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Spurious checks intended for ghost cops
Panatag bound. The BRP Corrigidor is loaded with food and
supplies in Zambales in preparation for a long-term deploy-
ment at the Panatag Shoal. DANNY PATA.
Where the sun sets. Filipinos treasure the beautiful sunset on Manila Bay, particularly the vantage point at the Baywalk area along Roxas Boulevard. A developer wants to turn it into a reclamation area for com-
mercial purposes.
Fake PNP check
scam uncovered
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CIDG investigator Allan Acidilla said the com-
plaints against the checks, which were being used
to pay for goods in retail stores and supermarkets
or being sold at 30 percent of its value, havd been
going on for some time.
But thousands of checks were recovered from a
Land Bank branch within Camp Crame following
a complaint from the branch manager, who sus-
pected a scam and asked for assistance, Acidilla
said.
When I checked the names of the police of-
cers on the checks, there was no record of them in
the roster of [police] personnel, he said.
Police ofcials have been hounded for years
by complaints against fake National Police checks
paid to supermarkets and groceries and later on not
honored by banks. So far, they have failed to trace
the origin of the checks or to stop their issuance.
Land Bank, the ofcial police depository bank,
has the sole authority to print the National Polices
checks. Genuine checks have security features to
prevent fraud.
Acidilla, who has been assigned to track down
the syndicate responsible for the proliferation of
fake police checks, said a big number of checks
had been issued to a certain SPO2 Zenaida M. So-
riano, which turned out to be an alias.
Acidilla said a complaint was recently led
with the Catarman Police in Catarman in Northern
Samar about fake police checks being paid to su-
permarkets, but he still had to investigate it.
I have to go there and ask around, he said.
I am hoping the supermarkets have close circuit
TVs that can capture the faces of persons respon-
sible for using fake PNP checks to buy goods.
A Land Bank ofcial said the spurious checks
being deposited in the names of police personnel
were not being cleared by the bank because they
HONG KONGA Filipino
domestic won permission
Friday to take her ght for
permanent residency in
Hong Kong to its top court,
hoping for a landmark rul-
ing that would let thousands
of other foreign maids settle
in the southern Chinese -
nancial center.
Lawyer Mark Daly said a
three-member panel of High
Court judges allowed his cli-
ent, Evangeline Banao Valle-
jos, to appeal their decision
in March upholding Hong
Kongs denial of permanent
INDONE-
SIAN mili-
tant Umar
Patek was
convicted of
murder and
sentenced to
20 years in
prison for
his role in
making the explosives used in
the October 2002 bombings on
the resort island of Bali that
killed 202 people.
Judge Encep Yuliadi, chair-
man of the panel that presided
over the trial in Jakarta, said
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE government has allotted
funds to buy artillery to rearm
the second Hamilton-class cut-
ter that was sold by the United
States government to the
Philippines without its
weapons system,
Navy chief Vice
Admiral Alexander Pama
said Friday.
The US government
had agreed to sell the
cutter but stripped
it of its artillery
such as mis-
siles, search
radars and
a close-in
weapons system, leaving only a
76mm gun attached to the ship.
The government, through De-
fense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin
and Foreign Affairs Secretary
Albert del Rosario, had appealed
to their counterparts in a recent
visit to the US to retain the weap-
ons system and restore the same
Manila Bay
reclamation
project hit
SPORTS A10
Jordan ministry says
Atyani is kidnapped
CJ nominee questions
councils composition
Navy to rearm 2nd US-made cutter
PH maid appeals HK
residency to top court
Bali bomber
sentenced to
20 yrs in jail
DOLPHY
Dolphy gets
pneumonia
once more
Boat ride. President Aquino inspects
the Napindan Hydraulics Flood Con-
trol Structure along the Pasig River.
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
FORMER Manila mayor Lito Atienza on Fri-
day vowed to seek the help of President Be-
nigno Aquino III and to exhaust all legal rem-
edies to stop the reclamation of 148 hectares of
Manila Bay.
We will write a letter to the President to
save Manila Bay from being salvaged, Atien-
za told reporters in a press conference at the
G-Hotel in Manila.
Atienza said the new ordinance was passed
By Joyce P. Paares
JORDANS Foreign Min-
istry on Friday said Al Ara-
biya reporter Baker Atyani
had been kidnapped in the
Philippines, but Malacaang
insisted that the Jordanian
went to a jungle hideout of
Abu Sayyaf bandits in Pat-
icul, Sulu, voluntarily, and
apparently to interview them
for a documentary.
Jakarta-based Atyani, 43,
Dubai-based Al-Arabiya
TVs bureau chief for Asia,
had gone to Sulu with his
Filipino crew Ramelio Vela
and Rolando Letrero.
We have information that
he went there voluntarily.
There seems to be no indica-
tion to the contrary, deputy
presidential spokeswoman
Abigail Valte said.
From where we stand,
the situation remains the
same. There is no ransom
demand.
Still, the the Jordanian
Foreign Ministry said it now
considered Atyani as having
been kidnapped.
Foreign Ministry spokes-
man Sabah Rafei, who was
quoted in the Jordan Times
newspaper, said efforts were
now being undertaken to se-
cure Atyanis release.
Efforts exerted via the
Jordanian Embassy in Tokyo
and our consul in Manila
have conrmed that Atyani
was kidnapped, Refei said.
We are following up on
THE condition of comedian Dol-
phy remained in critical condition
and he was battling pneumonia
again, his son Eric Quizon said
Friday.
Theyre now administering
antibiotics again, and that makes
him groggy, Quizon said.
Hopefully, he survives this.
Dolphy, 83, was taken to
the Makati Medical Center on
June 9 as a result of pneumonia,
which he has been battling for
11 months.
From last night up to now
his vitals were okay, so it [the
dialysis] helped, Quizon said.
By Rey E. Requejo
A NOMINEE for chief justice on
Friday questioned the composition
of the Judicial and Bar Council, the
body tasked to make a shortlist of
candidates to the judiciary for sub-
mission to the President.
Former solicitor general
Frank Chavez, a nominee, said
that, according to the Constitu-
tion, the council should only
have seven members and not
eight as it now had.
He said Section 8 of Article VIII
of the Constitution provided that
there should only be a representa-
tive of the Congress-not one for
each chamber.
When the Constitution uses
the phrase a representative of
the Congress, it is all too clear
to require interpretation that there
should only be one representative
from Congress, Chavez said in a
letter to the council.
Under the present set-up, why
do we have two representatives
from Congressone from the
House of Representatives and one
from the Senate?
Chavez also questioned the
councils practice where one vote
is given to each of the ex-ofcio
members from the two chambers
of Congress.
If the chief justice, as ex-ofcio
chairman, casts his vote on an issue
presented before the JBC, then we
have the possibility of an impasse
because we have an 8-member
body. In such a case, who will be
the tie-breaker? Chavez said.
He said the error in the coun-
cils composition might throw
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INVESTIGATORS acting on a request from a bank man-
ager recovered checks amounting to millions of pesos in-
tended to fund the salaries and allowances of ghost employ-
ees of the National Police, the Criminal Investigation and
Detection Group said on Friday.
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PUMP prices could drop for
the 12th consecutive week next
week as a result of the continu-
ing softening of world oil pric-
es, a distributor said Friday.
Yes, we will have a rollback
and determine [by how much] by
Sunday, Eastern Petroleum chair-
man Fernando Martinez said.
Prices have gone down
again.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene
Almendras declined to say
whether another oil price roll-
back was in the ofng, but con-
rmed that international prices
continue to soften.
The Energy Department
said the price of Dubai crude
remained below the hundred-
dollar level as of June 19.
The agency said oil prices
were skipping because inves-
tors and traders were looking
forward to the results of the
meeting of the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
and the elections in Greece.
Traders were looking for any
changes in OPECs production
schedule given that the markets
appeared to be oversupplied,
the department said. Alena
Mae S. Flores
AN OLD government program
that gives out-of-school youth or
dropouts a chance to nish school
is now giving tribal and village
leaders in Davao del Sur a second
chance at earning a diploma that
comes with a non-professional
civil service eligibility.
Our pilot program is in Ki-
blawan, Davao del Sur, particu-
larly in its [villages] such as
Kimlawis, Bulol-salo, Tacub,
Balasiao, Bagong Negros, Pa-
sig, Cogon-Bacaca, and Kisu-
lan, said Helen Arancon, the
Education Departments Alter-
native Learning System super-
visor in Davao del Sur.
It is common in Kimlawis
and the surrounding communi-
ties to have tribal and [village]
ofcials who do not have basic
education.
Since they have been elected,
it is the governments duty to
equip them with basic education
so they can carry their mandates
efciently.
Kimlawis is part of an ances-
tral domain being claimed by
a Blaan tribe. The Blaan tribes
have at least 13,000 members
and they have claims have an-
cestral domain claims over parts
of South Cotabato and Davao
del Sur. In Kimlawis alone,
there are about 500 households
with about 40 percent belonging
to the Blaan tribe.
A private mining company,
Sagittarius Mines Inc., has pro-
vided us with an initial P3.3 mil-
lion, and this will cover 645 tribal
and [village] ofcials in Kibla-
wan, Arancon said.
What is unique with this
program is that its curriculum
or module is parallel to that of
a formal education, and once
completed it comes with a non-
professional civil service eligi-
bility recognized by the Civil
Service Commission.
This means they have a diplo-
ma and they have a certicate that
allows them to perform govern-
ment service.
Arancon says Sagittarius
Mines continues to support
them on an education program
that integrates basic formal
education with indigenous
knowledge and practices cater-
ing to 375 adults and out-of-
school youth in Kiblawan.
Mining rm helping to educate tribal and village leaders Diesel,
gas may
fall again
Accessible to all. The SM Cares Program on Disability Affairs recently had a ceremonial people with
disability sticker installation at the SM North Edsa. The stickers will also be installed in all the SM malls
that have received commendations from the Apolinario Mabini Awards because they are accessible to
the disabled. Shown above are architects Jimmy Silva of the United Architects of the Philippines and Rizal
Morales of the Transport Department, both of who are advocates of the rights of handicapped people.
Dolphy...

The other day, before he
underwent dialysis, there was
uid in his lungs, so the dialysis
helped in ushing out the ex-
cess uid in his body.
Also last night his blood
test results were at 9.2. Its
good because I think the nor-
mal count should be 10. The
internal hemorrhage was un-
der control.
Of course, hes still not out
of critical stage. Thats why I
said in that short brief moment
when he opened his eyes we
were ecstatic, but then again
when the medication took ef-
fect, he went back to sleep.
In our family, things like this
have always given us hope. In
the last ve years we had gone
through the same scary situa-
tion, but it would always end
up with him being okay. It has
been really a roller-coaster ride
for the family.
Quizon said he preferred to
avoid making any more state-
ments to the media.
There are no major devel-
opments, so Id relay whatever
you want to know by text, he
said.
This way, we will be given
the privacy that the family
needs very badly. Isah V. Red
CJ...
into question its previous deci-
sions.
He acknowledged that his
letter could jeopardize his
chances of being selected by
the council as it called into
question the membership of
Senator Francis Escudero and
Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas on the
council.
I know that this letter-query
may earn the ire or provoke ad-
verse reaction from the JBC it-
self or its members affected by
it, Chavez said.
But that is not important to
me. It does not bother me a bit
as I am not seeking the posi-
tion. What matters most to me
are the Constitution and our
laws---above everyone and ev-
erything else.
Lawyer Jose Mejia, an ex-of-
cio member representing the
academe, said the council will
discuss the Chavez letter in a
regular meeting on Monday.
Its been the rule, and thats
not for me to answer. Lets wait
for the council, Mejia said
when sought for comment.
Section 8 (1) of Article VIII
of the Constitution provides
that the JBC should be com-
posed of the chief justice as ex-
ofcio chairman, the secretary
of Justice and a representative
of the Congress as ex-ofcio
members and four regular
members composed of a repre-
sentative of the Integrated Bar,
a professor of law, a retired
member of the Supreme Court,
and a representative of the pri-
vate sector.
For more than a decade, rep-
resentatives of the Senate and
the House of Representatives
have alternately represented
Congress on the council and
shared one vote. But the setup
changed in 2001 during the
term of Chief Justice Hilario
Davide Jr. as then ex-ofcio
chairman of JBC, when they
were given one vote each.
On Friday, another magis-
trate of the high court, Associ-
ate Justice Bienvenido Reyes,
declined his nomination, say-
ing he would rather defer to a
more senior justice to take the
top post.
THE Department of Public
Works and Highways on Friday
adopted for its theme Fight Cor-
ruption for the Nation to com-
memorate its 114th anniversary
celebration today, Saturday.
Public Works Secretary Rog-
elio Singson led the celebration
through a thanksgiving mass
and the awarding of recognition
to the departments retirees and
those who have served it for 40
years.
The highlight of todays cele-
bration is a fun run, Run Against
Corruption, starting from the
Mendiola Peace Arc and ending
at the departments main ofce in
Port Area, Manila.
We want to send a strong
message to our people that it is
not business as usual in the [de-
partment], Singson said.
The [departments] commu-
nity is now guided by the policy
of right project, right cost, right
quality, right on time in imple-
menting our projects.
Singson said that since July
2010 under the Aquino admin-
istration, his department had
been undergoing a Transfor-
mation Program and had taken
bold steps to realize the desired
change.
He urged his ofcials ofcials
and employees to continue build-
ing quality infrastructure as the
department was now reaping
signicant milestones in terms of
good governance, transparency
and accountability.
Public Works celebrates
114
th
anniversary today
Jordan...
the case in order to secure his
safe release.
President Benigno Aquino
III earlier said the government
would likely ban Atyani from the
Philippines once he nished his
documentary on the Abu Sayyaf.
He has to answer a lot of
questions: Why are you in
touch with a terrorist force in
the country and why did you
purposely mislead the govern-
ment authorities who were try-
ing to secure you? the Presi-
dent had said.
That [the ban] would seem
to be the action that we would
eventually take... At the end of
the day, this guy has to address
issues as to why he has put so
many people in danger and the
countrys reputation in danger
as well.
Interior chief Jesse Robredo
said the government had already
established contact with Atyani
and conrmed he was safe and
taking responsibility for the two
Filipino crew he had brought
with him.
Robredo said there would be
no search-and- rescue operations
for Atyani as the government had
adopted a wait-and-see stance
until they resurfaced.
He is taking his sweet time
when he wants to resurface, Ro-
bredo said. With Sara Susanne
D. Fabunan
Navy...
artillery that were also removed
from the rst cutter, but their re-
quest was denied.
Well, we cannot demand. We
[can only] ask if its possible, and
we also understand that they also
have their regulations to follow,
Pama said.
Anyway, the government gave us
funds to buy the needed weapons.
The BRP Gregorio del Pilar
was the rst weaponless cutter
bought by the Philippine govern-
ment from the US in 2011 at a
cost of P450 million.
Pama said the funds allotted by
the government included provi-
sions for weapons training of the
ships personnel.
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz, an-
other Hamilton-class cutter, is
expected to arrive in the country
on or before November in time
for its scheduled commissioning.
By then, the Navy would have
completed its weapons system,
but Pama declined to say if they
would buy the artillery from the
US or from another country.
We added communication
equipment and some other equip-
ment. Wea will see all these when
the ship arrives, Pama said.
He said Gazmin was also ex-
ploring the possibility of buying
defense articles from other coun-
tries such jet ghters instead of
buying used F-16s from the US.
The BRP Gregorio del Pilar
and the BRP Ramon Alcaraz are
the new additions to the inven-
tory of the Navys mostly World
War II vintage vessels.
Pama said there had been no
negotiations yet for a third cut-
ter, although getting another one
was part of the Navys plans for
the year. He said they also needed
at least three more helicopters to
complement the cutters.
Our domain awareness needs
naval equipment such as vessels,
and these vessels need helicop-
ters on board, Pama said.
Fake...
lacked proper security features.
All Land Bank checks have
unique security features, the of-
cial said.
Once they pass through our
clearing system, we detect which
ones are spurious.
Last year, the CIDG busted a
syndicate of fake claimants of com-
pensation to victims of human rights
abuses during the Martial Law years.
At least eight people were ar-
rested in Quezon City when they
tried to cash RCBC checks in the
amount of $1,000 each. The checks
were drawn from a $10-million
compensation fund set up by a
United States court in favor of
some 7,500 victims of human
rights abuses under the late strong-
man Ferdinand Marcos.
PH...
residency for foreign domestic
helpers. Other foreign residents
can apply to settle permanently
after seven years.
The judges said the Court of
Final Appeal would have to de-
cide whether immigration law
was inconsistent with Hong
Kongs mini-constitution, the
Basic Law.
Were quite happy, said
Daly. The show goes on.
Vallejos, who has worked as a
maid in Hong Kong since 1986,
launched the case after her bid
for permanent residency was re-
jected.
Last year, in a ruling that sur-
prised many, a lower court de-
cided in her favor. But the High
Court judges overturned that
decision.
Nearly 300,000 foreign
maids, mainly from Southeast
Asian countries, work for Hong
Kong families. By the end of
2010, 117,000 had been resident
for seven years or more.
The case has split the city.
Some argue barring maids from
settling permanently amounts
to ethnic discrimination. Others
fear letting them stay would re-
sult in a massive inux of their
relatives, straining the citys so-
cial services and resources.
Hong Kong is a special ad-
ministrative region of China.
Permanent residency is the clos-
est thing it has to citizenship and
allows those who have it to vote
and work without a visa. AP
Manila Bay...
without public hearings or an en-
vironmental impact assessment,
and kept secret for a year.
That denitely is something
which should be known by the
public. They hid it, Atienza said.
One year ago this was ap-
proved. Did you know about it?
Nobody here does.
Atienza, who also served as
Environment secretary in the pre-
vious administration, said he will
go all the way to the Supreme
Court to save the remaining por-
tions of Manila Bay.
We cant agree with the recla-
mation, he said.
We will continue to question
this. We will ask the [Supreme
Court] for a writ of Kalikasan if
only to stop the reclamation of
Manila Bay and protect the bay.
He said Filipinos would be de-
prived of one of their priceless but
free treasures---the sight of the sun
setting over Manila Bay---if the
reclamation was not be stopped.
The Manila Bay sunset is the
worlds most beautiful sunset.
Manila Bay and its sunset are the
pride of the Philippines, Atienza
said.
He urged Vice Mayor Isko
Moreno not to approve the con-
tract for the reclamation project.
City Hall ofcials had agreed to a
deal with Manila Goldcoast Devel-
opment Corp. to develop the Bay
area. The reclamation project cov-
ers the southern end of Manila Bay,
including the portions fronting the
Manila Yacht Club and the Navy.
The city government agreed to
the reclamation after it was in-
cluded as a member of the consor-
tium undertaking the project and
given guarantees of an equitable
share in the reclaimed land.
The sharing will be 70.55 per-
cent for Goldcoast and 29.45 per-
cent for the city, the agreement
showed.
City Legal Ofcer lawyer Re-
nato dela Cruz said there was
nothing illegal in the enactment of
Ordinance 8233 and its approval
by Mayor Alfredo Lim.
There was the consent of the
city council, so there was nothing
irregular in it, Dela Cruz said.
He said the reclamation of
certain portions of Manila Bay
would redound to the benet of
the people of Manila.
It will broaden the area for
development. Although there are
many areas in Manila, they are
already overcrowded, so we will
use a portion of Manila Bay,
Dela Cruz said.
He said there were no more
places in the city to create busi-
nesses and opportunities for in-
vestments, and that the project
would put Manila back at the
center of the economic boom.
But Atienza slammed the man-
ner by which Ordinance No. 8233
was enacted by the city council
led by Moreno as presiding of-
cer on May 24, 2011, and ap-
proved by Lim on June 6, 2011.
The ordinance, which he said
was passed without public con-
sultations, authorizes Lim to le
an application with the Philippine
Reclamation Authority to reclaim
certain portions of Manila Bay.
Atienza also disputed the citys
claim that the new ordinance
merely amended a previous one
that prohibited reclamation along
Manila Bay from the portion near
the US embassy to the Cultural
Center of the Philippines where
Manilas boundary with Pasay
City begins.
It is not right to say that Or-
dinance 7777 was amended by
Ordinance 8233 as stated in the
latter. It completely knocked out,
Atienza said.
The challenge on all of us
today is how to revive and re-
store the good condition of the
waters of the bay, but not to kill
it. This was even ordered by the
Supreme Court in a continuing
mandamus. But it dictates the
cleaning of the bay and not to
cover it up.
Its as if, with one stroke of the
pen, Manila Bay as we know and
appreciate it will be effectively
erased.
Atienza also said he would not
run for mayor again next year but
isupport ousted President Joseph
Estrada against Lim.
Im not running for mayor.
You cannot accuse me of any po-
litical motivation, he said.
Bali...
Pateks eeing Indonesia after
the Bali attack was a factor in the
sentencing decision. Pros-
ecutors had sought life in prison.
We are very disappointed,
Pateks lawyer Asludin Adjani
said after the verdict was read late
on Thursday.
The defendant admitted his
crimes, but it was under psy-
chological pressure from people
closest to him and his seniors. He
didnt have the ability to stop those
things, even though he tried to.
Patek may appeal the sentencing,
Adjani said.
The US had offered a reward
of $1 million for Patek, who was
arrested last year in the Pakistani
town of Abbottabad, where US
commandos killed Osama bin
Laden.
Indonesia, a secular state with
the worlds biggest population
of Muslims, has stepped up raids
against terror suspects since bomb-
ings in 2009 at Jakartas JW Mar-
riott and Ritz-Carlton hotels killed
nine people, including the two at-
tackers. They were the rst terror-
ist attacks in the country by Islamic
militants in almost four years.
Pateks trial started in February,
one year after that of Indonesian
cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who also
faced terrorism charges for his role
in the Bali attacks. Like Bashir,
Patek is thought to be a member
of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Is-
lamiyah, according to a prole on
the US National Counterterrorism
Center website.
Patek was charged with pre-
meditated murder for his role in
making the bombs used in the
Bali attacks, as well as conspiracy
to commit terrorism and aid ter-
rorists, according to a copy of the
indictment. He used 11 aliases in
addition to his birth name, Hisyam
Bin Alizein, the indictment said.
Patek rst used his bombmaking
skills in 2000, when Bali bomb-
ing mastermind Imam Samudra
asked him to make explosives
to attack churches on Christmas
Eve, according to the indictment.
Samudra, who was executed in
2008 for his role in the bombings,
later asked Patek to help kill for-
eigners in Bali. Bloomberg
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Good
governance.
Institute of Corporate
Directors chairman
Dr. Jesus P. Estanislao
(center) welcomes
Ramon S. Fernandez,
president of Metro
Pacic Tollways
Corporation as one
the newly installed
fellows of the
Institute. As a new
fellow, Fernandez
is expected to
contribute in
achieving the
goals and vision
of ICD, a non-
prot organization
composed of top
executives from the
public and private
sectors dedicated
to the promotion
of good corporate
governance. Also
in the photo is ICD
president-CEO Rex C.
Drilon II.
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San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION FOR THE
APPROVAL OF THE OPOL
SUBSTATION PROJECT, WITH
PRAYER FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
A PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY.
NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION
OF THE PHILIPPINES (NGCP),
ERC CASE NO. 2012-066 RC
Applicant.
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NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on April 24, 2012, the National Grid
Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) fled with the Commission an
application for the approval of the Opol Substation project, with prayer for
the issuance of a provisional authority.
In the said application, NGCP alleged, among others, the following:
1. It is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the
Philippines, with principal offce address at NGCP Building, Quezon
Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the corporate
vehicle of the consortium which was awarded the concession
to assume the power transmission functions of the National
Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO) pursuant to Republic Act
No. 9136 (R.A. 9136), otherwise known as the Electric Power
Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA);
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
2. One of its functions and responsibilities enumerated in Section 9
of the EPIRA is to improve and expand its transmission facilities,
consistent with the Grid Code and the Transmission Development
Plan (TDP) to be promulgated pursuant to this Act, to adequately
serve generation companies, distribution utilities and suppliers
requiring transmission service and/or ancillary services
through the transmission system: Provided, That TRANSCO
shall submit any plan for expansion or improvement of its facilities
for approval by the ERC. (Emphasis supplied).
3. In accordance with its mandate to ensure and maintain the quality,
reliability, adequacy, security, stability and integrity of the Grid, it
seeks authority from this Commission to immediately implement
the Opol Substation Project (Project), which aims, among others,
to accommodate the expected signifcant load growth in Misamis
Oriental.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Brief Background
4. The Province of Misamis Oriental is located in Northern Mindanao
bordered by the Provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan and Lanao del
Norte. It is host to several industries namely, among others, metal,
chemical, mineral, rubber and food processing, commercial fshing,
farming, tourism and light industry. A notable economic infrastructure
in the area is the construction of the Laguindingan International
Airport. It is expected to operate in the year 2012 which will result
in the signifcant economic and load growth in Misamis Oriental.
5. The province is drawing power, among others, from NGCPs
Lugait Substation through the 60 km Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line. It
was constructed sometime in 1966. With the projected economic
progress and load growth, both the line and substation would no
longer meet the increasing demand requirements in the next few
years.
6. In its Third (3
rd
) Reset Application docketed as ERC Case No. 2009-
180 RC, the Commission has already approved a project that will
address the overloading to the existing units during single outage
contingency in the Lugait Substation together with other substations,
namely: Nuling, Tindalo, Aplaya, Bunawan and Aurora Substations
under the project name: Mindanao Substation Reliability Project - 1
(MSRP-I). Specifcally for the Lugait Substation, the Commission
has approved the installation of an additional 1x75 MVA, 138/69-
13.8 kV power transformer and a 1-138 kV and 2-69 kV PCB.
7. To better remedy the expected low voltage problems and load
growth, NGCP decided to link strategic point of Lugait-Carmen
69 kV Line to Lugait-Tagoloan 138 kV double circuit line through
the proposed Opol 138 kV Substation Project (Project) as a
replacement to the Lugait Substation reinforcement. This Project
would better accommodate customer loads and eliminate possible
overloading and voltage problems aloing the Lugait-Carment 69 kV
Line and in the Lugait Substation.
A copy of the Opol Substation Project with attachments prepared
by NGCPs Planning and Engineering Group is hereto attached as
Annex A.
8. The Project has already been included in NGCPs 2011
Transmission Development Plan.
Project Description
9. The proposed components and description of the Project are as
follows:
Project Component Project Description
Substation
Opol 138 kV Substation 3-138 kV PCB and Associated Equipment
(Substation) 3-69 kV PCB and Associated Equipment
75 MVA, 138/69-13.8 kV Transformer
Transmission Line
Cut-in to Lugait-Tagaloan
138 kV Line
Line 1: 138 kV, ST-DC1, 1-795MCM, 7.0 km
Line 2: 138 kV, ST-DC1, 1-795MCM, 7.0 km
Cut-in to Lugait-Carmen
69 kV Line
Line 1: 69 kV, SP-SC, 1-336.4MCM, 0.1 km
Line 2: 69 kV, SP-SC, 1-336.4MCM, 0.1 km
The 75 MVA transformer and its associated 1-138 kV and 2-69 kV PCB will be
supplied from the 3RP Mindanao Substation Reliability Project-1 (MSRP-1). These
were originally intended for Lugait Substation.
10. The proposed Project shall be a conventional type with switch
bays initially arranged in ring-bus breaker confguration for cut-
in connection scheme. It may be reconfgured into one-and-a-
half (1-
1
/
2
) for eventual bus-in connection scheme for added
reliability when additional transformer is installed in the future.
Also, this includes a 2-138 kV and 1-69 Power Circuit Breakers
and associated equipment. The 1x75 MVA, 138/69-13.8 kV power
transformer and accessories as well as its associated 1-138 kV and
Standard June 16 & 23, 2012
2-69 kV PCB including its associated equipment will be supplied
under the Mindanao Substation Reliability Project - 1. Only the
installation and hauling cost for the transformer and its associated
equipment will be included in this Application.
11. A 138 kV transmission line will be initially linked to the existing
Lugait-Tagoloan 138 kV transmission line which is one of the
circuits of the existing Baloi-Tagoloan 138 kV double circuit steel
tower transmission line. This will require the construction of two
lines (Line 1 and Line 2), each has a length pf 7.0-km, that will utilize
Steel Tower in a Double Circuit confguration to be constructed
initially with single circuit strung or ST-DC1, 1-795 MCM ACSR,
138 kV transmission lines. The adoption of ST-DC! structures will
facilitate the eventual bus-in connection of the existing 138 kV
Balo-1-Tagoloan ST-DC T/L for added reliability. The porposed
Project will also be connected through cut-in connection to the
existing Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line through the construction of two
(Line 1 and Line 2) 0.10-km, Steel Pole, Single Circuit or SP-SC,
1-336.4 MCM ACSR, 69 kV transmission lines.
Proposed Site and Cost Estimate of the Project
12. In this application, it proposes to implement the Project on a 4
hectare land located along a national highway at Brgy. Awang,
Opol which is 15.50 km west of its Carmen Substation with an
elevation of 156 meters above sea level. Being accessible, it will
be easier for it to deliver the materials during the construction
and perform inspection and maintenance activities of the facilities
during operation. Also, the site is strategically located near the load
centers in the vicinity of Cagayan de Oro City.;
13. The estimated cost of the Project is PhP603,729,575.00 and time of
completion is in 2015.
14. In 2012, the peak load of the existing Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line will
already be ninety percent (90%) of its rated capacity. By 2014, the
peak load of the said line will already be one hundred three percent
(103%) of its rated power transfer capacity. Similarly, based on the
system simulation, the bus voltages of Lumbo/Laguindingan, ABI,
Opol, Canitoan, and CDO/Carmen Load End Substations in 2012-
2020 will be below the allowable of 0.95 per unit as prescribed by
the Philippine Grid Code (PGC). Due to voltage drops at different
connection points, load centers far from the power source often
suffer from low voltage. The total amount of power to be curtailed
during peak condition to avoid overloading of the Lugait-Carmen 69
kV Line and voltage violations respective areas ranges from 11.93
MW up to 37.72 MW in the period 2012 to 2020.
15. Upon energization of the Project targeted in February 2015, the
Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line will have a peak thermal loading of less
than 49% of the rated capacity, with the overloading delayed by
19 years in 2034. Moreover, the per unit values of bus voltages at
the load and substations will be improved and are already within
the 0.95 - 1.05 per unit range under the Voltage Limit Compliance
prescribed by the PGC.
Prayer for Provisional Authority
16. It moves for the issuance of a provisional approval pending fnal
decision of the application in order for the project to be immediately
implemented. Considering the necessity to construct drawdown
substation to accommodate load growth and ensure power quality
to the electricity consumers in Misamis Oriental, the implementation
of Project must commence as scheduled. As such, pre-construction
activities are needed to be undertaken in 2012 in order to meet
the target completion in February 2015. Hence, the need to fle an
application with prayer for issuance of Provisional Authority (PA)
before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to be able to
implement the project within the target need date established in the
system study.
17. A copy of the Judicial Affdavit of Engr. Vicente N. Loria, the Division
Head of the Project Planning and Development Division of NGCP in
support thereof is hereto attached as Annex B.
18. It most prays of the Commission that:
a. Issue, immediately upon fling of the application, a provisional
authority for the implementation of the Opol Substation Project;
and
b. Approve, after notice and hearing, the application for the
implementation of the Opol Substation Project and render
judgment making provisional approval permanent.
The Commission has set the instant application for jurisdictional hearing,
expository presentation, pre-trial conference and evidentiary hearing on
July 12, 2012 (Thursday) at ten oclock in the morning (10:00 A.M.) at
the ERC Hearing Room, 15
th
Floor, Pacifc Center Building, San Miguel
Avenue, Pasig City.
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding
may become a party by fling, at least fve (5) days prior to the initial
hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERCs Rules of Practice
and Procedure, a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket
number and the title of the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioners name
and address; (2) the nature of petitioners interest in the subject matter of
the proceeding, and the way and manner in which such interest is affected
by the issues involved in the proceeding; and (3) a statement of the relief
desired.
All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission
with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding may fle their opposition
to the application or comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before
the applicant concludes the presentation of its evidence. No particular form
of opposition or comment is required, but the document, letter or writing
should contain the name and address of such person and a concise
statement of the opposition or comment and the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may
request the applicant, prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be
furnished with a copy of the application. The applicant is hereby directed to
furnish all those making such request with copies of the application and its
attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs.
Likewise, any such person may examine the application and other pertinent
records fled with the Commission during the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT,
and the Honorable Commissioners, MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTAEDA,
JOSE C. REYES, ALFREDO J. NON and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-
TARUC, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 6
th
day of June, 2012 at
Pasig City.
ATTY. FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN
Executive Director III
THE power of sport as a tool to strengthen international relations,
open markets and start dialogues has been demonstrated many times in
history. The United Kingdom proves this power yet again by harnessing
the spirit of the 2012 London Olympics to promote peace in Mindanao.
The British Embassy Manila recently held a football invitational
tournament in Zamboanga City dubbed Time Out for Football to
celebrate the United Nations Olympic Truce, which builds on the
ancient Olympic tradition of Ekecheiria that calls for a truce during
the Olympic Games to encourage a peaceful environment and
ensure safe passage and participation of athletes at the Games. One
hundred twenty (120) players from local communities, government,
the security sector and the international community played and
witnessed the symbolic match, underscoring the need for all sectors
of society to make a team effort to contribute to peace building.
I rmly believe that todays games show how sport can bring
people together, and that it can teach people the Olympic values of
Excellence, Friendship and Respect. With excellence, friendship
and respect, we can transcend discord, disunity and animosity, said
British Ambassador Stephen Lillie. I hope that this event is only
the rst of many more occasions where sport is used to promote an
inclusive and lasting peace in the country.
Lillie acknowledged that here in the Philippines, as in other parts
of the world, conict has had a devastating impact on the lives of
thousands of innocent people. So I admire greatly the perseverance
of all those who strive to solve long-standing conicts and build
peace in Mindanao and elsewhere in the country. The UK is honoured
to play a small part in this national project, both as a member of
the International Contact Group for the peace talks between the
Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and
as a friend and partner of the Philippines, sharing the lessons and
insights from our own peace process in Northern Ireland, he said.
The victims of Globe Asi-
atique are demanding justice. I
am disappointed that Deln Lee
remains at large a month after
the court ordered his arrest,
Binay said in a statement issued
from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
I hope that our law enforce-
ment agencies will double their
effort to nd Lee and his co-ac-
cused, he added.
The Vice President had de-
scribed the case against Lee as
proof of the Aquino administra-
tions determined efforts to pur-
sue the campaign against graft
and misuse of public funds.
Last May 22, Judge Amifaith
Fider-Reyes of the Regional
Trial Court Branch 42 in San
Fernando, Pampanga issued
warrants of arrest with no rec-
ommendation for bail against
Lee and other GA ofcials.
The Department of Justice
had led syndicated estafa
charges against Lee after an in-
vestigation ordered by Binay re-
vealed that GA used ghost bor-
rowers and faked documents
to obtain at least P6.5 billion in
loans from the Home Develop-
ment Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG).
In October 2010, after he was
named housing czar, Binay di-
rected Pag-IBIG to investigate the
fraudulent loans obtained by the
housing developer. The agency
then led a complaint against Lee
and several others before the DoJ.
Earlier, Binay questioned the
issuance by a Pasig Regional
Trial Court of an injunction or-
der covering the syndicated es-
tafa case and another case for
double sale led by Pag-IBIG
and DOJ against Lee. The Court
of Appeals , however, struck
down the decision last month.
Eric Apolonio
MANILA and Ottawa have launched the Philippine-Canada Joint
Commission for Bilateral Consultation that will provide the road-
map for cooperation between the two countries and chart the fu-
ture course of their relations, ofcials said.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Canadian For-
eign Minister John Baird on Friday signed a Memorandum of Un-
derstanding for this purpose.
Both underscored the dynamic human link between the Philip-
pines and Canada, represented by more than half a million Filipi-
nos who live and work in Canada.
In 2011, Canada was the Philippines 19th largest trading partner
with a total trade of $797.78 million in 2011; exports were valued
at $417.79 million, making Canada the Philippines 17th largest ex-
port market; Imports reached $379.99 million, making Canda its 21st
largest import source.
The balance of trade last year was $37.80-million, in favor of the
Philippines. Also in 2011, Canada accounted for about ve percent
of Philippine trade with North America. Sara Fabunan
AN administration ally in the House of Representatives has sought a
congressional probe into the issuance of a memorandum by the De-
partment of Foreign Affairs canceling the accreditation of new travel
agencies.
Alagad party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta led House Resolution
2456 urging the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct
an inquiry on DFAs memorandum.
Under the DFA memorandum, the agency will no longer renew
or accept new applicants for travel agency accreditation in a bid to
help passport applicants who could not afford to pay extra charg-
es of the travel agencies and to ensure that passport services are
made available at no additional cost to the public.
Marcoleta, vice chairman of the House Committee on Public Infor-
mation, also asked the House body to invite the concerned DFA of-
cials, travel agency owners and tourism stakeholders to air their side.
DFA Regional Consular Ofce-Cebu ofcer-in-charge Elias Balawag
issued the memorandum on May 7, 2012 in response to the directive
of the Ofce of the Undersecretary for Administration of the DFA cen-
tral ofce.
The DFA gave accredited travel agencies only until June 30, 2012 to le
passport applications at the Regional Consular Ofce. Maricel Cruz
VICE President Jejomar C. Binay on
Friday expressed disappointment over the
failure of authorities to apprehend Globe
Asiatique president Deln Lee and his co-
accused in the syndicated estafa case led
before a Pampanga court.
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JUNE 23, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
MEMBERS of the media have been
camped outside a Makati hospital
for several days now, awaiting
developments in the condition of
octogenarian comedian Rodolfo
Quizon, more popularly known as
Dolphy.
Dolphy was admitted to the hospital
two weeks ago for a lung ailment.
Family members say he has had this
condition for years, but this last episode
has been especially problematic and
has given rise to complications.
In the meantime, many are taking it
upon themselves to supply the public
with updates on the condition of
Dolphy, who is now said to be ghting
for his life. All these are in the spirit of
paying tribute to an icon of Philippine
comedy who has made over 200 lms
and has entertained Filipinos across
several generations.
Radio and television networks
devote several minutes of their reports
to updates on the comedians condition.
His face take up sizable portions of
tabloid spaces. He remains a trending
topic on the social networking site
Twitter.
Dolphys son, another actor, has been
speaking for the familythanking the
public for their support and patiently
answering the questions of reporters
and news anchors. Dolphy is, after
all, a public gure and interest in
his condition is both genuine and
reasonable.
What is not reasonable, however, is
the stream of questions about the minute
details of the comedians treatment or
the inappropriate inquiries about any
wishes the ailing comedian may have
already articulated.
What is frustrating is the attempt to
monopolize the air waves, generate
headlines and obtain exclusives
preying upon the travails of a prominent
family in the guise of concern.
Simultaneous with the circus
around Dolphy is the clamor by some
groups to name him National Artist
for his contribution to Philippine
cinema. We know from experience,
however, that such an honor is not
impervious to political machinations.
There is no need to speed up
Dolphys nomination just because he
is sick. If he did get the honor at this
critical time, we doubt that he would
appreciate its being occasioned by
belated sympathy rather than genuine
recognition.
As we write, there are millions of
other Filipinos also battling disease,
or struggling with poverty or suffering
injustice. Their lack of prominence
does not entitle them to less coverage
by the media, less attention from their
compatriotseven fewer prayers from
the pious among us.
Even public gures who led open
lives deserve respect and privacy
during these trying times. Turning
his hospitalization into a circus is a
disservice to Dolphy, to whom many,
ironically, seek to pay tribute.
What all this highlights, unfortu-
nately, is the Filipinos penchant for
mass hysteriaand medias role in
feeding it.
This isnt funny
Road rage
ANOTHER wacko behind the wheel
will be joining Jason Ivler and Rolito
Go as poster boys for road rage.
During the peak-hour morning
commute last Wednesday, a still-
unidentied gunman shot a tricycle
driver and also wounded a 13-year-
old student during a heated trafc
altercation on Kamias Road in
Quezon City .The gunman ed in a
white van after the shooting but police
said a witness had taken down the
plate number
(UTA 657).
There are
a lot of crazed
drivers out
there who
get ticked off
and go on
a shooting
rampage at
the slightest
provocat i on.
Thats how
C h i n e s e -
Filipino businessman Rolito Go
reacted when confronted by another
driver at the busy Greenhills Shopping
Center years ago. The victim had the
right of way as Go was backing up a
one way street.
The victim was fatally shot when
he stood his ground and confronted
Go. The hothead Go is still in the
National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa.
His petitions for parole and pardon
have been denied.
Jason Ivler, the other poster boy,
is under detention but has yet to be
convicted a year after he shot dead
another motorist. The scene of the
crime on Santolan Road near Edsa
is not too far from Wednesdays road
rage incident.
Edsas monstrous killer trafc is
notorious for speeding buses racing
against each other for passengers.
These bus drivers tailgate slow and
cautious private motorists, who if
they are not rear- ended, could die
from cardiac arrest.
Last Tuesday, I ventured to drive
for a meeting at Shangri-la Edsa
Hotel. I made sure to leave at past
9 a.m. to avoid the early morning
crush. Getting off the ramp past
Buendia, however, I encountered
bumper-to-bumper trafc. At the
Guadalupe Bridge interchange I
saw the reason trafc was moving
at a snails pace. There were two
rows of buses and jeepneys parked
waiting for passengers while two
trafc enforcers were chatting with
their drivers, probably waiting for
their tongpats.
But wonders of wonders! The
moment you get past Guadalupe, it
was wide open space and you get
a sense and the thrill of wild horses
nally breaking out of the corral.
At that point when you
decompress from the harrowing
40-minute nightmare from Buendia
to the Guadalupe bridge, you wonder
whether the two trafc enforcers were
from Makati or Mandaluyong since
the junction is the boundary between
these two progressive (?) cities. Or
were they MMDA trafc enforcers
who should have been clearing that
well known bottleneck? For sure,
Im not the rst and only motorist
who has complained and reported the
perennial problem of that area.
The dereliction of duty of MMDA
trafc enforcers is downright
criminal and their collusion with the
owners of these
public utility
vehicles who
use Guadalupe
as a terminal
and waiting
station should be
looked into by
the authorities
c o n c e r n e d .
M M D A
c h a i r m a n
F r a n c i s
Tolentino should
clear up that
Guadalupe area and show taxpayers
and the motoring public hes on the
job.
Bad news for tax cheats
The word is out. After several days
of speculation that Bureau of Internal
Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares
might be named to the vacant chief
justice post, the Palace has made clear
that she would be staying at the BIR.
Thats bad news for tax cheats.
Henares is one of three women
in government who can well be
called The Furies. The other two
are Justice Secretary Leila de Lima
and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-
Morales.
Henares, since she assumed the
BIR post two years ago, has been
hounding tax cheats like movie stars
who dont declare income from their
lucrative product endorsements,
doctors and other professionals who
dont issue receipts. Even boxing
icon Manny Pacquiao didnt escape
Henares scrutiny.
In Henares new hit list,
according to a BIR informant, are
the Chinese-Filipino businessmen
who have been underdeclaring
their profits with the help of
creative accountants. These
businessmen who undervalue their
income but flaunt their wealth as
members in exclusive golf and
country clubs, are the next target.
With the fury of an avenging
angel, Henares is going after these
businessmen who think they can run
rings around her with the connivance
of their creative CPAs and BIR
contacts.
EDITORIAL
Contraceptives and social justice
THE reproductive health bill is
not only about family planning or
contraception. It has many other
life-saving provisions that will
address critical RH-related needs
particularly of women and girls in
poverty.
Some of these provisions have
gained acceptance, albeit grudgingly,
among some anti-RH people. For
instance, provisions on upgrading the
capacities of hospitals in the delivery
of services to address pregnancy and
childbirth complications, and the need
for more trained health providers are
unopposed.
Even Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines ofcials have
seemingly accepted that maternal
mortality is a problem although as
expected, they vehemently deny that
an RH law will address this.
Among the most unacceptable
to the men in robes are provisions
dealing with contraceptives. This
despite the very alarming statement
from Department of Health that based
on the National Statistics Ofce 2011
Family Health Survey, our maternal
mortality rate has gone up to 221
deaths per 100,000 live births in 2010.
This means that from 11 mothers
dying daily from pregnancy or
childbirth complications, it is now at
least 12 mothers deaths!
In 2010, the population growth
rate was 2.04 percent, translating to
about two million births. If 221 died
per 100,000 births, then 4,420 women
died that year or an average of 12.11
women dying daily.
This is very tragic. Unjust.
Why do women die? Simple. Its
because of unplanned, mistimed,
or unintended pregnancies many of
which are characterized as high-risk.
High-risk pregnancies are those
that happen too soon, too frequent, or
too late, and pregnancies of women
with existing medical conditions that
can be aggravated by pregnancy.
Earlier reports indicated that
10 percent (about 200,000) of
annual births are from adolescent
pregnancies. Pregnancies among girls
occur too early when their bodies are
NOT yet ready. Thus, girls lives are
threatened.
Women get pregnant too
frequently and give birth to too many
children, more than the number they
want.
This is not because women do
not have plans. Sixty-three percent
no longer want additional children,
20 percent want another but later,
and 11 percent want another soon
(NDHS 2008).
But there is a disconnect between
what women want and what actually
happens. This is particularly true for
the 83 percent wanting to delay or
with no desire for another pregnancy.
Unwanted, mistimed, or
unintended pregnancies result in
abortions. No matter what many
think, it is the married (91 percent),
poor (68 percent), Catholic (87
percent) women with too many
children (57 percent) who resort to
abortions. And 1,000 of them die
due to complications (UPPI and
Guttmacher Institute).
On the average, women give birth
to one child more than their desired
number. However, by economic
standing, the poorest womens average
number of children is more than ve
when they only want three. Conversely,
the richest women want only two and
have only two children (NDHS 2008).
Simply put, poor women give birth
to almost three times the number of
children of the rich who are able to
achieve their desired number.
Therefore, it is reasonable to say
that those who endure high-risk
pregnancies (too soon, too frequent
and too many) are the young and
poor women. They are the ones
who die.
There are a lot of
crazed drivers out
there.
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LIKE our misplaced concept of
freedom, the mandate obtained by
our political leaders too suffers from
irreparable distortion. Instead of
positively exercising the mandate,
as in their authority and power to
legislate and enforce laws for the
common good, our present crop
of political leaders bow down to
pressure groups. They are quid
pro quo payments for having been
nancially supported and endorsed in
an election.
The authority
and power
as emanating
from the grant
of mandate is
transformed to
one of personal
accommodation.
The commitment
to serve the
public good is
reduced to one
of corrupted
patronage. The whole system of public
service to which every elected ofcial
vows to enforce is hijacked, and the
system of governance becomes a
personal enterprise honed to what
would help perpetuate politicians in
power.
Thus, instead of our political
leaders evolving to become statesmen
committed to do public good, like
improving public welfare, they
become cunning in using their
mandate to entrench themselves.
Many ignore that our democratic
system of government is essentially
transitory; that the soul of the system
is not on what a political leader
has accomplished, but in sharing
that mandate through an honest-
to-goodness democratic system of
election.
In our present situation, the
concept of mandate has acquired a
despicable connotation. Nobody
now dares to call our political leaders
statesmen. They are plainly called
politicians having in mind that as
political animals, they are astute,
cunning and clever in wanting to
exact more from their constituents
than in providing assistance to them.
One could see this in the shoddy laws
they legislate.
Political leaders who wish to be
guided by the virtue of public service
are seldom elected, for reasons that
noble undertakings have lesser impact
on an equally misguided electorate.
A good case is the simple duty
of mayors down to the barangay
chairmen to strictly clear street
sidewalks of obstacles from vendors
to makeshift ads. Some extended
their shanty as additional sleeping
quarters or as working spaces. Others
have permanently barricaded them
as if to tell passers-by that they own
the place. Many streets have been
brazenly appropriated by car owners
as their permanent garage with the
government going along with the
criminal habit of legalizing extortion
by demanding parking fee from car
owners committing illegal parking.
Here we could see that it is our
politicians who have succumbed to
this anomaly because they prefer to
increase the ante of being reelected
than in wanting to enforce the law
that would only breed for them
contempt. The loss of inertia to
enforce the law is an indication of
the growing lack of political will,
which, in turn, is the consequence
to our lack of awareness of what a
mandate means. Remaining in ofce
regaled with power and authority is
what compels them to tiptoe on issues
where the enforcement of the law will
clash with the very violators of the
law who dangle their empowerment
to boot them out of ofce.
In fact, our failure to enforce the
law or our consent to their violation
is a form of corruption, not to say
n o n - f e a s a n c e
of public duty.
The ignorant
public sees their
violation as part
of their extended
freedom, while
political leaders
who might
dare to enforce
the law, like
former Marikina
Mayor and
Metro Manila
De v e l o p me n t
Authority chairman Bayani Fernando,
were branded as dictators. Such
misplaced values are symptomatic of
a sourly decadent political system.
Even our interpretation of
democracy as the will of the majority
remains in doubt because our
politicians refuse to admit that often,
the majority does not always represent
what is right. Perhaps, the majority
voted for him, assuming he won in a
fair, clean and honest election. But
that process only involves that single
issue of electing him. The day-to-
day chore of running the affairs of
government requires the tedious
process of consulting the majority,
and not in trying to accommodate
or in pleasing some sectors in our
society.
For instance, the poor and the
needy would exert much efforts to
inuence the government than the
middle class, for the fact that they
have more pressing needs from the
government. Because of that, they
tend to accentuate their needs by
threatening not to elect politicians
should they refuse to accede to their
self-serving demands.
This is why the conditional cash
transfer or poverty alleviation
program of the Department of
Social Welfare Development
headed by Secretary Dinky
Soliman has been criticized, not
so much that those against it are
anti-poor, but of the fact that the
program would not help in easing
the poverty of our people. Like
the rest of the projects undertaken
by wily politicians, most of them
are not meant to help the people,
but to accommodate cronies who
can deliver the much-needed
ballots. Many local politicians
have become addicted to the
Maoist and Stalinist practice of
personality cult just to make sure
their names will not be forgotten
come Election Day. This now
explains why our country is not
getting anywhere.
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A prostituted
mandate
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
Inside Myanmars newsrooms
By Denis D. Gray
YANGONThese are heady days in
Myanmars newsrooms, many of them
staffed by young women like those at
Kumudra newspaper nicknamed after
Charlies Angels for their tenacity
in holding the military-dominated
government to account.
Reporters and editors are suddenly
enjoying remarkable press freedom, as
the countrys new, nominally civilian
government launches a rapid succession
of reforms, but they also fear they
may be inadequately prepared as they
enter uncharted, potentially hazardous
territory.
The countrys mushrooming media
is poised at the crossroads. Media
censorship is due to end this month. But
journalists fret that the censorship may
be replaced by new kinds of repression,
including crackdownsafter the fact
over stories that previously would
simply never have been published.
With censorship, we knew our
limits. In a way it protected us. Now
we will be exposed, said Nyein Nyein
Naing of the 7Day Journal. We will
need to be more careful, accurate and
responsible.
Surveying her newsroom, the
29-year-old co-chief editor said she was
concerned that the end of censorship
could prove a mineeld, with ofcials
and others ready to slap lawsuits on
independent media prone to error. Some
have already been lodged.
Journalists also are concerned about
the governments plans to introduce a
wide-ranging media lawdetails of
which have been kept secret so far
as well as the expected inuence of
powerful Myanmar tycoons with ties to
the countrys former military leaders,
known locally as the cronies, who are
buying up newspapers and other media.
Myanmars abysmal education
system has produced many eager but
untrained journalists. Editors complain
that some cant even write a decent
sentence in Burmese.
They are trying very hard and are
often good reporters but their writing
is a disaster, says Ye Naing Moe, a
reporter and one of the countrys few
qualied trainers. Its like buying good
meat at the market but not knowing how
to cook it.
From a handful of weekly newspapers
a decade ago, there are now more than
150. Having upgraded from hole-in-the
wall, rat-infested operations, some have
gleaming newsrooms with the latest-
model computers, but lag far behind
in training the inux of new reporters
and editors. And many will be hiring
even more once the government starts
allowing daily newspapers later this
year.
But optimism runs high.
Although pay is still lowcub
reporters earn about $80 a monththe
profession is increasingly respected and
attracts some of the best and brightest
when earlier aspiring journalists
viewed as government mouthpieces
risked being kicked out of their family
homes and told to get a real job.
William Chen, publisher of the
Kumudra and Modern newspapers,
says many of the recruits are women.
His own reporting stafflocally known
as Williams Angelsis 90 percent
female, with most in their 20s. More than
half the reporters at 7Day, at 145,000
the countrys largest-circulation paper,
are women.
Theyre more loyal, hardworking
and responsible than most males, Chen
says, also noting that men have more
job options.
Despite the shortcomings, Jeff
Hodson, an American who has trained
Southeast Asian journalists for more
than a decade, says those in Myanmar
are among the regions most passionate
and hardest-working despite the
countrys half-century of isolation,
iron-sted military rule and economic
stagnation.
Their biggest achievement has been
their refusal to give up hope in the face
of overwhelming press restrictions.
Theyve steadily carved out a space for
freedom of expression, step by step, he
said.
This month, Ye Naing Moe and
four colleagues slipped into Kachin
territory to tell the rebel side of the
story in a brutal civil war against the
Myanmar government. Not long ago,
they would almost certainly have served
a harsh prison sentence for violating
an act forbidding contact with illegal
organizations. They received only a
mild rebuke.
These days we dont care about
censorship at all. We just go ahead
and publish stories, said Nyein Nyein
Naing, proudly displaying Ye Naing
Moes front page story along with
another once forbidden itemthe
photograph of an anti-government
demonstration.
Once highly taboo images of
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi,
released from house arrest 19 months
ago and currently on a tour of Europe
where she belatedly accepted her Nobel
Peace Prize, are now routinely displayed
in all but state-controlled media.
Recent coverage of other previously
taboo topics includes labor unrest at
a Taiwanese garments factory and
sectarian violence between Buddhists
and minority Rohingya Muslims.
The censorship board used to strike
out words, and even entire stories, with
red ink and shut down newspapers
temporarily for violations. But censors
have relaxed their grip in recent months.
When I started working in the
media, we could not even mention the
word democracy. The progress we
have made is huge, Ye Naing Moe said,
noting that the government now blocks
fewer Web sites than neighboring
Thailand, a democracy.
Less than two years ago, journalists
were tortured, imprisoned and subjected
to constant surveillance. The last known
imprisoned journalist was released in
January.
However, journalists are concerned
that a new government press council
will become a watchdog on those who
cross the line rather than an instrument
to protect journalists, resolve conicts
and improve media standards. Theyre
also deeply suspicious that entrenched
hard-liners will roll back recent gains
through the new media law.
UNESCO ofcial Sardar Umar Alam
says Myanmars government has been
surprisingly receptive to input from the
U.N. cultural agency on the upcoming
media law, and has sent teams to both
Asian and Western nations to study
similar legislation.
But that has done little to allay
concerns of Myanmars journalism
community.
Ideally no media law is the best
media law. One way or another it will be
a measure for control, said Nyan Lynn,
a reporter and publisher.
The legislation is to be presented
next month to Parliament, where
amendments will be difcult because
lawmakers allied with the military
command a great majority.
Already controlling more than half
the weeklies, businessmen connected
to generals and other powerbrokers are
expected to increase their dominance
when daily papers are permitted and the
higher operating costs push the poorer
independents into bankruptcy.
We will soon have to ght the
cronies. We have to know how to
compete. We have to be t and ready
to protect ourselves, says Nyan
Lynn. The tycoon-owned papers,
editors say, are drawing in talent by
offering double or more the salaries of
the independents.
But typical of a new bravado
among journalists, Nyan Lynn will
next month open a newspaper to focus
on issues the government needs to
address urgently.
We revealed the realities of
Myanmar to the outside world, he said,
describing how local journalists sent
images of a 2007 Buddhist monk-led
uprising to the outside world and how
they have exposed irregularities ahead
of the countrys 2010 election.
Its difcult to exactly measure the
changes we brought about, but we did
our job, Nyan Lynn said. We made a
difference. AP
ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
The Rio+20 Conference (1)
THIS past week, more than 50,000
official delegates and citizens from
over 190 count ri esgovernment
officials, scientists, environmental
and development activists, business
people, indigenous peoples, women
and youthcame together in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, for the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development,
more popularly known as the Rio
+20 Conference. The ofcial meeting,
attended by heads of states, and other
high-level ofcials, concluded yesterday
with the official adoption of what is
called in UN-speak as an outcome
document. In this case, the document
The Future We Want is a combined
assessment of how the world has fared
in the shared goal of implementing
sustainable development and a plan of
action of what needs to be done in the
years to come so a sustainable future for
the next generations can be assured.
Supercially, it should not have been
difcult for the world to agree on the
principles of sustainable development
and how they could be implemented.
This is because the governments of
the world did agree during the 1992
Earth Summit, held also in the same
Brazilian city (thus the name Rio+20)
on this set of principles and adopted the
Rio Declaration on Environment and
Development. But things have changed
a lot since that conference with new
issues and problems emerging and with
developments in the global and national
economies compelling some countries to
reopen debates that were settled in 1992.
Politically, the most significant
argument between countries in Rio+20 is
whether or not the principle of common
but differentiated responsibilities
(CBDR), agreed to in 1992 during the
Earth Summit, should be afrmed or
abandoned. Under this principle, while
recognizing that all countries must protect
the Earths environment and promote
sustainable development, developed
countries acknowledged their greater
responsibility for these obligations
because of their historical contribution to
environmental degradation and because
of their resourcesthe technologies
and nancial resources they command.
Concretely, this means developed
countries must take the lead in addressing
global environmental problems (like
climate change) and provide technology
and nancial resources to developing
countries so the latter can adapt to a
changing environment as well as make
their economies more resilient and
sustainable.
CBDR is a principle based on the
twin principles of justice and equity.
It is also a practical norm because
it allows developing countries to
participate effectively and efciently in
implementing sustainable development.
As an ethical principle, there is no
controversy around CBDR. Certainly,
no one is saying that the island state
of Maldives or the East African state
of Rwanda has the same responsibility
for climate change as the United States.
The challenge however is whether big
developing countries like Brazil, China,
India, and South Africa bear a greater
responsibility now, as compared to 20
years ago, for global environmental
protection and for their own sustainable
development. Countries like the United
States and Japan believe so and sought
to remove CBDR language from the
outcome document.
CBDR is a challenging issue for the
Philippines. We certainly are not a China
or India but neither are we a Maldives
or Rwanda. In reality, we are a middle-
income country with some resources to
pursue sustainable development (and lots
of domestic reasons to do so) but we still
need help to implement effective policies
and measures. For this reason, we are
one with other developing countries in
defending the principle of CBDR. At
the same time, we have to be conscious
that in our neighborhood, the biggest
factor for how our regional environment
(East Asia and its seas, including the
West Philippine Sea) will fare in the
future is what China will do or not do.
In that context, a more environmentally
responsible China is something that
will be of immense benet to us. In my
view then, as a thinker of international
environmental law, a regional CBDR
principle makes sense.
More challenging than the issue
of common but di f f er ent i at ed
responsibilities, which ultimately was
reaffirmed in the outcome document
together with all the Rio Principles, is
the debate on the green economy, the
theme of the conference. This healthy
war of ideas was waged months
before and during the conference,
online, in capitals and in New York
where most of the ofcial negotiations
were conducted, and as far as I can
see the debate has not been settled in
the Rio+20 outcome document. This is
understandable because the concept of
the green economy goes to the heart
of sustainable developmenthow it
can and should be achieved, and more
specically how its benets should be
shared among countries, sectors, peoples
and communities.
My column on Tuesday will elaborate
on this debate on the green economy
and how the Philippines is positioned in
this discussion.
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FEATURE
The whole
system of
public service is
hijacked.
One simple solution to maternal deaths is access to contraceptives or fam-
ily planning services for those who need themthe 83 percent of currently
married women.
This is the reason why contraceptives are included in the World Health
Organizations List of Essential Medicines. Family planning, particularly con-
traceptives, are known to reduce maternal deaths by as much as 50 percent
because high-risk and unintended pregnancies are prevented.
But do young and poor women have access to this solution? The answer is
NO, as clearly shown by the 2011 FHS. The survey indicates that: the unmet
need for family planning rose from 15.7 percent (2006) to 19.3 percent; and
the need is highest among married women aged 15-19 (37 percent), those with
no or little schooling (50.4 percent), and poor (25.8 percent)
In contrast, contraceptive use went down from 50.6 percent (2006) to 48.9
percent and more signicantly for the poor. Married women aged 15-19 had
lowest use (28.7 percent) and those with no education (21.2 percent).
It is also disturbing that contraceptives are now more privately sourced
(53.8 percent from 40.7 percent). In 2006, the public sector was the main
source (58.1 percent and 45 percent now).
Quite clearly, the need for access to contraceptives, highest among young,
poor, unschooled women is not adequately addressed by government.
So, more women die from maternal complications.
Yes, access to contraceptives is a social justice issue.
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Contraceptives...
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A6
Govt planning Marikina Dam

IN BRIEF
QC needs P500m for 2 congressional districts
Writ of habeas corpus granted to 2 Kato suspects
Police chief rues fund
lack for target practise
By Hernani Cuare
THE Supreme Court issued a writ of
habeas corpus to two men who were
found to have been wrongfully arrested
on the suspicion that they were hench-
men of a rogue commander of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front.
The high court ordered the Solici-
tor General, the Pasig City Regional
Trial Court Branch 70 and the Philip-
pine National Police to bring to court
Kamarudin Aguil Awal and Salahudin
Kanakan Eson who are still detained
at the Camp Crame Custodial Center
in Quezon City despite the dismissal
of the arson and robbery cases levelled
against them.
The two mens lawyer, Berteni
Causing, said the high court issued the
writ on the very same day the urgent
petition was led.
The Supreme Courts resolution,
dated June 19, 2012, also ordered the
Court of Appeals to consolidate the
case with the petition for review led
by Superintendent Cesar Magsino,
chief of the PNP Custodial Center, and
hear the case at 10 a.m. of June 27. The
appelate court was also ordered to re-
solve the petition within 10 days after
its submission for decision.
Awal and Eson were accused of
being the henchmen of Ameril Um-
bra Kato, a rogue MILF commander
who later formed the Bangsamoro Is-
lamic Freedom Fighters, and were la-
tred charged of 30 counts of arson and
56 counts of robbery that occurred in
Southern Mindanao.
However, the Branch 18 of the Mid-
sayap, Cotabato Regional Trial Court ab-
solved Awal and Eson of the charges and
ordered their release on April 16, 2010.
Causing said the court ordered the
release after it granted the motion to
dismiss led by the two mens former
lawyer Cyrus Jurado six months be-
fore, or on Sept. 29, 2009, insisting
that Awal and Eson are not the same
people who were charged for arson
and robbery.
Causing explained that the court
ruled that Awal and Eson were wrong-
fully arrested on August 1, 2009 at the
vicinity of Sunshine Mall in Bicutan,
Taguig City, and the duo were mistaken
for the two suspects in arson and other
cases led against Umbra Kato.
The public prosecutor led a motion
for reconsideration but it was denied. A
second motion was led which accord-
ing to Causing was a prohibited plead-
ing. Awal and Eson, however, were re-
fused freedom by Magsino.
Jurado pleaded for a writ of habeas
corpus before the Regional Trial Court
of Quezon City on November 13, 2010
and the writ was granted, but Magsino
again refused to release the two men
and instead led a motion for recon-
sideration. His motion, however, was
denied on Jan. 16, 2012.
To continuously detain the Awal and
Eson, Magsino led before the Court
of Appeals a petition for review which
is still pending as of press time.
The RTC of Midsayap was not
obeyed and it was therefore contemp-
tuous for the law enforcers, particularly
the PNP Custodial Center, and the PNP,
and the prosecutor, Causing said.
This is elementary but for the pub-
lic respondents to violate the very law
they are dutibound to implement is
something ridiculuous, something that
is so shameful for the Filipinos in the
eyes of the world, Causing added.
Presidential Communications De-
velopment chief Ramon Carandang
said the Marikina Dam is part of a
P22-billion ood control masterplan
that is expected to be implemented
over three years at a cost of P9 billion,
excluding the P13-billion dam. The
dam will also include retarding basins
that would divert water from Wawa
and Pasig rivers to uninhabited areas.
We want to avoid another On-
doy-type of ooding, Carandang
said, referring to the 2009 typhoon
that dumped the highest volume of
rainfall in four decades on the me-
tropolis.
During that typhoon the Marikina
River water level rose rapidly by 4.6
m in on six hours on Sept. 26, 2009
due to approximately 400 mm rain-
fall in six hours.
The water level of Laguna Lake
also rose from 12.90m at 9 a.m. of
Sept. 26, 2009 to 13.84m in just 24
hours.
The President has expressed con-
cern on the ooding in Metro Ma-
nila. We want to increase the hold-
ing capacity of the river by widening
and dredging some of its portions
and raising the river walls, Caran-
dang added, apparently referring to
the Pasig-Marikina River Channel
Improvement Project that is now be-
ing implemented by the Department
of Public Works and Highways.
Studies for the masterplan were
undertaken over 13 months and
was funded by a $1.5-million grant
from the World Bank-administered
Global Facility for Disaster Reduc-
tion and Recovery Trust Fund. The
study is expected to be presented
next month.
It included Pasig-Marikina River
Channel Improvement Project, a
four-phase project that was funded
through the Japan International Co-
operation Agency.
The rst phase covered detailed
designs for the entire project from
Delpan Bridge in Manila to the
Marikina Bridge while the second
phase covered channel improvement
works along the Pasig River from
Delpan Bridge to Napindan Channel.
Both phases are now completed.
The next phase will be the chan-
nel improvement works for the lower
Marikina River, including remaining
portions in Pasig River around the
vicinity of the Mangahan Floodway.
The nal phase will be channel
improvement works for the Up-
per Marikina River, including the
Marikina control gate structure.
By Joyce Pangco Paares
THE government is planning to build a dam,
estimated to cost around P13 billion, at the upper
reaches of the Marikina River in a bid to prevent
another Ondoy-type of ooding.
First female police major general. Philippine National Police chief Director General
Nicanor Bartolome helps afx stars on the shoulder board of Director Lina C. Sarmiento, who
was recently promoted as a two-star police general. Helping Bartolome is Sarmientos husband
Avelino. Sarmiento is the rst and only policewoman to reach the rank. MANNY PALMERO
By Rio N. Araja
QUEZON City will need over P500
million to pay the salaries of more
workers, purchase new equipment and
build new ofces for 12 additional
councilors who will be elected next
year after Congress passed the measure
creating two more legislative districts
for the city.
Aldrin Cua, chief of staff of Mayor
Herbert Bautista, said the approved re-
districting bill is now in Malacaang
so that President Benigno Aquino III
can sign it into law.
We are hopeful that the President
will be able to sign it into law on the
rst or second week of July, Cua told
the Manila Standard. District 2 will be
divided into three legislative districts,
meaning to say, we will have two new
congressmen and 12 new councilors in
the May 2013 elections.
He said the redistricting of District 2
is a priority item in the city councils de-
liberations on the citys budget for 2013
because it will involve the rehabilitation
of the legislative wing for 12 new of-
ce spaces, provisions for furniture and
equipment for 12 new council members
and additional provision for ofce space,
equipment and furniture for two new
congressional representatives.
While Quezon City recognizes the
importance of redistricting in promot-
ing representative democracy, increas-
ing the number of our councilors would
mean added demands on the citys bud-
get, Cua said.
Under House Bill 4245, the second
legislative district of QC is reappor-
tioned to create two more legislative
districts to be known as the 5th and
6th congressional districts, which will
commence in the next national and lo-
cal elections after the effectivity of the
proposed law.
The bill also provided for the elec-
tion of 12 additional city councilors to
represent the two new districts in con-
formity with the provisions of Republic
Act 6636, which mandates, among oth-
ers, that QC shall have six councilors
for each of its representative district.
As provided under House Bill 4245,
the 5th district will be composed of
Barangays Greater Lagro, Pasong Pu-
tik, North Fairview, Kaligayahan, Sta.
Lucia, San Agustin, Novaliches Prop-
er, Nagkaisang Nayon, Sta. Monica,
Capri, San Bartolome, Bagbag, Gulod
and Talipapa.
The 6th district, on the other hand, will
be composed of Barangays Sauyo, Bae-
sa, Balon-bato, Unang Sigaw, Apolonio
Samson, Sangandaan, Tandang Sora, Pa-
song Tamo, Culiat and New Era.
Barangays Holy Spirit, Batasan
Hills, Commonwealth, Bagong Silan-
gan and Payatas, as well as Fairview,
will remain under the 2nd legislative
district.
Diwa ng Lahi. On behalf of his father Rodolfo Quizon Sr., more popularly known as Dolphy, actor Vandolph Quizon accepts the
Diwa ng Lahi award from Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim during the awarding ceremony at the Bulwagang Villegas in the Manila City hall
on Friday. Also with them is former Tourism Secretary Gemma Cruz -Araneta. DANNY PATA
PHILIPPINE National Police
chief Director General Nican-
or Bartolome on Friday admit-
ted that using new or reloaded
bullets in gun shooting prac-
tice is indeed expensive, but it
doesnt necessarily follow that
many cops have poor shooting
abilities.
Thats why were buying
reloading machines, because
if we produce the original am-
munition for training purposes
its too expensive. We have a
limited budget for this so we
use reloaded bullets, Barto-
lome said.
Police personnel are com-
monly issued 9mm pistols and
reloaded bullets for such guns
cost P7 to P7.50. The price is
almost the same for caliber .45
pistols and some other pistols.
Earlier, world shooting
champion Jethro Dionisio said
he observed a good number of
cops cant shoot straight when
he goes to shooting practice
with policemen.
In Dionsios estimation, only
around 20 of at least 50 police-
men have marksmanship and
lack of funds to procure bullets
for target training could be one
of the reasons. Bartolome, how-
ever, did not agree with Dioni-
sios estimate.
It depends. I want to know
where he got that statistics. May-
be he was referring to people he
was coaching. But we have our
own standard in the police force
and that is denitely incompa-
rable to the standards of a prac-
tical shooting association, he
said. Florento Solmerin
QC barangays may now
cancel classes due to rain
BARANGAY ofcials in Quezon City
may now suspend or cancel classes in
the event of oods in their localities,
Acting Mayor Joy Belmonte announced
on Friday.
Belmonte issued Executive Order
No. 66 allowing barangay ofcials to
suspend classes because barangay of-
cials know better the ood problems
in their respective areas than the school
principals.
Belmonted ordered the creation of
a barangay disaster risk reduction and
management councils in each baran-
gay to identify and assess the impact
of typhoons, oods, other weather dis-
turbances and trafc problems of their
areas, and to coordinate with the school
principals on class suspension.
She said class suspension must not be
later than 4 a.m. for morning classes, and
10:30 a.m. for afternoon classes. The
council must also immediately report
the cancellation of classes to the citys
Department of Public Order and Safety.
Rio N. Araja
Navotas City celebrates
5th anniversary June 24
NAVOTAS City will celebrate its fth
cityhood anniversary on June 24 by
launching ve big projects to be led by
Mayor John Rey Tiangco.
Tiangco said the city government
through its combined efforts from its
constituents and ofcials was able to up-
lift the quality of education, health, and
peace and order situation and also the
lives of the people.
Around 100 families whose houses
were damaged by the recent typhoons
beneted from the Navotaas Socialized
Housing program in Barangay Tanza .
Other activities featured to meet their
cityhood celebration include, giving
away of school materials to public el-
ementary pupils; Padyak para sa Kaun-
laran, a funbike activity, Navotas Youth
EnTRIPreneurship; and a fun-run for en-
vironmental campaign dubbed Takbo ni
Juan Para sa Kalikasan will also be held
on June 24. Gigi Munoz David
Use up plastics by 2013,
Makati businesses told
ESTABLISHMENTS in Makati City have
until the end of the year to use up all their
stocks of plastic and Styrofoam packaging
materials as the city government will be
implementing its plastic ban ordinance
starting January 2013.
Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin
Binay Jr. reminded local business own-
ers to submit a report of their inventory
of plastic, Styrofoam and similar pack-
aging materials to ensure total phase out
of these non-biodegradable materials.
To date, Binay said no establishment
has submitted a stock inventory report
as required under the implementing
guidelines of Ordinance No. 2003-095
or the Solid Waste Management Code of
Makati. Ferdinand Fabella
JUNE 23, 2012 SATURDAY A7
Manila Standard TODAY
Carla Mortel Baricaua
Supplements Editor
MARCH 28, 2012 WEDNESDAY A8
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Supplement Editor
Manil
Ara g
Lim became the Mayor of Manila after
beating his opponents in the 1992 elections.
As mayor, he worked on a strict law and
order program that lessened crime. Lim
also worked on some projects to improve
the citys image when he assumed ofce.
He pushed reforms in the city government
under his slogan, Magaling na Lider,
Disiplinado.
Lim was reelected in 1995. During
his rst two-terms in ofce, he earned the
nickname Dirty Harry for his tough anti-
crime policies against drug pushers and
drug runners mainly from the citys red light
districts, among others.
He founded the City College of Manila that
would serve to complement the Pamantasan
ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
In this third term, Lim took his oath of
ofce on June 30, 2007 under the slogan
Linisin, Ikarangal (ang) Maynila. Lim
then gave the go-signal for the removal of
squatters in Quiapo, also known as Manilas
notorious Little Vietnam.
Lim also ordered the removal of all
business establishments, including bars
and restaurants in the Baywalk area
along Roxas Boulevard in an attempt to
make the park more wholesome with an
Manila marks
441
ST
YEAR
ON the occasion of Manilas 441
st
year celebration,
Mayor Alfredo Lim reiterates his goal for the city
to become not only a tourist destination but also a
business hub that would rival the City of Makati and
Quezon City.
Mayor Lim (center) with employees from city hall.
Manil
Ara g
JUNE 23, 2012 SATURDAY A8
unobstructed view of the famed
Manila sunset. Lim claims that
many of these establishments have
no business permits and were selling
liquor, a violation of applicable city
ordinances.
On December 17, 2007, Lim told
then Metro Manila Development
Authority Chairman Bayani
Fernando not to conduct its sidewalk
clearing operations in Manila
since vendors were allowed to sell
on sidewalks for humanitarian
reasons. Lim stated, I jokingly
told Chairman Fernando that they
are welcome anytime but I cannot
guarantee their safety. Their problem
is how they will get out.
Lim has done so much for Manila.
With all of his achievements, he
still expresses awe to the city
because Manila is lled to the brim with
history. Manila can be considered as the
center of Philippine history because the
city witnessed almost all the phases of our
countrys history.
Four hundred and forty-one years ago,
the Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi led a force of about 280 Spanish
soldiers and 600 allies from the kingdoms
in the Visayas to invade the Kingdom of
Maynila.
During that time, Maynila was a
prosperous kingdom with trade connections
in China and other parts of Southeast Asia.
It was a kingdom under the leadership of
Raja Sulayman who fought the invaders at
Bangkusay but was defeated and had to ee
after Maynila was burnt to the ground. The
Spaniards then rebuilt Maynila and made
it the capital of the Philippine colonial
government for more than 300 years.
Then the City became the center of the
Philippine revolution by serving as the
birth place of the KKK and notable Filipino
heroes like Andres Bonifacio. American and
Japanese invaders respectively used Manila
as the capital of their colonies.
The City of Manila continues to serve as
the capital of the country until this day. Being
the center of government, the City of Manila
also encapsulates the many challenges the
Philippine nation faces today. One of these
challenges centers on the environment and
this fact shows on the depressing state of the
city of Manila.
The smog covering the city clouds
the Manila skyline. The destruction of
Philippine rivers and aquatic resources
around the country can be mirrored in
the filthy state of the Pasig River, the
Manila Bay and the numerous esteros
inside the city.
The city government spearheaded by
Mayor Lim is doing all it can to protect the
environment. The Clean Air Act is strictly
being implemented while the dredging
and cleaning of the Pasig River has been
a continuous and arduous effort. But still
a lot has to be done and the whole city
government cannot do this alone without
the help of the citizenry.
Maybe soon, when all efforts are done and
people have learned the value of protecting
and conserving the environment, Manileos
will be able to sh and harvest shellsh at the
Manila harbor wherein the air they breathe
will be fresh, relaxing and reinvigorating
reminiscent of its glamorous past.
by: Charmaine C. Cunanan
DIRT, pollution, trafc these are some of
unattering images of Manila that easily
comes to mind when you talk about the
capital city of the country. However, behind
the busy streets and cluttered surroundings
some people see Manila in a different light
and this perspective they share to foreign
and local tourists who take a chance to see,
walk and rediscover Manilas old charm and
beauty as portrayed by the stories behind the
historical structures.
Manila walking tours provide tourists
rsthand experience of the city. With a tour
guide telling stories about certain structures,
it is an effective way to soak up the vibrant
culture the city could offer. Nowadays, there
are several groups who offer walking tour
services to tourists that have them explore
Manila in an adventurous route.
One of the most popular walking tour
is conducted by Carlos Celdran. One of
his tours is called the the Living La Vida
Imelda walking tour which revisits the 70s
and the vestiges of Marcos legacy. The
starting point is at the Cultural Center of
the Philippines. During the tour, Celdran
would share stories and trivia about the
life of former rst lady Imelda Marcos, the
Marcos love story, and snippets of pre-
and post-Martial Law regime. Next stop of
the tour would be at the PICC. Celdrans
monologues, impersonations, and rare
photos of the former rst lady makes the
tour more entertaining and informative.
Considered as more popular is the If these
Walls Could Talk tour, a walking route of
historic Intramuros. Being a performing
artist that he is, Celdran lightens up the
trip by playing catchy music and sharing
interesting information about the Spanish
era. The trip also goes to Manila Cathedral,
San Agustin Chruch, and Casa Manila.
Led by Ivan Man Dy and Anson, Old
Manila Walks also does walking tours in
Intramuros. They lead tours around China
town while educating the tourists about
Tsinoy history and enjoying Chinese
cuisine and delicacies. They also conduct
tours in Malacaang Palace, and the
Legarda Mansion.
Old Manila Walks also conducts the
Chinese Cemetery tour. Labeled as the
second largest cemetery in Manila, the
Chinese cemetery is a signicant historical
site with the abundance of great architectures
that could be traced back as far as the 1900s.
The cemetery withstood the bomb raid during
the second World War leaving the authentic
tombstones and shrines intact. Highlights
of the tour are the Martyrs Hall which was
built in the 1950s in remembrance of Chinese
community leaders who were executed by
the Japanese and the Ruby Tower Memorial
which serves as a tomb for more than two
hundred Filipino-Chinese who died at the
six-story building that collapsed due to an
earthquake in 1968.
If you are a fan of architecture and the
arts, you might as well sign up for the
FEU Art Deco Tour. The university holds
vast geometric and artistic designs that are
found on their buildings. Recipient of the
2005 honorable mention in the Asia-Pacic
Heritage Awards for Conservation, tourists
will be amazed by the ne designs around
the campus. A must-see during the tour is
the metallic bronze sculptures made by
National Artist Vicente Manansala located
at the heart of the university.
Another group that offers walking tours
is the Filipinas Stamp Collectors Club.
They conduct a stamp heritage tour around
Manila every third Sunday of the month
for free. Lead by Lawrence Chan, the tour
visits various landmarks in Manila that
were immortalized in stamps. The tour
usually starts at Plaza Lawton where the
statue of Queen Isabel II was once situated
before its present location in Intramuros.
The former Spanish Queen was one of
the rst icons to be featured in Philippine
stamps and coinage. Another stop would
be to the Philippine Post Ofce Museum
where one could view rare stamps,
postcards, and other similar publications.
This tour stands out because the group
is permitted to visit the Metropolitan
Theatre. Built by Imelda Marcos in the
70s, the Metropolitan Theater was a
haven of glamor as it held operas and plays
during its heydays. It was a sanctuary for
arts savvy individuals and opera fans.
The European inspired architecture and
ambiance is still evident inside and outside
the abandoned building.
The city is truly fascinating if you come
to think of it more profoundly. Manila
is more than just a capital with swamped
streets and a simple walk is what it takes
to attest that.
Walk Manila: Rediscover the city
Scenic spot in Intramuros
Street dancing by Manileos
A9 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Marquez deserves a fourth look, but...
Senate bill gives
PH sports a boost
MANNY Pacquiao and Top
Rank promoter Bob Arum are
supposed to meet around the
second week of July to decide
on what their next measured
step will be as the Filipino
icons incredible career slowly
winds down.
Pacquiao, judging by all ac-
counts, didnt want a rematch
against Timothy Bradley, who
was helped by two of the three
judges assigned by the Nevada
State Athletic Commission and
its executive director Keith
Kizer, who robbed Pacquiao
blind and gifted Bradley with
the World Boxing Organiza-
tion welterweight champion-
ship belt.
Five judges, whose identi-
ties have not been made public
for good reason, have reviewed
the ght tape with the WBO
Championship Committee
and scored the ght in lop-
sided fashion for Pacquiao, at
least on the scorecards of four
of the ve judges. The fth
also had Pacquiao the winner
by the same margin that Jerry
Roth had it for Manny.
While WBO president Fran-
cisco Paco Valcarcel made it
clear that he had confidence in the
competence and integrity of the
judges, which is being echoed by
Arum, Kizer and just about every-
body else within the official fight
family, we cannot but wonder
what then caused such a travesty.
If judges Cynthia Ross and
Duane Ford were competent,
how in heavens name did they
score the ght the way they
did? Sure, they were seated
around the ring, while the ve
WBO judges on the review
panel watched the ght on
television, without the sound
or commentary to prevent any
unnecessary inuence, but be-
ing closer to the action one
would expect them to see bet-
ter. Obviously they did not.
Or does televisionwithout
commentary we might add
provide such a distorted view
of the action in such a small
space? We think not.
The scorecards of the ve
WBO judges puts the onus on
Kizer and the Nevada State Ath-
letic Commission to respond in
a decisive manner because the
organization that sanctioned the
title ght has discovered, in the
fairest manner possible under
the circumstances, that a great
injustice was committed against
its own Fighter of the Decade
and recipient of its prestigious
Diamond Ring on the week of
the ght.
Kizer, who was effectively re-
sponsible for choosing the judges
whom Arum referred to as three
blind mice, will surely not go
against the men he chose because
that would undermine his own
credibility if not integrity and he
is not the kind of person likely to
admit he made a terrible mistake.
If he does, he would compound
the felony if, after admitting a mis-
take, he does nothing or very little
to correct it.
The WBO, for its part, has con-
firmed what the whole wide world
knewthat Pacquiao, perhaps the
greatest fighter of all time in the
totality of his ring achievements
and his humility and compassion
for othershad been robbed of a
title that rightfully belonged in his
trophy room.
While there may be rules
and regulations that prevent the
WBO from reversing the deci-
sion based merely on the nd-
ings of a review panel, there
must be a way whereby the ght
could be declared a no deci-
sion, which would mean that
Pacquiao retains the title. But
that would ring hollow and al-
most meaningless in the wake of
an unmitigated robbery.
While Pacquiao and even
Arum, despite their initial re-
action that the ght was not
even close may lean towards a
rematch to effectively avenge
the wrongdoing, that would
mean questioning but accept-
ing the decision in the rst
ght and condoning a terrible
wrong. Thats why a possible
fourth ght with Juan Manuel
Marquez is being considered.
Pacquiao-Marquez ghts
have been exciting, action-
packed, controversially close.
Based on the results of their
third ght, Marquez deserves
another shot and the money, far
more than Bradley who, unfor-
tunately for him, was the center
of a storm not merely in a desert
but one that raised a hurricane of
protests from around the world.
But forget the idea of staging a
Marquez fight in Mexico. Its not
just the issue of finding big money
to promote the fight, its the reality
of the rising incidence of criminal-
ity, the fact that a new government
has come into power and has
other more important priorities
and Mexico may not be Las Ve-
gas, but sometimes its officials can
make decisions that approximate
the heist in Las Vegas.
IN BRIEF
UFC 147 on Balls Channel
FISTIC reworks will be witnessed as
Ultimate Fighting Championship stages
the bout between Wanderlei Silva (Bra-
zil) and Rich Franklin (USA) coined as
the UFC 147. The two faced each other
previously during in June 2009 in UFC
99, where Franklin defeated Silva via
unanimous decision.
Now determined to get back for re-
venge, Silva, The Axe Murderer, pre-
pares hard for the most-awaited ght
of the year. But Franklin, the American
mixed martial artist, is ready to defeat his
opponent once more.
Adding up to the heat, Brazilian grap-
pling legend Fabricio Werdum will go
against Chicago Heavyweight Mike Rus-
sow. The rst winners of the Ultimate
Fighter Brazil will also be determined in
this glorious event.
UFC 147 will be held on June 23, 2012
(Saturday) at the Estdio Jornalista Fe-
lipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
The talked-about ght will be aired ex-
clusively via satellite on Sunday at 10:30
a.m. only in Balls. Studio 23 will also air
a same day replay at 11:30 p.m.
For more updates visit www.ballschannel.tv
and follow us on facebook.com/BallsChannel
and @ballschannel on Twitter.
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Trillanes, who is chairman of
the Senate Committee for Sports,
also seeks to abolish the Philip-
pine Sports Commission that was
formed in 1992 by the late Presi-
dent Cory Aquino, saying it will
complete the cycle between the
iconic late president and the in-
cumbent Chief Executive as the
country tries to strengthen its bid
for its rst-ever Olympic gold
medal after so many failures.
Trillanes met with some of the
countrys top sports ofcials to
discuss SB 3092 during a recent
hearing attended by Frank Eliz-
alde, the International Olympic
Committee representative to the
Philippines and PSC Chairman
Ricardo Garcia.
Also present were former Ba-
colod Congressman Monico
Puentevella, Department of Edu-
cation Assistant Secretary Antonio
Umali, Philippine Fencing Associ-
ation president Victor Africa, and
Civil Service Commission direc-
tor Prisco Rivera.
At present, the PSC serves only as
a government funding arm to train
and send athletes to important inter-
national sporting competitions, in-
cluding the Southeast Asian Games
and the Asian Games.
The PSC also spends for the
training expenses of a few athletes
seeking slots in the Olympics.
At present, the Philippines is
sending only a lean team to the Lon-
don Games on July 27 to Aug. 12. It
is composed of Fil-Am BMX rider
Daniel Caluag, swimmers Jessie
Khing Lacuna and Jasmine Alkha-
ldi, boxer Mark Anthony Barriga,
judoka Tomohiko Hoshina,
skeet shooter Brian Rosa-
rio, long jumper Marest-
ella Torres and steeple-
chaser Rene Herrera,
and weightlifter Hi-
dylin Diaz.
The PSC chair-
man, at present,
holds a rank equiva-
lent to an undersec-
retary, Trillanes said.
Once Senate Bill 3092 be-
comes a law, a new department ded-
icated to sports will have a leader
who will be as close as he can be to
the president and holding a position
with the rank of a secretary, thereby
giving sports an even greater access
to the presidents list of priorities.
Trillanes said the bill also aims
to put up an Amateur Sports De-
velopment Bureau to look after
grassroots development, while
Sabaupan wants title ght
THE manager of the International Box-
ing Federation Pan Pacic lightweight
champion Al Sabaupan will not allow his
boxer to ght Mexican legend Juan Man-
uel Marquez, unless the Mexicans World
Boxing Organization light welterweight
title is on the line.
The ght between Sabaupan and Marquez
has already been calendared for July 21 in
Mexico, but Anuran told the Manila Standard
he is still waiting for a formal contract from
Marquezs handler Fernando Beltran, who is
working through Solar Sports.
Anuran told us Marquez will go ahead
with the Sabaupan ght provided they
receive conrmation from Manny (Pac-
quiao) that their fourth ght will take place.
Marquez is looking to face a Filipino
southpaw prior to a fourth showdown with
Pacquiao, but if that ght doesnt push
through the Sabaupan showdown is not
likely to take place. Ronnie Nathanielsz
Donaire in top shape
TOP Rank promoter Bob
Arum, who is currently in Los
Angeles preparing for the big
ght card featuring World
Boxing Organization super
bantamweight champion Nonito
Donaire in his unication bout
against International Boxing
Federation champion Jeffrey
Mathebula at the Home Depot
Center in Carson, said the
Filipino looks sensational.
The Donaire-Mathebula ght
card will be telecast by ABS-
CBN at 10 a.m. on July 8.
When the Manila Standar d
told Arum that Donaires trainer
Robert Garcia said Donaire
looked really good, the promoter
replied: Not good, sensational,
sensational.
He credited Victor Conte and
the other members of Team
Donaire for doing a terric job.
Garcia, who was himself a
former world champion, said
he is sure Donaire is ready,
although he still has a few
pounds to lose which wont be
a problem.
Donaire is very strong and
gained a lot of muscle. While he
isnt really doing weights, all the
work he is doing with Olympic
track coach Remy Korchemny
and James Bassel is putting on a
lot of muscle, Garcia.
Ronnie Nathanielsz
SENATOR Antonio Trillanes IV is
condent that his Senate Bill 3092, known
as An act creating the Department of
Sports, gets the needed push from both
houses of Congress and the approval of
President Benigno S. Aquino himself.
Lyceum Pirates goal: A Final 4 stint in NCAA
By Peter Atencio
THIS time around, the Lyceum
Philippines University Pirates have the
enough talent and a taller lineup to help
them get far in the 88
th
season of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament.
Their bid to make it to the Final Four
was fueled last summer when coach
Bonifacio Tan gave the Pirates the
needed exposure from two pre-season
tournaments.
The team may not have won anything,
but their stint proved enough to give
the team the chemistry for the ongoing
season.
Efforts to rebuild the Pirates roster
took an inspiring turn after they almost
made it to the Final Four last year.
If not for a 68-80 loss to the San
Sebastian Stags, which put them in a
fth place with the Mapua Cardinals
on the same 7-11 record, Lyceum could
have made history last season.
This year, Tan is discovering the things
that could contribute to the Pirates
success.
They will lean on a pair of giants in
66 Daniel Garcia and 64 Joseph
Ambohot, who are coming up with the
big numbers in scoring and rebounding
from the pre-season tourneys.
We are rebuilding. The veterans of
the team are still there, together with the
twin towers, who are inexperienced. The
team is good and I hope they will jell this
season, said Tan.
Garcia, who is from Bicol, normed
11 points and 2.9 rebounds, while
Ambohot, who transferred from Far
Eastern University, turned up 15.5
points and 3.5 rebounds during their
pre-season stints.
Their showing impressed Tan, who
is also looking forward to the heads-
up plays of Cris Cayabyab (averages
12.6 points and 5.9 rebounds) and
Floricel Guevarra (11.8 points and 4.3
rebounds).
Other veterans who will be back
are Vence Laude, Shane Kho, Dexter
Zamora, Gian Mallari and Mark
Francisco.
Other newcomers whom Tan expected
to come up with the numbers includes
Emilio Aguinaldo College transferee
Nelson Mendoza Jr., John Azores,
Bacolod recruit Moyabin Edding and
Baguios Faustine Pascual.
Coach E
classes on
THE Coach E Basketball School
resumes its classes on today in
four venues.
Young players who are now busy
attending their classes during week-
days will now have a chance to con-
tinue honing their basketball skills.
The Coach E Basketball School
will have eight sessions of Satur-
day classes at Club Sixfty in Libis,
Quezon City, The Zone in Makati,
San Beda Alabang and Ateneo de
Manila in Katipunan. All course
models will be offered depending
on the skill of the student.
Classes in ClubSixfty, The Zone
and San Beda will start from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon, while sessions in Ateneo
will begin from 2 to 4 p.m.
Classes in Xavier School will
start on July 5, which will also
have Monday sessions.
For details, please call Coach-E
Basketball School at tel. nos. 668-
4347 and 631-1195 or mobile no.
0908-8846947. You can also e-mail
us at info@coach-e.com. To know
more about Coach-E Basketball
School, you can also visit our Web
site at www.coach-e.com or follow
us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/
coachebasketballschool) and Twitter
(www.twitter.com/coachebball).
Now celebrating its eighth anni-
versary, Coach E Basketball School
encourages parents to enroll their
kids and enjoy the low coach-stu-
dent ratio and experience person-
alized training sessions with more
practice time for essential drills that
can strengthen their skills and teach
them timeless values such as disci-
pline, leadership, teamwork, perse-
verance, and sportsmanship.
Drag-racings northern finals at Clark Speedway today
SOME 120 drivers ock to Clark
for the nale of their title journeys
as the 2012 Philippine Drag Racing
Championships season comes to a
close via the championship round of
the Northern Series today at the Clark
International Speedway.
While teener Arvin Millet of TEMZ
faces the tough challenge of multi-titled
champ Jonathan Tiu and William Hand
for the Northern Series overall plum,
his brother Jannery Millet also hopes to
wage his own battle for the Yokohama
Expert crown in this event sanctioned by
the Automobile Association Philippines
and sponsored by GT Radial, HKS Motor
Oil, M&H Race Master, Yokohama and
powered by Racing Beat@Wave 89.1.
Drag Racing Director Fil Guln
advises all participants to come early and
make use of the limited time for practice
and set-up adjustments for their dial
slips. Registration starts at 6 a.m., while
the Drivers Brieng is set at 8 a.m.
After Arvin Jay recently clinched the
Expert crown in the Southern Series,
Jannery Millet wants to follow suit as he
shoots for the same feat in the Northern
Series nals at the Clark International
Speedway. He grabbed the overall
lead with 17 points in the Expert class,
following his impressive victory in the
penultimate round last month.
Another big win will be crucial in
his efforts to win the crown against ve
others, who are just close behind.
Jaybee Alinea of Team Ready will be
his toughest rival for the crown as hes just
one point behind at second place, while
his brother Arvin Jay and Dietro Carlo
Evangelista share third place with 15.
Ben Pangandamun is fourth overall
with 12 while Rommel Dural is fth
overall with 11.
an International Sports Devel-
opment Bureau will take care of
athletes training for international
competitions.
Just like when the PSC was rst
established, Trillanes proposed an
initial P400 million budget alloca-
tion for the Department of Sports.
The PSC was also given P400 mil-
lion when it was formed in 1992.
The PSC budget, however, suffered
major cutbacks soon after.
Sports in the country used to
be managed by the Executive De-
partment through the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports un-
der the late President Marcos. It
was renamed by the revolutionary
government of the late President
Aquino to the Department
of Education, Culture and
Sports in 1986.
After the 1987 Con-
stitution was rati-
ed, both houses of
Congress formed
the PSC, which re-
mains in charge of
sports development
programs up to now.
If the bill gets
signed by President
Noynoy Aquino into a law, it will
also mark a complete cycle as it
was his mother who made the
PSC possible, Trillanes said.
The calls of the time, however,
change and there is now an urgent
need to further strengthen govern-
ments sports programs if we are
serious about achieving what now
seems very hard to achievean
Olympic gold.
Lim on a roll in Bandung
QUALIFYING round entry AJ Lim
continued his streak of victories in the
18-under boys singles of the ongoing 2012
International Tennis Federation Oneject Junior
Championships in Bandung, Indonesia.
The 13-year-old Lim came off with
a 7-5, 6-3 verdict over Thai rival Nut
Rungsithmongkol in the third round, putting
him in the quarternals of this Grade 4 netfest.
He faces 12th seed Ajay Yadav of India
next. The 17-year-old Yadav moved to
a faceoff with Lim following a 7-6(5),
4-6, 6-3 win over Warot Udomsuk of
Thailand. Peter Atencio
Philippines celebrates World Softball Day. Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines
President Jean Henri Lhuillier and ASAPHIL Secretary General Danny Francisco are shown with the
umpiring clinic participants. In celebration of the World Softball Day, the ASAPHIL held an Umpiring
Clinic on Plate Mechanics. Over 30 participants, who are also ofciating softball games during Regional
Meets, Palarong Pambansa, Private Schools Athletic Association National Collegiate Games, University
Athletic Association of the Philippines, Philippine National Games and National Open, joined the clinic.
All the participants were given a certicate from ASAPHIL, a private sports organization, recognized as the
National Sport Association for softball.
Trillanes
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Sports
A10
Jackes, Tuason lead Castrols charge
THE Castrol-Tuason Racing
School Kids Team put up a big
ght behind Flynn Jackes and AT
Tuason, who delivered impres-
sive feats that bolstered their title
bids recently in the 2012 National
Karting Super Series at the Car-
mona Racetrack.
The Fil-Aussie Jackes captured
the Mini-ROK crown in over-
whelming fashion, while Tuason,
amidst the tough 12-man com-
bined eld, bagged third place in
the Formula Cadet Expert divi-
sion through the support of Cas-
trol, Bridgestone, Standard Insur-
ance, C! Magazine, OMP, Coke
Zero, Oakley, Aguila and Toptul.
With their wins, Castrol-TRS
Kids has been installed as the
team to watch out for in the last
three legs of the series.
Jackes pulled off a big sweep, win-
ning by just a fraction of a second in
both the Qualifying and Pre-Final
heats. He completed the 15-lap Final
Race in 12 minutes and 26.068 sec-
onds, for a far 13.447-second edge
over the runner-up.
His win trimmed the gap
between him and the points leader
as he rmed up his hold on second
place overall.
Tuason almost made it a double
victory as he likewise unleashed
a erce show of racing strategy
and consistent driving that kept
his rivals behind to rule both the
Qualifying and Pre-Final heats of
the combined Formula Cadet Ex-
pert and Novice race.
But the two Formula Cadet Ex-
pert frontrunners engaged Tuason
in a three-way dicing for the lead
and managed to slip past him with
two laps to go to secure the top two
spots all the way to the nish line.
For more info about the Cas-
trol-TRS Kids, email www.tua-
sonracing.com or info@tuason-
racing.com, visit Tuason racing
school fanpage on facebook or
call the TRS secretariat, c/o Ai-
leen Urgelles at 820-4203.
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Beermen seek sweep, crown
Not that one two summers
ago, the welcoming rally where
he boasted of multiple titles, per-
haps without realizing how hard
it would be to win just one.
He dreamed of this moment,
with teammates surrounding him
and the NBA championship tro-
phy beside him.
You know, my dream has be-
come a reality now, and its the best
feeling I ever had,James said.
James had 26 points, 11 re-
bounds and 13 assists, leading
the Miami Heat in a 121-106
rout of the Oklahoma City Thun-
der on Thursday night to win the
NBA Finals in ve games.
Ripped and ridiculed for the
way he announced he was leav-
ing Cleveland and taking his
talents to South Beach, its all
worth it now for James.
Best player in the game. Best
team in the league.
And now, NBA champion.
Im happy now that eight years
later, nine years later since Ive been
drafted, that I can nally say that Im
a champion, and I did it the right
way, James said. I didnt shortcut
anything. You know, I put a lot of
hard work and dedication in it, and
hard work pays off. Its a great mo-
ment for myself.
And for his teammates, who
watched the Dallas Mavericks
celebrate on their oor last year.
James left the game along with
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh
for good with 3:01 remaining for
a round of hugs and the start for a
party hes been waiting for since
arriving in the NBA out of high
school as the No. 1 pick of the
2003 draft. James hopped up and
MIAMIMusic blared and confetti fell,
the only celebration LeBron James really
wanted in Miami.
JAKARTA--The San Miguel
Beermen eye a sweep of the
Asean Basketball League nals
when they meet the Indonesian
Warriors at 4 p.m. today at the
Mahaka Square in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
The Beermen drew rst blood
via an 86-83 victory in Game 1
in Manila in the race-to-three se-
ries after they came back from
decits of as many as 14 points
and from a seven-point decit in
the fourth period. Game 2 will
be televised live on ESPN.
The rst game of the series
didnt surprise me that it went
down to the wire, because
these are two great teams here.
I think this says a lot about the
quality of the ABL, each year
has been getting better and
better, said SMB head coach
Bobby Parks.
But we want to nish the se-
ries and bring home the crown.
We are condent we
can do it, he added.
SMB expects an
even tougher chal-
lenge from the
Warriors, who were sparked
by Stanley Pringles 21 points,
along with the combined 40
points from Evan Brock and
Steve Thomas in Game 1.
He (Pringle) is a great a player.
I know coach [Parks] will make
some adjustments in Game 2, but
I expect him [Pringle] to come out
and play his best. Hes just that
type of a player,said SMB guard
Chris Banchero.
Parks said that they need to
have a good start to set the mo-
mentum early.
The important thing is we
have to get off to a good start.
Tonight [Game 1],
we didnt really
play well in the be-
ginning, but we
hung around. I dont
know if that was a little rust or
little championship jitters, but
we managed to keep our compo-
sure, said Parks, who will also
rely on players Duke Crews,
Leo Avenido, Nick Fazekas and
Froilan Baguion.
SMB, a multi-titled squad in
the Philippine Basketball Asso-
ciation before joining the ABL,
will be joined by the Warriors
in the FIBA-ASIA Champions
Cup in Lebanon.
By Jeric Lopez
AFTER a tumultuous rst half,
where it trailed as much as 17,
Barangay Ginebra turned in an
exceptional second half to trip
listless Alaska, 90-81, in the
homestretch of the 2012 Phil-
ippine Basketball Association
Governors Cup at the Smart-
Araneta Coliseum last night.
Mark Caguioa scattered 22
points, 15 coming in Ginebras
big second-half turnaround,
with four assists and three steals,
while import Cedric Bozeman
had 15 points and 11 rebounds
to pace the Gin Kings.
Ginebra carried the momen-
tum of its explosive third pe-
riod with a killer 17-3 salvo
to erect a comfortable 82-68
advantage, its biggest of the
game, with 6:12 remaining to
start the period.
The win moved Ginebra back
in a tie for fourth place with idle
sister team Petron Blaze at 4-3
as it enhanced its chances of
making the seminals.
Alaska suffered its sixth loss
in a row and will only have one
more game left in its schedule
before its disastrous season -
nally come to an end. The elimi-
nated Aces remained at the cel-
lar with a 1-7 card.
The rst half was ugly. We
couldnt shoot well and bugbog
yung wing naming sa kanila. Our
bench came in for us and gave us
a big lift in the second half and
that really helped us, said Gine-
bra coach Siot Tanquincen.
Kings crush Aces, 90-81
THE San Sebastian Stags, a
top contender for the crown
this season, battle an equally
formidable Letran Knights
when the 88
th
season of the
National Collegiate Athletic
Association mens basketball
tournament begins today at the
Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
The Stags open the season
with the Knights at 5 p.m. be-
fore the
7 p.m.
g a m e
between
the Jose
R i z a l
Univer-
sity Heavy Bombers and the
undermanned Mapua Cardinals.
(See related NCAA story on A7)
A 4 p.m. opening ceremony
kicks off the new season, which
will carry the theme Celebra-
mos 88! Conquistar Port U Honor
Nuevas Glories! (Celebrate 88!
Conquering New Glories), with
new television partner AKTV air-
ing the games live on free TV.
The Heavy Bombers, who
will play without a legitimate
center, could capitalize on the
Cardinals manpower issues in
a bid to get a good head-start in
the long season.
The return of Calvin Abueva
and Ronald Pascual from their
stints with the NLEX Warriors
in the D-League will make the
Stags a formidable squad when
they plunge into action against
the Knights. Peter Atencio
Knights,
Stags open
88
th
season
SOME of the NBAs greatest players ever didnt need to see a
championship ring to count LeBron James in their ranks.
In what amounts to a game of musical chairs - and thats what
ranking the greatest anything comes down to - a few sounded
prepared to give up their seats. But if James wants to occupy the
last one, if its important to him to be the best of the best, the ring
he picked up Thursday night better not be his last. He has a lot of
ground to make up.
Michael Jordan, who stubbornly kept trying to win a champion-
ship by himself, got his rst ring in his seventh season in Chicago
and won six before he retired - the second time. Ever competitive,
he still refuses every offer to comment on any other player, let alone
compare them to you-know-who.
Oscar Robertson, who made a career setting up teammates to suc-
ceed, squandered a decade trying to win in Cincinnati, then moved
to Milwaukee and partnered with a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to
get his rst and only title. He couldnt have been more complimen-
tary about James.
Hes getting smarter, hes only 27 and still too sensitive to what
people think about him. Hell get over that and if nothing else, it stops
the when are you ... talk, Robertson said. Then he wont give a
damn what they say. Thats when well see real LeBron come out.
Its been an article of faith in sports that sooner or later, the next
one will come along. If not in this era, then the next, or the one
after that. Robertson was the original big guard, a threat to score,
hand out assists and grab rebounds, the only player in league his-
tory to average a triple-double over the course of a season. But he
played the game at roughly 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds for 14 seasons,
retiring in 1974.
James is 6-8 and 250, with much the same skill set, and a Robo-
Cop physique to boot. Considering how many individual awards
hes already piled up in nine seasons - MVPs, scoring champion-
ships, All-Star selections and record-book entries - his accomplish-
ments might one day dwarf all those of guys who played the same
spot on the oor.
That means Jordan,
Magic Johnson and Kobe
Bryant, each of whom won
multiple championships.
Think back to the day when
the argument over best-ever
was conned to the domi-
nant big men: Bill Russell,
who won 11 titles in Bos-
ton, versus Wilt Chamber-
lain, who won two. And if it
comes down to rings, Clyde
Drexler, another big guard
voted onto the NBAs 50
Greatest Players honor roll,
wonders whether James will
ever get his due.
Like James, he came up
short several times in the
postseason in Portland, then
moved to Houston alongside
Hakeem Olajuwon and won
his only championship.
A crownless
king no more
Miami steals OKCs thunder
NBA FINALS
121
106
Heat win series, 4-1
down in the nal minutes, shared
a long hug with opponent Kevin
Durant, and then soaked in the
MVP! MVP! chants during the
raucous postgame.
I wanted to become a champion
someday, James said. I didnt
know exactly when it would hap-
pen, but I put in a lot of hard work.
He was a choker last year, the guy
who came up small in the fourth
quarter, mocked for shrinking
in the moment while playing with
what he called hatred in trying to
prove his critics wrong.
He came to Miami seeking an
easier road to the nals but found
it tougher than he expected, the
Heat coming up empty last year
and nearly getting knocked out
in the Eastern Conference nals
this time by Boston. Facing elimi-
nation there, James poured in 45
points on the road to force a Game
7 and the Heat won it at home.
It was the hardest thing Ive
ever done as a basketball player,
James said. You just put a lot of
hard work into it and you hope that
one day it will pay off for you.
This time, with a chance to clinch,
the Heat took control in the second
quarter, briey lost it and blew the
game open again in the third behind
their role players, James content to
pass to wide-open 3-point shooters
while the Thunder focused all their
attention on him.
The disappointment of losing to
Dallas in six games a year ago van-
ished in a blowout of the demoral-
ized Thunder, who got 32 points and
11 rebounds from Durant.
Bosh and Wade, the other
members of the Big Three who
sat alongside James as he prom-
ised titles at his Miami welcom-
ing party, both had strong games.
Bosh, who wept as the Heat
left their own court after losing
Game 6 last year, nished with
24 points and Wade scored 20.
The Heat also got a huge boost
from Mike Miller, who made
seven 3-pointers and scored 23
points. AP
Flynn Jackes of the Castrol-Tuason Racing School Kids
Team crosses the finish line a winner and hoists (inset) his
championship trophy afterwards.
LeBron James holds the most
valuable player award. AP
The Miami Heat celebrate with the Larry OBrien NBA Championship Trophy after winning Game 5 of the NBA nals against the Oklahoma City
Thunder. The Heat beat the Thunder, 121-106, to capture their second NBA title. AP
Games Today
(Araneta Coliseum)
5 p.m. San Sebastian
vs Letran
7 p.m. JRU vs Mapua
Game today
(Mahaka Square)
4 p.m. SMB vs. Indonesia
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IN BRIEF
PCGG to sell two Baguio lots
First Gen
pursuing
N. Ecija
reservoir
BSP cuts foreign investment targets on global woes
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing June 22, 2012
5,120.07
10.64
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P780-P895.00
LPG/11-kg tank
P54.55-P61.02
Unleaded Gasoline
P46.10-P49.90
Diesel
P52.34-P57.85
Kerosene
P38.50-P39.20
Auto LPG
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Japan Yen 0.012450 0.5262
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Hong Kong Dollar 0.128873 5.4467
Switzerland Franc 1.044605 44.1492
Canada Dollar 0.971628 41.0649
Singapore Dollar 0.782105 33.0549
Australia Dollar 1.012556 42.7947
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 112.1121
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.2704
Brunei Dollar 0.779059 32.9261
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000106 0.0045
Thailand Baht 0.031590 1.3351
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.5070
Euro Euro 1.254600 53.0244
Korea Won 0.000867 0.0366
China Yuan 0.157235 6.6454
India Rupee 0.017778 0.7514
Malaysia Ringgit 0.314961 13.3115
NewZealand Dollar 0.795798 33.6336
Taiwan Dollar 0.033456 1.4140
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Peso weakens; Moodys
actions worsen outlook
Tubay mayor asks govt to revoke miners permit
Philamlife donates classrooms. Philamlife Foundation has embarked on a project called Philam Paaralan, the corporate social
responsibility program of Philamlife that seeks to improve the quality of education through the construction of 65 fully-furnished
classrooms in poor communities affected by typhoons. Shown are (from left) Philamlife Foundation executive director Max Ventura
handing over a model of classroom to Education Assistant Secretary Rey Laguda, together with Philamlife president and chief
executive Rex Mendoza. SONNY ESPIRITU
By Florante S. Solmerin
THE Presidential Commission on Good
Government said Friday it obtained the go-signal
from the Privatization Council to auction two more
surrendered properties owned by the family of the
late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in Baguio City.
PCGG chairman Andres Bautista
said the agency would dispose of the
17,516.20-square meter J. Y. Campos
complex and the 2,677-sq. m. Baguio
Inn compound along Outlook Drive
North in Baguio City in August this
year for a minimum bid price of
P152.691 million and P7.496 million,
respectively.
Bautista expressed condence the
PCGG would successfully bid out the
properties.
With the successful public auction
in April 2012 of the Hanz Menzi
compound also located in Outlook
Drive North in Baguio City, which
fetched more than P93 million or a
premium of about P56 million from
its minimum bid price of only P37
million, I have no doubt that the subject
properties the PCGG will dispose will
command the same level of interest
from potential bidders, Bautista said.
The two properties are considered
as good investment opportunities
owing to their proximity to the Wright
Park and Mines View Park, two of the
favorite tourist destinations in Baguio
City. The PCGG is very optimistic that
once the Tarlac-PangasinanLa Union
Expressway begins its operation,
Baguio City will reclaim its position as
the tourist capital of the Philippines,
he said.
The law requires PCGG to remit
all proceeds from privatization to the
governments Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Program.
Meanwhile, PCGG Commissioner
for the asset management department
Richard Amurao, concurrently
chairman of the bids and awards
committee, said the agency would
endorse the results of the auction to
Privatization Council, which is headed
by the Finance Department, for nal
approval.
The PCGG said it had remitted
privatization proceeds of P93.421
billion to the national government as of
December 2011.
The J.Y. Campos and the Banaue Inn
compounds are among the assets and
properties ceded to the government
in 1986 by Marcos crony Jose Yao
Campos. Another property surrendered
by J.Y. Campos is the 18.5-hectare
Payanig sa Pasig property, considered
the crown jewel among the assets
turned over to the government. The
PCGG also plans to privatize the
property within the year.
By Othel V. Campos
THE municipal government of
Tubay, Agusan del Sur has called
for the cancellation of the mining
license of San Roque Metals Inc.,
after a state inspection found the
nickel miner guilty of six counts
of environmental violation.
San Roque, one of the largest
nickel miners in the Caraga
region, has nickel operations near
the coastal area of Barangay La
Fraternidad in Tubay.
Tubay Mayor Sadeka Garcia-
Tomaneng cited the results of
Mines and Geosciences Bureaus
environmental audit as enough
grounds to revoke San Roques
license.
Tomaneng said in a statement
the MGB multi-disciplinary
investigation team that included
the Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources and the Bureau
of Soil took more than three
months to complete the report for
its environmental audit.
Tomaneng said the government
investigation showed the mining
company employed unsystematic
mining method in the extraction
of nickel ores and that its
rehabilitation effort had been
implemented inadequately.
SRMI, however, earlier
claimed the monitoring body
formed by the Environment De-
partment found that contrary to
allegations by local politicians,
there was no heavy siltation in
the coastal area where the com-
pany is operating.
Tomaneng disputed this, saying
the MGB gave San Roque 30
days to submit a new mining and
rehabilitation plan and instructed the
miner to install a drainage system
that would direct water runoff on
designated siltation ponds and not in
Tubays coastal area.
The investigation also found
that San Roque failed to provide
permanent relocation site for the
affected families, prompting the
MGB to give the rm six months
from the receipt of the report to
provide housing provisions for
the dislocated families, according
to the mayor.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
FIRST Gen Luzon Power
Corp., a unit of First Gen
Corp., is conducting studies
about the development of the
Balintingon Reservoir Multi-
Purpose Project in Nueva
Ecija.
The feasibility study for
the Balintingon project is
ongoing to determine more
accurate cost assumptions and
size of the power plant, First
Gen president Giles Puno said
Friday.
The company earlier
estimated the cost of the
project, which will generate 30
to 40 megawatts of electricity,
at P14 billion.
First Gen Luzon in 2010
signed an agreement with the
province of Nueva Ecija and the
municipality of General Tinio to
develop and build a new hydro
reservoir and electric plant for
power generation, irrigation and
domestic water supply.
Federico Lopez, First Gen
Luzon chairman and chief
executive, said two years ago that
the company was interested in the
project because of its potentially
far-reaching contributions to the
development not only of Nueva
Ecija and General Tinio, but of
the entire country.
Once completed, this
project is envisioned to provide
year-round irrigation to an
additional 15,000 hectares and
livelihood to more than 9,000
farm families and sherfolks,
Lopez said.
By Maria Bernadette Lunas
THE Bangko Sentral has lowered its
foreign direct and foreign portfolio
investment forecasts in 2012 amid global
economic uncertainties.
Bangko Sentral Deputy Governor Diwa
Guinigundo said Friday the bank regulator
was reducing the forecasts on foreign portfolio
investments, or short-term funds that go to
stocks and securities, to $4.5 billion from the
earlier estimate of $5.7 billion.
Projection for the foreign direct
investments in 2012 was also trimmed to
$1.2 billion from $2-billion estimate made
back in December 2011.
Based on what happened in the first
four months of 2012 and our reading in
Europe and US situations, we lowered
it down to $4.5 billion, Gunigundo
said.
He said among the sectors that would
benet from FDI inows include
manufacturing, energy and services,
particularly business process outsourcing.
We expect investors will assume a
wait-and-see attitude because FDI is a
more noted commitment on the part of the
investor, he said.
The Bangko Sentral has earlier
revised its year-end gross international
reserves forecast in 2012 to $78 billion
from $79 billion and the balance of
payments surplus to $2.6 billion from
$2.8 billion.
The monetary authority, however, kept
its 5-percent growth projection for foreign
remittances and 10-percent increase for
exports this year.
Foreign portfolio investments as of
rst week of June yielded net inows of
$825.14 million, down from $2.152 billion
recorded in the same period last year.
The Bangko Sentral now expects equity
investments to reach only $1.1 billion
this year, instead of $3-billion earlier
projected. Investments in debt securities
are seen to rise to $3.4 billion from $2.7-
billion estimate in December.
Guinigundo said the increase in
inows going to debt securities would
come from the higher bond issuance
by the private sectors. Debt securities
yielded a net inow of $1.1 billion in
2011 while equity investments hit $1
billion in 2011.
THE peso fell for a second day
Friday after Moodys Investors
Service downgraded the credit
ratings of 15 global banks,
adding to concerns about a global
economic slowdown.
The currency declined this
week for the rst time in a month
as the central bank reported the
balance of payments surplus
dropped 73 percent in the rst
ve months of the year to $1.3
billion. Governor Amando
Tetangco predicted it would end
2012 at $2.6 billion, compared
with an earlier estimate of $2.8
billion.
The downgrade of the banks
generally weakened investor
sentiment, said Raul Tan, head
of the balance-sheet segment
of Rizal Commercial Banking
Corp.s Treasury Group.
The peso fell 0.1 percent
to close at 42.42 per dollar,
according to prices from
Tullett Prebon Plc. It declined
0.5 percent this week. One-
month implied volatility, which
measures exchange-rate swings
used to price options, was
unchanged at 5.95 percent.
The central bank will respond,
as appropriate, to ensure there
is no excessive volatility in
domestic markets caused by
developments in Europe and
the US, Tetangco wrote in an
e-mail Thursday. Authorities
will ensure growth is sustained
while ination targets are met,
he added. Bloomberg
Foreign debt hits $62.9b
FOREIGN debt climbed $2 billion or 3.2
percent year-on-year to $62.9 billion as of end-
March, as upbeat investments and business
activities pushed up overseas borrowings of the
government and the private sector, the Bangko
Sentral said Friday.
The gure also increased $1.2 billion or 1.9
percent from $60.9 billion as of end-December
2011.
Notwithstanding the higher debt level,
major external debt indicators remained at
very prudent and comfortable levels in the rst
quarter, BSP Deputy Governor Juan de Zuiga
said.
The Philippines has gross international
reserves of nearly $77 billion, which exceeds
the total foreign debt.
Data showed that of the total foreign debt, $48.3
billion was borrowed by the public sector and the
remaining $14.6 billion by the private sector.
The $62.9-billion external debt represented 20.7
percent of the gross national income in March, an
improvement from 22.2 percent a year ago.
The external debt service ratio, or the ratio
of principal and interest payments relative to
exports of goods and receipts from services
and income, improved to 8.0 percent from 8.2
percent the previous year was due to an increase
in the countrys merchandise exports despite
developments in the US economy and the Euro
zone. Maria Bernadette Lunas
Nidos contract extended
THE Energy Department has extended the
work program of Nido Petroleum Philippines
Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of Australian exploration
rm Nido Petroleum Limited, by one year with
the drilling of one well slated between August
2013 and August 2014.
Nido, operator of service contract 54, said in
a disclosure to the Australian stock exchange
the department had agreed to extend sub-phase
6 from the original schedule of Aug. 4, 2012 to
Aug. 4, 2013.
The 12-month extension to sub-phase 6
will enable Nido to complete the ongoing 2D
seismic processing projects over the Lawaan-
Libas prospects in SC 54A and the Pawikan
lead in SC 54B, and to fully integrate the results
and implications of the new seismic data into
the subsurface geological models and prospect
maturation, Nido managing director Phil
Byrne said.
Nido completed in December last year the
combined SC 54A (Lawaan/Libas prospect)
and service contract 54B (Pawikan prospect)
2D seismic surveys.
The two surveys were conducted using the MV
Nordic Energy operated by seismic contractor
Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd. Prospective resource
oil-in-place estimates for Lawaan and Libas are
currently 34.7 million barrels and 12 million
barrels, respectively. Alena Mae S. Flores
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MST BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW
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FINANCIAL
1.95 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.70 1.78 1.78 1.78 4.71 5,000
70.00 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.20 6.75 62.00 63.50 0.47 1,875,440 62,557,199.50
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 71.50 73.25 69.60 73.00 2.10 2,010,830 67,699,378.50
512.00 370.00 China Bank 494.60 495.40 490.00 490.40 (0.85) 10,490 (3,451,472.00)
23.90 12.50 COL Financial 23.20 23.20 23.00 23.00 (0.86) 10,400
Eastwest Bank 18.96 19.02 18.90 19.00 0.21 458,800 (37,840.00)
22.00 7.56 Filipino Fund Inc. 9.60 10.00 10.00 10.00 4.17 1,000
80.00 40.00 First Metro Inv. 68.10 72.00 72.00 72.00 5.73 20
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.55 2.58 2.54 2.57 0.78 133,000
775.00 475.20 Manulife Fin. Corp. 450.00 450.00 450.00 450.00 0.00 100
29.00 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 38.55 38.30 37.90 38.30 (0.65) 7,400
93.50 60.00 Metrobank 90.00 89.90 89.30 89.70 (0.33) 2,028,150 (15,134,363.00)
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 2.00 2.05 2.00 2.00 0.00 520,000 (1,000,000.00)
16.85 41.00 Phil. National Bank 70.75 71.00 69.40 71.00 0.35 843,850 298,910.00
85.00 57.70 Phil. Savings Bank 83.50 82.00 82.00 82.00 (1.80) 800
539.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 350.00 351.00 350.00 351.00 0.29 3,040
44.40 25.45 RCBC À 43.45 43.50 43.20 43.40 (0.12) 254,200.00 4,061,210.00
151.50 77.00 Security Bank 139.50 139.70 138.20 138.80 (0.50) 485,400 3,868,213.00
1390.00 950.00 Sun Life Financial 950.00 925.00 910.00 910.00 (4.21) 90 9,100.00
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 99.85 100.00 99.75 100.00 0.15 133,460 (350,000.00)
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.81 1.81 1.80 1.81 0.00 42,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.10 33.45 32.80 33.20 0.30 4,260,200 43,609,905.00
13.58 7.32 Agrinurture Inc. 8.80 8.88 8.80 8.86 0.68 7,800
23.50 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 17.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 5.88 6,000
1.86 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.40 1.39 1.37 1.38 (1.43) 117,000 8,280.00
54.90 26.00 Alphaland Corp. 28.60 28.50 28.40 28.40 (0.70) 1,500
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.35 1.31 1.31 1.31 (2.96) 138,000
Asiabest Group 23.50 26.15 22.80 24.05 2.34 369,200 465,065.00
102.80 3.02 Bloomberry 8.41 8.55 8.36 8.43 0.24 5,511,900 (21,020,960.00)
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 15.00 13.52 13.52 13.52 (9.87) 4,450
2.88 2.24 Calapan Venture 2.75 2.80 2.70 2.80 1.82 99,000
144.00 36.00 Conc. Aggr. À 79.00 79.00 79.00 79.00 0.00 250
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.64 2.65 2.65 2.65 0.38 103,000 159,000.00
8.33 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.29 9.58 8.72 9.22 (0.75) 704,800 (1,198.00)
7.06 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 6.00 6.02 5.90 5.97 (0.50) 7,008,200 455,457.00
6.28 2.80 EEI 6.25 6.26 6.15 6.20 (0.80) 423,100 590,530.00
3.80 1.00 Euro-Med Lab. 1.82 1.81 1.78 1.78 (2.20) 30,000
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.38 9.80 9.70 9.80 (5.59) 3,600
15.58 12.50 First Gen Corp. 16.96 17.00 16.60 16.90 (0.35) 1,199,600 3,541,750.00
67.20 51.50 First Holdings A 73.15 74.00 73.00 73.25 0.14 361,980 (6,677,508.00)
31.50 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 21.00 21.00 20.90 21.00 0.00 1,000
0.10 0.0095 Greenergy 0.0140 0.0140 0.0130 0.0140 0.00 48,200,000 (7,800.00)
13.50 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.40 11.40 11.40 11.40 0.00 101,400 471,960.00
9.00 4.71 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 0.00 8,000
2.35 0.95 Ionics Inc 0.800 0.800 0.740 0.760 (5.00) 203,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 105.00 106.50 104.00 104.00 (0.95) 52,330 (1,203,743.00)
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.49 1.51 1.47 1.51 1.34 95,000
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 2.25 2.20 2.00 2.20 (2.22) 201,000
24.70 17.94 Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.25 24.30 24.00 24.20 (0.21) 777,100 118,685.00
15.30 8.12 Megawide 17.20 17.20 17.00 17.20 0.00 27,500 10,200.00
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 235.00 243.00 230.00 241.00 2.55 882,540 39,353,812.00
11.00 7.00 Pancake House Inc. 10.00 10.50 10.50 10.50 5.00 100
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.77 2.77 2.77 2.77 0.00 1,014,000 13,850.00
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.16 10.14 10.08 10.14 (0.20) 1,869,100 (10,919,112.00)
14.00 10.30 Phinma Corporation 10.50 10.30 10.30 10.30 (1.90) 3,000
15.24 9.01 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.10 8.20 8.07 8.20 1.23 102,400 16,200.00
2.55 1.01 RFM Corporation 2.93 2.94 2.90 2.92 (0.34) 260,000
33.00 27.70 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.00 29.00 28.50 29.00 0.00 5,500 (54,850.00)
132.60 105.70 San Miguel Corp À 115.50 115.90 114.90 115.60 0.09 420,900 37,348,557.00
2.50 1.85 Splash Corporation 1.85 1.86 1.84 1.86 0.54 56,000
0.250 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.125 0.128 0.125 0.128 2.40 650,000
5.46 2.92 Tanduay Holdings 4.34 4.55 4.29 4.41 1.61 4,565,000 2,256,640.00
3.62 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.17 2.17 2.10 2.10 (3.23) 67,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.23 1.22 1.21 1.21 (1.63) 622,000 7,260.00
68.00 36.20 Universal Robina 62.45 62.40 61.00 61.00 (2.32) 1,542,280 (19,949,581.50)
Victorias Milling 1.48 1.55 1.46 1.49 0.68 12,154,000 15,780.00
1.12 0.285 Vitarich Corp. 0.720 0.710 0.690 0.690 (4.17) 287,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 11.78 12.46 11.76 12.38 5.09 27,100
1.22 0.68 Vulcan Indl. 0.97 0.97 0.94 0.97 0.00 65,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.69 0.70 0.69 0.70 1.45 331,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 47.65 47.65 46.90 47.50 (0.31) 1,603,400 (45,863,235.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.0150 0.00 8,400,000
13.48 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.98 12.00 11.72 11.92 (0.50) 16,677,000 20,446,904.00
2.97 1.67 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 0.00 180,000
4.60 3.00 Anscor À 4.53 4.57 4.41 4.57 0.88 34,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.30 5.30 5.02 5.26 (0.75) 113,200
437.00 272.00 Ayala Corp À 474.00 471.00 465.00 470.00 (0.84) 217,460 (32,354,782.00)
59.45 30.50 DMCI Holdings 55.00 55.25 54.05 55.00 0.00 953,570 (794,326.00)
5.25 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 3.95 4.00 3.95 3.95 0.00 248,000
GT Capital 494.00 495.00 490.00 490.00 (0.81) 597,810 1,020,360.00
5.22 2.90 House of Inv. 4.46 4.26 4.26 4.26 (4.48) 8,000
34.80 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.90 33.80 32.75 33.55 (1.03) 1,516,500 15,910,430.00
6.95 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.82 5.82 5.76 5.77 (0.86) 1,514,800 (3,189,110.00)
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.09 1.13 1.07 1.10 0.92 891,000
3.82 1.500 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.60 2.65 2.51 2.57 (1.15) 1,577,000 (1,158,770.00)
4.45 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.16 4.15 4.08 4.15 (0.24) 9,246,000 (7,692,240.00)
6.24 2.10 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.89 4.88 4.75 4.88 (0.20) 15,000
4.72 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 4.50 5.50 4.50 5.00 11.11 20,000
0.0770 0.054 Pacica À 0.0500 0.0510 0.0500 0.0510 2.00 1,100,000
2.20 1.42 Prime Media Hldg 1.400 1.400 1.360 1.380 (1.43) 40,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.320 0.320 0.320 0.00 10,000
699.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 695.00 703.00 690.00 702.00 1.01 223,460 (35,676,035.00)
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.37 1.37 1.35 1.37 0.00 61,000
0.420 0.099 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2100 0.2350 0.2200 0.2200 4.76 100,000
0.620 0.056 Wellex Industries 0.3450 0.3600 0.3400 0.3500 1.45 2,010,000 37,950.00
1.370 0.178 Zeus Holdings 0.520 0.530 0.510 0.510 (1.92) 102,000
P R O P E R T Y
39.00 11.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 39.50 41.90 35.55 40.00 1.27 55,700 (37,000.00)
0.218 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.168 0.168 0.167 0.168 0.00 220,000
22.40 13.36 Ayala Land `B 21.55 21.65 21.40 21.50 (0.23) 6,396,300 (50,744,495.00)
6.12 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.73 4.82 4.70 4.77 0.85 192,000 210,380.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.61 5.86 5.78 5.81 3.57 1,012,600 45,084.00
5.60 2.00 Cebu Prop. À 4.90 4.86 4.86 4.86 (0.82) 20,000
5.20 2.20 Cebu Prop. `B 5.00 4.90 4.90 4.90 (2.00) 10,000
5.66 0.26 Century Property 1.43 1.45 1.43 1.44 0.70 107,000 (14,400.00)
2.85 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.42 2.40 2.30 2.40 (0.83) 40,000
0.127 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.075 0.076 0.076 0.076 1.33 500,000
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.750 0.750 0.730 0.750 0.00 4,206,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.170 0.170 0.155 0.170 0.00 80,000 (4,650.00)
3.06 1.76 Global-Estate 1.73 1.73 1.71 1.73 0.00 552,000 142,340.00
1.35 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.26 1.24 1.23 1.23 (2.38) 2,850,000 505,490.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.73 1.82 1.73 1.82 5.20 30,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.09 1.15 1.08 1.15 5.50 10,000 (1,950.00)
4.50 1.50 Keppel Properties 2.10 2.10 1.90 2.10 0.00 39,000
2.48 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.14 2.10 1.90 2.10 (1.87) 39,000
0.80 0.215 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1860 0.1870 0.1830 0.1850 (0.54) 1,770,000 (37,400.00)
0.990 0.072 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6700 0.6800 0.6600 0.6800 1.49 4,294,000
4.77 1.80 Polar Property Holdings 4.08 4.18 4.00 4.15 1.72 588,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 17.00 17.40 16.80 16.96 (0.24) 296,300 2,812.00
Rockwell 3.08 3.09 3.07 3.08 0.00 163,000 (108,300.00)
710.00 360.00 San Miguel Prop. 700.00 550.00 550.00 550.00 (21.43) 10
2.70 1.74 Shang Properties Inc. 2.48 2.55 2.45 2.55 2.82 5,123,000 (7,650.00)
9.47 6.50 SM Development À 6.14 6.19 6.10 6.12 (0.33) 368,900 583,555.00
18.20 10.90 SM Prime Holdings 13.40 13.26 12.94 13.00 (2.99) 5,090,300 6,867,720.00
1.14 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.00 153,000
4.30 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.110 4.130 4.060 4.110 0.00 1,930,000 1,566,240.00
S E R V I C E S
43.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 0.00 5,900
14.76 1.60 Acesite Hotel 5.58 5.58 4.80 4.85 (13.08) 1,065,000 (558,967.00)
0.80 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.630 0.680 0.620 0.680 7.94 11,000 (6,200.00)
9.30 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 8.90 8.60 8.60 8.60 (3.37) 12,000
0.5300 0.0660 Boulevard Holdings 0.1460 0.1450 0.1400 0.1400 (4.11) 11,410,000
Calata Corp. 9.31 9.42 8.50 9.08 (2.47) 3,383,900 (405,396.00)
98.15 62.50 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 65.90 68.00 65.00 67.95 3.11 433,060 (4,601,475.50)
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.30 6.45 6.12 6.12 (2.86) 102,000 648.00
1750.00 765.00 FEUI 975.00 975.00 975.00 975.00 0.00 20
1270.00 825.00 Globe Telecom 1056.00 1070.00 1048.00 1060.00 0.38 38,075 6,812,745.00
10.34 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.10 10.16 10.04 10.10 0.00 313,900
69.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 74.00 73.80 72.10 72.10 (2.57) 562,860 (908,490.50)
0.98 0.34 Information Capital Tech. 0.440 0.430 0.410 0.410 (6.82) 170,000
6.00 4.00 IPeople Inc. À 5.55 5.60 5.50 5.60 0.90 22,200
4.29 2.20 IP Converge 2.95 2.94 2.50 2.70 (8.47) 8,089,000 27,550.00
34.50 0.123 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.040 0.040 0.038 0.039 (2.50) 82,000,000
3.87 1.16 IPVG Corp. 1.06 1.07 1.04 1.05 (0.94) 24,000
5.1900 2.900 ISM Communications 2.6100 2.6000 2.5900 2.5900 (0.77) 70,000
3.79 1.58 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.50 2.51 2.40 2.50 0.00 20,007,000
11.68 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 6.62 6.65 6.60 6.65 0.45 282,800 1,330,000.00
4.28 2.65 Liberty Telecom 2.79 2.78 2.68 2.78 (0.36) 25,000
2.35 0.92 Lorenzo Shipping 1.30 1.89 1.35 1.89 45.38 60,000 (3,400.00)
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.85 2.85 2.85 2.85 0.00 1,000
0.84 0.57 Manila Bulletin 0.66 0.67 0.67 0.67 1.52 15,000
3.00 1.00 Manila Jockey 2.22 2.24 2.15 2.24 0.90 52,000 8,840.00
21.00 17.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 21.25 21.30 21.20 21.30 0.24 27,800
8.58 4.50 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.16 7.24 7.16 7.22 0.84 115,700
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.76 2.90 2.74 2.88 4.35 549,000 203,900.00
10.00 4.60 Phil. Racing Club 9.49 9.20 9.20 9.20 (3.06) 10,000
60.00 17.02 Phil. Seven Corp. 42.00 43.00 42.00 42.50 1.19 688,700 10,642,200.00
17.18 14.50 Philweb.Com Inc. 13.90 13.90 13.30 13.40 (3.60) 207,200 (1,196,360.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2432.00 2510.00 2420.00 2502.00 2.88 350,500 251,184,750.00
0.48 0.23 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.315 0.310 0.310 (1.59) 680,000
23.75 10.68 Puregold 26.80 27.15 26.30 26.70 (0.37) 848,800 351,010.00
Touch Solutions 3.60 3.57 3.57 3.57 (0.83) 2,000
3.30 2.40 Transpacic Broadcast 2.70 2.60 2.50 2.60 (3.70) 101,000
0.79 0.26 Waterfront Phils. 0.430 0.450 0.420 0.450 4.65 20,000 (4,200.00)
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0036 Abra Mining 0.0041 0.0043 0.0041 0.0043 4.88 140,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 4.92 5.50 4.90 5.25 6.71 1,067,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 5.00 5.45 5.10 5.22 4.40 445,300 432,000.00
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.72 17.64 17.50 17.64 (0.45) 355,200 737,380.00
31.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 0.00 500
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.260 0.285 0.260 0.275 5.77 23,990,000
30.35 15.00 Benguet Corp À 23.30 23.30 23.25 23.30 0.00 51,000
34.00 14.50 Benguet Corp `B 23.05 23.05 23.00 23.05 0.00 8,200 (158,800.00)
2.51 1.62 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.54 1.54 1.40 1.54 0.00 195,000 28,200.00
50.85 4.35 Dizon 35.00 39.20 33.50 37.50 7.14 2,515,300 1,449,755.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.74 0.74 0.71 0.73 (1.35) 7,054,000 (161,320.00)
1.82 0.5900 Lepanto À 1.430 1.420 1.380 1.380 (3.50) 40,779,000
2.070 0.6700 Lepanto `B 1.490 1.490 1.420 1.450 (2.68) 9,348,000 (1,493,770.00)
0.085 0.035 Manila Mining À 0.0670 0.0670 0.0650 0.0650 (2.99) 116,640,000
0.087 0.035 Manila Mining `B 0.0680 0.0680 0.0660 0.0660 (2.94) 6,660,000
34.80 15.04 Nickelasia 31.50 31.35 30.90 31.00 (1.59) 348,900 6,229,970.00
12.76 2.08 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.59 9.18 8.38 8.88 3.38 3,419,600 (1,197,298.00)
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.7100 0.7100 0.7100 0.7100 0.00 200,000
8.40 2.12 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.340 5.500 5.250 5.350 0.19 5,860,800 645,633.00
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0180 0.0170 0.0180 0.00 241,000,000
0.033 0.013 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 0.0190 0.00 3,000,000
7.14 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.30 6.10 6.00 6.00 (4.76) 41,000
28.95 17.08 Philex À 23.85 23.85 23.50 23.75 (0.42) 959,000 8,170,430.00
14.18 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 38.80 39.85 37.50 39.25 1.16 569,700 2,475,635.00
0.058 0.013 Philodrill Corp. À 0.050 0.051 0.048 0.051 2.00 1,109,210,000 362,500.00
252.00 161.10 Semirara Corp. 216.20 218.00 208.60 211.00 (2.41) 206,680 (14,330,656.00)
0.029 0.013 United Paragon 0.0190 0.0200 0.0180 0.0190 0.00 140,500,000 (3,800.00)
PREFERRED
47.90 27.30 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 33.30 33.00 33.00 33.00 (0.90) 4,000
First Gen G 102.50 102.50 102.10 102.10 (0.39) 56,100
109.80 100.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 105.00 105.00 104.90 105.00 0.00 100,000
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.10 10.20 10.00 10.02 (0.79) 305,100 (139,660.00)
116.70 106.20 PCOR-Preferred 110.00 111.20 110.50 110.50 0.45 14,250
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 76.50 76.65 75.65 75.65 (1.11) 2,000
1050.00 990.00 SMPFC Preferred 1018.00 1020.00 1018.00 1020.00 0.20 4,130
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.38 0.67 Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 1.10 1.20 1.20 1.20 9.09 1,000 1,200.00
0.210 0.00 Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0780 0.0650 0.0650 0.0650 (16.67) 10,000
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 8,823,647 615180004.25
INDUSTRIAL 96,630,956 857461240.36
HOLDING FIRMS 47,877,339 986872365.66
PROPERTY 157,626,659 511100547.74
SERVICES 132,066,260 1169923814.18
MINING & OIL 1,854,442,752 424253467.28
GRAND TOTAL 1,854,442,752 4564791439.47
FINANCIAL 1,283.29 (UP) 5.95
INDUSTRIAL 7,701.58 (DOWN) 12.38
HOLDING FIRMS 4,391.85 (DOWN) 4.32
PROPERTY 1,892.38 (DOWN) 18.56
SERVICES 1,676.96 (UP) 25.22
MINING & OIL 24.351.85 (DOWN) 374.75
PSEI 5,120.07 (UP) 10.64
All Shares Index 3,376.6 (DOWN) 4.34
Gainers: 72; Losers: 86; Unchanged: 40; Total: 198
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
San Miguel Prop. 550.00 (21.43)
Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0650 (16.67)
Acesite Hotel 4.85 (13.08)
C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.52 (9.87)
IP Converge 2.70 (8.47)
Information Capital Tech. 0.410 (6.82)
Federal Chemicals 9.80 (5.59)
Ionics Inc 0.760 (5.00)
Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.00 (4.76)
House of Inv. 4.26 (4.48)
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Lorenzo Shipping 1.89 45.38
MJCI Investments Inc. 5.00 11.11
Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 1.20 9.09
APC Group, Inc. 0.680 7.94
Dizon 37.50 7.14
Apex À' 5.25 6.71
Alaska Milk Corp. 18.00 5.88
Basic Energy Corp. 0.275 5.77
First Metro Inv. 72.00 5.73
Interport À' 1.15 5.50
TOP GAI NERS TOP LOSERS
Stock investors top 500,000 mark
Manilas top taxpayers. SM
Supermalls was cited as one
of Manilas top 10 business
and realty taxpayers in
2011 during the recent 441
st

Araw ng Maynila week-long
celebration. SM Manila took
the 9
th
place and SM San
Lazaro the 10
th
spot in the
top 10 business taxpayer
category while SM Prime
Holdings Inc. was 3
rd
placer
in the top 10 realty taxpayer
category. Receiving the
awards from Mayor Alfredo
Lim (third from left) are
(from left) for SM Supermalls
regional operations manager
Guiseppe Jahrling, president
Annie Garcia, vice president
for internal audit Christopher
Bautista, vice president for
marketing research and
planning Ronald Tumao, vice
president for operations Liza
Silerio and assistant vice
president for operations
Royston Cabunag.
STOCKS posted modest gains Friday,
bucking the regional downtrend as
investors read the latest economic data in
the United States and China as signs of
global economic slowdown.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, added 10 points, or
0.2 percent to close at 5,120.07,
capping a 3.8-percent weekly
gain, the biggest since October.
The heavier index representing
all shares was down 4 points, or
0.1 percent, to 3,376.60, as losers
outnumbered gainers, 86 to 72,
with 40 issues unchanged. Value
turnover reached P4.6 billion.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co. rose 2.9 percent
to P2,502, the highest nish since
May 11. PLDT chairman Manuel
Pangilinan was quoted in news
reports as saying core prot was
expected to reach P39 billion in
2013 and P42 billion in 2014.
Manila Electric Co., the nations
biggest power retailer, rose 2.6
percent to P241. Pangilinan,
chairman of Philex Mining Corp.,
said the metals producer is in talks
with the utility to build a power
plant. Pangilinan is also chairman
of Meralco.
First Philippine Holdings Corp.
advanced 0.1 percent to P73.25.
The company extended a share
buyback program for two years to
July 10, 2014, a stock-exchange
ling showed. The company has
bought back 55.4 million shares
for P3.34 billion, it said.
Mining and oil fell the most
among the six subsectors as the
London Metals Index, a basket
of six futures, sank 2.6 percent
Thursday to the lowest level since
Oct. 20. Lepanto Consolidated
Mining Co.s Class A shares,
which are reserved for Filipinos,
declined 3.5 percent to P1.38,
the rst loss in three days. Nickel
Asia Corp., the nations biggest
producer of the metal, declined 1.6
percent to P31, the steepest retreat
since June 14.
Jollibee Foods Corp., the
nations biggest fastfood
company, declined 1 percent to
P104, reversing a gain of as much
as 1.4 percent. The company may
opt to pay a stock dividend instead
of a cash payout, chairman Tony
Tan Caktiong told shareholders
during the companys annual
meeting Friday.
Meanwhile, Asian stock
markets fell Friday as gloomy
economic reports from the worlds
two biggest economies piled up,
heightening fears of a sharper
global downturn.
The US Labor Department
reported Thursday the four-
week average of applications for
unemployment benets jumped to
the highest level in nine months.
Meanwhile, sales of previously-
owned homes fell 1.5 percent in
May.
A further sign of weakness in
the worlds No. 1 economy came
from the Philadelphia branch of the
Federal Reserve, which issued a
report showing that manufacturing
in the northeast had experienced a
sharp decrease due to a steep fall
in company orders.
With signs of weakness in the
US economy, the persistence of the
eurozone debt crisis and the threat of
a hardlanding in China looming, the
prospect of a synchronized economic
slowdown is real, analysts at DBS
Bank Ltd. in Singapore said in a
market commentary.
Japans Nikkei 225 index fell
0.2 percent to 8,802.54 and South
Koreas Kospi slid 2.1 percent
to 1,848.57. Hong Kongs Hang
Seng Index lost 1 percent to
19,067.51 and Australias S&P/
ASX 200 was down 1 percent at
4,046.70. Bloomberg, AP
THE Philippine Stock Exchange said investor
accounts pierced the critical 500,000 mark to hit
505,054 accounts by end-2011.
A poll conducted by the PSE based on data
gathered from 133 active brokers showed total
investor accounts grew by 1.3 percent from 498,838
in 2010.
It said of the total accounts, 478,362 or 94.7
percent were retail accounts or those held by
individuals while the remaining 26,692 or 5.3
percent were classied as institutional accounts, or
those held by corporations.
Retail accounts in 2011 rose 4,360, or 0.9 percent,
to 478,362 from 474,002 in 2010. However, the
number of active retail accounts increased by an
impressive 32.2 percent to 149,233 from 112,880.
The share of active retail accounts to total retail
accounts also widened to 31.2 percent from 23.8
percent in 2010.
While the growth in number of accounts
was tempered in 2011, we are pleased with the
signicant increase in the number of active accounts
in the market. This reects robust trading activity
the past year which was sustained this year with the
40-percent increase in value turnover year-to-date
compared with last year, PSE president and chief
executive Hans Sicat said.
Institutional accounts grew by 1,856 accounts or
7.5 percent to 26,692 in 2011 from 24,836 in 2010,
led by the increases in number of both local and
foreign institutional accounts. Active institutional
accounts also registered a 16.3-percent expansion
to 8,302 from 7,136 in 2010.
Local accounts continued to dominate total
investor accounts in the stock market with a 98.6-
percent share. The remaining 1.4 percent belonged
to foreign accounts.
It is noteworthy that local accounts continue
to provide a healthy base for our stock market as
seen in the growth of active local accounts. As
we continue to welcome more foreign investments
in the stock market, the share of local trading is
necessary in building a strong base for liquidity
in the stock market. We continue to persist in our
market education initiatives to reach a broader retail
base, Sicat said.
Business
ManilaStandardToday extrastory2000@gmail.com mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.com JUNE 23, 2012 SATURDAY
B3
Oil prices decrease
below $78 a barrel
Moodys cuts credit
ratings of big banks
IMF: Euro under acute stress
Air France-KLM to reduce over 5,000 jobs
Major hotel brands pampering Chinese tourists
By Ben Sharples and Ann Koh
OIL fell for a third day to the lowest level
in almost nine months and headed for a
second weekly decline amid signs of a
global economic slowdown that may curb
fuel demand.
Futures slid as much as 0.8
percent after decreasing 4 percent
Thursday, the biggest drop this
year. The Federal Reserve Bank
of Philadelphias economic index
signaled the biggest contraction
in manufacturing in almost a year,
adding to data that showed factory
output shrinking in Europe and
China. Prices rebounded as much as
1 percent earlier after a storm started
to form in the Gulf of Mexico and
prices approached a technical
support level.
I expected the oil market to be
supported at $80, but it easily broke
down, said Ken Hasegawa, a
commodity derivative sales manager
at Newedge Group in Tokyo who
forecasts New York crude will
trade between $75 and $82 a barrel
through the end of this month. The
rebound is just because of buying
on dips after the sharp decline in
yesterdays session.
Oil for August delivery fell as
much as 64 cents to $77.56 a barrel
in electronic trading on the New
York Mercantile Exchange and was
at $77.88 at 3:25 p.m. Singapore
time. The contract on Thursday
tumbled $3.25 to $78.20, the lowest
close since Oct. 4. Prices are down
7.3 percent this week and 21 percent
lower this year.
Brent oil for August settlement
slid 59 cents, or 0.7 percent, to
$88.64 a barrel on the London-
based ICE Futures Europe
exchange. The European
benchmarks premium to West
Texas Intermediate was at $10.76
after closing at $11.03 Thursday,
the narrowest gap since January.
Oil in New York has technical
support along its lower Bollinger
Band on the 30-day chart, data
compiled by Bloomberg show.
Futures yesterday halted their
decline near the indicator, which
is at about $77.37 a barrel Friday.
Buy orders tend to be clustered
near chart-support levels.
Prices may fall next week on
signals that global economic
growth is slowing, a Bloomberg
survey showed. Fourteen of 27
analysts, or 52 percent, forecast
crude will decline through June 29.
Nine respondents, or 33 percent,
predicted that futures will be little
changed and four said there will be
an increase.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphias factory index dropped
to minus 16.6 in June, the lowest
reading since August. A gauge of
euro-region manufacturing fell to
44.8, the weakest in three years,
London-based Markit Economics
said in an initial estimate. The
preliminary reading for a Chinese
purchasing managers index from
HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit was
48.1, signaling an eighth month of
contraction.
Brent settled below $90 a barrel
Thursday for the rst time since
December 2010 and has dropped
30 percent since its high for the
year on March 1. The Organization
of Petroleum Exporting Countries
agreed June 14 to keep its output
quota unchanged at 30 million
barrels a day amid calls from some
members including Iran to cut supply
to avoid further price declines.
Bloomberg
First Gen supports book launch. First Gen Corp. chairman and chief executive Federico Lopez (second from
left) greets retired Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales during the launch in Taal, Batangas of the
coffee table book A Century of Faith, The Local Church of Lipa. First Gen, whose subsidiary First Gas operates
the 1,500-megawatt Sta. Rita and San Lorenzo natural gas-red power plants in Batangas, was cited for its
contribution in bringing to light the coffee table book spearheaded by Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles (not in
photo). Also shown in the background are Rev. Msgr. Gabor Pinter, charge daffaires, Apostolic Nunciature (left)
and Most Rev. Giuseppe Pinto, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines (center).
By Pallavi Gogoi
NEW YORKMoodys
Investors Service lowered the
credit ratings of 15 major banks
Thursday, including Bank of
America, JPMorgan Chase
and Goldman Sachs, saying
their long-term prospects for
protability and growth are
shrinking.
The ratings agency said it
was especially concerned about
banks with signicant nancial
markets businesses because
those markets have become so
volatile. Some of the largest
European banks were also
downgraded, including Barclays,
Deutsche Bank and HSBC.
These banks were vulnerable to
outsized losses, Moodys global
banking managing director Greg
Bauer said in a statement. These
behemoth banks are all major
players in the global stock and
bond markets, which have become
extremely volatile. However,
Bauer pointed out that some of
the banks, like JPMorgan Chase
and HSBC, have reliable buffers
in more stable businesses which
could act as shock absorbers
during a crisis.
The downgrades reect
Moodys concern over the ability
of the banks to repay their debts
during times of crisis. Moodys
had said in February that it was
considering downgrading the
credit ratings of major banks in
the US and in Europe.
A downgrade usually means
banks will have to pay more for
its debt. Investors demand higher
interest for riskier debt, which is
what the downgrades represent.
However, with interest rates
already at rock-bottom levels, the
downgrades may not affect the cost
of funding for the banks that much.
The stock market has also
priced in any negative impact
from the ratings downgrades,
according to Bert Ely, a banking
consultant in the Washington,
D.C. area. Theyve been
telegraphing this thing for
months, Ely said.
In a sign that investors were
taking the news in stride, stocks of
major US banks rose in after-hours
electronic trading. Moodys made
its announcement after regular
stock trading had closed. Morgan
Stanley rose the most, 3.3 percent,
gaining 45 cents to $14.41.
JPMorgan Chase rose 41 cents to
$35.92 and Bank of America rose
12 cents to $7.94. AP
LUXEMBOURGThe head
of the International Monetary
Fund warned Thursday that
the euro is under acute stress
and piled pressure on Germany
by advocating a series of
measures to pull Europe out
of its crisis that its Chancellor
Angela Merkel has strenuously
opposed.
Christine Lagarde urged
leaders of the 17 countries
that use the euro to consider
jointly issuing debt, aiding
troubled banks directly and
perhaps relaxing strict austerity
conditions on countries that
have received aidall measures
that Merkel, the leader of the
eurozones largest and most
powerful economy, has resisted.
But Lagarde, speaking after
a meeting in Luxembourg of
the nance ministers of the 17
countries that use the euro, said
the IMF had found the situation
in Europe to be dire.
We are clearly seeing
additional tension and acute
stress applying to both banks and
sovereigns in the euro area, she
said late Thursday.
Asked what Germany would
think of her suggestions, she
smiled and said We hope
wisdom will prevail.
Lagarde issued her warning
in the lead-up to a week that
promises to be unusually active
in the ght to save Europes
common currency.
On Friday, Merkel will
travel to Rome to meet Italian
Premier Mario Monti and the
leaders of France and Spain in
Rome in an effort to forge a
common strategy to save the
currency that some, Merkel
included, consider essential
to preserving the European
Union itself.
By next Monday, Spain
will make a formal request for
nancial assistance to bail out
its teetering banks, according
to Jean-Claude Juncker, the
Luxembourg Prime Minister who
is also president of the eurogroup
of nance ministers. Earlier
Thursday, Spain announced
that independent auditors had
found that its banks would need
up to 62 billion ($78.6 billion)
to protect themselves from
nancial shocks. Speaking after
the eurogroup meeting, Juncker
said the other ministers had
invited Spain to pursue clear
and ambitious strategy, which
needs to be implemented swiftly
and communicated early. AP
By Mathieu Rosemain
AIR France-KLM Group,
Europes largest carrier, plans to
eliminate more than 5,000 jobs
from its French workforce as it
seeks a return to protability.
The cuts, equivalent to 10
percent of posts at the Air France
unit, will be achieved through
voluntary departures and attrition,
with the Paris-based company
seeking to avoid rings, it said
today in a statement.
Jean-Cyril Spinetta, recalled
as chief executive ofcer
last year after a prot drop
forced the exit of Pierre-Henri
Gourgeon, said in January
hes seeking a deal to deliver
more than 2 billion euros ($2.5
billion) in annual savings that
he reckons are needed to secure
the long-term future.
Air France is facing a
fundamental choice about its
future, Alexandre de Juniac,
chief executive of the Air France
division, said in todays statement.
Our business plan has two
ambitions: to ensure Air France
returns to protability, and to
better serve our customers. If we
all make the necessary equitably
distributed efforts, there will be
no forced departures.
Air France-KLM shares closed
5.5 percent higher at 3.63 euros
in Paris. The stock has declined
8.7 percent this year, valuing the
company at 1.09 billion euros.
Air France remains a high-
risk stock as the market doesnt
stand still and the environment
remains uncertain, but Im
absolutely sure that its going
to be one of the big airline
companies that will survive,
said Stephen Furlong, an analyst
at Davy Holdings in Dublin who
rates the stock underperform.
Some 5,122 posts are to be
cut in total by the end of 2013,
the company told works council
and union representatives at a
meeting today near its main Paris
Charles de Gaulle hub.
Of that number, 3,410 will go
through voluntary departures,
with the balance, 1,712, to be
eliminated by not replacing
personnel who retire, it said.
The problem will only be behind
them when the agreement has been
signed by all unions representing
the pilots, cabin crew and ground
crew, Pierre Boucheny, a Kepler
Capital Markets analyst in Paris,
told Bloomberg Television. Then
theyll need to refocus to what
is more protable, the business
class. Bloomberg
By Meghan Barr
NEW YORKMajor hotel brands are
bending over backward to cater to the needs
of the worlds most sought-after traveler: the
Chinese tourist.
Now arriving on American shores in
unprecedented numbers thanks to a streamlined
visa process and a rising Chinese middle
class, Chinese tourists are being treated to the
comforts of home when they check in at the
front desk. That means hot tea in their rooms,
congee for breakfast and Mandarin-speaking
hotel employees at their disposal.
Chinese welcome programs at reputable
chains like Marriott and Hilton even address
delicate cultural differences: No Chinese tour
group should be placed on a oor containing
the number four, which sounds like the word
for death in Mandarin.
Theyre very relieved, like nally
somebodys doing these things that make
sense, said Robert Armstrong, a sales
manager who handles all bookings for
incoming Chinese travelers at the Waldorf-
Astoria in New York. Finally somebodys
catering to them.
More than a million Chinese visited the US in
2011, contributing more than $5.7 billion to the
US economy. Thats up 36 percent from 2010,
according to the Department of Commerce.
By 2016, that gure is expected to reach 2.6
million Chinese.
In a striking departure from the traditional
Chinese business traveler, a growing number of
them are simply coming to America for fun
with lots of cash on hand. (The average Chinese
visitor spends more than $6,000 per trip.)
And so hotels are openly competing to
win the hearts of the Chinese, who generally
travel in large groups and stick to a tight
itinerary, often packing multiple cities into
a two-week American tour. What theyre
looking for is a hotel that makes them feel at
ease with their surroundings, said Roy Graff,
a travel consultant who educates hotels in
proper Chinese culture and hospitality.
That may take the form of slippers and a
tea kettle in the hotel room or a Mandarin-
speaking employee at the front deskor all
of the above.
They drink tea. Eastern style, everything
cold, explained Charlie Shao, president
of Galaxy Tours, a New York City-based
Chinese tour agency, who used to frequently
request special amenities for his clients.
They dont walk inside the room with bare
feet.
Its rare that Shao has to ask hotels for
anything anymore. Marriott International,
for example, now offers not one but several
Chinese breakfasts, depending upon which
region of China the traveler hails from: there
are salted duck eggs and pickled vegetables for
eastern Chinese, for example, and dim sum and
sliced pigs liver for the southerners. AP
A sample of the kind of food that is offered to Chinese travelers upon check-in is displayed
(left) at the W Times Square in New York. Tea is also offered to Chinese tourists. AP
BULLET
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Regional Offce No. V-A
CAVITE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Trece Martires City
Tel. No. (046) 419-0058 / Tel. Fax No. (046) 419-0694
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-June 23, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Cavite District Engineering
Offce, through the (stated below), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned
projects:
Contract D: 12DF0090
Contract Name: Asphalt Overlay of Tanza-TMC-Indang Road (Punta Section)
Km. 38+705.90 Km. 39+510), Tanza
Contract Location: Tanza, Cavite
Scope of Work:
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 7,498,364.29
Contract Duration: 14 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents: PhP 5,000.00
Contract D: 12DF0091
Contract Name: Widening/Upgrading of Noveleta-Rosario Diversion Road
(CEZ Diversion Road), Km. 25+440 Km. 27+420 with RROW
Acquisition, Noveleta (1
st
L.D.)
Contract Location: Noveleta, Cavite
Scope of Work:
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 33,060,000.00
Contract Duration: 180 calendar days
Cost of Bidding Documents: PhP 20,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
RR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To Bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following 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 C 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 examinations of bids, evaluation of
bids and postqualifcation.
nterested bidders are also required to present to the BAC Secretariat, DPWH-
Cavite District Engineering Offce, Trece Martires City the original copies of the following
documents for authentication and issuance of Bid Documents: a) PCAB License; b)
Contract's Registration Certifcate; c) Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation;
d) Latest Copy of Authorizing Offcer together with machine copy of two (2) valid D's;
e) Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE); f) Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Order
From (Documents Request List) and g) CY-2011 CPES Rating.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The
DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractor's applications for registration
with complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
BAC Activities Schedule
1. ssuance of Bidding Documents June 22, 2012 July 12, 2012 until 9:00 A.M.
2. Pre-Bid Conference June 29, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LO from Prospective
Bidders
July 6, 2012
unt i l 10: 00
A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids July 12, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids July 12, 2012 at 10:30 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-Cavite
District Engineering Ofhce, Trece Martires City, upon payment of non-refundable
fee of (stated above). Prospective bidders may also download the BD's from the DPWH
website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BD's from the DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bids Documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BD's. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form,
as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the
BD's in the BD'S in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a
copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the
bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined
in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-Cavite District Engineering Ofhce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:

(Sgd.) TEOFILO A. AYON
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) OSCAR U. DELA CRUZ
District Engineer
B4
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Former UST rector
in stable condition
Blackouts threaten Luzon
By Florencio P. Narito
LEGAZPI CITY-When Catanduanes
Gov. Joseph Cua conrmed a cholera
outbreak in four towns of the island
province, Albay Gov. Joey Salceda
immediately sent the capitols Water
and Sanitation Team.
The eight-member humanitarian
mission led by Dr. Nathaniel Rempillo,
assistant provincial health ofcer
was instructed to help communities
in battling the disease that has left
at least eight people dead and 1,370
others experiencing diarrhea.
Dr. Luis Mendoza, Albay health
chief, said the team and its Catanduanes
counterpart were capable to cover the
towns of Pandan, Viga, San Andres
and Virac, the provinces capital.
We sent a small group unlike
the calamity in Cagayan de Oro and
Iligan during typhoon Sendong, he
told Manila Standard, referring to
the massive emergency response to
one of worst cases of ashooding in
Mindanao.
Mendoza said the aiders had with them
a water purifying equipment which can
lter, decontaminate and supply 33,000
liters of safe drinking water on site.
The machine was donated by the Span-
ish government through Agencia Espa-
ola de Cooperacin Internacional Para el
Desarrollo, the Spanish International Co-
operation Agency for Development.
Catanduanes is Team Albays
seventh mission after Guihulngan City
last year where it provided potable
water, evacuation management,
emergency pre-hospital and preemptive
public health care, and psycho-social
assistance to earthquake victims.
It has served Isabela and Iloilo after
typhoon Frank and Bagong Silangan in
Quezon City during typhoons Ondoy
and Pepeng.
In an interview, Dr. Ferchito Avelino,
Region 5 health assistant director, said
only eight deaths were validated as
cholera-caused and not 18 according to
some media reports for the period January
to mid-June, and 1,370 cases instead of
3,000 as estimated.
Team Albay aids cholera-hit Catanduanes
By Jessica M. Bacud
TUAO-Sweepstakes chief Marga-
rita Juico on Tuesday motored to this
Cagayan town to reach more ben-
eficiaries of the Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office in northeastern
Luzon.
The PCSO branch ofce was in-
tended to serve the people in the prov-
ince of Cagayan as well in Kalinga and
Apayao, she said during the inaugu-
ral at the municipal compound with
well-wishers led by fellow executives,
Kalinga Rep. Manuel Agyao and Vice
Governor Sonny Mangaoang.
Lawyer Mabel Mamba, PCSO di-
rector, said the new branch showed
that far-flung communities are as-
sured access to basic services.
This supports the Universal Health
Care program of the Aquino adminis-
tration, she said. Last June 15, PCSO
opened a branch in Calbayog, Samar.
Agyao noted the priority given to
the health sector by the Presidential
Legislative Liaison Office.
We are fortunate to have with us
Secretary Manuel Mamba, a son of
Cagayan representing us in Con-
gress, he said.
Residents of the three provinces
seeking medical assistance of the
PCSO need not travel to the region-
al office in Cauayan City to process
their requests or claims.
Also at the inaugural were PCSO
director Betty Nantes, assistant gen-
eral manager for online lottery sector
operations Remeliza Jovita Gabuyo,
Central Luzon department manager
Josefina Sarsonas, OIC fund alloca-
tion department manager Dr. Larry
Cedro, Special Project manager Dr.
Jose Bernardo, and members of Ca-
gayan local government.
Charity
sweeps
across
Cagayan
Social workers praised
CEBU Governor Gwendolyn Garcia praised
social workers in Iloilo and nearby provinces
in Western Visayas for making a difference in
peoples lives.
As social workers, you have made lifelong
and life-changing commitments to be of service
to your fellowmen, she said in a speech at the
recent annual conference and general assembly
of Philippine Association of Social Workers
Inc. Iloilo Chapter.
You have the capacity and opportunity to
change lives and communities.
The two-day conference on Social Workers
in Changing Time was attended by some 200
social workers from Aklan, Antique, Negros
Occidental, Capiz, Guimaras and Iloilo, as well
as representatives of Local Government Units
and social work students.
Dr. Naneth Pador RSW, chapter president,
said she invited Gov. Garcia to be the guest
speaker because during my visit to Cebu, I
was impressed with what I saw, especially on
the matter of social services,
a slight reference to her senatorial bid under
the slate of the United Nationalist Alliance.
Pador said Garcia could achieve at the
national level what she had accomplished in
Cebu for the welfare of social workers.
Garcia said one of her administrations
priorities was forming the Regional Task
Force on Anti-Trafcking to protect women
and children from becoming victims of crime
syndicates. She said her advocacy won the
support of shipping companies, airline and
bus operators, hotels, restaurants and resorts
owners.
5 die in train crash
LEGASPI CITYFive people, mostly
family members, were killed on Friday morning
while 8 others were injured when the tricycle
they were riding in collided with a Philippine
National Railways train.
The crash happened at the boundary of San
Isidro and San Agustin, Iriga City at 6:54 a.m., a
report reaching Police Regional Ofce 5 said.
Supt. Renato Bataller, spokesman, identied
the fatalities as Kimberly Doroteo, 13; Shiela
Sapinoso, 32, public school teacher; John
Richard Rosal, Agollo, 15. Investigation
showed that all were killed on the spot.
Dead on arrival at an unidentied hospital
were Mikee Villanueva , 15; Hanny Mae Baal,
12; Ronnil Rodillas, 13; Joshua Salamaque, 14;
Hanson Baal, 15; Angelo Zollo, 15.
The dead and the injured were all residents of
San Jose, records said.
Rollan Ollero, train engineer, was detained
at the Iriga police station pending the lling
of charges for multiple homicide and multiple
physical injuries, the police said.
Florencio P. Narito
A PARTY-LIST organization representing
the cooperative sector has sought a temporary
restraining order with injunction and damages
against people allegedly representing
themselves as ofcers of the party.
In a suit led before Quezon City
Regional Trial Court Branch 90, Rafael
Puentespina, Ating Koop president, sought
judicial relief against Amparo Rimas, Rito
Fabella, Aurelio Jose Jr., Jose Torres, Jr.,
Lancelot Padla, Romeo Candazo, Erlinda
Duque, Mona Benosa, Roberto Mascarina,
Geronimo Zapata, Rey Dennis Gilbas,
Cristina Salvosa, Francisco Pineda, Jr., and
Eden Sarne.
The defendants led a manifestation with
urgent motion to dismiss citing the interim
rules governing intra-corporate corporate
controversy on nuisance.
The legal dispute stemmed from the
formation of a faction, questioning the
legitimacy of the present ofcers including
Ating Koop party-list Rep. Isidro Lico.
Gigi Muoz David
Party-list on cooperatives sues splinter group
By Alena Mae S. Flores
BLACKOUTS in Luzon were averted Friday due
to ample power supply but outages remain a threat
over the weekend.
Energy Undersecretary Josena
Asirit said 1,000 MW which remained
unavailable was signicant to the
Luzon grid which required a reserve of
647 MW.
She said the 650-MW Malaya thermal
power plant was inoperative while
stocking up on fuel over the maintenance
shutdown of the Malampaya gas eld
next month.
Asirit, however, said the Malaya
plant can be run, if needed, to meet the
shortfall.
One unit of the 1,200 MW Sual power
plant ran at 408 MW against its 600-
MW load due to a problem with the ue
gas desulfurization machine.
One unit of the 600-MW Calaca
power plant is also down, with only 300
MW available due to a boiler leak.
The 735-MW Pagbilao
plant in Quezon was at 380
MW after one unit went on
maintenance shutdown while
the 275-MW Tiwi geothermal
power plant was down to 60
MW over low steam supply.
Manila Electric Co. warned
early Friday of a possible
putage but its planned
manual load dropping did not
push through due to the low
demand which eased pressure
on supply.
In Baguio City, the
National Grid Corporation
of the Philippines said its
yellow alert for Luzon
grid customers on Friday
was prompted by reduced
generation.
A red alert applies when
the contingency reserve is
zero or a generation deciency
exists, to indicate outages.
Lawyer Cynthia Alabanza,
National Grid spokesman,
said capacity was at 7,727
MW while demand peaked at
7,300 MW around 10 a.m..
No rotating brownouts in
Metro Manila are expected
today as long as other
generating plants remain
available, she said, noting
that load dropping depended
on the demand for the day.
The unavailability and/
or the reduced capability of
certain power plants led to a
situation where the available
reserves were insufcient
to meet the grids required
contingency of 647 MW,
she said,.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy
Casio said talks of blackouts
tended to justify private power
rms to seek a rate hike.
We should be wary that
the so-called threat might
be deliberately aimed at
manipulating Wholesale
Electricity Spot Market
prices, he said.
It is suspicious that
the power producers are
gearing for the simultaneous
maintenance of power plants.
Casio said the generation
of electricity should be a
public interest.
It would be better if the
energy sector is once again
controlled by the government
so that everything can be
coordinated because private
operators can create an
articial energy crisis if they
want to, he said.
With Dexter A. See,
Maricel V. Cruz
By Dexter A. See
BAGUIO CITYFr. Frederik Fermin
O.P., 88, former rector of the University
of Santo Tomas is in stable condition
at the Saint Louis University Hospital
after being treated here for various
complications.
The former dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Letters was confined last
June 6.
Dr. Abraham Austria, attending
physician, said the condition worsened
due to pneumonia and other metabolic
problems, prompting a transfer to the
intensive care unit.
We are happy that Fr. Fermins
condition has signicantly improved
over the past several days, he told Manila Standard. He is now
in good and stable condition.
Austria said the progress was noteworthy at the recovery room in
preparation for his discharge.
Fr. Fermin is responding well to the prescribed medical
procedures and medications, he said.
Skills hub.
Quezon governor
David Suarez, [2nd
from right], leads
the groundbreak-
ing for construc-
tion of technical
and manpower
training center
dormitory in
Lopez town joined
by (from right)
senior 2nd district
board member
Romano Talaga,
4th district board
member Gerald
Ortiz, and board
member Manny
Butardo.BENJIE A.
ANTIOQUIA
Batangas nature conservancy. Mrs. Elenita Binay (3rd from left, front row), wife of Vice President Jejomar Binay and
former Makati City Mayor, welcomes the group of Henry Babiera to her eco-tourism farm project in Rosario town. Babiera,
dean of tiangges (ea markets), is also president and chief executive of Prime Asia Trade Planners and Exhibitors and chair-
man and president of the Asian Kennel Club Union of the Philippines Inc. He and Mrs. Binay are advocates of advocates of
environmental protection and conservation as well as animal welfare. CALOY ARDOSA

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