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EVICTION’ ORDER. Vice Mayor Gloria Ronquillo shows executive order transferring the sangguniang bayan hall to the municipal annex. Photo Courtesy of Deng Pangilinan

By Ding Cervantes

CLARK FREEPORT - Foreign and local members of a golf club here are set to hold a

protest rally at the main entrance of the Mimosa resort in this freeport as they accused new resort owner Filinvest of unilaterally and illegally scrapping their membership status worth over P500 million.

‘Displaced’ Mimosa golfers to hold rallies vs. Filinvest

FORE! Senior members of Mimosa Golf are in protest over the deprivation of their rights by the new owners of the leisure estate. Photo by Bong Lacson

By Ashley Manabat

STO. TOMAS, Pampan-ga – Newly-elected May-or Johnny A. Sambo is in for rough sailing in his first term as chief exec-utive of this municipality after his first executive order (EO) was met with disdain from majority of the members of the town council.

On Thursday, Vice Mayor Gloria P. Ron-quillo showed a copy of Sambo’s EO No. 1 “as-signing, allocating and transferring” the offic-es of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) to the mu-nicipal annex building in Barangay San Matias

Mayor evicts VM, councilors from SB officefrom the municipal hall in Barangay San Vicente.

Copies of the EO were delivered to SB members on Sunday, ac-cording to Ronquillo.

But on Monday, Ron-quillo said she and her colleagues were sur-prised to find out that their chairs have already been taken out of the session hall in the mu-nicipal hall. As a result, they had to postpone their inaugural session until the next day after borrowing mono block chairs.

But on Wednes-day the tables were re-moved.

CLARK FREEPORT - The new Quest Hotel and Conference Center - Clark Pampanga, set to open on August, will usher in the comforts of a four-star ho-tel to local staycationers, leisure seek-ers and business travelers.

The 303-room hotel is the newest hospitality endeavor within Clark, locat-ed at Filinvest Mimosa. It features de-

Quest Hotel and Conference Center, Clark to open soon

luxe rooms, suites, a club floor, a pool deck, club lounge and restaurants, namely Charley’s Bar, Cafe Mequeni, and Mequeni Deli.

Known for its “cool, clean and com-fy” vibe, Quest Hotel wants to set the standards in the region for world class service, outstanding facilities, topped

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CLARK FREEPORT -- The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya (Pamalakaya) extended yesterday its “warmest congratulations” to for-mer Rep. Liza Maza as newly appointed head of the National Anti-Pover-ty Commission (NAPC), even as they urged probe on her predecessor Joel Rocamora “whose net worth has doubled from P15.65 million to P27.44 million in 2015.”

“Liza Maza will be the most competent, princi-pled and people-orient-ed NAPC chief who will genuinely address pov-erty as she herself is deeply rooted in the peo-ple’s movement fighting for the rights and wel-fare of the most impov-erished sectors of the

Fisherfolk lauds Maza in NAPC

Probe on predecessor’s ‘mysterious wealth’ sought

country, including fisher-folk,” Pamalakaya said in a statement.

Pamalakaya noted that Maza was a former congresswoman rep-resenting the Gabriela women’s partylist and a co-convenor of the broad alliance, Pilipinong Nag-kakaisa Para sa Sobera-nya. She is also “a long-time colleague in the pursuit of national sov-ereignty and territorial in-tegrity,” it said.

The fisherfolk group expressed hopes that under Maza, “NAPC will take the fisherfolk to the center stage of its priori-ties, the sector being the country’s poorest among the poor sector.”

“We hope that NAPC will address the ongoing plight of the fishers. Fish-

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The Mountainview Golf Course at Mimosa, which is a par 72, 18-hole course, is one of the many leisure destinations you can find in Filinvest Mimosa, alongside the soon-to-open Quest Hotel and Conference Center - Clark Pampanga.

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By Ashley Manabat

CLARK FIELD – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will reprioritize its focus from external to internal se-curity as it acquires addition-al equipment in line with this presidential directive and its modernization program.

At the sidelines of the Phil-ippine Air Force (PAF) 69th anniversary here last Tuesday, AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.

AFP gets equipment for internal security30 fast boats, night vision choppers

Ricardo Visaya said they are now in the process of acquir-ing fast boats or speed boats and helicopters with night vi-sion capabilities.

“May tinitignan na kami (We are now checking some) speedboats,” he said.

Visaya confirmed that 30 fast crafts will be delivered within three months and more equipment is expected in six months’ time.

“Within three months ad-

ditional 30 fast boats will be acquired,” he said. “At this point, gusto ng president in-ternal peace, we focus on in-ternal security. We need more equipment that will be needed for our internal security oper-ations.”

“Choppers with night vi-sion capabilities will be deliv-ered within this year. There will be delivery of additional night fighting capability system,” he said.

Visaya said the President cited the Samal Island incident where two Canadians, a Nor-wegian and a Filipina were ab-ducted by the notorious group Abu Sayyaf who demanded ransom for their release. The Canadians were later decapi-tated.

Visaya said with the speed-boats and choppers with night vision capabilities will be a great help in running after the criminals.

During his speech, Presi-dent Duterte underscored the importance of internal security

saying the country’s problem is criminality, drugs, corruption especially in government and human trafficking.

The President said he is thankful to former President Gloria Arroyo who raised the level of the drug problem to a national security threat. For this reason, he said he is now deputizing the military - Air Force, Navy and the Army - to go after criminals.

“I will not back down on this and I will stake my honor, my life and even the presidency,” he said.

DRUG TEST. Cops line up for the urine samples. Photo by Johnny R. Reblando

By Johnny Reblando

OLONGAPO CITY---A total of 378 personnel of the Olon-gapo City Police Office un-derwent a surprise drug test at Camp Manuel F. Cabal in Barangay Barretto, this City, Wednesday morning.

The drug test was super-vised by city police direc-

City cops undergo drug teststor Senior Supt. Jerry Sum-bad in response to the inten-sified campaign against illegal drugs and the drive of PNP chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa to conduct internal cleansing within the police or-ganization.

Sumbad is known for his advocacy to clean the uni-formed service of OCPO upon

his assumption as city top cop.Sumbad said the drug test

was conducted to ensure that all OCPO personnel are not involved in the use of illegal drugs.

Those who will turn posi-tive to the test will not be tol-erated and administrative or criminal charges will be filed against them, said Sumbad.

By Armand M. Galang

CABANATUAN CITY – Three more people including a woman from the police so-called priority target list were killed and an-other drug suspect survived in spate of attacks by unidentified gunmen in Nueva Ecija.

This, even as Malacañang has expressed alarm over the spate of extra-judicial executions in various parts of the country.

Mirasol Lavapie-Ramos, 36, a resident of Purok 4, Barangay Bacal II, Talavera town, was talking with a woman at a barbecue stand along the national road in the adjacent sitio when shot by unidentified attackers on board an unspecified van at about 4:10 p.m. Monday, police said.

Investigation showed that Lavapie, who was listed no. 10 in Talavera’s top drug personalities, tried to run for safety but was pursued with gunfire from the suspects using short firearms. Probers said the woman was reportedly dealing shabu to users in nearby Science City of Muñoz as her husband Jelvin Ramos is presently detained at the Nueva Ecija provincial jail here for drug pushing lodged at the Regional Trial Court Branch 37.

The other fatalities in this latest spate of killings were Alfred Valdez, Jr., 47 of Baloc. Sto. Domingo and Jessie Junarez, 37, of Barangay Luyos, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija while the survivor was Elitom German, 27, of Purok 1, Barangay Militar, Palayan City.

Junarez was abducted by unidentified suspects from his residence at about 9 p.m. Monday before his body was found dumped in Barangay Bagong Sikat, Cabiao. He was No. 40 in San Antonio’s drug list, according to PO2 Patrick delos Santos.

Valdez, No. 3 in the towns’ drug watch list, was killed by mo-torcycle-riding suspects in his residence at about 9 a.m. Tues-day.

German was driving his motorcycle when fired at by rid-ing-in-tandem men along a road in Fort Magsaysay, Palayan City around 6:30 p.m. but even as the victim sustained a gun-shot wound on his buttock, he managed to speed off and was subsequently brought to the military hospital inside the camp, said PO2 Jay Fidel Libres, investigator.

German was later transferred to a hospital in this city.

Woman, 2 other ‘drug dealers’ killed

HAGONOY, Bulacan ----Su-muko sa kapulisan ang 50 katao mula sa Barangay Sto.Rosario at San Agustin na umanoy mga gumagamit ng ipinagbabawal na gamot.

Boluntaryong nagtungo sa kapulisan ang mga ito at nag-pasama sa kanilang mga ba-rangay chairman dahil natata-kot sila nangyayaring kampa-

By Ernie B. Esconde

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan -- Two suspected drug peddlers died in a shoot-out with police while a woman was arrested during a drug buy-bust oper-ation here Wednesday near nightfall.

Senior Supt. Benjamin Silo, Bataan police direc-tor, said Ali Abubacar, 39, of Quiapo, Manila and a still unidentified man died inside a rented house in Barangay Old San Jose here.

Arrested was Bulawan Palao, 43, of Quiapo, Manila while Warly Castillo, alleged leader of the notorious group sporting his name, managed to escape during the gunbat-tle.

Reports showed that when the police-poseur-buy-er declared his identity as

2 pushers dead in shoot-out

a police officer after pay-ing Abubacar with a marked P500 bill in exchange for one sachet of shabu, the still un-identified man drew an au-tomatic 9 mm sub-machine gun and fired at the lawman but missed.

Also, Abubacar aimed to shoot with his .38 revolv-er but the responding police team shot and killed the two men.

Scene of the Crime Op-eratives recovered an M-14 replica, a .38 revolver, a 9mm sub-machine gun, seven spent shells for 9 mm, several live ammunitions and one trans-parent plastic heat-sealed sa-chet containing shabu.

Silo, who was installed as provincial police director only July 6, said Abubacar was a member of the Warly Castillo Group in Mariveles.

nya ng gobyerno laban sa ille-gal drugs at nais nilang magsi-pagbago.

Aminado silang gumagamit ng illegal drugs ngunit hindi naman daw mga pushers ang mga ito.

Tinanggap naman ng PNP ang voluntary surrender ng 50, pinasumpa at pinapirma ang mga ito na hindi na masasang-

kot sa ilegal na droga.Matapos noon ay nakauwi

din ang mga drug users.Ayon sa PNP, tinatanggap

nila ang pagsuko ng mga ito upang bigyan ng pagkakata-on na makapagbagong buhay ngunit posible pa ring maares-to at makasuhan kapag muling na-involve sa paggamit ng ile-gal drugs. –Rommel Ramos

50 drug users sumuko

SAN MARCELINO, Zambales---Two workers taking shelter under a madre cacao tree were killed on the spot after they were hit by lightning at Barangay Rabanes here.

Report reaching the office of Senior Inspec-tor Geoffrey Javier, head of San Marcelino PNP, identified the victims as Wilbert Hipolito y Agpoon, 23, single, laborer, resident of Agpa-lo Street, Barangay Lucero; and Ariel Gumanid y Eder, 21, single, laborer, presently residing at Sitio Palayan, Barangay San Rafael both in

2 workers killed by lightningSan Marcelino town.

Investigation disclosed the victims were con-structing a perimeter fence around the property of one Eugene Asencio located at Purok 1 Ba-rangay Rabanes, when there was a sudden heavy rainfall prompting the two seek shelter un-der the tree where they were struck by lightning.

The victims were rushed to the San Marceli-no District Hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival by attending physician Dr. Robesol Trompeta. –Johnny R. Reblando

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THE PHILIPPINES’ leading airline, Cebu Pa-cific (PSE: CEB), further strengthens its presence in the Eastern and West-ern Visayas regions with the launch of three more routes.

Starting Novem-ber 19, 2016, CEB will launch daily flights be-tween Cebu and Ormoc and Cebu and Roxas; and four times week-ly (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) between Cebu and Cal-bayog using ATR 72-500 aircraft.

“Cebu Pacific re-mains steadfast in pro-viding the best connec-tivity options for passen-gers at lowest fare in the market. With the addi-tional routes in and out of Cebu, the Queen City of the South, more guests can travel and visit sce-nic spots in the Visayas region. We will continue to expand our reach that will cater to our valued guests and boost trade and tourism agendas in

CEB launches 3 more routes to boost the Visayas RegionOffers P599 all in Introductory seat sale

the destinations that we operate in”, says Atty. JR Mantaring, CEB Vice President for Corporate Affairs.

CEB holds an intro-ductory Php599 all-in seat sale for these new routes from July 5-7, 2016 or until seats last. The travel period is from November 19, 2016 un-til March 31, 2017. The lowest all-in year-round fare, one-way for Cebu to Calbayog is Php1927, Cebu to Ormoc is Php 1591 and Cebu to Roxas is Php 1983.

In 2015, over 4.4 mil-lion passengers were flown to and from Cebu. Cebu routes cover about 24.5% of CEB’s seat ca-pacity for 2015. With the addition of the three new routes, CEB has now 25 domestic routes in Cebu which will cater to the ev-er-increasing travel de-mand.

Aside from Cebu, CEB also operates flights out of five other strate-gically placed hubs in

the Philippines: Manila, Davao, Clark, Kalibo, and Iloilo. The airline’s extensive network cov-ers over 90 routes and 64 destinations, span-ning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA.

CEB’s 57-strong fleet is comprised of 7 Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus A330, and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. Be-tween 2016 and 2021, CEB expects delivery of two more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 16 ATR 72-600 aircraft.

For bookings and in-quiries, guests can vis-it www.cebupacificair.com or call the reserva-tion hotlines (+632)7020-888 or (+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can be found on CEB’s of-ficial Twitter (@Cebu-PacificAir) and Face-book pages.

Guests may also download the Cebu Pa-cific official mobile app on the App Store and Google Play.

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Opinion

What due process?“THE EVIDENCE (documentary or testimonial) against the named generals should not be released yet as it may prejudice the administrative and criminal investigation/s & case/s against them.”

So texted Communications Secretary Martin Andanar to reporters inquiring the bases of President Duterte’s damnation of the five police generals as involved in illegal drugs.

Andanar (ir)rationalized: “A premature release through the media may also violate the constitutional right to due process of those involved.”

Constitutional right? Due process? Seriously? Pinapaandaran mo ba ang bayan, Andanar?

In his speech at the celebration of the 69th anniversary of the Philippine Air Force in Clark last Tuesday Pampanga on Tuesday, the President declared: “I’d like to name publicly Gen. Marcelo Garbo, he was a protector of the drug syndicates in the country; Gen. Vicente Loot who is now the mayor of one of the municipalities of Cebu; Gen. (Bernardo) Diaz, the former regional director of Region 11; Gen. (Joel) Pagdilao, former regional director NCRPO; Gen. (Edgardo) Tinio, former QCPD director.”

Furthered Duterte: “I have to tell you the truth and the truth is after so many validations even when I was a mayor of Davao City lumalabas na itong mga pangalan na ito at nakikita mo na ang mga iyon intensive identification of the criminal syndicates and drug distribution marami ng namamatay at marami pang mamamatay at wag kayong sumali diyan maski pulis kayo because you will place yourself in the line of fire.”

For all intents and purposes, effects too, Duterte has pronounced the five generals guilty. Hard pressed they are now to prove their innocence in the subsequent investigation that Duterte, himself, ordered with the stern warning to theinvestigators: “…’wag ninyo akong bigyan ng zarzuela.”

If that is not a perversion of due process, we do not know what is.

So, who and what investigator will dare contradict the pronouncement of, aye, the prejudgment by the President?

No, we have no sympathy for the five generals. Yes, we are ruing the suspension of the rule of law. In this case, at least. And in the seeming summary execution of those police tagged as drug fiends.

Traffic transferBRIMMING OPTIMISM. That was the general reaction of local executives, notably the mayor of Angeles City to the prospect of the Clark International Airport as hub of domestic flights, which President Duterte himself broached.

“I personally told the President that [the transfer of domestic flights underscored] and the regional Asian flights to Clark to immediately ease traffic in the short term,” declared Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.

And lest he be slammed for self-puffery, the mayor was quick to bring in witnesses to the fact: “Alex Cauguiran reiterated that also to the President when we met him together with Dennis Uy, Simon Paz and Dan Concepcion three weeks ago in the Malacanang of the South in Davao City.”

Pamintuan himself reiterating Cauguiran’s dual airport mantra: “Motorists coming from the North will no longer add up to the volume of vehicular traffic along EDSA. We will have an airport in the north which is Clark and NAIA in the South which will serve passengers south of Metro Manila.”

EDSA, aye, there’s the rub. Which makes this bullishness – in its basic meaning of “confident optimism” – over the projected transfer of domestic flights to Clark no more than gung-ho – in its full meaning of “unthinking enthusiasm.” When tempered with the reality on the ground. Think, boy, think.

As it is now, Angeles City is already gridlocked in several EDSA pockets, and not only during rush hours: the whole stretch of Pandan Road from MacArthur Highway to the rotunda leading to Marquee Mall and the North Luzon Expressway, all the way to EPZA on the astern fringes of the city; the Balibago stretch of MacArthur Highway up to, aye, even beyond Dau in Mabalacat City; the junction of the Circumferential Road and Angeles-Porac

Road, with the heavy volume of dump trucks and school service vehicles.

Even worse are the traffic jams at all ingress-egress points to the Clark Freeport at the Main Gate, to turn worst with Capilion complex and Honda Cars showroom taking over whatever room for road expansion possible; and at the Friendship Gate with its ever-expanding Koreatown.

So, nearing completion now is the Clark east lateral road that will connect the freeport’s Main Gate to the Mabalacat Gate. While traffic volume along MacArthur Highway, particularly in Dau, may be considerably eased with this road, it will only be transferred to its terminus – the Mabalacat Gate leading to a two-lane access to MacArthur Highway in the city’s poblacion area already gridlocked as is, and no space for any expansion. Except to demolish the houses and buildings hemming it.

Now, consider the volume of vehicular traffic domestic flights at Clark will impact upon the roads of Angeles City, and for that matter Mabalacat City.

That Clark makes not only the best twin to NAIA but even its better alternative is a no brainer.

That whatever premium Clark has over NAIA – in scope and scale, from its twin runways to its 2,500-hectare expanse – is being squandered with the continuing contraction of its access is no mere food for thought but cause for action by the government.

There is more than enthusiasm in this talk to transfer the domestic flights to Clark. There has to be change – not just to come but in real time.

ON JULY 7, 1892, Gover-nor-General Eulogio Despujol made public the order of the deportation of Dr. Jose Rizal to Dapitan, through a decree published in the Gaceta, to a remote town in Zamboanga.

Rizal lived in exile in far-away Dapitan from 1892 to 1896. Under the missionary jurisdiction of the Jesuits, he practiced medicine, pursued scientific studies, continued his artistic and literary works, widened his knowledge of lan-guages, established a school for boys, promoted commu-nity development projects, in-

vented a wooden machine for making bricks, and engaged in farming and commerce.

Meanwhile, on this day, in Tondo, Manila, a group of Fil-ipino patriots, led by Andres Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, La-dislao Diwa, and Deodato Arel-lano, among others, formally founded the Katipunan (Kata-as-taasang, Kagalang-galan-gang Katipunan ng mgá Anak ng Bayan), an anti-Spanish society with the goal of gaining Philippine independence.

The Katipunan, initially a secret organzation, had three principal aims: political, moral

and civic. The political aim was to fight for the independence of the Philippines from Spain. The moral aim was to teach Filipinos right conduct, cleanli-ness, and to fight against blind obedience to religion and to overcome weakness of char-acter. The civic aim was to help one’s self and to defend the poor and the oppressed.

During the next four years, the organization recruited members from various parts of Manila and nearby provinces. Its discovery in August 1896 eventually led to the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution.

The deportation of Jose Rizal to Dapitan is made public;the Katipunan is founded

I don’t think it’s good that we’re perceived as different I think it’s important we’re perceived as MUCH BETTER. If being different is essential to doing that, then we have to do that, but if we could be much better without being different, that’d be fine with me. I want to be much better! I don’t care about being different, but we’ll have to be different in some ways to be much better. – Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Apple WWDC Closing Keynote, 1997

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

‘Lethal injection,’ di sapat

KUNG totoong di lang karaniwang pulis,kundi matataas manding opisyales,ang nasa likuran ng ‘illegal-drug-trades’at ibang bagay na di kanaisnais

Saan na hahantong sa ating akalaang ganyan kung di sa pagkapariwaraat sa kawalan ng lubos na tiwalasa mga opisyal nitong ating bansa.

Maliban sa ito ay di ikarangal(nating mga Pinoy sa pangkalahatan,partikular na sa pang-internasyonalna lipunang ating kinabibilangan).

Kundi kahihiyan at ng matindi ringinsulto lalo na sa gobyerno natin,ang tayo ay mayrun ng ganitong klasengmga opisyal na nakakayang bilhin

At paikutin ng mga ‘big time dealers’ ng shabu, kapalit ng takdang tungkulinna dapat gampanan ng buong taimtimpara sa bayan at mamamayan natin.

At anong posilbeng kahantungan nitokundi nang kawalang respeto ng taosa ‘men-in-uniform’ at hanay din mismong ahensyang ito ng ating gobyerno?

Yan ba’y di nasilip nitong nakaraangadministrasyon kaya lumubha ng ganyan?(O sadyang ang lahat ng kanyang kabagangsa puntong nasabi’y nagbulag-bulagan?)

At binale-wala ang lahat kung kayaang ‘illegal-drug-trades’ ay lalong lumalala;Kung saan posibleng ang ating hinalaang totoo at di lang puro akala?

Hindi ba sumagi man lang sa isipanng mga naturang PNP official,na walang lihim na di natutuklasan,kaya sumasaw sa bagay na illegal?

Na maari nga nilang ikapahamakanumang sandali sa araw ng bukas?na kagaya ngayong may kumanta’t sukatlaban sa illegal nilang aktibidad?

Sabagay, ano pa nga bang magagawang lahat ng sangkot sa ganyang ‘himala’kundi mag-umiyak lang ng walang luha,at magturuan sa palpak na nagawa.

Sana naman itong si Pangulong Digongay lalo nang maging matatag sa ngayonsa adbokasya niya laban sa ganitongklaseng aktibidad na di ikasulong

Nitong ating bansang pinamumugaranng mga ‘corrupt’ at walang kabusugangHeneral, na gaya ng pinangalanan,na ng ‘Commander-in-Chief sa Malakanyang.

At upang magsilbing aral sa lahat nang nasa gobyerno’t maging kanino pa,sana ang pinaka-matinding parusaang igawad natin laban sa kanila.

At kung maari lang sila ay ibitinng patiwarik at sila’y literal dingsa pamamagitan ng lubid bigtiinnang di pamarisan ng iba pang ‘pating’

(And said execution should be done in public so that it would serve as a warning to all culprits!)

IN NuevA eCIjA

Beyond land transfer: A repeat story of misadventures of the tilling class

By Anselmo Roque(Last of two parts)

CABANATUAN CITY – Aling Elena’s reckoning of the huge expenses in rice farming and the unconscionable “starva-tion buying price” offered by the middlemen, traders, and rice millers for the palay har-vest made her cringed in de-spair.

“With huge production ex-penses, the uncertain good harvest, and little margin of profit that you always endure, how can you be happy in rice farming?” Aling Elena said in an earlier interview.

Take note of these expens-es, she said:

• For the certified rice seed, P1,200 per bag of 40 kilo-grams and for the hybrid seed, P4,500 per bag of 15 kilo-grams.

• For the hand tractor cul-tivation of the seedbed and the planting area, P5,500 per hectare; for “dukit” or the plow-ing with the use of a carabao and a plow of areas near the small dikes, P450 per hectare; and for the pulling of seed-lings, transplanting, and re-planting for the missing hills a few days after transplanting, P7,000 per hectare, and

• For the chemical fertiliz-ers comprising seven bags of urea, complete fertilizer, and phosphate, P6,300; and for the insecticide and pesticide, which include control of the golden apple snails, weeds, rats, and pests and the pre-vention against tungro and other plant diseases, P2,500.

Aggregately, they total to P22,950 for the wet season cropping. For dry season, the expenses are higher as the cost of the hybrid seed and the volume of chemical fertilizers applied are bigger, she added.

“My average yield on wet season cropping is 90 cavans of 50 kilograms each per hect-are and on dry season, 150 cavans.

But from her gross yield, Aling Elena said eight cavans are shared with the manu-al harvesters per 100 ca-vans and the same number of cavans for the owner of the mini-thresher for every 100 ca-vans threshed.

Irrigation service fee is 2.5 cavans on wet season crop-ping and 3.5 cavans on dry season farming per hectare.

Thus, from the gross har-vest of 90 cavans in one hect-are, Aling Elena said her net harvest is 73.5 cavans which, at P675 per cavan (P13.50 per kilogram), translates to P49,612.50. Subtracting her cash expenses, her net is P26, 812.50, she averred.

To the informal lender from whom she obtained a loan of P5,000, she pays P6,750 which is computed at the re-demption rate of one cavan for every P500 loan.

One relatively big relief,

though, is that on dry season cropping, her net income was a little higher.

Aling Elena’s debacle in rice farming and her ultimate decision to collateralize her land are shared by “sever-al thousand” farmer-benefi-ciaries in the province and by many other floundering rice farmers in other provinces.

More loansAs time went on, in which

she found herself needing im-mediate cash for emergency cases, she resorted to asking from the pawnbroker addition-al amounts of loan. Eventually, she realized that it was impos-sible for her to redeem the col-lateralized land.

Her lands have now virtu-ally fallen into her moneyed pawnbroker.

“We have heard of reports that many farmer-beneficiaries had pawned-off their lands,” said Romeo Cordero, provin-cial agrarian reform officer in Nueva Ecija. “But we have no formal survey yet about it.”

But he said that many cas-es are lodged at the Depart-ment of Agrarian Reform Ad-judication Board (DARAB). These cases, he said, involved next of kin, friends of the ben-eficiaries, and some other in-terested parties seeking reso-lution of matters related to the agrarian law implementation.

“The implementation of agrarian reform laws is a very contentious issue,” Cordero said. “As we know, many peo-ple regard agricultural land as life itself.”

Senior Supt. Crizaldo Nieves, former police director of Nueva Ecija, revealed in an earlier interview that based on a consolidated reports, agrari-an dispute is one major cause of murder, homicide and other forms of physical violence in the province.

Rise of the‘kasugpong’

As of today, a look-see of situations obtaining in rice cul-tivation would reveal that “ka-sugpongs” are now the ones tilling the lands. They are con-tracted by the “new landown-ers” whose labor contract is 10 percent share from the gross harvest.

Also, many hectares of rice lands acquired through land reform had been sold to var-ious business companies at amounts ranging from P1 mil-lion to P2 million per hectare. This is evidenced by the com-manding presence of shop-ping malls, supermarkets, subdivisions, hotels, restau-rants and other business en-terprises along the highway and strategic areas.

As for the amortization obli-gation of farmer-beneficiaries, an official of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) in the province said many have de-faulted in paying it. Some-

times, these defaulting farm-ers would suddenly appear and pay in full their obligation indicating that “somebody” had paid for it.

Thus, it is no wonder how prime rice lands had fallen into the hands of businessmen.

Poor farming families

Aling Elena’s passenger jeepney was eventually sold and her tricycle, due to the sudden proliferation of this passenger vehicle, has expe-rienced limited income. Her sons became kasugpong to support their own families. She ended up as a “labandera.”

But somehow, some other farmer-beneficiaries became exceptions to the likes of Aling Elena’s plight.

“With the money acquired for the pawned land, some of the farmer-beneficiaries were able to finance the education of their children who eventu-ally became professionals. Others used the money for sending their children to work abroad,” said an LBP official, who did not wish to be identi-fied. Some other farmer-bene-ficiaries, who are members of cooperatives, thrived well thru the loans given by the banks. But they are not numerous.

Majority of the farmers have been complaining about the inadequate services of the government to help them in gaining much headways in rice farming. Studies conduct-ed by the Philippine Rice Re-search Institute (PhilRice), in-dicated that huge production cost in the country make the farmers earn less than their counterparts in other rice pro-ducing countries. It said that labor cost share is 48 percent to the total cost which is more than double compared to that in Vietnam, Thailand and In-dia.

For fertilizer alone, 14 per-cent is spent for the produc-tion cost and for irrigation ser-vice fee, which is free in other countries, 3 percent.

“All in all, the study said, to produce one kilogram of un-husked rice in the country, the cost is P10.66 which is much higher than that in Thailand (P8.84) and Vietnam (P6.30),” the PhilRice study said.

But if it were a consolation, another PhilRice study said:

“Our rice farmers are top producers per unit area per unit time. They topped Thai-land and India by one metric ton average yield per hectare.”

Sadly, however, their su-perb record in being top pro-ducers of rice, especially in Nueva Ecija, does not trans-late to the well-being of many families in the province. The magnitude of poor families in the province, as shown by the National Statistical Coordina-tion Board (NSCB), indicated an increasing trend: 64,808 in 2003; 94,026 in 2006; and 112,367 in 2009.

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NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heir of ANASTACIO S. BuNDALIAN

who died intestate on February 9, 2013 at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Metro Manila executed an Affidavit of Self-Adjudication with Deed of Absolute Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 27, Block 28 del plano de subdivision Psd-3066 parte del Lote No. 8590 de la medicion catastral de Angeles G.L.R.O. Cad Rec. No. 124) situated in the Barrion of Lourdes, Mun. of Angeles, Prov. of Pamp. and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 173787, before Notary Public Elaiza S. Sabile-David as per Doc No. 1532, Page No. 85, Book No. XXI, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: June 23, 30 & July 7, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CELIA PAMINTuAN-GAJuNIA

who died intestate on February 13, 2016 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land, Lot 9, Block 1 of Psd-55182 and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 32606 in the Registry of Deeds for Angeles City, before Notary Public Jerome T. Paras as per Doc No. 66, Page No. 13, Book No. XII, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CESAR R. NuNAG and

SOLEDAD B. NuNAG who died intestate on December 14, 2012 and April 9, 2010, respectively, in California, U.S.A. executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Absolute Sale of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 3, Block 1 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-3789, being a portion of Lot 14, described on plan Psd-49708, LRC (GLRO) Cad Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 54515 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Deputy Consul General Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon as per Service No. 23346, O.R. No. 7059, Doc No. 9263, Page No. 2, Book No. XXXVI, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ESTELITA GARCIA who died

intestate on April 8, 2008 in Mabalacat, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 189-B-5 of the subd. plan Psd-03094297, being a portion of Lot 189-B (LRC) Psd-284265, L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Bo. of Bundagul, Mun. of Mabalacat and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 79995 (No. 469292) of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Reymon E. Fabros as per Doc No. 166, Page No. 67, Book No. IX, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of DEOGRACIAS S. OCAMPO

who died intestate on February 3, 2004 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as 1/14 share on 10 parcels of land situated at Brgy. Saguing, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to wit:

Title No. Area (sq. m.) Classification 523952-R 41,416 Residential 042-2015005520 21,843 Agricultural 523954-R 1,554 Residential 523955-R 913 Residential 523956-R 1,000 Residential 523957-R 1,000 Residential 523958-R 1,000 Residential 523959-R 1,000 Residential 523960-R 1,000 Residential 523961-R 1,000 Residential

before Notary Public Arnaldo P. Dizon as per Doc No. 495, Page No. 99, Book No. XIII, Series of 2015.Punto! Central Luzon: June 30, July 7 & 14, 2016

NOTICE OF ExTRAJuDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RENE F. AGuAS who died intestate

on November 17, 2015 at Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 2, Block 35 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-93371 (Sheet 3), being a portion of Block 34-A-3, described on plan (LRC) Psd-64836, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Record No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Cutcut, City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 045-90811, before Notary Public Eric V. Mendoza as per Doc No. 2168, Page No. 9, Book No. 71, Series of 2016.Punto! Central Luzon: July 7, 14 & 21, 2016

with signature Filipino hospitality.

The hotel and con-ference center also has eight spacious meeting rooms showcasing the latest board room equip-ment, a grand ballroom, a swimming pool, a fit-ness center, and two 18-hole golf courses.

Chroma Hospitality Inc., the hotel manage-ment company of Filin-vest Development Cor-poration, also the com-

Quest Hotel and Conference Center...pany behind the Quest Hotel brand, is bullish and optimistic in its plan to lead the hospitali-ty industry here in Cen-tral Luzon and the whole country.

Alongside the four-star hotel, the world-class Mimosa Golf Course, with its two courses, also recently reopened to the general public.

For beginners and players who want to get in the game of golf, the par 72, 18-hole Acacia & Lakeview Course of-

fers a friendly challenge. It can accommodate 240 players per day.

On the other hand, the Mountainview Cham-pionship Course is a par 72, 18-hole course that provides a challenge to even veteran golf play-ers. It can accommodate 200 players daily.

Mimosa Golf Course was designed by Nel-son & Haworth, a world renowned professional and golf course architect

The golf course is now open to guests, site

visits, online bookings and walk-ins. Operation starts at 5 am and ends at 8 pm daily.

For inquiries, you may contact the hotel’s Sales and Marketing Department at +63 45 599-8000, +63 916 582 3849 or +63 943 292 2075. You can also email clarkinfo@quest-hotels.com or visit clark.quest-hotels.com and follow updates on Facebook at facebook.com/questho-telclark. –QHCCCP - PR &MarComm

According to Ron-quillo, they conducted a meeting among the SB members where six councilors voted not in favor of transferring the SB offices while only three councilors voted in favor.

Ronquillo said the municipal annex, even if it has a session hall on

Mayor evicts VM, councilors from SB officeFrom page 1 the third floor, has no

parking and is too far from the municipal hall. She said Sambo should have consulted with them first before order-ing the transfer.

Ronquillo said she wrote a letter to provin-cial director Myrvi A. Fa-bia of the Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) seeking her intercession on the

matter.She pointed out that

just a few hours after tak-ing his oath of office on June 30, Sambo signed the transfer order. “Why is he in a hurry? He could have talked to us first because we are also elected officials like him,” Ronquillo lamented.

Also on June 30, Sambo wrote a mem-orandum informing SB

members that their of-fice at the municipal hall will be allocated and as-signed to the Municipal Social Welfare and De-velopment, Senior Cit-izens’ Office, Persons With Disability Office, and the 4Ps Office.

Ronquillo said Sam-bo never consulted them with his order transfer-ring their offices in viola-tion of the law.

ers have been denied just government support under Aquino regime,” Salvador France, Pamal-akaya vice-chairperson said.

This, even as Pamal-akaya sought investiga-tion of various fisherfolk non-government orga-nizations established during the term of Ro-

Fisherfolk lauds Maza in NAPCFrom page 1 camora.

“Who comprise these organizations? Are these fisherfolk organizations genuinely helping the poor fishers or are these fund-based organiza-tions that serve as con-duits of officials, to rip off government funds in-tended for the betterment and welfare of the fisher-folk?” France asked.

Pamalakaya alleged

that “former NAPC head Rocamora is among the Cabinet members of former President Aqui-no whose net worth has doubled from P15.65 million in 2014 to P27.44 million in 2015.”

“The sudden soar of Rocamora’s net worth is mind boggling. For-mer anti-poverty czar’s wealth had doubled while chronic poverty is

still prevalent and unre-solved. We are yearning to know the truth behind Rocamora’s mysterious wealth,” France said.

Pamalakaya said it is ready to help Maza in the “formulation of gen-uine poverty-alleviation programs that will truly address the long running poverty among the Filipi-no people.”

–Ding Cervantes

The displaced golf-ers, claiming 2,008 mem-bers, from the group Mi-mosa Senior Golfers said they bought their mem-bership for hundreds of thousands and even to over a million pesos way back when Mimosa was still under the man-agement of Mondrag-on, through the resort’s being taken over by the state firm Clark Develop-ment Corp. (CDC).

The membership is only top of monthly dues that, over many years, had entitled them and members of their imme-diate family to play golf at the sprawling 36-hole

‘Displaced’ Mimosa golfers to hold rallies vs. FilinvestFrom page 1 Mimosa golf course.

Recently, however, the CDC awarded the management and oper-ation of the Mimosa es-tate to Filinvest, in its bid to privatize the resort.

Golfer Harv Havison said the golfers have re-ceived notification from Filinvest informing them that from being members of the Mimosa golf club, they have been down-graded to merely having playing rights at the Mi-mosa golf course.

“This means Filinvest just totally disregarded the huge amount we paid as membership fee,” Ha-vison said.

George Ward, anoth-er senior golfer, noted

that he bought his mem-bership for $7,000 in 2007 and also paid regu-larly the monthly fee then amounting to P2,500. He said Filinvest has in-creased the monthly fee to P4,000.

Ward said that the scrapping of the mem-bership status of the golf-ers and reducing them to having mere rights to play golf has also dis-abled their capacity to sell their memberships.

“In the past, mem-bers who had paid huge membership fees could sell their membership to other people. Now, un-der Filinvest, the huge fees we paid for mem-bership is just gone,” he

lamented. At the same time,

Havison also lamented that Filinvest not only re-moved their membership status, but also banned immediate members of their families from play-ing golf for free. “They have to pay to be able to do this,” he added.

TugadeHavison challenged

former CDC president Arthur Tugade, who is now secretary of the De-partment of Transporta-tion, to help them. “It was under him in the CDC that the award of Mimo-sa to Filinvest was done, so he should get us out of this problem,” he said.

He said Filinvest did not consult with the golf-ers on its new policies, but expressed hope that dialogue could still be re-sorted to.

He said the displaced

golfers plan to hold a ral-ly at the gate of Mimosa on Aug. 2 and 3 to press their demand for the rec-ognition of their rights and privileges before the Filinvest takeover.

THE Social Security System (SSS) has signed agreements with three na-tional government agencies (NGA) for the coverage of 310 workers hired as job order (JO) or contractual workers of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geo-physical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Phil-ippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), and Environ-mental Management Bureau (EMB).

SSS Professionals Sector De-partment Manager Noel L. Coyu-pan said that the signed SSS agree-ments formalize the inclusion of these

SSS covers PAGASA, Phivolcs, EMB job order workersJO and contractual workers under the KaltaSSS-Collect Program, which en-sures their active SSS membership and eligibility for SSS benefits and loan privileges. JO and contractual workers are not covered by the social protec-tion program for public sector employ-ees.

“Workers hired on a job order or contractual basis are more vulnerable in the face of financial contingencies, as they are often excluded from ben-efit packages and other privileges that regular employees receive. With these agreements, they can now rely on SSS

for financial assistance,” he said.The covered JO and contractual

workers occupy a wide range of posi-tions such as electronics and commu-nications equipment technicians, sci-ence and engineering aides, science research specialists and assistants, computer programmers and drivers from PAGASA, and emergency em-ployees, science research specialists, project and research assistants, and information officers from Phivolcs.

Meanwhile, the covered JO and contractual workers from EMB include utility workers, encoders, bookkeep-

ers, records aides, administrative of-ficers, drivers, engineers, computer operators, mechanics, technical staff and laboratory aides, as well as secu-rity guards who are not under a ser-vice provider.

The KaltaSSS-Collect Program, which was formerly known as the e-AlkanSSSya Program, offers an automated salary deduction scheme from the monthly contribution and loan payments of the covered JO and contractual workers, who are covered as self-employed members.

–Press release

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SpotlightRey Pineda

Ricky Davao reacts toPresident Duterte’s exposé

ACTOR Ricky Davao reacted to President Duterte’s drug trade exposé involving five senior police generals at the 69th Anniversary of the

Philippine Air Force held at Clark Air Base, Angeles, Pampanga.Ricky learned of the expose while at the presscon of DOM

(Dirty Old Musical) which will be held at the Music Museum on September 2016.

“Alam naman natin na meron talaga.“Ngayon, kung totoo yun o hindi, ang bintang sa bawat isa sa

kanila, hindi natin alam.“Kasi, kumbaga, where there’s smoke, there’s fire.“Kung hindi talaga sila, then prove it. May korte naman,

may imbestigasyon.“Pero kasi marami ang lumulusot, e.“So, sana yung mga ginagawa ni President Duterte,

e, mag-open up talaga ng mga bagay-bagay para dumiretso naman ang takbo ng mga buhay natin.”

The veteran actor also said...“Sang-ayon ako sa mga ginagawa ni President Duterte mula nung manungkulan siya.

“For me, okey naman ang mga ginagawa ni President Duterte.

“Bakit ka naman matatakot kung wala kang ginagawang masama?

“For me, curfew is fine, lalo na I have kids. Okey sa akin yun.

“Parang ang dating nga sa akin, ibinabalik lang niya

yung mga simple discipline.“Yung sinasabi nila na small-

town thinking, hindi totoo yun.“Ibinabalik lang niya ang mga

simple discipline.“Totoo naman, yung mga nagka-

karaoke sa kanto, hindi ka makatulog.”“Yung mga ginawa dati ng mga mayor,

ni Mayor Duterte, Mayor Bayani Fernando, ni Mayor Dick Gordon ng Subic, ang linis, ang ganda, disiplinado.

“Tapos, ibinabalik niya yung pride natin as Pinoy na, ‘Uy, huwag kang magkalat, masisira yung bayan natin.’

“I don’t know what happened, nagkaroon na ng mga corruption.

“Siyempre, power ‘yan, nakakalasing.“Pero sana, ang mga tao ngayon na

namumuno at mga nakapaligid, sana huwag malasing.

“Sana malasing sila sa ganda ng mangyayari.”

q q qAFTER ALL his hard work, Alden Richards is driving a black sports car for three months, which he consider a reward for himself.

His choice of car model - a Jaguar.The first time he was spotted driving a

Jaguar was on January 30, at the wedding of Vic Sotto and Pauleen Luna.

It was red, and it was a test drive.This British luxury car brand offers

three models under its premium sedan line—XE, XF, and XJ.

In the U.S., the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of these car models range from $ 51,700 to $ 121,000 or Php 2.42 million to Php 5.67 million.

q q qEX-COUPLE Bea Alonzo and Gerald Anderson are working with each other on a movie for the first time, six years after they decided to end their relationship.

Both Bea and Gerald admit that they initially felt awkward being together on the set of their upcoming movie titled How To Be Yours.

Dan Villegas directs this Star Cinema movie about a woman named Anj (played by Bea) who is torn between

her love for Nino (played by Gerald) and her passion for her work.

Direk Dan observes that Bea and Gerald were able to successfully overcome their awkwardness. In fact, there were

times when the offscreen moments of Bea and Gerald actually made it to the actual movie that will open on July 27.

‘Mas gusto ko ang history kaysa chemistry,’ admitted Direk Dan.

‘Nakakatuwa yung banter nila, alam mo na magkaibigan na sila way before. May mga parts na nagagamit namin pag naguusap lang sila before the take.’

Bea alonzo

By Ding Cervantes

CLARK FREEPORT -- Less than a week into his six-year presidency, Pres. Duterte is yet learning presi-dential protocols amid gaffes Tuesday during formal rites for the 69th anniversary of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) here.

Observers listed at least five wayward instanc-es during the ceremonies, including the President’s throwing a flying kiss towards a lady reporter as he stood on a military jeep beside a stiff PAF chief Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina during a pass in review of mili-tary troopers.

The President, arriving about 10 minutes late for the program at the PAF’s Haribon aviation complex here, wore denims to match his simple “barong Taga-log” amid fully uniformed military personnel and their formally attired spouses. Civilian audience seemed to like his attire as being “pro masa.”

“Talagang simple,” one observer was heard to have remarked.

But the President was still apparently getting used to the protocols, failing to issue “Tikas pahinga” com-mand to the hundreds of air force soldiers standing still in rows in front of the flower-decked stage, until his fourth sentence.

In another part of the program, the President went to the podium to thank the PAF for its role in securing the country, instead of getting down the stage as mo-tioned to by an air force officer. He went back to his seat after a few sentences of thanks, but was again asked to alight from the stage for the pass in review on board a white, roofless jeep.

Duterte was, however, very presidential standing erect beside Fallorina on board the jeep, saluting the troops and the flag they passed by.

But apart from his speech that shocked the audi-ence with his expose of police generals allegedly into illegal drugs, the President made his mark in the an-niversary event when, as his jeep was about to end the review of troops near the stage, he threw a flying kiss apparently directed to female reporter Doris Big-ornia, causing some laughter among reporters near-by.

“I think he was endearing. He was being like us, ordinary people,” said one female air force cadet who asked not to be named.

Less than a week into presidency, Duterte’s

protocol gaffes endear

FANS of all ages joined in the fun as Richprime Gla-bal, Inc. and Toy Kingdom recently held the first and biggest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows launch at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium.

Showcasing the latest toys inspired by the movie plus the amazing revelation of turtles on life size 3D structures, the event was held in time for the show-ing of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows film in the Philippines. The 5-day event also featured exciting ground activities for little ninjas such as the Green Maze, Laser Lockdown, Sewers and Ladders and Obstacle course.

Toys, of course were tops, as new characters such as Dr. Baxter Stockman and Shredder who hired Stockman to create his own mutants in the form of Bebop and Rocksteady come in full force to bat-tle with Turtles. Expect an upgraded version of you favorite TMNT characters and the newest members of Out of the Shadows, as well as the most antici-pated Krang.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shad-ows brings Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael into a bigger battle alongside AprilO’Neil, Vern Fenwick, and a newcomer: the hockey-masked vigilante, Casey Jones.

Created by Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman, and di-rected by David Green, Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur-tles: Out of the Shadows brings to the big screen what fans have been waiting for like the modern Technodrome and latest Sewer lair. The movie is centralized to know the turtles better, the power of family, and working together, and is shown in 3D, 2D, and IMAX formats.

The collection is available at Toy Kingdom and The SM Store. Plus the most anticipated Krang is now in stores nationwide. Also visit www.toykingdom.ph; Toy-KingdomPH at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Out of the shadows at Toy Kingdom

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FiRsT CoUnCiL session. Angeles City Vice Mayor Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno leads members of the 17th Sangguniang Panlungsod for their first group photo inside the new legislative hall after their first council session held June 5. Members of the new city council include (L-R) Carlito Ganzon, Jae Vincent Flores, Jay Sangil, Carmelo Lazatin Jr., Joseph Ponce, Alexander Indiongco, Jericho Aguas, Edgardo Pamintuan Jr., Amos Rivera, Joseph Alfie Bonifacio, and Danilo lacson. Photo courtesy of aC-Cio

ANGELES CITY - Mayor Ed-gardo D. Pamintuan is set to attend the 5th World Cities Summit scheduled from July 10-14, 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

The World Cities Summit is a biennial which serves as the platform for government lead-ers and industry experts to address liveable and sustain-able city challenges, share in-tegrated urban solutions and forge new partnerships.

The Mayors’ forum, as the flagship event of the WCS, is an exclusive, by-invitation- only gathering of mayors and city leaders to discuss press-ing city challenges and share best practices.

Since its inauguration in 2010, it has been attended by more than 250 cities world-wide. Jointly organized by Singapore’s Centre for Live-able Cities and Urban Rede-velopment Authority, key high-lights of the Summit include the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, and the annual World Cities Summit Mayors Forum.

The discussion for this year’s summit is focused on

Pamintuan to attend World Mayors’ Summit

the theme “Innovative Cities of Opportunity.” This is the 3rd time that Pamintuan was invit-ed to this prestigious event.

“This gives us the opportu-nity to meet other mayors and local chief executives from all over the world and learn first-hand from them the best prac-tices that they have introduced and implemented in their own cities which helped improved the quality of lives of their con-stituents. It is also one way for us to share our very own experience in pursuing an in-clusive governance that helps in the development of our so-ciety,” Pamintuan said.

In 2012, the WCS was also held in Singapore whereas the 2014 edition was hosted by the City of New York in the US.

In recent years, Pamintuan was also one of a few select mayors from the Philippines who were invited to participate in international gathering of these local chief executives.

Pamintuan will be joined by Archimedes Reyes, the City Information Officer of this city. –Angeles CIO

By Ernie B. Esconde

ORION, Bataan- Three mem-bers of a family, including a child, died when the tricycle they were on collided with a cargo truck along the Roman Superhighway in this town Tuesday late afternoon.

Police Officer 2 Geroni-mo Antonio, Orion police in-vestigator, said tricycle driver Christopher Mateo, his live-in-partner Maricar Toyco, and their three-year old daughter, died on the spot. They were bound for Limay, Bataan when they meet the accident at 4 p.m. in barangay Bilolo.

Mateo was thrown out of the tricycle while Toyco and the child were left in the tricy-cle under the truck which then rammed a tree and crashed on the concrete fence of a poultry

farm.Rescue workers had to use

two cranes and a payloader to lift the big truck to get the vic-tims out.

Truck driver Leo Naguita of San Fernando, Pampanga and a helper were not hurt. Police were readying charges against the driver who was de-tained at the Orion municipal jail.

“Nakarinig ako ng malak-as na kalabog at nakita ko nga ang nagbanggaang tricyle at truck. Galing sa Mariveles ang truck at sa Balanga naman ang kasalubong na tricycle,” said Ton Garcia, caretaker of the poultry farm nearby.

The police investigator said the tricycle overtook anoth-er vehicle apparently without noticing the incoming cargo truck.

Trike-truck collision kills

child, 2 others

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