Manila Standard Today - Saturday (December 29, 2012) Issue

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SCHWARZKOPF
Binay to Palace:
Lift suspension
of Gov. Garcia
LP revives old
party vs allies
RH Bill quietly
signed into law
PNoy satisfaction rate dips
Church leaders reject divorce
23 cops, 10 others face graft raps
Desert Storm
hero dies at 78
Aquino blasts
'cracker makers
Winners all. Nora Aunor bagged the Best Actress trophy for the lm Thy Womb
during the Awards Night for the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival at the Meralco
Theater. Dingdong Dantes won the Best Actor trophy for the lm One More Try that
won Best Picture, Miguel Vergara was Best Child Actor for the lm One More Try,
and Cesar Montano was Best Supporting Actor for the lm El Presidente.
By Joyce P. Paares,
Joel F. Zurbano,
Francisco Tuyay
and Rio N. Araja
PRESIDENT Beni-
gno Aquino III on
Friday vowed to go
after manufacturers
of illegal recrack-
ers, whom he de-
scribed as having
no conscience for
selling the dead-
ly products.
In related developments:
The Coast Guard has ad-
vised recracker shipment
owners to secure the neces-
sary permit before transport-
ing recracker products using
commercial vessels to avoid
seizure.
* The Philippine National
Police has urged the public to
report any improper behavior
of their police neighbors, es-
pecially those who would re
their guns indiscriminately
during the coming New Years
celebrations.
The Bureau of Fire Protec-
tion has alerted all re service
units in Metro Manila to stay
vigilant on the possibility of re
occurrences as the entire nation
celebrates the New Year.
In an interview in Baguio
City, Mr. Aquino said he was
aware that some manufacturers
continue to produce and sell il-
legal recrackers, but vowed to
punish those who will violate
the law.
By Vito Barcelo
and Maricel V. Cruz
CHURCH leaders on Friday expressed dis-
may over the plans to introduce a divorce
bill in Congress, saying it would destroy
the nation and teach Filipinos to belittle
the value of sacred promises.
Melvin Castro, the priest who heads the
Episcopal Commission on Family and Life
of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines, said the divorce bill was part
of a series of anti-family and anti-life
laws being pushed by the administration of
President Benigno Aquino III, beginning
with the reproductive health bill that Con-
gress passed earlier this month.
Catholic boook author Chet Espino add-
ed that the move to legalize divorce had to
be stopped because it would undermine the
sacredness of the marriage bond and turn
the children into victims.
The family is a basic unit of society. You
strengthen the family and you strengthen
society. Conversely, you undermine its
foundations and you form a sick society.
Just look at the rest of the world, he said.
The Philippines is the only country in
the worldapart from the Vatican, where
By Sara Fabu-
nan, Christine
Herrera, Bart
Ochea, and
Joyce Paares
VICE President Je-
jomar Binay urged
Malacanang on Fri-
day to follow the rule
of law and lift the sus-
pension of Cebu Gov.
Gwen Garcia because
the people were aware
that her ouster was
poltically-motivated.
They think people
will believe them (that
its just administra-
tive action.). But its
as clear as day. Its all
politics, Binay said,
who is a top contender
as candidate for presi-
dent of the opposition
United Nationalist
Alliance (UNA) in
presidential elections
in 2016 .
He said Garcia
should stay in ofce
until the Court of Ap-
peals has ruled on her
petition to stop the six
months suspension or-
der imposed by Mala-
canang on December
19 for alleged abuse
of authority.
Malacanang has
designated Vice
Governor Agnes
Magpale as Acting
Governor, but Gar-
cia refused to vacate
her post and lived in
her ofce during the
Christmas holidays.
By Christine F.
Herrera
THE coalition partners
of the ruling Liberal
Party on Friday accused
the Liberals of reviv-
ing the inactive Aksyon
Demokratiko to eld
LP-backed candidates
against them in areas
where the administra-
tion party does not have
incumbent congress-
men.
In the gubernatorial
race for Isabela prov-
ince, for example, the
Liberal Party is elding
Marlo Angelo Padaca,
the brother of Elections
Commissioner and for-
mer Isabela governor
Grace Padaca, under the
Aksyon Demokratiko
banner.
Padaca will be run-
ning against Faustino Dy
III, brother of Faustino
Dy Jr., the chairman of
the Nationalist Peoples
Coalition, a member of
the LP coalition.
It was the older Dy
who signed a coali-
tion agreement with
the Liberal Party
when President Beni-
gno Aquino III intro-
duced the coalitions
12-member senatorial
slate on Oct. 1.
The 50-strong NPC
is the second biggest
coalition-member party
in the House next to
LPs 92 seats. The other
members of the LP co-
alition are the Naciona-
lista Party with 24 seats,
National Unity Party
GENERAL Norman Schwarzkopf,
who led US forces to victory in the
1991 Persian Gulf war, died yester-
day. He was 78.
Schwarzkopf, who retired shortly
after the rst Gulf war, died in Tampa,
Florida from complications from pneu-
monia, the Associated Press reported,
citing his sister, Ruth Barenbaum.
Schwarzkopf was a brilliant strat-
egist and inspiring leader, US Sec-
retary of Defense Leon Panetta said
PRESIDENT Benigno
Aquino III signed the
Responsible Parent-
hood Act into law
known previously
as the Reproductive
Health billon Dec.
21, House Majority
Floor Leader Neptali
Gonzales II said on
Friday.
President Aquino
signed into law without
fanfare the Responsible
Parenthood Act last
Friday, December 21.
It is now Republic Act
10354, Gonzales said.
Malacaang advised
reporters to wait for a
formal announcement.
I am not able to
comment now but an
By Joyce Pangco Panares
PRESIDENT Aquinos net satisfac-
tion rating dropped 12 points from
+67 to +55 in December in a survey
by the Social Weather Station, which
showed people dissatised in Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao and across
social and economic classes and gen-
ders, a senior ofcial said on Friday.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson
Abigail Valte said Aquinos satisfac-
tion rating dropped 16 points in Lu-
zon, 12 points in Visayas and four
points in Mindanao but his annual
average satisfaction rating remained
high at +53 or very good because
his ratings in the past three quarters
were high.
The drop was nothing to cry
about, Valte told reporters.
The survey was conducted from
December 8 to 11 among 1,200 re-
spondents. It has sampling error mar-
gins of plus-minus three percent for
national and plus-minus six percent
for area percentages.
An increase in the number of Fili-
pinos dissatised with Aquinos per-
formance could serve as wake-up call
for his administration if it continued
By Merck Maguddayao
OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Mo-
rales has led four counts of graft against
a former head of the Philippine National
Police, 22 police ofcials and 10 private
individuals for allegedly spending P400
million to repair 28 armored vehicles.
Charged were former Police chief
Avelino Razon, Victor Agarcio, Teodor-
ico Lapuz IV, Emmanuel Ojeda, Reuel
Leverne Labrado, Annalee Forro, Edgar
Paatan, Henry Duque, Alfredo Lavina
and Victor Puddao of the PNP Logis-
tics Supports Services-Bids and Awards
Committee, purchasing ofcer Josena
Dumanew, PNP accounting head Antonio
Retrato, inspection ofcer Warlito Tubon,
comptrollers Geary Barias and Eliseo de
la Paz, property inspectors Alex Barame-
da, Patricia Enaje, Nancy Basallo and
Maria Teresa Narcise, supply ofcer Eu-
lito Fuentes, PNP management division
acting head Rainier Espina, and Reynal-
do Varilla and Charlemagne Alejandrino
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Dangerous things.
From left clockwise: Que-
zon City policemen present
conscated illegal recrack-
ers at Camp Karingal before
their destruction; a worker in
Bocaue, Bulacan, shows off
the recrackers he has made
without protective gear; a
policeman shows off part of
a cache of illegal recrack-
ers seized in a raid in North
Fairview in Quezon City; Na-
tional Police chief Nicanor Bar-
tolome shows reporters the
illegal recrackers Goodbye
Philippines and Bin Laden
that his men had seized in
Bocaue, Bulacan.
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Joyce Pangco Paares
A 64-year old law banning cockght-
ing, horse racing and jai-alai on Rizal
Day is still in effect, Malacaang re-
minded the public on Friday.
Presidential spokesman Edwin
Lacierda said Republic Act. No
229, which was signed in 1948,
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Aquino...
There has been no let-up in
the inspections being done by the
Philippine National Police to en-
sure that no illegal recrackers are
sold, the President said.
But I am sure there will still
be manufacturers who would try
to defy our order, so I hope we
get to face off with these people
who have no conscience. We will
make sure they are punished as
we continue to hope that there
will be no injuries during the New
Year celebrations, he added.
The law prohibits recrackers
with more than .2 grams of incen-
diary powder and those which ex-
plode less than six seconds from
the time they are lit.
PNP spokesman Chief Supt.
Generoso Cerbo Jr. has appealed
to the public to use trumpets,
horns, and other safe noise-mak-
ing devices in welcoming the
New Year.
The PNP identied Goodbye
Bading and Gangnam Boom
as among the new dangerous and
oversized recrackers being sold
illegally in the streets.
Goodbye bading is similar to
a whistle bomb while Gangnam
boom is a big triangle-shaped
recracker.
The Health Department has
also appealed to parents to keep
their children away from re-
crackers.
Parents should be held ac-
countable if their children be-
come victims of reworks injury.
They must be the rst to educate
them about the dangers of play-
ing around with reworks and to
warn them of its consequences,
DoH-National Capital Region Di-
rector Eduardo Janairo said.
Most victims of reworks in-
juries are children below ten years
of age. They suffer severe injuries
including burns, loss of limbs and
serious eye injuries. They must be
taught to stay away and not to go
near a rework that has been lit,
he added.
The National Epidemiology
Center reported that Metro Manila
has the most number of reworks
injuries reported yearly with 612
cases recorded in 2011, with Que-
zon City posting the highest with
183.
As of December 28, the NEC
reported a total of 73 reworks-
related injuries.
No rework is safe. That is
why we need to pay attention,
educate members of the family,
provide warnings and precaution-
ary measures for them to avoid
becoming victims of injuries this
year, Janairo said.
Meanwhile, Coast Guard chief
Rodolfo Isorena said small and
medium-scale entrepreneurs who
would transport recrackers in
the provinces must secure a trans-
port permit from either the Coast
Guard K-9 Unit or the National
Police.
He added that additional teams
from the Task Force Sea Marshal
have already been deployed to
prevent untoward incident during
the voyage.
We are once again advising
the public especially the regular
ship travelers that this measure
is (being done) to prevent the
entry of loose guns and rearms
and explosives, including illegal
recracker shipment, and bladed
weapons in passenger terminals
and on ships, Isorena said.
Isorena also advised shipping
agents engaged in international
trade to submit the Advance No-
tice of Arrivals at least 48 hours
prior to their arrival which in-
cludes the ships voyage particu-
lars, a complete list of crew, per-
sonnel and cargo on board as part
of the regular conduct of port state
control inspection.
He also ordered the deployment
of additional bomb snifng dogs
at the North and South Harbor
terminals in anticipation of the
increase in the volume of passen-
gers this coming weekend.
Newly-appointed PNP Police
Director General Alan Purisima,
on the other hand, encouraged
citizens to monitor their police
neighbors, because this would
help police investigators to iden-
tify and prosecute policemen who
would re their weapons and use
illegal recrackers.
Everybody in the community
knows their neighbors, particu-
larly those who are obsessed in
using illegal recrackers, Puri-
sima said.
Not only we will monitor
those policeman involved in the
illegal ring of their weapons,
but also watch their behavior the
whole year round, he added.
Purisima admitted that the en-
tire police force cannot monitor
all incidents involving police-
men, so he is appealing to the
public to cooperate by reporting
information on erring cops to
the nearest police station or thru
09178475757.
As this developed, Chief Supt.
Santiago Laguna, director of the
BFP-National Capital Region,
said they would be implementing
a public awareness drive under
its BFP Oplan Paalala 2012 to
ensure the safety of the people
against re, especially during the
New Years celebrations.
He also directed units to pre-
pare medical teams to back up re-
sponding teams of other govern-
ment agencies.
We would like to discourage
the public on the use of recrack-
ers or pyrotechnics and other
reworks that may eventually be-
come the cause of major re oc-
currences, said Laguna, who also
discouraged revelers from using
sky lanterns.
Sky lanterns had been alleged
to have triggered a major re inci-
dent in Quezon City on Christmas
Day, which rendered many fami-
lies homeless and even took the
lives of an entire family.
He added that he will sue any
person who would use sky lan-
terns.
He reminded the public to fol-
low safety practices, such as
avoiding overloading of electrical
circuits.
Divorce...
divorce is still illegal, after Malta
legalized divorce last year.
Church allies in the House of
Representatives vowed to kill the
divorce bill.
An administration congress-
man, Quezon City Rep. Winston
Castelo, called the proposal un-
scriptural, immoral and irrev-
erent in a letter to Novaliches
Bishop Antonio Tobias.
Castelo wrote the bishop after
some lawmakers raised the possi-
bility of introducing a divorce bill
in the next Congress, which will
be elected in May.
Earlier, the House minority bloc
led by Minority Leader Danilo Su-
arez and Assistant Minority Leader
and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez
also rejected any move to legalize
divorce.
Romualdez said marriage
should be respected, and that the
proposal for divorce should not be
allowed to prosper.
But Gabriela party-list Rep.
Luz Ilagan, one of the authors of
House Bill 1799 or An Act Intro-
ducing Divorce in the Philippines,
said that Congress should also
open the debates on the measure
in the remaining session days of
the present Congress to get the
public pulse on the issue.
He bill, which had been pend-
ing before the House committee on
revision of laws, allows those who
have been separated for ve years
and those already legally separated
for two years to apply for divorce.
The bill cites ve grounds for di-
vorce, including irreconcilable dif-
ferences that have caused the irrepa-
rable breakdown of the marriage.
23 cops...
of the National Headquarters
Bids and Awards Committee.
Also charged were private
individuals Oscar Madamba,
Harold Ong, Tyrone Ong, Pa-
mela Pensotes, Evangeline
Bais, Artemio Zuniga, Gigie
Marpa, Marianne Jimenez, Ra-
sita Zaballero and Carmencita
Salvador.
Forro, Paatan, Duque, Du-
manew, Barrameda, Espina,
Enaje, Narcisem Basallo and
Commission on Audit Super-
vising Auditor Jaime Serrano
were also ordered dismissed
from the government service
or ned the equivalent of one-
years salary if the penalty of
dismissal can no longer be
served. Morales also sought
the forfeiture of all their bene-
ts and their perpetual disqual-
ication to hold public ofce.
COA Technical Audit Spe-
cialist Amor Quiambao was
suspended for six months with-
out pay for allegedly conniving
with the accused.
The case against the 33 ac-
cused stemmed from the com-
plaint of the Ofce of the Dep-
uty Ombudsman for the Mili-
tary and Other Law Enforce-
ment Ofces, which claims
there were irregularities in the
bidding process, awarding
of contracts and utilization of
funds intended for the repair/
refurbishment of 28 V-150s
(light armored vehicles) of the
Philippine National Police in
August 2007.
In her resolution, Morales
said the public respondents
circumvented the provisions
of RA 9184 (Government Pro-
curement Reform Act) to take
private rms Serpenair, Envi-
ro-Aire, Evans, RJP, Dex-Lan
and RKGK Enterprises as the
direct suppliers.
She said the government lost
P409.7 million representing
the cost of the highly irregu-
lar transactions and the un-
warranted benets given the
private rms.
The accused could face up to
100 years in jail if the Sandi-
ganbayan nds them guilty of
all the charges.
PNoy...
to decline. So far, his over-all rating remained good.
It still shows that the President enjoys a very wide margin
of support among the people, Valte said. An excellent to
very good is still something to show for.
The president, who spent a four-day retreat in Baguio, said
he felt recharged and was expected to report to work today.
This vacation has been recharging even if we cannot leave
behind the problems besetting out country. But the stress lev-
el in our Cabinet has been relatively reduced, Aquino said.
The president has been advised to take regular breaks from his
work after he got sick from u, allergic rhinities and a bad stom-
ach last month, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said.
The SWS survey showed that nine out of 10 Filipinos
looked forward to 2013 with hope, but hopefullness fell to
a record low in areas in Mindanao that were devastated by
Typhoon Pablo.
Desert...
yesterday. He earned the sobri-
quet Stormin Norman for mar-
shaling 700,000 coalition troops
that liberated Kuwait from Iraqi
occupation in a ground war last-
ing just 100 hours.
With the passing of General
Norman Schwarzkopf, weve
lost an American original, Presi-
dent Barack Obama said in a
statement. From his decorated
service in Vietnam to the historic
liberation of Kuwait and his lead-
ership of United States Central
Command, General Schwarzkopf
stood tall for the country and
Army he loved.
Born in 1934, Schwarzkopf
was raised in Lawrenceville,
New Jersey where his father was
a state police superintendent, ac-
cording to The Post, a military
newspaper.
He graduated from the US
Military Academy at West Point
in 1956, earned three Silver
Stars for valor during two tours
in Vietnam and led the US inva-
sion of Grenada in 1983. In 1988,
Schwarzkopf was promoted to
general, and appointed Com-
mander in Chief of the U.S. Cen-
tral Command.
Schwarzkopf became a house-
hold name when he was tasked
with preparing a response to
Iraqs 1990 invasion of Kuwait
and a plan to protect Saudi Arabia
from attack. The United Nations-
authorized operations became
known as Desert Shield and Des-
ert Storm.
Iraqi President Saddam Hus-
sein ignored a deadline to pull
out from Kuwait, triggering
a six-week-long aerial bom-
bardment of Iraqi positions by
coalition forces. Schwarzkopf
then commenced a ground
campaign aimed at trapping
and eliminating Iraqs Repub-
lican Guard, a strategy dubbed
the left hook because of
the resemblance to a boxers
roundhouse punch.
We need to destroy --- not
attack, not damage, not sur-
round -- I want you to de-
stroy the Republican Guard,
Schwarzkopf told commanders,
according to his autobiography,
It Doesnt Take a Hero, pub-
lished in 1992. The strategy was
credited for the rapid routing of
Iraqi forces with minimal coali-
tion casualties.
Schwarzkopf retired in 1991
and served on corporate boards
and promoted cancer awareness.
His 35 years of service in uni-
form left an indelible imprint
on the United States military and
on the country, Panetta said. He
said Schwarzkopf will be remem-
bered as one of the great mili-
tary giants of the 20th century.
Bloomberg
No...
said violators of the law on the prohibition on illegal
gambling on Dec. 30 face up to six months impris-
onment and a maximum penalty of P200.
If the violator is a local executive or a mayor, he or
she shall suffer an additional punishment of suspen-
sion from ofce for one month.
The law also requires the raising of the Philippine
ag at half mast in all vessels and at half staff in all
government buildings on Dec. 30.
On December 30, we enjoin Filipinos both at home
and abroad to commemorate the anniversary of the
martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal. Chief among our panthe-
on of heroes, Dr. Rizal embodies the highest aspirations
of Filipinos as a people and as a nation, Lacierda said.
Rizals devotion to truth, justice, and the civic
virtues impelled him to deplore and expose the abus-
es of colonialism, resulting in his incarceration and
eventual execution. It was through the gift of lan-
guage and the written word that our national identity
was formed, he added.
This year also marks the 75th anniversary of the
proclamation of the National Language by President
Manuel Quezon.
RH...
announcement is forthcoming,
Presidential Communications
Development Secretary Ramon
Carandang said.
A Palace source said the
announcement will be made
today.
The President earlier certied
the measure as urgent to ensure
that Congress passed it within
the year.
The Responsible Parenthood
Act guarantees universal access
to the methods of contracep-
tion, fertility control, sexual
education and maternal care.
Joyce Pangco Paares
Binay...
The issue has divided the rul-
ing coalition led by President
Aquinos Liberal Party (LP) in
the House of Repesentatives.
Binay was a close associate of
the presidents mother, the late
former president Corazon Aqui-
no.The Cebu controversy could
dene the vague political ties and
alliances of leading politicians,
including Binay.
Binay questioned the inten-
tion of Malacanang to insist in
suspending Garcia despite the
pending petition at the Court of
Appeals.
They said its not preventive
suspension, its a penalty. Yourre
already enforcing a penalty and
yet you admit that theres still a
process to be undertaken. Lets
wait for the determination of the
process. It is just simple logic,
Binay said.
The vice president said he
would seek a meeting and talk
to Aquino about the issue and
reiterate that the rule of law
must prevail.
UNA Secretary General and
Navotas Rep. Tobias Tiangco
accused Malacanang spokes-
man Edwin Lacierda of mis-
leading the people by making it
appear that the LP can use the
power of government, misuse
the laws, to go after political
opponents.
(They) think they have a li-
cense to politically kill its oppo-
nents because (the administra-
tion) is credible and popular,
Tiangco said.
The people have very high ex-
pectations of the present adminis-
tration. They want jobs and a bet-
ter life. They are fed up with the
previous regimes lust for power.
They want more governance and
less politics, he said.
Tiangco described the power
grab in Cebu as a return to the
discredited mindset of politics at
all costs and said the presidential
ambition of Inerior and Local
Government Secretary Manuel
Roxas could erode the peoples
trust and condence in the ad-
ministration.
In Cebu City, Acting Gov.
Magpale said the provincial
government was running out of
money with only P90 million left
in its general fund and bills were
piling up with payables amount-
ing to about P200 million.
She said Provincial Treasurer
Roy Salubre has reported that the
provincial government was short
of P100 million to pay unsettled
expenses, including the P50 mil-
ion Christmas bonus of employ-
ees she announced days before
Christmas Day.
Garcia shot back at Magpale
and said the Acting Governor
presented an incomplete and
false nancial picture because
other than the P90 million gen-
eral fund, the provincial govern-
ment has over P200 million held
in trust and P133 million monthly
Internal Revenue Allotment.
Vice Governor Magpale
wants to show the public that I
have been very irresponsible in
leading the province. She did not
realize that in her desire to put me
down, she is besmirching the im-
age of Cebu, Garcia said.
LP...
with 34, Akbayan with two and
LDP with one, bringing the total
House seats for the LP coalition
to 202 of the 285-member House.
The NPC senatorial candidates,
led by Senator Loren Legarda,
have topped national surveys and
were adopted by the LP coalition
as well as the opposition United
Nationalist Alliance.
The NPC also has a strong con-
tender for gubernatorial race in
Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino,
who is being investigated for al-
legedly taking P1 billion in kick-
backs from the illegal numbers
game, a charge he denies.
Espino will slug it out with the
Alaminos City Mayor Hernani
Braganza of the ruling Liberals.
NPC spokesman and Valen-
zuela City Rep. Rex Gatchalian
warned the LP that it will be hard
to topple Espino because 39 of
Pangasinans 48 town and city
mayors are NPC members and
are therefore supporting the in-
cumbent governor.
Dy also balked at the idea of
re-electionist Isabela Rep. Gior-
gidi Aggabao being challenged
by Aksyon Demokratikos Danilo
Tan.
Aggabao, an NPC member,
was one of the lead prosecutors
during the impeachment trial of
now ousted Chief Justice Renato
Corona.
Another Dy, Isabela Rep. Na-
poleon Dy, also an NPC member,
was being pitted against Aksyon
Demokratikos Ramon Reyes in
the third district.
NPC party-whip and Batangas
Rep. Mark Llandro Mendoza was
also being challenged by Aksyon
Demokratikos Bernadette Sabili.
Mendoza was among those
briefed by the LP top brass on
the contents of the impeachment
complaint and who also con-
vinced NPC members to sign the
complaint.
Quezon Rep. Wilfrido Mark
Enverga also has an Aksyon De-
mokratiko opponent in Pauline
Anne Carpio Villasenor while
Negros Occidential Rep. Julio
Ledesma is facing Librando Er-
nesto, also of the Aksyon De-
mokratiko.
In Pangasinan, the Liberals
elded their own Luis Lokin Jr.
against another NPC member and
re-electionist Leopoldo Bataoil in
the second district.
Pangasinan Rep. Jesus Celeste
also found an LP opponent in Le-
onildo Pulido.
But neither the LP nor the
Aksyon Demokratiko elded
any candidate against President
Aquinos uncle, Tarlac Rep. En-
rique Cojuangco, brother of NPC
founder businessman Eduardo
Cojuangco.
Enrique Cojuangco of NPC is
running unopposed.
NPC ofcials said they were
condent, despite the Liberal
Party moves.
One thing for sure, the NPC
candidates nationwide are all
ready to win their electoral
battles over their opponents,
whichever party their opponents
run under, Gatchalian told the
Manila Standard.
The best approach is to aid
our party mates and make sure
they win, he added.
Two other coalition partners,
NUP and NP also had their share
of problems.
NUP President and Nueva
Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonino
said the NUP re-electionists,
who were all former members of
Lakas-Kampi that was previously
identied with the Arroyo admin-
istration but broke away from
Lakas, found themselves squar-
ing off with the Liberals.
NUPs re-electionist Rep. Lord
Allan Jay Velasco is squaring off
with Regina Ongsiako Reyes in
the lone district of Marinduque
while NUPs Cagayan Rep. Ran-
dolf Ting will have the Liberals
Raymond Guzman as opponent.
NP stalwart House Deputy
Speaker Jesus Crispin Re-
mulla said former Ilocos Sur
Rep. Ronald Singson, who was
dropped from the rolls of the
House after he served a short
prison term in Hong Kong for
possession of illegal drugs,
would be running against Ber-
trand Baterina of the LP.
Antonino and Remulla said the
LP coalition partners were start-
ing to question the coalition cov-
enant that they had accused the
LP of violating.
Antonino has threatened an
NUP pullout from the coalition if
the shabby treatment of Liberal
allies continued. He also warned
that the Liberal Party tactics
might lead to a disintegration of
the coalition.
Ready for Sunday. Workers clean Jose Rizals monument in
preparation for the 116
th
anniversary of his martyrdom. DANNY PATA
DECEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
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Ex-generals target BuCor post
Brisk business. The new year ushers in glad tidings as evidenced by this worker in a printing shop in
Commonwealth Avenue, who has his hands full meeting orders for 2013 calendars. MANNY PALMERO
TYPHOON Quinta left at least
11 people dead and destroyed
P101 million worth of crops,
authorities said.
The regions of MIMAROPA,
Bicol, Eastern and Western
Visayas suffered mild to aver-
age damage, the Department of
Agriculture said on Friday.
Oriental Mindoro and Bicol re-
ported P67,735 and P26.41 million
worth of crops lost, respectively.
Eastern and Western Visa-
yas lost a combined P75 mil-
lion worth of standing crops,
mostly rice.
Agriculture Secretary
Proceso Alcala said seed and
fertilizers subsidies would be
extended to farmers.
The national disaster agency
said three people were killed
when a tree fell on their house
in Eastern Samar province,
where Quinta made landfall on
Christmas Day. Other deaths
occurred due to drowning and
landslides acrosss the islands
before it weakened into a low
pressure over the South China
Sea off Palawan province.
The worst is over, Civil De-
fense chief Benito Ramos said.
Ofcials said heavy rain on
mountains surrounding Kalibo,
the capital of Aklan on Panay
Island, caused a river running
through the city to overow
and triggered a ash ood late
Wednesday. No casualties were
reported but many houses were
damaged, said Efren Trinidad,
assistant to Kalibo Mayor Wil-
liam Lachica.
The ooding was aggravated
by the high tide, preventing
the river from emptying into
the sea, Trinidad said. He said
canals were blocked by heavy
silt brought down from nearby
hills.
The city is the gateway to
the famous island resort of Bo-
racay, which was not affected.
As we were conducting
rescue operations, ights were
coming in because the weather
was ne, Trinidad said. The
moon was shining while we
were being ooded. It was
ironic.
Quinta, the 17th typhoon to
hit the country this year, fol-
lowed Pablo which lashed
Agusan and Compostela Val-
ley killing at least 1,067 peo-
ple and leaving more than
800 missing. It triggered ash
oods laden with mud, boul-
ders and uprooted trees that
rampaged through farming
communities, wiping out entire
villages.
The typhoon caused P37
billion pesos in damage to ag-
riculture, property and infra-
structure, making it one of the
worst storms in recent years.
Othel V. Campos, AP
The list includes retired Maj.
Gen. Tristan Kison, former
commanding general of the
National Capital Region com-
mand of the Armed Forces who
already applied for the post in
previous vacancy, but later on
withdrew.
Two candidates are from the
National Police, Region 1 direc-
By Rey E. Requejo
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino
III has granted executive clem-
ency to eight inmates who have
reached the age of 71, while
placing under review the case of
ve others, the Abadilla Five,
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
said.
De Lima said that the President
signed last December 21 the con-
ditional pardon with parole con-
ditions of six inmates, namely:
Agustin Caballero , 71; Nicanor
Medel, 72; Clarita Miranda, 71;
Pablito Estrada, 73; Felipe Gahit
Sr., 72; at Venerando Generalo, 83.
They were released immedi-
ately as soon as the Bureau of
Corrections (Bucor) got the cop-
ies of the conditional pardon,
De Lima said, in a chance inter-
view.
The Justice secretary admitted
that one of the six inmates ac-
corded executive clemency was
still being processed.
She said that the jail term of
at least two inmates identied as
Aurelio Amolong, 82 and Celeri-
no Sanchez, had been reduced
from the original sentence given
to them by the court.
In a commutation of sentence,
a convict has to acknowledge
guilt. No such requirement is
called for in a conditional par-
don, but it could be revoked if
the convict commits another
crime, De Lima explained.
Records showed that Amo-
long was supposed to serve a
maximum jail term of 10 years,
but President Aquino approved
the commutation of his sentence
to a maximum prison term of 9
years. The same clemency was
extended to Sanchez whose 15-
year sentence was reduced to 10
years.
Inmates Lenido Lumanog, Ce-
sar Fortuna, Joel de Jesus, Rame-
ses de Jesus and Augusto Santos,
who were convicted of killing
Rolando Abadilla in 1996, were
not included in the list of inmates
who received executive clemen-
cy from the President despite De
Limas recommendation. Aba-
dilla was an intelligence chief of
the defunct Philippine Constabu-
lary who gained notoriety as an
alleged torturer of political pris-
oners during martial law.
De Lima said that her recom-
mendation for the granting of
executive clemency to the Aba-
dilla 5 is still being reviewed by
the President.
Im hoping that it would be
acted upon soon. I think theres
a chance. But of course thats the
prerogative of the President,
she said.
The Supreme Court afrmed
in February 2011 the Court of
Appeals decision upholding the
conviction of Lumanog, Fortuna,
Joelde Jesus, Rameses de Jesus
and Santos by the Quezon City
Regional Trial Court.
The ve vehemently insisted
they were innocent and accused
their police captors of torturing
them into admitting the crime.
The communist-led hit squad
Alex Boncayao Brigade claimed
responsibility for the killing.
They turned in Abadillas watch
to running priest Fr. Robert
Reyes a s pr oof of t he de ed.
By Joel E. Zurbano

THE Elections Commission gave
an ultimatum to 33 party-list
groups to submit their copies of
Status Quo Ante Order or a Man-
datory Injunction Order from the
Supreme Court for them to be al-
lowed to join the rafe for slots on
the ofcial ballot.
In a memorandum, the com-
mission said copies of the SQA
order must be sent to Comelec
before 12 noon of January 3.
The 33 groups were 1 Alli-
ance Advocating Autonomy
Party [1AAAP]; Alliance of
Organizations, Networks and
Associations of the Philip-
pines, Inc. [ALONA]
Isang Kasambahay Po
[1KASAMBAHAY PO]; 1
Ang Bagong Alyansang Taga-
pagtaguyod ng Adhikaing
Sambayanan [1ANG BATAS];
Alyansa para sa Demokrasya
[AD]; Kabalikat ng Bayan
sa Kaunlaran [KABAKA]; 1
Serve the People [1STP]; Ang
Galing Pinoy [AG]; Kalikasan
Party-list [KALIKASAN];
1-United Transport Koa-
lisyon [1-UTAK]; Angat Ahon
Magsasaka [AAM];
Manila Teachers Savings
and Loan Association, Inc.
[MANILA TEACHERS];
1st Kabagis; Association of
Guard, Utility Helper, Aider,
Rider, Driver/ Domestic Help-
er, Janitor, Agent and Nanny of
the Philippines, Inc. [GUARD-
JAN]; Movement of Women
for Change and Reform [MEL-
CHORA]; Abyan Ilonggo ;
Association of Local Athletics
Entrepreneurs and Hobbyists,
Inc. [ALA-EH]; Partido Katu-
tubong Pilipino Party-list [KA-
TUTUBO]; Active National
Federation of Bantay, Inc.
[ANFBI]; Binhi-Partido ng
mga Magsasaka para sa mga
Magsasaka [BINHI]; Partido
ng Bayan ang Bida [PBB].
Akbay Kalusugan [AKIN]
Coalition of Association of
Senior Citizens in the Philip-
pines, Inc. [SENIOR CITI-
ZENS]; Pasang Masda Na-
tionwide Party [PASANG
MASDA]; Ako An Bisaya
Party [AAB] Confederation
of Non-Stock Savings and
Loan Associations, Inc. [CON-
SLA]; Pilipinas Para sa Pinoy
[PPP]; Alab ng Pusong Pinoy
[ALAB]; Courage Govern-
ment Employees Party-list
[COURAGE]; Pilipino As-
sociation for Country-Urban
Poor Youth Advancement and
Welfare [PACYAW]; Alagad
ng Sining [ASIN]; Education-
al Development Services for
ARMM Party [EDSA]; Usa
An Aton Nahigugma Nga Iroy
Nga Tuna [1-AANI];
The rafe for the slots in
the ofcial ballot for party list
groups was reset to January 4
next year.
Ultimatum
out on 33
party lists
Quinta
destroys
P101m;
11 dead
tor Chief Supt. Franklin Jesus
Bucayo and former Region IV-B
director and retired Chief Supt.
Artemio Hicban.
Three candidates are from
Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology: former chief and re-
tired jail director Rosendo Dial,
former ofcer-in-charge and re-
tired deputy director Arturo Alit
and Supt. Renato Gacutan.
De Lima said she considers Dial,
who is currently the legislative li-
aison ofcer on jail matters of the
Department of Interior and Local
Government, a serious contender.
Only one insider from BuCor
applied for the vacancy, Asst. Di-
rector Joselito Fajardo.
De Lima earlier disclosed Pan-
gilinans resignation, which was
already accepted by President
Aquino. National Bureau of In-
vestigation deputy director Ra-
fael Ragos, who is facing graft
charges in the Ombudsman led
by IT contractor of NBI, has been
designated ofcer-in-charge.
Prior to his resignation, Pangil-
inan went on indenite leave for
four months following the abduction
of murder convict Rolito Go inside
the New Bilibid Prison last August.
Pangilinan was appointed by
President Aquino in June last
year to replace former BuCor di-
rector Ernesto Diokno, who was
removed from the post after the
unauthorized trip of former Ba-
tangas Gov. and convicted killer
Antonio Leviste from the nation-
al penitentiary in May last year.
Kabungsuan Makilala, a
former assistant head of BuCors
bids and awards committee, ear-
lier claimed that VIP treatment,
prostitution and corruption even
worsened in NBP under Pangil-
inan. He led a complaint
against the BuCor chief before
the of ce of t he O mbuds man.
By Rey Requejo
AT LEAST seven people including
three former generals are aspiring for
the position of director of Bureau of
Corrections vacated by retired Lt. Gen.
Gaudencio Pangilinan Jr. who resigned
last week, Justice Secretary Leila de
Lima said on Friday.
Bring out the bubbly. Major General Raul Gabriel, Air Force vice commander, pours champagne on a refubished C-130 during the ceremonial
blessing of the cargo plane held at Villamor Air Base on Friday. The aircraft is one of three cargo planes newly acquired by the Air Force. DANNY PATA
8 inmates freed; Abadilla Five under review
Indonesia donates rice to Pablo survivors
30,000 nurses unpaid,
bare sad story to solon
A 12-MEMBER delegation of the
Indonesian Coordinating Minister
for Peoples Welfare, through the
Association of South East Asian
Nation arrived in the country to
deliver 2,000 metric tons of rice
and other relief items to surfvivors
of typhoon Pablo in Davao Orien-
tal and Compostela Valley.
Agung Laksono, the Indonesias
Coordinating Minister, along with
Governor of North Sulawesi Province,
Sinyo Harry Sarundajang, handed the
rice donation to National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council
Director Benito Ramos yesterday in
Camp Aguinaldo.
Said Faisal, Executive Director of
the Asean Humanitarian Assistance
Center based in Jakarta, Indonesia,
said the rice package is part of In-
donesias commitment of support to
the Philippine government.
The Indon rice was packed into
40,000 bags, each containing 50
kilos, and would be distributed
The Indonesian entourage was
set to visit New Bataan, one of
worst hit by the recent typhoon.
Accompanying Laksono were
Willem Rampangilei, Deputy
Coordinating Minister; and Tri
Budiarto, Director for Emergency
Response and other high ofcials
of the Indonesian government and
media representatives.
In Davao Oriental, 530,093
persons have been displaced by
Pablos fury and begging for more
provisions while 46,309 residents
in New Bataan town whose hous-
es were swept away by rampaging
waters cries for food.
Pablos death toll reached
1,067 and hundreds of other
people were still missing. The
cost of damage rose to P37-
billion. Francisco Tuyay
By Maricel V. Cruz
A LAWMAKER has taken up
the cudgels for some 30,000
registered nurses whose salaries
arrive late and allowances are
unpaid.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy
Casio, in his House Resolution
2926, cited complaints that they
were hired by the government
in 2011 through the Registered
Nurses for Health Enhancement
and Local Service Project got
their paychecks below the wage
level.
He asked the House commit-
tee on civil service and profes-
sional regulation to look into the
possible criminal and adminis-
trative liability of ofcials under
present laws.
Congress should look into
the plight and working condi-
tions of registered nurses which
negatively affect their morale
and dignity as professionals
based on the Philippine Nurs-
ing Act and the Magna Carta
of Public Health Workers, said
Casio, chair of the House com-
mittee on small businesses and
entrepreneurship.
The Department of Health re-
cruited 30,000 nurses from Feb-
ruary 2011 to March 2012 amid
plans to hire 22,500 more with a
budget of P2.16 billion from the
agencys P53.055 billion annual
outlay.
Casio said RN-HEALS nurs-
es are also supposed to receive
GSIS group accident insurance,
PhilHealth medical insurance,
and a Certicate of Competency
and Employment.
The P8,000 monthly salary of
registered nurses proved to be in-
adequate for their basic needs, in-
cluding transportation, meals and
communication, he said. The
stipend is way below the man-
dated salary level of government
nurses pegged at P18,549 by Joint
Resolution 4 or the Salary Stand-
ardization Law.
Casio said the fresh hires
felt they were treated as second
class nurses, taking the blame
for errors made by others, and
made to do the tasks of nursing
aides.
In Virac, Catanduanes alone,
at least 95 registered nurses
complained of two to three
weeks of delay in pay and non-
disbursement of P2,000 addi-
tional allowances and meals.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com DECEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
AFTER 25 years, the Senate nally passed
on December 17 its version of the freedom
of information measure.
The senators, who passed the bill
unanimously with no abstentions, apparently
understood the letter and spirit of Section 7
of the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Constitution
which provides:
The right of the people to information
on matters of public concern shall be
recognized. Access to ofcial records, and to
documents and papers pertaining to ofcial
acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to
government research data used as basis for
policy development, shall be afforded the
citizen, subject to such limitations as may be
provided by law.
It appears however the Liberal Party-
controlled House of Representatives cannot
appreciate the obligation imposed on them
by the Constitution.
Right after passing the controversial
reproductive health bill, congressmen were
supposed to tackle the committee report on
hits version of the FOI bill, House Bill No.
53. But the congressman responsible for the
bill, former journalist and Eastern Samar
Rep. Ben Evardone, again failed to deliver
his sponsorship speech.
Evardone said the bill would be taken up
when the House resumes session on January
21. Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Taada III, who
introduced HB 53, however doubts whether
the nine remaining session days next year
would be enough to pass the measure.
Evardones former colleagues in media
are astounded that he would champion the
insertion of right-of-reply riders in the FOI
although it is a prior restraint on newspapers
and journalists and violates Section 4 of the
Bill of Rights which provides:
No law shall be passed abridging the
freedom of speech, of expression, or of the
press, or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble and petition the government for
redress of grievances.
Evardone, who jumped the Lakas-CMD
party of former President Gloria Arroyo a
few weeks before the 2010 elections to join
the LP, is only following the cue of no less
than President Benigno Simeon Aquino
III, who apparently sees no urgency in the
passage of legislation that will help bolster
Philippine democracy.
In a speech before the Kapisanan ng
mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas, the President
himself sent a clear message to lawmakers
that he wanted compulsory right-of-reply
provisions in any FOI measure the House
may want to pass.
Apart from demanding that journalists
report what he thinks are newsworthy
accomplishments, Mr. Aquino even waxed
biblical: The truth will set you free. If the
two sides of a story is reported equally, if
every detail is accurate, and if the freedom
of Filipinos to form their own view and
decision on public issues, every journalist
has nothing to fear.
Presidential lawyers should explain
to the President the 1974 decision of the
United States Supreme Court on a right-of-
replay case Miami Herald Publishing Co. v.
Tornillo.
A responsible press is an undoubtedly
desirable goal, but press responsibility is
not mandated by the Constitution, and, like
many other virtues, it cannot be legislated,
the American high court said.
It is correct, as appellee contends, that
a newspaper is not subject to the nite
technological limitations of time that confront
a broadcaster, but it is not correct to say that, as
an economic reality, a newspaper can proceed
to innite expansion of its column space to
accommodate the replies that a government
agency determines or a statute commands the
readers should have available.....Government-
enforced right of access inescapably dampens
the vigor and limits the variety of public
debate, so went the decision.
The Houses failure to work on the FOI
bill makes journalists wonder whether a
dampened and limited public debate is
exactly what the Aquino administration
wants for its boss, Juan dela Cruz.
The Houses turn
Dealing with a
neighborhood bully
EDITORIAL
THE news report that China has
allocated $1 billion for the further
buildup of its Sansha administrative
ofce is a clear indication it has no
intention whatsoever of submitting
itself to international arbitration or a
Code of Conduct over the South China
Sea territorial dispute.
Ever yt hi ng
China has been
doing so far is
to consolidate
its claim over
the entire South
China Sea.
Consider these
developments:
Since it started
creeping up
on the several
shoals and islets
in the disputed
waters, China
has built a four
storey structure
in the Paracels,
a helipad and
a garrison. An
airstrip in the
other Spratlys Island group is being
constructed. China has also stationed
two marine surveillance ships near
Scarborough Shoal and has cordoned
off Panatag Shoal with buoys clearly
to mark territory and keep Filipino
shermen out.
In a related move to document its
claim over the entire South China
Sea, Beijing came up with a newly
designed passport with a map showing
disputed territories, including the West
Philippine Sea, as theirs. For the other
claimant countries, like Vietnam and
the Philippines, to stamp the visas
would give the Chinese claim a seal of
approval.
India and Japan which have separate
territorial issues with China refused
to stamp visas on the new Chinese
passport.
The whole Scarborough Shoal
incident started in April when a
Philippine Coast Guard ship attempted
to board two Chinese shing vessels
poaching in our waters off Bajo
Masinloc in Zambales. Armed Chinese
ships prevented the Coast Guard from
boarding and conscating the illegal
harvest of sh, corals and endangered
species of turtles.
It has been a reversal of fortunes
since the Scarborough Shoal standoff.
Now, no one is even calling it a standoff
since we backed off when we pulled
out the BRP Del Pilar, the retted US
ship, and two Philippine coast guard
vessels. There was a time when the
Chinese Embassy in Manila would
almost beg Philippine authorities to
release Chinese shermen caught
poaching in Philippine waters.
Since we do not have the big stick
to confront the neighborhood bully,
the only option is to bring our case
before the bar of international public
opinion. Saving face is important to
the Chinese. If we cannot face up to
them in an armed confrontation, we
can still ght China by shaming it in
the international community.
But even on the propaganda
front, the Chinese have taken the
initiative. We must have struck a
raw nerve when Chinese mouthpiece
Peoples Daily called the Philippines
a troublemaker for making noises
in the recent Association of Southeast
Nations Summit in Phnom Penh. The
Asean summit was also attended by
heads of state
from the US,
Russia, Japan,
South Korea
and Australia.
We have
yet to hear
from the
Depar t ment
of Foreign
A f f a i r s
whether the
D e c e mb e r
meeting with
Vietnam and
Brunei hosted
in Manila
p u s h e d
through. Oil-
rich Brunei
might not be
too keen about attending. But Vietnam
which fought a naval battle with
China over the Paracels in 1988 and
lost several ships and 88 men know
whats it like to ght big powers. It had
fought a war against the French and
the Americans and with Chinese help,
emerged victorious. Vietnam is an ally
the Philippines could count on.
In a strange turn of events, Vietnam
is now banking on US naval power
to curb Chinese expansion. The
Philippines, on the other hand, evicted
US troops from Clark Aireld and the
Subic Bay Naval Base. Fortunately,
the Philippines still has the Mutual
Defense Treaty and a Visiting Forces
Agreement with the US.
Frequent ports of calls by US
warships this year somehow serve
as subliminal message to Chinas
aggressive maneuvering in the
South China Sea. Washington sought
assurances from Beijing to keep open
navigational lanes in the South China
Sea through which cargo ships and
tankers carrying oil pass.
While assuring the US of
unimpeded passage for international
ships, China then announced that
foreign vessels found straying into
Chinese territorial waters will be
interdicted, boarded, searched and
expelled. Its a chilling threat that
could spark an incident.
I have been asked by a reader
whether I am related to Foreign
Secretary Albert del Rosario He
probably thinks I have a hidden
agenda for writing often about Chinese
encroachment in the South China Sea.
I wish to reiterate that Im NOT related
to Secretary Del Rosario by afnity or
by any stretch of the imagination.
We can still
ght China
by shaming
it in the
international
community.
ROLANDO G. ESTABILLO Publisher
RAMONCHITO L. TOMELDAN Managing Editor
CHIN WONG/ RAY S. EANO Associate Editors
JOEL P. PALACIOS News Editor
ROGELIO C. SALAZAR President & CEO
MEMBER
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Dear 2013
HELLO new year! We welcome you
with excitement, hope, and an equal
amount of trepidation.
You follow a year that has been both
good and bad.
Economically, 2012 is considered a
good year. We witnessed the Philippine
pesos unprecedented gains against the
United States dollar. The Philippine
Stock Exchange broke records and hit
all-time highs. The country led our
Southeast Asian neighbors with its
third quarter 7.1-percent gross domestic
product growth rate.
We seem to be recovering from our
Asias sick man image and are now
considered as among the fastest growing
economies.
Politically, the administration of
President Benigno Aquino III continues
to enjoy high public condence despite
the seven-point dip in the most recent
Social Weather Stations survey. Such
trust ratings enable government to use
its political capital on projects that may
otherwise invite severe criticism.
The year 2012 saw the impeachment
of former Chief Justice Renato Corona;
the signing of the Framework Agreement
on Bangsamoro between government
and Moro Islamic Liberation Front; the
passage of two highly controversial bills,
sin tax and reproductive health; even the
suspension of Governor Gwen Garcia
that started the ongoing Cebu standstill.
An untrusted administration would
not have been able to do these without
much ak from citizens.
However, 2012 also brought us
sadness and problems.
As a people, we mourned the loss
of a well-respected public servant,
former Department of Interior and Local
Government Secretary Jesse Robredo in
a tragic accident.
We lost thousands of lives and
millions were affected as we faced very
strong typhoons, earthquakes, and even
landslides. Thousands of families are
still in temporary shelters while millions
of families are still trying to recover
from and restart their lives because of the
devastation they faced.
While the macroeconomic gures are
quite good, poverty remains to be a major
problem. The Social Weather Stations
third quarter survey on self-rated poverty
revealed that 47 percent of our population,
or about 9.5 million families, considered
themselves poor. While these gures are
better than the previous 51 percent, it
still means that almost half of our people
consider themselves as living in poverty.
Unemployment also remains at a
critical level. Joblessness during the
same period even increased, up by 29.4
percent from 26.6 in May. Moreover,
unemployment levels increased among
women, from 36.4 percent to 42.5 percent,
and also slightly among men, 18.9
percent to 19.3 percent. Interestingly, the
SWS gures are way above the ofcial
government unemployment rate pegged
at 7 percent as of July of this year.
That self-rated poverty level
decreased despite an increase in
unemployment rate may possibly be
explained by governments Conditional
Cash Transfer program. Families are
regularly given some money and even if
many are unemployed, they are able to
use some amount for their needs.
This is a tricky situation because
sustainability will be a big problem if
government does not put more billions
into the program for many years. The
fact that more are jobless may also mean
that more will eventually need to benet
from CCT.
The heated discussions on the RH bill
in 2012 also showed us how backward
and conservative the thinking of a
signicant number of our lawmakers
is. They showed how little they care
about the welfare of our mothers and our
people. Religion and personal beliefs are
more important to them.
This means that somehow, many of us
erred in choosing our lawmakers.
The year 2012 likewise revealed a
potentially dangerous situation as far
as our relationship with China goes.
The conict on disputed territories and
Chinas aggressiveness in dealing with
this are challenges that we might need to
face soon.
Dear 2013, you are going to test our
people and our government, Im sure.
President Aquino will then be on his
third year in ofce. Filipinos will need to
see more results. His leadership will be
further tested and this time, people will
expect more. After all, his administration
has started to show that things can be
accomplished.
PNoy will need to invest his political
capital on things that will, in fact,
improve peoples lives.
The sound macroeconomic situation
will need to be translated into actual
gains for ordinary citizens, particularly
the millions in poverty.
Our public education system must be
made competitive with the private system.
This is the only way by which children
and students from poor families may be
able to have the opportunities only open to
middle-class and rich students.
Our people need to be healthy. Invest
in our peoples health and we invest in
productive citizens. Properly implement
our RH law, it will help save mothers
lives and enable couples to plan their
families. Hopefully, families will be less
government-dependent for their basic
needs.
The CCT will never be enough.
Gainful employment needs to be created
in the country. This will also help address
the social costs of migration for work.
Turn to A5
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ManilaStandardToday
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TODAYS practice among politicians
to vaingloriously accommodate
all their constituents has greatly
weakened, if not distorted altogether,
the whole concept of governance.
This, we categorically state for even
if governance has to adjust to the so-
called wishes of the majority, it must
be calibrated so as not to affect the
order of society, which is primordial
to any system of government. Such
is given because our democratic
process of electing our leaders means
that they have to balance between the
wishes of each sector or class from
that of balancing those demands by the
exercise of authority given them.
However, when our elected
political leaders succumb to the
parochial demands of every sector, the
system of governance is reduced to
one of politics by
accommodation.
Instead of
governing society,
they tend to
a c c o mmo d a t e
every demand
which is plainly
in pursuit of that
sectors interest.
Invariably, they all
end up in the clash
of interests for
what is benecial
to one could
be detrimental
to the others.
Thus, instead of enforcing laws and
ordinances of general application,
they are compromised just to give
way to the demands of the few. No
sooner, the process develops to one of
contradictions that at times turn to one
of violent conict.
It is through this misplaced practice
that politics by accommodation
creates a serious imbalance in our
system of governance. Once that
becomes deeply rooted, no sooner
will it develop to one of corruption
that through the years is accepted as
part of the system. Having become
endemic and pervasive, elected
political leaders now fear to translate
their mandate to one of authority.
The paradigm, upon which the
mandate to govern is based is thus
radically altered. Politicians now
govern to please those whom they
can accommodate, and not one based
on the common good or summum
bonum. They become puppets to
every blackmailing constituent.
Coupled by the licentious
interpretation of freedom, they
refuse to exercise their legitimate
authority for fear of being accused
of authoritarianism.
As a result, political leaders take
power without any qualication, and
it becomes their channel to commit
corruption. Only the more powerful
groups who have access to the
politics by accommodation or at
times called cronies are beneted.
Such is the case but always at the
expense of the many groups also
seeking to be accommodated. On the
whole, it is not the people in general
that is beneted, but only the handful
few. As the people acquiesce in to
this practice, the government is unable
to function on what it is supposed to
do until society descends to one of
anarchy. The mantra of discipline has
wrongly been given the meaning of
authoritarianism.
This now explains why in the course
of time many of our laws have been
tailored-t to accommodate every
form, type and class interest, self-
serving and is heavily soaked with that
political vice called epalism. The
primordial concern of promoting and
protecting the interest of the people
and society has now been substituted
by the habit of promoting a system
of compartmentalized interest. The
more powerful and inuential have
even become bold to demand the
abrogation of existing laws, which
were originally meant to benet all
the people or designed to put order
to society, just to give way to their
demands. Such is symptomatic of a
society about to break up.
One good instance of politics by
accommodation is a case here in
Quezon City. City ofcials, in their
bid to secure the votes of the vendors
and their local brokers, illegally
appropriated the side walk along
Commonwealth Avenue near Tandang
Sora St. and a portion of the national
highway in Barangay Commonwealth
also along Commonwealth Avenue.
Ostensibly, their motive is to give our
nomadic vendors and hawkers a chance
to earn during the
holiday season.
But behind that
gesture is their
motive to generate
more revenues,
irrespective of
whether that
would partake
of an extortion
considering that
the permit given is
patently illegal.
It is politics by
accommodation
because greedy
and corrupt
politicians in Quezon City knew it is
illegal for them to appropriate a road,
even for temporary use, and convert
them for a different purpose like
converting that into a public market.
It is doubly illegal because that road
belongs to the National Government.
The fees or rent which the city
government collects cannot even be
classied as illegal but an outright
extortion because they are collected
on a piece of property not belonging
to them.
While the general public
acknowledges it as the duty of
the national, as well as the local
government, to build public
markets for the vendors to sell their
produce and wares, the process of
giving them the opportunity to
earn must follow certain rules and
regulations if we want to maintain
order in our society. To deviate
from that responsibility is to
create chaos because unregulated
public markets eventually become
public nuisance. The place could
even become a breeding ground
for criminality, a hazard to public
health and safety where stench,
pollution and traffic combined,
cause untold inconvenience to the
general public.
The Quezon City government
headed by Mayor Herbert Bautista,
Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte and those
petty bureaucrats committed the
meanest form of graft and corruption
that need not be explained and need no
evidence to show proof to justify their
being thrown to jail. In fact, many
wonder why the Ombudsman has not
acted to numerous complaints of roads
being appropriated as public market,
converted to makeshift funeral parlors,
or a place to hold public meetings. It
is politics by accommodation at its
worst because corrupt politicians give
way to every demand just to be assured
of votes, while milking the people dry
to at every opportunity to fund their
already bloated pork barrel.
Politics by
accommodation
ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
It has created
a serious
imbalance in
our system of
governance.
FOR this column, I attempt to summarize
the good things that happened to the
country this year 2012. On New Years
Day, I will reect on the challenges we
face in 2013 as we begin the year. These
are not however inclusive lists given
space constraints.
From the successful landing on
Mars of Curiosity that further pushed
the frontiers of space exploration, the
successful holding of the 2012 Summer
Olympics in London, England, United
Kingdom which testies that humanity
can, even for a moment, be united in the
midst of adversities and differences, to
the deepening recession in Europe and
the continuing turmoil in the Middle
East that caused and is causing suffering
among many are events that mark our
triumphs and failings. These milestones
are felt throughout a wide spectrum
of human endeavors that dene and
continue to dene us.
Our country has not been spared by
these dramatic pendulum swings of
fortunes that created deep impact on
our national life. We had our share of
blessings and challenges that continue
to inspire hope and demonstrate the
indomitable spirit and resilience of the
Filipinos throughout the world.
First in my list of blessings is the
successful conclusion of the Corona
Impeachment. On May 29, 2012, Chief
Justice Renato Corona was found
guilty under Article II of the Articles of
Impeachment for his failure to disclose
to the public his Statement of Assets,
Liabilities, and Net Worth. This event
was signicant not only because it was
the rst of its kind in our political history
but more so because it showed that our
democratic institutions are working;
that the culture of impunity nurtured
and ourishing over the decades can be
broken with strong political will. The
ght against corruption may be a long
way to go, but the Corona impeachment
is a leap forward in the campaign to
nally break the backbone of graft and
corruption.
A close second in my list is The
Bangsamoro Framework Agreement.
After several decades of ghting, the
Government and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front inked an agreement
that promises a nal peaceful
settlement to the age-old problem
in Mindanao. The peace accord is a
historic political document. Despite
almost insurmountable odds, the two
parties were able to arrive at a mutually
agreeable peaceful solution to the
Bangsamoro problem. There are of
course the challenges that remain of
crafting the annexes to the agreement
and of course implementation.
The economic performance of the
country also is good news, with Time
magazine baptizing us as the new
tiger of Asia. In the third quarter with
7.1-percent growth in terms of gross
domestic product, the Philippines
achieved the unexpected. It registered
one of the highest GDP growths ahead
of other economies within Association
of Southeast Asian Nations. This is
a positive development which may
translate into more jobs and higher
incomes for Filipinos amidst the
deepening recession in other parts of
the world, particularly in the Eurozone.
This economic growth, if sustained,
will be highly socially transformative.
It can change the countrys image and
reality from the sick man of Asia into an
emerging tiger economy.
For a third year in a row, in a vital
sign once again of good governance,
Congress has passed the national budget
on time. The early passage of the
national appropriations law will allow
the government to start implementing
national projects and programs as early
as January of next year. The General
Appropriations Act of 2012 was the
earliest enacted budget since 1986.
In previous years, budget legislation
was often stymied by partisan politics,
contentious oor deliberations and
other bottlenecks sometimes resulting
in the reenactment of previous years
budget which affects the following
years nancial plans. I congratulate the
President, Budget Secretary Florencio
Abad and both houses of Congress for
this achievement.
Proposed as early as 1997, the Sin
Tax measure, which restructures excise
taxes on tobacco and alcohol products,
was nally signed by the President
last December 20. It will provide the
government additional revenues of
P33.96 billion ($827.10 million) in
its rst year of implementation. The
law is touted to discourage tobacco
consumption, reduce tobacco and
alcohol related diseases that may result
in premature deaths, save on healthcare
costs among others. The potential for
health and scal benets are enormous.
Likewise, while anti-RH advocates
will disagree, the passage of the
reproductive health bill after 13 years of
acrimonious debates and divisiveness
is a plus factor for social and
political stability. The passage of the
controversial bill will hopefully squelch
the restorm of moral and legal debates
that have been going on for many years
and allow the government to focus on
and push other equally important social
reform measures.
Finally, the two appointments the
President made in the Supreme Court
will go a long way in reforming the
judiciary. As the second youngest at 52
and the rst female in the post, Chief
Justice Maria Lourdes Serenos long
stint as chief magistrate will enable her
to institute much needed reforms in the
judiciary. The subsequent appointment
of another progressive and visionary
lawyer, Dean Marvic Leonen, who will
serve 20 years in the court as Associate
Justice, also cements Aquinos judicial
reform legacy.

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Blessings in 2012
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
Dear 2013
From A4
I wish to refer to the article entitled A fete for UMNO by
Atty. Harry Roque Jr., published by the Manila Standard Today
on 6 December 2012.
The Framework Agreement (FA), signed in October 2012 is
between the GPH and MILF; Malaysias role was as the Third
Party Facilitator.
It is malicious to suggest that the timing was done to only
benet a single party, as the timing, as well as the provisions
within the FA, were agreed to by both the GPH and MILF sides.
On vote buying and patronage politics, I wish to inform the
writer that elections in Malaysia are held in a transparent, fair
and credible manner consistent with international standards.
During the 2008 elections, the opposition won ve states and
an opposition party, PAS has been ruling Kelantan for over 20
years. This clearly demonstrates a healthy democracy in which
Malaysians are free to decide who their leaders will be.
The writer suggests that the MILF Chairman has been persuaded
to campaign for UMNO in Sabah, and also puts forth the preposterous
allegation that the Filipino vote will determine the outcome of the
next elections in Malaysia. I trust that the readers of the Manila
Standard have the wisdom and common sense to realise the writers
half-baked logic in coming to that conclusion.
On the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Sabah, the RCI was
established to investigate allegations that foreigners in Sabah
were unlawfully awarded Malaysian identity cards. The formation
of the RCI reafrms the Malaysian Governments commitment
to investigate the issue of illegal immigrants in Sabah.The RCI
should be allowed sufcient time to complete its work.
ZAKARIA NASIR
Charge dAffaires a.i.
Embassy of Malaysia
Half-baked logic
MAIL MATTERS
Let us seriously prepare for more
typhoons, earthquakes and other natural
calamities while taking good care of our
environment. Mother nature should be
an ally, let us not further anger her.
Our improving international
status and our relationship with other
countries may help in dealing with the
China conict. Government will need
to remain diplomatic but decisive. Our
sovereignty cannot be compromised.
We, the people need to be more
responsible citizens. Study, get involved
in social issues. Contribute.
2013 is an election year and our
votes should be given only to deserving
candidates. Enough of choosing simply
on the basis of name recall, popularity
or lineage.
We need more progressives in
government. Seriously scrutinize
candidates. Come up with a criteria based
on issues important to us. Demand for
their platforms. Look at their capability
and suitability to positions they run for.
Check their background for integrity.
Do not go for those whose only claim
to fame is winnability.
Our votes are for our peoples future.
Be part of an intelligent, politically
mature electorate.
Dear 2013, may you be a lot better
than 2012.
bethangsioco@gmail.com and @
bethangsioco Twitter
By Bloomberg editors
IT IS easy to think of art as a luxury.
It enriches our minds and lives, and it
allows us to express ourselves to the
fullest, yet it is not essential to brute
survival. We value it, but beyond all
measure. Art is priceless.
Perhaps these are reasons that
assessments of economic activity often
simply overlook the art world.
Consider, though, a few cold
calculations: Americans spend about
$14.5 billion a year on the performing
arts aloneeverything from opera,
dance and symphony concerts to
circuses, magic acts and Las Vegas
showsa 2011 study by the National
Endowment for the Arts found.
And according to data from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
a branch of the US Commerce
Department, in 2009, the performing
arts, together with museums and
sports activities (the bureau has
traditionally grouped these into one
sector), contributed $70.9 billion to
the US gross domestic product. In
that same year, the motion-picture
and sound-recording industries
added $59.8 billion, and publishing
contributed $147.7 billion.
In other words, art does have a
dollar valueits just one that analysts
havent fully added up. So it is welcome
news that the bureau will now measure
the creative sectors specic effects
on the macroeconomy. Thanks to a
new partnership with the National
Endowment, bureau researchers will
make hard measurements of how much
artistic and cultural activities contribute
to GDP.
Drawing from all good sources of
data, governmental and private, BEA
researchers will assess the number of
people working in the performing arts,
at museums, in book publishing, at
architectural rmsevery nook of the
creative world. They will dig into the
details on how much each part of the
art world is growing or contracting, and
how they all contribute to the economies
of individual states.
For instance, a preliminary study has
found that performing arts contribute
more value to states with large and
diverse economies than to smaller
states. In California, Colorado, Georgia,
Texas and New Jersey, every additional
dollar generated by the performing-
arts industry adds $1.25 or more to
gross state product. In Wyoming and
South Dakota, in contrast, each dollar
contributes only about 86 cents. Thats
because in the less-populated states,
many things need to be imported from
elsewherelighting, sound equipment,
scenery, curtainsfor the show to go
on.
Even if the effect is greater in
more populous places, artistic efforts
consistently stimulate the local
economy. This lends some evidence to
the discussion about whether innovation
and new ideas can contribute to
economic growth at least as much as the
investment of additional capital does.
Such debates will be enriched by the
new and better data to come.
No doubt economists and scholars of
all kinds will nd many other ways to
puzzle over the numbers as they come
in. Its safe to assume that, in general,
the hard data will demonstrate that art
is a bigger economic player than we
thought.
The economic value of art
Republic of the Philippines
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
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Page Compositor: Diana Keyser Punzalan
ManilaStandardTODAY A6 | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012
IN THE MATTER OF THE Brillantes, S.S. Jr., Chairman
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR Sarmiento, R.V., Commissioner
THE CONDUCT OF A RANDOM Tagle, L.N., Commissioner
MANUAL AUDIT (RMA) FOR THE Velasco, A.C., Commissioner
13 MAY 2013 NATIONAL, LOCAL & Yusoph, E.R., Commissioner
ARMM ELECTIONS AND Lim, C.R.S., Commissioner
SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS Padaca, M.G.C.M., Commissioner
THEREAFTER.
Promulgated:

x-----------------------------------------------x December 21, 2012
RESOLUTION NO. 9595
Pursuant to Section 24 of Republic Act No. 9369, as amended, entitled
An Act amending Republic Act No. 8436, entitled An Act Authorizing the
Commission on Elections to use an Automated Elections System in the 11 May
1998 National or Local Elections and in subsequent National or Local Electoral
Exercises, to Encourage Transparency, Credibility, Fairness and Accuracy of
Elections, amending for the purpose Batas Pambansa BIg. 881, as amended,
Republic Act No. 7166 and other related Election Laws, providing funds therefore
and for other purposes, and the powers vested in this Honorable Commission by
existing laws, this Honorable Commission RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES,
to promulgate the following General Instructions for the conduct of the Random
Manual Audit:
SECTION 1. Composition and Appointment ofthe Random Manual Audit
Team (RMAT) to Conduct the Random Manual Audit (RMA). --
a) The Commission on Elections, through the RMA Committee, shall appoint
the RMAT composed of fve (5) members per legislative district specifcally
designated to conduct the RMA and, in case of unavailability, a substitute
member per legislative district shall be appointed by the RMA Committee not
later than January of the year of the Elections.
b) All RMAT members shall be under the direct control and supervision of the RMA
Committee. The RMA Committee will designate Election Offcers, or in lieu thereof
Provincial Election Supervisors or the Assistant Regional Election Director for NCR,
as the case may be, as Coordinators for the conduct of the RMA.
c) The RMAT shall be composed of fve (5) members:
c.1. Chairman;
c.2. Secretary;
c.3. Third Member;
c.4. Co-Chairman; and
c.5. Assistant Secretary.
d) Each RMAT shall be subdivided into two (2) groups: 1) the Chairman,
Secretary and Third Member shall comprise the Manual Count Group while 2)
the Co-Chairman and Assistant Secretary shall comprise the Validation Group.
e) RMAT members shall be public school teachers, giving preference to those
who have served in past Elections.
f) The Department of Education (DepEd) shall submit a list of at least six
(6) Proposed RMAT members per legislative district not later than the 15
th
of
January of the year of the Elections. Five (5) of the proposed RMAT members
per legislative district shall be pre-selected by the RMA Committee to serve in the
randomly selected clustered precinct per legislative district. The other proposed
member shall serve as substitute, if the need for it arises.
g) In case of absence or illness of an RMAT member, the RMAT members who
are present shall call upon the substitute to perform the duties of the absent
member.
g.1. If none is available, the RMAT members present shall appoint any of
the following listed below in the order of priority to temporarily fll said
vacancy until the absent member appears, provided that the substitute
member is qualifed, non-partisan and a registered voter in the province
concerned:
g.1.1. Teachers in public schools;
g.1.2. Teachers in private schools;
g.1.3. Employees in the civil service;
g.1.4. Members of non-partisan Commission on Elections accredited
Citizens Arm of the concerned legislative district precinct; or
g.1.5. Representatives from the private sector.
g.2. In case no substitution is made for the absent RMAT member and no
person is qualifed to be a temporary member as provided for in the
preceding section, the present RMAT members shall proceed with the
conduct of the RMA and shall decide only upon a unanimous vote.
h) As soon as the selection of RMAT members are fnalized, the RMA Committee
shall disseminate through the fastest means possible the corresponding
appointment papers through the DepEd and die Coordinator concerned.
i) All RMAT members shall accomplish their Appointment Papers and take
their Oath not later than 12:00 noon of the day of the Elections.
SECTION 2. Qualifcations of the RMAT. Members of the RMAT,
whether regular, substitute or temporary, must:
a) be of good moral character, non-partisan and of irreproachable reputation;
b) be a registered voter in the province where he or she is to serve;
c) not be related up to the fourth (4
th
) degree of consanguinity and affnity to any
candidate, to any member of the regular Board of Election Inspectors (BEI)
who conducted the polls in the same precinct, or (and) to the other members
of the RMAT of which he/she is a part of;
d) never been convicted of any election offense or of any other crime punishable
by more than six (6) months imprisonment;
e) have no pending case against him/her fled before the Commission on
Elections or Trial Court for any election offense;
f) speak, read and write English or Filipino and the local dialect; and
g) have undergone the required training for RMAT members.
SECTION 3. Powers and Functions of the RMAT.
a) Conduct the RMA in the polling place of the randomly selected clustered
precincts.
b) Act as deputies of the RMA Committee in the conduct, supervision and
control of the RMA.
c) During the conduct of the RMA, maintain peace and order within the randomly
selected clustered polling precinct and its premises, keep access thereto open
and unobstructed, and enforce obedience to its lawful orders. If any person
refuses to obey the lawful orders of the RMAT, or conducts himself/herself in
a disorderly manner in its presence or within its proceedings, or interrupts or
disturbs the same, RMAT may issue an Order in writing directing any peace
offcer to take such person into custody until adjournment of the RMA.
d) Perform such other functions prescribed by the RMA Committee, or under the
Omnibus Election Code or by any other rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commission on Elections.
SECTION 4. Honoraria of the RMAT Members. The honorarium for
each RMAT member shall be Two Thousand Pesos (Php2,000.00) which shall
cover their remuneration for services rendered in performing the RMA, in addition
to their meal allowance and their transportation allowance.
SECTION 5. Selection Process of Areas to be Audited.
a) Random selection of the clustered precincts to be audited will be done
not later than four (4) days prior to the day of the Elections by the RMA
Committee.
a.1. Four (4) days before the day of the Elections, the List of Municipalities
involved in RMA shall be released; and
a.2. The List of Specifc Clustered Precincts that will undergo RMA shall be
disclosed two (2) days prior to the day of the Elections.
b) One (1) clustered precinct per legislative district will be drawn randomly
using an automated random selection program, subject to Source Code
Review by Political Parties and Accredited Citizens Arm Groups.
b.1. Political Parties and Accredited Citizens Arm Groups interested in
conducting a Source Code Review shall signify their intent in writing
and submit the methodologies, which they intend to use, as well as the
names of their representatives who will review the Source Code, on or
before the 30
th
of January of the year of the Elections for approval of the
Commission on Elections.
b.2. Political Parties and Accredited Citizens Arm Groups shall execute a
Non-Disclosure Agreement before conducting a Source Code Review.
b.3. The Commission shall provide a secure and enclosed facility/ location
for the conduct of the Source Code Review and shall properly record all
entries to and exits from the said facility/ location.
b.4. The Commission shall provide only a read-only copy of the Source
Code, which shall be viewed in a workstation inside the secured facility/
location.
b.5. Political Parties and Accredited Citizens Arm Groups shall not take
out any copy of the Source Code or any part thereof from die secured
facility/ location.
b.6. The Commission shall not permit any electronic device, including but
not limited to laptops, mobile phones, cameras, USB drives and other
storage devices, inside the secured facility/ location.
b.7. Each Political Party or Accredited Citizens Arm Group that conducted a
Source Code Review shall submit a Report to the Commission within ten
(10) days from completion of the review.
b.8. Source Code Review must be initiated by the last week of March the year
of the Elections but must be fnished within thirty (30) days thereafter.
c) The selection of the clustered precinct will be open to the Media, Political
Parties and other election stakeholders to ensure speedy dissemination of
information and for transparency.
d) The RMA Committee shall inform all concerned Coordinators having
jurisdiction over the clustered precincts randomly selected for the RMA.
SECTION 6. Date, Time and Place of RMA.
a) The RMA shall take place in the polling place of the randomly selected
clustered precinct.
b) The RMA shall be conducted immediately after the sealing of the ballot box
by the BEI.
c) The RMA shall be conducted in the presence of Poll Watchers, Political Parties,
Citizens Arm Groups, Media and the Public.
d) Upon commencement of the RMA until the same is terminated, the regular BEI
shall not be allowed inside the polling place of the randomly selected clustered
precinct or to communicate with RMAT in whatever manner.
SECTION 7. Deployment of the RMAT. a) In case the Commission
decides to utilize Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) Voting Machines instead of the
paper-based Optical Mark Reader (OMR) Counting Machines, receipts are taken to
be the material equivalent of ballots for purposes of this Resolution.
b) After the clustered precincts have been randomly selected and the sample
municipalities identifed, the Coordinator exercising jurisdiction therein shall
distribute the Appointment Papers and the RMA Kits containing all RMA
paraphernalia.
c) The Coordinator shall be responsible for the speedy distribution of the
Appointment Papers and RMA Kits to the RMAT members within his/her
jurisdiction, after he is informed of the randomly selected clustered precincts.
d) The RMAT members shall proceed to the assigned polling place of the randomly
selected clustered precinct on the day of the Elections as soon as they receive
their Appointment Papers and RMA Kit. The RMAT upon arrival at the assigned
polling place of the randomly selected clustered precinct shall proceed to the
BEI and inform the same of the clustered precincts selection for the RMA. The
RMAT shall witness the closing of the ballot box; provided that in the event that
the counting machine fails to transmit the result, the RMAT will follow the BEI
and the aforementioned ballot box until the BEI transmits the results.
e) After the BEI has accomplished all of its duties and responsibilities, save for
the delivery of the ballot boxes to the concerned City/Municipal Treasurers/
Prosecutors, the BEI of the randomly selected clustered precinct who conducted
the polls shall endorse the ballot box to the RMAT; provided that, in the event
that the BEI already turned over the ballot box to the concerned City/Municipal
Treasurers/Prosecutors, the latter shall endorse the ballot box to the RMAT
upon presentation of their Appointment Papers.
SECTION 8. Procedure for the Random Manual Audit.
At the start of the RMA, the Chairman shall:
a) Announce the commencement of the RMA and determine the presence of a
quorum. In case of an absence or illness of an RMAT member, the members
present shall summon the substitute member. The RMAT shall proceed with
the RMA while waiting for the substitute, provided a quorum is present. The
presence of two (2) Manual Count Group members and one (1) Validation
Group member shall suffce to constitute a quorum.
b) Proceed with the RMA by presenting the ballot box to all those who are present.
c) Verify the condition of the following items to check if the integrity is maintained:
c.1. Ballot box;
c.2. Fixed-length seals attached to the ballot box; and
c.3. Padlocks of the ballot box.
d) Break the fxed-length seal, unlock the padlocks and open the ballot box.
e) Retrieve sealed envelope containing the Minutes of Testing and Sealing; of
Voting and Counting from the ballot box.
f) Break the security seals and open the envelopes containing the Minutes of Testing
and Sealing, the Minutes of Voting and Counting and the Election Returns.
g) Verify if serial numbers of the fxed-length seals attached to ballot box is the
same as that indicated in the RMA Minutes. The results of such verifcation or
any discrepancy whatsoever shall be recorded in the RMA Minutes.
h) Ensure that every event is recorded in the RMA Minutes.
Thereafter, the Secretary, with the aid of the Assistant Secretary, shall:
i) Retrieve the valid ballots, or receipts as the case may be, from the ballot box,
perform a physical count and compare if the number of valid ballots or receipts
found inside the ballot box is equal to the number of valid ballots counted as
indicated in the Election Returns.
The Third Member shall:
j) Do a recount if the total number of valid ballots, or receipts as the case may
be, contained inside the ballot box does not match with the number of valid
ballots counted as indicated in the Election Returns as found by the Secretary,
to confrm such fnding. After the said recount and the total number of valid
ballots, or receipts as the case may be, still does not match the number of valid
ballots counted, the Third Member shall determine whether valid ballots were
mixed with rejected ballots by referring to the Minutes of Testing and Sealing; of
Voting and Counting of the BEI and record the incident in the RMA Minutes.
SECTION 9. Guidelines on Reading of Votes.
The Chairman, prior to reading the votes cast, shall:
a) Check for over-voting in each position subject to RMA. An over-vote is a
situation where a voter selects more than .the allowed number of seats for a
particular position.
b) In case there is an over-vote, such fact shall be recorded in the Audit Returns
by the Secretary but the vote shall not be counted for any candidate for that
particular position. An over-vote only refers to the position voted for; hence,
regardless of the number of over-votes for a particular position, the over-
vote shall be counted as one incident. However, the fact of over-voting in any
particular position will not invalidate the entire ballot or receipt. It shall remain
valid and votes for other positions (that are not over-voted) shall be counted.
c) In case the Elections utilize an OMR Counting Machine, if an oval of a ballot
is not shaded properly or contains other questionable marks (such as checks
or crosses), the vote corresponding to the said candidate shall be counted but
such fact shall be recorded in the RMA Minutes. The subject ballot shall then be
placed in an RMA envelope for Ballots with Questionable Marks.
d) In case the Elections utilize a DRE Voting Machine, the Chairman shall read the
votes on the receipt as they are and make no appreciation thereof.
e) The rules on appreciation of ballots in manual system of counting shall not
apply for purposes of the RMA.
The Co-Chairman shall validate the fndings of the Chairman. In case of dispute with
the Chairman, the fndings of the Co-Chairman will prevail. The Co-Chairman shall
make note of the ballot or receipt, as the case may be.
SECTION 10. Manner of Counting of Votes. a) The RMAT shall proceed
with the counting of votes for the following positions:
a.1. For Presidential Elections: President, Vice-President, Member House of
Representatives, Governor and Mayor; and
a.2. For Midterm Elections: Senators, Member House of Representatives and
Mayor.
b) The Chairman and Co-Chairman shall form separate piles of one hundred (100)
ballots, or receipts as the case may be.
c) The Chairman shall take the ballots or receipts of the frst pile one by one and read
frst the number assigned to the candidate followed by the candidates name.
d) For every ballot or receipt, the Chairman shall announce the votes cast. The
Co-Chairman shall closely observe the reading of the ballots or receipts and
validate the votes cast. In case of dispute, the fnding of the Co-Chairman shall
prevail. The Co-Chairman marks the ballot, or receipt as the case maybe, then
places the same in an envelope for Ballot in Dispute and directs the Secretary
to record the incident in the RMA Minutes.
e) The Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall equally divide the six (6) copies
of the Audit Returns and respectively record thereon each vote read by the
Chairman, while the Third Member does the same on the Tally Board. Each
vote shall be recorded by a vertical line, except every ffth vote which shall be
recorded by a diagonal line crossing the previous four (4) vertical lines (Taras).
f) After each pile has been read, the votes obtained by each candidate shall be added
and the sum recorded on the space immediately after the last vote recorded.
g) The same procedure shall be followed with the succeeding piles.
h) After all the ballots or receipts have been read, the Secretary, the Assistant
Secretary and Third Member shall compute and record, in words and fgures,
the total number of votes obtained by each candidate in the Audit Returns and
the Tally Board. The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary and Third Member
shall then compare if their tallies are the same; otherwise, they shall repeat the
counting procedure until their tallies are the same.
i) The Chairman shall enter the AES results for President, Vice-President,
Senators, Member House of Representatives, Governor and Mayor as the case
may be, in the Audit Returns and compare the same with the RMA results to
determine if a discrepancy exists.
j) In case the number of votes counted by the RMAT does not match the number
of votes found in the Election Returns, the Chairman shall record such
discrepancy in the RMA Minutes while die Third Member shall refer to the
Minutes of Testing and Sealing and the Minutes of Voting and Counting for any
possible reason for such discrepancy, (i.e. rejected or spoiled ballots). The Co-
Chairman and Assistant Secretary shall review the Manual Count in order to
exclude the possibility of human error.
k) If a discrepancy still exists, the RMAT shall note this down and the probable
reasons therefore in the RMA Minutes.
During the counting, the RMAT shall position themselves in such a way as to give
the Poll Watchers and the Public an unimpeded view of the ballot or receipt, as the
case may be, being read by the Chairman, as well as of the Audit Returns and Tally
Board being simultaneously accomplished by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and
Third Member, respectively. The table to be used by the RMAT shall be cleared of
all unnecessary things.
Lawyers, Poll Watchers or Representatives of Political Parties and/or Candidates
and the Public shall not touch any RMA documents/paraphernalia. Any violation
hereof shall constitute an election offense and shall be penalized in accordance with
Batas Pambansa Blg. 881. Lawyers, Poll Watchers or Representatives of Political
Parties and/or Candidates shall have no involvement in the proceedings of the RMA
except as observers.
Upon conclusion of the RMA, all RMAT members shall affx their signatures on die
RMA Minutes, Tally Board and Audit Returns attesting to the contents thereof. Poll
Watchers shall witness the recording of entries and affxing of signatures of the
RMAT members. The Chairman shall immediately notify the concerned Coordinator
of the results of the RMA, who in torn, shall report the same to the RMA Committee.
The RMAT shall be provided with security personnel until the RMA is fnished and
shall ensure the safety and security of the RMAT and its proceedings.
SECTION 11. Minutes and Audit Returns of RMA.
Minutes of the RMA:
a) The Chairman shall accomplish three (3) copies of the Minutes of the RMA,
accurately entering therein all data required as they become available and all
acts or events as they occur.
b) Copies of the Minutes shall be signed by all RMAT members and sealed in
separate clearly labeled envelopes for distribution, as follows:
b.1. The original copy shall be deposited inside the ballot box.
b.2. One (1) intended for the Commission on Elections shall be delivered to
the Coordinator who shall forward the same to the Records and Statistics
Division (RSD) of the Election Records and Statistics Department (ERSD),
COMELEC, Intramuros, Manila.
b.3. One (1) intended for the RMA Committee shall be delivered to the
Coordinator who shall forward the same to the Records and Statistics
Division (RSD) of the Election Records and Statistics Department
(ERSD), COMELEC, Intramuros, Manila. ERSD shall then forward the
same to the command center of RMA Committee.
Audit Returns:
a) The Secretary and Assistant Secretary shall accomplish three (3) copies
each, or a total of six (6) copies, of the Audit Returns by accurately entering
therein the votes obtained by each candidate.
b) Copies of the Audit Returns shall be signed by all RMAT members and
sealed in separate clearly labeled envelopes for distribution, as follows:
b.1. The original copy shall be deposited inside the ballot box.
b.2. One (1) intended for the Commission shall be delivered to the
(ERSD), COMELEC, Intramuros, Manila.
b.3. One (1) intended for the RMA Committee shall be delivered to the
(ERSD), COMELEC, Intramuros, Manila. ERSD shall then forward the
same to the command center of RMA Committee.
b.4. One (1) copy for the Dominant Majority Political Party.
b.5. One (1) copy for the Dominant Minority Political Party.
b.6. One (1) copy for the Accredited Citizens Arm Group authorized by the
Commission on Elections to receive one of the frst eight copies of the
Election Returns and to conduct an unoffcial parallel count.
SECTION 12. Closing Procedure. The following procedure shall be
observed:
a) The RMAT shall return the ballots, or receipts as the case may be, in the
ballot box.
b) All BEI reports, documents, forms, and the Minutes of Testing and Sealing
and the Minutes of Voting and Counting previously opened shall be resealed
using the seals provided in the RMA Kit.
c) One (1) copy of the Audit Returns used during the conduct of the RMA shall
be sealed in a clearly labeled envelope and placed inside the ballot box.
The tally board shall also be placed in the ballot box.
d) Chairman shall lock the ballot box with a fxed-length seal and two (2)
padlocks. The serial number of the fxed-length seal shall be recorded in
the RMA Minutes before closing the ballot box,
e) Chairman shall turn over the ballot box to the City/Municipal Treasurer for
safekeeping. Retrieval of the box shall be under the custody and responsibility
of the City/Municipal Treasurer and shall form part of the retrieval operations
of the Treasurers Offce. However, in case the discrepancy exceeds the
allowable margin of ten (10) votes per candidate per position, the ballot box
in question shall be turned over by RMAT to the Offce of the Coordinator.
The Chairman of the RMAT shall inform all the watchers present that the
ballot box will be submitted to the Coordinator for delivery to the RMA
Committee. The Coordinator shall authorize a representative to personally
deliver the said ballot box to the RMA Committee for verifcation within
twenty-four (24) hours from receipt, thereof.
SECTION 13. Discrepancy Between AES and RMA.
In the event of discrepancy between the AES and RMA results still exceeds
the allowable margin of ten (10) votes per candidate per position, the RMA
Committee shall:
a. Notify Candidates, Political Parties and their Watchers, who may observe
the proceedings, through die Regional Election Director (for NCR) or the
concerned Provincial Election Supervisor of the date, time and place of
opening of ballot boxes;
b. Constitute personnel to analyze the fndings of RMAT four (4) days prior to
the day of the Elections;
c. Open the boxes in observance of Section 8 hereof;
d. Perform manual counting of ballots or receipts for the positions with
discrepancy in the RMA and the AES count in observance of Sections 9
and 10 hereof;
e. Record manual counting activity in the RMA Minutes;
f. Return the box to the concerned City/Municipal Treasurer in case the fnding
is that the discrepancy does not actually exist or a mere mathematical error;
g. Turn over the ballot box to the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) for
technical determination of the root cause in case the fnding is that the
discrepancy is valid; and
h. In all above procedure needing signature of the RMA Committee, the
signatories shall be the Chairperson and one (1) of the two (2) other
members of the RMA Committee.
SECTION 14. Effect of Discrepancy Between AES and RMA. In no way
shall the results of the RMA delay the proclamation of the winning candidates
based on the results reached by the AES.
SECTION 15. Effectivity and Dissemination. - This Resolution shall take
effect on the seventh (7
th
) day after its publication in two (2) daily newspapers of
general circulation in the Philippines.
The Education and Information Department shall cause the publication of this
Resolution and shall furnish copies thereof to all Regional Election Directors,
Provincial Election Supervisors and Election Offcers, as well as to Commission
on Election Accredited Citizens Arm Group authorized to receive one of the frst
eight copies of the Election Returns and to conduct an unoffcial parallel count.
SO ORDERED.
SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR.
Chairman
RENE V. SARMIENTO LUCENITO N. TAGLE
Commissioner Commissioner
ARMANDO C. VELASCO ELIAS R. YUSOPH
CHRISTIAN ROBERT S. LIM MARIA GRACIA CIELO M. PADACA
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Intramuros, Manila
IN THE MATTER OF BRILLANTES, Sixto, Jr. S., Chairman.
DEPUTIZING THE NATIONAL SARMIENTO, Rene V., Commissioner
ELECTRIFICATION TAGLE, Lucenito N, Commissioner
ADMINISTRATION, THE VELASCO, Armando C, Commissioner
NATIONAL POWER YUSOPH, Elias R., Commissioner
CORPORATION AND THE LIM, Christian Robert S., Commissioner
LOCAL ELECTRIFICATION PADACA, Maria Gracia Cielo M. Commissioner
COOPERATIVES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MAY
13, 2013 NATIONAL AND
LOCAL ELECTIONS.
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Promulgated: December 21, 2012
RESOLUTION NO. 9597
WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections is mandated to conduct and ensure
the holding of a free, orderly, honest, peaceful, credible automated national and
local elections on May 13, 2013;
WHEREAS, for the said purpose, there is an imperative need to provide
suffcient uninterrupted electrical power supply during the critical days of the
elections;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission on Elections, pursuant to the powers
vested in it by the Constitution, the Omnibus Election Code, Republic Act No.
9369 and other related election laws, RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES, as
follows:
SECTION 1. Deputation. - To deputize the National Electrifcation
Administration, the National Power Corporation, and the Local Electrifcation
Cooperatives in connection with the conduct of the May 13, 2013 national and
local elections.
SEC. 2. Duties and Functions. As such deputies, they shall have the
following duties and functions:
1. Provide and maintain stable and continuous nationwide electric power
requirements from May 13 to 20, 2013 that will be used in the voting
and counting of votes, transmission and consolidation of results and
proclamation of winning candidates;
2. They are hereby authorized to shut off other users of electric power such
as industries and other large commercial establishments during the said
period to about 300 megawatts and to allocate these savings of electric
power for distribution to strategic areas for use during the critical period
of elections and for this purpose to:
a. Secure, as much as possible, voluntary load curtailment
commitments from the industries and large establishments prior
to exercising their powers of unilaterally curtailing the power
needs of said industries and large establishments;
b. Give priority to die electrical power needs at the distribution and
retrieval centers, voting and counting places at the precinct level
and at the canvassing centers; and
c. Adopt such other measures as maybe necessary to accomplish
the purposes of this deputation.
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The Education and Information Department shall cause the immediate
publication of this resolution in two daily (2) newspapers of general circulation in
the Philippines, and furnish copies thereof to all parties concerned.
The Executive Director shall implement this Resolution.
SO ORDERED.
Chairman
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Intramuros, Manila
DEPUTATION OF CERTAIN BRILLIANTES, Sixto, Jr. S., Chairman
DEPARTMENTS UNDER SARMIENTO, Rene V., Commissioner
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, TAGLE, Lucenito N., Commissioner
GOVERNMENT-OWNED VELASCO, Armando C, Commissioner
AND CONTROLLED YUSOPH, Elias R., Commissioner
CORPORATIONS AND LIM, Christian Robert S., Commissioner
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PADACA, Maria Gracia Cielo M. Commissioner
IN CONNECTION WITH
THE MAY 13, 2013
AUTOMATED NATIONAL
AND LOCAL ELECTIONS.
x----------------------------------x PROMULGATED: December 21, 2012
RESOLUTION No. 9598
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution, the Omnibus Election Code, Republic
Act No. 9369, and other election laws, the Commission on Elections (Commission)
may deputize certain departments under the Executive Branch, Government-Owned-
and-Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) and Financial Institutions in connection with the
conduct of elections and other electoral exercises.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission on Elections has RESOLVED, as it
hereby RESOLVES, to deputize, the following in connection with the conduct of
the May 13, 2013 national and local elections:
I. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Department of Education (DepEd) shall: (a) comply with and enforce
all orders and instructions of the Commission relative to the election duties and
functions of its personnel; (b) allow the use of public school buildings for election
purposes; (c) not to hold, during the election period, conferences, seminars or any
school activity, which might interfere, restrict, or prevent the performance of election
duties of its personnel, except upon prior written authority of the Commission; and
(d) perform such other duties and functions which the Commission may prescribe
from time to time.
II. THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
The Department of Finance (DoF) shall: (a) comply with and enforce all orders
and instructions of the Commission relative to the election duties and functions of
its personnel; (b) ensure that all provincial, city, and municipal treasurers remain in
their present assignments and neither transferred, detailed, reassigned, whether
temporarily or permanently, to another province, city or municipality, except
upon prior written authority of the Commission, nor allowed to go on leave of
absence from offce during the period starting two weeks before and two weeks
after election day, except upon prior written approval of die Commission; (c) not
designate temporary or casual employee as Offcer-in-Charge of the Offce of the
Treasurer; and (d) perform such other duties and functions which the Commission
may prescribe from time to time
III. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) shall:
a. Circularize to all owners and operators of land and air transportation
facilities and telecommunications services, holders of certifcates of public
convenience, franchises or odier forms of authorization, that the following
provisions under the Omnibus Election Code are election offenses:
1. Sec. 89, which prohibits any candidate, political party or organization
or any person from giving or accepting transportation, free of charge,
directly or indirectly during the fve (5) hours before and after a public
meeting, on the day preceding the election and on election day;
2. Sec. 95, which prohibits contributions for partisan political activity
given directly or indirectly by natural or juridical persons operating
a public utility; or by natural or juridical persons who hold contracts
or subcontracts to supply die government or any of its agencies,
subdivisions or instrumentalities with goods or services or to perform
construction or other work; or by natural or juridical persons who
have been granted franchise, incentives, exemptions, or allocations
or similar privileges or concessions by the government or any of its
agencies, subdivisions or instrumentalities including government-
owned or controlled corporations; or by natural or juridical persons
who within one (1) year prior to the date of the election have been
granted loans or other accommodations in excess of P100,000.00 by
the government or any of its agencies, subdivisions or instrumentalities
including government-owned or controlled corporations;
3. Sec. 97, which makes it unlawful for any person or organization, whether civic
or religious, to directly or indirectly solicit and/ or accept from any candidate
for public offce or from his campaign manager, agent or representative, or
any person acting in their behalf, any gift, food, transportations, contribution
or donation in cash or in kind from the commencement of the election
period up to and including election day;
4. Sec. 261 (o), which prohibits die use under any guise whatsoever,
directly or indirectly of any printing press, radio or television station
or audio-visual equipment operated by the government or by its
subdivisions, instrumentalities, agencies or instrumentalities, including
government-owned or controlled corporations, or any equipment,
facility, apparatus, paraphernalia or vehicle owned by the government
or by its political subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities, including
government-owned or controlled corporations or by the Armed Forces
of the Philippines for any election campaign of for any partisan political
activity; and
5. Sec. 261 (dd), which penalizes any operator or employee of a public
utility or transportation company operating under a certifcate of public
convenience who refuses to carry offcial election mail matters free of
charge during election period.
b. Direct its agents to apprehend violators of the aforesaid provisions of die Omnibus
Election Code and refer such violations to the Commission, through the Regional
Election Director or Provincial Election Supervisor, for proper action;
c. Require all transportation companies engaged in the operation of
transportation facilities to report within thirty (30) days following the day of the
election, the use, rental or hiring of their facilities by any candidate, political
party, coalition of political parties, or groups or organizations in connection
with the election campaign, including the amount paid for such use, rental
or hiring, which report shall be submitted to the Regional Election Director
of the Region, who in turn shall submit die same to die Law Department,
Commission on Elections, Manila, for the purpose of proper accounting and
monitoring of expenses under Sections 100 and 101, respectively, in relation
to Sec. 112 of the Omnibus Election Code; and
d. Perform such other duties and functions which the Commission may prescribe
from time to time.
IV. THE PHILIPPINE POSTAL CORPORATION, THE NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
OFFICE
The Philippine Postal Service Corporation, the National Telecommunications
Commission, the Telecommunications Offce shall perform the following functions
and duties:
a. Instruct their respective personnel and the management of all private
telecommunications frms to give special preference to, and effect
immediate transmission and delivery of messages or telegrams of the
Commission, its feld personnel and deputies during the election period;
b. Impress upon such personnel and management that non-compliance with
the provisions of Sec. 9 of the Omnibus Election Code on preferential
transmissions of offcial mails, messages and telegrams relative to the
elections, constitutes an election offense punishable under Sec. 264 of
said Code with imprisonment of not less than one (1) year but not more
than six (6) years and shall not be subject to probation. In addition, the
guilty party shall be sentenced to suffer disqualifcation to hold public offce
and deprivation of the right of suffrage;
c. Assign suffcient number of personnel to receive, transmit and deliver
election messages ten (10) days before election day, on election day,
and ten (10) days after election day;
d. Make operational all its stations during the election period; and
e. Perform such other duties and functions which the Commission may
prescribe from time to time.
V. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
The Department of Energy and electric cooperatives in the local government
units shall perform the following:
a. Provide uninterrupted power supply on the day before and on election
day, until the termination or conclusion of the canvassing of the election
returns and proclamation of the elected offcial; and
b. Perform such other functions that the Commission may prescribe from
time to time.
VI. THE PHILIPPINE AIR LINES (PAL)
The Philippine Air Lines and its President are hereby designated as deputies
to perform the following functions and duties:
a. Direct the offcials and employees of PAL throughout die country to give
preferential accommodation of must-ride status to offcials, employees
and deputies of the Commission traveling on offcial business;
b. Direct said offcials and employees of die Airlines to effect immediate
shipment, delivery and transmittal of COMELEC cargo and other election
matters; and
c. Perform such other duties and functions which the Commission may
VII. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) shall enforce and implement the provision
of the Constitution of the Philippines particularly paragraph 4, Section 2 (B), and
Section 6 of Article IX, which provides that:
(4) No offcer or employee in the civil service shall engage, directly or
indirectly, in any electioneering or partisan political campaign.
(6) No candidate who has lost in any election shall, within one (1) year
after such election, be appointed to any offce in the government or any
government-owned or controlled-corporations or in any of its subsidiaries.
and the provisions of the Omnibus Election Code, particularly Section 261:
Section 261. Prohibited Acts. - The following shall be guilty of an
election offense:
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g.) Appointment of new employees, creation of new position, promotion,
or giving salary increases. - Appointment or new employees, creation
of new position, promotion, or giving salary increases. During the forty
fve days before a regular election; and thirty days before a special
election; (1) any head, offcial appointing offcer of a government
offce, agency or instrumentality, whether national or local, including
government-owned or controlled corporations, who appoints or
hires any new employee, whether provisional, temporary or casual,
or creates and flls any new position, except upon authority sought
unless, it is satisfed that the position to be flled is essential to the
proper functioning of the offce or agency concerned, and that the
position shall not be flled in a manner that may infuence the election.
As an exemption to the foregoing provision, a new employee
may be appointed in case of urgent need: Provided, however, that
notice of the appointment shall be given to the Commission after three
days from the date of the appointment. Any appointment or hiring in
violation of this provision shall be null and void.
(2) Any government offcial who promotes, or gives any increase of
salary or remuneration or privilege to any government offcial or employee,
including those in government-owned or controlled corporation.
h.) Transfer of offcers and employees in the civil service. Any
offcial who makes or causes transfer or detail of any offcer or
employee in the civil service including public school teachers, within
the election period except upon prior approval of the Commission.
i.) Intervention of public offcers and employees. Any offcer or
employee in the civil service, except those holdings political offces;
any offcer, employee, or member of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, or any police force, special forces, home defense forces,
barangay self-defense units and all other paramilitary units that now
exist or which may hereafter be organized who directly or indirectly,
intervenes in any political activity, except to vote to preserve public
order, if he is a peace offcer.
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and other related provisions of law on the matter.
VIII. THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDGET
AND MANAGEMENT
The Commission on Audit shall enforce and implement the provisions of Section
261 (v) of the Omnibus Election Code, which prohibits the release, disbursement or
expenditure of public funds during the period of forty-fve days before a regular election
and thirty days before a special election; and Section 261 (w) of the same Code which
prohibits construction of public works, delivery of construction materials for public works
and issuance of treasury warrants and similar devices during the period of forty-fve days
before a regular election and thirty days before a special election.
IX. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AND THE
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
The Department of Public works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metro Manila
Development Authority (MMDA) shall assist the Commission in removing and
tearing down all unlawful election materials, and perform such other duties and
functions as the Commission may prescribe from time to time.
The DPWH as well as the MMDA shall provide facilities and/or equipment
necessary in the tearing down of illegal propaganda materials, and perform such
other duties and functions as the Commission may prescribe from time to time.
X. THE PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY
The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) shall perform the following duties:
1. Assist the Commission in its education and information campaign on die
aforesaid elections;
2. Make available to the Commission its facilities and services of its personnel,
as may be necessary to ensure implementation of the programs of activities
or operation plans for the Commissions information campaign;
3. Produce such information materials as the Commission may deem necessary
to ensure the conduct of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible national
and local elections on May 13, 2013; Provided, that in all cases:
a. The Agency shall adhere strictly to the policy of the Commission
that the education and information campaign must be absolutely
impartial, objective and neutral;
b. The expenses it may incur as such deputy for the information
campaign of the Commission, i.e., production of information
materials, shall be for the exclusive account of the Agency; and
c. Any information material which the Agency, as such deputy, shall
produce upon the direction of the Commission, shall be published/
distributed/ released only upon prior clearance from the Commission
to ensure that nothing therein contained shall detract from or violate
the policy of impartiality, objectivity and neutrality.
4. Perform such other duties and functions which the Commission may
XI. GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND OTHER
GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP),
the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), the Government Service Insurance
System (GSIS), the Social Security System (SSS), the Philippine National Oil
Company (PNOC), the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),
the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the National Food Authority (NFA), the
National Electrifcation Administration (NEA), the National Printing Offce (NPO), and
the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) shall place at the disposal of the Commission
their land, air and water craft, such as airplanes and helicopters, trucks, jeeps, vans,
cars and the like, ships, launches, barges, and speedboats, and communication
facilities, as the Commission may need from time to time. Said vehicles shall be
used to ferry the personnel of the Commission and of its deputized agencies in
the performance of their election duties, and to transport election forms, supplies
and materials to their places of destination, particularly in areas with inadequate or
without regular means of transportation.
For the above purposes, they shall provide the Commission with a list of
available vehicles, together with the pilots/ captains, shipmasters, or drivers
assigned to said crafts or vehicles. These crafts or vehicles shall be at the disposal
of the Commission immediately and until the end of the election period.
EFFECTIVTTY
This Resolution shall take effect on the seventh (7
th
) days after its publication in
two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.
DISSEMINATION AND PUBLICATION
The Executive Director shall furnish all the above deputized, departments,
offces, or agencies, through their respective heads, copies of this Resolution
pertinent to their agencies.
The Education and Information Department shall cause the publication of this
Resolution in two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines and,
disseminate this Resolution for the information of the public.
SO ORDERED.
Chairman
_______________________________________________________________
Intramuros, Manila
EN BANC
IN THE MATTER OF THE
AMENDMENT TO RULE 24 BRILLANTES, S.S. Jr. Chairman
OF THE COMELEC RULES SARMIENTO, R.V. Commissioner
OF PROCEDURE AS TAGLE, L.N. Commissioner
AMENDED BY VELASCO, AC . Commissioner
RESOLUTION NO. 9523 YUSOPH, E.R. Commissioner
LIM,C.R.S. Commissioner
PADACA, M.G.C.M. Commissioner
x ---------------------------x Promulgated: December 21, 2012
RESOLUTION NO. 9599
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 9523 amending Rule 24 of the Commissions Rules
of Procedure on Proceedings Against Nuisance Candidates was promulgated on 25
September 2012;
WHEREAS, Section 5, Rule 24 as amended provides that Section 9 of Rule 23,
among others, applies in proceedings against nuisance candidates;
WHEREAS, Section 9, Rule 23 as amended, provides that in the event a Petition
to Deny Due Course To or Cancel a Certifcate of Candidacy is granted by fnal
judgment, the votes cast for the candidate whose certifcate of candidacy has
been cancelled or denied due course shall be deemed as stray votes;
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court, voting 14-0, ruled in Dela Cruz v. Commission
on Elections and Pacete
1
that:
We hold that the rule in Resolution No. 4116 considering the votes cast for
a nuisance candidate declared as such in a fnal judgment, particularly where
such nuisance candidate has the same surname as that of the legitimate
candidate, not stray but counted in favor of the latter, remains a good law. As
earlier discussed, a petition to cancel or deny a COC under Section 69 of the
OEC should be distinguished from a petition to disqualify under Section 68.
Hence, the legal effect of such cancellation of a COC of a nuisance candidate
cannot be equated with a candidate disqualifed on grounds provided in the
OEC and Local Government Code.
Moreover, private respondent admits that the voters were properly
informed of the cancellation of COC of Aurelio because COMELEC published
the same before election day. As we pronounced in Bautista, the voters
constructive knowledge of such cancelled candidacy made their will more
determinable, as it is then more logical to conclude that the votes cast for
Aurelio could have been intended only for the legitimate candidate, petitioner.
The possibility of confusion in names of candidates if the names of nuisance
candidates remained on the ballots on election day, cannot be discounted or
eliminated, even under the automated voting system especially considering
that voters who mistakenly shaded the oval beside the name of the nuisance
candidate instead of the bona fde candidate they intended to vote for could no
longer ask for replacement ballots to correct the same.
Finally, upholding the former rule in Resolution No. 4116 is more
consistent with the rule well-ensconced in our jurisprudence that laws and
statutes governing election contests especially appreciation of ballots must
be liberally construed to the end that the will of the electorate in the choice
of public offcials may not be defeated by technical infrmities. Indeed, as our
electoral experience had demonstrated, such infrmities and delays in the
delisting of nuisance candidates from both the Certifed List of Candidates and
Offcial Ballots only made possible the very evil sought to be prevented by the
exclusion of nuisance candidates during elections.
2

WHEREAS, considering the ruling in Dela Cruz v. Commission on Elections,
there is a need to amend Section 5, Rule 24 in Resolution No. 9523.
NOW THEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Commission En Banc
RESOLVES to AMEND Section 5, Rule 24, as follows:
xxx
Section 5. Applicability of Rule 23. Except for motu proprio cases,
Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Rule 23 shall apply in proceedings against
nuisance candidates.
If the person declared as a nuisance candidate and whose certifcate of
candidacy has been cancelled or denied due course does not have the same name
and/or surname as a bona fde candidate for the same offce, the votes cast for
such nuisance candidate shall be deemed stray pursuant to Section 9 of Rule 23.
If the person declared as a nuisance candidate and whose certifcate
of candidacy has been cancelled or denied due course has the same name
and/or surname as a bona fde candidate for the same offce, the votes cast
shall not be considered stray but shall be counted and tallied for the bona fde
candidate. However, if there are two or more bona fde candidates with the
same name and/or surname as the nuisance candidate, the votes cast for the
nuisance candidate shall be considered as stray votes.
This Resolution shall take effect on the seventh day after its publication.
The Education and Information Department of the Commission shall cause the
publication of this Resolution in two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation.
SO ORDERED.
Chairman
_______________________________________________________________
Intramuros, Manila
IN THE MATTER OF BRILLANTES, Sixto Jr., S., Chairman
CLARIFYING SECTION 5 OF SARMIENTO, Rene V., Commissioner
RESOLUTION NO. 9561-A TAGLE, Lucenito N., Commissioner
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE VELASCO, Armando C., Commissioner
RULES AND REGULATIONS YUSOPH, Elias R., Commissioner
ON: (1) THE BAN ON BEARING, LIM, Christian Robert S., Commissioner
CARRYING OR TRANSPORTING PADACA, Maria Gracia Cielo M., Commissioner
OF FIREARMS OR OTHER
DEADLY WEAPONS; AND (2)
THE EMPLOYMENT, AVAILMENT
OR ENGAGEMENT OF THE
SERVICES OF SECURITY
PERSONNEL OR BODYGUARDS
DURING THE ELECTION PERIOD
FOR THE MAY 13, 2013
AUTOMATED SYNCHRONIZED
NATIONAL, LOCAL ELECTIONS
AND ARMM REGIONAL
ELECTIONS, AS AMENDED.
X--------------------------------------X PROMULGATED: December 27, 2012
RESOLUTION NO. 9601
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2012, the Commission promulgated Resolution
No. 9561-A entitled Rules and Regulations on: (1) the Ban on Bearing, Carrying
or Transporting of Firearms or Other Deadly Weapons; and (2) the Employment,
Availment or Engagement of the Services of Security Personnel or Bodyguards During
the Election Period for the May 13, 2013 Automated Synchronized National, Local
Elections and ARMM Regional Elections, as Amended;
WHEREAS, there is a need to clarify the provisions of Section 5 thereof in order to
properly implement Section 261 (q) of the Omnibus Election Code (B.P. Blg. 881) and
Sections 32 and 33 of Republic Act No. 7166;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the power vested in it by the Constitution, the
Omnibus Election Code (B.P. 881), Republic Acts No. 6646, 7166, 8189, 8436, 9189,
9369 and other election laws, the Commission RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES,
to clarify Section 5 of Comelec Resolution No. 9561-A.
SECTION 1. Section 5 of Resolution No. 9561-A is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 5. Suspension of permits to carry frearms outside residence
and issuance of mission orders and memorandum receipts. - During the
Election Period, the Committee has the sole power to issue authority to
bear, carry or transport frearms and other deadly weapons, including its
spare parts, explosives and its components, outside residence and place
of business in the country.
Hence, any Permit to Carry Firearms Outside Residence (PTCFOR),
Mission Order (MO), Letter Order (LO) and Acknowledgement Receipts
(ARE) issued by the Chief, PNP, the Chief of Staff of the AFP, the Commanding
General or Flag Offcer in Command of the Different Branches of the AFP and
their sub-units, or their duly authorized representatives, or any other head
of government law enforcement/security agencies, processed and issued
during the election period, are hereby declared suspended, ineffective, and
without force and effect, unless properly covered by Certifcates of Authority
duly issued by the CBFSP.
Receipt and processing of all applications for Authority to Bear,
Carry or Transport Firearms and Other Deadly Weapons, including the
transport of frearms and/or its spare parts and explosives and/or its
components by those who are engaged in the manufacture, importation,
exportation, purchase, sale thereof, as well as the transport or delivery
of the raw materials used in the manufacturing of frearms and/or its
spare parts and explosives and/or its components shall commence on
December 3, 2012.
SECTION 2. Effectivity. - This Resolution shall take effect immediately after its
publication in two (2) daily newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.
SECTION 3. Dissemination. - The Education and Information Department shall
cause the publication of this Resolution and shall furnish copies thereof to all Regional
Election Directors, Provincial Election Supervisors, Election Offcers, the PNP, the AFP
and all other law enforcement agencies.
SO ORDERED.
Chairman
cc: Chairman
All Commissioners
Executive Director
Deputy Executive Director for Operations
Law Department
Education and Information Department
COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 9601
In the matter of Clarifying Section 5 of Resolution
No. 9561-A, otherwise known as the Rules and Regulations on the 1)
The Ban on Bearing, Carrying or Transporting of Firearms or Other Deadly
Weapons, etc, as amended
______________
1
G.R. No. 192221, 13 November 2012.
2
Underscoring in the original; footnotes omitted.
News
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mst.daydesk@gmail.com DECEMBER 29, 2012 SATURDAY
A8
Puny piccolo
tops DOH list

IN BRIEF
Govt nabs 46 fugitives
Xmas excursion
for poor children
Unnecessary lesson. A nine-year-old boy from Tondo, Manila
screams in pain while he was being treated at the Tondo General
Hospital after a piccolo recracker exploded in his hand.
Tayag said piccolo accounts for 58% of
the 150 reworks-related injuries since De-
cember 21, followed by kwitis rockets, ve-
star and triangle recrackers.
Tayag said the number of injuries is
two cases (2%) higher than the previous
ve-year average (2007-2011) and 26 cases
(15%) lower than the same time period last
year. Most of the cases were from NCR (73,
or 49%) followed by Region VI (14, or 9%)
and Region IV-A (9, or 6%).
Of the 150 reported injuries, 149 were
from reworks and 1 due to a stray-bullet,
but there was no reported case of recracker
ingestion and no deaths reported.
He also said that majority of the cases
were males (128 or 86%). Ages ranged
from 9 months to 61 years. Fifty-eight cases
(39%) were children less than 10 years old.
The most affected age-group were that of the
6-10 year olds with 60 cases, or 40%.
The report further indicated that 92 were
active users. Majority (120 or 80%) sustained
blast injuries not requiring amputation; 27
(18%) had eye injuries and ve (3%) were
blast injuries requiring amputation. Majority
(117 or 78%) involved illegal or dangerous
recrackers.
A 61-year-old woman from Tondo sus-
tained blast injuries in her right thigh and left
knee and ankle from a ve-star recracker
that was thrown at her.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Enrique
Ona on Friday afternoon inspected govern-
ment hospitals to check on their readiness to
treat recracker victims.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
A PUNY, match stick-sized recracker, locally
called piccolo, is still the No. 1 cause of injuries
with 87 cases reported by the Department of Health
as of 6 a.m. of December 28, according to Assistant
Secretary Enrique Tayag, head of the DOH National
Epidemiology Center.
THE Villar Foundation, led by
its founding chairman, Sena-
tor Manny Villar and managing
director, former Las Pinas Rep.
Cynthia Villar, brought poor
young children from Tondo, Ma-
nila to Tagay City for a educa-
tional Christmas excursion.
About 55 children from the
slums of Tondos Baseco Com-
pound and 80 children from
Tagaytay City were fetched
from their respective homes and
brought to the Christmas Village
in Britanny-Crosswinds, an resi-
dential development in Tagay-
tay.
The children, aged 3 to 10
years old, were treated to good
food and beverages while on
board chartered buses.
We want to make their trip
and stay at Crosswinds, even for
a few hours, unforgettable. We
made sure that the event would
be fun-lled so they could always
look back at the fond memories
they had here, Mrs. Villar said.
During her stint at the House
of Representatives for nine con-
secutive years, Villar authored
several legislation on benets of
children. In our own little way,
we hope to make these children
happy through the Villar Foun-
dation, said Mrs. Villar.
The children could not con-
tain their excitement during the
trip. For many of them, it was a
totally new experience to travel
out of town. When they reached
Tagaytay, the children immedi-
ately enjoyed the cold December
breeze.
Crosswinds was all decked
up for Christmas and the Villar
Foundation prepared more activ-
ities and games for the children
who visited the Gingerbread
House at the state-of-the-art
Christmas Village, adorned with
20,000 pine trees.
The children played with var-
ious toys at the Christmas Vil-
lage, built for children and adults
to enjoy. They also had their pic-
tures taken at the Christmas Vil-
lage and around the area.
The excursion turned into one
big Christmas party for the chil-
dren as they danced, sang, and had
fun with the Villar couple.
The former congresswoman
said giving Christmas treats to
less fortunate children is their way
of expressing gratitude for all the
blessings they have been receiv-
ing. We want to share our bless-
ing. We also want to help them
by making them happy especially
during this joyous season of the
year, she further said.
Christmas excursion. Senator Manny Villar and his wife Cynthia
Villar, chairwoman and managing director of the Villar Foundation dis-
tribute gifts to the 145 children from teh Basecon Compound in Tondo,
Manila whom they brought to the Christmas Village in Crosswinds in
Tagaytay for an education Christmas excursion.
Free train rides
THE Light Rail Transit Authority will
offer free rides to the public on December
30 in commemoration of the 116th death
anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal, according
to LRTA spokesman Hernando Cabrera.
The free ride hours are between 7
a.m. to 9 a.m., and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
both Line 1 (Baclaran-Roosevelt) and
Line 2 (Santolan-Recto).
Cabrera said the National Historical
Commission has asked the Department
of Transportation and Communication
(DOTC) to give free rides so the public
could participate in the activities during
the Rizal Day commemoration.
The No Inspection, No Entry poli-
cy will still be strictly implemented in all
LRT stations. This includes all wrapped
gifts, according to Cabrera.
Ferdinand Fabella
Aid for re victims
THE government of San Juan City
assured victims of the Christmas Day re
at Barangay St. Joseph that the city will
help them rebuild their homes as agreed in
a three-hour dialogue with the residents,
according to Mayor Guia Gomez.
Around 80 percent of the houses
in the barangay were torched and ren-
dered 1,585 families (7,492 individu-
als) homeless, but a task force has been
formed plan the mechanics of an in-city
medium-rise housing development. The
proposal is also intended for other low-
income families, she added.
During the dialogue, Barangay St. Jo-
seph residents were tasked to elect three
representatives to the task force that will
also be composed of national agencies,
like Housing and Urban Development
Council, National Housing Author-
ity, National Anti-Poverty Commission,
Presidential Council for the Urban Poor
and our Local Housing Board.
Gomez said that once re debris are
cleared from the site, the land will be
surveyed and subdivided according to
whatever plan the task force will agree
upon, but giving emphasis on widened
roads passable for re trucks, ambu-
lances and rescue teams; electrical and
water facilities properly to avoid similar
tragedies in the future.
On New Years Eve, the local gov-
ernment will give a festive dinner to the
re victims. We shall extend the col-
orful celebration in the evacuation cen-
ters to somehow ease the pain they have
been hurdling since that ill-fated day.
Gigi Munoz David
By Vito Barcelo
A TOTAL of 46 foreign fugitives who hid in
the country to evade punishment for crimes
committed in their homelands were arrested
by intelligence operatives of the Bureau of
Immigration in 2012.
Most of them are wanted for sex crimes,
such as rape, sexual assault, child molesta-
tion, and child pornography, while others
were hunted for involvement in murder, rob-
bery, narcotics distribution, fraud, and swin-
dling.
Commissioner Ricardo David said almost
all of the fugitives were already deported
and are now serving their sentences behind
bars.
They were also placed in the bureaus
blacklist and banned from re-entering the
Philippines , the BI chief added.
David vowed to pursue without letup the
BIs drive against foreign fugitives even as
he acknowledged the assistance extended to
the bureau by other law enforcement agen-
cies here and abroad.
Lawyer Maria Antonette Mangrobang,
the bureaus acting intelligence chief, said
the 45 fugitive were among the 655 foreign-
ers arrested by the bureaus operatives.
Mangrobang disclosed that 21 Americans
topped the list of the arrested fugitives, fol-
lowed by seven Koreans and ve Chinese
nationals.
The list also includes three Japanese, two
Britons, two Austrians, two Chinese, two
Taiwanese, a Greek, a Dutch, an Australian,
a Swiss, a German, and an Irishman.
Mangrobang added that the number of
fugitives apprehended this year was higher
than the 29 wanted aliens arrested in 2011.
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Still a champion in our hearts
Brooklyn fires coach Johnson
WE nd it distasteful to say the least
for people to suddenly turn against
Manny Pacquiao because of his un-
fortunate loss to Juan Manuel Mar-
quez and play on that defeat to build
up the stature of Nonito The Filipino
Flash Donaire.
Knowing Nonito the way we do, he
would be the last person to be pleased
over these distressing efforts. Donaire
has extolled Manny many times in the
past for his incredible achievements in
the ring. He also praised Mannys care
and compassion for the poor as well as
his trailblazing efforts that opened the
doors for many other promising young
Filipino ghters to get an opportunity
to ght in the United States in particu-
lar and to show an international audi-
ence the skill and courage that are in-
herent in the Filipino.
For all our admiration for Donaire
after covering most of his world title
ghts thanks to our respected friends
the chairman of the giant broadcast net-
work ABS-CBN Mr. Gabby Lopez and
vice president for sports Peter Musngi
we are certain Nonito wishes to
make a name for himself not by putting
Pacquiao or any other ghter down, but
by demonstrating his own remarkable
talent as one of the classiest ghters in
the business with uncanny ring savvy
to go along with incredible hand-speed
and punching power.
A few ghts ago, Donaire told an in-
ternational conference call that he wanted
to follow the career path of Pacquiao,
an eight-division world champion, and
wasnt ashamed to admit it. That is in the
character of this ne young man.
He knows that Pacquiao had set
the standards and he himself is on his
way, having won titles in four differ-
ent weight divisions.
Donaire has told us that he could
probably go all the way up to junior
lightweight and capture the title held
for some seven-and-a-half years by an
idol of histhe late Gabriel Flash
Elorde. That would make him a six-
division world champion should he
continueand we have no doubt he
willunless some unfortunate acci-
dent happens.
That Donaire may hopefully wind
up as a six-division world champion as
against the eight of Pacquiao doesnt
make any difference. They are both our
champions and our heroes.
It is indeed painful to read and hear
comments that tend to discredit Pac-
quiao when for years he has given us
untold joy and happiness with his ex-
ploits in the ring.
Do we have such a despicable men-
tality to hang on like leeches when a
ghter is a winner and a champion
and to abandon him the moment he
suffers a setback?
It shows no class and must haunt
those who subscribe to the belief that
a loser deserves to be orphaned.
We ourselves have had a few dif-
ferences with Pacquiao, but while we
sought to explain as best we could his
loss to Juan Manuel Marquez, never
for a moment did we minimize his
sterling achievements or fail to pay
tribute to him for all he has done to
redeem the respect for the Philippines
in boxing arenas and in the interna-
tional community of nations for his
humility and care and compassion for
his less fortunate countrymen.
Manny Pacquiao still remains as
the Philippines all-time greatest ght-
er ahead, in our assessment, of the
late Gabriel Flash Elorde, whose
storied career and unbelievable hu-
mility, religiosity and care for his fel-
low countrymen were the hallmark of
a truly good and decent man.
Nonito Donaire, unquestionably
the 2012 Fighter of the Year stands
third in our reckoning, but only for
now. He may very well zoom to the
top as his career marches on but thats
left to a future re-assessment.
Once again its distressing to note
that there are a couple of media people
who believe Juan Manuel Marquez
should be Fighter of the Year. The
man had his nose broken, his face was
bloodied and he was reeling from a
Pacquiao onslaught and was behind on
the scorecards of all three judges when
he caught a reckless Manny with one
perfectly timed punch.
Knockout of the Year yes. But
Fighter of the Year for the Pacquiao
win and a lackluster showing against a
mediocre Serhiy Fedchenko. No way!
Bottom line isespecially for the
shameful few who have abandoned
Pacquiao and turned against himhe
is still a champion embraced in our
hearts and minds and not even a heart-
breaking defeat can make a difference.
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
The Brooklyn Nets have el-
evated expectations this season,
and a .500 record wasnt good
enough. Coach Avery Johnson
was red Thursday, his team
having lost 10 of 13 games after
a strong start to its rst season in
Brooklyn.
We dont have the same re
now than we did when we were
11-4, general manager Billy
King said at a news conference
in East Rutherford, N.J. I tried
to talk to Avery about it and we
just cant gure it out. The same
pattern kept on happening.
Assistant P.J. Carlesimo will
coach the Nets on an interim
basis, starting Friday night with
a home game against Charlotte.
King said the Nets might reach
out to other candidates, but for
now the job was Carlesimos.
The GM wouldnt comment on
a report that the team planned to
get in touch with former Lakers
NEW YORKCoach of the month in
November, out of a job by New Years.
VICE President Jejomar Binay
vowed to be more supportive of
the countrys quest for the elu-
sive Olympic gold medal in his
own little way.
Binay said he will back the
Philippine Olympic Committee
in its undertakings following the
induction ceremony of the POCs
top ofcials, led by POC presi-
dent Jose Peping Cojuangco Jr.,
who sought his help for the vic-
tims of Typhoon Pablo.
Naumpisahan na namin iyon
(helping typhoon victims) dito sa
badminton, said Binay after he
inducted Cojuangco as president
of the POC for another four years
during simple rites held at the Co-
conut Palace in Pasay City.
Cojuangco informed Binay,
who heads the national sports
association for badminton, that
funds to build homes for typhoon
victims will be available after
International Olympic Commit-
tee president Jacques Rogge and
Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh
Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah gave
$50,000 each for the cause.
The POC chief, after a meeting
with Binay, said that plans are un-
der way to put up a village for vic-
tims through the Gawad Kalinga.
Among those who were in-
ducted are triathlons Tom
Carrasco as chairman, and Joey
Romasanta of karatedo as vice
president. The other ofcers
are Jeff Tamayo of soft tennis
(second VP), Julian Camacho
of wushu (treasurer), Prospero
Pichay of chess (auditor) and
board members Dave Carter of
judo, Cynthia Carrion of gym-
nastics, Jonnie Go of canoe-
kayak and Ernesto Echauz of
sailing. Peter Atencio
POC donates $100k
to typhoon victims
IN BRIEF
THE promoter, manager and trainer of
World Boxing Council minimum weight
Silver champion and mandatory title
challenger Denver Cuello is standing
rm on his demand that the World Box-
ing Council, headed by Don Jose Sulai-
man, abide by its commitment to give the
hard-hitting Filipino southpaw a manda-
tory title shot against newly-crowned
champion Xiong Zhao Zhong of China.
Xiong won the vacant title in a clash
with Javier Martinez Resendiz of Mexico
ght in Kunming, China last Nov. 24 after
Aljoe Jaro agreed to step aside for $25,000
at the request of Sulaiman, who was keen
on capturing the vast Chinese market.
There were reports that the Chinese pro-
moter of Xiong, Lui Gang, was willing to put
up a step aside fee of $100,000 for Cuello
to allow Zhong one voluntary title defense,
which was being planned with American
promoter Gary Shaw in Las Vegas and that
Cuello would be featured on the undercard.
However, Aljoe Jaro told the Manila
Standard: I dont want a step aside fee
no matter how big. We want the green
and gold belt of the WBC.
Aljoe Jaro earlier told us that Cuello who
won a title eliminator with a smashing 2nd
round TKO of Ganigan Lopez in Mexico
has waited two years for a title shot and is
not prepared to wait any longer.
Sulaiman attempted to defend the ac-
tion of the WBC board of governors,
claiming that when the issue of a vol-
untary defense was raised at the recent
WBC Convention in Cancun there were
no objections from the Filipinos in at-
tendance even as he claimed that Aljoe
Jaro had already left to watch the Manny
Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez ght in
Las Vegas when the request was made
and approved. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Jaro firm on Cuellos
mandatory title shot
THE Takbo para kay Sta. Teresa de Avi-
la, a fun run marking the fth centenary
celebration of the rst woman Doctor of
Church, will be held Feb. 3, simultane-
ously in Quezon City and San Pablo City.
The event, featuring 3K and 5K runs,
will have the theme Takbo Mo, Dasal
Ko, which entitles registered partici-
pants to submit a request to be prayed
over by the Carmelite nuns.
Sponsored by P&G with Safeguard as pre-
sentor, the fun run will be preceded by a Holy
Mass at 6 a.m. at Our Lady of the Mt. Carmel
Shrine Parish in New Manila in QC and at
the Liceo de San Pablo in Laguna.
Registration is ongoing. For details,
call Thelma Antonio at 0917-8530904,
Rose Rivera at 0933-6088580 or Tess
Soliman at (02) 9048758 or visit the
events Facebook accountTakbo para
kay Sta. Teresa de Avila 2013.
Sta. Teresa fun run set
Clippers
roll past
Celtics
LOS ANGELESThe Clippers
came roaring out of the opening
tip and kept on going to their 15th
consecutive victory.
Boosted by an early 24-9 lead
their starters provided, Los Angeles
beat Boston 106-77 on Thursday
night to become the rst team to win
that many in a row since the Celtics
four years ago.
Matt Barnes tied his season
high with 21 points off the bench,
fellow reserve Jamal Crawford
added 17 points and Chris Paul
had 11 assists as the Clippers
scored their sixth straight blowout
victory. They havent had a close
win during the streak since Nov.
28, when they beat Minnesota by
six points.
Shows we have a lot of depth.
Ive probably sat out more fourth
quarters this season than any of
my previous seven seasons, Paul
said. Its a really good feeling
now, a good vibe because every-
one is enjoying it.
Blake Grifn had 15 points,
Caron Butler added 14 and
Lamar Odom 13 rebounds to
help the Clippers improve the
NBAs best record to 23-6.
Westbrook rallies Thunder
past Mavericks 111-105
OKLAHOMA CITYHeres
a new twist on the Oklahoma
City Thunders budding rivalry
with the Dallas Mavericks: With
a game coming down to crunch
time, Dirk Nowitzki didnt want
the ball.
Instead, it was Russell West-
brook who shrugged off a shaky
start and closed out a Thunder
victory.
Kevin Durant scored 40 points
while Westbrook added eight of
his 16 points in overtime to help
Oklahoma City beat Dallas 111-
105 on Thursday night for their
11th straight win at home.
Westbrook turned the game
around with six straight points
after the Mavs had gone up 104-
101 on Chris Kamans bucket
inside midway through over-
time. Westbrook had a layup, hit
a jumper over the rusty Nowitzki
and then made a leaping steal of
an O.J. Mayo pass that led to a
fast-break layup. The sequence
left Mavericks owner Mark Cu-
ban shaking his head in his seat
near the teams bench. AP
coach Phil Jackson.
King said the decision to dismiss
Johnson was made by ownership
after a phone discussion Thurs-
day morning. Owner Mikhail
Prokhorov had expressed faith in
Johnson before the season.
With the direction we were
going we felt we had to make a
change, King said.
Johnson was in the nal year of
a three-year, $12 million contract.
Its a really disappointing day
for me and my family. Its my
wifes birthday. Its not a great
birthday gift, Johnson said. I
didnt see this coming. But this
is ownerships decision. Its part
of the business. Fair or unfair, its
time for a new voice and hope-
fully theyll get back on track.
The Nets have fallen well be-
hind the rst-place New York
Knicks, the team they so badly
want to compete with in their new
home. But after beating the Knicks
in their rst meeting Nov. 26, prob-
ably the high point of Johnsons
tenure, the Nets went 5-10 and
frustrations have been mounting.
Our goal is to get to the confer-
ence nals, King said. We start-
ed out good and then we stumbled.
We have to get back to playing
winning basketball. Its the entire
team. Its not like golf, where Ti-
ger Woods can blame the caddie.
It takes ve guys on the court and
theyre all struggling. We have to
gure out the ways to get back to
winning. I dont know what hap-
pened. Im not sure. But unfortu-
nately, it did happen.
The Nets were embarrassed by
Boston on national TV on Christ-
mas, then were routed by Milwau-
kee 108-93 on Wednesday night
for their fth loss in six games.
Star guard Deron Williams re-
cently complained about Johnsons
offense, and Nets CEO Brett Yor-
mark took to Twitter after the loss
to Celtics to voice his displeasure
with the performance.
King said the change was not
made because Williams was un-
happy, and he added the point
guard himself has to play better.
Johnson also stood by Williams.
From Day One, I always had
a really good relationship with
him. I dont think its fair for
anyone to hang this on Deron,
Johnson said. We were just go-
ing through a bad streak, a bad
spell. Its not time for me to be
down on one player. That would
be the easy way. AP
MOTORCYCLE riders from Indonesia
and Thailand shared the top honors in
the recent ninth Yamaha ASEAN Cup
Races at a specially prepared course at
the SM Sta. Rosa Mall parking lot in
Sta. Rosa Laguna.
Led by Agus Setyawan, Indonesia
tallied 132 points in claiming the
gold medal in the manual transmis-
sion class finals.
Thailand came up with a 1-2-3 nish in
the newly staged automatic transmission
class championships, with Akrat Panjan,
Anoopab Samoon and Peerapoon Boon-
lerth taking the gold, silver and bronze
medals, respectively.
Their efforts gave Thailand a team to-
tal of 127 points.
A total of 43 motorcycle riders from
ve neighboring countries took part in
the races organized by Yamaha Philip-
pines last Dec. 7 and 8.
Sales and Marketing Director Ka-
oru Ogura, welcomed the participants
with company executive Ryan Jude
Camus, and Yamaha Japan represent-
atives Ono Masayoshi and Kobayashi
Kazutoshi.
Setyawan, who was second in the rst
heat, bounced back in the second heat to
take the individual honors with 45 points.
Panjan was running second in both
heats, but took the overall crown after
the frontrunning Samoon settled for fth
in the last run.
Thailand and Malaysia had 78 and 58
points to land second and third in the MT
nals. Filipino riders, led by the 10th-
nishing Ernie Daguio Jr., placed fourth
with 14.
Indonesia (66) placed second and
Malaysia (57) made it to third in the
AT class, while the Philippines, behind
Vingie Cloma, was fourth with 16.
Peter Atencio
Indonesian, Thai riders dominate race
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates
Andy Murrays 2013 season got off to a
shaky start Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 loss
to Janko Tipsarevic in the opening match
of the World Tennis Championship exhi-
bition tournament.
Two early breaks in each set helped
Tipsarevic dispatch the third-ranked
Murray. The Serb next faces Nicolas
Almagro, a late replacement for Rafael
Nadal who pulled out of the tournament
with a stomach bug.
Its not every day that you get to play
a Grand Slam champion and an Olympic
gold medalist, said Tipsarevic, who is
ranked No. 9. I know its an early-sea-
son tournament but I can tell you that the
six of us take this very seriously.
I knew I could beat Andy as I have
beaten him before, he added. Hes a
totally different animal now as he won
a Grand Slam and Olympic gold so beat-
ing him here has given me condence.
Both of us have very similar games so
its great to come out on top.
In Thursdays other match, fth-ranked
David Ferrer defeated sixth-ranked To-
mas Berdych 6-2, 6-4 to set up a seminal
against top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who
won the tournament last year. Ferrer easily
won the rst set after jumping to a 5-0 lead.
He broke serve early in the second.
I played well today and I was surprised
as it has been a long time without playing a
competition, Ferrer said. Its a fast court
and this was the rst time I played at night
but I played a good game. I will enjoy a
victory for now, but tomorrow I will have
to play my best against Novak.
Djokovic said winning the French Open -
the only Grand Slam tournament he has yet
to capture - is his top goal of the year. AP
Murray falls to Tipsarevic in opener
Andy Murray from Britain reacts after he missed a ball against Serbias Janko Tipsarevic during the rst
day of Mubadala Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday. AP
Donaire is Boxing Scenes Fighter of the Year
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
THE widely read internet site Boxing
Scene has named Nonito Donaire as
Fighter of the Year, with another Fili-
pino, World Boxing Organization/World
Boxing Association yweight champion
Brian Viloria, given honorable mention
in the same category.
Donaire, who was earlier acclaimed as
Fighter of the Year by ESPN, was well on the
way to winning Fighter of the Year honors
after his second-round knockout of Mexican
bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel
last year, but lost out in the end to his friend
Andre Ward, who defeated Carl Froch.
In citing Donaire this year, boxingscene.
coms Jake Donovan noted that in 2012,
the Filipino fought four times, all coming
against consensus Top 10 competition. The
run came in a new weight class, moving up
to 122 lbs a year after establishing
himself as the best bantamweight
in the world. Twelve months
and four wins later, Donaire
has now established himself
as the best super bantam-
weight in the world.
Donovan pointed out
that Donaire was forced
to ght throughout the
year with a hand injury
that required nine stitches
after it opened up during the
International Boxing Federation
title ght against then champion Jeffrey
Mathebula, who was dropped by a pat-
ented left hook by the Filipino Flash, re-
sulting in the South Africans broken jaw.
Boxing Scene commended Donaire,
who, one day after adding the IBF ti-
tle to his trophy room, became the rst
ghter in the sport to voluntar-
ily subject himself to 24/7/365
random drug testing, which
sparked the Fighter of the
Year discussions.
The website said:
Donaires stance on the
subject was a rare breath
of fresh air, in a year
where performance-en-
hancing drug use had run
rampant in our sport. Sev-
eral notable ghters were al-
ready busted in the rst half of the
year, including Andre Berto and Lamont
Peterson, both suffering ght cancella-
tions after getting popped during random
pre-ght testing conducted by Voluntary
Anti-Doping Agency.
Donaire reiterated what he told the Ma-
nila Standard prior to his last ght against
Arce when he said: Ive always decided
to do something (to show) that everything
Ive done and that Ive accomplished has
come from working hard. Everybody feels
the need to show that theyre legit. But Im
doing it for myself and my fans.
In naming Viloria for honorable men-
tion, boxingscene.com said: Brian Vilo-
riaThree separate ghters laid claim to
the lineal yweight championship in 2012,
but Viloria has proven be the divisions best
ghter. A knockout win over Omar Nino
Romero in May helped avenge a six-year-
old defeat (the rst of his career), but it was
his three-knockdown, 10th-round stoppage
of Hernan Tyson Marquez that ultimate-
ly landed Viloria in the honorable men-
tion section of this category for a second
straight year. Not bad for a ghter who
just two years ago was written off as n-
ished at the top level.
By Jeric Lopez

THERES no way Rain or Shine is go-
ing to let this chance of returning to the
nals slip away.
Bucks in thick
of Central race
MILWAUKEEBefore the
season, few gured the Mil-
waukee Bucks would be chal-
lenging for the Central Divi-
sion lead.
Yet here they are at 15-12,
just a half-game behind divi-
sion-leading Indiana and tied
with Chicago entering Thursday
nights games. With Detroit and
Cleveland struggling, the Cen-
tral is currently a three-team
race between Chicago, Indiana
and Milwaukee.
The Bulls are eagerly await-
ing the return of star guard
Derrick Rose from a knee
injury and the Pacers are in
similar situation with injured
star Danny Granger, with both
not expected back until Febru-
ary at the earliest. That leaves
the Bucks, often maddeningly
frustrating so far this season,
with an outside chance of
grabbing their rst division ti-
tle since 2001.
Based on the records,
you have to think (theres a
chance), says Mike Dun-
leavy, Jr., one of the teams
most consistent players this
season. Nobody has sepa-
rated themselves to this point.
Until somebody does that, its
anybodys race.
Its been an up-and-down sea-
son for the Bucks, who opened
eyes with a 6-2 start but fol-
lowed that with just two victo-
ries in their next nine games. Af-
ter a four-game winning streak,
Milwaukee has alternated wins
and losses, and like many teams
in the East, is trying to separate
itself from the pack.
Were 15-12, coach Scott
Skiles says. I dont think were
a nished product yet. Were
still trying to gure out some
things.
After a bruising stretch of four
games in ve nights, the Bucks
got a bit of a breather with just
one gamea 108-93 victory
over Brooklyn on Wednesday
nightover the course of a
week. Along with getting a
chance to rest weary legs and
get injured players healthy, the
break also let the Bucks get
back on the practice court to
clean up some loose ends.
Were OK right now, but we
can get better, guard Monta El-
lis says. Hopefully we make
that run and separate ourselves.
We just have to worry about us;
one day, one game at a time and
see what happens.
The Bucks defense, a hall-
mark of Skiles-coached teams,
has taken some time to come
around, but has started to show
some consistency. Milwaukee
is 11th in the league, allowing
96.75 points per game and in
the middle of the pack defend-
ing shots, holding opponents to
44 percent shooting. AP
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NEW YORKMiami Heat guard Dwyane
Wade was suspended one game without pay by
the NBA on Thursday for ailing his leg and
making contact with the groin of Charlotte Bob-
cats Ramon Sessions. The incident happened
with 8:12 left in the fourth quarter of the Heats
105-92 victory over the Bobcats Wednesday.
Sessions was called for a foul on the play. Wade
will serve the suspension Friday night when the
Heat visit the Detroit Pistons, and return Satur-
day night in Milwaukee. AP
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
UNDEFEATED World Boxing As-
sociation junior yweight champi-
on Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez
of Nicaragua said that he would
like to ght Filipino World Boxing
Organization/World Boxing Asso-
ciation yweight champion Brian
Viloria, although it seems he will
rst face No.2-ranked Japanese Ka-
zuto Ioka.
Gonzalez, who won a furi-
ous battle with Mexicos Juan El
Gallo Estrada at the Los Angeles
Sports Arena last month in the same
card, where Viloria won the WBA
title with a 10th-round TKO of Her-
nan Marquez, said that while his
promoters and management team
are responsible for picking his op-
ponents, if given a choice, I would
like to face Brian Viloria.
Viloria, a two division, three-
time world champion has a
record of 32-3 with 19 knock-
outs. He turned 32 last Nov. 24.
Viloria himself told Manila
Standard after his win over Mar-
quez that he would also wish
to face off against Gonzalez in
what could be an attractive, good
money ght, although the WBO
had ruled that the Filipino had to
face mandatory challenger Milan
Melindo of the famed ALA Gym.
Boxingscene.com included
Viloria in its list of contenders
for 2012 Fighter of the Year hon-
ors, which went to four-division
champion and reigning WBO,
Ring Magazine and World Box-
ing Council Diamond Belt super
bantamweight champion Nonito
Donaire, with Viloria cited for
honorable mention.
In order to be considered the
best, you have to beat the best
and I think Viloria denitely ranks
right up there at this moment,
said Gonzalez, who has a record
of 34-0 with 28 knockouts.
The Nicaraguan champion also
mentioned WBO light yweight
champion Donnie Nietes, WBC
yweight champion Toshiyuki
Igarashi and Adrian Hernandez.
Ronnie Nathanielsz
Chocolatito wants to take on Viloria
Painters shoot
for the clincher
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More bets
needed in
priority list
MORE national athletes are
needed to commit to the Phil-
ippine Sports Commissions
prioritization program.
PSC chairman Ricardo
Richie Garcia said this after
he noted that less than half of
186 selected national athletes
who won medals in the 2011
Southeast Asian Games have
committed to the priority ath-
letes program.
If they want to avail of the
allowances and privileges of
a priority athlete, dapat, hindi
na sila natatrabaho o nag-aar-
al, full-time na sila dito, said
Garcia.
Those who have signed,
according to Garcia, are
mostly in the military seek-
ing detailed service releases
from the Armed Forces of
the Philippines.
Once they get their releases,
these athletes do not necessar-
ily have to give up their jobs in
the military, explained Garcia.
They can still return to military
services once the games are
over.
A gold medallist in the pro-
gram, according to Garcia,
gets a monthly allowance of
40,000, while silver medalists
will receive P30,000. Bronze
medalists will pocket P20,000.
An additional P40,000 in
training allowances will also
be given to the athletes con-
cerned.
Once an athlete is signed, it
is up to the national sports as-
sociations to develop a train-
ing program for them. Peter
Atencio
Thats according to Elasto Painters coach Yeng Guiao as he wants
his wards not to take a chance when they deliver the nal blow on
San Mig Coffee today in the seminals of the 2013 Philippine Bas-
ketball Association Philippine Cup.
Holding a commanding 3-1 best-of-seven series lead, Rain or
Shine doesnt want to further complicate things as it plans to go all
out against the struggling Coffee Mixers in Game 5 at 6:30 p.m. to-
day at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
Hindi na namin pababayaan to, condently said Guiao, given
his teams huge advantage and big opportunity to return to the stage,
where they were last conference.
Guiao has every reason to be condent, especially with the way his
team has been playing the past two games.
In the last two games of the series, the Elasto Painters completely
controlled the Mixers from start to nish.
In their 83-74 Game 4 victory, the Governors Cup champions
showed character as they once again never allowed their opposition
to have any sort of momentum.
That was a big win for us. Now, we have three chances to get to
the nals, added Guiao.
Of course, Guiao doesnt want all those chances to be used.
Our plan is to nish the job in Game 5. Kasi kapag lalong natata-
gal pa, lalong delikado kami kaya kung kaya na namin tapusin dito,
tatapusin na namin, Guiao said.
The ery coach also made it a point to his team that complacency
has no place at this point despite their good situation. No predictions
for us, but if we become complacent and if we let our guards down,
we will give this team (San Mig) a chance. We dont want that to
happen.
Just like any team thats staggered but not yet completely out of
it, San Mig Coffee remains positive, though it knows how much of a
climb it needs to take to turn the tide around.
Its just going to be tough for us, but we need to be positive and
realize that its not yet over, said San Mig Coffee coach Tim Cone.
Laban lang kami. Bawi na lang, yun naman kailangan namin gawin
kasi hindi pa naman tapos yung series. May chance pa kahit paano, said
Mixers superstar James Yap of his squads sagging chances.
Milwaukee Bucks Monta Ellis picks up a loose ball in front of Brooklyn Nets MarShon Brooks, left, during the
rst half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, in Milwaukee. AP
Talk N Texts Larry Fonacier and Ranidel de Ocampo hound Alaskas Cyrus Baguio in Game 4 of their teams PBA Philippine Cup seminal match
at the Mall of Asia Arena. SONNY ESPIRITU
Donaire
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Business
Ray S. Eano, Editor business@mst.ph
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor; extrastory2000@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Imports grew 4.3% to $5.2b in October
ICTSI
pulls out
business
in Syria
Peso, stocks up in banner year
VOLUME 687.950M VOLUME 677.300M
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing December 28, 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 41.1920
Japan Yen 0.011621 0.4787
UK Pound 1.610100 66.3232
Hong Kong Dollar 0.129016 5.3144
Switzerland Franc 1.095170 45.1122
Canada Dollar 1.004924 41.3948
Singapore Dollar 0.818197 33.7032
Australia Dollar 1.035947 42.6727
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 109.2684
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 10.9845
Brunei Dollar 0.814863 33.5658
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000104 0.0043
Thailand Baht 0.032637 1.3444
UAE Dirham 0.272279 11.2157
Euro Euro 1.323800 54.5300
Korea Won 0.000933 0.0384
China Yuan 0.160359 6.6055
India Rupee 0.018203 0.7498
Malaysia Ringgit 0.326904 13.4658
NewZealand Dollar 0.817127 33.6591
Taiwan Dollar 0.034448 1.4190
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, December 28, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
Closing DECEMBER 28, 2012
5,812.73
17.84
HIGH P41.050 LOW P41.110 AVERAGE P41.078
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
Irrigation agency okays PNOC hydro plants
P41.050
CLOSE
SN Aboitiz pays P80-m
property tax to Benguet
Traders cheer to mark the close of the years trading at the Makati oor of the Philippine Stock Exchange. The stock index rose to
5,812.73, up 33 percent from last years close, after registering a record high of 38 times in 2012. The PSEi posted its latest record
close on Dec. 26 at 5,832.30 points. DANNY PATA
By Lailany P. Gomez
INTERNATIONAL Container
Terminal Services Inc. said
Friday it pulled out its business
in Syria due to the civil war and
the hostile environment in the
Middle East nation.
ICTSI, through wholly-
owned unit Tartous International
Container Terminal, removed all
its Filipino employees prior to
the announcement of the pullout,
a company statement said.
ICTSI said wars and civil
disorders under the investment
agreement between TICT
and Tartous Port General Co.
constituted force majeure.
The Syrian civil war is
escalating, exposing everyone,
both combatants and civilians,
to increasing threats of death
and destruction every day, the
statement said.
ICTSI led a notice of
termination of the investment
agreement with Tartous Port
following the unrest in the region.
ICTSI nance manager Arthur
Tabuena said in a disclosure to
the Philippine Stock Exchange
its unit was compelled to send
the notice of termination due
to the refusal of Tartous Port to
recognize the unforeseen change
of circumstances brought about
by civil unrest and violence,
which has gravely affected
businessess and trade in Syria.
The issuance of this notice
was also prompted by TPGCs
refusal to negotiate in good faith
for relief from the clear imbalance
of the parties economic
relationship, which constitute a
breach of the agreement. Finally,
TICT was left with no choice but
to issue the notice of termination
when Syria plunged into a state
of full-edged civil war, which
exposed everyone [combatants
and civilians alike] to increasing
threat of death and destruction on
a daily basis, which is considered
a force majeure under the
agreement, Tabuena said.
Writing off the TICT contract
and remaining net assets in the
2012 consolidated accounts of
ICTSI would amount to $1.2
million. Furthermore, ICTSI
would be saving $4 million
annually, in terms of port fees and
cash operating expenses, from the
termination of the agreement and
write-off, the statement said.
By Othel V. Campos
THE National Irrigation
Administration will allow state-
owned Philippine National Oil
Co. to build mini-hydro plants
by tapping irrigation systems in
Nueva Ecija to generate power.
NIA administrator Antonio
Nangel said the agency would
also allow private companies to
use irrigation canals to supply
power to the Luzon grid.
We will immediately connect
the power that will be produced
from these mini power plants to
the nearest electric cooperatives
to partly solve power problems
in the island, Nangel said.
He said the increasing
frequency of scheduled power
outages in selected provinces in
Luzon had affected industries
connected to the grid.
NIA identied four initial sites
where PNOC could build mini
hydro projects.
The agency expects the
production of 3,000 kilowatts
from hydro plants that will rise
in Muoz, 1,000 KW; Rizal,
1,500 KW; Pearanda, 300 KW;
and Maburak, 200 KW.
The sites are all part of
the Upper Pampanga River
Integrated Irrigation System
managed by NIA.
PNOC is also looking
at constructing two more
hydropower plants within the
Pampanga River Irrigation
System Dam and the Aulo Dam,
both in Palayan City, Nueva
Ecija.
The Agriculture Department
has also directed NIA to draw up
a list of sites in Mindanao where
similar projects can be put up.
Nangel said NIA personnel
would visit Mindanao next
week to inspect possible sites in
Koronadal City, South Cotabato.
Nangel said PNOC planned to
build three hydropower plants in
Koronadal to generate as much
as six megawatts of electricity.
By Anna Leah Estrada
and Jenniffer B. Austria
BOTH the peso and the
stocks rose Friday, end-
ing trading this year on a
positive note and making
2013 a record year for
the equities and currency
markets.
The peso gained 0.2 percent to close
at 41.05 against the dollar Friday and
6.4 percent since the start of the year to
become Asias best performing currency
after South Koreas won.
The PSEi, the 30-company benchmark
index of the Philippine Stock Exchange,
also climbed 17 points, or 0.3 percent,
to close at 5,812.73 Friday, near a record
level. It jumped 1,440.77 points or 33
percent since the start of the year.
PSEis 33-percent gain is the second best
in Asia, next to Thailand Stock Exchanges
36.3-percent increase this year, according
to First Metro Investments Corp.
Economists and analysts see the peso and
the stocks sustaining their gains in 2013,
when the country is expected to receive an
investment-grade credit rating. Overseas
funds invested in emerging markets with
robust economic performance such as the
Philippines led to the appreciation of the
peso and the stocks.
The strong surges in inows have resulted
in considerable appreciation pressures on
the peso. In order to help manage volatilities
in exchange rate movements, the Bangko
Sentral maintained its presence in the foreign
exchange market and built up its reserves to
a record $84 billion as of November 2012,
Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco
Jr. said.
Bangko Sentral Deputy Governor
Diwa Guinigundo said the strength of the
peso reected the strong macroeconomic
fundamentals, including the external
payments surplus as well as capital inows
attached to the countrys positive outlook.
As we expect sustained BoP surplus
next year, the peso will remain rm. The
challenge to some economic sectors is to
improve their efciency and productivity
so they can compete in the external
markets. After all, a rm peso helps reduce
production cost, Guinigundo said.
BDO analyst Jonas Ravelas predicted
that peso will uctuate from 39 to 43.50
in 2013, before settling at 42.10 by year-
end.
Meanwhile, PSE president Hans Sicat
said he was condent about the markets
continued strong performance as he
expected capital raising activities in 2013
to match, if not exceed the more than
P200-billion funds raised through the
stock market in 2012.
Analysts expect the stock market to
sustain its run next year. Justino Calaycay,
a stockbroker from Accord Capital
Equities Inc., said PSEi was expected to
rise to a range of 6,800 to 7,000 points,
with a ghting target of 7,500.
IMPORTS grew for the second straight
month in October, led by higher shipments
of consumer goods and raw materials, the
National Statistics Ofce said Friday.
The NSO said merchandise imports rose
4.3 percent to $5.2 billion in October from
$5 billion year-on-year, faster than the 3.6-
percent gain recorded in September. Data,
however, showed that on a monthly basis,
imports were down 0.5 percent from $5.3
billion in September.
The modest improvement in imports
performance during the period reected
the generally more upbeat sentiments of
both business and consumers, Economic
Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said.
The latest gure brought the total
imports in the rst 10 months to $51.3
billion, up slightly by 0.9 percent from
$50.8 billion registered in the same
period last year.
The NSO reported earlier that
merchandise exports increased 7.1
percent to $44.5 billion in the 10-month
period from $41.5 billion a year ago.
This translated to a trade decit of $6.8
billion this year, although this was lower
than $9.3 billion last year.
Inbound shipments of raw materials and
intermediate goods increased 13 percent
in October while demand for consumer
goods increased 9.8 percent. Orders for
capital goods rose 1.9 percent.
The growth for raw materials and
intermediate goods was traced to annual
gains from both unprocessed (up 107.4
percent) and semi-processed (1.2 percent)
raw inputs. Unprocessed raw materials
were supported by higher payments
for metalliferous ores (326.4 percent),
wheat (89.6 percent), synthetic bers
(141.4 percent), corn (390.6 percent) and
unmilled cereals (48.2 percent).
Meanwhile, imports growth of semi-
processed raw materials was supported
by the strong performance of materials/
accessories for electrical equipment, non-
metallic mineral manufactures, animal
feeds, fertilizers and embroideries.
Payments for capital goods went up,
on the back of higher orders for land
transportation equipment, aircraft, ships
and boats, telecommunication equipment
and electrical machinery, photographic
equipment and optical goods and power
generating and specialized machines.
Anna Leah Estrada
By Alena Mae S. Flores
SN ABOITIZ Power Corp.-
Benguet Inc., a joint venture
between SN Power of Norway
and Aboitiz Power Corp., turned
over more than P80 million in
property tax to two towns of
Benguet province for operating
the Ambuklao and Binga
hydropower plants.
SNAP Benguet president
and chief executive Emmanuel
Rubio handed over the checks
worth P22.21 million to local
ofcials of Itogon town and
P61.35 million to executives of
Bokod town.
SNAP has always been and will
always be committed to creating
shared value in its host communities.
We hope the taxes we are paying
today contributes to the development
of our host communities and the
people of Benguet as we all strive
to make a difference in their lives,
Rubio said.
Bokod Mayor Mauricio
Macay, Itogon Vice Mayor Noel
Ngolob and councilors of the
two towns witnessed the turn-
over of the checks at the Palispis
Hall in La Trinidad, Benguet on
Dec. 20
SNAP Benguet assistant
vice president for legal and
compliance Dixie Dugan and
tax and regulatory compliance
manager Edward de Leon also
attended the ceremony.
Robinsons buys Bicol bank
ROBINSONS Bank Corp. said Friday the
Monetary Board approved its acquisition of Legazpi
Savings Bank.
Robinsons Bank will own a substantial controlling
interest in the savings bank and retain it as its thrift
bank subsidiary.
The acquisition falls under the Strengthening
Program for Rural Banks Plus of the Bangko Sentral
ng Pilipinas.
Robinsons Bank plans to utilize the capacity and
branch network of Legazpi Savings Bank as its vehicle
to engage in countryside banking and micronance
lending.
We are very pleased to be given this opportunity
to strengthen and expand our banking activities in
Bicol and are committed to the continued growth
of Legazpi Savings Bank, said Robinsons Bank
president Reynold Gerongay.
JG Summit Holdings Inc. president and chief
operating ofcer Lance Gokongwei said Robinsons
Banks investment in Legazpi Savings Bank is part of
our plans to reach out to a wider market.
FCDU loans dropped in Q3
FOREIGN currency deposit unit loans dropped
2.1 percent to $7.6 billion at the end of September
this year from $7.8 billion in end-June, the Bangko
Sentral reported Friday.
The central bank said loans fell after net payments
of $465 million that were partly offset by upward
audit adjustments of $298 million.
Bangko Sentral Gov. Amando Tetangco Jr.
attributed the reduced FCDU loans to the low interest
rate environment, which encouraged companies to
obtain peso funding to reduce their foreign exchange
exposures.
The FCDU loan portfolio at the end of September,
however, expanded 15.8 percent year-on-year due to
improved business sentiment arising from positive
developments in the economy.
Loans to resident borrowers, mainly the private sector,
accounted for 82.2 percent of the total portfolio.
Anna Leah Estrada
UBS sells Pure Foods shares
INVESTMENT bank UBS AG said it exercised its
option to sell more shares owned by San Miguel
Corp. in San Miguel Pure Foods Co. Inc.
San Miguel Purefoods said in a disclosure to the
stock exchange it received word from UBS that it
would exercise the overallotment option covering 2.5
million common shares of the company, relating to its
recent secondary offering.
If exercised in full, the overallotment could
generate as much as P600 million in proceeds.
UBS has purchased 752,780 shares worth P180
million as of Dec. 26.
San Miguel last month sold 25 million shares in
San Miguel Pure Foods at P240 per share to comply
with the 10 percent minimum public ownership
requirement of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
As the selling shareholder, San Miguel said it
would use proceeds from the share sale for general
corporate purposes. Jenniffer B. Austria
Alsons to build
3 power plants
Business
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 72.75 73.00 72.70 72.80 0.07 6,495,200 53,564,073.50
77.45 50.00 Bank of PI 95.80 96.45 95.00 95.00 (0.84) 921,170 67,264,500.50
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.69 0.70 0.69 0.70 1.45 510,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 54.75 54.75 54.60 54.60 (0.27) 81,300 111,679.00
2.20 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 2.03 2.00 2.00 2.00 (1.48) 285,000
28.50 27.80 Citystate Savings 28.00 28.00 28.00 28.00 0.00 500
23.90 13.80 COL Financial 19.28 19.48 19.02 19.48 1.04 227,800
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 29.10 29.10 28.90 29.00 (0.34) 599,900 10,498,850.00
22.00 7.95 Filipino Fund Inc. 10.24 11.20 11.20 11.20 9.37 300
0.95 0.62 First Abacus 0.82 0.81 0.75 0.81 (1.22) 676,000
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.65 2.90 2.65 2.79 5.28 237,000 (17,010.00)
650.00 420.00 Manulife Fin. Corp. 510.00 505.00 505.00 505.00 (0.98) 30
39.20 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 24.25 24.60 24.00 24.60 1.44 44,800
102.50 60.00 Metrobank 102.10 103.20 102.00 102.00 (0.10) 1,952,750 74,980,246.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 1.71 1.73 1.70 1.70 (0.58) 1,335,000
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 92.00 92.10 91.00 91.00 (1.09) 613,410
95.00 69.00 Phil. Savings Bank 102.00 109.00 100.00 100.00 (1.96) 71,580 2,307,850.00
80.00 52.00 Philippine Trust Co. 64.00 65.00 65.00 65.00 1.56 2,000
500.00 210.00 PSE Inc. 416.00 417.60 410.00 416.00 0.00 6,500 172,200.00
45.50 29.45 RCBC À 58.50 60.00 57.10 60.00 2.56 667,870.00 5,729,600.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 160.10 160.10 156.00 156.00 (2.56) 1,423,860 (65,917,249.00)
1100.00 879.00 Sun Life Financial 995.00 995.00 995.00 995.00 0.00 20
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 113.20 113.30 112.50 112.70 (0.44) 161,880 2,705,087.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 2.41 2.45 2.41 2.42 0.41 1,731,000 (157,860.00)
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 36.85 37.05 36.75 36.95 0.27 3,941,600 10,766,070.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 7.50 8.40 7.30 8.40 12.00 1,703,500 (15,000.00)
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.95 2.00 1.96 1.97 1.03 2,294,000
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 27.35 26.50 19.50 19.50 (28.70) 32,000 (1,510.00)
1.62 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.25 1.30 1.25 1.29 3.20 4,716,000 28,450.00
Asiabest Group 19.00 19.50 18.20 19.40 2.11 31,900
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 4.05 4.39 4.09 4.39 8.40 10,000
2.75 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.92 2.96 2.89 2.96 1.37 337,000 890,830.00
9.74 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 24.50 26.00 24.50 25.80 5.31 55,100
DNL Industries Inc. 4.41 4.420 4.36 4.40 (0.23) 8,394,000 (3,315,150.00)
6.41 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.67 6.76 6.69 6.75 1.20 17,239,400 57,300,465.00
7.77 2.80 EEI 10.00 10.10 9.97 10.10 1.00 1,400,700 802,526.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.80 1.82 1.80 1.80 0.00 5,000
19.40 12.50 First Gen Corp. 22.00 22.85 22.15 22.30 1.36 4,941,200 89,114,705.00
79.30 51.50 First Holdings A 89.40 90.00 89.40 90.00 0.67 1,202,040 71,040,943.50
27.00 17.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 17.00 17.80 16.50 17.80 4.71 115,500 (132,000.00)
0.02 0.0110 Greenergy 0.0210 0.0220 0.0210 0.0220 4.76 30,000,000 229,700.00
13.10 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 13.80 14.00 13.30 14.00 1.45 158,100 2,192,050.00
6.00 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 3.96 3.98 3.95 3.98 0.51 7,000
2.35 0.61 Ionics Inc 0.630 0.630 0.630 0.630 0.00 40,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 105.20 107.00 102.00 102.00 (3.04) 1,543,890 (8,076,744.00)
Lafarge Rep 11.00 11.70 10.82 11.70 6.36 4,058,600 3,432,000.00
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.84 1.85 1.82 1.83 (0.54) 146,000
LT Group 13.18 13.90 13.20 13.38 1.52 15,644,300 (3,663,218.00)
1.90 1.11 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.63 1.61 1.61 1.61 (1.23) 2,000
3.20 1.32 Manchester Intl. A 11.12 14.00 11.00 12.12 8.99 642,000
3.19 1.08 Manchester Intl. B 11.40 14.00 10.52 12.00 5.26 653,100 3,085,620.00
27.45 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 31.85 32.05 31.95 32.00 0.47 6,206,600 (23,260,180.00)
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 6.00 6.05 5.80 5.85 (2.50) 214,400
18.10 8.12 Megawide 18.400 18.480 17.400 18.400 0.00 264,500 762,496.00
280.60 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 261.80 263.00 260.60 260.60 (0.46) 309,930 27,902,064.00
12.20 7.50 Pancake House Inc. 7.75 7.78 7.78 7.78 0.39 2,000
3.65 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 6.10 6.61 6.10 6.52 6.89 9,307,100 883,286.00
16.00 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.38 10.46 10.38 10.46 0.77 4,307,200 (27,965,818.00)
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 11.70 11.70 10.38 11.70 0.00 140,400
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 9.06 9.08 8.90 9.03 (0.33) 89,300
4.42 1.01 RFM Corporation 4.81 5.09 4.85 5.00 3.95 8,593,000 22,923,360.00
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 4.58 4.57 4.50 4.50 (1.75) 70,000
34.60 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 28.50 29.30 22.00 29.30 2.81 78,300 2,850.00
129.20 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 103.00 106.00 104.00 105.40 2.33 683,930 42,749,194.00
3000.00 800.00 San MiguelPure Foods `B 241.60 244.00 243.00 244.00 0.99 26,370 (3,179,320.00)
2.62 1.25 Seacem 2.60 2.75 2.26 2.40 (7.69) 1,441,000 (124,590.00)
2.44 1.73 Splash Corporation 1.73 1.74 1.70 1.70 (1.73) 372,000
0.196 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.145 0.146 0.141 0.141 (2.76) 4,560,000
2.88 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 1.75 1.75 1.69 1.75 0.00 31,000 49,010.00
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.15 1.16 1.14 1.16 0.87 5,810,000 (26,650.00)
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 81.00 84.10 82.00 83.85 3.52 1,851,600 78,042,967.50
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.36 1.43 1.36 1.39 2.21 15,454,000 (7,830.00)
0.77 0.320 Vitarich Corp. 0.96 1.00 0.94 0.94 (2.08) 1,962,000 9,500.00
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 9.60 9.75 9.00 9.01 (6.15) 8,400 1,804.00
1.22 0.77 Vulcan Indl. 1.42 1.43 1.40 1.40 (1.41) 820,000 71,000.00
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.69 0.69 0.67 0.67 (2.90) 636,000 (68,000.00)
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 52.50 53.50 52.80 52.95 0.86 1,494,190 57,568,812.00
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.1440 0.1450 0.1440 0.1450 0.69 205,800,000 (2,254,250.00)
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 16.50 16.80 16.50 16.76 1.58 9,768,200 53,392,728.00
2.60 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.17 2.16 2.04 2.16 (0.46) 100,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 5.16 5.20 5.17 5.17 0.19 44,200
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 4.90 5.00 4.80 4.80 (2.04) 88,000
2.98 1.49 ATN Holdings A 1.05 1.00 0.94 0.99 (5.71) 140,000
4.16 2.30 ATN Holdings B 0.99 0.98 0.94 0.97 (2.02) 277,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 511.00 518.00 513.00 517.00 1.17 438,660 56,675,135.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 54.20 54.80 53.85 53.95 (0.46) 1,035,160 (17,650,903.50)
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.90 2.99 2.90 2.99 3.10 35,000
3.68 1.15 F&J Prince B 2.95 3.88 2.95 3.88 31.53 38,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 4.62 4.95 4.59 4.94 6.93 6,004,000 (4,583,940.00)
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.230 0.230 0.200 0.200 (13.04) 500,000 6,450.00
556.00 455.40 GT Capital 645.00 645.50 620.00 620.00 (3.88) 139,870 48,068,175.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 6.25 6.29 6.25 6.29 0.64 4,020,700
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 38.50 39.50 38.50 39.50 2.60 1,295,800 (11,589,530.00)
4.19 2.27 Jolliville Holdings 6.20 5.70 5.70 5.70 (8.06) 5,000
5.70 2.30 Keppel Holdings `B 4.70 5.00 4.90 5.00 6.38 13,000 15,000.00
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 6.38 6.37 6.28 6.28 (1.57) 6,229,000 (22,685,759.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 0.96 0.98 0.95 0.96 0.00 1,383,000
3.82 1.800 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 1.80 1.85 1.79 1.85 2.78 574,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.43 4.48 4.42 4.45 0.45 25,525,000 36,832,980.00
6.24 3.40 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.93 5.97 5.93 5.97 0.67 168,000 29,800.00
9.66 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 5.75 6.00 5.72 5.74 (0.17) 5,600
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.0500 0.00 490,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.280 1.280 1.280 1.280 0.00 1,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.550 0.550 0.550 0.550 0.00 100,000
2.40 1.01 Seafront À 1.66 2.00 1.63 1.74 4.82 385,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.315 0.315 0.315 (1.56) 410,000
760.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 880.00 884.00 870.00 882.00 0.23 359,150 (9,846,580.00)
2.71 1.08 Solid Group Inc. 2.04 2.04 1.98 1.98 (2.94) 494,000
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2750 0.2750 0.2750 0.2750 0.00 200,000
0.620 0.082 Wellex Industries 0.2900 0.3000 0.2900 0.3000 3.45 320,000 2,900.00
0.980 0.380 Zeus Holdings 0.340 0.340 0.340 0.340 0.00 60,000
P R O P E R T Y
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.97 3.01 2.96 3.01 1.35 1,088,000
0.83 0.42 Araneta Prop À 0.790 0.850 0.690 0.810 2.53 2,054,000
0.195 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.178 0.178 0.178 0.178 0.00 700,000 105,020.00
24.15 13.36 Ayala Land `B 26.00 26.70 26.25 26.45 1.73 4,726,500 39,786,475.00
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.87 4.90 4.85 4.86 (0.21) 1,515,000 1,344,810.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 4.02 4.19 4.00 4.00 (0.50) 260,000 443,830.00
2.85 1.35 Century Property 1.46 1.50 1.46 1.48 1.37 13,156,000 14,591,590.00
2.91 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.30 2.38 2.21 2.36 2.61 44,000
1.50 1.05 Cityland Dev. À 1.11 1.19 1.12 1.16 4.50 1,062,000
0.092 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.062 0.070 0.062 0.069 11.29 4,490,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.81 0.81 0.80 0.81 0.00 202,000
0.94 0.54 Empire East Land 0.990 1.000 0.970 0.990 0.00 62,995,000 2,019,620.00
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.415 0.420 0.400 0.400 (3.61) 6,420,000 (123,000.00)
2.74 1.63 Global-Estate 1.89 1.96 1.89 1.96 3.70 3,948,000 (3,134,880.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.50 1.51 1.49 1.49 (0.67) 5,826,000 (839,430.00)
2.34 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.78 2.80 2.77 2.77 (0.36) 31,735,000 8,662,910.00
0.36 0.150 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1540 0.1550 0.1520 0.1520 (1.30) 6,940,000 (305,730.00)
0.990 0.089 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6600 0.6800 0.6500 0.6500 (1.52) 4,126,000
0.67 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.450 0.440 0.440 0.440 (2.22) 10,000
38.10 12.60 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 25.00 17.02 17.02 17.02 (31.92) 600 (8,510.00)
19.94 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 21.00 21.40 20.75 20.75 (1.19) 2,136,200 (3,804,975.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 2.39 2.49 2.38 2.43 1.67 206,000 (24,900.00)
2.85 1.81 Shang Properties Inc. 3.10 3.04 3.00 3.04 (1.94) 11,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 5.89 5.97 5.89 5.89 0.00 175,400 313,920.00
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 16.80 16.92 16.50 16.50 (1.79) 10,915,900 4,489,840.00
0.91 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.68 0.66 0.66 0.66 (2.94) 10,000
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 3.96 3.98 3.90 3.98 0.51 222,000
0.64 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.540 0.550 0.540 0.540 0.00 416,000
4.66 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.700 4.890 4.740 4.860 3.40 29,352,000 60,598,350.00
S E R V I C E S
4.72 1.20 2GO Group 1.68 1.77 1.62 1.62 (3.57) 472,000 33,200.00
42.00 24.80 ABS-CBN 33.30 34.00 33.00 33.85 1.65 90,800
18.98 1.05 Acesite Hotel 1.19 1.25 1.18 1.20 0.84 41,000
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.820 0.830 0.810 0.820 0.00 6,024,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.70 9.65 9.65 9.65 (0.52) 600,000 (5,790,000.00)
28.80 12.20 Berjaya Phils. Inc. 27.00 28.00 27.95 28.00 3.70 3,100
102.80 4.45 Bloomberry 13.10 13.32 13.16 13.20 0.76 5,065,200 2,127,690.00
0.5300 0.1010 Boulevard Holdings 0.1390 0.1390 0.1310 0.1320 (5.04) 61,700,000 507,280.00
24.00 5.20 Calata Corp. 3.80 4.15 3.85 3.98 4.74 2,160,000 462,000.00
82.50 60.80 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 61.95 62.00 61.70 61.85 (0.16) 99,910 3,581,563.00
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 11.92 11.92 11.60 11.92 0.00 1,700 (10,440.00)
9.70 5.44 DFNN Inc. 4.29 4.70 4.52 4.52 5.36 374,000
5.90 1.45 Easy Call Common 2.60 2.60 2.58 2.60 0.00 15,000
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1080.00 1080.00 1080.00 1080.00 0.00 10
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1109.00 1114.00 1091.00 1092.00 (1.53) 126,370 (32,871,025.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 9.18 9.20 9.07 9.18 0.00 766,800
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 74.00 74.25 73.95 74.00 0.00 1,024,220 56,218,711.00
4.70 1.75 IP Converge 3.25 3.34 3.25 3.34 2.77 91,000
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.025 0.026 0.025 0.025 0.00 33,600,000 52,200.00
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 0.58 0.59 0.57 0.59 1.72 963,000 76,680.00
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0500 0.0490 0.0480 0.0480 (4.00) 70,000
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 2.5100 2.6900 2.5900 2.5900 3.19 73,000 (50,870.00)
10.30 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.20 8.40 8.20 8.30 1.22 1,926,200 406,700.00
3.70 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.40 2.40 2.39 2.40 0.00 6,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.60 2.69 2.58 2.69 3.46 11,000 (10,320.00)
4.08 1.21 Manila Jockey 2.79 2.75 2.61 2.74 (1.79) 1,239,000
22.95 13.80 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 14.00 14.10 14.08 14.08 0.57 66,000 (25,380.00)
8.58 5.35 PAL Holdings Inc. 4.75 4.90 4.55 4.90 3.16 780,000 (4,900.00)
3.39 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.98 3.00 2.95 2.96 (0.67) 546,000
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.55 9.55 9.50 9.50 (0.52) 1,011,000 (9,595,500.00)
71.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 83.50 92.00 87.70 92.00 10.18 6,570 529,870.00
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 12.38 12.56 12.24 12.56 1.45 3,253,500 (17,824,270.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2552.00 2560.00 2530.00 2530.00 (0.86) 127,395 (41,339,560.00)
0.39 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.330 0.330 0.330 0.330 0.00 100,000
30.15 10.68 Puregold 32.25 33.00 32.30 33.00 2.33 1,326,500 (13,544,820.00)
STI Holdings 1.05 1.05 1.02 1.02 (2.86) 8,831,000 1,105,110.00
4.75 3.30 Touch Solutions 7.60 7.70 7.42 7.51 (1.18) 178,100
3.30 2.42 Transpacic Broadcast 2.10 2.60 2.10 2.26 7.62 13,000
0.79 0.34 Waterfront Phils. 0.400 0.410 0.400 0.410 2.50 590,000 4,000.00
Yehey 1.280 1.310 1.250 1.250 (2.34) 124,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0056 0.0055 0.0055 0.0055 (1.79) 269,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.50 4.46 4.45 4.45 (1.11) 22,000
20.80 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 18.80 18.98 18.60 18.70 (0.53) 718,300 146,972.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 22.20 22.20 19.10 19.90 (10.36) 29,700 196,400.00
0.345 0.170 Basic Energy Corp. 0.270 0.270 0.270 0.270 0.00 1,050,000
29.00 19.98 Benguet Corp À 20.00 20.95 19.00 19.00 (5.00) 600
34.00 21.20 Benguet Corp `B 18.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 11.11 1,000
Coal Asia 1.03 1.04 1.02 1.02 (0.97) 3,183,000 5,150.00
61.80 6.96 Dizon 15.10 15.34 14.94 15.10 0.00 37,900
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.52 0.52 0.50 0.50 (3.85) 1,449,000
1.81 1.0600 Lepanto À 0.970 1.000 0.980 1.000 3.09 29,699,000
2.070 1.0900 Lepanto `B 1.100 1.110 1.090 1.100 0.00 12,297,000 9,017,500.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0590 0.0600 0.0590 0.0600 1.69 514,610,000
0.840 0.570 Manila Mining `B 0.0600 0.0630 0.0590 0.0620 3.33 697,790,000 18,999,120.00
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 16.28 16.20 16.02 16.10 (1.11) 1,317,300 (19,424.00)
12.84 2.91 Nihao Mineral Resources 5.10 5.09 4.99 4.99 (2.16) 36,400
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.5700 0.5700 0.5700 0.5700 0.00 200,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 3.250 3.400 3.100 3.100 (4.62) 2,405,000
0.032 0.014 Oriental Pet. À 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0190 (5.00) 12,900,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0210 0.0200 0.0200 0.0200 (4.76) 1,800,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.05 6.30 6.05 6.10 0.83 21,100
28.25 18.40 Philex À 14.92 15.020 14.920 14.98 0.40 1,757,200 1,985,016.00
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 29.50 30.40 28.85 29.95 1.53 413,500 43,350.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.039 0.040 0.039 0.039 0.00 384,900,000 (288,600.00)
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 228.00 234.00 228.00 233.40 2.37 436,340 40,898,484.00
0.029 0.015 United Paragon 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 0.0170 (5.56) 4,000,000
PREFERRED
50.00 23.05 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 33.30 34.20 33.10 34.00 2.10 2,165,100 23,490,125.00
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 522.00 522.00 520.00 520.00 (0.38) 600
103.50 100.00 First Gen G 101.50 101.50 101.20 101.50 0.00 22,150
109.80 101.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 103.00 103.50 103.50 103.50 0.49 15,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 9.21 9.35 8.63 9.32 1.19 2,055,100 (46,505.00)
116.70 108.90 PCOR-Preferred 108.20 108.10 107.90 108.00 (0.18) 4,100
SMC Preferred A 74.95 75.00 74.75 75.00 0.07 465,330 3,937,500.00
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred B 74.25 75.00 75.00 75.00 1.01 200
SMC Preferred C 74.90 75.00 74.50 74.50 (0.53) 14,500
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1016.00 1018.00 1016.00 1018.00 0.20 6,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.71 1.71 1.71 1.71 0.00 1,000
S M E
2.60 1.30 Makati Fin. Corp. 4.00 2.50 2.30 2.30 (42.50) 58,000
6.20 4.18 Ripple E-Business Intl 7.63 10.48 7.50 8.50 11.40 20,400
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 18295021 1171656186.40
INDUSTRIAL 162452701 1750164114.48
HOLDING FIRMS 268593696 1226520394.69
PROPERTY 262761861 981218501.87
SERVICES 1058948172 2416073705.23
MINING & OIL 1940367251 322484545.75
GRAND TOTAL 3711497102 7868423236.42
FINANCIAL 1,525.95 (down) 7.88
INDUSTRIAL 8,877.29 (up) 91.26
HOLDING FIRMS 5,150.76 (up) 42.83
PROPERTY 2,304.63 (up) 7.02
SERVICES 1,724.65 (down) 6.20
MINING & OIL 19,408.38 (up) 159.53
PSEI 5,812.73 (up) 17.84
All Shares Index 3,698.98 (up) 11.89
Gainers: 101; Losers: 83; Unchanged: 35; Total: 219
STOCKS Close
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Change
(%)
F&J Prince 'B' 3.88 31.53
Agrinurture Inc. 8.40 12.00
Ripple E-Business Intl 8.50 11.40
Crown Equities Inc. 0.069 11.29
Benguet Corp `B' 20.00 11.11
Phil. Seven Corp. 92.00 10.18
Filipino Fund Inc. 11.20 9.37
Manchester Intl. "A" 12.12 8.99
Calapan Venture 4.39 8.40
Transpacic Broadcast 2.26 7.62
STOCKS Close
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Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 17.02 (31.92)
Alphaland Corp. 19.50 (28.70)
Forum Pacic 0.200 (13.04)
Atok-Big Wedge À' 19.90 (10.36)
Jolliville Holdings 5.70 (8.06)
Seacem 2.40 (7.69)
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ATN Holdings A 0.99 (5.71)
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Maybank expands beyond Malaysia
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By Alena Mae S. Flores
ALSONS Consolidated Resources
Inc., the publicly-listed holding com-
pany of the Alcantara Group, will
start building three power projects
next year that will deliver 300 mega-
watts, a company ofcial said.
We will be constructing the
105-MW Sarangani plant for
next three years. In October,
we will start the Zambo 105-
MW plant. For the Iligan (die-
sel plant), we expect to start the
rehab by January 2013, Alsons
Consolidated vice president Tir-
so Santillan said.
Santilla said the Sarangani
and Zamboanga coal projects
were estimated to cost $290 mil-
lion each while the 102-MW
Iligan diesel plant rehabilitation
will cost about P1.2 billion.
The Alcantara Group, through
subsidiary Mapalad Power
Corp., was granted by the city
government of Iligan the right to
acquire the Iligan diesel plant.
Alsons Sarangani Energy
Corp. secured a P9.3-billion
syndicated loan that will be used
to nance the construction of the
rst phase of its 210-megawatt
coal-red power plant in Maa-
sin, Sarangani.
Sarangani Energy signed the
loan agreement with a consor-
tium of local banks comprised
of BDO Universal Bank, Asia
United Bank, Rizal Commercial
Banking Corp., United Coconut
Planters Bank, Philippine Busi-
ness Bank, Planters Develop-
ment Bank and Robinsons Bank
on Dec. 12.
The joint lead arrangers of
the loan were BDO Capital and
Investment Corp. and RCBC
Capital Corp. with Asia United
Bank as co-arranger.
The loan carries a 13.5-year
tenor including a 3.5-year grace
period in principal repayment.
The rst phase of the Sarangani
Energy plant involves 105 MW
and is intended to be part of a
long-term solution to the current
power shortage in Mindanao.
The plant is expected to begin
operation by August 2015.
Alsons holds a 75-percent eq-
uity in Sarangani with Toyota
Tsusho Corp., the trading com-
pany of the Toyota Group, with
25 percent.
The 105-MW San Ramon pow-
er plant in Zamboanga City is ex-
pected to be operational by 2016.
The Zamboanga coal project
obtained an environmental com-
pliance certicate and will sign
an engineering, procurement
and construction contract with
a prospective contractor and a
power sales agreement with a
local power cooperative soon.
The Alcantara Group controls
and operates the 100-MW bun-
ker-red power plant of West-
ern Mindanao Power Corp. in
Sangali, Zamboanga City and
the 55-MW bunker-red power
plant of Southern Philippines
Power Corp. in Alabel, Saran-
gani province.
The Alcantara Group is also
engaged in property develop-
ment, aquaculture, agribusiness
and services.
IN a year when many of its over-
seas investment-banking rivals
are cutting jobs in response to
dwindling prots, Malaysias
largest lender is grappling with
the opposite problem.
Our guys are working at
out, said Tengku Zafrul Tengku
Abdul Aziz, chief executive of
Malayan Banking Bhd.s invest-
ment bank, in an interview in
Singapore. To grow further, we
need to recruit. For the number
of deals were doing, the kind
of expansion plans we have, we
need to have people.
Maybank, as the bank is
known, and local competitor
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. are
riding a surge in mergers and
stock sales in Southeast Asia, a
region spanning the Philippines
to Thailand.
Adding headcount and acquir-
ing competitors, their ambition
is to grow into regional invest-
ment-banking powerhouses to
compete in Asia with the likes of
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and
Morgan Stanley. History shows
it wont be easy.
The landscape is littered with
regional banks that have tried
to get into investment banking
and ultimately struggled, said
Christian Brun, a Hong Kong-
based partner at executive search
rm Wellesley Partners who
specializes in recruiting invest-
ment bankers. The ones who
are building their businesses
today are going to have to do it
in a much more considered and
thoughtful way.
In parlaying home-market
dominance into regional aspira-
tions, Maybank and CIMB are
echoing a strategy attempted by
Japans Daiwa Securities Group
Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd. of
Australia, and South Koreas
Samsung Securities Co. in past
years. Yet those rms have re-
trenched in the face of a global
slowdown in mergers, share
sales and trading.
Adding to the challenge, some
global rivals are taking aim at
Maybank and CIMBs home re-
gion. Citigroup Inc. has doubled
its number of investment bank-
ers focused on Southeast Asia in
the last three years. HSBC Hold-
ings Plc tripled headcount at its
investment banking unit in the
region over the same period and
plans to expand the divisions
workforce by another 15 percent
next year, according to Chang
Tou Chen, head of global bank-
ing for Southeast Asia.
Bloomberg
Department of Public Works and Highways
Region X
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District
Seminary Drive, Pala-o, Iligan City
Tel.: (063) 221-5703 Fax Nos.: (063)223-0217, 221-4648
E-mail address: dpwh.1ned2@yahoo.com
i nvi tati on to Bi d
(MST-Dec. 29, 2012)
The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District, Seminary Drive,
Pala-o, Iligan City , through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to apply to bid for the following contracts:
1. Contract ID: 12KF0053
Contract Name: Construction of 2-Storey, 8-CL School Building
at Iligan City East High School, Brgy. Sta.
Felomina, Iligan City
Contract Location: Brgy. Sta. Felomina, Iligan City
Brief Description: Construction of 2-Storey School Building with
only 6-Classrooms completed.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php9,268,230.00
Contract Duration: 150 calendar days
Contract Name: Construction of 2-Storey, 4-CL School Building
at Northeast 1-A CES, Sta. Felomina, Iligan City
Contract Location: Sta. Felomina, Iligan City
only 3-Classrooms completed. (1-CL at second
Floor without CHB walling, ceiling works
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php4,744,080.01_______
Contract Name: Construction of 2-Storey, 8-CL School Building,
and 2-Storey, 4-CL School Building at Iligan
City East I CS, Brgy. Hinaplanon, Iligan City
Contract Location: Brgy. Hinaplanon, Iligan City
Brief Description: Constructi on of 2-Storey, 8-CL School
Building, with only 6-Classrooms completed
(2-CL at Second Floor without CHB walling)
Construction of 2-Storey, 4-Classrooms
completed.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php14,015,980.24_______
Contract Name: Construction of 15-Classrooms, 3-Storey School
Building at Iligan City National High School,
Mahayahay, Iligan City
Contract Location: Mahayahay, Iligan City
Brief Description: As per plan but incomplete 2-CL at 3
rd
Floor:
2-CL at 3
rd
Floor: Masonry at rear and end sides
only (plastered); (7m x 18m) : no windows and
doors; no ceiling
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php19,138,581.25
Contract Name: Construction of 2-Storey, 4-Classroom School
Building at Francisco Laya Memorial Integrated
School Pindugangan, Brgy. Tipanoy, Iligan City
Contract Location: Brgy. Tipanoy, Iligan City
only 3-Classrooms completed. (1-CL at second
foor without CHB walling, ceiling works.
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php4,768,830.02_________
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) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB License applicable to the type
and cost of this contract, (c) completion of similar contract costing at least
50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10%
of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility
check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the Deadline for
the receipt of LOI. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and
issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms
may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are
shown below:
1. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Deadline: 5:00 P.M./January 3, 2013
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents December 27, 2012 to January 16, 2013
3. Pre-Bid Conference 2:00 P.M. /January 4, 2013
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 9:00 A.M./January 16, 2013
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. /January 16, 2013

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at (DPWH-
Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District Offce, Seminary Drive, Pala-o,
Iligan City), upon payment of a non-refundable fees of P10,000.00 for project
Nos. 1,3 & 4 and P5,000.00 for project Nos. 2 and 5 for Bid Documents.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the
DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the
DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their
bids. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable form
in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied forms as
specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the
bid, which will include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope
shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to
the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and the post-qualifcation.
The (DPWH-Lanao del Norte 2
nd
Engineering District, Seminary Drive,
Pala-o, Iligan City) reserves the right to accept or reject any all bid and to
annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring
any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved:

(Sgd.) MOCAMADALI P. PUNDOGAR
Administrative Offcer V
BAC Chairman
(MST-Dec. 29, 2012)
DEPARtMENt OF PUbLIC WORKs AND HIGHWAys
REGION VII
Offce of the District Engineer
Cebu 3rd District Engineering Offce
toledo City
i nvi tati on to Bi d
The Cebu 3
rd
District Engineering Offce through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):

Contract ID : 12HF0117
A) Contract Name : Construction of Flood Control at Barili
Bridge, Barili, Cebu
B) Contract Location : Barili, Cebu
C) Brief Description : Const. of Flood Control Structure (Grouted
Riprap, L=736m) with Structure Excavation
and Embankment Works.
D) Approved Budget
For the Contract (ABC) : Php 17,237,870.00
E) Contact Duration : 150 Calendar Days
F) Bid Documents : Php 25,000.00
procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules
and Regulations.
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) will conduct this public bidding in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations Part A.
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.
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors
applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors
Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the
DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents Dec. 20, 2012-Jan. 14, 2013- 4:00 PM
2. Pre-Bid Conference January 04, 2013 2:00 P.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
Dec. 28, 2012-Jan. 04, 2013- 12: 00 Noon
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: January 16, 2013
10:00 A.M.-12:00 Noon
5. Opening of Bids January 16, 2013, 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at Cebu 3
rd

District Engineering Offce, Brgy. Ibo, Toledo City, Cebu .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.
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 Cebu 3
rd
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.

(Sgd.) ANGELItO M. GUINtO
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) JAMEs D. DELLOsA
District Engineer
(MST-Dec. 29, 2012)
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
ZardonyxStreet, Taculing, Bacolod City
Telefax: 034-707-7188, 433-2804
-0-
i nvi t at i on t o Bi d
The DPWH, Bacolod City District Engineering Offce, through the CY 2013 General
Appropriations Act (GAA) for Regular Infrastructure Projects intends to apply the sum or
ABC to payment under the contract for the project:
Contract ID No. 12GC0084
Project Name: Reconstruction/Replacement of Sum-ag Bridge 1
along Bacolod South Road, Brgy. Sum-ag, Bacolod
City
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P38,770,000.00
Source of Funds: CY 2013 GAA for regular Infrastructure Projects.
Works to be Procured: Removal of existing bridge structure; embankment
from borrow; aggregate sub-base course; aggregate
base course; PCC Pavement (plain) conventional
method; PCC Pavement (reinforced) for approach
slab; high strain dynamic load test; pile integrity
test; bored piles; railings; metal drain; reinforcing
steel bar, grade 40; reinforcing steel bar, grade 60;
structural concrete class AA; prestressed concrete
girder, type V; elastomeric bearing pads, DURO 60;
grouted riprap, class A; permanent casing, MS steel;
craneway; project information sign; construction
safety and health; mobilization/demobilization.
Cost of Bidding Documents: P25,000.00
The DPWH, Bacolod City District Engineering Offce now invites bids for the above
works to be procured. Completion of the works is required within the contract duration.
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Bidder 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 of the
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 RA 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizen/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital
stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Letter Of Intent (LOI) and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class A documents
are to be accepted by the BAC together with the bids and other relevant documents
on or before the deadline for submission of bids which is 9:00AM of January 15, 2013,
in compliance with the memorandum dated November 15, 2012 of Secretary Rogelio
L. Singson.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH, Bacolod City District
Engineering Offce and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from
8:00 AM to 5:00PM starting December 26, 2012 until 9:00AM of January 15, 2013).
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 P25,000.00.
It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine
Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of DPWH
(www.dpwh.gov.ph), provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents
not later than the submission of their bids.
The DPWH, Bacolod City District Engineering Offce will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on January 3, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the BAC Conference Room, which shall be open to
all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before January 15, 2013 at
9:00 AM at Zardonyx Street, City Heights Subdivision, Brgy Taculing, Bacolod 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 on January 15, 2013 at 2:00PM in the presence of the bidders
representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be
accepted.
The DPWH, Bacolod City District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to
contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to the BAC Secretariat at DPWH, Bacolod City
District Engineering Offce, Zardonyx Street, City Heights, Brgy Taculing, Bacolod City
at telefax number (034) 707-7188.
(Sgd.) RAMON s. bELLEZA, JR
BAC Chairman
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Fiscal cliff talks convened
WASHINGTONCongressional leaders
prepared to convene Friday at the White
House for last-minute talks on a s-
cal cliff deal that avoids automatic tax
increases and broad spending cuts that
threaten the economys nascent recovery,
but there were no signs that a proposal
palatable to both sides was taking shape.
President Obama walks down the lower steps instead of the usual longer stairway from Air Force One
upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday. The president cut short his holiday and
returned to Washington as no deal appeared in sight to avoid the year-end scal cliff of higher taxes and
deep spending cuts that could spin the still-fragile back into a recession. The treasury secretary warned
that the government would hit its borrowing limit on Monday, the nal day of the year. AP
The development comes as
President Barack Obama re-
turned early from a Hawaiian
holiday and planned to meet
with top members of Congress
just four days before the govern-
ment goes over the so-called s-
cal cliff if no deal is reached.
The bitter partisan ght is over
reining in decit spending by rais-
ing taxes for some wealthy earn-
ersthe Democrats priority
and cutting some popular benet
programs, as demanded by Re-
publicans.
As the Senate reconvened
Thursday, Senate Majority Lead-
er Harry Reid warned that the
US appeared to be headed over
the year-end scal cliff with no
deal in sight. He also slammed
House of Representatives Speaker
John Boehner for not immediately
reconvening the House. Boehner
called the House back into session
for a highly unusual Sunday eve-
ning session. Majority Leader Eric
Cantor said the House could be in
session until Jan. 2, the day before
the new congress is sworn in.
Fridays meeting would be the
rst time Obama has huddled
with all the leaders of Congress
since Nov. 16 and would rep-
resent that last hope for a deal
before the year-end deadline.
Obama spoke to each leader indi-
vidually Wednesday.
Administration ofcials con-
rmed the Friday meeting at the
White House in a bare-bones an-
nouncement that said the presi-
dent would host a meeting.
An aide to Senate Republican
Leader Mitch McConnell said he is
eager to hear from the president.
A spokesman for Boehner is-
sued a statement that said the
speaker would attend and con-
tinue to stress that the House has
already passed legislation to avert
the entire scal cliff and now the
Senate must act.
While there was no guarantee
of a compromise, Republicans
and Democrats said privately
that elements of any agreement
would likely include an extension
of middle class tax cuts with in-
creased rates at upper incomes as
well as cancellation of the sched-
uled spending cuts. An extension
of expiring unemployment ben-
ets, a reprieve for doctors who
face a cut in payments from the
federal Medicare program and
possibly a short-term measure to
prevent dairy prices from soaring
could also become part of a year-
end bill, they said.
That would postpone politi-
cally contentious disputes over
spending cuts for 2013.
The issue has been Obamas
rst test of muscle after his re-
election in November. At stake
are Bush-era tax cuts that ex-
pire on Dec. 31 and revert to the
higher rates in place during the
administration of President Bill
Clinton in the 1990s. Nearly all
Americans and branches of the
federal government, including
the military, would be affected.
The parties are also arguing
about cutting entitlement pro-
grams like Social Security pen-
sions. The changes are part of a
long-delayed need for the gov-
ernment to address its chronic
decit spending. AP
BANGKOKAsian stock
markets rose Friday, hours be-
fore President Barack Obama
and key lawmakers were to
meet at the White House to try
to hammer out an 11th-hour
budget compromise to avert
the so-called scal cliff.
Lawmakers have until Mon-
day night to reach a deal before
hundreds of billions of dollars
in automatic tax increases and
deep cuts to government spend-
ing kick in. Such a drastic re-
shufing of money could throw
the US into another recession,
economists have warned.
However, failure to avoid the
scal cliff doesnt necessarily
mean tax increases and spend-
ing cuts would become perma-
nent, since the new Congress
could pass legislation cancel-
ing them retroactively after it
begins its work next year.
Japans Nikkei 225 index
marched higher, hitting its
highest level since March 20,
2011. The Tokyo benchmark
rose 1 percent to 10,428.36.
Export shares posted big gains
as the countrys currency con-
tinued to recoil against the
dollar. Mazda Motor Corp.
jumped 4.2 percent and Isuzu
Motors Ltd. surged 4.3 per-
cent. Nintendo Co. advanced
3.4 percent.
Investors have been cheering
newly named Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and his
calls for more public works
spending to reinvigorate the
economy. He also wants the
Bank of Japan to raise its ina-
tion target from 1 to 2 percent
to drag the country out of two
decades of deation, or steadi-
ly declining prices that have
deadened economic activity.
But Francis Lun, managing
director of Lyncean Holdings
in Hong Kong, said he was
skeptical that the new govern-
ments roadmap would prove
effective in the long run. AP
B4
WORLD
Standard standard standard standa
African nation seeks help
Suu Kyi sweater for $49k
Nokors third
nuke test eyed
Caption head. Israeli Army vehicles and helicopters are seen in an open area as they search for the
remains of a drone in the Negev southern Israel. An image (inset) made from video released by the Israeli
Defense Forces shows the downing of a drone that entered the Israeli air space. AP
SEOULNorth Korea has repaired
ood damage at its nuclear test
facility and could conduct a quick
atomic explosion if it chose, though
water streaming out of a test tunnel
may cause problems, analysis of
recent satellite photos indicates.
Washington and other quarters
are bracing for the possibility that if
punished for a successful long-range
rocket launch on Dec. 12 that the UN
considers a cover for a banned ballistic
missile test, North Koreas next step
might be its third nuclear test.
Rocket and nuclear tests unnerve
Washington and its allies because
each new success puts North Korean
scientists another step closer to
perfecting a nuclear warhead small
enough to put on a missile that could
hit the mainland United States.
Another nuclear test, which North
Koreas Foreign Ministry hinted
at on the day of the rocket launch,
would t a pattern. Pyongyang
conducted its rst and second atomic
explosions, in 2006 and 2009, weeks
after receiving UN Security Council
condemnation and sanctions for
similar long-range rocket launches.
North Korea is thought to have
enough plutonium for a handful of
crude atomic bombs, and unveiled a
uranium enrichment facility in 2010,
but it must continue to conduct
tests to master the miniaturization
technology crucial for a true nuclear
weapons program.
With an additional nuclear test,
North Korea could advance their
ability to eventually deploy a nuclear
weapon on a long-range missile,
said Daryl Kimball, executive
director of the nongovernment Arms
Control Association. AP
BANGUIThe president of
Central African Republic on
Thursday urgently called on France
and other foreign powers to help
his government fend off rebels
who are quickly seizing territory
and approaching the capital, but
French ofcials declined to offer
any military assistance.
The developments suggest
another violent change in
government, something not new
in the history of this resource-rich,
yet deeply impoverished country.
President Francois Bozize, himself
came to power nearly a decade ago
in the wake of a rebellion.
Speaking to crowds in Bangui,
a city of some 600,000, Bozize
pleaded with foreign powers to
do what they could. He pointed in
particular to France, Central African
Republics former colonial ruler.
About 200 French soldiers are
already in the country, providing
technical support and helping to
train the local army, according to
the French defense ministry.
France has the means to stop
(the rebels) but unfortunately they
have done nothing for us until
now, Bozize said.
French President Francois
Hollande said Thursday that
France wants to protect its interests
in Central African Republic and
not Bozizes government. The
comments came a day after dozens
of protesters, angry about a lack
of help against rebel forces, threw
rocks at the French Embassy in
Bangui and stole a French ag.AP
YANGON-- A hand-knit woolen sweater made by Nobel laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi has sold at an auction in Myanmar for $49,000.
A Myanmar-based radio station won a bidding war for the sweater
during an auction Thursday night held by Suu Kyis opposition
party. The bidding started at $6,000.
Suu Kyi knitted the sweater a red, green and blue V-neck almost
30 years ago when she was living in England and raising her two
children, said Ko Ni, a close aide.
She made it when she was busy working, studying and taking
care of her children, Ko Ni told The Associated Press on Friday.
She wants to send the message that people should not stay idle but
be diligent.
Suu Kyi, a 67-year-old former political prisoner and winner of the
1991 Nobel Peace Prize, has become Myanmars biggest celebrity
as the country transitions from a half-century of military rule. She is
generally guarded about the family she left behind in England. AP
ISLAMABADThe 24-year-
old son of former Pakistani Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto launched
his political career Thursday with
a ery speech before thousands of
cheering supporters observing the
fth anniversary of his mothers
assassination.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardaris speech
comes several months before national
elections are expected to be held.
He is too young to participate in the
elections himself the minimum age
is 25 but is likely to be a key asset
for the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party.
The partys popularity has plummeted
since it took power nearly ve years
ago as the country has struggled with
a weak economy and bloody Taliban
insurgency.
Zardari was made chairman of
the Pakistan Peoples Party after his
mothers death but has mainly played
a background role until now while
he completed his studies at Oxford
University in Britain.
I want to tell you that thanks to
God he has completed his studies, but
now is the time of his training, his
father, President Asif Ali Zardari, told
the crowd of supporters Thursday
in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh village in
southern Sindh province, site of the
Bhutto family mausoleum. AP
Satellite image taken Dec. 2, 2012 by Digitel Globe and distributed Dec. 28, 2012 shows the trafc ow
pattern at Pungge-ri Nuclear Test Facility in North Korea where experts suspect Pyongyang will hold
it next detonation. Analysis says the North may trigger a detonation in as little as two weeks, once a
political decision is made to move forward.AP
Bhuttos son joins politics
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Regional Offce No. V-A
EDSA, Quezon City
I nvi t at i on t o Bi d
(MST-Dec. 29, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Regional
Ofhce No. IV-A, through the FY 2013 DPWH Infrastructure Program
(based on NEP) intends to apply the sum stated hereunder to payments
under the contract for the aforementioned projects :
1. Contract ID : 12-D0-0055
Contract Name : Construction of Taal Lake Circumferential
Road (Section Laurel-Agoncillo)
inclusive of Talisay-Laurel-Agoncillo)
K0103+276.592-K0110+173.649 (I.S)
Contract Location : Batangas Province
Scope of Work : Concreting of road approaches, RCBC,
spillways, bio-engineering solution using
coconet & other related items of work
Approved Budget for the Contract : P 145,500,000.00
Contract Duration : 150 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents : P 50,000.00
Contract Name : Improvement/Widening of Tagaytay
City to Batangas City via Tuy Road
k0062+260-k0066+880.00
Contract Location : Cavite Province
Scope of Work : Road widening & other related items of work
Contract Name : Road Upgrading of Mauban-Tignoan Road
K0167+360.000-K0139+327.330
Net Length=1,967.330 L.M.
Contract Location : Quezon Province
Scope of Work : Road Concreting, drainage system, bio-
engineering solution using coconet, pavement
markings & other related items of work
Contract Name : Improvement/Widening of Marikina-Infanta
Road (Marcos Highway), Masinag, Antipolo
City k0018+900.000-k0023+660.000
Net Length=4,760.00 L.M.
Contract Location : Antipolo City
Scope of Work : Road concreting, drainage system, pavement
markings & other related items of work
Contract Name : Widening of Dumacaa Bridge & Approaches,
MSR-Lucena Diversion Road
Scope of Work : Widening of bridge & approaches,
substructures resting on steel H-pile
Contract Name : Widening of Iyam Bridge & Approaches, MSR-
Lucena Diversion Road
Contract Name : Widening of Lacawan Bridge & Approaches,
MSR-Lucena Diversion Road
Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid
opening.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Regional
Ofhce No. IV-A now invites bids for the 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 . nstruction to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures
using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the mplementing
Rules and Regulations (RR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184), otherwise
known as the "Government Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships,
or organizations with at least seventy fve percent (75%) interest or
outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from DPWH, Regional
Ofhce No. IV-A, BAC Secretariat Ofhce, EDSA, Quezon City, and
inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 A.M.
- 5:00 P.M.
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 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, Regional Offce No. V-A will hold a Pre-Bid Conference
on January 8, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. in the DPWH Region V-A Conference
Room, which shall be open to all interested parties.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on January 21, 2013 on or
before 2:00 P.M. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of
the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in TB Clause 18.
Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders representative who
choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The DPWH reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the
bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
DPWH Region V-A likewise assumes no obligation whatsoever to
compensate or indemnify any bidder or winning bidders, as the case
may be, for any expenses or loss that said party(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:
ARD ROBERTO R. BERNARDO
BAC Chairman
Attention:
Head, BAC Secretariat
DPWH, Region V-A
EDSA, Quezon City
Tel. No. 4810-277
Approved by:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO R. BERNARDO, CESO IV
Asst. Regional Director
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee

Noted by:
(Sgd.) HUILLIO B. BELLEZA, MNSA, CESO III
Regional Director
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Ofce of the RegionaI Director
Region - Cagayan Valley Region
Tuguegarao City
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-Dec. 29, 2012)
The DPWH Regional Offce No. 2 through Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contracts.
Contract ID: 12B00035
Contract Name: WIDENING/IMPROVEMENT OF PEABLANCA
-CALLAO CAVE ROAD, PEABLANCA,
CAGAYAN (AS PER PLAN)
Contract Location: PEABLANCA, CAGAYAN
Brief description of the Project: Concrete Paving
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 97,000,000.00
Contract Duration: 237 CD
procedures in accordance with RA 9184 and its Revised ImpIementing
RuIes and ReguIations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchased 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, or credit line commitment at least
equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria
in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
registration to the DPWH-CPO at least seven (7) days before the receipt and
opening of bids. The DPWH CPO will only process contractors' application
for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors
Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded
at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant time and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents Dec. 29, 2012-Jan. 21, 2013
2. Pre-Bid Conference January 7, 2013
3. Receipt of Bids January 21, 2013, 10:00 A.M.
4. Opening of Bids January 21, 2013,10:30 A.M.
Letter of Intents (LOIs) and/or applications for eligibility and latest Class
A documents are to be accepted by the BAC together with the Bids and
other relevant documents on or before the deadline for submission of bids.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the DPWH
Regional Offce No. 2, upon payment of a non refundable fee of P40,000.00.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website,
if available prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids
documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
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 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 Regional Offce No. 2 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.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MELANIO C. BRIOSOS, CESO IV
Assistant Regional Director
(BAC Chairman)

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