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BAYANI AWARD. Angeles City mayoralty bet Edgardo D. Pamintuan receives the Order of Lakandula award with the rank of Bayani fromPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Malacañan Palace last week. The award is one of the highest honors given by the Republic of thePhilippines to an individual who has dedicated his life to the service of society, worthy of emulation by the Filipino people. It was the same awardgiven to 2009 CNN Hero of the Year, Efren Peñaflorida. Pamintuan was joined by wife Herminia (6th from left), and sons Edu (extreme right), Atty.Alberto (4th from left), and Fidel (3rd from left). Also in photo include Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council Chief-of-Staff ErlindaPamintuan (extreme left), External Affairs Undersecretary Danilo Consumido (2nd from left), Nicole (2nd from right), Edu’s wife and May Rodrigo,Atty. Alberto’s girlfriend.

BY DING CERVANTES

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seems to have made morerecent appointments to positionsin government or governmentcorporations than has beenpreviously reported.

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More ‘midnight’ presidentialappointments bared at Clark

Clark International Air-port Corp. (CIAC) chair-man Nestor Mangio is-sued yesterday a pressrelease saying that thePresident had signed Ex-ecutive Order No. 876 vir-tually appointing himchairman of the Subic-Clark Alliance for Develop-ment (SCAD).

Mangio

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO —“A vindication, a little late incoming but, thank God, leastthe wheels of justice are nowgrinding.”

Thus said Masantol MayorPeter Flores as he presentedto the media on Friday copiesof the four warrants of arrestissued against the police of-ficer who was implicated as themastermind in the 2006 am-bush on the mayor that killedhis bodyguard and woundedhim and his driver.

As this developed, the po-litical atmosphere in Masantol

Arrest warrants out for cop taggedas mastermind in mayor’s ambush

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is expected to heat up, thesuspect being the brother ofFlores’ closest rival for themayorship, Vice Mayor JayBustos.

Ordered arrested by JudgeLucina Alpez-Dayaon of theRegional Trial Court Branch 54in Macabebe, Pampanga forone count of murder, twocounts of frustrated murderand one count of attemptedmurder was Chief Insp. JorgeAntonio Perez Bustos.

Bustos was tagged as thealleged mastermind by the

Flores shows photoof suspect Bustosto media.

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BY MALOU DUNGOG

MORONG, Bataan — With its brassband rendering festive marching music,the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority(SBMA) joined fisherfolk in this town forthe “Araw ng Mangingisda” festival,which highlights the abundant “galung-gong” catch at barangay Sabang.

Organized by the Municipal Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resources ManagementCouncil (MFARMC) of Morong, the cel-ebration is intended to raise publicawareness on the importance of the fish-er folk sector to the provision of dailyfood to the community.

The festival is also part of a local fish-ermen’s program to seek recognition andsupport from the local government unitof Morong, as well as to broaden thefisher folk’s network of assistance in theprovince, said Morong FARMC chairmanRestituto del Rosario.

“The celebration is the first in a se-ries of events to showcase the large con-tribution of fisher folk to the larger com-munity here,” Del Rosario explained.

In addition, the festival could serveas inspiration for the fisher folk to con-tinue protecting the abundant marine re-sources of Morong, he added.

Highlight of the one-day festival wasa cooking contest featuring differentways “galunggong” could be prepared.

Del Rosario said that each of the 60fishing boats that went out fishing onthe eve of the event contributed onebucket, or about 20 kilos, of “galung-gong” for the cookfest.

The public was then invited to theSabang barangay plaza to sample theresults of the cooking competition.

To spice up to the celebration, theorganizers also put up events like streetdancing, beach volleyball, chess, tabletennis, palosebo, sack race, and othertraditional games for the community toparticipate in.

Later in the day, fisher folk leadersand guests awarded school supplies towinners of the kiddie basketball tourna-ment, which fielded youth members of“Bantay Dagat”, and for teams that col-

SBMA joins Bataan fishers in ‘Araw ng Mangingisda’

lected the most garbage during thecoastal clean-up drive.

Del Rosario said that with the suc-cessful staging of the festival this year,they will hold the “Araw ng Mangingisdain Morong every year, with a differenttheme each time.

Del Rosario also lauded the contri-butions of Anvaya Cove, a private resortlocated in Morong, which provided cashprizes for the various contests, and theSBMA, which also provided school sup-plies distributed to schoolchildren in Sa-bang.

The SBMA has traditionally been a

partner of the fisher folk community inMorong in terms of putting up environ-ment-friendly livelihood projects.

After providing assistance for the“lambaklad” project of Morong fishermenseveral years ago, the SBMA also re-leased early this year a P4-million finan-cial assistance to fishermen for the sus-tainable development of the Subic Bayarea.

The grant benefited fishermen in Mo-rong, Olongapo City, and the municipal-ities of Subic and San Antonio in Zam-bales.

According to SBMA chairman Feli-

ciano Salonga, SBMA granted the as-sistance in fulfillment of the agency’sresponsibility to communities affectedby the development of the Subic BayFreeport.

The P4-million assistance is brokendown into four components: P2.3 mil-lion for the establishment of artificialreefs; P.7 million for the operating ex-penses of the SB-IFARMC; P.5 millionfor a scholarship fund to deserving SB-IFARMC members and their immediatefamilies; and P.5 million to fund liveli-hood programs for SB-IFARMC mem-bers and their families.

Residents of Sabang village in Morong, Bataan show the various ways that “galunggong” could be cookedduring the “Araw ng Mangingisda” festival. PHOTO BY MALOU DUNGOG

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BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BAGAC, Bataan – Whatshould have been a happyget-together of families,employees and friendsturned out to be a trage-dy.

At least three died, oneof them a 6-year old girl,while 58 were injured whenthe bus they were ridinghit a big tree along Gover-nor Linao Road in Baran-gay Binukawan, Bagac,Bataan early morning ofSunday.

The victims left QuezonCity at 3:00 a.m. bound forStella Maris Beach Resortin Bagac town. The acci-dent happened at about6:00 a.m. They were all onboard bus No. 5, one of the12 buses of Jayross LuckySeven Tourist for a com-pany outing, one of the vic-tims said.

The victims were rela-tives of bus inspectors andother company employ-ees.

Chief Insp. FerdinandAguilar, Bagac policechief, identified the fatali-ties as Enrique Gaborni,54, of Commonwealth,Quezon City; JovelynConel, 6, of Batasan Hills,Quezon City and Neli Al-

buro. Gaborni and Coneldied at the Bagac Medi-care Hospital while Alburoat the Bataan GeneralHospital in Balanga City.

Report at the BataanGeneral Hospital said that58, about 16 children,have been treated of vari-ous injuries. Some childrensuffered broken arms andlimbs.

Police said driver Son-ny Ricafort apparently lostcontrol of the wheels andmiscalculated the windingsharp and downward roadand hit the tree. Ricafortreportedly escaped andcould not be located.

Adriano Alburo, one ofthe injured passengers,said the bus was runningfast. He lost her sister NeliAlburo and niece JovelynConel. His son sufferedfrom a broken leg.

Binukawan BarangayCaptain Pamfilo Mojicasaid they rushed towardsthe bus but “masiyadongmabigat ang bus kaya hin-di namin agad nakuha angdalawang namatay na na-kaipit na baka nakaligtaskung nadala agad sa os-pital.”

He said more mighthave died if the bus hadnot been blocked by the

tree. “Kung nahulog atnagpagulong-gulong sabangin, mas maramingnamatay,” the barangayhead said.

Meanwhile, JayrossLucky Seven Tourist BusCompany will shoulder theexpenses of the victims

“Lahat sasagutin ngJayross, aksidente di na-man sinasadya, ang im-portante maayos lahat athindi naman kami tatakbosa pananagutan,” saidJayross liaison officerRuby Abrique.

Abrique was supervis-ing the transfer of 17 vic-tims confined at theBataan General Hospital(BGH) in Balanga City tothe East Avenue MedicalCenter in Quezon City.

BGH nurse supervisorAurora Agustin said of the71 passengers treated forvarious injuries at the gov-ernment hospital, 17 wereadmitted for confinementbecause of severe headinjuries and fractures whileone died.

Abrique said Jayrossis holding a yearly excur-sion for its employees andtheir kins “para sana mag-bigay ng kasiyahan samga empleyado ngunitnangyari itong aksidente.”

3 dead, 58 woundedin road accident

Bus company to shoulder expenses of victims

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MACHISMO IS out. Totally out in this election campaign. If only onthe provincial level.

Yeah, right. There is this macho man of a board member nowreduced to the doormat in the opinion polls. He just could not getout of the mess of his own making: taken to court last year yet bya teener he impregnated, no matter the now young mother’s affidavitof desistance that got the lover john off the hook.

Women simply rule the surveys among preferred board membershereabouts.

In the second district, perennial topnotcher Edna de Ausen-David is all set for another coronation, given her sure victory in thepolls. But for her loss in the vice gubernatorial contest in 2004,Ninang Edna has yet to drop from the Number One spot in thesangguniang panlalawigan contest.

This, not by some quirk of fate but owing to her no-nonsenseperformance in the SP championing the causes of health, womenand education, and, her able stewardship of the very Office of theGovernor at the time of the suspension of Gov. Lito Lapid and ViceGov. Clayton Olalia in 1999 arising from the quarry scam.

Three ‘-nas’

It was at the time of Acting Gov. Edna de Ausen-David that the Central Luzon Drug RehabilitationCenter came into conception. Needless to sayhow the rehab center has impacted in the“reformation” of lost and wayward youths to re-infuse into mainstream society.

In the third district, the one-two spots in thepolls are occupied by the women candidates, themales relegated to contest but the third and lastspot.

At Number One is Monina “Monz” Palma-Laus.Inheritor of the slot vacated with the death of herhusband, the dearly loved and respected TatangPinong, Monz packs a campaign savvy thatinvariably wins even the most skeptical of voters– approachability, sincerity, charm, oodles andoodles of the latter.

Anchored on the continuity of the Laus legacyof service, Monz’s legislative agenda comprisethe 4-K goals: Kabuhayan (Livelihood), Kalusugan(Health), Karapatang pangkababaihan atpangkabataan (Rights of Women and the Youth),and Kalikasan (Nature).

A holistic legislative approach to theKapampangan’s imperatives for developmentthere.

Closely trailing Monz at Number Two in thethird district is Trina Tiglao Dizon, Mexico’s mosteligible bachelorette.

That Trina is a political power to reckon withis manifest in her winning three runs for Mexico’stown council, getting the most number of votesamong councilors every time.

After the City of San Fernando, Mexico hasthe most number of registered voters in the thirddistrict at 68,000. As there are but two SPcandidates from Mexico, expect the banda-banda(hometown decisions) to come into play here, andplay exceedingly well for Trina.

Outside Mexico, Trina has made her mark too,her pulchritude and her charm easily flowing toher constituency.

The three “-nas” — Edna. Monina. Trina. Threeleading ladies to the SP. All with the ability, theheart to make a mark in local governance. Womenof Pampanga, be glad. Be proud.

Justice for theAmpatuan 58

WE ARE following with much concern the recent startlingdevelopments in the ongoing case of the massacre inMaguindanao last Nov. 23, 2009 where 58 persons,including 32 of our colleagues, were brutally murdered.

The unfolding of the recent events where two of theaccused in the massacre were ordered by theDepartment of Justice to be removed from the chargesheet is alarming even as we admit that Justice SecretaryAgra’s decision, however fair in the context of the law,betrays the people’s trust in the justice system especiallyat this time as we draw closer to the national electionson May10.

Agra’s decision is extremely disturbing consideringthe trail of blood in the murder of more than a hundred ofour colleagues, almost all of them based in the provinceslike us, which up to this time have remained unsolved.

We believe that the act of the DOJ only heightenedthe culture of impunity which has allowed the murders tohappen, instead of curbing it.

We put the blame squarely on the shoulders of theDOJ and the panel of prosecutors, led by Chief StateProsecutor Claro Arellano, for failing to present enoughevidence in court to pin down the suspects in the crimeof multiple murders.

Instead of adding to the confusion, we urge the panelof prosecutors to look closely into the case so as not toallow any miscarriage of justice. How many more of the197 persons accused in the multiple murders will walkaway because of weak evidence or sloppy prosecution?

But as the NUJP national chapter had stated: “morethan protest Agra’s stupendous decision, let us seize thisday to once and for all demand accountability from whomit is due – (including) this administration whose politicsof expediency and its nurturing of impunity made theslaughter in Ampatuan, Maguindanao not just possiblebut inevitable; this administration which, notwithstandingthe shock and outrage throughout the nation and the worldover the massacre, has no qualms about subvertingjustice to further its own ends.”

“Too long have our cries for justice been ignored bythis administration.

And let us, likewise, take this occasion to serve noticeto whoever next takes the helm of power in this benightedland, given the deafening silence with which those whoseek to rule us reacted to both the slaughter and Agra’sdesecration of justice, that we will hold you just asaccountable for ensuring that justice is given theAmpatuan 58 and the rest of our colleagues whosemurders remain unsolved.”

(Position paper of the National Union of Journalists of thePhilippines-Pampanga Chapter on the occasion of the fifthmonth of the Ampatuan massacre.)

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ON APRIL 26, 1954, the Salk po-lio vaccine field trials, involving1.8 million children, begin at theFranklin Sherman ElementarySchool in McLean, Virginia.Children in the United States,Canada and Finland participat-ed in the trials, which used forthe first time the now-standarddouble-blind method, wherebyneither the patient nor attendingdoctor knew if the inoculationwas the vaccine or a placebo.On April 12, 1955, researchersannounced the vaccine was safeand effective and it quickly be-came a standard part of child-hood immunizations in America.In the ensuing decades, poliovaccines would all but wipe outthe highly contagious disease inthe Western Hemisphere.

Polio, known officially as po-liomyelitis, is an infectious dis-ease that has existed since an-cient times and is caused by avirus. It occurs most commonlyin children and can result in pa-ralysis. The disease reached

Polio vaccine trials beginTODAY IN HISTORY

epidemic proportions throughoutthe first half of the 20th century.During the 1940s and 1950s,polio was associated with theiron lung, a large metal tank de-signed to help polio victims suf-fering from respiratory paralysisbreathe.

President Franklin Rooseveltwas diagnosed with polio in 1921at the age of 39 and was leftparalyzed from the waist downand forced to use leg braces anda wheelchair for the rest of hislife. In 1938, Roosevelt helpedfound the National Foundation forInfantile Paralysis, later re-named the March of Dimes. Theorganization was responsible forfunding much of the researchconcerning the disease, includ-ing the Salk vaccine trials.

The man behind the originalvaccine was New York-born phy-sician and epidemiologist JonasSalk (1914-95). Salk's work onan anti-influenza vaccine in the1940s, while at the University ofMichigan School of Public

Health, led him, in 1952 at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, to de-velop the inactivated polio vac-cine (IPV), based on a killed-vi-rus strain of the disease. The1954 field trials that followed,the largest in U.S. history at thetime, were led by Salk's formerUniversity of Michigan colleague,Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr.

In the late 1950s, Polish-bornphysician and virologist AlbertSabin (1906-1993) tested anoral polio vaccine (OPV) he hadcreated from a weakened live vi-rus. The vaccine, easier to ad-minister and cheaper to producethan Salk's, became available foruse in America in the early1960s and eventually replacedSalk's as the vaccine of choicein most countries.

Today, polio has been elimi-nated throughout much of theworld due to the vaccine; how-ever, there is still no cure for thedisease and it persists in a smallnumber of countries in Africa andAsia.

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Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

Kaugne ning pamagmasusi king pang-dinalan a banuang beit-an ning mapuring anak ning Pampanga at meging Pamuntukning bansa, DIOSDADO PANGAN MACAPAGAL, a merapatketang Abril 20, 2010 king Kapitolyo ning lalawigan, lalam nangpamanimuna ning Center for Kapampangan Studies ning HolyAngel University, kambe ring mapilan a opisyales ning gubyer-nu ampon Poeta at Talasulat, busten yung yampang ne ningmaluka yung talasuyu iting kawatasan a makatuki.

Bulan ning Setyembre,Kaduang pulu’t walung aldo king bilang na,

Banua ning Miglalang,Libu siyam a ralan apulu ing petsa;

Karin San Nicolas,Ning balayan Lubao, makalmang linto ya

Lalam nang bubungan,Ning metung a dampang meging karinan da

Ding pamilyang PANGANAmpon MACAPAGAL king panaun a ita,

Iting pigmasusianA meging mapuring anak ning Pampanga.

Iba king malati,King bie kakaluluan karin na mimulat,

Dela nang meragulItang kababan lub, ganaka at sipag;

Kakaluluan detiE meging sumbagal king kayang paninap,

Uli ning matibeKapagnasan niting mabiasa yang ganap;

Salamat at mikaHonorio Ventura king bie na milangkap,

Iti yang memitbitAngga na pin ketang akua nang misadsad.

Ninu’yti at nanuIng meging papil na keti Kapampangan?

Obat anti ta’yangIdolo mo wari king bie nang delanan?

Balen, e mu bukudLakan de ring Watas king Amanung Sisuan,

Meging matibe nengPundasyun mu naman niting lalawigan;

At kanitang ya pangKarin makalukluk, Diputadu bilang,

Penikuanan na kangAsuywan mu naman king kayang kagiwan.

E mu pilan ukdungMenungkulan ya’yti karin king Kongresu

At metung ya namanKaring dakal diling asaupan a tau;

Dapot misan mu manE na gewang punan iti king gubyernu,

Banting mikualta yaO magkamal banding ibat king e ustu;

King mipmung tetaganAmpon kalinisan ning kayang prinsipyu,

Karin na pepakitAt gimpanan mayap ing kayang serbisyu!

At agyang kanitangYa nang matas diling lider na ning bansa,

King kayang posisyun,E ta’ ikit itang pamagsamantala;

Katapatan murinAmpon tetagan lub itang migdatila,

Busal ning pusu nangAlang nanu pa mang keka pamagkunwa;

Kapilan man, BalenKaring para keka e ya migpasasa,

Nune lalu ya pangMigsikap kanita king ba’kang minawa.

(Suglungan ya keng tutuki)

IN HOLLYWOOD, the biggest event that stars and millions of peopleare looking forward to is the Oscar awards. In the Philippines, it’sthe Presidential election. Filipinos and people from around the worldwould be watching this year’s top official derby.

Unlike in the Oscar’s best picture category, there are only 9nominees (called “presidentiables”). They are – in alphabetical order– Senator Noynoy Aquino, former President Joseph Estrada,Senator Richard Gordon, Senator Jamby Madrigal (the only womancontender), Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, environmentalist NicanorPerlas, Kapatiran candidate JC De los Reyes, evangelist EddieVillanueva, and Senator Manny Villar.

“Despite what some people are saying about him, I will still votefor Noynoy Aquino,” someone answered when asked who he wouldvote this coming May 10. When asked what his reasons are, heanswered simply, “It is written!”

He was referring to the Holy Bible, of course. He explained thatNoynoy and Moses, one of the greatest leaders of all time, havestriking similarities and parallelisms. He went on to explain:

RegardingHenry

Henrylito D. Tacio

Noynoy: Themodern-day Moses?

Moses became a prince when he was adoptedby the Pharaoh’s daughter. “When the child grewolder, he became her son. She named him Mosessaying, ‘I drew him out of the water’” (Exodus 2:10).

In comparison, Noynoy became sort of aroyalty himself when his mother Cory became thePresident of the Philippines. Carrying the surnameof his murdered father (who said the famous line,“Filipinos are worth dying for!”), he ran for Congressand Senate and won!

As a prince, Moses did nothing. He neverinterfered with what the Pharaoh was doing. Hisperformance as a prince was lackluster. Therewas nothing you can read in the Bible about hisworks. In like manner, Noynoy as a lawmaker was“very quiet and prefer to stay at the side ratherthan engage in discussion.” For nine years ascongressman and three years as senator, he filed8 bills but all of these were rejected.

Indeed, he is performance as lawmaker waslackluster. But even then, “Noynoy has no reportor record of abuse of power and absolutely noissue of graft and corruption or stealing or misuseof public funds,” wrote Atty. Alex Lacson, authorof the bestselling 12 Little Things Every FilipinoCan Do to Help Our Country.

At one time, Moses was tending the flockwhen all of a sudden he saw a burning bush. Itwas God Himself telling him: “I have seen themisery of my people. I have heard them cryingout because of their slave drivers, and I amconcerned about their suffering. So I have comedown to rescue them and to bring them into agood and spacious land, a land flowing with milkand honey” (Exodus 3:7-8).

But what terrified Moses the most was whenGod told him: “I am sending you to Pharaoh tobring my people the Israelites out of Egypt”(Exodus 3:10). But despite the fact it was Godwho asked him, he was still hesitant. “Who am I,that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelitesout of Egypt?” Moses inquired.

In like manner, there was that burningsensation among Filipinos when Cory Aquino diedof cancer. When she was buried, millions ofFilipinos came out to see the Ramon Magsaysaylaureate for peace and international understandinglaid to her final resting place.

Out of the blue, people clamored Noynoy torun as the next president of the country. The voice

of the people, so goes a saying, is the voice ofGod. But like Moses, Noynoy was uncertain. Hedeclined the offer at first; he never saw himself asthe chosen one.

After seeking the will of the Lord, he finallyconceded to the clamor of his supporters.Someone wrote: “Noynoy went for a retreat beforehe emerged to accept the great challenge andthen asked the people for their support so that hewill not be beholden to the traditional politics ofpatronage, as he did not have the finances to runa successful campaign.”

But one of the things that Moses really afraidof as a leader was the fact that he was not aneloquent speaker. In fact, he was “slow of speechand tongue” (Exodus 4:10). “O Lord, please sendsomeone else to do it,” Moses begged.

God was angry at Moses. So, He decided tobring Aaron, the brother of Moses, as hisspokesperson. “I will help both of you speak andwill teach you what to do. He will speak to thepeople for you, and it will be as if he were yourmouth” (Exodus 4:15-16).

Likewise, Noynoy is never a good speaker. Inhis lieu, he has a sister named Kris Aquino. Asensitive movie actress and award-winningtelevision talk show host, she is indeed livingmouthpiece. Whenever she’s around, peoplecome and listen to her.

Among the presidentiables, Noynoy has theleast experience as a leader. Among hisprevious works before he became a lawmakerwas retail sales supervisor of Nike Shoes,assistant for advertising and promotion ofMondragon, field service manager of the family-owned Azucarera and member of another family-owned VP Best Security Corporation. Hegraduated with an AB Economics from Ateneode Manila.

For his part, Moses was only a caretaker ofhis father-in-law’s flock when God called him tobecome the leader of Israelites.

Is Noynoy Aquino really the chosen one? If hewill be elected as the president from 2010 to 2016,will he bring the much needed reform thePhilippines aspires and bring the country to greaterheights?

The envelope, please!

For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com

O p i n i o nO p i n i o n

New York, April 20, 2010—Deadly, unpunished violenceagainst the press has soaredin the Philippines and Soma-lia , the Committee to ProtectJournalists has found in itsnewly updated Impunity In-dex, a list of countries wherejournalists are killed regular-ly and governments fail tosolve the crimes. Impunity injournalist murders also rosesignificantly in R ussia andMexico , two countries withlong records of entrenched,anti-press violence.

Getting Away With Murder:CPJ’s 2010 Impunity Index

But Brazil and Colombia ,historically two of the world’sdeadliest nations for the press,each made marked improve-ment in curbing deadly vio-lence against journalists andbringing killers to justice, CPJfound. R ecent convictions inBrazil , in fact, moved the coun-try off the index entirely.

“We’ve heard repeatedpledges from governments thatthe killers of journalists will facejustice, but until these promis-es are fulfilled, media will con-tinue to be targeted by those

who believe they are abovethe law and immune from con-sequences,” said Joel Simon, CPJ’s executive director.“One country, Brazil , madeits way off this list of shameby investigating and prosecut-ing the perpetrators in thesecrimes.”

CPJ is a New York–based,independent, nonprofit orga-nization that works to safe-guard press freedom world-wide. For more information,visit www.cpj.org.

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 60ANGELES CITY

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FORCORRECTION OF THE ERRONEOUSENTRY IN THE BIRTH RECORD OFAYAME LAURON TOHYAMA,

MARILOU LAMOSTE LAURON,Petitioner,

SPEC. PROC. NO. 8362-versus-

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFANGELES CITY, OFFICE OF THESOLICITOR GENERAL & OFFICEOF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,

Respondents.X———————————————————————————X

ORDERThis is a verified Petition for Correction of the Erroneous Entry in the

Birth Record of Ayame Lauron Tohyama.Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, single and residing at 294 Copper

St., Fortuneville, Phase III, Panipuan, City of San Fernando (P).Respondent Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City, holds office at the

City Hall Building, City Hall of Angeles City, Pulung Maragul.Petitioner prays that after due notice and hearing, an order be issued

directing the Local Civil Registrar of Angeles City to correct an erroneousentry in the birth record of Ayame Lauron Tohyama.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance , let thesame be set for hearing on May 24, 2010 at 8:30 o’clock in themorning at the Session Hall of this Court, Ground Floor, Hall of Justice,Pulung Maragul, Angeles City. Let copy of this Order be published in anewspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga andAngeles city, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, at theexpense of the petitioner.

Notice is hereby given that anyone who objects to the Petition shallfile on or before the date of hearing his/her opposition thereto with astatement of his/her ground therefore.

Serve copy of this Order together with copy of the Petition and itsannexes upon the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo Street,Legaspi Village, Makati City; the Civil Registrar General, NationalStatistics Office at Edsa cor. Quezon Avenue, Quezon City; the Office ofthe City Prosecutor of Angeles City; and the Office of the Local CivilRegistrar of Angeles City.

Furnish Atty. Ricardo B. Bermudo and the petitioner with copy of thisOrder.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, March 23, 2010.

OFELIA TUAZON PINTO Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: April 13, 20 & 27, 2010

CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO —Eight out of ten vot-ers in the Third District ofPampanga with about300,000 registered voterssay Congressman Aurelio“Dong” Gonzales, Jr. is themost trusted among thetop elected officials of theprovince, according to arecent survey by PulseAsia.

Gonzales, who is seek-ing a second term in theMay 10 election, got a hightrust rating of 79 percent,which was three timeshigher than the trust ratingof Gov. Eddie Panlilio whoonly garnered 26 percentand nearly twice as high asthat of Lakas-Kampi-CMDgubernatorial bet andformer Board Member Lilia“Nanay Baby” Pineda with 49 percent.

Gonzales also edgedVice-Gov. Joseller “Yeng”Guiao who had a trust rat-ing of 47 percent and CityMayor Oscar Rodriguez,58 percent.

The solon is a memberof the Lakas executivecommittee and is its dis-trict chairman.

Pulse Asia conductedthe poll from April 7 to 9,2010 involving 900 respon-dents in the municipalitiesof Mexico, Arayat, Sta. Anaand Bacolor and the com-ponent city of San Fernan-

PULSE ASIA SURVEY

Dong is most trustedamong local officials

do. It had a margin of errorof three percent. The sur-vey was commissioned byGonzales.

In terms of approval andperformance, Gonzaleshad a high of 85 percentoverall rating in the district,which went up to as highas 95 percent in the townsof Mexico and Sta. Ana.

In comparison, Panliliogot a low 25 percent ap-proval rating throughout thedistrict while Guiao chalkedup a respectable 46 per-cent approval rating.Gonzales also had a high-er 83 approval rating in theCity of San Fernandoagainst Rodriguez’s 75percent.

Gonzales scored very high in the two categoriesof achievements and good

governance and won hugevoters’ approval through his various socio-econom-ic, infrastructure and otherdevelopment projects in thedistrict. These includescholarship grants, farm-to-market roads, bridges,school buildings and multi-purpose covered courts,farmers’ and agriculturalassistance and health sup-port, particularly to indi-gents and the poorest of thepoor.

As a lawmaker, Gonza-les is also highly favored,especially by voters fromBacolor town and nearbySan Fernando, for sponsor-ing two laws: Republic Act9506, otherwise known asthe “Bacolor RehabilitationAct” with an initial funding of P1.0 billion and Repub-lic Act 9832 which creat-ed the Don Honorio Ventu-ra Technological State Uni-versity (DHVSTU), the firststate university in Pampan-ga. DHVTSU is the formerthe Don Honorio VenturaSchool of Arts and Trade.

Gonzales also has arelatively high endorse-ment value of 29 percent,higher even than that of Lib-eral Party presidential can-didate Sen. Benigno“Noynoy” Aquino III with 16percent; Panlilio, 6 per-cent; Pineda, 16 percentand Rodriguez, 9 percent.

Gonzales

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BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

SAMAL, Bataan – TheSupreme Bishop of the Ig-lesia Filipina Independi-ente or popularly knownas Aglipayan Church onSaturday called for theholding of clean and order-ly elections while urgingthe electorates to vote thiscoming polls based on theintegrity and ability of can-didates.

“Dapat sikaping mag-ing malinis at maayos anghalalan para sa kabutihanng Sambayanang Pilipi-no,” Most Rev. GodofredoJ. David, IFI Obispo Maxi-mo XI, said.

When asked if their

We don’t dictate our members - Aglipayan bishopchurch is endorsing anyPresidential candidate, hesaid they do not dictatetheir members whom tovote but merely guide themon knowing the qualitiesand track record of candi-dates.

He said they have a to-tal membership of betweensix to seven million includ-ing those in the UnitedStates, Hongkong, Cana-da and other countries.

“Malaking puwersa nasana ito bilang voting pop-ulation pero binabayaannamin ang aming mgakasapi na magpasiyamatapos ang ilang paalaa-la,” the Supreme Bishopsaid.

David was guest inSamal, Bataan during the75th founding anniversaryof the Diocese of Bataanand Bulacan. He officiat-ed in a Mass at the IFIChurch under the St.Catherine of Sienna Par-ish in Samal.

“Idinadalangin ko namaging masigla at patuloyna maging lingkod sa Diy-os at Bayan ang Dioceseng Bataan at Bulacan sakanilang ika-75 foundinganniversary,” the bishopsaid.

Rev. Fr. Elmeric Azuce-na, parish priest of SamalIFI, assisted the bishop indistributing certificates ofrecognition to both priests

and parishioners from Bu-lacan and Bataan.

The Supreme Bishopheld and waved the Philip-pine flag as parishionerssang the Philippine Nation-al Anthem “Lupang Hin-irang” after singing nation-alistic songs like “AngBayan Ko.”

David also releasedballoons while the soundsof firecrackers were heard.The church was filled, chil-dren among those hearingmass.

Sone children alsojoined the street dancingas part of the programcalled “Gabi ng Aglipay”held Friday night at theSamal town plaza.

BY ARMAND GALANG

CABANATUANCITY– Sixformer military and policeofficials and an Air Forcereservist are in the racefor key local governmentposts in Nueva Ecija.

Records from theCommission on Elections(Comelec) showed thatamong those formerarmed government offi-cials include retired ChiefSupt. Ricardo Padilla,ex-Senior Supts.

Virgilio Fabros, Anto-nio Tanchoco and TomasHizon, retired Rear Admi-ral

Abraham Abesamis,

Ex-military officials eye top posts in Ecijaret ired pol ice SeniorInsp. Rodolfo Rivera andreservist Col.

Reynaldo Garcia.Running for mayor

under the Unang SigawPartido ng Pagbabagoare Fabros for Guimba,Nueva Ecija; Tanchoco,San Isidro; Garcia; Palay-an City; Hizon, Quezon;Padilla, Bongabon; whileAgesamis is running un-der the Liberal Party(LP), Gen. Tinio; and Riv-era, Cabanatuan City.

Hizon, younger broth-er of National Printing Of-fice Director, retired po-lice general

Servando Hizon, is up

against the Bagong Lakasng Nueva Ecija’s Mariano

Criostino Joson, a fo-mer mayor of Quezonand former vice governorof Nueva

Ecija while Padillawho got the highest rankamong fellow former se-curity officials in thiselection is runningagainst incumbent Bon-gabon Mayor AmeliaGamilla, one of the mostbankable officials of Bal-ane.

Gamilla’s husbandalso served as mayor ofthat town for severalterms before his death.

In Cabanatuan City,

Rivera of the KilusangBagong Lipunan is virtu-ally unheard of in the five-cornered fight where thefront-runners are cousinsJay Vergara (71%), aformer three-term mayor,and reelectionist MayorAlvin Vergara (21%). InPalayan City,

reelectionist MayorRomeo Capinpin posteda commanding lead of74-23 in surveys over

Reynaldo Garcia, a re-served Air Force colonel.

In San Leonardotown, retired police chiefinspector Ignacio Garciais lagging behind in thevice mayoral race.

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LUBAO, Pampanga – Liberal Party (LP)reelectionist Gov. Eddie Panlilio urgedyesterday the Commission on Elections(Comelec) to investigate reports that hisrivals led by presidential ally Lakas-Ka-mpi-CMD party gubernatorial candidateLilia Pineda has been paying salariesranging from P1,500 to P4,000 monthlyto people designated to act as pollwatchers on May 10.

“I urge the Commission on Electionsin Pampanga and Central Luzon tocheck out reports that my fellow guber-natorial candidate, Mrs. Lilia Pineda, andher campaigners at the Lakas-Kampi-CMD are doing a massive recruitmentof poll-watchers beyond what is allowedby election laws,” Panlilio said in astatement yesterday.

Panlilio said a “first batch of poll-

Probe reports Pineda poll watchers get early payswatchers have been designated asbarangay coordinators” who have beenrequired by the Pineda camp to recruit10 poll-watchers each.

“Election laws allow two poll-watch-ers per party in every clustered precinctsto work on alternate duty. When the pre-cinct is small, the BEI can ask the poll-watchers to leave. Only a representa-tive of the Parish Pastoral Council forResponsible Voting will be allowed,” henoted.

Panlilio cited reports that the baran-gay coordinators are already being paidP4,000 monthly while the poll watchersthey were asked to recruit were prom-ised P1,500 per month. “They are beinggiven identification cards so they canregularly collect their allowance,” headded.

“This could be a form of vote-buying,”he said.

“I pray that the Comelec check intothis to be able to protect the sanctity ofthe election, as a peaceful democraticprocess, so that the true will of the Ka-pampangan people, especially the poor,will prevail,” Panlilio further said.

Punto tried to reach Mrs. Pineda andher campaign manager Rosve Hensonfor reaction to the allegations, but bothdid not respond to phone calls and textmessages.

Pres. Arroyo is also the official con-gressional candidate of Lakas-Kampi-CMD in the second district of this prov-ince. She is known as a close friend ofMrs. Pineda.

More members of the families of thePresident and Mrs. Pineda are runningfor the May 10 elections.

The President’s rival in the seconddistrict, LP congressional candidateAdonis Simpao noted apart from Mrs.

Pineda, her son outgoing Lubao MayorDennis Pineda is reportedly the congres-sional nominee of the Ang Galing Pinoyparty list, together with presidential sonRep. Mikey Arroyo and outgoing Bacol-or Mayor Buddy Dungca.

Simpao also said that Mrs. Pineda’syoungest daughter Mylene Pineda isalso running unopposed as administra-tion candidate for mayor in Lubao wherethe President is registered voter. In Sta.Rita town, Dennis’ wife Yolanda is seek-ing reelection, also under the adminis-tration party. The Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) provincial office said sheis being challenged only by one inde-pendent candidate Arthur Salalila, aformer mayor and Sangguniang Panla-lawigan member.

Lubao and Sta. Rita are within thesecond district where the President isrunning for Congress.

PANLILIO TO COMELEC:

CLARK FREEPORT— The country’s biggest telecom-munication firm has approved recently the interconnec-tion of its two service areas here and in Subic Bay Free-port in realization of the alliance of two world-class in-vestment destinations in Central Luzon.

Lito Mercado, general manager of Clarktel—subsid-iary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Compa-ny (PLDT), said the approval of the interconnection ofClark and Subic is in conformity with the mandate ofSubic and Clark as the country’s best investment des-tination that provide world class infrastructure and util-ities.

Although investors and locators from the two zonesare expected to save from their telephone long distancecalls, Mercado said that Clark and Subic telecom firmswill be losing about P2.5-million to P3-million per an-num once the project of interconnection is implement-ed.

The interconnection is expected to take effect mid-May of this year as per information provided to Merca-do by Subic and Clark Telecom President Dennis Mag-batoc.

But despite the toll-free charges, the PLDT officialsaid that Clark and Subic will still have to use theirrespective area codes-045 for Clark (Pampanga) and047 for Subic (Zambales).

“But definitely, charges for both freeports will be free,”Mercado said.

Mercado said Magbatoc is also instrumental in therealization of the interconnection through the initiativeof Subic Clark Alliance for Development Council, MetroClark Advisory Council, Clark Development Corporationand Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.

He added that “doing business in Clark will be madeeasier with the toll-free between Clark and Subic, con-sidering its impact on the day-to-day operations of theinvestors from both Freeport zones.”

The integration of the telephone infrastructure inPampanga gave Clark a competitive edge, said Merca-do, adding that with the same integration of the servicelines between Subic and Clark, the competitiveness ofboth investment destinations is expected to improvefurther.

With the integration of Clarktel to all telecom provid-ers in Pampanga in 2004, CDC was able to save aboutP100,000 a month (or P1.2 million) on long distance

calls since the toll-free connection wasimplemented.

With the integration, theamount saved from the local longdistance call was used to financeother projects of CDC as part of itscorporate social responsibility.

PLDT tointerconnectClark, Subic

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBranch 46

City of San Fernando (P)

IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTIONOF ENTRIES IN THE MARRIAGECERTIFICATE OF PAQUITOPINEDA AND AIDA SY-PINEDA

AIDA SY-PINEDA,Petitioner,

SP. PROC. No. 5280-versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAROF CITY OF SAN FERNANDO,PAMPANGA, THE CIVILREGISTRAR GENERAL and theNATIONAL CENSUS ANDSTATISTICS OFFICE,

Respondents.x———————————————————————x

ORDERThis is a verified Petition dated March 24, 2010 filed by petitioner

AIDA SY-PINEDA, through counsel Atty. Raymond F.L. Viray, prayingthat after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be renderedordering the correction of entries in the Marriage Contract of PaquitoPineda and Aida Sy-Pineda by way of:

a) correcting the entry under the name of father of the wife from“Angel Manalo” to “ Antonio Sy”; and

b) correcting the entry under the name of the mother of the wifefrom “Dominadora Santos” to Dominadora Manalo”

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let thesame be set for hearing on May 13, 2010 at 1:30 in the afternoon, atthe Session Hall of this Court, located at the Ground Floor, Hall ofJustice, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, after thisOrder shall have been published in a newspaper of general circulationin the Province of Pampanga, once a week for three (3) consecutiveweeks, at the expense of the petitioner.

Notice is hereby given that anyone who objects to the petitionshould file on or before the scheduled date of hearing his/her oppositionthereto with a statement of his/her ground thereof. The Local CivilRegistrar of the City of San Fernando, Pampanga is hereby given aperiod of fifteen (15) days from receipt of this Order and a copy of thepetition within which to submit its comment and/or opposition thereto.

Serve copies hereof, together with copies of the petition and itsannexes upon the Civil Registrar General (NSO), Office of the SolicitorGeneral and the Office of the Local Civil Registrar, City of San Fernando,Pampanga.

Furnish Atty. Raymond F.L. Viray, the Office of the Clerk of Court,Prosecutor Ma. Graciella R. Dela Paz-Malapit and the petitioner copiesof this Order.

SO ORDERED.City of San Fernando, Pampanga, March 31, 2010.

MARY ANNE P. PADRON-RIVERA Presiding Judge

PUNTO! Central Luzon: April 13, 20 & 27, 2010

His appointment wasnot direct as it results froman EO that automaticallymakes the CIAC chairmanas concurrent SCAD chair-man. SCAD was createdin 2006 as a body to for-mulate policies and pro-grams to develop Subicand Clark freeports, as wellas “the corridor betweenthem” as “globally compet-itive mega logistics hub.”

Mangio figured recent-ly in controversies for back-ing a Kuwaiti contractor notonly for a proposed newpassenger terminal at theDiosdado Macapagal Inter-national Airport (DMIA) atClark freeport but also fora virtual takeover of the en-tire civil aviation complex atClark.

Although he claimedthat the President also sup-ported the Kuwaiti group,Pres. Arroyo later orderedthe firm stricken off the listof contractors.

The press release saidthe EO leading to the ap-pointment of Mangio was

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More ‘midnight’ presidential appointments bared at Clark“signed by the President”last March 10 which issupposed to be the firstday of the constitutionalban on presidential ap-pointments. The ban endson June 30 after the Pres-ident have stepped downfrom office to give way tothe next president.

Mangio’s public rela-tions officer Abigail Tua-zon, who works for hisCentral Country Estate,Inc., issued the press re-lease yesterday morning.

Tuazon said Mangio’soffice received the EO inthe second week of April.

Reliable sources alsosaid that former journalistMax Sangil, a director ofthe Bases Conversion De-velopment Authority(BCDA), was also re-turned recently to his postas director of the govern-ment-owned Clark Devel-opment Corp.

“Development visionaryArchitect Nestor S. Man-gio has assumed a newtitle as cabinet secretaryfollowing an Executive Or-der issued by President

Gloria Macapagal Arroyoreorganizing the Subic-Clark Alliance for Develop-ment (SCAD),” said thepress release that wasaccompanied by a photoof Mangio.

The SCAD post wasvacated by Edgardo Pam-intuan, who is now thecandidate of Lakas-Kam-pi-CMD party for mayor ofAngeles City. Pamintuanalso left the position aspresident of PhilippineNorthrail Corp. now head-ed by another Kapampan-gan, lawyer Boyet Andin.

The President hadbeen criticized for her al-leged “midnight appoint-ments” amid the end of herpresidential term on June30. The most recent con-troversial appointmentsinvolved her manicuristAnita Carpon as boardmember of the PagIbigHousing Fund and Mala-canang gardener ArmandoMacapagal as deputy ofthe Luneta Park Adminis-tration.

Executive SecretaryLeandro Mendoza said the

appointments were legalas they were made beforethe ban on presidentialappointments startingMarch 10.

In a briefing in Mala-canang last March 29,Mendoza announced that“the reorganization wasalready completed beforeMarch 10.”

Mendoza also thensaid that the appointmentsonly appeared to havebeen made hastily be-cause of delays in an-nouncements broughtabout by procedural re-quirements.

Mangio’s press releasenoted that the Presidentchooses the SCAD chair-man from among membersof the board of the BasesConversion and Develop-ment Council (BCDA),Subic Bay MetropolitanAuthority (SBMA), ClarkDevelopment Corporation(CDC), Philippine NorthrailCorporation and CIAC.

It also noted that Man-gio has served as Nation-al President of the UnitedArchitects of the Philip-

pines from 1994 to 1996”and that “his expertise asan architect and urbanplanner was tapped by thegovernment when he wasappointed and had servedas Director of the BCDAand CDC from 1995 to1998 prior to his appoint-ment as CIAC chairman.”

“As a businessman, heruns and manages his owncompanies as president

and chairman of the boardof the following companies:NS Mangio Constructionand Development Corpora-tion (NSMCDC); NS Man-gio & Associates (NSMA);Central Country Estate,Inc. (CCEI); The LakeshoreMarketing, Corp (TLMC);Hotel Gracelane Corpora-tion and Nobleman Proper-ties, Inc.,” the press re-lease added.

confessed gunmen, JesusSarmiento and JeffersonPerez, both of San PedroCutud, this city, after theywere nabbed by pursuingpolicemen hours after theambush on February 12,2006.

Flores, on board a Toy-ota land Cruiser with hiswife Librada, security de-tail SPO4 Nicanor Yabut,and driver Rolly Manalangwere on their way homeafter attending the tradi-tional ball of the El CirculoMasantoleno when theywere waylaid.

Yabut was able to fireback at the assailants be-

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Arrest warrants out for cop...fore he succumbed tomultiple bullet wounds.Flores was hit on the leftside of the stomach. Ma-narang was grazed by abullet on the face while Li-brada was unhurt.

In his “extra-judicialconfession,” Perez iden-tified his other cohorts inthe ambush as CesarioSarmiento of Bahay Pari,Candaba, and PedroMontoya, caretaker ofthe Masantol CentralSchool.

Sarmiento was killedina subsequent encounterwith the police in Mexicotown while Montoya hasremained missing. It wasbelieved that Montoya was

wounded during the am-bush as blood stains werefound in front of the schoolleading to his temporaryshelter in follow-up policeoperations after the am-bush.

Bustos has beencharged with murder forthe killing of Yabut, twocounts of frustrated mur-der for the wounding ofFlores and Manalang, andattempted murder onFlores’ wife.

In August 2005, Bus-tos was slapped by thePhilippine National Policewith multiple administrativecharges that includedgross negligence, gravemisconduct and conduct

unbecoming of an officerand gentleman.

This arose from a hold-up of a Burger Machinestand in Barangay SanAgustin here, where al-leged hold-upper JesterenLumba of San Nicolas,Masantol shot dead a cus-tomer, one Michael RyanCuerdo.

Lumba was later killedin a shoot-out with re-sponding policemen. Bal-listics later found that thegun recovered from Lum-ba was issued to Bustos.

It was also reported bythe police that Bustos in-terceded for Lumba in ear-lier cases he was involvedin. –PUNTO I-TEAM.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

SORRY PERO talagang di naman impressive ang ek ek na andiyan na si Dolphy sa TV5.Panay ang kanilang pamarali na kasali na nga ang sikat na sikat kuning kuning na hari

ng komedi na si Dolphy sa TV5, kaya ayan, binigyan na raw nila ng bagong tv show pagaraw ng Sunday.

Aysus, tipong Mga Kwwento Ni Lola Basyang pala ang tema ng show. Yung ganitongklase ng show ay inamag na ng panahon, remember, Wansapanataym, saan channel ngaba? At yung isa sa GMA na mga alamat ek ek din ang tema? O di ba, ganyan din naman angano na nga ba’ng title ng kaya Pidol ngayon?

Walang bago, di exciting, tiyak, isang season lang, laglag na ito.Hoy mag-isip naman kayo!Sayang naman si Pidol, bakit di kayo mag-isip ng mas matinong project para sa kanya?Kung sa ABS-CBN wala namang nangyari sa career ni Dolphy, umangat ba siya, na-

paangat ba niya’ng Dos? E sa true, lahat ng proyekto niya sa Dos, sumemplang.Ang stature ni Dolphy ay matagal nang di tumataas. Kasi nga, nasa kaitaasan na siya.

Nasa punto ng respeto na lang ang kailangan ibigay sa kanya. Puwede na siyang maglagisa bahay at namnamin na ang mga kagalakang siya ay isang buhay na halimbawa ng tunayna tagumpay ng isang artista. Sobrang trying hard na yung hanggang ngayon na sa kan-yang edad ay pinagtratrabaho pa siya. Di ba, mayaman na siya? Manong pagpahingahin nalang sa bahay yan para maging tunay na wonderland ang buhay niya.

Diyos ko day, hukayin ba si Lola Basyang! Matagal na pong deadsung si Severino Reyes!

Dolphy makabagong Lola Basyang!

Sharon, Jinggoy may nakaraang romansa?MOTHER LILY has this habit of supporting candidatespagdating ng eleksyon. After many senatoriables in thepast, heto ngayon at full support daw niya si Jinggoy Es-trada.

Yes, isang presscon na sumaya dahil sa pagdating nimismong Sharon Cuneta.

Matatapos na ang presscon nang dumating ang me-gastar, na ikinasorpresa ng lahat dahil wala namang an-nouncement earlier na darating ito.

Maging si Jinggoy ay nasorpresa at aniya, wala siy-ang kaide-ideya na darating ang kanyang kumare at isasa itinuturing na tunay na kaibigan sa industriya.

Dahil yata sa sobrang katuwaan, nakapagbitiw ng isangmalaking rebelasyon si Sen. Jinggoy na ikinagulat ng la-hat.

Ipinagtapat niyang nagkaroon pala siya ng pagtanginoon para sa megastar.

“Bandang 1979 yata ’yon nu’ng nabighani ako sa kan-ya. Lagi ko siyang pinupuntahan sa beauty parlor sa Au-rora Boulevard sa San Juan at doon ko siya pinadadalhanng bulaklak.

“At pagkatapos ko siyang bantayan sa parlor niya, bin-abantayan ko rin siya sa Broadcast City kahit hindi akolumiligaw sa kanya, ang nililigawan ko na lang si YayaLuring at ang kanyang driver.

“Kasi, masyadong mabigat ang kalaban ko noong araw– si Gabby Concepcion. Nu’ng lumiligaw na si GabbyConcepcion, umatras na ako agad dahil alam kong walaakong kalaban-laban,” ang big revelation ng reelectionist senator.

Sa bandang huli, sinabi pa ng senador na kahit hindi sila nagkatuluyan ni Sharon, at least, ang naging asawanaman niyang si Precy Vitug ay kamukha at kaboses pa ni Shawie.

Ang isa pang rebelasyon ni Sen. Jinggoy, niligawan din daw ni Sen. Bong Revilla si Sharon.Nang magbigay naman ng pahayag si Shawie, sinabi niyang marami sana siyang gustong sabihin about

Sen. Jinggoy pero at this point, marami raw siyang limitasyon.“But the mere fact that I’m here, I came all the way from Laguna and we’re preparing ’coz we’re going out of

town tomorrow. Kasi, lagi kong sinasabi kay pare, ‘love you, pare, habang buhay tayong magkaibigan,’ pero hindiko naman napapakita.

“And I just want to say to one of the most intelligent and dedicated senators I’ve ever known, the best frienda woman could ever had... we’ve been friends since I was 13, so, we really go back a long way, bata pa talagatayo no’n.

“And I need to tell you that in all those years, sa dami ng nangyari sa mundo ng pulitika, this friend of minenever turned his back on his old friend,” pahayag ni Sharon na bandang huli ay tila maiiyak na.

After the presscon, hindi na nagpaunlak ng panayam si Sharon dahil aniya, bawal sa kontrata niya sa isangproduktong ine-endorse na makisali siya sa pulitika or mangampanya para sa mga kandidato.

Ay ganun, di pa pala pakikialam ang ginawa niya!

26th PMPC Star Awards for Movies WinnersNARITO PO ang kumpletong listahan ng mga winners sa Star Awards for Movies na ginanap sa Ateneo DeManila Theater, Sabado, April 24, 2010:

DIGITAL MOVIE SOUND ENGINEER: Ronald de Asis and Mark Locsin (Dinig Sana Kita)MOVIE SOUND ENGINEER: Ditoy Aguila (Ang Panday)DIGITAL MOVIE MUSICAL SCORER: Francis Brew Reyes (Dinig Sana Kita)MOVIE MUSICAL SCORER: Brian Cua (Kimmy Dora)DIGITAL MOVIE ORIGINAL THEME SONG: Sana Ako Ay Marinig (Dinig Sana Kita)MOVIE ORIGINAL THEME SONG: Tanging Ikaw (Ang Panday)DIGITAL MOVIE PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Brillante Mendoza (Lola)MOVIE PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Richard Somes (Ang Panday)DIGITAL MOVIE EDITOR: Charliebebs Gohetia (Astig)MOVIE EDITOR: Theresa Vanessa de Leon (Kimmy Dora)DIGITAL MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER: Odyssey Flores (Lola)MOVIE CINEMATOGRAPHER: Charlie Peralta (In My Life)DIGITAL MOVIE SCREENPLAY: Jerry Gracio (Astig)MOVIE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Raymond Lee, Olivia Lamasan & Senedy Que (In My Life)NEW MOVIE ACTOR: Romalito Mallari (Dinig Sana Kita)NEW MOVIE ACTRESS: Barbie Forteza (Puntod)MOVIE CHILD PERFORMER: Mica dela Cruz (T2) and JP Mesde (Tulak)MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR: Luis Manzano (In My Life)MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Gloria Diaz (Sagrada Familia)MOVIE ACTOR: John Lloyd Cruz (In My Life)MOVIE ACTRESS: Vilma Santos (In My Life)DIGITAL MOVIE DIRECTOR: Cesar Apolinario (Puntod)MOVIE DIRECTOR: Olivia Lamasan (In My Life)DIGITAL MOVIE: Puntod (ADC Productions)MOVIE OF THE YEAR: In My Life (Star Cinema)MALE STAR OF THE NIGHT: Jericho RosalesFEMALE STAR OF THE NIGHT: Lorna TolentinoMALE FACE OF THE NIGHT: Luis ManzanoFEMALE FACE OF THE NIGHT: Bangs GarciaDARLING OF THE PRESS: Donna VillaULIRANG ARTISTA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEE: Gina PareñoULIRANG ALAGAD NG PELIKULA SA LIKOD NG KAMERA: Carlo Caparas

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BABE, I LOVE YOU (PG13)1230FS • 1255MF • 300 • 505 • 710850LFS • 915LMF • 1055END

CLASH OF THE TITANS 3D (PG13)1220FS • 1235MF • 245 • 455640LFS • 705LMF • 850END

WORKING GIRLS (PG13)1015FS • 1025MF • 1235 • 245 • 455 • 705858LFS • 915LMF • 1108END

THE LOSERS (PG13)1130FS • 1140MF • 135 • 330 • 525 • 720855LFS • 915LMF • 1050END

BABE, I LOVE YOU (PG13)1050FS • 1100MF • 100 • 300 • 500 • 700845LFS • 900LMF • 1045END

THE BACK UP PLAN (PG13)1050FS • 1100MF • 100 • 300 • 500 • 700845LFS • 900LMF • 1045END

WORKING GIRLS (PG13)1050FS • 1100MF • 100 • 300 • 500 • 700855LFS • 900LMF • 1055END

THE LOSERS (PG13)1050FS • 1105MF • 105 • 305 • 505 • 705840LFS • 900LMF • 1035END

CLASH OF THE TITANS 3D (PG13)1100FS • 1115MF • 120 • 315 • 510 • 705845LFS • 900LMF • 1040END

POSSESSION (PG13)1200FS • 1220MF • 200 • 345 • 530650LFS • 715LMF • 840END

THE BACK UP PLAN (PG13)1100FS • 1115MF • 115 • 315 • 515 • 715900LFS • 915LMF • 1100END

PAANO KO SASABIHIN (PG13)1220FS • 1230MF • 210 • 350 • 530710LFS • 730LMF • 845END

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ANGELES CITY – At least one millionmore trees in three years in this city.

Lakas-CMD-Kampi mayoralty can-didate Edgardo Pamintuan vowed yes-terday to accomplish this, saying hewould work hard to make Angeles “thecleanest and greenest city in the Phil-ippines again.”

In 1993, Angeles won an awardfrom the Department of Interior andLocal Government as the “cleanest andgreenest city.”

Pamintuan said he and his “AgyuTamu (We can to it)” Team is target-ing no less than one million trees plant-ed within and around Angeles as partof his “environmental regenerationplan.”

“It’s our humble contribution in ef-forts to avert the impacts of climatechange. We will be planting differentkinds of trees like acacia, bamboo, andmahogany,” he said.

This, he noted, would complement“a more effective, cost-efficient andsustainable garbage collection anddisposal system.”

“One million trees are not enoughto reverse global warming, but our

Pamintuan vows to plant 1-M treesmove is part of our appeal for otherleaders nationwide to also plant treesfor to make a dent,” he said.

Global warming had led to abnor-mal climate and weather in variousparts of the world, including the melt-ing of the polar ice caps that has ledto unprecedented floodings in somecountries.

“We will also urge the city councilto pass a Solid Waste ManagementOrdinance to be drafted through ex-tensive consultation with all stakehold-ers,” Pamintuan said.

Earlier, he vowed to probe the citygovernment’s P63.5-million debt tothe Metro Clark Waste ManagementCorporation which operates a sanitarylandfill facility in Kalangitan, Capas,Tarlac. This debt has prompted the fa-cility to refuse to process garbage fromthe city where folk have resorted to var-ious other ways to dispose of their gar-bage.

Pamintuan also vowed a massiveclean-up drive of Sapang Balen creekand to keep it clean.

“Nung agyu tamu kanita, masagyu tamu ngeni lalu na nung abe-abe at saup-saup,” Pamintuanstressed.

FLY HIGH. Team Agyu Tamu’s official kitecould be seen flying every morning in

barangay Pandan carries with it a message– Abe-abe, Saup-saup – which offers hope

and sincerity to serve Angeleños.PHOTO COURTESY OF ARNEL DE JESUS