Rep.

Dy
Rep. Albano

Rep. Panganiban

Rep. Go

Solons propose
2 additional
congressional
districts for Isabela

Rep. Ty

Rep. Aggabao

ILAGAN CITY, Isabela The four incumbent Isabela

District Representatives along with the two Partylist
Representatives proposed the creation of additional two
districts for the province of Isabela.
Representatives
Rodolfo R. Albano III, Ana
Cristina S. Go, Napoleon S.
Dy, Ma. Lourdes Aggabao
and
Partylist
Representatives Jose T.
Panganiban and Arnel U. Ty
who introduced the

proposal stated in their

explanatory note that there
is already disproportionate
of number of constituents
in the province of Isabela.
Accordingly, Article VI,
Section 5, paragraph 3 and
4 of the 1987 Constitution

provides that, each

legislative district shall
comprise, as far
as
practicable, contagious,
compact, and adjacent
territory. Each city with a
population of at least
turn to p./ 2

Aquino, 6 others face plunder over

illegal shipment of US$141-B gold bars
MANILA - Plunder and graft charges were filed before the Office of the Ombudsman on
Friday against former President Benigno Aquino III and six others in connection with
the alleged illegal shipment of US$141-billion worth of gold bars to Thailand.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) member, lawyer Fernando Perito, and
former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) examiner Rogelio Cantoria filed the plunder
turn to p./ 2

Task Force sa kaso ni Atty. Castaneda,

malabong makausad
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela - Malabo umanong makausad ng mas mabilis sa inaasahan ang
itinatag na Special Task Force sa pagpatay kay Atty. Arland Castaneda, 38 years old ng
San Pablo, Isabela.
Ayon sa mga naiinip ng kahihintay tila wala silang inaasahan sa malagimna sinapit ng
batikang abogado dahilan sa walang kinalaman ito sa usaping illegal drugs.
Anila, mas pinaniniwalaan nila na ang double murder case ay hinggil sa usaping
pulitika kung saan, naghain ng election protest ang dating SB member na si Castaneda.
Nananatiling tikum ang mga bibig ng kaalyado ng pinaslang na opisyal at karamihan
sa mga taga San Pablo town.
Kung matatandaan, si Atty. Castaneda ay kumandidatong Vice Mayor ng nasabing
bayan subalit natalo ng ga-hiblang botong 41 votes laban sa anak ni Mayor Miro.
Kasunod nito, mismong si Atty. Arland Castaneda ang pumamlansta ng lahat ng
dokumento at mga pleading sa COMELEC upang matuloy ang election protest ng pinatay
laban sa batang dating VM Miro.
Kung magugunita, walang awang pinagbabaril sina Castaneda at kanyang driver
body guard na isang Melito Alingod,51 years old, may asawa sa mismong harapan ng St.
Paul catholic church sa kabayanan.
Gamit ng mga salarin ang ca. 9mm pistol at malapitan umanong magkasunod na binaril
sa ulo, dahilan upang mapatay ang dalawang biktima. The Patriot news, jgd

Part of the alleged illegally shipped gold bars by the Aquino government amounting to
more than US$141 billion. PNA/Sun Star

BSP lawyer: Documents on alleged shipment of gold spurious

MANILA - The chief legal
officer of the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
clarified issues linking the
central bank governor,
among others, to alleged illegal shipment of gold reserves to Thailand using an
alleged circular for the production of US dollars.
The plunder complaint,
filed by lawyer Fernando
Perito and one Rogelio
Cantoria before the Office
of the Ombudsman, alleged

that President Benigno

Aquino III and six others including BSP Governor
Amando M. Tetangco Jr.,
were involved in the alleged
illegal shipment of 3,500
metric tons of gold reserves
to Thailand.
Part of the documents
submitted to the Ombudsman is an alleged certification attached to an alleged
BSP Circular 0049 Series of
2014.
In a statement issued

by the BSP, BSP Assistant

Governor and General
Counsel Elmore Capule said
they had checked the said
document purportedly
emanating from the Office
of the Governor on a Personal and Confidential Certification of Circular No. 49
Series of 2014 on the subject of Consolidated Rules
and Regulations on the Production of the United States
of America Currency Notes.
He said a cursory

examination of the said

document readily shows
that it is spurious for the
following basic reasons:
1. The subject matter is
outside of BSPs authority
(Production of the United
States of America Currency
Notes);
2. Circular No. 49 is a
circular issued way back in
September 20, 1994, and not
2014, on a totally different
subject matter;
3. Republic Act No.

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7655 cited in item 1 supposedly as basis of the authority to produce the US dollars pertains to an Act increasing the minimum wage
of househelpers;
RA NO. 7655, otherwise known as An Act Increasing the Minimum
Wage of Househelpers,
was approved on Aug. 19,
1992.
Capule also noted that
Republic Act No. 7735
cited in item 2 supposedly
as basis for the production
of the funds pertains to an
act establishing a national
high school in Davao
(Lorenzo S. Sarmiento, Sr.
National High School).
While purporting to
be a BSP issued circular, issued by the Office of the

Governor, it is signed by
three cabinet secretaries,
the Senate President and
the Governor. Fyi, BSP
circulars are signed only by
BSP officials, he added.
Other personalities
who were included in the
complaint, are former Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas
II, former Justice Secretary
and now Senator Leila De
Lima, former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, and
former Senate President
Franklin Drilon.
The complained named
De Lima as Finance Secretary and Roxas as Secretary
of the Department of Nutrition and Local Government.
Read: Plunder raps vs PNoy
patently absurd. -Valte
PNA/Sun Star

January 2 - 8, 2017

Solons propose...
250,000, or each province
shall have at least one
representative.
The province of
Isabela, considered as the
second largest province in
the country in terms of land
area, it is politically
subdivided into three cities
and 34 municipalities, and
classified as a firist class
province is a major
contributor in the countrys
economic growth and
development being the
number one producer of
corn and second in rice
production in the country.
The province in the
2015 census conducted by
the Philippine Statistic
Authority (PSA) noted that
the total population of
Isabela is already 1,593,566,
this include the highly
urbanized city of Santiago
with a total population of
134,830.
According to the
proponent solons, each of
the
four
district
representative are now
serving an average of
318,000 constituents, which
already exceeded what the
Constitution states of at
least 250,000 per district
representatives.
The solons in their
explanatory note said that
the
disproportionate
number of constituent for
each of them hinders them
in reaching out the needs
of
their
respective
constituents as their
representatives.
The disproportionate
number of constituents for
each
District
Representative hampers the
ability to reach out and
provide
adequate
representation in Congress
and in the national
government for effective
and efficient government
services to the people of
Isabela. the explanatory
note stated.
The draft House Bill
which is due for submission
to
the
House
of

from p./ 1

Representative
for
reapportionment of the four
districts of Isabela once
approved will be divided in
the following district.
District I will compose
of the towns of Cabagan,
Delfin Albano, Divilacan,
Maconacon,
Palanan,
Tumauini, San Pablo, Santa
Mariaand Sto. Tomas.
District II will be the
towns of Benito Soliven,
Ilagan City, Naguillian, reina
Mercedes
and
San
Mariano.
District III will include
the towns of Alicia,
Cabatuan, Cauayan City
and Luna.
District IV will be the
towns of Cordon, Jones,
Santiago City and San
Agustin.
District
V
will
composed of the towns of
Aurora, Burgos, Gamu,
Mallig, Quezon, Quirino,
Roxas and San Manuel.
And District VI will be
the towns of Angadanan,
Echague,
Dinapigue,
Ramon, San Guillermo, San
Mateo and San Isidro. Jgd,
The Patriot /dzRH News

PDRRMC Isabela positibo sa hawak na

Kalasag Award 2017
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela Positibo ang buong
puwersa ng PDRRMC na
muling makokopo ang
susunod na qualifying
rounds para masundot
muli ang hawak nitong
koronang Gawad Kalasag
Outstanding provincial
disaster rescue team
nationwide.
Sa katatapos na
evaluation test sa muling
pagsabak ng Isabela
PDRRMC bilang national
qualifier nationawide
muling hinarap nina Atty.
Noel Lopez at Atty. Watu
Foronda ang national
evaluating team mula sa
NDRRMC ng Camp
Aguinaldo.
Ayon kay Atty.
Foronda,
chief
ng
DRRMO, positibo ang
kanilang pananaw na
muling mapasa-Isabela
ang koronang mahigpit
na pinag-aagawan ng
tatlong
national
qualifiers.
Itoy kinabibilangan
ng Pampanga, Dinagat

Island at ang title holderIsabela PDRRMC.

Anya ng tanungin ng
national evaluators ang
kakayahan ng PDRRMC
sakaling libong evacuees
ang nasa ibat ibang
evacuation centers at
ibang bayan sa Isabela
ang matinding tatamaan
ng parating na kalamidad
o bagyo, sinabi ni Mrs.
Lucila Ambatali na malaki
ang puwersa ng mga
volunteers sa pagdadala
ng mga relief goods,
ready to it foodstuffs
saan mang lugar sa
buong Isabela.

In fact yung sinabi

ni Mrs. Ambatali na 10
thousand food packs,
mas marami po ang
naihanda subalit, sa
katatapos na relief
operations, mahigit pa sa
20 thousand packs na ang
na-ideliver sa mga
destinations, paliwanag
ni Atty. Lopez sa mga
national
evaluating
teams.
Bagamat hindi na
pinatulan ng evaluating
team ang hamon na
madalaw din nila ang
local MDRRC sa Isabela,
inikutan din ng team mula

sa Kampo Aguinaldo ang

Isabela
Evacuation
Center na apat(4) na
palapag ang taas at ang
mga assets na heavy
equipment at mga truck
para sa mga operasyon sa
mabilisang evacuations o
force evacuation at
delivery
ng
basic
commodities sa mga
evacuation areas na
nagsilikas sa mas ligtas na
lugar.
Inaasahang umanong
mahigpit na makakalaban
ng Isabela ang lalawigan
ng Pampanga. jgd, The
Patriot /dzRH News

Aquino, 6 others face...

from p./ 1

and graft complaints

against Aquino, former
Department of Justice
(DOJ) secretary and now
Senator Leila de Lima,
former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary
Manuel Roxas II, and
Senator Franklin Drilon.
Also charged were
current BSP Governor
Amando Tetangco Jr.,
former Department of Finance (DOF) secretary
Cesar Purisima, and Treasury Department chief
dealer Lorelei Fernandez.
The complainants
said the 3,500 metric tons
(MT) of illegally shipped
gold bars, which came

from the BSP, were intercepted in the Union Bank

of Switzerland in December 2014.
They said they filed
the complaints based on
the BSP circular, which
went viral on the social
media.
The complainants
claimed that based on the
said BSP circular, more or
less 3,500 MT of gold
bars were shipped and
deposited in the Bank of
Thailand.
Cantoria and Perito
argued that the said gold
bars can still be recovered and returned to the
BSP if it went through
the legal process.

PDRRMC ISABELA EVACUATION CENTER :Isa sa maipagmamalaking advocacy ni

Isabela Governor Faustino Bojie Dy lll ang mailagay sa ligtas na kalagayan anumang
panahon na nalalagay sa balag ng alanganin ang libong evacuees sanhi ng naglalakasang
bagyo at pagbaha na pumapasok sa Isabela at Hilagang Luzon. Ipinatayo ng Dy
administration ang gusaling magsisilbing pananggalang sa mga unos tulad ng bagyo at
pagbaha. Kakayanin ng naturang gusali ang mailikas dito ang 10 libong katao at
pansamantalang pinakakain at biyayang medikal ng libre sa mga kapuspalad. Isa ito sa
criteria na naglagay sa Gawad Kalasag Award ang Isabela noong nakalipas na 2016. The
Patriot lensman, jgd
They added that
based on the alleged BSP
circular, the gold bars
weigh 12.5-kilogram per
bar and have purity of
99.999 percent.
The complainants
claimed that Aquino, De

Lima, Roxas, Tetangco,

Drilon and Purisima approved the certification
of shipment in December 2014.
The Centennial Energy Company of Thailand and the Philippine

government, during the

Aquino administration,
approved the release of
funds in exchange for the
said gold bars, which will
be used for humanitarian projects. PNA/Sun
Star

Not your usual Manila classico

THE PBA brought the most popular rivalry of professional basketball team in the
Philippines to the 55,000-seat in Bocaue, Bulacan for the million fans on Christmas day
December 25, 2016. This was the second time that the PBA scheduled this match between
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Star Hotshots (formerly Purefoods, BMeg and San
Mig Coffee) on Christmas day .
The basketball match between the rival team failed to set a new record to establish a
new record on live attendance in the same Philippine Arena after two seasons ago. Based
on crowd estimate the number of gate attendance would be in the 20,000 to 23, 000 range
which was less than half the crowd during the 2014 Season opening with estimated total
number of 52, 612 fans.
Unlike the previous Manila Classico, this time the match-up was minus James Big
Game Yap, former Star Hotshots franchise player, which might have lessened the

attendance among the fans. His match-up with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel King Mark
Caguioa was one of the most prominent match-up since they first met and represent their
respective teams.
Although with lesser crowd attendance, the excitement of the game was still intense
as the previous Manila Classico. Japeth Aguilar scored 32 points which lead Barangay
Ginebra San Miguel to past the Star Hotshot, in 86-79, during their match. The athletic 6foot-9 center used all his weapons, scoring from all sides of the court and bagging
rebounds from both boards in a sky-high performance that gave the Kings three winning
streak over the Star Hotshots in their most anticipated rivalry.
The Star Hotshots, led by Paul Lee, Marc Pingris and Allein Maliksi gave out their
solid games to give Gin Kings a hard-fought game before clinching the win. Emerson
Villanoza

Peter June Simon of Star Hotshots face-off with Mark Caguioa of Barangay Ginebra
San Miguel. Emerson Villanoza

PBA game day at Philippine Arena, Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan. Emerson
Villanoza

January 2 - 8, 2017

Legarda welcomes 70 years of PHL-France Relations

SENATOR Loren Legarda
today said she looks forward to further deepening
the ties between the Philippines and France as the
two nations commemorate
this year the 70th anniversary of the establishment
of Philippines-France diplomatic relations.
Legarda made the
statement during the meeting of Philippine Senators
with visiting French senators of the France-Southeast Asia Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group.
The Philippine Senate
recognizes the importance
of our countrys partnership with France which has
substantially complemented our nations efforts
in addressing current global challenges, said
Legarda, a founding member of the PhilippinesFrance Parliamentary

Friendship Association.
The Senator, who
chairs the Senate Committees on Climate Change and
Finance and a Global Champion for Resilience of the
United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR), thanked the
French Government for rallying nations to craft and
support the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
during the 21st Conference
of the Parties (COP21) to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
She said that the Philippines is working on its
ratification of the Paris
Agreement following the
pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte that
he will honor the Agreement after discussions with
his Cabinet.
The President is for

climate justice, he expects

a fair and equitable implementation of the Agreement. Since the Philippines
is a minor emitter of greenhouse gases but among the
most vulnerable to climate
change impacts, it must be
given technical and financial assistance to cope with
the risks. The President has
declared his support for the
Agreement and his economic team supports it as
well, Legarda said.
We hope that with
the leadership of Senate
President Koko Pimentel,
we can concur in the ratification of the climate agreement this year once the Office of the President transmits it to the Senate. We
also hope that France will
continue its role of championing climate action and
helping ensure that commitments are carried out,

especially by the developed nations to the developing climate-vulnerable

countries, she added.
Legarda also explained that the Philippines
is undertaking climate mitigation measures, particularly through the implementation of the Renewable
Energy (RE) Law, and said
that the country would
welcome RE models and
other best practices from
France.
The Senator thanked
the French Government for
its various programs with
the Philippine Government,
including the Integrated
Marine Environment Monitoring System Phase 2
(PHILO Project), currently
being reviewed by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
The project aims to
improve the Bureau of Fish-

PHL-FRANCE 70TH BILATERAL RELATIONS:Senators from the Philippines, led by Senate President Aquilino Koko
Pimentel III (5th from left), and the delegation of the France-Southeast Asia Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, led
by French Senator Grard Miquel (4th from left), meet at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila on January 9, 2017 to
discuss various programs and the two nations 70 years of bilateral relations. Also in the photo are (from left-right):
Thierry Mathou, French Ambassador to the Philippines, French Senators Bernard Saugey, Simon Sutour and JeanClaude Lenoir, Senate Pro-Tempore Franklin M. Drilon, and Senators Loren Legarda, founding member of the Philippines-France Parliamentary Friendship Association, Cynthia Villar, Juan Miguel Zubiri and JV Ejercito, and Ma.
Theresa Lazaro, Philippine Ambassador to France. Gil Nartea/Office of Sen. Loren Legarda

eries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

existing integrated
marine environment monitoring
system by ensuring that the
countrys various
conservation
laws, guidelines,
rules and regulations are complied
with and implemented in Philippine waters including its Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ) and
coastal areas via the
Regional Fisheries Monitoring Centers.
The French delegation
was headed by the Honorable Senator, Grard
Miquel, and was joined by
Senators Bernard Saugey,
Jean-Claude Lenoir, Simon
Sutour and the secretary of
their delegation, Madam
Anne-Laure Saint-Dizier.
Senate
President
Aquilino Koko Pimentel
III led the Philippine Senate delegation and was
joined by Senate President
Pro-Tempore Franklin
Drilon, and Senators
Legarda, Cynthia Villar, JV
Ejercito, and Juan Miguel
Zubiri.
French Ambassador to
the Philippines, Thierry
Mathou, Philippine Ambassador to France, Ma.
Theresa Lazaro, and Department of Foreign Affairs
Office of European Affairs
head,
Cleofe
Natividad were also
present at the meeting.
On January 25, 2017,
the French Embassy in Manila will launch the
PhilFrance: Feel French,
a year-long campaign to
celebrate the 70th year anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations
between the Philippines
and France.
Senator Legarda has
been working well with the

French
Government
through the French Embassy in the Philippines and
has been bestowed the title
of Chevalier (Knight) in the
Ordre national de la lgion
dHonneur (National Order
of the French Legion of
Honor) by the government
of France.
She sponsored the
Senates concurrence in the
ratification of the Protocol
Amending the Agreement
between the Philippine
Government and the French
Republic for the Avoidance
of Double Taxation and the
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes
on Income. It broadens the
scope of information that
may be exchanged relating
to tax administration, including bank information.
Legarda also supported the showcase of ancient Filipino artifacts during the Philippines: Archipelago of Exchanges exhibit at the Muse de Quai
Branly in Paris in 2013.
She likewise helped in
crafting the 2015 Manila Call
to Action for Climate
Change, which was signed
by President Francois
Hollande and Former President Benigno Aquino III,
which Legarda read side by
side with French actress
Marion Cotillard in
Malacaang.

Town mayor seeks help on dam contractors unpaid taxes Mamba: Cagayan is
still on rehab mode
BAYOMBONG, Nueva
Vizcaya Local officials of
Alfonso Castaneda town
are
begging
for
governments help over
the stalled payment of
taxes by the operator of
the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power
Project (CMIPP).
We have not been
paid for almost two years
now regarding our share
of the Real Property Tax
(RPT) supposed to be paid
by the contractor, said
Alfonso Castaneda mayor
Jerry Pasigian.
He was referring to
the RPT of the Casecnan
Water & Energy Company
(CWEC) which operates
the CMIPP.
He said the firm is invoking Malacaangs Executive Order (EO) 173 that

temporarily stops powerproducing companies from

paying taxes to their host
local government unit.
Pasigian said the
non-payment of their RPT
has denied their villagers
of the economic benefits
through the funding of
their programs and
projects.
We are asking President Rodrigo Duterte to
help us on this problem because of the poverty conditions He said that since
the implementation of the
EO 173, many of their tribal
folks in the six barangays
of Alfonso Castaneda
have been deprived of
their tax share which
stopped the funding of
significant development
projets and programs to
uplift
their
living

conitions.
This is the only
means we can provide our
fellow Bugkalots the assistance they deserve, being the protectors of the
watershed that supplies
huge volume of water for
the CMIPP, Pasigian said.
He also cited that the
abundance of Ludong
fish specie in the Taan and
Casecnan rivers which
waned Ludong is considered as The Presidents
fish because of its expensive value which provided
economic livelihood for
the Bugkalot tribe for
many years.
The fish is valued at
P5,000.00 a kilo in the commercial market.
A dengue epidemic
also happened in 2005 in
Alfonso Castaeda and

Dupax del Sur towns due

to the drying up of the
river.
CWEC is a subsidiary
of the Mid-American Energy Company which built
the BOT component of the
CMIPP in 1995, involving
a 26-kilometer underground transbasin tunnel
that diverts water from the
Taang and Casecnan rivers
in Nueva Vizcaya to the
Pantabangan Dam in
Nueva Ecija.
Completed in December 2001, the USD580-million BOT component guarantees an annual inflow of
800 million cubic meters of
water to Pantabangan Dam,
irrigating an additional
35,000 hectares on top of
the 102,000 hectares serviced by the Pantabangan
Dam. Ben Moses Ebreo

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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan - The province is

still on the rehabilitation process following the devastation it suffered from the wrath of the super typhoon Lawin, Governor Manuel Mamba here said.
Mamba said among the sectors affected, the agriculture concerns were immediately responded and
restored through the assistance of the Department
of Agriculture and some civil society organizations
that have reached out the farmer victims.
He said there were already several interventions
for other sectors to include social services for those
whose houses were partially and totally blown
down.
The governor, however, admitted that response
for the restoration of the destroyed houses is snailpaste due to the bureaucratic process in acquiring
and distributing construction materials.
There were 25,000 families who lost their
houses. We need to fastrack the procurement and
distribution of the needed materials to rebuild immediately their damaged houses, Mamba said.
He said there were already P26 million worth of
GI-sheets that were distributed to some beneficiaries while additional P50 million worth of construction materials will be purchased.
On infrastructure, Mamba recommended to concerned government agencies to adopt the build back
better principle to ensure that the facilities that will
be rehabilitated can withstand a category 5 typhoon.
He also expressed gratitude to the donors from
the national government, non-government organizations and private individuals who extended their
assistance for the rehabilitation of the provinces
damages. Oliver T. Baccay

OPINION

January 2 - 8, 2017

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Granted wish for De Lima

THE ethics complaint against Sen. Leila de Lima which involves
allegations against her of obstructing the proper conduct of a
congressional investigation should be an open inquiry if ever
a proceeding is held.
Majority Leader Sen. Vicente Sotto III, chairman of the
Senate ethics and privileges committee, issued statements
during the weekend that the committee is still determining
whether or not it has jurisdiction over the House petition.
Last December 12, House leaders Oriental Mindoro Rep.
Reynaldo Umali, House Majority Leader Rodolfo Farias and
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez filed a complaint against de Lima
for instructing her former security aide and alleged drug money
bagman Ronnie Dayan, who she admitted to be a former
paramour, from appearing
before a House probe on the
New Bilibid Prison (NBP)
drugs trade.
The House hearing has
invited the senator several times to the inquiry due to allegations
directed against her mainly by high-profile NBP inmates.
De Lima snubbed the entire House proceeding saying that
its purpose was mainly to humiliate her and advance the
purpose of President Rodrigo Duterte for her destruction.
The complaint, which was personally brought by Umali to
the office of Sotto, stated that premises considered, for violating
(Article 150 of the Revised Penal Code); the Rules of the
Congress, of which she is a sitting member, her Oath of Office
as a Senator of the Republic; and her disrespect for a co-equal
chamber which she called a kangaroo court, the corresponding
disciplinary measures must be imposed to penalize Sen. de
Lima for her unethical acts, conduct and behavior.
Sottos panel thus far has held one meeting which discussed
the bodys jurisdiction over the issues raised against de Lima
and whether or not it has form or substance.
Her premature whining resulted in Sottos warning that the
alternative, if a probe is decided on, would be for senators to
assemble into a committee of the whole instead of a hearing by
the panel.
Considering the weight of the allegations against de Lima,
the public should have a window into the proceeding and Sotto
is right about stating that her constant complaints would be the
impetus for a full-blown ethics inquiry by the Senate.
An open hearing is also only appropriate to appease de
Limas doubts on the leanings of her own peers through a public
proceeding. It will be a wish come true for De Lima

Is this karma?
KERWIN Espinosa, the selfconfessed drug lord, is now under
the
governments
witness
protection program and will
likely turn state witness.
Sen. Leila de Lima is facing a
frightening prospect, knowing
that Kerwin, as a state witness,
will definitely pin her down,
which is why she is again going
into hysterics, even when she has
been aware for a long time that

Kerwin would be testifying on

the P8 million that he handed her
driver-lover Ronnie Dayan for
her once the cases go to court.
Kerwins testimony in court,
along with the testimonies of a
number of prisoners involved in
the illegal drug trade in the
national penitentiary who had
testified in a House hearing that
de Lima ordered them to collect
turn to p. 5

Street Dance Competition, Hataw sa

Bambanti Festival 2017
MULING bubulaga sa pagpasok
ng
taon
ang
isa
sa
pinakasasabikang panuorin ng
libong Isabelenos sa tuwing
buwan ng Enero.
Lahat ng 36 na lungsod at
bayan sa Isabela ay preparado na
halos ang kanilang mga
gagamiting kasuutang angkup sa
temang Bambanti.
Ang Bambanti Festival ay
taunang nilalahukan ng mga
bayan sa buong Isabela at kanya
kanyang estilo ng susuuting
maka-Filipino
at
pawang
kakaiba-unique ang desinyo na
habi sa mga lokal na materyales
tulad ng balat at balahibo ng
mais, mga saha ng saging, uhay
ng palay, mga buto ng mais na
hinubog ng magagaling na
designers.
Dito natin mapapanuod ang
angking talino ng mga designers
na pawang mga Pinoy at Pinay na

kayang makipagsabayan sa mga

kilalang designers mula sa Uropa,
Inglatera,
mga
pamosong
designers mula sa Pransya etc.
etc.
Kung napanuod na natin ang
nag-level up na street dance
competition, mga parade ng
naggagalingang mananayaw na
pawang mga kabataang lalaki at
babaeng Isabelenos, mapapawow kayong lahat pero ngayong
Bambanti Festival 2017, wala
kayong itulak kabigin sa ganda
at galing ng preparasyon.
Dinadayo ang ating Bambanti
Festival na puspusang hinubog
ng magaling na Culture and Arts
icon Mr. Nilo Agustin na isa sa
matigyagang sumubaybay sa
Bambanti Festival.
Marami
ng
taon
na
namayagpag ang galing at talino
ng mga kabataang Isabelenos
sundan sa p./ 5

MARGAUX ; The Lewd , the loud and

the LOST?
WE need thinking mortals and
philosophers in governance
today... however, we have to
make laws safeguarding us from
there potential intellectual
arrogance.
There
epistemological
egotism varies from simple
grammarian to a know it all
being. They think that life is an
academic gymnastics and life
itself is a matter of higher rational
importance.
Social media was flooded
with different opinions when
Malacanang announced the 34
year old Margaux Justiniano
Uson's
aka
MOCHA
appointment to the MTRCB's
board of directors.
Democratically,many
questioned Uson's intellectual
capacity
for
the
post.
Flabbergasted as others I search
for her background and I
stumbled upon her family
genealogy.
Wikipedia post have it; Uson
was born on May 17, 1982 in
Dagupan, Pangasinan. Her
father, Oscar Uson, was a
regional trial court judge who
was assassinated on September
2002 in Asingan, Pangasinan.
Her mother, Estrellita Uson, was
a pediatrician in Dagupan. In
2010, her mother was diagnosed
with breast cancer but is now
cancer-free after undergoing
treatment.
She attended the Mother
Goose Special School System for
her elementary and high school
education and earned her
bachelor's degree in medical
technology from the University of

Santo Tomas.
She studied medicine at the
University of Santo Tomas
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
but dropped out during her
second year to pursue her musical
career full-time.
I may not know her personally
but judging from her family
background Mocha must be
somewhat exposed to thinking
mortals. Meaning she may have
a potential of her father's
prudence and her mother's
pediatric care.
I believe that her parental
pedigree when intelligently
deliberated means a potential
greatness.. ( if endowed
properly).
There are
people who
typecast artist to the role they
portray, worst can not separate
fiction from reality.
Mocha may be different on
her pronouncement on issues
affecting her and her morale,
perhaps we as conservative
hypocrites reacted so much on
her. But there is one thing we
unconsciously become the
moment
we
overdo
our
questioning on her intellectual
capacity- an intellectual arrogant
ourselves.
Well, as what they said" let
see the scattered" after all
Mocha is only one voice in a
collegial MTRCB. Let her prove
her worth.
But may I ask, with a country
with a hundred million
population ARE WE IN A
SCARCITY of a truly capacitated
person to
in government?
Hehehe

January 2 - 8, 2017

OPINION

Hustisya sa tinamaan ng ligaw na bala

WALANG ipinagkaiba ang
nangyari kay Emilyn Villanueva,
15, ng Malabon at Stephanie
Nicole Ella, 7, ng Tala, Caloocan
City. Pareho silang namatay sa
ligaw na bala. Si Emilyn ay
namatay noong Miyerkules, apat
na araw makaraan siyang tamaan
ng bala habang nanonood ng
fire-works display sa kanilang
lugar. Si Nicole ay tinamaan ng
bala noong 2012 habang
nanonood din ng fireworks
display. Parehong-pareho sila ng
kapalaran. Hanggang ngayon,
hindi
pa
nahuhuli
ang
nagpaputok ng baril na pumatay
sa dalawang bata.
Walang kasingsakit ang
nadama ng mga magulang ni
Emilyn na ayon sa mga ito ay
pangarap maging chef. Ang
pangarap na iyon ay biglang
pinutol ng bala na pinakawalan
ng isang may sa demonyong pagiisip. Sa kabila na mahigpit- na
babala at pakiusap, nagpaputok
pa rin ang de-monyo. Ayon sa
mga
nakasaksi,
biglang
bu-magsak si Emilyn at nang
isugod sa ospital, na-tuk-lasang
may tama ng bala sa ulo. Ilang
araw na comatose si Emilyn bago

tuluyang namaalam noong

Miyerkules.
Hanggang ngayon, wala pang
naaarestong
sus-pect
ang
Malabon police. Ipinaggigiitan
nila na biktima ng away si
Emilyn. Dalawang lalaki umano
ang nag-away at namaril ang isa
na siyang tumama kay Emilyn.
Pero sabi ng mga tao sa lugar,
walang nangyaring away o
barilan sa lugar. Wala raw
katotohanan ang sinasabi ng mga
pulis.
Sabi naman ni Health Sec.
Paulyn Ubial na biktima ng
indiscriminate firing si Emilyn.
Nagmula sa itaas ang bala at
bumagsak sa ulo ng dalagita na
naging dahilan ng kamatayan
nito.
Naghihintay ang taumbayan
kung pananagutin ang Malabon
police
chief
dahil
sa
indiscriminate firing sa lugar.
Sabi ni PNP chief Dir. Gen.
Ronald dela Rosa, mananagot
ang hepe ng pulisya kapag
nagkaroon ng ganitong insidente.
Mangyari kaya ito?
Ipagkaloob ang hustisya kay
Emilyn at sa iba pang biktima ng
indiscriminate firing.

Mag-asawang media kuno,

muling nambastos ng sundalo sa
Kampo Melchor dela Cruz,
nagtatalak sa kampo militar, nanakot
pang magsasampa daw ng kaso sa Ombudsman
ALAM nyo bang muntik ng
patulan ng 2 sarhento ang
dalawang mag-live in partner na
kung umasta ay saksakan ng
yabang dahilan sa hindi sila
napabilang sa nabiyayaan ng paraffle ng maraming Pamasko
noong nagpatawag ng media
night ang Kampo Melchor dela
Cruz, Gamu, Isabela?
Ayon sa ating bubuwit.
Happy birthday muna kay Allan
Nicor Dasig ng Northern Samar
na ngayon ay nasa Canada na
ang mukhang doon na daw siya
mag-stay for good kasi dinala na
siya ng kanyang Canadian
Company. Kabuwenas naman
insan ng naging kapalaran mo.
Good Luck magpakarami kasi
wala ka pang asawa, soon be
double insan my handsome cuz.
Ayon sa ating bubuwiteto
pa bidthday pa ng aking
manugang na nasa Middle East,
mga professional na nurse, anak
ng aking pamangki na Gloria
Luna Dasig, youre so lucky
people.
Happy birthday Bong Aucena,
tubong Cagayan boyz.
Ayon sa ating bubuwit,
nagtatalak itong mag-live in
partner dahilan na nabalitaan
nilang masayang kasalamuha ng
mga official members at officers
ng 5th ID Defense Press Corp ng
mga top brass ng Kampo

Melchor dela Cruz na

pinangunahan nina Brig. General
Paul T. Atal at CS Col. Madriaga
ang iba pang G-staffs nan akasing along pa naming halos 4 na
oras na kasiyahan ang nangyari.
Thanks to DPAO chief
spokesman Capt. Rowena
Abayon, masayahin, talaga
namang binusog po kami ng mga
taga Kampo.
Ang hirap kasi sa dalawang
ito, akala nila sa sarile nila sikat
na sila gayung hindi pa man
sumusikat palubog na ang
barkoeasy lang sana marunong
kayong makisama ang gusto nyo
kasi bine-beybi kayo eh hindi
naman puede kasi nga daw
palubog na kayo at walang
binatbat ang inyong asim.
Ayon sa ating bubuwitang
tatapang pa ng apog nyo, noong
sabihin nyong maghahain kayo
ng demanda sa Ombudsman,
OMG, talaga lang eh di ituloy
nyong dalawa.
Bakit miyembro ba kayo ng
5 th ID Defense Club, madalas
ba kayong maglabas sa
Balisong nyo? May bumabasa
naman bas a jaryo nyo, total
local na local ang dating black
ad white pa. grabe kayo ha!!!!!
Itong dalawang
pipitsuging ito, na akala mo
nakatapak lang sa malaking
kalabaw, sila na ay kasing

drug money for her campaign

kitty, would seal the case against
her.
Predictably, Leila went into
the same spiel of her being
persecuted.
This is not about justice. It
has nothing to do with criminal
prosecution and everything to do
with political persecution, she
said.
The government, de Lima
added, will not just resort to
fabrications but all kinds of
manipulations and that she
would be indicted while the
convicts are made state witnesses
and get a literal, real-life get out
of jail free card in exchange for
my blood! That goes to show that
this is a game for them.
Leilas act is obviously put on,
yet her hysterics hardly fly with
the general public since she
herself has placed criminals and
false witnesses in the WPP when
she was the justice secretary,
turning them into state witnesses
and giving them a jail-free
future.
Just who did she get as her
state witness, if not the Benhur
Luy, who lied though his teeth,
and manufactured evidence just
to ensure the three senators
detention for years.
Yet clearly, he was pocketing
the so-called pork funds, as his
and his familys bank accounts
had tens of millions in these
accounts, amounts that moreover
he and his family members
couldnt have earned honestly
and certainly in the case of Luy,
it was impossible for him to have
over P100 million in his bank
account, on his salary.
And just who did she get as a
witness to try and destroy her foe,
Rody Duterte, if not a self
confessed murderer of 50 people,
if not Edgar Matobato, to testify
against Rody, yet none of his
statements in the Senate was
substantiated.
The yellow media, in an
editorial, took the cudgels for
Matobato, claiming that he is a
credible witness, since he
testified against his self interest,
which is Leilas line.
Following that logic, Leila
and her yellows have no call to

claim that the testimonies of the

convicts, of Kerwin and her
former lover-bodyguard are
fabricated, since they too, were
testifying against their selfinterests.
See how fake Leilas
dramatics are?
Leila also made a clearly false
witness in Ruby Tuason a state
witness and granted her
immunity despite the fact that the
claims she made in court that she
had delivered cash in the millions
in duffel bag to then Sen. Jinggoy
Estrada in his office were all
false, as the Senate CCTV
showed.
Moreover, Tuason was clearly
involved in the Malampaya scam
and Leila never indicted her.
Evidently, this was the way
Leila came up with trumped up
charges against the political foes
of her yellow president, coming
up with false witnesses and
fabricated evidence and she now
accuses her successor in the DoJ
of doing what she she did during
her term in the DoJ and has the
chutzpah to claim that during her
term, there was no such
persecution done and that her
yellow president never did what
Rody Duterte does against her.
Her yellow president did
worse, during his stint, even
getting rid of a Supreme Court
Chief Justice, simply because
then CJ Renato Corona ruled
against his and his familys
Hacienda Luisita.
Leila knows she will be
facing the courts, and will likely
be arrested although at this time,
she is likely to get bail until such
time that the tens of millions
collected from the illegal drug
trade not just for her campaign
kitty but for the Liberal Party
campaign kitty can be traced to
several bank accounts linked to
her. Then its a full term jail time
for her for plunder.
Some would call this turn of
events karma.
Others would call it just
desserts. But whatever its
called, Leila deserves jail time
for destroying the lives of so
many through her false
witnesses and manufactured
evidence.

kung ang kahusayan sa pag-indak

at pagsayaw na naayon sa
sarileng Kultura ng mga
katutubong Gaddang, Ibanag,
Yogads, at Itawes na naghalong
Kultura at nalinang sa tamang
panahon.
Mapapapaindak ang lahat sa
saliw ng tugtugin at habang

sumasayaw ang mga contestants,

walang itulak kabigin ang bawat
miyembro ng hurado(board of
judges).
Magsisimula
ang
pagbubukas ng isang linggong
Bambanti Festival sa January 23
hanggang sa January 29, 2017.
Tiyakang dudumugin ng libolibong manunuod ang nakakaaliw na Bambanti Festival mula
umaga hanggang gabi na may
kasunod na fireworks sa
mismong
Isabela
Sports
Complex

laki ng elepante.
Hay buhay, mga kapatid,
ilang taon pa ang itatagal nyo
para magaya nyo ang estilo ni
Jun ng Brigada, gumawa muna
kayo ng inyong pangalan at
sumikat muna o kayay
makasuhan ng libel tiyak sisikat
kayong dalawa, yun bang habang
nasa loob ng piitan eh pinapapak
kayo ng nagtatabaang lamuk na
may dalang dengue.ayos di ba?
Ayon sa ating bubuwit ang
dalawang super bilib sa sarili na
media kunong sikat at
nagtatalak sa loob ng DPAO,

sana ipinakulong nyo Kapitan

Abayon sa mga 6 footer na MP
sa gate at istakeds ng tatlong
araw na walang foods ayos di
ba? Pinabitbit nyo sa guwardya
sa gate ng kampo. At saka
headline sa lahat ng jaryo at sa
Bombo ayos sana di ba sir
General Paul Atal sir?
Ang dalawang media kuno na
bumuwelta sa DPAo bakit daw
sila naimbitahan sa Christmas
party ng 5th ID Defense Press
Club ay walang iba kundi sina
Mr. J at Ms. N ng Santiago
City.

January 2 - 8, 2017

Burial plus controversy

Troy Alexander G. Miano, DPA
TRAFFIC met us as we vied for the exit of the Skyway at
the South Luzon Expressway or SLEX near the Magallanes
Interchange in Makati City. As I searched Google for the
reason behind the bumper to bumper traffic, we realized
that we were caught at the tail end of a rally denouncing
the secret burial of the countrys former dictator. After four
gruelling hours crawling at EDSA, we reached the bottle
neck at the People Power Monument near Camp Aguinaldo
in Quezon City. Former President Ferdinand Marcos burial
at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City sparked
protest from all sectors of society in the streets and in
social media.
Teaching history subjects at the University of La
Salette and Isabela State University not so long ago,
refreshed my memory on instances in our past when
burying the dead became controversial. A similar secret
burial happened in our history over a hundred years ago
when the Spaniards had secretly buried Rizals remains in
Paco Cemetery to prevent a cult of martyr-worship. Dr. Jose
Rizal was tried before a court-martial for rebellion, sedition,
and conspiracy, was convicted on all three charges, and
sentenced to death and the rest is history.
Another episode in Philippine history about burying
the dead was the Dagohoy Rebellion which occurred in
Bohol during the Spanish Era. The insurrection was ignited
by polo y servicios (forced labor), bandala, excessive tax
collection and payment of tributes. On top of these
injustices of the friars, what triggered Francisco Dagohoy
(baptized as Francisco Sendrijas) most was the refusal of
Fray Gaspar Morales, Jesuit curate of Inabanga, to give a
Christian burial to his brother Sagarino who
died in a duel in 1744. This caused Dagohoy
to call upon his fellow Boholanos to raise
arms against the oppressors, killed Morales,
defeated the Spanish forces sent against him
and established the Bohol Republic on
December 20, 1745. The rebellion outlasted
twenty Spanish governors-general and
several missions.
Over a century earlier in Cagayan Valley,
the indigenous Gaddangs of Pilitan, now a
barangay of Tumauini town in Isabela
province, assassinated encomendero Luis
Enriquez in 1608 because he treated the
Irrayas with so much severity. The natives
thrust him through with a lance. Enriquez,
though not clearly narrated by historians, was
boned and was not given a proper Christian
burial.
Marcos died on September 28, 1989 and
was buried today with full military honours,
however, the stigma of his administration were
not buried with him and will forever be part of

Christmas Shopping
...continuation
SURELY God is a great Giver. Mankind can learn a
lot about giving from Him.
John tells us that God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
Jesus told the woman at the well, If thou knewest
the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give
me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and
he would have given thee living water. (John 4:10)
Paul states, He that spared not his own
Sonshall he not with him also freely give us all
things? (Rom. 8:32)
Paul said to the Ephesians, For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God. (Eph. 2:8)
I say with Paul, Thanks be unto God for his
unspeakable gift. (2 Corinthians 9:15)
If you are looking for the perfect gift for that
someone special make sure you buy a
Personal Gift. When we shop our gift should be
a personal gift. We are not shopping for ourselves.
You see, you must buy the person you are shopping
for a personal gift. A gift that fits the person you are
shopping for.
God gave a personal gift by giving his son to die
for our sins (John 3:16). He came for everyone. He
came for you! He did not just come for the rich. He
did not just come for the poor. He did not just come
for white people or black. He did not just come for
people from the United States. He came for everyone.
Red, yellow, black or white. The gift of Gods son
was for you. He came and died for you personally.
When he came to this earth he became human. He
didnt have to. He was God. When he lived here on
earth he was completely human. He felt heartache.
He knew loneliness. He was tempted. He longed for
companionship. He felt hunger. He knew what it
was like to be tempted by women. When he left his

our nations history a tragedy for the victims of Martial

Law but a victory for the Marcoses.
After Rizals execution on December 30, 1896, his sister
Narcisa toured all possible gravesites outside Intramuros
(old Manila) and found freshly turned earth at the cemetery
with guards posted at the gate. Assuming this could be the
most likely spot, there never having any ground burials,
she made a gift to the caretaker to mark the site RPJ,
Rizals initials in reverse. The bones were later transferred
to the house of Rizals sisters Josefa and Trinidad in
Bonondo, Manila. On the 14th death anniversary, the urn
containing Rizals bones and other souvenirs were interred
at the base of his monument in Rizal Park.
Because of the denial of a Catholic burial for Dagohoys
brother, the longest rebellion in Philippine history which
lasted from January 24, 1744 to August 31, 1829, a total of
85 years, took place with hundreds of Dagohoys followers
preferred death inside the cave-headquarters in
Magtangtang in Danao town than surrender. Their
skeletons still remain in the site.
Double tragedy for encomendero Enriquez for aside
from being assassinated by the natives, his remains was
desecrated. In the book entitled Cagayan Valley and
Eastern Cordillera 1581-1898 authored by Fr. Pedro V.
Salgado, OP, revealed that his shin-bones were used to
make steps to go up the house of the Irraya chief.
Controversy after death is a sorry experience for the
family of the departed. Burying the dead is a sacred duty
and it is a tragedy if ones burial is deprived, kept and
questioned.

KAPALARAN
ni Juan Dela Cruz

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22)

Makakatikim
ka
ng
masayang
pakiramdam sapagkat lingid sa iyong
kaalaman may isang grupong tatanaw ng
utang na loob. Buwenas na numero 33,
21, 2, 10, 14 at 16 buwenas na mga araw
Martes at Miyerkoles.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December
21) Lapitan mo sila kung kinakailangang
makipagbati para mabura na ang
masamang tinginan, mas luluwag ang
saloobin. Buwenas na numero 7, 33, 21,
2, 19 at 1 buwenas na mga araw Lunes at
Sabado.
CAPRICORN(December 22-January) 19)
May napupusuan kang taong gusto mong
ligawan, pero mukhang may pumipigil sa
kilos mo. Buwenas na numero 8, 3, 21, 5,
14, at 29 buwenas na mga araw Linggo at
Huwebes.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18)Huwag mong suyuin ang taong ayaw
makinig sa magandang payo baka ka lang
mapundi sa bandang huli. Buwenas na
numero 5, 4, 21, 29, 2, at 7 buwenas na
mga araw Lunes at Sabado.
PISCES (February 19-March 20)Masayang
malungkot ang susunod mong mga buwan
kailangan mo lang ng malalimang pangunawa. Buwenas na numero 4, 13, 20, 9,
at 14 buwenas na mga araw Martes at
Biyernes.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Parang
masiglang tagpo ang lalapit sa buhay mo
kung may katapat kang pakinabang,
makialam kung marapat ang na
pakialaman. Buwenas na numero 17, 4,
22, 10, 37 at 5 buwenas na mga araw
Linggo at Sabado.

earthly fathers carpenter shop I am sure that he probably thought, maybe I should wait, I could do it
later-I am sure that he did not want to leave the comfort of home for what he knew was going to come.
Maybe he thought that maybe he should come back
and die for another generation when crosses where
out of style.
We dont like to think of Jesus in the human. We
dont like to think about God being hungry. God being tempted by a woman. It almost seems sacrilegious. But he was completely human. The nails hurt
his hands just like they would hurt yours. So why
did he do it? He did it because he looked across time
and he saw you. He saw your heart; he saw how you
needed a Savior. So he gave the gift of himself.
His gift is personal He gave Himself for each
and every one of us. So, make sure you buy a personal gift this Christmas, but may I also suggest that
you purchase a
Practical Gift. When we go Christmas shopping
for those we love, it doesnt have to be the best or the
most expensive gift, as the old saying goes its the
thought that counts. (Which Ive never really understood because if I told my wife I thought about
buying her something for Christmas and then
didnt) Our gifts should be practical, not as the
one lady said to her husband, this year lets give
each other more practical gifts like socks and fur
coats.
You know what its like to get a gift that you
really dont want or cant use. You see them in the
stores. All of us have got them. The stores are full of
junk gifts. You know, the kind of stuff you buy
because you dont know what to buylike a life size
singing deer head to hang on your wall the thing
costs $100!!! Some people buy gifts like fruit cake.
What can you use fruit cake for?? You cant eat it,
its so nasty. I heard one man say fruit cake was so
bad he tried to give it to his dog but he wouldnt eat
it, so finally he discovered that it makes a great door
stop.
Jesus has given us the most practical gift of all,
eternal life for those who turn to him. It is something
that we all need. It is something that we all must
have. Without it we die and go to hell. With it, we
live eternally. How much more practical could you
get?
...to be continued

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Magpalabas

ka ng pera kung sigurado kang babalik
ng tama at hindi ka maguguyo ng ilang
mapanlinlang. Buwenas na numero 18, 4,
33, 7, 2, at 10 buwenas na mga araw
Miyerkoles at Huwebes.
GEMINI (May 21-June 22) Kung sasabit
ka sa isang transakyun ay ikaw ang
sisihin, sana magsilbing aral, dumulog ka
sa mga otoridad kung plano mong
lumaban. Buwenas na mga numero 4, 31,
20, 8, 13 at 6 buwenas na mga araw
Biyernes at Linggo.
CANCER (June 23-July 22) Meron ka
pang malakas na barahang alas kung nais
mong makabangon huwag mawalan ng
pag-asa, babangon kang muli. Buwenas
na mga numero 14, 27, 5, 41, at 16
buwenas na mga araw Miyerkoles at
Sabado.
LEO (July 23-August 22) Mahlig ka man
sa mga makikinang na alahas, kung hindi
naman bagay sa bulsa mo at katawan,
kalimutan mo na lang, huwag mainggit.
Buwenas na numero 7, 4, 31, 20, 1 at 18
buwenas na mga araw Sabado at Martes.
VIRGO (August 23-September 23) Mas
masarap ang pakiramdam kung tuloy ang
magandang
samahan
ng
iyong
kasintahan, huwag marupok baka ka
malagay sa nakakahiyang pagsasama.
Buwenas na numero 8, 4, 12, 22, 31, 29 at
5 buwenas na mga araw Martes at
Huwebes.
LIBRA (September 24-October 23) Tama
at nasa matuwid kang direksyun, mas
daig ng masipag ang maagap, isang
kasabihang dapat mong sundin, may
kapalit na magarang sasakyan sa mas
malapit na hinaharap. Buwenas na
numero 14, 27, 17, 9, at 4 buwenas na mga
araw Lunes at Sabado.

January 2 - 8, 2017

Palace to Comelec: Disclose result of data breach probe

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) should release the result of its investigation on
the data heists that resulted in the theft of over 55 million personal records from the poll
bodys website, Malacaang said on Friday.
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the Comelec should clear its name
over the so-called Comeleak, the massive breach in the electorates database before the
2016 elections.
We exhort that Comelec release a report of an investigation it conducted on the data
leak, if any, to maintain the credibility of the constitutional body and uphold the integrity
of the electoral process, Andanar said in a statement.
Comelec should come clean and hold itself accountable for the millions of data that
became susceptible to risks such as identity theft and fraud, he added.
Andanar issued the call following the recommendation of the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to file criminal charges against Comelec chairman Andres Bautista and the
poll body itself for the theft of millions of voters personal records.
While he made the appeal, Andanar lauded the NPC for taking the side of the people
whose privacy has been violated.
Based on one of the findings of the NPC, Bautista was criminally liable for the
cybersecurity breach.
The NPC found that Bautista was guilty of gross negligence in terms of instituting
a data protection policy that could have prevented Comeleak.
The wilful and intentional disregard of his (Bautistas) duties as head of agency,
which should know or ought to know, is tantamount to gross negligence, said the NPC.
The lack of clear data governance policy, particularly in collecting and further processing of personal data, unnecessarily exposed personal and sensitive information of
million[s] of Filipinos, it added.
Andanar said the incident, described as one of the worst breaches of a governmentcontrolled database, was an issue that simply cannot be swept under the rug.
Comelec must not only protect the vote but it must protect the voter as well, he
said. Let us put an end to election-related maneuverings and ensure that any attempt to
subvert the peoples will, no matter how sophisticated, will not succeed. Sunnex/Sun
Star

Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista

5 dead, 8 hurt in shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport; gunman in custody

FIVE people were killed and
eight injured Friday after a
gunman opened fire in the
baggage area of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida
and a suspect was arrested

shortly thereafter without

incident by Broward
County sheriffs deputies.
The gunman, identified
in various news reports as
Esteban Santiago, 26, is a
member of the U.S. Army

Image of Fort Lauderdale Intl Airport shooting suspect

Esteban Santiago

National Guard, according

to news reports.
He allegedly checked a
handgun in his luggage and
then retrieved it at the Terminal 2 baggage claim.
Santiago reportedly
loaded the gun in a bathroom then came out and
opened fire shortly before
1 p.m. He lived in Anchorage, Ala., from 2014 to 2016.
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Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel declined to
identify the suspect or confirm any details surrounding Santiago saying only
that a suspect was arrested
without incident.
We have the shooter
in custody, Israel told reporters. Hes unharmed.
No law enforcement
fired any shots.
Israel said that the suspect was being interviewed
by FBI agents and local authorities.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International remained closed late Friday
afternoon as authorities
completed their investigation.
Passengers were not
allowed to leave the airport
thousands were scat-

Bloody Christmas Day killing

REINA
MERCEDES,
Isabela - One concerned
citizen reported Reina
Mercedes Ploice Station
thru cellular phone call informing that a certain
Miguel Datuin, 53 years old,
single, unemployed, a native of Leyte and presently
residing at Brgy Tallungan,
Reina Mercedes, Isabela
was found dead on his bed
in a extended room.
Said crime was later
found out at the house of
Marcela Acob y Clemente,
65 years old, widow, Filipino
also a resident of said place.
Acted on the report, said
Police Station responded
and called the assistance of

PNP Crime Laboratory,

Cauayan City, Isabela, to
conduct crime scene processing.
Initial investigation
disclosed that according
to Marcela Acob owner of
the said house, Miguel
Datuin and her daughter
Nena Fe Pattaui y
Clemente, 55 years old,
separated, laborer, Filipino
also a resident of same
place who happened to be
the live-in partner of the
victim had a heated argument at about 12:00 noon
to 5:00 pm of December 25,
2016 inside of their extended room.
Allegdly, Nena Fe

Pattaui got a piece of mahogany wood branches

and hit the head of the
victim several times which
caused injury. Earlier allegedly at night, the victim went to sleep on his
bed room however, at
about 7:30 am of December 26, 2016, said victim
was found lifeless lying on
his bed by his live-in partner, with bloody head.
The cadaver now lies
at Carbonel Funeral Homes
in Cauayan City, Isabela for
autopsy. Case under investigation while said suspect
is under manhunt by police
operatives. PIO Isabela
PNP, Ilagan City.

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tered on the tarmac being

removed from numerous
flights nor were planes
allowed to depart or land.
Were at the beginning stages, Israel said.
Thats what this is all
about.
Israel said that he
could not yet say whether
the shooting was an act of
terror.
I cant say that there
was a viable threat, the
sheriff told reporters. We
have to clear the airport.
Its a common-sense
approach.
He also declined to
give any information on the
victims or the injured, pending proper notification.
At this point, it looks
like he acted alone, Israel
said.
Mark Gale, the airports

director, said that the terminals are very full.

Our passengers are
sheltered in place. We are
working to get them released systematically terminal by terminal to make sure
folks are able to exit safely.
Gale told reporters that
he could estimate how many
people were in the terminal
when the shooting began
but that as many as 80,000
to 100,000 passengers come
through the airport every
day.
Were going to go
again very methodically before making any decisions
and releasing additional
passengers on top of those
already still in the facility,
he said.
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson
said that Santiago was carrying a military ID and that

authorities were determining whether it belonged to

him or to someone else.
He called the baggage
claim area a soft target
because it is outside the
range of TSA officers.
The best deterrence
is the dog, he told Brooke
Baldwin on CNN. After
the German shooting a
year ago, we doubled
those dog teams.
The problem is you
cant have enough dog
teams for all the airports
and all the crowds that we
have, Nelson said.
The scene at Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood International was one of
chaos and panic, as terrified passengers quickly
fled from where the gunshots were being fired.
Newsmax.com

SC rejects petition questioning

jurisdiction of Marcos burial case
THE Supreme Court (SC)
has denied a petition that
questioned its authority to
allow the burial of the late
president
Ferdinand
Marcos at the Libingan
ng mga Bayani. In the SCs
session on Tuesday, SC
spokesperson Theodore
Te said the high court
denied outright the
petition dated November
22 filed by petitioner
lawyer Conrado Manicad.

Manicads
petition
questioned the jurisdiction
of both President Rodrigo
Duterte and the SC to
decide on the Marcos burial
issue. Voting 9-5-1, the
Supreme Court in a ruling
dated
November
8
dismissed all the petitions
seeking to stop the
governments plan to bury
the late strongman at the
heroes cemetery in Taguig
City.

The Marcos family

and the military on
November 18 surprised
the nation after it
proceeded with the burial,
despite the lack of finality
of the SCs decision. Still
pending before the SC are
the petitions filed by the
human rights violation
victims during the Martial
law to exhume Marcos
remains at the LNMB.
Sunnex/Sun Star

Over 700 college grads employed

under DOLE-GIP
CABARROGUIS, Qurino Some 717 graduates from various institutions here were hired
under the Government Internship Program of the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) for the second semester of 2016.
The selected GIP beneficiaries were assigned in different national government agencies, local government units, including schools, hospitals, Rural Health Units, and other
agencies.
The beneficiaries worked for a minimum of three months and a maximum of four
months and were paid 75 per cent of the total minimum wage which is equivalent to
P225.00 per day.
The program was allocated with P22,104,000.00 from the Special Program Fund of
Congressman Dax Cua.
The GIP is a program of the national government that enables young graduates to be
trained in government service and to earn experiences for their chosen careers.
Meanwhile, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager Gregorio dela Pea
said, they have to finish all the liquidation reports before accepting applicants for this
year. Thelma C. Bicarme

Street dance competition, hataw sa Bambanti Festival 2017 read Viewpoint

Puspusan ang pag-eensayo ng mga kabataang haharap at sasayaw sa pagbubukas ng taunang Bambanti Festival 2017 sa darating na January 23 to January 29, 2017. The Patriot
lensman, jgd

Isabela drug rehab center

nears completion
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela A drug rehabilitation center
in this province is now nearly ready to accommodate drug
dependents regionwide, an official of the Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG) here said.
Elpidio Durwin, DILGprovincial director here,

said based on their recent

assessment, the Regional

Drug
Rehabilitation
Center,
located
at

Barangay San Antonio in

this city, is expected to
start accommodating drug
addicts here and in nearby
provinces later this
month.
Durwin said the multimillion drug rehab center,

aside from providing

treatment and counselling
programs
for
drug
dependents, will also
serve as a mechanism to
re-integrate
drug
dependents into the
society.

The DILG official said

they will request no less
than President Rodirgo R.
Duterte
himself
to
inaugurate the said drug
rehabilitation
and
treatment facility. Merlito
G. Edale Jr.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Isabela Comelec headed by Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Manuel Monching Castillo, Jr. on the rush for voters
registration this year. With them is The Patriot publisher Joe G. Dasig. The Patriot lensman, Philip A. Mariano

This is to inform the public that MS.

MARY JANE C. QUIONES, the former
Sales Representative, whose picture
apprears above, is no longer connected with DWIGHTSTEEL BUILDING
SYSTEMS INC. effective immediately.
Any transactions entered into by
her in behalf of the company after the
date given shall no longer be be honored by and will not be accountability
of DWIGHTSTEEL BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.