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CITY OF SAN FERNAN-DO – Central Luzon’s Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB) has approved a P13 increase in the daily basic pay of work-ers in the region.

“The increase will be-come effective 15 days from its publication in a newspaper of general

P13 daily wage hike approved in Central Luzoncirculation in the region,” the RTWPB announced here yesterday.

The new minimum wage in the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales will range from P342 to P349 for workers in the non-ag-riculture sector, P303 to P319 for workers in the

agriculture sector, and P324 to P338 for work-ers in retail and service establishments.

In Aurora, the new minimum wage will be P298 for non-agriculture workers, P271 to P283 for agriculture workers, and P228 for workers in retail/service establish-ments per day.

“The new wage or-der allows financially dis-tressed establishments, retail and service es-tablishments employing not more than 10 work-ers and establishments affected by natural and human-induced calami-ties to apply for exemp-tion from the payment

CLARK FREEPORT - - At least four top executives of the Clark International Airport

Corp. (CIAC), mostly members of the bids and awards committee (BAC) have received threatening text messages apparently related to the recent murder of the airport’s chief engineer in Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac.

Clark airport execs get text threatsMurdered chief engineer laid to rest

by diNg CerVaNtes

BULLISH. Phoenix Semiconductor Phil. Corp.’s Kyuho Han and Dongjoo Kim announce their firm’s plans to go IPO and expand its Clark facilities. Photo by bong Lacson

by boNg laCsoN

CLARK FREEPORT – Phoenix Semiconductor Phil. Corp (PSPC), this freeport’s top exporting compa-ny, is proceeding with its planned ini-tial public offering (IPO) on Dec. 1.

This, in pursuit of an addition-al $170 million to open a new facil-

Clark’s top exporter going IPOity geared towards the production of semiconductors for high-end mobile phones.

The PPSC is a wholly owned sub-sidiary of its parent company STS Semiconductors, a spin-off of Sam-sung Electronics Co. Ltd. It based in Clark in 2011, and has since “un-

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CLARK FRREEPORT -- The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has announced a series of activ-ities to commemorate the 5th year of the Ampatuan Massa-cre on November 23 with an aggressive social media cam-paign, “58 dead, 5 years, 0 jus-

NUJP commemoration activities set for 5th year of Ampatuan Massacretice,” in keeping with the times.

On top of the list is a vis-it by an international mission led by the International Feder-ation of Journalists (IFJ) and the NUJP from Nov 20 to 24 in General Santos City, Mindan-ao and Manila. The delegates will also meet with government

officials: Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima (Nov 22, 2 p.m., DOJ Office); Task Force Usig Head, Col. Henry Libay (Nov 24, 10 a.m., Camp Crame).

Next will be an actual visit to the massacre site in Ampat-uan, Maguindanao by the fam-

ilies of the victims of the mas-sacre and officers and mem-bers of NUJP on Nov. 21.

It will be followed by the unveiling of an “installation art, revisiting the Ampatuan Mas-sacre” on Nov 23 at 9 a.m. at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani. This is an initiative of the ad-

vertising giant BBDO Guerre-ro.

Later on the same day, the NUJP will join the Milyong Tanglaw para sa Katarungan at the EDSA Shrine at 5 p.m. NUJP chapters all over the country will hold similar candle

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by ashley maNabat

PANIQUI, Tarlac – With the decision of the Com-mission on Elections (Comelec) in hand, Mayor Miguel ‘Dors” Rivilla on Monday or-dered Rommel David to step down and respect the rule of law or face

COMELEC AFFIRMS RIvILLA’S vICTORY

‘Mayor’ David defies order to

vacate town halla forcible ejection from the municipal premises here.

“Let us respect the rule of law! The Com-mission on Elections has already ruled out in favor of the people of Paniqui. It is time to end this chaos. The people

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CLARK FREEPORT – The 177-hectare Sa-bah Al Ahmad Glob-al Gateway Logistics City (GGLC) project located at the civil avi-ation complex here just got a big boost from the World Bank (WB).

In a recent state-ment, the WB ex-pressed interest in supporting the devel-opment of the contro-versial project backed by Kuwaiti investors under the KGL Invest-ment Company.

WB Executive Di-rector for the Middle East Hasan Mirza ex-pressed the bank’s in-terest in the project, during a recent vis-it to the GGLC here, where Global Gate-way Development Corp. (GGDC), a com-pany backed by KGL Investment Company, is putting the finishing touches on The Med-ical City (TMC) Clark, a world-class 150-bed hospital.

The Medical City Clark is a part of GGLC, a major devel-opment project that will cost a total of $3 billion, create over 300,000 jobs and gen-erate annual payroll of $600 million once

$3-B Clark project to get WB support

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CLARK FREEPORT ZONE --- As part of the prepara-tion to enhance capability and efficiency of its security personnel for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Coop-eration (APEC) summit, the state-owned Clark Develop-ment Corporation (CDC) said it has engaged its special re-action unit (SRU) in a special training on counter-terrorism on top of the ongoing securi-ty measures for the two-week meet of world leaders here.

Clark security preparations underway for APEC meetCDC President/CEO Ar-

thur Tugade said apart from building and rehabilitating in-frastructures for Clark’s host-ing of the 2015 APEC, the CDC is also very much in-volved in security and safety planning to ensure a stress-free stay for the expected 1, 500 delegates and thousands more guests during the major event.

“The security aspect for the APEC is governed by the national organizing commit-

tee. But we are in close col-laboration since we are the first responder here in case there is a serious incident,’’ said Tugade.

Citing reports from the CDC-Public Safety Depart-ment (PSD), Tugade said the entire PSD personnel that in-cludes operation, traffic, fire, investigation and SRU, along with the blue guards (from ac-credited security agencies) have been occupied in var-ious training activities facili-

tated by the Office of the Civ-il Defense (OCD), the Philip-pine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Air Force based in Clark and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

He said a simulation exer-cise to respond to bomb ex-plosion and fire was recent-ly conducted at the Holiday Inn to ensure swift response in case of emergency. The exercise was also attended by representatives from the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), Fontana Hot Spring Leisure Parks, Wi-dus Hotel, hotel Stotsenberg and Oxford Hotel.

CDC’s incident command system (ICS) has also been re-implemented to ensure standard documentation protocol of all activities and events happening particular-

ly during the summit, accord-ing to the PSD report to Tu-gade.

The PSD said there are now 24 security agencies ac-credited to ensure they are able to meet general security requirements in Clark.

Other security efforts aimed to improve the re-sponse of PSD in providing service and security include the issuance of 1309 police clearance and conduct of 277 fire safety inspections in the first half of the year; con-duct of an earthquake and fire training among CDC employ-ees to ensure preparedness during such emergencies; ac-quisition of 10 patrol cars to its pool of emergency vehi-cles, alcohol breath analyz-ers, speed guns and night vi-sion goggles. –CDC-EAD

Bazaar. Vice Mayor Jimmy T. Lazatin joins Giant Lantern Festival 2014 Chairperson Theresa Laus in the ribbon cutting ceremony of GLF Christmas Bazaar at Robinsons Starmills, Pampanga. With them are (L-R) Gender and Development Focal Person Amy Catacutan, Councilor Jacklyn Calimlim, Tourism Officer Ching Pangilinan and Community Affairs Division chief Engr. Jose Diaz. The bazaar showcases different local products from small and medium-sized enterprises in the city.

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PEOPLE who are into musi-cals are in for a treat as Bright-woods School, in cooperation with Angeles Medical Center, brings to the stage a captivat-ing Adaptation of Shrek the Musical.

Featuring the 4th Year High School students of Bright-woods School at the forefront of the musical, Creative Di-rector Ditas Yap said the audi-ence that will witness its stag-ing will definitely be charmed by the creative stage compo-nents that have been wonder-fully assembled into one excit-ing performance by teenage performers.

Shrek the Musical is the story of a green ogre who, on his seventh birthday, was sent away from his home. Mocked and feared his entire life, he happily retreats to an isolat-ed swamp. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tale charac-ters invade his sanctuary, say-ing they have been evicted by Lord Farquaad. Shrek strikes a deal: If he gets the fairy-tale characters’ homes back, they have to give his swamp back too.

When Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord strikes a deal of his own. He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes, only if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona. Shrek agrees, yet in the course of rescuing the Prin-cess and delivering her to Lord Farquaad, he finds something mystical about the beautiful princess and falls in love with her.

Portraying the role of Shrek is Jastin Hofmann with Zach Reyes playing alternate; Don-key is played by Renzo Cinco with RJ Tuazon as alternate; Princess Fiona is played by Bea Reyes with Krisha Bala as alternate; Lord FarQuaad is played by LayJ Amorsolo with Raljae Ocampo as alternate; and, Pinocchio is portrayed by Rome Ramos. Supporting the cast are: Xuxa Sumang who plays the role of the Young Princess Fiona; KC Ponce as the Teen Fiona; and Yoshen Hizon as the Young Shrek.

Teacher Ditas, as she is

Local school to stage adaptation of Shrek the Musical

fondly called, is a stage di-rector and choreographer al-though a graduate of Agricul-tural Economics from the Uni-versity of the Philippines, Los Banos, discovered her interest in the arts a few years after graduation and started to pro-duce theater productions for Brightwoods School.

Her versatile personality, creative faculty and passion for the theater have led her to produce over fifty superb mu-sical adaptations to date and the Adaptation of Shrek the Musical is her latest offering.

“For many years now, Brightwoods’ Showtime The-ater has brought a unique ed-ucational experience as it un-leashes the creative potentials of its student performers and presents practical life lessons to its viewers,” Teacher Ditas said.

She added that the stag-ing this of the play is also a timely answer to the call of the Department of Education (DepEd) to provide meaningful learning avenues for students outside of their classrooms.

“Recreating this piece is a great feat for all those working in the production. One may be astonished at how non-profes-sionals in the theater arena, with a limited pool of talents, were able to create a remark-able piece of art,” Teacher Di-tas stressed.

“It is the explicit outcome of a wonderful collaboration of creative, talented, hardwork-ing and persevering individu-als pouring out passion over what we are doing,” the cre-ative director pointed out.

Teacher Ditas expresses her gratitude to and cited the support of the Brightwoods School Year IV parents, stu-dents, faculty, staff, sponsors, and friends who believed in the production.

Brightwoods School’s Ad-aptation of Shrek the Musical will be staged on November 21 & 22, 2014 at the Holy Angel University Theater, with show times at 2:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Tickets prices at P250 and P500.

by elmo roque

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑ0Z - As the first facility for bioetha-nol production from nipa palm is now in operation, the exec-utive director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (Phil-Rice) is pushing for its replica-tion in other parts of the coun-try.

“We hope to have this fa-cility in more places in the Phil-ippines and make nipa palm bioethanol a widely used fuel for farmers and fisherfolk,” Dr. Eufemio Rasco Jr. said.

His comment was made af-ter the inauguration of the first nipa bioethanol production fa-cility in Barangay Cabaggan, Pamplona, Cagayan recently.

Rice farming and coastal communities will benefit large-ly from the production of large quantities of this fuel to fill up local supply demand, he said.

“Fossil resources have been dwindling since the 1970s. This project with the Mariano Marcos State Uni-versity (MMSU) will increase farmers’ competitiveness as nipa is a renewable energy that can fuel farm machinery and pump boats,” Rasco, a pi-oneer in nipa research, said.

He said the nipa palm is good source of bioethanol or water-free alcohol produced from the fermentation of sugar or converted starch because it does not compete as food unlike other sources such as

Nipa bioethanol production plants pushedcorn, cassava, sorghum, and sugarcane.

Nipa palms are found in mangrove swamps and tid-al estuaries. Their trunks or stems are under the mud and only the leaves and flower stalk grow upwards that can extend up to nine meters.

The nipa palm leaves are used by local folk as roof ma-terial for thatched houses or structures and many types of basketry.

The flower, before it blooms, is tapped to pro-duce the sap that is used as “tuba” or when fermented into a “tapayan” as pure vinegar. A town in Bulacan is popular in producing vinegar from nipa palm.

Rasco said the nipa palm can produce as much as 26,000 liters of alcohol from a hectare per year and is four times more productive than sugarcane which is today`s main source of alcohol. The latter can only generate 6,700 liters of alcohol per hectare per year.

The facility’s power in Cagayan, tested through ret-rofitted water pump, produced 95 to 96 percent bioethanol during the launching ceremo-nial run. Engr. Nathaniel Ma-teo, project collaborator from the Mariano Marcos State Uni-versity, said that 100 liters of nipa sap can produce seven to nine liters of bioethanol within 4.5 hours.

“We felt and observed in an international level the connec-tion between energy and rice supply in 2007-2008 when in-creasing oil price escalated the price of rice to its peak. That event heightened the im-portance of developing a new energy system that is renew-able, decentralized, and diver-sified,” Rasco said.

As the locals produce nipa lambanog or wine, project im-plementers are also improv-ing their distilling facility to in-crease alcohol yield and effi-ciency.

With the improved facility, nipa wine with 60 percent al-cohol content and 28 percent yield conversion rate was pro-duced. Previously, nipa wine is produced with 40 percent alcohol at 22-24 percent yield conversion rate.

The bioethanol facility is co-implemented by the local government unit of Cagayan and MMSU`s Dr. Shirley Agru-pis, lead of the nipa bioethanol project, and Dr. Fiorello Aben-es, project consultant and US senior Fulbright fellow.

Meanwhile, Crisanta G. Leaño , barangay chair of Cabaggan and also the leader of the Nipa Wine Making Co-operative (NWMC) in Pamplo-na, said that until recently, she and the other wine makers in her place were using the tra-ditional fermentation methods that they inherited from past generations.

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CLARK FREEPORT – In this Season of love and hope, Holiday Inn Clark together with World Vision launch the Tree of Hope. Holi-day Inn Clark today launched its partnership with World Vision international, an Evangelical Christian humanitarian aid, development and advocacy organization, which provides emer-gency assistance to children and families af-fected by disasters and sends underpriveleged children to school. The empty Christmas tree is located in the lobby. To make the Christmas tree come alive, each guest can choose a col-orful ball which have peso equivalent. Each do-nation given will be dropped in the box located beside the tree. The ball will become a part of the Christmas décor. All proceeds of the Tree of Hope will go directly to the projects of World Vision.

Holiday Inn Clark and World Vision launch the Tree of HopeThis project was initiated by the F&B Direc-

tor, Ms. Thelma Valdepenas. “By the end of this project, we expect that our Christmas tree will be alive and full of color and of course, our part-ner, World Vision will be very happy with the help extended by our guests and fellow em-ployee.”

Mr. Michael Melzer, the General Manager of Holiday Inn Clark said this is the first time that we are launching an activity like this. We are very excited that World Vision partnered with us on this endeavor. This reinforces our com-mitment to be a company that is not only con-cerned of profits, but also on our Corporate So-cial Responsibility.

For all those who are interested to share their blessings, please call +632-845-1888 or +6345 -599-8000.

GM Melzer spuces up tree. Mediamen enjoy season’s launch at the Inn. contributed Photos

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have suffered enough and we are happy that justice was given to us. Now let’s all get back to work,” Rivilla said.

“(David) should lead by example and show the people that he real-ly cares for them and not just for himself and his ambition. Occupying the town hall and proclaim-ing himself the mayor is an act of selfishness and rogue,” Rivilla add-ed.

The Comelec’s First Division, in its resolution dated November 12, nul-lified all orders issued by Assisting Judge Agapito Loagan and declared fi-nal and executory the court decision made by

‘Mayor’ David defies order...From Page 1 Judge Serafin Cruz dis-

missing the election pro-test of David due to in-sufficiency in form and content and reaffirming Rivilla as the incumbent mayor of this town.

“This victory also shows that the reliabili-ty of and automation in election precincts is still highly-efficient and that the people can still put their faith and trust in the Precinct Count Op-tical Scanner (PCOS) machines,” Rivilla stat-ed.

Close to 6,000 peo-ple, including former Tarlac Gov. Margarita Cojuangco, assembled in front of the town hall here and displayed their support to Rivilla during the announcement of

the Comelec Resolution on November 13.

But despite the Comelec ruling, David, a loser in the last elec-tion, still “illegally occu-pies” the third floor of the municipal building and claims he never re-ceived any Comelec resolutions yet.

David argued that the Department of Inte-rior and Local Govern-ment (DILG) has not given its order for him to vacate the town hall.

According to Rivilla, on October 29 at around 2:30 a.m., David, assist-ed by then chief of po-lice, Supt. Carlito Gri-jaldo, stormed the mu-nicipal hall and occu-pied the third floor of the building and proclaimed

himself as mayor by vir-tue of Judge Agapito Lo-agan’s resolution, which “railroaded” the election case in favor of David.

Grijaldo was later re-lieved as chief of police by Central Luzon Po-lice Director, Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta “to ease the brewing ten-sion” in this town.

“The Comelec has decided and the will of the people still governs. We are very grateful for the timely resolution of the case. I extend my sincere gratitude to the supporters who never left the town hall since the first day of this inci-dent. Maraming salamat po. Para po sa inyong lahat ang tagumpay na ito,” Rivilla said.

dergone transformations and sought technologi-cal development through aggressive manage-ment to grow as a lead-ing semiconductor com-pany.”

“PSPC has consis-tently maintained prof-itability, with a com-bined assets valued at S189.19 million as of Dec. 31, 2013,” said a press statement of the company.

A report issued ear-lier by the Trade Facil-itation Department of the Clark Development Corp.’s showed PSPC topping the freeport’s export volume with $229 million or 57 percent of the total exports for the first semester of 2014.

And PSPC continues

to be bullish on the po-tential for growth of the Philippine market, hence its expansion, according to PSPC head of finance and director Kyuho Han.

“The new facility would double our pro-duction. We will be hiring additional 1,000 work-ers,” said Han, adding PSPC currently employs 1,500 workers in both administrative and tech-nical fields.

Han said the con-struction of the new fac-tory to cover three hect-ares at the company site near the former expo site would start before the end of the year.

Share at P3.15Dongjoo Kim, PSPC

vice president and chief finance officer, said the company would start

selling shares to the pub-lic at P3.15 as the initial offering price. He pro-jected the target shares to raise about P1.22 bil-lion.

“Earned funds would be used for the PSPC expansion project,” he said.

Last Tursday, BDO Capital and Investment president Eduardo Fran-cisco led an investment forum in Clark and dis-cussed the initial public offering.

UnaffectedEngaged by Sam-

sung as a main suppli-er for memory semicon-ductors, PSPC has been asked of the effects to its operations of the re-ported slump in sales of Samsung smart phones.

“It is unfortunate that

most people only think of Samsung as a pro-ducer of mobile phones, Kim lamented, even as he clarified: “Sam-sung makes all kinds of electronic devices and while Samsung may ex-perience slowdown in one particular segment, there are other electron-ic segments that all need semiconductor chips.”

Han added: “While Samsung may have been down in its mobile phone sales, the en-tire segment as a whole grew. We see the poten-tial to serve other play-ers in the market, not just Samsung.”

Going IPO and build-ing a new facility are the initial steps toward that direction, Han said.

– with reports from PSPC-PR

Clark’s top exporter going IPO

-ighting activities in their respective areas.

NUJP-Pampanga will hold its commemoration of the Ampatuan Mas-sacre on Saturday (Nov. 22) at 5 p.m. at the Sal-akot, Bayanihan Park, Balibago, Angeles City. Other chapters and other media organizations will also be holding forums and round-table-discus-sions in schools, col-leges and universities.

The NUJP has launched a public ser-vice ad campaign in co-ordination with the Ka-pisanan ng mga Brod-kaster ng Pilipinas and the Philippine Press In-stitute. The ads are aired on all TV and radio sta-tions nationwide and published in major and local dailies. The cam-paign materials were produced by the Philip-pine Integrated Adver-tising Agency and WYD Productions.

A social media cam-paign is also underway bearing the campaign line: “58 dead. 5 years. 0 justice. Ampatuan Mas-sacre 11.23.2009.”

The NUJP is enjoin-ing its members and fel-low press freedom advo-cates to use the icon (a backhoe with red back-ground) as their profile pic from Nov. 17 to 23 to

serve as a reminder of the most gruesome at-tack on journalists in his-tory.

The Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines (PCP) enjoins the com-memoration by posting “black photos” in broad-sheets and tabloids.

Meanwhile, the IFJ-NUJP mission will be meeting with the fam-ilies of the victims of the massacre, and the local media. The internation-al mission delegates will also join the million can-dle activity at the EDSA Shrine on Nov. 23.

In a statement, the NUJP said the commem-oration activities intend to “look back and see how five years of cor-ruption and apathy have conspired to thwart not only justice for the Am-patuan 58 but allowed the impunity with which journalists, farmers, in-digenous people, reli-gious and others whose only crime is to exercise their right to free expres-sion, continue to be mur-dered.”

“From today until No-vember 23 and beyond, let us remind this gov-ernment of its unfulfilled and broken promises of justice, of respect for our basic rights and free-doms, of good gover-nance,” the NUJP state-ment said.

–Ashley Manabat

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From Page 1NUJP...

IDLE EQUIPMENT, NO WOrKErS. Ghostly silence obtains at the former transverse dike of the FVR Megadike systems now being repurposed to Spillway No. 3 as “mitigation measure for breaches of the San Fernando-Sto. Tomas-Minalin tail dike. Costing P270.771 million, the project was started on Jan. 24, 2014 and projected to be finished on July 17, 2015. Photo by bong Lacson

OLONGAPO CITY – Nababahala na ang il-ang negosyante dahil sa magkakasunod na holda-pan sa kabila ng napa-

Holdapan sunud-sunod sa Olongapokalapit na police station at kampo ng kapulisan sa Barangay Barretto sa lungsod na ito.

Unang hinoldap ng di

kilalang mga kalalakihan ang Agragas gasoline station sa National High-way Barangay Barretto kung saan ilang metro

lamang ang layo nito sa Police Station 6 at tang-gapan ng Olongapo City Police Office (OCPO).

Ayon sa ulat nagkar-

ga muna ng gas sa si-nasakyang tricycle ang mga suspek at pagkata-pos ay tinutukan ng bar-il ang gasoline boy na si Clarito Casuga kung saan tinangay ng mga suspek ang P1,000 na kita ng gasolinahan.

Nasundan pa ito kina-bukasan bandang alas-5 ng madaling araw nang holdapin ang Maidy Ena Convenience Store na di kalayuan sa gasolinahan na naunang hinoldap.

Tinutukan ang kahera

at empleyado ng tinda-han at tinangay ang may P5,000 kita, cellphone at pre-paid card na nagka-kahalaga ng P10,000.

Batay sa description ng mga suspek, halos magkakahalintulad ang kanilang mga kasuotan, nakatakip ang kanilang mukha at ang ginamit na sasakyan sa kanilang pagtakas ay isang tricy-cle na walang plaka pa-tungo sa direksyon ng Zambales.

–Johnny R. Reblando

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THE PHILIPPINES’ lead-ing airline, Cebu Pacific Air (PSE:CEB) aims to enable even more people to travel be-tween the Philippines and Ja-pan, when it launches direct Cebu-Tokyo-Cebu flights on March 26, 2015.

The seat sale fare for CEB’s newest route starts from P3,888, making it ideal for trav-elers to and from Cebu and surrounding regions. This Ce-bu-Tokyo seat sale fare is avail-able until November 14, 2014 or until seats last, for travel from March 26 to September 30, 2015.

“We hope to keep contrib-uting to the national tourism agenda, by providing direct access for Japanese leisure travelers to the island of Cebu. Its strategic location in central Philippines makes it the ideal gateway to beach and eco-ad-venture destinations in other parts of the country,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribu-tion Candice Iyog.

The airline will launch four weekly flights (every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sun-

Cebu Pacific to boost PHL-JP traffic with new Cebu-Tokyo routeday) between Cebu and To-kyo, utilizing its brand-new Air-bus A320 fleet. The flight from Cebu will depart at 5:55am, and arrive in Tokyo at 11:20am. The return flight will depart To-kyo at 12:05pm, and arrive in Cebu at 4:25pm.

From the airline’s Cebu hub, prime beach, historical, diving and surfing destinations are approximately 35 minutes to one hour away by air. These destinations include Boracay, Camiguin, Siargao, Palawan, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Ba-colod, Iloilo and Dumaguete. The island of Bohol is also just a ferry away.

“We are similarly focused on promoting Japan as a top-of-mind destination for Filipi-nos. With our trademark low fares and extensive Cebu hub network, Japan is more acces-sible and convenient for more guests,” she added.

CEB offers 27 domestic and international destinations from its Cebu hub, and operates ap-proximately 700 weekly flights.

Passengers from the air-line’s Cebu hub grew by 9.4%

from January to September 2014, compared to the same period last year.

CEB’s 52-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 29 Airbus A320, 5 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2015 and 2021, Cebu Pacif-ic will take delivery of 9 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo and 1 Airbus A330 aircraft.

For bookings and infor-mation, guests can visit www.cebupacificair.com or call (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales and details may also be found on Cebu Pacific Air’s official Face-book and Twitter pages.

Cebu Pacific Air Vice President for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog and Japan Tourism Agency Industry Relations Officer for the Philippines Yosuke Togezaki share a common goal of promoting travel between PH and JP. CEB is set to launch direct Cebu-Tokyo flights starting March 26,2015.

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TODay IN PHILIPPINE HISTOrySource: www.kahimyang.info

As good…DEATH ASIDE, taxes are the only certainty in this world. So it’s been nauseatingly clichéd.

Still, it’s always pleasant to note how your Bureau of Internal Revenue is not only meeting but even exceeding its collection target.

BIR Region IV has just registered a whopping P17.572 billion in its tax collection for the period January-October this year, in excess of 0.23 percent – translating to P50 million – of its goal.

The amount is just P3.5 billion short of its 2014 target of P21 billion. Optimistically achievable, to Revenue Region 4 OIC Regional Director Conrado Lee.

The innovations BIR set at the start of the year – the Online System for Transfer Tax Transactions, Electronic Certificate Authorizing Registration and Electronic Tax Information Systems – are proving most efficacious in the agency’s drive to increase its collections.

Now, if only those taxes get really used for the general welfare of the people…

…as it getsALSO DOING good is the Social Security System, reporting a collection of P2.4 billion in Central Luzon for January-July 2014, up by 14 percent over that for the same period last year.

With 60 percent share of the total, employees remain the biggest source of cotributions, according to Vilma Agapito, SSS assistant vice president for Central Luzon Division.

SSS’ AlkanSSSya coverage of workers in the informal sector and job order and contractual employees of local government units attributed a 13.99-percent increase in the agency’s collections from self-employed and voluntary members in the region.

Noting the 17,601 individuals from 188 informal sector groups in the region that have enrolled with AlkanSSSya, Agapito said “a lot more workers now recognize the value of social security and saving for future contingencies.”

Yeah, as the Filipino saying goes, “mag-impok para may mahugot.”

It pays to a secure one’s future.

Getting smartDESIRE IS the root of all disappointments.

A truism that is so much a staple in my Buddhist readings it has become so trite that it has dimmed its appeal, if not dulled its meaning.

Last week, it struck anew as a mantra from a friend of long ago I met after over a generation of missed absence.

Over coffee – green tea for him – I remarked how differently he looked from our happy hippie days of yore, exuding a definitive aura of enlightenment about his physical self.

Mastery of desires, he told me. Repression of instinctive impulses?

Suppression of natural urges? Mastery. Simple mastery. Aspire not to

control a desire, or an impulse, or an urge. Just go with the flow and rise above it all. Om mani padme hum…

Responded I: Om ah hung vajra guru pema siddhi hung…

He left me with a beatific smile.Desire is the root of all disappointments. It

smacked me in the face. This Monday, I attended the annual

advanced Christmas party for the local media by a telco that projects itself as the unrivalled one in the Philippines today.

Good food. Great company. And the traditional raffle to boot. Bliss, yeah.

The minor prizes first – company backpacks, P1K gift checks – the winners getting eliminated on the way to the major prizes. Some games for intermission, with minor, minor gifts as prizes. Onto P2K gift checks and the mobile phones – Chinese brands? And then there were but three or four names not yet called.

“Yahooo! Tayo na lang sa major prizes, ‘pre.” Manila Standard’s Jess Malabanan was ecstatic telling dwRW 95.1’s Perry Pangan and myself at an adjoining room. By tradition, the last man to be called in this telco’s raffles gets the grand prize. We were all smiles.

Malabanan! Boomed the caller, Balacat News’ Deng Pangilinan.

Pareng Jiss nearly collapsed. His major prize: P1K gift check.

Ninong Perry! Boomed Deng anew.Speechless went the motormouth. His major

prize: P1K gift check.Lacson! Deng at his loudest. Totally shocked. My grand prize: P500

gift card from Starbucks. WTF? All the supposed major prizes are of

much, much lesser value than the minor prizes. Some sick joke here? Weird sense of humour? Perverted set of values?

“In all those Christmas raffles we’ve had with different companies through the years, it’s only now that I came so close to a major, major prize. Only to be cheated out of it. Ginago ako.” No, that was not me talking there.

Come to think of it, is it this company or is it just me? In the scheme of raffles, that is.

Only last March, I raised an issue here over this telco’s sister company’s marketing head reprising the infamous take-it-take-it moment at that Manila Film Festival of long ago and the

second-coming of Lolit Solis.The marketing madame dipped her hand

into the fishbowl holding the entries to the raffle, looked and sifted through the unrolled pieces of paper and picked out the winning name. All these shenanigans before the disbelieving eyes of the shocked audience of newsmen.

The grand prize of her petty cheating: an inexpensive Alcatel mobile. Which until this time has remained unawarded to her premeditated winner.

How can the biggest telco in the Philippines ever get into such miserly pettiness? For that matter, how can anything stamped MvP? It just can’t be. Just thinking about it smacks of blasphemy. Yes, it just cannot be.

So, it can only be me. Specifically my consumerist materialism that whetted that desire to get more than what I was pre-destined to deserve – the P500 gift card from Starbucks.

If I did not desire some assumed grand prize, I would not be disappointed now. Yeah, comes to mind a related truism – Assumption is the mother of all failures. I assumed much, I feel miserable.

So what is there for me to do?Master my desires. By totally shunning not

only the raffles staged by this telco, but all kinds of raffles. And anything that has to do with this telco.

Just thinking about it already dissolves my disappointment. And writing this induces some pleasant, if malicious, excitement…whoops.

Master desire. Just go with the flow. Rise above it all. Om ah hung vajra guru pema siddhi hung…

Now comes this sudden, if late, realization of raffles being intrinsically insulting to the intelligence, and an affront to human dignity. I mean no offense to well-meaning raffle patrons and sponsors who only want to inject fun, fun to their parties.

Two ways to get what one keeps: 1) earning it by the sweat of one’s brow, called compensation; 2) receiving and accepting it as a gift from some benevolent other, called charity.

Where lies the raffle prize – in the context of Christmas parties and the like -- there?

Charity? Then, why should it be left to chance to determine the beneficiary?

It just doesn’t sit well with some renascent values in me.

Yes, I shall still attend parties tendered by friendly companies this season. If only for the fellowship. But I shall disengage myself from any and all raffles that shall most certainly be parts of these parties.

So, is this some kind of an epiphany? Birthed out of a P500 Starbucks GC?

God works in mysterious, if truly mundane, ways.

THE OPENING on November 17, 1869 of the Suez Canal in Egypt, one of the most im-portant artificial sea-level wa-terways in the world, paved the way for the Philippines’ di-rect commercial relations with Spain instead of via Mexico.

As travel time from the Phil-ippines to Spain and vice ver-sa was shortened to 30 days from more than two months, this positively affected the de-velopment of agricultural ex-

ports, which brought econom-ic prosperity to native indios or the so-called “ilustrados” (Fili-pinos with money and educa-tion).

These development also paved the way for Filipino “ilustrados” to send their chil-dren to universities in Europe.

The rise of the “ilustrados” was inevitable and they be-came the new patrons of the arts that led to the seculariza-tion of arts in the 19th century.

The Suez Canal was of-ten called the “crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia” be-cause the route was used to transport goods to and from all three continents.

The new route was built for 10 years by a French company led by Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Before its opening in 1869, goods were sometimes off-loaded from ships and carried overland between the Mediter-ranean and the Red Sea.

Suez Canal opensPaving way for the Philippines’ direct commercial relations with Spain

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Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

Kahit walanang palitan

MARAMING ang gustong makapanungkulansa ating gobyerno na umano’y handangmapaglingkuran ang mga mamamayanng tapat sa abot ng makakayanan.

At sila anila ay laang maglingkodng buong puso at walang tanging imbotsa paghabol kundi magsilbi ng lubossa atin oras na sila ay maluklok.

Pero ilan itong matapat at sadyangang pangako nila’y pinanghahawakan?Pito sa sampu ay puro salita langat iresponsable sa panunungkulan

Yan kapag lumiban ng araw ng Lunes,malamang ay absent na yan hanggang Biernes;At tuluyan na nilang i-‘take for granted’ang opisyal nilang ‘responsibilities’

Upang kaipala ay asikasuhinsa tanggapan nila ang mga gampaninna dapat tutukan at bigyan ng pansinngunit kakaiba ang nakikita natin.

Paano nga kasi ay mas inu-una paang pagkakuwartahan kaysa opisyal natungkuling marapat harapin talaganitong sa sarili’y walang disiplina.

Pero ang kakapal pa rin ng apog niyan na pamuli’t-muli tayong hinihinganng suporta upang muling maihalalgayong sila’y wala namang nagawa riyan

Kundi magpasarap habang nasa puestokung kaya ang tanging lumobo ng husto,matapos ang ‘3 years’ na pag-upo nito,ay ang bulsa saka ‘hidden wealth’ sa bangko.

Sa isang malinis at matinong lideryy lubhang maikli ang tatlo o animna taon sa opis at takdang tungkulinpara magampan ng husto sa atin

Ang lahat ng bagay na makabubutisa pamayanan kung ang naisin patinitong sinuman ay ang makapagsilbing buong husay at di makasarili.

Pero sa ‘corrupt’ at di mabuting lahi,ang anim o tatlong buwang ilalagisa panunungkulan ay kalbaryong muntipara sa lahat na kung saka-sakali

Na ang mailuklok ay gaya nga nitongliban sa sila ay mga mandarambongay hindi rin naman nga nakatutulongsa anumang bagay na ikasusulong

Ng probinsya, bawat bayan at barangayna kagaya nitong halos araw-araway binibista ng butihing “Nanay”ng Pampanga o ng mga Kapampangan,

Na kung saan pati malalayong baryong Macabebe town, tulad ng Consuelo,at iba pang nasa tabing-dagat mismong naturang bayang pinuntahan nito.

At sa panahon lang marahil ni “Nanay,”kumpara sa iba pang naupo bilangmga gobernador nitong Kapampanganay sa kanya pa lang nangyari ang ganyan

Kung kaya ang noon ay inaakalanilang sa Pampanga ay lalong lulubhaang lahat ng bawal ay naparam biglanang si Gob Pineda ay maupo na nga.

Aba’y kung lahat ng mga nahahalalsa gobyerno’y kahalintulad ni “Nanay,”kahit marahil ay wala ng palitan,Ay payag ang lahat na manatili riyan!

by erNie esCoNde

BALANGA CITY- Bishop Ruperto Cruz Santos of the Diocese of Balanga on Friday issued a Diocesan Reflection on the State and Apostolic vis-it of Pope Francis to the Phil-ippines on January 15 to 19, 2015.

The Bataan prelate said the Pope will be bringing to the Philippines God’s mercy and compassion. Santos is the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines committee chairman on transportation for the Papal visit 2015.

“Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, the Vicar of Christ on earth hears our longings, lis-tens to our prayers and cries and attends to our needs. He comes to us to bring God’s love and mercy. His presence is God’s blessings. His words are God’s comfort. His actions are God’s saving works,” the Bataan bishop said.

The Pope will celebrate Holy Mass with the bishops, priests and religious at the Ma-nila Cathedral at 11:15 a.m. on January 16. At the SM Arena, Mall of Asia, it will be a grace-filled encounter of families with him at 5:30 in the afternoon of the same day, he said.

Santos said that in the City of Tacloban on January 17 is the heart and highlight of the coming of Pope Francis who will celebrate open Holy Mass at the tarmac of the Ta-cloban airport. The Pope will have lunch with survivors at the archbishop’s residence in Palo, Leyte; lead in the bless-ing of the new chapel of Pope Francis Center for the Poor and meet with the priests, re-ligious men and women at the Cathedral of Palo.

On January 18 at 10:30 a.m, the Holy Father will meet our young people at the Uni-

Bataan bishop issues Diocesan Reflection on visit of Pope Francis

versity of Santo Tomas. The memorable and historic five-day state and apostolic vis-it culminates with Holy Mass at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta at 3:30 p.m., Santos said.

“He comes for our poor, suffering and destitute sur-vivors of Typhoon Yolanda. Pope Francis being with us reminds us that we are not alone in our predicaments, not abandoned in our suffer-ings and not forgotten during our misfortunes,” the Bataan bishop said.

Santos said God is with us in those moments, strength-ening us so we can stand up again with Pope Francis giv-ing us this hope, assuring us of God’s help and healing us and our land.

In part, this is the Bishop’s Diocesan Reflection:

“Our beloved Holy Father, Pope Francis, is on spiritu-al journey. It is his pilgrimage of solidarity and saving love for us shining brightly with his guiding theme of God’s end-less mercy. With the coming of the Pope to our country, the good Holy Father is offering to us the gifts of God’s mer-cy which are tangible with the corporal works of presence, patience and compassion.

Mercy is God’s presence. God is always there for us, being with us. Even when we fail Him, or rebel against Him. God stays with us. God is al-ways available. In every situ-ation and condition in our life God is not away, not absent. He rejoices in our success and condoles with our sorrows. In our needs He fills what is lack-ing. When we stumble, He lifts us up.

With God’s mercy, He waits and welcomes us, He remains with us or walks us. He is ever present. With the coming of

our Holy Father is power-ful message that God is ever present in us, all around us and in all of us. We just have to lift our sight from our sorrows, form our sufferings, from our scars towards God, towards each one of us. And our Lord Jesus tells us, ‘come and see’ (John 1:39).

Mercy is God’s patience. God understand us and ac-cepts us. Even we insist on our way and remain hard headed, God still does the first move to calm us down, to con-sole us and to change us. We question His ways. We doubt His will. And we blame Him for natural calamities.

God is still so patient with us. He does not punish or con-demn us. He continues to trust us and to invite us telling us ‘follow me’ (Mt. 9:9). Our beloved Holy Father, Pope Francis reminds us that ‘God is always there, always waiting for us. He never grows tired. Jesus shows to us the merciful patience of God.’

Mercy is God’s passion. God bears our hardships. He takes up to Himself the burden of our sins. Though we are broken and bruised God binds us up. Though we suffered and sinned God builds us up. God is with us in our sorrows and during the storms in our life. And thus we experience His being in our passion. Thus we receive His compassion.

Our Holy Father is pontifex, a bridge builder for us and to God. Our beloved Holy Fa-ther comes to us to bridge us together as sons and daugh-ters of God regardless of our color, creed and culture. Pope Francis comes to our country to bind and to build us togeth-er as brothers’ keepers (Gen-esis 4:9) and to perform good things ‘to these little ones’ (cfr. Mt 25:31-46).”

GaWaD KaLaSaG. Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda receives the Regional Gawag Kalasag for Best Provincial and Risk Reduction Management Council from Office of Civil Defense Regional Director Josefina Timoteo during the Regional Kalasag Award held at Heroes Hall, Mini Convention Center in the City of San Fernando. Joining the vice governor are PDRRMO Executive Officer Angelina Blanco and PSWDO Elizabeth Baybayan.

Photo courtesy of Jun Jaso

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NOTICE OF SELF AdJUdICATIONNotice is hereby given that TERESA L. dABU of legal age, Filipino, widow

and resident of 4231 Bagong Lipunan St., Duquit, Mabalacat City executed an Affidavit of Self Adjudication on the estate of the late JUAN dABU JR. who died intestate on October 8, 2014 in Mabalacat City, more particularly described as a parcel of land located at Lot 28, Blk. 37, Psd-202163 and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 151734 of the Registry of Deeds of Angeles City, before Notary Public Arvin M. Suller as per Doc No. 3535, Page No. 80, Book No. XXXIV, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 19, 26 & December 3, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ERNESTO S. SALAPANTAN who

died intestate on December 15, 2012 at Olongapo City and CONSTANCIA S. SALAPANTAN who died intestate on July 30, 2011 at County of San Diego, U.S.A. executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Share of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land located at Nagbunga, Castillejos, Zambales. Bounded on the North by Lot 306; on the South by Brgy. Road; on the East by Road; and on the West by Lot 307, containing an area of 907.50 square meters, more or less, with a Market Value of 72,600 and with an Assessed Value of 14,520 as declared under TD No. 007-0472, before Notary Public Segundo E. Mañgohig as per Doc No. 36, Page No. 8, Book No. XLIV, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 12, 19 & 26, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ROWENA LAGMAN MENdOzA

who died intestate on February 24, 2012 executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot No. 2, Block 12 of the subdivision plan LRC Psd-29512, being a portion of Lot 3900-B described on plan Psd-5599, LRC Cad Record 146) situated in the Bo. of Calulut, Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 288495-R, Register of Deeds of City of San Fernando, Pampanga, before Notary Public Jackson Visda Yabut as per Doc No. 4289, Page No. 17, Book No. LXXXI, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 5, 12 & 19, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ERNESTO S. SALAPANTAN who

died intestate on December 15, 2012 at Olongapo City and CONSTANCIA S. SALAPANTAN who died intestate on July 30, 2011 at County of San Diego, U.S.A. executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Share of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land including a residential house constructed thereon located at No. 37-G Otero Avenue, Mabayuan, Olongapo City. Bounded on the North by ALN 156, 155 162; on the South by ALN 198; on the East by ALN 161 185; and on the West by ALN 189 to 153, containing an area of 474 square meters, more or less with as Assessed Value of 74,892 while the house has a Market Value of 143,630 as described under TD Nos. AB00602306 and AB00602307, before Notary Public Segundo E. Mañgohig as per Doc No. 35, Page No. 8, Book No. XLIV, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 12, 19 & 26, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of vICENTE M. FLORES who died

intestate on January 15, 1979 at Makabali Hospital, City of San Fernando (P) and TRINIdAd LUAT who died intestate on April 21, 2002 at JBL Hospital, City of San Fernando (P) executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver and Special Power of Attorney of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land covered by TCT No. 68687-R and located in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, before Notary Public Regina C. Gopez-Agustin as per Doc No. 625, Page No. 91, Book No. XIV, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 12, 19 & 26, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ERNESTO S. ESPELETA who

died intestate on June 5, 2007 in Mabalacat, Pampanga and JOSEFINA G. ESPELETA who died intestate on September 21, 2005 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights of their estate, more particularly described as House and Lot: Lot No. 11, Block No. 57 located at Camachile Resettlement Center, Mabalacat City, Pampanga covered by Certificate Allocation No. L1-CAM-0978, before Notary Public Conrado T. Danan as per Doc No. 378, Page No. 77, Book No. LIX, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 19, 26 & December 3, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ARNON B. GUzMAN who died

intestate on October 28, 2014 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement of his estate, more particularly described as Bank Deposits in RCBC Makati, Makati City Branch under Account Name of Arnon B. Guzman with Account No. 3965459285 in the amount of P357,000.00, before Notary Public Almario D. Marimla as per Doc No. 0891, Page No. 70, Book No. XXIV, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 19, 26 & December 3, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ERNESTO Q. SUAREz who died

intestate on May 12, 2012 at Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Angeles City, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extra-judicial Partition of Estate with Donation & Waiver of his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lote No. 9, Block No. 6, del plano de subdivision Psd-546, portion de los tres lotes consolidados Nos. 531, 532 y 832 de la medicion catastral de Angeles) located at Balagtas St., Lourdes Sur, Angeles City and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 47244, before Notary Public Junald S. Dionaldo as per Doc No. 2891, Page No. 76, Book No. 27, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 19, 26 & December 3, 2014

NOTICE OF ExTRAJUdICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of PEdRO B. LOPEz who died

intestate on September 15, 2008 and FLORENCIA IdMAT-LOPEz who died intestate on December 21, 2008 executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale of their estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 8, Block 57, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-80625; being a portion of Lot 4380-B, (LRC) Psd-54801, L.R.C. Cad. Rec. No. 146) situated in the Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga, Island of Luzon and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 68681-R of the Registry of Deeds of Pampanga, before Notary Public Rodolfo S. Uyengco as per Doc No. 1610, Page No. 72, Book No. XL, Series of 2014.Punto! Central Luzon: November 19, 26 & December 3, 2014

This, even as Sta. Ig-nacia police head Chief Inspector Crisanto Paac told Punto in a telephone interview that the police task force group formed to probe the killing of Clark airport chief en-gineer Ruel Angeles is now focusing its probe on the victim’s activities at the Clark airport.

“Sta. Ignacia is a peaceful town and we know of no involvement of the victim in the town that could give a hint on his murder. He had been known as a peaceful and even religious man in his community, so the task force is now focus-ing on the possibility that his case could be job-re-lated,” said Paac who is a member of the task force.

A ranking official of CIAC, who asked not to be named amid alleged “gag order” on the kill-ing of Angeles, said that one member of the BAC received the text “One down, more to go.”

“At least four others, including two women,

Clark airport execs get text threatsalso received similar text messages,” the source said.

Almost all of the re-cipients of the text mes-sages are members of the BAC which has been involved in the controver-sial bidding for the Clark airport’s Instrument Landing System (ILS). Angeles was a member of the BAC.

Angeles was shot dead by one of two mo-torcycle-riding men while driving his wife Cruse-nia and their grandchild to school in Barangay Pada-Pada in his home-town in Sta. Ignacia, Tar-lac Monday last week. Crusenia has fully recov-ered from a bullet wound while the child was un-hurt.

Paac said the re-mains of Angeles are expected to be buried Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Sta. Ignacia. He also said that Crusenia has fully recovered and that he has provided the An-geles family at least six policemen to secure them pending investiga-tion of the murder case.

Paac said that inves-

tigation conducted by his men revealed that while Angeles was a member of the Tarlac Fowl Gam-ing Association and par-ticipated in local cock-fights, he was known as a “minor” bettor. “Our in-formation is that he was into cockfighting as mere pastime and never had enemies in cockfighting,” he added.

Another very reliable source from CIAC who also asked not to be identified noted that An-geles’s engineering de-partment had been cred-ited for maintaining the 18-year-old ILS at the Clark airport. An ILS re-portedly costs P250 mil-lion.

Because the lifespan of an ILS is supposed to be 15 years at most, the Clark airport’s BAC held a bidding for a new one last year, with the firm Evercon winning with a bid of P205 million on Oct. 22, he noted.

“Evercon turned out to be the only quali-fied bidder because the terms of reference cate-gorized the project as in-frastructure that required

a permit from the Philip-pine Contractors Asso-ciation of the Philippines (PCAP) and Evercon was the only one who had such permit,” the source said.

Those who were dis-qualified, however, pro-tested the classification of the project as infra-structure and urged that it be classified as mere “delivery of supply” that would qualify more bid-ders. Thus, upon instruc-tion of the Department of Transportation and Com-munications which is the mother agency of CIAC, the BAC here was com-pelled to declare a failure of bidding only recently, the source related.

Newly installed CIAC President-CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III said in a telephone interview that the re-bidding for the ILS was deferred last Nov. 14 amid a protest filed by Evercon which had paid P1.2 million protest fee.

“I believe there are two or three interested bidders, but the (CIAC) board is first resolving the protest,” Tanjuatco added.

of minimum wages,” the RTWPB added.

Covered by the new wage order are mini-mum wage workers and employees in the private sector, regardless of po-sition, designation or sta-tus of employment, and irrespective of the meth-od by which wages are paid.

P13 daily wage hike approved in...From Page 1 The RTWPB not-

ed, however, that the wage hike does not cov-er household or domes-tic workers and persons employed in the person-al service of another, in-cluding family drivers and workers of Barangay Micro Business Enter-prises with Certificates of Authority.

Among the fac-tors considered by the

RTWPB in adjusting min-imum wages include the region’s poverty thresh-old, average wage, and impact of changes in the consumer price index or the inflation rate and on workers’ purchasing power.

The increase came after the Indo-Phil Tex-tile Workers’ Union-Phil-ippine Trade and Gen-eral Workers’ Organiza-

tion filed a petition last May 20 for the wage in-crease, citing increases in prices of basic goods and services.

Even before the pe-tition, the RTWPB had already conducted a se-ries of consultations in all seven provinces in Central Luzon and saw justification for the wage hike.

–Ding Cervantes

completed, according to GGDC president and CEO Mark Williams.

Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company Chairman Saeed Dashti said the hospital will be turned over to Medical City by December, with the official inauguration taking place early next year.

Dashti said GGDC, the owner of GGLC, is attracting immense at-tention from international investors, including the WB and its private sec-tor arm, the International Finance Corp. (IFC).

Mirza said KGLI’s projects in the Philip-pines, such as the GGLC and its investment in transport and logistics company 2Go Group are the kinds of projects “that boost the economy and provide for the de-velopment of decent life for the people, which are the World Bank’s priori-ties.”

“Those are two prom-ising and important projects for the Philip-pines,” Mirza added.

Mirza said the negoti-

ation process to invest in GGDC began a year and a half ago, and that only minimal details were left for finalization. He said the WB is interested in such projects which have “significant finan-cial, economic and so-cial yield and are in line with the World Bank’s strategy.”

Meanwhile, Dash-ti said the 2Go Group, which KGLI invested into, is the leading play-er in the Philippine’s sea transport industry, with a dominant market share, in addition to being the country’s largest provid-er of door-to-door logis-tics services.

Kuwait Ambassa-dor to the Philippines Waleed Al-Kandari said KGLI’s projects pro-vide job opportunities in the country. “I had the honor to represent His Highness Sheikh Sa-bah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in 2012 inau-guration of Sabah Al-Ah-mad Global Gateway Logistics City in Clark, which is considered one of the largest investment projects in the Philip-pines,” he said.

“His Highness the Amir’s visit to the Philip-pines in 2012 strength-ened the bonds of coop-eration between the two countries and resulted in fruitful and beneficial co-operation in the fields of business, politics, trade, and investment, among others,” Al-Kandari add-ed.

The Kuwaiti envoy also said the Philippines is one of the most prom-ising emerging markets in Southeast Asia and that several Kuwaiti com-panies have acquired in-terests in a group of Fil-ipino companies working in different fields, includ-ing exploration sector, particularly in the south-west of the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean, the export of oil to the Philip-pines, and agriculture in the south of the country, among other important sectors.

Foreign Affairs Sec-retary Albert del Rosario, during a luncheon host-ed in honor of Mirza, said the Philippine gov-ernment will continue to exert all possible efforts to provide a positive at-mosphere for inves-

tors in Sabah Al-Ahmad Global Gateway Logis-tics City, and other future projects.

Del Rosario cited the importance of foreign in-vestment in the country and expressed his deep appreciation for the Ku-waiti government’s in-vestments as well as the support extended by the World Bank and the International Finance Corp.

In July 2008, GGDC signed a lease agree-ment with Clark Inter-national Airport Corp. (CIAC) for 50 years with the possibility to extend for another 25 years, to develop a multi-purpose logistics and aviation city on 177 hectares of prop-erty.

In 2009, the Philip-pine government ap-proved the master plan of the GGLC project, sig-nalling the start of the construction. GGDC has so far invested $100 mil-lion in the vertical and horizontal development of the logistics city, which attracted renowned lo-gistics corporations and partners to the site.

–Ashley Manabat

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The GossipmillerCesar Pambid

Zanjoe Marudo magpo-propose na kay Bea Alonzo?

HAHABOL kaya si Zanjoe Marudo sa usung-uso ngayon na marriage proposal? Nagpahiwatig ang aktor na gagawin niya ito kay Bea Alonzo na siyang current girl niya ngayon.

Nang matanong ito tungkol sa planong pagpapakasal nila ng girlfriend na si Bea Alonzo, nasabi nitong may naisip na siyang gimik para sa gagawin niyang proposal sa babaing gusto niyang ihatid sa altar at makakasama habambuhay.

Hindi raw true yung kumalt na tsism,is na may prolema sila ni Bea Alonzo. “Masyado lang parehong kaming busy kaya madalas kaming di magkita,” sabi pa nito.

At sa sobrang busy, nag-iisip si Zanjoe kung paano niya masosolo ang karelasyon ngayong Pasko dahil tradisyon na nila ang mag-travel.

“Wala pang malinaw kung paano, kasi taun-taon lagi ka ming nagta-travel. Sana, payagan ako ng show na at least, kahit one week lang para makaalis naman kami ni Bea”, ani Zanjoe.

Sa bagong serye nito na DREAM DAD, natanong ito kung sino sa dalawang gumanap na anak niya na sina Andrea Brillantes (Annaliza) at Jana Agoncillo (Dream Dad) ang gusto niya, aniya, magkaiba ang generation ng dalawang bagets, si Andrea ay 12 yrs. old na samantalang 5 lang si Jana. Kumbaga, si Andrea raw ang kanyang panganay, bunso naman ang kanyang kapareha sa bagong pagbibidahang serye.

Samantala, sure na tatangkilikin na naman ito ng mga manonood lalo na ng mga bata lalo na’t ang direktor nito ay ang direktor din ng ‘long term’ na kilig seryeng Be Careful With Heart nina Jodi Sta. Maria at Richard Yap.

Sabay nating tutukan ang Dream Dad sa primetime serye ng ABS-CBN simula sa Nov. 24. Makakasama nina Jana at Zanjoe sina Ana Feleo, Katya Santos, Dante Ponce, Maxene Magalona, Beauty Gonzales, Gloria Diaz, Ketchup Eusebio.

Cristine Reyes umaming limang buwan nang

buntis (Sinabayan pa si Ate Ara Mina)

HINDI NA marahil maitago ni Cristine Reyes ang tunay niyang estado dahil marami ang nagpapatunay na

nagdadalantao siya lalo na nang i-post ng ate Ara Mina niya ang family picture nila na kitang-kita na malaki ang tummy niya.

Paano’y limang buwan na raw buntis si Cristine.

Matatandaang natanong na si AA (palayaw ni Cristine) sa isyung buntis siya sa presscon noon ng pelikulang The Gifted pero itinanggi niya at sa premiere night na ginanap sa SM Megamall ay muli siyang tinanong, pero ano ang ginawa niya, nag-walk out siya.

At kahapon ng tanghali, tumawag ang source naming taga-ABS-CBN at

sinabing special guest ng ASAP si Cristine at kakanta ng Today, My

Life Begins ni Bruno Mars at pagkatapos ay may special

announcement.“Nasa script

may special announcement at

official na niyang aaminin na buntis nga siya. Abangan mo later,”ito ang sabi sa amin sa kabilang linya.

Nakakaloka lang si AA dahil talagang sinabayan din niyang magdalang-tao ang ate Ara niya.

Maxene Magalona happily single raw!

AYON KAY Maxene Magalona, since 17 years old siya ay never pa siyang naging single

at lagi siyang in a relationship. Everytime she broke up with a guy, mayroon agad siyang nakikitang kapalit.

Isa nga sa naging boyfriends niya ay si Renz Fernandez na anak nina Lorna Tolentino and the late Rudy Fernandez. Ang huli niyang boyfriend ay non-showbiz na banker.

Ngayon lang daw siya nawalan ng boyfriend. Gusto niya munang maging single ngayon dahil gusto raw niyang mag-focus sa kanyang first teleserye sa ABS-CBN, ang Dream Dad. As

we all know, kalilipat lang ng young actress mula sa GMA-7.Super-thankful siya na binigyan siya agad ng ganito kagandang serye at role kaya say niya, dito

muna siya magpo-focus at ayaw na muna niyang mag-boyfriend.So, nu’ng nasa kabila ba siya ay hindi siya nagpo-focus sa career niya?

“Focused pa rin, but siguro, hindi pa ako ganu’n ka-mature, hindi pa ako ganu’n ka-wise, at nag-aaral din ako at the same time. Kasi I started sa showbiz po, very young kaya wala pa du’n ’yung isip ko. Hindi pa ako nagma-mature masyado.

“Pero now, I’m mature, wiser and older,” say ni Maxene.Sa Dream Dad ay gagampanan ng young actress ang papel na kontrabida at excited daw siya’t another challenge

na naman ito at makakapagpa-grow sa kanya as an artist.When asked kung sino ang Dream Dad na maituturing niya, siyempre naman, ito ay ang kanyang yumaong

amang si Francis Magalona.Literal na “dream dad” niya raw talaga ang ama ngayon dahil sa panaginip na lang daw niya ito nakikita at sana

raw kahit nasaan man ito ngayon ay proud ito sa kanya the same way na proud din siya for having him as a dad.Samantala, sa Nov. 24 na eere ang Dream Dad at hindi ngayong Monday tulad ng unang naianunsyo. Biglang

nagkaroon ng pagbabago at ang Bagito ni Nash Aguas at Alexa Ilacad na ang eere ngayong Lunes, Nov. 17, bago mag-TV Patrol.

Speaking of Bagito, medyo maselan ang kwento nito na hango sa Wattpad series na isinulat ni Noreen Capili. Gagampanan ni Nash ang papel na isang binatilyo (Drew) na maagang haharapin ang responsibilidad ng isang ama

dahil sa isang malaking pagkakamali.Kaya naman sa seryeng ito ay maipapakita sa mga magulang kung gaano kahalaga ang wastong paggabay sa

kanilang mga anak.Kasama rin nina Nash at Alexa sa Bagito sina Ella Cruz at ang mga batikang artista na sina Agot Isidro, Ariel Rivera at

Angel Aquino. Kasama rin sina Paolo Santiago, Alex Diaz at ang mga miyembro ng sumisikat na boy group na Gimme 5 na sina Joaquin Reyes, John Bermundo, Grae Fernandez at Brace Arquia.

Ang Bagito ay mula sa produksyon ng Dreamscape Entertainment Television at sa direksyon naman nina Onat Diaz at Jojo Saguin.

Bea alonzo and zanjoe Marudo

Maxene Magalona

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Pope Francis tickets sold out in ACANGELES CITY- Tickets for Pope Francis have been sold out in this city, way ahead of his visit to the Philippines in January next year.

The tickets, however, are not for his visit but for the maiden staging of “I Love Pope Francis, the Musical,” a local theater production that features amateur actors to be held at the Holy Angel Univer-sity (HAU)) stadium here on Nov. 29.

Theatre director-compos-er Andy Alviz said “the musi-cal’s world gala presentation on Dec. 12 at the 1,000-seat-er HAU auditorium is now ful-ly booked.” Alviz collaborated with writer-lyricist Randy del Rosario under the aegis of Teatru Kapampangan for the staging of the musical revolv-ing around Pope Francis who was named by Time Maga-zine as Person of the Year.

“Sales of tickets and reser-vations for the musical’s Jan. 10, 2015 run, also at the HAU auditorium, have likewise been brisk, prompting upbeat observations here that this home-grown production might just become a blockbuster not only in the Philippines but overseas, as well, because of its global appeal,” he said.

Alviz bared plans for the musical’s presentation at the Cultural Center of the Philip-pines next year, in coopera-tion with Rotary International.

Bookings are now also be-ing made for the musical’s run next year in Cebu, Iloilo and other key cities in the country and, hopefully, in London and finally Rome,” he said in last Friday’s weekly media forum jointly hosted by the Capam-pangan in Media, Inc., in part-nership with the Social Securi-ty System, HAU and Clark De-velopment Corp.

Alviz noted that “the new musical will feature 24 original songs and will delve on the life of the Pope, including his stint as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, from the point of view of a Filipino youth ministry.”

The musical’s cast of 60 and its production staff is composed of home-grown tal-ents of ArtiSta. Rita, Pampan-ga priests and lay artists, who are behind the organization of Teatru Kapampangan, he added.

He said part of the pro-ceeds of the musical’s presen-tation will go to Teatru Kapam-pangan’s beneficiary – AeTah-anan, a dormitory in Sta. Rita that houses Aetas taking up college studies

Pope Francis, who rose to the papacy with the resig-nation of Pope Benedict XVI, promptly caught international attention because of his hum-ble mien, and his unorthodox approach in reaching out to the more than a billion Catho-lic faithful and others of differ-ent religious belief.

Earlier the highly-ac-claimed musicals produced by the Alviz-Del Rosario team for the Pampango cultural group ArtiSta.Rita focused on do-mestic themes. Among them are Ima, Beauty Parlor, Perry the Musical, Ciniong and Tula-ok: A Lenten Musical.

Alviz honed his craft during his long stint as resident cho-reographer of the popular Miss Saigon, a musical dom-inated by Filipino talents like Lea Salonga.

–Ding Cervantes