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EJERCITO LACIERDA
UN REPORT
Use of child warriors
in conicts increased
Aquino committed to e-Trikes project
New nominees
to SC top post
bring total to 28
Defense: No proof vs Arroyo
Ejercito , Lacierda
engage in word
war over ratings
Lhuillier snubbed
on land row offer
Kidnappings trigger advisory; Mideast TV team missing
By Joyce Pangco Paares
THE number of child warriors involved in the long-running Communist and Mus-
lim rebellions have increased in the two years that the Aquino Administration has
been in power, and they have been casualties in explosions and shootings, a United
Nations report said Friday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the children, with ages ranging from
seven to 16 years, were working as guerrillas of the New Peoples Army and the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front or serving as messengers and intelligence gatherers
for the Armed Forces and para-military units.
These children are not only casualties of explosions, shootings and attacks, but
they are also kidnapped, killed or maimed, Ban said.
Last year, 26 children were killed in armed conict.
Ban submitted his report to the UN General Assembly last month, but it was
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Judicial and Bar Council on Friday
said it had received 28 nominations for the
position of chief justice, including eight
associate justices of the Supreme Court.
The same day, the eight-member coun-
cil said it received the nomination of As-
sociate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno,
President Aquinos rst appointee to the
tribunal, along with two other magistrates
who were not among the ve automatical-
ly nominated by reason of seniority.
Sereno, 51, was nominated by lawyer
Fidel Thaddeus Borja and two other peo-
ple. She was appointed by MR Aquino to
the high court in August 2010, and she is
By Alena Mae S. Flores
ENERGY Secretary Jose Rene Almendras on Friday
said President Benigno Aquino Jr. was committed to
the electric tricycle program, and that he had almost
been sacked for not carrying it out sooner.
He defended the distribution of the e-trikes through
the local government units amid criticism that would
politicize the program during an election year.
He said there was no diversion of funds because
the $101-million nancing from the Clean Technology
Fund had not even been approved.
There can be no diversion of funds because we
dont have them yet, Almendras said.
The loan has not been approved, and it will be dis-
cussed sometime in June or July during the monthly
board meeting of the Asian Development Bank.
Almendras said the Local Government Code man-
dated that the e-trikes be coursed through the local gov-
ernment units.
The laws say that the LGUs are the ones who con-
trol the tricycles. They are the ones who are authorized
to give the franchise. You cannot go against the local
government code, Almendras said.
He said the e-trike program coincided with an elec-
tion year because it was delayed.
We really wanted this earlier, Almendras said.
As a matter of fact, I almost lost my job be-
cause the President was so mad because he had been
By Maricel V. Cruz
A WORD war of sorts erupted Friday between
presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda and
San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito and the
House opposition bloc over the drop in the sat-
isfaction rating of President Benigno Aquino III
in the latest Social Weather Stations survey.
Ejercito, a presidential ally, told Lacierda to
stop being myopic and biased in reading, ana-
lyzing and reacting to positive and constructive
criticisms over the latest SWS survey results.
By Ferdinand Fabella
AMBASSADOR to Portugal Philippe Lhuil-
lier has offered to return a 300-square-meter
parcel of land in Makati City owned by a re-
tired employee of San Miguel Corp., but the
owner has refused the terms of his offer, one
of the land owners lawyers said Friday.
It appeared that Lhuillier had bought the
property from someone who didnt own it, but
when the owner, Roberto Santos, sued, Lhuil-
lier offered to return it and to buy it from him.
GOVERNMENT prosecutors failed to
present evidence of a conspiracy be-
tween former President Gloria Macapa-
gal-Arroyo and election ofcials to rig
the voting in the 2007
polls, making the
case of elec-
toral sabotage
against her a
mere fabrica-
tion, defense
lawyers
said
on Friday.
Benjamin Santos said the govern-
ments star witness, Norie Unas, had
admitted in court he had no proof that
could link Arroyo to the election of-
cials or to the tampering of the results
of the senatorial elections in 2007.
Under the electoral sabotage law,
it must be shown that [Arroyo] con-
spired with the members of the Board
of Canvassers or the Board of Election
Inspectors, Santos said.
Unas only points to a supposed
conspiracy between [Arroyo] and for-
mer Maguindanao governor Andal
Ampatuan, who is neither a mem-
ber of the BEI or the BOC.
Unas had told a court hear-
ing on Arroyos petition for bail
on Thursday that he overheard
Arroyo telling Ampatuan to
The US government issued the travel
advisory after two Chinese businessmen
were kidnapped in Mindanao on June 4,
and as a veteran Jordanian reporter and
his TV crew went missing in Jolo.
US citizens should defer non-essen-
tial travel to the Sulu Archipelago due
to the high threat of kidnapping of in-
ternational travelers and violence linked
to insurgency and terrorism there, the
advisory said.
The two Chinese nationals, James
Lou and Jampong Lunyuan Kai, were
abducted from their residence in the
town of Kabasalan in Mindanao, where
they had been living for two years. The
kidnappers were said to be demanding
$5 million for their return.
Throughout Mindanao, criminal
groups have clashed sporadically with
the Philippine Armed Forces, particu-
larly in rural areas, and terrorist groups
have kidnapped international travelers
and carried out bombings that have re-
sulted in injuries and deaths, the US
government said.
Kidnappers also seized an Australian
Visitor from Myanmar. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario greets
Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin during a meeting of the
Philippines-Myanmar commission for bilateral cooperation.
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US warns citizens
in traveling to PH
WEATHER
TROPICAL storm Butchoy
isnt expected to leave the
country anytime soon, but
only by Monday evening or
Tuesday morning at the latest,
weathermen said Friday.
They said Butchoy was
expected to bring more rain,
high winds and huge waves.
Senior weather specialist
Daisy Ortega said Luzon and
the Visayas would be the most
affected by the overstaying
typhoon. Luzon, including
Metro Manila, will experience
A MAGNITUDE 6 earth-
quake jolted Davao Oriental
and the neighboring cities
and provinces at 9:14 a.m.
on Friday, the Philippine In-
stitute of Volcanology and
Seismology said.
The agency said the earth-
quake was tectonic in origin,
and that it occurred at a depth
Butchoy may
exit Monday
6.0 quake jolts
Davao Oriental
Boys at war. A child combatant of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has a nger on
the trigger in this undated photo.
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PUMP prices have been falling
week after week, but the price re-
ductions are being negated by the
increasing prices of electricity, re-
ports showed on Friday.
Eastern Petroleum Corp. said
pump prices would likely go down
by P0.60 per liter of gasoline and
P0.30 per liter of diesel because of
the continuing softening of world
oil prices.
But the Energy Department
warned that electricity prices
would go up until August as a
result of rising prices in the sport
market and the shutdown of some
coal-red plants for maintenance.
Oil price cut
set as power
rates go up
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THE United States government on Friday
warned its citizen to exercise extreme caution
if traveling to the Philippines, particularly to
Sulu and Mindanao.
News reporter as subject of the news.
Baker Atyani (right),the Jordanian
bureau chief for Southeast Asia of Al-
Arabiya TV, prepares a segment of his
report beside the sea in Jolo. He was
reported missing in Jolo this week.
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installation in SM North Edsa. The People With Disability stickers will also be installed in all SM malls that
have received commendations from the Apolinario Mabini Awards. SM malls have been recognized by
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accessible to handicapped people. Shown above are PWD advocates Jimmy Silva of the United Architects of
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Use...
cleared for release to the public
only on Friday. He provided the
Manila Standard a copy of the re-
port by e-mail at itsrequest.
The NPA, which started as a
rag-tag army of barefoot commu-
nist guerrillas, has been ghting
the government for 43 years. The
MNLF war, which has sputtered
off and on for almost the same pe-
riod, seeks an independent Mus-
lim state in Mindanao.
Ban said the number of children
recruited by rebels in 2011 was 54
compared with 24 in 2010, and
our country task force document-
ed 26 incidents involving 33 boys
and 21 girls.
He said out of the 52 recorded
cases, 16 children were verified to
be connected with the governments
military operations while the others
were connected with rebel groups.
They are used by rebels as com-
batants and as military intelligence
by the Armed Forces and the Citi-
zens Armed Forces Geographical
Units [militia], Ban said.
Malacaang declined to issue
a statement when asked for com-
ment, while deputy spokeswoman
Abigail Valte said she had yet to
see a copy of the report.
But as a matter of policy, that
[using children in war] is not al-
lowed, she said.
Aquino...
wanting this. We really tried to do this as
much as we could, but we had to go through
the process. You have to convince the lend-
er that we did the studies.
Almendras said the program will run until
2016, with the tricycles being distributed in
tranches. He said the CTF funding was not
crucial because the ADB was willing to
put in $300 million in nancing even with-
out the CTF.
I can even make the e-trike work using
local funds, he said.
Its just that we have a partnership agree-
ment with the ADB to honor all the prom-
ises we made. Theyve been very helpful in
the whole project, and its only right that we
explore and do it with them.
Sohail Hasnie, the ADBs principal en-
ergy specialist, said that, in 2009, when the
CTF was made available, there were a lot of
countries competing for the funds.
The idea is that the fund should be trans-
formational, it should be invested in projects
that will transform an industry, he said.
He said the Electric Power Industry Re-
form Act also limited their options because,
under the law, public funds could not be
used for power generation.
So taking all those into account, the
Philippine government got working with
ADB and asked for $125 million to be al-
located, and what CTF did at the time was
they endorsed it, which means we pencil in
that much money for a project for this coun-
try, he said.
New...
now ranked 12th among 14 jus-
tices in seniority.
Last year, Sereno led a dis-
senting opinion when the Court
allowed former President and
now Pampanga Rep. Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the
country for medical treatment.
Her opinion was later used as a
basis for the impeachment of the
complaint led against chief jus-
tice Renato Corona.
Separate nominations were also
submitted for Associate Justices
Roberto Abad and Jose Perez.
Abad, appointed to the Court in
August 2009 during the previous
administration, is ranked eighth
in seniority by date of appoint-
ment. He was recommended by
University of Santo Tomas civil
law dean Nilo Divina.
Perez, ranked 10th in seniority,
was endorsed by the Asia-Pacic
Bar Association. He is a graduate
of the UP College of Law and
has been with the Supreme Court
since 1971, beginning his career
there as a legal assistant. He was
named administrator in 2008 and
appointed associate justice in
December 2009.
Also nominated were Elections
Commissioner Rene Sarmiento,
University of the East law dean
Amado Valdez, and former UP
law dean Marvic Leonen.
Leonen, appointed by Presi-
dent Aquino to head the govern-
ment panel in the peace talks with
the Muslim rebels, was nomi-
nated by the civil society group
Black and White Movement. In
2011 Leonen and 36 other faculty
members of the UP College of
Law called for the resignation of
Justice Mariano del Castillo over
accusations of plagiarism.
Valdez, a perennial nominee to the
vacant posts in the high court, be-
came visible in the past months as a
legal expert for media networks dur-
ing Coronas impeachment.
Sarmiento was recommended
by Dean Virgilio Jara and other
professors of the San Beda Col-
lege of Law, who cited his work-
ing for social justice and human
rights. He was also nominated
by Zenaida Quezon Avancea,
granddaughter of the late Presi-
dent Manuel L. Quezon.
The latest endorsements
brought to 22 the number of can-
didates nominated to the top post
of the Supreme Court.
The others are Justice Sec-
retary Leila de Lima, Internal
Revenue Commissioner Kim
Henares, Solicitor General Fran-
cis Jardeleza, former UP Law
Dean Raul Pangalangan, Ateneo
law school Dean Cesar Villan-
ueva, law professor and womens
right advocate Katrina Legarda,
lawyer Marianito Sadondoncillo,
retired Judge Manuel Siyangco
Jr., law professor Rafael Morales,
Ormoc City Vice Mayor Nepo-
muceno Aparis, former Makati
City Rep. Teodoro Locsin Jr., and
former solicitor general Francis-
co Chavez.
Acting Chief Justice Antonio
Carpio and the other four most
senior justices of the Supreme
Court -- Associate Justices Pres-
bitero Velasco Jr., Teresita Leon-
ardo-de Castro, Arturo Brion and
Diosdado Peralta were also
automatically nominated for the
post under JBC rules.
A nurse named Jocelyn Es-
quivel was the lone applicant, but
she is expected to be disqualied
because the Constitution requires
a chief justice to be a lawyer who
has served as a judge or practiced
in private for at least 15 years.
Ejercito...
The members of the Houses
minority bloc urged Mr. Aquino
to read the latest SWS survey
results well and turn your at-
tention away from the politics of
revenge and instead set a positive
example of national reconcilia-
tion and hard-working leader-
ship.
It is reforms like this, Mr.
President---not self-serving press
releases---that will keep your
popularity ratings up, House
Minority Leader and Quezon
Rep. Danilo Suarez said in a
statement.
Ejercito had earlier said that
the drop in Mr. Aquinos satisfac-
tion ratings should serve a wake-
up call to address the countrys
problems.
The recent SWS survey, con-
ducted on May 24 to 27, said Mr.
Aquinos net score dropped by seven
points to +42, with 63 percent satis-
ed and 21 percent dissatised.
Ejercito had advised Malaca-
ang to begin focusing on the
measures that would address the
worsening poverty, high unem-
ployment, and the rising cost of
essential goods and services.
As an ally of the Aquino ad-
ministration, my statement never
meant to disregard any of the
Aquino administrations pro-poor
programs, Ejercito said.
I only acknowledged the dip
in PNoys [Mr. Aquino] trust and
performance rating survey be-
cause I believe it would affect
PNoys public perception and his
gaining of support for his other
anti-corruption and poverty alle-
viation programs.
But Lacierda brushed off
Ejercitos unsolicited advice.
Ejercito said the Presidents
spinmeisters, led by Lacierda,
were either suffering from a se-
vere case of political myopeia or
chronic self delusion.
The only acceptable surveys
to the Palace spinmesiters like
Lacierda are surveys that fa-
vor the Aquino administration,
Ejercito said. He said it was iron-
ic that Lacierda had taken the lat-
est SWS survey results lightly.
Surely, the huge drop in
President Aquinos ratings in
Metro Manila is a reason for se-
rious concern, Ejercito said.
Suarez said the survey con-
ducted by the Issues and Advo-
cacy Center had also noted that
more people disapproved than
approved of the Presidents per-
formance on nearly every issue
important to the public.
The Palace was quick to re-
spond that they did not even rec-
ognize the legitimacy of the Cen-
ter, let alone agree with its survey
ndings, Suarez said.
Unfortunately for them, the
SWS came out thereafter with
its own quarterly survey show-
ing the Presidents net approval
rating had plunged to its lowest
point ever since he took ofce.
Lhuillier...
But Santos refused because
Lhuillier had offered to buy the
property for only P8 million
when its current value was P35
million.
Rosalinda Santos-Garbo, one
of Santos counsels, said Lhuil-
lier, the owner of the Cebuana
Lhuillier chain of pawnshops,
sent one of his lawyers to talk
to them to work out an out-of-
court settlement.
She said the lawyer intro-
duced himself as Rey Fran-
cisco and met with her and
her co-counsel Jonas Castro
on June 13. Castro offered to
vacate the property that San-
tos claims was illegally taken
from him.
The property is a 346-square
meter lot with a commercial
building along N. Garcia
Street in San Miguel Village.
It is just across from Lhuil-
liers PJ Lhuillier Building,
the headquarters of his chain
of Cebuana Lhuillier pawn-
shops.
Attorney Francisco request-
ed us to drop all the charges we
led against the ambassador. In
return, they will also dismiss
the counter-charges they led
against my client, Santos-Gar-
bo told the Manila Standard.
She said Francisco also
promised to return the property
to Santos and to buy it back,
but Santos refused because the
amount being offered for his
property was too low.
Mr. Santos got insulted and
refused so, I think the ambas-
sador has to appear on [June]
18th in court, Santos-Garbo
said.
This is the justice Mr. San-
tos hopes to achieve, so the
ambassador and his lawyers
should not underestimate poor
people like him.
Santos had led charges of
trespassing, malicious mis-
chief, grave threats, grave co-
ercion, slight physical injury
and robbery against Lhuillier
and six of his employees and
security men before the Ofce
of the Prosecutor in Makati
City after he was allegedly pre-
vented from entering his prop-
erty.
Lhuilliers lead counsel,
Ryan Espiritu, said he was not
privy to the supposed meeting
between Francisco and Santos
lawyers, but stressed that the
ambassador was indeed open
to settlement.
We are exploring the pos-
sibility of settlement with Mr.
Santos because both parties are
in the losing end if these cases
continue, particularly Mr. San-
tos who is already in advance
stage, he said.
Should Santos refuse, Es-
piritu said, they would have
no choice but to pursue their
counter-charge of trespassing
against him.
We purchased the prop-
erty in good faith. Should they
agree to drop all the cases, then
we will vacate the property and
buy it back, Espiritu said.
Defense...
ensure a 12-0 victory for the ad-
ministrations senatorial candi-
dates. But the defense lawyers
said Unas testimony was hearsay.
The prosecutions star witness is
a former Maguindanao provincial
administrator and has been linked to
the massacre of 58 people, includ-
ing 30 journalists, in Maguindano
in 2009. Ampatuan, his son and sev-
eral family members are the main
suspects in the killings.
Santos said Unas had offered
to testify against Arrroyo to in-
gratiate himself with the Aquino
administration and to escape pros-
ecution from the murders in which
he has been implicated.
Unas credibility is highly sus-
pect, Santos said.
His testimony is completely
uncorroborated and self-serving.
Christine F. Herrera
6.0 quake...
of 46 kilometers.
The quakes epicenter was 162
kilometers southeast of Mati,
Davao Oriental, but moderate
to strong shocks were also felt in
General Santos City, Don Mar-
celino, Davao del Sur, Davao City,
Manay, Davao Oriental, Digos
City and Malita, Davao del Sur.
Slightly weaker shocks were
recorded in Tagum City, Car-
men, Davao del Norte, Sta. Cruz,
Davao del Sur and Koronadal,
South Cotabato.
The institutes director, Renato
Solidum, said aftershocks were pos-
sible those would not be destructive.
The quake is in the sea, so
some of these aftershocks might
not be felt, he said.
Meanwhile, Philippine National
Red Cross secretary general Gwen-
dolyn Pang said their chapters n
Davao Oriental and General Santos
City made a rapid assessment of the
effect of the earthquake.
No casualty or damage to prop-
erty was reported, but Pang said the
Red Cross had a contingency plan
in case of aftershocks. Rio N. Araja
and Macon Ramos-Araneta
Oil...

Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras said those factors would be reflected in the
July billings. Prices were also likely to go up in August.
Eastern Petroleum chairman Fernando Martinez said pump prices would go down
due to European economic financial crisis and the dampened US and Asian mar-
kets.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras confirmed there will be another round of
oil price rollback.
The indications are that [world oil] prices continue to soften, he said.
We are now at the level of 2008 prices. We are even cheaper than the cheap rate
of 2008, and while thats very good, the question is how long it will last.
Almendras said he was worried that when something goes up too fast, it will also
come down too fast.
He said he had been trying to monitor the developments in the international oil mar-
kets, which would reect how world prices will likely move in the following months.
In the Kuwaiti conference the oil-producing countries were saying they would
survive at below $100 [a barrel], but at that price there is no incentive to develop
new resources, Almendras said.
If they do not develop new resources, then you are not going to add to your inven-
tory, and your consumption is growing up.
US...
man in December 2011 and two
European travelers in February
2012.
Friday was the second time the
US had issued a travel advisory
to its citizens against travel to the
Philippines.
Ofcials on Friday said Baker
Atyani, Al-Arabiya TV bureau
chief for Southeast Asia, had
been missing since Tuesday,
when he was last seen in Jolo
while on a reporting trip.
Also missing were two Ma-
nila-based TV crewmen, a local
female guide and the driver of
the journalists van, said Sulu
provincial police chief Antonio
Freyra.
Authorities were trying to ver-
ify unconrmed reports that Aty-
ani might have traveled to Jolos
mountainous jungles to seek an
interview with Abu Sayyaf mili-
tants and some of their foreign
hostages as part of a TV docu-
mentary on the southern Philip-
pines, a military intelligence of-
cial told The Associated Press.
He spoke on condition of ano-
nymity because he was not au-
thorized to talk to reporters.
Atyani and his crew arrived
Monday in Jolo, a hotbed of mili-
tants notorious for bomb attacks,
kidnappings and beheadings.
Freyra said the three men left
their Jolo hostel early Tuesday and
were picked up by a minivan. They
failed to show up for Philippine In-
dependence Day rites later that day
despite telling ofcials they would
cover the event.
We dont know if he has been
kidnapped. We dont know their
objective here, Jolo Mayor Hus-
sin Amin told the AP by phone.
Hes been declared missing
for now.
A Filipino TV reporter, Ces
Drilon, was planning to inter-
view leaders of the al-Qaida-
linked Abu Sayyaf group in Jolo
in 2008 when the group held her
for ransom for 10 days.
The militants in Jolo are hold-
ing two Europeans and a Japa-
nese. There are conicting re-
ports whether an Indian hostage
has died in captivity.
Atyani, a 43-year-old Jorda-
nian based in Jakarta, was work-
ing for the Arabic satellite chan-
nel Middle East Broadcasting
Corp. in June 2001 when he met
Osama bin Laden and his aides
in Afghanistan and said they
told him that the coming weeks
would hold important surprises
that will target American and Is-
raeli interests in the world.
He later moved to Dubai-
based Al-Arabiya TV as its Asia
bureau chief.
Amin expressed fear for the
journalists safety even though
Atyani was an experienced re-
porter.
Well, he doesnt know what
he got into this time. These gun-
men are bandits and drug addicts.
They can enter but its uncertain
if they can exit, Amin said.
Abu Sayyaf militants have
launched more attacks in the last
four years despite US-backed of-
fensives on Jolo and neighboring
islands. Authorities had failed
to cut off a ow of money, food
and weapons to the terrorists,
the Philippine military said in a
recent report. With the AP and
Florante S. Solmerin
Butchoy ...
ash oods and landslides brought
by heavy rainfall.
Butchoy is headed toward a
west-northwest direction, but its
remnants will still trigger heavy
rainfall to ood the already soaked
parts of Luzon including Metro
Manila and the Visayas, Ortega
told the Manila Standard.
Another weather specialist, Fer-
nando Cada, advised residents in
the affected areas to take precau-
tionary measures, and local of-
cials to stay on alert to evacuate
people if necessary.
Metro Manila will not be spared.
Expect oods, he said.
As of 5 p.m. on Friday, Butchoy
was spotted 500 kilometers east-
southeast of Guiauan, Eastern
Samar, with maximum sustained
winds of 110 kilometers per hour
near the center and gustiness of up
to 140 kph.
Weathermen raised storm signal
no. 1 over Eastern Samar.
The storm was moving west-
northwest at 11 kph.
Meanwhile, the Metro Manila
Development Authority said it was
ready to respond to any ood situa-
tion, even as the Philippine Nation-
al Red Cross said it was likewise
ready to implement its own disaster
action plan.
Red Cross chairman Richard
Gordon said he had ordered the
Red Cross main operation center
and all its chapters to monitor the
situation round the clock to respond
to any emergencies.
We have to respond to the situ-
ation on time, he said. Help can-
not wait. Rio N. Araja and Macon
Ramos-Araneta
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Mining goes beyond
economic considerations. It is
above all, a social justice issue.
Communities that host mining
operations should be granted
opportunities like education,
health care, clean water, and
power as a bare minimum, Binay
said in a speech at the Philippine
Society of Mining Engineers
Convention in Davao City.
He also cited minings vast
economic potential, saying
that the Philippines has about
9 million hectares of potential
mining land with only 1.4
Host areas to benefit
from mining gains
COMMUNITIES that host mining
operations should be the rst to benet
from the economic gains generated
by the mining industry, Vice President
Jejomar Binay said.
By Macon Araneta
THE Senate of the 16th Congress
may turn into a family affair if
some of the candidates win in the
2013 mid-term elections, thanks
to a set-up that does not prohibit
political dynasties.
What is barred, however, is an
overextended tenure or the two-
term limit. A good example is
the case of Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile of United Nationalist
Alliance (UNA) and Senator
Edgardo Angara of the Laban ng
Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP).
Since they are deemed to have
graduated from two consecutive
terms come May 13, they are said
to be elding their sons to run for
senator.
Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile
and Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo
Angara are expected to bank
on their popularity as members
of the prosecution panel in the
impeachment trial of Renato
Corona, not to mention their being
kinsmen of political families.
These factors will bolster their
chances of getting a Senate seat,
said Speaker Feliciano Belmonte.
The young Angara will run
under the LDP, his fathers party.
The young Enrile, on the other
hand, is among the senatoriables
of UNA, the coalition party of
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino of
former President Joseph Estrada
and Vice President Jejomar Binay.
Enriles father, who was
lauded for the success of the
impeachment trial, is UNAs third
highest ofcial.
Pampangas Mark Lapid, son
of Senator Lito Lapid is also
gearing up for the senatorial race.
Senate president pro tempore
Jinggoy Estrada will likely have
his half-brother, San Juan Rep.
JV Ejercito as a colleague in the
Senate if fortunes dont change
and he gets elected to the upper
chamber.
Ejercito is the son of the former
president by San Juan Mayor
Guia Gomez.
Another graduating Senator
Manuel Villar, will eld his wife,
former Las Pinas Rep. Cynthia
Villar.
Other prominent names gured
in the May 20-26 Pulse Asia
survey on senatorial preferences,
with the likes of Batangas Gov.
Vilma Santos, wife of Senator
Ralph Recto and Cavite Rep. Lani
Mercado, wife of Senator Ramon
Revilla. The terms of senators
Recto and Revilla will end in
2016 and thus are unlikely to give
up their seats.
Enrile, Angara try
to carry on a tradition
INDEPENDENT Senator Francis
Escudero is open to becoming a
common candidate of the United
Nationalist Alliance (UNA) and
Liberal Party (LP) of President
Aquino.
Perhaps, this is the dream of
all running candidates. Why not?
said Escudero.
But he was quick to point out
that it would amount to two-
timing because the issue here
involved election and politics, and
not the affairs of the heart.
I will abide and respect and
welcome, of course, any help or
support eitherof UNA or any other
party may extend in so far as my
candidacy is concerned, he said.
He said there was an informal
offer for him to join UNA.
He said there would be no
problem if he were to join either
former Senator Miguel Zubiri and
Zambales Rep. Mitos Magsaysay
in campaign sorties.
Zubiri and Magsaysay were
closely identied with former
President Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo while Escudero belonged
to the other side of the political
fence. Macon Ramos Araneta
Escudero wants
to be common bet
Ban on religious rites pushed

A LEFT-LEANING lawmaker on Friday pressed for the approval
of the Religious Freedom in Government Ofces Act, a measure
which seeks to ban all religious ceremonies including mass,
prayers, Christmas parties, thanksgivings, vigils, blessings and
among others and the removal of religious symbols like cross,
Bible, Koran and others in all government premises.
Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino said the Constitution
bars the government from extending favors to any specic religion,
pointing out that the state is duty-bound to ban all the religious
services and symbols in government premises.
The state cannot be seen to favor one religion over the other,
in allowing the prominent conduct and display of religious
ceremonies and symbols, respectively, in public ofces and
property, said Palatino in ling House Bill 6330. Maricel Cruz

Educational loans for SSS members
MEMBERS of the Social Security System with a monthly income
of P12,000 or less may now apply for the agencys educational
assistance loan.
SSS president and chief executive ofcer Emilio de Quiros said
the maximum loanable amount is P15,000 for those who are in
college or have dependents in collegiate level. The loan amount is
pegged at at P7,500 for those enrolled or who have dependents in
vocational-technical courses.
A member is required to have at least 36 contributions prior to
the ling of application. Jonathan Fernandez
million hectares being covered
by mining permits.
There are billions of tons
of metallic and non-metallic
mineral deposits buried within
the Philippine soil, Binay said.
This is the strange contradiction
that we live inso many look
for food and decent living above
groundwhile so much wealth
lies literally beneath our feet.
Binay also acknowledged
the impact of mining on the
environment as he urged the
stakeholders to apply every
measure and technology to
ensure that the impact on the
environment is managed and
that proper rehabilitation is
undertaken.
He said we cannot forever
look at these riches as taboo and
refuse to touch them, but neither
can be we wasteful and careless
in its consumption.
He said that the government
is drafting a mining policy
statement that seeks to increase
the governments share in mining
revenues.
As this developed, a Mines
bureau ofcial expressed
concern on the growing anti-
mining sentiment among local
government units not to mention
the civil society.
Mines bureau
director Leo
Jasareno told
the Philippine
mining forum
at Shangri_La
Hotel in Makati
City that the
industry is hurting
from anti-mining
sentiment and
even local
government units have begun
passing ordinances that limit if not
totoally ban the conduct of mining
in the provinces.
Those that have passed laws
considered as anti-mining
include Romblon, Antique,
Zamboanga Sibubay,
Bohol, Zamboanga
del Norte, Samar,
Marinduque, South
Cotabato, Bukidnon,
La Union, Negros
Occidental and Capiz.
Macon Araneta,
Eric Apolonio, Othel
Campos
Republic of the Philippines
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION FOR THE
APPROVAL OF THE OPOL
SUBSTATION PROJECT, WITH
PRAYER FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
A PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY.
NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION
OF THE PHILIPPINES (NGCP),
ERC CASE NO. 2012-066 RC
Applicant.
x----------------------------------------------------x
NOTI CE OF PUBLI C HEARI NG
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:
Notice is hereby given that on April 24, 2012, the National Grid
Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) fled with the Commission an
application for the approval of the Opol Substation project, with prayer for
the issuance of a provisional authority.
In the said application, NGCP alleged, among others, the following:
1. It is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the
Philippines, with principal offce address at NGCP Building, Quezon
Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the corporate
vehicle of the consortium which was awarded the concession
to assume the power transmission functions of the National
Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO) pursuant to Republic Act
No. 9136 (R.A. 9136), otherwise known as the Electric Power
Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA);
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
2. One of its functions and responsibilities enumerated in Section 9
of the EPIRA is to improve and expand its transmission facilities,
consistent with the Grid Code and the Transmission Development
Plan (TDP) to be promulgated pursuant to this Act, to adequately
serve generation companies, distribution utilities and suppliers
requiring transmission service and/or ancillary services
through the transmission system: Provided, That TRANSCO
shall submit any plan for expansion or improvement of its facilities
for approval by the ERC. (Emphasis supplied).
3. In accordance with its mandate to ensure and maintain the quality,
reliability, adequacy, security, stability and integrity of the Grid, it
seeks authority from this Commission to immediately implement
the Opol Substation Project (Project), which aims, among others,
to accommodate the expected signifcant load growth in Misamis
Oriental.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Brief Background
4. The Province of Misamis Oriental is located in Northern Mindanao
bordered by the Provinces of Bukidnon, Agusan and Lanao del
Norte. It is host to several industries namely, among others, metal,
chemical, mineral, rubber and food processing, commercial fshing,
farming, tourism and light industry. A notable economic infrastructure
in the area is the construction of the Laguindingan International
Airport. It is expected to operate in the year 2012 which will result
in the signifcant economic and load growth in Misamis Oriental.
5. The province is drawing power, among others, from NGCPs
Lugait Substation through the 60 km Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line. It
was constructed sometime in 1966. With the projected economic
progress and load growth, both the line and substation would no
longer meet the increasing demand requirements in the next few
years.
6. In its Third (3
rd
) Reset Application docketed as ERC Case No. 2009-
180 RC, the Commission has already approved a project that will
address the overloading to the existing units during single outage
contingency in the Lugait Substation together with other substations,
namely: Nuling, Tindalo, Aplaya, Bunawan and Aurora Substations
under the project name: Mindanao Substation Reliability Project - 1
(MSRP-I). Specifcally for the Lugait Substation, the Commission
has approved the installation of an additional 1x75 MVA, 138/69-
13.8 kV power transformer and a 1-138 kV and 2-69 kV PCB.
7. To better remedy the expected low voltage problems and load
growth, NGCP decided to link strategic point of Lugait-Carmen
69 kV Line to Lugait-Tagoloan 138 kV double circuit line through
the proposed Opol 138 kV Substation Project (Project) as a
replacement to the Lugait Substation reinforcement. This Project
would better accommodate customer loads and eliminate possible
overloading and voltage problems aloing the Lugait-Carment 69 kV
Line and in the Lugait Substation.
A copy of the Opol Substation Project with attachments prepared
by NGCPs Planning and Engineering Group is hereto attached as
Annex A.
8. The Project has already been included in NGCPs 2011
Transmission Development Plan.
Project Description
9. The proposed components and description of the Project are as
follows:
Project Component Project Description
Substation
Opol 138 kV Substation 3-138 kV PCB and Associated Equipment
(Substation) 3-69 kV PCB and Associated Equipment
75 MVA, 138/69-13.8 kV Transformer
Transmission Line
Cut-in to Lugait-Tagaloan
138 kV Line
Line 1: 138 kV, ST-DC1, 1-795MCM, 7.0 km
Line 2: 138 kV, ST-DC1, 1-795MCM, 7.0 km
Cut-in to Lugait-Carmen
69 kV Line
Line 1: 69 kV, SP-SC, 1-336.4MCM, 0.1 km
Line 2: 69 kV, SP-SC, 1-336.4MCM, 0.1 km
The 75 MVA transformer and its associated 1-138 kV and 2-69 kV PCB will be
supplied from the 3RP Mindanao Substation Reliability Project-1 (MSRP-1). These
were originally intended for Lugait Substation.
10. The proposed Project shall be a conventional type with switch
bays initially arranged in ring-bus breaker confguration for cut-
in connection scheme. It may be reconfgured into one-and-a-
half (1-
1
/
2
) for eventual bus-in connection scheme for added
reliability when additional transformer is installed in the future.
Also, this includes a 2-138 kV and 1-69 Power Circuit Breakers
and associated equipment. The 1x75 MVA, 138/69-13.8 kV power
transformer and accessories as well as its associated 1-138 kV and
Standard June 16 & 23, 2012
2-69 kV PCB including its associated equipment will be supplied
under the Mindanao Substation Reliability Project - 1. Only the
installation and hauling cost for the transformer and its associated
equipment will be included in this Application.
11. A 138 kV transmission line will be initially linked to the existing
Lugait-Tagoloan 138 kV transmission line which is one of the
circuits of the existing Baloi-Tagoloan 138 kV double circuit steel
tower transmission line. This will require the construction of two
lines (Line 1 and Line 2), each has a length pf 7.0-km, that will utilize
Steel Tower in a Double Circuit confguration to be constructed
initially with single circuit strung or ST-DC1, 1-795 MCM ACSR,
138 kV transmission lines. The adoption of ST-DC! structures will
facilitate the eventual bus-in connection of the existing 138 kV
Balo-1-Tagoloan ST-DC T/L for added reliability. The porposed
Project will also be connected through cut-in connection to the
existing Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line through the construction of two
(Line 1 and Line 2) 0.10-km, Steel Pole, Single Circuit or SP-SC,
1-336.4 MCM ACSR, 69 kV transmission lines.
Proposed Site and Cost Estimate of the Project
12. In this application, it proposes to implement the Project on a 4
hectare land located along a national highway at Brgy. Awang,
Opol which is 15.50 km west of its Carmen Substation with an
elevation of 156 meters above sea level. Being accessible, it will
be easier for it to deliver the materials during the construction
and perform inspection and maintenance activities of the facilities
during operation. Also, the site is strategically located near the load
centers in the vicinity of Cagayan de Oro City.;
13. The estimated cost of the Project is PhP603,729,575.00 and time of
completion is in 2015.
14. In 2012, the peak load of the existing Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line will
already be ninety percent (90%) of its rated capacity. By 2014, the
peak load of the said line will already be one hundred three percent
(103%) of its rated power transfer capacity. Similarly, based on the
system simulation, the bus voltages of Lumbo/Laguindingan, ABI,
Opol, Canitoan, and CDO/Carmen Load End Substations in 2012-
2020 will be below the allowable of 0.95 per unit as prescribed by
the Philippine Grid Code (PGC). Due to voltage drops at different
connection points, load centers far from the power source often
suffer from low voltage. The total amount of power to be curtailed
during peak condition to avoid overloading of the Lugait-Carmen 69
kV Line and voltage violations respective areas ranges from 11.93
MW up to 37.72 MW in the period 2012 to 2020.
15. Upon energization of the Project targeted in February 2015, the
Lugait-Carmen 69 kV Line will have a peak thermal loading of less
than 49% of the rated capacity, with the overloading delayed by
19 years in 2034. Moreover, the per unit values of bus voltages at
the load and substations will be improved and are already within
the 0.95 - 1.05 per unit range under the Voltage Limit Compliance
prescribed by the PGC.
Prayer for Provisional Authority
16. It moves for the issuance of a provisional approval pending fnal
decision of the application in order for the project to be immediately
implemented. Considering the necessity to construct drawdown
substation to accommodate load growth and ensure power quality
to the electricity consumers in Misamis Oriental, the implementation
of Project must commence as scheduled. As such, pre-construction
activities are needed to be undertaken in 2012 in order to meet
the target completion in February 2015. Hence, the need to fle an
application with prayer for issuance of Provisional Authority (PA)
before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to be able to
implement the project within the target need date established in the
system study.
17. A copy of the Judicial Affdavit of Engr. Vicente N. Loria, the Division
Head of the Project Planning and Development Division of NGCP in
support thereof is hereto attached as Annex B.
18. It most prays of the Commission that:
a. Issue, immediately upon fling of the application, a provisional
authority for the implementation of the Opol Substation Project;
and
b. Approve, after notice and hearing, the application for the
implementation of the Opol Substation Project and render
judgment making provisional approval permanent.
The Commission has set the instant application for jurisdictional hearing,
expository presentation, pre-trial conference and evidentiary hearing on
July 12, 2012 (Thursday) at ten oclock in the morning (10:00 A.M.) at
the ERC Hearing Room, 15
th
Floor, Pacifc Center Building, San Miguel
Avenue, Pasig City.
All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the proceeding
may become a party by fling, at least fve (5) days prior to the initial
hearing and subject to the requirements in the ERCs Rules of Practice
and Procedure, a verifed petition with the Commission giving the docket
number and the title of the proceeding and stating: (1) the petitioners name
and address; (2) the nature of petitioners interest in the subject matter of
the proceeding, and the way and manner in which such interest is affected
by the issues involved in the proceeding; and (3) a statement of the relief
desired.
All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission
with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding may fle their opposition
to the application or comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before
the applicant concludes the presentation of its evidence. No particular form
of opposition or comment is required, but the document, letter or writing
should contain the name and address of such person and a concise
statement of the opposition or comment and the grounds relied upon.
All such persons who may wish to have a copy of the application may
request the applicant, prior to the date of the initial hearing, that they be
furnished with a copy of the application. The applicant is hereby directed to
furnish all those making such request with copies of the application and its
attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs.
Likewise, any such person may examine the application and other pertinent
records fled with the Commission during the usual offce hours.
WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson, ZENAIDA G. CRUZ-DUCUT,
and the Honorable Commissioners, MARIA TERESA A.R. CASTAEDA,
JOSE C. REYES, ALFREDO J. NON and GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-
TARUC, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 6
th
day of June, 2012 at
Pasig City.
ATTY. FRANCIS SATURNINO C. JUAN
Executive Director III
Binay
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JUNE 16, 2012 SATURDAY
A4
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III this week
met with farmers from all over the country,
bishops and civil society representatives.
For the rst time, he personally addressed
the issue of agrarian reform, 24 years
after the original Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Law was passed during his late
mothers term.
Agrarian reform should be a gut issue
for the President. After all, he is a scion of
the Cojuangco clan, owners of Hacienda
Luisita in Tarlac.
The Presidents relatives have been
accused of circumventing the law to protect
their holdings. Instead of distributing
the land, they offered farmworkers stock
options in the family-managed Hacienda
Luisita, Inc.
The farmworkers from Tarlac shared
the plight of many others in the country in
the decades-old struggle for social justice.
Other landowners sought to re-classify
their lands as residential or commercial,
because only agricultural lands were
covered by the program.
In 2005, under former President Gloria
Arroyo, the Philippine Agrarian Reform
Council declared the stock option in
Hacienda Luisita illegal. Many believe it
was in reaction to the Cojuangco-Aquinos
calls for her resignation. Seven years later,
the Supreme Court, then led by the Arroyo-
appointed Chief Justice Renato Corona, ruled
that Luisita farm workers should get the land
and prescribed a valuation much lower than
what the Cojuangcos had asked for.
Corona claimed that this decision caused
the Presidents single-minded campaign
for his ouster.
The politicization of the agrarian reform
issue is an even greater tragedy than
landowners instinctive act to cling to their
holdings.
After this weeks meeting, though, a
Palace spokesman bragged that the President
had ordered the allocation of funds for the
implementation of the extended, reformed
agrarian reform program two years before it
expires. Mr. Aquino supposedly ordered the
peaceful and orderly implementation of
the Carper for the beneciaries of all lands
under the program.
Secretary Edwin Lacierda said the
government would make lands 25 hectares
and above a priority, with all notices of
coverage to be issued, at the latest, in
July next year. He also said socialized
credit programs will be developed by the
government to help the beneciaries.
Something is amiss here. Task Force
Mapalads Christian Monsod said the
farmers were very happy with their
meeting with the President. He opened
doors, he added. Monsod failed to say
that the meeting was scheduled to avert
a hunger strike by the farmers, who had
earlier sent a letter to Aquino for the
latters consistent underperformance on
the agrarian reform issue.
The Presidents spokesman cannot
convince anybody of the Presidents
commitment to agrarian reform
moreover, to social justiceupon his say-
so. What is our assurance that Mr. Aquino
will continue to act on the matter long after
the farmers have gone back to tilling the
land that is not yet quite theirs? How can
we ensure he acts on his own initiative
and not be nudged into action by protests
and threats? How do we make him follow
through on his articulated commitment by
consistent deliberate concrete steps?
Agricultural workers must know better
than to take the Presidents commitment
to agrarian reform, to social justice, or
for that matter, anything at allat face
value. It is upon him to show us we are
wrong.
The Presidents commitment issues
Provoking while
mouthing peace
THE diplomatic event held at the
Manila Hotel last Thursday had
all the pomp and trappings of a
propitious occasion. The day marked
the 37th anniversary of the opening
of diplomatic relations between the
Philippine and China. It was also
the 11th anniversary of Philippines-
China Friendship Day.
The twin occasions also followed
the countrys 114th
year of Philippine
Independence on
June 12. Gracing
the occasion were
President Benigno
Aquino III as the
keynote speaker,
Foreign Secretary
Albert del
Rosario, Chinese
A m b a s s a d o r
Ma Kequing
and prominent
members of the Filipino-Chinese
business community including
taipans Lucio Tan and Manila Hotel
owner Emilio Yap
It was de riguer diplomatic event
as such occasions go, replete with
cocktails, tete-a-tetes, and the usual
after-dinner speeches But the mood
and the atmosphere of the occasion
was cast by the long shadow of the
standoff at Scarborough Shoal.
Ambassador Kequing read a
message to the audience from Chinese
President Hu JinTao conveying
friendship, peace and prosperity to
the Filipino people. It was of course
well received by the taipans who
have sizable investments in the
two countries with long historical,
cultural, economic and political ties.
It has been said that diplomacy
is the art of lying for ones country.
Beijings envoy to Manila was
simply doing her job and was only
the messenger of the mandarins in
Beijing.
President Aquino, in his response
to the Chinese presidents message,
made clear in no uncertain terms
that he has a sworn oath under the
Constitution to defend the countrys
sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The President said the Philippines
is pursuing a diplomatic solution to
the Scarborough standoff and for the
moment will agree to disagree.
Chinas message of peace,
friendship and prosperity sounds
hollow in light of continued provocations
in Panatag Shoal (internationally called
Scarborough Shoal)
The latest incidents of Chinese
provocations in Scarborough reported
by Filipinos monitoring the situation
in the shoal included the y-by
of an alleged Chinese ghter jet,
followed by two helicopters harassing
Philippine civilian vessels in the area.
Asked to comment on the
Chinese intrusion into Philippine
air space, Department of Foreign
Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez
said the ghter jets expeditious
and continuous ight over an
exclusive economic zone is allowed
under UNCLOS (United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea).
Is an economic zone (124 miles off
Zambales) claimed by the Philippines
not PHL air space?
When I was ambassador assigned
to Hungary, Poland, Bosnia-
Herzegovina and Serbia, the Embassy
received instructions from the DFA
telling us to request overight
permission from those countries
foreign ministries
advising them an
aircraft carrying
the President of
the Republic and
party were passing
through their
airspace. This was
done to avoid any
incident that the
aircraft would be
shot down as a
hostile intruder.
The Embassy
requested overight authority during
frequent trips of former President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Europe
because the chartered PAL plane
had to y over the airspace of those
four countries en route to Spain and
Portugal.
There is another disturbing news
from Agence France Presse that China
shipped missile launch vehicles to
North Korea last year. If true, this is a
violation of a UN resolution banning
such exports to the rogue state. North
Koreas successive leaders are seen as
loose nuclear warheads.
The AFP report was based on
Japanese government sources that four
giant trucks capable of transporting
and launching ballistic missiles were
shipped by a Chinese rm last August.
The story also came out in the Asahi
Shimbun, Japans leading newspaper.
Myanmar s woes
Meanwhile, Myanmar Foreign
Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin is here
on an ofcial visit.. Maung Lwin met
with President Aquino and Secretary del
Rosario during which they discussed
diplomatic and economic ties.
Myanmar is still trying to nd
its moorings as a free, democratic
member of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations. The former
British colony known as Burma has
opened itself to political reforms
and needs the support of Asean as it
struggles with its strife-torn Rakhine
region, which is now seeing violence
between Buddhists and Muslims.
The nine-nation group is presently
drafting a Code of Conduct on the
South China Sea. Manila needs
the support of Myanmar in this
undertaking. Recall that Myanmar
received a lot of economic aid from
China when the country was still
suffering from economic sanctions
imposed by UN states for political
repression.
EDITORIAL
Nurturing patriotism
IT WAS back to the Katipunan days for
me.
As my Independence Day activity, I
went back to the historic town of Taal,
Batangas. Filipino heritage preservation
and restoration is one of my passions.
Taal is a heritage town I visit as often
as I could. Walking on its streets literally
transports me back in time and makes me
reect on the life of our people during a
bygone era.
Going to Taal guarantees me a
reconnection with our past, especially
our heroes.
Taal reinforces my being Filipino.
Marcela Agoncillo is Taals main
street named after the woman who
made the Philippine ag unfurled by
Emilio Aguinaldo during the declaration
of Philippine independence in Kawit,
Cavite.
Marcela was from Taal. She was
married to the illustrious Felipe
Agoncillo, one of the signatories to the
rst Philippine Constitution.
On the main street still stands the
Agoncillo house that has been turned into
a museum. Being inside this house, one
wonders about the genteel life this family
lived. Marcela was an educated woman
at a time when education for women was
deemed unimportant.
The house still has a sizable number of
the familys books and personal effects,
including a Maria Clara gown worn by
Marcela and the wooden furniture that
outlived the family. Their bed still stands
as if heralding that a great couple rested
there.
The Agoncillos had daughters but no
one married. Thus, they have no direct
descendants.
The Marcela Agoncillo street is lined
with heritage homes. Some go back to
the early 1800s. Many are preserved,
some are undergoing restoration, but
others desperately need work to keep
them standing.
Those structurescalled bahay-na-
batowith very thick adobe walls, big
capiz windows, intricate woodwork and
huge tree trunk posts never fail to awe
me.
The street obviously was where
afuent families lived. More importantly,
it nurtured not one, but two signatories
to the rst Philippine Constitutionthe
other being Leon Apacible.
The Apacible home still proudly
stands just some meters away from the
Agoncillos. This house, now also a
museum, is much bigger and grander. It
showcases how rich the Apacible family
was.
The house, as well as some of the
familys personal possessions are
preserved as testaments to their elegant
life. The kitchen is quite big which tells
us that this was a house where people
gathered. They even had a refrigerator at
a time when ice was imported from the
Americas.
Walking down the historic street
toward Caysasay Church, the biggest and
oldest in Southeast Asia, just a little off
the left side, two huge, almost identical
homes surprise visitors.
That their owners were among the
richest in the area is obvious. What is
unexpected is that these were homes to
two of the most radical residents of Taal
Gliceria Marella-Villavicencio and
husband Eulalio Villavicencio.
They were katipuneros and their
home was where revolutionaries met.
Even Andres Bonifacio is said to have
gone there disguised as a sabungero. The
Villavicencios kept Katipunans arms,
ammunitions, provisions and documents
brought in by Gliceria herself.
The home is interesting with its secret
chamber where katipuneros hid from
Spaniards. There was also a tunnel to the
other house, and some say, even to the
church.
Eulalio went to Hong Kong and gave
Jose Rizal P18,000.00 for the printing of
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
He was later arrested and imprisoned by
the Spaniards. Eulalio died of sickness
shortly after being released in 1897
during the height of the revolution.
Gliceria, widowed with six children,
continued her revolutionary work and
fought actual battles. Because she was
also a successful businesswoman, she
owned one of the best ships at that time.
This, she gave to the Katipunan for its
rst battleshipthe Bulusan.
For Glicerias heroism, Aguinaldo
honored her as the godmother of
the revolution on the same day that
the Philippine independence was
proclaimed.
Taal evokes memories of our heroes
who fought with their lives for us to
enjoy our freedoms now. Here, the spirit
of the 1898 revolution is alive.
It would have been a perfect trip
except for the noise pollution created
by tricycles plying its streets. The noise
was too much making understanding the
stories about the place difcult.
It should be easy for the local
government to address this. Then people
will truly appreciate Taal as an important
heritage town.
The unused old homes that are almost
completely ruined need restoration. The
soul of the place is in these homes and
they should not be left neglected. These
homes should be made alive again.
The LGU can make Taal a major
destination for tourists to know more
about us as a people, and for Filipinos to
nurture patriotism.
Taal to me, is one monument of
Filipino heroism.
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of peace, friendship
and prosperity
sounds hollow.
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MAHATHIR Mohammad who served
as Malaysias prime minister for 22
years stands as a maverick leader to
the Western-oriented ideology called
liberal democracy. He incurred the
ire of the West for bluntly telling the
world that their version of freedom has
become their very instrument to retard
democracy that often destroys the
indigenous democratic values of the
people. In short, Mahathir is telling us
that too much freedom is incompatible
to progress, just as no amount of
progress is possible without it.
That was the gist of the speech
he delivered on the occasion of his
conferment as honorary professor
by the countrys premier and oldest
university, the
University of Santo
Tomas. As usual,
the controversial
s t r a i g h t - t o - t h e -
point critic of
f r e e w h e e l i n g
democracy hits the
nail on the head of
many who continue
to look at the Western
democratic model
as their panacea
to solving the
problems of corruption and economic
backwardness in their society.
Mahathir said that real democracy is
not all about freedom. Half of that
imposes the innate responsibilities
that go hand-in-hand in the exercise
of freedom.
It is from this standpoint that
Mahathir concludes that unbridled
freedom often leads to anarchy
with those who are wily enough
to anticipate the outcome, taking
advantage of the situation to commit
graft and to abuse to the hilt their
power, thus destroying the essence of
democracy which they are supposed
to institutionalize. It is in this context
that Mahathir rejects the American
brand of liberal democracy and calls
it a failure for accordingly within
that system is a built-in mechanism
that tends to weaken, erode and even
destroy the native system of an orderly
society.
Such values that antedate the Western
system are often discredited as hindrance
to the advancement of modern freedom
that is seldom understood. Traditional
moral values that for have long served
as foundations for harmony and order in
their societies are recklessly substituted
by novel freedom which is an articial
creation of modernity. Worse, those
clamoring for unrestrained freedom
often invoke it as sort of indivisible
right, unmindful that freedom has
never been an absolute proposition.
Put differently, the boundary of ones
freedom ends where the boundary
of ones responsibility begins. To
cross beyond that penumbral political
demarcation is to violate on the rights of
others.
The problem however is that the
liberal democratic orientation of
freedom, which is often equated as
synonymous to democracy, is in our
tendency to value freedom instead of
protecting our rights. Such is the case
because we have sanctied freedom
as immutable. We never even bother
to look back that in our unrestrained
exercise of freedom, we have only
managed to push our country to
the precipice of chaos. Despite our
overtly gratuitous accommodation
of too much freedom, coupled by an
idiotic interpretation of democracy,
we continue to slide backward
when supposedly it was the West
that advanced to us these formulas
that could propel us to progress and
prosperity.
We refuse to correlate the economic
success of Malaysia and many of
our more economically successful
neighbors in Asia to their adoption of
a responsible system of democracy
that the greater part of freedom
is responsibility. For that, we in
effect vandalized the Western system
imposed on us. This is apparent by
the absence of
civic consciousness
among our people.
In fact, civic
c o n s c i o u s n e s s
as a form of
responsibility is
nobler because its
aim is to achieve
a higher level of
progress.
Freedom, for
whatever one
would say of it, is always selsh and
individualistic. As Mahathir rightly
noted, our observance of absolute
freedom is to propagate anarchy in
our society. It is on this score why
the theoreticians of Western liberal
democracy purposely obviate the
truth - that to achieve the higher goals
of collective progress and prosperity
would equally demand from our
people their collective sacrice and
discipline. Rather, any attempt
to adopt that system is instantly
denounced as authoritarianism, and
any leader who might set the tone
to impose discipline is branded as
a dictator. The West continues to
proscribe this approach despite the
fact that untrammeled freedom has led
to the moral decadence in our society.
Mahathir and many other leaders
like President Marcos have their
reservations about the ideology
that has netted nothing positive to
our people. Many suspect that the
imposition by the West of the liberal
democratic system is a subtle form
of subversion because countries
adopting it sooner found themselves
economically at the bottom of the pit,
mired in graft and corruption, deep in
debt, and often traumatized by violent
civil disorder. The net result is the
institutionalization of a very weak
central government that is pliant to
foreign dictation and exploitation, yet
made grateful for the assistance and
protection extended to it.
Thus, as the West continues to
orchestrate that brand of licentious
freedom, our people descend to
the bareness of instinctively acting
like dogs. As the cycle of failure
continues, it is the West that takes
out from us the advantage of anarchy,
while leaving to us the disadvantage of
having to engage in what we might say
political cannibalism at its worst.
Unbridled
freedom
DEAN TONY
LA VIA
EAGLE EYES
The tragedy of jueteng
By Val Abelgas

LOST in the jubilation over the
conviction of Chief Justice Renato
Corona and the national anger over the
greatest boxing heist that led to the
loss of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to
Tim Bradley was the recent revelation
by retired Archbishop Oscar M. Cruz
that jueteng, the scourge of many
Filipino families, has actually ourished
under the Aquino administration.
Jueteng did not just boom, the
operation is much stronger now. Thats
because jueteng is exempted from the
Presidents matuwid na daan. When
he [President Aquino] assumed position,
I asked how come jueteng cant be
stopped? He said its not his priority,
the bishop said.
Cruz said that the jueteng lords are
even using the draws of the government-
sanctioned Small Town Lottery to
determine the winning numbers for the
day. It seems the government, which had
hoped to weaken jueteng by competing
with it through the STL, is being friend
on its own fat.
The Manila Times reported the day
after Cruz made his revelation that two
generals are on the take from jueteng
lords. In 2010, Cruz said he gave Local
Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo a
list of jueteng lords and their protectors
but nothing has been done about it.
But why should eradicating jueteng
not be a priority under Aquinos anti-
corruption drive? More than any corrupt
acts, accepting bribery from jueteng
lords should be a top priority because
it aficts almost the entire government
machineryfrom the lowly barangays
all the way to the Cabinet.
Some quarters are again proposing
that since jueteng cannot be stopped,
it should be legalized so that the
government could regulate it and earn
money from it.
Jueteng should never be legalized.
While jueteng, or any form of
gambling for that matter, offers a chance
of solving ones nancial problems in
an instant, it gives people false hopes
and buries them deeper in a culture of
dependency. Worse, jueteng virtually
robs money from the bettorswho are
almost certain to lose since only less
than 10 percent of the total collection
is earmarked for winnings. That is the
tragedy of jueteng.
The jueteng operator rakes in
millions, the unscrupulous police and
government ofcials make millions
in exchange for turning a blind eye,
the jueteng collectors make a little
earning, and the poor bettorsmillions
of themeach lose thousands of pesos
that should have gone to their familys
meals, to pay their bills, and to give their
kids a decent education.
Proponents of the legalization of
jueteng, like the top two Senate ofcials
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and
Senate President Protempore Jinggoy
Estradasay that the vice has been
there for generations, and that buying
dreams for a few pesos wouldnt hurt
the bettors. So, instead of removing this
little joy of poor Filipinos, why not
just legalize it and make the government
earn millions of pesos in taxes,
instead of the money going to corrupt
politicians? Besides, tens of thousands
of bet collectors are earning income
from jueteng, why deprive them of their
livelihood?
If we are to follow this line of
reasoning, the government might as
well legalize the sale of shabu and other
illegal drugs. And yes, prostitution, too.
It is the same mentality that jueteng
and other forms of gambling have
inculcated in the minds of Filipinos for
generationsthe chance to earn a quick
buck. Indeed, with a magic wand that
would legalize jueteng, the government
gets to earn easy money from the
gambling operators.
Jueteng victimizes the poorindeed,
the very poor. Jueteng deprives them
of their hard-earned money. A jueteng
bet gives them false hopes and false
dreams. Every time the poor places his
bet, he drowns deeper in the quicksand
of hopelessness and despair, because the
little dream turns to disappointment at
the end of the day.
The countrys leaders must erase the
mentality of if you cant lick em, join
em. The fact that it has not been able
to stop the numbers game for generations
does not give the government reason
to legalize jueteng. It must muster the
political will to crush this cancer that has
gnawed upon the peoples moral fabric
for years. It must put a stop to this biggest
source of corruption in the country.
When asked how the jueteng can be
solved years ago, Archbishop Cruz said
bluntly: President Arroyo only has to
say the word, and jueteng operations
will stop. But does he have the will? If
he has, he hasnt shown it.
Cruz added: The past administration
was notorious for its patronage of
jueteng. It is my hope that the present
administration, which claims to be the
opposite of the past administration, will
be able to demonstrate its resolve and
not just go blah, blah, blah.
Thats the tragedy of jueteng. It has
become the scourge of Filipinos, and
not many seem to care. Not even the
President.
Mr. Abelgas is a former managing
editor of Manila Standard.
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ROD
P. KAPUNAN
BACKBENCHER
Mahathir says
that Western-style
democracy is a
failure.
Honoring Manny Pacquiao
SPORTS journalists have often described
Manny Pacquiaos boxing career with
adjectives like meteoric, unprecedented,
legendary, almost unstoppable. And I
can safely say that the Filipino people
generally have hung on every word
of praise given to the Pambansang
Kamao. This is only right as Manny
has shown power, grace, growth, and
dominance in the eld of boxing. He
has become an icon of hope in a country
that sometimes scrounges deep for that
hope. Not for nothing do the streets of
the Philippines empty during a Pacquao
ght.
So his split-decision loss to Timothy
Bradley last weekenddescribed by
many as shocking and scandalouswas
understandably a collective heart attack
to the Filipino people. Both sports writers
and the audience felt Manny had the
ght, but two of three judges ringside
thought otherwise. People were quick
to air accusations of biased judging and
conspiracies of score riggingthough
such accusations are nothing new to the
world of professional boxing, as much
a business (and in Las Vegas, a gamble)
as a sport. Both Filipino and foreign
voices cried in protestManny was
robbed!demanding investigation
and redress.
Looking back on it a week hence,
it is easy to see the painbut it seems
rather silly for us, in either our individual
or national consciousness, to be all but
dominated by that pain or to imagine
a protest will progress. I dont wish to
make light of our sentimentsweve
pinned so much on Pacquiao as a fellow
Filipino, and this loss coming on the eve
of our Independence Day, at thatbut
we must recognize the sentiment for
what it is. It comes from a deep sense
of cynicism and despair about what we
are as people. But behaving like this
dishonors Manny and who we are.
El s ewher e I ve wr i t t en and
wondered if collective viciousness
of people during the Renato Corona
impeachment, whether for or against the
former chief justice, was symptomatic
of our shattered trust in our political
and social institutions, that we were
almost incapable of civil discourse.
There is also a lot of cynicism for
example about the appointment of
a chief justice even if, as I wrote in
my last column, President Aquino
actually has really good choices and
can decide purely on the merits.
Although my personal preference
is Justice Antonio Carpio, from the
current court I also believe that Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno can be a great
chief justice. In addition to that of
Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza,
Dean Raul Pangalangan, and Atty.
Katrina Legarda, I also welcome the
nominations of Dean Cesar Villanueva,
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima and
Dean Marvic Leonen. I know all these
outsiders personally; they have the
qualities to be good chief justices. I do
not know BIR Commissioner Henares
personally but she has a public record
that can be examined. I know Sereno,
Leonen and Vi l l anueva t he most
because of personal and professional
affiliations; having observed them
close hand in difcult and challenging
situations. They always behave with
brilliance, imagination and integrity.
They would be my preference after
Justice Carpio who I still believe is a
class on his own given his seniority and
leadership qualities.
Going back to our cynicism and the
Pacquiao phenomenon, this is probably
why we often coalesce joyfully around
our non-political heroes. No one whos
seen Manny fight will deny that he
always gives his all, against all odds. It
is also to his greatest credit that, even
if he acknowledged that something felt
off about the ofcial scoring (as he said,
he feltlike most of us didhe won),
he graciously and humbly accepted the
nal verdict.
Because more than Manny the myth,
Manny the man recognizes the truth of
these words: Sic transit gloria mundi.
Victories in this mortal world are often
eetingbut so are its defeats. There will
be future ghts to work towards, whether
the expected rematch against Bradley
or another opponent, and Pacquiao also
has his day job as Congressman for
Saranganiitself its own kind of ght.
Our hopes in Manny Pacquiao are not
misplaced; theyre just misidentied. The
greatest gift he has given his countrymen
is not his victory, but his perseverance
and dedication, and last weekend, his
humility and grace, all qualities worth
emulating by every Filipino. So he did
not win against Bradleyor maybe
the two judges were completely crazy,
or worse. But its not the end of the
world. Rather, its only the beginning of
the ght. Because Manny Pacquiao is
ultimately the symbol of only one thing:
that the Filipino, no matter the odds,
never gives up. And if there is any way
the Filipino can honor Manny Pacquiao
in victory and defeat, it is to ght our
own ghts as he ghts his: to the last full
measure of devotion.
EVERYMAN
By William Pesek
ANYONE who thinks his or her job
stinks should consider the one Xi Jinping
is about to take on.
Xi is expected to replace Chinese
President Hu Jintao in the fall. He must
have some serious misgivings. If the
last 20 years were a golden age for the
worlds most populous nation, today is
one lled with growing doubts. The Bo
Xilai scandal has shattered the veneer
of political stability, cyber-dissidents
are emboldened in their challenges of
the Communist Party and diplomatic
headaches aboundmany of them
concerning the United States, where
China may gure in Novembers
presidential election.
No issue looms larger than Chinas
suddenly shaky economy. The world is
now bracing for a slowdown that pundits
said was unlikely to happen. So are
ofcials in Beijing, who worry that social
unrest could boil over quickly if growth
evaporates.
A bit of perspective is in order. Any
serious slump in China probably is a few
years off, not something that will send
markets into a tailspin in the next few
months. Look to Europe for that.
Thats not to say that a slowdown to
7 percent growth or even 6 percent is
good news for anyone. The repercussions
would hurt big commodity exporters
such as Australia, Brazil and Canada, and
make it even harder for Europes leaders
to resolve the debt crisis. Remember
that just a few months ago, traders were
speculating that China would deploy its
$3.3 trillion of currency reserves to bail
out Europe.
Unhappy markets
Stock and commodity markets would
be sideswiped by a China slowdown.
That gloom would feed back through
lower consumer condence and business
sentiment. Thats in addition to any trauma
should Greece abandon the euro or if Italy
is next up seeking a bailout following last
weekends rescue of Spains banks.
There are reasons to believe China has
the wherewithal to stave off a slump in
the short run. Its central bank last week
cut interest-rates for the rst time in four
years, and there was speculation this
week about additional stimulus packages.
Gloomy data on industrial production,
xed-asset investment, exports, retail
sales, coal and electricity have Chinese
policy makers ready to double down
on the massive 4 trillion yuan ($586
billion at the time) stimulus it tossed at
the economy in 2008. Assume the next
one will be huge and aimed at keeping
todays 8.1 percent growth rate from
slipping to the 6.4 percent that China
International Capital Corp., the nations
biggest investment bank, says is possible
this year.
Thats where the trouble begins. Last
time, it was easy for China. Throw piles
and piles of money at new infrastructure
projects and watch gross domestic
product boom. This time, China must
be smarter. Xi, and whoever succeeds
Wen Jiabao as premier, must avoid the
asset bubbles and property-price spirals
that accompanied the largess of 2008.
Anything that pushes real estate further
out of reach for Chinas 99 percent
increases the odds that protesters will
converge on Tiananmen Square.
Expectations are growing that the next
scal injection will be targeted at strategic
industries that create jobs without
dangerous excesses. The question is how
the central government can control the
stimulus after its turned over to local
ofcials. Provincial leaders are prone
to nancing pet projects, which may
lead to more unproductive investments,
corruption and public discontent.
The big risk for Xis team is that little
of this money will go toward retooling
the economy. China has made minimal
progress cultivating a deep domestic
market for consumption that relies less
on exports and embraces full currency
convertibility. To the contrary: China
shows no signs that it is interested in
growth that benets anyone other than
the elites and their extended families.
Two choices
Chinas leaders have a choice. Either
they make those difcult but necessary
changes, with the chances of producing
more sustainable growth. Or they kick
reforms down the road, administer
another stimulus, and risk a bigger crash
in the years ahead. At the moment, the
temptation is to pick No. 2.
All stimulus and no reform gives
China some Frankenstein-like qualities
a powerful economic creature born out of
unorthodox experiments. Unproductive
spending of the magnitude China already
has unleashed, and what seems to be in
the pipeline, may result in a Japan-like
debt mess. When Chinas reckoning
does come, and every industrializing
nation has one, it may be far worse than
investors believe. Xi will have to do a
much better job than his predecessor to
keep that reckoning from becoming a
monster all its own. Bloomberg
Chinas Frankenstein economy
News
ManilaStandardToday
mst.daydesk@gmail.com JUNE 16, 2012 SATURDAY
A6
LTO waives drivers nes

IN BRIEF
Dismissed
Customs
ofcial
reinstated
Ruby Rose case ruling appealed
Big eye-designed Arena wows visitors
LTO chief Virginia Torres said
drivers can also use ofcial LTO re-
ceipts as temporary licenses as she
stressed that drivers should not be
penalized for something that was not
their fault.
We will consider the temporary
licenses and even the receipts as li-
censes, because it would be unfair
to applicants if they will be penal-
ized for not getting their licenses on
time, she said.
The unauthorized changes made
by the agencys supplier, Amalgam-
ated Motors Philippines Inc. in the
original design of drivers licenses re-
sulted in the abrupt suspension of the
issuance of licenses since Monday.
AMPI, meanwhile, defended the
new license card saying it will have
more security marks and features and
will not bear any additional cost to
the government or the general public,
according to the companys spokes-
person Melanie Cuevas.
AMPI has been supplying drivers
licenses to the LTO for 20 years, but
its contract with the agency expired in
2006 and its continued service is only a
benet derived from the writ of injunc-
tion issued by a Quezon City court.
According to Transportation Sec-
retary Mar Roxas, who supervises
LTO operations, they have already
asked Solicitor General Francis
Jardeleza to review the injunction is-
sued by Judge Afable Cajigal of the
Regional Trial Court Branch 96.
For the DOTC chief, the judges
decision was an outrageous and a-
grant violation of Republic Act No.
8975, which prohibits the issuance
by lower courts of orders of injunc-
tion against national government in-
frastructure projects.
Roxas supported Torress decision
to temporarily halt the issuance of
drivers license cards using the new
design submitted by AMPI.
We directed all our regional of-
ces to inform the public of the spe-
cic ofces that are able to issue
the regular drivers license cards and
those that are not able to do so. We
have also directed those ofces that
are not able to issue the cards to issue
temporary drivers licenses instead,
Roxas said.
By Jonathan Fernandez
IN an effort to sort out the mess involving
a new design of drivers licenses, the Land
Transportation Ofce will issue temporary
licenses to applicants and waive penalties for
late license renewals until the processing of
documents normalizes.
Vehicles of the future. Students of De La Salle University check the eco-marathon cars which was created for a marathon
competition that will be held in Malaysia on July. The energy-efcient car was unveiled during a program held at the amphithe-
ater of the De La Salle University on Taft Avenue in Manila. DANNY PATA
DURING the recent two-night
Born This Way Ball tour of Lady
Gaga in Manila, the public was
not only awed by her show stop-
ping performance, but also by
the new SM Mall of Asia Arena.
Located on an 18,214 square-
meter site at the SM Mall of Asia
Complex, the new 64,085 square-
meter, ve-storey landmark by
the bay is a multi-purpose venue
that can accommodate a seating
capacity of 15,000 with a full-
house capacity of 20,000.
The Sy family, especially
SM Prime Holdings Inc. presi-
dent Hans T. Sy, was very much
involved in the details of the
MOA Arenas construction,
says Edgar Tejerero, Senior Vice
President of West Avenue The-
aters Corporation, the managing
arm of SM Cinema.
Designed for concerts and
basketball games by Arquitec-
tonica International Corp., it can
also be congured for boxing,
theater, fashion, and ice-skating
shows.
The distinctive eye-shaped
faade symbolizes the MOA
Arenas promise of delivering
top-notch entertainment to its
audience, says Arquitectonicas
David Zaballero, the MOA Are-
nas project director. It seeks
to channel the message that ev-
ery single event to be held in its
premises will surely be a feast
for the eye.
The SM MOA Arena had
the Arquitectonica International
Corporation as its design archi-
tect and Monolith Construction
and Development Corp. as its
general contractor.
The Arenas big-eye design
resting on a slanted podium plinth
allows it to hold the large vol-
ume of the interior court within
a dramatic vaulted space, while
providing a distinctive identity to
the building. An eye-shaped mul-
timedia screen projects images of
ongoing or future events.
The eye theme is repeated on
the landscaping with eye con-
gured plant boxes and ramps
for the handicapped contained
within protective walls that form
an eye.
The Arenas interiors are sim-
ple and minimalist. Arranged on
two tiers, it has a ring of corpo-
rate suites separating the tower
seats from the balcony levels.
It is the rst events venue in
the Philippines to use Robbins
Inc. portable oor design and the
rst to have Spalding Goal, the
NBA Basketball goal standard,
in the country.
To comply with international
standards, the Arena has four
dug-outs, a mess hall for an
events technical team, an exclu-
sive room for press conferences,
and even a special Meet and
Greet area.
The MOA Arenas Corporate
Suites are another rst, not only
in the country, but also in all of
Southeast Asia. There are a total
of 41 corporate suites with its
own lounge, mini bar, restroom
and private gallery with cinema
seats. Ten of these suites can be
rented on a per event basis, while
the rest are leased for a period of
one to ve years.
Airlines told to pay
Customs employees
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Court of Appeals has been asked to
reconsider its earlier decision afrming
a lower courts denial of a motion to dis-
charge the confessed killer of Ruby Rose
Barrameda as an accused to become a
state witness as well as its order for the
re-rafing of the case to another judge.
In a 25-page motion for reconsidera-
tion, Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza
stressed that Manuel Montero, a former
employee of the Jimenez family who led
authorities to the hidden remains of Bar-
rameda, was the only person who could
testify on the role of victims husband
Manuel Jimenez III and his father-in-law
Manuel Jimenez Jr. to the crime.
Monteros discharge is being blocked
in the hope that he will refuse to take the
witness stand and thereby living no evi-
dence against petitioner [Jimenez] and
his other co-accused, the Solicitor Gen-
eral said in their pleading.
The solicitor general said the Jime-
nezes opposition to Monteros dis-
charge as accused and his utilization as
a state witness is not motivated by any
noble reason.
The CA 10th Division earlier grant-
ed the petition of Manuel Jimenez Jr.,
the victims father-in-law, and ordered
the re-rafing of the case from Ma-
labon RTC Branch 170 Judge Zaldy
Docena, who earlier refused to inhibit
himself from the case.
The CA noted that there was need for
the testimony of Montero as a witness
since he could testify and shed light on
the conspiracy without being discharged
as a state witness and that he would only
be repeating what he stated in his sworn
statements.
However, the chief state counsel in-
sisted that the extrajudicial confession
of an accused cannot be used against an-
other accused under the principle of res
inter alios acta [a thing done between
others does not harm or benets others]
unless he or she was discharged from the
information and made a state witness.
The brutal killing of Ruby Rose
Barrameda was not meant to be dis-
covered. It is only the testimony of
Montero, who earlier came forward
and confessed to the crime, which pro-
vided direct evidence to the conspiracy
and identities of the perpetrators, the
Solicitor General said.
If Montero does not testify as a state
witness, there will be no direct testimony
linking the other accused to the crime
and those who are truly guilty for the
gruesome death of Ruby Rose may be
allowed to go free, the OSG stressed.
It also appealed that Monteros admis-
sion to the Witness Protection Program
had binded the court and entitled him to
immunity from the criminal prosecution
for the offense or offenses in which his
testimony will be used.
On the issue whether Judge Docena
should have inhibited from the case,
Jardeleza said Jimenez Jr.s conclusion
that Docena had been partial in the
case was triggered by the judges re-
versal of a previous order denying the
discharge of Montero.
By Joel E. Zurbano
THE Civil Service Commis-
sion has ordered the reinstate-
ment of Customs deputy com-
missioner Reynaldo Nicolas
who was terminated from the
service late last year for alleg-
edly lacking the required ca-
reer executive service (CES)
eligibility.
In a resolution dated May
29, the CSC ordered the Cus-
toms bureau to implement
CSC decision No. 11-0442 dat-
ed August 15, 2011 reinstating
Nicolas to his former position
as Deputy Commissioner of
Customs Assessment and Op-
erations Coordinating Group
with payment of back salaries
and other benets from the
time of his illegal dismissal up
to the time of his actual rein-
statement.
The seven-page resolution
was signed by CSC Commis-
sioner Mary Ann Fernandez
Mendoza and Chairman Fran-
cisco Duque and attested by
Dolores Bonifacio, Commis-
sion Secretariat and Liaison
Ofce director.
Nicolas was one of two
Customs ofcials who were
charged for fraudulently ap-
proving the refund of duties and
value-added taxes and the issu-
ance of tax credit certicates in
favor of an oil importer.
He was also among the
Customs ofcials who lost
their jobs in a reshufe imple-
mented by then Customs Com-
missioner Angelito Alvarez,
who had said Nicolas would be
replaced if he does not satisfy
CES rules.
As early as October 27,
2004, Nicolas held the position
of Deputy Commissioner for
Intelligence and Enforcement
Group and was reappointed
as DepCom and designated as
head of the AOCG on June 17,
2009.
By Eric B. Apolonio
MORE than 800 Bureau of Cus-
toms employees assigned at major
international airports in the coun-
try lauded the Supreme Courts
ruling that they are entitled to
overtime pay, meals and travel-
ing expenses that should be paid
by airline companies, aircraft op-
erators, importers, exporters and
brokers.
The high court released the
ruling, dated April 18, that denied
the second motion for reconsider-
ation led by the Board of Airline
Representatives (BAR). The rst
motion for reconsideration was
led on November 16 last year.
NAIA Customs District Col-
lector Carlos So earlier said the
high courts ruling was based on
Section 3506 of the Tariff Law
governing mode of payment for
overtime service, meals and trav-
eling expenses for NAIA customs
employees payable by the airline
companies, aircraft operators, im-
porters, exporters and brokers.
In its July 2009 decision, the
Court of Appeals Sixth Division
ruled as unconstitutional BoC
Administrative Circular No. 7-92
(CAO 7-92) dated April 24, 1992
requiring airlines to pay for the
overtime pay, traveling, board and
lodging expenses and/or meal al-
lowance of Customs personnel at
the NAIA. Two separate orders in-
creased the rates of all the charges
by more than 100 percent.
Both orders were ordered
scrapped by the CA in favor
of BAR which is composed of
Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacic,
Cebu Pacic, China Airlines,
China Southern Airlines, Con-
tinental Micronesia Airlines,
Emirates, Etihad Airways, Eva
Air Airways, Federal Express
Corp., Gulf Air, Japan Airlines,
Air France, KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines, Korean Air, Kuwait
Airways Corp., Lufthansa Ger-
man Airlines, Malaysia Airlines,
Northwest Airlines, Philippine
Airlines, Qantas Airlines, Qatar
Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines,
Singapore Airlines, Swiss Inter-
national Airlines, Saudi Arabian
Airlines and Thai International
Airways.
Artists depiction of the Mall of Asias Arena.
Mike Arroyo withdraws
motion to travel abroad
FORMER First Gentlaman Jose Miguel
Mike Arroyo, who was supposed to go
to Japan and Hong Kong from June 16 to
23, will no longer leave the country so as
not to forego his right to seek a judicial
determination of probable cause in a
pending corruption case.
The Second Division, chaired by
Associate Justice Teresita Diaz-Baldos,
is hearing the graft case led by the
Ombudsman against the former First
Gentleman for his alleged involvement
in an anomalous national police heli-
copter deal.
Baldos, during the hearing, told Ar-
royo that he must enter a plea and there-
fore waive his right to ask for a judicial
determination of probable cause before
his motion to leave could be granted so
Arroyo withdrew his earlier motion for
leave to travel abroad.
My clients right to le a motion for
judicial determination of probable cause
is more important than his foreign trips
thats why we withdrew our Motion for
Leave to Travel Abroad. So, the (former)
First Gentleman will not leave the coun-
try tomorrow, said Arroyos lawyer Fer-
dinand Topacio. Jonathan Fernandez
At least 85 cops red
from January to May
THE Philippine National Police has
so far dismissed at least 85 policemen
from the service for their involvement
in various offenses, from grave abuse of
authority to crimes, spokesman Senior
Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr. announced
yesterday.
Cerbo said that from January 1 to May
15 PNP chief Director General Nicanor
Bartolome approved the summary dis-
missal of at least 85 policemen after they
were found guilty of different offenses.
Most of the sacked policemen were
non-commissioned ofcers, with ranks
from Police Ofcer 1 to Senior Police
Ofcer 4. Commissioned ofcers hold
the rank of Inspector up to Director Gen-
eral.
Also in the DPRM record, there were
19 commissioned and non-commissioned
ofcers who were demoted because of
offenses. Cerbo said at least 138 police
personnel were also under suspension.
We have a total of 858 administra-
tive cases pending, 216 of these cases
carried over from December 2011. Of the
pending cases, 446 have already been re-
solved, he said. Florante S. Solmerin
Alien I-Cards will soon
be delivered to foreigners
FOREIGNERS applying for visas at the
Bureau of Immigration no longer have to
go to the agencys ofces to claim their
alien certicate of registration-identity
card (ACR-I-Card) as these will soon be
delivered to their doorsteps.
Under the revised rules on the pro-
cessing and issuance of the ACR-I-Card
issued recently by Commissioner Ricar-
do David Jr., all I-Cards printed and re-
leased for distribution shall be endorsed
to a courier that shall deliver the cards to
the visa applicants within 24 hours.
David said the new procedure will be
operational as soon as the BI has identi-
ed, selected and engaged the services
of a reliable, reputable and cost-effective
courier provider.
He disclosed that a supplemental
memorandum will be issued to formal-
ize the operation of the courier delivery
system for the ACR-I-Card.
The guidelines state that the cards
shall be delivered to the residential ad-
dress of stated by the applicant in his or
her application form. Vito Barcelo
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Dignity and decency
Parks sees exciting series
THE entire aftermath of the
high crime committed by
the three judges in Manny
Pacquiaos clash with
undefeated Timothy Desert
Storm Bradley last weekend
is nothing but a charade.
World Boxing Organization
president Francisco Paco
Valcarcels statement asking
the Championship Committee
to review the ght tape, along
with ve so-called neutral
judges, rings hollow in the
context of his statement that
the Las Vegas ght judges were
competent and not corrupt.
The WBO president stated:
I want to clarify that in no
way this says that we are
doubting the capacity of these
judges, which we consider as
honest and competent.
How in heavens name could
they be competent after such
an incompetent assessment of
the ght assuming they were
not corrupt or corrupted by
some outside force?
We can understand if the
ght was even remotely
close. But it was not. We did
the coverage over The Filipino
Channel with Atty. Ed Tolentino
and we both agreed that at the
very least, Pacquiao won by 8
rounds to 4 and that was being
generous to Bradley. At best, it
was 9 rounds to 3 in favor of the
Fighter of the Decade.
Valcarcel said the ve judges
would score the bout and
submit a condential report to
him, but in the same breath,
said the decision could not be
reversed or altered in any way
which, much as we regret it, is
the correct position to take.
Once world boxing
organizations begin to interfere
with the judges decisions and
start reversing or altering them
unless a ghter is found guilty
IN BRIEF
Banal fight in Thailand?
THAILANDS most prominent boxing
promotional outt One Songchai
Promotions is dead set on staging the
battle for the vacant World Boxing
Organization bantamweight title between
No. 1-ranked AJ Bazooka Banal and
hometown ghter and No. 2 Pungluangf
Sor Singyu in Thailand.
ALA Promotions president Michael
Aldeguer said that negotiations are still
going on, but its a struggle with the
Thai promoter, who apparently has solid
nancial backing.
They are still negotiating. It seems that
One Songchai Promotions has a big backer,
a sponsor that is nancially well off to
support a world championship in Thailand,
said WBO Asia Pacic vice president Leon
Panoncillo, who is based in Thailand.
Pariyakorn Ratanasuban is the promoter
of Sor Singyu, while ALA Promotions
is also backed by the giant Philippine
broadcast network ABS-CBN.
Ronnie Nathanielsz
RONNIE
NATHANIELSZ
INSIDE SPORTS
Pacquiao, adviser Roach back in PH today
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FIGHTER of the Decade Manny
Pacquiao returns home on Saturday
with his adviser Michael Koncz, via
a Philippine Airlines ight, before
returning to Los Angeles.
We are coming back tonight
(Thursday in Los Angeles),
Manny and I, said Koncz, in a
brief interview with the Manila
Standard. Pacquiao will then take
a vacation, spending time with his
wife and his kids in Los Angeles.
He added: We have no
denite plans for his next ght
and after a vacation, we will sit
down and decide what we are
going to do next in the boxing.
Despite reports that no decision
has been made regarding a
November bout, the Manila
Standard has been reliably
informed that Pacquiaos choice
is a fourth ght against Juan
Manuel Marquez, possibly even
in Mexico, where the Filipino is
immensely popular.
Pacquiao prefers a fourth ght
with the Mexican instead of a
rematch with Timothy Bradley,
who took the Filipinos World
Boxing Organization welterweight
title in a decision that has been
condemned around the world.
The hugely controversial
decision has spawned a review by
the WBO, as well as a request by
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum to
the Nevada State Attorney General
to conduct an investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the
decision.
San Miguel Beer coach Bobby Parks said
this a day before they start their championship
series against the Warriors at 4 p.m. today at
the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
There are additions in the Indonesian
team who will make them more
competitive, said Parks during a press
conference with members of both teams
yesterday at the San Miguel Corporation
Head Ofce in Ortigas Center.
The Warriors boast of having a wide
array of talent, following the acquisition of
McArthur Brock and Fil-American Stanley
Pringle, who could play for the Philippine
Johnreils riot-marred
bout on AKTV today
ANOTHER exciting Pinoy Knockout
will happen today as it features the
contentious ght of our Filipino Johriel
Casimero against Argentinian Luis
Lazarte that ended violently with a riot.
The ght, that happened last Feb. 11,
will nally be aired at 9 p.m. on AKTV
on IBC13.
The 21-year-old Casimero took on
the veteran Lazarte for the interim
International Boxing Federation light
yweight title at the Club Once Unidos in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Before his ght in Argentina, Casimero
was part of the undercard of Back
with a Vengeance that featured Marvin
Sonsona in his comeback ght. Casimero
won his ght against Roemart Sentillas
when he connected on a straight right
that was simultaneous to the end of the
rst round bell. The ght was featured on
AKTV last October 2011.
Casimero scored a 10th-round stoppage
over the 40-year old Lazarte in his home
territory. The young Filipino boxer was
able to bring down Lazarte twice in the
ninth round and one more time in the
succeeding round.
An ensuing chaos erupted even
before the Filipino champion could be
announced as the winner.
Belen tops shootfest
SOUTHERN Luzons Jose Gil
Belen emerged overall winner
in the recent Bureau of Internal
Revenues second Revenues
Gun Club Inc. shootfest at the
Quezon City Police District
ring range in Camp Karingal,
Quezon City.
Belen posted the highest score
among all RGCI members and
also placed second in the Man vs
Man Steel Challenge featuring
the events top 16 shooters,
losing only to Mindanaos Jaime
Roldan in the nals.
Rhodora Alvarez of the
National Capital Region was
the top scorer in the ladies
division. She also ruled the
Lady vs Lady Steel Challenge
competition, beating Northern
Luzons Nerissa Agraam.
NCR also remained as the top
team, besting Northern Luzon,
Southern Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao. NCR also came in
rst in the Team vs Team Steel
RGCI president Tom Rosales
of NCR was tops in the Executive
category while Roldan and Belen
were the best shooters in the
Junior Executive and Group
Supervisors/Revenue Ofcers
divisions, respectively.
Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-
Henares and national champion
Nathaniel Tac Padilla red
the ceremonial shots in the event
sanctioned as a Level 1 match by
the Philippine Practical Shooting
Association and competed by 80
RGCI participants and guests,
including veteran actor Eddie
Manoy Garcia.
national team in the ABL off-season.
On the other hand, the Beermen added
Fil-Italian guard Chris Banchero, Nick
Fazekas and Duke Crews to their roster.
Brock has normed 20 points in the last
seven games, and he could prove to be a
great scoring partner for Steve Thomas,
who averaged 18 points and 17 rebounds
in the seminals.
Pringle is a guard, who could explode
at anytime, and is expected to have an
interesting matchup against Banchero.
Aside from Banchero, the Beermen
hope to rely on the contributions of most
valuable player contender Leo Avenido,
Roger Yap and Junemar Fajardo.
The addition of Banchero, Fazekas and
Crews helped the Beermen win nine of
their last 11 games.
I think its going to be a very exciting
series. Theyve got great imports and a
great backcourt. Its gonna be fun with the
matchups, said Indonesia Warriors coach
Todd Purves.
The Beermen are hoping to bring back
the regional trophy to the Philippines after
the series.
They have beaten Indonesia thrice this
season, but both squads had a different
mix of players then.
By Peter Atencio

THE presence of new players in the roster of the
Indonesia Warriors will make their best-of-three
nals series for the Asian Basketball League crown
against the San Miguel Beermen more interesting.
Gorayebs
suspension
appealed
SAN SEBASTIAN College has
asked ofcials of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
to lift the two-year suspension
imposed on SSC volleyball
coach Roger Gorayeb.
League ofcials conrmed
this yesterday, following a
board meeting of the NCAA
management committee, which
is led by Fr. Vic Calvo of 88th
season host Letran College.
The management committee
accepted the letter of appeal and
then deferred making a decision
on the case of Nigerian cager
Olaide Adeogun, who has been
given the green light to play for
the San Beda Red Lions in the
coming season of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
mens basketball tournament.
Gorayeb was suspended
for two years from coaching
following his involvement in
a brawl with San Beda mens
basketball coach Frankie Lim
last Dec. 2.
Nais naming ma-lift ang
suspension, dahil kami at si coach
Gorayeb ang agrabyado dito,
said board representative Frank
Gusi of San Sebastian College.
The 68 Adeogun was
allowed by eligibility committee
to play, but will have to serve a
six-game suspension rst for his
involvement in the incident.
San Beda school ofcials
have also asked for a reduction
of the penalty imposed on
Adeogun and a decision will
be known on Wednesday.
The suspensions of veteran
San Beda players Kyle
Pascual, Jake Pascual, Jaypee
Mendoza, Rysie Koga, Rome
dela Rosa, Jose Carmelo Lim,
Baser Amer and Anjo Caram
have been reduced from two
games to one game.
They will serve out the
suspension during the Lions
opening game against the
Arellano University Chiefs on
June 24. Peter Atencio
of taking a banned substance,
anarchy will set in and what
little respect the sport has today
will be further eroded.
Like we said before, Las Vegas
has the dubious distinction of
being the sin capital of the world
and with the Pacquiao-Bradley
decision added one more sin to
its growing roster.
Top Rank promoter Bob
Arums action in formally
requesting the Nevada State
Attorney General to investigate
the entire circumstances of the
ght and the decision is nothing
but an attempt to calm the
anger of ght fans, quite a few
of whom alleged that it was a
x and that Arum was part of
the whole sordid episode.
The Atty. General of Nevada
is beset with rising criminality,
an economy that is in near
shambles and a host of other
problems for her to waste
time and state resources on
conducting an inquiry into a
boxing bout, especially when
there have been similar dubious
decisions in the past. Its par for
the course in Las Vegas.
All this posturing about
investigations, reviews, etc. are
nothing but futile attempts to
divert attention from the possible
parties to what we had referred to
as a high crime in Las Vegas.
Even World Boxing Council
president Don Jose Sulaiman,
who initially branded the
decision as the Crime of the
Century, has quickly reversed
himself and claimed that it
was exaggerated and that it
was caused by poor translation
from Spanish.
Obviously, Don Jose failed
to realize that one of the judges
who had Bailey winning, was a
friend and a WBC ofcial and
that prompted him to apologize
and stress that he never meant
to criticize the judges.
Sulaiman said he is deeply
sorry for hurting a dear friend like
Duane Ford (one of the judges
who scored it for Bradley) and
cannot nd the words to express
it, stating that Ford is not only
a very good, honest and decent
person in his private life, but he is
one of the best judges that I have
known and in fact holds a vice
chair in the WBC Ring Ofcials
Board and has been a leader for
many judges.
Sulaiman noted that boxing,
being a subjective sport, there
are several differences of opinion
and I scored the ght one-sided
for Pacquiao, which was meant
as no offense to my friend.
For what its worth,
Pacquiao accepted the decision
like a true sportsman, even
though he knew he had won
by the proverbial mile. In
some respects, he reminds us
of the decency of Chief Justice
Renato Corona, who disagreed
with the impeachment court
ruling nding him guilty, but
accepted it with dignity betting
a man of such high ofce. Both
Pacquiao and Corona have sent
a strong message about respect
for authority and of abiding
by decisions we may not even
remotely agree with.
Unfortunately, there are some
who suspect that it was a x
and Manny was part of it. I have
known Pacquiao since he was a
16 year old kid and there is no
way he would have consented to
being party to such a crime. He
has lost his title. Please dont add
to his pain.
UE Warriors
homecoming
fetes Dalupan
FORMER members of the
University of the East Red
Warriors mens basketball
team will mark their rst
homecoming to coincide
with a tribute to multi-titlist
and legendary coach Virgilio
Baby Dalupan on July
3, 5 p.m. at the UE Main
Lobby, UE Manila Campus.
The working committee,
headed by UE Marketing Dept.
Executive Director Dr. Jesus
Tanchanco Sr., concurrent UE
Red Warriors Team Manager,
is inviting all former UE Red
Warriors mens basketball players
and coaching staff (from 1952
to 2011) to come and celebrate
this momentous event for free.
Dr. Tanchanco Sr. recently
discussed this upcoming
gathering with UE Red
Warriors legends Jimmy
Manansala, Jerry Codiera,
Boycie Zamar, Gerald Ortega
and Noy Catalan, and UE
Physical Education Dept.
Asst. Director and OIC Rod
Roque, during a luncheon
meeting held on June 13 in
UE. He also urged them to
organize the UE Red Warriors
Alumni Association chapter.
For inquiries about this
celebration, call UE Marketing
Dept. and/or UE Alumni Ofce,
tel. nos. 735-8562 / 735-8557 /
735-5471 loc. 458 / 459 / 310.
POC officials to cheer athletes in beach games
HAIYANG, ChinaAthletes and officials of
the Philippine delegation will march during the
formal opening rites of the third Asian Beach
Games Saturday and though small in size by
regional standards, is bent on becoming the
most successful Filipino contingent thus far.
Many-time medalist paddler Alex
Sumagaysay, the most senior of the 16-man
dragon boat team, will carry the Philippine
ag, one of 45 to be paraded at the main
hub Fenxiang beach and he will be backed
by nine women handball players, four
women cagers, four sport climbing aces
and ofcials headed by Chef de Mission
Dr. Benjamin Chippy Espiritu.
To boost the morale of the Filipino athletes,
Philippine Olympic Committee President
and POC Spokesman and Deputy secretary
general Joey Romasanta and POC treasurer
Julian Camacho vowed to be at the gallery
cheering for all four teams.
We have faith that our small delegation
will create more than ripples here, said
Cojuangco, who is here for the Executive
Council meeting of the Olympic Council of
Asia. Romasanta is the countrys National
Olympic Committee Representative.
BIR Commissioner Kim Henares and national champion Nathaniel Tac Padilla (third and fourth from left) re
the ceremonial shots opening the BIRs second Revenues Gun Clib Inc. shootfest at the QCPD ring range in
Camp Karingal, Quezon City. With them are (from left) Gen. Larry Lapuz, Regional Director Romulo Aguila Jr.,
actor Eddie Garcia and RGCI president Tomas Rosales.
Wilson manager
Lito Naval (center)
holds the plaque of
appreciation awarded
by Greenview
Executive Village
Tennis Club president
Jess Berdulaga after
the 2012 Wilson
Demo Day in Fairview.
The GEVTC came in
full force, led by its
ofcers and members,
junior players, tennis
acionados and
guests playing with
the BLX Pro Staff 6.1,
BLX Juice Pro and
BLX Steam tennis
racquets.
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
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Elasto Painters og Bolts, back at the top
With what Wade called the
loudest crowd hed ever heard
booing, certain James had just
fouled Kevin Durant, the leagues
MVP walked to the free throw
line with 7.1 seconds left and the
Miami Heats huge lead down to
two points.
The guy who has endured
too many fourth-quarter failures
wasnt letting another NBA Finals
game get away.
James made both free
throws, completing a 12-for-
12 performance at the line and
a 32-point night, and the Heat
held on for a 100-96 victory over
the Oklahoma City Thunder on
Thursday night that evened the
series at one game apiece.
On a big stage like this in a big
game like this, every point counts,
every point matters. So you go to
the free throw line, no matter how
hostile the environment, and try to
knock them down, James said.
Like I said, Im happy that I
was able to go up there and make
OKLAHOMA CITYLeBron
James had received plenty of help from
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and now
he had to nish it on his own.
By Jeric Lopez

PAUL Lee calmly knocked down the go-
ahead free throws with 37.6 seconds left
to lift Rain or Shine back to the top with
an exciting 81-77 escape win over gritty
Meralco in the 2012 Philippine Basketball
Association Governors Cup last night at the
Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Jamelle Cornley inked 21 points and 10
rebounds to pace the Elasto Painters, who
gained a slot in the top six for the seminals
with the win.
With the Painters down, 76-77, Lee saw
an opening and drove hard to the heart of
the Bolts defense, but Sol Mercado rejected
his rst attempt. Lee, however, got his own
miss for a putback and was fouled by Reynel
Hugnatan. He then sank his freebies for a
78-77 Rain or Shine lead.
On the other end, Mario West threw the ball
away off a timeout as Gabe Norwood took it
and got fouled in the process. Norwood sank
two more freebies with 22.6 ticks left to stretch
Rain or Shines lead to 80-77.
The Elasto Painters are now back on
top with B-MEG with 5-1 slates and have
already made it to the next phase with the
requisite amount of wins in the nine-game
elimination round.
a few plays, go up there and make
my free throws. We needed it. We
needed every point tonight.
Wade rebounded from a poor
opener to add 24 points and Bosh
had 16 points and 15 rebounds in
his return to the starting lineup for
the Heat, who needed a big night
from their Big Three to snap a
four-game nals losing streak
with their rst victory since Game
3 against Dallas last year.
Its been so long since weve
had them all together, Heat
forward Shane Battier said. They
played like the All-Stars that they
are and thats the effort that we
need.
Now they go home to host
Game 3 on Sunday and the next
two after that, knowing they dont
have to hear the noisy Thunder
fans againnot to mention all
their criticsif they win all three.
Miami blew a 13-point lead
in Game 1 and seemed headed
toward a repeat of the second game
of the nals last year, when it blew
a 15-point edge on its home oor.
Not this time.
This is a good team and we
didnt want to be down 2-0,
Bosh said. We know in order to
accomplish our goal, we have to
win on the road. Were a good
road team. Weve done it before.
They posed a great challenge
because they havent lost up until
today. But we felt that we let one
get away and we felt that we could
play a much, much better game in
Game 2. AP
Heat bounce back
NBA FINALS
100
96
Heat tie series, 1-1
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Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Shell bares $150-m upgrade
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing June 15, 2012
4,930.63
90.22
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P780-P895.00
LPG/11-kg tank
P54.55-P61.02
Unleaded Gasoline
P46.10-P49.90
Diesel
P52.34-P57.85
Kerosene
P38.50-P39.20
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 42.5700
Japan Yen 0.012606 0.5366
UK Pound 1.555700 66.2261
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128894 5.4870
Switzerland Franc 1.051967 44.7822
Canada Dollar 0.977708 41.6210
Singapore Dollar 0.782595 33.3151
Australia Dollar 0.997705 42.4723
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 112.9238
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266660 11.3517
Brunei Dollar 0.779545 33.1852
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000106 0.0045
Thailand Baht 0.031716 1.3502
UAE Dirham 0.272264 11.5903
Euro Euro 1.263000 53.7659
Korea Won 0.000858 0.0365
China Yuan 0.156978 6.6826
India Rupee 0.017953 0.7643
Malaysia Ringgit 0.313775 13.3574
NewZealand Dollar 0.781128 33.2526
Taiwan Dollar 0.033381 1.4210
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Friday, June 15, 2012
PESO-DOLLAR RATE
40
42
44
46
48
P42.260
CLOSE
Closing JUNE 15, 2012
5200
4460
3720
2980
2240
1500
1200
VOLUME 959.380M
HIGH P42.250 LOW P42.440 AVERAGE P42.344
Consumers
less bullish,
says survey
PAL eyeing foreign airline
PHILIPPINE Airlines Inc. is in talks to invest in a
foreign carrier as it seeks to expand operations after
winning investment from San Miguel Corp.
There are several opportunities for PAL to acquire
other companies in the region, president Ramon Ang
told reporters Thursday. Yes, were in talks to invest
in a foreign airline, he later said in a mobile-phone
message.
PAL plans to order at least 100 new planes in the
next ve years, resume ights to Europe and bolster
US services, Ang said in April. The company will be
positioned as a low-cost brand, he said as the carrier
seeks to fend off competition from Cebu Air Inc. and
other regional rivals.
I can see the logic of buying a regional airline if it
is to expand their network and the brand and enhance
the image, said Jomar Lacson, an analyst at Campos
Lanuza & Co. There are several airlines in the region
with problems which PAL can buy at a discount.
Bloomberg
Peso surges to 42.26:$1
THE peso had its biggest weekly gain in more
than three years on speculation improving economic
fundamentals will win it a credit-rating upgrade.
The currency advanced for a fourth day to 42.26
after Friday Standard Chartered Plc recommended
that clients buy the peso via the non-deliverable
forwards market, saying it expects the Philippines
to achieve an investment-grade rating by 2014. The
peso touched a six-week high as the central bank
reported funds sent home by workers overseas rose
5.4 percent in the first four months from a year
earlier to $6.5 billion, making up 10 percent of the
economy.
Theres a lot of hope on the upgrade, said Andy
Ji, a Singapore-based foreign-exchange strategist at
Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The scal situation
is good and the macro outlook is positive. Remittances
have always been strong.
The peso strengthened 2.4 percent this week, the
most since the week ended Dec. 19, 2008, according to
Tullett Prebon Plc. Bloomberg
By Elaine R. Alanguilan
CONSUMER condence
weakened in the second quarter,
suggesting a slowdown in demand
and spending amid concerns over
higher transport and utility costs
as well as increased tuition and
other school fees.
Bangko Sentral said in its
latest consumer expectation
survey the overall condence
index fell to -19.5 percent in
the second quarter from -14.7
percent in the rst quarter,
as pessimists continued to
outnumber optimists.
The index is computed as the
difference between households
that answered in the afrmative
and those that answered in the
negative with respect to their
views on a given indicator.
The bearish outlook of the
respondents was linked to the
perceived high cost of goods and
services, rising unemployment,
low salary and income and
expected higher household
expenditures.
Consumer outlook for the
next quarter also turned bearish
to -2.4 percent from 2.8 percent
in the previous quarter.
Concerns over the increase
in transport fares in March, the
expected upward adjustments in
power rates, which took effect
in May, and the anticipated hike
in tuition could have driven
households lower optimism as
these factors put additional strain
on family nances, pushing
household expenditures up and
real income growth, said the
Bangko Sentral.
Households also anticipate
tougher competition for jobs as
the new college and high school
graduates join the labor force
during the quarter, it added.
Consumer outlook for the next
year remained positive, although
the index declined slightly to 10
percent from 11.9 percent in the
previous survey.
Platinum awardee. Ayala Land Inc. receives a Platinum Plus award for good corporate
governance at the recent annual recognition program of the Institute of Corporate Directors. A
gold awardee for the past four years, Ayala Land is cited for consistently promoting shareholder
rights, equitable treatment of shareholders, disclosure and transparency. Shown (from left) are
ICD president and chief executive Rex Drilon III, ICD chairman Jesus Estanislao, ALI pesident and
chief executive Antonino Aquino, ALI chief nance ofcer Jaime Ysmael, Securities and Exchange
Commission chairman Teresita Herbosa and Philippine Stock Exchange president Hans Sicat.
PILIPINAS Shell Petroleum Corp., a unit
of Royal Dutch Shell Group, plans to invest
around $100 million to $150 million to
upgrade its 110,000 barrel-per-day renery in
Tabangao, Batangas, Energy Secretary Jose
Rene Almendras said Friday.
Almendras told reporters Shell
had made a rm commitment to
upgrade its renery during President
Benigno Aquinos recent state visit
to the UK. Shell is the Philippines
second-largest oil rener, next to
Petron Corp., which owns a 180,00-
barrel-per-day renery in Bataan.
Yes, theyre [Shell] going to
invest in the renery. Its a nal
decision. I understand they will start
early next year. Its not expansion,
its an upgrade, Almendras said.
He said the investment was purely
for upgrade to enable the renery to
produce high-value products. Shell is
separately pursuing a retail expansion
worth P2 billion to P3 billion this
year, the company announced early
this year.
Almendras said Shell decided
to pursue the refinery upgrade
due to renewed confidence in
the Philippine economy. Shell
has been delaying its refinery
upgrade due to pending tax issues
and the controversy surrounding
the Pandacan oil depot, after
the city of Manila asked the oil
companies to downscale their
operations.
Shells modern and upgraded
renery is expected to be in
ommercial operation by 2015.
Shell country chairman Ed
Chua said in an earlier statement a
technical study to evaluate possible
modications in the design and
rening processes of Shells renery
facility in Batangas was close to
completion.
Chua said the study aimed to
determine the necessary changes in
the facility that will allow Shell to
meet the new Philippine National
Standards for Euro IV (PH) grade
diesel and gasoline set to take effect
in 2016.
But Im more excited about
their LNG [liqueed natural gas]
investment, Almendras said.
He said Shells LNG project sent
a positive signal to other investors
in the natural gas industry. It will
also help push the government
to pursue its plan to invest in the
Batangas-Manila gas pipeline
project.
The plan is we will put up a
Batangas to Manila pipeline...
The government will stick to the
pipeline, it might not be [private
sector initiative] anymore but pure
government, he said.
Shell and the government
earlier agreed to explore the
potential of establishing a local
import and regasification terminal
for liquefied natural gas in the
Philippines.
The agreement calls for cooperation
and coordination efforts between the
Philippine government and Shell
for a technical feasibility study
that will determine the viability for
the development, construction and
operation by Shell of an import and
regasication terminal adjacent to its
renery facility located in Tabangao,
Batangas.
The proposed site of the LNG
import and regasication terminal is
adjacent to Shells renery facility in
Tabangao.
Stocks dip; index
sinks below 5,000
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High Low STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume Trade/Buying
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FINANCIAL
70.00 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 63.00 63.50 60.50 61.05 (3.10) 3,349,630 (59,911,123.50)
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 68.95 69.00 68.00 68.60 (0.51) 1,099,880 42,789,530.00
512.00 370.00 China Bank 559.00 559.50 554.00 555.00 (0.72) 5,170
1.95 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.79 1.78 1.78 1.78 (0.56) 29,000
23.90 12.50 COL Financial 22.50 23.30 22.60 23.20 3.11 64,300 464,000.00
Eastwest Bank 18.64 18.70 18.60 18.60 (0.21) 440,600 (208,520.00)
22.00 7.56 Filipino Fund Inc. 9.52 9.42 9.42 9.42 (1.05) 100
0.95 0.62 First Abacus 0.73 0.72 0.71 0.71 (2.74) 389,000
80.00 40.00 First Metro Inv. 68.00 70.00 68.00 68.00 0.00 740
775.00 475.20 Manulife Fin. Corp. 460.00 460.00 455.00 455.00 (1.09) 250
29.00 3.00 Maybank ATR KE 38.35 39.15 38.15 38.15 (0.52) 12,100
93.50 60.00 Metrobank 88.90 89.00 88.10 88.45 (0.51) 3,210,090 12,805,476.50
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 2.00 2.05 2.05 2.05 2.50 1,000
16.85 41.00 Phil. National Bank 71.00 71.50 70.00 71.50 0.70 320,260 16,941,309.00
85.00 57.70 Phil. Savings Bank 82.00 82.00 82.00 82.00 0.00 400
539.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 350.00 350.00 349.00 350.00 0.00 10,440 3,015,880.00
44.40 25.45 RCBC À 44.00 43.50 43.00 43.00 (2.27) 1,004,500.00 34,886,085.00
151.50 77.00 Security Bank 138.90 141.90 136.00 136.00 (2.09) 233,340 7,957,048.00
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 100.10 104.00 99.50 104.00 3.90 740,020 47,170,412.00
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 0.00 83,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 32.55 33.00 31.00 31.80 (2.30) 22,034,100 (356,723,550.00)
13.58 7.32 Agrinurture Inc. 9.03 9.03 8.90 8.95 (0.89) 57,400
23.50 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 19.02 20.00 19.00 19.00 (0.11) 4,500
1.86 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.38 1.38 1.37 1.38 0.00 82,000
54.90 26.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.35 28.95 28.90 28.95 (1.36) 500
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.29 1.31 1.28 1.28 (0.78) 101,000
Asiabest Group 22.40 23.55 21.90 21.90 (2.23) 73,700
102.80 3.02 Bloomberry 8.23 8.34 8.24 8.25 0.24 2,919,700 (9,941,648.00)
26.55 12.50 C. Azuc De Tarlac 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 0.00 100
2.88 2.24 Calapan Venture 2.78 2.86 2.50 2.68 (3.60) 1,170,000 (1,329,530.00)
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.48 2.48 2.45 2.45 (1.21) 345,000 148,800.00
8.33 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 9.17 9.25 8.85 9.25 0.87 400,000 (477,700.00)
7.06 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.85 5.88 5.83 5.88 0.51 35,432,800 50,955,671.00
6.28 2.80 EEI 6.15 6.20 6.02 6.08 (1.14) 771,500 164,505.00
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.40 10.00 10.00 10.00 (3.85) 1,300
15.58 12.50 First Gen Corp. 16.46 16.76 16.16 16.16 (1.82) 4,020,600 (5,138,348.00)
67.20 51.50 First Holdings A 69.80 70.50 69.10 69.30 (0.72) 1,001,250 (1,036,600.00)
31.50 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 20.90 20.90 20.80 20.90 0.00 15,500
0.10 0.0095 Greenergy 0.0130 0.0140 0.0130 0.0130 0.00 29,100,000
13.50 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.40 11.40 11.10 11.10 (2.63) 2,300
9.00 4.71 Integ. Micro-Electronics 3.95 3.90 3.90 3.90 (1.27) 19,000
2.35 0.95 Ionics Inc 0.760 0.820 0.770 0.770 1.32 150,000
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 105.20 107.40 100.00 101.20 (3.80) 1,041,860 (50,798,773.00)
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 1.54 1.64 1.47 1.55 0.65 1,701,000
1.55 0.99 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.45 1.50 1.50 1.50 3.45 15,000
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 2.20 1.70 1.66 1.66 (24.55) 15,000
24.70 17.94 Manila Water Co. Inc. 24.40 24.45 22.80 23.00 (5.74) 9,783,400 (148,843,285.00)
6.95 0.75 Mariwasa MFG. Inc. 2.65 2.63 2.63 2.63 (0.75) 9,000
15.30 8.12 Megawide 17.22 17.30 16.90 16.92 (1.74) 28,600
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 240.00 241.00 235.00 238.00 (0.83) 117,800 (3,939,520.00)
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.75 2.72 2.70 2.71 (1.45) 65,000 (59,300.00)
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.12 10.12 9.99 10.00 (1.19) 3,298,900 (16,493,561.00)
15.24 9.01 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.30 8.30 8.07 8.09 (2.53) 80,200 (807.00)
9.50 5.25 Republic Cement À 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 0.00 3,400
2.55 1.01 RFM Corporation 2.92 2.92 2.90 2.92 0.00 3,245,000 169,360.00
33.00 27.70 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 29.00 29.00 28.90 29.00 0.00 5,000
132.60 105.70 San Miguel Corp À 114.50 114.50 113.80 114.00 (0.44) 611,120 13,598,554.00
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.75 1.75 1.70 1.75 0.00 6,833,000
2.50 1.85 Splash Corporation 1.84 1.86 1.85 1.85 0.54 57,000
0.250 0.112 Swift Foods, Inc. 0.127 0.129 0.127 0.127 0.00 1,030,000
5.46 2.92 Tanduay Holdings 3.86 3.90 3.86 3.89 0.78 4,183,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.20 1.21 1.20 1.21 0.83 428,000
68.00 36.20 Universal Robina 61.50 62.05 58.50 58.50 (4.88) 6,703,230 (103,302,098.00)
Victorias Milling 1.46 1.61 1.46 1.49 2.05 12,656,000 236,920.00
1.12 0.285 Vitarich Corp. 0.690 0.690 0.690 0.690 0.00 249,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 11.50 10.98 10.98 10.98 (4.52) 200
1.22 0.68 Vulcan Indl. 0.93 0.93 0.91 0.91 (2.15) 145,000 14,560.00
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.69 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.00 465,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 48.00 49.00 44.00 45.00 (6.25) 19,432,700 (633,343,555.00)
0.019 0.014 Alcorn Gold Res. 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.0160 0.00 10,000,000
13.48 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.46 11.62 11.40 11.40 (0.52) 19,242,200 (104,609,376.00)
4.60 3.00 Anscor À 4.65 4.55 4.50 4.55 (2.15) 758,000 2,730,000.00
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.05 5.48 4.90 5.05 0.00 383,300 (212,549.00)
437.00 272.00 Ayala Corp À 449.80 449.80 444.00 447.00 (0.62) 97,860 1,173,866.00
59.45 30.50 DMCI Holdings 54.70 56.00 53.95 54.90 0.37 1,747,700 3,606,783.50
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.50 2.60 2.60 2.60 4.00 20,000
5.25 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 3.94 3.95 3.93 3.95 0.25 248,000 (19,700.00)
GT Capital 484.00 482.60 482.00 482.00 (0.41) 36,640 7,471,100.00
5.22 2.90 House of Inv. 4.37 4.38 4.18 4.38 0.23 439,000 1,532,710.00
34.80 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 32.70 33.20 32.70 33.00 0.92 539,300 1,703,130.00
6.95 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 5.84 5.95 5.69 5.94 1.71 6,984,000 26,181,355.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.05 1.07 1.05 1.05 0.00 150,000 105,800.00
3.82 1.500 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.45 2.50 2.41 2.46 0.41 1,988,000 (1,292,200.00)
4.45 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.08 4.13 3.92 3.92 (3.92) 37,670,000 (26,759,330.00)
6.24 2.10 Minerales Industrias Corp. 4.70 4.75 4.68 4.75 1.06 40,000
0.0770 0.054 Pacica À 0.0500 0.0450 0.0450 0.0450 (10.00) 20,000
2.20 1.42 Prime Media Hldg 1.320 1.500 1.330 1.350 2.27 125,000
4.10 1.56 Republic Glass A 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 0.00 10,000
0.490 0.285 Sinophil Corp. 0.320 0.320 0.320 0.320 0.00 10,000
699.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 700.00 702.00 689.50 689.50 (1.50) 67,860 (3,427,375.00)
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.34 1.34 1.30 1.31 (2.24) 206,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.19 1.20 1.18 1.18 (0.84) 800,000
1100.00 97.50 Transgrid 445.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 12.36 20
0.620 0.056 Wellex Industries 0.3500 0.3600 0.3450 0.3450 (1.43) 2,450,000 (51,750.00)
1.370 0.178 Zeus Holdings 0.500 0.510 0.500 0.500 0.00 1,337,000
P R O P E R T Y
39.00 11.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 39.95 39.45 35.05 39.45 (1.25) 1,100
2.82 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 0.00 20,000
0.218 0.150 Arthaland Corp. 0.164 0.164 0.164 0.164 0.00 10,000
22.40 13.36 Ayala Land `B 21.90 22.00 21.00 21.90 0.00 11,240,600 49,903,780.00
6.12 3.08 Belle Corp. À 4.70 4.75 4.62 4.62 (1.70) 587,000 83,910.00
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.88 5.88 5.60 5.62 (4.42) 234,900
5.66 0.26 Century Property 1.43 1.47 1.42 1.45 1.40 902,000 (11,500.00)
2.85 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.42 2.48 2.20 2.48 2.48 141,000
1.65 1.07 Cityland Dev. À 1.16 1.23 1.23 1.23 6.03 1,000
0.127 0.060 Crown Equities Inc. 0.076 0.078 0.078 0.078 2.63 10,000
1.16 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.00 500,000 (15,800.00)
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.690 0.710 0.690 0.690 0.00 2,181,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.155 0.175 0.175 0.175 12.90 10,000
3.06 1.76 Global-Estate 1.70 1.71 1.68 1.70 0.00 667,000 (290,700.00)
1.35 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.20 1.20 1.18 1.19 (0.83) 36,736,000 (13,824,430.00)
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.12 1.10 1.06 1.06 (5.36) 65,000
2.48 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 1.93 1.97 1.93 1.97 2.07 50,844,000 23,218,320.00
0.80 0.215 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1860 0.1880 0.1810 0.1810 (2.69) 1,860,000 (1,840.00)
0.990 0.072 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6900 0.7000 0.6700 0.6800 (1.45) 5,397,000
0.71 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.490 0.490 0.490 0.490 0.00 110,000 (53,900.00)
38.10 12.50 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 14.62 14.60 14.58 14.58 (0.27) 2,000
4.77 1.80 Polar Property Holdings 3.90 3.97 3.80 3.97 1.79 239,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 16.62 16.70 16.00 16.00 (3.73) 1,320,800 (1,055,706.00)
Rockwell 3.12 3.18 3.08 3.08 (1.28) 85,000 3,120.00
2.70 1.74 Shang Properties Inc. 2.45 2.45 2.45 2.45 0.00 19,000
9.47 6.50 SM Development À 6.09 6.30 6.05 6.29 3.28 4,160,700 8,306,460.00
18.20 10.90 SM Prime Holdings 12.72 12.90 12.10 12.10 (4.87) 4,913,800 (14,760,984.00)
1.14 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.68 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.00 70,000
0.80 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.520 0.510 0.510 0.510 (1.92) 11,000
4.30 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.050 4.110 3.500 3.970 (1.98) 35,844,000 (98,973,550.00)
S E R V I C E S
2GO Group 1.90 1.80 1.80 1.80 (5.26) 12,000
43.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 35.00 35.50 34.90 34.90 (0.29) 3,700
14.76 1.60 Acesite Hotel 14.90 14.90 12.60 14.30 (4.03) 228,800 (453,058.00)
0.80 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.680 0.690 0.690 0.690 1.47 1,000
0.5300 0.0660 Boulevard Holdings 0.1430 0.1480 0.1410 0.1410 (1.40) 12,030,000
Calata Corp. 9.51 11.48 9.80 9.95 4.63 9,687,500 448,026.00
98.15 62.50 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 65.10 66.80 62.00 62.00 (4.76) 2,016,780 (86,254,178.50)
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 0.00 100
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 6.25 6.70 6.41 6.65 6.40 834,700 753,800.00
1270.00 825.00 Globe Telecom 1020.00 1045.00 990.00 1000.00 (1.96) 416,880 (157,396,635.00)
10.34 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.02 10.18 9.98 10.00 (0.20) 2,455,600
69.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 72.00 74.00 68.00 68.00 (5.56) 1,363,290 (36,966,768.50)
0.98 0.34 Information Capital Tech. 0.445 0.435 0.405 0.435 (2.25) 300,000
18.40 5.00 Imperial Res. À 8.70 8.52 8.50 8.50 (2.30) 1,100
6.00 4.00 IPeople Inc. À 5.25 5.28 5.25 5.25 0.00 20,500
4.29 2.20 IP Converge 4.19 4.25 4.17 4.21 0.48 547,000
34.50 0.123 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.042 0.048 0.042 0.045 7.14 1,052,800,000 (44,800.00)
3.87 1.16 IPVG Corp. 1.05 1.05 1.04 1.05 0.00 120,000 9,450.00
0.0760 0.040 Island Info 0.0520 0.0520 0.0500 0.0520 0.00 470,000
5.1900 2.900 ISM Communications 2.6100 2.6000 2.5500 2.5500 (2.30) 81,000
3.79 1.58 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.50 2.70 2.50 2.50 0.00 101,000
11.68 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 6.70 6.70 6.45 6.50 (2.99) 359,500 32,300.00
4.28 2.65 Liberty Telecom 2.80 2.78 2.70 2.78 (0.71) 84,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.85 2.85 2.80 2.80 (1.75) 65,000
3.00 1.00 Manila Jockey 2.10 2.19 2.10 2.10 0.00 1,016,000
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.10 7.00 7.00 7.00 14.75 6,200
21.00 17.20 Pacic Online Sys. Corp. 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 0.00 6,500
8.58 4.50 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.17 7.23 7.19 7.20 0.42 145,900
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 2.90 2.90 2.86 2.86 (1.38) 406,000 57,200.00
60.00 17.02 Phil. Seven Corp. 42.00 42.00 42.00 42.00 0.00 1,200 50,400.00
17.18 14.50 Philweb.Com Inc. 14.92 15.12 12.70 14.02 (6.03) 3,197,200 (3,392,998.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2350.00 2404.00 2302.00 2360.00 0.43 236,995 (87,430,510.00)
0.48 0.23 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.315 0.00 450,000
23.75 10.68 Puregold 25.80 26.40 24.60 24.95 (3.29) 2,060,100 (14,416,345.00)
Touch Solutions 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80 0.00 10,000
0.79 0.26 Waterfront Phils. 0.420 0.435 0.435 0.435 3.57 10,000
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0036 Abra Mining 0.0040 0.0040 0.0039 0.0039 (2.50) 39,000,000
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.30 17.30 17.16 17.18 (0.69) 471,300 (274,960.00)
31.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 29.90 29.90 29.90 29.90 0.00 1,000 (29,900.00)
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.250 0.245 0.245 0.245 (2.00) 120,000 (2,450.00)
30.35 15.00 Benguet Corp À 24.90 22.50 22.15 22.50 (9.64) 3,600
34.00 14.50 Benguet Corp `B 23.00 23.00 22.20 22.20 (3.48) 16,200 (337,000.00)
2.51 1.62 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.44 1.43 1.40 1.40 (2.78) 600,000
50.85 4.35 Dizon 30.60 32.00 30.05 30.05 (1.80) 309,300 60,100.00
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.68 0.70 0.67 0.68 0.00 780,000 2,010.00
1.82 0.5900 Lepanto À 1.400 1.410 1.380 1.380 (1.43) 22,409,000
2.070 0.6700 Lepanto `B 1.460 1.500 1.450 1.450 (0.68) 6,958,000 (2,210,010.00)
0.085 0.035 Manila Mining À 0.0650 0.0660 0.0650 0.0650 0.00 16,010,000
0.087 0.035 Manila Mining `B 0.0660 0.0650 0.0650 0.0650 (1.52) 20,690,000 (889,850.00)
34.80 15.04 Nickelasia 30.85 31.85 30.40 31.35 1.62 2,313,700 34,387,160.00
12.76 2.08 Nihao Mineral Resources 8.50 8.58 8.30 8.47 (0.35) 253,600 (138,908.00)
8.40 2.12 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.160 5.190 5.040 5.040 (2.33) 937,800 50,400.00
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0170 0.0170 0.0160 0.0160 (5.88) 12,700,000
0.033 0.013 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0180 0.0170 0.0170 0.0170 (5.56) 2,300,000
7.14 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 5.90 6.30 6.30 6.30 6.78 100
28.95 17.08 Philex À 23.85 24.00 22.50 22.50 (5.66) 3,750,000 (40,250,245.00)
14.18 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 37.10 37.60 36.00 36.00 (2.96) 709,400 (180,560.00)
0.058 0.013 Philodrill Corp. À 0.041 0.043 0.041 0.042 2.44 665,300,000 (723,000.00)
252.00 161.10 Semirara Corp. 216.00 220.00 200.00 200.00 (7.41) 804,550 (109,057,926.00)
0.029 0.013 United Paragon 0.0170 0.0180 0.0170 0.0180 5.88 217,300,000 1,273,300.00
PREFERRED
47.90 27.30 ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. 33.00 33.00 33.00 33.00 0.00 50,400 (1,663,200.00)
570.00 520.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 0.00 1,020
First Gen G 101.20 101.20 100.90 100.90 (0.30) 13,550
109.80 100.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 104.50 105.00 105.00 105.00 0.48 20
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.00 10.06 9.95 10.00 0.00 8,227,200 (22,031,418.00)
116.70 106.20 PCOR-Preferred 111.00 111.40 111.10 111.10 0.09 1,320
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 75.50 75.50 75.50 75.50 0.00 1,820
1050.00 990.00 SMPFC Preferred 1018.00 1020.00 1017.00 1017.00 (0.10) 6,035
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.35 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.98 (1.01) 910,000 345,000.00
TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 12,960,737 889,269,343.024
INDUSTRIAL 150,033,503 2,027,479,630.82
HOLDING FIRMS 105,270,922 1,533,123,057.42
PROPERTY 639,101,248 2,795,486,501.355
SERVICES 1,099,824,188 1,574,817,510.25
MINING & OIL 1,013,800,366 451,943,963.617
GRAND TOTAL 3,020,990,964 9,272,120,006.484
FINANCIAL 1,250.26 (down) 13.69
INDUSTRIAL 7,494.95 (down) 149.61
HOLDING FIRMS 4,251.03 (down) 82.32
PROPERTY 1,851.07 (down) 26.67
SERVICES 1,588.89 (down) 17.41
MINING & OIL 23,567.69 (down) 658.51
PSEI 4,930.63 (down) 90.22
All Shares Index 3,295.97 (down) 39.76
Gainers: 47; Losers: 100; Unchanged: 47; Total: 194
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Metro Pacic Tollways 7.00 14.75
Ever Gotesco 0.175 12.90
Transgrid 500.00 12.36
IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.045 7.14
Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.30 6.78
DFNN Inc. 6.65 6.40
Cityland Dev. À' 1.23 6.03
United Paragon 0.0180 5.88
Calata Corp. 9.95 4.63
F&J Prince 'A' 2.60 4.00
STOCKS Close
(P)
Change
(%)
Manchester Intl. "A" 1.66 (24.55)
Pacica À' 0.0450 (10.00)
Benguet Corp À' 22.50 (9.64)
Semirara Corp. 200.00 (7.41)
Aboitiz Equity 45.00 (6.25)
Philweb.Com Inc. 14.02 (6.03)
Oriental Pet. À' 0.0160 (5.88)
Manila Water Co. Inc. 23.00 (5.74)
Philex À' 22.50 (5.66)
Oriental Pet. `B' 0.0170 (5.56)
TOP GAI NERS TOP LOSERS
Campina closes Alaska Milk deal
STOCKS fell for the second straight
session Friday, as investors engaged in
prot-taking ahead of the Greek elections
whose outcome is expected to set the tone
of trading next week.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, shed 90 points, or
1.8 percent to close at 4,930.63.
All six counters ended in the red,
with mining and oil posting the
steepest decline of 2.7 percent.
The heavier index representing
all shares also fell 39 points, or
1.2 percent, to 3,295.97, as losers
outnumbered gainers, 100 to 47,
with another 47 issues unchanged.
Some P9.3 billion worth of shares
were traded Friday.
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.
was the most actively traded
stock. The stock dipped 6.3
percent to P45 while power
unit Aboitiz Power Corp. also
tumbled 2.3 percent to P31.80.
Megaworld Corp., a builder
of residential and ofce towers,
climbed 2.1 percent to P1.97.
The companys sales may
continue to rise this year as
the builder takes advantage of
demand for housing and ofce
space, president Andrew Tan said
in the companys annual report to
shareholders Friday.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., the nations
biggest phone company,
advanced 0.4 percent to
2,360 after chairman Manuel
Pangilinan said an agreement
may be reached this year to
acquire GMA Network Inc. He
said the acquisition may be done
through MediaQuest Holdings
Inc., a unit of Philippine Long
Distances retirement fund.
First-half prot at the phone
company may be slightly in
excess of P18 billion, Pangilinan
also said. GMA was down 0.2
percent to P10.
Meanwhile, Asian stock
markets rose Friday as investors
waded back into riskier assets
amid hopes that central banks
in the US and elsewhere were
gearing up for action to help their
beleaguered economies.
Jobs data out of the US
Thursday led investors to
speculate that the US Federal
Reserve was preparing to
pump more money into the
economy to breathe life into its
slackening recovery. The Labor
Department said unemployment
benet applications rose 6,000
to 386,000 last week, a sign that
hiring remains slow.
A bigger-than-expected
result for unemployment claims
and a benign ination reading
saw investors speculate the Fed
might conduct some easing to
spur growth, Stan Shamu of IG
Markets in Melbourne said in a
market commentary.
Japans Nikkei 225 index
rose 0.3 percent to 8,595.88.
Hong Kongs Hang Seng added
1.2 percent to 19,034.21 and
Australias S&P/ASX 200 rose
0.4 percent to 4,059.80. South
Koreas Kospi fell 0.6 percent
to 1,860.55 but benchmarks in
Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia
rose.
Analysts have said they
expect the Fed might renew
its Operation Twist program
under which it sells shorter-term
securities and buys longer-term
bonds to keep their rates down.
The current program expires at
the end of June.
The Fed has also done two
rounds of bond purchases to try
to lower long-term interest rates
and encourage borrowing and
spending.
Stocks in the US got a boost
late Thursday after a Reuters
report said major central banks
were preparing for coordinated
action if the results of Greek
elections on Sunday strain global
nancial markets.
Investors are on edge ahead
of Greeces election because
parties opposed to the terms of the
countrys nancial bailout could
take control of the government.
If that happens and the country
leaves the euro, many fear the
currency union could be torn apart
and European banks could fail.
With Bloomberg, AP
GSIS receives arrears. Government Service Insurance System president and general manager Robert
Vergara (second from left) receives a check for P4.2 million representing premium payment in arrears of
Metro Cotabato Water District from Bimbo Sinsuat (third from left), chairman of the board of the water
district. The amount covers premium payments of MCWD employees from June 1978 to March 1992.
Witnessing the event are GSIS VisMin Group senior vice president Dionisio Ebdane (left) and MCWD
general manager Deln Hilario.
By Lailany P. Gomez
ROYAL FrieslandCampina NV
of The Netherlands has closed
the tender offer for the remain-
ing publicly-held shares in Alas-
ka Milk Corp.
Alaska said in a disclosure
to the stock exchange Frie-
slandCampina now owns 97.7
percent of the milk companys
total outstanding capital stock.
It said the Alaska shares
publicly traded on the local
bourse were acquired by Frie-
slandCampina Investments
Holding Co. Philippines Inc. at a
price of P24 per share.
The remaining shares con-
sisted of 278 million common
shares representing 31.48 per-
cent of Alaska Milks issued and
outstanding common stock.
These shares, together with
the 60.5-percent interest ac-
quired in March this year from
the Uytengsu family, the found-
ers of Alaska, and the 8-percent
stake already held, mean that
FrieslandCampina now owns
97.7 percent of the companys
total outstanding capital stock,
it said.
FrieslandCampina had ear-
lier agreed to buy the Uytengsu
familys stake in Alaska for
$302 million. This increased the
Dutch rms stake in the local
milk company to 68.9 percent
from 8.1 percent.
The Dutch company would
pay the Uytengsu family P24 per
share for a total of P12.86 bil-
lion.
Alaska said after complying
with all formalities and regula-
tions, it would be delisted from
the local bourse.
NOTI CE OF EXTRAJ UDI CI AL
SETTL EMENT OF THE ESTATE OF
MARI A LOURDES S. ANCHETA
Notice is hereby given that
the estate of the late Maria
Lourdes S. Ancheta, who was
a resident of Blk A-6, Lot 5-C,
PH-2, Sta. Lucia, Magalang,
Pampanga and who di ed
on January 12, 2012, was
extrajudicially settled by her
heirs, Christopher A. Jimenez
and Kristine A. Jimenez, by
virtue of a Deed of Extrajudicial
Set t l ement execut ed on
January 30, 2012 in the City
of Makati and entered in the
notarial register of Notary
Public Rafael V. Recto, Jr.
as Doc. No. 142; Page No.
29; Book No. CXXVIII; Series
of 2012.
(MST-June 2, 9 & 16, 2012)

(MST-May 26, June 2, 9 & 16, 2012)
Department of Public Works and Highways
REGION XII
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cotabato City Sub-District Engineering Offce
008 Ramon H. Rabago Sr. St., Cotabato City
Telefax No.(064) 421-2206
I NVI TATI ON TO BI D
(MST-June 16, 2012)
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of Cotabato City Sub-
District Engineering Offce (CCSDEO), 008 Ramon Rabago Sr. Street, Cotabato
City, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to
bid for the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID: 12-MA-0044
Name of Project: Installation of Road Safety Devices & Regravelling
of Unpaved Shoulder along Awang-Upi-Lebak-
Kalamansig Road (Sultan Kudarat Boundary
Section)
Location: North Upi, Maguindanao
Brief Description: Installation of Road Safety Devices
Major items of Work: Items 201, 603(3A), 605, SPL-1 & SPL-2
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC): P 19,300,000.00
Contract Duration (CD): 100 cal. days
Cost of Bid Documents: P 20,000.00
Name of Project: Installation of Traffc Safety Devices at Cotabato City
Circumferential Road (Western Section) Km. 1849+-
(879) Km. 1588+565 w/ exception; Cotabato-Alla-
Marbel Road (Km. 1848+(-682) Km. 1852+011
w/ exception); & R. Rabago Street-De Mazenod
Ave.-ND Ave.-Quezon Ave. (Km. 1852+(-248) Km.
1853+474)
Location: Cotabato City
Brief Description: Installation of Traffc Safety Devices
Major items of Work: Items 603(3A), 605, SPL-1 & SPL-2
Contract (ABC): P 9,900,000.00
Name of Project: Repair/Maintenance of Flood Control & Drainage
Structures at Cotabato-Alla-Marbel Road (Km.
1848+539 Km. 1850+300 w/ exception)
Location: Cotabato City
Brief Description: Maintenance of Flood Control & Drainage Structures
Major items of Work: Items 101(a), 103(a), 104, SPL-1, SPL-2 & SPL-3
Contract (ABC): P 8,956,606.69
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) Prior Registration
with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation,
cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB License applicable to the type and cost
of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC
within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity (NFCC) at
least equal to ABC, or Credit Line Commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The
BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary
examination of bids.
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH
POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors' applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
June 27, 2012 at 4:00 P.M.
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents June 13, 2012 to June 27, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference June 19, 2012 at 10:00 A.M.
4. Receipt of Bids June 28, 2012 at 1:00 P.M.
5. Opening of Bids June 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at the Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of Cotabato City Sub-District Engineering Offce
(CCSDEO), 008 Ramon Rabago Sr. Street, Cotabato City, upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of (As Stated Above). Prospective bidders may also download the
BDs from the DPWH web site, if available. Prospective bidders that will download
the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their Bids Documents. Bids must accompanied by a Bid Security, in the amount
and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the Technical Component of the bid, which shall include a copy
of the CRC. The second envelope shall contain the Financial Component of the bid.
Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined
in the bid evaluation and post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of Cotabato City Sub-
District Engineering Offce (CCSDEO), 008 Ramon Rabago Sr. Street, Cotabato City
reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process
anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) EBRAHIM M. LANGEBAN
(BAC-Chairman)

(MST-June 16, 2012)
The City Government of Makati, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites suppliers/manufacturers/
distributors/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the hereunder projects:
NO. NAME OF PROJECT AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION LOCATION APPROVED BUDGET
1 Printing of Annual Report 2011 for the use of Urban
Development Department
UDD P2,550,000.00
Prospective Bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project with an amount of at least 50% of the
proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examinations of Bids shall use
non-discretionary "pass/fail criteria. Post-Qualifcation of the Lowest Calculated Bid shall be conducted.
All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding
Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions
of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows:
ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE
1. Pre-Bidding Conference at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor June 26, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
2. Opening of Bids at BAC Conference Room, 9th Floor July 10, 2012 (02:00 P.M.)
Bidding Documents will be available only to Prospective Bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount of
______________________to the City Government of Makati Cashier.
(fee for Bid Documents) (Procuring Entity)
The City Government of Makati assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for
(Procuring Entity)
any Expenses Incurred in the preparation of the bid.
The City of Makati reserves the right to disqualify any or all proposal, to waive any defects or informalities therein and
to accept such proposal as may be considered most advantageous to the Government.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MARJORIE A. DE VEYRA
Chairperson

Bids and Awards Committee
J.P. Rizal St. corner F. Zobel St., Makati City
Tel. No. 870-1000 Fax No. 899-8988
www.makati.gov.ph
INVITATION TO BID
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LUNGSOD NG MAKATI
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
ANNABELLE D. SANCHEZ
A warrant of arrest has been issued by the Regional Trial Court of Makati,
Branch 58 in Criminal Case No. 11-1443-44 for two counts of ESTAFA against
the person in this photo,
ANNABELLE DEMETRIA SANCHEZ
A reward will be given to any person who provides information leading to her arrest.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of ANNABELLE DEMETRIA SANCHEZ
may text or call Ayen at (0908) 1584054.
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B3
Govt seizes
P2.1b worth of
fake products
April remittances rose 5.3%
PH unemployment rate drops
PDIC starts paying depositors of Exportbank
PH-New Zealand relations. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. (right) welcomes
New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippines Reuben Levermore at the central banks head ofce, where
they discussed economic developments from the regional and global perspectives. New Zealand and the
Philippines are members of the association of central banks of Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Australia.
Both countries are also founding members of the Asia-Pacic Economic Cooperation.
By Elaine Ramos Alanguilan
CASH sent home through banks by Filipino
expatriates grew 5.3 percent year-on-year to
$1.7 billion in April, buoyed by the steady
global demand for skilled Filipino workers,
the Bangko Sentral said Friday.
Bangko Sentral reported that
if non-cash transfers would be
included in the tally, personal
remittances actually amounted
to $1.9 billion in April, up by 5.5
percent from a year ago.
The bank has revised its
remittance data to include non-
cash transfers and capture total
transactions in remittances in
compliance with the International
Monetary Funds balance of
payments and international
investment position manual
6th edition, which provides the
framework for the compilation
of the balance of payments.
The cash remittance growth
in April was faster than the 5.0-
percent expansion in March and
6.3-percent increase in April 2011.
This also brought total
remittances in the rst four
months to $6.5 billion, which is
5.4 percent higher than the year-
ago level.
Data showed the increase in
fund transfers was supported by
higher remittances from both
sea-based ($1.5 billion) and land-
based ($5 billion) workers, which
grew by 14.6 percent and 2.8
percent, respectively.
Remittance ows were
sustained by the steady demand
for Filipino workers abroad as
well as the expanded access
of overseas Filipinos and their
beneciaries to a diverse and
innovative range of nancial
products and services offered
by banks and other nancial
institutions, said the Bangko
Sentral.
Data showed personal
remittances, including cash and
non-cash transfers, expanded
5.6 percent year-on-year to $7.3
billion in the rst four months.
About 74.7 percent of the
personal remittances in January
to April consisted of transfers
from Filipino workers with work
contracts of one year or more
while about 23 percent came
from sea-based workers and
land-based workers with short-
term contracts.
Preliminary data obtained
from the Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration
indicated that workers classied
as new hires with processed
contracts and were awaiting
deployment rose 16.5 percent to
85,009 in January and February,
up from 72,941 in the same
period last year.
Approved job orders totaled
334,945 in the rst ve months,
of which 100,848 consisted
of processed job orders for
service, professional, technical,
production and related workers
and are intended for deployment
to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Taiwan,
Singapore and Hong Kong.
The Bangko Sentral also
attributed the increased inows
of remittances to the continued
expansion of banks presence
across the globe through tie-ups
established by local nancial
institutions with foreign and
local money transfer operators,
mobile phone service operators
and pawnshops.
By Bernadette Lunas
THE unemployment rate slightly
eased to 6.9 percent in April
from 7.2 percent a year earlier,
as the government stepped up
public spending and private
companies increased their
operating expenses.
The labor force survey of the
National Statistics Ofce showed
the number of jobless Filipinos
in April this year reached 2.803
million, down from 2.871
million in April 2011.
It appears that strong scal
spending led by the public
construction during the rst
quarter of year, up by 62.2
percent year-on-year, and the
24-percent increase in current
operation expenditures positively
impacted not just GDP [gross
domestic product] but also job
creation, said Citi Asia analyst
Jun Trinidad.
Trinidad said higher scal
spending during the period offset
the labor supply shock of the
seasonal graduation of thousands
of college students in March.
The NSO said the decrease in
the unemployment rate in April,
however, is not signicantly
different from the gure a year
ago.
The underemployment rate
in April also slightly dropped
to 19.3 percent, or 7.3 million,
from 19.4 percent a year ago, or
7.1 million last year.
The NSO data show that the
number of full-time and part-
time workers inched up to 93.1
percent, or 37.8 million, from
92.8 percent or 36.8 million in
the previous year.
Over 19 million, or 51.4
percent of the total employed, are
working in the services sector.
Regions with high employments
rates were recorded at Region
II or Cagayan Valley with 97.2
percent; Autonomous Regions in
Muslim Mindanao, 97.1 percent;
and Region IX or Zamboanga
Peninsula, 95.9 percent.
The National Capital Region
registered the lowest employment
rate among the 17 administrative
regions at 89.6 percent.
Of the estimated 62.8 million
population of 15 years old and
over in April, 40.6 million
were in the labor force, which
translates into 64.7-percent labor
participation rate in the country.
Laborers and unskilled workers
comprised the largest share of
employed individuals, making
up 33.2 percent, followed by
farmers, forestry workers and
shermen with a 14.7 percent
share.
By Julito G. Rada
GOVERNMENT agencies in charge of ghting
intellectual property piracy conscated P2.1
billion worth of counterfeit products in the
rst ve months, according to the Intellectual
Property Ofce of the Philippines.
Data obtained by Manila Standard on
Friday showed the Bureau of Customs
accounted for almost half of that amount, or
P1.1 billion.
The Optical Media Board came in second
with P540.7 million; National Bureau of
Investigation, P384.9 million and Philippine
National Police, P55.75 million. The IPOPhil
did not give comparative year-on-year gures.
IPOPhil director-general Ricardo
Blancaor said he was hoping the
governments continuing anti-piracy drive
would result in the countrys removal from
the watch list of the United States Trade
Representative.
Blancaor said the commitment of the
government in the area of enforcement was
manifested by the unprecedented conscation
of P8.4 billion worth of counterfeit and pirated
goods in 2011, which was 58.3 percent higher
than the 2010 gure of P5.3 billion.
The agency said the protection of
intellectual property rights remained a major
area of concern of the government, not only
because the Special 301 Review process
identies countries where IPR infringement
represents a barrier to trade, but more
so because the war against piracy and
counterfeiting is a war against poverty and
unemployment of most Filipinos.
He said the Philippines continued to
improve its legal and judicial framework to
ensure effective and speedy disposition of
IPR cases. The Special Rules on IP Litigation,
promulgated in October 2011, sought to
streamline the litigation process and to expedite
court procedures, which would ultimately
reduce the backlog of IP cases.
PHILIPPINE Deposit Insurance
Corp. said it will start paying
valid deposit insurance claims of
depositors of the shuttered Export
and Industry Bank on June 19.
It said it would make the
payouts in three batches.
The rst batch of the claims
settlement operations on June
19 will be conducted at the head
ofce and 12 other branches,
namely Bel-Air, Pasay Road,
Runo, Acropolis, Cubao-P.
Tuazon, Bian-Carmona,
Calamba, Angeles, Baguio
City, Dagupan, Cabanatuan and
Mabalacat.
The second batch starting
June 29 includes depositors of
12 branches: The Fort, Boni,
Bacolod City, Cagayan de Oro,
Cebu Plaridel, Cebu IT Park,
Cebu Business Park, Davao
Jacinto, Davao Recto, Iloilo, Imus
and San Pedro.
On July 11, the third batch of
payments will be at Annapolis-
Greenhils, Greenhills-Ortigas,
Ayala Alabang, Las Pias,
Banawe, Del Monte, E. Rodriguez,
Roosevelt, Timog, Binondo,
Juan Luna, Masangkay, Sto.
Cristo, Tutuban, UN Avenue, BF
Homes, Naia, Emerald Avenue,
San Miguel Avenue, Kalookan,
LRT Monumento, Valenzuela,
Malabon, Navotas and H.V. dela
Costa.
PDIC will start issuing priority
numbers to insured depositors on
June 18 for the rst batch, June 28
for the second batch and July 10
for the third batch at the designated
claims payout sites. The priority
number corresponds to a specic
appointment date when PDIC
representatives will service the
claims of depositors. This is to
ensure an orderly CSO. PDIC will
post the schedule of appointment
dates in the banks premises and at
the PDIC Web site.
Depositors who maintain
only one account with EIB,
or in the form of Automated
Teller Machine accounts, are not
required to le deposit insurance
claims regardless of amount of
deposit. All they need to do is
to secure a printout of the ATM
balance conrmation receipt from
the designated EIB ATM sites
during the payout periods.
Elaine Ramos Alanguilan
Department of Public Works and Highways
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING
Davao del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
(MST-June 16, 2012)
The DPWH, Davao del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita, Davao
del Sur through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply
to bid for the following contract:
1. Contract D # : 12LE0015
Contract Name : Repair/Rehab of Protection Works
Contract Location : Pamana, Malita
Brief Description : Repair/Rehab. of Protection Works
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Php 9,257,347.29
Contract Duration : 159 CD
Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in
accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of ntent (LO) and must
meet the following major criteria: a) prior registration with DPWH. (b) Filipino citizen
or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture with
PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (c) completion of a
similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (d)
Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment
for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the
eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. The BAC will receive LO upon
payment of a non-refundable fee of (N/A).
Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the
DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The DPWH
POCW-Central Offce will only process contractor's applications for registration, with
complete requirements, and issue the Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.qov.ph.
The signifcant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
1. ssuance and Availability of Bidding
Documents
From: June 13-July 2, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00AM- June 20, 2012
3. Receipt of LOs from Prospective
Bidders
Deadline: 5:00 PM of June 27, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 2:00 PM of JULY 2, 2012
5. Opening of Bids Jul y 2, 2012 @ 2:00 oclock in the
afternoon.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at DPWH, Malita,
Davao del Sur, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Ten thousand pesos (Php
10,000.00). Prospective bidders may likewise download the Bidding Documents
(BDs), if available, from the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download
the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission
of their bids documents. Bid must accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and
acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised RR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the
eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the fnancial component
of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as
determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualifcation.
The DPWH, Davao del Sur 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Buhangin, Malita reserves
the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime
before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.
(Sgd.) JOSEPHINE C. VALDEZ
BAC Chairman
DPWH, Davao del Sur 2
nd
DEO
Buhangin, Malita, Davao del Sur
8012
NOTED:
(Sgd.) NOE V. PLACER
District Engineer
FOR AND N THE ABSENCE
OF THE DSTRCT ENGNEER;
(Sgd.) RODRIGO C. LARETE
OC-Asst. District Engineer
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLC WORKS AND HGHWAYS
Saudi Fund f or Devel opment
Project Management Offce
2
nd
Street, Port Area, Manila
(MST-June 16, 2012)
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines has received Loan No. 1/433 from the Saudi
Fund for Development (SFD) to party fnance the cost of the Mindanao Roads mprovement
Project (MRP) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and it is intended
that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under contract for
which this nvitation to Bid is issued to the following projects:
1. Contract D : 2Z00056
Contract Name : Contract Package 2A-New: Const./lmpvt. of Lake Lanao
Circumferential Road, Marawi - Masiu - Bayang Road
Section, Sta. 1570+005 - Sta. 1617+662 (with exeptions)
Contract Location : Marawi City and Municipalities of Masiu and Bayang, Province
of Lanao del Sur
Brief Description : Construction of 14.50 kms. Road (2.34 km New PCCP
and 12.15 kms. Removal of deteriorated PCCP including
Drainage & Miscellaneous Structures
Contract Duration : 600 Calendar Days
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 421,589,845.40
2. Contract D : 2Z00057
Contract Name : Contract Package 2B-New: Const./lmpvt. of Lake Lanao
Circumferential Road, Bayang-Ganassi and Pualas Road
Section, Sta. 1617+662 to Sta. 1634+153.005 (with
exeptions)
Contract Location : Municipalities of Bayang, Ganassi and Pualas, Province of
Lanao del Sur
Brief Description : Construction of 15.366 kms. Road (6.428 kms New PCCP
and 9.118 kms Removal of deteriorated PCCP including
Drainage & Miscellaneous Structures
Contract Duration : 600 Calendar Days
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 420,354,844.70
The DPWH invites contractors for Roads to submit bids for the construction of said projects.
Saudi Arabian contractors-applicants should be licensed in the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and certifed by their embassy/consulates in the country. Local contractors should be classifed
and registered with the nter-Agency Committee on Registration and Classifcation of Contractors
as Large "B for Roads and Bridges and holding Philippines Contractors Accreditation Board
(PCAB) "AAA License and SO 9000 Certifed. Further, local contractors are required to register
in the DPWH Civil Works Registry prior to the set schedule of submission of bid while those
already registered shall keep their records current and updated.
The DPWH Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) will conduct Competitive Bidding (CB) in
accordance with the Revised RR of R.A. 9184 and SFD Procurement Guidelines. The contract
shall be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bidder (LCRB) who was determined
as such during the post-qualifcation.
To be eligible to bid for this contract, a contractor must meet the following major criteria:
a) Contractor who have completed similar contracts for road construction (PCCP), (b) completed
project in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with good standing performance
(c) Contractor with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this project, (d) completion
with 10 yrs. from the date of submission and receipt of a single project contract/s similar to the
project costing at least 50% of the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC), and (e) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity of a least equal to the ABC, or Credit Line Commitment/Cash Deposit
Certifcate for at least 10% of the ABC. The DPWH will use nondiscretionary pass/fail criteria
in the eligibility check, preliminary examination of bids, evaluation of bids, post-qualifcation
and awards. The bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 2% of ABC and shall be in
a form set forth in Clause 17.2 of nstruction to Bidders (TB) acceptable to DPWH and SFD.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents (BD's) may be purchased by interested bidders at Central
Procurement Offce, 5
th
Floor, DPWH Building, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila upon payment
of a non-refundable fee in the amount of Php 50,000.00.
t may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government
Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided
that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the set deadline for
the submission of bids.
The signifcant times and deadline of procurement activities for both contract packages are
shown below:
Activity No. of Days Date
1. Site Visit 2 June 21-22, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 1 June 26, 2012 at 9:00 A.M.
3. Bid Submission and Opening 1 July 17, 2012

Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BD's in
two (2) separate sealed bid envelops to the BAC Chairman. The frst envelop shall contain
the technical component of the bid which shall include the post qualifcation statement. The
second envelop shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualifcation.
The address referenced to above is:
The Chairman
Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for Civil Works
5
th
Floor, DPWH Bldg., Bonifacio Drive
Port Area, Manila
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to accept or reject any bid,
to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) JAIME A. PACANAN, Ph.D. CESO
Undersecretary
BAC Chairman for Civil Works
INVITATION TO BID FOR SUPPLY OF TABLET CHAIRS, TEACHERS TABLES & CHAIRS
(MST-June 16, 2012)
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Bids & Awards Committee
Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila
Tel. No. 716-7832 loc. 397
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines, through its GOP Funds chargeable
against the Equipment Outlay (Fund 164) intends to apply the sum of Two Million
Five Hundred Twelve Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php 2,512,250.00)
being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for
Supply of Tablet Chairs, Teachers Tables and Chairs. Bids received in excess of
the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines now invites bids for the Supply of Tablet
Chairs, Teachers Tables and Chairs. Bidders should have completed, within three
years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project.
The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly,
in Section , nstructions to Bidders.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a
non-discretionary "pass/fail criterion as specifed in the mplementing Rules and
Regulations (RR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the "Government
Procurement Reform Act.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organiza-
tions with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging
to citizens of the Philippines, and to citizens or organizations of a country the laws or
regulations of which grant similar rights or privileges to Filipino citizens, pursuant to
RA 5183 and subject to Commonwealth Act 138.
nterested bidders may obtain further information from the Polytechnic University of
the Philippines and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below during
8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Acomplete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on June
13 to July 02, 2012 from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of fve thousand pesos (Php 5,000.00).
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on June
20, 2:00 pm at Dr. Mateo Conference Room, 2
nd
foor, South Wing, Main Building,
Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila which shall be open only to all interested parties
who have purchased the Bidding Documents.
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before July 02, 9:30 am. All Bids
must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the
amount stated in ITB Clause.
Bid opening shall be on July 02, 10:00 am at Dr. Mateo Conference Room. Bids will
be opened in the presence of the Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at
the said venue. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines reserves the right to accept or reject any
bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
Engr. Antonio Y. Velasco
Bids and Awards Committee
3
rd
foor, South Wing, Main Building, Mabini Campus, Sta. Mesa, Manila
716-7832 local 397
713-1488
Approved by:
(Sgd) Atty. Estelita Wi-Dela Rosa
Chairman
(MST-June 16, 2012)
Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila 1018, Philippines, P.O. Box 436, Manila, Philippines
Tel. No. (0632) 527-8356, Fax No. (0632) 527-4855, http://www.ppa.com.ph
VISION
By 2010, PPAshall have met the international standards in
port facilities and services in at least ten (10) ports in support
of national development.
MISSION
Wecommit toprovidereliableandresponsiveservicesinour ports,
sustaindevelopment of ourport communitiesandtheenvironment,
and be a model corporate agency of the government
JUNE 15, 2012
PPA MEMORANDUM CRCULAR
NO. 07 -2012
T O : The Port District Manager, PDO-Manila/Northern Luzon
The Port Manager, PMO South Harbor
The Offcer-n-Charge, MCT
nternational Container Terminal Services, nc. (CTS)
Asian Terminal, nc. (AT)
Cargo Owners/Brokers/Shipping Lines
And Other Port Users Concerned
SUBJECT : Cost-Recovery Adjustment on Cargo-Related Charges for Foreign Containerized
and Non-Containerized Cargoes at South Harbor and Manila nternational
Container Terminal
Pursuant to Board Resolution No. 2279 dated June 11, 2012, the cargo-related (arrastre) tariff on
international containerized and non-containerized cargoes at South Harbor and the Manila nternational
Container Terminal (MCT) are hereby adjusted, as follows:
1
st
Tranche - Eight (8%) percent increase on the present rate to take effect 30 days after
publication of this Circular; and
2
nd
Tranche - Seven (7%) percent increase or a total of 15% increase over previous tariff and
not compounded, to be effective six (6) months after the frst tranche.
This Memorandum Circular shall take effect 30 days after publication in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.
(Sgd.) JUAN C. STA. ANA
General Manager
B4
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
IN BRIEF
Toshiba adopts Batad rice terraces
By Dexter A. See

BANAUEThe subsidiary of global technology
leader, Toshiba, based in Laguna, has adopted Batad
rice terraces in Ifugao to spur the production of
heirloom rice from 1.7 to 2.3 metric tons per hectare.
The Toshiba Information Equipment
Philippines Inc., located at the Special
Processing Zone in Bian City, partnered
with the Ifugao provincial government to
enable planters to keep on growing the
native tinawon, which gives the terraces
its scenic panorama that foreign and local
visitors have long admired.
TIEP executive vice president Isao
Morita along with vice presidents
Hirofumi Sato and Nobuyuki Inukubo
led about 50 ofcers and employees
to launch the Adopt-a-Rice Terrace
Program here.
Ifugao tourism ofcer Marietta
Hangdaan said the Japanese
contribution was timely and generous.
The program aims to assist the
farmers for them to continue to tilling
the terraces, she said.
Hangdaan said the joint undertaking
vowed to support the restoration
of the abandoned and damaged rice
terraces, explore avenues for rural and
urban interaction and create awareness
both local and international on the
importance of the culture passed on to
generations by the Ifugao ancestors.
Ifugao Gov. Eugene Baguilat
admitted that nurturing the staple of
the highlanders was crucial because
growing tinawon has remained a major
source of income in the province.
He thanked Toshiba for sending
its Environmental Group headed by
Engineer Justine Ann Ebora to inspect
the villages of Batad and Viewpoint for
the program with Barangay Chairman
Romeo Heppog as guide.
The clustered terraces that were
adopted belonged to Inyuya Chog-ap,
Jose Pahigon, Moises Ambojnon and
David Chuccar all in Batad along with
Maximo Aguian of Viewpoint.
The Toshiba group donated tools and
implements plus P20,000 assistance each
to the terrace owners at the inauguration
attended by the townsfolk, local
executives and staff joined by pupils of
Banaue Central School.
Noah saves lives
WITH the onset of the typhoon season, mobile
phone leader Smart Communications Inc. has
stepped up its support for the governments
disaster preparedness campaign.
The rm has partnered with Project Noah of
the Department of Science and Technology to
monitor 18 major river basins.
Smart and Sun Cellular have allowed the
DOST to install automated rain gauges in 600
of their cell sites in an agreement signed last
March.
Our network services will also be used
to transmit weather data for analysis and
formulation of DOSTs ood warning system,
said Mon Isberto, Smart spokesman.
Meanwhile, PAGASA has set up 63 automated
rain gauges in Smart cellsites under a separate
co-location agreement in 2011, starting with
Montalban, Rizal, following the destructive
typhoon Ondoy in 2009.
Gauges were put up in Mindanao after
typhoon Sendong along with disaster-prone
sections of Western Visayas.
Together with the Corporate Network for
Disaster Response, Smart hosts training of city
ofcials in Marikina, Dumaguete, Bacolod and
Cagayan De Oro to help formulate contingency
plans and organize ood drills.
Quezons honor roll
LUCENA CITYGovernor David Suarez
heads the panel to screen nominees to the 30th
Annual Quezon Medalya ng Karangalan Gawad
Parangal.
The award recognizes achievements in various
elds in honor of the late President Manuel L.
Quezon, whose vision and leadership continue
to guide the nation in the spirit of freedom and
service to country.
The search hopes to inspire the public to
contribute to the building of a just, humane,
and better society to every Filipino, he said in
a statement.
For nomination and other details, contact the
Secretariat c/o Provincial Tourism Ofce, 2nd
Floor, East Wing Quezon Convention Center
on landline (042)373-7510 or log on to <www.
quezon.gov.ph/qmk>. Deadline for submission
is on July 2, 2012.
Joining Suarez in the search committee are
chairman, lawyer Vicente Joyas (Governor of
the Integrated Bar of the Philippines for South
Luzon), co-chairman Bishop Emilio Marquez
of the Diocese of Lucena. Benjie A. Antioquia
Work in progress. Antipolo City Mayor Nilo Leyble (left) and
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo discuss human resource programs
of the local goverment to expand job opportunities at the
groundbreaking for the Technical and Skills Center of Dalig National
High School in Barangay Dalig.
By Macon Ramos Araneta
ONLY 49 of 118 local government units in the Au-
tonomous Muslim Mindanao Region have com-
plied with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Vice
President Jejomar Binay said on Friday.
Binay, also Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Coordinating Council chairman, signed
an agreement with ARMM OIC Gov. Mujiv
Hataman for technical assistance on the CLUP
Cluster Planning Program at the Royal Man-
daya Hotel in Davao City.
We are extending our hand to help the
LGUs of ARMM assess their needs opposite
their resources, strategically plan for their
communities, prioritize projects and turn these
into investment opportunities, he said.
At least 97 Transfer of Certicate of Titles
were given to beneciaries of the Social Hous-
ing Finance Corporations under the Commu-
nity Mortgage Program.
Binay said the housing shortage is under-
scored by the presence of than 633,200 illegal
settler families.
The land use plan indicates zoning in the lo-
cality to x areas for residences, business and
industry, food production, environmental pro-
tection, among other purposes.
The Memorandum of Understanding that Governor
Hataman and I signed signal our mutual commitment
to pursue real urban de-
velopment, Binay told
ARMM executives who
witnessed the signing.
He said Housing and
Land Use Regulatory
Board would tap eld
ofces in targetting
zero backlog alongside
livelihood, employ-
ment, health, and other
programs of the nation-
al government.
Eric B. Apolonio
Binay, Hataman sign pact
on comprehensive land use

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