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Still, PH hopes China will be receptive to code of conduct
Day of mourning for Dolphy eyed
Pidols death
brings to fore
a colorful life
Probe of terminal
fee issue pressed
Coalition
for nations
interest
Belmonte
Jobs mismatch to intensify global war for talent
Order to stop
fixed drivers
pay recalled
Abu Sayyaf
ambush kills
6, wounds 11
Up close and personal. US Sec-
retary of State Hillary Clinton greets
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del
Rosario during the Asean ministerial
meeting in Phnom Penh.
Tribute to the King. Friends and relatives took turns paying tribute to Comedy King Dolphy during the
wake at the Dolphy Theatre inside the ABS-CBN building in Quezon City. DANNY PATA
Comic relief. Dolphy doffs his hat to say
goodbye.
Jampacked world. Overpopulation has unleashed a global com-
petition among companies for skilled workers. UN PHOTO
MALACAANG said Wednesday it will study
the proposals to declare a national day of mourn-
ing for the late comedian Dolphy, who was born
Rodolfo Vera Quizon.
That will have to be discussed with the Presi-
dent, deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail
Valte said.
Hes already aware of several proposals to that
effect. It will have to undergo discussion.
Valte said President Benigno Aquino III also
intended to visit Dolphys wake to pay his last
respects.
The meetings, which were supposed
to start early Wednesday but were later
held in the afternoon, were marked by
heated discussion among the Asean
members, particularly between the
Philippines and Vietnam on one side,
and the countries allied with China in-
cluding host Cambodia, on the other.
Reports from Cambodia also indi-
cated that the foreign ministers were
arguing whether to include in the COC
specics of the disputes between China
and the Philippines, and between China
and Vietnam.
The discussion was actually a stark
deance of an earlier statement from
China, which warned the Asean nations
not to discuss territorial disputes dur-
ing security meetings.
By making the warning, Beijing also
rebuffed US Secretary of State Hillary
Clintons earlier wish to discuss the issue
on the South China Sea (West Philippines
Sea), which she described as critical.
The Asean meetings are not an
appropriate venue for discussing the
South China Sea, Chinas Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said.
China has insisted that when the
time is ripe, it will consider adopting
a code of conduct based on building
mutual trust and deepening coopera-
tion, but not one that settles the ter-
ritorial disputes, which it wants to
discuss with the concerned countries
separately.
By Sara Susanne Fabunan
THE worlds population exceed-
ed the seven-billion mark this
week, and the global war for
talent would escalate because of
the mismatch between job seek-
ers and job openings, the Interna-
tional Labor Organization said on
Wednesday.
ILO skills specialist Olga Stri-
etska-Lina said the number of job
seekers would swell to 210 mil-
lion by the year 2016, but nding
the right skills at the right time
would become increasingly dif-
cult because of factors such as the
declining working-age popula-
tion, the fast pace of technologi-
cal change, and the keen competi-
tion in emerging markets.
Even in times of crisis, when
the pool of available skills is
large, businesses fail to nd the
talent they need because of a
mismatch in skills supply and de-
mand, Sstrietska-Lina said.
The United Nations marked
the annual World Population
Day on July 11 to raise aware-
ness of global population issues.
It was inspired by public interest
on Five Billion Day on July 11,
1987, when the worlds popula-
tion reached ve billion people.
The Manpower Group survey
showed that a third of the employ-
ers in 41 countries had difculty
lling job positions because they
could not nd candidates with the
necessary skills. To bridge the
skills mismatch, the developing
countries are looking for skilled
manpower from countries like the
Philippines.
Strietska-Lina said the Philip-
pines must provide education and
training to its workers in various
elds. Countries must heed ILOs
call to revise school curricula and
structure training to make skills
relevant to todays and tomor-
rows world of work.
Programs need to be closely
linked to labor market require-
ments to ensure that young people
have the skills they need to enter
the marketplace, Strietska-Lina
said.
In the Philippines, the unem-
ployment rate dropped from an
estimated 13.8 million people in
the rst quarter this year to 10.9
million in the second quarter, ac-
cording to press reports quoting the
Social Weather Station. The Philip-
pines population was estimated at
94 million in 2010.
By Maricel V. Cruz
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Bel-
monte Jr. on Wednesday defend-
ed the Liberal Partys decision to
ally with other political parties in
preparation for next years mid-
term polls, saying there are no
permanent enemies, only perma-
nent interests.
We cannot be enemies for-
ever, Belmonte said, appar-
ently referring to the Naciona-
lista Party which had agreed to
merge with the LP for a unied
senatorial slate for 2013.
The NP is led by Senator
Manny Villar, who lost to then
Senator Benigno Aquino III in
the 2010 presidential elections.
The best interests of the
country will be served well by
this coalition, Belmonte said.
By Isah V. Red
HIS death wasnt surprising. In fact, it had
been anticipated since he was taken to the
Makati Medical Center about a month ago for
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His
physical condition had deteriorated, but now
and then he would show signs of responding
to medical treatment.
But on Tuesday
evening, a day
after Eric Quizon,
one of his 18
children, said
By Christine F. Herrera
LAWMAKERS on Wednesday urged President
Benigno Aquino III to compel his Cabinet of-
cials to explain why not one of the needed 692
re trucks had been bought and where the bil-
lions collected in airport terminal fees had gone
in the last two years.
Agham Rep. Angelo Reyes and Antipolo
City Rep. Romeo Acop joined Bayan Muna
Rep. Teddy Casio in demanding an explana-
tion of why the countrys premier airports re-
mained decrepit and lacked reghting equip-
ment when the Civil Aviation Authority had
reported savings of P13.7 billion.
They also wanted Interior Secretary Jesse Ro-
bredo to explain why he rushed the approval of
a P1.33-billion loan contract from the Austrian
government for 76 Mercedes Benz Rosenbuer
re trucks that the previous administration had
rejected as being onerous and anomalous.
The three lawmakers separately led resolutions
SUSPECTED Muslim mili-
tants ambushed a truckload of
rubber plantation laborers in
Sumisip, Basilan, on Wednes-
day, killing six and wounding
22 following a day of ghting
in which eight soldiers were
wounded, ofcials said.
The Army commander on the
island, the militants stronghold,
blamed the al-Qaida-linked Abu
Sayyaf rebels for the violence,
which came despite efforts by
US-trained Philippine forces to
put an end to decades of bomb-
ings and ransom kidnappings by
the extremists.
Col. Arthur Ang said the
ambush targeted workers from
a rubber plantation that refused
to pay the militants extortion
demands.
By Rey E. Requejo
THE Supreme Court on
Wednesday recalled its order to
stop the government from x-
ing the salaries of bus drivers
and conductors, and just a day
after announcing the order.
In a special session Wednes-
day, the justices voted to take
back the status quo ante order
that they issued on Tuesday to
stop the Labor Department and
the Land Transportation Fran-
chising and Regulatory Board
from implementing a new salary
scheme pending the resolution
of the case. That would have al-
lowed bus companies to contin-
ue paying their drivers and con-
ductors on a commission basis,
an arrangement that the govern-
ment blames for the high rate of
accidents involving buses.
Wednesdays decision
would allow the government to
compel bus companies to pay
straight salaries to their driv-
ers and conductors, said Court
Tension marks Asean
gab over sea disputes
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She deferred to the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the
Philippines in so far as the proposals to confer the
National Artist Award on Dolphy was concerned.
She said the NCCA and the CCP would de-
nitely take into consideration the strong clamor to
have the award conferred on him.
They dont live under a rock. They know all
these statements of support, Valte said.
Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Cubao Bish-
op Honesto Ongtioco, Sorsogon Bishop Arturo
Bastes, and Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles
sent their condolences.
We thank God for the gift of Dolphy... Lag-
dameo said.
Vice President Jejomar Binay, The House of Rep-
resentatives, Senators Manuel Villar, Miriam Defen-
sor Santiago, Aquilino Pimentel III, Pia Cayetano,
Loren Legarda, Bong Revilla, Manila Mayor Alfredo
Lim and Vice Mayor Isko Moreno, Taguig Mayor
Lani Cayetano, Las Pias Mayor Vergel Aguilar, and
former actress and now Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado-
Revilla also sent their condolences.
Dolphy rose from humble beginnings to be-
come one of the pillars not only of the entertain-
ment industry but also of Philippine arts and cul-
ture, Binay said.
I join the whole country in mourning his pass-
ing, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said.
It will take generations before the could be an-
other Dolphy, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said.
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DESPITE agreeing on a workable Code of Con-
duct that the members of the Association of South-
east Asian Nations intend to discuss with China,
tension still pervades over the week-long 45th
Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh.
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The Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), through its Corporate Budget for the Calendar
Year 2012, intends to apply the sum of a Total of Nineteen Million Twenty Thousand
Pesos Only (Php19,020,000.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)
to payments under the aforementioned contract/s. Bids received in excess of the ABC
shall be automatically rejected at bid opening. Delivery period is required on or before
30 calendar days upon receipt of Purchase Order.
LRTA now invites bids from Interested Bidders with the following details:
Item
No.
Description
Approved Budget
for the Contract
(ABC)
Bid Security:
Cash/CC-MC
Bank draft/
guarantee
or ILC
(2%)*
Security:
Surety bond
(5%)*
Cost of Bid
Documents
1. 222 units Desktop Computers Php13,320,000.00 Php266,400.00 Php666,000.00
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TOTAL Php19,020,000.00 Php380,400.00 Php951,000.00 Php15,500.00
*Only those issued by universal or commercial banks
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using a non-
discretionary pass/fail criterion as specifed in the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations (R-IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as the Government
Procurement Reform Act.Specifcally, the procedures laid down in Section 30.3 of the
Revised IRR on TWO-STAGE BIDDING will govern for this purpose.
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock
belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders
commencing on July 12, 2012 until not later than the deadline for the submission
and receipt of bids at the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for
the Bidding Documents in the amount specifed above.
Only prospective bidders who have secured bidding documents will be allowed to
participate in the Pre-Bid Conference.
Submission and Opening of Bids will publicly be opened in the presence of the
Bidders authorized representatives who choose to attend. Late bids shall not be
accepted. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable
forms and in the amount stated in theInstructions to Bidders and the Bid Data Sheet.
LRTA reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, 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:
Mr. Eduardo A. Abiva
Head, BAC Secretariat
Administration Bldg., LRTA Cmpd.,Aurora Blvd.Tramo, Pasay City
Tel. No. 853-0041 50 loc. 8314
Email Address: bacsec_LRTA@yahoo.com
Facsimile No. 551-5946
Mr. LUTGARDO C. NAVARRO
Chairman, Bids & Awards Committee
(MST-JULY 12, 2012)
Day...
He was loved by many not only because he could make people
laugh but because he connected with them as a person. Zambales
Rep. Milagros Magsaysay said.
Dolphy as a national artist must never be considered a debatable is-
sue, Bagong Henerasyon party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy said.
Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone led House Bill 6392 declaring
July 10 as Dolphying Day, and Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo
said Dolphy was an outstanding comedian and entertainer. Joyce
Pangco Paares, Vito Barcelo, Sara Susanne D. Fabunan, Maricel
V. Cruz, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Ferdinand Fabella
Order...
spokeswoman Maria Victoria
Gleoresty Guerra. She said the
justices opted to take back their
order until they had considered
comments from the Labor De-
partment and the franchising
board.
Guerra denied the Court was
ip-opping and said the jus-
tices simply wanted to hear
both sides in the case.
She described Wednesdays
action as a deferment and
said it was acting Chief Justice
Antonio Carpio who called for
the special session.
Guerra said Tuesday the jus-
tices had agreed in a full-court
session that there was a legal
basis and an urgency to grant
the temporary relief sought by
several bus rms last week.
She said the status quo ante or-
der would have the same effect as
a temporary restraining order.
The Court also asked the La-
bor Department and the fran-
chising board to answer the
petition against the new salary
scheme led by the Provincial
Bus Operators Association of
the Philippines, Southern Lu-
zon Bus Operators Association
Inc., Inter-city Bus Operators
Association, and the City of San
Jose Del Monte Bus Operators
Association.
In their petition led July 4,
the bus companies said the new
salary scheme violated the Con-
stitution by compelling them to
abandon practices that had not
been prohibited by law.
They argued that such ar-
rangements had been in place
for a long time. Aside from giv-
ing bus drivers and conductors
xed salaries not lower than the
applicable minimum wage rate,
the new government regula-
tion also tasked bus operators
to provide them with 12 regu-
lar holidays with pay, one rest
day a week, overtime pay, night
shift pay and 13-month pay.
Drivers and conductors are
also entitled to the normal eight
hours of work a day, the right to
security of tenure and self orga-
nization .
Pidols...
his father seemed to be getting
better, Dolphy died. The hospital
declared his death at 8:35 p.m.,
saying the cause of death was car-
diac arrest due to multiple organ
failure. Eric was in Bataan direct-
ing a show that was being taped
for TV5, so he had to rush back to
Manila to be near his father after
he heard the news.
Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. left
15 days before he turned 84. He
was born on July 25, 1928 on P.
Herrera St. (Calle Padre Herrera)
in Tondo, Manila, to Melencio
Espinosa-Quizon, a ship me-
chanic, and Salud Vera Quizon,
a home-based tailor. He was the
second of 10 children.
He was 13 years when World
War II started. He did odd jobs in-
cluding shining shoes, attaching
buttons to pants in a factory, ar-
ranging bottles according to size,
and driving a one-horse buggy.
At 17 he became a chorus dancer
at the Avenue Theater, and then lat-
er at the Lyric Theater and Orient
Theater. At 19 he was in the mov-
ies, rst with Fernando Poe Sr. in
Dugo at Bayan (I Remember Bata-
an), and later on the radio.
He joined Sampaguita Pictures
after the war. His rst movie there
was Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita,
with Pancho Magalona and Tita
Duran. It was also at Sampaguita
were the comedy duo of Dolphy
and Panchito became popular.
Dolphy became famous for play-
ing gay roles after he was typecast in
Jack en Jill with Rogelio de la Rosa
and Lolita Rodriguez in 1954. This
was followed by movies adapted
from the komiks written by Mars
Ravelo like Silveria, Captain Barbell
and Facica Falayfay.
After leaving Sampaguita, he
was taken in by Geny Lopez to
ABS-CBN where he starred in
Buhay Artista, which was made
into a movie with Panchito, Susan
Roces and Ronaldo Valdez under
RVQ Productions. The company
would be producing many other
movies all starring Dolphy and
various leading ladies.
But it was in 1971 when he
became more popular as John
Puruntong in the sitcom John
en Marsha on RPN Channel 9,
which was being written and di-
rected by Ading Fernando. He
would have starred in more com-
edy shows despite the decline of
the genre on local TV, but his fail-
ing health became a deterrent to
his comic proclivity.
Dolphy moved to Manny V.
Pangilinans TV5 and starred in
Idol si Pidol and Pidols Wonder-
land, but his failing health would
make him unavailable most of the
time. He was also in Father Jeje-
mon in 2010 for the MetroManila
Film Festival that won for him a
Best Actor award.
Dolphy was known to be a leg-
endary lothario with a string of
relationships. His known affairs
totaled six, starting with Engracia
Dominguez and ending with Zsa
Zsa Padilla. He also cohabited with
actresses Alma Moreno and Pilar
Pilapil. No, he never married any
of the women he got tangled with,
but he had children with them ex-
cept for Lotis Key, who now lives
in the United States.
For over 60 years he pos-
sessed the biggest award this
country had to offer: the uncon-
ditional love of the Filipino peo-
ple, Key said.
In November 2010 President
Benigno Aquino III conferred the
Grand Collar of the Order of the
Golden Heart to Dolphythe
highest award given to a private cit-
izen by the President of the Philip-
pinesfor his contributions to the
entertainment industry and for his
charitable and philanthropic work.
It seemed that most people
couldnt believe Dolphy was
dead, but the realization he
was gone set in only when Eric
Quizon talked to reporters around
10:30 p.m. on Tuesday. His
body was brought to the ABS-
CBN Broadcasting Corp. build-
ing Wednesday afternoon for an
overnight vigil and public view-
ing. He will be brought to the
Heritage Memorial Park and then
buried on Sunday. With Dinna
Chan Vasquez and Rio N. Araja
Abu...
The workers were traveling on
a truck when the gunmen opened
re, killing ve workers and one
government militiaman. Twenty-
two others were wounded.
The rubber tappers were on
board their company vehicle and
escorted by militiamen on their
way to work when ambushed by
the bandits, said Capt. Albert
Caber, spokesman of the 1st In-
fantry Division.
The government-armed mili-
tia, which provides security for
the plantation, repulsed the at-
tackers.
The ambush came a day af-
ter eight soldiers were wounded
when their convoy ran over a
homemade bomb in the same
area near Sumisip town, said
military spokesman Lt. Col. Ran-
dolph Cabangbang.
He said troops had been sent to
the guard voters who were regis-
tering for next years elections in
the Autonomous Region in Mus-
lim Mindanano, which includes
Basilan.
Abu Sayyaf militants have tar-
geted the Basilan rubber plantation
previously over ransom demands.
Three militiamen were killed
in an ambush in April ,and in
2010, the militants abducted and
later killed three workers after
they failed to collect a ransom.
A decade ago, US troops de-
ployed in Mindanao to train Fili-
pino soldiers to battle the Abu
Sayyaf amid several high-prole
kidnapping sprees and terrorist
attacks.
Philippine offensives have
weakened the militants, but they
remain a threat and are still hold-
ing at least ve foreign hostages,
apparently in an attempt to raise
funds for food and weapons in
their jungle hideouts. The AP,
with Florante S. Solmerin
Coalition...
He made the statement in re-
action to criticisms the LP was
reverting to practicing trapo
politics in forging a coalition with
other political parties.
He said wide-ranging con-
sultations were now taking place
within the National Unity Party
whose 34 members now belong
to the administration coalition in
the House of Representatives.
The House coalition is com-
posed of the Liberal Party, the
Nationalist Peoples Coalition,
Laban ng Demokratikong Pili-
pino, the Nacionalista Party and
several party-list groups.
The 34 members of the NUP,
formerly known as KAMPI, were
stalwarts of the formerly domi-
nant Lakas-NUCD of former
President and now Pampanga
Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The NUP is a big block in the
House. They should be consult-
ed, Belmonte said in explain-
ing the Liberal Partys coalition
plans.
He brushed aside criticisms of
the partys decision to merge with
the NP.
I do not see anything wrong
with the LP coalescing with the
NP for the coming 2013 elec-
tions, He said.
There is nothing wrong with
it. They were enemies in 2010. It
is different now.
He took the cudgels for Vil-
lar, who was implicated in a
multi-billion-peso road anomaly
dubbed as Daang Hari by his
critics
What happened with that [ac-
cusation against Villar]? Noth-
ing, Belmonte said.
Belmonte said despite all the
accusations, the LP-led coali-
tion would be a powerful force to
reckon with in the 2013 mid-term
polls.
Tension...
Manila is pushing for a Code
of Conduct that is based on a UN
law on maritime boundaries in the
area, while Vietnam wants China
to desist from making oil explo-
ration with foreign rms on its
boundaries.
The Philippines is actually
making its own bid on oil explo-
ration contracts in the South Chi-
na Sea, off the northwest Palawan
basin.
Energy Undersecretary Jay La-
yug said that, since the area was
believed to be the most promising
for oil and gas exploration. He
also identied another potentially
oil-rich area in the Reed Bank,
but this is also being claimed by
China.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minis-
ter Albert del Rosario reported
from Cambodia that the Asean
would soon discuss with China
the proposed main element of
the COC.
Del Rosario, though, did not
identify which elements of the
COC the Asean would discuss
with China, but emphasized the
need for a more progressive Phil-
ippine commerce through mari-
time safety in the region.
For archipelagic states like
the Philippines, unimpeded com-
merce and maritime safety are
important given the quarter of the
estimated 1.37 million mariners
worldwide are Filipinos, Del
Rosario said in a statement.
He called for the effective im-
plementation of the Declaration
on the Conduct of Parties in the
South China Sea and insisted that
the COC must be credible, bind-
ing and enforceable.
The Declaration of the Con-
duct, which was signed by China
and the Asean in 2002, was a
non-binding document aimed to
resolve their territorial and ju-
risdictional disputes by peaceful
means, without resorting to the
threat or use of force, through
friendly consultations and negoti-
ations by sovereign states directly
concerned, in accordance with
universally recognized principles
of international law, including the
1982 United Nation Convention
on the Law of the Sea.
The COC also directed the sig-
natories to exercise self-restraint
in the conduct of activities that
would complicate or escalate
disputes and affect peace and sta-
bility including, among others,
refraining from action of inhabit-
ing on the presently uninhabited
islands, reefs, shoals, cays, and
other features and to handle their
differences in a constructive man-
ner.
But because it was a non-bind-
ing agreement, the COC proved
useless against aggression since it
contained no provision that would
impose sanctions on misbehaving
claimants.
The Philippines had earlier
accused China of violating the
COC when authorities caught
Chinese shermen poaching in
Philippine waters at Scarborough
Shoal, which has sparked a stand-
off between Manila and Beijing.
Bloomberg, with reports from
Sara Susanne Fabunan and
Joyce Pangco-Paares
Probe...
demanding an investigation,
which Speaker Feliciano Bel-
monte Jr. said he would support.
Casio, Palmones and Acop
said they were surprised that
the government opted for loans
with which to buy re trucks
when there was enough funds
allocated for their purchase.
Acop noted that the P582.66
million from the Fire Code fees
had been earmarked for the
purchase of re trucks and re-
ghting equipment.
Where did the money go?
Palmones said.
Of the 1,496 municipalities
of the country, 692 have no pro-
tection services.
Casio said he was still wait-
ing for Transport Secretary
Manuel Roxas II to explain why
the Davao International Airport,
the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport, the Laoag International
Airport and the Palawan Inter-
national Airport fell short of
world standards for reghting
and re crash capabilities.
I cannot reconcile the fact
that the CAAP only allocated
P544 million for the acquisi-
tion of 11 re trucks when it has
more than P13.7 billion in fund-
ing as of Aug. 10, 2011, based
on the report made by the Com-
mission on Audit, Casio said.
The Manila Standard tried
but failed to reach Roxas.
Casio said the Ninoy Aqui-
no International Airport alone
was making P8.5 billion in ter-
minal fees annually, but the air-
port had been described as one
of the worlds worst.
Robredo said there was noth-
ing anomalous in the Rosen-
bauer re trucks deal, adding
the loan was favorable to the
government in light of the fact
that 70 percent of its component
came as a grant and 30 percent
as a concessional loan.
Robredo said he was able to
negotiate a low price of only P6.5
million each or a total of P494
million for the 76 units consider-
ing that their Mercedes Benz en-
gines were of superior quality.
We cannot imagine how a
previous loan contract that was
rejected by then NEDA chief
Romulo Neri for being oner-
ous and anomalous suddenly
became aboveboard under this
administration, Palmones said.
Robredo said the 76 Rosenbauer
re trucks would be delivered by
the third quarter of this year.
So who would be paying the
import taxes and shipping? Who
would make sure of the after-
sales service considering that the
Mercedes Benz spare parts are far
too expensive? Palmones said.
And what about the hidden
charges that Neri was talking
about? They are no longer hidden?
Then let Robredo tell us and he
better make public all the details
about the renegotiations made to
obtain that loan contract.
JULY 12, 2012 THURSDAY
A3 News
ManilaStandardToday mst.daydesk@gmail.com
Govt-MILF peace gab
on the homestretch
Belmontes idea: Senate
HQ in Diliman pushed
Coast Guard chief
sacked, faces graft
Appointees
at Sandigan,
civil service
No extension
for ARMM
voters listing
House pressing for Charter change
HOUSE Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Wednesday urged the
Senate to consider moving to Quezon City to enable both houses of
the legislature to work better and easier.
The Senate is too far and difcult to reach. By moving to Que-
zon City we will nally be able to have the Senate and House of
Representatives in a nearby location in the same city, Belmonte
told reporters.
Since the reopening of Congress in 1988, the House has made
the Batasan Complex in Quezon City its home while the Senate in
1988 leased the GSIS building at the reclamation center along
Roxas boulevard in Pasay City.
When asked if the Senate could relocate inside the Batasan
complex, Belmonte said, the Senate needed another one. A
lot of people come to them all the time, for meetings and
so forth, so they will have to look for a bigger space, Bel-
monted said.
Belmonte suggested that the Senate look into the possibility of
setting up its own complex in the University of the Philippines in
Diliman.
UP has 499 hectares. I am sure they can use the Commonwealth
area within UP, Belmonte said.
When told about the downside of being situated near the cen-
ter of activism, Belmote quipped: It is okay. Its part of the
democratic process. Maricel Cruz
By Joyce Pangco Paares
PRESIDENT Benigno
Aquino III has appointed
Assistant Solicitor General
Amparo Cabotaje-Tang
as associate justice of the
Sandiganbayan.
The President also
appointed Robert Martinez
as commissioner of the Civil
Service Commission.
Tang, the most senior
assistant Solicitor General
prior to her appointment,
replaced Francisco Villaruz Jr.
She is also a part-time
faculty member at the San
Beda College of Law and at
the University of Sto. Tomas.
Martinez, who replaced
Rasol Mitmug and, will have
a term expiring on February 2,
2018.
Martinez served as deputy
administrator of the Subic Bay
Metropolitan Authority.
A lawyer by profession,
he also served as director
of the Department of Trade
and Industry and chief
of the human resources
development division of
the Center for International
Trade Expositions and
Missions.
He was an associate lawyer
of the Ochoa, Alto and
Associates law ofce from
1986 to 1989.
Mr. Aquino also appointed
Enry Santos and Amado
Vallejo as Sangunniang
Panlalawigan members
of the fourth districts
of Bulacan and Isabela,
respectively.
SPEAKER Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
on Wednesday said the House of
Representatives will push to amend
obsolete economic provisions of the
Constitution, despite the lukewarm
response from the Palace and warnings
that doing so could open a Pandoras box
of wide-ranging political changes.
When I talk about charter change,
I am only talking of [changing] the
economic provisions because it is not
difcult and complicated, Belmonte
told reporters.
The Palace, which has been cool to talk
about constitutional change, said it would
be open to amendments as long as they t
the reform agenda of President Benigno
Aquino III.
But Belmonte said Congress shouldnt
be the only one pushing for constitutional
reforms.
Constitutional change should not be
owned by anybody. Nobody can say this
belongs to us. It should be the property of
everybody, nothing partisan, he said.
Belmonte said he preferred to amend
the Constitution through a constituent
assembly, with the House and the
Senate voting separately, rather than a
constitutional convention with elected
delegates.
He added that sweeping political
reforms were too complicated and that
the amendments should focus only on
obsolete and anachronistic economic
provisions of the Constitution to spur
the economy, encourage more foreign
investments, and to make the country
more competitive. Maricel Cruz
THE Sandiganbayan on Wednesday im-
posed a 90-day suspension order against
Coast Guard Commandant Vice Adm.
Edmund Tan on a graft case led against
him three years ago.
Sandiganbayan 4th Division Justices
Gregory Ong, Jose Hernandez, and Ma
Cristina Cornejo signed the order.
The case stemmed from the complaint
led by businessman Reynaldo Chua in
2009, when Tan was still a commodore and
commander of Southwestern Mindanao.
In his complaint, Chua said Tan prevented his cargo vessel LCT
Kapitan from leaving the Pagadian Port in Zamboanga del Sur
where the complainants 3,500 tons of iron ore that time was be-
ing transported. He said the delay cost him half a million pesos.
Tan said he would le a motion for reconsideration.
I am submitting today a motion for reconsideration to stop the
implementation of the suspension. This is a classic example of
justice delayed, justice denied, Tan said.
He said the Sandiganbayan has no reason to suspend him or fa-
vor the administrative case since the case has been dismissed in
the (Ofce of the) Ombudsman and the complainant has already
issued an afdavit of desistance in 2011. Tan was suspended for
nine months by the Ofce of the Ombudsman in May, 2011.
Tan said he did not violate the anti-graft law because he was only
performing his ofcial duty for holding the departure of the vessel.
He (Chua) realized that my action to hold the departure of a barge for
having no anchors was done in the performance of my duty, he said.
On the businessmans withdrawal of the case, Tan said the graft
charges against him should be dismissed.
The complainant himself even appeared in court last February
20 to attest to that. But I just cant understand why a decision on
this has to take too long to resolve at the Sandiganbayan. already,
he said. Joel Zurbano, Merck Maguddayao
Presidential peace adviser
Teresita Deles said the
government and the MILF
are now on the last stretch of
negotiations.
The government is ready to
sign a peace agreement with the
MILF within the year, Deles said.
The government is committed
to resolve differences, and
with the MILF, nd win-win
solutions.
Deles said the best way to
address the MILFs concern for
a Bangsamoro substate is the
creation of a new autonomous
political entity that will replace
the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao.
This new autonomous
political entity is expected to
provide for genuine autonomy
for the Bangsampro, addressing
the root causes of the armed
conict in Mindanao, she
added.
MILF chairman Ebrahim
Murad earlier this week said the
talks have reached a make or
break stage.
Anything can still happen
any moment, Murad said.
Both parties last met in
Kuala Lumpur in May where
power-sharing and wealth-
sharing issues proved to be most
contentious.
The last formal talks ended
without any joint statement
from both sides and without a
schedule for the next round of
negotiations in Malaysia.
A source in the government
panel said the MILF was
not comfortable with the
administrations position that
elections in the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao
should still push through next
year.
The MILF felt that if elections
push through, there will be no
transition for the envisioned
new autonomous political entity
because the elected ofcials will
serve for another three years.
For them, that would delay
the process and the transition
roadmap, the source said.
Both panels signed the
Decision Points on Principles
(DPP) during the April meeting
in Malaysia, which provides for
the creation of the new entity
that would replace the existing
ARMM.
The DPP would require a
new law to amend the ARMM
Organic Act as well as a
plebiscite among the residents
in the areas to be covered
by the future autonomous
political entity.
Based on the decision points
signed in April, the future political
entity will have a ministerial
form of government.
The powers that would
be reserved for the national
government are as follows:
defense and external security;
foreign policy; common market
and global trade; coinage and
monetary policy; citizenship
and naturalization; and postal
service.
The power to enter into
economic agreements, however,
shall be transferred to the new
political entity.
Both sides also agreed that
the future autonomous entity
must be given the power to
create its own sources of
revenue and to have a just
share in the revenues generated
through the exploration,
development or utilization of
natural resources.
The political entity shall also
have the powers over the Shariah
justice system.
By Joyce Pangco Paares
THE Aquino administration is optimis-
tic it can sign a nal peace agreement
with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
within the year.
By Joel E. Zurbano

THE Commission on Elections will not
extend the general voters registration
period in the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao.
A 10-day period is enough, said
Commissioner Rene Sarmiento.
Sarmiento said that the commission
gathered 75,000 registrants during the
rst day of the registration, and more
than 100,000 on the second day.
So, more or less we got 75,000
registrants. If we gathered one million
or 1.1 million registrants, that is good
enough. He said.
The previous voters list tallied 1.7
million, a gure that the Comelec said
was bloated.
Local government Secretary Jesse
Robredo said earlier that there wouldnt
any extension of the voters listing. The
voter has to adjust to the process. If you do
not want to adjust, dont register, he said.
James Jimenez, Comelec spokesman,
said the registration began Monday
with minor hitches such as the delayed
arrival of voting machines and lack of
electricity in some areas.
On the second day, military and po-
lice personnel manning a checkpoint in
Lanao del Sur foiled an attempt to list
200 registrants.
Congress signed a resolution
approved by President Aquino on June
11, calling for the nullication of the
voters list which contained hundreds of
thousands of ctitious names.
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has
ordered the inclusion of provisions on the
use of alternative dispute mechanism in
all contracts involving Private-Public Part-
nership projects, build-operate and trans-
fer projects and joint venture agreements.
Executive Order No. 78 covers con-
tracts entered into by the national gov-
ernment and local government units
with private entities.
There is a need to provide a more in-
viting climate for private investments by
making the resolution of disputes less
expensive, tedious, and time-consum-
ing, especially for large-scale, capital-
intensive infrastructure and develop-
ment contracts, Mr. Aquino said.
The state shall encourage and active-
ly promote the use of ADR mechanisms
through conciliation and negotiation,
mediation and arbitration as an efcient
tool and an alternative procedure in
achieving speedy and impartial justice
and de-clogging court dockets, he said.
He said the Supreme Court, in a deci-
sion in 2001, authorized the use of court-
annexed mediation as a form of alterna-
tive dispute resolution.
The President tasked the National
Economic Development Authority as
the implementing agency that would
issue the implementingrules and
regulations of EO 78. Joyce Paares
Alternative
settlement
of disputes
Busted. Anti-narcotics agents set re on a pile of shabu paraphernalia in Valenzuela City during Wednesdays ceremony attended by
Jose Gutierrez, director general of the Philippine Drug Inforcement Agency, and Persida Acosta, chief of the Public Attorneys Ofce.
MANNY PALMERO
The UP-Diliman campus
Tan
Opinion Adelle Chua, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
mst.lettertotheeditor@gmail.com JULY 12, 2012 THURSDAY
A4
REPORTS of a mysterious illness
aficting Cambodian children brought
back days of anxiety when the Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome and bird
u rst claimed their victims in Asia.
Nearly 70 children have died in
Cambodia as a result of the previously
unknown disease. International media
reports have shown worried parents
falling in line to get their children treated
in hospitals.
The disease, we now know, has been
puzzling Cambodian doctors for at least
four months even as it has only recently
caught global attention.
Now CNN reports that the World
Health Organization, working with
the Cambodian Ministry of Health,
will make the announcement that the
disease is caused by a combination
of pathogens including enterovirus
71, streptococcus suis and dengue,
as well as the inappropriate use of
steroids, which can suppress the
immune system.
The symptoms of the illness include
severe fever, encephalitis and breathing
difculties. It affects its victims so fast
that most of those infected die within
a day or two of admission to hospital.
Immediately before death, children
experience a total destruction of the
alveola(e) in the lungs, a Cambodian
doctor tells the network.
That the health body is about to
announce the conclusion of its study
even as its website remained silent on
the issue as of press time Wednesday
should allay fears that the mysterious
illness would spread to the rest of the
country and the region.
In the meantime, our Transportation
and Communication ofcias say our
airport terminals have the capability to
screen incoming visitors from Cambodia
who may be exhibiting symptoms of the
disease. The Department of Health has
also come up with an anti-virus plan.
Indeed, Filipinos must not see this as
an event that has occured in a remote
country. Children anywhere in the world
are always vulnerable to diseases both
known and unknown. And while it is
always ideal to consult a doctor when
symptoms are rst observed, it is not
always possible.
The release of the research ndings
should be communicated as soon and
as effectively as possible. Hysteria
only fuels helplessness. Mysteries are
simply things we can not understand at
present and mass anxietyand in some
instances, discriminationis best cured
by credible information.
Cracking the mystery
President Dolphy
WHAT if Dolphy were President,
instead of Noynoy Aquino? Will we be
better off than we are today?
We will never know, because the
much-loved comedian never attempted
to convert his longtime popularity into
votes. As Dolphy most memorably
said, the reason he never ran for ofce
was because he might winand then
what on earth would he do?
Because Dolphy is a master of self-
deprecating humor, most people have
interpreted that
statement to mean
that the comedian
believed holding
high political
ofce was a lot
more difcult
than making
people laugh. Our
own experience
with the people
whom we elect
to exalted posts
proves otherwise
and when
we laugh at our
elected ofcials,
they dont even
have the comedians gift of laughing at
themselves.
My own belief is that Dolphy, who
made an entire country laugh for more
than half a century, was just too nice
to speak the truth that his American
counterpart, the great Charlie Chaplin,
once pointed out: I remain just one
thing, and one thing onlyand that is
a clown. It places me on a far higher
plane than any politician.
Dolphy did endorse the occasional
politician, even if he never sought
ofce for himself. But even the
countrys foremost comedian failed to
make his friend Fernando Poe Jr. and,
later, Manuel Villar, win the presidency,
failures that must have cemented his
belief that mere popularity and popular
endorsers were not enough to take a
candidate all the way to Malacaang.
The success in the political arena of
many show business personalities with
a lot less star power than Dolphy never
convinced the comedian to take the
plunge. This simply made Dolphy less
opportunistic than nearly all Filipino
politicians, including his ofce-seeking
colleagues in showbiz, for whom
popularity and winnability were more
important than any other value that they
brought to the table when seeking ofce;
it did not make him any less of a Filipino
or a patriot because he insisted that his
job was to be funny.
Dolphy, whose deadpan Everyman
endeared him to generations of
Filipinos, simply refused to become
a victim of the Peter Principle and
be promoted beyond his level of
competence. On the other hand,
Aquino, to cite just one prominent
example, is a devout adherent of the
Filipino politicians religion whose
main doctrine states that the ability to
win is the most important prerequisite
for public ofce.
Yes, no one will ever know, now
that Dolphy is gone, if a comedian
would have made a better president
than an opportunistic politician whose
only claim to fame is his family name.
But I have this sneaking suspicion
that, because of Dolphys innate
love for the common man (whose
struggles he portrayed so well as John
Puruntong and Kevin Cosme) and his
reluctance to capitalize on his fame
and popularity, he would have fared a
lot better as president.
* * *
I would be really shocked, for
example, if Zsa Zsa Padilla or Eric
Quizon, surveying the hordes of
Filipinos paying Dolphy a nal visit
before he is buried, decide to run for
ofce. Given the late comedians
aversion to the common practice of
converting showbiz popularity into
votes, Dolphys
longtime partner
and his most
famous son would
not be honoring
his memory if they
did something
as obviously
opportunistic as
that.
And yet,
the last time a
mu c h - a d mi r e d
Filipino died,
her countrymen
decided that her
son should be
elected President
in gratitude. And the son, instead of
humbly refusing to take on a job that he
must have known he was unprepared,
unt and even uninterested to take on,
given his own meager accomplishments
and unfocused lifestyle up to that point,
eagerly accepted the challenge.
Noynoy Aquino never had any
doubt that he deserved to be elected
President simply because his beloved
mother Cory had died, even if Cory
herself had never imagined that her
son would ever go so far in politics. To
Noynoy and his handlers, the death of
Cory was not just a sad eventit was
also a golden opportunity.
Perhaps Dolphy, whose greatest
success was in making us laugh while
tugging at our heartstrings, fully
appreciated the power he had over the
nation as its preeminent comedian. But
it is a tribute to Dolphys wisdom and
his love for his fellow Filipinos that
he refused to manipulate them into
rewarding him with even more power
of the political kind.
Some peopleand their families
are just more decent, sensitive and
proper than others. And that is why I
would be really disappointed if some
member of the Quizon clan suddenly
ran for ofce because Dolphy died
or even put up a Dolphy party-list
organization supposedly in the late
comedians honor.
Maybe Dolphy would have made a
terrible president, perhaps even worse
than Noynoy. But Im glad Dolphy
kept us wondering, instead of simply
grabbing the opportunity when it
presented itself and later conrming to
all of us that he was simply not cut out
for the job.
And that is why Dolphy is loved,
because winning in politics is easy,
if the conditions are right and the
politician is ruthless enough. On the
other hand, comedy and decency,
in which Dolphy excelled, are truly
hard.
EDITORIAL
JOJO
A. ROBLES
LOWDOWN
Winning in
politics is easy.
Comedy and
decency, in which
Dolphy excelled, are
hard.
Disappeared
I ACCOMPANIED the wife and two
children of missing lawyer Joe Franck
Zuniga to see Justice Secretary Leila
De Lima last week. The purpose
of the meeting was to solicit the
secretarys assistance in determining the
whereabouts of the missing lawyer, the
fourth person to have disappeared this
year. De Lima did not disappoint. In the
said meeting, she announced that she
was creating an NBI Task Force to look
into the case.
According to the lawyers wife,
Charito, Zuniga called her on June
20, 2012 to say that he had a meeting
at Oceanworld Subic. He has not
been heard from nor seen since. His
car, a Honda Civic, was recovered
the following day in a remote part of
Zambales. According to sketchy police
reports, the vehicle was driven to the
spot where it was found by a man
who later boarded a second vehicle.
Unfortunately, the witness who reported
this failed to get a glimpse of the face of
the driver.
Thus far, the family and authorities
are facing a blank wall. Charito and the
children related how Zuniga recently
received what they believe to be a
death threat. Apparently, intelligence
authorities from Subic furnished the
lawyer with a yer bearing his picture
taken in a prayer rally in the vicinity
of Central Methodist Church along
Taft and Kalaw, Manila. The leaet
bore the cellular phone numbers of the
missing lawyer, his home address and
the amount of $10,000.00, which they
interpreted as the price tag for the life
of the lawyer.
The family could think of no one
in particular who would benet from
the disappearance of the lawyer. It
is of public knowledge though that
Protestants have been known to be very
vocal in the promotion of social justice,
which is why many military operatives
have branded some church members
from both the United Church of Christ
of the Philippines and the Methodists as
communists.
A second theory has to do with an
on-going strife between the break-away
Methodist church headed by Zuniga,
AIM Philippines, or the Philippine
Methodist Church from its mother
church, the United Methodist Church
-which until today is supported by the
Methodist church of the United States.
The family told De Lima that Zuniga
had been very critical of what he claims
to be issues of corruption within the
mainstream Methodist church which
led to the recent breakaway of Zunigas
denomination. I myself refuse to believe
that a Christian could conspire against a
fellow Christian. But Secretary De Lima
was correct in noting that this too would
have to be investigated by authorities.
Zuniga is not the only victim
of enforced disappearance whom I
represent. Prior to his disappearance,
three Muslim scholars bound for
Somalia disappeared presumably at
Naia Terminal 3 where their domestic
ight from Zamboanga landed. The
three never made it to their connecting
ight at Terminal 1. The three simply
disappeared and their respective
families only had the chance to claim
their checked-in luggages one month
after their disappearance. Like in
Zunigas case, there has since been
no lead on what happened to the three
Muslims. Recently I wrote a letter to
Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department
of Transportation and Communication
for him to convene a conference at the
airport for all heads of security forces
then present at Naia 3 on the date and
time of the disappearance of three
men. I am condent that given that
the immediate arrival area at the Naia
is a secure and sterile area, we could
account for all security personnel who
were in the vicinity of the arrival gate
of the ight taken by the three missing
scholars. Meanwhile, I have received
unconrmed reports form sources
within the security sector that one of the
three missing may have already been
killed.
Its ironic that these disappearances
happened at the heel of the countrys
recent universal peer review at the
Human Rights Council. Almost all
countries that quizzed De Lima on the
Aquino administrations human rights
record expressed concern that the
government is in breach of its obligation
to promote and protect the right to life
against both extralegal killings and
enforced disappearances. The concerns
were not that Aquino was behind these,
but that this administration was not
discharging its obligations to investigate,
prosecute and punish the perpetrators of
these killings and disappearances.
In fairness, I am sure that Aquino
himself has never condoned these
affronts on the right to life. Unfortunately,
part of what international law demands
of him is not just to publicly renounce
these crimes, but also to punish the
perpetrators thereof.
While the numbers of
disappearances has not been as large as
in other countries such as Peru, there
is still reason for alarm. If Zuniga,
a seasoned litigator, a respected
member of the legal community in
Bataan, and a respected church leader
could disappear without a trace, what
happens now to normal mortals when
they disappear?
I shudder at the thought.
ATTY. HARRY
ROQUE JR.
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WE FILIPINOS have politics for
breakfast, lunch and dinner. This
is especially true now that the
election season is drawing near.
Politics, after all, is the art of the
possible.
There are already two coalitions
in the making: the United Nationalist
Alliance of Vice President Jejomar
Binay, former President Joseph
Estrada and Senate President Juan
Ponce Enrile, and the administration
Liberal Partys coalition with
Manny Villars Nacionalista Party
and bossman Danding Cojuangcos
Nationalist Peoples Coalition.
It is natural
to think next
about probable
c ombi na t i ons
for the 2016
presidential and
vice presidential
c o n t e s t s .
Since the Vice
P r e s i d e n t
has not been
shy about his
p r e s i d e n t i a l
ambitions for 2016, the question
foremost in the minds of people is:
Who will be his running mate?
Given that the Vice President has
already coalesced with Estrada, it
is logical to conclude that Senate
President Protempore Jinggoy
Estrada could well be his running
mate in 2016.
By any reckoning, a Binay-
Jinggoy team-up for 2016 is
formidable. Binay showed he
had middle-class and grassroots
support when he won against
President Aquinos running mate,
now Transportation Secretary
Manuel Roxas. Binay also enjoys
the support of the Aquino sisters.
Jinggoy, on the other hand, has
the mass support of his father.
Recall that the elder Estrada could
have been president if not for the
Iglesia ni Cristos endorsement
of President Aquino. Jinggoy has
also been performing well in the
Senate.
On the other hand, there is talk
that a Mar Roxas-Chiz Escudero
tandem is in the making.
But Roxas lost his chance to
become president when he gave way
to President Aquino in 2010. Thats
when the curtains fell in him.
And officials of the Liberal Party
know only too well that Escudero
campaigned for Aquino and Binay in
2010.
Earlier on, it was mentioned that
Escudero, along with Senator Loren
Legarda, might be joining UNA as
well. Now that they have coalesced
with the administration party, what
does it make of them? Political
opportunists?
UNA has, thus far, come out
with some formidable names for its
senatorial slate: Senator Gregorio
Honasan, Jackie Ponce Enrile (son
of Senate President Enrile), San
Juan Rep. JV Ejercito (son of former
President Estrada by San Juan Mayor
Guia Gomez), former Senator Migz
Zubiri, among others.
That leaves the Liberal Party with
only five or six slots, and this is why
it is forming a coalition with the NP
and the NPC.
Ive been a journalist for more
than 50 years but this is the first time
I have seen an administration hard
put in forming its own slate.
***
The administrations problem
is that the
o p p o s i t i o n
being formed is
formidable.
While Binay,
Estrada and
Enrile claim
to still support
P r e s i d e n t
Aquino, the fact
that they have
formed their
own coalition is
a sign that inevitably, they will have
to part with the latter. This as as
certain as the fact that night follows
day.
In our kind of politics, as in other
countries, there must always be an
opposition. Even the former Arroyo
administration parties, Kampi and
NUCD, will have no choice but to
join the opposition.
***
Senate President Juan Ponce
Enrile and Speaker Sonny Belmonte
are now talking about charter
change. They point out that the 1987
Constitution restricts foreigners
from having more than a 40-percent
control of business and industry.
But plans to change the
Constitution will not go far without
the support of President Aquino,
who unfortunately seems cool to the
matter.
It is difficult to comprehend
why President Aquino doesnt want
charter change. Why doesnt he want
to amend a flawed Constitution?
Just because it was made under his
mother?
He must be bull-headed and
unreasonable not to realize that the
40-percent restriction on foreign
ownership has been a major factor
why investments have not been
coming here as much as they have
been coming to Thailand, Malaysia
and Indonesia.
Is he afraid that charter
change would lead to a change in
presidential terms and even the form
of government?
Binay-Jinggoy
versus Mar-Chiz?
By Ray Lampano, Jr.
(continued from Sunday)
Curt Smith of Tears for Fears looks
every bit a man satised. There is not the
slightest trace of the rock star trappings
that yoked many a lesser musician. Only
a handful of individuals in the pop world
can ever claim such independence
Van Morrison and Leonard Cohen,
among others, come to mindwhere
all musical concerns are subsumed
under more domestic circumstances.
In Curts case, it is fatherhood and all
its attendant emotions. Checking his
modest website and twitter posts one is
charmed by his earnest interaction with
his respectful fans, the photographs
on the road and that of his family he
regularly shares. Curt is comfortable
with his own candor. No, it is not at all
the predigested narcissistic sort found
in the John Mayers or Kim Kardashians
(but then she has nothing to do with
music) of the world.
Meeting Curt for the rst time at
the TEDx Hollywood event on June 5,
2005, I endeavored to listen to his post-
Manila May 2, 2010 concert thoughts
rsthand. Arlene Wszalek, his gracious
and amiable personal managerwhom
I met through Curts ofcial website
served as our point of contact. I emailed
her a series of questions that Curt so
generously responded. Here they are:
How was your Asian tour? Where
was the band received most warmly?
The Asian tour went great, it was
nice to visit a few places we had never
been before and see some fresh faces.
The warmest reception without doubt
was Manila which was just crazy!
How does it feel to have 20,000-plus
fans in Manila sing along with what
seems to be TFFs entire set? Up to
what extent will screaming or singing
be tolerable for you before it becomes
a distraction to the band, or its all just
perfectly ne? Did you really ofcially
peak in Manila?
It was quite amazing, although
during the set I didnt hear the audience
that much as I have ear monitors in
which is probably a good thing. I took
them out between songs to get a sense of
the audience and it was quite moving. I
think we emotionally peaked in Manila
Would you say that TFFs progression
from its synth-pop beginnings to a more
organic and inclusive sound was natural?
The Way You Are still sounds as fresh and
seems, perhaps, the summit of TFFs
synth-pop powers. What prompted the
band to move in that direction of Songs
from the Big Chair and who initiated
it? Was the momentum already there
midway between it and The Hurting?
I think we were aware of the limitations
of synth-pop and felt the need to
progress after The Hurting. As much as
we love the album, in retrospect it comes
over a little insular. We were growing up
and felt the need to be more outgoing and
direct on Songs From the Big Chair.
When you have to play an old tune
night after night, do you have a personal
zone to make it sound as good as the rst
time or, at least, bearable (even if youre
not singing it)? How do nd that happy
mean that unies past and present?
We tend to adapt with the times and
come up with a version that we can relate
to now. For instance Shout begins a
lot more low key than the original as
were not that angry anymore. There are
however songs that we havent touched
as they just belong in their original
form, Everybody Wants To Rule The
World being a prime example.
Is there any TFF tune or, anything,
in your solo catalog that you wont dare
play these days?
There are too many to name. The key
is that we have to still relate to a song to
make it believable live.
Do you think your tunes could have
been done any differently?
They were and we changed them
until we were happy with the direction.
There are a thousand ways to record a
song but in the end you have to go by
what feels right.
What would you constitute as a
wrap or thats enough in the studio,
whereby anything beyond would just be
just diminishing returns?
When were going around in circles
for more than a few days I know its time
to completely stop or reevaluate at a
later time.
How do you go about this as a solo
artist?
Same rules really. Some things never
change!
Would you sacrice studio
perfection for immediacy? Could you
cite an instance?
There are many times when Ive
found a track too perfect, too in time
or just too organized that it leaves me
feeling a little cold. On those occasions I
will spend time going back to basics and
roughing it up to sound more emotional
and human.
Where are Ian Stanley and Manny
Elias now? Are you still in touch?
I believe Ian lives in Ireland and
Manny is in England but we dont keep
in touch.
Its hard to imagine Sowing the
Seeds of Love played by a small crew,
any more than it is for All You Need is
Love. How would that full orchestral
complement for Sowing at the Night
at the Prom 2006 in Antwerp stand as
an approximation of the songs grand
vision (if it ever existed)?
I would say that the NOTP version is
as close as well get to the record live,
although we did perform it once with
David Foster leading the orchestra at
an Andre Agassi benet that may have
been better. It would be great to do a
whole show of our music with orchestra.
In Songs from the Big Chair, it was
so sad they had to fade it; in Sowing
the Seeds of Love, it was the boys back
in 628 where the ear to the wall was a
twist of fate anything of that sort
of sendup consigned to posterity in
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending?
I dont believe so, although we were
conscious of the fact that every album
weve released has had a song with
the word world in ithence Secret
World.
Whats your favorite tune in the
album?
Strangely enoughSecret World
Domesticity seems to have breathed
new life to your craft. The satisfaction
is palpable in your music. You seem to
enjoy being a father to wonderful kids.
How has fatherhood changed your
outlook on music, life, and spirituality?
Immeasurably would be the answer
to that. Its changed my whole outlook,
particularly towards whats really
important and whats not. Theres a saying
dont sweat the small stuffwhen you
have children everything else is the small
stuff. I record and play live because I want
to but I feel no pressure because I have
something more valuable at home.
You seem to be an enthusiastic adopter
of social networking technologies. I
also noticed how you tweet regularly.
Where would the public side of
you end and the private side begin in a
pervasive technology?
As far as my personality goes I dont
really have a private side, I am what I
am. As far as personal privacy goes I
have a gate
How has it affected your music?
Have you formed any musical alliances
with anybody youve met through your
website?
Ive done two tracks so far with
people Ive met thru social media.
One with the cellist Zoe Keating and
one with Melissa R. Kaplan who has a
band called Universal Hall Pass. Both
have been eye opening and have turned
out great, so for my solo work Im
continuing on recording a project based
around Social Media.
Would you have any plans, if not of
the supersize sort, to just put out a CD
of collaborations with other artists?
As mentioned, its what Im in the
middle of with various artists right now.
What led you to the Creative
Commons? How do you assess its
future?
My manager told me about Creative
Commons initially and it just made sense.
A way to copyright your music whilst
setting the parameters of how other
people are able to use it in a simple form
without lawyerswhats not to love? As
more people become aware of it I believe
more people will use it.
Ive also read that youve recently
been naturalized.
Would you say the British reserve
has already given way to American
circumstance?
Im certainly a lot more open than I
was in the UK and less worried about
embracing new things. Although I
would probably put that down to my
ten years in New York rather than an
overall American thing.
Have you experienced anything here
that made you feel quite American or,
conversely, quite British?
I still feel British at heart even
though I have no intention of moving
back. Theres certainly a British sense
of humor than can be lost in the US.
When Im in the UK and hear my kids
speak I feel very confused!
Have you ever experienced a Spinal
Tap moment, either with TFF or solo,
worthy of a Derek Smalls? Or does
your amp just go up to 11?
Yes, I once had a record company
publicist utter the words wheres
my photographer and she hadnt
seen Spinal Tap. I also complained of
the meat not tting the bread on the
Sowing The Seeds Of Love video
shoot and someone actually went off
and trimmed it to t.
What would be tting soundtrack/s
to your life TFF or otherwise? Whats
on your iPod now?
It seems obvious that all my music,
with TFF and solo, would be the
soundtrack to my life. Currently Im
listening to Carina Round on my iPod.
How do the next 5 years look for
TFF and your personal efforts? Is the
band working on a new album?
Who knows? Theres a saying man
plans and God laughs. All I know is
that Im touring this year with TFF,
doing solo recordings and shows in
between, and starting a web show called
Stripped Down Liveits enough to
keep me busy for now.
An interview with Curt Smith
FEATURE
EMIL
P. JURADO
TO THE POINT
The Higgs boson
THE announcement by Geneva-based
CERN (European Organization for
Nuclear Research) last July 4 about
its latest accomplishment in its search
for the elusive Higgs boson spawned
searches and queries on what exactly
this thing is.
Also called the God particle
because physicists theorized that the
universe would not exist without it, the
Higgs boson is a proposed elementary
particle in the Standard Model of
particle physics.
A particle is, according to
Wikipedia, a small localized object
to which can be ascribed several
physical properties such as volume or
mass, while particle physics studies
the existence and interactions of
particles that are the constituents of
what is usually referred to as matter
or radiation. Elementary particles
are the basic building blocks of
the universe from which all other
particles are made.
CERN itself is cautious in the
wording of its announcement, saying
on its Web site that its ATLAS
and CMS experiments see strong
indications for the presence of a new
particle which could be the Higgs
boson.
The experiments found hints of
the new particle by analyzing trillions
of proton-proton collisions from the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2011
and 2012.
The Standard Model of physics
predicted that a Higgs boson would
decay into different particleswhich
the LHC experiments then detect.
The experiments gave a 5 sigma level
of signicance, which is counted as a
discovery in terms of certainty.
The Higgs boson is named after
British theoretical physicist Peter
Higgs who with ve others postulated
its existence in 1964. If it and its
associated Higgs eld existed, the
theory goes, it would explain why
some elementary particles have mass,
also giving an insight into how matter
came into being. In other words, it
gives other particles mass.
And as we know from elementary
science, all thingsliving and non-
living are made of matter.
Knowing whether the Higgs
boson exists or not helps scientists
gain a better understanding of the
origin of the universewhich
could lead to more technological
advancements that could benefit
humankind. Warp drive, anyone?
Terraforming? The conquest and
occupation of space?
The CERN announcement spawned
jokes on social media:
The Higgs boson is my co-pilot.
(Clarke Kant, Twitter)
Did you hear about the dyslexic
physicist who wasted his career
searching for the Dog boson? (also
Twitter)
What does the Philippines have to
do with the Higgs boson?
On the Internet theres a world map
dated 10 July 2012 of countries whose
scientists work for, collaborate with, or
have linkages to CERN and its projects.
This map presents the Philippines as
one of 19 countries with which CERN
has scientic contacts.
Perhaps, eventually, given more
emphasis on the development and
promotion of science in the country,
we might even join the roster of 20
member states of CERN and directly
participate in its groundbreaking
projects.
Its an exciting time to be alive, to
witness the expansion and advancement
of human knowledge in fashions that
were only dreamt of before in science
ction, now coming to pass as reality.
This reality is something
reconcilable with our mindsets.
Adapting to scientic changes is
a phenomenon we are used toin
just a few short decades, we have
seen the birth of the portable music
player, mobile telephone, and laptop
computer, gadgets once only seen on
Star Trek and other SF shows but that
we have absorbed into our daily lives
with surprising ease.
Not everyone was optimistic about
nding the Higgs boson. Physicist
Stephen Hawking lost a $100 bet with
Michigan Universitys Gordon Kane,
having insisted that the particle would
not be found.
According to The Economist, it
took ve decades, billions of dollars,
and millions of man-hours to nd
the Higgs boson; all worth it in the
quest for knowledge for knowledges
sake.
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A6
Foundation hits
facilitys seizure

IN BRIEF
Female inmates rock
jailhouse study program
Importers registration reviewed
By Joel E. Zurbano
CUSTOMS Commissioner Ruffy
Biazon ordered a review of the ac-
creditation of 14,000 registered im-
porters to determine their legitimacy
after 20 of them were found to be
ctitious and their registrations were
suspended.
Biazon ordered lawyer Rhea
Gregorio, head of the bureaus In-
terim Customs Accreditation Reg-
istration, to form a team and con-
duct the review.
The review of accreditation is
continuous. We just want to know
the capacity and the company pro-
le to verify the authenticity of the
importers, said Gregorio. Were
not singling out any particular trader.
Were doing it at random.
Three of the suspended import-
ers were meat and chicken importers
identied as Batoy Trading, Red Hot
Trading and Sacrecoure Commer-
cial. Batoy Trading belonged to top
10 importers of fats, offal, skin or
rind and other meat products.
Gregorio, however, declined to
give the names of the other compa-
nies that were suspended because
they had not received Biazons per-
mission to do so, but she said some
of the importers were suspended for
not complying with requirements
while orthers failed to submit their
previous importations to an audit.
She explained that aside from
cleansing the list of importers, the
bureau also intensied its Post Entry
Audit Group to recover unliquidated
duties and taxes of previous impor-
tations for its revenue collection
drive.
If the bureau discovers fraud, it
may impose up to eight times the
maximum penalty on the importer in
addition to the disputed amount.
Manila
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the sum of Three Million One Hundred Ten Pesos (Php 3,110,000.00) being the Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Procurement of Consulting Services for
theStructural Investigation and Detailed Engineering for the Repair and Strengthening/Retroftting of the
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(Sgd.) ANN GERALYN T. PELIAS
Chief Administrative Offcer
RBAC Chairman
(MST-JULY 12, 2012)
By Gigi Munoz-David
WHILE most people may have very few nice things to say about
prison, some inmates of the Correctional Institution for Women in
Mandaluyong City are at least trying to improve their lot by going
back to grade school and the passing rate is 100 percent, according to
the Department of Education.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro FSC said the inmates went
through the departments alternative learning system which employs
an education supervisor, two regular teachers and 21 professionally
trained inmate teachers for some 252 inmates categorized in different
grade levels.
After they nish approved teaching modules, the inmates took
an accreditation and equivalency test and the passing rate was 100
percent, a substantial improvement from the 48 percent passing
rate in 2010.
The results were also impressive for the high school level, Luistro
said, with 86 percent passing the accreditation and equivalency this
year, a far cry from the 29 percent passing rate in 2010.
Everybody deserves a good education and this is an entitlement
that must be accorded to all Filipinos regardless of their circumstanc-
es in life, Luistro said.
Aside from learning materials provided by DepEd, CIW super-
intendent lawyer Rachel Ruello allowed the use of the library and
conference hall as classrooms.
The wages of crime. Three men lie dead on
Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City after
they chose to engage policemen in a shootout on
Wednesday. The three men allegedly tried to hold
up a customer of a bank in the area, but the secu-
rity guards reported the incident to the police who
caught up with the robbers nearby.
The foundations president Lucio Bertol
threatened to sue the city government for the
allegedly illegal closure of their main build-
ing, over 30 nurseries, 50 stalls leased to
ower traders and other structures without
a court order.
We are just a lessee in a property owned
by the government. The foundation is a pri-
vate organization helping the society protect
the environment, Bertol said. Why not go
after National House Authority?
He said the 6.9-hectare property is owned
by the NHA which should be held liable for
the taxes on the land.
The foundation has been religiously pay-
ing employees income taxes and expanded
value-added taxes, but of 12 percent, but are
free from payment of real-estate taxes under
Proclamation No. 1670, dated Sept.19, 1977,
which removed a seven-hectare portion from
the Nationa Government Center and gave
MSBF usufructuary rights over this segre-
gated portion, he claimed.
But Aldrin Cua, Mayor Herbert Bautis-
tas chief of staff, said the taxes being levied
on MBSFI was for the structures they built
on the property. They have built buildings
at the NHA property being leased to them,
Cua told Manila Standard Today, adding
that the Supreme Court has already ruled on
a similar case in the past.
No way, Cua said, (MSBFI) must
pay taxes for their building and other struc-
tures inside the property of NHA. The Local
Government Code cannot be superseded by a
proclamation order of the late president Fer-
dinand Marcos.
But Bertol they will not give up the place.
We will not leave and will bring the mat-
ter before a lower court, the Court of Appeals
and even the Supreme Court, he said. Po-
lice padlocked our structures without a court
order on Tuesday. Thats illegal.
Elmo San Diego of the citys Department
of Public Order and Safety and Quezon City
Police District director Mario de la Vega
served the notice of forfeiture on the founda-
tion on Tuesday for the foundations failure
to settle its tax decits of P57.208 million
from 2001 until 2011.
The city government insisted the founda-
tion was not tax-exempt, auctioned the prop-
erty and conscated the seven-hectare prop-
erty after the one-year redemption period for
auctioned properties expired last July 6.
We are doing our job for nature. We do
sell plants, ball and prune trees, reforest even
other parts in Luzon, farm even in Pangasi-
nan, and compost for nature. We gather and
showcase the best of the best owers and
plants, such those from Palawan and Bagu-
io City, and even accommodate students of
educational eld trips without charging any
fees, Bertol said.
By Rio N. Araja

THE Manila Seedling Bank Foundation Inc. dismissed
on Wednesday claims of the Quezon City Hall that it
failed to pay P57.208 million in real estate taxes, the
purported reason the local government garnished the
prime property at the corner of Quezon Avenue and
Epifanio delos Santos Ave.
3 robbery suspects killed
in Quezon City holdup
THREE men were killed in a shootout
with the police after they tried to rob a
customer of the Metrobank branch along
Commonwealth Avenue in Fairview,
Quezon City Wednesday afternoon.
Chief Superintendent Mario dela
Vega, chief of the Quezon City police,
said they have yet to identify the slain
robbers.
These robbers waited the Metro
Bank client who just withdrew some
money. They followed the victims ve-
hicle on board a motorycle and held
up the victim. Fortunately, the vic-
tim was able to shout for help which
caught the attention of some people in
the area, dela Vega said.
According to dela Vega, his men
recovered two caliber .45 pistols and a
motorycle being used by the robbers in
their illegal activities.
Jonathan Fernandez
Makati City Hall now
a hot zone, Tweet-ready
STARTING Thursday, Makati City Hall
will be a free wi- zone as part of the
plan of Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay
to transform Makati into the First Wi-
Fi City in the Philippines.
Binay, who is celebrating his 35th
birthday July 12, said that making City
Hall a free wi- zone is only the rst
step of the project, to be followed by
the installation of free wi- in all the 33
barangays of Makati. The Philippine
Long Distance Telephone Company is
the citys project partner and internet
service provider.
At the same time, the city govern-
ment will ofcially launch its trafc
Twitter account MakatiTrafc that
will provide motorists and commuters
24-hour trafc updates.
Muntinlupa youth join
health literacy program
THE youth of Muntinlupa have
improved their health literacy with
the help of IRH Philippines, an NGO
focusing on health education, together
with global healthcare leader MSD and
a network of other groups, ofcials said
on Wednesday.
The groups have established the
Muntinlupa Youth Health Development
Network, composed of local govern-
ment leaders, educational administra-
tors, parents, teachers, and student lead-
ers committed to disseminating health
information and promotiong positive
changes in the health behaviors of the
youth in their community.
The network was launched three
years ago starting with four public
schools and one university in the city of
Muntinlupa. The goal of the program is
to raise the youths consciousness not
just on basic health and hygiene, but
also on what is dubbed as gateway risk
behaviors.
A7 Sports Riera U. Mallari, Editor
ManilaStandardToday
sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
Olivarez-Ilas, daughter of former
national tennis player Eva and
granddaughter of sportsman Pablo,
ashed a solid game at the Lomas
Sta. Fe executive course with three
birdies against a lone bogey to
open up a two-shot lead over US
bets Brinna Navarrosa and Yukino
Yoshinara.
She was the only Filipino atop
the leaderboard in the tournament,
which features 1,100 junior players
from 52 countries although Legaspi
and Corpus were within striking
distance.
Legaspi, winner of the 7-8 division
in 2006 when the country pulled off
a glorious triple tile feat, lined herself
up for a showdown with the girls 13-
14 big guns with a one-under 71 at
The Country Club Rancho Bernardo
on four birdies and three bogeys to
Guessing
a queen
Olivarez-Ilas grabs golf lead
SAN DiegoBernice Olivarez-Ilas lived up
to pre-tournament hype when she red a two-
under-par 54 for a two-stroke lead in the girls
9-10 years even as Mia Legaspi and Carl Corpus
stood just three behind the frontrunners in their
respective age-groups at the start of the Calla-
way Junior World golf championships in various
venues here Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
IN BRIEF
Cyna, Agojo join Ardina
CYNA Rodriguez matched par 72, while Jayvie
Agojo shot a 74 as they joined ICTSI teammate
Dottie Ardina in the US Womens Amateurs
slated Aug. 6 to 12 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Rodriguez went on a two-under card
after 11 holes, but faltered with two bogeys
on Nos. 13 and 17 and settled for a 72 and
joint second in the Sectional Qualier at
Glendora Golf Club in California Tuesday.
In contrast, Agojo recovered from a poor
start of a three-over round at the backside,
hitting birdies on Nos. 1, 4 and 5 for an
even card but fumbled with bogeys on
Nos. 6 and 9 for that 74.
Still, she nished tied for seventh and earned
a spot in next months tournament proper.
Lovelynn Guioguio, however, struggled
all day on the tight layout, nishing with
a six-over 78 and failing to make the cut.
I FOUND
this article
of Richard
Pa vl i c e k
Guessing
a Queen
f e a t u r e d
on Bridge Base Online most instructive. In
some contracts declarer is at a quandary on
which opponent has the queen. So most times
it is guess on who has the queen. The line of
play is not the usual nesse which fails.
This is what Richard Pavlicek had written:
One of the sharpest card players of all
time was the late Joh Crawford. Legend has
it that he never misguessed a queen he had
such incredible table feel that he could al-
ways tell who held the lady.
One day a fellow gambler offered Craw-
ford a bet: You leave the table and Ill ar-
range the trump suit. When you come back,
Ill bet you $100 you cant tell me which de-
fender has the queen. Sure enough, Craw-
ford accepted the bet.
When he returned to the table, Crawford
stared rst at his lefthand opponent, and
then at his right-hand opponent. Puzzled, he
looked at each opponent again and again.
Darn it! he said, Neither one of em looks
like he has it. I cant believe this! Crawford
was just about to concede the bet when the
gambler tossed him a hundred-dollar bill
he had removed the queen of trumps from
the deck.
How good is your queen guessing? Can you
nd the proper play to make this 4 contract?
North
7643
K98
104
K532
West East
KQ52 A98
Q3 542
Q976 8532
Q109 J87
Sony Boy ready vs foe
WORLD Boxing Council yweight
champion Sonny Boy Jaro is already in
Japan for his rst title defense against
Toshiyuki Igarashi in Saitama on Monday.
Prior tohisdeparture, alongwithmembersof
his teamheaded by manager/promoter/trainer
and former boxer Aljoe Jaro, Sonny Boy, who
won the title with a sixth-round knockout of
long-reigning Thai world champion Pongsaklek
Wonjongkam last March 2, said he was ready
todefendhis title andshowthe worldthat my
victoyoverPongsaklekwasnofluke.
The 30-year-old Sonny Boy Jaro, who
has a record of 34-10-5 with 24 knockouts,
promised Filipino ght fans that he is in
better shape now more than during my
ght against Pongsaklek.
Aljoe Jaro indicated they dont plan to
depend on the judges and would go for
a knockout against Igarashi. Sonny Boy
knows the only sure way to win is by a
knockout. Ronnie Nathanielsz
SYLVIA LOPEZ
ALEJANDRO
IN what was the biggest and so far the best
organized Century Tuna National Age-Group
Triathlon race in Cagayan de Oro City,
hometown favorites and Philippine devel-
opmental pool members Sixto Lalanto and
Mary Claudine Ybanez won their respective
titles in contrasting fashion.
In front of hundreds of spectators, who lined
the bike and run course, Lalanto easily out-
classed his rivals in the 750-meter swim 20-
Km bike5-Km run event to win the junior
sprint title in one hour, three minutes and 48
seconds. On the other hand, Ybanez had to
come back from four minutes behind in transi-
tion two by overtaking Annabelle Dominique
Torres during the nal kilometer of the run.
Other champions in the CDO Misamis Ori-
ental-organized event hosted by Chali Beach
Resort and sponsored by Arena, Columbia
SportsWear Company, Aling Nonas Lechon,
NorthFace, Kagay River Rafting, Cagayan de
Oro Vice-Mayor Ian E. Acenas, City Councilor
Ian Nacaya, Pamakid Trading and Milling and
100 Plus, are Mary Pauline Fornea (Female
17-19), Kathlene Co (Female 20-29), Shai Ba-
cus (Female 30-over), Banjo Norte (17-19),
Peter Villocino (20-24), Jean Patrick Serrano
(25-29), Jemarvin Cabilan (30-34), Christo-
pher Eyao (35-39), Ferdinand Sogoc (40-44),
Tenggoy Colmenares (45-49), Allen Nitollama
(50-54), Killu Kunimoto (60-over), Magaro/
Pamisa (Sprint Distance Relay) and Parantar/
Dedoyco (Standard Distance Relay).
Local ofcials were very pleased to see the
number of participants reach 155 this year
(versus 2011s 85), which includes partici-
pants coming from Cebu, Bukidnon, Bohol,
Davao, Misamis Oriental, General Santos
City and CDO.
Lalanto, Ybanez rule age-group triathlon
FERNANDO Lumacad is reportedly in great
shape for his 10-round bout against World
Boxing Association yweight champion
Hernan Marquez in Sinaloa, Mexico in
a ght that is being billed as a super
yweight eliminator.
Lumacad is co-managed by Australian
promoter Peter Maniatis and Jim Claude
Manangquil, who informed the Manila
Standard that the Filipino left for Los
Angeles last night and will proceed to
Culiacan via Tijuana after an overnight
stay in the US.
Manangquil said that prior to his
departure, Lumacad tipped the scales at
116 pounds, just one pound over the super
yweight limit. Ronnie Nathanielsz
FILIPINO Crisanto Pitpitunge
challenges bantamweight cham-
pion Justin Cruz in Saturdays
main event of the Pacic X-
treme Combat 31 at the Ynares
Sports Arena in Pasig City.
Fighting out of the celebrated
Team Lakay from Baguio City,
Pitpitunge is unbeaten in all three
of his matches. Despite limited
in experience, the 25-year-old
wushu practitioner believes he
has what it takes to dethrone the
champion from Guam.
Its a great opportunity to
face the champion, said Pitpi-
tunge as he came face-to-face
with Cruz in Tuesdays Philip-
pine Sportswriters Association
Forum at Shakeys UN Avenue.
According to Cruz, he has a 21-4
record, including a pair of victories
over Pitpitunges Team Lakay stable-
mates, one of them opposite his coach
Mark Sangiao in 2009. He has won
eight of his last nine outings.
More or less, that gives Cruz
an idea of the kind of ght the
Filipino will bring on the table.
Ive fought against two of his
teammates. And theyre ghters
who are tough on their feet and
scrambling on the ground, said
the reigning title holder. Hes
denitely a credible contender.
Pitpitunge is raring to become
the second PXC Filipino cham-
pion after Ale Cali of Davao.
X-treme Combat star
eyes 3
rd
straight win
LOS ANGELESThe Los Angeles Clippers have signed All-
Star forward Blake Grifn to a ve-year contract extension
that could be worth up to $95 million.
The team announced the deal late Tuesday night.
The deal could keep Grifn, who could opt out after four
years, in a Clippers uniform until 2018. He will earn $7.2
million next season.
Happy to officially sign my extension to clippernation for 5 more
years. Cant wait. Thanks for all the support,Griffin tweeted.
Teammate Chris Paul retweeted Grifn and added,
Yessirrrrr CONGRATS BG!!!
Grifn averaged 20.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists
in 66 games last season, helping the Clippers to a 40-26 record
- their rst winning season since 2005-06 and their rst playoff
berth since then, as well. They beat Memphis in the rst round,
with Grifn averaging 18.0 points and 6.4 rebounds, before
losing to San Antonio in the conference seminals.
Grifn has been training with the U.S. Olympic basketball
team in Las Vegas in preparation for the London Games that
begin July 27.
Under the NBAs new collective bargaining agreement,
players coming off their rookie-scale contract are eligible to
sign for 30 percent of the salary cap if voted to start in two
All-Star games, are named to an All-NBA team twice or are
named the most valuable player. Every team is allowed one
designated player who can get a ve-year maximum extension
on his rookie contract. AP
Blake inks $95-m pact
put herself in a tie for fth.
Muni He of Canada led Legaspis
division with a 68.
Corpus became another probable
title challenger with his even-par 62
giving him a share of sixth place in
the boys 9-10 years play at Fountains
course of the Welk Resort San Diego.
Corpus opened with a double bogey
on the second hole, but fought back
hard to salvage his par round with
birdies on the third, 11th and 18th
hole against a bogey on the eight.
Leading his division was Karl Vilips
of Australia, who red a 59.
Harmie Constantino, Raymart
Tolentino, Wei Wei Gao, Aidric
Chan ans Annyka Pineda-
Cayabyab posted the other notable
starts posted by the 42-strong
Philippine delegation supported
by International Container Teminal
Services, Inc. and the countrys
national flag-carriee Phlippine
Airlines.
Constantino (76) shared 10th spot,
but was eight behind in the girls 11-
12; Gao and Chan both had 73s to
be among those in ninth spot in the
boys 11-12, Tolentinos 71 left him
six behind the Chinese leader in the
boys 13-14 and Pineda-Cayabyab
(67) was among those in 13th spot
seven shots behind in the girls 7-8
years.
Heavy fog blanketed the Torrey
Pines course at mid-afternoon,
preventing the 15-17 years girls bets
from nishing their rounds. They
were asked to return for a shotgun
start on Wednesday morning.
Of those who nished in the boys
15-17 play, LJ Go turned in the best
round of 78 that was good for a share
of 44th spot. Gio Gandionco also
failed to complete his rst round.
South
J10
AJ1076
AKJ
A64
West North East South
1
P 2 P 4
P P P
Lead is QK. After winning the QK, West
leads a low spade to Easts ace and you ruff
the next spade with the 6. The typical play
is to ruff your third diamond, cash the K and
nesse East for the queen as you can see, this
would not be a success.
Would an expert actually guess this queen?
Well, not exactly an expert would not lead trumps.
After rufng a diamond the proper play is to cash
both top clubs ending in dummy, then lead the lost
spade and ruff it in your hand. Now exit with a clad.
Viola! Whoever wins will have to lead trumps (or
diamond) which guarantees your contract.
The next deal featured is from the World
Wide Bridge Contest which was held recently.
This is Erick Kokish commentary:
Board 19
Dlr: South
Vul: E/W North
A105
QJ94
A843
42
West East
KQ96 J8743
A86
K9 QJ652
10853 K76
South
2
K107532
107
AQJ9
Both sides have a big major-suit t and
some distributional plus features and with the
high cards divided nearly evenly, there is every
chance that this will be a highly competitive deal,
but due to the vulnerability, E/W wont be able
to trade heavily on their ownership of the high-
er ranking suit. If they compete to 4, N/S can
double and secure a two-trick set for +500, more
than the value of their II-trick equity of +450
in hearts. However, to do that, they must avoid
leading their main suit as a heart lead permits a
club discard before North can lead through the
K to obtain an essential third-round club ruff.
There will be plenty of +200s for N/S.
The rst decision on this deal will be Souths:
whether to open 1, 2, or pass. The popular
choice will be 1, and that will force West to
decide between a slightly awed takeout double,
a mildly conservative pass, and a somewhat ec-
centric 1. In real life, double will be the popular
choice. Norths 11-count is slightly too good for
a limit raise, with its sharp cards, strong trumps,
kicking ten and doubleton, and whether North
starts with redouble, a conventional 2NT or 3NT
or some other specialized raise, or 4 (more at-
tractive in strong-club systems), he should com-
mit to game rather than try to stop on a dime
in 3 when South has opened light. East has
enough distribution to insist on game himself and
although he might be thinking fondly about sug-
gesting slam via a cue-bid, 4 will be the more
practical move once North has shown strength.
Where North has shown primary heart support,
South will have a strong preference for declaring
and will most often bid 5 or 5 over 4, but if
South passes, North will double and South will
generally respect that decision, especially where
taking out the double would be interpreted as a
slam try.
Where South refers to limit his high-card
strength by opening 2, West is more likely to
pass, and North will bid game, try for game via a
2NT inquiry, or conservatively boost to 3 as an
obstructive move, depending on his expectations
for the weak two and his view of appropriate tac-
tics. East might double for takeout or compete
with a two-suited cue bid if he believes shape
more important than high cards, or he might risk
an overcall in spades or settle for a cautious pass.
The usual considerations about defending 4
doubled and the opening lead in those cases, and
going on to 5 will come into play when E/W get
into the bidding.
If N/S do not sound strong and compete to
5 over 4, West might believe that his sides
bidding has established ownership and so
double 5, conceding -650 if East sits for it. If
East competes to 5 (not outrageously facing
a double of 2, for example), N/S can survive
a heart lead if they double, but if they do not
double, E/W will score well for -200 or -300.
Comments to: sylvia@globelines.com.ph
Lumacad in great shape
San Beda wins Miri netfest. San Beda College Rizal dominated the recent 2012 Miri Junior
Tennis Invitational at the Miri Tennis Center in Sarawak, Malaysia after Bedans Andre Rodriguez
and Pocholo Macalino edged Augustine Chang and Stefan Alex, 8-6, in the boys' 18-under doubles
division; SBC's Elijah Arevalo paired with Virman Bejosano to defeat Bernard Sim and Adrian Chong
8-4 in the boys' 14-under doubles class. Rodriguez and Arevalo won their respective singles titles
as San Beda captured four gold medals in the netfest organized by Miri Division Lawn Tennis
Association president Ray Fung.
Sports
Manila Standard TODAY
Ranidel De Ocampo
waxed hot with a team-high
24 points on 8-of-9 shoot-
ing from the eld and 5-of-5
from the line, while Japeth
Aguilar gave a huge lift off
the bench with 20 points, 14
in the rst half, to backstop
the Tropang Texters.
The win improved the Tro-
pang Texters record to 6-5 at
fourth spot and boosted their
bid for a seat in the finals, while
the ailing Bolts fell to 4-8.
Wala naman kaming
ibang choice, we have to
win, said Talk N Text coach
Chot Reyes. We need to win
all of our remaining games.
Were in a situation where one
miss, we die.
Even if we sweep our
remaining games, we still
need to beat somebody in a
playoff. We have to keep on
ghting and see how far this
can take us, Reyes added.
Talk N Text skipper Jim-
my Alapag added 12 mark-
ers, Kelly Williams scored
11 and Paul Harris had 10
for the Texters.
Playing with a sense of ur-
gency, the Tropang Texters
hardly broke a sweat as they
showed no brotherly love
for the Bolts.
Right out of the gates,
Talk N Text zoomed to a
31-16 lead after the rst
frame. That lead just swelled
to a gigantic 21-point cush-
ion, 64-43, by halftime.
At that point, the game
was already settled as Mer-
alco failed to show some re-
sistance the rest of the way.
The Texters posted their
largest separation at the 10:38
mark of the nal period, a
36-point bubble--96-63.
Mario West scored a team-
high 21 points for Meralco
and Mac Cardona had 13.
I would love to play this
tournament with a complete
lineup. Injuries are part of bas-
ketball. Were hit hard by a
combination of injuries and fa-
tigue, but this is not an excuse.
We just have to go balls outin
these few remaining games and
see what happens, said Reyes.
JULY 12, 2012 THURSDAY A8
Riera U. Mallari, Editor sports@manilastandardtoday.com sports_mstandard@yahoo.com
By Jeric Lopez
BADLY needing a win, Talk N Text responded as
it turned back ousted sibling Meralco, 108-84, to stay
in the hunt for a nals berth in the 2012 Philippine
Basketball Association Governors Cup at the Smart-
Araneta Coliseum last night.
STANFORD, CaliforniaSer-
ena Williams has had little time
to reect on her rst Grand Slam
title in two years and even less
time to sleep with a schedule she
says is probably the most hec-
tic it has been in my career.
And it has only just begun.
Three days removed from
winning Wimbledon and less
than three weeks away from
returning to London to go for
Olympic gold, a jet-lagged Wil-
liams was back on the court
Tuesday - more than 5,000 miles
and eight time zones away from
the All England Club - in the se-
rene setting at Stanford.
I dont know really where I
am right now, she joked.
The 14-time Grand Slam sin-
gles champion left London a day
earlier, watched at least ve
movies on the ight - The
Hunger Games was her favor-
ite - because she couldnt sleep
and only rested a few hours be-
fore she showed up on Court 10
wearing a pink, long-sleeved
shirt and black capris in front of
about a dozen spectators.
Leaving the London drizzle for
the Stanford sunshine wasnt the
only reason Williams returned.
The Bank of the West Clas-
sic, where the top-seeded Wil-
liams will defend her title begin-
ning Wednesday against NCAA
champion Nicole Gibbs of Stan-
ford, holds special meaning for
Williams. The tournament is
where her comeback took shape
last year when she beat Marion
Bartoli in the nals for her rst
WTA title victory since return-
ing from blood clots in her lugs
and two foot operations that
threatened her life and career.
I really wanted to come here
more than anything, Williams
said. This is kind of where I
felt like it began. Just getting on
that plane and coming here to
play is probably the best thing I
could have done.
What a way to gear up for the
Games.
Not only did Williams win
the singles title at Wimbledon,
she also teamed with older sis-
ter Venus to capture the doubles
crown. The super hectic sched-
ule, as Williams refers to it,
isnt slowing down either. AP
By Peter Atencio
FIVE big locker rooms
for athletes, including one
which will be exclusively
used by the National
University Bulldogs,
will be available for
competing varsity squads
in the 75
th
University
Athletic Association of
the Philippines mens
basketball tournament,
which opens Saturday.
UAAP president Nilo
Ocampo of Season 75 host
NU announced this among
the many amenities to be
made available to athletes
this year.
A spacious dressing
room, a dozen shower
stalls and a dozen toilets
have been included in
each of the dugouts, which
competing teams will use
during the season.
Ocampo said the
experience will match
what teams in the United
States National Basketball
Association enjoy.
This edice will
provide the facilities,
which we hope will
provide the experience
that only those in the NBA
have experienced, said
Ocampo.
A fth dugout is under
construction for the
exclusive use of the NU
Bulldogs. It is different
from the other dugouts
as it will have its own
lounge, where players can
sleep and relax.
Around the 14,000-seat-
er Arena, LED displays
in the gallery section and
upperbox can flash words
like, defense, offense
and three-points dur-
ing gametime.
A meet-and-greet room
is also available to athletes
and coaches, who will be
interviewed after every
game.
The Arena also has VIP
suites for paying sponsors
and companies and their
employees.
On Saturday, the
league will have its
opening ceremonies at
the SM MOA Arena and
it will be the second time
in at least three decades
that rites will be held
outside of the Araneta
Coliseum.
MOA Arena a world-class facility
No rest for Serena before Olympics
THE Philippine Azkals are
in for a tough campaign in
the Asean Football Federa-
tion-2012 Suzuki Cup, set
from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1.
The Azkals were bracketed
in Group A with powerhouses
Thailand, Vietnam and the top
team from the qualifying round
in Myanmar.
Team manager Dan Palami
and followers of the team
learned of the schedule rst-
hand when they viewed an
online livestream feed of the
drawing of lots at the Gold-
en Tulip Sovereign Hotel in
Bangkok yesterday afternoon.
You can see that the top
three teams in Southeast Asia
belongs to Group A. Thats
Vietnam, the Philippines and
Thailand. Of course, Thailand
will be a strong competitor,
said Palami during a press con-
ference at the Azkals Sports in
the Fort Strip in Taguig.
According to the latest FIFA
rankings, Vietnam is ranked no. 120
in the world and is no. 16 in Asia,
followed by Thailand (135 in the
world, 18 in Asia), which clashes
with the Azkals first on Nov. 24.
The Philippines is 152nd in
the world and 24th in Asia.
Malaysia is bracketed in
Group B, bunched with Indo-
nesia, Singapore and the sec-
ond qualier from the qualify-
ing stage. Peter Atencio
Tough
draw for
PH Azkals
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
FORMER International Boxing
Federation super bantamweight
champion Jeffrey Mathebula
will be operated on for a broken
jaw suffered in his unication
title ght against World Boxing
Organization champion Nonito
Donaire at the Home Depot
Center in Carson City last July 7.
The California Boxing
Commission doctor, who
examined Mathebula after the
ght, initially diagnosed the
discomfort as being caused by a
broken tooth.
However, the Manila
Standar d reported Mathebula
was suspected of suffering a
broken jaw, which was conrmed
when the former world champion
was examined on his return home
to South Africa.
The ghters promoter Branco
Milenkovic, who returned to
South Africa on Monday from
Los Angeles, conrmed that
Mathebula has been booked to
undergo surgery.
We initially thought that it
was a tooth problem, but it is
in fact a broken jaw, Branco
conrmed
Milenkovic noted that
fighting with a broken jaw
against the universally
recognized fifth-rated,
pound-for-pound star made
Mathebulas performance
even more heroic, especially
after American fighter Victor
Ortiz opted to quit in his corner
when his jaw was broken
during his welterweight clash
against Joselito Lopez just a
fortnight ago.
Milenkovic said he was proud
of the gusty display of his ghter
in the HBO-televised main bout,
especially in the wake of his
unexpected injury.
Mathebula could not speak
after the fourth round, which
underlines the pain he was feeling,
but he did not let everyone see it
because he wanted to ght on
like the true soldier he is, the
promoter revealed.
Milenkovic said that South
African judge Deon Dwarte
had Donaire the winner by a
shocking 119-108 scorecard,
while judge Jonathan Davis had
Donaire winning, 117-110, with
Steve Morrow turning in a 118-
109 scorecard.
However, Ring Magazine,
boxingscene.com and HBO,
which televised the ght, saw
a much closer ght at 115-112,
even though Donaire scored
a fourth-round knockdown,
where Mathebula was saved by
the bell.
Mathebula undergoes surgery for broken jaw
THE defending champion San Beda
Red Lions will put a premium on de-
fense when they meet the University
of Perpetual Help Altas at 6 p.m. today
in the 88
th
National Collegiate Athletic
Association mens bas-
ketball tournament.
The Red Lions, who
are coming off a 10-day
rest period, emerged as
the top rebounding team
after two games with
their average of 24 de-
fensive boards per game.
Being on their toes
on defense, accord-
ing to coach Ronnie Magsanoc, will
help the Red Lions earn their third
straight win and put them in a share
of the lead with the Jose Rizal Uni-
versity Heavy Bombers.
We have to rely on defense to be
able to compete, said Magsanoc, after
the Red Lions, with eight suspended
veterans back in action, subdued the
Lyceum Pirates, 82-67, last week.
Sophomore Baser Amer is the Red
Lions top-scorer with 17 points per
game, while returnee Art de la Cruz can
norm14.5 points and 13.5
boards. Kyle Pascual can
support them with seven
rebounds per game.
They are expected
to concentrate their de-
fense on Altas scorer
Earl Thompson, who
can chip in at least 12
points a game, and Nosa
Omorogbe and Femi
Babayemi, who average 8.3 and 6.7
rebounds, respectively.
The Altas (2-1) share second spot
with the San Sebastian Stags and
Mapua Cardinals.
Meanwhile, the Mapua Cardinals
take on Lyceum of the Philippines
University at 4 p.m. Peter Atencio
Red Lions battle Altas
PBA SCORES LOTTO RESULTS
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Games Today
(The Arena in San Juan)
10 a.m. Letran vs EAC (jrs)
12 nn Mapua vs LPU (jrs)
2 p.m. San Beda vs
Perpetual Help (jrs)
4 p.m. Mapua vs LPU (srs)
6 p.m. San Beda vs
Perpetual Help (srs)
TALK N TEXT 108De Ocampo 24, Aguilar 20,
Alapag 12, Williams 11, Harris 10, Peek 8, Castro
7, Fonacier 5, Alvarez 5, Raymundo 4, Gamalinda
2, Aban 0, Lao 0.
MERALCO 84West 21, Cardona 13, Daa 11,
Mercado 9, Bulawan 8, Taulava 6, Hugnatan
5, Ballesteros 4, Reyes 4, Borboran 3, Ross 0,
Texters
stay alive
Timberlake0, Artadi 0.
Quarters: 31-16, 64-
43, 89-63, 108-84
Talk N Texts Paul
Harris (left) is
bumped by a chasing
Chris Ross of Meralco
in a PBA Governors
Cup game won by
the Texters, 108-84.
Business
B1
IN BRIEF
Atlas restructures
equity, ups capital
Ray S. Eano, Editor extrastory2000@gmail.com
Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor
Phoenix
eyes $10-m
investment
from IFC
Bank lending, money supply growth slow
Shell offers to invest in $150-m Batangas-Manila gas pipeline
PSE COMPOSITE INDEX
Closing July 11, 2012
5,235.44
4.84
OIL
PRICES
TODAY
P584-P695.00
LPG/11-kg tank
P47.15-P53.07
Unleaded Gasoline
P38.40-P41.05
Diesel
P40.30-P52.20
Kerosene
P27.20-P31.00
Auto LPG
FOREI GN EXCHANGE RATE
Currency Unit US Dollar Peso
United States Dollar 1.000000 41.8750
Japan Yen 0.012593 0.5273
UK Pound 1.551800 64.9816
Hong Kong Dollar 0.128971 5.4007
Switzerland Franc 1.020304 42.7252
Canada Dollar 0.977708 40.9415
Singapore Dollar 0.788519 33.0192
Australia Dollar 1.022181 42.8038
Bahrain Dinar 2.652661 111.0802
Saudi Arabia Rial 0.266667 11.1667
Brunei Dollar 0.785423 32.8896
Indonesia Rupiah 0.000106 0.0044
Thailand Baht 0.031576 1.3222
UAE Dirham 0.272272 11.4014
Euro Euro 1.225000 51.2969
Korea Won 0.000877 0.0367
China Yuan 0.157087 6.5780
India Rupee 0.018054 0.7560
Malaysia Ringgit 0.315159 13.1973
NewZealand Dollar 0.796876 33.3692
Taiwan Dollar 0.033424 1.3996
Source: PDS Bridge
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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By Julito G. Rada
PHOENIX Petroleum
Philippines Inc. is negotiating
for a $10-million investment
from International Finance
Corp., the investment arm of the
World Bank.
We are still in talks with
IFC. But there is no timetable
yet as to when agreements
should be reached, Phoenix
Petroleum president and chief
executive Dennis Uy told
a press briefing in Makati
Wednesday.
IFC is really interested, Uy
said, adding if an agreement
was not reached this year, the
company would still pursue its
expansion program.
Uy said the expansion
included the scheduled opening
of its biggest retail station in
Davao City in August this year.
He said Phoenix allotted P40
million for the project.
He said Phoenix was also
planning to put up more retail
stations in Luzon, including one
in northern Luzon.
Phoenix Petroleum has a $57-
million corporate investment
program over 2011 and 2012
for the expansion of its retail
service station network, land
acquisition and establishment
of additional tanks and depots in
strategic locations.
IFC earlier said it was
considering nancing up to
$10 million of Phoenixs
investment program to expand
its distribution.
Phoenix has recently
acquired a shipping rm to
secure a seamless ow of its
logistics chain. The company
said the acquisition of Chelsea
Shipping Corp. was done
through a share swap agreement
with Udenna Management &
Resources Corp. UMRC owns
Chelsea.
Phoenix acquisition of
Chelsea will be submitted
for stockholders approval on
Sept. 6. Chelsea owns the
largest oil tanker in the country
M/T Chelsea Thelma with 9,366
gross registered tonnage.
Phoenix is the rst independent
oil company listed on the
Philippine Stock Exchange after
the Oil Deregulation Law was
passed in 1998. It is also the rst
company from Davao listed in
the exchange.
Phoenix envisions itself to be
the market leader in the retail
business among independent
oil players by the end of this
year.
IC reorganization
THE Budget Department approved the
proposal of the Insurance Commission to
reorganize its structure, stafng pattern and
compensation plan to improve the efciency
of the industry.
The IC is creating four deputy insurance
commissioner positions and divisions
for brokers, information technology and
planning.
With this structure, each division can
focus on the specic industry assigned to
them as compared to the previous setup when
an assigned insurance examiner is assigned
to several different product types on a given
year, Insurance Commissioner Emmanuel
Dooc said.
The new division on information
technology will maintain and automate the
systems of the Commission for efcient and
effective delivery of services to the public,
he said.
The IC received the go-signal to complement
lled up positions of 175 to 244 employees for
its four major operating groups, 19 divisions
and three district ofces that will be entitled
to the same allowances and benets enjoyed
by employees of agencies covered by RA No.
6758.
Lixil Asia launched
LIXIL Corp., the largest building materials
and housing equipment manufacturer in Japan,
has launched Lixil Asia in Manila Wednesday,
a move it said will signicantly contribute to
improvement in overseas sales in the next three
years.
Lixil plans to expand its sales to $37.5
billion in scal year 2015, of which $12.5
billion will come from overseas sales. One
of the key measures to achieve this target is
business development in Asia, Toshimasa Iue,
chief executive of Lixil Global Co., said in a
press brieng.
In particular, we place high expectations on
product business in the Asean countries. Lixil
is looking at these countries as its high-growth
area in the medium term, Iue said.
Iue said the vision will be realized in the
Philippines through American Standard
Philippines Ltd. Co., which will use the
resources of Lixil Corp. American Standard is a
local subsidiary of Lixil Asia. Julito G. Rada
Rewards card. Bank of the Philippine Islands and Jollibee Foods Corp. signed an agreement launching the rst cashless
payment rewards card in the Philippines. Shown ashing the card at Jollibees outlet in Fort Bonifacio are (from left) Jollibee
president and chief operating ofcer Ernesto Tanmantiong, Jollibee chairman and chief executive Tony Tan Caktiong, BPI president
Aurelio Montinola III and BPI senior vice president Ma. Cristina Go. SONNY ESPIRITU
A WHOLLY-OWNED unit
of Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co. is selling its 27-
percent stake in online gaming
company Philweb Corp. for
around P4.3 billion.
Philweb and ePLDT said in
separate disclosures to the stock
exchange they had signed a share
purchase agreement covering
at least 397.9 million common
shares, representing 27 percent
of the outstanding capital of
Philweb.
The sale of the shares will be
executed in four tranches, which
is expected to be completed by
the end of 2013.
ePLDT said the rst tranche,
which is expected to be transacted
Friday, as well as the second
tranche will carry a base price of
P10.70 per share. The third and
fourth tranches will also be at a
base price of P10.70 apiece, but
with an adjustment of 3 percent
per annum.
Having made over 660
percent return on its original
investment in six years, ePLDT
wanted to realize its prots, the
PLDT unit said.
Philweb said it was happy
to acquire the ePLDT stake
because its cash flows
was sufficient to pay for its
acquired shares and would
therefore result in higher
earnings per share for
the company by reducing
the outstanding shares by
approximately 27 percent.
Philweb and ePLDT said they
would continue working with
each other on various mutually
benecial projects.
Philweb, the online gaming
company which is the
information technology provider
of Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp., booked a net
income of P243 million in the
rst quarter.
Lailany P. Gomez
By Anna Leah G. Estrada
BANK lending growth slowed in May,
as both companies and households cut
back on their expenditures during the
month.
Bangko Sentral Governor Amando
Tetangco Jr. said outstanding loans of
universal and commercial banks grew
by 14.7 percent year-on-year in May,
slower than the 19.2-percent expansion
observed in April.
On a month-on-month seasonally-
adjusted basis, commercial banks
lending in May declined by 0.3 percent,
the Bangko Sentral said.
Data showed that corporate loans,
used for production activities, rose at a
slower rate of 14.7 percent in May than
the 19.7-percent increase in April.
The growth of consumer loans also
eased to 16.8 percent from 17.5 percent of
the previous month due to the slowdown
in auto loans, the bank said.
The Bangko Sentral said banks loans
had been growing at double-digit rates
since January 2011.
The continued growth in bank
lending supports the favorable outlook
for domestic demand amid tepid global
economic conditions, Tetangco said.
Meanwhile, money supply or M3 also
grew at a slower pace of 7.9 percent in May
to reach P4.6 trillion. This followed a 9.1-
percent growth recorded a month earlier.
The money supply growth continued to
be driven by the sustained expansion of
net foreign assets at 9.6 percent in May.
The Bangko Sentrals net foreign
assets grew by 11.6 percent, supported
by steady foreign exchange inows
from overseas remittances and portfolio
investments.
The net foreign assets of banks,
however, continued to decrease in May as
the rise in their foreign liabilities outpaced
the increase in their foreign assets.
Banks foreign liabilities increased
further due in part to higher placements
and deposits made by foreign banks with
their local branches.
By Alena Mae S. Flores
THE Energy Department said
Wednesday it will study the offer
of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum
Corp. to help nance and take a
stake in the 100-kilometer $150-
million Batangas-Manila natural
gas pipeline.
Shell country manager Ed
Chua said the oil company was
looking at participating in the
gas pipeline project to speed up
the development of the industry.
He said Shell could offer its
technical expertise or become an
equity partner in the project.
Energy Undersecretary Jay
Layug, however, told reporters at
the sidelines of the Platts Forum
on Oil, Coal and LNG that Shell
had yet to formalize its intention
to take a stake in the proposed gas
pipeline. He said the government
was looking at fully owning and
operating the pipeline.
We need to study it because
at the end of the day, if they will
offer it, we want the government
to control it. In other jurisdictions
worldwide, usually government
owns it 100 percent and then later
on they sell out their interests,
Layug said.
Layug said that based on the
studies of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency, it would be
to the interest of the government
to build the pipeline on its own.
The model weve seen as most
optimal would be a pipeline that
would be owned and operated by
the government through PNOC,
he said.
Layug said under the plan,
state-owned Philippine National
Oil Co. will form a subsidiary
called PNOC Pipeline Corp.
that would own and operate the
pipeline and get its own funding.
By Lailany P. Gomez
ATLAS Consolidated Mining and
Development Corp. said Wednesday it has
completed an equity restructuring that will
wipe out a capital decit, clean the balance
sheet and allow a declaration of cash
dividends once retained earnings position
builds up.
Atlas said in a disclosure to
the stock exchange it increased
its capital stock from P20 billion
to P30 billion after obtaining the
approval of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
The regulator also allowed the
mining company to reduce the
par value of its shares from P10
to P8 apiece.
The equity restructure paved
the way for the full elimination
of Atlas accumulated decit
of about P12.7 billion through
the application of an additional
paid-in capital, with a portion
of representing the reduction
surplus created from the par
value decrease.
The increase will result in the
issuance of 273,098,160 Atlas
shares of stock to SM Investments
Corp. as a subscriber.
The outstanding capital stock
of Atlas will comprise a total of
2,072,589,788 shares.
No other movement in the
outstanding capital stock of
Atlas will ensue from the equity
restructuring, the mining
company said.
With the equity restructuring,
Atlas can now increase retained
earnings from net income that may
be allocated for the distribution of
dividends to stockholders.
Atlas reported a 78-percent
drop in net income in the rst
quarter to P298 million from
P1.338 billion in the same period
last year.
The company attributed the
decline to costs and operating
expenses, amounting to P2.577
billion at end-March from P1.87
billion year-on-year.
In May, SM Investments
increased its equity investment
in Atlas through the purchase of a
P5.3418-billion convertible loan
the mining rm took out from
BDO Unibank under a secured
notes facility agreement signed
on July 25, 2011.
The conversion of the loan into
equity will involve the issuance
to SM Investments of 273.1
million Atlas common shares,
bringing the conglomerates
total shareholdings in the mining
company to 28.43 percent from
17.9 percent earlier.
PLDT selling stake
in Philweb for P4.3b
MANUEL V. Pangilinan, or MVP, is having a
hard time convincing Philippine banks to lend
the money that will nance his acquisition of
GMA Network Inc.
The banks, according to the grapevine, were
dismayed to learn of the high price tag quoted
by MVP to close the deal, tentatively set by
November this year. The banks, as a result, have
wondered how MVPs companies could recover
the high investment within a reasonable time.
The grapevine said MVP, chairman of
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., and
GMA Network, which airs on Channel 7 on free
TV, have initially agreed on an acquisition price
of about P53 billion, lock, stock and barrel.
That puts the price-earnings multiple of GMA-7
at an expensive 25 times, or much higher than
the stock markets valuation of 16 times.
Shares of GMA Network closed Wednesday
at P10.30 apiece, putting the companys market
capitalization at P34.89 billion.
The latest tag price on the countrys second-
biggest broadcasting company is a big
improvement since negotiations between the two
camps started late last year. MVP had initially
offered a cheap price of P25 billion to the group
of GMA Network chairman and chief executive
Felipe Gozon.
MediaQuest Holdings Inc., the media holding
company of the PLDT Benecial Trust Fund,
earlier tried to buy 66.67 percent of GMA-7 for
P8.5 billion a few years ago. Nothing came out
from the negotiations, with MediaQuest later
purchasing a controlling stake in TV5.
Rebellious directors out
A winter of discontent is gripping the elitist
Manila Southwoods and Country Club after the
group of Robert John Bob Sobrepea of the Fil-
Estate Group suspended ve directors representing
the minority shares of the sports facility.
The ve naturally cried foul over the decision
to suspend them for the imsy ground of conduct
unbecoming and other acts deemed harmful to
the interest of the club.
Suspended for one year starting on June 15,
upon the recommendation by the clubs house
committee and legal committee, were Mari
Antunez, Jimmy Gosiaco, Hanson So, Ernie
Salazar and Boy David.
Southwoods launched an internal inquiry
against Antunezs group following a complaint
by Marisse Agustin for alleged verbal abuse
and threats of physical harm. The complaint
apparently stemmed from a scolding Agustin got
from Antunez for tape recording the clubs so-
called Miting de Avance in December, without
clearance from lawyer Alfredo Javellana, head
of the nomination and election committee, and
other concerned ofcers.
The suspended directors, who were implicated
in the mess for rallying behind Antunez, assailed
the outcome of the probe, saying it was prejudged
and one-sided and that the panel took Agustins
statement hook, line, and sinker, without hearing
their counter-statement.
The ve charged that the members of the two
committees were hand-picked by Bob, leaving
their fate sealed even before the investigation
started.
The suspension order was reportedly
promulgated by the dominant group of directors
consisting of Bob, Edward Dy, Enrique
Sobrepea, Freddie Mendoza, Peng de Tagle
and Paco Gonzales.
The Sobrepea-led faction, the ve claimed,
violated a house rule requiring a vote of two-
thirds, or seven, of the board to suspend or
remove any member of the club.
According to Antunezs group, Sobrepeas
clique set aside the seven-member rule when it
voted to replace director Hector Diangkinay,
representing the Unilab Group who has resigned,
with Dr. Danny Samaniego.
Sobrepea and company also allegedly
ignored a Supreme Court order, which states
that holdover directors can only be removed by
election of the shareownersnot by appointment
of the holdover board.
With the minority group whom Bob saw as
potential threats to his leadership already out of
the board, he has rmed up further his stranglehold
on clubs affairs, including allotment of juicy
supply and service contracts.
Another battle
Bobs Camp John Hay Development Corp.,
meanwhile, remains locked in a long-drawn
nancial dispute with state-run Bases Conversion
and Development Authority over unpaid P3
billion in lease obligations.
CJHDevco has fended off a termination notice
served by the BCDA in light of the John Hay
lessees alleged lack of willingness to pay its
bills.
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TRADI NG SUMMARY
SHARES VALUE
FINANCIAL 9,793,763 745,901,775.40
INDUSTRIAL 153,783,123 1,058,790,445.88
HOLDING FIRMS 155,374,201 1,186,701,440.76
PROPERTY 961,293,316 15,912,666,838.07
SERVICES 61,889,999 978,739,584.74
MINING & OIL 922,571,897 343,944,110.92
GRAND TOTAL 2,264,706,299 20,226,744,195.77
FINANCIAL 1,303.32 (UP) 3.41
INDUSTRIAL 7,842.79 (DOWN) 18.35
HOLDING FIRMS 4,483.26 (UP) 39.05
PROPERTY 1,880.39 (DOWN) 24.43
SERVICES 1,777.71 (DOWN) 16.02
MINING & OIL 24,122.36 (DOWN) 645.62
PSEI 5,235.44 (DOWN) 4.84
All Shares Index 3,472.46 (DOWN) 10.36
Gainers: 45; Losers: 112; Unchanged: 44; Total: 201
Stocks dip; DMCI,
Ayala Corp. climb
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52 Weeks Previous % Net Foreign
High Low STOCKS Close High Low Close Change Volume Trade/Buying
MST BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
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FINANCIAL
70.50 46.00 Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. 62.25 62.50 62.00 62.50 0.40 1,372,540 (20,771,760.00)
76.80 50.00 Bank of PI 74.50 75.00 74.30 74.45 (0.07) 1,505,120 20,508,221.50
1.82 0.68 Bankard, Inc. 0.73 0.70 0.70 0.70 (4.11) 5,000
595.00 370.00 China Bank 489.00 490.00 489.00 489.00 0.00 2,380 980,000.00
1.95 1.42 BDO Leasing & Fin. Inc. 1.85 1.88 1.86 1.88 1.62 51,000
23.90 12.98 COL Financial 23.00 22.95 22.40 22.40 (2.61) 2,800
20.70 18.50 Eastwest Bank 18.68 18.70 18.64 18.64 (0.21) 1,065,500 (9,570,758.00)
89.00 50.00 First Metro Inv. 85.00 85.00 80.00 80.00 (5.88) 3,170
3.26 1.91 I-Remit Inc. 2.56 2.60 2.54 2.54 (0.74) 16,000
98.00 60.00 Metrobank 93.35 96.00 93.35 94.45 1.18 3,010,810 73,435,949.00
3.06 1.30 Natl Reinsurance Corp. 2.00 1.98 1.98 1.98 (1.00) 200,000 (396,000.00)
126.00 45.00 Phil Bank of Comm 67.00 69.50 69.50 69.50 3.73 600
77.80 41.00 Phil. National Bank 74.00 74.00 72.60 73.80 (0.27) 248,960 2,286,001.00
500.00 204.80 PSE Inc. 350.00 355.00 349.50 350.00 0.00 51,270 15,777,240.00
45.50 25.45 RCBC À 44.00 44.05 43.70 44.00 0.00 105,500.00 4,527,520.00
155.20 77.00 Security Bank 140.20 140.00 139.60 139.90 (0.21) 500,780 (13,548,280.00)
1240.00 890.00 Sun Life Financial 950.00 950.00 950.00 950.00 0.00 30 (28,500.00)
140.00 58.00 Union Bank 101.00 102.00 100.00 101.40 0.40 65,590 (878,700.00)
2.06 1.43 Vantage Equities 1.86 1.85 1.71 1.71 (8.06) 260,000
INDUSTRIAL
35.50 26.50 Aboitiz Power Corp. 34.00 34.75 33.70 34.45 1.32 1,336,400 20,207,490.00
13.58 8.00 Agrinurture Inc. 8.40 8.41 8.31 8.31 (1.07) 65,000
23.90 11.98 Alaska Milk Corp. 15.22 15.24 15.22 15.24 0.13 17,500
1.70 0.97 Alliance Tuna Intl Inc. 1.46 1.43 1.42 1.42 (2.74) 70,000 2,840.00
48.00 25.00 Alphaland Corp. 29.20 29.20 29.20 29.20 0.00 1,200
1.65 1.08 Alsons Cons. 1.32 1.51 1.32 1.44 9.09 30,761,000 208,000.00
Asiabest Group 37.50 37.90 35.05 35.15 (6.27) 302,200 74,740.00
2.96 2.12 Calapan Venture 2.30 2.30 2.30 2.30 0.00 16,000
3.07 2.30 Chemrez Technologies Inc. 2.68 2.68 2.65 2.68 0.00 264,000 7,950.00
9.70 7.41 Cirtek Holdings (Chips) 8.85 9.17 8.78 9.10 2.82 7,200
7.00 4.83 Energy Devt. Corp. (EDC) 5.99 6.03 5.94 6.00 0.17 11,497,300 (562,190.00)
6.75 2.80 EEI 6.56 6.60 6.48 6.54 (0.30) 3,007,900 7,900,137.00
25.00 5.80 Federal Chemicals 10.00 9.92 9.92 9.92 (0.80) 3,000
18.00 12.50 First Gen Corp. 17.66 17.60 17.42 17.50 (0.91) 981,600 2,057,570.00
78.55 51.50 First Holdings A 78.50 78.50 76.85 77.00 (1.91) 725,730 (2,842,063.50)
30.90 22.50 Ginebra San Miguel Inc. 21.00 21.00 20.90 20.90 (0.48) 9,930,400 (100,510,200.00)
0.02 0.0099 Greenergy 0.0150 0.0150 0.0140 0.0140 (6.67) 17,200,000
12.36 7.80 Holcim Philippines Inc. 11.80 11.80 11.60 11.60 (1.69) 44,600 118,320.00
7.40 3.80 Integ. Micro-Electronics 4.23 4.10 4.07 4.07 (3.78) 993,000
2.35 0.74 Ionics Inc 0.770 0.800 0.710 0.760 (1.30) 354,000 16,000.00
120.00 80.00 Jollibee Foods Corp. 103.00 105.90 101.00 101.90 (1.07) 650,120 (20,724,845.00)
8.40 1.04 LMG Chemicals 2.40 2.50 1.84 1.89 (21.25) 22,284,000 1,183,330.00
1.90 1.11 Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. 1.50 1.50 1.46 1.50 0.00 50,000
3.20 1.05 Manchester Intl. A 2.50 2.58 2.41 2.41 (3.60) 15,000
26.00 18.10 Manila Water Co. Inc. 25.60 25.55 25.25 25.55 (0.20) 2,511,300 34,489,390.00
15.30 8.12 Megawide 17.02 17.16 17.00 17.00 (0.12) 137,400
295.00 215.00 Mla. Elect. Co À 255.00 258.00 250.20 258.00 1.18 100,860 11,866,888.00
3.00 1.96 Pepsi-Cola Products Phil. 2.82 2.82 2.80 2.80 (0.71) 127,000 (8,500.00)
17.40 9.70 Petron Corporation 10.10 10.14 10.08 10.12 0.20 2,328,800 1,213,104.00
13.70 10.20 Phinma Corporation 10.52 10.60 10.60 10.60 0.76 15,000
14.94 8.05 Phoenix Petroleum Phils. 8.50 8.80 8.50 8.75 2.94 319,400 863.00
9.50 5.25 Republic Cement À 8.68 8.75 8.00 8.50 (2.07) 142,000
3.78 1.01 RFM Corporation 3.32 3.35 3.24 3.24 (2.41) 1,071,000 (1,071,440.00)
3.90 2.01 Roxas Holdings 2.85 2.80 2.46 2.46 (13.68) 56,000
6.50 2.90 Salcon Power Corp. 5.98 6.00 6.00 6.00 0.33 300
33.00 26.50 San Miguel Brewery Inc. 33.10 33.00 32.00 33.00 (0.30) 255,200
132.60 110.20 San Miguel Corp À 115.00 115.00 114.50 114.60 (0.35) 446,740 14,617,455.00
1.90 1.25 Seacem 1.91 1.92 1.84 1.85 (3.14) 34,253,000 9,460.00
5.30 3.30 Tanduay Holdings 4.49 4.53 4.46 4.49 0.00 2,018,000 1,667,790.00
3.00 1.99 TKC Steel Corp. 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.12 0.00 5,000
1.41 0.90 Trans-Asia Oil 1.24 1.26 1.23 1.23 (0.81) 1,327,000
69.20 37.00 Universal Robina 62.90 62.20 61.60 62.00 (1.43) 3,050,720 (50,880,699.50)
5.50 1.05 Victorias Milling 1.32 1.38 1.28 1.34 1.52 2,109,000
1.12 0.310 Vitarich Corp. 0.630 0.650 0.630 0.630 0.00 2,632,000
18.00 2.55 Vivant Corp. 10.00 10.50 10.48 10.48 4.80 9,600
1.22 0.70 Vulcan Indl. 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.94 (1.05) 194,000
HOLDING FIRMS
1.18 0.65 Abacus Cons. À 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.00 24,000
59.90 35.50 Aboitiz Equity 47.00 48.00 47.15 48.00 2.13 1,152,700 6,295,925.00
13.70 8.00 Alliance Global Inc. 11.38 11.66 11.34 11.60 1.93 24,842,000 133,649,414.00
2.97 1.80 Anglo Holdings A 2.00 2.00 1.99 1.99 (0.50) 130,000
5.02 3.00 Anscor À 4.82 4.80 4.63 4.80 (0.41) 36,000
6.98 0.260 Asia Amalgamated A 5.02 5.11 5.03 5.03 0.20 94,900 25,242.00
3.15 1.49 ATN Holdings A 2.40 2.44 2.23 2.44 1.67 855,000
485.20 272.00 Ayala Corp À 458.00 478.00 442.40 478.00 4.37 578,730 706,400.00
64.80 30.50 DMCI Holdings 58.70 59.50 57.60 59.50 1.36 1,470,370 53,995,813.50
4.19 1.03 F&J Prince A 2.60 2.85 2.84 2.85 9.62 29,000
3.68 1.15 F&J Prince B 2.51 2.52 2.52 2.52 0.40 10,000
5.20 3.30 Filinvest Dev. Corp. 3.94 3.95 3.94 3.94 0.00 28,000
0.98 0.10 Forum Pacic 0.202 0.220 0.220 0.220 8.91 20,000
520.00 455.40 GT Capital 509.00 507.00 505.50 507.00 (0.39) 205,220 750,485.00
5.22 2.94 House of Inv. 4.80 4.78 4.60 4.78 (0.42) 63,000 228,510.00
36.20 19.00 JG Summit Holdings 33.50 33.90 32.15 32.35 (3.43) 3,513,900 (25,337,120.00)
5.17 2.30 Keppel Holdings À 4.80 4.20 4.20 4.20 (12.50) 10,000
5.70 2.30 Keppel Holdings `B 4.75 4.20 4.20 4.20 (11.58) 10,000
6.21 4.00 Lopez Holdings Corp. 6.05 5.98 5.90 5.90 (2.48) 924,200 135,626.00
1.54 0.61 Lodestar Invt. Holdg.Corp. 1.28 1.30 1.25 1.26 (1.56) 2,119,000
0.91 0.300 Mabuhay Holdings À 0.495 0.495 0.495 0.495 0.00 10,000
3.82 1.790 Marcventures Hldgs., Inc. 2.60 2.58 2.55 2.57 (1.15) 1,113,000
4.65 2.56 Metro Pacic Inv. Corp. 4.18 4.20 4.15 4.16 (0.48) 9,110,000 (1,936,610.00)
6.24 2.55 Minerales Industrias Corp. 5.60 5.74 5.48 5.55 (0.89) 195,600 83,310.00
7.50 1.22 MJCI Investments Inc. 6.37 6.36 5.70 6.36 (0.16) 195,600 83,310.00
0.0770 0.045 Pacica À 0.0590 0.0590 0.0580 0.0580 (1.69) 100,200,000
2.20 1.20 Prime Media Hldg 1.480 1.520 1.480 1.520 2.70 56,000
0.82 0.44 Prime Orion 0.460 0.470 0.460 0.470 2.17 570,000
750.00 450.00 SM Investments Inc. 740.00 740.00 724.00 740.00 0.00 285,740 62,384,545.00
1.78 1.00 Solid Group Inc. 1.41 1.43 1.41 1.41 0.00 348,000
1.57 1.14 South China Res. Inc. 1.22 1.22 1.22 1.22 0.00 140,000
850.00 425.00 Transgrid 450.00 450.00 430.00 450.00 0.00 40
0.420 0.101 Unioil Res. & Hldgs 0.2650 0.2850 0.2600 0.2850 7.55 2,580,000
0.620 0.620 Wellex Industries 0.3450 0.3450 0.3300 0.3450 0.00 440,000
1.370 0.185 Zeus Holdings 0.550 0.530 0.500 0.500 (9.09) 4,197,000
P R O P E R T Y
48.00 18.00 Anchor Land Holdings Inc. 22.20 22.20 21.00 22.20 0.00 2,000 32,980.00
3.34 1.70 A. Brown Co., Inc. 2.55 2.56 2.56 2.56 0.39 8,000
0.83 0.38 Araneta Prop À 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.00 14,000
22.85 13.36 Ayala Land `B 21.05 20.65 210.15 20.65 (1.90) 79,342,400 (409,294,580.00)
5.62 3.08 Belle Corp. À 5.15 5.14 4.93 5.00 (2.91) 14,361,900 (1,855,660.00)
9.00 2.26 Cebu Holdings 5.74 5.71 5.65 5.66 (1.39) 39,600
5.66 0.80 Century Property 1.46 1.45 1.42 1.45 (0.68) 471,000 29,000.00
2.90 1.20 City & Land Dev. 2.60 2.60 2.60 2.60 0.00 4,000
1.11 0.67 Cyber Bay Corp. 0.79 0.80 0.79 0.79 0.00 604,000
0.90 0.54 Empire East Land 0.790 0.800 0.780 0.780 (1.27) 1,405,000
0.310 0.10 Ever Gotesco 0.183 0.180 0.162 0.180 (1.64) 160,000
3.06 1.63 Global-Estate 2.01 2.11 2.00 2.04 1.49 20,811,000 (9,233,280.00)
1.44 0.98 Filinvest Land,Inc. 1.29 1.30 1.28 1.29 0.00 41,449,000 29,324,260.00
3.80 1.21 Highlands Prime 1.80 1.81 1.80 1.80 0.00 19,000
2.14 0.65 Interport À 1.12 1.18 1.12 1.18 5.36 256,000 1,180.00
2.33 1.51 Megaworld Corp. 2.21 2.23 2.19 2.20 (0.45) 78,491,000 18,454,140.00
0.42 0.168 MRC Allied Ind. 0.1700 0.1680 0.1650 0.1650 (2.94) 6,720,000
0.990 0.080 Phil. Estates Corp. 0.6700 0.6800 0.6600 0.6600 (1.49) 2,252,000 68,000.00
0.71 0.41 Phil. Realty À 0.490 0.500 0.500 0.500 2.04 200,000
38.10 12.50 Phil. Tob. Flue Cur & Redry 14.58 14.58 14.58 14.58 0.00 5,700
3.50 2.08 Primex Corp. 4.05 4.33 3.80 3.82 (5.68) 538,000
18.86 10.00 Robinsons Land `B 17.50 17.68 17.48 17.54 0.23 4,383,500 (5,421,306.00)
7.71 2.51 Rockwell 3.30 3.50 3.18 3.22 (2.42) 578,000 (889,200.00)
2.70 1.80 Shang Properties Inc. 2.52 2.52 2.52 2.52 0.00 18,000
8.95 6.00 SM Development À 6.17 6.19 6.11 6.15 (0.32) 1,419,100 (1,030,423.00)
18.20 10.94 SM Prime Holdings 12.94 12.90 12.54 12.80 (1.08) 17,005,700 (129,734,086.00)
1.03 0.64 Sta. Lucia Land Inc. 0.69 0.70 0.66 0.66 (4.35) 2,318,000 67,000.00
4.55 1.80 Starmalls 4.15 4.10 4.00 4.00 (3.61) 309,000
0.80 0.45 Suntrust Home Dev. Inc. 0.540 0.550 0.550 0.550 1.85 240,000
4.50 2.60 Vista Land & Lifescapes 4.120 4.120 4.070 4.110 (0.24) 7,067,000 (2,380,310.00)
S E R V I C E S
42.00 28.60 ABS-CBN 37.00 37.00 36.10 36.20 (2.16) 28,000
18.98 1.60 Acesite Hotel 2.65 2.70 2.47 2.58 (2.64) 431,000 7,530.00
0.78 0.45 APC Group, Inc. 0.680 0.690 0.650 0.650 (4.41) 234,000
10.92 7.30 Asian Terminals Inc. 9.05 9.20 9.20 9.20 1.66 300
102.80 4.12 Bloomberry 10.50 10.50 10.22 10.28 (2.10) 10,625,000 29,192,998.00
0.5300 10.2000 Boulevard Holdings 0.1410 0.1450 0.1410 0.1410 0.00 9,600,000 311,000.00
24.00 6.66 Calata Corp. 9.73 10.10 9.53 9.53 (2.06) 2,148,000 151,850.00
86.90 62.00 Cebu Air Inc. (5J) 68.85 69.00 68.45 68.70 (0.22) 453,890 (4,737,667.00)
10.60 8.20 Centro Esc. Univ. 10.00 9.91 9.91 9.91 (0.90) 8,800
9.70 5.40 DFNN Inc. 5.96 6.05 5.95 5.95 (0.17) 38,100
5.90 1.45 Easy Call Common 3.01 3.01 3.01 3.01 0.00 3,000
1750.00 800.00 FEUI 1010.00 1020.00 990.00 1010.00 0.00 45
1270.00 831.00 Globe Telecom 1120.00 1140.00 1080.00 1111.00 (0.80) 50,310 (18,895,505.00)
11.00 6.18 GMA Network Inc. 10.38 10.50 10.26 10.30 (0.77) 291,600
77.00 43.40 I.C.T.S.I. 71.05 72.00 70.70 72.00 1.34 820,970 2,166,839.50
0.98 0.36 Information Capital Tech. 0.405 0.415 0.405 0.405 0.00 150,000 40,500.00
4.70 2.00 IP Converge 2.41 2.35 2.20 2.29 (4.98) 491,000 216,180.00
34.50 0.036 IP E-Game Ventures Inc. 0.038 0.039 0.038 0.038 0.00 8,200,000
3.87 1.00 IPVG Corp. 1.08 1.07 1.07 1.07 (0.93) 214,000
0.0760 0.042 Island Info 0.0550 0.0520 0.0490 0.0520 (5.45) 5,570,000 5,100.00
5.1900 2.550 ISM Communications 3.0000 3.0000 2.9000 2.9000 (3.33) 7,000
3.79 1.62 JTH Davies Holdings Inc. 2.53 2.42 2.42 2.42 (4.35) 2,000
11.12 5.90 Leisure & Resorts 8.63 8.79 8.20 8.49 (1.62) 6,263,400 (4,962,619.00)
3.85 2.60 Liberty Telecom 2.80 2.75 2.75 2.75 (1.79) 26,000
3.96 2.70 Macroasia Corp. 2.80 2.90 2.90 2.90 3.57 1,000
3.15 1.10 Manila Jockey 2.30 2.34 2.23 2.30 0.00 1,416,000 (20,700.00)
9.60 6.50 Metro Pacic Tollways 6.60 7.00 7.00 7.00 6.06 12,500
8.58 4.60 PAL Holdings Inc. 7.38 7.40 7.39 7.39 0.14 2,800
3.32 1.05 Paxys Inc. 3.07 3.10 3.00 3.08 0.33 2,455,000 185,880.00
10.00 5.00 Phil. Racing Club 9.35 9.35 9.35 9.35 0.00 5,000
60.00 18.00 Phil. Seven Corp. 61.00 60.60 60.55 60.55 (0.74) 2,700
17.88 12.10 Philweb.Com Inc. 12.42 13.24 12.42 13.24 6.60 4,373,200 (30,355,626.00)
2886.00 2096.00 PLDT Common 2746.00 2718.00 2700.00 2706.00 (1.46) 159,015 (35,961,970.00)
0.48 0.25 PremiereHorizon 0.315 0.320 0.310 0.310 (1.59) 2,200,000
30.10 10.68 Puregold 29.10 28.85 27.70 28.40 (2.41) 4,769,900 (30,522,815.00)
MINING & OIL
0.0083 0.0038 Abra Mining 0.0042 0.0041 0.0041 0.0041 (2.38) 39,000,000
6.20 3.01 Apex À 5.30 5.20 5.05 5.05 (4.72) 11,000
6.22 3.00 Apex `B 5.40 5.15 5.01 5.01 (7.22) 163,000 (768,350.00)
25.20 14.50 Atlas Cons. À 17.64 17.76 17.54 17.56 (0.45) 538,000 1,677,624.00
48.00 20.00 Atok-Big Wedge À 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 0.00 3,000 (44,550.00)
0.380 0.148 Basic Energy Corp. 0.260 0.265 0.255 0.265 1.92 170,000 2,650.00
30.35 19.98 Benguet Corp À 23.80 23.80 23.30 23.30 (2.10) 18,700
34.00 14.50 Benguet Corp `B 24.10 24.10 24.10 24.10 0.00 6,000
2.51 1.62 Century Peak Metals Hldgs 1.32 1.32 1.29 1.30 (1.52) 254,000
61.80 5.68 Dizon 35.80 36.55 34.45 34.95 (2.37) 361,600 (175,500.00)
1.21 0.50 Geograce Res. Phil. Inc. 0.72 0.72 0.70 0.70 (2.78) 2,473,000
1.82 0.9000 Lepanto À 1.380 1.370 1.300 1.310 (5.07) 55,890,000
2.070 1.0200 Lepanto `B 1.470 1.460 1.390 1.400 (4.76) 37,098,000 23,138,130.00
0.085 0.042 Manila Mining À 0.0720 0.0720 0.0700 0.0710 (1.39) 75,700,000
0.087 0.042 Manila Mining `B 0.0740 0.0730 0.0720 0.0720 (2.70) 19,600,000 (362,730.00)
36.50 15.04 Nickelasia 30.35 30.60 29.90 30.00 (1.15) 128,700 (119,325.00)
12.84 2.13 Nihao Mineral Resources 10.40 10.60 10.00 10.12 (2.69) 3,260,000 432,024.00
1.100 0.008 Omico 0.7600 0.7000 0.7000 0.7000 (7.89) 10,000
8.40 2.99 Oriental Peninsula Res. 5.550 5.590 5.420 5.440 (1.98) 635,900 21,920.00
0.032 0.012 Oriental Pet. À 0.0180 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 0.00 35,700,000
0.033 0.014 Oriental Pet. `B 0.0200 0.0200 0.0190 0.0200 0.00 2,100,000
7.05 5.10 Petroenergy Res. Corp. 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 0.00 3,000
28.95 18.50 Philex À 23.60 23.50 22.90 23.05 (2.33) 2,109,900 6,470,675.00
48.00 3.00 PhilexPetroleum 44.20 45.00 43.65 44.05 (0.34) 597,200 421,135.00
0.062 0.017 Philodrill Corp. À 0.054 0.054 0.052 0.053 (1.85) 459,620,000 (5,673,600.00)
69.00 46.00 PNOC Expls `B 50.50 42.05 42.00 42.00 (16.83) 5,700
257.80 161.10 Semirara Corp. 219.00 219.00 218.00 218.20 (0.37) 177,880 (4,639,562.00)
0.029 0.014 United Paragon 0.0190 0.0190 0.0180 0.0180 (5.26) 186,900,000 10,800.00
PREFERRED
580.00 535.00 Ayala Corp. Pref À 544.00 544.00 544.00 544.00 0.00 700
First Gen G 101.00 102.00 101.10 102.00 0.99 7,300
18.00 12.50 First Phil. Hldgs.-Pref. 102.60 102.60 102.60 102.60 0.00 400
11.02 6.00 GMA Holdings Inc. 10.30 10.50 10.20 10.20 (0.97) 829,500
116.70 107.00 PCOR-Preferred 110.00 110.10 110.00 110.00 0.00 45,770
80.00 74.50 SMC Preferred 1 75.05 75.50 75.50 75.50 0.60 1,000
1050.00 1000.00 SMPFC Preferred 1017.00 1020.00 1017.00 1017.00 0.00 9,000
WARRANTS & BONDS
1.31 0.62 Megaworld Corp. Warrants 1.21 1.23 1.21 1.21 0.00 792,000 220,220.00
RAY S. EANO
Banks reluctant to fund GMA-7
purchase; Southwoods suspensions
STOCKS fell for the fourth straight
session, on concern a deepening global
economic slowdown will weigh on
earnings in China and the rest of Asia.
The Philippine Stock
Exchange index, the 30-company
benchmark, lost 4 points, or 0.1
percent, to close at 5,235.44
Wednesday, the longest-losing
streak since the six days through
May 16.
The heavier index, representing
all shares, was down 10 points to
3,472.46, as losers outnumbered
gainers, 112 to 45, with 44 issues
unchanged.
Ayala Land Inc., the nations
largest developer, declined 1.9
percent to P20.65, the lowest
close since June 8. Ayala Corp.
sold 680 million Ayala Land
shares at P20 each, a discount to
Tuesdays P21.05 closing price.
Ayala Corp., which will subscribe
to Ayala Land the same number
of shares that it sold, rose 4.4
percent to P478, ending a three-
day, 4.8-percent slump.
Another conglomerate, DMCI
Holdings Inc. rose 1.4 percent
to P59.50. Metropolitan Bank
& Trust Co. led the rebound
of nancial sector, gaining 1.2
percent to P94.45. BDO Unibank
Inc. rose 0.4 percent to P62.50.
Alliance Global Group Inc.,
which owns the venture that
runs Resorts World Manila,
advanced 1.9 percent to P11.60,
the sharpest gain since June 20.
Resorts World plans to provide
free bus services to its Manila
casino-resort complex for Central
Luzon residents.
PhilWeb Corp. increased 6.6
percent to P13.24, the sharpest
gain since April 30. The company
agreed to buy a 27-percent stake
in itself held by ePLDT for about
P10.70 a share, according to an
exchange ling.
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co., the nations
biggest company by market
value, declined 1.5 percent to
P2,706, the sharpest loss since
June 14. The stocks rating was
cut to neutral from outperform at
Macquarie Group Ltd. A neutral
rating at Macquarie indicates the
stocks expected return will be
between a loss and gain of 10
percent over the next 12 months.
Outperform indicates an expected
return of at least 10 percent.
Meanwhile, Asian stocks
declined for a fth day amid
concern the slowing global
economy will curb earnings.
The eurozone needs dramatic
action to stop the downward
spiral, said Jan Amrit Poser,
chief economist at Bank Sarasin.
The economic cycle in the rest
of the world hinges substantially
on such intervention, but
accompanying actions by central
banks in the US and emerging
economies are also needed to
halt an impending downturn.
Japans Nikkei 225 index
fell 0.5 percent to 8,813.36 and
Hong Kongs Hang Seng was off
0.4 percent at 19,312.91.
South Koreas Kospi slipped
0.3 percent to 1,823.41.
Australias S&P/ASX 200
dropped 0.1 to 4,095.30 and
Chinas Shanghai Composite
shed 0.2 percent to 2,159.63.
Singapores benchmark index
bucked the regional trend, adding
0.4 percent to 2,976.41.
The European Central Bank
and the Peoples Bank of China
cut lending rates last week. But
slowing trade growth in China
and weak jobs creation in the
US have investors worried that
markets could languish until
the Federal Reserve implements
another round of Treasury bond
purchases known as quantitative
easing.
There was nothing to support
hope for more quantitative
easing, said Tim Condon, head of
Asia research at ING. Eurozone
debt crisis anxiety, China growth
anxiety and earnings anxiety
quickly overwhelmed.
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(MST-July 12, 2012)
Department of Public Works and Highways
Northern Samar 2
nd
District Engineering Offce
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER
Cor. Balite and Garcia Streets
Catarman, Northern Samar
Telephone No./Fax No. (055) 251-8254
INVITATION TO BID
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Public Works and
Highways, Northern Samar 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through Government of the
Phillipines, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects;
1. Contract ID 12II0047
Contract Name: Rehab./Improvement/Concreting of Road Shoulder along
Catarman (Bndry) -Rawis Road, San Roque Section KO769+436-KO
770+289
Contract Location: San Roque, Northern, Samar
Scope of Work PCCP
Approved Budget fx the Contract (ABC) Php 6,001,232.11
Contract Duration: 90 calendar days
The BAC will conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Revised
IRR of R A 9184. Bids received in excess of the Approved Budget for the Contract
(ABC) shall be automatically rejected at the opening of Bids.
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 at least equal to ABC, or credit line
commitment for 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 Regional Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI The DPWH
POCW-Regional Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Registration Certifcate (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. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 11, 2012-July 31, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 19, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI July 26, 2012 until 5:00 P.m.
4 Receipt of Bids July 31, 2012 -8:30 Am-2:00 Pm NS 2
nd
DEO
Sub Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
5. Opening of Bids July 31, 2012 - 2:00 Pm NS 2
nd
DEO Sub
Offce, Brgy. Rawis, Laoang, N. Samar
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, NS 2
nd
DEO
Catarman, Northern Samar, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P 10,000.00.
Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH web site, if available.
Prospective bidders who will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the
said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The Pre-Bid Conference
shall be opened only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must
be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in
Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR of RA 9184.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in
the Bidding Documents (BDs) 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 Contractors Registry Certifcate (CRC). The second envelope
shall contain the fnancial component of the bid. The Contract will be awarded to the
Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-
qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
(Sgd.) ROMULO D. GONZALES
BAC Chairman

(MST-July 12, 2012)
Department Of Public Works And Highways
National Capital Region
THIRD METRO MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT
APDC-BAlCompel., R. Valenzuela Ext. Marulas. Valenzuela City
INVITATION TO BID
The TMMED-DPWH, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites
contractors to apply to bid for the following contract(s):
Contract ID: 120D0068
Contract Name: Construction/Improvement of Multi-Purpose Building at Caruhatan
National H/S
Contract Location: Brgy. Caruhatan. Valenzuela City
Scope of Work: Construction/improvement of multi-purpose building
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 5.500.000.00
Contract Duration: 120 calendar days
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) 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, (d) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10%
of ABC, (e) original copy of Accreditation Certifcate of Materials Engineer, (f) original
copy of Latest Tax Clearance; (g) original copy of 2012 Mayors Permit: and (h) CY
2011 CPES Rating 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 LOI The
DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration
with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration
(CRC), Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.
gov.ph.
1. Deadline for Submission of LOI July 10 - 24, 2012 until 9:00 A.M.only
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 10-31, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference July 17, 2012 @10:00 A.M.
4. Submission of Bids July 31, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
5. Opening of Bids July 31, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M.
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at APDC-BAl Comp.,
R. Valenzuela Ext., Marulas, Valenzuela City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee
of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) only. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs, if available, from the DPWH web site. 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.
the BDs 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 TMMED-DPWH 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.) ALLAN REY L. PAJIMNA
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MARLO B. CORREA
District Engineer

(MST-July 12, 2012)
ANNEX A
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Regional Offce IX, Zamboanga City
INVITATION TO BID
Highways, Region IX, through FY 2012 GOP Budget, invites contractors to bid for the
aforementioned projects:
Contract ID : 12JO0003
Contract Name : Preventive Maintenance (Intermittent Section) of Dipolog
Punta Dansullan Sergio Osmea Road
Contract Location : Zamboanga del Norte
a. K1846+000 K1848+716
Net Length 4.7km
Scope of Work : Asphalting
Allocation : Php64,419,000.00
(ABC to be announced during Pre-Bid Conference and to
be posted on the DPWH Website and Phil-GEPS)
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at
the opening of bid.
To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchased
bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the
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 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 LOI. The DPWH-
POCW-Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration with
complete requirements and issue the Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 4, 2012 July 24, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference July 12, 2012 (2:00PM)
3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from
Prospective Bidders
July 19, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids July 24, 2012 (8:00AM 2:00PM)
5. Opening of Bids July 24, 2012 (2:00PM)
*This schedule is subject to change (Please see DPWH Website and Phil GEPS for
any development).
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Regional
Offce IX, Tumaga, Zamboanga City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of
Php30,000.00. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH
website, 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 bid Documents. The
Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the
BDs. Bids must be 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
BDs in two (2) separate sealed 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 fnancial component of the bid. Contract will be
awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the evaluation and
post-qualifcation.
The Department of Public Works and Highways, Region IX reserves the right to
accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior to contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

Approved by:
(Sgd.) NENITA A. ROBLES, CEO VI
Assistant Regional Director
BAC Chairperson

CARAGA Region XIII
Agusan del Sur 1
st
Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID
Highways (DPWH), 1st District Engineering Offce, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan
del Sur, through the CY 2011 Savings invites contractors to bid for the following:
1.) a. Contract ID : 12NB0037
b. Contract Name : (Clustered 5 projects) (a) Rehabilitation of Road Slips
Sections along Daang Maharlika (Agusan-Davao Road),
Afga Section, Sibagat; (b) Rehabilitation of Daang
Maharlika (Agusan-Davao Road), Km. 1259+000-
1260+000, Bayugan; (c) Daang Maharlika (Agusan-Davao
Road), Km. 1257+000-Km.1259+000, Bayugan; (d) Road
Slips along Agusan-Davao Road, Agusan del Sur 1
st
DEO,
Sianib Section, Prosperidad; and (e) Road Slips along
NRJ-Bahbah-Talacogon Road, Agusan del Sur 1
st
DEO,
San Rafael Section, Prosperidad
c. Contract Location : Agusan del Sur
d. Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay & Thermoplastic Painting
e. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php5,752,511.21
f. Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days
g. Bidding Documents Fee : Php10,000.00
IRR of R. A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
at the opening of bid.
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 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.
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The
DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process contractors applications for registration
with complete requirements and issue Contractors Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents From: July 12, 2012 To: July 31, 2012
2. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00am on July 19, 2012
Prospective Bidders
Until 5:00pm on July 23, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: 12:00 noon on July 31, 2012
5. Opening of Bids 2:00pm on July 31, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at the DPWH 1st
District Engineering Offce, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee scheduled 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. Interested parties/bidders may attend the
Pre-Bid Conference as scheduled above. Bids must accompanied by a bid security,
in the amount stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall
obtain the results of the eligibility check at the DPWH 1st District Engineering Offce,
Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.
the BDs 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 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 DPWH 1st District Engineering Offce, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur
reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time
prior contract award, without hereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved:
(Sgd.) MA. SUSAN M. QUISMUNDO
Engineer III
BAC Chairperson
NOTED:
(Sgd.) JAIME T. BERNAT, SR.
District Engineer
(MST-July 12, 2012)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
SOUTH MANILA ENGINEERING DISTRICT
8
th
Street, Port Area, Manila
INVITATION TO BID
The DPWH South Manila Engineering District, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites
contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects;
1. Contract I.D. NO. 12OH0113
Contract Name: Prop. Construction of Multi-Purpose Bldg., Baseco,
5
th
District, Manila
Contract Location: Manila City
Scope of Work: Construction of Multi-purpose Bldg.
Approved Budget for the
Contract (ABC): (Php5,000,000.00)
Contract Duration: 150 cal. days
Bid Documents: PhP 5,000.00
The BAC will conduct this procurement process in accordance with the Revised Implementing Rules &
Regulations (IRR) of the Republic Act 9184. Bids in excess of the Approved Budget for the Contract shall be
automatically rejected at the opening of bid.
To apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed and submitted by
the person authorized in the Contractors License issued by PCAB. Upon submission of the LOIs, the interested
Contractor must also submit the photo copy and original (for authentication purposes and issuance of Bid
Documents) of the following documents: 1. Class A Documents (Contained in the Contractors Registration
Certifcate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) Department of Trade and Industry Business Name Registration (DTI)
or SEC Registration Certifcate or CD A; b) Valid and Current Mayors Permit/Municipal License; 1.2) Technical
Documents; a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement, in case of (J.V.) and Eligibility Docs for each member; b) Valid
PCAB License and Registration c) Certifcate of Materials Engineer Accreditation and Identifcation duly certifed
by the Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO) d) Latest copy of Authorizing Managing Offcer e) Certifcate of Safety
Offcer Seminar from DOLE f) PhilGEPS Order Form (Documents Request List) g) CPEs rating for the 1
st
Quarter;
1.3) Financial Documents; a) Prospective Bidders Audited Financial Statement for the preceding calendar which
should not be earlier than 2 years from the date of bid submission; b) Prospective bidders computation of its
NFCC. The LOIs shall be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed in the Contractors Iriformation
(CI). Submission of LOIs by persons with a Special Power of Attorney shall not be allowed. The contractor must
purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with the DPWH &
PHILGEPS (b) Filipino citizen of 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 at least equal to ABC,
or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The contractors submitted proof of required equipments
for the project are subject for inspection. 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 LOI. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractors applications for registration, with complete requirements, and issue the Contractors Certifcation of
Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph.
Issuance of Bidding Documents July 11-31, 2012
Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. - July 20, 2012
Deadline of LOI Receipt from
Prospective Bidders 12:00 Noon July 25, 2012
Deadline of Bid Receipt 12:00 Noon July 31, 2012
Opening of Bids 02:00 P.M. July 31, 2012
Prospective bidders may download the LOI Forms from DPWH website: www.dpwh.gov.ph. (allowing the
fling of Letter of Intent free of charge and prescribing fxed costs of bidding documents as per D.O. No. 52 dated
October 3, 2011).
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at South Manila Engineering District, upon
payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above for bid documents. Prospective bidders may also download
the BDs from the DPWH website, 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 bid documents. The Pre-Bid Conference shall
be open only to interested parties who have purchased the BDs. Bids must accompanied by a bid security, in the
amount and acceptable form, stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the BDs in two (2) separate
sealed bid envelope to the SMED-BAC Chairman; otherwise, it will be a ground for an outright disqualfcation.
The frst envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a) copy of the CRC; b) If a
propose Key Technical Personnel is an employee of the bidder and working on another project at the time of the
bidding the bidder shall submit a certifcation that (1) the personnel will be pulled out from the on-going project
once the bidder is awarded the contract, and 2) he/she will be replaced with another person with equal or better
qualifcations as certifed by the head of the Implementing offce and c) The bidder may propose a Key Technical
Personnel who is not its employee provided that the said personnel is required to submit a certifcation that he/
she will work for the bidder if it is awarded the contract under bidding. 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 South Manila Engineering District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid to annul the bidding
process any time prior to Contract Award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
APPROVED:
(Sgd.) ERNESTO P. LEONES
Chief, Planning & Design Section
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) MIKUNUG D. MACUD
District Engineer (MST-JULY 12, 2012)
Zamboanga del Sur 3
rd
Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur
Tel. No. (062) 211-3598
ANNEX C
INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBLITY AND TO BID
The Department of Public Works & Highways (DPWH) through its Bids and Awards
Committee (BAC) for Consultancy Services, Invites Consultants for management
and related services to apply for eligibility and short listing and, if found eligible and
shortlisted, to bid for the hereunder Project:
Name of Project: Outsourcing of Four (4) Security Personnel
Brief Description: To provide security services to the DPWH-3
rd
DEO at
Approved Budget
for the Contract:
Php 265,000.00
Contract Duration: Six (6) Months
The list of minimum requirements is indicated in the Eligibility Form. Eligibility of
prospective bidders shall be checked using a non-discretionary pass/fail criterion.
Short listing of eligible consultants will be done based on the following criteria:
experience of the consultant, qualifcation of personnel and job capacity. Only fve (5)
eligible bidders shall make up the shortlist. The evaluation procedure to be adopted
shall be Quality-Cost Based Evaluation (QCBE) or Quality Based Evaluation
(QBE). Bids whose technical proposals pass the minimum technical rating of
seventy-fve percent (75%) shall have its fnancial proposals opened and evaluated.
The Technical Proposal shall carry eighty percent (80%) weight in the bid evaluation.

All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security,
Performance Security, Pre-Bid Conference, Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualifcation
and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and
its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
The Schedule of activities is as follows:
1. Issuance of Eligibility Forms July 16, 2012
2. Submission of Letters of Intent for
Eligibility Requirements
July 13, 2012 July 20, 2012
3. Results of Eligibility Check July 20, 2012
4. Result of Short Listing July 19, 2012
5. Issuance of Bid Documents July 13, 2012 July 20, 2012
6. Pre-Bid Conference July 17, 2012
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships or
organization with at least sixty (60%) interest of outstanding capital stock belongs to
citizens of the Philippines.
The Eligibility Screening Forms will be available during offce hours, at the Offce
of the BAC for Consultancy Services, DPWH 3
rd
District Engineering Offce, Guipos,
Zamboanga del Sur, Tel. No. (062) 211-3598, upon submission of a Letter of Intent.
Submission of duly accomplished one (1) original and fve (5) copies of Eligibility
and Prequalifcation Documents, properly identifed as LETTER OF INTENT,
ELIGIBILITY AND PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS FOR THE CONSULTING
SERVICES FOR THE OUTSOURCING OF FOUR (4) SECURITY PERSONNEL to
the following address, not later than July 13, 2012.
The Department of Public Works and Highways reserves the right to reject any all
bids, annul the bidding process, or not award the contract at any time prior to contract
award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
The Chairman
Bids and Awards Committee
3
rd
Approved by:
(Sgd.) INOCENCIO P. SABUGAL
BAC Chairman
(MST-July 12, 2012)
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Region I
1
ST
Pangasinan Engineering District
Alaminos City, Pangasinan
The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH 1
ST
Pangasinan
Engineering District, Alaminos City, Pangasinan, invite contractors to bid for the
aforementioned project:
Contract ID. : 12AG0066
Contract Name : Construction/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Brgy.
Poblacion-Quinaoayanan Farm to Market Road
(FRM)
Contract Location : Bani, Pangasinan
Scope of Work : Road Opening of 594 L.M. roadway (concreting 0f
221 M. X 6 M. Roadway (.20 m. thk.) And including
2 barrel RCBC and 1 Row RCPC
Approved Budget
For the Contract (ABC) : Php 9,650,000.00
Contract Duration : 51 calendar days
Fund Source and Year : ___________________
Cost of Bid Docs : Php 10,000.00_
IRR of R. A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
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 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.
to the DPWH Central Procurement Offce (CPO) before the deadline for the receipt
of LO. The DPWH Central Procurement 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 time and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below:
Activities Schedule
1. Pre-Procurement Conference July 02, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 06, 2012 to July 27, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference July 16, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M
Prospective Bidders
Until 12:00NN of July 20, 2012
5. Receipt of Bids Deadline:10:00AM of July 27, 2012
6. Opening of Bids 10:00AM of _July 27, 2012
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD's) at the BAC
Secretariat Offce, DPWH 1
st
Pangasinan Engineering District, Alaminos City,
Pangasinan, upon presentation of two (2) valid D's of the Authorized Liaison
Offcer as specifed in the Contractors nformation, Presentation of the Original CRC
per memorandum dated April 19, 2004 and payment of a non-refundable fee as
mentioned above respectively.
Prospective bidders may also download the BD's from the DPWH website, if
available. Prospective bidders that will download the BD's from the DPWH website
shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. The
Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased the
BD's. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Mailed intents shall not be
entertained.
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
The DPWH 1
ST
Pangasinan Engineering District reserves the right to accept
or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at any time prior contract award,
without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) MIENRADO V. INACAY
Engineer III
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) FLORASOL C. CARILLO
OIC, District Engineer (MST-July 12, 2012)
(MST-July 12, 2012)
Regional Offce No. V-A
Batangas 3rd District Engineering Ofce
Tanauan City
The Department of Public Works and Highways - Batangas 3
rd
District Engineering Offce,
Tanauan City through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to bid for
the following contract(s):
1. Contract ID : 12DC0078
Contract Name : Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Tanauan-Talisay-
Tagaytay Road, K0073+873 K0074+573
Contract Location : Tanauan City, Batangas
Scope of Work : Asphalt Overlay; L = 0.700 km; w = 6.10 m.; t = 0.08 m.
Approved Budget
for the Contract (ABC) : Php9,800,000.00
Contract Duration : 60 cd
Tagaytay Road, K0074+573 K0075+484, Batangas
(Intermittent Sections)
Contract Location : Tanauan City, Batangas
Approved Budget
Tagaytay Road, K0079+196 K0080+200, Batangas
(Intermittent Sections)
Contract Location : Talisay, Batangas
Approved Budget
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with
the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 9184.

To bid for the contract, a contractor must submit two (2) copies of Letter of Intent (LOI)
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 the contract, (c) completion of a similar
contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of ten (10) years, and (d) Net Financial
Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least equal to
10% of the ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check
and preliminary examination of bids.
Procurement Activities Dates/Deadlines
1. Receipt of LO's from Prospective Bidders July 12-July 26, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents to Registered
Contractors
July 12-August 1, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference July 19, 2012 @ 10:00AM
4. Receipt of Bids Deadline: August 1, 2012 until 2:00PM
5. Opening of Bids August 1, 2012 after 2:00PM
DPWH-Procurement Offce for Civil Works (DPWH-POCW) Central Offce before the
deadline set for receipt of LO's. The DPWH-POCW Central Offce will only process
contractor's applications, with complete requirements, for registration and to be issued the
Contractor's Certifcate of Registration (CRC).
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specifed in the Bidding
Documents (BD'S) in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman, DPWH-
Batangas 3
rd
District Engineering Offce. The frst envelope shall contain the technical
component of the bid, including 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 post-qualifcation.
Prospective bidders may download the Registration Form from the DPWH website
www.dpwh.gov.ph. The BAC will issue hard copies of Bid Documents at DPWH-Batangas
3
rd
District Engineering Offce, Tanauan City upon payment of non-refundable fees per D.O.
52 Series of 2011:
Contract Reference Number Cost of Bid Documents (Php)
12DC0078 10,000.00
12DC0079 10,000.00
12DC0080 10,000.00
Interested contractors are also required to present the originals of their PCAB License and
Contractor's Registration Certifcate to the BAC for authentication.
The DPWH-Batangas 3
rd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept of reject
any bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before the Contract Award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders.

(Sgd.) FERNANDO A. LANDICHO
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
Tel. No. (043)7785134, Fax No. (043)7780738
Noted:
(Sgd.) EUGENE M. BATALAO
District Engineer
REGION III
BULACAN 2
nd
DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE
Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
(MST-July 7, 2012)
July 3, 2012
Highways (DPWH) of Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce, through the Fund of
Disaster Related Rehabilitation Project (DRRP) FY 2012, Road Board-MVUC CY
2012, invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:
1. Contract ID: 12CD0132
Contract Name: Restorati on of Damaged Earthdi kes, Longos,
Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Contract Location: Meycauayan City, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Restoration of Earthdikes
Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 7,042,257.07
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of Meycauayan-
Camal i g Bahay Pare Road Mal hacan Secti on,
Meycauayan, Bulacan km 21+400 to km 22+000 with
exceptions (S01384LZ)
Contract Location: Meycauayan, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Concreting of road
Contract Name: Repair/Rehabilitation/Improvement of NCR/Bulacan
Boundary-Bigte-Ipo Dam Road, City of San Jose
del Monte, Bulacan k0029+836 to k0036+297 with
exceptions
Contract Location: City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
Scope of Work: Asphalting of road
IRR of R.A. 9184. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected
To apply and to bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent
(LOI) signed and submitted by the person authorized in the Contractors License
issued by PCAB. Upon submission of the LOIs, interested Contractor must also
submit the photo copy and original (for authentication purpose and issuance of Bid
Documents) of the following documents: 1. Class A Documents (contained in the
Contractor's Registration Certifcate)(CRC), 1.1 Legal Documents: a) DT Business
Name Registration (DTI) or SEC Registration or CDA; b) Valid and Current Mayors
Permit/Municipal License; 1.2. Technical Documents; a) Valid Joint Venture Agreement,
in case of J.V., b) Valid PCAB License and Registration c) Certifcate of Materials
Engineer Accreditation duly certifed by the Authorized Managing Offcer (AMO), d)
Latest copy of AMO course Seminar, e) Certifcate of Safety Offcer Seminar from
DOLE, f) Latest CPES Rating; 1.3. Financial Documents; a) Prospective bidders
Audited Financial Statement for the preceding calendar which should not be earlier
than 2 years from the date of bid submission; b) Prospective bidders computation of
its NFCC. The LO must be submitted by the Authorized Liaison Offcer as specifed
in the Contractors Information (CI). Submission of LOI by persons with Special Power
of Attorney shall not be allowed. Contractors who will purchase bid documents and
must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH & PHILGEPS,
(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.
to the DPWH-POCW Central Offce before the deadline for the receipt of LO. The
DPWH-POCW 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.
1. Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders Until 10:00 A.M. of July 26, 2012
2. Issuance of Bidding Documents July 6, 2012 July 26, 2012
3. Pre-Bid Conference 10:00 A.M. of July 13, 2012
4. Submission of Bids Deadline: 10:00 A.M. of July 26, 2012
5. Opening of Bids July 26, 2012 immediately after receipt of
Eligibility Results
The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH-Bulacan
2
nd
District Engineering Offce, Pulong Buhangin, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, upon payment
of a non-refundable fee for Bidding Documents Ten Thousand Pesos (Php10,000.00).
Prospective bidders may also download the Bidding documents (BDs), from the DPWH
website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from DPWH
website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bids Documents.
The Pre-Bid Conference shall be open only to interested parties who have purchased
the BDs. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable
form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR.
the BD's in two (2) separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The frst
The DPWH-Bulacan 2
nd
District Engineering Offce reserves the right to accept or
reject any bid, to annul the bidding process at anytime prior contract award, without
thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder/s.

APPROVED:
(Sgd.) GENE S. LEAO
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) ERELINA B. SANTOS
District Engineer
Cebu 1st District Engineering Ofce
Regional Equipment Services Compound
V. Sotto Street, Cebu City
(MST-July 7 & 12, 2012)
Highways, Cebu 1
st
District Engineering Ofce, through its Bids and Awards Committee
(BAC), invites contractors to bid for the aforementioned projects:

Item No. 1
a. Contract ID : 12HD0040
b. Contract Name : Cluster XX Asphalting/Improvement of National Roads:
1. Asphalting of National Roads Antonio
Y De Pio Highway (intermittent
sections) in Tabuelan and San Remegio,
Cebu - Php6,973,851.10
2. Improvement of National Road
(Installation of Pavement Marking
and Asphalt Overlay) along Cebu North
Hagnaya Wharf Road - 8,596,361.22
3. Asphalt Overlay of National Road
along Toledo-Tabuelan-San Remegio
Road - 440,253.77
Total - Php16,010,466.09
c. Contract Location : Toledo, Tabuelan, San Remegio and Cebu North
Hagnaya Wharf Road
d. Scope of Work : Asphalting, Pavement Markings and Asphalt Overlay
e. Approved Budget for
the Contract (ABC) : Php15,445,423.08
g. Funding Source : CY 2012 Infra. Savings
h. Bid Document Fee : Php10,000.00
Item No. 2
b. Contract Name : Cluster XXI Upgrading of National Roads:
1. Upgrading of Road (Trafc Benchmark-
Reectorized ThermopIastic Pavement
Markings), along Bogo-Curva-Medellin-
Daanbantayan Road, Kawit Section,
Medellin; Paypay Section, Daanbantayan;
and Don Pedro Dayhagon Section,
Medellin, Cebu - Php4,889,186.55
2. Installation of Pavement Markings
along Bogo-Curva-Medellin-Daanbantayan
Road - 1,179,932.87
3. Installation of Pavement Markings
along Bogo-Polambato Wharf Road
- 106,870.81
Total - Php6,175,990.23
c. Contract Location : Bogo-Curva-Medellin-Daanbantayan Road
d. Scope of Work : Pavement Markings (Reectorized ThermopIastic)
g. Funding Source : CY 2011 Infra. Savings
Item No. 3
b. Contract Name : Repair/RehabiIitation of Cebu 1st Engineering Ofce
c. Contract Location : Medellin, Cebu
d. Scope of Work : Repair/Rehabilitation
g. Funding Source : Fund 101
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) 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.
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 Registration Certifcate (CRC). Registration Forms
may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph
1. Issuance of Bidding Documents : July 06, 2012 to July 18, 2012
2. Pre-bid Conference : July 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
3. Receipt of LOIs from Prospective Bidders : July 12 2012 to June 16, 2012
4. Receipt of Bids : July 24, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
5. Opening of Bids : July 24, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.
Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accompanied 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 evaluation and
the post qualifcation.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Cebu I
st
District Engineering
2IFH 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 the affected bidders.
Approved by:
(Sgd.) RICHEL A. VILLEGAS
BAC Chairman
NOTED:
(Sgd.) WILFREDO AV. ENCISO, CEO VI
District Engineer
Notice is hereby given that the following companies/employers have with this Regional
Offce Application/s for Alien Employment Permit/s:
Name and Address of
Company/Employer
Name and Citizenship
of Foreign National
Position and Brief
Description of functions
SEA DOG DIVING
SERVICES Brgy. Buena
Suerte, El Nido, Palawan
1. MR. TIMOTHY
IAN
WARBURTON
Scube Diving Instructor
If you have any information/objection to the abovementioned application/s please
communicate with the Regional Director.
For the Regional Director:
(Sgd.) MA. ZENAIDA EUSEBIA A. ANGARA
OIC Regional Director
NOT I CE OF FI L I NG OF APPL I CAT I ON FOR AL I EN
EMPL OYMENT PERMI T ( AEP)
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Region IV-B (MIMAROPA)
Oriental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro Marinduque Romblon Palawan
(MST-July 7, 2012)
B4
Provinces
Edited by Leo A. Estonilo www.manilastandardtoday.comleoestonilo@gmail.com
Opposition stands by mining order
Aiport
raiders
charged
Money transfer
service expanded
All that glitters is not goldBuyer
By Maricel V. Cruz
A MAJOR opposition stalwart in the
House of Representatives on Wednesday
is supporting Executive Order 79 of the
Aquino administration.
Maguindanao Rep. Simeon
Datumanong said the new
mining policy has been crafted
to rationalize the sector long
hounded by contentious issues
and conicts.
I think the EO 79 will serve
well if properly and faithfully
implemented, Datumanong told
Manila Standard.
He said about 224,000 Filipinos
are employed in the mining and
quarrying industry based on the
Labor Force Survey data.
Citing gures from the
Chambers of Mines, Datumanong
said the potential minerals
produced could reach about $840
billion.
On record, mining exports in
2011 notched $2.7 billion with
the government targetting $18
billion by 2016.
Datumanong admitted that the
Malacaang directive would still
face rough sailing.
This is a reason for worry for
investors because government
itself is allowed to develop
mines under the Mining Act, he
said. It may opt and decide not
to grant the exploration permit
holder the permit to develop
what they invested in.
Ifugao Rep. Teddy Brawner
Baguilat Jr. urged the House
leadership for the immediate
passage of his proposed
Alternative Mining Law to
correct the aws in the Mining
Act of 1995.
While the latest EO on mining
seeks to implement reforms, it
will not be enough because it is
still based on the awed Mining
Act of 1995, Baguilat said in a
statement.
The ban on mining in
agricultural lands, protected
areas including those under the
National Integrated Protected
Areas, and ecotourism sites
and geo-hazard areas, should
mean automatic cancellation
of all pending applications in
most areas of Ifugao as well
as in other identified critical
areas.
Albay Governor Joey Salceda
noted that Malacaang has
leaned toward host communities
but was wanting on structural
makeover.
We must concede the mighty
exertion of President Aquino
through Presidential Advisers
for Environmental Protection
Secretary Neric Acosta and
Elisea Gozun and Environment
Secretary Ramon Paje, to take
into account the concerns of
local chief executives in drafting
the EO but short of amending
mining laws, he said.
By Manilyn Ugalde

LEGAZPI CITYFrustrated
murder charges have been led
against ve suspected rebels
who raided last May 17 an
Army patrol base and the air
terminal construction site in
Daraga, Albay, authorities said.
Supt. Paulino Belga, provincial
police chief, said two soldiers
were wounded when their
outpost was attacked a kilometer
away from the Southern Luzon
International Airport project in
Barangay Alobo.
They were identied as
Rolando Alcera of Oas, Albay;
Dante Orceo of Comon,
Daraga; Eduardo Sevilla of
Libon; Rolito Calagas and Jose
Bernardino of Pioduran.
Col. Ricardo Visaya, 901st
Brigade commander, said the
ve were newly recruited by
the New Peoples Army but it
was not clear who took part in
burning the workplace.
Albay Governor Joey Salceda
said President Benigno Aquino
III wanted the project done
by 2014 after its phase 2 was
stalled following a review by the
Department of Transportation
and Communications.
Sunwest Construction and
Development, contractor, said
work would continue even as
its president and chief executive
Elizaldy Co claimed about P200
million in damage to property and
xtures as a result of the raid.
STARTING this August,
customers in the Visayas and
Mindanao can send and receive
money through branch pick-
up by LBC Express Inc. and
Palawan Pawnshop outlets.
This is made possible
through the agreement between
LBC Express and Eight Under
Par Inc., more popularly known
as Palawan Pawnshop, said
Janet Ong, LBC executive
vice president for LBC Global
Remittance.
Instant Peso Padala
remittance pick-up service will
be available in more than 700
Palawan Pawnshop branches.
In the same manner, Palawan
Pawnshops Express Pera Padala
will be available in over 1,000
LBC branches nationwide.
Bobby Castro of Palawan
Pawnshop welcomed the
strategic alliance.
Though were competitors,
we are partners at the same time,
doing our best to achieve our
common goals, he said.
Last April, LBC partnered with
local and international remittance
companies that included Land
Bank of the Philippines, RCBC,
Money Exchange in Spain and
Al Ghurair in United Arab
Emikrates.
For the last 60 years, LBC
cargo and courier has provided
money remittance and business
solutions with global reach.
By Macon Ramos Araneta
THE National Bureau of
Investigation arrested a
construction worker who
gypped a businesswoman of
P100,000 in exchange for a fake
gold bar during an entrapment
in Zambales.
NBI ofcer-in-charge
Nonnatus Caesar Rojas said
suspect Domingo Vilanueva
Salazar, 42, of Palauig, will be
charged with estafa before the
Prosecutors Ofce.
Records showed that Rosalyn
Belarga met the suspect last May
through a friend who convinced
her to pool her money to buy a
gold bar from an Aeta.
Rojas told her that the bullion
came from a chest of gold bars
unearthed by his father-in-law
while making charcoal in the
mountains of Zambales.
After having a pawnshop
conrm the gold grains provided
by the suspect were genuine,
Belarga agreed to buy one-half
of the gold bar for P100,000.
But the purchased bullion
was found to be fake upon
appraisal.
The suspect admitted the
misdelivery and went on to
convince her in getting a
nancier to put up P500,000 to
obtain the real gold bar.
Acting on her complaint, the
bureau on July 9 set up a plan
in a fastfood outlet in Iba where
the suspect told Belarga to go
for the turnover.

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