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CLARK FREEPORT – A measly 23 out of 94 local government units (LGUs) in Central

Luzon have approved solid waste management plan, and only about 45 percent of them segregate wastes.

Only 23 of 94 LGUs inCL have garbage plan

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Vice Governor Dennis ‘Delta’ Pi-neda praised the eff orts of the purok chairmen in diff erent mu-nicipalities and cities in help-ing with the eradication of illegal drugs in the province.

Delta cites purok chairs in war vs. drugs

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This was during the Year-end Assessment on the Anti-Illegal Drug Campaign in the Province in front of 3,794 purok chairmen Sat-urday morning at Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center.

Delta said that the job they’ve

been doing for the past months bore signifi cant results like the seizure of the mega shabu lab-oratory in Arayat and other big laboratories and the apprehen-sion of drug personalities.

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CLARK FREEPORT – Gov. Lilia G. Pineda has sounded the call for a united eff ort of all lo-cal government units (LGUs) and national

Gov urges unifi ed workfor revitalizing Manila Bay

government agencies in Central Luzon in revital-izing Manila Bay.

Pineda made the call during the Area-Based Management Summit held here on Wednes-day.

“This is a histor-ic event, not just for the province of Pampanga, but for the entire Cen-tral Luzon. This is our response to our desire to be united in providing quality environment for

the people we govern,” Pineda said.

She said the event was held for the execu-tive heads of the region to talk to each other face-to-face and discuss what

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CLARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – The na-tion’s fl ag carrier, Philippine Airlines (PAL), is look-ing to expand its operations at this airport begin-ning January next year after offi cially starting its daily Clark-Caticlan fl ights last Friday.

“This will further develop Clark airport as it now being prioritized by President Rodrigo Duterte to help decongest Metro Manila,” Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said during the formal launching of the PAL Clark-Caticlan fl ights here.

Tugade said he is now in talks with the Min-ister of Transportation of Japan and PAL offi cials for the establishment of Japan fl ights at this airport through Okinawa “that will provide more interna-tional service to our passengers especially in Cen-tral and Northern Luzon.”

PAL eyes Clark-Japan

fl ights by 2017

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ANGELES CITY – In celebration of the 150th

birth anniversary of Juan Crisostomo Caballa Soto, the Sapni (Heirs) Nang Crissot Literary and Cultural Foundation,

ALANG DIOS

Musical that ignited Kapampangan cultural

renaissance set at DHVTSUInc. will be staging his immortal zarzuela Alang Dios (There’s No God) on January 27, 2017 at the Don Honorio Ventura Technical State Univer-sity in Bacolor town.

Soto was a poet, dra-matist, journalist and newspaperman who was also known as Cris-sot, the “Father of Pam-pango Literature.”

Robby Tantingco, di-rector of the Center for Kapampangan Studies (CKS), said it was during

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Port operations in the coun-try’s premier freeport is expect-ed to experience increased activities as the Government of Taiwan expressed keen in-terest in forging a partnership with the Subic Bay Metropoli-tan Authority (SBMA).

In a recent visit here, ex-ecutive offi cials from Taiwan Maritime and Port Bureau led by deputy director general Lee Yuan-Wan manifested to SBMA OIC-administrator Atty. Randy Escolango the possibil-ity of building a transshipment partnership between Taiwan and Subic Bay.

The partnership aims to in-crease the volume of contain-er traffi c between the Port of Subic Bay and Taiwan Ports, thru Yang Ming Shipping Lines.

In response, Escolan-go suggested to the director general of Taiwan Port Bu-reau to encourage industries in Taichung to use the Port of Subic as their gateway in the region.

The visit of the Taiwanese

WITH TAIWAN-BASED SHIPPING LINES

Subic sees increased port operations

SBMA OIC administrator Atty. Randy Escolango (left) explains the developments at the Port of Subic to visiting Taiwan Port and Maritime Bureau deputy director general Lee Yuan-Wan, Hsu Chia-Chu of international aff airs planning division, and maritime aff airs administration division technical specialist Tu Wen-Yun.

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CLARK FREEPORT -- In the spirit of Christmas, the state-owned Clark Development Corp. (CDC) has donated 25 beds and cushions to the

CDC donates beds to Capas hospital in TarlacOspital Ning Capas in in Tar-lac “in support of the govern-ment’s eff ort to provide quality medical services to local folk.”

CDC assistant vice presi-dent for external aff airs Rom-mel Narciso led the turnover

of the hospital beds to Capas municipal administrator Efren de Jesus.

“This will enable the local government unit to provide quality medical service to the growing population of the mu-

nicipality and its neighboring towns,” De Jesus said.

The hospital is classifi ed by the Department of Health as a Level 1 facility with ap-proved authorized bed capac-ity of 25.

Capas is a fi rst class highly urbanized municipality in Tar-lac and one of the richest in the province. It is now dubbed as the tourism capital of Tar-lac. The 2010 census placed its population at 125, 850.

ANGELES CITY-- The Tarlac College of Agriculture (TCA) is now fi nally Tarlac Ag-ricultural University (TAU).

The regional Philippine Information Agency (PIA) said this was the outcome of Republic Act 10800 converting the school into a university as authored by Sen. Bam Aquino. It was the fourth such proposal in Congress in recent years.

“Authored by Senator Bam Aquino, it is an act that mandates the conversion of TCA in the Municipality of Camiling, into a state university to be known as TAU and appropriating funds therefor,” the PIA said.

Ceremonies in the school marked the declaration of the college into the universi-ty, with the school’s board of regents, offi -cials from the Commission on Higher Ed-ucation, and other government leaders in attendance.

Incumbent college president Dr. Max Guillermo was also installed as fi rst uni-versity president.

“TAU is committed to improve the qual-ity of life through the production of compe-tent graduates and relevant technologies in the service of society,” Guillermo said.

“This is a very big step for us. Rest as-sured that we will maintain our high-qual-ity education in order to produce global-ly competitive students and leaders,” he added.

He said “TAU is targeting massive learning facilities and infrastructure devel-opment and envisions being one of the top 500 agricultural universities in Asia.”

– Ding Cervantes

delegation to the Port of Subic is a result of SBMA’s partic-ipation in the 22nd Philip-pines-Taiwan Joint Economic Conference held on October 27-28 in Taipei, Taiwan.

The “Southbound Policy” of the Government of Taiwan has initiated concrete mea-sures in prioritizing countries south of Taiwan, including the Philippines, in the area of trade and investments.

Due to this paradigm shift, the Philippines is taking ad-vantage of this opportunity to capture the matured growth of industries in Taiwan in the fi elds of high-value manufac-turing, innovation, logistics and transshipment, renew-able energy, e-commerce and fi nancing.

Escolango noted that Tai-wan is the Philippines’ 6th trading partner with $7.85 bil-lion worth of bilateral trade in 2015.

At present, there are 52 Taiwanese companies in Subic Freeport, mostly inside the Taiwanese-run Subic Bay Gateway Park, with over $500 million worth of investments generating 12,500 jobs.

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ORANI, Bataan – The former chair-man of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority on Tuesday recommended Sinagtala which is ad-jacent to the Bataan mountain range as one of the best destinations and must-see in the province during the Christmas season and anytime of the year.

Sinagtala, a resort and theme park, sits in more than 60 hectares of land near Mount Natib in Tala, moun-tain village in Orani, Bataan that has a climate similar to Tagaytay in Cavite.

Felicito “Tong” Payumo, one of the owners, said the newest addi-tion to the resort is the Sinagtala Ad-

Try Adventure Park in Bataan this Christmas seasonventure Park which has a zipline, sky bike and sky bridge.

The zipline of twin lines is 503 meters long where travel passing through a ravine of verdant forest takes from 38 to 40 seconds at a fee of P350 per person.

The sky bike is 450 meters above sea level and has a length of more than 129 meters while the sky bridge is also 450 meters above sea lev-el and 122 meters long. Payment is P100 per head each for the bike and the bridge.

“Ang zipline dito hindi gaya ng ibang zipline na ang height ay ang taas lamang ng pole. Dito may ravine na dinadaanan kaya more exciting,” the former BCDA chair said.

He said that they see to it that no

one destroys the forest. “We were able to make use of God’s creation for free so we have to keep and preserve the trees and the forest,” Payumo said.

Sinagtala has two swimming pools, rooms and cottages for rent. It has some clay tents that Payumo described as glamo (short for glam-orous) camping. Each tent that faces the mountain can accommodate four to six persons. The roof is detachable so occupants can do star gazing.

Payumo, also three-term con-gressman of Bataan’s fi rst district, revealed plans to put up a restaurant as stop-over of visitors and commut-ers where they can sip kapeng bara-ko, and opening of a trail to reach a waterfall down a ravine.

ALL SMILES. Local media workers whoop it up at the Christmas party tendered to them by SM City malls in Pampanga and Angeles City. C !"#$%&"'( *+ "

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Festive FlairNing Cordero

Healthy fare in a bottleCULINARY inspiration can come in unlikely forms. For dynamic couple Rommel and Shai Canlas, it started with a doctor’s appointment.

“Last year I was diagnosed with a severe fatty liver due to unhealthy eating. I love to eat especially fatty foods like crispy pata and chicharon plus my hus-band loves to cook. So food is really a bond for us,” Shai shares. The doctor put her to low fat & low sodium diet and change of lifestyle. So the concerned hus-band Rommel invented dishes that are healthy, delicious and not depriving Shai’s pleasing appetite.

And that desire led Rommel to the birth of Eat’s Fair PH, a unique product that changes the way you look, taste and use dips and sauces. It’s not the usual dip but a wonderful invention that provides extra benefi t – healthy lifestyle and “multi-use” dip that you can have it your way – with nachos or quick easy meals like rice topping, salad dressing, pasta sauce or bread spread.

When I got invited to Eat’s Fair PH grand launch last December 5, a special dinner held at the couple’s cozy house in Angeles City, Rommel prepared a menu that was beyond our imagination. He presented the many creative ways on how to cook delicious dishes infused with Eat’s Fair three tasty fl avors – Beefy Salsa, Smoked Recado Longanisa and 3-way Cheese with Bacon Bits. It was a perfect night for great feast, listening to Shai’s exciting stories and even better dining with old and new friends.

Almost immediately, people started to make bulk orders for the Christmas season. Eat’s Fair is fi nally getting the spotlight it deserves.

For order call 0998-5401482, FB@eatsfairph, IG@eatsfairph, eatsfairph@gmail.com

IT’S A WRAP. THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING YEAR 2016! HERE’S WISH-ING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! - Ning

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Consultative“TO MINIMIZE the killings, especially in our province, I ask you to please cooperate with us. Report to us those involved in the illegal trade, because before we declare the province drug-free, we should eradicate even the last user standing.”

So appealed Senior Supt. Joel R. Consulta, OIC of the Pampanga Police Offi ce, before purok chairmen during the Year-end Assessment on the Anti-Illegal Drug Campaign in the Province held Saturday at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center.

While the war on drugs has brought in commendable results, Consulta admitted that there is still much to do for total victory.

“Apart from the fi rst 10,000 drug surrenderees, we still have apparently 9,663 reported suspects who are still in the villages. They are currently under our surveillance, and that makes our drug suspect count reach the 20,000 mark,” he said. Hence, the need for greater vigilance and active participation in the campaign by the purok chairmen, being right there in the fi eld of battle, so to speak.

And please, no covering up for friends and kin who may be in the illegal trade.

Warned Consulta: “Nothing will change in our community if we keep on covering up those involved in illegal drugs. No economic development will fl ourish if that will continue to happen. All of the eff orts made by Governor Lilia and Vice-Governor Dennis Pineda and the provincial government will be put to waste if drugs will continue to rule your villages.”

It was the fi rst general assembly in the anti-drug campaign that Consulta attended since becoming Pampanga’s top cop. Here’s hoping he’d make his presence felt in more.

CommendableJAYWARD COMENDADOR is truly worth commending.

The room guide at Hotel Sogo in Dau, Mabalacat City found $4,900 (about P250,000 in current exchange rate) in one of the rooms and immediately turned it over to the hotel management.

The room guest, Robert Nay, who had checked out of the hotel came back to inquire if any money was found in his room. So profuse was his thanks to the hotel management and his praises for Comendador’s honesty upon his reunion with his cash.

“Once again, Hotel Sogo has proven to its guests that the hotel is not only a clean and safe place to stay. Its employees are courteous and trustworthy,” beamed Mhar De Jesus, senior manager of Hotel Sogo Central Luzon branches. “Jayward is a perfect example of a true Hotel Sogo employee.”

So clean. So good. And so honest too. Goes now the blurb for Hotel Sogo.

What lord has come?ALL ROADS led to Robinsons Starmills Pampanga last Saturday. As they have for a number of Christmas seasons past.

Their point of convergence: the Ligligan Parul, the City of San Fernando’s signature festival that makes a truly magical night of kaleidoscope swirls of lights and colors dancing to festive music from brass bands, live or canned.

Better known as the Giant Lantern Festival, Ligligan is a truly gigantic celebration of the over-a-century-old tradition of lantern-making in the capital city, befi tting its claim as the country’s Christmas Capital. That thousands of bewitched tourists, local and foreign, trooping to Robinsons highly affi rm. That photo spreads of the lanterns in the front pages of national papers, that lengthy airtime provided the event on national primetime TV and livestreaming readily confi rm.

At the core of the festival though is the fi erce competition “pitting aesthetic and technical skills” among the city’s lantern artisans for the most coveted “Best Lantern Award.” Not so much for the monetary prize – a certainly un-titanic P150,000 this year – as for the bragging rights guaranteed for one whole year.

This year’s winner Barangay Dolores had much more rights to brag about – having achieved the festival’s grand slam for winning in the last three consecutive years, and therefore its elevation as the fi rst in the festival’s Hall of Fame.

Truly mesmerizing is the Dolores entry, to say the least. No words can fully capture the sight one beholds at each turn of the hidden rotor that makes its lights wink, fl ash, dim, dance, blink, and scores, mayhaps, hundreds, more myriad movements.

Mesmerizing. Aye, spellbinding, the giant lanterns are. To the point that they have become sole attractions, in, of and by themselves. Us, the bedazzled, utterly enchanted, thoroughly tranced, to still bother ourselves with what they, by their very origin, represented.

Pray, who still knows the meaning of the Christmas lantern?

Tell, who cares?Might as well be eons ago since learning

from my high school theology professor – the then-Rev. Fr. Paciano B. Aniceto – that the Christmas lantern took after the Star of Bethlehem that pointed to where the Christ was born and thereby guided both lowly shepherds and majestic magi to the manger. Thus:

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother

Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. (Matthew 2:9-12)

Hence – the good Apu Ceto explained – wherever the Christmas lantern is hoisted, posted or hung, there the Christ is, there His love is. The lantern being the Star’s representation.

Of all the symbols of Christmas – from mistletoes and Christmas trees to Santa Claus and the snowman – it is the lantern then that has the greatest, if not the only, theological value – the sublime symbolism of love, the greatest manifestation of God’s love born man to redeem mankind. Thus:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…The Word became fl esh and made His dwelling among us. (John 1: 1, 14)

Are we even remotely aware of this when we ooh and aah in wonderful glee at the giant lanterns’ kaleidoscopic plays?

Ay, with the giant lanterns, the medium has morphed into the very message.

Indeed, with the giant lanterns, the symbols have become the object itself.

The essence of the Star not only demeaned, but moreso debased, defi led. Cry blasphemy! Cry sacrilege! But who shall listen? Who still cares?

“And the people bowed and prayed, to the neon gods they made…” Simon and Garfunkel sounding the silence of muted prophets there.

A Christmas past I feel, writing all about this again, and again. Yet… again.

So I make myself nothing less than the miserly Scrooge, or nothing more than the wily Grinch stealing the X-mas present of frenzied shopping rush causing all those monstrous traffi c jams around the malls, of compulsive consumption, off ered as it were at capitalism’s unholy shrines, of the attendant cacophony of sounds – from the consumer noise to the piped-in carols – fading below the din of tinkling cash registers, sweet, sweet music to the Forbes’ listers ears.

Without the Christ, there’s only X-mas utterly secularized.

Without the Christ, there’s only X-mas crassly commercialized.

Call me the sanctimonious killjoy, the X-mas spoiler.

Or Tomas de Torquemada I may actually be, still, it does not a Christmas make out there.

So we may sing “Joy to the world” with all our lungs, till our voices crack.

But then what lord has come to us?

ON DECEMBER 19, 1899, General Henry Ware Lawton was killed by General Licerio Geronimo’s men in the bat-tle of Paye near San Mateo, Rizal.

He was the highest ranking American offi cer to die in bat-tle in either the Spanish-Amer-ican or Philippine-American wars.

Lawton who was usually in the midst of the fi ghting and was killed by a Filipino sharp-shooter.

Lawton was very popular

among his men and the gen-eral public. The colonial Amer-icans in Philippines dedicated that his image appeared on Filipino currency issued during the American colonial period in the 1920s.

A major plaza in downtown Manila was named Lawton Plaza. Although renamed in 1963 to Liwasang Bonifacio, Filipinos continue to refer to it as Lawton Plaza.

His body left the Philip-pines on board the transport ship USS Thomas on Decem-

ber 30, 1899. The USS Thom-as reached the shores of San Francisco on Tuesday, Janu-ary 30, 1900.

Lawton was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery February 9, 1900.

General Lawton was born on March 17, 1843, in Mau-mee, Ohio. He was the son of George W. Lawton, a mill-wright, and Catherine who had been married in December 1836. Henry had two brothers, George S., and Manley Chap-in.

General Lawton is killed in thebattle of Paye near San Mateo

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Ulila yaing Pasku ku

KANITANG mengalabasan, ing Pasku ku balang banuaMabulaklak neng panaun nining bye ku king ligaya;Ing bulan na ning Disyembre pyadian ku ne at pagsadya,Ditak-ditak magdimut kung mililele karing kwalta,Uling balu kung keng Pasku, pasibayu king lamesaMisulu ke ding anak ku king ausan dang Noche Buena.

King anti akung pengaring mau king balang penanditMamanintun king pakamal ding Ana’kung mengawaglit;Itang misan king pabanuang akasulu kong’ akakitLigaya na kening bye kung king pisak na milalapit,Inya itang milabas ku Pasku ne ning paginakitUling kareting Ana’ku metung man ala kung ikit.

King makanya’nang larawan ning Pasku kung kipmuan lungkutUlila kung mekalinguan karing Ana’kung linaut;Pasibayung mibabalik itang napun ming ginulutInyang mangalati la pang kaku la ngan pakasaut;At kanita balang Pasku ing tula ku abut-abutKing uli ning ding Ana’ku kasulu ko’ at karungut.

Dapot ngeni nukarin la? Nu’la karin ding Ana’ku,Ding Ana’kung sadya-sadyang kasulu ku balang Pasku?Sarya ra nang akalingwan ing mayagang pamisuluA peka-tanda ning ila mikalugud lang masolu;Itang sadyang panugaling king isip da minulat kuBaket kaya kelingwan dange ibalik pasibayu?

Eku naman panintunan ing pagdala ra kung lamakUli iti, aliwa ya ing matimbang kung pigagap;Maging salapi’t imalan malaso mu at kumupasInya iting panalala miririnan panga-wakas;Ing buri kung maging Pasku, peka-mal diling paninap,Itang akasulu ko’ sa ding pakamalan kung anak.

Dapot ngeni malungkut ya , ulila ya ing Pasku kuKing sidya kung NOCHE BUENA ala na kung akasulu;Ding Ana’kung panenayan lius no’ ngang memagbayuKing panugali rang sadyang yapa ra ku balang Pasku;Inya ngeni yang katanud, ining lwa ra ding mata kuAt ulilang mamanintun karing daya ning Pusu ku!

Diwa ng FELIPE F. ANGELESning Siyudad Angeles

Contemplatingbeyond noche buena

IT’S CHRISTMAS and it’s really no time to be apocalyptic. It’s time for merriment and, in the culmination of the holy days, for food plenitude on noche buena. At least, for those who can aff ord some good food or just plain food, which is not the case for thousands if not millions of people who will remain displaced by wars, especially in the Middle East.

You and I have seen the most heart rending photos of immigrant families walking miles to safety, children and old folks, carrying either nothing or just a few bags to the most uncertain destinations. Christmas is likely to catch up with them that way.

In one of her apparitions, the Blessed Mother said that wars are the result of mankind’s sins, of its departing from God’s graces. Many times, she warned against continuing transgression of God’s do’s and dont’s, so such aberrations as climate change, widespread bird and fi sh deaths, trumpets blowing in the skies, preponderance of UFO’s, etc. are happening and could possibly, nay, probably, climax to, well, the Apocalypse. She didn’t mince words on this in her message in Akita, Japan in 1972 when she warned of “Fire falling from the sky” and “the living envying the dead.”

I am sad to dwell on these on Christmas, but we are faced with a New Year and next years where the warnings could unfold to a terrible denouement unless we comply with the requests of the Blessed Mother for prayers, sacrifi ces and change of lives. And I feel the atmosphere of Christmas can aff ord us a more heartfelt contemplation on these and, better, a turn to lives fi nally responding to the calls from Heaven.

My apocalyptic sentiments are not mine alone. The internet is awash with the end times (as against the end of the world which is not yet).

In the United States in 1976, then Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, who was later Pope John Paul II and now saint, said: “We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation

humanity has ever experienced. I do not think the wide circle of the American Society, or the wide circle of the Christian Community realize this fully. We are now facing the fi nal confrontation between the Church and the antichurch, between the Gospel and the antigospel, between Christ and the antichrist. This confrontation lies within the plans of Divine Providence. It is, therefore, in God’s Plan, and it must be a trial which the Church must take up, and face courageously.”

Pope Pius IX also said something apocalyptic when asked to comment on the message of the Blessed Mother in her apparition in La Salette in the French Alps.

To recall La Salette: on September 19, 1846, the Blessed Mother appeared to children Melanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, about many sins of mankind.

Pope Pius IX who was visibly moved on reading the messages, but fi nally consigned these messages to the archives of the Vatican.

Questioned one day by Father Giraud, Superior General of the Missionaries of La Salette, about the content of these secrets, Pius IX replied: “You wish to know the secrets of La Salette? Well, it is this: ‘If you do not do penance, you will all perish!’”

Thank God Filipinos are not in fl ight like the families of Allepo in Syria, but regardless of what food will be laid on the noche buena table, Christmas noche buena is time to contemplate on the warnings from the Blessed Mother and the confi rming declarations of popes and other holy people. There’s a future ahead, 2017 onwards.

THE PUBLISHER of a local newspaper in Catanduanes died early Tuesday after he was shot in Virac the day be-fore by a motorcycle-riding gunman right after the publica-tion carried a column he wrote criticizing the perceived negli-gence that allowed a recently discovered shabu lab to be set up in the province.

Larry Que was shot in the head around 10 a.m. Monday as he was about to enter the building housing his insurance offi ce by a gunman wearing a bonnet and raincoat who then fl ed on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice. He died 1:45 a.m. Tuesday.

NUJP ALERT

Publisher killed following column on drug trade

The murder of Que has sown fear within the local me-dia community, a number of who fear they might be the next target for their reports on the shabu laboratory, which has been touted as the largest discovered in the country.

One local journalist, broad-caster Jinky Tabor, said she has received threats after she acted as media witness during the police raid on the drug manufacturing facility.

In his column in the two-week old Catanduanes News Now, Que, writing in Bicola-no, railed at the shame the discovery of the laboratory had brought the province and

blamed the perceived neg-ligence of local government leaders.

He also said it was like-ly that the Chinese nationals who allegedly set up the lab-oratory had help from Chinese residents of the island prov-ince.

Offi cials of Catanduanes condemned the murder of Que with Governor Joseph Cua saying he respected the news-paper publisher despite their acknowledged diff erences on many issues.

ReferenceRamil Soliveres,

NUJP-CatanduanesNUJP Hotline 09175155991

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This was disclosed by the Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) during a two-day summit on the clean-up of Manila Bay which concluded here Friday.

Over a hundred del-egates from the govern-ment and private sectors

Only 23 of 94 LGUs in CL have garbage planfrom all over Central Lu-zon gathered here for the summit titled Synergy of Central Luzon Lead-ers Envisioning a Clean-er Manila Bay in a bid to reverse the bay’s pollu-tion to a level that could make it fi t for swimming.

Supreme Court Asso-ciate Justice Presbiterio Velasco, Jr., chairman of the Manila Bay Adviso-

ry Council, cited a report from DILG indicating that only 23 of the 94 LGUs in Central Luzon have approved solid waste management plan while about 45 percent seg-regate garbage at their source.

Velasco further not-ed that only 39 LGU’s in the region have eff ective materials recovery facil-

ities while only 58 com-ply with proper residual wastes disposal.

He urged congress-men to fi le amendments to the existing solid waste management law and give LGUs more time to fully comply with all the requirements of law.

“It is diffi cult for LGUs to comply will all the re-

quirements of the law given their budgetary constraints,” he said.

He said the national government should es-tablish landfi lls, a facility that the law on garbage allows where residual wastes are dumped and processed for re-use.

Velaso urged local government offi cials and stakeholders to unite in eff orts to ensure the cleanliness of channels in Central Luzon that drain into Manila Bay, particularly the Pampan-ga River.

He noted waterways in Central Luzon impact on Manila Bay directly and indirectly.

This, even as Velas-co lauded Pampanga Gov. Lilia G. Pineda as “environmental champi-

on” of Central Luzon.He noted that under

Pineda, the provincial government has provid-ed garbage trucks to mu-nicipalities as reward for complying with the stan-dards of the Ecological Solid Waste Manage-ment Law.

Velasco also pointed out the materials recov-ery facility of the munici-pal government of Lubao as a good example for all LGUs.

The Supreme Court, to preserve the Manila Bay, had issued a man-damus obligating certain towns to help clean up Manila Bay. The man-damus obligates certain towns aff ecting the bay to undertake anti-pollu-tion measures in their ar-eas.

should be done for Ma-nila Bay.

“This is not the time for us to point fi ngers at one another and dis-cuss who’s at fault. But it’s the moment for us to come up with the solu-tion in solving our prob-

Gov urges unifi ed work for revitalizing...F��� ���! 1 lem which is to restore

Manila Bay and bring it back to its former beau-ty,” Pineda said.

“Walang imposible kung tayo’y sama-sama. Walang mahirap kung tayo’y tulung-tulong (Nothing is impossible if we are together. Nothing is diffi cult if we help each

other),” she said. With the theme: “Syn-

ergy of Central Luzon Leaders Envisioning a Cleaner Manila Bay,” the area-based approach concentrated on major interventions per river system that drains into the Manila Bay name-ly the Pampanga Riv-

er Basin, Marilao-Mey-cauayan-Obando River System, and the Talisay River.

The Manila Bay area in Central Luzon covers 96 towns and cities in the provinces of Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Pampanga, and Tarlac.

He also said by Janu-ary 1, 2017, PAL will start daily fl ights to Incheon in South Korea to further boost its connectivity throughout the world.

“We thank PAL and PAL Express for coming in Clark and rest assured that this administration will continue to develop Clark airport and attract more airlines to operate in the civil aviation com-plex,” he said.

Tugade said PAL Ex-press constitutes two-fl ight operations at Clark airport where the local carrier will also introduce

PAL eyes Clark-Japan fl ights by 2017F��� ���! 1 domestic fl ights such

as Davao, Busuanga , Cebu and Cagayan De Oro by January 2017 as part of their commitment to transfer several fl ights at this airport.

Meanwhile, PAL Ex-press fl ight PR2371 with 76 passengers formally took-off last Friday via Clark to Caticlan signal-ing the start of their dai-ly fl ights leading to the world famous Boracay Island.

At the same time, Pal Express President Boni-facio Sam said travelers from Central and North-ern Luzon can now enjoy the beaches of Boracay

and Cebu without having to endure the traffi c grid-lock in Metro Manila.

“This daily service to Caticlan marks the start of PAL developing Clark as another hub of opera-tions,” he said.

“After Caticlan, we plan to mount fl ights from here (Clark) to Davao, Busuanga, Cebu and Cagayan De Oro by next year,” Sam said.

He also said: “this is part of our commitment to decongest the Ninoy Aquino International Air-port in Manila. We rec-ognize the potential of ClarK as the country’s premier gateway, given

the requisite infrastruc-ture support.”

The PAL inaugu-ral send-off ceremonies were also attended by of-fi cials of DOTr and Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) headed by its OIC Alexander Cauguiran who said, “PAL Express operations at Clark Air-port will further boost the local economy and the communities surrounding Clark Freeport Zone.”

He also said CIAC will continue to support all the endeavors of PAL as this will further enhance the development of the Airport of the North.

–Ashley Manabat

the July 2000 launch-ing of the CD contain-ing the songs of Alang Dios, “Pamalsintang Mi-labas (my beloved of the past),” that ignited the renaissance in Kapam-pangan culture.

This was way before highly acclaimed musi-cal director and song-writer Andy Alviz popu-larized the Kapampan-gan language by using it as a medium of his works and organizing the Kapampangan singing group ArtiSta.Rita and preceding the Center for Kapampangan Studies (CKS) of the Holy Angel University (HAU) which found a home for the Kapampangan cultural heritage, according to

Musical that ignited Kapampangan cultural renaissance...F��� ���! 1 Tantingco.

“It was really like a lightning bolt to me and I’m sure that things hap-pened with all the peo-ple that were there and since then Sapni Nang Crissot has carried on its advocacy,” Tantingco said.

“It pierced the heart of people who cared about Kapampangan culture,” he added.

Tantingco was narrat-ing how he was awed by the Kapampangan musi-cal during the media fo-rum Batirulan qng Café Juan, organized by the Capampangan in Media, Inc. in cooperation with the Clark Development Corp. and the HAU here last Friday.

“I was there at the launching in Casino Fil-

ipino in July 2000. I was shocked. I was there with no background in Kapampangan culture and then I was watch-ing them (Joy Soto) and I was saying ‘Oh My God atin palang makanyan keng Kapampangan (there is really such as this in Kapampangan),” Tantingco said.

“It was really like a lightning bolt to me and I’m sure that the things happened with all the people that were there,” he added.

“To me Sapni Nang Crissot is the vanguard of the literary legacy of Crisostomo Soto their ancestor in particular but in general they are also at the vanguard of Kapampangan litera-ture, the kind that start-

ed and fl owered in Ba-color which was, as you all know, the Athens of Pampanga,” said Tant-ingco.

Bacolor has been sponsoring essay writing contests, declamations, restaging of the classic zarzuelas of Soto, the latest of which is what is going to happen next year,” Tantingco said as he introduced Joy So-to-Walton, director and chair of the Sapni Nang Crissot Alang Dios com-mittee.

“Joy Soto is the fi re-brand in the Sapni Nang Crissot,” he added.

Soto said Alang Dios! was written in 1901 and premiered at Teatro Sa-bina in Villa de Bacolor in 1902. It was staged at the Bacolor Elemen-

tary School in 1954; and restaged at the Cultur-al Center of the Philip-pines, and Don Bosco Academy in Villa de Ba-color in 1975.

Soto said Sapni’s ad-vocacy is to preserve, promote and propagate historical, literary and cultural revival and re-awakening in the Ca-pampangan Region.

Soto said Sapni Nang Crissot was orga-nized in 1996 just after lahar events buried the town of Bacolor and lit-erally erased it from the map.

“We were thinking of something that will res-urrect our beloved town,” she recalled. Then the planning stage came in 1999 but it was in 2000 that Sapni was offi cially

He also encouraged the purok chairmen to continue their job in re-porting suspects in-volved in the proliferation of illegal drugs.

“I ask you to please continue our fi ght against illegal drugs and let us not be lenient even if we claimed signifi cant achievements and ac-complishments,” he said.

Delta added that the purok chairmen are the most capable point per-sons in getting informa-tion against illegal activ-ities.

“You only have small jurisdiction and you can

Delta cites purok...F��� ���! 1 see those coming in and

out of your territories. Be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to us so that we can take im-mediate action,” he add-ed.

The purok chairmen received food packs and fi nancial assistance after the program as Christ-mas bonus for their hard-work.

Also present during the assessment are board members Pol Balingit, Cherry Mana-lo, and Rosve Henson and Pampanga Police director Senior Superin-tendent Joel Consulta. –Philip Ocampo/Pam-panga PIO

registered, she said.Alang Dios will also

be staged at the HAU Theater here on Febru-ary 9, 10 and 11.

Talented young actor Manuel Trinidad Madrid will play the role of En-rique in Alang Dios while Glaiza “Gail” Dela Cruz will play the challenging role of Clara.

“The great thing is Gail is from Parulug, Ba-color and Alang Dios lo-cation setting is really in Parulug,” said Soto.

Present during the Batirulan forum aside from Soto-Walton were Alang Dios director RJ Soto and Sapni Nang Crissot offi cers Jacque-line Cortez, Purifi cacion S. Merdegla and Ma. Penelope S. Olalia.

–Ashley Manabat

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ORANI, Bataan -- Uniden-tifi ed men riding a motorcy-cle shot dead a construc-tion worker who was walking with his wife after attending the wake of a village mate in a remote sitio here near mid-

Worker gunned down while walking with wifenight of Wednesday.

Arlene Manansala, 36, said her live-in-partner Victor dela Rosa, 42, construction work-er, died on the spot along the barangay road in Sitio Lor-ta, Barangay Ma. Fe, De la Rosa sustained three gunshot wounds on the head, shoulder

and back.P03 Ramoncito Galura,

Orani police investigator, said scene of the crime operatives recovered four empty shells from .45 pistol.

The woman said that while they were walking from the wake for home, a motorcycle

from behind suddenly stopped and the backrider fi red at close range on her husband.

“Naka-sombrero at bon-net ang dalawang lalaki. Ang kaangkas ang bumaril sa asa-wa ko na wala akong alam na kagalit. Nakasuot ng black jacket ang dalawa at sakay

ng itim na motorsiklo,” the woman said.

“Magkaroon sana ng hus-tisya para sa asawa ko,” Manansala said sobbing.

P03 Ramoncito Galu-ra, Orani police investigator, said investigation is still on-going.

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NOTICE OF SOLE ADJUDICATIONNotice is hereby given that JOSELITO A. PINEDA, a resident of No.

1-17 Don Fidel St., Don Bonifacio Subd, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City and sole heir of ARLYN G. PINEDA who died intestate on August 14, 2016 in Magalang, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Adjudication of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 17, Block 1 of the consolidation-subdivision plan Pcs-03-000665, being a portion of the consolidated plan Lots 1, 2 & 3 (LRC) Psd-75263 LRC Rec. No. ), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, City of Angeles and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 045-2011000147, before Notary Public Willie B. Rivera as per Doc No. 1723, Page No. 26, Book No. XCII, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 19, 26, 2016 & January 2, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBRANCH 50

Guagua, Pampanga

IN THE MATTER OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE INTESTATE OF MA. CLARA PINEDA PANGILINAN,

SP. PROC. NO. G-16-2620ELIGIO PINEDA PANGILINAN, Petitioner.

x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xORDER

This is a verifi ed petition in the matter of the Settlement of the Intestate of Ma. Clara Pineda Pangilinan fi led by petitioner thru counsel praying that after due notice thru publication in a newspaper of general circulation and after due hearing in accordance with law the Honorable Court issue an order to allow – (1) the Estate of the Deceased Ma. Clara Pineda Pangilinan be SETTLED in accordance with the pertinent provisions of Legal or Intestate Succession under the Civil Code of the Philippines; (2) Letters of Administration be ISSUED to Petitioner Eligio Pineda Pangilinan, appointing him as the administrator of the estate of the deceased Ma. Clara Pineda Pangilinan; and (3) in the meantime, while the issuance of Letters of Administration is pending, for Petitioner Eligio Pineda Pangilinan to be appointed as the estate’s special administrator.

Finding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, the court hereby grants the same and

a) orders the publication of this petition in a newspaper of general circulation in the province for three (3) consecutive weeks at petitioner expense;

b) set the case for hearing on February 24, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning.

Notify all the heirs of Ma. Clara Pineda Pangilinan at their given address on the petition.

SO ORDERED.Guagua, Pampanga, November 18, 2016.

AMOR M. DIMATATAC-ROMERO

Presiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: December 5, 12 & 19, 2016

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

THIRD JUDICIAL REGION

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND,Petitioner-Mortgagee,

~ versus ~ EJF No. 273-16 Punto Central LuzonJENNIFER L. LAYUG,

Respondent-Mortgagor.x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon extra judicial petition for sale under Act 3135/1508, fi led by HOME

DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, mortgagee, with address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against JENNIFER L. LAYUG, residing at 5-3 Road A Diamond Subd., Balibago, Angeles City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 26, 2016 amounts to ONE MILLION TEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY NINE and 34/100 (PhP1,010,839.34) PESOS, excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the sheriff will sell at public auction on January 12, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the lobby of the REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Bldg., Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the foregoing properties with all the improvements, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 707982-R“A parcel of land (Lot 88, Blk. 56, of the cons.-subd. plan, Pcs-

03-015720, being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126, Lots 3008-P-6-A to 3008-P-H, Psd-03-159018, L.R.C. Rec. No. 151), situated in the Bo. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bac., Prov. of Pamp. Island of Luzon. x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS AND FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 19, 2017 without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, November 29, 2016.

RODRIGO P. DEL ROSARIO Sheriff IVCopy furnished:

Home Development Mutual Fund, Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando (P);

JENNIFER L. LAYUG, 5-3 Road A Diamond Subd., Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga

PUNTO! Central Luzon: December 12, 19 & 26, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of FLORENTINO M. ORDOÑEZ who

died intestate on December 16, 2005 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 1, Block 11, of the consolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-10366, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 3583-D-2-C-6-B (LRC) Psd-121527; 3583-D-2-C-4; 3583-D-2-C-7 (LRC) Psd-119613 and 3605, San Fdo., Cad., LRC Cad. Rec. No. 145), situated in the Bo. of San Agustin, Mun. of San Fernando, Prov. of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 138791-R in the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Miguelito S. Pama as per Doc No. 110, Page No. 23, Book No. 2, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 12, 19 & 26, 2016

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial RegionBranch 53

Guagua, Pampanga

IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF QUEEN SAMANTHA FRANCEZ M. BACANI,Represented Herein by DANTE R. MANALANSAN, Petitioner, -versus- SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS NO. G-16-2611

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF FLORIDABLANCA, PAMPANGA, THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE, AND ARNOLD M. BACANI, Respondents.x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x

ORDERThe verifi ed amended petition prays that after due notice and hearing the

entries in the Certifi cate of Live Birth of QUEEN SAMANTHA FRANCEZ M. BACANI pertaining to the date and place of marriage of the parents, to wit: January 11, 2003, Floridablanca, Pampanga be deleted and replaced with “NO MARRIAGE” and that she be allowed to continue using her father’s surname, “Bacani”.

Finding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing on February 13, 2017 at 9:00 in the morning at the courtroom of this court.

Let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Pampanga at the expense of the petitioners.

Let copies of this Order and of the petition be furnished the Offi ce of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City; the Offi ce of the Provincial Prosecutor of Pampanga, City of San Fernando; Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City; and the Local Civil Registrar of Floridablanca, Pampanga.

The civil registrars concerned and any person having or claiming any interest under the entries where correction is sought and the birth certifi cate sought to be cancelled may, within fi fteen (15) days from notice of this petition, or from the last date of publication, fi le their opposition thereto, and appear on said date and time, and show cause why this petition should not be granted.

SO ORDERED.Guagua, Pampanga, November 16, 2016.

MARIA CONCEPCION A. YUMANGPresiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: December 12, 19 & 26, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of EULOGIO P. ANTONIO who

died intestate on November 12, 2014 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affi davit of Supplemental Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 26, Blk. 22 of the cons. & subd. plan Pcs-03-001470, being a portion of the consolidated Lots 4247 San Fdo. Cad. & 4339-A, Psd-03-007878 L.R.C. Rec. No. ), situated in the Mun. of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 042-2015016639, before Notary Public Wilfredo G. Laxamana as per Doc No. 251, Page No. 23, Book No. VIII, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 5, 12 & 19, 2016

Republic of the PhilippinesRegional Trial Court

THIRD JUDICIAL REGIONCITY OF SAN FERNANDO (P)

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND,Petitioner-Mortgagee,

Extra Judicial~ versus ~ Foreclosure No. 253-16

(PUNTO Central Luzon)RONNIE MARC A. YUSI,

Respondent-Mortgagor.x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------x

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEUpon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended, fi led by

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, Petitioner-Mortgagee, with postal address at Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, against RONNIE MARC A. YUSI, Respondent-Mortgagor, residing at 050 F.A Dizon St., Brgy. Tabun, Angeles City and/or Blk. 65 Lot 93, Calle 40, Xevera Subd., Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 30, 2015, amounted to ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY ONE PESOS & 61/100 Centavos (PhP1,170,731.61) Philippine Currency, excluding penalties, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Deputy Sheriff will sell at public auction on January 12, 2017 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the Main Lobby of the Regional Trial Court, Capitol Compound, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, to the highest bidder/s for CASH or MANAGER’S CHEQUE and in Philippine Currency, the following property/ies with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 704847-R“A parcel of land (Lot 93, Blk. 65 of the cons.-subd. plan Pcs-

03-015720, being a portion of Lots 3008-P-4, 3008-P-5, 3008-P-7, Psd-141126; 3008-P-6-A to H, Psd-03-159018, L.R.C. Rec. No. 151), situated in the Bo. of Calibutbut, Mun. of Bacolor, Prov. of Pamp., Is. of Luzon x x x containing an area of FORTY FIVE SQUARE METERS & FIFTY SQUARE DECIMETERS (45.50) more or less. x x x”

Prospective buyers/bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title to the said property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on January 19, 2017, at the same time and place without further notice.

City of San Fernando, Pampanga, 6th day of December, 2016.

ANGELITO B. DOMINGO Sheriff in-Chargecc:HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND Suburbia Commercial Center, Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga 2000

RONNIE MARC A. YUSI 050 F.A Dizon St., Brgy. Tabun, Angeles City, Pampanga 2009 and/or

Blk. 65 Lot 93, Calle 40, Xevera Subd., Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga 2001

PUNTO! Central Luzon: December 12, 19 & 26, 2016

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of TEOFILA FERRER VDA. DE

SALUNGA who died intestate on February 16, 1997 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Donation of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 21, Blk. 17 of the subdivision plan LRC PAS-119579, being a portion of Lot 35, Mabalacat Cad., LRC Cad. Rec. No. 132), situated in the Barrio of Dau, Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 156347-R, before Notary Public Rogelio T. Reyes as per Doc No. 228, Page No. 46, Book No. 280, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 12, 19 & 26, 2016

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICNotice is hereby given that ANDREW Y. JACINTO, a resident of Caduang

Tete, Macabebe, Pampanga and employee/collector of the RUSI, Macabebe Branch, executed an Affi davit of Loss stating that on December 13, 2016 he lost a booklet of Luzon RAM Cycle receipt with Serial Nos. 170501 to 170550, before Notary Public Rodave B. Rueda as per Doc No. 464, Page No. 93, Book No. 1, Series of 2016. Any transaction made using the above-stated serial nos. will not be honored.

Punto! Central Luzon: December 19, 26, 2016 & January 2, 2017

Republic of the PhilippinesMUNICIPALITY OF BOCAUE

Province of Bulacan

OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONIn compliance with Section 5 of RA 9048, a notice is hereby served to the

public that REMELITA TELOZA OCAMPO has fi led with this offi ce a petition for Change of First Name from “MELITA” to “REMELITA” in the Birth Certifi cate of MELITA M. TALUSAN who was born on June 29, 1965 at BOCAUE, BULACAN and whose parents are ROGELIO TALUSAN and CORAZON S. MERCADO.

Any person adversely aff ected by said petition may fi le his written opposition with this offi ce not later than January 2, 2017.

JAIME JOSEMunicipal Civil Registrar

Punto! Central Luzon: December 19 & 26, 2016

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STO. DOMINGO, Nueva Eci-ja – Ma. Cristina Sergio, one of the alleged recruiters of death row detainee Mary Jane Veloso, has traveled 28 times to diff erent countries from 2008 to 2011, a re-cord from the Bureau of Immigra-tion showed Thursday.

The record testifi ed in at the Regional Trial Court here by BI representative Angelito Lopez showed Sergio went abroad at least 19 times before April 21, 2010 or before she fl ew with Ve-loso to Kuala Lumpur.

It was in Malaysia where a cer-tain Ike, allegedly a friend of Ser-gio, handed over to Veloso a trav-el bag that contained 2.6 kilos of heroin. Veloso was arrested in Yo-gkarta airport in Indonesia on April 25, 2010.

The travel history presented by Lopez before the sala of Judge Anerica Castillo-Reyes, however, did not carry details where Sergio

Alleged Veloso recruiter frequent fl yerwent in those occasions.

Lopez was presented by the prosecution as witness against Sergio, her partner Julius La-canilao and a certain Ike for the charges of qualifi ed human traf-fi cking in person, Illegal recruit-ment and estafa/swindling fi led by Veloso through her represen-tatives.

Lawyer Edre Olalia, president of the National Union of People’s Lawyers, said the frequent foreign trips made by Sergio disproved her claim of being an indigent, thus represented by the public at-torney’s offi ce (PAO) headed by lawyer Persida Acosta.

“Kind of frequent fl yer for someone who claims to be indi-gent and purportedly cannot af-ford the services of private coun-sel. It’s a ruse to suit her contrived defense,” Olalia said.

Atty. Ephraim Cortez, NUPL secretary general, who now ap-pears before the court, said the frequency of travel also showed

that Sergio had several contacts overseas. “This supports the alle-gations that she was a recruiter,” Cortez said.

During the hearing, the de-fense insisted that the travel his-tory of Sergio was irrelevant. The court ruled in favor of its presenta-tion though.

In a statement the NUPL said that after Lopez, Veloso is now “the only remaining material wit-ness.”

The court affi rmed the taking of Veloso’s deposition. But the defense has a pending motion to defer the fi lling of their comment on the written interrogatories sub-mitted by the prosecution as it ex-pressed intention to fi le a petition for certiorari with the Court of Ap-peals.

This petition for certiorari would determine whether or not the judge acted without jurisdic-tion and/or with grave abuse of discretion when she ordered the order.

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CLARK FREEPORT -- Outstanding govern-ment agencies and local government units (LGUs) in Central Luzon were cited by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) on Wednesday.

The awarding is an annual undertaking of the CSC that recognizes government offi cials and employees who have displayed outstand-ing work performances.

The conferment of honor awards aims to motivate or inspire government employees to improve the quality of their performance and in-still deeper involvement in public service, CSC regional director Nelson Sarmiento said.

The awardees of Program to Institutional-ize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Re-source Management Maturity Level II were the municipal governments of Sta. Maria in Bula-can, Plaridel Water District of Bulacan, and the city government of Balanga.

Also cited were Baliwag Water District gen-eral manager Artemio Baylosis for individual category and the Synergist from the munici-pal government of Bulacan for group catego-ry which also qualifi ed as semi-fi nalists to the CSC Pag-asa Award.

Garnering an excellent rating in the 2015 Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey were the city government of Olongapo and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. Local Health Insurance Offi ces in Iba, Zambales; Balanga City; Olon-gapo City; Cabanatuan City; Sta. Maria, Bula-can; Malolos City; and City of San Fernando as well as its Express Offi ces in Nueva Ecija, Mar-quee Mall, Angles City, and Pampanga Busi-ness Center.

Included were the offi ces of the Land Trans-portation Offi ce namely the Nueva Ecija Licens-ing Center, Baloc District Offi ce in Nueva Eci-ja, Capas Extension Offi ce in Tarlac, Sta. Maria Extension Offi ce in Bulacan, Balanga Extension Offi ce in Bataan, San Fernando District Offi ce in Pampanga, and the Angeles District Offi ce.

The awardees from the Bureau of Internal Revenue were the Revenue District Offi ces in North Nueva Ecija, Subic Bay Metropolitan Au-thority, North Pampanga, South Pampanga and Paniqui in Tarlac.

Also receiving the same award were the Land Registration Authority offi ces in San Jose City, Angeles City, and Tarlac City and the Phil-ippine Statistics Authority Offi ce in Bulacan.

All branches of Home Development Mutu-al Fund, Government Service Insurance Sys-tem (GSIS), and Social Security System (SSS) were also conferred the recognition awards.

GSIS Iba, Zambales received a 3-Star Award while SSS Mariveles was 5-Star Award-ee for the category of Citizen Satisfaction Cen-ter Seal of Excellence Award.

“We hope that you, as models and exem-plars, will become viral and contagious to the entire bureaucracy so that we will have a better, more responsive, accessible curtsies and pub-lic service,” Sarmiento said.

NO REASON FOR THE SEASON. An Aeta mother cradling her young child knocks on motorists’ windows to beg for alms. P+ " %, B !/ L-23 !

THE LOCAL Government of San Fernando, through its City Health Offi ce, announced on Thursday the healthy places in the city for the year 2016.

The awarding was divided into seven categories namely healthy hotel, healthy hospital, healthy ba-rangay, healthy school, healthy workplace, healthy eating places and healthy resort.

In an interview, Mayor Edwin ‘Edsa’ Santiago said the recogni-tion was originally initiated by the Department of Health and was ad-opted by the city to promote health and safety awareness.

“We have been doing this for fi ve years now to give credit to diff erent places and establishments that of-fer quality services to our beloved Fernandinos,” Santiago added.

This year’s healthy hotels are

CSF bares ‘healthy places’ for 2016Pampanga Greenbuck Corporation for SFP Bliss Hotel (grand winner), Hotel Victoria De San Fernando (1st place), and Otel Wall Street Corpo-ration for Pampanga (2nd place).

For healthy hospital, the win-ners are Mother Teresa of Calcut-ta (grand winner) followed by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Medical Center (1st place).

Water Splash Resort was award-ed as healthy resort for this year.

Meanwhile, winners for the healthy school, barangay, work-place and eating places were di-vided into small, medium and large subcategories that depend on the size or number of population.

With a total of 7,259 enrolled students, San Fernando Elemen-tary School was named as 2016’s most healthy school (large catego-ry). While Nuestra Senora Del Pilar

Integrated School and Lara Inte-grated School were awarded as winners for medium and small cat-egory, respectively.

Healthy barangays are Brgy. San Nicolas (large category), Brgy. Baliti (medium category) and Brgy. Juliana (small category).

The awardees for healthy workplace are PEPSI-COLA Prod-ucts Philippines Incorporated (large category), Deliscents Incor-porated for Mister Donut (medium category) and RPO Fine Foods Corporation for Wow Mani (small category).

Healthy eating places are The Red Rickshaw (large category), Maygreen Restaurant Incorporat-ed for Cookbook Kitchen (medi-um category) and Susie’s Cuisine MAH Dolores Branch (small cate-gory). –CSFP-CIO

HEALTHY PLACES. The Local Government of San Fernando recognizes the ‘healthy places’ in the city for the year 2016 on December 15 at the Robinsons Starmills.

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THE Social Security System (SSS) welcomes the idea of raising the SSS contribution rate - a measure endorsed by the country’s economic man-agers – but stressed that its impact on contributing SSS members and employers should be minimized.

Social Security Commis-sion (SSC) Chairman Dean Amado D. Valdez said that the current SSS management has already identifi ed several measures to mitigate the im-pact of the benefi t increase, which it hopes to implement starting with the P1,000 initial across-the-board pension hike targeted for 2017.

Earlier, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, So-cioeconomic Planning Sec-retary Ernesto M. Pernia and Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno in a recent memo-randum to President Rodrigo Duterte proposed increasing the current 11 percent SSS contribution rate to 17 percent.

While the agency wel-comes the idea of raising the SSS contribution rate “it should be implemented in stages, raising it by only 1.5 percent at a given time. As for the maximum monthly salary credit (MSC), we support in-creasing it to P20,000 to bet-ter refl ect the present wages of SSS members and enable them to save up more for their retirement,” Dean Valdez said.

SSS members current-ly contribute 11 percent of a maximum MSC or income of only P16,000 per month. In comparison, public sector

SSS bares plans on ensuring capability to fund pension hikeworkers covered by the Gov-ernment Service Insurance System contribute at a much higher 21 percent rate applied to their entire monthly income.

The SSC Chair noted that increasing the 11 percent SSS contribution rate and raising the P16,000 maximum MSC are just part of the various measures that the institution is considering to strengthen the fund’s capacity to absorb the impact of the P2,000 pension hike.

Dean Valdez emphasized that the present SSS manage-ment has a game plan to en-sure that the pension fund can absorb the initial P1,0000 pen-sion increase.

“With the guidance of the SSC, we urge SSS manage-ment to work on increasing the present rate of return on investments (ROI) to 15 to 20 percent from the current six percent through innovative in-vestments to bolster SSS in-come and give additional buf-fer for implementing the pen-sion increase,” Dean Valdez said.

SSS is looking at investing in infrastructure projects such as toll roads and railways un-der Public-Private Partner-ships to provide SSS a sta-ble and safe source of income that will be covered by govern-ment guarantees. These in-vestments will also help spur economic development in the country.

“SSS seeks to gain owner-ship of up to 25 percent in utili-ty corporations, so that even in times of power and water rate

hikes, our members who com-prise the working class will still benefi t from the revenues gen-erated from such increases,” Dean Valdez said.

SSS is also eyeing joint ventures with developers to maximize the gains from

SSS-owned assets such as its fi ve-hectare property at the corner of EDSA and East Ave-nue in Quezon City.

“Given the property’s prime location, we can generate reg-ular earnings from building a high-rise structure with resi-

dential and commercial units for sale and lease. We can also earn from charging fees for the use of parking space in the same building and simulta-neously help ease heavy traf-fi c in the area,” he said.

–Press release

CULINARY DELIGHT. SM City Baliwag’s dining destinations that will surely excite your appetite. Kenny Rogers Roasters and Kuya J Restaurant are now ready to serve you. Ambiance and great variety of food that will take you to heaven – full dining experience. Located at SM City Baliwag ground level expansion building. Best way to celebrate your noche buena and Christmas feast with your loved ones. –SMBL

THE center chair of a table, which we call ‘Kabisera’ has been a symbolic seat of pow-er at home. The ‘head of the house’ usually enjoys the view as he or she watches the banter of the whole family while sharing food and happy stories. Fate could however throw uncertainties. A happy

dining could just end up a long memory from the past. Hon-or, trust and loyalty are some of the values that are tested with this newest MMFF entry as it exposes imperfections that reign the lives of the Filipi-nos today, and how in the end we all stand up for what’s right and what is more important to

us. “Ang pamilya ang

pinakaimportanteng kayaman-an na mayroon ang Pilipino. Sa bagong hakbang ng MMFF ngayon na magbigay ng hig-it na makabuluhang peliku-la sa industrya, naisip namin bakit di tayo gumawa ng sto-ryang malapit talaga sa puso

ng bawat Pinoy. We’re talking about value and and what’s more valuable for us Pinoys than the family?”, said Director Real Florido when asked why they chose this plot for their fi rst Metro Manila Film Festival project. Inspired by a true story, this newest treat for 2016 be-came even bigger by brilliantly putting together big names in the industry who have earned their own laurels to boot—Ga-wad Urian Best Actors, Ricky Davao & Jason Abalos; Urian Best Supporting Actor Meng-gie Cobbarubias; QCinema Best Actor, JC de Vera; MMFF Best Supporting Actor, Victor Neri; Sinag Maynila Best Ac-tress Ces Quesada; Cine Fil-ipino Best Actor Karl Medina, and; Gawad Urian Best Sup-porting Actress Perla Bautista. What is getting everyone ex-cited about this fi lm is the fact that we are once again about to be blown away by the one and only Grand Dame of Asian Cinema, Ms. Nora Aunor as she comes back to the Metro Manila Film Festival. Actor and producer, RJ Agustin is also in the cast together with Ron-waldo Martin (brother of Coco Martin), Kiko Matos and Alex San Agustin.

People behind the scenes are also composed of names in the industry who have also won prestigious awards from both local and international award-giving bodies—cine-matographer, Topel Lee; pro-duction designer Mark Sabas; musical scorer, Vince De Je-sus and editor Tara Illenberger to name a few. The cast and crew admitted that the pres-

Handa ka na bang umupo sa Kabisera?sure for this year’s festival is higher as they are expect-ed to fulfi ll the responsibili-ty of answering to the pub-lic’s hunger for more content and value. The public has demanded that they be giv-en something more than the usual kind of plot and en-tertainment. They wanted something more heartfelt and relevant and Kabisera hopes to deliver just that.

“Inaanyayahan namin ang publiko na umupo sa mga sinehan ngayong pasko bil-ang simbolo ng pagtayo para sa pelikulang Pilipino. We are inviting them na umupo sa KABISERA, manood kasama ang mga mahal sa buhay, bil-ang pagtayo para sa kanilang Pamilya.”, according to the fi lm’s producer, RJ Augustin, who is also one for the artist featured in the said fi lm.

The cast and crew of the said fi lm are also scheduled to tour nationwide. The stars of the fi lm will be visiting re-markable families who have been inspirations for the fi lm’s plot, from diff erent parts of the country as they campaign for the movie. For a list of ac-tivities you may check Kabi-sera’s social network portals www.facebook.com/kabisera or visit the website www.fi re-startersmanila.com/kabisera.

This 2016 let’s stand up for Pinoy fi lms and our fam-ilies. Join us in the cinemas and enjoy together with your loved ones the must-watch family drama fi lm of 2016 - Kabisera, starting December 25, 2016 in Cinemas Nation-wide.

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THE PHILIPPINES’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacifi c Air (PSE: CEB) received a new Airbus A330-300 air-craft last December 14, 2016, creating more avail-able seats for our valued guests in time for the holi-

Cebu Pacifi c receives new A330-300 aircraft in time for the holiday peak

day peak.Starting December 20, 2016, CEB will be utiliz-

ing this aircraft for fl ights between Manila and Hong Kong, making available over 9,800 available seats

per week. This upgrade refl ects a 22% increase com-pared to the number of seats off ered in the previous periods, which then allows CEB to maintain its po-sition as the largest Philippine carrier operating the Philippines – Hong Kong market.

“CEB also takes pride as the only Philippine carri-er linking Hong Kong to other cities in the Philippines, such as Cebu, Clark and Iloilo,” says Atty. JR Man-taring, Vice President for Corporate Aff airs of Cebu Pacifi c.

With this easy connectivity to such hubs, CEB aims to strengthen economic trade and tourism from one of Asia’s largest fi nancial centers to the Philip-pines.

This new aircraft, confi gured with 436 all econ-omy-class seats, will join CEB’s existing fl eet of six A330s fl ying on long haul and selected regional and domestic routes. CEB continues to modernize its current 58-strong fl eet of fi ve Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, seven Airbus A330, eight ATR 72-500, and two ATR 72-600 aircraft to further expand its route net-work and frequencies all over the world.

Recently, the airline announced two new domes-tic routes from Manila to Masbate and Tablas. With these additions, CEB now off ers fl ights to 38 domes-tic and 30 international destinations, spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebupacifi cair.com or call the reservation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or (+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can be found on CEB’s offi cial Twitter (@Cebu-Pacifi cAir) and Facebook pages.

Guests may also download the Cebu Pacifi c of-fi cial mobile app on the App Store and Google Play.

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