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Beheading. Foreign Affairs staff Omar Pangurangan escorts Mona
and Rose May Zapanta, the mother and sister of convicted killer Joselito
Zapanta, respectively, to the airport on their way to visit him in Saudi
Arabia. Joselito is scheduled to be beheaded unless he can raise the
blood money to stop it. Eric Apolonio. (Story on A8)
Protest. Academics representing the countrys top universities and bloggers gather in front of the Senate to demand that Senator Vicente Sotto III
be penalized for plagiarism. SONNY ESPIRITU
Pilot error. President Aquino delivers his message on the results of the investigation into the plane crash
that killed Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo and two other people in August this year. Behind the President are
(from left) civil aviation chief William Hotchkiss, Transportation and Communication Sec. Joseph Emilio Abaya
and Interior Sec. Mar Roxas.
Evardone, Antonino derail passage of FOI bill
Sotto says sorry, but still denies he plagiarized
4 disqualified party-lists get reprieve
18 disbarred
party-lists in
silent protest
Govt in full control of harbor
Roxas bares
Purisima as
next top cop
Cayetano
to poll exec:
Resign, run
for Senate
Enrile: Ill
be ready in
due time to
tackle RH
ARROGANCE OF POWER
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By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE Majority Leader Vicen-
te Sotto III on Tuesday apologized
to the family of the late US Sena-
tor Robert F. Kennedy for using
translated portions of his famous
speech without attribution, saying
he was sorry if that upset them.
His apology did not stop 37
complainants, including bloggers
and university professors, from l-
ing an ethics complaint at the Sen-
ate against Sotto for plagiarism.
Im sorry. That was not the in-
tention that we had when we used
it, Sotto said, referring to trans-
lated lines from Kennedys land-
mark 1996 Day of Afrmation
speech in South Africa.
Kerry Kennedy, the late sena-
tors daughter, conrmed on Fri-
day the authenticity of a strongly
worded statement against Sotto
that was widely circulated on the
Internet over the weekend.
The statement tore into Sotto
for his unethical, unsanctioned
theft of Robert Kennedys intel-
lectual property and the intellec-
tual property of all whose work he
has plagiarized.
Ms. Kennedy, founder and
president of the RFK Center of
Justice and Human Rights based
in New York, also lambasted Sotto
for using her fathers speech to op-
pose reproductive health rights for
women.
By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE Minority Leader Alan
Peter Cayetano on Tuesday chal-
lenged Commission on Elections
chairman Sixto Brillantes to run
for Congress if he didnt want to
be questioned by the senators dur-
ing a Senate inquiry.
You should run for Con-
gress if you do not want to be
questioned here, said Cayeta-
no, who also dared the Comelec
chief to resign.
By Macon R. Araneta
SENATE
President
Juan Ponce
Enrile on
Tuesday said
he was pre-
pared for any
action that
Senator Pia
Cayetano
would take following her com-
plaints on the delay in the pas-
sage of the controversial Repro-
ductive Health Bill.
I am ready for any remedy
that the gentle lady would want
to take. If you want to put it into
a vote that I be censured or Ill
be kicked out as Senate Presi-
dent, or Ill be outvoted, so be
it, Enrile said.
The senator hurled the chal-
lenge after Brillantes com-
plained that Cayetano refused
to accept his explanation on the
issue on the printing of the bal-
lots to be used for next years
elections.
Brillantes faced the sena-
tors to justify Comelecs P8.42
billion budget, which was later
approved by the Senate nance
committee chaired by Senator
Franklin Drilon.
If I will be questioned, I will
answer, Brillantes said.
He said Cayetanos concerns
on the ballot printing have been
discussed in the media and in
the Comelec en banc meetings.
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Sotto
Cayetano
Antonino Evardone
Enrile
By Maricel V. Cruz
EIGHTEEN out of the 50 dis-
qualied party-list groups on
Tuesday shut down their ofc-
es in the House of Representa-
tives to dramatize their protest
against the left-leaning Bayan
Muna, the party-list group
claiming to be the real and
only legitimate marginal-
ized sector.
You Against Corruption and
Poverty (Yacap) Carol Jayne
Lopez and An Waray party-list
Rep. Bem Noel conrmed that
aside from their groups, those
who joined the protests were Se-
nior Citizen, Ako Bicol, Bagong
Henerasyon, Citizens Battle
Against Corruption, A-Teacher,
Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi
ng Agham at Teknolohiya para
sa Mama Mayan (AGHAM),
Agricultural Sector Alliance
of the Philippines (AGAP),
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court has stopped
the Commission on Elections
from implementing its resolu-
tions disqualifying the Ako Bicol
party-list group and three other
groups from next years midterm
national elections.
The Court in its entirety re-
solved to issue a temporary re-
straining order against the poll
body following the petitions led
by Ako Bicol, Association of
Philippine Electric Cooperatives,
1st Consumers Alliance for Ru-
ral Energy Inc., and Alliance for
Rural Concerns after the Comelec
canceled their accreditation as
party-list groups.
The high court approved the
consolidation of the four petitions
and ordered the Comelec to le
its comment within 10 days.
But although the four groups
might be allowed to participate
in next years midterm elec-
tions, the high court would still
have to decide on the merit of
their petitions.
The Comelec had canceled the
petitions of 50 party-list organiza-
tions to join next years mid-term
elections, saying they failed to
meet all the requirements of the
party-list law.
Through its counsel former
Supreme Court Justice Vicente
Mendoza, Ako Bicol had argued
it would be deprived of a fair
chance to prepare for a nation-
wide campaign should the high
court eventually grant its petition.
The group cited the Comelecs
plan to nalize next month the list
of candidates for the printing of
the ballots starting Jan. 20 next
year. It said it stands to suffer
tremendous and irreparable in-
jury, and will continue to suffer
such, if the implementation of the
Resolution is not restrained.
Mendoza also cited the com-
ing public holidays.
By Joyce Pangco Paares
and Francisco Tuyay
LOCAL Government Secretary
Manuel Roxas, who supervised
the operation of the Philippine
National Police, said on Tues-
day Alan Purisima will head
the police organization as the
country prepares for the 2013
national elections.
Roxas said incumbent PNP
chief Nicanor Bartolome has
agreed to go on no-duty sta-
tus until his retirement in
March next year, and Purisima
will take over as ofcer-in-
charge before the election ban
against appointments take ef-
fect in February.
Alan Purisima, who is the
incoming PNP chief, is making
plans now for the 2013 elections
as head of the election task force.
He will be implementing these
It was truly distressing that the... hearing on FOI
was adjourned without acting on the measure despite
the presence of more than enough votes to pass it, Ca-
sino said.
The chairperson did not use the presence of a quo-
rum and the favorable numbers to pass the bill. Why?
Well thats better left to the House leadership and Mala-
caang to explain, Casio said, after Evardone refused
By Maricel V. Cruz and Christine F. Herrera
BAYAN Muna Rep. Teddy Casio on Tuesday
slammed the arrogance of power after the
House committee on public information headed
by Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone refused to
allow a vote on the freedom of information bill.
to act on a motion for a vote from
Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello.
Obviously, the House leader-
ship continues to be lukewarm to
the FOI bill just like the Executive
branch, Casio said, referring to
the tepid support that the Palace
has shown the measure despite
Mr. Aquinos campaign promises
to push such legislation.
What we saw today was a
kind of incompetence that could
only have been deliberate. I fear
that FOI bill is doomed but we
shall continue to ght for it, he
added.
On Tuesday, Nueva Ecija
Rep. Rodolfo Antonino single-
handedly derailed the commit-
tee proceedings by insisting that
a right-of-reply provision be in-
corporated into the FOI bill.
Antonino also accused the
technical working group led by
Deputy Speaker Lorenzo
Taada III of considering the
Palace version of the FOI bill
while ignoring his right-of-reply
bill.
By Vito Barcelo
THE government on Tuesday -
nally took full control of Manila
Harbour Centre from R-II Build-
ers Inc., the company owned by
businessman Reghis Romero that
developed the property.
The 79-hectare industrial park
had been the subject of a legal
tussle between the government
housing nance agency Home
Guaranty Corp., the major-
ity owner of the Harbour Centre
Ports Terminal Inc. that runs the
Manila Harbour Centre, and R-II
Builders Inc.
Earlier, the security guards of
Manila Harbour Centre prevented
Home Guaranty from entering the
premises despite an order issued
by Manila RTC Branch 24 acting
Presiding Judge Lyliha Abella-
Aquino.
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over 120 countries.
Cayetano...
He claimed that Cayetano was be-
coming personal by bringing out
issues against him during the budget
deliberations.
Cayetano, who dismissed Bril-
lantes allegation, had expressed
alam over the Comelecs appar-
ent lack of concern on the issue of
ballot printing from the bidding
stages down to the printing of the
ballots to be used for the national
elections.
Cayetano said he received reports
of evident deciencies in the capa-
bilities of the supplier appointed by
the National Printing Ofce.
The Comelec and the NPO
awarded the printing of ballots
to the Holy Family Inc., despite a
video evidence of ink bleeding in
their printed sample ballots and
the PCOS machines inability
to process the same ballots an
event that occurred eight out of
10 times during the testing.
Brillantes said he was not ready to
discuss the issue during the budget
hearing because it involves techni-
calities.
If we will talk about technical
(matters), we will bring all the tech-
nical (people) here, said Brillantes.
Cayetano, acting chairman of
the oversight committee, however,
told Brillantes that any issue can be
asked during budget hearings.
I maybe young but I have been
in government for 20 years in
Congress for 14 years. All these
questions I ask here involves
budget allocation. So Mr. Chair,
I am not asking you general is-
sues about the responsibility of the
agency, Cayetano said.
Meanwhile, a source said that
Comelec has yet to decide on the
election protest led by losing Tagu-
ig mayoral candidate Dante Tinga
against Cayetanos wife, the incum-
bent mayor Lani Cayetano. Macon
Ramos-Araneta
Roxas...
plans once he becomes PNP chief,
Roxas told reporters.
President Aquino named Purisi-
ma head of Task Force Halalan
several weeks ago, a prelude to his
appointment as PNP chief. He will
have full control of the PNP during
the elections.
Bartolomes retirement in
March, which will be within the
election ban against government
appointments, triggered Puri-
simas premature assumption to
the highest position in the police
organizatioin. A no-duty status
will allow Bartolome to get full
retirement benets.
Roxas said Purisima will likely
take over as OIC in December
because the PNP is a big organi-
zation and it is important to have
smooth turnover so that things
dont fall between the cracks.
President Aquino said Bartolome
will stay until March on no-duty
status, but Purisima will the OIC
and run the PNP during the elec-
tions in May.
If we wait for March, it will
be hard to have a transition at the
height of the campaign period. We
want to ensure that we have hon-
est, orderly, peaceful elections,
Aquino said.
If Bartolome stays on beyond
February, people might question
us if we appoint a replacement
(while there is an appointments
ban). It will be an unnecessary ir-
ritant by that time, he said.
PNP spokesman Generoso Cer-
bo said Bartolome was not in any
way affected by announcement
about Purisimas appointment.
It will not affect the entire in-
stitution since it is functioning nor-
mally, Cerbo told reporters.
In the military service, of-
cials said the Department of Na-
tional Defence has approved the
appointment of Brig. Gen. Edu-
ardo Ano as new commander of
the Armed Forces Intelligency
Service.
Ano, who was former head of
the Armys 202nd Brigade in Que-
zon Province, will replace Major
Gen. Ceazar Orduyo, who was
designated as commander of the
Armys 6th Infantry Division in
Maguindanao.
Sotto...
I am particularly offended to
see a speech my father gave in
support of global human rights
distorted by Senator Sotto as
an argument against the right to
contraception, she said.
Expanding and protecting
access to contraception is a
global priority I have promoted
for years, and limiting that free-
dom was in no way the topic of
the 1966 Day of Afrmation
speech.
A side-by-side comparison of
portions of Kennedys speech
and Sottos Filipino translation
left little doubt that Sotto had
copied Kennedys lines.
But Sotto on Tuesday
maintained he did not know
they came from Kennedy, be-
cause they were merely sent
to him by text by a Christian
leader, Derek Ross, who es-
pouses chastity.
They told me those lines
belong to Kennedy... If the
Kennedy family sees that I
copied them, its possible be-
cause those were just sent to me
through text, Sotto said.
When he gave me the lines,
I translated and delivered the
message in Filipino because
I found it tting to what Im
ghting for. But I didnt steal it
or claim it was mine... I didnt
really know from whom it was,
but these were nice inspiration-
al lines, Sotto said.
He also insisted that he did
not pass someone elses work
as his own.
The Senate journal will bear
me out. I didnt say that these
lines were mine, Sotto said.
He also challenged his crit-
ics to answer the questions he
raised against the reproductive
health bill in his four speech-
es, instead of accusing him of
plagiarism.
Sotto also said his critics had
misinformed the Kennedy
family about what had hap-
pened.
They informed the Kennedy
foundation that I mangled the
speech. Its not true, he said
and threatened to expose the
pro-RH personalities who were
out to discredit him with charg-
es of plagiarism.
He also said he was sur-
prised that the office of Ak-
bayan Rep. Walden Bello
was being used in the cam-
paign against him.
In their complaint led Tues-
day, the complainants asked the
Senate committee on ethics and
privileges to take disciplinary
action against Sotto for violat-
ing the Intellectual Property
Code of the Philippines by lift-
ing parts of his speech from dif-
ferent authors without proper
attribution.
The complainants also asked
that Sotto be found guilty of im-
proper conduct.
Respondent Sottos con-
tinued failure to give proper
attribution to the authors of
the original works from whom
portions of his speech were
copied, despite having his at-
tention called to it in numer-
ous articles presented in me-
dia and posted on the Internet,
is a clear violation of these au-
thors moral right, the com-
plainants said.
The complaint included Ms.
Kennedys statement.
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Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC),
1-Care, Association of Laborers and Employees (ALE),
COOP-NATCCO, Butil, Alagad, Aangat Tayo, Una Pamilya,
Abante Mindanao and Alliance for Nationalism and Democ-
racy (ANAD).
Lopez and Noel said that their silent protest would last for
one week. They advised their constituents to proceed to Bayan
Muna ofces for solicitations.
I put in my ofce, All solicitation please proceed to Bayan
Muna ofces, Lopez told reporters. Noel echoed her.
Aside from the 18 party-list groups, other groups have ex-
pressed their willingness to join their silent protest.
Noel said the protesting party-list groups were dismayed
over Bayan Munas statement that it was the only legitimate
party-list group while the others were bogus.
There are complaints from marginalized groups that they are
not getting any nancial or medical aid from Bayan Muna, which
has two sitting representatives: Neri Colmenares and Teddy Ca-
sio, who is running for a Senate seat in next years elections.
Some party-list groups have in fact challenged Bayan Muna
to show to the public where it has been using its pork barrel
funds.
Where have they been using their pork barrel? said a par-
ty-list lawmaker who asked not to be named.
4...
The onset of several public
holidays in the coming months,
including the looming Christ-
mas break, inserts added urgency
since said holidays lessen the
time to resolve these issues, ef-
fectively depriving petitioner
AKB of a fair chance to prepare
for a nationwide campaign,
Mendoza said.
The three other petitioners cit-
ed the same grounds in seeking a
temporary restraining order from
the Supreme Court.
APEC, 1-CARE accuse the
Comelec of imposing new de-
nitions of marginalized and
underrepresented sectors and
of ignoring earlier rulings of the
high court upholding their quali-
cations as party-list groups.
Ako Bicol was disqualified
by Comelec because its ac-
creditation is for a regional
political party and not for a
party-list group.
APEC and 1-CARE were both
disqualied because they repre-
sent electric consumers who, the
Comelec said, were not among
the marginalized and underrep-
resented sectors as dened under
Republic Act 7941
ARC was de-listed for not be-
longing to the 12 specic groups
listed in Republic Act 7941.
Enrile...
During yesterdays session, Cay-
etano asked Enrile when he will be
ready to tackle the RH bill.
Cayetano reminded the Sen-
ate President that he had earlier
informed her that hes ready so
I am basing it (my question) on
that.
But Enrile answered: I dont
know Madam senator when I
will be ready. I will have to, in
due time, after Senator (Ralph)
Recto made his amendments.
Im only hearing now that Sen-
ator (Vicente Sotto III) would
also like to do the same, then
I will probably have to make a
decision on how to proceed.
I think it is also my right to
defend this bill that I think the
people are waiting for, said
Enrile.
The Senate recently shifted its
focus on hearing the substitute
sin tax reform bill sponsored by
Senator Franklin Drilon, acting
chairman of the Senate commit-
tee on ways and means.
Recto, who resigned the post
now occupied by Drilon, has
been interpellating Drilons ver-
sion of the bill.
Recto quit his position fol-
lowing insinuations that lobby
money may have been in-
volved in his committee report
which critics said favored the
tobacco companies.
Based on Rectos version, the
government will get only P15
to P20 billion from an increase
in the sin tax on cigarettes and
alcohol products, which he said
is far below the P60 billion the
government intends to generate
from the measure.
Enrile also reminded Cayetano,
chairperson of the senate health
committee, that he also has a bill
pending for the past 10 years.
Im also waiting for it to
be discussed in this chamber. I
never complained. And I dont
think theres anyone who can
compel a senator to jump sim-
ply because you want him to
jump, Enrile said.
Im ready to defend my posi-
tion in any debate here, he added.
At the start of the session,
Cayetano said that she has been
supportive of the sin tax bill and
the budget which were being pri-
oritized by the Senate before it
adjourns for the Christmas break.
But the RH bill has been
pending for almost two years. We
nd time to nish this... there are
only two senators left Enrile
and Recto, said Cayetano.
According to Cayetano, she
had spoken to all of her col-
leagues and they assured her
that they will no longer make
any amendments to her pro-
posed version of the RH bill.
She said only Enrile and Rec-
to have amendments to her pro-
posed piece of legislation.
I only ask for 30 minutes to
ask for amendments. I under-
stand that during the caucus, the
Senate President requested the
body to be present, she said.
Arrogance...
In response to these charges,
Tanada said Antoninos bill was
submitted after the FOI bill was
already prepared, and that it was
Evardones fault that no other
meeting was called.
Tanada also said the Palace was
concerned with exemptions from
public disclosure where national se-
curity or the free ow of ideas during
Cabinet meetings were involved.
At Tuesdays hearing, Evar-
done, who had earlier vowed to
push the FOI bill, refused to act
on Bellos motion and adjourned
the hearing instead, saying rules
prohibited them from holding
public hearings when the plenary
session was ongoing.
He also refused to put Bellos
motion to a vote because con-
tentious issues would have to be
discussed thoroughly before ap-
proving the bill.
Evardones refusal to act on the
bill drew brickbats from spectators.
Antonino, however, supported
Evardones decision.
We cant decide on one hearing
alone, considering the nature of to-
days heated arguments on the FOI
bill, said Antonino, who used up
all the time insisting on his right-
of-reply rider despite protests from
committee members.
The FOI bill seeks to provide
the public access to government
transactions and documents to
ensure transparency, good gover-
nance and accountability.
The right-of-reply rider would
compel newspapers and broadcast
stations to allow politicians to re-
spond to criticism against them,
a move that most news organiza-
tions reject as a violation of free
speech rights.
But Evardone on Tuesday al-
lowed Antonino to defend his
rider until the panel ran out of
time without resolving the most
contentious issues.
A shouting match between An-
tonino and Casino ensued after
the former insisted on taking up
the right-of-reply issue.
Under Antoninos bill, all in-
formation and documents that
may be obtained by virtue of the
FOI must also be subjected to the
right-of-reply provisions such as
securing the side of the aggrieved
party that was the subject of the
documents and information.
The aggrieved party must be
given the right to be heard and
equal space, he insisted.
But Tanada said the right-of-
reply bill is a different and dis-
tinct subject that cannot be made
a rider in the FOI bill.
It can be a make or break today
or it can be a continuing struggle
to see that the freedom of informa-
tion [bill] be passed, Tanada said.
We feel that there are just very
few contentious issues that should
be resolved and should have been
resolved earlier in the year if more
committee hearings were held but
thats water under the bridge.
Tanada said if the right-of-reply
issue could not be resolved, the
committee could simply vote on it.
He added that even if the proposal
lost in the panel, Antonino could
bring it up again in the plenary.
Tanada noted that a similar pro-
posal in the 14th Congress was
not approved on third reading
because of strong objections to
the imposition it would make on
news organizations.
Antonino vowed to ght for the
right-of-reply up to the plenary.
After Tuesdays failure, both Tana-
da and Casino said it looked increas-
ingly unlikely that the FOI bill would
be passed by the 15th Congress.
Ifugao Rep. Teddy Brawner
Baguilat, Tanadas party mate in
the Liberal Party, defended Mala-
canangs insertions in the FOI bill,
and said some of its proposals, such
as the online posting of statements
of assets, liabilities and net worth,
were more progressive than the
House version of the bill.
Tanada acknowledged that
the technical working group had
worked closely with the Palace on
the nal version of the bill.
Tanada said he sought a hearing
on Antoninos concerns but that
Evardone turned down the request.
Evardone has yet to set a date for
the committees next hearing.
Govt...
Trafc along R10 in Vitas in Tondo, Manila, was heavy as hun-
dreds of container trucks clogged the highway after the Maniula
Harbour Center closed its gates to prevent the government from
taking over the ports common areas.
Home Guaranty lead counsel Federico Quevedo said the court
authorized the police to open any gates preventing all locators
and their personnel and security from entering and exiting Manila
Harbour Centre.
On Nov. 11, a Manila court stripped Romero of the control and
management of Manila Harbour Centre and said he was now con-
sidered as just one of the 200 locators doing business in the state-
owned facility, Home Guaranty Corp. President Manuel Sanchez
said.
Romeros and R-II Builders arbitrariness and unfair and dis-
honest business practices are over now, Home Guaranty Corp.
president Manuel Sanchez said.
The court has nally exposed and ended his bogus association
and handed over the power to the legitimate group.
Sanchez said some 150 Manila policemen and 40 HGC security
guards successfully seized the premises and guarded gates around
10 p.m. on Friday last week by virtue of a court order.
Starting Monday, Romero, just like the rest of the locators, will
be made to abide by the rules of the court-recognized association
of locators, Sanchez said.
He said Romero refused to recognize the court on Friday last
week, but the sheer number of policemen sent to enforce it forced
Romeros men to concede.
Drug gang-leader nabbed
A drug syndicate leader was arrested in
Baguio City on Monday by agents of the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
PDEA chief Arturo Cacdac Jr. said Arthur
Nider, Sr., 53, a resident of Lower Fairview and
Pacdal, was nabbed in a sting operation after
selling to an undercover agent two grams of
shabu worth P12,000 in Upper Irisan.
He said the suspect headed the Nider Drug
Group, listed as No. 1 on PDEA Regional
Order of Battle.
Also seized were his cellular phone, a
wallet containing ATM Cards, the marked
bills , a sports utility vehicle which the
suspect used in his transactions.
The arrest of Nider is a crippling blow
to the local drug industry in Cordillera
Autonomous Region, Cacdac said.
Another alleged pusher was arrested by
PDEA agents in Toril, Davao City.
Jonathan Fernandez
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to investigate
By Joyce Paares
THE Philippines will start
exporting long grain aro-
matic rice by 2013, Agri-
culture Secretary Proceso
Alcala said on Tuesday.
Alcala read the speech
of President Aquino for
the 27th anniversary of the
Philippine Rice Research
Institute in Nueva Ecija
after the latter was ad-
vised not to push through
because of the inclement
weather.
Mr. Aquino earlier de-
clared 2013 as the Nation-
al Year of Rice to mark
the countrys move toward
rice self-sufficiency by
next year.
A sustained and na-
tionwide campaign to
boost farmers morale
and motivate them to
adopt technologies to
further improve farm
productivity and encour-
age the general public to
be responsible rice con-
sumers are necessary to
complement the govern-
ments efforts to achieve
rice self-sufficiency,
Mr. Aquino said in Proc-
lamation No. 494.
Earlier, the President
said the country will not
only be self-sufficient
next year, it can also now
aim to becoming a net rice
exporter.
In his speech before the
Filipino community in
Laos, Mr. Aquino said this
can happen if calamities
spare the country during
the harvest season.
He said the country
only needs to import some
50,000 metric tons of rice
this year to provide for the
needs of the population.
Mr. Aquino said the
no-importation plan
next year is well in place.
The President noted that
before he came into of-
fice, the country under the
Arroyo administration has
been importing 2.5 mil-
lion metric tons of rice as
cover for the 1.3 million
metric tons demand.
SENATOR Edgardo Angara said the
overseas voting turnout should be im-
proved as the Senate passed a measure
to make registration and the casting of
ballots easier for persons with disabili-
ties and senior citizens.
Angara, vice chairman of the Senate
Committee on Finance, said P1.313 bil-
lion went to overseas voting in 2010 but
only or 26 percent or 152,323 Filipinos
showed up at the polling precincts out of
the 589,813 who registered.
This is a policy decision that seems
to be overlooked both by the COMELEC
and the Department of Foreign Affairs,
he said, following the third and nal
reading of Senate Bill 3287.
This is a miniscule outcome, after
spending over a billion pesos. Im not
trying to blame the COMELEC, as well
as the DFA. But in spending so much for
a system that we hope would empower
overseas Filipinos to participate in key
elections in this country, this is a very
disappointing performance.
As of November 2012, the number
of registered voters abroad has reached
960,000, making up one-third of the three
million overseas Filipinos eligible to vote.
Angara said three million voters can
make and unmake a President, Vice Presi-
dent and a third of senatorial candidates.
By broadening the voting base, the
greater the opportunity for our politics to
become more enlightened, where the se-
lection of candidates is based on perfor-
mance and track record, not simply on
popularity and brand name, he noted.
Angara, also chairman of the Laban ng
Demokratikong Pilipino party, authored
the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of
2003.
Dismal turnout of voters riles lawmaker
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Customs bureau will no longer ac-
cept applications for accreditation of im-
porters beginning next year, a move aimed
to improve the countrys trade facilitation
and prevent corruption in the agency.
Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said his
agency is set to abolish the Interim Cus-
toms Accreditation and Registration Unit
(ICARE) whose main tasks are to purge bo-
gus companies from the master list of accred-
ited importers and brokers and ensure that
the new registrants satisfy the fundamental
requirements for accreditation.
Starting next year, importers will be allowed
to ply their trade once they are duly registered
with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and/or the
Department of Trade and Industry.
Contrary to its objectives such as
to prevent illegitimate importers and to
care for and attend to the needs of traders
and importers, ICARE has actually be-
come burdensome to people who are do-
ing business in good faith and is one of
the main causes of delay. We dont want
that anymore, Biazon said.
That is why I decided to phase out the
unit, thus importers will no longer have to
get accreditation in order for them to im-
port or do business with us, he added.
We will link in our registration sys-
tem with the BIR as well as DTI. We
will get the necessary information from
these government agencies, which are
more reliable and would exclude spuri-
ous importers. Because the registration
with the BIR and DTI means they [im-
porters] are actually engaged in trade or
business, Biazon said.
This is with the presumption that BIR
and DTI are doing their due diligence to
ensure that businessmen are legitimate.
ICARE, now under the supervision
of Intelligence Group deputy commis-
sioner Danilo Lim, used to function
originally under the Revenue Collection
and Monitoring Group, along with other
vital functions like the RATS (Run After
the Smugglers) program which les and
prosecutes smuggling cases.
THE Bangko Sentral on Tuesday issued a
reminder that bringing in or eletronically
transferring Philippine currency exceeding
P 10, 000 will be subject to conscation by
the Bureau of Customs unless covered by its
specic written authorization.
Under Section 4 of the Manual of
Regulations on Foreign Exchange
Transactions issued by the Bangko Sentral,
a person may without prior BSP approval,
bring into, import or electronically transfer
legal tender Philippine notes and coins,
checks, money order and other bills of
exchange drawn in pesos against banks
operating in the Philippines in an amount not
exceeding P 10,000.00.
The BSP said cross-border transfer of
local currency in excess of the limit is
allowed for limited purposes only, typically
for testing, calibration of money counting,
sorting machines and in small amounts for
numismatics. Anna Leah Estrada
CONSUMERS should consult the Trade
Department rst before shopping online to
protect their rights, the agency said.
First, online shoppers should look for the
DTI permit number to nd out if a particular
rm got the approval of the agency to sell
products online, Trade Undersecretary for
Consumer Welfare Zenaida Maglaya said in
an interview over GMA-7.
She said a buyer should verify the identity
of the seller and if it is allowed to do business
under Philippine laws.
Maglaya said consumers should examine
the terms and conditions covering electronic
transactions.
She said airline companies have taken steps
to describe details of their promotional offers.
There was already an agreement for a
full disclosure, she noted Even if its a
peso discount, they should disclose it in their
advertisements. she said.
With the holiday season around the corner,
Maglaya advised buyers to look for Christmas
lights that have the import commodity
clearance stamp. Julito G. Rada
In a resolution, the courts 14th Di-
vision through Associate Justice Elihu
Ybanez granted the petition led by
the government seeking the issu-
ance of a temporary restraining order
against the writ of execution issued by
the Pasay RTC in favor of Nagayama
on February 17, 2012.
The Executive department lamented
that the writ of execution was issued
by the Pasay City RTC with grave
abuse of discretion since it compels
the government to go into a contract
with a non-existent entity.
Considering the allegations con-
tained in the petition, this Court
nds that there is an extreme urgen-
cy to enjoin the trial court from im-
plementing the orders dated Febru-
ary 17, 2012, and April 2, 2012 and
the writ of execution issued by the
court . . . it appearing that petitioners
are entitled to the relief prayed for
and would suffer great and irrepara-
ble injury if the trial court would be
allowed to continue with the imple-
mentation of the execution pending
appeal, the CA stressed.
The appellate court said the reso-
lution of other key issues such as the
non-existence of the service develop-
ment agreement (SDA) that the gov-
ernment entered into with Masaichi
Tsuchiya, attorney-in-fact of the NTC,
and other relevant matters, should be
resolved rst with nality before the
government may be able to comply
with the order of the execution.
The implementation of the order
of execution pending appeal might
render moot the governments pe-
tition before this Court if no TRO
would be issued immediately, the
appellate court said.
The CA said the TRO would re-
main in effect for 60 days, while the
governments application for a writ of
preliminary injunction has been set for
hearing on November 27, 2012.
The CA has also directed Nagayama
and Tsuchiya to comment on the gov-
ernments application for preliminary
injunction.
Nagayama and Tsuchiya have been
engaged in a legal battle over the con-
trol of NTC.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Court of Appeals has stopped the Pasay City
Regional Trial Court from enforcing its resolu-
tion directing the Philippine government to deal
directly with Masahiro Nagayama as lead partner
and manager of Nagayama Taisei Corporation, in
connection with the development of the Nampei-
dai Property in Tokyo. The Nampeidai property
is one of the three Philippine properties in Japan
that have been offered to investors under a build-
operate-transfer scheme.
By Maricel V. Cruz
and Macon Ramos Araneta
THE two chambers of Congress are now looking
into the alleged presence of toxic waste in the for-
mer US naval base in Subic.
Senators Miriam Defensor Santiago and Loren
Legarda have vowed to go on with a probe, uncon-
vinced by reports that the materials were neither
nuclear or nor chemical byproducts.
At the House of Representatives, the Makabayan bloc
railed at the Visiting Forces Agreement, saying the deal
had turned the country into a life-threatening dump.
In ling House Resolution 2878, Bayan Muna
Rep. Teddy Casino and Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan
sounded alarm that tanker MT Glenn Guardian re-
leased hazardous wastes that were collected from
American ships that took part in the recent war
games in Subic Bay.
This is one of the nightmare scenarios that can
happen under the VFA that is why we vehemently
opposed the pact and still pushing for its abroga-
tion, Casino said.
MT Glenn Guardian is owned by Glenn Defense
Marine Asia, a US Navy contractor and Malaysian-
listed company, according to the resolution, noting
that the local activities are headed by retired Vice.
Adm. Mateo Mayuga, a former ag ofcer in com-
mand of the Philippine Navy.
NBI at 76. Justice Secretary Leila De Lima attends the 76th founding anniversary of the National Bureau Investigation headed by
Nonatus Roxas. DANNY PATA
Camp fire. Camp Crame firefighters hose down a fire that gutted a
portion of a building that housed a portion of the head office of the
Philippine National Police. MANNY PALMERO
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com NOVEMBER 14, 2012 WEDNESDAY
A4
WITH each passing day, we
learn that the transparency that
President Benigno Aquino III
touts is as clear as a bucket of
mud.
Candidate Aquino had
championed a freedom of
information law before he won
the presidency, on the theory that
removing the veil of secrecy over
government data and transactions
and making them accessible to
the public would discourage
corruption and foster good
governance.
But the prerogatives of power
must have convinced Mr. Aquino
about how inconvenient public
scrutiny can be. How else can we
explain his administrations tepid
support for the bill and the lack of
progress on such legislation after
almost three years in ofce?
Now, as time is running out to
pass the bill in the 15th Congress,
a congressman from Nueva Ecija,
who is part of the Presidents
Liberal Party coalition, is
threatening to delay its passage
further by introducing a right-of-
reply provision that would compel
news organizations to grant equal
space to politicians who are
criticized in their newspapers or
broadcast programs.
The rider, which is by most
reasonable standards a separate
issue, could cloud the debates
and torpedo the bill itself.
This is doubly ironic because
the right-of-reply provision is
widely seen as a limitation on
free speech rights, and a direct
antithesis of the principles
of openness espoused in the
freedom of information bill.
But then, this is the same
administration that passed
the repressive Cybercrime
Prevention Act, which can easily
be misused to intimidate and
harass those who use the Internet
to criticize people in power. Amid
a restorm of public outrage over
the restrictive law, all Mr. Aquino
would concede was that he was
willing to have some of the
penalties reduced.
Also under Mr. Aquinos
watch, the Supreme Court
led by his handpicked chief
justicereversed its June 2011
decision and disallowed the
live broadcast coverage of the
Maguindanao massacre trial.
In doing so, the Court cited the
suspects rights to a fair trial
but left unaddressed the publics
right to monitor the proceedings
against those charged with the
wholesale slaughter of 59 people
in November 2009.
Increasingly, when Mr. Aquino
and his subalterns speak of
transparency, we will know from
experience not to expect too much.
On the issue of transparency, it is
clear that they say one thing for
the sound bytethen do the exact
opposite when nobody is looking.
Transparent as mud
EDITORIAL
Politicians as pitchmen
THESE early campaign cheats have
been doing it for so long its about
time they are stopped. We are talking
about politicians as product endorsers
pitching for various consumer goods
and services.
Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has led a
bill in the House imposing a ne on
politicians who endorse commercial
products. Technically, product
endorsers are campaign cheats, keeping
themselves in the public eye the whole
year round. They are just as bad as the
politicians known as epal against
which a bill has already been proposed.
Epal is the practice of putting up
billboards and streamers proclaiming
that a public works project such as a
road or a bridge was done through the
efforts of this congressman, or that
governor or mayor. As everyone knows,
money spent for these projects, after the
usual kickbacks, are public funds from
collected taxes.
Its demeaning for ofcials,
particularly senators, to appear on TV
and newspaper ads pushing a product
or a company. Somehow, they lose the
aura of the Honorable title before
their names. It would be awkward if
they happen to be conducting an inquiry
in the august hall of Congress about
an irregularity involving a certain
company or business executive whose
product or service they could have been
endorsing.
How would it look if for example,
a senator endorsing the Korean noodle
withdrawn from the market because of
its cancer-causing carcinogen content,
nds himself in the center of Senate
inquiry?
It would be easy for these politician-
product pitchmen to just dismiss the
Rodriguez bill as mere envy because
the bills proponent does not have the
mass following to make him a product
endorser. But Rodriguez, a former
Immigration Commissioner and law
dean of San Sebastian College, does
not need the public exposure or money
on the side to join the politicians with
celebrity status. Rodriguez has a
reputation as a decent, upright public
ofcial with an array of congressional
bills ranging from curbing cybercrime
to allowing working mothers time to
breastfeed their babies.
In the US and the UK, its unheard
of to see or hear a member of Congress
or Parliament as a product endorser. It
just isnt done even if theres no law
against it. But in this country, elected
public ofcials endorse products like
a common circus barker. Perhaps the
proposed bill could allow these pols
to endorse only one productthat of
kitchen pots and pans containing Teon
to go with their thick hides and faces.
Aside from the pols pandering
consumer products, there are those
who go around the law against early
campaigning by appearing in TV ads in
the guise of espousing their advocacies
such as livelihood, environment
preservation and the role of the Red
Cross during times of national disasters.
Of course their faces are ashed on
TV screens as the champions of these
advocacies giving them an edge when
election time comes.
There are politicians who are out
of their depth, some with the depth
of a puddle. There are three who are
already in the Senateand we wont
name them out of Christian charity
or the few more who are aspiring for a
Senate seat. Unfortunately, a majority
of our electorate votes on the basis of a
candidates popularity and name recall.
Our people are immersed in a surfeit
of telenovelas, Television variety
shows, mindless movies that build up
the stature of entertainment celebrities
who then start entertaining the idea
of running for public ofce. It wont
surprise anyone if Willie Revillame is
elected if and when he runs for public
ofce. So far, we have had a movie-star
president, three senators in the present
upper chamber, and a mayor of the
nations capital.
Theres a movie star who wants to
represent Camarines Sur without the
required residency. Its a good thing
the Comelec rejected his and wifes
application to register as voters in
Camarines Another actor elded his
wife and helped her win a seat in Leyte.
This is planning for the future when
their star status begins to wane. It must
be why boxing icon Manny Pacquiao
pushed wife Jinkee to run as vice
governor in Sarangani province where
he is already a part-time congressman
when hes not in training.
We know who these people are and
they should be rejected at the polls. But
as we all know, the celebrity politicians
will still win election because of the
voters misplaced notion of what
popular will is all about.
ALEJANDRO
DEL ROSARIO
BACK CHANNEL
Bartolome
as roadkill
ID LIKE to feel sorry for national
police chief Nicanor Bartolome, now
all but consigned to the Philippine
Navy, but I cant. Whatever
embarrassment Bartolome must be
suffering, after all, is of his own
making.
Oh, and lets not
forget the involvement
of President Noynoy
Aquino, who
appointed Bartolome
and now wants
him to stand aside
for a more favored
subordinate, in this
mess. If, after all,
Aquino really didnt
want Bartolome to
retire before he was
due to do so and
suffer the humiliation
of being placed on
non-duty status (or
oating, as the men
in uniform cruelly call
this purgatory-like
situation), perhaps the President should
never appointed him in the rst place.
But Bartolome ultimately deserves
the treatment hes been getting because
he failed to show that he was not that
attached to the top police job when
Aquino started making noises that he
was going to be removed before he
was set to retire in March. As early as
last September, at the Apec meeting
in Vladivostok, Russia, Aquino was
already announcing that perhaps
Bartolome should go; the honorable
thing for Bartolome to do was to have
met Aquino upon his return to Manila
and to present his letter of resignation
right there at the airport.
But Bartolome seems to have
been aficted with the same virus
that made Grace Padaca grow a thick
face overnight, almost as soon as she
was appointed to the Commission on
Elections. He could not believe that the
power that appointed him would leave
him high and dry just because that power
has suddenly had a change of heart.
And so Bartolome turned down
a new face-saving assignment as
undersecretary for police matters
at the Department of Interior and
Local Government, a position that
had suddenly opened up after the
resignation of uber-crony Rico Puno.
Bartolome believed he could sway
Aquino into making him remain as
PNP chief, long after the President had
found a new top cop in his subordinate
Alan Purisima; even after new DILG
Secretary Mar Roxas happily lled up
Punos old post with another of his own
lackeys, thereby closing that detour on
daang matuwid for Bartolome, the
PNP chief held out the hope that he
would be allowed to remain.
No such luck, of course. And for
the past few weeks, Bartolome has
been all over the place saying he is still
top cop, even if he has long become
roadkill, thrown under the bus by his
own ckle-minded boss.
If I were Bartolome, Id resign
now while I still have some pride. But
pride is something, apparently, that
Bartolome lost on his way to the top
police post.
* * *
The Aquino administration doesnt
want anyone to notice, but the latest
foreign direct investment gures
released by the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas show just how misleading all
the talk about an economic turnaround
under this government is. FDI inows
in August were tracked at an anemic
$13 million, compared to $76 million
in the same period last year; thats an
83 percent decline, BSP said.
FDIs, unlike the credit rating
upgrades and stock
market upticks that
the administration
wets its pants
about on a regular
basis, represents
actual hard
investments in
existing industries
i n d u s t r i e s
that create jobs
for Filipinos.
Nobody is given
a job by a credit
rating upgrade,
which just means
more bankers are
willing to lend this
country money;
and the only ones
who really benet from stock market
surges are skittish quick-return
investors who chase the latest fad
markets in a sluggish, recession-hit
world economy.
FDI, standard economic theory
holds, is more useful to a country
than investments in the equity of its
companies because equity investments
are potentially hot money which
can leave at the rst sign of trouble,
whereas FDI is durable and generally
useful whether things go well or
badly. For instance, the latest FDI
gures represent investments in
manufacturing, real estate, wholesale
and retail trade, nancial and insurance
companies, and mining and quarrying
from the United States, Australia, the
Netherlands, United Kingdom and
Japan, according to BSP.
To be fair, BSP also reported that
cumulative FDI inow in the rst eight
months of 2012 reached $1.038 billion,
up by 61 percent from $644 million a year
earlier. On the other hand, in the Asean
region, the four top trading countries
had annual FDI inows (as of February
2011) of $17.34 billion (Singapore),
$6.24 billion (Indonesia), $4.31 billion
(Vietnam) and $3.31 billion (Malaysia)
showing just how far behind we are
in attracting investments in a country
supposedly open for business.
And the prognosis has just gotten
worse, now that Aquino has signed
an executive order actually restricting
foreign investments in key industries,
upon alleged pressure by local
business interests. Which makes
sense, since Aquino just spends his
supposed investment-seeking foreign
trips to making jokes about his jailed
predecessor, anyway.
If someone from the palace
has made a call to BSP telling its
ofcials to go easy on the bad news,
I wouldnt be surprised, as well. But
truth has a way of trumping the most
intense propaganda, in the end; and
if the government cant bring in the
investments that create the jobs that
grow the economy, no sugar-coating
of the facts will be enough.
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Bartolome
seems to have
come down
with the same
virus that made
Grace Padaca
grow a thick face
overnight.
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com
BEST supporting actor awardee
Baron Gieslers defense is that he
was suffering from bi-polar disorder
when he assaulted his neighbor. This
is medically described as manic
depression.
Doctors would say that this is some
kind of mental disorder or insanity,
characterized by severe and recurring
depression and mania, with abrupt or
gradual onsets
and recoveries.
At one time, a
manic-depressive
person may look
normal and act
normally. But
when something
snaps, he
goes into an
alternating state
of mania and
depression. One state may be more
dominant than the other, or the two
states may be combined.
Simply put, a bipolar person is
moody. He or she is a person difcult
to live with.
Medical journals tell us that
the mania is a mood disturbance
characterized by abnormally intense
excitement, elation, expansiveness,
boisterousness, talkativeness,
distractedness and irritability. The most
extreme manifestation of this mood
disturbance is violence against others
and, in the depressive state, suicide.
A bi-polar person can be suicidal or
homicidal.
There are many among us suffering
from such mental state. The best thing
to do is to avoid them. In the case of
Giesler, he should be placed under
medical care.
***
Senate Majority Floor Leader Tito
Sotto says he will not apologize to the
daughter of Robert F. Kennedy for
allegedly lifting passages from one of
the speeches of her late father.
And why should Sotto apologize?
Plagiarism is not a crime under our
jurisdiction. Some sectors, however,
are taking it against the senator because
he is vehemently pro-life and is thus
opposed to the reproductive health bill.
Once a speech or letter goes public,
its no longer ones property. It can be
used by others for their own advocacy.
More importantly, Sotto used the speech
of Kennedy in the halls of the Senate
during debates on the RH bill.
Article VI, Section 11 grants
immunity to members of Congress when
it provided that A Senator or member
of the House of Representatives shall, in
all offenses punishable by not more than
six years of imprisonment, be privileged
from arrest while Congress is in session.
No member shall be questioned nor
be held liable in any other place for a
speech or debate in Congress or in any
committee thereof.
The 1987 charter we duly ratied by
the people.
Thats why I nd it strange that re-
electionist Senator Alan Peter Cayetano
would have his ethics committee
entertain the complaints of some
characters against Sotto for alleged
plagiarism. Certainly, Cayetano would
know about the congressional immunity
as provided for in the Constitution.
***
A question was asked in connection
with the signing of the framework
for peace agreement between the
government and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front. Would the Philippine
National Police have jurisdiction and
control over peace and order in the
Bangsamoro entity prescribed in the
agreement?
Malacaang said that the police force
of the Bangsamoro entity would still be
under the PNP. But why is the MILF
now recruiting
members of its
supposed police
force?
It looks like the
MILF wants to
have full control
and jurisdiction
over its own
peace and order
problem. This
would make the
Bangsamoro a separate juridical entity
within a republic, something frowned
upon by no less than the Supreme
Court which invalidated the erstwhile
Memorandum of Agreement on
Ancestral Domain.
Another issue that the Aquino
administration should look into is
consultation with all stakeholders. This
includes all the indigenous communities
and even the Christian communities.
***
There are inconsistencies and
contradictions in the deliberations
on so-called sin taxes. First of all,
is it a revenue or health measure? It
would seem it is both, insofar as Mr.
Aquino and his congressional allies are
concerned.
As a health measure, the bill is
supported by the Department of Health.
It would reduce the prevalence of
smoking, according to Senator Franklin
Drilon, who took over the ways and
means committee from Senator Ralph
Recto.
Drilons version now would have the
government get from P40 to P45 billion
(from Rectos P23 billion, even as the
President wanted P60 billion), and also
reduce smoking prevalence, especially
among the youth, from 28 percent of the
population to 26 percent.
When you tax low-priced
cigarettes, which is the bigger
market for manufacturers, it will
discourage smoking but at the same
time would means less revenue for
cigarette companies. Theres where the
inconsistency and contradiction begins.
The fewer cigarettes sold, the less
income there is.
Now which is which? When asked
about this, Drilon, who apparently was
not ready nor has studied the bill on his
own, had to refer to Bureau of Internal
Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares.
Just look at President Aquino, addicted
as he with nicotine. Will he ever stop
smokingand coughing as a result?
The way I look at it, the sin tax bill is
primarily a revenue measure to give the
administration a better chance to comply
with its universal health program. But
as a means to end cigarette smoking? I
have my doubts.
Why Sotto
shouldnt apologize
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
Plagiarism is
not a crime.
ADELLE
CHUA
CHASING HAPPY
Whos afraid of Rene Almendras?
THE revival of the ofce of Cabinet
Secretary and Jose Rene Almendrass
appointment to it have lled the press with
so much drivel that one begins to wonder,
what has gone wrong with the critical
process?
It is one of the few correct things the
President has done to try to strengthen the
Cabinet. Yet the most informed comment
about it is that it clips the powers of the
Executive Secretary, whom the press
fatuously calls the Little President.
Not to be caught speechless, Ms.
Abigail Valte, one of the Presidents
spokespersons, hastens to say not so,
your Executive Secretary is still what we
call primus inter pares. Whatever the ES
was doing before, it will stay.
The Latin term primus inter pares
means rst among equals. In a
parliamentary government, it refers to the
Prime Minister. In the Presidents Cabinet
it refers to the Foreign Secretary, if you
know your Order of Precedence.
As far as the Executive Secretary
is concerned, he heads the Presidents
executive staff, and is in every sense a
chief of staff. He holds a Cabinet rank, but
not being a Department head, he does not
hold a Cabinet portfolio. He can never be
rst among equals.
The Administrative Code denes
his duties as follows: The Executive
Secretary shall, subject to the control and
supervision of the President, carry out the
functions assigned by law to the Executive
Ofce and shall perform such other duties
as may be delegated to him. He shall:
Directly assist the President in the
management of the affairs pertaining to
the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines;
Decide, for and on behalf of the
President, matters not requiring personal
presidential attention;
Exercise supervision and control
over the various units in the Ofce of the
President Proper including their internal
administrative requirements;
Exercise supervision, on behalf of the
President, over the various agencies under
the Ofce of the President;
Appoint ofcials and employees
of the Ofce of the President whose
appointments are not vested in the
President;
Provide overall coordination in the
operation of the Executive Ofce;
Determine and assign matters to
the appropriate units in the Ofce of the
President;
Have administrative responsibility
for matters in the Ofce of the President
coming from the various departments and
agencies of government;
Exercise primary authority to sign
papers By authority of the President,
attest executive orders and other
presidential issuances unless attestation is
specically delegated to other ofcials by
him or by the President;
Determine, with the Presidents
approval, the appropriate assignment of
ofces and agencies not placed by law
under any specic executive department;
Provide consultative, research,
fact-nding and advisory service to the
President;
Assist the President in the performance
of functions pertaining to legislation;
Assist the President in the
administration of special projects;
Take charge of matters pertaining to
protocol in State and ceremonial functions;
Provide secretarial and clerical
services for the President, the Cabinet,
the Council of State, and other advisory
bodies to the President;
Promulgate such rules and regulations
necessary to carry out the objectives,
policies and functions of the Ofce of the
President Proper;
Perform such other functions as the
President may direct.
These are not powers but mostly
duties, and they are a lot. Almendras
entry should relieve Ochoa of one
particular dutyproviding secretarial
and clerical services to the Cabinet. But
no powers have been clipped.
During his term, President Joseph
Ejercito Estrada named a visiting
Balikbayan as his chief of staff even
while the Executive Secretary remained in
ofce. This is not the case here.
Under EO 99, the Cabinet Secretarys
main job is to facilitate the identication
of a list of priority areas and outcome-
based targets in the Presidents social
contract or 16-point agenda, and the
Philippine Development Plan between
now and 2016. Curiously, the reports
do not mention providing secretarial and
clerical services to the Cabinet.
His other duties include:
Recommend to the President
an annual detailed and measurable
performance and projects roadmap that
will facilitate outputs of the targets against
priorities, in close coordination with the
concerned agencies;
Ensure the timely execution and
monitor the signicant impact of the
targets under the annual performance
and projects roadmap, and realign targets
when needed;
Represent the President in
meetings and such other fora in order to
expedite inter-agency action toward the
achievement of the targets identied in the
performance and projects roadmap;
Assist in providing timely and
organized information to the Cabinet
on issues and problems submitted for
decision and action; and
Perform such other functions as
may be necessary and incidental to the
attainment of its objectives as may be
assigned by the President.
Despite its rather dense jargon, the EO
hides no injury to Ochoa. But perhaps
representing the President in meetings
and such other fora in order to expedite
inter-agency action, etc. should have
been edited out. The Secretarys duty is
to attend all those meetings, so whenever
the President is unable to come, a senior
agency head could preside, and the
Secretary simply reports everything to the
President.
fstatad@gmail.com
By Nelson Flores
THE government should conduct a
rigorous and determined investigation
of the dumping of thousands of gallons
of toxic waste in Philippine waters by a
Malaysian-owned ship contracted by the
United States Navy as a support vessel.
This incident is further aggravated
by the information that the ship, tanker
Glenn Guardian, was manned by Filipino
sailors and commanded by a Filipino
captain when it happened. Apparently
our countrymen did not even try to
protest the dumping of toxic waste in
our own territorial waters (that is a
separate tragedy in itself).
Glenn Guardian is owned by the
Malaysian rm Glenn Defense Marine
Asia of Malaysia and operated by a
Philippine subsidiary Glenn Defense
Marine Asia of the Philippines. The ship
was contracted by the USN to haul toxic
liquid waste from its warships.
According to the ship captain,
Edilberto Acedilla, the liquid waste,
which was found untreated by local
authorities, had been dumped about 20
nautical miles (roughly 37 kilometers)
from Subic Bay. Acedillas statement is
a callous admission designed to refute
claims that the ship dumped its toxic
cargo in the bay as alleged by local
authorities in Subic. It is an obvious
shallow attempt to evade responsibility
after being caught with his hand on the
cookie jar, so to speak.
In another attempt to evade
culpability, Glenn Defense Marine Asia
of the Philippines claimed that it cannot
be sued or be held responsible (huh?).
It claims the company is immune from
suit because it is covered by the Visiting
Force Agreement between the United
States and the Philippine government.
It is a relief that United States
Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry
Thomas Jr., made it clear that the ship
is not covered by the VFA, a view
similarly held by Senator Miriam
Defensor-Santiago and former Senator
Rodolfo Biazon.
With the U.S. government
clarication, there is no reason for
President Benigno Simeon Aquino
III to dillydally in ordering a rigorous
and determined investigation of the
incident. This is also an opportune time
for him to consider the review of the
VFA provisions deemed favorable to the
visiting American forces.
* * *
Newly re-elected US President
Barack Obama is set to tour several
Asian countries on Nov. 17 to 20.
Among the countries he is set to
visit are Myanmar, Thailand and
Cambodia. Curiously, the Philippines,
a long-time strategic ally of the US, is
not on Obamas itinerary.
The snub is an indication that despite
the existing special relationship
between the Philippines and the US, we
are simply not a priority. Since we still
have unresolved issue with the Peoples
Republic of China over Scarborough
Shoal (Panatag Reef) and the Spratly
Islands in the West Philippine Sea,
this is worrisome. The Aquino
administrations strategy in resolving
the issue apparently hinges on American
support.
Note that Obama also bypassed the
Philippines in his rst Southeast Asian
tour during his rst term. Perhaps it is
also time for President B.S. Aquino to
reconsider our special relationship with
the US.
* * *
How I wish our politicians are
decent enough to be like the retired
bemedalled four-star General David
Petraeus, who successfully led the
American shock-and-awe charge in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 60-year old Petraeus without
delay resigned from his post as Central
Intelligence Agency director after his
affair with his biographer, who is also a
non-commissioned ofcer, was exposed
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
His resignation was immediately
accepted by President Obama.
Unfortunately if the same thing
happened here, I am sure most
exposed ofcial would cry foul and
claimed that he/she was a victim of
political harassment. He/she will
continue to remain in his/her post
since he/her serves at the pleasure of
the president
I am also sure that a handful will be
proud of the expose while others would
le harassing libel charges if not hire
goons to go after those who made the
expose.
* * *
I wish to thank Ms. Elaine Garchitorena
for the great accommodation that she gave
me and my friends in her resort, Bato
Springs, last Nov. 1 and 2. The place is
paradise on earth.
Located at the foot of the mystical
Mt. Banahaw, Bato Springs is just a
one-and-a-half hour drive from Manila.
There is a spacious parking space that
could even accommodate tourist buses.
There are rst-class amenities for
guests business and pleasure needs.
Nelson Flores is senior associate
editor of Fil-Am Press.
A rigorous investigation
A breach of condence
THE director of the Central Intelligence
Agency is supposed to be the United
Statesif not the worldstop sleuth.
His agency should be the one uncovering
dark secrets. But what happened over the
weekend is a far cry from this stereotype.
Instead, the FBI revealed General David
Petraeus secretthat he was having an
affair with his biographer. Because of this,
he resigned.
There are many angles to this story.
The obvious one is the most salacious:
that the 60-year-old general who could
do no wrong had been in a relationship
with 40-year-old Paula Broadwell, who
is herself married and the mother of two
young children. The FBI probe was set off
by yet another woman complaining about
threatening emails from Broadwell who
seemed to perceive her as a romantic rival.
The less appealing, but more far-
reaching, angle is that Petraeus had been
due to testify this week in a probe about
the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya on
September 11. The US Ambassador to
Libya was killed in that attack. Now that
Petraeus has resigned, his likely successor
would take the stand instead. Was he
prevented from testifying? Equally
important are the issues of whether
national security was compromised and
whether the general had exposed himself
to blackmail.
But let us leave the love triangle issue
(and nobody is even talking about the wife!)
to the gossip mills and the national security
speculation to experts. Today I would like
to focus on whether Petraeus, seen as an
eminently qualied military and intelligence
ofcial, did the right thing in stepping
down. How intertwined are public ofcials
professional lives with their personal ones?
***
Nine of my friendsthree men and
six womengamely replied to a crude
electronic survey I did on the matter.
Manila-based journalist Rudy says the
resignation had absolutely nothing to do
with morals. I bet it is more of a horse
trade than anything else.
Melchor, a PMA graduate who was
an Air Force ofcer for years before
becoming a commercial pilot, says that
for a plum post such as Petraeus, even a
minor blunder is tantamount to eviction...
not for its sensitivity to national security
but for the fact that many would desire that
position. Having an affair? Come on!
Ricky, who used to be a Jesuit
volunteer before settling in the US where
he is now an e-library specialist, believes
that Petraeus was right in stepping down
because mere perception (of a security
breach), true or not, is damaging.
Still, he does not discount the generals
contributions. He has served his country
well and this unfortunate incident should
not fully tarnish his legacy.
Eve, who lives in Iowa and home
schools her children, quotes an oft-
repeated line thats nonetheless true: The
foundation of public ofce is trust. She
adds: If they betray the trust of the ones
dearest to them, how much more the
people they dont even know?
Petraeus move was the best and
it was expected from someone in that
environment. Short and sweet. It would be
useless to prolong the agony so everyone
can feast! says Tina, a businesswoman
whose late father was also in the military.
Baby, quality control ofcer for a
pharmaceutical company, believes it
is impossible to separate the personal
from the professional. Still, it is up to
the individual to know his or her own
vulnerability.
Meanwhile, the position has a lot to
do with the decision, Zamboanga-based
journalism professor Monabelle believes.
A bank manager would not feel a lot
of pressure to resign. Those holding
sensitive posts, however, are not so lucky.
For food science expert, California
resident and mother-of-two Joyce, it is
important that the affair was consensual.
They hurt people, but they did not
sexually molest page boys...I personally
think Petraeus can still serve, but that
decision was his to make.
Paz, a library ofcial from Hamilton,
Ontario, shares Joyces view. If the
same situation applies in the Philippines,
then we would not have any government
ofcials/ politicians left at all! LOL.
This is only the latest scandal to bring
down a prominent personality. The
public will no doubt revel in the details
yet to come. Why does there seem to be
an inordinate attention to the downfall of
great men due to their, ugh, basic instincts?
This is another thing for sociologists to
gure outif they havent already.
In the end, damage was done not
only to the Petraeus family, but to the
Broadwells, as well. That said, I am sure
the protagonistsand everybody who
could in one way or another identify with
themhave been reminded that 1. all
actions have consequences, sometimes
greater and swifter than we could ever
imagine, and 2. they must nd a way to
get over this episode, and despite (because
of?) their failings, continue to do good
things that are bigger than themselves.
adellechua@gmail.com
EVERYMAN
FRANCISCO S.
TATAD
FIRST THINGS FIRST
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Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region Offce No. IV-A
Cavite I District Engineering Offce
Trece Martires City
Invitation to Bid
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cavite District Engineering Ofce, through the
following projects stated below, intends to apply the sum of payments under the contract for the following
projects listed. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatcally rejected at bid opening.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cavite District Engineering Ofce now invites
bids for the;
Contract ID: 12DF0180
Contract Name: Natonal Arterial and Secondary Roads and Bridges, Roads to Address
Critcal Botlenecks, Natonal Roads Trafc Decongeston, Widening of
Tanzang Luma I including Drainage System
Contract Locaton: Imus, Cavite
Net Length: 0.600 Km.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 10,000,000.00
Contract Duraton: 90 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents: PhP 10,000.00
Contract Name: Roads toAddress Critcal Botlenecks, Natonal Roads Trafc Decongeston
other Urban Areas, Widening of Zapote-Salawag-Salitran Road
(Intermitent Secton) including Drainage SystemandRROWAcquisiton,
Bacoor, Km. 15+308 Km. 22+000, 2
nd
L.D.
Contract Locaton: Bacoor, Cavite
Contract Name: Roads toAddress Critcal Botlenecks, Natonal Roads Trafc Decongeston
other Urban Areas, Widening of Zapote-Salawag-Salitran Road
(Intermitent Secton) including Drainage SystemandRROWAcquisiton,
Bacoor, Km. 22+000 Km. 27+000, 2
nd
L.D.
Malagasang including Drainage System
Palanas Road including Drainage System
Contract Name: Flood Control and Drainage Projects, Improvement of Drainage Canal
along Zapote-Salawag-Salitran Road, Bacoor Section (Intermittent
Secton), including RROWAcquisiton, 2
nd
L.D.
Contract Name: Flood Control and Drainage Projects, Improvement of Drainage Canal
along Molino Blvd., Molino Secton, 2
nd
L.D.
Buhay na Tubig including Drainage System
Contract Name: Asset Preservation of National Road Generated from Pavement
Management System/Highways Development & Management-4 (HDM-
4), Preventve Maintenance, Asphalt Overlay at Manila-Cavite Road,
Km. 0019+002 Km. 19+722; Km. 0023+400 Km. 23+853 and Zapote-
Salawag-Salitran Road), Km. 0021+094 Km. 21+276
Net Length: 1,345.10m
Contract Name: Flood Control and Drainage Projects, Improvement/Rehabilitaton of
Drainage Systemalong Ragatan Road; Julian River; Anabu-Palanas Road
and Patndig Araw, Imus Secton
Bidders must have an experience of having completed at least one (1) contract similar to the Project. The
descripton of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, partcularly, in Secton II. Instructon
to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open compettve bidding procedures using non-discretonary pass/fail
criterion as specifed in the Implementng Rules and Regulatons (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184),
otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citzens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizatons with at least
seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citzens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further informaton from DPWH, Cavite District Engineering Ofce, BAC
Secretariat, Trece Martres 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 a) PCABLicense; b) Contracts Registraton
Certfcate; c) Certfcate of Materials Engineer Accreditaton; d) Latest Copy of Authorizing Ofcer together
with machine copy of two (2) valid IDs; e) Certfcate of Safety Ofcer Seminar from Department of Labor
and Employment (DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Order From
(Documents Request List) and g) CY-2011 CPES Ratng to the DPWH-CDEOBAC for authentcaton. Submission
of Leter of Intent is from November 9 23, 2012 untl 10:00 A.M.
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 in the amount of (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 than the submission of their bids.
The DPWH, Cavite District Engineering Ofce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 16, 2012 at
10:00 A.M. in the DPWH Cavite District Engineering Ofce Conference Room, which shall be open to all
interested partes.

Bids must be delivered to the address belowon November 29, 2012 on or before 10:00 A.M. and the opening
of bids will be at 2:00 P.M. of the same date. 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 representatve who choose to atend 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 tme prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the afected bidder or bidders.
DPWH Cavite District Engineering Ofce likewise assumes no obligaton 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 partcipaton in the pre-bidding and bidding process nor does it guarantee that an award
will be made.
For further informaton, please refer to:
TEOFILO A. AYON
BAC Chairman
Atenton:
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Cavite District Engineering Ofce
Trece Martres City
Tel. No. (046)419-0058
Approved by:
(Sgd.) TEOFILO A. AYON
Engineer IV
Assistant District Engineer
Chairman, Bids and Awards Commitee

Noted by:
(Sgd.) OSCAR U. DELA CRUZ
District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
Region IV - A
CAVITE II DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Tagaytay City
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSI ON OF I NTEREST
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cavite II District
Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City, through the RA Fund 101-General Fund
intends to apply the sum stated hereunder to payments under the contract for
the aforementioned projects :
Contract ID No. 12-CSD0-15
Consultancy Services for the Preliminary Detailed Engineering of various
Roads and Bridges along Magallanes-Gen. Aguinaldo Road
Approved Budget for the Contract - P 1,163,904.04
Contract Duration - 53 C.D.
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cavite II District
Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City now calls for the submission of eligibility
documents for the above-stated projects. Interested consultants must submit
their eligibility documents on or before 10:00 A.M. of November 22, 2012 at
DPWH, Region IV-A Conference Room, EDSA, Quezon City. Application for
eligibility will be evaluated based on a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion.
The BAC shall draw up the short list of consultants from those who have
submitted eligibility documents and have been determined as eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise
known as theGovernment Procurement Reform Act, and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations (IRR). The short list shall consist of three (3) prospective
bidders who will be entitled to submit bids. The criteria and rating system for
short listing are: experience of the consulting frm, qualifcation of key personnel
and job capacity.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedure using
non- discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the IRR of RA 9184.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
The Procuring Entity shall evaluate bids using the Quality Based Evaluation
Selection (QBE/QBS) procedure. The criteria and rating system for the
evaluation of bids shall be provided in the Instruction to Bidders.
The Eligibility Screening Form will be available at BAC Secretariat DPWH,
Region IV-A. Submission of eligibility documents shall be received at the
DPWH, Offce of the BAC Chairman and results of eligibility shall be issued in
the same offce.
Bid documents will be available only to shortlisted bidders upon payment of
a non-refundable amount of P 5,000.00 to the DPWH, Region IV-A Cashier.
The DPWH reserves the right to reject any bid and all bids, annul the bidding
process, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
DPWH Region IV-A likewise assumes no obligation whatsoever to compensate
or indemnify any bidder or winning bidders, as the case may be, for any expenses
or loss that said party(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:
PRESCILA R. RAMOS
BAC Chairman
Attention:
DPWH, Cavite II District Engineering Offce
Tagaytay City
Tel # (046) 413-2936
Approved by :

(Sgd.) PRESCILA R. RAMOS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) CARLITO C. JOSE
District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
Region X
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cagayan de Oro City 1
st
District Engineering Offce
10
th
Regional Equipment Services Compound, Bulua
Cagayan de Oro City
Concreting of Barangay Road, Plaza fronting the Church, Barangay
Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City

1. The DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1
st
District Engineering Office
through PDAF FY 2012 GAA, RA 10155 intends to apply the sum of
Php 1,470,000.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)
for payments under the contract for Concreting of Barangay Road,
Plaza fronting the Church, Barangay Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City,
Contract ID No. 12KH0094. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall
be automatically rejected at bid opening.
st
District Engineering Office
now invites bids for Subgrade Preparation; Aggregate Subbase
Course; PCCP, Plain (t = 0.15m); Mobilization & Demobilization;
Construction Safety & Health. Completion for the works required is
37 calendar days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years
from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the
projec tcosting at least 50% of the ABC. The description of an eligible
bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in section
11, Instruction to Bidders.
3. Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA
9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
4. Interested Bidders may obtain further information from DPWH-Cagayan
de Oro City 1
st
District Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding
Documents at the address given below from 8:00AM 5:00PM.
5. 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 in the amount of Five Thousand Pesos
Only (Php 5,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the
Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS)
and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay
the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the date of submission
of their bids.
st
District Engineering Offce will hold
a Pre-Bid Conference on November 23, 2012, which shall be opened
to all interested parties. Letters of Intent (LOI) including the NFCCs
or Credit Line Commitments (CLCs) must be delivered to the address
below on or before December 3, 2012 @ 5:00PM.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before December
4, 2012 @ 10:00AM. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in
any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representative who
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
st
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 of bidders.
9. For further information, please refer to:
JOSE MARCOS S. DACANAY
BAC Secretariat
DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1
st
DEO
10
th
RES Compound, Bulua
Cagayan de Oro City
(Sgd.) LEAH E. NALIPONGUIT
Administrative Offcer V
BAC Chairperson
NOTED:
(Sgd.) BONIFACIO R. LORA
OIC District Engineer

I NVI TATI ON TO BI D FOR
ANNOUNCEMENT
MST Cl assi fi ed Ads section
is implementing a Two (2) day
CUT-OFF PERIOD on all ITBs,
BID BULLETIN, NOTICES and
REOIs prior publication date(s).
Region XI
DAVAO DEL SUR 1
st
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Digos City
Re-Invitation to Bid for Improvement of JNR
Mabuhay-Mabunga-Union-
JNR Poblacion Road, MMURNEC ARC, Bansalan,
Davao del Sur
1. The Davao del Sur 1
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District Engineering Offce, Digos City, Davao
del Sur, through the CY 2013 Infrastructure Program intends to apply
the sum of P 27,959,544.00 being the Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC) to payments under the contract for Improvement of JNR Mabuhay-
Mabunga-Union-JNR Poblacion Road MMURNEC ARC, Bansalan,
Davao del Sur Contract ID # 12LD0046. Bids received in excess of
ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening
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del Sur now invites bids for Concreting of Roads with Vented Spillway/
Paved Drift. Completion of the Works is required for One Hundred Thirty
(130) 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 as specifed 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 out-
standing capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
4. Interested bidders may obtain further information from Davao del Sur 1
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District Engineering Offce, Digos City, Davao del Sur and inspect the
Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 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 Twenty Five Thousand
pesos (P25,000.00).
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philip-
pine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the
website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for
the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.
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del Sur will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 16, 2012, 2:00 P.M.
at BAC Offce, DPWH, Digos City, which shall be open to all interested
parties.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November
29, 2012, 2:00 P.M. at BAC Offce, DPWH, Digos 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.
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. Deadline of Letter of Intent will be on November 23, 2012 at 2:00 P.M.
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del Sur 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.

MARIA TERESA R. LUCABERTE
BAC Secretariat
TELEFAX: 082-553-6465
(SGD.) AMPARO M. CLAR
BAC Chairman
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
ILOILO 4
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STA. BARBARA, ILOILO
Tel. Nos. 523-4557 523-9340
INVITATION TO BID
(MST-Nov. 7 & 14, 2012)
I. CONTRACT ID : 12GI0023
PROJECT NAME/LOCATION : ROADUPGRADING(GRAVELTOPAVED)OFNATIONAL
ROAD LEGANES STA. BARBARAROAD
A) K0017+490 K0018+200( K0017+490
K0018+200 & K0018+629 K0018+818)
B) K0021+592 K0022+542( K0021+298
K0022+539.33)
SCOPE OF WORK : Construction of A) 899 l.m and B) 1,236.48 l.m. PCCP
0.30 m. thick x 6.70 m. wide
ABC : A) P14,460,975.30
B) P19,397,326.33
P33,858,301.63
DURATION : 150 CD
COST OF BID DOCUMENTS : P 25,000.00
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Iloilo 4
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District Engineering Offce, Department
of Public Works and Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, through the FY 2013 DPWH Infra Program
intends to apply the sum stated above being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments
under the above-mentioned contract. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at bid opening.
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of Iloilo 4
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District Engineering Offce, Department of
Public Works and Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo now invites for the above-mentioned description
of work. Completion of the Works is required for the above-mentioned contract. 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
(RA 9184), otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorship, 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 (BAC)
of Iloilo 4
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District Engineering Offce, Department of Public Works and Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
and inspect 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 indicated
above. Issuance of Bidding Documents will be on November 7 November 28, 2012.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government
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.
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District Engineering Offce, Department
of Public Works and Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November
16, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at Iloilo 4
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District Engineering Offce, Department of Public Works and
Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, which shall be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before November 20, 2012, 9:00 A.M at
Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and Highways Regional
Offce VI, Iloilo 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.
Bid opening shall be on November 28, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M at BAC-TWG Offce, Iloilo 4
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District
Engineering Offce, Department of Public Works and Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. 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.
To bid for the contract, a Contractor must purchase Bidding Documents and meet the following
major criteria: a) prior registration with the DPWH, BAC-CPO, Manila; b) with PCAB license
applicable to the type and cost of the contract; c) completion of a similar contract costing at least
50% of the ABC within a period of 10 years, and d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least
equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of the ABC.
Bidders shall submit their bids through their Authorized Liaison Offcer only as specifed in the
Contractors Information (CI). Submission of Letter of Intent (LOI) is no longer required to participate
in the bidding, per Department Order No. 64, series of 2012.
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District Engineering Offce, Department of
Public Works and Highways, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo City reserves the right to accept or deny any bid,
to annul 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.
For further information, refer to:
LEONILA M. CHUA TERESITA S. SERVA
Head, BAC TWG Head, BAC-Secretariat
Iloilo 4
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DEO, DPWH Iloilo 4
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DEO, DPWH
Sta. Barbara, Iloilo Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
Tel No.: 033-5234557 Tel No.: 033-5234557
(Sgd.) PERLA S. LAGUARDIA
BAC Chairman
NOTED :

(Sgd.) ARNEL A. REBETA
OIC Asst. District Engineer/Caretaker
For f as t ad r es ul t s ,
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659-48-30 l oc al 303
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659-48-03
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS & HIGHWAYS
BATAAN SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
BALANGA CITY, BATAAN, REGION III
Tel./Fax No.: (047) 791-3089 (047) 791-3044
E-Mail Add: dpwh_bataan2nd@yahoo.com
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH - Bataan 2
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District Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract I.D.: 12CB0091
Name of Contract: 1. Cont./Improvt./Conc. Of Bagac-MAriveles Road
(Mariveles Section) Brgy. Biaan, Mariveles, Bataan
Brief Description: Const./Improvt./Conc. Of Road
Approved Budget for
The Contract (ABC): P 9,800,000.00
Contract Duration: 60 c.d.
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in ac-
cordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) and must
meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with 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 a
similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d)
Net Financial 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 Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
BAC Activities Schedule
1. Receipt from prospective bidders of Letter of Intent (LOI) Nov. 10-Dec. 03 until 9:00 a.m.
2. Issuance of Bid Documents Nov. 10-Dec. 03 until 9:00 a.m.
3. Pre-bid Conference November 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
4. Receipt, Dropping & Opening of Bids December 03, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Bataan 2
nd
Dis-
trict Engineering Offce, Cashier Offce upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
P10,000.00 for Bidding Documents. Prospective bidders may also download the
BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective bidders that will download
the BDs from the website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include 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 Bataan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all bid and to annul process anytime before Contract award, without incurring
any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved:

(Sgd.) ROMEO P. CARTEL
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MEDEL F. CHUA
OIC- District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
MEMORANDUM
FOR : C INSP ELOY C GABRIEL JR, BFP
Municipal Fire Marshal
San Juan Fire Station 6, FD IV-NCR
FROM : INSP CHANDLER B ARCADIO, BFP
C, Intel And Invest. Section
San Juan Fire Station 6, FD IV-NCR
SUBJECT : Final Investigation Report
DATE : July 08, 2005
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FINAL INVESTIGATION : Intel/Invest Section
REPORT : San Juan Fire Station 6, FD IV-NCR
: San Juan, Metro Manila
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01. PLACE OF FIRE : 02. TIME AND DATE OF ALARM
Greenhills Theater Mall, Greenhills : 1215H 25 June 2005
San Juan, MM.
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03. Establishment Burned/Damages : 04 FIRE VICTIMS
Stalls at the back portion of food court
And upper level of Greenhills : Greenhills Theatermall
Theater Mall : Ms. Prescilla Florentino
EST. DAMAGES - Php 4M more or less : Mr. Paolo F Mendoza
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
05. ORIGIN OF FIRE - at the ceiling, above the kitchen of Mann Hann Restaurant located at the food court of
Greenhills Theatermall
______________________________________________________________________________________________
06. CAUSE OF FIRE - Electrical short-circuiting due to overheated electrical motor of exhaust blower which
causes sparked that easily ignited into the chimney.
______________________________________________________________________________________________
07. SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTS
a. Initial Investigation Report e. NBl Crime Lab. Examination Result
b. Sworn Statement of Witnesses f. Copy of Insurance Policy
c. Photograph of Burned Area g. SEC Registration
d Sketch of Burned Area ... h. Mayors Permit
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
08. ADMlNISTRATIVE MATTERS:
a. Casualty/Injured - - - - - Negative
b. Insurance Coverage - - Not yet stated
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
09. FACTS OF THE CASE:
On or about 1215H June 25, 2005, a fre broke-out at Greenhills Theatermall located at Ortigas Ave. San Juan,
Metro Manila. The fre alarm reached up to Task force Bravo It was placed under control before it was placed under
control at around 4:55 p.m .. It was offcially declared fre-out at around 5:25 p.m. same date.
Involved in this fre incident is a two-storey mixed occupancy-building, constructed of mixed materials under
concrete roofng. The building was occupied by more that 200 stalls engaged in selling assorted goods, owned by
Ortigas Co., -Inc. and being leased by Music Museum managed by Mr. Paolo F Mendoza as Building Administrator.
Investigation conducted disclosed that the fre has originated at the exhaust blower located at the ceiling above
the kitchen of Mann Hann Restaurant, S-01 Food Court, Greenhills, Theatermall, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila.
The spread of fre engulfed the upper level involving II stalls and partially gutted two (2) stalls at the food court and fve
(5) stalls was damaged by fre,. including Administration offce and Janitorial Services room.
After fre operation the undersigned collected samples of ashes and debris at the point of origin. Said specimens
were brought to the NBI Crime Laboratory for purposes of analysis on any presence of fammable substance/accelerant.
However, the NBI Physical Identifcation Branch revealed negative fndings. (please see attached)
Several witnesses in the fre incident were invited by the fre investigators to shed light in the investigation, their
statements was reduced into writing as follows.
Sworn statement of BERNARDCANICAYVACAL, 33 years old, married, a native of Binondo, Manila and resident
of 690 J. Abad Santos St., Sta. Lucia, San Juan, Metro Manila, employed as Supervisor of Mann Hann Restaurant,
states that it was 1215 in the afternoon of June 25, 2005, as he was busy doing the time cards of the employee and
supervising the food chain, he heard sparked at the ceiling of the kitchen, when he verifed the matter he saw smoke
emanating from the ceiling. He immediately instructed his men to switched-off the main breaker of their store, and help
his men to put-out the fre by using fre extinguishers and even tried to make an open hole at the ceiling with the help
of the maintenance crew and duty security guard, and was surprised when they noticed fre inside the ceiling above
the kitchen of the involved restaurant.
Above statement was corroborated by SONNY JIMENEZ Y ADVINCULA, 39 years old, married, a native of
Olongapo City, and resident of No. 558-C Begonia St., Sta Rita, Olongapo City, employed as Maintenance/ Building
Electrician of Music MuseumGroup Inc., which states that he was at the cinema lobby when he was informed through radio
regarding fIre alarmat the involved restaurant, upon receipt information he proceeded to the scene of fre, accompanied
by BERNARD CANICA, the restaurant supervisor they proceeded to the kitchen and was noticed the exhaust blower
at the ceiling was on fre. He immediately rushed out and proceeded to power room and shut-off the main breaker and
then assist the responding fremen and act as a guide in penetrating the area.
Other witnesses and janitors that were present during the fre incident were also interviewed as follows;
Sworn Statement of NOEL SIMANGCAY TIEMPO, 24 years old, married and resident of Blk. 55 Lot 12 Piklatan
Holiday Homes, Gen. Trias, Cavite, employed as janitor of Superior Maintenance Service, assigned at Greenhills
Theatermall, states that on or about 12:15 p.m. of June 25, 2005 he was eating at their locker room located at the upper
level when he heard shouting sunog. He rushed out and verifed and was surprised when he saw the exhaust air duct
system was on fre, He immediately ran upstairs and hold a fre extinguisher to help put-out the fre He also noticed
fre inside the ANNA LEAS store, and even tried to break the glasswall of the said store. When they were able to have
entry at the said store, he noticed that they could not extinguish the fre as it grew into large proportion. He vacated the
area to safety and noticed the arrival of responding fremen from San Juan Fire Station.
Sworn statement of ALVINMESIASYBICOG, 22 years old, single, a native of Somicom, Surigao City and resident
of No. 182 F. Santos Brgy. Isabelita, San Juan, Metro Manila, employed as cook of Mann Hann Restaurant, states that
while he was cooking at the involved restaurant he heard sparked at the ceiling then followed by smoke emanating from
the ceiling, sensing danger he rushed out for safety.
10. DISCUSSION:
All factors were considered and were given attention to ascertain the possible cause of fre. During the course
of investigation and after having examined the documents gathered by this offce, the undersigned. came up with
matters worth of discussion.
One of the factor considered was the installation of the exhaust ducter from the ceiling of Mann Hann Restaurant
which is at the lower level then went up a vertical connection to the upper level, passed through the back portion of ANNA
LEAS store (Stall No. 6 & 7) located at the center portion of upper level. Upon examination of the exhaust ducter it was
noticed that the ducter where the vertical connection stalled was blown-up, probably due to intense heat, resulting to the
gutted of adjoining stall of the upper level including Music MuseumAdministration offce and janitorial Services offce.
After interviewed witnesses, all were one pointing out that they saw smoke and afterwards the fre at the ceiling
above the Kitchen of Mann Hann Restaurant
The undersigned investigator upon examination on the point of origin and kitchen area took noticed of oil residue
particularly at the chimney of Mann Hann Restaurant, One of the witness (Mesias) when interviewed, states that the
scheduled of cleaning of their chimney conducted every two (2) months. Because of poor housekeeping on their
chimney, it can not be avoided that open fame that came from stove can be in contact into the chimney, the probability
that accumulated heat will cause the combustible materials to ignite the chimney is not distant. This was corroborated
on the affdavit of building electrician (Jimenez) which states on his affdavit on Question No. 12 states, that Maaring
nakahigop ng apoy galing sa chimney ng Mann Hann Restaurant aug exhaust blower.
11. FINDINGS:
Based on the facts and other substantiating statement (testimonies of witnesses) surrounding the circumstances.
The fre originated at the ceiling of Mann Hann Restaurant, Stall No. 01 Food Court of Greenhills Theatermall. It was
found out that the probable cause was Electrical Short Circuiting due to overheated electrical motor of exhaust blower
which causes sparked that easily ignited into the chimney.
Short Circuit - occurs when the current can fowthrough easy short-cut instead of going through the regular circuit
Ocular inspection conducted at the fre scene showed that the most gutted portion area was the upper level of
the involved structure while, two (2) stall units only were partially gutted at the lower level, proving that the fre travel
passed through the exhaust ducter/chimney that blown-up at the vertical connection portion, located at the center portion
(ANNALEAS STORE) of upper level, resulting to the gutted of eleven (11) adjoining stall including Administration offce
and janitorial services room.
12. CONCLUSIONS:
In light of the foregoing facts, since that there is no indication that this fre incident is intentional in nature and no
evidence of arson paraphernalia was found during the sifting of debris we conclude that this fre inccident is accidental
in nature. The cause of fre was electrical short-circuiting due to overheated electrical motor of exhaust blower which
causes sparked that easily ignited into the chimney.
13. RECOMMENDATION:
In light of the foregoing. It is most respectfully recommended that this case be considered administratively closed/
solved without prejudiced to re-investigation if a circumstance warrants.
Prepared by:
(Sgd.) INSP. CHANDLER B. ARCADIO, BFP
Chief, Investigation & Intel, Section
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND WCAL GOVERNMENT
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION
SAN JUAN FIRE STATION 6, FD IV-NCR
San Juan, Metro Manila DILG 2000 BFP 2000
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
Republika ng Pilipinas
Kagawaran ng Pagawain at Lansangang Pampabayan
Tanggapan ng Distrito Inhenyero
Telefax 221-6444; 226-2035; 226-2112
L. Ma. Guerrero St., Lungsod ng Dabaw, Rehiyon XI
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Offce, through the Bids and
Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s);
1) Contract I.D.: 12LB-0087
Contract Name: Completion of Multi-Purpose Building at Brgy. Tibungco
Contract Location: Davao City
Scope of Works: Rei nforced Concrete, Structural concrete, masonry
works, cement Plaster fnish, sanitary works (roughing-
in), electrical work (roughing-in), Temporary roofng
and walling at roof deck stair, billboard and safety and
health
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 2,450,000.00
Duration: One Hundred Twenty (120) calendar days
Source of Fund: PDAF
Contract Name: Completion of Multi-Purpose at Brgy. Cabantian
Scope of Works: Structure excavation, embankment (gravel fill),
rei nforced concrete, Structural concrete, masonry
works, cement plaster fnish, sanitary works (roughing-
in), electrical works (roughing-in), temporary roofng
and walling at roof deck stair, billboard and safety and
health
Duration: One Hundred Twenty (120) calendar days
Source of Fund: PDAF
Contract Name: Improvement of road at Purok 5 Panalum to Purok 8,
Fatima
Scope of Works: Const. Safety and Health, survey and staking, Roadway
Excavation, Embankment from Roadway Excavation,
Subgrade Preparation, Aggregate Subbase Course, PCC
Pavement (Plain)-Conventional Method, thk=200mm,
drainage & slope protection, advance warning, billboard
and bollard
Duration: Forty (40) calendar days
Source of Fund: Farm-to-Market Road
Contract Name: Soil Exploration and Structural Investigation for J.P.
Cabaguio Pedestrian Overpass
Scope of Works: Const. safety and health, laboratory testing &
pr epar at i on of f i nal r epor t , f i el d expl or at i on and
structural investigation services
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): PhP 335,968.00
Duration: Twenty (20) calendar days
Source of Fund: PDE
Procurement 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 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 the 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 From: Nov. 13-29, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference Time and Date : 10:00 A.M, Nov. 16, 2012
3. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders @ 12;00 P.M. Nov. 23, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 2;00 P.M.., November 29, 2012
5. Opening of Bids @ 2:00 PM. November 29, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Davao City
District Engineering Offce, Leon Ma. Guerrero Street, Davao City, upon payment of
a non-refundable fee for Bidding Documents for item no. 1 & 2, Five Thousand Pesos
Only (Php 25,000.00), item no.3 Ten Thousand Pesos Only ( Php 10,000.00)and item
no. 4, Five Hundred Pesos (Php 500.00) .
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DWPH website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the
said fees on or before the submission of their bids documents. Bids must accompanied
by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the
Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the
BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope
shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the lowest calculated responsive bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Davao City District Engineering Offce 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:
(Sgd.) GREGORIO C. YEE
Engineer III
Chief, Matls. Testing & Qlty. Control Section
(BAC Chairman)
Noted By:
(Sgd.) LORNA T. RICARDO
District Engineer
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
Cordillera Administrative Region
OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Engineers Hill, Baguio City
Re-Invitation to Bid
Improvement/Widening/Concreting of Bontoc-Tabuk-
Tuguegarao Road,
Basao Bridge Suyo Tangadan - Mallango Section
K0429+940 K0456+094 (I.S.),
Tinglayan Lubuagan, Kalinga
1. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region,
through the General Appropriations Act intends to apply the sum of Thirty Nine Mil-
lion Three Hundred Fourteen Thousand Eighty Eight Pesos and Thirty Three
Centavos (Php 39,314,088.33) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)
to payments under the contract for Project ID No. 12PO0043, Improvement/Widen-
ing/Concreting of Bontoc Tabuk - Tuguegarao Road, Basao Bridge Suyo
Tangadan - Mallango Section, K0429+940 K0456+094 (I.S.), Tinglayan
Lubuagan, Kalinga. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at bid opening.
2. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region now
re-invites bids for the contract for Project ID No. 12PO0043, Improvement/Widening/
Concreting of Bontoc-Tabuk- Tuguegarao Road, Basao Bridge Suyo Tangadan
- Mallango Section, K0429+940 K0456+094 (I.S.), Tinglayan Lubuagan, Ka-
linga. Completion of the Works is required within One Hundred Twenty One (121)
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 Document particularly, in Section II,
Instruction to Bidders.
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.
3. 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 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the
Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organi-
zations 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 Department of Public Works
and Highways- Cordillera Administrative Region, Engineers Hill, Baguio City and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given at the second page from 8:00
A.M. to 5:00 P.M
5. Acomplete 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 Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php 20,000.00). Interested bidders can
also make payments for the purchase of the Bidding Documents at any DPWH Field
Offces.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Govern-
ment 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 bids.
6. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region
will hold a Pre Bid Conference on November 21, 2012 at the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) Offce, 2
nd
Floor Department of Public Works and Highways Cordil-
lera Administrative Region - Regional Offce, Engineers Hill, Baguio City which shall
be open to all interested bidders.
7. Bids must be delivered on December 3, 2012, not later than10:00a.m. at the Bids
and Awards Committee (BAC) Offce, 2
nd
Floor Department of Public Works and
Highways Cordillera Administrative Region - Regional Offce, Engineers Hill, Baguio
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 in the presence of the owner or the bidders authorized representa-
tives who choose to attend at the above address. Late bids shall not be accepted.
8. The Department of Public Works and Highways Cordillera Administrative Region
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.
CLIFTON D. VALENCERINA
OIC - Chief, Construction Division
HEAD, BAC Secretariat
(074) 300-6027
(SGD.)CONSTANTE R. SARMIENTO
Chief, Maintenance Division
BAC Chairman
(074) 300-6033
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
InvItatIon to BId
25 Units Copier Machine Rental Service under ITB No. 1210-336-10
Schedule of Activities:

Pre-bid Conference - November 21, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot
Santolan, Pasig City
Submission and Opening of Bids - December 5, 2012 @ 9:00 A.M.
Cafeteria, LRTA Line 2-Depot,
Santolan, Pasig City
The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar Year 2012,
intends to apply the sum of a Total of Two Million Thirty Eight Thousand Four Hundred Twenty
One Pesos Only (Php2,038,421.00) inclusive of all duties, taxes and/or other chargesbeing the
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the afore-mentioned contract/s. Bids
received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. This contract shall be
effective for a period of one (1) year, starting from the commissioning / installation of the copier
machines in their respective assigned areas.
LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details:
Description
Approved Budget for
the Contract
(ABC)
Bid Security**
Cost of Bid
Documents
Cash/CC-MCBank
draft/ guarantee
or CLC
(2%)*
Surety bond
(5%)*
Copier Machine Rental
Service
Php2,038,421.00 PhP40,768.42 PhP101,921.05 PhP5,000.00
*Only those issued by universal or commercial banks
**In lieu of a bid security, the bidder may submit a Bid Securing Declaration pursuant to
Section 27.5 of RA 9184 and its Revised IRR
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 (R-IRR) of Republic
Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at
least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders commencing on
November 14, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission and receipt of bids
at the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the
amount of PhP5,000.00 only.
Pre Bid Conference shall be open to all interested Bidders. Bidders who have not purchase the
Bidding Documents shall be allowed to participate and may raise their queries or clarifcations
therein. However, only those who have purchased the Bidding Documents shall be allowed to raise
or submit written queries/clarifcations after the Pre Bid Conference.
Submission and Opening of Bids will publicly be opened in the presence of the Bidders authorized
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 theInstructions to
Biddersand the Bid Data Sheet.
LRTAreserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, 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.
Mr. Eduardo A. Abiva
Administration Bldg., LRTA Cmpd., Aurora Blvd. Tramo, Pasay City
Tel. No. 853-0041 50 loc. 8314
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
(Sgd.) Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO
Chairman, Bids & Awards Committee
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC),
invites bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder project:
Name of Project/Brief Description
Lot 1 I mage set t i ng, pr i nt i ng, UV
lamination and folding of 100,000
pcs. New Generation Currency
Poster
Lot 2 Image setting (CTP/flm), printing
and binding of 100,000 copies
of New Generati on Currency
Brochure
Per BSP Scope of Works and
Specifcations
Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC)
Lot 1 - P 1,314,000.00
Lot 2 - P 1,011,000.00
Delivery period
Lot 1 Ten (10) calendar days after receipt
of Notice to Proceed (NTP) to be
issued by the Corporate Affairs
Offce (CORAO)
Lot 2 Fifteen (15) calendar days after
receipt of NTP to be issued by the
CORAO

Bidders should have undertaken a similar requirement awarded and completed from Y2007
to present amounting to at least 50% of the ABC. The Eligibility Check/ Screening as well
as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria. Post-
qualifcation of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.

All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance
Security, Pre-bidding Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-qualifcation and Award of
Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of Republic Act No. 9184 and its
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
Activities Schedule
1. Issuance of Bid Documents

Starting 13 November 2012
(from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 and 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P. M.
only)
Procurement Offce
Room 212, 2
nd
Floor, Five-Storey Building
A. Mabini corner P. Ocampo Sr. Streets, Malate, Manila
Tel. No. 708-7701 loc. 2229/Fax No. 7087117
2. Pre-bid Conference 21 November 2012; 11:30 A.M.; MR2A
3. Opening of Bids 03 December 2012; 2:00 P.M.; MR2A
4. Bid Evaluation These shall be in accordance with the prescribed periods
allowed in the revised IRR of R.A. No. 9184.
5. Post-qualifcation
6. Notice of Award
The ITB and Checklist of Requirements for Bidders may be downloaded from the website
of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the BSP
Website (www.bsp.gov.ph). The complete set of the Bidding Documents may be purchased
by interested bidders from the address stated above upon presentation of the PhilGEPS
Suppliers Order Form and payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount of P5,000.00.
Only bidders who have purchased the Bidding Documents shall be allowed to raise or submit
written queries or clarifcations during the pre-bid conference.
The BSP assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any
expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid.
The BSP reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to declare the bidding a failure, not
to award the contract, 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. Furthermore,
the BSP reserves the right to waive any minor defects or formality and to accept the proposal
most advantageous to the agency.
(Sgd.) ENRIQUE C. DOMINGO
Chairman
BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
INVITATION TO BID
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
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10 Rolito Go abductors charged

IN BRIEF
Zapanta
blood
money
due today
Pilot error caused
Robredo air crash
Lawmen arrest 5 suspected
members of bus robbery ring
Rally for Zapanta. Activists rally to press the government to do more to stay the execution of convicted
overseas Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta in the Middle East. The protesters, in their statement, are alarmed
over alleged increasing number of OFWs in death row, numbering about 122 in the Middle East and China,
and called on the government to halt its labor export policy. AP
De Lima said charges of kid-
napping, serious illegal detention
and robbery were led against
Emilio Ortiz, Lawrence Yurong,
PO2 Emerson Guazon of the
PNP Security Force, Fernando
Francisco, Armando Mondero,
Jerry Duenas; men known as
Reggie and Kumander Rico,
an unidentied prison guard and
Gos unidentied cook.
De Lima said only Mondero
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
THE National Bureau of Investigation
led charges against 10 men who were
allegedly involved in the abduction of
convicted killer Rolito Go and his nephew
Klemens Yu from the National Bilibid
Prison last August, according to Justice
Secretary Leila De Lima.
and Duenas are under the NBI
custody, but they have helped
identify their cohorts in the disap-
pearance of Go and his nephew
Yu on Aug. 14, 2012. The two sur-
faced two days later, insisting that
they were abducted by men who
claimed they were NBI agents.
Mondero was arrested by the
NBI in Barangay Commonwealth
in Quezon City earlier this month
while Duenas surrendered to the
NBI after Mondero linked him to
the kidnapping. The seven others
are still at large.
Mondero said in a sworn state-
ment that Ortiz was the master-
mind of the kidnapping and was
assisted by Guazon, Yurong, and
Francisco. Ortiz allegedly provid-
ed fake NBI identication cards,
rearms and the black Ford Ever-
est with an NBI commemorative
plate that were used in abducting
Go and Yu, Mondero added.
Mondero admitted he was
with Guazon, Duenas and Yurong
when they went inside the prison
and forcibly took custody of Go
and Yu using information pro-
vided by the cook and the guard,
supposedly Yurongs contacts.
The two were then brought
to Sto. Tomas, Batangas and
were held captive in a nipa hut
with the help of Kumander Rico
and Reggie.
Kumander Rico asked Go to
pay P5 million because they
know that he is the owner of Cen-
tury Tuna, has a lending business,
and was reportedly involved in il-
legal drugs.
The group demanded ransom
of P5 million but it went down to
P1 million. Mondero also claimed
Ortiz, Guazon and Francisco ne-
gotiated with Rolito Gos sister
Julie Yu and they were able to
withdraw a total of P60,000 from
her Allied Bank ATM account
through several transactions at
the PNB Calamba branch, RCBC
Savings Bank ATM at Kapitolyo,
Pasig City, and Metrobank ATM
at Shaw Boulevard, Kapitolyo.
Mondero said the man who with-
drew the money from the ATMs
was Bong.
On Aug. 15 Emilio Ortiz and
Bong (Guazon) ordered us to kill
Rolito Go at si Klemens. We did
not know why and we couldnt
ask them, said Mondero. But
Duenas and I decided to release
him, without them knowing. Go
By Sara Susanne
Fabunan
TODAY is the deadline for the
P55 million in blood money that
could save the life of Filipino
worker Joselito Zapanta, who
was convicted of killing his Su-
danese landlord in 2009.
But there was still no word at
press time whether the King of
Saudi Arabia would grant him
more time to raise the blood
money that could spare him
from beheading.
Let us pray for our country-
man Joselito Zapanta. We wish
our collective prayers could ex-
tend his life, said Vice Presi-
dent Jejomar Binay who earlier
wrote Saudi King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud to defer the
deadline so Zapantas family
could have more time to raise
the money.
So far, the government has
contributed SAR400,000, about
P5 million, for the blood mon-
ey, but the family of the Suda-
nese victim, Salah Imam Ibra-
him, has insisted the payment
of SAR5 million, about P55
million.
Meanwhile, Zapantas
mother and sister left for Sau-
di Arabia on Tuesday onboard
Gulf Air ight QR647 via
Doha, Qatar.
His mother, Mona Zapanta
and sister Rose May Zapanta of
Bacolor, Pampanga was accom-
panied on their trip by person-
nel of the Department of For-
eign Affairs.
If the family fails to pay the
blood money demanded by the
victims family, Zapantas ex-
ecution will be scheduled, pos-
sibly within the month.
The government, however,
could only say that it has already
pursued all diplomatic, legal
and even unofcial avenues to
save Zapantas life.
DFA spokesman Raul Her-
nandez said the government has
provided all necessary assis-
tance for Joselito Zapanta since
2009.
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
Department of public Works anD HigHWays
Region IV - A
caVite ii District engineering office
Tagaytay City
Tel. No. (046) 413-1347; Telefax # (046) 413-2936
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cavite II District Engineering Offce,
Tagaytay City, through FY 2013 REGULAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM and FY2012
GAA, intends to apply the sum of Thirty Four Million Eight One Thousand Seven Hundred
Seventy Nine Pesos and 55/100 ctvs. (P 109,099,472.66) to payments under the contract
for various infrastructure projects listed below . Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at bid opening.
1.
Contract I.D. 12Dg0092
Contract Name : Preventive Maintenance (MFO-!), Asphalt Overlay along Cavite-
Batangas Road, K0042+931 K0043+876; K0043+876 K0046+038
with exceptions
Contract Location : Cavite
Major Category : Roads-Rehabilitation-Asphalt
of Work
Contract Duration: 154 calendar days
2.
Contract Name : Preventive Maintenance (MFO-1), Asphalt Overlay with Corrections
along Sta. Rosa-Ulat-Tagaytay Road and Cavite-Batangas Road,
K0071+322 to K0072+678; K0046+038 to K0046+672
of Work
3.
Contract Name : Preventive Maintenance(MFO-1),Asphalt Overlay with Corrections
along Silang By-pass Road, K0042+000 K0042+929
of Work
4.
Contract Name : Drainage Construction/Improvement along Cavite-Batangas Road,
K0045+948 K0046+955 with exceptions
Major Category : Flood Control/Hydraulics - Drainage
of Work
5.
Contract Name : Drainage Construction/Improvement along Crisanto M. de los Reyes
Avenue, K0059+000 K0060+000 with exceptions; K0064+500
K0065+491 with exceptions
of Work
6.
Contract Name : Drainage Construction/Improvement along Mahogany Avenue,
Dasmarias-TMC-Naic Road and Noveleta-Naic-Tagaytay Road;
K0059+040-K0059+900 with exceptions; K0057+300 K0057+159
with exceptions; K0058+800 K0059+650 with exceptions
of Work
7.
Contract Name : Sapang Drainage Dasmarias-TMC-Naic Road, Brgy. Ibayo Silangan,
Naic Cavite
of Work
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cavite II District Engineering
Offce now invites bids for the above stated projects. Bidders must have an experience of
having completed at least one (1) 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), Cavite II District Engineering
Offce, Tagaytay City, and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from
8:00 A. M. 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 Document in the amount
of P 20,000.00 for projects #1,2 & 3 , P 5,000.00 for projects #4 & 5, P 10,000.00 for project
#6 and P 1,000.00 for project #7 .
It may also be downloadable free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the DPWH, provided that
bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
The DPWH, Cavite II District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre Bid Conference on November
16, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the DPWH Cavite II District Engineering Offce, Tagaytay City, which
shall be open to all interested parties.
Bid must be delivered to the address below on November 28, 2012 until 10:00 A.M. All bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable form and in the amount stated
in ITB Clause 18.
Bid will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below on November 28, 2012 after 2:00PM. 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.
PRESCILA R. RAMOS
BAC Chairman
Attention :
Cavite II District Engineering Offce,
Tagaytay City
Tel. (046)413-13-47
Telefax : (046)413-29-36 Approved :

(Sgd.) prescila r. ramos
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
Noted by :
(Sgd.) carlito c. Jose
District Engineer

invitation to bid
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&
OMI SSI ONS
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sect i on must be
b r o u g h t t o o u r
attention the very day
the advertisement is
published. We will
not be responsible
for any incorrect ads
not reported to us
immediately.
(MST-Nov. 14, 21 & 28, 2012)
NOTI CE OF EXTRAJ UDI CI AL
SETTL EMENT
Not i ce i s her eby
given that the deceased
rodolfo perez madrid,
who died intestate on
October 13, 2012 has
been extra j udi ci al l y
settled among his heirs
his shares of stocks at
FEU, FRC and PVB as
per Doc. No. 40, Page
No. 4, Book No. 350
Series of 2012 before
Notary Public Atty. Delfn
R. Agcaoili, Jr. of Manila
erratum
In the Malacaang ad
re: Invitation to Bid
published on Nov.
12, 2012 the non-
refundable bid fees
under purchase
request (pr) no. 12-
09-5955 should have
been php 10,000.00
and not Php 5,000.00
as published.
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
By Joyce Pangco Paares
PRESIDENT Aquino announced on Tuesday the air
crash investigation conducted by the Civil Aviation Au-
thority of the Philippines and it pointed to several errors
Capt. Jessup Bahinting committed that led to the crash
that killed Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo.
When I rst read the initial results of the investiga-
tion, I felt sad and dismayed. The results pointed to one
direction: if only some of the people involved did the
right thing and followed industry safety standards, we
could have avoided this tragedy, the President said.
I just want to be clear: we are not nger-pointing.
All we want is justice, only for Jesse but for the other
victims. We just want to avoid a repeat of this incident,
Mr. Aquino added.
The investigation showed that Bahinting had no exper-
tise in one-engine inoperative emergency (Piper Senecas
right engine died) and instead of returning to Cebu when
the right engine was lost, still proceeded to Masbate.
The deceased pilot also had no previous experience
on the ight route to Masbate. Bahinting also prema-
turely extended the planes landing gears and aps, con-
tributing to the drag that led to the crash.
Probers also learned that the planes right engine
experienced hard starting after installation of the over-
hauled propeller but that was never recorded in the air-
craft logbook. Intermittent fuel supply was caused by
parts failure due to bad maintenance.
Fastfood outlet closed
THE Laguna Lake Development
Authority issued a cease-and-desist
order against Kentucky Fried Chicken
on Shaw Boulevard in Pasig City for
its failure to comply with the efuent
standards of its wastewater discharge.
Presidential Adviser for Environ-
mental Protection and LLDA general
manager Neric Acosta said the KFC
branch exceeded the allowable limits
set by law in terms of total suspended
solids (TSS), color, chemical oxygen
demands (COD) and biological oxygen
demands (BOD).

Class 63 readies jubilee
PREPARATIONS for the golden
jubilee of the Marinduque National
High School Class 1963 shift to high
gear as organizers call on their former
classmates to come forward and be
counted.
Aniceto Nonoy Sto. Domingo
spearheads the early preparations for
the homecoming.
As planned, the three-day affair, to
be held on May 24-26, 2013, will con-
sist of a trip down memory lane at the
covered court of their alma mater, a civ-
ic parade, Masses, a reunion program,
awarding rites, rafes, parlor games,
and a whole-day picnic at the beach
capping the festivities.
A crowning glory also awaits the
home-comers in the form of a corona-
tion ceremony locally called putong
that features singing, dancing, and a
shower of ower petals and coins.
Members of the MNHS Class 63
are enjoined to get in touch with Jean
Mirafuente-Lagustan, cellphone 0918-
9357-765 , Ruben Sumo, 0925-2548-
172, and Anacoreta Linga-Monteras,
09202140428
School to stage plays
THE EARIST Cultural Affairs Division-
Dulaang Ganap will stage a back-to-
back experimental play production of
BATINGAW directed by Ma. Marne
Obejas and TSINELAS directed
by Mark Jay Belo on Nov. 15 to 17,
2012, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6
p.m., respectively, at EARIST (Eulogio
Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science
and Technology) Amphitheatre,
Nagtahan, Sampaloc, Manila. Tickets
at P80.00. For inquiries please contact
Aljon Sio (09484918395), Chastine
Cavestany (09123959491).
By Rio N. Araja
THE Metropolitan Manila Development
Authority on Tuesday disclosed the arrest of
ve men who are believed to be members of
a gang victimizing bus passengers on Epi-
fanio de los Santos Avenue.
Chairman Francis Tolentino said men under
retired police general Maximo Dilla, head of
the agencys Task Force Takipsilim, arrested
Jaymar Adanza, 28; Ramil Ramos, 23; Arvin
Cainglet, 24; Alex Cuadra, 24, and Jun Puerto,
42, at the loading bay of SM Megamall.
The ve men pushed and squeezed em-
ployee Allan Ondit, 28, onboard a Fermex
bus and stole his Apple iPhone 4s mobile
phone from his pocket, prompting him to
alight and seek the help of the task forces
trafc constables posted at the loading bay.
The task force members gave chase and
nabbed the ve robbers, subsequently recov-
ering the mobile phone worth P30,000.
On Nov. 2, task force personnel also ar-
rested Eric Guiroy, one of about four men
who victimized a janitor inside an AC Trans
Bus at the loading bay of Robinsons Galle-
ria mall at Edsa-Ortigas Avenue.
Guiroy is believed to be part of the same
robbery group that operates in crowded ar-
eas, such bus terminals and malls.
Dilla recommended the commendation
of trafc constables III Alwen Padua, Perry
Agustin, Robert Christian Legaspi, Alvin
Bernardino, Rechelo Rustia Jeffery Bacani
and Benigno Genezea, and trafc constable
1 Larry Azures.
TF Takipsilim is a specially trained unit
of trafc constables assigned to direct traf-
c along Edsa and other major roads dur-
ing nighttime.
In a related development, the MMDA
started putting up vertical gardens under y-
overs and on tunnel walls on Tuesday as part
of its beautication program.
We want to revitalize Metro Manilas
ecosystem against rapid urbanization and this
planting of ornamental plants is a big help.
Were hoping that urban designers and archi-
tects will incorporate environment conserva-
tion in their infrastructure projects, he said.
TWO lifters from Zamboanga City distin-
guished themselves over the weekend in the
AWC Asian Junior Weightlifting Champion-
ships 2012 in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
The lifters, led by Jeffrey Garcia and
Nestor Colonia came home with two golds
and three silvers at the end of the ve-day
meet organized by the Asian Weightlifting
Confederation.
The 20-year old Garcia broke three nation-
al records as he placed sixth in the snatch,
and then bounced back with gold medal n-
ishes in the clean and jerk, and the total of
the 62-kg class.
Colonia shattered the old national mark in
the snatch as he came off with with a silver
medal nish in the 56 kg action, and as he came
in behind reigning Southeast Asian Games
champion Thach Kim Tuan of Vietnam.
Nagbunga iyung sacrice nila. Nagtiya-
gang mag-training dito sa Manila ang mga
bata, said national coach Tony Agustin.
Garcia nished with an identical 270 with
Chinese lifter Su Xingbao, but since the
Filipino had a lower body weight, he was
awarded the gold.
In getting the gold, Garcia broke three
national marks he set in the Philippine Na-
tional Games last March.
He may have placed sixth in the snatch,
but his lift of 120 was ve kg higher than his
previous best of 114 in the PNG, and so was
his heave of 155 in the clean and jerk, which
reset the national record of 153.
His tally of 270 was three kg better than
his mark in the PNG. Peter Atencio
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
With leg winners Mhark Fernando,
Carl Santos-Ocampo, Charles Hong,
Zanie Boy Gialon and Marvin Duman-
dan also going all out for another crown,
the battle for top honors is expected to be
erce in the 54-hole event organized by
Pilipinas Golf Tournaments Inc.
Murakami shot a record 64 in the rst
round then went on to post an eight-shot
romp last year but the former national
champion and Asian Tour campaigner
went on a slump this season, falling to as
low as 50th in the Order of Merit ranking
with so-so nishes.
Heading to the penultimate leg
of the 15-stage circuit sponsored
by ICTSI, however, Murakami is
upbeat of his chances, condent of
displaying the form that netted him
a runaway triumph last year.
But he will be facing a eld rar-
ing to fuel their respective title bids
with Minoza coming off a big win in
the Japan Seniors Open and Bayron
topping the PGM-Eastwood Valley
Masters in Malaysia two weeks ago,
his second on the Asian Develop-
ment Tour this year that gave him the
ADT OOM lead and a card in next
years Asian Tour.
Focus will also be on the young
turks with Santos-Ocampo, winner
ICTSI golf tees off
THE P1 million ICTSI Cangolf Invitational
gets going today with Artemio Murakami
going for a repeat at Cangolfs north course
and Frankie Minoza and Jay Bayron seeking a
follow-up to their recent victories abroad.
IN BRIEF
Pinol les complaint
FIERY former North Cotabato governor Man-
ny Pinol, who manages super yweight Edrin
The Sting Dapudong, has led a formal
complaint with IBO president Ed Levine over
the scoring of American judge Michael Per-
nick in the title ght between Dapudong and
South Africas Gideon Buthelezi in Johannes-
burg, South Africa last November 10.
Pinol accused Pernick of abusing his dis-
cretionary authority in scoring the ght, es-
pecially round 9 when Dapudong scored a
knockdown which Pernick scored 10-9 while
British judge Reg Thompson and even South
African judge Tony Nyangiwe scored it 10-8.
Pinol said that when he confronted Pernick
the morning after the ght over what he de-
scribed as his questionable scoring not only of
Round 9 but also of the rst three rounds which
were clearly won by Dapudong as reected in
the scorecards of Judge Thompson the judge
arrogantly bragged that he had judged over 60
world championship ghts, including the ght of
Manny Pacquiao against Ricky Hatton, as if to
insinuate that this gives him the license to score
the ght as he wished. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Suba bags top plum
CARMONA, CAVITEVJ Suba of Eagle
Cement and Estefano Rivera of FERN-C
Racing bagged this seasons top karting
honors after the last two ROK races of the
2012 Coca-Coca Karting Super Series re-
cently at the Carmona Racetrack here.
Suba, who was with the FERN-C Racing
Team in the rst half of the season, swept the -
nal two ROK Senior races to capture the coveted
Karter of the Year plum while Rivera ruled Race
7 and copped the runner-up crown in Race 8 to
clinch the Junior Karter of the Year award of this
series sanctioned by the Automobile Association
Philippines and sponsored by Coca-Cola, Yoko-
hama Tires, Motorstar and Aeromed.
The Karter of the Year sealed an inspiring
ending to Subas Cinderella journey since he
started racing at age 8. Though hes just a me-
chanics son, VJ never stopped believing he
has the talent to make it big in this very ex-
pensive endeavor. Through the years, he relied
mostly on the generosity of other karting par-
ents and supporters like Kart Plaza who lent
him the machine and provided other require-
ments to continue his racing career.
Zambo lifters win in Myanmar
LOUIE ALAS will remain as head coach of the Letran Knights
mens basketball team until the end of the year.
Although he has tendered his resignation after the Knights lost
their title bid to the San Beda Red Lions in the 88th National Col-
legiate Athletic Association mens basketball tournament, there is
a clamor for him to stay on.
He is still the best coach for the school, said Fr. Vic Calvo,
mancom head of season 88 host Letran during yesterdays week-
ly PSA Forum at Shakeys Malate.
Alas, together with coaching staff members including Justino
Pinat have until Dec. 31 before their contract expires.
But, he may continue handling the squad depending on the de-
cision of school ofcials. Alas has been handling the Knights for
the last seven years.
Calvo said names of other coaches like Larry Albano, Nemie
Villegas, Pinat and Danny Gavierres have been mentioned as pos-
sible replacement. But no formal recommendation has been made
by the Letran alumni organization.
Meanwhile, the second semester of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association calendar commences on Nov. 20 with the
volleyball games at the Arena in San Juan.
Defending champion Perpetual Help will start their title de-
fense against Mapua in the mens and womens division.
Clint Malazo takes the place of longtime San Sebastian coach
Roger Gorayeb when the squad faces San Beda.
Gorayeb, who got involved in a brawl with former San Beda
mens basketball coach Frankie Lim 11 months ago. will be back
on his job sooner than expected. Peter Atencio
Letran will retain Alas
until end of the year
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-Flying V
faces a tall order when it tackles University
of Perpetual Help System Dalta today in
the nal day of the eliminations in the 2012
IPPCA Football Pre-Season Cup at the Phil-
sports in Pasig City.
The Green Archers, who play
the Altas at 8 a.m., are cur-
rently at second place behind
the Ateneo Blue Eagles-Filoil in
Group B with a 1-0-1 (win-loss-
draw) but trail the Katipunan
booters by seven goals, 2-9.
Thus, La Salle needs to beat
Ateneo (2-0-1) by at least eight
goals to make it to the Final Four where they
will join early seminalists Far Eastern Uni-
versity, University of Santo Tomas-Metroil
and Emilio Aguinaldo College, the top qual-
iers in Groups A, C and D, respectively.
The football tournament, which is spon-
sored by Meralco, Nuvali, Natures Spring,
Molten, N20 Gastropub, Boysen Paints,
BDO, Topcoms/StarSports Korea, Bacchus,
CDO San Marino Corned Tuna and Pingping
Lechon, is shaping up to be another stellar
football league in the collegiate calendar. It
follows the format of the wildly successful
FilOil Flying V collegiate pre-season bas-
ketball tournament.
If La Salle beats Perpetual
(0-2-0) by seven or less goals,
or if the Altas scores an upset,
the Blue Eagles automatically
make it to the next round.
Ateneo scored a total of ten
goals, scoring eight against
Perpetual, and added two more
against College of St. Benilde,
while yielding a lone goal against the Altas.
In two other non-bearing matches in the
seniors division, Mapua (0-2-0) collides
with National University (0-0-2) in a Group
D match at 10 a.m., while defending UAAP
champion University of the Philippines-East-
ern Petroleum (1-1-0) winds up its campaign
against Lyceum of the Philippines University
(0-1-1) in a Group A match at 1 p.m.
Green Archers face UPHS
at Palos Verdes, Hong, who ruled
the Pueblo de Oro leg, and Gialon,
who beat Tony Lascuna in the play-
off in Negros Occidental, tipped to
gure prominently in the battle for
the top P200,000 purse.
Minoza, meanwhile, draws long-time
rival Robert Pactolerin in the 10:50 a.m.
ight on No. 1 with Jesse Saragoza
while Bayron is bunched with Michael
Bibat and last years three-leg winner
and ICTSI PGT top player Jhonnel
Ababa in the next group.
An early shootout is also expect-
ed in the 7:30 a.m. ight on No. 10
among Fernando, Dumandan and
the long-hitting Rey Pagunsan while
Murakami is paired with James Lam
and Gary Sales in the 10:40 a.m.
ight on No. 10.
Wack Wack will the nal leg for
the second straight year on Dec.19-
22 with a total prize pot of P2.5 mil-
lion up for grabs.
MULTI-TITLED Miya Legaspi and Feli-
cia Medalla overcame a sluggish start with
a solid nish to post a nine-stroke victory
over host Thailand in the recently-conclud-
ed 2012 Singha Thailand Junior World golf
championships at the Royal Hua Hin course.
Legaspi red rounds of 77-73-74-73 while
Medalla chalked up 81-77-72-75 as the duo
carrying the colors of the Junior Golf Foun-
dation of the Philippines combined for a 602
aggregate to nish far ahead of their Thai
counterparts (611) despite falling behind by
seven in the rst round.
Indonesia placed third at 628, Australia
was fourth at 629 and Taiwan was fth at
636 in the competition that featured nine
countries.
The bespectacled Legaspi na rrowly
missed a double when she lost in a playoff
to Shin Eui Shelly of Australia on the second
hole of a sudden-death playoff for the girls
Class B individual crown.
Medalla wound up tied for third in girls
Class A, nine shots adrift of Thai Pannarat
Thanapolboonyaras.
The boys team of LJ Go and Wei Wei Gao
didnt do too well, placing eighth in a eld of
nine with Australia emerging as the winner.
Missy Legaspi, younger sister of Miya,
was fth and Wei Fang Gao seventh in girls
Class D, Gao wound up 11th in boys Class
B, We Yu Gao was 13th in boys Class C and
Raymart Tolentino, Gen Nagai and Go 18th
and 20th in boys Class A.
PH girls rule Thai tourney
Chelsea Football Club Soccer School found a
new home in the Philippines at the Landcos
TRIbeca Private Residences located south
of Manila. Present during the opening
ceremonies are Landco ofcials led by Alfred
Xerez-Burgos III, President and CEO, Landco
Pacic Corp. and Alfred Xerez-Burgos Jr., Vice
Chairman, Landco Pacic Corp.
Sweep. The Philippine Sailing Team swept the recent Hong Kong Sailing Federation
International Dinghy Championship by placing rst and second in the 470 Class divisions. The
tandem of Allan Balladares and Rommel Chavez also placed rst place overall. In the Laser
Class division, Ruben Cruz prevailed by placing rst, second, and third. Alaiza Belmonte placed
rst in the Laser Women division.In the big boats regattas, the Philippine team, skippered
by Philippine Sailing Association president Judes Echauz, placed second overall in the China
Coast Regatta and likewise placed second overall in the 360-mile Hong Kong to Hainan
Regatta on the Jelik 5, a TP52 class yacht.
Games today
(Philsports, Pasig)
8 a.m. La Salle vs
Perpetual Srs
10 a.m. Mapua vs
National U Srs
1 p.m Lyceum vs UP (srs)
3 p.m. Arellano vs
Lyceum (jrs)
Please be informed that in a meeting of
the Board of Directors of ITALIAN MARITIME
ACADEMY PHILS., INC held last October 29,
2012, Ms. Richelle Rose SA. Labrusca was
elected as a Member of the Board of Directors
vice Ms. Victorina C. Hernaez whose resignation
effective October 29, 2012 was accepted by the
Board of Directors.
NAME OF OLD STOCKHOLDERS NAME OF NEWSTOCKHOLDERS
PROCERFINA SA. TERREI PROCERFINA SA. TERREI
VICTORINA C. HERNAEZ MICHAEL B. SAN ANDRES
ROBERTO PAOLO CAZZULO ROBERTO PAOLO CAZZULO
MICHELE FRANCIONI MICHELE FRANCIONI
GIOSUE VEZZUTO GIOSUE VEZZUTO
MARY GRACE SA. LABRUSCA MARY GRACE SA. LABRUSCA
RINA INTERNATIONAL B.V. RINA INTERNATIONAL B.V.
EVANGELINE RACHO RICHELLE ROSE SA. LABRUSCA
The Old Board of Directors as follows:
ROBERTO PAOLO CAZZULO CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
PROCERFINA SA. TERREI MEMBER
MICHELE FRANCIONI MEMBER
MARY GRACE SA. LABRUSCA MEMBER
VICTORINA C. HERNAEZ MEMBER
The New Board of Directors as follows:
PROCERFINA SA. TERREI MEMBER
MICHELE FRANCIONI MEMBER
MARY GRACE SA. LABRUSCA MEMBER
RICHELLE ROSE SA. LABRUSCA MEMBER
The Old Offcers of the Corporations are as follows:
PROCERFINA SA. TERREI PRESIDENT
MICHELE FRANCIONI DIRECTOR
VICTORINA C. HERNAEZ DIRECTOR
MARY GRACE SA. LABRUSCA DIRECTOR
MA. TERESA MENDOZA TREASURER
ATTY. BENEDICTO A. MALCONTENTO CORPORATE SECRETARY
The New Offcers of the Corporations are as follows:
PROCERFINA SA. TERREI PRESIDENT
ANGELITO C. LOTAUCO JR. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
MA. TERESA MENDOZA TREASURER
ATTY. BENEDICTO A. MALCONTENTO CORPORATE SECRETARY
Please be guided accordingly.
(Sgd.) ATTY. BENEDICTO A. MALCONTENTO
Corporate Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
(MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
2/F & 3/F 116 LUZ Bldg. Gamboa St. Legazpi Village,
Makati City, Philippines
Tel. No.: 813-3554 Fax No.: 813-2863
E-mail: ima@imaphilsinc.com
Website: http://www.imaphilsinc.com
Offce of the District Engineer
Capiz 1
st
Engineering District
Roxas City
INVITATION TO BID
The Capiz 1
st
Engineering District through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid
for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12GD0012
Contract Name: Assets Preservation of National Roads Generated from PMS/HDM-4,
Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Sections) National Secondary Road
(Iloilo-East Coast-Capiz Road)
Location: Brgy. Sta Fe, Pilar, Capiz, KO 169+279 KO 170+323
Brief Description: Concreting of 990 lin. mtr., Road thickness=0.30m,
Pavement Markings=2,255 lin. mtr.
Approved Budget for
the Contract: Php 20,431,295.09
Source of Fund:
Duration: 130 Calendar Days

Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved Nationals
Intermittent Section National Arterial Road,
Location: (Iloilo-East Coast-Capiz Road) Brgy. Anhawon, Panay, Capiz KO. 126+
(-)023 KO. 126+027
Brief Description: Concreting of 50 lin. mtr., Road thickness=0.30m
Approved Budget for
the Contract: Php 915,372.10
Duration: a. 30 Calendar Days
KO. 170+323 KO. 171+773
Addtl. Thermoplastic Pavement Markings=4,152 lin. mtr. Brgy. San Nicolas,
Pilar, Capiz
Approved Budget
for the Contract: Php 29,402,554.14
Source of Fund:
Duration: b. 140 Calendar Days
________________
TOTAL ABC Php 30,317,926.24
Contract Name: Rehabilitation/Reconstruction/Upgrading of Damaged Paved Nationals
Intermittent Section National Arterial Road,
Location: (Iloilo-East Coast-Capiz Road)
a. KO. 167+ 598 KO. 167+728
Brief Description: Concreting of 130 lin. mtr., Road thickness=0.30mBrgy. San Blas, Pilar, Capiz
Approved Budget for
Duration: a. 30 Calendar Days
KO. 167+728 KO. 168+121
Addtl. Thermoplastic Pavement Markings=759 lin. mtr.
Location Brgy. San Blas, Pilar, Capiz
Approved Budget for
Source of Fund:
Duration: b. 65 Calendar Days
c. KO. 168+121 KO. 168+841
Addtl. Thermoplastic Pavement Markings=648 lin. mtr.
Location Brgy. Santa Fe, Pilar, Capiz
Approved Budget for
Source of Fund: ________________
Duration: c. 90 Calendar Days
TOTAL ABC Php 23,309,977.74

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must, purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen of 75% Filipino owned partnership, corporation, cooperative or joint venture,
(c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least
25% of ABC within a period of 5 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.

1 Issuance of Bidding Documents Nov. 12 to December 04, 2012
2 Pre-Bid Conference November 22, 2012, @ 9:00 a.m.
3
Deadline of Downloading of Plans and Bid Docu-
ments
November 28, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m.
4 Receipt of Bids December 04, 2012 @ 9:00 a.m.
5 Opening of Bids December 04,, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m.

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Capiz 1st Engineering District, Km. I, Roxas City, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee of P20,000.00 for Bidding Documents per project. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Bids must 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
the 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.
Capiz 1st Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
anytime before the Contract Award without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Sgd: CORAZON A. PERLA
Administrative Offcer III
BAC-Chairman
Noted:
Sgd: SANNY BOY O. OROPEL, CES E
District Engineer
(MST-NOV. 14 & 19, 2012)
Sports
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Manila Standard TODAY
WEDNESDAY
A10
Sarets Fearless Challenge
Trail Run 2012 concludes
ROSTUM Nava, Darling Jonafer Real,
Roger Denolo, and Vilma Sta. Ana plus
Jeff Arce, Cecille Yuson, Jovyrell Laroa
and Irene Rel proved to be the fearless
among the participants of the last two legs
of coach Jim Sarets Immuvit Fearless
Challenge Trail Run 2012.
The event tested their limits as they faced
challenges that involved mud, ice, oil, and
re, among others, and gave tness enthu-
siasts an exhilarating experience that tested
their skills and pushed it to the limits. The
last two legs were called No Excuses for
Leg 2 and No Turning Back for Leg 3.
The No Excuses phase focused on test-
ing and enhancing the physical tness levels
of the participants. This was where they per-
formed what seemed like regular exercises
that were brought several notches up by t-
ness guru coach Jim Saret.
Challenge stations featured the Rip 60
Challenge, Tire Flips, Wiper Push-ups, Tire
Pull, Walking Lunges, and Burpee Box Jump
where the objective was to perform these
exercises in proper form following the pre-
scribed Meta-Fit standards.
Coach Jim designed the Meta-Fit exercis-
es to promote higher metabolism & energy,
stronger bones, and lower blood sugar in
keeping with Immuvits goal of encouraging
and enabling Pinoys to age fearlessly.
We want to promote a lifestyle that
combats Somatopause, or metabolism
slowdown, that typically begins when one
reaches his or her late 20s. The Meta-Fit
challenges aim to determine the tness level
of the participants and nd out whether their
physical age is older or younger than their
biological age. By knowing these, we will
be able to help them address their tness con-
cerns so they can do more with their lives and
therefore live fully, Coach Jim explained.
The nal leg of the Immuvit Fearless
Challenge Trail Run was held at Nuvali in
Sta. Rosa, Laguna and included obstacles
that required participants to cross a river,
pass through an ice pool, leap over burning
logs, crawl under & jump over wood planks
of varying heights, and slither their way
through mud.
Winners for each of the three legs were
awarded with cash prizes, gift packs, and
winners trophies, while the Finishers
brought home nishers medals, completion
certicates, and loot bags from Pascual Con-
sumer Healthcare Corporation.
Azkals
size up
Thais
THE Philippine Azkals nation-
al football got a chance to learn
the strengths and weaknesses
of Thailand.
The Thais, led by veteran
defender Prayad Boonya, beat
defending champion Malaysia,
2-0, in an international friendly
in Nontaburi.
Several key players including
striker Teerasil Dangda and mid-
elder Datsakorn Thonglao were
sidelined by injuries, and coach
Winfried Schaefer gave an op-
portunity to a number of bench
players including Prayad, who
turned 33 this week.
He put Thailand ahead after
26 minutes at the SCG Stadium
with a header which Malay-
sia goalkeeper Farizal Marlias
should have been able to keep
out of his net.
Azkals coach Hans Michael
Weiss said the team will de-
nitely be prepared when they
meet the Thais in the 2012
AFF-Suzuki Cup.
With their home advantage,
we have to be prepared. Its very
difcult. But the team is strong
and made signicant progress in
the last month, said Weiss.
The Thais will have their
turn to observe the Azkals
which will battle Singapore in
a friendly on Thursday, Nov. 15
in Cebu City.
Among those who are see-
ing action against Singapore are
Marvin and Marwin Angeles,
Ian Araneta, Misagh Bahadoran,
Joshua Beloya, Emilio Chieffy
Caligdong, Jeffrey Christiaens,
Jason de Jong, Roel Gener and
Anto Gonzales.
Comebacking Chris Great-
wich is around with Juani
Guirado, Ray Jonsson, Nesto-
rio Margarse, Caly de Murga,
Demetrius Omphroy, Paolo
Pascual, Patrick Reichelt, Ja-
son Sabio, Eduard Sacapano,
Matthew Uy and Denis Wolf.
The Younghusband brothers
Phil and James are also listed.
The Azkals will miss mid-
elder Stephan Schrock, who
plays for Bundesliga outt TSG
1899 Hoffenheim, along with
striker Angel Guirado of Indias
Salgaocar. Peter Atencio
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NATIONAL bowler Jong Enriquez emerged
as the early favorite in the mens Open
Masters event as he submitted a sizzling 1424
series Monday in the 41st PBC-PSC-POC
Open championships at the SM lanes in Mall
of Asia, Pasay City. Enriquez, who also car-
ries the colors of SLETBA, collected 670 and
754 pinfalls to pull away from TBAM-Prima-
PHs Kenneth Chua (1332) and TBAM-
Primas Richie Poblete (1330) in the Masters
qualifying round.
Rain or Shine (6-2), which won
ve of its last six games, gains a
share of tourney leadership with
idle Talk N Text (7-2) with a win
over Petron (3-6) today. It is cur-
rently tied for second place with
San Mig Coffee (6-2)
Before that the Alaska Aces (5-
4) try to arrest a two-game skid
when they battle the rising Air21
Express (3-5) at 5:15 p.m.
The other teams include the
San Mig Coffee Mixers (6-2), the
Meralco Bolts (5-3), Barangay
Ginebra San Miguel (4-5), the
Air21 Express (3-5), Barako Bull
Energy Cola (3-6), and the Glo-
balPort Batang Pier (1-8).
Rain or Shine and Petron Blaze
are both powerhouses. However,
one is doing what it is supposed to
do while the other seems to be in the
middle of a deep slumber. Those
two juggernauts which are clearly
heading opposite directions get to
see if the trend continues.
Elasto Painters coach Yeng
Guiao is cautious even though
he knows that his team is sizzling
hot. Guiao remains wary of the
formidable bench of the Boosters.
They (Petron Blaze) may be
struggling but that team will always
be a force given their personnel.
They will be a threat and well still
be ready even though they have in-
juries because thats a team desper-
ate for a win,said Guiao.
Rain or Shine snapped the ve-
game winning streak of the Aces,
101-93, last week to send a warn-
ing to the other PBA teams.
Initially touted as one of the
conference favorites, the Boosters
dont exactly look like title con-
tenders now. They have lost their
last three outings and are strug-
gling to dig themselves out of a
hole. A huge win today just might
be the silver lining that the team is
badly looking for.
The Aces have dropped two in
a row after winning ve straight.
Their opponents today in contrast
have won their last two assign-
ments to reassert their credibility.
With new acquisition Mike
Cortez immediately making a
huge impact one cant blame
coach Franz Pumaren for being
condent that his squad will make
a run to reach the playoffs for the
rst time in the teams history.
One thing about Mike (Cortez)
is that its easy for him to adjust.
I think we found the solution al-
ready although we still have to
further work on our chemistry,
said Pumaren.
Cortez, who was acquired from
Barangay Ginebra in a trade last
week, had a stellar debut for the
Express when they tallied a hard-
earned 86-85 victory over Barako
Bull last Friday. Cortez posted
spectacular numbers of 24 points,
six rebounds, six assists and ve
steals to rejuvenate his career.
By Jeric Lopez
THE Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
gun for a share of the lead in the 2013
Philippine Basketball Association Phil-
ippine Cup when they battle the Petron
Blaze Boosters 7:30 p.m. tonight at the
Smart Araneta Coliseum.
McClinton arrives a hero
CALGARY via PCSO
AFTER nine years of per-
fecting her craft and four
years of quietly bringing
honor to the country,
Filipina bodybuilder
Luz McClinton nally
got her rst heros wel-
come as she arrived in
Manila yesterday from
Oklahoma, USA.
McClinton was de-
clared the worlds best at
the recently concluded
World Bodybuilding
and Fitness Federa-
tion (WBFF) South-
west US Champion-
ship in Oklahoma, USA.
She is the WBFF Pro Card
Winner and Figure World
Champion.
She also won a bronze
in Diva Fitness in the
same competition. She
has surpassed all the
countrys achievements
in bodybuilding, despite
lack of support from the
government and private
institutions.
McClinton received
sponsorship from
the Philippine Char-
ity Sweepstakes Ofce
(PCSO). She thanked
PCSO Chairman Margie
Juico, the Sports Com-
municators Organiza-
tion of the Philippines
(SCOOP) and the PSA
Praise God that we
won. I thank my fa-
ther, my trainer and my
daughter for always be-
ing beside me. Thanks
to Chairman Margie for
trusting and supporting
my endeavor. I am in tears
because nally, someone
helped me and someone
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Health and tness expert Ashley Horner (left) and Certied Personal Trainer
and Health & Nutrition Educator Paula Dibbins (right) were beaten by Filipina
bodybuilder Luz McClinton (center) at the recenrly concluded World Bodybuilding
and Fitness Federation (WBFF) Southwest U.S. Championship in Oklahoma, USA
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Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Exports jump 22.8% to $4.8b
Business Bank defers
public offering to Q1
Alliance Globals profit rises 33%
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing November 13, 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 41.0840
Japan Yen 0.012583 0.5170
UK Pound 1.588200 65.2496
Hong Kong Dollar 0.129032 5.3012
Switzerland Franc 1.054407 43.3193
Canada Dollar 1.000500 41.1045
Singapore Dollar 0.817728 33.5955
Australia Dollar 1.042535 42.8315
Bahrain Dinar 2.653224 109.0051
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266652 10.9551
Brunei Dollar 0.817728 33.5955
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000104 0.0043
Thailand Baht 0.032658 1.3417
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.1857
Euro Euro 1.271200 52.2260
Korea Won 0.000919 0.0378
China Yuan 0.160537 6.5955
India Rupee 0.018198 0.7476
Malaysia Ringgit 0.326605 13.4182
NewZealand Dollar 0.817595 33.5901
Taiwan Dollar 0.034518 1.4181
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
P41.115
CLOSE
Closing NOVEMBER 13, 2012
5,455.92
14.78
HIGH P41.100 LOW P41.150 AVERAGE P41.128
VOLUME 635.970M
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
EXPORTS climbed 22.8
percent in September, the
fastest growth in 21 months,
led by higher shipments of
commodities and manufactured
goods amid higher demand from
Asian countries.
The National Statistics Ofce said merchandise
exports hit $4.8 billion in September, up from
$3.9 billion a year ago and $3.8 billion in August,
on increased orders for tuna, metal components,
bananas, woodcraft and furniture, ignition wiring sets,
petroleum products, coconut oil and electronics.
The National Economic and Development Authority
said the Philippines was the strongest performer in
East and Southeast Asia in terms of exports growth
in September, eclipsing the 15.8-percent growth in
Hong Kong, 15.6 percent in Vietnam, 10.4 percent
in Taiwan, 9.9 percent in China and 0.2 percent in
Thailand.
The strong export performance mainly reected
the moderate improvement in global economic
activity as industrial production and business
condence indicators showed signs of recovery, said
Neda deputy director-general Emmanuel Esguerra.
Exports in the rst nine months also showed a 7.2-
percent growth to $40.1 billion from $37.4 billion
recorded in the same period last year.
The Philippines is only one of four East and
Southeast Asian countries that posted positive
growths in the rst nine months of 2012, along with
Vietnam [18.3 percent], China [7.4 percent], and
Hong Kong [1.8 percent], said Esguerra.
Electronics remained the countrys top export with
total receipts of $1.8 billion in September, up 1.1
percent from a year ago.
The nearly at performance of electronics
shipments was due to the drag coming from
electronic data processing units amid renewed
strengths in other electronics sub-segments such as
telecommunication, which was projected to surpass
computers as one of the leading market drivers,
said Esguerra.
Trade Undersecretary Cristino Panlilio said the
export growth in September demonstrated the
countrys resiliency despite uncertainties in the
global economy.
The countrys merchandise exports growth
momentum remains robust despite signicant threat
posed by the crisis in the Euro area and lethargic state
of the US economy, he said.
We have always aimed to make our export growth
rate at par with our Asean neighbors to sustain the
countrys growth, Panlilio said.
Data showed overseas sales of forest products
surged 185 percent to $11.3 million, due to signicant
boosts in export receipts from logs and lumber.
First Gen
wins Quill
awards.
Lopez-controlled
First Gen Corp.
received awards
for its coffee
table book
Generations
and for its
internal
magazine PULSE
during the 2012
Philippine Quill
Awards of the
International
Association
of Business
Communicators
on Nov. 12.
Receiving the
awards on behalf
of First Gen
are (from left)
president and
chief operating
ofcer Francis
Giles Puno,
assistant vice
president and
head of corporate
communications
Estela de la Paz,
and senior vice
president, chief
nance ofcer
and treasurer
Emmanuel
Singson.
CONGLOMERATE Ayala
Corp. on Tuesday reported that
consolidated net income in the
rst nine months of the year
reached P8.7 billion, up 19 percent
year-on-year, on robust equity
earnings from core and non-core
businesses.
Ayala Corp. said in a statement
core net income, which excludes
the impact of the accelerated
depreciation from its telecom unit
and revaluation gains realized
from its international property unit
last year, reached P9.3 billion, up
31 percent year-on-year.
Equity earnings from core and
non-core businesses reached P11.1
billion in the rst nine months of
the year, a 21 percent increase year-
on-year. The earnings were driven
by the property, banking and water
businesses, which offset the prot
decline of its telecom business.
The congolomerates key
subsidiaries include Ayala Land
Inc., Bank of the Philippine
Islands, Globe Telecom and
Manila Water Co. Inc.
A signicant improvement in
equity earnings of its international
businesses also helped boost equity
earnings in the rst nine months.
We are pleased with the earnings
performance of each of our core
businesses and the continued
improvement in protability of our
international units. Their combined
performance to-date keeps us on
track with our year-end targets,
Ayala Corp. chairman and chief
executive Jaime Augusto Zobel de
Ayala said.
The positive momentum in
the domestic economy continues
to present opportunities for us
to build on the trajectory of our
core businesses and aggressively
expand in these sectors. As our core
businesses remain a steady source
of earnings and cash ow, we also
continue to optimize our portfolio
to maximize value and actively
invest in new sectors such as power
and transport infrastructure to build
a platform for long-term growth,
he added. Jenniffer B. Austria
THE P4.25-billion initial public
offering of Philippine Business
Bank may be postponed to the
rst quarter of 2013, following
the delay in securing regulatory
approvals, the arranger of the
transaction said Tuesday.
Maybank ATR Kim Eng
managing director Roberto
Benares said the local thrift bank,
owned by businessman Alfredo
Yao, might need to re-le its IPO
application with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and
the Philippine Stock Exchange
because the nancial statement
included in the registration
statement was no longer up to
date. PBB tapped Maybank to
arrange the IPO.
Audited nancial statements
of companies applying for public
listing should not be more than
135 days old under the Securities
Regulation Code. Benares said the
PBBs audited nancial statement
was based on the companys rst-
half performance.
The PSE was set to act on
the banks IPO application
Wednesday.
So what will happen is they
[PBB] will postpone it [IPO].
They will have to decide. The
next window could either be using
September, October, November
nancial gures. After that, you
go out rst quarter next year,
Benares said.
PBB plans to offer 101.33
million shares at a maximum
offer price of P41.94 per share.
The offer shares represent 29.5
percent of the banks outstanding
capital stock.
The bank earlier said it
intended to use the proceeds from
the offering for payment of bank
branch licenses to the Bangko
Sentral, expansion of its branch
network, implementation of IT
projects and general banking
purposes.
Jenniffer B. Austria
PUREGOLD Price Club Inc.,
the grocery chain owned by
businessman Lucio Co, on
Tuesday said net income in the
rst nine months of the year
grew 67 percent to P1.8 billion
from P1.07 billion year-on-year
due to new store openings.
Puregold said in a ling with
the Philippine Stock Exchange
sales increased 45.2 percent to
P39.1 billion in the nine-month
period from P26.9 billion in 2011
on higher turnover from existing
and newly-opened outlets.
Newly-acquired 6 S&R
Membership stores and 19 Parco
supermarkets contributed 35.2
percent of the total increase in
Puregolds net sales during the
period.
Net income in the third quarter
stood at P769 million, up
161 percent from P295
million on year. Third-
quarter revenues reached
P15.8 billion from P9.6
billion in a year ago.
Puregold earlier said
it expects to register
a net prot of P2.63
billion this year, up 71
percent from the 2011
level. Consolidated
net sales are expected
to grow 50 percent to
P58.5 billion from P39
billion in 2011.
To achieve the targets,
the supermarket chain
should register P830
million in net prot and
P19.4 billion in revenues
in the last quarter of the
year.
Jenniffer B. Austria
By Jenniffer B. Austria
ALLIANCE Global Group Inc.,
the conglomerate led by tycoon
Andrew Tan, said core net
income rose 33 percent to P6.75
billion in the rst nine months
from a year ago, boosted by
strong earnings of real estate unit
Megaworld Corp.
AGI said in a disclosure to
the stock exchange consolidated
revenues grew 70 percent to
P78.1 billion from P46 billion
during the period, following
the consolidation of Travellers
International Hotel Group Inc.
into the group this year.
The conglomerate said
including minority interests, nine-
month core net income jumped 48
percent to P13.5 billion from P9.1
billion in 2011.
We expect our consumer
product business and tourism-
related real estate business
to continue their growth
momentum over the next year,
said AGI chief nance ofcer
Dina Inting.
Megaworld contributed 39
percent to AGIs net income
and about 30 percent to its total
revenue. Megaworlds revenues
improved 4 percent to P23.85
billion from P22.96 billion.
The property rms core net
income, on the other hand, rose
20 percent to P5.7 billion from
P4.8 billion, supported by strong
sales from residential projects in
Newport City, McKinley West,
McKinley Hill and Eastwood
City as well as strong leasing
income from its BPO and retail
portfolio.
Megaworld, one of the
leading developers of ofce
developments, plans to have
500,000 square meters of ofce
space by end-2012.
Dropped calls still high
MOBILE phone networks Globe Telecom
and Smart Communications showed slight
improvement in the quality of services in
September, although dropped call rates still
exceeded the minimum standards.
National Telecommunications Commission
director Edgardo Cabarrios said in a brieng
Tuesday Globe and Smart showed improved
services in four of the ve parameters, including
blocked calls, call setup time, average received
signal level and average signal quality, which
all passed the agencys prescribed minimum
service performance standards.
The monitoring teams conducted tests during
the last week of September with 2,189 random
calls in all of the 16 cities and 1 municipality
of Metro Manila. The initiated calls were done
simultaneously for both networks.
Cabarrios said for blocked calls or grade
of service Smart and Globe both passed the
standard for quality of service at 2.54 percent
and 2.75 percent, respectively, against a
minimum standard of 4 percent.
However, both companies failed the
minimum 2-percent standard for dropped call
rates, which means that no more than two
dropped calls should be allowed for every 100
calls. Smart registered a 2.15 percent DCR
while Globe had 2.75 percent.
Although both telcos failed the industry
standard for DCR, Smart is better than Globes
in this item, Cabarrios said. Lailany P. Gomez
Rice output to rise 4.1%
RICE production is forecast to increase
4.1 percent to 4.16 million metric tons in
palay terms in the rst quarter of 2013 from
3.99 million MT in the rst quarter of 2012,
according to the Bureau of Agricultural
Statistics.
The Bureau of Agricultural Statistics based
the forecast on the assumption that the harvest
area would expand 4.7 percent from 1.08
million hectares in the rst quarter of 2012
to 1.13 million hectares in the same period
in 2013. The average yield per hectare is
projected to decline by 0.5 percent from 3.70
MT to 3.67 MT during the period.
Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Caraga
are expected to contribute the biggest shares in
the probable increase in production in the rst
quarter of 2013.
The Agriculture Department expects rice
production to reach 17.98 million MT in the
whole of 2012, up by 7.7 percent from the
2011 output of 16.68 million MT.
Harvest area is projected to expand by 3.4
percent from 4.54 million hectares last year
to 4.69 million hectares this year. Yield per
hectare is also seen improving from 3.68 MT
to 3.83 MT.
Production in the second half of 2012 is
predicted to reach 10.08 million MT, up by
10.7 percent from last years record output of
9.11 million MT. Othel V. Campos
Puregold netted P1.8b in first nine months
Ayalas
income
rises 19%
to P8.7b
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 11,187,253 797,182,920.15
INDUSTRIAL 620,727,158 960,242,986.60
HOLDING FIRMS 1,172,928,176 1,501,546,919.75
PROPERTY 165,629,641 556,538,767.21
SERVICES 450,091,994 718,976,090.98
MINING & OIL 1,012,623,947 289,105,353.36
GRAND TOTAL 3,433,188,169 4,823,593,038.049
FINANCIAL 1,418.16 (down) 3.51
INDUSTRIAL 8,625.33 (up) 3.61
HOLDING FIRMS 4,702.64 (down) 9.08
PROPERTY 2,087.36 (down) 11.06
SERVICES 1,722.72 (down) 6.35
MINING & OIL 19,146.73 (down) 288.80
PSEI 5,455.92 (down) 14.78
All Shares Index 3,591.54 (up) 2.89
Gainers: 69; Losers: 91; Unchanged: 52; Total: 212
Market retreats;
Alcorn, URC gain
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52 Weeks Previous % Net Foreign
High Low STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume Trade/Buying
MST BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
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T
FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 68.00 68.90 67.60 68.00 0.00 1,703,820 (11,810,134.00)
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 85.45 85.80 85.45 85.50 0.06 597,530 7,214,753.00
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.69 0.71 0.71 0.71 2.90 10,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 52.75 53.00 52.80 52.90 0.28 206,030 686,277.50
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 18.20 18.40 17.90 18.00 (1.10) 535,200 (4,525,414.00)
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 24.30 24.70 24.30 24.60 1.23 797,400 8,626,110.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 0.00 1,300
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.95 2.85 2.73 2.85 (3.39) 114,000 56,930.00
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 460.00 489.80 479.80 489.80 6.48 30
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 20.05 21.50 21.50 21.50 7.23 2,500
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 97.80 97.85 95.80 95.95 (1.89) 4,282,160 25,142,246.50
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.82 1.82 1.82 1.82 0.00 16,000
94.50 56.00 Phil Bank of Comm 74.50 71.00 68.00 71.00 (4.70) 830
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 71.50 71.90 71.40 71.50 0.00 394,450 (4,321,278.00)
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 370.00 373.00 370.00 370.00 0.00 280 18,600.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 46.95 49.95 47.00 48.00 2.24 1,534,400.00 62,168,900.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 161.80 162.40 161.80 162.00 0.12 423,150 (35,613,958.00)
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 980.00 990.00 985.00 990.00 1.02 370
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 110.00 111.00 110.00 110.10 0.09 17,690 551,510.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 2.13 2.18 2.12 2.12 (0.47) 550,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.60 33.95 33.60 33.85 0.74 2,382,100 22,778,200.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.05 8.11 8.05 8.06 0.12 50,500
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 2.07 2.15 2.07 2.09 0.97 4,013,000 4,703,510.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.40 29.40 26.70 28.00 (4.76) 3,600 5,600.00
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.39 1.40 1.39 1.40 0.72 45,000
Asiabest Group 18.50 18.80 18.10 18.80 1.62 11,200
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.06 13.06 13.00 13.06 0.00 17,000
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25 0.00 5,000
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 3.07 3.07 3.05 3.07 0.00 69,000 85,610.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 11.96 11.98 11.96 11.98 0.17 30,400
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.69 6.70 6.60 6.64 (0.75) 18,044,500 3,982,403.00
7.77 2.80 EEI 8.80 8.89 8.80 8.87 0.80 187,600 (156,499.00)
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.90 2.38 1.92 2.18 14.74 760,000 (59,600.00)
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 22.85 23.00 22.70 22.70 (0.66) 1,920,900 7,606,075.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 91.70 92.30 91.40 91.50 (0.22) 649,750 13,783,949.50
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 18.50 18.80 18.20 18.20 (1.62) 7,200
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0230 0.0230 0.0220 0.0230 0.00 538,900,000 6,900.00
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 13.62 13.60 13.40 13.60 (0.15) 182,700 2,249,896.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.28 4.18 4.17 4.18 (2.34) 40,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.640 0.640 0.640 0.640 0.00 16,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 105.80 105.80 105.00 105.00 (0.76) 247,810 1,352,727.00
Lafarge Rep 9.65 9.68 9.35 9.65 0.00 2,527,200 96,500.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.04 2.05 1.96 2.02 (0.98) 230,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 9.43 9.40 8.11 9.40 (0.32) 278,900
3.19 1.08 Manchester Intl. B 9.32 9.50 8.50 9.00 (3.43) 164,000 (80,250.00)
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 29.85 30.00 29.80 29.90 0.17 1,944,300 (8,774,885.00)
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 3.65 3.65 3.65 3.65 0.00 5,000
18.10 8.12 Megawide 16.080 16.020 15.800 15.800 (1.74) 49,900 (15,800.00)
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 261.20 262.00 260.00 260.80 (0.15) 436,160 (8,018,080.00)
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 5.55 5.56 5.28 5.30 (4.50) 3,542,300 3,149,394.00
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.78 10.78 10.60 10.70 (0.74) 2,300,800 5,153,012.00
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.24 10.24 10.24 10.24 0.00 131,700
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.55 8.56 8.45 8.48 (0.82) 133,600 (378,250.00)
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.13 4.20 4.17 4.18 1.21 5,414,000 15,398,610.00
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 4.80 5.50 4.70 4.70 (2.08) 42,000
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 34.10 34.20 34.00 34.10 0.00 60,200
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 109.00 109.30 108.90 109.20 0.18 324,630 14,961,535.00
3000.00 800.00 San MiguelPure Foods `B 700.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 0.00 100
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.40 2.33 2.31 2.32 (3.33) 198,000 116,100.00
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.73 1.82 1.74 1.78 2.89 27,000
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.159 0.161 0.158 0.158 (0.63) 2,660,000 158,000.00
14.66 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 11.70 12.20 11.64 12.18 4.10 3,533,700 3,029,688.00
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 1.99 2.05 2.00 2.05 3.02 20,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.14 1.15 1.12 1.12 (1.75) 3,601,000 11,300.00
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 75.50 77.10 75.40 77.05 2.05 2,641,590 108,706,486.50
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.21 1.23 1.19 1.22 0.83 463,000
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 1.25 1.26 1.10 1.11 (11.20) 6,495,000 99,150.00
1.22 0.77 Vulcan Indl. 1.84 1.85 1.63 1.64 (10.87) 15,748,000 (418,520.00)
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.70 0.72 0.69 0.69 (1.43) 5,838,000 (71,000.00)
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.70 48.85 48.50 48.75 0.10 1,278,300 22,591,120.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.1200 0.1280 0.1200 0.1260 5.00 1,091,410,000 5,026,540.00
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 14.98 15.32 14.98 15.00 0.13 9,978,800 (35,708,678.00)
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.15 2.09 2.04 2.04 (5.12) 105,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.80 4.80 4.75 4.76 (0.83) 36,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.00 5.03 4.85 4.85 (3.00) 949,900
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.33 1.38 1.38 1.38 3.76 1,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 450.00 450.00 443.00 443.00 (1.56) 829,420 (23,262,140.00)
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 53.15 53.80 53.00 53.80 1.22 2,267,420 10,147,875.00
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.60 2.60 2.57 2.57 (1.15) 20,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.59 4.62 4.50 4.59 0.00 360,000 624,070.00
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.229 0.232 0.232 0.232 1.31 10,000
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 550.00 550.00 548.50 550.00 0.00 175,320 91,087,295.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 5.86 5.90 5.80 5.90 0.68 146,500
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 34.00 34.05 33.50 34.00 0.00 1,025,400 13,934,470.00
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 7.50 7.80 7.50 7.50 0.00 23,100
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 6.42 6.49 6.32 6.40 (0.31) 4,251,900 8,838,177.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.07 1.08 1.06 1.06 (0.93) 728,000 107,000.00
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.05 2.05 2.02 2.02 (1.46) 340,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.40 4.44 4.25 4.29 (2.50) 39,501,000 (26,746,330.00)
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.95 5.03 4.80 4.80 (3.03) 80,000
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 5.99 5.72 5.72 5.72 (4.51) 700
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0480 0.0460 0.0450 0.0450 (6.25) 4,300,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.300 1.280 1.270 1.270 (2.31) 2,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.570 0.580 0.560 0.570 0.00 380,000
4.10 1.56 Republic Glass A 2.21 2.69 2.22 2.69 21.72 13,000 26,640.00
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.315 0.315 0.310 0.315 0.00 2,010,000 (630,000.00)
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 815.00 821.00 816.00 818.00 0.37 340,710 106,637,885.00
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 1.98 1.99 1.86 1.90 (4.04) 378,000 11,220.00
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.14 1.13 1.11 1.13 (0.88) 213,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2750 0.2850 0.2750 0.2750 0.00 1,890,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.3150 0.3150 0.2950 0.3100 (1.59) 670,000 (3,100.00)
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.385 0.390 0.365 0.370 (3.90) 2,780,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 16.40 17.00 17.00 17.00 3.66 1,800 3,400.00
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 3.09 3.05 3.02 3.04 (1.62) 444,000 608,000.00
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.610 0.610 0.610 0.610 0.00 2,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.180 0.176 0.175 0.175 (2.78) 570,000
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 23.25 23.40 22.85 22.85 (1.72) 5,404,700 (35,279,170.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.14 5.22 5.15 5.19 0.97 5,366,400 (1,582,316.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 4.62 4.62 4.62 4.62 0.00 1,000
5.60 2.00 Cebu Prop. À 5.10 5.10 5.10 5.10 0.00 95,000
5.20 2.20 Cebu Prop. `B 5.10 5.10 5.10 5.10 0.00 63,000
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.43 1.47 1.44 1.45 1.40 8,075,000 2,133,620.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.36 2.39 2.10 2.39 1.27 34,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 0.00 14,000
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.072 0.070 0.070 0.070 (2.78) 250,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.00 1,219,000 100,040.00
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.960 0.970 0.950 0.960 0.00 29,843,000 3,837,360.00
3.80 2.90 Eton Properties 2.91 2.94 2.89 2.90 (0.34) 102,000 26,190.00
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.320 0.330 0.315 0.325 1.56 5,670,000
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.88 1.90 1.86 1.86 (1.06) 2,104,000 543,850.00
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.58 1.62 1.57 1.59 0.63 28,608,000 (13,215,320.00)
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.16 1.16 1.15 1.15 (0.86) 535,000 23,100.00
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.51 2.55 2.51 2.52 0.40 41,375,000 68,847,070.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1780 0.1780 0.1760 0.1760 (1.12) 3,810,000
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 0.7100 0.6800 0.7000 2.94 9,217,000 28,000.00
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.430 0.425 0.425 0.425 (1.16) 2,700,000
38.10 12.60 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 0.00 600
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 18.64 19.00 18.64 18.80 0.86 2,313,900 10,095,272.00
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.04 3.08 3.00 3.00 (1.32) 453,000 76,750.00
710.00 360.00 San Miguel Prop. 550.00 700.00 700.00 700.00 27.27 10
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 2.90 2.89 2.75 2.89 (0.34) 121,000 134,750.00
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 5.90 6.05 6.00 6.01 1.86 827,500 2,506,855.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 14.52 14.62 14.46 14.50 (0.14) 6,982,900 15,607,978.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.00 483,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.66 3.72 3.50 3.64 (0.55) 105,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.530 0.560 0.540 0.560 5.66 52,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 5.140 5.140 5.080 5.100 (0.78) 8,269,100 (7,506,133.00)
S E R V I C E S
4.72 1.20 2GO Group 2.10 2.70 2.02 2.50 19.05 245,000
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 30.75 31.50 30.70 30.90 0.49 1,215,200
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.38 1.38 1.30 1.38 0.00 268,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.620 0.620 0.610 0.610 (1.61) 200,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.10 9.10 9.10 9.10 0.00 300 2,730.00
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 13.82 13.90 13.80 13.80 (0.14) 1,977,500 92,422.00
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1560 0.1560 0.1510 0.1510 (3.21) 40,210,000 221,050.00
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 6.06 6.29 5.90 6.02 (0.66) 870,900 60,200.00
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 59.45 59.60 59.15 59.15 (0.50) 82,660 3,554,088.50
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.00 10.12 10.10 10.12 1.20 20,000
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 5.35 5.49 5.33 5.33 (0.37) 73,400
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1075.00 1075.00 1050.00 1075.00 0.00 360
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1127.00 1130.00 1119.00 1125.00 (0.18) 57,490 (5,868,740.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 8.45 8.45 8.30 8.40 (0.59) 86,900
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 69.00 70.00 69.00 69.90 1.30 305,590 8,500,414.50
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.430 0.420 0.420 0.420 (2.33) 130,000
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 0.00 100
6.80 4.30 IPeople Inc. À 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 0.00 2,300
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 2.48 2.39 2.32 2.33 (6.05) 64,000
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.028 0.030 0.026 0.027 (3.57) 289,700,000 (5,460,000.00)
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 0.87 0.90 0.86 0.88 1.15 4,333,000 521,070.00
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.5700 2.6100 2.5700 2.5800 0.39 16,000 30,840.00
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 9.27 9.53 8.89 8.92 (3.78) 5,851,700 (12,138,314.00)
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.40 2.40 2.33 2.40 0.00 13,000
2.65 1.03 Lorenzo Shipping 1.26 1.55 1.55 1.55 23.02 9,000
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.85 2.92 2.85 2.85 0.00 416,000 43,800.00
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.18 6.21 6.21 6.21 0.49 3,100
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.02 14.04 14.02 14.02 0.00 80,100
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 5.25 5.25 5.20 5.20 (0.95) 146,100 1,575.00
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.95 2.98 2.90 2.98 1.02 412,000 (118,060.00)
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.50 9.53 9.52 9.52 0.21 993,700
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 85.00 92.00 85.00 90.00 5.88 23,910 1,558,724.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 14.16 14.20 14.00 14.00 (1.13) 828,700 (5,054,730.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2610.00 2600.00 2580.00 2590.00 (0.77) 94,620 (73,442,780.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.325 0.320 0.320 0.320 (1.54) 100,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 29.70 30.00 29.70 29.75 0.17 1,618,500 4,752,195.00
STI Holdings 1.06 1.09 1.01 1.01 (4.72) 97,392,000 (14,085,150.00)
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.30 2.30 2.30 2.30 0.00 14,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.440 0.445 0.425 0.425 (3.41) 280,000 (13,350.00)
Yehey 1.340 1.340 1.230 1.270 (5.22) 484,000 5,000.00
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.006 0.0064 0.0062 0.006 (1.59) 89,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.75 4.80 4.75 4.80 1.05 165,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 0.00 5,000 23,500.00
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.48 17.60 17.34 17.60 0.69 684,900 5,614,150.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 25.60 24.50 22.20 24.50 (4.30) 16,000 108,150.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.275 0.295 0.275 0.285 3.64 60,010,000 (147,500.00)
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 20.60 21.50 21.50 21.50 4.37 9,700
2.23 1.05 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.99 (1.00) 1,877,000 1,000,000.00
Coal Asia 1.03 1.13 1.04 1.09 5.83 33,545,000 6,176,490.00
61.80 6.96 Dizon 17.38 17.50 17.28 17.38 0.00 44,700 (3,500.00)
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.57 0.00 349,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 1.060 1.070 0.990 1.030 (2.83) 73,441,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.170 1.170 1.090 1.090 (6.84) 20,680,000 1,169,670.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0610 0.0610 0.0590 0.0600 (1.64) 159,960,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0610 0.0620 0.0590 0.0590 (3.28) 154,230,000 120,000.00
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 16.96 16.98 16.78 16.78 (1.06) 614,100 1,766,796.00
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 5.60 5.70 5.50 5.62 0.36 210,600 334,388.00
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.6400 0.6300 0.6300 0.6300 (1.56) 50,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 3.820 3.920 3.800 3.820 0.00 213,000
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0190 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 (5.26) 102,500,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0200 0.00 400,000
28.25 18.40 Philex À 14.50 14.50 14.28 14.30 (1.38) 3,824,300 2,931,054.00
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 26.00 26.10 25.70 26.10 0.38 104,000 1,074,510.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.042 0.044 0.042 0.043 2.38 285,500,000 4,250,900.00
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 220.00 220.00 219.60 220.00 0.00 77,160 (4,795,938.00)
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.00 24,900,000
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 30.00 30.40 30.00 30.10 0.33 1,197,500 (29,648,510.00)
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 520.00 525.00 518.50 525.00 0.96 6,910
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 104.10 104.10 104.10 104.10 0.00 680
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 102.00 102.00 102.00 102.00 0.00 12,500
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 8.40 8.40 8.20 8.40 0.00 165,000 855,250.00
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 110.00 110.00 110.00 110.00 0.00 100
SMC Preferred A 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 0.00 82,680 (5,497,500.00)
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1025.00 1025.00 1025.00 1025.00 0.00 820
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.51 1.50 1.49 1.49 (1.32) 502,000 225,000.00
GERRY GERONIMO
THE TRUST GURU
Making a clean breast of it
LAST Thursday (Nov. 8), I received a text mes-
sage from good friend that there was a ticket with
my name on it for a dinner event that was to be
held the following day at the Rockwell Tent from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Although I had long abandoned
the ritual of spending Friday nights in senseless
eating and drinking on the false pretext of needing
a few hours, before heading for home, to unwind
after a long week of supposedly hard work, I con-
rmed my attendance and, as I had not done for so
long, came on time.
I was very glad I did. I went to the event, a fund-
raising project, entitled Around the World in Small
Plates, organized by cable TVs Lifestyle Net-
work, for the benet of the ICanServe Foundation
Inc. In many ways, it was not like similar events I
had previously attended.
The guests upon registration at the entrance
were each given a passport which looked no
more than a tiny and neat white paper envelop. In-
side the envelop were over 20 ID sized tickets
which looked like those plastic cards you insert
in the appropriate slots or scan before the screen
of an automatic machines in order to gain access
to your parking space. Right from, the organizers
evoked the ambiance of ying off to different ma-
jor cities abroad, hence the use of terms associated
with foreign travel.
When it was time for boarding, which was ob-
served punctually by organizers who did not per-
mit entry into the lounge ahead of schedule, the
passenger-guests meekly fell single le in the
cordoned lanes, according to the numbers on their
tickets. As in real airports, a few tried to get them-
selves ahead of everyone else in line; but, the ush-
ers were apparently well briefed on how to politely
remind them to take the daang matuwid.
On each ticket was printed a number which cor-
responded to a table, called a Station, inside
the Rockwell Tent; by surrendering a ticket to the
attendant at the table so designated, one gets, in
single bite or gulp portions, the food or drink of
the country or geographic area that the table rep-
resented. Represent is not quite accurate; the
chefs, all of whom I understand contributed their
services and creations for free, enjoyed a gener-
ous measure of culinary freedom equivalent to the
writers poetic license. They thus come up with
off-the-menu-specials with labels that varied
widely both in length and in detail. There was,
for instance, the kilometric Potato Zuchini Pan-
cake with Torched Smoked Salmon in Lemongrass
Champagne Cream Sauce, the enigmatic Hum-
mus Gangnam Style, and, what titillated many an
adventurous curious, Paella Tinola.
The tickets were, fortunately for me, tradable;
nothing prevented the guests from swapping with
one another. Thus, after making a survey of the
stations and taking into account my cardiologists
diet instructions, I decided not to make a bid for
every dish but instead to limit my intake to just a
few; the tickets I did not intend to use, I offered
my table mates in exchange for some of theirs.
I was merrily engaged in ticket trading, and was
most pleased with my success in amassing quite a
number of my favored ones, until a client who was
seated beside me remarked that, it was obvious
to him, I was on a liquid diet. I assured him of
the automatic alarms genetically encrypted in my
anatomy that were designed to trip off the minute
the alcohol in my blood stream reached perilous
levels. I had no intentions of adding to the trafc
jam that was going on at EDSA at that time, caused
by the accidental pile up of an unusual number of
wayward vehicles.
More outstanding, though, and more abiding
than the gustatory delights of the evening was the
cause for which the event was held. The bene-
ciary of the funds raised is ICanServe Foundation
Inc., which was originally known as Information
on Breast Cancer and Other Services. Its mission
statement, as articulated in its Web site which is
source of most of my data about the organization,
namely, the www,icanservefoundation.org, says it
all:
The ICANSERVE Foundation provides hope
and help to women with breast cancer. It pro-
motes early breast cancer detection through high
impact information campaign and community
based screening programs. Its network of cancer
survivors lights the path for women with cancer
towards total healing.
The organization was founded in 1999 Kara
Magsanoc-Alikpala, Crisann Celdran, Becky Fu-
entes, and Bet Lazatin, breast cancer survivors all.
In line with its information dissemination objec-
tive, the foundation in 2000 and 2003 published
and distributed for free ICANSERVE: A Network
of People, Places and Services for the Philippine
Breast Cancer Community. It was a tool that
sought to assist the members of the breast cancer
community stay in touch with what they need to
cope with the stage of breast cancer that they have,
be they be newly diagnosed, or undergoing treat-
ment, or in remission, or otherwise adjusting to
their new normal life.
It did not limit its medium of spreading the good
news to print. It held in 2005, Silver Linings, the
rst of its kind national forum for and homecom-
ing for breast cancer survivors. Similar gather-
ings, I understand, have been held every three
years since; by now at least a thousand women
of various backgrounds from different parts of the
country have attended those fora at one time or
another.
The dening advocacy of the foundation is the
call for women to face squarely their vulnerability
to breast cancer at any age, and hence their focus
on guidance on how to conduct self-assessments
as well as recognizing the need for professional
medical consultations and examinations. Breast
cancer is curable and early detection makes facili-
tates recovery.
For some reason, the Philippines has the high-
est incidence of breast cancer in Southeast Asia and
ranks 9th in the world in breast cancer incidence.
Men, too, are susceptible to breast cancer and are, for
that and other reasons, well advised to click on the
demonstration video in ICANSERVEs Web site.
For feedback, e-mail thetrustguru@icloud.com.

STOCKS retreated Tuesday, after a
three-day gain, as investors expressed
concern over the delay in the approval of
an urgently needed aid payment for debt-
mired Greece.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, shed 14 points, or
0.3 percent, to close at 5,455.92.
Five of the six subsectors ended
in the red on moderate trading
amounting to P4.8 billion.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, advanced 2 points, or 0.1
percent, to nish at 3,591.54, even
as losers outnumbered gainers, 91
to 69, with 52 issues unchanged.
Alcorn Gold Resources Corp. was
the top gainer among the 20 heavily
traded stocks, rising 5 percent to
P0.126. Universal Robina Corp.
rose 2.1 percent to P77.05 while
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.
added 2.2 percent to P48.
Metropolitan Bank and Trust
Co., the most active stock, was
down 1.9 percent to P95.95.
Ayala Corp. dipped 1.6 percent
to P443.
Meanwhile, Asian markets
traded weaker on concerns over
Greece. International lenders
have twice agreed to bail out
Greece to keep the country
from defaulting on its massive
debts and a messy exit from the
euro currency union. They have
pledged a total of 240 billion in
rescue loans, and the country has
received about 150 billion of
those loans so far.
Analysts at Credit Agricole CIB
in Hong Kong said in a market
commentary that the failure to
deliver Greeces next installment
came as no surprise.
The Asian region is weaker
as Greece concerns continue to
cap markets and dent condence.
After having been in a holding
pattern, markets have nally
given up their grip on some key
support levels, said Stan Shamu
of IG Markets in Melbourne.
Japans Nikkei 225 index fell
0.3 percent to 8,650.99. Hong
Kongs Hang Seng lost 0.8 percent
at 21,267.03. South Koreas Kospi
dropped 0.7 percent to 1,887.23.
Australias S&P/ASX 200
tumbled 1.5 percent to 4,379.80.
Markets continued their slump
from Monday, when government
data released in New Delhi
showed Indias industrial
production contracting 0.4
percent in September, far worse
than expected. Manufacturing
output continued to slump amid
signs of weakness in investment
and consumer demand.
The results indicate that Asias
third-largest economy still has a
way to go to pull itself out of its
current slowdown.
US stocks closed nearly
unchanged Monday, after a
day of uneven trading plagued
by investors fears about the
approaching scal cliff.
The scal cliff refers to
government spending cuts and
tax increases that are scheduled to
kick in at the beginning of the new
year, unless a divided Congress
and the White House can work out
a compromise before then.
The Dow Jones industrial
average nished down 0.31
points at 12,815.08. The Standard
& Poors 500 index rose 0.18
points to 1,380.03. The Nasdaq
composite index fell 0.61 points
to 2,904.26. With AP
Business
ManilaStandardToday extrastory2000@gmail.com business@mst.ph WEDNESDAY
B3
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Petraeus affair:
Suits and spooks
Globe starts alliance
talks with ABS-CBN
THE green-eyed monster strikes again, and this time, the casualty
is Americas top spy, US Central Intelligence Agency director
David Petraeus who resigned after news of his extramarital
affair broke. Apparently, Petraeus paramour Paula Broadwell,
who co-authored the four-star generals biography All In: The
Education of General David Petraeus, became jealous of Jill
Kelley, a socialite-friend of Petraeus whom she thought was
her rival and engaged in cyber bullying, sending anonymous
threatening e-mail messages saying Back off and Stay away
from my guy.
Unfortunately for Broadwell and the man who led the
US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kelley was disturbed
enough by the anonymous messages that she asked a friend
working for the FBI to find out who was sending the hate
mail. Aside from discovering Broadwells identity, the Feds
also discovered that she was exchanging intimate messages
with an account belonging to the general under an alias.
Interestingly, the lovers had a common e-mail account with
shared password where, instead of sending e-mails to each
other, they would just leave letters and messages in the
drafts folder that they would then accessa favorite trick
among terrorists who did not want to leave e-mail trails.
The Petraeus affair just goes to show how easily the Feds can
track criminals through technology, and they dont even need an
order from a judge to read through e-mails and other electronic
communications. All thats necessary is a subpoena approved by a
Federal prosecutor. And even if criminals try to hide under an alias,
the techies can still trace the IP address, match the dates and the
times with the locations every time a user logs on to his account.
This time around, the Suits netted the Top Spook.
People are now wondering how much of the pillow talk
involved military secrets considering the position of Petraeus as
chief spy. When all is said and done, though, the scandal involving
a well-respected military gure will go down in history as just
another classic case of a man losing his heador as Happy Hour
resident machos put it, using the wrong headover a woman, with
disastrous results.
Senator Sottos smugness
Its unbelievable to see the totally smug behavior of
comedian-turned-senator Tito Sotto, refusing to apologize for
the sottocopying that he and his staff committed. But whats
even more appalling is the ippant manner that he continues to
display, resorting to the kind of Wanbol University/Iskul Bukol
philosophizing (pamimilosopo as enraged Netizens term it)
that Tito Escalerahis character in the comedy showwas
infamous for.
Despite glaring evidence of plagiarism, Sotto just shrugs
off calls for him to display the kind of statesmanlike conduct
expected of honorable senators. Instead, its Me? Apologize?
Huh? What for?deigning to desecrate the memory of Robert
Kennedy by insisting that he did not plagiarize the US political
icons Day of Afrmation speech since he only translated
it to Tagalog.
Not surprisingly, Kennedys daughter Kerry is furious, accusing
Sotto of plagiarism and blasting him for twisting the words of her
father to argue against contraception. Robert Kennedy delivered
his famous speech in South Africa in 1966 when apartheid was
at its worstand it has since been immortalized in the hearts of
those who continue to ght for equality and individual freedom
and liberty.
What is it they say about pride coming before a fall?
BPO giants to generate jobs
Heres some good news from House deputy majority leader
and staunch business processing industry supporter Roman
Romulo: Over 500,000 new jobs are expected to be generated by
BPO companies between 2013 and 2016. Of our more than 800
BPO players, we see the heavyweights hiring most aggressively
over the next three years, Romulo said, citing Accenture Inc.,
Convergys Philippines Services Corp. and TeleTech Customer
Care Management Philippines Inc. which have emerged as the
countrys largest BPO entities by gross revenues and full-time
staff.
Their economies of scale will enable them to quickly draw in
more business that will necessitate the recruitment of thousands
of additional staff, the legislator added, explaining that owing
to the size of these BPOs, they can easily offer all kinds of back
ofce and business support services to clients at very competitive
prices.
With over 25,000 employees in 13 locations in the Philippines,
Accenture reported P22.256 billion in revenues in 2011, up 27.7
percent from 2010. Convergys, and TeleTech posted P14.4 billion
(up 21 percent) and P11.25 billion (up 19.5 percent) in revenues,
respectively, Romulo said. Convergys on the other, hand has
some 30,000 personnel in 19 sites all over the Philippines, while
TeleTech has around 20,000 people spread out in 14 facilities.
For comments, reactions, photos, stories and related concerns,

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23% of households
connected to sewers
By Othel V. Campos
MANILA Water Co. said it
connected 149,872 households
to its sewer network, increasing
the coverage to 23 percent this
year from just 3 percent of in
the east zone of Metro Manila
in 1997.
The company took over the
management and operation of
the sewerage system in the east
zone from the government-run
Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System in 1997.
Manila Water said in a
statement the aggressive sewer
expansion program was part
of a master plan aimed to
treat domestic wastewater, or
used water, and signicantly
contribute to the rehabilitation
of Metro Manilas three major
river systems of San Juan,
Marikina and Pasig.
Pollution of major waterways
in Metro Manila was a serious
concern after major river
systems in the metropolis were
considered as biologically dead
largely due to untreated used
water.
Manila Water said it spent
more than P6 billion of its
capital investment program over
the past 15 years to construct
more wastewater facilities and
install sewer lines.
The concessionaire currently
operates 36 sewage treatment
and two septage treatment plants
to treat domestic wastewater
from more than 6.2 million
residents of the eastern Metro
Manila and several nearby Rizal
towns.
By Norman P. Aquino
and Cecilia Yap
GLOBE Telecom Inc. may
collaborate with Lopez
Holdings Corp.s broadcast-
ing unit ABS-CBN Corp. as
the Philippines second-larg-
est mobile-phone company
seeks to add media content
to boost wireless usage by
its subscribers.
Globe and Lopez are in talks to cooperate
and maximize prot, president Ernest Cu said
in an interview at his ofce. Were looking at
other avenues to partner including Globes
plans to seek control of Lopez unit Bayan
Telecommunications Inc., he said.
Globe joins bigger competitor Philippine
Long Distance Telephone Co. in seeking
to add services and content to attract
customers and boost network usage as
intense competition and a shift to social
media hurt mobile operators earnings.
While Bayans spectrum will help Globe
to increase users and extend broadband
reach, ABS-CBNs content could boost
sales, Cu said.
Mobile has become a widepsread
platform of communication and one
thinking that has taken root is that
telephone companies can boost revenue
from connectivity by securing exclusive
content, said James Lago, head of
research at PCCI Securities Brokers Corp.
in Manila. The deal with Bayan will give
Globe assets to expand its networks, he
said.
The venture of Singapore
Telecommunications Ltd. and Ayala Corp.
said on Nov. 6 it was offering to purchase
debt of Bayan and a unit. The company is in
talks with the owner of the smaller rival on
a wide range of commercial arrangements,
including a potential stake purchase, Globe
said at the time. Bloomberg
Manila
Standard
TODAY
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Davao Oriental 2
nd
Mati, Davao, Oriental
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, through the CY 2013 DPW Regular Infra invites contractors to bid
for the aforementioned projects:
Contract ID: 12LG0060
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) Mati
Maragusan Road
Contract Location: Bactinan Section, Davao Oriental
Km. 1518+614 k 1518+975 w/ exception
Km. 1518+975 K 1520+225
Scope of Work: Road Upgrading of 1.3013 km w/ 0.9363 km concreting
- Provision of Reectorized ThermopIastic Pavement
Markings
- Provision of coconut, cocolog & vegetation
- Constr. Of Minor Drainage Structures
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): Php 42,924,000.00
Bid Documents Fee: Php 25,000.00
Contract Name: Constr./Widening/Upgrading/Rehab. Of Fatima-ParoIa-
Cape San agustin Road (IncIuding 18 Im bridge)
Contract Location: Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental
Scope of Work: Concreting of 230mm thk. Net Iength = 1.61 km
Constr. Of Box culvert
Approved Budget for
Contract Name: RepIacement/Rehab./Strengthening of Camogna
Bridge aIong Tibanban-Lavigan Road
Scope of Work: Replacement of Bridge
Approved Budget for
Contract Name: RepIacement/Rehab./Strengthening of Tubo-Tubo
Bridge aIong Tibanban-Lavigan Road
Approved Budget for
Contract Name: RepIacement/Rehab./Strengthening of Licop
Bridge along Mati - Maragusan Road
Contract Location: City of Mati, Davao Oriental
Approved Budget for
Contract Name: Replacement of Quarry Bridge along Mati-
Maragusan Road
Contract Location: Lupon, Davao Oriental
Approved Budget for
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically
rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at
least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO.
The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors' applications for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate
of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents November 09, 2012 to November 29, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 16, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders November 23, 2012 @ 12:00 noon
4. Receipt of Bids November 29, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m.
5. Opening of Bids November 29, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH,
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Mati, Davao Oriental, upon payment of a
nonrefundable fee of (please refer to individual project). Prospective bidders
may also download the BD's from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective
bidders that will download the BD's from the DPWH website shall pay the said
fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents. Pre-bid Conference
shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BD's. Bids
must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BD's 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 postqualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime prior Contract award,
without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) FIDELA M. BISEN
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) CYNTHIA GRACE C. TIU
Officer-In-Charge
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
RepubIic of the PhiIippines
Department of PubIic Works and Highways
TARLAC 1
st
Parsolingan, Gerona, Tarlac
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of PubIic Works and
Highways, TarIac District Engineering Ofce, ParsoIingan, Gerona, TarIac, invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. a. Contract ID: 12CJ0145
b. Contract Name: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (CLUSTER I) aIong :
A. RomuIo Highway
1.K0156 + 000 - K0157 + 000
2.K0157 + 398 - K0159 + 000
B.Ramos-Pura Rd
1.K0154 + (-389) - K0154 + 931
2.K0156 + 000 - K0157 + 000
3.K0157 + 227 - K0158 + 294
C. Anao-Ramos Rd
K0164 + 018 - K0165 + 910
c. Contract Location: Romulo Highway, 1
st
District, Tarlac, Ramos, Pura &
Anao, Tarlac
d. Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay
e. Approved Budget for
f. Source of Funds: CY 2013 Regular Infra
g. Duration: 75 CD
b. Contract Name: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE/REHAB. (CLUSTER
II) ALONG:
A. Paniqui-Ramos Rd
K0147 + 764 - K0150 + 000
B. Anao-Ramos Rd
K0161 + 000 - K0161 + 922
c. Contract Location: Paniqui, Ramos & Anao, Tarlac
d. Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay/ Concreting
f. Source of Funds: CY 2013 Regular infra
g. Duration: 120 CD
b. Contract Name: ROAD UPGRADING ALONG CAPAS-SAN JOSE-
MAYANTOC MALACAMPA ROAD
K0145+(-283) - K0147+(-476)
c. Contract Location : Mayantoc-Camiling, Tarlac
d. Scope of Work : Rehab/Concreting
g. Duration: 60 CD
b. Contract Name: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (CLUSTER III)
ALONG :
A. Tarlac-Sta Rosa Rd
1.K0143 + 095 - K0144 + 120
2.K0144 + 120 - K0144 + 544
B. TarIac-Sn MigueI via MacabuIos Rd
K0122 + 177 - K0124 + 000
C. Gerona PobIacion Rd
Chainage 0000 Chainage 0873
D.Tarlac-Sta Rosa Rd
K0145 + 560 - K0146 + 000
E.TarIac-Sn MigueI via MacabuIos Rd
K0119 + (-267) - K0119 + 000
c. Contract Location: Tarlac City & Gerona, Tarlac
d. Scope of Work: Asphalt Overlay/Rehab/Concreting
g. Duration: 60 CD
b. Contract Name: PREV. MAINT/ROAD UPGRADING (CLUSTER IV)
ALONG:
A.Capas-San Jose-Mayantoc- Malacampa Rd
K0128 + 250 - K0129 + 000
B. Capas-San Jose-Mayantoc-Malacampa Rd
1.K0124 + 201 - K0124 + 478
2.K0124 + 701 - K0125 + 436
3.K0125 + 537 - K0125 + 794
4.K0143 + 681 - K0144 + 079
c. Contract Location: San Jose, Tarlac
d. Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay &Conc./Imp./Upgrading of Road
g. Duration: 90 CD
b. Contract Name: ROAD UPGRADING ALONG CAPAS-SAN JOSE-
MAYANTOC MALACAMPA ROAD
1.K0123+(-301) - K0123+(-212)
2.K0123+353 - K0124+(-312)
3.K0124+114 - K0124+201
4.K0124+478 - K0125+(-299)
5.K0125+436 - K0126+(-463)
6.K0126+(-206) - K0126+959
c. Contract Location: San Jose, Tarlac
d. Scope of Work: Concreting
g. Duration: 120 CD
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 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
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC . The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to
the DPWH POCW Central Offce before the deadline set below for the receipt of
LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process the contractors' applications
for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractor's 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 November 10 - 29, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 16, 2012 @ 3:00 P.M.
3. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00 A M, November 29 , 2012
4. Opening of Bids 2:00 P. M., November 29 , 2012
5. Issuance of Notice of Award Upon release of SARO
The BAC will issue hard copies of the Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH, Tarlac
District Engineering Offce, Parsolingan, Gerona, Tarlac upon payment of a non-
refundable fee for Bid Documents of P20,000 each to the Cashier, this offce.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH Website, if available.
Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH Website shall pay the
said fees on or before the submission of their bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference
shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BD's. 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 BD's
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 Tarlac District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to
annul the bidding process anytime prior contract award, without there by incurring any
liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved By :
(SGD.) ANTONIO S. BAUTISTA
BAC Chairman
Noted :
(SGD.) BENJAMIN G. LOPEZ
District Engineer
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
B4
IN BRIEF
WORLD
Top US general investigated
FBI agents search
Broadwells house
Lovers e-mails shocked Petraeus
Israel strikes Syrian artillery launcher; war escalation feared
Cloudy skies may ruin
Australias eclipse show
7
ABOARD A US MILITARY
AIRCRAFTIn a new twist to the Gen.
David Petraeus sex scandal, the Pentagon
said Tuesday that the top American
commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John
Allen, is under investigation for alleged
inappropriate communications with
a woman who is said to have received
threatening e-mails from Paula Broadwell,
the woman with whom Petraeus had an
extramarital affair.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
said in a written statement issued
to reporters aboard his aircraft,
en route from Honolulu to Perth,
Australia, that the FBI referred
the matter to the Pentagon on
Sunday.
Panetta said that he ordered a
Pentagon investigation of Allen
on Monday.
A senior defense ofcial
traveling with Panetta said Allens
communications were with Jill
Kelley, who has been described
as an unpaid social liaison at
MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.,
which is headquarters to the US
Central Command. She is not a
US government employee.
Kelley is said to have received
threatening e-mails from
Broadwell, who is Petraeus
biographer and who had an
extramarital affair with Petraeus
that reportedly began after he
became CIA director in September
2011.
Petraeus resigned as CIA
director on Friday.
Allen, a four-star Marine
general, succeeded Petraeus as
the top American commander in
Afghanistan in July 2011.
The senior ofcial, who
discussed the matter only on
condition of anonymity because
it is under investigation, said
Panetta believed it was prudent to
launch a Pentagon investigation,
although the ofcial would not
explain the nature of Allens
problematic communications.
The ofcial said 20,000 to
30,000 pages of e-mails and
other documents from Allens
communications with Kelley
between 2010 and 2012 are under
review. He would not say whether
they involved sexual matters
or whether they are thought to
include unauthorized disclosures
of classied information. He said
he did not know whether Petraeus
is mentioned in the e-mails.
Gen. Allen disputes that he
has engaged in any wrongdoing
in this matter, the ofcial said.
He said Allen currently is in
Washington.
Panetta said that while the matter
is being investigated by the Defense
Department inspector general,
Allen will remain in his post as
commander of the International
Security Assistance Force, based in
Kabul. He praised Allen as having
been instrumental in making
progress in the war. AP
TAMPA, FloridaCIA Director
David Petraeus was shocked
to learn last summer that his
mistress was suspected of sending
threatening emails warning
another woman to stay away
from him, former staff members
and friends told The Associated
Press.
Petraeus, who led US military
efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan,
resigned his CIA post Friday,
acknowledging his extramarital
affair with his biographer-
turned-lover and expressing deep
regret. The scandal has rocked
Washington, where members
of Congress demanded to know
why a months-long probe that
ended the former generals
storied career was kept quiet for
so long.
Petraeus told associates his
relationship with the second
woman, Tampa socialite Jill
Kelley, was platonic, though
his lover Paula Broadwell
apparently saw her as a
romantic rival. The retired
general also denied to these
associates that he had given
Broadwell any of the sensitive
military information alleged
to have been found on her
computer, saying anything she
had must have been provided
by other commanders
during her reporting trips to
Afghanistan.
The associates spoke Monday
on condition of anonymity
because they werent authorized
to publicly discuss the matters,
which could be part of an FBI
investigation.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon
said Tuesday that the top
American commander in
Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is
under investigation for alleged
inappropriate communications
with Kelley. AP
FBI agents searched Monday
night the home of Paula
Broadwell, the woman said
to have had an extramarital
affair with former CIA Director
David Petraeus that led to his
resignation last week.
Shelley Lynch, a spokesman
for the Federal Bureau of
Investigations Charlotte, North
Carolina eld ofce, conrmed
that agents entered Broadwells
home in an upscale neighborhood
of the city. The agents brought
cardboard boxes used for
carrying papers and were on both
oors of the home, the Charlotte
Observer reported.
The search marks the
latest turn in a probe that has
embroiled three families, cost
Petraeus his job and spurred
calls from US lawmakers for
an investigation of the FBIs
handling of the probe including
when the White House and
Congress were informed of the
matter. President Barack Obama
accepted Petraeus resignation
on Nov. 9.
Three peopleall intelligence,
military or congressional
ofcialshave identied
Broadwell, who wrote All In: The
Education of David Petraeus, as
the woman who had an affair with
him. There were no responses to
an e-mail to Broadwell or phone
messages left at her home.
A call and an e-mail Monday
to Robert Muse, Broadwells
lawyer, werent returned.
The FBI investigation that
turned up evidence of the affair
between Petraeus and Broadwell
began with a complaint from
a Tampa, Florida woman
about harassing e-mails she
had received. The woman has
been identied by two law
enforcement ofcials as Jill
Kelley, described as a family
friend of Petraeus and his wife
Holly. Bloomberg
US Gen. John Allen, top commander of the Nato-led
International Security Assistance Forces and US forces in
Afghanistan, is shown at left. Jill Kelley (right) leaves her
home Monday in Tampa, Florida. Kelley is identied as the
woman who allegedly received harassing e-mails from Gen.
David Petraeus paramour, Paula Broadwell. AP
TEL HAZEKA, Golan Heights
Israeli tanks struck a Syrian artillery
launcher Monday after a stray mortar
shell ew into Israel-held territory,
the rst direct clash between the
neighbors since the Syrian uprising
began nearly two years ago.
The confrontation fueled new fears
that the Syrian civil war could drag
Israel into the violence, a scenario with
grave consequences for the region.
The ghting has already spilled into
Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
We are closely monitoring what
is happening and will respond
appropriately. We will not allow our
borders to be violated or our citizens
to be red upon, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday
in a speech to foreign ambassadors.
While ofcials believe President
Bashar Assad has no interest in
picking a ght with Israel, they fear
the embattled Syrian leader may try
to draw Israel into the ghting in a
bout of desperation. Israeli ofcials
believe it is only a matter of time
before Syrian rebels topple the
longtime leader.
The conict has already spilled
over into several of Syrias other
neighborswhether in direct
violence or in the ood of refugees
eeing the bloodshed. More than
36,000 Syrians have been killed in
the ghting, according to estimates
by anti-Assad activists.
On Monday, a Syrian ghter jet
bombed a rebel-held area hugging
the border with Turkey three times,
killing 15 to 20 people, according to
a Turkish ofcial. Separately, eight
wounded Syrians died in Turkey, the
ofcial said, speaking on condition
of anonymity because he was not
authorized to brief the media.
Potential Israeli involvement in
Syria could be far more explosive.
The bitter enemies both possess air
forces, tanks and signicant arsenals
of missiles and other weapons.
Although the Israeli military is
more modern and powerful, Syria
has a collection of chemical weapons
that could wreak havoc if deployed.
Fighting between the countries could
also drag in Syrias close ally, the
Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah,
or Islamic militant groups in the Gaza
Strip on Israels southern ank. AP
FLAGSTAFF, ArizonaVictorias
Secret has apologized for putting a Native
American-style headdress on a model for
its annual fashion show, after the outt
was criticized as a display of ignorance
toward tribal culture and history.
The company responded to the
complaints over the weekend by saying
it was sorry to have upset anyone and
that it wouldnt include the outt in
the shows television broadcast next
month, or in any marketing materials.
We sincerely apologize as we
absolutely had no intention to offend
anyone, the company said.
Historically, headdresses are a
symbol of respect, worn by Native
American war chiefs and warriors.
For Great Plains tribes, for instance,
each feather placed on a headdress
has signicance and had to be earned
through an act of compassion or
bravery. Some modern-day Native
American leaders have received war
bonnets in ceremonies accompanied
by prayers and songs.
When you see a Lakota chief
wearing a full headdress, you know
that he was a very honorable man. He
was a leader. He did a lot of honorable
things for his people, said Michelle
Spotted Elk, a Santa Cruz, California,
woman of mixed heritage whose
husband is Lakota. It also has religious
signicance. With them, theres not a
division between spirituality and their
leadership.
Victorias Secret model Karlie Kloss
walked onto the runway last week wearing
the oor-length feathered headdress,
leopard-print underwear and high heels.
She also was adorned with fringes and
turquoise jewelry during a segment meant
to represent the 12 months of the year
reworks in July, rain gear for April and a
headdress for November.
Kloss herself posted on Twitter
that she was deeply sorry if what I
wore during the VS Show offended
anyone.
Thousands of people have
commented about the outt on the
companys Facebook page. Some
praised Kloss attire as artistic and
urged those offended by it to get over
it. Several expressed appreciation
to Victorias Secret for halting its
marketing approach for the clothing,
and others reached back in history to
explain their feelings. AP
This Nov.
7, 2012 photo
released by
Starpix shows
model Karlie
Kloss wearing an
Indian headdress
during the
taping of The
2012 Victorias
Secret Fashion
Show in New
York. AP
SYDNEYTens of thousands of tourists, scientists and amateur
astronomers who traveled from around the world to see a total solar eclipse
in northern Australia may be getting shortchanged by the weather.
Forecasters were predicting cloudy skies around dawn Wednesday,
when the moon will pass between the sun and Earth and plunge a
slice of Australias northeast into darkness. Many worried that they
will miss a rare chance to view the celestial phenomenon.
There will be breaks in [the clouds], but its just a matter of
the luck of the draw whether you get a break at the right time,
said Queensland state Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Andrew
Mostyn. Its a bit of bad luck.
The eclipse will cast its 150-kilometer (95-mile) wide shadow
starting at dawn in Australias Northern Territory and then cross the
northeast tip of the country before swooping east across the South
Pacic. No islands are in its direct path, so northern Australia is the
only land where theres even a chance of seeing the full eclipse, said
Geoff Wyatt, an astronomer with Sydney Observatory. AP
US to top Saudi
THE United States will become
the worlds largest oil producer
by around 2020, temporarily
overtaking Saudi Arabia, as new
exploration technologies help nd
more resources, the International
Energy Agency forecast on
Monday.
In its World Energy Outlook, the
energy watchdog also predicted
that greater oil and natural gas
productionthanks partly to a
boom in shale gas outputas well
as more efcient use of energy will
allow the US, which now imports
some 20 percent of its energy
needs, to become nearly self-
sufcient around 2035.
That is a dramatic reversal of
the trend seen in most other energy-
importing countries, the Paris-
based IEA said in its report. Energy
developments in the United States
are profound and their effect will
be felt well beyond North America
and the energy sector. AP
Omnishambles wins
LONDON--Britains media are in
a meltdown and its government is
gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries
has chosen an apt Word of the Year:
omnishambles.
Oxford University Press on
Tuesday crowned the word
dened as a situation that has been
comprehensively mismanaged,
characterized by a string of
blunders and miscalculationsits
top term of 2012.
Each year, Oxford University
Press tracks how the English
language is changing and chooses
a word that best reects the mood
of the year. The publisher typically
chooses separate British and
American winners. This years
American champion is gif, short
for graphics interchange format, a
common format for images on the
Internet.
Coined by writers of the satirical
television show The Thick of It,
omnishambles has been applied
to everything from government
PR blunders to the crisis-ridden
preparations for the London
Olympics. AP
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Sip
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lao
by Sip
THE Straits Wine Com-
pany Philippines recently
brought over 20 wine
principals (composed
of winemakers, owners,
and export sales repre-
sentatives) from the list
of 40+ wineries the com-
pany exclusively repre-
sent and distribute in the country, to an annual event
called Wine Fiesta. While the Wine Fiesta is a modest
occasion compared to the upcoming 12
th
year running
Grand Wine Experience of Philippine Wine Merchant,
or the 8th year in a row Philippine Wine & Food Week
of Wine Depot, the over 20 foreign principals gathered
for a single local wine event may be the most impres-
sive assembly of visiting wine experts to date by any
single importer. This Wine Fiesta event is now on its 3
rd

successful year and thankfully will be a regular xture
in the local wine scene calendar.
Southeast Asian wine oper ator
The Straits Wine Company started in 2006 in Sin-
gapore, and in so short of a time, has entered neigh-
boring Malaysia, and then the Philippines, establish-
ing itself probably as the only genuine Southeast
Asian wine operations existing at the moment. With
the ultra competitive and wine-sophisticated Singa-
pore as the main head quarter, The Straits Wine Com-
pany is transferring professional wine service and
know-how to their branches overseas, and the Wine
Fiesta, which is also the only regional 3-Nation event
of its kind, is one the major attractions. This years
Wine Fiesta actually started in the Philippines with
a two-day affair just last Oct. 26 and 27, including
all day wine tastings at the Atrium, Enderun College
in the Fort, and two Wine Dinners, aptly called Icon
Winemakers Dinner, featuring the best drops from
Wine Fiesta Philippines
the represented wineries, in two separate venues, one
at LIncontro in N. Garcia St., and the other at Red,
ShangriLa Makati Hotel both in Makati City. The
Wine Fiesta then traveled to Malaysia, both to Kuala
Lumpur and Penang from October 29 to November 1,
and capped the 3-Nation tour with a return to Singapore
for Wine Fiesta Singapore from November 2 to 4. The
Straits Wine Company is being managed by the very
passionate chief executive officer, Kat hy Lim-Sheehy
and her team of well-trained wine professionals.
Sever al new br ands in the local scene
The Straits Wine Company may have entered the
Philippine wine market a bit too late to carry some of
the more established wine brands that are now having
commercial success in the country, but this actually
augurs extremely well for local wine aficionados. The
wineries Straits represent are quite fresh and offer so
much more than our usual wine staples. The over 40
wineries that are part of Straits Philippines now is prob-
ably much broader than any single importer I know. So
despite the humble size (relatively speaking) of wines
offered for tasting at the Philippine Wine Fiesta, the
depth and breadth were quite good. Wine prices being
offered range from as low as P500.00 a bottle to as high
as PhP14,000.00 (before discount). The most expen-
sive wine was not even a French Bordeaux Grand Cru
(which was relieving in a way, as it would take much fun
out of the curious wine drinkers most attendees would
obviously queue to taste expensive Grand Cru wines if
available), but instead a Croatian wine, the Bibich Bas de
Bas Red. I sadly did not get to try this particular wine as I
missed out on the Croatian wines table and did not really
look at the pricelist of the Wine Fiesta programme guide
until I left the event. In my own count, there were around
149 wines available for tasting, and the presence of wine
principals not only made the wine drinking fun but very
educational as well. (Continued next week)
Owner Owen Inglis of Side-
wood Wines from Adelaide
Hills, South Australia
Regional Wine Consultant Joel Payne representing
Deutz Champagne
Delas wines
from Rhone
France was
among the over
40 wineries
represented in
the Wine Fiesta
P.F. CHANGS is known for bringing
together Asias wonderful avors--sour,
sweet, bitter, hot and salty--in well-bal-
anced dishes.
Go to China via Alabang with P.F. Changs new
menu items dubbed Flavors of Asia. The new items
were inspired by Chinas different regions, as well as
favorites from Korea, Japan, Singapore and the Philip-
pines.
The avors of Asia are as varied as its people. The
Thais enjoy spices and chilies while the Vietnamese
cannot eat without fresh herbs. Korean food has its
own distinct qualities including the use of medicinal
herbs in cooking. Lemon grass is used extensively in
the cuisines of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Fili-
pino cuisine is more unique as it is heavily inuenced
by the Spanish.
P.F. Changs brings all these together in Flavors of
Asia.
Sichuan Chicken Flatbread from Southwest China
is Asias take on the quesadilla with grilled chicken
pieces with melted Monterey Jack and cheddar chees-
es. These are served in homemade scallion dough pan-
cakes with Asian slaw salad and a ery dipping sauce.
Another Sichuan-inspired dish is Orange Peel Beef,
prime US Angus beef tossed with mild chili sauce and
fresh orange peel. From Korea comes Dragon Wings,
crispy chicken wings smothered in aming Korean
Chili and Mongolian Sweet sauce. Seared Ahi Tuna, a
P.F. Changs innovation of sushi-grade Ahi tuna, served
chilled with spicy mustard vinaigrette and fresh mixed
greens, is Japanese in origin. Singapore Street Noodles,
which is also in the P.F. Changs Gluten Free Menu,
combines shrimp, chicken, vegetables and rice noodles
in a curry sauce.
Another dish from China is the Northern-Style Spare
Ribs, inspired by wok-braised ribs from Peking. These
are served with P.F. Changs ve-spice salt rub. The
Salt and Pepper Calamari, an all-time favourite,
is prepared with red chilli pepper and garlic sauce.
Aside from P.F. Changs famous desserts of the
Great Wall of Chocolate and Banana Spring Rolls
served with pineapple ice cream, indulge in Mango
Cream Cheese Wontons. Philippine mangoes mixed
with cream cheese are fried to golden brown and served
with chocolate dipping sauce.
The new additions to the menu stay true to P.F.
Changs culinary philosophy of simplicity done very
well, for natural avours to emerge and be enjoyed.
P.F. Changs Cheers!, a chance for diners to enjoy P.F.
Changs cocktails, as well as appetizers, will be served
at special prices from 4PM onwards every Monday to
Friday. These include such favourites as Key Lime Pie
Martini, which brings this sweet and tart pie taste into a
martini; and Forbidden City, a mix of Smirnoff Vod-
ka, Bacardi Light, Beefeater Gin shaken with sweet
and sour and a hint of chai. Also available on this
cocktail list are Asian Pear Mojito, Coconut Lemon
Sour, Lucky Cat Martini, Sichuan Mary, Warrior
Smash, Organic Agave Margarita, P.F. Changs Mai
Tai, Royal Poolside, P.F. Changs Green Tea and
Jade Martini.
Appetizers such as Crispy Pork Wontons, Egg
Rolls, Spicy Green Beans, Vegetable Dumplings,
Crispy Green Beans and even the new Sichuan
Chicken Flatbread and Dragon Wings will be spe-
cially priced during Cheers! hours.
Diners can also try some P.F. Changs favor-
ites served with unlimited rice and rellable Coke
from 11AM to 4PM, Mondays to Fridays. These
are Sweet and Sour Chicken, Almond and Cashew
Chicken, Philips Better Lemon Chicken, Sweet
and Sour Pork, Beef a la Sichuan and Shrimp with
Cantonese Sauce.
A visit to P.F. Changs will bring guests the
best experience of Flavors of Asia and our Cheers!
program. As restaurant co-founder Philip Chiang
has said, we present a menu that is easy to digest
and easily recognizable. Everything is made with the
freshest and natural ingredients and our beverage list
further enhances this great dining experience, said
Archie Rodriguez, president and chief executive of
Global Restaurant Concepts, Inc., the local partner
of P.F. Changs.
P.F. Changs is located at The Street in Alabang
Town Center and is open everyday from 11 a.m. to 12
m.n. For reservations, call (02) 869-7837 or e-mail ala-
bang@pfchangs.com.ph.
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
Salt and Pepper Calamari
Mango and Cream
Cheese Wontons
A trip
across Asia
P.F. Changs
with
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By Ed Biado
A LOT of Filipino
families put up
Christmas trees in
their living rooms
for the holidays.
But a tree, with all
its baubles, lights
and tinsel, looks
out of place if the
rest of the space isnt similarly holiday-
inspired. One of the most common mis-
takes in solving this dilemma is over-
decorating. Sometimes, the effect is like
a really bad Christmas catalogreindeer
cushions, snowake curtains and dancing
lights every-freakin-where!
The best Yuletide-themed rooms are
those that evoke a sense of cheerfulness
and warmth. The space should be inviting
and conducive to conversations and good
times, and not overpower everything else.
Here are ve ways to achieve that:
Touches of color Dont go crazy
with the red-and-green motif. Instead of
getting throw pillow cases with Christ-
mas-y images, opt for a more subdued
combination; for example, a red oral
accent against solid light greens. Subtle
non-overwhelming additions, such as a
bouquet of poinsettias on an end table,
clusters of red or green candles and white
curtains with dainty red owers, are aes-
thetically pleasing as well.
Integr ate, not replace Dont get
rid of the contents of your shelving cabi-
nets so you can replace them with snow
globes, Christmas angels, gurines and
the nativity. Its ne to put away some of
them for additional space, but to avoid
looking like a department store shelf, mix
them up and intersperse your holiday stuff
with the year-round dcor.
Space-saver If you dont have the
space for a tree, you can have a similar
vibe with an oversized shrub. Put your
DIY skills to use by lling a wicker bas-
ket with bunches of articial evergreen
(or even rolled-up garlands). Decorate
it with tinsel garlands and ornaments of
your choice. Dont forget to light it up.
A Christmas-themed artwork will further
add to the festive ambiance.
JuxtapositionIf you have a red
couch, position a green lamp near or be-
side it (and vice versa). Drape a seasonal
throw on it and place a bowl of candy
canes on the coffee table and youve
got yourself a minimalist holiday setup.
Decorative bamboo sticks can be deco-
rated with lights as well, in place of or to
supplement a tree.
Red-and-green substitutes
Schemes other than red and green are
getting increasingly popular. These non-
traditional palettes include rust, plum and
aquamarine. The trick is to make them
shine, glow and sparkle so that theyre
merry (and bright). Gold and silver (on
curtains and upholstery, perhaps) would
make great backgrounds for these alterna-
tive colors.
Simple
holiday
touches
Thus, when Toccare Spa in Best
Western Antel Spa Suites invited the
press people to try its newest treatment-
the Ultimate Body Sculpt Treatment, I
just could not pass up the opportunity.
One session promises that your waist-
line would look slimmer immediately
after, as at least an inch of it would be
lost. It would denitely not hurt to see
whether this is true or not.
We have a treat for each of your ve
senses here, says Leah Dy, managing
director of Tocarre Spa, as she wel-
comed us. She said they would stimu-
late all of our senses-sight, smell, hear-
ing, touch, and even our sense of taste!
True enough, the spa cuisine that Lea
was describing was really relaxing, and
a sumptuous lunch was denitely a nice
start to the treatment. She said each
room has different gem stones and in-
teriors, and we could get to choose the
room that could please our eyes. We
got to choose the scent of our room too,
from eucalyptus and lavender options.
We also had a say on what type of re-
juvenating music to be played in our
haven, from choices of classical, jazz
and nature genres. And of course for the
pleasure of our sense of touch, we got to
choose the oil that would be used on us.
The oil options were lemongrass, pep-
permint and lavender. Ive never felt so
special in a spa hub, because every little
detail was customized to my whims.
What makes Ultimate Body Sculpt
Treatment different is its combination
of eastern and western techniques,
says Leah. This treatment is a one-of-
a-kind pampering session which trans-
forms those 130 minutes into pure bliss.
Aside from its physical benets such as
body toning and stimulating circulation,
it also harmonizes the body and mind
while balancing the energy system. This
treatment is denitely for anyone.
The 130-minute ritual offers su-
preme luxury with a body scrub, a
body wrap, and a unique massage.
These three phases promise to de-
toxify, contour, sculpt its clients bod,
moisturizes and hydrates the skin and
treats the unwanted cellulites. Tocarre
Spa Ultimate BodySculpting Treat-
ment also features Selvert Thermal
products, with all-natural ingredients
that allow its clientele to immediately
lose inches, non-surgically.
All of Selverts products contain ther-
mal water from the hot springs of Span-
ish Pyrenees Mountains and the Swiss
Alps. These European hot springs have
a long-lived reputation of having health
and healing benets including anti-
aging, anti-free radicals, anti-allergenic
and other protecting effects. Essential
minerals are found in these thermal wa-
ter such as silicates, Sodium, Chloride,
By Marane Plaza
URBANITES live such hectic lives and I'm no ex-
ception. Many of us lead unhealthy lifestyles, eat-
ing fastfood fare and not exercising enough. This
results in gradual weight gain and before you know
it, your waistline measures one or two inches more.
A TRUE urban bachelor
is someone who lives and
breathes class, dresses in tai-
lored fashion, and exudes noth-
ing but elegant airsome-
thing that goes even for his
choice of abode.
For the kind of man who ap-
preciates rened tastes, a studio
unit in The Stratford Residenc-
es will denitely do him justice.
With its model unit, designed
exclusively by Leisure Indus-
try Designers, Ivy and Cynthia
Almario, multi-faceted and
driven men can now unwind in
a modern enclave that features
chrome and black glass xtures
with stylish avant-garde furnish-
ings inspired by world famous
designer Philippe Starcka design concept that gives it a crisp, clean
and masculine designer-caliber feel.
With well-lit spaces that feature neutral hints of steel grey, slate, and
white, the pads premium xtures, structured proportions, and mini-
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betting an individual who thrives in a dynamic atmosphere of superior
luxury and polished ambience.
Fully understanding the notion that in the world of luxury, only the
nest designs make the cut are the Almario sisters, who, for years,
have delivered the best design solutions for a roster of highly-esteemed
clients, both local and abroad, including designer Philipp Rodriguez,
many of the Aboitizes, the Ayala Group, restaurants like Caf 1771 in
Ortigas, high-end residential areas North and South Forbes Parks in
Makati and Tierra Pura in Quezon City, to name a few. The sisters have
given interiors of high-end residences, hotels, restaurants and ofces
of industry titans their own sophisticated touch, utilizing their mastery
of a wide array of design trends, catapulting them to the forefront of
commercial design.
In this latest project, their eye for aesthetics helped dene living
spaces nestled within the country's most premiere business district,
Makati, in a development that can only be described as iconic and wor-
thy of towering regardThe Stratford Residences.
Almario sisters design for the urban bachelor
Balancing work and family
has always been a challenge
to parents, especially to the
working moms like Rossel
Velasco-Taber na, the wife of
celebrated radio and television
broadcaster Anthony Taber na
and mother of two growing
daughters. Aside from her role
as a wife and a mother, Rossel
is also a mompreneur who
runs an events and multime-
dia outt called Outbox Media
Production Agency and a con-
cept salon, The Blounge.
As much as Rossel wants to be
a full-time mother, she said she
has chosen to be a mompreneur
because she wants to give her
children an extraordinary future.
Having her hands full with
her family and business requires
Rossel to have more energy than
most mothers have.
I have a very good diet
plan, I exercise regularly and
I sleep on time. I also take Im-
muvit to help boost my energy
so I can maximize my time
with work and family.
A multivitamin supplement
that contains Korean and Siberian
ginseng plus Coenzyme Q10 (or
simply CO-Q10); Immuvit has
become Rossels partner in life as
it allows her to work all day and
still have enough energy to play
with my kids and look after my
husbands needs.
With continued intake, it also
made me look and feel good by
having a healthy and glowing
skin, she beams. I can say with
all condence that Immuvit is my
secret for being a happy and suc-
cessful mompreneur.
Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Man-
ganese, Strontium, Iron and Sulphate.
The highly-trained specialists of To-
carre then measured our waist, arms
and thighs. After a lovely foot soak and
massage, the specialist assigned to me
started the session with the body scrub,
which came with Selvert Thermal Anti
Holistic Gel and Anti-cellulite Spices
Powder. While the scrub was left to be
absorbed by my skin, the therapist per-
formed a calming scalp massage. This
rst phase was soothing already that
it was a challenge not to doze off on a
deep, long sleep. The spa specialist ex-
plained that some of the eastern ingre-
dients were sakura, or cherry blossoms,
and lotus water. Both have moisturizing
and hydrating effects on skin. I was told
that this entire body scrub phase was a
preparation for my body.
The second part of the procedure was
the body wrap- which was divided into
two kinds. The rst wrap used Thermal
ingredients, rich in minerals and oligo
elements that promote anti-ageing ben-
ets. The second wrap was self-heating,
which said to release rich marine ele-
ments. I was pretty sure this was the
sculpting and slimming part of the
treatment, as I felt little tinglings in my
entire body. I sure felt there were water
retentions removed from my body too,
and toxins. At that moment, I believe
there was indeed a contouring effect
within the process.
As my body indulged in Selverts
Svelt Body offerings, the therapist once
again massaged my head, arms and feet.
Yes, while I was wrapped. I believed I
gave in to a snooze at that moment.
Then came the third and nal phase
the deep tissue massage. It was designed
to treat and break down fatty deposits
using bamboo canes and an ultrasonic
machine. This was certainly eastern, as
bamboo massage was a Chinese tradi-
tion. The 60-minute Bamboo massage
woke up and rejuvenated my senses all
at the same time. The specialist said the
massage was designed to tone and re-
shape the body, too. It stimulates body
systems and balances our body energy.
Here, three bamboo canes of different
diameters and sizes are rolled, slid, and
pressed on my body.
I was woken up by my specialist, as
I fell asleep completely until the end of
the treatment. She then measured me
again to monitor the changes. I was in
awe when I lost 1.5 inches off each of
my thighs, an inch off each of my arms,
and another inch off my waist! Indeed,
the Ultimate Body Sculpt Treatment of
Toccare was effective. And unlike any
other slimming sessions, it was certainly
natural, calming, and relaxing.
Enhancing the body sculpting effects
of the treatment is the combination of
powerful fat reducing aids of nature
such as the gaurana and brown algae
in the Svelt Body Anticellulite Cream.
Gaurana, a native fruit from the Ama-
zon, is rich in caffeine that stimulates
blood circulation and has properties for
lipolytic action, while brown algae is the
source of Theopyllisilane C, an organic
silica that has lipolytic, anti-cellulite and
hydrating properties and provides skin
rmness. Other natural fat reducing
aids are black tea, fennel and ginger in
the Selvert Thermal Anticellulite Spice
Powder and Lotus ower in the Selvert
Thermal Floral Balm.
More information on Tocarre Spa is
available at www.toccarespa.com.ph.
Selvert Thermal products are exclusive-
ly distributed by Top That Professional
Beauty. For more information, visit
www.selvert.com.
From left: Ivy Almario and Cynthia Almario, interior designers of Stratford
Residences model units; Marian Roxas, vice president for Sales, Picar.
Finding the perfect balance
Transcending todays living
ideal has always been a big chal-
lenge for real estate developers.
Because todays modern pleasure-
seeking urbanite deserves only
the best in luxury and elegance
combined with the ease of in-
tegrated living, Picar Develop-
ment, Inc. (Picar), an emerging
real estate development company,
commissioned the Almario sis-
ters, through their interior design
studio Atalier Almario, to design
model units for The Stratford Res-
idences, a real estate landmark that
will become the tallest residential
building in the entire country.
It was the one project where
we are doing all the modeling,
so thats something were re-
ally excited about, shares Cynthia. Plus, its supposed to be the tallest
so were thrilled to work on an iconic landmark such as this.
With complete Wi-Fi and 12 value added services provided by Cisco
Systems, Inc,, the leading Information Technology & Communica-
tions service provider, The Stratford Residences will boast of specially
designed security control systems, as well as energy, ventilation, and
communication technology features, making it the countrys tallest in-
telligent residential tower as well.
Meanwhile, Danny Jugno, general manager of Picar Development
Inc., added that aside from having units that feature elegant aesthetics,
The Stratford Residences will also have a diverse selection of amenities
masterplanned for answering the lifestyle needs of future residents and
their guests.
Our mix of amenities will denitely pcater to any requirement of
the modern elite, giving them spaces for maximum recreational leisure
and comfort, shares Jugno. Our thoughtfully-designed amenities in-
clude adult and kiddie pools, a day-care center, a meditation garden, a
music library, a mini theatre, lanai areas, and an upscale restaurant at
the roof deck where one can dine in style while basking in panoramic
views of the Makati skyline.
To know more about Picar and its developments, visit http://strat-
ford.ph, or email them at inquiry@picardevelopment.com.
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3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District
City of Kabankalan , Negros Occidental
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
INVITATION TO BID FOR

UPGRADING (CONCRETING) OF NATIONAL ROAD
ALONG BACOLOD SOUTH ROAD
K0123+550 K0125+539, Brgy. Masaling & Brgy.
Caliling, Cauayan, Negros Occ.
The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through
the FY 2013 Regular Infra intends to apply the sum of P 37,192,960.00 being the
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for 12GM0028.
Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental
Engineering District, Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the Construction of 2,000
ln.m x 6.7m x 0.3m PCCP to Include removal of existing 13,400 sq.m x 75mm
asphal t Pavement, constructi on of 16 cu.m Grouted Ri prap (cl ass A) and
application of 500 sq.m Refectorized Thermoplastic Pavement Markings as per
approved plans and specifcations. of the works required is 175 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 costing at least 50% of the ABC. The
description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in
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Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using
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Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
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The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH, 3
rd
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rd
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rd
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DPWH, 3
RD
So. Mohon, Brgy. 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental
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(Sgd.) HERMINIA F. RIVAS
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3
rd
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
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K0143+120 K0145+133, BRGY. INAYAUAN, CAUAYAN,
NEGROS OCC.
The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through the FY
2013 Regular Infra intends to apply the sum of P 37,192,960.00 being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for 12GM0027. Bids received in
excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering
District, Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the Construction of 2,000.00 ln.m x 6.7m
x 0.3 m PCCP to include removal of existing 14,354.60 sq.m x 75mm asphalt
pavement, construction of 75.80 cu.m grouted riprap (class A, lined canal) and
application of 674.30 sq.m Refectorized Thermoplatic Pavement Markings as
per approved plans and specifcations. Completion of the works required is 179
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 costing at least 50% of
the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City,
Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from
the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents
in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P 25,000.00).
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provided the bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the
submission of their bids.
rd
Negros Occidental
rd
Negros Occidental
Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives (as refected in
their CRCs with their valid IDs and original copy of their PCAB License, SPAs will
DPWH, 3
rd
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to
attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
rd
Negros Occidental
MARIA LIZA G. RULL
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DPWH, 3
RD
Tel. No. 034-4712314/034-4713034
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
3
rd
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
INVITATION TO BID FOR THE

K0143+120 K0145+133, BRGY. INAYAUAN, CAUAYAN,
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The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through the FY
2013 Regular Infra intends to apply the sum of P 37,192,960.00 being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for 12GM0027. Bids received in
excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
rd
District, Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the Construction of 2,000.00 ln.m x 6.7m
x 0.3 m PCCP to include removal of existing 14,354.60 sq.m x 75mm asphalt
pavement, construction of 75.80 cu.m grouted riprap (class A, lined canal) and
application of 674.30 sq.m Refectorized Thermoplatic Pavement Markings as
per approved plans and specifcations. Completion of the works required is 179
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 costing at least 50% of
the ABC. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents,
Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC) of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from
the address below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents
in the amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P 25,000.00).
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the procuring entity,
provided the bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the
submission of their bids.
rd
Negros Occidental
rd
Negros Occidental
Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives (as refected in
their CRCs with their valid IDs and original copy of their PCAB License, SPAs will
DPWH, 3
rd
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to
attend at the address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
rd
Negros Occidental
MARIA LIZA G. RULL
Engineer III
DPWH, 3
RD
Tel. No. 034-4712314/034-4713034
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012)
3
rd
Tel./Fax No. 4712-314
INVITATION TO BID FOR
THE UPGRADING (CONCRETING) OF NATIONAL ROAD
(CONTRACT PACKAGE B)
I. K0113+476 K0113+556, BRGY. MAN-ULING
II. K0113+556 K0114+555, BRGY. MAN-ULING AND BRGY. ISIO
III. K0115+480 K0115+865, BRGY. ISIO
The DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, through the FY 2013
Regular Infra intends to apply the sum of P27,315,360.00
I. P 1,559,000.00
II. P 18,596,480.00
III. P 7,159,880.00
TOTAL ABC P 27,315,360.00

being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for 12GM0025.
Bids received in excess of ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District,
Kabankalan City, now invites bid for the
I. Construction of 80 ln.m x 6.70 x 0.3m PCCP to include removal of existing 536
sq.m x 75mm asphalt pavement and application of 72.80 sq.m Refectorized
Thermoplastic Pavement Markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
II. Construction of 1,000.00ln.m 6.7m x 0.3m PCCP to include removal existing
6,700 sq.m x 75mm asphalt pavement and application of 250 sq.m refectorized
thermoplastic pavement markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
III. Construction of 390 ln.m x 6.70m x 0.3m PCCP to include removal of existing
2,613 sq.mx 75mm asphalt pavement and application of 97.50 sq.m refectorized
thermoplastic pavement markings as per approved plans and specifcations.
Completion of the works required is 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
costing at least 50% of the ABC. 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
(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 the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC)
of the DPWH 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM 5:00PM.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address
below and upon payment of non-refundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Twenty
Five Thousand Pesos (P 25,000.00)
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the procuring entity, provided the
bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.
rd
District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental will hold a Pre Bid Conference on November 16,
2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the DPWH 3
rd
which shall be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered by the bidders authorized representatives (as refected in their CRCs
with their valid IDs and original copy of their PCAB License, SPAs will not be accepted) in the
address given below on or before November 29, 2012 until 9:00 A.M. only and will be opened at
2:00 P.M. of the same day at the BAC Offce, DPWH, 3
rd
Negros Occidental Engineering District,
Kabankalan 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.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend at the
address below. Late bids will not be accepted.
rd
District, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental 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.
MARIA LIZA G. RULL
Engineer III
DPWH, 3
RD
Tel. No. 034-4712314/034-4713034

BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(MST-NOV. 14, 2012) (MST-Nov. 14, 2012)
Benguet 2
nd
Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet
RE-I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Benguet Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias,
Benguet, through DPWH REGULAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CY 2013
invites contractors to bid for the afore mentioned project:
1. Contract ID : 12PF024
Contract Name : REHABILITATION / RECONSTRUCTION / UPGRADING
OF DAMAGED PAVED NATIONAL ROADS (Intermittent
Sections) (Package XIV-2012)
Contract Location : KAPANGAN, BENGUET
a) ACOP KAPANGAN KIBUNGAN BAKUN ROAD
K0287+002 TO K0287+406
ABC: P 6,977,422.50
b) ACOP KAPANGAN KIBUNGAN BAKUN ROAD
K0287+431 TO K0287+494
ABC: P 1,078,716.00
c) ACOP KAPANGAN KIBUNGAN BAKUN ROAD
K0288+321 TO K0288+831
ABC: P 8,723,036.57
Scope of Work : RCP- Roads - New Construction - PCCP
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : P 16,779,175.00
Contract Duration : 80 calendar days
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-
Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with complete
requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration
Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. Letter of Intent thru
mail will not be accepted. Only Authorized Liaison Offcer as refected in the Contractors
Registration Certifcate (CRC) will be allowed to transact with the BAC.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From November 9 December 6, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 23, 2012 (10:30 am)
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
November 29, 2012 (before 12:00 noon)
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00am December 6, 2012
5. Opening of Bids December 6, 10:30am
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Benguet Second
District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet,upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of Ten Thousand Pesos (P 10,000.00). Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs from the DPWH 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. Bids must accompanied by a bid security,
in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Benguet Second District Engineering Offce, Natubleng, Buguias, Benguet,
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process anytime
prior contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) EDGARDO M. GUNDRAN
Chief, Construction
BAC Chairman
DPWH-BSDEO,Natubleng,Buguias, Benguet
NOTED BY:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO C. GALANZA
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
CARE TAKER
Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Offce
Tabuk, Isabela City, Basilan
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
The Department of Public Works and Highways, lsabela City Sub-District
Engineering Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), through the
Fund FY 2013 Regular Infrastructure Projects, invites contractors registered with
and classifed by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) to apply for
eligibility and if found eligible to bid for the contract to wit:
Contract ID: 12JH0006
Contract Name: Road Upgrading (Gravel to Paved) based on
Gravel Strategies,Traffc Benchmark for Upgrading
to Paved Road Standard (HDM-4 Project Analysis)
Intermittent Section, Basilan Circumferential Road
(K 086+900 to K 088+180)
Contract Location: Basilan Province
Scope of Work: Concrete Paving (0.28 mtrs. THK) with 36 Pipe
Culverts and Storm Drains
Appropriation: Php 48,387,089.97
Contract Duration: 90 CD
Cost of Bidding Documents P25,000.00
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive. bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 known as Government Procurement Reform Act, and its
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations. Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. To be eligible 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, (e) with
PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar
contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years and (e) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to
10% of ABC. The BAC will use non discretionary pass/fail criteria in the Eligibility Check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their application for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. Tne DPWH-POCW
Central Offce witl only process contractors application for registratIon with the 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 12-27, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference November 15, 2012
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from Prospective
Bidders
November 22, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids November 27, 2012 @
8:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids November 27, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the BAC
Secretariat, DPWH Isabela City Sub-District Engineering OffICe, Tabuk, lsabela City,
Basilan, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated 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 Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open
only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must be accompanied
by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the
Revised IRR.
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 top the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid (LCRB) as
determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH Isabela City Sub-District Engineering Offce reserves the right to
accept orreject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/so

APPROVED:
(Sgd.) ARACELI S. ALBERTO
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) BENSALI A. KASIM
Engineer IV (ADE)
(MST-NOV. 12 & 14, 2012)
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ABS-CBN also enjoyed a stagger-
ing 20-point lead in primetime (6 p.m.-
12 midnight) with an average audience
share of 48 percent, while GMA suffered
a slight decrease to 28 percent from 30
percent last month. The primetime block
is the most important part of the day when
most Filipinos watch TV and advertisers
put a larger chunk of their investment in to
reach more consumers efciently.
Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel
size of 2,609 urban and rural homes, more
than AGB Njelsens 1,980 homes that are
only based in urban areas. Kantar Medias
panel represents 100 percent of the total
Philippine TV
viewing popula-
tion, while AGB
Nielsen reportedly
represents only 57
percent of the Philippine
TV viewing population.
ABS-CBN also led in
total day audience share
in Balance Luzon (areas in
Luzon outside Mega Manila)
with a 42 percent audience
share vs GMAs 35 percent; in
the Visayas with 49 percent vs
27 percent; and in Mindanao where it av-
eraged 54 percent or more than two times
bigger than GMAs 21 percent.
ABS-CBNs top-caliber weekday and
weekend shows also seized all the top
15 most watched programs in the said
month.
Phenomenal TV drama Walang Hang-
gan, which Filipinos religiously followed
for nine months, ended its successful run
by topping the top 15 with a national TV
rating of 36.4 percent.
The series nale peaked at 45.4 per-
cent in national TV ratings, almost three
times higher than rival program Luna
Blanca (16.1 percent).
Wansapanataym remained unfazed
with a national TV rating of 34.2 percent
and toppled GMAs recently launched
reality game show Extra Challenge that
lagged behind with 17.3 percent.
ABS-CBNs new family drama series
Ina, Kapatid, Anak (27.8 percent) and ro-
mantic teleserye A Beautiful Affair (23.9 )
also made a strong entrance to the top 15
by bagging the 6
th
and 13
th
spots respec-
tively.
TV Patrol, on the other hand, is still
the Philippines undisputed number one
newscast with an average TV rating of
31.1 percent or 13 points higher than
GMAs 24 Oras (17.7 percent).
Meanwhile, noontime show Its Show-
time has shown signicant improvement
in its ratings performance by reaching an
all-time high national TV rating of 20.9
percent and beating rival program Eat
Bulaga (15 percent) last Oct. 26. It pre-
vailed during its third anniversary week
(Oct 22-27) by averaging 17.5 percent
in national TV ratings over Eat Bulaga
(14.4 percent).
The other ABS-CBN programs in the
top 15 include Princess and I (34.3 per-
cent), Maalaala Mo Kaya (31.9 percent),
Kapamilya Deal or No Deal (27.4 per-
cent), Aryana (25.8 percent), Rated K
(24.9 percent), Goin Bulilit (24.8
percent), Lorenzos Time
(24.3 percent), Be Care-
ful with My Heart
(23.3 percent), and
TV Patrol Weekend
(21.7 percent).
Kantar Me-
dia is a lead-
ing television
(TV) audience
measur ement
provider with
capabilities in
gathering TV
viewing data in
both digital and
analog platforms,
a multinational
market research
group special-
izing in audience measurement in more
than 80 countries, has 26 TV networks, ad
agencies, and pan-regional networks sub-
scribing to its ratings services.
Search for rst
Pinov MasterChef
ABS-CBN gives viewers a daily dose
of morning drama via its rst ever kusina-
serye MasterChef Pinoy Edition that high-
lights the struggles and triumphs in cook-
ing and in real life.
Following the success of Junior Mas-
terChef Pinoy Edition, the newest version
of the popular cooking reality show gives
ordinary people from different genera-
tions, places, and economic backgrounds
a chance to showcase their cooking
prowess and overcome lifes challenges
to reach their dreams.
Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo and chefs
Fernando Ferns Aracama, Rolando
Lau Laudico, and JP Jayps Anglo
are reprising their roles as host and judges
who sample and critique the dishes the
amateur chefs whip up in a bid to become
the very rst Pinoy MasterChef and win
P1 million.
Juday stressed that the screening of
MasterChef hopefuls was lled with thrill
and drama as she, Chef Ferns, Chef Lau,
and Chef Jayps were more stringent and
honest with higher expectations.
The challenges are denitely harder.
We will be more blunt in giving com-
ments. To be a good chef, one needs to
endure all the hardships. says Juday.
The kusina-serye also gets a fresh, new
twist as it highlights the amateur chefs
struggles, aspirations for their loved ones,
and their goal to prove themselves.
Viewers will relate better because we
will not only bring out the contestants
talent but also their real-life stories, she
adds.
More than being a cooking show, Mas-
terChef Pinoy Edition gives viewers a
taste of reality by housing the nalists
under one roof. There they will
their develop appreciation for
life as they blend with oth-
ers, foster new bonds and
conicts, and experience
success and defeat with
each other.
Aside from that, aspiring chefs and
viewers also get useful information they
can use in their daily lives such as easy-to-
prepare Filipino recipes, cooking demos,
and home management and health tips.
On Saturdays, meanwhile, witness the
fun food adventures of Melai Cantiveros
and Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 4 house-
mates Joj and Jai Agpangan in MasterChef
Saturday Edition in which they discover and
whip up extraordinary dishes as well as give
out cooking tips and trivia.
MasterChef Pinoy Edition airs before
Be Careful with My Heart on ABS-CBNs
Umaganda block..
Gladys Reyes, Jaya
discover their mission
Being a mom is a tough responsibility.
Nowadays, most moms lose their
composure when they encounter several
problems that occur in their day-to-day
activities.
GMA Network offers Nay 1-1, a
30-minute morning show that puts ce-
lebrity and accomplished moms Gladys
Reyes and Jaya into an important mis-
sion, to keep wives and mothers from
losing their sanity by extending help to
solve problems at home by giving them
tips, advice and give time for fun and
enjoyment.
Gladys Reyes feels very happy to
have her rst show with the Kapuso Net-
work. Im so glad to nally be working
with the Kapuso Network. Also, its with
deep happiness that I will be sharing my
knowledge and tips bilang isang nanay
sa mga manonood.
Meanwhile, Soul Diva Jaya shows
her other side on Nay 1-1. Every Sun-
day, napapanood ako ng mga viewers sa
Party Pilipinas singing. But with Nay
1-1, theyll be able to see how I am as
a mom. Through our show, Gladys and
I will be the partners of every mom as
they face the challenges that each day
brings.
Witness as Nay Agents Gladys and
Jaya give a solution to mommy emergen-
cies on Nay 1-1, Monday to Friday after
Unang Hirit.
LIKE the other artists involved
in Star Cinemas offering in
celebration of the 20
th
anni-
versary of Star Magic, 24/7
In Love, both Diether Oca-
mpo and Maja Salvador were
pleasantly surprised when they
were asked to join the star-
studded ensemble.
Its quite big I mean it
took 20 years to put all of us
together in one big project and
for me its something, na put-
ting a seal, seal na Star Magic,
na ito well established and well
respected management compa-
ny, Diether says.
Sobrang ano, ako kasali?
Yung talagang kinikuwestiyon
ko talaga kasi kasali ako. Di
ba ang laking project ng 24/7
and para isali ka sa ganitong
project, talagang nagtitiwala
sila sayo, Maja also shared.
Diether describes his and
Majas episode in the movie
as started to be very light then
it became kind of dark. Diet
plays the role of Ken, a success-
ful businessman who has a lot
of personal issues. His views
on love will be changed when
Maja, who plays the role of his
employee Barbara, helps him
gure out how a baby ended up
in his hotel room and whether
he is the father of the child.
Maja on the other hand, re-
fers to her character Barbara as
manang and a hopeless ro-
mantic. Ako yung magsasabi
sa kanya (Ken) na kaiiangan
buksan ang puso mo para
mas maraming magagandang
mangyari sa yo..
And as Ken and Barbara
wait for the DNA results on
the baby, will the outcome
bring about a new beginning
for the two of them? Or will
it pull them back again to the
pains of their past?
Diet and Majas episode is
directed by John D. Lazatin,
24/7 In Love will be in the-
aters on Nov. 21.
ITS over a week now since
Mario Maurer appeared on
a Sunday night talk show to
promote the movie Suddenly
Its Magic, but until now, the
young Thai actor is still a hot
topic among fans and curious
observers.
Questions like Why is he
so cute? to Why is he so
famous among teenage girls
are always heard reinforcing
Mario being a talk of the town.
Some say hes going to be part
of Philippine showbiz for a
long time whilst others say this
Marios phenomenal fame on
this of the world is just a ash
in the pan.
Even before the lms The
Love of Siam and Crazy Little
Called Love hit our soils, Ma-
rio already had a good number
of followers in the country.
And this so-called legend-
ary invasion (as what most of
his fans call it) became ofcial
when he visited Manila in 2011
to endorse a clothing apparel
and announced that he would
star in a romantic ick opposite
Erich Gonzales. Since then his
local fan base has snowballed
into a massive group of diehard
fanatics who are willing to do
anything just to have a glimpse
of the 23-year-old star.
Its interesting to note that
Mario didnt reach this sta-
tus by just ashing his boyish
smile. Like many stars in show
business, he did it the hard
way, and hes even a reluctant
star, if you will. From doing
odd jobs like lling car tanks
with gas, cleaning cars and ll-
ing tires with air, when he was
working at a family-owned gas
station, Marios life wasnt that
really glamorous until some-
one approached him to be a
model. And of course the rest
is history. You see, he has this
life story that many people can
relate to.
Perhaps Mario will do an-
other movie in the Philippines,
appear in a television series or
even endorse another local
brand. As far as we know, this
Mario fever is far from over.
So the next time your sister or
even your mother giggled when
they see Mario Maurer, wonder
no more. Just ride on the idea
that hes dashing and he has this
incredible mass appeal.
Aso ni San Roque
in the limelight
The star of GMA-7s fan-
tasy drama Aso ni San Roque,
Princess D Dog, was the star
of an event that aimed to cap-
ture and develop a better com-
panionship between man and
his best friend.
The two-year-old celebrity
canine, which was the most
photographed pet of the day,
mingled with hundreds of dogs
in the very rst National Geo-
graphic Channels Doggy Day
Camp held at the Bonifacio
Global City Amphitheatre over
the weekend.
In the event, Princess D
Dog and her furry four-legged
friends experienced going
around the campsite where
they were pampered with free
massages and grooming servic-
es. A parade and a mini agility
race by Urban Sports K9 high-
lighted the dogs participation
in this affair. The camp also put
up a photo exhibit that featured
ten of the best submitted heroic
dog feats across the country.
With all of those activities
centered on mans best friend,
pet owners on the other hand
had the chance to learn valu-
able tips and tricks from world-
renowned dog behavior expert
Cesar Millan via the special
screening of the new season
of Dog Whisperer. This was
complemented by information-
al forums: proper feeding and
animal nutrition by Born to be
Wild host Ferdz Recio; com-
mon dog behavioral issues,
administered by Pawsitive Ed-
ucation resident veterinarian;
and responsible pet ownership,
discussed by Philippine Ani-
mal Welfare Society ofcial.
A mass pet blessing and
awarding of special prizes
capped the rst NatGeo Doggy
Day Camp.
Diether Ocampo, Maja
Salvador discover love
Crazy over Mario Maurer
Kantar says KAPAMILYA
shows still top choices
ABS-CBN Corporation remains undisputed in national TV viewership with an
average national audience share of 42 percent, or a 10-point lead versus GMAs
32 percent in October as most urban and rural households spent more time
watching ABS-CBN programs, based on data from Kantar Media.
Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo with
(inset) Chefs Lau, Ferns and Jayps
Gladys Reyes and Jaya in GMAs Nay1-1
Diether and Maja in Star Magics 24/7 In Love

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