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VOLUME III • NO. 152
JANUARY 28, 2015
WEDNESDAY
Win-win solution over
Lubao land row sought
Capitol vows
to intensify
peace, order
by MARIBEL U. SINGCA
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — “Resolving peace and order
requires
expansive
support from the community.”
Thus said Governor Lilia “Nanay”
Pineda to the chiefs of
police from different
municipalities during
their 1st Command
Conference held at the
Executive House of
Capitol, over the week.
The
governor
wanted to prioritize
the convoluted towns
in terms of peace and
order and drug-related crimes in giving her
support.
“Kailangan
ang
mga ganyang bayan
na may problema ang
unahin natin sa hinihingi nilang support”,
Pineda said, pertaining to the towns of
Mexico,
Mabalacat,
Arayat, Magalang, Porac, Sta. Ana, Candaba, Floridablanca and
San Fernando.
According to the
governor, there will
be additional 100 barangay patrol vehicles
in process to augment
By ELAINE MERCADO
LUBAO, PAMPANGA - Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda
urged both parties in a land dispute in Barangay San
Francisco this town, to come up with a win-win solution in resolving the case now being appealed before
the Department of Agrarian Reform.
win-win solution... PAGE 7
peace, order... PAGE 7
COMMAND CONFERENCE. Gov. Lilia ‘Nanay’ Pineda meets with the province’s chiefs of police
headed by provincial director Sr. Supt. Rodolfo Recomono Jr. at the Executive House, Capitol recently, to
discuss the peace and order situation in Pampanga.
--JUN JASO
‘Streetkids not
rounded up for
APEC’ - EdPam
By Charlene A. Cayabyab
NEW CLARK MUSEUM. Angeles City Mayor Ed
Pamintuan and Mabalacat City Mayor Marino Morales
check out the new Clark Museum, which was inaugurated last Monday in time with the opening of the
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting inside the
Clark Freeport. --RUSTON BANAL
ANGELES CIT Y - The city government
here has categorically denied that it has
been rounding up street children because
of the ongoing Asia Pacific Economic
Conference fora currently being held inside the Clark Special Economic Zone.
“The reports are wrong and malicious.
We have been doing this, years before.
It is our policy to rescue street children
roaming the streets in line with the country’s compliance to the Millennium Development Goals, the Local Government
Code which explicitly states that ‘it shall
be a policy to protect and rehabilitate
streetkids... PAGE 7
2NEWS
Live-in partners die in 2-vehicle collision
Headline Gitnang Luzon • JANUARY 28, 2015
By Froilan E. Magtoto
CAMP OLIVAS - A 47-yearold man and his live-in partner
died when their car collided
with an armored van last Sunday along MacArthur Highway
in the City of San Fernando.
Police identified the victims
as Jaime Manalang, of Barangay Mining, Angeles City; and
Cristina Nulud, 47, of Dona
Belen Subdivision, Angeles
City.
Police said three others were
injured in the incident.
According to investigation,
Manalang and Nulud were
cruising along MacArthur
Highway in Barangay Telabastagan, City of San Fernando
with 7-year-old Shania Dhane
Nulud when their car, a Toyota
Corolla, occupied the opposite lane at a certain point and
collided with a Mitsubishi armored van driven by Joselito
Calaway, 30, a security guard
of San Nicolas, City of San Fernando.
As a result of the collision,
the victims as well as the driver of the van sustained injuries and were taken to the Mt
Carmel hospital. Manalang
and Nulud, however, died
while undergoing treatment.
Police likewise said another
vehicle (Susuki Samurai) driven by Princess Grace Gomez of
Paralaya St., San Matias, Sto
Tomas town which was tailing the Toyota Corolla avoided
the accident but swerved to the
right and hit an acacia tree. •
Screening for
SM scholars
set in Olongapo
on Feb. 20
ANTI-CORRUPTION GROUP MEET. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales
presides over the meeting of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group, one
of the related meetings of the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC 2015 at the Holiday
Inn in Clark Freeport. --PIA PHOTO
BPSU open for enrolees until March 20
By Jose Mari M. Garcia
BALANGA CITY - Students
who aim to get into the province’s biggest tertiary academe,
the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU), have until March
20 to file their application.
The filing of application,
which started November 24 last
year, will run until March from
Monday to Saturday.
The exams will take place
from February 21 to March 2,
and results of the BPSU-College
Admissions Test (CAT) will be
posted on April 14.
BPSU said in a statement that
applicants must qualify through
the BPSU-CAT in order to enroll
at the course they want to pursue.
“Aside from the student’s performance in BPSU-CAT, the university also considers the high
school grades in the computation
of the college admission result,”
it stated.
Interested applicants may get
the application forms from the
Office of Admission.
For the application to be processed, the following requirements must be submitted: certified photocopy of latest Form
138 (report card) or certification
of grades from the school principal; correctly and completely ac-
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foreign applicants (supported by
Immigrant Certificate of Residence or Natural Born Certificate of Residence), as well as for
non-resident foreign applicants.
Other requirements include:
for BS Nursing applicants (no
physical defect, tattoo, piercing); for BS Hotel and Restaurant Management (male, at least
5 feet and 2 inches tall/female,
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inclined).
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previous school.
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OLONGAPO CITY - SM
Foundation, thru its College
Scholarship Program, will be
holding a screening and examination of applicants on February 20,
2015, 10am at the 6th floor Carpark of SM City Olongapo.
This is open to graduating public high school students
with the following qualifications: P150,000 or less household income of parents per year,
supported by BIR Income Tax
Return; 4th year weighted average grade of at least 88% in the
second or third grading period;
submitted application form and
all required documents to 5/F SM
Admin Office or at the customer
service counters of The SM Store
and Supermarket; photocopy of
form-138 or 4th year High School
report card with the 2nd and 3rd
Grading period’s weighted average; photocopy of the BIR Income
Tax Return or Certificate of Nonfiling of Income.
Applicants are required to
wear their complete uniform during the exam and bring their own
pencil. For complete details about
SM Scholarship and to download
the Application Form, log on to
www.sm-foundation.org.
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Roxas wants board of inquiry
formed for PNP-SAF massacre
MANILA - Department of Interior
and Local Government Secretary
Mar Roxas ordered the formation
of a Board of Inquiry “to get to the
bottom” of the clash between the
Philippine National Police-Special
Action Force (PNP-SAF) members
and Muslim rebels that killed scores
of government security forces and a
suspected Malaysian bomb expert in
Maguindanao on Sunday.
Roxas said the board of inquiry
will be headed by PNP officer-incharge Deputy Director General
Leonardo Espina, who has vowed
to stay behind in the Maguindanao
area until everything is cleared out.
It was learned that the PNP-SAF
members were out to arrest Zulkilfi
bin Hir alias Marwan, the Malaysian
bomb expert wanted in the United
States; and Abdul Basit Usman, a
suspected local bomb expert; in the
remote village of Tuka na Lipao in
Mamasapano town, Maguindanao,
when they clashed with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom
Fighters (BIFF).
Malacanang through Secretary
Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations
extended sympathies to the families
of the slain cops and assured a factfinding committee formed by the
government will unearth the cause
of the incident.
As of yesterday morning, the bodies of 49 SAF members have already
been retrieved from the fight scene
in Mamasapano town in Maguinpnp-saf massacre... Page 7
JANUARY 28, 2015 • Headline Gitnang Luzon
NLRC order favors
workers in BTPP claim
By Butch Gunio
BALANGA CITY - The National Labor Relations Commission Fourth Division has
ordered final and executory the
denied motion for reconsideration (MR) lodged by Uniwide
Scrap Traders Corporation
(USTC) and other parties, and
as such rendering illegal their
continued actual occupation
of the decommissioned Bataan
Thermal Power Plant (BTPP)
in Limay town.
USTC and businesswoman
Marissa Cruz occupied the
plant in 2013.
Based on the copy of NLRC
Entry of Judgment signed by
Deputy Executive Clerk of
Court II Ma. Rosellete P. Gonzalo dated January 21, 2015
presented to Headline Gitnang
Luzon, it stated that their earlier order denying the MR filed
by USTC owned by Rafaelito
Lo Jr. and other parties has
become final and executory on
January 13, 2015.
Copy of the Entry of Judgment has been furnished each
to PNP Regional Office, EMB
DENR Region 3 both in Pampanga, and Bataan provincial
government. Limay LGU will
also be furnished copy of the
order.
Ernesto Dagson represents
the 6,000 former workers of
the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) seeking
compensation that will be derived from the sale of movable
properties of BTPP as scraps
with market value of around
P400 million. The workers executed Special Power of Attor-
ney in favor of him to represent
them.
Records showed that the
workers won a case at the
NLRC and were awarded P73
million, more or less, in compensation.
In the decision of NLRC RAB
III Case No. 06-0723-82 dated
September 10, 2014, which
had been final and executory,
it was stated “Ernesto Dagson
shall retain in pledge subject
properties (buildings, structures, scrap, materials, and
all movables inside the premises of Bataan Thermal Plant
located at Limay, Bataan)….”.
USTC filed for a MR of the
decision, which was subsequently denied.
In the letter dated January
15, 2015 of former RTC judge
Roberto Romanillos, business
consultant of Dagson, to USTC
and Cruz, he said that Dagson is
“hereby exercising his rights to
take actual and physical of subject properties as pledgee…”.
The former workers of
BNPP have already waited for
almost three decades for their
compensation, some of whom
have already died and others
ailing due to old age.
“We are expecting USTC,
Cruz, and others involved to
respect the law and heed the
NLRC decision for the orderly
transition at the BTPP,” said
Maricon Dagson, daughter of
Ernesto whom has been given
by the latter, due to his old age,
authorization for transactions.
In mid last year, Cruz transported out of BTPP compound
40 truckloads of materials and
valuable scraps.•
3
Parents of ex-child
laborers get starter
KITS from DoLE
By Marna Dagumboy
-del Rosario
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
- A total of 85 parents of former
child laborers recently received
P425,000 worth of livelihood
assistance given by Department of Labor and Employment
(DoLE) under its Kabuhayan
Starter KITS program.
Of
the
total
amount,
P275,000 was allocated for beneficiaries in Towerville Resettlement Livelihood Center, Minuyan, San Jose Del Monte City in
Bulacan while the remaining
P150,000 was meant for residents in barangay Tangos, Baliuag town.
Each beneficiary was given a
start-up kit, which can be used
for sari-sari store, barbecue and
palamig, mini carinderia, rice
trading, rag/doormat retailing,
kakanin, balot vending, tailoring, fish and vegetable, repacking of condiments, and ready to
wear clothing in order to engage
them in sustainable self-employment.
In a message, DoLE Regional
Director Ana Dione said that
through the provision of these,
they are looking forward at empowering Bulakenyo beneficiaries by helping them manage
and sustain their small start-up
business in order to help their
families.
“In this way, their children
KITS... Page 7
Online early
renewal for
business name
now in place
ECOLOGY CENTER. Department of Environment and Natural Resources inks a Memorandum of Agreement with Tarlac College of Agriculture for
the establishment of a satellite ecology center in the latter’s campus in Camiling, Tarlac. --TCA-OPPA PHOTO
CEB offers 100,000 piso seats sale
BY Marna Dagumboy-del Rosario
CLARK FREEPORT -- As Cebu
Pacific Air marks its 100 millionth
passenger milestone,
more than
100,000 seats are now offered for a
P1 seat sale.
“With this special seat sale, guests
can take advantage of the lowest
fares we’ve offered to our destinations, especially after the removal
of fuel surcharges on all our flights,”
said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.
The seat sale period is until January 28, 2015 or until seats last, for
travel from June 15 to December 10,
2015. Passengers can book P1.00
flights across the CEB network,
which includes flights within the
Philippines, Asia and the Middle
East. Flights to Sydney, Australia go
for as low as PHP1,488.
After the booking process, passengers can come away with tickets
as low as PHP151 for one-way domestic flights, PHP121 for one-way
international flights.
“We started operations in 1996, at
a time when air travel was expensive.
It will always be a privilege for us to
link islands and countries together,
and contribute to nation-building,”
Iyog added.
CEB’s 100 millionth passenger
is Yelen Bontuyan, who boarded a
Cebu-Manila flight last January 8,
2015. She, along with all the other
passengers on her flight, received
tickets from CEB. The airline also
awarded her with PHP100,000.
PISO SEATS SALE... Page 7
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province: PAMPANGA
City/Municipality: ARAYAT
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with the publication requirement
and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.
2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A.
10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that
JESELLE JAVIER ESGUERRA has filed with this
office, a petition for correction of entry in the sex from
“MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth
of JESELLE JAVIER ESGUERRA born on MAY 18,
1989 at Arayat, Pampanga and whose parents are
RAMON ESGUERRA and NERI JAVIER.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may
file his written opposition with this Office not later
than two weeks upon publication.
(Sgd) GRETA P. DE ALA Municipal Civil Registrar
HEADLINE Gitnang Luzon: January 28 & February 04, 2015
MAKATI - The Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) now
offers the online early renewal
of business name registration
as part of its effort to provide an
enabling environment for businesses to grow in the country.
“With this initiative, we intend to lower cost of doing business, save time, and avoid the
long queues in DTI offices nationwide. Likewise, we promote
a paperless environment in government,” DTI Undersecretary
Nora K. Terrado said.
Terrado said that to avail of
this scheme, sole proprietors
may log on to the Business
Name Registration System’s
(BNRS) website at bnrs.dti.gov.
ph, and process the renewal of
their business name registration
three months before its expiration. Within this period, online
updating of business profile is
allowed and free of charge.
In the old manual scheme,
change of business name information is done through DTI tellers with a fee of P65, which includes P50 renewal fee and P15
ONLINE EARLY RENEWAL... Page 7
4 OPINION
Headline Gitnang Luzon • JANUARY 28, 2015
EDITORIAL
Where art thou
streetkids?
APPARENTLY, there are also “missing” streetkids in Angeles City - so they
say. Someone asked: Was this done to
hide them from the delegates of the ongoing Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meet inside Clark?
Oh, wait. Wasn’t this what the national government also allegedly did to
the homeless when Pope Francis came
to visit?
But this was not the case, according
to Mayor Ed Pamintuan. According to
the mayor, the reports of streetkids being rounded up are wrong and malicious, because the city government, for
years now, has been rescuing children
roaming the streets.
This, the mayor said, is in line with
the country’s compliance to the Millennium Development Goals, and the Local Government Code which explicitly
states the protection and rehabilitation
of children threatened by circumstances beyond their control.
The good mayor also stressed that
the city government makes it a point
to feed the kids, give them shelter and
then return them to their respective
parents and families. In some cases,
even parents face complaints in line
with the Juvenile Welfare Act.
It is true that children should not
be roaming the streets. Their parents
should make sure of that. The streets
are dangerous places to be in for children, who should be protected and
nurtured in the comfort of their own
homes, with their respective families.
But no, they continue to beg for alms
and even become aggressive if they are
ignored or turned away. They continue
to endanger themselves, to the dismay
of the city government and its citizens.
There is no easy fix for this problem,
but with we’re sure the city government
is doing all it can for these streetchildren. All it takes is a concerted effort
among stakeholders, the mayor said.
Let’s help remove these kids in the
streets, and put them in school where
they can learn the value of living a decent life away from begging and crime.
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Mga lolang naging biktima ng droga
N
OONG isang linggo sa isang
hindi inaasahang pangyayari, dalawang matandang
babae ang nahulihan ng pakete
ng plastik na naglalaman ng mala-kristal na pulbos na pinaghihinalaang shabu sa bayan ng Pilar, lalawigan ng
Bataan.
Sa magkaibang
pagkakataon
sa
Barangay Bustos
sa nasabing bayan,
nahuli ng mga awtoridad ang isang
lola na may edad
na 62 na nagbebenta ng nasabing
pakete sa isang
kunwari’y bumili
ng shabu na ba- Ka Dencio Pacheco
hagi pala ng isang
“buy-bust operation” ng mga miyembro ng lokal na
kapulisan.
Samantala, isang 52-anyos naman na lola din ang nahuli sa nasabing barangay na nagbenta rin ng
pakete ng pinaghihinalaang shabu
sa isang “poseur-buyer” na isang
palang alagad ng batas.
Para sa mga alagad ng batas
na nakahuli sa dalawang lola, ito
ay mga magandang “accomplishments” nila sa pagtupad sa kanilang
mga tungkulin at malaking tagumpay na rin sa kampanya ng ating
kapulisan laban sa droga at mga
iba pang ipinagbabawal na gamot.
Dapat saluduhan ang mga pulis
sa bayan ng Pilar dahil sa kanilang
mga nagawa para sa bayan at laban
sa pag-abuso sa mga ipinagbabawal
na gamot.
Bagamat ito ay isang tagumpay
ng ating mga kapulisan, kaawa-awa
naman ang mga sinapit ng dalawang lola dahil sila ay mga naging
biktima ng sindikatong gumagawa at tumutulak ng mga droga sa
nasabing bayan.
Maraming mga paraan na rin ang
ginawa ng mga tulak nito upang
maibenta. Ang nakakalungkot lang
ay kung bakit pati ang mga matatanda na ay nasasangkot pa sa mga
ganitong mga iligal na kalakaran.
Maaaring hindi alam ng dalawang matandang nahuli na shabu
ang kanilang inilako at maaari
ring hindi nila alam na iligal ang
kanilang
ginawa.
Sa kabilang banda, maaaring alam
nilang shabu nga
iyon ngunit wala na
lang silang magawa
kundi
magtulak
nito dahil sa pangangailangan nilang
kumita ng pera.
Ika nga, maaaring kapit sa patalim
ang kanilang ginawa
ngunit nag resulta
naman ito sa kanilang pagkakahuli. Mula sa kapit sa patalim, kapit
sila ngayon sa malamig na rehas ng
mga kulungan kung saan sila idinitini ng kapulisan.
Ngayong pinagsisisihan ng dalawang lola ang kanilang mga ginawa,
dapat sigurong sisihin din kung
sino man ang nag-alok o nag-udyok
sa kanila na magtulak ng shabu.
Tila yata patindi ng patindi ang
mga modus na ginagawa ngayon
ng mga sindikato na pati ang mga
may-edad na ay nae-engganyong
magbenta ng mga ipinagbabawal
na gamot kahit ito ay isang paglabag sa ating mga batas. •
“Ika nga, maaaring kapit sa patalim
ang kanilang ginawa ngunit nag
resulta naman ito sa kanilang pagkakahuli. Mula sa kapit sa patalim,
Walang kapit sila ngayon sa malamig na
rehas ng mga kulungan kung saan
Biro!
sila idinitini ng kapulisan.”
Kung susuriin, maging ang mga
nahuli ay mga biktima ng sirkumstansiya at malamang ay matinding pangangailangan sa pera ang
nagtulak sa kanila upang sila ay
magtulak din ng droga.
Bilang mga taga-tulak, tagabenta o taga-tago ng ipinagbabawal
na shabu, sila ay binabayaran ng
mga sindikato dahil sa kanilang
mga ginagawa. Maaaring nasilaw
sila sa laki ng perang ibinabayad sa
kanila sa kanilang pagbebenta ng
shabu nguni’t hindi pa rin ito tama
sa mata ng ating batas.
Maraming mga buhay na ang nasira dahil sa pag-aabuso sa droga.
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JANUARY 28, 2015 • Headline Gitnang Luzon
Tungkol sa mga fastfood chains
M
ATAGAL ko nang gustonggustong isulat ang tungkol
sa usaping ito. Nakakaligtaan ko lamang gawin. Mabuti na lamang at nakita ko ang isang imbitasyon sa isang okasyon sa FB para sa
isang Book Launching ng Fast Food
Fiction Delivery nina Noelle Q. de
Jesus at Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta,
kung kaya’t naalala kong isulat ang
tungkol sa tinutukoy kong matagal
ko nang nais na isulat.
Ang tinutukoy kong paksa ay
ang tungkol sa mga FASTFOOD
CHAINS.
Hindi natin maikakaila ang katotohanan na bahagi na ng buhay
ng napakaraming Pilipino ang mga
Fastfood Chains… lalo na ang kadalasan ng pagkain sa mga ito. Ngunit
ang malaking tanong sa akin, at halos malaking palaisipan na rin, ay
kung bakit nagtitiyaga
tayo (oo, kasama ako
sa mga naloloko ng
mga fastfood chains
na ito) na kumain at
hindi natin magawang
bitiwan ang pagtangkilik sa mga fastfood
chains na ito sa kabila ng napakaraming
masasaklap at nagsusumigaw na katotohanan kung bakit dapat i-boycott at huwag
nang tangkilikin ang
mga ito. Dapat na alisin na ang mga
ito sa listahan ng ating mga pinupuntuhang pang-aliw sa ating mga
payak na buhay!
Bakit? Hayaan ninyong magbigay
ako ng ilang mga dahilan na makakaya kong patunayan, at nakatitiyak
akong hindi ninyo ito tututulan.
Una, hindi naman nagbabago
ang kalidad ng lasa at serbisyo ng
mga fastfood chains na ito. They
never bother to reinvent the quality
of the food and services that they
owe to give the paying public that
they’ve managed to fool for a long
time! At ang masaklap pa rito ay ang
katotohanang hindi na nga gumaganda ang kalidad ng lasa ng mga
pagkain at serbisyo ng mga fastfood
chains na ito ay lalo pang lumalala
ang lasa at ang serbisyo nila!
Pangalawa, karamihan sa mga
managers nila at mga crew ay halatang hindi nabigyan ng de kalidad
na pagsasanay o training sa saklaw
ng kanilang mga gampanin, sa
saklaw at mga dapat nilang maging
gawain bilang mga managers at mga
crew! Kung hindi tanga ang mga ito,
bobo! Mga kakarampot ang nalalaman sa isang de kalidad na customer
service! Kadalasan, sorry lamang isukli sa kanilang walang-sawang
sana ay sasapat na sa isang kapalpa- pagtangkilik… sa kabila man ng
kan ng crew nila, ngunit hindi pa ito maraming masasaklap na katotomagagawang ibigay ng manager at hanang matagal nang binabata ng
ng palpak na crew bagkus ay makiki- mga matiisin at utu-utong publiko!
Sana naman ay kung hindi na tapagtalo pa ito at mangangatuwiran
sa tahasang palpak na serbisyo… laga kayang baguhin pa ang kalidad
ng lasa ng mga pagkaing inibaluktot naman ang
aalok ng mga fastfood chains
mga katuwiran!
na ito, mabago man lamang
Pangatlo, lahat
sana ang kalidad ng kang mga fastfood
nilang mga serbisyo sa mga
chains na ito ay
nagbabayad na publikong
binigyan marahil ng
ginawa na silang bahagi ng
mahigpit na bilin ng
kanilang mga buhay! Hindi
kanilang mga boss
bagong produkto ang kailanna
HANGGANG
gan ng mga tao mula sa mga
KAYA
NINYONG
fastfood chains na ito; ang
TIPIRIN ANG MGA
kailangan nila at pagbabago
CUSTOMERS, TIPITowards
at pagpapanibago sa lasa ng
RIN NINYO SILA!
mga nakagisnan na nilang
Kung kaya’t halata the Light
mga produkto ng pagkaing
na ang katipiran ng ABEL SOTO
iniaalok nila sa mamamayang Pilipino!
Kailangan din ng regular
na pagsasanay para sa mga
crew at mga managers sa iba’t
ibang aspeto ng larangang
kinabibilangan ng kanilang
mga hanapbuhay!!! Hindi
kailangan ng mga bobo at
tanga sa industriya ng pagkain na inilalaman ng mga
mamamayan sa kanilang
mga tiyak upang gumana
ng maayos at may katinuan
ang kanilang mga isipan… at
mga tatanga-tangang crew at man- upang mabigyan ang mga managers
agers ng mga fastfood chains na ito at mga crew na ito ng isang maayos
sa kanilang de kalidad na serbisyo na hanapbuhay!
Utang ng mga fastfood chains
at lasa ng pagkain ay lalo pang lumalala kada-taon! Madalas, tissue na ito sa mamamayang Pilipino ang
na lang o ketchup, napakatipid pang pag-ibayuhin at pagpanibaguhin
magbigay ng mga crew, kahit tubig ang tingin nila sa kanilang mga
titipirin pa rin ang mga customers negosyo, lalo na ang kanilang tingin
nila! Wala na sa bokabolaryo ng mga at pananaw sa mamamayang Pilisentido kumon ng mga bobong man- pino na tumatangkilik sa kanila sa
agers at mga crew ng mga fastfood kabila ng kanilang panlilinlang, kachains na ito na ang mga custom- pabayaan, at kasakiman!
Alam kasi ng mga dambuhalang
ers na tinitipid nila ang bumubuhay
sa kanila… at sila ang dahilan kung mga negosyanteng ito na nagmabakit may hanapbuhay ang mga ta- may-ari ng mga fastfood chains na
ito ang isang nakasusukang katototanga-tangang kagaya nila!
Pambihira! Alam kong alam ng hanan sa larangan ng negosyo at iba
mga managers na ito kung gaano pang mga larangan: DALAWANG
kalaki ang kinikita ng mga franchise URI LAMANG NAMAN DAW
owners ng mga fastfood chains na ANG TAO DITO SA MUNDO: ANG
pinagtatrabahuhan nila, at lalo na MANLOLOKO AT ANG NAGPAang mismong kumpanya ng fastfood PALOKO. Ngunit kung ako ang tatachains na kinabibilangan nila bi- nungin, may pangatlong uri pa rito:
lang mga empleyado! At dahil na rin ANG MGA LUKO-LUKO!!!
Hindi ko lamang alam kung sino
sa kabatirang ito tungkol sa laki ng
kinikita ng mga kumpanya ng mga ang MAS luko-luko: ang mamamafastfood chains na ito, marapat la- yang Pilipino o ang mga negosymang na huwag na nilang tipirin ang anteng nagma-may-ari at ang mga
mga customers sa mga maliliit na empleyado ng mga fastfood chains
bagay, ngunit lalo na sa de kalidad na ito!
Tsk, tsk, tsk…•
na serbisyo, na nararapat lamang na
“Sana naman ay kung hindi na talaga
kayang baguhin pa ang kalidad ng lasa ng
mga pagkaing iniaalok ng mga fastfood
chains na ito, mabago man lamang sana
ang kalidad ng kanilang mga serbisyo sa
mga nagbabayad na publikong ginawa na
silang bahagi ng kanilang mga buhay!”
OPINION 5
Parnasong
Kapampangan
Neng Capa M. Pangan
Ing bie negosyanti
Kilub ning ospital a nu’ makarate
Ing meto’ intsik a malapit nang mate;
King penandit a’yta yan panabilinan ne
Ing keyang asawang makatanud pane.
King sabing banayad, ngana king babai:
“Ding anak ta’ buri ku lang akasabi”.
“Bakit” nganing misis king matuang lalaki;
“Sana, ngeni murin nung sukat malyari”.
“Nandin la pa keni” nganing keyang misis,
“E mu apansin ing keka ra panlapit”;
I Jimmy, atyu ne?” king payus a bosis
At sabing manene kitang niting pilit.
“Wa” nganang mekibat ning keyang esposa;
“O i Manny ampo i Boyet at Lina?”
“Atinalu naman at saka y Cora;
“Tatang nandin ke pa pin dinatang” ngara.
“Ah?” nganang mipakama-kama niti;
“Wa, dinatang no’ ngan, nandin la pa keni”
“Ninu ing king hardware makabante ngeni?”
“Ing driver at saka ding aduang pahinanti”
“Ing buri mung sabyan….(mesikan ya bosis)
Pati keng paninda tamung materyales
Alang mitagan a magbante unabis,
Nu’ne retang atlung sidsad kapangupit ?”
(Asus, balaku sang’ intrisadu ya’yti
Ban ding anak akwa na lang akasabi?
Obat negosyo pa ing isipan niti
Kabang palako ne king tauli nang biahi!!!)
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A bitter pill to swallow
W
HEN some international news agencies
across the globe reported a disclosure on the disappearance of streetchildren
and their families in Manila
during the papal visit, I dismissed the innuendo for I was
only focused on the security
of the Pope and to witness his
mass celebration and receive a
blessing. Little did I know that
this is a common practice done
by the government whenever a
famous political figure comes
to visit our country. Indeed, an
old saying applies on this issue,
“When there is smoke, there is
fire.”
To my recollection, such
incident occurred during the
Marcos regime when the for- by the cover-up made by the
mer First Lady Imelda Marcos government for the sake of not
built walls to cover and hide receiving any criticism from
the pontiff. Such a
the slum areas of
shameful act done
the metropolis from
the late Pope John
Paul II. She was
reprimanded by the
Pope himself and we
were castigated by
the whole world for
hiding the existing
phase of poverty in
the country.
by the administraWhen news extion. His Holiness
ploded on the is- ELLEZ J. DAVIO
visited our country
sue regarding the
to bless and extend
rounding up of all
streetchildren in the city during mercy and compassion to the
the papal visit, I was stunned marginalized. He didn’t come
and realized that I was blinded here to look for grandeur and to
Now We
Know!
please his eyes. He came to console us from the havoc brought
by natural calamities and our
personal dilemmas. He gave
us hope and strengthened our
“If only government officials could
implement programs without any tint
of corruption, maybe there is hope and
future for the homeless.”
faith once more to the God Almighty.
To learn that the government
collected and treated the street
children for a few days’ stay in
an exclusive resort is preposterous. To keep these children
from the sight of the Pope is beyond belief for they need, over
and above, the Pope’s blessings
compared to us.
When the news was revealed, Malacanang defended
the move of the DSWD. Obviously, the Palace had knowledge of the operation.To spend
public funds for the safety of
the streetchildren in case of a
stampede is ironically funny.
They underestimated the ability
of these children to adapt to this
kind of situation. Streetchildren
are smart and are geniuses in
their own ways. They know every street and corner of the city
and basically they have an idea
where they could administer
now we know!... Page 7
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Headline Gitnang Luzon • JANUARY 28, 2015
Alden Richards, papalit sa
trono ni Dingdong Dantes
Alden Richards, papalit sa
trono ni Dingdong Dantes
H
INDI pa handa si Alden Richards
na ibalandra ang kanyang katawan
sa pictorial o sa mga fashion shows.
Kahit kaya niya ang pagiging sexy at daring ni Mike Tan sa endorsement nila bilang bagong modelo ng
Boardwalk, hindi pa rin
siya solved sa porma ng
katawan kaya naman
kailangan pa niya itong
paghandaan.
“Tuluy-tuloy pa rin
naman ang work-out
ko kahit walang akong
pinaghahandaan. Mabuti
na ’yung fit palagi ang katawan ko,” rason ni Alden
nang huling makausap
ng press.
Eh, ngayong nag-asawa na si Dingdong
Dantes, puwede na ba siyang humalili sa aktor bilang GMA primetime king sa mga susunod na taon?
“Kay Kuya Dong pa rin ’yon siyempre!
Kung sakaling bigyan ako ng opportunity
ng GMA na ganoon kalaki, sisiguraduhin
ko naman na paghihirapan at pagbubutihin
ko ang lahat ng projects na ibibigay nila sa
akin,” katwiran ng young actor.•
lovi
poe
alden
richards
Lovi Poe plays
Gregoria De Jesus;
Megan Young is
new Marimar
Regine, mas close kay
Martin kesa kay Gary V. N
regine alcasid
& Martin nievera
H
INDI ang asawang
si Ogie Alcasid ang
special na taong
manonood kay Regine Velasquez sa “Ultimate”, ang twonight Valentine’s Day concert
nila nina Martin Nievera,
Gary Valenciano at Lani Misalucha sa MOA Arena sa February 13 at 14.
Guest si Ogie sa concert
ni Zsa Zsa Padilla, “Beginnings”, sa Music Museum sa
Feb. 14, kaya ang anak nilang
si Nate ang manonood kay
Regine.
Sabi ni Songbird, may
sariling upuan ang anak,
nag-i-enjoy itong manood ng
concert niya at ni Ogie at nakikinig ’pag kumakanta sila.
Hindi na kailangan ng
guest sa Ultimate concert
dahil sa apat pa lang, kulang
ang two-hour concert. Nagbiro tuloy si Martin na apat
na araw ang concert, na first
time nilang pagsasama-samang apat.
Obvious sa presscon na
mas close sina Martin at
Regine dahil sabi ng huli,
kahit naggi-guest siya sa
concerts ni Gary at friend
niya ito, wala silang time
makapag-bonding na nagawa na nila ni Martin.
Umaasa si Regine na af-
ter ng “Ultimate”, close na rin
sila ni Gary.
Naikuwento ni Martin
na noong may show sila ni
Regine sa Amerika at nagkaroon ng chance na makapagusap nang masinsinan,
nabanggit ni Regine na gusto
na niyang iwan ang pagkanta.
Si Martin ang kumumbinse sa kanyang ’wag
magku-quit, na sinunod ni
Regine.
Imagine, kung hindi nakumbinse at hindi nakinig si
Regine kay Martin, matagal
nang wala sa eksena si Songbird at hindi na magagawa
ang “Ultimate”.
AGLABAS na ng press release ang Erasto Films para sa gagawin nilang pelikula na “Lakambini” (Woman Leader).
Lovi Poe is sure to play Gregoria De Jesus. Sina Jeffrey
Jeturian at Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil ang dalawang directors ng pelikula.
Nakasulat din sa press release na nasa pre-production na ang
“Lakambini” at sisimulan ang shooting sa March. Suportado ito ng
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW).
Kinumpirma ni Leo Dominguez, manager ni Lovi Poe, na ang aktres ang napiling gumanap sa role ni Gregoria de Jesus o Oryang at
hintayin na lang daw ang official annoumcement. At sa Instagram
(IG), may hawak na script ang aktres at ang caption ay “Finally got
the script for an exciting film!! This might be the most challenging
role I’ll ever play!”
Samantala, sa GMA, dinala ng bagong manager si Miss World
Megan Young at ang sabi pa, nilatagan na ang dalaga ng projects
na gagawin, pero wala pang pirmahang nagaganap dahil may mga
inaayos pa sa previous contracts ng dalaga.
Walang malinaw na sagot ang mga tinanong namin sa GMA-7
sa balitang babalik
sa network si Megan
Young.
Kahit wala pang
pirmahan ng kontrata, nagpu-float na
ang unang project
na gagawin diumano
ni Megan, remake
raw ng Marimar na
nag-hit na telenovela
at naging launching
project ng noon ay
baguhang si Marian
Rivera.
Gusto siguro ng
network na ulitin kay
Megan ang ginawa nila
sa sikat na aktres. Ang
problema na lang ay
kung sino ang makakapareha ni Megan.
May isa pang show
ang Channel 7 na
narinig namin ang
pangalan ni Megan
at sa hosting naman
siya ilalagay. Tingnan natin kung matutuloy siya rito.•
JANUARY 28, 2015 • Headline Gitnang Luzon
WIN-WIN SOLUTION... from Page 1
The said case is also subject of
a motion for reconsideration before the Office of the Department
of Agrarian Reform Adjudication
Board (DARAB) in Region III.
The governor held dialogues
with the two parties involved in
the dispute - William Co, original owner of a 44-hectare agricultural land in Barangay San
Francisco; and the farmer-beneficiaries of a Certificate of Land
Ownership Award of the same
land awarded through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of the Department
of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
During the dialogues, Pineda
asked them to resolve the case
through a win-win solution.
“Kayo mga kababayan ko, ako
ang gobernador ninyo at ang aking anak ang inyong mayor, ang
gusto ko maging matahimik ang
ating bayan, nagmamahalan, nagtutulungan para sa kaunlaran,
kaya hinihiling ko sa magkabilang panig na mag-usap na lang sa
isang mapayapang paraan at bumuo ng isang pagpapasiya na kapwa makakabuti sa bawat panig,”
she said.
The governor claimed that the
CLOA farmer beneficiaries are
legitimate tenants and natives of
Barangay San Francisco, Lubao
and William Co is a native of Pasbul, Lubao.
She also advised farmers to focus only on the merits of the case,
stressing that they are legitimate
tenants and beneficiaries of CARP.
“Sa aking pananaw, si William Co naman ang bahalang
magresolba sa pagkakautang niya
sa Philippine Veterans Bank. Kayo
naman ay ibigay ninyo ang nara-
now we know!... from Page 5
rapat at obligasyon ninyo sa batas
bilang mga lehitimong tenants,”
she said.
The governor urged them to
cooperate and coordinate with
both parties to resolve the land
dispute. “Magtulungan kayo, tayo,
para maresolba na ang problema
sa lupa. Importante sa atin, mayroon tayong maitutulong sa Lubao
bilang mga lehitimong taga rito,”
the governor said.
The governor stressed that she
is not siding with anyone.
“Let the proper authority decide the case,” the governor clarified.
However, as governor, she said
she is very much willing to help
the farmer beneficiaries and William Co at the same time through
coming up with a solution beneficial to both parties.
The Land Dispute
The case purportedly stemmed
from the fact that Co mortgaged
the 44 hectares of land to the
Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB),
which was allegedly foreclosed
sometime in 1986 due to non-full
payment of the mortgage.
However, sometime in 1997, the
said agricultural land was distributed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to legitimate
farmer-beneficiaries
through
CARP implementation allegedly witnessed by Co without the
knowledge of PVB.
Hence, on November 16, 2000,
the PVB filed with the Office Department of Agrarian Reform
Adjudication Board (DARAB)
a petition for the annulment of
CARP coverage and cancellation
of CLOAs.
On January 6, 2015, the Of-
fice of Atty. Noel L. Parel, DARAB
provincial adjudicator allegedly
made a decision for the cancellation of the CLOAs of the farmer
beneficiaries favoring the petition
filed by the PVB.
However, the farmer-beneficiaries questioned the authority of
the provincial adjudicator over his
decision for the cancellation of the
CLOAs. They are set to file a motion for reconsideration before the
Office of the DARAB.
They have noted that in an
order issued by DAR Undersecretary Anthony Parungao dated
December 7, 2012, it was explicit
that the Office of the Secretary
has the original and exclusive
jurisdiction to cancel the CLOAs
and to issue the necessary order
or resolution.
The farmers stated that the
DAR Administrative Order No.
06, Series of 2011 as amended by
Administrative Order No. 07 Series of 2014, all cases of cancellation of EPs, CLOAs and other
titles issued by the Agrarian Reform program of the government
shall be under the original and
exclusive jurisdiction of the DAR
Secretary and it is only the Secretary who has the jurisdiction to
issue any order, resolution or decision covering these cases.
They have also noted that the
Department of Agrarian Reform
Adjudication Board (DARAB),
through the Office of the Provincial Adjudicator or PARAD, under
the said A.O. NO. 06, is tasked
only to the case build-up of these
cases and it has no authority to
issue a resolution in the guise of
a report and recommendation as
was issued by PARAD Parel.•
and as traffic enforcers due to the
meager number of policemen in the
province.
The Capitol also plans to create Pampanga Youth Commission
to help all the out-of-school-youth
and vagrants in the province to live
a decent life.
Meanwhile, the conference also
discussed the upcoming APEC
(Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit and the concerns of
the governor regarding the security in maintaining peace and order situation in and out of the Clark
Development Corporation (CDC)
where the summit will be held.
A national organizational committee was arranged to provide security to the APEC delegates, it was
disclosed.
Also, the governor alerted the
chiefs of police not to concentrate
on the main event alone but to secure the towns near the Clark Development Corporation premises,
during the summit and their stations as well.
Governor Pineda was joined by
Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Rodolfo Recomono Jr. and Chief-ofStaff Fritzie David-Dizon. •
streets, according to the Philippine Institute of Development
Studies (PIDS) in their article
titled “Proliferation of street
children: a threat to the MDGs.”
“We did this in 2011 when
we noted hordes of Badjaos were
roaming our streets who put up
shanties along our river banks.
After negotiating with them,
they agreed to voluntarily demolish their makeshift houses
built on the riverbed of Abacan
in exchange for cash assistance
to go back to their province.
We will do it again and again
and again for the welfare of our
children and the people of the
City of Angeles,” he said.
He lamented, however, that
after receiving financial assistance from the local government, many of the relocated
Badjaos returned to the streets.
Complaints are also mounting against street children who
become aggressive and hostile
if they were not given alms;
resorting to spitting at people, snatching and other petty
crimes.
In order to address this concern, the local government has
partnered with NGOs, including the different Rotary Clubs
in Angeles City, Kuliat Foundation and concerned business
establishments to come up with
a long-term and sustainable solution to rehabilitate and educate these children.
Pamintuan admitted that
this is a complicated problem
and there is no easy fix for it.
“There must be a concerted
effort among all stakeholders
to put available resources together, in order to assure that
our children are not out in the
street begging and being introduced to a life of criminality.
They should be in school learning or with their fellow children
playing and studying in a safe
and secured environment,” Pamintuan said. •
PEACE, ORDER.. from Page 1
the monitoring of peace and order
situation in every barangay particularly the campaigns against illegal
drugs.
The lady governor also assured
the chiefs of police vis-à-vis the
Gloc 9mm pistols to be purchased
by Vice Governor Dennis Pineda
and the improvement and construction of their new police stations and
motorcycles for the policemen.
Governor Pineda also cited Col.
Dave Diciano, 703rd Brigade Commander of the Philippine Army, in
offering his services to train barangay tanods to be the counterparts
STREETKIDS... from Page 1
children gravely threatened or
endangered by circumstances
which affect or will affect their
survival and normal development and over which they have
no control’, and other pertinent
laws like the Special Protection of Children Against Child
Abuse Act and the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act,” Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said.
“These children roam the
streets because they are hungry
and some of them have resorted to begging to buy and sniff
‘rugby’ which enabled them to
forget hunger. We feed them,
give them shelter and return
them to their respective families. We also educate them and
their parents. In some cases,
we even file formal complaints
against the parents in line with
the Juvenile Welfare Act,” he
added.
This problem is nationwide
with around 45,000 to 50,000
highly visible children on the
7
themselves to avoid the crowd.
On the other hand, I find the the so-called government scheme for the homeless favorable to the street
children. They got to experience the luxury and comfort in life in five days. Not to beg or look for something to eat or sleep for those days is a relief.
To hide the impressions of poverty from the Pope
is a bitter to swallow since we know the truth of the
matter. Addressing the needs of the poor is the foremost purpose of His Holiness. If only government
officials could implement programs without any tint
of corruption, maybe there is hope and future for the
homeless. •
kits... from Page 3
will no longer be compelled to work to make both
ends meet and instead could focus on their education
and enjoy their youth,” Dione stressed.
Speaking in behalf of the recipients, ambulant
vendor and mother of six Lyne Panganiban expressed
her heartfelt gratitude for the starter kits that she
called as big blessings of hope.
“Thank you for providing us with a source of livelihood to augment our daily needs. Rest assured that
we would enrich what you have given us. May you
continuously help more poor families who want to
improve their lives,” Panganiban said.
Meanwhile, the local governments of San Jose Del
Monte and Baliuag provided their counterpart assistance in the form of Entrepreneurship Development
Training.
Starter KITS is DOLE’s way of opening more opportunities by empowering each Filipino worker to
venture into entrepreneurship through our integrated livelihood programs to improve their lives. •
online early renewal... from Page 3
documentary stamp tax per transaction.
“With this online early renewal scheme in place
together with the electronic payment (ePayment)
facility using BancNet debit card or GCash, renewal
transactions may now be processed through computers or mobile phones through the internet within 15
minutes, anytime, anywhere,” Terrado said.
The following fees will be based on the scope of
business name being applied for renewal: barangay,
P200; city or municipality, P500; regional, P1,000;
and national, P2,000. Change of business name scope
will be in accordance to current validation rules.
For more information on this scheme, you may
call the DTI Call Center through 751.3330 and Business Name Registration System (BNRS) Helpdesk at
751.3142, 751.3259 and 751.3257 and email [email protected]. (DTI)•
piso seat sale... from Page 3
For bookings, passengers can visit www.cebupacificair.com or reservation hotlines (02)7020-888 or
(032)230-8888. They may also download the Cebu
Pacific official mobile app on the App Store. While
initially available for iOS devices, CEB is scheduled
to roll out a version for Android devices soon.
The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@CebuPacificAir) and Facebook pages.
CEB’s 53-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus
A319, 30 Airbus A320, 5 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR
72-500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft
fleets in the world. Between 2015 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 8 more brand-new Airbus
A320, 30 Airbus A321neo and 1 Airbus A330 aircraft.
It operates a network of 62 destinations, spanning
Dubai, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney, among others, as well as the most flights and routes within the
Philippines.•
pnp-saf massacre... from Page 2
danao. The retrieved bodies were taken to the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division of the Philippine
Army in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.
At least 11 police commandos were also wounded.•
--Elaine Mercado
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Thru public-private partnership
P10-M St. Agustine Dialysis
Center in Lubao now open
By Angelique Tuazon
LUBAO, Pampanga – Governor Lilia
“Nanay” G. Pineda yesterday led the inauguration of the St. Agustine Dialysis Center inside the Escolastica Romero District
Hospital-Annex in this town yesterday.
As part of Pineda’s campaign to bring quality and
affordable healthcare for all
Kapampangans, the provincial
government has provided the
lot for the facility, while St.
Agustine vice president for
operations Edgar Dinio and
his foreign partners invested
P10 million for the construction of the new dialysis center
and the purchase of six dialysis
equipment.
“This is our first time to
venture into a public-private
partnership yet we are confident that this collaboration
will prove fruitful due to the
governor’s good track record in
public healthcare,” said Dinio.
Furthermore, patients from
indigent families and PhilHealth members will be prioritized in this facility while
walk-in patients can also avail
of the center’s services ranging
from P2,200 to P2,300.
Dinio added that the dialysis
center will be open from 8 a.m.
to 8 p.m. and will cater to an
average of 10 to 12 patients per
day. They are also willing to
extend the facility’s operating
hours depending on the volume of patients in need of their
services.
The governor and her daughter, town Mayor Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab, extended their
gratitude to their new private
partners and seek to open similar facilities in various parts of
the province to further improve
Capitol’s public health care
system.
The governor was also joined
by Second District Board Members Anthony Torres, Arthur
Salalila, and Jun Dimson during the event.
NOW OPEN. Gov. Lilia “Nanay” G. Pineda and Lubao Mayor Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab lead the inauguration of the St. Agustine Dialysis Center at the Escolastica Romero District Hospital-Annex yesterday. The governor is joined by Dr. Cenon Ponce, ERDH Chief of Hospital; Second District Board
Members Arthur Salalila, and Jun Dimson; St. Agustine vice president for operations Edgar Dinio; and
Chief-of-Staff Olga Frances Dizon.--JUN JASO