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VOLUME 6NUMBER 91FRI - SATJANUARY 18 - 19, 2013

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BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Asfarmers from Central Luzonbrace to commemorate on

Jan. 22 the so-called MendiolaMassacre 26 years ago, militantsappealed yesterday to the Aquinoadministration to “rectify theerrors of the past” by indemnifyingthe families of the farmers whowere killed that day.

Farmers to mark 1987Mendiola Massacre

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Want families of 13 victims indemnified

Gov. Pineda, BM David-Dizon and provincial doctors break ground forthe P8-million projects to improve the Romana Pangan district hospitalin Floridablanca town. Earlier, Pineda inaugurated the P4.9-million newbuilding in the same hospital. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES.

BY JOEY PAVIA

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The pro-vincial government is negotiating withprivate firms for the early completionof the P72-million diagnostic center atthe Diosdado P. Macapagal Memorial

Pineda wants early finishto P72-M diagnostics center

Hospital (DPMMH) in Guagua town.This, according DPMMH chief Dr.

Eddie Ponio who joined Gov. Lilia Pine-da in inspecting the two-storey centerat the DPMMH on Thursday. Theywere accompanied by Board Members

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CLARK FREEPORT - With thetip of its wings conspicuouslycurved upward, the world’s reput-ed first environment- friendlycommercial aircraft arrived hereWednesday from Malaysia, thefirst such aircraft to land in thePhilippines.

AirAsia’s A320 airbus withso-called “sharklet” wings land-ed at 10 a.m. at the Clark Inter-national Airport (CIA) here, sanswelcoming fanfare. The sharkletsreferred to the wings’ upward

‘Sharklet’lands at CIA

Hontiveros and Luciano welcome first landing in Phl of sharklet-winged A320.PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

CLARK FREEPORT - With workon the controversial North Luzonrailways aborted by the govern-ment, the Clark International Air-port Corp. (CIAC) is eyeing theuse of more buses and evensmall planes to ferry passengersfrom Metro Manila and NothernLuzon provinces to the airporthere.

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SANS NORTHRAIL

Buses, smallplanes to

service Clark

BY ASHLEY MANABAT

CAPAS, Tarlac — MayorAntonio “TJ” Rodriguezhas ordered the suspen-sion of a Korean travelagency which manages awellness center catering totourists visiting Mt. Pinatu-bo for various offenses af-ter a drowning incident atthe volcano’s crater-lakeon Jan. 2.

Pull Travel DestinationCorp. (PTDC), a Koreanfirm that operates PDCSpa which count among itsclients tourists trekking to

DROWNING AFTERMATH

Capas mayor orderssuspension of Pinatubo

Korean investorMt. Pinatubo, was orderedsuspended

indefinitely by Rodrigu-ez after its representativesfailed to show up in ameeting on Jan. 14 at theOffice of the Mayor herewhere the victim’s family,various representativesfrom the Philippine AirForce, the local polie ledby Supt. Salvador Destu-ra, barangay officials ofSta. Juliana – the jump offpoint for tourists trekkingto Mt. Pinatubo – led bybarangay captain Salvador

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CLARK FREEPORT—Members of the Man-agement Committee(ManCom) of Clark De-velopment Corporationvoluntarily waived someof their benefits in sup-port of CDC’s improvedfiscal management pro-gram initiated by Presi-dent and CEO Arthur P.Tugade.

Vice President NoelManankil of CDC’s Fi-nance Group said thestate-owned firm is ex-pected to save morethan P2 million a yearfrom their benefits withthe move by the Man-Com.

Proceeds from thesavings will be used topurchase a service vehi-cle that will transportCDC employees to andfrom the various Freeportentry points.

Coinciding with the20th anniversary of itsorganization, the sav-ings will also improvethe financial standing ofthe corporation in termsof personnel servicesand other operationalexpenses.

Manankil said thatgasoline allocation, in-cluding their allowanceson rice, uniform andcommunication, are partof the waived benefits.

The CDC ManCominitiative was lauded bythe members of theBoard, including newly-designated ChairmanEliseo B. Santiago.

Since assuming thepost on December 18,Tugade has conducted

CDCexecswaive

benefits

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLICNotice is hereby given that spouses ENRICO B. HILARIO and

LILIAN G. HILARIO executed a Deed of Absolute Sale in favor ofKODEC REALTY CORPORATION, represented by MARISSA D. TORRESon 4 parcels of land, to wit:

TCT No. 651174-RLot 40, Block 14 of the subdivision plan, Psd-03-150667, being a

portion Block 50, Pcs-03-001585 LRC Rec. No.__, situated in the Barrio ofTelabastagan & Calibutbut, Mun. of San Fernando & Bacolor, Province ofPampanga.







Punto! Central Luzon: January 11, 18 & 25, 2013

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICNotice is hereby given that JULIET G. ALCASID represented by her

Attorney-in-Fact LILIAN G. HILARIO thru a Special Power of Attorneyexecuted a Deed of Absolute Sale in favor of KODEC REALTYCORPORATION, represented by MARISSA D. TORRES on 2 parcels ofland, to wit:





Punto! Central Luzon: January 11, 18 & 25, 2013

Salvador Dimson andOlga Frances “Fritzie”David-Dizon and GuaguaCouncilor Tonton Torres.

“It will be one of thebest when completed andat par with the same cen-ters in private hospitals.We must make patients,especially the poor ones,comfortable in our hospi-tals and see for them-selves that our diagnosisare accurate. We are

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Pineda wants early finish...working for the immedi-ate completion of theproject,” said Pineda inthe dialect.

Ponio said the centerwas recently completedand some P11 million hadbeen used by Pineda forthe project. It was part ofthe P25 million used toimprove the facilities atthe DPMMH, the provin-cial hospital of the prov-ince, which now has abed capacity of 100 pa-tients.

Ponio disclosed thatat least P60 million inequipment will be neededfor the center such ascomputed tomography(CT) scan, X-Ray ma-chines and 2-D echo. Headded that Pineda is intalks with private medicalcompanies for partnershipto complete the center in“three to six months.”

Ponio said Pineda hadpushed for the establish-ment of the center that willreduce the average cost

of diagnosis from “30 to50 pecent” compared tothat in private hospitals.

Ponio said the diag-nostic center will be thefirst among the 11 provin-cial government-run hos-pitals. He added that theyexpect more patients fromall 18 towns and three cit-ies in Pampanga when theproject is completed.

Ponio said they haveat least 100 out-patientsdaily and their beds are al-ways full.

slanted tips, each 1.7meters long.

“It’s the world’sfirst Airbus A320 with shar-klets operated by AirAsiaBerhad Malaysia,” saidClark International AirportCorp. (CIAC) president andchief executive officer Vic-tor Jose Luciano.

The aircraft glided ontothe Clark tarmac with 180passengers from KualaLumpur.

AirAsia Philippineschief executive officer

‘Sharklet’ lands at CIAFROM PAGE 1 Maan Hontiveros said the

sharklets of the aircraft “re-duce fuel burn and emis-sions by improving theaerodynamics of the air-craft significantly.”

“The sharklets aircraftwill enable savings of fourpercent in fuel consump-tion, corresponding to anannual carbon reduction ofaround 1,000 tons per air-craft,” she said.

Hontiveros also notedthat “sharklets offer theflexibility of either addingaround 100 nautical milesmore range or allowing in-

creased payload capabili-ty of up to 450 kilograms.”

Aircraft Capt. HansHernandez, safety manag-er of Philippines AirAsia,said AirAsia was privilegedby Airbus to get theworld’s first aircraft withsharklets because “AirA-sia is Airbus’ top custom-er for A320 aircraft.”

At a press briefing dur-ing the plane’s first land-ing here, no one seemedsure why the tips were re-ferred to as sharklets, butHontiveros theorized thename might have some-

thing to do with the appear-ance of sharks.

Meanwhile, Hontiverosalso disclosed that Philip-pines AirAsia would alsohave its own A320 aircraftwith sharklets by this April.

She said AirAsia hasplaced orders for 100 moreA320 aircraft, including 36A320ceo aircraft withsharklets.

“Altogether, AirAsiahas ordered 475 single air-craft from Airbus, compris-ing 264 A320neo and 211A320ceo,” she added. –Ding Cervantes

a series of meetings toimprove the fiscal man-agement of the firm bycutting back on capitaland operational expendi-

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CDC execs waive benefitstures.

The members of theManCom include the Ex-ecutive Vice President,Vice Presidents, and As-sistant Vice Presidents.

Tugade has called on

CDC employees to usherin a new culture in thestate-owned firm, stress-ing the need to offer great-er service to locators andstakeholders of the Free-port.

The new CDC presi-dent said that all CDC per-sonnel should be punctu-al, don a smile, and refusegifts from locators and ap-plicants.

–Press Release

BY GEORGE HUBIERNA

GERONA, Tarlac – Thistown’s police force maybe writing history.

During the signing ofthe “Peace Covenant forSafe and Secured Elec-tion (SAFE) 2013” by lo-cal candidates heldWednesday morning atthe St. Catherine of Al-exandria Parish Church,Supt. Ponciano Zafra,chief of police, surprisedeveryone present whenhe presented a total of49 firearms which hesaid were “voluntarilysurrendered” by privateand government officials.

In a press briefing,Zafra described the haulof high-powered firearmsthe local police’s “contri-bution in the campaignfor SAFE 2013.”

“Forty two of theseguns were f rom ourtown’s barangay chair-men who responded toour appeal to submit tous for safekeeping theirfirearms for the wholeduration of the electionperiod, while five camefrom private individualswho also voluntarily sub-mitted their guns withexpired f i rearms’licenses,”Zafra revealed.

Tarlac police directorSenior Supt. Alfred SottoCorpus, who was madewitness-signatory to thepeace covenant, com-mended Zafra for “thishistoric accomplishment.This only means that thePNP indeed gained thetrust and confidence ofthe people.”

It was gathered thatthe presentation of the 49surrendered firearmswas a first in the Prov-ince of Tarlac.

“Tradi t ional ly, thebarangay chairmen arebeing armed by some

politicians to terrorizevoters. But what hap-pened here, (is that) thebarangay chairmen ofGerona showed their sin-cere cooperation in en-suring a peaceful andcredible election,” Cor-pus added.

Asked for commenton his allowing the pre-sentation of the guns atthe parish church, FatherRamon Capuno said:“This is the house ofGod, this is a house ofpeace. We welcome allactivities which promotepeace”.

The signing of peacecovenant by the 17 localcandidates led by in-cumbent Mayor DennisNorman Go and Lakas-CMD Mayoral candidateOrlando Ines was orga-nized by Comelec mu-nic ipal of f icer Els ieSibal, DILG municipalofficer Lorenzo Abades,Parish Pastoral Councilfor Responsible Voting(PPCRV), FatherCapuno and this town’sPNP Station headed byZafra.

In a separate inter-v iew, Jun Bartolomeformer barangay chair-man and brother offormer PNP Chief Gen.Nicanor Bartolome, said“sa ip inaki tang pak-ikipagtulungan ng amingmga kapitan at ilang mgakababayan, naniniwalaakong muling magigingmapayapa ang daratingna election”.

Bartolome, a witnessto the peace covenantsigning and who himselfis set to surrender hisown licensed gun, urgedall holders of licensedand unlicensed firearmsto also submit or volun-tarily give up their gunsfor safekeeping by thistown’s police office.

49 guns ‘surrendered’; Gerona PNP ‘writes’ history

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

MORONG, Bataan- The OceanAdventure at the Subic Bay Free-port on Wednesday conductedtests preparatory to the rehabilita-tion of the rough-toothed dolphinfound stranded in the shallow por-tion of the sea in Candelaria, Zam-bales.

Dr. Mariel Flores, marine mam-mal veterinarian, took blood, stool,mucous and gastric samples of thedolphin placed at an inflatable poolat the Ocean Adventure rehabilita-tion center. Workers took turns inassisting the mammal to swim.

She said that gastric sample

Stranded sick dolphin gets treatmentis necessary to determine if thereis bleeding inside the stomach or ifthe dolphin has eaten garbage. “Lu-malabas ang plema sa blow holekaya dapat masuri upang malamankung may mikrobyo,” Flores said.

She said that it has also sign ofdehydration and needs gastric incu-bation. She said that the conditionof the dolphin has however improved.

“From last night, improved naang breathing at paglangoy bagama’tmay stress pa rin dahil nasaktan anggill sa mababaw na bahagi ng da-gat at pagkatapos nakalagay langsa stretcher ng ilang oras sa pagk-abiyahe.” The veterinarian said.

She force-fed the dolphin that has

not taken any food for two dayswith herrings and small squid.

“Ang pagtagal ng dolphin ditodepende sa response nito sa re-habilitation,” Flores said whenasked how long it would take be-fore it will be returned to the sea.

The dolphin is about two metersin length. “More than adult, matan-da na ito dahil pudpod na ang mgangipin,” she said.

She said that there were tworough-toothed dolphins that gotstranded in Candelaria. “Parangnina-nurse ng isa itong may sakitngunit nang magdatingan angmaraming tao, umalis na itong isa,”the veterinarian said.

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OLONGAPO CITY –Bumagsak sa kamay ngpulisya ang apat na want-ed persons sa magkaka-hiwalay na operasyon ngpulisya sa pagtugis samga wanted criminals salalawigan at lungsod.

Huli ang suspek na siAngelo Gumban, 18, res-idente ng Block 1, Lot 3,Family Subdivision,Barangay Sta. Rita, Olon-gapo City sa bisa ng alias

No. 1 at 6 Wanted Person, 2 iba pa arestadowarrant of arrest na ipinal-abas ni Judge Jose Bau-tista ng RTC Branch 73sa kasong paglabag saSec. 11, Article ll ng RA9165 ng may kaukulangpiyansang P200,000 atpaglabag sa PD 1866 namay piyansang P60,000.

Ang suspek ay No. 1sa talaan ng OlongapoCity PNP sa Most Want-ed Persons.

Huli din ang suspekna si Antonio Martinez,44, scavenger at resi-

dente ng Landfill, Purok4, Barangay New Cabal-an sa kasong rape ngwalang kaukulang piyan-sa.

Arestado din ang sus-pek na si Ferdinand Se-buado, 33, securityguard, residente ngBalite Lane, Purok 11,Barangay Old Cabalan sakasong attempted homi-cide na may kaukulangpiyansang P12,000 parasa pansamantalang ka-layaan nito.

Sa Zambales, huliang suspek na si RandyFontanilla, 34, residenteng Purok 6, BarangayCarael, Botolan, Zam-bales sa bisa ng warrantof arrest na ipinalabas niJudge Consuelo Amog-Bocar ng RTC Branch 71sa kasong homicide ngmay kaukulang piyan-sang P40,000.

Ang suspek ay pang-anim sa talaan ng Boto-lan PNP ng Most Want-ed Persons.

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ANGELES CITY, Pam-panga – “It is not surpris-ing that they found Con-gressman Lazatin’s officeempty. Congress is noteven in session yet”.

Thus said ICCalaguas, Chief PoliticalAffairs Officer of Pampan-ga First District Represen-tative Carmelo “Tarzan”Lazatin, on January 17 inresponse to the news ar-ticle released by thecamp of Mayor EdgardoPamintuan questioningLazatin’s attendance

‘Congress is not even in session’ – Lazatin campON ‘EMPTY OFFICE’

record in Congress afterresidents of Angeles Citysupposedly snapped aphoto of Lazatin’s emptyoffice on January 10.

“Of course, the Con-gressman’s office is emp-ty during the time theytook that picture, since asof the moment, Congressis sti l l in recess,”Calaguas said, “Sessionswill resume on January21”.

According to the leg-islative calendar, sessionsin Congress are ad-

journed from December22, 2012 until January 20,2013. Sessions officiallyresume on January 21and will run until February8, 2013.

Former Angeles CityBarangay Chairmen, whoare now included in thecontroversial job orderemployees of the Pamin-tuan administration, senta letter to House of Rep-resentatives Speaker Fe-liciano “Sonny” Belmonte,Jr. questioning Lazatin’salleged absences from

Congress and asking Bel-monte to reveal Lazatin’scomplete attendancerecord from July 2010 toDecember 2012.

“This is obviously apolitically-motivated ac-tion meant to tarnish thereputation of Congress-man Lazatin,” Calaguassaid, “In the desperationof the Pamintuan camp,they sic their lackeys onthe Congressman andturn to underhandedmeans just to discredithim,” she added.

Calaguas said thatwhile the Lazatin campwelcomes the formerchairmen’s queries, asthey have the right tosuch, she encourages theformer chairmen to firstexplain to the citizens ofAngeles just what exact-ly they are doing as joborder employees of theCity Government.

At least three of theformer barangay chairmenwho asked Belmonte forLazatin’s attendancerecord have been previ-

ously revealed to be in-cluded in the job order ap-pointment of the Pamin-tuan administration.

Aymer Alvarado,former chairman of Baran-gay Santo Cristo, JohnSladky, former chairmanof Barangay Agapito DelRosario, and ReynaldoPamintuan, former chair-man of Barangay NinoyAquino are all reportedlyreceiving a daily salary ofP272 per day from theCity Government. –TeamLazatin Media Bureau

ANGELES CITY – Just aweek after Mayor Edgar-do Pamintuan was votedin the Top 10 World May-ors by the London-basedCity Mayors Foundation(CMF), it was revealed thatits representative to thePhilippine Congress, Car-melo “Tarzan” Lazatin, isamong the top 10 absen-tee congressmen.

In a news report pub-lished by rappler.com(http://www.rappler.com/nation/19886-is-your-rep-resentative-a-frequent-ab-sentee), the experimentalonline news magazinepublished by former CNNAsia Burea chief andaward-winning journalistMaria Ressa, Lazatin wasnamed as among the top10 members of the Houseof Representatives with themost number of recorded

Tarzan among top 10 absentee congressmenabsences in 2012.

“Talaga po na nakaka-hiya itong balitang ito. Hin-di po maganda ito para saimage ng aming lungsod.Pinatutunayan nito angaming mga hinala at angkumakalat na balita nahindi na nga nakakapag-report si Ginoong Tarzansa Kongreso dahil nga sahindi kaya ng kanyangkatawan,” said PepitoJulian, president of theCooperative of FormerBarangay Chairmen ofAngeles City.

“Last year, the city gov-ernment of Angeles land-ed among the Top 10 cit-ies of the country for the2nd consecutive year, andour city mayor, EdgardoPamintuan, was one of the7 most outstanding may-ors as chosen by the pres-tigious Superbrands Incor-

porated. Kaya talaga pongnakakapanghina ang bali-tang ang congressman nglungsod na si Tarzan Laza-tin ay top 10 din, top 10sa dami ng absences.Kung grado sa eskwelah-an ang pag-uusapan, tiy-ak tayo na bagsak po siyasa dami ng hindi niya pag-pasok,” stated Aymer Al-varado, a member of thecooperative and formerchairman of Barangay Sto.Cristo.

John Sladky, formerBarangay Chair of Agap-ito del Rosario, addedthat, “Ang higit na naka-kahiya ay mas maramipang absences si Tarzankaysa sa dating Pangu-long Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, na alam namannatin na may sakit at inil-agay sa hospital arrest.Sa katunayan ay wala pa

sa kalahati ng 61 sessiondays ang ipinasok ni Gi-noong Tarzan. Kailanganpo niya itong ipaliwanag.Kung sa kongreso po ayhindi na siya nakakapa-sok, ano po ang maaasa-han natin sa kanya kungmagiging alkalde siya?Malamang ay wala.”

Earlier this month,some twenty nine formerbarangay chairmen in thiscity have asked HouseSpeaker Feliciano Bel-monte Jr. to reveal the July2010 to December 2012congressional attendanceof Lazatin.

In a formal letter dat-

ed January 7, 2013 andreceived at the Office of theSpeaker on January 10,2013, the former villagechiefs requested SpeakerBelmonte to furnish thegroup a copy of the July2010 to December 2012attendance of Lazatin.

–Team Agyu Tamu

HEALTH CARDS FOR INDIGENT ANGELEÑOS. Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan(top row, center) leads in the distribution of PhilHealth Cards to severalbeneficiaries from barangays Pulung Cacutud, Pulung Maragul, Pandanand Tabun. These 1000 recipients are the first among the 20,000 toreceive their PhilHealth cards from the Local Government and the PhilippineHealth Insurance Corporation. Also present during the distribution are:(from L-R) LNW Councilor Danica Lacson, Councilors Pogs Suller & JaySangil, Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting, Councilor Maricel Morales, ABCPresident Jojo Dimapilis, LUPAHO Head Amos Rivera and (bottom row,center) CENRO Head Lito Ganzon. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELES CIO

BY ARMAND M. GALANG

CABANATUAN CITY - Theregional special operationstask group (RSOTG) a teamto oversee preparations forthe safe and free midtermelections in May has net-ted 456 assorted firearmsthrough checkpoint opera-tions, implementation ofsearch warrants and knock-ing on doors of gun ownersin the province, a rankingofficial said.

Chief Supt. WendyRosario, RSOTG head,said that anti-loose fire-arms operations will con-tinue even as there is noprivate armed group in itslist yet.

“All private armedgroups in Nueva Ecija havebeen previously delisted,”

Rosario said.Of the figure, 60 high

powered firearms, and 38low-powered were confis-cated through checkpointsand Oplan Bakal; ninewere recovered in armedencounters and service ofsearch warrants; 387 (103high powered and 285 low-powered) were voluntarilysurrendered and 9 wereconfiscated via Comelecgun ban.

Rosario asked the pub-lic to inform the team ofany politician who employssecurity agents as secu-rity personnel since allpolice escorts have been

recalled.“Let us all work togeth-

er to show the real NuevaEcija which is peaceful,”he said.

This developed as theregional police office hast-ily replaced on TuesdaySenior Supt. WalterCastillejos as provincialdirector. Senior Supt. Cris-aldo Nieves took over hispost in brief ceremonies.

Castillejos who servedfor only seven months herewill be brought to CampOlivas, Javier said.

Nieves urged his mento “serve without fear orfavor.”

No private armed group,but Ecija tops gun drive

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The voiceof our gods

IT IS the favorite ejaculation of my favorite mayor: Vox populi, voxdei, with, perhaps, the least idea of its etymology: from late 15thcentury, the Renaissance abloom, and Il Papa ’s sole proprietorshipover God’s word challenged.

Most assuredly though, he – my mayor, knows full well theargumentative efficacy of his oracion, having invoked it at each ofhis questioned poll victories. Its potency proven most definitively inhis unprecedented six terms – and still counting, making him afirm believer in the power of the vote, a firmer believer in the powerof the Comelec, and the firmest believer, I would so presume, inthe power of prayer.

So enshrined in our so-called democratic tradition is the sanctityof the ballot. From our youth, we were led to believe – and withoutquestion accept – the element of the divine in the exercise ofsuffrage. The curtained poll booth in the pre- and immediate post-Martial Law years even resembled a confessional. Thus, the affectedinfallibility of our election results: God speaking with the voice ofhis people. Blaspheming reprobate is he that dares question theword of God!

Vox populi, vox dei takes roots in the Book ofGenesis, at the very instance of Creation itself, ifI may advance so myself, neither knowing norhaving read any priest, philosopher or politicalscientist having said it. (Let me know if Iappropriated somebody’s statement so I canpromptly and properly apologize.)

Read Genesis 1:26-27: “God said, “Let usmake man in our image, to our likeness…SoGod created man in his image; in the image ofGod he created him; male and female he createdthem.”

What is it that makes man, and woman – tobe gender-correct – unlike all of creation, in thelikeness of his Creator? Will and reason.

The exercise of our free will is that we mostshare with the Divine. As voting is an exercise ofour free will and use of our reason, our choicethus corresponds with that of God: our voicebecoming God’s.

The cynic that I have turned out to be in thingspolitical now asks: Which god?

In the pursuit of our electoral exercises do we,as we should, to quote Baruch Spinoza, “… usein security all (our) endowments, mental andphysical, and make free use of (our) reason”?

Reason, my ass. Reason is at its weakestwhen passion is at its strongest. This is borne inPhilippine elections: always visceral, rarely, very,very rarely cerebral. There lies a chasm asunbridgeable as sin between man and God. Sowhat voice of God do we talk about in electionresults?

Fettered on patronage, the electorate makesthe vote a commodity to trade for some favor, givenor promised, or to directly sell for cash. Theoutrageous outburst of Gouverneur Morris at thetime of the infancy of the American nation comesof age: “Give the vote to the people who have noproperty, and they will sell them to the rich, whowill be able to buy them.” Not only able, now wesee, but willing and raring to buy them.

Factored on popularity, the electoral choicestax the intellect of the gnat. Were a brain pool ofthe country’s elected officials established, it mostsurely would fit the head of a pin.

Fault not the elected. Damn the electorate.So we have clowns and idiots in the Houses, sowe are clowns and idiots ourselves. An iterationad nauseam: We just don’t deserve whom weelect. We are whom we elect. The booboisie, asH.L. Mencken put it, is us. And our vote, the “greatright grossly abused, and has become, in practice,a grave wrong.”

Still, we adhere to the veracity of vox populi,vox dei.

But the voice of the people has become thevoice – not of God – but of their gods. The lord ofnumbers, the lord of celluloid illusion, the god ofgoons, the glorious goddess of the tapes.

Aye, Alcuin, an English scholar and theologianof the 8th century is right: “And those peopleshould not be listened to who keep saying thevoice of the people is the voice of God, since theriotousness of the crowd is always very close tomadness.”

(First published in Pampanga News, January 26-February 1, 2006 issue)

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Halo-haloBy Ding Cervantes

‘Fire will fallfrom the sky’

THERE IS, among mystics of our times, a striking parallelism inthe messages conveyed in Marian apparitions in Garabandal, Akita,Medjugorje, Kibeho, and several others: conditional prophecieson three successive events, namely, the Warning, the Miracle and,finally, the Chastisement. These events have become so familiarto people keeping tabs on Marian apparitions that they are incapitals, as in proper nouns.

I strongly feel the Warning, which this space had dwelt on, isnot far off. Events that mystics have described as foreboding of itare here: strange weather, strange assorted phenomena all overthe world and even stranger mankind. Exactly when, I would notventure even rough calculation.

The categorical statement of a Garabandalvisionary is that the Miracle would follow theWarning within a year, so there’s no question onapproximately when the Miracle would happen.

As for the Chastisement, only the daring areinclined to forecast. It is such a severe event, asrevealed in some recent Marian apparitions, asto pose widespread belief that God would let itloose only after giving mankind even more time tochange for good.

In Medjugorje, the Blessed Virgin Mary knewthat for humans to reform, it is important toconvince themselves first that God exists. Thus,she once declared there as follows: “I came totell you that God exists ... God sends me to youout of love that I may help you to comprehendthat without Him there is no future or joy, andabove all, there is no eternal salvation ... throughprayer you may become friends of Jesus ...Without love you can not pray. That is why I amcalling you to love God, the Creator of your lives,above everything else ... Dear children! Pray, Pray,Pray!"

Nevermind the lingering controversy on whatexactly was the Fatima third secret amid somewho insist what Vatican had revealed of it wasincomplete. Those who insist the third secret wasmore awful would have their curiosity filled beyondadequacy if they jump to the statements of theBlessed Mother to Japanese nun Sr. AgnesSasagawa in Akita, Japan in 1973.

The words of the Mother of God: “If men do

not repent and better themselves, the Father willinflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It willbe a punishment greater than the deluge, suchas one will never have seen before. Fire will fallfrom the sky and will wipe out a great part ofhumanity, the good as well as the bad, sparingneither priests nor faithful. The survivors will findthemselves so desolate that they will envy thedead. The only arms which will remain for you willbe the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Eachday recite the prayers of the Rosary. With theRosary, pray for the Pope, the Bishops and thepriests.

“The work of the devil will infiltrate even intothe Church in such a way that one will seeCardinals opposing Cardinals, Bishops againstother Bishops. The priests who venerate Me willbe scorned and opposed by their confreres (otherpriests). Churches and altars will be sacked. TheChurch will be full of those who acceptcompromises, and the demon will press manypriests and consecrated souls to leave the serviceof the Lord.

“The demon will be especially implacableagainst the souls consecrated to God. Thethought of the loss of so many souls is the causeof My sadness. If sins increase in number andgravity, there will no longer be pardon for them.

“Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary. Ialone am able to still save you from the calamitieswhich approach. Those who place their confidencein me will be saved.”

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Kakaibangkatangian ni Oca

KABILANG sa mga gintong adhikainNi Oca ay isa ang mapanatilingBuhay sa’ting puso, isip at damdaminAng mga nabuwal sa gitna ng dilim

At nangabilanggo nang dahil sa labisNa pagmamahal sa bayang iniibig,Sukdang talikdan ang lahat na ng tamisMabuhay ng walang pangamba sa isip

Gaya ni Rizal at Andres BonifacioAt iba pang bayani ring PilipinoNa di lang sariling buhay nila mismoAng nanganib para lang lumaya tayo

At makahulagpos sa kamay na bakalNg mapang-aliping sa atin sumakalNang daang taon at pati angking dangalNg dakilang lipi ay nilapastangan.

Ganun din ang mga nagbuwis ng buhaySa kamay ng lilo’t ganid na dayuhan,Nang si Yamashita ang dito ay nanahanAy isang Jose rin ang ipinapatay.

Ng dahil sa di niya pagsunod sa atasAt sa bandila n’yan siya ay yumakap,Kamatayan ang naging hatol at sukatKay ‘chief justice’ Abad Santos ng mga Jap.

Kaya nang dahil sa naging kontribusyonNitong bayani ng dalawang panahon,Sina Bonifacio’t magkapatid na DonJose at Pedro ay makikita ngayon

Sa pamamagitan ng rebulto nila,Kung saan pati na sina NicolasaTiburcio, Ninoy at Jose ng CalambaAy sa Heroes Park na ngayon makikita.

Sa harapan mismo ng city’s Heroes HallSa parting kanluran ng lumang city hall,Kung saan nakalagak din naman doonAng labi ng ibang bayani ng rehiyon.

At ang ‘marker’ para sa kabalen natinNa ang dugo’t pawis ay pinuhunan dinSa Bataan laban sa pang-aalipinNg mga Hapones ay makikita rin;

Na siyang magigisnan ng mga susunodNa saling-lipi na ngayo’y hinuhubogNi mayor Oca ng maunlad na lungsodNitong San Fernando sa pagpaimbulog.

At maitanim sa puso’t kaisipanNg mga kabalen itong kagandahanNg adhikain niya para pamarisanSa araw ng bukas ang gaya ni Rizal

Nina Hilario at itong magkapatidNa Jose at Pedro , Nicolasa DayritAt nitong huli ay si Ninoy na nagbuwisNg buhay upang ang laya ay makamit

Sa kamay ng diktaduryang pamahalaan,Kung saan si Oca’y kasama rin namangNag-‘under ground’ para mabawing lubusanKay Marcos – ang demokrasyang pinapatay.

Kung kaya marahil naging bukod tangiSi Oca pagdating sa mga bayani,At sa ibang dangal din ng ating lipiNa maihahambing sa ginto ang uri.

At kung saan din naman kamakailan langAy inalayan ni Mayor ng parangalAng naging Alkalde Vivencio Cuyugan,Sa nai-ambag niyang kadakilaan!

ON JANUARY 18, 1778, theEnglish explorer Captain JamesCook becomes the first Europe-an to discover the Hawaiian Is-lands when he sails past the is-land of Oahu. Two days later, helanded at Waimea on the islandof Kauai and named the islandgroup the Sandwich Islands, inhonor of John Montague, whowas the earl of Sandwich andone his patrons.

In 1768, Cook, a surveyor inthe Royal Navy, was commis-sioned a lieutenant in commandof the H.M.S. Endeavor and ledan expedition that took scientiststo Tahiti to chart the course ofthe planet Venus. In 1771, hereturned to England, having ex-plored the coast of New Zealandand Australia and circumnavigat-ed the globe. Beginning in 1772,he commanded a major missionto the South Pacific and duringthe next three years explored theAntarctic region, charted theNew Hebrides, and discoveredNew Caledonia. In 1776, hesailed from England again ascommander of the H.M.S. Res-olution and Discovery and in1778 made his first visit to the

Hawaiian Islands.Cook and his crew were wel-

comed by the Hawaiians, whowere fascinated by the Europe-ans' ships and their use of iron.Cook provisioned his ships bytrading the metal, and his sail-ors traded iron nails for sex. Theships then made a brief stop atNi'ihau and headed north to lookfor the western end of a north-west passage from the NorthAtlantic to the Pacific. Almostone year later, Cook's two shipsreturned to the Hawaiian Islandsand found a safe harbor in Ha-waii's Kealakekua Bay.

It is suspected that the Ha-waiians attached religious sig-nificance to the first stay of theEuropeans on their islands. InCook's second visit, there wasno question of this phenomenon.Kealakekua Bay was consideredthe sacred harbor of Lono, thefertility god of the Hawaiians, andat the time of Cook's arrival thelocals were engaged in a festi-val dedicated to Lono. Cook andhis compatriots were welcomedas gods and for the next monthexploited the Hawaiians' goodwill. After one of the crewmem-

bers died, exposing the Europe-ans as mere mortals, relationsbecame strained. On February4, 1779, the British ships sailedfrom Kealakekua Bay, but roughseas damaged the foremast ofthe Resolution, and after only aweek at sea the expedition wasforced to return to Hawaii.

The Hawaiians greeted Cookand his men by hurling rocks;they then stole a small cuttervessel from the Discovery. Ne-gotiations with King Kalaniopuufor the return of the cutter col-lapsed after a lesser Hawaiianchief was shot to death and amob of Hawaiians descended onCook's party. The captain andhis men fired on the angry Ha-waiians, but they were soonoverwhelmed, and only a fewmanaged to escape to the safe-ty of the Resolution. CaptainCook himself was killed by themob. A few days later, the En-glishmen retaliated by firing theircannons and muskets at theshore, killing some 30 Hawai-ians. The Resolution and Discov-ery eventually returned to En-gland.

Source: www.history.com

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONOF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Be it known that the heirs of FLORANTE V. MAGAT have executedan Extra-Judicial Settlement of the estate of the late Florante V. Magatconsisting of a parcel of land known as Lot 1535, Cad. 231, ArayatCadastre located at San Nicolas, Arayat, Pampanga, containing an area of6,945 sq. m. more or less covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo, Blg.12529 of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga with sale to Patricio VenzonRoque dated 15 January 2013 in the City of San Fernando docketed asDocket No. 244, Page No. 20, Book No. XIX, Series of 2013 of the NotarialRecord of Atty. Pepito A. Sanchez.

Punto! Central Luzon: January 18, 25 & February 1, 2013

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT& EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.,Mortgagee,

-versus- EJF No. 250-12PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PERRY L. CALMA,Mortgagor.

x————————————————————————xNOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

(Real Estate Mortgage under Act No. 3135, as amended)Upon extra judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended,

filed by BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC., mortgagee, with addressat 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati Cityagainst PERRY L. CALMA, mortgagor, with known addresses at #7Luskot St., Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City and Lot 5, Blk. 6, Joy St., ST.ANTHONY SUBD. II, BO. SANTO ROSARIO, SAN FERNANDO CITY,PAMPANGAto satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of JUNE 4,2012, amounts to SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE THOUSANDFOUR HUNDRED NINETY PESOS AND 57/100 (Php779,490.57),exclusive of interests, penalties and other charges, the undersigned Clerkof Court & Ex-Officio Sheriff and/or her duly authorized Sheriff will sell atpublic auction on JANUARY 22, 2013 from 9:01 AM to 12:00 NN, and from1:00 PM to 3:59 PM at the main entrance of the Regional Trial CourtBuilding, City of San Fernando (P), to the highest bidder for CASH orMANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the foregoing propertywith all the improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 325984-R“ A parcel of land ( Lot 5, Blk. 6 of the cons.-subd. plan

Pcs-03-000632, being a portion of the cons. lot 2298-B-3, Psd-03-004112 & lot 2298-B-2-C, Psd-03-006604, L.R.C. Rec. No.) situated in the Bo. ofSto. Rosario, Mun. of San Fdo., Prov. ofPamp. xxx containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY(240) square meters x xx.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the saiddate, it shall be held on JANUARY 29, 2013 without further notice.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove-described and encumbrances thereon, if there be any.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, DECEMBER 4, 2012.

PAUL PATRICK D. DAINGSheriff-IV

ATTY. JOSELEA Y. FLORIA-BALLETA Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff

cc:1. BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE, INC.2. PERRY L. CALMA; and3. PUNTO CENTRAL LUZON

PUNTO! CENTRAL LUZON: January 4, 11 & 18, 2013

In a joint statement,Anakpawis partylist chairFernando Hicap and Pam-bansang Lakas ng Kilus-ang Mamamalakaya ngPilipinas (Pamalakaya)vice chair SalvadorFrance said Pres. Aqui-no, as the son of the lateformer Pres. CorazonAquino who was presi-dent when the massacrehappened, is “historical-ly, politically, legally andmorally bound to render

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Farmers to mark 1987 Mendiola Massacrejustice to the death of thefarmers on January 22,1987 at the foot of Men-diola bridge near Mala-cañang.”

“The President shouldbear in mind that hismother— the late Pres.Corazon Aquino failed todeliver justice to massa-cred peasants who wereclamoring for land reform,”the statement said.

The statement said that“the wheels of justice inthe case should not onlyconsist of indemnification

of the families of the vic-tims, but also in the finaldistribution of 6,450 hect-ares of land in HaciendaLuisita and in other vasttracts of land to the land-less.”

The two leaders alsodemanded a re-investiga-tion of the massacre.

The statement recalledthat in 2004, they appealedto Congress to enact alaw that would compen-sate the victims of Mendi-ola Massacre, but thiswas ignored.

Hicap and France re-called that on January 22,1987, Marine and policepersonnel fired at 10,000farmers marching towardsMalacañang.

The incident killed 13peasants and wounded105 others.

They noted that theKilusang Magbubukid ngPilipinas (KMP) then fileda lawsuit for reparations ofP 250,000 per family ofeach of the slain victimsand P 50,000 for each per-son wounded, but this pro-

posal was rejected by thegovernment.

The statement againnamed the slain 13 farm-ers as Danilo Arjona, Le-opoldo Alonzo, AdelfaAribe, Dionisio Bautista,Roberto Caylao, VicenteCampomanes, Ronilo Du-manico, Dante Evangelio,Angelito Gutierrez, Rodri-go Grampan, BernabeLaquindanum, Sonny BoyPerez and RobertoYumul.

The relatives of 13 vic-tims later organized them-

selves under the KilusangEnero 22 (KE 22) to de-mand justice.

After the massacre,the KMP filed a lawsuitagainst top governmentofficials at that time, andalso sought indemnifica-tion worth P6.5 million, butthis was junked in 1988 bythe Manila Regional TrialCourt.

The Supreme Court af-firmed the RTC’s verdict inthe same year, saying thestate was immune fromlawsuit.

Delos Reyes, localguides, the local tourismoffice as well as municipalofficials were present tofind out what really hap-pened that led to thedrowning incident.

Rodriguez also citedthe Korean firm for issuingonly a “provisional receipt”for P12,000 to the victim,Roselito Julao, 44, and hisseven companions whenthey got a booking for thetrek to Mt. Pinatubo.

The victim’s family whowere present in the meet-ing were Dr. Rowena Vic-toria-Julao, the victim’swife; Dr. Emily Julao-Ba-baroso, the victim’s sister;and his eldest sister Es-ther Julao, a staff nurse atSt. Georges Hospital in theUK who like the victimalso went home in Mabal-acat City for the holidaysand golden wedding anni-versary of their parents.

‘No responsibility’The victim’s wife Ro-

wena and his sisters be-

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Capas mayor orders suspension of Pinatubo Korean investorcame emotional after thelocal tourism office head-ed by Marissa Vidal de-nied any responsibility inthe drowning incident de-spite the lack of propertraining for the guides inbasic life support (BLS)and cardio-pulmonary re-suscitation (CPR). Thelocal guides present in themeeting identified them-selves as DomingoTamundong, 52, Menan-dro Pichelin, 53, ElmerSantos, 40, and Joel Hi-gante, 23. Santos, admit-ted that his training foremergency rescue fromthe Provincial DisasterRisk Reduction Manage-ment Council (PDRRMC)was conducted more thana year ago.

An unidentified Serbi-an doctor who was alsoat the crater-lake at thetime of the incident onJan. 2 attended to the vic-tim. The lack of propertraining was compoundedby the lack of basic med-ical equipment and com-munications equipment.Last Jan. 2, a makeshift

stretcher was fashionedby cutting a small treeand life vests in evacuat-ing the victim.

Two-way radios alsoproved inadequate inemergency situations as aworking signal could onlybe obtained by climbing ahill in the volcano’s 2.7-ki-lometer diameter crater-lake. A call from one of thecompanions of the victim,identified as Greg Evaleriowhose son is a helicopterpilot of Bataan Gov. TetGarcia who was reported-ly on standby at that time,never came through to theconsternation of the vic-tim’s family.

Cause of deathThe family of the victim

also decried the initialdeath certificate signed byDr. Carlos Balmores, headof the Rural Health Unit forwestern Capas, for its er-roneous entry like the un-derlying cause of deathwhich was listed as “car-dio vascular disease.” Thevictim’s wife insists thather husband was in perfect

health and not taking anymedication for any heartailment at the time of theaccident.

Balmores also failedto show up in the meetingdespite repeated calls bythe mayor.

To remove any doubton the state of health ofthe victim, his wife agreedto an autopsy which wasdone by Camp Olivasbased Medico-Legal Offic-er Dr. Maria Angela Gueseon Jan. 8 at the BrionesFuneral Parlor here.

The initial report foundno underlying cause ofbrain or cardio vasculardisease. The cause ofdeath was asphyxia bydrowning.

PAF representative 1stLt. Israel Salvador admit-ted that request for a heli-copter rescue, like whathappened on Jan. 2, wouldfirst be coursed throughthe chain-of-command andwait for the approval of hissuperiors. Rodriguez setan urgent meeting withthe PAF hierarchy to rem-edy the situation and pre-

pare for future emergen-cies.

Sta. Juliana barangaycaptain Salvador DelosReyes said an accidentalong the route from Mt.Pinatubo in 2009 claimedseven lives including fourFrench nationals, a Bel-gian national and two lo-

cal guides. The party wason its way down from Mt.Pinatubo on board a 4x4vehicle when a heavydownpour caused a land-slide which hit their vehi-cle sending them crashingon the riverbed, DelosReyes said. Their bodieswere recovered later.

“In Japan, it took 15years to finally establish arailways system betweenNarita airport and Tokyo,”said CIAC president andchief executive officer Vic-tor Jose Luciano with ap-parent reference to the fail-ure of the government tofinish a modern railwaysystem between the ClarkInternational Airport (CIA)and Metro Manila.

The Aquino administra-tion earlier aborted con-struction work on the rail-way as initiated by formerPres. Arroyo, amid allegedanomalies. Plans to rene-gotiate the project withChina, which providedfunds for it during the pastadministration, have nottaken off the ground.

During a visit here lastyear, the President saidClark was too far at 80 ki-lometers from Metro Ma-nila, noting that in othercountries, the farthest dis-tance of a primary airportfrom the capital was only40 kilometers.

Luciano said, however,the lack of a fast railwayssystem could in the mean-time be filled up by effi-cient bus and airplane ser-vice between Clark andMetro Manila and NorthernLuzon provinces.

Already, regular bus

services for Metro-Manilabased passengers plyroutes from Trinoma mallin Makati City to the air-port here, costing onlyP200 per person.

“Many Metro Manilafolk prefer to fly from Clarkbecause of our budget air-lines. Plane tickets herecould cost 30 percent low-er than fares of airlines fly-ing from the Manila air-port,” Luciano said, notingthat about half of passen-gers of the airport here arefrom Metro Manila.

“We also plan to haveso-called air taxis or smallaircraft that can accommo-date about 20 people sowe can ferry them to Clarkfor their flights not only toother countries but also toother destinations south ofour country,” he said.

Luciano said that planis for these air taxis tohave regular flights to Tu-guegarao, Vigan, Laoag,Basco, Baguio and PoroPoint to pick up passen-gers there. He said plansfor this is now being nego-tiated with Asian Airspace.

Last November, CIACcounted the local airport’sfive-millionth passengersince CIA started opera-tions in this freeport in2003.

“It is a phenomenalgrowth for Clark Airport, aswe expect more passen-

gers and airlines to comein the coming years,” Lu-ciano said.

“The start of commer-cial flight operations in2003 revolutionized traveland tourism in Clark andset-off an influx of Koreantourists in the country,boosting tourist arrivals inCentral and Northern Lu-zon,” he said.

Clark Airport is the onlyairport in the country thathas eight budget carriers:AirAsia Philippines, AirA-sia Berhad of Malaysia,South East Asian Airlines(Seair) in partnership withTiger Airways of Sin-gapore, Cebu Pacific Air,Jin Air, Airphil Express andZest Air, while full-servicecarriers include Asiana Air-lines and Hong Kong-based Dragonair.

The CIA was recentlychosen as “3rd Best Air-port Zone” in the world bythe London-based Finan-cial Times Group. It wasalso named the “Low CostAirport of the Year” in 2006by the Centre for Asia Pa-cific Aviation (CAPA) andalso got the “Airport of theYear” award for 2007 bythe Frost & Sullivan heldat the Asia Pacific Aero-space & Defense AwardsBanquet in Singapore.

At the same time, Lu-ciano also said Sin-gapore’s SIA Engineering

Philippines has brokenground for the constructionof two more hangars toboost its already existingmaintenance, repair andoverhaul (MRO) servicefacility here.

The hangars will ac-commodate twin-aisle air-craft such as the B747and B777 in addition to theexisting hangar, estab-lished in 2009, that servic-es narrow-bodied aircrafts.SIA Engineering is a jointventure project betweenSIA Engineering of Sin-gapore and Cebu PacificAir.

On June 5, last year,Hong Kong-based aviationcompany Metrojet Engi-neering, the leading busi-ness jet operator in Asia,inaugurated its $40-millionMRO facility at the aviationcomplex in this Freeport.

The CIAC managementhas also proposed to offi-cials of the Department ofTransportation and Com-munications (DOTC) thesetup of a Budget LCC Ter-minal that would initiallyaccommodate an approx-imate 10 million passen-gers annually.

“The proposed BudgetLCC Terminal will be simi-lar to the budget terminalat the Kuala Lumpur Inter-national Airport in Malay-sia,” Luciano added.

–Ding Cervantes

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Direk leaving the bizfor politics

AMINADO si Direk Lino Cayetano na sa kanilang tatlong magkakapatid, masmasarap ang buhay niya sa showbiz world kaysa sa kanyang ate na si Pia atkuyang si Alan Peter na kapwa nasa politics at kasalukuyang Senador ngating bayan.

Habang siya raw ay ine-enjoy ang glitz and glamour sa showbiz, ang mgakapatid naman niya ay araw-araw nakikibaka bilang Senador.

Bagama’t masasabi na ring nasa mundo ng pulitika si Lino dahil nagingbarangay captain siya sa Fort Bonifacio, Taguig for the last 2 years, ang focuspa rin daw niya ay ang pagdidirek at hindi niya iniwan ang showbiz.

But this time, pansamantalang iiwan ni direk ang buhay-showbiz para tahakinang mas malaking hamon sa kanyang buhay at ito ay ang tuluyan nangpagyakap sa mundo ng pulitika. Ngayong eleksyon 2013 ay kandidato si Linobilang Congressman ng 2nd District ng Taguig, City.

Dahil nabanggit nga niyang mas masarap ang buhay niya bilang direktor,natanong si Lino kung bakit aalis pa siya sa showbiz at kung bakit mas gustoniya ang sinasabi niyang buhay na mahirap tulad ng kanyang mga kapatid.

Medyo naging emosyonal ang bunsong anak ng yumaong Sen. ReneCayetano habang sinasagot ang tanong dahil naaalala niya ang kanyang ama.

“My dad never saw me become a director. Noong namatay siya, teacherako sa UP, apat na taon akong nagturo and when he died, he really left us a legacy of service.

“And I’m sure, masaya siya sa mga nagawa kong trabaho dito sa ABS-CBN. Minahal niya talaga ang industriyangito at minahal n’yo rin siya. Hindi po siya magiging Rene “Compañero” Cayetano kung hindi dahil sa Compañeroy Compañera (dating public affair show ni Atty. Cayetano sa Dos with Gel Santos-Relos), na dahil po sa pagmamahalnitong entertainment industry.

“So, parang naisip ko rin, at the age of 35, I really have everything I want in my life. I was so blessed sa unitni Sir Deo (Endrinal, business unit head sa ABS-CBN), nabigyan ako ng maraming responsibilidad, magagandangshows, they gave a good contract.

“But if I can do more, why not? The President didn’t have to run for President, si Pres. PNOY (Aquino),maganda na rin ang buhay niya, anak siya ng dalawang bayani pero ngayon, itinataya niya ang sarili niya naaraw-araw, may batikos,” mahabang paliwanag ni Lino sa kanyang solo presscon recently.

Maging ang mga kapatid daw niya ay puwede namang piliin ang tahimik na buhay kung tutuusin, pero heto’tmas pinili ang magsilbi’t itinaya rin ang mga sarili.

“So, sa akin, ’yun na rin ang magiging inspirasyon ko. Hindi ko naman sinasabing magpapakabayani ako butmaybe, I can help a little more,” he added.

Nang tanungin nga ang direktor kung hihingin ba niya ang suporta ngmga ex-girlfriend niyang sina KC Concepcion, Bianca Manalo and Liz

Uy, natawa si Lino at say niya, hindi raw niya alam kung paanosasagutin ang tanong kaya bahala na raw si Kris Aquino at Sir

Deo tungkol dito.Pero inamin ni Lino na hanggang ngayon ay mahal pa rin

daw niya ang last girlfriend na si Liz at sa ngayon ay wala paraw siyang bagong girlfriend ulit.

“Mahal ko pa rin naman siya talaga, she’s very specialto me,” he said.

Last project na ni direk Lino sa ABS-CBN angAryana na malapit nang magtapos sa ere.

Cristine Reyes bagong loverni Derek Ramsay?

TAHASANG sinabi ni Derek sa program launchng bagong mga programa ng TV5 para sa 2013sa press na walang katotohanan na may relasyonsila ni Cristine Reyes. Aksidente lang silangnakunan na magkasama sa isang resort saBatangas dahil nagbabakasyon din doon ang gruponi Cristine. Si Derek naman ay kasama angkanyang father na kanyang ipinapasyal para savacation.

Ani Derek," Kung nagkikita man kamiminsan ay barkadahan lang. Kaibigan ko Rayver

(Cruz, dating boyfriend ni Cristine). At hindirin ako ang dahilan kung bakit sila nag-break. Hindi ako ang third party sahiwalayan nila."

Samantala, masaya si Derek dahilsuccessful ang action fantaseryeniyang Kidlat sa TV5. Mas mataas angratings nito kaysa na mga naunangsoap ng TV5.

Francine Prietotype magpabuntisoutside marriage

KAHIT early 30s na ngayon si FrancinePrieto ay hindi pa rin siya nag-aasawa.

Masaya siya sa pagiging single dahil tuluy-tuloy pa rin ang career niya sa showbiz. Super

workaholic ang dalaga ngayon dahil inspired siyadahil sa mga taong nagmamahal sa kanya,

kabilang dito ang mga kapatid at mga kaanak naumaasa pa rin ng tulong financial mula sa kanya.

May ginagawa siyang soap opera sa ABS-CBN, angKahit Konting Pagtingin. Kahit supporting role ay

tinatanggap niya dahil mahal niya ang pag-arte.Kahit concert scene ay pinapasok na rin ni Francine.

Tinanggap niya ang alok na maging front act ni AngelineQuinto sa concert ng songtress sa Feb. 14 sa SMXConvention Center.

Makakasama rin sa show bilang special guest si ViceGanda.

Ngayong slim na si Francine ay marami siyangpahahangain sa kanyang production numbers.

Zero pa rin daw ang lovelife niya. At wala pa siyang balakmag-asawa. Gusto niyang magpakasal kapag above 35 years old

na siya. Kung wala ngang magpakasal sa kanya sa edad na n’yang37, willing na siyang magpabuntis kahit ‘di pa kasal sa lalakingnagmamahal sa kanya. Gusto niyang magkababy bago mag-40s.

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767,000 in 2011, accord-ing to a report by Clark In-ternational Airport Corp.(CIAC).

Victor Jose Luciano,CIAC president and CEO,said the rise in traffic vol-ume came largely from abig jump in demand fromlow-cost travelers.

The launch last year oflocal flights to key domes-tic tourist destinations byAir Asia, Airphil Expressand Southeast Asian Air-lines-Tiger also helpedboost traffic.

Clark airport now haseight budget airlines in itsstable, the most amongairports in the Philippines,said the state-owned air-port operator.

Clark also benefitsfrom the government’s“pocket open skies” poli-cy encouraging the use ofairports other than the Ni-noy Aquino InternationalAirport in Manila.

But CIAC thinks thatClark International Airporthas the potential to gobeyond merely an emerg-ing budget airport hub tobecome a regionalaerotropolis. The term“aerotropolis” refers tocommunity planning whereairports serve as the cen-ter for new cities growingaround them.

In line with this, CIACin partnership with GlobalGateway Logistics City isholding a two-day confer-ence in February to pro-mote Clark as an aerotrop-olis. The Clark Aviation

Conference 2013 will beheld on February 21-22,2013 at the Widus Con-vention Center at ClarkFreeport Zone. The eventcoincides with the popularannual Hot Air Balloon Fi-esta.

With the theme “TheCase for Asia’s NextAerotropolis,” the tradegathering will examineClark International Air-port’s compelling case asan aerotropolis, highlightits critical role in decon-gesting Manila and focuson how it can drive eco-nomic expansion not justin Central Luzon but alsonationwide.

The convention willalso identify investor-friendly infrastructure andpolicy developments atClark Freeport Zone. Moreimportant, the conferenceis a call for the full devel-opment of Clark Interna-tional Airport as an avia-tion nerve center in lightof the economic growth inAsia.

The conference targetsinternational investors, lo-gistics and supply chainexecutives, tourism stake-holders, airline officials,import and export manag-ers, and members of theacademe.

To register or make in-quiries, call event manag-er PortCalls at (632) 552-7072, (632) 551-1775, or(0917) 5555273; or [email protected] more details, log on toclarkaviationconference.com.

Clark touted emerging airline hub after record passenger trafficRECORD traffic statisticsat Clark International Air-port in Pampanga have giv-

en a big boost to govern-ment efforts to promotethe airport as an emerging

international airline hub.The airport posted an

impressive 71 percent in-

crease in traffic in 2012,carrying 1.3 million pas-sengers for the year from

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