billion, with the auction
committee accepting only P9
billion as programmed.
This is the proof [tenders]
of the statements that there
is ample liquidity, and that
there is condence in the GS
(government securities) and
condence in the Philippines,
Deputy Treasurer Eduardo
Mendiola told reporters.
The 10-year T-bond fetched
an average coupon rate of 4.75
percent, or 12.5 basis points
lower than 4.875 percent during
the last auction on July 31.
What were doing now is
liability management. Its an
issuance program. We are now
shifting to the issuance program
from the pure borrowing
program, Mendiola said.
The Treasury ofcial said
the issuance program aimed to
develop the capital market, which
is the steady source of nancing,
where the government is now an
issuer rather than just a borrower.
Maria Bernadette Lunas
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 12,190,589 805,159,663.48
INDUSTRIAL 95,117,401 449,902,129.86
HOLDING FIRMS 87,535,618 844,377,915.07
PROPERTY 179,602,313 601,688,042.06
SERVICES 131,479,493 838,591,314.51
MINING & OIL 2,166,320,809 517,813,650.16
GRAND TOTAL 2,672,246,223 4,057,532,715.135
FINANCIAL 1,312.50 (up) 4.92
INDUSTRIAL 7,862.38 (down) 52.84
HOLDING FIRMS 4,380.40 (down) 4.60
PROPERTY 1,986.39 (down) 10.48
SERVICES 1,771.96 (up) 6.48
MINING & OIL 21,254.03 (up) 793.46
PSEI 5,186.05 (down) 4.76
All Shares Index 3,454.31 (up) 1.22
Gainers: 73; Losers: 77; Unchanged: 41; Total: 191
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Lepanto post gains
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52 Weeks Previous % Net Foreign
High Low STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume Trade/Buying
MST BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 59.60 59.80 58.90 59.25 (0.59) 3,786,930 (176,403,436.00)
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 72.90 73.50 72.90 73.50 0.82 656,280 1,426,940.00
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.70 0.71 0.68 0.68 (2.86) 542,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 53.65 55.30 53.70 55.30 3.08 697,730 80,770.00
2.20 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.96 1.96 1.93 1.96 0.00 40,000
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 20.50 20.55 20.50 20.55 0.24 13,800 (61,500.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 20.95 21.45 21.00 21.45 2.39 2,139,600 9,175,900.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 11.00 11.00 10.44 11.00 0.00 1,800
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 73.10 75.00 73.00 73.00 (0.14) 760
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.89 2.88 2.64 2.65 (8.30) 64,000
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 477.00 478.00 461.00 470.00 (1.47) 580
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 0.00 1,600
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 93.10 93.85 93.40 93.50 0.43 1,496,360 (10,396,685.00)
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 69.90 70.00 69.80 70.00 0.14 76,460 (905,800.00)
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 87.00 84.00 84.00 84.00 (3.45) 1,100
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 373.60 370.00 370.00 370.00 (0.96) 5,140 399,600.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 43.60 43.60 43.60 43.60 0.00 42,700.00 1,704,760.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 158.80 159.00 158.00 158.00 (0.50) 764,910 14,349,208.00
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 940.00 950.00 949.00 950.00 1.06 30
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 102.50 102.80 101.80 102.10 (0.39) 222,720 (1,808,728.00)
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.82 1.83 1.83 1.83 0.55 23,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 34.00 33.95 33.55 33.55 (1.32) 621,500 12,287,725.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.40 8.45 8.36 8.37 (0.36) 22,700 125,850.00
23.95 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 23.55 23.55 23.55 23.55 0.00 2,300
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.58 1.60 1.54 1.59 0.63 4,942,000 (48,000.00)
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.70 30.00 29.70 30.00 1.01 49,500 (29,700.00)
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.35 1.33 1.32 1.32 (2.22) 592,000
Asiabest Group 20.40 21.10 20.40 20.50 0.49 34,400
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.04 13.10 13.10 13.10 0.46 1,300
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.70 2.70 2.70 2.70 0.00 20,000
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.58 2.60 2.58 2.60 0.78 253,000 126,420.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.60 9.68 9.68 9.68 0.83 100
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.86 5.87 5.83 5.85 (0.17) 4,660,000 (5,338,453.00)
7.77 2.80 EEI 7.42 7.42 7.35 7.40 (0.27) 1,015,400 (795,412.00)
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 18.50 18.50 18.26 18.38 (0.65) 1,367,400 5,612,560.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 77.30 77.40 76.90 76.90 (0.52) 51,950 (963,791.50)
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.00 49,800,000 (67,200.00)
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 12.98 12.96 11.98 12.50 (3.70) 209,100 1,346,964.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.12 4.12 4.12 4.12 0.00 14,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.640 0.630 0.620 0.630 (1.56) 2,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 94.50 95.00 94.30 94.70 0.21 341,490 (11,162,716.50)
Lafarge Rep 9.45 9.49 9.47 9.49 0.42 8,100
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.15 2.15 2.06 2.08 (3.26) 244,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 2.51 2.51 2.51 2.51 0.00 15,000
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 26.35 26.35 26.25 26.30 (0.19) 934,100 (11,417,855.00)
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.300 16.360 16.300 16.300 0.00 513,200 8,150.00
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 256.60 256.20 252.00 253.00 (1.40) 127,470 3,275,424.00
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 6.90 6.90 6.90 6.90 0.00 77,400 (492,660.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 3.91 3.98 3.85 3.87 (1.02) 4,739,000 (12,046,050.00)
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.44 10.44 10.20 10.34 (0.96) 1,609,500 (51,400.00)
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.90 10.16 10.16 10.16 (6.79) 200
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.15 8.16 8.13 8.14 (0.12) 72,100
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.08 4.12 4.03 4.07 (0.25) 1,273,000 400,580.00
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.40 34.50 34.00 34.50 0.29 218,000
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 110.90 111.10 110.10 111.10 0.18 285,110 (9,319,104.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.39 2.43 2.38 2.43 1.67 14,275,000 (600,000.00)
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.139 0.142 0.140 0.140 0.72 2,350,000
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 12.06 12.00 11.78 11.80 (2.16) 1,220,200 2,216,532.00
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.17 1.17 1.16 1.17 0.00 536,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 63.90 63.90 63.00 63.00 (1.41) 45,340 478,390.50
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.28 1.28 1.27 1.27 (0.78) 680,000
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.590 0.590 0.580 0.580 (1.69) 68,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 9.00 8.38 8.30 8.30 (7.78) 7,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.73 0.74 0.72 0.73 0.00 29,369,000 (2,920.00)
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.90 48.85 48.00 48.50 (0.82) 125,600 5,738,985.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0170 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 0.00 7,700,000
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 12.64 12.64 12.40 12.44 (1.58) 12,613,400 62,728,032.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 1.97 1.98 (1.00) 778,000 53,190.00
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.60 4.60 4.57 4.57 (0.65) 23,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 4.95 4.95 4.80 4.80 (3.03) 34,000
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.58 1.59 1.53 1.57 (0.63) 76,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 1.67 1.74 1.60 1.70 1.80 645,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 414.00 421.00 416.00 421.00 1.69 237,230 (17,108,070.00)
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 56.50 57.00 56.20 57.00 0.88 350,570 5,425,652.00
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.10 4.12 4.10 4.12 0.49 110,000 82,300.00
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 558.00 559.00 555.00 558.00 0.00 93,880 6,930,920.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 4.80 4.80 4.80 4.80 0.00 98,000 470,400.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 32.40 32.75 32.40 32.45 0.15 3,519,600 48,650,785.00
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.20 5.21 5.20 5.20 0.00 2,886,300 1,480,908.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.05 1.07 1.03 1.07 1.90 1,376,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.26 2.30 2.24 2.26 0.00 1,312,000 (1,126,300.00)
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.27 4.27 4.19 4.20 (1.64) 10,290,000 (27,779,880.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.03 5.07 5.02 5.07 0.80 54,600 (271,790.00)
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 6.67 6.70 6.30 6.40 (4.05) 2,500
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0520 0.0520 0.0510 0.0520 0.00 420,000
2.40 1.01 Seafront À 1.41 1.50 1.50 1.50 6.38 30,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 721.50 722.00 720.00 721.00 (0.07) 279,380 12,946,715.00
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.08 2.08 2.06 2.07 (0.48) 113,000 22,660.00
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.20 1.18 1.18 1.18 (1.67) 50,000
850.00 425.00 Transgrid 495.00 550.00 520.00 550.00 11.11 70
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3200 0.3250 0.3100 0.3250 1.56 1,020,000
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.400 0.435 0.405 0.435 8.75 12,140,000
P R O P E R T Y
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.00 3.00 2.95 2.99 (0.33) 87,000
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.530 0.560 0.560 0.560 5.66 110,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 22.30 22.75 22.25 22.25 (0.22) 5,684,900 28,989,390.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.86 4.86 4.84 4.84 (0.41) 356,000
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.39 5.50 5.28 5.28 (2.04) 419,800
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.50 1.51 1.47 1.49 (0.67) 7,899,000 1,582,870.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.47 2.48 2.47 2.48 0.40 6,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.14 1.14 1.11 1.14 0.00 85,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.79 (1.25) 455,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.840 0.850 0.840 0.840 0.00 7,146,000
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 3.75 3.75 3.69 3.69 (1.60) 13,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.203 0.215 0.199 0.213 4.93 16,450,000 62,280.00
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 2.01 2.01 1.95 1.97 (1.99) 10,990,000 (2,272,190.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.32 1.32 1.31 1.31 (0.76) 4,033,000 2,994,730.00
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.22 1.24 1.19 1.24 1.64 188,000
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.19 2.21 2.15 2.16 (1.37) 98,421,000 (63,895,760.00)
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1630 0.1600 0.1550 0.1600 (1.84) 2,760,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.6800 0.6600 0.6700 (1.47) 5,963,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.460 0.460 0.460 0.460 0.00 880,000
38.10 12.60 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 25.70 25.00 25.00 25.00 (2.72) 200
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.36 18.38 18.32 18.36 0.00 5,122,200 (14,115,018.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.39 3.38 3.32 3.33 (1.77) 486,000
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.70 2.75 2.64 2.64 (2.22) 16,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.10 6.13 6.07 6.10 0.00 700,000 (1,244,142.00)
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.10 14.14 13.80 13.94 (1.13) 3,511,900 (3,357,756.00)
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.99 3.99 3.99 3.99 0.00 2,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 0.530 0.510 0.530 1.92 65,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.510 4.550 4.480 4.520 0.22 6,528,000 4,504,500.00
S E R V I C E S
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 28.25 28.25 27.80 27.85 (1.42) 66,700
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.41 1.48 1.38 1.47 4.26 1,247,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.610 0.640 0.610 0.620 1.64 2,061,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.10 9.00 9.00 9.00 (1.10) 300
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 9.60 9.70 9.60 9.70 1.04 995,000 (11,520.00)
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1550 0.1600 0.1550 0.1560 0.65 35,430,000 (155,820.00)
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 5.49 5.50 5.42 5.42 (1.28) 168,000 (47,628.00)
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 58.85 59.40 58.50 59.15 0.51 159,860 (808,340.50)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.48 5.74 5.22 5.29 (3.47) 249,100 (59,197.00)
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1080.00 1010.00 1000.00 1000.00 (7.41) 420
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1105.00 1106.00 1102.00 1104.00 (0.09) 78,030 (7,999,515.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.80 9.88 9.70 9.88 0.82 121,300
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 68.25 68.50 68.00 68.45 0.29 259,220 594,562.50
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.400 0.400 0.395 0.400 0.00 120,000
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 6.95 4.50 4.50 4.50 (35.25) 800
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.06 2.07 2.05 2.07 0.49 49,000
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.023 0.024 0.023 0.023 0.00 80,600,000
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 391,000
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0460 0.0460 0.0460 0.0460 0.00 500,000
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 3.0500 3.1000 3.0400 3.0900 1.31 533,000 (30,900.00)
3.45 2.01 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 1.52 1.60 1.51 1.53 0.66 10,000
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 7.50 7.55 7.31 7.40 (1.33) 330,100
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.72 2.73 2.64 2.73 0.37 42,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.75 0.75 0.74 0.75 0.00 165,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.86 3.03 2.88 2.91 1.75 1,270,000 (284,180.00)
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.06 14.10 14.10 14.10 0.28 28,800
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.68 7.67 7.50 7.67 (0.13) 1,700
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.65 2.69 2.64 2.69 1.51 481,000
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 70.00 70.00 68.00 68.00 (2.86) 2,702,280 189,057,800.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 17.00 17.00 16.90 17.00 0.00 350,500 1,953,280.00
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2760.00 2780.00 2752.00 2772.00 0.43 141,235 (5,519,490.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.00 300,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.30 29.55 29.30 29.50 0.68 431,900 6,522,555.00
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 3.54 3.53 3.53 3.53 (0.28) 9,000
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.63 2.60 2.50 2.60 (1.14) 6,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.465 0.460 0.440 0.460 (1.08) 110,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0045 0.0047 0.0045 0.0047 4.44 143,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.91 4.87 4.75 4.87 (0.81) 22,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.99 4.91 4.67 4.67 (6.41) 3,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.12 17.30 17.12 17.20 0.47 488,100 (2,381,154.00)
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 24.60 27.10 27.00 27.10 10.16 2,000
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.255 0.270 0.250 0.265 3.92 33,920,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 23.15 23.95 23.15 23.95 3.46 6,700
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 23.10 24.00 23.50 23.75 2.81 27,900
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.04 1.07 1.05 1.07 2.88 314,000 53,000.00
61.80 6.96 Dizon 22.70 24.00 22.00 22.90 0.88 277,100 539,620.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.56 0.60 0.56 0.58 3.57 10,644,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.130 1.260 1.140 1.250 10.62 92,896,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.200 1.350 1.210 1.350 12.50 46,287,000 11,611,950.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0600 0.0630 0.0600 0.0620 3.33 468,980,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0610 0.0640 0.0610 0.0620 1.64 276,190,000 9,760.00
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 17.80 18.08 17.88 18.00 1.12 2,840,700 13,074,422.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 7.21 7.37 7.18 7.30 1.25 1,018,400 3,651,250.00
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6800 0.6500 0.6200 0.6200 (8.82) 1,200,000 195,000.00
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 4.400 4.460 4.350 4.350 (1.14) 1,099,000
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0170 0.0180 0.0170 0.0180 5.88 16,700,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.01 6.01 6.01 6.01 0.00 10,000
28.25 18.40 Philex À 15.80 16.40 15.80 16.08 1.77 8,374,600 (518,590.00)
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 33.00 33.00 32.50 33.00 0.00 87,300 (23,100.00)
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.048 0.050 0.048 0.049 2.08 373,600,000
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 215.00 215.40 214.40 215.00 0.00 164,730 (1,663,954.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0150 0.0150 0.0140 0.0150 0.00 684,600,000 5,950,000.00
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 27.90 28.75 27.70 27.90 0.00 957,200 (19,611,205.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 545.00 545.00 545.00 545.00 0.00 50
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 103.10 103.10 103.10 103.10 0.00 1,800
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.70 9.65 9.59 9.65 (0.52) 128,600
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 107.90 108.00 107.70 108.00 0.09 16,200
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1013.00 1014.00 1013.00 1014.00 0.10 3,115
6.00 0.87 Swift Pref 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.20 0.00 31,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.21 1.21 1.21 1.21 0.00 97,000
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0240 0.0230 0.0180 0.0230 (4.17) 2,800,000 2,300.00
PH adopts
new scorecard
for companies
Globes new
network. Globe
president and chief
executive Ernest
Cu, in a news
brieng, said the
companys network
modernization will
be completed by the
rst quarter of 2013.
Cu described the
companys massive
modernization
effort as different
in many ways
from a traditional
transformation that
other networks go
through. Others
mask modernization
with simply a
business-as-usual
change-out of
old equipment.
At Globe, our
transformation
is very different
because it is indeed
building a brand new
network, he said.
STOCKS fell for the second day, as
investors sought safety ahead of critical
events this week that will test Europes
willingness to unite in order to deal with a
major debt crisis.
The Philippine Stock Exchange
index, the 30-company benchmark,
lost 4 points, or 0.1 percent, to
close at 5,186.05 on Tuesday, in
spite of the strong gains achieved
by mining stocks.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, closed slightly higher
by 1 point to 3,454.31, even as
losers outpaced gainers, 77 to 73,
with 41 issues unchanged. Value
turnover was thin at P4.1 billion.
Mining companies were
the biggest gainers Tuesday.
Lepanto Consolidated Mining
rose 10.6 percent to P1.25 while
Philex Mining Corp. rebounded
1.8 percent to P16.08. Nickel
Asia Corp. increased 1.1 percent
to P18.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co. added 0.4 percent
to P2,772, after announcing
that its P67-billion network
modernization was completed
ahead of schedule. Rival Globe
Telecom was slightly down 0.1
percent to P1,104.
Meanwhile, Asia markets
traded lower, following the
overnight losses on Wall Street
amid investors concerns over
upcoming developments in
Europe.
A German court is expected
to rule Wednesday on a request
for an injunction to prevent
Germany from participating in a
permanent rescue fund for euro
countries struggling with their
nances.
Greeces debt inspectors are
also due to hold more meetings
with the Greek government
as they prepare their latest
assessment of the country, which
could determine its future in the
euro currency.
Those two events have turned
investors cautious from the
buoyant mood, said analysts
at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong
Kong in an e-mail commentary.
Japans Nikkei 225 index fell
0.9 percent to 8,788.80. Hong
Kongs Hang Seng lost 0.7
percent to 19,694.83 and South
Koreas Kospi fell 0.4 percent to
1,916.12.
Investors are also waiting for
the US Federal Reserves Federal
Open Market Committee meeting
later this week. Speculation has
been rife that the Fed will opt for
some type of stimulus measure to
help the agging economy.
Investors remain sidelined
ahead of the FOMC meeting this
Wednesday and Thursday, and so
there is prot-taking this morning
after the rally last Friday, said
Louis Wong, director of Phillip
Securities Ltd. in Hong Kong.
With Bloomberg, AP
By Jenniffer B. Austria
THE Philippines, through
the Institute of Corporate
Directors, joined other
Southeast Asian countries in
adopting the more stringent
Asean corporate governance
scorecard.
The Asean CG scorecard
program, funded by the Asian
Development Bank, aims to
raise the corporate governance
standards and practices of
publicly listed companies.
ICD said it would start
adopting the scorecard in
ranking listed companies in
terms of corporate governance
efforts. This means that
publicly listed companies
governance practices will now
have to be screened by more
than 190 questions compared
to 110 under ICDs previous
scorecard.
ICD said the Asean scorecard
still uses the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and
Developments principles
of corporate governance
in scoring and ranking
companies. These are rights
of shareholders, equitable
treatment of shareholders, role
of stakeholders, disclosure
and transparency and
responsibilities of the board.
Philex faces P1-b fine
By Othel V. Campos
PHILEX Mining Corp. faces penalties of as much as P1 billion, for
damages to the environment as a result of the mine tailings spill
at its Padcal mine in Benguet, the Environment Department said
Tuesday.
We are still computing the penalties but it is much higher now
than the previous [estimated] penalty of P325 million. There is a
possibility that the penalty might double or even triple depending
on the density and pollution reach to the affected rivers, Environ-
ment Secretary Ramon Paje told reporters in a news brieng.
Paje said based on the so-called 1.5 density index formula, Philex
may pay as much as P975 million for damages under the Mining
Act and an additional P8.4 million for water pollution under the
Clean Water Act.
Paje said results of a laboratory test of the tailings spill found that
the pollution density level was at 1.5.
The company [Philex] wants to use the 1.3 density index but our
own ndings showed that the density is at 1.5 now. We have to do
it scientically, he said.
Recent ndings also showed that the mine tailings spill might
have covered as much as 30 hectares of the 92-hectare tailings pond
No. 3.
The Environment Department has recently launched an aerial
survey of the disaster site to determine the extent of the spill inci-
dent and the pollution to the nearby bodies of water.
Philex reiterated it would not operate or reopen its Padcal mine
unless the integrity of tailings pond 3 was restored to its original
state.
Philex previously admitted that the company was losing P30
million per day in potential revenues since the tailings disaster oc-
curred on Aug. 1.
Foregone revenues could have exceeded P1.2 billion, based on
this estimate.
Philex is currently studying an option to permanently plug the
drainage pipe leading to the creek by drilling a tunnel into the main
dam that will be lled with quick-setting cement.
We all hope that this plan will work. They tried every trick they
can imagine even using their own tractor to plug the drainage. But
nothing came out of it, said Paje.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Manila
Invitation to Re-Bids (IFB)
Second National Roads Improvement and Management Project (NRIMP-2)
Loan / Credit Number: 7552-PH
G-04F Materials Testing Equipment
1. This Invitation for Re-Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for
this Project that appeared in Development Gateway Market, of October
21, 2007.
2. The Republic of the Philippines has received from the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development toward the cost of Second National
Roads Improvement and Management Project (NRIMP-2), and it intends
to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the Contract
for G-04F - Materials Testing Equipment (Road Surface Proflometer).
3. The Department of Public Works and Highways now invites sealed bids
from eligible and qualifed bidders for Materials Testing Equipment, with
warranty, and training.
4. Bidding will be conducted using the International Competitive Bidding
(CB) procedures specifed in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement
under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, edition of May 2004 revised in
October 2006, and is open to all Bidders eligible as defned in these
Guidelines.
5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the
Department of Public Works and Highways and inspect the bidding
documents at the address given below from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
6. Qualifcations requirements include: the Bidder must be an authorized
dealer, distributor or manufacturer of products listed in his Bid, and must
have been in the Industry for at least three (3) years and the manufacturer
supplied at least ten similar items during the last two (2) years prior
to the deadline for bid submission. A margin of preference for certain
goods manufactured domestically shall not be applied. The Bidder shall
furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that the Goods it offers
meet the following usage requirement: All Technical Specifcations are
mandatory. Bidders must demonstrate in their proposal that they meet
all requirements. The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that it
meets the following fnancial requirements: must have an average annual
turnover for the last three years equivalent to 1.5 times the annual cash
fow for the contract based on the bid price being considered for award,
and have current asset over current liability ratio of more than 1 during
the last three years.
7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased
by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to
the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Five
Thousand (5,000.00) Pesos (plus postal charges of PhP 1,000.00 (inland)
or PhP 3,000 (overseas or the equivalent amount in a fully convertible
currency. The method of payment will be cash or manager's check in favor
of the Department of Public Works and Highways. The document may
be obtained in person between 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the address
below or will be sent by courier (DPWH will not be responsible for loss
by the courier).
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 8,
2012 at 10:00 a.m. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids
will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders'
representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below
on November 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. All bids must be accompanied by
a bid security of not less than the following amount indicated opposite
the item or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.
Road Surface Proflometer P 737,200.00
9. The address referred to above is:
Undersecretary Raul C. ASIS
Chairman, Special NRIMP 2 BAC
Central Offce
c/o Carlos O. Mutuc
Offce of the Director, NRM-PMO Building,
Department of Public Works and Highways
2nd Street, Port Area, Manila
Telephone: +63-2-304-3779
(Sgd.) RAUL C. ASIS
Undersecretary
Chairman, Special BAC for Consultancy
Services and Goods for NRIMP 2
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012) (MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
SEC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 7
SERIES OF 2012
TO: ALL CONCERNED CORPORATIONS
SUBJECT: 2013 SCHEDULE OF FILING OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
DATE: 7 SEPTEMBER 2012
___________________________________________________________
To maintain an organized and orderly fling of annual fnancial statements
(AFS), the Commission, pursuant to its authority under the Corporation Code
and Securities Regulation Code, adopt the following measures in the fling
of the AFS of companies whose fscal year ends on December 31, 2012:
1. All corporations, including branch offces, representative offces,
regional headquarters and regional operating headquarters of
foreign corporations, that fle their AFS at the Commissions
Head Ofce in MandaIuyong City, Davao, Cebu, IIoiIo and
Baguio Extension Ofces shall, depending on the last numerical
digit of their SEC registration or license number, be governed by
the following schedule in the fling period for 2013:
ApriI 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 : "1","2"
ApriI 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 : "3". "4"
ApriI 29, 30, May 2 and 3 : "5", "6"
May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 : "7", "8"
May 14, 15, 16, 17 : "9", "0"
2. The above fling schedule shal l not appl y to the following
corporations:
(a) Those whose fscal year ends on a date other than
December 31, 2012. These entities shall fle their AFS
within 120 calendar days from the end of their fscal year;
(b) Those whose securities are listed on the Philippine Stock
Exchange. These entities shall continue to observe the
due date of fling of their AFS as attachment to their
Annual Reports (SEC Form 17-A), in accordance with
the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Securities
Regulation Code;
(c) Those whose AFS are being audited by the Commission
on Audit (COA) provided that the following documents are
attached to their AFS:
(i) An Affdavit signed by the President and Treasurer
(or Chief Finance Offcer, where applicable) attesting
to the fact that the company timely provided COA
with the financial statements and supporting
documents and that the audit of COA has just be
concluded; and
(ii) A letter from COA confirming the information
provided in the above Affdavit.
3. Prior to ApriI 15, 2013, all corporations may fle their AFS
regardless of the last numerical digit of their registration or
license number;
4. Late flings shall be accepted starting May 20, 2013 and shall be
subject to the prescribed penalties which shall be computed from
the date of the last day of fling schedule stated in paragraph 1;
5. Any fling of AFS before or after the scheduled dates shall not
be accepted unless covered by paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 above;
6. The AFS, other than the consolidated fnancial statements, shall
have the stamped received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue
(BR) or its authorized banks, unless the BR allows an alternative
proof of submission for its authorized banks (e.g. bank slips);
7. The basic components as prescribed under SRC Rule 68, as
amended, shall be presented for pre-screening. Failure to comply
with any of the formal requirements under said Rule including
the prescribed qualifcations for independent auditors shall be
considered a suffcient ground for the denial of the receipt of
the fnancial statements. The acceptance and receipt by the
Commission of the fnancial statements shall be without prejudice
to the fnes that may be imposed for any material defciency or
misstatement that may be found upon evaluation of the specifc
contents thereof.
All other circulars, memoranda and implementing rules and regulations
that may be inconsistent with the foregoing provisions shall be deemed
modifed or amended accordingly.
This Memorandum Circular shall be published in two newspapers of general
circulation.
7th day of September 2012 in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
For the Commission:
(Sgd.) TERESITA J. HERBOSA
Chairperson
Department of Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City
Regional Offce No. V-A
EDSA, Quezon City
Invitation to Bid
The Department of Public Works and Highways. (DPWH),RegionaI Ofhce
No:IV-A, .through the DOT Tourism ,Convergence :Program Additional
Funds for FY 2012, ,intends,to apply the sum of Ninety Seven Million Pesos
(P 97,000,000.00) to payments under the contract for Contract ID No. 12-D0-
0036: Construction/Upgrading of Rizal Boundary-Famy-Quezon Boundary
Road Linking. Marikina-Infanta Road/via Sta. Maria,Laguna, Sta.4+312.63
Sta.13+545.80, with exemption RCBC. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall
be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Regional Ofhce No.
IV-A now Invites bids for the Contract ID No. 12-D0-0036: Construction/Upgrading
of.Rizal Boundary famy-Quezon Boundary Road Linking Marikina-Infanta Road
via Sta. Maria, Laguna;, Sta 4+312.63-Sta.13+545.8, Net Length=9,229.70 l.m.,
with exemption RCBC. The scope of work involves earthworks, subbase course,
drainage and slope protection structures, erosion control system using bio-engineering
solution and other related activities. Completion of the Work is required in 240
,calendar days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date
of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description
of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section
II. Instruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding ,procedures ,using
nondiscretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (RR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184); otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act .
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH, Regional Ofhce
No. IV-A BAC Secretariat Ofhce, EDSA, Quezon City and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M
Interested bidders are also required to present the originals of their Contractor's
Registration Certifcate to the DPWH, Region V-A BAC for authentication. Submission
of Letter of Intent is from September 12-27, 2012.
A complete set of Bidding Documents maybe purchased by interested Bidders
.from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents in the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the
DPWH, if ,available, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later. than the submission of their bids.
The DPWH, Regional Offce No. V-A will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on September
20, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the DPWH Region V-A Conference Room, which shall be
open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on October 2, 2012 on or before 2:00
P.M. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms
and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representative who choose to
attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process,
and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring
any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
DPWH Region V-A likewise assumes no obligation whatsoever to :compensate or
indemnify any bidder or winning bidders, as the case may be, for any expenses'or
loss that . said party(les) may incur in its participation in the pre-bidding and bidding
process nor does it guarantee that an award will be made.
For further information, please refer to:
ELVIN I. CARINGAL
BAC Chairman
Attention:
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH, Region V-A
EDSA, Quezon City
Tel. No. 4810-277
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ELVIN I. CARINGAL.
Engineer V
Chief Construction Division
Chairman, Bids and ,Awards Committee
Noted by::
(Sgd.) LUIS A. MAMITAG, JR.
Director V
OIC, Regional Director
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
NOTICE OF
VACANCY
Notice of Vacancy
DEP-ED-Makati City
Bangkal Makati High
School
2-items, Teacher 1
Item Nos. 30253-
2012 and 30354-
2012.
(MST-Sep. 12, 2012)
For f as t ad r es ul t s ,
pl eas e c al l
659-48-30 l oc al 303
or
659-48-03
(MST-Sept 10, 11 & 12, 2012)
RepubIic of the PhiIippines
Presidential Commission on Good Government
INVITATION TO BID
Sale of 157,500 total shares (Class A and B) of SHOWA UNITED
FOODS, INC. (in the name of Performance Investment Corporation).
Minimum Bid Price: P37,034,250.00
BIDDING SCHEDULE
Issuance of Bid Documents 10-18 Sept. 2012
Conduct of Due Diligence 24-28 Sept. 2012
Pre-Bid Conference 25 Sept. 2012
Submission and Opening of Bids 02 Oct. 2012
Bid Documents are available for a non-refundable fee of P5,000.00
from the PCGG Asset Management Department, IRC Building, 82 EDSA,
Mandaluyong City, c/o Ms. Alma M. Provido, tel. 9079127 or 7256958.

PCGG reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any formality
and/or defects in the bids received, and to award to the bidder whose
bid is most advantageous to the Government.
PCGG Bids and Awards Committee
Business
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B3
PLDT sees P9-b quarterly profit
By Lailany P. Gomez
PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone
Co. expects a core net income of over P9
billion in the third quarter, its chairman
said Tuesday.
It should be similar to the rst
and second quarters or more likely
more than P9 billion, PLDT
chairman Manuel Pangilinan told
reporters, referring to the July-
September performance.
The telecom company expects
a core prot of P37 billion this
year, or lower than the P39
billion it earned a year ago.
Core net income in the rst half
fell 11 percent to P18.7 billion,
owing to higher operating
expenses related to the takeover
of Digital Telecommunications
Philippines Inc.
The company spent P67
billion for a two-year network
modernization, which was
completed ahead of schedule.
The groups investments
have produced a network that is
unrivalled in terms of coverage,
capacity, and resiliency, said
PLDT president and chief
executive Napoleon Nazareno.
Nazareno said the moderniza-
tion program involved the expan-
sion of LTE or long-term evolu-
tion sites and rollout of ber cables
spanning 48,000 kilometers with
an additional 6,000 kilometers of
ber-to-the-home.
He said this brought the
PLDT groups total ber assets
to 54,000 kilometers, which are
more than four times the 12,000
kilometers of ber network
being built by Globe Telecom.
We are close to covering the
whole of Metro Manila with
the more reliable and faster
ber connection and gaining
momentum in servicing the rest
of the country, Nazareno said.
Nazareno said the PLDT
group, through subsidiaries
Smart Communications and Sun
Cellular, established an access
network that is enabled with 3G
and LTE technologies, with 3G
coverage reaching majority of
the population and LTE piloting
in a growing number of areas.
ITS beginning to look like some government agencies have
the tendency to call for press conferences or announce certain
findings before giving the concerned person or establishment
an official copy of the same. Or at least, this seems to be what
is allegedly happening with certain officials of the Mines
and Geosciences Bureau who have concluded its report on
the accidental tailings pond leak in Philex Mining Corp.s
Padcal mine in Benguet. MGB personnel have been tasked
to assess the damage and the remediation measures needed
to mitigate the effects of the discharge triggered by last
months incessant and heavy rains that pummeled Benguet
and nearby provinces.
As of last Thursday, spillage has reportedly reached 6.5
million metric tons, with the corresponding penalty initially
placed at P325 million (at P50 per metric ton, plus other
environmental nes). According to Happy Hour sources, some
overeager MGB ofcials reportedly gave media people copies
of the report, with the penalty estimated to reach P1 billion. At
the very least, the government agency could have given Philex
a copy of the report rst before ofcially leaking the news,
Happy Hour sources commentedbecause it makes people
wonder if ofcials acted in bad faith.
Sources familiar with the issue, however, said the mining
company could still give its reply to the ndings and take the
position that MGB should impose remediation costs instead of
penalties since the accident was triggered by inclement weather
or what is usually known as force majeure. After all, there was no
negligence on the part of the mining company as far as maintaining
the structural integrity of the tailings pond is concerned, Happy
Hour sources claimed.
Unpopular ofcial
A lot of men in uniform are reportedly demoralized by the
supercilious manners of a high-ranking ofcial in a certain branch
of service, who seems to get a kick out of humiliating his people.
According to insiders, this highyer uses public rites and events
In bad faith?
(like ag raising ceremonies) to give personnel lessons in abject
humiliationmaking no distinction whatsoever between enlisted
men and ofcials. Worse, he exacts punishment not commensurate
to the infraction, like throwing an ofcial to an assignment in Jolo
or some far-ung area just because the man committed a minor
offense like showing up unshaved.
No wonder he remains unpopular to many despite the fact that he
has achieved considerable success. He was so unlikable that, in his
earlier days as a midlevel ofcer assigned in a former US facility
outside of the metro, some enlisted men took out their anger on
his treasured pickup truck, grazing the body with a sharp object.
Conventional wisdom has it that when this ofcial nally hangs up
his uniform, he will be treated like a complete nobody with none
of the respect usually reserved for retired ofcials. Unfortunately,
the men will just have to endure the high-handedness a bit more
because the ofcials retirement date is in 2014.
Rio de Espaa
The sudden rains last Monday turned the length of Espaa,
Lacson and adjacent streets of Manila into an instant river,
stranding motorists and commuters, many of them UST students.
The occasional ooding has actually become an expected
occurrence among students, who have taken to calling the body
of water the Rio de Espaa. Despite dredging, estero cleaning and
other ood-control projects, many areas still get submerged even
with very little raina situation that residents in some parts of
Marikina (like Olive St. in SSS Village) and Cainta (B. Soliven
Ave.) have learned to live with.
During the height of the August monsoon rains, people in
communities near Marikina, Cainta and Antipolo had to seek
shelter overnight from the SM shopping malls in the area which,
fortunately, remained open for the stranded customers and
residents. Car owners also utilized the malls parking space to
ensure the safety of their vehicles. According to witnesses, SM
Masinag resembled a gridlocked highway with some 370 vehicles
occupying the parking spaces while close to 150 vehicles were
safely tucked in the contingency parking terminal ramp which the
mall operator decided to activate at the height of the rains.
One thing that Happy Hour mallrats have learned from the
monsoon rains: It pays to know the location of safe parking spaces
and which mall in the area can give you shelter.
For comments, reactions, photos, stories and related concerns,

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Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Drilon takes a dig at spooks
Abra
pushes
veggie
long life
Aboitiz pays taxes
to Isabela, Ifugao
Tuna congress seeks
Cabinet portfolio
Quezon growth hub. Sariaya Vice mayor Ronan Nantes (3rd from left) leads the opening at
the town proper of South Emerald Supermarket, owned by businesswoman Beth Sio (2nd from
right) and husband TEAM Ministries Bishop Ricardo Sio (in long sleeves), in a bid to boost the
local economy and employment. BENJIE A. ANTIOQUIA
Top honors. Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn receives the Presidential Lingkod-Bayan Award from Chairman Francisco Duque lll of the
Civil Service Commission witnessed by Civil Service Commission Commissioner Maryann Mendoza. Through the honors program, the CSC recognizes
superior performance and achievement in public service. MANNY PALMERO
By Macon Ramos Araneta
GHOSTS roam in the Autonomous
Region of Muslim Mindanao, remarked
Senator Franklin Drilon while holding a
public hearing.
In ARMM, there are a lot
of ghosts-- ghost employees,
ghost teachers, ghost students,
ghost internally displaced
persons, ghost voters, ghost
contractors, ghost gasoline
stations, and many more,
said Drilon, chair of the senate
nance committee.
In talking about the haunted
place, he was referring to
ctitious and non-existing
persons and transactions which
were used to cover up for various
anomalies in the region.
All of these contributed
to the corruptions in the past
which continue to haunt people
in the ARMM, said Drilon in
nance committees hearing on
the ARMM proposed P13.99
billion budget for 2013.
He cited the P1.6 billion unpaid
premium payments, including
interests and penalties, to the
different insurance agencies
particularly to the Government
Service Insurance System.
These payments were deducted
from the salaries of the ARMM
employees, which the GSIS
claimed were not remitted to them
from 2001 to 2010, he noted.
We must emphasize the
deciencies in premium
contributions are the major
source of continuing frustration
and disappointment among
government personnel including
the thousands of teachers, said
Drilon.
Thousands of teachers
sometime could not avail of
their GSIS benets like housing
and salary loans because the
premiums were collected, but
not remitted to the GSIS based
on the agencys record, he said.
During the same senate
hearing, ARMM Governor Mujiv
Hataman disclosed numerous
irregularities in the region.
Drilon said his committee and
the Senate Blue Ribbon chaired
by Senator Teosto Guingona
III will conduct an investigation
on where these funds went.
We will look into this to
nally address the plight being
faced by the thousands of
government personnel in the
ARMM, he said.
We have condence in the
leadership of Hataman. The
OIC governor is our new ghost
buster, said Drilon.
We are pleased that under
the leadership of Governor
Hataman, these ghosts are
starting to vanish and the
corruption is being rmly
addressed.
By Jessica M. Bucad
RAMON-Mayor Wilfredo
Tabag led local executives in
receiving the payment of real
estate taxes for P30,350.455.20
from SN Aboitiz Power-
Magat.
The rm operates the
hydroelectric plant located in
Isabela and Ifugao provinces.
Lawyer Mike Hosillos, SNAP
vice president for corporate
affairs, said the company has
always been dutiful in settling
its obligations as a locator.
The SN Aboitiz Magat wants
to pay the right real property tax
due the local government units,
he said during the turnover rites
at the Carlo Salazar view deck
of the Magat reservoir.
Accompanying Tabag were
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
member Karen Abuan and
Provincial treasurer Maria
Theresa Flores.
Neighboring Ifugao province,
represented by Governor
Eugene Balitang, received
P42,190,830.48 on behalf of
Alfonso Lista town, which also
hosts the SN Aboitiz facility.
Since 2007, the rm has also
earmarked P94.5 million for
outreach programs to community
folk to improve their living
conditions.
Isabela Board Member lawyer Karen Abuan and Mayor Wilfredo Tabag (5th from left) receive from SN
Aboitiz led by vice president Mike Hosillos (extreme left) a check facsimile for P30,350,455.20 from Mike
Hosillos (extreme left) and chief corporate services ofcer Wilhelmino Ferrer (4th from left) as payment of
Real Property Tax joined by provincial treasurer Ma. Theresa Flores (7th from left).
Fellow execs back
Garcias Senate bid
LOCAL government ofcials
want Cebu Governor Gwen
Garcia to give them a strong
voice in the legislature
following her joining the
United Nationalist Alliance
for next years polls.
Garcia keynoted recently
the conference of the League
of Municipalities of the
Philippines-Mindanao Island
Cluster in Cagayan de Oro
City.
League president, Mayor
Loreto Cabaya Jr. of Aleosan,
North Cotabato, said the bloc
of local government units
could draw from Garcia her
administrations best practices
that transformed Cebu in key
sectors such as trade and
investment, tourism, energy,
and peace and order.
Cabaya underscored the
12-point social and economic
development program that
Garcia has been pursuing in
her province for almost nine
years now through her Obra-
Negosyo-Eskwela campaign
that enabled the capitols
nancial resources to hit
P28.6 billion as of 2010, with
no debt.
In her speech, Garcia
said localities served as the
frontliners in dealing with
crucial issues of national
interest.
These problems are
not abstract, they stare us
in the face and the LGUs,
being in the best position
to take immediate and
speedy action, should be
empowered more to give
them better capability to
solve the problem at the
local level, she said.
We need to empower
provinces, cities
municipalities and even
barangays to enable us to
resolve the problems that our
people expect us to respond
to, rst and before anyone
else.
The endorsement was
followed by the support of
the Vice Mayors League of
the Philippines during its 3rd
Quarter Meeting of its National
Executive Board.
The league commended
Garcias program in a
resolution read by national
executive vice president, Vice
Mayor Ronald Alan Nalupta
of Batac, Ilocos Norte.
By Dexter A. See

BANGUEDHealth food
takes center stage in Abra with
vegetable-enriched noodles.
Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin
said the product could help
boost the income of community
folk in a mass marketed food
staple.
We are proud of the resilience
of our people in trying to develop
alternative sources of livelihood
for themselves without relying
on the support coming from
government, he told Manila
Standard.
According to Bersamin,
agencies and the private sector
were helping in the production
and tapping buyers to boost the
local industry.
The Department of Science
and Technology has extended
assistance in the pre-fabrication
of the machines.
The Abra Diocesan Teachers
and Employees Multi-Purpose
Cooperative also pledged to
help in the procurement of raw
materials since the producers
are not yet capable to purchase
in bulk the raw materials that
they need in the production
process.
Other groups include Abra
Vegetable Seed Growers
Cooperative for inputs and the
Abra State Institute of Sciences
and Technology for research in
prolonging product shelf life.
Core team members have
come up with an organizational
development training to dovetail
production and livelihood
activities.
MAJOR players and stakeholders in
the tuna industry called anew on the
government to institute reforms in the
recently-concluded 14th National Tuna
Congress and Trade Exhibit held in
Gen. Santos City.
Organized by the Socsksargen
Federation of Fishing and Allied
Industries Inc., the Congress passed
resolutions to make the sector a key
driver of the economy.
Tuna Congress chairman Joaquin Lu
lauded the growing clamor to create the
Department of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources to make the shery sector
competitive globally.
He said Senate and the House of
Representatives have expressed their
agreement in coming up with a specic
body to cover the industry.
Lu said Agriculture Secretary Proceso
Alcala welcomed the idea while Senate
agriculture committee chairman Francis
Pangilinan, who delivered the closing
speech, said the move was one cause
that lawmakers should support.
He said noted that in international
ministerial conferences, the Philippines
can leverage better if it is represented
by a Cabinet position.
The country is now represented by
the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources, an agency under the DA,
headed by a director.
The Tuna Congress also asked the
Maritime Industry Administration
and the BAR to come out with the
Implementing Rules and Regulations
of the Handline Fishing Law.
Lu said that the IRR is needed now
that the Western and Central Pacic
Fisheries Commission granted early
this year shing access to Philippine
shing vessels at Pocket 1 of the
worlds shing grounds under a
Special Management Arrangement.
Congress delegates also called for
the rationalization of the Customs
and Tariff Code or the Cabotage Law
to reduce freight costs, and improve
efciency of passenger and cargo
services.
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Dinna Chan Vasquez, Assistant Editor
WEDNESDAY
SWEET WITH ICE
People drink their wine in different
ways. Rossi Sweet Red by Carlo
Rossi is best enjoyed with ice. And
no, its not just a girl thing.
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150 YEARS OF PONDS
Ponds recently featured 20 ladies
who symbolize the Filipina beauty.
They include actress Maricar
Reyes and model Tweetie de Leon
Gonzalez.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
A Tasting and Selling Event: Prices are 20% Discounted during Event
AMAZINGLY from
the numbers of wines
I saw and even tasted
in this Tasting Party, I
only noted a handful of
wines I see available
(though not even vis-
ible) in the Philippines,
notably, the Katnook
wines from Coonawara
Australia, and Schramberg sparkling
wine from California. The others were
very new to me, some I have heard of,
but nally tasted only when I was in this
Bangkok wine event.
Below are some of the more memo-
rable wines I tried in this event, together
with my customary tasting notes:
Altivo "Secret" Malbec 2008, Uco Val-
ley, ArgentinaAltivo is a young wine
brand but from an estate with over a
century of vine experience; the Secret is
the top range of Altivo, which also does
wines under their Classic and Reserva
ranges; `the wine is brooding in color
with lots of avors screaming out of the
glass from dried plum, leather to licorice,
very supple texture with heaps of dy-
namic ripe and chewy tannins, amazing
weight and delicious up to the long drawn
nish.
Camigliano Brunello di Montalcino
2006, Tuscany, Italythe Camigliano
wine estate has one of the oldest histo-
ry in Montalcino dating back to ancient
times pre-Middle ages; this 100 percent
Sangiovese or Brunello as it is known in
this region is quite a sophisticated wine,
silky and approachable, the nose starts
out subtle with vanilla, butter and ripe
cherries, then go more complex with
earth and coffee beans, very subdued tan-
nins, lovely suppleness and an elegant
round nish
Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2010,
Marlborough, New Zea-
landI would normally
pass up a Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc in tast-
ing events, not because I
do not like it, but because
I am already an admirer
of the gooseberry nose
and juicy and tangy acid-
ity, but then I was told
by Khun TK of World Class Wines that
this Marlborough is made by Kevin Judd,
the long time (25 years) winemaker of
the trend setting Cloudy Bay; this is Mr.
Judds rst venture into his own wines;
Greywacke is named after the greywacke
sedimentary rock found in their vineyard;
Greywacke is not yet a winery, as Mr.
Judd makes his wines at Dog Point Win-
ery at the moment; quantities very small
and on allocation but to surely grow; very
alluring nose with tangerine, orange and
soursop, coupled with nice herbaceous-
ness, some white pepper and a delightful
orange peel aftertaste; it is indeed living
up to the Kevin Judd reputation!
Honig Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvi-
gnon 2009, California, USA Honig is
a family owned and run winery based in
Rutherford Napa that started in the 1980s;
`this wine is 89 percent Cabernet Sauvi-
gnon, blended with 8 percent Cabernet
Franc and 3 percent Petit Verdot; the nose
is signature of Napas best fruit bomb
aromas, strong berry avors, eucalyptus,
integrated oak, viscous and well endowed
bitter sweet tannins, super long and deep,
with lingering jamminess at the end
If these wines are of interest to some of
our local importers, I am sure I can con-
tact our friends from World Class Wines
to get the respective wineries contact
information. We are after all part of the
territorial brotherhood that is Southeast
Asia. Just buzz me on this!
For comments, in-
quiries, wine event
coverage, wine con-
sultancy and other
wine related con-
cerns, please e-mail
me at protegeinc@
yahoo.com . I am a
proud member of the
Federation Interna-
tionale des Journal-
ists et Ecrivains du
Vin et des Spiritueux
or FIJEV since 2010.
You can also fol-
low me on twitter
at www.twitter.com/
sherwinlao.
The Honig Napa Valley Cabernet
Sauvignon w
as one of the m
ost
popular w
ines in the event
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(Part 2)
STUNNING would be the best word to describe every piece in the Roche Bobois
showroom at 1120 Don Chino Roces Extension, Makati City. Roche Bobois is, after all,
French and when you say French-made, you mean exquisite and nely-crafted objects.
Roche Bobois is no exception.
We brought Roche Bobois to
the Philippines because there are
homeowners here who love the
brand. There are also those who
dont know the brand yet but love
nice furniture and accents for the
home, says Geor ge Lorenzana,
co-managing director of Roche Bo-
bois in the Philippines.
George explains that Roche Bo-
bois has two collections every year.
Les Contemporains is a line of bold
and innovative furniture drawing
inspiration from the modernist clas-
sics. Pieces from this line include
furniture, lighting, art and accesso-
ries.
The pieces in the Nouveaux
Classiques collection includes cabi-
nets and other items made using the
nest quality fragrant woods. Each
piece is an expression of the Roche
Bobois art de vivre or way of
life.
That bed is my favorite, says
Eugene Lorenza, Eugenes brother
and co-managing director.
He is pointing to a bed that costs
almost half a million pesos. For
that price, which is high enough
to give the average consumer a
heart attack, you get a bed that is
superbly designed and well made.
The bed, called Vanity, has a solid
beech wood frame upholstered in
split leather. It also features an inte-
grated LED lighting feature, metal
chromed pieces, optional night-
stands and is available in four colors
and seven leather shades.
Eugene also loves the Astrolab, a
mechanized table that has the abil-
ity to extend an extra foot or two,
allowing you to add a couple more
chairs to the dining table. It features
a see-through glass top that show-
cases the gears moving in action as
the additional glass panels slide out-
wards from either end.
George and Eugene, like many
Roche Bobois fans, like the Mah
Jong, a modular sofa that was rst
designed in the 1970s by Hans Hop-
fer for Roche Bobois in Paris. In its
eighth edition, Roche Bobois presents
the Mah Jong sofa, in new bright and
colorful Missoni Home fabrics and
hand-sewn cushions. The design of
the sofa is based on the idea of total
freedom in function and form, bring-
ing plush and exciting design to the
realm of the modular. Buying it in
piecesend, middle and corner sec-
tionsusers build their own sofa
design, suiting it to their needs. From
that base, the Mah Jong can convert
limitlessly from armchair to sofa to
lounge to bed.
Roche Bobois is the story of
two families, the Roches and the
Chouchans. The Roches bought the
old Alexandre Dumas theater and
transformed it into a showroom while
the Chouchans were selling furniture
in Russia until they came to France
and opened their own store in Paris
called Au Beau Bois. This would
later be named Bobois.
Roche Bobois has collaborated
with some of the best designers
and artists in the world like Pier re
Paulin, Marc Ber thier , Vladimir
Kagan, Paola Navone, Kenzo,
Ungaro, Jean Paul Gaultier and
Sonia Rykiel. Kagan designed a
highly styled and versatile seating
system named Comete for Roche
Bobois while Navone collaborated
with the French brand for the Ping
Pong collection.
Roche Bobois is present in 45
countries with a network of 250 ex-
clusive stores. Roche bobois opens
one store per month, Last year, the
brand opened 13 new showrooms.
US President Barack Obama
is reportedly a Roche Bobois fan,
says George. So are Madonna, Elle
McPherson and many European ce-
lebrities and football players.
When asked what he would
recommend for a Roche Bobois
newbie, Eugene pointed to the Ava
chair, which was designed by Song
Wen Zhong, a graduate of the Bei-
jing Academy of Arts. Song won
the the rst Roche Bobois Design
Awards, a competition launched in
China in 2009 and held in a differ-
ent country every two years. Rep-
resenting the rst plastic injection-
created design from Roche Bobois,
Ava marries high-tech purity with
organic form.
For information about Roche
Bobois in the Philippines, please
call 519-8240.
Proudly
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
The Vanity bed
The iconic Mah Jong sofa
Eugene and George Lorenzana
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
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Dinna Chan Vasquez, Assistant Editor
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Red wine drinkers are mostly women. Fili-
pinas still prefer sweet wines over dry wines.
This is why Carlo Rossi has acted on the
growing demand for red wine with a sweet so-
lutionthe Rossi Sweet Red by Carlo Rossi.
Sweet and real
The rising demand for sweet red wine comes
from Asia, as 90 percent of one million con-
sumers love sweet wine. Aside from being
sweet, Pinays like their red wine to be real, too.
Von de Torres, managing director of Empera-
dor Distillers, explained that while Filipinas like
their wine sweet, they tend to compromise the
real wine experience with their very high incli-
nation for sweet food and drinks that affect their
wine choices. Sometimes, they end up settling for
sweet red wines or simply alcohol-laced grape
juice packed in bottles pretending to be wines.
This is the reason why Emperador Distillers
brings in a new kind of wine that ts the Pinoy
taste. Rossi Sweet Red by Carlo Rossi is what
real sweet red wine should be. Crafted from
grapes grown in Californias sun-drenched vine-
yards in Sonoma and Napa Valley, Rossi Sweet
Red amazingly bursts with avor and aroma.
It is soft and sweet with layers of vanilla,
bright cherry and wild raspberry avors. It has
a soft velvety nish and the right alcohol con-
tent which is essentially what real sweet red
wine should be. You are assured that theres no
added sugar on Rossi Sweet Red because it has
natural and genuine sweetness from our Cali-
fornian grapes, said De Torres.
Breaking tradition
Carlo Rossi introduces Ice Design with Ros-
si Sweet Red to encourage a more creative, fun
and less formal way of consuming wine.
As opposed to the traditional long-stemmed
glass at room temperature, Rossi Sweet Red
is enjoyed with ice. De Torres said having your
Rossi on the Rocks in stem-less wine glasses
will let you discover a unique kind of sweetness.
Our brand came up with the ice design
because we want to break the wine tradition,
and lessen the intimidation that red wine
exudes. This new concept of putting ice on
your Rossi Sweet Red wine injects its causal
yet still classy feel into it., said Edward Ga-
dor, product manager of Gallo Wines of E &
J Gallo Winery.
While traditional wine-drinkers might
scream heresy at wine with ice, some critics
have actually noted that some types of wine
are better when chilled or served with ice. The
New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov
made it clear in one of his columns that there
are types of red wines that are perfect when
chilled or with ice.
However, the Philippines being a tropical
country, needs a bit more leeway with re-
gard to wine. Were in the tropics so having
Rossi on the rocks lets you enjoy your wine
better and even the slight dilution with ice
water will not affect its rich, deep red color,
allowing only for smooth, sweet red wine,
said De Torres.
Rossi Sweet Red is a perfect staple bev-
erage in any celebration, be it big or small,
added De Torres. It is also suitable to be con-
sumed even on ordinary days as it is afford-
Have you ever wondered if fun
and healthy can go together when
it comes to children? We all know
that not all the things that kids like
today are necessarily good for
them. Eating junk food, playing
the whole afternoon and watching
TV often may be fun and exciting
for kids but may not have a posi-
tive and healthy effect to them.
Recognizing the need to inter-
sperse health in a fun, engaging
way, Unilab, the Philippineslead-
ing health and wellness company,
has come up with an exciting new
product that allows children to
have fun and enjoy while keeping
them safe and healthy VitaPops!
To be healthy takes more than
eating fruits and vegetables. To-
day, due to handling, processing
and cooking, the Vitamin C con-
tent in milk, fruits and vegetables
is significantly reduced so eating
these foods may not be enough to
attain ones recommended daily
intake of Vitamin C, especially in
children. It is important that moms
ensure full Vitamin C protection to
keep kids always healthy so they
can accomplish a lot of things and
enjoy more time with their family
and friends, explained Dr. Liz
Inciong, a known pediatrician. In
addition, kids are usually exposed
to high levels of sugar because
they are easily drawn to sweets
and candies so its important for
the parents to manage their chil-
drens sugar intake and provide
them with healthy food choices.
There are a lot of childrens
Vitamin C available in the mar-
ket today and choosing the right
one can get confusing for moms.
Its important to remember that
childrens opinion when choos-
ing a vitamin brand is essential.
If the kids like their vitamins
then moms will not have a hard
time getting them to take it.
To give more impact to this
campaign, Unilab enlisted the
aid of celebrity mothers Donita
Rose Villarama and Daphne
Osea-Paez who know how
to strike the right balance be-
tween fun and healthy.
I like giving VitaPops to
my children but whats more
amazing is how my kids love
it! They immediately liked it
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ALMOST every piece of infor-
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Region IV-B, MlMAROPA
Marinduque Engineering District
Boac, Marinduque
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Marinduque
Engineering District Office, Boac, Marinduque through the SARO
No. SR2012-07-005817 dated July 6, 2012 invites contractors to bid
aforementioned projects.
Contract ID: 12 EA 0028
Contract Name: Repai r/Mai nt . of Vari ous Fl ood.Cont rol and
Drainage System (Nangka T. Thatub. Masiga,
Banto. Pag-asa & Landy)
Contract Location: Mogpog-Boac-Gasan-Sta.Cruz, Marinduque
Scope of Work: Repair of damage of existing concrete revetment
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 5,598,677.52
the Revised IRR of R. A 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
To bid for this contract, a contract must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must , meet the following major criteria: (a)
prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned
partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture, (e) with PCAB
license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion
of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years and (e)Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC. or
credit line commitment at. least equal to 10% of ABC, The BAC will use
non- discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids,
Unregistered contractors. however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH POCW Central Offce before the deadline for
the receipt of LOI. The DPWH Central Offce will only process contractors
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC), Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines for procurement are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 10-October 1, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 19, 2012/9:00 A.M.
Prospective Bidders
September 17, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids October 1, 2012/2:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids October 1, 2012/2:00 P.M
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH,
Marinduque District Engineering Offce, Boac, Marinduque, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee of P 10,000.00 for(BDs).
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH
Website. Prospective bidders that will download the BD s from DPWH
Website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid
Documents, The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested
parties who have purchased the BD s, Bids must accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of
the Revised lRR,
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate bid envelope to the BAC Chairman.
The frst envelop shall contain the technical component of the bid which
shall include the eligibility requirements . The second envelop shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid, Contract will be awarded to the Lowest
Calculated Responsive bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post
qualifcation.
DPWH, Marinduque Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject. any or all bid and to annul the bidding process at any time before
Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ARISTEO L. LINGA
BAC Chairman
Cagayan 1
st
Aparri, Cagayan
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Cagayan First District
Engineering Offce, Aparri, Cagayan, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
1. a. Contract ID: 12BB0118
b. Contract Name: Widening/Improvement of DSVR (Mission Sta.
Ana Section)
c. Contract Location: Sta. Ana, Cagayan
d. Scope of Work: Widening/Improvement
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 48,767,110.97
f. Contract Duration: 179 C.D.
g. Cost of Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00
2. a. Contract ID: 12BB0119
b. Contract Name: Widening/Improvement of DSVR (Mission Sta.
Ana Section)
c. Contract Location: Gonzaga, Cagayan
d. Scope of Work: Widening/Improvement
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 48,779,275.47
f. Contract Duration: 179 C.D.
g. Cost of Bid Documents: Php 20,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R. A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this Contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the
type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least
50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC.
The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and
preliminary examination of bids.
registration to the DPWH-POCW Cental Offce before the deadline for the receipt of
LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 11, 2012 to October 2, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 21, 2012 10:00am
(at least 12. c. d. prior to bid submission)
Prospective Bidders.
Deadline: 5:00 Pm on September 28, 2012
(at least 5 c. d. prior to submission)
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 10:00 AM on October 2, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 10:01 AM on October 2, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDS) at DPWH-
Cagayan First District Engineering Offce, Aparri, Cagayan. Prospective bidders
may also download the BDs form the DPWH website if available. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs form the DPWH website shall pay the said fees
on or before the submission of their Bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference
shall be open only to interested parties who have purchase the BDs. Bid must
accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain a technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Cagayan First Engineering District Offce reserves the right to
accept or reject any or all bid and to annul bidding process at any time prior contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:

(Sgd.) RELLIE SIMBE ULEP
Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) DANILO U. TABILAS
District Engineer
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
OFFICE OF THE DPWH DISTRICT ENGINEER
Leyte First Engineering District
Pawing, Palo, Leyte
Contact Person: Lesma B. Tingoy, BAC Chairman
Tel. No. (053) 323-5117; Fax No. (053) 323-8801
e-mail address: dpwh.ro8_leyte1@yahoo.com
September 04, 2012
The Bids and Awards Committee of the DPWH, Leyte First Engineering District,
Pawing, Palo, Leyte, CY 2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
1. Contract ID No. 12IC0076
Contract Name Rehabilitation/Reconstruction of Damage Paved Roads
(Intermittent Section), Recon AC 50mm Daang Maharlika
(Sta. K0 918 + 000 to K0 919 + 000)
Scope of Work Asphalt Overlay and Reblocking
ABC 12,952,410.00
Contract Duration 90 CD
Bid Document Fee 10,000.00
IRR of R.A. 9184 and the DPWH Manual of Procedures for the Procurement of
Locally-Funded Infrastructure Projects. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed by
the person authorized in the Contractors License issued by PCAB. The LOIs shall
be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed in the Contractors
Information (CI). Submission of LOIs by persons with a Special Power of Attorney
shall not be allowed. The contractor must purchase bid documents and must meet the
following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75%
Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB
License applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar
contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, (e) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least equal
to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids, (f) bidder shall submit together with the
bid documents a notarized statement of availability/serviceability of equipment for
the particular project and statement complying with DPWH Specifcations, and (g)
confict of interest. The BAC shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH
POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors application for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY DATE
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents September 7 - 27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference September 14, 2012; 9:00 a.m.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from Prospective
Bidders
September 20, 2012; 10:00a.m.
4. Receipt of Bids September 27, 2012; 8:00 10:00 a.m.
5. Opening of Bids September 27, 2012; 2:00 p.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Leyte First
Engineering District, Pawing, Palo, Leyte, upon payment of a non-refundable fee.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the
said fees on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid Conference
shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must
be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the
(BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a
copy of the
CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract
will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid ad determined in the bid
evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Leyte First Engineering District, Pawing, Palo, Leyte reserves the right
to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) LESMA B. TINGOY
Chief, Materials Quality Control Section
BAC Chairman
N O T E D:
(Sgd.) ANGEL A. SIA, JR.
OIC-District Engineer
Albay 1
st
Engineering District
Airport Site, Legazpi City
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH- Albay 1
st
Engineering
District, Airport Site, Legazpi City, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
project (s):
Contract ID #12-F-A-0043
Contract Name Repair/Rehab./Improvement of Ligao-Tabaco Rd.
Contract Location KO527+405-KO527+1012 with exception
Scope of Work Repair/Rehab./Improvement of Ligao-Tabaco Rd.
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC)
P9,899,993.28
Cost of Tender Documents P10,000.00
Contract ID #12-F-A-0044
Contract Name Cluster II- Rehab./Imprvt. Of Sto. Domingo-Poblacion
Rd. (Asphalt Overlay ) Sto. Domingo Albay,
Contract Location KO545+197-KO545+740 and KO545+740-
KO545+1172
Scope of Work Asphalt Overlay
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC)
P19,799,862.95
Cost of Tender Documents P10,000.00
IRR of RA 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) , purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) Completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years and, (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment for at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI.
The DPWH-POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for
registration, with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
Issuance of Bidding Documents September 12 to Oct. 2, 2012
Pre-Bid Conference Sept. 20, 2012 at 10:00am
Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
Sept. 27, 2012 at 10:00am
Receipt & Opening of Bids October 2, 2012 at 2:00pm
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents at DWPH-BAC Offce,
DPWH-Albay 1
st
Engineering District Airport Site, Legazpi City, upon payment of a
non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the
Bidding Documents, from the DPWH Website, if available. Prospective bidders that
will download the Bidding Documents from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees
on or before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall
be open only to interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents. Bids
must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the Bidding Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which
shall include a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial
component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive
Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH- Albay 1
st
Engineering District, Airport Site, Legazpi City reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime prior
Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

(Sgd.) RAFAEL B. PRESBITERO
OIC, Assistant District Engineer
Chairman, BAC
APPROVED:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO M. RITO
OIC, District Engineer
Regional Offce No. IV-A
Batangas 3rd District Engineering Offce
Tanauan City
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways - Batangas 3
rd
District
Engineering Offce, Tanauan City through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC),
invites contractors to bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID : 12DC0142
Contract Name : Repai r/Rehabi l i tati on/Improvement of
Santiago, Manila-Batangas Road, Malvar
Section, Brgy. Payapa, Malvar K0070+000
- K0072+300
Contract Location : Malvar, Batangas
Scope of Work : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Road
L = 0.757 km
Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) : Php9,800,000.00
Contract Duration : 120 cd
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic
Act No. 9184.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit two (2) copies of Letter of
Intent (LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost
of the contract, (c) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC
within a period of ten (10) years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at
least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least equal to 10% of the
ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Procurement Activities Dates/Deadlines
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders September 10-24, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents to Registered
Contractors
September 10-28 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference September 14, 2012 @ 10:00AM
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: September 28, 2012
until 2:00PM
5. Opening of Bids September 28, 2012 after 2:00PM
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-Procurement Offce for Civil Works (DPWH-POCW) Central Offce
before the deadline set for receipt of LOIs. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce
will only process contractors applications, with complete requirements, for
registration and to be issued the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
in the Bidding Documents (BDS) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to
the BAC Chairman, DPWH-Batangas 3
rd
District Engineering Offce. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, including the eligibility
requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of
the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
Prospective bidders may download the Registration Form from the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bid Documents
at DPWH-Batangas 3
rd
District Engineering Offce, Tanauan City upon payment
of non-refundable fees per D.O. 52 Series of 2011:
Contract Reference Number Cost of Bid Documents (Php)
12DC0142 10,000.00
Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their PCAB
License and Contractors Registration Certifcate to the BAC for authentication.
The DPWH-Batangas 3
rd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
of reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before the Contract
Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders.
(Sgd.) FERNANDO A. LANDICHO
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
Tel. No. (043)7785134, Fax No. (043)7780738
Noted:

(Sgd.) EUGENE M. BATALAO
District Engineer
Second Cotabato Engineering District
Villarica, Midsayap, Cotabato
Fax No. (064) 2298925 Tel. No. (064) 2298494
(MST-Sept. 12, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) , Cotabato Second
Engineering District, Villarica, Midsayap, Cotabato through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
1. a. Contract ID : 12-MD-0066
b. Contract Name : Co mp l et i o n o f Ug al i n g an Fl o o d
Control along Bukidnon-Cotabato Road,
Ugalingan,
c. Location of the Contract : Car men, Cot abat o, km. 1651+874 t o
km.1651+928.80 (54.80 lin.m.)
d. Scope of Work : Removal of Structure & Obstruction, Individual
Removal of Trees, Steel Sheet Piles,
Furnishing & Driving, Anchor Piles, Structure
Excavation, Embankment, Reinforcing
Steel, Structural Concrete, Stone Masonry,
Construction Safety and Health, Mobilization/
Demobilization.
e. Cost of bid documents : 10,000.00
f. ABC : P 11,680,381.79
g. Duration : 127 CD
h. Source of Fund : GOP-DPWH-LUMPSUM-CY 2012
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulation.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI)
and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH,
(b) Filipino citizen of 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative
or joint venture with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this
contract, (c) completion of similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within
a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity of at least
equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment of at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will
use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.
receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration, with complete requirement, and issue the
Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC) .
below:
BAC Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bidding documents From: September 4 to September 24, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference Date: September 12, 2012
3. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 10:00 AM Date: September 24, 2012
4. Opening of Bids Right after the dropping of bids Date: September 24, 2012

in the Bidding Documents (BDs) in two (2 separate sealed bid envelopes to the
BAC Chairman, The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the
bid, including the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the
fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated
Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
Prospective bidders may download the Registration from the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents at
DPWH Cotabato Second Engineering District, Villarica, Midsayap, Cotabato.
Prospective Bids must accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable form
in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding Documents (BDs), if
available, from the DPWH website. The BAC will also issue hard copies of the
BDs at the same address to eligible bidders upon payment of a non-refundable
fees of the amount stated above for Bidding documents. Bidders that will
download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before
the submission of their bids.
The DPWH-Cotabato Second Engineering District, Midsayap, Cotabato
reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding
process anytime before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to the
affected bidders.

APPROVED BY:
(Sgd.) BARTOLOME T. PAGADUAN
(BAC Chairman)
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Isah V. Red, Editor standard.showbiz@gmail.com
showbitz
ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
Nakakatuwa kasi ang layo na ng
narating nung relasyon namin bilang
magkatrabaho. Isang dekada na,
says Bea. Honestly, bawat project ay
iniisip namin baka last na, kagaya ng
One More Chance at Miss You Like
Crazy, pero hindi. Kaya sobra po ta-
laga ang pasasalamat namin sa mga
naniwala at sumusuporta sa amin sa
loob ng 10 taon.
After a decade of working to-
gether, Bea is still amazed with John
Lloyds talent. Hanggang ngayon,
napapatulala pa rin ako kung pano
niya dini-deliver ang roles niya, hes
such a good actor. Every time na
magkatrabaho kami ni Lloydi may
familiarity yet refreshing kasi palagi
siyang may binibigay na bago, yung
talagang mapapasabi ka ng uy bago
yun ah, she relates.
Bea thinks The Mistress as her
bravest lm to date. Seriously, ki-
nakabahan talaga ako hanggang
ngayon. Nagdalawang isip ako noong
una kung kaya ko siyang gawin kasi
nasanay na ako sa comfort zone ko
na ano ako yung regular na mabait na
character. By far, ito pinakamatapang
na movie ko dahil marami akong
ginawa dito na never ko pa nagawa
sa teleserye man o pelikula. Mahirap
siya, feeling ko aatakehin ako sa puso
kada eksena, she explains.
With all her daring scenes in the
movie, Bea is thankful that John Lloyd
was there to give her support. Jackpot
talaga ako na John Lloyd ang kasama
ko sa The Mistress. Hes very generous
when it comes to giving emotions and
giving me reactions sa scenes ko kahit
hindi niya shot. Hes very supportive,
she says. Mas lalo akong nagpupur-
sige kasi iniisip ko siya nga, hes on
top right now, halos lahat ng award-
giving bodies kinilala na siya, pero
hindi siya nagkakampante. Madadala
ka kapag makikita mo kung paano siya
nagko-concentrate, nagre-research, at
kung gaano kalaki yung dedication na
binibigay niya sa trabaho.
Bea shares that she brought all
what she went through for the past 10
years. Baon ko dito ang lahat mem-
ories at mga pinagdaanan ko, good
times and bad times. Nag-grow ako
as an actress dahil sa lahat ng experi-
ences na yun.
Directed by Olivia Lamasan,
The Mistress, according to Bea, is
a wonderful imperfect love story.
She adds, Siguro habambuhay kong
pagsisisihan kung nag-no ako sa
pelikulang ito. Kailangan mo siyang
panoorin para madiscover mo na
may another form of love, mayroong
imperfect love story pero mararam-
daman mo its a perfect feeling at
maintindihan nating may mga bagay
na hindi binibigay sa atin para mag-
ing happily ever after ang love story
natin pero para matuto ka.
The Mistress is an extra-ordinary
love story of Sari Alfonso (Bea) and
JD Torres (John Lloyd) who have
crossed paths in an unexpected cir-
cumstance. What will you do when
the only woman you love is sadly
committed to a married man?
The Mistress hit cinemas nation-
wide today.
Aga-Regine movie
at last
The record-breaking team-up of
ultimate heartthrob Aga Muhlach
and rom-com queen, Regine Ve-
lasquez is back on the big screen with
a new project, Viva Films romance-
comedy, Of All the Things.
The movie reunites Aga and
Regine with box-ofce director Joyce
Bernal and scriptwriter Mel del Ro-
sario, the same team behind their rst
two blockbuster lms, Dahil May
Isang Ikaw (1999) and Pangako...
Ikaw Lang (2001).
In Of All the Things, Aga is Um-
boy or Umbrella Boy, a bar re-taker
who holds ofce as a notary public
under an umbrella.
His failure to pass the bar exam
wakes him lose his drive and makes him
content with short-term goals in life.
He, thus, puts up a small-time busi-
ness like a notary public and a photo-
copying service outside the DSWD
building.
Umboy and his dad also dont see
eye-to-eye.
In contrast, Regine is Bernadette
or Berns, an overly ambitious and
overbearing woman. Shes a social
climbing class-A xer who is well-
connected with politicians and other
inuential people.
She uses her charm to get her way
around when it comes to transactions
and other legalities that need quick
xing.
By some twist of fate, Umboy and
Berns paths cross but they are not in-
stantly drawn towards each other.
Their story is a roller coaster ride
of laughter, romance and dramatic
turns brought about by their uncon-
ventional characters.
Filming, as we all know, took quite
a while due to conict in the main
stars schedules. But once theyve
buckled back down to work, both
Aga and Regine made sure they saw
the movie to its completion.
In a previous interview, Direk
Joyce said she was ecstatic to be
working with the two again.
Tense si Aga nung rst shooting
day, the lady director shared. Na-
hawa ako. Parang di ko alam ang
ginagawa ko. Reg kept laughing even
if Aga didnt stop making her asar till
we packed up.
Direk Joyce even admitted that
their working relationship has im-
proved through the years.
Shooting with Reg and Aga brings
back memories of the three of us not
understanding each other before.
We were in a different state of
mind then at kanya-kanya kami ng
eccentricities. We all love the rst
and second movie we made and are
so happy to be together again. Noth-
ing much has changed. Tumanda lang
kami ng bongga! she quipped.
Of All the Things also boasts of a
stellar support cast, led by TV host-
comedian John Sweet Lapus as
Regines sidekick/runner, Mark Bau-
tista as Agas bestfriend-cum-loyal
business partner, Gina Pareno as
Regines former beauty queen-mom
and Tommy Abuel as Agas retired
law teacher-dad who seems to be per-
petually at odds with his son.
Pinky Marquez, Ariel Ureta, Nik-
ki Bacolod, Raymond Lauchengco,
Jojo Alejar and Jay Perillo complete
the cast.
Dubbed as this years biggest and
most-anticipated rom-com date mov-
ie, Of All the Things opens in theaters
starting Sept. 26 under Viva Films.
THE term mov-
ieoke used by the
producers of I Do
Bidoo Bidoo: Heto
NAPO Sila might
not land as a new
entry in our lexicon. Why not?
Coined to harness and give new
meaning to Filipinos passion for
music and singing, the movie is not
a new genre at all, it is simply, by
technical denition, a musical lm
or a musical comedy to be exact.
Perhaps its a strategy to stir
public interest but based on box
ofce returns the musical comedy
earned an unimpressive P5 million
on its rst week. Will it be able
to recoup or breakeven against its
30-million-peso production bud-
get? Well see, but in the meantime
lets begin with the story.
A musical movie doesnt need
a complicated plot, and thats what
Chris Martinez did. He penned
a story ala Romeo and Juliet, only
their affair leads to a happy ending.
Rock Polotan (Sam Concep-
cion) and Tracy Fuentebella (Tippy
Dos Santos) are teenage sweet-
hearts who want to get married but
their parents get in the way even if
Tracy is pregnant. Rock decides to
ask Tracy to elope. Even before both
of their parents can report them as
missing, the young lovers sent them
an MMS of their photo together.
The two get married in a civil cere-
mony sans parental consent (in real
life, thats not allowed).
In a span of two hours, the cast
sing and break into a ash mob. Al-
though a song or two are seem to be
included to stretch the story, more
than half of the songs they chose to
connect the narratives are just right.
If yourre akeen observer, you
would notice that the transition of
the actors from just talking to sud-
denly singing is not smooth. Its
apparent in the very rst scene
when Ogie Alcasid sings the rst
verse of Doo Bidoo Bidoo.
While the production design is
dazzling and creates a great ambi-
ance that clearly demarcates the
personality and social status of the
lead actors. Yet, Martinez should
explain the chapel (where Rock
and Tracy are supposed to get mar-
ried) that is dusty and dominated
with cobwebs despite its loca-
tion adjacent to a well-maintained
mansion? It may be for visual pur-
poses but if talk-
ing about visuals,
the movie has a
lot to refurbish
to receive a com-
mendation in this
department. There are times that
the actors are poorly lit that it is not
attering when the camera zooms
in and focuses for close ups. Mar-
tinez was not bothered much even
Sam looks like he badly needs a
facial or Zsa Zsa Padilla, who
plays Tracys mother, resembles a
kabuki player.
Everyone is perfect, even if Eu-
gene Domingo does not possess the
same vocal quality as her co-stars.
Her presence on the screen is over-
whelming and commands a round of
applause. Sam Concepcion is in his
element doing what he does best
singing and dancing. We cant even
think of a better alternative. Other
main cast like Gary V, Zsa Zsa Pa-
dilla and Ogie Alcasid portray their
character with ease. But the trouble
of appearing too natural, people see
them as the same person in Asap or
Party Pilipinas. Nonetheless, they
added color to the entire lm. The
supporting cast, specically Neil
Coleta, who plays as Sams best
buddy, is a big revelation. He may
not be the best singer in the movie
but he is one of the characters you
will remember when you leave the
movie house, which is the opposite
of Tippy Dos Santos. She may have
won the heart of the casting direc-
tor because she registers beautiful-
ly on the screen, but the audiences
forget her the moment they leave
the movie house.
Generally, I Do Bidoo Bidoo is a
good movie but not something that
will make you jump up and down.
Needless to say, the comedy mu-
sical has paved the way for more
bold moves for production houses.
For one, Unitel Production and
Studio 5 have explored the genre
rarely touched by big production
outts, just cut the crap about the
movieoke thing. See what hap-
pened to the highly budgeted 2010
movie musical Emir? It is indeed a
big risk. Additionally, I Do Bidoo
Bidoo is a very much Filipino lm.
One can even use the movie as a
starting point to introduce someone
to Filipino music as it pays tribute
to OPM and to the great music of
the APO Hiking Society.
NICKIE
WANG
WITHOUT WANG
2
Movieokeanyone?
proud to be in
brave movie
Bea Alonzo
THE Mistress is a milestone for Bea Alonzo.
It marks her 10 years as the other half of a love
team with John Lloyd Cruz.
New Anderson show
A brand new show name, a new
set, and a new live format with differ-
ent co-hosts are the new things in the
show that premiered Sept. 10.
The veteran CNN news anchor is
all set for the one-hour daily syndi-
cated talk show now on its second sea-
son. Formerly known as Anderson, the
show gets an upgrade as they welcome
Emmy-winning producer George Da-
vilas as co-executive producer. With
the shows live branding will also
come Coopers well-known savvy in
handling cover stories while they are
still hot off the press. You should also
expect a more interactive approach for
the shows sophomore season as dif-
ferent social media sites will be uti-
lized in engaging the audience.
Last Monday, actress-singer Kris-
tin Chenoweth of The Good Wife
fame joined Anderson as the shows
rst guest co-host! Chenoweth be-
came a hot topic in Hollywood re-
cently with the frightening injury
that she got herself involved in while
lming the legal-drama series. She
interviewed rst-time mom and mu-
sic superstar Beyonce on what she
thinks about motherhood and the joy
that Blue Ivy brings.
Anderson Live is seen Monday to
Friday via Satellite at 9 p.m. with
next day replays at 1 p.m. on Talk-
TVCh. 16 on SkyCable, Ch. 28 on
Destiny and Ch. 21 on Cignal.
Jake Gyllenhaals
End of Watch
Jake Gyllenhaal is juggling ca-
reers right now and it looks like he is
handling it pretty nicely.
The son of director Stephen Gyl-
lenhaal and screenwriter Naomi
Foner, top-bills the police drama
End of Watch, which hits movie the-
aters on Sept. 21. But before that,
you can also catch him on stage
the night before for the premiere of
the dark comedy play, If There Is I
Havent Found It Yet.
How does The Brokeback Mountain
Oscar-nominee handle all these stuff?
Hear him live on Saturday in The To-
day Show with highly-acclaimed lm
and television producer JJ Abrams
who talks about his new post-apoca-
lyptic series, Revolution that premieres
two weeks from now. Iron Man direc-
tor Jon Favreau directed the pilot epi-
sode of the show, which everyone is
anticipating to be another surere hit.
The Today Show! airs Monday to
Friday 9 to 11 p.m. via Satellite with
next day replays at 4:30 a.m. and 3
p.m. on TalkTV.
Regine Velasquez and Aga Muhlach
reunite in Of All The Things
Bea Alonzo as the
mistress named Sari

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