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Customs war versus smugglers

BIAZONSEVERESUNHOLY

ALLIANCEWHEN Customs Commissioner Rufino Ruffy Biazonwith valiant Customs Intelligence operatives conductedseries of raids on warehouses where they nettedassorted smuggled goods worth hundreds of millions,he is thrusting deeply hard a double edged sword tosevere the veins of unholy alliances between the uncon-querable empire of smugglers and men in the corridors

of power in the countrys ports.

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RP to deport Chinese couplewho escaped one child policy

PAGE 2

THE long lasting love of a

Chinese couple was gifted

with a child.

For the young

couple, Fong Waiyan and

wife Fan Yueying,the

child was a gift from

heaven who should be

showered with love.

Fong strivedhard to reach hish i g h e s t

dream, to

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build astable

family

for the

future of his

only child.

Fong was guided

by his stars for he became

an official of the Chinese

government despite dirty

political play by his

detractors.

It is normal for Fong

and Fan to make love, yes,

to make love but in

accordance with Chinas

One Child Policy.

Unfortunately, Fan

got pregnant.

Her second preg-nancy is crime greatly

p u n i s h a b l eu n d e r

C h i n a s

One child Policy.

China developed

the one child policy to

contain its increasing

population in the globe.

To hide from the

government her second

pregnancy, Fong and Fan

travelled to the

Philippines.

But before their

travel, Fan explored the

internet and she founda website that offers

speedy processing of

t h i r d - c o u n t r y

nationality.

She immediately

told Fong about the

website. They made

arrangement and paid200,000 Chinese yuan

for making the Phi-lippine passport for

Fan.

The couple believed

that by the use of the

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Publisher/Editor: RONALDO E. RENTA

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Correspondents:

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Legal Consultant: ATTY. RONIEL D. PE

This newspaper is published weekly by MAGDIWANGPUBLICATION withoffice address at Unit 12, 2nd Floor, HeritageBuilding, Mangubat Avenue, City of Dasmarias, Province ofCavite.Tel. No. 3105934 email address: [email protected]

June 3- 9 2013

Intelligence Group has

once again caused the

seizure of these illegally

imported goods, saidBiazon in uplifting the

morale of his intelligence

operatives, adding that

This definitely is a big

boost to the local

business industry.

Otherwise, had these

illegally imported goods

been able to get to the

local market, it could

have affected the local

tobacco industry and

business.

DepCom Danilo Lim

revealed that his group

conducted days ofsurveillance in Binondo

before the raid that

resulted in the seizure of

fake smuggled cigarettes

and other imported

goods.

Because the ope-

ratives of the BOC are not

experts in determining

the genuineness of the

goods, the commission

called on representatives

from brand owners to

check the apprehended

goods.

May indications din

kami. Compared satunay,

ang filter ng fake

cigarettes ay mas maiksiat di siksik. Yung lamanna

tobacco, mukhang may

halong saw dust. Sa

kapenaman, yung pa-

ckaging ay plastic, Lim

claimed.

The goods could

fetch around P30 million

if sold to unsuspecting

customers.

However, no arrests

were made in connection

with the seizure.

The seizure is a big

boost to the local

industry, said Biazon.Otherwise, had these


been able to get to the

local market, they could

have affected the local

tobacco industry.

Lim observed that

smuggling attempts for

cigarette products have

noticeably increased

after the government

imposed sin taxes,

resulting in higher prices

of tobacco products in

the local market.

We are aware of

this development and

this is the reason why

the BOC is c lose lymonitoring all ports for

attempts to smuggle

f o r e i g n - m a d e

cigarettes into the

country, Lim added.

On May 23, the

bureau also inter-

cepted shipments of

cars and Vietnam rice,

all amounting to P12

million, at the Davao

port.

In separate raids in

Manila on May 24, the

BOC confiscated ano-

ther cargo of fake ciga-rettes and condiments

worth P25 million and

fake medicines worth

P25 million.

Allowing these


to reach the local

market without being

certified as safe by

concerned government

agencies like the Food

and Drugs Admin-

istration could pose

health r isks to the

public, Biazon said.

Biazons team seized

millions of pesos worth of

fake branded cigarettes

and instant coffee storedconcealed in a warehouse

in Gocheco Bldg., C.M.

Recto, Manila.

The seized fake

branded cigarette

products and other

imported goods from

China was estimated to

worth P30 million.

Intellectual Property

Rights Division Chief hief

Zsae Carrie de Guzman

said Marlboro, Winston

and Fortune cigarettes,

together with Knorr and

Maggi food seasoningitems and Nescafe

products, were seized by

virtue of a Letter of

Authority issued by

Biazon.

The Letter of

Authority was issued

following Intelligence

reports that the

warehouse was being

utilized as a stock room

for fake imported items.

Through the help of

its assets from the private

sector, the Bureaus

In declaring that hell

run square against the

smugglers, and that nosmuggler can hide in rats

dens, Biazon, in the

company of Deputy

Commission for

Intelligence Brigadier

General Danilo Lim (ret.),

seized smuggled

imported vehicles, tons

of imported rice, multi-

million worth of fake

imported cigarettes, and

other kind of contrabandthat were spirited out of

the countrys ports.

Lately, on May 27,

2013, in putting into

action his warning to

smugglers to watch out,

Aabutan namin kayo

(We will outrun you),

BIAZON... PAGE 1

Philippine passport, Fan

could give birth at a

Hongkong hospital to

evade the policy of

China.

From the Phi-

lippines, the couple

travelled to Hongkong.

Upon arriving in

Hongkong, Fan pre-

tended to be a Filipina bypresenting a fraudulent

Philippine passport to

the immigration officer.

But unfortunately,

Fan was outrightly denied

entry after a dubious

immigration departure

stamp was detected on

her passport.

Fan was sent back to

Manila and Fong decided

to go back with her.

Upon arrival last May

11, 2013, at the Ninoy

Aquino International

Airport (NAIA),

Immigration officers

arrested pregnant Fan

and her husband Fong.

Far from the

doctrine of human

c o n s i d e r a t i o n ,

I m m i g r a t i o n

Commissioner RicardoDavid Jr. immediately

declared that the couple

will be deported and

blacklisted.

Fan will be expelled

for knowingly using a

spurious travel document

with the aid of her

husband who will also be

kicked out for harboring

and giving comfort to an

illegal alien.

Uso Dan Salasim,

NAIA-BI intelligence unit

head, revealed that Fan

confessed using the

Philippine passport so

she could give birth at a

Hongkong hospital

instead of going to China

to deliver her second

child.

As explained by Fan,

China couples who sirea second child are

meted stiff fines,

depending on their

social status and

financial capacity.

Fan revealed that

her husband is a

government official and

the birth of their second

child might be used

against him by his

political enemies.

RP TO DEPORT... PAGE 1

SIGNAL lights danced in

darkness before dawn onthe stretch of EDSA, Quezon

City.

The bus whistled honk,

honk, honk that disturbed

the silence in wee hour.

Blood spilled on

dashboard of a bus as knife

slashed open the forearm of

a driver who struggled to

save his neck.

Manases Boyet

Ratila Perral, driver of an

airconditioned Metro Link

Bus, blocked the knife thrust

straight to his throat by one

of the five (5) robbers who

ordered him to put off thesignal lights and to end the

bus honks. That order he

refused to yield.

Unfortunately, the knife

deeply cut his right forearm

and blood spilled on

dashboard.

Luckily, because the

robbers were already

alarmed, they hastily

jumped out of the bus,

leaving Manases who was

trying to stop the blood

oozing from his injury. The

robbers disappeared in the

dark.The gallantry of

Manases spoiled the

robbery that had actually

sent the passengers to

begging for their lives and

prayers to high heavens

for safety.

What made Mana-

ses life so colorful that

wee hour was the

outpouring concern

extended him by

passengers of the

airconditioned Metro

Link Bus he was driving.

deeds protecting and saving

from robbers his passengers.

His right arm is feared to

heavily push the horn to

alarm the mobile police

patrol and the Metro

personnel roving in the area.

His move sent to panic

the bus robbers. One of therobbers angrily attacked him

with a knife targeting this

throat but luckily blocked

the knife. His right forearm

was severely wounded and

that major veins were cut

that caused profuse

bleeding.

Taking nothing from

the passengers, the robbers

escaped while Manases was

brought to the nearby East

Avenue Medical Center

(EAMC) by MMDA men who

allegedly insisted payment

for having brought him to

the hospital.At the hospital,

Manases discovered that his

employer, Metro Link Bus

Company franchise owner

Evelyn Castro and bus

company owners EduardoCabuhat Francisco and wife

Marissa Francisco, never

paid for his medical benefit

with the Philippine Health

Insurance Corporation

(PhilHealth), no employees

premium contribution and

employers share remitted

to Social Security System

(SSS), and no remittance was

ever paid for his Home

Development Mutual Fund

or the PagIBIG Fund.

M a na s e s s t a r t e d

working as a mere bus

conductor in 2004. Later on,

in 2010 Manases acquiredhis professional driver

license and he was hired as

a bus driver.

Hero loses job for gallant act

Manases was brought

to the East Avenue Medical

Center where he was given

medical care for weeks.

But upon his disposal

from the hospital, Mana-ses

was dismayed for it was likely

that the heavens fell flat on

him.

Manases discovered

that Metro Link Bus

Company did not remit his

Social Security System (SSS)

contributions, as well as, his

Pag-Ibig and PhilHealthContributions for successive

nine (9) years.

Upon his release from

the hospital, Manases was

told by his employer that his

employment was already

ended since his foiling the

robbery holdup by five

armed men.

Manases, a native of

Bayugan City, Agusan Del

Sur, had shown exemplary

become inutile, useless or

unusable for life.

On May 10, 2013, a bus

Manases was driving was

packed at that time with

more than 56 passengers.

It was about 2:00 in the

morning, Manases was

driving along the Epifanio

Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA)

near corner Quezon Avenue

in front of Vetris North

Construction in Barangay

Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City,

when five armed mendeclared holdup.

The airconditioned

passenger bus Manases was

driving was on its way to

Malanday, Valenzuela from

Baclaran, Para-naque City.

Much concerned with

the safety of his passengers

and unmindful of probable

risk to himself, Manases

immediately put a strong

hold and uninterruptedly

Manila Development

Authority (MMDA)

RUFO AMPAT

Metro Link Bus owned by Eduardo Cabuhat Francisco and wife Marissa Francisco


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CARLA MAYO

THE results in the

recently concluded May

13, 2013 elections in the

Philippines are proof that

advanced technology or

computer age cannot

surpass the expertise of

man who is determined

to win by cheating.

When ElectionsChairman Sixto Brillantes,

Jr.admitted that there are

discrepancies between

the results of the

computerized vote count

and that of the random

results audit of the votes

in some polling precincts,

it was a confirmation that

the PCOS machines were

cheated by election

cheaters, or that the

PCOS machines

functioned perfectly in

accordance with the

wishes of cheaters armed

with bags of cold cash.

With the admitted

discrepancies, it can be

said that the objective of

computerizing the

elections to contain

massive election cheating

by manual counting was

defeated by the fingers of

man.

The May 13, 2013

elections proved that

computers are just pieces

of junks.

But as the election

scandals came to fore,

the poll issues are gettinginto the nerves of

Brillantes and elections

watchdogs.

When the Catholic

Bishops Conference of

the Philippines (CBCP)

seriously dealt with

questions about the

conduct of the elections,

Brillantes likely shooed

them away.

It was too personal

for Brillantes to instruct

the CBCP to take care of

the Church, not the

elections.

Our job is elections.

Their job is religion. . . .

We dont interfere [in

their job], Brillantes said

without invoking the

doctrine of separation of

the state and the church.

The Church, on the

other hand, likely

reminded Brillantes that

public officials should not

be onion-skinned.

Its the right of the

Church to ask questions,

especially to make

government officials

accountable to the

people. If he wants to

resign, then he should

resign, publicly declared

by Fr. Edu Gariguez,

e x e c u t i v esecretary of

the CBCPs

N a t i o n a l

Secretariat for

Social Action.

Because of the

p e r c e i v e d

defensive postureof Brillantes, the

suspicion by the CBCP

that the Comelec has

extra hands in the

discrepancies is burning

more bridgesof possible

cooperation between the

Church and the poll body.

The CBCP won the

sentiments of another

religious group, the

Philippines for Jesus

Movement (PJM), that

issued statement that the

Comelec is accountable

to the millions of Filipinos

who entrusted the poll

body the security of their

votes.

There have been

many reports of

irregularities in the

elections. The Comelec

chair himself admitted

there were discrepanciesin the audit they did.

These cast doubt on the

authenticity of the

election results, said Leo

Alconga, PJM national

chair.

Another religious

group, the Intercessors

for the Philippines (IFP),

also supported the CBCP-

backed proposal of

preacher Eduardo

Villanueva, who lost the

senatorial election, for

the establishment of a

truth commission that

would look into

allegations of fraud in the

elections.

We in the IFP

support our fellow

leaders in the CBCP. The

destiny of our nation lies

in the hands of the

electorate [so] the

Comelec should ensure

that the right of Filipinos

to elect their leaders is

not trampled upon by a

few unscrupulous people

within or outside the

government,

Dan Balais,

IFP chair, said.

The IFP

urged thepublic to remain vigilant

so that the truth about

allegations of large-scale

v o t e - b u y i n g ,

discrepancies between

the Comelecs random

audit and the

computerized tallies of

the votes, and the so-

called 60-30-10 returns

pattern could be

determined.After trading barbs

with CBCP, Brillantes

welcomed reelected Sen.

Koko Pimentels plan to

conduct his own random

manual audit of the

election results but he

urged critics to wait for

the final results of the

Comelecs own audit.

Also joining the fray

is former Election

Commissioner Gus

Lagman, the most

strident critic of the

Comelecs precinct count

optical scan (PCOS)

voting machines.

Lagman said

d i s c r e p a n c i e s

significantly lower than

the required 99.995

percent accuracy rate

could affect the results of

local races.

The Comelec was

urged by party-list group

Kaakbay to allow

academic institutions to

open the ballot boxes and

count the votes by hand

to see if the automated

tallies were accurate.

We will do that (open

the ballot boxes). Im even

suggesting that maybe ex-

Commissioner Lagman

should name one precinct

where the results are wrong

and (the two of us will open

the ballot box), suggestedby Brillantes in an interview.

He should give me one

precinct where the results

are wrong. Does he know

any?

Tired and disappointed

Brillantes said he was just

explaining what the

Comelec was doing, but he

ended up being ganged up

by critics.

Whenever I explain, it

just gets worse I was the

one who admitted that

there was a discrepancy (in

the random audit) but now

Im the one being blamed.

Brillantes revealed that

the Comelec is conducting a

forensic investigation of

the compact flash (CF) cards

that malfunctioned during

the elections.

We want to know the

cause That is our obligation

(but) outsiders should not

teach us what to do. We are

the ones doing the work

inside.

Those outsiders are

just making stories when

they do not know what is

happening here. They are

relying only on media

reports We dont rely on

media reports, we rely on

[our] official documents.

Fraudulent pattern

During the proclamation ofthe first top six (6) elected

senators, it went viral on

internet that Information

technology experts have

detected what they call a

60-30-10 pattern in the

returns in favor of

administration-backed

senatorial candidates during

the canvassing of the votes.

The pattern revealed

that the returns constantly

displayed 60 percent for

administration candidates,

30 percent for opposition

candidates, and 10 percent

for other candidates.

Upon the discovery ofthe supposed pattern, Vice

President Jejomar Binay,

one of the leaders of the

opposition United

Nationalist Alliance (UNA),

called for an investigation of

alleged irregularities during

the elections.

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BYHERNANICUARE

June 3- 9 2013

Privileged spitsBY TOTOCAU SING

No forgiveness coming from Gwen for CebuGWEN CANNOT AVAIL

OF THE DOCTRINE OF

CONDONATION OR

DOCTRINE OF FOR-

GIVENESS OR THE SO-

CALLED AGUINALDO

DOCTRINE

The topic here is

about the DOCTRINE

OF CONDONATION or

the so-called DOC-

TRINE OF FORGIVE-NESS.

This doctrine says

that the re-election of

an elective official is an

act of the electorate of

forgiving the same

official for the ad-

ministrative offenses

committed during the

previous term of office.

This doctrine has

been called Aguinaldo

Doctrine because it

was applied to him

when he was re-

elected as governor of

Cagayan province

despite the cases filed

by the DILG against

him.

Actually, the first

case in the Philippines

where this doctrine

was applied was in the

case of Mayor Pascualof San Jose, Nueva

Ecija where he was

suspended by the

Provincial Board of

Nueva Ecija. So that it

should be called

PASCUAL DOCTRINE

and not Aguinaldo

Doctrine.

Before anything

else, let me state that

this doctrine applies

only on administrative

violations. It does not

apply to criminal

violations. It may

apply in civil cases in

case the offended

parties forgive andwaive the right to

collect on damages.

In the situation of

former governor

Gwen Garcia, the

doctrine cannot apply

on her case on

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e

violations committed

when she was serving

her final term as the

governor of Cebu.

That is, even if she has

just been elected by a

slim margin to be the

congresswoman of

the Third District of

Cebu province.

First, it must bestressed that the

nature of forgiving is

that it can come only

from the offended

party.

When Gwen

com-mitted that act

that tr iggered the

ad-ministrative case

filed against her, she

was the governor of

Cebu province. So

that she s inned

against the people of

the whole of Cebu

province. I t

necessarily follows

that the only val id

condonation or for-

giveness must be the

one that comes from

the people of the

whole of Cebu

province.

This is the reasonwhy the Pascual

Doctrine l imits its

definition only to RE-

ELECTION.

To my mind, this

Pascual Doctrine can

be expanded to

forgive acts done

during the term of

office that although

in the subsequent

term the offender

was not reelected

the case had not yet

been finally decided

and that the

offender was elected

in the succeeding

(third) term of the

same office.

Now, the act of

electing the offender

is the same act that

is referred to as the

act of g iv ing for-giveness.

In the case of

Gwen Garcia, the

ones who e lected

her were the people

of the Third District of

Cebu province, NOT

THE VOTERS OF THE

WHOLE PRO-VINCE.

So that there is no

forgiveness forth-

coming for Gwen

Garcia.

The best interest

IT is the nature of a

syndicate to plan and re-

plan purportedly to perfect

the commission of a crime,

leaving no traces of their

criminal acts. But this does

not happen to three

Nepalese students who

were clients of a syndicate

after they were held by

Immigration officers at the

Manila Domestic Airport.

As rightly claimed by

Atty. Ma. AntonetteMangrobang, Immigration

acting intelligence chief,

there is a possibility that the

Bureau of Immigration has

stumbled upon a scheme of

recruiting foreign students

by enrolling them in

universities while

conversion of their status

from tourist to student is

being processed.

DahalPashupati, 29;

KhadkaUmesh, 24; and

YadavPankaj, 19, all

Nepalese students,

disembarked from a plane

from Cebu and they wereheld by Immigration officers

at the arrival area of Manila

Domestic Airport.

It was discovered that

there were no admission

stamps that should have

appeared on their passports

two months ago upon their

arrival at the Ninoy Aquino

International Airport

(NAIA).The absence of

admission stamps means

the three Nepalese students

did not pass Immigration

inspection.

At the NAIA, the three

Nepalese students boarded

a plane to Cebu, and for the

second time, they passed

the unsuspecting eyes of

Immigration officers.

The three Nepalese

students arrived in Cebu,

and for the third time, they

passed clean the strict

scrutiny of Immigration

officers roaming the airport.

On May 21, 2013, the

three Nepalese students for

the fourth time boarded a

plane in Cebu, and they

survived the scratching eyesof Immigration officers

manning the airport.

But upon arrival at the

Manila Domestic Airport

last May 21, the three

Nepalese students were

discovered to have violated

the Immigration laws of the

Philippines.

In all, the questionable

documents of the three

Nepalese students only

came to front after four

dubious performances by

Immigration officers. The

apprehension of the three

Nepalese students proved

the negligence of Philippine

authorities who are in

charge in securing all

airports.

BI Commissioner

Ricardo David Jr. revealed

that the BI is poised to

deport three Nepalese

students who entered the

country without passing

inspection by airport

immigration officers.

The three Nepalese

will be expelled for not

undergoing immigration

inspection at the Ninoy

Aquino International

Airport (NAIA) when they

arrived more than two

months ago.

BI intelligence agents

arrested the aliens at the

Manila domestic airport last

May 21 when they arrived

from Cebu and their

passports were found to

have no admission stamps.

David described the

Nepaleses actions as a

blatant violation of the

countrys immigration

laws which require all

arriving foreigners to be

admitted by immigration

officers at the port of

entry.

He dismissed as flimsy

the foreigners alibi that

their non-admission was an

honest mistake as they were

unaware of the procedures

that travelers should follow

upon arrival at the airport.

Their claim that noone in the airport told

them to clear with

immigration is no excuse

for them not to be

punished for violating our

laws, the BI chief said.

David added he could

not believe the students are

unaware of the basic rule

that persons who travel

abroad must submit to

inspection by immigration

authorities at the port of

their country of destination.

Investigation revealed

that the aliens arrived at the

NAIA last April 7 but thereis no record of their travel

in the BI database.

They later enrolled at

the Southwestern

University in Cebu City

although they were only

issued tourist visas by the

Philippine consulate in

Katmandu.

They did not only

elude inspection by our

immigration officers. They

also violated the conditions

of their tourist visa by

enrolling in a Philippine

school without the required

student visa, Mangrobang

said.

Unstampped passportsundressed new Immig ringIN case s in vo lv in g

adoption as well as in

case of separation and

nullity of marriage the

paramount consideration

is the best interests or

welfare of the child.

What exactly the best

interests of the child

mean in our juris-

prudence?

The doctrine of the

best interests of child is

the doctrine in family

law that replaces the

doctrine of tender years

which was operative

principle then in 19th

Century in determining

the fate of the child

during and after the

divorce proceedings.

The doctrine of

tender years is a

common law principle

that presumes that a

child in tender years

usually a four-year age

and under should be in

the custody of themother. The appli-cation

of this doctrine is often

be in g invo ked an d

judges guiding principle

in divorce and legal

separation pro-ceedings

in awarding of the

custody of children.

However, at the turn

of the 20TH Century,

courts decision departed

from doctrine tender

years to a new doctrine

of best interests of the

child. Simply put,

doctrine of best interests

of the child presupposes

that childs welfare

should be the sole consi-

deration of the ma-

gistrate in deciding a

whole range of issues

affecting the child such

as but not limited to

pa rent al cu stod y,

visitation rights and

adoption.

This departure from

doctrine of tender years

effectively debunks the

notion that mother

knows best and that

courts in present

dispensation do not

automatically grant or

favor biological mo-

thers as having the legal

rights to have custody

over the child.

Today, it is the court

through the help of

social workers who

conduct child study

evaluation or report for

determination of the

judge as to whom thechilds custody may be

granted. There are a lot

of cases when mothers

are deprived of their

maternal rights over the

child for the reason that

granting so may ad-

versely affect the total

development of the

child.

In determining the

best interests of the child

or children in the context

of an adoption cases, the

court and the Depart-

ment of Social Work and

Deve-lopment work

together in assessing the

best interests of the child

through the conduct of

various investigations.

Private agency and

psycholo gi st may be

directed by the court toconduct its own study or

evaluation taking con-

sideration the total

development of the

child. Our present law

also prescribes man-

datory trial custody of

six-month period over

the child by the

pr ospect ive adoptive

pa rents as addi tional

guarantee and protection

that the best interests of

the child is given weight

be fo re de cree of

adoption is issued.

During the trial

custody period such

issues as the emotional,

ps yc ho lo gi ca l an d

home environment of

the child are assess and

determine in order not

to prejudice the in-

terests of the child in an

actual situation as

opposes in mere judicial

proceedings sans actual

live-in together by the

adoptee and adopters.

Finally, the courts inadoption pro-ceedings

always consider the

needs, emotion and total

development of the child

and this framework is

necessary to ensure that

the rights of children are

always in the forefront

of all consideration. In

congruence with the

maxim of the state as

pa rens pa tr ia and

compliance with in-

ternational laws

governing human rights

of children.


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5June 3- 9 2013

Janine PicazoJanine PicazoJanine PicazoJanine PicazoJanine Picazo

TreasuresTreasuresTreasuresTreasuresTreasuresthe Beautythe Beautythe Beautythe Beautythe Beautyof Educationof Educationof Educationof Educationof Education

But it is not in the

case of ramp

model JaninePicazo, who at age

18, still finds time

for school.

J a n i n e ,

standing five feet

and six inches tall,

took seriously

ramp modeling as

a profession but

she did not take

for granted the

beauty of edu-cation as she is

now a junior Mass

Communication

student at the Far

Eastern University,

Manila.

Janine, the

only gift from

heaven to spouses

Teddy and Marissa

Trajano, teaches

unto herself that

beauty cannot

fulfill dreams

without the

vanguard of

formal education.

Which reason she

promised her

parents that she

will succeed in herstudies while

taking into

forefront her first

love, ramp

modeling.

In fact, Janine

has already taken

the center stage

while seriously

caring for her

studies. For

several times,Janine wore on

runways the

gowns designed

by Filipino known

designer Rauhjane

B. Pangue.

Janine had

been a Fine Arts

student of the

University of

Makati, but upon

realizing that her

beauty should not

be limited only to

b a c k s t a g e

designing, she

transferred to FEU

taking up Mass

Communication.

She is con-

vinced that hernew course will

take her far to the

big screen.

Yes, aside from

modeling, Janine

is also dreaming to

be counted in the

show business.

She wants to

be remembered

as a serious drama

actress.

Modesty aside,

Janine is now

courted for 2 Indie

films. She contends

that this is not the

proper time to tell

all about it.Before going to

rest, Janine shares

her thought about

fans. Regarding

the fans, I dont

think them as just

fans, I think them as

friends.

Ramp modelingis a professionthat turnedteeners and

coeds too busy to

treat.

OMAY RENTA


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G l y zP r i n t i n g S e r v i c e s

June 3- 9 2013

Farmers sold for P200M tricky porkDING LORESCO

FARMERS are defenselesspreys to the claws and

fangs of corrupt

government officials.

They are innocent

victims who are sold as

commodities for

hundreds of millions in

government allocations.

Lately, it was

uncovered that they are

worth P199.683 million in

pork barrels of Senator

Jinggoy Estrada, Senate

President Juan Ponce

Enrile, Senator Bong

Revilla, and Buhay party-list Rep. Rene Velarde.

The amount is much

cheaper compared to

their price in 2004, in the

most controversial

fertilizer fund scam

whose main architect

was former agriculture

undersecretary Jocelyn

Joc-Joc Bolante.

During the 2004

election, it was revealed

that P728-million

fertilizer fund was not

delivered to farmers as it

was distributed to the

allies of former presidentand now Rep. Gloria

Macapagal-Arroyo.

According to the

findings of the

Commission on Audit, the

P a n g k a b u h a y a n

Foundation Incorporated

(PFI) received P199.683

million from the four

lawmakers pork barrel in

2009-2010.

It was discovered

that PFI is a fake non-

g o v e r n m e n t a l

organization (NGO) that

failed to qualify for the

final assistance.

Because the Php200

million is beyond

recovery, it was only

recommended that the

inexistent NGO is to be

blacklisted from receiving

government funds again.

It is illogical to band

an imaginary group.

As well placed by

netizen Martin E. Cruz,

the anomalous Php200

million pork releases is

graft and corruptionperpetrated with

impunity.

The most con-

venient thing to do to

exonerate themselves

from this dastardly crime

is COMPLETE DENIAL. In

the meantime, P199,683

million of peoples money

disappeared leaving only

traces of four (4) popular

and glorified members of

the Legislative branch of

our government, Cruz

said.

Earlier, it was

reported that the P200

million in pork barrel

funds of three senators

and a party-list lawmaker

have gone missing, along

with a fake non-

government organization

(NGO) that received the

money.

The Commission on

Audit (COA), in its latest

audit of ZNAC RubberEstate Corp., revealed

that officials of the

government owned and

controlled corporation

(GOCC) have yet to

account for the priority

development assistance

funds (PDAF) from the 4

officials that went to

P a n g k a b u h a y a n

Foundation Incorporated

(PFI) in 2009-2010.

The 2012 audit of

ZREC showed that the

corporation has not acted

on 24 various

recommendations made

BI reaches foreigners in south LuzonTO excellently serve the

needs of foreigners in the

southern part of Luzon,

the Bureau of

Immigration (BI) will field

its employees to TagaytayCity once a week to

extend immigration

services.

BI Commissioner

Ricardo David Jr. said he

approved the conduct of

the so-called

Immigration Service

Day in Tagaytay in

response to requests

from foreigners who

frequent the city which is

one of the countrys top

tourist destinations.

David said the BI

district office in BatangasCity is spearheading the

project which will be

conducted every

Wednesday inside the

Tagaytay City hall.

On these

Wednesdays, personnel

from the BI-Batangas

office will occupy a space

and operate their

extension office at the

city halls administration

department located at

the buildings second

floor.

According to BI-

Batangas alien controlo f f i c e r

RoseoIsabeloManguiat,

the Tagaytay extension

off ice is open to

foreigners who want to

extend the ir tour is t

visa or apply for other

i m m i g r a t i o n

documents and

services.

He added that

foreigners may also

apply for their reentry

and exit permits and

make the ir annual

report to the sa idoffice.

Manguiat said the

of f ice is a lso

authorized to process

applications for special

work permit, special

s tudy permit , and

conversion of status

from temporary visitor

to working v isa ,

s tudent v isa , non-

quota immigrant visa

by marr iage, and

returning former

Filipino citizen.

Aside from aliens

in Tagaytay, those fromthe neighboring towns

of Batangas and Cavite

will also benefit from

the operation of the

new extension office,

he said.

Last year, David

issued a memorandum

author iz ing the

bureaus alien control

officers nationwide to

designate an immig-

ration service day in

selected towns in their

areas of jurisdiction.

The project aims tomake the bureaus

services accessible to

foreigners in the far-

f lung areas o f the

country so they need

not travel to Metro

Manila or the regional

centers to comply with

Philippine immigration

laws.

HERNZ CUARE

by the COA

to show

where the

m o n e y

went.

C O A s

findings in

2 0 1 1i m p l i c a t e d

S e n a t o r s

J i n g g o y

Estrada, Senate

President Juan Ponce

Enrile, Senator Bong

Revilla, and Buhay

party-list Rep. Rene

Velarde in the alleged

fund misuse.The PDAFs of the four

lawmakers were released

by the Depar-tment of

Agriculture to ZREC, which

then appropriated the

funds to PFI.

The COA said PFI

received a total of

P199.683 million from

the lawmakers pork

barrel even if the NGO

failed to qualify for the

final assistance.

Thisfraudulent act

committed against the

farmers is only a

repetition of the

corruption that

occurred in 2004.

Then Agriculture

Undersecretary Jocjoc

Bolante was ins-trumental in diverting

the fertilizer fund for

farmers to the campaign

kitty of then Presidential

contender Gloria

Arroyo.

The anomalous deed

was first exposed during

the 2004 campaign period

and which resurfaced at

the height of the

impeachment attempt

against the Arroyo.

Bolante was arrested at

the Los Angeles Inter-

national Airport.

Bolantes court troubles

began when he repeatedly

snubbed Senate subpoenas

for him to shed light on the

P728-million fertilizer fund

allegedly distributed to

Arroyos allies during the

2004 election.

It was Bolante who

distributes the fertilizer fundto local allies of Arroyo,

supposedly to subsidize

farmers, but a Senate

investigation showed that

the funds were misused for

political purposes.

The Senate has

recommended the filing

The Senate has recom-

mended the filing of

plunder charges against

Bolante, as well as former

Agriculture Secretary Luis

Lorenzo.

The farm inputs and

implements program is a

premeditated, systematic

and grand agricultural

theft. In the words of

farmers and taxpayers, the

fertilizer scam is the rape

of the nation, the Senate

finding said.


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Breakthrough and blessingMANY of us when we

pray we only ask for

blessing and not forbreakthrough and we

think that success in our

area field of expertise or

interest is our ultimate

goal, ones accomplished

we settle because it just

feels better but have you

ever thought that God is

up for something big and

greater in our lives.

God wants to go

beyond our limits and to

have a breakthrough and

there is more, to be a

blessing to others. Well,

this would meanchartering unfamiliar

territories, new playing

field. Dreaming big and

dreaming new is what

God likes to see to his

children.To reach and be

at that level is to move in

faith, faith in things that

is not seen and to hope

on what is not at hand. A

part of us that says, i

want more than this!,

not having a feeling of

discontent but quest to

step up.

This scenario is

placing your complete

trust in God, Believing

that God will honor your

desire to achieve morefor his purpose. This is

better than a miracle a

breakthrough. From a

sari-sari to a

supermarket, from a 4

figure salary to 5, 6 digits,

from rentals to

ownership, from here to

abroad, limited to

limitless. TUK TUK-CAR,

FROM BIG C - SIAM

PARAGON

When we live in

breakthrough, then we

become the channel of

miracles, more thanbeing recipients. Yes, we

become a blesser not a

borrower, a giver not a

taker. Because you

cannot give what you

dont have, if we have our

breakthroughs there will

be increased, an

abundance of what is

place on the plate and

the more we can share as

result of our desire to hit

our target.

Remember the

account on Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone.

And a man wrestled with

him until

the breaking of the day.

When the man saw that

he did not prevail against

Jacob, he touched his hip

socket, and Jacobs hip

was put out of joint as he

wrestled with him. Then

he said, Let me go, for

the day has broken. But

Jacob said, I will not let

you go unless you bless

me. We have to be as

desperate like Jacob for

the Lord looks for

something in us that will

not settle for less than His

best, His blessing. Jacob

had this desperation inhis life. He would not let

go until the Lord blessed

him. We need to learn to

wrestle with God, press in

to the reality of His

Presence.

Wrestle with God

would simply mean, you

desire for more of His

approval, an acceleration

of faith, and this faith is

embrace with action. You

work on it, as student you

study hard, as employee

you bit the deadline, as

businessman you invest

more, as a player you

practice a

lot. This kind of vibrant

action is what God is

looking for you, work and

wait for greater results

never low and loss of

focus.

We dont need to

wait for something to

happen. Instead we need

to stir that which God has

already put inside of us.

It is our hunger and thirst

for Him that will break us

into a greater reality of

His glory. Flip side of the

coin is your time spent

with God, Jacob wrestled

till day break, God wantsmore quality time with us

not just your spare time,

the greater than

challenge the longer you

need to be spent with

Him.

Even Jesus before we

went through the agony

of the cross which is a

major challenge.

He spent ample time

and wrestle with God

realizing the pain he will

undergo and the strength

he needs for such a

challenging breakthrough

found in Luke 22:41 He

withdrew about a stones

throw beyond them,

knelt down and prayed,

42 Father, if you are

willing, take this cup from

me; yet not my will, but

yours be done. 43 An

angel from heaven

appeared to him and

strengthened him. 44

And being in anguish, he

prayed more earnestly,

and his sweat was like

drops of blood falling to

the ground.

If you notice in

hospital chapels, people

with insurmountable

need of healing, miracleand money where on

their knees in

anticipation of an answer.

This is the same with

us our level of attendance

has to be improved. For

the secret of a lasting

breakthrough and

blessing is visibility with

our time with God. You

want your breakthrough

- be seen, you want

blessing - be serving,

Greater things is yet to

come greater things is yet

to be seen because we

are not doing our part.

You want more give more

to God. You want more

expansion render more

time to God.

We can be greater

blessing to others lives

when we l ive in

breakthrough.

We move ourselves

into a place of blessing

and overflow.

We become

channel of Gods

blessing for it does not

stop from us it is

spilling over into the

lives of others.

This is the result of

our faith and work inaccompl ishing our

breakthrough we

empower other people

around us and even

extend beyond our

borders.

So when you pray

dont just ask for simple

blessings but ask God

Lord to let you have your

breakthrough. Dont be

afraid of the challenges

you will undergo for at

the end of it is greater

blessings.

Its your time to have

your breakthrough.

PASTOR RICKY PANER

Unwanted Supreme Court RulingITS tiresome to wait for

the decision of the

Supreme Court.

And it is disgusting to

read the decision of the

High Tribunal sitting en

banc that dismissed the

election protest for being

moot and academic.

It is too tiresome

because the election

protest filed by Cavite

City Vice Mayor Romeo

Ramos was in 2007, and

it was resolved only last

May 21, 2013, or eight (8)

days after the recently

concluded May 13, 2013

elections.

The decision of the

high court is meaningless

for Ramos for the 2007

elections had been

superseded by the 2010

and 2013 elections.

In fact, Ramos is not

minding anymore his

protest for he himself is

very much convinced that

it was moot and

academic. The dismissal

is no longer a surprise.

The ruling signed by

Clerk of Court Enriqueta

Vidal reads:

The expiration by

noon of June 30, 2010

of the term of office

invo lved in the

election protest was a

supervening event that

rendered the petition

moot and academic.

Ramos was

proclaimed winner in

the May 2007 mid-

term elections but was

later unseated through

a resolution dated

August 17, 2009 by the

Comelec , which

dec lared his r iva l

Dhino Carlo Chua as

the rightful winner.

The Comelec said

Chua won 14,648 votes

over Ramos 14,100

votes.The Comelec

invalidated almost

9,000 of the tota l

23,061 votes cast in

favor of Ramos.

Ramos was then

ordered to stop acting

as mayor and vacate

his post.

Ramos stood his

ground and appealed the

decision. In the end, the

Comelec still denied his

pleas, prompting him to

run to the Supreme

Court.

Ramos is the

outgoing mayor of Cavite

Cityin the recently

concluded local polls.

JESSECA JAVA

to the satisfaction of the

entire market?

remember that the Xbox

360 was so magnificent

because it stood out to

be a gaming console

which it is, in the first

place.

Following the recentunveiling of XBOX ONE,

Microsoft might have

deviated from what the

public might have

expected, focusing

mainly on Television,

multi-tasking, video calls

on Skype, Sports and

other features but

Games, the question is, is

this the next generation

console which we the

consumers want?

It may seem that the

billion-dollar corporation

has shifted its target

market acquisition, or it

may have only tried to

expand the consoles

marketability.

This question have

been left unanswered,

gaming enthusiasts and

technologically inclined

individuals await the

furtherance of the XBOX

ONEs disclosure of its

remaining potentials

and what haves, come

this June on E3 a

conference entirely

dedicated to exhibit new

technologies, gadgetries

and others alike. For now

the world may yet to see

this so called next

generation console in its

entirety.

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consumers want?

It has been nearly 6

years since the release of

one of Microsofts most

successful gaming

console to date, the XBOX360 which is considerably

the top notch competitor

of Sonys Playstation 3. It

can be recalled that the

Xbox 360 offered a wide

array of games including

its exclusive titles such as

Gears of War, Allan Wake,

Halo Series, Forza and

many more.

The Previous console

was offered with a

service/feature known as

Xbox Live Gold, a

membership with a

considerable fee upon

which the owners of the

console may avail of

additional features such

as accessible multiplayer

games, free

downloadable contents

for extended game hours,

game demos, some free

games and even

television or movie

access.

The previous-

generation console even

offered the very first

motion sensor peripheral

which has been named as

the Kinect, the challengerof Sony Playstations

Move, is a wide angled

camera which is able to

depict and capture 3

dimensional images and

is capable of sensing

various body gestures

and movements, this

technology was

capitalized into intro-

ducing games that have

never been seen in the

industry, namely Kinect

Sports Games, Dance

Central, Zumba Fitness,

Kinect Star Wars and

others which basically

requires the player to

move his entire body that

is in turn captured by

Kinect and is then

integrated in to the game.

The Technology

produced in the pastseveral years by

Microsoft has been

enthralling the

corporations target

market even up to date

that the said console is

still obtaining a decent

number of sales.

However last May 22,

2013 Philippine Time, the

mammoth corporation

has unveiled one of the

so called next generation

consoles in its press

conference held in

Redmond, Washington

that promises to deliver.

THE SUCCESSOR

Enter the XBOX ONE,

yes you read correctly,

the name was chosen to

represent the all-in-one

entertainment system.

Xbox One as can be seen

in the picture, is quite

large and squared for its

own sake, well maybe

because of the high end

specs and hardware that

it carries within its bulky

appearance. Take note

however that the reveal

of the subject console isnot yet complete, for

Microsoft has only

unveiled the consoles

hardware specs and

some features which

mainly focuses on

entertainment, and not

so much with games.

FEATURES and SPECS

THE GOOD

The Xbox One offers

the Bluray Drive which

has been embedded in

the Sony Playstation 3

and DVD drive, this would

guarantee huge amounts

of bytes that maybe

stored and utilized in

game discs. It also

requires the mandatory

game installation, that is

quite similar with every

windows pc game, you

buy the game, and installit in the hard drive of

Xbox One.

Speaking of Hard

Drive, the Xbox Ones

storage device consists of

500GB which is quite

small considering the

amount of possible

contents that may be put

in one game in todays

technology. However it

also offers an external

storage output just like a

pc, meaning you could

plug in an external hard

drive for addition storage

space.

The systems

hardware specs consists

of an 8 Core Microsoft

Customized Central

Processing Unit (CPU)

which will undoubtedly

deliver in terms of

hardware power and

performance, an 8GB

DDR3 (RAM) for huge

amounts of virtual

memory which is

required mostly in games

with high end graphics.

Cloud Storage has

been integrated with thesystem, enabling the

players to save their

games online through the

internet and be able to

synchronize it with the

local save data, in short,

your game data and or

profile data may be

stored online.

With regards games,

the press conference did

not come out guns

blazing, it showed the

upcoming Call of Duty:

Ghosts that will introduce

a new game engine,

graphics and gameplay,

and basically left there.

Much more is to be filled

out with regards this

aspect.

THE BAD

On the downside of

things, the systemrequires the player to be

Always Online, this

requisite is not yet clear

as of the moment, but it

gives us the idea that in

order to fully avail of the

features of the console

and to access the

contents of every game,

the player must be online

it may or may not be 24/

7, this might include the

software updates, The

author of this article is of

the opinion, that this

feature has been availed

of by Microsoft in order

to counter game and

console piracy and

u n a t h o r i z e d

modifications.

Unfortunately, the all

in one feature of the

console is quite contrary

to its name, the system is

not capable of supporting

backwards game

compatibility, meaning,

your xbox 360 and

original xbox games is not

playable with the Xbox

One.

Used Game Fee, inorder to explain this, an

example is necessary. Let

us say you, as the owner

of the console bought a

game, however your

friend also wants to

borrow this game so that

he may play it, your

friend needs to pay an

additional fee so that he

may install the game in

his hard drive and

consequentially be

considered as an owner

of the said game, it is

quite regrettable that a

game you already bought

is still held to be

chargeable and may not

be lent to another, absent

the payment of a Used

Game Fee.

Motion Control is

quite good, as anadditional feature of the

system, Xbox One

requires the player to

always connect its

motion sensor device

now called the Kinect

2.0, it is the newer

version of what was

earlier mentioned,

however this peripheral is

required to be connected

at all times, since Xbox

one has improved and re-

introduced the use of

voice commands and

recognition. In short,

some features may only

be accessible throughvoice prompts, so ready

your vocal chords with

this one.

CONCLUSION

To conclude this

article, Xbox one offers

multiple arrays of

features and specs that

has a lot of potential, but

will these features deliver

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