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Experts on the Petri dish

Vax ramped up in AC, MC

The latest innova-tion in the city’s efforts to fast track ongoing vaccination with herd immunity as end-in-view, Ronda Baku-na sa Barangay is a house-to-house ap-proach using a mobile clinic and ambulance.

“Susuyurin po na-tin ang 33 barangays sa pagbabakuna. Magsisimula muna po tayo sa maliliit na ba-rangays. Tayo na po mismo ang lalapit at pupunta upang dal-

hin ang bakuna sa bawat tahanan ng mga Angelenos,” de-clared Mayor Car-melo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. on Tuesday as he personally led city hall executives in the distribution of vacci-nation forms in Baran-gay Virgen Delos Re-medios preparatory to Wednesday’s jabbing.

The process for the house-to-house vaccination will be the same with the on-site registration, which in-

cludes screening and counseling, vaccina-tion, and post-mon-itoring, said Laza-tin chief adviser IC Calaguas, also the chief implementer of the city government’s vaccination program.

Bringing vaccina-tion not only to the doorsteps but even to the bedrooms of certain Angeles resi-dents has become an express policy of the Lazatin administra-

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By Bong Z. Lacson

ANGELES CITY – Ronda Bakuna sa Barangay rolled out early Wednesday morning in the vil-lage of Virgen de los Remedios here for the vac-

cination of 1,063 residents.

Ni Armand M. Galang

TALAVERA, NUEVA ECIJA - Bit-bit ang agenda para sa mga mag-sasaka, partikular ang pag-amy-enda sa kontrobersiyal na Rice Tariffication Law, nakiisa ang ilang grupo ng mga magsasaka sa iba’t ibang sektor sa panawagan nitong Martes na patakbuhin si Manila Mayor Isko Moreno sa pagka-pan-gulo sa 2020.

“Sa ngayon po ay dama namin at nakikita ang matinding kahira-pan na dulot ng isang anti-poor law na tinatawag na Republic Act 11203 o Rice Tariffication Law,” pa-hayag ni Rudy Benardo Antonio, opisyal ng Talavera Modern Farm-ers’ Association.

Ani Antonio, labis ang ibinagsak ng presyo ng palay nang ipatupad ang RTL noong March 15, 2019 na nagresulta sa malawakang pag-kalugi ng mga magsasaka ng Nue-va Ecija at iba pang bahagi ng ban-sa.

Hindi binanggit ni Antonio ang partikular na probisyon ng batas ngunit umaasa siya na maamy-endahan man lamang ito upang mabigysng prpteksyon ang mga Pilipinong magsasaka sakaling maging presidente ng bansa si Moreno.

Sinigundahan naman ito ni Dr. Raymund Sarmiento, lead conve-nor ng inilunsad na Kilusang IM (o Ikaw Muna) Pilipinas, sa pag-

IM Pilipinas inilunsadsa Ecija

ANGELES CITY -- In a move to provide imme-diate protection to his constituents, Mayor Car-melo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. launched Wednesday a blended vaccination scheme fielding six Phil-ippine Rabbit buses and

10 jeepneys to fetch fam-ilies for vaccination at the City College of Angeles starting August 12.

Lazatin said the “Sun-do Bakuna,” an offshoot of the first “Ronda Baku-na Sa Barangay” piloted Wednesday in Barangay

Virgen Delos Remedi-os, will start on Thurs-day morning from 7 a.m. up to 3 p.m. in Barangay Cutud.

A total of 1,063 resi-dents of Barangay Virgen Delos Remedios were

Pogi launches‘Sundo Bakuna’

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Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin checks Ronda Bakuna bus with chief adviser IC Calaguas and executive assistant Reina Manuel.

Contributed photo

Mabalacat City Mayor Cris Garbo tries per-sonal tent inside city’s newest swabbing and isolation facility. Contributed photo

TODA member gets jabbed via Walk To.Contributed photo

Jabbing inside the Ronda Bakuna bus. Contributed photo

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By Ernie Esconde

BAGAC, BATAAN -- Po-lice reported that 56 vintage bombs were accidentally dis-covered in a village farm here Monday afternoon.

Bagac police chief Capt. Michelle Agnetha Gaviola said farmers found the bombs while they were planting sweet potatoes in a land in Barangay Parang and reported the mat-ter to the police.

She said a team from the

Bagac municipal and the pro-vincial police with the provin-cial explosive canine unit led by Executive Master Sgt. Jon-athan Tuppal under the super-vision of Capt. Esteban Bay-lon III unearthed the bombs known as explosive remnants of war (ERW).

Also assisting in the dig-ging of the bombs were mem-bers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines military intelli-gence bureau under Capt. An-gel Herrera.

The bombs identified as 75 mm, HE, projectile are rem-nants of World War II.

She said that if mishandled, the bombs can still explode and cause damage to life and prop-erty so the team applied render safe procedure and entrusted the items to the provincial ex-plosive ordnance division.

Heavy fighting took place in Bagac and other towns of Bataan during WWII before Bataan fell to the Japanese in-vaders on April 9, 1942.

By Johnny R. Reblando

IBA, ZAMBALES -- A man wanted for carnapping was arrested by joint personnel of the Subic police, the provin-cial highway patrol team, 2nd provincial mobile force com-pany, 305th maneuver com-pany, 2nd platoon and region-al mobile force battalion 3 in Subic town on Tuesday.

Zambales police director Col. Romano Velayo Cardino identified the suspect as Arjay De Silva y Yape, 24, of Baran-gay San Isidro, Subic.

Acting Subic police chief Major San Juan Felmar D. Aquino said De Silva was ar-rested at about 4:30 p.m., in Barangay San Isidro, Subic,

by virtue of standing warrant of arrest for violation of RA 10883 (carnapping) issued by Judge Roline M Ginez-Ja-balde of RTC Branch 74, Olongapo City dated Aug, 9, 2021 under Criminal Case Nr. 2021-1135 with recommended bail of P300,000.

De Silva was included in the list of Subic Most Wanted Person (Municipal Level-Man-hunt Charlie) as the prima-ry suspect in theft of one red Honda TMX 155 motorcycle with sidecar bearing license plate no. QS4831 at Purok 3, Barangay Asinan Proper, Subic last Jan. 29, 2021.

The suspect is now de-tained at the Subic Municipal Police Station.

56 vintage bombs dug up in Bataan

‘Carnapper’ arrestedBy Armand M. Galang

CABANATUAN CITY - Three persons are now in jail while two of their cohorts are subject of follow-up op-erations for alleged motor-cycle theft in Barangay San Mariano, San Antonio, Nue-va Ecija.

Nueva Ecija Highway Pa-trol Team chief Major Lester Zafra said Lester Cauba, 19, of Barangay Matatalaib, Laur, and Ian Pablo, 21, of Barangay Papaya, San An-tonio were caught red-hand-ed with the stolen motorcy-cles in in an operation at about 2:30 p.m. on Satur-day.

An 18-year-old wom-an identified only as “Can-dy,” of Barangay Rio Chico, Hen. Tinio town was also ar-rested in a subsequent op-eration, Zafra said, adding that her husband John Paul Cauba, and the other sus-pect Russel Mendoza of Ba-rangay Luyos, San Antonio, were able to elude arrest.

According to Zafra, the operation that was prompt-ed by a complaint by farmer Reynante dela Cruz of Ba-rangay Mallorca, San Leon-ardo, resulted to the recov-ery stolen motorcycles.

Dela Cruz told the HPT that his motorcycle was taken away while parked

along a roadside while he was tending a rice field in Barangay Soledad, San-ta Rosa by two unidentified men at about 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 6.

“Upon receipt of the report, joint elements of PHPT-Nueva Ecija (lead unit) led by Maj. Lester Zafra and Santa Rosa police sta-tion under the supervision of Maj. Fortune Diane Ber-nardo conducted follow-up operation in Barangay San Mariano, San Antonio, Nue-va Ecija which resulted in the arrest of the suspects and recovery of stolen mo-torcycles,” police reported.

3 nabbed for motor theft

DepEd-3 calls for ‘Brigada Pagbasa’ amid pandemicCITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Educa-tion-Region 3 has called upon its partners for help in imple-menting “Brigada Pagbasa” as a form of the highly successful Brigada Eskwela to comple-ment efforts in ensuring qual-ity basic education amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Brigada Pagbasa shall highlight the implementation to promote literacy and numer-acy through the help of part-ners and volunteers,” DepEd-3 director May Eclar said during the official launching of Briga-da Eskwela 2021 in prepara-tion for the opening of classes on September 13.

“As we launch this year’s Brigada Eskwela, we accept the call of not just ensuring ed-ucation continuity, but we also vow to help improve the quali-ty of education amidst the on-going health crisis. We shall double our efforts to guarantee that every Filipino learner ac-quire the basic competencies such as literacy and numeracy. Working together, we shall in-tensify our collaboration to up-

lift the quality of education and meet the current gaps of our educational system,” she add-ed.

Friday’s virtual regional kick-off program focused on ef-forts to further strengthen the engagement of education part-ners and stakeholders to en-sure learning continuity.

With the theme “Bayanihan sa Paaralan,” Brigada Eskwe-la emphasizes the country’s collective efforts in promoting collaboration for safe living and addressing social issues and concerns in schools, at homes, and in the community.

“With no benchmarks or past experiences in deliver-ing distance education amidst a pandemic, we at the DepEd were quick on our feet and de-veloped our Basic Education Learning Continuity Plans and thus, we needed all the assis-tance that we can get to suc-cessfully conduct the various alternative learning modalities such as the modular approach, online learning, radio-based and TV-based instruction,” Eclar said.

“Thankfully, through the generosity and support of our education partners which in-clude local government offi-cials, civic groups and non-gov-ernmental organizations, par-ents, barangay leaders, volun-teer teachers, and those in the community who contributed in one way or another, we hurdled

past the challenges and difficul-ties of adapting to the new nor-mal mode of education. This gives us a clear picture that we Filipinos, could rise above any calamity or crisis because we help and support one another,” she stressed.

The implementation of Brigada Eskwela shall com-

ply with the required mini-mum public health standards set by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, health protocols issued by lo-cal government units and oth-er relevant DepEd Task Force Covid-19 issuances.

-- Carlo Lorenzo Datu/PIA 3

DepEd-3 director May Eclar during the virtual regional kick-off program of Brigada Eskwela 2021. DepEd-3 photo

Explosive ordnance team secures dug up WWII-era bombs. Photo courtesy of PNP-Bagag, Bataan

Swine repopulation susi sa pagbangon ng negosyo ng baboy

LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS -- Ilulunsad ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ang Bulacan Swine Repopulation Project upang tulungang makabangon ang may 7,000 nag-aalaga ng baboy.

Ayon kay Gov. Daniel Fer-nando, nagsimula na ang pro-vincial veterinary office ng pagsusuri sa kapaligiran at sampol ng tubig nitong Hunyo upang makita kung may Afri-can swine fever pa.

Matatandaan halos dala-wang taon nameste ang ASF na naging dahilan ng pagkam-amatay ng mga baboy noong 2019 hanggang 2020.

Dagdag pa ni Fernan-do na ginagabayan ng Ban-tay ASF sa Barangay (BABay ASF) program ang mga mag-bababoy upang makabalik sa pag-aaalaga ng baboy nang ligtas at magkaroon ng re-sponsible repopulation para makaiwas muli sa outbreak.

Samantala, sinabi ni pro-vincial veterinarian Voltaire Basinang na maaari nang

mag-alaga muli ng baboy ang mga benepisyaryo ng pro-gramang sentinel na ayuda ng pamahalaan kung magne-negatibo sa ASF virus sa dala-wang magkasunod na pagsu-suri sa loob ng dalawang ling-go na may isang linggong pag-itan at pumasa sa biosecurity audit ang isang farm.

Upang maging kwalipi-kado naman sa programang pautang, inirerekomenda ng tanggapan ng paghahayupan sa mga magbababoy na nasa loob ng red zone na hindi apektado ng ASF mula nang magkaroon ng outbreak, na sundin ang mga alituntuinin at magsagawa ng pagkuha ng sample ng dugo at swab sa mga natitirang baboy na kail-angang gawin ng may pagitan ng dalawang linggo at pagsu-suri sa paligid at tubig na kail-angang gawin ng may pagitan ng isang linggo, at pagpasa sa biosecurity level 2 bilang pag-talima sa BABay ASF.

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Swine repopulation...

3 nabbed for motor theft...

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From page 2Dela Cruz said his

motorcycle was a neces-sity for him as he travels 15 kilometers daily to at-tend to the farm.

“Napakalaking tulong po sa akin ang nagawa

ng highway patrol na mabawi ang aking kai-sa-isang service,” Dela Cruz said.

Charges for violation of Republic Act 10883 or the New Anti-Carnap-ping Act of 2016 have

been leveled against the suspects, Zafra said.

The two jailed sus-pects admitted the hot bikes were recovered from them but pointed to Mendoza who was the real culprit.

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Sa totoo lang, wala naman talagang si-nasabing nahulog sa kanta. Sinasabi lang nito na “Pagdating sa dulo nabali ang san-ga… Kapos kapalaran humanap ng iba.” Ibig bang sabihin umakyat sa puno ang namimitas at pagdating niya sa tuktok nab-ali ang sanga?

Sabi ko sa titser, “Ma’am hindi naman po inaakyat ang puno ng papaya. Palagay ko po kaya may dala-dalang buslo ang namim-itas, nakakabit iyon sa pansungkit niya. Nang sungkitin niya ang hinog na papaya, imbes na bunga lang ang mapitas, sumama na pati buong sanga.“ (Oo, nagsasanga din ang papaya.)

Ang susi daw ng interpretasyon ay ang huling linya, “Kapos kapalaran, humanap ng iba.” Hahanap ng iba dahil nadisgrasya sa pagkahulog ang nanunuyong sumisinta? O hahanap ng ibang papayang susungkitin dahil napahiya sa sinisinta? Ano nga naman ang mangyayari sa papayang hinog pag na-hulog? Edi wasak. Humanap na nga lang ng iba.

Ang pagkahulog ay madalas sanhi ng disgrasya. Kaya mas madalas gamitin ito sa negatibong pakahulugan. Lalo na sa Ingles — “The Fall.” Iniuugnay ito sa kasalanan, kabiguan, o kapalpakan. Pero pwede ring positive, tulad ng “falling in love.” Sinasabi din natin iyan sa Tagalog, “Nahuhulog ang loob ko sa kanya.” Ibig sabihin, naaakit, na-huhumaling, o sumisinta.

At ang salitang Tagalog para sa MEAN-INGFUL ay MAKAHULUGAN, mula sa ugat na salitang HULOG. Ano ang kinalaman ng pagkahulog sa makabuluhang buhay? Ang naiisip kong larawan ay isang timba na su-masahod sa tubig mula sa poso. Naiipon

ang tubig, hindi natatapon dahil mayroong KINAHUHULUGAN. Ang buhay na maka-hulugan ay buhay na may layunin. Kaba-ligtaran nito ang mga nagkakalat, parang walang kinahuhulugan ang buhay dahil walang layunin.

Sa ating ebanghelyo ngayon, binigyan din ni Hesus ng positive meaning ang pag-kahulog. “Maliban daw kung di mahulog ang butil ng trigo at mamatay, mananatili itong isang butil lamang.” Hindi na nakaugnay sa kasalanan, kabiguan o kapalpakan ang pagkahulog dito kundi sa paghahasik, pag-tatanim. Hindi disgrasya kundi grasya ang kasunod.

Palagay ko ito rin ang dahilan kung bakit ito ang ebanghelyong madalas ginagamit para sa pista ng mga martir, katulad ni San Lorenzong Diyakono at Martir. Maraming kuwento tungkol sa diyakonong ito. Ayon sa ulat, nang bibitayin na ang obispo ng Roma, Papa Sixto Dos, nagtatampo daw siya dahil ayaw siyang isama sa kamatayan. Napagbi-gyan naman siya sa bandang huli. Kaya nga naging martir.

Isa ito sa ikinamangha tungkol sa mga Kristiyano noong panahon ng persecution. Ang bawat mapukaw upang makibahagi sa misyon ni Kristo, ang misyon ng pagtubos, ay lumalakas ang loob. Hindi madaling ta-kutin. Nakakayanang harapin ang mga dusa at pasakit, maging kamatayan. Ito ang ka-kaibang sinta na di takot mahulog dahil una nang nahulog ang loob sa sinisinta.

Sabi ng isang Kristiyanong manunulat ng ikalawang siglo na si Tertullian, “Ang dugo ng mga martir ay binhi ng simbahan.” May ibang version ang kasabihang ito, di lang

NOONG NASA hayskul pa ako, minsan naging paksa ng diskusyon namin sa Pilipino ang kantang LERON LERON SINTA. Tanong ng titser, “Alin ang nahulog, ayon sa kanta, ang sumisinta na namimitas ng papaya, o ang pinipitas na papaya para sa sinisinta?” May nagsabing ang namimitas, mayroon din nagsabing ang pinipitas.

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Shepherd’s CallBishop Pablo Virgilio S. David

Opinion

Ping goes for expediency

Leni standson principles

Sotto feels spurned

WHAT IF, sabi ko kung pwede, i-adopt niya si Vice President Sotto as our common vice presidential candidate.

Mag-file tayo pareho pero pagdating ng takdang panahon na nakikita natin sino yung malinaw na malinaw na may laban sa administrasyon, ‘yun na lang ang tumuloy at yung malinaw namang walang laban, eh yun na lang yung tumulong… na mag-withdraw.

Senator Ping Lacson

AYOKONG PARANG nili-lead on lang namin ang mga supporters. Ang paniniwala ko, pag nag-file ang isang kandidato ng certificate of candidacy, piniprisenta na namin sa publiko ang sarili namin eh. ‘Yung mga naniniwala sa amin, tataya na sa amin.

Pag nag-file ako, kailangan kong ituloy ang laban. ‘Pag nag-file ako, hindi ako puwe-deng umatras, kahit gaano pa kahirap, kasi prinisenta ko na ang sarili ko sa publiko eh. Yun yung reason bakit hindi ako agreeable sa proposal.

Vice President Leni Robredo

Ping’s offer was sincere and selfless. She (Robredo) was not supposed to reject right away and instead study first the possibilities.

Outright rejection meant they had some-thing else in mind at the outset.

Senate President Tito Sotto

The new normal learn-ing environment deemed to linger for some time is posing an unprecedented challenge to the learners as well as to their parents. An-swering academic activities stipulated in their self-learn-ing modules is not an easy task for learners without

the physical presence of their teachers to serve as guides.

Given the opportuni-ty to forage the pages of the world wide web for an-swers, both learners and parents finds it very help-ful albeit circumventing the rules of academic integrity.

With very limited opportu-nity to interact with learn-ers and their parents due to periodic lockdowns and movement restriction vis-à-vis following the imposed health protocols, teachers cannot determine wheth-er the answers to the ac-

The new normal learning environment are beset with numerous difficulties and challenges to leaners and parents. The overarching objective of DepEd for learning continuity despite the disruption of face-to-face classes thus leads to the implementation of modular learning schemes and other similar learning modalities. Learners has been put in quandary over the new learning modalities as well as parents alongside- both answering an overwhelming amount of academic tasks and activities and at the outset a new kind of routine apart from the pre-pandemic period.

(Unsolicited contributions here are unedited, unabridged, as is.Errors in grammar, syntax, etc. solely the writer’s. – Editor)

By CATHELE G. GUEVARRA

Academic Integrity in the New Normal: Quo Vadis Learners and Parents?

TEACHER’S FORUM

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But they must not leave John Stuart Mills at the door. In a representative gov-ernment, Mills wrote, there is always a tendency for people with low intelligence to be elected. It’s a fair warning, even if some, if not all, of the members of the House committee are no intellectual push-over.

Ibsen himself tried hard to point out in his book that what is right oftentimes suf-fers under might for the simple reason that the stupid has dominion over the clever.

Ahead of the unscheduled hearing, at least two prominent OCTA members have made themselves clear enough. OCTA is not the enemy; COVID 19 virus is. With that rational appeal as a dichotomy, the House committee should be able to pro-ceed with its so-called ‘in aid of legislation’ inquiry with no hassle.

Why should OCTA be even consid-ered an enemy, given its fair, accurate and timely warning to the public about the pan-demic?

If you take it from one member of the House Committee, it’s because OCTA’s projections, especially the latest one, have been costly. The hard lockdown comes at the expense of the economy, and one can deduce the domino effect from there, from joblessness to hunger, and so on and so forth.

At the end of the day, OCTA’S pro-jections translate into public policy, pub-lic policy into law, and law eventually into budgets which the House, being the orig-inator of the nation’s budget, must tack-le, which may mean more borrowings on top of the trillions of loans the nation has already raked in in light of the pandemic. Deficit spending and humungous borrow-ings are tell tales of poor governance.

Time for a heart to heart talk with those behind those projections.

So it’s a good idea, this OCTA hear-ing, unlike Sen. Dick Gordon’s suggestion that it is a waste of time. It won’t be, even for just providing the satisfaction to the intellectual curiosity of House members and the public at large. At some point, the House should be able to stress the group’s inescapable public accountability, even if they are private. The democrat-ic principle of free speech and expression is par for the course, but prudence must be observed when announcing there’s a deadly snake in a crowded theatre.

But the hearing should not be han-dled like the way of the ancient Inquisition. The astronomer Galileo was eventually more castigated by the religious establish-ment for calling a bishop ‘Simplicio’, which means ‘simplistic’ than for his theory that the earth revolved around the sun at not the other way

In the exchange between the experts and the powerful, something must not be

lost in the translation. It’s a good thing, ev-ery word said in the hearing will be re-corded. They can always go back to the stenographic notes for clarification, in case of doubt.

Nor should the hearing be hostile, as in the case between U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and U.S. top doctor Anthony Fauci during a hearing on the pandemic. Rand opened the hearing by warning Fauci that it was a crime to lie before a Congressional hear-ing. Unfazed by the unfriendly introduc-tion, Fauci assured he had never lied be-fore Congress at any time. The exchang-es between the two went south from then on. Fauci even accused Rand of not know-ing that he was talking about.

Two issues can potentially turn ex-changes into hostile positions. At one time, one priest member of OCTA,after being accused by a medical expert that it is doing its projections like fortune-tell-ing, admitted that their model is exactly like,well, fortune-telling. That may not sit well with some House members who have a contrary view point. The other issue is that the same medical expert has point-ed out that erroneous data were used in OCTA analysis. In other words, wrong data, wrong projections.

Obviously, the government is prac-tically dependent on the OCTA projec-tions, one way or the other, even if it is not strictly, technically its client. A rele-vant question during the hearing should be: how competent is government to de-termine the correctness and soundness of OCTA’s output vis a vis the pandemic that continues its existential threat to the nation?

It is easy to say that the House hearing on the OCTA group is an issue on credi-bility, given the issue raised about errone-ous data, among others. More than that, it is also an issue of government compe-tence in addressing its projections giv-en their tremendous impact on people’s lives. What OCTA is saying affects the lives of every Filipino, It is only right that the House steps in and look into that. It’s a good thing that members of the OCTA itself have welcomed the inquiry.

It’s not as if they expect themselves to be in a lion’s den. More like specimen un-der the Petri dish.

The American humorist James Thurber told how at one time he was made to draw a specimen under the microscopic lens in a biology class. He did as told and later submitted his finished sketch to his prof. The prof had a hard time making out of the drawn figure on the paper. He later shout-ed ‘ it’s your eye, it’s your eye’. Thurber, it turned out, focus the lens on his eye rath-er than on the specimen.

The lawmakers should know where to focus the lens of their proposed hearing.

Napag-uusapanLangFelix M. Garcia

The Public SpaceJun Sula

Opinion

NGAYONG nagsalita na at ibinulgarna nitong Federal Government ng bansangChina, na itong ‘Communist Party’ riyanang responsable sa naganap sa Wuhan

Na idinitalye nitong ‘spoke person’ng China Federal Government, na itong ‘Chinese Communist Party’ ang authorng pangdaigdigang pandemya sa ngayon.

Kung saan ang buong mundo itong unangtarget na masakop sa pamamagitan ng ‘dirty tricks’ nito, at isa na nga r’yanang Pilipins sa grabeng tinamaan.

Kasama pati na ang iba pang bansa,na gaya ng U.S. maliban lang yatasa Israel, na kung saan ay bahagyalang din ang umano tinamong pinsala.

At ‘corona virus,’ aka Covid-19ang sa maitim na balak itong sa’tin‘by means of its virus’ makayang duruginang lahat ng atin kung kanyang naisin.

Ito ang tunay na pakay ng ‘CommunistParty’ na masakop ang buong daigdigsa pamamagitan imbensyong naisna mapalaganap n’yan nang walang himik.

Dangan nga lang sanhi ng di akalainnang aywan kung ito ay maituturingna aksidente ay Wuhan itong grabengunang tinamaan ng masamang hangin.

Na sila rin naman itong may pakanang ‘biochemical’ na nakapatay ngasa di lamang libo na kanilang kapwaChinese – ang kalbaryo diyan nagsimula. At gumapang na ang ‘virus’ na ginawangarmas na tinangkang itago sa tanan,na nagresulta sa bilyon na ang bilangng sinamang-palad d’yan na nangamatay. Mapagsamantala itong bansang Chinaat masydong tuso kaya pati sila,damay sa ‘virus’ na inimbento nilanang basta sumabog nang di sinasadya?

Sa pangyayaring ‘yan di ba’t marapat langna ihabla natin sa ‘InternationalCourt’ ang bansang China ng kasong kriminalat ng kasong civil sa dapat bayaran.

Na mga ‘damages’ para mapanagotsa lahat ng bagay at pinsalang dulotng ‘biochemical,’ na armas na buloknitong sobra na r’yan ang panghihimasok. At itong ‘Federal Government’ ng ibangpaksyon ng China ang ating kasangga riyanlaban sa‘Communist Party’ sa puntong yan,na napabalita ang mismong kaaway?

Sana ang hinggil sa Covid-19 nilaay siya na rin itong virus na humusgasa katusuhan n’yan at pagiging lintaupang lahat na ay mapanatag na.

At imbes ‘vaccine’ ang patuloy gamitin,na taglay ng ibang di nakagagaling,partkular na r’yan ang sa China galing,ang ipalit d’yan ay itong ‘Ivermectin’.

Experts on the Petri dish ‘Made in China,’di na dapat bilhin The OCTA Research group, when it faces the Congressional committee on

good governance in a yet unscheduled hearing, must feel like Dr. Stockmann in Henrick Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People”. The people they will come to face to face across the table are supposed to be the more intelligent type who can easily appreciate their ideas.

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vaccinated on Wednesday using the mobile bus clinic under Ronda Bakuna.

Lazatin’s chief adviser and tactician IC Calaguas said Ronda Bakuna with its mobile bus clinic will continue to vaccinate fam-ilies in smaller barangays like Virgen Delos Reme-dios, Agapito Del Rosario and San Jose.

Calaguas said the Phil-ippine Rabbit buses and jeepneys will fetch families from bigger barangays. From Barangay Cutud, Sundo Bakuna will be taken to other barangays such as Pulung Cacutud, Sapa Libutad, Puluing

Maragul, Pandan, and Balibago.

Personnel of the gen-der and development of-fice, city social welfare and development office, the Angeles City Economic Development Investment and Promotions Office, and information and com-munication technology di-vision will give out vacci-nation forms a day before the scheduled vaccination at the CCA.

Lazatin earlier said: “We have to extend the inoculation at the grass-roots level by reaching out to those unreached.” The local chief executive has vowed no one will be left

behind in the vaccination program amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in the country and the threat of the highly transmissible Delta variant.

“Tayo na po ang mag-susundo sa mga pa-mi-pamilya upang dalhin sila sa CCA upang mag-pabakuna. Obserbahan lamang po ang mga health at security protocols upa-ng maiwasan natin ang pagkumpol kumpol,” said the mayor.

The city government is also continuously vac-cinating bedridden elderly and persons with disabil-ities in a bid to reach out to senior citizens who are

unable to go to vaccination centers due to old age and health conditions.

The mobile vaccina-tion of senior citizens and PWDs starts with an as-sessment by doctors and health workers of Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medi-cal Center and City Health Office, a day before their scheduled vaccination.

The Angeles LGU is now currently vaccinating nearly 6,000 individuals on a daily basis in an effort to shield residents from the threat of the new Covid-19 Delta variant which se-verely affected countries like India and elsewhere. Angeles CIO

tion.“Ginagawa po natin

ang house-to-house vac-cination para sa ating mga bedridden senior citizens at mga 80 to 99 years old para hindi na sila mahira-pan sa pagpunta sa mga vaccination sites natin,” the mayor said.

Of persons with dis-abilities, he added: “Tayo na po mismo ang pumu-punta sa kanila upang masiguro na matatang-gap nila agad ang bakuna na walang kahirap-hirap.”

No less than 600 bed-ridden seniors aged 80-up and 200 PWDs have been vaccinated right in their homes in earlier door-to-door campaigns by the city government. Aside from the vaccine, they were also given P1,000 cash assis-tance and Vitamin C sup-plements.

Even as the city push-es for home-based inocula-

tion, the vaccination sites at the City College of Angeles and Angeles City National High School are still oper-ational for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant women.

Lazatin has mobilized the 400-strong city hall em-ployees to go “on the jab duties” to ramp up the city’s vaccination efforts. As of Aug. 9, the city government has vaccinated 97,000 with the first dose while 58,797 are fully vaccinated.

Walk to-Mabalacat “Kami ang pupunta sa

inyo.” Thus, declared Maba-

lacat City Mayor Crisosto-mo Garbo in launching late last month the “Walk To” vaccination system whereby the elderly and PWDs need not suffer long queues in order to be inoculated.

Yet another innovation under the city’s Covid-19

Response Integrated Sys-tem, Walk To “is more con-venient, effort- and time-ef-ficient,” said the system chief Dr. Jay Rivera.

For the convenience of senior citizens, the city dedicated an automatic 200 slots per vaccination schedule wherein steps one to four of the vacci-nation process (real-time registration to post-vacci-nation observation) will be administered at the com-fort of their seats. This is to avoid physical contact and crowding during the scheduled vaccination rollout. The MCG eyes to conduct the said vaccina-tion scheme once a week in strategic communities with targets of an addi-tional 1,500 on top of the inoculation procedures being undertaken at the SM City Clark jab site.

At its very launch last in Barangay Camachiles, Re-settlement Phase 2 on July

29, a total of 800 residents were inoculated. In its reg-ular run two days after, on July 31, over 1,700 Maba-laquenos were vaccinated at the Mabalacat City Col-lege Annex jabbing site and via household visits.

By the start of August, the Walk To system has been applied by medical frontline workers in the inoc-ulation of members of the city’s tricycle operators and drivers associations, starting with Barangay San Joaquin.

Yet another recent development in Mabala-cat City’s anti-Covid re-sponse is the full utiliza-tion, starting Aug. 10 of its new swabbing and isola-tion center located at the Xevera-Mabalacat com-pound. The 100-bed ca-pacity facility is housed inside two big-sized tents and is complete with four tower-type air condition-ing units. With Angeles CIO/Mabalacat CIO.

tivities are products of legitimate cognitive hard work of pupils or simply copied from the abundant literatures found in the Internet.

The shift to remote learning modality in lieu of the of physical classroom learning where a teacher can directly observe and supervise the activi-ties undertaken by the learners does not war-rant the fact that learn-ers can simply copy all the answers to the activities stipulated in their modules. Learn-ers together with their parents has already been complacent of doing such for the rea-son of compliance and not for the purpose of real learning and edu-cation.

Learners has to exert honest effort in their learnings even without the presence of their teachers. This issue is further aggra-vated by the fact that majority of the par-ents are also lacking in knowledge and un-derstanding on how to help their children answer the require-ments of the modules, thus tolerating them to copy answers found on the Internet or even compare answers with their neighbors.

It can be asserted that by the time of this writing, both learners and their parents are al-ready exhausted and stressed brought by nu-merous problems tied to the pandemic situation. The Internet offers both a temptation agent and a relief for them in answer-ing their module activi-ties. Learners engaged in copying answers from the Internet tolerated by their parents enables them to find relief at least, in the midst of this psychological, emotion-al, social and economic tension caused by the pandemic.

Learning is about acquisition of life-cop-ing skills and compe-tencies. Learning by heart is the real thing about the learning and education process. It is the true mark of the cognitive capability of a person. While taking

a glimpse at some lit-eratures in the Internet from time to time can-not be avoided, learn-ers has to exert their true and honest ef-forts in their learning process. They may be able to fool their teach-ers that they have been able to accom-plish the requirements of the modules, but it is actually them fooling themselves. Notwith-standing that some parents are the one answering the require-ments of the modules for their kids.

It doesn’t matter whether the modality is face-to-face or re-mote or a combination thereof. What matters a lot is the effort, ded-ication and the integ-rity being invested in the learning process. A person cannot circum-vent solutions to life real problems. It has to be dealt with sincerity, sobriety and integrity. Schools are made to impart these attributes to learners in order for them to be prepared, capable and worthy to live and prosper in a civilized society. Par-ents has to play and fulfil their roles of in-stilling to the minds of their children the val-ue of integrity. Parents must not tolerate and took part in the circum-venting process that is detrimental to the holis-tic development of their children, and in the context of discourse- particular to the value of integrity applied to the learning process.

The pandemic may still linger for a consid-erable period of time. Nobody knows when it will end. Perhaps by the time this cri-sis is over, the teach-ing and learning pro-cess may not really go back to pre-pandem-ic arrangement. One thing that must contin-ue is the learning and educational process for the pupils whatev-er the modality that is applicable as the sit-uation demands. The learning modality may change but the val-ue of academic integ-rity must remain un-wavered and unchal-lenged.

ERRATUM

In the Notice of Extrajudicial Settlement in our April 12, 19 and 26, 2021 issues, the name BENEDICTA N. ZAPATA should be BENEDICTA N. ZAPANTA and not as earlier published.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 2021

Academic Integrity...Vax ramped up...

Pogi launches...

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sasabing bigo ang RTL sa layunin nitong maiba-ba ang presyo ng bigas. “Tumataas pa rin ang pre-syo ng bigas pero hindi tu-mataas ang presyo ng pa-lay,” ani Sarmiento.

Ang mga pahayag ay ginawa sa pormal na pa-glulunsad nitong Aug. 10, ng virtual launching ng IM Pilipinas sa lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija na isinagawa sa kumbinasyong face-to-face at online meeting bilang pagsunod sa itinak-dang patakaran ng NE Inter-Agency Task Force upang maiwasan ang

pagkalat ng sakit.Pinangunahan ni

Sarmiento, provincial con-venor at ng mga national convenors na sina former Usec. Thomas ‘Tim’ Or-bos, Philip ‘Dobol P’ Pic-cio, Bong Mangahas at Elmer Argano, secretary general ang pagbubuo at panunumpa ng mga lo-cal convenors at mga ba-gong miyembro ng kilu-san sa lalawigan na mula sa mga sektor ng mga magsasaka, tricycle driv-ers, mga manggagawa, negosyante, propesyunal, health workers, kababai-han, kabataan at LGBTQ.

Ayon kay Sarmiento, binubuo ang IM Pilipinas ng mga nagkakaisang lider mula sa hanay ng mga karaniwang mama-mayan sa paniniwalang ang susunod na dapat na maging pinuno sa pama-mahala ng ating bansa ay may puso at naka-uuna-wa sa totoong kalagayan ng taumbayan, isang lider na katulad ni Moreno.

Ayon sa kanya, mal-aking hamon ang kinaka-harap ng ating bansa du-lot ng pandemya kaya nangangailangan tayo ng matapang at may mala-sakit na bagong pinuno.

Pangunahin aniya sa mga dapat na pagtuunan ng pansin ng gobyerno ay ang matinong serbisyo sa kalusugan dahil bukod sa mabagal ay kulang ang bakuna kontra Covid-19 para sa lahat ng mga mamamayan.

Kaya naman nanini-wala ang IM Pilipinas na ito na ang tamang pana-hon upang magbigk-is at kumilos ang sam-bayanang Pilipino para pumili ng bagong lider na may kakayahang i-ahon ang bansa sa kinasasad-lakang kahirapan, paliwa-nag ni Sarmiento.

door partition and a big-ger bathroom which can accommodate up to six guests.

Overnight rates start at P6,000 to P12,000 on weekdays and P6,500 to P13,000 on weekends with breakfast already included. Guests can also bring their own food or they can order at the nearby Souq restaurant.

The Venta Suites also has an outdoor lounge and a dining area with a small pool for guests to

enjoy and relax. Bikes are also available to roam around the property, and Nordic macrame swing easily blends with green-ery.

Bituin made a con-scious effort infusing local crafts by providing Filipi-no-made products as she also hopes for her guests to feel inspired and add Philippine artistry to their daily lives.

“Aside from the local furniture and decorations, we use locally-made baskets in serving our

breakfast packs. We also provide “inabel” blankets sourced from Ilocos and added macrame swings. We also serve specialty coffee drip bags sourced from a friend’s coffee shop in Bulacan,” shared Bituin.

With her love for plants and local crafts, her personal passion for travelling, and profession-al life in furniture design and manufacturing, Bituin was able to incorporate influences from her expe-riences in curating pieces

to put up a masterpiece in The Venta Suites, evok-ing rustic memories far and away from the haste and noise of the metrop-olis.

Located in baran-gay Sta. Ines, Betis in Guagua, The Venta Suites is open daily. For bookings and reserva-tions, you may contact Nikki Monterey at 0939 937 2420. You may also check their socials via Facebook and Instagram @theventasuites for up-dates and other details.

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The Venta Suites...

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matiyak kung sino ang nagsabi: “Pilit nila ka-ming inililibing. Hindi ba nila alam na kami’y mga binhi?”

Sa ating unang pag-basa, ang sabi ni San Pablo, “Ang nagtatanim ng kaunti ay aani rin ng kaunti. Ang nagtatanim ng marami ay aani rin ng marami.” Sinabi niya ito nang manawa-gan siya ng tulong para sa mga nagugutom sa Jerusalem. Pero sa ka-launan, mas lumawak

pa ang aplikasyon ng kasabihang ito.

Hindi kaya dapat baguhin ang huling lin-ya ng Leron Leron Sin-ta? Kung ang nahulog at nawasak na hinog na papaya ay kaka-inin naman ng mga ha-yop at ikakalat pa ang mga buto upang mag-tanim ng mga bagong puno ng papaya kung saan-saan, di ba ma-ganda iyon? (Ang ka-baligtaran ng kapos ay lipos.) Aba’y siguro im-bes na “Kapos kapalar-

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LUZ C. GUANLAO, died intestate at Porac, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on her estate, leaving a cash award/incentive/entitlement by reason of her having attained the age of 95 years prior to her death, she having been born on March 14, 1925 and having died only on March 21, 2021. before Notary Public Avelino S. Buan as per Doc No. 204, Page No. 54, Book No.III Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 26, August 2 & 9, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SPS. ANDRES ALIMURUNG and CARMELITA M. DAVID, who died on August 8, 2009 in Angeles City and February 12, 2018 in Angeles City, executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Sale on his/her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 6 of the sonsolidation-subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-14631, being portion of the consolidation of Lots 4, 6-11, Block 11 (LRC) Pcs-5403; L.R.C Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Pampang, San Nicolas & Lordes, City of Angeles, Island of Luzon. and which is covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 68365, before Notary Public Orlando R. Pangilinan as per Doc No. 431, Page No. 54, Book No. LXIII, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: July 26, August 2, & 9, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ADELIA D. DUNGCA who died on April 2, 2021 in Angeles City executed an Affidavit of Extra-Judicial settlement with Specific Waiver and Renunciation of Rights by way of Donation on her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 136445 and more particularly described as follows, to wit:

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

A parcel of land (Lot 8-1-2-B-1 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-85412, being portion of Lot 8-1-2-B, described on plan (LRC) Psd-78760, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Cutcut, City of Angeles,

before Notary Public Joanne D. Vitug-Evangelista as per Doc No. 73, Page No. 72, Book No. VI, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 2, 9 & 16, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of CORAZON MALIT VDA. DE MANINANG, who died on September 14, 2020 in California, USA executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on her estate, more particularly described as follows:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 367243-RRegistry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

A parcel of Land (Lot B-2-A of the subd., plan Psd-035408-064039, being a portion of Lot B-2 (LRC) Psd-45968 LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo of Santiago, Mun. of Lubao, Prov. of Pampanga;

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 367244-RRegistry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

A parcel of Land (Lot B-2-B of the subd., plan Psd-035408-064039, being a portion of Lot B-2 (LRC) Psd-45968 LRC Rec. No.), situated in the Bo of Santiago, Mun. of Lubao, Prov. of Pampanga;

before Notary Public Ambrosio Brian F. Enciso III as per Doc No. 3624-3627, Page No. 111, O.R No. 111669, Service No. 1013-1016 Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 2, 9 & 16, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LEOPOLDO T. JOVEN, who died on August 7, 2009 in the City of Manila, Philippines and LORETO P. JOVEN who died on July 26, 2018 in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement on his estate, more particularly described as follows:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 275391-RRegistry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

A parcel of Land without any improvements located in Tinajero, Bacolor Pampanga, Philippines and having an area of 5,366 square meters more or less, which parcel of land does NOT belong to the conjugal partnership of gains as it had been inherited by the late LEOPOLDO T. JOVEN from his parents (hereinafter referred to as the FIRST PROPERTY);

Transfer Certificate of Title No. 196874-RRegistry of Deeds for the Province of Pampanga

A parcel of Land without any improvements located in Cabetican, Bacolor Pampanga, Philippines and having an area of 601 square meters more or less, which parcel of land forms part of the conjugal partnership of gains (hereinafter referred to as the SECOND PROPERTY);

before Notary Public Carlota Dela Cruz-Manalo as per Doc No. 329, Page No. 66, Book No. XXXIII, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 2, 9 & 16, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of RUTHY CARLOS GARCIA who died on July 24, 2017, in Mabalacat, Pampanga. executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 36-B-2-B-3-E of the subd. plan Psd-03-079148, being a portion of lot 36-B-2-B3 Psd-03-076120, LRC. Rec. No.), situated in the Bo of Dau, Mabalacat Prov. of Pampanga. and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 045-2014005818, before Notary Public Vincent Joseph T. Encarnacio, as per Doc No. 134, Page No. 31, Book No.XXXII, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of BELTECEZAR R. DATU who died on August 24, 2008 at Manila, executed an Affidavit of Extra Judicial Settlement with Sale on his estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 11, Block 20, of the subdivision plan Pcs-03-000442, being portion of the consolidated lots 74-F-2 & 74-F-3, (LRC) Psd-192797, L.R.C Rec. No.) situated in the Barrio of Capaya, City of Angeles. covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 81912, Registry of Deeds for Angeles City, before Notary Public Arvin M. Suller as per Doc No. 1295, Page No. 86, Book No. LXIX, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of SPS. CATALINO G. MEDINA AND ESTELITA E. MEDINA who died on May 17, 2018 and November 10, 1992, in Dr. Amando L. Garcia Medical Center, Inc., Angeles City and Angeles University Foundation Medical Center Angeles City, executed an Affidavit of Extra Judicial Settlement on his/her estate, more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 7-B-1-H of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-13388, being portion of lot 7-B-1, described on plan (LRC) Psd-13224, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Record No. 124), situated in the Barrio of Balibago, Municipality of Angeles, Province of Pampanga, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 54726, Registry of Deeds for the City of Angeles, before Notary Public Darwin S. Reyes as per Doc No. 284, Page No. 62, Book No. 23, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of OSEAS O. ARQUERO who died on April 28, 2021, leaving behind a savings account under our mother’s name to be distributed accordingly to us heirs: executed an Affidavit of Extra-judicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on her estate, more particularly described as follows the said deseased left a Savings Account with BDO Unibank Inc., Angeles-Miranda Branch with Account No. 005230012367.

before Notary Public Tanya G. Lingat, Doc. No. 250, Page No. 80, Book No. III, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021 NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of ELENITA L. PANGILINAN who died on June 16, 2020 at Blk 11 Lot 10 Rose Street Malino Ville Subdivision Malino, City of San Fernando, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extra-judicial Settlement on her estate, more particularly described as follows the said deseased left a Savings Account at BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND, KULIAT, ANGELES CITY BRANCH with ACCOUNT NO. 5363 4700 8299 8340 with outstanding balance of SIXTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS (Php 60,111.75);

before Notary Public Janice C. Tiglao, Doc. No. 40, Page No. 9, Book No. XXI, Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the heirs of ARMIN D. MALIT who died on January 04, 2016 at Angeles University Foundation Hospital at Angeles City, executed an Affidavit of Extra Judicial Settlement with Deeds of Sale with Assumption of Mortgage. That during her lifetime, said deseased has mortgaged the said vehicle to Metro Bank at Angeles City Branch, which particularly described as follows:

MAKE : TOYOTA VIOS TYPE : SEDAN MOTOR NUMBER : 2NZ7666411 SERIAL NUMBER : NCP1512648429 PLATE NUMBER : ABJ7576 FILE NUMBER : 0304-12635

That it is for the benefit and best interest of the herein parties that the said motor vehicle of the (decent) be settled and adjudicated unto themselves extrajudicially and in accordance with the laws;.

before Notary Public Rodolfo S. Uyengco, as per Doc No.239, Page No. 105, Book No. XLV, Series of 2016.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of FRANCISCA CABALLA-SAMPANG who died on July 03, 2020, in Mexico, Pampanga executed an Affidavit of Extrajudicial Settlement with Waiver of Rights on her estate, Above-named claiming for the Centenarian Financial Aid granted by the Provincial Capitol, Province of Pampanga, before Notary Public Carlota Dela Cruz-Manalo as per Doc No. 90, Page No. 19, Book No.XLI Series of 2021.

Punto! Central Luzon: August 9, 16 & 23, 2021

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY

FIDENCIO CRUZ GALLARDO, JR., Petitioner, -versus- SP. PROC NO. R-ANG-21-02167-SP FOR: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF ENTRY IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MABALACATCITY, PAMPANGA THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY, andMARISSA JIMENEZ DAVID Respondents, x--------------------------------------------x

ORDER

A verified Petition for Cancellation of Entry in the Civil Registry has been filed by petitioner Fidencio Cruz Gallardo, Jr., respectfully moving and praying to the Honorable Court, that after due notice, publication and hearing, the Honorable Court grant the petition and issue an Order to public respondents to cancel the enrty of marriage of petitioner Fidencio Cruz Gallardo, Jr., and respondent Marissa Jimenez David.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is

hereby given that the petition is set for initial hearing on September 15, 2021 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the sala of this Court located at Rm. 209, Hall of Justice Bldg., City Hall Compund, Pulung Maragul, Angeles City at which date and time, all persons interested may appear and show cause in writing why the petition should not br granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation chosen by raffle and further served together with a copy of the petition and annexes to the Office of the Civil Registrar of Mabalacat City, Pampanga, the Office of the Solicitor General, the Civil Registrar General, Philippines Statistics Authority, Quezon City, and the City Prosecutor’s Office of Angeles City.

SO ORDERED

Angeles City July 26, 2021.

RODRIGO I. DEL ROSARIO Presiding Judge

Punto! Central Luzon: August 2, 9 & 16, 2021

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURTANGELES CITY

TEODORICO T. TUAZON FC CASE NO. 2021-2144Mortgagee, EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT NO. 3135-versus-

LYNN BERNALES CORPIN Mortgagor,x----------------------------------x

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended filed by the above-named Mortgagee against the Mortgagor LYNN BERNALES CORPIN with residence and postal address at No. 638 Montalban Street, Malabanias, Angeles City, Pampanga, to satisfy the total obligation secured by real estate mortgage which as of May 06, 2021 amount to TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND (2,304,000.00) Philippine Currency, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on September 15, 2021 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter in the OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT OF PORAC, Province of Pampanga to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following parcel of land with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit:

TCT NO. 042-2019016729 A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 25, BLOCK 25, BLOCK 24 OF THE SUBD. PLAN (LRC) PSD-233161, BEING A PORTION OF LOT 3 (LRC) PSD-229572, LRC CAD REC. No. 372) SITUATED IN THE BO OF STA. CRUZ, MUN. OF PORAC, PROV. OF PAMP., ISLAND OF LUZON BOUNDED ON THE NE., PTS 2 TO 3 BY ROAD LOT 2; ON THE SE., PTS 3 TO 4 BY ALLEY 2; ON THE SW., PTS. 4 TO 1 BY LOT 26; AND ON THE NW., PTS 1 TO 2 BY LOT 23, BOTH OF BLK. 24 OF THE SUBD. PLAN x x x CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) SQUARE METERS.

Interested bidders/buyers may investigate for themselves the above mentioned property for their information and protection.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 22, 2021 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning without further notice.

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THE WORLD HEALTH Organization (WHO), governments and the tobacco industry should take advantage of the developments in nicotine delivery tech-nology, such as non-combustible prod-ucts, to reduce up to 4 million deaths from smoking each year according to a global health expert.

Dr. Derek Yach, president of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, said during the 8th G l o b a l Forum on Nico- tine held recent-ly online, that the world is experiencing a revolution in nicotine delivery tech-nology, as there are now more than a hundred mil-lion people us-ing harm re-duction prod-ucts.

One ex-ample of a non-combusti-ble nicotine de-livery system is Philip Morris In-ternational’s the heated tobacco product IQOS. Heated tobacco products or HTPs, heats tobacco without burning it to release a fla-vorful aerosol, not smoke. HTPs elimi-

nates the process of combustion, which has been found to cause the production of thousands of harmful chemicals in smoke.

IQOS device and its consumable tobacco sticks called HEETS were commercialized last year for adults 21 years old and above in the pilot area of Metro Manila. The e-commerce store IQOS.com now also covers delivery in key cities across the Philippines in-cluding Baguio City and La Trinidad; Calumpit, Bulacan; Cabanatuan City, Santa Rosa, Aliaga, Jaen, Penaran-da, Palayan, Zaragoza in Nueva Ecija; and San Fernando City, Bacolor, San-ta Rita, Guagua, Apalit, Mexico, Santo Tomas, Santa Ana, Arayat, Floridablan-ca, Min- alin and Clark Freeport Z o n e in Pampanga.

Yach said that to complete the trans-formation of the in-dustry, a commit-

ment from all parties to prioritize the end of

the tobacco epidem-ic would be needed to

curb the smoking epi-demic.

“Industry must commit to ending the sale of com-

bustible cigarettes and act accordingly through their in-

vestments. Industry must commit to ending youth nico-

tine use in all forms and there are many strategies that could

be done to achieve that,” he said.The WHO and governments

should commit to revising the Framework Convention, which ex-

plicitly builds a risk proportionate reg-

ulatory system that doesn’t require ma-jor changes to the text, he said.

He said this is possible amid the transformation of the tobacco industry, which gave rise to less harmful nicotine options. “Projections suggest that if these tools were more widely available, we would be able to cut the long-term trends of deaths by maybe between 3 and 4 million, if we acted more vigor-ously,” Dr. Yach said.

“All of the above is feasible,” he said. “From a scientific perspective, a lot of the hard work has already been done. What remains, then, is a bigger chal-lenge—which is challenging and chang-ing cultural and political attitudes.”

Dr. Yach noted the evolution of the tobacco industry from one that denied the damage caused by smoking on health in 1954 to its “pharmaceutical-ization” today, supported by research and science.

He said that despite such changes made possible by investment in inno-vation, policy has lost touch with sci-ence. “Industry has created tools that have the potential to create one of the most profound public health shifts in history,” he noted.

“The present technological revolu-tion demands an accompanying ideo-logical revolution. Currently, many in tobacco control are skeptical, even hos-tile towards the contributions of indus-try. The origins of this hostility are not terribly difficult to identify... For gener-ations, the tobacco industry has creat-ed products that have killed millions of people,” Dr. Yach said.

He, however, noted that some to-bacco executives and companies rec-ognized the public’s desire for safer nic-

otine options and began prioritizing re-search on harm reduction.

“A few companies made a bet that in-vestment in harm reduction will pay out in the long run. This was a shrewd busi-ness decision and incidentally, it’s prov-ing to be an excellent contribution to sci-ence and health. Though the transition to safer products remains incomplete, many tobacco companies have diverted resources away from combustibles and towards reduced risk portfolios,” he said.

Dr. Yach said this gave rise to com-panies that are responding to consum-ers demand for nicotine products that are not deadly.

“In many respects, the nicotine in-dustry now functions in a manner, some say like pharmaceutical industry. To be sure they’re self-interested and profit driven. At the same time, they are lead-ers in scientific innovation and essential to actually address massive health cri-sis,” he said.

Dr. Yach said the other public health experts described the phenomenon as the tobacco industry’s actual and per-ceived transition into pharmaceutical-like industry through the manufacture and sale of non-combustible tobacco and nicotine products for smoking cessation or long-term nicotine maintenance.

He said these companies are com-pleting exhaustive studies to meet the scientific standards and rigor set by ma-jor regulatory bodies including the US Food and Drug Administration. “To sat-isfy the FDA’s strict rules of evidence, tobacco and e-cigarette companies have conducted extensive peer review research and have disseminated these findings by a monograph report,” he said.

The Venta Suites: A hideaway in Betis

Expert urges gov’t, industry to use tech to reduce smoking-related deaths

By Joann Manabat

GUAGUA, PAMPANGA— In the heart of the wood-carv-ing village of Betis lies what could only be a masterpiece of its people’s renowned crafts-manship – old kiln-drying cham-bers transformed into a bed-and-breakfast haven, The Venta Suites.

Amid lush tropical foliage and a private fishpond, The Ven-ta Suites brings in nature with all its rustic charm, blended with modern-industrial touches.

“I wanted a name for the place that has reference to its history – a component or a pro-cess of wood kiln-drying as air is controlled through the big fans or in Filipino “bentilador” and vent,” said owner Lieza Bituin.

“Incidentally, I later found out that “venta” is a Spanish word for countryside inn and humor-ously, the that very gives the

positive vibe of “ma-venta,” she quipped.

Coming from a family with a furniture manufacturing com-pany, Bituin also manages South Sea Veneer Corp., a fur-niture-making company based in Mabalacat City. Bituin shared that being a furniture designer and manufacturer gave her the opportunity to travel and work with people in the design indus-try, thus establishing The Venta Suites.

“Back in the early ‘90s, we were forced to relocate our facili-ties to Tarlac and Mabalacat due to the transportation difficulties brought about by the Mt. Pina-tubo eruption. This left the prop-erty unused and only functioned as a storage warehouse,” said Bituin.

With a growing market for lo-cal tourism, Bituin thought it was the perfect time for property to be repurposed towards the hos-

pitality industry.“The pandemic has people

looking for staycation destina-tions plus the opening of new highways that makes transpor-tation a lot more convenient for people from the city to venture outside of it. We are excited to contribute in making Pampanga not only a day trip destination for its local food cuisine, but also as a staycation destination,” Bituin noted.

Reviving an old property that was once inaccessible, The Venta Suites turned its cham-bers into three spacious rooms. Its details and artistic touches are in the hinges.

Chambers 1 and 2 can ac-commodate two guests with well-accentuated interiors from reused antique collections and customized furniture. Chamber 3 features a semi indoor-outdoor private pool area with a glass

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WELCOME TO THE VENTA SUITES.These huge fans pay homage to the histo-ry of the property where it was once used to push the heated air around the cham-bers to dry lumber. Contributed photo

The path to the chambers. Overnight rates range from P6,000 to P12,000 on weekdays and P6,500 to 13,000 on weekends. Breakfast included. Rates are subject to change without prior notice

The details are in the hinges, the local crafts, antique furniture, contemporary pieces, and the rustic vibe for new memories that are worth remembering.