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CLARK FREEPORT – A truck ban during rush hour as well as a quarry road and

even a tourism road are seen to ease traffi c congestion along the MacArthur Highway from the City of San Fernando (CSF) to Angeles City.

CSF truck ban, quarry road seen to ease MacArthur Hwy traffi c

Santiago Romero

CLARK FREEPORT— Clark Devel-opment Corp. (CDC) recently recog-nized 20 students who excel in the academe from various schools near this Freeport.

During the CDC Academic Ex-cellence Award, CDC President and

CDC lauds honor students

CDC ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD. CDC president and CEO Noel F. Manankil, CDC VP for administration and fi nance Engr. Mariza O. Mandocdoc and CDC AVP for external aff airs Rommel Narciso pose with the student honorees from various schools. CDC-CD P!"#"

CEO Noel F. Manankil lauded the students for going the extra mile to excel in their studies.

Manankil said that their dedica-tion to their studies will equip them to have more career opportunities es-

CSF Mayor Edwin “Edsa” D. Santiago said the city is now helping with some of the issues confronting the estab-lishment of the quarry

road especially on the right-of-way (ROW).

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CLARK FREEPORT – True to her character as a tireless worker, the House of Representa-tives under the one-year-term of Speaker Glo-ria Macapagal-Arroyo (SGMA) had passed all priority measures of President Duterte.

On June 4, SGMA, who is on her third term as representative of Pampanga’s second dis-trict, bid farewell to her colleagues in the 17th Congress in the House of Representatives.

“In the fi rst 3 years of President Duterte’s ad-ministration, many good seeds were planted by way of executive de-cisions, the legislative agenda, strategic foreign engagements, and bold reforms. In the remaining

GMA banners feats as Speaker

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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – Vowing lack of po-litical ambition in 2022, will Pampanga 3rd Dis-trict Rep Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. be the sec-ond Kapampangan to land as House Speaker?

Gonzalez, a party-mate of Pres. Duterte, is against big names in

Sans 2022 ambitions, Dong eyes advantage in speakership run

the race for the speaker-ship, but has remained confi dent of his chanc-es.

He has cited at least one particular advan-tage in his favor: his lack of any political ambi-tion in 2022. It seemed to have been off ered as guarantee for altruism as House Speaker.

“I have no political

ambition sa 2022,” Gon-zales told media last Tuesday before attend-ing a meeting with the 54-strong partylist co-alition that has vowed to vote as a bloc in the speakership race.

“Because we hear diff erent things, right? That when you sit as Speaker, you’re plan-

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years of his term, we just all need to help in the im-plementation to harvest the fruits of those seeds within President Duter-te’s term,” Arroyo, who was former president for nine years, said.

Arroyo also praised the House for helping her

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CLARK FREEPORT — The Pampanga Press Club (PPC) on Wednesday an-nounced that iOrbit-news.com is no longer the offi cial news portal of the club.

The PPC offi cers and members decid-ed, through a board resolution, to sepa-rate iOrbitnews.com from the organization after a meeting to re-solve some manage-ment and operations issues.

iOrb i tnews.com was established in 2016 through the in-tiative of PPC presi-dent Diosdado “Deng” Pangilinan, principal-ly to absorb local me-diamen dislocated by the closure of two lo-cal publications.

The PPC offi cers said eff ective June 5, all transactions of iOr-bitnews.com will be solely between the outfi t and its clients. The PPC will no lon-ger be a part or par-ty to the news portal’s business.

iOrb i tnews.com is now considered a single proprietorship news outfi t owned by Pangilinan.

– Ashley Manabat

Press club, news portal sever ties

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Eagles fl y PAL to SingaporePHILIPPINE AIRLINES is fl ying two Philippine eagles from their sanctuary in Davao to Singapore, via Manila, as part of the fi rst international Philippine Eagle loan Agreement between the governments of the Philippines (through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources) and Singapore (through Wildlife Reserves Singapore [WRS]).

Geothermica and Sambisig - 15 and 17 years old re-spectively - are being loaned to WRS to hopefully en-courage breeding at Singapore, specifi cally at the Ju-rong Bird Park, one of the zoological facilities managed by WRS.

The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) hopes that through the eagle loan program, the WRS can help se-cure a gene pool of the Philippine eagles for species conservation and as insurance against natural calami-ties that can wipe out the only captive Philippine Eagle population at the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Mala-gos, Davao City. The PEF manages the PEC where both Geothermica and Sambisig were hatched and reared.

The preserved gene pool can also be critical in pres-ervation eff orts in case of health epidemics like the avi-an fl u.

Many of PEF’s eagles at the bird sanctuary have cor-porate sponsors: Geothermica, male, is sponsored by Energy Development Corporation; Sambisig, female, by Dow Chemical Philippines. PAL is sponsor to another eagle named Sinag.

“Through the PAL Foundation, we are fl ying the loaned eagles to Singapore because we fi rmly believe in the eagle preservation advocacy of the PEF,” said Mr. Jaime J. Bautista, PAL President and PEF Vice Chair-man.

According to the PEF, Geothermica and Sambisig are at the prime age for breeding. They were previously paired with other eagles at the Center but these attempts did not progress to natural pairing. Captive-bred eagles are said to be more resilient than those from the wild.

Meanwhile, the WRS, one of the world’s leading zo-ological institutions, has been supporting conservation eff orts across Southeast Asia through wildlife research and awareness campaigns with over 50 wildlife conser-vation projects.

While PAL has a long experience in fl ying animals, this is the fi rst time a critically endangered species is re-ceiving special treatment as Geothermica and Sambisig fl y on today’s Davao-Manila (PR2808) and Manila-Sin-gapore (PR507) PAL fl ights.

THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED! Geothermica and Sambisig, nestled in their kennels, are unloaded from their fi rst international PAL fl ight after arriving in Singapore.

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Zona Libre Bong Z. Lacson

Opinion

No excuse for Tulfo’s execrable

behaviorTHERE CAN be no excuse for Erwin Tulfo’s utter lack of ethics and scruples in publicly insulting Secretary Rolando Bautista simply for not being able to immediately answer his demand for an interview.

No, this has nothing to do with Bautista, for Tulfo’s fault would be no less grave had he spewed his venom on a street beggar.

We do not dispute Tulfo’s assertion that criticizing government offi cials is part of a journalist’s job. But the vitriol he heaped on Bautista clearly had nothing to do with whether or not the secretary was doing his job and everything to do with Tulfo’s exaggerated sense of entitlement.

The issue is Tulfo’s brand of “journalism,” and we are using the term very liberally since what he and his ilk practice bear little resemblance to the profession of truth, which, ironically, is what this administration seems to prefer even as it vilifi es those who do their work seriously and credibly.

Indeed, the Tulfos of this world seem to have found the perfect niche within the infrastructure of a government that has established itself as the foremost purveyor of disinformation and has run roughshod over most, if not all, our people’s basic rights and liberties, although this particular Tulfo appears to have outshone the rest when even the director general of the Philippine Information Agency called him out for being “a pretentious and poisonous media personality whose only leverage is his last name and airtime in government radio.”

Let us see how this administration deals with the mess. But we do hope, whatever the outcome, that the media industry in general fi nally realizes that the revenues such unethical and irresponsible muckraking admittedly bring in can never compensate for the damage “journalists” like Erwin Tulfo have caused the profession and, most especially, the people whose lives and reputations they so cavalierly sully.

(Statement of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines dated June 3, 2019)

THE TRUMP administration is really tightening the screws on immigration to the US.The US Citizenship and Immigration Services is set to close its Manila fi eld

offi ce on July 5. The US embassy in Manila has announced that it “will assume responsibility for certain limited services previously provided by USCIS to individuals residing in the Philippines.” This, even as it directed those seeking petitions for alien relatives (Form I-130), to fi le them “by mail with the USCIS lockbox facility in Chicago.”

Reuters reports said the move “is the latest from an administration that has worked to limit both legal and illegal immigration since Trump took offi ce in January 2017, including cuts to the US refugee program and heightened vetting of US visa applications.”

Earlier, invoking national security, the US State Department was reported to have started implementing “a new rule” that would require US visa applicants to provide details of their Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media accounts.

“National security is our top priority when adjudicating visa applications, and every

prospective traveler and immigrant to the United States undergoes extensive security screening.”

So was the US State Department quoted by AP last week, and furthered that the additional information collected from applicants “will strengthen our process for vetting these applicants and confi rming their identity.”

The proverbial donkey through the eye of the needle to enter the kingdom of the USA henceforth, we can only reminisce of the good old days when seeking the holy grail – that US visa, dummy – was diffi cult but not impossible to attain.

Getting a US visa JUNE 15, 2006. 9:20 A.M. Shaded by a small parasol from the fast heating morning sun, the guard handed back my all-important confi rmation notice and courteously said: “Your schedule, Sir, is at 9:30 yet. Come back after 10 minutes.”

Behind the concrete barricades I sought shelter under the canopy of those old balite – or are they banyan? – trees to while the time away. A heavily-jeweled lady, in the shade too, started a conversation: her schedule was 11:30 pa, she felt certain she’d have her visa renewed as she’d come back and did not go TNT on her trip to the States, “unlike some miserable folks abusing the hospitality of America.”

I asked her how long was the visa given her? “Ten years, multiple entry.” And how many times had she used it? “Just once.” Okay. I wished her luck.

Exactly 9:30 I was told to go through Gate 3, where I had to pass a metal detector and place my bag through an X-ray machine, before taking my place at the end of long queue to a window marked “A-L surnames.”

Snatches of animated conversation eavesdropped along the line run the gamut from the spiritual to the illegal.

“I did not miss a single Wednesday in Baclaran praying the novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help for two months,” said a youngish matron pining for her fi rst visa.

“My novena was to St. Jude,” replied an older one, adding that her supplication to the patron of impossible cases was prompted by her two previous rejections, err, denial of her request for a visa.

“The minimum three months is all I need,” said a thirty-something. She had no qualms in revealing her intent to stay in America, no matter the cost, “even marrying a bed-ridden octogenarian.”

“We have visas na. We frequent the US, you know. We’re here to apply for our baby,” a young couple bragged, an infant asleep in his father’s arm. On their turn at the window, the wife was horrifi ed to fi nd that her baby needed a photograph in his application.

“It was not stated in the requirements,” she tried to rationalize with the stern-looking American lady at the window.

“The slot for the photo is just too big for you to miss,” came the retort.

To her rescue, someone in the line said there were photographers just outside the guardhouse off ering fi ve-minute services. So, with her husband and baby, off she ran.

After 25 minutes, it was my turn at the window. Passport and visa application were checked, found in proper order and passed on to an assigned consular offi cer, I presumed. A numbered stub was given me with the instruction “Go to the pavilion and wait for your number to be called. Good day.”

A hundred others were waiting there seated on benches under a signboard “Waiting to be fi nger-scanned.” Instructions on the proper placement of the left and right index fi ngers on the scanner were posted all around to facilitate

the process. Numbers were being called – in batches of fi ve, and fl ashed on a lighted digital bar at the top of the door.

It was 11 A.M. when my number, 3184, was called. So, with 3180 onto 3185, I entered an SRO consular offi ce. Windows 1 and 2 were for fi nger-scanning, Windows 3 – 11 for the interview.

A scar on the left index fi nger of number 3183 warranted 20 minutes of questioning. It took another fi ve minutes for the scanner in-charge to fi nish scribbling notes on a yellow post-it she affi xed to 3183’s passport. “Denied ito,” I mused.

My own turn to be fi nger-scanned was a breeze. It did not take more than two minutes. And I got myself a seat after fi ve minutes.

Guessing gameTo pass the time, I engaged in a guessing

game. At every fl ash of a number, I took a quick look at the visa applicant and deemed if a visa would be forthcoming or not.

Nine of ten, I was right in my judgment. Based not on psychological profi ling but on mere observation. Two extreme types of character were denied visas: those who came in too weak – angst-ridden, nervous, fi dgety, obsequious; and those who came in too strong – swaggering in confi dence, obnoxious.

There was this business-type guy in coat and tie who, soon as he came to Window 4, pulled out the contents of his bulging attaché case – land titles, bank books, SEC papers, and laid them on the counter. The consular offi cer was not apparently impressed by this display of wealth as he promptly denied the application, without even asking him any question. Lesson: Don’t pre-empt the offi cer. Take out your supporting documents only when asked.

A matron made the sign of the cross when her number was called. She went to Window 6 as if she was ready to faint – ashen, trembling legs and all. She too was denied.

On Window 8, a group of three women and one lawyer-looking guy engaged the consular offi cer in a heated argument when one of the ladies was denied her application. Even after a new number was fl ashed for that window, the four refused to leave. A guard had to escort the four out of the offi ce.

Pity those who would be assigned to Window 8, I told my seatmates. It would be rejection there henceforth.

Much to our chagrin, 3180-3185 were assigned there. And so it was as I said. It was hello and goodbye to 3180 in less than one minute. One question and it was all over for the rest. A denial, seemingly at face value, for 3183. Then, it was me.

“Good luck po,” 3185 called out after me.“Good morning, Mister Caesar,” greeted

the consular offi cer. It was 11:55. Of course I answered “Good morning too” and added “How’r you doing?”

Good, was the reply. As he scanned on his P!"# 5 $%#!&#

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Halo-haloDing Cervantes

OpinionNapag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

desktop what I presumed to be my application and some other data of my previous stay in the USA.

“So you were in the States last year?”“Yes, and in the two previous years.”“What was your longest stay?”“Five months in 2000.”“Why did you stay that long?”“Had to seek refuge in the States and let

things cool back home after an ambush that killed three of my friends.”

“Oh. Are you a travel writer? Did you write for newspapers when you were in the States?”

“I am a political and economic journalist. I did some writing when I was there for the newspapers here in the Philippines.”

“Would you like to avail yourself of a journalist visa so you can pursue your profession in the States?”

“I prefer a tourist visa. I go to the States for leisure not for work.”

“Okay. How about your wife, does she have a visa.”

“Yes. She was in the States in 1981, err,

Blessed Mother: I don’t come from Heaven as a joke

“I DID not come from Heaven for your amusement. The time I predicted in the past has arrived. Bend your knees in prayer...Behold, now is the time of great trials for mankind. Tell everyone that I don’t come from Heaven as a joke….”

Thus, the Blessed Virgin Mary told Pedro Regis.

Regis lives in Anguerra, Brazil. In 1987, he started having mystic experiences that eventually led to regular apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Vatican has yet to make any declaration about the Anguerra apparitions.

Unlike most Marian apparitions, prophetic warnings from Anguerra are often specifi c: one warned of the New York Twin Towers tragedy and another of the historic Japan tsunami only months before the events.

In Anguerra, the fi rst message the Blessed Mother conveyed through Regis in 1987 was as follows:

“I am the Queen of Peace and I want all my children be at my side to fi ght the great evil that could come to the world. In order for this evil not to happen, you should pray and have faith.

“My children, I desire the conversion of all as soon as possible. The world is in great danger and to free you from this danger, you need to pray, to convert and to believe in the Word of the Creator…”

Then in 1987, she told Regis: “I ask you to be defenders of the truth, for the truth will liberate you and carry you to salvation. Humanity is sick, and the moment has come for a great returning to the Lord. Be led by the hands of the Lord, and you will be healed spiritually. Repent, for repentance is the fi rst step to be taken on the path to conversion. I am your Mother, and I

love you immensely. Open your hearts, and live my appeals.

The Blessed Mother also noted: “You live in a time worse than in the time of the fl ood. Mankind has challenged the Creator and walks to the abyss of self-destruction.”

At diff erent times, the Blessed Mother also told Regis as follows:

“Humanity is moving toward an abyss of self-destruction that men have prepared with their own hands.”

“Take my appeals to the world, and God will repay you generously.”16 “God is in a hurry, and the moment of your return has arrived.”

- “I want to lead you to the One who is your only Way, Truth, and Life. You still have ahead of you, long years of hard trials.”

These were messages conveyed some two decades ago. In the Blessed Mother’s more recent apparitions, particularly in Medjugorje, some conditional prophetic warnings are said to have become inevitable.

The Blessed Mother has been addressing herself to each one of us. Particularly Catholics who, because of their being in the fold of the Church that God had founded, are in the better position to pray for all, for the entire world, as they are in a privileged platform to change the course of even the universe through their prayers, acts of penance and other means granted to the Church.

The Blessed Mother has been addressing herself personally to you and me.

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“Are you traveling with her?”“Yes. It will be our fi rst together.”“Okay. Enjoy your trip. Here’s your yellow

card. Make arrangements for your visa delivery at the pavilion.

“Thanks. Have a nice day.”“Have a nice day too.”At the Del Bros counter at the pavilion, I was

making my delivery arrangements when 3185 came. She too got a visa. For three months to Guam. No, she won’t go TNT there. She told me she had an examination to take pursuant to her masteral degree.

June 19. 4:42 P.M. A Del Bros messenger in motorcycle delivered my passport. Affi xed is a fi ve-year multiple entry B1-B2 visa. Deng Pangilinan would have ejaculated: “God bless America!”

IT WAS even breezier with my US visa renewal in 2011. I was just greeted a “Good day” at the consular window, all my documents received and told to just wait in a week’s time for 2GO to deliver my fresh 10-year multiple entry visa at my doorstep.

Yeah, how times have been trumped.

Tunay ngakayang tayo’y nagsasarili na?

GANAP nga ba ang ating kalayaan

sa mapang-aliping kuko ng dayuhan?

‘Yan sa ganang iba nating mamamayan,

huwad pa rin hanggang sa kasalukuyan!

Pagkat hanggang ngayon ang mga anino

ng ‘world’s super powers,’ sa pakiwari ko,

ya’y nasa likod pa rin ng enteblado

at dinidiktahan ang ating gobyerno.

Kasama na r’yan ang mga magagaling

na European Union, na nakisawsaw din

sa isyung sabi’y ‘extra judicial killings,’

na ‘unsolicited’ at di dapat gawin.

At kung saan pati sa’ting pulitikal

na aspeto at pamalakad sa bayan,

sila pa rin itong kay Juan kadalasan

tila nagnanais na siya’y pangunahan.

Gaya na lamang kung may taong sinibak

sa puesto si Digong, sila ba ay sukat

manghimasok at ang hingin na isalpak

ni Pangulo ay ang gusto nila dapat?

Ano sa akala n’yan sa Filipino,

inutil at walang alam gawing wasto?

Tayo’y may sariling batas at gobyerno,

sa ibabaw ng ating sariling mundo.

Pero sa kabila nga nitong lahat na

nang makatao at uring demokrasya

na pamamahala, pumapapel sila

para alipinin sa ibang sistema.

Kaya papaano natin masasabi

na tayo nga’y tunay nang nagsasarili

ngayong sa kaliwa’t kanan ay parati

tayong sakal nitong aninong nasabi?

At iba pang laging sa ‘tin nakamasid

sa lahat ng oras at sa bawat saglit;

na tunay namang sa lahat ng paligid

posibleng magdulot sa’tin ng panganib.

Kahalintulad ng ating Inangbansa

ay ibong pipit na maliit, mahina

kumpara sa isang Agila’ng masiba

na higit ang laki ng taglay na tuka.

Ang hinggil dito sa Scarborough Shoal

at kung ano itong tunay na intension

ng China sa kanyang pagpapagawa r’on

nang kung anu-ano gayong atin nga ‘yon.

Di kaya posibleng iyan ay pagmulan

nang grabeng sigalot at/o ng digmaan,

sakalit ipilit nilang kanila ‘yan,

na isang matinding kalapastanganan?

Kung saan maaring itong malalaki

at mapuwersang bansa tiyak na sasali

sa away para lang ipaglaban pati

ang ‘self interest’ nyan hangga’t maaari!

Huwad pa rin sa ganang aking pananaw

ang ating paglaya sa lilim ng araw,

kung saan ang tigre’t mga matatakaw

itong sa lahat na ang nangingibabaw.

Naturingang tayo’y nagsasarili na,

pero sa likod ng telon nariyan pa

ang banta ng muling maagaw ng iba,

kaya ito nga ba’y ganap na talaga?!

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

BRANCH 60ANGELES CITY

PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF PETITIONER, PARTICULARLY HER MIDDLE NAME FROM “P” TO “DELA CRUZ”; MOTHER’S NAME FROM MARITESS C. PAGUIO TO MARITESS P. DELA CRUZ; AND DATE OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS FROM JULY 16, 1982 TO JULY 7, 1984,

LESLEY D. DELA CRUZ, Petitioner,

-versus- R-ANG-19-01493-SP

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ANGELES CITY AND PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY, Respondents.

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

On April 26, 2019, petitioner Lesley D. Dela Cruz through counsel, Atty. Melba DC Lopez fi led a verifi ed petition praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, an Order be issued directing the respondents to amend the entries appearing on the birth certifi cate of petitioner, under Registry No. 87-6647, as follows:

1. petitioner’s middle name from “P” to “Dela Cruz”;2. name of mother from MARITESS C. PAGUIO to

MARITESS P. DELA CRUZ; and3. the date of marriage of petitioner’s parents from

July 16, 1982 to July 7, 1984WHEREFORE, fi nding the petition to be suffi cient in form and substance,

the court hereby: (a) sets the case for hearing on July 11, 2019 at 8:30 in the morning; (b) order petitioner (1) to serve within seventy-two (72) hours from receipt hereof copies of the petition and its annexes to the Offi ce of the Solicitor General of the Philippines at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, and Offi ce of the City Prosecutor, Angeles City; (c) orders all persons interested in this petition to appear on said date and time before this court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 60, Angeles City and to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted; (d) directs the Solicitor General to enter his appearance in this case for the State, within seventy-two (72) hours from receipt of this Order; and (e) directs the Branch Clerk of Court of this Court to furnish copies hereof the petitioner, her counsel, the Solicitor General, the Civil Registrar of Angeles City, the City Prosecutor, Angeles City and the Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City.

Let copy of this order be furnished the petitioner and her counsel.Further, the petitioner at her expense, is hereby ordered to cause the

publication of this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Pampanga and Angeles City in accordance with P.D. 1702 before the date of hearing for three (3) consecutive weeks.

SO ORDERED.Angeles City, Philippines, April 30, 2019.

EDA P. DIZON-ERA Presiding Judge

cc:Offi ce of the Solicitor General- 134 Amorsolo St. Legaspi Village Makati CityOffi ce of the City Prosecutor- Angeles CityPhilippine Statistics Authority- Quezon CityLocal Civil Registrar- Angeles City, PampangaAtty. Melba DC LopezPetitioner

Punto! Central Luzon: May 23, 30 & June 6 , 2019

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RITA C. RAMOS-CANLAS

who died intestate on May 18, 1984 in Angeles City executed an Affi davit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Renunciation of Rights and Deed of Donation on her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 12, Block 5 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Pad-97370, being a portion of Lot 5 described on plan (LRC) Psd-92474, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 124) with improvements existing thereon, situated in the Barrio of Balibago, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certifi cate of Title No. 51182, before Notary Public Michael C. Yabut as per Doc No. 211, Page No. 43, Book No. XXIII, Series of 2019.

Punto! Central Luzon: May 23, 30 & June 6, 2019

from the national gov-ernment, provincial government and the lo-cal government units (LGUs).

Santiago brought up the issue in the media forum “Talk Widus” orga-nized by the Pampanga Press Club in cooper-ation with Widus Hotel and Casino at the ho-tel’s Prism Lounge here last Wednesday.

The mayor was ac-companied by Pampan-ga Chamber of Com-merce and Industry, Inc. (PamCham) presi-dent Rene Romero who made the same obser-vations in easing traffi c congestion along the na-

CSF truck ban, quarry road seen to ease MacArthur Hwy traffi c

pecially inside this Free-port.

“I think with what is happening in Clark right now there are a lot of op-portunities for students and for those who grad-uate,” he said.

Manankil furthered that the CDC Academ-ic Excellence award in-tends to inspire more students to strive harder in their studies and their chosen fi eld.

“This is one of the major and relevant proj-

CDC lauds honor studentsects that we have and this is to encourage stu-dents to strive better,” Manankil added.

CDC Vice President for Administration and Fi-nance Mariza O. Man-docdoc and Assistant Vice President for Exter-nal Aff airs Rommel Nar-ciso also extended sal-utations to the students during the ceremony.

The college and se-nior highschool stu-dents who were award-ed certifi cates and cash grant were Carla Veron-ica Lee Choi from Holy

Angel University, Mark Kristian Mendoza and Andrea Christine Paule from Angeles University Foundation; Ricca Da-vid and Cathy Maninang from St. Peter’s College of Technology; Jhie-jet Simon and Nicholas Ephraim Canlas of AMA Computer College; Jan Mackenzie Guese of In-formation Communica-tion Technology High-school; and Patrick Ca-miling of Dolores Stand-Alone Senior High-school.

Other recipients also

include Beverly Ann Lobo of Panipuan High-school; Noriel David and Tyrone Peter Valiente of Centro Colegio De Tar-lac; Lea Jean Francis-co of Mabalacat Tech-nical Vocational School, Renante Oli and Ron-ald Vergel Dela Cruz of Clark College of Science and Technology; An-gelo Larosa of Jocson College, Hannah Jan Manalang of Pampanga High School and Robbie Gonzales of Sto. Domin-go Integrated School.

–CDC CommDep

with a total of 250 local and national bills from the lower chamber that were passed into law.

These include:1. Organic law for

the Bangsamoro Auton-omous Region - passed into law

2. Coconut Farmers & Industry Development Act - vetoed by Prrd

3. Rice Tariffi cation Act - passed into law

4. Enhanced Uni-versal Healthcare Act - passed into law

5. Tax Amnesty Pro-gram - passed into law

6. Revision of Consti-tution - pending with the senate

7. National Land Use Act - pending with the senate

8. Creation of Depart-ment of Disaster Resil-ience - with the Senate

9. End of Endo/Con-tractualization Act - up for bicam

10. TRAIN 2 – Traba-ho Bill - with the senate

11. Fiscal Regime for the Mining Industry - with the senate

12. Increase on the

GMA banners feats as SpeakerF��� ���! 1 Excise Tax on Tobacco

Products - with the sen-ate

13. Real Property Val-uation and Assessment - with the senate

14. Traffi c Crisis Act - with the senate

15. Reform in Capi-tal Income and Financial Taxes - with the senate

16. Excise Tax Rates on Alcohol - with the sen-ate

17. Lowering of Age of Criminal Liability - with the Senate

18. Mandatory Re-serve Offi cers’ Training Corps (ROTC) - passed by House

Other laws passed under SGMA:

1. Filipino ID System2. Increasing the

Monthly Old-Age Pen-sion of Senior Veterans

3. An Act Institutional-izing Telecommuting as an Alternative Work Ar-rangement for Employ-ees in the Private Sector

4. An Act Strengthen-ing the Philippine Com-prehensive Policy on HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment and manage-ment

5. Protection of Chil-

dren in situations of Armed Confl ict

6. An Act Creating the Department of Human Settlements and Human Development

7. Extending Materni-ty Leave to 105 days with pay with option to extend

8. An Act Institution-alizing a National Inte-grated Cancer Control Progra

9. Mandatory Phil-health coverage for PWDs

10. Institutionalizing the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

Among the nota-ble bills passed into law were:

1. Kasambahay Law2. Aquaculture and

Fisheries Mechanization3. Absentee Voting

Law4. Anti-Drunk Driving

Act.5. Amendment to the

Fisheries Code prohibit-ing trade of sharks and corals

6. Free Tuition Fee Law

7. National ID System8. Passport Act – 10-

year validity9. Department of

Housing and Urban De-velopment

10. Simulated Birth Rectifi cation Act

Arroyo described the Bangsamoro Or-ganic Law (BOL) as: “at the forefront of the game-changing legisla-tion that we have helped enact.”

The BOL established a more independent and powerful Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

It was also under Ar-royo as Speaker that the House passed a “more fi scally acceptable ver-sion” of the “draft con-stitution” seeking to shift the Philippines to feder-alism.

Published reports said with Arroyo’s stint in Congress ending, she is set to become a con-sultant of the provincial government of Pampan-ga now headed by Gov-ernor Dennis “Delta” Pi-neda.

She will be replaced in the in-coming 18th Congress by her son Mikey as Pampanga’s second district represen-tative. –Ashley Manabat

F��� ���! 1 tional highway.Santiago said fi rst

is the so-called Quarry Road from Porac town leading to the SCTEx in a four-kilometer stretch.

He said the second is the establishment of a Tourism Road from Ba-rangay Del Rosario to Barangay Sindalan in CSF and on to Mexico town exit of the NLEx. “But we must regulate this because it gets con-stricted,” he added.

“So, now I made a follow up since there is a provision in the Bacolor Development Law of the establishment of a quar-ry road that is parallel to the megadike,” Santiago said.

“But the feasibili-

ty study is till with the consultant because the problem, even if the corresponding law and funds are already there, is the ROW,” the mayor pointed out. “So, we are helping them on this is-sue.”

“The rule of thumb of right-of-way is always 50 percent of the total proj-ect,” he explained. “The national government won’t agree to a parallel road inside the dike be-cause the government still considers the inside of the dike as a restrict-ed zone.”

The mayor said heavy trucks will no lon-ger traverse the MacAr-thur Highway and pass through Paning’s with

the establishment of the Phase 1 of the Tourism Road from Porac town to Barangay Del Rosario in CSF.

He said the city gov-ernment we will help in the ROW issue to expe-diate the project.

Santiago said he had the same predicament with traffi c congestion with the establishment of SM City Telabastagan in 2017. “I refused to ac-cept that Angeles City and San Fernando will be separated because of development. So, I ask for a service road from SM because our aim is to easily connect CSF to Clark,” the may-or explained.

Santiago said the

city government under-took an in-depth study in “traffi c impact anal-ysis” to resolve the is-sue. Otherwise, traffi c congestion will be from Barangay Sindalan all the way to SM Telabas-tagan.

“So, now with the service road in place, it mitigated the congestion and traffi c is fl owing,” he said.

Santiago also said there is now a road from Pau, Pandaras in CSF to Minalin town so that these areas will be de-veloped and Sto. Tomas town will now be includ-ed in the development

He said the city coun-cil will pass a law that will still get 30 to 40 meters

in the tail dike in order to promote environment tourism and connect the quarry road to the new road – Pau-Pan-daras-Sto. Tomas-Mi-nalin-Sasmuan-Lubao which is a P20 billion to P40 billion project if it reaches Subic.

Romero said the De-partment of Public Works and Highways project is called the “South-ern Pampanga Byways Project” from Pau, Sto. Tomas to NLEx and it will pass through Dinalu-pihan, Bataan.

Romero said the Quarry Road will begin in Barangay Manuali in Porac all the way to the Pampanga Southern Bypass.

ning for higher offi ce for the next elections,” he said.

He stressed that “I don’t have any ambition to become a senator, vice president, or some-thing. My only plan is to

Sans 2002 ambitions, Dong eyes advantage in speakership runF��� ���! 1 do everything I can for

the House of Represen-tatives.”

Outgoing House Speaker Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Ma-capagal Arroyo, who had also served as pres-ident of the Republic, is the fi rst Kapampan-

gan to become House Speaker. She is on her third and last term in Congress and did not run for any political post in the last elections.

Arroyo’s father, the late former President Diosdado Macapagal, a native of Lubao, Pam-

panga, also was mem-ber of the House, but never occupied the speakership.

This, even as Gon-zalez said that “from P1 million, the alleged bribe off er in the speakership race has ballooned to P7 million for each con-

gressman.The massive bribe

off er has infuriated con-gressional leaders who said that vote buying is a desperate move that should be condemned.

1Pacman Partylist Rep. Michael Rome-ro, president of the

54-strong Partylist Co-alition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI), decried the al-leged bribery as an in-sult to lawmakers, es-pecially members of the coalition, which has slowly emerged as a solid political bloc in the Lower House.

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Update on PBB housemates

ABS-CBN’sd reality show Pinoy Big Brother Otso announces its fi rst set of nominees... They are Jamie Salenga, Sky Quizon, and Mae Alfante. All three adult Pinoy Big Brother Otso housemates received the most nomination

points from their fellow housemates.Jamie received 13 points, the highest out of all the housemates. She got them

from Sky, Mae, Gino Roque, Banjo Dangalan, Hasna Cabral, Kiara Takahashi, Diana Mackie, and Franki Russell. They nominated her because she was a liability in the past weekly task.

In the weekly task, the housemates were only given 80,000 seconds of sleep for the whole week. Jamie was assigned as a leader of this task, along with Argel Saycon.

In the beginning of the task, however, it was Jamie who fi rst depleted their time. She was unable to fi ght off sleepiness and nodded off for a few seconds.

The rest of the week was no diff erent. Jamie works as a call center agent who is used to night shifts, but her fellow housemates had to watch her because she nodded off to sleep easily.

Thankfully, the housemates still won their weekly task because other housemates took the leadership position from Jamie. A lot of the work can be credited to Sky, who came up with a lot of plans for their predicament. He decided how much sleep they can have every night, and he also came up with the solution to use candies to count time at that moment when Big Brother hid the timer from them.

Unfortunately, Sky’s eagerness to lead landed him in the list of nominations. He got a total of fi ve points from Akie Poblete, Jamie, and Argel. Akie found his leadership too intense. Jamie felt he did not consider her opinions, even if she was the real leader. This nomination was a surprise, because Jamie assured Sky multiple times that she is okay that he took over.

Argel, meanwhile, nominated Sky because he thought he’s a threat to win. Argel also gave the same reason when he nominated Gino, who became close to Sky during the task.

Sky and Gino were seen as the brains of the PBB house, and they came up with ways to defeat Big Brother. The two boys hit it off in the house because they have a lot in common. Both are notable in their own right: Sky, a summa cum laude from the University of the Philippines, and Gino, a succcesful businessman.

Since the two have similar interests, they grew close and even started sleeping together in the same bed. Viewers quickly saw a bromance brewing between the two. They even coined the term #GinSky for the two friends.

The last nominee was Mae, who received 10 nomination points from Gino, Akie, Banjo, Hasna, Kiara, Diana, and Wealand Ferrer. She was nominated because she prefered to sit alone in the house, instead of trying to converse with people.

In a conversation with Sky, Mae admitted that she would rather observe people than speak to them. Sky advised the 22-year-old dancer from Davao to build connections with her fellow housemates.

Three other housemates received nomination points, but these were not enough to get them offi cially nominated.

Banjo received a total four nomination points from Wealand, Jamie, and Franki. They called him out for his actions that make the girls feel awkward, like smelling the hair of the girls in the house. Jamie called him “bastos.”

Franki garnered a total of three points from Sky and Mae. They believed she was the weakest in the task.

And lastly, Gino got one point from Argel, as mentioned above.q q q

Speaking of PBB, Banjo Dangalan has been removed from the Pinoy Big Brother Otso house. The Funny Fighter ng Quezon City was force evicted from the show after he joked about raping another PBB Otso housemate.

The incident happened while all the housemates were having breakfast. Banjo, who liked to crack jokes, started by talking about his sleeping situation with the boys.

There were limited beds in the boys room, so the housemates had to shared beds. Banjo slept with Akie Poblete, Gino Roque slept with Sky Quizon, and Wealand Ferrer slept with Argel Saycon.

On the dining table, Banjo questioned why Akie does not cuddle with him. The 27-year-old martial arts trainer moaned that the Gino-Sky and Wealand-Argel pairs hugged each other while sleeping, so he’s bummed that Akie does not do the same.

“Bro, nandidiri ka ba sa akin?” Banjo asked Akie.Akie replied that he’s just not used to it. “Hindi ako sanay,” said the 24-year-

old dancer from Italy.But Banjo continued to tease him. “Takot ka ba sa lalaki bro? Hindi tayo talo,

uy. Wala namang bakla sa atin.”Then Banjo set his sights on another male housemate. He told Gino Roque,

a 23-year-old businessman from Quezon City, that they should sleep together instead. Banjo proposed to switch beds with Sky so he can sexually harass Gino.

“Siguro masarap itong katabi sa pagtulog,” said Banjo. “Sky, tabi muna kayo [ni Akie]. Palit muna tayo. Pagsasamantalahan ko muna ito. Paggising nito wala na ‘tong saplot.”

Banjo then mimed how Gino would look tired and out of breath after he’s done with him.

Gino appeared to brush off the lewd joke by laughing, but the girls on the table appeared to look uncomfortable. Diana Mackie and Jamie Salenga were not laughing and looked dismayed by what they were hearing.

Big Brother viewed this incident seriously because it was only one instance of Banjo’s continued crude actions in the house. He was already warned from being vulgar, or being bastos, the night before he cracked his bad jokes over breakfast, but Banjo did not curb his behavior.

The initial warning had to do with Banjo’s habit of touching and smelling the hair of female housemates. This started on May 31.

When Sky asked Banjo why he was doing this, he replied that the scent of a woman’s hair makes him feel weak. He even wants to sleep while a woman’s hair is on his face.

The women initially thought Banjo was not serious, so they let him touch and smell their hair. Diana even joked back that Banjo should perhaps wear a wig so he can smell hair any time.

As the day went on, however, the girls started to feel uncomfortable. For example, Franki kept giving Banjo side eyes whenever he touched her hair and put it closer to his nose.

In a conversation with Sky and Kiara Takahashi, Jamie said Banjo’s behavior was alarming. Sky said he also said that he already told Banjo to avoid touching any woman’s hair without any permission. “Kailangan merong permission,” said Sky.

Kiara confi rmed that Banjo did ask her if he can smell her hair.But Big Brother did not approve of Banjo’s actions just the same, even if he

was already asking for consent. That night, Kuya called Banjo to the confession room to warn him that he should stop his crude actions or he will face sanctions.

Banjo agreed, and he immediately gathered the girls to apologize after he got out of the confession room.

“Hindi ako nagte-take advantage sa inyo na mukha akong bastos, na inaamoy ko yung buhok niyo. Sorry. Promise hindi na ako mang-aano ng buhok,” he told the girls, who accepted his apology.

After the breakfast incident, Diana, Jamie and Franki went to the pool area to talk about what happened. They said Banjo made them feel uncomfortable.

Diana said she wouldn’t want to live with Banjo if she had a choice. “Naiilang talaga ako. Kaya sabi ko, kung hindi ko lang siya kailangang makasama sa bahay, hindi ko pipiliing makasama siya. Sobrang uncomfortable,” said the the 21-year-old model from Taguig.

Franki said she was relieved because she thought she was alone with this concern. “I thought I was being hypersensitive.”

Diana agreed. “Oh my god, same. That’s the reason why I didn’t say anything. Maybe it’s just me. Baka sabihin ang arte ko.”

Jamie added that she had felt bad vibes about Banjo even earlier. “If you’ve noticed I have not been okay lately. Really, even in the fi rst week, I was not feeling well about this person and hindi ako mapalagay.”

The 27-year-old call center agent from Quezon City also thought Banjo might be capable of more worse actions, so she made sure to keep the other girls from him. Jamie said she always tagged along with Franki due to this. “I’m worried about you,” she told the 24-year-old model from New Zealand.

Later on, the three girls initiated a house meeting to talk to Banjo and the rest of the boys. They mentioned that they felt uncomfortable because of Banjo’s sex jokes.

Banjo was immediately apologetic for his behavior. He said sorry to the girls and to Gino.

Banjo’s apologies were not enough, however, because Big Brother called him into the confession room to announce the decision to remove him from the house.

Kuya chastised Banjo because he ignored the inital warning given to him. “Banjo, nagkausap na tayo tungkol dito. At sinigurado mo sa akin, na hindi

na ito mauulit. Ngunit Banjo, wala pang isang araw matapos tayo mag-usap, nagkaroon muli ng isang insidente.”

Kuya mentioned that Banjo broke the rules on giving respect to his fellow housemates.

“Ang pananamantala sa kapwa, sa kahit anong konteksto, ay hindi dapat ginagawang biro. At kailanman ay hindi ko maaring palagpasin ang ganitong klaseng biro sa loob ng aking bahay. Malinaw rin na nakasaad sa aking rulebook na hindi kayo maaaring gumamit ng mga salitang nakakabastos sa inyong kapwa housemates.”

Because of that, Banjo had to exit the PBB house. “Banjo, dahil sa sunod-sunod mong paglabag sa patakaran kong ito, humantong ako sa isang desisyon. Ikaw ay pinapatawan ko ng forced eviction.”

Banjo was in tears as he exited the confession room. He apologized once again while packing his stuff and he exited the house after several tearful goodbyes with his fellow housemates.

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BALANGA CITY -- Muslims from this city gathered at the Bataan People’s Center here in joyful observance of the end of Ramadan Wednesday.

Men and women were most-

Bataan Muslims observe Eid’l-Fitrly in their colorful costumes. Men were separated from the women in the giant center.

An imam led in the prayers and preached on what Eid’l Fitr will bring under the grace of Allah.

“Ito ay araw ng Eid’l Fitr,

kapistahan ng pagtatapos ng buwan ng Ramadan. Uuwi kami sa aming mga tahanan at doon mag-cecelebrate at hi-hintayin ang mga kapatiran na bibisita sa bawat bahay,” Sul-tan Sam Gogo Ampuan said.

Ampuan is president of

Muslims in Balanga City that he said there are 800 of them coming from Marawi and oth-er areas of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao.

“Yung mga hindi pa nag-aayuno sana sa susunod na buwan ng Ramadan ay

makapag-ayuno sila at magdi-wang ng Eid Mubarak sa kanil-ang lahat,” he said.

Other Muslims in Bataan from the towns of Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Orani, Limay and Mariveles conducted separate celebrations.

CLARK FREEPORT— With its aim to promote awareness on the proper disposal, treatment and management of hazardous wastes, Clark Development Corp’s best practices in orga-nizing Recyclables and Collec-tion event was showcased in the 34th Philippine Chemistry Congress in Cebu City.

CDC–Environmental Per-mits Division (EPD) asst. man-ager Mayfl or Candelaria pre-sented her research paper ti-tled: “Management of Lamp Wastes (Hg) in the Clark Free-port Zone: The CDC Experi-ence.”

The presentation show-cased the collection of select-ed offi ce, household and haz-ardous wastes by CDC’s EPD, in partnership with the Envi-ronmental Practitioners Asso-ciation and the Environmental Management Bureau in Cen-tral Luzon since 2010 during the annual RCE. –CDC PR

CDC showcases environment undertakings

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K & L Covenant Partner Marketing Co. receives the Phoenix Award for the 4th Quarter of 2018. C"%#&'()#*+ ,!"#"

BEING A prim e mover in the real es-tate game in the Philippines, NorthPine Land, Inc. (NLI) continues to step up its digital marketing eff orts to reach more people looking for their dream home. The company’s newest milestone was offi cially launched alongside the awarding of NLI’s best performing sell-ers of 2018.

With a more intuitive and engag-ing user interface, the new version of www.northpineland.com is something that NLI is proud to share to the public. Its modern and feel-good web design is an ideal platform that will give an enjoyable experience and a complete access to the premium communities off ered by NLI to the middle-income market. Its new features include an up-dated price list of all the house mod-els, high quality photos of the house facades and interiors, 360˚ virtual re-ality tour of the communities and some model units, a live chat support that will promptly answer queries from interest-ed buyers and more.

The new NLI blog is also one of the most exciting sections in the com-pany’s improved digital tool. Enjoy a unique gastronomic experience, learn facts about historical places and events, learn from some home and liv-ing feature stories and exchange views with other readers, or just delight in the stunning sceneries in Pampanga, Cavite and places nearby, through its fresh contents.

The website’s launch was the high-light of NorthPine Land’s 2018 Fourth Quarter and Annual Sales Awards held at The Blue Leaf Filipinas in Parañaque City. The major winners of Quarter 4 were: Lomavin Acolola Jr. (Top Prop-

Your dream home, just a click awayLog in to the new NorthPine website

erty Associate), Maria Luz Obod (Top Property Division Manager) and Kyre Ching (Top Broker Head). Only one was hailed as the Phoenix Awardee, the topmost accolade given to the re-alty group with the most outstanding current accounts, highest booked ac-counts, and biggest cash collections for the quarter. K&L Covenant Part-ner Marketing Co. proudly bagged the said award and drove home whopping premiums.

Meanwhile, Melody Teaño (Top

Property Associate of 2018), Rey Nid-ua (Top Property Division Manager of 2018), Ma. Angelic Sabillo (Top 2 Bro-ker Head of 2018), and Kyre Ching (Top 1 Broker Head of 2018) were the grand annual achievers who all drove home brand new cars.

In an interview, the company’s Gen-eral Manager Ferdinand Macabanti shared that, “The new website will be of great help so people can more eas-ily learn about our premium communi-ties where they can experience the life

they’ve been dreaming of. We’re doing this to bring individuals and families closer to their dream house.”

The company is thrilled to share its prestigious portfolio of projects and the newest additions this 2019 including, Nancy in Montana Strands and Rush-more in Montana Views which will both be launched on June 08. These new house models will be featured in the upgraded NLI website. To check this out, just go to www.northpineland.com

–Press release

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