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BY DING CERVANTES

MABALACAT, Pampanga – Thecurse of Mt. Pinatubo’s lahar?

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Lahar quarrying angleeyed in Mab’t ambush

A businessman report-edly engaged in the lucra-tive lahar sand quarrying inthis province and his un-cle were shot dead in theircar at about 12:15 p.m.last Sunday along a busysection of the MacArthurhighway in BarangayMabiga in this town.

Police have theorizedthat the killings could berelated to quarrying oper-ations which had alsobeen named as motive inpast unsolved murders

during the terms of formergovernors Lito Lapid, MarkLapid and Eddie Panlilio.

Pampanga police di-rector Senior Supt. Primi-tivo Retirado identified thevictims as quarry operatorLeonardo Licup of GreenMeadows Subdivisionhere and his uncle DollyLicup of Porac town. Theywere shot dead by two stillunidentified suspects whofled on a motorcycle.

Retirado said that vic-

XEVERA SOLIDARITY. Thousands of homeowners, students, workers, real estate agents,and local officials rally in candle-lit prayer expressing their full confidence in Delfin Lee (inwhite, front row), owner of Globe Asiatique, developer of the Xevera housing projects, in hiscompany's row with officials of the Home Development Mutual Fund. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON

ARAYAT, Pampanga – “We must actnow before it is too late for some 170families living at the foot of Mt. Arayat.”

Thus said Gov. Lilia “Baby” Pinedaas she led an ocular inspection on Sat-urday of the danger zone at BarangaySan Juan Bano, here.

Pineda was surprised to be informedby the Department of Environment andNatural Resources (DENR) regional of-fice that Puroks 6 and 7, San Juan Bano“are in a danger zone and residents areliving in imminent danger” due to possi-

AT WORK. Gov. Pineda is briefed by DENR-CENRO head Santiago on thedanger poised by loose soil at the foot of Mt. Arayat in Barangay SanJuan Bano, Arayat during an ocular inspection last Sept. 11. Looking onare Vice Gov. Guiao, Mayor Espino, former Lubao Mayor Pineda,businessmen Laus and Romero and Col. Catapang. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

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Gov wants 170 familiesout of danger in Arayat

BY JOEY PAVIA

ANGELES CITY – Atleast five alleged “flying”registrants have impli-cated an aspirant forBarangay Balibago vil-lage chief in the report-ed padding of voters’ listfor the October 25 elec-tions.

Residents of Baran-gay Capaya II, here who

5 persons implicatetrader in Balibagovoters’ padding

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Aspirant: Political harassmentare native of Arayat towncame to the office ofBarangay Captain Rode-lio “Tony” Mamac yes-terday and told him thatthey had been asked tovote for businessman Al-lan Bonifacio in the Oc-tober 25 barangay elec-tions.

Victor Miclat, PauloPascual, Alvin Pascual,

NI DINO BALABO

MALOLOS—Tiyaga atpagiging malikhain.

Ito ang dalawang ka-tangiang nagsilbing pu-hunan ng mga Bulak-enyong nagtaguyod sakanilang mga dating liban-gan na ngayon ay umuun- PAGE 6 PLEASE

‘Tiyaga at pagiging malikhain susi sa tagumpay’lad ng negosyo.

Ilan sa kanila ay sinaLourdes Cruz ng Guiguin-to, Rheeza Hernandez atGigi Garcia, at Luz Ocam-po ng Malolos; Rosie De-casa ng Baliuag at Fran-cisco Eligio ng Hagonoy.

Sa unang tingin aymasasabing pangkarani-

wang mamamayaan la-mang silang lahat, ngunitnamumukod-tangi ang ka-nilang kakayahan namasasalamin sa kanilangpagiging matiyaga at pa-giging malikhain.

Sinimulan nila ang ka-nilang sari-sariling nego-syo na nag-ugat lamang

sa kanilang mga dating li-bangan.

Si Cruz ay mahiligmagdisensyo ng ibat-ibang bagay na pangdeko-rasyon sa bahay na nag-mula sa mga bagay nahindi na ginagamit tulad ngtambo, busal, bulaklak at

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TAG-ULAN NA, pero hindi pa rin maiiwasanang kabila’t kanang sakuna tulad ng sunogkaya mas makabubuting doblehin ang pag-iingat para makaiwas sa anumang sakuna lalona sa ating mga bahay.

Isa sa mga layunin ng FIESTA Communi-ties, Inc. ay ang matulungan na mabigyanng kaalaman ang mga homeowners satamang pagresponde sa mga kalamidad. Sapakikipagtulungan ng mga homeowners sa FI-ESTA Communities-Mabalacat ay nagkaroonng Fire Prevention Seminar at Fire Drill noong

ika 28 ng Agosto, 2010.Ang libreng Fire Seminar na dinaluhan ng

mahigit 50 residente ay pinangunahan niSFO4 Conrado Tolentino, Chief of Marshallng Mabalacat Fire Station.

Sa pangkalahatang tema ngayong taon na“Sustaining Fire Prevention through ActiveCommunity Participation” nais ng FIESTACommunities, Inc. na maging aktibo ang mgahomeowners sa pagiging handa sa pagsug-po sa sunog para na rin sa kanilang kalig-tasan.

FIESTA Communitieshomeowners nakiisa sa fire drill

BY ERNIE B. ESCONDE

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Theschools’ Division here under theDepartment of Education held itsyearly division schools pressconference (DSPC) to chooserepresentatives in various jour-nalism categories for the forth-coming Regional Schools PressConference.

Some 381 young journalistsfrom public and private elemen-tary and secondary schools inthe city participated in the two-day affair on Saturday and Sun-day at the Balanga ElementarySchool.

Veteran lecturers discussedfor two hours topics on newswrit-ing, editorial writing, feature writ-ing, sports writing, copyreadingand headline writing, editorialcartooning and photojournalismboth in English and Filipino.

Contest proper that lasted foran hour followed. The top threedivision winners in each of thecategories shall compete in theRegional Schools Press Confer-ence (RSPC).

Lectures on radio scriptwrit-

ing and broadcasting were alsoheld. One best anchor, one besttechnical man, two best infomer-cial producers, two best writersand one best reporter were se-lected and likewise to competein the RSPC.

Dr. Felicisima Oria, divisionEnglish supervisor and Dr. Cora-zon Lopez, division Filipino su-pervisor, spearheaded the annu-al event. They said the divisionhas so far got good marks in boththe regional and national con-tests, especially in feature andnews writing.

“This is to promote aware-ness and understanding of themillennium development goalsthrough varied journalistic ap-proaches and responsible jour-nalism and enhance journalisticcompetencies through friendlyindividual and group competi-tions,” Asst. Schools DivisionSupt. Jessie Ferrer said.

Prominent private schoolslike Montessori, Tomas del Ro-sario College and St. JosephAcademy joined public elemen-tary and secondary schools inthe division press conference.

Campus journalistsjoin schools presscon

THINKGREEN

BY DING CERVANTES

CLARK FREEPORT – The be-leaguered president and chiefexecutive officer of the Clark In-ternational Airport Corp. (CIAC)decried yesterday persistent re-ports he is one of the highestpaid executives of government-owned and controlled corpora-tions (GOCC’s) by citing an of-ficial list of the Commission onAudit (COA) showing him on the90th slot in a ranked list of 281names.

“It’s an official COA list onsalaries and allowances re-ceived by GOCC officials,” CIACpresident and CEO Victor JoseLuciano said in a press confer-ence here, amid recent reportsciting him as having receivedeven higher salaries and perksthan those already named asthe highest paid governmentcorporation executives in 2009.

CIAC runs the 2,500-hect-are aviation complex, includingthe Diosdado Macapagal Inter-national Airport (DMIA) here.

Luciano distributed to localmedia copies of the COA reportwhich named Subic Bay Met-ropolitan Authority administra-tor Armand Arreza as the high-est paid with P26.9 million sal-ary and allowances, followed byClark Development Corp. (CDC)president and chief executiveofficer Benigno Ricafort comingsecond with P14.5 million.

Earlier, however, both Arre-za and Ricafort had clarifiedtheir basic pay was much lessthan what was stated in theCOA listing. Ricafort said histake home pay amounted toonly about P113,000 a month.

At the bottom of the COA listat number 281 was Oliveros Flo-ro of the Development Bank ofthe Philippines (DBP) who gotP1.7 million.

Luciano said that in hiscase, his being on the 90th slotin the COA list also included hisallowances and other alloca-tions for a total of P3.2 millionlast year.

He also distributed to me-dia a full accounting of the P3.2million which showed that theamount included his net “takehome pay” of only P1.6 millionfor the entire 2009.

“The total also includesP438,000 per diems, medicalbenefit worth P79,346, clothingand uniform worth P8,500, bo-nus and incentives worthP387,852, and cost of living andother allowances worthP33,000.

Luciano cited some “sectorswho want to put me in a badlight before the (Aquino) admin-istration because of reports Iwould be retained (as CIAChead).”

He, however, declined tocomment on his retention, say-ing he had put his fate entirelyin the hands of the President.

The other CIAC executive inthe COA list was executive vicepresident Alexander Cauguiranwith salaries and allowancesworth P2.4 million and CIACvice president Romeo Dyoco Jr.with P2.1 million.

The COA list bared therewere more officials from the So-cial Security System, LandBank of the Philippines, Bang-ko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Philip-pine Deposit and InsuranceCorp. and, Manila Waterworksand Sewerage System, whoearned more from salaries and

Luciano 90thamong highestpaid GOCC execs

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SWEET EXECS. Vice Mayor Vicky Vega Cabigting and Councilor Maricel Morales pose with Hotel Vida executives (L-R) Neki Liwanag, Karen Meneses, Shirley Medina and Cecille Flores-Sanchez during the presentation of the MutyaNing Angeles contestants at Casino Widus and Hotel Vida at Clark on Saturday. PHOTO BY RIC GONZALES

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Zona LibreBong Z. Lacson

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AN ALLEGATION – one of the many – being slapped on GlobeAsiatique by certain quarters is that the names of some Pag-Ibigmembers are being used to take out housing loans by otherindividuals.

More than Globe Asiatique, it should be Pag-Ibig that should bemade accountable for this scam, having existed long before GlobeAsiatique came into being. I should know. I was scammed. Theirony of it was that I pnly learned about it when I applied for ahousing unit with Globe Asiatique. Here’s a piece about it publishedhere sometime in early 2008.

Pag-ibig fraud“SIR, WE found out you had a housing loan with Pag-ibig.”

Dumbstruck was I by that info given me over the phone by thebeautiful Karen of Xevera, the community where I and the wife planto move in.

How can that be, I asked, I am not even a Pag-ibig member.Sensing something amiss here, I asked Karen to provide the

wife with all the papers about this “loan.” The wife being minister forhome affairs.

With but a photocopied incompleteconfirmation form, the wife rushed to the Pag-ibigoffice the very next day to inquire.

Yes indeed, there was a Caesar Z. Lacson ofthe Office of Media Affairs (OMA) that contracteda housing loan with Pag-ibig in 1984. As far as Iknow, I was the only Caesar Z. Lacson that everworked with the OMA from its early incarnationas the Department of Public Information to itslatest as the Philippine Information Agency. Yes,the birthday matched mine. Yes, I contributed toPag-ibig from 1984 to December 1986.

But I never applied for a loan with Pag-ibig. In1984, the wife and I were just four years into ourGSIS housing loan for our St. Jude Village abode.So, with the policy then banning simultaneoushousing loans, it was impossible for me to getanother housing loan.

The catch in the fraud was that the Pag-ibigloan attributed to me was for some housing inLucena City!

Why in heaven’s name should I build a housein Lucena City when I am based here inPampanga? I have gone through the wholebreadth of the Philippines from Patapat Road upnorth to Tawi-Tawi down south but I have never –in all my over half-a-century life – set foot inLucena City.

So, that loan was fully paid. So what?

There is a clear case of identity theft there. Idemand a full investigation from Pag-ibig.

That somebody could use my person and mycredit for his use is patently criminal. And thiscould be done only with the connivance of Pag-ibig insiders, they having all the personal dataabout their members.

Imagine how many more cases like mineobtain there.

Cone to think of it, here is one more argumentagainst the national ID system. The unscrupulouscan exploit the stored personal data to theiradvantage, whether economic, political or whathave you.

Now, my Xevera application is jeopardized forsomething I absolutely have not the slightestknowledge of. Somebody’s got to pay for this.

Or forever will I hate Pag-ibig.No, I won’t settle for a certification that Caesar

Z. Lacson, then of the Office of Media Affairs, hasfully paid his housing loan with Pag-ibig. If only tomeet the requirements of Xevera.

I did not make that loan. I will not acceptanything less than the truth. That Caesar Z.Lacson never made any loan with Pag-ibig.

And I want that certification soonest.

YES, and to this day, I have not received anycertification to that effect from Pag-ibig. Shame.

No can do“THE KAYA Natin! Movement for Good Governanceand Ethical Leadership has decided to start aFacebook campaign that aims to invite well-meaning Filipinos to support our co-founder, DILGSec. Jesse Robredo and to ask President Benigno“Noynoy” Aquino III to strongly recommend hisconfirmation at the Commission on Appointments(CA). Sec. Robredo is a multi-awarded publicservant and is a recipient of the prestigious RamonMagsaysay Award for Government Service, widelyacknowledged as the Asian equivalent of the NobelPrize.

“Let us not allow vested interests to drag downa good, effective and ethical leader in DILG Sec.Jesse Robredo. He needs our support now! Werecently released a statement of support for Sec.Robredo which can also be found at our website,http://www.kayanatin.com.”

The web is being burned with this messagesigned by one Harvey S. Keh, purportedly the leadconvenor of Kaya Natin!

Robredo’s designation as only as acting DILGsecretary by President Aquino says a lot aboutthe trust and confidence – the lack of both is morelike it – in the former by the latter.

Rodredo is in effect only a half-secretary of theDILG, precisely handling only the local governmentside, with Aquino shooting buddy, Rico Punoauthorized to take charge of the interior side, thePhilippine National Police.

Robredo’s “out of the loop” hand-washing – thathe had no direct access to the police and thereforeshould not be held responsible for the hostage crisis– is an admission of the diminution of his turf atthe DILG.

If only for that, Robredo should have thedelicadeza to resign his post, instead of gettinghis chorus line to prop him up before thecommission on appointments.

And speaking of Keh and his Kaya Natin!, aren’tthese the same characters who tried to stem thetide of the recall movement, who promised to deliverhundreds of thousands of votes for beleagueredEddie T. Panlilio in the last elections? Witness whathappened to Panlilio.

Interloping interventionist, and bumbling at it.That is all there is to this Kaya Natin!

Indeed, the (mis)deeds of Keh’s group make abig lie to their very name: they simply cannot.

Hard to GetJoey Aguilar

STILL ON Basic Legal Competency Training for journalists. Ihope it would serve as an aid memoire to those who attendedthe seminar.

Prof. Theodore O. Te’s lecture, specifically The Courts andMedia, focused on how journalists should cover the judiciary.It also talked about contempt of court and subjudice.

Te says when covering the courts, most journalists oftenask themselves:

1. Am I allowed to write that?2. Am I allowed to write about that?3. Am I allowed to write (about) that in that way?4. Am I allowed to know (about) that?5. Are they allowed to know how/why I know? And6. Who decides all these?

He suggested some basic tips to journalists in covering

the courts.To get away with subjudice and contempt, Te says journalists

should only report what had happened during a court hearing,without an attempt to influence the outcome of a case.

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“The role of the press in relation to thejudiciary needs to be regulated,” Te continuedin his lecture. “Judges have the duty to defendand uphold the integrity and independence ofthe judiciary. They should sanction those whoobstruct or impede the judicial processes.”

The judge is considered the king inside thecourt and will do anything to protect itsintegrity. He has the authority to disallowjournalists from taking photos and gettingfootages during court hearings. Otherwise, thejudge could charge them with contempt.

Te also cited a Supreme Court en banc

(pronounced as “on bonk”) decision on theMacasaet case where the Court declaresrespondent Amado P. Macasaet, publisher ofMalaya newspaper, guilty of indirect contemptof court. He was asked to pay a P20,000 fine.

It stemmed from the articles of Macasaetthat came out in four issues of Malaya onSeptember 18, 19, 20 and 21, 2007 containingstatements and innuendoes about an allegedbribery incident in the SC. These include: 1.)Bribery in the Court; 2.) The Bribe Giver; 3.)Cecilia, please save the court; and 4.) Wrongdate, same facts.

The bases used by the SC in charging

Macasaet with contempt talked about ethics,media freedom and responsibility.

It says: “Freedom, however, has notguaranteed quality journalism. The press hasbeen vulnerable to a host of legitimatecr i t ic isms such as incompetence,commercialism, and even corruption…”

“Oftentimes, journalists writing about thejud ic iary and cour t cases lack bas icknowledge of the law and judicial procedures,on the basis of which they draw faultyconclusions which they pass on to theirreaders as gospel truths.”

“Trial by publicity also influences theindependence of judges as the public is fedwith partial information and vocal opinions, andjudges are pressured to decide in accordancewith the public opinion. Faith in the judiciaryis undermined when judges rule against theexpectations of the public which has beenbrainwashed by dramatic reports and graphiccomments.”

“In some cases, unchecked rumors orallegations of irregularities are immediatelypubl ished because journal is ts lackprofessional competence to ver i fy theinformation, or are simply eager to break thenews and attract a wider readership.”

Napag-uusapanlangNi Felix M. Garcia

‘Salangi Tamu’ITO ANG ‘slogan’ na kalulunsad langSa Angeles City, na pinasinayanNitong a-siyete ng buwang salukuyan,Sa pangunguna ni Mayor Pamintuan

Kasama si Vice Mayor Vicky CabigtingAt ibang opisyal na nagsidalo rin;Kung saan ang ilang kabaro po natinSa pamamahayag ay naroroon din

Upang makiisan sa butihing MayorAt sa iba pang kasamahan sa City Hall,Sa pagdiriwang ng naturang okasyon,Na ginanap sa isang sumisikat na Mall.

Na ‘walking distance’ lang mula sa gusaliNg city hall mismo, kaya mas madaliAng pagpunta, at ang salitang ‘Salangi’Ay akma at tunay na katangi-tangi.

Na ang ibig tukuyin nitong nasabingSlogan ay dili’t iba’y panandalingDumaan muna o tapunan ng tinginAng lahat ng puedeng makita sa amin;

Gaya ng kung ano ang hitsura ngayonNg Angeles, matapos ang ilang taon;Na ito’y tuluyang muling makabangonSa pinsalang dulot ng pagputok noon

Ng Mt. Pinatubo, na kung saan halosNabaon sa lahar ang nasabing lungsodAt kung saan sanhi nito’y nabulabogPati negosyante sa matinding takot.

At naging mitsa ng biglang pagdausdosNg ekonomya na dati’y nasa rurok;Na talaga naman ding matatag lubosKumpara sa iba pang karatig pook.

Sinundan pa nitong paglisan sa ClarkfieldNg kampo ng Kano, matapos ang ‘tragic’Na pagragasa at pag-ulan ng putikNg nasabing bulkan kaya nagsi-alis.

At iba pang saan-saan nakaratingKung kaya’t natural lang na tatamlay dinAng lahat pati na ang dapat kitainNg lungsod mula sa ‘business sectors’ natin.

Gayon man, matapos ang nga ang ilang taonAy medyo bawi na sana ang City Hall,Kaya lang, aywan kung totoong si BlueboyAy bulagsak yata o sobrang gastador?

Kaya suma total, utang ang dinatnanNi Edpam, nang siya na ang manungkulanBilang alkalde ng lungsod na naturanMatapos ang ilang buwang nakaraan.

At ngayon, heto nga’t kanyang inilunsadAng ‘Salagi Tamu,’ na sumasagisagNg paanyaya’t malugod na pagtanggapSa balana upang pasyalan ang siyudad.

At nang makita ang mga pagbabagoNa naririyan na’t makikita rito;Na lubhang kakaiba sa dating estiloAt hitsura pati ng pangungubyerno.

Kaya, hayan ngayon muling bumabangonAng ‘city of angels,’ bunsod na rin nitongKagalingan nitong salukuyang MayorSa pamamahala’t agarang pag-aksyon;

Sa anumang dapat mabigyan ng sapatNa atensyon para sa nasabing Siyudad,Gaya ng ngayo’y nakikita ng lahatKay Oca, sa pagsi-silbi ng matapat.

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Henrylito D. Tacio

ONE OF the most powerfulscenes in the award-winning mov-ie Lawrence of Arabia depicts theten-day death march thatLawrence’s army made throughthe desert. As the army staggeredalong, nearly dead from dehydra-tion, they suddenly spied an oa-sis and eagerly fell into the wa-ter.

When Lawrence took a headcount, he noticed that one of thecamel boys was missing. Theboy’s camel was found near theback of the camp – without theboy. Lawrence immediately toldseveral of his men, “We must goback and find him.”

But his men refused to ven-ture back into the merciless fur-nace of sand. “Master,” theypleaded, “It is Allah’s will that theboy did not return with us. His fatewas written by God. We must notinterfere.”

Lawrence angrily remounted acamel and headed back into thedunes. The men stood there,shaking their heads. “Now, we’velost him, too,” they chorused, asthey returned to their rest.

Two days later, a shimmeringimage emerged from the heatwave. “It’s Lawrence! He hasfound the boy!” the soldiers shout-ed as they ran forward to assisthim. Lawrence leaned over and

handed them the unconsciousboy. He looked at their faces andsaid in a hoarse whisper: “Re-member this: Nothing ‘is written’unless you write it.”

Oftentimes, we dismiss ev-erything that it is already our fatenot to get what we want in life.Some people believe that be-cause their parents are poor,they, too, would be like them.Others surmise that it is theirdestiny not to succeed in mostof the endeavors they are doing.

To these people, despair is apart of their living. “We despairwhen our hopes are dashed; wedespair where was persists; wedespair when illness lingers,”comments C. Neil Strait. Butshould they go on living in mis-ery? Have they not known that an-swers have been found in mo-ments of despair? That ideas havesparked because of despair? Thathope has been etched anew as aresult of despair?

“Despair comes uninvited, butonly remains where it is enter-tained. If it is nurtured throughdepressive thoughts and fed withpessimistic thoughts, it remains,”Strait points out. “But when thesoul takes f l ight to greaterthoughts, despair flees. Hope,faith, and a positive will starve de-spair.”

In whatever you do, don’t take“No” for an answer. Never say die.No retreat, no surrender. An un-known poet says it well: “Whenthings go wrong as they some-times will. When the road you’retrudging seems all uphill. Whenthe funds are low and the debtsare high, and you want to smile,but you have to sigh.

“When care is pressing youdown a bit; rest, if you must, butdon’t you quit. Life is queer withtwists and turns, as everyone ofus sometimes learns. And manya failure turns about when hemight have won had he stuck itout. Don’t give up though the paceseems slow – you may succeedwith another blow!

“Success is failure turned in-side out – the silver tint of theclouds of doubt. And you nevercan tell just how close you are.It may be near when it seems sofar. So stick to the fight whenyou’re hardest hit – it’s whenthings seem worst that you mostnot quit.”

Don’t let those failures troubleyou. They are part of growing upand to give you lessons on whatnot to do the next time. RalphWaldo Emerson advises, “Don’twaste life in doubts and fears;spend yourself on the work beforeyou, well assured that the right

performance of this hour’s dutieswill be the best preparation for thehours or ages that follow it.”

Edwin Markham has the sameidea: “For all your days prepare,and meet them ever alike: Whenyou are the anvil, bear; when youare the hammer, strike.”

“If you want to get somewhereyou have to know where you wantto go and how to get there. Thennever, never, never give up,” Amer-ican inspirational speaker NormanVincent Peale urged.

Don’t picture yourself a failureif in the beginning you don’t gotoo far. Basketball superstarMichael Jordan was cut from hishigh school basketball team.

Sometimes, life is a series offailure before success arrives. Ri-chard Bach completed only oneyear of college, then trained tobecome an Air Force jet-fighter pi-lot. Twenty months after earninghis wings, he resigned. Then hebecame an editor of an aviationmagazine that went bankrupt. Lifebecame one failure after another.Even when he wrote Jonathan Liv-ingston Seagull, he couldn’t thinkof an ending. The manuscript laydormant for eight years before hedecided to finish it – only to have18 publishers reject it. However,once it was published, the bookwent to sell 7 million copies in

numerous languages and makeBach an internationally knownand respected author.

Rejections are nothing newto successful authors. In 1902,the poetry editor of the AtlanticMonthly returned the poems ofa 28-year-old poet with the fol-lowing note: “Our magazine hasno room for your vigorous verse.”The poet was Robert Frost.

Three years earlier, RudyardKipling received the following re-jection letter from the San Fran-cisco Examiner: “I’m sorry, Mr.Kipling, but you just don’t knowhow to use the English lan-guage.”

“Failure doesn’t mean youare a failure,” commented Rob-ert Schuller, “it just means youhaven’t succeeded yet.” AndKenneth Boudling reminded,“Nothing fails like success be-cause we don’t learn from it. Welearn only from failure.”

If Lawrence did not do any-thing, he won’t be able to bringback the boy. And yet, he didwhat his men didn’t want to do– go dispel ‘it is written.’ Youwon’t go far if you think youwon’t go far.

Picture yourself being suc-cessful. But don’t just sit there;do something on how to reachyour goal. Do it – now!

Success or failure: Is it written?

For comments, write me at henrytacio@gmail.com

Don’t let thosefailures troubleyou. They arepart of growingup and to giveyou lessons onwhat not to do thenext time.

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TheGossip-millerby Cesar Pambid

NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that the heirs of LAUREANO C. CARIÑO and

AURILLA a.k.a. “CLAUDIA” B. CARIÑO who died intestate on October25, 1997 in Stanford Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Santa Clara,Stanford, U.S.A.; and December 31, 2008 in 2914 Vanport Drive, SanJose, California, U.S.A., respectively, executed an Extrajudicial Settlementof their estate more particularly described as a parcel of land (Lot 11-B of thesubdivision plan Psd-03-013942, being a portion of Lot 11 Block 4 Psd-55969, L.R.C. Rec. No.), situated in the Barrio of Malabanias, City ofAngeles, Province of Pampanga and covered by TCT No. 77321.

Punto! Central Luzon: September 6, 13 & 20, 2010

GRABE NAMAN ang tsismaks na di umano’y isinugod sa ospital sina Shaina at John Lloyd na kapuwa nakatalukbong ng kumot parahindi makilala. Sa una pa lang, marami ng butas ng tsismis na silang dalawa nga ito.

Pero talagang pinagpipistahan sa mga blind items at mga kapehan ang tungkol dito.Na nagsiping nga raw ang dalawa pero nang tapos na’ng sex, di matanggal ni lalaki ang ari sa ari ni babae.Di umano, nagka-vaginismus si babae kaya nga di matanggal ang ari nito.Ang vaginismus po ay isang konsidyon na nagkakaroon ng muscle

tightening ang babae kaya di matanggal ang ari na nalala-lock silangdalawa.

Sa kaso nga ng tsismis na sinasabing sina Shaina at John Lloydito, tumakbo raw sila sa opsital para ipatanggal ang pagkakadikitnila.

Una, mga celebrity sila, kung tuee ito, bakit kailangan nilangpumunta pa sa ospital, bakit di na lang sila nagpatawag ng duktorpara walang iskandalo. Pangalawa, kung nakatalukbong ng kumotbakit sila nakilala.

Ang showbiz nga naman, para lang may mapag-usapan, nag-iimbento ng mga katsismisan.

Anyway, tinatawanan lang tiyak nina Shaina at John Lloydang kontrobersyang ito. At sa rami ng kanilang ginagawa, walana silang panahong mar-react sa ganito. At isa pa, tiyak na

Shaina Magdayao suffers from ‘vaginismus’at nabiktima si John Lloyd Cruz?

di naman sila magre-react kung itanong man sa kanila ito. Isa pa, may mangangahas bangmagtanong nito sa kanila?

Ang isa pang kontrobersya sa dalawa na posibleng totoo ay yung pag-i-sleep over nila sa isa’tisa. Madalas daw, natutulog si John Lloyd sa bahay nina Shaina at si babae ay ganun din.

Ayon sa isang nag-opinyon, puwede naman daw yun talaga, lalo na nga kung malapit langang mga bahay nila sa kanilang shooting o taping.

Posible, di po ba?Madalas din daw mag-sleep over sa isa’t isa sina Robin Padilla at Mariel Rodriguez. But this

doesn’t mean na may nangyayari na sa kanila. Hindi naman daw masamng makitulog sa ibangbahay.

Oo nga naman!Bay the way, no less than Boy Abunda ang nagbigay ng komento ng tsismis tungkol kina

Shain at John Lloyd sa kanyang SNN program.‘’Kasi po may umiikot na malisyoso at bastos na balita na may kinalaman kina Shaina

Magdayao at John Lloyd Cruz. The first time I heard about this tsismis, the hospital involvedwas in Quezon City. But now, nalipat na sa isang ospital sa Makati. Ito ay may kinalamansa diumano’y pagdala kay Shaina Magdayao sa isang ospital. Ito po ay walang katotohanan.This is unfair especially to a girl like Shaina. Hindi po ito totoo, ‘wag po kayong maniwala.We have to stop this.’’

So there!

Tuloy pa rin ang tambalangSarah G at John Lloydie!

IT’S NOT yet the end of the line sa tambalang Sarah Geronimo at John Lloyd Cruz.Hindi raw totoo na ayaw na ni Sarah na makatambal si John Lloyd Cruz, kaya walangpag-asang magkasama sa isang pelikula’ng dalawang ito.

To think nga naman na talaga namang sinuportahan ng publiko yung nauna nilangpagsasama.

Kung dati nga ay hindi masabi ni Sarah Geronimo kung kelan sila makakagawa ulit ngmovie ni John Lloyd Cruz, nang makausap namin siya last Saturday sa launching ng bago niyangendorsement na Superstar on-line videoke game ay iba na ang kanyang dialogue.

“Baka po next year,” she said nang tanungin kung kelan ba talaga sila gagawa ulit ng movie ni Loydie.Nilinaw niyang wala naman daw siyang sinasabing hindi na sila magkakatrabaho ulit.“Ang sabi ko lang po noon, sana huwag muna. Pero kung maayos po ang schedule, baka po next

year.”Hindi raw si Loydie ang tinatanggihan niya kungdi ’yung schedule lang daw talaga.Natanong din kay Sarah ang tungkol sa napabalitang paglipat niya sa TV5 na as we all know ay

hindi totoo dahil few days ago ay pumirma na nga ulit siya ng another one year contract sa Kapamilyanetwork.

Napabalitang lilipat si Sarah dahil sa negosasyong nangyari sa pagitan ng manager niyang si Vicdel Rosario at TV5 na isasaere ang lahat ng concerts ni Sarah sa nasabing Kapatid network.

Pero sa nasabing negosasyon ay hindi siyempre kasama mismo si Sarah lalo pa nga at thispoint in time na may Idol teleserye ang Pop Princess sa ABS-CBN.

Ayon kay Sarah, nagulat na nga lang daw siya sa nangyaring negosasyon.“I guess, ano po, eh, ang negotiation naman po ay between Boss Vic naman and TV5, so ’yun

lang naman po siguro ’yun,” aniya.Hindi rin alam ni Sarah kung gaano katagal tatakbo sa TV5 ang pagsasaere ng kanyang concerts

dahil hindi pa rin daw niya nakakausap ang kanyang manager.“Sa presscon ko na lang po nalaman na “uy lilipat ka na raw”, sabi ko, “hindi po”. So, ’yun pala

ang dahilan kung bakit sila nagtatanong.”Samantala, sa nasabing launching ay tinanong ni Sarah ang kanyang mga fans kung sino ang

Team Vince (Sam Milby) at Team Lando (Coco Martin) na mga leading men niya sa Idol.Ang lakas ng sigawan sa Team Lando which means mas gusto ng fans ang Sarah-Coco loveteam.“Bigyan n’yo naman ng chance si Vince,” nata-tawang say ni Sarah sa kanyang mga fans.Overwhelmed din ang Pop Princess sa magandang pagtanggap ng mga tao sa Idol at sa kanyang

mga leading men lalo na nga si Coco. Ibinalita rin niya sa press na magkakaroon ng malaking concert forIdol na siyang magiging finale ng serye. Gagawa rin daw sila ng Christmas album.

Si Cass Ponti rin???Ara Mina, nagpakangkang sa bading?

HINDI KAYA dapat ding pangaralan itong si Uma Khouney na sa kagustuhang maging kontrobersyal at mapag-usapan, kinailangan pa niyang magtahi-tahi ng mga salita at aminin sa publiko ang tungkol sa mga sexualactivities niya.

Itong si Keanna Reeves, talaga raw pinangaralan ni Boy Abunda dahil sa kung sino- sinong mga bagets angtinukoy na di umano ay naka-sex niya. Talaga raw binutata ni Kuya Boy ang dating alaga for divulging yung sexexperiences niya sa limang bagets.

Heto nga ngayon si Uma, who pinch hit for IC Mendoza sa isang episode ng Juicy at sinabing naka-sex naniya sina Cass Pointi at Ara Mina.

Wow naman, mabigat po yung statement!Nauna rito, Uma, in an episode of Paparazzi divulged na isa siyang bading na nakatikim na rin siya ng

lalaki. Unfortunately, hindi tumatak yung statement niya kaya hanggang ngayon, obscure pa rin siya.Was Uma hoping na sisikat siya at pag-uusapan dahil sinabi niyang kapuwa niya natikam sina Ara Mina at

Cass Ponti?O well!Anyway, I remember na noong unang sumalang sa Pinoy Big Brother si Uma Khouney, na-link na rin ang

pangalan niya kay Ara. That tiem though, Ara denied him, saying na kila laman siya si Uma, walang love factor ito.“Dati naming siyang talent a aking agency,”sabi pa oon ni Ara Mina.

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tims were shot in their car,driven by Leonardo, asthey negotiated a turn to-wards the highway fromthe gate of Golden Landsubdivision in the area.

Leonardo and his unclehad inspected the con-struction of the buildingthe latter owned in the sub-division.

Witnesses said thatone of the suspectsemerged from a waitingshed at the highway inter-section and immediatelyfired his .45 calibre pistolat the victim’s car. The ve-

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Lahar quarrying angle eyed in Mab’t ambushhicle crashed against anearby tree.

Probers said the carhad two bullet holes in thewindow near the driver’sseat, another at the rearwindow and several morein the left window. Sixspent shells from .45 cali-bre bullets were later foundby the police.

The gunman fire moreshots into the air apparent-ly to warn bystanders, ashe walked towards a mo-torcycle without platewhere his accomplice waswaiting. They fled towardsthe Dau commercial cen-ter.

Police cited witnessesas describing the gunmanas short-haired, fair-com-plexioned, lean of built,about 5’10" tall and 20 to30 years old, while hisaccomplice was said to bechubby, dark-complex-ioned, 5’5" tall and 20-25years old.

A police source whoasked not to be namedpending further investiga-tion of the case said thekilling could be related toLeonardo’s quarry opera-tions which yields the pro-vincial government from P9million to P23 millionmonthly since the term of

former Gov. Eddie Panlilio.Several persons have

already been killed, mostof the cases unsolved,with probers theorizingconflicts in quarry activi-ties as motive. The victimsincluded Roland Malit whowas shot dead in Florida-blanca town in December,2008 after he discoveredirregularities in the localquarry industry.

Eddie Ayen, chair ofthe Sulong FloridablacaMovement, described thekilling as “99 percent sure-ly related to quarrying.”

Former Pampanga gov-ernor Sen. Lito Lapid and

his son Mark Lapid, whoalso became governor lat-er, are facing graft charg-es over quarrying contro-versies during their termwherein income from quar-rying operations reported-ly averaged merely P9 mil-lion per year.

There had been reportsof recycling receipts is-sued to quarry truckers aswell as outright use of fakereceipts that deprived theprovincial government oftaxes. Some P300 is col-lected from each truckhauling sand from thisprovince. Thousands oftrucks haul sand daily.

Gov. Lilia Pinedaadopted Panlilio’s strate-gies to combat corruptionand anomalies in quarry-ing operations even as sheeven vowed to raise evenmore revenues for the pro-vincial government fromlahar sand.

During her first month inoffice last July, Pineda not-ed quarry income at P23.5 million. Records indicat-ed that quarry operationsyielded P16,545,000 lastJanuary, P16,845,000 inFebruary, P18,870,000 inMarch, P16,560,000 inApril, and 9,255,000 inMay.

Gerardine Pascual andRodelio Garcia said theyhave been recruited by acertain Harold Aquino toregister last August 11 atthe Commission on

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5 persons implicate trader in Balibago voters’ paddingElections (Comelec) of-fice at the city hall.

“We were given P200pesos each after signingdocuments we didn’tprepare,” Gerardine saidin the dialect.

Mamac, for his part,

said “If I were Bonicfa-cio, I would not run any-more for barangay cap-tain after being implicat-ed in the scam.”

Bonfacio, father ofCouncilor Alfie Bonifa-cio, denied the allega-

tions of the five allegedflying registrants. Hesaid “that’s Mamac fig-ment of imagination.”

“My conscience isclear. This is pure politi-cal harassment,” Bonifa-cio said.

He disclosed that heand Mamac met at theComelec office when thelatter was filing an oppo-sition against 73 allegedflying registrants.

Bonifacio said hewas there to vouch for

the “integrity of his work-ers who registered in Bal-ibago.”

“Some of them wereborn and raised in Bali-bago. Others have beenworking with me for sixyears,” Bonifacio said.

balat ng mais, dahon nganahaw, at dahon ngniyog.

Kaya’t ng siya ay mag-bitiw sa pinaglilikurangkumpanya sa Laguna,may 10 taon na ang na-kakaraan, itinayo niya angKC Home Décor sa bay-an ng Guiguinto.

Siyempre, ang kan-yang mga produkto aykaraniwang likha ng kan-yang malikhaing mga ka-may na nilakipan ngpagtitiyaga.

Sa kasalukuyan, si

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‘Tiyaga at pagiging malikhain susi sa tagumpay’Cruz ay nakapagbebentana ng kanyang mgaprodukto sa Vietnam.

“Tiyaga lang at creativ-ity ang puhunan ko,”aniya.

Halos nakakahalintu-lad ng mga produkto niCruz ang mga produktonina Hernandez at Garciang Malolos Puni Art Groupna nagsusulong ng siningng paghahabi ng mga pi-natuyo at kinulayang da-hon ng niyog.

Ang puni ay isangmatandang sining ng pag-lulupi, pagtitirintas at pa-ghahabi ng dahon ng

niyog upang makalikha ngmga laruang tulad ng ibon,isda, at maging mga tipa-klong.

Ayon kay Hernandez,ang sining ng puni angnasa likod ng malikhaingpagdidisensyo ng pagga-wa ng palaspas na karani-wang ginagamit ng mgaPilipino sa pagsisimula ngSemana Santa.

Hindi rin nakalalayo sanegosyo nina Cruz at ngPuni Art Group ng Malo-los ang negosyo ng De-casa ng Baliuag kungsaan sumilang at sumikatang sombrerong buntal

mahigit 100 taon na angnakakaraan.

Ang sombrerong bun-tal ay ang produkto ngmatiyagang paghahabi ngmga hibla ng buri palm.

Para sa matatandangmaghahabi ng sombre-rong buntal sa Baliuag, li-bangan lamang nila angpaggawi nito noong sila aybata pa.

Inayunan naman ito niDecasa, ang may-ari ngBaliuag Buntal Enterpris-es na nagbebenta ng som-brerong buntal sa ibayongdagat.

Para naman sa 88-ta-

ong gulang na si LuzOcampo ng Malolos, hin-di maaaring paghiwalayinang tiyaga sa pagigingmalikhain.

Si Ocampo ang itinu-turing na buhay na alamatng paggupit ng papel deHapon na ginagamit napambalot pastillas muklasa bayan ng San Miguel.

Sa isang panayam,sinabi niya na una siyangnatutong gumawa ng pas-tillas wrapper sa edad na11-taong gulang, at hang-gang ngayon ay gumu-gupit pa rin siya.

“Marami na ‘kong natu-ruan pero walang tiyagaang mga bata ngayon,gusto ay magaan at mad-aliang trabaho,” ani Ocam-po.

Sa panig naman ng 85-

taong gulang na si Eligiona mas kilala bilang “KaKiko” sa bayan ngHagonoy, nakagisnan naniya ang pagkakayas ngkawayan na ginagawangsingkaban o arko kungpiyesta.

Ngunit ang pagigingmalikot ng kanyang isipanang naghatid ng kanyangnatatanging kontribusyonsa nakagisnang sining.

Mula sa mga arko,nagpatuloy sa pagkayassi Ka Kiko hanggang samakalikha ng iba pangprodukto tulad ng parol,lampshade, payong atmga pandekorasyon sabahay.

“Kailangang malikotang iyong isip at matiya-ga para magtagumpay,”ani Ka Kiko.

ble landslides.The governor led the

planting of some 10,000mahogany trees to preventmassive erosion and“strengthen” the foot of Mt.Arayat but was shockedto learn from CommunityEnvironment and NaturalResources head RommelSantiago that “relocation is

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Gov wants 170 families out of danger...a must for the affected res-idents.”

But Santiago stressedthat the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) ofthe DENR “are the oneswho must explain whythere is a possible danger”in the area.

Businessman LevyLaus, chairman of thePampanga Chamber ofCommerce and Industry

Inc. (PamCham), de-scribed the situation inSan Juan, Bano “as acci-dent waiting to happen.”He agreed with Pinedathat “relocation should bea priority.”

PamCham PresidentRene Romero, who joinedLaus and Pineda in theinspection, said “they aremore than willing to workwith the governor.” He add-

ed that “environment isalso a priority of Pam-Cham.”

Mayor Chito Espinosaid they had shown toPineda an area in SanJuan Bano for the plannedrelocation site for the 170affected families. He add-ed that “it’s far enoughfrom the danger zone.”

–Joey Pavia

allowances than Lucianoin 2009. At the SSSalone, there were 13 offi-cials who got more payand allowances than Lu-

Luciano 90th among highest paid GOCC execsFROM PAGE 3 ciano.

“When I assumed postas CIAC head in 2002,my statement of assetsand liabilities indicated byassets to be worth P80million. That has remained

more or less then sameup to now,” said Lucianowho had worked for inter-national airlines before hewas recruited initially intothe Clark DevelopmentCorp. (CDC), a sister

agency of the CIAC.Another report pre-

pared by the CIAC alsoindicated that while CIACallocated P5 million for for-eign travel last year, onlyP2.8 million was spent.

Luciano foreign trips costP728,022 and Cauguiran,P673,162, while the restwere spent by other CIACofficials, all on officialbusiness.

“The travels produced

concrete results, such asmore flights at the DMIAand a commitment fromSingapore Airlines to es-tablish a second hangarat the airport,” Lucianosaid.

THE PHILIPPINES’ largest national flagcarrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) gives passen-gers more opportunities to visit SouthKorea and Japan in a seat sale as low asP2,899 from September 10-12, 2010 oruntil seats last.

For travel this November 1, 2010 toJanuary 31, 2011, CEB passengers canavail of P2,899 ‘Go Lite’ seats for Manila-Seoul (Incheon), Cebu-Seoul (Incheon)and Cebu-Busan flights. The airline is setto increase the frequency of its Manila-

CEB promotes winter travel to South Korea and JapanSeoul flights to twice daily starting Janu-ary 24, 2011.

The same travel period is also applica-ble for Manila-Osaka seats, which passen-gers can avail of for the ‘Go’ fare of P3,999.

“We encourage passengers to travel toSouth Korea and Japan from November toJanuary, to maximize the winter months inthese countries. It could very well be amemorable vacation for the entire family,”said Candice Iyog, CEB VP for Marketingand Distribution.

Domestic flights that are also on saleare P99 ‘Go Lite’ seats from Manila to Lao-ag, and Cebu to Bacolod, Dipolog, Dum-aguete and Iloilo.

Meanwhile, P499 ‘Go Lite’ seats areavailable from Cebu to Butuan, Clark,Davao, General Santos and Legazpi. Theseare for travel from November 1 to Decem-ber 31, 2010.

CEB also promotes its Cebu-Siargaoflights with a P499 ‘Go Lite’ seat sale, fortravel from October 1 to November 30, 2010.

This is in time for the newly launched nightsurfing activities in the Philippines’ pre-mier surfing destination.

Passengers with check in luggage willjust add P100 to ‘Go Lite’ fares upon book-ing.

For bookings and inquiries, go towww.cebupacificair.com or call (02) 7020-888 or (032) 230-8888. Fun Tours hotelpackages as low as P4,290 for Seoul,and as low as P7,061 for Osaka are avail-able at http://funtours.cebupacificair.com.

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THE WAVE. Candidates to the Mutya ning Angeles 2010 do the "Miss Universe wave" vefore press photographers during their presentation at theHotel Vida, Clark Freeport. PHOTO BY BONG LACSON

GUIGUINTO, Bulacan—Hindi naging sagabal angpandaigdigang krisis sapananalapi noong na-karaang taon, ayon kayLourdes Cruz, 68, isangnegosyanteng nakabasesa bayang ito.

Ito ay dahil lumakasang kanyang benta salokal na merkado mataposna humina ang benta saibayong dagat, partikularna ang mga produkto niy-ang yari sa paper mache.

“Nagkaroon tayo ngproblema sa global (finan-cial crisis), yung ibang buy-er, kung minsan hindi na-kakakumpleto ng bayad,tapos bigla na lang sasabi-hin na may reject kahitwala,” ani Cruz, ang mayari ng KC Home Décor nanakabase sa bayang ito.

Ngunit sa kabila ng sit-wasyong ito, hindi huminaang kanilang produksyon,maliban na lamang ng pu-masok ang Tsina saproduktong yari sa papermache dahil naaagaw nitoang merkado para sa mgakatulad na produkto.

“Hindi naman, wala na-mang naging problema,ang naging problema aynung dumating sa papermache ang aming massproduction, nang puma-sok ang China, dun kaminagkaproblema, mahigpitkasi nating kalaban ayChina,” ani Cruz.

Dahil sa pagpasok ngbansang Tsina sa pan-daigdigan merkado, humi-na ang benta nina Cruz saibayong dagat.

Ngunit hindi ito angkatapusan ng kanyangpagnenegosyo dahil sasumigla naman ang lokalna merkado para sa kan-yang mga bagong produk-to.

“Naging maganda angbenta sa paglolokal, katu-lad niyan tumatanggapako ng mga wedding sou-venirs,” ani Cruz.

Ito ay dahil sa patuloyniyang paglikha ng mgabagong produkto na gawasa mga pagkaraniwangbagay tulad ng balat, bus-al at bulaklak ng mais,tingting ng dahon ng ana-haw, tambo at dahon ngniyog.

Ipinakita ni Cruz saMabuhay ang halimbawang kanyang produktongmga bulaklak na yari sabalat ng mais.

“Itong mga ganitongbalat ng mais, hindi itosayang. Pinag-aralankong mabuti ito dahil nak-ikita kong patapon kina-kain ng baka, kaya angginawa ko, pinag-aralankong mabuti na idinebelopkong mabuti hanggang samatutunan kong gawingbulaklak, walang na-sasayang, katulad niyan,bulaklak ng mais yan na-

gagamit ko pa rin,” aniCruz patungkol sapangdekorasyong yari satuyo at kinulayang bulak-lak ng mais.

Ipinagmalaki rin niyana ang kanyang negosyoay nagagawang pera angmga bagay na halos ba-sura na lamang.

Bukod dito, sinabi niyana ikinasisiya niya angkanyang pagnenegosyodahil nakapagtuturo pasiya sa ibang tao.

“Nag-e-enjoy ako, hal-imbawa, yung kailanganakong magturo,” aniya.

Bilang payo naman samga nagnanais magnego-syo, sinabi niya na kailan-gan ang tiyaga at pagig-ing malikhain.

“Puhunan natin dito aytiyaga, kailangan creativeka, para magawa mo yungmga pupuwede na wastematerials na pwedeng pa-kinabangan at makatulongka sa iyong kapwa,” aniya.

Iginiit pa niya na hindina kailangan lumayo paang mga nais magnego-syo dahil nasa paligid la-mang ang maaaringpagkakitaan.

“Ginto ang basura, sabasura nasisimula angpera, pinakamaganda salahat, nasa paligid langnatin ang mga pwedengpagkakitaan kung ikaw aymasipag at matiyaga,” aniCruz.

Pandaigdigang krisisdi sagabal sa negosyo

NI JOHNNY R. REBLANDO

SUBIC, Zambales – Tina-tayang aabot sa apat natoneladang bakal (H-Beam) ang nasabat kama-kailan ng mga barangayTanod at Municipal Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resourc-es Management Council(MFARMC) habang ito ayibinababa sa bangkang de-motor sa baybayin ngBarangay Calapandayanng nabanggit na bayan.

Ayon kay Lauriano Art-agame, chairman ngMFARMC, nagtungo angmga mangingisda sa kan-

4 na toneladang bakal nasabat sa Zambalesyang tanggapan upang ip-agbigay alam na may mgaibinababang bakal sa bay-bayin ng Calapandayan nanagmula sa barko nanaka-anchor sa Parola nasakop ng Subic Bay.

Huli sa akto habangang mga bakal ay tinitim-bang ng mga crew ng MVSea Baron at mga tauhanng DL Junkshop ang may22-pirasong H-Beam nabakal habang ang ilan na-man dito ay nakasakay nasa 6-wheeler truck na mayplakang TAG-682 na pag-mamay-ari ng DL Junk-shop na matatagpuan sa

barangay Matain, Subic,Zambales.

Sinabi naman ni Cala-pandayan Barangay Cap-tain Ruel Sarmiento naang mga bakal ay gallingsa barko, nangangahu-lugan na imported angmga ito at kinakailangangbayaran ng kaukulang taxat ibinaba ito sa kanyangbarangay ng walangkaukulang papeles.

Ang Panamian FlagVessel, MV Sea Baron napagmamay-ari ng Haciu-ma Steamship Co. LTD.,ay naka-anchor sa SubicBay mula pa noong Mayo

bago ito nabili ng isangIndonesian National.

Sa isinagawang imb-estigasyon ng PhilipineCoast Guard, Subic Sta-tion, inutusan ni MasterCaptain Dionisio Dandanang kanyang mga crew naputulin ang mga bakal atgawin itong mga scrap atsaka ibenta sa Junkshop,ito’y sa pahintulot umanong may-ari ng barko.

Sinabi naman ni LCDROdilon Alcantara na hindina saklaw ng PCG Mem-orandum Circular No. 06-09 dated July 30, 1996 nakinakailangan kumuha ng

salvage permit dahilan sagamit naman sa barko angkanilang ginawang scrapat hindi ito kasama saparte ng barko.

Kaagad naman itongdinala sa tanggapan ngSubic Police Station mata-pos i-turn over ito niSarmiento, subalit kaagadnamang pinakawalan ngpulisya ang truck na pinag-sakyan ng mga bakal sa dimaipaliwanag na dahilan.

Ipinag-utos naman niRomeo Renojo, chief Mar-itime Security and Investi-gation ng Seaport Depart-ment, ang pagpapahinto

sa ginagawang pagpupu-tol at pagbebenta sa mgabakal na nasa MV SeaBaron hangang hindi silanakakapag-comply saRules and Regulation onselling scrap materials naipinatutupad ng Subic BayMetropolitan Authority atkung kinakailangan mag-bayad ng penalty ay ka-nila pa itong pinag-aaralan.

Nitong June 27, nag-benta ng mga “used oil”ang mga crew ng MV SeaBaron at isinakay sa ban-ca King Gimuel at sakaito dinala sa bayan ngMariveles, Bataan.