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Sa di-pag-abruba ng budget para sa DPWH, mga proyekto sa bansa, naantala…

KINONDENA ng mga contractors ng Departmentof Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at dismay-ado ang mga ito dahil sa pagsasawalang-kibo, dipag aksiyon at pagbingi-bingihan ng Departmentof Budget and Management (DBM) sa pag-aprubang budget ng Department of Public Works andHighways (DPWH) para sa proyekto ng bansa nanaging dahilan para maantala ang ilang farm-to-market road projects na kanila nang naunang na-paluwalan.

Villar for President Movementsa Bulacan, umarangkada!

BULACAN THUMBSUP KAY VILLAR

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Pagbabago sa Pasaymamartsa na sa Marso 28!

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MULA SA KANMULA SA KANMULA SA KANMULA SA KANMULA SA KANAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PANGALAANGALAANGALAANGALAANGALAWWWWWA.A.A.A.A. District Engineer Bobby Nicolas at RD-8 directorAngelito Twaño, kasama ang ilang opisyal ng Department of Public Works and Highways saginanap na 25th anniversary ng National Construction of the Philippines sa Manila Hotel, kamakailan.

BULACAN THUMBSUP KAY VILLAR

Modernong ospital,itatayo ni KuyaRoland Bernabe

Wish ko,patuloy sapag-unlad

angParañaque!

-BenjoBernabe

Legarda:I am nota half-

heartedVP

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Aquino tojoin protestmarches vsSC decision

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PCOS machine at 1.2milyon botante sa

CAMANAVA, tiniyak angkaligtasan sa Eleksyon

Solon seeks creation ofAlzheimer’s disease

center to treat/overcomeAlzheimer’s

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VILLAR FORVILLAR FORVILLAR FORVILLAR FORVILLAR FOR President Bulacan Move-ment president Engr. Teddy Reyes does theVillar sign with the wife of Nacionalista Partystandard bearer Manny Villar, Las Piñas Rep.Cynthia Villar with the Batang Villar kids inBocaue, Bulacan. (Denz S. Tonel)


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Whatever you do inWord of deed, do all inThe name of the LordJesus.—Colossians 3:17

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEARJoshua 22-24Luke 3

FAITHFULNESS IN EVERYTHING

In August 2007, a major bridge in Minneapolis col-lapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people. Inthe weeks that fallowed. It was difficult for me not tothink about that tragedy whenever crossing a bridge overa body of water.

Sometime later, I was watching an episode of Dirty Jobs on theDiscovery Channel. Host Mike Rowe was talking to an industrialpainter whose work he was trying to duplicate. “There’s really no glory in whatyou do,” he said. “No,” the painter agreed, “but it’s a job that needs to bedone.”

You see, that man paints the inside of the Mackinac Bridge towers in North-ern Michigan. His unnoticed job is done to ensure that the steel of the magnifi-cent suspended structure won’t rust from the inside out, compromising theintegrity of the bridge. Most of the 12, 000 people who cross the Straits ofMackinac each day aren’t even aware that they are depending on workers likethis painter to faithfully do their jobs well.

God also sees our faithfulness in the things we do. Though we think ourdeeds—big and small—sometimes go unnoticed, they are being observed bythe One who matters most. Whatever our task today, let’s “ do all in the nameof the Lord Jesus” (Col. 3-17).—Cindy Hess Kasper

Whatever task you find to do,Regardless if it’s big or small,Perform it well, with all your might,Because there’s One who sees it all.—Sper

Daily works takes on eternal valueWhen it is done for God.

Colossians 3:12-17March 26

Sa kapabayaan sa pag-release ng budget para sa DPWH, mga proyekto sa bansa, naantala…

DBM, KINONDENAkararaan.

Pagdating sa nasabingahensiya ay sinabihan si-lang wala doon ang ka-nilang sadya at pinababa-lik sila sa susunod na ling-go.

Anila, kaya buo ang ka-nilang loob na tumungo sanaturang ahensiya ay da-hil sa haba ng panahon ngkanilang hinintay sa pag-follow up. Ngunit umuwisilang luhaan sa kanilangnadiskubre na wala palangkasiguruhan na matuloypa ang kanilang proyektodahil nanganganib na abu-tin pa ng election ban. Idi-nagdag pa ng mga ito naang halagang kanilang ini-luwal ay napakalaking hal-aga kung kaya’t nais ni-lang mabigyan ito ngkaukulang aksyon.

Sinabi pa ng mga con-tractors na ang kanilangikinatatakot sa ngayon ay

Pagbabago sa Pasay mamartsa na sa Marso 28!SIMULA sa Marso 28,

2010 ganap na alas 4:00ng hapon, isangmakasaysayang Pag-babago at panibagongsimula ang magaganapsa kahabaan ng Liber-tad at Harrison Sts.,

Pasay City .Ito ay isang malawa-

kang Proclamation Rallyng Team Kaibigan-BigkisPinoy Party Pasay City , napangungunahan ni mayor-al candidate Ricardo“Ding” Santos, vice-may-

oral Leopoldo “Babes”Calixto, lone district Con-gressional race Rica Elah“Puchet” Santos-Hortale-za at mga konsehals sadistrito 1 at 2 na sinaPunong Barangay BimboLim, Atty. Abelardo “Abe”

Rogacion, Dr. Riza deLeon, Carding Corral, Dr.Tonton Cabredo, Pete Or-dialez, Ben Patiño, RollyBacar, Cris Tan at Dr. Co.

Makalipas ang apat nanagdaan halalan, muli nanaman buhayin ng TeamKaibigan-Bigkis PinoyParty ang lungsod ngPasay para ipakita sa mgaPasayeños at ipaalamkung ano ang tunay naPagbabago na matagal nanilang gustong makamit.

Ayon sa Team Kaibigan,kung noon ay bumuo itong mahigit sa 70 miyem-bro ngayon aabot ito sa100 matapos dumagdagang grupo ng mga kaba-baihan at iba’t-ibang sek-tor sa lungsod, nariyanang senior citizen, samah-an ng mga negosyante atmga kabataan.

Ang tunay na PAGBA-BAGO ay nasa TeamKaibigan, dahil lahat ritoay bago ang mamumuno.Lahat ng korap ay tuluyanng buburahin at manana-tili ang Pasay na malinisdahil kahit sinoman saBigkis Pinoy ay walangmga kasong kina-sasangkutan, mapa KorteSuprema man o Ombuds-man.

Panahon na, para mat-ikman naman ng mgaPasayeños ang tunay napaglilingkod, panahon napara maramdaman angtunay na serbisyo-publi-ko, panahon na para un-ahin ang kapakanan atpangangailangan nakaramihan, panahon na ngPAGBABAGO.

MGA PASAYEÑOS, ITONA ANG INYONG PANAHONPARA MARAMDAMAN NIN-YO NA KAYO AY TAGA-PASAY, KAYA SAMA NA SAMARSO 28, AT MAKIISA.

ang pagtuturuan ng dal-awang ahensiya, angDBM at DPWH, kungsino nga ba ang nag-sasabi sa kanila ng to-too o di kaya namandaw ay may sabwatanang mga ito.

Ayon sa kanila, kawa-wa ang mga district en-gineers, mga directors,pati mga politiko naumaasa lamang saproject na makukuhanila sa DPWH na gag-amitin nila ang mgapondo para sa pangan-gampanya.

Nanawagan rin angmga contractors kayDPWH Secretary Vic-tor Domingo at DBMSecretary Joaquin C.Lagonera, na sana aymapag-ukulan sila nitong pansin at imbesti-gahan ang naturangpangyayari.

IGINIIT ng abogadong si Redemberto R. Villanue-va na inosente sa mga kasong isinampa laban sakanya ang nakapiit na si Autonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM) Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan.

Hinihiling niya kay Justice Secretary Alberto Agra na muling suriin ang joint resolution na inaprubah-an ng state prosecutors kung saan kasama angARMM governor sa mga ii-indict para sa multiplemurder.

Ayon kay Villanueva, si Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan ayhindi kasama sa impormasyong isinumite ng Crimi-nal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ng Phil-ippine National Police (PNP) laban sa higit 100 taongdawit sa Nov. 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre.

“The governor was in Davao City all along, and itwas impossible for Kenny Dalandag, who claimed tobe a member of the private armed group of Maguin-danao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr., to insist that ZaldyAmpatuan was present at a conference purportedlyheld on Nov. 22 at a compound in Shariff Aguak, Magu-indanao,” diin ni Villanueva.

Idinagdag niya na ang tanging ebidensya binang-git ng hanay ng tagausig upang pangatwiranan angpagkadawit ni Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan sa massacrecase ay ang affidavit ni Dalagdag.

“This appears to be a piece of ‘curative informa-tion’ that defies all physical laws,” ani Villanueva,“since Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan was in Davao City fromNov. 20 to 22.”

Ang “curative information” ay kinondena ng Com-mission on Human Rights (CHR) dahil ang pagha-hain ng ganitong klase ng impormasyon laban saakusado “does not cure the inherently illegal char-acter of the arrest and the detention of thosecharged.”

Umaayon si Villanueva na sa desisyon ng Court ofAppeals (CA) “that invoked the martial law–era ver-dict in Ilagan vs Enrile rendered in 1985 can be con-tested since it institutionalizes abuse and extirpatesthe culpability of law enforcers in making a case onthe basis of an illegal arrest.”

Isiniwalat ng abogado na naghain na siya ng peti-syon para i-review ang joint resolution ng hanay ngtagausig mula sa Department of Justice (DOJ) athiniling na i-dismiss ang kasong multiple murderlaban kay Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan.

Hinimok ni Villanueva si Justice Secretary Al-berto Agra na tingnan ang merits ng petisyon da-hil ang sinabi ni Dalagdag, kung saan nakabatayang kaso laban kay Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan, ay nak-ita umano niya ang gobernador sa meeting noongNov. 22 kung saan sinasabing pinlano ang mas-sacre.

“This defies all physical laws and imbues Gov.Zaldy Ampatuan with the power of bilocality. This isa complete fabrication since the governor was inJuan Luna Subdivision in Davao City from Nov. 20 toNov. 22,” giit ni Villanueva.

“Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan flew to Manila for a meetingin Malacanang on Nov. 23 and he took his flight inDavao City ,” aniya.

Ayon sa abogado…‘Curative information’

nagdawit sa gobernador ngARMM sa kasong massacre

Ang Team-Kaibigan Bigkis Pinoy Party sa pangunguna ni Pasay City mayoral candidate DingSantos, na sinamahan ito noong naghain ng kanyang kandidatura sa Pasay City Comelec, na kungsaan nagmartsa ang mga Pasayeños at muli na naman itong magaganap sa darating na Marso 28,2010 sa ganap na alas 4:00 ng hapon sa kahabaan ng F.B. Harrison Sts, kanto ng Libertad ngnasabing lungsod. SAMA NA!

PCOS machine at 1.2 milyon botante saCAMANAVA, tiniyak ang kaligtasan sa EleksyonBINIGYAN ng katiyakan at

pagtitiwala ng Commissionon Elect ion (COMELEC) atNorthern Police District (NPD)ang mga rehistradong botan-teng aabot sa 1.2 Milyon sabuong Caloocan, Malabon,Navotas at Valenzuela (CA-MANAVA area) na magigingmakatotohanan at payapa angdarating na eleksyon sa May10.

Sa pulong nina CAMANAVACOMELEC chairman, Atty.Patrick Enaje at NPD director C/Supt. Samuel D Pagdilao Jr., nachairman at vice-chairman ng

Joint Security Control Center(JSCC) na ginawa sa NPD head-quarters kamakailan ay tiniyakng mga ito ang kapakanan ngmga botante.

Binigyan diin ng JSCC angseguridad na mapangalagaanng mga kapulisan ang mgaCOMELEC personnel, Board ofElection Inspectors, at paglili-pat ng Precinct Count OpticalScanner (PCOS) machines atballot forms sa 7,566 precinctssa 170 polling centers sa buongCAMANAVA.

Ayon kay Atty. Enaje sadarating na May 7, bago ang

aktuwal na eleksyon ay pan-gungunahan na ng JSCCang pangangalaga sa mgaPCOS machines na siya narin magpapamahagi sa mgapolling center kaya humin-gi rin si Enaje sa PNP namagtalaga ng karagdagangpulis na mangangalaga samga PCOS machines, giitnitong maaring mamaniobrang ilang masasang loob samga lugar kung saan ilala-gay lamang ang mga ma-chine sa labas ng mga cov-ered courts at makeshift pre-cincts.

(Mula sa pahina 1)

Puro paghihinagpis atnanlulumong nagkuku-wento ang mga contrac-tors ng DPWH na hindina nagpabanggit pa ngkani-kanilang pangalansa People’s BrigadaNews, sa hindi pag-apru-ba ng DBM sa kanilangmga FMR projects na in-abot na umano ng ilangpanahon. Ikinatatakotnila na ito’y abutan pa ngelection ban at mauwi sawala ang kanilang perana iniluwal para rito.

Ayon kay Eddie, ditunay na pangalan, ni-tong nakaraang linggolamang ay tumungo silasa tanggapan ng DBMsampu ng kanyang mgakasamahan para i-fol-low up ang pag-releaseng pondo para sa FMRprojects na kanila nangpinangunahan ng down-payment mula sa ka-nilang sariling bulsa il-ang buwan na ang na-

INFRA-FORINFRA-FORINFRA-FORINFRA-FORINFRA-FORUM-NUM-NUM-NUM-NUM-NASA ASA ASA ASA ASA larawan sina DPWH Secretary Victor Domingo, Sr. Usec. Man-uel Bonoan, Asst. Sec. Emil Sadain, Asst. Sec. Ma. Catalina Cabral, Usec. Rafael Yabut, Usec.Romeo Momo, Region XIII Director Angelito Twaño, Executive director Emmanuel Cuntapay, atiba pang opisyal sa ginanap na 25th anniversary ng National Construction of the Philippines saManila Hotel kamakailan kung saan Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang panauhing tagapag-salita.

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Parañaque News

PINASALAMATAN niParañaque City MayorJun Bernabe, ang Rota-ry Internatioal District3830, sa malaking tu-long na nagawa nito salungsod na kung saanay naging katuwang itosa ilang proyektongnaipatupad.

Sa isinagawang con-ference ng Rotary Dis-trict 3830 na ginanap saSofitel Hotel, sa PasayCity nitong nakalipas naMarch 19-20, 2010,naging pangunahingtagapag-salita si Bern-abe at dinaluhan lahatng opisyal ng Rotary sapangunguna ni Isidro G.Garcia, District Gover-nor.

Sa nasabing pagpu-pulong, ipinakita niBernabe kung kalakiang ipinagbago ng lung-sod sa ilalim ng kan-yang pamumuno tuladng pag-alaga sa kapali-giran at kalikasan.

Nauna rito, ang pag-lilinis ng ilog sa buonglungsod na kung saanhalos sinakop na ngmga illegal settlers osquatting ang buongilog kung kaya’t nagingtambak na ito ng basu-ra at hindi na malamanang kulay ng tubig rito.

Hindi naman angumalma ang mga na-ninirahan rito, matapossilang paalisin dahilmay nakalaan na 4.2hectare na lupain angpamahalaan lungsodpara sa kanilang paglil-ipatan na matatagpuansa C-5 extension sa

Rotary Int’l District 3830,pinasalamatan ni Mayor Bernabe

pagitan ng Bgys Sto. Niñoat La Huerta.

Isa lamang ito saproyektong pabahay ngpamahalaan ng lungsodkasama ang ParañaqueClub at Rotary Internation-al 3830 na may mahigit sa1,200 pamilya ang mak-ikinabang.

Hindi lamang ang mgaresidente ng Parañaqueang humanga sa nasab-ing alkalde kundi buongRotary sa magandang na-gawa nito sa lungsod, da-

hil binigyan nito ng liwan-ag ang lungsod tungo sapag-unlad.

At bilang pagbigay-pugay sa magandang gi-nawa ni Mayor Bernabeay binigyan ito ng Plaqueof Appreciation kasabayna rin ng paglagda ngMemorandum of Agree-ment (MOA) para sa“Save Parañaque River”,bilang pagsuporta sa pat-uloy na progreso at tun-go na modernong lung-sod.

BILANG tugon saproblemang gamutanng mga Paraqueños,maglalaan ng pondoang aspiring Congress-man ng Parañaque 1st

disctrict Roland Bern-abe, para sa pagpap-atayo ng modernong os-pital sa nasabing lung-sod.

Ayon kay Roland Bern-

Modernong ospital, itatayo ni Kuya Roland Bernabe

abe Parañaque Projectdirector, ang Phase 1 atPhase 2 Florencio V. Bern-abe, Sr., Memorial Hospi-tal (FVBSMH), ay may apatna palapag at hindi lamangito simpleng pagamutankundi isang modernongpagamutan magmula samga facilities at equip-ment, ganun din ang mgamanggagamot ay mga

dalubhasa.Isa ito sa mga pangarap

ni Roland Bernabe, parasa kanyang mga kababay-an na hindi kayang mag-pagamot sa mga priba-dong pagamutan at higitsa lahat ay may malapit naospital na matatakbuhanang mga ito.

Hangga’t maari rin ayayaw mangyari ni RolandBernabe sa FVBSMH namayroon VIP treatment opalakasan kung sino angpasyenteng unang bibigy-an ng paunang lunas.

“Marami kasi sa akinnakarating tulad ng ibangospital na alam namannatin na pampubliko aynagkakaroon ng VIP ritona ang iba pa minsan ayhinahanapan ng mga cardat kapag isa kang cardholder, ay ikaw ang unangbibigyan ng pansin”, ani pani Bernabe.

Sinabi pa nito, na hindimangyayari ang ganunklaseng trato sa mgapasyente sa FVBSMH lalona’t buhay ng isang taorito ang nakataya at kayanga tinawag na ospitaldahil isa itong instrumen-to ng Panginoon Diyospara magligtas na buhayat hindi para kumitil.

Hindi rin naiwasan namanawagan si Bernabesa ilang mga pribadongospital na ibahin ang tratosa mga pasyente nakapag alam nilang isa la-mang itong ordinaryongmamayan, na kadalasaninirereklamo ng mga ma-

SA pagtahak sa pani-bagong tagumpay ng Lung-sod ng Parañaque tungosa pagiging modernongsiyudad, binigyang-diin niMayor Florencio Bernabe,Jr. ang maayos na pam-amahala na siyang pan-gunahing elemento samaraming pagkilalang na-tanggap ng nasabingsiyudad magmula ng siya’ymaluklok bilang punonglungsod noong taong 2004.

Naniniwala ang punonglungsod na paramaisakatuparan ang tunayna pagbabago at pag-un-lad, ang isang opisyal ngpamahalaan ay dapat naisantabi ang kaniyang mgapersonal na interes atiukol ang kaniyang buongpag-iisip sa pangangailan-gan ng siyudad at ng mgaresidente nito na siyangtunay na diwa ng mabut-ing pamamahala. Idi-nagdag pa niya, na ito’ymaiisakatuparan kungaalamin lamang ang mga

Tamang pamamahala: Susi sapatuloy na pag-unlad ng P’que

pangunahing isyu na dap-at bigyang aksyon at bu-muo ng isang konkretongsolusyon.

“Ang pagiging sensiti-bo sa mga pangangailan-gan ng ating mga resi-dente ay lubhang mahala-ga para maisakatuparanang anumang pagbabagosapagkat sa lahat ngproyekto at programangating ipinatutupad ay para-ti nating dapat isinasaisipang kapakanan ng atingmga mamamayan,” pahay-ag ni Mayor Bernabe. Idi-nagdag pa ng punong lung-sod na ang pagpapanatiling bukas na komunikasy-on sa pagitan ng mgamamamayan nito ay maymalaking kontribusyon rinsa pag-unlad ng siyudad.

Nang dahil sa malalimna pagpapahalaga sa mabi-lis na pagbibigay ng serbi-syo publiko gayundin ngpagpapabuti sa pamumu-hay ng mga residente, angmga proyekto at progra-

ma ng punong lungsoday sinisigurongmakakalikasan. Kabi-lang sa makakalikasangprograma ng pamaha-laang lungsod ang pa-ghihiwa-hiwalay ng ba-sura (waste segrega-tion), “recycling” at“composting”. Tuluy-tu-loy din ang paglilinis saIlog ng Parañaque, ga-yundin ang mga kaug-nay nitong estero, tun-go sa prebensyon ngpolusyon, sakit at pag-baha. Nagbigay din ngmga trak panghakot ngbasura ang pamahalaanglungsod sa mga pama-halaang barangay upangmapalakas ang kapabil-idad nito.

Sa usaping pang-im-prastraktura, name-mentine ang mga pan-gunahing lansangan atiba pang mga kalsada.Nilagyan din ng mga ilawang mga bangketa at isi-naayos, dinagdagan ang

P’QUE SENIOR CITI-P’QUE SENIOR CITI-P’QUE SENIOR CITI-P’QUE SENIOR CITI-P’QUE SENIOR CITI-ZENS PINZENS PINZENS PINZENS PINZENS PINASAASAASAASAASAYYYYYA.A.A.A.A. Ma-giliw na binati si Parañaque CityMayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr.(nakatayo, pangalawa mula sakanan) ang mga nakatatandangmamamayan ng lungsod sakanilang eskursiyon kamakailansa Batis Ng Makiling sa LosBaños, Laguna. Mahigit sa 1000Senior Citizens ng lungsodsumama sa naturang “outing”.Ang nasabing aktibidad ayinoorganisa taun-taon ng pam-ahalaang lungsod para sakasiyahan at kalusugan ng mgaseniors. Nagsisilbi din itongisang paraan sa pagpapahayagng pasasalamat para sa kanilangkabutihang nagawa sa lipunan.

Fire brigade competition isinagawa sa P’que. Matagumpay naisinagawa ang 5th Mayor Florencio M. Bernabe, Jr. Barangay FireBrigade Competition kaugnay ng paggunita ng Fire PreventionMonth sa Parañaque sa taong ito. Ginanap sa Amvel Grounds saBrgy. San Dionisio, ito ay nilahukan ng mga yunit ng pamatay-sunog ng mga pamahalaang barangay. Ang taunang kumpetisyonay nagsisilbing sukatan ng kahandaan ng mga fire brigades; daanpara sa pagpapaunlad ng kapatiran at pagtutulungan; at pagkilalasa kagitingan ng mga bumbero (firefighters). Makikita sa larawan(pakanan) sina P’que Police Chief P/Sr. Supt. Alfredo Valdez,Coun.Norberto Bonsol, My City God’s City Movement FounderRev. Ricardo Flores and Mayor Jun Bernabe habang isinasalin angdonasyong “Self-Contained Breathing Devices” kina BFP Chief F/Dir. Rolando Bandilla Jr., BFP-NCR Reg. Dir. F/Supt. PablitoCordeta, Dist. Dir. F/Supt. Mauricio Ramos at City Fire Marshal F/Supt. Manuel Manuel.

hihirap na tumakbo ritolalo na’t nasa bingit ngkamatayan ay tinatanggi-han kapag wala kangpang-downpayment nahindi baba sa P10,000.00.

“Ang pera ay madalinghanapin, pero ang buhayay iisa lamang, wala tay-ong karapatan na mag-disesyon para kitilin angbuhay ng isang tao, napa-

kasarap ng pakiram-dam na makapagdug-tong tayo ng isang bu-hay”, pagtatapos pa ngsusunod na mambaba-tas sa unang distrito.

UNUNUNUNUNA PA PA PA PA PA RIN A RIN A RIN A RIN A RIN sa lahat ang Kalusugan, kaya naman sinimulana ni Kuya Roland Bernabe sa bawat barangay na ihatid ang serbi-syo-publiko sa kanyang mga kababayan sa Parañaque, kung saanmay libreng konsultasyon at pagmonitor ng blood pressure.

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ATONG BOMBATONG BOMBATONG BOMB

ALANG-ALANG samga constituent ngkanyang ama na siParañaque City MayorJun Bernabe, di pi-nalagpas ni Youth andSports Adviser BenjoBernabe ang kanyangkaarawan nitong na-kalipas na Marso 20, nahilingin ang patuloy napag-unlad ng lungsod,na ang makikinabangrito ay ang mgamamamayan ngParañaque.

Wish ko, patuloy sa pag-unladang Parañaque!-Benjo Bernabe

Sa kabila ng pansarilingkapakanan ang hilingin saisang taon na panibagongbuhay na ibinigay ng Diy-os, ay mas pinili pa rin ngbatang Bernabe ang kapa-kanan ng kanyang mgakababayan, na ang pag-unlad ng lungsod ang siy-ang susi sa kanilang ka-hirapan.

Dahil kapag maunladang isang bayan, walangmaghihirap na mga resi-dente, una kapag maram-ing proyekto ang mga nai-

patupad ay marami angmagkakaroon ng trabaho,mababawasan ang crimerates, magiging malinisang kapaligiran at moder-nong tingnan kumpara saibang bayan.

Idagdag pa rito, kapaglahat ng mga Parañaque-ños ay mga trabaho, wa-lang magugutom, walanggagawa ng anumangkarahasan para lamangmalagpasan ang kahira-pan.

Hiniling rin ng batang

MILYUN-MILYONG Pilipino ang nagngingitngit

sa galit kung bakit iniibaang tono ng “LUPANG HIN-IRANG” (BELOVED LAND)tuwing aawitin at may la-ban si Pinoy boxing champManny Pacquiao sa ibangbansa.

Noong nakaraang Sabado saArlington, Texas (Linggo sa May-nila, Marso 14, 2010) sa loob ngCowboys Stadium sa EstadosUnidos bago ang laban ni Man-ny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey ngGhana ay naiba na naman angtono sa bandang huli ng “LU-PANG HINIRANG” ng awitin niArnel Pineda.

Maraming Pilipino ang natu-wa at nanalo si Pacquiao mata-pos ang 12-round, pero masmarmi din ang nainis sa pagsa-blay ni Pineda sa pag awit ngLUPANG HINIRANG. Para sakaalaman ng mga Pilipino may-roon tayong batas na nagsasaadna ganito:

The Republic Act 8941 (underSection 37) or the Flag and He-raldic Code states that: “Thenational anthem must be sungin accordance with the originalmusical arrangement of com-poser Julian Felipe, who gaveit a marching tempo. Violatorsmay be fined P5,000 to P20,000or jailed for a year.”

Ang batas na ito ay talaga na-man sobrang marupok at walapang napaparusahan. Maliban kayPineda marami din sikat na sing-er sa ating bansa ay iniiba angtono ng “LUPANG HINIRANG” satuwing mayroon laban si Pacqui-ao.

Marami tuloy mga batang mag-aaral ang nagugulat kung ano batalaga ang tamang tono ng “LU-PANG HINIRANG” dahil nakatu-tok sila sa telebisyon na iba angtono kapag kinakanta ng isangsinger tuwing lalaban si Pacqui-ao.

“Baboy Lupang Hinirang”Sabi ng isang batang mag-

aaral sa elementarya na ayawmagpabanggit ng kanyangtunay na pangalan baka mali angkanyang tono tuwing inaawitang “LUPANG HINIRANG” saloob ng kanilang paaralan da-hil iba rin ang tono ng “LUPANGHINIRANG” kapag inaawit ngisang singer tuwing may labansi Pacquiao.

Tingnan niyo pati bata tuloyay nalilito kung anong tama ngtono ng “LUPANG HINIRANG”.Ano ba talaga ang ginagawa ngNational Historical Institute(NHI) at walang napaparusahankung bakit iniiba ang tono ng“LUPANG HINIRANG”.

Marami din nagsasabi namasyado na umano’y BINA-BABOY ang ating national an-them na “LUPANG HINIRANG”tuwing aawitin ng mga sikat nasinger. Siguro kung buhay pasi Julian Felipe ang composerng “LUPANG HINIRANG” at mar-irinig niya na iniiba ang tonong “LUPANG HINIRANG” ng mgasinger ay MAGLULUPASAY saGALIT.

Dapat siguro baguhin angnasabing batas total di namansinusunod at WALANG NAPA-PARUSAHAN.

Marami tuloy ang nagsasabi naang “LUPANG HINIRANG “ ay pal-itan na lang daw ng “BABOY LU-PANG HINIRANG” ang pamagatdahil palagi naman daw BINABA-GO ang tono. Sana naman ires-peto natin ang nasabing batasat huwag na huwag baguhin angtono ng “LUPANG HINIRANG”dahil ito ang ating NATIONAL AN-THEM. Kung babaguhin angtono ng LUPANG HINIRANG itoay magiging masama sa pan-dinig ng MILYUN-MILYONG PILI-PINO.

***NO-GRADUATION-FEE POLICY

LIBU-LIBONG mga estudy-ante sa elementarya at highschool ang magsisipagtapos

ngayon Marso 2010 pero bi-nalaan ng Department of Edu-cation (DepEd) ang iba’t ibangpampublikong paaralan naNO-GRADUATION-FEE policy.

Dapat talaga sundin angnasabing ORDER ng mgapaaralan dahil maraming mgamagulang ang mahihirap atlalona’t ilang disaster ang tu-mama sa ating bansa kama-kailan.

Puwde naman makaraosang GRADUATION na walanggastos at huwag maningil angmga tisters sa mga estudyanteng graduation fee. Ang masa-kit nito ang NO-GRADUATION-FEE policy ay baliwala at ma-raming paaralan sa elementa-rya at high school ang su-musuway sa nasabing kautu-san.

Marami akong natanggapna reklamo buhat sa MetroManila , Rizal at ibang panglugar na ilang mga principalsa pambublikong paaralan sahigh school at elementary angumano’y NAGPAPASINGIL ngGRADUATION FEE MULA P300,P500.00 hanggang P900.000.

Saan ba gagamitin ang gan-itong pera kalaki para lang mag-bigay ang mga estudyante nggraduation fee. Sa totoo lang,puwede naman gawin ang grad-uation sa loob ng paaralan ngWALANG GASTOS kahit isangSINGKONG DULING.

Di ko nga maintindihankung bakit ang isang princi-pal ay di umano’y nagpapas-ingil ng GRADUATION FEE sa-mantala mahigpit na ipinag-uutos ng DepEd na bawal ngaMANINGIL.

Siguro naman dapat magDOUBLE CHECK ang mga em-pleyado sa DepEd kung alinPAARALAN SA PUBLIKO angnagpapasingil ng pera paralamang sa GRADUATION fee.At kung mapapatunayan MALIang isang PRINCIPAL ay dap-at PARUSAHAN.

Maliwanag ang sinasabi niKenneth Tirado, Departmentof Education communicationsunit head na kahit ang isangestudyante sa pampublikongelementary at high school aywalang CONTRIBUTION sagraduation fee ay makaka-grad-uate pa rin.

In short, walang babayaranang mga magulang na GRAD-UATION FEE.

For comments, sugges-tions or inquires, [email protected].

Bernabe, na ang nalalapitna nasyunal at lokal ele-ksiyon ay magiging mapa-yapa at patas ang magig-ing laban sa kabila ng au-tomated election ay hindipa rin maiwasan namagduda na may walangmagaganap na dayaanrito.

Inulan rin ng pagbati siBenjo ng kanyang mgakababayan lalo na ng gru-po ng mga kabataan ayiisa lamang ang kanilangbirthday wish para sa ba-tang Bernabe, kundi ‘goodhealth’ ng sa gayon aymarami pa itong matulun-

gan at maturuan na mgakabataan at pinasalama-tan na rin ito sa kanyangmga nagawa para sa ka-nila.

Mayroon din magigingsuccess ito sa kanyangpolitical career at tinawagna magiging isang mata-pang na konsehal para ip-aglaban ang mga batas nadapat ipatupad sa lungsodna kapakinabangan ngkaramihan at hindi pansa-riling interes lamang.

Nangako rin ang mgasupportes ng Team Bern-abe, na kailanman ay hin-di nila ito iiwan sa anuman

laban na kanilang haha-rapin dahil hindi matum-basan ng kahit anumanang nagawa ng TeamBernabe sa kanilang bu-hay at sa lungsod.

At bilang ganti ngTeam Bernabe sa ka-nilang kababayan, nag-papasalamat ang mgaito sa mga Parañaque-ños na patuloy na su-musuporta sa kanila atnagtitiwala.

“Walang kaming han-gad kundi tagumpay nglungsod at tagumpay nglahat”, ani pa ni Bern-abe.

NGAYONG darating na Marso 25, nakatakdang idaos

ng Bureau of Fire Protection-Regional Office 4A (BFPRO4A)ang makulay na pagtatanghalng Urban Fire Olympics(UFO) sa Camp Vicente Lim,Calamba City.

Ayon kay BFPRO4A (Cala-barzon) regional director, F/Chief Supt. Ariel Barayuga,hitik ang nasabing pagtitiponng mga programang nakat-uon sa pagtataguyod ng “col-laborative efforts” ng 3 san-gay ng komunidad: barangay,industriya at pamahalaan sakampanya laban sa mapam-insalang sunog.

Panauhing pandangal siEngr. Jesus G. Reyes, headng Corporate EnvironmentHealthy and Safety Nestle Phil-ippines, Inc. Sa pagkakataongito ay ipamamalas ni G. Reyesang suportang ibinibigay ngtulad nilang mula sa priba-dong sektor sa pangkalaha-tang pagtututlungan upangmag-karoon ng isang ligtas nakapaligiran, partikular angisang fire-safety conscious en-vironment sa panig ng mgabusiness/corporate entity.

Isa sa mga prime regionsng bansa ang Calabarzon(Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,Rizal at Quezon) kung saanpatuloy itong nagiging pro-gresibo sa pagdaan ng pana-hon. Patuloy pang umuunladang uri ng pamumuhay,edukasyon, industriyalisasy-on at turismo ng rehiyong ito.

Sa mga aspetong ito aynagigiging mas malaki anghamon para sa BFPRO4A up-ang mapanatili ang kaligtasan

Pagkakaisa ng 3 sektor ng komunidad kontrasunog target sa Urban Fire Olympics

ng mga ari-arian at buhay ngmga taong naninirahan sa re-hiyon kontra sunog.

Alam ni Gen. Barayuga na angtagumpay ng fire safety, preven-tion and suppression campaignsay hindi lamang nakasalalay sakamay ng gobyerno, partikularng BFP kungdi ito ay isang mat-agumpay na pagsusulong atpagkakapit-bisig ng nasabingtatlong sektor – barangay, indus-triya at pamahalaan.

Ang UFO ay isang taunang pala-ro na idinaraos ng BFP at minsanna itong “nabura” sa listahan ngmga programa ng BFPRO4A.Ngunit mula ng pamunuan ni Gen.Barayuga ang regional office, na-kita niya ang kahalagahan ng ka-mpanyang ito kung kaya’t muliniya itong binuhay.

Mula sa mga partisipante mulasa iba’t-ibang sektor sa apat nasulok ng Calabarzon, inaasah-ang masayang magpapaligsah-an ang mga kalahok sa mgapalarong itinakda tulad ng: bust-ed hose replacement, straighthose connection extinguish-ment with ladder, fire extinguish-ing relay, bucket relay, wild hoserecovery at saving Ryan.

Ang UFO din ang magsisil-bing culminating activity ngBFPRO4A para sa month-longobservation ng Fire PreventionMonth ngayong taon na may te-mang: “Sustaining Fire Preven-tion Through Active CommunityParticipation”.

Inaasahan nating sa pam-amagitan ng mga itinakdangprograma at kampanya ngBFPRO4A sa pamumuno ni Gen.Barayuga ay patuloy na mapai-igting ng pinag-isang puwersang 3 sektor ng Calabarzon ang

kani-kanilang dedikasyon at re-sponsibilidad upang mapanitiliang isang ligtas na komunidadlaban sa sunog.

Isang matagumpay na pag-daraos ng Urban Fire Olympicsat Fire Prevention Month, SirAriel!

***KUDOS TO DPWH-

CALABARZON DE AND ADEPERFORMERS

INAASAHANG maglalatag nanaman ng kani-kanilang mga in-dividual achievements ang mgamagigiting na District at Asst.Dist. Engineers ng Departmentof Public Works and Highways-Regional Office 4A sa daratingna staff meeting bago mataposang buwan ng Marso.

Sa pangunguna ng 1st everDPWH Hall of Famer bilang BestRegional Director of the Year ngtatlong sunod-sunod na taon nasi regional Director BonifacioSeguit, inaasahang bukod sapagtatalakay ng mga kasalukuy-ang kalagayan ng mga proyek-tong imprastraktura na isinusu-long ng DPWH-Region 4A aymaibabahagi rin ng mga dedi-cated engineers ang kanilangmga remarkable achievement sapangunguna nina: DE RosauroAdapon at ADE Jose Almero; DEWinifredo Olores; DE AnatalioAtienza at ADE Fernando Landi-cho; DE Nestor Cleofas at ADEAlberto Guerrero; DE Ness Vil-lanueva at ADE Teofilo Ayon; DECarlito Jose at ADE Prescila Ra-mos; DE Roberto Bernardo atADE Joel Limpengco; DE Man-uel Alejo at ADE Theodoro Llan-tos; DE Federico Concepcion atADE Pol delos Santos; DE Alfre-do Peñamante at ADE Eric Aya-pana; DE Celestial Flancia atADE Renato Alcala; DE RogelioRejano at ADE Marcelito Ferrer;DE Ronnel Tan at ADE SalvadorSalvaña; DE Edgardo Peralta atADE Elmo Concina; DE MercedesSantos at ADE Francisco Cruz.

In this challenging times, thenation needs top infra calibersand dedicated public servantsto move the contry forward.Kudos to the men and womenof DPWH4A!

SI PARAÑASI PARAÑASI PARAÑASI PARAÑASI PARAÑAQQQQQUEUEUEUEUE City Youth and SportsAdviser Benjo Bernabe, ng dumalo ito sa ginanapna Peace Covenant na kung saan binasbasan ito,naroon din sina Mayor Jun Bernabe, Vice MayorTambunting, Councilor Alma Moreno. Dalangin ngmga ito na maging mapayapa ang May 10, elections.

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NAKAKAAWA namanang Makati City Police

Retirees Assn Inc. {MCPRAI}.Binigo na silang bigyan ngbenipisyo ng kanilang wa-lang kakwenta-kwentang May-or na si Jojemar Binay natumatakbong Bisi Presidente,binigo parin sila ni ErnestoMercado na tatakbo namanAlkalde sa Makati.

Ang benipisyong tinu-tukoy ng samahan ng mgaretiradong pulis Makati ay angnaaayon sa batas na “Finan-cial Assistant” na manggagal-ing sa siyudad ng Makati.

Legal at hindi iligal angbigyan ng tulong pinansyalang isang pulis na nagserbi-syo simula sa una, hanggangsa ito’y magretiro. Dipende sakapasidad at kakayanan ngbayan o siyudad ang dapatna ipagkaloob.

Tulad sa lungsod ng May-nila. Ang kanilang mga retira-dong pulis ay pinagkaloobanng tig-P100,000 ang bawat isa.Bukod pa rito, tumatanggappa sila P2,000 buwan-buwan.

Kinuha ng Pangulo ngNMCPRAI, Capt

Ganoon din ang QuezonCity at siyudad ng Muntinlu-pa. Pinagkalooban din angkanilang mga retirado ng tig-P100,000 ang bawat isa. Hang-gang duon lang. Hindi na silabinigyan ng buwanankaragdagan tulong na tuladsa Maynila.. Enrique “toti”

Binay at Mercadohindi maaasahan

Manalo ang ginawang resolusy-on ng tatlong nabanggit nasiyudad. Ibinigay kay MayorBinay upang magsilbing pare-san o huwaran kung papaanoito naipagkaloob.

Sa kasamaan palad, tila batoang puso ni Binay. Tuwiran sin-abi nito sa pagmumukha ngmatatandang retiradong pulis,na hindi siya maaaring magbig-ay. Ayaw daw niyang makulong,hindi daw iyon puwede sa COA.

Magtayo na lamang daw ngKoopertiba ang samahan atduon na lamang siya magbibig-ay ng tulong. Sa awa ng Diyos,naitindig ng samahan ang Ko-operatiba. Ngunit sa tulong niLUCEPER, hindi rin tumulongang Dimonyog si Binay.

Ang Kapal na talaga ng kara-kas ni Binay. Yabang na yabangpa niyang sinabi sa kanyangAds sa telebisyon na “Magan-dang buhay ang gusto niya samga mahihirap”. Kung nagawaraw niya ito sa Makati, nais dawniyang gawin sa buong bansa.

Kung meron man naniniwa-la sa propagandang ito, sinisig-uro kong hindi ang mga kaawa-awang mga retiradong pulis ngMakati. Ayon sa mga ito, hindidaw dapat pagtiwalaan ng taongbayan si Binay.

Para sa kaalaman ng madla,tuwiran kinitil at ibinasura niMayor Binay ang karapatan ngmga retiradong pulis Makati sakanilang kaunting benipisyo.Kung ito ay nagawa ni Binay sa

mga taong nagserbisyo sa kan-yang bayan, E, di lalo na kay-ong mga hindi taga-Makati.

Kamakailan nagkaroon ngkokus o miting sa Brgy Cembosi Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado,na tatakbong Meyor sa daratingna eleksyon. Pagkaraan ng mit-ing, isang retiradong pulisMakati ang lumapit kay Mercadoat magalang na nagtanong.

“Vice, maaari ho bang mala-man kung ano ang kalalagayanng mga retiradong pulis? Sahalip na magandang paliwangang marinig ng matndang pu-lis, parang paanggil pa nitongwinika na: “Wala, walang pag-asa yon. . .ayokong makulong”.

Tingnan ninyo ang ginawa atsagot ng dalawang kupal namababait “ku-nong” opisyal ngMakati. Na naghahangad pa nghigit na mataas na posisyon saPamahalaan?

Si Binay ay niloko lamangang mga retiradong pulis niyasa Makati. Papaano natin ip-agkakatiwala ang buong bansa.Kung sa maliit na bagay ay hin-di ito naka-tulong, sa malaki pakaya?

Si Mercado naman, lumalabasna parang walang alam sa im-plementasyon ng batas. Kungnakukulong ang nagpapatupadng batas na tulad ng hinihinging mga retirado sa Makati, e, dinakulong na ang mayor ng May-nila, Q.C. at Muntinlupa?

Sa totoo lang hindi iyon angtunay na dahilan kung bakit hin-di ito pinoradject o napag-isi-pan na gawin proyekto. Sabi ngilang eksperto sa konseho, waladaw kasing mapapala ang mgiyon kaya walang nagka-inter-es.

Hindi katulad ng ibangproyekto, na hindi pa nagsisim-ula ay bumubuhos na ang gra-sya. Bukod pa ang SOP, may mga“under-d-table pa.” Kunsa-bagay, sanay naman daw sa gan-itong sistema ang mga retira-do, tulungan lamang daw sila.

AMEN.Para sa reaksyon, reklamo o

sumbongI-text PARAK - 09155055893

ANAK ng buhay! Mistulang walang silbi.ang

pamunuan ng Departmentof Education (DepEd) at tilaniloloko lamang nila angkanilang sarili, dahil sakawalan ng aksyon sapagkontrol sa lahat ng mgapampublikong paaralan sabansa matapos magpalabasng kautusan na “no gradu-ation fee policy”, subalitmarami pa rin publicschools ang hindi su-musunod dito.

Sa nakarating na rekla-mo sa Expose’ ng ilangmga magulang na ayawmagpabanggit ng kanilangpangalan (sa takot na bakahindi pagtatapusin angmga anak) lalo na sa lalawi-gan ng Rizal isa na rito angLores Elem. School, Bgy.San Roque Antipolo, nagaganapin ang graduationday sa April 7, ng mgaGrade 6 pupil, sinisingil silang kanilang guro sa hala-gang P300 o higit pa parasa graduation.

Subalit ng tanungin ngmga magulang ang ka-nilang mga anak kung parasaan ang ibabayad na nas-abing halaga ay wala silangmasabi kundi para lamangsa graduation, samantalangang kasuotan lamang ngmga mag-aaral simplengitim na slacks at polo white.

Kaya, tuloy sinabi na la-mang ng mga ito na purolamang pagpapapogi atpress release ang gina-gawang aksiyon ng DepEdsa mga public school nakunwari’y hindi naririnigang kanilang babala nawalang kahit anuman sing-ko na sisingilin ang mgaito sa mga mag-aaral.

O, kaya para lamang mas-abi na may ginagawa anggobyerno hinggil dito, ngunitmay basbas naman ang mgaguro para maningil. Dahilalam nilang kaya nilang bra-suhin ang mga magulang na

No graduation fee policy ngDepEd, puro press release?

magbabayad dahil ‘pag hindimalamang bagsak ang ka-nilang mga anak.

Oo, nga naman sinongmagulang ang hindi mag-babayad, sayang namanang pagkakanda-kuba ni-lang paghahanapbuhaymapagtapos lamang angmga anak sa pag-aaral naanim na taon mula sa ele-mentarya at 4 na taon na-man sa sekondarya.

Nakakalungkot lamangisipin, na ganun na lamangang pagsisikap at hirap nadinaranas ng mga magu-lang sa kanilang mga anakpara mapag-aral, ngunitanong hakbang ang gina-gawa ng ating gobyernopara sa mga batang hindikayang pag-aralin?

Wala, mayroon nga tay-ong tinatawag na mgaScholarship program,ngunit halos 90% rito nanakikinabang ay iyon na-kakaluwag sa buhay. Hal-imbawa na lamang angUniversity of the Philip-pines (UP) karamihan samga scholar dito ay mgamayayaman, samantalangpinapaaral sila ng pera ngtaumbayan.

At kapag nakatapos na-man sa koliheyo, tambayrin dahil walang trabahongmapapasukan, yun mauu-

DesperadoALAM ninyo ang isang

desperado na tao kungano-ano na lang ang naii-sip gawin para mapansinng mga tao lalo kapag kati-walian ang pinag-uusapan.

Tignan niyo na lang angginagawa ni Chito Orbetaat Dolly Domingo na nag-sampa ng Robbery Extor-tion laban sa akin.

He! He! He!Mahirap patunayan yan

at isa pa matagal na kam-ing may kaso sa libel nasinampa sa akin dahil sanasulat sa dati kong pahay-agan ang ginawa nilangkalokohan ilang taon naang nakakaraan at pangal-awa common sensepaano ko e-extort ito sa-mantalang matagal ng maytanim na sama ng loob atgalit sa akin matapos ma-tanggal sa serbisyo ngombudsman ang mag-bestfriend na si Dolly atChito.

Nakita naman ninyokung sino ang masama saamin at kung sino ang masmatino sa amin.

Hindi ko papatulan angtaong ito dahil hindi koilelevel ang sarili ko sainyo. Bigyan ko kayo nghalimbawa mga readers,nabalitaan niyo ba na lum-abas sa mga pahayagan napati anak ni chito ay hinuling NBI dahil sa game fixingna si Paolo Orbeta na nag-aaral sa Lasalle.

Alam natin na malaki angmagpaaral sa paaralan nayan. Ano ba ang item ni Chi-to Orbeta diba messenger?

Ako po ay hinuli ng NBInoon pero sa warrant of ar-rest ko sa libel pero na-dis-miss na ang kasong yun.

Ngayon tanong ko sadalawang ito nasanay naako sa paninira nila, Nali-bro na ako. Nasulat ako sapoison letter pero nakitaniyo naman dito pa rin akodahil hindi ito totoo angmga paratang nila at maytiwala ako sa Panginoon.Ito lang ang payo ko sainyo alisin niyo ang galit sapuso niyo may pagbabagosa buhay niniyo. Magdasalkayo palagi.

Totoo I was charged inthe Department of Justiceone count of Robbe dahilsa kagagawan nila. Ito poyung sinampa ni Chito Or-beta at Dolly Domingo atang ginawa inilakip pa sadyaryo ang papel at pi-nakalat.

Ano kaya ang gustongpalabasin he! he! he! Atmarami pang proseso atmahirap patunayan yankagaya mo may sama kang loob sa akin kaya kungano-ano na lang ang naii-sip na gawin laban sa akinpara masira ako pero oklang yun dahil malinis angaking pagkatao.

Nalampasan ko nga yungmga trials and difficultiesnoon.

Naimbistigador ni MikeEnriquez ang mga ito noonat ako ang publisher ngTradewinds newspaper nanagsi-circulate noon angkanilang ginawang mali,pati sa telebisyon at sa ra-dio at sa lahat ng araw-araw na pahayagan ay lum-abas din pero ako lang andidinimanda, ano kaya yun?

They are playing dirtygames with me at sa daming kaibigan ko, monitoredlahat ng mga kilos nila andtake note Chito Dolly kungsino-sino ang ikinokonekniyo sa akin. Tignan ninyo

di ko maintindihan kungano ang gusto niyongpalabasin kulang na langpadalhan niyo ang Presi-dent eng America ng De-cision ng DOJ. He! he! he!

Maraming naentrap saextortion di mapatunay-an pa. Eh kayo ang gum-agawa ng istorya na hin-di kapani-paniwala perookey lang yan. Malapit naang Semana Santa, Mag-nilay-nilay muna tayopara naman lumakas angspiritual life natin. Hindiako sanay sa maruminglaro, magdasal na langtayo.. See you in the courtsa April 16 doon sa with-drawal ng libel ko. Dis-miss na po ang kasonamin at kailangan po namaghearing pa kami sadismissal kaya po nag-ngingitngit sila sa akin.

Ngayon yung sinampamo na robbery extortionsa NBI dadalhin pa sacourt yun at may hearingpa yan. Ikaw sayang angpera mo parehas langtayong may pamilya ibig-ay na lang natin sa pami-lya natin ito, diba? Akomagbabakasyon muna atmagnilay-nilay parapasalamatan ang Pangi-noon sa lahat ng biyay-ang binibigay sa akin. I’malways thanking God for allthe blessings I received in mylife. Ako sinusunod ko sa bu-hay ko when tragedy strikes,there are many things we can-not explain or understand atsuch moments, all we need isto accept and hold-on to Godmaster plan and believed inhis unconditional love, LordI don’t understand I believedyou have many plan. Yan angaking inpirasyon!

***Gusto ko lang batiin ang

bagong Executive Director ngBureau og immigration na siDirector Joseph Eric Buhainna anak ng aking kaibigan nasi Director Bienvenido Bu-hain. Ang opisyal na ito aymana sa kanyang ama namasikap at masipag sa traba-ho kaya naman hindi nagka-mali si PGMA sa pagkakalagaysa kanya at ni Comm. NonoyLibanan dahil malaki ang ti-wala nila dahil subok na ito atisa siyang serbisyo publikona palaging maasahan sa la-hat. Siya ay subok na sa laran-gan ng sport at naging Chair-man ng Philippines Gamesand Amusement Board. Kayapara sayo Director Eric Bu-hain Mabuhay ka and Goodluck sa bago mong posisyon!God bless us all!

TIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORLito Rendora

TIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADORTIRADOR

HABANG papalapitang May 2010 Election,

dumarami na ang mga kandi-datong kahit ano gagawinmapansin lang ng taongbay-an, subalit hindi dahilan angmga kasalukuyang nakaupopa sa puwesto na kumandi-dato rin sa darating na ele-ksiyon ay pwede nang gawinang lahat para lang magpa-pansin sa publiko, na kahitano sasabihin magkaroonlang ng “say” sa larangan ngpulitika. Isa na rito si Sen.Noynoy Aquino na standardbearer ng Liberal Party.

Sinabi niya, ang 10-yeareducation curriculum sa Pil-ipinas ay kulang kumpara sa12-year education curriculumng ibang bansa.

Aniya, “Ang Pilipinas lang

Karagdagang taon sa Edukasyon,sagot nga ba sa kahirapan?

ang may pinakamaiiksing edu-cation cycle simula preparatoryhanggang college. Mayroon tay-ong sampung taon, samantalangang ibang bansa ay mayroon 12taon. Pareho lamang ang tinu-turo na pinagkakasya lamang saloob ng 10 taon. Ibig sabihin,sino-shortcut na lang ng mgaguro ang pagtuturo para lamangmadiscuss ang buong syllabuls.

Naapektuhan rito angedukasyon ng ating mga ka-bataan.”

Ayon pa sa kanya, ito ang kan-yang plataporma ang siyangmakakapag-angat at makakapag-bago ng kahirapan sa bansa.Pero ang sinasabi ba niyangkaragdagang 2 taon ang solusy-on sa problema ng bansa? Isipinnatin na ang idea na ito ng sena-dor ang makakapagpadagdag

lamang sa dami ng mga out ofschool youth sa bansa dahil angmga karagdagang taon aykaragdagan ding gastusin parasa mga naghihirap na taongbay-an.

Sa makatuwid magreresultalamang ito sa mas matindingkahirapan sa bansa. Di ga?

Napakaraming publicschools sa ating bansa, saman-talang kulung-kulang na namantayo sa mga guro, pasilidad atmaging mga pangkaraniwangpangangailangan tulad ng mgalibro at classroom materials.

Paano popondohan ng go-byerno ang ating mga guro,classroom, textbooks para samga karagdagang taon na pi-nopropose nito, samantalangngayon pa nga lang kulang nakulang na rin sa pondo angating mga elementary schools?

Ang atin bansa ay nasa kala-gitnaan na ng kahirapan ngay-on pero desperado na ba tayopara isaalang-alang ang pinakasimpleng approach para resol-bahin ang problema ng atingbansa?

Kung talagang edu-kasyonang sentro ng kahirapan bakithindi na lang natin iimproveang kalidad ng edukasyon sabansa, kaysa dagdagan ito ngdalawang (2) taon na siyangmagiging dahilan sa pagdami

wi sa OCW, nag-aral kanga ng 4-na taong kurso,pagkatapos magpapa-ali-la ka lamang sa mga dayu-han. Ganun tayo sa Pinas,walang silbi ang mga pro-grama, para lamang saiilan at pangkalahatan.

Kaya kung sino manang susunod na magig-ing pinuno ng bansa,sana maisip man lang nilaang hirap ng Sambay-anang Filipino at ang sar-iling kapakanan. Sanamaging totoo sila sa ka-nilang mga adhikain, naaalisin ang kahirapan.

At huwag gagamitin angibang ahensiya ng gobyer-no para gawing ‘milkingcow’ at ibabato naman sataumbayan na siyangmaghihirap. Tulad na la-mang itong DepEd. Malakiang respeto ko sa mgaguro, ngunit may mga iilansa mga ito na hindi mai-wasang magpagamit.

Hindi ko rin masisi angginawi ni Rosanna Rocesna sa sobrang tabil ng dilanito na nagbigay ng hindimagandang komento samga guro sa isang palabassa telebisyon, at hindi niyaang kanyang pinag-aralandahil siguro sa naka-en-counter ito ng isang titserna hindi ang ipinapakita samga mag-aaral.

THE THREAT on my lifeand the safety of my family

has prevented us from ourregular routine: going to myhometown on weekends to en-joy our home I built for a num-ber of years and our farmbought from my earningsthrough out my career. I alsomiss breakfast ng umuusokna kaning ispesyal from myricefield, gatas ng kalabaw,pritong tuyo and panghima-gas na bayabas and hinog nakinalabaw na mangga.

I have to sacrifice thesethings until the danger poisedagainst me has been neutral-ized by law enforcement agen-cies or until the mastermindsof this heinous plot to liqui-date me and their hired hit-men have been arrested.

I have already identified themasterminds in my statementgiven out to law enforcementagents and my relatives havealready established descrip-tion of nine armed men whocame to my house to assassi-nate me.

Even with the great danger

Psalms 3 and the Armor of GodI am going through, I could gohome if I want to because I haveample police security escortsassigned to me. I chose not toplay with danger.

But the protection being ac-corded me by the Lord our Godis the source of my confidencethat I will survive this situationto continue my mission andadvocacy: to serve the massesfor whom the Lord Jesus diedfor.

I put my trust in Him as KingDavid wrote in PSALMS 3 whichreads as follows:

“ Oh Lord, how many are myfoes! How many rise up againstme! Many are saying of me, Godwill not deliver him.

But you are a shield aroundme, Oh Lord; You bestow gloryon me and lift up my head. Tothe Lord I cry aloud and He an-swers me from his holy hill.

I lied down and sleep; I wakeup again because the Lord sus-tains me. I will not fear the tensof thousands drawn up againstme on every side.

Arise, O Lord! Deliver me, Ohmy God! Strike all my enemies

on the jaw; break the teeth ofthe wicked.

From the Lord comes deliv-erance. May your blessing beon your people.”

The nine hitmen armed withpistols most likely caliber .45and long firearms most likelyArmalite rifles sent to my houseon February 28, March 1, 9 and11 will not withstand the num-ber and firepower of police es-corts assigned to protect mewhenever I am in my hometown.

This does not include almostsame number and firepower ofcombatants from the 703rd Infan-try Brigade under the commandof Col. Jose Mabanta, formerspokesman of the Armed Forcesof the Philippines, who offeredto augment my security becausethe hitmen were believed formerrebels who have become ordi-nary criminals.

But the Host of Angels led byGabriel who defeated Luciferand his army when they rebelledagainst God stand as my close-in guards and the Lord is myshield. I am strong in the Lordand in his mighty power be-cause I wear the full armor ofGod.

I have the belt of truth buck-led around my waist, the breast-plate of righteousness in place,my feet fitted with the readinessthat comes from the gospel ofpeace, holding the shield offaith, wearing the helmet of sal-vation and in my hand the swordof the Spirit which is the Wordof God.

Thanks be to God Almighty.

ng mga out-of-school youth?Ayos lang naman ang propos-

al ni Noynoy, pero di ba niyanaisip ang mga disavantagesnito?

Kung talagang pinag-papa-halagahan niya ang edukasyonsa ating bansa dapat magkaroonsiya ng mga magandang ideabukod dito, naaayon din ito sataong bayan.

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National News

BAGUIO CITY: LiberalParty standard bearerSenator Noynoy Aquinosaid recently he will joinprotest marches againstthe Supreme Court’s rul-ing allowing PresidentArroyo to choose thenext Chief Justice.

Aquino told reportershere he is even willing tosacrifice some of his sor-ties just to join these pro-tests against what hecalled “a confusing” de-cision.

“I hope there will be noconflict in schedule be-tween the protest mar-ches and my sorties. AndI hope our supporters inthe provinces will under-stand if I skip sorties tojoin the protests,” hesaid.

Aquino said the Su-preme Court decisionwas tantamount to a

Aquino to join protestmarches vs SC decision

“constitutional amend-ment.”

On the other hand, theLP bet admitted the Su-preme Court is not likelyto change an en bancdecision so easily. “Iswore to defend and up-hold the Constitution. Iremain hopeful but I ad-mit the high court doesnot usually reverse itsdecisions, particularlythose made en banc,”he said.

Aquino also said he isnow looking at otherpossible options, includ-ing impeachment.”Papasok yan pag nag-appoint si Mrs. Arroyo atmay tumanggap, doonsiguro papasok ang is-sue. Kailangan makon-sulta ang abogado paramasiguro na legal anglahat na tatahakinnatin,” he said.

Dinagsa ang nasab-ing pagpupulong ngmga barangay at mu-nicipal leaders ng Bu-lacan, mga negosyanteat executives ng MegaManila, mga grupongMagdalo, laity ng sim-bahang Katoliko, atMuslim communityleaders ng Mindanaoupang ipakita ang ka-nilang suporta kay Vil-lar at hindi nila itobibiguin sa nalalapit nahalalan.

Ang pulong at oath-taking na inorganisa niEngr. Teddy Reyes,presidente ng Villar forPresident BulacanMovement, ay dinalu-han ni Las Piñas CityCongresswoman Cyn-thia Villar na kabiyak niManny Villar, ni Mrs.Pong Querubin nakabiyak ng nakakulongna bemedalled Magda-lo soldier si Col. ArielQuerubin, dating Sec.Ronaldo Zamora, Bay-an Muna partylist Rep.Teddy Casiño, at mgaNP local candidates saBulacan.

Nagpapasalamat siCongw. Villar sa mganagsipagdalo at orga-nizers na rin dahil bi-hira ang pagkakataongmapunan ang mgapagkukulang na maar-ing kapakinabangan ngmga mamamayan.

Ipinaliwanag nito nakaya di nakadalo si Vil-lar ay dahil nasa proc-

Villar for President Movement sa Bulacan, umarangkada!

Bulacan thumbs up kay VillarNI CLARINDA CATIMPO

TODO SUPORTA ang mga negosy-ante, local leaders, Christian at Mus-lim groups kay Nacionalista Partystandard bearer Sen. Manny Villarmatapos magkasundo ang mga itosa isang meeting na ginanap kama-kailan sa Bocaue, Bulacan.

lamation rally ito ng Na-cionalista Party saLucban, Quezon kasamaang kanyang vice-presi-dential candidate na siSen. Loren Legarda at angbuong senatorial slate.

Tinalakay rin sa pulongang karaniwang proble-ma ng karaniwang taonang sa gayon ay ma-gawan ng paraan ni Villarkung paano ito masolusy-onan at kung ano’ng tu-

go ang mga lumalapit sakanya na pawang mgahumihingi ng tulong.

Ayon kay Congw. Villar,hinihingi nito ang pang-

“Wala ng mamalimospara lamang may makain,wala ng magnanakawpara may pambili nggamot sa pamilyang maysakit, wala ng kriminalpara lamang makamitang hustisya, wala ngdroga na sisira sa buhayat kinabukasan ng mgakabataan at higit sa lahatwala ng taongmamamatay dahil sa gu-tom,” aniya.

Ang lahat ng ito aniyaay makakamit kung angbawat isang Pilipino aymagbibigay ng tiwala kayVillar sakaling mabigyanito ng pagkakataon paramakapag-lingkod saMalakanyang.

Bilang pagpapakita ngsuporta, kinanta ng mgabatang Bulakenyo angtatlong Villar songs natalagang patok na patoksa buong bansa. Sa so-brang tuwa ay namaha-gi ng mga school bagsat school supplies samga batang nagsipag-kanta si Congw. Villar.Pagkatapos ng kanyangspeech ay pinanumpasa tungkulin ni Congw.Villar ang mga bagonghalal na mga opisyal ngVillar for President Bu-lacan Movement.

long ang magagawa ngkanyang tanggapan.

Sinabi ni Congw. Villarna sa pagkakasanggangito ng V4PM-Bulacan atng kanilang pamilya aytamang timpla para samasa, dahil si Villar aymalapit sa tao lalo na iy-ong mga mahihirap, hindinito magawang tumang-gi na kahit maliit man nabagay ay napagbibigyannito huwag lamang mabi-

unawa at pagtitiwala da-hil kung may tiwala angbawat isang mamamay-ang Filipino ay tiyak nauunlad tayo.

Aniya, isa lamang angnag-uudyok sa kanya natumakbong pangulo ngbansa ang makasama atmakasalo ang kanyangmga kababayang naghi-hirap nang sa gayon aymabigyan ng kasagutanang kahirapan.

By Winston Jay

WITH great emphasis oneducation and enforce-ment, Revenue District Of-fice No. 54A has success-fully launched its tax cam-paign recently.

Revenue District Officer(RDO) Edgar Tolentino an-nounced to thousands ofattendees in the kickoff ral-ly held at the Gov. Ireneo“Ayong” S. Maliksi Gymna-sium, Trece Martires City,Cavite, that his office’s Po-litical Activities Compli-ance Initiative, enunciated

RDO-54A intensifies tax campaignthe Tax laws con-cerning politicalcampaign activi-ties to enforce thenew rules and reg-ulations on thewitholding of taxesfrom campaigncontributions andexpenses,” Tolenti-no said.

The hardworkingofficial also ex-plained that thegovernment’s ob-jectives for 2010

and emphasized the bureau’spriority, which is to educate

the public and tax-exempt or-ganizations on the new rulesand regulations.

“By continuing to workclosely with the political par-ties, we can provide guidanceand education to help themcomply with the law. We mustalso continue to monitor ac-tivities of individual donorsand donor organizations in-volved in political campaignsin order to carry out our obli-gation of administering the taxlaws,” he added.

RDO No. 54A is making ex-tensive efforts to educate tax-paying public while appealingto its sense of patriotic duty.Tolentino also appeals to tax-payers to file their income taxreturns (ITR) as early as pos-sible to avoid the rush andinconvenience as the dead-line of its filing comes closeron April 15.

under Revenue Reg-ulations No. 8-2009and Project “IbotoMo” of Bureau of In-ternal Revenue (BIR)Commissioner JoelTan-Torres underMemorandum OrderNo. 35-2009, will bein effect throughoutthe 2010 electioncampaign season.

“The campaignseeks to familiarizesection 30 exempt or-ganizations, such aspolitical parties, charity orga-nizations and churches, with

THE Philippine NationalPolice-Highway PatrolGroup (PNP-HPG) has rolled-out its road assistance op-erations in line with “OPLANSUMMER VACATION” whichaims to enforce road safetyand motorists assistance forthe public who will be trav-elling this coming LentenSeason.

HPG director, PChiefSupt. Orlando “Butch” Mab-utas said that highway pa-trol personnel are in prepa-ration for an intensified op-eration in securing passen-gers who would flock to theprovinces in observance ofthe coming Holy Week.

“Apart from our massiveoperational preparation, wewill also collaborate with theLand Transportation Office

HPG gears up for Oplan Summer Vacation(LTO) in spotting drunk driversand under the influence ofdrugs in all bus and jeepneyterminals. We need to ensureroad safety and security of ourcommuters from the hands ofthese kind of irresponsible driv-ers,” Mabutas said.

Moreover, Mabutas alsowarned drunk drivers that theyhave now intensified their cam-paign against driving under theinfluence of alcohol.

He said that HPG has ac-quired Breath Alcohol Screen-er which will be very useful indetecting drunk drivers. Theportable devices come fromthe Automobile Association ofthe Philippines, which is amajor partner of the HPG andthe LTO in promoting road safe-ty.

Mabutas explained that HPG

personnel are now in trainingon the proper use of the saidcompact devices which willbe very helpful for highwaypatrol officers in patrol to ac-cost a driver for reckless driv-ing, adding that, the breath an-alyzers will also help them intheir campaign to stop drunk-driving.

Initially, the said devices willbe distributed to members ofthe Highway Patrol Group-Na-tional Capital Region (NCR)while more will be dispersedto different HPG regional offic-es soon.

“Road safety is always a pri-ority to HPG. We will alwayssee to it that the public whoare leaving their homes willreturn safely this coming Lent-en season,” Mabutas ex-plained. (Winston Jay)

Legarda: I am nota half-hearted VP

IN a br ief ing withmembers of the presson her Tarlac sortie thisweek, NP-NPC-LDPV i c e - P r e s i d e n t i a lcandidate LorenLegarda reiterated hercommitment to her vicepresidency bid, sayingthat “ i t was never asecond choice for me”.

“Si Mar, kung hindi tu-makbo si Noynoy sapagka-pangulo, yansana ang ambisyon nya.Nagparaya lamang syadahi l a lam nyang s iNoynoy ang pipiliin ngpartido nila para supor-tahan. Kaya he settledfor the vice-presidency,something he wasn’teven sure of and untilnow, di nya pa mapapa-tunayang gusto nya tal-aga ang pagbaba nya ngambisyon,” she assert-ed.

Legarda dispelled com-ments that the vice-pres-ident is a sitting-duck po-

sition when asked whyshe chose to run for itand not the presidency.“The VP is not a sitting-duck position. It’s up toyou to use your positionwhether for good orbad. Throughout my ca-reer as a broadcasterand a Senator, I haveused my position to helppeople. Madali akonglapitan. I don’t know if Ican say the same forMar,” she said.

“I have alwaysgunned for the vice-presidency, even in2004. Noon ko pa gus-tong maging gabay sapangulo at magsilbingilaw sa tahanan ng mgaPilipino. I have alwaysgiven all my heart to thevice-presidency, kayanararamdaman kongmas karapat-dapat ako.Kailangan ng sambay-anan ang pagka-kalingang isang ina ng bayan,”Legarda shared.

RDO Tolentino

NAMAHAGI ng mga school bags at school supplies sina V4PM-Bulacan President Engr. Teddy Reyes at Las Piñas City Congress-woman Cynthia Villar sa mga Batang Villar sa Bulacan.

(Denz Tonel)

PINANUMPA ni Las Piñas City Congresswoman Cynthia Villar(dulong kanan) ang mga bagong halal na opisyal ng Villar forPresident Bulacan Movement (V4PM-Bulacan) na pinangungunah-an ng kanilang pangulo na si Engr. Teddy Reyes (ikalawa mula sakanan) sa Bocaue, Bulacan kamakailan. (Denz Tonel)

TULTULTULTULTULOOOOOY Y Y Y Y ANGANGANGANGANGLABAN-LABAN-LABAN-LABAN-LABAN- Buongpagtitiwala na nagpahayagng kanyang kandidatura siMina Nieva bilang kahaliling yumao niyang ama na siManila 1st District Rep.Ernesto “Banzai” Nieva.Aniya, ipagpapatuloy niyaang mga nasimulan ngkanyang ama, at angmahalin at tulungan angmga taga-Tondo, Manila.

(Denz Tonel)

CAMPCAMPCAMPCAMPCAMPAIGN SORAIGN SORAIGN SORAIGN SORAIGN SORTIE IN CALBTIE IN CALBTIE IN CALBTIE IN CALBTIE IN CALBAAAAAYYYYYOG:OG:OG:OG:OG: NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential candidate Loren Legarda is overwhelmedby the eager crowds that line the streets as she goes on a cam-paign sortie this weekend in Calbayog. “Malapit ang puso ko saSamar,” Legarda says. “Ang aking Mommy Raning na nagpalakisa akin ay Waray. So my campaign here serves as a nostalgicvisit as well.”

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Message of Chairman Jose A. R. Meloon the Automation of 2010 Elections

THE automation of the 2010 NationalElections signals the beginning of a mas-sive transformational phase in the elec-toral system of the Philippines. We are fi-nally moving away from the known flawsand weaknesses of the old ways of do-ing things and towards an automatedelection system that promises a speedyand accurate count, a highly efficient reporting mechanismthat democratizes the count and canvass of election re-sults, and most importantly, the extinction of dagdag-ba-was.

Mabuhay and bagong botanteng Pilipino!

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas.

JOSE A.R. MELOJOSE A.R. MELOJOSE A.R. MELOJOSE A.R. MELOJOSE A.R. MELOComelec Chairman

The Commission onElections started its effortsat modernizing or automat-ing the electoral processway back in 1992, immedi-ately after the first Syn-chronized National and Lo-cal Elections (NLE). Withthe first pilot testing of anautomated election sys-tem using the Optical MarkReader (OMR)technology in the1996 Autono-mous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM) Elec-tions, to the par-tial implementa-tion in the ARMMprovinces of thesame automatedsystem in the1998 National andLocal Elections,to the halted na-tionwide imple-mentation of acentralized auto-mated countingsystem for the2004 NLE, and tothe pilot test of a

fully automated electionsystem in the 2008 ARMMElections, the COMELECcontinues to fulfill its man-date of conducting elec-tions – be it manual or au-tomated.

For the coming 2010elections, the COMELEC isset to conduct the coun-try’s first nationwide fully

automated elections –from counting of votesto transmission andcanvassing of electionresults. Please browsethrough our Election Au-tomation web pages tofind out more about themodernization or auto-mation of the Philippineelectoral process.

AUTOMATION OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS

ELECTION 101

TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS

VOTING

VERIFICATION OF VOTER IDENTITY

Step 1Magtungo sa iyong voting precinct at hanapin ang iyong pangalan.Dalhin ang iyong Voter’s ID o kahit ano’ng valid ID kasama ang iyong registration

stub.Bago tanggapin ang balota mula sa BEI, siguraduhing ang mga sumusunod sa

iniaabot na balota: a. Walang nakasulat; at b. Malinis, halimbawa, wa-

lang marka ng kahit ano sa kahitsaan sa balota.

Step 2Tanggapin ang balota at sig-

uraduhing walang nakasulat oanumang marka dito. Fil-apan angbalota at huwag sobrahan ang ibo-boto.

Bumoto sa pamamagitan ngpag-shade o itiman ang loob ngbilog na hugis itlog na nasa tabing pangalan ng kandidatong iyongnapili.

a. ITIMAN NG BUO ang loobng bilog.

i. Huwag gumamit ng tsek, ekis, tuldok o guhit ii. Huwag maglagay ng anumang marka sa iba pang bahagi ng balota iii. HUWAG MAG-OVER-VOTE b. GAMITIN LAMANG MARKING PEN NA IPAGAGAMIT NG COMELEC c. Bago pa sulatan ang balota, siguraduhin muna ang iyong mga isusulat o

mamarkahan. Hindi na maaaring burahin ang mga markang iyong ilalagay; at wa-lang kapalit na balota para dito.

Step 3Dalhin ang iyong balota sa counting machine at ipasok dito. Hintayin ang confir-

mation confirmation message sa screen.Pagkatapos bumoto, ipasok ang iyong balota sa ballot secrecy folder at lumapit

sa PCOS a. Kung may pila, pumila lamang at hintayin ang iyong turn b. HUWAG IPAKIKITA ANG IYONG BALOTA KAHIT KANINO c. Kapag ikaw na ang ang magka-cast ng balota sa PCOS, i-slide ang iyong

balota palabas ng secrecy folder para ang top portion ang naka-expose. d. I-align ang exposed portion sa bibig ng feeder at alalayan ang balota sa

loob ng PCOS. e. I-release ang balota nang hindi inaalis sa ballot secrecy folder. f. Hintayin ang PCOS confirmation ng iyong balota bago umalis. g. Pagkatapos i-cast ang iyong boto, bumalik sa BEI para malagyan ng indel-

ible ink.

PAPAANO GAMITIN ANG MODERNONG BALOTA:

SAMPLE NG MODERNONG BALOTA

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WITH the series of local oil price hikes recentlyas world oil prices keep rising, there are grow-

ing voices and lobbying to demand higher fare forjeepneys, taxi and buses. While it is understand-able that movement of fares (upward or downward)should follow movement in petroleum prices, I findit irrationale that politics should be used in deter-mining when and how much, such fare movementshould happen.

It is chaotic and politically complicated if gov-ernment transport officials will always call for pub-lic hearing. Supporters and opponents to come,including those who ride on the issue so they willget good media coverage, which helps in their po-litical work and lobbying, like those running in theforthcoming elections.

It is possible to detach politics from fare setting.Here are some mechanisms that may be worthconsidering by the various stakeholders.

One, encourage corporate brands of jeepneysand taxis. Jeepney drivers and operators will be-come conscious of the corporate brand that theycarry and passengers will remember the corpo-rate brand of particular jeepney and taxi groups.Thus, some passengers will remember and avoidtaking a particular jeepney or taxi corporationwhere drivers are discourteous and road maniacsthat get into frequent accidents. And passengerswill remember those jeepney or taxi corporationswhere drivers are courteous and friendly, give theexact change, and maintain their units in good running conditions. Competition among variousjeepney and taxi corporations, not among singleunits, will give more comfort and safety to the pas-sengers.

Two, deregulate fare-setting. Some jeepney orbus lines that do not maintain their units well will beforced to charge lower fares per kilometer whilethose jeepney or bus lines that give passengerscomfortable and safe rides can charge higher fare.For instance, some bus lines can field buses withonly 40 seats instead of the usual 60 seats, andcharge minimum fare of P20 to P25 for the first 4kms. Other bus lines can dispatch crammed buses(say 70 seats or more) and charge only P10 mini-mum fare for the first 4 kms. If fares are deregulat-ed this way, some ugly and not regularly-maintainedjeepneys will either slowly vanish from the road, orthey will be forced to charge only P5 minimum farefor the first 4 kms., because passengers will haveother options to ride the more comfortable jeep-neys or buses even if they pay a higher fare.

Three, deregulate routing. Some jeepney or buslines can dispatch their vehicles near the gates ofbig private villages in the suburbs (say Novaliches,Fairview, Antipolo, Las Pinas, Bulacan, etc.) to Makati,Ortigas, Eastwood, Manila, and so on. Then peoplewill be encouraged to leave their cars in their housewhen they go to their offices or schools as they willtake only one or two rides, not four or more rides.

At the moment, people who will not bring theircars from say, a village in Fairview, Quezon City toMakati, will take 4 rides or transfers. First, tricyclefrom their village gate to the main road. Second,jeepney or air-con van to MRT station. Third, MRTto Buendia or Ayala station, and fourth, jeepney orbus or taxi to Ayala or Buendia avenue. If one iswearing proper corporate attire and/or carrying alaptop and other important documents, it is veryinconvenient and unsafe to be moving from tricy-cle to jeepney to the train and back to jeepneyagain. So even if there is heavy traffic and parkingis expensive, people are forced to bring their carsto work or school, which exacerbates road con-gestion and parking nightmares in major commer-cial and business districts. The national govern-ment, through the LTFRB, and the local governmentcreated mini-monopolies on certain routes, liketricycle monopoly and jeepney monopoly.

Just encourage competition among bus or jeep-ney lines, also taxi lines or corporations, so thatpassengers will have plenty of options. If peoplewill find that such options are safe, comfortableand economical, then they will not insist on bring-ing their cars everyday to their offices or their kids’schools. There will be less traffic congestion, lessair pollution, less parking problems, and more sav-ings for the public.

And we will avoid politicized fare setting. No needfor any public hearing, no need for any political andmedia lobbying, no need for any intervention bypoliticians and government transport officials.

Drivers and operators of jeepneys, buses andtaxi will be forced to maintain their units in goodconditions, they will be forced to become morecourteous to their passengers. Passengers neednot even complain to the government if the serviceof a particular bus or jeepney line is lousy. Passen-gers will just stop riding that particular corpora-tion and let their friends and acquaintances knowabout their bad experience. This kind of passen-ger boycott is worse than being reprimanded andpenalized by any government transport agency.

On oil price hikesand fare hikes

National Book Store Success StoryNATIONAL BOOK STORE, the Philippine’s larg-

est chain of bookstores is the featured successstory for today as we witness the life story of thewoman behind it, Socorro Ramos or more com-monly know to her staffs as Nanay Coring.

Her story is truly an in-spiring one as she builtthe business NationalBook Store from scratchwith a lot of challengesand hurdles as she andher husband Jose Ra-mos l i teral ly bui l t andrebui l t the businessthree t imes fromscratch. That’s the trueentrepreneurial spir i twith enough courage anddetermination.

Nanay Coring or MariaSocorro Cancio in her ear-ly years was born in Sta.Cruz, Laguna on Septem-ber 23, 1923. Ever she wasyoung, she grew up in anentrepreneurial environ-ment as one of the six chil-dren born to entrepreneurparents and grandmother.Her parents used to ran astore selling a lot of stuffsfrom slippers to clothesand a lot more while hergrandmother had a marketstall where the young So-corro got used to seeingcustomers withdrawitems on credit. Unfortu-nately, her grandmotherdid not managethe busi-ness carefully not main-taining a list of thoseitems availed on credit

Jose. Because of this act,her family was so furiousand angry that they con-sidered her dead already.It was short-lived thoughlasting only until Socorrogave birth to her twinsnamed Alfredo, who isnow the President of Na-tionalBook Store and Ben-jamin, now the Vice Pres-ident.

As mentioned above,the business NationalBook Store faced a lot ofchallenges as it was builtand rebuilt three timesfrom scratch!

First, Socorro admittedthat it was not easy to startthe business fromscratch. She recalled thatduring the Japanese occu-pation, they would look oneach and every book titleon sale. If they found ques-tionable books, theywould just tear the pagesoff leaving them useless.So instead of sellingbooks, Socorro and Josedecided to fill their book-shelves with stuffs fromcandies, soap, slippers,papers, and cigarettes.During the war, she wouldtransfer goods to hersmaller stores.

Second, when the Japa-nese were driven away, itwas now the time for theAmericans. Their NationalBook Store stall in Escoltawas damaged in the war.They recovered a bit byselling unused greetingcards and uncensoredbooks, which they had hid-den in their home.

Third, in 1945, they relo-cated their National BookStore previously located atEscolta to Avenida. Thebusiness is doing quitewell during first few post-war school years but un-fortunately, three years af-ter, a typhoon blew theroof of their store and theywere left with soakedbooks and stuffs thatwere worthless. Again, forthe third time, they haveto start from zero.

They struggled hard torebuilt National Book Storefor the third time. Butsince then, every centavothat they earned wereused to buy the lot wherethe Rizal Avenue Branchof NationalBook Storestands to this day.

Today, National BookStore is considered asthe largest chain ofbookstores in the coun-try. They have venturedinto several businessesalready such as a conve-nience-type storenamed NBS Book Ex-press, publishing com-panies named Cacho-Hermanos printingpress, Anvil Books andCapitol-Atlas Publishing,anotherbook storenamed Powerbooks,music store named Tow-er Records and MusicOne, Gift Gate, the homeof Hello Kitty and Swatch,and a department storenamed Crossings de-partment store. Socor-ro’s children and rela-tives ran all these.

Socorro Ramos’ l ifeand success story andthe challenges that shefaced with her busi-ness National BookStore business wasanother inspiring story.In fact, i t was recog-nized when she waschosen as the Ernstand Young’s PhilippineEntrepreneur of theYear in 2005.

Today, at the age of 85,Socorro Ramos or Nan-ay Coring acts as theGeneral Manager of Na-tional Book Store. Andshe told that the corevalues in her successare to keep learning,being actively involvedin the business, beingable to read changes andact on them immediate-ly, and most of all, nevergive up!

pack of cigarettes leverag-ing her efforts. Sincethen, the young Socorrowas on her way to becomean entrepreneur as earlyas 10 years old!

Immediately after grad-uating from Arellano HighSchool, she worked as asalesgirl at Goodwill BookStore owned by the familyof her present husbandJose Ramos. Socorro’sbrother Manuel marriedone of the Ramos childrenand in 1940, they neededsomeone to look after thebranch they set up alongEscolta Street, on theground floor of PanciteriaNational.Jose Ramos tookover it and asked Socorroto work on him in thatbranch. They renamed itas National Book Store.

Their love story beganbut her parents wereagainst with it as Socor-ro was just 18 years oldback then. She was toldto stay in the province tokeep away from marry-ingJose Ramos . But asthey say, true love neverdies, the young Socorrowith just 11 pesos in herpocket, struggled to wentback to Manila to marry

and their business fell.After that event, they

went to Manila. Her moth-er struggled hard to feedsix children and the youngSocorro considered her-self as lucky if she gotmoney from her mother.Her elder sisters helpedthe family by working in acandy and bubble gum fac-tory and she spent hersummer doing summerjobs too. In one instance,young Socorro was hiredto peel off the paper usedin old cigarettes so that itcan be reuse to make newfresh cigarette sticks. Shereceived 5 centavos perpack of cigarettes. But theyoung Socorro started herentrepreneurial skills andhired kids and their neigh-borhood paying them 5centavos for every two-

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MORIONES FESTIVAL is a very popular festival inthe Philippines. The festival is the most unique festi-val in the world. The Moriones festival is celebratedin Marinduque every Holy Week. The festival depictsthe martyrdom of St. Longinus. It was believed thatSt. Longinus, a Roman soldier who pierced JesusChrist’s side on the crucifixion.

One of the most colorful festivals celebrated inthe island of Marinduque is the Moriones Festival.Morion means “mask” or “visor,” a part of the medi-eval Roman armor which covers the face. Moriones,on the other hand, refers to the masked and cos-tumed penitents who march around the town forseven days searching for Longinus. This week-longcelebration starts on Holy Monday and culminateson Easter Sunday when the story of Longinus is re-enacted in pantomime. This is a folk-religious festi-val that re-enacts the story of Longinus, a Romancenturion who was blind in one eye.

The Moriones are the Marinduqueños in colorfulcostumes and masks replicating the garb of Romansoldiers. The act of donning this attire and roamingthe streets in town in the heat of the sun is doneduring Lent as a form of yearly penance by nativesof Marinduque. Many practitioners are local farm-ers or fishermen. The artistic and colorful attiresand masks worn are unique expressions of folk artand local ingenuity.

The practice originated from the town of Mogpog aclosely knit community which continues to establishitself as a religious center in the province. Here thepractice having been made an integral part of Lentenchurch rituals for over a hundred years, has under-gone very little change.

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PREPARING for a wed-ding is like walking

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Hide all visible bodypiercing and tattoos withlong-sleeved clothing. Beas conservative as pos-sible when meeting yourfuture in-laws for thefirst time. Parents havea tendency to judge youby the first impression.

If you fear the unmistak-able beeping sound inter-rupting your exchange ofvows then ask the masterof ceremonies to kindlyrernind invited guests toswitch off all electronicdevices minutes beforeyou walk down the aisle.Another option is to printthe request directly intoprogramme, either at thebottom of the page or onthe back because any-thing more prominentmight be construed as be-ing obsessive; subtlety isalways better.

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When addressing yourinvite cards, be sure to notinclude the children’sname if you want yourwedding to be an adults-only affair. But some par-ents may call to ask if theycan bring their kids. It’s asticky situation that must

be handled tactfully. Ex-plain that you want to keepit a strictly no-kids affair,but in the same conversa-tion, add that their entirefamily is invited to a bar-becue a month after thewedding. This is so theydon’t get the impressionthat you don’t like theirchildren.

Walking the bride downthe aisle is an honour tra-ditionally reserved for thefather, In the case of brideswho have a father and astepfather, she can haveeither, or both men, walkher down the - if she isclose to both of them. As afather or stepfather of thebride, please accept gra-ciously whatever decisionthe bride makes. Forbrides whose fathers areno longer with them, thenext nearest and dearestmale (not necessarily afamily member either) inher life should give heraway.

If, from past experience,you find the bouquet tossan embarrassing and in-sulting ritual for singles,then don’t do it. There’s nolaw engraved in stone thatsays you must follow tra-dition - create your own.

One of your three bestfriends is hoping that shegets the job as bridesmaidbut you have alreadypromised it to someoneelse. How do you tell herthe bad news? Take herout for coffee and gentlybreak the news to her andbe honest. Perhaps, cre-ate another role for herlike manning the receptiontable. But do let her knowthat she is still one of yourclosest friends and thatwill never change.

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Have safe cosmetic enhancements and surgeryA GOOD DOCTOR priori-

tizes safety as being para-mount for the patient. Thepatient’s discernment inassessing the doctor isimportant, they must beaware that their safety isnot breached nor routinelyapproached.

“There are doctors whodo not have the completeand proper training to prac-tice cosmetic surgery.Worst, there are thosewho have no medical back-ground or nurses withtheir prolong assistance tothe cosmetic surgeon, dosurgery themselves. Thepatients pay the high priceof being a victim of thesescrupulous people, result-ing to lost of life or physi-cal deformities,” says Dr.Jane P. Enriquez.

Dr. Enriquez, president ofthe Philippine Academy ofCosmetic Surgery is alsoone of the “Top 100 BestCosmetic Surgeons of theWorld” awardee and “2010Dangal ng Bayan Achieve-ment Award for CosmeticMedicine” awardee. Andbeing among the few pio-neers and mentor of mostand upcoming cosmeticsurgeons, she was ac-claimed in the industry asthe “Mother of CosmeticSurgery.”

At the JJ & J 888 Rejuvina-tion Surgicenter, Dr. Enriqu-

ez heightens concerns onsafe, less or minimally inva-sive and acceptable surgi-cal results on patients.

Cosmetic surgery is sur-gery, and it should not beequated to a beauty parlorvisit because according toDr. Enriquez, any operationshave some degree of inher-ent risks and life-threaten-ing complications. Onlyboard certified, competentand well-trained surgeonsby a recognized cosmeticsurgeon with proven trackrecord of successful oper-ations should perform theprocedures in the properlocation and environment.

She stressed the impor-tance of aesthetic sense andjudgment in assessing pa-tients to maximize accept-able cosmetic results fittedfor their personality andneeds. In doing the refine-ments of patient the artistictalent of the doctor is veryimportant to prevent the ar-tificial look after a proce-dure. She is credited as adistinct doctor with a “virtu-oso touch” in cosmetic en-hancements because of theunnoticeable, natural look-ing results of her works —each one a masterpiece.

A plastic surgeon cannotbe mistaken as a cosmeticsurgeon. These are twodifferent disciplines andspecialization. While some

plastic surgeons are alsointo cosmetic surgery, theyare for a more in-depth re-construction of abnormaldisfigurement such ascongenital defects, injuriesor lost of limbs from acci-dents and similar situa-tions.

“Cosmetic surgery is aspecialty by itself and itsmain purpose is rejuvena-

tion and enhancement ofwhat is already normalfor a pleasing personal-ity and improved rela-tionships with their part-ners,” says Dr. Enriquez.

Visit the JJ & J 888 Re-juvination Surgicenter atMarbella II Tower, RoxasBlvd., Pasay City or call Dr.Enriquez at 400-5539, or0939-1227-888. (Jo Garbo)

Greetings

***BELATED HAPPY Happy birthday to Benjo

Bernabe of Parañaque City last March 20, 2010!May God belss you with good health! Thanks forserving and meeting the needs of the people ofParañaque City. More Power! Nasa likod n’yolang po kami, lingon ka lang! Thank you po sa

lahat! Love and greetings from your PBN family.***

BELATED Happy24th Birthday toJuvelie P.Esconde of MTOSpa last March17, 2010.Greetings fromBhing and allstaff of MTOSpa.

CONGRACONGRACONGRACONGRACONGRATULATULATULATULATULATIONSTIONSTIONSTIONSTIONS to Miguelira Gwyneth Sapi-co and Rachel Mae Ybaniez, Kinder 1-Joy of Academia deCovina, graduated last March 20, 2010 at Robinsons Imus,Cavite. And Hi to their teachers Mina Jacobo, Jhon Jacobo,Vanessa, Anna, and Lorie, for being kind and ‘mahabangpasensiya’ sa mga makukulit na mga bata. Greetings from:Mama Nel, Ate Ellen and Tito Rodel.

***Happy Happy birthday to

Renato “Nono” Adjay,circulation staff of

People’s Brigada News onApril 6, 2009. Wishing you

all the best, good healthand be a good boy always!

God bless! Inumannaaaaa! Yahoo, yahoo!

Facebook pa! Greetingsfrom your PBN family

***Belated Happy Birthday last

March 22 to Adamu UbaRano! Assalamu Alaikum.

May Allah (SWT) make OurDays Useful, Our Night

Restful, Our Home Peace-ful, Our Efforts Fruitful,

Our Worlds Truthful & OurEnd Beautiful. Ameen.

jumu’at Mubarak!

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SA lumipas na taon hin-di ko inaakala na hindi nakita mapagbibigyan ng isapang pag kakataon paramapatawad, dahil sa na-gawang mong ipag palitako sa iba, Masakit yun ha!ilang baldeng luha ang ini-luha ko sa’yo. Ikaw pa na-man ang kauna-unahankung minahal at nagingboyfriend at matalik pangkaibigan, kaya nga nahu-log ang loob ko sayo dahilkilalang kilala na kita at ngfamily ko” magkasamatayo sa lahat ng problema,saya, at sa kakulitan... satotoo lang hindi na biro angating mga pinagsamahangmabibigat na problema.

Sa binitiwan mong sali-ta sa akin na mahal mo ako,tinawanan na lang kita,alam ko kasing iba ang ti-nitibok na puso mo,,,,pero hindi ka umalis atnanatili ka sa tabi ko, kara-may sa mga sakit nanararamdaman ng pusoko dahil binabale wala akong gusto ko. Sinabihanmo pa nga akong, “kahithindi ka na mag ayos aymaganda ka pa rin para sakin,” napatawa naman

ako ng malakas sa sinabimo, pero nang tingnan moako sa mata sa mata ay na-kikita kung nakatatak na-pala sa puso mo angpagkatao ko. Kaya isa nasiguro dahilan kaya nahu-log ang loob ko sa’yo.

Sa lumipas na mga pana-hon ay nagkahiwalay tayo,nag katrabaho ka sa ibanglugar at napadpad namanako syudad at dun na rinnanirahan. pero hindi kapa rin sumuko. tinuruanmo ang puso ko na maha-lin ka kaya naman na-pasagot mo na ako.

Sa pitong buwannatingrelasyon ay mahabahaba naring relasyon kumpara saiba pero ang kwento parana sa ilang taon na rin bu-hat nang magsimula. Pi-tong buwan na puro saya

at tulo ng luha, away batialam nating dalawa na pilitkitang inintindi sa kabila ngpagkakalayo natin. inuna-wa ko ang pagkukulangmo, pinunan ang kahinaanmo. at kahit hadlang angnanay ko ipinaglaban kita,ganun kita kamahal.

Pero nang dumating siyanabalewala lahat ng sakri-pi-syo ko, nakalimot ka sa lahatng pangako mo. ang ilangtaong pagkakaibigan natinisinantabi mo. at nang pi-napili kita siya ang pinili mo.

Totoo palang parangbinibiyak ang puso mo sasakit, akala ko kasi noonekseherado lang sila. na-wawalan ng lasa ang pag-kain, hindi makatulog sagabi, at ayaw tumigil ng mgamata sa pagluha. lahat ngkanta sa radyo o palabas satv kahit comedy na, gustomo pa ring iyakan. Ayawmong maka-karinig nggoodbye at galit ka sa mgamang-aagaw. gusto mongkalbuhin ang mga malaland-ing babae siguro dala ng ka-gustuhan mong makagantisa sakit na pinagdadaananmo. totoo palang lahat iyon.

Akala ko noon hindi nakita mapapatawad. mali palaako. apat na taon mula nangiwan mo ako naubos na anglahat ng luha ko. sa paulit-ulit mong pagpapasakit sapuso ko natutunan ko naang magparaya, ang pa-

kawalan ka. sa panahongwala ka mas minahal kona ang sarili ko. binigyanng importansya ang sar-iling mga pangarap atnagsimulang mulingmabuhay. ipinaubaya nakita sa kanya. masaya narin ako para inyo. tumah-an na ang puso ko sa pag-iyak dahil ngayon kahitmag-isa ramdam kongnakangiti na ito at puno ngbagong pag-asa.

Kanina nag text ka. sabimo, “birthday ko ngay-on.” natawa ako. kailan-gan mo ba talagang ip-aalala? alam kong birth-day mo wala lang talagaakong balak na batiin ka.kaya ko na kasing mabu-hay nang wala ka kayabakit pa kita itetext parabatiin? pero dahil hindina ako nasasaktan nagre-ply ako sa’yo, sabi ko,“Happy birthday, wish komaging happy ka lagi.”hindi ka nag thank you,lalo tuloy akong natawa.bitter ka ba? maya-mayapa’y nagtext ka ulit sabimo, “Belated happy birth-day sa’yo.” sumagot ulitako, “Thanks... ingat.” ta-pos ay hindi na ulit tumu-nog ang cellphone ko.

Kanina ko lang nareal-ize napapagod din palaang puso. at kanina kolang din nalaman na hin-di na pala kita mahal...

ARIES (March. 21- April 19)- This week marks atransition as the Sun moves out of Pisces and

into Aries on March 20, the Spring Equinox. You maybecome restless and easily bored with your usual rou-tine. Use this time to explore new options and uncoverfresh challenges.

TAURUS (April 20- May. 20) -A meeting may con-nect you with someone unique. This person may

have access to ideas and experiences that could ben-efit you. He or she could help you resolve a problemthat has worried you for some time.

GEMINI (May. 21- June 21) - Your goals are in focusand within reach. With a packed Tenth House, you

seem poised to succeed. Your approach to your ca-reer is one of creative enterprise. Go for it! It’s time tobe a lot more proactive when it comes to connectingwith new people.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) - Use this week’s NewMoon to submit your book idea to a publisher or

agent, make a list of ambitious goals, and plan thevacation of a lifetime. Both Mercury and the Sun moveinto Aries, giving your career a boost.

LEO (July 22- Aug. 22) - Activity in your EighthHouse is encouraging you to look beneath the

surface and seek out hidden agendas. Not only yourown but those of others as well. You are in the moodto dream. Make use of the power of images to enableyou to resolve old conflicts and create greater suc-cess.

VIRGO (Aug. 23- Sept. 23) -Your social life isblossoming. Relationships of all kinds are work-

ing out well, whether they are business, romantic, orotherwise. This week’s New Moon in Pisces is greatfor taking relationships to a new level.

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) - The focus this week onyour lifestyle, health, and work zone is quite

strong. Whatever you want to achieve, try to let yourimagination guide you, and learn to use images in or-der to enable you to succeed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24- Nov. 22) -Your Fifth House con-tinues to be in focus. This is your leisure and

pleasure zone. It’s also associated with romance, newlove affairs, and playful creativity. Jupiter will be inthis area for some time, encouraging you to use yourimagination and allow it to inform and guide your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23- Dec. 21) - You seem ableto simply know things rather than use logic.

Names are very often to be found on the tip of yourtongue rather than in your head, and the same is trueof facts and information. Yet this blend of influencesalso has its positive side.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19) - You’ll go all out toobtain your heart’s desire on Tuesday. However,

once you achieve your aspiration, you’ll be surprisedto discover you aren’t as happy as you thought you’dbe. Keep that in mind the next time you wish upon astar.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20- Feb.18) - There is a lot moreto you than meets the eye. You really are a trea-

sure. Having Jupiter in your Second House is helpingyou to understand this. Take stock of your skills, tal-ents, and abilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19- March. 20) -The New Moon inPisces on Monday is one of the best New Moons

of the year for you. You get inspired ideas and a desireto experiment with new approaches to old problems.Mercury moves into Aries on Wednesday, so thinkabout your finances and get a clear idea of your goals.

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Dyok...Dyok...Dyok!!!Dyok...Dyok...Dyok!!!Dyok...Dyok...Dyok!!!Dyok...Dyok...Dyok!!!Dyok...Dyok...Dyok!!!Teacher: Ok class, our

lesson for today is aboutthe Solar System. Earthis the third planet fromthe Sun. Now what is nextto Mercury? Pedro?Pedro: Murag Rose Phar-macy man tingali Mam! Dko lang sure haw..

***3 TANGA NAGSISIKSIKANSA MALIIT NA KAMA...Tanga1: pare hindi tayo

kasya, bawas tau ng isa. Ssalapag nalang matulog.

(Bumaba si Tanga 3)Tanga2: Ayan pare,

maluwag na akyat ka nadito!

***Nurse1: Hoy bakit may

thermometer sa tengamo?

Nurse2: Ha? Susmary-osep kaninong puwet kokaya naiwan yung ballpenko!

***Kung si Manny Villar

ang tunay na mahirap..mga hampas lupa tayonglahat!

***Villanueva: Diyos at TaoGordon: Dugo at PawisGibo: Galing at TalinoVillar: Sipag at TiyagaNoynoy: Mama at Papa

***Mom: Doc ano gagawin

ko sa anak ko ang liit ngari niya?

Doktor: Madali lang ‘yanmisis.. pakainin mo nghotcake.

Kinabukasan nagluto ngsampung hotcake si Mom-m y

Anak: Wow! Andaminghotcake!

Mom: Hep hep.. tatlo langang sa’yo dyan.. sa daddymo ang pito!

***Bata: Pabili po ng ubasTindera: Wala kaming

ubas.Kinabukasan

Bata: Pabili po ng ubasTindera: Wala nga kam-

ing ubas, karinderya kaya‘to!

Kinabukasan ulitBata: Pabili po ng ubasTindera: Wala ngang

ubas dito! Isa pang tanongmo bata ka, iisteplerin kona mukha mo!

Kinabukasan na namanBata: May stapler po

kayo?Tindera: Wala, bakit?Bata: Pabili po ng ubas

Libangan

March 26-28, 2010

Anne at Sam, naubusan ng gimikAnne at Sam, naubusan ng gimikAnne at Sam, naubusan ng gimikAnne at Sam, naubusan ng gimik

ALAKASang bulung-bulunganna sa mgasusunod

na araw ay jontis na angyounger sister ni Vina Mo-rales na si Shaina Mag-dayao.

Hindi pa man, magmulanang “ma-snatch” ni Shainasa mga kamay ni Ruffa Guti-errez si John Lloyd Cruz, aytalagang kung saan saan na-kikita ang dalawa na parangyoung honeymooners.Panay ang good time. Ditonga, pagkagaling pa langnila sa Bangkok.. take note,walang chaperone, ha.. aynamataan na sina Lloydie atShaina sa Boracay. Ang aganila doon ha, Thursday palang naroon na ang dalawa(na silang dalawa lang) sa-mantalang Sunday paang live telecast ngASAP XV. Sabing ating mgakolokadidangdoon, sweet nasweet daw angdalawa at tala-gang wala na silang tinat-ago unlike sa pagkaka-link ni Lloydie kay Ruff-ing na maraming denials.Para tuloy gusto na nam-ing maniwala kay Prof.Roger Ruiz, isang psy-chic na nagforetell na sa2011 magpapa-”putok”ng isang bata si Lloydieat Shaina. Bongga!

Sabagay, mas mabuti nahabang maaga magkaroonng mga supling ang dalawakung talagang nagmama-halan sila at baka matuladkay Ogie Diaz at Regine Ve-lasquez na kailangan pangmagsasayaw sa imahe ni SanPascual Baylon, angpatron ng fertility saObando, Bulacan!

***SPEAKING of

Regine, marami angnaaaliw sa Diva niRegine Velasquez.Bongga nga ang first-ever kantaserye sa TV,at hindi na kataka-takana makakuha ito ng30.2% last Tuesday, at

patuloy pa raw na tumataas.Hanggang ngayon nga ay

mabisang formula pa rin angtungkol sa isang pangit perotalented na si Sampaguita naginagampanan ni Regine.

Pero, what makes Diva moreendearing to the viewers are thesongs performed in the showthat are truly close to the heartsof Filipinos. Pinoys love tosing at sa pamamagitan ng kan-ta ay nai-express ng mga Pinoyang kanilang nararamdaman.Eh, panay kanta pa ng Asia’ssongbird ang ginagamit sa

Diva, kaya lalongn a g - i - e n j o yang mgamanonood.

I s a n g

bagay na inaabangan din saDiva ay ang pagsulpot ng mgamusic icons at showbiz celeb-rities kahit cameo role lang.Last week, napansin sina Moy-moy Palaboy at mukhang mag-babalik din si Ogie Alcasid.

At siyempre pa, importanterin na may magagandang aral

na nakukuha ang mga viewerssa Diva, bukod sa mga naka-ka-in love na kantahan nito atsa mga nakakatawang eksena.

Isa nga sa mga values na ip-inapakita sa Diva ay ̀ yung hu-wag mong gawin sa kapwa moang ayaw monggawin sa iyo. Atsiyempre, nakapa-loob din sa Divaang mga aral nadapat ay mahalinmo ang kapwamo, maniwala sasarili mo, supor-tahan mo angkabutihan at talen-to ng mga tao sapaligid mo.Hendevanini?!

***N A G U L AT

kami sa three-termer na Manilacouncilor na si Cita Astals nadinala sa programa ni VickyMorales sa GMA7 na “Wish

Ko Lang” at nag-wish namagpapa-rehab yatasiya. Marami na kasinghallucinations si Citana naging dahilan ngpagiging paranoidniya. Kesyo maraming

nagmamanman dawsa kanya, merongpapatay daw sakanya, meronggustong umakyat sakanyang bahay,merong nagtatap-ping sa kanyangkuryente, kung anu-

ano pa at anything na para bangnasisiraan na ng bait. Sabi ngisang psychology expert, itongmga hallucinations na ito aybunga ng too much na pag-te-take ng sleeping pills -- wagnaman sanang masamain, ano-- pati ng drugs tulad ng mgadowners at uppers.

Sana naman bumalik nasa dati si Cita dahil barka-da ko ito nu’ng sa goldendays pa namin sa PhilipineCouncilors League. Ma-galing pa naman itongmambabatas at siyemprede kalibreng character ac-tress din si Cita Astals.Siguro kailangan lang nggabay at tulong nga.

We congratulate Vicky

M MM

Morales at ang Wish Ko Langkung matutulungan nga nilaitong si Cita Astals sa kanyangdilemma. ‘Yun na!

***MALAPIT nang ipalabas

ang “Babe I Love You” ng StarCinema at Viva Films na unangpelikulang magkasama ninaAnne Curtis at Sam Milbypagkatapos ng kanilang TVproject na "Dyosa" at "MagingSino Ka Man." Pero wala nangmaisip na gimik ang dalawa da-hil paso na ang away-bati isyusa dalawa. Malamig pa savangkay ang kanilang pagtitinginan butnot onscreen dahil marami ang nagsas-abi na bongga daw talaga ang bago ni-lang movie.

Sabagay, itong si Anne ay free soul, kungkani-kanino nali-link yan. Samantalang siSam ay di malaman kung madre ito o ano da-hil ma-link man sa gurlash, very short livednaman! “Vahkit?!” tanong ni Venigna Vangkiy-od. Pero sa kabila nito, we are anticipating theshowing of the movie. Sige na nga!

***TINANGGAL na sa gag show na Bub-

ble Gang si Francine Prieto. Kasi ayon sachism, siya daw ay absent-minded sapagtatrabaho. Ang sexy actress na tal-agang pinagkakitaan noon ng SeikoFilms at desirable pa rin ang ganda

hanggang ngayon,ay nag-react at sin-abing hindi totooang mga chism naito dahil very dedi-cated ito sa kan-yang trabaho.

Ano kaya kungtotoo ang sinasabina mayroong isangmataas na executivena di lang magetsingang matamis na “oo” niFrancine at hindi ma-TONTENG ang datingsexy actress, kaya sinibak

siya sa longest-running and top rating gagshow na Bubble Gang? Nagtatanong lang!

THE Philippine SportsCommission (PSC) reward-ed the hard work put up byFilipino differently-abled ath-letes in the 5th ASEAN Para-Games handing out cash in-centives to all 74 medalists.

PSC chairman Harry Ang-ping released P730,000 thatwill be given to the 24 gold,24 silver and 26 bronze Fili-pino medalists that competedlast December in Bukit Jalil,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The 24-24-26 medal out-put gave the RP delegation,handled by the MikeBarredo-led Philippine

Disabled athletes also getDisabled athletes also getDisabled athletes also getDisabled athletes also getDisabled athletes also getDisabled athletes also getcash rewards from PSCcash rewards from PSCcash rewards from PSCcash rewards from PSCcash rewards from PSCcash rewards from PSC

Sports Association for the Dif-ferently-Abled (Philspada), afifth place finish among the 11competing countries.

A gold medalist receivedP15,000 while silver andbronze medal winners earnedP10,000 and P5,000 in cashincentives. Teams that alsomedaled received the sameamount which will be dividedamong members of the squad.

Athletics produced the mostnumber of medals in theASEAN ParaGames with eightfollowed by the seven each ofchess and swimming.

Swimmer Ernie Gawilan

emerged with the biggestincentive among 74 med-alists with P45,000 be-hind a three-gold haul inthe 100m, 200m and400m freestyle events.

Trackster Jerrold PeteMangliwan went homewith P40,000 after win-ning the gold int he 100mand 400m runs and a sil-ver in the 200m event.

Chess wizard Abra-ham Peligro collected anindividual and team goldmedals in the men’s blindB2 and B2/B3 categoriesto pocket P30,000.

Meralco eyes comebackon cage via PBA

MANILA ElectricCompany (Meralco),

a company with rich basket-ball tradition, has expressed in-terest in joining the PhilippineBasketball Association (PBA).

A source from thecompany, who re-quested anonymity,disclosed that thegroup of business-m a n / s p o r t s m a nManuel V. Pangili-nan had already an-nounced to some keycompany employeesits plan to participatein the PBA.

P a n g i l i n a n ’ sPLDT group ownsmajority of the sharesof Meralco, the Phil-ippines’ largest pow-er distributor.

Pangilinan is alsorunning the affairs ofTalk ‘N Text in thePBA and if ever Mer-

alco enters the pro league, itwill become a sister companyof the Tropang Texters.

“Mr. Pangilinan alreadymade the announcement [of theintent to field a team in the

PBA]," the source said.“Of course, Meralco

isn’t new to the sport be-ing one of the most popu-lar teams in the old Micaa[Manila Industrial Com-

mercial Athletic As-sociation]. Asideform basketball, thecompany also hasdifferent groups in-volved in sports,particularly run-ning," the sourceadded.

Whether Meral-co, champion in the1971 Micaa wars,will enter as an ex-pansion team or buyone of the existingfranchises in thePBA remains a bigquestion. The PBAis planning to ex-pand its participat-ing squads from 10to 12 by 2011.

The Meralco team celebrates itschampionship in the 1971 Micaa tournamentin this file photo.

REMEMBER WHEN?Roderick Paulate (secondfrom left) at the set of apopular 60s TV show, “Apatna Sikat”, hosted by LalaAunor, Winnie Santos,Arnold Gamboa andDondon Nakar. In thisphoto, Dick dances with(from left) Jingle Cabrera,Lala Aunor, and EfrenMontes. After showbiz, Lalahas been in and out of thecountry, says “nagdadalaako ng mga shows abroadand busy with my manpow-er business pa rin.” Rightnow Lala is organizing areunion of the “Apat naSikat” hosts possibly inCanada this September.

DIVA teaser

FRANCINE PRIETO

brigada march 26

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