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Nationwide probe zeroes in on Batangas, Legazpi, Naga
Who needs the monitor? Erick Marco
Ramos, the blind Fullbright scholar, shows off
his computer skills. DANNY PATA
Good ride. A man carries his daughter on his shoulders during the celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist in San Juan.
PNP goes after
fake check ring
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By Christine F. Herrera
TWO years into his term, President Benigno Aquino
III is engaged in acts he has denounced his predecessor
for doing: reappointing Cabinet members after they had
been bypassed by the Appointments Commission at least
three consecutive times.
Mr. Aquino had authored a bill declaring such nomi-
nees as ineligible when he was a senator.
Senate Bill 1719, which was never passed, accused
then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of abusing her
power to appoint by consistently reappointing the nomi-
nees who had been consecutively bypassed by the Ap-
pointments Commission.
PHILIPPINE ofcials have opened a small kin-
dergarten on a South China Sea island that is also
being claimed by ve other governments.
Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon said Sunday that
the school was opened June 15 without fanfare
to help a poor Filipino community on the island
in the Spratly archipelago and not to antagonize
rival claimants.
Five students were welcomed by their teacher
in a classroom lled with crayons, pencils, col-
oring books and a blackboard, Bito-onon said.
A Philippine ag uttered in the breeze in the
schoolyard on the 37-hectare island, which the
Philippines calls Pag-asa or Hope in Tagalog.
Were trying to come up with as normal a
community as possible and this is one important
step, Bito-onon said by telephone.
The kids were very excited. They grabbed
their new schoolbags and prodded their parents to
bring them to class early.
Bito-onon said older children could also be
By Macon Ramos-Araneta
SURFING the networking sites is normal for
the Internet-savvy Filipinos, but very few
can claim that they surf the Internet without
the need to look at the screen.
Erick Marco Ramos , 27, a senior educa-
tion student at the Philippine Normal Univer-
sity and a former Fullbright scholar in the
By Joyce P. Paares
SULU Governor Sakur Tan
said Sunday there was no
need to rescue Jordanian
journalist Baker Abdulla
Atyani, who went to Sulu
with two Filipino crew sup-
posedly to interview some
members of the Abu Sayyaf
bandits for a documentary.
Tan, the head of the crisis
committee in the province,
said he believed Atyani,
the chief of the Al-Arabiya
News Networks TV bureau
in Southeast Asia, went to
the Abu Sayyafs lair volun-
tarily. Rescuing him would
only endanger the lives of
innocent civilians.
He went there voluntari-
ly, Tan told the Manila Stan-
dard in a phone interview.
Why would we sacrice
the lives of innocent civil-
ians here in Sulu just be-
cause of three people who
knew where they were go-
ing? They create a problem
and then now they want us
to solve it?
By Ben Cal
THE Air Force will get 25
more helicopters late this year
to augment its depleting air as-
sets, an ofcial said on Friday.
Lt. Gen. Lauro Catalino
de la Cruz, the Air Forces
commanding general, said
four of the 25 helicopters
would be the last of the
eight new aircraft that the
Defense Department had or-
dered from PZL Swidnik of
Poland, which won the con-
tract to supply the aircraft
of which the rst four were
delivered in February.
The Sokols aside, the Air
Force would be getting 21
refurbished UH-1H Huey
helicopters to be be deliv-
ered in December, De la
Cruz said in a symposium at
the SMX Convention Cen-
ter in preparation for the Air
Forces 65th anniversary on
July 6.
Police Director Samuel Pagdilao had
already approved the budget to nance
the investigation, which would be led by
the Criminal Investigation and Detection
Group, CIDG investigator Allan Acidilla
said.
He said he was starting with Batangas
because it was in that province that many
spurious police checks had been found
My request for allotment for the
conduct of an in-depth investigation has
already been approved by the CIDG,
Acidilla said.
I have to travel to Batangas to start
my investigation before proceeding to
Legaspi City and Naga.
Acidilla said the CIDG had discovered
that many fake checks had been issued
to a certain SPO2 Zenaida M. Soriano,
which turned out to be an alias.
He said he was determined to know
the people behind the fake checks. He
said he would also investigate the Catar-
man Police Station in Northern Samar,
where a spurious police check was used
to dupe an unsuspecting person.
He would also travel to Baguio City,
where some people used fake National
Police checks to pay for goods bought
from some supermarkets. Those stores
might have closed-circuit TVs that could
have recorded the buyer or buyers hand-
ing over the checks to the cashiers.
The CIDG investigation was triggered by
a request from a Land Bank manager through
the National Police Finance Service.
The fake checks amounting to millions
A MEMBER of the Judicial and Bar
Council on Sunday said the panel was
deliberating on a request to open to
the public the entire selection process
by which it will choose a shortlist of
nominees for the position of chief jus-
tice of the Supreme Court.
Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., who
sits in the council as a representative
of Congress, said he would support
the proposal when the council met
again on July 9.
Theres a pending request to the
council that all proceedings will be
opened to the media, meaning, at the
very least the proceedings for the
Chief Justice, Tupas said.
We did not act on this request
and referred it to the executive com-
mittee of the JBC.
Tupas, the lead prosecutor in the im-
peachment trial of ousted Chief Justice
Renato Corona, said the council would
MANILA Mayor Alfredo Lim present-
ed the Ten Outstanding Manilans
awards to distinguised personalities in
media, business, banking and nance,
hotel management and tourism during
ceremonies marking the 441st anni-
versary of the city on Sunday.
For the past 32 years, Manila has
been conferring the Outstanding Ma-
nilan Medallions to those who have
excelled in their elds, but the recog-
nition is also given to those who have
made outstanding contributions to the
growth and development of the city.
The awardees included Neal Cruz,
public service in print media; Helen
Yuchengco-Dee, banking and nance;
PH opens kinder
school on Pag-asa
Internet gives
blind an eye
to scan world
Solon wants full CJ selections open to public
Lim honors ten most outstanding Manilans
PNoy does a Gloria
on reappointments
Sulu gov wont move
to rescue TV reporter
Air Force eyes 25 more
choppers to boost eet
By Francisco S. Tatad
What diplomacy could not do, na-
ture could. This seemed true when
bad weather reportedly forced
Philippine and Chinese vessels to
pull out of the disputed Scarbor-
ough Shoal where they had been in
a standoff since April 10. It turned
out later, however, that only the
Philippine vessels had gone, and
not the Chinese.
President Benigno Aquino III
has since ordered that the two ships
belonging to the Coast Guard and
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources return to the shoal to as-
sert the Philippine claim over it as
part of its 200-mile Exclusive Eco-
nomic Zone.
The continuing bad weather,
however, has prevented more aerial
surveillance of the shoal, according
to the Secretary of National Defense.
Thus it is not yet clear whether the
ships have been able to return.
The resumption of the standoff
can only renew the tension obtain-
ing before the pullout. Apart from
showing the ag, and the true state
of the countrys naval defense, it
will not be able to do much. But it
will at least show how necessary it
is to get the territorial dispute be-
tween China and the Philippines
out of the way.
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Aquino needs
right channel
to China
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THE National Police will go after the syndicate
faking National Police checks and will look for
them all over the country after Land Bank of the
Philippines seized some fake police checks, an of-
cial said on Saturday.
Gov. Tan
De Lima
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ACT party-list Rep. Anto-
nio Tinio, vice chairman of the
House committee on education
and culture, said the contribution
to the kitty, allegedly for crisis
prevention and resolution and
to meet the potential nancing
needs of IMF members, works as
a loan for countries mostly in Eu-
rope, currently under economic
crisis.
President Aquino again dis-
played the utmost insensitivity to
the education sector, ACT par-
ty-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said.
Our country pays its Kinder
teachers P3,000 a month, and its
class sizes sometimes bulge to 70
students per classroom. Our pub-
lic school teachers are themselves
drowning in debt because their sala-
ries cannot keep up with the rising
cost of living.
Why would our President
extend loans to countries whose
Kinder teachers are paid around
ve times more than ours receive,
whose class sizes are sometimes
15 to a teacher?
Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Maria-
no agreed, noting that the $1-bil-
lion fund should have been used
to nance the shortage of educa-
tion materials and equipment for
public schools.
Contributing to the IMFs cri-
sis fund when our country is in a
chronic economic crisis is highly
illogical and unacceptable, Mari-
ano said in a statement.
The Philippines is not even a
member country of the IMF. Aqui-
nos commitment is of his own vo-
lition. Maricel Cruz
Pledge
to IMF
criticized
PNoy...
The act of the President
in successively reappoint-
ing bypassed nominees is a
clear mockery of the above-
mentioned principle enshrined
in our fundamental law, Mr.
Aquino had said.
Despite those strong views,
the records show that he has
reappointed ve of his Cabi-
net ofcials and an ofcial of a
constitutional body up to eight
times after they were bypassed
over the questions on their cred-
ibility, competence and tness.
As of June 7, President Aqui-
no had already reappointed So-
cial Welfare Secretary Dinky
Soliman and Justice Secretary
Leila de Lima eight times, In-
terior Secretary Jesse Robredo
four times, Tourism Secretary
Ramon Jimenez Jr. three times,
Audit Commissioner Heidi
Mendoza four times, and Envi-
ronment Secretary Ramon Paje
ve times.
The President did midnight
reappointments for all of those
ofcials on June 7, when Con-
gress was adjourned, after their
appointments were held back by
several controversies.
Soliman has been quizzed
over the deals that paved the
way for the governments multi-
billion-peso dole program,
while De Lima was criticized
for defying the Supreme Court
over its order allowing Mrs. Ar-
royo to seek medical treatment
abroad.
Robredos competence was
questioned after a bungled po-
lice rescue left eight Chinese
tourists dead in the Luneta
hostage crisis of August 2010,
while Paje has been cited for
arbitrary issuances of min-
ing concessions and neglect of
the environment. Mendoza has
been taken to task for feed-
ing the Ombudsman the wrong
computations on Chief Justice
Renato Coronas bank accounts
during Coronas impeachment
trial earlier this year.
Once conrmed, Mendozas
tenure will be xed until Feb.
2, 2018. The others will serve in
a co-terminus capacity with the
President.
Mr. Aquino had said when he
was a senator that the framers
of the Constitution, in creating
the Appointments Commission,
wanted to provide an effective
mechanism for checks and bal-
ances between the Executive
and Legislative branches of
government.
He said then President Maca-
pagal-Arroyo had violated the
Constitution by reappointing her
Cabinet members, rendering the
checks and balances ineffective.
By the criteria set out by Mr.
Aquino in his own Senate bill,
all ve of his Cabinet ofcials
would have been deemed ineli-
gible for ofce after they failed
to win conrmation for at least
three consecutive times for the
positions they were holding.
Sulu...
We dont consider him a hostage.
We do not see any crisis here, so we
will just be monitoring.
Tans statement came on the
heels of Malacaangs asser-
tion that the journalist had not
been abducted.
Deputy presidential spokes-
woman Abigail Valte said over
the weekend that the Jordanian
had not been abducted because
he went to Sulu voluntarily.
Now, it seems he is not able
to leave, Valte said.
Malacaang said it would
leave it up the Interior De-
partment to decide whether
to launch a search-and-rescue
mission for Atyani and his two
Filipino companions Ramilito
Vela and Rolando Letrero.
Interior Secretary Jesse Ro-
bredo earlier said that the Abu
Sayyaf had taken Aryani and
his crew hostage.
Atyani and the two Filipinos
went missing on June 12 in Pa-
tikul after leaving their hotel
early to reportedly interview
the Abu Sayyaf commanders
in the area and do a Mission
Impossible-type of documen-
tary.
Air...
The Hueys are the militarys work-
horses that ferry troops to combat
areas and also used to carry relief to
disaster areas.
The Sokol helicopter can carry 14
people including the pilot and co-pilot,
and has a maximum speed of 260 ki-
lometers per hour and a range of 745
kilometers non-stop.
Each Sokol is armed with air-to-
ground rockets, air-to-air missiles, M-60
machine guns and 20mm cannons. It
climbs to an altitude of 19,680 feet.
Earlier this week, the Navy said it
will buy three helicopters to comple-
ment the two cutters it already has and
a third one that it hopes to receive this
year. The Navy bought the two cut-
ters from the US that it renamed BRP
Gregorio del Pilar and BRP Ramon Al-
caraz. It would be buying the third one
also from the US.
Solon...
be disqualify the nominees who
had not conrmed their nomina-
tions by July 9. He also said they
would vote on the shortlist, which
is to be submitted to President Be-
nigno Aquino III by July 13.
The council has already
agreed to open its interviews
with the nominees to live me-
dia coverage. It also extended
for two weeks the nomination
and application period for the
seat vacated by Corona.
On Saturday, former council
member Senator Francis Pan-
gilinan urged the panel to ac-
cept questions from the public
that could be used in their in-
terviews with the nominees for
chief justice.
The JBC should also invite
the public to submit their ques-
tions to the council, from which
the members may be guided
in the preparation of their own
questions, he said. Maricel Cruz
and Macon Ramos-Araneta
PH...
accommodated in the school if
he could get more government
funding. Fifteen children from
the island were now attending
elementary school on the main-
land and staying with relatives
there, he said.
Filipino troops guard Pag-
asa, the largest of nine islands,
sandbars and reefs held by the
Philippines under a municipal-
ity led by Bito-onon. The Phil-
ippine government established
the far-ung municipality in
1978 to reinforce its claim to
the Spratly archipelago.
More than a dozen families
have been encouraged by the
government to live on the tad-
pole-shaped island 480 kilome-
ters off southwestern Palawan
province by offering them free
food, shelter, electricity, water
and now, education.
China, Taiwan, Brunei, Ma-
laysia and Vietnam also claim
the mostly barren Spratlys,
which are believed to be rich in
oil and gas and are near one of
the worlds busiest sea lanes.
A non-binding 2002 accord
discourages aggressive acts that
could spark ghting. Bito-onon
said opening a kindergarten
could not be seen in anyway as
having violated that pact.
Internet...
United States, uses a software appli-
cation that translate his keystrokes and
mouse clicks into a vocal response.
Marco is blind.
I do whatever you do, he told me
in an interview.
I also do Facebook. I chat. I surf
the Internet and I go out with friends.
Marco is one of 12 Iris awardees
for academic excellence of the Adap-
tive Technology for the Rehabilitation,
Integration and Empowerment of the
Visually Impaired, the countrys sole
computer school for the blind.
Marco is still a student---the only
blind person in his class---but the
other Iris awardees are employed in
call centers, software development,
medical transcriptions and insurance
companies.
Marco, who lost vision in his
right eye when he was three years
old and became totally blind before
his 21st birthday, says new tech-
nology is changing the way we do
things in the world and the key is
mastering the computer.
Everything now is computers.
Even the school assignments are now
encoded, Marco said.
Without computers I cant do my
work independently. I cant scan a
book without computers. I do my job
through power point presentations.
Marco says computers, through
adaptive technology, give him and
the others access to education and
help them conquer the old cliche that
blind people are limited to massage
work and making music.
When we sought Marco for an inter-
view, he was singing an Edwin McCain
song, Ill Be, at the SM Activity Center
at the SM Manila during ATRIEVs
awarding ceremony on Saturday, en-
thralling the crowd with his cool voice.
He sat down with me after his per-
formance and appeared eager to an-
swer questions, especially about his
studies in the United States.
He submitted his application to
the Global Undergraduate Exchange
Program of the US Department of
State after one of his professors at
PNU encouraged him to go because
it would be an excellent experience.
In April 2010 Marco became the
rst blind scholar of the program, a
global competition among applicants
from 20 countries in the Western
Hemisphere, East Asia and the Pa-
cic regions.
I went to the University of Indiana
in Evansville under the Rhetoric and
Composition program of the College
of Liberal Arts, he said.
Marco came out at the top of his
class and he led a normal life in the
campus.
I moved around. I lived all alone by
myself. I had no tour guide, he said.
At the PNU Marco is president of
the Debate Society. In February he
led his team in the 2012 Manila Inter-
varsity Debate Tournament spon-
sored by the University of the Philip-
pines, where they ranked 15th among
more than 60 competitors.
Josena Guillermo Olorocismo,
another ATRIEV awardee, works as
a medical transcriptionist for the Phil-
ippine Olympic Committee and edits
the newsletter of their parish.
She said she got blind in 1999, four
years after her marriage. She woke
up one morning seeing nothing but
darkness.
That was the lowest moment of
my life, but there is life after blind-
ness, she said.
The other ATRIEV awardees are
Rhea Althea Guntalilib, Maria Crisel-
da Bisda, Glen Dimaandal, Raymond
Reyes, Rene Orense, Jesse Gervacio,
Irish Ayesa Mendez, Mariecell For-
nis, Lourdes Borgonia, Julius Charles
Serrano and Neil Lumba.
Lim...
Geronimo de los Reyes
Jr., guardian of historical
records and philanthropy;
William Esposo, social re-
sponsibility in print media;
Maria Cristina Paterno, heri-
tage conservation; Henry Sy
Jr., business development;
Alfredo Ty, real estate devel-
opment; Lucio Co, trade and
wholesaling; and Enrique
Yap Jr., hotel management
and tourism.
A posthumous award was
given to the late Senator
Bengino Aquino Jr. for pub-
lic service.
One of the highlights of
the week-long celebration
was the inauguration of
the new three-story Sena-
tor Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
Elementary School in the
depressed community of
Baseco in the port area.
City hall employees held
a parade and ofcials gave
awards to employees who
had served the city for 20
to 40 years, as well as to the
citys outstanding villages.
Lim also conferred the
Diwa ng Lahi award to
Dolphy for his outstanding
work as an artist. The awrad
was receivedby his son Van-
dolph.
Manila was founded on
June 24, 1571 by the Spanish
conquistador Miguel Lopez
de Legazpi.
Macon Ramos-Araneta
The year of living dangerously. A dog avoids the vehicles coming toward it while it crosses Roxas Boulevard near the Rizal Park. The
vehicles are also trying to avoid it. DANNY PATA
PNP...
of pesos captured by Land Bank
had been intended to fund the sala-
ries and allowances of ghost em-
ployees of the National Police.
The checks were being used to
pay for goods in retail stores and
supermarkets, or were being sold
at a 30-per cent discount.
When I checked the names of
the police ofcers on the checks,
there was no record of them in
the roster of [police] personnel,
Acidilla said.
Police ofcials have been
hounded for years by complaints
about fake National Police
checks paid to supermarkets and
groceries and later on not hon-
ored 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 au-
thority to print the National Po-
lices checks. Genuine checks have
security features to prevent fraud.
A Land Bank ofcial said the
spurious checks being deposited
in the names of police person-
nel were not being cleared by the
bank because they 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
compensation to the 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 hu-
man rights abuses under the late
strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
AN ADMINISTRATION ally on Sunday
slammed the Aquino administrations
$1-billion pledge to the International
Monetary Funds emergency pool to
help the euro zone countries stuck in
a nancial crisis, calling it an utmost
insensitivity to the education sector.
On training. The Philippine National Combat Wushu Team stretches during training inside their
gym in Manila. Wushu, a sport derived from Chinese traditional martial arts. Aaron Favila, AP
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Spanish in K-12 subjects backed
Transport
body eyed
to counter
terrorism
By Joyce Pangco Paares
The removal of the Philippines
from the blacklist of the Financial
Action Task Force augurs well
for President Aquinos platform
of good governance and policy of
scal transparency.
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said the upgrade from
the FATFs dark grey list to its grey list instead of
the feared inclusion in the blacklist - would improve the
countrys standing in terms of international trade.
The upgrade reafrms the Philippines readiness to
cut down its risk prole and engage the international
community in sustainable and fruitful trade, Abad said.
The administration will continue to pursue and enforce
economic strategies that effectively combat money
laundering and terrorist activity to encourage the inux
of investments and long-term and inclusive economic
stability. In the end, our goal is to catalyze economic
progress so it will manifest in real and immediate benets
to all Filipinos, he added.
In 2009, the Philippines was blacklisted by the FATF
for the countrys inadequate response to money laundering
activities and its deciencies in curbing and penalizing
terrorist nancing.
The Philippines was later upgraded to a dark grey list
because of the lack of progress in efforts to ght these
illegal activities.
Two days ahead of the FATF decision, the President
signed into law two pieces of legislation that would boost
anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist efforts.
Republic Act No. 10167 aims to strengthen existing
anti-money laundering rules, while Republic Act No.
10168 criminalizes terrorist nancing as a stand-alone
offense.
Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail said the two
laws would strengthen the capability of government to
identify and prevent nancial transactions related to illegal
activities and those that undermine global security.
These reforms enabled the Philippines from being
classied and downgraded to the black list, which
would have resulted in stricter inspections of nancial
transactions in the country, delayed remittances, and
higher transaction fees, she said.
Financial watchdog upbeat on Manila
Meat
agency
inspector
appointed
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino
III has appointed Minda
Manatan as the new executive
director of the National Meat
Inspection Service of the
Department of Agriculture.
Manatan, who served
as NMIS deputy executive
director, replaced Jane
Bacayo.
Bacayo was sacked last
month for the agencys
alleged failure to curb massive
smuggling of meat, prompting
hog and poultry growers to
mount meat holidays.
Mr. Aquino also appointed
Eufrocina Sacdalan-Casasola
as assistant commissioner of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
She has previously served
as vice-chairman of the Value
Added Tax rulings review
committee.
Casasola, a holder of
bachelor of laws degree from
the University of Sto. Tomas,
passed the bar examinations in
1980.
The President also
appointed Roberto del Rosario
and Eduardo Chu as members
of the Fishery Industry Board
representing the private sector
under the Philippine Fisheries
Development Authority.
Joyce Paares
SENATOR Edgardo Angara
wants to include the Spanish
subject in the K-12 curriculum
to give the students an early
headstart.
Angara, chairman of the Senate
committee on education, arts, and
culture, said that knowledge of a
foreign language can help workers
become more competitive in the
workplace.
Angara, the rst Southeast Asian
to win Spains foreign policy prize
Premio Casa Asia for his work in
strengthening Philippine-Spanish
relations, said that that Spanish is
the second most studied language
in the world after English, and the
second most widely spoken native
language after Chinese. Until the
70s, Spanish was an elective subject
in college.
Filipinos would derive benets
from learning Spanish, considering
that much of Manilas history is
intertwined with Spains, Angara
said.
Spanish is also one of the six
ofcial languages of the United
Nations and the ofcial language of a
record number 21 countries, making
Spanish-speakers more globally
competitive. Macon Araneta
The Team to beat. Coca-Cola Philippines took home a total of six Marketing awards at the University of Asia
and the Pacic 2012 Tambuli Awards. The UAP Tambuli Awards celebrate Integrated Marketing Communications
effectiveness in the promotion of socisl values. Since 2007, Coca-Cola has won a total 19 Tambuli awards in various
categories.
AN opposition law-
maker has proposed the
creation of the Philip-
pine Transportation
Security Authority to
counter possible terror-
ist attacks on the coun-
trys air, water and land
transport systems.
Experiences of the
international commu-
nity show that terrorism
could strike at the most
unexpected places and
at the most unexpected
time, said Camarines
Sur Rep. Diosdado Ar-
royo in his House Bill
6225.
The world had been
witness to the spate of
terrorist attacks inict-
ed upon transportation
systems and facilities
which resulted in the
loss of lives and enor-
mous damage to public
and private infrastruc-
ture and property, Ar-
royo said.
Arroyo cited the
sinking of the super
ferry off the coast of
Quezon province, the
Rizal Day bombing of
the Light Rail Transit
and the bombing of the
Davao International
Airport.
Under HB 6225,
co-authored by former
president and Pampanga
Rep. Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo, the proposed
Philippine Transporta-
tion Security Authority
under the Department
of Transportation and
Communications will
consolidate civil avia-
tion, maritime, land and
rail national security
programs throughout
the country to prevent
lawless violence and
terrorist attacks.
The bill prescribes
that the Authority shall,
among others, exercise
control and supervi-
sion over all police
and security agencies
performing, pursuing
or rendering transporta-
tion security services.
Maricel Cruz
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JUNE 25, 2012 MONDAY
A4
THE Philippine economy is
poised to register solid gains
in the medium term despite the
weakness of the European zone.
A relatively firmer economy
means increased demand for
electricitya situation that
will test the resolve of this
administration in addressing
p o t e n t i a l p r o b l e ms wi t h
unpopular but practical solutions.
The electricity supply in the
Luzon grid nearly fell short
last week, which would have
resulted in power disruptions.
Retailer Manila Electric Co. had
scheduled rotating brownouts
Friday, a day after National Grid
Corporation of the Philippines
raised a yellow alert because
of the thin power reserves
available in Luzon.
That Luzon nearly suffered an
electricity supply disruption last
week highlights the deteriorating
state of the islands power plants.
Many of Luzons power plants
are relatively new, but they
undergo periodic maintenance to
make them efcient and lengthen
their lifespan.
Thei r schedul ed r epai r s,
however, could wreak havoc
on the entire power grid. Some
of the so-called standby and
basel oad pl ant s t hat shoul d
ll up the slack resulting from
the repair and maintenance of
younger power stations cannot
be relied on at a moments notice.
The Luzon grid requires a
mi ni mum reserve, or spare
capacity, of 647 megawatts of
electricity to forestall a supply
disruption in case one or two
major generating plants suddenly
conk out. The system, it turned
out, only had reserves of 427
megawatts at the end of last
week from an available capacity
of 7,727 MW against a peak
demand of 7,300 MW.
Th e p o we r d e ma n d i n
Luzon and the whole of the
Philippines is expected to rise
further as the economy expands.
The government clearly must
encourage the private sector
to put up new power plants
whether fueled by coal, liqueed
natural gas or hydroto make
the Philippines a worthwhile
investment destination.
More importantly, President
Benigno Aquino III and his
Cabinet must have the sense of
urgency to tackle the decient
power reserves situation. The
economy cannot run on a half-
empty gas tank.
The critical power situation in Luzon
Ban God?
OUR air for the dramatic ares up
againBan God! But is that not
just the latest regurgitation in the
Philippines of a movement several
decades old: the death-of-God
and the secularization-secularism
projects? But tempers, quite
predictably ared up in the wake
of the dramatic announcement that
some tenant of the Lower House had
proposed to ban religious symbols,
prayer and sectarian activities
Masses included, of coursefrom
public life. One member of the
Catholic hierarchy went so far as
to raise the specter of the res of
hell against the proponent who, I
can only assume, must have been
bemused by this and accompanying
histrionic.
Revisited, the proposal is not
after all so diabolic a plot. But the
proponent must be clear about what
he proposes and should not revel in
its ambivalence. (Because it can
in fact be entertaining to someone
with nothing better to do to ignite
a erce debate on religion!) When
invoking God sties discourse and
debate, by all means, God should
be banned. Worse yet, when
Gods will is the pretext for the
most atrocious offenses we visit on
others, or the despicable excuse we
have for our indifference to misery,
then God should, in these cases be
banned. The same thing is no less
true when church leaders assume
political clout and take on the role of
king-maker by announcing to their
congregations that one or the other
candidate has been anointed by God
and must be voted for, while some
malevolent spirit has possessed all
others and electing them to ofce
would be sinful, then that battle cry,
LAICITE, resounds with relevance
and urgency!
A thoroughgoing expulsion of
religion from civic life cannot be
selective. The problem however
is that many who protest against
bishops and elders and imams and
rabbis making pronouncements in
what are characterized as secular
domains are invited to take sides
when political parties face off. Was
not the Catholic Bishops Conference
of the Philippines courted both by
foes and friends of former President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo? Was
it not customary for candidates
seeking high ofce to seek out the
later Cardinal Sin and to tease from
him even just the slightest hint of an
endorsement? Are not politicians
wary about treading on the feelings
of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, fearful of
rejection by the elders and leaders
of the Church? In fact, was it not
only recently that the President
himself paid Executive Minister
Manalo a visit, just before the Senate
convicted former Chief Justice
Renato Corona? The Ban God
movement smacks of hypocrisy
because of this. If you believe that
religion has no place in public life at
all, then do not seek out the approval
of organized religion, the political
pledges of sects and the consolation
of concurrence by religious leaders!
And now for a bit of
history. Whether it is Christianity
or Islam or Buddhism that one
considers, is it not a fact that the
cohesion that the spread of these
religions engendered is what allowed
civil life to ourish: government
to be organized, law to be enacted
and enforced, and civic duty,
fullled? For a believer, religion
is always the most comprehensive
sphere of explanation and
recognition. Religion encompasses
every aspect of a believers life. This
is not because of domineering or
ambitious religious leaders; it quite
simply is in the nature of religion to
be over-arching! All of human life
is nomizing, Peter Berger reminds
us. We establish order; we seek
order or we perish! Religion is
the most expansive as well as loftiest
ordering of human affairs. What
theory of human personality or
society then is it that we advocate if
we require of persons when engaged
in public life and in civic affairs that
they rid themselves of that which,
on the very highest levels, provides
them grounds for explanation and
recognition?
Our respect for the persuasions of
agnostics, skeptics and even atheists
in our midst is no reason from
making their ethos that of the entire
nations. That Mass is celebrated
in public spaces and in government
centers is no reason for sensibilities
to be offended. Whoever does not
share the belief must simply ignore
the practice, in the very same
way that believers will not attend
discussion sessions of atheists.That
offense is taken by some does not in
any way make it a matter of fact that
an offense has been committed, for
many take offense when they should
not! If every person is to enjoy
as wide a range of liberties as is
compatible with a similar range for
others, then restricting the exercise
of religion and the invocation
of Gods name constitute unjust
infringements on the liberties of
believers, for as long as none is
compelled to believe.
The practices and prayers, the chants
and rituals of believers have yet
one more salutary role in a secular
world: They continue to raise the
question of God, and to introduce
the possibility of God. And that
is a necessary thing, for God is
whom we talk about when we ask
about the ground of our existence,
the reason of our being, and the
end of it all. I am not saying that
we will always agree on the answer,
but the question must be raised.
But when we have expunged God
so completely from the horizon
of human thought and sentiment
a possibility I cannot seriously
entertainthen it might just be that
for all our enduring technical savvy
and our cities that in more respects
than just skyline bring to mind
the Tower of Babel, the dismissal
of God shall have also brought
about with it the demise of man.
rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph
r a n n i e _ a q u i n o @y a h o o . c o m
rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph
EDITORIAL
A lack of delicadeza
THIS senior senator is still pikon
(quick tempered/hypersensitive) after all
these years.
We heard he tried to get a daily
business paper to re a columnist after
he wrote something that this senator did
not like.
The column was about the insistence
of this senator to include in a proposed bill
heavy penalties to media practitioners,
which was a follow up of the series of
headline stories ran by Manila Standard
Today.
The source of the information
about the ne and imprisonment that
would be imposed to media in the
proposed legislation came from this
senators counterpart from the House of
Representatives.
The House version did not have the
media sanction provisions.
I, personally, can believe the story
about the attempt to get the columnist
removed from the newspaper for which
he writes regularly.
This happened to me too, several
years back, when I wrote a column for a
news magazine that this senator did not
like.
The senator reacted despite the fact
that the column he felt alluded to did not
even name himit was a blind item.
He called the editor of the magazine
and demanded that I be red.
The editor said he could not re me
because I was not even employed by the
magazine. The editor said he hoped the
senator was not calling up people to deny
the item because he was not even named
in the column.
The editor said that all along he
thought that the item was referring to
another senator who has been involved
in similar scandals
The senator realized that he was over-
reactinghe was not even the primary
suspectso he just put down the phone.
I am trying to look for a copy of that
particular column which I wrote and
which got the ire of this senator. If I get
a copy, I will run it again and ask the
readers to guess who they think I was
referring to.
***
It is sad to see Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority Director
General Joel Villanueva using the resources
of his ofce to project himself.
Villanueva is the supposed to be the
exemplar of the ght against graft and
corruption since this advocacy has been
carried by his principled father, Brother
Eddie Villanueva, who even put up the
party list group Citizens Battle Against
Corruption (CIBAC).
However, the young Villanuevas
actuations to already promote his
senatorial bid using the resources of
Tesda is at the very least shows the
lack of delicadeza. This could even
be interpreted as a gross misuse of
government resources which smacks of
graft and corruption.
President Aquino himself has
announced that Villanueva is one of
the sure candidates for senator of
the administration for the May 2013
elections. Villanueva himself has given
clear indications that he is accepting Mr.
Aquinos draft.
After it was made clear that Villanueva
is running for senator, he should have
refrained from using the resources of
Tesda to promote himself, which is
tantamount to campaigning.
He has a running television commercial.
He has an electronic billboard in Edsa. He
has a huge billboard at NLEX. The vans of
Tesda have been plastered with his face.
There are many other collateral materials
with his face and his name, ostensibly
promoting Tesda programs but in reality
promoting his candidacy.
Villanueva must be spending tens
of millions of Tesda funds to promote
himself. An anti-graft crusader will
clearly see that this is wrong. Apparently
for Villanueva, there is nothing wrong in
taking advantage of Tesda resources.
To think that Villanuevas predecessor,
now Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco, has
been accused of graft and corruption
before the Ofce of the Ombudsman
for doing precisely the same things that
Villanueva is doing right now.
Syjucos accusers said he must be
made accountable for the multi-billion
peso anomalies during his term including
wasteful caravans and unnecessary
spending on infomercialsin pursuit of
his political goals and interests.
But arent the same alleged violations
being committed by Villanueva
ironically under the Tuwid na Daan
administration of President Aquino?
Syjuco has been accused of violations
of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft
and Corrupt Practices Act, RA 6713
or the Code of Conduct of and Ethical
Standards for Government Ofcials and
Employees and other violations.
We would not be surprised if the same
charges are led against Villanueva.
Didnt they say that sauce for the
goose is also sauce for the gander?
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A5 Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
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A MINDANAO mayor admitted to me
over coffee last week that he spent P12
million in the last elections which, to
me, was a steep price to pay to be boss
of a fourth-class town.
This prompted me to compute
the price tag of attaching the
title Honorable Mayor to his name.
Because he will serve for three years
or 1,095 daysin ofce , the cost of
occupying that seat comes up to
P11,000 a day.
For a national
picture, I texted a
senatorial hopeful
on what would
be the oor price
for a decent run
for the Senate.
He replied: P100
milllion.
When I replied
that it was too
excessive, he
explained to
the effect that
it boils down to a
thrifty P1 million
daily budget for a three-month
campaign, which, after payroll and
sortie expenses, will leave him, he
grumbled, with just enough money
to buy a couple of primetime TV ads.
So I brought out my calculator again
to compute the daily membership fee
one has to pay so he can join that elite
club of 24 independent republics.
Because a senator has a mandate
of six yearsor 2,190 daysthe
price, therefore, to rub elbows with the
amiable Lito Lapid is P45,662 a day.
So if you see an SUV with a
number 7 plate barreling down the
road with escorts in tow, make a mental
note that the occupant paid forty-ve
thousand bucks a day to sport that
plate.
If you already nd the numbers
I cited mindboggling, remember
that we are talking here of two tiny
specks in the big galaxy of the elected
ofcialdom.
In less than a year, the
electoral version of the Philippine
Idol search will begin. Some 17,937
national and local elective positions
will be up for grabs in the May 2013
polls.
To be contested are 12 senatorial
seats , at least 229 congressional seats
(not counting the quota reserved for
party lists) , 80 governorships, 80 vice
-governorships, 766 provincial board
member slots, 1,634 town and city
mayoral positions, the same number
for vice mayors, and 13,502 town and
city councilorships.
Yes, Juan de la Cruz, we have ve
times more councilors mass producing
ordinances than government doctors,
which number 2,832, mass vaccinating
babies.
In May 2010, 50,091 candidates
vied for these 17,937 seats in a manner
that was more of a bruising mano-a-
mano than a Battle of the Brains.
I asked a professor at the Jose Maria
College for an estimate on how much
a candidate in the May 2013 elections
will have to raise as war chest .
The job would have been easier for
us if the poll expenses report led by
candidates in the last elections were
not works of ction like SALN. So
at best we can only come up with
ballpark estimates on the low side.
Frankly, I wont be surprised if our
crude estimation will send political
operatives into ts of laughter for
its naivete.
For the 12 Senate slots, it will be
an average P100 million each for 20
candidates. In the May 2010 elections,
the rst senator to
le an expense
report said he spent
P143 million.
For the 239
House seats, P40
million each for some
500 serious aspirants
. Partylist groups
will collectively
spend P1 billion. If
you think this is high
ponder this: In 2010,
the marginalized
spent close to P600
million in TV ads.
Gubernatorial candidates will shell
out P80 million to P100 million each
and at two per province, 160 wannabes
will cough up this amount. Their
running mates will have to prepare half
of this amount.
Forty of the countrys biggest
cities will see two candidates spending
P80 million to P100 million each. The
rest, those running in 103 cities, will
make do with a P50-million war chest
each.
On the average, candidates for
mayor in 1,491 towns will spend P6
million to P8 million each. Town and
city vice mayoralty bets will have to
be ready with half of the kitty of their
running mates.
Board members will have a P4
million to P5 million budget . Their
local counterparts, the councilors, will
have to be ready with at least P500,000
each.
At just two candidates per position,
total spending will be at least P130
billion. On top of this is what we will
spend for the holding of the elections.
This year, a non-election year, Comelec
has a budget of P9.06 billion. Next
year, it is eyeing a P15-billion agency
budget, some P1.8 billion of which
will go to those used ballot-counting
thingamajigs. This begs the question:
Is this the price we have to pay every
36 months in the name of democracy?
Elections have proven themselves
as recession-proof and an economic
stimulus. In the second quarter of 2010,
the GDP grew by 7.9 percent on the
back of poll spending, despite the farm
sector being scorched by El Nio.
But the problem is much of money
were used to market the Botoxed
faces, airbrushed gures and dolled up
performance in catchy song-and-dance
ads or digitally-enhanced posters of
candidates.
The costs
of public ofce
Dolphy, the stereotypical Tatay
BONG C.
AUSTERO
ARE WE THERE YET?
I CAN understand why people of a
certain age in this country are concerned
over the medical condition of Rodolfo
Vera Quizon, more popularly known as
Dolphy, the comedy king. The man has
been a common xture in Philippine
society for more than six decades. To
most of us, he has been the stereotypical
Filipino husband and father.
I personally feel a certain kinship
with the comedy king. I grew up during
the Martial Law years when there was
a general clampdown on mass media.
John en Marsha featuring Dolphy and
the late Nida Blanca was one of the
very few television shows allowed
to be broadcast every week along
with some musical variety shows and
canned foreign shows. But John en
Marsha was the television show that the
whole family watched together every
week. It was the show that dened for
my generation the values of a typical
Filipino family.
The lives of John Puruntong, his
wife Marsha, their two children Rolly
(Rolly Quizon) and Shirley (Maricel
Soriano), and the interfering snooty
mother-in-law Doa Delilah (Dely
Atay-atayan) were the source of weekly
hilarity and, for us children, insights
into the intricate and complex workings
of Filipino family life.
There was the dynamics between
the jobless but hardworking and street-
smart John and his millionaire mother-
in-law who persistently offered the
family money, which could be had by
simply sweeping the oor of her living
room. John always refused, of course, to
assert his independence and to impart to
all and sundry the message that money
wasnt what made families happy and
that there was always a way to get
by. The weekly show always ended
with the admonition Kaya ikaw John,
magsumikap ka (John, be industrious!).
There were the occasional moments
of intimacy between John and Marsha
whenever the children were away
which made us snicker but nevertheless
allowed us some comprehension of the
dynamics between husbands and wives.
The show likewise featured many tender
moments between him and his children,
which, I am sure helped break the norm
of the passive and emotionally-averse
padre de familia.
John Puruntong was the stereotypical
fatheraffectionate, devoted husband,
funny, and yes, maabilidad (ingenious).
John en Marsha ran for almost two
decades. And when it nally folded in
the nineties, Dolphy staged a comeback
with Home Along da Riles (Home
Along the Railway), which exposed
the younger generation to yet another
variation of the stereotypical Filipino
father.
Reinforcing the media image was
the fact that everybody knew that in
real life Dolphy was father to many
children. His affairs with beautiful
women and the fact that he had many
children with them were a matter of
public record. The fact that he wasnt
married and that he provided for all his
children allowed him a certain status in
Philippine culture.
Dolphy also starred in many movies
and dened Philippine comedya
mishmash of physical, verbal, and
situational antics that bordered on the
irreverent but always managed to tickle
Filipinos. The man truly deserves the
attention that he is reaping today.
I must, however, note that the circus
that is happening at the Makati Medical
Center is not only intrusive but also
hints of disrespect. I was at the MMC
Friday and Saturday for some medical
procedures and I witnessed for myself
how media people have camped out in
front of the main building 24/7. The
media networks have set up satellite
units, generators, and multiple camera
set-ups. There is no denying that, pretty
much like those black birds in Africa, the
media people are there in anticipation
of bad news. If we truly want Dolphy
to survive this latest challenge to his
health, perhaps we shouldnt act like
were on a deathwatch.
A friend thinks media is making up
for the fact that the comedy king has
been largely ignored in recent years.
Lets admit it, people. His last movies
were not exactly big hits. He moved to
TV5 allegedly because the two other
major networks didnt come up with
projects worthy of his talent and stature.
Theres now this groundswell of
support to declare the man National Artist.
I have said the same thing in this column
two years ago. But there is a process for
the selection, so lets all respect it. And
while we are at it, why stop at Dolphy
there are others who also deserve the
award. I think Armida Siguion Reyna
should be declared National Artistshe
practically sustained the kundiman genre
singlehandedly for many years through
her television show Aawitan Kita.
There is no doubt that Dolphy is a
major part of our lives. Lets show our
gratitude and respect by allowing the
man some degree of respectability and
dignity as he battles for his life.
continued from page 1
No territorial dispute is ever quickly
settled. The parties normally manage
it over long periods of time. But if they
are good neighbors, they try to avoid
any situation that could lead to unwanted
clashes or to a full-blown war. The
Scarborough standoff may or may not
have that potential, but it has undoubtedly
distracted government and disrupted its
focus on development.
The Philippines renounces war as
an instrument of national policy. As a
member of the United Nations, it wants
to settle the dispute over Scarborough
and the Spratlys through the International
Court of Justice, popularly known as the
World Court.
That is in full accord with the United
Nations Charter, the UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea, and the full range of
international law. A couple of its neighbors
have used this forum to settle their disputes.
Case in point is the territorial dispute over
Sipadan and Ligitan islands between
Indonesia and Malaysia.
But this mode of settlement requires
the consent of both parties, and China is
opposed to it. So the World Court option
is out, for so long as China does not
change its position.
How to settle the territorial dispute is
not the urgent problem now. How to end
the standoff and prevent its worsening
fallout is what should concern Manila
and Beijing and their common friends at
this time.
Praying that worse weather would
sink or drive away the Chinese ships is
not a solution. Neither is brash rhetoric or
kneejerk action. Still, prolonged standoff
could force the two governments to start
talking, and intensify and accelerate their
search for a peaceful solution.
There is an urgent need for a real
Chinese-Philippine dialogue at the
highest level. But this cannot come about
without sufcient preparatory effort at
the lower (ofcials) level. Neither can
this come about if the government insists
on conducting its diplomacy through the
newspapers, and its responsible ofcials
continue to talk the way they have been
talking.
While President Aquino remains the
commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines, it is not necessary that
he take personal charge of running the
details of the governments Scarborough
program.
Neither does it seem necessary that
he be quoted in the media the way he has
allowed himself to be quoted so far, or
that the ofcial in charge of the countrys
diplomacy, Foreign Secretary Albert del
Rosario, should be talking less like a foreign
secretary and more like a naval ofcer.
Robust conversations between Manila
and Beijing should be promoted, but
they should not be conned to formal
meetings. There ought to be wide enough
room for a back channel where things
said in unofcial conversations would
have a way of discussing the most
difcult issues and inuencing decisions
at the top.
The help of an eminent statesman
respected by both China and the
Philippines or a third country friendly
to both should be discreetly sought, to
create a mechanism for resolving issues
like the present standoff.
The eminent personality is not easy to
identify, assuming he exists. As for the
friendly country, that obviously cannot
be the United States, a preeminent rival
of China, and often seen as a patron of
the Philippines.
President Aquino may wish to start
looking at the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) or BRICS (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa)
for a friendly country to help him out.
That would necessarily call for an
expansion of the countrys diplomatic
engagement with new partners, beyond
the US orbit. But it should form part
of the Philippines effort to tap every
possible resource to enhance its position
as a peace-loving nation in the world.
It could also help mitigate Chinas
impression that the Philippines has
become a major player in creating a US
ring around China, which could include
bases in Vietnam, Thailand, Japan,
South Korea, and enhanced military
capacities in Singapore and Australia.
At the same time, independent of
its purely diplomatic approach to the
problem, the Philippines could now
consider partnering effectively and
extensively with various interested
countries in exploring its continental
shelf or the areas within its EEZ for gas
and oil and other mineral resources.
The country could probably learn
from the example of Vietnam, which
alone among Chinas co-claimant of
the Spratlys, has embarked upon an
audacious program of partnering with
Chinas friends and perceived rivals
Russia, India, US, UK, Japan, Malaysia,
Canada and Australiain the exploration
and development of energy resources
within its maritime claim.
These include GazpromViet and
Vietsovpetro, two joint ventures
between state-owned PetroVietnam and
its Russian counterparts Gazprom and
Zarubezhnef respectively, which have
allowed Vietnam to exploit mineral
resources offshore with the backing and
tacit protection of Russia.
Likewise, joint ventures with Japan
and India have allowed Vietnam to
conduct similar offshore explorations
while enjoying the backing of these big
regional powers. For instance, India has
deployed naval ships off the coast of
Vietnam, obviously to protect its joint
venture with Vietnam (ONGC Videsh
Ltd, OVL) from any possible harassment
by the Chinese navy or coast guard.
An interesting joint venture with
Malaysia allows Vietnam to conduct
exploration within their shared economic
zone in the South China Sea.
Some of these deals have sparked
diplomatic protests against Vietnam, but
because of the other countries stature
and relationship with China, no maritime
incidents involving the partners have
taken place, and the offshore exploration
and production activity has been able to
proceed.
A more ambitious mineral exploration
and production policy should allow
the Philippine government not only to
replicate but above all to do better than
what Vietnam is doing. Even before
talking to other possible partners, it
could probably propose joint ventures
with China in areas where their maritime
zones intersect or overlap.
Women boxers get long-awaited Olympic chance
By Greg Beacham
THE door to the last remaining boys
club in the Summer Olympics nally
opens in London.
Three dozen women are about to
punch it into smithereens.
Womens boxing is an Olympic sport
for the rst time, with 36 ghters in
three weight classes competing to make
history with its rst medals. A sport long
derided as a sideshow by elitists has
been hotly competitive for several years,
and the debut Olympic tournament is
expected to bring worldwide attention
and cachet to boxing, which has slipped
into secondary status after decades as a
main Olympic event.
Boxing joined the Olympic program
in St. Louis in 1904, but was the only
Summer Games sport without a female
analogue until 2009, when the IOC
added a womens competition to the
London program. Supporters had
argued for the addition for several years.
New worlds suddenly opened
for athletes like Katie Taylor, the
lightweight world champion who also
plays on Irelands national soccer
team, and Queen Underwood, the ve-
time American champion who took up
boxing nearly a decade ago with no
illusions of Olympic glory or nancial
rewards.
Underwood and Taylor simply boxed
for the love of their sport but now
theyre Olympians.
This whole process has been a dream
come true, said Underwood, who didnt
secure an Olympic berth until ve weeks
before the start of the London Games. So
many women have worked so hard to get
us here, and now we just want to go out
and put on a great show for everybody,
and show we deserve to be right next to
the men at the Olympics.
With a relatively small eld
compared to the 250 ghters in 10
weight classes in the sprawling mens
competition, the womens tournament
doesnt begin until the Games second
Sunday and lasts only ve days.
The rest of the 16 Olympic days and
nights at ExCeL Exhibition Centre will
be lled with the mens competition,
which also is at a key point in its
evolution.
The London Games will be the nal
major international event featuring
headguards and the amateur games
computerized scoring system, which
receives nearly as much criticism as
the incompetent and sometimes corrupt
judging that forced its invention 20 years
ago. The system has been tweaked in
recent months to improve its accuracy,
but dont be surprised if ghters complain
relentlessly about unfair decisions, a
dismaying common event at every level
of the amateur game.
Wu Ching-kuo, the inuential
President of the International Boxing
Association (AIBA), is moving the
sport back to pro-style judging and
removing the debatably useful headgear
in his attempt to move amateur boxing
closer to the pro model. He hopes to
attract better athletes to the sport while
also fostering talent for his innovative
pro-amateur hybrid programs, including
the World Series of Boxing.
For one last tournament, the boxers
will be judged on the total number of
punches landed, sometimes turning
matches into elaborate slap ghts.
Amateur ghts sometimes become
tests of pure reexes rather than
punching power under the computer
scoring system that bafes pro trainers,
including US team consultant Freddie
Roach. Yet the best young ghters can
adapt their styles to the amateur game,
just as Andre Ward did in 2004 in
Athens to win the Americans only gold
medal in the previous three Olympics.
But one returning ghter has the
talent to star under any conditions.
Ukraines Vasyl Lomachenko was
the breakout star of the Beijing Games,
dominating all ve of his ghts with
style and grace on the way to the
featherweight gold medal and the Val
Barker Trophy as the Olympics best
boxer. After resisting the temptation
to turn pro, Lomachenko is back in
London as a lightweight.
His rst-round victory over Albert
Selimov in Beijing was arguably the
ght of the tournament, punctuated by
Lomachenkos condent come-at-me
gesture while picking apart the Russian
world champion. Lomachenko has won
two world championships since Beijing,
but didnt dominate those tournaments
with the air and style he showed four
years ago.
Hes a great ghter, but theres a lot
of talent all throughout our division, said
Jose Ramirez, the American lightweight
who nearly beat Lomachenko at the world
championships last October. Anybody is
going to have to win a lot of tough ghts
to get that gold medal. AP
Aquino needs right channel to China
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OUT OF THE BOX
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Passenger rights pushed

IN BRIEF
Abalos gets furlough,
but only for two hours
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON NATURALIZATION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
SONIA RAMCHAND CHANDIRAMANI
SCN CASE NO. ___________
to be naturalized as Filipino citizen pursuant
to Republic Act No. 9139.
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
PETITION
Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9139,
petitioner hereby submits a petition for naturalization to
become a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines and
respectfully declares:
1. My full name is SONIA RAMCHAND CHANDIRAMANI but
I have also been known since childhood as _____N/A_____
, or I have been judicially authorized to use the alias name(s)
______N/A______.
2. My present place of residence is 2205-B F. Zobel St.,
San Miguel Village, City/Municipality of Makati, Province of
Manila, and all my former places of residence are (please
indicate periods of residence):
252 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., West of Ayala Condominium,
Makati (2003-2009)_________________________
1129 Concepcion St., Gotesco Tower-A Ermita ____
Manila (1999-2003)_________________________
3340-A Ibarra St., Palanan, Makati (1996-1999)____
1580 F.T. Benitez St., Paco, Manila (1987-1996)____
1851 Maria Orosa St., Malate, Manila (1982-1987)__
3. I was born on Sept. 17, 1982, in Manila, , I have been
a resident of the Philippines since birth. At present, I am a
citizen or subject of India.
4. My father's name is RAMCHAND CHANDIRAMANI
and he was born on April 5, 1939, in India. He is a citizen or
subject of India My mother's name is Maya Chandiramani
and she was born on Sept. 21, 1949, in India. She is a citizen
or subject of India.
5. My trade, business, profession or lawful occupation
is _TUTORIAL_ and from which I derive an average annual
income of P 120,000.00_, inclusive of bonuses, commissions
and allowances. My wife's/husband's trade, business,
profession or lawful occupation is N/A and from which she
derives an average annual income of P _N/A_.
Petitioner's signature and right thumbmark
(Where the above does not apply): I am exempt from
the requirement of lucrative trade or occupation and from
submitting income tax returns for the past three (3) years
because I am a college degree holder [please state (1)
degree obtained: _N/A_, (2) name of school:_N/A_ and (3)
years graduated:_N/A_] who cannot practice my profession
(the practice of which requires a government licensure
examination) by reason of my citizenship.
6. My civil status is Single. I was married on N/A in N/A.
My wife's/husband's name is N/A and she/he was born on
N/A in N/A. She/he is a citizen or subject of N/A and presently
resides N/A.
7. I am legally separated from my spouse; my marriage
was annulled, per decree of legal separation/annulment
dated N/A granted by N/A. (please indicate the particular
court which granted the same). I am a widower/widow and
my spouse died on N/A in N/A.
8. I have N/A child/children, whose names, dates and
places of birth and residences are as follows:
Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Residence
N/A N/A N/A N/A
9. I received my primary and secondary education from
the following public schools or private educational institutions
duly recognized by the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports (DECS), where Philippine history, government
and civics are taught and prescribed as part of the school
curriculum and where enrollment is not limited to any race
or nationality:
Name of School Place of
School
Dates of
Study
Highest
Grade
Completed
St. Scholastics College Manila 1988-1994 Grade 5
St. Mary's of the Woods School Makati 1994-1995 Elementary
St. Mary's of the Woods School Makati 1995-1999 High School
Assumption College Makati 2001-2004 Bachelors
Degree
10. I am able to read, write and speak Filipino and/or any
of the following dialects of the Philippines: Tagalog.
11. I have enrolled my minor children of school age in the
following public schools or private educational institutions
duly recognized by the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports (DECS), where Philipine History, government
and civics are taught and prescribed as part of the school
curriculum and where enrollment is not limited to any race
or nationality:
Name of Child Name and Place of
School
Date of
Enrollment
N/A N/A N/A
12. I shall never be a public charge. I am of good
moral character. I believe in the principles underlying
the Philippine Constitution. I have conducted myself in a
proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period
of my residence in the Philippines in my relations with the
constituted government as well as with the community in
which I am living. I mingled socially with Filipinos and have
evinced a sincere desire to learn and embrace the customs,
traditions and ideals of the Filipino people. I have all the
qualifcations and none of the disqualifcations under Republic
Act No. 9139.
I am not opposed to organized government or affliated
with any association or group of persons who uphold and
teach doctrines opposing all organized governments. I
am not defending or teaching the necessity or propriety
of violence, personal assault or assassination for the
success and predominance of one's ideas. I am not a
polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy.
I have not been convicted of any crime involving moral
turpitude. I am not suffering from mental alienation or from
any incurable contagious disease. The country of which
I am a citizen or subject is not at war with the Philippines
and grants to Filipinos the right to be naturalized citizens
or subjects thereof.
13. It is my true and honest intention to become a citizen
of the Philippines and to renounce absolutely and forever
all allegiance and fdelity to any foreign prince, potentate,
state or sovereignty, and, particularly, to India of which at
this time I am a citizen or subject. I will reside continuously
in the Philippines from the date of the fling of this petition
up to the time of my admission to Philippine citizenship.
14. My character wi tnesses are BERNARDINA
ESPARAGOZA and NARCISA V. MARZAN both Filipino
citizens, of legal age, and residing at 1465 D. Oliman St.,
San Miguel Village, Makati and 1049 Dagupan St., Tondo,
Manila respectively, who have executed sworn statements
attached hereto in support of my instant petition, together
with: (a) brief biographical data about themselves; (b)
detailed statements on the dates they frst came to know
me, the circumstances of our initial acquaintance and the
reasons and extent of our continuing familiarity; and (c) the
number of times they have acted as character witnesses
in other petitions for naturalization.
15. Attached hereto as annexes and made part of this
petition are the duplicate originals or certifed photocopies
of the following documents (please check the appropriate
box):
[ / ] a. Petitioner's birth certifcate
[ / ] b. Petitioner's alien certifcate of registration (ACR)
[ / ] c. Petitioner's native-born certifcate of residence
(NBCR)
[ ] d. Petitioner's marriage certifcate, if married
[ ] e. Death certifcate of his/her spouse, if widowed
[ ] f. Court decree annulling his/her marriage or
granting legal separation, if such was the fact
[ ] g. Birth certifcates of petitioner's minor children
[ ] h. ACRs of petitioner's minor children
[ ] i. NBCRs of petitioner's minor children
[ / ] j. Affdavits of fnancial capacity by the petitioner,
dul y support ed by bank cert i f i cat i ons,
passbooks, stock certificates, or proof of
ownership of other properties
[ / ] k. Affdavits of at least two (2) credible witnesses
who must be Filipino citizens of good reputation
in petitioner's place of residence
[ / ] l. Medical certifcate from a government hospital
stating that petitioner is not suffering from
mental alienation or a user of prohibited drugs
or otherwise a drug dependent and that he/she
is not afficted with acquired immune defciency
syndrome (AIDS), or any incurable contagious
disease.
[ / ] m. School diploma and transcript of records of the
petitioner from the school/s he or she attended
in the Philippines
[ ] n. Certifications stating that petitioner's minor
children are enrolled in public schools or private
educational institutions duly recognized by the
DECS, where Philippine history, government
and civics are taught and prescribed as part of
the school curriculum and where enrollment is
not limited to any race or nationality
[ / ] o. Petitioner's income tax returns for the past three
years
[ / ] p. Petitioner's receipts of payment of income tax
for the past three years
16. Other documents submitted by the petitioner in
support of his/her petition:
NBI CLEARANCE, BARANGAY CLEARANCE
POLICE CLEARANCE, COURT CLEARANCE

PRAYER
WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed that petitioner be
conferred Philippine citizenship pursuant to the provisions
of Republic Act No, 9139.
Dated at Makati City, Metro Manila, this 2nd day of
May, 2012.
Name and Signature of Petitioner
Address: 2205-B F-ZOBEL ST.
SAN MIGUEL VILLAGE, MAKATI
Telephone Number: 0917-9900742/
8368071
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
CITY/MUNICIPAL OF MAKATI) S.S.
I, SONIA RAMCHAND CHANDIRAMANI, of legal age
and a resident of 2205-B F. Zobel St. San Miguel Vill.
Makati, after being duly sworn, depose and say that I am
the petitioner herein, that I have read the foregoing petition
and know the foregoing petition and known the contents
thereof, and that the same is true of my own knowledge.
Name and Signature of Petitioner
SUBCRIBED AND SWORN to before me at CITY OF
MAKATI this 2
nd
day of May, 2012.
SCN FORM NO. 1
(R.A. NO. 9139)
(MST-June 25, July 2 & 9, 2012)
Right Thumbmark
of Petitioner
Congressmen
seek inquiry
into LTO mess
Our idol. A resident of Tondo, Manila feeds former President Jo-
seph Estrada with her hands during a gathering to mark the citys
441st anniversary. Estrada, who is the son of a former employee of
the Manila City Hall, also presented his birth certicate showing
that he was born in a clinic in Tondo to disprove detractors who are
questioning his declared intention to run for mayor of Manila.
DANNY PATA
Roxas issued the order during the LT-
FRBs 25th anniversary rites, where he also
announced policy directions in the issuance of
land transport franchises, gradually convert-
ing public utility vehicles to use eco-friendly
engines and the agencys role in the planned
Integrated Transport System (ITS) project.
In a years time or by end of the year, these
are some of the changes that we are envision-
ing for the LTFRB to achieve, Roxas said.
The PUV bill of rights should be similar
to the one currently being crafted for air pas-
sengers and should include measures that will
also safeguard drivers and operators against
rude, offensive, and obnoxious passengers.
The LTFRBs clientele consists not only
of passengers. There will also be a bill of rights
for operators and drivers in order to remove
subjectivity in policy-making, he added.
Roxas said he wants the LTFRB to grant
franchises through an open, transparent
bidding process, where potential operators
would bid for new franchises.
This is a good example of the policies
we want to implement so that there is more
clarity, transparency and no subjectivity. We
want everything to be objective so that there
is a level playing eld, Roxas said.
Roxas said the agency will also play a
key role is in the gradual conversion of pub-
lic utility vehicles into environment-friendly
means of transport to lessen air pollution in
Metro Manila and other urban centers.
There are now almost half a million
public transportation franchises in the whole
country. It is one of the reasons why the air
in our streets is polluted already, he added.
He said the DOTC is studying how to im-
plement the conversion, but noted that bus
companies will likely be the rst PUVs to
be converted.
He also urged the LTFRB to take a more
active rold in the governments integrated
transport system project and pushed ear-
lier plans to amend the routes of provincial
buses and limit them to central bus terminals
at the outskirts of the metropolis in order to
ease trafc and pollution in Metro Manila.
By Jonathan Fernandez
TRANSPORTATION and Communications Secretary
Mar Roxas ordered the Land Transportation Franchising
and Regulatory Board to draft a bill of rights for
public utility vehicle passengers to protect them from
abuses by drivers and operators.
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Region IV-A
LAGUNA II DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Los Baos, Laguna
ITB No. 2012-13
INVITATION TO BID/REQUESTS FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Laguna II District Engineering
Offce , Los Banos, Laguna invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:

1. a. Contract ID : 12DI0069
b. Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Mayapa-
Canlubang Road K0050+(-)750 to K0050+000
(with exception)
c. Contract Location: Calamba City, Laguna
d. Scope of Work : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Road
e. Approved Budget for Contract (ABC): P 10,000,000.00
f. Contract Duration : 30 c.d.
g. Cost. Of Bidding Documents: P 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
the DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, or joint
venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cot of this contract, (d)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of the ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check, preliminary examin01ation of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration,
to the DPWH POCW Central Offce before the deadline set below for the receipt
of LOIs. The DPWH POCW-Central will only process contractors application for
registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 25-July 16, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 am July 02, 2012
3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders June 25-July 09, 2012
up to 2:00 P.M. only
4. Receipt of Bids: Before 2:00 P.M. July 16, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. July 16, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDS) at Dpwh-Laguna
II District Engineering Offce, Brgy. Bambang, Los Banos, Laguna upon payment of a
non-refundable fee. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH
website www.dpwh.gov.ph. if available. Prospective bidders that will download the
BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of
their bids Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties
who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their PCAB
License and contractors Registration Certifcate to the BAC for authentication.
The DPWH-Laguna II District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid and to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) RAUL S. ARCETA
BAC Chairman
DPWH-Laguna II District Engineering Offce
Brgy. Bambang, Los Banos, Laguna
Telefax.No. (049)536-3714
E-mail address : laguna2deo&@yahoo.com
NOTED :
(Sgd.) JOEL F. LIMPENGCO
OIC-District Engineer
(MST-June 25, 2012)
By Gigi Muoz-David
ALTHOUGH his bail hearing has
seemingly turned into a full-blown
trial on the merits, former elec-
tions chief Benjamin Abalos and
his family were quite grateful to
Pasay City Regional Trial Court
Judge Jesus Mupas of Branch 112
for granting him a furlough on Sun-
day, even if only for two hours.
Detained at the Southern
Police District headquarters in
Taguig since Dec. 13 last year,
the 77-year-old Abalos said he
asked for the furlough last Fri-
day because he was very anx-
ious about his wife and their
home on Kanlaon Street in
Barangay Highway Hills, Man-
daluyong City whenever the
rain pours.
But even if Mupas granted
him only two hours, the former
Mandaluyong mayor still had to
share a number of precious min-
utes with supporters who gath-
ered infront of his home to cheer
him up by chanting his name.
Mandaluyong residents cheered
when the police convoy which
transported Abalos around 11 a.m.
and they waited patiently until he
left to return to his detention cell.
Actually, the primary reason
I requested for that short leave
was check on our house, but how
can I do that if youre all here,
Abalos told the sizable group of
supporters at this gate.
By Maricel V. Cruz
ADMINISTRATION allies on Sunday de-
manded a congressional inquiry into the al-
legedly anomalous arrangement between the
Land Transportation Ofce and Amalgam-
ated Motors Philippines Inc., which supplies
drivers licenses to the agency.
By the looks of it, the LTOs and (Depart-
ment of transportation and Communications)
arrangement with AMPI is highly irregular
and very unusual because it is standard oper-
ating procedure for any kind of procurement
the government undertakes to pass through a
public bidding, said Bayan Muna Rep. Ted-
dy Casino.
Casino, chair of the House Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship, said
that the DOTC and LTO should explain to the
public why AMPI does not have a contract
with the government that will legitimize its
operations since 1984.
The DOTC allocates P600 million for
drivers license production, under the 2012
General Appropriations Bill, while P544 mil-
lion in 2011 and P508 million in 2010. In
2009 and 2008 were in similar amounts of
P491 million.
A total of P3.4 billion since 2008 notwith-
standing the billions more earned by AMPI
from the government without a valid contract
since 1986, Casino said. During the Aquino
administration, AMPI has already earned
more than P1 billion pesos.
The AMPI arrangement is highly question-
able considering the length of time that AMPI
has been operating without a contract, Casino
pointed out, saying he will ask an appropriate
committee on Congress to summon ofcials of
the agencies concerned to explain.
Camiguin Rep. Pedro Romualdo, vice chair-
man of the House Committee on Justice, un-
derscored the need for Congress to look into
the matter, saying the controversy affects the
integrity of the DOTC and LTO in handling a
multibillion-peso agreement that was unilater-
ally and arbitrarily given to AMPI to the gross
disadvantage of the government and the public.
Drivers to get xed pay
starting July 1 MMDA
THE Metro Manila Development
Authority on Sunday anticipated less
road accidents involving city buses
starting July 1 because they will no
longer be paid on commission basis but
on xed salaries.
MMDA assistant general manager
Emerson Carlos said the xed-salary
scheme will yield positive results be-
causwe there will be no competition
among bus drivers on the road.
Drivers and conductors who used to
receive commission-based salaries have
nothing to worry about because the pro-
gram has not omitted the compensation
basis, he said, adding that commissions
will still be given based on their produc-
tivity, safety performance, business per-
formance and other related parameters.
Rio N. Ar aja
Pasig City marks 439
th

anniversary on July 2
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has
declared July 2, which falls on a Monday,
as a special non-working holiday in
Pasig City in celebration of its 439th
anniversary.
The Chief Executive issued the dec-
laration through Proclamation No. 410
signed by Executive Secretary Paquito
N. Ochoa Jr. on June 18 to give the peo-
ple of Pasig City the full opportunity to
celebrate and participate in the occasions
with appropriate ceremonies
Known as one of the oldest towns in
the Philippines, Pasig was created by the
Augustinians 439 years ago. It used to be
capital of Rizal province until 1975 when
the Metro Manila Commission was cre-
ated under Presidential Decree No. 824.
Ex-Pantranco workers
laud franchise issuance
FORMER employees of the defunct
Pantranco North Express Inc. have lauded
the Land Transportation Franchising and
Regulatory Board for granting the 489
bus franchises to Victory Bus Liner and
four other bus rms.
The Pantranco workers were the own-
ers of the franchises before they sold them
to Victory Liner, Pangasinan Five Star,
Bataan Transit, First North Luzon Bus
Company, and Luzon Cisco Transport.
Last month, the LTFRB approved the deal
and authorized the ve bus companies to
use the lines in their operations.
We are thankful that social justice
has prevailed, said Lourdes Sta. Maria,
the Pantranco employees spokesperson,
who also chided opposing bus operators
who want to nullify the LTFRBs order.
We are grateful to the LTFRB in im-
plementing and enforcing the execution
of the judgment of the (National Labor
Relations Commission) on our behalf,
said Sta. Maria. Jonathan Fer nandez
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PH softbelles score rout
TEAM Manila-Philippines blanked
Indonesia, 23-0, on opening day of the
Asia Pacic Big League Girls Softball
Regional Tournament.
Rizza Bernardino led the team with
two home-runs in the rst and third
innings.
Winner of the tournament will
represent the Asia Pacic Region in the
Little League World Series, Big League
Division in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
on Aug. 2 to 8. The team is headed by
Manila Little League President Che
Borromeo and mentored by Ana Maria
Santiago.
AKTV goes to QC
BARANGAY AKTV, the grassroots
program of the sports news portal of TV5
to promote the Philippine Basketball
Association in the barangays, went
to Quezon City on June 16 and 17,
in cooperation with Councilor Julian
Coseteng of the citys third district.
PBA cager Alex Crisano coached
QC youth at the Barangay Old Balara
and Barangay Escopa 3 covered courts.
Punong Barangay Beth Daluraya,
Fernando Ortiz, Ronnie Taguba and
their respective councilors, SK chairman
Paulo Taguba, Kagawad Mileth Bustillo,
Danny Villanueva, Leo Padilla, Kagawad
Salvador Mil and Kagawad Billy De Vera
witnessed the event.
Coseteng, a self-confessed PBA fanatic
and grandson of one of the
founders of PBA Mariwasa, invited
Barangay AKTV as part of his youth
development program
Coseteng, the Assistant Majority Floor
Leader of the QC Council,
believes that QC youth have a lot of
potential and it is his mission
to bring out the best in them for the
further development of the city.
A SENDOFF party with a esta-like setting
will be held today for the small Philippine
team to the 30th Olympic Games in London,
with President Aquino expected to lead the
well-wishers.
The president has been invited to be the
guest of honor in the evening affair scheduled
at the elegant Blue Leaf in Fort Bonifacio,
Taguig City with seven of the nine London-
bound Filipino athletes and their coaches
gracing the affair which starts at 6 p.m.
The presence of the president will give our
athletes the much-needed inspiration as they
compete in the worlds biggest sports meet,
said PH chief of mission and Phillippine
Olympic Committee vice president Manny
Lopez.
Other high-ranking sports ofcials, led
by POC president Peping Cojuangco and
Philippine Sports Commission chair Ritchie
Garcia as well as sports backers and friends
like businessman Manny V. Pangilinan will
also grace the occasion to be hosted by Paolo
Bediones and Chiqui Roa-Puno.
In the program prepared by TV5, the ofcial
television partner of the PH team, the president
will be introduced by Lopez after a welcome
remarks by Pangilinan and messages from
Cojuangco and Sumeet Vohra of Procter and
Gamble, one of the entities backing the team.
The Olympians, wholl be on hand to receive
good luck wishes are shooter Brian Rosario,
boxer Mark Anthony Barriga, long jumper
Marestella Torres, steeplechaser Rene Herrera,
weighlifter Hidilyn Diaz and swimmers
Jasmine Alkhaldi and Jessie Lacuna.
The two others Fil-Japanese judoka
Tomohiko Hoshina and Fil-Am BMX rider
Danny Caluag are presently training abroad,
according to Lopez, who is also the POC rst
vice-president.
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
INTERNATIONAL Boxing
Organization cruiserweight
champion Antonio Tarver
tested positive for a banned
anabolic steroid and has been
suspended by the California
Commission pending the
opening of the B sample.
The drug test was conducted
following Tarvers draw against
Lateef Kayode on June 2 in
Carson, California.
The failed drug test of Tarver
means he is the third high prole
ghter to be recently found positive
of using banned substances. The
other two were Lamont Peterson
and Andre Berto.
Meantime, Don Jose Sulaiman,
the president of the World
Boxing Council, has announced
that he had received from Dick
Cole, Director of the Boxing
Commission of Texas, the results
of the anti-doping test following
the World Boxing Council
middleweight championship bout
between Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
and challenger Andy Lee.
WIMBLEDON, EnglandAs
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal
and Roger Federer step back
on the grass at Wimbledon,
each has reason to believe hell
be hoisting the trophy in two
weeks.
None of the other 125 men
in the eld can honestly say the
same.
Indeed, its tough to imagine
anyone outside that trio winning
this years championship at the
All England Club, where play
begins Monday.
Theyve, you know, been
pretty selsh about Grand
Slam titles for a little bit, said
2003 U.S. Open champion and
three-time Wimbledon runner-
up Andy Roddick.
They sure have.
Either Nadal or Djokovic
has won each of the past nine
major tournaments, and they
met in the last four nals, to
boot.
Its up to somebody ... to
break that mold, said Federer,
owner of a record 16 Grand
Slam titles. I hope I can do
that.
Add him to the equation, and
those three men have combined
to win 28 of the past 29 majors,
a seven-year run of dominance
that began with Nadals victory
at the 2005 French Open. (The
lone exception was the 2009
U.S. Open, where Federer lost
in the nal to Juan Martin del
Potro.)
The top-seeded Djokovic
is the defending champion at
Wimbledon - and while its
the only grass-court title on his
resume, its a rather signicant
one.
I mean, this is what Im
born for, he said after beating
Nadal in four sets in the 2011
nal. You know, I want to be
a tennis champion. I want to
win more Grand Slams. I will
denitely not stop here.
He moved to No. 1 in the
ATP rankings the next day
and has remained there,
while compiling a 27-match
Grand Slam winning streak
that included titles at the
U.S. Open in September and
Australian Open in January,
before ending with a loss to
Nadal in the rain-interrupted,
two-day French Open nal
two weeks ago.
Nadal once was thought to
be a clay-court expert but has
shown that he can adapt to, and
excel on, other surfaces, joining
Federer among the seven men
who completed a career Grand
Slam. At Wimbledon, the
Spaniard reached the nal each
of the last ve times he entered
the tournament, winning twice
and nishing runner-up to
Djokovic or Federer the other
three.
And Federer? Well, all hes
done is win six championships
plus make one nal at the All
England Club in a seven-year
span from 2003-09.
I would just like to get
another Wimbledon crown.
It would be amazing to get
No. 7, said Federer, who lost
in the quarternals the past
two years, to Tomas Berdych
in 2010, and to Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga in 2011.
Hes gone about 2 1/2 years
without winning a Grand Slam
title, his longest drought since
he won his rst nine years ago.
The hunger is obviously
big, Federer said.
His mastery of faster
surfaces such as the grass
at Wimbledon and the hard
courts at the U.S. Open makes
it tough to rule him out, even
if hes approaching his 31st
birthday on Aug. 8.
Asked to size up his
prospects for adding to his
Grand Slam total, Federer said,
I think the upcoming two,
referring to Wimbledon and
the U.S. Open, those will be
my best chances to win.
While players such as
Berdych or Tsonga or
Roddick or del Potro have
shown they can compete
with the best on their best
daysand No. 4 Andy
Murray, a three-time major
nalist, gets plenty of home-
crowd support because he
represents Britainthe
expectation is that Djokovic,
Nadal or Federer will extend
their hard-to-believe rule at
Grand Slam tournaments. AP
They were so close to the pinnacle. Now it gets only
more difcult to keep all the pieces in place to try to
nish the job.
The Thunder enter the offseason with coach Scott
Brooks contract about to expire, Sixth Man of the Year
James Harden and NBA blocks leader Serge Ibaka
eligible for new deals and the future of veterans Derek
Fisher and Nazr Mohammed up in the air.
It will be up to general manager Sam Presti to
determine whether they all can still t on a team where
All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are
already locked into expensive, long-term deals.
Its going to be difcult decisions but well see
what happens, forward Nick Collison said Saturday.
Obviously, we want everybody back. We feel like weve
got a really good core group and we feel like we can get it
done with our group, so hopefully it can happen.
Brooks situation is the most urgent, with his deal
expiring at the end of the month.
Im sure in the next couple of days we will sit down
and get together. Denitely, I wish I was preparing or
just nishing up practice going into Game 6, Brooks
said. You denitely need a few days just to reect on
what weve done this year. But the next couple of days,
we plan on getting together.
Brooks has overseen a steady improvement since
taking over early in the 2008-09 season, when Oklahoma
City nished with 23 wins. After that, the Thunder lost in
the rst round of the playoffs the next year and then were
defeated in the Western Conference nals before falling in
ve games in the NBA Finals this season against Miami.
Scotty is my guy for life, no matter what, Durant
said during the nals. If hes our coach for 10 more
years or not, thats my guy. I love him like family. Hes
pushing me every single day. He demands a lot out of
me and when Im messing up, hes going to tell me.
And thats what I need.
Harden and Ibaka still have a year left under contract
but will become eligible for their rst contract extension
in July. If they dont sign over the next year, they would
become restricted free agents - with the Thunder getting
the chance to match any offer from another team.
This is something special here. A dynasty is being
built here, Harden said. Were winning, were
having fun and were brothers. ... The other stuff, you
YOU win some, you lose some.
The nation wins some, it loses some.
I say these lines again after the nation
had just seen one of its sons triumph on
the world stage yet again.
Erik Spoelstra is the new NBA king
of coaching after steering the Miami
Heat to a crushing 4-1 rout of the
Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday.
Finally, a Filipino has conquered the
Mt. Everest of basketball.
Eriks mother is from San Pablo City
in Laguna, who found love in America.
America has been in her heart, yes, but,
like our very own Carlos Bulosan, she
surely kept the Pinoy ame burning in
her chest all this time. Erik is as adobo
as any Pinoy can be.
As for Bulosan, well, the guy left
his land of birth that is Binalonan,
Pangasinan, to try his luck in America
in the 40s. Unlettered, he did menial
jobs in salmon factories in California,
stealthily raiding libraries at night
to devour books of literature. Hed
eventually decide to become a writer
and his America is In The Heart is
now an immortal classic.
And so, as Jack Teotico said in the
post-Madame Buttery show, Hail
Pinas!
Whod ever think this would happen,
a Pinoy emerging an NBA champion
coach?
Erik Spoelstras surge to the summit
could not have come at a better time.
First, Jessica Sanchez lost in the
American Idol when she should have
handily beaten Phillip Phillips Jr., the
eventual winner.
But Jessica got her comeuppance, if
not redemption, when she was chosen
to sing the Star Spangled Banner in
the Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley ght
on June 10 in Las Vegas.
Why, if Phillips was the real
American Idol winner, he should
have been picked to sing the American
anthem instead of Jessica Sanchez,
right?
But lets quit the crap. I could
be accused of sour-graping, of
unsportsmanlike conduct.
Second, after Jessicas stunning
upset loss, in came Pacquiaos
shocking setback.
When Bradley was announced the
winner by split decision over Pacquiao,
the whole world let out a howl of
protest.
I do not have to go into details again
as to why the suspected Fix of The
Century had to befall to our hero,
the worlds boxing icon himself in
Pacquiao. Sufce it to say that even if
Pacquiaos win was as unconvincing
as Coronas testimony as to warrant
him an acquittal, Bradleys victory will
forever be tainted with a ton of doubt.
Thus, like in the Jessica Sanchez
debacle, our nation also mourned
Pacquiaos defeat that is now widely
regarded as The Upset of The
Decade.
But then, after the back-to-back
black eyes came a victory that brought
enormous joy to a country still smarting
from the twisted twin tricks of fate.
With his triumph, Erik Spoelstra
more than provided a stellar
performance that brought the Filipino
back to the pedestal of greatness. So
spectacular was his feat that even
President Aquino took notice; the
President sent Erik a message that is so
heart-rending it must have melted the
Fil-Ams heart.
And yet, only a year ago, Erik
Spoelstra suffered literally almost in
silence after his Miami Heat blew a 2-1
margin to bow to the Dallas Mavericks,
4-2, in the 2011 NBA Finals.
That collapse almost saw Erik
Spoelstras world crumble to the
ground. Miami management had
seriously considered ring him. Thank
God, there was Pat Riley, the legendary
coach and now a top Miami gun, who
came to his rescue.
A second chance Erik Spoelstra was
given.
Bravely, he took the challenge.
A year later, the Fil-Am from San
Pablo City, a mere video scout
master who never played in the NBA,
nor in any basketball league of note in
America, is a champ coach in the NBA.
Never underestimate a mere observer
for that was basically Erik Spoelstra
before Pat Riley made him head coach
of the Miami Heat.
Erik was an observer to everything
happening in the Heat dugout while
working as a video scout, an observer
observing from the inside, a spy from
within, a student with eyes as big as
a pair of water melons, an apprentice
with ears as big as a pair of corncobs.
Eriks another story cut out for
Hollywood stuff.
Who said fairy tales are pass?
* * *
ALL IN. My compadre Joven
Florido will retire ofcially this week
as the Deputy Provincial Prosecutor of
Quezon Province. Bring that rocking
chair by the bay, pare, but take my
advice: Dont forget to bring a bottle
to tide you by. If invited, gladly, I will
join youAs I love to tell friends to
paraphrase a pokers tease to a mate
if you have the bottle, I have the time.
Cheers!
APO Chancellors Cup slated
THE University of the Philippines
Alpha Phi Omega will hold the rst
APO Golf Chancellors Cup on July 5
with a big eld expected to clash for top
honors in various divisions at the Camp
Aguinaldo Golf Club in QC.
Around 100 players will dispute the
titles in Classes A, B and C under the
Modied Stableford scoring format with
the one-day tournament staged to raise
funds for the Create Responsive Infants
By Sharing Foundation, Inc. and other
socio-civic projects of the club.
Backing up the event are I BAP Partylist,
UP Alpha Phi Omega, Sen. Bong Revilla,
BJ Marthel International Inc., CTK Corp.,
Comclark Development Corp. and Lets
Face It, APO golf president Atty. Jesse
Cualing and Jun Diaz.
Registration is ongoing with fee
pegged at P2,000, inclusive of green
fee, food, giveaways, caddy and rafe
prizes. For details, contact Jesse Cualing
at 0918-9146884 or Thett Chean at 0917-
8369696.
Philippine Olympic team chief of mission Manny Lopez (middle) and TV5 president and chief operating ofcer
Ray C. Espinosa shake hands after signing the agreement making TV5 the ofcial media and television partner
of the London-bound Filipino athletes. At left is TV5 executive vice president Bobby V. Barreiro. The other enti-
ties supporting the team are International Container Terminal Services Inc., Bank of Philippine Islands, Mizuno,
Samsonite, Procter and Gamble, Petron and Smart Sports.
Novak Djokovic
OKLAHOMA CITYBy keeping largely the same group
together and building over time, the Oklahoma City Thunder
climbed from the bottom of the league to the NBA Finals.
cant buy it. Its the friendships.
Im going to just play the year out and have fun
and not worry about it. Ill let them gure that out and
discuss all that.
Harden said his immediate concern is winning a
spot on the U.S. Olympic team, along with Durant
and Westbrook. Ibaka could also be in the Olympics,
representing Spain.
I love it here. This team is like a family, like were
really brothers, Harden said. We hang out most of
the time every single day. You cant nd any other
team like this. I love it here. AP
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Meralco
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for berth
in semis
Starry cast
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Golf Tour
Sulaiman: Taconing to get title shot
Blazers aim for better finish
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PBA SCORES
By Jeric Lopez

MERALCO turned a tight
contest into a wide-open one
after a burly, fourth-quarter
urry to hack out a 91-78
rout of declining Powerade
and boost its chances in the
2012 Philippine Basketball
Association Governors Cup
at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum
yesterday.
Mario West unloaded a game-
high 29 points and nine rebounds,
but it was Sol Mercados payoff-
period outburst that got the Bolts
the victory.
The stocky spitre uncorked
all of his 15 points in the
decisive fourth period to carry
the Bolts, who enhanced their
chances of making it to the
seminals by moving up to
a fth-place tie with Petron
Blaze and the Tigers at 4-4,
with their second straight win.
With the Bolts only ahead
by two heading into the fourth,
Mercado took it upon himself
to carry the load as he led a
killer 16-3 blast that broke the
game open and gave Meralco a
comfortable 84-69 spread with
only 4:22 remaining. Mercado
scored 11 of those 16.
Sol (Mercado) played
magnicent basketball in the
fourth quarter. I told him to
be patient and the defense will
eventually loosen up and thats
what happened, said Meralco
coach Ryan Gregorio. Its a
great win for us, but we still
need to play great basketball
next Sunday.
A victory by Meralco in
its nal assignment against
Barako Bull next week will
formalize its rst seminal
entry in franchise history.
Mac Cardona also had a
steady output of 15 points
and six boards, while Reynel
Hugnatan contributed 14
markers and six rebounds for
Meralco.
The Tigers, after racking up
four straight triumphs, have
now lost two straight and need
to win their nal outing as well
to have a good shot of making
the Top 6.
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
WORLD Boxing Council president
Don Jose Sulaiman promised that
light yweight Jonathan Taconing
will get another title shot, but he
will have to wait.
Sulaiman told Manila Standard,
which pushed for a review of the
Taconing-Kompayak Porpramook
title ght and the sanctioning of
a rematch: I personally believe
that Taconing deserves another
opportunity and I promise to give
my very best for that to happen.
However, the WBC president
emphasized it is to soon to do
anything about it.
Thats because the Thai
champion Kompayak
Porpramook, who won a hotly
disputed fth-round technical
decision in their title ght is still
in a monastery.
Besides that, former champion
Adrian Hernandez, from whom
Porpramook won the title, has an
option for a rematch in Mexico.
Let us wait for that to
happen, said Sulaiman, who
also suggested that no pressure be
exerted on the champion.
He said after the rematch, he
would proceed to do our best to
support you and Taconing.
Sulaiman said the WBC rules
and regulations do not allow
immediate rematches and pointed
out that Porpramook had given
the Hernandez camp two options
in order to get a title shot, which
the Thai won by a 10th-round
technical knockout.
The WBC president stated
that the DVD of the Taconing
ght, which was reviewed by
Tom Kaczmarek, who heads the
WBC Ring Ofcials Review
Committee, reported the ght as a
draw at the time it ended.
It also saw some unexplainable
times of intervention by the
referee (Jae Bong Kim of
Korea), who was subsequently
suspended, said Sulaiman.
With regard to the cut
suffered by Porpramook after
an accidental clash of heads in
the fourth round, Sulaiman said
the WBC received a medical
report that the injury needed
six stitches and it was a deep
wound.
The Red Lions, playing with
only six cagers all rookies --
after nine mainstays, including
Olaide Adeogun, served out their
suspensions, joined the Letran
Knights and the Jose Rizal
University Heavy Bombers in
the early lead.
John Mark Ludovice, the only
player among the six who has no
championship experience, led the
Lions as he tallied 18 points with
Arthur dela Cruz, plus ve rebounds
and four assists in 40 minutes.
The 21-year-old Ludovice,
a transferee from National
University, capped the Red Lions
rally from 12 points down in the
rst period, with a layup towards
the end of the rst half, allowing
the Mendiola dribblers to stay
within range, 42-44.
THE College of St. Benilde
Blazers are looking forward
to having another shot at the
Final Four of the 88th National
Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament.
They had a chance last
time around, but the Blazers
campaign slowed down in the
middle of the season after two
key players left the school for
personal reasons.
Their manpower woes had
the Blazers nishing the 87th
season tied for seventh and
eighth places with the Arellano
University Chiefs on the same
6-12 records.
This time around, the Blazers
vow to redeem themselves and
resume their drive for a better
nish.
Point guard Carlo Lastimosa,
who had misunderstanding
with school ofcials last year, is
back, and so is Mark Romero,
who left after his family
migrated to the United States.
They will be reinforced
by another point guard, Joel
Tolentino, a transferee from
the La Salle Green Archers. He
left the Gee Abanilla-coached
Archers, who are already
overloaded with guards.
During the Blazers pre-
season campaign, Lastimosa
provided the leadership with his
average of 12.9 points, while
Romero had nine points and six
rebounds per game.
On the other hand, Tolentino
was also an asset with his
average of seven points.
Last season, we lost key
players in the mid-season.
So, we are hoping that we are
complete until the end of the
tournament. This time, we are
aiming for more wins, said
Blazers coach Richard del
Rosario.
Five other veterans are gone,
but they have been replaced by
capable rookies, like Tarlac nd
Robert Bartolo Jr., (7.6 points,
5.1 rebounds), Zamboangas
Dexter Garcia and Rhoel
Maconocido, whose elder
brother Raymond used to play
for the San Sebastian Stags.
Jeffrey Ongteco is returning
after his stint with Letran
proved unsuccessful. Other
holdovers include Luis Antonio
Sinco, Juan Taha and Jan Tan.
Del Rosario sees their coming
campaign as an exciting season.
Other teams, he believe, have
equal chances to be in the Final
Four.
Lahat sila ay nagpalakas,
and its going to be tough to
make it to the Final Four,
added del Rosario.
Schools like Perpetual Help
and Arellano University have
also leveled the playing eld with
the presence of foreign players in
their roster. Peter Atencio
JUVIC Pagunsan and Frankie
Minoza have conrmed their
participation in the rich ICTSI
Manila Southwoods, making it an
all-star cast when the P2.5 million
event is held June 27 to 30 at
Southwoods Masters Course.
The two aces will join Asian
Tour regulars Angelo Que and
Mars Pucay and the Top 10
players in the current ICTSI
Philippine Golf Tour Order of
Merit ranking, marking the rst
time this year that the tours big
guns will be slugging it out in a
local event spread over four days.
Pagunsan, on a break from
the lucrative Japan PGA Tour,
will be seeing action only in his
second local tournament with the
reigning local OOM champion
and Asian Tour No. 1 failing
to defend his crown at ICTSI
Eastridge Classic early this month
with a joint seventh place nish.
But the smooth-swinging
shotmaker is expected to gure
well in the upcoming event, which
serves as the sixth leg of the ICTSI
PGT, together with Minoza, who
closed out last years circuit with
a stirring come-from-behind
victory at Wack Wack.
Que, a former three-time Asian
Tour winner, is also expected to
contend for the crown even as
he seeks to snap a long spell here
together with the veteran Pucay
with the rest of the fancied bets
likewise priming up for a battle
royale for the top P450,000 purse.
The event is the second of
ve four-day tournaments lined
up by the organizing Pilipinas
Golf Tournaments, Inc. this year,
including the Aboitiz Invitational
in Cebu and the ICTSI Orchard
Championship, both in August,
which also serve as legs on
the Asian Development Tour,
underscoring the local tours
steady growth.
Reverse Run. Proponents of the WWF-Philippines Reverse Run, set
on July 22 at the Mall of Asia, are shown here. They are (from left) WWF
Ambassador Rovilson Fernandez; sponsors Nika Villano, marketing
assistant for Sketchers Philippines; Rommel Bobiles, marketing Director
of Blue Magnet; Tina Cuyco of Big Chill; Ryan Crisostomo of Buzz
Drivers; Marie Bretana, WWF relations ofcer; and Lory Lan, president
and Chief Executive Ofcer of WWF. ROMAN PROSPERO
Powerades Rommel Adducul (center) battles Meralcos Reynel Hugnatan (right) and import Mario West for the looseball in a PBA Governors Cup game won by the Bolts, 91-78.
Lopez kayoes
foe in Round 9
JOSELITO Lopez kept his
promise not to leave the result
of his ght with Victor Ortiz at
the Staples Center on Sunday
(Manila time) in the hands
of the judges, when he broke
Ortizs jaw, forcing him to quit
at the end of the ninth round.
Lopez said he learned a
lesson from what happened to
boxing icon Manny Pacquiao
when he lost his World Boxing
Organization welterweight title
to Timothy Bradley in a split
decision that was condemned
around the world last June 9.
The ght card was telecast on
the popular weekly boxing show
Big Time Bakbakan over AKTV
IBC 13. Ronnie Nathanielsz
By Peter Atencio
AN UNDERMANNED San Beda
Red Lions, giving six available rookies
the longest playing game of their lives,
weathered an early Arellano University
Chiefs assault to pull off an 81-71 win
Sunday in the 88th National Collegiate
Athletic Association mens basketball
tournament at The Arena in San Juan.
He had 14 points at halftime,
before De la Cruz and Francis
Abarcar took charge in the nal
two quarters.
De la Cruz, who is among the ve
members of the back-to-back junior
champion San Red Cubs holding
the fort all afternoon, saw action for
35 minutes as he struck with seven
points in the crucial third period. He
then combined for 13 points with
Jon Villaruz as the Red Lions moved
away by nine, 63-54, before the start
of the fourth.
It was all about heart. It was
tiring for them. But, it was really
rewarding. It was a huge challenge.
But they were able to overcome,
said Ronnie Magsanoc, who
debuted as the Red Lions coach.
As the Chiefs threatened by
ve, mostly off Levi Hernandezs
attacks, 66-71, Abarcar drove past
John Bangga, while Ludovice
scored John Lunas to put the Red
Lions safely ahead, 79-70, with 24
Games Today
(The Arena in San Juan)
12 nn LSGH vs LPU (jrs)
2 p.m. EAC vs Arellano (jrs)
4 p.m. CSB vs LPU (srs)
6 p.m. EAC vs Arellano (jrs)

seconds left.
In the rst game, Arvin
Tolentino made 18 points and
eight rebounds, while Alejandro
Inigo chipped in 16 for the Red
Cubs, who walloped the Arellano
Baby Chiefs, 104-70.
Meanwhile Ryan Costelo
banged in 18 points, while
Rhanzel Young had 15 for the San
Sebastian Staglets, who turned
back the Letran Squires, 87-85, in
the other junior game.
Kevin Alas made a career-high
31 points for the Letran Knights
as they held off the San Sebastian
Stags, 80-74, in last Saturdays
opening games at the Smart-
Araneta Coliseum.
MERALCO 91 West 29,
Mercado 15, Cardona 15,
Hugnatan 14, Taulava 7, Bulawan
6, Macapagal 3, Ross 2, Reyes 0.
POWERADE 78 Sneed 23,
David 20, Guevarra 12, Casio 6, Al-
Hussaini 4, Belasco 4, Anthony 3,
Lingganay 2, Salvador 2, Adducul
2, Vanlandingham 0, Tugade 0.
Business
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IN BRIEF
Govt rejects Subic
coal plant transfer
Ray S. Eano, Editor mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
PNOC Exploration
begins CNG project
Alcala
launches
national
food plan
New policy will not help SMI get permit
iRemit signs partnership agreement with Indonesian bank
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
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 42.2640
Japan Yen 0.012450 0.5262
UK Pound 1.559200 65.8980
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
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, June 22, 2012
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New Makati campaign. Ayala Land Inc., the local government of Makati and the Makati Commercial Estate Association Inc.
have launched the Make it Happen, Make it Makati campaign to highlight the citys six distinct nodes, which form part of Ayala
Lands P60-billion investment. Shown during the launching of the campaign at Intercontinental Hotel are (from left) Convergys
managing director Marife Zamora, newspaper executive Alexandra Prieto, Ayala Land president and chief executive Antonino
Aquino, Makati City administrator Marjorie de Veyra, Macea president Dave Balangue, Ayala Land vice president Meean Dy and
Makati Tourism Foundation Inc. president Vinchu Lapid. SONNY ESPIRITU
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THE Energy Department has rejected
proposals to relocate the 600-megawatt
coal-red power plant of Redondo
Peninsula Energy Inc. to the site of
mothballed Bataan nuclear power plant in
Morong, Bataan due to lack of logistical
capability.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene
Almendras said the Bataan
nuclear plant site was not
conducive for a coal-red power
facility, which was supposed to
be built at Subic Bay Freeport.
Almendras also said
transferring the coal power
project to Bataan from Subic Bay
would push back its scheduled
operation by 2015 and threaten
Luzons power situation.
If it will be placed there
[Bataan], you will not meet
the deadline. You have to
dismantle some of the facilities.
Remember, we had a team of
experts who looked at BNPP
to convert it to a coal-red
power plant. They said it was
not feasible to coal-red, and it
was very expensive to convert
it to a natural gas-red power
plant, Almendras said.
If youre going to use that
site for coal, you have to clear
some areas and retrot it, he
added.
RP Energy plans to build a
600-MW coal project at the Subic
Bay Freeport but the Subic Bay
Metropolitan Authority asked the
government to relocate the plant
to another site such as Bataan.
Concerned sectors in Subic have
strongly opposed the project,
citing health, tourism and other
concerns.
RP Energy led by Meralco
PowerGen Corp., a subsidary of
distributor Manila Electric Co., is
the controlling shareholder of RP
Energy. Meralco PowerGen holds
50 percent plus two shares in RP
Energy while Aboitiz-controlled
Therma Power Inc. and Taiwan
Cogeneration International Corp.
hold the remaining shares in
equal proportion.
The energy chief said the
unloading facility of Bataan
nuclear power plant had no design
for a port, which is crucial to a
power plant because imported
coal is delivered and unloaded at
the port.
The problem with coal, you
need to be an area where you
can unload the coal in huge
quantities because a 600-MW
coal-red power plant will
consume a lot. The problem
with BNPP was the site is not
the best site for a coal- red
power plant because it does
not have logistical capability to
handle the fuel itself, he said.
Almendras said there were no
concrete plans for the nuclear
plant yet. The Aquino government
earlier announced it had no plans
of reviving the plant which was
shut down by former President
Corazon Aquino in 1986 due to
safety issues.
The $2.3-billion nuclear plant
was already completed when it
was shut down.
PNOC Exploration Corp., the oil and gas unit of state-owned
Philippine National Oil Co., has started bidding out the contract to
supply and install a compressed natural gas equipment for the CNG
station in Mamplasan, Bian, Laguna.
The investment on the daughter station has started. The
technology evaluation is ongoing, so were hoping that will nish
soon, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras told reporters over
the weekend.
PNOC Exploration has issued a notice for the supply, delivery,
installation, testing and commissioning of the CNG equipment
package for a daughter station in Bian.
The equipment package, estimated to cost P77.6 million, comprise
of nine major equipment namely gas compressor, storage cylinder,
CNG dispenser, air compressor, auxiliary equipment, tube-type
cylinder cascade, trailer and transformer.
PNOC Exploration issued a separate notice for the supply and
delivery of two units tractor head for the CNG hauling equipment,
also for the Mamplasan CNG daughter station, at a cost of P14
million.
The company has set the opening of bids for the equipment
package on July 3 and the delivery of the tractor head on July 20.
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. previously owned the CNG
daughter station project until it was turned over to the government
in April. CNG bus operators repeatedly complained of the limited
supply of CNG, prompting the government to take over the
facility.
PNOC Exploration also took over Shells CNG mother station in
Tabangao, Batangas. The Malampaya gas eld provides the CNG
supply for the program.
PNOC Exploration has committed to construct another daughter
CNG station at the Philippine Ports Authority in Batangas. The
entire CNG project is estimated to cost around P400 million over
the next two years. Alena Mae S. Flores
THE Agriculture Department
will mark its 114
th
anniversary
today with a soft launching
of a policy document on the
countrys food sufciency
program.
The crafting of the...
document was not an easy
task, and the implementation
of programs to achieve self-
sufciency in food staples is
a continuing challenge. We
need all the help we can get
from all sectors, Agriculture
Secretary Proceso Alcala said
in a statement.
President Benigno
Aquino III will sign the
program on July 5, 2012
when he attends the 2
nd

Makina-Saka agricultural
machinery exposition at
the World Trade Center in
Pasay City.
The food sufciency plan
is the banner program of the
Agriculture Departments
Agrikulturang Pilipino
framework concerned with
food security and self-
sufciency in rice and other
staples.
The department under
the program will outline
three major government
measures aimed at ensuring
enough food for each
Filipino family without
need for the state to import
from other countries and
assuring farmers that they
enjoy decent and rising
standard of living.
The program cited three
major measures that include
production support like
irrigation, quality seeds, post-
harvest facilities and other
components relating to the
production of rice.
The second is the
enhancement of economic
incentives and mechanisms
that include market reforms
in palay and rice, provision
of credit to farmers and
strengthening of insurance
coverage.
The third involves the
management of food
consumption through
conservation of rice and
reduction of food wastage,
consumption of alternative
food staples and intensifying
farming of other staples like
sweet potato, banana, corn and
cassava. Othel V. Campos
By Othel V. Campos
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Ramon
Paje said the new mining policy will
not help Sagittarius Mines Inc. secure
an environmental clearance certicate
for its Tampakan copper-gold project in
South Cotabato.
Their [SMI] petition [for an ECC]
cannot be covered by the mining policy.
A decision has to be rendered. It has to
be declared. They maintain that the local
law is violative over national law, but it
is still an opinion as of now, Paje said in
an interview.
The Environment Departments
Environmental Management Bureau
has twice spurned the petition of the
Australian miner for an environmental
certicate over an environmental code
that effectively banned open-pit mining
in South Cotabato province.
SMI is currently conducting on-site
ground development after a scoping
study found out that the best option to
mine the copper and gold ores in the
project site is via open pit or so-called
surface mining method.
Paje said SMI could ask the Justice
Department for an opinion on the validity
or legality of the provincial code.
He said the department was willing to
wait for the result of a petition by SMI
asking the South Cotabato provincial
council to remove the clause on open pit
ban from the provincial ordinance.
But it might take longer than they
could possibly estimate. It would have
been simpler if they questioned the
legality of the ordinance. Instead they
went back to the LGU [South Cotabato]
to resolve the matter themselves, he
said.
The Australian miner said in a
previous interview it was still assessing
the situation, although an appeal to the
Ofce of the President is a more sound
option.
NPL loan ratio at 2.3%
UNPAID loans of commercial and universal
banks eased further in April, an indication that
large banks in the country remain stable in their
lending operations.
The Bangko Sentral said the non-performing
loan ratio, or the percentage of bad loans to
outstanding loans, declined to 2.30 percent in
April from 2.36 percent in March. This was also
an improvement from 2.95 percent a year ago.
Non-performing loans refer to past-due loan
accounts whose principal or interest was unpaid
at least 30 days upon maturity.
The NPL ratio declined as total non-performing
loans improved to P74.3 billion in April from
P74.7 billion in the previous month. This was
complemented by the 2.3-percent expansion of
regular loans amounting to P3.2 trillion as of
April.
Meanwhile, the restructured loans as a percentage
of total loans ratio also improved to 1.06 percent
as of end-April from 1.48 percent in March. The
month-on-month decrease in the ratio was driven
by the 3.05 percent fall in gross restructured loans,
complemented by the expansion in total loans.
Maria Bernadette Lunas
Grid eyes Opol substation
POWER transmission network operator
National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has asked
the Energy Regulatory Commission to approve
its P600-million Opol substation project designed
to accommodate the expected load growth in
Misamis Oriental.
National Grid said in its petition with the ERC
it planned to start construction of the project
within the year so the project would be completed
by 2015.
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, it said.
The Opol substation will be located on a
four-hectare site along the national highway in
Barangay Awang, Opol located 15.5 kilometers
west of its Carmen substation.
Alena Mae S. Flores
IREMIT, the Philippines leading
non-bank remittance company,
recently signed an agreement
with Bank Internasional
Indonesia to provide modern and
reliable money transfer services
for overseas Indonesians.
The agreement was signed
by Rahardja Alimhamzah,
wholesale banking director and
Bansan Choa, chairman and chief
executive of iRemit Inc.
The partnership between iRemit
and one of the largest banks in
Indonesia is expected to strengthen
iRemit, which can now reach
overseas Indonesians and their
beneciaries across the archipelagic
nation of more than 17,500 islands
through the banks own 368 branches
and more than 1,190 ATMs.
The wider reach is
complemented by the Bank
Internasionals connection to
more than 20,000 ATMs and
Malaysias MEPS interbank
networks, enabling the remittance
beneciaries to conveniently
gain access to their accounts
within and outside of Indonesia.
BII is 97.4 percent owned by
Malayan Banking Berhad, the
largest nancial services group
in Malaysia.
The Philippines and Indonesia
have large populations of workers
overseas and expatriates. Both
countries are also listed among
the worlds biggest recipients
of remittance inows, with the
Philippines receiving $21.3
billion and Indonesia receiving
$7.1 billion, according to the
2010 Migration and Remittances
Factbook of the World Bank.
We are aggressively
expanding to various parts of the
globe, not just in places where
there are concentrations of the
Filipino diaspora, said Choa.
I PROPOSE to examine three spirituality clusters
in the workplace: 1. mainstream dogma-based
spirituality; 2. newstream experience-based
spirituality; and 3. upstream integral spirituality.
Hopefully, spiritual practitioners will be able to
situate their personal growth and development
within these movements and corporate leaders
will consider these clusters in mission re-
visioning and values re-alignment in support of
spirituality in the workplace.
Spir ituality in Philippine context
Governance in the Philippine provides a
fertile ground for spiritual growth. The 1987
Constitution, Sec. 12 states the right and
duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for
civic efciency and the development of moral
character. Art. 356 of the Family Code stipulates
that parents provide every child moral and civic
training in an atmosphere conducive to his
physical, moral and intellectual development.
In addition, Art. 358 allows optional religious
instruction. Republic Act No. 8990, Sec. 3b
species the spiritual development together
with the physical, social, emotional, cognitive,
psychological, and language development of the
young.
Sec. 13 of the Constitution includes the spiritual
dimension of human development. The State
recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-
building and shall promote and protect their
physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social
wellbeing. The government needs the business
sector to promote total human development in
the workplace and business corporations may
explore spirituality as driver of peak employee
performance by promoting transcendental
values.
Art III, Sec. 4 of the Bill of Rights allows
the free exercise and enjoyment of religious
profession and worship, without discrimination
or preference. As such, religious freedom
presupposes exercise and enjoyment of religious
profession, worship and spirituality in the
workplace. In most Catholic establishments, it has
become a common practice to provide religious
services evidenced by an altar or a chapel.
The spiritual development of a child is part of
civic development and parents are duty-bound to
nurture that spiritual life. When children reach
school age, moral and spiritual nurturance shifts
to the teachers who act in loco parentis. As
professionals, their spiritual development towards
adult faith grows under a corporate umbrella.
Lay spir ituality
I consider the Bishops-Businessmen Code
of Ethics, the Management Association of the
Philippines Code of Ethics, the Brotherhood of
Christian and Professional Businessmen and
Christs Commission Fellowship as forerunners
of spirituality in the workplace. These post-
Vatican II initiatives are fueling the application
of Christian teachings in the arena of business.
Among Catholics, the decree on the apostolate of
the laity (Apostolicam Actuositatem) highlights
the special and indispensable role of the lay
persons in the life of the Catholic Church in
the modern world and lately, Cardinal Tuscan
highlighted the Vocation of the Businessman.
Lay spirituality, according to the Second
Plenary Council of the Philippine consists
in being able to see the will of God operating,
precisely in ones secular duties, in the ordinary
things that one does, and in fullling them with
as much love. It is deeply rooted in the secular
in the elds, in the factories, in schools, in
ofces and homes. It leads to an unselsh, other-
centered and Christ-centered life in the world and
in the Church.
The National Catechetical Directory of the
Philippines sees Filipino Catholic spirituality as
socially oriented which respects the indigenous
cultural aspect of a popular religiosity; it includes
social concern for justice and the poor as an
integral component, unies all dimensions of
personal and family life, stresses the participation
of lay leaders in the spiritual mission of the
clergy and religious, and brings out a missionary
consciousness that is open to the Asian ways of
prayer and mysticism.
The Catechism for Filipino Catholics mentions
two important aspects of Filipino transcendent
self. First, we are kundiman-oriented and our
feelings are naturally attracted to heroic acts of
sacrice, manifesting a deep, positive spiritual
value of kalooban and second, we are spirit-
oriented and are naturally drawn to sense the
ephemeral because we have a deep sense of
belief in the supernatural and other spirits. Our
cultural DNA is endowed with deep spiritual
orientation embedded in our kalooban construct.
Mar r iage spir ituality
Marriage spirituality strengthens the virtuous
path of a corporate citizen who is engaged in
life-work balance. According to the Catechism
for Filipino Catholics, married couples and
parents have their own path to holiness through
their faithful love. Like that of all Christians,
this path includes: inheriting Christs mission in
fostering the Kingdom through the ministry of
loving service of each other, their children and
the wider community; in the pattern of Christs
Paschal Mystery; and constantly inspired by the
Holy Spirit and nourished by the Eucharist.
The authentic and profound conjugal and
family spirituality (Familiaris Consortio) is
experienced in the quality of the married and
family relationships marked by delity, a spirit of
mutual respect, forgiveness, service and prayer.
In support of marriage spirituality, PCP II decreed
that family centers be established to develop the
Filipino elements of a general spirituality of
Christian marriage such that the spiritual of the
Christian is nurtured and rooted in the Word of
God and nds its Filipino expression.
Consequently, Filipino Catholics have a special
role in Asia: We are called both personally, as
believers, and ecclesially, as members of the
Church, to share Jesus Christ with our Asian
brethrens by word and witness, through active
commitment to truth, justice, freedom and
universal Christian love. We are called to go
forth in-spirited to renew the face of the world
the wider world of Asia and beyond, giving of
ourselves unto the renewal and unity of Gods
whole creation.
Dr. Emiliano T. Hudtohan teaches at the
Management and Organization Department,
Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business of
De La Salle University, Manila; MBA and PhD
programs at De La Salle Araneta University,
Malabon and MBA at Far Eastern University-
Makati. He is an associate professor of PhD
in social development program of Philippine
Womens University, Manila. He holds a
doctorate in religious and values formation
from De La Salle University. For comments,
e-mail dr.eth2008@gmail.com.
The views expressed above are the authors
and do not necessarily reect the ofcial position
of DLSU, its faculty, and its administrators.
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IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 1,283,000,000
Manila Mining À 600,490,000
Megaworld Corp. 492,912,000
Abra Mining 411,000,000
Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 400,007,000
Oriental Pet. `B 353,100,000
United Paragon 263,800,000
Manila Mining `B 179,340,000
STOCKS VALUE
PLDT Common 1,854,926,110.00
Alliance Global Inc. 1,438,936,330.00
Metrobank 1,201,458,384.50
SM Investments Inc. 1,060,773,430.00
Universal Robina 1,042,332,742.00
Megaworld Corp. 1,025,632,720.00
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 948,314,035.50
Ayala Land `B 892,808,635.00
Ayala Corp À 789,162,962.00
Aboitiz Power Corp. 756,477,810.00
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WEEKLY STOCKS REVIEW
JUNE 18-22, 2012 JUNE 11-15, 2012
STOCKS CLOSE VOLUME VALUE CLOSE VOLUME VALUE
FINANCIAL
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.50 14,921,470 948,314,035.50 61.05 7,872,370 494,486,696.00
Bank of PI 73.00 7,303,130 519,696,868.00 68.60 3,607,410 248,243,977.00
Bankard, Inc. 0.68 101,000 70,680.00 0.70 120,000 84,840.00
China Bank 490.40 129,320 66,167,723.00 555.00 56,890 31,814,090.00
BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.78 62,000 106,800.00 1.78 70,000 122,620.00
COL Financial 23 2,198,200 50,783,875.00 23.2 199,900 4,625,360.00
Eastwest Bank 19 3,178,700 60,297,258.00 18.6 2,605,200 48,873,702.00
Filipino Fund Inc. 10.00 4,700 45,213 9.42 1,200 11,414
First Metro Inv. 72 420 28,664.00 68 5,970 417,370.00
I-Remit Inc. 2.57 541,000 1,342,580.00 2.37 42,000 99,030.00
Manulife Fin. Corp. 450.00 200 90,000.00 455.00 1,020 470,320.00
Maybank ATR KE 38.3 169,100 6,408,945.00 38.15 156,200 6,058,730.00
Metrobank 89.70 13,361,770 1,201,458,384.50 88.45 11,906,220 1,053,677,863.00
Natl Reinsurance Corp. 2 1,392,000 2,779,220.00 2.05 281,000 552,580.00
Phil Bank of Comm 68.00 8,670 578,230.00 69.00 50 3,450.00
Phil. National Bank 71.00 2,631,900 185,403,252.50 71.50 992,770 70,256,497.00
Phil. Savings Bank 82.00 2,190 179,595.00 82.00 660 54,121.00
PSE Inc. 351 19,570 6,850,606.00 350 32,740 11,437,630.00
RCBC À 43.4 3,791,700.00 164,053,410.00 43 1,266,900.00 54,676,460.00
Security Bank 138.8 2,730,750 280,272,508.00 136 3,185,700 439,917,385.00
Sun Life Financial 910.00 650 587,260.00 900.00 100 90,800.00
Union Bank 100.00 1,012,370 102,031,598.00 104.00 987,380 100,022,211.00
Vantage Equities 1.81 2,614,000 4,687,600.00 1.78 273,000 485,940.00
INDUSTRIAL
Aboitiz Power Corp. 33.2 22,920,800 756,477,810.00 31.8 32,302,900 1,040,832,165.00
Agrinurture Inc. 8.86 208,750 1,959,539.00 8.95 416,300 3,881,520.00
Alaska Milk Corp. 18 11,300 201,900.00 19 26,700 513,532.00
Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.38 1,507,000 2,093,860.00 1.38 866,000 1,196,240.00
Alphaland Corp. 28.4 8,900 253,665.00 28.95 3,200 88,645.00
Alsons Cons. 1.31 903,000 1,176,680.00 1.28 1,141,000 1,473,420.00
Asiabest Group 24.05 841,300 19,585,205.00 21.9 357,500 8,110,375.00
Bloomberry 8.43 33,112,500 278,550,423.00 8.25 31,946,100 267,149,286.00
C. Azuc De Tarlac 13.52 5,150 612,340.00 15.00 100 1,500.00
Calapan Venture 2.8 2,849,700 11,356,060.00 2.68 5,039,000 13,882,320.00
Conc. Aggr. À 79.00 250 19,750.00
Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.65 670,000 1,740,650.00 2.45 731,000 1,807,790.00
Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.22 2,206,400 20,405,422.00 9.25 1,350,900 12,159,527.00
Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.97 107,356,800 648,353,120.00 5.88 92,825,300 543,360,386.00
EEI 6.20 4,988,900 31,168,570.00 6.08 4,191,700 25,856,226.00
Euro-Med Lab. 1.78 41,000 73,690.00 1.94 13,000 24,680.00
Federal Chemicals 9.80 21,800 223,050.00 10.00 16,100 158,612.00
First Gen Corp. 16.9 38,106,300 640,556,910.00 16.16 30,186,000 490,653,292.00
First Holdings A 73.25 5,692,260 415,736,700.00 69.3 2,403,720 168,386,817.00
Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 21.00 14,000 291,650.00 20.90 21,100 440,790.00
Greenergy 0.0140 113,100,000 1,497,300.00 0.0130 53,700,000 729,800.00
Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.40 358,100 4,037,550.00 11.10 43,100 475,706.00
Integ. Micro-Electronics 4 368,000 1,459,540.00 3.9 148,000 585,540.00
Ionics Inc 0.760 932,000 711,680.00 0.770 3,044,000 3,802,400.00
Jollibee Foods Corp. 104.00 1,669,420 174,896,727.00 101.20 2,428,470 253,153,416.00
Liberty Flour 52.00 1,150 59,800.00 52.50 830 43,575.00
LMG Chemicals 1.51 1,600,000 2,367,800.00 1.55 3,043,000 4,689,380.00
Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.45 26,000 37,700.00 1.5 659,000 988,220.00
Manchester Intl. A 2.2 849,000 1,880,950.00 1.66 35,000 59,200.00
Manchester Intl. B 2.48 57,000 128,500.00
Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.2 9,318,300 224,639,420.00 23 19,932,000 481,689,690.00
Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.65 4,000 10,600.00 2.63 31,000 82,010.00
Megawide 17.20 2,090,100 35,637,286.00 16.92 617,500 10,675,058.00
Mla. Elect. Co À 241.00 2,613,020 665,018,998.00 238.00 618,120 150,060,916.00
Pancake House Inc. 10.5 300 3,050.00
Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.77 4,063,000 11,198,080.00 2.71 6,991,000 19,257,790.00
Petron Corporation 10.14 9,720,300 98,779,954.00 10.00 11,059,400 112,110,385.00
Phinma Corporation 10.30 28,300 293,808.00 10.26 11,900 122,758.00
Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.20 389,600 3,169,746.00 8.09 311,800 2,544,640.00
Republic Cement À 8.20 181,900 1,411,283.00 8.50 71,100 633,739.00
RFM Corporation 2.92 7,567,000 22,093,420.00 2.92 6,862,000 20,179,720.00
Roxas Holdings 2.52 7,000 17,660.00 2.54 27,000 69,300.00
Salcon Power Corp. 4.7 8,000 37,250.00
San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.00 21,400 618,780.00 29.00 10,000 289,200.00
San Miguel Corp À 115.60 1,584,590 182,331,794.00 114.00 2,586,790 295,577,794.00
Seacem 1.77 4,855,000 8,613,200.00 1.75 11,425,000 19,808,350.00
Splash Corporation 1.86 682,000 1,243,200.00 1.85 164,000 303,580.00
Swift Foods, Inc. 0.128 5,410,000 681,540.00 0.127 1,320,000 168,630.00
Tanduay Holdings 4.41 27,248,000 119,295,720.00 3.89 11,102,000 43,171,110.00
TKC Steel Corp. 2.10 277,000 580,280.00 2.18 858,000 1,801,710.00
Trans-Asia Oil 1.21 3,233,000 3,934,510.00 1.21 2,531,000 3,061,490.00
Universal Robina 61.00 16,932,050 1,042,332,742.00 58.50 18,981,530 1,190,179,674.00
Victorias Milling 1.49 22,927,000 34,633,940.00 1.49 69,921,000 111,033,390.00
Vitarich Corp. 0.690 3,514,000 2,470,240.00 0.690 1,725,000 1,222,200.00
Vivant Corp. 12.38 190,700 2,273,300.00 10.98 400 4,496.00
Vulcan Indl. 0.97 654,000 617,640.00 0.91 446,000 407,810.00
HOLDING FIRMS
Abacus Cons. À 0.70 3,361,000 2,287,210.00 0.69 1,161,000 806,420.00
Aboitiz Equity 47.50 11,254,800 537,200,925.00 45.00 23,979,570 1,103,571,363.50
Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0150 24,200,000 364,000.00 0.0160 23,000,000 365,000.00
Alliance Global Inc. 11.92 121,641,700 1,438,936,330.00 11.40 141,642,600 1,633,074,768.00
Anglo Holdings A 2.00 692,000 1,384,760.00 2.00 83,000 165,520.00
Anscor À 4.57 416,000 1,922,790.00 4.55 1,512,000 6,940,040.00
Asia Amalgamated A 5.26 2,597,000 14,074,212.00 5.05 2,936,900 15,230,513.00
ATN Holdings A 1.87 16,000 29,160.00 1.87 88,000 153,120.00
Ayala Corp À 470 1,688,330 789,162,962.00 447 1,531,260 679,743,864.00
DMCI Holdings 55.00 11,735,210 644,832,841.00 54.90 13,386,740 741,282,813.00
F&J Prince A 2.48 100,000 249,000.00 2.6 198,000 497,000.00
Filinvest Dev. Corp. 3.95 2,660,000 10,495,150.00 3.95 2,879,000 11,406,100.00
Forum Pacic 0.200 1,090,000 221,770.00
GT Capital 490 1,139,480 561,969,990.00 482 250,960 121,547,188.00
House of Inv. 4.26 350,000 1,506,500.00 4.38 566,000 2,467,350.00
JG Summit Holdings 33.55 10,094,100 338,955,325.00 33.00 4,044,000 134,218,855.00
Jolliville Holdings 2.98 58,000 159,790.00 2.97 187,000 531,590.00
Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.77 14,705,700 85,913,411.00 5.94 9,632,700 56,648,581.00
Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.1 2,439,000 2,670,070.00 1.05 1,453,000 1,533,800.00
Mabuhay Holdings À 0.420 910,000 359,400.00 0.425 260,000 110,900.00
Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.57 19,026,000 49,049,940.00 2.46 4,101,000 10,046,760.00
Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.15 48,357,000 199,354,100.00 3.92 63,870,000 258,863,030.00
Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.88 196,000 944,430.00 4.75 114,000 531,780.00
MJCI Investments Inc. 5 27,000 129,900.00 5.59 31,800 168,661.00
Pacica À 0.0510 5,100,000 244,500.00 0.0450 5,120,000 257,410.00
Prime Media Hldg 1.380 130,000 181,890.00 1.350 130,000 181,140.00
Prime Orion 0.430 900,000 382,500.00 0.440 450,000 201,000.00
Republic Glass A 2.1 618,000 1,297,800.00 2.1 39,000 81,900.00
Seafront À 1.64 4,000 6,500.00 1.64 1,000 1,640.00
Sinophil Corp. 0.320 4,840,000 1,507,650.00 0.320 640,000 205,300.00
SM Investments Inc. 702.00 1,507,050 1,060,773,430.00 689.50 1,278,380 898,140,895.00
Solid Group Inc. 1.37 733,000 993,840.00 1.31 662,000 887,340.00
South China Res. Inc. 1.18 439,000 516,880.00 1.18 834,000 991,480.00
Transgrid 490.00 20 9,800.00 500.00 20 10,000.00
Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2200 970,000 208,300.00 0.2250 170,000 37,900.00
Wellex Industries 0.3500 7,330,000 2,545,800.00 0.3450 6,510,000 2,294,000.00
Zeus Holdings 0.510 2,902,000 1,523,070.00 0.500 10,308,000 5,555,990.00
P R O P E R T Y
Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 40.00 98,500 3,911,815.00 39.45 7,100 248,865.00
A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.60 12,000 32,300.00 2.57 27,000 69,350.00
Araneta Prop À 0.650 11,000 7,150.00 0.630 107,000 70,530.00
Arthaland Corp. 0.168 1,050,000 174,660.00 0.164 50,000 8,200.00
Ayala Land `B 21.50 40,462,900 892,808,635.00 21.90 44,080,200 945,734,431.00
Belle Corp. À 4.77 2,908,000 13,714,490.00 4.62 3,148,000 14,836,910.00
Cebu Holdings 5.81 1,555,800 8,894,865.00 5.62 731,200 4,275,308.00
Cebu Prop. À 4.86 110,000 538,200.00 5 7,700 38,500.00
Cebu Prop. `B 4.9 10,000 49,000.00
Centennial City 1.44 4,776,000 6,865,610.00 1.45 3,502,000 5,043,780.00
City & Land Dev. 2.40 625,000 1,522,380.00 2.48 536,000 1,290,240.00
Cityland Dev. À 1.22 13,000 15,860.00 1.23 185,000 216,760.00
Crown Equities Inc. 0.076 3,500,000 265,200.00 0.078 17,510,000 1,350,280.00
Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 1,768,000 1,384,140.00 0.79 2,317,000 1,834,600.00
Empire East Land 0.750 70,356,000 53,113,190.00 0.690 19,563,000 13,769,630.00
Ever Gotesco 0.170 160,000 26,300.00 0.175 370,000 59,850.00
Global-Estate 1.73 11,434,000 19,722,390.00 1.70 9,260,000 15,853,870.00
Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.23 79,426,000 98,363,090.00 1.19 103,926,000 124,571,120.00
Highlands Prime 1.82 50,000 87,670.00 1.71 115,000 197,570.00
Interport À 1.15 723,000 785,240.00 1.06 112,000 122,570.00
Keppel Properties 2.10 39,000 80,180.00 2.10 22,000 44,900.00
Megaworld Corp. 2.1 492,912,000 1,025,632,720.00 1.97 281,984,000 551,041,590.00
MRC Allied Ind. 0.1850 4,340,000 804,750.00 0.1810 35,030,000 6,410,650.00
Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6800 13,550,000 9,188,280.00 0.6800 28,930,000 19,847,650.00
Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 15.02 67,400 1,012,338.00 14.58 2,700 39,406.00
Polar Property Holdings 4.15 1,658,000 6,733,250.00 3.97 899,000 3,455,240.00
Robinsons Land `B 16.96 12,363,600 210,146,628.00 16.00 8,022,300 133,382,252.00
Rockwell 3.08 1,216,000 3,764,400.00 3.08 458,000 1,442,090.00
San Miguel Prop. 550 10 5,500.00
Shang Properties Inc. 2.55 5,324,000 13,064,490.00 2.45 318,000 791,310.00
SM Development À 6.12 8,271,100 50,830,122.00 6.29 7,084,400 43,679,609.00
SM Prime Holdings 13.00 38,693,000 505,478,670.00 12.10 32,230,700 402,381,990.00
Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.67 3,221,000 2,146,400.00 0.68 359,000 244,270.00
Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 162,000 85,930.00 0.510 34,000 17,570.00
Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.110 23,019,500 119,464,620.00 3.970 44,847,000 175,076,280.00
S E R V I C E S
2GO Group 1.78 5,000 8,980.00 1.8 81,000 156,490.00
ABS-CBN 35 13,000 457,700.00 34.9 60,300 2,132,595.00
Acesite Hotel 4.85 5,230,700 35,271,715.00 14.3 981,600 14,488,444.00
APC Group, Inc. 0.680 507,000 328,580.00 0.690 1,508,000 1,001,370.00
Asian Terminals Inc. 8.6 33,100 285,080.00
Boulevard Holdings 0.1400 73,760,000 10,520,350.00 0.1410 52,560,000 7,587,870.00
Calata Corp. 9.08 63,894,000 722,658,858.00 9.95 81,414,800 1,050,184,168.00
Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 67.95 2,744,960 177,475,551.50 62.00 3,114,990 198,849,653.00
Centro Esc. Univ. 10 3,140 314,000.00 10.3 4,500 46,350.00
DFNN Inc. 6.12 1,537,800 10,185,719.00 6.65 1,317,100 8,513,534.00
Easy Call Common 3.80 24,000 87,210.00 3.26 6,000 19,560.00
FEUI 975 220 214,500.00 975 50 48,600.00
Globe Telecom 1060.00 233,840 244,108,525.00 1000.00 694,890 714,488,300.00
GMA Network Inc. 10.10 2,357,700 23,830,244.00 10.00 4,801,500 48,358,332.00
I.C.T.S.I. 72.1 6,910,680 508,632,163.50 68 3,419,630 246,780,953.50
Information Capital Tech. 0.410 1,540,000 666,300.00 0.435 300,000 125,000.00
Imperial Res. À 8.50 4,000 34,004 8.50 1,100 9,356
IPeople Inc. À 5.6 45,100 249,445.00 5.25 32,700 173,245.00
IP Converge 2.7 18,914,000 59,979,610.00 4.21 14,265,000 59,933,170.00
IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.039 1,283,000,000 53,569,000.00 0.045 1,141,200,000 48,262,400.00
IPVG Corp. 1.05 772,000 817,350.00 1.05 786,000 832,790.00
Island Info 0.0530 5,240,000 277,470.00 0.0520 1,520,000 76,000.00
ISM Communications 2.5900 110,100 357,850.00 2.5500 157,000 409,210.00
JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.5 22,756,000 57,643,500.00 2.5 354,000 889,940.00
Leisure & Resorts 6.65 763,100 5,020,240.00 6.50 2,350,400 15,429,500.00
Liberty Telecom 2.78 289,000 789,380.00 2.78 230,000 625,970.00
Lorenzo Shipping 1.89 131,000 189,200.00 1.45 10,000 14,500.00
Macroasia Corp. 2.85 312,000 884,600.00 2.80 68,000 193,200.00
Manila Bulletin 0.67 249,000 169,770.00 0.68 44,000 29,920.00
Manila Jockey 2.24 3,449,000 7,424,270.00 2.1 3,754,000 8,204,320.00
Metro Pacic Tollways 7.30 600 4,350.00 7.00 9,100 61,955.00
Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 21.3 263,600 5,543,125.00 20 139,600 2,792,400.00
PAL Holdings Inc. 7.22 230,700 1,659,120 7.20 210,900 1,520,491
Paxys Inc. 2.88 3,704,000 10,413,480.00 2.86 3,491,000 10,181,010.00
Phil. Racing Club 9.2 18,040,000 171,372,000.00 9.48 157,000 1,489,160.00
Phil. Seven Corp. 42.50 2,560,000 108,507,350.00 42.00 57,800 2,427,600.00
Philweb.Com Inc. 13.40 1,140,800 16,252,596.00 14.02 3,771,800 53,810,770.00
PLDT Common 2502.00 759,500 1,854,926,110.00 2360.00 913,735 2,205,369,040.00
PremiereHorizon 0.310 7,370,000 2,351,750.00 0.315 2,060,000 645,100.00
Puregold 26.70 9,141,800 240,063,220.00 24.95 12,864,300 329,753,145.00
Touch Solutions 3.57 40,000 142,850.00 3.8 147,000 557,920.00
Transpacic Broadcast 2.6 218,000 549,490.00 2.7 67,000 175,690.00
Waterfront Phils. 0.450 3,240,000 1,422,000.00 0.435 950,000 412,100.00
MINING & OIL
Abra Mining 0.0043 411,000,000 1,670,700.00 0.0039 268,000,000 1,076,100.00
Apex À 5.25 1,708,000 8,759,260.00 4.84 34,000 163,090.00
Apex `B 5.22 471,300 2,526,349.00
Atlas Cons. À 17.64 6,154,600 108,467,550.00 17.18 4,725,000 82,095,714.00
Atok-Big Wedge À 30.00 20,200 603,745.00 29.90 6,000 179,320.00
Basic Energy Corp. 0.275 26,280,000 7,228,850.00 0.245 840,000 204,150.00
Benguet Corp À 23.3 111,400 2,572,950.00 22.5 133,800 3,059,485.00
Benguet Corp `B 23.05 43,700 674,320.00 22.2 45,000 1,014,105.00
Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.54 800,000 1,125,580.00 1.4 980,000 1,400,370.00
Dizon 37.50 4,528,500 160,496,800.00 30.05 844,600 26,129,320.00
Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.73 29,194,000 20,766,870.00 0.68 5,649,000 3,863,250.00
Lepanto À 1.380 157,161,000 219,865,470.00 1.380 178,705,000 255,128,480.00
Lepanto `B 1.450 94,088,000 138,478,040.00 1.450 93,752,000 141,895,570.00
Manila Mining À 0.0650 600,490,000 40,204,920.00 0.0650 460,820,000 30,973,510.00
Manila Mining `B 0.0660 179,340,000 12,029,770.00 0.0650 224,910,000 15,142,360.00
Nickelasia 31 1,776,600 56,167,555.00 31.35 6,111,400 191,141,050.00
Nihao Mineral Resources 8.88 7,567,400 65,190,435.00 8.47 2,018,500 17,332,134.00
Omico 0.7100 358,000 255,910.00 0.7300 3,207,000 2,245,800.00
Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.350 14,347,200 75,670,116.00 5.040 4,448,900 22,774,425.00
Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 2,933,400,000 54,007,800.00 0.0160 152,100,000 2,584,100.00
Oriental Pet. `B 0.0190 353,100,000 6,847,900.00 0.0170 17,000,000 303,700.00
Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.00 90,000 542,805.00 6.30 5,500 33,206.00
Philex À 23.75 10,041,800 238,788,410.00 22.50 9,170,500 216,860,270.00
PhilexPetroleum 39.25 5,728,100 227,518,070.00 36 1,797,100 67,458,960.00
Philodrill Corp. À 0.051 6,698,730,000 327,869,850.00 0.042 1,075,200,000 44,715,800.00
Semirara Corp. 211.00 1,037,740 221,770,342.00 200.00 1,542,770 325,860,692.00
United Paragon 0.0190 263,800,000 4,948,900.00 0.0180 253,400,000 4,350,800.00
PREFERRED
ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 33 1,299,600 41,708,900.00 33 830,300 27,879,650.00
Ayala Corp. Pref À 541 6,680 3,624,820.00 544 3,310 1,800,640.00
Benguet Corp. Con. Pref 30 460 21,720.00
First Gen G 102.1 165,270 16,909,490.00 100.9 47,260 4,774,882.00
First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 105.00 100,000 10,499,500.00 105.00 180 18,820.00
GMA Holdings Inc. 10.02 7,725,100 77,207,243.00 10 15,389,200 154,292,171.00
PCOR-Preferred 110.5 54,850 6,042,210.00 111.1 13,900 1,543,273.00
SMC Preferred 1 75.65 37,400 2,851,608.00 75.5 53,090 4,001,823.00
SMPFC Preferred 1020 6,396,650 18,415,080.00 1017 40,045 40,899,730.00
Swift Pref 1.07 177,000 196,360.00 1.04 9,000 9,280.00
WARRANTS & BONDS
IRC Properties W 0.1 20,000,000 2,000,000.00 0.1 10,000,000 1,000,000.00
Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.14 1,109,000 1,174,150.00 0.98 2,780,000 2,711,020.00
Megaworld Corp. Warrants2 1.2 400,007,000 440,007,140.00
Omico Corp. Warrant 0.0650 10,000 650.00
Stocks may rise
on rosy outlook
DR. EMILIANO T.
HUDTOHAN
GREEN LIGHT
By Julito G. Rada
STOCKS are expected to trade in
positive territory this week, after the
Dow Jones nished higher on Friday
and following the latest developments in
Europe, a market analyst said over the
weekend.
The outlook is good for
this week and I expect the
market to hover between
5,100 and 5,200 points,
Astro del Castillo, managing
director of brokerage firm
First Grade Finance Inc.,
told Ma nila St a nda r d.
Del Castillo said the agreement
reached between Germany,
France, Italy and Spain, or
the Big Four on Friday on a
130-billion euro ($156 billion)
package to revive growth in the
region would have a positive
impact on the local market.
That move put additional
muscles to Europe, Del Castillo
said.
The Dow Jones ended higher
Friday, led by gains in bank
shares, as the S&P 500 index
bounced back from its second-
worst decline of the year. The
Dow Jones industrial average
was up 67.21 points, or 0.53
percent, to 12,640.78.
Del Castillo expressed
optimism that most of the six
subsectors would post gains
this week, but added traders
would continue to be wary
of the mining sector in the
absence of a clear-cut direction
for the mining industry.
Investors are hoping that
the governments policy on the
industry would be out soon. They
have been waiting for that, Del
Castillo said.
President Benigno Aquino
III has yet to issue the draft
executive order on mining that
would spell out the governments
mining policy guidelines. The
government has frozen the
processing of new mining
permits, pending the issuance of
the order.
Local stocks on Friday posted
minimal gains despite the regional
downtrend as investors viewed
the latest economic data on US
and China as signs of global
economic slowdown.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, added 189 points, or
3.8 percent, to close at 5,120.07 on
June 22, after the US announced a
new round of stimulus measures
aimed at boosting liquidity in the
worlds largest economy.
Business
ManilaStandardToday mst_biz@manilastandardtoday.comextrastory2000@gmail.com JUNE 25, 2012 MONDAY
B3
Republika ng Pilipinas
KAGAWARAN NG PAGAWAIN AT LANGSANGANG PAMBAYAN
South Cotabato District Engineering Offce
Koronadal City, South Cotabato
(MST-June 25, 2012)
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
June 21, 2012
The DPWH-South Cotabato District Engineering Offce, through its
Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid
for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID No. : 12MG0043
Name of Contract : Construction of Flood Control and
Drainage Canal along Midsayap Marbel
Road, Brgy. Zone IV Section
Location : Koronadal City, South Cotabato
Brief Description : construction of load bearing lined canal
Total Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): P 8,235,517.05
Contract Duration : 180 C.D.
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive
bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised
Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent
(LOI) and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with PCAB License applicable
to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a similar contract
costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d) Net
Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of
bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications
for registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the
deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH POCW-Central Offce will
only process contractors applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration
(CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are
shown below:
1. Issuance of Bid Documents From: June 25 to July 17, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference July 3, 2012 @ 2:00PM
3. Receipt of LOI from Prospective
Bidders
Deadline: July 11, 2012 until 5:00P.M.
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: July 17, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
5. Opening of Bids July 17, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the
South Cotabato District Engineering Offce, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of P5,000.00 for Item No. 1. Prospective bidders may also
download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. Prospective
bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay
the said fees on or before the submission of their bids. Bids must be
accompanied by a bid security in any acceptable form in the amount
stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as
specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC
Chairman. The frst envelope shall contain the technical component
of the bid, which will include the eligibility requirements. The second
envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will
be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in
the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH-South Cotabato District Engineering Offce reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
any time before Contract Award, without incurring any liability to the
affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) TONINA B. MACASAYON
Engineer III
BAC - Vice Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) EDDIE M. AMIR
District Engineer
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Batanes District Engineering Offce
Basco, Batanes
I NVI TATI ON TO APPLY FOR ELI GI BI LI TY AND TO BI D
(MST-June 25, 2012)
The Department of Public Works & Highways, Batanes District Engineering
Offce, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites prospective
suppliers/bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following project:

1 Contract ID : 12BA0024- Goods
Contract Name : Istal l ati on/Appl i cati on/Constructi on of Road
Safety Devices Along BAsco-mahatao-Ivana-
Uyugan-Imnaj bu Road Bat an Isl and and
San Vi cent e-Savi dug-Chavayan-Sumnanga
Nakanmuan-SanVicente
Contract Location : Batan & Sabtang, Batanes
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC) : P 7,459,204.10
Delivery period : 45 CD upon receipt of approved Purchase Order
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding
procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing
Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a bidder must meet the following criteria: (a)
prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino Citizen/sole proprietorship,
corporations/ partnership/ cooperatives/ organizations with at least sixty
percent (60%) interest of outstanding capital stock belongs to the citizens of
the Philippines, (c) completed similar contract whose value must be at least
50% of the ABC within a period of three(3) years, and (d) 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.
Interested unregistered suppliers/bidders, however, shall submit their
applications for registration to the BAC for Goods, Secretariat, DPWH
Central Office seven(7) calendar days before the deadline for the
submission and opening of bids. The BAC for Goods, DPWH Central
Offce will only process suppliers applications for registration with complete
requirements, and issue the Suppliers' Registration Certifcate (SRC).
Registration forms may be secured from the secretariat, BAC for Goods
Offce, Ground Floor, DPWH Central Offce.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 21, 2012 July 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid conference June 27, 2012; 9:00 A.M.
3. Receipt of Bids July 13, 2012 Deadline: 9:00 AM
4. Opening of Bids July 13, 2012 Time : 10:00 AM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at BAC
for Goods Secretariat, DPWH Batanes District Engineering Ofce
Admi ni strati ve Bui l di ng Motorpol Compound , from 8:00 A.M. to
5:00PM of June 21, 2012 to Jul y 13, 2012 upon payment of non-
refundable fee of one thousand pesos (Php 1,000.00). Prospective Bidders
may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website and shall
pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. Bids
must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and form, as stated
in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective Bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BDs in two(2) separate sealed envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall
include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the
fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest
Calculated responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post-
qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works & Highways reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bids and to annul the bidding process any time before
Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) ROMMEL E. FABI
BAC Vice- Chairman

Noted:
(Sgd.) ALEXANDER D. NOLA, CESE
District Engineer

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
PARAAQUE CITY
BRANCH 257
IN RE: PETITION FOR RECONSTITUTION
OF THE ORIGINAL COPY OF TRANSFER
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 199738 IN
THE REGISTRY OF DEEDS OF
PARAAQUE CITY
LRC Case No. 11-0205
LORENZA N. GARCIA,
Petitioner.
X-----------------------------------------------------X
AMENDED ORDER
A verifed petition was fled by petitioner, Lorenza N.
Garcia praying that after hearing an order be issued by
this Court directing Register of Deeds of Paraaque to
reconstitute and issue an original copy of Transfer Certifcate
of Title No. 199738 on the Registry of Deeds for the Province
of Rizal (now Paraaque) in accordance with Sec. 110 PD
1529, as amended.
The property is more particulary described as follows:
TRANSFER CERTI FI CATE OF TI TLE
TCT199738
A-) A parcel of land (LOT 12-A-1 of subd. Plan,
Psd-71638 being a portion of LOT 12, Psu-53000
Amd. LRC Rec. No. 37795), situated in the Barrio of La
Huerta, Mun. of Paraque , Province of Rizal, Island of
Luzon. Bounded on the SW. , along line 1-2 by Lot 3524
(Teoflo delos Santos), Lot 2, Psu- 167129 ; of the NW.,
along lines 2-3-4-5-6 by Lot ~3128 (Luis David); Lot.
1, Psu-163023-B, along line 6-7 by Lot 3129 (Augustin
Cruz), Lot 2, Psu- 163023-D; alongline 7-8-9 by Lot
3241 (Benito Garcia), Lot 3, Psu165406H; and on
the NE., along line 9-10 by Lot 12-B, Psu53000 Amd.
(Super Highway 40.00 m. wide); on the SE., along
line 10-1 by Lot 12-A-2 of subd. PIan Psd-71368.
Beginning at a point marked: 1 on plan xxx xxx
Containing an area of FIFTY THREE THOUSAND
FOURHUNDREDEIGHTY-THREE (53,483) SQUARE
METERS, more or less.
B-) A parcel of land (LOT 12 A-2 of subd. Plan
Psd-71636, being a portion of Lot 12, Psu-5300 Amd.
LRC Rec. No. 1227). Situated in the Barrio of La
Huerta, Mun. of Paraaque, Province of Rizal, Island
of Luzon, bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot
12-A-1 of the subd. plan Psd-71638; on the NE., along
line 2-3 by Lot 12-B, Psu-53000 Amd. (Super Highway
40.00 m. wide); on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 12-
A-3, of the subd., plan Psd-71638; on the SW., along
line 4-5-1 by Lot 3524: (Teoflo delos Santos) Lot 2,
Psu-167129. Beginning at a point marked 1 on plan
xxx xxx Containing an area of EIGHT THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT, (8,798) SQUARE
METERS, more or less.
C-) A parcel of land (LOT 12-A-3 od subd. plan
Psd-71638, being , a portion of Lot 12, Psu-53000
Amd. LRC Rec. No. 1727), situated in the Barrio ,of
La Huerta, Mun. of Paranaque, Province of Rizal
Island of Luzon. Bounded on the SE., along lines 1-2-
3 by Lot 3449 (Leon de sla) Lot 1; Psu-165792- B),
along lines 3-4-5-6-7 by lot 3235 (Benito Garcia) Lot
3, Psu-165792; on the SW., along lines 7-8-9-10 by
Lot 3588 (Felix Santos); on the NW., along line 19-11
by Lot 12- A- 2 (Road 20.00 m. wide) subd. plan; on
the NE.,along line 11-1 by Lot 12, Psu-5300 Amd.
(Super Highway 40.00 m. wide). Beginning at a point
marked 1 on the plan xxx xxx Containing an area of
FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND NINETEEN (54,019)
SQUARE METERS, more or less.
BOUNDED ON THE:
1. Southwest by Sitio Pag-asa
With address at Brgy. Sun Valley Marimar,
Paraaque City
2. Southwest by Marimar Village
With address at MVHA, Better Living along
Soledad Avenue Paraaque City, Metro Manila
3. North west by PLDT
With address at Doa Soledad Better Living, North
Bicutan, Paraaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
4. Century Properties, Inc.,
With business address at 21
st
Floor, Pacifc Star
Building, Sen. Gil Puyat , Avenue Makati City,
Metro Manila, Philippines;
5. Northeast by Lot 12-B, Psu-53000 Amd-Super
Highway
Notice is hereby given that the petition is set for hearing
on August 22, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.
Let the Order and the Petition be published twice
in successive issues of the Offcial Gazette, one in the
newspaper of General Circulation (broad sheet) and to be
posted at the following places to wit: the bulletin board of the
Paraaque City Hall , at main entrance, the bulletin board
of the Offce of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court of
Paraaque City, at the Public market of Brgy. La Huerta
and in conspicuous place in the land in question, at least
thirty (30) days to the date of hearing.
Let copies of this Order and Petition be served to the
Offce Solicitor General, Register of Deeds of Paraaque
City, Bureau of Lands, the Land Registration Authority,
the lot owners, boundary owners respectively all at the
expenses of the petitioner.
SO ORDERED
June 5, 2012
(Sgd.) ROLANDO G. HOW
Judge
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH-257
PARAAQUE CITY
IN FE: PETITION FOR RECONSTITUTION
OF THE ORIGINAL COPY OF
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF
TITLE NO. 199738 IN THE REGISTRY
OF DEEDS OF PARANAQUE CITY.
LRC CASE NO. 11-0205
LRA REC. NO. ________
LORENZA N. GARCIA,
Petitioner.
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x
AMENDED PETITION
COMES NOW, the above-named petitioner, through
the undersigned counsel, and unto this Honorable Court,
most respectfully alleges:
1- That the petitioner is of legal age, Filipino Citizen,
formerly married and are nowa widow, and a resident of 19
th

Street, Sto. Nio, Paraaque City, where court processes
may be served upon her;
2- That the petitioner is the registered owner of three
(3) parcels of land, with a total area of, ONE HUNDRED
SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED (116,300)
SQUARE METERS, more or less, situated in the Barrio of
La Huerta, Paraaque City, and embraced in and covered
by TCT NO. 199738, and which three (3) parcels of land
are described as follows:
A-) A parcel of land (LOT 12-A-1 of subd. Plan
Psd-71638 being a portion of LOT 12, Psu-53000
Amd. LRCRec. No. 37795), situated in the Barrio of La
Huerta, Mun. of Paraaque, Province of Rizal, Island of
Luzon Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot 3524
(Teoflo delos Santos), Lot 2, Psu-167129; on the NW.,
along lines 2-3-4-5-6 by Lot 3128 (Luis David), Lot 1,
Psu-163023-B, along line 6-7 by Lot 3129 (Agustin
Cruz), Lot 2, Psu-163023-D; along line 7-8-9 by Lot 3241
(Benito Garcia), Lot 3, Psu-165406-H; and on the NE.,
along line 9-10 by Lot 12-B, Psu-53000 Amd. (Super
Highway 40.00 m. wide); on the SE. along line 10-1 by
Lot 12-A-2 of subd. Plan Psd-71368. Beginning at a
point marked 1 on plan xxx xxx Containing an area of
FIFTY-THREETHOUSANDFOURHUNDREDEIGHTY-
THREE (53,483) SQUARE METERS, more or less.
B-) A parcel of land (LOT 12-A-2 of subd. plan
LRCRec. No.1227), situated in the Barrio of La Huerta,
Mun. of Paraaque, Province of Rizal, Island of Luzon.
Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 12-A-1 of the
subd. plan Psd-71638; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot
12-B, Psu-53000 Amd. (Super Highway 40.00 m. wide);
on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 12-A-3 of the subd.
plan Psd-71638; on the SW., along line 4-5-1 by Lot 3524
(Teoflo delos Santos) Lot 2, Psu-167129. Beginning at a
point marked 1 on plan xxx xxx Containing an area of
EIGHTTHOUSANDSEVENHUNDREDNINETY-EIGHT
(8,798) SQUARE METERS, more or less.
C-) A parcel of land (LOT 12-A-3 of subd. plan
LRC Rec. No.1727), situated in the Barrio of La Huerta,
Mun. of Paraaque, Province of Rizal, Island of Luzon.
Bounded on the SE., along lines 1-2-3 by Lot 3449 (Leon
de Isla) Lot 1, Psu-165792-B), along lines 3-4-5-6-7 .by
Lot 3235 (Benito Garcia) Lot 3, Psu-165792; on the SW.,
along lines 7-8-9-10 by Lot 3588 (Felix Santos); on the
NW., along line 19-11 by Lot 12-A-2 (Road 20.00 m. wide)
subd. plan ; on the NE., along line 11-1 by Lot 12, Psu-
53000 Amd. (Super Highway 40.00 m. wide). Beginning
at a point marked 1 on plan xxx xxx Containing an area
of FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND NINETEEN (54,019)
SQUARE METERS, more or less .
A xerox copy of TCT NO. 199738 is attached hereto as
Annex A ;
3. That, originally, LOT 12 of plan Psu-53000 Amd.,
situated in the Barrio of La Huerta, Municipality of Paraaque,
with an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY (156,560) SQUARE METERS was
covered by DECREE NO. 438798, Case No. 852, C.L.R.O.
Record No. 37795 and decreed in the name of BENITO
GARCIA, married to Toribia Marcelo, both of Paraaque,
Rizal. A certifed xerox copy of DECREE NO. 438798 was
issued by ATTY. SALVADOR L. ORIEL, Chief of the Docket
Division, Land RegistrationAuthority which is attached hereto
as Annex B , and also a certifed xerox copy of the same
DECREE NO. 438798 for LOT 12, plan Psu-53000-Amd.
was issued by TERESITAG. IGNACIO, Chief of theArchives
Division of the Records Management and Archives Offce,
Manila on November 8, 2000. Axerox copy of said DECREE
is attached hereto as Annex C ;
4. That LOT 12-A, Psu-53000-Amd. was subdivided into
LOTS 12-A-1, 12-A-2 and LOT 12-A-3 pursuant to plan Psd-
71638 duly approved by the Director of Lands, NICANORG.
JORGE on July 15, 1965. A xerox copy of plan Psd-71638
is attached hereto as Annex D . A certifed xerox copy of
the technical description of LOTS 12-A-1, 12-A-2 and LOT
12-A-3 of plan, Psd-71638 are attached hereto as Annexes
E , E-1 and Annex E-2 respectively;
5 That on July 8, 1964, the original owner BENITO S.
GARCIA sold the three (3) parcels of land unto LORENZA
N. GARCIA for the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
PESOS (P300,000.00), Philippine Currency, as evidence
by the Deed of Absolute Sale duly notarized by ATTY. A.F.
FOJAS, Notary Public of Paraaque, and entered in his
Notarial Register as Doc. No. 50, Page No. 10, Book No. 11,
Series of 1964. Axerox copy of the Deed of Absolute Sale is
attached hereto as Annex F ;
6. That the owners duplicate copy of the said title (TCT
NO. 199738) is in the possession of the petitioner;
7. That the original copy of the Register of Deeds of
Pasig, Rizal Province of TCT NO.199738 registered in the
name of LORENZA N. GARCA was originally on fle with
the Registry of Deeds of Pasig, Rizal Province but the same
was transferred from the Registry of Deeds of Pasig to the
Pasay Registry of Deeds pursuant to an ofciaI Ietter of
Atty. Victoriano N. Torres, Acting Register of Deeds of
Pasay addressed to the Registry of Deeds of Pasig, Rizal
requesting for transfer of the Transfer Certicate of TitIes
from the Pasig to Pasay having pending transactions in
the Pasay Registry of Deeds. The said letter was dated
September 1, 1980. A xerox copy of the said letter is
attached hereto as Annex "G". The OfciaI Receipt No.
4754969 dated April 13, 2000 be marked as Annex G1 ,
respectively. That as per the Certifcations by the respective
Registrar of the Registry of Deeds of Binangonan, Rizal
(formerly Registry of Deeds of Pasig, Rizal), Registrar of
Deeds of the Pasay City Registry of Deeds and Registrar
of the Registry of Deeds of Paranaque City the said original
copy of TCT NO. 199738 is not among the records they have
in their respective offces. Xerox copies of the Certifcations
issued by the Registry of Deeds of Binangonan, Rizal; Pasay
City and Paraaque City are attached hereto as Annexes
H, H-1 , and H-2 , respectively;
8. That the boundary owners of LOT 12-A, Psu-53000-
Amd which covers said three (3) LOTS (Lot 12-A-1, LOT
12-A-2 & LOT 12-A-3) owned by LORENZA N. GARCIA
are as follows:
BOUNDED ON THE: .
SOUTHWEST by SITIOPAG-ASA with address at Brgy. Sun
Valley Marimar, Paraaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines;
SOUTHEAST by MARIMAR VILLAGE
with address at MVHA, Better Living along Soledad Avenue
Paraaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines
NORTHWEST by PLDT with business address at Dona
Soledad Better Living, North Bicutan, Paraaque City, Metro
Manila, Philippines; & CENTURY PROPERTIES, INC. with
business address at 21st
Floor, Pacifc Star Building, Sen.
Gil Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila~ Philippines;
(Sgd.) ATTY. RAMON DUQUE PAGARIGAN
Counsel for Petitioner
102 Borres Bldg., Guinhawa, Malolos City, Bulacan
PTR NO. 3630073 - 01/04-2011
IBP NO. 813899 - 01/04/2011
Issued at City of Malolos, Bulacan
ROLL NO. 30784
MCLE Compliance No. III-0017334
Issued on June 16, 2010
AMENDED VERI FI CATI ON/CERTI FI CATI ON FOR
NON-FORUM SHOPPI NG
THAT I, LORENZA N. GARCIA, widow, of legal
age, Filipino Citizen and resident of 19
th
Street, Sto.
Nino, Paranaque City, after having been duly sworn to in
accordance with law, depose and say: .
1- That I am the petitioner in the above-entitled
Amended Petition;
2- That I have caused the preparation of the foregoing
Amended Petition and have read the allegations contained
therein;
3- That the allegations in the said petition are true and
correct of my own knowledge and authentic records;
4- That I hereby certify that I have not commenced any
other petition involving the said title in the Supreme Court,
Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;
5- That if should thereafter learned that a similar action or
proceedings has been fled or is pending before the Supreme
Court, Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or agency, I
hereby undertake to report that fact within fve (5) days there
from to the Court or agency wherein the original pleading
and sworn certifcation contemplated herein have been fled;
6- That executed this verifcation/certifcation to attest
to the truth of the foregoing facts and to comply with the
provisions of Adm. Circular No.04-94 of the Honorable
Supreme Court.
N WTNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto affxed my
signature to this instrument on this 5
th
day of January, 2012,
here at City of Malolos, Bulacan
(Sgd.) LORENZA N. GARCIA
Affant
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me on this 5
th

January, 2012, Affant exhibited to me her Senior .D. Card
with I.D. No. 19001, with Issued on April 24, 2008, Issued at
OSCA-City of Paranaque.
Doc. No. 83
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Book No. 153
Series of 2012,
In the Invitation to
Bid of the DPWH,
Isabela City Sub-
District Engineering
Ofce pubIished
on June 8 & 11,
2012 the Contract
ID should have been
12JH0004 and not as
published.
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Cebus water project. The municipal government of Carmen and the Cebu Manila Water
Development Inc., a joint investment company between the provincial government of Cebu and the
Manila Water Consortium, signed two agreements to facilitate the operation and maintenance of
Cebus largest bulk water supply project that will supply 35 million liters per day of potable water
to residents of northern and central Cebu. Shown are (from left) Carmen Vice Mayor Al Silvestre
Damiles, Carmen Mayor Martin Gerard Villamor, Manila Water president and Consortium chairman
Gerardo Ablaza Jr., Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia and VicSal Development managing director Margaret
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By Elena Becatoros
ATHENSGreeces new coalition
government said Saturday it will seek to
repeal some taxes, halt layoffs and extend
by two years the deadlines for tough
austerity measures imposed under its
international bailout agreement.
The policy statement issued by
the three-party coalition came as
the countrys new prime minister,
Antonis Samaras, successfully
underwent eye surgery and
his nance minister, Vassilis
Rapanos, remained hospitalized
after collapsing Friday.
The general aim is no more
cuts to salaries and pensions, no
more taxes, the statement said,
adding the government would
not carry out any public sector
layoffs.
Greece has been dependent
since May 2010 on funds from
two international rescue loan
deals with other European Union
countries and the International
Monetary Fund, in return for
which it imposed a series of deep
spending cuts and tax hikes. Its
most recent austerity program
runs to mid-2014.
Whether the new government
can deliver on its renegotiating
pledges will depend on how they
are viewed by their international
creditors. Germany, the largest-
single contributor to Greeces
bailout, has repeatedly said Athens
must stick to its austerity targets.
Debt inspectors from the
European Commission,
European Central Bank and IMF
are due to return to Athens on
Monday to review the countrys
scal situation and resume talks
that had been put on hold during
the countrys nearly two-month
political deadlock.
Samaras, whose conservative
New Democracy party came
rst in June 17 elections but did
not win enough votes to govern
alone, heads a government that
includes his partys long-time
socialist rivals, PASOK, and the
small Democratic Left party.
The creation of a government
following two inconclusive
national elections ended weeks
of political uncertainty that
had led to fears of Greece
being forced out of Europes
joint currency. Such an event
could have dragged down other
nancially-troubled European
countries along with the
continents economy.
While pledging to stick to the
countrys bailout deal, all three
parties had said they would seek
to renegotiate certain terms of
the loan agreement.
Greece is mired in the fth
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seen unemployment spiral to
above 22 percent. Widespread
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One of the concerns
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Philippines, Peru and Mali to
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The African National
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rate, starts a four-day policy
conference on June 26 that
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telecommunications companies,
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operating at below capacity and
inadequate port, rail and road
infrastructure are also forcing
companies to sit back.
Investors are going to be
taking a wait-and-see attitude,
Nic Borain, a Cape Town-based
political analyst at BNP Paribas
Cadiz Securities said in a June 20
interview. The policy documents
going into the ANC conference
indicate a more thorough attempt
to share the spoils of the South
African economy between those
who controlled the old South
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CIMB Group Holdings Bhd.,
Malaysias second-biggest
lender, said it retained 331
out of about 600 Royal Bank
of Scotland Group Plcs
staff in the Asia Pacific
after buying most of its cash
equities and investment
banking operations in the
region.
Another 57 people offered
jobs didnt cross over, said
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If you over-incentivize
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Thats not our culture. We
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Nomura Holdings Inc.,
Japans largest brokerage,
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Holdings Inc. bankers after
taking over its Asia operations
in 2008 as incentives to stay
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including its head of Asia-
Pacific equities, quit after
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CIMB agreed in April to
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rights offerings in the past
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Kuala Lumpur-based
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Department of Public Works and Highways
Daet, Camarines Norte
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-June 25, 2012)
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Camarines Norte Engineering District, invites contractors to bid
for the aforementioned projects:
Contract ID : 12FC0093
Contract Name : INSTALLATION/APPLICATION/CONSTRUCTION
OF ROAD SAFETY DEVICES ALONG DAANG
MAHARLIKA (MSR) TABUGON-LABO SECTION
Contract Location : K0247+(-217) K0331+171 (with exception)
Scope of Work : nstallation of Traffc Safety Signage
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) : Php 9,900,000.00
Contract Duration : 70 C.D.
Source of Fund : SARO BMB-A-12-0006482
Tender Documents : Php 10,000.00
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with
the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI),
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior
registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership,
corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to
the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing
at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, (e) Net Financial Contracting
Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10%
of ABC, and (f) Prospective Bidders must submit complete List of Equipment to
be used for above Projects. The said List of Equipment must be owned/leased
by the bidder itself, (g) all interested Bidder/s who wish to participate in this
competitive bidding are required to have an Actual Site Inspection (ASI) on the
above mention projects.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for
registration to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the
receipt of LO. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors'
applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the
Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be
downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurements activities are shown
below:
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From JUNE 22 to JULY 12, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference JUNE 29, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
JUNE 29, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids JULY 12, 2012 until 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids JULY 12, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the Ofhce of
the BAC, DPWH, Daet, Camarines Norte, upon payment of a non-refundable
fee of (see cost of tender documents 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 IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed
in the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The
frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include
a copy of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid
as determined in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Camarines Norte
Engineering District 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 bidders.
(Sgd.) RICARDO L. PACARDO
OIC-Asst. District Engineer
BAC Chairman
Noted:
(Sgd.) SIMON N. ARIAS
OIC-District Engineer
Region VI -Western Visayas
ILOILO 1st ENGINEERING DISTRICT
Fort San Pedro Road, Iloilo City Tel. Nos. 337-60-98 * 337-91-16
INVITATION TO BID
No. 12-0006
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo 1
st
District Engineering
Offce, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City, through the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
Contractors classifed as Small 'B" to bid for the herein-mentioned projects:
1) Contract ID : 12-GF-0015
Contract Title : Construction of Sitio Iraya MPP, Sitio Proper II
MPP, Sitio Proper I MPP, Sitio Ilawod MPP,
Dorong-an, Tigbauan; Parara Sur MPP,
Parara, Tigbauan, Iloilo (CLUSTERED)
Major Category : PCCP
ABC : P5,000,000.00
Source of Fund : SARO No. BMB-A-11-0027568
Contract Duration : 240 cal. days
Cost of Bidding Documents : P5,000.00
2) Contract ID : 12-GF-0016
Contract Title : Rehabilitation of Dorong-an Road, Parara ARC,
Tigbauan, Iloilo
Major Category : PCCP
ABC : P5,000,000.00
Source of Fund : SARO No. BMB-A-11-0027568
Contract Duration : 240 cal. days
Cost of Bidding Documents : P5,000.00
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (R.A. 9184). Bids received
in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected during the opening of bids.
To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH
(CRC), (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or
joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of the contract, (d)
completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and
(e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at
least equal to 10% of ABC. A Bidder shall comply with the terms and conditions stipulated
in the Instruction to Bidders (ITB) attached in the Bidding Documents (BDs). Failure to
comply shall be ground for the Bidder's disqualifcation. The BAC will use non-discretionary
pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration
to the DPWH Region VI, Iloilo City before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH
Region V, loilo City will only process contractors' applications for registration, with complete
requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
n order to avoid unnecessary delay during the eligibility processing and post-qualifcation,
the following shall be observed (As per Department Order No. 09, s. of 2012):

a) Key Technical Personnel:
Pursuant to Section 34, Rule 10 of the Revised IRR of R.A. 9184, the Lowest
Calculated Bid shall undergo post-qualifcation, which include verifcation of pledged
key technical personnel. If a proposed Key Technical Personnel is an employee of
the bidder and working in another project at the time of the bidding, the bidder shall
submit a certifcation that: (1) the personnel will be pulled out from the ongoing project
once the bidder is awarded the contract, and (2) he/she will be replaced with another
person with equal or better qualifcations, as certifed by the head of the implementing
offce.
The Bidder may propose a Key Technical Personnel who is not its employee provided
that the said personnel is required to submit a certifcation that he/she will work for the
bidders it is awarded the contract under bidding. The Certifcation/s shall be included
in the frst envelope of the sealed bid.
b) Equipment
Also to be verifed during post-qualifcation is the set of equipment pledged by the
bidder. The Bidder should specify in the submitted bid the location of equipment
where they can be inspected. f any piece of equipment is not in specifed location,
then the bidder shall be post-disqualifed.
Prospective bidders shall submit their bids through their authorized representative
using the forms specifed in the Bidding Documents in two (2) separate sealed
envelopes, sealed in an outer envelope, which shall be submitted simultaneously.
The frst shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC, and the second 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.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From June 25 July 17, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference
June 29, 2012, 2:00 p.m. @ the
Conference Room, Iloilo 1
st
DEO,
Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Until 4:00 p.m. July 11, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Until 10:00 A.M. July 17, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00 P.M. July 17, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs), at the BAC Secretariat,
Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, loilo City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee, as specifed
above, to the Cashier Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the Bidding Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184.
The DPWH, Iloilo 1
st
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bids and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without
incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
APPROVED BY:

(Sgd.) NINFA M. ENRIQUEZ
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
Iloilo 1
st
DEO, Fort San Pedro, Iloilo
Telefax No. (033) 337-9116
N O T E D:
(Sgd.)MANUEL L. TICAO, JR.
OIC-Distrcit Engineer/Head of Procuring Entity
(MST-JUNE 25, 2012)
Offce of the District Engineer
Cebu 5
th
District Engineering Ofce
V. Sotto Street, Cebu City

INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works
and Highways - Cebu 5
th
District Engineering Ofhce, invites contractors to bid for
the aforementioned projects.
Contract ID: 012HI0008
Contract Name: Cluster IV a.) Completion of MPB @ Brgy. San Isidro, San
Francisco, Cebu
b) Construction of MPB @ Brgy. Esperanza,
San Francisco, Cebu(Phase I)
c.) Construction of MPB @ Brgy. Esperanza, Poro, Cebu
Contract Location: San Francisco and Poro, Cebu
Scope of Work: Excavation of footing and tie beam, excavation and
backIIing, concrete footing, coIumn, tie beam, roof
beam w/pIastering and parapet, roof framing & roong
(Inside gutter), smooth cement pIaster n, CHB waIIing
and partition (w/stairs), doors and windows, painting of
roof framing and concrete ooring.
concrete ooring
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): Php 5,377,414.21
Contract Duration: 90 calendar days
Contract ID: 12HI0009
Contract Name: Cluster V a.) Construction of MPB@Corazon, Catmon, Cebu
b.) Construction of MPB @ Basak, Catmon, Cebu
c.) Completion of MPB@ Panalipan, Catmon, Cebu
Contract Location: Catmon, Cebu
Scope of Work: Removal and reinstallation of existing bleacher and
ooring @ affected area of coIumns, excavation of
footing works, concrete works: footing, columns and
roof, roof beam (incIdg. smooth cement pIaster n.,
masonry works: CHB walling and wall footing w/ smooth
cement pIaster n.,Concrete ooring works: BuiIding
ooring w/ rebars (incIdg. IIing matIs.) roof framing &
roong:fascia board & gutter w/ downspout, fabrication
& installation of doors and window works, ceiling works,
annexed toilet (incldg. septic tank & water line, electrical
works, painting works:doors, ceiling & walling, ramp
handrail & grab bar (toilet works) Column, Intermediary
Beam, Bleacher Footing and Girder Beam
Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC): Php 2,931,801.60
Contract Duration: 70 calendar days
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with
DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative,
or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract,
(d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10
years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/
fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to
the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH-
POCW Central Offce will only process contractors' applications for registration with complete
requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC). Prospective
bidders may download the Registration and LOI Forms from the DPWH website www.
dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of LOI Forms at Department of Public Works
and Highways-Cebu 5th District Engineering Offce, V. Sotto St., Cebu City. Prospective
bidders shall submit their accomplished LOIs and obtain the results of the eligibility check
at the same address.
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents FROM: 06/22/12 TO: 07/11/12
2. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders Deadline: 07/06/12 12:00 NOON
3. Pre-Bid Conference 06/29/2012 9:30 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids 07/11/2012 8:00-10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids 07/11/2012 10:30 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH-Cebu 5th District
Engineering Ofhce, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P10,000 for the project ID
Number 12HI0008 and P5,000.00 for project ID Number 12HI0009. Prospective bidders
may also download the BD's from the DPWH web site 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 be accompanied by a bid
security, in the amount and acceptable form as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BD's
in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelope shall
contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the CRC.
The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation
and post-qualifcation.
The DWPH-Cebu 5th 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.) MS. EDENNA G. GUERRERO
BAC Chairman
(MST-JUNE 25, 2012)
Coloma: No blackouts in Luzon
Bacolod
airport to
gain from
new road
Alcala at large: Enough rice starting next year
AGRICULTURE Secretary
Proceso Alcala holds ofce outside
of an airconditioned room and
in the countryside, said a fellow
ofcial.
Underscoring a hands-on job,
Irrigation Administrator Antonio
Nangel said it was difficult but
necessary to cope with the work pace.
Sometimes we dont have
weekends but its okay because
we know that we are able to help
our farmers, he said.
Alcala prefers not to be conned
to an executive chair at the head
ofce along Elliptical Road in
Quezon City.
It is much better to see them
personally to act on their (farmers)
needs, he said, noting the red tape
had to be cut. Whenever I hear
their sentiments and request, I
immediately act without the usual
long process.
Alcala praised Undersecretary
Antonio Feria for his administrative
expertise, allowing him to make
periodic but surprise appearances
to check performance.
To Nangel, who accompanies
him out of town to monitor
facilities, the executive on the
move is showing the way to food
security and rice sufciency in
2013.
Farmers are not in Quezon City
so the secretary will stay where the
farmers can be found, he said.
Gigi Muoz David
Bulacan bypass. Second district Engineer Leny Santos (2nd from
left) of the Department of Public Works and Highways and her assis-
tant, Engr. Gene Leano inspect a section of the bypass road in Santa
Maria. Santos said the completion of the infrastructures repair and
a nearby bridge would ease trafc and cut travel time to various
places in Central Luzon. MANNY PALMERO
By Dexter A. See

BAGUIO CITYSecretary Herminio
Coloma said Luzon will be spared
outages because it has sufcient power
supply.
No rotating blackouts will
happen in Luzon because the
energy department has lined
up sufcient power projects
that will be able to exceed the
demand once the plants are in
operation after 2015, he told
Manila Standar d, during his
meeting with the Philippine
Information Agency staff in
the Northern Luzon provinces
held at the agencys ofce in
Barangay Luwalhati in front of
the Presidential Mansion.
Coloma, chief of the
Presidential Communications
Operations Ofce, gave the
assurance despite simultaneous
repairs done by independent
power producers on facilities
generating about 1,000
megawatts that resulted in
thinning of reserves to help
forestall shortfalls.
According to him, the energy
department was considering the
reliability of the base load, peak
load and buffer load throughout
the country by venturing in
clean coal to boost the grid
when the power demand in 2015
is expected to exceed available
supply.
We want to sustain the
economic gains that the Aquino
administration has achieved over
the past two years by ensuring
the availability and reliability
of power in the coming years so
that investments will continue to
ourish in the countryside, he
said, citing the need to diversify
sources from hydro, wind,
geothermal and possibly solar.
Coloma said the
administration would respect the
decision of local governments
and host communities on power
plants, being the principal
stakeholders.
THE Public Works department
has started on the P400-million
Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road
along the busy Bacolod Coastal
Road in Negros Occidental.
The infrastructure is
coordinated with the Department
of Transportation and
Communications, Public Works
Secretary Rogelio Singson said.
He said the project involves
the concreting of 10.2 kilometer
two-lane road pavement,
construction of six new bridges,
seven intersections, drainage
structures, slope protection
among other improvements.
The project is funded by the
Philippine Government and the
Korean Economic Development
Cooperation Fund through
Korea Export-Import Bank
and under contract with Hanjin
Heavy Industries and Const. Co.,
Ltd. as contractor and Kunhwa
Engineering & Consulting Co.,
Ltd. as consultant.
This is one case of an
airport constructed rst without
constructing the required access
road that would complement
its operations, said Singson.
The DPWH has now various
convergence projects with
different national agencies
depending on their requirements
within our mandate.
Joel E. Zurbano
Mudpack.
Catholic devotees,
draped in leaves
and soaked in
ooded paddy
elds, hear mass
on the Feastday
of Saint John the
Baptist in Bibiclat
village, Aliaga
town, Nueva
Ecija. The tradi-
tion departs from
the practice in
other localties of
dousing water on
revelers.
BULLIT MARQUEZ,
AP
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WHEN it comes to street fashion, many of the brands available in the
Philippines offer almost similar lineups when it comes to trends and style.
But do you want to look like every man or woman on the street?
Of course not. That is why a unique brand like Miss Selfridge is always
a welcome breath of fresh air.
Known for its individual style and originality, Miss Selfridge is the
most-loved street chic fashion brand worldwide. First established in the
London in the 80s, Miss Selfridge has gained popularity not only among
t h e young but also the young-at-heart.
Thanks to Robinsons Specialty Stores, Inc. (RSSI),
its exclusive franchise holder in the country, Miss
Selfridge recently opened its agship store to all
fashion-forward ladies in Manila. The brands
international visual marketing coordinator, Oliver
Solomon, who came straight from London to grace
the event, shared in an interview what makes the
Miss Selfridge unique among many other
brands that specialize in street fashion.
Well, there will be a few similarities
[with other brands] when it comes to design
but what we can promise is that our clothes
and all other products promote individuality-
-theyre original. I mean, you wouldnt see
the same clothes in other brands. Plus there
is variety in each design so that one can just
mix and match, wear her own style and still
look great in it. The mission of the brand
is to be the number one [choice] when it
comes to street chic fashion, he says.
Wed thought of bringing Miss Selfridge here a few years
ago but we were following a certain direction--waiting for the
perfect timing. I think we hit the perfect time to open a store
in Manila because we see that we have a market here and
that people--a lot of people--are street chic fashion lovers,
Solomon adds.
Located on the ground oor of Greenbelt 5, Miss
Selfridge has everything a girl may want and need when
shopping for trendy and fashionable attire from pastel
to neon, oral and Aztec-prints, denims, lace and
chiffons. It also has a Petite section, which is perfect
for Asians. Aside from that, the brands in-house
design team offers exclusive printed
pieces and sought-after designs
that every fashionable girl
would love.
Seen wearing Miss
Selfridge during the event
were style icon Tessa
Prieto-Valdes with her
lovely daughters, stylist
Alyanna Martinez,
host and model Divine
Lee and actress Maritoni
Fernandez among others.
To make things more
irresistible, shoppers get a
10-percent discount on their
next visit when they sign up
for Miss Selfridges database.
The promo lasts until July 31.
Manila goes High Street chic
THE 1960S COMEBACK
Polka dots and head wraps
are only two of the signs
that many of todays fashion
looks are inspired by the
1960s.
THE BEST FOR SKIN
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Beauty beyond
SKIN DEEP
By Dinna Chan Vasquez
LA MER is one of the most famous names in the beauty industry. The luxury brand,
which has a cult following, was created by NASA scientist Max Huber to improve the
appearance of his burn scars. He used sea kelp and bio-fermentation to come up with his
Miracle Broth, the legendary elixir known for its healing properties.
commitment to Oceana and saving the worlds
oceans has really made a difference.
Created in 1992 and made ofcial by the United
Nations in 2009, World Oceans Day takes place
annually on June 8. It serves as a time to recognize
the importance of the sea as a vital ecosystem and
to take action to preserve its delicate habitats and
wildlife. With more than 300,000 members in 150
countries, Oceana has greatly reduced over-shing
and protected threatened marine habitats with its
science-based policies.
This year, to celebrate World Oceans Day,
La Mer teamed up with TRAVEL magazine to
mount an exhibit featuring beautiful underwater
photographs taken from all over the Philippines.
The event, featuring the works of underwater
photographers JM Abregana, Sean Calma, Mich
Manuel and Dominic Nuesa, was held at the Ayala
Museum recently.
Guests were welcomed into the gallery where
they viewed the photo exhibit of and enjoyed hors
d oeuvres and drinks.
La Mer marketing manager Camille Flores
welcomed the guests with a background about
World Ocean Day while Monique Buensalido,
deputy editor and associate publisher of TRAVEL,
talked about the local marine sanctuaries and how
to support the local organizations that protecting
these sanctuaries. The event concluded with the
recognition of La Mers top 10 devotees. Each
of them was presented with a specially made
shell-inspired clutch by local designer Reshma
Chulani.
For more information about La Mers World
Oceans Day campaign, visit www.lamer.com/
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La Mers limited-edition 100 ml World Oceans Day
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But La Mer is not just about beauty and luxury. As
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La Mer believes that marine botanicals such as
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La Mers World Oceans Day campaign seeks
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This is the seventh year of partnership
between La Mer and Oceana, the worlds largest
international ocean advocacy organxization. To
commemorate the collaboration, La Mer has
created a limited-edition 100 ml World Oceans Day
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In addition, La Mer will make a $200,000 donation
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ocean conservation.
La Mers support has helped Oceana win
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66 Island neckwear
67 Messy place
68 Brewery containers
69 Kind
70 Shell helmsman
71 *Rogers Centre
baseballer
72 Famous last word?
Down
1 Injury memento
2 Truth in Engineering
sloganeer
3 No __
4 Upside-down branch
hanger
5 Ripples
6 Field of knowledge
7 *Escapade
8 Fleur-de-__
9 Brief bridge bid
10 Bairns
11 Life partner?
12 Natural burn soother
13 Serviced, as a radiator
21 __ what?
23 Heavy music
25 Hunter in a pack
26 *Golfers coup
27 Attached, in a way
ANSWER
TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
Across
1 Fool
4 *Get down
11 Test site
14 Nasty mongrel
15 SNL castmate of Jane
and 28-Down
16 Unfavorable
17 It may be about
nothing
18 Supervise
19 Stooge with bangs
LOS ANGELES
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20 Beef with a bone
22 Needled at the dentists
ofce?
24 Minor league rink org.
25 Hagen-Dazs shop
choice
26 Like custard
29 Outer: Pref.
32 Group of workers
36 Baba with an ax
37 Decorative beer mug
38 Thats __ can say
39 *Dupe
41 Descendant
43 *Simpleton
44 Yeatss __ and the
Swan
45 ... __ put it bluntly ...
46 70s TV lawman Ramsey
47 Red-coated cheeses
49 Mideasts Gulf of __
50 Dis
51 Earth Friendly Products
detergent
53 Coll. admissions criterion
55 Thingy
58 Nuts
63 Place with no vacancies,
in Luke
64 Takeback agent, familiarly
28 See 15-Across
30 Winter beverages
31 Ford spanning 50
years, or a hint to the
four intersecting pairs of
answers to starred clues
33 South Pacic salutation
34 Penguins may be seen
on them
35 *Network Oscar winner
40 Disabled, as a horse
42 Unwelcome
48 Egyptian charm
50 Forbid
52 1961 Newbery Medal
winner Scott __
54 Cultivated violet
55 Record
56 Not duped by
57 Cameo stone
58 *Peacenik
59 Key of the
last movement of
Mendelssohns Op. 64
violin concerto
60 Slick, as a speaker
61 Slippery
62 Legendary Haarlem
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65 Little, in Lille
JUNE 25, 2012
By Diana A. Uy
I HAVE always loved Urban Decay
which, in my opinion, makes the
best eye shadows. I have over five
of their palettes, including Alice
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Palettes.
It was a sad day when the com-
pany came out with the following
press release last week:
Urban Decay is going to sell
our products in China. Because of
Chinas policies on animal test-
ing, we know that this will not be a
popular decision with some of our
loyal customers. But the decision
is a thoughtful one.
For 16 years, we have been com-
mitted to two key causes: womens
rights, and the fight against animal
testing. Our dedication to those
causes will not waver.
For those of you unfamiliar
with Chinas policies, the stick-
ing point is this: the Chinese gov-
ernment reserves the right to con-
duct animal testing with cosmetic
products before the products are
approved for use by Chinese citi-
zens. The government has not
told us if they have exercised this
right with our products. So, our
brand does not test on animals,
but the Chinese government might
conduct a one-time test using our
products. Do we like Chinas
policies? Noand that is really
the point. Going into China was
a huge decision for Urban Decay.
But, we believe that change can-
not and will not happen by out-
side pressure alone in a closed
market. Change can only happen
from within. When we enter the
Chinese market, we will do our
part to help make those changes.
When we were considering ex-
panding into China, a group of
marketing consultants told us to
remove the section of our com-
pany history that describes our
crusade against animal testing. It
doesnt mean anything to the Chi-
nese beauty customer, they said.
Of course, we refused. Our no
animal testing policy is part of
who we are, and has been since day
one. The news that animal issues
dont even register with the aver-
age Chinese consumer was one of
the biggest factors in our decision
to go there. During Urban Decays
infancy, we worked hard to inform
consumers about animal rights in
the United States and Europe. The
battleground for animal rights is
now in China, and we want to be
there to encourage dialogue and
provoke change.
What is very interesting about
this development is the response
that it got. Many Urban Decay cus-
tomers feel that the company is too
defensive. A decade ago, no one
would have cared about this press
release. Now, many women are up
in arms and ready to boycott the
brand because of the possibility
of animal testing on products that
were never tested on animals. This
shows how much our choices as
women have improved.
The Urban
Decay
controversy
FATHER'S Day has come and
gone. What did you give your
dad? Another World's Greatest
Daddy coffee mug? All gifts
are good, as long as they're not
a product of mere tokenism.
But what your old man really
needsand you can give this to
him any time of the yearis a
prostate exam.
Sure, it isn't glamorous and it
certainly not something any guy
would want to receive, but think
about it. Studies show that pros-
tate cancer is one of the biggest
threats to men's health, especially
those over the age of 50. As one of
the most common cancers among
males all over the world, cancer of
the prostate kills up to three men
every hour (or more accurately,
one in almost every 19 minutes).
And also, one guy is diagnosed
with the disease every two and a
half minutes.
These are cold, hard facts.
Harsh, but true. Data from the
Philippine Cancer Society further
shows that 10 in every 100,000
men will suffer from prostate
cancer. In the Philippines, it is
estimated that there are currently
4,254 men afflicted with prostate
cancer. Unfortunately, many of
them dont even know they have it.
Most may not even recognize the
symptoms, much less how to get
tested and treated.
One of these guys could be
youor your dad. But it doesn't
have to be that way. Yes, uncom-
fortable guy talk starts now.
Like most cancers, prostate can-
cer can easily be beaten at its early
stages. All it takes is knowing how
to go about it. Doctors say that the
earlier the cancer is diagnosed,
the greater the chances of it being
treated successfully. That's why
June is declared as Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month, a month dedi-
cated to the education of the male
population so that they won't fall
victim to the silent killer that is
prostate cancer.
According to a statement re-
leased by Healthway recently,
prostate cancer is a form of can-
cer that develops in the prostate,
an accessory sex gland in the male
By Ed Biado
EVERYBODYS going back to the swinging decade. The
new Men In Black movie is predominantly set in 1969. Mc-
Donalds in the United Kingdom is giving its crew a Mad
Men-inspired makeover. And almost the entire fashion world
today is obsessed with styles that originated 50 years ago.
The 60s have always been a favorite source of inspiration
for many contemporary designers and fashion houses be-
cause clothes from that era were often created with a state-
ment in mind: sexual and personal liberation, social progress,
individual creativity, a celebration of different cultures, age
groups and points of view. This season, some of the most pop-
ular trends are rehashes of styles fromyou guessed itthe
1960s.
Polka dots Its hard to go around the mall without
seeing at least one polka-dotted garment in window dis-
plays. Every major brand is into it and there are a lot of
pieces to choose from for you to get your retro on. Tops,
bottoms, dresses, shoes, swimwear and outerwear are
all sporting the trend right now. Some brands are
even updating the look by replacing polka dots with
other shapes, retaining the feel but keeping it very
modern.
Headwraps Also known as the summer turban,
the headwrap obviously takes its cue from the hip-
pie headscraves and headbands that women in the
60s wore to complement their maxi-style skirts.
Hair coverups are in vogue this season in the west-
ern world, where its summer. There are a lot of
ways to wear it, from modern boho chic and
boho glam to positively Parisian and I Love
Lucy-esque vintage.
High-waist The high-waist look is
very 60s and its also a great way to
show off your curves. Unlike low-rise
bottoms (shorts, pants, skirts, bikinis,
etc.), this vintage style makes the
wearer look taller and, by cinching
the waist, can give the impression
of an hourglass gure. The cut is
perfect for wearing Spanx under-
neath and it also goes very well
with another one of this seasons
hottest trends, color-blocking.
This is...
the 60s!
By Ed Biado
Dr. Schweiger, an advocate
of science-based beauty prod-
ucts, has been named Celeteque
DermoScience's new dermo skin
care ambassador.
According to the renowned
skin specialist, whose clients in-
clude high-prole women New
Yorkers and Hollywood celebri-
ties, skin care is at the forefront
of his clients cause of concerns.
His advice would always be to
use products that are dermo-
based because they can actually
make a difference on the skin.
"The concept is you put some-
thing on your skin that will not
only make you look and feel
good but also give you long
lasting health benets whether
it's anti-aging, anti-acne or sun
protection," Dr. Schweiger ex-
plained.
Schweiger, owner of the Sch-
weiger Dermatology NYC and a
member of the American Acad-
emy of Dermatology and the
American Society for Derma-
tologic Surgey, dened dermo
skin care or dermo-cosmetics as
a specialized skin care category
wherein skin care products have
been infused with not only the
efcacy of derma-grade ingre-
dients but also the expertise of
dermatologists.
Dermo skin care is a relatively
new skin care concept that ini-
tially gained popularity in Eu-
rope and in the US. Asia is start-
ing to get into this new beauty
regimen.
"I partnered with Celeteque
DermoScience because I believe
in the products. I tried them my-
self and was impressed," shared
Dr. Schweiger. "Celetque's Der-
moScience's advantage is that it
takes a scientic approach, using
derma-grade ingredients, testing
to conrm product efcacy and
consulting with leading derma-
tologists who understand Fili-
pino skin."
FOR other skin care tips,
Dr. Schweiger answers the
following questions:
1) What concealer are
you allowed to use if you
have pimples or break-
outs?
Use concealer that is oil-
free, non-comedogenic.
2) How do you reduce
sunspots?
There are many products
that are designed to reduce
sunspots but the most im-
portant one is sunscreen.
3) Do you need to put
sun protection even when
at home?
At home you are prob-
ably safe. But when you
go outside, even if it's
cloudy, you really need to
put on sun protection. The
UVA and the UVB rays
can penetrate the clouds.
A lot of my patients tell
me that they think they're
ok [without sunscreen on
a cloudy]. But in reality
they're not.
4) How often should you
put sunscreen in a day?
Every one to two hours
if you are going to be ex-
posed to the sun for a long
period of time.
5) What's the right sun
protection level to use?
I recommend SPF 15 or
30 for daily moisturizer.
But if you are going to the
beach, it should be higher.
Choose products that have
both UVB and UVA ray
protection.
6) How often should
you exfoliate?
If you have a lot of white-
heads, blackheads, I would
say once or twice a week.
TOP New York-based dermatologist Dr. Eric
Schweiger was recently in the Philippines to
give Filipinas some skin care tips courtesy of
Celeteque DermoScience.
from top NYC
dermatologist
Celeteque DermoSci-
ence product manager Tina
Sarmiento said the brand has
always championed Science-
based skin care products from
the start. They are made for
sensitive skin so that everyone
can use them.
"It is our brand's thrust to
provide expert skin care to
Filipinos," Sarmiento stressed.
"Celeteque DermoScience,
aside from being customized
for various skin issues and con-
cerns, it offers solutions for
specic areas of the
face and body."
Celeteque DermoScience has
six lines of skin care products
target specic skin problems:
hydration, sun care, acne so-
lutions, brightening, advanced
anti-aging and restorative.
"The most important thing
to remember about skin care
is education," Dr. Schweiger
said. "The media, the cli-
ents and the patients should
know that not all skin care
products are created equal.
You really want to look for
dermo-grade, science-based
products and know that you
are putting on health prod-
ucts that will actually give
your skin benefits more than
just the feeling good."
Clearing misconceptions
Offering more skin care tips,
Schweiger said that there is no
such thing as starting too early
when taking care of the skin so
long as you use products that
are dermo-grade.
He advises using anti-aging
products as soon as you start
seeing signs of aging like wrin-
kles and ne lines. But he add-
ed that it is always better to use
"preventive" treatments earlier
for better results.
Surprisingly, Schweiger said,
one of the biggest skin care
misconceptions among patients
is that drinking water can help
moisturize the skin.
"Water does not hydrate the
skin, only products that are ap-
plied externally (can)," Sch-
weiger explained. "Use mois-
turizing creams or products
because you can drink as much
water as you want but it's not
going to affect your skin.
Skin care tips
ManilaStandardToday
ARM yourself with the facts
about hand washing safety and
start a hand washing habit to
keep you and your family away
from germs.
When to wash your hands
According to a report on dis-
ease surveillance, there are more
than 9,000 cases of acute blood
diarrhea and almost 100,000
cases of inuenza-like diseases
in the Philippines alone.
One simple way to prevent
being a victim? Hand washing.
It has been proven that repeated
hand washing during particular
moments of the day such as be-
fore eating, after using the toilet
or upon arrival from work or
school, can prevent the spread
and contamination of diseases to
as much as 50 percent.
Start a hand
washing habit
Avoid obsessive hand washing
One should also note that too
much of something can bring
harmful effects, and it also
applies to hand washing.
Too much of it can result
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cracked hands are a
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items like the remote control,
keyboards, handles, railings,
and doors. Even within the
house, there are germs that can
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you clean your hands well.
Keep a hand sanitizer
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It helps to have a ready
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can use to protect yourself
in case running water and
soap are out of reach. For the
best standard in hand sanitiz-
ers, go with Bactigel, a scent-
free clear sanitizer used by lead-
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Bactigel contains 68 percent
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Distributed by Kohl Industries,
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Bactigel hand sanitizer is
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an industry standard and has
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Avon celebrated this
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mizes the visible signs of aging.
As a testament to the power of Anew in making women look up to
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beauties Lucy Torres-Gomez and Alice Dixson, joined by Anew Ma-
laysia brand ambassa-
dor and former beauty
queen Soo Wincci,
graced the celebra-
tion and shared their
wonderful experiences
with Anew.
Of course no birthday
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Cruz, Avon Southeast
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reproductive system. Most prostate
cancers are slow growing, but some
can be very aggressive. Prostate
cancer may cause pain, difficulty in
urination, problems during sexual
intercourse or even erectile dysfunc-
tion. But more commonly, it may not
produce any symptoms at all until the
later stages.
This means that any guy, even the
really healthy ones, can actually have
it without knowing it because of the
possible lack of manifestation in the
early stages. It is said that many pa-
tients show no symptoms at all, under-
go no therapy whatsoever and eventu-
ally die of other causes. Genetics and
diet, among others, are factors that are
linked to the development of prostate
cancer, but nothing is certain as studies
to determine the cause remain incon-
clusive.
So the only definite way of find-
ing out is to get tested. Diagnosis
can be derived at by undergoing
two tests: the DRE or Digital Rec-
tal Exam, which can be performed
by a urologist at any clinic, and the
PSA or Prostate Specific Antigen, a
blood exam that can be carried out
at most laboratories. Sometimes, a
physician may recommend a tran-
srectal ultrasound of the prostate to
verify the results.
Healthway resident urologist Dr.
Lou Chris Allen H. Reyes said, If
you love your family, you will go for
a check-up. If detected early, there's
a better chance of cure. Awareness
about prostate cancer can save lives
and they can be the lives of those you
love, stressing that the best way to
battle prostate cancer is to detect it
early.
This is extremely important be-
cause the cancer can spread. Cancer
cells have the potential to metastasize
from the prostate to other parts of the
body, often those of close proximity
such as bones and lymph nodes.
This Prostate Cancer Awareness
Month, be aware. To get yourself,
your dad or another man in your life
tested, visit Healthway with branch-
es at Market Market!, Robinsons Ma-
nila, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Festival
Mall, SM The Block, Alabang Town
Center and Greenbelt 5 or call 751-
4929. For more information, visit
www.healthway.com.ph.
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67 Messy place
68 Brewery containers
69 Kind
70 Shell helmsman
71 *Rogers Centre
baseballer
72 Famous last word?
Down
1 Injury memento
2 Truth in Engineering
sloganeer
3 No __
4 Upside-down branch
hanger
5 Ripples
6 Field of knowledge
7 *Escapade
8 Fleur-de-__
9 Brief bridge bid
10 Bairns
11 Life partner?
12 Natural burn soother
13 Serviced, as a radiator
21 __ what?
23 Heavy music
25 Hunter in a pack
26 *Golfers coup
27 Attached, in a way
ANSWER
TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE
Across
1 Fool
4 *Get down
11 Test site
14 Nasty mongrel
15 SNL castmate of Jane
and 28-Down
16 Unfavorable
17 It may be about
nothing
18 Supervise
19 Stooge with bangs
LOS ANGELES
TIMES
CROSSWORD
20 Beef with a bone
22 Needled at the dentists
ofce?
24 Minor league rink org.
25 Hagen-Dazs shop
choice
26 Like custard
29 Outer: Pref.
32 Group of workers
36 Baba with an ax
37 Decorative beer mug
38 Thats __ can say
39 *Dupe
41 Descendant
43 *Simpleton
44 Yeatss __ and the
Swan
45 ... __ put it bluntly ...
46 70s TV lawman Ramsey
47 Red-coated cheeses
49 Mideasts Gulf of __
50 Dis
51 Earth Friendly Products
detergent
53 Coll. admissions criterion
55 Thingy
58 Nuts
63 Place with no vacancies,
in Luke
64 Takeback agent, familiarly
28 See 15-Across
30 Winter beverages
31 Ford spanning 50
years, or a hint to the
four intersecting pairs of
answers to starred clues
33 South Pacic salutation
34 Penguins may be seen
on them
35 *Network Oscar winner
40 Disabled, as a horse
42 Unwelcome
48 Egyptian charm
50 Forbid
52 1961 Newbery Medal
winner Scott __
54 Cultivated violet
55 Record
56 Not duped by
57 Cameo stone
58 *Peacenik
59 Key of the
last movement of
Mendelssohns Op. 64
violin concerto
60 Slick, as a speaker
61 Slippery
62 Legendary Haarlem
leaker
65 Little, in Lille
JUNE 25, 2012
By Diana A. Uy
I HAVE always loved Urban Decay
which, in my opinion, makes the
best eye shadows. I have over five
of their palettes, including Alice
in Wonderland and the two Naked
Palettes.
It was a sad day when the com-
pany came out with the following
press release last week:
Urban Decay is going to sell
our products in China. Because of
Chinas policies on animal test-
ing, we know that this will not be a
popular decision with some of our
loyal customers. But the decision
is a thoughtful one.
For 16 years, we have been com-
mitted to two key causes: womens
rights, and the fight against animal
testing. Our dedication to those
causes will not waver.
For those of you unfamiliar
with Chinas policies, the stick-
ing point is this: the Chinese gov-
ernment reserves the right to con-
duct animal testing with cosmetic
products before the products are
approved for use by Chinese citi-
zens. The government has not
told us if they have exercised this
right with our products. So, our
brand does not test on animals,
but the Chinese government might
conduct a one-time test using our
products. Do we like Chinas
policies? Noand that is really
the point. Going into China was
a huge decision for Urban Decay.
But, we believe that change can-
not and will not happen by out-
side pressure alone in a closed
market. Change can only happen
from within. When we enter the
Chinese market, we will do our
part to help make those changes.
When we were considering ex-
panding into China, a group of
marketing consultants told us to
remove the section of our com-
pany history that describes our
crusade against animal testing. It
doesnt mean anything to the Chi-
nese beauty customer, they said.
Of course, we refused. Our no
animal testing policy is part of
who we are, and has been since day
one. The news that animal issues
dont even register with the aver-
age Chinese consumer was one of
the biggest factors in our decision
to go there. During Urban Decays
infancy, we worked hard to inform
consumers about animal rights in
the United States and Europe. The
battleground for animal rights is
now in China, and we want to be
there to encourage dialogue and
provoke change.
What is very interesting about
this development is the response
that it got. Many Urban Decay cus-
tomers feel that the company is too
defensive. A decade ago, no one
would have cared about this press
release. Now, many women are up
in arms and ready to boycott the
brand because of the possibility
of animal testing on products that
were never tested on animals. This
shows how much our choices as
women have improved.
The Urban
Decay
controversy
FATHER'S Day has come and
gone. What did you give your
dad? Another World's Greatest
Daddy coffee mug? All gifts
are good, as long as they're not
a product of mere tokenism.
But what your old man really
needsand you can give this to
him any time of the yearis a
prostate exam.
Sure, it isn't glamorous and it
certainly not something any guy
would want to receive, but think
about it. Studies show that pros-
tate cancer is one of the biggest
threats to men's health, especially
those over the age of 50. As one of
the most common cancers among
males all over the world, cancer of
the prostate kills up to three men
every hour (or more accurately,
one in almost every 19 minutes).
And also, one guy is diagnosed
with the disease every two and a
half minutes.
These are cold, hard facts.
Harsh, but true. Data from the
Philippine Cancer Society further
shows that 10 in every 100,000
men will suffer from prostate
cancer. In the Philippines, it is
estimated that there are currently
4,254 men afflicted with prostate
cancer. Unfortunately, many of
them dont even know they have it.
Most may not even recognize the
symptoms, much less how to get
tested and treated.
One of these guys could be
youor your dad. But it doesn't
have to be that way. Yes, uncom-
fortable guy talk starts now.
Like most cancers, prostate can-
cer can easily be beaten at its early
stages. All it takes is knowing how
to go about it. Doctors say that the
earlier the cancer is diagnosed,
the greater the chances of it being
treated successfully. That's why
June is declared as Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month, a month dedi-
cated to the education of the male
population so that they won't fall
victim to the silent killer that is
prostate cancer.
According to a statement re-
leased by Healthway recently,
prostate cancer is a form of can-
cer that develops in the prostate,
an accessory sex gland in the male
By Ed Biado
EVERYBODYS going back to the swinging decade. The
new Men In Black movie is predominantly set in 1969. Mc-
Donalds in the United Kingdom is giving its crew a Mad
Men-inspired makeover. And almost the entire fashion world
today is obsessed with styles that originated 50 years ago.
The 60s have always been a favorite source of inspiration
for many contemporary designers and fashion houses be-
cause clothes from that era were often created with a state-
ment in mind: sexual and personal liberation, social progress,
individual creativity, a celebration of different cultures, age
groups and points of view. This season, some of the most pop-
ular trends are rehashes of styles fromyou guessed itthe
1960s.
Polka dots Its hard to go around the mall without
seeing at least one polka-dotted garment in window dis-
plays. Every major brand is into it and there are a lot of
pieces to choose from for you to get your retro on. Tops,
bottoms, dresses, shoes, swimwear and outerwear are
all sporting the trend right now. Some brands are
even updating the look by replacing polka dots with
other shapes, retaining the feel but keeping it very
modern.
Headwraps Also known as the summer turban,
the headwrap obviously takes its cue from the hip-
pie headscraves and headbands that women in the
60s wore to complement their maxi-style skirts.
Hair coverups are in vogue this season in the west-
ern world, where its summer. There are a lot of
ways to wear it, from modern boho chic and
boho glam to positively Parisian and I Love
Lucy-esque vintage.
High-waist The high-waist look is
very 60s and its also a great way to
show off your curves. Unlike low-rise
bottoms (shorts, pants, skirts, bikinis,
etc.), this vintage style makes the
wearer look taller and, by cinching
the waist, can give the impression
of an hourglass gure. The cut is
perfect for wearing Spanx under-
neath and it also goes very well
with another one of this seasons
hottest trends, color-blocking.
This is...
the 60s!
By Ed Biado
Dr. Schweiger, an advocate
of science-based beauty prod-
ucts, has been named Celeteque
DermoScience's new dermo skin
care ambassador.
According to the renowned
skin specialist, whose clients in-
clude high-prole women New
Yorkers and Hollywood celebri-
ties, skin care is at the forefront
of his clients cause of concerns.
His advice would always be to
use products that are dermo-
based because they can actually
make a difference on the skin.
"The concept is you put some-
thing on your skin that will not
only make you look and feel
good but also give you long
lasting health benets whether
it's anti-aging, anti-acne or sun
protection," Dr. Schweiger ex-
plained.
Schweiger, owner of the Sch-
weiger Dermatology NYC and a
member of the American Acad-
emy of Dermatology and the
American Society for Derma-
tologic Surgey, dened dermo
skin care or dermo-cosmetics as
a specialized skin care category
wherein skin care products have
been infused with not only the
efcacy of derma-grade ingre-
dients but also the expertise of
dermatologists.
Dermo skin care is a relatively
new skin care concept that ini-
tially gained popularity in Eu-
rope and in the US. Asia is start-
ing to get into this new beauty
regimen.
"I partnered with Celeteque
DermoScience because I believe
in the products. I tried them my-
self and was impressed," shared
Dr. Schweiger. "Celetque's Der-
moScience's advantage is that it
takes a scientic approach, using
derma-grade ingredients, testing
to conrm product efcacy and
consulting with leading derma-
tologists who understand Fili-
pino skin."
FOR other skin care tips,
Dr. Schweiger answers the
following questions:
1) What concealer are
you allowed to use if you
have pimples or break-
outs?
Use concealer that is oil-
free, non-comedogenic.
2) How do you reduce
sunspots?
There are many products
that are designed to reduce
sunspots but the most im-
portant one is sunscreen.
3) Do you need to put
sun protection even when
at home?
At home you are prob-
ably safe. But when you
go outside, even if it's
cloudy, you really need to
put on sun protection. The
UVA and the UVB rays
can penetrate the clouds.
A lot of my patients tell
me that they think they're
ok [without sunscreen on
a cloudy]. But in reality
they're not.
4) How often should you
put sunscreen in a day?
Every one to two hours
if you are going to be ex-
posed to the sun for a long
period of time.
5) What's the right sun
protection level to use?
I recommend SPF 15 or
30 for daily moisturizer.
But if you are going to the
beach, it should be higher.
Choose products that have
both UVB and UVA ray
protection.
6) How often should
you exfoliate?
If you have a lot of white-
heads, blackheads, I would
say once or twice a week.
TOP New York-based dermatologist Dr. Eric
Schweiger was recently in the Philippines to
give Filipinas some skin care tips courtesy of
Celeteque DermoScience.
from top NYC
dermatologist
Celeteque DermoSci-
ence product manager Tina
Sarmiento said the brand has
always championed Science-
based skin care products from
the start. They are made for
sensitive skin so that everyone
can use them.
"It is our brand's thrust to
provide expert skin care to
Filipinos," Sarmiento stressed.
"Celeteque DermoScience,
aside from being customized
for various skin issues and con-
cerns, it offers solutions for
specic areas of the
face and body."
Celeteque DermoScience has
six lines of skin care products
target specic skin problems:
hydration, sun care, acne so-
lutions, brightening, advanced
anti-aging and restorative.
"The most important thing
to remember about skin care
is education," Dr. Schweiger
said. "The media, the cli-
ents and the patients should
know that not all skin care
products are created equal.
You really want to look for
dermo-grade, science-based
products and know that you
are putting on health prod-
ucts that will actually give
your skin benefits more than
just the feeling good."
Clearing misconceptions
Offering more skin care tips,
Schweiger said that there is no
such thing as starting too early
when taking care of the skin so
long as you use products that
are dermo-grade.
He advises using anti-aging
products as soon as you start
seeing signs of aging like wrin-
kles and ne lines. But he add-
ed that it is always better to use
"preventive" treatments earlier
for better results.
Surprisingly, Schweiger said,
one of the biggest skin care
misconceptions among patients
is that drinking water can help
moisturize the skin.
"Water does not hydrate the
skin, only products that are ap-
plied externally (can)," Sch-
weiger explained. "Use mois-
turizing creams or products
because you can drink as much
water as you want but it's not
going to affect your skin.
Skin care tips
ManilaStandardToday
ARM yourself with the facts
about hand washing safety and
start a hand washing habit to
keep you and your family away
from germs.
When to wash your hands
According to a report on dis-
ease surveillance, there are more
than 9,000 cases of acute blood
diarrhea and almost 100,000
cases of inuenza-like diseases
in the Philippines alone.
One simple way to prevent
being a victim? Hand washing.
It has been proven that repeated
hand washing during particular
moments of the day such as be-
fore eating, after using the toilet
or upon arrival from work or
school, can prevent the spread
and contamination of diseases to
as much as 50 percent.
Start a hand
washing habit
Avoid obsessive hand washing
One should also note that too
much of something can bring
harmful effects, and it also
applies to hand washing.
Too much of it can result
in dry hands.
In addition,
cracked hands are a
breeding place for
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upon physical
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hands after
touching
surfaces
in public
places
Public places are
breeding grounds for bacteria
and the cold reality is that every-
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on a daily basis.
This is also true for applianc-
es and areas in the house. Make
sure that you wash your hands
well after touching or using
items like the remote control,
keyboards, handles, railings,
and doors. Even within the
house, there are germs that can
compromise your health unless
you clean your hands well.
Keep a hand sanitizer
handy
It helps to have a ready
hand sanitizer, which you
can use to protect yourself
in case running water and
soap are out of reach. For the
best standard in hand sanitiz-
ers, go with Bactigel, a scent-
free clear sanitizer used by lead-
ing hospitals nationwide.
Bactigel contains 68 percent
ethyl alcohol, the highest alcohol
content among locally-manufac-
tured hand sanitizers.
Distributed by Kohl Industries,
Inc., Bactigel comes with a pat-
ented rubber holder and strap,
which you can hang on bag han-
dles and easily use when you are
on the go. It also comes in three
sizes: a 1L or a 500 ml pump dis-
penser and a 30 ml bottle.
Bactigel hand sanitizer is
available at all Mercury Drug,
National Bookstore, SM Su-
permarkets, SM Savemore,
SM Hypermart, Robin-
sons Supermarket, Shop-
wise, South Star Drug,
Waltermart, and Rustans
outlets nationwide.
AVON, the worlds No. 1
direct-selling company, is
celebrating the 20th anni-
versary of its revolutionary
skincare brand, ANEW. The
brand started a new age in
skincare immediately after
its launch in 1992, making
the company the rst to mass
market anti-aging technology
with Alpha Hydroxy Acid
(AHA). Avons pioneering
use of AHA has since become
an industry standard and has
pushed the brand to become
a true global skincare power-
house. Today, ANEW is a $1
billion brand.
Avon celebrated this
milestone with a high tea
party at the elegant Salon de
Ning of The Peninsula Ma-
nila Hotel. Anew Genics Treatment Cream is a luxurious cream that mini-
mizes the visible signs of aging.
As a testament to the power of Anew in making women look up to
10 years younger, Avon Philippines Anew brand ambassadors and regal
beauties Lucy Torres-Gomez and Alice Dixson, joined by Anew Ma-
laysia brand ambassa-
dor and former beauty
queen Soo Wincci,
graced the celebra-
tion and shared their
wonderful experiences
with Anew.
Of course no birthday
celebration is ever com-
plete without a birthday
cake. Carla Enage-
Cruz, Avon Southeast
Asia Cluster Category
head for Skincare, ush-
ered in the special Avon
Anew cake and helped
blow out the candles for
best wishes and more
years to come for Anew.
Anew Genics Treat-
ment Cream is avail-
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ing June 16, 2012 exclusively through Avon Representatives nationwide.
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There is no stickiness or greasiness.
The water-like texture is specifically
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It instantly refreshes and hydrates,
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and tightens pores.
Suggested retail price is P 139.00
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Powered Water is exclusively import-
ed and distributed by LOreal Philip-
pines and is available in all leading
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reproductive system. Most prostate
cancers are slow growing, but some
can be very aggressive. Prostate
cancer may cause pain, difficulty in
urination, problems during sexual
intercourse or even erectile dysfunc-
tion. But more commonly, it may not
produce any symptoms at all until the
later stages.
This means that any guy, even the
really healthy ones, can actually have
it without knowing it because of the
possible lack of manifestation in the
early stages. It is said that many pa-
tients show no symptoms at all, under-
go no therapy whatsoever and eventu-
ally die of other causes. Genetics and
diet, among others, are factors that are
linked to the development of prostate
cancer, but nothing is certain as studies
to determine the cause remain incon-
clusive.
So the only definite way of find-
ing out is to get tested. Diagnosis
can be derived at by undergoing
two tests: the DRE or Digital Rec-
tal Exam, which can be performed
by a urologist at any clinic, and the
PSA or Prostate Specific Antigen, a
blood exam that can be carried out
at most laboratories. Sometimes, a
physician may recommend a tran-
srectal ultrasound of the prostate to
verify the results.
Healthway resident urologist Dr.
Lou Chris Allen H. Reyes said, If
you love your family, you will go for
a check-up. If detected early, there's
a better chance of cure. Awareness
about prostate cancer can save lives
and they can be the lives of those you
love, stressing that the best way to
battle prostate cancer is to detect it
early.
This is extremely important be-
cause the cancer can spread. Cancer
cells have the potential to metastasize
from the prostate to other parts of the
body, often those of close proximity
such as bones and lymph nodes.
This Prostate Cancer Awareness
Month, be aware. To get yourself,
your dad or another man in your life
tested, visit Healthway with branch-
es at Market Market!, Robinsons Ma-
nila, Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Festival
Mall, SM The Block, Alabang Town
Center and Greenbelt 5 or call 751-
4929. For more information, visit
www.healthway.com.ph.
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ISAH V.
RED
SIMPLY RED
ABS-CBN Corpora-
tion, the countrys
largest multimedia
conglomerate, con-
tinued its nationwide
leadership with Phil-
ippine TV households
watching its shows
on primetime (6 p.m.
to 12 m.n.) in May.
Kapamilyas average audience share
was 42 percent, while GMA racked up
a mere 29 percent. That is based on data
from the audience research group Kan-
tar Media.
Kantar Media, which has national
panel size of 1,370 homes and 7,535
individuals that are statistically repre-
sentative of total Philippine TV popu-
lation, reported that ABS-CBN slightly
increased its lead in Metro Manila to 36
percent, from 35 percent in April, while
GMA maintained its share at 32 percent
in primetime.
ABS-CBN ruled primetime in other
key territories like Balance Luzon (areas
in Luzon outside Mega Manila) with 46
percent audience share over GMAs 30
percent; in the Visayas where it regis-
tered a two-point increase to 58 percent
or a 40-point lead over GMAs 18per-
cent; and in Mindanao with 59 percent
or almost four times bigger than GMAs
15 percent share.
This primetime dominance is main-
ly driven by ABS-CBNs top-caliber
drama series with Walang Hanggan at
no.1 with an average national TV rating
of 36.5 percent. It was also the most-
viewed program in Mega Manila with
30 percent against Legacys 20.8 per-
cent and in Metro Manila with 31.8 per-
cent over the latters 19.9 percent.
Princess and I, was the second
most-viewed program nationwide with
a national TV rating of 31.7 percent.
The Kathr yn Ber nar do-starrer also
outperformed its rival in Metro Manila
with 26.2 percent vs. GMAs new series
Luna Blanca with 21.4 percent.
The countrys longest running prime-
time newscast, TV Patrol, remains to be
the no.1 newscast in the country with an
average national TV rating of 26 percent
over 18.8 percent of 24 Oras.
Overall, seven out of the top 10 pro-
grams for May were on ABS-CBN, and
that includes Maalaala Mo Kaya (25.9
percent), Wansapanataym (22.7 per-
cent), Dahil sa Pag-ibig (22.5 percent),
and Rated K (21.6 percent).
Based on Kantar Medias data, ABS-
CBN garnered an average audience
share of 34.1 percent in total day with ri-
val GMA Network placing second with
33.6 percent share.
Kantar Media, a multinational mar-
ket research group that specializes in
audience measurement in more than 80
countries, has 22 TV networks, ad agen-
cies, and pan-regional networks sub-
scribing to its ratings services.
New shows on ANC
Filipinos here and abroad can now get
their daily dose of news and information
with the launch of new afternoon pro-
grams and niche primetime talk shows
after news channel live, uninterrupted
coverage of the Chief Justice impeach-
ment trial.
JOSEPH
PETER GONZALES
SHTICKS
From acting
to hosting
CAMILLE Pr ats is now a certied
host in GMA News TVs Mars with
Suzi Entr ata-Abrer a. More known as
a dramatic actress, this development is
truly a welcome thing for her.
Actually, I was surprised when this
hosting job was offered to me. I couldnt
believe it at rst. Thats why I want to
thank GMA for giving me the oppor-
tunity to show my loquacious side.
Ha-ha-ha! This is something which
the general public doesnt know about
me, avers Camille.
It helps that the
shows format is some-
thing close to her heart.
As a homemaker
myself, I can truly relate to the top-
ics we present. They are practical and
for sure viewers can apply the insights
theyll gain from the discussions in
their everyday living. This is simply
one enjoyable experience for me. Im
glad to be hosting this talk show oppo-
site Ate Suzi.
Speaking of the seasoned TV host,
Camille stresses shes not at all both-
ered if some quarters say Suzi will eat
her up on screen.
Im lucky that its Ate
Suzi whos my partner in
my maiden hosting job. Im
not intimidated. In fact, in
our rst episode, I told her
to take care of me. She assured me itd
be ne.
Ate Suzi is a very giving person.
Shes very condent of herself. One
good thing about her is that she asks
my opinion. In the process, Im learn-
ing a lot from her, she reveals.
The Luna Blanca star admits her ex-
citement in her newfound eld.
Mar vin as Kapatid
Mar vin Agustin is one of the hosts
of TV5s upcoming grand star search
called Artista Academy.
Actually, its me and Cesar Mon-
tano. Its exciting to be part of one of
the Kapatids most ambitious programs.
Considering the positive turnout of the
auditions, I can say that the show will
become a certied hit, he states.
Many ask if he will jibe with Cesar
on screen.
Why not, I think we both possess
the right attitude for the job. The chem-
istry will come out as soon as the show
starts airing. Thats one thing I can as-
sure all of you!
So hes now a certied Kapatid?
I just signed a two-year contract
with them as talent. Interestingly, they
called me up for Artista Academy but
since the last quarter of last year, I was
already talking to its top bosses be-
cause of Kanta Pilipinas, one of their
forthcoming reality shows which Im
producing.
Asked what makes Artista Academy
different from other star searches, the
actor-restaurateur points out:
Here, the viewers will get to fol-
low the contestants until theyre home.
It doesnt end in the academy. At the
end of the season, one male and female
wannabe shall be declared Best Ac-
tor and Actress. Artista Academy will
make the winners feel and live like real
stars!
ABS-CBN rules,
says Kantar Media
MAY primetime TV ratings
ANCs new afternoon programming
slate starts with a 30-minute newscast
News Now, at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Ron Cr uz, anchor of the news and
talk program Mornings@ANC, be-
gins the newscast at 2 p.m. with major
national, business, and foreign news.
Most of the stories develop in the af-
ternoon. The challenge is to break
the news rst. Expect us to give
you the news as soon as they
happen, he said.
ANC business news head
Coco Alcuaz takes over
News Now at 3 p.m. with
stock market developments,
business stories, updates on
Asian markets, and live in-
terviews from the Philippine
Stock Exchange. He said,
While your business day is
hopefully winding down, we
are going to be starting up. We
are going to bridge the gap be-
tween morning news and busi-
ness nightly.
Also delivering updates from
the PSE trading oor is War ren
de Guzman, who says (I) will
only give credible information
to help viewers make the right
investment choices.
ANC will also cater to Fili-
pinos abroad by delivering the
biggest national and regional stories in
the country, reports from ABS-CBN bu-
reaus around the world in The Bureau,
with Kar mina Constantino.
The Bureau is about the news that
makes the world go round. But we dont
stop there. Were going to tell you how
it impacts and affects the global Filipi-
no, said Karmina, who previously an-
chored a daily newscast and a magazine
show for The Filipino ChannelNorth
America and knows just how overseas
Filipinos think and what they need.
Completing the cast for News Now
is ANC weather presenter and Hardball
anchor Boyet Sison, with hourly weath-
er updates and forecasts, while Lexi
Schulze the latest buzz and trends from
the social media realm.
Meanwhile, ANC beefs up its
Wednesday primetime offering with
premium back-to-back talk shows on
business and science and technology.
Inside Business, with Coco Alcuaz, de-
livers insightful and signicant business
news discussions as it dissects head-
line-hitting business developments on
Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Primetime on ANC and Top Story an-
chor Tony Velasquez is in the revitalized
Future Perfect, a 30-min-
ute science and technology
show with features on the
latest inventions,
gadget s ,
a n d
technological advances, and one-on-one
interviews with Filipino inventors and sci-
ence geniuses. The program airs at 7:30
p.m. on Wednesdays.
Entertainment reporter Phoemela Ba-
randa, on the other hand, will put the sexy
back in the city as the new host of City-
scape, ANCs guide to the hippest food
establishments, fashion trends, weekend
getaways, and hottest events in and out of
the metro. It airs on Fridays at 9:30 p.m.
Stay tuned to the countrys rst and
only 24/7 news channel for breaking news
and relevant information. Watch News
Now and The Bureau on ANC (SkyCable
Channel 27) on weekday afternoons, In-
side Business at 7 p.m. and Future Perfect
at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and City-
scape at 9:30 p.m. on Fridays.
Social media newscast
To keep Filipinos updated on the lat-
est updates and trends in social media,
ANC launched the countrys rst-of-its
kind social media news program, @AN-
CALERTS with TJ Manotoc and Lexi
Schulze daily at 4:30 p.m.
@ANCALERTS, which started as the
news channels inuential Twitter account
that now has 442,554 followers, will pres-
ent the latest issues netizens are discussing
online, user-generated content, Bayan
Mo, iPatrol Mo stories, and real time
feedback from ANC viewers.
A broadcast journalist with more than
a decade of experience, Manotoc has a
solid online presence with over 128,000
followers on his personal Twitter account
and has reported on issues in social me-
dia, technology, and citizen journalism.
He also anchors ANCs longest-running
newscast Dateline Philippines.
Manotoc said the program shows just
how signicant social media has become
to Filipinos. Im very excited that we are
enhancing the relationship of traditional
media with social media. Its high time we
did something like this because hour by
hour, something new comes up and being
talked about online, he said.
Schulze, on the other hand, served as
host of ANCs lifestyle program Cityscape
and now delivers the latest buzz on the In-
ternet the social media anchor in ANCs
afternoon newscast News Now.
What I like about social media is
that the viewers get to be a part of the
news. I hope I get to be a great media-
tor between them and the celebrities and
politicians who are guests on the show,
Lexi said.
Film nancing forum
The Philippine Independent Film-
makers Multi-purpose Cooperative
(IFC), in partnership with the 2012 Cin-
emalaya Philippine Independent Film
Festival, is spearheading the 2012 Ma-
nila Film Financing Forum on July 21 (9
a.m.-6 p.m.) at the Silangan Hall of the
Cultural Center of the Philippines.
The forum will have an in-depth dis-
cussion on actors as producers, nancing
opportunities provided by the government
and case studies by foreign experts.
Twenty outstanding feature-length
lm projects in need of nancing and
assistance in various stagesdevel-
opment, production or post-produc-
tion are to be pitched to nanciers and
producers in a speed-dating style.
Last years most outstanding project
pitch went to Sockie Fer nandez and
Lee Br iones Mang Ben.
For inquiries, call (0916) 658-0991
(Doy), (0922) 292-2732 (Rica) or email
indielmcoop@gmail.com. Deadline of
entry form is on July 2.
APR for Globes Crisanto
Butch S. Raquel, current president
of Public Relations Society of the Philip-
pines (PRSP), conferred the prestigious
APR (Accredited in Public Relations) des-
ignation on Globe Telecom, Inc. corporate
communications head Yoly Crisanto in
the 1
st
General Membership meeting of
the PRSP held recently at the MSE Build-
ing, Ayala Avenue, Makati City.
After meticulous and stringent
screening, Crisanto passed the review of
work and written and oral examinations
given by the Accreditation Board and
Accreditation examiners.
PRSPs accreditation program forms
part of the Societys efforts to raise the
professional standards and advocate the
ethical practice of the PR profession in
the country.
Coco Martin with Walang Hanggan
co-star Julia Montes
Princess and Is Khalil Ramos, Enrique Gil, Kathryn Bernardo, and Daniel Padilla
At the conferment were PRSP Accreditation Board member and Past
Presidents, Milen De Quiros, (2
nd
from left); Max Edralin, Beng Prado (4
th
from
right); Ed Alcaraz, Bert Pasquin, Jones Campos. Butch Raquel (extreme left)
with Yoly Crisanto (4
th
from left)

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