Manila Standard Today - Saturday (October 27, 2012) Issue

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Aquino, Casio still at it
Bridging gap
between PCs,
mobile devices
Bedlam
in Cubao.
Filipinos going
home to their
respective
provinces jam
a bus terminal
for the week-
end.
Rizal Park in Australia. President Benigno Aquino III attends the unveiling of the statue of national hero
Jose Rizal at the Rizal Park in Rosemeadow, City of Campbelltown. Inset, he wears an outback hat presented
to him in a separate meeting with the Filipino community. He was expected to arrive today.
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St. Lukes loses
tax case in SC
landmark rule
Big brod
comes to
the rescue
Govt slams
NPA threat
of violence
Duterte rebuffed for bounty offer
SoKor puts off rocket launch again
Arroyo-Corona reunion
in jail possiblePNoy
Both hurl harsh words
on human rights issue
They should le cases and
help us gather evidence. There
will be no changes in the country
if they just keep on talking. Can
they just accuse someone and im-
mediately proclaim that persons
guilt? We have a process that we
have to follow, the President said
in an interview in Sydney.
They should cooperate with
us. If they just keep on talking
without helping us resolve these
crimes, what does this show of
them? And then they accuse me
of being a lapdog of America, but
really, actions speak louder than
words, Mr. Aquino said.
The President earlier took a shot
at Casio during the New Zea-
land leg of his state visits, saying
the lawmaker had a poor chance
when he highlighted the senatorial
aspirants poor pre-election survey
ratings during an interview with
Radio New Zealand.
Casio retorted by saying Mr.
Aquino also fared poorly in the
surveys until his mother, the late
President Corazon Aquino, died
in 2009. He also took issue with
the Presidents tirade that the
leftists were only good in propa-
ganda, saying the human rights
abuses in the country were real.
Where has the President
been all these years? Doesnt
he remember when we were to-
gether during the 13th Congress
that I had repeatedly brought in-
cidents of human rights abuses
to the concerned government
agencies and assisted victims
and their families in investigat-
ing and ling cases?
Later, I led a case against
General [Jovito)] Palparan myself.
In the 15th Congress I have led
MICROSOFT launched a radi-
cal redesign of its world-domi-
nating Windows operating sys-
tem on Thursday, introducing
a touch-enabled interface that
attempts to bridge the gap be-
tween personal computers and
fast-growing mobile devices
powered by the companys
ercest competitors.
The debut of Windows 8
heralded the biggest change to
the system since 1995, when
the company rst offered built-
in Internet support. And with so
much riding on it, the overhaul
could be Microsofts most im-
portant product since co-found-
er Bill Gates won the contract
to build an operating system for
IBM Corp.s rst PC in 1981.
To succeed, the new ver-
sion will have to be innovative
and elegant enough to attract
By Rey E. Requejo
IN a landmark decision, the Supreme Court
has declared that private, non-prot hospitals
are subject to income tax.
In a decision written by Associate Justice
Antonio Carpio, the Courts Second Division
upheld the Bureau of Internal Revenues bid
to collect some P64 million in income taxes
from the St. Lukes Medical Center.
The decision partly reversed an earlier rul-
ing of Court of Tax Appeals that exempted St.
Lukes from paying income tax because it is a
non-stock, non-prot corporation.
The justices agreed with the BIRs asser-
tion that proprietary hospitals like St. Lukes
are still liable for income tax under National
Internal Revenue Code, but under preferen-
tial rate of 10 percent much lower than the
32 percent corporate income tax imposed on
ordinary corporations.
With this ruling, the Court junked the
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By Francisco Tuyay
SOUTH Korean scientists
aborted the launch of a rocket
it hoped to send into space on
Friday following a leak in its
booster, but disaster manage-
ment ofcials here said pre-
cautions in the Philippines
for possible fallout remain in
place.
National Disaster Risk Re-
duction Management Coun-
cil head Benito Ramos said
South Korea might attempt
another launch anytime from
October 26 to 31as soon as
they xed the problem.
The launch was just post-
poned, said Ramos, who ad-
vised shermen to avoid the
rockets path in the countrys
eastern seaboard, including
the coastline of Samar-Leyte
provinces, Surigao del Norte
and Surigao del Sur, Bicol re-
gion, Isabela and Aurora prov-
inces, and Cagayan Valley.
It was South Koreas third
attempt to launch a rocket into
space. The call to abandon the
launch by the Korea Aero-
space Research Institute was
made ve hours before liftoff.
The latest failure, a helium
leak in the rst-stage rocket,
will take about three days to
repair. South Korea is eager to
launch a rocket into space fol-
lowing successful attempts by
China, Japan and India.
Ramos said the agency had
advised airlines and shipping
companies to avoid the countrys
By Joyce Paares
PRESIDENT Benigno Aqui-
no III on Friday downplayed
a news report that said his
sisters Ballsy, Viel Dee and
Kris donated a combined
14 million to the coffers of
Anakbayan during the 2010
elections.
Speaking before reporters
during his state visit in Aus-
tralia on Friday, the presi-
dent said that it was normal
for a partylist to receive
money from supporters.
As long as it did not vio-
late spending limits. Is that
an issue? Just because you
are representing a marginal-
ized sector, then youre not
entitled to have supporters?
How does a political party
exist without supporters?
Mr. Aquino, however,
said he does not remember
whether his siblings made a
donation.
I have to check on that.
I dont remember all the
details.
In a separate news report,
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By Florante S. Solmerin
THE Ofce of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process on
Friday condemned communist
leaders for ordering intensied at-
tacks on government forces, even
as the military reminded troops of
the rules of engagement.
It is unfortunate that the
Communist Party of the Philip-
pines has called for the intensi-
cation of violence. Such a call,
no matter what the provocation
or reason for it was, only suc-
ceeds to make us question the
real intent of the CPP/NPA/
NDF, the agency said, referring
to the New Peoples Army and
the National Democratic Front.
Communist leaders earlier
ordered the NPA to retaliate for
the deaths of three civilians who
were killed by soldiers in a re-
ght with communist insurgents
in Davao del Sur.
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VICE Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
of Davao City has offered a P5-
million reward for the decapitat-
ed head of the alleged leader of a
gang of car thieves.
But Malacaang on Friday
quickly said it would not coun-
tenance it, and Human Rights
Commission Chairman Loretta
Rosales said Duterte violated the
law by passing sentence on the
suspect without due process
Duterte, known for being
tough on criminals, told a news
conference in Davao on Wednes-
day that he would give P2 million
if suspect Ryan Yu was arrested
and P4 million if he was killed.
He said hed add another P1 mil-
lion if Yus decapitated head was
delivered to him on ice.
Presidential spokesman Ed-
win Lacierda said Dutertes frus-
tration was understandable, but
the government would stand in
the way of the people who would
be enticed by Dutertes offer.
We understand the frustration
of Vice Mayor Duterte because
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino
III said his predecessor, Pam-
panga Rep. Gloria Arroyo, and
ousted Chief Justice Renato Co-
rona could see each other in jail
soon if they were convicted in the
criminal cases they faced.
We have already led plun-
der and electoral sabotage cases
against the former President. Wait
for the next chapter, the Presi-
dent said in a speech before some
members of the Filipino commu-
nity in Sydney before ying back
to Manila omn Friday.
There is now a tax-evasion
case led [against Corona]. If
he is proven guilty, perhaps he
will see the President whom I re-
placed in jail.
The House opposition bloc
quickly criticized Mr. Aquinos
statement against Arroyo and
Corona.
House Minority Leader and
Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said
the Presidents remark was totally
uncalled for, and that he appeared
to be pre-empting the result of the
slew of cases led against the two.
Let the courts decide on their
cases, Suarez said.
Maybe we can avoid making
comments as if they had already
been pronounced guilty when the
investigation is not yet nished.
Lets not do this, Suarez said
and expresssed hopes that Arroyo
and Corona would get a fair trial.
Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua
said President Aquinos cruel-
ty against his political enemies
showed his administration was
anchored on vindictiveness,
and would pin them down by
without taking the rule of law into
consideration.
That is too much cruelty. Let
the proper courts decide on their
cases, Fua said.
Maguindanao Rep. Simeon
Datumanong, a former justice
secretary, said Mr. Aquinos
statement against Arroyo and
Corona was another unpresi-
dential remark.
MICROSOFTS WINDOWS 8
By Joyce Pangco Paares
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Fri-
day challenged Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy
Casio to stop the propaganda and instead
help the government in solving extraju-
dicial killings and alleged human rights
abuses in the country.
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Arroyo...
That is prejudgment which
even the court does do because
it runs against the due process
of law, Datumanong said.
Mr. Aquino again criticized
Aquino for allegedly saddling
the National Food Authority
with a huge debt and for ap-
proving a contract two days
before he was inaguarated as
President in 2010, among other
things.
He said Coronas ouster and
the filing of the tax-evasion
case against him showed that
even powerful people could
not evade justice.
He also chided Corona for
accusing his administration of
continuing persecution as
a result of the tax case filed
against him by the Bureau of
Internal Revenue.
If I stop this lawful func-
tion of the BIR commissioner,
that will be an impeachable of-
fense. She [Internal Revenue
Commissioner Kim Henares]
is performing her lawful role,
[so if] I impeded her, I [could]
be charged, the President said.
Corona should not blame
me. I am just doing my job. If
he takes it personally, that is up
to him.
Corona showed up at the
Justice Department on Thurs-
day for the preliminary investi-
gation of his tax-evasion case.
He said he continued to be
harassed following his ouster
in May.
The impeachment trial sent
only one message to the entire
judiciary: toe the line or suffer
the same fate I went through,
Corona said. Joyce Pangco
Paares and Maricel V. Cruz
Duterte...
the ringleader identified or
mentioned that the...vice
mayors son was involved...
but his son denied involve-
ment, Lacierda said.
However, we in this coun-
try...believe in due process...
The vigilantes will be fully
aware of the consequences if
they do that because they will
be committing a crime.
Rosales urged Interior Sec-
retary Mar Roxas to take ac-
tion against Duterte, who
has been indirectly linked to
a death squad that was re-
sponsible for over 200 kill-
ings of suspected criminals,
including some minors, when
he was mayor from 2004 to
2009. He has denied any in-
volvement.
What he says ... is ir-
responsible coming from a
person of authority, Rosales
said.
That is an extrajudicial
killing. He is justifying extra-
judicial killing.
Davao Police chief Ronald
de la Rosa said Friday he had
received text messages from
people seeking assurances
the reward offer was real. He
said they should cooperate
with police.
Dutertes offer comes as he
runs virtually unopposed to
regain his seat as mayor of
Davao. His daughter is cur-
rently the mayor but wont
seek reelection. His son,
Paolo, is running as his vice
mayor.
Duterte told reporters that
Yu had made unfounded al-
legations of car smuggling
against his son, Paolo, late
last year, and that received a
call from Roxas on behalf of
President Benigno Aquino III
asking about the allegations.
It is not known where Yu is,
or if he is still in the Philip-
pines.
Duterte said the offer was
prompted by the recent dis-
covery of a compound where
cars allegedly stolen by Yus
gang were being stored, add-
ing the offer was open to
anyone or any group, includ-
ing Muslim and communist
rebels.
Make your choice. Either
you want to earn 2 million,
or you want to earn 4 million,
or if you want to be morbid
about it--bring the head of
Ryan Yu to me and I will add
1 million, he said. He sug-
gested putting the head in
an ice bag so it wont smell
bad.
Duterte said the money
would come from contribu-
tions to his election cam-
paign.
De la Rosa said offering a
reward for an arrest was le-
gal, adding that if Yu resisted
his death could be justified.
I have no comment about
that, he said when asked
about the reward for the de-
capitation.
He urged the public to co-
operate with the police of-
ficers who will share in the
reward. Otherwise we will
have so many Ryan Yus or
people who look like him
dead, he said. AP, with
Joyce Pangco Paares
Govt...
Amid the threat of renewed
violence, Maj. Jacob Thaddeus
Obligado, commander of the
10th Civil Military Operations
Battalion of the 10th Infantry
Division, told soldiers to carry
at all times a copy of the rules
of engagement to be reminded
how to respond in a hostile
situation and avoid inflicting
harm on civilian communities.
The rules are:
1. You have the right to use
force in self-defense at all times;
2. You may use force in
response to a hostile attack
or imminent attack directed
against you;
3. If time and circumstances
permit give a warning before
opening fire in self-defense;
4. Give a warning by shout-
ing STOP OR I WILL FIRE;
5. If you have to open fire,
you must. Fire only aimed
shots; use no more force than
is necessary to neutralize the
threat; and take all reasonable
precautions not to injure any-
one other than your target
6. Attack on armed threat
groups is permitted. Identifica-
tion of target must be by visual
means.
7. Avoid incidental injury or
death of civilians and unintend-
ed damage of civilian objects.
Obligados reminder
stemmed from the death of
three civilians a Blaan moth-
er and her two young sons on
Oct. 18 in Barangay Kimlawis,
Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, in
what the military called a
legitimate encounter with a
group of rebels.
The incident triggered a pub-
lic uproar and the communist
call for retaliation.
The leader of the nine sol-
diers involved in the incident,
1Lt. Dante Jimenez, has al-
ready been relieved fpending
investigation, including a pos-
sible probe by the Senate.
Army spokesman Maj. Ha-
rold Cabunoc said Lt. Col.
Alexis Bravo, the commanding
officer of the 27th Infantry Bat-
talion who had jurisdiction of
the operation, remained in his
post.
In its statement Friday, the
Office of the Presidential Ad-
viser on the Peace Process
urged the communists to fol-
low the example of Muslim in-
surgents who recently signed a
framework agreement with the
government.
We continue our call for
our counterparts to show true
sincerity in their professions
of peace and concern for the
people by lowering the level of
violence as a prelude to peace,
the agency said.
SoKor...
eastern seabord, to monitor the
launch and to implement their
own precautionary measures.
We have maintained pre-
cautionary measures despite
the glitch [in the launch] in
order to prevent any untoward
incidents should South Korea
decide to re-launch, Ramos
said.
We have advised the inter-
agency task force to observe
proper procedures in anticipa-
tion of any eventuality during
the launch, Ramos said.
South Koreas two previous
attempts happened in 2009 and
2010. The rocket reached orbit
in 2009, but it couldnt deploy
a satellite. The next year, it ex-
ploded two minutes after lift-
off.
Russia and South Korea
blame each other for the cata-
strophic failure. The rockets
first stage is Russian built, with
the second stage made in South
Korea.
South Korea has spent an
estimated $474 billion on its
space program.
St. Lukes...
claim of the hospital that it
should be tax-exempt.
The hospital has issued no
statement as yet on the latest rul-
ing.
St. Lukes fails to meet the re-
quirements under section 30 (e)
and (g) of the National Internal
Revenue Code to be completely
tax exempt from all its income.
St. Lukes is therefore liable for
deficiency income tax in 1998 at
the preferential rate of 10 percent
under Section 27 (b) being a pro-
prietary hospital institution of the
Tax Code, the Court said.
This provision in the Tax Code
enumerates organizations that
are tax-exempt: non-stock cor-
porations or associations organ-
ized and operated exclusively for
religious, charitable, scientific,
athletic, or cultural purposes, or
for the rehabilitation of veterans.
Section 30 (g) exempts from tax
civic leagues or organizations
not organized for profit but oper-
ated exclusively for the promo-
tion of social
welfare.
To be exempt from real prop-
erty taxes, Section 28(3), Article
VI of the Constitution requires
that a charitable institution use
the property actually, directly
and exclusively for charitable
purposes.
To be exempt from income
taxes, Section 30(E) of the NIRC
requires that a charitable institu-
tion must be organized and oper-
ated exclusively for charitable
purposes, the SC pointed out.
However, the Court said that
St. Lukes should be exempted
from surcharges and interest on
its tax deficiency.
St. Lukes argued that the
BIR should not consider its to-
tal revenues because it gave
free patient services amounting
to P218,187,498 or 65.20 per-
cent of its operating income of
P334,642,615.
However, the BIR argued that
the hospital was actually oper-
ating for profit since only 13
percent of its revenues went to
charitable purposes. The Court
upheld this position.
Records showed that the BIR
assessed St. Lukes in 2002 with
deficiency taxes worth P76.06
million - an amount that was
reduced to P63.93 million - for
1998 when the hospital posted
income of P1.73 billion from pa-
tient services. This deficiency in-
cluded income tax, value-added
tax, withholding tax on compen-
sation and expanded withholding
tax.
St. Lukes filed an admin-
istrative protest, but the BIR
failed to act on it within the
180-day period required, thus
prompting the hospital to seek
an appeal before the Court of
Tax Appeals. When the tax ap-
peals court ruled in favor of the
hospital, the BIR elevated the
case to the Supreme Court for
review.
The Court ruling was promul-
gated last Sept. 27, but was only
received by the BIR on Oct. 17.
BIR Commissioner Kim Hen-
ares said they would look into
the implication the ruling will
have on her agencys bid to col-
lect taxes from similarly situated
hospitals and schools.
Bridging...
consumers whove fallen in
love with notebook computers,
tab lets and smartphones run-
ning software from Apple and
Google.
What you have seen and
heard should leave no doubt
that Windows 8 will shatter the
perceptions about what a PC re-
ally is, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer crowed at a New York
event to kick off the Windows
promotional campaign.
The first PCs and other de-
vices running Windows 8 were
to go on sale Friday.
The software is designed for
use on a variety of machines-
-desktop PCs, notebook com-
puters and tablets, including
Microsofts new Surface tab-
let, the first computing device
the company has manufac-
tured after focusing almost
exclusively on software for
more than 30 years.
The redesigned operating
system represents an attempt
to pull off a difficult balanc-
ing act as Microsoft maintains
its highly profitable heritage
in software while trying to get
a foothold in the newer, more
fertile field of mobile devices.
So far, the booming mobile
device market has been de-
fined by Apples trend-setting
iPhone and iPad, Googles
pervasive Android software
and Amazons Kindle Fire
tablets. Tablets have been un-
dercutting the sales of desktop
and laptop computers since
Apple released its pioneering
iPad in 2010.
Another version of Windows
8 will be released next week
for smartphones, which are
overwhelmingly dominated by
Apple Inc. and Google Inc.s
Android software.
Microsoft is also opening a
Windows 8 store featuring ap-
plications built to run on the
system. The store is similar to
the apps stores of Apple and
Google and will include many
of the same services.
More than a billion PCs cur-
rently run on Windows, includ-
ing 670 million that use Win-
dows 7, the last version of the
operating system released in
2009.
But the owners of most
existing Windows machines
arent expected to switch to
Windows 8 for at least a year,
maybe longer. That means
most of Windows 8s early us-
age will come from consum-
ers, businesses and govern-
ment agencies that buy new
devices with Windows 8 al-
ready installed.
There were few surprises at
Thursdays launch event be-
cause Microsoft Corp. has been
previewing preliminary ver-
sions of Windows 8 for the past
13 months--part of 1 billion
hours of testing.
Still, the overhaul poses a big
risk for the Redmond, Wash-
ington-based company because
Windows 8 looks and operates
so much differently than previ-
ous versions.
This is the biggest
gamble theyve ever made,
said analyst Richard Doherty
of the Envisioneering Group.
Does [Windows 8] do more
things? Yes...but its not that
easy to use.
Even when users revert to
a desktop mode, the redesign
discards the familiar start
button and menu that Windows
has had for 17 years, a change
that critics believe will almost
certainly provoke howls of
protest. But many reviewers
applaud Microsoft for greet-
ing users with a mosaic of tiles
displaying applications instead
of relying on the desktop icons
that served as the welcome mat
for years. AP
Tagalog prevalent in Canada
The agency says the Filipino
community is growing faster in
Canada than any other foreign
community as a result of the
Filipinos robust immigration to
Ottawa.
The Filipinos permanently or
temporarily living in Canada
number 667,674, followed by
Australia with 345,592 and Ja-
TAGALOG is the second most-spoken
language in Canada, according to the
latest census of Statistics Canada.
pan with 290,358.
In 2011 Canada admitted
more permanent residents from
the Philippines than from any
other country at 34,991.
Experts say the increase, up
from just 11,011 in 2002, is
largely due to the Live-In Car-
egiver Program, which provides
nannies to Canadian families,
and also due to the nurses and
service-sector workers who
work to send money home.
Statistics Canada says the ro-
bust immigration into Canada
explains why the number of
Tagalog speakers rose 64 per-
cent between 2006 and 2011.
In 2011 there were 279,000
people using Tagalog as their sec-
ond language next to English, up
from 170,000 five years earlier.
Statistics Canada says Taga-
log is the most-spoken foreign
language in Edmonton, the
second most-spoken foreign
language in Calgary, and the
sixth-most-common language
in Vancouver and Toronto.
Tagalog is also the second
most-spoken language in Win-
nipeg, edging out French. Sara
Susanne D. Fabunan
Big...
Commission on Elections chair-
man Sixto Brilantes said he sees
nothing wrong with the Aquino
sisters donating money for Ak-
bayans campaign kitty.
Brillantes made the state-
ment after government critics
questioned the donation, saying
that this only proves that Ak-
bayan receives special favors
from the Aquino administra-
tion.
On Thursday, the Manila
Standard Today reported on its
banner story that Mr. Aquinos
sisters donated P14 million to
Akbayan, with actress-televi-
sion host Kris or Kristina Ber-
nadette Aquino donating the
biggest amount of P10 million.
Ballsy (Maria Elena Aquino
Cruz) and Viel (Victoria Aqui-
no-Dee) each gave P2 million,
Brillantes, however, said they
will look deeper into the cam-
paign contributions for partylist
candidates for next years elec-
tions.
Militant groups belonging
to the Makabayan Bloc in the
House of Representatives has
sought the disqualification of
Akbayan because they said that
the partylist is closely allied
with the government and does
not represent a marginalized
sector.
Inspection.
Comele Chair-
man Sixto
Brillantes
Jr. checks
out the late
registrants for
next years
elections and
the registra-
tion machines
in Quezon
City. MANNY
PALMERO
Aquino...
15 resolutions to investigate HR
abuses. I have gone to several
fact finding missions and helped
victims build up cases against
their abusers Tapos kami pa
ngayon ang nagkulang, Casino
said in a text message.
Mr. President, please dont
blame the victims for the govern-
ments failure to investigate and
prosecute human rights violators.
Weare doing our part, please do
yours, Casio said.
The word war between Mr.
Aquino and Casio, who is run-
ning as an independent senatorial
candidate under Bayan Muna, ac-
tually started as a quarrel between
partylist groups Anakbayan and
Akbayan.
Anakbayan, a radical group
identified with the militant par-
tyl-ists in the Lower House, had
sought to disqualify Akbayan,
saying it had ceased to represent
a marginalized sector because its
members were now working for
the administration.
In its petition to the Comelec,
Anakbayan identified some of
the Akbayan members who were-
working in government as Joel
Rocamora, head of the National
Anti-Poverty Commission, and
Ibarra Gutierrez II, an undersec-
retary for political affairs.
Anakbayan added that it stopped
being a marginalized sector be-
cause it now had the capability to
field a senatorial candidate in Risa
Hontiveros, an Akbayan member.
The spat between the two
groups reached its boiling point
when the loyalists from both sides
clashed in a press conference
called by Akbayan.
The Palace had admitted that
Akbayan was a close ally of the
government, but presidential
spokesman Edwin Lacierda said
that Anakbayan should also be
disqualified because it too was
fielding its own senatorial candi-
date in Casino.
On Friday, Lacierda also chal-
lenged Bayan Muna to call a
spade a spade and admit that its
row with Akbayan is rooted in
their fundamental differences as
rejectionist and reaffirmist leftist
groups.
Lacierda said the Aquino
administration should not be
dragged into the bickering of the
two party-list groups.
They should just admit that
this is a spat between the RA who
support Jose Ma. Sison and the
RJ where Akbayan belongs to,
Lacierda said.
The rejectionist-reaffirmist split
was prompted by the formers
decision to espouse the need to
make use of democratic space to
push forward communist ideolo-
gies by fielding candidates for po-
litical positions.
The President also defended
Akbayan.
They really represent margin-
alized sectors. Its one thing to ask
for the delisting, but its another
thing to prove it. They are allied
to us but it doesnt make them
any less representative of margin-
alized sectors, Mr. Aquino said.
Lacierda, meanwhile, acknowl-
edged that there have been com-
monalities and differences be-
tween the two party-list groups,
which he said were both national-
ist democratic in nature, in terms
of dealing with the government.
Akbayan agrees with us
in helping marginalized sec-
tor through the conditional cash
transfer but not Bayan Muna. But
they are both with us in our anti-
corruption fight. They were both
against ousted Chief Justice Ren-
ato Corona and former President
Gloria Arroyo, he said.
OCTOBER 27, 2012 SATURDAY
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Group hits lopsided deal on Angat
IN BRIEF
Betel nut to stop soil erosion
RH supporters warn of rise
in maternal mortality rate
Insurance for teachers, poll workers OKd
Governors ally defends Umali
clan on political dynasty issue
In its Oct. 9, 2012 decision, the
Supreme Court declared as valid
and legal the bidding conducted
and the Notice of Award issued by
Power Sector Assets and Liabili-
ties Management (PSALM) Corp.
in favor of the winning bidder, the
foreign-owned Korea Water Re-
sources Corporation or K-Water.
The SC decision, which was
only released Thursday, also ruled
that the National Power Corpora-
tion shall continue to be the holder
of Water Permit No. 6512 issued
by the National Water Resources
Board. The Napocor shall autho-
rize K-Water to utilize the waters
in the Angat Dam for hydropower
generation, subject to the NWRBs
rules and regulations governing wa-
ter right and usage.
FDC president Ricardo Reyes
said the SC ruling ignored the im-
portant provision of Section 2,
Article XII of the 1987 Philippine
Constitution which states that the
exploration, development and
utilization of natural resources
shall be under the full control and
supervision of the State, and that
the State may... enter into co-
production, joint venture, or pro-
duction-sharing agreements with
Filipino citizens, or corporations or
associations at least 60 per centum
of whose capital is owned by such
citizens.
The FDC statement said that
what the SC invoked to uphold the
agreements with K-Water was the
Build, Operate and Transfer Law
which never ceded formal owner-
ship to any foreign entity which
entered into government projects
under the build, operate and trans-
fer scheme. The SC decision also
unfortunately made an articial
and untenable division between the
hydro-electric power plant, the dam
and the water when all these com-
ponents are indivisible and belong
to a unitary system where the power
plant requires the utilization of the
water resources in Angat Dam.
Secondly, the decision came at
the expense of public control over
public resources and public goods.
This has come at a time when
the Philippine Government ought
to review and overturn its priva-
tization policy on power in light
of the massive failures of the
Electric Power Industry Reform
Act (Epira) to deliver accessible,
affordable and safe electric power
to our households and industries.
This also runs contrary to the ris-
ing calls nationwide to junk Epira
and to reinstitute public control
power industry which reached a
high point in the successful cam-
paign to suspend the privatization
of the Agus and Pulangi hydro-
power plants in Mindanao.
By Maricel V. Cruz
THE House of Representatives
has approve on third and nal
reading a measure providing com-
pulsory insurance coverage for
members of the Board of Election
Inspectors, Special Board of Elec-
tion Inspectors, the Board of Elec-
tion Tellers and their support staff
during elections.
The approved House Bill
3710 authored by party-list by
Reps. Juliet Cortuna, Mariano
Piamonte and Antonio Tinio
said that the elections inspec-
tors and their support staff have
played a crucial role in ensur-
ing the conduct of a clean and
honest election.
History has shown us that nu-
merous election-related violence
was committed against the lives
of these humble public servants,
the bills authors said.
They added that the BEIs
should not just be a part of sta-
tistics. Laws should be promul-
gated to protect their future.
Under the proposed Election
Ofcer/Staff Insurance Act of
2012, the insurance coverage
shall commence from the time
the insured is exposed to any
election-related risk.
The bill states that the cover-
age shall not be limited to the
acquisition of election parapher-
nalia and it shall be terminated
upon proper turn-over of the
same to the appropriate receiving
ofcer or until any election-relat-
ed risks are no longer present.
The bill mandates that the
death benets shall include the
awarding of P200,000 to the
beneciaries on the rst year of
implementation of the proposed
law and the insurance coverage
shall also include hospitaliza-
tion and medical expenses of the
injured beneciary until his/her
recovery notwithstanding ben-
ets provided for by the Govern-
ment Service Insurance System
(GSIS) or any institution grant-
ing the same to the insured.
The measure also provides that
the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) shall pay the corre-
sponding premium to be deter-
mined by the GSIS.
The Education department
said cases of election-related vi-
olence involved 229,020 teach-
ers who served during the 2010
elections.
Based on the 2011 database of
the Philippine National Police,
82 incidents of election-related
violence since January 2010, but
none of these involved teachers
or member of the BEI.
The DepEd said that 2007
election had shocking cases of
election-related violence against
teachers, such as the burning
of the school house in Taysan,
Batangas that led to the death of
Nellie Banaag, a public school
teacher and BEI volunteer.
That same year, four teachers
from Maguindanao were kid-
napped to prevent them from
perfoming their duties while two
teachers from Abra were shot
while transporting ballots for
canvassing, the DepEd said.
By Ferdie G. Domingo
AN ALLY of Nueva Ecija Gov. Aurelio Um-
ali defended the governors family in estab-
lishing a political dynasty, saying that the
issue is not a question of a familys political
power but of the people who voted them.
Invoking the principle of Vox Populi, Vox
Dei (The Voice of the People is the Voice of
God), Vice Mayor Vince De Leon said political
dynasties such as the one involving the Umalis
would not survive without the peoples mandate.
The political dynasties will not be there
without the support of the people, the elec-
torate. What if they are liked by the people?
As they say, the voice of the people is the
voice of God, de Leon said.
He was reacting to the debate on the issue of
political dynasties which has been revived fol-
lowing a petition lodged before the Supreme
Court asking the Commission on Elections to
enforce Article II, Section 26 of the Constitu-
tion that prohibits political dynasties.
The petition was led by Louis Biraogo,
a public interest lawyer, who last week in a
24-page petition said the ban on political dy-
nasties was clearly provided for in the char-
ter. The state shall guarantee equal access
to opportunities for public service, and pro-
hibit political dynasties as may be dened
by law, Biraogo said quoting the Charter.
Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the
poll body cannot enforce the ban in the ab-
sence of an enabling law from Congress and
added that only a peoples initiative can do so.
De Leon admitted that political dynasties
abound in the country, from the presidency
to the Senate and down to the House of Rep-
resentatives. He said that people should not
look at the political dynasty per se but on
the capacity of a particular candidate to lead.
Its not a question of the political dynasty
but rather, who has the mandate. Who has
the ability to lead and to govern, he said.
Educational background can also be a barometer
in electing people to position of power, he said.
He cited as example the family of Umali
who, he said, are established profession-
als before they joined politics. Governor
Umali is a lawyer, a former deputy commis-
sioner of the National Telecommunications
Commission. His wife, Congresswoman
Cherry also has a solid background and has
performed well in the House of Representa-
tives. The same thing goes with the gover-
nors brother, Board Member Doc Anthony
(Emmanuel Antonio) who is an eye doctor.
Clearly, these people were voted into ofce
because of their educational qualications
and abilities, he said.
LAGAWEIfugao Governor Eugene
Balitang said the tradition of using betel
nut among the Cordillera folk can help pre-
vent mountain roads from collapsing due to
landslides especially in the rainy months.
The palm known as areca catechu is rec-
ognized by agriculture and engineering ex-
perts for slope management, functioning like
vetiver grass to keep the soil cover intact.
We want to sustain our identity as
moma (Ifugao term for betel nut) chew-
ers and to maximize (the plants) poten-
tial for erosion control because it is deep-
ly rooted, Balitang said.
He said the nut, also called nganga in
other dialects, is the Ifugaos way of so-
cializing with neighbors and friends to
be updated with community goings on.
They share the ingredients such as
hapid or ikmo (piper betel leaf), apor or
apog (lime powder), Balitang said.
The Provincial Engineering Office will de-
termine the length and status of roads and the
number of seedlings required. Dexter A. See
THE decision of the Supreme Court allow-
ing the sale of the 246-megawatt Angat hy-
droelectric power plant in Bulacan to a Kore-
an government-owned company dealt a triple
whammy on Philippine sovereignty, public
control over public resources and the human
right to water, the Freedom from Debt Coali-
tion said in a press statement Friday.
WOMEN-supporters of the reproductive
health bill on Friday warned of increases in
maternal mortality rate with the failure of
Congress to enact the long-stalled measure.
Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said that the RH
bill which promotes freedom of informed
choice among couples and pro-quality life for
children should be enacted the soonest pos-
sible time so as not to worsen the maternal
mortality rate which rose from 162 for every
100,000 live births in 2006 to 221 in 2010.
She said the approval of a measure under
HB 4244 that seeks to put in place a na-
tional policy of reproductive health minus
the population control provisions is neces-
sary as the measure mandates the upgrad-
ing of healthcare facilities, the training of
midwives and health workers and pro-bono
services for indigents.
Its about time that we end the delaying
tactics and proceed to the period of amend-
ments. We need to work harder to make
HB 4244 more responsive to the needs of
poor women and children by introducing
amendments to the three in-congruent pro-
visions that drumbeat population control as
the solution to poverty, Ilagan pointed out.
Maricel V. Cruz
Feast of sacrice. Muslims gather at the Rizal Park on Friday to mark the celebration of Eid Al-Adha, the annual feast of sacrice. DANNY PATA
Pedrito, the doll named after Saint Pedro Calungsod, who the Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines says is meant to inspire children to emulate the second saint of the
Philippines. DANNY PATA
OCTOBER 26, 2012 FRIDAY
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IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTING, BRILLANTES, JR., SIXTO S., Chairman
GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF SARMIENTO, RENE V., Commissioner
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS AND TAGLE, LUCENITO N., Commissioner
VALIDATION OF REGISTRATION VELASCO, ARMANDO C., Commissioner
RECORDS IN THE NON-ARMM YUSOPH, ELIAS R., Commissioner
AREAS ON THE LAST DAY, LIM, CHRISTIAN ROBERT S., Commissioner
OCTOBER 31, 2012. PADACA, MARIA GRACIA CIELO M. Commissioner
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Promulgation: October 25, 2012
RESOLUTI ON NO. 9542
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Comelec Resolution No. 9149
promulagated on February 22, 2011, provides that the period to fle
applications for registration of voters and validation records in the
non-ARMM is April 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012, at the Offce of the
Election Offcer (OEO) of the city/municipality where the applicants
resides from Monday to Friday, inclusive of holidays during offce hours
at 8:00 oclock a.m. to 5:00 oclock p.m.;
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2012 which is the last day of registration
of voters and validation or records, the Commission on Elections
(Commission) expects that a lot of applicants will be going to the different
OEOs nationwide, to beat the deadline;
WHEREAS, there is a need to adopt guidelines in order to see to it
that applicants during the last day will be duly accommodated;
NOW, THEREFORE by virtue of the powers vested in it by the
Constitution, Republic Act No. 8189 and other related election laws,
the Commission on Elections RESOLVES, as it hereby RESOLVES
adopt the following policy, to wit:
1. If at 3:00 oclock p.m. of October 31, 2012, there are still
persons waiting on line to fle their application for registration
within 30 meter radius from the Offce of the Election Offcer,
the Election Assistant (EA) shall, without delay list down their
names consecutively numbered;
2. These names shall be called by announcing each name
repeatedly three (3) times in the order in which they are listed.
Any applicant who is not present when his name is called shall
no longer be allowed to fle his application for registration/
transfer/reactivation or validation;
3. If the applicant is present when his/her name is called he/she
shall proceed with the process provided under Resolution
No. 9149; and
4. Any application fled without biometrics shall be considered
deemed not fled and shall not be submitted to the Election
Registration Board (ERB) for hearing.
Let the Election and Barangay and Affairs Department (EBAD)
implement this Resolution. Further, the Education and Information
Department (EID) shall cause the publication of this Resolution which
shall take effect on the seventh (7
th
) day after publication in two (2) daily
newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
SO ORDERED.
SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR.
Chairman
RENE V. SARMIENTO LUCENITO N. TAGLE
Commissioner Commissioner
On Offcial Business
ARMANDO C. VELASCO ELIAS R. YUSOPH
CHRISTIAN ROBERT S. LIM MARIA GRACIA CIELO M. PADACA
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com OCTOBER 27, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
BONIFACIO Bayubay is stranded in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and he
survives on scrap food coming from
the dump.
Migrante-Middle East, a labor-welfare
advocate, sayd at least nine other Filipinos
sift through garbage in Al-Khobar, hoping
to nd something edible.
To anyone assured of three square
meals a day, their hunger pangs
are no different from what Lazarus
experiences, longing to eat what has
fallen from the rich mans table.
If Labor Attache Adam Musa sits on
the complaint of the displaced workers,
he should not be surprised if more than
6,000 online viewers would want him
to go on a junk-food diet as well.
Migrante says Bayubays batch was
hired for a construction project under
the Ali-Fahad Al Huraish Establishment
based in Al-Hasa.
But the assignments turned out
to be different from the job order
that the signed in Manila over the
contract prepared allegedly by YHMD
Internation Manpower Services, last
seen at Gedisco Center in Ermita.
Musa should waste no time looking
into the charges of illegal salary
deductions, delayed paychecks, and
the absence of sick leaves and medical
insurance.
He also has to nd out why overtime
duty is not compensated in a workplace
without drinking water and a bathroom.
Those conditions forced new hires to
stop working in July.
But what gets the goat of the starving
Filipinos is Musa trying to talk them
out of their complaint. Worse, he wants
the 10 back to the salt mines.
While overseas employment ofcials
are nailing down YHMDs principals,
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
should personally call up Musa to give
10 reasons to stop him boarding the
next ight to Manila.
For good measure, she can order
the entire labor staff in Saudia Arabia
to promote food-safety consciousness
among scavengers.
The advisory must emphasize a
balanced diet, the washing of hands
before and after meals, scrutinizing
the food label and the manufacturing
and expiry dates.
Following the National Nutrition
Council guideline, clear warning is
imperative on microbial contamination,
molds and yeasts in baked items,
salmonella in pasta and peanut butter,
along with additives and coloring,
heavy metal, foreign matter and lth.
Migrante says the case dialogues
held by the Labor Attache tend to show
bias for the employer.
Bayubay and his fellow victims have
reason to believe that with Musa turning
stone deaf to their plea, he will remain
unconvinced even if Lazarus rises from
the dead.
Junk food
Cynthia Villars bird
sanctuary
THERE are certain frequent yers air-
lines dont welcome because they pose
a hazard to air safety. These are the
winged variety. Indeed the increasing
frequency of bird strikes are giving air-
lines and airport authorities ts.
She may not know it but former
Las Pias Representative and senato-
rial candidate Cynthia Villars con-
cern to save a bird sanctuary in the
Bay area marshlands may make her
a main gure in a disaster waiting to
happen.
Three bird strikes were recently re-
ported by international airlines while
landing and taking off from the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport. The
airport is near the Las Pias bird sanc-
tuary being championed by Cynthia.
The Civil Aviation Authority re-
corded 49 bird strikes at Naia from
January to September this year The
CAA traced the
frequency of bird
strikes to a bird
sanctuary in the
Las Pias-Para-
aque marshlands
which lie directly
in the ight path
of planes
The latest bird
strike incident
involved a Philippine Airlines air-
craft with 152 passengers as it was
landing at Naia Monday night. PAL
mechanics later found bloodstains in
the wings of the Airbus A320 plane.
Luckily, no one was injured but one
can just imagine the number of lives
that could have been lost if the jetliner
had crashed. There would have been
multi-million peso lawsuits against
the Philippine government, and possi-
bly against Cynthia herself. The wife
of Senator and billionaire real estate
developer Manny Villar, Cynthia
could be a magnet for lawsuits and
nancial claims.
Such a catastrophic event (heaven
forbid!) would also bury Naia deeper
in the Category 2 rating by the US
Federal Aviation Agency as an unsafe
airport. It will never be able to climb
out of this abyss if such a disaster
would happen.
Already dealing with the Philip-
pines image of having the worst air-
port in the world, the bird strikes are
giving Airport Manager Jose Honrado
and Tourism Secretary Ramon Jime-
nez recurring nightmares.
The problem with Cynthia Villar is
she cant seem to hire the best minds
money can buy to advise her. She
listens too much to the hosannas she
reads from the press releases churned
out by her PR people and the chorus
of the wildlife conservationists.
Now, dont get me wrong. I actual-
ly like the Villars. They are good peo-
ple who in fact, were dinner guests at
my residence in Budapest when I was
then Philippine ambassador to Hun-
gary. The Villars were on a tour of
Europe and had made Budapest one
of their stops. Manny came with Cyn-
thia, Mark and Camille. After dinner,
we talked over wine and coffee on the
terrace overlooking the Danube River
with the Hungarian Parliament all lit
up like a bejeweled lady across us.
Lest I digress from the issue at
hand, Cynthia should really listen to
aviation authorities warning that the
bird sanctuary poses a risk to air safe-
ty. Environmentalists and bird watch-
ers are supporting Cynthias stand to
keep the sanctuary. An ornithologist
and a member of the Wild Bird Club
said aviation experts should rst de-
termine the bird species ocking at
the airport. Shall we do an autopsy on
whatever is left of the birds sucked in
the planes engines?
The problem
of bird strikes is
the bane of pilots
and airports all
over the world.
La Guardia Air-
port in New York
has been dealing
with the problem
for years. A Nep-
alese airliner was
recently brought down by a bird strike.
Nineteen passengers were killed.
Cynthias brother, Las Pias Mayor
Vergel Aguilar, has approved the per-
mit of a developer to build a business
center in the reclaimed bay area where
the birds roost. Cynthia is oppos-
ing the development project because
it would deprive the wild birds their
sanctuary and also ood the outlying
areas of Las Pias. But phenomenal
climate change experienced during
Pedring and the recent monsoon rains
has shown that the Manila Bay area
is helpless against seawater surges de-
spite the sea walls.
Transportation and Communica-
tions Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya
who made an inspection of Naia has
ordered the installation of a P45- mil-
lion device that would emit a shrill,
shrieking sound to scare away the
birds.
Earlier, a newspaper ran a photo of
a Naia ground personnel ring a race
starter gun to drive away a ock of
birds so a plane could take off. The
photo speaks volumes of the crude
and primitive way we deal with a ma-
jor airport security problem.
No wonder Naia is in the Category
2 rut and rated as the worst airport in
the world.

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Party-list 101 (conclusion)
IN MY rst piece party-list piece (http://
manilastandardtoday.com/2012/10/13/
party-list-101), I said that relevant
Constitutional provisions, while clear
on intent, are wanting in clarity about
the vehicle by which representation of
marginalized sectors in the House of
Representatives would be achieved.
The Constitution created a new
party-list system different from that
being practiced in other countries that
follow the principle of proportional
representation of political parties.
What the Constitution in effect put
in place is reserved seats for margin-
alized sectors that can be won through
their sectoral organizations (or multi-
sectoral coalitions) OR political par-
ties.
The eligibility of political parties to
participate in party-list elections was
even strengthened by the law. Thus, all
these problems on how the law is ma-
nipulated, even abused.
All is not lost, however. The Su-
preme Court and Commission on
Elections have promulgated decisions
aimed at preventing further abuse.
I fully support Supreme Court deci-
sions to disqualify major political par-
ties from PL elections as well as lling
up the 20 percent reserved seats for
party-list representatives in the House.
Both rulings improved representation
chances of marginalized sectors.
The Commission on Elections Res-
olution No. 9366 on the other hand,
outlines stricter rules on the quality
of groups that can be eligible to run,
as well as the credentials of party-list
nominees.
The past weeks have shown the poll
body purging the system of undeserv-
ing and unqualied groups. Comelec
has even disapproved some incum-
bents intent to participate in the 2013
elections. This includes the group of
Rep. Mikey Arroyo.
The resolution is worth looking into
especially in the light of the ongoing
issue between various groups and Lib-
eral Party coalition partner Akbayan. I
say various groups because there are
several petitions seeking Akbayans
disqualication from the party-list
elections even if the most vocal (and
aggressive) is Anakbayan, an ally of
Akbayans nemesis Bayan Muna.
Chairman Brillantes is correct that
the ideological struggle between these
political blocks should be a non-issue
for Comelec. The disqualication bids
(against whatever party-list group)
should be decided on the basis of law
and the poll bodys rules.
While I do not subscribe to Anak-
bayans tactics, it will be recalled that
Akbayan was in the same shoe when it
strongly protested against some groups
it labelled as adjunct to the Arroyo ad-
ministration before the 2007 elections.
Lest I be accused of sour grapes,
I have to disclose that I was the rst
nominee of one group that Akbayan
went after BUT was accredited by the
Comelec.
Akbayan should actually be congrat-
ulated because it has transformed itself
from a small political party to a major
player in Philippine politics. This is
what all political groups aspire for.
It is in coalition with the ruling Lib-
eral Party, has several ofcials appoint-
ed to important positions including two
Cabinet Secretaries, undersecretaries,
the Chair of the Commission on Hu-
man Rights, Commissioner of National
Youth Commission, and others.
talks are true, Akbayan also has elect-
ed Local Government Unit ofcials.
Indeed, Akbayans story is a success
story of a party-list group.
ELIZABETH
ANGSIOCO
POWER POINT
Turn to page 5
This is a clear risk
to air safety.
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
IF WE as a people could rehabilitate
and accept without rancor Jose P.
Laurel, Sr. as our president who served
during the dark days of the Japanese
occupation, we see no valid reason
why we could not accept Ferdinand E.
Marcos and place him in the pantheon
of those great Filipinos. As president,
Marcos accomplished and achieved
much for our country. It is high time
for us to look forward so we could
move on.
Such is fundamental for while
the two leaders served during those
turbulent periods in our countrys
history, certainly, in terms of how
our people
suffered, the
two can never
be compared.
We are neither
assuming that
Laurel was far
more guilty
than Marcos.
The war and
the campaign
to contain
the rebellion
surely have
one common
denominator
violence and
hardships to our
people.
However, the
origin of how
those unwanted
events came
about and recongured to full-scale
turbulence need to be re-examined,
not to justify Marcos elevation as
a hero, but from the standpoint of
objectively judging how he lived up to
those events that confronted him.
Yes, Laurel is not revered by
our people as they would Quezon,
Osmea, and other presidents like
Roxas, Magsaysay, and Garcia.
Still, he has not been maligned as
severely as Marcos. By any angle
one would compare the situation of
Marcos to that of Laurel, President
Marcos was elected by the people
through a democratic process of
clean, honest and fair election, which
correspondingly gave him the mandate
and the authority to impose martial
law.
This comparative analysis needs
to be elaborated because martial law,
for its harsh connotations, was not as
brutal as what our people experienced
during the war. Our country was
attacked and savagely occupied
without us taunting the Japanese
to invade us, while those that were
affected by martial law challenged
the government. The war with which
the rebels fought could hardly be said
a just and defensive war, but a war to
challenge the authority of the duly-
constituted government.
Maybe they can accuse Marcos of
suppressing their democratic rights
for unleashing the power of the State
to quell and contain the rebellion, but
it must be pointed out that those who
consciously and knowingly swore
to destroy the Republic pose a grave
and eminent danger to its survival. It
was war waged by people who have
decided to cut off their allegiance to
the State and vowed to destroy it.
Although there is no question
that the enemies of the State were
not ghting a war for the purpose of
delivering our country to a foreign
power. They did so mainly to change
our political and economic system by
establishing a Marxist socialist state.
But then, their premise to wage war
by rebellion can never be equated as
a just war. Their use of violent means
altogether erased justications to their
so-called pro-people objective.
Marcos during the period of martial
law adopted a two-pronged approach
in dealing with the crisis. The other
side was the use of a mailed-st policy
against those who were determined to
overthrow the government, while the
other was to initiate reforms to abate
the increasing social unrest. It was
not even a case of him meeting the
rebels halfway, but of crossing the
bridge just to accommodate many of
their demands. The problem however
is that instead of reciprocating that
offer of peace, the Maoists refused to
concede that reforms can also come
from the government.
Even if we are to give it that there
was an actual conict, Marcos cannot
be accused summarily of waging a war
against his own people as the Maoist
communists would now chastise him.
It was the Maoist leadership that
initiated the
war against the
government. As
the initiator of
that brutal war,
the Communist
Party of the
P h i l i p p i n e s ,
the National
D e mo c r a t i c
Front, the
New Peoples
Army and their
various front
organi zat i ons
k n e w
b e f o r e h a n d
they would be
waging war
against their
own people
although sugar
coated with gastric propaganda to
lure the masses that it was a war for
national liberation.
Some believe, and rightly so, that
the unabated disparage of Marcos is
not so much that he imposed martial
law because that obviously beneted
them, but principally for attempting to
chart our own political and economic
destiny that in the nal analysis would
give meaning and substance to our
independence.
Marcos fought the Japanese, was
wounded and was incarcerated. The
ugly part is that the imperialist and the
supposedly anti-imperialist Maoists
appear to be one in their abominable
hatred of him. Their collaboration
has become obvious not to pass the
notication even of the most ordinary
observant of Philippine politics.
Notably all anti-Marcos slander and
vilication, even if having originated
from the Maoist left, easily nd
their way into the elite-controlled
mainstream media. All these show
the deep collaboration the Maoists
have entered into with the supposed
enemies of the people with both
wanting to capitalize on the supposed
dead mans misdeeds.
Such is unusual, not to say
strange, for while it may serve the
propaganda of the Left, the rightist
oligarchy and the imperialist
equally take that line important
to divert the peoples attention by
the simple trick by focusing their
attention on the so-called Marcos
plunder. In that, one could
draw inference of the betrayal by
the Maoists of the people it has
promised to liberate using Marcos
as their favorite whipping boy.
Unfortunately, Marcos would not
subsume the interest of his country
in favor of foreign interest and that
of the few. Marcos opted to take the
road towards economic, political and
moral independence for his country
and his people. This now exposes
the whole truth that we remain
prisoners to our foreign masters
and to their local conduits; that they
alone could dictate who should be
our heroes.
rpkapunan@gmail.com
The war
that Marcos fought
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
Inclusive Mobility Challenge winners
IN MY last column, I introduced
candidates and winners of the Inclusive
Mobility Challenge whose advocacy
centered around bicycles. Here, I tackle
the three remaining notable candidates,
one of whom bagged the Challenges
Grand Prize, each of which offers a
different service thats wholly lacking
in the greater picture of Metro Manila
urban mobility.
Throughout this columns discussion
of inclusive mobility, I have described
cars as an inefcient mode of mobility,
compared to a well-thought out system
of buses and trains, pedestrian and bike
lanes, and even jeeps and trikes (where
and when they can be efciently used
and integrated into the inclusive mobility
network). But until government and
society can build up alternative, public-
use mobility as a competitive alternative
to private vehicle use, and I argue even
when we have such alternatives, we
must also take steps to reform the use
of the car make it a more efcient use
of fuel and space by maximizing its
passenger carriage: the carpool.
This is what Ridend.ph is all
about: a Web-based service that makes
carpooling easier by matching private
car owners with interested passengers.
One may balk at the thought of
car-sharing with otherwise total
strangers, especially given carnapping,
kidnapping, and other security risks. To
eliminate or mitigate these, Ridend
leverages Web tools like Facebook
to help identify and bind passengers
and car owners into an accountable
community. The idea is hardly unique to
the Philippines; a Google search reveals
similar services in Seattle and Silicon
Valley, for example. Yet Ridend also
boasts a second-place nish at Startup
Weekend Manila 2012, perhaps a telling
revelation of how carpooling is still
foreign to Manila urban culture. (More
tellingly, for example, is the absence
of carpool-priority lanes, especially
on highways and major avenues, that
would send a strong signal in terms of
mobility policy.)
Wheelmobile (taking third place
in the Challenge), in turn, offers a
dedicated car-shared service for persons
with disabilities, especially wheelchair
users. Any regular commuter would
know that nearly all of Manilas public
transport options (buses, jeeps, trikes,
etc.) are wheelchair-unfriendly; only the
MRT and LRT trains have been designed
with PWDs in mind, and even then the
rush hour crush of passengers is another
concern. As a dedicated, user-specic
and on-demand service, Wheelmobile
offers PWDs the convenience and
dignity the latter couldnt get from other
servicesand goes a long way towards
addressing such gaps in accessibility
in Metro Manila mobility. If anything,
it should also spur governments and
private entities to cater to PWDs unique
needs, as a marginalized community as
well as a unique customer base.
The rst-place winner in the
Challenge is the Institute for Climate
and Sustainable Cities e-Jeepney,
which I had introduced earlier this
month in discussing the virtues
of electric vehicles. As I had also
covered then, it exists alongside
another e-vehicle campaign (this
one government-run, and centered
on tricycles), but is notable for its
roots as a private initiative, domestic
production of the units involved,
and in engaging state and private
stakeholders to ensure the initiatives
sustainability.
The jeepney is and remains a classic
Philippine icon, providing a relatively
money-cheap option on major transport
routes within Metro Manila cities. Yet,
of late, some have criticized its presence
in the urban landscape. The condensed
version of their arguments is that Metro
Manila mobility rests on the foundation
of 50-year old technologies (the jeepney
being a conversion of World War II-era
US Army jeeps) and a sea of diesel
fuel, usually belched out as smoke from
their exhausts. Biting and unwelcome
criticism (especially if expressed by
someone with the luxury of a private
vehicle), perhaps, but it has its merits,
especially when combined with the
jeepney drivers low income due to fuel
and maintenance costs.
To the consternation of its critics,
the jeepney may not disappear from
Manila streetsor from the rest of
the country, for that matterbut it
denitely is in due need for an upgrade.
And iCSCs e-Jeepneys are now
operating in Pasig, Makati, and Puerto
Princesa, demonstrating to users (and,
more importantly, jeepney owner-
operators, who are very wary of new
technologies that may impact their
incomes) that going green is a viable
and sustainable option, and providing
the business model to adapt as well.
If the candidates and winners of the
Inclusive Mobility Challenge winners
are any indicator, we may already
be looking at a bottom-up revolution
in Metro Manila mobility. Jeepney
operators themselves have presented
proposals for jeepneys powered by
liquid petroleum gas alongside the
e-Jeepney; similar to Ridend is
another startup, Tripid.ph. The moral is
clear: Metro Manileos are not helpless
before the woes of trafc jams. With
the right ideas and the right incentives,
from state policies to market benets
to social equity, we can untangle the
megacitys streets, and fulll Inclusive
Mobilitys mission of mobility of all,
for all, and most certainly by all.
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Vina Twitter: tonylavs
Party-list 101...
Martial law,
for its harsh
connotations, was
not as brutal as
what our people
experienced
during
the war.
By Stephen L. Carter
MY LATE father taught me that what
denes a principle is the willingness to
adhere to it even when that adherence
hurts. Maybe thats why the newfound
appreciation of the Electoral College
among many of my friends on the left
has struck me as a weirdly compelling
spectacle.
After the 2000 election, when
George W. Bush lost the popular vote
but (after the Florida debacle) won a
majority of Electoral College votes,
liberal commentators spent years calling
for the direct election of the president.
Now that there appears to be a serious
prospect that President Barack Obama
will lose the popular vote but win a
majority of the electors, the Electoral
College doesnt look so bad.
Now, dont worry. This isnt another
column about the virtues or vices of
the Electoral College. My concern is
with principleprinciple in the sense
in which my father used the word; a
tradition that goes back to Aristotle.
When we accuse someone of being
unprincipled, it is a special sort of
condemnation. We are calling him a
man of poor character, who acts to gain
advantage instead of in accordance with
some higher ethical code.
When politicians and their supporters
refer to principles, they usually dont
mean it in the sense that Aristotle or
my father did. Ill preserve Social
Security or Ill never raise taxes
arent statements about fundamental
beliefs. At best, they are examples of
conclusions to which one might reason
from fundamental beliefs. Probably,
however, they arent even thatthey
are simply lines that have tested well
with focus groups.
Principled distinction
Abraham LincolnCooper Union
addressAbraham Lincoln understood
the distinction. In his
A principle, says the Oxford
English Dictionary, is that from which
something originates or is derived; a
source, an origin; the root; or, in the
denition most of us will nd more
common, a fundamental truth or
proposition on which others depend...
a primary assumption forming the basis
of a chain of reasoning. This is the
sense in which Lincoln used the word.
Subsidiary to that denition is one
that mirrors what my father had in
mind: A general law or rule adopted or
professed as a guide to action; a settled
ground or basis of conduct or practice;
a fundamental motive or reason for
action, esp. one consciously recognized
and followed.
The advantage of understanding
principle this way is that the principle in
question can be expressed. We can tell
each other what we most fundamentally
believe, what settled ground guides our
conduct.
Lincolns point was that the argument
over slavery wasnt, in the rst instance,
an argument over government policy. It
was an argument over what principles
should serve as the basis for policy.
What my father addedand what I
earnestly believeis that a genuine
principle entails the possibility of
sacrice, including sacrice of ones
own interest, or of the interest of party
or faction.
In an episode from the second
season of the television show The
West Wing, President Josiah Bartlet
is trying to get the Senate to ratify a
treaty banning certain nuclear tests. An
election intervenes, and a Pennsylvania
Democrat who is a key yes vote is
defeated. The treaty has little chance
of passage in the new Senate. The
presidents advisers urge him to call a
lame-duck session to allow the outgoing
Senate to vote.
But the defeated senator announces
that he will abstain. Pressed by the
White House, he explains that he lost
his seat largely over the treaty. The
people voted him in; the people voted
him out. He refuses to assume, he says,
that Pennsylvania voters are stupid.
They considered and rejected his views,
and he will not demean them by voting
yes after his defeat.
Respecting principle
At work here is a very large principle
larger than the senators support for
the treaty. The principle is to respect the
results of elections, and not to use cute
little devices to get around them.
Respect for the constitutional order
might also be a principle. As readers of
this column know, I have an enormous
affection for our Constitution with all
its intricacy. True, the document once
contained much that was invidious and
destructive, but those provisions have
largely been swept away. What remains,
although imperfect, is a paean to a
vision of government that recognizes
that the good guys will not always hold
power. Getting things done is therefore
difcult by design.
Alas, our major parties ignore the
design whenever convenient. The
current administration, for example,
has used a deliberate misreading of the
recess appointment clause to put into
ofce individuals who would never
have been conrmed by the Senate. The
previous administration relied heavily
on executive signing statements as a
means of specifying that the president,
having signed a bill, actually intended to
enforce only some parts and not others.
Such actions as these barely make
a ripple in the headlines, but they are
fundamental assaults on any sense
of government as proceeding from
constitutional principle. They favor
instead expediencythe notion that
what matters most is getting our way.
Principle in the sense that my father had
in mind is rarely mentioned any longer.
Every time the party in power,
Democratic or Republican, changes the
rules to make it easier to gain its own
ends, respect for principle is eroded.
Every time a candidate cuts an ethical
corner for the sake of advantage,
respect for principle is eroded. Every
time we make excuses (The election
is too important!) for candidates who
run unethical campaigns, respect for
principle is eroded.
Animal instinct
Too much of life nowadays revolves
around the notion that self-interest is
a principle. It isnt. Its just an animal
instincta useful one, to be sure, in the
functioning of markets, but a dangerous
one to unleash on an entire society.
When we fret about the epidemic of
academic cheating, for example, what
we are really seeing is the predictable
result of the abandonment of principle
by we adults who are supposed to be
setting an example.
Yes, we can import into our politics
Vince Lombardis adage, Winning
isnt everything, its the only thing.
Or we can try, as my wife and I have,
to teach our children what my parents
tried to teach me: Except in time of war,
victory isnt a principle. If we dont
believe this, its time to hunker down
and stop pretending that the American
experiment can succeed. Bloomberg
Our unprincipled politics
From A4
The question now is whether
Akbayan is still qualified to
participate in the 2013 party-list
elections. And Comelec should rule
impartially.
Sec. 7 of Rule 3 of Resolution
9366 states that a ground for denying
an accredited party-list groups
manifestation of intent to participate is
if a group is ..adjunct of, or a project
or an entity funded or assisted by the
government.
I believe that the spirit of such
ground is independence from the
administration. If this is so, then
questions against Akbayan may be
valid. As an administration coalition
member, what interest is it serving
at this point? Is it still the original
party-list ideological line that fully
defends the rights of the marginalized
sectors it represents, or is it now the
administrations that may or may
not be consistent with the sectors
agenda?
Rep. Walden Bello, if quoted
correctly by a news item in this
paper on June 30, 2012 may have
given us the answer. Asked why Rep.
Kaka Bag-ao, a known progressive
for consistently defending the rights
of the marginalized, lost her bid to
being Akbayans second nominee
to Ronald Llamas Undersecretary
Barry Gutierrez, Bello was quoted
as saying, Performance and track
record do not matter. Its who toes
the administration line, not the
party-list line.
This statement is quite telling and
should be looked into by the Comelec.
The Akbayan issue may be difcult for
the poll body BUT, depending on its
decision, may also pave the way for a
better implementation of the party-list
law.
And all eyes are on the Comelec
now.
bethangsioco@gmail and @
bethangsioco on Twitter
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ManilaStandardToday adv.mst@gmail.com OCTOBER 27, 2012 SATURDAY
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Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Masbate II District Engineering Offce
Dimasalang, Masbate
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Masbate II District Engineering
Offce, Dimasalang, Masbate, invites contractors to bid for the following projects:
1. Contract ID: 12FJ0022
Contract Name: Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from Pavement
Management System/HDM-4, Rehab./Reconst. of Damaged
Paved National Roads (Upgrade to Concrete)
Contract Location: Masbate-Cataingan-Placer Road (K0020+211-K0020+670,
K0021+781-K0022+019 & K0024+492-K0025+440
Scope of Work: PCCP
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 28,431,368.11
Source of Fund: CY 2013 Regular Infra
Contract Duration: 164 calendar days
Amount for Bidding Documents: P 25,000.00
Contract Location: Masbate-Cataingan-Placer Road (K0036+295-K0036+942,
realigned to K0034+961-K0066+500 with exception
Scope of Work: PCCP
Contract Location: Masbate-Cataingan-Placer Road (K0087+000- K0087+533,
realigned to K0076+200-K0076+733
Scope of Work: PCCP
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised 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 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.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 24-November 15, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 31, 2012, 2:00 P.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
3:00 P.M., November 9, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids 2:00 P.M., November 15, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M., November 15, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH Masbate II
District Engineering Offce, Dimasalang, Masbate, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
the above stated amount for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs from the DPWH web site, 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. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have
purchased the BDs. 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 DPWH Masbate II District Engineering Offce, Dimasalang, Masbate reserves
the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved:

(Sgd.) BELINDA R. BANDAGOZA
BAC Chairman
Noted by:
(Sgd.) EDGAR M. CURATIVO
District Engineer
Section I. Invitation to Bid
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Rizal II District Engineering Offce,
through the Regular Infra CY 2013, intends to apply the sum of Eleven Million Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Four Pesos and 84/100 (P 11,250,684.84) being the Approved
Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Contract ID No. 12-D0-0092:
I. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road (K0066+000 to K0066+669) Intermittent
Section II. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road (K0067+409 to K0068+057)
Intermittent Section, Tanay, Rizal and Twenty Three Million Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred
Sixteen Pesos and 33/100 (P 23,015,716.33) to payments under the contract for Contract ID No.
12-D0-0093: I. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road (K0057+ (-470) K0058+000)
Intermittent Sections II. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road (K0059+000
K0060+028) Intermittent Sections III. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road
(K0060+028 K0061+150) Intermittent Sections, Tanay, Rizal. Bids received in excess of the
ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Rizal II District Engineering Offce
now invites bids for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID : 12 DO 0092
Contract Name : I. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road
(K0066+000 to K0066+669) Intermittent Section
II. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road
(K0067+409 to K0068+057) Intermittent Section
Contract Location : Tanay, Rizal
Scope of Works : Asphalt Overlay & Pavement Markings
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 11,250,684.84
Contract Duration : 37 Cal. Days
2. Contract ID : 12 DO 0093
Contract Name : I. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road
(K0057+(-470) K0058+000) Intermittent Sections
II. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road
(K0059+000 K0060+028) Intermittent Sections
III. Preventive Maintenance of Tanay Sampaloc Road
(K0060+028 K0061+150) Intermittent Sections
Contract Location : Tanay, Rizal
Scope of Works : Asphalt Overlay, Shouldering & Pavement Markings
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 23,015,716.33
Contract Duration : 60 Cal. 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 non-discretionary pass/
fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) 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, Rizal II District Engineering Offce,
BAC Secretariat Offce, Brgy. Rosario, Pasig 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 Contractors Registration Certifcate
to the DPWH, Rizal II District Engineering Offce BAC for authentication. Submission of Letter of
Intent is from October 26, 2012 to November 15, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below
and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Ten Thousand
Pesos Only (P10,000.00) for Contract ID No. 12-D0-0092 and Contract ID No. 12-D0-0093.
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, Rizal II District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on October 31, 2012
at 10:00 A.M. in the DPWH Rizal II District Engineering Offce BAC Secretariat Offce, which shall
be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on November 15, 2012 on or before 10:00 A.M. and
must be opened on November 15, 2012 at 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 representatives 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 Rizal II District Engineering Offce 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(ies) 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:
MS. ELENITA C. MANUEL
BAC Chairman
Attention:
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH, Rizal II DEO
Brgy. Rosario, Pasig City
Tel. No. 900-1928
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ELENITA C. MANUEL
Administrative Offcer V
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
Noted by:
(Sgd.) ERIC A. AYAPANA
Engineer IV
OIC, District Engineer
I nvi t at i on t o Bi d
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
Rizal II District Engineering Offce
Brgy. Rosario, Pasig City
Tel. No. 900-1928
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region XIII, CARAGA
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Agusan del Sur 2
nd
Engineering District
Karaos, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Bids and Award Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Agusan del Sur 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce Karaos, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, through the FY 2013
Regular Infra Projects, invites contractors to bid for the projects, to wit:
1. Contract ID : 12NC0042
Name of Project : Concreting of Asuncion-San Isidro-Laak-Veruela Road,
Km. 1526+593/km. 1527+(407) km. 1528+243
Location : Veruela, Agusan del Sur
Scope of Work : Concreting
Approved Budget for Contract (ABC): P48,569,780.00
Duration : 165 Calendar Day
Bid Documents : P25,000.00
Name of Project : Concreting of Asuncion-San Isidro-Laak-Veruela Road,
Km. 1532+000 - km. 1533+200
Location : Veruela, Agusan del Sur
Name of Project : Concret i ng of NRJ Cuevas-Bi sl i g Road km.
1396+915.50 km. 1398+544
Location : Trento, Agusan del Sur
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 rejected outright upon
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
the 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 or
above the ABC, credit line commitment at least 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.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents - Oct. 27, 2012 to November 16, 2012
2. Deadline of Receipt of LOI November 5, 2012 at 10:00 am
3. Receipt of Bids - November 16, 2012 at 10:00 am
4. Opening of Bids - November 16, 2012 at 10:30 am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) in the amount of
_____________ at DPWH Agusan del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Karaos,
San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs
from 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. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who
have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective Bidder shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The First
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 DPWH Agusan del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Office, Karaos, San
Francisco, Agusan del Sur 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.) PONCIO D. VENCILAO
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Philippine Ports Authority, through the Corporate Budget of the Authority for CY 2012, intends
to apply the sum of Pesos : Twenty-Eight Million Seven Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand
Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven and 38/100 ( P 28,753,727.38) being the Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Repair of Port Lighting System,
Port of Tagbilaran, Catagbacan, Tubigon, Getafe, Talibon, Ubay, Tapal and Jagna, Bohol
(A120107). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for the following scope of work :

A. Mobilization/Demobilization;
B. Repair of Concrete Foundation for Single Arm Poles;
C. Repair of Streetlight Single Arm Poles
D. Repair of Streetlight Fixtures for Double Arm Poles
E. Repair of Streetlight Fixtures for Single Arm Poles
Completion of the Works is required in 150 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. Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competi ti ve bi ddi ng procedures using non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations
(IRR) 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 the Bids and Awards Committee and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address
below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount
of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P 25,000.00) per PPA Memorandum Circular No.
10-2012 dated September 19, 2012.
The Bids and Awards Committee will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on Thursday, 08 November
2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the Conference Room ,PPA, PMO-Tagbilaran, Port Area, Tagbilaran City,
which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered on or before 10:00 A.M. of Friday, 23 November 2012 at the
Secretariat, BAC-EP, PPA, PMO Administration Building, Port Area, Tagbilaran City . All bids
must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the following acceptable forms and amount:
Form of Bid Security Amount of Bid Security
(Equal to Percentage of the ABC)
a) Cash, cashiers/ managers check Two percent (2%)
issued by a Universal or Commercial
Bank
b) Bank draft/guarantee or Irrevocable Two percent (2%)
letter of credit issued by a
Universal or Commercial Bank:
Provided, however that it shall be
confrmed or authenticated by a
Universal or Commercial Bank, if
issued by a foreign bank.
c) Surety Bond callable upon demand Five percent (5%)
Issued by a surety or insurance
company duly certifed by the
Insurance Commission as authorized
to issue such security
d) Any combination of the foregoing Proportionate to share of
form with respect to total
amount of security

Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at
the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Required PCAB Registration : Medium A Electrical Works
The Philippine Ports Authority 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.
BAC Secretariat : Telephone Nos. 501-8138
PPA Website : www.ppa.gov.ph.
(Sgd.)RICHARD S. ELOPRE
Chairperson, BAC-Engineering Projects
Noted :
(Sgd.)MANUEL A. BOHOLANO
Port Manager
Philippine Ports Authority
Port Management Offce (PMO) -Tagbilaran
INVITATION TO BID FOR
REPAIR OF PORT LIGHTING SYSTEM
PORTS OF TAGBILARAN, CATAGBACAN, TUBIGON,
GETAFE, TALIBON, UBAY, TAPAL AND JAGNA, BOHOL
Region X
Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District
Seminary Drive. Pala-o, Iligan City
Tel.: (063)221-5703 Fax Nos.: (063)223-0217, 221-4648
E-mail address: dpwh.lned2@yahoo.com
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan
City), through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for
the following contracts:
1. Contract ID: 12KF0041
Contract Name: Concreting of Barangay Kiwalan-Kabacsanan Barangay Road,
FMR Sta. 0+000 to Sta. 0+660, Brgy. Kiwalan, Iligan City
Contract Location: Brgy. Kiwalan, Iligan City
Brief Description: 102-Excavation 88.00 cu.m.
105-Subgrade Preparation 2,660.00 sq.m.
201-Aggregate Base Course 759.00 cu.m.
311-Portland Cement Concrete Pavement 2,225.00 sq.m.
505-Riprap and Grouted Riprap 152.00 cu.m.
Contract Name: Concreting of Barangay Taparak-Tuburan Barangay Road
Sta. 0+000 to Sta. 0+720, Brgy. Mandulog, Iligan City
Contract Location: Brgy. Mandulog, Iligan City
Brief Description: 102-Excavation 18.00 cu.m.
104-Embankment 750.00 cu.m.
505-Riprap and Grouted Riprap 25.00 cu.m.
Contract Name: Concreting of Barangay Tonggo-Buru-un Barangay Road Sta.
0+000 to Sta. 0+755, Ditucalan, Iligan City
Contract Location: Ditucalan, Iligan City
Brief Description: 104-Embankment 574.32 cu.m.
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a 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 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
at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 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
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective
Bidders
Deadline: 5:00 P.M./October 30, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 24, 2012 to November 13, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 2:00 P.M. /October 31, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 9:00 A.M./November 13, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. /November 13, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at (DPWH-Lanao del Norte
2
nd
Engineering District Offce, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City), upon payment of a non-
refundable fees of P5,000.00 for project No.1 and P10,000.00 for project Nos. 1 & 2 for Bid
Documents. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH
website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay
the said fees on or before the submission of their bids. Bids must be accompanied by a bid
security in any acceptable form in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied 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 will include 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.
The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District, Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City)
reserves the right to accept or reject any all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime
before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved:
(Sgd.) MOCAMADALI P. PUNDOGAR
Administrative Offcer V
BAC Chairman
Cordillera Administrative Region
BAGUIO CITY DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Engineers Hill, Baguio City
Tel. No. 442-8195 Fax No. (074) 442-8195
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH Baguio City District Engineering
Offce invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned project/s:
Source of Fund: GOP through GAA 2013
1. Contract ID: 12PD0086
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Section) along PMA
Road
KO248+253-KO249+000, KO250+174-KO250+528,
KO250+528-KO250+708
Contract Location: Baguio City
Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay (Hot Mix)
Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 10,000.00
Source of Fund: GOP through GAA 2013
2. Contract ID: 12PD0087
Contract Name: Contract Package 4: Preventive Maintenance
(Intermittent Sections) along:
a. Loakan Road KO245+(-158)-KO245+1665
b. Mar cos Hi ghway Chai nage 0000- Chai nage
0140-KO280+(-855)-KO282+951.54 (with exception)-
KO283+334-KO283+454
Contract Location: Baguio City
Scope of Work: PCCP
a. 16,580,628.19
b. 27,712,415.78
Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 20,000.00
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
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. Instructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-
(IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement
Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock
belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Baguio City District
Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from
8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from
the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents
as indicated.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring
Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than
the submission of their bids.
The DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on October 31, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce
Conference Hall which shall be open only to all interested parties who have purchased
the Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 14, 2012 at 10:00
a.m. at DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce. 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 on November 14, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at DPWH- Baguio City District
Engineering Offce in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend
at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce 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.
Nora R. delos Santos
DPWH-Baguio City District Engineering Offce
Engineers Hill, Baguio City
Telefax No. (074) 442-8195
dpwh.bcdeo.bac@gmail.com
Approved by:
(Sgd.) GIL L. NQUE
BAC Chairman
Noted by:

(Sgd.) IRENEO S. GALLATO
District Engineer
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Roxas Boulevard Corner Pablo Ocampo, Sr. Street
Manila 1004
The DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE (DOF), through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites PHILGEPS registered contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the
Supply and Delivery of Various Services in the Department of Finance. Hereunder is the
list of items for bid with the corresponding Approved Budget for the Contract and price
of each bid documents.
ITB
Nos.
QUANTITY PARTICULAR Approved
Budget for the
Contract
Price of Bid
Documents
(Non-
refundable)
2012-12-G 34 janitors Janitorial service P7,543,920.00 P7,000.00
2012-13-G 45 Security guards Security Service P1,335,620.06 P11,000.00
2012-14-G Internet Service P4,000,000.00 P4,000.00
2012-15-G Operation and
Maintenance Service
for Power & Utility
System of DOF
Building
P4,383,997.97 P5,000.00
A complete set of individual Bidding Documents shall be available at the BAC Secretariat,
General Services Division, 7
th
Floor, EDPC Building, BSP Complex, Pablo Ocampo Sr.
St., Roxas Blvd., Manila starting October 29, 2012 upon payment of the non-refundable
fee indicated above not later than the submission of their bids.
The schedule of bidding activities are as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE of ACTIVITIES
Janitorial
Services
Security
Services
Internet
Service
Provider
Maintenance
of Power &
Utility
Advertisement/Posting of Invitation to Bid October 27, 2012
Issuance and Availability of Bid Documents Starting October 29, 2012
Pre- Bid Conference Nov. 6, 2012
10:30 am
Nov. 6, 2012
11:30 am
Nov. 6, 2012
1:30 pm
Nov. 6, 2012
2:30 pm
Request for Clarifcation November 12, 2012
Issuance of Supplemental Bid Bulletin November 13, 2012
Deadline for Submission of Bids November 20, 2012
Opening of Bids Nov. 6, 2012
9:00 am
Nov. 6, 2012
10:30 am
Nov. 6, 2012
1:45 pm
Nov. 6, 2012
3:00 pm

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government
Procurement Act. However, only those who have purchased the Bidding Documents
shall be allowed to participate in the pre-bid conference and raise or submit written
queries or clarifcations.
The bidders shall drop their duly accomplished eligibility requirements, technical and
fnancial proposals in two (2) separate sealed envelopes in the bid box located at the
abovementioned address.
LATE BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the BAC Secretariat at telephone
number 526-8475 and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given above during
offce hours.

DOF reserves the right to waive any formality in the responses to the eligibility
requirements and to this invitation. DOF further reserves the right to reject any and
all proposals, or declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract, and makes
no assurance that contract shall be entered into as a result of this invitation without
thereby incurring any liability in accordance with Republic Act No. 9184 and its Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations.
(Sgd.) GIL S. BELTRAN
Undersecretary and Chairman,
DOF Bids and Awards Committee

(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)

First Metro Manila Engineering District
Westbank Road, Manggahan Floodway,
Rosario, Pasig City
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
A. The Department of Public Works and Highways-First Metro Manila Engineering
District, Westbank Road, Manggahan Floodway, Rosario, Pasig City through
its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the
following contracts:

1. Contract ID No.: 0120B0244
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Pateros River, Pateros, Metro Manila
Contract Location: Pateros, Metro Manila
Scope of Work: Repair/Rehabilitation of Creek
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP19,487,905.23
Contract Duration: 180 Calendar Days
Cost of Bid Documents: PhP25,000.00
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Drainage System, N. Domingo
Street and Vicinity, San Juan City
Contract Location: San Juan City
Scope of Work: Rehabilitation of Drainage
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation of Sapang Bato Creek, Marikina
City, District I
Contract Location: Marikina City
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Sto. Rosario Creek, Taguig City
Contract Location: Taguig City
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Calzada River, Taguig City
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Panday Creek, Taguig City
Contract Name: Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Section) along C-5
Road, Taguig City, with Exception, Chainage 3124.75
- Chainage 2504.75 / Chainage 1909.50 - Chainage
1570.80
Scope of Work: Preventive Maintenance
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Daang Kalabaw Creek, Taguig City
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Ususan Creek, Taguig City
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Drainage System, F. Blumentritt Street
and Vicinity, San Juan City
Scope of Work: Rehabilitation of Drainage System
Contract Name: Rehabilitation of Drainage System, P. Guevarra Street
and the Vicinity, San Juan City
Scope of Work: Rehabilitation of Drainage System
B. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission
and receipt of bids, a single contract similar to the Project, equivalent to at least
ffty percent (50%) of the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in
the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II, Instruction to Bidders.
C. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
non-discretionary pass/fail critetion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino Citizens/sole proprietorships, or organizations with
at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging
to citizens of the Philippines.
D. Interested Bidders may obtain further information from First Metro Manila
Engineering District, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given
below from [8:00A.M.-12:00NN and 1:00P.M.-5:00P.M.].
E. A. complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested bidders
from the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding
Documents.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the procuring Entity,
provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that
the submission of their bids.
F. The First Metro Manila Engineering District, will hold the Pre-Bid Conference on
October 31, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at FMMED-Offce Conference Room, Westbank
Road, Manggahan Floodway, Rosario, Pasig City, which shall be open only to
all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
G. Bids must be delivered on or before November 15, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at First
Metro Manila Engineering District, Westbank Road, Manggahan Floodway,
Rosario, Pasig City. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the
acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.1.
Bids will be opened on the same date at 2:00 P.M. in the presence of the bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the aforesaid address. Late bids shall
not be accepted.
H. The First Metro Manila Engineering District, 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 or bidders.
I. For further information, please refer to:

(Sgd.) MARIO E. ALCANTARA
OIC-Chief, Maintenance Section
Engineer III/BAC Chairman
NOTED
(Sgd.) ROBERTO S. NICOLAS
District Engineer
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
BUSUANGA ISLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
(BISELCO)
Coron, Palawan
Email Add: biselco@yahoo.com
The Busuanga Island Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BISELCO) thru its Pre-
qualifcation Bids and Awards Committee invites accredited suppliers of
BISELCO to submit bid quotation for materials and labor for the construction
of the coops various electric distribution lines to be funded through the Sitio
Electrifcation Program for the year 2012.
Issuance of Bid Documents shall be issued to qualifed bidders upon
payment of non-refundable amount of P3,000.00 which shall be available on
October 24 to 30, 2012 and the Bidding Proper will be October 31, 2012,
2:00 p.m. at BISELCO Offce, Barangay Poblacion 6, Coron, Palawan.
The BISELCO Bids and Award Committee reserves the right to accept
or reject any Bid and annul the bidding the process and reject all bids at
anytime prior to contract award without thereby incurring any liability to the
affected Bidder or Bidders.
(Sgd.) DOVELITO V. MENDENILLA
Chairman BAC
BISELCO
Approved:

(Sgd.) RUTH L. GALANG
General Manager
BISELCO
Department of Agriculture
PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR POSTHARVEST DEVELOPMENT AND
MECHANIZATION (PHilMech)
(Formerly BUREAU OF POSTHARVEST RESEARCH AND EXTENSION)
CLSU, Science City of Muoz, Nueva Ecija 3120 Philippines
1. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization, through its
Trust Fund intends to apply the below specifed sums, being the Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract of Rebidding for Supply of Labor
and Materials for the Construction of Agricultural Tramline Systems in Various
Locations in Visayas. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at bid opening.
2. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization now invites
bids from eligible contractors with at least Small B PCAB license with experience
on cabling system for the Rebidding for Supply of Labor and Materials for the
Construction of Agricultural Tramline Systems in Various Locations in Visayas:
CLUSTER ABC
NO. OF
UNITS
CONTRACT
DURATION
VISAYAS
Barotac Viejo, Iloilo
Passi City, Iloilo
PhP 5,041,447.94 2 units
120 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.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-
(IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA9184), 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 must submit their LOIs before the Pre-bid
Conference at the PHilMech Main Offce, CLSU Compound, Science City of Munoz,
Nueva Ecija.
4. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders at
PHilMech Liason Offce from November 5, 2012 until the date of submission & opening
of bids or at DARegional Offce VI one day before the scheduled pre-bidding conference
until the date of submission & opening of bids upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for
the Bidding Documents in the amount of PhP 10,000.00.
5. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization will hold a
Pre-Bid Conference and Submission/ Opening of Bids on the following dates and
location which shall be opened only to all interested parties who have purchased the
Bidding Documents:
CLUSTER Pre-Bid
Conference
Submission and
Opening of Bids
LOCATION
VISAYAS November 14, 2012
10:00AM
November 27, 2012
10:00AM
DARFU VI, Port San
Pedro, Iloilo City
6. Bids and eligibility requirements must be delivered on the date of Opening of Bids which
will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend.
Late bids shall not be accepted.
All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in
the amount stated in the bid documents.
7. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization 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.
8. For further information, please refer to:
PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR POSTHARVEST DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANIZATION
(Formerly BUREAU OF POSTHARVEST RESEARCH AND EXTENSION)
Main Offce :CLSU Cmpd., Science City of Muoz, Nueva Ecija
Tel. No. (044) 4560287 / (044) 4560213 FAX No. (044) 4560110
Liaison Offce : 3F ATI Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. No. (02) 9274019 / (02) 9274029 FAX No. (02) 9268159
(Sgd.) ARNEL RAMIR M. APAGA
BAC Chairman
InvItatIon to BId for
Rebidding for Supply of Labor and Materials for the Construction
of Agricultural Tramline Systems in Various Locations in Visayas
(MST-Oct. 27 & Nov. 2, 2012)
OFFI CE OF THE REGI ONAL DI RECTOR
Region XI, Davao City
Tel. No. (082) 226-9302 Fax. No. (082) 226-9379
October 23, 2012
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Offce XI, Davao City through
the CY 2013 Regular Infra Program intends to apply the sum for payments under the
following contracts:
1. Contract ID : 12L0-0031
Contract Name/Location : Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) along
Asuncion-San Isidro-Laak-Veruela Road, Davao
del Norte
Scope of Work : Road concreting; Construction of Drainage
Structure, Installation of metal guardrails and
provision of thermoplastic Pavement Markings
Source of funds : CY 2013 DPWH Regular Infra
Estimated Contract Cost : P 135,245,770.00
Contract Name/Location : Rehab./Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged
Paved Roads along Davao-Cotabato Road
(Davao City-Jct. Digos Section) (intermittent
Sections) Davao del Sur
Scope of Work : Reconstruction/upgrading ( Asphalt to concrete)
of existing road; Construction of CHB Lined canal
and other Drainage Structure, and provision of
thermoplastic Pavement Markings
Contract Name/Location : Road Upgrading ( Gravel to Concrete) of
Bansalan-Mt. apo national Park Road, Bansalan,
Davao Del Sur
Scope of Work : Concreting of Existing Gravel Road; Construction
of Drainage Structure, Installation of guardrails
and provision of thermoplastic Pavement
Markings
Contract Name/Location : Improvement/Upgrading (Gravel to Concrete)
along Jct. Menzi-Dahican Lawigan road,
(Dahican-Lawigan Section), Mati, Davao Oriental
Scope of Work : Road concr et i ng; Embankment wor ks;
Construction of Drainage Structure, Installation of
Metal Guardrails and provision of thermoplastic
Pavement Markings; provision of transition ramp
2. The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Offce XI, Davao City, now
invites bids for the above-mentioned contracts. 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, Instructions to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the IRR of RA 9184, otherwise known as
The Government Procurement Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino Citizens/sole proprietorships, partnership or organizations
with at least seventy-fve (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens
of the Philippines.
4. Interested Bidders may obtain further information from the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Regional Offce XI, Davao City, and inspect at the address given below
from Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm.
5. 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
the amount of P 50,000.00/project from October 29, 2012 to November 20, 2012, until
10:00 a.m.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the www.dpwh.gov.ph and Philgeps
websites, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the bidding documents not later
than the submission of bids.
6. The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Offce XI, Davao City, will hold
a Pre-bid conference on November 08, 2012 at the DPWH Conference Room, DPWH XI
Compound, R. Magsaysay Street, Davao City at 10:00 a.m., which shall be open only to
all interested Parties who have purchased the bidding documents.
7. Bids must be delivered on or before 10:00 A.M. of November 20, 2012 at the Offce
of the BAC Chairman, DPWH XI, R. Magsaysay Street, Davao City. All bids must be
accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable forms and in the amount stated in
ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened at 2:00 P.M. of the same day in the presence of the bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
8. The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Offce XI, Davao City, 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
bidders or bidders.
9. For further information, please refer to:
Charito Tinio-Mertens
Engineer III- Head, BAC Secretariat
Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Offce XI
R. Magsaysay Street, Davao City
Telefax : (082) 226-9310
Email : mertens.charito@dpwh.gov.ph
bacsecretariatdpwhxi@yahoo.com
(Sgd.) TOMAS M. RODRIGUEZ
Assistant Regional Director
BAC Chairman
BAGUIO CITY DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Kalinga District Engineering Offce
Tabuk City, Kalinga Province
October 25, 2012
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Kalinga District Engineering
Office, Tabuk, Kalinga through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites
contractors to bid for the following project:
Contract ID: 12PH0041
Contract Name: Improvement of Cagaluan Ableg Road
Contract Location: Pasil, Kalinga
Scope of Work: Roadway Widening, Construction of PCCP & Side Works/
Slope Protection
Source of Fund: CY 2011 CARP - ARISP
Contract Duration: 125.00 Calendar Days
Bid Proposal Fee: Php20,000.00
Contract ID: 12PH0042
Contract Name: Improvement of Macutay-San Quintin-Liwan East Road
Contract Location: Rizal ARC, Kalinga
Scope of Work: Roadway Widening, Construction of PCCP & Side Works/
Slope Protection
Source of Fund: CY 2011 CARP - ARISP
Contract Duration: 119.00 Calendar Days
Bid Proposal Fee: Php20,000.00
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 the bid.
To bid 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-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c)
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 contractor, 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.

1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 6 19, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 6, 2012; 10:00 A.M.
3. Receipt of Bids November 20, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
4. Opening of Bids November 20, 2012 at 10:30 A.M.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Kalinga
District Engineering Offce, Bulanao, Tabuk City, Kalinga, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee as shown above. 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. 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 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 DPWH-Kalinga District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) ERNESTO O. VECALDO
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER C. CASTAEDA
District Engineer
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district. LINO SANTOS
Compostela Valley District Engineering Offce
Nabunturan, Comval Province
Tel. No. & Fax No. 084-376-1040
INvITaTION TO BID
No. 2012-022
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works & Highways,
Compostela Valley District Engineering Offce, Nabunturan, Comval Province, invites contractors
to bid for the :
1. Contract ID : 12LA-0035
Contract Name: Widening of Surigao-Davao Coastal Road,
Contract Location: Tibagon, Pantukan, Comval Province
Description: Facilities for Engineer, Other General Requirement,
Earthworks, Sub Base & Base Course, Surface Course,
Drainage Construction, Drainage & Slope Protection
Structure Miscellaneous Structure, Mobilization &
Demobilization, Signs for Worksite, Traffic Control
Services
Approved Budget for Contract: Php 39,199,999.73
Cost of Bid Documents: P20,000.00
Contract Duration: 140 Cal. Days
Contract Name: Replacement of Katipunan Bridge along Nabunturan-
Maragusan Road
Contract Location: Brgy. Katipunan, Maragusan,, Comval Province
Bridge Construction, Drainage & Slope Protection
Mobilization & Demobilization, Signs for Worksite, Traffc
Control Services
Approved Budget for Contract: Php10,583,999.72
Contract Name: Replacement of Magangit Bridge along Nabunturan-
Maragusan Road
Contract Location: New Bataan, Comval Province
Bridge Construction, Drainage & Slope Protection
Structures , Mobilization & Demobilization, Signs for
Worksite, Traffc Control Services
Approved Budget for Contract: Php11,760,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised IRR 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 the 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 ten years, (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment issued by reputable Commercial Bank 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.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit application 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 the complete requirements and issue
Contractors registration Certifcate (CRC). Registration forms can be download at the DPWH
Website.www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents : October 23, 2012- November 13, 2012
2. Deadline of Receipt of LOI : November 7, 2012 @ 12:00 Noon
3. Pre-Bid Conference : October 31, 2012, @ 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids : until November 13, 2012 @ 1:30 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids : November 13, 2012@ 2:00 P.M.
Pre-bid conference will be held at DPWH, Conference Room, Compostela Valley District
Engineering Offce, Nabunturan, Comval ProvinceThe BAC will also issue hard copies of Bidding
Documents (BDs) at the BAC Secretariat, DPWH, Nabunturan,Comval Province upon payment
of the said fees.
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
a day before the submission of their bid documents. The Pre-bid conference shall open only to
interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bid must be accompanied by the Bid Security, in
the amount and acceptable form, at 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 envelope to the BAC Chairman. The First envelope shall contain the
Technical component of the bid, which included a copy of CRC. The second envelope shall contain
the fnancial component of the bid. These envelopes shall be enclosed in one single envelope
submitted to the BAC Chairman. Late bids shall not be accepted. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determine in the Bid Evaluation and Post Qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Compostela Valley District Engineering offce,
Nabunturan, Comval Province reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding
process anytime prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
For further information please refer to:
EDWIN M. ORTIZ
Engineer II
Head-BAC Secretariat
e-mail address: dpwh_bacnab@yahoo.com
(Sgd.) Eva M. DEL FIERRO
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL
REGION
BRANCH 09, MANILA
EFREN S. TaN
Petitioner,
-versus-
ELMaG. SY,
Respondent
CIVIL CASE NO. 12-128122
FOR: Declaration of Nullity
Of Marriage
x-------------------------------------x
SUMMONS BY PUBLI CATI ON
WHEREaS, on August 21,
2012, the Hon. AmeliaTria-Infante,
Presiding Judge of this Court,
Granted the Motion for Leave
of Court to Serve Summons by
Publication, filed by petitioner
through counsel;
N OW, T H E R E F OR E ,
Respondent, ElmaG., Sy, is hereby
required to fle with the Regional
Trial Court, National Capital Judicial
Region, Branch 09, Manila, her
Answer to the Petition fled against
her intheabove-entitledcasewithin
thirty (30) days from the last issue
of publication of this Summons,
serving copy thereof Petitioner,
Efren s. Tan, through his counsel,
Atty. Ma. Theresa Dimazana-Wu,
at Rm. 316, 6/F Manufacturer's
Bldg., Plaza Sta. Cruz, Manila;
otherwise, Petitioner will take
judgment against her and demand
in the Court the relief prayed for in
the Petition.
Let this Summons together
with the Petition be published once
a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines at the
expenseof thePetitioner. Likewise,
Petitioner shall at its expense
deposit copies of the Petition at
the Post Offce of Manila postage
prepaid through registered mail
with return card addressed to the
Respondent at her last known
address.
WHEREaS, wi t ness t he
HON. aMELIa TRIa-INFaNTE,
Presiding Judge of this Court this
23
rd
day of August 2012 in the City
of Manila, Philippines.
(Sgd.) ATTY. EMMANUEL P. VI LLANUEVA
REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES
REGION
BRANCH 09, MANILA
EFREN S. TaN
Petitioner,
-versus-
ELMaG. SY,
Respondent
CIVIL CASE NO. 12-128122
FOR: Declaration of Nullity
Of Marriage under Article 35
of the Family Code
x--------------------------------------x
PETI TI ON
COMES NOW, the petitioner,
through the undersigned counsel
and unto this most Honorable
Court, most respectfully states:
1. That petitioner, EFREN S.
TaN, is a Filipino, of legal age,
married, with postal address at Unit
14HCeladonTower 1, San Lazaro,
Manila, where he may be served
with notices and copies of Court
Orders and Resolutions;
2. That defendant, ELMa
G. SY, is a Chinese citizen, of
legal age, married and with postal
address at 1310 Benavidez St.,
Rm. 110 Sta. Cruz, Manila, where
she may be served with summons
and other court processes;
ANTECEDENT FACTS OF
THE CASE
3. On Oct ober 1, 1985
petitioner and Ma. Lourdes M.
Torres were j oi ned together
as husband and wife by Msgr.
Benjamin Z. Rodriguez at Ermita,
Manila, a copy of the Marriage
Contract is attached as annex a;
4. They l i ved together as
husband and wife for a short period
of time until Ma. Lourdes Torres
left petitioner for greener pastures
abroad and never called him or
wrote himever since;
5. Sometimein1994, petitioner
met respondent, aChineseNational
and they became sweethearts;
6. Respondent thereafter
informed petitioner that she was
pregnant and insisted that he
marries her to give name to their
child;
7. Petitioner was convinced
with respondents pleas that on
June 18, 1995 petitioner and
r espondent got mar r i ed at
Meycauayan, Bulacan before Rev.
Fr. Rufno L. Sulit, a copy of their
Marriage Contract is attached as
annex B;
8. Petitioner however, later
discovered that respondent was
not pregnant andrespondent only
wantedtobe a Filipinocitizenby
marrying him;
9. Thereafter, things became
complicated between them until
petitioner left respondent in 1998
and never saw her ever since;
10. No property was acquired
during the marriage between
petitioner and respondent nor
weretheyblessedwithanychild;
11. Petitioner has filed the
instant petition to seek judicial
relief for the declaration of nullity
of his second marriage under
Article35of theFamily Code, which
provides, to wit:
Ar t . 35. The f ol l owi ng
marriages shall be void fromthe
beginning:
(1) These contracted by any
party before eighteen years of age
even with the consent of parents
or guidance:
(2) Those solemnized by any
person not legally authorized to
perform marriages unless such
marriages were contracted with
either or both parties believing in
good faith that the solemnizing
(3) Those solemnized without
license, except those covered the
preceding Chapter;
(4) Those bi gamous or
polygamous marriages not falling
under Article 41;
(5) Those contracted through
mistake of one contracting party
as to the identity of the other; and
(6) T h o s e s u b s e q u e n t
marriages that are void under
Article 53.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, i n vi ew of
the foregoing, petitioner most
respectfully prays that after trial, the
Honorable Court renders judgment
declaring the marriage between
petitioner and respondent as
null and void under Par. 4 article
35 of the Family Code of the
Philippines and ordering the Local
Civil Registrar of Manila and
the National Statistics Offce to
cancel, delete and expunge from
their respectiveBooksof Marriage
the entry of the marriage between
petitioner and respondent on June
18, 1985.
Petitioner likewise prays for
such other reliefs and remedies
consistent with equity under the
circumstances.
June 12, 2012, City of Manila
(Sgd.) ATTY. MA. THERESA DI MAZANA-WU
Counsel for Petitioner
Attorneys Roll NO. 45821
IBP No. 820945/ Nov. 8, 2011 Manila Chapter
PTR No. 0334816/Jan. 2, 2012/Manila
TIN No. 142-682-303-000
MCLE Compliance No. IV-0001986
(Completed November 2010)
OFFICE:
Rm. 619, 6/F Manufacturers Bldg.,
Plaza Sta. Cruz, Manila
Tel. 7108845/6978798
VERI FI CATI ON AND
CERTI FI CATE OF NON-
FORUM SHOPPI NG
Republic of the Philippines )
City of Manila ) S.S.
I, EFREN S. TAN, of legal
age, Filipino, married, residing at
Unit 14 H. Celadon Tower 1, San
Lazaro, Manila, after having been
duly sworn in accordance with law,
hereby depose and state:
1. That I am the Petitioner
in the above-entitled case
and I have commenced the
preparation of the foregoing
petition;
2. That I have read the said
Petition and understood the
same;
3. That the material allegations
therein are true and correct of
my own personal knowledge;
4. That I have not commenced
any action nor fled any claim
involvingthesameissues inany
court, tribunal or quasi-judicial
agency and to the best of my
knowledge, no such action or
claimis pending thereon;
5. That if there is such other
pending action or claim, I would
inform the Hon. Court of the
Present status thereof;
6. That if I should learn that the
same or similar action or claim
has been fled or is pending, I
shall report said fact within fve
(5) days therefrom fo this Hon.
Court wherein this complaint or
pleading has been fled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto signed this Verifcation
and Certifcation this 12
th
day of
June, 2012 in the City of Manila.
(Sgd.) EFREN S. TAN
Petitioner Affant
TIN NO. 115-711-643
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO
before me this 12
th
day of June
2012 in the City of Manila, affant
exhibited to me his TINNO. above-
mentioned appearing below his
name and signature, known to
me to be the same person who
executed the foregoing instrument,
and he acknowledge to me that
the same is his free act and deed.
(Sgd.) ATTY. MA. THERESA D. WU
NOTARIAL COMMISSION NO.
2012-2013
UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2013
ROLL NO. 45821
IBP NO. 820945
PTR NO. 0334816
TIN NO. 142-682-303-000
Doc. No. 293
Page No. 39;
Book No. XV
Series of 2012
(MST-Oct. 27 & Nov. 3, 2012)
(MST-Oct. 13, 20 & 27, 2012)
National Capital Judicial Region
BRANCH XIV, MANILA
I n t he Mat t er of t he
Correction of Entry In the
Birth Certifcate of Algenne
Jumagbas Dominguez
NENITaJUMaGBaS DOMINGUEZ,
Petitioner,
-versus-
T H E L O C a L C I v I L
REGISTRaR OF MaNILa,
Respondent.
Spec. Proc. No.: 12-128470
For: Correction of Entry
x-----------------------------------x
ORDER
A verified Petition was
filed before this Court by
Nenita Jumagbas Dominguez
praying that after due notice,
publication and hearing, a
j udgment be r ender ed
di recti ng the respondent
to change the entry from
FEMALE to MALE with
respect to sex under Item
No. 2 in the birth certifcate
of Al egenne Jumagbas
Dominguez being his true
correct sex/gender.
WHEREFORE, fnding the
Petition to be sufficient in
form and substance, let the
same be set for hearing on
November 14, 2012 at 10
oclock in the morning before
this Court sitting on the 2
nd

Floor, Old NAWASA Bldg.,
A. Villegas Street (formerly
Arroceros Street), Ermita,
Manila, at which date and time
any person having or claiming
any interest under the entry
whose correction is sought
may fle an opposition thereto,
and appear and show cause,
if any, why the petition should
not be granted.
Let a copy of this Order be
published at the expense of
the petitioner once a week for
three (3) consecutive weeks
in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines
to be determined by a raffe
pursuant to P.D. 1079.
Furnish the Offce of the
Solicitor General, the Local
Civil Registrar of the City
of Manila and the National
Statistics Offce with copy of
the Petition together with its
annexes, and this Order.
SO ORDERED.
Manila, Philippines, August
22, 2012.
(Sgd.)
BUENavENTURaaLBERT J. TENORIO, JR.
Judge
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGION
BRANCH CXLI (141)
City of Makati
IN RE: CHANGE OF NAME AND/OR
CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE
BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF SOPHIA
ANNE SAYAMAN FERRER
THE MINOR SOPHIAANN SAYAMAN
FERRER AS REPRESENTED
HEREUNTO BY HER MOTHER
SONIASAYAMANY REYES,
Petitioner,
-versus-
JOSE JR. QUITO FERRER, LOCAL
CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MAKATI,
NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICEAND
ALL OTHER PERSON WHO HAVE
OR CLAIMTO HAVE ANY INTEREST
THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY
THE CORRECTION OF BIRTH
CERTIFICATE OF SOPHIA ANNE
SAYAMAN FERRER in Items 1, 13,
14, 15, 16,17, 18 and 20,
Respondents.
SPL. PROC. CASE NO. M-7339
x ----------------------------------------x
ORDER
Before this Court is a Petiton for
Change of Name and/or Correction
of Entry in the Birth Certifcate of
SOPHIA ANNE SAYAMAN FERRER,
represented by her mother Sonia
Sayaman y Reyes, praying for the
correction of the foilowing erroneous
entries, to wit:
1.) Item No. 1 of the Certifcate of Live
Birth under the bracket "CHILD", from
"SOPHIAANNE SAYAMAN FERRER"
to "SOPHIAANNE SAYAMAN";
2.) ItemNo. 13 of the Certifcate of Live
Birth under bracket "FATHER" from
"JOSE, JR. QUITO FERRER" to "NOT
APPLICABLE;
3.) ItemNo. 14 of the Certifcate of Live
Birth under bracket "CITIZENSHIP"
from "FILIPINO" to "NOT
APPLICABLE";
4.) ItemNo 15 of the Certifcate of Live
Birth under bracket "RELIGION" from
"CATHOLIC" to "NOTAPPLICABLE";
5. ) Item No. 16 of the Certifciate of Live
Birth under bracket "OCCUPATION"
from "ENGINEER/BUSINESSMAN'' to
"NOTAPPLICABLE";
Birth under bracket "AGE" from "43
YEARS" to "NOTAPPLICABLE";
Birth under bracket "DATE AND PLACE
OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS" from
"APRIL 24,1994 MANILA" to "NOT
APPLICABLE"; and
Birth under bracket "INFORMANT"
from"SONIAS. FERRER" to "SONIAR.
SAYAMAN".
WHEREFORE, let the petition be set
for hearing on November 26, 2012 at
1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, whereby
all interested persons are directed to
appear and show cause why the petition
shall or shall not be granted.
Let a copy of this Order be published
once a week for three (3) consecutive
weeks in newspaper of general
circulation to be determined by raffe,
at the expense of the petitioner, the last
publication of which shall be at least
two (2) weeks prior to the aforesaid
scheduled hearing. The Branch Sheriff
is directed to post, within the same
period, a copy of this Order at three (3)
conspicuous places within the vicinity of
this Court.
Likewise, considering that the matter
sought to be corrected is not merely
ennocuous or clerical, the Offce of the
Solicitor General is hereby specifcally
directed to enter its appearance and to
submit comment and/or answer to the
petition within ffteen (15) days from
notice hereof. Serve a copy of this Order
together with a copy of the Petition to the
Offce of the Solicitor General, the Offce
of the Civil Registrar of Makati and the
National Statistics Offce by personal
delivery.
SOORDERED
Given in Chambers this 24
th
day of
August 2012.
City of Makati, Philippines.

MaRYaNN E. CORPUS-MaaLaC
Judge
(MST-Oct. 20, 27 & Nov. 3 2012)
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Its like theres no such thing as
Christmas for the Palace, which has
already rained gifts of hardship on
the people. All expenses keep rising
and rising under President Aquino,
said Anakbayan national chairman
Vencer Crisostomo.
He said the price hikes smack of
insensitivity to the plight of the
poor although it is within his power
to stop all these price increases. He
does nothing. He even defends the
continuing abuse against our coun-
trymen. This is classic noynoying,
Crisostomo added.
A few weeks ago, he said, the Pres-
ident signed Administrative Order 31,
ordering government ofces to ratio-
nalize rates and increase fees.
Earlier, Department of Transpor-
tation and Communications Secre-
tary Joseph Abaya conrmed the
plan to increase the rail fare by P10
for Metro Manilas train lines while
toll rates are also expected to rise af-
ter All Saints and All Souls Day.
Electricity rates have already
spiked this month and Meralco an-
nounced its plans to impose addi-
tional fees in January,
This is commercialization of
government service. Even now, the
charges of some agencies are already
unjust. Dont we pay taxes? Why
should the people pay more for pub-
lic services? They cant even control
By Gigi Muoz-David
BRANDING the Aquino administration
as insensitive, oppressive and anti-poor,
the leftist youth group Anakbayan said on
Friday it will campaign to gather one million
signatures on a petition to Strike the Hike
in government transaction rates, train fares,
toll and electricity rates.
the increase in the prices of goods,
now even government ofces want
to mulct the public, he said.
San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejer-
cito also opposed the fare increase
for the three existing train lines in
Metro Manila, saying the move will
affect hundreds of thousands of aver-
age income-earners.
If the fare hike proceeds as
planned, MRT3s current fare of P15
will be P25 from North Edsa up to
Taft Avenue, Estrada said.
Abaya said the hike is necessary
because Congress slashed the agen-
cys budget intended to subsidize the
MRT-3 operation.
But Ejercito advised DOTC to
come up with other options, saying
the loss of subsidy is no reason to
resort to a fare hike that will affect
the thousands of riding public, most
especially students and low-salaried
workers.
It is estimated that MRT-3 trans-
ports an average of 500,000, as
against its riding capacity of 350,000
passengers a day.
My understanding is that the light
rail transits were built to provide the
public, especially the poor, with safe
and cheap means of transportation,
Estrada said.
By Vito Barcelo
THE Manila International Airport Author-
ity on Friday announced that some domes-
tic ights of Philippine Airlines and AirPhil
Express will be moved to Terminal 3 of the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport to ac-
commodate the large number of passengers
expected on Nov. 1 and 2.
The 75,000-square-meter Terminal 2 is the
home of PAL and is used for both its domestic
and international ights.
MIAA Public Affairs Ofce chief Consue-
lo Bungag made the announcement after the
realignment of domestic ights of both PAL
and AirPhil starting Sunday, Oct. 28.
Several PAL ights will be moved to the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal
3 while some AirPhil Express ights will also
be operated at the Terminal 3 , she said.
The MIAA management advised all do-
mestic ights passengers taking the PAL
and AirPhuil Express to check with their
respective carriers to conrm their ight
bookings and to determine which terminal
they will be using.
We expect a big number of travelers
this weekend up to next week who will be
traveling to their respective provinces for
the All Saints Day break. A lot of passen-
gers who had purchased their tickets might
have been uninformed of the ight changes
and may be inconvenienced by the new op-
erational changes, Bungag said.
We appeal to all passengers to be at
the airport two hours before their respec-
tive ights and allot enough time for heavy
trafc in and out of the terminals.
Passengers affected by the ight
changes will be ferried by PAL and AirPhil
to their correct terminals, free of charge,
she added.
SINGER-actress Danita Paner
led a complaint of acts of las-
civiousness before the Pasig
City police against local news-
caster and New York lawyer Mi-
cheal Templo whom she accused
of maliciously touching her legs
after midnight Thursday.
Paner is the daughter of for-
mer actress Daisy Romualdez
and former basketball player
Manny Paner while Templo is
the youngest son of former ac-
tress Mildred Ortega and retired
general Emiliano Templo.
Templo was named cutest
TV newsmen of 2011 while
Paner starred in an afternoon
drama series earlier this year.
SPO4 Geminer Tingne of
the Eastern Police District said
Paner, 23, claimed that she was
eating with friends, including
actor JC de Vera, at one of the
restaurants inside City Golf
Plaza on Julia Vargas Avenue
around 12:30 a.m. when Templo
approached their table.
Templo, a newscaster of the
Associated Broadcasting Co.
(TV5), was allegedly drunk and
started to touch both the legs of
Paner, who is also a talent of
TV5, Tingne said.
The actress claimed when De
Vera went to the restroom, Tem-
plo engaged him in a st ght
but they were separated by their
friends and Paners group decid-
ed to leave the restaurant.
4 sleepy cops red
FOUR Pasay City policemen were re-
lieved from their posts after they were
caught sleeping on the job.
Ordered sacked were SPO1 Leon-
cio Munoz, PO3 El Heidi Bulaclac,
and PO2s Romy Dela Cruz and Joshua
Pili, all third shift duty personnel of
Police Community Precinct 10. Also
relieved for command responsibil-
ity was the precinct chief, Chief Insp.
Reynaldo Pacunan.
Chief Supt. Benito Estipona, direc-
tor of the SPD, said he was prompted to
sack the erring policemen after a televi-
sion news team caught them dozing at
their headquarters at around 2 am Thurs-
day. Ferdinand Fabella
Club marks 1st year
THE Geriatric Center is celebrating the
rst anniversary of the GrandPa and
GrandMa Club dubbed as Grampy and
Gramys Day Out from 10 a.m. to 12
noon on October 27 at the Henry Sy
Auditorium St. Lukes Medical Center-
Global City.
The Geriatric Center is inviting the
public for a half a day of pampering and
fun activities aimed to benet those who
are physically or cognitively challenged
but do not require 24-hour supervision;
those who are already in the early stages
of Alzheimers disease; those who are
mobile, with the possible assistance of a
cane, walker or wheelchair.
The Grandma and Grandpa Club is
an adult day-care program of SLMC
whose activities are designed to promote
the well-being of senior citizens through
social and health-related services.
The Club addresses the quality of life
issues for geriatric patients. Our focus is
to prevent further emotional, physical or
cognitive degeneration of the elderly. The
Geriatric Center of SLMC and trained
and dedicated staff -- geriatric consultant,
fellow in-training, geriatric nurse, physi-
cal and occupational therapists a n social
workers. Supporting the program are car-
ing volunteers, senior aides, and qualied
interns, according to Dr. Earleen C. Seno-
Ong, director of the Center.
For details, please call the SLMC
Relationship Marketing Department
at (632)7897700 ext. 5062 or Geriat-
ric Center Ext. 7082, Camille Puno
(0932-8467435), Faith Caronan (0932-
8449343). Registration fee for the anni-
versary celebration is P350 (inclusive of
snacks and materials for the activities).
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Reforms in PH sports
Laguna, Calapan bets win
WHILE the decision of businessman Man-
ny Pangilinan, a legendary supporter of
Philippine sports, not to contest the presi-
dency of the Philippine Olympic Com-
mittee, where incumbent president Jose
Peping Cojuangco is seeking a third
term, we can appreciate Pangilinans deci-
sion given the reality of Philippine society.
The reality is that Peping Cojuangco is
the uncle of President Benigno Aquino III
and whether the president is enamored or
not with his uncle given his showing over
the past two terms, the fact remains that
blood is thicker than water and everything
else that it means.
Rather than delve into what we perceive as
the real reasons for MVPs decision despite
the overwhelming support he received during
a dinner with 19 National Sports Association
members and their commitment to deliver 27
votes, which would have given him the POC
presidency, we prefer to accept the fact that
Pangilinan is fundamentally a hands-on lead-
er, who is results oriented and would never
hear of being elected, but getting others to do
the job for him.
It is not in the nature of Pangilinan. If he
accepts a position, he would want to devote
his time and energies to making it a suc-
cess. With his multifarious businesses some
of which are under duress, he needs all the
time in the world to fend off predators and
to ensure that the Aquino government sends
the right signal to foreign investors because
he cares for our countrys economic develop-
ment more than most others.
Although we must commend athletics
chief Go Teng Kok for his courage in daring
to challenge Cojuangco, the reality is that no
matter how noble his intentions are, he cannot
match the political clout of Peping, long
steeped in wheeling and dealing.
Go Teng Kok himself admitted he has
no dream of winning, but in exercising his
right to run, he is committing himself to
a mission which is to restore sportsman-
ship, justice and order in the POC which
is something the people are clamoring for.
At a time when the scourge of political
dynasties is being seriously questioned by
well-meaning individuals, who want the
clear Constitutional mandate for Congress
to pass legislation that would ban dynas-
ties to be given due course, it seems that
Peping Cojuangco continues to ignore
the constitutional admonition and is en-
gaged in perpetuating dynasties in sports.
He pushed for the nomination of his
daughter, a very charming and talented
lady whom we respectMikee Cojuangco
Jaworskito replace Frank Elizalde as In-
ternational Olympic Committee represen-
tative to the Philippines.
Cojuangco has reportedly appointed Mi-
kees husband, Dudut Jaworski - another
ne young man we might add, to head the
Asian Centennial Games.
He has also reportedly recruited his nephew,
a certain Mr. Sumulong and his wife from the
US, to handle strength and conditioning, while
Pepings longtime employee Joey Romasanta
is seeking the POC vice presidency.
We have nothing personal against the ap-
pointees, but we seriously question the pro-
priety of these appointments.
The challenge is clear. All good men must
rise against this leadership and dynasty in
sports and at the very least elect members,
who share the vision and the passion for re-
forms in Philippine sports espoused by Pan-
gilinan and his trusted president of the Ama-
teur Boxing Association of the Philippines,
Ricky Vargas and the many NSA presidents,
who rallied around Pangilinan, not for him-
self but for what he stood for.
Vargas made it clear that he is a supporter
for change and good governance with less
politics but unity and a leadership of account-
ability, integritynot patronage or build-
ing dynasties. While Vargas doesnt want to
be branded a campaign manager, which is a
political term, he will support the reformist
group that will help instill these values and
bring about meaningful changes in the POC.
Anything less would ring the death-knell
of Philippine sports.
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Hurdler Rocena Chua capped her stint
in the Southern Luzon qualifying leg
with a sixth gold medal in the girls 14-15
4x400-meter relay, where the 14-year-old
helped Laguna clock four minutes and
53.6 seconds over Oriental Mindoros
5:28.3 and Calapan Citys 5:55.1.
The sophomore high school from St.
Michael College, Binan, Laguna also won
the 400m hurdles and triple jump yesterday
after capturing gold medals in the 100m hur-
dles, high jump and 4x100m relay.
Chua, daughter of a truck driver assist-
ant, was the runaway winner in the 400m
hurdles after clocking 1:15.9. Mary Jane
Mantilla, also from Laguna, settled for
silver (1:24.5) and Palawans Ercel San-
telices Oiga placed third (1:27.4).
Magiging masaya ang mga magulang
ko sa mga medalyang ito. Ready na ako
sa national nals, said Chua, who began
her track and eld career at 10 years old.
Chua and her teammates also contrib-
uted heavily to Lagunas 30 gold med-
als in athletics. Dasmarinas City, Cav-
ite grabbed 20 gold medals at the Jose
Leido Memorial High School here and
Palawan brought home eight.
CALAPANLaguna scooped 10 gold medals
in the pool and dominated athletics, even as
Calapan City struck hard in taekwondo in Day 3
of the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine
Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games here.
TOYOTA Motor Philippines, through TMP
president Mich Sugata, will stake an Altis as
a hole-in-one prize in the Gov. Penny Policar-
pio Golf Classic at Valley on Monday, Jake P.
Ayson announced.
The 1.6-liter best-selling model of Toyo-
ta will be up grabs on No. 18 of the Valley
South Course in Antipolo City in the event
hosted by Rotary Tandang Sora QC, headed
by Dr. Lito Durante.
The tournaments proceeds will benet the
urban poor in some parts of QC, said Ayson, a
past president of Rotary Tandang Sora under RI
District 3780 headed by Gov. Policarpio.
Golf stakes Toyota Altis
FUELED by a strong desire to give addi-
tional boost to local bowling, the Philippine
Bowling Congress launches its 41st PBC-
Philippine Sports Commission-Philippine
Olympic Committee Open championships
on Nov. 4 to 18 at the SM Bowling Center at
the Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
There is an urgent need to develop young
bowlers with great potentials to help our
country regain its old glory days in Asia and
other parts of the world, said PBC president
Ernesto A.Toti Lopa.
Members of the national team, led by
2006 world mens champion Biboy Rivera
will be featured in the two-week kegfest, but
this early, Lopa is already excited to see how
young, upcoming players like 16-year-old
Enzo Hernandez and Alexis Sy will perform
against the veterans.
Hernandez emerged rst runnerup in the
2012 Bevida-Storm International Masters
Challenge and silver medalist in the 2012
16th Asian Youth boys doubles event, while
Sy bagged the girls Masters title in the same
Asian Youth competition held in Egypt.
Rivera, silver winner in the last Southeast
Asian Games in Indonesia, is, of course, the
bowler to watch. Also expected to vie for
honors is Frederick Ong, rst runnerup in
the Masters event of the 26th SEAG.
PSC, the POC, Philippine Charity Sweep-
stakes Ofce, Department of Tourism and
Boysen Paints are the sponsors of the P1.509
million kegfest which, unlike in previous na-
tional competitions, will be limited only to lo-
cal campaigners.
National kegfest starts Nov. 4
TUASON Racing School
brings the grandest and most
exciting motorsports festival
of the year as it stages the third
and nal leg of the TRS Race-
day this Sunday at the Batan-
gas Racing Circuit.
The TRS Raceday, dubbed
as the countrys grassroots
motorsports festival, is fast
becoming a popular event for
racing enthusiasts and fans as
they get the chance to grab the
spotlight and win prizes from
the activities organized for the
whole-day affair.
And nothing but the best is
lined up for the nal leg as TRS
added lifestyle activities like the
Run the Race Track Marathon
co-presented by AutoReview,
aside from the Car Club Track
day, the third leg of Bridgestone
Cup for Media and Car Club,
Retro Race and the much-antic-
ipated nal showdowns in the
TRS Cup, a grassroots circuit-
racing program.
With three more races to go,
the clash between the expert
and novice drivers is expected
to get hotter in the TRS Cup
powered by Castrol, Bridge-
stone, Standard Insurance,
Coke Zero, OMP, AAP, Ford
Alabang, Emotions, Speedlab,
Aguila Auto Glass, Lifeline
Ambulance, PLDT, C! Maga-
zine, Kotse.com, HasTRavel,
Stoplight TV and Business
World.
The rivalry between PTCC
champion Stuart MacDonald
and Philippine Volcanos Sean
Redpath will intsify as the quest
for the Expert crown goes down
to the nal three races.
MacDonald, who won four of
the six races, leads the title race
with 78 points, with Redpath
just close behind in second with
72 points and could still pull a
title feat if he sweeps the last
three races.
Getting in their way are South
Korean Micky Kim who bagged
an impressive runner-up nish
in Race 4, C! Magazines Angel
Rivero, Alvin Ng and GT podi-
um nisher Leo San Juan.
TRS Raceday goes
to Batangas circuit
Record field begins chase for badminton honors
A BUSY rst day, with over
250 matches, kicks off hos-
tilities in the P1 million MVP
Sports Foundation-Philippine
Badminton Ranking System
(PBaRS) Makati leg today in
the biggest gathering of cur-
rent and upcoming stars chas-
ing cash prizes, ranking points
and possible spots in the na-
tional pool.
Games start at 8 a.m. and
will run throughout the day
until 8:40 p.m. at Powers-
mash in Makati City as orga-
nizers stretched the playing
hours to accommodate the
record eld of close to 700
entries ghting it out for top
honors in 15 events.
That includes the center-
piece Open mens and wom-
ens singles, which stake
P70,000 to the winners, the
boys and girls U-19 and
U-15 singles, the Open,
boys and girls doubles and
the mixed doubles.
The Open mens singles,
the Under-19 and U-15
boys singles have lured a
huge 128-player eld each,
according to tournament di-
rector Nelson Asuncion. For
details and results, log on to
www.pbars.com.
While members of the na-
tional pool are expected to
assert their might over the
lesser lights, reversals are
not being ruled out with the
aspiring players, particularly
from the provinces, raring
to prove their worth in a bid
to gain ranking points in
the ve-day championship
sponsored by MVP Sports
Foundation.
Swimmer Nicole Mean Pamintuan
also made Laguna, last years national
overall champion, proud in the talent
discovery regional qualier for 15 years
old and below. Top performers in the re-
gional legs will advance to the national
championship in Iloilo on Dec.5 to 8.
The 13-year-old lass from Sta. Rosa,
Laguna pocketed three medals in the
girls 13-15 400m freestyle, 100m free-
style and 200m medley relay.
Pamintuan, a Grade 7 pupil from St.
Michael College, nished the 400m free
in ve minutes at to defeat Antipolo
Citys Gwen Bryne Prejula (5:07.68)
and Elaine Joy Manalang (5:14.18).
She later registered 1:05.21 in the
100m free, beating Lagunas Marie
Pauline Robles (1:08.53) and Beat-
riz Ocampo of Lucena City (1:12.03)
before anchoring the province in the
200m medley relay (2:22.93).
Tanker Gabriel Velasco of San Pa-
blo, Laguna grabbed two gold medals
from the pool along with Pamintuans
teammates Aura Aquino and Carla Mae
David. Justine Ann Abastillas of Luce-
na City also clinched two golds in the
girls 11-12 400m free and 100m free.
Velasco, Grade 7 from Grace and Truth
Christian College, snagged the rst medal
in swimming after dominating the boys
11-12 400m free in 5:13.94. Lagunas John
Carlo Carmona (5:53.12) placed second
and James Allen Alcantara, who came from
the same province, clocked 5:56.65.
Velasco added the boys 11-12 200m
back (2:46.53) in his collection while
David and Aquino won the girls 12-un-
der 50m breast stroke (41.93 seconds)
and 200m buttery (2:49.53), respec-
tively. The othe Laguna victory came
from Joshua Casino, who won the boys
13-15 100m free (58.78 sec.).
Karting aces
eye title feats
YOUNG and upcoming karters take the
spotlight with the kickoff of the three-leg
2012 Coca-Cola Formula Cadet Cup and
Mini-ROK Cup this Sunday at the Clark
International Speedway.
Tai Zulberti of CityKart, Jose Luigi
Lachica of One Racing and Flynn Jackes of
TRS-Castrol Racing Kids are set to reassert
their supremacy in their respective divi-
sions in this event sanctioned by the Auto-
mobile Association Philippines, and spon-
sored by Coca-Cola, Yokohama the ofcial
tires, Sparco, Motorstar and Aeromed.
Zulberti renews his rivalry against FERN-
C Racings Dylan Arambulo and AT Tuason
of TRS-Castrol Racing Kids in the Formula
Cadet Expert Class, while Lachica intends to
keep his spot as the top karter in the Formula
Cadet Novice division against Francis Tanlu
of AUTS Racing and Eagle Cement bets Ja-
cob Ang and Eduardo Coseteng Jr.
Joining the big eld of the combined
Formula Cadet race are Sean Draeco
McLelland, William Casequin of TRS-
Castrol Racing Kids, Jacob Chamness
and Mikey Jordan of CityKart and Bianca
Bustamante of Formula E Racing.
Jackes is keen on defending his crown
as his rivalry with Gabe Cabrera is ex-
pected to brew hotter in the Mini-ROK
division as they will be joined by Vince
Adrian Rojo of Industria Racing, Liam
Edward Sacal, Stephen Taylor and Tyger
Espino among others.
The Coca-Cola Formula Cadet Cup
and the Mini-ROK Cup are equally ex-
citing side events in the 2012 Coca-Cola
KF2-KF3 Cup Series, which will stage its
nal two rounds.
Formula SL drivers are also set to strut their
wares with Carl Luig of AUTS Racing aim-
ing to prevail anew in the Novice class over
Raymond Cudala of FERN-C Racing, Mary
Allison Julian of One Racing and CityKart
stalwarts Bjonar Eikevik and Carlos Lorenzo;
and Jaz Monzones of Natmo Asia-GP1 Rac-
ing seeking to stamp his supremacy against
Yvana Carangan of AUTS Racing and Wayne
Norman Darvin of One Racing.
Good luck. The RP Blu Boys Team is shown with Amateur Softball Association President
Jean Henri Lhuillier and Secretary General Danny Francisco before the teams stint in the
Asian Mens Softball Championship in Niimi, Japan. This will be the last time that the Asian
tournament will be a qualier for the Mens World Championship. Our Blu Boys are prepared
to compete and ASAPHIL supports the team 100 percent, said Lhuillier.
Gadi
I nvI tatI on to BI d
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
Department of public Works anD HigHWays
region iV-b, mimaropa
eDsa, Quezon city
The DPWH REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA) through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply for eligibility and, if found
eligible, to bid for the following contract:
Contract Package I
a. Contract ID: 13EO003
Contract Name: a) Road Upgrading/Concreting of Tagbac-
Lubang Looc Road(Intermittent Sections)
KO019+467 KO019+674
b) Road Upgrading/Concreting of Tagbac-
Lubang-Looc Road(Intermittent Sections)
KO014+627.80KO014+698;KO014+798.20
KO015+227.80;KO016+668.50 KO016+693
Contract location: Lubang Island, Occidental Mindoro
Brief Description: Concreting
Approved of Budget for the Contract (ABC):Php16,789,360.00
Contract Duration: 69calendar days
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations.
To bid for the aforesaid contract, a contractor must meet the following
major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen or
75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture
with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost of these contracts,
(c) completion of a similar contract and (d) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least
10% of the ABC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered Contractors, however, may submit their application for
registration, to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before or on the date of
the opening of bids. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements,
and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 26 to November 13, 2012
2. Receipt of Bids Deadline:November13,2012@10:00 am
3. Opening of Bids Deadline:November13, 2012 @ 2:00 pm
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the Bidding Documents (BDs) in two (2) separate sealed
bids envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the
technical component of the bid including 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.
Prospective bidders may also download the bidding documents (BDs),
if available, from the DPWH website (w.w.w.dpwh.gov.ph). The BAC will
also issue hard copies of the BDs at the same address to the eligible
bidders upon payment of non-refundable fee of Php25,000.00. Bidders
that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said
feeon or before the submission of their bids. Bids must be accompanied
by the bid security in any acceptable form in the amount stated in Section
27.2 of the Revised IRR.
The DPWH Region IV-B reserves the right to accept or reject any bid
and to annul the bidding processanytime before Contract award, without
incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) renato l. escuaDro
BAC Chairman
Chief, Planning & DesignDivision
Plopinio, Yuzon make XTERRA PH Team
REDG Plopinio and Hec-
tor Yuzon were recently
named as the two triath-
letes, who will join the
Vaseline Men XTERRA
Philippine Team that will
compete in Maui.
Plopinio and Yuzon best-
ed ve other triathletes and
emerged as winners after gar-
nering the highest total scores.
Their scores were based on
online votes as well as points
they received from the Vase-
line Men XTERRA Tri-Outs
Camp, where they conquered
and withstood physically de-
manding challenges.
Plopinio is a corporate
training manager at Suther-
land Global Services, while
Yuzon is owner of Second
Wind running store.
As winners, Plopinio and
Yuzon will ll the two cov-
eted slots and join Coach
Noy Jopson and celebrity
triathletes Drew Arellano
and Matteo Guidicelli in
the Vaseline Men XTERRA
Philippine Team.
With all ve slots lled, the
Vaseline Men XTERRA Phil-
ippine Team is now all geared
up and ready to raise Filipino
pride and represent the coun-
try in the XTERRA Off-road
Triathlon Global Champion-
ship in Maui on Oct. 28.
The Vaseline Men XTER-
RA Philippine Team depart-
ed for Maui las Oct. 25.
Witness the team com-
pete and raise the Filipino
ag in Maui, Hawaii as
two videos will be upload-
ed this November. Simply
log on to www.youtube.
com/vaselinemenph.
For more information on
the Vaseline Men XTER-
RA Philippine Team, log
on to www.facebook.com/
vaselinemenph.
By Peter Atencio
THE defending champion San Beda Red Li-
ons started strong and nished even stronger.
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
MANNY Pacquiaos mother
wants his son to knock out
Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez
early in their bout on Dec. 8 at
the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
ABS-CBNs Dyan Castillejo
reported that Mommy Dionisia
instructed Pacquiao to nish
Marquez in one or two rounds.
Yes, you knock him out.
Pacquiao and trainer Freddie
Roach both indicated that only
a knockout will help erase the
doubts over their three previous
encounters, the last of which
was the most controversial when
the Fighter of the Decade won a
split decision.
Pacquiao, who winds up his
training in General Santos City
and ies to Los Angeles Satur-
day to begin working out at the
Wild Card Gym of Roach begin-
ning Monday, trained hard in his
two-week stint at the Ray Golin-
gan Gym after early-morning
runs and evening games of bas-
ketball and volleyball.
I am motivated and want to
win convincingly, said Pac-
quiao, who looked good in spar-
ring against 59 welterweight
Rocky Marcial, who has an im-
pressive record of 17 knockouts
in 18 wins with only one defeat.
During their rst sparring
session last Monday, Pacquiao
hammered Marcial, who quit at
the end of three rounds.
In their second sparring ses-
sion on Wednesday, Pacquiaos
hand-speed and punching power
proved too much for Marcial,
who gave up after four rounds.
Dionisia
to Pacman:
KO JuanMa
Generals, Cards clash in IPPCA football tourney
AFTER a brief rest, the quest for col-
legiate football supremacy resumes
today in the 2012 IPPCA Football Pre-
Season Cup with a four-game slate at
the Nuvali Field in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Three juniors games and a lone se-
niors game are on tap today, with the
Mapua Cardinals and the Emilio Agui-
naldo College Generals taking on each
other at Pitch No. 3 at 3 p.m
In the juniors side, the University of
Perpetual Help System Dalta Altalettes
will be gunning for a second straight
win when they battle Xavier School at
1 p.m., to be followed by the match be-
tween the Far Eastern University Baby
Tamaraws and the Le-
tran Squires at 3 p.m. at
Pitch No. 2.
The other juniors
game pits the UST-
Metroil Tiger Cubs
against the Holistic
Education and Devel-
opment Center junior
booters at 1 p.m. over at Pitch No. 3 to
complete todays action in the league
sponsored by Meralco, Nuvali, Natures
Spring, Molten, N20 Gastropub, Boy-
sen Paints, BDO, Topcoms/StarSports
Korea, Bacchus, CDO
San Marino Corned
Tuna and Pingping
Lechon and bankrolled
by IPPCA members
Chemrez Technologies
Inc., Eastern Petroleum
Corp., Filpride/USA88,
Seaoil Philippines Inc.,
Flying V, Oilink, Unioil, International
Engineer Phils., Inc., Filoil Energy
Company, City Oil, Metro Oil Subic,
LPGMA, Omni Petroleum Corp, Trans
Overseas Industrial Corp. and CIIS.
The Altalettes started their campaign
two weekends ago with an 11-2 stomp-
ing of the Squires, and will be tested
today against Xavier School, which
boasts of a superb football program.
The Squires, meanwhile, will try to
get back on track against the debut-
ing Baby Tamaraws, even as HEDC,
which dropped a 1-0 decision to La
Salle Greenhills two weeks ago, will
take on another good football squad
in the Tiger Cubs.
Their efforts to shut down the Letran
Knights from the perimeter paid off as
they made history and came away with
a monster 67-39 win in Game 3 of their
88th National Collegiate Athletic Asso-
ciation mens basketball showdown at
the Araneta Coliseum.
With Anjo Caram and nals Most
Valuable Player Baser Amer show-
ing the way with 17 and 14 points,
respectively, the Mendiola-dribblers
bagged their 17th cage title and be-
came the winningest varsity squad in
the leagues history.
The Lions third consecutive crown,
coupled with the Red Cubs title con-
quest in the junior division, made it a
double celebration for SBC.
Two of the Knights main scorers,
Mark Cruz and Kevin Alas, found
themselves marked men all through-
out as the Red Lions shut them down
from the perimeter.
Cruz, who had 12 game-high points
for the Knights, was scoreless in the
rst period. The Knights only had
Alas scoring for the team in the rst
10 minutes, making seven points in
the quarter as the Red Lions focused
their defense on him and Cruz.
From there, the Red Lions took an
18-10 edge entering the second canto.
Jam Cortes, the Knights third most
reliable scorer, only had six points
and could only make a measly two
with Cruz and Alas as the Red Lions
continued clamping down on them in
the quarter, allowing the Lions to pull
away at 34-14 at the half.
The Red Lions really made sure that
they will be able to bounce back after
that defeat in Game 2. Letran, under
Louie Alas, is a very tough team. They
were hungry, they were well-coached.
And they really made it difcult for us
in Game 2. Eventually, it went down to
the desire of the boys. Their composure,
their courage, their faith without fear be-
came our battle-cry. Eventually, the boys
made it happen, said Red Lions coach
Ronnie Magsanoc.
Magsanoc became the fourth rookie
coach to win a crown on his rst year.
Others who did the trick were Ato
Agustin for the San Sebastian Stags
in 2009, former Red Lions mentor
Frankie Lim in 2007, and Alas for the
Knights in 1998.
Magsanoc took over last summer
from Lim, who resigned after he was
suspended from coaching in the league
for two years for his involvement in a
brawl with San Sebastian College wom-
ens volleyball coach Roger Gorayeb.
The Red Lions feat gave them their
sixth championship in seven years.
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GO CHALLENGES PEPING
ATHLETICS chief Go Teng Kok is challenging incum-
bent Philippine Olympic Committee head Peping
Cojuangco for the presidency. Go made good his
promise to run against Cojuangco after basketball
chief Manny V. Pangilinan backed out of his bid
Wednesday. I sticked to my word that if theres
nobody who will challenge Peping, I will stand and
run against all odds, said Go, who was declared
persona non grata by the POC last year for speaking
against the present leadership. He beat the 12 noon
deadline by ling his candidacy at the POC ofces in
Pasig yesterday morning. Peter Atencio
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Eagles, Tigers renew rivalry at Unigames
UNIVERSITY of Sto. To-
mas plays Ateneo de Manila
in the quarternals of the
mens basketball events in
the 17th Sandugo-University
Games in Bacolod City in a
replay of the recent Univer-
sity Athletic Association of
the Philippines nals, while
University of the East meets
Visayas powerhouse team
South Western University.
National University squares
off against University of Ne-
gros Occidental-Recoletos and
Adamson University takes on
surprise quarternalist Hercor
College from Roxas City in the
other quarternal matches of
this annual national collegiate
competition also sponsored
by SMART, Philippine Sports
Commission and Molten.
In womens basketball, last
years champion Adamson
University seeks a nals slot
against National University,
while Lyceum of the Philippines
University contests the other
championship slot against Far
Eastern University.
FEU exed its muscles in
athletics, with Josie Malacad
leading the charge with two in-
dividual golds in the 200m and
400m runs and a team gold in
the classical relay.
The Tamaraws have already
won a total of 10 gold medals
going into the last day of the
athletics competition.
De La Salle University had
two golds, while College of St.
Benilde, UP-Diliman and Jose
Rizal University had a gold
each in the completed events.
San Beda College and UP-
Diliman completely domi-
nated the mens and womens
swimming events, with the
Alabang-based SBC male tank-
ers winning 15 of the 16 events
contested and Wilfredo Sunglao
amassing six individual and one
team gold medal.
In the distaff side, UP-Dili-
man likewise ruled 15 of the
16 events with Claire Adorna
contributing 4 gold medals.
Central Philippine Univer-
sity took both the mens and
womens division champion-
ship in karatedo, topping three
events in the mens side and
taking the gold in seven wom-
ens events.
By Jeric Lopez
PLAYING with overowing con-
dence, Alaska is starting to show the
consistency it badly desired.
The surging Aces sailed to their
third straight victory after handling
Air21 with ease, 92-81, in the 2013
Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta
Coliseum yesterday.
Jvee Casio, who was hospitalized
the other day, still managed to play
big with a team-high 19 points, while
Calvin Abueva again had a double-
double with 16 points and 12 rebounds
to spearhead Alaska.
Cyrus Baguio and Dondon Honti-
veros likewise contributed well with
15 markers apiece and Sonny Thoss
added 11 more.
After starting at the bottom, Alaska
found itself tied with idle Meralco
at third place on similar 3-2 marks.
Air21 fell to 1-5.
We started well defensively and
that set the tone for us. We were able
to work hard on our defense, said
Alaska coach Luigi Trillo.
Riding the early exploits of Baguio,
Hontiveros and Abueva in the early
goings, the Aces were able to break
the game wide open immediately as
early as the second frame. The three
ignited a key 19-5 assault in between
the rst two periods to give Alaska a
commanding 40-22 distance with 6:09
to go before halftime.
Aces streak
to 3
rd
victory
Red Lions three-peat
CALATAGANMhark Fernando snapped
a year-long victory drought on the ICTSI
Philippine Golf Tour, routing the eld with
a solid closing three-under 69 for a ve-shot
romp over Runo Bayron in the P1 million
ICTSI Calatagan Challenge here yesterday.
Not even a bogey-bogey mishap from No.
14 could stop Fernando from annexing his first
victory since beating Juvic Pagunsan for the
ICTSI Del Monte crown last year as the former
national champion had built enough cushion
with a fiery five-under card after 13 holes to
post the runaway victory.
With surprise second day leader Korean
amateur Hwang Kang Yul, who led Fer-
nando and Bayron by one before the nal
round, failing to withstand the pressure and
fell back with a double-bogey start, Fernan-
do birdied two of the rst four holes to wrest
control and pulled away with three birdies in
the rst four holes at the back of the Calata-
gan layout he calls home.
He wound up with a four-under 212
and took the top P200,000 purse in the
54-hole tournament serving as the 13th
leg of the 15-stage circuit organized by
Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc.
Fernando
ends slump
Hector Yuzon (left) and Redg Plopinio
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Games Today
(Nuvali Field, Sta. Rosa, Laguna)
PITCH 2
1 p.m. Perpetual vs Xavier (jrs)
3 p.m. FEU-Fern vs Letran (jrs)
PITCH 3
1 p.m. UST vs HED (jrs)
3 p.m. Mapua vs EAC (srs)
Players, ofcials, coaches and supporters of the San Beda College team celebrate the Lions title conquest. Inset shows rookie SBC coach
Ronnie Magsanoc getting a victory ride. LINO SANTOS
Phiten extended a helping hand to the Lyceum Lady Pirates in their
campaign in the 17th Sandugo-University Games in Bacolod City.
Two years ago, Lyceum nished second to Adamson in the womens
division. Phiten General Manager Ronnie Colmenar presents
necklaces and kinesio tapes to Mary Angelie Vasquez, team captain
of the Lady Pirates, who visited the company ofce in Makati. With
them is Alfredo Mallari, Phiten Operations Manager.
B1
Business
Ray S. Eano, Editor business@mst.ph
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor; extrastory2000@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Sugar sector mulls over exports in November
Mindanao firms urged
to run power generators
BayanTel withdraws 3G license bid
Tetangco
sees lower
ination
in October
BSP: Further rate cuts possible
VOLUME 794.438M
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing October 25, 2012
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
Unleaded Gasoline
P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.3760
Japan Yen 0.012534 0.5186
UK Pound 1.604300 66.3795
Hong Kong Dollar 0.129041 5.3392
Switzerland Franc 1.072616 44.3806
Canada Dollar 1.006340 41.6383
Singapore Dollar 0.818465 33.8648
Australia Dollar 1.033912 42.7791
Bahrain Dinar 2.652872 109.7652
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.0336
Brunei Dollar 0.815129 33.7268
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000104 0.0043
Thailand Baht 0.032595 1.3487
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.2652
Euro Euro 1.297600 53.6895
Korea Won 0.000907 0.0375
China Yuan 0.160051 6.6223
India Rupee 0.018612 0.7701
Malaysia Ringgit 0.327118 13.5348
NewZealand Dollar 0.814797 33.7130
Taiwan Dollar 0.034160 1.4134
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Thursday, October 25, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
P41.210
CLOSE
Closing October 25, 2012
5,405.16
6.47
HIGH P41.210 LOW P41.355 AVERAGE P41.300
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
Belle-Melco deal. Belle Corp. and wholly-owned subsidiary Premium Leisure and Amusement Inc. signed a cooperation
agreement with Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. to develop and operate an integrated resort complex in Belles property along
Diosdado Macapagal Avenue, fronting the Pagcor Entertainment City complex in Paraaque City. Shown (from left) are Crown
Ltd. Australia chairman James Packer, Melco chairman Lawrence Ho, President Aquino and SM Investments Corp. co-vice chairman
Henry Sy Jr.
THE Philippines, which has cut interest
rates four times this year, has the ability to
slow capital inows by adjusting monetary
policy as ination remains tame, central
bank Governor Amando Tetangco said.
Theres scope for trying
to inuence capital ows by
interest-rate adjustment,
Tetangco said in a Bloomberg
Television interview Friday.
Lower policy rates also reduce
incentives for carry-trade ows
and we know that strong capital
inows can lead to possible
exchange-rate overshooting.
The Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas on Thursday cut its
overnight borrowing rate by
0.25 percentage point to a record
3.5 percent, bringing the total
reduction in 2012 to 1 point.
The pesos more than 6 percent
gain this year makes it among
the best performers of Asias 11
most widely traded currencies
tracked by Bloomberg. Faster
growth in the $225-billion
economy and higher interest
rates attract investors, Tetangco
said.
Asian nations are intensifying
efforts to bolster growth as
the World Bank forecasts the
weakest regional expansion this
year since 2001,
with South Korea
and Thailand cutting
borrowing costs and
some economists
predicting India will
ease monetary policy
next week. Lower
rates may also help
restrain gains in
the Philippine peso
as faltering global
demand led to a
decline in exports.
The central bank
has to address a strong peso
as this could affect growth,
said Alex Pomento, head of
research at Macquarie Group
Ltd.s Manila unit. The central
bank has room to cut the rates
until 2.5 percent
in 12 months. If
ination accelerates
the central bank
can easily change
direction.
The next policy
meeting is scheduled
for Dec. 13.
Thursdays rate cut
will provide additional
support to domestic
consumption and
investment, Tetangco
said.
Gross domestic product rose
5.9 percent in the second quarter
from 6.3 percent in the previous
three months, which was the
fastest expansion in Southeast
Asia.
The Bangko Sentral lowered
its ination forecast for this
year to 3.3 percent from 3.4
percent, and to 3.9 percent
from 4.1 percent next year.
Ination unexpectedly eased in
September to 3.6 percent from a
year earlier.
Consumer prices will
probably increase 2.9 percent
to 3.8 percent this month from
a year earlier, Tetangco said
in a mobile-phone message
to reporters. Sufficient food
supply and peso gains helped
offset the impact of higher
electricity and kerosene costs,
he said. Bloomberg
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
BANGKO Sentral Governor
Amando Tetangco Jr. said
Friday ination in October is
forecast to fall within the range
of 2.9 percent to 3.8 percent.
Tetangco said in a text
message to reporters the
ination forecast reected a
downtrend in price increases,
as supply of major food groups,
including rice, was sufcient
to meet demand. The price of
Dubai crude oil also declined.
Actual ination hit 3.6 percent
in September.
These, together with peso
appreciation could have offset
increases in domestic prices of
premium and regular kerosene
and electricity charges, to cause
an overall slower ination for
the month, he said.
The forecast supports our
expectation of benign ination
over the policy horizon and
should keep interest rates low
for some time, he said.
Tetangco said the Bangko
Sentral would remain watchful
of global developments that
could impact on international
commodity prices and on
global and domestic aggregate
demand.
The Bangko Sentral on
Thursday cut policy rates
by another 25 basis points,
bringing the overnight
borrowing rate to a new
record-low of 3.5 percent
and overnight lending to 5.5
percent.
It also revised the ination
forecast in 2012 to 3.3 percent
from 3.4 percent and the 2013
estimate to 3.9 percent from
4.1 percent.
Ination forecast in 2014
was also revised to 3.1 percent
from 3.3 percent.
British investment bank
Barclays said in a report the
25-basis-point rate cut was
driven more by concerns
around the pesos strength,
given the favorable interest
rate differentials.
In the policy statement,
the central bank indicated
that the rate cut is to
buffer domestic demand
against a backdrop of weak
external demand. However,
the BSP believes that the
underpinnings of domestic
demand remain strong,
Barclays said.
By Lailany P. Gomez
BAYAN Telecommunications has
dropped its plan to bid for the 10
megahertz, third-generation license
that the National Telecommunications
Commission will auction next year, an
ofcial said.
Aniceto Franco III, BayanTels vice
president and group head, said the
telecommunication company owned by
the Lopez Group was no longer interested
in the 3G license that Connectivity
Unlimited Resource Enterprise
surrendered to the goverment.
BayanTel, instead, will use the sites of
Globe Telecom Inc., which is rolling out
the long-term evolution infrastructure,
following a joint agreement between the
two telecommunication companies.
BayanTel has no plan to bid for the
10Mhz, 3G spectrum because we still
have many frequencies left in the 1900
band and we intend to use them as well
for our LTE deployment. There is a
business being developed right now [for
LTE deployment], he said.
Franco added BayanTel could use
Globes facility and vice versa.
We can use the [1800MHz] facility.
Because it is being shared, then we can
actually use the frequencies there together
with Globe. We have a commercial
agreement with them, which says that we
can jointly use that particular frequency
and if we do it properly, then we use
some of the sites provided by Globe and
they can use our sites as well, he said.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Co. has opposed the NTCs decision to
approve the agreement between Globe
and BayanTel, saying the deal was
depriving the government of much-
needed revenues.
Franco dismissed PLDTs claim. The
NTC approved it, so I think that in terms of
being able to use that frequency jointly, the
NTC was able to see justication of being
able to share the frequency, he said.
The NTC in October granted the joint
use of the frequencies assigned to BayanTel
in the 1800 Mhz band to maximize the
usage of the spectrum amid the rising
incidence of mobile communications
complaints against the quality of services
of telecommunication companies.
The regulator directed BayanTel,
which is under rehabilitation, to rst
seek conrmation from the court about
the joint use frequencies.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THE Energy Department wants
large companies in Mindanao to
run their generating sets to make
available some 183 megawatts
of supply under an interim
Mindanao electricity market.
Energy Undersecretary
Josena Asirit said in a
presentation to Mindanao
stakeholders that the government
aimed to tap all potential
available supply sources to
address the power shortage in
the island.
She called on 1,121 companies
in Mindanao to free up their
excess power capacities. They
include Dole Philippines Inc.
(12.6 MW), Philippine Sinter
Corp. (7.5 MW), Asia Brewery
Inc.-Cagayan de Oro (7 MW),
SM City Davao (6 MW),
LTS Malls Inc./NCCC Mall-
Davao (5.9 MW), Coca-Cola
Bottlers Inc.-Davao (5.5 MW),
Fit Mart Mall Inc. (5.3 MW)
and Philippine International
Development Inc. (4.8 MW).
Asirit said the government will
give incentives to big companies
if they voluntarily disconnected
from the grid as part of their
participation in the market.
They will give up those
capacities and run their gensets
instead, so those capacity that
they will not use will be freed
up and used for other Mindanao
consumers, Asirit said.
By Othel V. Campos
THE sugar industry plans to
start an early export program in
November to dispose of surplus
production in time for the arrival
of new stocks.
We have to decongest our
warehouses for incoming
inventory. At rate of milling
this season, our warehouses
will be full to the brim if we
will not start shipment soon,
Sugar Regulatory Administration
manager for planning Rosemarie
Gumera said in an interview.
Gumera said the early shipment
program would also prevent
sugar prices from uctuating too
high or too low.
We just want prices to be at
the same level they are right now.
Rened sugar should be selling at
P50 to 54 per kilo while washed
sugar [second-class sugar] should
be priced not more than P58 per
kilo, said Gumera.
The agency wanted an early
shipment program to sell surplus
production to the world market,
depending on the existing world
or the current price in the US.
Data from the SRA showed the
country had a sugar inventory of
40,952.8 metric tons of A, or
sugar allotted for the US quota,
and 55,853.24 MT of D, or
sugar for the world market.
The SRA said compared
withcrop year 2011-2012, more
mills started operations in the
current 2012-2013 crop year,
with nine in full operation.
Only three mills started early
operation during the same period
last year.
The SRA said in the rst four
weeks of milling in the current
crop year, the sector produced
73,528.03 metric tons of raw
sugar, or 395 percent higher
than the previous crop years
14,824.39 MT.
It said the increase in production
was led by the early start of the
milling season in Negros Island.
Sta. Lucia raises public oat
STA. Lucia Land Inc. said it increased its public
oat to more than 10 percent to comply with
the minimum public ownership requirement of
the Philippine Stock Exchange.
The developer said parent company Sta.
Lucia Realty and Development Inc. sold
20 million shares at P0.67 per share on
Sept. 28.
The share sale, which raised P13.4 million
in proceeds, reduced SLRDIs stake in the
company to 89.87 percent from 95 percent.
It also raised the companys public oat to
10.13 percent, just slightly above the 10-percent
minimum public ownership being required by
PSE against listed companies.
SLI, formerly Zipporah Realty Holdings
Inc., is a real estate company engaged in the
development of horizontal and vertical projects
as well as shopping mall in Cainta, Rizal.
The property rm is controlled by SLRDI,
which in turn is a 50:50 joint venture
partnership between the Robles and Santos
families.
Listed companies with public float of less
than 10 percent have until Jan. 1 next year
to widen their public float. Non-compliant
firms will be penalized with trading
suspension for a period of six months and
could eventually lead to their delisting from
the exchange.
Jenniffer B. Austria
Gas2Grid drills Cebu well
GAS2GRID Ltd. of Australia started drilling
the rst well under its three-well exploration
program at its onshore service contract in
Cebu.
The rst of the three wildcat exploration
wells that will be drilled back to back in 2012,
Jacob-1, commenced drilling operations Oct.
23, Gas2Grid said in a statement.
It said the company-owned Rig-2 would be
used to drill the three exploration wells.
The rst operation is drilling the surface
hole. Surface casing will be set at a programmed
depth of approximately 100 meters and
intermediate casing is programmed to be set
at 300 meters. Target depths in this well are
between 340 meters and 1,000 meters, the
company said.
Gas2Grid recently received approval from
the Energy Department for the drilling program
in service contract 44.
The other wells to be drilled are
Gumamela-1 and Ilang-1. The company said
together with the Jacob-1, the three prospects
vary in size and resource potential. Jacob-1
has a potential to hold 4 million to 50 million
barrels recoverable oil.
Alena Mae S. Flores
Department of public Works anD HigHWays
REGION IV-A
batangas seconD District engineering office
KUMINTANG ILAYA, BATANGAS CITY
invitation to bid
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Region IV-A, Batangas Second District
Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for the
following contract(s):
1. Contract ID : - 12DE 0163
Contract Name : - CLUSTERVI- Construction/Repair/Rehabilitation of Waterworks
System:
1. Pook ni Banal, San Pascual,
Batangas 300,000.00
2. Pook ni Kapitan, San Pascual,
Batangas 300,000.00
3. Banaba Center, Batangas City 300,000.00
4. Brgy. San Diego, Bauan, Batangas 300,000.00
5. Talahib Pandayan, Batangas City 300,000.00
6. San Pedro, Tingloy, Batangas 300,000.00
7. Fabrica & Masaguitsit, Lobo, Batangas 300,000.00
Contract Location : - San Pascual, Bauan, Tingloy, Lobo, Batangas City, Batangas
Scope of Work : - Construction/Repair/Rehabilitation of WaterWorks System
Approved Budget for the Contract : - PhP2,100,000.00
Contract Duration : - 60 c.d.
Source of Fund : - PDAF, FY 2012 GAA, RA10155
Amount of Bidding Documents : - PhP5,000.00
Contract Name : - CLUSTER VII Construction/Repair/Rehabilitation of Multi-
Purpose Buildings:
1. Mainit, Mabini, Batangas 500,000.00
2. Brgy. As-is, Bauan, Batangas 300,000.00
3. Brgy. Sinala, Bauan, Batangas 300,000.00
4. Poblacion, San Pascual, Batangas 500,000.00
5. Sampaguita, Bauan, Batangas 300,000.00
6. Brgy. Catandala, Batangas City 500,000.00
Contract Location : - Mabini, Bauan, San Pascual, Batangas City, Batangas
Scope of Work : - Construction/Repair/Rehabilitation of MPB
Contract Name : - Preventive Maintenance (MFO-1) (Intermittent Sections) (Arterial
Road) at Manila-Batangas Road 1 K0096+000 K0097+000
Contract Location : - Brgy. Balagtas, Batangas City
Scope of Work : - Informatory Sign; Construction Safety and Health; Mobilization
and Demobilization; Roadwork Safety Devices; Rotomilling of
Existing Asphalt Pavement; Temporary Facilities; Removal of
Existing Asphalt Pavement (100 mm thk.); Roadway Excavation
(Unsuitable); Subgrade Preparation ( Extg. Pavement ); Crushed
Aggregate Base Coarse; Bituminous Prime Coat (MC Cut-back
Asphalt); Bituminous Tack Coat (EmulsifedAsphalt); Bituminous
Concrete Surface Coarse (50mm thick) (Repair); Bituminous
Concrete Surface Coarse (50mm thick); Reflectorized
Thermoplastic Pavement Markings
Source of Fund : - GAA 2013
Contract Name : - Preventive Maintenance ( MFO-1 ) ( Intermittent Sections )
(Secondary Road) at Batangas Port Diversion Road
KO 102+(-600) KO 102+000
Contract Location : - Brgy. Balagtas, Batangas City
Scope of Work : - Informatory Sign; Construction Safety and Health; Mobilization
and Demobilization; Roadwork Safety Devices; Rotomilling
of Existing Asphalt Pavement; Crack Sealing; Temporary
Facilities; Removal of Existing PCC Pavement, 0.23m thk.,
(for reblocking at intermittent section); Roadway Excavation
(Unsuitable); Subgrade Preparation (Extg. Pavement); Crushed
Aggregate Base Coarse; Crushed Aggregate Surface Coarse;
Bituminous Tack Coat (Emulsified Asphalt); Bituminous
Concrete Surface Coarse (50mmthick) (First Layer); Bituminous
Concrete Surface Coarse (50mm thick) ( Second Layer ); PCC
Pavement (Reinforced ), 230mmthk., 3500 psi @7 days curing;
Reflectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings (White);
Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings (Yellow)
Source of Fund : - GAA 2013
Contract Name : - Construction/Rehabilitation of Multi-Purpose Pavement @Brgy,
San Miguel, Batangas City
Contract Location : - Batangas City
Scope of Work : - Informatory Sign; Safety &Health; Demolitionof ExistingStructure;
Clearing, Lay Out / Excavation & Backflling; Embankment;
Concrete Works; A. Concrete Pavement, Footing & Columns;
Basketball Goal ( Frame Only ) One Set
Approved Budget for the Contract : - PhP500,000.00
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/
fail criterion as specifed in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 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, Batangas 2nd District Engineering Offce,
BAC Secretariat Offce, Kumintang Ibaba, Batangas City, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the
address given below from 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M..
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Deadline: October 25 to November 8, 2012
Until 2:00-PM
2. Pre-bid Conference October 31, 2012 at 2:00-PM
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents to registered contractors From: October 25 to November 14, 2012
3. Receipt of Bids November 14, 2012 until 11:00-AM
4. Opening of Bids November 14, 2012 at 2:00-PM
Interested bidders are also required to present to the BAC Secretariat, DPWH- Batangas 2
nd
District
Engineering Offce, Batangas City original copies of the following documents for authentication and
issuance of Bid Documents: a) PCAB License; b) Contracts Registration Certifcate; c) Certifcate of
Materials Engineer accreditation; d) Latest Copy of Authorizing Offcer together with machine copy of
two (2) Valid IDs; e) Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Order From (Documents
Request List); g) CY-2011 CPES Rating and h) Income Tax Return (ITR) with Payment slip,
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below
and upon payment of a non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount stated above.
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 that the submission of their bids. All bids must
be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in Section
27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the address
below. Late bid 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 Batangas 2
nd
District Engineering Offce 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(ies) may incur in its participation in the pre-bidding and bidding process nor does
it guarantee that an award will be made.
EDWIN D. ABRIGONDA
BAC Chairman
Attention:
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH, Batangas 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City
Approved by:
(Sgd.) eDWin D. abrigonDa
Assistant District Engineer
Chairman, Bids and Award Committee
Noted By:
(Sgd.) WinifreDo b. olores
OIC District Engineer
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
national capital region
soutH manila engineering District
8th Street, Port Area, Manila
I nvi t at i on t o Bi d f or ;
1. contract iD no. 12oH0167
Contract Name: Proposed Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged
Paved National Road (Intermittent Section) Chainage 3+324.60 to
Chainage 3+527 along Taft Avenue, Manila.
Contract Location: Manila City
Scope of Work: road works-203.40 L.M.
Source of Fund and year: GAA 2013
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC): (Ph. P 6,577,551.79)
Contract Duration: 60 cal. days
Cost of Bid Documents: Ph. P 10,000.00

CONTRACT NAME Proposed Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated
from Pavement & Management System/Highway Development &
Management-2 (HDM-4) Chainage 0000 to Chainage 0856, Chicago
St., Port Area, Manila
Scope of Work: road works-846.50 L.M.
Source of fund and year: GAA 2013
Contract (ABC): (Ph. P 11,919,566.86)
Cost of Bid Documents: Ph P 25,000.00
CONTRACT NAME Proposed Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated
from Pavement & Management System/Highway Development &
Management-2 (HDM-4) along San Marcelino St., District V, Manila
Scope of Work: road works-600 L.M.
Contract (ABC): (Ph. P 16,129,925.20)
Bid Documents: Ph. P 25,000.00
CONTRACT NAME Proposed Rehabilitation /Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged
Paved National Road (Intermittent Section) Raising of Grade with
Drainage Improvement along T.M. Kalaw St. Chainage 0+000 to
Chainage 0+350 (SO02931LZ), Chainage 0+481 to Chainage 0+857
(SO2937LZ), Ermita, Manila
Scope of Work: Raising of Grade with Drainage Improvement-1,107.80 L.M.
Contract (ABC): (Ph. P 14,460,913.91)
Cost of Bid Documents: Ph. P 25,000.00
1) The South Manila Engineering District, through the [above indicated source of funding and year]
intends to apply the sum of [Phil P49,087,957.76], being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)
to payments under the contract for [the above indicated name/no. of contract]. Bids received in excess
of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
2) The South Manila Engineering District, now invites bids for [various construction projects indicated
above].Completion of the Works is required [150 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, Instructions to Bidders.
3) Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary
pass/fail criterion in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA
9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act. Bidding is restricted
to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy fve
percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4) Interested Bidders may obtain further information from South Manila Engineering District, and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from [8:00-12:00 A.M. and 1:00-5:00
P.M.].
5) A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address
below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of
[indicated above].
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government
Electronic System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall
pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
6) The South Manila Engineering District, will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on [October 31, 2012-
10:00 A.M.] at [SMED-BAC OFFICE, PORT AREA, MANILA], which shall be open to all interested
parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
7) Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before [November 14, 2012-09:00 A.M.] at
[SMED BAC OFFICE, PORT AREA, MANILA]. 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 representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8) Bids will be opened on November 14, 2012 at 02:00 P.M.
9) The South Manila Engineering District, 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 or bidders.
For Further information, please refer to:

Engr. RUPERTO H. PINGOL
Head, BAC Secretariat/Procurement Staff
South Manila Engineering District, NCR, DPWH
1018 -8TH Street corner Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
Tel. no. 023044020
rupertopingol@yahoo.com
Fax no. 025279727
(sgd.) guillermo D. salasac
Offcer in Charge
Offce of the Assistant District Engineer
BAC Chairperson
NOTED:
(sgd.) mikunug D. macuD
District Engineer
(MST-OCT. 27, 2012)
Department of public Works and Highways
baguio city District engineering office
Kalinga District Engineering Offce
Tabuk City, Kalinga Province
I nvI tatI on to BI d
october 23, 2012
(MST-Oct. 27, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Kalinga District Engineering Offce,
Tabuk, Kalinga through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites contractors to bid
for the following project:
Contract ID: 12pH0036
Contract Name: rehabilitation/reconstruction/upgrading of Damagepaved
national roads (intermittent sections)
Contract Location: kalinga-cagayan rd. (calanan-enrile sections), ko498+366
- ko499+000
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): php 17,606,056.20
Scope of Work: rehabilitation/reconstruction/upgrading of Damaged paved
national roads
Source of Fund: cy 2013 DpWH regular infra program
Contract Duration: 116.00 calendar Days
Bid Proposal Fee: php10,000.00
Contract Name: rehabilitation/reconstruction/upgrading of Damaged
paved national roads (intermittent sections)
Contract Location: kalinga-cagayan rd. (calanan-enrile sections), ko 499+306
- ko 499+892
Scope of Work: rehabilitation/reconstruction/upgrading of Damaged paved
national roads
Contract Name: replacement of ableg bridge along kalinga -abra road
Contract Location: pasil, kalinga
Scope of Work: construction of 3m x 3m box culvert, pccp and slope
protection
Contract Name: replacement of cawcawayan bridge along balbalan-
pinukpuk road
Contract Location: pinukpuk, kalinga
Scope of Work: replacement of existing bailey bridge with rcDg and
construction/improvement of bridge approaches
Contract Name: replacement of fVr # 2 bridge along liwan West babalag-
macutay road
Contract Location: rizal, kalinga
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 13043318.72
Scope of Work: replacement of existing mobey bridge with rcDg and
construction/improvement of bridge approaches
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 the bid.
To bid 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-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) 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 contractor, 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
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents October 31, 2012 November 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference October 31, 2012; 10:00 A.M.
3. Receipt of Bids November 13, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
4. Opening of Bids November 13, 2012 at 10:30 A.M.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Kalinga District
Engineering Offce, Bulanao, Tabuk City, Kalinga, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as
shown above. 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. 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
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 DPWH-Kalinga District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject
any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award without thereby
incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) ernesto o. VecalDo
Engineer III
bac chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) aleXanDer c. castaeDa
District Engineer
Business
ManilaStandardToday
business@mst.ph extrastory2000@gmail.com
B2
Higher sin tax to propel ratings
By Cecilia Yap and Clarissa Batino
THE Philippines must pass a law increasing
the excise levy on liquor and tobacco, or sin
tax, to meet its goal of winning an investment-
grade rating in four years, Internal Revenue
Commissioner Kim Henares said.
This is one of two measures
that the three major rating
agencies have identied as
important, Henares said in an
interview in Bloombergs Manila
ofce Wednesday. We want to
correct a defective system that
will increase our revenue and use
the funds for health care. Once
passed, we think the measure
will trigger rating upgrades and
positive outlook.
Standard & Poors raised the
nations credit rating twice in the
past two years, bringing it to one
level below investment grade in
July, citing a reduced debt burden
and improved public nances.
The bill that seeks to boost annual
collections by at least P60.6
billion and introduce an ination-
adjustment mechanism will test
the resolve of President Benigno
Aquino III, a smoker himself,
to battle some of the countrys
biggest companies.
One of the key ratings
constraints of the Philippines is the
low revenue mobilization relative
to peers, Christian de Guzman,
a Singapore-based assistant vice
president at Moodys Investors
Service, said by e-mail. It would
be an indication that the Aquino
administration can leverage its
high approval ratings and political
capital into meaningful progress
on legislative reforms.
Shares rise
The Philippines benchmark
stock index, which has risen 24
percent this year, rose 0.1 percent
at the close Thursday. The yield
on the benchmark three-year
bonds fell the most in a month,
dropping by 7 basis points to 3.97
percent, its lowest level in more
than two weeks, according to
midday xing prices at Philippine
Dealing and Exchange Corp. The
peso rose 0.4 percent to 41.208
per dollar Thursday.
When he was elected to ofce
two years ago, Aquino pledged
to ght corruption and tackle an
entrenched culture of tax evasion
thats contributed to the budget
decit and hampered growth as
neighbors prospered. Aquino,
with the highest approval rating
for a president since actor Joseph
Estrada in 1999, also received
rating upgrades by Fitch Ratings
and Moodys.
The tiered excise sin tax rates
were approved in 1996 based on
cigarette and beer costs at the
time, and werent raised until an
amendment in 2004 that called
for increases every two years,
according to Henares.
The government collected
about P26 billion in excise taxes
from tobacco last year. It wants
to boost revenue from smokers
by P30 billion in the rst year,
intending to collect the rest from
alcohol drinkers.
Between the two, we think
smoking is more hazardous to
health, Henares said, explaining
the focus on tobacco. Have
you ever heard of moderate
smoking?
Smoking nation
Seven of the 10 leading causes
of death in the Philippines, where
28 percent of people aged 15 and
older smoke, are diseases related to
tobacco consumption, according
to data from the Department of
Health.
The Philippines has the fourth-
lowest price per pack of cigarettes
worldwide, according to the World
Health Organization, and has one
of the lowest excise tax rates,
Henares said. A Marlboro pack of
20 cigarettes sells for P40, about a
10
th
of its cost in Singapore.
The low price has encouraged
usage, placing the nation at
the top in the region for per-
capita consumption, based on
government data. Smoking costs
the economy about P188 billion,
including expenses related to
health care, productivity losses
and premature death, according to
government estimates.
The Bloomberg Initiative
provided a $255,626 grant to an
advocacy that seeks to reform
and increase tobacco taxes in
the Philippines, according to its
Web site. The grant ends in April
2013. The program was started by
Michael Bloomberg, the founder
and majority owner of Bloomberg
News parent Bloomberg LP.
Fiscal boost
The sin tax bill could broaden
the scal revenue base, and
potentially increase scal space
for the government to increase
capital expenditures, public
investment and other discretionary
spending items such as health and
education, Philip McNicholas,
Fitchs Hong Kong-based director
of Asia Pacic Sovereigns, said
in an e-mail. This could lead
to a higher investment rate for
the economy as a whole and
potentially higher-trend GDP
growth.
The tobacco and liquor levy
and the rationalization of tax
incentives can increase scal
revenue as a percentage of gross
domestic product to at least 16
percent from about 15 percent
now, Henares said.
Corporate opposition
Philip Morris Philippines
Manufacturing Inc. and Fortune
Tobacco Corp., controlled by
billionaire Lucio Tan, formed
a venture in 2010 that was
projected to control 90 percent
of the market. San Miguel Corp.,
the nations largest company,
has about 90 percent of the beer
market. Eduardo Cojuangco,
Aquinos uncle, is the chairman
of San Miguel.
In March, the companies
opposed the P60-billion sin tax
proposal. The Philippine Tobacco
Institute, in a paid ad, said the
measure will increase the tax on
low-cost brands by more than
1,000 percent. San Miguel and
rival Asia Brewery Inc., also
controlled by tycoon Lucio Tan,
said in a separate ad that month
that a 140-percent increase in the
tax on economy beer brands will
hurt sales and put 8,000 jobs at
risk.
Additional revenue from the
bill approved by the House of
Representatives in June was cut
to P31.4 billion, almost half the
Department of Finance target,
according to a government
presentation. The Senate ways and
means committee under Senator
Ralph Recto endorsed a version
this month that cut the revenue
goal to P15 billion, according to
his sponsorship speech.
Competing interests
Recto quit as head of the
committee on Oct. 15 and
withdrew the measure. A group
called Action for Economic
Reforms called on the senator to
resign and in an Oct. 12 statement
said civil society groups describe
the ways and means committee
report as Philip Recto or Recto
Morris report.
In any taxation exercise, you
are always caught in a vise-grip of
competing interests, Recto said
in a speech the day he resigned.
If you try to seek the middle,
chances are you will be crushed in
between. Bloomberg
Tan Cojuangco
Business
ManilaStandardToday business@mst.ph extrastory2000@gmail.com OCTOBER 27, 2012 SATURDAY
B3
Toyotas global car sales up 28%
South Koreas growth
ebbs to three-year low
Japan okays stimulus
plan to boost economy
Oil retreats below $86 a barrel
TOKYOJapans Cabinet approved a
423-billion yen ($5.3 billion) economic
stimulus package on Friday, moving to
fend off recession as the recovery in the
worlds third biggest economy falters.
The emergency spending
package, which is double the
size originally expected, is also
meant to help make up for lost
momentum from reconstruction
in the region devastated by the
March 2011 earthquake and
tsunami.
But ofcials said the boost to
the economy would be modest,
in the range of 0.1 percent of
gross domestic product.
The new stimulus will be paid
for from government reserves.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Nodas
leeway to boost spending is
limited by a legislative standoff
preventing issuance of decit-
covering bonds as the country
faces a scal cliff of some 38.3
trillion yen ($479 billion).
Noda has ordered the
government to draft further
measures to boost growth by
next month, and the legislature is
due to convene an extraordinary
session on Monday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu
Fujimura said Noda told the
Cabinet the package was meant to
speed up Japans revitalization and
help end a long and debilitating
spell of deation.
Fridays decision coincided
with news of a 0.1-percent fall
in the consumer price index in
September, adding to pressure
on the central bank to ease
policies to help ght deation, or
falling prices, which can hinder
economic growth.
National policy minister Seiji
Maehara has been among the
most vocal ofcials pushing the
Bank of Japan to do more to boost
growth, sitting on central bank
board meetings to emphasize the
governments desire for more
action.
Japans economy has remained
in the doldrums for over 20
years and a hoped-for export-led
recovery has been stymied by
the European crisis and slowing
growth in China and elsewhere.
Many economists believe
there is a growing risk of a
recession, contrary to the central
banks expectations of a pickup
in growth later in the year.
Although interest rates are
near zero, the bank could
further expand its asset-buying
program to convince markets
it is determined to break out of
Japans deationary slump, said
Matthew Circosta, an economist
with Moodys Analytics in
Sydney, Australia.
If they have an ination
goal of 2 percent or 3 percent
they should pull out all stops to
achieve it, he said. Theyve
just got to be more aggressive
than they are now, he said.
The stimulus package includes
more than 264 billion yen ($3.3
billion) on disaster prevention
and spending on projects and
subsidies to help along the
lagging recovery along the
northeastern coast, where the
magnitude 9.0 earthquake on
March 11, 2011 and ensuing
tsunami left more than 19,000
people dead or missing.
A big chunk of that is to go to
support for small- and medium-
size businesses. It also earmarks
some 41 billion yen ($514
million) for renewable energy
projects. AP
SOUTH Koreas economy grew at the slowest pace in three years as
Europes debt crisis and a slowdown in emerging markets reduced
corporate investment and capped
demand for exports.
Gross domestic product expanded
1.6 percent in the three months
through September from a year
earlier, the slowest pace since 2009,
Bank of Korea data showed Friday.
That compares with the median 1.7
percent estimate of 13 economists
surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Asias fourth-largest economy grew
0.2 percent from a quarter ago.
Samsung Electronics Co., whose
annual sales are the equivalent of 13
percent of gross domestic product,
reported higher-than-estimated
earnings, bolstering the view that
the worst of the slowdown has
passed. The gains by the worlds
biggest maker of mobile phones
may also support the governments
wait-and-see stance on any further
stimulus for the economy.
This conrms that the Korean
economy is at the bottom, said
Sun Yoo, an economist at Woori
Investment & Securities Co. in
Seoul. Growth is weak but it is
there, with slight upturns in exports and domestic consumption.
Consumer condence in South Korea fell to a nine-month low in
October, according to a separate BOK statement. Bloomberg, AP
OIL fell, poised for the biggest
weekly drop in a month, on
speculation US economic growth
wont be enough to boost demand
amid increasing stockpiles.
Futures dropped as much as 1.2
percent before a US government
report Friday that may show the
economy of the worlds biggest
crude user expanded by 1.8 percent
in the third quarter. That would cap
the rst back-to-back readings of
growth lower than 2 percent since
2009. Stockpiles in the country
have climbed to the highest for this
time of year since 1982.
The market is focused on the
demand side of the equation,
and as weve seen now for many
months, it doesnt look overly
bright, said David Lennox, a
resource analyst at Fat Prophets
in Sydney. The markets not
really going to react unless the
data is exceptionally good and I
cant see exceptionally good data
popping up.
Oil for December delivery fell
as much as $1.05 to $85 a barrel in
electronic trading on the New York
Mercantile Exchange and was at
$85.25 at 3:36 p.m. Tokyo time.
The contract Thursday snapped
the longest losing streak in ve
months, gaining 32 cents to settle
at $86.05. Prices are down 5.4
percent this week, the most since
the ve days ending Sept. 21.
Brent oil for December
settlement on the London-based
ICE Futures Europe exchange
was at $107.61 a barrel, down 88
cents. The contract rose for the
rst time in eight days yesterday,
ending the biggest stretch of
declines since July 2010. Brent
was at a premium of $22.36 to
New York-traded West Texas
Intermediate grade, up from
$22.44 yesterday.
The US economy grew at a
1.8-percent annual rate from July
to September after expanding at
a 1.3 percent pace the prior three
months, according to the median
forecast of economists surveyed
by Bloomberg.
Oil may decline next week
on surging US inventories,
weakening demand and higher
production, according to a
Bloomberg News survey.
Sixteen of 36 analysts, or
44 percent, forecast crude will
decrease through Nov. 2. Fifteen
respondents, or 42 percent,
predicted a gain. Five forecast little
change. Last week, 58 percent of
analysts projected a drop.
US crude stockpiles increased to
375.1 million barrels in the week
ended Oct. 19, the Department of
Energy said on Oct. 24. Supplies at
Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery
point for the WTI contract, rose by
40,000 barrels to 44.1 million, 40
percent higher than a year ago.
Bloomberg
Weak spending. Brian Gibson (top right) and his wife Elizabeth Gibson, both of Framingham, Mass.,
examine stoves at a Lowes store location in Framingham in this le photo. US companies remained
cautious in September and held back on orders for long-lasting manufactured goods that signal
investment plans. AP
New Maybank product. Maybank Philippines Inc. recently unveiled its Maybank Credit
Card product at the Marriott Hotel. The credit cards are available in Classic, Gold and Platinum,
MasterCard and VISA variants which aim to provide nancial exibility to customers. Shown
at the launching of the card are (from left) Jose Rene Villa-Real, country head, MasterCard
International Philippines Inc.; Eden Leah Estrella, head for cards of Maybank Philippines; Deng
Castro, brand and sponsorship management ofcer, Maybank Philippines; and Eric Montelibano,
head of corporate affairs, Maybank Philippines.
TOKYOToyota sold 7.4 million vehicles
around the world in the rst nine months of
the year, up 28 percent from a year earlier,
but its strong growth faces headwinds from a
sales plunge in China that could unseat it as
the worlds top automaker.
Anti-Japanese sentiment ared in China
after Japan nationalized tiny islands in the
East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japan and
Diaoyu in China, intensifying a territorial
dispute. The move set off violent protests
in China and a widespread call to boycott
Japanese goods. The islands are administered
by Japan but also claimed by China and
Taiwan.
Toyotas vehicle sales in China dropped to
about half of last years levels in September to
44,100 vehicles from 86,000 the year before.
In August, Toyota sold 75,280 vehicles in
China, down 15 percent.
Toyota reclaimed its crown as the worlds
top automaker from General Motors Co. in
the rst half, selling 4.97 million vehicles
globally. That marked a turnaround Toyota,
which had suffered setbacks in recent years
from massive recalls and natural disasters.
Toyota, which makes the Prius hybrid,
Camry sedan and Lexus luxury models, had
planned to sell 1 million vehicles in China
this calendar year. But the company no longer
expects to achieve that number. It has not
given a new target.
Over the rst half of the year, Toyota sold
about 300,000 more cars and trucks than GM
did. Initially, that kind of lead was seen as
large enough to make it difcult for GM to
catch Toyota in the nal six months of 2012.
GM said it sold 4.67 million vehicles during
the rst half.
Both companies have said in the past
that they dont care about the global sales
leadership and are focusing on making prots.
But the sales crown is a matter of corporate
pride for both automakers.
Toyotas production was hit by the
earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan
last year and then by ooding in Thailand. Its
sales were also dented by massive US safety
recalls, totaling more than 14 million vehicles
since the quality control problems emerged
three years ago.
GM was No. 1 in world auto sales last year.
The US and China are GMs two biggest
markets. The Detroit company was the top-
selling automaker for more than seven decades
before losing it to Toyota in 2008. AP
APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS
UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF CONSULTANTS

E
Z
Date: July 16, 2012
Name of the Organization: Confederation of Filipino
Consulting Organizations, Inc.
Business Address: Unit 211 2
nd
Floor Grand
Emerald Tower Don F. Ortigas
Jr. Road Corner Garnet Rd.
Ortigas Center Pasig City
Contact Numbers: 310-4931 to 33 local 214
Please indicate sectors or felds:
1. Advisory/ Review
2. Pre-investment & feasibility studies
3. Design services
4. Construction Supervision
5. Management & Related Services
6. Other Technical Services or Special Studies
In support of this application, the following documents are
hereby submitted:
A. Organization and its Coverage (15%)
9 Registration certifcate (e.g. SEC, DT or CDA) or any
document showing existence of juridical personality
9 Articles of Incorporation including amendments thereto,
if any
9 By-Laws including amendments thereto, if any
9 Organization's profle, vision, mission and objectives
9 Statement explaining why the organization should be
recognized as UOC for the sectors being applied for
9 List of registered offcers and provide for resume or
curriculum vitae
9 List of registered members, whether individual or
associations, with respective contact numbers,
addresses, professions and/or disciplines, and track
record
9 Commitment of the organization to cooperate with the
actively participate in the development of one UOC (e.g.
Board resolution or any valid form of offcial statement
of the organization)
B. Accreditation Process (30%)
9 Accreditation guidelines and other relevant documents
describing in detail its registration and accreditation
system for both individual consultants and associations
9 Composition of accreditation board/committee in
charge of the evaluation of members
C. Capacity Building Program (25%)
9 Capacity building program/s adopted by the
organization
D. Regulation/Policing Process (25%)
9 Guidelines refecting the procedure on regulation/
policing by the organization of its members, including
sanctions for erring members
9 Proposed mechanism for dispute resolution of its
members
E. Liaison (5%)
_____ List of offcers and employees authorized by the
organization as liaison offcers, including their respective
position, addresses and contact details I hereby declare
that I am granted full power and authority to do, execute,
and perform any and all acts necessary to represent the
organization in its application under the Government
Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) Guidelines on the
Recognition of Umbrella Organization of Consultants,
as shown in the attached document showing proof of
authorization (e.g. duly notarized Secretary's Certifcate
issued by the corporation).
I hereby certify that the attached documents are authentic
copies of the original, complete, and all statements/information
provided therein are, to the best of my knowledge, true
and correct. Any misrepresentation of a fact is a ground for
disapproval of my application or termination of the recognition
as an Umbrella Organization of Consultants. I shall notify
GPPB of any changes affecting any of the information
contained herein.
MR. ERIC A. CRUZ
Signature over Printed Name of
Organization's Authorized Signatory
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this 16
th
day
of JUL, 2012 in QUEZON CITY, affant is personally known
to me and was known by me through competent evidence
of identity as defned in the 2004 Rules of Notarial Practice.
Affant has exhibited to me his/her government issued
identifcation card with picture 0006 to expire on
as well as his/her Community Tax Certifcate No. 14300440
issued on January 6, 2012 at Manila.
APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION AS UMBRELLA
ORGANIZATION OF CONSULTANTS
In line with Republic Act 9184, its Implementing Rules and
Regulations, and the Government Procurement Policy Board
Resolution 02-2011,
Confederation of Filipino consulting Organizations, Inc.
Unit 211 2
nd
Floor Grand Emerald Tower Don F. Ortigas Jr.
Road Corner Garnet Road Ortigas Center Pasig City
hereby applies for recognition as the Umbrella Organization of
consutlants for the following sector/s of the consulting industry:
Advisory / Review
Pre-investment & Feasibility Studies
Design Services
construction Supervision
Management & Related Services
Other Technical Services or Special Studies
This serves as notice to all concerned to submit to the
Government Procurement Policy Board Technical Support
Offce any questions on and/or oppositions to the foregoing
application not later than ffteen calendar days from the
publication of this application.
MR. ERIC A. CRUZ
Organization's Authorized Signatory
(MST-Oct. 27-Nov. 8, 2012)
B4
IN BRIEF
WORLD
Muslims begin pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia
US poll
funding
exceeds
$2-b mark
56 die in renewed
Myanmar violence
Police ofcer held
in cannibalism plot
Fighting precedes start
of 4-day Syria ceasefire
MOUNT ARAFATHours before sun-
rise Thursday, thousands of Muslims from
around the world stood in the dark on a
rocky desert hill, preparing for prayers on
the rst day of the annual hajj pilgrimage,
a central pillar of their faith.
Muslims believe that prayer on Mount
Arafat is their best chance to erase past
sins and start anew.
The four-day hajj features millions
packed shoulder to shoulder in prayer and
supplication. According to Islam, each
able-bodied believer must make the pil-
grimage once.
Let all your feuds be abolished, the
Prophet Muhammad said in his last ser-
mon on the hill called Jabal al-Rahman,
Mountain of Mercy, in the area of Mount
Arafat. You must know that every Mus-
lim is the brother of every Muslim...be-
tween Muslims there are no races and
no tribes...do not oppress and do not be
oppressed.
Some 1,400 years later, Muslims be-
lieve on this day and at this place, the gates
of heaven are open for prayers to be an-
swered and sins to be forgiven.
I have feelings that cannot be described
in words. We thank God for the chance to
perform the hajj here and visit Gods house
in Mecca, said Mustafa Daama, 27, from
Mauritania.
On other parts of the mountain, Mus-
lims chanted in unison, Labayk Allahuma
Labayk, or Here I am, God, answering
your call. Here I am. AP
Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in
the early hours of Thursday. Saudi authorities say around 3.4 million pilgrimssome 1.7 million of them from abroadhave arrived in
the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for this years pilgrimage. AP
WASHINGTONThe 2012
presidential campaign passed
the $2-billion mark in fundrais-
ing Thursday, fueled by an out-
pouring of cash from both ordi-
nary citizens and the wealthiest
Americans hoping to inuence
the selection of the countrys
next leader.
The eye-popping gure puts
the election on track to be the
costliest in modern US history. It
comes amid a campaign nance
system vastly altered by the pro-
liferation of outside groups and
super political committees that
are bankrolling a barrage of TV
ads in battleground states.
President Barack Obama and
Republican challenger Mitt
Romney have brought in about
$1.7 billion so far this election,
according to fundraising reports
submitted Thursday night.
Added to that: nearly $300 mil-
lion in donations involving super
PACs since early 2011, as well
as tens of millions more in do-
nations to nonprot groups that
run election-related ads but dont
have to disclose their donors.
Obama, the Democratic Party
and related fundraising commit-
tees raised a combined $88.8
million for the rst 15 days of
October, reports showed, while
Romneys fundraising apparatus
reaped $111.8 million during the
same period.
The largest of those were two
pro-Romney groups. American
Crossroads, a Republican-lean-
ing super PAC with ties to for-
mer President George W. Bushs
longtime political counselor
Karl Rove, reported raising at
least $79.6 million through Oct.
15. Restore Our Future, founded
by former Romney aides, report-
ed pulling in $130.6 million so
far. And Priorities USA, a pro-
Obama group founded by two
former aides to the president,
reported $62.8 million in contri-
butions. AP
KYAUKTAWAt least 56 people have been killed and
1,900 homes destroyed in renewed ethnic violence in
western Myanmar as the government warned perpetrators
and the international community appealed for calm.
About 75,000 people remain in refugee camps since
an outbreak of violence in June between the Buddhist
Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in which at
least 90 people were killed and more than 3,000 homes
were destroyed. Curfews in place in some areas since then
have been expanded with the latest violence, but tensions
have stayed high in part because the government has failed
to nd any long-term solution other than segregating the
communities, which have long been in conict.
Since Sunday, 25 men and 31 women were reported
dead in four Rakhine state townships, local government
spokesman Win Myaing said. Some 1,900 homes had been
burned down in the fresh conict, while 60 men and four
women were injured. It was unclear how many of the victims
were Rohingya people and how many were Rakhine.
The United States called for Myanmar authorities to take
immediate action to halt the violence. The United Nations
appealed for calm.
Myanmars state daily Myanma Ahlin reported Friday
the Presidents ofce has warned it will take action against
instigators involving in the clashes. AP
Battles were still in progress at daybreak
Friday, the beginning of a four-day Muslim
holiday that was to coincide with the cease-
re, proposed by UN-Arab League envoy
Lakhdar Brahimi and endorsed by the Secu-
rity Council.
If it takes effect, it would be the rst
pause in the ghting that has taken tens of
thousands of lives. Earlier attempts by me-
diators to bring about a cease-re failed,
though elements of both sides had accept-
ed truce proposals.
The Syrian regime accepted the cease-re
but left itself some signicant loopholes, say-
ing it would respond to rebel attacks. Some
opposition groups said they would abide by
the truce, but several rebel commanders dis-
missed it as irrelevant.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, which relies on a network of
activists, said the latest clashes took place
in the central province of Homs, in Deir el-
Zour in the countrys east and in the city of
Aleppo. At least four rebels were killed and
six soldiers were wounded in overnight ght-
ing, the Observatory said.
The group said three people were also
wounded when troops tried to disperse protest-
ers after Friday prayers in the southern prov-
ince of Deraa, where the uprising began.
Rebels claimed major gains in the key bat-
tleground of Aleppo Thursday, pushing into
predominantly Christian and Kurdish neigh-
borhoods that had previously been held by
pro-Assad forces in northern part of the city,
the countrys largest. AP
BEIRUTHeavy ghting
between forces of Syrian
President Bashar Assad and
rebels preceded the dawn
start of a proposed truce Fri-
day, activists said, dimming
prospects for a break in the
bloody 19-month civil war.
NEW YORKA city police ofcer dreamed up plots to kid-
nap, torture, cook and eat at least 100 women whose photos,
names and addresses he pulled from a condential law en-
forcement database, authorities said Thursday.
Gilberto Valles fantasies about cannibalizing womenin
one, he said he hoped to cook her over low heat, keep her
alive as long as possiblewere retrieved in a trail of emails,
computer les and instant messages in online fetish chat
rooms, and authorities said he was arrested because he was
taking steps to carry them out.
None of the women was harmed, although a prosecutor said some
of the women knew Valle and he had stalked at least two of them at
home or workonce in his police car in a very intimidating fash-
ion. Authorities said he had had lunch with one of them.
Valles estranged wife tipped authorities off to his chilling
online activity, leading to his arrest, a law enforcement ofcial
told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonym-
ity because the ofcial wasnt authorized to speak publicly
about an ongoing case.
Valle, 28, was held without bail on charges including kidnap-
ping conspiracy and unauthorized use of law enforcement records.
US Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman called the charges against
him profoundly disturbing ... the most depraved, most dangerous
conduct that can be imagined and even more troubling because
he is a police ofcer. Pitman said the charges of the steps Valle
took to carry out the plot suggest more than just talk. AP
Suicide bomber kills 20
KABULA government
spokesman says a suicide
bomber blew himself up outside
a mosque in northern Afghani-
stan on Friday, killing at least
20 people and wounding 50.
The attack in the town of May-
mana, capital of northern Faryab
province, came as people were
gathering at the mosque to cel-
ebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday,
said Jawid Didar, spokesman for
the governors ofce.
Top provincial ofcials, in-
cluding the governor and the po-
lice chief, were inside the build-
ing when the bomber set off his
explosives outside, where a large
crowd had gathered, Didar said.
The ofcials were not hurt. AP
Sandy pounds Bahamas
NASSAUHurricane Sandy
raged through the Bahamas
early Friday after leaving 21
people dead across the Caribbe-
an, following a path that could
see it blend with a winter storm
and reach the US East Coast as
a super-storm next week.
Sandy knocked out power,
ooded roads and cut off is-
lands in the storm-hardened
Bahamas as it swirled past Cat
Island and Eleuthera, but au-
thorities reported no deaths in
the scattered archipelago.
Generally people are real-
izing it is serious, said Caroline
Turnquest, head of the Red Cross
in the Bahamas, who said 20
shelters were opened on the main
island of New Providence.
Sandy, which weakened to a
category 1 hurricane Thursday
night, caused havoc in Cuba early
in the day, killing 11 people in
eastern Santiago and Guantanamo
provinces as its howling winds
and rain toppled houses and ripped
off roofs. Authorities said it was
Cubas deadliest storm since July
2005, when category 5 Hurricane
Dennis killed 16 people and caused
$2.4 billion in damage.
Sandy also killed one per-
son while crossing Jamaica on
Wednesday and 10 in Haiti,
where heavy rains from the
storms outer bands caused ood-
ing in the impoverished and de-
forested country. AP
Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
NOTI CE TO THE PUBLI C
The Department of Public Works and Highways-Project Management Offce-
Major Flood Control Projects Cluster 1 (DPWH-PMO-MFCP 1) is planning
to utilize a 45-hectare low-lying area located in Barangays Ibayo-Tipas and
Napindan in Taguig City as disposal site of good quality sediment materials
to be dredged/ excavated from the Lower Marikina River under the Pasig-
Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP), Phase III. The
area is planned to be backflled to approximately 2.0 meters.
The DPWH-PMO-MFCP I would like to hold discussions with the legal owners
of land parcels within the said area as early as possible as it is intending to
start the dredging/excavation project in CY 2013. All concerned are requested
to coordinate with: Ms. Ma. Shiena Palenzuela of the DPWH-PMO-MFCP
at telephone nos.(02)353-6277 or by email to shinski_1221@yahoo.com
(MST-Oct. 13, 20 & 27, 2012)

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